[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,46,1,18,7,21,10,42,42,45,33,23,0,25,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-7,-43,-43,-34,-18,-20,0,-15,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 {C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation} Bd6 10. Nfd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Nfd2 Nf8 13. Qh5 b5 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Be6 {½-½ (46) Bologan,V (2672)-Hracek,Z (2635) Tromsoe 2013}) 10... b5 11. a4 {White is slightly better.} Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qg4 Qf6 14. f4 Qg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Nf3 {[%cal Rf4e5]} exf4 17. Bxg7 Rh5 {[#] White must now prevent ...f6.} 18. Bc3 f6 19. Ra5 Ne5 20. Nbd2 (20. Bxe5 $5 fxe5 21. h3 $11) 20... Nc6 {...b4 is the strong threat.} 21. Raa1 Ke7 22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. h3 Re8 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,18,33,31,37,35,26,31,38,36,37,27,29,27,36,20,56,55,53,35,54,25,43,16,49,2,22,0,29,-7,7,16,8,6,20,29,41,38,37,27,24,16,21,0,42,42,46,46,46,46,47,46,46,46,40,25,25,25,25,19,19,2,2,2,9,0,9,0,0,0,9]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nf3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Ng5 (9. Na3 f6 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. c4 Nb4 12. Bf1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nbd5 {0-1 (37) Anand,V (2773)-Ganguly,S (2615) Kolkata 2018}) 9... g6 10. Nf3 Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f6 11. Bh6 Rf7 12. Nbd2 {1-0 (31) Brichacek,M (2048)-Vinklarek,V (2129) ICCF email 2004}) 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Re8 12. Nf1 Nh4 13. Ne3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 h5 15. Bd2 (15. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]}) 15... Bd7 16. h3 Bf8 17. Rad1 (17. g4 {feels hotter.} h4 18. Re2 a6 19. Rae1 Rc8 20. Ng2) 17... Bg7 18. Bc1 b5 19. b4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Ne7 22. g4 hxg4 23. Nxg4 Nf5 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Qxd5 Bxe5 (26... Be6 {is more complex.} 27. Qxd8 Rcxd8 28. Bg5 f6 29. Nc6 Rd7) 27. dxe5 Bc6 28. Qxd8 Rcxd8 29. Bf4 Bf3 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Kh2 Rd3 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. Bxe3 $11 {KB-KB} Kf8 34. Kg3 Bd5 {The position is equal.} 35. Kf4 Ke7 36. h4 Ke6 37. Bd4 Bc4 38. Kg5 Be2 39. Kf4 Bd3 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,59,13,20,22,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,38,28,29,36,34,29,29,36,34,31,31,42,114,77,206,184,181,186,206,154,212,206,214,211,207,203,311,311,312,308,556,552]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 {White is slightly better.} Qb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. h3 Rc8 16. Bg3 $36 {[%cal Rd4e5][%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} cxd4 17. cxd4 {[#]} Nh5 $146 18. Bh2 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Re1 Bf6 (20... bxa4 $14 21. d5 Bd7) 21. e5 $16 Be7 {[#]} (21... dxe5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 22. dxe5 Be7) 22. d5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5e6][%mdl 512]} Bxd5 {[#]} 23. Ne4 $1 Rxc2 24. exd6 Bxd6 (24... Bxe4 $16 25. Rxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nb3) 25. Nxd6 ({Don't take} 25. Qxc2 $6 Bb4 $16) 25... Qxd6 26. Qxc2 {Hoping for axb5.} bxa4 27. Rxa4 Nc6 {[#]} (27... Bxf3 $142 28. gxf3 (28. Rxa5 Bb7 $16) 28... Nb7) 28. Rxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc8 (28... Rxa6 29. Re8+) 29. Qd2 Qc5 $2 (29... Qd7 {is a better defense.} 30. Ra3 Qf5) 30. Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,46,28,32,22,20,19,29,20,33,-1,27,0,20,12,16,18,23,24,27,20,29,16,31,15,25,12,19,19,12,0,0,6,17]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Ba4 {C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence} Re8 (9... Nh5 10. Nf1 Kh8 11. h3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. d4 e4 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 {1-0 (42) Caruana,F (2804)-Kramnik,V (2812) Paris 2016}) 10. Nf1 Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Ng3 d5 12. h3 Na5 13. d4 exd4 14. e5 dxc3 15. exf6 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Qxf6 {½-½ (60) Stany,G (2517)-Karthikeyan,M (2560) Kolkata 2019}) 11. Bc2 {White has an edge.} c5 12. h3 Nc6 13. Ne3 h6 14. Nh2 Be6 15. Nhg4 h5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bb3 Bg5 18. Rf1 Kg7 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Nd5 {aiming for Bxg5.} Bxc1 $1 {The position is equal.} 21. Rxc1 {Threatening f4.} Ne7 22. Qb3 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qe7 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 32%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,75,-4,0,14,8,8,5,16,37,35,27,31,25,56,38,61,67,114,99,103,106,104,106,128,120,126,128,131,110,160,125,167,172,177,157,271,263,254,272,347,342,535,528,631,621,804,797,906,414,392,408,434,434,426,397,395,381,887,897,1061,1010,974,917,29988,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} (7... O-O 8. e3 d5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Qc2 cxd4 14. exd4 Nd6 15. Nd2 Qf6 16. Rac1 Nf5 17. Qd3 {½-½ (63) Yu,Y (2751)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2689) Riadh 2017}) 8. b3 O-O 9. e3 Ne4 {The position is equal.} 10. Qc2 f5 11. Be2 Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Nd2 Qh4 15. f3 Ng5 16. Qc3 Rf6 17. g3 Qh5 18. h4 Nf7 19. Kf2 g5 20. f4 g4 {½-½ (20) Skomorokhin,R (2382)-Jovanovic,D (2396) Budapest 2015}) 12. Bb2 d6 13. d5 e5 14. Nd2 Qf6 15. f4 Nf7 16. O-O Nd7 17. e4 Qh6 18. exf5 exf4 19. Nf3 Nfe5 20. Nd4 $1 g5 21. Ne6 Rf6 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. b4 {And now c5 would win.} axb4 (23... Ba6 $16 24. Bd4 Qh4) 24. axb4 $18 Qh4 {intending ...Rh6.} 25. h3 c6 {[#]} 26. Ra1 $1 f3 (26... Rf7 {was worth a try.} 27. Ra7 Nf6) 27. Bxf3 cxd5 28. Ra7 g4 29. Bxg4 (29. Rxb7 gxf3 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 $14) 29... Rxc4 30. Qf2 (30. Qd2 $142) 30... Qxf2+ 31. Rxf2 ({Weaker is} 31. Kxf2 Bc6 $16) 31... Bc6 32. b5 Bxb5 {[#]} 33. Ra8+ $1 Nf8 34. Be2 Rb4 $2 (34... Bc6) 35. Bxb5 Rxb5 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Rf3 {White wants to mate with Rg3+.} h5 38. Rg3+ {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,105,-10,-11,-3,0,-6,14,2,11,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-2,0,-4,0,-18,-8,-10,-16,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,16,12,19,10,10,12,20,17,18,0,14,15,18,15,18,9,19,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,24,4,36,18,50,40,95,84,91,53,49,23,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. exd4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Qb6 7. Nb3 Bf5 (7... Ne4 8. Bf4 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. c3 O-O {1-0 (41) Carlsen,M (2861)-Wei,Y (2736) Abidjan 2019}) 8. c3 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Ne4 9. Be3 e6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O h6 12. c4 {½-½ (12) Mogranzini,R (2104)-Castaldo,F (2304) Bratto 2001}) 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Be2 a5 {aiming for ...a4.} 11. a4 Ne4 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Ra2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Nbd2 Rfe8 17. Bf1 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Qb1 Bg6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 f6 22. Nf1 Nc4 23. Ne3 Qb3 24. Raa1 Nb4 (24... Nd6 {keeps more tension.} 25. Nd2 Qb6 26. Nc2 Qa6 27. Qf3 Qb6) 25. Qb1 Nc6 26. Nxc4 Qxc4 27. Re3 Qa6 28. Qe1 Kf7 29. Qb1 Kg8 30. Qc2 Re7 31. Rae1 Rde8 32. h4 Nd8 33. h5 Nf7 34. Nh4 Qd6 35. Qe2 {[#] Threatens to win with Nf5!} Nh6 36. g3 e5 37. dxe5 (37. Qb5 {seems wilder.} e4 38. Qxa5 Rc8 39. b3 f5 40. c4) 37... Rxe5 38. Qd3 Qc5 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 (39... fxe5 $14 40. Rd1 Rd8) 40. Rxe5 $16 fxe5 41. Nf5 Nxf5 42. Qxf5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qe7 $1 43. Kg2 h6 $1 {The position is equal.} 44. Kf1 Qe8 45. b3 b5 46. Qd3 bxa4 47. Qxd5+ Kh8 $1 48. bxa4 Qxa4 49. Kg2 e4 50. c4 Qc2 51. Qf5 Qxc4 52. Qxa5 e3 53. fxe3 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,31,30,20,28,23,29,28,28,18,23,12,25,8,17,11,22,21,41,41,58,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 b6 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nbd2 O-O {White has an edge.} 10. Qe2 (10. Ne5 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f4 Re8 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. exd4 {½-½ (63) Riazantsev,A (2649)-Timofeev,A (2589) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Re8 11. Rac1 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rad8 13. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3) 13... Ne4 14. Ng3 Ndf6 15. Ne5 c5 16. a3 ({White should try} 16. Nf1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,92,25,13,24,15,26,27,33,19,36,25,40,14,32,12,6,0,33,12,13,-166,-123,-204,-205,-222,-222,-222,-220,-222,-216,-241,-239,-238,-234,-238,-226,-244,-239,-244,-244,-254,-252,-262,-263,-264,-254,-271,-262,-251,-182,-191,-176,-317,-310,-289,-303,-317,-97,-91,-104,-89,-95,-88,-86,-1441,-1425,-1281,-1213,-948,-210,-191,-230,-222,-230,-235,-235,-224,-221,-210,0,-142,0,-203,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 b6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Be3 b6 9. h3 e5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Nh5 13. Na4 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. c4 {½-½ (31) Maghsoodloo,P (2671)-Grandelius,N (2688) Malmo 2019}) 7. a4 a5 8. h3 Nf6 {White has an edge.} 9. Nc3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Be3 e5 11. Nb1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Qb1 Nd7 14. Qa2 Nf8 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Rad1 h6 17. Nh2 Ne6 18. g3 b5 {0-1 (48) Becerra Rivero,J (2370)-Hernandez Onna,R (2430) Matanzas 1992}) 10. Be3 e5 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. Qd2 Ne6 13. Bh6 Bf6 14. Ng4 g5 $1 15. g3 $2 (15. Nd1 $11) 15... Rg8 $19 16. Nd1 (16. Kg2 $17 {was necessary.}) 16... Nd4 17. Kg2 Bxg4 $1 18. hxg4 Bh8 $1 19. Ne3 Qf6 20. Qd1 Qxh6 21. c3 Ne6 22. Rh1 Qf6 23. Rxh7 O-O-O 24. Qb3 Kc7 $1 (24... Rxd3 25. Qxb6 Rxe3 26. Qa6+ (26. fxe3 Qg6 $11) (26. Qxc6+ Kb8 $11) 26... Kb8 27. Qb6+ (27. fxe3 Qg6 $11) 27... Kc8 28. Qxc6+ (28. fxe3 Qg6 $11) 28... Kb8 29. Qb5+ Kc8 30. fxe3 $11) (24... Qg6 25. Rah1 $16) 25. Qc4 {If White can now play b4 this consolidates a bit.} Bg7 26. Nf5 Kb7 27. Rb1 {intending b4.} Bf8 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Nd4 31. bxc5 (31. Nxd4 $142 cxd4 32. Rch1) 31... Nxf5 ({Don't take} 31... Bxc5 32. a5 $19) 32. gxf5 {Threatens to win with Rb1.} Bxc5 33. a5 Qd6 $2 (33... Ba3 $19 {is more deadly.} 34. Ra1 b5) 34. axb6 $17 Bxb6 35. Rxf7 Rgd8 $1 36. Rd1 g4 {And now ...Qh6 would win.} 37. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rb1 $17) 37... gxf3+ $19 ({Weaker is} 37... Qh6 38. fxg4 Qe3 39. Rxd7+ Rxd7 40. Qa2 $11) 38. Kxf3 Qh6 39. Kg2 {[#]} Qe3 $2 (39... Qh5 $1 40. Rxd7+ Rxd7) 40. Qa2 Rxf7 41. Qxf7+ Kb8 42. Qa2 Rxd3 43. Qg8+ {[#]} Kb7 $1 44. Qf7+ Kb8 $2 ({Black should try} 44... Bc7 $1 $19 {( -> ...Qf3+)} 45. Rb1+ Kc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Qe6+ (46. Qe8+ $2 Rd8 $19) 46... Rd7) 45. Qg8+ {[#]} (45. Qe8+ $11 Kb7 46. Qe7+ Ka6 47. Ra1+ Ba5 48. Qxe5 Qf3+ 49. Kg1) 45... Kb7 $1 46. Qf7+ {[#]} Kb8 $2 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 69%.} (46... Bc7 $1 $19 47. Rb1+ {[#]} Kc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Qe8+ Rd8 49. Qe6+ Rd7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,128,4,11,17,20,20,25,23,24,19,15,16,19,13,16,13,16,17,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-18,0,-24,-26,-16,-16,-20,-35,-66,-65,-72,-72,-72,-72,-120,-56,-68,-8,-27,-8,-8,-7,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Rc8 9. O-O h6 10. Nd2 {White has an edge.} Qc7 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nf1 Nf6 14. Ne3 Be7 15. a4 O-O {[#]} 16. Bd2 $146 Rfd8 17. Kh1 Bc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Be1 d5 21. exd5 Bb4 22. h3 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxe5 Rxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Rd1 Ne3 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 Kg6 29. Rxb7 Nxg2 30. b4 Nh4 31. Bg3 Nf5 32. Bb8 f6 33. Rb6 Kg5 34. Rxa6 {[#]} Kh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h3]} 35. Kg1 Kxh3 36. b5 {[#]} Ne3 (36... Ng3 $1 $17 37. Bxg3 Kxg3) 37. Rc6 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc6c2] Black must now prevent Rxc2.} Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Ra2 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 39. Rc1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] The position is equal. White is not keeping still} Rxa4 {And now ...Rb4 would win.} 40. Rb1 Nd5 (40... Ra8 {keeps more tension.} 41. Bd6 Nc4 42. Bc7 Ra3 43. b6 Na5) 41. Kg1 $1 Ra2 42. Rb3 Ra8 43. Bd6 Rd8 44. Bc5 Ra8 45. b6 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Kf1 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Ra1+ 50. Ke2 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 {b7 is the strong threat.} Nxb6 $1 52. Rxb6 $11 {KRB-KR} h5 53. Bf8 Kg2 54. Bxg7 h4 55. Bxf6 h3 $1 56. Be5 Kxf3 57. Rf6+ Kg2 58. Rh6 Ra3+ 59. Ke2 Ra2+ 60. Ke1 Ra5 61. Rg6+ Kh1 62. Bf4 h2 63. Ke2 Ra2+ 64. Kf3 Rf2+ 65. Kxf2 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,52,18,18,8,29,22,24,0,0,0,0,0,28,27,23,16,16,17,14,-23,-8,-18,-14,-15,-27,-50,-25,-78,-77,-60,-81,-64,-71,-75,-70,-75,-32,-44,-9,-9,-12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Be6 (8... O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {½-½ (37) Anand,V (2774)-Svidler,P (2735) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. c4 {White has an edge.} bxc4 11. Qa4 Qd7 $1 12. Qxc4 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Nc3 Rfb8 14. b4 d5 15. Qa2 d4 {0-1 (43) Kulaots,K (2570)-Nyback,T (2594) Puhajarve 2015}) 13. Qc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 17. Nd2 O-O 18. Ne4 c5 19. Nxc5 Rfc8 20. b4 (20. Qa4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Qxa4 21. Nxa4) 20... Bxc5 $17 21. bxc5 Nc3 22. Bd2 Rxc5 {[#] ...Ne2+ is the strong threat.} 23. Qd3 Qb5 24. Qh3 Qc6 ({Much worse is} 24... Rxe5 $6 25. Bxc3 dxc3 26. Qxc3 $11) 25. Rae1 Rd8 26. f4 $1 g6 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,68,20,19,60,50,40,20,29,49,43,26,19,35,21,15,64,69,64,62,84,79,83,54,250,242,327,328,367,386,342,378,792,783,885,877,874,863,1900,1852,5389,2410,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29997,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 8. Qd2 b4 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 {The position is equal.} 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3 Qc7 $1 13. axb4 d5 14. Bf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatening Bg3. White has good play.} Bd6 {[#]} 15. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bg3 {1-0 (36) Nakamura,H (2781)-Grandelius,N (2647) Caleta 2018}) 15... Bxg3 16. hxg3 dxe4 17. g4 $1 Nd5 18. Bc4 Ne5 $2 {[#]} (18... exf3 $1 $14 19. gxf3 N5b6) 19. Bxd5 $1 $18 ({Not} 19. fxe4 Nf6 $14) 19... exd5 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Nf5 O-O 22. Qc3 Rfc8 $2 (22... Rac8 23. Nc5 f6) 23. Nc5 f6 24. Qh3 h6 {[#]} 25. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg5 {[#]} 26. Rd7 $3 {[%mdl 512] Nxh6+! would kill now.} Nxd7 {[#]} 27. Nxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 28. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White mates.} Kg7 29. Qxh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 30. Qe6+ Kg7 {[#]} 31. Qe7+ $1 Kg6 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Nxd7+ Ke6 34. Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd5 35. Rd1# {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,103,16,22,22,8,18,17,16,29,16,33,14,23,33,45,56,56,31,47,38,75,66,118,105,186,94,75,52,67,70,119,117,93,43,56,57,58,50,79,64,74,65,73,31,40,0,10,0,37,0,0,0,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,6,7,262,262,262,262,262,262,262,243,204,204,199,207,214,155,155,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Bg5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} h6 9. Bh4 g5 (9... O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. O-O Bb6 12. Re1 Bxb3 13. Nxb3 Nb8 14. d4 Nbd7 15. a4 Re8 {½-½ (67) Carlsen,M (2842)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Biel 2018}) 10. Bg3 Be6 11. O-O Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 {0-1 (34) Jameson,D (2103)-Thorfinnsson,B (2410) Reykjavik 2016}) 12. d4 Bxb3 13. axb3 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. Re1 Nh5 16. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nb4 17. Nd4 {Threatens to win with Nc6.} Ng7 ({Better is} 17... Nxg3 $14 18. hxg3 O-O-O) 18. Qd2 $16 Bc5 (18... a5 $16) 19. f3 (19. Nc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6b4]} Nxc6 20. dxc6) 19... O-O {And now ...Bxd4+ would win.} 20. Bf2 f5 21. Nc3 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Rae8 23. Ne6 Nxe6 24. dxe6 Qc6 25. Rae1 Rf5 26. h4 Nd5 27. hxg5 Rxg5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. Qc2 Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rg6 {[%cal Rg6e6]} 31. Qe3 Qg5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg5g2]} 32. Qf2 Qd5 {[%cal Rg6e6]} 33. Qe3 Qg5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg5g2]} 34. g4 h5 35. Qxg5 Rxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Kg3 hxg4 38. f4 Rd5 39. Rh1 Kf6 40. Re3 Rd2 41. Rh7 Rxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Rf8 $11) 42. Rf7+ $18 Kg6 {[#] ...Rxe6! is the strong threat.