[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Othman, A  Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,62,59,56,77,53,44,44,52,47,50,14,26,27,59,24,23,-39,-42,-50,-54,-54,-64,-77,-34,-30,-23,-29,99,95,90,104,137,135,172,168,172,173,182,184,268,258,285,256,250,226,306,208,1077]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Ne7 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. c3 Nc6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 9. b4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Be7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... a5 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. b5 Ncxe5 12. f4 Nc4 13. c6 bxc6 14. bxc6 Nf6 15. Qa4 Bc5 16. Na3 {0-1 (26) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-So,W (2788) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. Bf4 g5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Be3 Ncxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bd4 Bf6 14. Nd2 a5 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. bxa5 (16. b5 $11) 16... Rxa5 $15 17. Qb4 {Strongly threatening c6+.} Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b4]} 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qb6 {[#]} Kg7 $1 ({Don't play} 19... Qxc3 $6 20. Nb3 $14) 20. Nb3 Raa8 21. Qxb7 Na5 (21... Rhc8 $11) 22. Nxa5 $16 Rxa5 23. Qb4 Raa8 24. Bb5 Rhb8 {With the idea ...Bd3!} 25. a4 Bd3 26. Rfd1 Bc4 27. c6 Qf4 (27... h6 $142 28. Qc5 Rc8 29. Bxc4 dxc4) 28. Qc5 $18 Ra5 {[%cal Rc4b5]} 29. Rab1 Rc8 30. Rb4 Qf6 31. Qe3 Ra7 $2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 31%.} (31... Qf4 32. Qxf4 gxf4 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. Rxc4 Rc7) 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Ranaldi, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,109,15,-15,-6,-4,-1,-19,-10,0,10,0,4,0,8,-18,8,12,21,4,31,31,82,85,73,45,94,99,102,92,109,95,99,101,95,47,69,75,85,79,80,84,94,18,15,20,18,8,0,0,0,0,45,55,97,85,85,94,139,130,132,82,153,127,167,141,189,127,126,112,110,87,119,113,110,107,110,110,122,114,261,260,263,264,271,260,254,269,259,254,283,216,250,184,420,409,489,463]} 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 {LiveBook: 20 Games} a5 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} 9. Bb2 d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qc7 10. Qe2 d4 11. a4 Na6 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Nc4 h6 14. Qd2 c5 15. Ne1 Be6 16. f4 {½-½ (39) Amin,B (2504)-Pantsulaia,L (2596) Yerevan 2006}) 10. c3 c5 {The position is equal.} 11. cxd4 exd4 12. a4 Nbc6 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Na3 f6 15. Nd2 Be6 (15... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5d3]}) 16. Ndc4 Na7 17. Bc1 b5 (17... Nac6 $14) 18. axb5 $16 Nxb5 19. Bf4 Nxa3 20. Rxa3 Rb5 21. Qd2 Nc6 22. Rfa1 Qd7 23. h4 Ra8 24. Qc1 Nb4 25. Qd1 Nc6 26. e5 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Bd5 {[#]} 28. Bd6 (28. Bxd5+ $1 $16 Qxd5 29. Bc7) 28... Bxg2 $11 29. Kxg2 Bf8 30. Qf3 {Threatens to win with Qd5+.} Bxd6 31. Qd5+ Kg7 {[#] aiming for ...Rd8.} 32. Qxd6 ({Don't blunder} 32. Nxd6 $2 Rd8 $19) 32... Qxd6 (32... Rd8 {with more complications.} 33. Qxd7+ Rxd7 34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Nd2 Ke5) 33. Nxd6 Rb4 34. Ne4 Rb5 35. Rc1 Rab8 36. Nxc5 Nb4 37. Rc4 Kg8 ({Better is} 37... Re8) 38. Ra1 Rd8 39. Ne6 Rd7 40. Rc8+ (40. Nxd4 $18 Rbd5 41. Nc6) 40... Kf7 $16 41. Nc5 Re7 42. Rc1 Re8 43. Rc7+ Re7 44. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rbe5 45. Ng5+ Kg7 46. Nf3 R5e6 (46... Re2 $16 {might work better.} 47. Nxd4 Na6 48. Rxe7+ Rxe7) 47. Nxd4 $18 Re5 48. Nf3 Re2 49. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Rxc7 50. Rxc7+ {KRN-KRN} Kg8 51. Ne5 Rd2 52. Rd7 Nc2 53. Nc4 Rd1 $2 (53... Rxd4 {is a better defense.} 54. Rc7 Rd5 55. Nxa5 Ne1+ 56. Kf1 Nd3) 54. d5 Ne1+ 55. Kf1 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,82,5,0,4,4,8,-10,0,-15,45,51,44,-33,-41,-218,-236,-228,-225,-324,-309,-312,-319,-333,-326,-337,-337,-335,-335,-385,-377,-366,-375,-489,-504,-501,-494,-555,-539,-599,-604,-597,-568,-604,-572,-567,-560,-612,-605,-598,-475,-473,-471,-520,-510,-604,-597,-593,-591,-804,-801,-756,-710,-915,-891,-861,-843,-29978,-29979,-29976,-29973]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8... b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Ne5 {½-½ (10) Sergeev,V (2443)-Kononenko,D (2616) Marianske Lazne 2017}) 9. Bc2 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nf6 11. e4 Ng4 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. h3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (43) Pidluznij,G (1701)-Civilis,K (1373) Kaunas 2017}) 11. Qb1 g6 ({Black should play} 11... h6 $11) 12. Bxg6 $1 $14 fxe5 13. Bxh7+ (13. Bxh5 $14 e4 14. Ne1) 13... Kh8 $15 {Strongly threatening ...e4.} 14. Qg6 $2 {[#]} (14. Bg6 $15) 14... Nf6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6h7]} 15. Ng5 {[#] aiming for Bg8!} Qe8 $1 16. f4 (16. Qh6 $142 Qh5 17. Qxh5 Nxh5 18. Bg6) 16... Qxg6 17. Bxg6 e4 18. Ngxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bd7 21. b3 cxb3 22. axb3 a5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 e5 25. Ra3 Be6 26. Rd1 exf4 27. exf4 Rxf4 28. b4 Rc4 29. Rd6 Bg8 30. h3 Ra7 31. b5 Rxc5 32. bxc6 Rxc6 33. Rd7 a4 34. c4 Be6 35. Re7 Kg8 36. Rd3 {[%cal Rd3d8]} Kf8 37. Rh7 Bf7 38. Rd7 Rf6 39. c5 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 40. c6 a2 41. Rd8+ Ke7 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 38%, Black = 89%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,79,-52,-35,-60,-49,-97,-90,-93,-77,-83,-72,-80,-80,-102,-95,-95,-81,-106,-98,-169,-174,-254,-258,-266,-208,-221,-187,-231,-204,-195,-208,-285,-262,-482,-481,-471,-473,-540,-517,-583,-595,-631,-616,-739,-720,-745,-744,-1513,-968,-1104,-868,-900,-877,-862,-878,-890,-878,-883,-854,-862,-847,-930,-963,-920,-841,-751]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Re8 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A08: King's Indian Attack} 9. c3 d4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Rb8 10. a4 Bf8 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 f6 13. a5 Be6 14. a6 b5 15. Nh2 Qd7 16. Ng4 {½-½ (27) Vajda,L (2597)-Lane,G (2362) Sydney 2014}) 10. c4 Bd7 {Black is better.} 11. Ne1 g6 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Nf3 a6 14. Bh6 b5 15. Na3 Nh5 16. Rc1 Be6 17. g4 {[#]} (17. Nh2 $17) 17... Ng7 $1 $19 18. Nxe5 (18. Re1 $142) 18... Nxe5 19. f4 bxc4 20. fxe5 cxd3 ({Worse is} 20... Rxb2 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 $11) 21. Nc4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Nd6 Red8 ({Stronger than} 23... Qxe5 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Qxd3 $11) 24. Qf3 $2 (24. Qxd3 {was necessary.} Qxe5 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4) 24... d2 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Rc2 d1=Q 26. Qxd1 Qxe5 27. Nf5 gxf5 28. gxf5 Bxa2 29. f6 {[#] And now Qg4 would win.} Ne6 30. Rf5 Qg3 31. Qh5 c4 {Threatens to win with ...d3.} 32. Rcf2 Qg6 33. Qh4 d3 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 34. Rd2 Rb5 35. Qf2 Nd4 36. Rf4 Rg5 37. Kh2 Ne6 38. Rf3 Kh8 39. h4 Rxg2+ 40. Qxg2 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Zarkovic, Mila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,44,56,57,-38,-33,-208,-189,-188,-195,-258,-254,-261,-231,-254,-245,-289,-282,-548,-398,-602,-503,-1148,-1138,-1129,-1111,-1083,-1039,-1002,-744,-29998,-1336,-1331,-1328]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ng5 Qe7 6. Qc2 {A54: Old Indian Defence with Nf3, but without e4} (6. g3 h6 7. Nh3 c6 8. Nf4 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. e3 Bg4 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. h3 g5 13. Nfe2 Bg6 {½-½ (37) Andreikin,D (2737)-Rakhmanov,A (2667) Tallinn 2016}) 6... Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. g4 (8. Nd5 $14 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Qxg5 11. e3) 8... Nxg4 $15 9. Ngxe4 $2 (9. h4 $1 $15) 9... Nxe3 $19 10. fxe3 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 {[#]} (11. Kd1 $142 g6 12. Bg2) 11... g6 $1 12. Bg2 Bh6 {And now ...0-0-0 would win.} 13. Raf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qa4 O-O {0-1 (22) Niazy,N-Strikovic,A (2467) Dos Hermanas 2003}) 13... Nxd4 14. Qa4+ {[#]} Kf8 $1 15. Kd1 $2 (15. Qa5 c6 16. Qc7) 15... Bxe3 16. Nd5 (16. Nb5 $142) 16... Bxe4 17. Rxf7+ (17. Nxe3 $142 Bxg2 18. Nxg2) 17... Kxf7 18. Qd7+ Kf8 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re4c2]} 19. Rf1+ Bf5 20. Nxe3 Qe7 21. Nxf5 Qxd7 (21... Qxe2+ $142 22. Kc1 Qc2#) 22. Nxd4+ Kg7 {[%mdl 32768] Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,64,21,27,15,16,13,17,15,0,16,77,28,17,-13,-3,-31,-14,-32,-28,-26,-24,-28,-20,-52,-39,-31,0,-56,-62,-96,-87,-92,-75,-152,-141,-159,-179,-211,-192,-371,-385,-639,-635,-625,-606,-682,-674,-29981,-883,-29977,-2454]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O {LiveBook: 3149 Games} 9. Bf4 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} (9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rab1 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Ng5 Re8 19. Ne4 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 c4 {1-0 (38) Xiong,J (2640)-Onischuk,A (2681) Saint Louis 2018}) 9... Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. g4 Nhf6 15. Qf4 h5 16. h3 hxg4 17. hxg4 {0-1 (34) Parshukov,A-Sheremeta,Y (2153) Syktyvkar 2012}) 11. Bc1 {The position is equal.} Na6 12. O-O Nc7 (12... f5 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. a4 f5 14. h3 Nf6 15. Nd2 b6 $1 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bd2 h6 20. Rfe1 Kh8 21. e4 (21. Na3 $11) 21... f4 $15 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 22. g4 f3 23. gxh5 gxh5 24. Nb5 ({Better is} 24. Ne2) 24... Bxb5 $17 (24... fxg2 $6 25. Ncxd6 Nxb5 26. Nxb5 $11) 25. axb5 Nxb5 26. Qd3 ({Wrong is} 26. Bxf3 $2 Nd4 $19) 26... Nd4 $40 {[%mdl 1152] Hoping for ...b5. Black has strong compensation. Black attacks with force.} ({Much less strong is} 26... fxg2 27. Kxg2 Nd4 28. f4) 27. Re3 $2 (27. Bf1 {is a better defense.} b5 28. Na3) 27... b5 $19 ({But not} 27... fxg2 28. Kxg2 b5 29. Na5 $19) 28. Na3 $2 (28. Nxd6 c4 29. Qa3) 28... c4 29. Qf1 Be5 {[#] ...Rg8 is the strong threat.} 30. Bc3 {intending Bxd4.} fxg2 31. Qd1 Qg7 (31... Qf7 $142 32. Qe1 Qf4 33. Rg3 Nf3+ 34. Kxg2 Nxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Qxe4+ 36. Kg1 Bxg3 37. Bc3+ Be5 38. Bxe5+ dxe5 39. Rd1 Qe2 40. Ra1 Rg8+ 41. Kh2 Qxf2+ 42. Kh1 Qg2#) 32. Nc2 {[#]} Rxf2 $1 {[%mdl 33280] Precision: White = 24%, Black = 68%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Christenson, Flemming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,21,32,36,39,0,13,20,13,8,47,34,48,20,21,21,16,21,9,27,32,8,6,7,26,26,26,26,20,15,18,24,22,4,89,25,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-10,-172,-172,-336,-77,-262,-95,-1372,-323,-329,-306,-325,-323,-570,-569,-454,-562,-564,-570,-517,-547,-520,-498,-854,-854,-838,-806,-683,0,-101,38,32,27,106,379,343,1347,1327,29975,29975,6025,29964,29989,1624,29990,1593,29997,29998]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ $1 {B06: Modern Defence} bxc6 7. Be3 (7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. Qe1 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Kh1 Ba8 14. a3 Qc8 15. Qh4 Bxe4 {0-1 (35) Adhiban,B (2655)-Nakamura,H (2781) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... Rb8 8. b3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Rb1 c5 9. dxc5 Rxb2 10. Nge2 Rxb1 11. Qxb1 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 {0-1 (36) Alvim,A (2236)-Schiller,W (2334) IECC email 1999}) 8... c5 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. e5 Ng4 12. Qe2 dxe5 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Bd4 would win. Black is under pressure.} Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qe6 18. Rd3 O-O 19. O-O Rfd8 20. Qd2 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 f5 (21... a5 $11) 22. Bf2 (22. Re1 $1 $16 Bf6 23. Bd2) 22... Bf6 $11 23. Re1 Qc6 24. Qc4+ Kf8 25. Re6 Qd7 26. Be3 ({Avoid the trap} 26. Rxa6 $2 Qd1+ 27. Qf1 Qxc2 $19) 26... Kg7 27. Rxa6 $2 (27. h3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 27... Qd1+ $19 28. Kf2 $2 (28. Qf1 Qxc2 29. Qf2) 28... Rd8 $2 (28... f4 $1 $19 29. Qxf4 (29. Bxf4 $2 Bd4+ 30. Kg3 e5 $19) 29... Rf8) 29. Ra4 $2 (29. Qe2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 29... g5 $2 (29... e5 $1 $19 {is more deadly. ...f4 is the strong threat.} 30. Qe2 Qh1) 30. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Qe2 $17) 30... Qh1 $2 (30... f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Bxf4 (31. gxf4 g4) 31... gxf4 32. Qxf4 Rd2+ 33. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 34. Kf3 Qxc2) 31. Qf1 Qxh2+ 32. Qg2 Qh5 33. Qf3 $2 (33. g4 Qg6 34. gxf5 Qxf5+ 35. Qf3 Qxc2+ 36. Qe2 Qf5+ 37. Kg2) 33... g4 34. Qg2 Rd1 35. Ke2 Qh3 36. Qf2 Qh1 37. Bd2 Kg6 38. Ra6 (38. Rf4 $142 Ra1 39. Qe3) 38... Rg1 {White must now prevent ...Rg2.} 39. Qf4 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 {[#]} Qh3 $2 (40... c6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Rxc6 {[#]} Rxd2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Kxd2 Qxc6) 41. Kc4 (41. Qg5+ $1 $11 Kf7 42. Qxf5) 41... Rxg3 (41... Rxd2 $17 42. Qxd2 Qxg3) 42. Qg5+ $14 Kf7 43. Qxf5 {Threatens to win with Qe6+.} Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Qh1 $16) 44. Qd5+ Kg7 $2 (44... Kg6 45. Qg8+ Kf5) 45. Ra8 $18 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd5g8]} Qf1+ 46. Kb4 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd5g8]} Rf4+ 47. c4 e5 48. Rg8+ Kh6 49. Bxf4+ (49. Qf7 $142 Qd3 50. Bxf4+ exf4 51. Qxf6+ Qg6 52. Rxg6+ hxg6 53. Qxf4+ Kh5 54. Qxc7) 49... Qxf4 50. Qh1+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Black "Senthil Maran K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,100,38,42,43,36,39,31,37,0,10,0,7,0,5,0,21,10,39,0,0,0,14,0,0,-7,-8,-6,-9,-8,-15,-19,0,-27,-14,-25,-11,-33,-28,-28,-7,-13,-7,-9,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-88,-85,-95,-85,-92,-93,-88,-86,-86,-80,-80,-80,-92,-91,-90,-71,-84,-81,-84,-49,-53,-46,-239,-239,-196,-222,-244,-198,-397,-383,-793,-857,-2415,-2302,-1398,-1385]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O a5 8. d3 Na6 9. cxd5 {LiveBook: 12 Games. A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} a4 12. Nc3 axb3 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qb2+ f6 15. axb3 Qd6 16. b4 Bd7 {[#]} 17. Rfb1 $146 Nc7 18. Nd2 Nb5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Ra1 Rxa1+ 22. Qxa1 Be6 23. Na5 Bf7 24. d4 Qb6 25. e3 Nc7 26. Qc3 Na6 27. Bf1 Nxb4 28. Qc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Qxc5 29. dxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} f5 30. Nxb7 Kf6 31. f4 Ba2 32. Bg2 Ke6 33. e4 (33. Kf2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33... fxe4 $1 $17 34. Bxe4 Bd5 35. Bb1 Kd7 $1 36. Kf2 Kc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b7]} 37. Na5 Na6 38. Ke3 Nxc5 {Strongly threatening ...Kb6.} 39. Kd4 Nd7 40. Bd3 e6 41. Nc4 c5+ 42. Ke3 Bxc4 43. Bxc4 {KB-KN} Kd6 44. g4 $2 ({White should play} 44. Ke4 $15) 44... Nb6 $19 45. Bd3 Nd5+ 46. Kf3 {[#]} e5 $1 47. f5 $2 {[#]} (47. fxe5+ {keeps fighting.} Kxe5 48. h4) 47... g5 $1 48. h4 $2 (48. Be2 Nf6 49. Ke3) 48... h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6g5][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Bc4 Nf6 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 36%, Black = 64%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Makropoulou, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,72,106,103,110,81,67,60,47,63,48,63,57,70,0,-2,-77,0,0,0,-64,13,-55,-49,-143,-100,-104,35,-189,-153,-300,-304,-891,-891,-881,-847,-864,-826,-1564,-1479,-1649,-1471,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bb7 {A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6} 13. b3 Qa6 14. e4 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 d5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 17. exd5 $1 exd5 18. a4 h6 19. Nf3 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... d4 20. Nb5 {½-½ (62) Damljanovic,B (2555)-Ivanisevic,I (2630) Kragujevac 2011}) 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Ne1 $1 Qe6 {[#]} 22. Qc1 (22. Nd3 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 22... Kh7 $11 23. f4 {[#]} (23. Nd3 $11) 23... Bd5 (23... exf3 $1 $17 24. Nxf3 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 (25. Bxf3 $2 {too greedy.} Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Bxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qd5 $19) 25... Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Rf8) 24. a5 Bxb3 25. Nc2 (25. Bc3 $11 c4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rf2) 25... c4 (25... Bc4 $15) 26. Na1 (26. Ne3 $11) 26... Nc5 $15 {Strongly threatening ...Nd3.} 27. Qa3 ({Better is} 27. Nxb3 $15 Nxb3 28. Qc2) 27... Bd4+ $17 28. Kh1 Rfb8 (28... e3 $17 29. Bb4 Rfc8 30. Nxb3 Nxb3) 29. h3 $2 (29. Bc3 $14 Bxc3 30. Qxc5) 29... Rb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...c3 would win. Black has strong initiative.} 30. Nc2 (30. Nxb3 $17 cxb3 31. Bb4) 30... Bg7 $19 {White must now prevent ...c3.} 31. Be3 $2 (31. Na1) 31... Raxa5 32. Qc1 Nd3 33. Qd1 Ra2 34. Nd4 Bxd1 35. Rxb5 Qd7 36. Bxe4 Qxh3+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 18%, Black = 58%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Makropoulou, Marina"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,51,24,13,99,93,81,89,103,96,131,132,123,121,132,122,198,179,200,200,276,235,281,282]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nge2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Ng3 f5 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 14. O-O Na6 (14... Qg5 15. Rae1 h5 16. Qb3+ Be6 17. Qxb7 Nd7 18. Nge2 Nf6 19. b3 h4 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. Rc1 {1-0 (31) Kuzubov,Y (2640)-Hayrapetyan,H (2489) Al Ain 2015}) 15. f3 Nb4 16. Qd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} f4 (16... exf3 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Rxf3 f4) 17. exf4 $16 {[%cal Rf3e4]} e3 18. Qd1 Qf7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Be6 19. Re1 Bc4 20. Nce4 e2 21. Qd2 {1-0 (34) Cyborowski,L (2537)-Zielinski,W (2097) Gdansk 2011}) 19. Re1 Qxf4 20. Qb3+ Nd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rad1 Kh8 (22... Qf7 $16 23. Rd3 (23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Bd7 $16) 23... e2) 23. Qxd5 $18 Be6 24. Qxb7 Bc4 {[#] Threatening ...e2.} 25. Qxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 26. Nh5+ *

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Black "Ma, Lin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,136,39,34,34,22,22,33,47,52,52,65,79,75,80,73,77,69,68,24,38,37,87,64,82,71,70,47,53,52,49,27,43,36,103,103,122,124,180,175,179,101,158,168,183,114,165,148,153,143,156,149,158,149,148,137,143,159,128,111,160,148,147,114,164,146,237,225,261,260,228,222,406,404,300,266,291,288,289,290,297,283,288,287,291,289,608,551,661,644,875,835,906,893,993,1020,850,1042,1038,1030,1035,964,962,962,987,729,29966,12582,2650,1713,1962,1827,1863,1575,1091,-2191,-2042,-2045,-1887,-2384,-1845,-29972,-29972,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 {LiveBook: 21 Games. E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 Bg7 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Qd2 h4 13. Nf1 g5 14. Be3 Ne5 15. g3 Bd7 16. gxh4 gxh4 {½-½ (42) Aronian,L (2794)-Grischuk,A (2767) Berlin 2018}) 6... a6 7. a4 exd5 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Nh5 9. g4 Qh4+ 10. Kd2 Nf6 ({Wrong is} 10... Qf2 $2 11. gxh5 Nd7 12. Ra3 $18) 11. Qe1 Qxe1+ 12. Kxe1 Nbd7 $146 13. Nec3 Bg7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. h3 Rb8 17. f4 Ned7 18. Be2 Ne8 19. Kf2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. g5 b6 (21... Nb6 $14) 22. Rhd1 $16 Bb7 23. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Ba8 (23... h6 $16) 24. h4 $18 Rf7 25. h5 (25. Bh5 $18) 25... Re7 (25... h6 $142) 26. h6 Bh8 27. Bf1 ({White should play} 27. Ra3 $18) 27... Nf8 (27... Bxc3 $16 28. bxc3 b5) 28. Bh3 Rf7 29. Ra3 Ng6 30. Rb3 b5 31. axb5 {b6 is the strong threat.} Bxc3 32. bxc3 {[#] Strongly threatening b6.} ({Much less strong is} 32. Rxc3 $6 axb5 33. Rb3 b4 $16) 32... axb5 33. Na5 Nc7 34. Bg2 Re8 35. c4 b4 36. Bf3 Rfe7 37. Bc1 Na6 (37... Rf7 $16 38. Re3 Rxe3 39. Bxe3 Ne8) 38. Nc6 Rd7 39. Re1 Rxe1 40. Kxe1 Bb7 $2 (40... Nc7 41. Na5 Kf8) 41. Re3 Nc7 42. Re2 Ba6 43. Nb8 Re7 44. Rxe7 Nxe7 45. Nxa6 Nxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} 46. Kd2 Nb8 47. Kc2 Ng6 $2 (47... Nd7 48. Bh5 Ng6) 48. Bh5 Nh4 49. Kb3 Nd7 50. Ka4 Ng2 51. Kb5 Ne1 52. Be2 Nc2 53. Bd3 Nd4+ 54. Ka6 Nf8 55. Kb7 Kf7 56. Kc7 Ke7 57. Be3 b3 58. Bxd4 cxd4 59. Bxf5 {KB-KN} b2 {[#]} 60. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc5 {[%cal Bd6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 61. d6+ Kf7 62. g6+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Be4 $18 Ne6+ 63. Kc8) 62... hxg6 $19 63. Bd3 Ne6+ 64. Kc8 c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 65. f5 gxf5 {Black mates.} 66. Bxf5 Nf8 67. h7 Kg7 68. d7 Nxd7 $1 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 73%, Black = 53%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Phadke Sohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,72,-9,-16,-10,-14,-12,-17,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,-31,0,-31,-8,-14,-7,-106,-61,-87,-63,-125,-70,-59,-40,-235,-237,-305,-320,-305,-277,-352,-247,-271,-202,-470,-487,-483,-472,-785,-743]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Bh6 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (11. Be2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Na6 14. d5 Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Be3 Nb4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Bc4 b6 {½-½ (35) Sjugirov,S (2650)-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017}) 11... Nc6 12. d5 e6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Be2 exd5 15. exd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ne7 16. c4 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Re8 18. g4 g5 {[#]} 19. f3 $146 Ng6 {And now ...Nf4 would win.} 20. Kf2 f5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Nf1 Rf8 (22... Nf4 {feels hotter.} 23. Ng3 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Kf6 25. Bf1 Nf4+) 23. Ne3 Bd7 24. Rhg1 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5][%mdl 32]} 25. Rg3 (25. Rc3 $11) 25... Rf6 26. Bd3 Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 27. Rc3 (27. Be4 $15) 27... Rb6 (27... Ra6 $17 28. Bb1 Kf8) 28. Be4 $15 Kf6 {Strongly threatening ...h5.} 29. Rc2 $2 {[#]} ({White should play} 29. Ng4+ $1 $15 Ke7 30. Kf1) 29... h5 $1 $19 30. Ke1 Rb1+ 31. Nd1 Ba4 32. Kd2 {and the idea Nc3 leaves White hopeful.} Bxc2 33. Bxc2 Rb4 34. Ne3 $2 (34. Nc3) 34... Re8 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Rg1 Rb2 36. Kc1 {[#]} (36. Re1 $142 Rxa2 37. Ng4+ Kf7 38. Ne5+ Kg7 39. Re4) 36... Rxc2+ $1 {[%mdl 33280] Precision: White = 34%, Black = 56%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M amin"]
[Black "Minko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,114,23,49,-34,-56,-54,-48,-31,-33,-33,-48,-37,-40,-52,-18,-12,-27,-17,-3,-56,-29,-27,-22,0,0,-12,0,0,3,3,51,35,104,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,-79,-84,-60,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-12,-11,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,0,-12,-12,-12,0,-12,-12,-12,0,-12,0,-12,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 c5 8. d5 e5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nf1 a6 11. Bd2 Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. Ne3 Ng7 14. Bd3 {½-½ (35) Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... Nbd7 {LiveBook: 52 Games} 8. e5 (8. O-O $14) 8... dxe5 $15 {Black is slightly better.} 9. dxe5 Ng4 $1 10. Qe2 {[#]} Ngxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 {[#]} 12. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 13. Qxe5 Qd3 14. Qxc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h4) 14... Bd6 15. Qa5 f5 16. Qa4 {[#]} (16. Nf3 $11) 16... b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. cxb5 (17. Qxb5 Rb8) 17... Bd7 18. Qh4+ Kg8 19. a4 {Hoping for Qc4.} f4 20. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} a6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 21. Qe2 Qg6 22. Qe4 Qh5 (22... Qe8 $14) 23. Qd4 (23. Nc4 $16 Bb4+ 24. Bd2 Bxd2+ 25. Nxd2) 23... Rf5 $11 24. O-O Rd5 25. Qe4 {aiming for Nc4.} axb5 {[%cal Ra8a4]} 26. Nf3 bxa4 27. Bxf4 Qg4 28. Qxd5 (28. g3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28... exd5 $17 29. Bxd6 d4 ({Black should play} 29... Qg6 $15 30. Bc7 Re8) 30. Rfd1 $11 {The position is equal.} Bc6 31. Rxd4 Qg6 32. Bg3 a3 33. bxa3 Rxa3 34. Rad1 {And now Rd8+ would win.} (34. Rc1 {feels hotter.} Rc3 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rcd1 Bxf3 37. gxf3 Rxf3 38. R1d4) 34... Bxf3 35. gxf3 Rxf3 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. R8d7 Rb3 38. R7d6 Qf5 39. R6d4 {Black must now prevent Rh4+.} Rb1 40. Rxb1 Qxb1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 41. Kg2 Qb7+ 42. Kg1 g5 43. h3 Kg6 44. Kh2 Qf3 45. h4 gxh4 46. Rxh4 Qa8 47. Rg4+ Kf5 48. Rf4+ Kg5 49. Kg1 Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qa6 51. Kg1 Qa1+ 52. Kg2 Qd1 53. Rh4 Qa1 54. Rf4 Qb1 55. Rh4 Qa1 56. Rf4 Qa8+ 57. Kg1 Qa1+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 72%, Black = 44%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kumar, Gaurav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,66,57,60,81,67,79,79,72,79,72,15,50,6,13,0,28,13,21,-2,7,-6,-10,-14,-8,-30,-32,-94,-87,-101,-110,-103,-110,-104,-91,-131,-131,-130,-130,-147,-148,-287,-278,-341,-342,-342,-342,-370,-370,-384,-384,-400,-393]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 {B28: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 a6 (O'Kelly Variation)} 7. Nc3 (7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 d5 9. exd6 e6 10. Nc3 Bxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Nbd5 15. Re4 Bd7 16. Qe2 Kh8 17. Re1 Ng6 18. g3 f5 19. Nxd5 fxe4 {1-0 (83) Zhigalko,A (2563)-Kalashian,D (2379) Yerevan 2017}) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 d5 9. exd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qxd6 10. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 Bg4 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Ba3 g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. h3 Bf5 15. g4 Bd7 16. d5 Ne5 17. Rc1 {1-0 (50) Pluska,A (2158)-Wachinger,D (1944) Willingen 2016}) 10... e6 11. O-O Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. Ba3 (13. Re1 $16) 13... Qc7 $11 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qb3 Ng6 16. Rfb1 a5 17. Ne1 Rb8 18. Qb6 Qxc3 19. Rc1 Qd2 20. Rc2 Qg5 21. Nf3 {[#]} (21. Qc7 $15 Qf4 22. Rb1) 21... Qd8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd8b6]} 22. Rb1 Bd7 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 ({But not} 23... Rbxd8 $6 24. Rxb7 Bxa4 25. Rc4 $15) 24. Bb5 b6 25. Rc7 Bxb5 26. Rxb5 Nf4 27. g3 {[#]} Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c7]} 28. Rc6 (28. Rc4 $17) 28... Rbc8 $19 29. Ne5 f6 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nd7 Rc6 {Black is winning.} 32. f4 g6 33. g4 Rd6 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 28%, Black = 76%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Ajay Karthikeyan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,76,-34,-7,-12,-13,-35,-23,-23,-22,-22,-22,-32,0,-14,-16,-10,26,-6,0,0,14,3,2,-56,-35,-57,-47,-69,-57,-98,-94,-99,-112,-166,-176,-314,-177,-177,-183,-321,-283,-280,-299,-429,-222,-359,-268,-257,-255,-397,-387,-379,-401,-435,-434,-777,-775,-691,-764,-822,-833]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 e6 9. Nbd2 Rc8 {LiveBook: 12 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 10. h3 Qd8 11. a4 (11. Be2 {looks sharper.} b5 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bh2) 11... Bd6 {Black is slightly better.} 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxc4 Qe7 (16... Qc7 {keeps more tension.} 17. Nh4 Nf6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Qe3 Nd5) 17. Nh2 Bg6 $146 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. Rad1 (20. Ng4 $11) 20... Nd5 21. Qc1 Qc7 {Hoping for ...Nf4.} 22. Rfe1 $1 a6 23. Ne3 Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] ...Nxd4! is the strong threat. Black is on the roll.} 24. Bf1 Bh5 25. g4 (25. Neg4 $17) 25... Bg6 $19 26. Nc2 (26. Nc4 $142) 26... e5 (26... Nd3 $142 27. Qd2 Nxb2) 27. dxe5 Nxe5 28. Re3 (28. Rxd8+ {was called for.} Rxd8 29. Rd1 (29. Qxf4 $2 Nf3+ 30. Qxf3 exf3 $19) 29... Rxd1 30. Qxd1) 28... Ned3 29. Qa1 h5 30. Nd4 (30. Rd2 $142) 30... Nd5 (30... Rxd4 $142 31. cxd4 Qc2 32. Bxd3 exd3) 31. Re2 (31. Rexd3 $142 exd3 32. gxh5 Bxh5 33. Rxd3) 31... N3f4 32. Ree1 Qe7 33. Ne2 (33. Qc1 {was necessary.}) 33... Nd3 34. Rxd3 exd3 35. Nf4 Qf6 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Nxd3 (36. Nxg6 $142 Qxg6 37. Qd1) 36... Bxd3 37. Bxd3 Nf4 38. Bf1 Rd2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 32%, Black = 37%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Ajay Karthikeyan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,73,43,48,21,34,20,21,24,35,11,84,55,70,50,53,63,62,33,84,56,52,67,84,43,48,49,59,76,68,19,10,0,44,39,60,0,0,0,0,-37,0,0,0,0,-1,-104,-75,-83,-187,-126,-7,-8,0,0,0,-23]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Nd2 h6 10. Be3 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} Nd7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. g4 (11. O-O f5 12. f3 f4 13. Bf2 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nb3 Ndc5 16. Qd2 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nc5 {½-½ (35) Mirzoev,E (2405)-Triapishko,O (2530) Batumi 2018}) 11... Ndc5 12. a3 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b3 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. h4 f4 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 {1-0 (38) Valenzuela Gomez,F (2334)-Sanchez Sandoval,G (2249) Valdivia 2016}) 13... c6 14. h4 f5 (14... cxd5 $11 15. cxd5 Qb8) 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. O-O-O {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1g1,Bg1g4][%mdl 32]} f4 17. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 18. Rdg1 Kh7 (18... Kh8 $14) 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Rxg4 Rg8 21. Rhg1 Qd7 22. Na4 Nxa4 $1 23. Qxa4 Bf6 24. Qd1 Rxg4 25. Rxg4 Rg8 26. Rxg8 Kxg8 27. Qh5 (27. h5 $14) 27... Kg7 $11 28. Nf3 Qh3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qf1+.} 29. Kd2 cxd5 30. cxd5 Qg2 31. Ke2 Qg6 32. Qf5 (32. Qxg6+ $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Kxg6 33. a4) 32... Qxf5 $17 33. exf5 e4 34. Nd2 {[#]} Bxb2 ({Black should try} 34... a4 $1 $17 35. Nxe4 Bxb2 36. f6+ Kf7 37. Nxd6+ Kxf6) 35. Nc4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc4b2] The position is equal.} Be5 {aiming for ...b5.} 36. a4 Kf6 37. Nxa5 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 41%.} *

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Laith, Kasib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-2,-31,-22,-15,20,0,2,0,13,-14,-7,-16,0,0,0,-11,-15,-37,-49,-62,-24,-49,-49,-156,-143,-292,-287,-279,-263,-292,-300,-292,-299,-387,-389,-478,-475,-475,-475,-475,-469,-496,-336,-336,-336,-1390,-1375,-1146,-1112,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. f4 (3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. d4 b6 8. Bb5 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. g3 Qc7 {½-½ (73) Nakamura,H (2786)-Caruana,F (2802) chess.com INT 2017}) 3... d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Na3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nc4 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. fxe5 Ndxe5 12. Nfxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (50) Gatterer,F (2206)-Pitschka,C (2279) Austria 2006}) 10. Ng5 Bxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. f5 Ne7 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Qe1 Rb8 15. a4 Bh6 (15... Qd6 {with more complications.} 16. c3 Bh6 17. h4 b6 18. cxd4 exd4 19. e3 Nf5) 16. Rxf6 {[#] aiming for Ne4.} Bxg5 17. Rf2 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 18. e4 f4 19. Qe2 Qd7 (19... Qb6 {feels hotter.} 20. Bc1 fxg3 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. hxg3 Kg7) 20. Raf1 fxg3 21. Rxf8+ (21. hxg3 $15 Rxf2 22. Qxf2) 21... Rxf8 $17 22. Rxf8+ (22. hxg3 $17 Qxa4 23. Qg4 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Bxd2 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Qf6+ Ke8 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ng8 30. Qxe5 Be3+ 31. Kh1) 22... Kxf8 $19 23. hxg3 Qxa4 24. Qd3 b6 25. Bh3 Kg7 26. Be6 Ng8 27. Ba3 Nf6 28. Kg2 Qa5 29. Bc1 Qa1 30. Qf1 Qb1 31. Qd1 a5 ({Don't take} 31... Nxe4 32. Qf3 $19) 32. Bd7 $2 {[#]} (32. Bg4) 32... Nxd7 33. Qg4 Nf6 34. Qxg5 Qxc1 {Black mates.} 35. Qxe5 Qxd2+ 36. Kh3 g5 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 30%, Black = 77%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Nikhil Magizhnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,92,13,0,22,0,25,25,43,0,57,53,76,58,56,29,41,29,87,48,70,0,31,35,110,116,115,100,95,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,57,57,48,16,38,6,81,89,85,64,220,207,182,49,77,75,95,15,161,179,146,157,240,0,0,-130,-126,-477,-499,-1541,-1517,-29990,-29991,-29990,-29991,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O d5 7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 Nb6 10. Rd1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} f5 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (10... Qd7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bf4 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. a4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. a5 dxc3 17. axb6 cxb2 18. Rab1 {1-0 (33) Nasanjargal,U (2318)-Tsydypov,Z (2450) Ulaanbaatar 2016}) 11. h4 d4 12. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Na3 Be8 14. Nb5 Bh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Nc8 17. Qd2 a6 18. Na3 {0-1 (33) Atalik,E (2270)-Rajlich,I (2220) Zagan 1997}) 12... h6 {White has an edge.} 13. Nh3 (13. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 14. Nh3 $11) 13... Bd7 (13... Qc7 $11) 14. Nf4 $14 Qe8 15. Bf3 g6 16. Na3 a6 17. Nc2 Bd8 (17... Qf7 $11) 18. Nh3 Kg7 19. Bf4 ({White should play} 19. b3 $14) 19... Qf7 20. b4 Na4 ({Black should try} 20... cxb4 $14 21. Bxc6 bxc6) 21. bxc5 $1 $16 Rh8 22. Rdc1 g5 23. hxg5 (23. Bd2 $1 $16) 23... hxg5 $11 24. Nxg5 Qg6 25. Qd2 Ba5 26. Qd1 Bd8 27. Qd2 Nxc5 (27... Ba5 $11 28. Qe2 Bd8 29. Qd2) 28. Bg2 $14 Rh5 {[%cal Rd8g5]} 29. Nf3 Ba5 30. Qe2 Bc3 (30... Rah8 $1 $11) 31. Rab1 $16 {Hoping for Ncxd4.} Rah8 32. Nce1 $1 {Rxc3! is the strong threat.} Nd8 $2 {[#]} (32... Ba5 $14) 33. Rxc3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} dxc3 34. Nh4 (34. Qe3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3c5]} Na4 35. Bg5 Rxg5 36. Nxg5) 34... Rxh4 35. gxh4 Rxh4 {White must now prevent ...c2.} 36. Bg3 ({Better is} 36. Qe3 $1 $16 {[%cal Re3c5]} Nf7 37. Bg3 (37. Qxc5 Rxf4 38. Rxb7 Ba4 $11)) 36... Rh8 (36... Rg4 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 37. Qe3 Na4 {[#]} 38. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4d7]} Bc6 {[#]} (38... Bc8 $16 39. c5 Qg4 40. Qxg4+ fxg4) 39. Bxc6 $2 (39. Bh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4f6]} c2 40. Bf6+ Kf7 41. Rc1 (41. Ra1 Rg8 $16)) 39... bxc6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 40. Qd7+ (40. Rb8 $11 {remains equal.} Qh5 41. Qh4 Qxh4 42. Bxh4 Rxh4 43. Rxd8) 40... Nf7 $17 41. Qxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Qe7 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 41... f4 $19 42. Qxa4 (42. Qf3 $142 fxg3 43. fxg3) 42... fxg3 43. fxg3 Qxg3+ {Black mates.} 44. Ng2 Nxe5 45. Rf1 Qh2+ 46. Kf2 Rf8+ {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 36%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna  V"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,92,26,62,20,52,37,65,58,59,64,77,78,104,90,88,70,89,87,113,108,127,99,111,54,89,55,89,33,43,36,35,15,37,44,46,44,50,54,67,52,106,75,81,77,72,62,84,45,53,54,54,41,50,-129,59,24,147,144,129,102,242,120,119,122,104,129,144,141,200,200,200,201,197,200,237,230,210,136,134]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games. E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 9. Re1 (9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Qe7 11. Qb3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc5 13. Qa3 a5 14. Rfd1 Nfd7 15. Rd2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. dxc6 e4 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. cxd7 exf3 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qxc5 Kh8 22. Nf4 Rad8 23. Qd5 {1-0 (23) Fridman,D (2667)-Jurcik,M (2496) Warsaw 2012}) 9... e5 10. d5 $1 Qc7 {White is slightly better.} 11. h3 Bxf3 $1 12. Bxf3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Rb1 Nb6 15. Qd3 Rac8 16. Bb2 Qd7 {0-1 (71) Mbusnoum,H-Medina Ucles,E Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Bg2 Nc5 15. Rc1 Nfd7 16. a3 Na6 17. Rb1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 (19. Bg5 $16) 19... Nb6 20. Bf2 e4 21. Bf1 (21. g4 $16) 21... Nc5 $14 22. Kh2 a4 23. Qc2 Kh8 24. Rbd1 Rd7 25. Be3 Rdf7 26. Be2 Bh6 27. Rg1 Qb8 (27... Bg7 $14) 28. Rdf1 Qc7 29. g4 fxg4 30. Rxg4 Qe7 31. Qd2 Nb3 32. Qd1 {Strongly threatening dxc6.} Nc5 $1 33. Qe1 Nbd7 34. Qd1 $2 {[#]} (34. Kh1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 34... Nb6 $2 ({Black should play} 34... Ne5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5g4]} 35. Qd4 Nb3 36. Qxe4 Nxg4+ 37. Bxg4 Qxe4 38. Nxe4 Bxf4+ 39. Bxf4 Rxf4 40. Rxf4 Rxf4 41. Nxd6 Rd4) 35. Rf2 {With the idea Bd4+.} Bg7 (35... Nbd7 $1 $11) 36. Rfg2 $16 Bf6 37. Qg1 {White wants to mate with Rg8+.} Qe8 (37... Rg7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 38. dxc6 (38. R4g3 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 38... bxc6 39. Bxc5 dxc5 40. Qxc5 Nd7 41. Qxc6 {White is clearly better.} Ne5 (41... Qb8 $16 {was worth a try.} 42. Qb5 (42. Nxa4 h5 $14) (42. Nxe4 Bxb2 43. Kh1 Nf6 $16) (42. Qxa4 h5 $16) (42. Qxe4 $2 Bxc3 43. Rg5 Re8 $19) 42... Bxc3 43. bxc3 Nf6) 42. Qxe8 $18 {[#] Intending Rg8+ and mate.} Nxg4+ 43. Bxg4 Rxe8 44. Bh5 ({Less strong is} 44. Nxa4 Rb8 $14) 44... Bxc3 45. Bxf7 Rf8 46. Bd5 Bg7 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 33%.} *

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna  V"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,64,11,0,0,0,16,-3,0,-4,0,0,-2,0,2,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,-22,-160,-149,-221,-216,-223,-235,-586,-491,-582,-494,-489,-490,-485,-487,-473,-473,-514,-515,-510,-487,-701,-696,-654,-627,-640,-627,-659,-654,-658,-652,-653,-637,-862,-865]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 67 Games} dxc4 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 7. Nxc4 c5 8. dxc5 Na6 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O Nxc5 10. Be2 Nd5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Qb1 Rc8 13. e4 Nf6 14. e5 Nd5 $146 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5f4,Bf4e2][%mdl 32]} 15. Rc1 b5 16. Ne3 (16. Ba5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nb6 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6) 16... Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 17. Bd1 {[#]} (17. Bf1 $17) 17... Bc6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc6f3]} 18. Nf1 Be4 19. Bc2 $2 (19. Rc2 {was the crucial defense.} Bxc2 20. Bxc2) 19... Ne2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 20. Kh1 Nd3 21. Bxd3 Rxc1 22. Bxe4 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Nd4 24. Rd1 Nxf3 25. Bxf3 Qc7 26. Bf4 (26. Rc1 $142 Qxe5 27. Rc2) 26... Qc4 27. Be3 Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...Rxd1.} 28. Ra1 Qc2 29. b3 Qb2 30. Rc1 a6 31. Rc7 Bb4 32. Bg5 {[#]} Qxf2 $1 {[%mdl 33280] Precision: White = 40%, Black = 89%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Deepan Chakkravarthy J"]
[Black "Zubova, Mariya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,48,8,0,0,0,0,-23,42,-8,-20,-8,-10,-5,-5,-15,0,0,-2,0,7,11,97,64,105,118,91,-29,-28,-97,-95,-519,-509,-514,-512]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} 8. Qc2 b5 9. Be2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (9. a3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 gxf6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb5 Ne7 14. Qxb3 c6 15. Bd3 {½-½ (38) Tarlev,K (2596)-Wang,H (2680) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016}) 9... Rb8 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 b4 $146 (11... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bh4 b4 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {0-1 (37) Bakuta,N (1794)-Tsirulnik,M (2168) Poltava 2011}) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. Ne4 Na5 15. Ned2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rfd1 Rc8 {[#]} (18... Qb6 $11) 19. Rd4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} ({Don't play} 19. Qd2 $6 Ba4 $11) 19... Qb6 20. Rad1 Bc6 {[#]} 21. Bxc4 ({Only move:} 21. Nd6+ $1 $16 Bxd6 22. exd6) 21... O-O $11 22. Neg5 (22. b3 $11) 22... g6 $17 23. Qd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. Ne4 $17) 23... Bxf3 $19 24. Nxf3 Rxc4 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Venkatesh, M R"]
[Black "Jishitha D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,100,-1,-97,-83,-113,-103,-117,-89,-98,-81,-154,-14,-58,-52,-62,-70,-50,-36,-37,-25,-48,-47,-44,-30,-25,-32,-25,-15,-54,-46,-47,-52,-47,-40,-126,-111,-160,-112,-176,-175,-174,-178,-168,-170,-185,-190,-181,-187,-212,-182,-183,-183,-193,-187,-184,-183,-374,-375,-337,-332,-317,-333,-329,-323,-902,-937,-1439,-1052,-29970,-29970,-29973,-29958]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4a3][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Ne2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A64: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation: 9...Nbd7 10 Nd2 a6 11 a4 Re8} (16. g4 $11) (16. g4 Nf6 17. g5 Nh5 18. f4 b5 19. fxe5 b4 20. Nc4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe5 22. Qf3 f5 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 {0-1 (60) So,W (2812)-Nakamura,H (2785) Stavanger 2017}) 16... b5 $1 $17 17. f4 {And now axb5 would win.} b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a3]} 18. fxe5 {Black is better.} bxa3 19. Rxa3 Bxe5 20. Raf3 {[#]} (20. g4 $142 Nf6 21. Qd3) 20... Rf8 (20... Rb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4e4]} 21. g4 (21. Rxf7 $2 Nf6 $19) 21... Rxe4) 21. g4 Ng7 $1 22. b3 c4 23. bxc4 Qc7 24. Bf4 $146 Qxc4 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Nc3 Ne8 {[%cal Bg7e8,Be8d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 27. Kh2 Nd6 28. Qa1 Rb3 29. Nd1 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Nxe4 31. Qxe5 Re8 ({Wrong is} 31... Bxa4 $2 32. Nb2 $18) 32. Qf4 ({Better is} 32. Ne3 $15 Qxa4 33. Qc7) 32... Qxd5 33. Ne3 Qe5 {aiming for ...Ng5.} 34. Qxe5 (34. Nc4 $17 Qxf4+ 35. Rxf4) 34... Rxe5 $19 35. Nc4 Rc5 36. Nb6 Bc6 {Hoping for ...Rc2.} 37. Re3 {[#]} f5 $1 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Bxe4 Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Kg3 Kf7 41. Kf4 Ke6 42. Rb3 Rc1 43. Rb4 $2 (43. Ke3) 43... Rc3 44. Nc4 Rf3+ ({Don't play} 44... Rxh3 45. Nd2 $19) 45. Kg5 Rxh3 46. Rb6+ Kd5 47. Nd6 $2 (47. Nd2) 47... Rg3+ 48. Kf6 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 49. Rxa6 f3 50. Nxe4 Rg6+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 38%, Black = 85%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erigaisi Arjun"]
[Black "Kurbanov, Djakhongir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,132,37,38,11,24,-34,-44,-33,-40,-50,-30,-54,-22,-25,-27,-36,-14,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,-9,9,0,12,0,0,-22,0,-29,-18,-32,-1,-13,0,-17,18,-9,20,-29,-40,-60,-52,-66,-63,-100,-90,-125,-76,-77,-83,-86,-55,-49,-20,-60,-72,-65,-44,-263,-263,-265,-255,-270,-247,-273,-264,-262,-259,-257,-255,-289,-272,-339,-339,-350,-341,-393,-381,-396,-401,-381,-354,-537,-509,-491,-460,-741,-547,-888,-883,-870,-834,-788,-727,-1102,-1016,-893,-877,-1449,-1458,-1437,-1272,-2880,-2283,-29977,-29978,-29976,-29979,-29985,-29981]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O g6 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (6... Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Nd2 Bc5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 O-O 14. Bf4 {½-½ (76) Mamedjarova,Z (2363)-Shen,Y (2465) Riadh 2017}) 7. c3 Bg7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. Bg5 Ne4 {The position is equal.} 9. Qc1 $146 ({White should try} 9. Bf4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 Nxg5 10. Nxg5 e5 11. Ngf3 e4 12. Ne1 O-O 13. Nc2 Be6 14. f4 {0-1 (34) Vilotijevic,M (1886)-Dimitrijevic,A (2289) Obrenovac 2004}) 9... Nxg5 $15 10. Qxg5 O-O 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c1,Bc1d3,Bd3b4][%mdl 32]} f6 12. Qh4 Be6 13. Rfe1 Bf7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Nb3 b6 16. Bb5 Qd6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 e6 19. g4 h6 20. Nc1 Rfd8 21. Nd3 g5 22. a4 Na5 23. Nd2 Rc7 24. Nb4 Bf8 25. Nd3 Nb7 26. Nc1 Nd6 27. Bd3 Re7 28. f3 e5 29. Ne2 Be8 30. b3 e4 31. Bb1 Bd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 32. Nf1 exf3 33. gxf3 f5 34. gxf5 Nxf5 {[%cal Bd6f5,Bf5h4,Bh4f3][%mdl 32]} 35. Neg3 Nh4 36. Rxe7 Bxe7 37. Ne3 Rf8 {Strongly threatening ...Bd6.} 38. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 39. Kh1 Bd8 40. c4 Nh4 41. Rf1 $2 {[#]} ({White should play} 41. Be4 $15) 41... Rxf1+ $19 42. Nxf1 Nf3 43. c5 Nxd4 44. cxb6 axb6 45. Nd2 Kg7 46. Be4 Be8 47. Kg2 h5 48. Kh2 Kh6 49. Ne3 Bd7 50. Bd5 Bc7+ 51. Kh1 g4 52. Ne4 Kg6 53. Ng2 (53. Bc4 $142) 53... Nf5 54. Nf2 Kh6 55. Ne4 (55. Bb7 $142) 55... Be5 56. Ne1 Ng3+ 57. Nxg3 Bxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 58. Nc2 Be5 59. Ne3 Kg5 60. Nc4 Bc7 61. Kg2 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 62. Ne3 Kf4 63. Nf1 h3+ 64. Kh1 g3 {[%cal Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 65. b4 Bxa4 66. Be6 g2+ {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Drljevic, Ljilja"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,90,-9,-43,-36,-71,-60,-96,-101,-97,-75,-81,-75,-80,-71,-99,-100,-95,-84,-105,-90,-164,-175,-252,-260,-254,-229,-234,-212,-247,-217,-208,-212,-281,-255,-476,-481,-474,-466,-554,-547,-617,-614,-642,-608,-743,-737,-746,-740,-1489,-931,-1090,-865,-891,-1013,-886,-884,-935,-931,-954,-928,-891,-839,-1008,-1005,-999,-999,-984,-952,-993,-959,-960,-952,-29981,-29982,-7068,-6149,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Re8 {A08: King's Indian Attack} 9. c3 d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Rb8 10. a4 Bf8 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 f6 13. a5 Be6 14. a6 b5 15. Nh2 Qd7 16. Ng4 {½-½ (27) Vajda,L (2597)-Lane,G (2362) Sydney 2014}) 10. c4 Bd7 {Black is better.} 11. Ne1 g6 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Nf3 a6 14. Bh6 b5 15. Na3 Nh5 16. Rc1 Be6 17. g4 {[#]} (17. Nh2 $17) 17... Ng7 $1 $19 18. Nxe5 (18. Nh2 $142) 18... Nxe5 19. f4 bxc4 20. fxe5 cxd3 ({Worse is} 20... Rxb2 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 $15) 21. Nc4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Nd6 Red8 ({Inferior is} 23... Qxe5 24. Nxe8 Nxe8 25. b3 $11) 24. Qf3 $2 (24. b3) 24... d2 25. Rc2 d1=Q 26. Qxd1 Qxe5 27. Nf5 gxf5 28. gxf5 Bxa2 29. f6 Ne6 30. Rf5 Qg3 31. Qh5 c4 32. Rcf2 Qg6 33. Qh4 d3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...d2.} 34. Rd2 Rb5 35. Qf2 Nd4 36. Rf4 Rg5 37. Kh2 Ne6 38. Rf3 Kh8 39. h4 Rxg2+ 40. Qxg2 Qxe4 41. Qf2 Qe5+ 42. Kh3 Rg8 43. Re3 Nf4+ 44. Kh2 Qd6 45. Kh1 c3 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,75,10,13,7,4,45,25,25,4,58,41,37,37,100,104,72,48,58,58,63,53,143,160,122,143,164,114,158,150,158,144,146,151,111,110,112,92,99,97,108,103,97,86,81,73,116,118,148,152,158,164,220,216,274,265,422,417,527,541]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d6 (3... Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14. Ng4 Bf8 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. c3 h6 17. Bf4 a5 18. Qd2 b4 19. c4 Ne7 20. h5 {1-0 (59) Kuzubov,Y (2699)-Grischuk,A (2772) Riadh 2017}) 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} O-O 7. c3 d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. d4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Rb8 11. h4 b5 12. Nbd2 b4 13. Nf1 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bd2 {0-1 (32) Hamitevici,V (2508)-Michielsen,J (2343) Edinburgh 2013}) 11. Bf4 a6 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} b5 13. Nf1 b4 ({Black should try} 13... Bb7 $11) 14. Ne3 bxc3 15. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4,Bc4d5,Bd5c6][%mdl 32]} Qa5 {[#]} (15... Qa7 $14) 16. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4d5]} cxd4 17. cxd5 dxe3 18. dxc6 exf2+ 19. Qxf2 Bc5 ({Better is} 19... Nb6 $1 $14) 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Nb6 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Ra7 24. Rab1 Nd5 {With the idea ...Nc3.} 25. Rdc1 Rc7 26. Rc5 Rd8 27. Nb3 f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Kf2 Rd6 {[#]} 32. Nd4 $1 ({Of course not} 32. Rdxd5 $6 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxc6 $11) ({Reject} 32. Rcxd5 $6 Rdxc6 33. Nd4 Rb6 $11) 32... f5 33. Re1 Rh6 34. Kg2 ({Resist} 34. Rxd5 $6 Rxh2+ 35. Kf3 Rxa2 $14) 34... Rd6 (34... Re7 $142 35. Rf1 Re5) 35. Re5 $18 Bd7 36. Kf3 Bxc6 (36... h6 $142 37. Re3 Rcxc6 38. Nxc6 Bxc6) 37. Re2 Kf6 38. Rec2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 86%, Black = 42%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,95,24,29,18,29,32,36,105,112,97,97,96,80,93,63,70,46,58,53,89,85,101,99,95,101,106,81,87,28,34,34,34,34,62,49,86,92,79,55,82,71,69,60,116,127,176,171,193,177,200,173,185,184,224,210,310,310,332,313,308,289,293,306,306,302,512,514,476,432,396,347,515,506,1126,1058,631,619,4802,3090]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bb5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Ne7 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. h3 Bd6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Qb1 h6 14. a3 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (64) Carlsen,M (2837)-Wang,H (2709) Riadh 2017}) 9. Bd3 b6 10. e4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. White has an edge.} dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rb8 (12... Nd5 $14) 13. dxc5 $16 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 f5 16. Bc2 $146 bxc5 17. Bb3 Nc6 18. Ba4 Ne7 19. Rd2 $1 Bb7 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Bd7 Bc8 22. Rh4 Ng6 23. Nxg6 (23. Bxc8 $16 Rdxc8 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. b3) 23... Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Ne5 Bb5 26. b3 g5 27. Rh6 {Threatens to win with c4.} Rb6 28. f4 g4 29. c4 Be8 30. Nd3 Kg7 (30... Rc6 $14) 31. Rh1 $1 Rd6 32. Ke2 Bc6 33. Rg1 ({Don't play} 33. Nxc5 Bxg2 34. Rh2 Bc6 $16) 33... Kf6 34. Ke3 h5 35. Nxc5 Rd8 {[#]} 36. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ba8 (36... e5 $142) 37. b5 $18 e5 38. fxe5+ Kxe5 39. Nd3+ Kf6 40. Nf4 Re8+ {[#]} 41. Kd3 $1 Kg5 $2 (41... a6 {is a better defense.} 42. b6 (42. bxa6 Be4+ 43. Kd4 Ra8 $16) (42. Nxh5+ Ke5 $18) 42... Ke5) 42. Rh1 Rh8 {If Black can now play ...h4 this consolidates a bit.} 43. Ke3 Re8+ 44. Kf2 Rh8 (44... Rc8 $142 45. c5 Kf6 46. Nxh5+ Kf7) 45. Rd1 {White is clearly winning.} h4 (45... Kf6 $142 46. c5 Be4 47. Rd6+ Kg7 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Rxa7 Rb8) 46. Rd6 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rd6g6]} Rg8 47. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent c6.} Be4 48. c6 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 86%, Black = 39%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karthik Kumar Pradeep"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,61,99,93,129,122,172,156,242,208,268,230,291,288,306,301,285,289,297,288,289,271,480,464,575,575,573,571,564,552,536,531]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} Qc7 (14... Rb8 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. g4 h6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rg1 Rd7 20. h4 Rbd8 21. a4 Nf4 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2776)-Nakamura,H (2787) Moscow 2018}) 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rab8 {[#] Hoping for ...Qb7.} 18. Qa5 Qb7 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb7b2]} 19. b3 Rfc8 (19... a6 $16 {is a better defense.} 20. Rhd1 h5) 20. Rhd1 $18 Qe7 21. Bc5 ({Resist} 21. Qxa7 Qe6 $18) 21... Qe8 22. Bd6 $146 ({Don't do} 22. Qxa7 Qc6 $18) 22... Ra8 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qc6 25. Re2 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $2 {[#]} (26... Qxe8 27. c4 Qe7) 27. Qxa7 {White is clearly winning.} Re2 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Qd4+ Kh6 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. Rd2 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bubalovic, Davorin"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,83,46,46,46,36,52,23,64,72,91,91,91,25,39,23,23,33,33,22,29,27,34,29,29,21,29,29,63,42,91,69,70,30,28,14,0,0,56,39,40,32,32,40,213,213,244,246,406,404,337,313,337,327,598,597,556,493,886,862,860,834,1105,1048]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Be6 8. Bxf6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2f4,Bf4h5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 12. Nf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd6 (12... Nc8 13. f3 h5 14. h4 Bd6 15. Nce2 Bd7 {1-0 (54) Giri,A (2762)-Zvjaginsev,V (2643) Antalya 2017}) 13. Nh5 Ke7 14. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h3 f5 15. O-O-O Rhg8 {1-0 (42) Ivanov,B-Kuerten,D (2051) ICCF email 2008}) 14... a6 15. Kf2 c5 16. Rhe1 Rac8 17. Re2 ({White should play} 17. Rab1 $16) 17... f5 $11 18. Rd1 Rhd8 19. h3 h6 20. g4 fxg4 21. hxg4 Kf8 22. Rc2 cxd4 23. exd4 Nc4 24. Ne2 Rc7 25. Nef4 Rdc8 26. Re2 Re7 27. b3 Na5 $1 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Rde1 Rc3 (29... Bb4 $11) 30. Bg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rc6 31. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4g5,Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Bb4 32. Rd1 Rc3 $2 {[#]} (32... e5 $1 $14) 33. g5 $1 $18 hxg5 34. fxg5 Nc6 $2 {[#]} (34... e5 {was called for.} 35. dxe5 d4) 35. Kg2 $1 Kg8 36. Bb1 Bd6 37. Rf2 Rf7 $2 (37... Nxd4 {might work better.} 38. Rxd4 Bc5) 38. Rxf7 {White is clearly winning.} Kxf7 39. g6+ Ke8 (39... Kg8 $142 40. Nf6+ Kf8) 40. g7 Ne7 41. Re1 Kf7 42. Rf1+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ramaraju, N."]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,51,27,22,87,87,88,87,102,103,121,126,121,127,134,127,180,178,195,192,268,237,250,258]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nge2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Ng3 f5 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 14. O-O Na6 (14... Qg5 15. Rae1 h5 16. Qb3+ Be6 17. Qxb7 Nd7 18. Nge2 Nf6 19. b3 h4 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. Rc1 {1-0 (31) Kuzubov,Y (2640)-Hayrapetyan,H (2489) Al Ain 2015}) 15. f3 Nb4 16. Qd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} f4 (16... exf3 $11 17. Rxf3 f4) 17. exf4 $16 {[%cal Rf3e4]} e3 18. Qd1 Qf7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 18... Be6 19. Re1 Bc4 20. Nce4 e2 21. Qd2 {1-0 (34) Cyborowski,L (2537)-Zielinski,W (2097) Gdansk 2011}) 19. Re1 Qxf4 20. Qb3+ Nd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rad1 Kh8 (22... Qf7 $16 {might work better.}) 23. Qxd5 $18 Be6 24. Qxb7 Bc4 {[#]} (24... Bxa2 {was worth a try.} 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nh5+ Kg8 27. Nxf4 Rab8) 25. Qxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 26. Nh5+ {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abou El Zein, Eid Mahmoud"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,72,97,81,100,93,56,52,47,55,42,63,52,78,-16,0,-78,0,0,0,-80,0,-43,-37,-133,-126,-72,5,-205,-122,-294,-317,-825,-845,-843,-824,-838,-805,-1845,-1746,-1654,-1631,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bb7 {A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6} 13. b3 Qa6 14. e4 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 17. exd5 exd5 18. a4 h6 19. Nf3 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... d4 20. Nb5 {½-½ (62) Damljanovic,B (2555)-Ivanisevic,I (2630) Kragujevac 2011}) 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Ne1 $1 Qe6 {[#]} 22. Qc1 (22. Nd3 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 22... Kh7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 23. f4 {[#]} (23. Nd3 $11) 23... Bd5 (23... exf3 $1 $17 24. Nxf3 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 (25. Bxf3 $2 {perishes.} Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Bxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Ne5 $19) 25... Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Rf8) 24. a5 Bxb3 25. Nc2 (25. Bc3 $1 $11 {remains equal.} c4 26. Rf2) 25... c4 (25... Ba2 $17 26. Rb7 Qc6) 26. Na1 Nc5 27. Qa3 ({Better is} 27. Nxb3 $15 Nxb3 28. Qc2) 27... Bd4+ $17 28. Kh1 Rfb8 {[#]} (28... e3 $17 29. Bb4 Rfc8 30. Nxb3 Nxb3) 29. h3 $2 (29. Bc3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and White stays safe.} Bxc3 30. Qxc5) 29... Rb5 (29... e3 $19 30. Bb4 e2 31. Bxc5 exf1=B 32. Rxf1 Bc3) 30. Nc2 $2 (30. Nxb3 $17 {might work better.} cxb3 31. g4) 30... Bg7 $19 {Strongly threatening ...c3.} 31. Be3 $2 (31. Ne3 c3 32. Bxc3 Bxc3 33. Qc1) 31... Raxa5 32. Qc1 Nd3 33. Qd1 Ra2 34. Nd4 Bxd1 35. Rxb5 Qd7 36. Bxe4 Qxh3+ {Precision: White = 17%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abou El Zein, Eid Mahmoud"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,61,24,62,20,79,27,40,31,45,0,0,0,0,-40,0,0,0,0,-13,0,125,137,189,125,215,213,177,147,140,126,175,163,204,202,214,224,244,245,292,282,285,289,381,365,422,408,435,432,433,417]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (6... e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rxb8 Qxb8 14. Qa4 a5 15. Ba3 Qb5 16. Qc2 a4 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. c4 {½-½ (79) Korobov,A (2689)-Yu,Y (2721) Novi Sad 2016}) 7. Rb1 g6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. h4 Bg7 (8... Qc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 9. h5 ({Better is} 9. Qa4 $16) 9... Qc7 $11 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Qc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb3 b6 14. d3 Na5 15. Qc2 {½-½ (22) Makovec,B (2186)-Starcevic,A (2120) Sveti Filip i Jakov 2017}) 13... Na5 14. Qh4 {[%cal Rh4h8] [#]} Bf6 15. Qh7 {[%cal Rh7g8]} O-O-O 16. Qxf7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Qe5 (16... Bf5 $11 17. e4 Qc6) 17. Qxg6 $16 Rh8 (17... Qe6 $16 18. Qc2 Qc4) 18. Qe4 (18. d4 $18 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qxd4 20. Bf4) 18... Bf5 (18... Qxe4 $16 19. Bxe4 b6) 19. Qxe5 $18 Bxe5 20. Rb5 b6 21. d4 Bd6 22. e4 Bd7 23. Rb1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nc6 25. Nf3 Nb4 26. Bd2 Nc2+ 27. Kd1 Na3 28. Rc1+ Kb8 29. e5 Ba4+ 30. Ke2 Bb5+ 31. Ke1 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 55%, Black = 29%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,139,16,17,0,10,10,12,9,21,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,19,14,20,29,7,32,15,29,17,90,7,5,10,8,0,0,0,0,22,48,20,193,164,156,155,157,147,147,147,147,150,157,145,157,148,176,176,179,177,433,433,444,425,438,112,113,108,119,108,108,118,107,125,97,71,75,74,83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,6,10,9,8,19,0,0,0,0,0,25,8,8,8,54,8,8,8,11,8,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-298,-288,-29973,-29976,-6095,0,-31]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 6. Bb2 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} d5 (6... Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. d3 f6 9. e5 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nfd2 e5 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Nc3 Be6 {0-1 (39) Adams,M (2745)-Nakamura,H (2775) London 2014}) 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1 f6 9. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c4 Qd7 12. exd5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne4 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 {1-0 (70) Pershin,D (2345)-Budnikova,V (1906) St Petersburg 2016}) 9... Be7 10. Nc3 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 O-O 13. Na4 Bd6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Re1 Bd7 16. f3 Rf6 17. Qf2 Rg6 (17... Be8 $11) 18. d3 (18. R5e2 $16) 18... Rf8 $11 19. R5e2 d4 $1 20. Bc1 e5 21. Kh1 Be6 22. Nb2 Bd5 23. Nc4 Qf6 $2 (23... e4 $11 24. dxe4 (24. Nxd6 e3 $15) 24... Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qe6) 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxe5 h6 26. Re8 Kh7 {[#]} 27. Rxf8 $1 Qxf8 28. Bd2 Qf5 29. Re2 a6 30. Qf1 Qh5 31. Bf4 {[%cal Bd2f4,Bf4g3,Bg3f2][%mdl 32]} Rf6 32. Bg3 Bxf3 $2 (32... Qf5 33. Re7 Re6 34. Rxe6 Qxe6) 33. gxf3 $18 Rxf3 34. Bf2 Rf4 35. Re4 $2 (35. Qe1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 35... Qf3+ $16 36. Kg1 Qg4+ 37. Qg2 Rxe4 38. dxe4 Qd1+ 39. Qf1 Qxc2 40. Qe1 ({Don't play} 40. Qxa6 $6 d3 $11) 40... d3 41. Be3 {Black must now prevent Qd2.} Qxa2 42. Qd1 (42. Bxc5 $16 Qxb3 43. Bb4) 42... c4 $1 $11 43. bxc4 Qxc4 44. Qg4 d2 45. Qf5+ Kh8 46. Qc8+ Kh7 $1 47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Bxd2 Qd4+ 49. Qf2 Qxe4 50. h3 Qb1+ 51. Kh2 Qe4 52. Bc3 {White threatens Qf8+ and mate.} Qe7 53. Qd2 {aiming for Qxh6+.} Kg8 54. Qd4 Kh8 55. h4 c5 56. Qg4 Qc7+ 57. Kg1 c4 58. h5 a5 59. Qg6 {Strongly threatening Qxh6+.} Kg8 60. Qe8+ Kh7 61. Be5 Qb7 62. Qg6+ Kg8 63. Kf2 Qf7+ 64. Ke3 a4 65. Kd4 a3 66. Kc3 a2 67. Kb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67. Qg1 $11) 67... Qf2+ $19 68. Ka3 $2 {[#]} (68. Ka1 $19 Qe1+ 69. Kxa2 Qxe5 70. Qg4) 68... Qa7+ 69. Kb4 a1=Q $2 ({Black should try} 69... Qe7+ $19 70. Qd6 Qxd6+ 71. Bxd6 a1=Q 72. Kxc4 Qd1) 70. Qe8+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Llopis de Aysa, Manuel"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,33,42,36,37,87,91,92,86,102,99,150,138,148,145,202,187,222,108,110,95,325,292,324,315,388,364]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Ne7 5. Nc3 (5. Ba4 Ng6 6. h4 h5 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Ng5 Be7 10. g3 Nf8 11. f3 Ne6 12. Be3 O-O {1-0 (64) Wei,Y (2706)-Ma,Z (2468) China 2015}) 5... Ng6 6. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32] C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} c6 7. h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bc4 h5 8. Ng5 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (32) Efimenko,Z (2601)-Cherniaev,A (2509) Coventry 2005}) 7... Ne7 8. Bc4 {White is better.} Qc7 9. d4 exd4 (9... d5 $142) 10. Qxd4 $16 d5 11. exd5 Nexd5 (11... Nf5 $16 {was necessary.} 12. Qd3 Bc5) 12. h6 {[%cal Rc4d5]} ({Much less strong is} 12. Bxd5 $6 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 $16) ({Don't do} 12. Nxd5 $6 cxd5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 $16) 12... Qb6 13. Qe5+ ({Don't play} 13. Nxd5 $6 cxd5 14. Bb3 Qxd4 $16) (13. Bxd5 $18 cxd5 14. Bf4) 13... Be6 14. Bxd5 cxd5 $2 {[#]} (14... Ng4 $16 {is a better defense.} 15. hxg7 Qxf2+ 16. Kd1 Nxe5 17. gxh8=Q Nxf3 18. gxf3 O-O-O) 15. Be3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3b6]} Qxb2 16. O-O Rg8 17. Rab1 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 78%, Black = 28%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sultan, Ibrahim"]
[Black "Flores, Diego"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hakobyan, Eduard"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,102,41,38,34,20,30,23,33,19,26,76,60,58,64,66,60,65,56,76,77,79,75,73,67,83,72,72,64,66,0,0,0,41,49,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-124,-141,-145,-145,-104,-23,-29,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,-85,-85,-85,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,109]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Nd2 h6 10. Be3 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} Nd7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. g4 (11. O-O f5 12. f3 f4 13. Bf2 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nb3 Ndc5 16. Qd2 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nc5 {½-½ (35) Mirzoev,E (2405)-Triapishko,O (2530) Batumi 2018}) 11... Ndc5 12. a3 Bd7 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b3 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. h4 f4 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 {1-0 (38) Valenzuela Gomez,F (2334)-Sanchez Sandoval,G (2249) Valdivia 2016}) 13... c6 14. h4 f5 15. gxf5 {Strongly threatening Rg1.} gxf5 16. O-O-O {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1g1,Bg1g4][%mdl 32]} f4 17. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 18. Rdg1 Kh7 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Rxg4 Rg8 21. Rhg1 Qd7 22. Na4 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Bf6 24. Qd1 (24. Rxg8 $14 Rxg8 25. Rxg8 Kxg8 26. h5) 24... Rxg4 $11 25. Rxg4 Rg8 26. Rxg8 Kxg8 27. Qh5 Kg7 28. Nf3 Qh3 {Threatens to win with ...Qf1+.} 29. Kd2 cxd5 30. cxd5 Qg2 31. Ke2 Qg6 32. Qf5 (32. Qxg6+ $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Kxg6 33. Nd2) 32... Qxf5 $17 33. exf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} e4 34. Nd2 Bxb2 ({Better is} 34... a4 $1 $17) 35. Nc4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc4b2]} Be5 36. a4 Kf6 37. Nxa5 b6 38. Nc4 Bd4 39. Nxd6 Ke5 40. Nf7+ Kxd5 41. Nxh6 {aiming for Nf7.} Ke5 42. f3 e3 43. Nf7+ Kxf5 44. Nd6+ {[#]} (44. h5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 44... Kg6 $1 $17 45. Nb5 {[#]} Bf6 (45... Be5 $1 $17 {Threatening ...Kh5.} 46. Na7 Bf6) 46. Nc7 $11 {And now Nd5 would win.The position is equal.} Bxh4 47. Nd5 Kf5 {With the idea ...Bd8.} 48. Nxb6 Ke6 49. Kd3 Bd8 50. Nc4 Kd5 {White must now prevent ...e2!} 51. Nxe3+ Ke5 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 69%, Black = 56%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (51... fxe3 $11 52. Kxe3 Bh4) 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "San Juan, Dennis"]
[Black "Narayanan S L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,76,-18,-27,-7,-17,0,-53,-20,-27,-20,-21,-24,-30,0,-17,0,0,24,-24,12,0,13,0,8,-55,-44,-70,-68,-46,-42,-94,-93,-113,-89,-166,-169,-319,-194,-193,-198,-313,-296,-308,-308,-393,-210,-331,-268,-244,-250,-395,-381,-392,-400,-429,-425,-776,-777,-759,-734,-800,-756]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 e6 9. Nbd2 Rc8 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (9... h6 10. Be2 Qd8 11. b3 b5 12. a4 a6 13. O-O Be7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Qb2 {½-½ (47) Gabuzyan,H (2571)-Petrosyan,M (2570) Yerevan 2018}) 10. h3 Qd8 $146 (10... h6 {is interesting.} 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Qa5) ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. g4 Bh7 12. Ne5 Be7 13. Rg1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Be2 f6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. f3 {0-1 (38) Hund,G (1987)-Milov,L (2454) Nuremberg 2011}) 11. a4 (11. Be2 $11) 11... Bd6 {Black is slightly better.} 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxc4 Qe7 17. Nh2 Bg6 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. Rad1 (20. Ng4 $11) 20... Nd5 21. Qc1 Qc7 22. Rfe1 a6 23. Ne3 ({White should play} 23. Ng4 $15) 23... Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] aiming for ...Nxd4! Keeping White busy.} 24. Bf1 Bh5 25. g4 (25. Neg4 $17) 25... Bg6 $19 26. Nc2 (26. Qa1 $142) 26... e5 27. dxe5 Nxe5 28. Re3 (28. Rxd8+ {was worth a try.} Rxd8 29. Qe3 (29. Qxf4 $2 Nf3+ 30. Qxf3 exf3 $19)) 28... Ned3 29. Qa1 h5 30. Nd4 Nd5 (30... Rxd4 $142 31. cxd4 Qc2 32. Bxd3 exd3) 31. Re2 (31. Rexd3 $142 exd3 32. gxh5) 31... N3f4 32. Ree1 Qe7 33. Ne2 (33. Qc1 $142) 33... Nd3 34. Rxd3 exd3 35. Nf4 Qf6 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Nxd3 (36. Nxg6 $142 Qxg6 37. Qd1) 36... Bxd3 37. Bxd3 Nf4 38. Bf1 Rd2 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dimarucut, Francis Erwin"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,3,16,0,0,-6,-3,0,0,-3,4,-23,-24,-27,0,0,8,0,8,-13,-8,-24,0,0,0,-19,-18,-50,-38,-55,-49,-45,-54,-152,-163,-266,-288,-277,-249,-294,-312,-312,-312,-392,-380,-497,-497,-494,-495,-489,-476,-525,-391,-386,-373,-1084,-1120,-1117,-1082,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29980,-29981]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. f4 (3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. d4 b6 8. Bb5 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. g3 Qc7 {½-½ (73) Nakamura,H (2786)-Caruana,F (2802) chess.com INT 2017}) 3... d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Na3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nc4 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. fxe5 Ndxe5 12. Nfxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (50) Gatterer,F (2206)-Pitschka,C (2279) Austria 2006}) 10. Ng5 Bxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. f5 Ne7 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Qe1 Rb8 15. a4 Bh6 16. Rxf6 {[#] Hoping for Ne4.} Bxg5 17. Rf2 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 18. e4 f4 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Raf1 fxg3 21. Rxf8+ ({White must play} 21. hxg3 $15 Rxf2 22. Qxf2) 21... Rxf8 $17 22. Rxf8+ (22. hxg3 $142 Qxa4 23. Qg4 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1) 22... Kxf8 $19 23. hxg3 Qxa4 24. Qd3 b6 25. Bh3 Kg7 26. Be6 Ng8 27. Ba3 Nf6 28. Kg2 Qa5 29. Bc1 Qa1 30. Qf1 Qb1 31. Qd1 a5 32. Bd7 $2 {[#]} (32. Bg4) 32... Nxd7 33. Qg4 Nf6 34. Qxg5 Qxc1 {Black mates.} 35. Qxe5 Qxd2+ 36. Kh3 g5 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maroroa, Sue"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,125,12,61,25,59,56,66,73,66,65,83,76,96,82,83,97,84,79,115,110,106,109,106,58,94,88,86,55,45,42,40,0,33,36,72,74,70,59,66,57,95,90,89,71,70,51,60,29,42,43,54,58,55,-116,63,22,145,114,125,104,235,148,148,87,95,121,131,99,201,203,203,203,200,186,202,195,175,124,127,121,121,121,137,135,137,150,161,150,29968,29971,29968,29972,29972,29973,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29976,29976,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29981,29982,29983,29984]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games. E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 9. Re1 (9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Qe7 11. Qb3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc5 13. Qa3 a5 14. Rfd1 Nfd7 15. Rd2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. dxc6 e4 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. cxd7 exf3 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qxc5 Kh8 22. Nf4 Rad8 23. Qd5 {1-0 (23) Fridman,D (2667)-Jurcik,M (2496) Warsaw 2012}) 9... e5 10. d5 $1 Qc7 {White is slightly better.} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 a5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... a6 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Rb1 Nb6 15. Qd3 Rac8 16. Bb2 Qd7 {0-1 (71) Mbusnoum,H-Medina Ucles,E Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Bg2 Nc5 15. Rc1 Nfd7 16. a3 Na6 17. Rb1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Nb6 20. Bf2 e4 21. Bf1 Nc5 22. Kh2 a4 23. Qc2 Kh8 24. Rbd1 Rd7 25. Be3 Rdf7 26. Be2 Bh6 27. Rg1 Qb8 28. Rdf1 Qc7 29. g4 fxg4 30. Rxg4 Qe7 31. Qd2 Nb3 32. Qd1 {And now Bd4+ would win.} Nc5 $1 33. Qe1 Nbd7 34. Qd1 $2 {[#]} (34. Qh4 $14 {stays ahead.} Qxh4 35. Rxh4) 34... Nb6 $2 (34... Ne5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5g4][%mdl 512]} 35. Qd4 (35. fxe5 Rxf1) 35... Nb3 36. Qxe4 Nxg4+ 37. Bxg4 Qxe4 38. Nxe4 Bxf4+ 39. Bxf4 Rxf4 40. Rxf4 Rxf4 41. Nxd6 Nc5) 35. Rf2 {Black should prevent Bd4+.} Bg7 (35... Nbd7 $1 $11) 36. Rfg2 $16 Bf6 37. Qg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White threatens Rg8+ and mate. White is on the roll.} Qe8 (37... Rg7 $16) 38. dxc6 bxc6 39. Bxc5 ({White should try} 39. R4g3 {Strongly threatening Bh5.} Qb8 40. Bh5 (40. Bxc5 dxc5 41. Qxc5 Nd7 $14)) 39... dxc5 40. Qxc5 Nd7 41. Qxc6 Ne5 (41... Qb8 $16 {was called for.}) 42. Qxe8 $18 {White wants to mate with Rg8+.} Nxg4+ 43. Bxg4 Rxe8 44. Bh5 ({Less strong is} 44. Nxa4 Rb8 $14) 44... Bxc3 45. Bxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf8 46. Bd5 (46. bxc3 $18 Rxf7 47. Re2) 46... Bg7 47. Bxe4 Rxf4 48. Re2 Bxb2 49. Rxb2 Rxe4 $16 {[#] KR-KR} 50. Rc2 $1 Kg7 51. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent c6.} Kf6 $2 (51... Re7 $16 52. Kg3 Kf7) 52. c6 {White mates.} Re8 53. c7 Rc8 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. Kh4 Kg6 56. Rc6+ Kf7 57. Kh5 Kg7 58. h4 h6 59. Rc4 Kh7 60. Rc3 Kg7 61. Rc6 Kf7 62. Kxh6 Ke7 63. Kg7 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 61%, Black = 39%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barretto, Franz"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,78,-31,-41,-33,0,0,16,5,5,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,6,10,16,-9,-8,-20,-20,-22,-25,-50,-31,-62,-54,-64,-47,-66,-63,-75,-66,-87,-40,-61,-41,-98,-48,-122,-104,-104,-104,-116,-97,-97,-97,-112,-112,-112,-103,-104,-104,-104,-104,-112,-104,-104,-104,-105,-110,-111,-111,-172,-170,-157,-131]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. e5 (5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nf3 h6 11. c4 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. Re1 a4 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Ne5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 {½-½ (52) Navara,D (2740)-Kovalenko,I (2639) Katowice 2017}) 5... Nc6 6. Nb3 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Qc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. Nbxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} Ne7 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qf4 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 11. Bb5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. exf6 Qxf4 12. Bxf4 gxf6 {½-½ (62) Lurje,P (2172)-Tukmakov,V (2568) Zuerich 2002}) 11... Bd7 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 12. Bxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 13. O-O ({Much weaker is} 13. exf6 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 gxf6 $17) 13... Be7 14. Qg3 O-O 15. Bf4 {[#] Hoping for exf6.} f5 16. Bg5 (16. Bh6 {NOTEXT} Rf7 17. Bg5 c5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. b4) 16... Bxg5 17. Qxg5 c5 18. Rfd1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 19. Rd2 a4 20. Qf4 Rab8 21. Rc1 Bc6 22. h3 Qe7 23. Ne1 g5 24. Qf3 Rb6 25. Qe2 (25. Qg3 $15) 25... Bb5 26. Nd3 ({White should play} 26. Qd1 $15) 26... Rfb8 27. Rcc2 f4 28. Qf3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Kg7 30. a3 Qf7 31. Qe2 Qf5 32. f3 Kg6 33. Qf2 Rc6 34. Re2 Qd3 35. Rcd2 Qb1+ 36. Re1 Qf5 37. Ree2 h5 38. Kf1 (38. Qe1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 38... Rc7 $19 39. Ke1 Rb3 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Surendran N"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,61,31,17,9,-3,-5,-2,10,9,15,10,35,27,55,-5,0,-7,-8,-23,-26,-16,-16,-24,-17,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 e5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (10... Bh5 11. Qb3 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Qb6 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Re1 a5 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. a4 Bd3 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. Rd1 Rab8 19. c4 Bg6 20. Bd2 Rfd8 21. Be1 Bh5 22. Rd3 Bg6 23. Rdd1 Bh5 24. Rd3 {½-½ (24) Pantsulaia,L (2607)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Doha 2016}) 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 13. Qf5 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} Nfg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ng6 14. h4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Re8 16. Be3 Nf8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bc2 {1-0 (38) Dizdarevic,E (2505)-Sulskis,S (2515) Yerevan 1996}) 14. Rf1 g6 15. Qf4 f5 16. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 h6 19. Bd2 ({White should try} 19. Bc1 $1 $14) 19... Rad8 $11 20. Rad1 Nd3 21. Rb1 Ndxf2 {[#]} 22. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh6 23. Rxf2 Rfe8 24. Bf3 Re3 25. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 {KRB-KRN} Re1+ 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Kf7 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. h3 Ke5 31. Ke3 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 35%, Black = 65%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berezina, Irina"]
[Black "Karthikeyan Pandiyan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. b3 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 6. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 10. e4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 11. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:24]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} g6 {[%emt 0:11:28]} 13. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 14. Nhf3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 15. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 16. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:18:01]} 17. e5 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 18. b4 {[%emt 0:05:56]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:11:06]} 19. bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 20. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} d4 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 21. Nb3 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 22. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:06:18]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:10:46]} 23. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 24. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 25. Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:08:35]} 26. e6 {[%emt 0:14:07]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 27. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 28. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 29. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:02:37]} 31. Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 35. R1xa5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:37] Kd5 [%clk 0:05:58]} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Song, Yuxin"]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,124,-35,-55,-26,-22,-25,-35,-7,-15,-16,-29,-39,-45,-29,-28,-20,-40,-26,-27,-27,-50,-36,-62,-46,-90,-79,-82,-80,-80,-80,-104,-89,-108,-108,-110,-108,-109,-111,-117,-103,-112,-102,-101,-101,-117,-103,-103,-88,-102,-105,-97,-98,-106,-100,-107,-107,-101,-96,-199,-200,-182,-181,-206,-162,-164,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-136,-75,-80,-56,-59,-56,-56,-53,-63,-63,-64,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-41,-49,-19,-19,-19,-26,-27,-28,-19,-64,-74,-75,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 Be7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ne3 Be6 15. a5 Rfd8 {½-½ (58) Demchenko,A (2660)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 7... Nf6 8. O-O g6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bg7 (10... Be6 {with more complications.} 11. Qe3 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. b3 b5) 11. Nxd7 $146 ({Don't play} 11. Rd1 Be6 $17) ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qh4 Be6 13. Bh6 Qc7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfe1 Rad8 {½-½ (59) Mahjoob,M (2507)-Gopal,G (2548) Beijing 2008}) 11... Qxd7 12. Be3 Rc8 (12... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd7d4]} 13. Qb6 Rc8 $15) 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Qxd7 Nxd7 15. Rab1 Ne5 16. b3 b5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a4 bxa4 19. bxa4 Ra8 20. Rb7 e6 21. Ba7 Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 22. Bc5 Rfd8 23. Nf3 Rxa4 24. Rc7 Nb4 25. Be7 Rda8 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. Rd1 Bf6 28. g3 Rb2 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra4 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Nc4 Ra6 33. Rd7 Kf8 34. h4 Rc6 35. Nd6 Be7 36. Ne4 Rc4 37. f3 h6 38. g4 (38. Rd2 $17) 38... f5 $19 39. Nd2 Rc2 40. Kg3 Ke8 41. Rd3 Kf7 (41... Bb4 $19 42. Nf1 Be1+ 43. Kh3 Ke7) 42. f4 $17 fxg4 43. Kxg4 Rc7 44. Nf3 Bf6 (44... h5+ $142 45. Kg3 Ra7) 45. h5 gxh5+ 46. Kxh5 Rc5+ 47. Kg4 $1 h5+ 48. Kg3 Kg6 49. Ne1 Kf5 {And now ...h4+ would win.} 50. Ng2 Bb2 51. Kf3 Bc1 52. Nh4+ Kf6 53. Ng2 Bb2 54. Ne3 Ba1 55. Rd6 Ke7 56. Rd1 Bf6 57. Ke4 Ra5 {With the idea ...Ra4+.} 58. f5 Ra4+ 59. Kf3 e5 (59... Bg5 $17 {aiming for ...Ra3.} 60. fxe6 Kf6) 60. Nd5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kf7 61. Rc1 Ra3+ 62. Ke4 Ra4+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Laxman, R. R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,142,23,32,26,28,19,28,22,40,21,43,25,29,28,33,14,27,0,0,8,44,0,0,0,0,-60,-73,-70,-82,-101,-97,-102,-88,-156,-61,-93,-42,-110,-117,-151,-77,-79,-54,-42,-36,-86,-86,-86,-86,-88,-89,-106,-100,-103,-70,-71,-70,-65,-54,-70,-25,-25,-27,-33,-19,-22,-12,-30,-10,-16,-11,-8,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,0,0,0,-65,0,0,-14,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} Nf6 (8... Nc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf1 d6 12. a4 c6 13. b4 Nd7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. a5 Re8 {0-1 (66) Jones,G (2654)-Howell,D (2676) London 2017}) 9. O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. c4 {White is slightly better.} d6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 Bg5 14. Qd2 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Ne5 {0-1 (87) Armas,L (1903)-Durand,V (2044) Saint Paul Trois Chateaux 2013}) 13... Nc5 14. b4 Bf6 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Rb1 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Nb6 19. Qe2 Be5 20. Ne4 Qh4 21. f4 (21. g3 $11 Qh5 22. Qd3) 21... Bd4+ $15 22. Kh1 Bf5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 23. Qd3 Bf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2e1]} 24. Re2 Rfe8 25. Rf1 (25. Qc3 $142) 25... Nd7 (25... Rxe4 $1 $17 26. Rxe4 Nd7) 26. Qc3 {And now g3 would win.} Bb6 (26... Bxe4 $17 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxe4 Nf6) 27. Bc1 {[#]} (27. Be1 $15 Qg4 28. Bd3) 27... Bxe4 $1 $17 28. Rxe4 {[#]} Rxe4 ({Black should play} 28... Nf6 $1 29. Bb2 Nh5) 29. Bxe4 Qf6 (29... Nf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 30. Bc2 Re8 $15) 30. Qd3 Qd4 31. g4 Nf6 32. Qxd4 Bxd4 33. Bf3 Ra2 34. g5 Nd7 35. Bg4 f5 36. gxf6 $1 Nxf6 37. Be6+ Kf8 38. f5 gxf5 39. Bxf5 Be5 40. h3 Kg8 {Hoping for ...Nh5.} 41. Be3 Ra3 42. Be6+ Kh7 (42... Kf8 {keeps more tension.} 43. Bd2 Bc3 44. Bg5 Ra4 45. Rf3 Be5) 43. Bf4 Bxf4 44. Rxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kh6 45. Kg2 Rc3 46. Kf2 b6 47. h4 Nh5 48. Rg4 Nf6 49. Rf4 Rb3 50. b5 Rc3 51. Bc8 Nh5 52. Re4 g6 53. Ke1 Nf6 54. Rf4 Kg7 55. Kd2 Ra3 56. Be6 Ra2+ 57. Kc3 Ra3+ 58. Kd4 Ra1 59. Kc3 Rh1 60. Kb4 Re1 61. Rf3 Rb1+ 62. Kc3 Ra1 63. Kb4 (63. Rf4 $11) 63... Ra2 ({Black should try} 63... Re1 $1 $15) 64. Rf4 Re2 65. Rf3 Rb2+ 66. Kc3 {The position is equal.} Rh2 67. Rf4 Rh1 68. Kd2 Ra1 69. Kc3 Rg1 70. Kd4 Rd1+ 71. Kc3 Rh1 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,63,24,10,41,33,37,37,33,35,39,34,54,41,60,41,60,29,36,36,98,104,126,106,136,106,189,191,200,202,295,135,125,132,125,125,132,109,865,867,741,836,29992,29993,29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rd8 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} 12. Bf4 (12. Rac1 Qa5 13. Qb2 e6 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Bg5 Rf8 16. e5 Ba6 17. Bb3 Rac8 18. Ng3 h6 19. Be3 Ne7 20. h4 Nf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 {½-½ (60) Genga,S (2438)-Haugen,A (2440) ICCF 2015}) 12... Qa5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 13. d5 Ne5 {White is slightly better.} 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rab1 a6 16. f4 Bg7 17. Qe3 b5 18. Qxc5 Bg4 19. h3 {0-1 (32) Goetz,M-Schmidt,W Untergrombach 1991}) 15... Qc7 16. f4 Bg7 17. e5 b6 18. Ng3 Bb7 $1 19. Rfd1 Qc8 (19... a6 $1 $14) 20. Qe2 $16 Kh8 21. Rab1 Bh6 22. f5 Bf4 (22... gxf5 $16 23. Qh5 Bf4) 23. e6 $1 $18 fxe6 {[#]} 24. fxg6 $1 hxg6 {[#]} (24... Rg8 $142) 25. Nh5 (25. Rf1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf1f4] is the precise move to win.} Qc7 26. Qxe6) 25... Qc7 $16 26. Nxf4 Qxf4 27. Rf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qg5 28. h4 ({Much weaker is} 28. Qxe6 $6 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 $11) 28... Qg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Qh5 $16) 29. Rf3 $18 Qd6 30. Rbf1 {Intending Qd2 and mate.} exd5 31. Qe3 g5 32. Qxg5 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,61,0,7,26,25,47,41,58,53,49,44,58,51,73,22,24,25,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,-85,-93,-88,-83,-94,502,45,711,700,822,813,906,906,902,903,888,881,898,893,875,851]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 Ne4 {White is slightly better.} 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 Nf6 15. Qb3 {[%cal Re5f7]} Qe7 16. Be1 (16. a4 $16) 16... b5 $11 17. Bh4 Ra7 {[#]} 18. Bxf6 $146 (18. Be2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 18. Be2) 18... gxf6 19. Bd5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd5b7][%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Bxb7. White is more active.} fxe5 20. fxe5 Bb4 {[#] ...Bxd5 is the strong threat.} 21. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 $17 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Qe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Don't go for} 23... Qe7 $2 24. Rxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bd5 25. Rxe7 $18) (23... Qh5 $1 $17 24. e7+ (24. Qxb4 Qg5 $15) 24... Bd5 25. Qxb4 Bf7) 24. Qxb4 $2 (24. e7+ $1 $18 Bd5 25. Qxd5+ Kg7 26. Rf1 (26. Qxe4 Qxe7 27. Qg4+ Kh8 $11) 26... Qxe7 27. Rf4) 24... c6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Ra8 $14) 25. Qc5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Ra8 26. e7 Qf7 {[#]} 27. Rf1 $1 Qg7 28. Rf5 h6 29. Qd6 Re8 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Rf6 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Omar, Noaman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,121,17,22,22,16,16,34,20,20,15,22,0,0,0,29,9,34,15,53,36,52,56,58,42,55,46,51,15,14,10,45,10,23,0,47,0,68,41,74,47,77,43,35,25,25,33,112,83,81,89,88,80,101,93,243,254,263,268,259,238,248,268,264,257,255,249,229,46,44,51,657,670,647,633,615,606,585,568,3306,3103,1910,931,2293,2236,7520,10691,12833,3412,6610,7536,12836,12837,12837,12837,12839,12839,12840,6223,3094,2808]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8... Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Na3 e5 11. Nc2 Nd7 12. a3 a5 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Na4 16. Bd2 {0-1 (47) Wei,Y (2739)-Karjakin,S (2760) Medias 2017}) 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qd8 12. a3 a5 {LiveBook: 24 Games} 13. Rc1 O-O 14. c5 Bc7 15. Qa4 Ra6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ra7 16. Rfe1 {1-0 (34) Kozul,Z (2591)-Moroni,L (2438) Gjakova 2016}) 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Nc4 Bd7 18. Nfd2 Qb8 19. Qd1 Ne7 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. Bh3 Rf8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 b5 24. cxb6 $1 Bxb6 25. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 26. bxc5 Bc6 27. Ne5 {[%cal Bc4e5,Be5g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32] White wants to play Bxf5.} Qc7 28. Qh5 Ne7 29. Qh4 (29. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 30. Bxe6 $16) 29... Bd5 (29... Rd8 $11) 30. Qxd4 $14 Nc6 31. Qf4 Ra2 32. Ng6 Rc8 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bf3 {[#]} ({Black should play} 34... Kh7 $14) 35. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re7 (35... fxe6 36. Bxe6+) 36. Nf4 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 {aiming for Bg2.} g5 38. Bg2 Nd4 (38... Bxg2 $16 39. Nxg2 Ra3 40. Re8+ Kg7) 39. Re8+ $18 Kh7 40. Bxf3 Nxf3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 41. Kg2 g4 42. h3 f5 43. Re7+ Kg8 44. hxg4 fxg4 {intending ...Ra1.} 45. Re6 $2 (45. Nh5 $18) 45... Kf7 $1 $14 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ra1.} 46. Re3 {Hoping for Rxf3.} Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Rc2 $14) 47. Rxf3 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} gxf3+ 48. Kxf3 {KR-KN} Kf6 49. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Rc1 50. Ke4 Kg5 51. d5 Kf6 52. Kd4 (52. d6 $142 Rd1 53. Nd3) 52... Rd1+ 53. Nd3 Ke7 54. g4 Rd2 55. f3 (55. f4 $142 Kd8 56. d6) 55... Rd1 56. Ke4 Rd2 57. Ne5 Kf6 58. f4 Rd1 59. d6 Re1+ 60. Kd4 (60. Kd5 $142 h5 61. c6 Rd1+ 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kd3 hxg4 64. c7 Rd1+ 65. Ke2 Rxd6 66. c8=Q) 60... Rd1+ 61. Nd3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Pranav Vijay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,110,59,56,45,90,86,76,76,85,87,81,42,60,54,44,50,56,66,20,-128,7,-7,25,0,14,14,39,19,33,29,38,34,24,22,39,39,28,24,109,97,150,158,243,237,269,201,258,266,252,192,365,277,411,256,322,180,418,352,395,199,342,280,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29974,29975,29972,29972,29972,29973,6503,2507,29996,29997,29998,29991,29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Rd1 Be7 9. Nc3 a6 10. b3 Nc6 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 11. Qf4 Qc7 12. Ba3 Ne5 13. Rac1 (13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 O-O 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Ng6 17. Qf3 d5 {0-1 (17) Cheparinov,I (2678)-Inarkiev,E (2693) Poikovsky 2013}) 13... O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Qd4 {[%cal Ra3d6]} Nxf3+ 15. exf3 {[%cal Ra3d6]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... d5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxb6 {½-½ (37) Swiercz,D (2584)-Bednarek,S (2320) Warsaw 2011}) 16. Qe3 Rac8 17. Bh3 {Strongly threatening Nd5.} Rb8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qd8 20. Rc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Qc7 22. Qe4 {[#]} (22. Bd7 $11) 22... b5 (22... d5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 23. Rxd5 Bxa3) 23. Bb2 Rfd8 24. b4 Bf8 25. Qd5 Ra8 26. a3 Rab8 27. Rc1 g6 28. f4 Bg7 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Bd7 {[#]} Rb6 {[#]} (31... Rb7 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] keeps the balance.}) 32. Qc5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rbb8 {[#]} (32... e4 $142) 33. Rd1 $1 Rb6 (33... a5 $16) 34. Rd5 $18 Rbb8 35. Kg2 ({Weaker is} 35. Rxe5 Rxd7 36. cxd7 Qxd7 $11) 35... e4 36. h4 h5 37. Kf1 Rb6 $2 (37... Rf8 38. Qd4 Rb6) 38. Ke2 Kh7 (38... Rf8 $142 39. Ke3 Rbb8) 39. Ke3 Rbb8 40. Rd6 (40. Kxe4 $142 Ra8 41. Kf3) 40... Kg8 $2 (40... a5) 41. Kxe4 Rf8 42. Rf6 (42. Qe5 $142 {Threatens to win with Rxg6+!} Kh7 43. Rf6 Qxe5+ 44. Kxe5) 42... Rbd8 (42... Rbe8+ $142 43. Bxe8 Rxe8+ 44. Kf3 Rd8) 43. Qd6 Qa7 $2 {[#]} (43... Rfe8+ $18 44. Kf3 Qxd6 45. Rxd6 Kf8) 44. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 45. Qxg6+ Kh8 46. Qh6+ Kg8 47. Be6+ Rf7 48. Qg5+ Kh7 49. Qxh5+ Kg7 50. Qg5+ Kh7 51. Bf5+ Kh8 52. Qxd8+ Kg7 53. Be6 (53. Qg5+ $142 Kf8 54. Be6 Qxf2 55. Bxf7 Qg2+ 56. Ke5 Qxc6 57. Bd5 Qc7+ 58. Ke6 Qc8+ 59. Kd6 Qb8+ 60. Kc6 Qc8+ 61. Kb6 Qb8+ 62. Kxa6) 53... Re7 54. Qg8+ {White mates.} Kf6 55. Kd5 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rg8g5]} Qc7 56. Qg5# {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,113,-7,12,-21,-23,-43,-46,-51,-47,-70,-66,-79,-76,-82,-85,-85,-73,-66,-23,-25,-21,-72,-65,-67,-68,-114,-34,-32,-35,-42,-40,-56,-16,-37,-23,-22,100,110,108,110,108,103,86,8,156,163,152,139,127,126,114,117,127,74,89,84,78,75,74,44,44,44,38,44,41,49,76,76,85,73,45,45,236,230,362,362,402,390,443,130,581,616,597,581,1092,743,1206,1197,1566,1440,1537,5000,2681,2497,5942,5909,1673,5106,1449,3093]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Bg5 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} Nbd7 (6... Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. f3 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. fxe4 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 dxc3 14. fxg7 {½-½ (40) McShane,L (2647)-Anand,V (2783) Germany 2018}) 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. f3 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Rc1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Bd2 exf3 12. Nxf3 O-O {0-1 (60) Donchenko,A (2452)-Mastrovasilis,D (2610) Legnica 2013}) 11... O-O 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Nb6 14. Nh3 exf3 15. Rxf3 Ne4 16. Nf2 Nc4 (16... Be6 {NOTEXT} 17. O-O Nc4 18. Qd1 Nxb2 19. Qc2 Nxf2 20. R3xf2 Nc4) 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. O-O (18. Bc1 $11) 18... Qxd4+ $17 19. Kh1 Be6 (19... Bf5 {NOTEXT} 20. Qxb7 Be4 21. R3f2 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qxb2 23. Qxd5 Rac8) 20. Rc3 Qb6 (20... Rac8 $17 21. e3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6) 21. Qxb6 $15 axb6 22. Rb3 Rac8 23. Rd1 Rc5 24. h4 Ra8 25. Rb4 f5 {[#]} (25... b5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. b3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Nxa3 27. Rxb6 Re8 28. Rxb7 Rb5 29. Ra7 (29. Rxb5 $16 Nxb5 30. Rxd5 (30. Bxd5 Nc3 $14)) 29... Nc2 (29... Rxb3 $11 {remains equal.} 30. Rxd5 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Nb5 32. Rxb5 Rxb5) 30. Rc7 Nb4 {[#]} 31. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1a7]} Rf8 32. Be5 Rf7 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Rxf7 ({White should try} 34. Raa7 Kg8 35. Kh2) 34... Bxf7 35. Bh3 Kg6 {Black wants to play ...d4!} 36. Ra7 h5 37. Bd4 {aiming for Rc7.} Nc6 38. Ra6 Be8 39. Rb6 Rxb6 40. Bxb6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Ne5 41. Bd4 Ng4 42. Kg2 Bb5 43. Kf3 Nh2+ $2 (43... Kf7 $1 $14) 44. Kf4 $18 Ng4 (44... Kf7 $142 45. Bxf5 Bxe2) 45. Bg2 Bc6 46. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 47. Bh3 $2 (47. Bxf6 $18 {is more deadly.} Kxf6 48. e3) 47... Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Ng4 $16 {is tougher.} 48. Bg2 Nf6) 48. Bxf6 {White is clearly winning.} Kxf6 {KB-KB} 49. e3 g6 {Black hopes to continue with ...Bb5.} 50. Bf1 Ke6 51. b5 Kd6 52. Kg5 f4 53. gxf4 Bf5 54. Kf6 Kc5 55. Ke5 Be4 56. Be2 Kb6 57. Kd4 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 56%, Black = 34%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,79,35,36,43,41,41,49,60,56,58,57,72,62,75,58,77,58,71,50,63,58,62,62,60,49,66,55,82,20,22,29,28,22,31,18,148,141,150,127,424,424,424,424,393,391,424,423,529,529,585,585,577,558,1151,1148,1081,1042,1150,1085,1152,1031]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Qa4 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Bxd2 (10... Qe7 11. Ndf3 Bd6 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 c5 15. e3 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 c4 17. a3 Bc6 {0-1 (49) Melkumyan,H (2619)-Matlakov,M (2707) Karlsruhe 2017}) 11. Nxd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bxc1 12. Nxf6+ {White is slightly better.} Qxf6 13. Rfxc1 Qd6 14. Rc3 Rfe8 15. e3 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Re7 16. Rac1 h5 17. h4 g6 {1-0 (78) Kourousis,E (2403)-Kostolansky,S (2226) Slovakia 2018}) 16. Rac1 Re7 17. Bf1 a6 18. Qc2 {[%cal Rc3c7]} c6 19. Qb3 Qd8 20. a4 a5 21. Qa3 Kg7 22. Rb1 h5 23. h4 Re6 24. Bh3 (24. b4 $16) 24... Rf6 $11 25. b4 Bc8 26. Bg2 Bf5 27. Rbc1 Qd6 (27... axb4 $11 28. Qxb4 Bd7) 28. Rxc6 $16 axb4 29. Qb2 ({Not} 29. Rxd6 bxa3 30. Rxd5 (30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Bxd5 Rxa4 $17) 30... Rxa4 $17) 29... Qxc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Qd7 $16 30. Rxf6 Kxf6) 30. Rxc6 $18 Rxc6 31. Bxd5 Rc2 32. Qxb4 Rd8 33. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Bg4 34. Kg2 Rd7 35. Bb3 Re2 36. d5 f5 37. Qc3+ Kh7 38. e5 f4 39. gxf4 Rf7 40. e6 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Saravana, Krishnan P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,87,23,27,21,48,48,44,43,45,45,62,0,21,0,0,0,18,0,15,18,30,16,43,34,61,60,75,75,73,66,76,70,72,71,93,92,89,79,80,78,79,75,112,114,189,172,254,239,224,205,209,179,308,251,543,341,323,281,286,275,376,223,285,253,248,264,358,353,345,344,412,391,387,388,891,892,877,868]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. c5 {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... h6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 7. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nbd7 8. Bb2 e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Qc7 13. a5 e5 {½-½ (36) Moskalenko,V (2538)-Firat,B (2413) Ankara 2010}) 8. b5 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Be2 e5 11. b6 Qb8 12. Na4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} e4 13. Nd2 h5 14. h3 $36 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 2080] White has good play.} g5 15. Qc2 Bh6 16. O-O-O {[%cal Be1c1,Bc1b2,Bb2a1][%mdl 32]} Qd8 17. g3 g4 18. h4 Qe7 19. Bc3 Nb8 20. Nb3 Rg8 21. Kb2 Rg6 22. Ka1 Be6 23. Rb1 {[%cal Bd1b1,Bb1b3,Bb3a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Ng8 24. Rhc1 Rf6 25. Be1 Rf5 26. Qd2 Bg7 27. Nxa5 Qd7 (27... Bc8 $16) 28. Rb3 $18 Ne7 (28... Qc8 $142 29. Ra3 Ne7) 29. Ra3 Qc8 {[#]} 30. Nb2 $1 Nd7 31. Rcc3 Rf3 (31... Kf8 $142 32. Ra4 Nf6) 32. Ra4 (32. Bxf3 $6 gxf3 33. Ra4 Bh3 $18) 32... Nf8 $2 (32... Kf8 33. Bxf3 gxf3) 33. Rca3 {Strongly threatening Nxb7.} Rb8 34. Nb3 ({Don't take} 34. Bxf3 $6 gxf3 35. Nb3 Nd7 $18) 34... Bd7 35. Qa5 ({Resist} 35. Bxf3 $6 gxf3 36. Ra7 Ne6 $18) 35... Nf5 36. Nd2 (36. Bxf3 $142 gxf3 37. Qa7) 36... Ne6 {[%cal Re6d4]} 37. Nxf3 gxf3 38. Bf1 Qd8 39. Qa7 Nfxd4 40. exd4 ({Not} 40. Rxd4 Nxd4 41. exd4 Bxd4 $14) 40... Nxd4 {intending ...Nc2+.} 41. Kb1 Ke7 42. Bc3 e3 $2 {[#]} (42... Ne6 43. Bxg7 Nxg7) 43. Bxd4 Bf5+ 44. Ka1 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Song, Yuxin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,57,3,2,10,20,13,17,12,0,5,3,39,28,31,14,25,22,22,23,83,81,65,62,85,77,156,143,218,220,388,389,372,336,367,378,361,350,577,458,647,596,2199,2819,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29983]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. d4 c6 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (6... dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. Rad1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxc4 Rfc8 14. Nd2 Na5 15. Qb4 b6 {½-½ (67) Matlakov,M (2735)-Tomashevsky,E (2713) St Petersburg 2017}) 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 Be7 {The position is equal.} 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bd2 f5 11. a4 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nhf6 12. a5 Ne4 13. Bf4 Ndf6 14. c5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 {½-½ (43) Kpodo,E (1660)-Nkrumah,S Accra 2015}) 12. Ne5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nxe5 13. dxe5 dxc4 14. Qc2 g5 (14... Bd7 $11) 15. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 3072] White has strong compensation. Keeping Black busy.} Qc7 16. Qc1 g4 17. Bh6 Rd8 (17... Ng7 $142) 18. Bg5 Rxd1 (18... Rf8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 19. Rxd1 $18 Rb8 $2 (19... Kg7 {was worth a try.} 20. e4 Rb8) 20. h3 gxh3 {[#]} 21. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3h5]} Ng7 22. Bf6 Bf8 23. Qg5 b5 $2 (23... Bd7 24. e4 fxe4) 24. axb5 cxb5 (24... Bd7 $142 25. Bxg7 Bxg7) 25. Rd8 Ba6 {[#] ...Rxd8 is the strong threat.} 26. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 27. Bxd5+ {White mates.} Kh8 28. Qxg7+ Qxg7 29. Rxb8 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,61,8,-22,48,60,51,43,60,56,53,47,81,64,70,50,106,69,123,131,123,110,108,118,116,72,69,73,64,62,77,60,75,54,131,62,105,40,185,165,1895,1738]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d4 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d3 Nd7 11. Na3 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. a3 a5 14. Nbd2 Nc5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 e5 17. Re1 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 {½-½ (36) Aronian,L (2799)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... e5 12. Nc2 {LiveBook: 27 Games} f6 (12... a5 $11) 13. Nh4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Rb1 a5 14. a3 Re8 15. b4 {0-1 (41) Kleinman,M (2293)-Hansen,E (2460) Montreal 2012}) 13... Nb6 14. f4 a5 15. Qh5 {[#] Threatens to win with Be4.} Nb4 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. Rf1 {Hoping for Be4.} (17. Bb2 {NOTEXT} exf4 18. Be4 f5 19. Nxf5 g6 20. Ne7+) 17... Qe8 18. Qd1 a4 (18... Bc3 $14 19. Ba3 Rf7) 19. Bd2 (19. fxe5 {NOTEXT} fxe5 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Bd2 axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nd7 24. b4) 19... Bxd2 (19... Bc3 $14) 20. Qxd2 $16 axb3 21. axb3 {Rxa8 is the strong threat.} Rxa1 22. Rxa1 exf4 23. Qxf4 (23. Re1 {NOTEXT} Qd8 24. gxf4 Qc7 25. b4 Rd8 26. Re4) 23... g5 24. Qxd4 gxh4 25. Qxb6 hxg3 26. Rf1 (26. Bxb7 Qe5 $11) 26... gxh2+ {[#]} 27. Kh1 $1 Kh8 (27... Qe2 $14) 28. Qd6 (28. Bxb7 $6 Qd8 $14) (28. Kxh2 $6 Qe5+ 29. Kh1 Bg4 $11) (28. Rxf6 $16 {And now Qd4 would win.} Qe1+ 29. Bf1) 28... Qf7 29. Re1 ({Much worse is} 29. Qxh2 b5 $14) ({Better is} 29. b4 $16) 29... Rg8 (29... Qg7 $14) 30. Bd5 $18 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} ({Inferior is} 30. Qxh2 b5 $11) 30... Rg1+ $2 (30... Qf8 31. Re7 (31. Qxh2 Rg5 $11) 31... Rg7) 31. Kxh2 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Black "Sekar, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,28,36,51,44,53,62,66,38,30,33,40,34,39,38,56,52,75,39,48,33,33,42,33,43,43,43,58,53,52,64,60,48,48,23,45,32,70,70,63,71,70,50,91,98,90,100,94,77,145,68,202,188,450,433,404,364,326,339,522,510,508,494,701,676]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. O-O {LiveBook: 15 Games} Bf5 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Be2 c5 14. e4 Qb6 15. Rb1 Bg6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Bd4 {0-1 (52) Harika,D (2504)-Javakhishvili,L (2449) Riadh 2017}) 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nb4 {[%cal Bc6b4,Bb4a6,Ba6c7][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} 13. Qb1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Qb3 a5 14. e4 Qd7 15. Be3 Qe6 16. Qb1 Qd7 17. a3 Nc6 18. d5 {0-1 (31) Pala,V (2333)-Mudrak,J (2363) Czechia 2011}) 13... Rb8 14. Bd2 Na6 15. Rd1 c6 16. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nc7 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Re1 f5 19. Qb3+ Qf7 20. e5 Qxb3 $1 21. axb3 Be7 22. Rxa7 Nb5 23. Ra4 Rbd8 24. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rd5 25. Ba5 Re8 26. Bb6 Kf7 27. Rea1 h6 28. h5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bd8 29. Bc5 Be7 30. Ra8 {Threatens to win with e6+!} Rxa8 31. Rxa8 Rd8 {[#]} 32. Rxd8 $1 Bxd8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 33. Kf1 Ba5 ({Black should try} 33... g5) 34. Ke2 (34. Nh4 $16) 34... Bd8 {[#]} ({Black should play} 34... Nc3+ $1 $14 35. Kd3 Ne4) 35. Kd3 $1 $18 Be7 $2 (35... b6) 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37. Nh4 Ke6 38. Ng6 Nc7 (38... b6 {might work better.} 39. Nf4+ Ke7) 39. Nf4+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 40. Kc4 b6 (40... Na6 $142 41. d5 b5+ 42. Kc3 cxd5) 41. d5 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,59,11,11,16,15,12,7,7,10,1,18,8,10,14,24,0,12,-18,-15,-7,-14,-41,-27,-31,22,-26,-14,-39,15,0,3,0,0,1,31,46,608,599,2091,1987,1825,1875]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. h4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qa5 14. a3 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 {½-½ (35) Ding,L (2777)-Saric,I (2669) Riadh 2017}) 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf1) 13... Qe7 14. a3 a6 15. b4 b5 16. Ra2 Qb7 17. Ne2 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 18. e4 Nb6 19. e5 Be7 20. Bb1 Nc4 21. Rc3 Qb6 (21... f5 $15) 22. Bh6 {Hoping for Bxg7!} ({Don't play} 22. Qc2 g6 $17) 22... f5 ({But not} 22... gxh6 $6 23. Rg3+ Bg5 24. h4 $14) 23. exf6 Bxf6 (23... Rxf6 $15 24. Bg5 Rf7) 24. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} g6 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rf3 Kg7 27. Rg3 {[%cal Bf3g3,Bg3g6,Bg6f6][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with Rxg6+!} Nxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27... Bxd4 $14 28. Nxd4 Qxd4) 28. Rxg6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Kh8 {[#]} (28... hxg6 29. Qxg6+) 29. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd4 {[#]} 30. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 57%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Bubalovic, Davorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,105,82,63,92,92,123,138,179,172,288,251,265,231,231,238,219,200,256,277,273,275,326,312,291,279,281,286,322,321,427,256,394,251,299,293,410,382,424,417,425,385,337,0,287,218,521,536,508,222,227,225,343,334,349,241,449,245,246,245,244,242,267,258,262,239,258,239,282,256,300,300,308,308,300,285,283,272,394,385,416,416,5675,4622,4622,4622,4618,4614]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd7 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} 12. b4 axb4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Na6 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qc7 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. c5 d5 17. Na4 dxe4 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Nxe4 Nd5 21. b5 Nab4 22. b6 Ra2 23. Bc4 {1-0 (23) Pavlovic,G (2394)-Popovic,A (2300) Kragujevac 2012}) 13. axb4 Rxa1 {White is clearly better.} 14. Qxa1 Na6 (14... cxd5 {was called for.} 15. cxd5 (15. bxc5 d4 $15) (15. exd5 Na6 $16) 15... Na6) 15. dxc6 $18 Bc8 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Rb1 Nc7 {[%cal Ba6c7,Bc7e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 18. Qa7 Qc8 19. Nd5 Re8 20. Qb6 Ne6 21. Qxd6 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nd4 23. Qa6 Qb8 24. Bd1 Rc8 25. Qd3 (25. b5 $142) 25... Ne8 (25... Qb5 $142 26. Qf1 Bf8) 26. h3 Nd6 {[#]} 27. b5 $1 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} f5 (27... N4xb5 28. Ba4) 28. exf5 gxf5 29. b6 Qb7 30. Qa3 N6b5 31. Qd3 $2 (31. Qa5 $18) 31... Nc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Nd6 $1 $11 32. Bxd4 exd4) 32. Ra1 Nxd1 $2 (32... Qxb6 {is tougher.} 33. Qxf5 Nxf5 34. Bxb6 Nxd1) 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Rxd1 (34. Qxf5 $142 Rf8 35. Qe6+ Qf7 36. Rxd1 Qxe6 37. dxe6) 34... Qxb6 35. Qxf5 Re8 (35... Rf8 {might work better.} 36. Qe4 Rd8) 36. Nf3 h6 37. Qd3 Qc5 $2 (37... Qd6 38. Qf5 Rf8) 38. Nxd4 (38. Qg6 $142 Rd8 39. Re1) 38... Qxd5 39. Nf3 Qxd3 40. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re2 41. g3 Ra2 42. Rd2 Ra3 43. Kg2 Bf8 44. Ne5 Bb4 45. Rd7 Ra2 46. Ng4 Ra6 47. Ne3 Bc5 48. Nf5 Kf8 (48... h5 {was worth a try.} 49. Rc7 Ba7) 49. Rc7 Ba7 {[#]} 50. Nxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf2 (50... Ra2 $142 51. Ng4 Bd4) (50... Rxh6 51. Rxa7) 51. Rf7+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke8 52. Rxf2 Rxh6 53. g4 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 16%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Nikhil Magizhnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,69,27,35,32,22,25,27,46,22,16,39,17,41,41,40,37,74,101,83,92,91,81,83,83,83,84,84,63,84,59,64,50,51,41,97,106,120,132,346,346,382,382,381,378,436,430,487,475,475,475,475,475,472,472,465,465]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 cxd4 {LiveBook: 31 Games} 9. Nxd5 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 {Strongly threatening Nb4.} Qxd5 11. Qxd4 {White has an edge.} Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nc6 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. O-O-O Ne5 16. Rd4 b6 {½-½ (75) Sedlak,N (2577)-Savic,M (2539) Vrnjacka Banja 2013}) 13. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 14. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} e5 15. b4 Qb6 16. Nxe5 Qxb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. a3 Re8 19. Rfd1 Nc2 20. Ra2 Be6 21. Rb2 ({Reject} 21. Rxc2 $6 Bb3 $11) 21... Nxa3 22. Bxb7 Rad8 23. Rc1 g6 24. Ba6 Bd5 ({Black should try} 24... Rd6 $14 25. Bd3 a6) 25. Ng4 $16 Rd6 26. Bd3 a6 $2 {[#]} (26... Red8 $16 {is a better defense.} 27. Ne3 a6 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxa6 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kg2 Rc1) 27. Rc3 $1 $18 Nb5 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Rd3 Red8 {[#]} 30. Rbd2 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Be6 {And now ...Rxd3 would win.} 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Ke7 34. Ne4 f5 35. Rb6 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deepan Chakkravarthy J"]
[Black "Sultan, Ibrahim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,71,45,35,66,61,72,81,89,85,103,114,115,114,115,110,116,110,119,111,120,99,141,102,96,82,144,22,25,27,20,44,62,33,60,56,47,49,95,66,128,113,126,113,139,100,120,120,167,115,506,535,642,603,604,495]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Qc7 8. c4 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} (8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 a6 13. Qc2 Qb8 14. Ne4 e5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {½-½ (69) Adhiban,B (2666)-Atabayev,M (2492) Doha 2016}) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} Rd8 11. Nc3 a6 12. c5 Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. a3 Nd7 {½-½ (34) Garnett,J (2028)-Compton,A (2046) England 2011}) 13. g3 Bh6 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Bc1 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 g6 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Qb2 Rb8 19. h4 Nf8 20. h5 gxh5 21. Kg2 Bd7 (21... f6 $142) 22. Qd2 (22. Rh1 $1 $16) 22... f6 $1 $11 23. Nb6 Be8 $1 24. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bg6 25. Bb1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Re8 26. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rbd8 27. b5 Nb8 28. Qb2 Nfd7 {[#]} ({Better is} 28... Kg8 $14) 29. Na8 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra8c7]} Qc8 30. Re3 Nf8 31. Rb3 {Strongly threatening Nb6.} Re7 32. Bxg6 hxg6 {[#]} 33. c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c7]} ({Much less strong is} 33. Nb6 $6 Qc7 $14) 33... axb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... bxc6 $16 {is a better chance.} 34. b6 Qd7) 34. c7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nbd7 {Black wants to play ...Rde8.} 35. cxd8=Q Qxd8 36. Nc7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Kurbanov, Djakhongir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,59,38,34,68,14,73,73,83,72,72,74,149,143,190,198,193,198,247,208,341,334,684,683,666,659,1101,890,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29996,29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne6 {C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} (11... Ne4 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bb6 15. Rae1 c5 16. Nf3 d4 17. Bf2 Bb5 18. f5 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qd7 20. Qg5 {0-1 (56) Kosteniuk,A (2557)-Muzychuk,M (2544) Huaian 2017}) 12. c3 f5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} a5 15. N2f3 $146 ({Better is} 15. N2b3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15. N2b3 Bb6 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Qf2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 a4 20. Qc5 {Stetsko-Milyutin,O corr 1958}) 15... Qb8 (15... Bb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Qd2 $16 Qa7 17. Rae1 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 {[#]} ({Black should try} 18... Qa6) 19. e6 $1 ({Don't do} 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Be6 $16) 19... Bxe6 20. Bxd4 c5 21. Bxg7 $1 ({Weaker is} 21. Rxe6 cxd4 22. cxd4 (22. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 23. cxd4 Rab8 $11) 22... c5 $14) 21... Rfe8 22. Be5 c6 (22... c4+ {might work better.} 23. Kh1 c6) 23. Re3 {Black must now prevent Rg3+.} Kf7 $2 (23... c4 24. Bd4 c5) 24. Qe2 $18 Ke7 25. Re1 Qa6 {[#] and the idea ...Qxe2 leaves Black hopeful.} 26. Bf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf7 (26... Kxf6 27. Rxe6+) 27. Qh5+ {White mates.} Kxf6 28. Qh6+ Kf7 29. Qxh7+ Kf6 30. Rh3 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthikeyan, P.."]
[Black "Mahitosh Dey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,77,16,9,8,15,20,0,64,9,33,31,15,19,14,0,39,53,70,33,58,40,138,137,162,152,169,168,172,166,168,169,423,435,763,763,763,763,917,900,3081,1289,1288,1295,1281,1256,1186,1169,1112,1111,1066,1065,984,910]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} Qxf6 12. Bd5 O-O 13. Na3 Rab8 14. Nc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ne7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. a4 Ng6 $146 (16... c5 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16... c6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra6 {½-½ (52) Melia,S (2475)-Pogonina,N (2479) Tromsoe 2014}) 17. g3 ({White should play} 17. Ne3 $14) 17... c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Ne3 Rd8 21. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qd6 22. c4 Ne7 23. b3 f6 (23... bxc4 $14 24. bxc4 Bc7) 24. Nh4 $16 Nxd5 25. exd5 Qd7 26. Ra6 bxc4 27. bxc4 Bc7 28. Qh5 Rb4 $2 {[#]} (28... Bd6 {is a better defense.} 29. Nf5 Bf8) 29. Nf5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc4 (29... Bb6 $142 30. Qg6 Kf8) 30. Re6 Kf8 31. Qg6 ({Weaker is} 31. Re7 Qxe7 32. Nxe7 Kxe7 $16) 31... Qf7 32. Qh7 Rb4 {[#]} 33. Nxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 34. Qh8+ Qg8 35. Qxh6+ Qg7 36. Rxf6+ Kg8 37. Rg6 Qxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. Re3 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Black "Mosallam, Mohammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,43,66,52,67,61,148,136,282,248,495,477,434,349,338,321,396,378,779,729,29988,29989,29989,29990,29996,29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 dxc3 10. Qh5 Qf6 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} (10... g6 11. Qd5 Be6 12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Qxc3 Nf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5+ Qe7 16. Qxc7 Bg7 17. Nc3 b4 18. Bg5 {½-½ (48) Kokarev,D (2616)-Vavulin,M (2575) Moscow 2018}) 11. Nxc3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qg6 12. Qf3 $146 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe2 c6 13. f4 Be7 14. f5 Qf6 15. Bf4 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Nf6 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 {1-0 (27) Stanec,N (2475)-Sulyok,M (2250) Graz 1999}) 12... Bg4 ({Better is} 12... c6 $14) 13. Qe3 Be7 (13... c6 $16) 14. f4 Nh6 $2 (14... Nf6 15. f5 Qh5) 15. f5 $18 Qh5 {[#]} 16. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 {[#]} 17. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 18. Nd5 ({Less strong is} 18. Qxh6 Qxh6 19. Bxh6 c6 $16) 18... Kd8 $2 (18... Qg6 19. Nxc7+ Ke7 20. Nd5+ Ke8 21. Qxh6 Qxh6 22. Bxh6 Be6) 19. Qc3 ({Weaker is} 19. Qxh6 Qxh6 20. Bxh6 Be6 $18) 19... Qe5 20. Qxc7+ {White mates.} Ke8 21. Qc6+ Kf8 22. Bxh6+ {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chakravarthi Reddy, M."]
[Black "Sidharth Balaji Sridharan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,97,26,29,35,20,27,19,27,20,20,25,34,20,15,17,21,34,14,-3,33,-43,31,40,61,57,61,61,79,72,64,-6,63,58,45,6,7,6,19,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,12,63,77,65,51,51,5,7,8,22,22,16,10,19,0,0,-75,-57,-79,-87,-97,-23,-126,-117,-105,123,103,74,78,595,595,529,539,710,532,527,414,29985,29986]} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e3 h6 {D51: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Nbd7 sidelines} (7... Be7 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rfc1 h6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be5 a6 14. h3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 g6 16. Nd4 {0-1 (58) Kramnik,V (2760)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Sochi 2014}) 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bd3 a6 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 b5 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Bb1 {1-0 (41) Mieses Hernandez,D (1911)-Mieses Santos,A (1751) Santo Domingo 2017}) 13... b5 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Bb1 Re8 16. e4 (16. Qg4 $14) 16... Nb6 (16... b4 $15 17. Na4 dxe4) 17. exd5 $14 Nxd5 18. Qd3 g6 19. Ne4 Kg7 {[#]} 20. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h5 (20... Bxh4 21. Nd6) 21. Qd4 {[#]} (21. Qe2 $14) 21... Qb6 (21... Nf4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qe3 (22. Bxf4 Qxd4) 22... Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd5) 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Rc7 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rac8 25. Ra7 (25. Rfc1 $11) 25... Nc4 26. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bc5 27. Rxa6 Nxb2 28. Rb1 Bd4 29. Bc6 Red8 30. Bxb5 Rd5 (30... Rc5 $11 31. a4 Nc4) 31. Rd6 Bxf2+ 32. Bxf2 Rxb5 33. Bd4 (33. a4 $5 Rbb8 34. Rd4 $11) 33... Rcb8 $1 34. Rd7 Nc4 35. Rf1 Rf8 $1 36. Rc7 Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2f1]} 37. Rf2 Ne4 {Strongly threatening ...Rd5.} 38. Rf4 (38. Rf3 $11) 38... Ng3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg3e2]} 39. Kf2 Nf5 {Hoping for ...Rb4.} 40. Bc3 Rd8 (40... Rb1 $17 41. Ra4 Nh6) 41. Ra4 (41. g4 $11 {remains equal.} hxg4 42. Rxg4) 41... Rb1 $1 42. Raa7 {[#]} Rdd1 $2 (42... Nh6 $1 $17 {stays on course.} 43. a4 Rh1) 43. Rxf7+ $16 Kg8 {[#] ...Rf1+ is the strong threat.} 44. Rfc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Rf1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Rd8 $16 {prevents the worst.}) 45. Ke2 $18 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Ng3+ 46. Kd3 Rbd1+ 47. Kc4 {Rg7+ would kill now.} Rf4+ 48. Kb3 Ne4 (48... Rd3 $18 49. Rg7+ Kh8 50. Rh7+ (50. Rxg6 Ne2 $16) 50... Kg8) 49. Rg7+ {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,70,-27,-44,-57,-45,-53,-61,-72,-70,-65,-63,-87,-86,-108,-103,-122,-104,-127,-137,-127,-105,-264,-251,-225,-149,-225,-225,-204,-197,-239,-225,-235,-213,-219,-207,-239,-212,-326,-327,-331,-324,-279,-218,-358,-378,-371,-364,-334,-362,-514,-192,-1470,-1466,-5801,-5518,-29992,-29993]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3} (6... O-O 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. e3 Be4 13. Qe2 e6 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Bf1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qd8 {½-½ (42) Wojtaszek,R (2737)-Grischuk,A (2785) Heraklio 2017}) 7. Na3 b5 8. Ne5 Nd5 {LiveBook: 15 Games. Black has an edge.} 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nc2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Qc2 a5 11. Rfd1 Bb7 12. Be1 Qd6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Nb1 {0-1 (36) Simon,E (2114)-Sadzikowski,D (2496) Heusenstamm 2014}) 10... Bb7 11. e4 Nb6 12. f4 $1 c5 13. d5 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qg4 {[#]} Qe7 $1 16. Rad1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bc3 $2 (18. e5 $17 Bxg2 19. Kxg2) 18... Bxc3 $19 19. bxc3 Rad8 20. Ne3 (20. Rde1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 20... Rd3 21. Rde1 Bd7 22. e5 Rxc3 23. Be4 Rd3 24. h4 Rd4 25. Qf3 Bc8 26. Bc6 (26. Nc2 $142) 26... b4 27. Ng4 c3 28. h5 Nc4 {[#] aiming for ...Nd2.} 29. Nf6+ (29. hxg6 $142 Nd2 30. Qh1) 29... Rxf6 30. exf6 Qxf6 31. Rf2 Rd2 32. h6 (32. hxg6 {was necessary.} hxg6 33. Qe4) 32... c2 $2 (32... Qd4 33. Re4 Rxf2 34. Qxf2 c2) 33. Bb5 $2 (33. Rxd2 Nxd2 34. Qf2) 33... Qd4 {( -> ...Bb7!)} 34. Bxc4 Bb7 35. Bxe6+ Kf8 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,65,80,101,81,157,156,152,165,152,136,251,243,334,321,307,328,334,270,307,295,411,402,594,546,479,428,479,415,541,542,582,475,927,916,1603,934,896,919,1045,1012,1697,1370,2258,2108]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Na6 9. Qd2 Nc5 10. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3g4][%mdl 32]} a5 11. O-O-O h5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} 12. h4 Nh7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. g4 hxg4 $146 (13... Nf6 $142) ({Predecessor:} 13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. g5 b6 16. Nh3 Ba6 17. f4 {1-0 (36) Anastasian,A (2606)-Abdul,M (2275) Dubai 2000}) 14. fxg4 $16 Nf6 15. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 16. g5 Nh7 (16... Nh5 $16) 17. Nf3 $18 f6 18. h5 Nxg5 {[%cal Bh7g5,Bg5h3,Bh3f4][%mdl 32] If Black can now play ...gxh5 this consolidates a bit.} 19. hxg6 Ra6 20. Rdg1 Nh3 21. Rg3 Nf4 22. Bd1 {[%cal Be2d1,Bd1c2,Bc2e4][%mdl 32]} f5 (22... c6 {is a better defense.} 23. Rh7 cxd5) 23. Qh2 {[%csl Gg6,Gh1][%cal Rh2h7] [#]} Re8 24. Bc2 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Qf6 26. Ng5 {White is clearly winning.} Re7 27. Nh7 Qb6 (27... Qd6 $142 28. Nb5 Qd8) 28. d6 Re6 29. Nd5 {[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5f4,Bf4h5][%mdl 32] [#] Nhf6+! would kill now.} Qxd6 30. Rd1 Bd7 31. Ng5 Rxg6 32. Nxf4 Rh6 33. Nh5 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Viani Antonio Dcunha"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,152,16,27,0,27,27,30,24,31,18,28,18,28,28,45,5,7,31,126,-2,120,124,153,148,182,183,227,166,155,144,252,250,260,270,252,262,276,275,247,243,237,184,185,184,184,184,185,187,185,181,185,188,182,168,175,167,166,160,188,195,216,201,239,233,225,210,215,99,280,253,272,266,264,270,262,248,358,271,250,248,318,325,316,328,379,351,342,345,596,617,586,570,566,540,439,455,450,214,214,192,154,8,162,8,8,8,8,8,19,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Bb4 8. Qd3 O-O {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} 9. O-O d6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 10. Be3 Nbd7 (10... Bxc3 $5 11. Qxc3 (11. bxc3 Nbd7 $11) 11... e5 $11) 11. f3 Ne5 12. Qc2 $1 Bd7 13. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd1 Rac8 14. Rc1 h6 {½-½ (65) Kacharava,N (2302)-Pantsulaia,L (2605) Tbilisi 2018}) 13... Rac8 14. a3 Bc5 15. Qd2 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Kh1 Be8 ({Black should play} 17... h6 $14) 18. f4 (18. Bg5 $1 $16) 18... Ng6 (18... Nc6 $11) 19. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} e5 20. fxg6 exd4 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc6 (23... Qc7 $16 24. Nd5 Nxd5) 24. Rf1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf1f6]} Nd7 25. Rxf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd4g7]} Ne5 26. Rcf1 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. c5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Nf7 30. Qc4 Kxh7 31. cxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Nxd6 33. Qd4 Nf7 34. Kg1 Qg5 35. Qf2 Qc1+ 36. Nd1 Kg8 37. Qd4 Kf8 38. Bc4 Ke8 39. Bb3 Ng5 40. Qe5+ Kd8 41. Qd6+ Ke8 42. e5 (42. Qg6+ $18 {is more deadly.} Kd8 43. Qd6+ (43. Qxg7 Qc5+ 44. Kh1 Nxe4 $16) 43... Ke8 44. Qe5+ Kd8 45. Qd6+ (45. Qxg7 Qc5+ 46. Kh1 Nxe4 $16)) 42... Ne4 $2 (42... Qf4 $16) 43. Qe6+ Kd8 44. Qg8+ $1 Kc7 45. Qxg7+ Kb6 {Threatening ...Qc5+.} 46. Qf8 Nc5 (46... Ka7 {was necessary.} 47. Qf3 Nd2) 47. Qf2 Kc7 48. Bc2 Ne4 49. Qe2 Nd2 50. Qd3 b5 51. h4 Nc4 52. e6 Nxb2 $2 (52... Qf4 {was called for.} 53. h5 Qg4) 53. Qg3+ Kb7 54. Qg7+ Kb6 55. Qxb2 Qd2 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd2g2]} 56. Bf5 Qxd1+ 57. Kf2 (57. Kh2 $142) 57... Qd5 58. Bh3 Qc5+ {[#]} 59. Ke2 (59. Ke1 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Qf2.} Qe3+ 60. Qe2 Qg1+ 61. Kd2 Qd4+ 62. Qd3 Qf2+ 63. Kd1) 59... Qh5+ $2 {[#]} (59... Qc4+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 60. Ke3 Qe4+ 61. Kd2 Qxh4) 60. Ke3 $2 (60. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Qxh4 61. Qd4+ Kc7 62. Qe5+ Kb7 63. Qe3) 60... Qh6+ $11 {The position is equal.} 61. Kd3 {And now Bf5 would win.} Qh7+ 62. Kd2 {aiming for Qf6.} Qh6+ 63. Ke1 {Black must now prevent Qd4+.} Qxh4+ ({Of course not} 63... Qe3+ $6 64. Qe2 $16) 64. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 65. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame g4 is the strong threat. KB-KB} Kc5 66. Ke3 a5 67. Kf4 Kd6 $1 68. Bf5 Bxg2 69. Bd3 b4 70. axb4 axb4 71. Bc4 Bh3 72. Ke4 Bxe6 73. Bxe6 Kxe6 74. Kd4 {[%cal Be4d4,Bd4c3,Bc3b3][%mdl 32]} b3 {( -> ...b2)} 75. Kc3 Kd5 76. Kxb3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,115,33,26,6,32,32,33,25,44,7,30,12,20,10,11,2,43,32,48,17,77,55,60,61,67,15,56,43,55,26,29,33,124,124,122,103,104,113,139,141,154,89,87,74,81,85,66,58,54,56,57,55,81,60,84,84,75,68,60,59,125,125,125,130,123,134,209,206,192,192,221,135,240,242,293,277,283,269,449,448,486,475,543,489,514,501,471,373,548,536,475,445,661,636,619,595,11881,12457,11881,11881]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 199 Games} 10. Rb1 {E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} (10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Bg2 Qa5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. b3 Rxb3 14. axb3 Qxa1 15. Nb5 a6 16. Na7 Nd7 17. Nc6 Re8 18. Qb4 Qc3 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 {1-0 (60) Efimenko,Z (2655)-Melkumyan,H (2640) Warsaw 2016}) 10... Bf5 11. e4 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. Bb2 Qb6 15. Kh1 Rab8 16. Qc2 a5 17. h3 c5 {0-1 (52) Hoghmrtsyan,A (2042)-Karatorossian,D (2252) Yerevan 2016}) 12. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Qc8 13. Re1 Nd7 14. h3 Be6 15. b3 Nc5 16. Kh2 a5 17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Qe3 Na6 (18... a4 $11 19. Bxc5 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 dxc5) 19. Na4 {And now Nb6 would win.} Qb7 20. Rbd1 Nb4 {Strongly threatening ...Nc2.} 21. Qe2 (21. Re2 $14) 21... Qa7 22. f4 Rab8 23. Bb2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Na6 (24... c5 $14) 25. Qd2 $16 Nc5 {With the idea ...Nxa4.} 26. Qe3 Ra8 {Threatening ...Nxa4.} 27. Nc3 $1 Na6 28. Qc1 Qc5 29. g4 (29. f5 $142 Bd7 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... f6 30. e5 dxe5 {[#]} 31. Ne4 $1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Qb6 33. fxe5 Qc7 $1 34. Qc3 Rf8 35. Kh1 $36 {[%cal Re5f6][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qxe5 36. Qxe5 fxe5 37. Ng5 Bc8 $1 38. Re1 Nb4 (38... h5 $14) 39. Rxe5 h6 40. Nf3 Nxa2 41. Rxe7 h5 (41... Rf7 $16 {is a better defense.} 42. Rxf7 Kxf7) 42. Ne5 $18 hxg4 43. hxg4 Nb4 44. Nxg6 Rf6 (44... Rf7 $16 45. Re8+ Kg7) 45. Ne5 Re6 46. Rxe6 Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 47. Kh2 ({Not} 47. Nxc6 Nxc6 48. Bxc6 Bxg4 $16) 47... Kg7 $2 (47... Na6 {was worth a try.} 48. Nxc6 Bxg4 49. Nxa5 Bd1) 48. Kg3 c5 49. Be4 Bg8 50. Nd7 Na6 51. Bb7 Be6 52. Ne5 ({Less strong is} 52. Bxa6 Bxd7 53. Bb5 Bc8 $18) 52... Nb8 (52... Nb4 {was called for.} 53. Be4 Bf7) 53. Nd3 {White is clearly winning.} Nd7 54. Bc6 Nb6 (54... Nf8 $142 55. Nxc5 Bc8) 55. Nxc5 Bf7 56. Kf4 Nxc4 57. bxc4 Bxc4 58. Nb7 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,25,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 cxd4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 8. Na4 Qd6 9. Bf4 Qb4+ $146 10. Bd2 Qd6 11. Bf4 Qb4+ {LiveBook: 10 Games} 12. Bd2 Qd6 13. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arjun Kalyan"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,60,25,18,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-13,-10,-21,-5,-8,-11,-29,-22,-35,0,0,5,-23,-5,-13,-17,-43,-46,-81,-57,-135,-128,-117,-36,-854,-833,-1100,-1089,-1072,-1079,-1073,-1036,-1047,-1044]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Qe2 c6 16. Nd2 Ng7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 {½-½ (34) So,W (2799)-Grischuk,A (2767) Berlin 2018}) 8. c3 (8. Nf3 {with more complications.} O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3) 8... Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 {The position is equal.} 10. Re1 c5 11. d3 O-O 12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 d5 13. h3 Nh4 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. Bg3 {0-1 (49) Vogt,L (2404)-Buhmann,R (2579) Switzerland 2013}) 12... Be6 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. g3 h6 15. Bg2 Qb6 16. Nd2 d5 17. Nf1 Rfe8 18. Qb3 g5 19. Bd2 Qd6 20. Re2 Re7 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Qc2 b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 23. h3 d4 24. Nh2 {[#]} (24. g4 $15 dxc3 25. Bxc3) 24... c4 $1 $17 {And now ...dxc3 would win.} ({Of course not} 24... Bxa2 $6 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 $15) 25. Be4 Bd5 ({Better is} 25... Bd7 $17 {Hoping for ...Nxg3!} 26. Nf1 a6) 26. Bc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26. Ng4 $15) 26... Nxg3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 27. fxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 Qxh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 Be6 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,90,20,8,28,10,22,0,12,-6,-3,-10,-6,-59,-56,-59,-50,-56,-54,-37,-48,-37,-47,-50,-46,-46,-39,-59,-31,-39,-20,-47,-47,-56,-50,-64,-31,-135,-137,-124,-122,-125,-130,-126,-119,-121,-110,-110,-111,-88,-84,-97,-112,-166,-172,-158,-138,-318,-213,-211,-217,-218,-187,-176,-191,-181,-186,-536,-520,-646,-637,-2785,-2420,-5569,-5525,-5173,-1220]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Nb3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O Nf6 9. f4 d6 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Bd2 g6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 O-O 14. Qh3 g6 15. Nf2 a5 16. Be3 a4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 {1-0 (49) Tissir,M (2381)-Potkin,V (2574) Riadh 2017}) 12. Rae1 Bg7 13. Qh3 O-O 14. f5 (14. a3 $11) 14... Rae8 $15 15. Qh4 Ne5 16. Bg5 Ned7 17. a3 exf5 18. exf5 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 19. Qh3 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 21. Be3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Qd7 (22... Re8 {looks sharper.} 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Bf2 b4) 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Qh4 Re5 25. h3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 26. Bf4 (26. b4 $15) 26... Rxe1+ $17 27. Qxe1 Nd5 28. Be3 Nxe3 ({Much worse is} 28... gxf5 $6 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Qxa5 $11) 29. Qxe3 b4 ({Reject} 29... gxf5 $6 30. Ncxb5 Ba6 31. a4 $14) 30. axb4 axb4 31. Nce2 Be5 32. b3 Bd5 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Nf3 (34. Kf2 $17) 34... Bg7 ({And not} 34... Bxb3 35. d4 $16) 35. Nd2 Qc6 36. Nf4 $2 {[#]} (36. g3 $17) 36... Bh6 37. g3 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qc2 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Nxd5 Bxd2 41. Qe4 $2 (41. Qe2 {nothing else works.}) 41... Bc3+ $1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kf3 Qxb3 43. Nc7 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Kf3 Be5 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 84%.} (45... b3 $142 46. Ne8+ Kg8 47. Nxd6 Qd1+ 48. Kf2 Qc2+ 49. Ke3 Qc1+ 50. Kf2 b2 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Qxf7+ Bg7) 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muthaiah AL"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,78,31,42,21,25,28,42,0,5,7,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,7,-25,-35,-37,-28,-27,0,-13,0,0,0,-95,-98,-129,-123,-135,-128,-125,-69,-204,-135,-522,-520,-512,-509,-505,-505,-491,-500,-504,-514,-536,-532,-567,-556,-611,-611,-1329,-1249]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Be2 Bg4 {A72: Modern Benoni: Classical: Lines with Bg5} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne8 12. O-O Nd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Qc2 a6 14. a4 Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b6,Bb6b4][%mdl 32]} 15. a5 Qe7 16. Be2 Nc7 17. Bg3 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. f4 Rfb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bf3 Qf6 {0-1 (38) Meduna,E (2505)-Kovacevic,S Bad Woerishofen 1988}) 20. Ra2 Rb4 21. Bf3 Nb5 22. Nxb5 R8xb5 23. Rb1 c4 24. Be1 Nc5 25. Bxb4 Rxb4 26. Rd1 (26. Kh2 $11) 26... Qh4 $1 $17 27. e5 Qxf4 28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Be2 Bf8 (29... Qe5 $17 30. Bf1 (30. Bxc4 Qe3+ 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rxc4 $17) 30... Ne4 31. Rxa6 (31. Bxc4 $2 Bf8 $19) 31... Bf8) 30. Kh1 ({White should play} 30. Bxc4 $15 Qf4 31. Qc1) 30... Qe5 31. Qc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Avoid the trap} 31. Bxc4 $2 Bd6 $19) (31. d6 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Bxd6 32. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd6 33. Bxc4) 31... Qxe2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Re1 {[#]} Qf2 $1 {Hoping for ...Rb3.} 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 f5 35. Re8 Kf7 36. Rd8 Be7 37. Rh8 h5 38. Rh7+ Kf6 39. Ra5 Bd6 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charkhalashvili, Inga"]
[Black "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,59,-26,-7,-16,-14,-7,-9,-20,-17,-15,-14,-18,-21,-17,-11,-43,-18,-22,-6,-3,-1,-1,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-3,-4,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-4,-27,-26,-26,-33,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nf3 f6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. e4 Nd7 8. Be3 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} c6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. a3 (9. Be2 Ne7 10. O-O-O Nc8 11. Na4 Kc7 12. Nd2 Ncb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. a3 Bc5 15. Kc2 Rhd8 16. Nb1 {0-1 (44) Crisan,A (2635)-Macieja,B (2588) Portoroz 2001}) 9... Bc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O+ Kc7 12. b4 Nd7 13. Kb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be2 Nh6 14. h3 a5 15. Kb2 axb4 16. axb4 {0-1 (58) Pliev,V (2011)-Bader,G (2011) Bayerisch Eisenstein 2014}) 13... Nh6 14. Be2 a5 15. c5 axb4 16. axb4 b6 17. Rd6 Rhe8 18. b5 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Nxc5 19. Rxc6+ Kb7 {...Red8 is the strong threat.} 20. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Rec8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Rxd1 24. Nxc5+ bxc5 25. Bxd1 $11 {KBN-KBN} Kb6 26. Be2 Ka5 27. Ka3 $1 c4 28. b6 {The position is equal.} Kxb6 29. Kb4 Kc6 30. f3 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kulkarni Bhakti"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,76,-18,0,6,-8,56,29,48,0,0,-30,-53,-101,-70,-119,-79,-81,-87,-85,-84,-106,-80,-93,-38,-54,-41,-59,-59,-52,-34,-32,-25,-59,-49,-54,-37,-56,-51,-55,-58,-57,-50,-33,-28,-117,-81,-73,-79,-403,-400,-387,-372,-417,-361,-508,-485,-485,-481]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1 {LiveBook: 164 Games} Rc8 {D48: Semi-Slav: Meran System: 7...b5 8 Bd3 a6} (11... Qb8 12. h3 Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Bc2 Bc5 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Bb1 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. exd4 {0-1 (40) Ikonnikov,V (2550)-Van Wely,L (2689) Spijkenisse 2011}) 12. e4 c4 ({Black should try} 12... cxd4 $11 13. Nxd4 Qc7) 13. Bc2 $14 b4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb4 14. a4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nd5 19. Ba3 {0-1 (32) Balague Canadell,J (2063)-Puig Carres,J (1838) Figueres 2011}) 14. Nb1 Be7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Re1 Nc5 18. Nd4 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 {[#]} Be4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Qe3 {[#]} (21. Rxe4 Rxc1+) 21... Rc4 (21... Bc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 22. Nd2 Bxd4) 22. Nb3 $15 {Threatens to win with N1d2.} Ba8 {aiming for ...Re4.} 23. N1d2 Rg4 {[%cal Bc4g4,Bg4g6,Bg6c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} 24. f3 Rg6 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Qf2 O-O 27. Bd2 Rc6 28. Rac1 Bh4 29. g3 Bf6 30. Nd4 Rc7 31. Nf5 Qd7 32. Nfd6 (32. g4 $11) 32... Be7 {[%cal Bf6e7,Be7c5,Bc5e3][%mdl 32]} 33. Ne4 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 34. Ng5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Ne5 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Qb5 35. Ng5) 34... Bc5 $19 35. Ne3 h6 36. Nh3 {If White can now play Rxc5 this consolidates a bit.} Re8 37. Kg2 (37. Rxc5 $142 Rxc5 38. Ng2) 37... Nxe3+ 38. Bxe3 Bxe3 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Risting, Eivind Olav"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,88,19,39,6,22,17,4,0,0,0,0,0,21,24,29,33,27,18,60,53,220,37,68,14,59,56,51,47,52,0,8,0,84,80,72,68,86,-6,-6,-6,-6,-9,-5,-15,-17,-114,-122,-116,-117,-109,-105,-279,-273,-273,-273,-273,-273,-287,-243,-276,-239,-411,-404,-383,-372,-902,-881,-1431,-1091,-2437,-2369]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Qd5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8. Be2 e6 (8... Nbd7 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. O-O e6 11. b3 Qa5 12. bxc4 c5 13. Bb2 Rd8 {1-0 (41) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Holt,C (2555) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. e4 Qa5 10. Bxc4 Ba6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Qe2 Bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bg5 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 {½-½ (21) Schenk,A (2499)-Geske,J (2383) Austria 2012}) 12. Qxc4 Qa6 13. Qxa6 Nxa6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 14. Nf3 c5 15. Ke2 Be7 16. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. f3 Rc8 19. Be3 O-O $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 19... Nfd7 $14) 20. Rac1 $2 (20. Ngf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rfe8 (20... exf5 21. Nxf5) 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Rac1) 20... g6 21. Nb5 (21. Rc4 $14) 21... Nb3 22. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 23. Nxa7 Rc2+ 24. Kf1 h5 25. Ne2 h4 (25... Rxb2 $11 {remains equal.} 26. Nc6 Bc5) 26. Nd4 $16 Rxb2 27. Nxb3 Rxb3 28. Nc6 (28. Ke2 $1 $16) 28... Rxe3 $11 29. Nxe7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kg7 {...Rc3 is the strong threat.} 30. Nc6 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 31. Nd4 e5 32. Ne2 (32. Nb5 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 32... b2 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rb3.} 33. Rb1 Rb3 34. a5 {[#]} Nd7 $1 35. a6 $2 {[#]} (35. Ng1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 35... Nc5 $1 $19 36. a7 Ra3 37. Ke1 Rxa7 {Hoping for ...h3!} 38. Kd2 Na4 39. Kc2 Rd7 40. Re1 $2 (40. Ng1) 40... f5 41. exf5 gxf5 42. Kb3 $2 (42. g3 Kf6 43. Rh1) 42... Rd2 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Kxa4 {[#]} Rxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Rg1 (44. Rxe2 b1=Q) 44... Rc2 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moksh Amit Doshi"]
[Black "Krysa, Leandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,60,29,29,29,38,38,33,26,27,27,15,0,0,0,0,25,7,5,8,97,106,83,93,90,44,56,44,46,47,52,58,55]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nbd2 exd4 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} 12. cxd4 Bf6 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Rb1 c5 16. d5 {LiveBook: 49 Games} Nc4 17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 {[#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bc8 19. Ng3 {1-0 (36) Vitiugov,N (2732)-Gledura,B (2612) Caleta 2018}) 19. Ng3 Bc8 20. Bd2 Bg5 21. Qc1 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 b4 23. f4 a5 24. Nf3 Nh4 {[#]} (24... a4 $11) 25. Nxh4 $1 $16 Qxh4 26. Nf5 $36 {[%cal Bg3f5,Bf5h6,Bh6g4][%mdl 2080] Keeping Black busy.} Qf6 27. Qf2 g6 {White is slightly better.} 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 Qd4 $1 30. Qxd4+ cxd4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kozelov, Roman"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,110,3,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-16,-35,-35,-41,-38,-47,-40,-58,-59,-67,-59,-70,-57,-64,-56,-62,-70,-74,-68,-112,-57,-112,-106,-177,-89,-93,-93,-93,-93,-95,-93,-77,-82,-94,-83,-113,-106,-130,-129,-157,-174,-155,-146,-379,-387,-364,-380,-365,-112,-441,-379,-379,-379,-371,-358,-421,-373,-424,-382,-457,-458,-331,-299,-29974,-29966,-29975,-29956,-29979,-29979,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29985,-29985,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. a4 Bd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (6. Re1 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 a6 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Qd5 17. Qe2 {1-0 (37) Kovalenko,I (2636)-Mustaps,M (2311) Olaine 2017}) 6... e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (56) Iljiushenok,I (2413)-Aghasaryan,R (2249) Moscow 2009}) 11. Nf3 a6 12. Be2 Nb4 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. Bf3 d5 15. exd5 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Be2 (18. Bxe4 Nxe3) 18... Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bc5 20. Qe1 Qf6 21. b4 Bd4 22. Ng4 Qe7 23. c3 {[#]} Bb6 (23... Ba7 $1 $17 24. Bc4 Rac8) 24. b5 (24. Ne3 $15) 24... axb5 25. Bxb5 (25. axb5 $17 Bd7 26. c4) 25... Bxb5 (25... f5 $19 26. Ne3 f4 27. Bxc6 bxc6) 26. axb5 $17 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 h5 28. Ne3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 30. Qe1 Qxb5 31. Qh4 Qd3 32. Qf4 b5 33. Rf2 Qxc3 34. Qxe4 b4 35. Qb7 $2 (35. Rf5 $17) 35... Qe1+ $19 36. Rf1 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Qd3 $2 (37... Qc3 $19 {has better winning chances. Strongly threatening ...b3.} 38. Qb5 g6) 38. Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Rf4 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 38... Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. Kh1 g6 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 42. Kh1 Qc4 43. Kh2 Re8 44. Qb6 Rc8 45. g3 $2 (45. Qb7 $19) 45... Re8 {Black mates.} 46. Rf2 Re2 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qf6 Rxf2+ 49. Qxf2 {KQ-KQ} Kg7 50. Qe3 Qc3 51. Qb6 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 52. g4 h4 53. g5 b2 54. Kg2 Qc2+ 55. Kf3 Qf5+ {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sharma, Dinesh K"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna  V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,86,12,12,-8,0,0,0,-3,20,9,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,-10,43,-13,-7,-8,-4,-11,-12,-64,31,21,49,8,107,37,67,66,66,70,63,15,19,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-25,0,0,53,66,61,0,1,0,0,-298,-286]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Be2 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Nb3 {B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3} (11. Qe2 e5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Rhe1 h5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Qc4 16. b3 Qxe2 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Nxe2 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Nxe4 20. Bxb6 {½-½ (51) Navara,D (2707)-Hou,Y (2595) Prague 2013}) 11... Be7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qe2 {The position is equal.} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Qf2 d5 16. e5 Nfe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qe2 f6 {0-1 (49) Kreuzer,M (2355)-Gross,S (2325) Bayern 1998}) 14. f5 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Kh1 d5 17. exd5 {[#] Strongly threatening d6!} ({Much worse is} 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 e4 $17) 17... e4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 {Hoping for d6!} Nf6 20. Bf3 Bxd5 (20... Nxd5 $11 21. a5 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 bxa5) 21. Bd4 (21. Bxd5 $14 Nxd5 22. Bg1) 21... Bf8 $11 22. Qf2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 24. c3 (24. Rd2 $11) 24... Qc6 (24... Rd5 $1 $15 25. Re1 Qb8) 25. Nd2 $14 Bc2 26. Re1 Qh6 (26... Bc5 $11) 27. Nf3 (27. f6 $16) 27... Bxf5 28. Bxb6 Rc8 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bc7 Be4 31. Nd4 Bd5 32. Bf4 Qh5 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Qg4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rg4g2] [#]} 35. Bg3 $1 h5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White must now prevent ...h4! Black attacks.} 36. Qe2 Qg6 37. Kg1 (37. Nf3 {feels hotter.} Qg4 38. Nd4) 37... Qb1+ 38. Be1 Be4 39. b4 g6 ({Black should try} 39... h4 $11) 40. Nf3 Bd3 41. Qe8 ({White should play} 41. Qe3 $14) 41... Be4 $11 42. Kf2 {And now Nd2 would win.} Qc2+ 43. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Kf1 $11) 43... Qe2 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blagojevic, Tijana"]
[Black "Santiago, Yago De Moura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,109,22,63,45,87,75,115,2,20,-2,1,-8,0,0,0,0,0,2,20,11,20,19,39,52,51,37,28,22,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-6,0,-5,-13,0,0,0,-4,5,-107,-10,-10,-11,-11,-8,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62,59,64,68,68,71,82,38,38,38,51,0,39,21,21,26,27,33,46,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Qc7 8. Bf4 Nh5 {LiveBook: 18 Games. B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (8... Nbd7 9. e5 Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. exd6 exd6 12. Be3 d5 13. Qd2 f5 14. Bh6 Nhf6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Na2 Ne4 {0-1 (44) Yemelin,V (2574)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2650) Skopje 2013}) 9. Bg5 h6 {[#]} 10. Be3 $1 e5 {White is better.} 11. dxe5 $146 ({White should play} 11. Qd2 $16) ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Nf4 16. Rfd1 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 {1-0 (60) Azaiez,F (2135)-Barbaria,Y (2177) Hammamet 2016}) 11... dxe5 $11 12. Bc4 Nf4 13. Qb1 Be6 14. Qa2 Qe7 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. Qc4 Kh7 17. Rad1 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 18. Rd2 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Nb1 f5 {[#] And now ...f4 would win.} 22. exf5 gxf5 {...f4 is the strong threat.} 23. Rd6 Rad8 24. c3 Nc2 25. Rxd8 (25. a5 {is more complex.} c5 26. axb6 axb6 27. g3 Ncd4 28. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2) 25... Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Bc1 Ne6 28. b4 c5 29. b5 c4 30. Nbd2 (30. Nfd2 $11) 30... Nc5 (30... Nf4 $17 {aiming for ...Ne2+.} 31. Bb2 e4) 31. Nxc4 Nxa4 32. Bd2 e4 33. Nh4 f4 34. Nf5 Bf6 35. Nfd6 Nxc3 36. Bxc3 Bxc3 37. Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Bb4 (37... Bg7 $11) 38. Ne5 $1 $14 Na3 39. Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b4]} Bf8 40. Nxa7 Kg6 41. Nc8 Kf5 42. f3 Nc4 43. g4+ ({White should try} 43. Kf2 $14) 43... Ke6 44. Kf2 Kd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c8]} 45. Na7 Ne5 46. Ke2 Kc7 $1 47. Nc6 Nxc6 {The position is equal.} 48. bxc6 Kxc6 $11 {KB-KN} 49. h4 b5 50. Kd3 Bg7 51. g5 hxg5 52. Nxg5 Kd5 53. Nh3 $1 Ke5 54. Kc3 Bf8 55. Kd3 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ashwath, R."]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,118,-14,-35,-27,-42,-16,-14,-16,-41,-42,-87,-39,-37,-33,-29,0,0,-2,-47,-40,-49,-50,-45,-40,-46,-53,-35,-37,-41,-36,-37,-35,-66,-65,-76,-76,-76,-77,-78,-77,-80,-70,-76,-60,-68,-66,-68,-70,-93,-105,-114,-114,-112,-108,-141,-141,-141,-123,-171,-179,-245,-195,-197,-189,-190,-190,-202,-123,-212,-212,-212,-212,-205,-198,-254,-247,-468,-463,-429,-247,-887,-872,-1202,-1038,-1595,-1624,-1784,-1700,-1615,-1529,-1352,-1053,-1307,-1247,-1706,-1669,-4137,-4137,-4137,-4137,-4137,-4137,-5702,-5397]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. dxc5 Na6 5. e3 Nxc5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Qc2 {LiveBook: 8 Games. E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (9. Nd4 Bb7 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb2 e5 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Qc2 {0-1 (31) Lechtynsky,J (2365)-Stocek,J (2540) Ostrava 2014}) 9... d5 10. Nd4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. b4 Bf5 11. Qd1 Nfe4 12. Nxd5 Bxa1 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Ba3 Bg7 15. Nh4 e6 16. Nxf5 gxf5 {0-1 (31) Szilagyi,G-Benko,P Budapest 1951}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} Bb7 12. b3 a6 13. a4 Qc7 14. h3 Rac8 15. Ba3 Ne8 16. Rac1 Nd6 17. Nd5 (17. Bd5 {NOTEXT} e6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Qb1) 17... Qd8 {Threatens to win with ...b5!} 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 {[#]} 20. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 (20... Nxf7 21. Qxc5) 21. Qxc5 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Bd5 24. b4 Rb8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Bc4 27. Rfe1 Rxb5 ({Reject} 27... Bxb5 28. Rc7 $11) 28. Re5 Rb2 29. Rc5 Bd3 30. Re1 Rb7 31. Rc3 Be4 32. Rec1 Rb4 33. Rd1 Nb5 34. Re3 {[#]} Bd5 $1 35. Red3 h5 36. Kh2 Nd6 37. Rc3 Rb2 38. Rc5 (38. f3 $142) 38... e6 39. Kg1 Ne4 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rc8 Nd6 42. Rc3 {[#]} (42. Rcc1 $17) 42... Rxf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Kxf2 {Black must now prevent Ra3.} Ne4+ 44. Ke3 {Strongly threatening Rf1+.} Nxc3 45. Rf1+ (45. Rg1 $142) 45... Kg5 46. Rc1 $2 (46. Rg1 {was worth a try.}) 46... Ne4 47. Rc8 Nd6 (47... h4 $142 48. Rb8 Ng3) 48. Rc2 $2 (48. Rd8 Nf5+ 49. Kf2) 48... Nf5+ {Black is clearly winning.} 49. Kd3 Kf4 50. Rf2+ Kg3 51. Re2 h4 52. Kc3 g5 53. Kd3 Ne7 54. Re5 Kf4 55. Re2 Ng6 56. Kd2 Kg3 57. Kc3 g4 58. hxg4 Nf4 59. Re3+ Kxg4 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Phadke Sohan"]
[Black "Venkatesh, M R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,56,29,51,0,0,0,0,-2,16,8,37,0,0,0,0,0,11,-18,-27,-12,28,5,57,46,42,23,54,39,62,0,105,111,117,-61,-33,-20,94,90,81,-482,-485,-480,-486,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. f3 Nc6 {B06: Modern Defence} (6... c6 7. Qd2 h5 8. Bd3 a5 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 e5 12. Bc4 Nb4 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. Bh6 {½-½ (70) Radjabov,T (2745)-Nakamura,H (2775) Stavanger 2013}) 7. Qd2 e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. dxe5 $146 (8. d5 $14 Nd4 9. Nge2) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. d5 Ne7 9. Rd1 Nh5 10. g4 Nf4 11. Nge2 f5 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Bd4 Be5 14. h3 {1-0 (57) Urkedal,F (2517)-Romanov,E (2638) Stockholm 2014}) 8... Nxe5 $11 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bh6 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. Bxg7 (11. axb5 axb5) 11... Kxg7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 $1 16. gxf3 Nb4 17. h4 Nh5 ({Black should play} 17... d5 $11) 18. f5 Qf6 19. Rhg1 bxa4 20. Bc4 Rab8 21. Rg5 (21. Nxa4 $14 Nc6 22. Bd5) 21... a3 (21... h6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 22. Rg4 d5 23. exd5 Qxf5) 22. bxa3 $16 {Hoping for Rdg1.} Nc6 23. fxg6 $2 (23. Rdg1 $16 Kf8 24. Bxa6) 23... fxg6 $15 24. Rdg1 $1 {aiming for Rxh5.} Kh8 {[#]} (24... Re5 $1 $11) 25. Rxg6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qd4 (25... Qxg6 26. Rxg6) 26. Qg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. R6g5 $16 {stays on course.} Nf4 27. Qxd4+ (27. Bxa6 Nh3 $17) 27... Nxd4 28. Rf1) 26... Qxc4 $19 27. Qxh5 {White threatens Rg7 and mate.} Qxc3 28. Rg7 (28. Qg5 $19 Qxf3 29. Rg7 Qxa3+ 30. Kd2 Qa5+ 31. Qxa5 Nxa5 32. Rxc7) 28... Qe3+ {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sun, Chao"]
[Black "Iniyan, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,66,-15,-16,-47,-51,-37,-50,-110,-100,-142,-148,-242,-250,-261,-268,-260,-246,-300,-243,-301,-256,-267,-266,-266,-265,-295,-302,-297,-285,-303,-256,-254,-254,-289,-287,-300,-304,-308,-301,-311,-310,-305,-312,-370,-366,-366,-375,-378,-387,-386,-381]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 b5 7. Be3 {B54: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4, Unusual Lines} (7. O-O Bb7 8. Bf3 Nd7 9. g3 Ngf6 10. a3 Qc7 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. f4 Rfe8 14. g4 Nc5 {½-½ (60) Ponkratov,P (2605)-Jakovenko,D (2713) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 7... Bb7 8. f3 Nf6 9. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 d5 12. c3 (12. Qd2 $15) 12... bxc3 $17 13. Nxc3 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... dxe4 14. fxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 {1-0 (52) Van Beusekom,L-Den Boer,H Haarlem 1990}) 14. exd5 (14. Nf5 $17 d4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4) 14... exd4 $19 15. Bxd4 Bd6 ({Not} 15... Nxd5 16. Re1 $15) 16. Qb3 Qb8 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Ne4 Bxd5 19. Qxb8 Bxb8 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Rfd1 {intending Bxf6.} Bb3 22. Rdc1 Re8 23. Bf1 Be5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rc3 Be6 26. b4 Nd5 27. Rc5 Re3 28. b5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Rc3 30. Rc1 Rxc5 {Black is winning.} 31. Rxc5 Nb6 32. Rc3 Nxa4 33. Ra3 Rc8 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Devnani Kush"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,58,-38,-10,-9,-23,-37,-45,-43,-35,-35,-41,-46,-47,-80,-64,-57,-56,-66,-48,-51,-47,-209,-202,-223,-212,-246,-245,-251,-244,-244,-244,-242,-255,-252,-248,-261,-238,-429,-422,-422,-426,-436,-447,-460,-466,-622,-618,-901,-885,-841,-854]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 (5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Qxe5 Ng6 9. Qe4 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qxe4+ 11. Nxe4 f5 12. Ned2 Be7 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 {½-½ (43) Onischuk,V (2637)-Yu,Y (2751) Riadh 2017}) 5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} d5 7. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Bf4 Bxe5 10. Bxe5 Qg5 11. Qd4 c5 {0-1 (29) Memedi,S (1627)-Hacche,D (2127) Adelaide 2008}) 7... cxd5 8. O-O {Black is slightly better.} Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O {[%cal Bh8f8,Bf8c8,Bc8c4][%mdl 32]} 11. a4 Ba6 12. Rfe1 Qa5 13. Be5 Rfc8 14. Qh4 Rc4 15. Nd4 $2 (15. Qh3 $15) 15... Qc5 $19 16. Rad1 {[#]} Nd7 $1 17. Qg3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg3g7]} Nxe5 18. Nb3 Qc7 ({Inferior is} 18... Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qc4 20. Qxe5 $11) 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Bf6 21. Ree1 Rac8 22. Rd2 Rb4 23. Nb5 $2 {[#]} (23. Rb1) 23... Bxb5 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. axb5 Bxb2 25. Red1 Rxb5 26. Nc1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 27. Ne2 a4 28. Rb1 {Now c4! and White clings on.} a3 29. Nd4 a2 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,101,14,1,4,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,12,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,7,8,10,8,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,8,15,10,38,8,52,52,54,51,117,125,158,164,163,170,241,211,247,246,233,240,442,423,491,439,408,381,458,434,900,883,866,830,4116,1749]} 1. e4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Bb4 12. Ndb5 {LiveBook: 20 Games. Rb1 is the strong threat.} Ba5 $1 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rc1 Qb2 15. Na4 Bxe1 16. Nxb2 {[#] aiming for Nc7+.} Ba5 $146 {[%cal Be1a5,Ba5b6,Bb6d4][%mdl 32]} 17. Nd6+ Ke7 {Black wants to play ...Nh6.} 18. Nxb7 Bb6 19. Na4 Bd4 20. g4 Bxg4 21. Bxg4 {And now Rc7+ would win.} Bxe5 22. f4 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 Nh6 24. Bh3 Rhc8 25. Kf3 g6 26. Rfd1 {Black must now prevent Rxc8.} Bb6 27. Nbc5 Bxc5 28. Nxc5 Rab8 29. Nd3 a5 30. Rxc8 (30. Rh1 {keeps more tension.} a4 31. Rhd1 Rc4 32. Rxc4 dxc4 33. Ne5) 30... Rxc8 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Nxc1 Kd6 $1 33. Ke3 Kc5 34. Nd3+ Kc4 35. Kd2 Kd4 36. a4 f5 37. Ne5 Ke4 38. Nc6 Kxf4 (38... Nf7 $1 $14) 39. Nxa5 $16 Nf7 40. Nc6 Ne5 41. Nd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8e6]} Nc4+ (41... Nd7 $142) 42. Kc3 $1 $18 e5 43. Bf1 Nd6 {[#]} 44. a5 $1 Ke3 $2 {[#]} (44... d4+ 45. Kd3 Nb5) 45. Nf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7d6][%mdl 512]} d4+ ({Don't play} 45... Nxf7 46. a6 $18) 46. Kc2 Nc8 {With the idea ...e4.} ({Much worse is} 46... Nxf7 47. a6 $18) 47. Nxe5 g5 48. Bd3 {White is clearly winning.} Kf4 (48... f4 $142 49. Bxh7 Na7) 49. Nc6 h5 50. Nxd4 Ne7 51. a6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Tijana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,28,-45,0,-59,0,-18,-24,-43,-48,-49,-27,-52,-43,-56,8,-47,-14,-16,8,24,20,-16,0,-76,-41,-71,106,20,30,20,23,-189,-196,-202,-198,-182,-185,-158]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Bg4 (2... Nf6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e4 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 f6 10. c3 Kh8 11. Nh4 Be6 12. f4 Bf7 13. f5 g5 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Nc4 Kg7 16. Be4 f5 17. Nxf5+ gxf5 18. Bxf5 {0-1 (30) Grischuk,A (2772)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 3. Nbd2 e6 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. Ne5 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} Nd7 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. c4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. e4 Ne7 10. Qe2 {0-1 (51) Jugaru,L (1998)-Bonte,A (2310) Arad 2012}) 9... c6 10. d4 Ngf6 11. e3 Qe7 12. Qb3 (12. f4 $11) 12... Rb8 13. Qc2 (13. g5 $1 $11 Nh5 14. h4) 13... g5 (13... e5 $1 $15) 14. a3 Nf8 15. b4 Ng6 16. Bb2 O-O 17. Bf1 e5 18. Nf3 Ne4 (18... e4 $15 19. Nd2 (19. Nxg5 Nh4 $17) 19... Rfc8) 19. Be2 (19. Bg2 $11) 19... Rbd8 20. Rd1 Qf6 {aiming for ...Nh4.} 21. O-O Nh4 22. Nxe5 Qh6 23. cxd5 (23. b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... cxd5 $17 24. Kh2 f6 $2 (24... Bb8 $1 $17 {stays on course.}) 25. f3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf3e4]} fxe5 26. dxe5 Qe6 (26... Rc8 $6 27. Qb3 $16) 27. Rxd5 $2 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 27. fxe4 $2 Bxe5+ 28. Kh1 (28. Bxe5 $2 Qxe5+ 29. Kh1 Qg3 $19) 28... Bxb2 $19) (27. exd6 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qxd6+ 28. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 27... Nxf3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly better.} 28. Rxf3 (28. Bxf3 Rxf3) 28... Rxf3 29. Bxf3 Qxd5 30. Qxe4 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 34%.} ({Don't play} 30. exd6 Qxd6+ 31. Kh1 Qd2 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,99,37,38,27,55,0,22,20,24,30,22,18,18,12,16,16,14,12,20,25,15,0,64,25,56,25,25,25,25,21,25,16,61,73,264,269,235,140,140,140,116,67,71,42,58,66,115,113,114,99,131,113,150,97,106,90,260,273,311,309,317,187,195,193,197,196,327,316,323,326,326,327,574,565,866,699,943,881]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 {LiveBook: 60 Games} 13. b3 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} (13. Qd2 Qe8 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Qe1 Rd7 16. Qg3 Qg6 17. Qxg6 Bxg6 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. h3 Na5 21. b3 Nc6 {½-½ (53) Dominguez Perez,L (2734)-Vitiugov,N (2691) St Petersburg 2012}) 13... Qe7 14. Qe1 $146 (14. Bd3 $14) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Bd3 Rad8 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Qd2 f4 17. Bf2 g5 18. Rae1 Qg7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. d5 Bb4 {1-0 (40) Gomez Galan Arense,J (2277)-Matrisch,G (2370) ICCF email 2015}) 14... e5 15. Nxe5 {The position is equal.} Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf3 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 {And now Nb5 would win.} c6 20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 22. Bxe4 Qg5 (22... Rae8 $11) 23. Qb4 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Re8 25. Bf3 Qe7 26. Qa5 Nc8 27. Rd1 Qe3 {Strongly threatening ...b6.} 28. h3 Ne7 $2 (28... Rf8 $16 {might work better.}) 29. Re1 $18 Qf2 {Black hopes to continue with ...Rf8.} 30. Qe5 (30. Qc3 $18 Qc5 31. Qd2) 30... Rf8 $16 31. Qe6+ $1 ({Much weaker is} 31. Qxe7 $6 Rxf3 32. Qe6+ (32. gxf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 32... Rf7 $11) 31... Kh8 32. Re2 Qf1+ 33. Kh2 Ng6 34. Qe3 {Black must now prevent Re1.} Qa1 35. Qxa7 Ne5 36. Be4 Qd1 37. Rf2 {[%cal Rf2f8]} Re8 38. Qe3 (38. Qxb7 $142 {aiming for Qe7!} Qd6 39. g3) 38... Qd6 {( -> ...Nf3+)} 39. Qg3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} b5 $2 {[#]} (39... Kg8 $16) 40. Bxc6 $1 $18 Qxc6 {[#]} 41. Qxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc4 {[#]} (41... Rxe5 42. Rf8#) 42. bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (42. Rf7 $142 $1 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Re5g7][%mdl 512]} Rg8 43. Rc7) 42... h6 43. Qd5 Qc7+ 44. g3 Qa7 (44... Rd8 $142 45. Qe4 Qc5) 45. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rc8 46. Rc2 Qa5 47. Qc4 Qe1 $2 (47... Rc6 {is a better defense.} 48. a4 Qa8) 48. c6 {White is clearly winning.} Rf8 49. Qe2 Qa5 50. c7 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,74,20,16,19,28,62,12,20,0,54,7,16,-11,-11,-60,-16,-45,-48,-79,-38,-91,-68,-81,-86,-71,-69,-97,-83,-112,-114,-113,-113,-113,-106,-116,-114,-142,-139,-150,-119,-122,-122,-131,-127,-131,-131,-125,-130,-129,-102,-162,-138,-186,-82,-72,-70,-77,-77,-85,-78,-104,-63]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 $1 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Bb6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8... O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Ba7 11. O-O Nh7 12. h3 Kh8 13. d4 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Be2 Rg8 16. Kh1 {0-1 (34) Salem,A (2656)-Ding,L (2760) Sharjah 2017}) 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Bb3 Nh5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. Ba4 a5 13. Qb3 Nd8 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {0-1 (50) Kozaczynska,A (1541)-Borawski,J (1921) Bialystok 2012}) 11. Nc4 Nf4 (11... Be6 $11) 12. Bxf4 gxf4 13. Qd2 f5 14. g3 Qh7 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. gxf4 Rf8 17. Rg1 (17. Nxb6 $15 axb6 18. Rg1) 17... Bxd3 $17 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. O-O-O Be4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Nh4 {[#]} O-O-O $1 ({Much weaker is} 20... Rxf4 $6 21. Rg8+ Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. f3 $11) 21. Be6+ Kb8 {...Qe7 is the strong threat.} 22. f5 Ne7 {[%cal Re7f5]} 23. f4 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. fxe5 Be4 ({Much less strong is} 25... dxe5 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Ka7 28. Nxf5 $15) 26. Ng2 Rfe8 27. exd6 Rxd6 28. Qf2 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qg8 30. Ne3 Qxa2 31. Nc2 Rg8 32. Rd4 (32. Rg1 $17 {was called for.}) 32... Bh7 33. Rf4 {[#]} Re8 (33... Ka7 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...h5.} 34. h4 c5) 34. Rf8 Qe6 35. Nd4 Qe4 {White must now prevent ...Qb1+.Black is better.} 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Kd2 h5 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Karthik, Kumar Pradeep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,85,26,23,53,48,73,60,74,22,53,31,35,40,120,110,115,105,126,77,162,145,144,147,189,187,166,150,210,217,200,191,225,231,230,206,224,235,287,263,273,173,223,218,227,215,213,206,173,125,358,348,354,347,634,619,754,746,717,387,29992,29993,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 Nd5 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} (11... Rd8 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. h4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd7 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 c5 17. Re4 Rac8 18. Rh4 Bc6 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Kh2 Qd2 21. Qxd2 Rxd2 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 {1-0 (42) Saric,I (2650)-Vocaturo,D (2574) Gjakova 2016}) 12. Qg4 {LiveBook: 6 Games. aiming for Bh6.} Rd8 13. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} Bf8 {White is slightly better.} 14. Bg5 Be7 15. h4 $146 ({White should try} 15. Bxe7 $16 Nxe7 16. Rad1) ({Predecessor:} 15. Rad1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 c5 17. Bf6 g6 18. Qh4 Bxf6 19. exf6 Kh8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qh6 Qg8 22. Rd1 {1-0 (22) Kiss,F (2100)-Toth,S Paks 1994}) 15... b5 16. Bh6 $40 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Bf8 17. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Kh8 (17... Nxc3 $14 18. bxc3 Kh8) 18. Bg5 $16 Be7 19. h6 Rg8 20. Qh4 Qd8 (20... Bxg5 $16 21. Qxg5 gxh6 22. Qxh6 Bb7) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. hxg7+ Rxg7 {White must now prevent ...Qxh4.} 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. a4 {Strongly threatening axb5.} b4 (24... Rb8 $16 25. axb5 cxb5) 25. Ne4 $18 a5 26. Rad1 Nd5 27. c4 bxc3 28. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Ba6 29. Rd4 Rgg8 30. c4 Nb4 {intending ...Nc2.} 31. Rd7 Rad8 32. Red1 (32. Rxf7 $6 Nd3 $16) 32... Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Bxc4 {[#]} 34. Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6f7]} ({Resist} 34. Rxf7 $6 Rg7 $16) 34... Bd5 35. Bxd5 ({Don't take} 35. Rxf7 $6 Nd3 $14) 35... exd5 $2 (35... cxd5 $16 36. Nxf7+ Kg7) 36. Nxf7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} ({Weaker is} 36. Rxf7 Rg6 $16) 36... Kg7 37. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Kf8 $2 (37... Nd3 38. Nd6+ Kg6) 38. e6 {And now Nd6 would win.} Rxg3+ 39. Kh2 Re3 40. f5 {White threatens Nd6 and mate.} Nc2 $2 (40... d4 $18 41. Ng5 Re2+ 42. Kg3 Re3+ 43. Kh4 Nd5 44. Nxh7+ Ke8) 41. Ng5 {White mates.} Nd4 42. Nxh7+ Ke8 43. Nf6+ {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,120,33,35,23,57,51,74,77,60,64,60,71,57,41,50,47,48,24,27,22,24,12,20,10,41,12,42,0,8,0,9,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (9... Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Kh1 Nf4 17. Rg1 Ne7 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Rg3 Ng6 20. Bc4 Kh8 {0-1 (55) Neiksans,A (2582)-Adhiban,B (2655) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. Bg5 Rb8 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 11. Bd5 (11. d5 {NOTEXT} Na5 12. Ba2 Nb7 13. b4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nbd2) 11... Qd7 {White has an edge.} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxc6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qxg4 exd4 17. Nd2 dxc3 18. bxc3 {1-0 (47) Melamed,T (2322)-Skibbe,D (2094) Germany 2004}) 13... Qxc6 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qxg4 exd4 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. axb5 axb5 18. g3 Ke7 19. Qe2 d3 20. Qf3 Rd6 21. Nd2 Rhd8 22. Kg2 Re6 23. Rdc1 Qc5 24. Re1 Kf8 25. h4 Rde8 26. Re3 f5 27. Rae1 ({But not} 27. Rxd3 $2 fxe4 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 $19) 27... fxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Qd5 {[#] Hoping for ...d2.} 31. Nd2 (31. Nf6 $5 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 $15) 31... Qc5 32. h5 {The position is equal.} h6 33. Qf6 Qxh5 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qxd3 Qd1 36. b4 Kg8 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qd5 Kg8 39. Qd3 Kg7 40. Qd5 Kg8 41. Qa8+ Kg7 42. Ne4 f5 43. Nc5 Bxc5 44. bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qd3 45. Qc6 Qe4+ 46. Qxe4 fxe4 {KP-KP} 47. Kh3 {aiming for Kg4.} Kf6 48. Kg4 Ke5 49. Kh5 Kd5 50. Kxh6 Kc4 ({Wrong is} 50... Kxc5 $2 51. g4 $18) 51. g4 {[#] And now g5 would win.} Kxc3 {K3P-K3P} 52. g5 b4 53. g6 b3 54. g7 b2 55. g8=Q b1=Q {...Qh1+ is the strong threat.} 56. Qg7+ Kc4 {White must now prevent ...Qh1+.} 57. Qf7+ Kxc5 58. Qxc7+ Kd5 59. Qd7+ Ke5 60. Qg7+ Kd5 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,58,27,0,30,37,35,39,37,50,53,59,60,68,48,58,54,55,67,61,58,64,131,137,135,109,141,131,179,182,192,171,245,256,217,230,236,198,265,212,308,234,524,518,29991,29992,29992,29993,29994,29995,29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 g6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxc4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nf6 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. f3 g6 19. Kh1 Kg7 20. Qd2 {½-½ (20) Anand,V (2782)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Riadh 2017}) 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3 Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O-O dxe4 11. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 bxc6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 {½-½ (27) Saric,I (2648)-Idani,P (2563) Moscow 2017}) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. O-O-O $1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qc7 15. Bc4 Nb6 {[#]} (15... Be6 $14) 16. Ba2 $1 $16 Bf5 17. g4 Rad8 18. Qe3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bc8 20. h4 Kg7 {[#]} (20... Bb7 {is a better defense.} 21. h5 Nd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5) 21. h5 $1 $18 h6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Re1 e5 (23... e6 $142 24. Qd4+ (24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. Qxe6 Rxf3 $16) 24... Kh7) 24. Qc5 Re8 (24... Rxf3 {was worth a try.} 25. g5 hxg5) 25. Ne4 Nd7 $2 {[#]} (25... Na4 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Nxd6 Rd8) 26. Nd6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rf8 (26... Re6 $18 27. Bxe6 Nxc5 28. Ne8+ Kf8 29. Nxc7 Nxe6 30. Nxe6+ (30. Rxe5 Nxc7 31. Kd2 Kf7 $11) 30... Bxe6 31. Rxe5 Bd5) 27. Nf5+ {White mates.} gxf5 28. Qe7+ Kg6 29. gxf5+ Kxf5 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,65,0,28,0,57,23,14,26,76,43,31,0,0,0,32,14,12,31,186,22,52,29,309,274,379,357,488,515,528,516,987,979,945,932,12839,12838]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 b4 15. Rd1 {D49: Semi-Slav: Meran System: Main line with 9 e4 c5 10 e5 cxd4 11 Nxb5} Bc5 (15... Bd6 16. Bb5 Bc5 17. Bf4 Ra5 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Bg3 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxd6 22. Qb7 Ke7 {0-1 (35) Ftacnik,L (2545)-Navara,D (2720) Slovakia 2018}) 16. Bf4 Bb7 {[#] LiveBook: 14 Games} 17. a4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Be4 Ba6 18. Qd2 Ra7 19. Bg3 h5 20. Rac1 Kf8 21. b3 h4 22. Bxh4 e5 {½-½ (40) Brookes,J (2511)-Nekhaev,A (2518) ICCF email 2014}) 17... Rg8 (17... bxa3 $11 18. bxa3 e5) 18. Bg3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} h5 19. Bb5 Rg4 20. Rac1 Ke7 21. Nh4 {next Nf5+ is good for White.} (21. Bxd7 $5 Kxd7 22. h3 Rxg3 23. fxg3 $11) 21... Ne5 22. Kh1 Rag8 23. f3 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Rxg3 $2 {[#]} (24... Rc8 $14) 25. Qc2 $2 (25. a5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra5b6][%mdl 512]} Qa7 (25... Qxa5 26. Rxc5) 26. a6) 25... Bd6 $11 {[%cal Re5f3] Threatens to win with ...Nxf3!} 26. Qf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nxf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Rg8 $11) 27. Nxf3 $18 Bxf3 28. gxf3 {aiming for Rc8.} Qb8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rh3+.} 29. Bf1 {White is clearly winning.} Be5 30. Rc4 h4 (30... Rg5 $142 31. Qd2 Bf4 32. Qxb4+ Qxb4 33. Rxb4 Be3 34. Rb7+ Kd6 35. Rxf7 Ra5) 31. Rcxd4 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 {White threatens Qc5+ and mate.} Kf8 33. Qxf6 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,0,35,0,12,0,0,0,0,10,30,14,12,26,25,20,40,41,31,23,27,23,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,88,86,95,95,151,44,72,58,53,29,49,20,94,95,156,164,392,376,383,281,537,530,533,533,487,228,256,229,404,395,360,-10,299,285,321,314,327,317,295,-8,-11,-128,-120,-128,-120,-128,-129,-141,-133,-136,-128,-125,-126,-139,-136,-138,-133,-146,-146,-215,-174,-136,-139,-139,-85,-79,-82,-114,-83,-77,-28,-30,-17,-87,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. g4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 {0-1 (37) Aronian,L (2794)-Caruana,F (2784) Berlin 2018}) 6... Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Re1 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Kh8 14. Bf4 $146 g5 15. Bd2 $36 {[%cal Bf4d2,Bd2c3,Bc3b2][%mdl 2080] White fights for an advantage.} Bd6 16. Rae1 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Bd7 18. Bb3 c6 19. c4 Rc8 (19... h6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. Bc3 $16 {[%mdl 1024] aiming for d5. White has strong compensation.} Qf6 21. Qe3 f4 (21... Kg8 $142) 22. Qd3 (22. Qd2 $1 $16) 22... Kg8 23. h3 Qg6 24. Qd1 Rf7 25. Bb2 Rcf8 (25... Re8 $11) 26. d5 c5 (26... Bc8 $142) 27. Bc2 Qh6 $2 (27... Qf6 {was worth a try.}) 28. dxe6 $18 Bxe6 29. Qd6 Rd7 $2 (29... Qf6 {was called for.} 30. Qxe6 Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Rd7) 30. Qxc5 (30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Rd2 $11) 30... Rg7 31. Be4 Rd8 {Threatens to win with ...Rd1+.} 32. Bf3 (32. Bd5 $142 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Qc8+ (34. Qxd5+ Rf7 $11) 34... Kf7 35. cxd5) 32... Qg6 33. Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ra5d8]} Rdd7 $2 (33... b6 34. Qc3 Rd6) 34. Be4 Qf7 35. Qxa7 $2 (35. Rxg5 $18 Qf8 36. Bxg7 Rxg7 37. Rxg7+ Qxg7 38. Qxa7) 35... Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Rd1+ $11 36. Kh2 g4 37. Qb8+ Qf8 38. Qxf8+ Kxf8 39. hxg4 Rxg4) 36. Qa5 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 g4 38. hxg4 (38. Qa8+ Qf8 $15) 38... Rxg4 {[%cal Rg4h4]} 39. Qa8+ $2 ({White must play} 39. Rg5+ $1 $18 Kf8 40. Rxg4 Bxg4 41. Ba3+ Ke8 42. Qb5+ Rd7 43. Qe5+ Be6 44. Bb4) 39... Qf8 $11 {[%cal Rg4h4]} 40. Bxh7+ (40. Qxf8+ $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Kxf8 41. Rh5) 40... Kf7 $17 {[%cal Rg4h4,Bg8f7,Bf7f8,Bf8g7][%mdl 32]} 41. Qxf8+ ({Don't go for} 41. Qxb7+ $2 Rd7 $19) 41... Kxf8 {[%cal Rg4h4]} 42. Rh5 f3 $1 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg4g2]} 43. g3 Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2f2]} ({Much weaker is} 43... Bxc4 $6 44. Bf5 $11) 44. Ba3+ Kg7 45. Bc5 Rxc4 46. Be3 {[#]} Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5h5]} ({Don't do} 46... Rxa2 47. Bd3 $15) 47. Rxd5 Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 48. Bf5 Kf6 49. Bd7 (49. g4 $17) 49... Bc6 50. Bc8 Ra4 51. g4 Bd5 (51... Rxa2 $142 52. Bb6 Ke5) 52. Kg3 Rxa2 53. Bd4+ Ke7 54. Kf4 Re2 55. Bf5 Be6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxf5.} 56. Kxf3 {[#]} (56. Be4 $11) 56... Bxf5 (56... Re1 $1 $17 {...Bxf5 is the strong threat.} 57. Kf4 Bxf5 58. Kxf5 Rc1) 57. Kxe2 $11 Bxg4+ 58. Ke3 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,95,41,54,13,14,17,52,22,20,14,70,20,41,37,43,46,27,37,59,59,54,62,68,48,52,49,73,44,38,41,48,51,50,50,53,52,49,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,103,103,172,172,180,8,8,8,14,14,14,8,104,104,104,54,14,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qd5 Nc5 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. Nc3 Qe6+ {LiveBook: 21 Games. C41: Philidor Defence} (8... O-O 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Bb5 Qg4 11. h3 Qb4 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Qc4 Qxc4 14. Bxc4 Nf5 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Be2 Be7 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 {1-0 (65) Quesada Perez,Y (2642)-Sambuev,B (2562) Havana 2014}) 9. Be2 Qxd5 10. Nxd5 Ne6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O-O h6 13. Rxd6 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rhd1 {1-0 (51) Grosse,M (1978)-Hentze,M (2115) Leipzig 2014}) 11. Be3 Nc6 12. O-O-O h6 ({Better is} 12... Bd7 $11) 13. c3 O-O 14. Nh4 {[%cal Bf3h4,Bh4f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32]} Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Bxe7 16. Nf5 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Nxg5 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Rhe1 Be6 20. f4 Rae8 21. fxg5 {Threatens to win with Nd5.} Rxe7 22. gxh6 Bxa2 23. Bf3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} c6 25. Re7 Rb8 26. Bh5 Bd5 27. Bxf7 Bxg2 28. hxg7+ Kxg7 29. Re8 Rxe8 30. Bxe8 $11 {KB-KB} a5 31. Kd2 Kf6 32. Ke3 Ke5 (32... b5 $11) 33. h4 $16 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Bf1 (33... Be4 $16) 34. h5 $18 c5 35. Bg6 $2 (35. h6 $18 Kf6 36. h7) 35... b5 $11 36. Bc2 Bg2 37. h6 Kf6 38. Kf4 {Black should prevent h7.} b4 {[#]} (38... Bf1 $11) 39. c4 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening h7.} Bf1 40. h7 Kg7 41. Ke5 {The position is equal.} Bxc4 42. Kd6 {[#]} Bd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Bxd3 a4 $1 44. Kxc5 a3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...a2 would win. Black is not keeping still} 45. bxa3 bxa3 {aiming for ...a2.} 46. Bb1 a2 47. Bxa2 Kxh7 48. Kd4 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Padmini, Rout"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,71,39,-7,0,0,14,0,40,2,37,33,58,46,44,39,58,60,70,62,50,18,16,6,8,8,8,8,11,7,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 15. Bd3 (15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qe5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Nh5 20. Qh2 h6 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 {½-½ (57) So,W (2799)-Kramnik,V (2800) Berlin 2018}) 15... h6 16. Bb1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 17. h3 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qc7 18. Nh2 Qc3 19. Qf4 Nf8 20. Re3 Ng6 21. Qg4 Qc7 22. e5 {1-0 (37) Grooten,H (2340)-Horvath,C (2530) Leeuwarden 1995}) 18. Nh2 e5 19. Ng4 Qb6 20. d5 Rc4 21. Ne3 (21. Qb2 {is interesting.} a5 22. a3 b4 23. Ne3 Rc3 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Qe2) 21... Rd4 22. Qb2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 g6 24. a3 h5 25. d6 Qc5 {The position is equal.} 26. Qb3 a5 27. Ba2 Rf8 28. Qd3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Nf5 gxf5 31. Qg3+ $1 Kh7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rg8.} 32. Qg5 Bxe4 {Hoping for ...f4.} 33. Qxh5+ Kg7 {White must now prevent ...f4.} 34. Qg5+ Kh7 {And now ...f4 would win.} 35. Qh5+ Kg7 {[#] ...f4 is the strong threat.} 36. Qg5+ {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Black "Chakravarthi Reddy, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,174,33,78,26,18,23,56,43,40,53,48,45,48,43,41,41,57,53,59,49,47,0,12,2,18,2,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,44,0,56,62,42,54,194,188,181,189,217,210,210,224,167,170,165,0,169,0,160,112,121,8,8,8,8,0,3,0,28,20,19,0,16,16,16,12,16,16,16,16,20,20,22,20,20,16,16,16,18,0,0,0,8,-30,-30,-69,-30,-259,-259,-395,-395,-395,-388,-377,-312,-249,-229,-229,-30,-69,-30,-139,-139,-138,-139,-218,-218,-221,-221,-207,-207,-224,-216,-214,-206,-203,-126,-146,0,-155,0,-195,0,-133,-126,-125,-69,-69,5077]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} 10. O-O Qc7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (10... O-O 11. Bf4 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. a3 a5 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Ng3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 {1-0 (45) Charochkina,D (2326)-Bivol,A (2356) Moscow 2018}) 11. g3 ({White should try} 11. dxc5 $1 $16 Bxc5 12. b4) 11... O-O $11 {White has an edge.} 12. Bf4 e5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... b6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Bb1 Rae8 16. Nf4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (58) Sebt Rasoul,S (1774)-Udval,E (1257) Ulaanbaatar 2016}) 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Nf4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. Kg2 (20. Bc4 $5) 20... Bc6 21. Bf5 d4 22. cxd4 cxd4 (22... Nh5 $5 23. Rxe8 Bxe8 24. Nxh5 Rxf5 $11) 23. Qd3 g6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 {White must now prevent ...Bxf3+!} 27. Qg5+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ Kg8 $1 29. Qg5+ Kh7 {Hoping for ...Nd5.} 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Ne6 {Threatening mate with Qg6+.} Bxf3+ 32. Kg1 {White threatens Qg6+ and mate.} Qd7 33. Qg5+ $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Kh8 34. Qh4+ $1 Qh7 35. Nxf8 Rxf8 36. Qxd4 Qc2 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rc2g2]} 37. Qf2 Qxf2+ $1 38. Kxf2 Ng4+ (38... Bc6 $11) 39. Kg1 $14 Bc6 40. Rf1 Rxf1+ (40... Rg8 $14) 41. Rxf1 $18 Ne5 42. h4 Kg7 43. Rf5 Nd3 44. b3 Nc1 45. Rf2 Nd3 46. Rf5 Nc1 $1 47. Rf2 Nd3 48. Re2 Kf6 49. g4 (49. h5 $16) 49... Ne5 $11 50. g5+ Kf5 51. Kf2 {aiming for Kg3.} Kf4 52. b4 Nd3+ 53. Kg1 {g6 is the strong threat.} Ne5 $1 54. Kf2 Nd3+ 55. Kf1 Ne5 56. Rc2 Kg4 57. Rc5 Ng6 $1 58. b5 Be4 59. Rc4 Kf3 60. Rc3+ Kg4 61. Kf2 {Threatens to win with Rc4.} Nxh4 62. Rc4 Kf4 63. a4 Ng6 64. a5 a6 65. b6 Ne5 66. Ra4 Kf5 67. Kg3 $2 (67. Ke3 $11 Bc6 68. Ra1) 67... Bc6 $19 68. Rd4 (68. Rf4+ $142 Kxg5 69. Rh4) 68... Kxg5 69. Kf2 Kf5 70. Rh4 Ke6 71. Ke3 Kd5 72. Rh5 Kd6 $2 (72... Be8 $1 $19 {[%cal Re8h5]} 73. Rg5 Kd6) 73. Kd4 Nf3+ 74. Kc4 (74. Ke3 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 74... Bb5+ $1 $17 75. Kc3 Ne5 76. Rh6+ (76. Rh8 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 76... Kd5 $19 77. Rh5 Bd7 78. Rh7 Kd6 79. Kb4 {[#]} Nc6+ $1 80. Ka4 Ne7+ 81. Kb4 Nd5+ 82. Kc4 {intending Rxd7+.} Ne7 83. Kb4 $1 Nc6+ 84. Ka4 Ne5+ (84... Be8 $19 85. Rh8 Bg6) 85. Kb4 $17 Nd3+ 86. Kc3 {[#] Strongly threatening Rh6+.} Nc5 ({Better is} 86... Nf4 $1 $17 87. Kb4 Bc6) 87. Kb4 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 47%, Black = 58%. . An unexpected result.} (87... Ne6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,148,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,3,0,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,41,41,37,37,38,36,58,58,58,44,40,44,52,52,52,52,52,52,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,72,72,72,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,8,8,0,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,0,57,57,57,8,8,0,57,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e3 Be6 9. Rb1 O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games. D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5} 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. e4 h6 13. exd5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nb6 15. O-O Nxd5 16. Qd2 {[#]} c5 $146 (16... Nb6 {with more complications.} 17. a4 Nxa4 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Rxb7 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qd5) ({Predecessor:} 16... Nb6 17. Bf3 {0-1 (55) Moiseenko,A (2692)-Socko,B (2617) Germany 2016}) 17. Bxc4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Bg5 Qxd4 (21... Re4 $11 22. Be3 Bxd4) 22. Rxb7 $14 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Rc2 24. Be3 Rxa2 25. Bxa7 Rd8 26. g4 Bd4 27. Bb8 Rb2 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Bg3 Rc8 30. Kg2 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Bxc1 $16 {KB-KB} 32. Kf3 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kg7 35. Bf4 Ba3 {[#]} 36. h5 $1 Kf6 37. Ke2 Bc5 38. f3 Bb4 39. Kd3 Be1 40. Kc4 Bf2 41. Kd5 Be1 42. Kd6 Bb4+ 43. Kd7 Bc5 44. Ke8 Bb4 45. Be3 Ba3 46. Bh6 Bb4 47. f4 Bc5 48. Bf8 Be3 49. Be7+ Kg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7h6] next ...Kh6 is good for Black.} 50. Bg5 {[#] And now Ke7 would win.} Bc5 $1 51. Kd7 Kf7 $1 52. Kc6 Ba7 53. Kd6 Bb8+ 54. Kd7 Ba7 $1 55. Be7 Be3 56. Bg5 Ba7 (56... Bc5 $11) 57. Bh6 Bb8 58. Kc6 Kf6 59. Kb7 Bd6 60. Kc8 Kf7 61. Bg5 Ke6 62. Bh6 Kf7 63. Kd8 $1 Bb8 64. Bg5 Bd6 65. Kd7 Bb8 (65... Bc5 $1 $11) 66. h6 Kg6 {The position is equal.} 67. Ke7 {Kf8 is the strong threat.} Ba7 68. Kf8 {Hoping for Kg8.} Kh7 $1 69. Kf7 {Threatens to win with Kf6.} Bd4 $1 70. Bf6 Be3 71. Bg5 {aiming for Kf6.} Bd4 $1 72. Kf8 Bc3 73. Ke7 Kg6 74. Ke6 Bd4 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Charkhalashvili, Inga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,111,85,81,90,60,50,48,55,50,62,62,63,60,65,62,77,48,95,90,92,88,95,81,121,129,159,154,142,145,167,155,177,166,182,174,212,211,212,213,211,197,218,224,270,255,246,250,276,240,246,238,293,264,273,251,327,333,331,325,332,339,321,247,303,295,293,301,375,378,355,317,408,412,419,423,408,409,731,746,741,742,716,701,6191,6133]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Ne5 Qxd4 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (11... O-O 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc4 Qd6 15. b3 Rb4 16. Ne4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxd4 18. f3 e5 19. Kf2 {½-½ (39) Bluebaum,M (2642)-Lupulescu,C (2609) Germany 2016}) 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Qd7 15. Qxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. Qxc6+ Bxc6 18. Rd2 Ke7 19. Rc1 Rhd8 $146 20. Rdc2 $1 Rd7 21. Kf1 Rb7 22. f3 e5 23. b3 f6 24. Nd1 Bd5 25. Nb2 e4 26. Na4 {Hoping for Nc5.} Ra7 27. Nc5 Rd6 28. fxe4 Ba8 29. Kf2 a5 30. Ke3 Rc6 31. Rc4 Rd6 32. Nd3 Kd8 33. g4 Re6 34. Nf4 Rd6 35. Nh5 c6 36. Ra4 g6 37. Nf4 Kc7 38. Nd3 Bb7 39. Nb2 Rd8 40. Nc4 Re8 41. Nxa5 f5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Rc5 fxe4 44. Rac4 ({Much less strong is} 44. Rxe4 Raa8) 44... Re6 45. Rh5 h6 46. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 47. Kxe4 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bc8 48. b4 Kb6 49. Nc4+ Kc7 50. Ra5 Rb7 51. a3 Be6 52. Kd4 Kb8 (52... Bxc4 $142 53. Kxc4 Kb6) 53. Ne5 {White is clearly winning.} Rc7 54. Kc5 Kb7 55. Kd6 Bh3 {[#]} 56. Ra7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 87%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Narayanan S L"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,97,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-27,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,21,15,25,24,16,5,13,0,14,27,40,34,81,89,153,9,17,0,12,0,195,212,185,187,154,198,195,181,231,109,140,121,119,91,482,486,398,186,578,85,81,49,253,227,181,174,481,473,462,443,435,420,839,805,29988,29989,29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 Qe7 11. Bb3 a5 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} (11... Nb6 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. e4 Re8 15. Re1 Nbd5 16. Bd2 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Rad1 Nd7 19. Re3 {1-0 (31) Bluebaum,M (2642)-Fedoseev,V (2726) Dortmund 2017}) 12. a4 Bb4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Rd1 e4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Kh8 14. Nh4 Nb6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 e4 17. Qe5 Rfe8 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 {½-½ (35) Smirnov,A (2393)-Diermair,A (2500) Deutschlandsberg 2018}) 14. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Re8 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Nf8 17. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Be6 18. e5 {aiming for Bg5.} Bxb3 19. Qxb3 N6d7 20. Na2 c5 21. Nxb4 axb4 22. Bd2 b6 23. Rac1 h6 24. Kh1 Qe6 25. d5 Qf5 26. g4 Qg6 27. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} h5 (27... b5 $142) 28. Rc4 ({White must play} 28. Nh4 $16 Qh7 29. e6 hxg4 30. exf7+ (30. exd7 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Qe4+ 32. Ng2 Nxd7 $11) 30... Kxf7 31. d6+ Re6 32. Bg5) 28... Rad8 29. Rf4 {Threatens to win with Nh4.} hxg4 30. hxg4 Qh7+ $2 (30... f6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 31. e6 Ne5 32. Nxe5 fxe5) 31. Kg2 $18 Ng6 32. Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h5]} Ndxe5 33. Rfxe5 Nxe5 34. Nxe5 Rd6 {[#] next ...f6 is good for Black.} 35. Qc4 (35. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3f7]} Re7 36. Bf4 (36. Nxf7 $2 Rxe1 37. Bxe1 Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Rf6 $19)) 35... g5 $16 36. Nc6 ({Reject} 36. Bxg5 $6 f6 $11) 36... Rxe1 37. Bxe1 Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rh6 $16 38. Bg3 Qb1 39. Ne7+ Kf8) 38. Qe2 $18 Kf8 39. Bg3 (39. Qe5 $142) 39... b3 $2 (39... f5 {is tougher.}) 40. d6 $2 (40. Qe5 $18 Qg6 41. Qh8+ Qg8 42. Qh6+ Ke8 43. Ne5) 40... Qc2 $16 41. Kf2 {And now Nb8 would win.} c4 $2 {[#]} (41... f5 $1 $14 42. gxf5 Qxf5+ 43. Qf3 Qxf3+ 44. Kxf3 c4) 42. Nd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4c2]} Qxe2+ 43. Nxe2 f6 $2 (43... Rd8 {is a better chance.} 44. Nc3 Ke8) 44. Ke3 Ra7 45. Nc3 Ra5 46. Kd4 f5 (46... Ke8 $142 47. Kxc4 Kd7) 47. Nd5 Rxd5+ 48. Kxd5 c3 49. Ke6 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krysa, Leandro"]
[Black "Nikolova, Adriana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,91,4,4,33,18,66,64,70,88,66,72,110,111,85,85,97,87,116,118,131,122,102,82,74,65,106,75,82,73,122,114,139,130,122,112,141,127,166,134,248,247,310,296,287,299,286,287,277,294,408,314,300,304,447,432,609,304,1449,1145,29986,29987,29987,29984,29984,29985,29983,580,573,559,667,572,564,560,590,549,928,931,931,927,916,905,798,770]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Nc6 (5... Qb6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Qxb2 10. Nxd5 Bb4+ 11. Nxb4 Qc3+ {0-1 (20) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 6. Nc3 {LiveBook: 9 Games. D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} a6 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 {1-0 (39) Doncevic,D (2290)-Kozarcanin,S (2027) Pula 2017}) 10... Qb6 11. a3 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nge2 Na5 14. b4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. e4 g4 17. Be5 Kf8 18. Nf4 h5 19. O-O Ne8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxe5.} 20. Nfd5 Qg6 21. f4 f5 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Rae1 Qf7 24. Ne3 e6 (24... Rh6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 25. d5 Rh6 26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. exf5 {[%cal Be4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} ({Don't do} 27. Nxf5 $6 Bxf5 28. exf5 b5 $18) 27... Bd7 28. Rd1 Bc6 29. Ncd5 {[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5e7,Be7c6,Bc6d4][%mdl 32]} b5 30. Rfe1 Rd8 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 31. Bxg7+ Nxg7 (31... Qxg7 {was called for.} 32. f6 Qa7) 32. f6 $18 Ne6 (32... Rxf6 $142 33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 33. Nf5 (33. Qf5 $142) 33... Rh8 $2 {[#]} (33... Rxd5 34. Nxh6 Qxf6) 34. Nde7 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Qxf6 36. Nxc6 Qxf5 37. Qd6+ Kg7 38. Qxe6 (38. Nd4 $142 Qg6 39. Rxe6 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Kg8 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qd7+ Kg8 43. Re8#) 38... Qxe6 {White is clearly winning.} 39. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Rc8 40. Nd4 c3 41. Nc2 Rd8 42. Kf2 g3+ 43. Kxg3 Rd2 44. Ne3 c2 45. Rc6 Rd3 46. Kf3 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,60,17,24,15,21,11,12,10,4,12,13,10,11,15,8,-7,44,21,9,0,3,0,7,2,9,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-24,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,22]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 c6 7. Be2 Bg4 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (7... Qb6 8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 {½-½ (11) Gyimesi,Z (2610)-Kozul,Z (2609) Murska Sobota 2007}) 8. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. b4 e4 13. Be2 a5 14. a4 axb4 15. cxb4 {1-0 (58) Baumhackel,M (2146)-Dunsbach,R (2277) Germany 2002}) 10... Qb6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6 13. e4 (13. g4 {is interesting.} e5 14. Kg2 h5 15. Be2 exd4 16. cxd4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 Ne4 19. Bf4) 13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 a5 (15... e5 $11) 16. Qxb6 (16. Qc2 {looks sharper.} a4 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Bf3) 16... Nxb6 17. Re2 a4 18. a3 Nc4 19. Bd3 b5 20. Rae1 h6 21. Bc1 Red8 22. g4 Rac8 23. Kg2 c5 24. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd2 (26. Be3 {is more complex.} Rc6 27. Bc1 h5 28. g5 Rd5 29. Re4) 26... Rxd2 27. Bxd2 Rc6 {The position is equal.} 28. Be3 Rd6 29. Bc5 Rd8 30. h4 Bf8 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,80,-5,0,-15,-18,-23,-19,-19,2,-12,0,-19,-7,-20,-11,0,0,-53,-42,-35,-33,-93,-84,-89,-86,-78,-72,-80,-77,-211,-64,-285,-30,-29,22,23,10,0,0,0,0,-15,408,-83,-83,-85,-83,-35,-6,-34,-6,-6,0,-4,0,0,-4,-16,-15,-29,0,-37,-8,-41,0,-7,0,0,8,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (6. Bd2 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rc8 12. Rfd1 c5 13. Be2 Qc7 {½-½ (62) Stocek,J (2544)-Van Wely,L (2684) Sydney 2013}) 6... Bd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. c5 Bc7 8. f4 b6 9. b4 O-O 10. Nf3 a5 {Strongly threatening ...axb4.} 11. Ra2 $146 (11. Bb2 {keeps more tension.} axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ng4 15. Nd1) ({Predecessor:} 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13. bxc5 Ba5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Bd3 {½-½ (15) Lebredo Zarragoitia,G (2240)-Gonzalez,B (2253) Curitiba 2011}) 11... Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 12. cxb6 Bxb6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 (14. Ne5 $11) 14... axb4 $1 $15 15. Bc4 Nf6 16. Qd3 ({Better is} 16. Qb1 $15) 16... c5 $17 17. axb4 Rxa2 18. Bxa2 cxd4 $1 19. Nxd4 Bb7 {White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 20. Bb2 (20. O-O $17) 20... Qa8 (20... Bxg2 21. Rg1 $15) (20... Ng4 $1 $19 21. Qe2 Qh4+ 22. Kd2 Nf2) 21. Bb3 $2 ({Only move:} 21. Bc4 $15) 21... Rd8 $2 ({Stronger than} 21... Bxg2 22. Rg1 $15) (21... Ba6 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra6d3]} 22. Qd2 Ne4) 22. Qe2 $1 $11 Ba6 (22... Bxd4 $142 23. Bxd4 Bxg2 24. Bxf6 Bf3) 23. b5 Ba5+ 24. Kf1 Bb7 25. Kg1 Bc7 26. h4 h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Qa5 $11) 27. Nc6 $2 ({White has to play} 27. Nxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Bxf6) 27... Bxc6 $17 28. Bxf6 ({But not} 28. bxc6 $2 Ng4 $19) 28... gxf6 29. bxc6 Qxc6 {Threatens to win with ...Qc3.} 30. Rh3 Kf8 31. Qc4 Qb6 32. Kh2 Ke7 33. Rg3 Bd6 34. Ba2 Ra8 35. Qb3 Qa7 36. Bb1 Rb8 37. Qa2 Qc7 38. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Rc8 39. Be2 Qb8 40. Bxh5 Rh8 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vishnu, Prasanna. V"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,61,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,16,17,16,13,13,13,13,13,10,17,13,11,11,13,2,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 {[#]} 5. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O {The position is equal.} 11. Bf4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} d6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qb4 Qc7 {0-1 (55) Savenko,A (2255)-Nadyrhanov,S (2480) Krasnodar 1997}) 13... Qc8 14. Rab1 Rb8 15. Qxa7 {[%cal Rf3b7]} Bxc4 {[#]} 16. exd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd6 (16... cxd6 17. Rfd1) 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rfd1 d5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qxc3 21. h3 (21. Qd4 {is more complex.} Qc2 22. Qb2 Qxb2 23. Rxb2 g6 24. g4) 21... g6 22. Rdb5 Ra8 23. Qxb7 Rxa2 24. R5b2 (24. R5b3 {keeps more tension.} Qd4 25. Qf3 Rd2 26. Rb4 Qd6 27. Rb6) 24... Rxb2 25. Qxb2 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 $11 {KR-KR} h5 27. h4 Ra8 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kg2 Ra7 30. Rc2 Re7 31. Rd2 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Venkatesh, M.R"]