} 43. f5+ $1 Kg5 {next ...Rh8 is good for Black.} 44. e7 Rh8 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh8h3]} 45. Rg7+ Kf6 {[#]} 46. Rg6+ $1 ({And not} 46. Rh7 Re8 $11) 46... Kf7 {[#]} 47. Rh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re8 (47... Rxh6 48. e8=Q+) 48. Ree6 {Strongly threatening Rh7+.} Rxb3+ 49. Kf4 $2 ({White must play} 49. Kxg4 $16 {Threatening mate with Rh7+.} Rg8+ 50. Rhg6) 49... Rh3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh3h6] White must now prevent ...Rxh6.The position is equal.} 50. Rhf6+ Kg7 {aiming for ...Rxe7!} 51. Rg6+ Kf7 52. Rgf6+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,43,16,24,0,18,12,15,16,12,4,11,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,7,8,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Rd1 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} Rc8 {The position is equal.} 8. c3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bg5 Be7 11. cxd4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. exd6 Qxd6 {[#]} 15. Nc3 $146 O-O 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 {With the idea Nb6!} Rfd8 18. Kf1 {White wants to play Nb6!} Rb8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,31,25,31,20,24,18,24,27,9,-9,-13,-9,-15,-11]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Bf4 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Be2 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 Ne4 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 exd5 15. O-O h6 16. a4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. c4 Rb8 19. c5 {½-½ (27) Mamedyarov,S (2790)-Karjakin,S (2753) Shamkir 2019}) 11... d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Qf5 15. Qxf5 exf5 16. O-O {[#]} {Predecessor:} Ne4 $146 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rab1 Be6 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 {½-½ (20) Korobov,A (2674)-Saric,A (2594) Gjakova 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,44,16,31,16,41,22,21,25,17,22,30,20,24,18,17,10,19,11,11,10,11,11,0,0,21,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} f5 (10... Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15. Nc6 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 bxc6 17. dxc6 Re8 18. Qf3 Qb6 {1-0 (60) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Liang,A (2590) Saint Louis 2019}) 11. b4 Nc7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4+ Be6 15. Bxe6+ Nxe6 {The position is equal.} 16. Qb3 Qd7 $1 {[#]} 17. Rd1 $146 {[%mdl 2048] [#] aiming for d5. White has some pressure.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Bb2 Kh8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 {0-1 (52) Megaranto,S (2524)-Bluvshtein,M (2531) Turin 2006}) 17... Qf7 18. d5 cxd5 $1 19. Qxd5 {Hoping for Re1.} Rfd8 {Threatens to win with ...Bxh2+!} 20. Qb3 Nf8 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Kf1 Be7 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-25,-29,-31,-36,-19,-21,-16,-21,-6,-16,-16,-24,0,-16,0,-22]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. g3 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rae8 13. O-O $1 Bxe5 {C45: Scotch Game} 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with Rd1.} Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Na3 (18. Nc3 c6 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Kf8 21. Ne2 {½-½ (41) Aronian,L (2765)-Amin,B (2709) Germany 2019}) 18... c6 19. Rd1 Rb8 20. Bf3 {[#]} Rb6 $146 {Strongly threatening ...Ra6.} ({Predecessor:} 20... Kf8 21. Rd4 {½-½ (42) Iljiushenok,I (2528)-Ponkratov,P (2605) Kolomna 2018}) 21. Be2 Kf8 22. Nc2 Rb8 23. Rd4 Re4 24. Rd1 Re5 25. Rd4 Re4 26. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,0,0,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,27,58,59,65,0,64,74,104,106,114,110,149,152,240,242,242,248,246,237,216,229,221,197,316,311,299,305,345,332,337,339,321,202,208,0,294,278,379,368,401,406,397,372,645,625,570,555]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bd6 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxg3 $1 {White has an edge.} 13. hxg3 Qxd4 14. Nc3 {[#]} Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rd8 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Qxb6 axb6 {½-½ (40) Yakovich,Y (2567)-Vitiugov,N (2638) Serpukhov 2008}) 15. Qf3 f5 16. Nb5 (16. Rad1 $14) 16... Qb6 ({Better is} 16... Qf6 $1 $11) 17. Qf4 $14 {aiming for Nc7.} e5 18. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 {Threatens to win with Nc7.} Bd7 {White should prevent ...Bxb5.} 20. Nd6 Bc6 (20... Rf6 $16 {might work better.} 21. c5 (21. Nxb7 Bc6 $15) (21. Bxb7 Raf8 $16) 21... Qb4) 21. Bxc6 $18 (21. Nxf5 Rf6 $14) 21... Qxc6 {[#]} 22. Qe6+ $1 Kh8 23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe4 {[#]} 25. d3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd3 (25... Qe5 $142 26. d4 Qxd4) 26. Re1 {Intending Re8+ and mate.} ({But not} 26. Qxb7 $6 Rg8 $18) 26... h6 27. Qxb7 Rf8 28. Qxa7 f4 29. Qe7 Qf5 30. Re5 Qb1+ {[#]} 31. Re1 (31. Kg2 $142 $1 Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Re1 Qxa2 34. Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 35. Qd5+ (35. gxf4 Qxb3 36. c5 Qb8 $16) 35... Kh8 36. Qf3) 31... Qf5 {intending ...fxg3.} 32. Qe4 {Black must now prevent Qxf5.} Qh5 33. Qd5 Qg6 34. Qf3 Kh7 35. Re5 Kh8 $2 (35... Kg8 36. Qd5+ Kh7) 36. Re4 Qc6 37. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,92,16,18,0,20,15,15,0,13,0,0,0,9,11,11,12,17,0,4,-35,0,-16,18,-2,-6,-18,-10,-20,-7,0,26,0,0,0,47,50,63,33,42,29,26,17,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,90,63,63,90,77,90,82,81,89,82,82,83,80,76,315,334,764,755,733,683,2410,2036,2242,2366,4919,4847,4562,1189,2807,2296,941]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {½-½ (37) Anand,V (2774)-Svidler,P (2735) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. a3 {The position is equal.} Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. Ba2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 c6 17. Bf3 Bf6 {0-1 (65) Petrolo,M (2560)-Mueller,G (2568) ICCF email 2010}) 12... c5 13. Nh2 Ne6 14. Ng4 Rae8 15. Be3 Kh8 16. Kh2 Bd8 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Ng8 19. Bd2 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Bd5 Ref8 22. Ne3 R5f7 23. Qg4 Bxd5 24. Nexd5 Nf6 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxa6 {Black must now prevent Ne4.} d5 $1 27. h4 Qc8 28. Rfa1 Rg6 29. Qh3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] h5 is the strong threat. White fights for an advantage.} Rxf2 30. Bg5 {Threatens to win with Ra8.} h6 ({Much worse is} 30... Qxc3 31. Rxe6 Rf8 32. Ra8 $14) (30... Rxc2 $2 31. Ra8 $18) 31. Nd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1f2]} Nxg5 (31... Rxc2 $11 {remains equal.} 32. Ne3 Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Qxc8 Rxc8 34. Bxf4 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 exf4 36. Nxd5 Bxh4 37. Nxf4 Be1) 32. hxg5 $16 (32. Qxc8 {is a self mate.} Nf3+ 33. Kh3 Ng1+ 34. Kh2 Rfxg2+ 35. Kh1 Nf3 36. Qxd8+ Kh7 37. Qh8+ Kxh8 38. Ra8+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Rh8+ Kxh8 40. Ra8+ Kh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Rh8+ Kxh8 42. h5 Rh2#) 32... Qxh3+ 33. Kxh3 Rxa6 34. Rxa6 Rxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} 35. Ra8 $1 {[%mdl 512] g6 would kill now.} Kh7 36. Rxd8 Rd2 37. Rxd5 Rxd1 $16 {KR-KR} 38. Kg4 hxg5 $2 (38... Kg6 $16) 39. Kxg5 $18 ({Not} 39. Rxe5 Rxd3 40. Rxb5 Kg6 $16) 39... Rb1 $2 (39... Re1 40. Rxb5 e4) 40. Rxb5 {White is clearly winning.} Rb3 41. g4 Rxd3 42. Rxe5 Rd4 43. b5 Kg8 44. Rc5 Rd6 45. Kf5 (45. Rc6 $142 Rd5+ 46. Kg6) 45... Rf6+ 46. Ke4 Rb6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,41,27,16,25,23,23,22,16,10,12,8,4,6,6,7,14,7,11,4,9,0,0,0,11,9]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 {The position is equal.} 13. Bd3 d5 14. Bf4 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 c6 17. Qe2 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 {½-½ (30) Kovalev,V (2664)-Grischuk,A (2769) Douglas 2018}) 18. h3 Ne6 19. Bh2 Bxf3 $1 20. Qxf3 Be7 21. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,8,32,12,24,0,20,12,15,21,20,-5,11,16,28,22,32,20,24,15,11,0,16,0,10,0,0,0,6,10,22,10,12,-17,-14,-37,0,0,0,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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} e6 7. a4 Qc7 (7... b6 8. c3 Bb7 9. Na3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bb1 O-O 12. d4 Bc6 {½-½ (20) Svidler,P (2739)-Wojtaszek,R (2724) Moscow 2019}) 8. c3 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. Bc2 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. d3 O-O 12. Nd2 Bd7 {½-½ (23) Szabo,M (2298)-Hradeczky,T (2146) Zalakaros 2017}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bf1 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. d3 b5 13. axb6 $1 N7xb6 14. Nbd2 a5 15. Nc4 a4 16. Nfe5 f6 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Nc4 Bd7 19. g3 e5 20. Bg2 Rad8 21. h4 Kh8 22. Qe2 Rfe8 23. h5 h6 24. Rd1 Bf8 25. Qe4 {The position is equal.