[Black "Moksh, Amit Doshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,41,-26,-17,-29,-2,-18,0,-22,-9,-50,0,-51,108,117,144,118,198,33,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. c3 Qc7 10. Nf1 d4 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Rd8 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. e5 Ba6 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Qe4 Nf8 16. Ng5 Bb7 17. Qf4 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Ng6 19. h4 O-O {1-0 (64) Carlsen,M (2853)-Nakamura,H (2787) chess.com INT 2016}) 11. e5 Nd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Qe2 b5 {Black has an edge.} 13. Bf4 O-O 14. h4 Nb6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Rfe8 15. N1h2 Nf8 {1-0 (40) Ibraheem,D (1912)-Jalaluldeen,K (1750) Baghdad 2013}) 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 ({White should play} 16. Qh5 $1 $11) 16... Rfd8 $2 ({Wrong is} 16... Nxe5 $2 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Rac1 $18) (16... Nd5 $15) 17. Nf6+ $1 $16 Kh8 18. Qh5 {aiming for Bxh6!} Bf8 19. Nh2 $2 (19. Bxh6 $1 $18 gxh6 20. Nh2 dxc3 21. Nhg4) 19... dxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19... g6 $14 20. Qe2 c4) 20. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 {[#]} 21. Nhg4 $1 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karthikeyan, P."]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,58,0,0,0,4,51,43,39,45,40,47,56,26,57,47,122,79,314,308,308,283,244,0,0,-40,-43,-52,-37,-143,-152,-274,-286,-817,-225,-1728,-1716,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 b6 8. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32] B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} Qc7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. f5 Nc5 12. Qe3 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. fxe6 is the strong threat.} e5 13. Nd5 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd8 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Nb3 h5 16. Bf3 {1-0 (47) Onischuk,A (2666)-Christiansen,L (2579) Saint Louis 2013}) 14. exd5 Be7 15. Nc6 Bf6 16. b4 Nd7 17. Bf3 O-O {Threatens to win with ...e4!} 18. Be4 $1 b5 (18... Nb8 $14) 19. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5,Bg5f6][%mdl 32]} Bxc6 $2 (19... h6 $16) 20. dxc6 $18 Nb6 21. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Nxc4 22. Qd3 $2 {[#]} ({Not} 22. Qf2 Bd8 $11) (22. Qh3 $1 $18 Qa7+ 23. Kh1) 22... d5 $1 $11 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 544]} 23. gxf6 (23. Qxd5 Rfd8) 23... dxe4 24. Qg3 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg3g7]} g6 {Hoping for ...Qb6+.} 25. Qh4 (25. Qh3 $15 Qb6+ 26. Rf2 Qxc6 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. f7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 29. Bg5) 25... Qb6+ $17 (25... Qxc6 26. fxg6 Qb6+ 27. Kg2 $14) 26. Kh1 {[#]} (26. Rf2 $17 {keeps fighting.} Nd6 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Bg5) 26... e3 $1 $19 ({Don't take} 26... Qxc6 27. Bh6 $19) 27. Rf3 $2 (27. c7) 27... Qxc6 28. Kg1 $2 (28. Qh6 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Qf1#) 28... Qxf3 29. Qh6 Qf2+ {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Santiago, Yago De Moura"]
[Black "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,107,34,32,13,13,0,0,-7,-7,-11,0,-8,0,0,-2,-36,0,0,0,-33,0,0,0,-45,-48,-70,-14,-6,-13,-22,-7,-16,-19,-6,-4,-32,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,8,4,21,8,9,0,56,66,79,18,124,0,70,0,0,0,0,-8,-7,-10,0,-4,-3,-4,0,-10,-11,-40,-12,-29,-9,-9,-9,-13,-13,-25,0,-7,0,-9]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 {[%cal Bd4b3,Bb3d2,Bd2f3][%mdl 32] A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (9. e4 d6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. h3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. f4 Nc6 16. Qf2 Bd8 {1-0 (25) Hou,Y (2673)-Henriquez Villagra,C (2505) Punta Arenas 2016}) 9... d6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Ne5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c5 dxc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd5 Nc4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Rxc4 e5 {½-½ (46) Ma,Z (2369)-Chan,Y (2342) Ho Chi Minh City 2012}) 12... Rb8 13. h3 b6 14. b3 Bb7 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Rbc8 17. Rfd1 Qb8 18. Be3 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Bc6 20. Qd4 Nd7 21. Ne4 {[%cal Re4d6]} Nc5 22. b4 d5 23. Bf4 Qb7 ({Black should try} 23... dxe4 $15 24. Qxd8+ Bxd8 25. Bxb8 Nd3) 24. Nd6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd6b7]} Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Rdd8 {[#] aiming for ...Ba4.} 28. Qa5 Qa8 29. f4 d4 30. Bf1 Be4 31. c5 d3 32. Rd2 h6 33. Rc3 Qb7 34. Qa4 Bg6 (34... Rc7 {feels hotter.} 35. h4 Rdc8 36. Qd4 Rd7 37. Qa4 Rdc7) 35. c6 Qb6 36. Bg2 Qb1+ 37. Qd1 Qb6 (37... Qxd1+ $1 $11 38. Rxd1 d2) 38. Qc1 $14 Rd6 39. Qa3 (39. Bf3 $16) 39... Qd4 (39... Rdxc6 $11 40. Bxc6 Rxc6) 40. Qc5 ({But not} 40. Qxa6 $6 Qxc3 41. Qxc8+ Kh7 $11) (40. Qb3 $16) 40... f6 (40... Qxc5 $11 41. Rxc5 Rd4) 41. Bf3 (41. Qa3 $1 $14) 41... Qxc5 $11 42. Rxc5 Be8 43. c7 {[#] Strongly threatening Bb7.} Rd7 44. Rc6 Rdxc7 45. Rxc7 Rxc7 46. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb5 47. Rd2 Kf7 48. Kh2 Rc1 49. g4 Rc4 50. f5 Rc3 51. Be4 exf5 52. Bxf5 Rc5 53. Bc2 Ke7 54. Bb3 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,114,27,21,18,26,26,43,0,23,12,6,13,61,48,72,55,65,33,43,54,30,43,52,39,55,74,48,53,121,87,167,134,120,122,160,145,185,178,149,149,156,150,158,160,156,50,57,53,47,56,56,57,57,58,58,56,50,54,59,63,56,41,42,56,56,0,75,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,24,24,24,24,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} Be6 8. Qa3 Nc6 (8... c5 9. Qxc5 Nc6 10. e4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Qa3 a6 14. Be2 Nd7 {1-0 (57) Banusz,T (2616)-Sutovsky,E (2689) Austria 2017}) 9. e3 a5 10. Qc5 O-O 11. Be2 a4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Nb5 Nd5 13. Bg3 {[#]} Ncb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ra5 14. Qc1 Bg4 {½-½ (31) Johnson,B (2447)-Van Unen,H (2505) ICCF email 2015}) 14. e4 (14. Bxc7 $2 Qd7 $17) 14... Na6 (14... b6 $5 15. Qc1 $8 Nf6 $16) 15. Qc1 Nf6 $1 16. Nc3 (16. Bxc7 Nxc7 17. Qxc7 Nxe4 $17) 16... c6 17. O-O Qa5 18. Rd1 b5 19. Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} b4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. e5 bxc3 22. exf6 cxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxf6 24. Bf3 Nb4 (24... Rad8 $14) 25. Qe2 {Hoping for Rac1.} Kh8 (25... Kf7 $16) 26. a3 ({Stronger than} 26. Qxe6 Nc2 $15) 26... Nd5 27. Qxe6 Nc3 28. Rd3 ({Worse is} 28. Qxc6 Rac8 $17) ({Not} 28. Bxc6 Nxd1 29. Bxa8 (29. Rxd1 Ra7 $15) 29... Nxf2 $15) 28... Nd5 29. Qxc6 Rfd8 30. h4 Qa6 31. Qc2 Rac8 {[#]} 32. Qd2 $1 Qc4 33. Be4 (33. Bg4 $16) 33... Nc3 $14 34. Bb7 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Qxd4 36. Qxd4 Bxd4 37. Re1 Re8 38. Bc6 Rc8 39. Bd7 Rd8 40. Rxe7 Bf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e7]} 41. Rf7 Ne2+ 42. Kh2 {[#] And now Bc7 would win.} Nxg3 43. Rxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} ({White should try} 43. Kxg3 $14 Be5+ 44. f4) 43... Kg7 (43... Nf1+ $11 {remains equal.} 44. Kg1 Rxd7) 44. Ra6 {Threatens to win with Ra7.} Rxd7 45. Kxg3 {KR-KR} Rd3+ 46. Kf4 Rxa3 47. Ra7+ Kg8 48. g4 {Black must now prevent Kg5.} h5 49. f3 Kf8 50. gxh5 (50. g5 {feels hotter.} Kg8 51. Ke4 Kf8 52. f4 Rh3 53. Ke5) 50... gxh5 {The position is equal.} 51. Ra5 Ra1 52. Rxh5 a3 53. Rf5+ Kg7 54. Rg5+ Kf6 55. Rg2 Rb1 56. Ra2 Rb4+ 57. Ke3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iniyan, P."]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,62,2,35,27,37,33,24,23,20,21,20,-111,-111,-111,-115,-115,-116,-116,-106,-108,-110,-112,-109,-160,-119,-110,-78,-97,-106,-627,-627,-865,-850,-1291,-1277,-1343,-1326,-1285,-1269,-1200,-1051,-1180,-1021]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 {D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5)} 10. O-O-O (10. Rd1 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. Nh3 e4 13. fxe4 Ne5 14. Nf2 f5 15. Bc5 Rf7 16. Be2 f4 17. Bf3 {½-½ (25) Aronian,L (2805)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) London 2017}) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Nh3 Nf6 13. Nf2 Bd7 14. Nfe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Nfe4 Na4 16. Be2 Nxc3+ 17. Nxc3 {0-1 (45) Medve,M (2110)-Mesaros,F (2242) Hungary 2014}) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Na4 16. g4 (16. Kb1 $11) 16... f5 $17 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Nc3 f4 19. Bf2 Rc8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Qa5. Black has strong initiative.} 20. Kb1 Nxc3+ 21. bxc3 {[#]} Qa5 $1 22. Kb2 (22. Bd3 $142) 22... Kh8 23. Rg1 Bf6 24. c4 {[#]} Qa4 $1 25. Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Be2 $17) 25... b5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Qc3 bxc4 {And now ...Rb8+ would win.} 27. Ka1 Rb8 28. Bxc4 {[#]} Qc2 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Qxc2 e4+ $1 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 30. Qb2 Bxb2+ 31. Kb1 e3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Laxman, R.R"]
[Black "Flores, Diego"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,77,57,39,26,13,25,18,52,28,35,12,29,20,25,19,57,11,35,10,6,12,17,0,2,0,7,-14,25,25,23,6,24,0,30,0,0,-39,0,0,0,0,14,9,7,9,27,29,35,35,35,26,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,60,60,60,60,60,60]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Ne2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B06: Modern Defence} (8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Rfe1 g5 11. Bg3 Ng6 12. h3 Nf6 13. e5 Nh5 14. Bh2 Nhf4 15. exd6 cxd6 {1-0 (36) Gustafsson,J (2630)-Fier,A (2636) Linares 2015}) 8... Bb7 9. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ng3 h6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Qb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Ne4 Re8 15. Bd2 Rb8 {0-1 (33) McPhillips,J (2395)-Cherniaev,A (2439) London 2016}) 9... Nd7 10. c3 {White has an edge.} h6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qc1 Kh7 $1 13. Re1 c5 14. Qb1 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ng3 Nc8 {[%cal Be7c8,Bc8d6,Bd6e8,Be8f6][%mdl 32]} 17. Be3 Nd6 18. Nd2 b5 19. c4 {[%cal Rc4b5]} b4 20. Qc2 Ne8 21. Nb3 Qe7 22. Be2 h5 23. Red1 Nef6 24. Bg5 Rfe8 25. Bf3 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 26. Bxh5 Ne6 27. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 28. Bg4 {[#] aiming for Bxe6.} Nd4 29. Qd3 $1 Qe7 30. Na5 Rad8 31. Nxb7 Qxb7 32. Ne2 Nxe2+ 33. Qxe2 {Black must now prevent Rd5.White is slightly better.} Rd4 34. Bf3 Red8 35. b3 Bh6 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Rd1 Qd7 38. Rxd4 Qxd4 39. g3 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari"]
[Black "Christenson, Flemming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,60,35,0,0,0,12,-63,-61,-85,-38,-62,-32,-27,-28,-21,-25,-35,-20,-81,-54,-115,-90,-70,-90,-94,-84,-160,-155,-453,-458,-801,-754,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29983,-29984,-29979,-29980]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5a4][%mdl 32]} 12. Qf2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (12. Bxc5 $5 Bxc5 13. g3 $15) 12... Na4 $1 13. Nxa4 bxa4 {[#]} 14. Rd3 $146 (14. a3 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bd4 Rb8 17. h4 {½-½ (31) Salem,A (2603)-Anton Guijarro,D (2614) Moscow 2015}) 14... Rb8 $15 15. Rc3 Bd7 16. Nd4 Qb6 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb6b2] [#]} 17. b3 Qb7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Ba7 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Bxd4 (20. Rxc6 $1 $11 Qxc6 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 22. Bd3) 20... Rfd8 21. Bc5 (21. Be2 $15) 21... Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Bxg2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 23. Bxg2 Qxg2 24. Rg1 (24. Qc6 $142 Qd2 25. Rc4) 24... Qxh2 $17 25. Rcg3 $2 (25. Rf1 $17 {was necessary.}) 25... Rbc8 $19 26. Rxg7+ (26. Rd3 $142 Re8 27. Qd4 Rxc2 28. Rh1 Qxh1+ 29. Kxc2) 26... Kh8 27. Qe3 Qxc2+ {Black mates.} 28. Ka1 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kb2 Kxg7 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Senthil, Maran K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,112,27,20,65,50,102,83,74,77,94,103,116,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,-16,62,71,63,70,68,68,89,81,83,86,78,-732,91,193,93,87,98,95,84,37,40,37,52,43,39,0,0,0,0,-571,-560,-560,-560,-550,-550,-542,-478,-821,-645,-5289,-1687,-12837,-12838,-12838,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12842,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12845,-12846,-12851,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29986,-29985,-29985,-29983,-29987,-29987,-29987,-29983,-29983,-29982,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. c3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. Qe2 e6 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nxe4 11. fxe4 {1-0 (27) Timofeev,A (2671)-Gagunashvili,M (2585) Budva 2009}) 7. fxe4 e5 (7... e6 $14) 8. Bc4 {White is better.} ({Reject} 8. dxe5 $6 Bc5 $15) 8... Be7 9. Qh5 O-O 10. Qxe5 Bh4+ 11. g3 ({White should try} 11. Ke2 $16) 11... Bf6 $11 12. Qf4 {Strongly threatening e5.} Bxd4 $1 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. e5 Be7 15. Nd4 Qc5 (15... Na6 $11) 16. Nb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qb6 17. Be3 c5 18. O-O {[%cal Rc4f7]} Bh3 19. Rf2 $1 {[%cal Rc4f7]} ({Much weaker is} 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 $11) 19... Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qxf8+ $1 Bxf8 {[#]} 22. Rxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf8 23. Bxc5+ Ke8 24. Bxb6 axb6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. a3 Nc6 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. Rd6 Rd8 $1 28. Nd4 {Rxc6 is the strong threat.} Rxd6 29. exd6+ Kxd6 {Hoping for ...Nxd4.} 30. Nxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Kf2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 30... Kxc6 $11 {KP-KP} 31. Kf2 Kd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 32. b3 {[#]} Ke4 $1 {[%cal Re4d3]} 33. Ke2 {[#]} b5 $1 34. h3 (34. h4 $142 h5 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4) 34... g5 35. g4 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Kd5 38. Kd3 e4+ 39. Kd2 Kc4 40. a5 h6 41. Ke3 Kxc3 42. Kxe4 $19 {K3P-K3P} Kb4 43. Kf5 Kxa5 {K3P-KPP} 44. Kg6 b5 45. Kxh6 b4 46. Kxg5 {KPP-KP. Black mates.} b3 47. Kh6 b2 48. g5 b1=Q 49. h4 Qb6+ 50. g6 Qe3+ 51. Kh5 Qe7 52. g7 Qf7+ 53. Kh6 Qf4+ 54. Kg6 Qg4+ 55. Kf7 Qf5+ 56. Kg8 Kb6 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Makropoulou, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,24,29,16,28,19,25,24,32,25,20,22,29,0,12,0,24,14,46,39,37,32,48,38,59,20,69,69,125,125,129,97,134,126,131,117,124,104,94,79,141,128,164,163,162,150,172,168,195,195,195,171,191,184,242,232,268,239,643,643,612,574,660,648,766,756,817,803,1149,1120]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Be2 (5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. c5 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 {0-1 (30) Karjakin,S (2760)-Eljanov,P (2711) Riadh 2017}) 5... e6 6. O-O {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Nbd7 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Ba3 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Qe7 10. Nc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (11) Uogele,A (2138)-Baleev,K (2292) Velke Losiny 2013}) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. e4 Rc8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Qb1 Bb4 16. a3 Bf8 17. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 18. e5 Ng4 (18... Nh5 $1 $14) 19. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nh6 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 ({Much less strong is} 21. dxc5 $6 a5 $14) 21... a5 22. Bc3 Ra8 23. Nb3 {[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3c1,Bc1d3][%mdl 32]} a4 24. Nc1 Reb8 (24... f6 $142) 25. Qc2 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Nd3 Raa8 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 f6 {[#]} 30. exf6 $1 Bxf6 31. Re1 Re8 (31... Nf8 $142 32. g3 Nf5) 32. Qxa4 $18 Nf7 33. Qc2 e5 $2 (33... Qb7 34. a4 Bg7) 34. dxe5 {White is clearly winning.} Nfxe5 35. Nfxe5 Nxe5 36. f4 Nxd3 37. Rxe8+ Kf7 {[#]} 38. Bxf6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe8 (38... Kxf6 39. Qxd3) 39. Qxd3 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tania, Sachdev"]
[Black "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,94,22,18,36,33,32,-1,21,-2,15,13,22,13,0,0,0,0,2,-29,-22,-39,-48,-40,-11,-15,-17,-56,-34,-43,-38,-52,-18,-69,-31,-25,-22,-31,-39,-31,-32,-35,-31,-39,-25,-27,-28,-29,-29,-42,-35,-46,-52,-94,-94,-93,-66,-66,-66,-82,-8,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-127,-147,-198,-92,-537,-537,-537,-520,-718,-666]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nh5 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} 11. Nxh5 gxh5 12. Bf4 Qh4+ $146 {The position is equal.} (12... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]}) ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Ne5 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Bf2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 {1-0 (41) Grischuk,A (2704)-Bologan,V (2669) chessassistantclub.com INT 2004}) 13. g3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Be2 Ne5 16. O-O Bh3 17. Rf2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bh6 Rae8 20. a5 c4 (20... h4 {feels hotter.} 21. Bg5 hxg3 22. Bxe7 gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxe7 24. Rg1 Ng6) 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Qg6 25. Kg1 (25. Qe3 $11) 25... h4 26. Qf4 Nf7 27. Bxc4 Rxe4 28. Bd3 Rxf4 29. Bxg6 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rf3 (30... Rg4 {is interesting.} 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Ra3 Rb4 33. Rf3+ Ke7) 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 32. Kg2 Rb3 33. Rf1+ Kg6 34. Re1 Rxb2+ 35. Kh3 Rb5 36. Re6+ Kf5 37. g4+ $1 Kg5 38. Rxd6 h6 ({Better is} 38... Rxa5 $17 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 39. Rd7 Ra3+ 40. Kg2 b5) 39. Rd7 {[#]} (39. Kg3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39... Rb3+ $1 $17 40. Kg2 Kxg4 41. d6 Kf5 42. Rh7 Ke6 43. Rxh6+ Kd7 44. Kf2 (44. Rh1 $17) 44... Kc6 (44... Rb5 $19 {is more deadly.} 45. Ke3 Kc6) 45. Rh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45. Rh1 $17 {is tougher.}) 45... Rb5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5h5] Black is clearly winning.} 46. Rh6 Rxa5 47. Ke3 Rd5 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berezin, Viktor"]
[Black "Afshari, Mohammadreza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,74,19,8,4,11,47,7,4,2,18,28,26,33,24,25,22,8,32,25,27,33,32,-19,-15,-57,-17,-39,-14,-35,-24,-65,-45,-55,-68,-108,-91,-97,-98,-143,-130,-126,-93,-78,-77,-82,-38,-43,-33,-39,-8,-44,-27,-42,-48,-41,-35,-26,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (7... c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd3 b4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 {½-½ (41) So,W (2799)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018}) 8. Ne5 Nd5 9. Qxc4 Ba6 10. Qc2 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf6 11. Nc3 c5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Rd1 Na6 15. Be3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 {½-½ (37) Tsolakidou,S (2338)-Solozhenkina,E (1997) Moscow 2016}) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#] And now ...Qc7 would win.} 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nd3 Nb4 (14... Be7 {seems wilder.} 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Rac1 Bb7) 15. Nxb4 {Threatens to win with Bf4.} Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {Black must now prevent Qe4.} Bxb4 17. Rd4 (17. Bd2 $14) 17... Bxc3 $11 18. bxc3 Nd7 19. Rh4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rc2h7]} f5 20. c4 (20. Ba3 $5 {[%cal Ra3f8]}) 20... Rac8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 21. Bb2 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Rc1 (22. cxb5 Qxc2) 22... Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 23. Ba3 Rfd8 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 24. c5 Nc4 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qc6+ 27. f3 Rd5 28. Rc2 Rcd8 29. Bc1 Rd4 30. Qc3 R8d5 31. Bb2 Rd7 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 {KQ-KRB} Qa4 34. Rd2 Qb4 35. Be3 {The position is equal.} Qc4 36. Kf2 g5 37. Bxg5 Qxc5+ {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Omar, Noaman"]
[Black "Ma, Lin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:09] LiveBook: 1694 Games} Qa5 {[%emt 0:08:28]} 9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:50]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:13:53]} 11. Bc4 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:14:09]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:02:24]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:09:34]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:04:11]} ({Don't play} 13. dxc5 Na5 $15) 13... b6 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 14. d5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Na5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 15. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} c4 $14 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 16. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 17. e5 {[%emt 0:07:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:08:43]} 18. d6 exd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. e6 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 21. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} d5 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 22. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 26. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 27. g3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 28. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 30. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 32. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:10:28]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nandhidhaa, Pv"]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,64,34,29,26,19,38,25,29,-25,17,-38,-45,-64,-46,-66,-75,-78,-71,-81,-72,-125,83,100,129,-43,-53,-69,-35,-148,-154,-184,-159,-166,-218,-540,-464,-426,-330,-335,-316,-1157,-1139,-5306,-5310,-5018,-4615]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 {LiveBook: 41 Games} Qb8 {B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} 12. Kb1 (12. g4 a4 13. Nxa4 d5 14. g5 d4 15. gxf6 dxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nbc5 Bxa2 19. Nd7 {½-½ (80) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Grischuk,A (2761) Paris 2017}) 12... Rc8 13. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a4 15. Na1 a3 16. b3 Na7 17. Be2 Qc7 18. c4 Rcb8 19. Nc2 {1-0 (48) Baules,J (2264)-Davila,C (2374) Turin 2006}) 13... Ne8 {White has an edge.} 14. Na4 (14. a3 $142) 14... Nc7 15. Bxc6 ({Better is} 15. Be2 $11) 15... bxc6 $15 16. Nb6 a4 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 ({Much worse is} 17... Nxa8 $6 18. Na5 $14) 18. Nc1 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 19. Nd3 d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 20. Bf2 (20. Bg5 $142 f6 21. Bh4) 20... f6 $2 (20... Nb5 $17) 21. g5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6]} fxg5 {[#]} 22. Bg3 $2 (22. Rdg1 $1 $16) 22... Nb5 $15 23. Ka1 c5 $1 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 24. Nxe5 {[#]} (24. Bxe5 $15 c4 25. Nb4) 24... c4 $1 $17 25. h4 g4 26. Nxg4 c3 27. Qc1 $2 (27. bxc3 {is tougher.} Na3 28. Nh6+ gxh6 29. Be5) 27... Bb4 {White must now prevent ...cxb2+.} 28. Be1 Bxg4 29. fxg4 Qxe4 30. Rf1 $2 (30. Rh3 Qxg4 31. Rhd3) 30... Qe2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Rf2 cxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Bc3+ {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bubalovic, Davorin"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,81,62,58,77,67,70,52,72,66,47,45,103,81,70,72,113,63,69,72,91,62,67,9,38,0,0,7,39,13,110,16,27,0,6,4,10,7,16,0,0,-17,14,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qf2 Nd7 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 11. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Be7 12. O-O O-O {White is slightly better.} 13. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. c3 Rb8 15. b4 Nb6 16. Ned4 g6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bd4 {1-0 (42) Fenwick,C (2587)-Dunlop,G (2572) ICCF email 2016}) 13... Bb7 14. Ne2 g6 15. Ned4 Kh8 ({Better is} 15... Rc8 $14) 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd4 Bb7 18. f5 gxf5 {[#]} 19. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg8 ({Wrong is} 19... exf5 $2 20. e6+ f6 21. exd7 $18) 20. Bd3 Qc7 21. Qe3 (21. Nd2 $14) 21... Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd4 Rg7 24. c3 Rag8 (24... b4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Re2 (25. Rf6 $16) 25... b4 $11 26. Rf3 bxc3 {The position is equal.} 27. bxc3 Qa5 28. Rc2 Bc6 29. Bf1 Bb5 30. Rcf2 Qa4 31. Qd2 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Rg4 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 33. Rf4 Bxd4 34. cxd4 Qb5+ 35. Kg1 Qb1+ 36. Rf1 Rxg2+ 37. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qxa2+ 39. R1f2 Qb1 {White should prevent ...Kg8.} 40. Rxf7 Qg6+ 41. Kf1 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ramaraju, N."]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,72,32,54,50,35,27,28,12,25,39,59,45,39,32,28,28,37,27,42,-40,2,-35,-48,-59,-59,-54,-53,-54,-49,-43,-42,-52,-49,-47,0,-38,-15,-97,-80,-167,-163,-175,-164,-216,-241,-329,-258,-241,-248,-538,-518,-898,-844,-900,-832,-951,-919,-1575,-1414,-1663,-1634]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 {LiveBook: 10 Games. E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (7... Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9. h3 Bd7 10. e4 c6 11. Be3 Na6 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nf3 Re8 {0-1 (38) Wang,H (2709)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 8. h3 Bf5 9. b3 Re8 {White has an edge.} 10. Bb2 c6 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 Qb8 12. Bf1 e5 13. e4 Bd7 14. a3 exd4 15. Nxd4 {½-½ (45) Swapnil,S (2442)-Mchedlishvili,M (2634) Kuala Lumpur 2010}) 11... Qc8 12. Re1 e5 13. Bf1 e4 14. Nd2 h5 15. b4 Nc7 16. f3 (16. d5 $14) 16... d5 17. cxd5 Ncxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. f4 h4 21. Nb1 Nh5 22. Nc3 a6 23. Na4 Rad8 {[%cal Ba8d8,Bd8d6,Bd6g6][%mdl 32]} 24. Nc5 (24. b5 $5) 24... Qe7 25. Qd2 (25. b5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Ng3 26. a4 (26. b5 $17 {might work better.}) 26... Rd6 27. b5 {[%cal Rb5a6]} g5 $1 28. fxg5 {[#]} (28. bxa6 $142 bxa6 29. Bxa6) 28... Rg6 $1 $19 29. Rc2 {[%cal Rb5a6]} axb5 30. Bxb5 {[#]} Rc8 $1 31. Kf2 $2 (31. a5 Qxg5 32. Qf2 (32. Nxb7 Bxh3 33. a6 Ra8 $17)) 31... b6 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Na6 (32. Kg1 $142 bxc5 33. dxc5) 32... Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Qxg5 34. Rg1 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Bc1 (35. gxh3 Rf6+) 35... Nf5 {( -> ...Qg3+)} 36. Qc7 Nd6 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abou El Zein, Eid Mahmoud"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,78,35,25,43,34,34,30,62,55,65,43,47,-35,-34,-37,-44,-82,-82,-82,-88,-118,-95,-112,-72,-71,-80,-95,-61,-88,-45,-119,-114,-195,-174,-178,-185,-171,-156,-171,-159,-179,-180,-227,-246,-256,-274,-305,-306,-581,-465,-641,-653,-641,-640,-642,-514,-498,-482,-645,-642,-1118,-617,-767,-753,-29996,-29997,-29997,-3757,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. e3 c5 6. a3 {LiveBook: 9 Games. D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qd3 a6 12. Rd1 Ng6 13. Bg5 {½-½ (31) Leko,P (2740)-Ponomariov,R (2717) Tromsoe 2014}) 6... Ba5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nbc6 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. cxd5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qxd5 12. Rd1 Na5 13. Qb5+ {1-0 (46) Onischuk,A (2628)-Nogueiras Santiago,J (2541) Buenos Aires 2005}) 7. Qc2 cxd4 8. exd4 {White is slightly better.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbc6 10. Be3 Nf5 {[%cal Be7f5,Bf5d6,Bd6c4][%mdl 32]} 11. O-O-O ({Better is} 11. Rd1 $14) 11... Bxc3 $15 12. bxc3 Nce7 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Bd3 Rc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c4,Bc4a4,Ba4a6][%mdl 32]} 15. Kb1 Nd6 16. Ka1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Ne5 Ra4 19. Qb3 b5 20. Nd3 (20. c4 $15 bxc4 21. Nxc4) 20... O-O $17 21. Nb2 (21. Nc5 $17 Rc4 22. a4) 21... Ra6 $19 22. Nd3 Bc6 23. Nc5 Bd5 24. Qb2 Rb6 25. f3 {[#]} Nc6 $1 {[%cal Be7c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 26. Bf4 Na5 27. Qe2 Nc4 28. Bc1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 29. Nd3 $2 (29. Bb2) 29... Qd6 30. Nc5 b4 31. cxb4 axb4 32. a4 b3 {White must now prevent ...b2+.} 33. Bb2 Ra8 34. Rd3 Rb4 {Hoping for ...Rbxa4+.} 35. Rc1 Qc6 36. Rcc3 Rbxa4+ 37. Nxa4 Qxa4+ (37... Rxa4+ $2 38. Kb1 $17) 38. Kb1 Qa2+ 39. Kc1 {[#]} Qa1+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 42%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Black "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,84,2,-14,-5,-26,-29,-40,0,-35,-26,-67,-63,-34,-64,-59,33,0,40,-204,-176,-274,-262,-264,-278,-554,-537,-699,-697,-690,-690,-660,-827,-816,-807,-723,-807,-806,-750,-779,-721,-700,-613,-633,-610,-729,-737,-723,-715,-691,-628,-740,-732,-1088,-1033,-1081,-695]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 h5 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. Nc1 Ne5 14. Be2 Nh7 15. O-O f5 16. N1a2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} Bd7 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. h3 $146 {Black has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 18. Rae1 Rc8 19. Kh1 Rc7 20. Nc1 Re8 21. f4 Ng4 22. Bg1 Rce7 23. Bf3 Qb6 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 {½-½ (43) Lobo,R (2285)-Cartagena,O (2435) San Francisco 1998}) 18... Nf6 19. Rae1 Qa5 20. Bh6 Rae8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. g4 Bd7 ({Black should try} 22... hxg4 $15 23. hxg4 Bd7) 23. f4 Nf7 {[%cal Rh5g4]} (23... Nexg4 $5 24. hxg4 hxg4 $14) 24. f5 $2 {[#]} (24. g5 $14 {was the only good move.} Ng8 25. Kh2) 24... hxg4 $1 $19 25. hxg4 (25. Bxg4 {was the only chance.} Rxe1 26. Qxe1) 25... gxf5 26. Bd3 Nxg4 27. Rxe8 $2 (27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5) 27... Rxe8 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Bxf5 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 {intending Rg5+.} Qd8 {Hoping for ...Qh4.} 30. Qf4 Re1+ 31. Kg2 Ne3+ 32. Kf2 Rf1+ 33. Kxe3 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Qg5 35. Ne4 Qxd5 36. Rg4+ {[#]} Kh6 $1 37. Nac3 Qd4+ 38. Ke2 Ne5 39. Rg3 Qc4+ 40. Kd2 d5 41. Nd6 Qf4+ 42. Ke2 Ng6 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Llopis De Aysa, Manuel"]
[Black "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,150,22,26,63,64,66,74,66,66,80,57,67,64,69,59,67,57,62,72,70,70,87,53,78,52,100,63,64,50,43,52,102,95,105,110,101,106,93,101,103,97,77,52,104,89,77,47,103,25,39,39,39,37,93,84,104,80,146,139,146,145,141,90,79,0,137,16,106,23,47,47,112,0,145,95,116,0,125,0,147,0,154,154,154,132,154,0,154,87,96,79,146,146,146,146,124,124,124,124,124,124,124,115,115,0,118,0,122,0,103,0,109,114,110,53,127,19,43,10,37,-7,-7,-161,-161,-140,-140,-146,-178,-177,-152,-124,-114,-259,-250,-212,-146,-187,-99,-99,-99]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d6 6. c4 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nbd7 7. Nc3 {LiveBook: 21 Games} e5 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} (7... c5 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bb5 Bc6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 {0-1 (46) Cori Tello,D (2389)-Vo,T (2380) Riadh 2017}) 8. d5 {White is slightly better.} g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qa4 a5 13. h3 Nh5 {0-1 (70) Phan,T (1959)-Nguyen,L (1926) Ho Chi Minh City 2014}) 11... Nh5 12. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 13. Be2 Nhf6 14. b4 Ne8 15. Nb3 f5 16. f3 Ndf6 17. g4 Bc8 18. a4 h5 19. g5 Nh7 20. h4 f4 21. Bf2 {Hoping for Re1.} Bh3 22. Kh2 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 Nxg5 24. hxg5 Qxg5 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. a5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nf6 27. Kg2 {[%cal Bh2g2,Bg2f1,Bf1e1,Be1d1,Bd1c2][%mdl 32]} g5 (27... Nh7 $14) 28. Be6+ $16 Kh8 29. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} c5 (29... g4 $14) 30. b5 (30. bxc5 $16 bxc5 31. a6) 30... Bh6 31. Rh1 Qg7 32. Kf1 Rae8 (32... g4 $14) 33. Na4 Qc7 34. Ke1 Kg7 (34... Qg7 $142) 35. Kd1 Rh8 36. Kc2 Kf8 37. Be1 (37. Ra1 $142) 37... Re7 38. Bf2 (38. Rh3 $16) 38... Rg7 (38... Re8 $1 $11) 39. Rg1 (39. Ra1 $16) 39... Qd8 (39... g4 $11) 40. Be1 (40. Ra1 $1 $16) 40... Rb7 41. Rh1 Qe8 (41... Rg7 $14) 42. Rg1 (42. Bf2 $16) 42... Qg6 (42... Qd8 $1 $11) 43. Bf5 Qg7 44. Be6 (44. Bf2 $16) 44... Qe7 (44... Qg6 $11 {remains equal.}) 45. Rh1 ({Better is} 45. Bf2 $16) 45... Bg7 (45... Qe8 $11) 46. Rg1 (46. a6 $16 Rc7 47. Nb2) 46... Ne8 $2 (46... Bh6 $1 $11) 47. Bf5 Bf6 48. Bc8 Rb8 49. Bf5 $2 ({White should try} 49. Be6 $16) 49... Qg7 $2 (49... Rb7 $1 $11) 50. Be6 (50. Nb2 $142) 50... Bd8 51. a6 Bf6 (51... Nf6 $142) 52. Nc1 Qe7 53. Nd3 Ng7 54. Bh3 Kf7 55. Nc3 Rbg8 56. Kb3 Ke8 57. Nd1 Kd8 58. Nc3 (58. Bc3 $16) 58... Kc7 (58... Ke8 $1 $11) 59. Nd1 (59. Nb1 $16) 59... Qd8 (59... Kd8 $1 $11) 60. Nc3 (60. N1f2 $16) 60... Be7 (60... Qe7 $1 $11) 61. Nd1 (61. Qf1 $16) 61... Ne8 (61... Bf6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 62. Be6 Rg7 63. Nc3 (63. N1f2 $16) 63... Nf6 ({Black should play} 63... g4 $14) 64. Nf2 (64. Na4 $16) 64... Rh6 $11 65. Rh1 Qh8 66. Ka3 (66. Nd3 {keeps more tension.} g4 67. Na4 Kb8 68. Qb2 Qf8 69. fxg4 Nxg4 70. Qe2) 66... g4 67. fxg4 $2 (67. Bf5 $11 {and White is okay.}) 67... hxg4 $19 68. Rxh6 Qxh6 69. Nxg4 Nxg4 70. Bxg4 {[#]} Bh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4e1] And now ...Bxe1 would win.} 71. Bd2 {[#]} Bf2 $1 72. Nd1 (72. Kb2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 72... Bd4 73. Be1 Qg5 74. Bf3 Qg1 75. Kb3 Rh7 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dimarucut, Francis Erwin"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:05]} e4 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 5. Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 6. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:04:37]} exd3 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 10. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:03:49]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} 11. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:40]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 14. g4 {[%emt 0:15:37]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 15. g5 $19 {[%emt 0:11:36]} (15. Kf1 $17) 15... Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 16. Kf1 {[%emt 0:09:46]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:17:09]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:42]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 18. c3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxe3+ {[%emt 0:05:48]} 19. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Bxh7+ {[%emt 0:07:08]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 24. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 25. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 26. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 27. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:04:03]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 28. g6+ {[%emt 0:03:23]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rxa6+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 30. Bc3 {[%emt 0:03:51]} Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 31. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rfe3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,57,49,24,33,13,54,0,0,-23,0,-55,-47,-67,-58,-86,-79,-95,-49,-45,-52,-84,-87,-91,-37,-78,-56,-58,-33,-40,-31,-29,-22,-62,-19,-25,0,-83,-80,-91,-79,-82,0,-81,0,-79,0,-81]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. g4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3} c5 8. Nge2 Qa5 9. Bg2 $146 (9. Qc2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd2 b5 10. cxb5 a6 11. Bg2 axb5 12. e5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Ncxb5 Bd7 {½-½ (45) Bluebaum,M (2635)-Firouzja,A (2549) Moscow 2018}) 9... cxd4 $11 10. Bxd4 Ne5 {[#]} 11. g5 (11. c5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 11... Nh5 $15 12. b3 f6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 13. gxf6 Rxf6 14. Qd2 Nf3+ 15. Bxf3 $1 Rxf3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rg1 h6 (17... Qe5 $17 {Hoping for ...Nf4.} 18. Nd4 Rxh3) 18. h4 Qe5 19. Nd4 Rf4 20. O-O-O $1 Bg4 21. Rde1 Raf8 22. Rg2 Bh3 (22... Bf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g2]} 23. Rgg1 Kh7 $11) 23. Rh2 Bg4 24. Re3 (24. Rg2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 24... Kh7 25. Rg2 Bf3 26. Rg1 Bg4 27. Rg2 $1 Bf3 28. Rg1 $1 Bg4 29. Rg2 $1 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,99,18,33,18,20,0,37,22,16,29,66,52,86,93,170,179,149,143,95,100,99,86,109,102,104,75,66,51,70,50,88,53,127,119,112,134,101,58,47,48,64,57,140,145,173,181,152,0,169,158,222,190,225,216,209,222,435,449,464,474,1106,788,668,780,672,748,731,674,673,692,1022,1019,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29982,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bf4 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} (7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Ne4 Nc6 15. Bb1 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bc6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 {½-½ (37) Wojtaszek,R (2737)-Inarkiev,E (2693) Antalya 2017}) 7... c6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 8. Rc1 O-O 9. h3 {The position is equal.} Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nd5 14. O-O Nxf4 15. exf4 b6 {1-0 (26) Pohlers,J (2105)-Schaefer,H Benasque 1995}) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 {[#]} (13... e5 $16 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ba3) 14. g5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Ne4 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 15. gxh6 g6 16. Ne5 {aiming for Qg4.} Kh7 17. Qg4 Qe8 18. h4 Rg8 19. Qe2 {f3 is the strong threat.} f6 20. Ng4 f5 21. Ne5 {Hoping for Bb5.} Bd7 22. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nf6 (22... Nd6 $14) 23. Kf2 $16 {Threatens to win with Bg5.} Nh5 24. Bg5 Ba3 25. Rcg1 {And now c4 would win.} Rc8 26. c4 {Strongly threatening Rb1.} dxc4 27. Nxc4 ({Weaker is} 27. Bxc4 Bd6 $18) 27... Bf8 ({Better is} 27... Qf8 $1 $14 28. Ne5 Bc6) 28. Ne5 Bd6 29. Ba6 Rb8 30. Bd3 $2 ({White should try} 30. Rb1 $16) 30... b5 $2 (30... Rc8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 31. Rc1 Rf8) 31. Rc1 $18 a6 {[#]} (31... b4 $16 32. Rhd1 Ba4) 32. Rc2 $1 Rb7 33. Rhc1 Rf8 34. Qd2 Ba3 $2 (34... Qb8 35. Be2 Nf6) 35. Rc7 Bxc1 36. Qxc1 Qb8 (36... Rxc7 $142 37. Qxc7 Rf7) 37. Rxd7+ Rxd7 38. Nxd7 Qg3+ 39. Ke2 {[%cal Bf2e2,Be2e1,Be1d2][%mdl 32]} Qg2+ 40. Ke1 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 Qh2+ 42. Be2 Rf7 43. Qc6 {White mates.} f4 44. Qxe6 fxe3+ 45. Bxe3 Rxf3 46. Qe7+ Kg8 47. Qe8+ Kh7 48. Nf8+ Kg8 49. Ne6+ Kh7 50. Ng5+ {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Vishnu, Prasanna. V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,129,0,-15,0,-21,-26,-39,-27,-27,19,-17,26,19,19,19,21,19,15,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,29,29,27,20,24,23,28,30,46,7,9,4,0,8,94,93,121,43,47,49,48,45,53,61,44,57,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bd2 O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. b4 Qd7 12. Nb5 {LiveBook: 6 Games. A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rad8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bd2 h6 15. e4 f5 16. Bh3 a6 17. Nc3 Nd4 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Nxd4 cxd4 {½-½ (62) Ehlvest,J (2536)-Predojevic,B (2622) chess.com INT 2018}) 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. a4 {Black has an edge.} a5 15. Qc1 Nf5 16. Re1 Rac8 17. g4 Nfd4 18. Nbxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qxd4 21. h3 Rc6 22. Rb3 f5 23. Bc3 Qd6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qb2+ e5 26. Rb1 $36 {[%cal Rb3b6][%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} fxg4 27. hxg4 {[%cal Rb3b6]} Qe6 28. Rxb6 Qxg4+ 29. Kf1 Rxb6 $1 30. Qxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rf8 (30... Rd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Qc7+ $16 ({Reject} 31. Qxc5 $6 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 $11) 31... Kg8 32. Rb8 ({Much worse is} 32. Qxe5 $6 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 $11) ({White should play} 32. Qc6 $16) 32... Qh3+ $14 33. Ke1 {[#] And now Rxf8+ would win.} Qh1+ 34. Kd2 Qh6+ 35. Kd1 $1 {Hoping for Rxf8+.} Rxb8 36. Qxb8+ {KQ-KQ} Qf8 37. Qb5 (37. Qb6 $14) 37... e4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 38. Qxa5 exd3 39. exd3 Qxf2 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. Qd6+ Kf7 $1 43. Qe5 Qa2 44. Qc7+ Ke6 45. Qb6+ Kd7 $1 46. Qb7+ Ke6 47. Qb6+ Kd7 $1 48. a5 {[#] aiming for Qb7+.} Qa1+ 49. Kd2 Qa2+ 50. Ke3 {Threatens to win with Qb7+.} Qg2 51. Qa7+ Kd6 52. Qb8+ Kd7 53. Qf4 Qg1+ 54. Ke2 {Strongly threatening a6.} Qg2+ 55. Kd1 {a6 is the strong threat.} Qc6 56. Qf7+ Kc8 $1 57. Qg8+ Kb7 58. Qxh7+ Ka6 59. Kd2 Kxa5 60. Qa7+ Kb4 61. Qb8+ Ka5 62. Qa7+ Kb4 63. Qb8+ Ka5 64. Kc3 {Intending Qa7+ and mate.} Ka6 65. Qd8 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,4,16,12,16,11,15,11,12,0,0,0,4,7,12,10,11,24,22,20,25,17,35,0,0,-4,31,-3,21,21,33,18,18,18,12,6,7,8,10,3,4,5,6,0,4,0,5,3,6,3,7,11,12,3,8,5,8,7,6,6,17,6,17,0,0,0,7,6,8,0,6,0,8,0,8,0,24,8,8,8,47,9,10,6,11,0,11,0,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,549,215,970,944,908,868,1174,1193]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 e6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} (5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. c3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Re1 a6 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 {1-0 (52) Kramnik,V (2787)-Caruana,F (2811) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6. Bb5+ {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Bd7 7. Nxd7 Nbxd7 8. c3 {The position is equal.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qc7 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Bf4 12. Re1 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 {½-½ (31) Christiansen,J (2486)-Lenderman,A (2600) Reykjavik 2018}) 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. g3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qc4 15. Qe2+ Ne4 16. Be3 O-O-O 17. Nd4 (17. Nd2 {seems wilder.} Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qg4+) 17... Bc5 18. Rd1 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Rhe8 20. Rhe1 Nd6 21. Kf1 Nc4 22. Bc1 (22. Re2 {is interesting.} Bxd4 23. Rxd4 b5 24. Bc1 Rxe2 25. Kxe2 Kb7 26. b3) 22... Rxe1+ 23. Kxe1 Ne5 24. Kf1 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc6 26. Rf4 d4 27. Bd2 dxc3 28. Bxc3 f6 29. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rd7 30. h5 h6 31. Kg2 Kd8 32. Re4 Rd5 33. g4 Kd7 34. Kg3 Nd8 35. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Ne6 36. Re3 Rd1 37. f5 Ng5 38. Kf2 Nf7 39. Ke2 Rd5 40. a3 b6 41. Re4 a5 42. a4 Ng5 43. Re3 Nf7 44. Re6 Rd6 45. Re4 Rd5 46. b3 Ng5 47. Re3 Nf7 48. Bb2 Nd6 49. Ba3 Rd4 50. Rd3 Rxd3 51. Kxd3 $14 {KB-KN} Kc6 52. Kd4 Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52... Ne8 $1 $14) 53. Kd5 $18 Nf7 $2 (53... Ne8 54. Bf8 Nc7+ 55. Kc4 Ne8) 54. Bb2 {White is clearly winning.} Nd6 55. Bc1 Nc8 56. Ba3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P"]
[Black "Narayanan S L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,65,0,8,29,18,19,17,15,6,0,-27,-21,-25,-29,-29,-26,-35,0,-22,0,-26,-17,-31,0,0,0,0,49,26,50,29,91,81,83,89,354,312,974,925,12832,12833,12829,12829,29992,29993,29993,29989,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. O-O Be4 14. Rc1 Ne6 {0-1 (38) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 6... dxc4 7. e3 Nd5 8. Bxc4 Nxf4 9. exf4 Bf6 10. Qd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Qe3 Nc6 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 {1-0 (80) Edouard,R (2630)-Fridman,D (2642) Germany 2016}) 11. Ne4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Qd3 Bc6 14. O-O g6 15. Rac1 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 c6 17. g3 Nd5 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Rd3 Rfd8 20. h4 Rd7 21. h5 Rad8 22. Kg2 Nc7 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rcd1 Qb5 (24... Rd6 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Ne5 $16 Bxe5 26. fxe5 {[#] Strongly threatening Qh4.} Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... f5 $16 27. exf6 Qf5) 27. Rh1 $18 Rh8 $2 (27... Rg8 28. Qf4 Kf8) 28. Rxh8 {White wants to mate with Qh4!} Kxh8 29. Rd1 Kg8 {[#]} 30. Rh1 $1 Nd5 31. Qh4 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh4h8] White mates.} Kf8 32. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 33. f3 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,125,-12,-9,-21,-30,-28,-46,-44,-56,-32,-60,-37,-49,6,-57,-45,-51,-38,-48,-62,-86,-94,-76,-56,-88,0,-17,-16,0,0,0,0,-112,-17,-68,-60,-250,-247,-240,-247,-238,-180,-177,-195,-254,-240,-232,-176,-176,-176,-180,-179,-192,-186,-173,-87,-189,-186,-195,-195,-187,-181,-184,-177,-184,-186,-227,-195,-222,-175,-228,-219,-480,-479,-471,-467,-716,-716,-12840,-443,-12842,-12843,-12842,-12843,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12844,-12848,-12850,-12851,-12851,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. a3 d5 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d3 (9. b4 d4 10. Ne4 d3 11. Rb1 cxb4 12. axb4 Bf5 13. Nh4 dxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd4 15. Qd1 {½-½ (44) Van Wely,L (2656)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2793) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... O-O 10. Bf4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} b6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Rab1 d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd7 13. Bh6 Bh3 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 {½-½ (64) Mohammad,N (2251)-Krishna Teja,N (2188) Kolkata 2013}) 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Bh6 a5 15. h3 Bxf3 (15... Bc8 $15) 16. Bxf3 (16. exf3 $11 f5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ng5) 16... Re8 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Nce7 21. h4 Rac8 (21... a4 $17 22. Rbc1 Rab8) 22. Rxa5 Nf6 23. Qf4 h5 24. b4 Nf5 25. Rc1 {[#]} (25. a4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Rc3 (25... Qd6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd6f4] White must now prevent ...Qxf4.} 26. Rxc8 Qxf4 27. gxf4 Rxc8) 26. Rc5 (26. Rb1 $11) 26... Rc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 27. a4 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 27. Rxc8 $1 $15 Qxc8 28. Ra1) 27... R8xc5 $1 $19 28. bxc5 Qxa4 29. c6 Qa3 30. Rb1 Qa2 31. Rb5 (31. Re1 $142) 31... Qa1+ 32. Kh2 {Strongly threatening Rxf5.} Qc1 33. Qxc1 Rxc1 34. Kg2 Ne8 35. Rb7 Ned6 36. Rd7 Rc5 ({Black should try} 36... Rc2 $19 37. Kf1 Kf6) 37. Kh3 (37. c7 $17) 37... Kf6 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Ke6 40. Ra7 Ne7 41. Ra6 Nb5 42. e3 dxe3 43. fxe3 Nc7 44. Ra7 (44. Ra3 {was necessary.}) 44... Nxc6 45. d4 $2 (45. Bxc6 Rxc6 46. Kf3) 45... Nxa7 46. dxc5 Ke5 47. h5 (47. c6 $142 Nc8 48. h5 gxh5+ 49. Kg3) 47... gxh5+ 48. Kxh5 Nab5 (48... Nd5 $142 49. Bxd5 Kxd5) 49. c6 (49. Kg4 $142) 49... Nd6 50. Bg4 Nc4 51. Kh6 Nxe3 52. Kg7 f6 53. Bd7 Nc4 54. Kf7 Nd5 55. Kg6 Ncb6 56. Kf7 Kd6 57. Bh3 Kxc6 58. Ke6 Nc4 $2 (58... Na8 $19 59. Bg4 Nac7+ 60. Kf5 Nb5) 59. Bg2 $11 {The position is equal.} Nce3 60. Be4 Kc5 61. Bf3 Kd4 62. Bh1 Nf4+ 63. Kxf6 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,81,11,13,14,3,5,12,23,0,25,0,0,-49,29,44,95,109,95,77,174,176,136,172,189,186,196,173,174,182,215,206,212,188,191,184,188,62,83,37,39,48,34,14,27,25,35,43,25,15,20,27,44,44,25,45,56,45,16,29,212,219,855,772,1491,1467,5089,5089,2909,2545]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 4. e3 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 8. Bb5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bd6 9. h3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. exd4 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nc3 Re8 15. d3 {½-½ (52) Topalov,V (2761)-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven 2016}) 9... O-O {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. exd4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 {[#]} Bd3 ({Better is} 13... Bxh3 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 14. gxh3 Qd7) 14. Re1 $1 $11 Bc5 (14... Qc7 $14) 15. Nxc6 $16 Qb6 16. Qf3 Be4 (16... Bxf2+ $16 {was called for.} 17. Qxf2 Qxc6) 17. Rxe4 $18 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 {aiming for d4.} Rae8 19. Ne5 $1 {Hoping for d4.} Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Bg3 21. d4 f6 22. Qd5+ Qe6 23. Qxe6+ Rxe6 {[#]} 24. Nf3 $1 Re2 {[#]} 25. Nbd2 ({White should try} 25. Ba3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra3f8]} Rfe8 26. Nc3) 25... Rc8 $14 26. Rc1 (26. Ba3 {NOTEXT} Rc2 27. Bb4 Bf4 28. Rd1 Rxa2 29. d5) 26... Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Bf4 28. d5 Kf7 29. a4 g5 30. Kg1 Be3+ 31. Kf1 Rf2+ 32. Ke1 {Threatens to win with Nc4.} Rxg2 33. Ba3 Rg3 34. Ke2 Bxd2 35. Nxd2 Rxh3 36. Bc5 a6 $2 (36... Rh2+ $11 {and Black stays safe.} 37. Kd3 Rh3+ 38. Kc2 a5) 37. b4 $18 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Ra3 $2 (37... Rh2+ 38. Kd3 Rh3+ 39. Kc2 Rh4) 38. b5 {White is clearly winning.} Rxa4 39. b6 Ra5 40. b7 Rb5 41. Nc4 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Venkatesh, M.R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,59,53,14,60,0,0,0,16,8,7,3,20,19,25,12,37,38,43,34,47,53,135,66,68,68,181,179,225,218,268,272,264,283,291,297,332,325,331,331,485,490,571,479,804,796,765,751]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2f3,Bf3g4][%mdl 32]} Na6 7. Bf4 Bg4 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} (7... c6 8. Qd2 Re8 9. h3 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qe3 Nc7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Ne6 14. Be3 f5 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. d5 Nc5 17. Qa3 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qd8 19. Qxc5 b6 20. Qd4 Bb7 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. Ng5 {1-0 (22) Delgado Ramirez,N (2615)-Matsuura,E (2477) Florianopolis 2017}) 8. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nd7 (8... e5 $5 9. dxe5 dxe5 $14) 9. h3 Bxf3 $1 {The position is equal.} 10. Bxf3 e5 11. Be3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nac5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nb4 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Bd1 {1-0 (30) Ollier,P (2277)-Kirk,E (2132) Creon 2011}) 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Bg4 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 16. Rfe1 h5 17. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nh7 {[#]} (17... hxg4 $14 18. exf6 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Ne6 20. Qxg4 Qxf6) 18. exd6 (18. Bf3 $1 $16) 18... Rxe1+ $14 19. Rxe1 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} hxg4 (19... Qxd6 $14 20. Nd5 Ne6 21. Bxe6 fxe6) 20. Qxc5 $18 cxd6 {[#]} 21. Qd4 $1 Qb6 22. Qxb6 ({Don't take} 22. Qxg4 $6 Qxb2 23. Qd4 b6 $18) 22... axb6 23. hxg4 {[%cal Bh3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 4128] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nf6 24. g5 Nd7 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. b3 ({Weaker is} 26. Rxd6 Nxc4 27. Rd7 Nxb2 $16) 26... b5 (26... Rd8 {might work better.} 27. f3 Nc6) 27. cxb5 {White is clearly winning.} Rc8 28. Ne4 Rc2 (28... Ng4 $142 29. Nxd6 Rd8) 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. f4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,73,14,11,84,-7,-8,-14,-14,-21,-15,-28,-8,-42,14,26,25,0,6,0,0,0,16,17,20,12,8,7,11,0,40,17,15,24,42,52,39,26,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 g5 8. Bg3 $1 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Nh5 {[#] C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8... a5 $11) (8... O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Ba7 11. O-O Nh7 12. h3 Kh8 13. d4 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Be2 Rg8 16. Kh1 {0-1 (34) Salem,A (2656)-Ding,L (2760) Sharjah 2017}) 9. Nbd2 (9. Nxe5 $1 $16 Nxg3 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Ng6+ Kxf7 12. Nxh8+ Qxh8 13. hxg3) 9... Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg4 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. Bd5 Bd7 13. b4 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 g4 15. Raf1 gxf3 16. Kg1 {1-0 (24) Scepanik,H-Benzen,M Kiel 2001}) 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 Nf4 ({Black should try} 13... Rb8 $15) 14. Bxf4 $1 Qxf4 15. Nf1 Ne7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 16. g3 (16. Ne3 {looks sharper.} h5 17. Nd2 g4 18. a4 b4 19. O-O) 16... Qf6 17. Ne3 c6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. O-O Bb6 20. Kg2 O-O 21. h4 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. hxg5 {Strongly threatening Ng4.} Bxe3 24. fxe3 e4 25. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e6]} exd3 26. Nxe6 {[#] White threatens Qh5 and mate.} (26. Qxd3 $5 {[%cal Rd4e6]} Nxd4 27. Qxd4 $11 (27. exd4 Qd5+ 28. Rf3 Qxg5 $14)) 26... dxe2 {The position is equal.} 27. Rf3 Rfe8 28. Rxf5 Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. Re1 Rxe3 30. gxh6 d5 31. g4 Rae8 32. g5 R8e6 33. Kf2 Rh3 34. Kg2 Rhe3 35. Kf2 Rh3 36. Kg2 Rhe3 37. Kf2 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,81,40,41,37,37,60,50,47,43,43,38,58,62,83,78,83,68,63,65,72,66,66,72,84,86,88,88,120,120,120,120,114,120,120,111,141,139,141,135,147,127,127,121,158,174,200,124,131,105,210,224,221,208,289,261,422,426,432,425,435,429,401,322,401,425,729,722]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 6. d4 c5 7. c4 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. dxc5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qxd1 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (9... Qc7 10. Qc1 Qxc5 11. Na3 Qh5 12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. Qg5 Qxg5 14. Nxg5 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Nfe5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 {½-½ (43) So,W (2812)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2795) Stavanger 2017}) 10. Rxd1 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nfd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nfd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na5 Rfc8 17. Rac1 {1-0 (35) Meier,G (2655)-Perske,T (2443) Germany 2017}) 11. Nbd2 Nxc5 {White is slightly better.} 12. Nxc4 Be6 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Nd4 Bd5 15. Ba3 Bxg2 16. Bxc5 Bh3 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4.} 17. Bxe7 Rd7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nb5 Re8 {[#]} 20. e3 $1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bg4 22. Rd2 a6 23. Nc7 Rc8 24. Nd5 Bd8 {Black wants to play ...Bf3.} 25. Kg2 b5 26. Nd6 {f3 is the strong threat.} Rb8 27. e4 Be6 28. Nf4 Bg5 29. h4 Bxf4 30. gxf4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 31. Rc2 a5 32. Kf3 a4 {[#]} (32... b4 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 33. b4 $1 $18 a3 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. e5+ Ke7 $2 (35... Kg7 36. Rc3 Ra8 37. Nxb5 Rb8) 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Ra7 Bxa2 38. Rxa3 Be6 39. Ra7 Kg7 40. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Kf8 (40... Rf8 $142 41. Nxb5 Rc8) 41. h6 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Saravana, Krishnan P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,73,2,1,0,30,34,45,44,28,45,45,39,44,28,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-7,-16,-14,-35,-21,-74,-66,-87,-93,-150,-95,-145,-127,-124,-141,-122,-131,-195,-173,-204,-85,-162,-147,-152,-112,-227,-216,-218,-203,-207,-211,-218,-219,-414,-407,-380,-229,-190,-157,-604]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 g6 4. Nxc4 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} 6. g3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4] LiveBook: 8 Games} 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} Nd5 9. dxc5 Nxe3 10. Qxd8+ $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nd4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 {½-½ (26) Marin,M (2537)-Perpinya Rofes,L (2381) Barcelona 2005}) 10... Nxd8 11. fxe3 Be6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b4 b5 $1 14. Na5 (14. Nce5 {NOTEXT} Bxa2 15. Kf2 Bd5 16. Rhd1 e6 17. Rb1) 14... Bb2 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb2c1][%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 15. Kf2 {aiming for Rb1.} Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Bd5 17. Rd1 Ba8 18. Rd3 f6 19. Bh3 f5 20. Ra3 (20. Bg2 $11) 20... Rf8 $17 21. Nd4 {[#]} a6 $1 22. Nab3 (22. Bg2 $142) 22... Rf6 (22... e5 $142 23. Rxa6 exd4 24. Nxd4 Bb7) 23. Na5 g5 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 g4 26. e4 (26. Rd3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 26... fxe4 $19 27. Re3 e5 (27... Ne6 $19 28. Rxe4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Re6) 28. Rxe4 (28. Ndb3 $17 {might work better.}) 28... Nf7 29. Ndb3 h5 30. Nc1 (30. Re3 $17 {was necessary.}) 30... Kd7 31. Nd3 Rf5 32. Nb3 Rf8 33. Nd2 Kc7 34. h4 $2 {[#]} (34. Re3 {is the only way for White.}) 34... gxh3+ $1 35. Kh1 Kc6 36. Rh4 Rd8 37. Kh2 $2 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 73%.} (37. Rxh3 $17 Rd4 38. Rh2) 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,70,15,0,43,40,31,26,33,24,42,23,31,25,30,42,83,49,119,75,173,162,198,181,189,171,179,164,156,149,150,137,131,131,246,186,200,96,140,70,65,76,77,67,77,79,68,8,4,6,33,16,34,31,33]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. b3 a6 9. e3 b5 10. Qe2 {LiveBook: 59 Games} Bd7 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} 11. Bb2 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Na5 12. Nd2 Bg4 {White has an edge.} 13. f3 Bd7 14. Rfd1 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... e6 15. Rac1 h5 {1-0 (52) Georgiev,K (2637)-Nevednichy,V (2593) Budva 2003}) 15. Rac1 bxc4 16. Nxc4 c6 17. e4 Bh6 (17... Nxc4 $14 18. Qxc4 Qa5) 18. Ne3 e5 (18... Bxe3+ $16 {was necessary.} 19. Qxe3 Nc4 20. bxc4 Rxb2) 19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Re1 ({But not} 20. exf6 $6 Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 Bxc1 $14) 20... dxe5 21. Na4 Qa7 22. Kh1 c5 23. Nxc5 Bb5 24. Qf2 Rbc8 25. b4 {Hoping for a4.} Nc6 (25... Bxe3 $16 26. Rxe3 (26. Qxe3 Nc4 $16) 26... Nb7) 26. a3 a5 27. Ra1 (27. Bh3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 27... axb4 {[#]} 28. axb4 (28. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Nxd5 29. exd5) 28... Qb6 $14 29. Bc3 {Strongly threatening Nd5.} Bf8 {[#]} 30. Rac1 $1 {aiming for f4.} Bxc5 31. bxc5 Qxc5 32. Ng4 (32. Ba1 $14 Qa7 33. Qc2) 32... Qxf2 $11 33. Nxf2 Ra8 34. Rb1 Rab8 35. Kg1 h5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,45,0,31,12,70,81,179,195,356,366,443,443,707,718,701,679,1043,1081,1051,1054,1060,699,1274,1270]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 h5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3} (12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 h5 15. Rae1 h4 16. Nf5 h3 17. gxh3 Ne7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxc4 Rab8 22. Rf2 {0-1 (40) Navara,D (2740)-Alekseev,E (2616) Katowice 2017}) 13. e4 $146 {[#] Hoping for Bxa6.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nh1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qc8 15. Nf2 Qa6 16. a4 Qxd3 17. Nxd3 Nc6 18. dxc5 Na5 19. Rb1 Nc4 20. Kf2 {1-0 (89) Peralta,F (2588)-Shyam,S (2530) Montcada 2016}) 13... Bxd3 ({Black should try} 13... cxd4 $1 $11 14. Bxa6 Nxa6) 14. Qxd3 $14 {aiming for Bg5.} h4 (14... cxd4 $16 {might work better.} 15. cxd4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6) 15. Nf5 $18 h3 $2 (15... dxe4 {was called for.} 16. fxe4 Rxe4) 16. Bg5 (16. gxh3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qd7 $18) 16... cxd4 17. cxd4 {White is clearly winning.} dxe4 (17... Nbd7 $142 18. e5 hxg2) 18. fxe4 Nbd7 19. Rf4 Ne5 20. Qxh3 Ng6 21. Raf1 Rc8 22. R4f2 Rxe4 {[#]} 23. Nxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Sekar, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,97,-13,-14,-18,-8,-20,4,-15,0,-23,-1,-48,-58,-62,-52,-83,-79,-83,-51,-40,0,-3,-4,-24,-23,-29,-25,-24,-30,-29,-27,-31,0,-40,-13,-10,-13,-15,37,-11,12,13,43,28,55,40,132,132,132,106,132,132,132,132,132,132,135,92,133,83,140,140,140,112,140,91,99,97,94,107,234,231,227,218,377,353,369,356,509,428]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. a3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Qd7 10. Bd2 f6 {LiveBook: 15 Games. A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 11. b4 a5 {Threatening ...Nxc3.} 12. b5 Nd4 {The position is equal.} 13. a4 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Rb1 Nb4 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Rb2 Kf8 19. Qb1 c5 20. Nc4 Qa7 $1 21. Rc1 Qa6 22. h4 Kg8 23. Kh2 Bf8 24. Ne4 Bd7 25. Qa1 Be6 26. Rc3 Qa7 27. Qf1 h6 28. Rc1 Be7 (28... Rb8 $11) 29. Nc3 Qa6 30. Bh3 Bxh3 31. Qxh3 Ra8 32. h5 Qe6 (32... Rf8 $14) 33. Qxe6+ $16 Nxe6 34. g4 Kf7 35. Ne4 Nd4 36. Ng3 Ra6 37. Kg2 Rd7 38. Nd2 Rd5 39. Rc4 Ne6 (39... Rb6 $142) 40. Rb1 {[%cal Bb2b1,Bb1c1,Bc1c4][%mdl 32]} Nd4 41. Nde4 Ne6 42. Nc3 Rd7 43. Rc1 Nd4 44. Nce4 Ra8 (44... Raa7 $16) 45. Nxc5 $18 Bxc5 46. Rxc5 Ke6 $2 {[#]} (46... Ne6 {might work better.}) 47. R1c4 Nb3 48. Rb5 Ra6 (48... Na1 $142 49. Bb6 Nb3) 49. Nf5 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,61,14,17,25,30,19,0,10,0,0,-10,8,-8,7,-19,0,0,0,0,6,0,3,0,6,10,17,19,51,0,11,14,14,4,3,0,8,8]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. Ng5 Nxg5 13. Bxf5 Ne6 14. Be5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} g6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 16. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. e4 Ng4 17. Bg3 {½-½ (42) Stefansson,H (2539)-Laznicka,V (2677) Warsaw 2013}) 16... Rc8 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. a3 a6 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Rd2 c5 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Rfd1 Qc6 24. Rd3 Rc4 25. Rd4 b5 26. Rxc4 Qxc4 27. Qd2 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 28. f3 b4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Ra1 Rc6 31. Ra4 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,73,0,15,-5,-15,-47,0,0,7,-4,4,0,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-42,-29,0,-42,-44,-237,-168,-177,-164,-285,-276,-272,-265,-443,0,0,0,0,295,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. h4 c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4] LiveBook: 92 Games} 8. d5 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} (8. h5 cxd4 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qf2 e6 12. g4 Re8 13. Qh2 Qb6 14. Bd3 dxe5 15. f5 e4 16. fxg6 exf3 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. gxf7 Nf6 19. fxe8=Q+ Nxe8 20. Bh6 Qxb2 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Bg6+ Ke7 23. Qxe8+ {1-0 (23) Sychev,K (2510)-Gordievsky,D (2605) Moscow 2017}) 8... dxe5 9. h5 Qb6 $146 (9... exf4 $15 10. Bxf4 Nb6 11. hxg6 fxg6) ({Predecessor:} 9... Qa5 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Kf2 c4 12. Be3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nf6 14. Ne5 Qb6+ 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nxc4 Ng4+ 17. Kf3 b5 18. Nxb5 Qd7 19. Nc3 Qf5+ 20. Kg3 Nxe3 {0-1 (20) Mordiglia,R (2115)-Belotti,B (2420) Montecatini Terme 1998}) 10. hxg6 $11 hxg6 11. Qd2 exf4 12. Qxf4 Qb4 13. Bc4 {a3 is the strong threat.} (13. Qh2 $5 {[%cal Rh2h7]} Nf6 14. a3 $14) 13... b5 (13... Bxc3+ $2 14. bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Kf2 $19) 14. Bxb5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Kf2 Qxa1 17. Qh4 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh4h7]} Qg7 18. Bh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g7]} Qh8 19. Qxe7 Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 20. Ba4 Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...Qf6.} ({Don't blunder} 20... Bc8 $2 21. Rh4 $18) 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Qxd7 Rd8 {[%cal Bc8d8,Bd8e8,Be8e4,Be4e2][%mdl 32]} 23. Qa4 Bb7 24. c4 $1 Re8 25. Qa3 Re4 26. Qxc5 $2 (26. Qc1 $1 $15) 26... Rae8 27. Qb5 Bc8 {Hoping for ...Re2+.} 28. Rh4 (28. d6 $142) 28... Re2+ $1 $19 29. Kg3 {White wants to play Be3!} Qa1 $1 {[%cal Ra1f1] White must now prevent ...Qf1.} 30. Bg5 $2 (30. Qc5) 30... Bf5 $2 (30... Qf1 31. Qxe8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 32. Bf6 Qe1+ 33. Nxe1 Re3+ 34. Nf3 Rxf3+ 35. gxf3 Kf8 36. Rh8#) (30... f6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 31. Qc6 fxg5 32. Qxg6+ Qg7 33. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 34. Nxg5 R8e3+ 35. Nf3 Rc3) 31. d6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd6d7] Threatens to win with d7.} a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5]} ({Not} 31... Qxa2 32. Qxe8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 33. Bf6 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Re2+ 35. Kh1 Re1+ 36. Nxe1 Be4+ 37. Kg1 Kf8 38. Rh8#) 32. Qc6 $1 {White threatens d7 and mate.} Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Worse is} 32... Qxa2 {[#]} 33. Qxe8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 34. Bf6 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Re2+ 36. Kh1 Re1+ 37. Nxe1 Be4+ 38. Kh2 Kf8 39. Rh8#) (32... Rf8 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 33. Qb6 Qf1) 33. Rh2 $2 ({White must play} 33. Nd4 $18 R2e4 34. d7 Bxd7 35. Qxd7 Qb8+ 36. Rf4 Rxf4 37. Bxf4) 33... R8e4 {The position is equal.} 34. Qa8+ Re8 35. Qc6 {And now d7 would win.} R8e4 36. Qa8+ Re8 37. Qc6 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,115,1,30,30,39,38,41,25,26,28,8,16,37,37,22,28,36,33,26,21,17,-3,56,55,49,21,39,0,39,35,36,58,72,75,72,0,0,0,123,129,129,122,140,132,152,154,148,151,164,135,164,157,188,187,213,211,250,187,328,315,366,366,410,300,290,0,393,362,625,304,731,697,845,858,864,865,848,825,874,877,879,865,893,884,891,880,1001,994,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29989,29990,29990,29990,29989,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 d5 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 c5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. cxd5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (8. e3 Nc6 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bf6 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 {½-½ (69) Lalith,B (2530)-Tilicheev,V (2497) Pardubice 2017}) 8... exd5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Na3 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Bf5 11. Nc2 Rc8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ncd4 Bg6 14. Rc1 Ba7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (47) Behrendt,C (2120)-Kunz,W (2167) Stuttgart 2015}) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc2 Qb6 {[%cal Re4f2]} 13. e3 Rd8 14. Nfd4 a5 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 ({Better is} 17... bxc6 $11 18. Bxe4 dxe4) 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Nd4 Qg6 20. Nf3 Bg4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ng5.} 21. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxg3 23. fxg3 {Threatens to win with g4.} Rc2 24. Qf1 ({White should play} 24. Qe1 $16) 24... Qxg3+ $11 25. Bg2 {Black must now prevent Qf3.} Qxe3+ (25... Rd6 $1 $11 26. Re1 (26. Qf3 $2 Rg6 $19) 26... Rh6) 26. Kh1 $16 Rf2 27. Qg1 Bc5 {[#]} 28. Rf1 $1 Qg3 29. Rxf2 Bxf2 30. Qd1 Qg6 31. Rc1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Be3 32. Rc3 Bf4 33. Rd3 h6 34. Qf1 Bb8 35. Bd4 ({Not} 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Qe4+ 37. Qg2 Qb1+ 38. Qg1 Qe4+ 39. Qg2 Qb1+ 40. Qg1 Qe4+ 41. Qg2 $11) 35... Rc8 (35... Qe6 {might work better.} 36. Qd1 Bc7) 36. Bg1 d4 37. Rxd4 b6 38. Rg4 Qd6 39. Rd4 Qg6 $1 40. Qd1 {Hoping for Rd8+.} Bc7 $2 (40... Kh7 41. Rd8 Rxd8 42. Qxd8 Qg3 43. Qxb6 Qe5) 41. Rg4 (41. Qc1 $142) 41... Qf6 $2 (41... Qe6 42. Re4 Qd6) 42. Qd7 $18 Qe6 43. Qxe6 fxe6 44. Rc4 b5 45. Rc2 a4 46. bxa4 bxa4 47. Bh2 Rb8 48. Bxc7 Rb1+ 49. Kh2 a3 50. Bd6 {White threatens Rc8+ and mate.} Rb2 51. Rxb2 {White mates.} axb2 52. Be4 Kf7 53. Be5 g5 54. Bxb2 Ke7 55. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kd6 56. a5 Kc5 57. a6 Kb6 58. Bd3 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Darini, Pouria"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,60,28,33,41,42,42,0,20,29,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-13,-12,4,4,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 Bd7 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (9... O-O 10. Bd2 e5 11. O-O-O e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 13. Rhe1 Qe6 14. Bc3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxf2 16. Re2 Bb6 17. b3 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Be6 19. Nd4 {0-1 (52) Dvoirys,S (2552)-Meier,G (2644) Jerusalem 2017}) 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bd6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bf4 Bc6 13. Bg3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O-O 14. c4 h5 15. c5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qa5 17. Bd6 Ne8 18. Bf4 {½-½ (27) Sreeves,C (2233)-Nestor,K (2093) High Wycombe 2012}) 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Rd2 g6 {The position is equal.} 16. Rfd1 Nh5 17. Nxc6 Nxg3 18. hxg3 bxc6 19. Be4 Be7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Qa6 c5 23. Qc6 Qb6 (23... Qe7 {looks sharper.} 24. Bd3 Qg5 25. f4 Qe7 26. c3 Kg7) 24. Qxb6 axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 25. g4 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Ke2 Kd6 28. f4 f5 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Bb7 Bf6 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chakravarthi Reddy, M."]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,121,0,23,-20,-20,-16,-26,-25,-18,-22,-25,-27,-43,-63,-63,-76,-54,-57,-66,-70,-61,-58,-66,-44,-43,-110,-118,-108,-99,-98,-56,-87,-81,-119,-71,-91,-93,-66,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,75,75,55,14,81,84,171,162,354,353,368,355,321,307,1108,265,265,265,265,265,232,225,223,64,106,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 b6 11. Nc4 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} (11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 a6 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Nxb6 Rb8 16. Nxc8 Rexc8 17. b3 Nh5 18. Bd2 Rc7 19. Qc2 {0-1 (46) Nikolic,P (2619)-Rapport,R (2621) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 11... Ba6 12. Qa4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 {Black has an edge.} a6 14. Qh4 b5 15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rae1 b4 17. Ne4 h6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 {1-0 (59) Mizinov,I (2247)-Zuev,A (2094) Uljanovsk 2007}) 16... h6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rxe2 20. b3 Qe7 21. Bf3 Re5 22. a4 (22. Qd2 $15) 22... b4 $17 23. Rac1 Re8 24. Rc4 Qf8 25. Qd2 a5 26. Rf4 Qg7 27. h4 Ne4 28. Qd3 {[%cal Rf4e4] [#]} Nc3 (28... c4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Qxc4 (29. bxc4 Nc5) 29... Nd2) 29. Qa6 $11 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxa5 Rd4 32. Qb5 Rf8 (32... Re7 $11) 33. Rxd4 $16 Qxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 34. Re1 Qc3 (34... Qd5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35. Re3 $1 {[%cal Re3c3]} Qc1+ {[#]} (35... Qf6 $16) 36. Kg2 $1 $18 d5 $2 {[#]} (36... Qa1 37. Qb7 Kg7) 37. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc2 (37... gxh5 38. Re5) 38. Qc6 c4 ({Much worse is} 38... d4 39. Rf3 $18) 39. Qxd5 c3 $2 (39... cxb3 40. Rxb3 Qf5 41. Qxf5 gxf5 42. Rxb4 Ra8) 40. Rd3 $2 (40. hxg6 Qxg6 41. Re5) 40... Qe2 41. hxg6 Qe6 42. gxf7+ Qxf7 {intending ...c2.} 43. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {KR-KR} 44. Rd7+ $2 ({White should try} 44. Rd1 $18) 44... Ke6 $14 {[#]} 45. Rc7 (45. Rd1 $1 $16) 45... Rd8 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 46. Rc4 Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1b1]} 47. a5 Ra1 48. Kf3 Rxa5 49. Rxb4 {Rc4 is the strong threat.} Rc5 $1 {aiming for ...c2.} 50. Re4+ Kd5 51. Re1 {Hoping for Ke2.} c2 52. Rc1 {Black must now prevent Ke3.} Kd4 53. g4 Kc3 54. Kf4 Kb2 55. Rg1 Rd5 56. f3 Kxb3 {Threatens to win with ...Rd1.} (56... Rd4+ {keeps more tension.} 57. Ke5 Rd1 58. Rg2 Re1+ 59. Kf4 Kb1) 57. Rc1 $1 Kb2 {[#]} 58. Rxc2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc2 59. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Kd3 60. g6 Kd4 61. g7 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,65,40,23,26,24,23,25,23,21,34,-11,8,1,10,0,10,13,31,34,38,33,33,34,41,42,41,15,23,8,21,0,69,72,66,62,64,57,63,71,127,102,142,117,129,131,326,320,410,422,411,403,778,766,755,727,768,734]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 7. b4 (7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Nc4 Be6 10. h4 g4 11. Nh2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxg4 Qxh4 14. Nce3 Nce7 15. Nxd5 {½-½ (15) Ragger,M (2668)-Hammer,J (2621) Norway 2018}) 7... Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg4 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. a4 Nh5 11. Kh1 Nf4 12. Ng1 Be6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. a5 {1-0 (55) Montiel,P (2280)-Ramon Pita,V (2260) Havana 1992}) 9. Bb3 a6 10. Nc4 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f1,Bf1g3,Bg3e2][%mdl 32]} Be6 11. Ne3 d5 12. Qc2 b5 13. Rd1 d4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nf1 Qd6 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Ng3 Be5 20. Qc6 Rb8 (20... Kh7 $11) 21. Qxd6 $14 Bxd6 22. Ne2 c5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. f4 Bg4 {[#]} ({Better is} 24... Rfc8) 25. Kf1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Kg7 26. h3 Bxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Kg6 $2 (27... gxf4 $16 {is a better defense.} 28. Bxf4 Rb6) 28. Rf1 Bd6 29. Rc6 Rb6 30. Rfc1 f6 (30... Kg7 $142 31. Rxb6 Nxb6) 31. Rxb6 {White is clearly winning.} Nxb6 32. Rc6 Nc8 33. Be6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Krysa, Leandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,86,0,0,-14,0,17,56,56,90,44,59,29,33,31,35,27,41,10,18,11,8,8,8,10,34,32,41,23,32,54,50,24,29,25,29,22,32,10,10,11,14,0,72,59,79,46,66,34,61,14,16,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. e4 {[#] D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rad8 14. Rac1 e6 15. Qe3 Na5 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. h4 Qe7 18. Qf4 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (34) Tregubov,P (2607)-Swiercz,D (2614) Bastia 2014}) 14. cxd4 Qf4 15. Bc1 {White is slightly better.} Qg4 16. h3 Qd7 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 17. Bb2 Na5 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. d5 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 Na5 24. Rac1 Rfc8 25. f4 Rc5 26. Rxc5 bxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 27. Nb5 a6 28. Nc3 Rb8 29. d6 Nc6 30. dxe7 Nxe7 31. Rd7 Nc6 32. Rc7 Nb4 {[#]} (32... Nd4 $11) 33. e5 $1 $16 ({Reject} 33. Rxc5 $6 Nd3 $11) 33... Rb6 34. Rxc5 Nd3 35. Rc4 Rb2 36. Nd5 Rxa2 {The position is equal.} 37. g4 g5 38. Rd4 Nxf4 (38... Ra1+ {with more complications.} 39. Kg2 Ra3 40. fxg5 Ne1+ 41. Kf2 Nf3) 39. Nxf4 gxf4 40. Rxf4 a5 41. Re4 Kf8 42. e6 fxe6 43. Rxe6 Kf7 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Black "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,132,-1,-4,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,14,7,12,25,20,29,0,0,0,0,-31,0,-19,-18,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,78,71,70,71,66,71,145,77,206,203,138,0,0,-7,-7,-6,-6,-6,-12,-7,98,97,145,151,145,10,130,142,185,191,191,191,186,116,142,74,103,68,79,26,26,26,26,26,26,12,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,26,26,26,64,64,64,64,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bb3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. O-O h6 (8... Be6 9. Bc2 d5 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Rd1 h6 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Nf3 {0-1 (35) Onischuk,V (2637)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. Nc4 Qd7 12. Ne3 Bxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 {0-1 (55) Velicka,P (2420)-Dragnev,V (2461) Czech Republic 2018}) 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 a4 14. Bc2 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 15. d4 Ng6 16. c4 Rfd8 17. b4 c6 18. d5 Bd7 19. a3 b5 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Rc1 bxc4 (21... Rac8 {seems wilder.} 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Bf1 Nxe4 24. g3 Ng6) 22. Bxc4 Nxe4 23. dxc6 Bxc6 {[#]} 24. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf7 25. Rxc6 Rac8 26. b5 $1 {Threatening Ng4.} Nc3 (26... Rf8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Rxc8 $16 Rxc8 28. Qxd6 {And now b6 would win.} Nxb5 29. Qxe5 Nxa3 (29... Nc3 $142) 30. Qe4 (30. Nf5 $142 Nd3 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Qe4 (32. Qe6 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Nc4 $11)) 30... Nc4 (30... Rf8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 31. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5e7]} Ng6 32. h4 ({White should play} 32. N3h4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Nge5 33. f4) 32... Rc5 $1 $11 33. N3d4 Re5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 34. Qa8+ $1 Qf8 35. Qxf8+ Nxf8 36. Rc1 Nd2 {[#]} (36... Nb6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. Rc7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc7g7]} Ne6 38. Nxe6 Rxf5 39. Rxg7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kh8 40. Ra7 Re5 41. Nd8 {Threatens to win with Nf7+.} Re1+ 42. Kh2 Ra1 43. Nc6 (43. Kg3 $18) 43... a3 {[#]} 44. Nb4 (44. Ne5 $142 $1) 44... Nc4 45. Rc7 (45. Ra4 {with more complications.} Nd2 46. Kg3 Nc4 47. Nc2 Rc1 48. Nd4) 45... Ne5 46. Rc5 (46. Kg3 $16) 46... Rb1 $11 47. Rxe5 {Nc2 is the strong threat.} Rxb4 {KR-KR} 48. Ra5 Rb2 $1 49. f4 a2 50. h5 Kg7 51. Kh3 Kf6 52. g4 Rb3+ 53. Kh4 Rb4 (53... Rb2 {is interesting.} 54. Ra8 Ke6 55. Ra6+ Kf7 56. g5 hxg5+ 57. Kxg5 Rg2+) 54. Rxa2 {aiming for Kg3.} Rxf4 55. Ra7 {Hoping for Rh7.} Ke5 56. Re7+ Kd6 57. Rh7 Rf6 58. g5 ({Better is} 58. Rg7 $14) 58... Rf4+ {The position is equal.} 59. Kg3 hxg5 60. Rg7 Ke6 61. Rxg5 (61. h6 {is more complex.} Kf6 62. Rd7 Kg6 63. Rd6+ Kf5 64. Ra6) 61... Rf1 62. Ra5 Kf6 63. Rd5 Kg7 64. Rd6 Rg1+ 65. Kf4 Rf1+ 66. Kg5 Rg1+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Black "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,97,27,32,15,10,14,14,0,37,-12,-16,-8,70,-30,-17,-39,-23,-95,77,96,103,95,104,80,70,60,106,15,18,15,38,39,27,30,67,75,111,75,142,145,169,152,214,207,264,259,237,241,274,270,314,313,316,296,396,395,414,280,438,461,476,458,462,451,595,591,587,580,931,929,865,909,878,853,2565,2563,2312,2056,2814,2233,29983,29984,29990,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} 8. h3 (8. f4 Neg4 9. Bd2 Nh6 10. Nf3 c6 11. O-O cxd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Kh1 {1-0 (62) Sokolov,I (2623)-Van Foreest,J (2615) Hoogeveen 2016}) 8... e6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. f4 Ned7 {The position is equal.} 10. dxe6 $1 fxe6 11. g4 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Bf3 e5 14. f5 gxf5 15. gxf5 {1-0 (54) Djurhuus,R (2510)-Hoi,C (2430) Copenhagen 1998}) 12. Qd2 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 13. cxb5 (13. Nxb5 Nxe4) 13... a6 ({Black should try} 13... Bb7 $11) 14. g5 (14. bxa6 $1 $14 Bxa6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nge2) 14... Nh5 $11 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. f5 (16. Nge2 $11 {remains equal.}) 16... Bb7 $2 (16... Bxc3 $1 $17 {stays on course.} 17. bxc3 Qe8) 17. f6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf6e7]} Nxf6 18. gxf6 Qxf6 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf6f1] [#]} 19. Nge2 $1 {Hoping for Rg1.} axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 20. Rg1 $1 {And now Bh6 would win.} b4 21. Nd1 ({White should play} 21. Nb5 $16 b3 22. a3) 21... Bxe4 $11 22. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qe5 23. Bh6 Bg6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qxb4 Rf6 26. Qb7 Raf8 (26... Qa5+ $142 27. b4 Ra7) 27. Qxc7+ $16 R8f7 28. Qc3 Qe4 (28... Qf5 $16 {was called for.} 29. Rc1 e5) 29. Qd4 $18 {Black must now prevent Qxe4.} Qf3 30. Qxd6 Qxh3 31. Rc1 Qh4+ 32. Qg3 ({Weaker is} 32. Kd2 e5 $11) 32... Qb4+ {[#]} 33. Rc3 $1 e5 34. a3 Qa5 35. Ne3 Rf3 36. Nc4 Qxc3+ (36... Rxg3 {might work better.} 37. Nxa5 Rxc3 38. Nxc3 Rd7) 37. Nxc3 Rxg3 38. Rxg3 e4 39. Ne5 Re7 40. Nxg6 hxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 41. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Kh6 42. Re3 Kg5 43. b5 h4 44. Rxe4 Rh7 45. Kf2 Kf5 46. Rb4 g5 47. b6 h3 48. b7 h2 49. Ne2 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,93,10,19,10,40,41,48,42,40,39,45,26,39,15,109,104,110,106,102,84,120,106,120,124,119,116,129,134,134,135,127,126,129,122,148,147,155,148,181,169,285,296,290,290,273,273,362,370,377,376,345,338,494,496,528,537,524,496,463,400,607,599,902,898,756,675,1138,1123,984,962,1162,1131,12843,12843,12844,12844]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd3 b4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 {½-½ (41) So,W (2799)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018}) 10... Nbd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Bg5 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. Nc3 a6 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 c5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Qb3 Qa5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (39) Kozlov,O (2303)-Timofeev,A (2549) Sochi 2017}) 12. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} b4 13. Na4 c5 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Be3 $36 {[%cal Ra4c5][%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Na6 (16... Nfe4 $1 $11) 17. Qxc7 $16 Rxc7 18. Rxc7 Nxc7 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Bd5 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxa2 24. Rd8+ Nfe8 25. Rb8 Ra5 26. Ned3 g5 27. Rxb4 Kg7 28. Rb7 Kg6 29. e4 Ra1 (29... Rb5 $142 30. Ra7 Kg7) 30. b4 $18 Rb1 31. Kf3 h5 32. h3 Kf6 33. Ke2 h4 34. gxh4 gxh4 35. Kd2 Rh1 (35... Kg7 {might work better.} 36. Kc2 Rh1) 36. b5 Nxb5 37. Rxb5 Rxh3 38. Rb1 Rh2 39. Ke2 Ng7 (39... Rg2 $142 40. Rh1 Nc7 41. Rxh4 Rg8) 40. Kf3 {White is clearly winning.} Kg5 41. Rg1+ Kh6 42. Ne5 f5 43. Nf7+ Kh7 44. Ng5+ Kh6 45. e5 h3 46. Ncxe6 Rg2 47. Rxg2 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Black "Senthil, Maran K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,119,-10,-7,-29,0,-44,-37,-34,-37,-56,-64,-52,-44,-43,40,25,31,43,39,50,70,81,95,85,83,85,93,67,97,63,90,84,75,70,72,50,81,50,73,69,117,18,68,50,100,26,172,169,241,240,256,240,331,322,342,308,335,305,338,335,422,369,429,351,433,440,586,387,387,387,391,387,501,499,729,460,460,460,460,460,460,439,446,404,395,374,483,458,469,460,930,918,900,771,865,905,834,851,783,735,1798,1944,1929,1566,2825,2486,2245,2320,29969,29970,29953,12842]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b4 (3. c4 g6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. d5 e6 10. Nc3 exd5 11. exd5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxd5 {½-½ (87) Grischuk,A (2772)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Riadh 2017}) 3... c6 4. c4 Bg4 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb2 $146 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} ({Predecessor:} 6. Qa4+ Nbd7 7. Ne5 Be6 8. Bb2 a6 9. Be2 g6 10. Nd3 Bg7 11. Nf4 Bf5 12. Nxd5 {1-0 (39) Ornstein,A (2408)-Akesson,J (2301) Sweden 2011}) 6... Bxf3 7. gxf3 e6 8. Rg1 {Black is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. Nc3 g6 10. Qb3 Rc8 11. f4 Bg7 (11... a6 $15) 12. Nb5 $14 {Hoping for Nd6+.} O-O 13. Nxa7 Ra8 14. Nb5 Ne4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb2+ Kg8 17. d3 Nef6 18. a4 Qe7 19. Be2 Nb8 20. Nd4 $1 Nc6 21. Nc2 Nd7 22. Bf3 e5 23. fxe5 ({Reject} 23. Bxd5 exf4 24. Kd2 Rfd8 $11) 23... Ncxe5 {[#]} 24. Be2 $1 f5 {[#]} 25. Qb3 (25. f4 $1 $16) 25... Nf6 26. Rg3 Kh8 27. Kf1 (27. Qb2 $16) 27... f4 (27... Rae8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 28. exf4 $18 Ned7 (28... Nf7 {is a better defense.} 29. Nd4 Nh6) 29. Qb2 Qd6 30. Qd4 Qb6 31. a5 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Ne8 33. Ne6 Rf6 34. Re3 Nd6 35. Nc7 Rd8 36. Nxd5 Rf5 37. Bf3 Nf6 38. Re5 {Black must now prevent Rxf5.} Nxd5 39. Rxd5 ({Much less strong is} 39. Bxd5 Rxf4 40. b5 Nxb5 $18) 39... Rxf4 {[#]} 40. Be4 $1 Rf6 (40... Nxe4 41. Rxd8+) 41. b5 Rc8 (41... Rd7 $142 42. a6 bxa6 43. Rxa6 Kg7) 42. Ra2 Nxe4 43. dxe4 {[%cal Bd3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 4128] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rf7 44. e5 Kg7 45. Ke2 Rfc7 46. Rad2 Kf7 47. f4 Ke6 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Rd7 Rxd7 (49... g5 $142 50. fxg5 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 Ra3 52. Rxh7 Rxa5 53. Rxb7 Kxg5) 50. Rxd7 {KR-KR} Rc3+ 51. Ke2 Ra3 52. Rf7+ Ke6 53. Rxb7 Rxa5 54. Kf3 Kf5 55. Rf7+ Ke6 56. Rxh7 Rxb5 57. Rg7 Rb2 58. Rxg6+ Kf7 59. Rf6+ Kg7 60. h4 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Black "Bharath, Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 10. f4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:32]} 11. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:10:48]} 13. f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 14. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 15. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:08:44]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 17. g5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 18. Bxg5 $16 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b5 {[%emt 0:33:40]} 19. Rg1 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 20. Rg3 {[%emt 0:06:38]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:09:34]} 21. Bc2 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 22. Rag1 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:09:04]} 23. Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 24. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 26. Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:07:34]} Qxg7 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 27. f6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxg1+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 28. Kxg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 29. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 30. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 33. Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Ba4+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Qxd6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 40. Bc6# {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,75,14,12,-32,-9,-7,-7,-13,-8,-31,-27,-38,-21,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,13,12,14,11,24,31,35,66,33,66,29,22,-14,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,1,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bb4 8. Qd3 O-O 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (11. a3 Bc5 12. Na4 Ba7 13. Bb4 c5 14. Bc3 c4 15. Qf3 e5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bxc4 Nxe4 18. Qh3 d5 19. Bd3 f5 20. Bb4 Rf6 21. c4 a5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Bd2 f4 24. c5 Rg6 25. g3 e3 {0-1 (25) Zacarias,R (2107)-Limp,E (2370) Rio de Janeiro 2015}) 11... d5 12. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bf3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Rb8 17. Rab1 a5 18. a3 Ba6 {0-1 (40) Verbel,J (2061)-Cadavid,J (1878) Cartagena 2016}) 13. Na4 a5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ba6.} 14. c3 Be7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Be3 Bb5 18. Bxc4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qc2 Rad8 22. Rac1 Rd4 23. Be2 Ne4 24. Qxc6 Qb8 25. Qb5 Qd8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rd2.} 26. h3 {The position is equal.} Rd2 {White must now prevent ...Ng3.} 27. Kh2 Qd4 28. Rf3 g6 29. Rc4 Qd5 30. Ra4 Rc8 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Bd3 Nf2 33. Ra3 ({Of course not} 33. Rxa5 Nxd3 34. Rxd5 Rcc2 $17) 33... Rxb2 (33... Rb8 {is interesting.} 34. Bf1 Rbxb2 35. Rxa5 Rd1 36. Kg1 Ne4) 34. f5 Nxd3 35. Raxd3 Rxa2 36. Rxd5 gxf5 37. Rxf5 Kh8 38. Rg5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,72,13,43,35,29,35,24,29,41,22,16,-24,-41,-28,18,16,8,7,12,4,32,36,53,41,55,65,43,31,47,51,57,14,16,-20,-15,-155,-139,-247,-207,-347,-343,-494,-489,-520,-502,-589,-589,-577,-552,-569,-482,-884,-883,-861,-856,-1906,-1592,-3338,-3048]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} a6 8. O-O-O (8. Be2 h5 9. Qg3 d6 10. h4 Ng4 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. f4 gxf3 14. gxf3 Bd7 {½-½ (34) Mamedov,R (2709)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 8... Be7 {LiveBook: 74 Games} 9. Nxc6 {White is slightly better.} bxc6 10. g4 d5 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qg2 Bb7 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. exd5 cxd5 {0-1 (45) Oglaza,O (1917)-Sorokina,T (2127) Teplice 2015}) 12... Rb8 13. exd5 cxd5 {Hoping for ...Qb7.} 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 16. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} O-O 17. a3 Bb7 18. f4 Rfd8 19. Rh2 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Ne2 a5 22. Nd4 Rd6 23. h5 Ba6 24. Bh3 a4 25. Rg1 (25. g6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... Rdb6 $17 26. g6 (26. Rhh1 $17) 26... Rxb2 $19 27. gxf7+ (27. Rhg2 {was worth a try.}) 27... Kxf7 28. Kd2 (28. Rhg2 $142 Kf6 29. Bxe6 Nxe6 30. Nxe6 Kxe6 31. Rxg7) 28... Ra2 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. Re1 {[%cal Rh3e6]} Rb6 30. f5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Ne4+ 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. fxe6+ Ke8 33. Ke3 (33. Bg2 $142 Bb7 34. Nf5) 33... Rxa3+ 34. Kf4 e3 {[%cal Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 35. Nf5 e2 36. Rh1 {[#]} Rxh3 $1 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kulkarni, Bhakti"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,58,4,3,21,30,27,-92,-85,-81,-78,-153,-151,-227,-226,-269,-220,-262,-248,-200,-143,-352,-338,-326,-165,-312,-326,-432,-416,-410,-340,-366,-364,-352,-347,-584,-533,-837,-891,-873,-869,-1730,-1991,-1793,-1568]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} (6... e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. h4 Nc5 10. f3 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. Kd2 Bd7 13. Nh3 c6 14. Nf2 cxd5 15. exd5 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 {0-1 (37) Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Radjabov,T (2741) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 7. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} c5 8. d5 e6 9. g5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nh5 10. Bxh5 {Threatens to win with Bf3.} gxh5 11. Qxh5 $146 (11. Nge2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. Nge2 exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Ng3 {½-½ (52) Shishkin,V (2517)-Secheres,A (2280) Mamaia 2015}) 11... Nb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c2] aiming for ...Nc2+.} 12. Qd1 exd5 13. cxd5 {[#]} ({Better is} 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5) 13... c4 $1 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 14. Rb1 (14. Kd2 $17) 14... Nd3+ $19 15. Kd2 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. a3 (16. Nxb5 Qa5+) 16... a5 {Hoping for ...b4.} 17. Nxb5 Nxb2 18. Qc2 $2 {[#]} (18. Rxb2 $17 Bxb2 19. Qc2 c3+ 20. Nxc3 Bxa3 21. Nge2) 18... c3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Ke1 {[#]} (19. Nxc3 Nc4+) 19... Nc4 (19... Ba6 $142 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 20. a4 Bxb5 21. axb5 Nc4) 20. Bc1 (20. Qd3 $142 Nxe3 21. Qxe3) 20... f5 21. Ne2 fxe4 22. Nbxc3 Ne5 {...Nd3+ is the strong threat.} 23. Nxe4 {White wants to play Bb2.} Ba6 24. Rb3 Rc8 25. Qb1 $2 (25. Qd1 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Rxf3 27. Be3) 25... a4 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Rg3 {Threatening Nf6+.} Qa5+ 27. Bd2 Qxd5 28. N2c3 {[#]} Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Bxc3 Nd3+ {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Risting, Eivind Olav"]
[Black "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,68,12,23,10,16,0,0,-2,0,-1,-7,-7,0,-3,0,-13,-15,-22,-29,-22,3,-31,-21,-34,-13,-36,-16,-110,-90,-89,-93,-267,-229,-471,-455,-467,-465,-463,-460,-455,-453,-441,-385,-775,-597,-594,-404,-719,-712,-663,-645,-854,-843]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 b6 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (6... Nbd7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Nfe4 15. b4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd7 {½-½ (55) Lenic,L (2641)-Carlsen,M (2840) chess.com INT 2017}) 7. e4 c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nxd4 e5 11. Nf3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. g3 Ng4 14. Be2 {0-1 (73) Svane,R (2526)-Zhigalko,S (2647) Gjakova 2016}) 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Bc6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 15. f3 Nh5 16. Rf2 Qg5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Nf1 Nhf4 19. Kh1 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Rd1 Rf6 {[%cal Bf5f6,Bf6g6,Bg6g3][%mdl 32]} 22. Qd2 (22. c5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... Raf8 $17 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qh4.} 23. Ne3 Rg6 24. Nd5 $2 (24. g3 $17) 24... Qh4 25. g3 $2 (25. Qe1 {was worth a try.}) 25... Rxg3 $1 $19 26. Ne7+ Qxe7 27. hxg3 Nxe2 28. Qxe2 Ng5 29. Rd5 Qe6 30. f4 $2 {[#]} (30. Bd2 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Qh3+ 32. Rh2 Qxg3 33. Bxg5 Qxg5 34. Qc2) 30... Bxd5+ 31. cxd5 Qxd5+ 32. Kh2 (32. Rg2 $142 exf4 33. gxf4 Rxf4 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qe2) 32... Ne4 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Rf3 exf4 34. gxf4 Qh5+ {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozelov, Roman"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,58,69,27,33,34,33,34,32,21,33,0,14,14,14,14,11,14,27,24,20,13,20,30,19,18,16,22,51,37,48,0,0,0,0,-56,14,-50,-56,-61,-59,-130,-118,-318,-319,-561,-554,-1123,-1112,-1070,-1019,-1300,-460,-445,-446,-446,-441,-422,-415,-403,-370,-683,-519,-834,-834,-827,-827,-827,-818,-764,-760,-834,-833,-818,-794,-5306,-5306,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29976,-29976,-29975,-29982,-5324,-29983,-29984]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 a6 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Nc7 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rab1 Rb8 14. Qe2 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxb5 {1-0 (37) Pavlovic,M (2495)-Guseinov,G (2643) Zuerich 2017}) 5. c3 Nd7 6. Bc4 {B06: Modern Defence} e6 7. O-O Ne7 8. f5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. g4 b5 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Ng5 h6 11. e5 Nfd5 12. Ne4 {1-0 (39) Domenech Plana,J (2280)-Dilme Bosch,E (2080) Barcelona 2001}) 8... gxf5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Rxf5 exf5 12. Nxf7 Qe7 13. Nxh8 Bxh8 14. Bg5 Bd7 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with Qf3.} O-O-O $1 16. Qf3 {aiming for Bxa6.} Kb8 17. Nb3 Re8 18. Na5 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Rf3b7]} c6 19. Bd3 Qe6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nc4 Kc7 22. Rf1 ({Better is} 22. a4 $11) 22... Rf8 (22... b5 $15 23. Bxf5 Qxc4 24. Bxd7 Bxd4+ 25. cxd4 Kxd7) 23. b3 (23. a4 $11) 23... Bg5 $15 24. Qg3 Qh6 25. Qf3 {[#]} (25. a4 $1 $15) 25... Be6 $1 $17 {...b5 is the strong threat.} 26. Re1 $2 {[#]} (26. Qe2 $17) 26... Bd5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5f3]} 27. Qf2 $2 (27. Qh3 Qxh3 28. gxh3) 27... f4 28. Qc2 f3 29. gxf3 Rg8 30. Kf1 Qh3+ (30... Bxf3 $142 {( -> ...Qh3+)} 31. Rb1 Be3) 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bd2+ 33. Kf1 Bxe1 34. Kxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Rg2 35. Bxh7 $2 (35. Ne3 Rxh2 36. Be2) 35... Rxh2 36. Be4 (36. Bd3 $142 Bxf3 37. a4) 36... Bxc4 37. bxc4 Rxa2 {KR-KB} 38. f4 Kd7 39. Bf5+ Ke7 40. Bc8 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6c5][%mdl 32]} 41. Kd1 c5 42. dxc5 bxc5 43. f5 a5 44. Kc1 Kf6 45. Kb1 Rf2 46. Ka1 Ke5 (46... a4 $142 47. Be6 a3 48. Bc8 Ke5 49. Bb7 Kxf5 50. Bd5 Kf4 51. Bf7 Ke3 52. Bg6 Rb2 53. Bh7 Kd2 54. Bf5 Kxc3 55. Bd7 Kxc4 56. Bh3 Rh2 57. Bg4 Kb4 58. Bf3 c4 59. Be4 c3 60. Kb1 Rb2+ 61. Ka1 c2 62. Bxc2 Rxc2 63. Kb1 Kb3 64. Ka1 Rc1#) 47. Bb7 Kxf5 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sharma, Dinesh K"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,88,-51,98,-50,0,-76,0,14,0,0,9,0,0,-5,0,-14,-8,-91,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,-188,-179,-186,-183,-165,-166,-160,-176,-190,-143,-164,-136,-209,-194,-230,-222,-223,-233,-216,-200,-385,-396,-392,-307,-293,-266,-332,-304,-282,-186,-175,-164,-146,-25,-22,-25,-27,-25,-29,-2,-63,-62,-63,-56,-87,-89,-104,-48]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Bd3 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} (8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. Qd3 Ndf5 16. Rd2 Rc8 17. g3 Ne3 18. Ne4 Rxc2+ 19. Rxc2 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 {½-½ (31) Giri,A (2752)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 8... Qa5 9. Ne2 Nbc6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (9... O-O $15) 10. f4 (10. Qxg7 $16 Rg8 11. Qf6 (11. Qxh7 Nxe5 12. Bd2 dxc3 $11)) 10... dxc3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Bd7 11. O-O dxc3 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. Be3 d4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. Bf2 h5 17. Qh3 Nd5 18. Bh4 Rd7 19. f5 Qa4 20. Qg3 Qg4 21. Qxg4 hxg4 22. Bg3 Ne3 {½-½ (22) Van Drunick,J (1919)-Van de Peut,A (1863) Leiden 2015}) 11. O-O (11. Qxg7 $11 Rg8 12. Qxh7) 11... b6 (11... O-O $17 12. Qh3 h6 13. Nxc3 Nb4 14. axb4 Qxa1) 12. Qxg7 $11 Rg8 13. Qxh7 Ba6 $1 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Nxc3 Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 16. Bd2 Rc8 {And now ...Rxc3! would win.} 17. Kh1 (17. f5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Ndxf5 18. Nxd5 Rxg2+ 19. Kxg2) 17... Ndf5 ({Black should play} 17... Kd7 $1 $17) 18. Qh3 $1 Kd7 19. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3a6]} Qc4 20. Rf2 Nd4 21. Rg1 $2 (21. Rb1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 21... Qxd3 $19 22. cxd3 {[#]} Rg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Ne2 (23. hxg3 Rh8#) 23... Nxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxd3 25. Bb4 Rc4 26. g3 Nc6 27. Bd6 (27. Ra2 $17 {might work better.}) 27... Nd4 28. Rb2 Nf5 29. Bb4 a5 30. Be1 Rxa3 31. Rxb6 $2 (31. Bf2) 31... Rc2 {( -> ...Raa2)} 32. Rb7+ Ke8 33. Rb8+ {[#]} Ke7 $1 34. g4 Raa2 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rc2h2]} 35. Rh8 Nd4 {...Nf3 is the strong threat.} 36. Rf1 Re2 37. Bc3 {[#]} Nc2 (37... Nb3 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Kd7.} 38. Be1 a4 39. Bh4+ Kd7) 38. Rb1 $11 {[%cal Rb1b7]} Nb4 39. f5 exf5 40. gxf5 {next e6 is good for White.} Rac2 41. Be1 (41. Bd4 $11) 41... Rxe5 $15 42. Bh4+ Kd7 43. Ra8 Rxf5 {Threatens to win with ...Nc6.} 44. Rxa5 Rc4 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 53%.} ({Black should try} 44... Nc6 $17 45. Rab5 Ke6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blagojevic, Tijana"]
[Black "Iniyan, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,74,56,46,54,17,28,25,53,54,61,72,73,80,124,114,223,201,322,320,315,130,247,0,0,-17,26,-22,-37,-65,-16,-142,0,0,0,-20,-11,-29,21,-43,-44,-228,-235,-215,-218,-528,-518,-484,-511,-535,-531,-520,-460,-508,-487,-596,-595,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} b5 (6... e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 {0-1 (59) Amin,B (2693)-Vidit,S (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7. c4 b4 8. Bc2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} Bb7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... e5 9. a3 bxa3 10. Rxa3 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. Bd2 Qb6 {1-0 (44) Lagno,K (2543)-Ushenina,A (2501) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Rc8 11. a3 Rxc4 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. axb4 g6 {[#]} 14. Nc3 $1 Nb6 (14... h6 $16 {was called for.}) 15. b5 $18 {Nc6 is the strong threat.} axb5 (15... Bg7 $142 16. bxa6 Ba8) 16. Ra7 ({Much less strong is} 16. Ndxb5 Bg7 $18) 16... Rb8 17. Qe2 (17. Ncxb5 Bg7 $16) (17. Ndxb5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Nfd7 18. Bf4) 17... Bg7 (17... Nfd7 $16) 18. Ndxb5 $2 ({White has to play} 18. e5 $18 dxe5 19. Qxb5+ Nbd7 20. Bxf7+ (20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $16) 20... Kxf7 21. Qc4+ e6 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. b3) 18... O-O $11 19. Bg5 Nbd7 20. Rea1 h6 21. Bd2 Ne5 22. Kh1 (22. f3 $11 {remains equal.}) 22... Nc6 (22... Bxe4 $1 $17 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxb5) 23. R7a3 Qd7 24. f4 e5 25. Be3 Rfe8 26. Rd1 ({White should play} 26. fxe5 $11 Nxe5 27. Rd1) 26... Nd4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rd4e2]} 27. Bxd4 $2 (27. Nxd4 $15 exd4 28. Ba4) 27... exd4 $19 28. Nxd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Ba4.} Nxe4 29. Ba4 $2 (29. Nxe4 {was the crucial defense.} Rxe4 30. Qf2) 29... Nxc3 30. bxc3 Rxe2 31. Bxd7 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Bxg2+ 33. Kg1 Bd5 34. Ra5 Be4 35. d5 Rbb2 {Black mates.} 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Re8 Rg2+ {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ranaldi, Lucas"]
[Black "Santiago, Yago De Moura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,94,41,35,36,33,34,32,39,26,19,31,95,93,123,79,71,71,77,87,97,90,138,140,150,126,108,107,106,101,136,116,113,131,142,142,131,122,151,114,141,107,102,103,110,96,98,78,104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,-7,-143,-124,-166,-167,-133,-120,-357,-354,-340,-335,-789,-781,-575,-550,-2868,-2629,-4802,-4696,-1623,-1631,-2089,-1869]} 1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Qe8 8. e4 e5 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} (8... fxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. c5 Kh8 11. Bg5 Na6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Nd5 Rh6 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Ne3 Rf6 16. Nf5 {½-½ (41) Edouard,R (2657)-Narciso Dublan,M (2521) Barcelona 2013}) 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. d4 Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 11. d5 Nb4 12. a3 Nd3 $146 (12... Na6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12... Na6 13. b4 Qh5 14. Nd2 Qg6 15. Re1 Bc2 16. Qe2 Bd3 17. Qd1 Bc2 18. Qe2 Bd3 19. Qd1 Bc2 {½-½ (19) Dunnington,A (2420)-Williams,S (2310) Newport 1997}) 13. Nh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qd7 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. Qc2 Qg6 16. Bd2 Ng4 {[#] And now ...Qh5 would win.} 17. f3 Nf6 18. Be3 a6 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. Qxg6 Nxg6 21. a4 c5 22. Bh3 Bd8 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Ne4 Bc7 25. h4 h6 26. Kg2 Rab8 27. Nc3 Ba5 28. Rb1 Rfd8 29. Rh1 Nf8 {[%cal Bg6f8,Bf8d7,Bd7b6][%mdl 32]} 30. Bf5 N8d7 31. g4 (31. Rhc1 $16) 31... Nb6 $11 32. Bd3 Bxc3 $1 33. bxc3 Nxa4 34. g5 Nh5 35. gxh6 gxh6 36. Bxh6 b5 37. cxb5 (37. Rhc1 $1 $11) 37... Nxc3 $17 38. Rb3 Nxd5 39. Kf2 axb5 40. Rxb5 $2 {[#]} (40. Bxb5 $17 Ndf4 41. Bg5) 40... Rxb5 $19 41. Bxb5 Rb8 42. Bd3 $2 (42. Bf1 Rb2+ 43. Ke1) 42... Rb2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Ke1 Ndf4 44. Bxf4 Nxf4 45. Bf5 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 46. Rg1 c3 47. Kd1 Rd2+ {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Drljevic, Ljilja"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,94,-15,-31,-25,-43,-20,-47,-39,-52,-22,-62,-60,-54,-61,-57,-57,-58,-31,-40,-6,-59,-39,-75,-39,-116,-117,-127,-50,-59,0,-58,-54,-67,-70,-56,-50,-68,-55,-187,-193,-510,-405,-416,-389,-534,-514,-500,-497,-919,-901,-901,-806,-797,-776,-743,-694,-1642,-1133,-1211,-916,-29983,-29984,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Rb8 9. Nc3 b5 10. a3 a5 11. g4 b4 12. axb4 axb4 13. Ne2 Bb7 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} (13... c4 14. Be3 Qc7 15. b3 cxb3 16. cxb3 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Qd2 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 20. Rc1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 {1-0 (30) Cubas,J (2472)-Matsuura,E (2492) Florianopolis 2018}) 14. Ng3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ra8 15. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. b3 Qa2 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Qf2 Qb2 20. Rd1 Bc3 21. Kh2 {0-1 (28) Strobel,F (2129)-Golcman,E (2285) Rogaska Slatina 2012}) 15... Nd7 {Black is slightly better.} 16. Be3 Ra2 17. Qc1 Ba6 18. Rd1 Nd4 19. Bf2 Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 20. g5 Rc8 21. h4 Bb5 22. h5 e6 23. hxg6 ({White should play} 23. Rd2 $11) 23... hxg6 $15 24. f5 Ne5 25. Ne1 (25. f6 $1 $15 Ndxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 27. Kg2 Nxg5 28. fxg7) 25... exf5 26. exf5 Bc6 (26... Nxf5 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Bd7.} 27. Nxf5 gxf5) 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 (27... Nexc6 $15 28. f6 Bf8) 28. Qf4 (28. f6 $11 Bf8 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Qf4) 28... Nxf5 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Qxf5 Qd8 31. d4 cxd4 32. Bxd4 {[#]} (32. Rxd4 $15 Ra5 33. Rbd1) 32... Ra5 $1 $19 {And now ...Ng6 would win.} 33. Kf2 $2 (33. Ra1) 33... Rc4 34. c3 {and the idea Ra1 leaves White hopeful.} Nc6 35. Qf4 Qd7 36. Nf3 Rf5 37. Qe4 (37. Qe3 $142 Ne5 38. Bxe5 Bxe5 39. Rd3) 37... Ne5 38. Rd3 d5 39. Qe2 Nxd3+ 40. Qxd3 b3 41. Rd1 Bxd4+ 42. cxd4 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Qd6+ {Black mates.} 44. Kh3 {[#]} Rxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Qxf3 Qh2+ 46. Kg4 Rg2+ 47. Kf5 Rf2 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Laxman, R.R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,151,46,30,31,23,45,34,27,22,118,47,38,41,51,48,47,19,40,41,35,16,19,27,70,35,26,39,39,29,30,48,69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,42,34,49,18,19,1,99,95,125,73,83,77,81,74,141,146,127,145,122,137,127,10,9,9,9,0,21,19,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 b5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} 8. Qb3 exd5 (8... cxd5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bxb5 Rb8 11. a4 Qa5 12. Ra2 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 Rfc8 15. Rfa1 {½-½ (44) Pelletier,Y (2555)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2618) Baku 2016}) 9. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd6 {White has an edge.} 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Re1 h6 13. Nh4 b4 14. axb4 Bc4 15. Qc2 {½-½ (42) Inkiov,V (2490)-Rigo,J (2370) Berlin West 1984}) 12. Re1 Nb6 (12... Bb7 $11) 13. Bf4 (13. Bg5 $16) 13... Bxf4 $14 14. gxf4 Nc4 15. e3 Bc8 16. Qc2 Nd6 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Qc1 Rc8 19. Ne2 Qb6 20. Ng3 c5 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qd2 Nh4 24. Rac1 ({White should play} 24. Rec1 $1 $14) 24... Nxg2 $11 25. Kxg2 Rfc8 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Nd3 Qb6 28. Rc1 Rc4 29. Ne5 Rc7 30. Rc3 h6 {White should prevent ...Ne4.} 31. Qc2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} (31. f3 {is interesting.} a6 32. Kf2 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Kg2) 31... Ne8 (31... Rxc3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 32. Qxc3 Qe6) 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qxc7 (33. Qc6 $142 Qxc6 34. Nxc6) 33... Nxc7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 34. Kf3 a6 35. Ke2 f6 {[#]} (35... Kf8 $142) 36. Nc6 $1 Kf7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Nd4+ Kd7 {[#]} 39. b4 (39. Kc3 $1 $16) 39... g6 $11 40. Nf3 Ke6 41. h3 g5 42. Nd4+ Kf7 43. fxg5 fxg5 {The position is equal.} 44. Ne2 {Kd4 is the strong threat.} Ke6 45. Nd4+ Ke5 46. Nf3+ Kd6 47. Nd4 h5 48. f3 Ke5 49. Nc6+ Kd6 50. Nd4 Ne8 51. Nb3 Nc7 52. Nd4 Na8 53. Nb3 Nb6 54. Nc5 Nc4 55. Nxa6 Nxa3 56. Nc5 Nc4 57. Ke2 Ne5 58. Nb7+ Ke6 59. Nc5+ Kd6 60. Nb7+ Ke7 61. Nc5 Nc6 62. Nd3 Kf6 63. Kf2 Ne5 64. Nc5 Kf5 65. Kg3 d4 66. exd4 Nc6 67. d5 Nxb4 68. d6 Nc6 69. d7 b4 70. h4 Nd8 71. hxg5 Kxg5 72. f4+ Kf5 73. Kh4 Kg6 74. Nb3 Kf5 75. Nc5 Kxf4 76. Nd3+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christenson, Flemming"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,80,15,16,22,25,16,16,8,0,0,0,0,-43,-45,-68,-68,-77,-68,-70,-72,-77,-75,-75,-60,-121,-89,-113,-122,-161,-111,-140,-148,-160,-167,-168,-155,-152,-138,-118,-91,-104,-81,-111,-131,-208,-222,-211,-167,-168,-122,-129,-121,-256,-271,-276,-269,-248,-217,-201,-188,-220,-233,-272,-229]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Qd7 7. Ngf3 c4 8. Qd1 e6 9. Be2 h6 10. Ne5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bxf6 $146 Bxf6 14. e4 Bh7 15. e5 Be7 16. f4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 17. Qc1 a5 18. Bd1 b4 19. Bc2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Rab8 21. Nf3 (21. a3 $15) 21... Rb6 22. Rab1 Rfb8 23. Nd2 Qb7 24. Qa4 Qc6 25. Qc2 a4 26. h3 Qd7 27. Kh2 Qa7 28. f5 exf5 29. Qxf5 Bf8 30. Qf3 Qd7 31. Qe3 (31. Ra1 $17) 31... Qe6 $19 32. Ra1 Be7 33. Nf3 Ra8 34. Rf2 a3 35. b3 (35. cxb4 $17 {was worth a try.} Rxb4 36. bxa3) 35... cxb3 36. axb3 bxc3 37. Qxc3 Rab8 38. Nd2 Bb4 39. Qc1 Rc6 40. Qb1 Rbc8 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bubalovic, Davorin"]
[Black "Tania, Sachdev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:55]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Be6 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 10. Nf1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Re8 {[%emt 0:13:29]} 12. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 13. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 14. d4 {[%emt 0:06:19]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:14:28]} 15. Bd5 {[%emt 0:18:28]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:28:10]} 16. dxe5 {[%emt 0:10:16]} Nexd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 17. exf6 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 18. h3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:07:26]} 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 20. Qd3 {[%emt 0:05:23]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 22. f4 {[%emt 0:05:49]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 23. Ndf5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 24. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Qg3 {[%emt 0:06:37]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 26. Qf3 {[%emt 0:06:17]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 27. g3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Rbb8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. g5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 32. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 33. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. g6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 35. gxf7+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 37. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 38. Qf5 Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 39. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. f5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 41. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 42. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 43. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 44. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 45. c4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 46. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 47. Ke3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 48. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 50. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 51. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 52. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra8 53. Nxa2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rb8+ {[%emt 0:02:04]} 54. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 55. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 56. Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 57. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 58. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 59. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rd4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 60. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 61. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 62. Nb1 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,145,16,18,3,0,-19,-13,-24,0,6,0,0,27,32,33,28,36,39,29,4,6,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,109,106,97,107,361,353,327,297,316,312,296,275,270,175,175,187,163,141,153,141,121,84,83,83,110,87,101,85,144,111,100,101,156,62,69,26,26,22,73,73,73,76,141,141,130,110,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,188,179,179,179,179,179,179,164,179,179,179,172,172,172,172,172,172,172,172,153,153,153,153,72,153,153,153,153,153,153,153,153,153,153,153,153,153,55,62,62,189,189,189,147,741,611,5171,5155,1943,1326,29976,29977,29978,29979]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Be7 {LiveBook: 8 Games. A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} (6... Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Re1 {½-½ (96) Grischuk,A (2767)-Nakamura,H (2787) Moscow 2018}) 7. Qa4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qa4+ Nd7 9. Qxe4 Nc5 10. Qe3 Bg4 11. d4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne6 13. Bc4 Qxd4 14. Bxe6 Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 fxe6 {1-0 (56) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2652)-Svane,R (2555) London 2016}) 7... Bd7 8. Qb3 Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b3] The position is equal.} 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. d4 Ne6 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c5 13. dxc5 d4 14. O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nc6 15. f4 Qa5 ({Don't play} 15... Nxc5 $6 16. Bb5 $16) 16. f5 Nxc5 17. Bxd4 O-O-O 18. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 19. Bg2 Qxe5 (19... Nxe5 $11 {remains equal.} 20. Qb3 (20. f6 Bxf6 21. Rhe1 Nc4 $15) 20... Qb4) 20. Bxc6 $1 $16 bxc6 {[#]} 21. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Bf6 $16 {was called for.}) (21... Rxd5 22. Qxc6+) 22. Rhe1 $1 $18 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Rd7 {[#]} 24. Nb6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qb3 Kc7 27. Qxf7+ Rd7 28. Qb3 Bf6 29. Qa4 Kb7 30. Re6 Rc8 31. Qc2 Rd4 32. a3 Rd5 33. Ka2 b5 (33... Rc7 $142 34. Kb1 Rc5) 34. f3 Rc7 35. Kb1 Rc8 (35... Rd4 $142 36. h3 Rc4) 36. Qe4 (36. b3 $16) 36... Rd2 $14 37. Rxf6 gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 38. a4 Rd1+ (38... Rd5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Kc2 $16 Rd7 40. axb5 Kb6 ({Better is} 40... Rcc7) 41. Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7]} Rcc7 42. Qxf6 Rd5 (42... Rf7 $16 {was worth a try.} 43. Qd4+ Kxb5) 43. Qe6 $18 Kxb5 44. f6 {Strongly threatening f7.} Rdd7 45. Kc3 c5 46. f4 $1 Ra7 47. h4 Rac7 48. Qe8 {Intending f7 and mate.} Kb6 49. h5 Ka6 50. Qb8 Rb7 51. Qc8 {And now Qc6+ would win.} Kb6 52. f5 Rbc7 53. Qg8 Kb5 54. Qc4+ Kb6 55. Kc2 Ra7 56. h6 Rac7 57. Qb3+ Kc6 58. Qe3 (58. Kc3 $142) 58... Kb5 ({Black should try} 58... c4 59. Kb1 Kd5) 59. Kc3 $16 Ra7 60. Qe5 Rac7 61. Qg3 Kb6 62. Qg8 Kb5 63. Qa8 Kb6 64. Qe8 Rb7 65. f7 (65. Kc4 $16) 65... Rxf7 $14 66. Kc4 {aiming for Qb5+.} Rfc7 {[#]} ({Black should play} 66... Rbc7 $14 67. Qe6+ Ka5) 67. f6 $1 $18 Ka7 68. Kd5 Kb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68... c4 $16 69. Ke5 Kb6) 69. Kd6 Ka7 70. Qd8 Rf7 71. Ke6 Ka6 72. Qe8 Rfc7 {[#]} 73. f7 $1 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,-12,10,23,6,19,18,4,26,15,22,16,10,0,45,45,79,86,117,135,128,145,138,131,177,112,102,100,89,4,155,159,247,247,251,249,246,237,243,238,512,507,496,485,502,501,501,501]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. c4 Ne7 (5... c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 e4 8. Ne1 Nc6 9. Nc2 h5 10. f3 h4 11. fxe4 dxe4 12. Be3 hxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. d5 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Bd4 17. Qd2 Qg5 18. Ncd1 Qxg3 19. dxc6 Be5 20. Rf2 Rh1+ {0-1 (20) Hou,Y (2652)-Caruana,F (2802) chess.com INT 2017}) 6. cxd5 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Nxd5 7. Nc3 Ne7 {[%cal Bd5e7,Be7f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 8. e3 {The position is equal.} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nbc6 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. d5 Nd4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qc4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 {½-½ (49) Le Roux,J (2496)-Jankovic,A (2525) Brno 2006}) 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 c6 11. Re1 h6 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 ({Don't play} 14. Qxd5 Nc6 $14) 14... Na6 15. g4 Be6 16. Nc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} ({Much weaker is} 16. gxf5 $6 Bxd5 17. fxg6 fxg6 $14) 16... Nd4 17. Nxa6 ({White should try} 17. Nxa8 $18 Bxg4 18. Be5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3) 17... Bxg4 $16 18. Nc7 Rc8 {[#]} 19. Rc1 (19. Re4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4d4] Strongly threatening Rxd4.} Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rxc7 22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Rd1) 19... Qd7 $2 ({Black should play} 19... g5 $11 20. Bg3 f5 21. Nxd4 Bxd1) 20. Rc4 {[%cal Rc4d4] Threatens to win with Rxd4.} Rfd8 {[#]} (20... g5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 21. Rxd4 $1 $18 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Nd5 Rc5 $2 (24... Be6 {was necessary.}) 25. Nf6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 26. Be3 ({Inferior is} 26. Nxg4 Rxf4 27. Ne3 Rd4 $11) 26... Re5 27. Nxg4 Rxg4 {[#]} 28. Bxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 79%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,87,0,20,22,58,54,42,33,79,66,67,64,70,78,100,87,133,145,136,141,129,139,179,172,172,171,182,182,182,176,175,176,176,175,213,206,212,206,202,194,243,245,314,289,397,377,486,484,575,574,557,542,1150,1128,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nbd2 (14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Bc2 Nd8 17. Qb1 Bg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nd2 Ne6 20. a4 bxa4 21. Qa2 a3 22. c4 {½-½ (60) Wang,H (2709)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 14... Bb4 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games. White must now prevent ...Bxd2.} 15. Qc2 {[#]} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bxd2 16. Qxc6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5+ {1-0 (54) Bodnaruk,A (2459)-Kosintseva,T (2515) Nizhnij Novgorod 2013}) 16. Nxf3 Na5 $1 17. Nd2 (17. Rec1 {feels hotter.} c6 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Bc2 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bf4) 17... Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nc4 20. Qc3 Rc8 21. Bc2 g6 22. b3 Nb6 23. Bd1 c6 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. e6 fxe6 26. Bg4 ({Don't play} 26. Rxe6 c5 $16) 26... Kg7 27. Rxe6 Nf6 28. Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} ({Resist} 28. Rxc6 $6 Rxc6 29. Qxc6 Nxg4 $16) 28... Qb6 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Rfe8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rxc6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re1+ 33. Kh2 Ne4 34. Rxa6 Nxf2 35. Bxd5 Nd1 36. Ra7+ Kh8 37. Kg3 Nc3 38. Bf3 b4 39. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Re8 40. d6 Rd8 41. Ra8 {White mates.} Ne2+ 42. Kg4 Rxa8 43. Bxa8 Nd4 44. Bd5 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,103,43,39,85,62,66,12,40,49,57,46,71,63,75,56,71,71,100,109,99,93,100,94,120,120,108,98,110,0,14,0,0,0,0,-16,30,35,41,59,42,47,118,114,144,154,148,146,148,158,114,103,132,126,115,119,230,131,154,140,156,0,174,87,87,87,147,158,507,500,468,465,685,655,861,854,839,702,987,963]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. a3 h6 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 14. Ba2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (14. Be3 Re8 15. Ba2 Bf8 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Nh4 exd4 18. Nf5 Qd8 19. Bxd4 Re6 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rad1 Nb6 22. Re3 {1-0 (46) Safarli,E (2664)-Alekseev,E (2633) Nakhchivan 2016}) 14... Nh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... a5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. Be3 Re8 20. Qb3 e4 21. Nd2 {½-½ (40) Peters,J (2346)-Sheng,J (2375) Ontario 2017}) 15. cxb5 axb5 {White is slightly better.} 16. d5 (16. dxe5 $14 dxe5 17. Be3) 16... Nb6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Rd1 $1 {Threatens to win with Nxe5!} Qe8 20. Nh4 Na4 21. Nxa4 $1 Rxa4 {[#]} 22. Ng6 $1 Bxe4 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 24. Be3 Qa8 25. f3 ({Not} 25. Qxb5 Bxg2 26. Qb3 Rh4 $15) 25... Bd5 26. Qxb5 Bxf3 27. Rd2 ({Better is} 27. gxf3 $16 Qxf3 28. Bf2 (28. Qxa4 Qxe3+ 29. Kh2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ 31. Kh2 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ 33. Kh2 Qf2+ $11)) 27... Bc6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 28. Qb3 d5 29. Rc1 Ra6 30. Rf2 Ba4 31. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qb7 32. Rc7 Qxc7 33. Qxa6 Qd7 (33... Be8 $14) 34. Qa8 $16 d4 {[#]} 35. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bc6 (35... gxh6 36. Rxf6) 36. Qb8 Bd5 37. Bxd5 Nxd5 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. Qxe5+ f6 40. Qxd4 {And now Rd2 would win.} Qc6 {[#]} (40... Bd6 $16) 41. Qg4+ (41. b4 $1 $18) 41... Kf7 42. Qh5+ Kg7 43. Qg4+ Kf7 $1 44. Rd2 (44. b4 $18) 44... Qc5+ 45. Kh2 Bd6+ ({Black should try} 45... Ne3 46. Qd7+ Be7) 46. g3 {Black must now prevent b4.} Qe3 $2 (46... Ne7 $16 47. Qd7 Be5) 47. Qh5+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} ({Worse is} 47. Rxd5 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ 50. Kh1 Qf1+ 51. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 47... Kg7 48. Qxd5 ({Weaker is} 48. Qg4+ Kh6 $16) 48... Bxg3+ (48... Qxg3+ $142 49. Kh1 Qxh3+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 51. Kf1 Bg3 52. Qd7+ Kh6 53. Qh3+ Kg6) 49. Kh1 Bf4 {aiming for ...Qe1+.} 50. Qg2+ Kh6 51. Rf2 Be5 52. Rf1 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,8,8,0,66,19,28,15,52,47,76,33,125,125,184,190,189,175,268,169,304,294,290,275,385,303,333,337,323,266,578,583,556,516,520,512,616,612,738,683,1156,1121,1186,1150,1353,1331]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} Qb6 7. Ndf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Qd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Bd7 12. Bd3 Nge7 {1-0 (106) Gharamian,T (2626)-Bellahcene,B (2475) Bastia 2016}) 11. Rc1 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bd7 13. Bd3 Nh6 14. Ne2 Ng4 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rhf1 e5 (16... Ke7 $11) 17. h3 Nh6 {[#] aiming for ...e4.} 18. Bb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Bxc6 is the strong threat. White is pushing.} e4 19. Nh4 a6 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 {[#]} (20... bxc6 $14 21. f3 f5) 21. f3 $1 $16 Ke7 (21... exf3 $16 22. Rxf3 (22. Nxf3 Nf7 $14) 22... O-O) 22. fxe4 $18 dxe4 23. Ke3 Rhg8 (23... Rac8 {was necessary.} 24. Nc3 Rhe8) 24. g4 {Hoping for d5!} Nf7 (24... Rad8 {was called for.} 25. Nc3 Kf7) 25. Nf5+ Kd7 26. Nf4 Ng5 27. Rc5 b6 28. Rc3 Rac8 29. Rfc1 Bb5 $2 (29... Bb7 {is more resistant.} 30. d5 Rxc3+ 31. bxc3 (31. Rxc3 Nf7 $18) 31... Rb8) 30. Rxc8 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 32. h4 Nf3 33. Nd5 Bd3 34. Nxf6 Nh2 35. g5 Nf1+ 36. Kf4 Kc7 37. Ne3 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,97,20,8,10,24,25,3,29,14,26,32,26,23,13,0,0,0,24,27,22,20,20,14,13,16,9,0,37,37,37,37,39,37,51,51,51,51,51,48,50,38,54,42,34,27,27,27,38,39,88,88,70,63,63,41,41,16,39,11,11,11,138,137,139,139,145,154,1108,986,955,378,1370,1459,1829,2831,2034,1635,12845,12844,12845,2076]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Bg7 6. e4 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} (6. h5 Nc6 7. h6 Bf6 8. Ne4 Bg4 9. e3 O-O 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Qe7 13. d4 {0-1 (22) Akobian,V (2647)-Duda,J (2717) Riadh 2017}) 6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nd7 9. h5 Nc5 10. h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf8 $1 11. e5 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg4 12. Be3 Bxf3+ 13. gxf3 {1-0 (30) Bai,J (2537)-Gao,R (2548) Shenzhen 2016}) 12. Be3 e6 13. Rh4 Be7 14. Rd4 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Ng5 Kc8 17. Ke1 Ne4 (17... Na4 {is more complex.} 18. Nxf7 Rf8 19. b3 Nxc3 20. Ng5 Nd5) 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. f3 Bc6 20. Bd3 Rd8 21. Ke2 a5 22. Rf1 Kd7 23. g4 Ke8 24. f4 Bg2 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. Rd2 b6 27. a3 Kg8 28. Bc2 Rxd2+ 29. Bxd2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} f5 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Bd5 33. Bd3 e5 34. g5 Bh8 35. c4 Be6 36. Kf3 exf4 37. Bxf4 c6 $1 38. b5 cxb5 39. cxb5 {Threatens to win with Be3.} Bc3 (39... Bd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40. Be3 $16 Ba5 41. Kf4 Kf7 42. Ke5 $1 Ke7 $2 {[#]} (42... Bg4 $16 43. Kd6 Bf3 44. Bc4+ Ke8) 43. Bxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bc3+ (43... hxg6 44. h7) 44. Bd4 Bd2 $2 (44... Bg8 45. Bxc3 hxg6) 45. Bxb6 {White is clearly winning.} Bxg5 {[#]} 46. Bc5+ $1 Kd7 47. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Bc4 48. b7 Bh4 49. Ke4 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 45%.} (49. Kd4 $142 Kc7 50. Kxc4) 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,125,10,11,4,20,0,21,20,18,25,29,19,15,20,18,18,9,21,40,39,33,34,35,40,34,41,42,42,42,43,43,43,43,42,42,42,37,41,45,22,19,16,13,22,76,69,66,61,185,174,201,193,205,197,202,187,153,150,252,252,252,249,213,213,200,117,117,112,449,442,436,431,398,419,396,389,356,301,816,787,716,641,920,770,1350,1338,1321,1112,1028,1256,1154,1097,1272,1212,1193,1089,1258,1137,1551,1453,29972,29972,29976,29977,29979,29981,29981,29982]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. e4 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} (6. h5 Nc6 7. h6 Bf6 8. Ne4 Bg4 9. e3 O-O 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Qe7 13. d4 {0-1 (22) Akobian,V (2647)-Duda,J (2717) Riadh 2017}) 6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nd7 9. h5 Nc5 10. h6 Bf8 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. e5 Bg4 12. Be3 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxf3+ 13. gxf3 {1-0 (30) Bai,J (2537)-Gao,R (2548) Shenzhen 2016}) 13. Be2 O-O-O+ 14. Nd4 Bxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Rad1 Na4 17. Bc1 Rd5 18. Nf3 f6 19. Rh4 Nc5 20. exf6 Bxf6 {...Rxd1 is the strong threat.} 21. Rf4 {aiming for Rxd5.} Nd7 22. Be3 Re8 23. Re4 (23. Bxa7 b6 $17) 23... c6 24. Nd2 (24. Bxa7 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 b6 $17) 24... Bd8 25. Rf4 ({Don't play} 25. Bxa7 b6 $15) 25... Rf5 26. g4 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 e5 28. Be3 Nf6 29. Rg1 Nd5 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Bg5 ({Worse is} 31. Bxa7 b6 $17) 31... Kd7 (31... Nf4+ $11 32. Bxf4 exf4) 32. c4 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} (32. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Rc3c4]}) 32... Nf4+ 33. Ke3 Rf8 ({Better is} 33... Bxg5 $14 34. Nxg5 Ke7) 34. Rd1+ $18 Ke6 35. Bxe7 $1 Ng2+ 36. Ke2 $1 Nf4+ 37. Kf1 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 38. Nc5 $1 b6 (38... Rf7 $16) 39. Rd7+ $1 Ke8 40. Rxh7 bxc5 41. Rxa7 {KRN-KR} Ne6 42. h7 (42. a4 $1 $18) 42... Rh8 $16 43. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 1056] White has strong compensation.} Nf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Nd8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 44. a5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra5a6] Hoping for a6.} Kd8 {[#]} 45. a6 $1 ({Less strong is} 45. Ra8+ Ke7 $14) 45... Kc8 {intending ...Kb8.} 46. Ra8+ Kc7 47. Ke2 Kb6 48. Ke3 Ka5 $2 (48... Rxh7 49. Rxf8 Kxa6) 49. Ke4 Kb6 50. f3 Ka5 51. g5 Kb6 52. a7 Kb7 53. Rd8 Kxa7 54. Kxe5 Kb6 {[#]} 55. Kd6 $1 Ka5 56. Ke7 Rxh7+ 57. Kxf8 {KR-KR} Kb4 58. Rd6 Rh3 59. Rxg6 Rxf3+ 60. Rf6 {White mates.} Rg3 61. g6 Kxc4 62. g7 Kb3 63. g8=Q+ {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,111,31,7,14,8,14,8,13,0,10,0,0,0,0,-25,0,-20,17,18,35,0,25,10,36,17,54,33,80,68,83,15,11,0,0,-83,0,0,0,0,29,37,121,132,308,286,283,282,377,292,456,156,148,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,70,64,66,59,100,89,280,283,285,268,291,283,275,268,385,287,277,272,362,365,350,345,373,345,476,380,337,230,230,24,24,24,24,24,24,0,27,0,20,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 cxd4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} (6... Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 g6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. c4 Bb7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qc3 f6 17. Be2 Kg7 18. h3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 {½-½ (71) Parligras,M (2616)-Adams,M (2727) Germany 2018}) 7. exd4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O b6 12. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 Bb7 13. c4 O-O 14. h3 h6 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Bc3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Nd2 Bf4 19. Rc2 e5 20. d5 e4 {½-½ (34) Zhigalko,S (2620)-Aleksandrov,A (2589) Minsk 2018}) 12... Nf6 13. f4 h6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. Qf2 a6 19. a4 Nd7 20. h3 (20. Re3 $16) 20... f6 $11 21. Ng6 f5 22. g4 (22. Re3 $11 {remains equal.}) 22... Nf6 ({Much worse is} 22... Qc6 $6 23. Kh2 $11) (22... Nc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5d3]} 23. Bc2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4) 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Bxf5 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6h1]} 25. Kh2 Qxa4 (25... Ne4 $14 26. Qg2 Qd5 27. Bxe4 Rxe4) 26. Ne5 $16 {Ra1 is the strong threat.} Bc8 $2 (26... Re7 $16 27. Rg1 Rf8) 27. Bd3 $18 {Hoping for Ra1.} b5 28. Rg1 Qa2 29. Rg6 Nh5 (29... Re7 {was called for.} 30. Reg1 Rf8 31. Rxh6 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Rxe5) 30. Qg2 $2 (30. Re2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Bxe5 31. fxe5) 30... Bb7 $16 31. Qf2 ({White should try} 31. Qe2 $16) 31... Rf8 $11 32. Rg4 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Nf6 34. Rg1 Rde8 35. f5 Rf7 36. Qe2 Bc6 (36... Rc8 $11) 37. Bxh6 $1 $14 Qxe2+ 38. Bxe2 Kf8 39. Bc1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nd5 $2 (39... a5 $16) 40. Ba3+ $1 $18 b4 41. cxb4 Rxe5 42. dxe5 {[%cal Bd4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Bb5 {[#]} 43. Bg4 $1 Rc7 (43... Ne3 {was necessary.} 44. e6 Nxg4+ 45. hxg4 Rc7) 44. Bc1 Nxb4 45. Bg5 Nd3 46. e6 Ne5 47. Bh5 Rc2+ 48. Kg3 g6 49. fxg6 Kg7 50. Rd1 Rc3+ {[#]} 51. Kg2 $2 (51. Kh2 $1 $18) 51... Bc6+ $11 52. Kh2 Rc2+ $1 53. Kg3 {Black must now prevent h4.} Rc3+ 54. Kh2 {And now h4 would win.} Rc2+ $1 55. Kg3 {aiming for h4.} Rc3+ 56. Kh2 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Black "Chakravarthi Reddy, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,57,52,57,62,62,67,66,77,53,33,48,35,40,45,93,89,97,88,89,95,97,95,87,94,86,88,181,170]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. Rc1 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Rxf4 16. gxf4 Qxf4 {LiveBook: 21 Games} 17. Rc3 (17. Be2 Bd7 18. Qd2 Qf5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Qe3 Ne4 21. Nh2 Rf8 {½-½ (48) Kokarev,D (2625)-Kryakvin,D (2588) Taganrog 2014}) 17... e5 18. Qd2 $1 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 exd4 20. Rc5 Nge5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Nf6 21. Re1 Bd7 {0-1 (35) Peng,D (2273)-Tarun,V (1954) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 21. Bb5 Bh3 22. Re1 Rf8 {[#]} 23. Bxc6 $1 ({Of course not} 23. Rxd5 $6 Rf6 $11) 23... Nxc6 24. Rxd5 Nb4 25. Rd6 Nd3 26. Re7 Rc8 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 27. Nb3 Kf8 {[#]} 28. Re2 $1 (28. Re4 $2 Rc2 $19) 28... Nf4 (28... Nc1 $16 29. Re1 Nxb3 30. axb3 Rc5) 29. Re4 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,137,0,0,0,39,34,121,121,107,108,121,121,125,118,108,118,104,106,106,92,78,87,96,43,100,99,99,55,88,73,90,69,153,164,156,145,161,160,183,160,163,133,283,280,197,250,200,166,113,92,174,194,201,194,194,134,152,75,82,82,134,104,426,444,500,500,500,500,500,500,500,500,500,500,500,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,5,7,8,423,412,689,669,5360,7225,7225,5705,29966,29967,29968,29970,29969,29971,29972,29971,29982,29983,29975,29975]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Qe2 Qc8 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (9... Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc3 a6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. d4 Rfe8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Be5 Qc6 {½-½ (58) Anand,V (2779)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Doha 2016}) 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. d3 Nc6 12. Rac1 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Nxd4 cxd4 {[#]} 15. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#]} Bc5 $146 (15... Qd7 $14 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7) (15... Bxd5 16. cxd5) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15... Qd7) 16. Nxf6+ $16 gxf6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Kg7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rce1 Qf3 21. Re4 e5 22. Qg4+ Qxg4 23. Rxg4+ Kf8 24. Rh4 (24. Bc1 $16) 24... a5 (24... Kg7 $14) 25. a4 Kg7 26. Re4 Bd6 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Re8 ({Black should play} 28... Bc5 $14) 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bc5 31. Bf2 $1 Rd8 32. Rd1 Bd4 33. f5 Kh6 (33... Kf8 $16 34. Rd2 Kg7) 34. Bxd4 $18 Rxd4 {KR-KR} 35. Kf2 Kg5 36. Ke3 Rh4 37. b4 axb4 (37... Kxf5 $16 38. bxa5 bxa5) 38. Rb1 Rxh2 39. Rxb4 h5 40. Rxb6 h4 41. Rb8 (41. c5 $142 $1) 41... Kxf5 42. Rh8 Kg4 (42... h3 $142) 43. c5 $1 $16 {aiming for a5.} Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Kf5 $16) 44. d4 $18 h3 45. Kd3 Rc1 46. a5 Kg3 {With the idea ...h2.} 47. a6 {a7 is the strong threat.} h2 48. a7 Ra1 49. d5 Rxa7 {[#] Hoping for ...Ra5.} 50. d6 $2 (50. Rxh2 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] And now Rd2 would win.} Kxh2 51. c6) 50... Ra3+ $1 $11 51. Ke2 Ra2+ $1 52. Ke3 Ra3+ $1 53. Ke2 {Strongly threatening d7.} Ra2+ $1 54. Kd3 Ra3+ $1 55. Kc4 Ra4+ $1 56. Kb5 Rh4 57. Rxh4 Kxh4 {K3P-KPP} 58. d7 h1=Q {( -> ...Qb7+)} 59. d8=Q {White wants to mate with Qh8+. KQ-KQ} Qb1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Qb7+ $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 60. Qb6 Qd7+ 61. Ka5 Qf5) 60. Ka6 $18 Qa2+ (60... Qf1+ $142 61. Ka7 Qf2) 61. Kb7 Qb3+ 62. Qb6 Qd5+ 63. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} f5 64. Ka7 {White mates.} Qa2+ 65. Kb8 Qh2+ 66. c7 Qe5 67. Ka7 Qe7 68. Qd4+ Kg3 69. Kb8 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,22,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. Qe2 Kf7 9. Qh5+ $146 Ke6 10. Qe2 Kf7 11. Qh5+ {LiveBook: 73 Games} Ke6 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,64,21,35,0,17,17,39,11,27,14,24,17,29,0,0,-5,-14,-44,-38,-37,-47,-55,-59,-69,-69,-183,-182,-163,-143,-153,-160,-164,-157,-135,0,-250,-223,-187,-58,-56,0,-175,0,-90,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Rb8 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 {½-½ (36) Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-Bluebaum,M (2642) Dortmund 2017}) 10. Nd1 Be7 11. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Nf2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4b3,Bb3d2][%mdl 32]} Rc8 14. a3 Nc5 {[#]} 15. b4 $146 {Threatens to win with Nxc6.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bf3 Na4 17. c3 {0-1 (50) Cmilyte,V (2514)-Skripchenko,A (2460) Antakya 2010}) 15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nb3 (17. c3 {NOTEXT} Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qd7 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Bg4) 17... Qxd2 18. Nxd2 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 19. Bg4 f5 20. Be2 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for ...gxf4.} 21. g3 (21. fxg5 Nxe5) 21... gxf4 22. gxf4 Kh8 $1 23. Rac1 ({White has to play} 23. Rfd1 $1 $15) 23... Rg8+ $19 24. Kh1 {[#]} Nxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. axb4 {c3 is the strong threat.} Rc3 26. Bc5 Bxc5 27. bxc5 {With the idea Nb3.} Rh3 (27... Rg7 $1 $17) 28. Rcd1 $2 (28. Ra1 $11) 28... Rg6 $1 29. c3 Rgh6 (29... Rgg3 30. Ra1 $11) (29... Bc6 $1 $19 30. c4 bxc4) 30. Kg1 $15 Rg6+ (30... Bc6 $15 31. c4 Rg6+ 32. Kf2 (32. Kh1 $2 bxc4 33. Ra1 c3 $19) 32... Rxh2+ 33. Ke3 Rg3+ 34. Bf3 exf3) 31. Kh1 $19 {[#]} Rgh6 ({Weaker is} 31... Rgg3 32. Ra1 $11) (31... Bc6 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rgh6.} 32. Ra1 Rgh6) 32. Kg1 $17 {[#]} Rg6+ {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 48%.} ({Of course not} 32... Rxh2 $6 33. Nb3 $11) (32... Bc6 $1 $17 33. Kf2 e3+ 34. Ke1 exd2+ 35. Rxd2 Bd5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,205,0,0,0,-16,-9,-8,-8,-16,0,-8,0,0,0,-1,-12,-41,0,0,58,59,56,54,75,71,97,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,49,55,68,57,128,60,155,142,146,69,68,73,64,50,60,50,69,70,79,70,91,95,95,98,98,99,95,106,170,133,227,192,189,105,121,101,92,81,81,81,81,81,81,80,80,73,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 Ne8 7. e4 b6 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 {E27: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...0-0 6 f3} (10... e5 11. f4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bb2 c5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Rxf3 Bb7 17. f5 Nf6 18. Rg3 {1-0 (30) Braun,A (2574)-Schlosser,P (2503) Germany 2017}) 11. Qe2 c5 12. e5 {LiveBook: 26 Games} h6 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 d6 16. f4 c4 17. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qe4 Nb3 18. Rb1 {½-½ (31) Troia,E (2286)-Solar,J (2208) ICCF email 2012}) 17... Nb3 18. Rb1 Nc7 19. Rd1 Re8 20. Nf2 Nxc1 (20... Qd7 $11) 21. Rbxc1 $14 dxe5 22. d6 Ne6 23. d7 Rf8 24. fxe5 (24. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Nc5 25. Rd6) 24... Qg5 $11 25. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qxe5 26. Nd6 Rad8 27. Nb7 $1 ({Of course not} 27. Nxc4 Qc7 $17) 27... Rb8 28. Qc6 Nf4 (28... Qe3+ $15 29. Kh1 Qe2) 29. Re1 $14 Qg5 {Threatens to win with ...Ne2+!} 30. Rcd1 $1 Ne6 (30... Kh7 $1 $14) 31. Nd6 ({White should try} 31. a4 $16) 31... Qc5+ (31... Rbd8 $1 $14) 32. Qxc5 $16 Nxc5 33. Nc8 ({Inferior is} 33. Nxc4 Rfd8 $17) (33. Re7 $1 $16) 33... Rbxc8 $14 34. dxc8=Q Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 35. Re7 a6 36. Rf1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} f6 37. Rf4 Kf8 {[#]} 38. Ra7 $1 b5 39. Rg4 g5 {[#]} 40. Rd4 $1 Re8 41. Rd6 Ne4 42. Rdxa6 Rd8 (42... Re7 $16 {was called for.}) 43. h3 $18 h5 (43... Rd6 $16 {was necessary.} 44. Rxd6 Nxd6) 44. Re6 Re8 45. Raa6 Re7 46. a4 bxa4 47. Rxe7 Kxe7 48. Rxa4 Nxc3 49. Rxc4 $16 {KR-KN} Nd5 50. h4 Kf7 51. Kf2 gxh4 52. Rc5 Ke6 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Ra5 Ke6 55. Ke4 Nc3+ 56. Kd4 (56. Ke3 $16) 56... Ne2+ $11 {The position is equal.} 57. Ke3 Ng3 58. Kf4 Kf7 59. Kf3 Kg6 60. Ra4 Kg5 61. Ra8 Kg6 62. Kf4 Kg7 63. Kf3 Kg6 64. Ra5 Nf5 65. Ke4 Ng3+ 66. Kd5 Ne2 67. Ke4 Ng3+ 68. Ke3 Nf5+ 69. Kf2 Nh6 70. Ra4 Kg5 71. Kf3 Nf5 72. Ra8 Ng3 73. Rg8+ Kf5 74. Kf2 Ke6 75. Rg7 Kf5 76. Kg1 Ne2+ 77. Kh2 $1 {[%cal Rh2h3] Hoping for Kh3.} Nf4 78. Ra7 Kg5 79. Ra5+ Kg4 80. Rb5 Ne2 81. Rb6 Kg5 82. Rb2 Ng3 83. Kh3 Nf5 84. Rb8 Kg6 85. Rh8 Kg5 86. Rg8+ Kh6 87. Kh2 Kh7 88. Ra8 (88. Rc8 {is interesting.} Kg6 89. Ra8 Ng3 90. Kh3 Nf5 91. Ra6) 88... Kg6 89. Kg1 Ng3 90. Kf2 Kg5 91. Rg8+ Kf5 92. Ke3 Ke5 93. Re8+ Kf5 94. Kd4 Kf4 95. Rf8 Kf5 96. Ke3 Kg5 97. Kf3 Kf5 98. Rg8 Ne4 99. Ke3 Ng3 100. Kf2 Ke5 101. Kg1 Ne2+ 102. Kh2 {Re8+ is the strong threat.} Nf4 103. Re8+ {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,87,40,36,45,34,20,26,19,27,20,14,22,26,28,25,27,68,61,72,75,118,31,48,43,54,0,0,0,0,-20,-20,-25,-8,-14,0,0,0,-6,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,4,6,0,9,15,6,11,5,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Nfd2 Qd7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (8... e5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Nbd2 h5 13. f3 Rb4 14. fxg4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rxc4 {1-0 (40) Ding,L (2777)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 9. Nxc4 b5 10. Ncd2 Be7 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White is slightly better.} 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Qc2 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 14. Rc1 {[%cal Rg2c6]} Nd5 $146 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 14... e4 15. a4 Rfc8 16. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (55) Mchedlishvili,M (2590)-Shvayger,Y (2438) Linares 2017}) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. e4 Nb4 17. Qxc7 Nbd3 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Rc7 Rfd8 {[#]} 20. Bh3 ({White should play} 20. Ba5 $1 $16) 20... Bf6 $1 $14 {[%cal Rf6b2]} 21. Bxd7 {aiming for Bc3.} Bxb2 {Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} 22. Bc3 (22. Bc6 $14 Bxc6 23. Rxc6) 22... Bxa1 $11 23. Bxa1 Bxe4 24. N1d2 Rb7 25. Rxb7 Bxb7 26. Bg4 Re8 27. Nf1 $1 h5 28. Bf5 Be4 29. Bh3 Nb4 30. a3 {The position is equal.} Nc2 {[#] ...Bd5 is the strong threat.} 31. Bb2 Bd5 32. Nc5 a5 33. Bf5 Ne1 34. Ne3 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Nxh2+ 36. Ke2 Bc6 37. Bc3 Ra8 38. Nb3 b4 39. Nd4 Bb7 40. axb4 axb4 41. Bxb4 Ra2+ 42. Bd2 Nf3 43. Nxf3 Bxf3+ 44. Kd3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,101,63,60,68,62,61,22,72,50,79,52,44,54,90,93,93,93,97,91,77,81,107,62,130,109,181,187,225,225,238,220,224,218,219,114,181,178,258,183,244,153,229,241,227,212,218,216,244,236,237,239,282,287,312,287,279,318,308,249,318,314,281,314,411,404,381,403,488,423,753,753,719,705,29944,29951,29951,29952,29950,29953,12791,8695,6070,5764,29966,29955,29965,29968,29971,29973,29971,29961,8487,5086]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 {LiveBook: 16 Games. C41: Philidor Defence} (6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Re8 9. Bf3 Nbd7 10. Kh1 a6 11. a4 Rb8 12. a5 Nc5 13. Re1 Ne6 14. Be3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 {1-0 (30) Swiercz,D (2636)-Mamedov,R (2678) Atlantic City 2016}) 6... Ng4 7. Bf4 $1 Bg7 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} (8. f3 {NOTEXT} Nf6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O-O) 8... Ne5 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. Bg5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh6 {½-½ (47) Novosadova,K (2014)-Rakic,M (2247) Sibenik 2007}) 10... f6 11. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} O-O 12. O-O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. h4 h5 15. Kb1 c6 16. Be3 Nf7 (16... Re8 $14) 17. Rhg1 Qa5 {[#]} (17... Qd7 $16) 18. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4h5]} hxg4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Rxg4 Ne5 21. Rg3 f5 22. Bd4 (22. Qxd6 f4 $11) (22. Rdg1 $18) 22... fxe4 (22... f4 $16 23. Rg5 Rad8) 23. Qe2 (23. Nxe4 $6 Qxd2 24. Nxd2 (24. Rxd2 d5 $17) 24... Rf4 $14) 23... Rae8 (23... Rf3 $142) 24. Qxe4 {Black must now prevent h5!} Qc7 25. Rdg1 {aiming for Rxg6.} (25. Bxa7 d5 $14) 25... Nf3 (25... Qf7 $16 {was worth a try.} 26. h5 (26. Bxa7 d5 $11) 26... Nf3 27. Qxg6 (27. hxg6 $2 Qc4 $19) 27... Qxg6 28. Rxg6 Nxd4) 26. Qxg6 Nxd4 27. Qxg7+ Qxg7 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 {Hoping for ...Nf3.} 29. Rxb7 Rxf2 {[#]} 30. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d4]} ({Not} 30. Rxa7 Rxc2 31. Ra5 c5 $16) 30... Nf5 31. Rxa7 d5 32. Rf7 d4 33. Na4 Ree2 34. Rc1 Nxh4 35. Rxf2 Rxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 36. Nc5 Nf3 37. a4 Nd2+ 38. Ka2 Rf5 39. Nb3 Nf3 (39... Nc4 $142 40. Nxd4 Rd5 41. Nxc6 Rd6) 40. Rf1 Kg7 {[#]} 41. Nd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nh4 (41... Nxd2 42. Rxf5) 42. Rxf5 Nxf5 {KN-KN} 43. a5 Nd6 44. Kb3 Kf6 45. Kb4 Ke6 46. a6 Nc8 47. Kc5 d3 48. cxd3 Kd7 49. Nc4 Kc7 50. Ne5 Nb6 51. b3 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krysa, Leandro"]
[Black "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,59,30,29,37,31,35,34,40,47,25,33,16,31,30,40,37,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3 Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} c6 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} 12. Be3 d5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc5 dxc4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 15. f4 {e5 is the strong threat.} (15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. bxc4 Nd7 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Nd5 cxd5 20. cxd5 {½-½ (61) Carlsen,M (2832)-Grischuk,A (2750) chess.com INT 2017}) 15... Nd7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15... Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Bg4 17. Rd2 cxb3 18. axb3 Nd7 19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20. Rxd4 {1-0 (42) Thybo,J (2385)-Golubka,P (2386) Vaxjo 2016}) 16. Bd4 Nc5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. bxc4 Rb8 20. e5 Rb2 21. Bxc6 Rdd2 22. Rab1 {[#] Hoping for Rxb2.} Rbc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c3] The position is equal.} 23. Rfc1 (23. Rb5 {NOTEXT} Rxc3 24. Rxc5 Rxa2 25. Bd5 Bh3 26. Re1) 23... Rxh2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxc4 27. Bd5 Rc5 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. Kf2 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Muthaiah AL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,118,-5,-4,0,-12,-10,-32,-31,-19,-36,-45,-51,-58,-64,-58,-54,-75,-51,-82,-49,-54,-18,-18,-18,-41,-36,-34,-36,-54,-46,-46,-53,-58,-47,-52,-54,-43,-32,-58,-43,-67,-60,-60,-60,-60,-59,-60,-52,-84,-84,-85,-83,-116,-116,-121,-118,-121,-121,-143,-120,-120,-122,-117,-116,-196,-161,-186,-186,-297,-291,-273,-285,-265,-238,-532,-503,-553,-539,-534,-528,-555,-551,-597,-516,-433,-383,-1407,-696,-972,-906,-2160,-1816]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 {E38: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5} 11. Bb2 Qxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. f3 Rd8 14. Bb2 Nd6 15. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 7 Games. Hoping for e5.} Nfe8 $1 16. g4 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... b5 17. h3 f6 18. Rd1 {1-0 (56) Kiriakov,P (2553)-Greger,R (2365) Copenhagen 2002}) 17. e5 Nb5 {[%cal Bd6b5,Bb5c7,Bc7d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 18. a4 Nbc7 19. h3 a6 20. Bc3 Nd5 21. Bd2 Rac8 22. Bd3 Nc3 23. Bc2 Nc7 {[%cal Be8c7,Bc7d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 24. Ne2 N7d5 {And now ...Nxe2 would win.} 25. Nxc3 Nxc3 26. Rh2 Nd5 27. Bb3 Bc6 28. Rf2 h6 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. Rc3 Bd5 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Bd1 Rc4 33. f4 Bc6 34. Bb3 Rd4 35. Ke2 Nd5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 37. a5 Bb5+ 38. Ke1 Rd3 39. Rh2 Rf3 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rf3f1]} 40. Kd1 Bf1 41. h4 Bh3 42. g5 h5 43. Ke1 Bg4 44. g6 fxg6 45. Bc1 Rb3 46. Rc2 (46. Bd2 $17) 46... Rxb4 47. Be3 Bf5 48. Rc7 {[#]} (48. Rh2 {might work better.}) 48... g5 $1 $19 49. fxg5 Rxh4 50. Rxb7 Ra4 51. Bd2 $2 (51. Rb2) 51... h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 52. Rb4 {[#]} Ra1+ $1 53. Kf2 h3 54. Rh4 Kf7 55. Rh8 Kg6 56. Rh4 Ra2 57. Ke1 $2 {[#]} (57. Rd4) 57... Bg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Bf4 (58. Rxg4 h2) 58... Kf5 59. Bd2 g6 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna. V"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,72,9,9,22,15,32,13,30,20,29,25,27,22,20,17,20,-7,0,0,0,-4,-5,-4,-7,-2,-4,-1,0,-5,-1,-1,8,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29973]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd5 exd5 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} 11. Nf4 {LiveBook: 71 Games} Bd6 12. Re1 g6 (12... Qf6 13. Nxd5 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qg4 15. h3 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Be6 17. Be4 Rad8 18. a3 Bb8 19. f4 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Bxh3 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rh1 f5 23. Rxh3+ Kg6 24. Rhh1 Kf7 25. Kf3 {½-½ (25) Le,Q (2712)-Wei,Y (2725) Ho Chi Minh City 2017}) 13. Bc2 Nb4 {[#] And now ...Qc7 would win.} ({Much weaker is} 13... Qh4 14. g3 $16) 14. Bb3 Bf5 15. Bd2 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Be4 16. f3 Bf5 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Re2 {½-½ (37) Moreno Ruiz,J (2463)-San Segundo Carrillo,P (2516) Collado Villalba 2004}) 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 {The position is equal.} 17. Re3 Be4 18. f3 Qg5 19. fxe4 Qxf4 20. Qf3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Qxf3 21. gxf3 dxe4 22. fxe4 Kg7 23. Kg2 f6 24. Rd1 Rfd8 25. Kf3 Kf8 26. Ke2 Rc7 27. h3 Ba5 28. Rf3 Kg7 29. e5 fxe5 30. dxe5 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb6 32. Rd3 Re7 33. e6 g5 34. Ke2 h5 35. Kf3 Kf6 36. Rd7 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 66%, Black = 64%. . An unexpected result.} (36... Bc7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Venkatesh, M.R."]
[Black "Charkhalashvili, Inga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,119,33,40,39,18,29,1,43,33,72,79,77,55,78,83,75,78,92,85,91,73,79,90,127,138,132,150,137,116,127,111,147,125,122,102,68,46,43,18,118,118,115,114,121,133,126,122,143,0,60,55,60,26,36,24,56,13,13,15,23,8,10,18,145,32,37,36,53,32,31,0,0,0,18,12,51,51,76,46,74,24,24,24,342,4,4,0,1059,1025,1737,1776,1651,1533,29978,29979,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29979,29979,29980,29988,29989]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (8... Re8+ 9. Ne2 g6 10. h4 Nd7 11. h5 Nf8 12. Be3 Be6 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. c4 Bf7 17. Nc3 a3 18. b3 f5 {0-1 (29) Saric,I (2669)-Jobava,B (2690) Riadh 2017}) 9. Ne2 {LiveBook: 46 Games} c5 10. Be3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O-O cxd4 (11... c4 {keeps more tension.} 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Kg8) 12. Nxd4 Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Kb1 Nc6 14. Qd2 Nxd4 15. cxd4 f5 16. f3 {1-0 (43) Schaffarczyk,A (2117)-Roever,L Werther 1999}) 13. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Nd7 16. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Ne5 17. Be4 Rb8 18. b3 a6 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bf3 g6 21. Re7 f5 22. Ne2 Nc5 23. Rd6 b5 24. Nd4 Nd3+ 25. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d3]} Nxf4 26. Nc6 Rb6 27. g3 Nh3 (27... Ne6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28. Bd5 $16 Ng5 29. Rxg6+ Kh7 {[#]} 30. Rd6 $1 Bb7 31. Red7 Rc8 {[%cal Rb6c6]} 32. h4 (32. Ne7 $16 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Bxd5 34. Nxc8 Ne4+ 35. Kd3 Nxd6 36. Nxd6) 32... Bxc6 (32... Rbxc6 $11 33. Bxc6 (33. hxg5 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Bxd5 $11) 33... Bxc6 34. hxg5 Bxd7 35. g6+ Kg7 36. Rxd7 Kxg6) 33. hxg5 $14 Bxd7 34. Rxb6 {Hoping for g6+!} (34. g6+ {looks sharper.} fxg6 35. Rxb6 Be8 36. Rxa6 Rc7 37. c4) 34... hxg5 35. Rxa6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kg7 36. Kd3 f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Ra7 Bf5+ 39. Kd4 Bg6 (39... Rd8 $11 40. c4 (40. Rxf7+ Kg6 $15) 40... Be6) 40. c4 (40. Ra8 $16 Rc7 41. a4 bxa4 42. b4 (42. Rxa4 Kf6 $16) (42. bxa4 Bh5 $14)) 40... bxc4 $14 41. bxc4 Bh5 42. Ra3 Kf6 43. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rd8 44. Ra6+ Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Bf3.} 45. Ra7+ Kf6 {Strongly threatening ...Bf3.} 46. c6 f3 47. c7 Rc8 $1 48. Kc5 f2 49. Bc4 Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49... Re8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 50. Ra3 Bg4) 50. Kb6 $2 (50. Bf1 $1 $18) 50... Kd6 $1 $11 51. Bf1 {aiming for Ra3.} Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Bg6 $11) 52. Ra4 $18 Bf3 53. Rf4 Bd5 54. Rxf2 Rc8 55. Rd2 {White mates.} Rxc7 {[#]} 56. Rxd5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd5 57. Kxc7 Kc5 58. a4 Kb4 59. Bb5 f5 60. Kb6 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthikeyan, P.."]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,73,27,30,32,27,36,27,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-15,-30,-29,102,107,111,111,118,106,93,94,135,53,152,140,143,148,145,158,169,15,8,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-33,-19,-22]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qa4 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} (13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Nb1 b5 15. Bf1 b4 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Nbd2 Ba6 19. Bc2 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 {1-0 (32) Gelfand,B (2729)-Stupak,K (2573) Tbilisi 2017}) 13... a5 14. Nf1 Ba6 15. Qd1 {LiveBook: 8 Games. White has an edge.} b5 16. h4 b4 17. Bg5 Nb6 18. Bxe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Ne3 h6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. a3 bxa3 {½-½ (32) Schoch,T (2323)-Rohs,R (2313) ICCF email 2015}) 18... Qxe7 19. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5h3,Bh3f4,Bf4h5][%mdl 32]} h6 20. Nh3 Nc7 21. Nf4 Nb5 22. Nh5 Kh8 23. Qg4 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg4g7]} g6 (23... Rg8 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Nf6 $16 Nd7 25. Qf4 {[%cal Rf4h6]} Kg7 {[%cal Rd7f6]} 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Ne3 $1 ({Much weaker is} 27. a4 bxa3 28. bxa3 Qa7 $17) 27... Qe7 28. Bf1 ({White should play} 28. Ng4 $1 $16 Rh8 29. Bf1) 28... g5 {[#]} ({Black should try} 28... h5 $1 $14) 29. Qg4 $1 f5 {[#]} 30. exf6+ $1 Qxf6 31. f4 $1 Rc6 32. Bxb5 $2 ({Inferior is} 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Bxb5 Bxb5 $11) ({White must play} 32. hxg5 $18 hxg5 33. Rac1) 32... Bxb5 $11 33. Rad1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Qg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...gxf4. Black is more active.} 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Qxg5 Qxg5 36. fxg5 Kg6 37. Rd2 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Santiago, Yago De Moura"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,91,12,18,4,0,-5,0,-9,5,0,5,0,11,0,25,-10,45,-23,0,0,74,70,86,26,25,25,33,27,34,0,0,0,75,64,54,0,0,0,0,0,30,37,38,31,142,139,141,140,117,112,145,78,302,280,294,300,294,276,541,539,622,606,530,423,432,431,411,411,912,893,889,874,1922,1773,29981,29981,29990,29991,29992,29983]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Bb4 7. Qc2 Nf6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 8. b3 $146 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5c6][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. d3 Re8 11. Be2 e4 12. Nd2 d5 {½-½ (59) Topalov,V (2761)-Anand,V (2770) Leuven 2016}) 8... O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. d4 Qe7 14. h3 Nf8 (14... Nb6 $11) 15. g4 ({Better is} 15. d5 $14) 15... a5 16. b5 Ne6 {[#]} (16... h6 $11) 17. d5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Nc5 18. g5 (18. dxc6 $16 bxc6 19. bxc6) 18... Nfd7 $1 $11 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. bxc6 Nb6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 g6 (22... Rb8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rb8 {next ...Nxe4 is good for Black.} 24. Bc3 (24. Bc1 $1 $14) 24... f5 $11 25. gxf6 $1 Qxf6 26. Bd2 Rf8 {White must now prevent ...Ba6.} 27. Bg5 Qf7 {And now ...Ba6 would win.} 28. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3c5]} Nb3 ({Black should play} 28... a4 $1 $14) 29. Rb1 $16 a4 {[#]} 30. O-O $1 Bb6 31. Kg2 Qa7 32. Qc3 (32. Bh6 $142 Rf7 33. Qd3) 32... Ba6 $2 (32... Bd4 $16) 33. Bxa6 $18 Qxa6 34. Bxb6 Rxb6 35. Ng5 Rbb8 $2 (35... Nd4 {keeps fighting.} 36. Rxb6 Qxb6) 36. Ne6 Rf6 37. Rb2 {[%cal Bb1b2,Bb2c2,Bc2c3][%mdl 32]} Rc8 38. Rc2 Rxe6 39. dxe6 {[%cal Bd5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Nd4 {[%cal Rc8c6]} 40. Qc4 Qa8 (40... Qxc4 $142 41. Rxc4 Nxe6) 41. e7+ Kg7 42. Rc3 Qa5 43. Rb1 Ne2 {[#]} 44. Rb7 $3 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Kh6 45. Qxe2 Qxc3 46. Qe3+ {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Flores, Diego"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,104,31,17,31,-25,-31,-16,-34,-25,0,-8,0,-93,-8,-49,-67,-68,-56,-128,-119,-138,-109,-197,-201,-197,-198,-198,-215,-192,-189,-182,-115,-593,-218,-231,-225,-219,-208,-214,-195,-202,-206,-247,-247,-308,-310,-352,-334,-475,-580,-580,-569,-580,-576,-572,-572,-572,-510,-439,-242,-239,-239,-214,-23,-16,0,-753,-673,-925,-551,-1500,-1335,-5097,-4627,-7200,-7200,-5591,-4610,-29965,-7602,-2712,-2411,-2609,-2836,-4018,-2845,-29967,-29959]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. Nbd2 g6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 7. Nf1 Bg7 8. Ng3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Re8 11. d4 (11. Bd2 $14) 11... Nxd4 $11 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd7 {[#]} Qxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxd7 14. cxd4 c5 15. Be3 h5 16. f3 Rc8 {0-1 (81) Edouard,R (2594)-Feller,S (2539) France 2009}) 14. cxd4 h5 15. Qf3 (15. f3 $11) 15... Qa4 (15... Qe6 $17 16. Bg5 Nh7) 16. Qd3 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Bg5 ({Better is} 18. e5 $15) 18... Nh7 $17 19. Qd2 b6 20. b3 (20. Bf4 $17) 20... Qa5 $1 $19 21. Rac1 {and if Qxa5 works, White does fine.} Nxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxa2 23. f4 Qxb3 24. e5 Kh7 (24... Rad8 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rd4.} 25. f5 Rd4 26. fxg6 Rg4 27. gxf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxh5 Qxh5 29. Nxh5 Rxe5 30. Nxg7 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxg7) 25. f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Rcd1 $17 {is more resistant.}) 25... Qb2 $2 (25... Bh6 26. Qf6 Bxc1) 26. Nxh5 Rxe5 (26... Bxe5 27. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe5 28. fxg6+ fxg6 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kh7 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kh7 $11) 27. Nxg7 Rxe1+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 28. Rxe1 Kxg7 ({Much less strong is} 28... Qxg7 29. fxg6+ Qxg6 30. Qd5 $17) 29. fxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf6 ({Not} 29... fxg6 30. Qe7+ Kh8 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Qh4+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qh3+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kh8 38. Qh3+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Qxg6 $11) 30. Qg3 fxg6 (30... Qxg6 31. Qc3+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Qg8 33. Qe5 $11) 31. Rd1 Re8 32. h3 Re7 33. Rd6 (33. Qd3 $142) 33... Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 36. Rc6 b5 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 {KR-KR} 38. Kg3 a5 (38... c4 $142 39. Kf4 Re2) 39. Kf4 Rd5 40. Ke4 {[#]} Rd4+ $2 ({Black should play} 40... Rg5 $1 $19 {aiming for ...a4.} 41. Ra6 Rxg2 42. Rxa5 Rb2) 41. Ke5 $11 Rc4 {Hoping for ...b4.} 42. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42. Kd5 $11) 42... b4 $1 $19 43. Rb6 Rc1 44. g5 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 45. g6+ Kg7 46. Kf5 Rf1+ 47. Kg5 Rg1+ 48. Kh5 a3 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Rb6+ Kf5 51. Ra6 {[#]} Rxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Rxg6 a2 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iniyan, P."]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,61,-10,-2,0,30,32,21,11,25,13,29,23,52,29,66,71,91,77,108,106,102,110,143,149,149,108,184,181,176,77,91,79,81,33,33,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bd3 {D58: Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defence} (14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. e4 Ne6 16. e5 Be7 17. Bd3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc2 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bb4 21. a3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rc8 23. Qd2 Qc7 {1-0 (40) Yilmaz,M (2570)-Batchuluun,T (2499) Moscow 2015}) 14... Nf8 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 {White has an edge.} Bc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Ne6 17. Bc4 Qe7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Ne5 Re7 20. f4 Rd8 21. Qa3 Nxd4 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Qxa7 {½-½ (47) Mglosiek,W-Weigend,J ICCF corr 1984}) 17. Qc4 Bg4 18. Qxc6 Re6 19. Qa4 {[#] Threatens to win with d5!} b5 20. Qxb5 Rb8 21. Qa4 $1 {Black must now prevent d5.} Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rxb2 23. Bc4 Reb6 24. Qxa7 Be7 {next ...Rb7 is good for Black.} 25. Bb3 Ng6 26. Rc1 R6xb3 (26... Kh7 $16) 27. axb3 $18 Rxb3 28. Qc7 (28. Rfd1 $18) 28... Qxd4 $16 29. Rfd1 Qb4 30. Rc3 Nh4 31. Qc4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laxman, R.R."]