} Be6 26. Qe2 Bd7 27. Qe4 Be6 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxc4.} 28. Qe2 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "245"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,245,11,57,38,38,36,36,45,17,23,36,33,51,59,76,73,76,77,91,87,90,42,98,66,93,56,56,47,58,38,58,47,62,69,84,77,70,39,39,29,41,38,41,10,13,4,195,33,33,39,39,27,53,41,40,37,29,37,70,70,70,70,89,65,65,63,65,64,71,54,86,35,104,44,68,66,66,54,108,108,97,110,97,91,85,85,86,90,89,93,144,89,157,157,160,159,165,27,164,164,165,166,162,100,101,0,158,158,158,151,213,0,100,0,199,166,296,294,254,262,327,308,359,322,359,359,359,359,359,359,656,656,656,656,656,656,656,656,656,656,656,656,1291,1229,1772,2629,1816,1694,5196,595,529,484,3538,2613,1583,1983,12848,12848,6037,2725,2147,1566,29943,29942,29945,29947,29949,29952,29951,29954,29954,29954,29955,29955,29956,29959,29958,29960,29959,29961,29960,29963,29962,29963,29962,29964,29963,29966,29964,29966,29967,29966,29967,29967,29967,29968,29968,29967,29966,0,29966,29968,29968,29970,29971,29972,29971,29972,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29980,29978,29979,29973,29975,29975,29975,29974,29972]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 Bf8 12. Bg5 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (12. d5 {with more complications.} Na5 13. Ba2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Bg5) 12... h6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 {White is slightly better.} Bxa8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2b4][%mdl 32]} Na7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... exd4 17. Nxb5 dxc3 18. bxc3 Qe7 19. Bd5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 {½-½ (21) Damljanovic,B (2560)-Strikovic,A (2495) Cacak 1991}) 17. d5 Qd8 18. Qd3 Qb8 19. Nc2 Qb6 20. Nb4 Bb7 21. Bd1 g6 (21... Rb8 $14) 22. Be2 h5 23. Nd2 Bh6 24. Nb3 Rf8 25. Ra1 f5 26. exf5 Bc8 27. Qd1 ({And not} 27. fxg6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Bf5 $17) 27... Rxf5 28. Bf3 $1 Rf8 29. Qe2 Kg7 30. Nd2 Bb7 31. Ne4 Nc8 32. Qd3 Ne7 33. Be2 Ra8 $2 (33... Bc8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 34. Rd1 $2 (34. Rxa8 $18 Bxa8 35. Qf3) 34... Bc8 $14 35. Qxb5 Qxb5 36. Bxb5 Ra5 37. c4 Nf5 38. Nc3 Nd4 39. Nc6 Ra8 40. Nxd4 exd4 41. Rxd4 Bc1 42. Na4 Bf5 43. Rd1 Bf4 44. Nc3 Be5 45. h4 Bf6 46. g3 (46. Bc6 $16 Rb8 47. Nb5) 46... Bg4 ({Black should try} 46... Bxc3 $14 47. bxc3 Ra3) 47. Rd3 ({White should play} 47. Rc1 $16) 47... Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Re1 49. Rd2 Rc1 (49... Kh6 $14) 50. Ne4 $16 Be7 51. f3 Bf5 52. Re2 Bxe4 53. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf6 54. Ba4 Bxb2 55. Re7+ Kh6 (55... Kf8 $142 56. Rxc7 Bd4) 56. Be8 (56. Rxc7 $142 Be5 57. f4) 56... Rc2+ (56... Bf6 $142 57. Rxc7 Re1) 57. Kh3 Rc3 58. Re6 ({Don't do} 58. Rxc7 $6 Re3 $14) 58... Rxf3 59. Rxg6+ ({Resist} 59. Bxg6 $6 Rf6 $16) 59... Kh7 60. Rg5 Bf6 61. Rxh5+ Kg7 62. Bd7 (62. Kg4 $18 Rc3 63. Rf5) 62... Kg6 63. Be8+ (63. Bg4 $142 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} Rf2 64. Bd1) 63... Kg7 64. Kg2 Rc3 65. Bb5 Kg6 (65... Rc2+ $16 66. Kf3 Rc3+ 67. Kg2 Rc2+ 68. Kf3 Rc3+ 69. Kf2 Rc2+ 70. Kf3) 66. Be8+ (66. g4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 66... Kg7 67. Bb5 (67. Rf5 $16) 67... Kg6 $1 $18 68. g4 $1 Kg7 {[#]} (68... Be5 $142 69. Be8+ Kg7 70. Rg5+ Kh7) 69. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Be5 70. Rh6 Rg3+ 71. Kf2 Rg4 72. Ke3 Kg8 73. Bd7 Rxc4 74. Be6+ Kg7 75. Bf5 Rf4 $2 (75... c5 76. dxc6 Rxc6 77. Rh7+ Kg8) 76. Bd3 Rg4 77. Rh7+ Kg8 {Hoping for ...Rg3+.} 78. g6 Rg3+ 79. Ke2 Rg2+ 80. Ke1 Bc3+ 81. Kf1 Rg3 82. Ke2 Bf6 83. Bf5 Bg7 84. h5 Rg2+ 85. Kf1 (85. Kf3 $142 Rh2 86. Be6+ Kf8 87. Kg4) 85... Rh2 86. Kg1 Rh4 (86... Rd2 $142 87. h6 Bxh6 88. Be6+ Kf8 89. Rf7+ Ke8 90. Rxc7 Kf8 91. Rf7+ Ke8) 87. Kg2 Kf8 88. Be6 Rc4 89. h6 Bxh6 90. Rxh6 {Threatening mate with Rh7. KRB-KR} Kg7 91. Rh3 Kxg6 92. Bd7 Kf6 93. Re3 Rc5 94. Bc6 Kf5 95. Kf3 Ra5 96. Ke2 Kf4 97. Re7 Ra3 98. Rxc7 Ke4 99. Re7+ Kd4 100. Re6 Kc5 101. Re3 Ra1 102. Kd3 Rh1 103. Re2 Rh3+ 104. Ke4 Rh4+ 105. Kf5 Rh5+ 106. Kf6 Rh6+ 107. Kg5 Rh1 108. Rc2+ Kd4 109. Rd2+ Kc5 110. Rc2+ Kd4 111. Kf6 {White mates.} Re1 112. Rd2+ Kc3 113. Rf2 Kd4 114. Rf5 Kc5 115. Bd7 Rh1 116. Be6 Rh6+ {[#]} 117. Ke7 $1 Rh7+ 118. Rf7 Rh8 119. Rf1 Rh7+ 120. Bf7 Rg7 121. Rc1+ Kd4 122. Kxd6 Rxf7 123. Rd1+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,55,19,26,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,83,52,87,80,68,60,77,77,62,72,53,0,0,0,72,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 {B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3} 8. g4 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. g5 Qb6 11. a3 h6 12. Be3 (12. g6 $5) 12... hxg5 13. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6] [#] Hoping for fxe6.} Nxe5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...g4.} 14. fxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxe6 Qxe3 15. Nxd5 Nf3+ 16. Kf1 Nd2+ 17. Ke1 Nf3+ 18. Kf1 Nd2+ 19. Ke1 Nf3+ {½-½ (19) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Fedoseev,V (2724) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 14... fxe6 {...Bf6 is the strong threat.} 15. Nf5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qd8 $1 ({Of course not} 15... Qxb2 $6 16. Bd4 $16 (16. Na4 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qe5 $14 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack})) 16. Nxg7+ Kf7 17. Nh5 Nbc6 {aiming for ...d4.} 18. Rf1+ $1 Kg8 {White must now prevent ...d4.} 19. Rg1 $1 g4 (19... Kf7 $11 20. Rf1+ Kg8) 20. Bxg4 $16 Bh4+ 21. Ke2 d4 22. Bxe6+ $1 Kf8 23. Qf1+ Ke7 24. Rg7+ Kxe6 25. Nf4+ Kf6 26. Nh5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} Ke6 {[#]} 27. Nf4+ (27. Qh3+ $1 $16 Kd6 28. Ne4+ Kd5 29. Nf4+ Kxe4 30. Qg2+ Kf5 31. Rf1) 27... Kf6 $11 28. Nh5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check). Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,45,27,27,33,34,33,26,31,35,48,31,37,19,23,24,28,26,21,25,28,22,37,24,41,29,32,5,5,4,15,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (7... Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 11. g3 Bg5 12. Ncd5 Bxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Nf6 18. Bb3 {½-½ (57) Bacrot,E (2725)-Yu,Y (2751) Riadh 2017}) 8. Ne3 Nb6 9. O-O Bg5 {White has an edge.} 10. Ned5 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 (11. Qxc1 {keeps more tension.} Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. f4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Qd2) 11... O-O 12. f4 Nxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... exf4 13. Rxf4 Be6 14. Qh5 Ne5 15. Rcf1 Ng6 16. R4f2 Rc8 17. Ne3 Qh4 18. Qxh4 {½-½ (18) Kuncar,P (2086)-Priborsky,J (2229) Karlovy Vary 2004}) 13. dxc4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Be6 15. b3 Qg5 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rcd1 Bc8 18. Rf2 (18. Rf3 {is more complex.} a6 19. Ncd5 Qh6 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Nc7) 18... Rfe8 19. Nd3 Qxd2 {The position is equal.} 20. Rfxd2 Bg4 21. Rf1 Nd4 22. Nf4 Bd7 23. Nfe2 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,69,45,28,28,28,26,25,34,37,32,42,36,31,33,17,19,27,19,16,21,24,32,32,32,32,32,32,34,34,39,31,27,23,25,18,18,18,35,20,10,19,13,6,8,4,8,3,5,5,5,5,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4 {B28: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 a6 (O'Kelly Variation)} (6... e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. Bf3 Qd6 12. Na3 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. cxd4 Rb8 15. Rac1 b5 16. Rc7 O-O 17. Rfc1 {½-½ (59) Goganov,A (2576)-Romanov,E (2628) Yaroslavl 2018}) 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qd6 {White has an edge.} 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Qd2 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rd8 14. Rfd1 {1-0 (35) Volke,K (2467)-Thoma,R (2361) Austria 2001}) 14. Rfd1 Ba6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Qb4 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bf3 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bb5 20. a4 Bc4 $1 21. Bxc6 Rab8 22. d5 Rfd8 {[%cal Re6d5]} 23. Rad1 {Black must now prevent dxe6.} Rb6 24. dxe6 (24. g3 {feels hotter.} Kg7 25. Rd4 Be2 26. Rc1 Rxb2 27. d6) 24... Rxd2 {The position is equal.