[Black "Sharma, Dinesh K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,62,26,18,36,21,30,27,18,2,27,25,33,27,30,18,18,18,18,19,20,16,16,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,27,0,0,0,20,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Ne5 {D14: Slav Defence: Exchange variation with ...Bf5} Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 {LiveBook: 23 Games} Be7 14. O-O (14. c4 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 a5 {1-0 (40) Li,C (2741)-Giri,A (2762) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 14... O-O 15. c4 c5 16. cxd5 Qxb3 17. axb3 {[#] aiming for g4.} exd5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 19. Ra5 $146 Bb6 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rd3 Rac8 22. Ra1 Bf5 23. Rd5 Be6 24. Rd3 Bf5 25. Rd5 Be6 26. Rd3 Bf5 27. Rd5 Be6 28. Rd3 Bf5 29. Rd5 Be6 {The position is equal.} 30. Rd3 Bf5 31. Rd5 Be6 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Ramaraju, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,113,-6,-11,0,-5,-6,-16,4,-15,-12,-29,0,-28,-36,-83,-79,-74,-50,-59,-59,-87,-44,-83,-83,-85,-75,-155,-12,-20,-22,-13,23,23,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,185,39,162,0,0,0,6,0,12,16,15,0,6,7,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44,62,87,87,87,87,87,87,400,325,1214,1177,1608,1442,966,1430,5063,4386,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 7. c3 d6 (7... e5 8. a3 a5 9. a4 O-O 10. Na3 d5 11. O-O h6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nd2 b6 {½-½ (26) Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Harikrishna,P (2753) Huaian 2016}) 8. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} b6 {The position is equal.} 9. h4 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc2 (11. d4 $5) 11... Ba6 12. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 Qc7 {½-½ (30) Shabtai,R (2271)-Deutsch,E (2241) Tel Aviv 2002}) 12... Qc7 13. h5 g5 14. Ne3 Rae8 15. Qc2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qa4 {And now Nxd5 would win.} Bb7 (17... Nxe3 {keeps more tension.} 18. Bxe3 Bb7 19. d4 f5 20. dxc5 f4) 18. d4 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 cxd4 (19... f5 {feels hotter.} 20. dxc5 f4 21. gxf4 gxf4 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Bd2 Ne5) 20. Bxd4 (20. cxd4 $142 Ne7 21. Bd2) 20... Nxd4 (20... e5 $17 21. Be3 f5) 21. Nxd4 $11 {Threatens to win with Nb5.} Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qb7+ 24. Kg1 Rd8 25. Rad1 b5 26. Qb3 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc8 28. Qd1 a6 29. Qd3 Rc4 ({Black should play} 29... Rb8 $14) 30. Rd8+ $18 ({Not} 30. Rxc4 bxc4 31. Qxc4 Qxb2 $11) 30... Kg7 {[#]} 31. b3 $2 (31. Qd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6e5] aiming for Qe5+.} Kf6 32. Rh8) 31... Re4 $11 32. Qd2 Qc7 33. Kg2 Re2 34. Qxe2 Qxd8 {KQ-KQ} 35. c4 Qd4 36. cxb5 Qd5+ 37. Qf3 Qxb5 38. Qe4 a5 39. Qd4+ e5 40. Qe4 Qc5 41. g4 Qc3 42. Qd5 Qe1 43. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Qe2 44. Qc4 Qe1 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Qb1 47. b5 e4 48. Qd4+ Kg8 49. b6 Qb3 {[#]} 50. Kf1 $1 ({But not} 50. Qxe4 Qxb6 51. Qe5 Qb7+ 52. f3 Qb4 $11) 50... Qb5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Qc2 $16 {is a better chance.}) 51. Ke1 $18 Qa6 $2 (51... Qb1+ 52. Kd2 Qb3) 52. Kd2 Qb7 53. Kc3 Qc6+ 54. Kb4 Qc2 55. Kb5 Qd3+ 56. Qxd3 exd3 57. b7 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,34,0,43]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Rb1 c6 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Be3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne5 15. Re2 Qe7 16. Qc2 a4 17. f4 axb3 18. axb3 Ned7 19. Bf2 h5 20. b4 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Na4 Qf6 23. Be3 {½-½ (43) Markus,R (2630)-Toth,E (2449) Hungary 2018}) 15. Bc1 Nfd7 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bc1 Nfd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tania, Sachdev"]
[Black "Ma, Lin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 5. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 9. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxh3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 10. gxh3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:12]} c6 {[%emt 0:11:44]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:16:30]} Na6 {[%emt 0:27:06]} 14. a5 {[%emt 0:17:55]} O-O {[%emt 0:12:30]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:01:07]} h5 $11 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 16. Be2 {[%emt 0:08:48]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 17. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Qxh3 {[%emt 0:23:32]} 18. Be7 {[%emt 0:04:20]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 19. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 20. Rxb8 {[%emt 0:29:53]} Rxb8 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 21. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 22. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rajdeep Sarkar"]
[Black "Makropoulou, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b6 {[%emt 0:08:50]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:10] LiveBook: 10 Games} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:58] A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 11. Rac1 {[%emt 0:02:49]} (11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qc7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Ne5 Rad8 {1-0 (58) Kramnik,V (2812)-Caruana,F (2804) Paris 2016}) 11... a5 $146 {[%emt 0:07:06]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Rc8) 12. a3 {[%emt 0:05:41]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 14. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:13:34]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 17. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 18. d5 {[%emt 0:09:26]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 20. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 21. Qe2 $14 {[%emt 0:05:23]} Re8 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 22. Qb5 {[%emt 0:14:03]} Rbd8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 23. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:46]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 24. Ne4 {[%emt 0:11:14]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 25. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 27. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 28. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 29. h4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:13:23]} 31. Qc4 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 32. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Re5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 34. Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 35. Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 36. d6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 37. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 38. Qe4 {[%emt 0:08:21]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 39. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 40. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 41. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 42. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 43. f4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 44. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 46. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 47. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 48. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 50. Bxf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 51. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 53. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 55. a4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 56. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 57. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 58. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 59. Kxc3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kd5 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,65,11,4,10,-77,-73,-59,-53,-50,-56,-65,-75,-84,-68,-85,-54,-130,-147,-147,-139,-153,-148,-183,-194,-176,-195,-200,-194,-192,-194,-183,-181,-217,-218,-227,-229,-301,-307,-294,-339,-324,-318,-320,-320,-373,-366,-367]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Nb3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O Nf6 9. f4 d6 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} 10. Qe2 (10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 O-O 14. Qh3 g6 15. Nf2 a5 16. Be3 a4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 {1-0 (49) Tissir,M (2381)-Potkin,V (2574) Riadh 2017}) 10... Bb7 11. Bd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} g6 {The position is equal.} 12. e5 $146 (12. a4 $11 {remains equal.} b4 13. Na2) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Rae1 Bg7 13. Qf2 O-O 14. Qh4 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. c3 a4 17. Nbc1 a3 {0-1 (33) Schwarhofer,C (2186)-Hayrapetyan,H (2374) Kemer 2007}) 12... dxe5 $17 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Ncxe5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc6 17. a4 {[#] axb5 is the strong threat.} b4 18. Qxc6 ({White should play} 18. Qd4 $15 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4) 18... Nxc6 19. Ne4 e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 20. Bg5 f5 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. Bxf6 Rg8 23. Rad1 Be7 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 ({Much less strong is} 24... Nxe7 25. Na5 $17) 25. Nc5 Rgd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nxa6 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ra8 28. Nc7 Rxa4 29. Rd1 Ra2 30. Nd5+ Kf7 31. Rb1 Ke6 32. c4 b3 33. Nc3 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Omar, Noaman"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,30,0,0,8,22,18,0,0,-106,-141,-141,-164,-416,-408]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Qh5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5f7] [#] LiveBook: 6 Games} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Re1 Rf6 {0-1 (56) Kuzubov,Y (2699)-Anton Guijarro,D (2666) Riadh 2017}) 11. Qh3 {Threatens to win with Re1.} Kf8 {[%cal Be8f8,Bf8g7,Bg7f7][%mdl 32]} 12. Re1 {[%cal Rg5e6] Strongly threatening Nxe6+!} Kg7 $1 13. Nxf7 (13. Ne4 $11 {remains equal.}) 13... Kxf7 $17 14. Bxh6 {[%cal Rc4e6]} Qf6 15. Re3 $2 {[#]} (15. Qe3) 15... Bf4 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pranav, V."]
[Black "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,152,16,-10,79,41,70,17,52,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,14,25,234,237,237,241,215,241,396,408,403,400,404,400,639,429,424,406,447,313,315,315,349,338,344,343,382,343,343,343,391,384,367,340,337,329,411,410,395,395,406,406,408,376,546,449,544,538,491,455,433,436,595,589,500,383,372,353,312,81,107,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. h3 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} Bh5 7. d4 {LiveBook: 29 Games} Qc7 $146 (7... Nxe4 $11 {remains equal.} 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Be7) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7... Nxe4 8. d5 Nd7 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nfd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Qf6 13. Ne4 Qg6 {½-½ (111) Nisipeanu,L (2679)-Adhiban,B (2653) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 8. Re1 {White is better.} Nbd7 9. Nbd2 (9. d5 $14) 9... Be7 10. b3 (10. d5 $14) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Nh4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 $2 (14... Nxe4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 15. Rxe4 d5 16. Bxd5 Nf6) 15. Nxf6+ $18 Bxf6 {[#]} 16. Bd3 $1 Bxh4 17. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} Nf6 $2 (17... Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 f5) 18. Qxh4 Qc3 19. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5f6,Bf6e5,Be5d6][%mdl 32]} Qxd3 20. Bxf6 Qf5 (20... Qg6 $142 21. Be5 f6) 21. Be5 f6 22. Bd6 Rfd8 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Bxf4 g5 25. Be3 ({Less strong is} 25. Rxe6 gxf4 26. Rxf6 Rf8 $18) 25... Kf7 26. Rac1 Rd7 27. Rc2 Kg6 28. Rec1 h5 29. Rc7 Rad8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 31. Kf1 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Ke2 Rh7 34. f3 Kf5 35. Rc8 b6 (35... gxf3+ {is a better defense.} 36. Kxf3 Kg6) 36. Rg8 gxf3+ 37. Kxf3 {[%csl Gf3,Gg8][%cal Rg2g4] [#]} e5 38. dxe5 fxe5 39. g4+ Ke6 40. Re8+ Kd6 41. Bf2 Rf7+ 42. Ke2 Rf4 43. Bg3 $2 (43. g5 $18 {is more deadly.}) 43... Rxg4 $16 44. Bxe5+ ({Better is} 44. Kf3 $16 Rg5 45. Ra8) 44... Kd7 $11 {The position is equal.} 45. Kf3 Re4 46. Ra8 Rxe5 47. Rxa7+ {KR-KR} Kc6 48. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} d4 49. b4 Re3+ 50. Kf2 Rb3 51. Ke2 Kd5 52. a5 b5 53. a6 Rxb4 54. Ra8 Kc6 55. Kd3 Kb6 56. a7 Kb7 57. Rd8 Kxa7 58. Rxd4 Rb2 59. Kc3 Rb1 60. Rb4 Rc1+ 61. Kb2 Rc5 62. Rh4 Kb6 63. Kb3 Ka5 64. Rg4 Rf5 65. Rh4 Rf3+ 66. Kb2 Re3 67. Rg4 $1 Rd3 68. Rf4 Rh3 69. Rg4 Rh1 70. Rf4 Rh2+ 71. Kb3 Re2 72. Rh4 Re1 73. Kb2 b4 74. Rh8 Re2+ 75. Kb3 Re3+ 76. Kb2 b3 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Afshari, Mohammadreza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:27]} 6. a4 {[%emt 0:00:09] C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Ne4 h6 11. b4 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Rad1 {1-0 (25) Kramnik,V (2800)-Anand,V (2776) Moscow 2018}) 6... d5 {[%emt 0:07:37]} 7. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bg4 $146 {[%emt 0:02:48]} ({Predecessor:} 8... Re8 9. h3 Bf5 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Ne4 Bf8 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Ng3 Be6 {0-1 (72) Paehtz,E (2463)-Zhao,X (2504) Doha 2016}) 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re8 {[%emt 0:10:55]} 11. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 13. c3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} a6 {[%emt 0:07:36]} 14. a5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:08:08]} (14... b5 $11 15. axb6 Nxb6) 15. Nh4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:09:10]} 16. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 17. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:06:12]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 18. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 20. Red1 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 21. Bg5 {[%emt 0:06:42]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 22. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Rbd8 $16 {[%emt 0:05:01]} (23... Ne7 $1 $14) 24. b4 {[%emt 0:13:18]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 25. Ne4 {[%emt 0:05:31]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 26. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Be7 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 27. Rdb1 {[%emt 0:05:15]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 28. b5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} c5 {[%emt 0:06:29]} 29. Bd5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 30. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 31. c4 {[%emt 0:05:16]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 32. Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} axb5 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 33. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 34. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 35. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 36. Qa2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 37. a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Black "Minko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:08]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:38]} 7. h4 {[%emt 0:15:52]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} d6 {[%emt 0:08:27]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Be7 {[%emt 0:07:39]} 10. Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:18:45]} 11. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:06:32]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 13. Ng1 {[%emt 0:10:46]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 14. N1e2 $11 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Be6 {[%emt 0:10:59]} 15. Rd1 {[%emt 0:10:32]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:07:54]} 16. exd5 {[%emt 0:07:22]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 17. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 18. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Ndxe7 {[%emt 0:08:24]} 19. Qa5 {[%emt 0:05:31]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 20. Qa6+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 21. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 22. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. d4 {[%emt 0:03:35]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 24. Nf1 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 26. c3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 27. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 28. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 29. Nc2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 30. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 31. Ra1 {[%emt 0:02:45]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 32. a4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. b4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 35. Na3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 36. b5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Na7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 37. c4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. c5+ {[%emt 0:01:06]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Rfb1 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Rhb8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 40. b6 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 42. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 43. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 44. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Ndc7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Ncxd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 46. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 47. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 48. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 49. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 50. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 51. f4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 52. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 53. Rbe1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 54. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rdd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 55. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 57. b7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 58. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saravana, Krishnan P."]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,67,39,31,27,26,19,20,25,17,24,0,24,26,43,22,17,18,19,10,62,67,75,30,64,16,40,30,40,40,39,31,49,25,39,33,43,48,44,24,18,16,18,13,24,8,47,0,0,-9,0,-6,0,0,0,14]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 7 Games. B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (8. a3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Bh6 e5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O a6 13. Rfe1 c5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bf1 Re8 {½-½ (26) Radlovacki,J (2393)-Zajic,M (2489) Paracin 2015}) 8... Qc7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 a5 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 {½-½ (79) Anistratov,D (2329)-Deues,E (2057) Bad Woerishofen 2006}) 11... Nbd7 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Ng3 Qb6 14. c3 Qxe3 15. Bxe3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Ne8 (16... a6 $11) 17. a4 $14 a6 18. Be2 Bf8 19. b4 Be7 20. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Ndf6 21. Nb3 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd8 23. Be2 h5 24. Bc5 Kf8 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Nf1 Nc7 29. Ne3 h4 30. Kf1 Ne6 {The position is equal.} 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. f3 Rd6 33. c4 bxc4 34. Bxc4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,64,21,0,103,-13,-7,-88,-62,-60,-63,-105,-112,-191,-186,-245,-254,-253,-254,-368,-358,-314,-338,-352,-316,-323,-324,-284,-259,-375,-353,-344,-343,-340,-198,-234,-204,-215,-208,-190,-197,-736,-724,-1322,-1322,-29980,-29982,-29982,-29982]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 h6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 8. Nb3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5f4][%mdl 32]} (8... Qc7 9. c3 Bh7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 {½-½ (70) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Bd2 {LiveBook: 13 Games} f6 $146 (10... c5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... c5 11. dxc5 Bg7 12. Ba5 Qb8 13. Bb5 Nc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (50) Naiditsch,A (2702)-Donchenko,A (2559) Douglas 2017}) 11. f4 (11. Bh5+ $16 Kd8 12. g4) 11... O-O-O $1 $11 12. Rc1 (12. Bd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 12... gxf4 $1 $17 13. exf6 Ng6 $1 14. c4 {Hoping for Ba5.} Nxf6 15. c5 {[#]} (15. Bd3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 15... Qg7 $1 $19 16. Rxf4 (16. Rc3 $142) 16... Ne4 17. Rf1 Be7 18. Be3 (18. Kh1 $142) 18... Bg5 19. Nc2 Nh4 20. Bf3 Rdf8 21. Qe2 Rhg8 22. Kh1 Rf6 23. Nd2 (23. Bxg5 {was called for.} Nxg5 24. Bg4) 23... Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Nxf3 25. Rxf3 Be4 (25... Bh4 $142 {Strongly threatening ...Be4.} 26. Rg1 Rg6) 26. Rg3 Qf7 {aiming for ...Rf1+.} 27. Rg1 Bh4 28. Rxg8+ Qxg8 29. Ne1 $2 (29. Qe2) 29... Qg4 {...Bg3! is the strong threat.} 30. Nd3 {[#]} Bg3 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Qh5)} 31. Rc1 (31. hxg3 Qh5#) 31... Qh3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rh3h2]} 32. Bg1 {[#]} Rf2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 21%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Senthil Maran K"]
[Black "Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,106,18,4,22,7,25,22,62,23,25,25,27,34,45,19,35,33,33,21,21,25,46,29,38,37,37,37,54,53,57,54,54,55,58,60,67,43,63,59,56,57,66,41,39,0,0,0,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,30,31,31,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. Na3 e5 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nd4 e3 12. f3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. c4 h5 14. Ndc2 h4 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (56) Burmakin,V (2627)-Mamedov,N (2614) Balaguer 2009}) 13. c4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qe7 15. Qc1 Be6 16. c5 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxe3 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Nb5 Bd7 22. Nd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Rxd6 24. Rxc5 Bc6 25. Rd4 Re6 26. Kf2 Rae8 27. Rc2 Bb5 {[%cal Re6e2]} 28. Bf1 Bc6 29. Rcd2 Kf6 30. f4 Re4 31. R4d3 R4e7 32. a4 Re4 33. Rd4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Re4 35. Rxe4 dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Kd4 Bd5 38. b4 f5 39. a5 Kd6 40. h3 b5 {The position is equal.} 41. e3 a6 42. g4 Be6 43. Be2 Bf7 44. h4 Be6 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Bh5 Bg8 47. Be8 Be6 48. h5 h6 $1 49. Bg6 Bd7 50. Bf7 {[#] Threatens to win with Bd5.} Bc6 $1 51. Bg8 Bb7 52. Ba2 $1 Bc6 53. Bb3 Bb7 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abou El Zein, Eid Mahmoud"]
[Black "Padmini, Rout"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 5. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 7. f4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} 8. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:08:07]} 9. g4 {[%emt 0:20:02]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 10. Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 11. g5 {[%emt 0:07:15]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 12. h4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:09:42]} 13. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 14. Ng3 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 15. Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 16. c3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} f5 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 17. O-O {[%emt 0:07:16]} b5 $11 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 18. Bd2 {[%emt 0:09:11]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 19. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:06:43]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 20. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 21. Be1 {[%emt 0:02:34]} c4 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 22. Nf2 {[%emt 0:03:43]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 23. Rab1 {[%emt 0:02:52]} a4 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 24. cxb4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 27. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 28. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 29. a3 {[%emt 0:06:17]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 30. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 31. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 32. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:12:26]} 33. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 34. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 36. Rdd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 37. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 39. Rc3 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 40. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 41. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 42. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 43. a4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 44. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 45. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 46. g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b1=Q {[%emt 0:00:21]} 47. Qh7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 48. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Qxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 50. Qf8+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 51. g7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 52. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} 53. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 54. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 55. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} 56. Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 57. Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 58. Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qdxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 59. gxf8=Q Qxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 60. Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 61. h5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 62. h6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e1=Q {[%emt 0:00:07]} 63. h7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 64. Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 65. Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 66. Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 67. Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 68. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Llopis De Aysa, Manuel"]
[Black "Kulkarni Bhakti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 4. h3 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 5. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:27] D04: Colle System} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:11:34]} (6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rfc1 Nbd7 13. Rc3 {0-1 (68) Bayer,B (2430)-Nisipeanu,L (2687) Austria 2017}) 6... c5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 7. Bb5+ $146 {[%emt 0:14:29]} ({Predecessor:} 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 e5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 Re8 13. exd5 Nxd5 {1-0 (59) Harmatosi,J (2252)-Heyl,T (2091) Budapest 2006}) 7... Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:04:37] LiveBook: 592 Games} a6 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 9. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. c4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:05:48]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:12:00]} 13. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 15. exd4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 16. dxc5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 17. Na4 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:09:35]} 18. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 19. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 20. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 21. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:02:40]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:46]} h6 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 23. Rc5 {[%emt 0:11:57]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 24. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 25. Rc4 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 26. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 28. g3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:04:47]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 31. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 32. Kh2 {[%emt 0:04:29]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 33. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 34. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} e5 {[%emt 0:05:33]} 35. Kg1 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 36. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 37. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 38. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 39. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 40. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 41. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 42. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 43. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 44. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 45. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 46. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 47. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 48. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 49. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 50. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 51. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} a3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 52. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 53. Nxa3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxa2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 54. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 55. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 56. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 57. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 58. f3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 59. Nb6+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 60. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 61. Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 62. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 63. Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 64. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 65. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 66. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 67. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 68. Nd7+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke7 $19 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 69. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 70. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 71. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 72. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 73. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 74. fxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 75. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} g3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 76. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} f3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 77. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 78. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,43,26,29,15,16,23,29,25,36,0,5,-5,0,0,22,-20,-17,-51,-27,-48,-44,-51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (7. c3 a6 8. Bf1 Nc6 9. a4 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Ba3 Nxd4 {½-½ (56) Ragger,M (2657)-Fedorov,A (2573) Katowice 2017}) 7... a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 {White has an edge.} Bb7 10. Bg5 $146 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qh5 Nc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. f4 g6 {0-1 (37) Ulybin,M (2528)-Korneev,O (2553) Runavik 2017}) 10... Qc7 11. Bh4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qh5 Rc8 15. a4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 bxa4 (16... b4 $15 17. a5 Qd6) 17. Bxa4 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxb2 18. Ra3 O-O {[%cal Rc8c3] [#] And now ...Rxc3 would win.} 19. Rb3 Qa2 20. Ra3 Qb2 {[%cal Rc8c3] Threatens to win with ...Rxc3.} 21. Rb3 Qa2 22. Ra3 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Pranav Vijay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,130,36,30,34,33,37,35,52,31,29,32,45,38,71,35,38,32,22,24,43,43,51,51,51,45,43,35,37,29,26,11,14,12,20,0,17,0,7,-4,123,126,151,156,182,179,168,120,237,120,107,83,85,27,44,5,141,133,164,140,496,493,475,469,458,444,1050,1043,1035,1040,973,966,1345,1227,907,1480,1278,730,1771,1708,29947,12797,6099,5737,6115,12386,10775,10775,6536,6763,6015,5820,29970,29971,29973,29973,29966,29956,29983,29984,29984,29985,29990,29983,29983,29984,29986,29985,29985,29986,29989,29987,29993,29987,29995,29996,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 {LiveBook: 57 Games} Na5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (7... h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 c6 12. c3 Ng6 13. d4 d5 14. exd5 e4 15. Ne5 cxd5 16. Nxg6 fxg6 {0-1 (41) Areshchenko,A (2652)-Jobava,B (2687) Linares 2017}) 8. Ba2 c5 9. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. h3 h6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. b4 b6 15. Ne2 {½-½ (54) Timofeev,A (2579)-Kovalchuk,A (2336) Taganrog 2017}) 9... Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. h3 Qc7 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rae8 17. a4 b6 18. c3 Ne6 19. g3 Qd7 20. Kg2 Nc7 21. c4 a5 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Nh2 g6 24. h4 h5 $1 25. g4 Nxd5 ({Of course not} 25... Bxh4 $6 26. gxh5 Nxd5 27. exd5 $16) (25... Kg7 $11) 26. exd5 $16 Bxh4 27. gxh5 Qf5 {[#]} 28. Qf3 $1 Rfe8 29. hxg6 fxg6 (29... Qxg6+ $16 30. Qg4 Kh7) 30. Qxf5 ({Better is} 30. Re4 $18 Bf6 31. Ng4) 30... gxf5 31. Nf1 Kf7 32. Ne3 (32. Ng3 $16 Kf6 33. Kf3) 32... Kf6 $1 $11 33. Rb2 Red8 (33... e4 $11) 34. Reb1 $16 Rd6 35. Kf3 e4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... Kg6 $16 {is more resistant.} 36. Rb5 Rb7) 36. dxe4 $18 fxe4+ 37. Kxe4 Re8+ 38. Kd3 Rb8 (38... Bg5 $142 39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40. Rxb6+ Ke5) 39. Rh1 Rh8 40. f4 Kf7 41. Nf5 Rf6 42. Rxh4 Rxh4 43. Nxh4 Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 44. Ng2 Rg4 45. Ne3 Rd4+ 46. Kc3 (46. Ke2 $142 Rh4 47. Rxb6 Rh1 48. Ra6 Ke7 49. Rxa5 Ra1 50. Kf3 Kd7 51. Ra7+ Ke8 52. a5) 46... Re4 47. Nc2 Rh4 48. Rxb6 Ke7 49. Rc6 Rh3+ 50. Kb2 Rh4 51. Rxc5 Kd6 52. Rc6+ {White mates.} Kd7 53. Kc3 Rh3+ 54. Kd4 Rh4+ 55. Kc5 Rh2 56. Nd4 Ra2 57. Kb5 Rd2 58. Ne6 Re2 59. Kxa5 Rb2 60. Nc5+ Kd8 61. d6 Rc2 62. d7 Ke7 63. Re6+ Kd8 64. Re8+ Kc7 65. d8=Q+ Kc6 66. Qb6# {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Santiago, Yago De Moura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,53,44,37,47,43,51,43,69,76,91,83,90,75,80,36,81,70,85,92,81,64,70,26,42,27,34,26,112,108,328,322,321,321,320,326,369,325,1158,1148,29997,29998]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 Be7 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A91: Classical Dutch: Early Deviations} (8. d5 e5 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. b4 Be6 11. b5 e4 12. Qa4 cxb5 13. cxb5 Nbd7 14. Ng5 Nb6 15. Nxe6 Nxa4 16. Nxd8 Nxc3 {1-0 (82) Morozevich,A (2739)-Kovalenko,I (2644) Moscow 2013}) 8... e5 9. Rd1 {[#] Hoping for dxe5.} Qe8 10. c5 {White is slightly better.} d5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng4 12. e3 g5 13. b4 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15. Bb2 f4 16. exf4 {1-0 (63) Andersson,T (2389)-Nygren,K (2248) Vaxjo 2016}) 12. b4 {Threatens to win with b5.} Nxe5 13. Bb2 {And now Nxd5 would win.} Bf6 14. Nf4 Kh8 15. Ncxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 {Black must now prevent Nc7.} Na6 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. Bc3 Nc7 19. a4 Rb8 20. Rd6 {[%cal Bd1d6,Bd6f6,Bf6g6][%mdl 32]} Kg8 (20... Be6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. b5 $16 Nf7 $2 (21... Ne6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 22. Rxf6 $18 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qf4 ({Not} 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qh6 Be6 $18) 24... Be6 25. Qe3 Re8 $2 (25... b6 26. c6 Rbc8 27. Rxf5 Qe8) 26. Qd4 {Threatening mate with Rg6+!} Red8 {[#]} 27. Rg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 88%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Narayanan S L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,104,30,33,15,18,0,0,-12,-15,-6,-4,-14,-14,-17,-14,-12,-12,-17,-7,-38,-49,-63,-58,-68,-36,-41,-39,-38,-53,-51,-25,-33,-27,-24,-20,-91,-6,-27,-35,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-14,-16,-108,-96,-105,-97,-102,-100,-139,-113,-116,-126,-153,-142,-219,-197,-290,-228,-228,-227,-230,-231,-246,-234,-237,-237,-237,-224,-215,-201,-256,-261,-252,-160,-248,-246,-510,-495,-452,-386,-512,-328,-719,-719,-697,-685]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nb4 6. Na3 h6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 7. c3 (7. Ne5 Bd6 8. c3 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. c4 Nge7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 {0-1 (54) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Bosiocic,M (2624) Riadh 2017}) 7... Nc6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 8. c4 Bxa3 {The position is equal.} 9. bxa3 Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... dxc4 10. Qa4 Be4 11. Qxc4 Qd5 12. Qa4 Nge7 13. Bb2 b5 14. Qd1 {0-1 (39) Praggnanandhaa,R (2455)-Van Foreest,J (2584) Moscow 2017}) 10. Qa4 Nge7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rac1 a6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bh3 Bxf3 15. exf3 Nc8 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qd3 Nc4 18. Bc3 N8d6 19. Bb4 a5 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rb1 Rab8 22. a4 $1 c6 23. Rfe1 b5 24. Qd1 (24. axb5 $11 cxb5 25. f4) 24... Rb6 (24... bxa4 $1 $17 25. Rxb8 Rxb8) 25. axb5 cxb5 26. f4 a4 27. Bg2 Rd8 28. h4 Rbb8 29. h5 Qc6 30. Qd3 b4 31. Bf3 (31. Rec1 $1 $11) 31... Na3 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra3b1]} 32. Rbc1 Qb5 33. Qf5 Qd7 34. Qd3 {[#]} b3 $1 35. axb3 axb3 {[%cal Ba4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 36. Rc5 Qb7 37. Kf1 (37. Rf1 $17) 37... Qb4 38. Rc3 (38. Bxd5 $142 Rxd5 39. Rxd5) 38... Nc2 39. Rb1 Nxd4 40. Bd1 {[%cal Rd1b3]} b2 41. Bc2 Qb5 42. Qxb5 Rxb5 ({Not} 42... Nxb5 43. Rb3 $11) 43. Bd3 Rb4 44. Ke1 Rdb8 45. Kd2 Kf8 46. Ra3 Rb3 47. Ra5 (47. Rxb3 $17 {was worth a try.} Nxb3+ 48. Kc3) 47... Nf3+ $19 48. Ke2 $2 {[#]} (48. Kc2 {was the only defense.}) 48... Re8+ $1 49. Kxf3 Rxd3+ 50. Kg4 Rd2 51. f3 $2 (51. Rb5 Ree2 52. Rb8+ Ke7 53. Rb7+ Ke6 54. Rb6+ Kd7 55. Rb7+ Kc6 56. Rxf7) 51... Rb8 52. Rc5 d4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,82,22,29,-3,0,-24,-19,-26,-12,-79,-80,-64,-82,-87,-86,-95,-99,-89,-100,-101,-77,-109,-107,-109,-105,-104,-107,-125,-133,-172,-162,-185,-189,-185,-182,-181,-178,-202,-179,-231,-238,-223,-202,-314,-218,-221,-227,-541,-520,-524,-514,-694,-694,-689,-668,-947,-785,-941,-945,-1072,-1033,-1155,-1151,-1118,-1110]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 {B55: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 f3} (8. Be3 b5 9. Na3 a6 10. cxb5 d5 11. bxa6 dxe4 12. Bb5 Nd5 13. Bc5 Nf4 14. O-O Bxb3 15. Qxd7+ Qxd7 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. axb3 Rxa6 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {½-½ (27) Vitiugov,N (2721)-Duda,J (2710) Czech Republic 2018}) 8... Rc8 9. Be3 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Rxc4 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 11. O-O a6 12. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. Qd2 b6 15. Rac1 Rxc1 16. Nxc1 {0-1 (60) Huerga Leache,M (2440)-Rubio Mejia,L (2454) Madrid 2014}) 12... Be7 13. Qd2 Rc7 14. Nd5 (14. Na1 $11) 14... Nxd5 $17 15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qd2 {[#] Strongly threatening Bb6.} Rd7 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Qa5 Qb8 19. Bb6 Bd8 20. Rc2 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Rcd2 (21. exd5 Bxb6+) 21... Rd6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6c6,Bc6c5,Bc5c3][%mdl 32]} 22. Bxd8 Rfxd8 23. Qb4 g6 24. Na5 Qc7 25. Nc4 Rc6 26. b3 {[%cal Re4d5]} d4 27. a4 Rc5 28. Nb2 Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5g7,Bg7e6,Be6c5][%mdl 32]} 29. g3 (29. Nd3 {might work better.} Rc3 30. a5) 29... a5 $19 30. Qa3 Rc3 31. Rd3 (31. Nd3 $142) 31... Ng7 32. Nc4 Ne6 33. Qa2 $2 (33. Kg2) 33... Nc5 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Rxc3 dxc3 35. Rc1 Rd3 36. Kg2 Qd8 37. Rc2 Na6 {...Nb4 is the strong threat.} 38. Qa1 Qd4 39. Qg1 Nb4 40. Qxd4 exd4 41. Rc1 c2 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Padmini, Rout"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,135,0,-22,4,5,15,-10,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-20,-13,-24,-13,-20,-18,-36,0,-33,-8,-13,-4,-20,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-57,0,-3,0,-28,-4,-49,37,28,35,28,58,51,121,45,81,72,79,79,131,144,254,240,298,205,231,209,220,219,211,215,214,203,203,158,178,131,141,68,167,131,140,116,143,120,136,136,183,171,172,160,195,192,506,461,997,983,953,940,932,926,865,857,1068,786]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (6... O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. d3 Qe7 9. e4 Ne8 10. Ba3 b6 11. O-O f5 12. d4 exd4 13. e5 d3 14. Qxd3 Bb7 15. exd6 Nxd6 {½-½ (27) Harikrishna,P (2738)-Svidler,P (2763) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 7. e4 O-O 8. g3 {LiveBook: 25 Games} Kh8 {The position is equal.} 9. Bg2 Ng8 10. Nh4 Nge7 11. d3 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nf3 {[#]} Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. O-O {½-½ (61) Suba,M (2503)-Delchev,A (2603) Albacete 2004}) 14. Qe2 Nfe7 15. h3 Rb8 16. O-O b6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Be3 Nce7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g8,Bg8f6][%mdl 32]} 20. Kh2 Ng8 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. f3 Bb7 23. Rfe1 Qd7 24. Rad1 Qf7 25. Qc2 Bc6 26. Bg1 Nh5 27. Bf2 Rbe8 28. Nd2 Nf6 29. Re2 Nh7 30. Rde1 Ng5 {[%cal Rg5f3]} 31. Re3 Bd7 32. d4 Nh7 33. Bf1 Bf5 34. Qa4 c5 35. Qd1 Rd8 36. Nb3 (36. a4 $11) 36... Be6 (36... h5 $15) 37. Nd2 $11 Bc8 38. Qa1 (38. dxe5 dxe5 39. Bg2 Bf5 $17) 38... Ne7 39. Bg2 Ng6 ({Black should play} 39... Ng5 $15 40. h4 Ne6) 40. a4 $14 Bf5 41. a5 bxa5 42. Qxa5 Rb8 ({Black should try} 42... Ng5 $14) 43. Qa3 (43. dxe5 $6 Nxe5 44. Qa6 Qc7 $11) (43. dxc5 $16 dxc5 44. R3e2 (44. Qxc5 Rfd8 $11)) 43... Rfc8 44. Ra1 Rc7 45. Ree1 {[%cal Rd4c5]} cxd4 (45... Rd8 $142) 46. cxd4 $16 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Rcb7 (46... Rd8 $16 47. d5 Nf6) 47. Qxd6 $18 Rb2 48. dxe5 {aiming for Bd4.} Qe8 49. Qd4 Qd8 50. Nf1 {And now f4 would win.} (50. Rxa7 Qxd4 51. Bxd4 Rxd2 $15) 50... Ng5 {[#] Hoping for ...Nxf3+.} 51. Qxd8+ $1 (51. Qxa7 $6 Qd3 $14) 51... Rxd8 52. Kg1 Nxh3+ 53. Bxh3 Bxh3 54. f4 (54. Bxa7 Rd3 $16) 54... Ne7 55. Red1 (55. Bxa7 $6 Rg2+ 56. Kh1 Nf5 $14) (55. Rxa7 $16 Nf5 56. c5) 55... Rc8 (55... Rxd1 $14 56. Rxd1 a5) 56. Rd2 (56. Bxa7 $6 Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Nf5 $14) 56... Rb7 57. c5 (57. Bxa7 $6 Ra8 $16) 57... Nf5 58. Ne3 Nxe3 59. Bxe3 Rcb8 60. Kf2 Bg4 61. Ra6 Rb1 62. c6 {Strongly threatening e6.} Rh1 $2 (62... Rc1 {is tougher.} 63. Rd8+ (63. Bxa7 Rb3 $16) (63. Rxa7 Rxc6 64. Bd4 Rg6 $16) 63... Rxd8 64. Bxc1 Rd3) 63. c7 {White is clearly winning.} Rbb1 {[#]} (63... Rc8 $142 64. Rxa7 Rh2+ 65. Kg1 Rxd2) 64. c8=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc8 65. Rd8+ Kh7 66. Rxc8 Rb2+ 67. Kf3 Rf1+ 68. Ke4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Venkatesh, M.R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,87,33,36,33,41,33,31,22,39,100,51,70,80,73,64,67,31,79,50,72,81,83,67,62,62,64,83,79,78,56,52,48,46,56,43,171,46,43,29,20,19,25,25,77,80,66,62,139,7,15,12,97,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-14,-5,-29,0,-13,-8,-8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c5 7. c4 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (8. Bc3 Qc7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. d5 e4 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ngxe4 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 {1-0 (40) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... Ne4 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. e3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qa3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Qc7 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. d5 Na5 15. f4 b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 {0-1 (42) Efimenko,Z (2656)-Puranik,A (2452) Zalakaros 2016}) 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Qd2 a5 15. Ra1 Rfb8 (15... cxd4 $14 16. exd4 e5) 16. Rfc1 Be8 17. Nf3 cxd4 18. exd4 {[%cal Be3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} e5 $1 19. Re1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Rd8 20. Qe3 {[%cal Rd4e5]} a4 21. d5 Ne7 22. Nd2 Nf5 23. Qd3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} axb3 24. axb3 Qc5 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. b4 b6 27. f4 Rac8 28. Bf1 Nd4 {[#]} (28... b5 $1 $14) 29. fxe5 (29. Nxd6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd6 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 (31. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 32. Qxd4 Qxb4 $16) 31... Qxe5 32. Bxd4) 29... dxe5 $14 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Rac1 Qb8 32. Bg2 h6 (32... Bd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33. c5 $16 bxc5 34. bxc5 {Black must now prevent c6.} Bb5 (34... Qb5 $14 35. Bf1 Qxd3 36. Bxd3 Ba4) 35. Qd2 (35. Qb3 $16) 35... d3 36. Rb1 {Hoping for Qa5.} f5 (36... Rxd5 $11 37. Qb4 (37. Nf6+ Bxf6 38. Bxd5 Bd4+ 39. Kh1 Rxc5 $17) 37... Re5) 37. Nc3 ({Better is} 37. Nf2 $16) 37... Rxc5 $11 38. Nxb5 Rxb5 39. Qxd3 Rxb1 40. Rxb1 Qe5 41. Kh1 Kh7 42. Qd2 Ra8 43. Qe1 h5 44. Qxe5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,100,26,19,46,27,17,30,42,18,12,4,24,-9,-9,-7,-2,-8,-19,-33,-32,-33,-29,-50,-21,-39,0,-13,-8,-6,0,0,0,-41,0,-8,0,0,-2,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-16,-294,-272,-871,-680,-12841,-12842,-12841,-12842,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12844]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 {LiveBook: 34 Games} exd5 {The position is equal.} 14. e4 {[%cal Re4d5] [#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Rxd4 Bc5 {[#]} 16. Rd1 $146 {aiming for Qd2.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Rd2 Qe7 17. Nc3 Nxe5 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. h3 {1-0 (41) Gelfand,B (2724)-Anand,V (2786) Zuerich 2017}) 16... Qe7 17. Nc3 Nxe5 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 g5 22. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 23. Qd7 Qf6 24. Nd1 Ba6 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 h5 27. Qd3 g4 28. Kg2 b5 29. b3 Bd4 30. f4 gxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Qg5 32. Qd3 c5 33. Nc3 a6 34. Ne2 Be5 35. Qd5 Qe3 36. Qxe5 Qxe2+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 Qd4 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Ke7 42. Qxa6 c4 {...c3 is the strong threat.} 43. bxc4 bxc4 44. Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. Qa3+ $11 {and White is okay.} Qd6 45. Qc3) 44... c3 $1 $19 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 44... Qxe4+ 45. Kf2 $15) 45. Qe2 $2 {[#]} (45. Qb7+ Kf6 46. Qa6+ (46. Qc6+ $2 Kg7 $17) 46... Ke5 47. Qb5+ Kxe4 48. Qe2+ Qe3 49. Qc4+ Ke5 50. Qxf7) 45... Qc5 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Qc2 Qb4 47. Kf3 Qb2 48. Qa4 c2 49. Qa7+ Kf6 50. e5+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,71,-22,-29,-48,-18,-11,-4,-10,0,0,12,7,20,15,25,3,7,17,8,7,61,56,210,194,183,189,217,210,261,262,327,320,289,303,289,276,315,285,325,280,345,347,387,384,403,383,633,633,29972,29965]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8... Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Na3 e5 11. Nc2 Nd7 12. a3 a5 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Na4 16. Bd2 {0-1 (47) Wei,Y (2739)-Karjakin,S (2760) Medias 2017}) 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. a3 a5 15. Re1 Be6 16. Rb1 Rfe8 $146 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. c5 Bf8 20. Nc4 Bxc4 $1 21. dxc4 Qd7 {[#]} (21... g6 $11) 22. Ne3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ne7 $2 (22... Ra2 $14) (22... dxe3 23. Qxd7) 23. Nd5 $18 Nxd5 24. cxd5 b6 25. d6 ({Stronger than} 25. cxb6 Bd6 $11) 25... Rac8 26. Bd5 ({Less strong is} 26. cxb6 Bxd6 27. b5 Red8 $16) 26... bxc5 27. bxc5 {[#] Strongly threatening Rb7.} Bxd6 28. cxd6 Qxd6 29. Qf3 Re7 30. Rb5 {[%cal Bb1b5,Bb5c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c8][%mdl 32]} Rce8 31. h4 Qa6 32. Rc5 Qb6 33. Rc6 Qa5 34. Rec1 {Threatens to win with Rc8.} e4 $2 (34... Qd8 35. Kg2 Rd7) 35. Qf5 {Black must now prevent Bxf7+!} Qa7 36. Rc8 {Precision: White = 98%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,70,24,22,21,20,26,12,53,36,27,25,40,73,74,31,6,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-60,-6,-77,-80,-68,-57,-14,-16,-127,-16,-16,-16,-19,-24,-211,-211,-187,-200,-207,-136,-335,-334,-6333,-6295,-29969,-5365]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 Nc6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 9. O-O (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Bb1 Be6 14. Nf4 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Bf2 Rc8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (40) Dreev,A (2644)-Kravtsiv,M (2621) Berlin 2015}) 9... c4 10. Bc2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nh5 {The position is equal.} 11. b3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Be5 f6 12. Ng3 g6 13. Nxh5 fxe5 14. dxe5 gxh5 15. Qxh5 Rf7 16. Rad1 {0-1 (46) Chmelik,J (2390)-Krivonosovs,V (2502) ICCF corr 2000}) 11... Bb4 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. d5 Nxf4 14. exf4 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Nb4 16. Rb1 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Qf6 {next ...Bf5 is good for Black.} 18. Ne4 Qxf4 19. Qxc4 b6 20. Rbd1 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Rac8 22. Qb4 Rfe8 23. f3 (23. Re3 $11) 23... h6 ({Black should try} 23... Rc2 $15) 24. Qd6 (24. Re2 $11) 24... Rxe4 $1 $17 25. Qxd7 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc2 27. d6 (27. a4 $11 {remains equal.}) 27... Rd2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} (27... Kh7 $17 28. a3 Rd2) 28. Kh1 $11 Qxd6 29. Qxa7 {[#]} Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6e1][%mdl 512]} 30. Rb1 $2 (30. Ra1 $11) (30. Rxe6 Rd1+) 30... Rxa2 $19 ({Don't play} 30... Qxa2 31. Qxa2 Rxa2 32. h4 $15) 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Qe1 $2 (33. h3 $17 {was necessary.}) 33... Qg6 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rg6g2]} 34. Qg1 $2 {[#]} (34. Qf1 Rxg2 35. Rxb6 Rxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Qxb6 37. Kg2) 34... Rxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Qxb6 (35. Qxg2 Qxb1+) 35... Qc2 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Iniyan, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,91,43,44,36,42,29,29,37,26,40,47,35,45,37,60,12,25,16,56,0,51,0,0,0,0,0,85,91,65,15,30,5,60,5,111,97,114,110,114,106,117,126,95,0,0,0,106,132,97,62,56,49,71,25,360,366,991,795,750,705,2060,1977,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Be2 Na6 12. Nh4 Nf6 {LiveBook: 66 Games} 13. Qc2 c6 14. a3 Nc5 15. Be3 (15. Nxf5 $2 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nfe4 $19) 15... Nce4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 {[#]} 17. Qd2 $146 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qf7 19. Rd1 Kh8 20. g4 Bd7 21. b3 (21. O-O $1 $14) 21... a5 (21... Rg8 $11) 22. Rg1 (22. O-O $14) 22... a4 $11 23. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Rac8 24. b5 Rc7 (24... Rg8 $11) 25. b6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb6c7]} Rcc8 26. Rg2 Ng8 $1 27. Rg3 Ne7 28. Kf1 ({White should play} 28. g5 $1 $14) 28... Bf6 (28... h6 $1 $11) 29. g5 Bg7 30. Kg1 {[%cal Bf1g1,Bg1g2,Bg2h2][%mdl 32]} Rg8 31. Kg2 Rgf8 32. Kh2 Rg8 33. Rg4 (33. Qb2 $16) 33... Bxg4 $11 34. Bxg4 Rc4 (34... Rcf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 35. Qe2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2c4][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rc3 36. Be6 Qe8 37. Rg1 Rf8 {[#]} 38. g6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Rxa3 39. Qh5 $18) ({Don't go for} 38... hxg6 $2 39. Nxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg6 40. Rxg6 $18) (38... Nxg6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 39. Nxg6+ hxg6) (38... Nxg6 39. Nxg6+) 39. Bxh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Ng8 $2 (39... Bxh6 40. g7+ Bxg7 41. Ng6+ Qxg6 42. Rxg6 Rcf3) 40. Bd2 {Qh5+ is the strong threat.} e3 41. Bxe3 Nf6 42. Rg5 {White threatens Rh5+! and mate.} Bh6 43. Rh5 {White mates.} Nxh5 44. Qxh5 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Rxf2+ 45. Bxf2 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Qf8 46. Nf5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,108,-12,-6,-1,-1,0,-4,-11,-4,-8,-9,-8,0,-7,11,3,5,14,6,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,7,0,22,20,22,16,20,18,32,20,48,35,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,46,0,62,62,66,70,67,63,131,125,125,125,124,131,1049,1049,1035,1035,2285,1857,1664,908,908,891,891,884,864,801,908,908,900,764,585,585,1043,980,805,805,1495,1499,1325,1274,29975,29976,29976,29977,29973]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d3 Nxc3 (5... Bg7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. g3 c5 8. h4 Nc6 9. h5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c4 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Qa4 Na5 {1-0 (27) Aronian,L (2801)-Giri,A (2762) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 6. bxc3 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} Bg7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. h4 {The position is equal.} h5 9. g3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. Rb1 Nc6 {½-½ (41) Sunye Neto,J (2435)-Popovic,P (2455) Hastings 1981}) 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Bg5 Re8 14. e4 c5 15. a4 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Ra3 Rad8 19. Bf4 Qe6 $1 20. Rb1 Qd7 21. c4 Bc6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Bd4 24. Kh2 (24. Bf1 $14) 24... e5 $1 $11 {[%cal Re5f4]} 25. Bc1 (25. Bd2 {with more complications.} Rb8 26. Bh3 Qc7 27. Ra6 Rb7 28. Be1) 25... Rb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qa2 Rb7 28. Ra6 Qc7 29. Bh3 Bd7 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Kg2 Qg4 32. Rf6 (32. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Ra4e8]} Qd7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. Kf3 $14) 32... Kg7 (32... Qd7 $1 $11) 33. Qa6 $14 Qd7 ({But not} 33... Rb1 $2 34. Bg5 $18) 34. Rd6 Qc7 $1 35. Bg5 Rb2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 35... Rb8 $14) 36. Bf6+ $1 $16 Kh7 37. Rd8 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rd8h8]} Rb8 38. Qa5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Not} 38... Qxa5 39. Rxb8 Qd8 40. Rxd8 g5 41. hxg5 Bb2 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Rh6#) (38... Qb7 $16) 39. Rxb8 $18 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rb8h8]} Qxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 40. f3 g5 41. hxg5 Qxg5 42. Qd8 Qxd8 43. Rxd8 {KR-KB} a5 44. Rd6 Kg7 45. Ra6 Bc3 46. Kh3 f6 47. f4 exf4 48. gxf4 Be1 49. Rc6 Bf2 50. Kg2 Bd4 51. Kg3 Kf7 52. Kh4 Ke7 53. Kxh5 Kd7 54. Ra6 Bc3 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,95,20,7,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-23,0,-10,-5,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,14,12,14,11,12,7,12,4,4,0,4,4,6,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29952,12835,6079,4134,29979,29980,29980,29981,29980,29982,29982,29983,29984,29985]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 {LiveBook: 1525 Games} 7. g3 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} (7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. a4 Rc8 14. b4 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (59) Bu,X (2730)-Cheparinov,I (2710) Riadh 2017}) 7... O-O 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O {The position is equal.} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. e4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxd4 13. Rfd1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 {0-1 (39) Salamon,V-Ascic,R Sibenik 2010}) 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Nxc4 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Na5 Qb6 20. b4 Bxc3 21. Nc4 Qc7 {aiming for ...Na4!} 22. Qxc3 {Threatens to win with Ne3.} Na4 23. Qc2 Nb6 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 25. Qe4 a5 26. Kg2 axb4 27. axb4 f5 28. Qe5 Qd6 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. Qf3 Rd7 31. Rc4 Rc7 32. Qd3 Ke7 33. Rd4 Qc6+ 34. f3 Rd7 35. Rxd7+ Qxd7 {KQ-KQ} 36. Qc3 Kf7 37. Qc5 Qc6 (37... Qd1 {is more complex.} 38. Kf2 Qh1 39. Qc7+ Kg6 40. Qc8 Qxh2+ 41. Kf1 Qxg3 42. Qxe6+ Kg5) 38. Qxc6 bxc6 {KP-KP} 39. Kf2 e5 40. e4 fxe4 41. fxe4 Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Kg6 $11) 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c4]} c5 44. b5 {White mates.} Kc7 45. Kc4 Kb6 {[#]} 46. g4 $1 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} g6 {[#]} 47. h4 $1 h5 48. g5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,143,17,17,10,10,10,13,12,10,15,15,12,26,18,21,6,6,10,29,18,20,15,20,15,21,12,16,19,25,8,10,8,8,11,23,0,25,0,0,0,24,19,20,19,22,0,105,99,96,95,83,84,95,94,93,89,127,121,140,135,150,154,147,136,134,136,152,115,111,116,143,114,152,126,154,143,213,159,175,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bb2 c5 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (9... Nf6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. e4 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Nc5 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 {½-½ (41) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Sargissian,G (2672) Riadh 2017}) 10. Na3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nf5 exf5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 {½-½ (26) Bilek,I-Zsedenyi,B Budapest 1956}) 12... Nxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Qxd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7] [#]} Bf6 14. Qd2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rd4 Nf6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nd6 Qe7 20. Rad1 Ne8 21. Nc4 Nf6 22. R1d2 h6 23. e4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Rc8 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. Rd3 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. Kf3 Rc7 29. Ne5 g6 30. Rd4 Rc3+ 31. Rd3 Rc7 32. Ke3 Kg7 33. f3 Rc5 34. Kd4 Rc1 (34... Nd5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 35. Rc3 $16 Rd1+ 36. Ke3 {Threatens to win with Rc7.} Nd7 37. Nd3 Kf8 38. Rc7 Ke8 39. Rxa7 h5 40. Rc7 Rh1 41. Rc2 Ke7 42. a4 Rb1 {[#]} 43. Rb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2b1]} Ra1 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. e5+ Kc7 46. f4 Kb7 47. Kc4 Nb8 48. Nf2 Re1 49. Nh3 Nd7 (49... Rc1+ $16 {was called for.} 50. Kd3 Rc7) 50. Rd2 Nc5 51. Rc2 $2 (51. Ng5 $18) 51... Re4+ $11 52. Kc3 Re3+ 53. Kd2 Rxb3 54. Ng5 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 {And now Rxc5! would win.} Rd7 56. Rd2 Rc7 57. Rd8 Nxa4 58. Rf8 Nc5 59. Nxf7 Kc6 60. Nd6 Ra7 61. Rc8+ Kd5 62. Rb8 Ra2+ 63. Kf3 Kc6 64. Nc4 Kc7 65. Rg8 Rxh2 66. Rxg6 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 67. Nd6 b4 68. Rg8 ({White should try} 68. f5 $11 b3 69. fxe6) 68... Kc6 (68... Rc2 $15 69. Ke3 b3 70. Rc8+ Kd7) 69. Ne4 {Rc8+ is the strong threat.The position is equal.} Nxe4 70. Kxe4 b3 71. Rb8 b2 72. f5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Saravana, Krishnan P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,166,34,41,41,51,35,77,70,91,116,134,100,93,76,75,78,73,73,97,105,125,116,237,213,237,237,246,238,258,252,217,183,183,183,183,202,231,219,215,215,260,260,232,247,263,263,263,263,278,262,455,467,443,206,229,214,333,0,166,152,214,214,213,214,214,214,214,214,204,206,214,173,173,129,173,173,172,172,411,409,383,144,143,0,404,376,393,388,352,359,288,209,203,195,186,181,204,202,379,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Nbd7 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. h3 Qxb3 13. axb3 a6 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 14. g4 b5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... O-O-O 15. Bg2 e5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. f4 exf4 18. exf4 {1-0 (40) Erdos,V (2638)-Meskovs,N (2441) Riga 2014}) 15. Kc2 Be7 16. Ra1 {[%cal Rc4b5]} O-O 17. c5 a5 18. Bd3 Rfb8 19. Ne2 e5 20. Ng3 (20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxa5 e4 $17) (20. Bxa5 e4 $17) 20... Bd8 21. g5 Ne8 22. h4 Nf8 23. dxe5 Ne6 (23... Nd7 $16 {was necessary.}) 24. h5 $1 $18 gxh5 25. Rxh5 {Rah1 is the strong threat.} g6 26. Rh2 N8g7 27. f4 Kf8 28. Rh8+ Ke7 29. Rh7 Bc7 30. Ne2 Rg8 31. b4 axb4 32. Rxa8 b3+ 33. Kxb3 Rxa8 34. Kc2 Ra1 35. e4 dxe4 36. Bxe4 Kd7 37. b4 Rf1 $2 (37... Bd8 {is a better defense.} 38. Kd3 Rd1) 38. Be3 Bd8 39. Bg2 (39. Kd2 $142) 39... Ra1 40. Bh3 {And now Rxg7 would win.} Ke7 (40... Ra2+ $142 41. Kd3 Ra3+ 42. Nc3 Ke7) 41. Bg2 $2 (41. Nd4 $18 Nxd4+ 42. Bxd4) 41... Nf5 $2 (41... Kd7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 42. Bc1 Ra4 (42... Ra2+ $16 {was called for.} 43. Kd3 Kf8) 43. Kc3 $1 Ra2 44. Bf3 (44. Bxc6 $6 Rxe2 45. Bxb5 Nfd4 $16) 44... Bc7 45. Bg4 (45. Bxc6 Rxe2 46. Rh8 (46. Bxb5 Nfd4 $11) 46... Nfg7 $16) 45... Nf8 46. Rh1 Ne6 47. Bxf5 Rxe2 48. Bxe6 Kxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 49. Rh8 Re4 50. Bd2 Re2 51. Kd3 Rg2 $2 (51... Rf2 52. Ra8 Kd7) 52. Rc8 Kd7 53. Rf8 $2 (53. e6+ $1 $18 fxe6 54. Rg8) 53... Ke7 $16 54. Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Ra8 $16) 54... Kd7 $18 55. e6+ $1 fxe6 56. Rg8 e5 57. Rg7+ ({Not} 57. Rxg6 exf4 58. Rg7+ Kd8 $11) 57... Kc8 58. Rxg6 exf4 59. Rxc6 Kd7 60. Rf6 Be5 {[#]} 61. c6+ $1 ({Stronger than} 61. Bxf4 Bxf6 62. gxf6 Rg6 $15) 61... Kc7 $2 {[#]} (61... Ke7) 62. Rf5 $2 ({White has to play} 62. Re6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6e5]} Bd6 63. g6) 62... Bd6 $11 {The position is equal.} 63. Rxb5 {next Rd5 is good for White.} Kxc6 64. Rf5 Kd7 65. b5 Ke6 $1 66. Rf6+ Kd5 67. g6 {Threatens to win with b6.} Rg3+ 68. Ke2 Rg2+ 69. Ke1 {Hoping for b6.} f3 70. Bc3 Bc5 71. Rxf3 Rxg6 72. Ke2 Kc4 73. Rh3 Kxb5 74. Kd3 Re6 75. Rh5 Re3+ 76. Kc2 Re4 77. Kb3 Rg4 78. Be5 Kc6 79. Kc3 Re4 80. Kd3 Rg4 81. Rh6+ Kd5 82. Rh5 Kc6 83. Rf5 Ra4 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,149,42,37,49,45,56,43,55,45,27,8,4,6,14,11,23,6,26,21,30,10,50,65,127,129,164,138,130,125,222,169,190,89,106,49,38,35,73,77,91,87,95,107,92,94,92,87,93,63,140,133,131,133,140,133,125,146,146,127,136,138,116,62,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,18,18,18,24,24,33,39,104,113,101,62,63,55,59,29,64,63,64,65,72,85,114,124,123,114,131,29,29974,29976,29976,12848,29975,29976,29977,29978,29974,29959,29989,29990,29990,29991,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd2 Ne8 10. Rc1 h6 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} (10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Ng5 c6 13. Qb3 Nc7 14. f4 h6 15. Nh3 e4 16. Kh1 Kh7 17. Be3 c5 18. Rcd1 {1-0 (40) Gareyev,T (2615)-Rahul,S (2277) Saint Louis 2016}) 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne1 f5 12. Nd3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Bg4 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 Rf6 16. c6 bxc6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nd5 {1-0 (38) Vogt,L (2510)-Hesse,P (2440) Plauen 1980}) 11... f5 12. Bd3 f4 {White is slightly better.} 13. c5 g5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. h3 Ng6 16. Be2 Rf7 17. a4 Bf8 18. Nh2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nf6 19. Nb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c4][%mdl 32]} a6 20. Na3 $1 Nh4 (20... Bd7 $14) 21. Nc4 $1 $16 f3 22. Nxf3 Nxe4 23. Be3 {Hoping for Nxh4.} Rg7 (23... Nxf3+ $16 {was called for.} 24. Bxf3 Nf6) 24. Nh2 Bf5 25. Bg4 (25. Nb6 $18 Rb8 26. g3) 25... Nf6 26. g3 (26. Bb6 $16 Qe8 27. Bxf5 Nxf5 28. Qf3) 26... h5 $1 $14 27. Bxh5 Bxh3 {Threatening ...Ng2.} 28. Ng4 {Nh6+ is the strong threat.} Bxg4 29. Bxg4 Nxg4 30. Qxg4 Qc8 31. Qxc8 ({Of course not} 31. Nxe5 $6 Qxg4 32. Nxg4 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rc8 $11) 31... Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Rxc8 33. Red1 Rgc7 (33... Nh2+ $14 34. Kg2 Ng4) 34. Nb6 $16 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Bxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kf7 37. Ke2 $1 {[%cal Re2f3]} g4 38. Nc4 Kg6 39. Kd3 $1 Be7 40. b4 (40. Ke4 $16) 40... Nd4 $1 $14 41. Bd2 ({White should try} 41. Na5 $1 $14 b5 42. Nc6) 41... b5 $11 42. axb5 Nxb5 43. Ne3 Kh5 44. Nc4 Kg6 45. Ke4 Bd8 46. Kd3 Be7 47. Bc1 Bd8 48. Be3 Kf5 49. Bh6 Kg6 50. Bd2 (50. Bf8 {keeps more tension.} Bc7 51. Be7 Kh6 52. Ne3 Kh5 53. Ke4) 50... Be7 51. Na5 Bd8 52. Nc6 Bc7 53. Be3 Kf5 54. Ne7+ Kf6 55. Ng8+ Kg6 56. Nh6 Kh5 57. Ke4 Nc3+ (57... Nd4 $1 $14) 58. Kf5 $16 {White threatens f3 and mate.} Nxd5 {[#]} 59. Ng8 $1 Nxe3+ 60. fxe3 $14 {[%cal Bf2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32] KB-KN} Bd8 61. Nf6+ Kh6 $1 62. Nxg4+ Kg7 $1 63. e4 $1 a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 64. bxa5 Bxa5 65. Nf6 {aiming for Ne8+.} Kf7 66. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Bb4 {[#]} 67. g5 $1 {And now g6+ would win.} Ba3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67... Ba5 $11) 68. g6+ Kf8 69. Nh7+ (69. Nd5 $142 Kg7 70. Nc7 Bb4 71. Ne8+ Kg8 72. Kf6 d5 73. exd5 e4 74. d6 Bc3+ 75. Kg5 Bd2+ 76. Kg4) 69... Kg7 70. Ng5 {White mates.} Bc1 71. Ne6+ Kg8 72. Kf6 Bb2 73. Ng7 Bc1 74. Nf5 Kh8 75. Kf7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Kulkarni, Bhakti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,53,18,30,0,0,0,-2,-13,-19,-27,8,4,6,15,10,4,0,0,7,0,25,30,50,63,92,96,93,100,229,232,222,222,364,364,361,358,494,387,473,446]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} b6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Qa5 {aiming for ...d4!} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rd8 {½-½ (28) Topalov,V (2770)-Aronian,L (2805) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 12... h6 13. Ne5 Nxf4 14. Nxc6 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qc7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} a5 {Strongly threatening ...Ba6.} 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rb8 20. Na4 Bb7 21. Nxc5 {And now Nd7 would win.} Bd5 {[#]} (21... Rfe8 $16) 22. Nd7 $1 $18 {[%csl LRb8,LRf8]} Rfd8 {[#]} 23. Rd1 $1 ({Not} 23. Nxb8 Rxd6 24. Rc1 f5 $11) 23... Rxd7 (23... Rxb2 {keeps fighting.} 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Rxd8+ Kh7) 24. Rxd7 Rxb2 25. Ra7 Bb3 26. Rd8+ Kh7 {( -> ...Rb1+)} 27. h3 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J"]
[Black "Nikolova, Adriana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,133,68,81,83,83,75,72,65,117,127,126,111,116,115,115,101,87,94,93,93,85,91,98,118,172,143,176,204,186,176,339,352,339,356,356,355,333,350,349,318,345,308,327,298,342,334,294,259,447,439,423,358,358,358,334,329,402,345,556,556,498,133,133,141,747,677,841,834,817,783,1629,1196,29962,29964,29964,29966,29967,29964,29965,29967,29966,29966,29965,29965,29974,29971,29961,1316,29972,29975,29976,29975,29982,29983,29985,29977,29977,29978,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. c4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (6. Nbd2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. e4 Bh7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rc8 13. a4 b6 14. h3 Re8 15. f4 a6 16. Qe2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (32) Maghsoodloo,P (2584)-Van Wely,L (2675) Bandar e Anzali 2017}) 6... Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bh7 8. cxd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nc5 11. Nd4 {Strongly threatening e5.} Be7 (11... Bd6 $14) 12. e5 $16 Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qa4+ $146 Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rd1 Kc8 18. Be3 g6 19. Rac1 a6 (19... Nc5 $16 20. Nb5 b6) 20. h4 $18 {Black must now prevent Ne2.} b6 21. e6 fxe6 22. Nxe6 c5 $2 {[#]} (22... Bc5 23. Bxc5 (23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 $18) 23... Nxc5) 23. b4 Ra7 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc7 {[#]} 28. Rdc1 $1 Rxc5 29. Rxc5+ {KR-KR} Kd7 30. Ra5 Ra8 31. h5 g5 $2 (31... Rg8 {might work better.} 32. Rxa6 gxh5 33. Rxh6 Ra8 34. Rxh5 Ke6) 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. Kh3 Ra7 34. Kg4 Ra8 35. Ra3 a5 36. Rb3 Ra6 $2 (36... Kf7 {keeps fighting.} 37. Rb6 Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kg8) 37. Rb7 Rc6 38. Ra7 $2 (38. f3 $18 {Rh7 is the strong threat.} Ra6 39. Rg7) 38... Rc4+ $16 39. Kh3 Ra4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... g4+ $16 40. Kh4 a4 41. Ra6+ Kf5) 40. Ra6+ Kf7 41. Rxh6 g4+ 42. Kh4 Rxa2 43. Ra6 Rxf2 44. Rxa5 Kg7 45. Kxg4 Rg2 46. Ra7+ Kh6 47. Ra6+ Kh7 48. Kh4 Rb2 49. g4 Rb7 50. Ra4 Rc7 51. g5 (51. Rd4 $142 Ra7 52. g5 Ra1 53. Rd7+ Kh8 54. h6 Ra4+ 55. Kh5 Ra5 56. Rf7) 51... Rb7 52. Kg4 {White mates.} Rc7 53. h6 Rc1 54. Ra7+ Kh8 55. Kh5 Rc5 56. Re7 Ra5 57. Kg6 {[%cal Re7e8]} Ra6+ 58. Kf5 Ra1 59. Kf6 Rf1+ 60. Kg6 Rf8 61. Re5 Kg8 62. Ra5 Rb8 63. Kh5 Rb1 64. Ra8+ Kf7 65. g6+ {[%cal Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Kf6 66. Rf8+ Ke7 67. g7 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,77,-5,15,-5,-10,-35,0,0,56,49,55,56,58,57,53,43,43,56,50,35,79,55,54,61,62,85,88,0,114,101,173,172,218,167,334,329,443,227,218,219,255,202,193,176,168,165,248,239,232,233,760,695,1170,1158,29982,29983,29983,29984,29986,29987,29990,29989]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Nc3 f5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nf3 e4 7. Ng5 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Nh3 Na6 {LiveBook: 73 Games} 10. Rb1 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} (10. d5 Ng4 11. f3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ne5 13. b3 Bf6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bb2 exf3 17. exf3 Bd7 {1-0 (39) Gareyev,T (2606)-Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2473) Mumbai 2018}) 10... Nc7 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b4 Be6 12. c5 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qc2 Bf6 15. Nf4 Qe7 16. Nh3 Qd8 17. Nf4 Qe7 18. Nh3 Qd8 {½-½ (18) Gallardo Retortillo,E (2149)-Damaso,R (2371) Torres Vedras 2011}) 11... Kh8 12. d5 {The position is equal.} c5 (12... cxd5 $11 13. cxd5 b6) 13. f3 $14 exf3 14. exf3 Rb8 15. a4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Re1 b5 19. Bf1 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Bd8 20. Nf4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} bxc4 21. Qc2 c3 22. b3 (22. bxc3 $16 Rxb1 23. Qxb1) 22... Qa7 (22... Qf7 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. Qxc3 $16 Bb6 (23... Qf7 $16 {was necessary.}) 24. Bc4 Bd7 25. Bb2 Qc7 $2 (25... Bd8 {keeps fighting.} 26. Qd2 Ne8) 26. Re7 $18 (26. Bxa6 Ba5 $16) 26... Ba5 {[#]} 27. Qe3 (27. Rxd7 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb6 (27... Qxd7 28. Qxa5) 28. Rxd6 Bxc3 29. Rxb6 Bxb2 30. Rxa6 (30. Rxb2 Rxb6 31. Nd3 a5 $14) 30... Bd4+ 31. Kg2) 27... Qd8 28. Rd1 Rb6 29. h4 {And now Rxg7! would win.} Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qd3 Nh5 {[#]} (31... Kg8 {is a better defense.}) 32. Ne6 $1 ({Stronger than} 32. Bxa6 Nxg3 33. Bc1 Nh5 $15) 32... Qg6 33. g4 $1 Bxe6 $2 (33... Rb8 34. g5 (34. Qxf5 Qxf5 35. gxf5 Kg8 $16) 34... f4) 34. dxe6 Ng3 35. Kh2 {[%cal Bg1h2,Bh2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} d5 36. Qxd5 {White mates.} Rb8 37. Kxg3 fxg4 38. Qg5 Bc7+ 39. Kxg4 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,45,18,16,12,0,41,47,47,37,33,36,28,14,31,29,160,0,0,0,172,0,10,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qd3 e5 9. dxe5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Rfd1 (12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Rfd1 Ne6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rac1 Kg7 16. c5 Nxc5 {½-½ (31) Erdos,V (2628)-Amin,B (2680) Tbilisi 2017}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 {LiveBook: 23 Games} Bxf6 14. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Bd8 15. Nb3 a5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15... Ne7 16. Nc5 c6 {1-0 (81) Druska,J (2466)-Krnan,T (2449) Slovakia 2015}) 16. Nc5 f5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. e4 Kf7 19. Nd7 {Threatening exf5.} Ke6 (19... Bg5 $11 {remains equal.}) 20. Nc5+ $2 (20. exf5+ $16 Kxf5 21. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 20... Kf7 $11 21. Nd7 $2 (21. exf5 $11 Bxf5 22. N3e4) 21... Ke6 $18 22. Nc5+ $2 ({White has to play} 22. exf5+ $18 Kxf5 {[#]} 23. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 22... Kf7 $11 23. Nd7 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Darini, Pouria"]
[Black "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,60,6,0,12,0,0,0,22,-21,-13,-16,51,50,45,50,76,62,74,71,91,91,97,52,57,61,50,38,67,40,32,0,53,0,37,0,13,0,29,-599,-599,-599,-584,-905,-893]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Bb6 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 10. a4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Re8 11. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 a6 12. Be3 Ba5 13. Bd2 h6 14. Rb1 Bb6 15. Be3 Ba5 16. Bd2 Bb6 17. Nh4 {1-0 (31) Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Leko,P (2731) Sochi 2014}) 11... f6 {The position is equal.} 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Ba3 Qd7 14. Nb3 Na5 ({Black should try} 14... Bh3 $11) 15. Nxa5 $14 Bxa5 16. Bxb7 {Hoping for Qf3.} Rab8 {[#]} 17. Qf3 $1 {Strongly threatening Bc6.} Qxa4 18. Bb4 Bb6 19. Bc6 Qxc2 20. Rbc1 Qd2 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Rcd1 Qb2 23. Rb1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} (23. Bc5 $5) 23... Qc2 24. Rbc1 (24. d4 $5) 24... Qd2 (24... Qa4 $11) 25. Rcd1 Qb2 26. Ra1 Rd8 $1 27. Ba5 Bd5 (27... e4 $5 28. dxe4 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 (29. Qxf2 Rd2 $11) 29... Bc5 $11) 28. Qf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Qd1 $1 $11) 28... g6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg6f5] Black is clearly winning.} 29. Qxf6 Rf8 30. Rab1 Qe2 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 45%.} ({Stronger than} 30... Rxf6 31. Rxb2 Bxa5 32. Rb5 $16) 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chakravarthi Reddy, M."]