} 25. Rxd2 fxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Bf3 Bb3 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Rd7+ Kh6 29. Rb7 Rxb7 30. Bxb7 Bxa4 $11 {KB-KB} 31. f4 e5 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Kf2 Kg5 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,67,27,11,28,0,11,0,13,-4,25,18,23,16,23,0,51,50,41,43,51,52,55,47,48,24,33,24,12,15,17,21,18,17,40,39,40,40,41,41,40,40,39,40,39,37,37,41,44,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,4,0,0,118]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 ({Don't play} 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 $15) 6... Bf5 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 7. d3 (7. Be2 {keeps more tension.} d4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. d4 Nc6 (9... c4 {feels hotter.} 10. g3) 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 ({Black should play} 12... Nxe5 $11 13. Qe2 Qe7) 13. cxd4 $14 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 {[#] Strongly threatening Qb5+.} O-O $146 15. Rb1 Ba5 16. Ba3 Re8 $1 17. Rxb7 {Qf5 is the strong threat.} Qc8 18. Rb3 Qg4+ 19. Kf1 Bb6 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. h3 Qe4 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Ke2 Rc2+ 24. Ke3 Rxe5 $1 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. dxe5 Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 27. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8] [#]} Kf8 28. Rd2 Rb4 29. a3 Rb3+ {The position is equal.} 30. Kxe4 Rxa3 31. Rb2 Ra6 32. Kf5 b5 33. Rxb5 (33. f4 $11) 33... Ra2 $1 $16 34. Rb8+ {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,21,8,17,15,0,0,0,0,-6]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 {The position is equal.} h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. Be3 (9. Nbd2 g5 10. Nf1 g4 11. N3d2 h5 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nce3 h4 14. Bd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 {0-1 (55) Amin,B (2710)-Fedoseev,V (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... Bxe3 10. Rxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 {Predecessor:} Ne7 $146 12. d4 Ng6 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Ba4 Bd7 16. dxe5 {1-0 (54) Malik,J (2284)-Benes,M (2004) Ostrava 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,70,0,0,6,17,17,16,9,6,11,14,0,0,0,0,0,3,-1,23,19,31,33,13,18,12,0,22,16,58,56,59,32,33,0,0,0,0,-116,-134,-248,-184,-192,-185,-181,-175,-373,-368,-417,-436,-429,-425,-511,-500,-760,-609,-1300,-1114,-5197,-5165,-4133,-695]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 {The position is equal.} Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O a5 {[#]} 14. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Kb1 a4 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. cxd5 Nfxd5 17. Ne4 Nc4 18. a3 Nxd2+ 19. Nxd2 f6 20. Rc1 Kf7 21. Rc2 {½-½ (21) Hammer,J (2659)-Shirov,A (2639) Sweden 2019}) 14... Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qc7 17. cxd5 b5 18. Qb3 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. Kb1 a4 21. Qc2 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a3] Strongly threatening ...bxa3.} 22. axb4 (22. Qxa4 {with more complications.} bxa3 23. Qxa3 c5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Rc1) 22... Nxb4 23. Qxa4 Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2112] Double Attack. Black has good play.} 24. Bc3 (24. Ba5 $1 $11 Qb7 25. b4 Nxb4 26. Bxb4) 24... Nxf2 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Bxc6 (25. Bb4 $17) 25... Nxd1 ({Worse is} 25... Nxh1 26. Ba5 $11) 26. Rxd1 {Threatening Ba5.} O-O 27. d5 Ne5 28. h4 $2 (28. Qd4 f6 29. Qe4) 28... exd5 $19 29. Qd4 Qxc6 30. Qxe5 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Re5g7] Black is clearly winning.} Qg6+ 31. Kc1 gxh4 32. Rh1 (32. Qh5 $142) 32... Rfe8 33. Qh2 {[#]} Rec8 $1 {( -> ...Rxc3+!)} 34. Qe5 d4 35. Qxd4 {[#]} Ra8 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 73%.} (35... Rxc3+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxc3 (36. bxc3 Qb1+) 36... Qe6 37. Rxh4 Rc8) 0-1

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,111,6,8,13,4,15,15,7,10,22,0,28,29,21,0,0,0,17,11,32,6,40,36,17,0,31,31,31,24,25,19,19,19,25,23,40,20,95,61,66,66,72,52,43,53,52,54,52,23,14,9,4,0,21,20,17,8,17,22,40,36,32,10,15,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,8,8,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 7. c4 a5 8. b3 a4 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (8... Ne4 9. Bb2 Bf5 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. f4 Nd7 13. f5 gxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 e6 16. Rff1 f5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rac1 Nf6 19. Bf3 a4 {0-1 (39) Wang,H (2730)-Dubov,D (2703) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. Ba3 Re8 10. e3 Bf5 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. h3 Bd3 13. cxd5 Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... cxd5 14. bxa4 b5 15. Nb3 Bc4 16. a5 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qxa5 {½-½ (43) Maiorov,N (2523)-Lin,Y (2345) Lienz 2019}) 14. Nc4 Be4 15. bxa4 N7b6 16. Ncd2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nc4 18. Bc1 Qa5 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Qxa4 21. Rb1 Reb8 22. Qxa4 Rxa4 23. Rec1 Rxa2 {[#]} 24. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd2 (24... bxc6 25. Rxb8+) 25. Bxd5 b5 (25... e5 $11) 26. Rc7 Bf8 27. Kf1 e6 28. Ke1 Rd3 $1 29. Bb3 {aiming for Ke2.} Bb4+ 30. Ke2 Rc3 31. Ra7 {Hoping for Bxe6!} Bd6 32. Rd7 Rb6 33. e4 (33. g4 {with more complications.} g5 34. d5 e5 35. Bd1 Kg7 36. Rb3) 33... Rc7 34. Rxc7 Bxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Ra1 Rb8 36. f4 Rd8 37. d5 e5 38. Ra7 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 39. fxe5 Bxe5 40. d6 Bxd6 41. Rxf7 {[#] And now Rd7+ would win.} Kh8 42. g4 Re8 43. Bd5 Re7 44. Rf6 Be5 45. Rb6 Kg7 46. Kf3 Rc7 47. h4 h5 {Strongly threatening ...hxg4+.} 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Rxb5 Rc3+ 50. Ke2 Bg3 51. Kd2 Ra3 52. Rb7+ Kh6 53. Rb6+ Kg7 54. Bb3 Ra5 55. Ke3 Bxh4 56. Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 12. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:50]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 15. Ne4 {[%emt 0:20:35]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. c4 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. cxb5 {[%emt 0:29:56]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. Qf3 {[%emt 0:06:10]} c4 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 19. Bc2 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:57:29]} 20. Qg3 {[%emt 0:05:35]} f5 {[%emt 0:09:21]} 21. Ng5 {[%emt 0:06:27]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:14:41]} 22. dxc4 {[%emt 0:08:42]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 23. f4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} 24. Qxe1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 25. Qh4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Qf2 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:10:54]} 27. b4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 28. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 29. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 30. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 31. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 34. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Qa7+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} 36. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 37. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 38. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 39. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nxh3+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} 40. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kf2 {[%emt 0:08:27]} Nh3+ {[%emt 0:07:54]} 42. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qg2+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 43. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qf2+ {[%emt 0:06:22]} 44. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 45. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 46. Kc2 {[%emt 0:14:13]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} 47. Kc1 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 48. Bc2 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Ng1 {[%emt 0:09:39]} 49. Kb1 {[%emt 0:08:08]} Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 50. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:06:26]} 51. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 52. Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 53. Kc2 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Qc3+ {[%emt 0:07:48]} 54. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 55. Qe7 {[%emt 0:06:04]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 56. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 57. Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 58. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 59. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qd2+ {[%emt 0:00:16] Qe4 Qc3+} 60. Kb1 Rd8 61. Rd1 0-1

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,45,0,0,11,18,19,6,25,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 e5 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn} (10... Be7 11. fxe6 Bxe6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Nbd7 14. Bxe6 Nc5 15. Bf5 g6 16. O-O gxf5 17. Rxf5 Rf8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (30) Wen,Y (2596)-Li,C (2725) Hangzhou 2018}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. Nd5 {[#] Nc7+ is the strong threat.} Rb8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Qxa2 14. Ra1 Qb2 15. Nc7+ Ke7 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Nd5+ Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc3+ 19. Kd1 b5 20. Qxf7+ Kd8 21. Bd5 Rb8 22. Qxf6+ Kd7 23. Qxh8 Be7 24. f6 {1-0 (24) Bjerring,K (2365)-Sandahl,J Copenhagen 1977}) 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nd5 b6 16. Be2 h5 17. Qc3 {And now Qc7+ would win.} Ke8 18. Qc6 Bb7 19. Nxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke7 20. Nd5+ $1 Ke8 21. Nf6+ Ke7 22. Nd5+ Ke8 23. Nf6+ {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,2,22,0,17,6,12,0,37,18,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,10,14,35,12,35,14,11,0,12,12,49,39,44,52,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Bd6 6. O-O {D05: Colle System with ...e6} O-O 7. Bb2 (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. a3 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 a5 13. Nfe5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 {1-0 (41) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Hammer,J (2631) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... b6 8. Nbd2 Ba6 9. c4 Nc6 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb4 12. Bb1 dxc4 13. bxc4 {0-1 (26) Motuz,K (2336)-Coiffait,P (1930) Cannes 2014}) 12. g3 Bh6 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Ne5 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 17. Re1 Bb7 18. Ng4 a5 19. Ne3 Nb4 20. Bb1 $1 dxc4 (20... Qd6 {is more complex.} 21. c5 Qc7 22. a3 Ba6 23. Qd1 Nc6) 21. bxc4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. d5 (23. Qg4 {feels hotter.} f5 24. Qe2 Qb7 25. a3 Na6 26. d5) 23... Nxd5 $1 {The position is equal.} 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. cxd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] And now Bb2 would win. White attacks.} Rxc3 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf8 28. d6 Rc6 29. d7 Rc7 30. Red4 Ke7 {[%cal Rc7d7]} 31. Re2+ Kf8 32. Red2 Ke7 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,41,21,36,23,0,0,0,14,-8,-7,-8,-21,-21,-10,-8,0,0,-8,-23]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Nbd2 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 12. e4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bb7 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} 14. e5 (14. Bg5 b5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ncd2 Rc8 17. e5 Nd7 18. a4 {½-½ (15) Swiercz,D (2649)-Cori Tello,J (2660) Columbus 2017}) 14... Nd5 {The position is equal.} 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Qe4 b5 17. Na5 Ba8 $1 18. Qg4 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Re8 19. Nb3 c5 20. Ba5 {1-0 (25) Butnorius,A (2440)-Linauskas,D (2320) Radviliskis 1995}) 19. Nb3 h5 20. Qe4 c5 21. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,110,30,23,53,41,41,41,53,47,48,38,47,40,54,35,56,19,48,48,85,50,95,66,62,56,61,65,63,40,87,119,133,129,127,129,145,83,100,91,159,149,143,142,154,136,161,69,109,76,83,87,79,114,240,266,216,77,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 {D51: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Nbd7 sidelines} 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Qc2 Nxg3 {White is slightly better.} 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rd8 15. Ne4 {½-½ (31) Lenic,L (2650)-Haba,P (2444) Austria 2018}) 13... cxd5 14. g4 Rd8 15. Bd3 a6 16. Ne2 b5 17. Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Re8 18. Rc1 Nf6 19. Ne5 Bd7 20. Qa5 Qd8 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Ng3 $1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Re7 24. f4 (24. Qc3 $142) 24... Be8 $16 25. Qc2 Qa5 (25... Ra7 $142) 26. fxg5 $1 hxg5 27. Nh5 Nxh5 28. gxh5 Qb6 {[#]} 29. Qf2 ({Better is} 29. h6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh6g7][%mdl 512]} Bxh6 30. Qf2) 29... f5 30. Rc8 {Nc6 is the strong threat.} Bxe5 31. dxe5 {And now Qg3! would win.} Qb7 32. Qc2 d4 (32... g4 $16 {was called for.}) 33. exd4 $18 Kg7 34. Rd8 ({Much less strong is} 34. Bxf5 $6 exf5 35. Qxf5 Qd7 $16) (34. Qc5 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 34... Bxh5 $16 35. d5 {Black must now prevent d6.} Qb6 {The position is equal.} 36. Rd6 Qg1+ 37. Qc1 Qxc1+ 38. Kxc1 exd5 39. Bxf5 Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. g4 a5 41. Kd2 Bf7 42. b3 a4 43. Ra6 Be8 44. Bc2 axb3 45. axb3 Kf8 46. Kc3 Re3+ 47. Kd4 Rg3 48. Bf5 Rxb3 49. Kxd5 Re3 50. Rb6 Re1 51. Rb8 Ke7 52. Rb7+ Kd8 53. Kd6 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Rd1+ 54. Kc5 Rc1+ 55. Kd6 {Threatening mate with Rb8+.} Rd1+ {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,36,21,21,22,34,43,45,27,37,28,34,39,35,33,31,27,41,42,33,8,11,-2,-2,-4,-8,-11,4,10,5]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} e5 (6... a6 7. Bf1 Ng4 8. e5 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nxe5 10. Qh5 Ng6 11. Nd5 Qd6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Bd2 e6 14. Ba5 b6 15. Bxb6 {1-0 (28) Harikrishna,P (2730)-Duda,J (2731) Prague 2019}) 7. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bc4 Be7 8. d3 O-O {1-0 (37) Rohit,G (2457)-Hirth,U (2163) Groningen 2008}) 7... Be7 8. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Bc4 d6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 ({Reject} 13. gxf3 Bg5 $15) 13... Bg5 14. Ne3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Nf5 g6 {Hoping for ...Bxc4.} 17. Qg4 Bxf5 18. Qxg5 Be6 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,215,21,21,17,17,18,26,18,35,27,37,32,48,51,78,72,66,64,56,58,54,49,54,36,83,73,78,66,54,67,80,80,79,79,79,75,79,86,81,82,79,81,87,84,98,91,92,87,87,87,89,90,81,86,91,90,90,75,90,90,90,90,110,0,90,90,83,83,82,77,108,90,91,91,91,91,102,88,90,90,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,0,90,86,86,86,95,86,91,91,91,90,105,102,105,105,105,96,98,98,102,86,86,86,91,86,91,91,98,86,86,86,91,91,97,97,97,91,112,100,86,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,86,0,0,0,12,1,1,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} c5 12. Nf1 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. a4 {White has an edge.} (14. Bc2 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Nxd4 g6 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bg5 Bg7 {½-½ (37) Karjakin,S (2760)-Kovalev,V (2664) Batumi 2018}) 14... Rb8 15. Bc2 g6 16. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. axb5 axb5 17. Be3 h6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. d5 Bg7 {½-½ (39) Hanzluvka,P (2128)-Tropp,F (2225) Tatranske Zruby 2000}) 16... h6 17. Be3 Bg7 18. Qc1 Kh7 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. axb5 axb5 21. b4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nb6 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bc5 Bf8 25. Bb3 Bxc5 26. bxc5 Na4 27. Bxa4 bxa4 28. Rxa4 Be6 29. Ra3 Rec8 30. Rc3 Rb5 {[%cal Rb5c5]} 31. c6 Rb6 32. Qa1 Ng8 33. Ra3 {[#] Black must now prevent Ra7.} Rxc6 34. Nxe5 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kh2 Rc2 38. f3 Kg7 39. Nd3 Bc4 40. Nb4 Rb2 {[#]} 41. Nc6 $1 Rc2 42. Ne5 Be6 $1 43. Ra7 Nf6 44. h4 Rd2 45. Kg1 Nd7 46. Nf1 Rd1 47. Nxd7 Bxd7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 48. Kf2 Be6 49. Ra5 h5 50. Ne3 Rd2+ 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Rc5 Re2 53. Kf4 Rd2 54. Rc2 Rd3 55. Rc6 Kg7 56. Rb6 Rd2 57. Rb1 Re2 58. Rc1 Rd2 59. Rc3 Kf6 60. Rc2 Rd3 $1 61. Nf1 Rd1 62. Ng3 Bb3 63. Rc6+ (63. e5+ {looks sharper.} Kg7 64. Rc7 Rd2 65. Ne4 Rxg2 66. Nc5) 63... Kg7 64. Ne2 Be6 65. Ke3 Ra1 66. Nd4 Ra3+ 67. Kf4 Ba2 68. Rc7 Ra4 69. Nb5 Be6 70. Nd6 Ra2 71. g3 Ra3 72. Rb7 Ra8 73. Nb5 Bc4 74. Nd4 Ra4 75. Rc7 Ba2 76. Nb5 Be6 77. Ra7 Rc4 78. Nd6 Rc6 79. e5 Rc3 80. Ne8+ Kh6 {Black wants to play ...Bd5.