[Black "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,75,58,19,78,22,23,29,33,0,24,0,47,47,39,57,65,67,68,68,68,62,68,66,77,76,78,82,82,61,82,68,54,54,133,126,125,116,156,158,298,279,296,286,406,406,474,400,467,453,437,433]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 a6 8. O-O b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 Ba6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rfb8 {A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6} 14. Rfd1 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Qd8 (14... Ng4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. Rab1 (15. b3 $16) 15... Nb6 {The position is equal.} 16. e4 Nc4 17. Be1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17. Bf1 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nd7 20. Kg2 Qa5 21. a3 Bxc3 22. Nc4 {½-½ (47) Grigorov,G (2460)-Vafiadis,K (2246) Thessaloniki 2007}) 17... Ng4 18. a4 Qb6 {[%cal Rc4b2]} 19. h3 Nge5 20. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 21. Nb5 $1 Nxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 {Threatens to win with Bf1.} Bxb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. e5 Rb3 27. Kf1 Ra2 28. exd6 exd6 29. Be4 c4 (29... g5 $14) 30. Rc1 $16 f5 31. Bc2 Rb5 {[#]} 32. Bd1 $1 Rxd5 {[#]} (32... Rbb2 $16 33. Rxc4 Rb1) 33. Be2 $1 $18 {[%cal Re2c4]} Rxe2 34. Kxe2 Rd4 (34... Re5+ $142 35. Kf1 Rc5) 35. Bd2 d5 36. Be3 Rd3 37. Rd1 d4 38. Bxd4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Berezina, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,67,20,32,26,32,16,22,31,31,15,19,-4,43,30,34,44,98,93,109,103,134,154,158,104,113,81,111,81,143,139,138,139,176,176,194,195,358,252,225,226,387,412,398,385,398,215,222,227,619,622,622,610,591,578]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qc2 Bg4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} 9. Rd1 Qc8 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Rac1 e5 12. dxe5 Bxf3 13. exf3 Ndxe5 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. b4 Nf6 16. a3 {½-½ (94) Gdanski,J (2533)-Chojnacki,K (2436) Warsaw 2012}) 10... e5 {The position is equal.} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 Bf5 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Ne1 e4 15. Nc2 Ng4 {[#]} (15... Nh5 $14 16. Ne3 Be6) 16. Nd5 $1 $16 {h3 is the strong threat.} f6 17. Bd2 Nge5 18. Bc3 Ne7 19. Nde3 (19. Nf4 $142) 19... c6 20. Qb2 Bh6 21. Rd6 Nf7 (21... Be6 $142) 22. Rd2 Ne5 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. c5 a5 25. Rd6 Nd5 $2 (25... Nf7 {might work better.} 26. Bxf6 Nd5) 26. Nxd5 cxd5 {[#]} 27. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f5]} ({Don't take} 27. R6xd5 $6 Qf7 $16) ({Resist} 27. Rxf6 $6 Ng4 $16) 27... Bf8 $2 (27... Bd7) 28. Nxf5 $18 gxf5 29. Rxf6 Bg7 30. Rd6 (30. Rxf5 $142 Rad8 31. Qd2) 30... Qxc5 31. R1xd5 Nd3 $2 (31... Nf3+ 32. exf3 Qxc3 33. Qxc3 Bxc3 34. Rxf5 e3 35. fxe3 Rxe3) 32. Rxc5 {White is clearly winning.} ({Not} 32. Rxd3 exd3 33. Rxd3 (33. Bd5+ $2 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 dxe2 $19) 33... Qc7 $16) 32... Nxb2 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rc2 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,120,45,49,43,48,46,56,59,74,45,57,14,21,-19,-17,-10,-4,-25,-16,-10,0,-89,-27,-113,-135,-160,-153,-193,-25,-29,0,-91,-89,-61,-25,-60,-56,-61,-92,-70,-59,-68,-69,-82,-103,-126,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-81,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-774,-735,-1706,-1664,-1511,-2183,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29992,-29992,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Ne8 {A72: Modern Benoni: Classical: Lines with Bg5} (9... Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. Kh1 Nc7 12. f3 Nd7 13. a4 b6 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. Qe1 h5 18. h4 Rb8 19. Qg3 Bf8 20. Rfe1 b5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 {1-0 (46) Eljanov,P (2739)-Salem,A (2638) Geneva 2017}) 10. O-O f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Nde4 Na6 13. Bg5 Nf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. Qd2 {[#]} Nc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qb6 16. h3 Rae8 17. Rae1 {½-½ (33) Kozul,Z (2616)-Cvitan,O (2527) Sibenik 2012}) 16. h4 Be8 17. h5 Qd7 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 18. hxg6 Bxg6 19. Bd3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qd3 b4 22. Nce2 Qf7 23. Bxf6 (23. Nf4 $11) 23... Qxf6 (23... Bxf6 $17 24. Ne4 Bxb2 25. Nxd6 Qh7) 24. Ne4 (24. a3 $11) 24... Qxb2 $17 25. Nxd6 Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5d6]} 26. Ne4 Rae8 $2 ({Inferior is} 26... Nxd5 27. Rac1 $11) (26... Qxd5 $19 27. Qxd5+ Nxd5) 27. N4g3 $11 Nxd5 28. Qxg6 (28. Rad1 $11 Nb6 29. Qxg6) 28... Re6 $17 29. Qg4 Rff6 30. Rad1 {[#]} Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re3g4][%mdl 512]} 31. fxe3 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Rh6+ 33. Nh5 Rxh5+ $1 34. Qxh5 {Threatening mate with Rd8+.} Rh6 {[%cal Rh6h5]} 35. Nf4 ({Wrong is} 35. Rd8+ $2 Kh7 $19) 35... Rxh5+ (35... Qe7 $17 36. Qxh6 Bxh6) 36. Nxh5 $11 Bd4 {Strongly threatening ...Qe2.} 37. Rde1 $1 {[%cal Re1e3]} Qg5 {[%cal Rg5h5]} 38. Re8+ Kh7 {[%cal Rg5h5]} 39. Rf7+ Kh6 {[%cal Rg5h5]} (39... Kg6 $5 40. Rg8+ $8 Kxh5 41. Rxg5+ Kxg5 $11) 40. Nf4 Qh4+ 41. Nh3 Qg4 42. Nf4 {Hoping for Re6+.} Qh4+ (42... b3 $5 43. Re6+ $8 Qxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Nxe6 bxa2 45. Rxa7 a1=Q+ 46. Rxa1 Bxa1 $11) 43. Nh3 Kg6 44. Rf4 Qh5 45. Re6+ Kg7 46. Re7+ Kg8 47. Rfe4 a5 48. Kh2 {[#]} (48. Re8+ $11 {remains equal.} Kg7 49. R4e7+ Kf6 50. Re6+ Kf5 51. Re4 Qd1+ 52. Kh2) 48... a4 (48... Bf6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6e7]} 49. Ra7 Be5+ 50. g3 Qf5) 49. g4 Qd5 50. Re8+ Kh7 51. R8e7+ Bg7 {Threatens to win with ...a3.} 52. Kg3 $1 a3 53. Kh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Ra7 $11 Qxa2 54. Ng5+ Kg6 55. Re6+ Bf6 56. Raa6 Qb3+ 57. Kf4 Qc4+ 58. Ne4 Qf1+ 59. Kg3 Qg1+ 60. Kf3 Qd1+ 61. Kf2 Qc2+ 62. Kg3 Qd3+ 63. Kf2 Qc2+ 64. Kg3 Qd3+ 65. Kf4 Qf1+ 66. Kg3 Qg1+ 67. Kf3 Qd1+ 68. Kf2 Qc2+) 53... Qxa2 $19 54. Kh5 Qh2 55. Re3 a2 56. g5 a1=Q {Black mates.} 57. g6+ Kg8 58. Re8+ Bf8 59. Rf3 Qh8+ 60. Kg4 Qg2+ {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Black "Priyanka Nutakki"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,108,16,19,-56,-61,-62,-56,-64,-79,-73,-44,-46,-54,-89,-97,-91,-100,-95,-77,-69,-69,-82,-91,-89,-88,-81,-93,-122,-122,-139,-129,-124,-136,-185,-184,-185,-172,-171,-164,-166,-171,-177,-166,-166,-166,-210,-136,-134,-141,-171,-74,-102,-95,-91,-14,-170,-93,-158,-108,-129,-130,-163,-133,-104,-63,-172,-164,-173,-94,-77,0,-170,-170,-181,-177,-166,-176,-29989,-1029,-946,-842,-1132,-1078,-1114,-1079,-1002,-972,-1159,-1159,-29963,-29963,-6356,-6335,-6203,-6102]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. c3 f6 {LiveBook: 172 Games} 9. f5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (9. Qb3 $11) (9. a3 Be7 10. h4 O-O 11. b4 cxd4 12. cxd4 a5 13. b5 Qxb5 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qd8 16. Bd3 fxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kh6 20. Qc2 g6 21. h5 Ne4 22. Ncxe4 Nd4 23. Qd1 {1-0 (23) Vasquez Schroder,R (2547)-Liu,G (2462) Lorca 2017}) 9... cxd4 $15 10. fxe6 Ndxe5 {...dxc3 is the strong threat.} 11. Nexd4 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Ng6 14. Qa4+ Kf8 15. Nxd5 {½-½ (15) Niehaus,F (2182)-Thompson,I (2276) Berlin 2011}) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Bxe6 {Threatens to win with ...0-0-0.} 13. Qe2 Kd7 14. b4 Re8 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Bd6 17. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4c2][%mdl 32]} a6 18. Ba4 b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 19. Bc2 Ne5 {aiming for ...Nc4.} 20. O-O Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rc8 22. Bd4 {[#]} Bxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. cxb4 Qxc2 24. Qe3 Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rc2g2]} ({But not} 24... Qg6+ 25. Kh1 $17) 25. Rf2 Qg6+ 26. Kh1 Rhe8 27. Qd2 Qf5 28. Bc5 Re5 29. a4 bxa4 30. Qd1 Rc6 31. Qxa4 Qd3 32. Rg1 Rg5 (32... g5 $19 {is more deadly. Strongly threatening ...g4!} 33. Qc2 Qxc2 34. Rxc2 Rce6) 33. Rd1 Qc4 34. Rc2 Qf4 ({Black should try} 34... Qb5 $17 35. Qa2 Re6) 35. Qb3 $2 (35. Qxc6+ $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Kxc6 36. Be3+ Qc4 37. Rxc4+ dxc4 38. Bxg5 fxg5 39. Kg1) 35... Qe5 (35... Ke8 $19 36. Re2+ (36. Rxd5 $2 Be6 $19) 36... Kf7 37. Re7+ Kg6 38. Qd3+ Kh6) 36. Rcd2 (36. Qa4 $142 Qe6 37. Be3 Bg2+ 38. Rxg2 Rxg2 39. Kxg2 Qxe3 40. Rxd5+ Kc7 41. Qd1) 36... Be6 37. Qd3 Qf5 38. Qf1 Rh5 39. Ra1 Qf4 40. Qf2 (40. Rg2 $15) 40... Rh3 41. Rd3 Qe5 (41... Ke8 $19 42. Re1 Kf7) 42. Rda3 $17 Qf4 ({Better is} 42... Qf5 $17) 43. Rd1 $2 (43. Rd3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 43... g5 44. Kg1 g4 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 45. Rdd3 g3 46. hxg3 $2 (46. Qe3 $19 Qf5 47. Ra2) 46... Rxg3+ (46... Qc1+ $142 47. Qf1 {[#]} Rh1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Kxh1 Qxf1+ 49. Kh2 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. bxc5 Bh3 52. Rxd5+ Kc7 53. Rd7+ Kxd7 54. c6+ Kc7 55. Ra2 Qxa2 56. Kh1 Qg2#) 47. Kf1 $19 Bh3+ 48. Ke1 Qc1+ 49. Rd1 Re6+ 50. Re3 Qc3+ $1 51. Ke2 Rxe3+ 52. Qxe3 Rg2+ 53. Kf1 Rd2+ 54. Ke1 Rd3+ {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari"]
[Black "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,75,10,0,14,9,8,2,16,20,15,23,55,68,54,56,144,116,117,69,118,100,295,179,143,147,224,223,229,212,214,201,302,266,515,477,487,490,650,628,823,812,1146,1042,1037,1023,1026,997,935,849,1380,1008,2160,2170,1779,1506,29971,29968,29981,29978,29978,29979,29983,29984]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 c6 6. Nh4 Bg4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1 {LiveBook: 25 Games} Bc5 {The position is equal.} 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 Be7 11. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 Nfd7 12. Bb2 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Qe7 14. c4 {1-0 (42) Fedoseev,V (2683)-Iskusnyh,S (2465) St Petersburg 2015}) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Nf5 {Threatens to win with g4.} exf4 $1 14. gxf4 Ne8 (14... Bg6 $14) 15. b3 Bc5 16. Bb2 f6 17. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} Nd6 $2 (17... Nd7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 18. Na4 Nxf5 19. Nxc5 Re8 (19... Qe7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 20. Qf2 $18 b6 {[#]} 21. Nd3 $1 ({Resist} 21. exf5 $6 bxc5 22. Rfe1 (22. Qxc5 Nd7 $16) 22... Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 (23. Qxe1 a5 $16) 23... Qf8) 21... Nd6 22. Rae1 f5 (22... Nd7 $142 23. e5 Nf5 24. Bxc6 Rc8) 23. e5 Ne4 $2 (23... Nc8 24. e6 a5) 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Rf8 26. f5 Nd7 27. Qg2 Kh8 28. e6 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg2g7] [#]} Nf6 29. e7 Qd5 30. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Re7 Rg8 33. Qxd5 cxd5 34. Nf4 Be8 35. Rg1 {White mates.} Bb5 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Nxd5 Bc6 38. c4 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,111,0,0,0,2,-5,0,-14,0,4,3,0,8,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-17,-39,-9,-9,0,0,-4,-3,-7,-6,-4,-5,0,0,0,-16,0,-34,0,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Rab1 a5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Bh2 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} (14. Qc2 Ng6 15. Bh2 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Qc5 {½-½ (19) Burmakin,V (2571)-Sorokin,M (2583) Sochi 2004}) 14... Ng6 15. Ne5 Bd6 $146 {[%cal Rg6e5]} ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rbc1 Re6 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Rxc5 Rg6 22. Rfc1 h6 23. Qf5 Rg5 24. Qf3 Qg6 25. a3 a4 {½-½ (41) Hardicsay,P (2249)-Juhasz,A (2375) Heviz 2016}) 16. Nxg6 {[#] Hoping for Bxd6.} hxg6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a3 a4 19. f3 Re7 20. Rfe1 Nh5 21. Qd2 Ng3 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Rae8 $1 {[%cal Rg3e4]} 24. Qd3 $1 {[#] Threatens to win with e5.} Qf4 {[%cal Rg3e4]} 25. Qf3 g5 {[%cal Rg3e4]} 26. Qxf4 (26. d5 {looks sharper.} Re5 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Qf2 f6 29. Nxa4 Nxe4 30. Qxf4 gxf4 31. Nb6) 26... gxf4 27. e5 Rd8 28. Rbd1 Red7 29. Nxa4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Nc5 Rd2 32. b4 Ra2 33. Nxb7 Nf5 34. Nc5 Nh4 {aiming for ...f3.} 35. Rf1 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 Ra2 37. Rxf4 {The position is equal.} g5 38. Rf6 (38. Rg4 {leads to mate.} Nf3 39. Rxg5+ Kf8 40. Ne6+ fxe6 41. Rg8+ Kxg8 42. h4 Rh2#) 38... Rxa3 39. Rxc6 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Nf3+ 41. Kg2 Nxe5 42. Ra6 Rb1 43. Ne4 Rb2+ 44. Kf1 Rxb4 45. Nxg5 Kg7 46. Ra3 Rb2 47. Nf3 Ng6 48. Ra4 Kf6 49. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kf5 50. h5 Nf4 51. Nh4+ Kg5 52. Nf3+ Kg4 53. Ne5+ Kf5 54. Rxf4+ Kxf4 55. Nd3+ Kg5 56. Nxb2 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,83,32,56,29,34,25,25,31,25,23,30,38,35,24,51,51,47,49,48,45,46,36,74,70,65,64,85,81,69,53,89,79,156,154,161,170,121,145,164,164,152,145,147,158,159,133,162,156,123,123,129,129,12841,11589,29988,29989,29993,29988,29988,29989,29995,29996,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 (5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. b3 b4 8. Na4 cxb3 9. axb3 e6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qd2 {0-1 (34) Matlakov,M (2735)-Fedoseev,V (2718) St Petersburg 2017}) 6. e4 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} Nxe4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 Bg7 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Qh4 Bg4 12. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 {1-0 (38) Popov,M (2416)-Bhakti,K (2306) Marianske Lazne 2018}) 12... O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd7 15. Rad1 e6 16. Qe4 Qa5 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. b4 Qc7 19. Qb3 Rad8 20. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 21. a5 Nc8 22. d5 cxd5 $1 23. cxd5 e5 24. Bg4 Bf8 25. Rc1 Qb8 {[#]} ({Black should play} 25... Qd6) 26. b5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5a6] Strongly threatening bxa6.} axb5 {[#]} 27. Bxc8 $1 (27. Qxb5 f5 $16) 27... Rxc8 28. Qxb5 Bd6 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Rc1 Qa8 31. Qb6 Rd8 32. Bg5 Rd7 33. Qb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qe8 34. a6 bxa6 35. Qxa6 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Be7 $16 36. Rc8 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8) 36. Rc8 $18 Ra7 {[#]} 37. Bf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Kh6 (37... Kxf6 38. Qxd6+) 38. Qxd6 ({Less strong is} 38. Rxe8 Rxa6 39. g4 (39. Bxe5 Bxe5 40. Rxe5 Rd6 $14) 39... Bc5 $18) 38... Qxc8 39. Qxe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf6g7]} Qc1+ 40. Kh2 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf6g7]} g5 41. Bg7+ Kh5 42. g4+ {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Black "Balasubramaniam H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,76,12,10,12,6,14,6,7,6,4,15,10,8,22,14,11,4,35,32,40,33,58,-55,-18,-24,0,-99,-93,-103,-97,-87,-70,-109,-12,-99,-95,-166,-91,-92,-85,-76,-69,-83,-68,-81,-70,-96,-102,-125,-73,-88,-52,-46,-61,-48,-46,-46,-50,-34,-36,-14,0,-101,0,-93,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. h3 Nc6 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (6... Nbd7 7. Bh2 b6 8. e4 e5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nh5 11. Re1 Bh6 12. Nc4 {½-½ (12) Berkes,F (2645)-Vovk,A (2641) Hungary 2017}) 7. Qc2 Qe8 8. e4 e5 9. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bh2 Qe7 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Nc4 Bc6 14. Bf3 {½-½ (28) Estrada Degrandi,W-Silva Nazzari,R Uruguay 1971}) 11... Qe7 12. Be2 b6 13. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 14. a5 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6f7,Bf7g5][%mdl 32]} 15. O-O Kh8 16. f4 (16. f3 $14) 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Be5 {Strongly threatening ...Qc5+.} (17... Nf6 {is more complex.} 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Qd3 Be5 20. Bh6 Rfe8) 18. Kh1 (18. a6 $11 Bc6 19. Bxe5+ Qxe5 20. Bd3) 18... Bxf4 $17 19. Rxf4 Nd6 20. Bd3 Rad8 21. Nf3 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. e5 (22. exf5 $11 {remains equal.} gxf5 23. Qf2 (23. Bxf5 $2 Qe3 $19)) 22... Nf7 23. Re1 {[#]} (23. Qe2 $17 {was necessary.}) 23... Bxf3 ({Don't play} 23... bxa5 24. Bf1 $15) (23... Ng5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5f3]} 24. Bf1 Ne4) 24. Rxf3 Ng5 ({Much weaker is} 24... Nxe5 $6 25. Rfe3 $11) 25. Rf2 bxa5 26. Qe2 Ne6 27. Bc2 Qc5 28. Rff1 Rb8 29. Ba4 {[#]} Rfd8 (29... Rf7 $142 $1 30. Rb1 Ng5) 30. Rd1 Ng5 {aiming for ...Ne4.} 31. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 {And now Qd8+ would win.} Ne4 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qd7+ Kh8 36. e6 (36. Qe8+ $11 Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qd4) 36... Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ ({Black should play} 37... Ne2 $17 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rc5g1]} 38. Qd1 Qe5+ 39. Kh1 Kg7 40. Qd7+ Kh6 41. Qd2+ f4) 38. Kh1 $11 {Threatens to win with Qd3.} Ng3+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Black "Vishnu, Prasanna. V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,86,42,23,30,26,26,33,24,23,36,37,8,20,0,0,-2,-18,-10,-15,-27,-23,-28,-21,-20,-24,-41,-32,-81,-83,-87,-85,-92,-89,-86,-80,-119,-107,-160,-163,-169,-68,-75,-68,-69,-70,-139,-146,-217,-218,-208,-202,-194,-190,-228,-219,-491,-491,-491,-491,-491,-485,-485,-466]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. h3 {C87: Closed Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines after 6 Re1 d6} Bh5 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Nc5 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Nf1 Ng5 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 {LiveBook: 39 Games} 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. Rad1 g6 (16... Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (57) Najer,E (2699)-Mamedyarov,S (2791) Antalya 2017}) 17. d4 $146 Qe7 18. Ba4 Bh6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Ne2 Qa5 22. Ra1 Qb6 23. b3 Bg7 24. Qd3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 25. Nd4 a4 26. Qc4 c5 27. Ne2 Qa6 28. Qxa6 Rxa6 29. Rab1 Rb8 30. bxa4 Rc8 31. Nf4 (31. f3 $142) 31... Bxc3 $17 ({Don't do} 31... Rxa4 32. Nd5 $15) 32. Red1 {aiming for Nd5.} c6 (32... Kg7 $19 33. Nd5 Be5) 33. Ne2 $15 Bg7 34. Rxd6 Rxa4 35. Nc1 ({White should play} 35. Rd2 $15) 35... Rxe4 $17 36. Nb3 {[#]} (36. Kf1 $17 {might work better.}) 36... Rb4 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...c4.} 37. Rc1 c4 38. Na5 {[#]} c3 $1 {Hoping for ...Bh6.} 39. Nxc6 Rb7 40. Nd4 $2 (40. g4 {was forced.}) 40... Bh6 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Rf1 c2 42. Nxc2 Rxc2 43. a4 Ra2 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muthaiah AL"]
[Black "Krysa, Leandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,119,-44,-37,-58,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-30,-49,-37,-20,-50,-12,-22,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,-4,-1,-1,-1,-13,-13,-264,-241,-331,-349,-312,-389,-496,-453,-316,-438,-435,-167,-528,-309,-472,-302,-437,-309,-256,-82,-85,-12,-15,-22,-92,0,-34,-24,-27,-27,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,-38,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxc4 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 26 Games} 9. a3 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nc3 a5 {0-1 (51) Lagno,K (2523)-Gelfand,B (2741) Berlin 2015}) 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Qc2 Bd5 13. b4 a5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Nf3 axb4 16. axb4 Qd6 17. b5 c6 (17... Nf5 {keeps more tension.} 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bh3 Qb6 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Ra1 Rxa1+ 22. Bxa1 Bxf3 23. exf3 Qxb5 24. Qxc7 Qb1+) 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 b5 22. Nd2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 h6 25. Bb2 Kh7 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Nxb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} f5 28. Kf1 g5 29. h3 Kg6 30. g4 Be5 31. Kg2 Kf6 32. e3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Kf1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 32... dxe3 $19 33. d4 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Nxd4 {[#]} (34. Bxd4 e2) 34... e2 $1 {[%cal Re2e1][%mdl 512]} 35. Bc3 {[#]} (35. Nxe2 Bxb2) 35... e1=Q $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Bxe1 Bxd4 {KB-KB} 37. Bb4 Kg6 $2 (37... f4 {Hoping for ...Ke5.} 38. Kf3 Ke6) 38. f3 $2 (38. Kf1 {was the crucial defense.}) 38... Kf7 39. Kf1 (39. gxf5 $142 Kf6 40. Kf1) 39... Bf6 40. Ke2 (40. gxf5 $142 Be7 41. Bd2) 40... Be7 41. Bd2 b4 $2 (41... f4 $19 42. Kd3 Ke6) 42. Kd3 Ke6 (42... fxg4 $17 43. hxg4 b3) 43. Kc4 $1 $11 Ke5 44. Bc1 {[#]} (44. Be3 $1 $11) 44... Bd6 ({Better is} 44... Kf6 $1 $17) 45. Be3 Ke6 46. Bd4 Bf8 47. Bb2 Kf7 48. gxf5 Bg7 49. Bc1 Bc3 50. f4 Kf6 51. fxg5+ hxg5 52. Be3 Kxf5 53. Bc1 Kg6 54. Be3 Kh5 55. Bc1 Kh4 56. Be3 Be1 57. Bc1 Bc3 58. Be3 {The position is equal.} Be5 {aiming for ...Bf4.} 59. Bxg5+ $1 Kxh3 60. Kxb4 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Risting, Eivind Olav"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,47,31,37,12,42,0,12,7,7,2,24,13,20,-29,14,10,43,17,98,89,76,37,43,43,38,27,27,40,36,39,34,13,33,3,16,0,3,0,12,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. e3 c5 6. cxd5 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qd3 a6 12. Rd1 Ng6 13. Bg5 {½-½ (31) Leko,P (2740)-Ponomariov,R (2717) Tromsoe 2014}) 6... exd5 7. Be2 c4 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qc2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bf5 11. Qb2 b6 12. Nd2 Qc8 13. Bf3 {1-0 (46) Gottschall,I (1731)-Buck,K (1730) Dresden 2013}) 9... Ba5 {[%cal Bb4a5,Ba5c7,Bc7d6][%mdl 32]} 10. b4 Bc7 11. a4 a5 12. b5 Bd6 13. e4 Be6 (13... Nd7 $1 $11) 14. Ng5 Bb4 15. Nxd5 (15. Bd2 {feels hotter.} Bxc3 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxc3 Nd7 18. Qe1) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 {[#]} 17. Bxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening Qd3.} h6 ({Much weaker is} 17... Bxc4 $6 {[#]} 18. Qc2 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. Qb1 Nb6 {The position is equal.} 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. h3 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sharma, Dinesh K"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,175,22,18,25,0,0,5,14,-65,-79,-79,-74,-83,-73,-66,-25,-32,11,7,71,75,66,44,92,40,69,60,66,74,71,57,99,60,79,25,24,35,31,0,34,-72,-72,-103,-87,-103,-107,-114,-120,-118,-110,-108,-99,-101,-96,-101,-92,-106,-28,-18,-6,-196,-191,-167,-202,-189,0,-33,-33,-42,-44,-33,89,82,85,63,132,131,171,85,85,0,120,115,114,85,102,108,374,371,368,364,562,542,548,542,481,534,525,461,544,539,563,546,603,590,575,588,581,540,5243,5193,5147,5140,5114,5072,4346,2843,2726,2651,2658,2313,2254,1929,7543,7517,1890,658,7575,7538,7370,6455,5197,5064,6588,6436,5774,4764,29971,29972,29974,29975,29984,29985,29985,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. Nbd2 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} h6 (9... b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nfd2 Nf6 16. a5 Qc7 {½-½ (49) Artemiev,V (2697)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Moscow 2018}) 10. Nf1 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Be6 11. Bc2 {White has an edge.} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. Ne3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. h3 Rae8 {½-½ (37) Katyshkina,A (1882)-Kudrjavich,D (1936) St Petersburg 2010}) 12. Ne3 Re8 13. d4 ({White should play} 13. Bb3 $11) 13... cxd4 $15 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 a6 17. Qd1 Qb6 18. Ba4 {Nd5 is the strong threat.} Nxe4 (18... Rf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Bxe8 $16 Rxe8 20. Qa4 (20. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Nf6 21. Kh1 $11) 20... Nf6 21. Nd1 (21. b3 $1 $16) 21... d5 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Rad1 d4 26. Ne4 ({Better is} 26. Qa3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra3c5]} Qxa3 27. bxa3) 26... Nxe4 $11 27. Rxe4 d3 {Threatens to win with ...d2.} 28. h3 (28. Qb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Qc2 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 $11) 28... Kh7 29. Rd2 {[#]} (29. Re3 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 29... Bxh3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Re3 (30. gxh3 Qg5+) 30... Bf5 31. Re1 Bg6 32. a3 Rd4 33. Qd1 Qd6 34. Qf3 Qd7 35. Qe3 Rd5 36. Qe8 Qg4 37. Qb8 Rg5 ({Black should try} 37... Rc5 $17 {Hoping for ...Qg5.} 38. Qd6 Rc2 39. Rxd3 Bxd3 40. Qxd3+ Qg6) 38. Qxb7 $11 Qh4 39. Re3 $2 ({Reject} 39. g3 Qf4 $17) (39. Qb4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qh3 40. Qb7) 39... Rh5 $1 $19 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh4h1][%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 40. Rh3 Qg5 41. Re3 Bf5 $2 (41... Qa5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra5d2]} 42. Qb4 Qc7) 42. Qe7 {aiming for Qxg5.} Qf4 {( -> ...Qh2+)} 43. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} Qh4 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh4h1]} 44. f4 $1 Bg6 (44... Qh1+ $15 {stays ahead.} 45. Kf2 Qh4+ 46. Kf1 Qg4) 45. Rh3 $16 Rxe5 46. Rxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Re1+ ({But not} 46... Re2 $2 47. Rxe2 dxe2 48. Kf2 $18) (46... Rc5 $14) 47. Kf2 Rb1 48. Ke3 (48. g4 $18 {has better winning chances.} Be4 49. f5) 48... Re1+ {[#]} 49. Kf2 (49. Kd4 $1 $16) 49... Rc1 {[#]} (49... Rb1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 50. g4 $1 Be4 51. Ke3 f5 52. g5 Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Re1+ $16 53. Kd4 a5) 53. gxh6 $18 gxh6 54. Rdh2 a5 (54... Re1+ $142 55. Kd2 Rb1 56. Rxh6+ Kg7) 55. Rxh6+ Kg7 56. Rh7+ Kg8 57. Ra7 Re1+ 58. Kd2 Rb1 59. Kc3 Rc1+ 60. Kd4 Re1 {intending ...Re2.} 61. Rd2 Rf1 62. Ke5 Re1 63. Kf6 Re2 64. Rg7+ Kf8 65. Rxe2 dxe2 {KR-KB} 66. Rg1 Ke8 67. Re1 Bd3 68. Ke6 a4 69. Kd6 Kf7 70. Ke5 Kg6 71. Kd4 Ba6 72. Rg1+ (72. Ke3 $142 Kf7 73. Rh1) 72... Kh5 73. Ke3 Kh4 74. Kf3 {[%cal Rg1h1]} Kh5 75. Kf2 Kh4 76. Rg6 Bb5 77. Rb6 Bd3 78. Rb4 {White mates.} Kg4 79. Rxa4 Be4 {[#]} 80. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 81. Kxe2 Kxf4 {KPP-KP} 82. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ke5 83. Ke3 Kd5 84. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kc4 85. a5 Kd5 86. a6 Kc6 87. Kxe4 Kb6 {[#]} 88. b5 $1 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Othman, A  Moussa"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,56,69,79,43,43,41,34,38,46,37,64,37,35,6,13,0,0,-40,-43,-41,-25,-77,-73,-78,-66,-79,-69,-106,-111,-104,-94,-117,-120,-169,-127,-625,-606,-616,-594,-606,-585,-770,-750,-678,-665]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bd2 Nxe5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nxe5 {A52: Budapest Gambit} Bxe5 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 8. Qc1 Rg8 9. e3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. g3 d5 10. Bg2 d4 11. O-O c6 12. e3 Be6 13. exd4 Bxd4 14. Nc3 f5 {1-0 (25) Koziak,V (2509)-Kadyk,A (2201) Mukachevo 2013}) 9... Nc6 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qc2 h5 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Bc3 (13. Qb3 {is more complex.} Rb8 14. h4 g4 15. Qc2 Kf8 16. Rd1) 13... Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 {Threatens to win with Nf6+.} Ne5 $1 15. Rd1 c6 16. Nb4 Qe7 17. Nc2 (17. Be2 $11) 17... c5 $17 18. Be2 g4 19. e4 O-O-O 20. Rd2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 {[%cal Be6f5,Bf5e4,Be4g2][%mdl 32]} 22. Ne3 Be4 23. Nd5 Qf7 24. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. O-O $17) 24... Bxg2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Rg1 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Bxf3 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Ne3 Qc7 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ranaldi, Lucas"]
[Black "Laxman, R.R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,161,5,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,-2,33,30,49,0,0,10,23,-8,37,45,60,10,0,0,12,0,0,0,5,-41,-43,-36,110,98,95,112,104,105,94,93,86,87,91,96,103,96,109,91,93,87,99,93,97,87,98,54,77,0,99,97,100,103,93,97,97,92,118,58,58,53,60,37,29,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,59,72,82,4,80,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-134,-134,-134,-134,-134,-134,-134,-134,-134,-135,-151,-152,-161,-134,-134,-134,-134,-134,-314,-311,-269,-259,-244,-114,-503,-523,-479,-474,-1193,-1110,-1810,-1916,-5077,-5077,-5077,-5064,-1991,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 a5 5. Nc3 d4 6. Nb5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (6. Na4 Nc6 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. e3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. exd4 exd4 {½-½ (41) Piorun,K (2657)-Movsesian,S (2673) Tallinn 2016}) 6... Nc6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 7. Bb2 {[%cal Rb5d4]} e5 8. Bg2 Bc5 9. e3 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. exd4 exd4 12. d3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Re1 d3 13. Ne5 {1-0 (26) Rosen,B (2316)-Wengenroth,W (2260) Germany 2001}) 12... Qd7 13. a3 Rae8 14. Qd2 Ng4 {[%cal Bf6g4,Bg4h6,Bh6f5][%mdl 32]} 15. Nh4 $1 Be6 16. Rad1 f6 17. h3 Nh6 18. Kh2 Nf5 19. Nf3 $1 Ne5 20. b4 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Be7 (21... axb4 $15 {stays ahead.} 22. axb4 Bb6) 22. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Rxe6! White is really pushing.} Bd8 23. Rxe6 ({Much weaker is} 23. bxa5 c6 $15) (23. g4 Nh4 $17) 23... Rxe6 24. Bd5 {Strongly threatening Re1.} c6 25. Bxe6+ Qxe6 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 axb4 28. axb4 Bc7 29. Bc3 h5 30. Re1 Qd7 31. h4 Rd8 32. Re3 Qg4 33. Re4 Qf3 34. Re3 Qg4 $1 35. Re7 Bd6 {[#]} 36. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4g4]} ({Not} 36. Rxb7 $2 Re8 $19) 36... Qf5 37. Qe2 Kf7 38. Kg2 b5 39. Qf3 (39. Bd4 $16) 39... Qxf3+ $14 40. Kxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be7 41. Ke2 Ra8 42. cxb5 cxb5 43. Kd1 Ra3 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 45. Bb2 f5 (45... Ra4 $11) 46. Re2 Ra4 47. Bc3 (47. Re5 $16) 47... Bxb4 {[#]} (47... Ra2+ $11 {remains equal.} 48. Bb2 g6) 48. Bxb4 (48. Re5 $1 $16) 48... Rxb4 $11 {KR-KR} 49. Kc3 Rb1 50. f4 g6 51. Re3 Kf6 52. Kc2 Ra1 53. Kb2 Ra6 54. Re5 b4 55. d4 (55. Kb3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 55... Ra3 $17 56. Rb5 Rxg3 57. Rb6+ Ke7 58. Rxb4 Rg4 59. Rb7+ Ke6 60. Kc3 Rxf4 61. Rb6+ Kf7 62. Rb7+ Kf6 63. Rb6+ Kg7 64. Rb7+ $2 (64. d5 $17) 64... Kh6 $19 65. d5 Rxh4 66. d6 {And now d7 would win.} Rh1 (66... Ra4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 67. d7 Ra8) 67. Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67. Kd2 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Ra1 68. d7) 67... Kg5 68. d7 Rd1+ 69. Ke5 (69. Ke3 $142) 69... h4 70. Ke6 h3 71. Rb8 Kg4 ({Stronger than} 71... h2 72. Rh8 $11) 72. d8=Q Rxd8 73. Rxd8 {KR-K3P} h2 $2 ({Black should try} 73... f4 $19 74. Ke5 f3) 74. Rh8 $11 {The position is equal.} Kg3 75. Rh6 $1 f4 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 76. Rxg6+ Kf2 77. Rh6 Kg2 78. Rg6+ Kh1 (78... Kf2 $5 79. Rh6 $8 Kg2 80. Rg6+ Kh1 $11) 79. Ke5 f3 80. Rf6 $1 Kg1 81. Rg6+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,168,0,49,16,29,21,24,27,27,22,33,30,32,0,0,8,18,13,71,66,82,83,76,80,78,64,89,76,82,79,55,60,89,14,22,19,19,14,35,9,15,16,24,19,13,14,29,27,56,13,48,51,48,50,43,44,52,47,48,46,47,37,50,42,63,41,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,9,12,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,46,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-131,-122,-129,-121,-114,-122,-97,-70,-129,-122,-83,-83,-357,-310,-268,0,-325,-322,-819,-819,-689,-694,-664,-479,-481,-465,-489,-371,-472,-438,-29968,-29970,-29969,-29971,-29971,-29972,-12844,-6195,-29977,-29977,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29974,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. Be2 Nbd7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6... e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4 Nh5 9. Be5 f6 10. c5 Qd8 11. Bd6 Bxd6 12. cxd6 Bxb1 13. Rxb1 f5 14. Ne5 Nhf6 15. b4 Rc8 16. f3 O-O 17. Nd3 Rf7 18. Ne5 Rf8 19. Nd3 Rf7 20. Ne5 {½-½ (20) Paragua,M (2513)-Coleman,T (2386) Las Vegas 2017}) 7. O-O h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Nbd2 e6 {The position is equal.} 9. c4 Be7 10. c5 Qd8 11. b4 g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne4 12. b5 {1-0 (29) Ivanova,T (2206)-Bistrikova,E (2185) St Petersburg 2005}) 12. Bg3 $1 Nh5 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. cxd6 Nhf6 15. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qb8 (15... Nb8 $11) 16. b5 $16 Qxd6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Nxc6 Kf8 20. Ba6 Kg7 21. Bb7 Rae8 {[%cal Ba8e8,Be8e7,Be7c7][%mdl 32]} 22. Nb3 Nb8 23. Nca5 (23. Nxa7 $16 Bd3 24. Rfc1) 23... Ne4 $11 24. f3 Nd6 25. Nc5 Re7 26. Rfe1 Bg6 27. Rac1 Kh7 28. Rc3 Rc7 29. Rec1 Re8 30. Ba6 e5 31. Bf1 {Black should prevent Ne4.} Nf5 32. Ne4 {Hoping for Nf6+.} Rxc3 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Rxc3 exd4 35. exd4 Rd8 36. Nb7 Rf8 37. Nxd5 Nxd4 38. Ne7 Bb1 39. a4 (39. Rc4 {is interesting.} Nf5 40. Nxf5 Bxf5 41. Rc7 Be6 42. Nd6) 39... Re8 40. Rc8 ({White should try} 40. Nc8 $14) 40... Rxc8 41. Nxc8 Nbc6 42. Nbd6 Kg7 43. Nb5 a5 44. Kf2 Ne6 45. Nb6 Nc5 46. Nc3 Bc2 47. Ke3 f5 48. g3 Kf6 49. Bb5 Ne5 50. h3 Bb3 51. f4 Nf7 (51... Ng6 {feels hotter.} 52. Nc4 gxf4+ 53. gxf4 Bxc4 54. Bxc4 h5) 52. Bc6 Nd6 53. Nd7+ (53. Bf3 {is more complex.} Kg6 54. Bg2 Kf6 55. h4 Ne6 56. Ba8) 53... Nxd7 54. Bxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ke7 55. Bc6 g4 56. h4 Nc4+ 57. Ke2 Nb6 58. Kd3 (58. Ke3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 58... Kd6 $17 59. Be8 Kc5 $1 60. Bg6 Bc4+ 61. Kc2 Be6 {Threatens to win with ...Kd4.} 62. Kd3 {[#]} Nc4 $1 63. Ne2 Bc8 64. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Nc3 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 64... Nb2+ 65. Ke3 Nc4+ 66. Kd3 {[#]} Nd6 $1 67. Ne2 $2 (67. Nc2 Ne4 68. Ke3) 67... Ba6+ $19 68. Ke3 Bxe2 69. Kxe2 {KB-KN} Ne4 70. Ke3 Nxg3 71. Be8 Kd6 72. Bb5 Ne4 73. Be8 (73. Bd3 $19 Kd5 74. Bc2) 73... Nf6 74. Bg6 Nd5+ 75. Kf2 Ke6 76. Kg3 Nc3 77. Be8 Ne2+ {Black mates.} 78. Kf2 Nxf4 79. Kg3 Ke5 80. Bd7 Nh5+ 81. Kf2 Nf6 82. Bc6 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 83. Bb7 Ne4+ 84. Kg2 f3+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Black "Tania, Sachdev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exd4 {[%emt 0:11:17]} 11. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Na5 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 12. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:11:13]} 13. e5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 14. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:12:18]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:07:51]} 15. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:10:03]} Na3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 19. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:11:22]} 20. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 21. Rc1 {[%emt 0:29:08]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:19:49]} 22. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:13:32]} 23. Qb2 {[%emt 0:06:55]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 24. e6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. exf7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Ng5+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 27. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Bxe1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 28. Bd5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 29. Nf7+ {[%emt 0:19:55]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Ng5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 32. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 33. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ma, Lin"]
[Black "Rajdeep Sarkar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:06:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 10. e3 {[%emt 0:05:54]} Be7 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:11:24]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 13. N2f3 {[%emt 0:07:56]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:36]} 14. a4 {[%emt 0:06:09]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 15. c3 {[%emt 0:03:34]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:08:35]} 16. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 17. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:09:01]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 18. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 19. Qd3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} f6 {[%emt 0:09:12]} 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:07:11]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 21. Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:14:24]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:07:57]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:12:19]} 23. Qxd5+ {[%emt 0:08:56]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 27. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 28. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:04:22]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 29. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 30. Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 31. a5 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 32. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 33. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} 34. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxh2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be1 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 36. e4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 37. Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 39. Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bf2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,108,-7,-8,-10,-35,-18,-21,-25,-20,-29,-72,-79,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,-7,-8,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,22,66,55,114,116,104,114,211,178,218,206,235,218,341,291,311,249,249,340,290,193,193,193,193,175,295,177,194,187,515,475,29961,29952,29961,29960,7420,2326,29968,29965,29971,29972,29971,29972,29972,29970,29971,29971,29973]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} a5 10. Nh4 (10. a3 Qb8 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. e3 Ne4 13. Qe2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Nf6 15. h3 Be6 16. Rfd1 h5 {1-0 (62) Howell,D (2676)-Motylev,A (2675) London 2017}) 10... Be6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bh3 14. Re1 Nc5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... a4 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 e6 17. Nf3 {½-½ (36) Kociscak,J (2478)-Konopka,M (2392) Prague 2016}) 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ne6 17. Nf3 c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 18. Re4 b5 19. d5 {Black must now prevent Bxg7.} Bxb2 20. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} bxc4 21. bxc4 Rb8 {And now ...Ng7 would win.} 22. dxe6 f5 23. Re2 {Hoping for Qxd8.} Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Rb4 25. Rd5 Rc8 26. Rc2 Kg7 27. Rd7 Bf6 28. Ra7 Rb6 29. Nd2 Rxe6 30. Nb3 Re1 31. Rxa5 Bd4 32. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} e5 ({Better is} 32... Re6 $14) 33. Rb5 $16 e4 34. a5 e3 (34... Ra8 $16 35. Ra2 (35. Nxc5 Bxc5 36. Rxc5 Ra1 $14) 35... Ra6 36. Nxc5 Bxc5) 35. fxe3 $18 Rxe3 {[#]} 36. a6 $1 Ra8 37. Ra2 (37. Nxc5 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Rxa6 $14) 37... Re6 (37... Kf7 {keeps fighting.} 38. Nxc5 Bxc5) 38. Rb7+ ({Stronger than} 38. Nxc5 Bxc5 39. Rxc5 Raxa6 $11) 38... Kf6 39. a7 Re7 40. Ra6+ Kf7 41. Na5 Rxb7 42. Nxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Be5 43. Kf3 g5 (43... Ke7 $142 44. h3 (44. Nxc5 Bd4 $11) 44... Kd7 45. Nxc5+ Kc7) 44. Nxc5 Bd4 45. Ne6 Rxa7 $2 (45... g4+ {is a better chance.} 46. Kf4 Rxa7) 46. Nxg5+ Kg7 (46... Kg8 $18) 47. Rxa7+ Bxa7 {[#] KB-KN} 48. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5c6][%mdl 512]} Kf6 (48... Bxc5 49. Ne6+) 49. c6 (49. Nxh7+ $142 Kg7 50. Ng5) 49... Bb8 50. Nxh7+ {White mates.} Ke5 51. Nf8 Kd5 52. Ng6 Bd6 53. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kxc6 54. h5 Kd5 {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,51,26,2,19,26,120,117,233,225,381,376,498,485,639,629,620,626,937,915,1344,991,972,941,2679,2445,29980,29981,29979,29962,29987,29988,29992,29993,29996,29997]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} (7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. Qe2 h5 10. Qe3 Qb6 11. b4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Be2 g4 15. Ne1 Nb6 16. Nb3 Qa4 {½-½ (30) Xiong,J (2634)-Van Foreest,J (2629) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7... Nc6 8. Re1 g5 9. h3 h5 10. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 5 Games} g4 11. cxd5 Nb4 (11... exd5 $11 12. e6 fxe6) 12. Ne4 $16 {And now dxe6 would win.} Nxd3 $146 (12... gxf3 $16 13. dxe6 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nbc6) ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxd5 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nh2 cxd4 15. Nxg4 {1-0 (27) Tesik,C (2353)-Berchtenbreiter,M (2336) Pardubice 2012}) 13. Qxd3 $18 {[#] dxe6 is the strong threat.} gxf3 $2 (13... c4 {was called for.} 14. Qxc4 Nb6) 14. d6 Bf8 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. d5 c4 17. Qxf3 Bg7 18. Rad1 Rh7 19. Bf6 Bxf6 20. exf6 {[%cal Be5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Nf8 {[#]} 21. d7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd7 (21... Bxd7 22. Nd6+) 22. Nd6+ {White mates.} Kd8 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Qb4 25. f7 Kc7 26. Ne8+ {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,154,6,0,20,16,40,-5,0,6,1,0,0,0,0,0,7,10,11,0,0,0,14,-20,-20,-22,31,31,36,16,35,16,16,23,20,12,21,2,10,0,18,13,12,12,11,8,11,8,12,22,15,15,17,0,8,0,8,0,12,0,0,0,5,5,3,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,28,8,8,8,78,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,11,18,18,18,18,0,19,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,88,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 7. Be3 cxd4 (7... Nd5 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nbc3 Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qf3 11. Nb5 Rb8 12. dxc5 Bd7 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nb5 {0-1 (54) Kramnik,V (2808)-Caruana,F (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Ndb5 {LiveBook: 20 Games} Qa5 11. O-O O-O 12. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 {0-1 (29) Sigurdarson,E (1867)-Rapport,J (2323) Reykjavik 2014}) 12... Rd8 13. Qc1 Bd7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Ng6 16. Rd1 Bc6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Qe1 Qf5 19. Rd1 Re8 20. Qd2 Nh4 21. Qd3 a6 (21... Bxg2 $11 22. Qxf5 exf5) 22. Qxf5 $14 Nxf5 23. Bg5 (23. Bb6 {is interesting.} e5 24. f3 h5 25. Kf2 g6 26. Rd8) 23... h6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Na2 Rc8 26. Nb4 Be8 27. c3 a5 28. Nd3 (28. Na2 {keeps more tension.} Bc6 29. Nc1 Kf8 30. Rd2 Ke7 31. Nb3) 28... Rd8 29. Nc5 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Nd6 31. Be2 Kf8 32. Kf1 b6 33. Nb3 Ke7 34. Nd2 f5 35. f4 Bc6 36. g3 f6 37. Bd3 e5 38. Kf2 a4 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Be2 Bd5 41. c4 Bc6 42. Bd1 Nb7 43. Nb1 Na5 44. Nd2 Kd6 45. Kd3 Kc5 46. Kc3 Bd7 {[#]} (46... Nb7 $11) 47. Bc2 (47. fxe5 $1 $16 fxe5 48. g4) 47... e4 {[#]} 48. Bxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa4 49. b4+ Kd6 {aiming for ...e3.} 50. bxa5 {KB-KN} e3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 51. Nf3 bxa5 52. Nd4 Kc5 $1 53. Ne6+ Kd6 54. Nd4 Kc5 $1 55. Kd3 Bd1 $1 56. Ne6+ Kd6 57. Nd4 Kc5 $1 58. Ne6+ Kd6 {And now ...e2 would win.} 59. Nd4 Kc5 $1 60. Kxe3 Kxc4 61. Nxf5 {Kd2 is the strong threat.} h5 62. Kd2 Bg4 (62... Bf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 63. Ne7 (63. Ne3+ $16 Kd4 64. Ng2 (64. Nxg4 hxg4 65. Ke1 a4 $14)) 63... Kb3 {The position is equal.} 64. Nc6 a4 65. Kc1 Kxa3 66. Kb1 $1 Kb3 67. Ne7 $1 f5 68. Ng8 $1 Kc3 69. Nf6 Kd4 70. Kb2 Bd1 71. h3 Kc5 72. Ka3 Kc4 73. Kb2 Kc5 74. Ka3 Kd6 75. Kb4 Bf3 76. Kxa4 Ke6 77. Nh7 {Strongly threatening Ng5+.} Kd5 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,167,0,20,0,3,8,27,27,21,21,38,17,28,35,39,26,33,33,29,43,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,5,3,0,7,-9,0,-7,-5,-8,0,0,9,7,27,19,19,27,26,15,15,15,15,15,24,15,15,10,15,0,15,9,9,14,11,0,8,-7,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,0,79,0,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,0,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,67,67,67,96,67,67,67,67,67,98,95,96,93,141,141,141,141,141,141,141,141,141,126,127,127,1066,180,29975,2616,29976,29977,29977,29977,29977,29978,29973,29974,6121,5417]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 e4 {LiveBook: 20 Games. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (6... O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. d3 Qe7 9. e4 Ne8 10. Ba3 b6 11. O-O f5 12. d4 exd4 13. e5 d3 14. Qxd3 Bb7 15. exd6 Nxd6 {½-½ (27) Harikrishna,P (2738)-Svidler,P (2763) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 7. Nd4 d6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7... O-O 8. Be2 Ne5 9. f4 Ng6 10. O-O d6 11. Nb3 Re8 12. h3 c5 13. d4 exd3 14. Bxd3 {0-1 (33) Giampa,A (2219)-Hernandez Guerrero,G (2523) Buenos Aires 2013}) 8. f3 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Rab8 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. d3 Nc5 {[%cal Be4c5,Bc5e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 14. e4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Ne6 16. d5 Nd4 17. Qb2 c5 18. Be3 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 b5 20. cxb5 Bxb5 21. Qd2 Rb6 22. Rb3 Rfb8 23. Rfb1 Ba6 24. h3 f6 25. Bf4 Kf7 26. Qe3 Ke8 27. h4 h6 28. h5 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Rxb3 30. axb3 Bb5 31. Qh3 Kd8 32. Kf2 Be8 33. Ke3 Qd7 34. Qh2 Kc7 35. Kd2 Qe7 36. Qg1 {Threatens to win with Qxc5+.} Kd8 37. Kc2 Qd7 38. Kc3 Qe7 39. Qh2 Kc7 40. g4 Bb5 41. Qa2 a6 42. Qh2 Kd7 43. Kc2 Qf8 44. Bg3 Qe7 45. Kc3 Qf8 46. Qf2 Ke7 47. Kc2 Bd7 {[#]} (47... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 48. g5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 (48... fxg5 49. Bxd6+) 49. Qh2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qb8 50. h6 gxh6 51. Qxh6 {Black must now prevent Qg7+.} Be8 52. Be1 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kf7 53. Qh7+ Kf8 54. Qh6+ Kf7 $1 55. Qh7+ Kf8 56. Qh8+ Kf7 57. Ba5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c7]} Qc8 58. Qh7+ Kf8 59. Qh8+ Kf7 $1 60. Bc7 $1 {White wants to mate with Qh7+.} Qd7 61. Qh7+ Kf8 62. Qxd7 Bxd7 63. Bxd6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kf7 64. Bxc5 Bh3 65. b4 Bf1 66. Kc3 Be2 67. Kd2 Bf1 68. Ke3 Bg2 69. Kd4 Bf1 70. Kc4 Be2 71. Bd4 g4 {[#]} 72. Bf2 $1 Ke7 73. Bh4 Kf7 74. Kd4 Bd1 75. Ke3 Bc2 76. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bb3 77. Kf4 Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (77... Bc2 $16 78. d6 (78. Kxg4 Bxe4 79. Kf4 Bg2 $11) 78... Ke6 79. d5+ (79. Kxg4 Bxe4 80. d7 Kxd7 $11) 79... Kxd6 80. Bxf6 g3) 78. Kxg4 $18 Bc4 $2 (78... f5+ $18 79. exf5+ Kf7) 79. Kf4 (79. d6 $142 Be2+ 80. Kf4 Kf7 81. d7 Ke7 {[#]} 82. Bxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd7 83. d5 Bf1 84. Ke5) 79... Bb3 80. d6 Ba4 81. d5 Bd7 82. Ke3 Kf7 83. Kd4 Bb5 84. Kc5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "279"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,279,23,27,25,37,28,30,36,14,42,0,9,19,8,14,0,9,8,7,0,13,18,22,108,104,87,92,92,87,87,87,116,101,100,100,100,98,98,95,105,96,97,91,93,87,94,89,97,96,102,93,93,87,87,87,91,89,93,93,93,93,107,107,114,89,115,102,107,86,115,115,115,107,118,116,116,114,107,107,107,107,107,66,107,107,107,107,107,92,116,116,119,117,128,116,135,135,135,127,127,127,127,127,127,116,116,89,116,116,116,112,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,115,115,116,120,114,115,0,114,0,115,90,89,0,115,114,138,138,216,146,164,125,141,70,65,33,39,0,62,62,246,62,62,32,32,0,54,0,241,61,61,61,61,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Qc2 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} Nbd7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Rfe1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White has an edge.} Bb4 {[#]} 16. a3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bd6 (16... Bxa3 17. Ra1) 17. Bc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. b4 Bb7 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. e4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 {1-0 (48) Pulvett Marin,D (2465)-Almagro Llamas,P (2483) Madrid 2018}) 17... Bb7 18. b4 h6 19. Bb2 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nh4 {[%cal Rc3d5]} cxb4 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Nb6 25. Rd3 Qc7 (25... Qc8 $1 $11 26. Qxc8 Nxc8) 26. Qxc7 $1 $16 Bxc7 27. axb4 Be5 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Re5 30. Nf3 Rb5 31. Ra1 a5 32. bxa5 Rbxa5 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rf8 Ra7 36. Kg2 Re7 37. Nd4 h5 38. Rb8 Nd5 39. e3 g6 40. Rb5 Nf6 41. h3 Kg7 42. Kf3 Nh7 43. Ra5 Nf6 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. hxg4 Nh7 46. Ne2 Nf8 47. Ng3 Nd7 48. Kf4 Nf8 49. g5 Ne6+ 50. Kg4 Nd8 51. Ra3 Nb7 52. Ra7 Kf8 53. f4 Nd6 54. Ra8+ Re8 55. Ra6 Ne4 56. Nf1 Rd8 57. Ra4 Rd1 58. Nh2 Nc5 59. Ra8+ Ke7 60. Kf3 Rd8 61. Ra2 Rb8 62. Ng4 Rb7 63. Ne5 Rc7 64. Ra8 Nd7 65. Ng4 Rb7 66. Nh6 f6 67. Ra5 fxg5 68. Rxg5 Rb6 69. Ng4 Kf7 70. Rd5 Ke7 71. Ra5 Rb7 72. Ra6 Kf7 73. Rd6 {Rxd7+ is the strong threat.} Kg7 74. Kg3 Ra7 75. Kh4 Nf8 76. Kg3 Nd7 77. Kf3 (77. Rc6 $16) 77... Rc7 (77... Rb7 $11) 78. Re6 Kf7 79. Ra6 (79. Re4 {keeps more tension.} g5 80. f5 Rc5 81. Rd4 Ke7 82. e4) 79... Rb7 80. Nf2 Nf8 81. Ne4 {And now Nd6+ would win.} Re7 (81... Ke7 $16 82. Nc5 Rb5) 82. Nd6+ Kg7 83. Nc4 Nh7 84. Ne5 ({Better is} 84. e4 $16) 84... g5 $1 $14 85. Nc6 Rf7 86. Ne5 Re7 87. Rg6+ Kf8 $2 {[#]} (87... Kh8 $1 $14 88. Ke4 gxf4) 88. Rd6 $2 (88. Nc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6e7]} Rg7 89. Rxg7 Kxg7 90. f5) 88... Kg7 $1 89. Nc6 Rf7 90. Ne5 Re7 91. Rg6+ $2 (91. Ra6 $14) 91... Kf8 $18 {[#]} 92. Rb6 $2 (92. Nc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6e7]} Rg7 93. Rxg7 Kxg7 94. f5) 92... Kg7 $14 93. Kg4 {Threatens to win with Rg6+.} gxf4 94. exf4 ({White should play} 94. Rg6+ $14 Kh8 95. exf4) 94... Nf6+ $11 {The position is equal.} 95. Kg5 Nd5 96. Rg6+ (96. Nc6 {looks sharper.} Rf7 97. Rb8 Nxf4 98. Nd4 Ra7 99. Nf5+) 96... Kf8 97. Rd6 Nxf4 98. Kxf4 {Intending Ng6+ and mate. KRN-KR} Ra7 99. Rd8+ Kg7 100. Kf5 Ra1 101. Rd7+ Kg8 102. Ng4 $1 Rf1+ (102... Kf8 {is interesting.} 103. Ke6 Re1+ 104. Kd5 Rd1+ 105. Ke6 Re1+) 103. Ke6 $1 {White threatens Nf6+ and mate.} Re1+ 104. Ne5 Re2 105. Rd1 Ra2 106. Rg1+ Kh7 107. Kf6 Rf2+ 108. Ke6 Ra2 109. Rg3 Ra1 110. Kf7 {[%cal Rg3h3]} Ra7+ 111. Kf6 $1 Ra6+ 112. Kf5 Ra5 113. Rb3 Kg7 114. Rb7+ Kg8 115. Rc7 {Hoping for Kg6.} Ra1 116. Ng4 Rf1+ 117. Kg6 {Threatening mate with Rc8+.} Kf8 118. Ne3 Ra1 119. Nd5 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Rg1+ 120. Kf5 Rf1+ 121. Nf4 (121. Ke4 {feels hotter.} Re1+ 122. Kd3 Rd1+ 123. Kc4 Rh1 124. Rb7) 121... Kg8 122. Ke5 Kf8 123. Ne6+ Kg8 124. Rc8+ Kh7 125. Ng5+ Kg7 126. Ne6+ Kh7 127. Rc4 Re1+ 128. Kf6 {White wants to mate with Ng5+.} Rf1+ 129. Nf4 Kg8 130. Rc8+ (130. Ke7 {is more complex.} Kh7 131. Ne6 Kg6 132. Rg4+ Kh6 133. Rf4) 130... Kh7 131. Rc7+ Kh6 132. Kf5 (132. Rc6 {with more complications.} Kh7 133. Ke5 Re1+ 134. Kf6 Rf1) 132... Ra1 133. Rc2 Kg7 134. Ne6+ Kf7 135. Rc7+ Ke8 136. Ke5 Re1+ 137. Kf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rc7e7]} Rf1+ 138. Ke5 Re1+ 139. Kd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rc7e7]} Rd1+ 140. Ke5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Flores, Diego"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,-7,0,-12,20,-12,0,-4,51,38,35,37,27,10,44,45,53,50,52,25,40,29,26,31,48,32,70,52,82,47,52,57,68,57,95,24,51,53,65,60,52,41,82,13,14,0,0,17,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 e5 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Be2 e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. O-O Ne4 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Bf1 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 exd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 {½-½ (49) L'Ami,E (2627)-Adhiban,B (2653) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 12. Ng5 e3 13. Bxe3 {White wants to play 0-0.} Qxc3+ 14. Kf1 O-O 15. Qe1 Qc2 16. Qb1 Qc3 17. Qe1 Qc2 18. Rc1 Qg6 ({Black should play} 18... Qb2 $11) 19. Qd1 $14 Nb6 20. h3 Re8 {aiming for ...Rxe3!} 21. Qb3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Kg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qe7 24. Qb4 Qc7 25. Bd3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 26. Qd2 Nf8 27. d5 cxd5 28. cxd5 Qd6 29. Bc5 Qe5 30. f4 Qf6 31. Kh2 Ng6 {[#]} 32. Rhe1 (32. Rhf1 $1 $16) 32... Bf5 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Bxf5 Qxf5 35. Bxa7 {Threatens to win with d6.} Nxf4 {[#]} 36. Rf1 (36. d6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd6d7]} Nd3 37. Rc3) 36... g5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. Be3 {[%cal Re3f4]} Re5 38. Bxf4 gxf4 39. Rxf4 Rxd5 {KQR-KQR} 40. Qf2 Qe5 41. Qg3+ Kf8 42. a4 Qd6 43. a5 Rd3 44. Rf3 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,143,20,35,35,43,12,42,18,72,69,64,27,23,41,36,0,0,0,0,0,7,-39,-18,-80,-53,-63,-75,-60,-60,-63,-66,-128,-129,-175,-95,-122,-120,-125,-73,-80,-41,-79,-41,-196,-182,-186,-181,-199,-167,-174,-170,-158,-134,-143,-52,-56,-50,-52,-54,-47,-51,-58,-8,-27,-27,-92,-98,-94,-86,-120,-10,-27,-11,-11,-11,-12,-18,-17,-14,-14,0,0,0,-4,8,0,0,-37,-31,-70,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3]} 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. Bg5 Qe8 {LiveBook: 69 Games} 10. Be3 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} Kh8 11. Be2 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng8 12. g5 f5 13. h4 Ne7 14. h5 Kg8 15. h6 Bh8 16. Nh4 b6 17. f3 Nc5 {1-0 (40) Korobov,A (2705)-Smirin,I (2638) Eilat 2012}) 12. a3 {White is slightly better.} Nc5 (12... Ng8 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Nd2 $16 Ng8 14. h4 f5 $1 15. g5 h5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 18. Nde4 Ne7 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Qc2 (20. O-O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf5 22. O-O-O Nd4 23. Qd3 Rf4 24. Rde1 {[#]} ({White should play} 24. f3 $15) 24... b5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Black is in control.} 25. Bd1 (25. cxb5 c4) 25... c6 (25... bxc4 $19 26. Qxc4 Qf7 27. Qxc5 c6 28. Qxa5 (28. dxc6 Qa2 $17) 28... Qxd5) 26. d6 Qf7 27. Rh3 bxc4 (27... Bf8 $142 28. Rh2 Bxd6 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxe5 Rd7) 28. Qc3 Rb8 29. Rhe3 Nb5 30. Qd2 $2 {[#]} (30. Qxa5 $15 c3 31. b3) 30... c3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3d2]} ({Resist} 30... Rxh4 31. d7 $17) 31. Nxc3 Rd4 32. Qc2 Nxd6 {Hoping for ...Nc4.} 33. Rf3 Rf4 34. Rxf4 exf4 35. Qd3 Nc4 (35... Bd4 $17 36. Bc2 Nf5) 36. Bc2 $1 $15 Bd4 ({Don't play} 36... Rxb2 $6 37. Qd8+ Bf8 38. Qf6+ Qxf6 39. gxf6 $14) 37. Qxg6 Qxg6 38. Bxg6 Nxb2 39. Nd1 Kg7 40. Bc2 Nxd1 41. Kxd1 (41. Bxd1 $11 Bxf2 42. Re7+ Kg8 43. Re6) 41... Bxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 42. Re7+ {[#]} Kg8 $1 43. Bh7+ Kh8 (43... Kf8 $17 44. Re4 Bg3) 44. Bf5 Bxh4 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. g6 {White wants to mate with Be6+.} Re8 {Threatens to win with ...f3.} 47. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c4] White threatens Bc4+ and mate.} Re1+ 48. Kc2 {Intending Bc4+ and mate.} Re7 {next ...Rxh7 is good for Black.} 49. Rxh5 Bf6 50. Rxc5 Be5 51. Rxc6 f3 {[%cal Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 52. Bc4+ Kg7 53. Re6 Rc7 ({Better is} 53... Rxe6 $15 54. Bxe6 f2) 54. Rxe5 {Kc3 is the strong threat.The position is equal.} Rxc4+ {KR-KR} 55. Kd2 Rf4 56. Ke1 f2+ 57. Kf1 a4 58. Re2 Rf3 59. Re6 Rxa3 {And now ...Rf3 would win.} 60. Kxf2 Rh3 61. Ra6 a3 62. Kg2 Rb3 63. Kh2 Rb2+ 64. Kg3 a2 65. Kg4 Kh6 66. Kf4 Rb4+ 67. Kf3 Rb3+ 68. Kf4 Rb2 69. Kg4 Rg2+ 70. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g2]} Rxg6 71. Rxa2 Rf6+ 72. Ke4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,90,24,41,6,7,5,6,3,2,0,1,0,0,-18,-12,-8,15,20,16,17,18,5,21,20,42,42,42,42,42,41,104,110,104,97,95,85,82,73,74,73,59,69,66,52,52,52,53,57,70,58,64,14,18,12,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-6,-61,-33,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. c5 {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 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 7. b4 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... a5 8. b5 e5 9. Be2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 {0-1 (41) Komov,R (2201)-Belmeskin,I (2235) Krasnoyarsk 2015}) 8. Be2 g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Rae8 14. Nd3 a5 15. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} Ra8 16. f3 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. Nc3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ne8 20. Qd2 e5 (20... Bh6 $14) 21. Ne2 $16 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bh6 23. f4 Ng7 24. Nf2 Nf5 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4+ f6 29. g3 Re8 30. Nf2 Nf8 31. Ra6 (31. e4 {looks sharper.} Ne6 32. Qb2 d4 33. h4 Re7 34. Ra3) 31... Qd7 32. e4 Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6d4]} 33. Qd2 {Black should prevent exd5.} Nc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7a6]} 34. Ra7 Re7 35. e5 fxe5 36. fxe5 Qf5 37. Qf4 (37. Qe2 $11) 37... Qxf4 $15 38. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rf7 39. Nd3 Ne6 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 $11 {KN-KN} 41. Kf2 Nd4 42. Kg3 (42. Ke3 $11 Nf5+ 43. Kf3) 42... Nf5+ ({Better is} 42... Nc2 $1 $15) 43. Kg4 {The position is equal.} h6 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. Ne1 Nd4+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Black "Muthaiah, Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,77,44,42,39,40,14,37,13,16,10,27,0,17,12,0,0,18,0,0,0,8,0,0,-32,-33,-25,-25,-47,-22,-31,-34,-56,-44,-48,-39,-29,-30,-21,-7,-47,-56,-46,-38,-31,-20,-58,-66,-67,-63,-64,-65,-55,-45,-67,-49,-78,-66,-113,-54,-50]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nc3 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} (8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 b6 11. Na3 Ngf6 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. f4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 {1-0 (32) Leko,P (2691)-Svidler,P (2765) Riadh 2017}) 8... d6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O Ne5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 11. h3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. f4 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Nf6 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Rg8 15. fxe6 Bxe6 16. Bf4 {1-0 (53) Edouard,R (2612)-Milov,V (2640) Switzerland 2015}) 11... b5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. f4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Nf6 15. a3 O-O 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 {Strongly threatening Bh6.} Nh5 $1 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Rae1 Rce8 21. Ne4 {[#] Threatens to win with f6.} Qxf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 Ng7 24. Rff1 f5 25. Nc3 Nh5 26. Re6 Bc8 27. Ree1 Ng3 28. Rf3 f4 29. Ne4 Bb7 30. Nbd2 h5 31. Kh2 h4 32. Rc1 Rc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34. Rf2 Bb7 35. Bd4 Kh7 36. Nc3 Kg6 37. Ne2 Bg5 38. Bc3 Bd5 ({Better is} 38... Re8 $17 39. Nxf4+ Kh7) 39. Nd4 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 46%, Black = 83%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,73,-6,-15,7,22,24,8,30,8,16,18,18,19,23,37,25,19,29,28,25,31,32,19,21,14,18,16,25,22,30,35,39,36,25,6,8,8,30,8,16,16,17,-22,-20,-20,-20,-23,-25,-26,-28,-32,0,0,0,0,29968,29969,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bd6 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Bf3 O-O 11. O-O Be5 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Rd1 Bc7 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Be2 Qd6 16. g3 Bd7 17. e4 dxe4 {0-1 (29) Kuzubov,Y (2628)-Ragger,M (2680) Martuni 2013}) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Ba7 {The position is equal.} 11. b5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bb8 13. Bb2 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. Qd3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Qb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Nbd4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. g3 Bd7 {½-½ (41) Marcus,J-Enklaar,B Leeuwarden 1973}) 18... Na5 19. Bd4 Nc6 20. Ba1 Ra5 21. Qb2 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rb2g7]} f6 22. Nbd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bf7 24. g3 Be5 25. Qb6 Raa8 26. a4 Qd7 27. a5 h5 28. a6 bxa6 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Rc7 Qf5 32. f4 d4 (32... Rab8 {seems wilder.} 33. Qa7 exf4 34. Qd4 Nf6 35. Rf1 Qe4) 33. Qb7 {Threatens to win with Rxf7!} exf4 {...f3 is the strong threat.} 34. Bxd4 {Hoping for Rxf7!} fxg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... Ng5 $11 35. gxf4 Ne6) 35. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} gxh2+ (35... Qxf7 36. Bc4) 36. Kxh2 Qxf7 {[#]} 37. Bc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 60%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,80,-6,-1,29,15,14,13,26,0,15,20,21,-8,-18,-24,-14,-18,-24,-32,-27,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,16,16,14,11,14,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,315,337,299,304,324,320,558,585,591,596,590,583,1100,1076,995,691,980,665,727]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 a5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} b6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. a4 c6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Be3 Na6 14. O-O Ndc5 15. Rfd1 {½-½ (23) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Ding,L (2774) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 10. Qxc4 Ba6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bf4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7] [#]} g6 16. Ne4 Rc8 $1 {aiming for ...Nd3+!} 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Qe4 Rc4 19. Qe5 {Black must now prevent Bh6.} Rc2 20. Bf3 {Strongly threatening Bh6.} Re8 21. h4 f6 22. Qd4 Qe7 23. Rc1 Rec8 24. O-O Qc5 25. Qe4 Kf7 26. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} axb4 27. axb4 Qc3 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 28. Ra1 f5 29. Qe5 Qxe5 ({Don't play} 29... Nxf4 $6 30. Qxf4 Bb5 31. Ra7+ Rc7 32. Rfa1 $18) 30. Bxe5 Bxe2 31. Ra7+ Ne7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Ke8 $11 32. Bxd5 exd5) 32. Bxe2 $18 Rxe2 33. Bd6 Re8 {[#]} 34. Rc1 $1 e5 $2 (34... Rd2) 35. Rcc7 {White is clearly winning.} Ke6 36. Bxe7 f4 37. Kg2 Kf5 38. Kf3 Rb2 39. g4+ Ke6 40. Rab7 Kd5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,86,43,38,74,72,85,50,46,49,58,39,27,29,74,75,73,77,102,105,77,78,88,77,79,58,45,48,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-7,-13,-13,-20,0,-20,-14,-21,-23,-32,-14,-56,-14,-56,-13,-56,-56,-56,-63,-67,-56,-85,-56,-102,-113,-159,-85,-68,-65,-80,-72,-68,-12,-12,-14,-6087,-5919,-12043,-6091]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 O-O {D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5)} 8. O-O {LiveBook: 25 Games} Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} (8... Bg4 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. dxc6 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 bxc6 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Rc1 Rd6 16. Rc2 Nd7 17. h3 {½-½ (31) Baldauf,M (2401)-Heberla,B (2558) Graz 2015}) 9. d5 Ne5 {White is better.} 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf4 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bd7 12. Rc1 c6 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfd1 {0-1 (84) Spindler,F (1610)-Leontiev,O (1900) Troisdorf 2014}) 10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bd7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 Nc4 14. Be2 Nd6 15. Bd3 g5 16. Bg3 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. h3 Bc6 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Nb5 (21. Bc2 $14) 21... Nxb5 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 c6 24. Qe2 Bd4 25. Kh1 e5 26. f3 Qe6 27. b3 Rd7 28. Bf2 c5 29. Rc1 b6 30. Rc2 Rfd8 31. Rec1 Kg7 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Kh2 Qf7 34. Rf1 h5 35. Qe3 Qf6 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kh3 Rd1 (37... Kg6 $142 38. Re2 Qg5) 38. Rxd1 $17 Rxd1 $40 {[%cal Rd1h1][%mdl 128] [#] Black attacks.} 39. Rc1 Rxc1 40. Qxc1 Qf4 (40... Qg6 $1 $15 41. Qe1 Kh6) 41. Qxf4 $11 exf4 42. Kxh4 $2 $17 {[%mdl 8192] [#] KP-KP} (42. Kh2 $11) 42... Kg6 $19 43. a4 a6 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 40%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krysa, Leandro"]
[Black "Sharma, Dinesh K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,69,14,20,12,16,11,43,45,48,41,67,66,58,48,52,50,59,54,66,47,97,95,94,97,180,177,166,180,174,162,156,172,157,135,114,112,216,148,216,219,209,228,294,281,312,281,301,325,563,563,603,564]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} e6 7. c4 Ngf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 (9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Kh2 O-O {½-½ (32) Svidler,P (2768)-Karjakin,S (2753) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9... Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 11. Nh4 {aiming for Nf5.} Bg6 12. Nc3 Kf8 13. Nxg6+ hxg6 {[#]} 14. Qd3 $146 Re8 15. Rb1 a5 16. a3 Qb3 17. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4g5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 18. Bg5 Nb6 19. Rfd1 Nh7 20. e4 $1 Nxg5 21. hxg5 dxe4 (21... Rh5 $16) 22. Nxe4 $18 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Nc8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Be7 26. d5 cxd5 27. Rxd5 Rd8 {[#]} (27... b6 $16 {was necessary.} 28. f4 f6) 28. Rxd8+ $1 Bxd8 {[#]} 29. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c8]} Nb6 30. b5 Nd7 31. Nd6 Rh5 32. f4 ({Not} 32. Bxb7 Rxg5 33. Rd1 Nc5 $16) 32... f6 33. Bf3 ({Resist} 33. Bxb7 $6 fxg5 34. Bf3 g4 $16) 33... Rh8 $2 (33... Rh7 34. Nxb7 Bb6+ 35. Kg2 fxg5) 34. Nxb7 Bb6+ 35. Kg2 {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 36,87,34,36,48,37,75,69,109,75,176,38,67,38,169,141,214,240,213,221,233,236,262,262,324,316,312,273,373,354,362,359,405,279,487,456,489,488,473,449,525,423,610,604,567,517,1059,1031,2703,1413,3052,2734,5639,5606]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e1,Be1d3][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 a5 14. Nd3 b6 15. b4 axb4 16. Nxb4 Nf6 {E99: King's Indian: Classical Main Line: 9 Ne1 Nd7 10 f3 f5} 17. Nc6 (17. Be1 Rf7 18. Nd3 Ng6 19. Nf2 Bf8 20. Nb5 h5 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Bxa5 g4 24. fxg4 hxg4 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Nxg4 {0-1 (40) Kozul,Z (2608)-Vovk,A (2614) Trieste 2014}) 17... Nxc6 18. dxc6 Qe8 19. Nd5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Nxd5 20. cxd5 Rf6 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 20... Qg6 21. a5 bxa5 22. Be1 a4 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 {1-0 (34) Irvin,J (1529)-Fischer,N (1800) ICCF email 1996}) 21. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa5 {[#]} (21... Rxa5 22. Rxa5) 22. Qd2 $1 Qh5 {White must now prevent ...Rh6.} 23. Kh1 ({Only move:} 23. Rxa5 $18 Rb8 24. Rfa1) 23... g4 $14 {Threatens to win with ...g3.} 24. Bg1 (24. Rfb1 $5 {[%cal Ra1a5]}) 24... g3 {[#]} ({Black should play} 24... gxf3 $14 25. Bxf3 Bg4) 25. Rfb1 $1 $18 gxh2 (25... a4 $16) 26. Bf2 Rg6 27. Bf1 Qg5 {[#]} 28. Rb7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bh3 {[%cal Rh3g2]} (28... Bxb7 29. cxb7) 29. Be1 (29. gxh3 $2 Qg1+ 30. Bxg1 hxg1=Q#) 29... Rc8 30. Rxa5 (30. Qf2 Bf6) 30... Bf6 31. Raa7 (31. Kxh2 Rf8 $18) 31... Bd8 32. Rb2 {[%cal Bb7b2,Bb2a2,Ba2a7][%mdl 32]} Kh8 33. Qf2 ({Don't take} 33. Kxh2 Bf6 $18) 33... Bf6 34. Rba2 Qh5 $2 (34... Rgg8 {was necessary.} 35. Kxh2 Qg7) 35. Ra8 {White is clearly winning.} Rgg8 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. Ra7 Bd8 38. Ba5 Qf7 (38... Qg6 $142 39. Ra8 (39. Bxc7 Bxc7 40. Rxc7 Qg3 $18) 39... Be7 40. Bxc7 Qf7) 39. Ra8 Bf6 40. Qa7 Qh5 (40... h5 $142 41. Bxc7 Qf8) 41. Qxc7 Qh4 42. Qxd6 Bg7 43. Qc5 Bf8 44. d6 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vishnu, Prasanna. V"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,82,58,60,8,17,9,14,0,9,-7,13,14,31,21,16,0,26,26,27,23,26,23,58,23,23,29,39,-4,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,-25,-27,-27,-23,-33,-50,-289,-300,-298,-181,-176,-173,-319,-312,-290,-302,-568,-525,-1418,-1368,-1348,-794,-908,-886,-1047,-956,-1122,-1090]} 1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nh3 c6 {A86: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: Unusual lines and 5 Nh3} 7. d5 e5 8. dxe6 Bxe6 {LiveBook: 31 Games. White is slightly better.} 9. b3 ({White should play} 9. Qb3 $14) 9... O-O 10. Rb1 Na6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Ng5 {[%cal Bh3g5,Bg5f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} Bc8 13. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nf3 Nc5 15. Ba3 Be6 16. Rbd1 Rad8 17. e3 Bf7 18. Ne2 Qe4 19. Qc1 {½-½ (39) Petrosian,T (2610)-Knezevic,M (2500) Banja Luka 1979}) 13... h6 14. Nf3 Be6 15. e3 Nc5 16. Qc2 a5 17. Rbd1 Bf7 18. Nd4 Nce4 19. Nde2 Nc5 {[%cal Be4c5,Bc5d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} Qc7 22. Rb1 Ng4 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nd7 25. Na4 Nde5 26. h3 Nf6 27. Rd4 Qe7 28. Nb6 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 29. Rdd1 Bg6 {aiming for ...f4.} 30. f4 {[#]} Nf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Kf2 $2 (31. Bxf3 $15 Qxe3+ 32. Kh2 Qxf3 33. Nd4) 31... Ne4+ $19 32. Kf1 g4 33. Na4 {intending Bxg7.} h5 34. Nac3 (34. Bxg7 $142 Kxg7 35. Nac3) 34... Bxc3 ({Weaker is} 34... Nxc3 35. Bxc3 Qxe3 36. Rd3 $15) 35. Bxc3 h4 36. gxh4 $2 (36. Be1 Rde8 37. Rb3) 36... Qxh4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh4f2] [#] Black is clearly winning.} 37. Ng1 Nh2+ 38. Ke2 gxh3 39. Bxe4 fxe4 40. Nxh3 Qxh3 41. Rg1 Qf3+ {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Venkatesh, M.R"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,101,9,8,15,-26,57,58,82,95,88,86,97,91,70,69,71,44,44,66,60,25,60,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,108,115,123,119,521,521,491,571,602,606,601,575,712,712,690,685,823,813,680,473,658,482,390,494,491,489,487,478,414,487,489,489,468,481,423,400,573,581,533,349,485,358,470,452,587,578,29963,29963,29954,29965,29952,29939,6677,6664]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Ne5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} e6 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9... Be6 10. Qd1 dxc4 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Nc5 Qc8 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. Qxc4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Ncd3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 {1-0 (36) Nakamura,H (2787)-Kramnik,V (2800) Moscow 2018}) 10. c5 Qc7 $146 ({Black should play} 10... Qxb3 $11 11. axb3 Nbd7) ({Predecessor:} 10... Qxb3 11. axb3 {½-½ (11) Kempinski,R (2579)-Avrukh,B (2644) Dresden 2007}) 11. h3 Nfd7 {White is slightly better.} 12. g4 $1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 (13. gxf5 $6 Nc4 $11) 13... Bxe5 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Rd1 Re8 16. Be3 Na6 17. Qa3 Qe7 18. Rac1 Nc7 19. Qa4 (19. Bd2 $1 $14) 19... Ne6 $11 20. Bxd5 f4 21. Bxe6 $1 fxe3 22. Bb3 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 {Qc4 is the strong threat.} Qf6+ (23... Qxc5+ 24. e3 $14) 24. Kg1 $1 {Black must now prevent Rf1.} Bf4 {[#]} (24... h5 $1 $11 25. h4 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8) 25. Rf1 $1 $16 ({Inferior is} 25. Ne4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxc1 $17) 25... Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Bxc1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Re3 $16 27. Bxf7+ Kg7) 27. Rxf7 $18 {Qd4 would kill now.} ({And not} 27. Bxf7+ Kg7 $11) 27... Kh8 28. Qd4+ Re5 29. Ne4 Qh5 30. Rf3 Rae8 {And now ...Qh4 would win.} 31. Nd6 $1 {[%csl LRb7,LRe8]} R8e7 {[#]} 32. Nf7+ $1 Rxf7 33. Qd8+ (33. Bxf7 Kg7 $14) 33... Kg7 34. Rxf7+ Kh6 35. h4 {[%cal Rd8f8]} Re8 36. Qxe8 {[%cal Re8f8]} Qxh4+ 37. Kg2 {Intending Qf8+ and mate.} Qg4+ 38. Kf1 {Strongly threatening Qf8+.} Qh3+ 39. Ke1 {Hoping for Qf8+.} Qh1+ 40. Rf1 Bd2+ 41. Kxd2 Qxf1 42. Qe3+ Kg7 (42... Kh5 {was called for.} 43. Qe7 Qf4+ 44. e3 Qf2+ 45. Kd3 Qf5+ 46. Kd4 Qg4+ 47. Kc3 Qf3) 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qh4+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kh6 46. Bg8 g5 47. Qe4 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Re4h7]} Kh5 48. Qxh7+ Kg4 49. Be6+ Kg3 50. Qd3+ Kh2 51. Qf3 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Santiago, Yago De Moura"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,86,12,16,33,18,19,29,80,84,90,77,126,118,102,89,139,93,145,149,148,121,133,135,173,151,147,101,115,26,89,27,27,19,8,15,18,-97,-86,-133,-31,-145,-138,-238,-240,-511,-219,-211,-217,-258,-268,-266,-264,-270,-250,-515,-297,-240,-196,-330,-325,-366,-359,-550,-514,-579,-578,-564,-530,-497,-367,-526,-495]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} (6... e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. h4 Nc5 10. f3 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. Kd2 Bd7 13. Nh3 c6 14. Nf2 cxd5 15. exd5 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 {0-1 (37) Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Radjabov,T (2741) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 7. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} c5 8. d5 e6 9. g5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nh5 10. Bxh5 gxh5 11. Nge2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. Nge2 exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Ng3 {½-½ (52) Shishkin,V (2517)-Secheres,A (2280) Mamaia 2015}) 11... Re8 (11... exd5 $11 12. Nxd5 Bg4) 12. Nf4 $16 exd5 {White must now prevent ...d4.} 13. Nfxd5 Bg4 14. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Be6 15. Qd2 Kh8 16. O-O Nb8 (16... Nc7 $142) 17. Kh1 Nc6 18. f4 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nd4 20. f5 $1 Be5 21. Qd1 Rg8 22. f6 (22. Rg1 $16) 22... Rg6 (22... h4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Rf2 ({White should try} 23. Rc1 $16) 23... b5 $1 $11 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 24. Qxh5 b4 25. Nd1 Qd7 26. Rc1 (26. Rg2 $11) 26... Qb5 $1 $17 27. Qh3 Rag8 (27... Qd3 $17 28. Qg2 Rag8) 28. Qf1 (28. Bd2 $1 $15) 28... Qd7 29. Qg2 {[#]} (29. a3 $17 bxa3 30. Rb1 (30. bxa3 Qg4 $17)) 29... Bxf6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 30. h4 $2 {[#]} (30. Rxf6 Rxf6 31. Nf2) 30... Be5 (30... Rh6 $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qh2 {[#]} (31. gxh6 Rxg2) 31... Bxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Bxg5 Rxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 (31... cxd4 32. Rf5 $17) 32. Rf5 f6 33. Nf2 fxg5 ({Resist} 33... Bxb2 34. Rf1 $17) 34. hxg5 Be3 ({Don't take} 34... Bxb2 35. Rf1 $19) 35. Rf1 $2 (35. Rg1) 35... Rxg5 36. Rxg5 Rxg5 37. Qf3 (37. Qh3 {was the only defense.} Qxh3+ 38. Nxh3) 37... Bd4 38. Nh3 Rg8 39. b3 (39. e5 $142 Bxe5 40. Rg1) 39... Qe7 40. Qf4 Qg7 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg7g2]} 41. Qf3 Qh6 42. Qd3 Qh4 {...Rg3 is the strong threat.} 43. Qf3 (43. Rf4 $142 Rg1+ 44. Kh2) 43... a5 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,105,0,10,-13,0,16,66,56,111,71,180,167,189,205,197,181,184,173,179,148,122,87,95,86,101,101,91,86,109,97,136,125,150,93,184,143,145,146,165,148,247,265,275,246,241,265,240,177,220,171,230,191,260,177,189,185,224,220,214,121,121,106,301,303,298,260,252,243,215,151,142,139,129,92,166,141,1027,1008,940,652,1150,1133,950,514,660,658,725,730,731,535]} 1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 d6 8. Qe2 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Ba6 Rad8 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 d5 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qb3 {1-0 (50) Fridman,D (2569)-Movsesian,S (2624) playchess.com INT 2005}) 8... O-O 9. h4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bg5 {The position is equal.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... g6 11. h5 e5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qd3 e4 16. Nxe4 Rf8 17. Nxd6 {1-0 (17) Karthik,V (2347)-Jayakumaar,S (2237) Kankarbagh 2017}) 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. exd4 {[%cal Be3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} e5 (12... Nd5 $14) 13. d5 e4 (13... Nd4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 14. cxd4 e4) 14. Nxe4 $18 (14. dxc6 exd3 15. Qxd3 Bxc6 $11) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Ne5 16. Kb1 $1 {Black must now prevent Nxe5.} Nd7 17. Qc2 $1 h6 18. Bc1 Nf6 19. Nd4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bf6 21. Qf3 $1 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. Rhd1 Ba6 {Threatening ...Be2.} 24. Be3 Bc8 25. g4 (25. Ka1 $142) 25... Qe5 (25... Qxh4 $16 26. g5 Qh3 27. Qxh3 Bxh3) 26. Rf4 f6 27. Rg1 Ba6 28. Rd4 g5 (28... Re7 $16 29. Bf4 Qe2 30. Qxe2 Rxe2 31. Bxd6 Rxf2) 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. Qh3 Rh8 31. Bd2 Qe7 32. Re1 Qf7 33. Qg3 Rad8 (33... Rae8 $142 34. Rxe8 (34. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Re8 $18) 34... Rxe8 35. Qxd6 gxh4) 34. f4 Rhe8 (34... Rde8 $142 35. fxg5 (35. hxg5 hxg5 36. c4 gxf4 $18) 35... Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 (36. Bxe1 hxg5 37. h5 Qe7 $16) 36... fxg5) 35. Rxe8 (35. fxg5 $6 hxg5 36. Rxe8 (36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 $16) 36... Qxe8 $18) 35... Rxe8 36. fxg5 Qg6+ 37. Kc1 $1 fxg5 38. hxg5 ({White should try} 38. Ra4 $18 Qf7 39. c4 (39. Rxa6 Qf1+ 40. Kc2 Qxa6 $11) (39. Qxd6 Bd3 $17) (39. hxg5 Qf1+ 40. Kc2 Be2 $16)) 38... hxg5 $16 39. c4 Rh8 $2 (39... Kg8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 40. Bc3 $18 Kg8 41. Qe1 {White threatens Re4 and mate.} Rh2 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Rg6c2] [#]} 42. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4e8] Re8+ would kill now.} Kf8 {intending ...Bxc4.} 43. Bd2 {And now Re6 would win.} Bc8 44. Qf1+ Kg8 45. Qf3 Bd7 (45... Rf2 $16 46. Qe3 (46. Qxf2 Qxe4 47. b3 Qe5 $16) 46... Rf1+ 47. Be1 Kf8) 46. Re7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Ba4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46... Rh7 $16 47. Rxh7 Qxh7 48. Bxg5 b5) 47. b3 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Be8 48. a4 a5 49. Re6 Qf7 50. Qxf7+ Bxf7 51. Rxd6 Kg7 52. Rxb6 Bg6 53. d6 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iniyan, P."]
[Black "Risting, Eivind Olav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,59,0,-13,60,60,56,44,81,25,33,26,81,68,111,103,125,53,118,122,127,127,114,108,102,93,102,91,83,86,81,87,81,88,87,85,80,0,0,0,64,71,489,505,507,510,534,527]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 {E28: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...0-0 6 e3} 8. e4 {LiveBook: 13 Games} (8. Ne2 Ba6 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exf4 14. e5 g5 15. exf6 gxh4 {½-½ (55) Indjic,A (2589)-Oleksienko,M (2643) Dubai 2017}) 8... Nc6 (8... Bb7 $11) 9. e5 $14 {[#] Threatens to win with Bg5.} Ne8 $1 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 (11. d5 $16 Na5 12. Bg5) 11... Nxf6 $11 12. O-O Qe8 $146 (12... Ba6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Na5 16. d6 {1-0 (26) Miettinen,R-Bagnoli,P ICCF corr 1977}) 13. Bf4 {aiming for Bd6.} Qh5 14. Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Re8 15. Re1 (15. dxc5 $16 Nd8 16. cxb6) 15... Bb7 {[#]} (15... cxd4 $14 16. cxd4 Bb7) 16. dxc5 $1 $16 bxc5 17. Rb1 Nd8 18. Ne5 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 Rc8 20. Rb5 Ba8 21. f3 ({Don't go for} 21. Bxc5 $2 a6 $19) 21... Nb7 22. Bc2 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc7 24. Ba4 Kf8 25. Rb2 (25. Ra5 $16) 25... Ke7 $1 $11 {[%cal Re7d6]} 26. Rbd2 {[%cal Re5d7]} Rd8 (26... Rb8 $1 $11) 27. Kf2 Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Ne8 $16 28. Rxd7+ Rcxd7 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Bxd7 (30. Nxd7 Kd6 $16) 30... Kd6) 28. cxd5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} exd5 29. Ra6 d6 30. Nc6+ {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chakravarthi Reddy, M."]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,64,24,18,25,20,21,29,37,30,33,25,45,20,30,18,27,30,22,29,43,26,19,25,23,31,59,50,46,0,60,29,36,29,29,-55,0,0,8,0,0,0,38,35,42]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Nc4 O-O 9. Bf4 Ne8 10. Qd2 b6 11. e3 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} Ba6 12. a4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Nd7 13. Be2 {White has an edge.} Bxc4 14. Bxc4 a6 15. O-O Ne5 16. Be2 Nc7 17. Rab1 Qe7 18. b4 c4 19. b5 $146 axb5 20. axb5 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Ne8 22. Na2 {[%cal Bc3a2,Ba2b4,Bb4c6][%mdl 32]} Nf6 23. Nb4 c3 24. Qc2 Rc5 25. Nc6 Qe8 ({Black should try} 25... Nxc6 $11 26. dxc6 h5) 26. Bxe5 (26. e4 {feels hotter.} Nxc6 27. dxc6 Nxe4 28. Bd3 d5 29. Re1) 26... dxe5 27. e4 Bh6 28. Rd1 (28. Rf1 $11) 28... Ra3 ({Better is} 28... Nxe4 $1 $15 29. Qxe4 c2) 29. Bd3 $11 Qa8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ra2.} 30. Qe2 Ra2 31. Bc2 $1 Bd2 32. Qd3 Nd7 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,94,4,7,-8,-5,-27,8,-25,-24,-25,-25,-25,-25,-39,-34,-47,-10,-19,-10,-10,-17,-20,0,-10,0,0,19,17,45,38,51,47,77,67,94,123,102,53,116,118,166,154,164,0,0,-32,-18,-70,-11,-16,-21,-33,-43,-85,-51,-90,-45,-45,-45,-47,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-53,-45,-53,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-18,-18,-26,89,90,108,54,54,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (6. e4 d6 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 d5 12. Nd6 Bc6 13. Ng5 Nb6 14. Ndxf7 Rxf7 15. Bh3 Bd7 16. a5 e5 17. axb6 Bxh3 18. b7 {0-1 (74) Carlsen,M (2876)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2723) Stavanger 2015}) 6... Be7 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 7. c4 a6 8. a4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Qe1 Qd7 {0-1 (74) Murzin,V (2280)-Pridorozhni,A (2565) Sochi 2017}) 8... b4 9. Nb3 O-O 10. e4 d6 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Be3 a5 14. d4 e5 15. d5 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4b3]} 16. Qd1 Nb6 17. Nbd2 Qc7 18. b3 Bc8 19. Ne1 f5 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. Rc1 Ra7 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Ne4 Qd8 (24... Nd7 $14) 25. f4 $16 Re7 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Nf2 $2 {[#]} (27. fxe5 $18 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 fxe5 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. c5) 27... Rg7 $11 28. g4 Bc8 29. f5 (29. Kh1 $11) 29... Nd7 (29... h5 $1 $15) 30. Ne4 Nc5 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. Be4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Rfg8 34. Rg1 h5 {[%cal Rg7g4]} 35. h3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rh8 {...Rh2+ is the strong threat.} 37. Rh1 $1 Rgh7 {Hoping for ...Qg8.} 38. Qe2 Rh2+ 39. Bg2 Qf8 (39... Ke7 $15) 40. Rxh2 Rxh2 41. Rh1 $1 {[%cal Rh1h2]} Rxh1 42. Bxh1 Qh6 43. Bf3 Qh2+ 44. Kf1 Qxe2+ (44... Qf4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 45. Kxe2 $16 Ke7 46. Kd3 (46. Be4 $16) 46... Bd7 $1 $14 47. Be4 (47. Ke4 $14) 47... Be8 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Laxman, R.R"]
[Black "Kurbanov, Djakhongir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,55,29,21,0,-11,6,55,46,51,51,88,95,159,159,150,153,358,358,337,330,314,309,537,538,541,545,707,664,718,696,822,815,967,964,1656,1554]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Na6 {LiveBook: 16 Games. D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} (11... Nbd7 12. Bd2 Be7 13. g5 Nh5 14. h4 O-O 15. O-O-O Qxb3 16. axb3 Nb6 17. Bf1 f6 18. Bd3 f5 19. Ne2 {½-½ (80) Bai,J (2567)-Li,B (2413) Shenzhen 2016}) 12. g5 (12. f4 {looks sharper.} Be7 13. Bd2 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. g5) 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 14. Ke2 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nb4 15. Bd2 Be7 16. h4 f6 17. Rac1 Kf7 18. f4 Rh7 {½-½ (18) Shvedchikov,A (2423)-Lederman,L (2267) Rijeka 2011}) 15. f4 f5 16. Bd2 Kf7 (16... Nc7 $142) 17. cxd5 $16 exd5 {[#]} 18. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with b4.} Nb6 $2 (18... Bd6 $16 19. Rhc1 Rad8 20. Rxa6 bxa6) (18... cxd5 19. Bxd5+) 19. Nxe7 $18 Kxe7 {[#]} 20. Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc6 21. Rxa6 Kd7 $2 (21... Rhb8 {was necessary.} 22. Rha1 Rb7 23. Bb4+ Ke8) 22. Rha1 {White is clearly winning.} Nc8 {[#]} 23. d5 $1 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5c6][%mdl 32]} Rxh3 (23... cxd5 24. Rxg6) 24. dxc6+ Ke7 25. Bb4+ Kf7 26. Bc5 Rh2+ 27. Kd3 Rxb2 28. Kc3 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,111,2,0,4,7,0,0,6,21,18,22,19,47,14,23,-9,0,-9,-7,-8,-8,-7,-7,-9,-5,-20,-19,-25,-18,-23,-22,-23,-22,-26,-21,-21,-24,-24,-16,-41,-18,-39,-39,-31,-31,-31,-31,-43,-54,-52,-40,-106,-106,-155,-63,-63,-68,-71,-63,-46,-8,-10,0,-10,-45,-473,-372,-789,-781,-815,-815,-2502,-2510,-8643,-7783,-29961,-29962,-29964,-29962,-29958,-29960,-29960,-29956,-6753,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Qxe7+ Kxe7 8. O-O {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Re8 (8... Nc6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. c3 Bg4 11. Nh4 Ne7 12. g3 Re8 13. Nd2 g6 14. Ndf3 Kg7 15. Ne5 Be6 {½-½ (30) Kovalev,V (2636)-Duda,J (2706) Heraklio 2017}) 9. Bg5 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Re1+ Be6 $1 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Nc6 14. c3 Kd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd7 15. Nbd2 Kf6 {½-½ (26) Penz,H (2324)-Lipka,J (2419) Austria 2014}) 15. Nbd2 Bg4 16. Nb3 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8 Nxe8 19. Bb5 f6 20. Nh2 Bc8 21. Nf1 Ng7 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Bd3 b6 24. Nd2 h5 25. f3 Ngf5 26. Kf2 Nxe3 27. Kxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bf5 28. Be2 Bc2 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Kxd3 $15 {KN-KN} c5 31. Nf1 c4+ 32. Kd2 b5 33. Ne3 f5 34. b3 (34. Ke2 $15) 34... cxb3 35. axb3 a5 (35... f4 $17 36. gxf4 gxf4) 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Ke6 38. g3 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40. Kc2 Ng8 41. c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Kb2 $15) 41... dxc4 $19 42. d5+ $2 (42. Nxc4 Nf6 43. Ne3) 42... Kd6 43. Nxf5+ Kxd5 44. g4 hxg4 45. Ne3+ Kd4 46. Nxg4 {[#]} Ne7 $1 {[%cal Re7d5]} 47. Ne5 Nd5 48. Nf3+ Kc5 49. f5 a3 50. Kb1 {[#]} Kb4 $2 ({Black should play} 50... c3 $1 $19 {( -> ...Nb4)} 51. f6 Nxf6) 51. Nd4 $11 {The position is equal.} Ka4 52. Ka2 Nb4+ 53. Ka1 {Strongly threatening f6.} Nd5 54. Ka2 Nc3+ 55. Ka1 {aiming for f6.} Ne4 56. Ka2 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Ranaldi, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,131,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,4,-6,22,-27,25,-18,-12,-5,12,-14,4,-46,-24,-33,-27,-37,-14,-28,-22,-39,-21,-26,-29,-12,-18,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,0,35,0,0,0,31,7,3,12,56,18,50,10,10,0,8,8,19,8,8,8,14,22,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,31,28,79,102,91,58,161,155,151,183,477,312,745,682,1641,1626,1568,1540,1475,1444,1391,1359,1095,1214,1216,1161,29972,29973,29972,29974,29985,29983,29982,29973]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. Qc2 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} (8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Bf6 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 Nd6 14. b3 Qe7 15. Rad1 a5 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (52) Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Oparin,G (2575) Sochi 2016}) 8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bf6 10. d5 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Nd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 d6 13. O-O e5 14. Qd2 a5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... f4 15. b4 Nd7 16. Ne4 h6 17. Bh3 {½-½ (45) Gornyak,Y-Pitksar,K USSR 1988}) 15. b3 Nd7 (15... f4 $142) 16. a3 Ba6 17. Qc2 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 18. Nb5 h4 19. b4 Bc8 20. Rab1 g6 21. Rb3 Kg7 22. Qb2 hxg3 23. hxg3 Kg8 24. f4 Ba6 25. e4 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Qe7 27. Qc2 axb4 28. axb4 Ra7 29. Rc3 fxe4 30. Qxe4 Kg7 31. Rfc1 Nf6 32. Qe2 e4 33. Re3 {[%cal Rg2e4]} Re8 34. Re1 Ra4 35. Qb2 {Hoping for Rxe4.} Kf7 36. Qd4 {[%cal Rg2e4]} Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7b5]} 37. Qc4 {[%cal Rg2e4]} Raa8 38. Bxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 Rxe4 40. Qxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame f5! is the strong threat. KQR-KQR} Ra3 41. Kg2 Ra2+ 42. Re2 (42. Kf3 {NOTEXT} Ra3+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Ke3 Ra3+ 45. Kd2) 42... Rxe2+ 43. Qxe2 {KQ-KQ} Qf5 $1 44. Qc4 Ke8 45. Kf3 Qh5+ 46. Ke3 Kd8 47. Qe4 Qg4 48. Qf3 Qf5 49. Qe4 {Threatens to win with Qxf5.} Qg4 50. Kf2 Qh5 {[#]} (50... Kd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 51. Kg2 $1 $16 Qg4 52. Qf3 Qd7 {[#]} (52... Qf5 $14) 53. g4 $1 $18 Qxb5 54. Qe4 Kd7 $2 (54... Qa6 {was worth a try.} 55. Qxg6 Qa2+ 56. Kg3 Qxd5) 55. Kg3 Qf1 $2 (55... c5 56. dxc6+ (56. Qxg6 cxb4 57. Qe6+ Kc7 $14) 56... Qxc6 57. Qxg6 Qc3+ 58. Kh4 Qxb4) 56. Kh4 Kd8 57. Kg5 Qd1 58. Qe6 Qd3 59. Qg8+ Ke7 60. Qg7+ Kd8 61. Qf8+ Kd7 62. Qf7+ Kd8 63. f5 {White mates.} Qd2+ 64. Kxg6 Qxb4 65. g5 b5 66. Qe6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tania, Sachdev"]
[Black "Minko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 5. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:07]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:13] LiveBook: 31 Games} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 13. g4 {[%emt 0:05:40]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 15. Ne5 $11 {[%emt 0:03:56]} N6d7 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 16. Bg3 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 17. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 18. Na4 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:23:13]} 19. Rc1 {[%emt 0:10:17]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:23]} 20. Nc3 {[%emt 0:08:18]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 21. Ka1 {[%emt 0:19:11]} c4 {[%emt 0:12:07]} 22. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 23. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:10:44]} 24. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:04:05]} 25. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 28. f5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. e6 {[%emt 0:03:22]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:18:09]} 30. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 31. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Bxa3 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rajdeep, Sarkar"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,84,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,15,11,24,19,-22,-22,-22,-34,-31,-31,-182,-186,-178,-179,-323,-314,-322,-319,-301,-262,-504,-520,-504,-452,-418,-472,-454,-454,-707,-671,-629,0,0,0,-552,-516,-752,-739,-720,-712,-664,0,-675,-649,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 {LiveBook: 77 Games} 14. h3 {A64: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation: 9...Nbd7 10 Nd2 a6 11 a4 Re8} (14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Ra4 Nb6 16. Ra2 Nc4 17. Ra4 Nb6 18. Ra2 Nc4 {½-½ (18) Nikolic,P (2607)-Perunovic,M (2603) Sarajevo 2017}) 14... a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd7 15. e4 Bb5 16. Re1 Nfd7 17. Nb3 Ne5 18. Na5 Qd7 19. Nxb5 axb5 {0-1 (35) Harsha,B (2393)-Arat,U (2441) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 15. Re1 a4 16. Ra3 {[%cal Rc3a4] The position is equal.} Ba6 17. e4 Nfd7 18. Nxa4 Ne5 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxf1 Qb5 23. b3 $2 (23. Nf3 $15) 23... Ra1 $1 $19 24. Kg2 h5 25. Nf3 (25. Qc2 $142 Qd3 26. Qd1) 25... Nxf3 $1 26. Qxf3 {[#]} Bh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qf6 (27. Bxh6 Qxf1+) 27... Rxc1 28. Qd8+ $2 {[#]} (28. Rxc1 {is the only way for White.} Bxc1 29. Qxd6) 28... Kg7 $1 29. Rxc1 Bxc1 30. Qxd6 {[#]} Bb2 $1 31. e5 Qe2 32. Qf6+ (32. Qxc5 $142 Qe4+ 33. Kf1) 32... Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kg7 $2 (33... Kh7 $19 34. Qf6 Qe4+ 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Bxe5) 34. Qf6+ $1 $11 Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Kh6 $11) 35. Qd8+ $1 $19 Kh7 36. d6 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 $1 Qxe5 40. d7 Qe1+ {Black mates.} 41. Kg2 Bd4 42. Kf3 Qxf2+ {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Omar, Noaman"]
[Black "Ajay, Karthikeyan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,82,47,11,26,27,31,29,61,52,63,48,57,39,31,31,26,31,39,27,29,18,24,17,15,0,2,0,0,0,10,0,0,-25,-26,-19,-21,-8,0,-34,-24,-24,-24,-25,-25,-92,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} e5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} (8... Rb8 9. Qe2 b5 10. Rd1 e6 11. b3 bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nb4 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Qc2 Bb5 16. Re1 c5 {½-½ (48) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Nakamura,H (2780) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 9. b3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Re8 10. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ba3 Bf5 12. Nd5 Be4 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 e4 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Bb2 {½-½ (57) Uzhva,A (2270)-Matinian,N (2495) Sochi 2016}) 10... Ne7 {White has an edge.} 11. e4 Nd7 12. Be3 h6 13. Qd2 Kh7 $1 14. Nh4 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Rae1 Qf6 18. Qc2 Qg6 19. b4 Nf6 20. a4 h5 21. h4 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Kxh6 23. c5 Rg8 24. a5 f4 25. Qxg6+ Rxg6 26. Ne4 Bf5 27. cxd6 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 cxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Kh2 {[#]} (30. Rc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Rag8 (30... Rf8 $1 $17 {And now ...fxg3+ would win.} 31. gxf4 Rg4) 31. gxf4 {The position is equal.} Rg4 {[%cal Rg4h4]} 32. Kh3 Rf8 ({Much worse is} 32... Rxf4 $6 33. Rxf4 exf4 34. Re1 $16) 33. Rb1 Rgxf4 34. Rxf4 Rxf4 {KR-KR} 35. b5 axb5 36. Rxb5 Rf7 37. Rb6 Rd7 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. f3 Kf5 40. Rb4 Rc7 41. Rb6 Rd7 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,49,19,63,50,58,27,41,0,54,7,14,0,12,-43,-24,-59,-40,-49,-41,-87,-75,-86,-83,-73,-54,-49,-44,-52,-61,-56,-53,-184,-185,-620,-581,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 g5 9. Be3 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} Nbd7 10. Qd2 (10. Qe2 Ne5 11. O-O-O Nfd7 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Kb1 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Bc1 Rc8 {0-1 (48) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2017}) 10... Ne5 11. b3 {White is slightly better.} Nfd7 $146 (11... b5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. Nde2 b5 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Bd4 Rc8 15. O-O h5 16. f4 hxg4 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rxf6 exd4 19. Nce2 gxh3 20. Raf1 hxg2 21. R1f3 Bxe4 22. Qxg5 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 d3 {0-1 (23) Perez Gormaz,M (2327)-Ortiz Suarez,I (2611) Praia da Pipa 2014}) 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Qh4+ 14. Kf1 ({Better is} 14. Kd1 $11) 14... b6 15. Kg1 Bb7 16. Nce2 Ng6 17. Rf1 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Qg5 19. e5 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 d5 21. Qf2 {aiming for Nfxe6!} Bc5 {...h5 is the strong threat.} ({Don't play} 21... Nxe5 $6 {[#]} 22. Ndxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 23. Nxe6 $16) ({Weaker is} 21... Qxe5 22. Ng6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 22. Nd3 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 (23. Nxc5 $15 bxc5 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3) 23... Qxe5 $19 24. Qxf7+ $2 (24. c3 {is more resistant.} O-O 25. Rh2) 24... Kd8 {[%cal Re5g3]} 25. c3 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saravana, Krishnan P"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,90,-19,-19,-10,-32,-33,-38,-12,-18,-7,-13,26,32,70,56,74,63,65,58,82,56,54,54,63,49,59,60,53,35,43,0,0,0,26,0,-10,-18,-9,-37,-32,-38,-16,-14,-14,-6,-8,-28,9,0,0,0,-7,-4,-8,-7,-7,-6,0,0,5,8,3,0,0,0,0,-9,-10,-8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Re1 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} O-O 8. h3 (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. b3 Qa5 16. Re2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 {½-½ (42) Svidler,P (2745)-Giri,A (2755) Moscow 2016}) 8... Qb6 9. Bf1 e5 10. Na3 d5 11. d3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Rd8 {[#] White must now prevent ...dxe4.} 12. Qc2 h6 13. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 a6 14. Re2 Qc7 15. Rae1 b5 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. Nh2 {0-1 (36) Sazonov,A (2220)-Tazhiev Yalta 1996}) 13... Be6 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nd2 a5 17. Ndc4 Bxc4 $1 18. Nxc4 Qa7 $1 19. a4 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nb6 {[%cal Bd5b6,Bb6c8,Bc8d6][%mdl 32]} 21. Na3 Nc8 22. Nb5 Qb8 23. g3 Nd6 24. Bg2 c4 25. dxc4 Nxc4 26. Be3 Rd7 27. Qc2 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Qd8 29. Qb3 f5 30. Ree1 Qe7 31. Rad1 Rad8 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Bf3 Qd3 34. Kg2 {[#] aiming for Rd1.The position is equal.} e4 35. Be2 Qd5 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 37. Rd1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Rxd1 38. Bxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bf8 39. f3 exf3+ 40. Bxf3 Nd8 41. Bd5 Kg7 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. Ke2 Ke5 44. Bg2 Bc5 45. Nc7 g5 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sekar, B."]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,105,31,29,27,14,18,18,44,21,35,6,47,19,22,27,41,39,41,41,41,41,41,16,30,30,30,22,25,7,12,6,42,11,18,15,12,6,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,598,552,509,480,477,469,468,572,556,1855,1714,1492,1422,29994,29995,29995,6195,29995,29994,29994,29982,29982,29983,29988,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29993,29994,29994,501]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. O-O e5 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} 10. c4 Nf6 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Qe3 O-O 14. Rfd1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} b6 15. Be2 Qb8 16. Rac1 Rd8 {[#]} 17. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Na1 Nd4 {½-½ (33) Santos Latasa,J (2545)-Manolache,M (2492) Pontevedra 2016}) 17... h6 18. Rd2 Nd7 19. Nd5 Nc5 20. Na1 Nd4 21. b4 Nd7 22. Nb3 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Kf8 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 dxc5 27. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rc8 28. Rxc5 Rb7 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qa3+ Kg8 31. Kh2 {Threatens to win with Ne7+.} Qc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Bxd5 $11 32. Rxd5 Qc7) 32. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qg3 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rg3g8]} h5 35. Qg8+ Kh6 36. Qh8+ Kg5 37. Rg8+ (37. Qg7+ $142 Kf4 38. Qxf6+ Kxe4 39. Qf3#) 37... Kf4 $18 38. Qxf6+ Kxe4 {Hoping for ...Kd4.} 39. Qf3+ Kd4 {And now ...Rb2 would win.} 40. Qxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Kc3 41. Qb1 Qxa2 42. Qc1+ Kd4 43. Rd8+ Ke4 44. Qe3+ Kf5 45. Rg8 (45. Qf3+ $142 Kg6 46. Rg8+ Kh7 47. Rg5 Qe2 48. Qf6 h4 49. Qg7#) 45... Bc4 46. Rg5+ {White mates.} Ke6 47. Qxe5+ Kd7 48. Qd4+ Ke7 49. Qc5+ Kd7 50. Qa7+ Ke6 51. Qb6+ Ke7 52. Qc7+ Ke6 53. Re5+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,43,3,11,18,19,16,18,16,20,16,20,14,24,20,13,15,19,10,11,25,34,31,22,17,0,28,0,11,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} (9... Nbd7 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. h3 Rc8 15. Nc3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Bc5+ 17. Ke1 f6 18. Qa4 fxe5 19. Bxe5 {0-1 (31) Inarkiev,E (2709)-Yu,Y (2729) Doha 2016}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Qa4 Nxf4 14. Qxa6 Nxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. Nb5 {[#]} Bf8 $146 18. Nc7 Rab8 19. Na6 Ra8 $1 20. Nc7 Rab8 21. Na6 Ra8 $1 22. Nc7 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nandhidhaa, Pv"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,52,-5,-36,-13,-35,-4,-48,-6,-6,-6,-27,-26,-24,16,0,2,4,59,62,81,66,62,66,93,90,79,56,50,39,49,0,47,0,47,0,35]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 a6 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} 7. dxe5 axb5 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. O-O c6 10. Qd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 11. Be3 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Re8 13. Qc5 d6 14. Qb4 Qf4 15. a3 {0-1 (37) Timman,J (2635)-Beliavsky,A (2610) Linares 1993}) 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. a3 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Bc4 15. Qd2 Qg6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qe3 b6 (17... b4 $11 18. Nb1 bxa3 19. Nxa3 Be6) 18. b3 $14 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Be6 {[#]} 19. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c6]} Rac8 20. f4 {And now f5 would win.} f5 21. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qf7 22. b4 Qa7 23. Ne2 Bd5 24. Nc3 Be6 25. Ne2 Bd5 26. Nc3 {Threatens to win with bxc5.} Be6 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,68,-30,-14,-38,-25,-40,-31,-111,-115,-112,-114,-116,-114,-114,-112,-112,-100,-108,-106,-109,-104,-111,-67,-123,-106,-126,-116,-183,-155,-936,-912,-948,-926,-2945,-2877,-2773,-2601,-2270,-2259,-1988,-1735,-1750,-1711]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} 13. d5 (13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rad1 exd4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Bh6 Qd6 17. Ng3 f6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Qe7 20. f5 Nc6 21. Bb5 Ne5 22. Qxd4 {½-½ (22) Vachier Lagrave,M (2757)-Mchedlishvili,M (2609) Germany 2014}) 13... f5 14. Bg5 Qe8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. Black has an edge.} 15. f3 c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 16. Bc2 f4 $1 17. g4 (17. d6 $15) 17... h6 $17 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bf2 h5 20. h3 Rf6 $146 21. Kg2 Bd7 22. Rh1 Nb7 {[%cal Ba5b7,Bb7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 23. Rag1 Rc8 24. Kf1 Nc5 25. h4 (25. Rg2 $15) 25... hxg4 26. hxg5 Rg6 27. Rh5 (27. fxg4 $17 Qe7 28. Rh5) 27... gxf3 28. Nd4 $2 {[#]} (28. Nc1 $17) 28... exd4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. Bxd4 Nxe4 30. Qh2 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Ng3+ 32. Rxg3 {[#]} Qe2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Qxe2 fxe2+ 34. Kxe2 fxg3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karthik, Kumar Pradeep"]
[Black "Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,127,-14,0,-12,0,-6,0,-16,16,16,24,10,0,17,23,27,89,98,124,118,118,108,195,181,177,158,175,164,168,167,150,152,268,200,361,118,120,114,121,64,175,175,160,41,202,57,712,0,282,222,235,133,128,136,123,129,116,97,145,139,179,140,147,126,217,217,225,152,282,117,111,108,91,18,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,297,8,297,297,297,297,296,296,296,296,239,35,36,32,33,32,83,83,85,85,89,33,33,33,35,35,93,33,32,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. g3 Be7 6. h4 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nc3 c6 9. O-O {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} (9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Bd2 Na6 11. O-O-O Nc7 12. f3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Be5 Qe7 16. fxe4 fxe4 {0-1 (30) Maisuradze,N (2302)-Ivanchuk,V (2733) Cap d'Agde 2013}) 9... Na6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nh3 Nc7 11. d5 {The position is equal.} Qe8 12. Nf4 Qf7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd5 13. cxd5 Nh5 14. Nxh5 Qxh5 {1-0 (39) Webster,R (1934)-Laws,D Harrogate 2017}) 13. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} cxd5 14. cxd5 {[%cal Rf3e4]} exf3 15. Bxf3 g6 16. Be3 Qg7 (16... Re8 $11) 17. Bd4 $16 g5 18. hxg5 Qxg5 19. Kg2 b6 (19... Rf7 $16) 20. Rh1 $18 Rf7 21. Rh2 Rg7 {Threatens to win with ...Qxf4.} 22. Kh1 Na6 ({But not} 22... Qxg3 $2 23. Qd2 $18) 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Rg1 Bb7 (24... h6 $16 25. Qc2 a5 26. Bxf6 Qxf6) 25. Qe1 {Strongly threatening b4.} Re8 $2 (25... a5 {might work better.} 26. e4 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Ncxe4 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Rf7) 26. Bxc5 $2 (26. b4 $18) 26... bxc5 $16 27. Ne6 $1 {[%csl LRg5,LRg7]} Qg6 28. Qc1 (28. Nxg7 $16 Kxg7 29. Kg2) 28... h5 (28... Ng4 $14) 29. Nxg7 $18 Kxg7 30. Qf4 ({White should play} 30. Nb5 $16) 30... Bf8 $2 (30... Ng4 $14) 31. Qh4 ({Better is} 31. Qa4 $18 Re5 32. Qxa7) 31... Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Ng4 $14) 32. Qf4+ $2 (32. g4 $18 {Intending g5+ and mate.} fxg4 33. Bxg4 Nxg4 34. Rxg4) 32... Qg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Kg7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 33. Rh4 Re5 34. e4 (34. Kg2 $18) 34... fxe4 $16 35. Nxe4 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Be7 38. Bg2 Bg5 39. Rf7 Be7 40. Rd1 Ba6 (40... Bc8 $16 {is a better defense.} 41. Rdf1 Kg6) 41. Bf1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf1a6]} Bc8 42. Rd2 {Re2 is the strong threat.} Bg4 (42... Bb7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 43. Kh2 (43. Bd3 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 43... Bg5 $16 44. Rdf2 Rxd5 45. Rxa7 (45. Bc4 $16 Rd4 46. Be2) 45... Be3 $1 $11 {[%cal Re3f2]} 46. Rf6+ Kg5 47. Rf8 Rd2+ 48. Kh1 Be6 {( -> ...Bd5+)} 49. Bg2 {aiming for Rg7+.} Rxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Bf5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 50. Rg7+ $18 Kh6 51. Re7 Rb1+ 52. Rf1 Rxf1+ 53. Bxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} Bd5+ 54. Bg2 Bg5 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxg2+.} 55. Rd7 $2 (55. Ra7 $1 $18 Be6 56. a4) 55... Bxa2 $14 56. Rxd6+ Kg7 57. Bd5 Bb1 (57... Be7 $1 $14) 58. Rc6 $16 Be3 59. Kg2 Bd4 {[#]} 60. Kh3 (60. Kf3 $1 $16) 60... Bf5+ $14 61. Kh2 Bg4 62. Kg2 Bf5 (62... Be3 $14) 63. Bf3 (63. Kf3 $16) 63... Bg6 64. Bd5 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 31%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Black "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,112,27,65,66,78,79,79,79,83,80,181,74,49,15,32,0,0,-14,-19,-67,-66,-63,-63,-63,-63,-64,-66,-102,-87,-104,-96,-104,-105,-104,-92,-124,-122,-127,-128,-116,-99,-94,-76,-141,-149,-171,-176,-178,-95,-98,-110,-114,-64,-181,-133,-131,-131,-501,-494,-679,-654,-643,-600,-681,-704,-733,-704,-732,-786,-729,-712,-4627,-4627,-4627,-4622,-3033,-2196,-1775,-1459,-9098,-9073,-8660,-6768,-9073,-5591]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qa5 11. Rc1 Qxc5 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. O-O Qa5 14. h3 Bf5 15. Qe2 e5 16. Bg5 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rfd1 {White is better.} h6 {With the idea ...Bxf3.} 19. Bh4 g5 {[#]} (19... Qb4 $16) 20. Bg3 (20. Nxg5 $1 $18 hxg5 21. Bxg5) 20... Rad8 $16 21. Qc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. h4 Bf6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Bg6 {1-0 (38) Sriram,J (2426)-Branzuela,A (2254) Subic Bay 2016}) 21... Bg6 22. e4 Qb6 23. Qa4 Bh5 24. Bd5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd1 26. Qxd1 {aiming for Nf5.} Qxd4 27. Qb3 Rd7 $1 28. Rd1 Qc5 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Qg4 Rc7 31. h4 Qf6 32. Rd3 gxh4 33. Qxh4 Qxh4 34. Bxh4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 35. b3 b5 36. Rf3 (36. b4 $142) 36... b4 $17 37. g4 Kh7 38. Bc4 {[#]} Kg6 (38... Rd7 $1 $19 39. Rf5 f6) 39. Rd3 Rfc8 40. Rd6+ Kh7 41. Bd5 ({White should try} 41. Kg2 $15) 41... Bf8 42. Rf6 Bc5 43. Bxf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Kg2 $17) 43... Be7 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Be6 {Rf7+ is the strong threat.} Bxf6 45. Bxf6 Re8 46. Bf5+ Kg8 47. f4 exf4 48. Kf2 {[#]} Rc3 $1 49. e5 (49. Bxc3 bxc3) 49... Re3 50. Bd7 R8xe5 51. Bxe5 Rxe5 {KR-KB} 52. Kf3 Kg7 53. Kxf4 Re2 54. g5 h5 55. Bb5 Rxa2 56. Be8 Ra3 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "San Juan, Dennis"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,60,-16,-14,-49,-44,-31,-38,-26,-10,-18,-12,-23,0,-17,0,-33,-8,-27,0,-54,-50,-42,-41,-58,-26,-33,-21,-110,-102,-135,-111,-106,-113,-147,-123,-121,-109,-113,-108,-127,-119,-149,-112,-230,-216,-598,-597]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. Nbd2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 13 Games. A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (8... c5 9. Bh2 Nbd7 10. c3 a6 11. Re1 b5 12. a4 Qb6 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 c4 15. Bc2 Nf8 16. d5 N8d7 {0-1 (49) Le,Q (2737)-Hansen,E (2629) chess.com INT 2018}) 9. c4 e5 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Nh5 13. Ndf3 Qd6 14. Ng4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bxb2 {½-½ (31) Bongardt,H-Berger,A Darmstadt 1994}) 10... h6 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. d5 Qe7 13. e4 a5 14. b3 f5 15. a3 Bc8 16. b4 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 17. Qc2 ({Better is} 17. Nh4 $11 Qe8 18. Qc2 (18. exf5 e4 $11)) 17... Nh5 $15 18. Rfe1 Nf4 19. Bf1 g5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Qb3 (21. Ne4 $11) 21... Qf7 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 22. Rac1 axb4 23. axb4 Qg6 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 e4 26. Nh2 Bd4 27. g4 Bd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 28. Nxe4 {[#]} Rae8 $1 {[%cal Re8e4]} 29. Qb1 (29. c6 $17 Rxe4 30. cxd7 Nxh3+ 31. Kg2 Nf4+ 32. Kh1 Bxf2 33. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. Nxf3) 29... dxc5 $19 ({Weaker is} 29... Nxd5 30. cxd6 c6 31. Qd3 $11) 30. Nxc5 $2 (30. Kh1 {is a better chance.}) 30... Qxb1 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balasubramaniam, H."]
[Black "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,61,22,22,20,27,25,38,0,18,0,0,0,30,19,45,46,51,-5,-6,-32,-29,-51,-13,-25,59,60,66,68,72,69,73,81,77,40,37,53,57,46,244,0,0,0,194,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} g6 7. Nc3 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} h6 8. Nd5 Bg7 9. Nb4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. c5 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 dxc5 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. Be3 Bf8 {1-0 (41) Tiviakov,S (2584)-Matta,V (2269) New Delhi 2018}) 13... d5 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. Nb3 Nf4 16. Na5 Qe6 {[#] aiming for ...Nxg2!} 17. f3 g5 18. Bxf4 (18. b4 $14) 18... exf4 $11 19. Nb3 Rab8 {Threatens to win with ...Rb4.} 20. a3 Qg6 21. Rab1 Be6 (21... Rfe8 $11) 22. Na5 $1 $14 Bd7 23. exd5 {[%cal Ra5c6]} Bf5 24. Nxc6 Rbe8 25. Rbd1 Re3 26. Rfe1 Rfe8 27. Rxe3 fxe3 28. Nb4 $1 Rb8 $2 {[#]} (28... e2 $14 29. Re1 (29. Bxe8 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 exd1=N $16) 29... Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Re3) 29. Nc6 $2 (29. g4 $18) 29... Re8 $1 $11 30. Nb4 $2 (30. Re1 $11) 30... Rb8 $1 $18 31. Nc6 $2 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 26%.} ({White should try} 31. g4 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Priyanka, Nutakki"]
[Black "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,62,17,4,49,42,40,44,46,51,46,42,48,20,61,49,54,49,85,48,47,0,0,-53,-50,-56,-49,-108,-79,-108,-98,-220,-208,-179,-230,-244,-241,-464,-422,-549,-535,-608,-597,-567,-569,-914,-895,-873,-826]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. Nd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be2 {LiveBook: 58 Games} Qb6 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 {White is slightly better.} 12. O-O Ne5 13. Rc1 b6 {[#]} 14. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. a3 Qb8 18. Qe2 {0-1 (53) Ehlvest,J (2532)-Kovalenko,I (2684) Puhajarve 2016}) 14... Ned7 15. Bf3 {aiming for e5.} Bb7 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. b3 Bf8 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Nde2 (19. Qd2 $11) 19... b5 $1 $15 20. cxb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...b4.} 21. Qb1 {[#]} ({Better is} 21. b4 $15) 21... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 22. Na4 Qa5 23. g4 {[#]} (23. Ng3 $17) 23... Rxc1 $1 $19 24. Rxc1 e5 25. f5 {And now g5 would win.} d5 26. g5 $2 (26. Ng3) 26... dxe4 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. Bg2 Ng4 28. Bxe4 Nxe3 29. Bxb7 Qa7 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4+.} 30. Bf3 e4 31. Bh5 g6 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,53,62,52,22,26,0,0,0,-21,0,78,72,71,64,72,62,72,78,75,102,88,88,119,116,155,159,168,168,175,140,159,158,160,157,156,165,181,118,328,323,458,441]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5][%mdl 32]} e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. Bxc6 Qxc6 6. d4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 {LiveBook: 32 Games} 8. Ndb5 {White is slightly better.} (8. O-O a6 9. Re1 Bc5 10. e5 f5 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qh4 b5 13. Nb3 Bf8 {½-½ (28) Asadli,V (2427)-Timofeev,A (2564) Budapest 2017}) 8... Qb8 $1 9. Be3 a6 10. Bb6 axb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ $146 (11... Ra6 $1 $11 12. Bc7 (12. Nc7+ Ke7 $11) 12... Qa8) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Ra6 12. Nc7+ Ke7 13. Bc5+ d6 14. Nxa6 bxa6 {1-0 (31) Melamed,T (2388)-Wallgren,U (2084) Berlin 2014}) 12. c3 $16 Ba5 13. Bxa5 Rxa5 14. Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qxd6 $1 15. Nxd6+ Kf8 {[#] Hoping for ...Rc5.} 16. Nxc8 Nf6 17. O-O-O g5 18. a3 Rc5 19. Nd6 b6 20. f3 Ke7 21. Rd3 h5 22. Rhd1 h4 23. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rc6 24. Kb2 Nh5 25. Kb3 (25. R3d2 $18) 25... h3 $2 {[#]} (25... Nf4 $16 26. R3d2 Rb8) 26. g3 $18 ({Not} 26. gxh3 Nf4 $14) 26... Nxg3 (26... Rc7 {keeps fighting.} 27. Kc2 Rd8) 27. b5 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 64%.} ({Less strong is} 27. hxg3 h2 $18) 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Narayanan S L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,-20,-17,-39,-41,-45,-41,-42,-38,-35,-39,-46,-32,-44,-32,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,4,4,8,4,0,6,7,7,8,4,4,6,10,8,3,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} Nc6 7. Nxc4 e4 8. Ne1 Be6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Ne3 f5 $1 10. d3 Nf6 11. Bd2 O-O $146 12. Bc3 Nd4 13. N3c2 c5 14. dxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxd4 Nxc3 ({Much weaker is} 15... Bxd4 $6 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Nf3 $16) (15... cxd4 $15 16. Bd2 Rc8) 16. Nxe6 $11 {The position is equal.} Nxd1 17. Nxd8 Raxd8 18. Nd3 Nxb2 19. Nxc5 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne6.} Rd2 $1 20. Bxb7 Rxe2 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Ne6 Rc8 23. Rac1 Rec2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Bb3 Rc8 26. Re1 Bf6 27. h4 Nd3 28. Rd1 Nc1 29. Rd7 Nxb3 30. axb3 Re8 31. Nf4 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Krysa, Leandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,117,29,20,34,28,26,35,25,34,40,24,40,8,18,10,49,18,69,61,72,60,93,54,67,46,42,44,59,59,59,59,53,48,62,64,49,47,62,0,11,15,29,18,23,32,49,43,58,47,58,58,58,58,58,51,58,41,58,58,58,58,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,47,47,47,47,47,752,727,5453,5490,5453,5453,5085,4930,4930,4930,568,375,29983,29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 {[%cal Bd7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Nd7 (6... Qe7 7. h3 Rg8 8. Kh1 Nh5 9. c3 g5 10. Nxe5 g4 11. d4 Bd6 12. g3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 {0-1 (27) Aronian,L (2794)-Kramnik,V (2800) Berlin 2018}) 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Nc4 O-O 10. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. b4 f6 12. c3 Bf8 13. Nh4 Qe7 {½-½ (44) Oleksienko,M (2616)-Pashikian,A (2606) Al Ain 2015}) 11. b4 cxb4 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. axb4 b6 14. Qb1 Qc7 15. Qb3 Bb7 16. Nh4 axb4 17. Qxb4 Qxc2 ({Black should play} 17... g6 $11) 18. Qxd6 $14 Qc6 19. Qb4 g6 20. Rac1 Qe6 21. Rc7 Ba6 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxd3 25. Rxe5 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Bxc4 27. Re1 Rfd8 28. g4 (28. Rc5 $14 Be6 29. h3) 28... h6 29. Kg2 Ra3 30. g5 hxg5 31. Rxg5 Be6 32. Rg3 Ra2 33. Ng5 Rdd2 34. Rf3 $1 Bc4 35. Rb1 {And now Nxf7! would win.} Rab2 36. Rc1 Rdc2 37. Rd1 {Strongly threatening Nxf7!} Rd2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 39. Rc3 Ba2 40. Ra3 Rb2 41. h4 Bc4 42. Ra4 Ba2 43. Kg3 Rc2 44. f3 Bb3 45. Ra3 Ba2 46. Kf4 Kg7 47. Ra7 Rh2 48. Kg3 Re2 49. Ra5 Rd2 50. e5 Bd5 51. Ra7 {[#] aiming for e6.} Re2 52. Kf4 Rh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Re1 $14) 53. e6 $18 Rxh4+ 54. Ke5 {Threatening mate with Rxf7+.} Bxe6 55. Nxe6+ Kg8 56. Ra8+ Kh7 57. Ng5+ Kg7 58. Ra7 Rh5 $2 {[#]} (58... Rb4 $18 59. Rxf7+ Kh6) 59. f4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Iniyan, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,65,33,54,44,66,64,62,53,72,70,74,77,119,117,122,114,122,116,173,177,192,201,275,265,385,387,625,568,702,775,791,738,650,535,639,596,1188,1162,1845,1831,29989,29990,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3} Na6 {LiveBook: 41 Games} 9. Qd2 (9. Nge2 c6 10. Ng3 Nc5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nb6 14. Nc3 Be6 15. b3 a4 {1-0 (36) Ding,L (2777)-Amonatov,F (2636) Riadh 2017}) 9... Nd7 10. Nge2 {White is slightly better.} Ndc5 11. Ng3 Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. Be2 c6 13. h4 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nb4 15. h5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 {1-0 (111) Kovalenko,I (2653)-Seeman,T (2429) Tallinn 2015}) 12. g5 Be7 13. h4 Nb4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. a3 Na6 16. Bh3 h6 (16... Bxh3 $16 {was worth a try.} 17. Rxh3 a4) 17. Bxc8 $18 (17. gxh6 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Bxh4 $16) 17... Rxc8 18. Nd1 ({Don't take} 18. gxh6 $6 Bxh4 19. Kf1 Nb8 $16) 18... hxg5 {[#]} 19. h5 $1 b6 (19... Re8 {is a better defense.} 20. Ne3 (20. Qxa5 Nb8 $16) 20... Bf8) 20. Ne3 Bd6 $2 (20... Bf6 21. f3 Kg7) 21. O-O-O Kg7 22. Rh3 ({Less strong is} 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Rh3 Rf4 $18) 22... Rh8 23. Rdh1 Qf6 {[#]} 24. f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rcg8 (24... Qxf3 25. Ngf5+) 25. Qh2 Qf4 26. hxg6 {[%cal Rh3h8]} Qxe3+ 27. Kc2 Rxh3 28. Qxh3 {White mates.} fxg6 29. Qd7+ Kf8 30. Rh7 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rh7f7]} Qf2+ 31. Kb1 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rh7f7]} Qe1+ 32. Ka2 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rh7f7]} Nb4+ 33. axb4 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Chakravarthi Reddy, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,93,17,50,20,28,28,33,39,36,31,34,10,11,0,53,31,61,48,65,65,54,52,54,60,71,80,65,68,96,85,150,139,155,79,219,213,214,107,125,97,99,45,67,72,93,77,97,-4,-12,-7,-8,-18,210,200,387,370,522,279,285,270,282,271,264,243,415,409,489,488,450,464,462,442,520,503,5118,5118,5118,5118]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. h4 h6 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} 9. Bc2 (9. Qe2 Bg7 10. a3 a5 11. Qe3 b6 12. Nf1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. N1h2 Ra7 15. Ng4 a4 16. Qf4 {0-1 (53) Guseinov,G (2646)-Socko,B (2593) Riadh 2017}) 9... Bg7 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 10. a3 a5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. b4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Nb3 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Ng4 16. Bb2 {0-1 (47) Gopal,G (2544)-Sengupta,D (2539) Kolkata 2012}) 11. Nf1 b6 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rc1 b5 15. Bd3 c4 (15... Nb6 $11) 16. Be2 Nb6 17. Qd2 O-O-O 18. h5 g5 19. Nh2 f5 {Threatens to win with ...f4.} 20. exf6 $1 Bxf6 21. Bg4 Rde8 22. O-O Kb7 23. Rce1 b4 (23... Kb8 $142) 24. axb4 axb4 25. Bh3 ({White should try} 25. Ne2 $1) 25... e5 (25... Nd7 $16) 26. dxe5 $18 Bxe5 {[#]} 27. Bxb6 (27. Nf3 $1 $18) 27... Kxb6 $16 28. Qxd5 Rd8 {[#]} 29. Qe4 (29. Qf3 $1 $16) 29... bxc3 $14 30. bxc3 Bxc3 31. Re3 Bd4 32. Ra3 (32. Nf3 $16) 32... Qd6 $11 33. Rb1+ Bb5 34. Qf5 Ne5 $2 (34... Be5 $11 35. Re3 Rhf8) 35. Nf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Nxf3+ $2 (35... Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qxa3 37. Qxe5 Qc5+ 38. Qxc5+ Kxc5) 36. Rxf3 ({And not} 36. Qxf3 Rhf8 $11) 36... Qc5 (36... Be5 $142 37. Re3 Rhe8) 37. Qxc5+ Bxc5 38. Ne4 Rhf8 39. Rxf8 ({Don't take} 39. Nc3 $6 Kc6 $16) 39... Bxf8 40. Nc3 Kc5 $2 (40... Rd3 {is a better defense.} 41. Nxb5 Rb3 42. Rxb3 cxb3) 41. Rxb5+ Kd4 42. Ne2+ {White is clearly winning.} Kd3 43. Kf1 {White threatens Bf5+ and mate.} c3 44. Rb7 Kd2 45. Rc7 Rd3 (45... Ra8 $142 46. Rd7+ Kc2) 46. Bf5 Rd5 47. Be4 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,61,18,15,20,15,41,39,46,31,34,38,47,33,28,31,29,29,25,29,25,33,164,164,223,218,297,296,296,297,291,293,291,290,279,281,289,283]} 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. c4 dxc4 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4a5,Ba5c6][%mdl 32] A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} cxb3 11. axb3 Nc6 (11... e5 12. Ndb5 Nc6 13. Nc4 e4 14. Ba3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Bb2 Nc6 {½-½ (43) Meier,G (2648)-Sebenik,M (2562) chess.com INT 2018}) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rdc1 Be6 17. Na5 Nb4 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxb3 {½-½ (59) Kobo,O (2500)-Torosyan,N (2371) Batumi 2018}) 15. Kf1 Be6 16. Na5 Ng4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4 Nxh2+ 19. Kg1 Ng4 20. Nxc6 a6 $1 21. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rab8 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Rd4 Nxf2 {[#]} (23... h5 $14) 24. Rf1 $1 $18 e5 (24... Rb5 {keeps fighting.}) 25. Rc4 Rbc8 26. Rxc8 {White has a decisive advantage.} Rxc8 27. Kxf2 Rb8 28. Rb1 Rb5 {If only Black now had time for ...a5....} 29. Bc6 Rb6 30. Be4 Kf6 31. Bd3 {Precision: White = 92%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Venkatesh, M.R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,91,47,64,78,67,70,0,0,-47,0,-62,-42,-39,-38,-33,0,0,0,-370,-375,-372,-345,-366,-373,-362,-354,-331,-309,-297,-50,-49,-51,-57,0,0,8,18,49,44,118,113,123,85,142,131,209,214,252,236,215,177,210,205,213,226,312,303,309,309,304,308,449,434,470,463,462,457,527,551,712,690,2931,486]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 8. a4 dxe4 9. axb5 Bg4 10. bxc6 exf3 11. gxf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bh3 12. Re1 $1 {Strongly threatening d4.} O-O 13. Rxe5 $146 (13. Ra5 $14 Bd6 14. Na3) ({Predecessor:} 13. Ra5 Qd6 14. b4 Bb6 15. Raxe5 Qxc6 {1-0 (43) Wei,Y (2709)-Bu,X (2715) Shenzhen 2016}) 13... Bd6 $11 14. Rea5 {Threatens to win with d4.} Re8 $1 {[%cal Bf8e8,Be8e5,Be5e2,Be2g2][%mdl 32]} 15. d4 (15. d3 $11) 15... Ng4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 16. fxg4 Qh4 17. Re5 $1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Ra4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. Be3 $1 $11 Rd8 20. Qe2) 19... Qe7 $1 $19 20. Bd2 Re8 $1 21. f3 (21. Be3 Rxe3 22. Qf1 Re1 23. Bd3 Qd6 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Nd2 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Qd1 27. Ra1 Qxa1 28. Kh1 Qxf1#) 21... Re2 $1 22. Be4 Rg2+ 23. Kh1 Qd6 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rd6h2]} 24. f4 Rxe4 $2 (24... Bxg4 $19 25. Qf1 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Qxd2) 25. Rxe4 $15 {White wants to mate with Re8+.} Qxc6 26. Be1 $1 {Intending Qd8+ and mate.} h6 (26... h5 $1 $15 27. Qa4 Rxg4) 27. Qa4 $11 Rxg4 28. Bg3 (28. Qxc6 $2 {perishes.} Bg2+ 29. Kg1 Bxe4+ 30. Bg3 Bxc6 $19) 28... Qd5 {aiming for ...Rg6.} 29. Kg1 {Re8+ is the strong threat.} Kh7 (29... Rg6 $14 30. Re8+ Kh7) 30. Qc2 $16 Rg6 {White must now prevent ...Bf5.} 31. Re5 Qf3 {[#]} ({Black should try} 31... Qb7) 32. Qf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2f3]} Qg4 {[#]} (32... Qd1+ $16 33. Re1 Qb3) 33. Nd2 $1 $18 f6 34. Re4 Qf5 {intending ...h5.} 35. Qe3 Qd5 36. Nf3 Qd1+ 37. Ne1 h5 38. Qf3 Qd5 39. Rd4 Qb5 40. Rd5 Qe8 (40... Qb6+ $142 41. Qf2 h4 42. Rh5+ Rh6) 41. Rxh5+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 {( -> ...Qxe1+)} 42. Qd5+ ({Resist} 42. Rxh3 Qxe1+ 43. Qf1 Qe3+ 44. Qf2 Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Qd1 $18) 42... Be6 43. Qe4 Rg4 44. Rc5 f5 45. Rxf5 Qg6 46. Re5 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 48%.} (46. Qa8+ $142 Kh7 47. Rf8 Rxg3+ 48. hxg3) 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Laxman, R.R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,70,12,6,29,27,27,27,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,56,33,51,41,50,41,51,36,61,32,37,0,0,-47,-38,-28,-29,-11,-6,-29,-22,-18,-30,-24,-27,-45,-47,-39,-33,-47,-21,-32,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 e6 5. e4 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Ng5 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Re1 Be7 11. a5 Rd8 12. a6 Ba8 13. Bf4 O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nfxe5 Qc8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 {0-1 (53) Naiditsch,A (2705)-Fedorchuk,S (2648) Riadh 2017}) 7... h6 8. Nh3 Nbd7 9. f4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} e5 10. a4 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 c4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 {½-½ (40) Korpa,B (2474)-Wang,K (2323) Budapest 2016}) 11... Be7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Bc6 15. c4 b4 16. Nc2 g6 ({Black should play} 16... Nf8 $11) 17. Ne3 $14 exf4 18. gxf4 O-O 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Nf2 Re8 21. Be3 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qa2 23. Bh3 {[%cal Bg2h3,Bh3f5,Bf5g6][%mdl 32]} Nb6 24. Nd1 Qb3 25. Kh1 Nh7 26. f5 g5 $1 27. f6 $1 Nxf6 28. Bf5 Re5 {White must now prevent ...Nbxd5!} 29. Qf2 {[#]} Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. dxc4 Qxc4 31. Kg1 Qxd5 ({But not} 31... Nxd5 $6 {[#]} 32. Be6 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 32. h4 Nh5 33. Bg6 {The position is equal.} Nf6 34. Bf5 Nh5 35. Bg6 Nf6 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,78,37,39,32,44,26,25,34,22,33,27,15,43,23,31,15,26,11,33,24,18,9,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-17,-9,-13,-16,-14,-25,-31,-71,-78,-71,-71,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-101,-93,-148,-153,-359,-359,-398,-366,-622,-595]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 g6 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Qa5 12. Bf1 Kh8 13. Bc1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 {1-0 (72) Azarov,S (2648)-Andreikin,D (2705) Rogaska Slatina 2011}) 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. c4 Re8 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. g3 Rad8 16. h4 h5 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Rd7 19. Qe2 Red8 20. Rd2 Qf8 21. Rcd1 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Qxh6 23. Qe5 Qg7 24. Qg5 Ne8 25. d5 exd5 26. cxd5 Qf6 27. Qe3 c5 28. d6 Ng7 29. Bg2 {[#]} b6 $1 30. Qa3 {[#]} a5 $1 31. Qb3 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Bd5 Qf6 35. Qb5 Nf5 36. Qd7 (36. Kg2 $142) 36... Kg7 $17 37. Qc7 $2 (37. b3 $17) 37... Nh6 $19 38. Kg2 {Now b3 and White clings on.} Qxb2 39. a4 $2 (39. Bc4) 39... Qd4 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,79,31,4,15,16,29,-4,-1,-8,69,70,83,87,85,79,77,77,81,93,116,103,138,139,237,244,243,214,236,131,145,145,158,153,152,155,169,170,224,178,163,167,149,168,177,184,206,186,262,202,413,430,389,275,410,409,509,418,679,495,948,927,1020,1014,961,635,986,981]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} 8. Bh6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Bxh6 9. Qxh6 e5 $1 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O-O Ng4 11. Qd2 exd4 (11... b5 $11) 12. Nxd4 $14 Qf6 {[#]} 13. Be2 $1 $36 {[%cal Re2g4][%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nb6 14. Bxg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h3 Ne5 15. Qe3 {1-0 (33) Broeker,C (2449)-Carlson,G ICCF email 2001}) 14... Bxg4 15. f3 Bc8 16. Kb1 Rd8 17. h4 d5 18. h5 c5 (18... Be6 $16) 19. Ndb5 $18 {Threatens to win with Nc7.} d4 {With the idea ...Bd7.} 20. hxg6 Be6 21. gxf7+ (21. Nd5 $18 Bxd5 22. gxh7+ (22. exd5 fxg6 23. d6 Nc4 $15) 22... Kh8 23. Rh6 (23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Rh6 Qe5 $16)) 21... Bxf7 $16 22. Ne2 Nc4 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Nxf4 Ne3 25. Rde1 Rac8 (25... Rd7 $142 26. Rh6 Rf8) 26. c3 a6 27. cxd4 axb5 28. Rxe3 {d5 is the strong threat.} Rxd4 29. Rd3 Ra8 30. a3 Rda4 (30... Rxd3 {was worth a try.} 31. Nxd3 b6) 31. Rhd1 R8a6 $2 {[#]} (31... b4 32. axb4 Rxb4) 32. Rd8+ $18 Kg7 33. Nd3 b6 (33... Rd4 $142 34. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Rg6) 34. Ne5 Be6 35. R1d6 Kf6 (35... Rd4 $142 36. Rxd4 cxd4) 36. f4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxe4 (36... Rd4 $142 37. Rxd4 cxd4) 37. Re8 Re1+ 38. Kc2 Kf5 39. g4+ Ke4 40. Rexe6 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,115,33,21,35,36,36,36,39,27,32,33,35,41,41,38,50,34,151,143,150,146,155,156,159,127,239,224,231,231,218,207,231,221,222,201,255,200,254,197,216,203,211,204,206,201,188,186,202,169,211,125,116,78,156,186,172,162,168,144,129,71,110,81,80,10,14,0,103,0,254,232,297,296,546,535,587,557,543,377,455,441,484,485,708,622,535,376,341,256,353,347,415,433,589,425,967,637,29983,29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 8. Bd3 (8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O a6 10. b3 h6 11. Be2 Qd7 12. Kb1 Bf6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. c4 Rfe8 17. Bf3 Rab8 {1-0 (41) Anand,V (2776)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Moscow 2018}) 8... Be6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. O-O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Kb1 Rae8 12. h3 Bd8 13. Rhe1 a6 14. Qf1 Kh8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 {½-½ (32) Cheparinov,I (2699)-Ju,W (2572) Caleta 2018}) 11. Bb5 {aiming for Ne5!} O-O 12. Ne5 Qe8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ba4 {[#]} Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Rhe1 (15. Bxg5 Qxe2) 15... Qe4 $1 {[%csl LRa4,LRg2]} 16. Qa6 Qxg2 17. Qxc6 Be4 (17... Bxe3+ $14 18. Rxe3 Qg4) 18. Qxc7 $16 Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Bf3 20. Rde1 Qxf2 21. b3 Rad8 (21... h5 $16) 22. Be8 ({Weaker is} 22. Qxa7 Be4 $14) 22... Qh4 23. Kb2 Bd5 {intending ...Be6.} 24. Qxa7 Be6 25. Bc6 Qxh2 26. Qd4 d5 27. a4 Bf5 28. R3e2 Qd6 29. Bb5 Be4 30. c4 Qc7 31. cxd5 Bxd5 32. Re7 Qc8 33. Qf4 ({Resist} 33. Rg1 $6 g6 $16) 33... Be6 34. Rc7 (34. b4 $18) 34... Qb8 35. Rh1 Rd4 (35... h6 $142) 36. Qh2 $40 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh2h7][%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} h6 37. Rg1 Bg4 38. Qe5 h5 39. Qc5 ({White should play} 39. a5) 39... Rf4 40. Bc4 Qd8 41. Bd3 ({White should try} 41. Ka3 $16) 41... Qf6+ $1 $11 42. Ka3 {And now Bh7+! would win.} g6 {[#]} (42... h4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43. a5 (43. Rc6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc6f6]} Qd4 44. a5) 43... Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43... h4 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 44. Rc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6f6]} Qf4 45. a6 Rxd3 $2 (45... Ra8 46. Be2 Qf5 47. Qxf5 Rxf5 48. Bxg4 Ra5+ 49. Kb4 Rg5) 46. cxd3 Qf3 47. Qc4 Qf5 48. Rc5 Qf2 49. Rc1 Ra8 50. Rc6 Be6 (50... Kh7 $142 51. Rc7 Kg7 52. Qc3+ Kg8) 51. Qe4 Re8 52. Rc7 Qb6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rb6b3]} 53. Qa4 Ra8 54. a7 Qd6+ 55. Qb4 Qxd3 56. Qb6 h4 (56... Bd5 $142 57. Rc8+ Kg7 58. Rxa8 Bxa8) 57. Rb7 {Threatens to win with Rb8+.} Kh7 58. Qxe6 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,81,4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-39,-31,-33,-77,-62,-65,-17,-16,-14,-13,-13,-6,-13,-14,-14,-25,-16,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,27,34,27,26,58,30,100,103,134,129,266,269,247,200,218,220,202,189,260,226,361,355,433,473,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3 a5 9. Bb2 a4 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 10. Nh4 (10. e3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb5 Ra5 15. Qxb7 Nc5 16. Qb4 Nd3 17. Qd2 {0-1 (69) So,W (2810)-Ding,L (2777) Tbilisi 2017}) 10... Be6 11. Qc2 {LiveBook: 10 Games} a3 {The position is equal.} 12. Bc3 c5 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 {Hoping for cxd5.} Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 {[#]} 16. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne4 dxe4 17. Rxd8 Rfxd8 18. Qxe4 {0-1 (29) Polugaevsky,L (2630)-Gelfand,B (2665) Reggio Emilia 1992}) 16... Bxd5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 18. Bxe4 Qb6 19. Bxc6 {Strongly threatening Bf3.} Rfc8 20. Ng2 Rxc6 21. Qe4 Qa6 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Rfd1 Re6 24. Qf3 Qc6 25. Nf4 Re5 26. Rd8+ Kg7 {White must now prevent ...Rxd8.} 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Ra8 Re4 29. e3 ({But not} 29. Rxa3 e5 $15) 29... Bb2 30. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} h5 31. Kg2 Re5 (31... Rc2 $1 $11) 32. Rdd8 $1 $16 Rb5 33. Rg8+ $1 Kh7 {[#]} (33... Kh6 $16) 34. Nh3 $1 $18 f6 35. Nf4 {Threatens to win with Rge8.} f5 {[#]} 36. Rge8 $1 {[%cal Re8e7]} Bf6 37. Rxa3 Rc2 (37... e5 {was called for.}) 38. Raa8 {aiming for Rf8.} Re5 (38... e5 {keeps fighting.}) 39. Kf3 Rec5 40. Rf8 Kg7 (40... Kh6 $18 41. Ne6 g5 42. hxg5+ Bxg5 43. Nxc5 Rxc5 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rhg8+ Kh6 46. Rh8+ Kg7 47. Rag8+ Kf6 48. Rxh5 Bxe3 49. fxe3 e6) 41. Ne6+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,79,20,57,57,55,55,58,63,63,57,90,77,104,102,101,97,95,92,102,87,100,45,68,58,66,60,64,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-26,-13,-9,-8,-5,61,63,91,72,129,131,119,129,126,122,339,337,4902,4902,1737,1462,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,5321,1371,608]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 Be6 8. Nd5 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} h6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bd2 c6 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. b4 Kh7 {[#]} 15. Qb3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. a4 a6 {0-1 (41) Grischuk,A (2792)-Andriasian,Z (2611) Dubai 2014}) 15... b6 16. a4 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. c5 dxc5 19. Qc2 g5 20. Ne2 (20. Nh5 $16) 20... Qb6 21. Rab1 Qa6 22. Qxc5 Qxd3 {White must now prevent ...Ng6.} 23. Qxe7 (23. Bxg5 $1 $14 hxg5 24. Qxe7) 23... Bg4 $11 24. Nxd4 (24. Bxg5 $5 Bxe2 25. Bf4 $15) 24... Qxd4 25. Be3 Qxa4 26. Rfc1 Qa2 27. e5 Rae8 28. Qa7 Rxe5 ({Black should play} 28... Bxe5 $11 29. Bxc6 Rc8) 29. Bd4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rfe8 30. Ra1 Qd2 ({Better is} 30... Qb3) 31. Bxe5 $16 Rxe5 32. Qxf7 Rf5 {[#]} 33. Qa2 $1 {[%cal Ra2d2]} (33. Be4 {is a self mate.} Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Bf3+ 35. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kg1 Rxf7 37. Rd1 Bxa1 38. Rxa1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Rf2 40. h4 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Qg2#) 33... Qd3 $2 (33... Rxf2 $16 {was necessary.} 34. Be4+ Kh8 35. Qxd2 Rxd2 36. Rxa5 Bd4+ 37. Kh1 Bd7) 34. Re1 $18 ({Less strong is} 34. Bxc6 Bd4 $14) ({Worse is} 34. Rxc6 Rxf2 35. Qxf2 Bd4 $17) 34... Re5 $2 (34... Qd7 35. Be4 Bxa1) 35. Rxe5 {Intending Be4+ and mate.} Bxe5 36. Re1 Qd6 37. Qf7+ Bg7 38. Be4+ Kh8 39. Bc2 (39. Bb1 $142 Be2 40. Qe8+ Bf8 41. Rxe2 Kg7 {[#]} 42. Rd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf6 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. Ba2+ Kh8 45. Rf7) 39... Bd7 40. Re7 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 26%.} (40. Re4 $142 c5 41. Bb3) 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,123,27,27,25,20,19,14,31,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,16,14,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,144,134,166,164,164,95,108,104,118,27,27,27,55,12,39,0,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,44,41,62,67,182,41,41,41,61,90,92,92,92,92,99,108,108,110,110,153,119,33,199,199,335,335,719,666,1216,12826,5800,2628,1725,1561,12836,12836,12838,12839,12843,12843,12844,12844]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 {E40: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein (4 e3): Unusual Black 4th moves} (6... O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Ne2 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. f3 Nb8 14. e4 Qa6 15. Qe3 Nc6 {1-0 (52) Radjabov,T (2741)-Movsesian,S (2671) Heraklio 2017}) 7. a4 O-O 8. Nf3 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ba3 Re8 $1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O e5 {[#]} 14. Be2 $146 (14. dxe5 {is more complex.} Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. a5 bxa5 17. Bc5) ({Predecessor:} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (51) Tan,Z (2517)-Zawadzka,J (2426) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 14... Bg4 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rxe5 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Rc8 20. Qe2 Rd5 21. Rfd1 Qd7 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Bb2 Nc3 24. Qc2 Qc6 (24... Nb5 $11 25. Qd1 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nc7) 25. f3 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Rc1.} Qc5 26. Qd2 b5 27. Bxc3 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening b6. KR-KR} h5 30. Rxa7 {aiming for Kf2.} Rb3 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Rf8 (32. Ra5 $18) 32... Kg6 33. Rb8 {Black must now prevent Kf2.} Rxe3 34. Rb6+ (34. b6 $16) 34... Kg5 $11 35. Rb7 Kf6 $1 36. Kf2 Rb3 37. Kg3 Rb2 38. h4 g6 39. b6 Rb4 40. Rb8 {Black should prevent b7.} Kf5 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. g3 Rb3 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Rb7+ ({Only move:} 44. b7 $1 $18) 44... Ke6 $14 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Ke3 Rb3+ 47. Ke4 Rb4+ {[#]} 48. Kd3 $1 Rb1 49. Kc4 Rc1+ 50. Kd4 {Hoping for Rc7.} Rd1+ 51. Ke4 Rb1 52. Kf4 ({White should play} 52. Rb8 $16) 52... Kf6 $2 (52... Rb5 $14) 53. Rb8 $18 Rb4+ (53... Rb3 {keeps fighting.} 54. b7 Rb4+ 55. Ke3 Ke7) 54. Ke3 Rb3+ $2 (54... Ke5 55. b7 Rb3+ 56. Ke2 Kf6) 55. Kd4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxf3 56. Re8 Rb3 57. Kc5 Kf5 {[#]} 58. Re7 $1 f6 59. b7 g5 60. Rd7 gxh4 61. gxh4 Rb1 62. Rd5+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Drljevic, Ljilja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,-26,-16,-33,18,8,42,29,72,64,67,75,72,65,72,58,136,145,202,206,198,184,193,187,272,193,325,226,322,322,325,308,315,313,314,310,311,296,315,315,318,318,368,356,362,326,351,322,695,687,900,879,893,884,881,863]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. c5 Nc6 9. cxd6 cxd6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 10. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} (10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qa3 Qd8 14. Rac1 f4 15. b4 g5 16. b5 Ne7 17. b6 Qxb6 {1-0 (41) Plaskett,H (2499)-McDonald,N (2389) Southend 2007}) 10... h6 (10... e4 $15 11. dxe4 fxe4) 11. b5 $11 Ne7 12. Qb3+ {White is slightly better.} Rf7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Kh8 13. Ba3 f4 14. Rad1 Nf5 15. d4 e4 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. gxf4 dxe5 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. dxe5 {1-0 (33) Zlotnikov,M (2361)-Smith,B Mashantucket 1999}) 13. a4 Nd7 14. Ba3 Nc5 15. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 16. a5 Qd6 (16... a6 $14) 17. Nd2 $16 e4 (17... Rb8 $16) 18. Nc4 $18 Qd4 19. Rac1 Be6 {[#]} 20. Na4 $1 exd3 (20... Raf8 {might work better.}) 21. Qxd3 Nd5 (21... Raf8 $142) 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 (22... cxd4 $142 23. Nc5 Nc3 24. Rxc3 (24. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 25. Kh1 Nxc1 $16) 24... dxc3 25. Nxe6 Re8) 23. e3 Nc3 24. Nxc3 Bxc4 25. exd4 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 ({Weaker is} 26. Bxf1 cxd4 27. Nd5 Kh8 $16) 26... cxd4 27. Nd5 Rd8 28. Ke2 d3+ 29. Kd2 ({Don't play} 29. Kxd3 $6 f4 $18) 29... f4 30. gxf4 Kf8 31. Be4 Rfd7 32. Nc7 Rd6 $2 (32... Re7) 33. Bxb7 {White is clearly winning.} R8d7 {[#]} 34. b6 $1 axb6 35. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Re7 36. a7 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,40,36,22,46,18,20,16,31,24,32,39,34,20,21,21,24,16,14,17,19,0,8,0,18,0,13]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} 9. c3 {LiveBook: 72 Games} h6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (9... c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nf4 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Ne6 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. N2b3 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 {½-½ (30) Grischuk,A (2785)-Dominguez Perez,L (2757) Elancourt 2013}) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 c5 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rae1 {½-½ (34) Pecchiari,A (1621)-Brzac,M (1888) Nova Gorica 2011}) 12... Bxf3 13. Nxf3 ({But not} 13. gxf3 $2 Bg5 $19) 13... Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Re1 Qa4 16. Qxa4 Nxa4 {The position is equal.} 17. Bc2 Nb6 18. Bd3 Na4 19. Bc2 Nb6 20. Bd3 Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,30,29,28,29,22,25,114,94,102,97,102,92,122,116,114,79,109,112,117,106,108,99,103,96,116,106,126,104,102,103,108,66,111,75,68,78,67,73,81,84,104,81,75,83,77,79,77,83,200,125,131,136,714,702,659,649]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Qe8 7. f3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} d5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Qd2 f5 $146 (12... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 12... N5b6 13. Ba2 e5 14. Ne2 exd4 15. exd4 {1-0 (63) Nikolov,M (2571)-Pantev,V (2396) Bankia 2011}) 13. Ne2 N7b6 14. Ba2 Bd7 15. O-O Qh5 16. Bg3 Bb5 17. Rfc1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 c6 19. b4 Rae8 20. Qd2 Qg5 21. Re1 Kh8 22. Rad1 a6 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Bb1 N7f6 25. Bd6 Rg8 26. Rd2 Rd8 27. Be5 Nd7 28. Bg3 N7f6 29. e4 Nf4 30. Bxf4 Qxf4 31. exf5 exf5 {[#]} 32. g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Qc7 33. Qxf5 Rd5 (33... Rge8 $16 {might work better.} 34. Rdd1 Qf7) 34. Re5 Rgd8 {Black wants to play ...Rxe5.} 35. Rde2 {Intending Re8+! and mate.} Qb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... Qd7 $16) 36. Qg6 $18 Qc8 37. Bf5 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Saravana, Krishnan P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,60,32,16,1,31,-25,-19,-13,-22,-24,-4,0,-3,-16,7,0,9,6,20,6,45,38,36,37,29,27,20,19,26,20,9,21,27,16,22,18,11,1,4,0,0,0,15,0,0,-20,-11,-17,0,0,37]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. Nh4 Bc8 7. b3 e5 8. Nf3 e4 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. c5 Bc7 11. h3 Nbd7 12. b4 Nf8 13. Nb3 h5 {1-0 (59) Cori Tello,J (2660)-Fedoseev,V (2724) chess.com INT 2018}) 6... Nbd7 {LiveBook: 67 Games} 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Nxd7 $146 ({White should try} 8. Nxc4 $14 b5 9. Ne5) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. f4 Nxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 10. O-O e6 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O {0-1 (27) Freire,D (2032)-Johansen,A (2165) ICCF email 2015}) 8... Qxd7 $11 9. Bxc4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 Bg6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. e4 b5 14. Bb3 Rfd8 15. f3 Qc7 16. Be3 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qf2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qe5 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Qc5+ 22. Qf2 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 23. Rd1 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 24. Qd4 Nc5 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rc8 27. Ne2 Kf8 28. Nd4 Ke7 29. e5 $1 Nd3 {[#] ( -> ...Rc1+)} ({Don't play} 29... Nxb3 30. axb3 a5 31. Nc6+ Kf8 32. Nxa5 $14) 30. h4 Nc5 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,30,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ $146 Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 15. Qe4+ {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Qe6 {LiveBook: 312 Games} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Pranav Vijay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,79,7,5,15,0,0,12,37,34,38,21,-40,47,57,53,26,37,31,0,0,0,39,45,32,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52,43,31,28,48,-91,-78,-66,-79,-91,-35,-42,0,0,15,10,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 {C29: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 f4} 7. Bb5+ Nc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Qg3 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qb6 9. Rb1 Be6 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. Rb2 h6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. d3 {0-1 (40) Dubov,D (2683)-Tomashevsky,E (2713) St Petersburg 2017}) 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d4 Ne7 {Threatens to win with ...a6.} 12. Nf4 (12. Bg5 $11) 12... c4 (12... Nf5 $1 $15 13. Qh3 cxd4) 13. Nxe6 $14 fxe6 14. Qh3 Nf5 15. Rb1 {[#] Rxf5 is the strong threat.} Be7 16. Rxf5 $1 exf5 17. Qxf5+ Kb8 18. Ba6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} b6 $1 19. a4 (19. Qe6 $5 {[%cal Ra2a4]}) 19... Qc6 {White must now prevent ...Rhf8.} 20. Qf7 Qxa4 21. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e7]} Qxa6 (21... Qxc2 $5 22. Rf1 $8 Rdf8 23. Qxd5 (23. Qxe7 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qb1+ 25. Kf2 Qa2+ 26. Kg3 Qxa6 $15) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qb1+ 25. Kf2 Qa2+ 26. Kg3 Qxa6 27. Bxe7 Qb7 $15) 22. Bxe7 Qb7 $1 23. e6 Rde8 (23... Kc8 $11) 24. Bd6+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ka8 25. e7 Qc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d6]} 26. Qe6 {[#]} (26. Ba3 $14 {stays ahead.}) 26... h5 $1 $17 27. Qe5 Rh6 28. Ba3 Re6 ({Better is} 28... h4 $17 29. Re1 h3) 29. Qxg7 $15 Rf6 30. Re1 {The position is equal.} a5 31. Qg5 Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6e1]} 32. Rf1 Kb7 33. h3 Qd7 34. Qxh5 R8xe7 35. Bxe7 Rxe7 $11 {KQR-KQR} 36. Qg6 Re6 37. Qg8 Re8 38. Qg6 {Strongly threatening Rf6.} Re6 39. Qg8 Re8 40. Qg6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,113,-7,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,10,10,13,21,8,42,37,38,33,37,37,37,29,54,5,16,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-12,-17,-44,0,-20,-8,-18,0,0,0,-31,-25,-30,-25,-32,-23,-50,-45,-35,-12,-111,0,-75,0,0,0,-8,0,-14,1105,0,0,0,47,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,0,12,12,12,12,12,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (10. Ng5 Nc7 11. Nge4 c4 12. d3 cxd3 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 f5 15. Bg5 Qd4 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Bg5 Qd7 {0-1 (49) Aronian,L (2792)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2819) Saint Louis 2016}) 10... Qxd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} Qd4 12. Rb1 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Bf5 14. d3 Qd7 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd4 17. Bb2 Rfd8 {1-0 (30) Savchenko,S (2498)-Vuilleumier,A (2321) Budapest 2013}) 14. d3 a5 15. Ne4 Re8 16. Bd2 Ra6 17. Be3 Qd8 $1 18. Nc5 Ra7 19. Qa4 b6 20. Rxb4 $1 bxc5 21. Bxc5 Bd7 22. Qa3 Bf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8c5]} 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rbb1 Bg4 25. Rb2 Qc7 26. h3 Bd7 27. Kh2 Rc8 28. Bd5 Qc5 29. Qa2 Be8 30. e3 Kg7 31. Rfb1 a4 32. Rb7 Rc7 33. Rb8 Bc6 34. Bxc6 Qxc6 35. Qb2 (35. Qa3 $11 Rc8 36. R8b2) 35... Ra5 (35... Qc5 $1 $17 36. Ra1 a3) 36. d4 (36. Ra1 $11) 36... Qf6 (36... Qc2 $17 {...a3 is the strong threat.} 37. Kg2 Qxb2 38. R8xb2 exd4 39. exd4 Rc4) 37. dxe5 $11 Qxe5 38. Qb4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] And now Qf8+ would win. White is not keeping still} Qc5 {aiming for ...Qxb4.} 39. Qh4 Qd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39... Rd7 $11 40. Rh8 Kxh8 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Rb8+ Qf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qxh7 Rh5) 40. R1b6 $2 ({White has to play} 40. Rh8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh8h7][%mdl 512]} Qh5 (40... Kxh8 41. Qf6+) 41. Qd4+ Qe5 42. Qd8) 40... Qf3 41. Qd4+ Kh6 (41... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf3f2]} 42. e4 Re5 $11) 42. Rb2 (42. Rf6 $14 Rf5 43. Qh4+ Kg7 44. Rxf5 Qxf5 45. Qd4+ Kh6 46. Kg2) 42... Rc1 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rf3h1]} 43. Qh4+ Kg7 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rf3h1]} 44. Qd4+ Kh6 $1 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rf3h1]} 45. Qh4+ Rh5 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rf3h1]} 46. Qf4+ Qxf4 47. exf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra5 48. R2b7 Kg7 $1 {Strongly threatening ...a3.} 49. Rd7 Rc2 {Threatens to win with ...a3.} (49... a3 $5 50. Rbb7 $8 a2 51. Rxf7+ Kg8 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. Rxh7+ Kg8 54. Rhg7+ Kh8 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56. Rhg7+ Kf8 57. Rgf7+ Kg8 58. Rg7+ $11) 50. Rbb7 Rf5 ({Don't play} 50... Rxf2+ $6 51. Kg1 $16) 51. Kg2 g5 52. Rd4 a3 {The position is equal.} 53. Ra7 a2 {White should prevent ...gxf4.} 54. Rda4 gxf4 {White must now prevent ...f3+.} 55. Rxa2 Rxa2 56. Rxa2 fxg3 57. fxg3 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karthikeyan, P."]
[Black "Sekar, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,82,0,36,34,55,44,50,43,30,29,70,65,99,65,95,87,64,74,123,126,128,126,124,133,125,122,144,135,150,147,157,150,155,141,146,131,181,183,166,162,162,162,162,160,206,206,206,165,206,201,205,191,253,212,219,219,254,258,301,294,29994,206,29995,29996,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 O-O 11. g5 Nh5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f6 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Kb1 Nf4 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Bd3 Bg5 19. Na5 Bh6 20. Nc6 Qh4 21. Qb4 {½-½ (49) Caruana,F (2784)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qd2 Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 {1-0 (40) Nihal,S (2483)-Thilakarathne,G (2053) Douglas 2017}) 13... fxe6 14. g3 Nfd7 15. Bh3 Rf6 16. Rhf1 Nf8 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. Nd4 (18. Kb1 {keeps more tension.} Nc4 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. Nd4 b5 21. Rg1) 18... Kh8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Bxe6 Rd8 23. Bd5 Be7 24. Rf1 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Qf2 {[%cal Rf2f8] [#]} Bc5 27. Qf5 b6 28. Qe6 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re6g8]} Qb8 29. a3 Bf2 30. Qg4 Qf8 31. Kb1 Bc5 32. Qe6 Qb8 33. Qf5 Bd6 34. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Qf8 35. Qe6 g6 (35... Qf1+ $142 36. Ka2 Qf8) 36. g5 Qd8 37. Ka2 a5 38. Bc4 Kg7 39. h5 gxh5 $2 (39... b5 $18) 40. Qh6+ Kh8 {[#]} 41. g6 $1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh6h7]} Qe8 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Darini, Pouria"]
[Black "Karthik, Kumar Pradeep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,126,31,35,5,0,-32,-32,-33,-33,-33,-32,-29,-25,-26,-20,-43,-53,-40,-10,-29,-8,-10,57,51,54,55,45,10,25,25,25,30,27,34,22,-89,6,2,8,3,5,6,2,5,8,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-16,49,0,0,-78,0,-21,-8,-21,-21,-21,-22,-29,-29,-83,-15,-15,-15,-814,-19,-21,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 {LiveBook: 10 Games. B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} (8... Qxc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 Be5 16. Nd1 Ke7 17. c3 Rcg8 18. Ne3 Rg5 19. Qh3 {0-1 (47) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bd3 c5 {Black is slightly better.} 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 14. Kh1 Ne7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Rd8 15. Qe1 Ne7 16. Bf3 {0-1 (40) Egorova,E-Pavlov,G (2305) St Petersburg 2002}) 15. f5 Rd8 16. Qe1 Qe5 17. Bg4 {White wants to play fxe6.} Bc8 18. Qh4 exf5 (18... h6 $11) 19. exf5 $14 {Black must now prevent f6.} Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. a4 b4 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Rfe1 O-O 24. Rad1 {Threatens to win with Rxd5!} Kg7 25. Nc5 {[#]} (25. Kg1 $11) 25... Rfe8 ({Better is} 25... c3 $1 $17 26. b3 Rde8) 26. Kg1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 {aiming for Rd1.} h5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 28. Bf3 {And now Rd1 would win.} c3 29. bxc3 Nxc3 30. a5 ({Reject} 30. Bxh5 Rd5 $17) 30... Rd6 31. Re8 Bxf5 32. Rb8 Nd5 33. Nb7 Rd7 34. Nc5 Rd6 35. Nd3 Bxd3 36. cxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} f5 37. d4 Kf6 38. Kf2 h4 39. Rb7 f4 40. Rb8 Ke7 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. Ke2 Nc3+ 43. Kd3 Nd5 44. Bh5 Ne3 (44... f5 $11) 45. Bf3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nd5 46. Bd1 (46. Ke2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 46... f6 (46... Rc6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...h3.} 47. Kd2 Rc4) 47. Bg4+ f5 48. Bf3 Rc6 49. Bxd5+ $1 Kxd5 50. Rxb4 {KR-KR} Re6 51. Kd2 (51. Rb7 $11) 51... h3 (51... Rg6 $17 52. Ke2 Rxg2+ 53. Kf3 Ra2 54. Kxf4 Rxa5 55. Kxf5 Ra2) 52. gxh3 f3 53. Rb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53. Rb3 $11) 53... Kxd4 $2 (53... Re2+ $1 $19 54. Kd3 f4) 54. Rb4+ {The position is equal.} Kc5 55. Rf4 Re2+ 56. Kd3 Rxh2 57. Rxf5+ Kb4 58. Rh5 f2 59. Ke2 Ka4 60. h4 Kb4 61. Kf1 Ka4 62. Ke2 Kb4 63. Kf1 Ka4 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Black "Nandhidhaa, Pv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,79,43,41,51,51,57,42,55,51,65,55,109,114,172,181,147,82,160,151,142,146,151,143,139,35,35,20,22,20,27,-24,-12,-40,-45,-45,75,-128,-95,-270,-183,-186,0,-97,86,47,198,-59,218,0,182,-60,239,234,230,231,29987,29988,29995,29996,29996,671]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 d6 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} (7... b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bf3 Rc8 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qd4 b4 12. Ne2 Nf6 13. c4 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ng3 d6 16. b3 a5 17. Kh1 Nd7 {½-½ (63) Nakamura,H (2779)-Najer,E (2679) Doha 2016}) 8. Qf3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 11. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 7 Games} b4 12. Nce2 Nd7 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. g5 Rc8 15. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. h4 g6 18. h5 Rg8 19. hxg6 hxg6 {1-0 (47) Vasiesiu,C (2145)-Gheorghe,A (2035) Romania 1994}) 15... e5 (15... Nxd3 $14 16. cxd3 (16. Rxd3 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 d5 $17) 16... d5) 16. Nxc6 $16 Qxc6 (16... Nxd3 $16 17. cxd3 Qxc6) 17. Bxc5 $1 $18 Qxc5 18. h5 (18. fxe5 $142 {Hoping for Rhf1.} dxe5 19. Rhf1) 18... exf4 (18... Rc7 $142) 19. Nxf4 (19. Qxf4 $6 Be7 $11) 19... Qxg5 20. Nd5 Be7 21. Rhg1 (21. Nxb4 $6 Qe5 $11) 21... Qe5 22. Qg4 (22. Nxe7 $16 Kxe7 23. Rdf1) 22... g6 $14 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rdf1 {Strongly threatening Rxf7!} Rh7 25. Rg2 (25. Qf3 $142) 25... Rc5 $11 26. Rgf2 Bc8 27. Qe2 $1 a5 (27... Bh3 $15 28. Rg1 a5 29. Bb5+ Kf8 30. Nxe7 Qxe7) 28. Bc4 $2 (28. Bb5+ $16 {is forced if you want to stay better.} Kf8 29. Nf4) 28... Be6 29. Qd3 $2 (29. Bb3 $17 {was called for.}) 29... Rh3 30. Qe2 Rh7 $2 (30... Bxd5 31. Bxd5 f5 32. Qa6 $11) ({Better is} 30... Bh4 $19 31. Bb5+ Kf8) 31. Bb3 (31. Qd3 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 31... Bd8 $2 (31... Bxd5 $6 32. Bxd5 f5 33. Qa6 $11) (31... Bh4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4f2]} 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Rxf6 Bxb3 34. axb3 Rh2) 32. Qa6 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rh2 $2 (32... Bxd5 $6 33. Bxd5 f5 34. Bc6+ (34. exf5 Qxd5 35. fxg6 Re7 $15) 34... Kf8 35. Qa8 $16) ({Black should try} 32... Bh3 $1 $14) 33. Rf3 $2 (33. Ba4+ $18 Kf8 34. Rxh2 (34. Qa8 $2 Rxf2 35. Qxd8+ Kg7 $19) 34... Qxh2 35. Nf4) 33... Rh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Bxd5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 34. Ba4+ Ke7 35. Qb7+ (35. exd5 f5 $17) 35... Rc7 36. Qxd5 (36. exd5 $2 f5 $19) 36... Qxd5 37. exd5 Kf8) 34. R3f2 (34. Ba4+ Kf8 $17) 34... Rh2 $1 {[%cal Rh2f2] And now ...Rxf2 would win.} (34... Bxd5 35. Bxd5 f5 36. Bc6+ (36. exf5 Qxd5 37. fxg6 Rh1 $18) 36... Kf8 37. Qc8 $18) (34... Qxe4 $2 35. Re2 $18 (35. Qxd6 Rxb3 36. Qxc5 Qxd5 $16)) 35. Rf3 $2 ({White should play} 35. Ba4+ $18 Kf8 36. Rxh2 (36. Qa8 $2 Rxf2 37. Qxd8+ Kg7 $19) 36... Qxh2 37. Nf4) 35... Rh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... f5 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 36. Ba4+ Kf7 37. Qb7+ Kg8) 36. Nf6+ $1 $18 ({Weaker is} 36. Ba4+ Kf8 $17) 36... Bxf6 37. Rxf6 Qxe4 $2 {[#]} ({But not} 37... Bxb3 $2 38. Qa8+ Ke7 39. Qa7+ Kd8 40. Qb8+ Rc8 41. Rxd6+ Ke7 {[#]} 42. Rd7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (42. Qxc8 Bxc2+ 43. Ka1 Qxd6 $18) 42... Kxd7 43. Qxe5 $18) (37... Rxb3 $18 38. axb3 Bf5) 38. Rxe6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} fxe6 39. Ba4+ Kd8 40. Qxd6+ {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari"]
[Black "Balasubramaniam H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,61,31,28,52,39,34,0,0,0,0,-32,0,-12,0,-20,43,50,80,88,135,135,464,463,612,571,708,682,818,812,803,796,910,927,975,877,1064,1048,1352,1345]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Ne8 13. Be2 {LiveBook: 18 Games} Rb8 14. O-O Ne5 15. Qb3 $146 (15. Nb6 {feels hotter.} f5 16. a5 Nd7 17. Qb3 g5 18. Bh2) ({Predecessor:} 15. Na3 b6 16. Rb1 g5 17. Bg3 f5 18. f4 {0-1 (40) Burcu,C (2283)-Ponkratov,P (2591) Fuengirola 2017}) 15... Nxc4 16. Bxc4 b6 17. Qa3 Nc7 18. b4 Be5 19. Rad1 b5 (19... Bxf4 $11 20. exf4 Qf6) 20. bxc5 $14 Bxf4 21. exf4 b4 {[#]} 22. Qb3 $1 bxc3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Re8 $16 {is more resistant.} 23. Ne2 a5) 23. Qxb8 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Bg4 24. Rde1 Qd7 25. Qb3 Bf5 26. c6 Qd8 27. Qxc3 Ne8 28. Bxa6 Qc7 29. Bd3 Bc8 30. Re3 Ng7 31. Rfe1 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Black "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,119,44,54,47,41,16,64,50,62,57,75,60,74,59,104,69,75,76,120,110,176,168,168,158,177,163,262,212,241,237,262,253,394,408,391,372,355,258,258,258,256,255,253,253,254,258,258,257,258,258,238,253,248,237,250,242,279,274,268,274,297,295,279,193,193,192,175,187,233,220,258,254,244,214,434,429,493,461,568,550,641,666,652,652,642,638,675,650,29972,29972,29972,29973,29972,5601,1515,0,29970,29971,5772,1546,29975,29976,29978,12110]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. c4 Bg7 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} 7. Qc2 (7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 c5 11. Be3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. f4 h5 16. e3 g5 {0-1 (39) Fedoseev,V (2731)-Rodshtein,M (2695) Tbilisi 2017}) 7... O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. e4 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 10. h3 a6 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 h6 12. Rad1 Kh7 13. Rfe1 Ng8 14. Kh2 Rb8 15. b4 Re8 16. Ng1 Qe7 {1-0 (44) Volodin,V (2223)-Seidl,A (1983) Litomysl 2011}) 11... e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 c6 14. c5 {aiming for Rad1.} b5 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Nc1 Ra7 (18... Rfd8 $16) 19. Ncb3 Rfa8 20. Nc4 Ne8 21. Red1 Nc7 (21... Nf8 {keeps fighting.} 22. Nbd2 Ne6) 22. Nb6 Rd8 23. Rd6 Ne6 24. Rad1 Nxb6 (24... Ndf8 $142 25. Rxd8 Nxd8) 25. Rxd8+ $18 ({Weaker is} 25. cxb6 Rxd6 26. bxa7 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Nd4 $16) 25... Nxd8 26. cxb6 Ra8 27. Nc5 {[#] Threatens to win with Rd7.} Bc8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. b7 Bxb7 30. Nxb7 Qc7 31. Nc5 {[%cal Bb7c5,Bc5b3,Bb3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} Bf8 32. Nb3 h5 33. h4 Kh7 34. Qc1 Qd7 35. Nd2 Rd8 36. Nc4 Qd1+ 37. Qxd1 Rxd1+ {[#]} 38. Bf1 $1 b3 39. Nxa5 (39. Nxe5 Bh6 $18) 39... Ra1 40. Nxb3 ({But not} 40. Nxc6 $6 Ba3 $18) 40... Rxa4 41. Nd2 Bh6 42. f4 f5 43. b3 Ra2 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Nf3 e4 $2 (45... exf4 {was called for.} 46. gxf4 Bg7) 46. Nd4 Kg6 47. Nxc6 Ra1 48. Ne7+ Kh7 49. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Bf8 50. Nc6 Rb1 51. b5 Rb3 52. Kf2 Bb4 53. Nxb4 Rxb4 54. b6 Rb2+ 55. Ke1 (55. Be2 $142 Kg8 56. Bd4 Rb4 57. Ke3 Kh7 58. Bc5 Rb3+ 59. Kd4 Rxg3 60. Bc4) 55... Rb1+ 56. Kf2 (56. Kd2 $18 Rxf1 57. Kc2) 56... Rb2+ 57. Be2 Kg6 58. Ke1 (58. Bd4 $142 Rb4 59. Ke3) 58... Rb3 59. Kd2 Rb2+ 60. Kd1 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 40%.} (60. Kc1 $142 Rxe2 61. b7 Rxe3 62. b8=Q Rc3+ 63. Kb2 Rf3 64. Qe8+ Kf6 65. Qe5+ Kg6 66. Qe6+ Kg7 67. Qe7+ Kg6 68. Qg5+ Kf7 69. Qxf5+ Kg7 70. Qxe4 Rxg3 71. f5) 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,68,35,28,39,45,35,28,20,10,16,8,27,31,50,61,47,46,43,40,44,28,45,47,48,22,22,14,213,208,217,140,137,90,124,128,131,149,518,0,152,0,518,518,494,497,1197,1160,5402,5297,29996,29997,29999]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 a5 9. b3 d5 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (9... d6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qc2 c5 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qc3 Ne4 15. Qe1 h6 16. Nd2 Nef6 17. Nb1 cxd4 18. exd4 e5 19. Bf1 e4 {1-0 (64) Wojtaszek,R (2742)-Moiseenko,A (2698) Germany 2015}) 10. Bb2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Qe1 Rac8 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Ba3 dxc4 18. Bxc4 {½-½ (40) Khademalsharieh,S (2435)-Batsiashvili,N (2489) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 11. dxc5 bxc5 {White is slightly better.} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc3 Qb6 14. O-O Re8 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. Rfd1 a4 17. bxa4 {Threatens to win with Bxa6.} Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Qd6 19. Rad1 Qf8 $1 20. Qc2 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Nbd7 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7]} N7f6 $2 {[#]} (22... g6 $1 $11 23. Rxd5 Qe7) 23. Rxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 (23... Nxd5 24. Qxh7#) 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxh7+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Kf8 {( -> ...Qa1+)} 26. h3 {Threatening mate with Rd7.} g6 27. Qh4 {aiming for Nh7+.} Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Kg7 $16 {is tougher.} 28. a5 (28. Rxc5 Rec8 $16) (28. Qh7+ Kf8 $18) 28... Qe7 29. Qh7+ Kf6) 28. Qh7+ $2 (28. Rd7 $18 {Qh7+ would kill now.} Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. Kg1 Qa1+ 31. Kh2) 28... Kf8 $16 29. Qh4 $2 (29. Rd7 $16 {[%cal Rd7f7]} Re7 30. Rd5) 29... Kg8 $1 $18 30. Rd7 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 {Intending Qh7+ and mate.} Qh8 (31... Qg7 $142 32. Rxf7 Qxf7) 32. Qc4 {[%csl Gd7,Gg5][%cal Rc4f7]} Qf6 33. Rxf7 Qa6 {[#]} 34. Rf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf8 35. Qf7# {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Black "Vishnu, Prasanna. V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,98,15,40,18,18,18,26,33,35,10,18,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,10,28,20,-31,-20,-50,-63,-64,-63,-86,-72,-135,-135,-151,-149,-200,-96,-319,-283,-272,-220,-285,-277,-291,-304,-299,-293,-301,-152,-145,-98,-86,-87,-125,-91,-147,-125,-141,-79,-126,0,-154,-151,-157,-156,-200,-207,-174,-167,-267,-141,-238,-229,-1008,-1014,-6260,-6483,-29997,-1177,-1324,-686,-815,-772,-894,-894,-806,-805,-5027,-1009]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Re1 Bf5 {LiveBook: 15 Games. A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (6... Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3 Re8 9. h3 b6 10. a4 a6 11. d5 a5 12. Nd2 Re7 13. Nc4 Nc5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Ba6 16. Na3 Nh7 17. Qd2 {1-0 (37) Aronian,L (2797)-Rapport,R (2700) Caleta 2018}) 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3 Bc6 {The position is equal.} 9. e4 e5 10. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c3 Nh5 11. Bf1 Bd7 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Na3 Nc6 14. Nc4 {½-½ (62) Abdulla,A (2454)-Tologontegin,S (2393) Ashkhabad 2017}) 10... Bd7 11. c4 Nh5 12. Bf1 Nf4 13. Nc3 Nh3+ 14. Bxh3 $1 Bxh3 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 (17. Qc2 $11) 17... Nd7 $15 18. Ng2 a6 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Nd1 Rae8 21. Rf1 (21. Rc1 $142) 21... exf4 $17 22. Rxf4 Ne5 23. c5 (23. Bd4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 23... Ng4 (23... Bxg2 $19 {has better winning chances.} 24. Kxg2 Ng4) 24. Bf2 $2 (24. Nf2 $17) 24... Bh6 $19 25. Rf3 Qg7 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Bb6 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512] White must now prevent ...fxg3.} 28. Nf2 (28. Nxf4 Re1+) 28... Ne5 29. Rc3 Bf5 (29... Bxg2 $19 30. Kxg2 Nd7) 30. Qb3 $17 fxg3 31. Rxg3 Bg6 32. Rd1 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 33. Kh1 Bg7 $1 34. Bd4 Rc8 (34... Qf5 $142 35. h3 Qh5) 35. Rg1 Qe7 (35... Qf7 $17 {aiming for ...Nf3.} 36. Ng4 Kh8 37. Nxe5 dxe5) 36. a4 $2 {[#]} ({Only move:} 36. Nh3 $1 $11) 36... b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. axb5 axb5 38. Nh3 Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d4]} 39. Bc3 Qb7 40. Rd1 (40. Qd1 {is a better defense.}) 40... Be4 ({Black should try} 40... Qc8 $19 41. Ng5 b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Bxe5 Bxe5) 41. Bxe5 (41. Ng5 $17 {was called for.}) 41... dxe5 $19 42. d6 $2 (42. Qe3 Bc2 43. Rd2 Rf1+ 44. Ng1) 42... Bc2 43. Rxg7+ Qxg7 44. Qxb5 {[#]} Rg4 (44... Qxg2+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Kxg2 Rg4+ 46. Kh1 Be4#) 45. Re1 {Black is clearly winning.} Rd4 46. Ng1 Kh8 ({Not} 46... Be4 {[#]} 47. Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd6 48. Rxe5 $16) 47. Qxe5 Qxe5 48. Rxe5 Be4 49. Rg5 Rg8 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 67%.} (49... Rf2 $142 50. h3 Rxd6) 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Black "Priyanka Nutakki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 10. Qxg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Qxh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08] C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 12. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (12. Bf4 Qf6 13. h4 Rxg2 14. Kf1 Rg8 15. Rg1 Rh8 16. Bg5 Rxh7 17. Bxf6 Rh6 18. Bg5 Rh8 19. Bf6 Rh6 20. Bg5 Rh8 21. Bf6 {½-½ (21) Leko,P (2728)-Shirov,A (2713) Saratov 2011}) 12... Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 15. Qxh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:46]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:06:06]} 19. h5 $146 {[%emt 0:05:50]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 19. f4) 19... Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 20. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:59]} b5 {[%emt 0:14:36]} 21. f4 {[%emt 0:06:14]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 22. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:22:16]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 23. Bc5 {[%emt 0:04:32]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 24. Ne4 $14 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:34:12]} 25. g4 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 27. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:09:57]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:08:41]} 28. g5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:06:22]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:12:11]} 30. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 31. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 33. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 34. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 35. g6+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 37. Bd4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Black "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,135,50,73,31,149,135,182,163,148,144,162,76,72,84,167,166,176,168,174,164,173,151,204,200,195,182,243,210,211,219,221,219,201,202,188,155,214,196,224,221,255,244,304,295,279,259,414,420,367,410,433,344,351,339,302,318,502,497,516,483,492,504,511,505,485,501,795,652,774,681,685,681,643,625,699,690,690,683,718,706,1499,1496,1243,1022,926,747,29966,29968,29969,29968,29970,29969,29965,29969,29971,29971,29971,29970,12794,11323,5691,3904,29983,29983,29986,29985,29993,29991,29991,29992,29992,29991,29991,29992]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qa5 10. Qc2 c4 11. Nd2 Re8 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 12. Bh4 h6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. a3 (13. Bf3 g5 14. Bg3 Nb6 15. Be5 Nbd7 16. Bg3 Nb6 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 {1-0 (45) Kazhgaleyev,M (2640)-Jobava,B (2664) Dresden 2008}) 13... Be7 ({Better is} 13... Bxc3 $1 $14 14. bxc3 b6) 14. Bf3 $16 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd8 15. Bg3 Nf8 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 {½-½ (68) Pogorelov,R (2415)-Oms Pallisse,J Barcelona 1993}) 15. b3 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Qd8 17. Nxd5 (17. Rfc1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 {Black must now prevent Qxg6+.} Kg7 (18... Ne5 $16) 19. Bg3 $18 Nf6 {[#]} 20. Bf3 $1 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qc5 Qa6 (22... Qe7 $16 23. Qxe7 Rxe7) 23. Qb4 Rb8 24. Rac1 b6 (24... Qe6 {was called for.} 25. Rfd1 Qb6) 25. Nc5 Qa5 26. Qxa5 bxa5 27. Rb1 Rb6 28. e4 Nd7 29. Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Rd6 (29... Rxb1 $16 30. Rxb1 Ba6) 30. Rfd1 f6 31. Rb5 a6 32. Rbb1 g5 33. h3 h5 34. Rbc1 g4 (34... Kh6 $142 35. Rc7 Nf8) 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Bxg4 Rxe4 37. f3 (37. Rxc8 Rxg4 38. Nc5 Nxc5 $16) 37... Re8 38. Rc7 Kg6 39. Rdc1 f5 (39... Rxd4 $142 40. Nb2 Rd2) 40. Bh3 (40. Rxc8 Rxc8 41. Rxc8 fxg4 $18) 40... Rxd4 41. Nb2 (41. Rxc8 Rxc8 42. Rxc8 Rxa4 $14) 41... Rd2 42. Nc4 ({Less strong is} 42. Rxc8 Rxc8 43. Rxc8 Rxb2 $16) 42... Rd5 43. Rc6+ Kg5 44. Nd6 Re2 (44... Ne5 $142 45. Nxe8 Nxc6 46. Rxc6 Bd7) 45. Nxc8 Rdd2 46. Rd6 Ne5 47. Rxd2 Rxd2 48. Ne7 Nd3 49. Rc6 Nf4 50. Kh2 Re2 51. Rc5 Nxh3 52. Rxf5+ ({Weaker is} 52. Kxh3 Rxe7 53. g3 (53. Rxa5 Kf4 $16) 53... a4 $16) 52... Kh6 53. Kxh3 Rxe7 54. Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Re6 55. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Kg7 56. Kg3 Rc6 57. a4 Kf7 58. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Rh6 59. g5 Rb6 60. Kg4 Kg6 61. Rc5 Kf7 62. Rc7+ Kg8 63. f5 {White mates.} a5 64. Kh5 Kh8 65. f6 Kg8 66. Kg6 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Rb8 67. Rg7+ Kf8 68. Rh7 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Abou El Zein, Eid Mahmoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,103,17,-6,18,14,27,16,44,46,50,42,45,43,45,25,35,45,43,50,52,40,45,36,57,58,113,100,117,88,76,52,60,36,152,141,155,99,200,202,216,209,182,216,208,193,210,222,213,209,310,259,357,360,354,354,475,418,405,287,277,174,166,126,402,395,463,445,433,418,442,441,519,505,652,652,644,639,844,832,5397,5397,5397,5397,5177,4293,29978,29980,29979,29976]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nge2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} e5 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 10. Qd2 Ne8 11. Bh6 Nc7 {The position is equal.} 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 {[#]} exf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f6 14. Rf2 Qe7 15. Raf1 Bd7 16. Nd1 Ne6 17. Ne3 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 {½-½ (37) Bratanov,J (2300)-Georgiev,K (2525) Dupnitsa 1998}) 14. Nxf4 Ne6 15. Qe3 Nd4 16. Rf2 Rb8 17. b3 Qe7 18. Qg3 Qe5 19. Raf1 Bd7 20. Nd1 f6 ({Better is} 20... Kg8 $14) 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Kh1 Rbe8 23. Nxe6+ Rxe6 24. Qh4 d5 ({Black should try} 24... h6 $14) 25. c3 $16 Nb5 {[%cal Rd5e4] [#]} 26. c4 (26. Ng4 $142 $1 {[%cal Rg4e5]} Qh5 27. Qg3) 26... Nc7 (26... dxc4 $16 27. bxc4 Nd4) 27. Ng4 $18 Qd4 {intending ...h5.} 28. e5 {Intending Qh6+ and mate.} f5 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Nf6+ Rfxf6 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Re2 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] aiming for Rfe1. White has strong attack.} Re6 (32... Ne6 $142 33. Kh2 a6) 33. Rfe1 Qf6 34. Qf4 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qd8 36. Qe5 Kf7 37. Re1 h5 38. Qe3 Qd6 39. d4 Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... cxd4 $16 {is a better defense.} 40. Qxd4 c5) 40. dxc5 Nxc5 41. Qe8+ Kf6 42. cxd5 cxd5 43. Qh8+ Kg5 44. Qe5 Qf8 45. Qxd5 Kh6 46. Qd2+ Kh7 47. Rc1 Ne4 48. Rc7+ Kh8 49. Qd7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd7h7]} Nf6 50. Qe6 Ng8 51. Qxg6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rg6h7]} Nf6 52. Rf7 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 76%, Black = 34%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Muthaiah AL"]
[Black "Mahitosh Dey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,36,30,28,33,75,75,64,68,78,47,70,69,69,72,74,37,100,83,134,141,147,141,139,122,224,120,123,134,127,92,116,81,133,93,116,108,152,137,161,161,141,134,164,161,171,160,131,0,156,145,144,137,210,122,294,231,350,328,345,368,314,170,165,165,147,149,118,38,271,290,280,293,268,277,618,620,611,593,1392,1315,1670,1524,2249,1974,1955,2103]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qd7 {White has an edge.} 9. Qc2 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Nf5 O-O 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bf4 {0-1 (53) Bai,J (2567)-Peng,H (2270) Shenzhen 2016}) 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qe6 14. a3 Rad8 15. Bf4 Qc8 (15... Ne4 $1 $14) 16. Ne5 Qa8 (16... Nxe5 $142 17. dxe5 Ne4) 17. Nxc6 $16 Bxc6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Bf4 Ne4 {[#]} (19... Qb7 $16 20. Rac1 Rfd8) 20. Bh3 ({Better is} 20. Bxe4 $1 $18 dxe4 21. Qb3 (21. d5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 $16)) 20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 f5 22. Be5 Bd7 23. Bg2 Qc6 (23... Rc4 $142) 24. Rd3 Be6 25. a4 a6 26. Qd2 Rf7 27. h4 Qd7 28. Qf4 Rc4 29. Re3 Bd8 30. Qh6 Rc6 31. Qf4 (31. Kh2 $16) 31... Qc8 $2 ({Black should play} 31... Rc4 $11) 32. Ra3 Qd7 33. Bf3 Qe7 (33... Be7 $16 {might work better.} 34. Rb3 Rf8) 34. Rb3 (34. c4 $18) 34... Qf8 $2 (34... Qd7 $16 35. Rb1 Rc8) 35. Bb8 h6 {[#]} (35... Rd7 {was called for.} 36. c4 Bf7) 36. Rxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe6 37. Bxd5 Rxe2 38. c4 (38. Bd6 $142 Qg7 39. Be5 Re1+ 40. Kh2) 38... Kh7 39. Bxf7 Qxf7 40. d5 g5 41. Qd6 (41. Qf3 $16 Re1+ 42. Kg2) 41... Qe7 $2 ({Black should try} 41... Qe8 $14) 42. Qxe7+ Rxe7 43. hxg5 hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 44. a5 Rb7 $2 (44... bxa5 45. c5 a4) 45. Be5 {White is clearly winning.} b5 {Now ...Re7 and Black clings on.} 46. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Re7 47. f4 Bxa5 48. d6 Re6 49. c6 Bb6+ 50. Kg2 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"]
[Black "Santiago, Yago De Moura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,90,16,10,102,102,117,108,124,122,112,134,120,98,127,100,131,127,142,130,127,111,231,231,287,229,237,235,200,141,149,83,181,142,196,203,214,206,238,247,251,237,231,235,251,236,247,248,256,208,162,129,154,99,120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6079,0,-6079,-6078,-5422,-5406,-5377,-5377,-5165,422,-1018,-981]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 211 Games} g5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (9... Bc5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) (9... Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 b4 14. Na4 a5 15. h4 Ba6 16. h5 Qc7 17. h6 g6 18. g4 Bxf1 19. Rhxf1 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 {1-0 (35) Volokitin,A (2677)-Dizdar,G (2509) Austria 2017}) 10. g3 $16 ({Reject} 10. fxg5 Ndxe5 11. Be2 h6 $11) 10... gxf4 11. gxf4 Qh4+ {White is better.} 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 (13. Bxh4 Nf3+ 14. Ke2 Nxd2 $15) 13... Qh6 14. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. O-O-O Rg8 15. Qd2 Rg4 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. h3 {1-0 (72) Laursen,N (2261)-Rewitz,P (2252) Denmark 2013}) 14... Be7 15. h4 b5 16. O-O-O Bb7 17. Ne4 Qf8 18. Rh3 Bb4 (18... Rg8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 19. Qd4 $1 $18 Rd8 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 Rg8 22. Qb4 Nb8 23. Bb6 (23. Bc5 $142 Nd7 24. Bd4) 23... Nc6 (23... Qxd6 $16 24. Qxd6 Rxd6) 24. Qd2 Rc8 (24... Qxd6 $16 {was called for.} 25. Bxd8 Nxd8) 25. Bc7 Qh6 {[#]} 26. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b4 (26... bxa4 27. Kb1) 27. Qf2 d4 28. Kb1 Kd7 29. Rhd3 Rg4 30. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6]} e5 31. Bh3 Rxc7 32. Bxg4 Kxd6 33. c3 bxc3 34. bxc3 ({White should try} 34. Rxc3 Qg7 35. Qe2) 34... Ke7 35. cxd4 (35. Qg3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc3d4]} Kf8 36. Ka1 (36. cxd4 Nxd4 37. Qxe5 Qb6+ 38. Ka1 Nc2+ 39. Ka2 Nb4+ 40. Ka3 Nc2+ 41. Ka2 Nb4+ 42. Ka3 Nc2+ 43. Ka2 $11)) 35... Nxd4 $11 36. Rxd4 Qb6+ 37. Ka1 exd4 38. f6+ Kf8 39. Qf4 {[#] Intending Re1 and mate.} Qb4 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Bd5!)} 40. Rxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Qxc7 {leads to mate.} Qa3+ 41. Kb1 Be4+ 42. Qc2 Qb3+ 43. Ka1 Bxc2 44. Be6 Qa3+ 45. Ba2 Qc3#) (40. Qh6+ $11 Ke8 41. Qxh7 Qxa4+ 42. Kb1 Qb4+ 43. Ka1 Qc3+ 44. Kb1 Qb4+ 45. Ka1 Qc3+ 46. Kb1 Qb3+ 47. Ka1 Qc3+) 40... Qa3+ $19 (40... Rc1+ $2 41. Qxc1 Qxd4+ 42. Qb2 $19) 41. Kb1 {[%cal Rd4d8] [#]} Be4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Rxe4 {[#]} Rb7+ $1 43. Kc2 Rb2+ 44. Kd1 Qa1+ 45. Qc1 Rb1 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kulkarni, Bhakti"]
[Black "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,129,10,17,-7,0,0,-4,-4,0,0,11,8,21,0,3,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,-29,-63,-62,-106,-107,-121,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-96,-103,-103,-99,-181,-27,-28,-21,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-46,0,-35,0,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-35,-35,-35,-55,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. Ne5 Be6 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 8. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32] D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (8. cxd5 Bxd5 9. Nc3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Rd1 Qxb3 13. axb3 Rfc8 14. f4 c5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 {1-0 (24) Kramnik,V (2787)-Svidler,P (2768) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ndf3 $146 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qd4 Rfc8 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. h4 h6 17. Rfd1 g5 (17... Ba4 {feels hotter.} 18. Rdc1 Rc5 19. f3 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Nc5) 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 20. Bxg5 Bxe5 21. Bxe7 Rc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 22. e3 Bg4 23. Rd2 f6 {[#] aiming for ...Kf7.} 24. f3 exf3 {And now ...Re8 would win.} 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Ba3 {[#]} Bxd4 $1 27. exd4 Re2+ 28. Rxe2 fxe2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. Kd3 (30. d5 $17) 30... Rc8 $2 (30... Ra4 $19 31. Kc3 Ke6) 31. Bb4 $11 Ke6 32. a4 Kd5 33. b3 Rc6 34. Bd2 $1 Re6 {White must now prevent ...Bf5+.} 35. Be3 Rc6 36. Bd2 Bh5 37. a5 (37. Rh1 $5 {[%cal Rh1h5]} Bf3 38. Rh8 $11) 37... b5 38. Rh1 Bf3 39. Rh8 Re6 40. Be1 Kd6 41. Rc8 Be4+ 42. Kd2 Bc6 43. Rd8+ Kc7 44. Rh8 Bf3 45. Rh4 f5 46. Rf4 Bg4 47. d5 Re5 48. Rd4 Bf3 49. d6+ Kd7 50. Rd3 Bg4 51. Rd4 Rc5 52. b4 Rc8 53. Rd5 {The position is equal.} Rc6 54. Rxb5 Rxd6+ 55. Ke3 Rd1 56. Kf2 Kc7 57. Rc5+ Kd6 58. Rb5 Kc6 59. Rc5+ Kd7 60. b5 {Black should prevent b6.} Rd3 {Strongly threatening ...Rf3+.} 61. Rc3 Rxc3 62. Bxc3 Kc8 63. Be5 Bh5 64. Bf4 Be8 65. Kxe2 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sharma, Dinesh K"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,87,48,49,47,64,25,37,6,8,-20,-7,-9,-12,-22,-18,-37,-38,-41,-46,-44,-30,-36,-30,-31,-25,-31,-26,-25,-25,-42,-35,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-72,-72,-71,-74,-73,-84,-72,-76,-77,-79,-76,-79,-72,-79,-64,-84,-93,-89,-88,-90,-85,-77,-34,-35,-10,-11,-5,-16,-16,-17,-8,-8,-7,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 f6 6. O-O {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} fxe5 7. Nxe5 Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. f4 {White is slightly better.} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxe5 9. fxe5 Qd7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bd3 g6 13. Be3 {1-0 (34) Van Foreest,J (2609)-Jobava,B (2705) Germany 2018}) 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Be3 (10. Bh5+ {is interesting.} Bg6 11. Bxg6+ Nxg6 12. Qg4 Qe7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qxg6+ Qf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. h3) 10... O-O 11. Kh1 (11. g4 {with more complications.} Bg6 12. Qd2 Bc7 13. b4 b6 14. Ba6) 11... Nxe5 12. fxe5 Bc7 13. Na4 b6 14. b4 Qd7 15. c3 Be4 16. Nb2 Nf5 17. Bf2 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Na4 cxd4 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. cxd4 Bb6 22. Rc1 Bxc5 $1 23. dxc5 Qg5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg5g2]} 24. Bf3 {[#]} Bxf3 $1 25. Qxf3 Ne7 26. Qe2 Nc6 27. Bg3 Qe7 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qa6 Qd7 30. h3 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 31. Qc4 Rd8 32. Kg1 d3 33. Rd1 Qd5 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Kf2 Ne7 36. Bf4 Rxc5 37. Rxd3 Nd5 38. Kf3 Ra5 39. a3 Rb5 40. Bd2 Kf7 41. Bb4 Nxb4 42. axb4 {The position is equal.} Rxb4 43. Rd7+ Kg6 44. Rxa7 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ashwath, R."]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,125,22,16,0,8,-6,-9,-12,-3,-30,-23,-33,-20,-77,-69,-77,-70,-80,-85,-82,-78,-79,-80,-70,-30,-78,-52,-63,-67,-62,-15,-19,-28,-15,-20,-21,-11,-15,-12,-9,-28,-23,-13,-42,-7,-10,0,0,0,0,87,87,87,87,87,108,108,108,108,108,108,87,87,87,87,87,108,79,108,108,116,116,136,138,147,136,154,154,154,154,607,463,1150,2409,3112,3402,928,1461,12835,12835,12836,12835,12832,1733,12841,12842,12842,12843,12846,12847,12848,12848,12849,12849]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 cxd4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} 9. Nxd4 Ne5 (9... O-O 10. Nc2 Be7 11. O-O a6 12. Rfd1 Rb8 13. Ne4 b6 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. Nd6 Bb7 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 {1-0 (82) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Huaian 2017}) 10. b3 Qa5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. O-O a6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. Qc2 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ra7 14. Nb1 b6 15. Rfd1 Be7 16. Qc3 {0-1 (52) Ubilava,E (2445)-Foisor,O (2430) Tbilisi (Georgia) 1983}) 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nc3 $1 Ba3 16. Rcd1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nb1 (18. e4 $11) 18... Be7 $1 $17 {[%cal Ba3e7,Be7d8,Bd8b6][%mdl 32]} 19. Rc1 Ba6 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 {[#]} Bd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8c7]} 22. Rc2 Bb6 23. Nf3 Ng4 {Threatens to win with ...Rfc8.} 24. e3 Rbc8 25. Rd2 b4 26. Re1 $1 d5 27. Ng5 Rfe8 {[#]} 28. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe6 29. Bxd5 Rce8 30. Red1 Ne5 31. Bxe6+ Rxe6 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. a3 bxa3 34. Nxa3 Bb7 35. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nf3+ 36. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Rd7+.} Bc7 (36... Nd2+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 37. Kg1 Nxc4 38. Rd7+ Re7 39. bxc4 Bf3) 37. Rd7+ $16 Re7 {And now ...Nd2+ would win.} 38. Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 39. Nd6+ Ke6 {...Bd5 is the strong threat.} 40. Nxb7 Rxb7 41. Kxf3 Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Rb2 44. Kg3 Rb4 45. Ra1 Rb6 46. Ra2 Kf5 47. Ra5+ Kf6 48. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rb4 49. f3 Rb1 50. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Rh1 51. h5 Rg1+ $2 (51... g6 $16 52. hxg6 hxg6 53. Ra6+ Kg7) 52. Kf4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rh1 (52... h6 $142 53. e5+ Ke7) 53. Ra6+ Kf7 {[#]} 54. h6 $1 gxh6 55. e5 Rh2 56. Kf5 Rh5+ 57. Ke4 Rh1 58. f4 Rh2 59. Ra7+ Kg8 60. Kf5 Rg2 61. e6 Kf8 62. Rxh7 Rh2 63. Kf6 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Black "Rajdeep Sarkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,113,63,74,40,41,43,56,28,26,28,27,3,3,1,23,11,16,8,18,20,34,1,60,56,55,40,48,46,73,-10,447,460,433,202,186,192,407,260,302,305,276,229,219,232,292,294,280,286,245,136,140,137,147,134,143,121,151,87,180,142,232,210,259,249,297,287,293,240,399,338,308,306,287,276,524,506,454,451,443,422,421,416,29972,29973,29972,29973,29973,29974,29977,29975,29978,29978,29976,29978,29978,29979,29980,29979,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Qe7 6. O-O {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} Bg7 {LiveBook: 30 Games} 7. Ng5 (7. h3 Nf6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Nf1 Rae8 11. Ng3 Kh8 12. b4 h6 {1-0 (51) Bauer,C (2647)-Vorotnikov,V (2476) Zuerich 2017}) 7... Nh6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 8. d5 {White is slightly better.} Nd8 9. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. f4 O-O 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. e6 Ne5 12. exf7+ Ndxf7 13. Nxf7 Nxc4 {1-0 (48) Harrwitz,D-Horwitz,B London 1846}) 9... O-O 10. c4 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nc3 f4 13. Nce4 Nf5 14. Bg4 Bh6 15. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qg7 16. Bh3 Nh4 ({Black should try} 16... Ne3 $11 17. fxe3 Bxh3) 17. Nxh4 Bxh3 18. Kh1 $1 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. g4 (20. g3 $16) 20... fxg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20... Qe7 $11 21. Qe1 Kh8) 21. Rg1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg1g3]} Bf4 22. Nxg3 (22. Bxf4 $142 exf4 23. hxg3) 22... Kh8 23. Bxf4 exf4 $2 (23... Rxf4 24. Nh5 Qh6 25. Nxf4 Qxh4) 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Qd4+ Qe5 26. Qf2 Nf7 {[#]} 27. Rae1 $1 Qe7 28. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 29. Qd4+ Ne5 30. Qxe5+ (30. Rxe5 $18 Qf6 31. Qc3) 30... Qxe5 $16 31. Rxe5 {Hoping for Re7.} Rf7 32. Rge1 Raf8 33. Re7 Bh3 34. Ng2 (34. b4 $142) 34... Kg8 (34... Rg8 $16 {was called for.} 35. Nh4 (35. Rxf7 Bxg2+ 36. Kg1 Bh3+ 37. Kh1 Bg2+ 38. Kg1 Bh3+ 39. Kh1 Bg2+ $11) 35... Rf6) 35. Kg1 b6 (35... c6 $16 36. dxc6 bxc6) 36. R1e4 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} a5 38. Kh3 Kg7 39. Kg4 Kg6 $2 (39... Rg8 {might work better.} 40. Kh4 Rd8 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Rxf4+ Kg6) 40. Rxf7 h5+ 41. Kxf4 Rxf7+ {KR-KR} 42. Ke3 Kg5 $2 (42... Rg7 43. Re5 h4) 43. h4+ Kg6 44. Re6+ Kf5 45. Rh6 Re7+ 46. Kf2 Ke5 (46... a4 $18 47. Rxh5+ Kf4) 47. Re6+ {White mates.} Rxe6 {[#] KR-KP} 48. f4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf5 (48... Kxf4 49. dxe6) 49. dxe6 Kxe6 {KP-KP} 50. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} c6 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. Kf3 b5 53. cxb5 cxb5 54. a3 a4 55. b4 Kf6 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. f5+ {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Song, Yuxin"]