} 81. Nf6 Rc4+ 82. Ke3 Rc3+ 83. Ke2 Rc2+ 84. Kd3 Rc5 85. g4 (85. f4 $16) 85... hxg4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 86. fxg4 Rc8 87. g5+ Kg7 88. Kd2 Rd8+ 89. Ke3 Rh8 90. Ra4 Rb8 91. Kf4 Rh8 92. Kg3 Rb8 93. Rd4 Kf8 94. Ne4 Rb3+ 95. Kf2 Ke7 96. Ra4 Rb7 97. Nd6 Rb3 98. Ra7+ Kf8 99. Ra8+ Ke7 $1 100. Ra7+ Kf8 101. Ne4 Rb2+ 102. Ke3 {And now Ra8+ would win.} Rb3+ 103. Kd2 {Hoping for Ra8+.} Rb2+ 104. Kc3 Rb3+ 105. Kc2 {Strongly threatening Ra8+.} Re3 106. Ra8+ Ke7 $1 107. Ra7+ Kf8 108. Ra8+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,51,8,16,0,2,1,12,12,14,14,9,7,7,7,7,7,9,10,6,6,6,6,6,6,8,6,6,8,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 11. Nd5 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} Nd7 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxd6 Bxb3 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. axb3 Nxe4 18. Rfe1 {[#]} Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Nd6) 19. Nxg5 fxg5 20. Rxe5 Rxc2 21. Rxg5+ $11 {KRR-KRR} Kh8 22. Rf5 Rxb2 23. Rf3 Kg7 24. g4 Rd8 25. Ra5 h6 26. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,86,13,24,28,38,25,28,27,22,15,49,49,43,35,45,30,50,39,50,46,53,33,32,37,42,37,42,43,53,45,243,240,210,208,327,327,368,347,363,134,167,164,166,150,157,162,170,117,117,110,110,108,143,37,45,35,23,21,103,0,0,-12,59,53,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 {B82: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 f4} bxc6 9. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e5 Nd5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 d5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qe1 Bc5 14. c4 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 O-O {1-0 (33) Sean,W (2406)-Bokros,A (2486) Dunajska Streda 2017}) 9... e5 10. O-O {White has an edge.} Be7 11. h3 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Qe1 Bh4 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Be6 17. Be2 Be7 18. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} Qc7 19. Qc3 a5 20. Bg3 Rad8 21. Nc5 Bf6 $2 (21... Bc8 $14) 22. Rxf6 $1 $18 gxf6 23. Nd3 Bc8 (23... Kg7 $142 24. Nxe5 dxe5) 24. Bh4 Ng6 25. Bxf6 Rde8 {[#]} 26. Bg7 $2 (26. Nf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4h5][%mdl 512] is the precise move to win. And now Nh5 would win.} Rxe4 (26... Nxf4 27. Qe3) 27. Nh5) 26... d5 27. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc3g7]} f5 28. Bxf8 Nxf8 29. e5 Ne6 30. Rf1 ({White should play} 30. Qd2 $18) 30... Ng5 $16 31. Bf3 Ne4 32. Qe1 Qg7 {White should prevent ...Ng3+.} 33. Bxe4 ({Much less strong is} 33. Qxa5 Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Nxf1 $16) (33. Rg1 $16) 33... fxe4 $14 34. Nf4 {Threatens to win with Nh5.} Qxe5 35. Qxa5 e3 (35... Rf8 $11) 36. Qe1 ({White should try} 36. Ne2 $16) 36... Ba6 $11 37. Qg3+ Kh8 (37... Qg7 $11 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7) 38. Qh4 $1 $14 {Threatening mate with Ng6+.} Rg8 39. c4 ({Better is} 39. Re1 $14) 39... dxc4 $11 {The position is equal.} 40. bxc4 Bxc4 {[#]} 41. Ng6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg6 42. Qxc4 Qd5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rd5g2]} 43. Qc3+ Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,38,29,32,40,41,38,39,24,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,46,59,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 ({Predecessor:} 3. Bb5 Nf6 {½-½ (21) Short,N (2678)-McShane,L (2640) London 2017}) 3... Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} 7. Nf3 ({Stronger than} 7. Bxf7+ Kf8 $17) 7... d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 {White is slightly better.} 9. d3 (9. Bxb7 $2 Rb8 $19) 9... O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. exd5 {[#] And now c3 would win.} Re8 $1 13. O-O $146 (13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 {½-½ (23) Wei,Y (2736)-Ding,L (2805) Abidjan 2019}) 13... Bxf3 $1 14. gxf3 {Re1 is the strong threat.} Qh4 15. f4 {aiming for Bxd4.} Bd6 $1 {Hoping for ...Qh3.} 16. Kg2 (16. Kh1 $14) 16... Nxc2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 17. Qxc2 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 19. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Qd1.} Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,157,18,17,3,20,17,18,3,0,7,0,14,2,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,4,6,15,5,6,10,14,-18,0,0,0,-6,0,-4,0,0,11,10,19,15,12,10,43,42,45,39,34,33,47,20,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,226,161,139,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,85,85,85,85,85,9,9,10,10,10,10,0,10,8,17,17,17,10,15,8,226,0,0,0,213,10,193,166,151,10,17,17,17,17,17,17,31,31,257,257,228,195,195,194,194,193,388,381,381,381,381,381,329,314,307,31,29976,29977,29977,29978,29995,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. c3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Re1 Nd7 11. a4 Nc5 12. Bd5 Bd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. b4 Ne6 15. c3 Bf6 16. Na3 {1-0 (38) Bartel,M (2623)-Sargissian,G (2679) Baku 2015}) 10... Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. d4 Nd7 13. b3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Nc3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bb7 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Ne2 Re8 21. Ng3 g6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Bb1 Qe5 24. Qd2 Nf6 25. f4 Qe7 26. Rce1 Nd7 27. Nh1 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 28. e5 f5 29. exf6 Qc5+ 30. Nf2 Nxf6 31. b4 Qb6 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 (32... Nxe8 $6 33. f5 $16) 33. Rc1 d4 34. f5 Re3 35. fxg6 Qd6 $2 (35... hxg6 $11 36. Bd3 Qd6) 36. gxh7+ Kh8 37. Ng4 (37. Bd3 $1 $16) 37... Nxg4 $1 $11 ({Avoid the trap} 37... Rg3 $2 38. Nxf6 Qe5 39. Be4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 38. hxg4 {Strongly threatening Qf2.} Rh3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} ({Wrong is} 38... Rg3 $2 39. Qe2 $18) 39. Qf2 Rh1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 40. Kxh1 {Kg1 would kill now.} Qh6+ 41. Kg1 Qxc1+ 42. Kh2 {[%cal Rf2d4]} Qxb1 43. Qxd4+ Kxh7 44. Qd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 (44... Kh6 $11 45. Qxb7 Qxa2) 45. Qd8+ $1 $16 Kf7 46. Qc7+ $1 Kg6 {...Qe4! is the strong threat.} 47. Qxb7 (47. Qb6+ $1 $16 Kg5 48. Qxb7) 47... Qxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 48. Qe4+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kg6 50. Qe4+ Kg7 51. Kg3 Qb2 52. Qb7+ Kg8 53. Qe7 Qd2 54. g5 Qc3+ $2 (54... a5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 55. Kh2 $2 ({White must play} 55. Kg4 $1 $18) 55... Qh8+ $11 56. Kg3 $2 (56. Kg1 $11 Qd4+ 57. Kf1) 56... Qc3+ $18 57. Kf4 $2 (57. Kg4 $1 $18) 57... Qc1+ $2 (57... Qd2+ $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 58. Ke5 a5 59. Qe6+ Kg7 60. Qf6+ Kg8) 58. Qe3 Qc7+ 59. Kg4 ({Only move:} 59. Qe5 $16 Qf7+ 60. Qf5 Qc7+ 61. Kg4) 59... Qd7+ 60. Kh4 Qh7+ 61. Kg3 Qc7+ 62. Qf4 Qc3+ 63. Kg4 {Hoping for g6.} Qc2 $2 (63... Qc6 $14) 64. Qb8+ Kf7 65. Qb7+ Kg8 66. Kh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6]} ({Weaker is} 66. Qxa6 Qxg2+ 67. Kf5 Qf3+ 68. Ke5 Qc3+ 69. Ke6 Qxb4 $11) 66... Qd1+ 67. g4 {Intending g6 and mate.} Qd6 $2 (67... Qd3) 68. Qc8+ Kg7 {[%cal Rd6h2]} 69. Qc3+ Kh7 {( -> ...Qh2+)} 70. Qc2+ Kg7 {[#]} 71. Qb2+ $1 Kh7 {[#]} 72. Qf2 $2 (72. Qb1+ $1 $18 Kg7 73. Qc2) 72... Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72... Qg6+ $14 73. Kh4 Qe8) 73. g6 {White mates.} Qe5+ 74. g5 Qh8+ 75. Kg4 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf2f7]} Qg7 76. Qf7+ Qxf7 77. gxf7+ Kxf7 78. Kf5 Kg7 79. g6 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:06:04]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:06:07]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:23]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:44]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} a6 {[%emt 0:10:00]} 12. Rac1 {[%emt 0:06:47]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:16:20]} 13. f3 {[%emt 0:13:20]} e6 {[%emt 0:16:33]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:15:27]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:09:01]} 15. Nb3 {[%emt 0:13:32]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 17. Kh1 {[%emt 0:04:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 18. cxd5 {[%emt 0:05:55]} exd5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:21:36]} Neg4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 20. e5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:12:06]} 21. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 22. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 23. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:02:18]} d4 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 24. Nde4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} f5 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 25. Ng3 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 26. Nce2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. h3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nxf1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 29. Nxf1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 30. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 31. Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. g3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qxh3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 34. e6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 35. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 36. b4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 37. e7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 38. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qh1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 0-1