[Black "Tania, Sachdev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,73,43,59,62,50,53,47,32,50,28,33,18,41,19,51,33,41,0,-7,0,-31,-66,-64,-77,0,0,0,0,0,-97,-85,-108,-114,-409,-161,-214,-183,-183,-189,-254,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-62,-64,-63,-40,-79,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. a3 d6 11. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 120 Games. B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} 12. Qe1 (12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. a4 Rfe8 14. Rfc1 Ne5 15. a5 bxa5 16. Nb3 Rab8 17. Nxa5 Ba8 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Bd4 {0-1 (37) Bruzon Batista,L (2659)-Svidler,P (2727) Berlin 2015}) 12... Nbd7 13. Qf2 Rac8 {White is slightly better.} 14. Rfc1 Qb8 15. b4 Bd8 {[#]} 16. Nb3 $146 Bc7 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Bf1 h5 19. Nd2 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. cxd5 h4 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 22. gxh4 Bxh2+ (22... Rxe3 $17 23. Qxe3 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Be5) 23. Qxh2 $11 Qxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rxe3 25. Nde4 (25. Nce4 $1 $11) 25... Rxf3 $17 26. Bh3 {White wants to play Nxf6+.} Rc4 27. Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Bg2 $17 {only move.} Re3 28. Nd6 Rcxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Nxb7) 27... Re3 $2 (27... Ne5 28. Nd2 Rcxc3 29. Nxf3 Rxf3) 28. Bxd7 (28. Bf5 {is a better defense.}) 28... Nxd7 $19 ({Much less strong is} 28... Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Rcxe4 30. Bc6 $17) 29. Kf2 Rh3 ({Inferior is} 29... Rexe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Rc7 $16) 30. Nd6 {[#]} (30. Rh1 $142 Rd3 31. Rhd1 Rdxc3 32. Nxc3 Rxc3 33. Rac1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Bxd5 35. Rc7) 30... Rcxc3 $2 (30... Rg4 $1 $19 31. Nxb7 Ne5) 31. Rxc3 $15 Rxc3 32. Nxb7 $19 {KRN-KRN} Rc7 33. Nd6 Nf6 34. Rd1 g6 35. Rd4 b5 (35... Kg7 $17) 36. Ne4 $11 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,67,19,21,11,16,-9,24,20,11,3,40,33,46,35,51,32,50,33,57,37,72,47,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-60,-35,-35]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Be6 13. d5 Bd7 14. Nf1 {C97: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4 Qc7, sidelines} Nc4 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 15. N3h2 {[#]} Rfb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rfc8 16. Ng3 Ne8 17. Ng4 Qd8 18. Nf5 Bg5 19. b3 Nb6 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. h4 Qd8 {0-1 (36) Klein,D (2391)-Ernst,S (2606) Amsterdam 2012}) 16. g4 {The position is equal.} g6 17. Ng3 Ne8 18. Rf1 Qd8 19. b3 Nb6 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bf6 22. Qf3 Qe7 23. Rae1 (23. g5 {keeps more tension.} Be5 24. h4 a5 25. Rf2 a4 26. Raf1) 23... Be5 $1 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qe3 c4 26. Rf2 Nc8 27. Ref1 Ncd6 28. b4 a5 {Strongly threatening ...axb4.Black is slightly better.} 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Ra3 31. Kg2 Rba8 32. Bd1 f6 33. Bc2 Ra1 34. Rxa1 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,83,14,1,1,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,5,6,11,11,8,9,25,22,25,25,25,23,35,14,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,6,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,33,0,10,0,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qa4+ {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (7. Nc3 e6 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. g4 Bc2 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qxc2 Nxg4 12. Nxd5 Qh4 13. Qc7 Qxf2+ 14. Kd1 Ke8 15. Bf3 {1-0 (113) Skoberne,J (2553)-Akobian,V (2647) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... Nc6 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. O-O e6 11. d3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. a3 Rac8 14. Rfc1 Rfd8 15. b4 Nd4 $146 16. Qd1 Ne8 17. e3 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Qb3 Nd6 20. a4 Qd7 21. b5 b6 22. Bf1 Nb7 23. d4 Rxc1 (23... g6 {keeps more tension.} 24. Bd3 Na5 25. Bxa5 bxa5 26. Qd1 h5) 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Bxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} f5 28. h3 h5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 g6 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. f3 Nd6 33. Bd3 Kf7 34. Kf2 Bg5 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. a5 Kd7 {The position is equal.} 37. a6 Kc7 38. Be1 Kd7 39. Bg3 Ke7 40. Be5 Kd7 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Ke2 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,136,10,10,10,2,14,6,22,-18,0,0,0,5,15,14,12,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-45,0,0,7,-10,14,6,6,6,0,0,35,28,14,7,22,18,50,36,39,7,16,0,39,24,74,62,74,50,62,61,59,34,32,10,35,20,50,31,27,12,68,53,81,16,87,86,125,22,6,0,55,94,158,147,86,42,46,-29,-45,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-79,-63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. b4 d6 9. Bb2 a5 10. b5 Nbd7 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Qe7 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (11... Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rad1 Rae8 15. Ne1 Qh4 16. f3 Ng5 17. Nd3 Nf6 18. Nf4 Nf7 19. d5 {1-0 (51) Ludwig,D (2479)-Jovanovic,D (2402) Budapest 2013}) 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Ne1 Qh4 15. f3 Ng5 16. d5 e5 17. f4 Ne4 18. Nf3 Qh6 19. Bd3 {1-0 (44) Schiendorfer,E (2333)-Vianin,P (2186) Switzerland 2011}) 12... Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rd1 Ng5 15. d5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 e5 17. O-O Nc5 18. g3 Rae8 19. Bh5 g6 20. Bf3 {[%cal Bh5f3,Bf3g2,Bg2f1,Bf1e2][%mdl 32]} Bc8 21. Rde1 h5 22. Bg2 Kh7 23. f4 e4 24. Bd4 Kg8 25. Rd1 Kf7 26. Rf2 Nd7 27. Bf1 Nf6 28. Rg2 Rh8 29. h3 Rd8 30. Be2 Bd7 31. Kf2 Rh7 32. Rdg1 Rf8 33. Rd1 Ra8 34. Bc3 Ra7 35. Qd2 Qd8 36. Rh1 Qe7 37. Rhh2 Ra8 38. Qd4 Rah8 39. Rh1 Ra8 40. Rgg1 Rah8 41. Qd2 Bc8 42. Qb2 Kg7 (42... Rf8 $11) 43. Rd1 $14 Kf7 44. Qa1 ({White should play} 44. c5 $16) 44... Qd8 (44... Rf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 45. c5 bxc5 {[#]} 46. Bxa5 (46. h4 $1 $16) 46... h4 $11 47. Rdg1 Bb7 (47... Nxd5 $11 48. g4 fxg4 49. Bxg4 Bxg4 50. Rxg4 Qd7) 48. Bc3 $14 hxg3+ (48... Rg8 $142) 49. Rxg3 $16 Bxd5 50. Kg2 Rg8 51. Rd1 (51. a5 $14) 51... Be6 $11 52. b6 cxb6 {White must now prevent ...Nd5.} 53. Bxf6 Qxf6 54. Qxf6+ Kxf6 55. Rxd6 Ra8 (55... Rd7 $1 $15 56. Rxb6 Rgd8) 56. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] The position is equal. Black is under pressure.} Re7 57. Rxb6 Rxa4 58. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 {[#]} 59. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg6 60. Rxe6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kf7 61. Re5 Kg6 62. Rxc5 Ra3 63. Kf2 Ra2+ 64. Kg3 Ra3 65. Rc6+ Kh5 66. Kf2 Ra2+ 67. Kg3 Ra3 68. Kf2 Ra2+ {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,178,54,43,41,32,49,58,63,42,54,49,43,54,43,38,34,35,50,55,52,54,45,32,52,36,88,0,47,37,42,26,64,64,63,63,55,-34,-45,-31,0,0,0,0,33,30,24,0,8,2,8,0,17,8,34,34,34,41,41,34,41,41,41,41,42,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,45,45,45,0,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,38,38,31,38,38,38,36,38,0,38,38,45,38,38,38,45,45,45,45,53,53,53,53,60,60,60,37,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,8,45,45,53,53,45,25,25,25,45,45,45,0,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 10. Be2 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. Bg5 {LiveBook: 12 Games. And now f4 would win.White is slightly better.} exd5 (12... h3 13. Ne3 hxg2 14. Nxg2 exd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Ngf4 Re8 17. h4 Ned7 {1-0 (37) Matlakov,M (2730)-Can,E (2604) Heraklio 2017}) 13. Nxd5 h3 14. gxh3 Bxh3 15. Ng3 Qa5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nc6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. h4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 {1-0 (29) Lei,T (2531)-Bakalchuk,J (2400) Caleta 2018}) 16. b4 Qd8 17. bxc5 Qa5+ 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. Nc7 Qc6 20. Nxa8 Qxc5 21. Qb3 Rxa8 22. Bb4 Qb6 ({Don't play} 22... Qd4 $6 23. Rd1 $18) 23. O-O-O Rd8 {[#]} (23... Bg2 $14) 24. f4 ({White should try} 24. Bc3 $1 $16 Nfd7 25. Kb1) 24... Neg4 25. c5 Rc8 26. Bc4 (26. Kb1 $5 {[%cal Rc5b6]} dxc5 27. Be1 $11) 26... Qc7 27. Rxd6 {Black must now prevent e5.} b5 28. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7 29. e5 ({Better is} 29. Rhd1 $1 $14 Bh6 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kg7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Bd2 Nxh2 34. c6) 29... Qxb3 $15 30. axb3 {[#] Hoping for Rhd1.} Bf8 (30... Ne8 $5 {[%cal Re8d6]} 31. Rxg6 Nf2 $11) 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. exf6 a5 33. Bxa5 Bxc5 {...Bb4+ is the strong threat.} 34. Kb1 Bd6 35. Bd2 Kf7 36. Re1 Bg2 37. f5 Bxg3 (37... Bd5 {with more complications.} 38. fxg6+ Kxg6 39. Re3 Bf4 40. Rd3 Bxb3 41. Rxb3 Bxd2 42. Rf3 Re8) 38. fxg6+ Kxg6 39. hxg3 Kxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. Kb2 Kf5 41. Bf4 Be4 42. Bd6 Re8 43. Ka3 Re6 44. Rf1+ Kg5 45. Rd1 Bf3 46. Rd4 Be2 47. Kb4 Kf5 48. Rf4+ Kg6 49. Rd4 Kf5 50. Kc5 Re4 51. Rd2 Kg4 52. Bf4 Re8 53. b4 Re4 54. Bd6 Rc4+ 55. Kb6 Re4 56. Rd5 Bc4 57. Rd2 Be2 58. Ka5 Bc4 59. Rh2 Re6 60. Rh4+ Kf5 61. Rf4+ Kg6 62. Rd4 Kf5 63. g4+ Kg5 64. Bc7 Rc6 65. Bd8+ Kg6 66. Bb6 Kg5 67. Re4 Re6 68. Bd8+ Kg6 69. Rf4 Rd6 70. Bc7 Rc6 71. Bb6 Kg5 72. Be3 {White threatens Rxc4+ and mate.} Kg6 73. Bc5 Re6 74. Rd4 Be2 75. Bb6 Bc4 76. Bd8 Rc6 $1 77. g5 Kf5 78. Bf6 Re6 79. Rd8 Kg6 80. Rb8 (80. Rc8 {is more complex.} Kf5 81. Rc7 Re4 82. Rg7 Re6 83. Rf7) 80... Kf5 81. Rxb5+ (81. Rf8 $14) 81... Bxb5 {The position is equal.} 82. Kxb5 $14 {KR-KB} Re1 83. Kb6 {next b5 is good for White.} Ke6 84. b5 {With the idea Ka7.} Kd7 85. Kb7 Rg1 86. b6 Rg3 87. Kb8 Kc6 88. Bd8 Rxg5 89. Bxg5 {Threatening mate with Ka7.} Kxb6 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,113,34,32,34,33,24,26,11,14,18,14,14,15,18,26,31,16,8,6,8,11,8,8,15,23,14,28,-9,-9,-10,-8,0,0,-20,-24,-17,-6,-16,-20,-25,2,0,15,14,11,0,3,0,5,0,12,21,14,22,34,4,2,2,8,8,37,50,128,129,127,139,128,123,170,180,240,233,285,291,285,262,313,306,390,394,379,381,389,382,408,408,408,395,666,643,1169,1125,5406,4870,29980,29981,29981,29982,29981,29980]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} Bd7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 e6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. O-O exd5 10. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. exd5 Na6 11. Nb3 Re8 12. Be3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 {0-1 (32) Bai,J (2556)-Wei,Y (2743) Shenzhen 2017}) 10... Re8 11. Bf3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Ndb5 Ne5 14. Be2 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Nc6 16. Bc4 Na5 17. Bd3 d5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 18. Bb5 Re7 19. exd5 Re5 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 20. d6 Re6 21. Bg5 a6 22. Be2 Rxd6 23. Qc1 Nc6 24. Rd1 Nd4 25. Bf1 Ne6 26. Bh4 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Qxd1 (27... Qb6 {feels hotter.} 28. Qe2 Nd4 29. Qd3 Ng4 30. Rd1 Re8) 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Be2 Ne6 31. Bf3 b5 32. Bc6 g5 33. Bg3 Nh5 34. Bd6 Nhf4 35. Nd1 Nd3 36. Bb7 Nec5 37. Bc8 Ne4 38. Be7 {Bf5 is the strong threat.} Nxb2 ({Black should play} 38... a5 $1 $14) 39. Nxb2 $16 Bxb2 40. Bxa6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bd4 41. Bxb5 Bxf2+ 42. Kf1 Bb6 {[#]} (42... g4 $142 43. Bd8 Be3) 43. Bc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6e4]} Nd2+ 44. Ke2 Nc4 45. Bxg5 Kg7 46. Bd5 f6 47. Bc1 ({Less strong is} 47. Bxc4 fxg5 48. Kf3 h5 $16) 47... Nd6 48. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} f5 49. Bf4 Nc8 50. Be5+ Kg6 51. Kd3 Bg1 $2 {[#]} (51... Ne7 52. Bb7 Kf7) 52. a5 Kg5 53. Bb7 Na7 54. Bd4 Bxd4 55. Kxd4 {White mates.} Nb5+ 56. Kc5 Nc7 57. Kc6 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,68,62,53,75,76,81,38,47,44,58,47,70,74,87,43,40,40,35,37,36,30,35,23,47,39,29,11,16,18,42,50,56,66,50,44,46,-12,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,10,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Ra7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (6... Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Nfd2 e5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Nbd2 h5 13. f3 Rb4 14. fxg4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rxc4 {1-0 (40) Ding,L (2777)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 7. Ne5 Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 {[#]} 10. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Ra8 {1-0 (38) Salvador,R (2443)-Bozzali,E (2148) Bergamo 2008}) 10... Bxc5 11. Nxc4 b6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 {Strongly threatening Bb8!} Bb7 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rb8 18. Rc6 Kf8 19. b4 Ne8 20. Rd1 Ke7 21. a5 b5 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Nxc7 24. Nxf7 $1 Ne8 25. Ne4 Rc8 26. Kf3 (26. Neg5 $14) 26... Rc7 27. Nfd6 {Black should prevent Nxe8.} Nxd6 28. Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne5+ $1 29. Kf4 Nc6 30. Kf3 h6 31. h4 Ne5+ {The position is equal.} 32. Kf4 Nc6 33. Kf3 Ne5+ 34. Kf4 Nc6 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Black "Muthaiah AL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,123,52,45,56,39,35,31,41,31,67,64,74,31,30,29,61,37,40,50,42,8,15,15,3,14,31,11,47,53,54,60,105,100,133,138,121,130,259,250,245,256,360,375,368,364,349,357,370,363,377,273,377,266,266,266,265,265,266,265,279,279,278,270,275,271,281,279,281,275,271,254,406,399,629,629,599,556,794,719,715,701,852,842,772,741,929,905,939,939,894,894,815,793,878,827,1170,966,29977,29978,29973,29975]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Rc1 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. b4 {LiveBook: 177 Games} Rac8 14. Qd2 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Bf1 h5 17. h3 {[#]} h4 $146 18. Bg5 Ne5 19. Na4 Ba8 20. Qe1 Ng6 21. Be3 Bd8 22. b5 a5 23. Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bxc6 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rb1 Nd7 26. c5 Nxc5 27. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Qc8 {[#]} 28. Qd2 $1 ({Much worse is} 28. Bxc6 $6 Qxc6 29. Nxc5 bxc5 $11) 28... Rf8 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 {[#]} 30. Nxb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxb6 (30... Bc7 $16) 31. Qxd6 $18 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Nxe4 (32... Bc7 $142 33. Rc6 (33. Bxc5 Bxd6 34. Bxd6 Rd8 $14) 33... Nxe4) 33. Rdxb6 Nc3 34. R1b3 Nd5 35. Rb8 Ne5 36. Bg5 {Rxf8+ is the strong threat.} Rxb8 37. Rxb8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KNN} Kh7 38. Ra8 Nc4 39. Bxh4 Nxa3 40. Rxa5 Nc4 41. Ra7 Kg6 42. Bf2 Ne5 43. Kh2 Nc6 44. Rb7 Na5 45. Rd7 Nc6 46. h4 Ne5 47. Rb7 f6 (47... Nd3 $142) 48. Bc5 Kh7 (48... Kh5 $142 49. Rxg7 Kxh4) 49. Bf8 Kg8 50. Bxg7 Nf7 51. Bxf6 Nxf6 52. Rb6 Ne5 53. Rxe6 Nfd7 54. Kh3 Kf7 55. Ra6 Nf6 56. Ra3 Nd5 57. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Nc4 58. Ra6 Nce3 59. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Kg7 60. g4 Nf6 {[#]} 61. h6+ $1 Kg6 {[#]} (61... Kxh6 62. Rxf6+) 62. h7 $1 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,97,25,37,17,47,39,60,-21,-10,-27,-13,-55,15,15,15,15,25,23,31,-29,-11,-26,-15,-35,-27,-12,-23,-68,-67,-56,-62,-65,-30,-30,-30,-27,-29,-21,118,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-93,-95,-103,-98,-120,-116,-239,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-138,-136,-143,-132,-152,-119,-116,-65,-65,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 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. Bg5 Qe8 {LiveBook: 69 Games} 10. Be3 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} Kh8 11. Be2 Nd7 12. a3 $146 (12. Nd2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd2 f5 13. f3 Ndc5 14. b3 Bd7 15. a3 c6 16. Qb1 Rc8 17. b4 cxd5 18. Nxd5 {½-½ (32) Tarnowiecki,H (2692)-Van Oosterom,J (2714) ICCF email 2002}) 12... f5 $1 $11 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Rg1 {White wants to play exf5.} Nf6 (14... f4 $15 15. Bd2 Nf6) 15. exf5 $1 Bxf5 16. Nh4 Bd7 $1 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Nf5 (18. O-O-O $14) 18... Bxf5 $1 19. Qxf5 Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a1]} 20. Rd1 Nd4 21. Qg5 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg5g7] [#]} Qf7 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Nh5 $1 24. Rdg4 $1 Bxc3+ ({Much weaker is} 24... Qxf2+ 25. Kd1 $11) 25. bxc3 Rae8 26. Kd1 Re5 27. Qd2 Qe8 (27... Nf4 $11 28. Bf1 b5) 28. f4 (28. Bd3 $16 Nf6 29. Rg7 (29. Qh6 Rf7 $16)) 28... Qa4+ 29. Ke1 Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...Nf6. Black has the initiative.} 30. f5 $1 Qxc4 {Threatens to win with ...Rfe8.} 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 32. Qg5 Qb1+ 33. Bd1 Qe4+ 34. Kd2 (34. Be2 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qb1+ 35. Bd1 Re8+ 36. Kd2 Qa2+ 37. Kc1) 34... Qf4+ $17 35. Qxf4 Nxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. Re1 Rxf5 ({Resist} 36... Nxh3 37. Re7 $15) 37. Re7 (37. c4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 37... Nxd5 38. Rd7 b5 39. Be2 Rf2 40. Ke1 Rh2 41. Bxb5 Nxc3 42. Bc6 Rxh3 43. Rxc7 {[#]} a4 ({Better is} 43... Ne4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] And now ...Rc3 would win.} 44. Bxe4 Re3+ 45. Kf2 Rxe4) 44. Bd7 Rg3 (44... Rh1+ $15 45. Kf2 Ne4+ 46. Ke3 Nc5) 45. Bf5 $11 {The position is equal.} Nb5 46. Rxh7+ Kg8 {aiming for ...Nd4.} 47. Rh3 Rxh3 48. Bxh3 Nxa3 {White should prevent ...Nb5.} 49. Bd7 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,79,45,45,87,87,87,87,106,87,93,102,93,100,95,73,81,64,66,60,63,55,103,84,93,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,23,21,16,13,27,19,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,-558,0,0,0,-501,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} a6 (12... Rfc8 13. Be2 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. Bd3 f4 20. Bf2 Bf6 21. Nb6 Nxb6 22. Bxb6 Rg8 23. a4 Rxg1 24. Rxg1 a5 {½-½ (75) Malakhov,V (2686)-Guseinov,G (2646) Riadh 2017}) 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bxd5 15. cxd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. g3 e6 18. Bh3 Re8 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rc1 $146 {Threatens to win with Rc7.} Kf7 21. Kd3 Re7 22. f4 h5 23. Rc8 Rd7 24. a4 d5 25. e5 Ng4 26. Bxg4 (26. Bg1 $16) 26... hxg4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Kd4 Bf8 28. Bd2 Be7 29. b4 Bd8 30. Kd3 Bb6 31. a5 Bd8 32. Be3 Be7 33. Bc5 Bd8 34. Bd6 (34. Ra8 $1 $14) 34... g5 $11 35. fxg5 Bxg5 36. Rf8+ Kg6 37. Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Rg8+ $11 {and White is okay.} Kf5 38. Rf8+ Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kf5 40. Rf8+ Kg6) 37... Kf5 $2 (37... Rd8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd8e8]} 38. Rxd8 Bxd8) 38. Rf8+ Kg6 39. Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Rg8+ $11 {and White stays safe.} Rg7 40. Rf8) 39... Kf5 $2 (39... Rd8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd8e8]} 40. Rxd8 Bxd8) 40. Rf8+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,123,0,18,-22,-22,-15,15,0,27,-4,0,0,0,-52,-2,-6,0,0,11,0,14,0,13,12,32,7,7,8,13,11,22,7,19,14,19,0,22,15,18,14,34,9,14,0,23,18,20,16,25,0,27,25,32,0,31,27,47,45,141,134,133,126,133,92,106,112,394,339,300,260,366,141,165,160,153,148,151,108,160,205,227,0,0,0,4,0,149,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. Bb3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Kh1 Nh5 12. a4 Nf4 13. b4 Ng6 14. Ne1 Nd8 15. Nc2 Ne6 {0-1 (46) Demchenko,A (2660)-Anand,V (2782) Riadh 2017}) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Qe7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nf1 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nh5 12. Nxe5 Nxg3 13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14. Nxc6+ bxc6 15. Nxg3 Qxf7 16. Rf1 {0-1 (32) Ungure,L (1997)-Pein,M (2357) Vilnius 2014}) 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 b4 15. N1d2 Rb8 16. Bc4 (16. O-O $11) 16... bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qe6 {Black wants to play ...Nxe4!} 19. Qe2 O-O 20. O-O Rb3 21. Rfc1 Bc5 22. Kh1 Re8 23. Nfd2 Rb7 24. Re1 Kh7 25. Qd1 Kg7 26. Nb3 Bb6 $1 27. Nbd2 Bc5 28. Nf1 Reb8 29. Rc1 Rb3 30. Nfd2 R3b7 31. Qe2 Rd8 32. Red1 Re8 33. Nf3 Ba7 34. Re1 Rb3 35. Nfd2 Rb7 36. h3 Kg6 37. Bh2 Bc5 38. Nf1 d5 (38... Nd7 $14) 39. exd5 $16 Qxd5 40. Bxe5 {And now d4 would win.} Bxf2 41. Nfe3 Bxe3 42. Bxf6 $1 Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Bxc1 $16 {keeps fighting.} 43. Qxe8 Rb8 44. Qxc6 Qxc6 45. Ne5+ Kxf6 46. Nxc6 Rb6) 43. Nxe3 {aiming for Qf3.} Qxf6 44. d4 Rbb8 (44... Nd8 {was worth a try.} 45. Qd3+ Kg7 46. Nf5+ Kf8 47. Rxe8+ Kxe8 48. Qe4+ Kf8) 45. Qd3+ $2 (45. Rf1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Qe6 46. Rce1) 45... Kg7 46. Rf1 Qg6 47. Nf5+ Kh7 48. Qc4 Qe6 {[#]} (48... Re4 $142) 49. Qc5 $1 ({But not} 49. d5 $6 Ne5 $14) 49... Rb2 50. Rce1 $2 ({Better is} 50. Ng3 $18 Nd8 51. Qxa5) 50... Qxe1 $11 51. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 52. Kh2 {Qf8 is the strong threat.} Kg6 {[#]} (52... Rf2 $11) 53. Qxc6+ (53. Qf8 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf8g7] Qg7+ would kill now.} Nd8 54. Qxd8 Kxf5 55. Qxc7) 53... Kxf5 {The position is equal.} 54. Qxc7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Kg6 55. Qxa5 {Black must now prevent Qa8.} h5 56. Qa6+ Kg7 57. Qa5 Kg6 58. Qa8 {Threatens to win with Qg8+.} h4 59. Qg8+ Kf6 60. Qd8+ Kg6 61. Qg8+ Kf6 62. Qd8+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Black "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,180,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,5,-2,17,0,0,0,0,0,25,23,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,9,9,10,3,5,10,8,0,0,0,0,0,27,8,9,9,9,9,51,0,0,0,51,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,78,87,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,127,127,125,118,125,126,133,140,161,161,198,153,158,145,133,127,133,94,116,123,126,0,127,127,126,126,126,126,150,146,154,126,126,0,127,126,120,0,95,0,0,0,0,0,0,-90,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. a3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Re1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ndf3 Qd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 h6 {1-0 (44) Grischuk,A (2767)-So,W (2799) Berlin 2018}) 8... Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bg5 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. h3 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 g6 {[#]} 15. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. c3 Bg7 {1-0 (45) Lin,C (2516)-Hansen,M (2344) Barcelona 2016}) 15... Bg7 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. a4 c4 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ng5 Qc8 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. dxc4 bxc4 24. Qxd6 h6 25. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Qxe4 26. Rc1 c3 27. Qc5 Qb7 28. Nxe5 Rc8 29. Qd6 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 {With the idea b5.} Qxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 31. Rd1 Qa4 32. Qe2 Re8 33. Qd3 Qa5 34. h4 h5 35. g3 Qe5 36. Kf1 Re6 37. Qd8+ Re8 38. Qd3 Re6 39. Qd8+ (39. Qc4 $14) 39... Re8 40. Qd7 Qe2+ (40... Qe4 $5 41. Kg1 $8 Ra8 $11) 41. Kg1 Re6 42. Qd3 Kh7 43. Kg2 Kg8 44. Rc1 Qe5 45. Rd1 Qe2 46. Kg1 Kh7 47. Rc1 Qe5 48. Qc4 Qf5 49. Kg2 Rf6 50. Qd4 Re6 (50... Qf3+ $11 51. Kg1 Rf5) 51. Qxc3 $16 Rf6 52. Qd4 $1 Qf3+ 53. Kg1 Qc6 54. c4 Rd6 55. Qc3 Qc5 56. Qf3 (56. Qe3 {looks sharper.} Rd4 57. Qg5 Qc6 58. c5 Rd5 59. Qf4) 56... Kg7 57. Qe2 Rc6 58. Qb2+ Kh7 59. Kg2 Rc8 60. Qb7 Rc7 61. Qe4 Kg7 62. Rc3 Kh7 63. Qe3 Qc6+ 64. Kg1 Qd6 65. c5 Qd5 66. Qg5 Qd4 67. Rc1 Rc6 68. Qf4 Qd5 69. Qc4 Qf5 70. Qd4 Qc8 71. Qd5 Qc7 72. Kg2 Kg8 73. Rc3 Kg7 74. Qd4+ Kh7 75. Qf4 Qd7 76. Qe4 Qc7 77. Qd5 Kg7 $1 78. Rc4 Kg8 79. Qd4 Kh7 80. Rc3 Qe7 81. Qd5 Qc7 82. Kf1 Kg8 83. Ke2 ({White should play} 83. Rc2 $16) 83... Qe7+ {[#]} (83... Qb7 $11 84. Kf1 Qc8) 84. Kf3 $1 Qc7 {[#]} 85. Rc4 (85. Rc2 $1 $16) 85... Kh7 (85... Rf6+ $1 $11 86. Kg2 Rc6) 86. Ke3 ({Better is} 86. Rc1 $16) 86... Qe7+ $11 87. Kd3 Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...Rd8.} 88. Qe4 Qd7+ 89. Kc2 (89. Kc3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 89... Rc6 (89... Rd8 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Qd1+.} 90. f3 Qd2+ 91. Kb3 Rd3+ 92. Ka4 Re3) 90. Qd3 Qa7 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,115,17,15,46,5,0,-8,-9,-19,-2,-85,-89,-74,-64,-68,-18,-15,-24,-26,0,-7,20,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,0,-12,0,0,0,-62,-7,-7,0,-169,-141,-188,132,131,139,136,146,145,112,106,158,47,213,143,171,143,138,121,128,70,70,83,76,75,143,145,173,0,98,0,132,132,175,0,0,0,26,37,151,98,188,206,267,262,290,291,281,270,664,658,29968,29968,29966,29966,29963,29963,29974,29975]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Bg4 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bf5 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. a3 a5 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. bxc4 {0-1 (70) Nakamura,H (2779)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Doha 2016}) 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. a3 a5 12. h3 Bh5 13. e4 Bc5 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. Rfc1 Nd7 16. Nh4 Ba7 17. Nf5 {1-0 (31) Gurevich,M (2656)-Rublevsky,S (2655) France 2004}) 11. Rc1 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Rxc4 Rae8 14. Rxg4 (14. h3 $11 Bh5 15. Rh4) 14... fxg4 $17 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Nc4 Nd4 17. Bxb7 c6 18. Ba6 $1 Bc7 19. Nd2 Rf6 20. Ne4 Rh6 21. Bc1 Rg6 22. Be3 Kh8 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Bc4 Rf8 25. Qc1 Bd6 26. Qa1 Be7 27. e3 ({White should play} 27. f3 $11) 27... Qf5 (27... c5 $15) 28. Qxd4 $11 Qh5 {aiming for ...Rh6.} 29. f4 $2 (29. Qxa7 $11 Rh6 30. h4 Bxh4 31. Bf7) 29... gxf3 $19 30. Qxa7 Qh3 $2 (30... Rh6 $1 $19 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rh5h2]} 31. Rf2 Bb4) 31. Rf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bb4 32. a3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Bd6 33. Nxd6 Rxd6 {[#]} 34. Rxf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f8][%mdl 512]} Qc8 (34... Rxf3 35. Qb8+) 35. Qc7 (35. Rf4 $1 $16) 35... Qa8 $2 (35... Qe8 $1 $14) 36. Qa5 Qe8 37. Qe5 Qd8 38. Rxf8+ Qxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 39. Qc5 (39. a4 $16) 39... Qf6 $14 40. d4 Rd8 41. Qe5 Qf8 (41... Qg6 $142) 42. a4 $16 Re8 43. Qh5 $2 (43. Qf4 $18) 43... Qe7 (43... Rxe3 $11 44. a5 g6) 44. Qe5 (44. Qf3 $16) 44... Qd8 (44... Qf8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 45. Qf4 Qb4) 45. Qf4 Qa5 {[#]} 46. Bf1 $2 (46. Kg2 $1 $18) 46... Qd2 $11 47. Qf2 Qb4 48. Bc4 h6 (48... Rf8 $1 $14 49. Qe2 Qc3) 49. Kg2 (49. h4 $142) 49... Rf8 (49... Qe7 $16 {might work better.}) 50. Qe2 $18 Qe7 51. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5,Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Qd7 52. Qe3 Rd8 53. e5 Qg4 $2 (53... Qxd4 54. Qxd4 Rxd4) 54. e6 {Strongly threatening e7.} Rxd4 55. e7 {White mates.} Qe4+ 56. Kf2 Qf5+ 57. Qf3 Qc2+ {[#]} 58. Be2 $1 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,87,38,29,10,20,16,12,14,26,19,35,16,20,22,38,12,14,0,23,32,28,0,4,-10,-7,0,8,0,330,319,341,335,425,425,411,410,385,398,373,372,725,731,722,700,627,78,74,71,177,172,164,166,158,153,151,0,987,979,946,900,29977,12329]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 Rfc8 {E74: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation: 6...c5} 13. b4 Qd8 14. Qb3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} 15. Rfd1 Nce5 16. Nxe5 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 {Nxf7 is the strong threat.} Bxe5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17... Nxe5 18. Rac1 Qe8 19. f3 a6 20. Nf4 {0-1 (33) Burnett,A (2211)-Nasanjargal,U (2381) Pardubice 2017}) 18. Rac1 Qc7 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 Qc6 21. Qd3 b6 22. Qd4 Nf8 {Strongly threatening ...e5.} 23. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rd4g7]} Ne6 24. Qe3 Qa4 25. Rf1 a5 26. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} axb4 27. f5 Nd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Ng7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 28. e5 Qxa3) 28. Qd4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rd4g7]} f6 {aiming for ...Nf7.} 29. fxg6 hxg6 {[#]} 30. Rxf6 $1 ({Inferior is} 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Rxf6 exf6 $15) 30... exf6 31. Qxf6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g7]} Rc7 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 {[#]} 33. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1f8]} Nc6 $2 (33... Ne6) 34. Bg5 {Bf6+ would kill now.} Rg7 35. Bf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg6g7]} Qa7 36. Qh5+ $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} (36. Qh6+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kg8 37. Rf5 (37. Bxg7 Qxg7 38. Qxd6 Qd4+ 39. Qxd4 Nxd4 $11) 37... b5+ 38. c5) 36... Kg8 $16 37. Bxg7 Qxg7 (37... b5+ $16 {was worth a try.} 38. Kh1 Qxg7) 38. Qd5+ $18 Kh8 39. Qxc6 Rg8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg7g2]} 40. e5 $1 {And now Rf4 would win.} bxa3 41. Rf4 $2 (41. Qf3 $16) 41... Qxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Qh6 $11 42. Qe4 a2) 42. Rh4+ Kg7 43. Qb7+ Kg6 44. Qh7+ {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Narayanan S L"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,94,34,29,35,40,46,54,45,32,90,81,110,97,104,105,130,129,119,56,94,78,83,41,14,39,50,0,0,0,41,50,47,47,35,0,9,-49,-8,-301,-320,-316,-322,-311,-301,-281,-285,-584,0,-364,-366,-472,-474,-459,-442,-384,-356,-834,-834,-784,0,0,0,-784,-784,-784,-743,-784,-784,-784,-784,-784,-770,-769,-769,-769,-768,-762,-762,-747,-740,-725,-707]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 (5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 15. Bd3 a5 16. f3 {0-1 (38) Navara,D (2726)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2794) Germany 2018}) 5... c6 6. Bg5 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} Ne4 7. e3 Qa5 8. Qb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd6 10. h5 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 h6 12. Bf4 Be6 {½-½ (51) Wieczorek,O (2460)-Krykun,Y (2350) Riga 2017}) 9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be6 11. Bd3 Nd7 (11... dxc4 $14 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7) 12. Qxb7 $16 Qxc3+ 13. Ke2 O-O {Strongly threatening ...Rab8!} 14. Rhc1 Qa3 {Threatening ...dxc4.} 15. cxd5 ({Worse is} 15. Qxc6 Rac8 $17) 15... cxd5 16. Qa6 (16. Qb3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb3a3]} Qxb3 17. axb3) 16... Qb2+ $1 $14 17. Nd2 $1 {aiming for Rab1.} Rac8 18. Rab1 Qxc1 19. Rxc1 Rxc1 20. Qxa7 Rg1 $1 21. a4 Rxg2 22. a5 Bg4+ 23. Kf1 Bh3 24. Ke2 (24. Bf5 $5 gxf5 25. Qxd7 $11) 24... e5 25. dxe5 (25. Bb5 $1 $11) 25... Nxe5 26. Bg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Bb5 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 26... Bg4+ $19 27. Kf1 Rxg3 $1 28. fxg3 {And now Be2 would win.} Nxd3 29. a6 Rc8 30. Nb3 $2 (30. Qb7 {is the only way for White.} Nc5 31. Qb6) 30... d4 $2 (30... Bf3 $19 {...Rc2 is the strong threat.} 31. Qb6 d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. exd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31. Nxd4 $11 Be5 32. Qb7) 31... Bf3 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Re8.} 32. Qd7 Rc2 33. Qe8+ Bf8 34. Qe3 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 $2 (35. Qxf2 Nxf2 36. Kxf2) 35... Rg2+ 36. Kf1 Rf2+ 37. Kg1 $1 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxg3 {Black is clearly winning.} (38... Rf2+ $2 39. Qxf2 Nxf2 40. Kxf2 $19) 39. Qd2 Bd5 40. a7 Rf3+ 41. Kg1 Nf4 42. Qa5 Rxb3 43. Qxd5 Nxd5 44. a8=Q Nf6 45. Qc6 Kg7 46. Kf2 Rb8 47. Qc7 Rb5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krysa, Leandro"]
[Black "Ashwath, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,147,0,0,20,0,0,0,7,0,-3,-8,0,-7,-4,-8,-11,-25,0,0,17,9,6,0,15,14,40,39,39,32,61,71,64,58,78,69,69,74,77,76,112,112,111,111,112,112,110,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,103,102,102,124,124,124,124,124,124,124,124,124,124,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,124,124,124,124,124,124,0,124,120,120,86,120,85,85,85,85,85,87,91,91,91,91,92,92,92,285,263,263,0,241,127,127,127,1148,925,1566,1412,1561,1563,1701,1281,1718,1383,1106,1064,12837,2433,1137,186,12839,12840,12840,12841,12845,12845,12845,12843,12846,12847,12847,12847,12848,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 7. d3 {LiveBook: 34 Games} a5 8. a4 Bc5 {The position is equal.} 9. e4 O-O 10. Nd2 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Bg2 Ba7 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nb1 {0-1 (31) Bluebaum,M (2632)-Najer,E (2659) Moscow 2017}) 11. Kg2 Qc7 12. Qe2 Rfe8 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Nf1 Nf8 15. Bg5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Be7 17. Qc4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Ne3 Ne6 21. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 22. Bg4 Nc7 23. Qc5 Na6 24. Qa7 Qc7 25. Be2 Nb8 26. Nc4 Bd8 27. Nxa5 $1 Qxa5 28. Qxb8 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Bxc7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 30. Bg4 Bd8 31. Bc8 b6 32. Bb7 c5 33. Kf3 Bg5 34. Ke2 c4 35. Bd5 Bc1 36. b3 cxb3 37. cxb3 Kf8 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Kc4 Bb2 40. Kb5 Bd4 41. f3 Kd6 42. Bxf7 g5 43. b4 Bf2 44. Bh5 Be3 45. Ka6 {[#] Strongly threatening Kb7.} Kc7 46. Kb5 Kd6 $1 47. Bg4 Bf2 48. Ka6 Kc7 49. f4 gxf4 50. gxf4 exf4 51. Kb5 Kd6 52. a5 bxa5 53. bxa5 Bg1 54. Kc4 Ke5 55. Bf3 h6 $2 (55... Bf2 $16) 56. Kb5 Kd6 57. Kc4 Ke5 58. Bg2 (58. a6 $18) 58... Bf2 59. Kd3 Ba7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (59... f3 $16 60. Bxf3 Be1) 60. Ke2 $1 $18 Kf6 61. Kf3 Bb8 62. Kg4 Kg6 63. a6 h5+ 64. Kf3 Kg5 65. Bf1 Kh4 66. Bc4 (66. e5 $142 Kg5 67. Bd3) 66... Kg5 67. Bb5 $2 (67. Bd3 {aiming for e5!} Kf6 68. h4) 67... Kh4 $2 (67... h4 68. Be2 Kf6) 68. Bd7 {White is clearly winning.} Kg5 69. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Ba7 70. e6 {White threatens e7 and mate.} Kf6 71. Kxf4 h4 72. Ke4 Ke7 73. Kd5 Kd8 74. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 65%, Black = 43%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} ({White should play} 74. Kc6 $18 Ke7 75. Kb7) 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,151,13,14,14,14,-15,-4,-4,20,8,37,6,50,20,54,13,56,49,66,62,82,85,99,83,103,78,81,68,55,39,43,45,28,23,22,28,51,30,83,85,97,75,92,75,98,72,81,89,130,128,208,181,232,119,101,122,206,182,408,258,244,158,282,273,639,315,315,315,315,315,5222,1555,1330,343,324,182,244,235,321,179,185,185,186,74,74,74,75,75,75,75,75,75,69,50,81,18,18,12,12,8,24,8,8,8,12,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,152,8,381,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,29979,29978,29980,29982,29982,29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (6... b6 7. Nge2 Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Nb5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 {½-½ (56) Morozevich,A (2665)-Riazantsev,A (2666) Sochi 2017}) 7. Bh4 Qe7 8. Nf3 b6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 9. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O g5 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. a3 gxh4 13. axb4 a6 {0-1 (49) Nechaeva,M (2420)-Melia,S (2393) Novi Sad 2016}) 9... Bb7 10. a3 Bxc3 $1 11. Qxc3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. f3 Ne5 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Ng6 16. Bf2 e5 17. b4 e4 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Nb3 Rac8 20. Rad1 cxb4 21. axb4 Ba6 $1 22. Ra1 Bxc4 $1 23. Bxc4 d5 24. Nc5 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Rc7 26. Ra6 Kh7 (26... Nf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Bg3 $16 Rec8 28. Qd4 Rd8 29. Qb2 Rd5 30. Qa2 Rf5 31. Rd1 h5 32. h3 h4 (32... Nf8 $16 {was called for.} 33. Bh4 N8d7) 33. Be1 $18 Nh5 (33... Nd7 $142) 34. Rd5 (34. Qe2 $18) 34... Rxd5 $16 35. Qxd5 Nf6 (35... Ng3 $16 36. Bf2 Kh8) 36. Qg5 Qd8 $2 (36... Ne8 37. Qd5 Nf6) 37. f5 Ne7 38. Bxh4 ({Don't take} 38. Qxh4+ $6 Kg8) 38... Qd1+ (38... Qd2 $16) 39. Kh2 $18 Ned5 $2 (39... Rc6) 40. Bg3 (40. Rd6 $142 Rc8 41. Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 40... Re7 41. Rd6 Re8 42. Nd7 Qe2 $2 (42... Qa1 43. Rxd5 Nxd5) 43. Nxf6+ Nxf6 44. Bf4 $2 (44. Rxf6 gxf6 45. Qxf6) 44... Qb2 45. Rd4 (45. h4 $142) 45... Qf2 (45... Qe2 $142 46. Rd6 Qb2) 46. Qg3 Qe2 47. Qh4+ (47. Bg5 $142) 47... Kg8 48. Bg5 Nh7 49. f6 (49. Qg3 $18 {is more deadly.} Nxg5 50. Qxg5) 49... Qb5 $16 50. Bf4 {Black must now prevent fxg7.} Nxf6 {[#]} 51. Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5b5]} Qxg5 52. Bxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nh7 53. Bf4 g5 54. Bc7 a6 55. Rd6 (55. Kg3 $16) 55... Re6 $1 $11 56. Rxe6 fxe6 {KB-KN} 57. Kg3 Kf7 58. Kg4 {Strongly threatening Bb6.} Nf6+ $1 59. Kxg5 {And now Bb6 would win.} Nd5 60. Bd6 {Hoping for Bc5.} (60. Bg3 {with more complications.} Nxb4 61. Kf4 a5 62. Kxe4 a4 63. Bd6) 60... Nxe3 {Threatens to win with ...Nc2.} 61. Kf4 Nxg2+ 62. Kxe4 Nh4 63. Bc5 Ke8 64. Bf2 Nf5 65. Ke5 Kd7 {[#]} (65... Kf7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 66. h4 (66. Kf6 $1 $16) 66... a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Ke7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 67. b5 $2 (67. bxa5 $18 Nxh4 68. Kf6 (68. Bxh4 Kc6 $18)) 67... a4 68. h5 {aiming for Bc5.} a3 69. Be1 a2 70. Bc3 Nd6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 71. b6 Nc4+ 72. Kf6 Nxb6 {( -> ...Nd5+)} 73. Kf7 Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73... Nc4 $11) 74. Ba1 {White mates.} Nf4 75. h6 Nh3 76. Kf6 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vishnu, Prasanna. V"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,135,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,-13,-11,-21,-25,-24,-24,-20,-20,-25,-20,-43,-20,-20,-20,-20,-28,-24,0,-53,-51,-53,-39,-28,-24,-21,-20,-21,-21,-49,-25,-35,-14,-48,-12,-37,0,0,0,0,0,-40,-40,-88,-88,-88,-88,-88,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-8,-47,-8,-47,-8,-47,-8,-12,-8,-16,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. a3 {C12: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nxc3 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nh3 f5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Bxg4 15. exf6 d4 16. fxg7+ Kxg7 17. Bd2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 {½-½ (81) Niemi,K (2357)-Volkov,S (2645) Stockholm 2017}) 13... e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Qe7+ 17. Be3 $1 Bxh3 18. Qxc3 Bg4 19. O-O b6 20. Rae1 {Threatens to win with Bxb6!} Qd7 $1 21. Bf4 c5 22. Re5 {Rfe1 is the strong threat.} Re8 23. Rfe1 Kf7 24. h3 Bf5 25. Qb3 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Rd8 27. Qf3 {aiming for Bxh6!} Be4 28. Qe2 Re8 29. Qh5+ ({Better is} 29. Rxe8 $11 Qxe8 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Qe5+ Kf8 32. c3) 29... Bg6 $15 30. Qf3 Rxe5 ({But not} 30... Bxc2 $6 31. Rxd5 Qe6 32. Re5 $14) 31. Bxe5+ Kg8 32. c3 Qe6 33. Qe3 Kh7 34. g4 Qd7 35. Qf4 a5 36. h4 b5 37. f3 d4 38. cxd4 c4 39. h5 Bd3 40. d5 Qxd5 41. g5 {[#]} hxg5 $1 42. Qxg5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg5g7]} Qf7 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} 43. Bc3 Be2 {[#]} 44. Qg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg6+ 45. hxg6+ Kxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 46. Kf2 Bd1 47. Bxa5 Kf5 48. Ke3 g5 49. Bc3 Ke6 50. Bb4 Bc2 51. Ba5 Bg6 52. Bb4 Be8 53. Ba5 Bc6 54. Bb4 Kf5 55. Ba5 Kg6 56. Kf2 Bb7 57. Bb4 Kf6 58. Ke3 Bc8 59. Ba5 Be6 60. Bb4 Bf7 61. Ba5 Bh5 62. Bb4 {The position is equal.} Ke6 63. Bc3 Kd5 64. Bf6 Bg6 65. Kd2 Bh5 66. Bxg5 Bxf3 67. Kc3 Bd1 68. Be7 $1 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Deepan, Chakkravarthy J"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,90,50,32,41,47,72,75,74,43,35,39,34,4,10,10,12,8,10,-3,3,-8,46,46,51,-23,-14,-27,-21,-37,0,-35,16,0,9,34,13,0,80,0,-18,-65,-65,-114,-58,-190,-166,-141,-189,-580,-585,-577,-580,-1165,-1164,-1189,-1178,-1188,-1119,-1381,-1364,-1606,-1552,-2068,-1966,-1979,-2029,-1872,-2150,-2127,-2095,-2536,-2492,-2415,-2380,-29975,-6511,-29990,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. h4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. B06: Modern Defence} (6. Qd2 Bb7 7. h4 Nf6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Be2 c5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nh3 Qc7 13. Nf2 Bc8 14. Rg1 {1-0 (38) Onischuk,V (2613)-Stefanova,A (2505) Almaty 2016}) 6... Nf6 7. f3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... c5 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. e5 Nh5 10. dxc5 Bxe5 11. cxb6 Ng3 12. Rg1 e6 13. Bf2 Nf5 {1-0 (32) Vereggen,L (2336)-Coenen,E (2120) Vlissingen 2017}) 8. g4 {White is better.} h6 9. Nce2 Bb7 10. Ng3 e6 11. Bd3 c5 12. c3 h5 13. g5 Ng8 $1 14. Nh3 Ne7 15. O-O Nc6 ({Black should try} 15... Qc7 $11) 16. Be2 $14 Qc7 17. Qd2 ({White should play} 17. f4 $1 $14) 17... Na5 $11 {White must now prevent ...Nb3.} 18. Ra3 d5 19. e5 O-O-O 20. Bf2 Rhe8 (20... Bf8 $15 21. Ra2 Bg7) 21. Ra2 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Kg2 Bg7 {[#]} (23... c4 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Qc2 (24. b4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Nb3 25. Qb2) 24... c4 25. Re1 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4,Be4f3][%mdl 32]} 26. Bf1 Nb3 (26... e4 $17 {aiming for ...exf3+.} 27. fxe4 dxe4) 27. Ng1 {[#]} (27. Kg1 $15) 27... e4 $1 $19 28. Ra3 exf3+ 29. Kh2 $2 (29. Nxf3 {nothing else works.} d4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Qxb3 Qxb3 32. Rxb3 Rxe1 33. Bxe1 dxc3 34. Bxc3) 29... Rxe1 30. Bxe1 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 31. Rxb3 cxb3 32. Qxb3 d3 33. Qd1 {[#]} d2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Bf2 (34. Bxd2 Be5) 34... Kb8 35. a5 bxa5 {[%cal Bb6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 36. c4 Bxb2 37. c5 {[#]} a4 $1 38. Bc4 (38. Qxa4 d1=Q) 38... a3 39. Bb3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 40. Nh3 a4 41. Bc4 Bc6 42. Kg1 Bd4 {( -> ...Qxg3+)} 43. Kf1 Bxf2 {Black mates.} 44. Kxf2 Qe5 45. Nf1 Qd4+ {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Venkatesh, M.R"]
[Black "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,119,19,6,-4,0,-25,-22,-40,-30,-27,-17,-55,-55,-56,-62,-83,-92,-107,0,-21,-26,-40,-23,-28,0,-16,-16,-41,0,0,0,-4,61,60,158,163,173,122,307,322,317,305,359,352,314,193,495,348,349,329,311,185,191,183,175,178,185,144,181,168,170,108,145,157,136,67,183,106,132,111,108,113,104,90,138,96,187,66,76,66,60,60,79,69,77,95,1847,1848,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29977,29981,29979,29976,-29980]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 8. Nd5 h6 9. Nxf6+ (9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Be3 Ng6 15. a4 {1-0 (45) Caruana,F (2808)-Mamedyarov,S (2800) Paris 2017}) 9... Qxf6 10. Bd5 Bd7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 11. c3 Rb8 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Ne7 14. Bb3 Ng6 15. a5 {1-0 (68) Stripunsky,A (2569)-Banawa,J (2310) Philadelphia 2007}) 12... Bb6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Bb3 Ng6 15. Bxb6 Rxb6 16. g3 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 17. Kf1 h4 18. Kg2 d5 (18... a5 $17 19. d4 a4) 19. Qe2 ({Reject} 19. exd5 hxg3 20. fxg3 Qf5 $15) 19... dxe4 20. dxe4 Rh6 21. Qe3 Rd6 22. Rad1 (22. a4 {is more complex.} bxa4 23. Bxa4 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Qd8 25. Qe2) 22... Rxd1 23. Bxd1 hxg3 24. fxg3 Qc6 25. h4 Bg4 (25... f6 $1 $11) 26. Bb3 $14 Bxf3+ (26... f6 $14) 27. Qxf3 $16 Nh8 28. Qf5 (28. Qg4 $18) 28... Rf6 $2 (28... Qf6 $16) 29. Qxe5+ $18 Kf8 30. Rd1 {Threatening mate with Rd8+.} Rd6 31. Rxd6 cxd6 32. Qf5 Qc7 $2 (32... Qe8 {is tougher.} 33. Qd5 Kg8) 33. h5 Kg8 34. g4 Qa7 35. Qf2 (35. Qg5 $142 {Intending h6 and mate.} Kh7 36. Bd5) 35... Qe7 36. Bd5 Qg5 37. Kg3 Qc1 38. Bb3 Qh1 39. Qe3 Kh7 40. Bc2 ({White should play} 40. e5 $18 dxe5 41. Bc2+ (41. Qxe5 Qg1+ 42. Kf3 Qf1+ 43. Ke4 Qg2+ 44. Kd4 Qg1+ 45. Kd5 Qxg4 $16) 41... Kg8 42. Qxe5 Qg1+ 43. Kf3 Qh1+ 44. Ke3 Qe1+ 45. Kd4 Qd2+ 46. Bd3) 40... Kg8 41. e5 dxe5 42. Be4 (42. Qxe5 $16 {[%cal Re5e8]} Qg1+ 43. Kf3) 42... Qf1 (42... Qd1 $1 $14) 43. g5 (43. Bd5 $18) 43... Qd1 44. Bf3 Qd6 {White must now prevent ...e4+.} 45. Qe4 Qe7 46. Kh4 g6 47. h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening Qc6. Black is under strong pressure.} f6 {[#]} (47... Qc5 $16) 48. Qa8+ ({Better is} 48. Qb7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb7e7]} fxg5+ 49. Kg4) 48... Kh7 $14 {[#]} 49. Qb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7e7]} fxg5+ 50. Kg4 Qxb7 51. Bxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} a5 52. Bc6 {Hoping for b4.} b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... e4 $16) 53. cxb4 $18 axb4 54. Bd5 {White mates.} e4 55. a4 bxa3 56. bxa3 {[%cal Bb2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} e3 57. Kf3 g4+ 58. Kxe3 g3 59. a4 g2 60. Ke4 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 53%, Black = 41%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (60. Kf2 {avoids the disaster.} g5 61. Be4+ Kxh6 62. a5 Nf7 63. a6 Nd6 64. a7 Nxe4+ 65. Kxg2) 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Santiago, Yago De Moura"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,130,0,14,-14,-13,-20,-13,-26,-17,-21,-21,-56,-58,-44,-51,-51,-52,-73,-64,-88,-83,-87,-82,-125,-92,-145,-141,-191,-164,-295,-297,-287,-301,-398,-303,-317,-318,-435,-443,-413,-319,-337,-310,-425,-296,-288,-268,-274,-271,-295,-275,-277,-275,-356,-274,-313,-264,-281,-230,-238,-232,-266,-237,-281,-290,-360,-377,-358,-312,-305,-307,-363,-122,-166,-143,-175,-167,-180,-169,-309,0,-156,-155,-144,-154,-248,-237,-546,-289,-337,-265,-347,-349,-327,-315,-427,-377,-463,-461,-1147,-995,-1013,-462,-766,-493,-1179,-1302,-1663,-1574,-1391,-1092,-1671,-1581,-1422,-1350,-1877,-1760]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 c6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 19 Games. The position is equal.} 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. exf3 Nbd7 13. Qd3 {½-½ (67) Meskovs,N (2524)-Grigorov,G (2510) Riga 2017}) 11. e3 Qe7 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Nf6 15. Nc4 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. a3 Rad8 18. Re1 Qe6 19. Rac1 h5 $1 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 20. Qe2 {[#]} (20. h4 $142) 20... h4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Nd2 (21. gxh4 Qh6) 21... Qg6 22. Qf1 (22. Nc4 {was called for.}) 22... Qh5 $19 (22... hxg3 23. fxg3 Re6 24. Nc4 $17) 23. Qe2 Bg4 24. Qc4 hxg3 25. fxg3 f5 26. Qf1 Re6 27. Qf2 Rh6 28. Nf1 Rf8 29. Rc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Bh3 31. Bxh3 Qxh3 32. Qd2 Qg4 33. Be5 Re8 34. Bd4 Qg6 35. Re2 Qe6 36. Qe1 Nf6 37. Nd2 Nh7 38. Qf1 Rf8 39. Qf4 Qe7 40. Rg2 Ng5 {White must now prevent ...Nh3+.} 41. Qf1 Qf7 42. b4 Qd5 43. h4 {[#]} Nh7 $2 (43... f4 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 44. hxg5 (44. exf4 Qxd4+) 44... fxe3) 44. Qa1 Rg6 45. Qc3 Nf6 46. Nc4 Nh5 47. Kh2 {[#]} (47. Be5 {might work better.}) 47... Nf6 $2 (47... f4 $1 $19 48. exf4 {[#]} Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 48. Rd2 $2 (48. Kg1 $1 $11) 48... Ng4+ $17 49. Kg1 {next Bxg7 is good for White.} Qe6 50. Rg2 (50. Ne5 $17 {only move.}) 50... Rd8 $19 51. Kh1 $2 (51. Nd6 {is more resistant.}) 51... Kh7 52. Kg1 Qe7 53. Nd6 Rdxd6 54. cxd6 Rxd6 ({Not} 54... Qxd6 55. Qc5 $17) 55. Qb3 Qd7 56. Rd2 {[#]} Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 57. Rd1 (57. Rf2 $142 Nf3+ 58. Rxf3 exf3 59. Kf2) (57. Bxe5 Rxd2) 57... Nf3+ 58. Kg2 Rd5 (58... f4 $142 {And now ...Qg4 would win.} 59. Qc2 Qf5 60. exf4 Rxd4) 59. Qc3 (59. Qc2 $142 Nxd4 60. Rxd4) 59... a5 60. h5 (60. Qc2 $142 Nxd4 61. Rxd4) 60... axb4 61. axb4 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 62. Qc2 Ng5 {( -> ...Qh3+)} 63. Rh1 f3+ 64. Kf1 {[#]} b6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 65. h6 (65. Bxb6 Rd1+) 65... g6 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthik, Venkataraman"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,68,81,56,20,42,11,25,31,31,12,27,2,69,0,0,0,83,0,0,0,85,68,74,76,105,105,86,35,120,157,128,160,222,177,191,149,121,-129,-112,-124,-128,-122,-108,-402,-396,-890,-873,-1159,-793]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. h5 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Bg2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Qb8 13. Qd4 a5 14. Bg2 b4 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. axb4 axb4 17. O-O Rxa1 18. Rxa1 {1-0 (39) Bauer,C (2647)-Florescu,C (2309) Zuerich 2017}) 12... Qc7 13. Rh3 h6 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Rg3 Rc8 16. g6 fxg6 (16... O-O $11) 17. Rxg6 (17. Bh3 $1 $14) 17... Bf6 $11 18. Bh3 Nf8 (18... Qa5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. Bd2 b4) 19. Rxf6 ({White should try} 19. Rg3 $16) 19... gxf6 20. Bf4 Qe7 (20... a5 $11) 21. O-O-O $16 Rd8 22. Qe3 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bxh6 ({But not} 24. Nxd5 $6 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 $11) ({Better is} 24. Kb1 $16) 24... Rg8 (24... Ba8 $14) 25. Re1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Bc4 26. Ne4 Rd5 (26... Bd5 $16 {was necessary.}) 27. Qb6 Nd7 28. Qc6 ({Don't take} 28. Qxe6 $6 Rd1+ 29. Kxd1 Bxe6 $14) 28... Kf7 {[#]} 29. Nxf6 $2 (29. Bd2 $1 $16 {keeps the pressure on.} Ne5 30. Qb6) 29... Re5 $17 30. Ne4 {Strongly threatening Nd6+.} Nc5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Hoping for ...Nxe4. Black wants a kill.} 31. f3 {And now Bf4 would win.} Nxe4 32. fxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Bg4 $17 Qa7 33. fxe4 (33. Rxe4 $2 Bd5 $19) 33... Rxg4 34. Be3) 32... Rxh5 $19 33. Rd1 $2 {[#]} (33. Bd2 Rxh3 34. Bb4 Qg5+ 35. Bd2) 33... Rxh3 34. b4 Rd8 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iniyan, P."]
[Black "Kulkarni, Bhakti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,95,10,29,0,70,56,99,71,79,82,82,18,86,100,82,83,173,162,164,179,190,196,178,189,225,212,213,212,239,228,241,226,231,239,233,240,239,235,235,189,185,205,251,248,270,266,410,360,352,329,495,488,495,493,479,464,456,428,426,426,731,735,675,573,1273,1265,1206,1234,1132,1176,1245,1208,1198,1196,1120,1043,816,791]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Ba6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 {LiveBook: 39 Games} 11. Re1 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} (11. Rd1 h6 12. e5 Nh7 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Ne2 Rfd8 15. Nf4 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. h4 Be7 18. Bb2 Nf8 19. Rac1 {1-0 (68) Anand,V (2770)-Anton Guijarro,D (2627) Leon 2016}) 11... Bb4 (11... dxc4 $11 12. bxc4 b5) 12. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Ne5 14. Qc2 Qxd4 15. Bb2 Nd3 16. Re3 Nxf2 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qxd2 Bxd2 20. Re2 Nd3 {0-1 (20) Halldorsson,B (2095)-Johannesson,I (2377) Reykjavik 2015}) 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 {White is better.} (13. Rxe4 {feels hotter.} dxe4 14. Nxe4 h6 15. Qc2 Be7 16. Bf4) 13... dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxe1 15. Qxe1 (15. Ng5 $16 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4h7]} Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2) 15... f6 (15... c5 $11) 16. exf6 $16 Qxf6 17. Bf4 c5 {[#]} (17... Rfe8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 18. Ng5 $1 $18 cxd4 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Nxe6 Rf6 21. Nxd4 Kh8 22. Bh3 Rd8 23. Bg5 Ne5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. f4 Rxd4 26. fxe5 fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Re1 e4 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Bf5 ({Resist} 29. Ke3 $6 Rd3+ 30. Kf4 (30. Kxe4 Rd2 $18) 30... Rd2) 29... Bb7 30. Ke2 h6 31. Rf1 a5 32. Be6 Kg6 (32... Rd6 {was necessary.}) 33. Rd1 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 {KB-KB} Ba6 (34... Kf6 $142) 35. Kd2 {White is clearly winning.} Kf6 36. Bd7 Bb7 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. Be8 Bc8 39. Bg6 Bb7 (39... Bg4 $142 40. Bxe4 Bh3) 40. a4 Bc6 41. g4 Bb7 42. h3 Bc6 43. Bf7 Bd7 44. Bd5 Bc8 45. Bxe4 Bd7 46. Bf3 Be6 47. h4 Bd7 48. Be2 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Sharma, Dinesh K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,126,1,4,5,4,18,24,45,46,75,70,89,86,65,0,0,-62,32,22,8,-116,0,0,0,0,0,-111,-28,-130,-14,-16,-16,-18,0,0,0,-44,0,-186,130,39,240,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-186,-161,-127,-36,-36,-33,-124,-140,-141,-133,-123,-129,-120,-62,-120,-87,-87,-87,-179,-160,-274,-273,-471,-471,-471,-471,-471,-471,-545,-481,-534,-471,-475,0,-513,-475,-494,-494,-2087,-2063,-1869,-1629,-1561,-1338,-1238,-1160,-1144,-737,-5691,-5081,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 a6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 d6 10. e3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nc6 11. Qe2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nd7 12. Rfd1 {The position is equal.} Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rb8 13. Rac1 Bf6 14. d4 cxd4 15. exd4 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nb6 17. Ne4 {0-1 (63) Talbi,C (2200)-Malakhatko,V (2507) Algiers 2015}) 13. d4 Qc7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Nh4 (17. Nc3 $14 c4 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Rab1) 17... f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 18. Nc3 ({White should play} 18. Bxg7 $11 Bxh4 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qh5 fxe4 21. Qxh4) 18... c4 (18... Bxh4 $1 $15 19. gxh4 c4) 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Qh5 (20. Nf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... Nd3 {[#]} (20... Bf6 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Nd3.} 21. Rac1 (21. Qxf5 $2 Nc5 $19) 21... Nc5) 21. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxd3 22. Nxf5 Bf6 {Threatens to win with ...g6.} 23. Be4 (23. Ne4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 23... Rfe8 ({Don't go for} 23... g6 $2 24. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe7 25. Bxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (23... Rf7 $1 $17 24. Rb1 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26. Nxd6 g6) 24. Nd4 (24. Bxd3 $11 Nc5 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Bg6) 24... Nf8 (24... Bxd4 $1 $17 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. exd4 Nf6 27. Qh8+ Kf7) 25. Bxd3 Bxd4 26. exd4 Re7 27. Ne4 Rae8 28. Qg4 Kh8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 29. Ba3 $2 (29. Qf5 $1 $11) 29... Bc8 $2 (29... Bxd5 $19 30. Bxd6 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Bxe4 32. Bxc7 Bxd3) 30. Qf3 (30. Qf4 $16 Rxe4 31. Bxe4) 30... Rf7 $2 (30... Bh3 $1 $14) 31. Qg2 $2 ({White must play} 31. Qh5 $1 $18 Rxe4 32. Bxe4) 31... Rd7 32. Rc1 Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a3]} 33. Bxd6 Qxd5 34. Be5 $1 Bb7 35. Bb1 $2 (35. f4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 35... Ng6 36. Rc5 Qxc5 ({Black should try} 36... Qg8 $17 37. Qf3 Nxe5 38. dxe5 Red8) 37. Nxc5 $15 Bxg2 38. Nxd7 ({White has to play} 38. Bxg6 $1 $15 hxg6 39. Nxd7) 38... Nxe5 $17 39. Nxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Bd5 40. Bd3 a5 41. a4 Rc8 (41... Rb8 $17 {And now ...Rb4 would win.} 42. Bb5 Rc8) 42. f3 (42. Kf1 $15) 42... g6 43. Kf2 Kg7 44. Ke3 (44. Nd7 $17) 44... Rc3 $1 $19 45. Kf4 (45. Ke2 $17) 45... Ra3 $1 46. Be4 $2 (46. Bb5 {was the only chance.}) 46... Rxa4 47. Bxd5 {aiming for Ke3.} Rxd4+ 48. Be4 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a3]} 49. Nc6 ({Stronger than} 49. Ke3 {[#]} Rxe4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Kxe4 a3) 49... Rc4 50. Na5 Rb4 {Strongly threatening ...a3.} 51. Nc6 Rc4 52. Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c4]} Rc5 53. Nb7 Rb5 {Hoping for ...a3.} 54. Nd8 (54. Nd6 $142 a3 55. Nxb5) 54... a3 55. Ne6+ Kf6 56. Nd4 a2 57. Nc2 Rb2 58. Na1 Rb1 59. Nc2 Rc1 60. Na1 Rxa1 {Black mates.} 61. Bd5 g5+ 62. Kg4 Rh1 63. Bxa2 Rxh2 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Laxman, R.R"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,74,-33,-30,-17,-22,-63,-49,-53,-16,-5,0,0,2,0,2,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-67,-68,-61,-60,-50,-47,-76,-72,-72,-71,-77,-73,-160,-147,-142,-143,-155,-133,-395,-401,-388,-388,-388,-391,-506,-499,-490,-476,-466,-450,-985,-960]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 h6 11. Bb3 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Nxe5 {Black has an edge.} Bxe5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Bd2 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bc7 16. e4 Qe5 17. f4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nh5 {0-1 (26) Bykov,A (2359)-Smirnov,P (2621) Golden Sands 2014}) 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Be1 c5 18. Ne2 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. f3 ({Not} 19. Qxe4 $2 Bh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxe4 $19) 19... Nd6 {[%cal Be4d6,Bd6c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} 20. Rac1 b6 21. a4 Rad8 22. Bf2 {[#]} (22. e4 $11) 22... Nc4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 23. b3 {[#]} (23. Qxc4 Rxd1+) 23... Nxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Bxe3 Bf6 {[%cal Be5f6,Bf6d8,Bd8c7][%mdl 32]} 25. Bxc5 ({Don't go for} 25. Qe4 $2 Qc8 $19) 25... bxc5 26. Rxd8 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Bxd8 28. Nc3 {[#]} ({Better is} 28. Ng3) 28... Bc7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ( -> ...Qe1+!). Black has strong initiative.} 29. Ne4 Qf4 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rf4h2]} 30. Kg1 Be5 {...Qh2+ is the strong threat.} 31. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Kf1 $17) 31... Qh2+ $19 32. Kf1 Bd4 33. Nf2 Re6 34. Rd3 Rg6 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. g4 Re6 36. b4 g6 {aiming for ...Bxf2.} 37. bxc5 {[#]} (37. Rxd4 $142 cxd4 38. Qd1) 37... Bxf2 $1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Ranaldi, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,149,17,20,18,20,33,42,66,60,167,166,170,164,266,259,259,252,260,232,184,120,124,130,121,125,193,179,191,181,191,191,270,195,196,160,143,135,160,157,152,145,180,164,176,161,167,161,174,152,171,170,214,225,245,208,243,236,214,142,149,120,128,111,113,111,119,97,98,98,98,98,148,129,469,421,455,445,674,662,701,612,649,660,943,916,893,871,934,955,669,372,359,304,922,659,1131,1098,1480,1484,1403,806,1311,0,1228,1106,1073,1062,1025,957,12839,12839,12840,12840,12841,12837,12844,12844,12850,12848,12849,12849,12850,12847,12848,12847,29981,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Re1 Rc8 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines} 14. Ba2 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Re3 Bf6 17. h3 Nxd4 18. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxc8 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxb2 {½-½ (26) Chuprikov,D (2334)-Raetsky,A (2433) Voronezh 2013}) 15. Qd3 Rfd8 {[%cal Rc6d4] White is slightly better.} 16. Rcd1 Bf8 (16... Nd5 $14 17. Nxd5 exd5) 17. Bg5 $18 {And now Bb1 would win.} Be7 18. d5 exd5 (18... h6 $142) 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qe4 (22. Qe3 $18) 22... Re8 $16 23. Qf4 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} Re8 (24... Ne5 $16) 25. Nc2 $1 $18 {Black must now prevent Ne3.} Ne5 26. Ne3 {Threatens to win with Bxb7.} ({Much less strong is} 26. Qxf6 $6 Bxd5 27. Ne3 Qe6 $16) 26... Ng6 27. Qxf6 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} Bc8 (27... Qe7 $142 28. Qc3 Rd8) 28. h3 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Rc1 Be6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. g3 Ne5 33. Rd1 Kf7 34. Kf1 Rc7 35. Ke2 Nd7 36. Rd2 Nf6 37. Rc2 Rd7 38. Ng4 {Hoping for Ne5+.} Nxg4 39. hxg4 $18 {KR-KR} Kf6 40. f4 $1 h6 41. Rd2 Rc7 42. Ke3 Rc1 43. Rh2 Kg6 44. Re2 Kf6 45. Kd2 Rg1 {[#]} 46. Re3 $1 Rg2+ 47. Kc3 Rg1 48. Kb4 Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (48... a6 $16 49. Rc3 Ke7) 49. Kb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a6]} Rd5+ 50. Kc6 Rd2 (50... h5 $142 51. f5 Rc5+ 52. Kb7 exf5) 51. b4 Rd4 52. Kb5 Rd7 53. Ka6 Rg7 54. a4 Rd7 55. b5 Rg7 56. Rc3 Rd7 57. a5 bxa5 58. Kxa5 Rb7 $2 (58... Rd1 59. Ra3 Rd7) 59. Rd3 Rc7 60. Ka6 Rg7 61. Rc3 Rd7 62. Rc6 Rg7 63. Rc3 Rd7 64. Rc8 Rg7 65. Rf8+ Ke7 66. Rh8 Rxg4 67. Kxa7 Rxg3 68. b6 Ra3+ 69. Kb7 Ra4 70. Kc6 Rxf4 71. b7 Rc4+ 72. Kb5 Rc1 73. b8=Q Rb1+ 74. Kc5 {Threatening mate with Qf8+.} Rxb8 75. Rxb8 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Viani, Antonio Dcunha"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,82,-20,-8,-58,-58,-80,-70,-115,-69,-80,-93,-155,-155,-155,-155,-155,-155,-156,-156,-156,-156,-218,-170,-166,-158,-236,-211,-191,-203,-195,-202,-208,-193,-201,-209,-201,-152,-138,-152,-176,-138,-283,-283,-270,-277,-252,-154,-325,-318,-1082,-1066,-1017,-984,-5070,-5086,-29981,-29964,-1652,-9625,-6179,-5900,-2250,-1733]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. a3 g6 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. c5 Bg7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Nge2 f5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. Qa4 Qc7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Bd7 13. O-O a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Kh1 {0-1 (73) Lanka,Z (2417)-Danin,A (2568) Nuremberg 2012}) 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. f4 a5 15. g3 Bc8 {[%cal Be6c8,Bc8a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 16. O-O-O (16. Kf2 $142) 16... Ba6 $17 17. Rd2 Rfe8 18. Kb1 Re3 19. Nc1 h6 20. Nd1 Re6 21. Nf2 (21. Ka1 $17) 21... Bb5 22. Qc2 Rae8 23. a4 (23. Nd1 $17) 23... Bc4 24. b3 Ba6 25. Qb2 Re3 26. Nfd3 Qe7 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qxc5 29. Rc2 Qb6 30. Rd1 Rb8 31. Ka2 (31. Qd4 $17) 31... c5 $19 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 32. Rxd5 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b3][%mdl 512]} 33. Kb1 (33. bxc4 Bxc4+) 33... Qb4 34. bxc4 $2 (34. Qd4 $17 cxb3 35. Rd2 Qxd4 36. R5xd4) 34... Bxc4 35. Rd6 $2 (35. Rc5 Rc3 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Rxc3 Qxa4 38. Qb6) 35... Bb3 36. Rcd2 Qe4+ 37. Ka1 Qxa4+ 38. Na2 Re1+ 39. Rd1 Bxd1 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Qxb8+ Kh7 {( -> ...Bb3+)} 41. Qb1 {[#]} Bb3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 36%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Barretto, Franz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,75,9,-22,-8,-11,8,0,8,0,9,-6,16,11,19,10,11,16,71,73,68,72,89,68,128,129,112,122,131,125,131,128,122,138,276,284,300,297,363,341,315,329,439,433,662,660,701,556,548,540,534,518,702,632,694,692,682,670,654,631,670,645,1351,1343,5181,5103]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nh3 {LiveBook: 33 Games} h5 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} (7... Nge7 8. Qd2 h6 9. Nf4 Rb8 10. O-O b5 11. a3 a5 12. Nfe2 Nd4 13. Nc1 Nec6 14. Nd1 b4 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 {0-1 (60) Schelle,A (2190)-Pap,M (2491) Bayerisch Eisenstein 2017}) 8. f4 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qb6 9. Rb1 Nh6 10. Nf2 Qa5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bd2 b5 13. e5 b4 14. Nce4 d5 {½-½ (66) Herrera Arboleda,K (1896)-Vasquez Ramirez,R (2183) Guayaquil 2012}) 9. O-O Ne7 {The position is equal.} 10. Ng5 Rb8 11. Qd2 b5 12. Nd1 b4 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 (14... f6 $11) 15. cxd4 $16 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 {[#] Threatens to win with e5.} Bxd4+ 17. Ne3 f6 ({Black should play} 17... Rb2 $1 $14 18. Nf3 Rxd2 19. Nxd4 cxd4) 18. Nf3 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Ba6 20. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} fxe5 21. fxe5 d5 22. Ng5 Bxd3 (22... Kd7 $16) 23. Nxe6 $18 d4 24. Nd5 ({Stronger than} 24. Nxc5 dxe3 25. Bxe3 Rb1+ 26. Rxb1 Bxb1 $11) 24... Rb1+ 25. Rxb1 Bxb1 26. Bg5 ({Don't do} 26. Nxc5 Bxa2 27. Nc7+ Kf7 $18) 26... Nxd5 27. Bxd5 {[#] Strongly threatening Bf6.White is clearly winning.} Bf5 (27... Kd7 $142 28. Nxc5+ Kc7) 28. Nxc5 Rh7 29. Bc6+ Kf7 30. Kf2 Be6 31. Ba4 Rh8 32. Bf6 Rb8 33. Nxe6 Kxe6 34. Bb3+ Kf5 35. Ke2 g5 36. Kd3 h4 37. gxh4 gxh4 38. Bxh4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Song, Yuxin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,137,17,17,16,12,11,14,14,8,12,12,1,52,50,87,80,74,75,72,60,58,60,74,64,132,134,135,0,156,106,171,173,165,145,148,153,260,260,300,303,293,294,280,215,339,135,115,70,79,74,66,71,100,95,175,0,108,99,98,94,159,156,154,163,163,127,154,148,137,121,157,120,170,170,170,170,170,164,164,116,139,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,620,620,611,214,5065,2481,2441,1562,12794,6199,29976,29975,29981,29982,29985,29986,29988,29989,29989,29990,29992,29992,29992,29992]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 d6 9. d4 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (11... bxc5 12. Rd1 a5 13. Bf4 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. b4 Ne4 16. Qe1 Qf6 17. bxc5 Ndxc5 18. Be3 Ne6 19. Nd4 Ba6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 {½-½ (32) Doric,D (2481)-Palac,M (2618) Sibenik 2016}) 12. b4 Nce4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. Qd3 d5 {The position is equal.} 14. Bb2 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Rc8 16. Qb3 Qd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bd5 17. Qa4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 {½-½ (50) Forintos,G (2410)-Sigurjonsson,G (2435) Reykjavik 1982}) 17. Qe3 Rfd8 {[#]} (17... Ng4 $11 18. Qd4 f6) 18. Ng5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg5 19. Qxg5 Nxg5 20. Bxb7 Rc7 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 {Intending Rd8+ and mate.} Kf8 23. Ba6 Nd5 ({Better is} 23... Nge4 $1 $14) 24. Be5 $16 {aiming for Bd6+.} Rd7 25. Bb5 ({White should play} 25. Rc1 $1 $16) 25... Rd8 $2 (25... Ne3 $1 $11 26. Bd6+ (26. Rxd7 Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Nxf2+ 28. Kg1 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Nf2+ $11) 26... Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Nxf2+ 29. Kg1 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Nf2+) 26. Rc1 Ne4 (26... f5 $16) 27. f3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf3e4][%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nd2 28. Kf2 f6 29. Bb2 a5 (29... e5 $16 30. Ke1 Ne3) 30. Rc2 Ne7 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. a4 Kf7 33. e3 Nb3 {[#]} (33... g5 $142 34. Rc7 Ne4+ 35. Ke1 (35. fxe4 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rxb2 $11) 35... Nd6) 34. Ke1 $2 (34. Ba3 $1 $18) 34... Nd5 $16 35. Ke2 Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 36. Rc7+ Kg6 {Threatens to win with ...Rd2+.} 37. Bc3 Nc1+ 38. Ke1 {Bxb4 is the strong threat.} Ncd3+ (38... Nd5 $16 {was necessary.}) 39. Ke2 (39. Kf1 $18) 39... Nc1+ $1 40. Kf2 Nd5 {[#]} 41. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf6 (41... Nd3+ $142 42. Bxd3+ Kxf6) 42. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd2+ 43. Kg1 Nd5 44. Rc6 Kf7 45. e4 Ne3 46. Rc3 Nc2 47. Rd3 Nd4 48. f4 (48. Rxd2 $6 Nxf3+ 49. Kf2 Nxd2 $16) 48... Rxd3 49. Bxd3 $18 {KB-KN} e5 50. Kf2 ({Don't play} 50. fxe5 $6 Ke6 $14) 50... Kf6 51. Ke3 Nb3 52. h4 Nc5 53. Bb5 h6 54. f5 g6 55. fxg6 Kxg6 56. g4 Kf6 57. Bc6 Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Ke7 $16) 58. g5 hxg5 59. hxg5 {[%cal Bh4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Ke7 $2 {[#]} (59... Kf7 60. Kf3 Kg7) 60. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Ne6 61. Kg4 Ng7 62. Bd5 Kd6 63. g6 {White mates.} Kd7 64. Kg5 Ke7 65. Bf7 Kf8 66. Kh6 Ne8 67. Bxe8 Kg8 68. Bf7+ Kf8 69. Bd5 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tania, Sachdev"]
[Black "Kavinda, Akila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. f3 Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:18:51]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 11. cxb5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:12:40]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 13. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:20:26]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:06:09]} exd5 {[%emt 0:06:47]} 15. exd5 $16 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c6 {[%emt 0:19:07]} 16. dxc6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Ndxb5 {[%emt 0:06:09]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 18. Rb2 {[%emt 0:08:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 19. O-O {[%emt 0:08:18]} d5 {[%emt 0:19:54]} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 21. Nd4 {[%emt 0:07:48]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 23. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 24. Qd2 {[%emt 0:12:02]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 25. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 26. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 27. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Rd6 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 29. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 31. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 32. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rajdeep Sarkar"]
[Black "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. b3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 5. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 9. g4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 10. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 11. e3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:40]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:05:12]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:16:27]} 13. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 15. c3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} g5 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:34]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 17. fxg5 {[%emt 0:11:09]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 19. e4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:08:11]} 20. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 21. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:05:26]} 23. Qd2 {[%emt 0:11:44]} Qg3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 24. Qe1 {[%emt 0:19:08]} Qxe1+ {[%emt 0:02:45]} 25. Nxe1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 26. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 29. Nc2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Nde7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 30. a3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 31. b4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} c4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 32. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 33. Rdd1 {[%emt 0:01:29]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 34. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 35. Rc5 {[%emt 0:03:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 36. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 37. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 38. Be4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 39. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 40. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 41. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 42. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} R8d6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 43. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 44. Kc3 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 45. g5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 46. gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 47. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 48. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 49. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 50. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 51. Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 52. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 53. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 54. Kxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd5+ 55. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxb4+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} 56. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 57. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 58. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 59. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 60. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 61. Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 62. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 63. Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 64. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 65. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 66. Kxa6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 67. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 68. Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 69. Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 70. Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 71. Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Omar, Noaman"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 3. d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 10. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 15. a5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 16. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 17. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:07:27]} 18. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:12:30]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 20. Bc1 {[%emt 0:12:19]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:28:51]} 21. Nd1 {[%emt 0:17:29]} Nf4 22. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 23. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:07:28]} 24. gxf3 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. Kf1 {[%emt 0:06:14]} Qh2 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 26. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 27. Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 30. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 31. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 32. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 33. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxh3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 34. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 35. e5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 37. d6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 38. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 39. Rb6 {[%emt 0:02:07]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 40. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} h3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 41. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saravana, Krishnan P"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,12,-1,12,8,33,-8,0,-15,13,16,27,0,0,-20,-17,-38,-21,-64,-72,-52,-56,-53,-10,-19,0,0,0,0,8,-22,0,-18,0,0,0,-6,-29,-15,-19,-13,-16,-15,83,0,0,0,-18,-3,72,72,147,153]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Be6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 7. Ng5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (7. c4 O-O 8. c5 Be7 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Bf5 g6 14. a3 {½-½ (109) Andreikin,D (2712)-Wang,H (2709) Huaian 2017}) 7... Qd7 8. Nxe6 fxe6 {The position is equal.} (8... Qxe6 {seems wilder.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Qxe2 11. Nxe2 Nbd7) 9. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Nc6 11. f4 Ne7 12. Re1 Rae8 13. g3 Nf5 14. Nd2 c5 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Bxe8 Rxe8 17. g4 Nh4 18. g5 Nd7 19. Qh5 {1-0 (19) De Boer,P-De Kort,J Netherlands 1991}) 9... O-O 10. Nf3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bg5 e5 16. c3 e4 17. Bc2 Qe5 18. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3c5]} Bd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re5h2] [#]} 19. g3 Qe6 20. Bd4 Nd7 {...c5 is the strong threat.} 21. f4 Rab8 22. b4 c5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Bb3 Bxd4+ 25. cxd4 Kh8 26. Rac1 Rfc8 27. Kg2 e3 (27... Qd6 $11) 28. Rce1 ({White should play} 28. Rxc8+ $16 Rxc8 29. Re1) 28... Rc3 $11 29. Rf3 {[%cal Rf3e3]} Qe4 30. Kg1 {[%cal Rf3e3]} Re8 (30... Qxd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 31. Rd1 Qe4 32. Bxd5 Qe7) 31. Ba4 $16 Re7 (31... Qe6 $142) 32. Bxd7 $1 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sekar, B."]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,114,20,45,13,12,-28,-32,-30,-26,-37,-13,-12,0,-16,0,0,79,58,58,0,0,-6,0,-21,30,30,19,-5,46,0,0,-8,0,-47,61,-36,124,-58,122,-47,-54,-146,-52,-62,0,-99,-108,-189,-129,-118,-134,-182,-107,-105,-82,-78,-78,-95,-85,-93,-72,-80,-73,-82,-59,-52,-55,-68,-60,-66,-55,-60,-58,-64,-64,-67,-66,-58,-61,-94,-58,-50,-42,-87,-76,-99,-56,-557,-534]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bd2 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} O-O 14. Rc1 Bd7 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 15. h3 {White is slightly better.} (15. Re1 Rae8 16. Na4 Bc8 17. Ne5 Qb8 18. Bf4 Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxd4 Ne4 {1-0 (33) Shankland,S (2652)-Michiels,B (2563) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 15... Be8 $1 16. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Be3 Bh5 17. Be2 Rae8 18. Re1 h6 19. a3 Qe7 20. Qd3 Bb8 {½-½ (40) Wahlbom,M (2300)-Hedin,G (2113) Falun 2012}) 16... Qe7 17. Be3 h6 18. Nf3 Nh5 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Qe2 Bf7 21. Bb1 Ne7 (21... Bg6 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. Ne5 {aiming for Qd3.} Nf4 23. Qf3 (23. Bxf4 $14 Qxf4 24. Qd3) 23... Bh5 $11 24. Qg3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Rad8 25. Bd2 Neg6 (25... Rc8 $142) 26. Bxg6 Nxg6 27. f4 Ne7 (27... Rc8 $11) 28. Qf2 Be8 29. Qe2 Nf5 30. Qd3 Rc8 {[#]} ({Better is} 30... h5 $15) 31. Kh2 (31. Nxd5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Qd8 (31... exd5 32. Rxc8) 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Ne3) 31... h5 $2 {[#]} (31... Bxe5 $15 32. dxe5 Qd8) 32. a3 $2 (32. Nxd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qd8 (32... exd5 33. Rxc8) 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Nc3) 32... h4 $2 {[#]} (32... Rc7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 33. Rf1 $2 (33. Nxd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qd8 (33... exd5 34. Rxc8) 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Nc3) 33... Qd8 34. Rcd1 ({White should try} 34. Be3 $15) 34... Bh5 (34... Qb6 $17 35. Rfe1 Qxd4) 35. Rde1 $15 Be8 (35... Ng3 $15 36. Rg1 Qe8) 36. Bc1 (36. Rd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36... Qb6 $17 37. Rd1 {[#]} (37. Nf3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 37... Rc7 (37... Qxd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Qf3 (38. Qxd4 Nxd4) 38... Qb6) 38. Rfe1 Bh5 39. Nf3 Bxf3 (39... Rc6 $19 40. Rxe6 {[#]} Bxf4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Bxf4 Rxe6 42. Nxd5 Qxb2) 40. Qxf3 Re7 41. Qg4 Qc7 42. Rf1 Ref7 43. Rf3 Qc4 44. Rfd3 Bb8 45. Ne2 Ba7 46. Rc3 Qa4 47. Rcd3 Rf6 48. Qf3 Rg6 49. Qh5 Qe8 50. Qf3 Bb8 51. Rf1 Bd6 52. Bd2 Qb8 53. Kg1 Qa7 54. Kh2 a5 55. Qf2 Qa6 56. Rc3 Bb8 57. Rc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White should play} 57. Qe1 $15) 57... Ng3 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Black "Chakravarthi Reddy, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,68,10,19,6,21,12,17,12,18,23,20,0,6,8,10,10,10,10,10,9,9,11,10,10,9,16,3,-33,-26,-101,-106,-100,-109,-97,-104,-98,-32,-181,-187,-175,-165,-129,-115,-115,-115,-137,-117,-274,-274,-243,-249,-658,-644,-623,-623,-6712,-6618]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bg5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. Bf4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bg3 e5 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. b4 {½-½ (34) Yu,Y (2751)-Artemiev,V (2691) Huaian 2017}) 6... Bg7 7. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. b4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Ne5 {1-0 (38) Tsyganov,I (2250)-Fernandez,D (2295) Stratton Mountain 2003}) 11... Nxe5 12. e4 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 {[%cal Re4d5]} d4 14. Na4 $1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 {Black must now prevent Nb6.} Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Nb6 Bf5 $1 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. f4 Qd8 $1 21. Qf3 (21. Kh2 $11) 21... Re3 $17 22. Qf2 {Threatens to win with fxg5.} g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 {And now ...d3 would win.} 24. f5 Qd5 ({Better is} 24... Bf6 $17) 25. Bf4 ({White should try} 25. Rae1 $1 $15) 25... Re2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 26. Qg3 h5 (26... Qxf5 27. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qg6 28. Bxg7 $16) 27. Rad1 Rxb2 28. f6 Bxf6 {Hoping for ...Bh4!} 29. Rd2 d3 (29... Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Qxa2 31. Be5 $15) 30. Kh2 $2 {[#]} (30. Qxd3 $17 {was necessary.} Rxd2 31. Qxd2) 30... Rxd2 $1 ({Weaker is} 30... Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qxa2 32. Qxd3 $17) ({Less strong is} 30... Qxc5 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Qxd3 $17) 31. Bxd2 {[#]} Be5 $1 {[%cal Re5g3]} (31... Qxa2 32. Rxf6 Qxd2 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qe5 $18) 32. Bf4 $2 (32. Rf4) 32... Bxf4 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Rxf4 d2 34. Qe3 d1=Q {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pranav Vijay"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,93,0,0,0,0,-23,-28,-27,-10,-20,-16,-14,0,0,0,0,-11,-5,-6,-16,0,-42,-43,-76,-77,-63,-49,-116,-94,-139,-127,-210,-195,-213,-200,-201,-201,-196,-189,-277,-288,-395,-301,-379,-354,-468,-480,-489,-495,-504,-497,-464,-471,-569,-560,-580,-589,-867,-872,-29967,-6434,-29989,-29990,-29989,-29990,-29995,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. c4 Nc7 {LiveBook: 68 Games. C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 10. Rd1 (10. Nc3 Rb8 11. a4 b6 12. h4 a6 13. Bf4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. b3 bxc4 17. dxc4 Rxb3 {½-½ (51) Jones,G (2661)-Van Wely,L (2663) Wolvega 2014}) 10... b5 11. h4 Ba6 {[%cal Rb5c4] Black has an edge.} 12. b3 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Nbd2 Rfd8 15. Nf1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nd2 bxc4 18. bxc4 {1-0 (27) Stanik,H (2052)-Kipp,L (2007) Germany 2008}) 13. Bf4 Rfd8 {Threatens to win with ...dxc4.} 14. Nc3 bxc4 15. dxc4 Qe8 16. Nb5 Bxb5 $1 17. cxb5 Nb8 $1 18. a4 Nd7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 a6 21. bxa6 Rdb8 22. Qg4 ({White should play} 22. Rab1 $1 $15) 22... Rb4 23. Qf3 Qb8 24. Bf1 (24. Rd3 $17) 24... Rxb3 $19 25. Qh5 Nf8 26. Bd3 Nxa6 {[%cal Bc7a6,Ba6b4,Bb4c6,Bc6e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 27. Qg4 Nb4 28. Bb1 (28. Bxh6 {was worth a try.} Qxe5 29. Bf4) 28... Nc6 29. Qh5 Qe8 30. Bxh6 gxh6 31. Qxh6 Nxe5 32. Nf4 {[#] Nh5 would kill now.} Ng4 33. Qh5 f5 34. Qxe8 Rxe8 35. Nxe6 Nxe6 36. Bxf5 Bf6 37. Ra2 Bd4 38. Bxe6+ Rxe6 39. a5 Rxg3+ {Black mates.} 40. Kh1 Nxf2+ 41. Kh2 Rh3+ 42. Kg2 Rg6+ 43. Kf1 Nxd1 44. a6 Rg1+ 45. Ke2 Nc3+ 46. Kd2 Rg2+ 47. Kc1 Rh1# {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthik, Kumar Pradeep"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,107,12,10,5,8,0,0,0,0,0,54,39,84,27,90,56,55,57,86,57,39,51,37,27,81,64,101,68,80,80,88,47,49,62,129,132,128,125,129,136,128,135,118,76,141,162,207,192,361,354,353,358,329,328,322,320,449,449,449,449,441,441,441,422,467,467,879,441,877,530,610,495,573,552,589,550,648,649,640,629,625,608,627,612,29961,1197,29967,29969,29960,29966,29970,5620,29965,29966,29963,29962,29968,29969]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O (5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 d6 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Nd2 {½-½ (43) Najer,E (2663)-Vitiugov,N (2736) Sochi 2015}) 5... Bg7 6. c3 {B28: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 a6 (O'Kelly Variation)} e5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 d5 10. Qc2 h6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 {0-1 (26) Pomar,M (2060)-Umetsubo,C (2391) Florianopolis 2017}) 9... cxb4 10. axb4 b5 ({Better is} 10... d5 $11) 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bb2 (12. Nb3 $1 $16) 12... Rb8 (12... d5 $11) 13. Ne1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 d6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nb3 Kh7 (17... Nd5 $11) 18. Qe2 Rf6 19. Nc2 Rg6 20. Kh1 Qd6 21. Nc5 a5 22. Ba3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nd5 (22... axb4 $14 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Nc6) 23. bxa5 $16 {aiming for Na6!} Nxc3 {[#]} 24. Qe1 $1 {Strongly threatening Na6.} b4 {[#]} 25. Nxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb4 (25... Rxb4 26. Bxb4) 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. Qxc3 Rb5 (27... Rb8 $142) 28. Rac1 Qb8 29. a6 $1 Rgb6 $2 (29... Qa7 30. Nb7 Be6) 30. Na4 $18 Rxa6 {White must now prevent ...Bb7.} 31. Qxc8 Qxc8 32. Rxc8 Rxa4 33. Bh3 {[%cal Rh3f5]} (33. Rxf5 Rb1+ 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Ra2 $16) 33... e4 (33... Rg4 {was called for.} 34. Bxg4 (34. Rxf5 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Rb2+ 36. Rf2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rg5 $18) 34... fxg4) 34. dxe4 fxe4 35. Bd7 Rba5 36. Bxa4 Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 37. Re8 Kg6 38. Re6+ Kg5 (38... Kh7 $142 39. Rf4 Rd4 40. Rfxe4 Rxe4 41. Rxe4 Kg6) 39. Rf4 Bd4 (39... Ra1+ $142 40. Kg2 Ra2+ 41. Kh3 h5 42. Rfxe4 Kf5) 40. Rfxe4 Kf5 41. Re2 h5 42. Rd6 h4 43. Rd5+ Kf6 44. Re4 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Bg1 47. Rxh4 Bxh2 48. Rd1 (48. Rh6+ $142 Kg7 49. Rc6 Ra7 50. Kg2 Bxg3 51. Kxg3 Rf7 52. Rg5+ Kf8 53. Rh5) 48... Ra3+ {[#]} 49. Kg2 $1 Ra2+ 50. Kh3 Kf5 51. Rh1 (51. Re1 $142 Bxg3 52. Kxg3 Ra3+ 53. Kg2 Ra8 54. Rh3 Ra4 55. Rf3+ Kg6 56. Ref1 Ra2+ 57. Kh3) 51... Bxg3 52. Kxg3 {White mates.} Ra3+ 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Phadke Sohan"]
[Black "Padmini, Rout"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:19]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 7. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Bd6 9. Bb5 {[%emt 0:14:21]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 11. Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} h5 {[%emt 0:07:07]} 13. Qg3 {[%emt 0:14:39]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 15. Nxh4 {[%emt 0:14:05]} Ncxe5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 16. Qg3 {[%emt 0:06:23]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 17. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:07:53]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 19. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 20. O-O {[%emt 0:01:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 21. Qg3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:38]} 23. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 24. Qxd6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 26. f4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. h3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 28. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rff7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf6 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Dubai Open 2018"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "San Juan, Dennis"]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,76,12,30,-10,1,-100,-108,-86,-96,-184,-173,-230,-165,-225,-193,-290,-239,-233,-235,-227,-90,-83,-80,-86,-77,-84,-75,-110,-115,-110,-98,-110,-112,-106,-100,-109,-112,-175,-175,-183,-175,-187,-179,-215,-228,-311,-232,-398,-380,-278,-254,-439,-432,-477,-477,-512,-495]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 c5 6. c3 d6 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Qb6 (8... Nc6 9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. Qb1 cxd4 11. exd4 Rac8 12. Bd3 Na5 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Bh2 a6 15. Re2 Bd5 {0-1 (39) Evdokimov,A (2502)-Kokarev,D (2608) Moscow 2018}) 9. Qc1 Nc6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. exd4 Rac8 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 12. Qb1 Bf5 13. Bd3 (13. Nc4 $11 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Rxc4 15. Nxf5 Rxf4 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. g3) 13... Bxd3 $17 14. Qxd3 Nd5 15. Bg3 (15. Bg5 $17) 15... Qxb2 $19 16. Ne4 $146 (16. c4 $142 Nc3 17. Rac1 Bxd4 18. Rc2) ({Predecessor:} 16. Rab1 Qxc3 {0-1 (60) Hagege,G (2175)-Berthelot,Y (2290) France 1996}) 16... Qa3 17. Rfb1 (17. Qc4 {is a better defense.} Ncb4 18. Qb5 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Qxc3 20. Rac1 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Kh2) 17... Na5 18. Ne1 (18. Re1 {keeps fighting.}) 18... Nxc3 19. Nc2 {[#]} Qa4 $1 20. Nxc3 Qc4 (20... Qc6 $19 {is more deadly.} 21. Nb4 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3) 21. Qxc4 $17 Rxc4 22. Nd5 Rxc2 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Bxd6 Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ (25... Bxd4 $6 26. Rxc2 Bxa1 27. Bc7 $11) 26. Rxc1 {Hoping for Bc7.} Rxd6 ({Much worse is} 26... Bxd4 $6 27. Bc7 $11) 27. Rc8+ {[#]} Bf8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Rxf8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kg7 29. Ra8 {[#]} (29. Rg8+ $17 {might work better.} Kf6 30. Nc8 Rxd4 31. Nxa7) 29... a6 $1 $19 30. d5 Rd7 31. Re8 Nc4 32. Nc8 Rxd5 33. Re2 Rc5 34. Ne7 $2 (34. Re8 {was necessary.}) 34... b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 35. g4 f6 36. f4 $2 (36. Re6 Kf7 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Nxc6) 36... Kf7 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Kf2 b4 38. Kf3 a5 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