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,17,12,3,2,16,28,28,25,28,29,11,18,11,17,10,16,16,18,12,12,12,10,0,24,14,8,10,12,-4,25,15,10,0,-9,-25,7,0,8,2,8,3,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,6,6,14,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Qxd5 {And now ...Bxf2+! would win.} 7. Bc4 Qd8 8. O-O {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 a4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {½-½ (59) Grischuk,A (2751)-Eljanov,P (2757) Novi Sad 2016}) 11... h6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bb5 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Rf8 17. Bc4 Qe7 18. g4 Bg6 19. h4 Nd8 20. h5 Bh7 21. Nh2 Ne6 22. Nf1 Qf6 23. Ng3 {The position is equal.} Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Rad1 Bc5 26. Rd3 Rad8 {[#] aiming for ...Rxd3.} 27. Red1 Rd6 28. Kg2 Rfd8 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31. Bb3 Kh8 32. Qb5 b6 33. Bd5 {Black should prevent b4.} Bc5 34. Qe2 g6 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 $11 {KBB-KBN} Kg7 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. f3 Ke7 39. Bc4 Bg1 40. Nf1 gxh5 41. gxh5 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,111,13,24,25,58,52,63,58,50,32,73,84,74,65,90,81,82,71,89,81,87,107,101,91,89,93,86,76,79,0,90,72,75,35,50,16,8,0,20,11,1,0,0,6,0,0,0,5,8,8,8,2,9,0,51,41,45,35,35,63,52,58,95,90,95,102,142,115,123,67,68,47,58,42,477,481,475,400,480,475,560,558,535,561,530,545,655,677,677,560,729,662,4779,4779,29977,29978,29963,11942]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. b3 h6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Bh7 9. e4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Bb4 (9... Bc5 10. e5 Ng8 11. d4 Bb6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Ba3 O-O 14. Bd6 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bc7 16. Qb3 Rb8 {1-0 (40) Kuzubov,Y (2690)-Parligras,M (2613) Baile Govora 2017}) 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qe2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. e5 Ng8 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. b4 Bc7 14. c4 Nb6 15. c5 Na4 16. Bd4 {½-½ (33) Sangma,R (2327)-Praveen,P (2248) Tirupati 2012}) 11... O-O 12. b4 Bc7 13. e5 Ne8 14. c4 g5 15. Nb3 Ng7 16. h3 Qe7 17. Bc3 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Bg6 19. Rad1 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Bd4 Bb6 22. Bc3 (22. Bb2 $16) 22... Rc8 (22... Bc7 $1 $11) 23. Qb2 Rfd8 24. a4 (24. Qc1 {looks sharper.} c5 25. h4 h5 26. Nxg5 hxg4 27. Qf4) 24... c5 25. cxd5 (25. Qa3 {with more complications.} dxc4 26. dxc4 Bc2 27. Ra1 Bxb3 28. Qxb3 cxb4 29. Bxb4 Nc5 30. Qb1) 25... exd5 26. bxc5 Bxc5 (26... Nxc5 {seems wilder.} 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 28. e6 Nxe6 29. Bf6 Qc7) 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. e6 Nxa4 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. exf7+ Bxf7 31. Bxb4 Ne6 32. h4 Nf4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 33. Bf1 Be6 34. Ra1 b5 (34... Nc5 $11) 35. hxg5 $14 Bxg4 36. Ne5 Bf5 37. gxh6 Kh7 38. Bd2 Rg8+ 39. Kh1 Ne6 40. Nd7 Rgd8 {[#]} 41. Re5 $1 {Nf6+ is the strong threat.} Rc2 42. Ba5 ({But not} 42. Nf6+ $6 Kg6 $11) (42. Rxf5 $16 {Hoping for Rf7+.} Rxd7 43. Bb4) 42... Rxd7 43. Rxf5 {aiming for Bh3.} Nd4 44. Bh3 {Threatens to win with Rf4.} Kxh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Nc5 $14) 45. Rf4 $1 $18 {[%csl LRd4,LRd7] And now Rg1 would win.} Ne2 46. Rfxa4 ({And not} 46. Bxd7 Nxf4 47. Bxb5 Nc5 $15) 46... bxa4 47. Bxd7 Nf4 48. Kg1 Kg6 49. Bxa4 Rb2 50. Ra3 Kh5 51. Be8+ Kh6 52. Bd7 Rc2 53. Kh2 Rxf2+ 54. Kg3 Rf1 55. Bd2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kg5 56. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,20,47,35,38,39,49,51,49,31,35,20,19,0,0,-44,-53,-41,-24,-62,-50,-114,-100,-141,-118,-132,-124,-128,-152,-164,-180,-186,-176,-136,-137,-164,-145,-147,-147,-147,-147,-145,-131,-159,-118,-120,-81,-131,-101,-109,-115,-91,0,0,0,0,0,-113,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 e5 4. Ng3 (4. Nd5 Be7 5. Nec3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 O-O 8. d3 Be6 9. O-O Nd7 10. c3 Nb6 11. Nxb6 Qxb6 {½-½ (25) Wen,Y (2607)-Zhou,J (2632) Danzhou 2016}) 4... Be6 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. d3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Be7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Nce2 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. fxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (51) Kritz,L (2281)-Froehlich,P (2375) Budapest 2000}) 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8. a4 {White is slightly better.} g6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Ne5 11. Bxe6 (11. Ba2 {looks sharper.} Bg7 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. h3) 11... fxe6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. a5 Nfd7 15. Bxe5 (15. Qb4 $15) 15... Nxe5 $17 16. Qa4+ Ke7 $1 17. Nge2 Bh6 18. O-O Raf8 19. Kh1 Qc4 20. Qa3 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rd8 22. h3 Bg7 23. Rd1 {[#]} Nc6 $1 24. Nf4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxe4 26. Nd3 Qf5 27. c4 Rd7 ({Much weaker is} 27... Nxa5 $6 28. Qb4 $11) 28. Qa1 e5 29. c5 d5 30. Rf1 Qg5 ({Better is} 30... Qe6 $17 {And now ...Ke8 would win.} 31. Nf4 Qg8) 31. Qe1 $11 {Hoping for h4.} Kd8 32. Rf8+ Ke7 $1 {[%cal Re7f8]} 33. h4 {[#]} (33. Rf1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Ke8 34. Nb4) 33... Qh6 (33... Qg4 $1 $17 34. Qf2 Qe6) 34. Rc8 e4 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,54,24,26,14,14,13,18,20,17,18,15,20,19,16,18,20,21,16,15,16,20,20,20,20,16,15,26,27,21,13,11,8,12,12,12,8,14,0,0,0,11,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 {[%cal Re4d5] D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Be6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 Bd5 {1-0 (51) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-So,W (2778) Paris 2018}) 14... Rhd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. a3 Ba5 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bc5+ Kd7 19. Nc3 Kc7 20. Nxd5+ {½-½ (20) Kirkov,T (2250)-Ziegler,P (2238) ICCF email 2014}) 18... Bxc3 19. Bc5+ Ke6 20. Rxc3 Kd7 21. Re1 {The position is equal.} Re8 {[%cal Re8e1] [#]} 22. Rce3 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 a5 24. Re7+ Kd8 25. Rb7 Kc8 26. Re7 Kd8 27. Rb7 Kc8 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Karpov Poikovsky 2019"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,74,16,12,8,0,16,15,31,22,24,0,2,0,28,25,27,29,49,47,48,41,46,46,48,41,43,32,67,52,57,56,52,52,68,48,60,42,56,47,54,56,91,87,224,106,96,84,181,184,247,234,320,318,388,387,381,344,331,331,372]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3 a5 9. Bb2 a4 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. h3 Bc8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Nhf3 Bh6 13. e3 Qa5 14. Rc1 Nbd7 15. Ne5 axb3 16. axb3 Qb6 17. g4 {½-½ (44) Bacrot,E (2721)-Morozevich,A (2719) Poikovsky 2014}) 12. e3 b5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nhf3 Nbd7 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Bb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bb7 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Rfc1 axb3 19. axb3 e6 20. Bf1 Bc6 21. Qd1 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. b4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ne8 25. Nb3 Nd6 26. Nc5 Nc4 27. Ra6 Qc7 28. Qa1 Ndb6 29. h4 Na4 {[#]} (29... Ra8 $16) 30. h5 (30. Bxc4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} dxc4 31. Ne5) 30... gxh5 $16 31. Bd3 h4 (31... h6 $16) 32. Nxh4 $18 (32. gxh4 $6 h6 $16) 32... Nxc5 (32... Qc8 $142 33. Ng2 h6) 33. dxc5 ({Resist} 33. bxc5 $6 Qb7 $16) 33... d4 34. Qxd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Qg4+.} Rd8 35. Rxc6 {Qg4+ would kill now.} Rxd4 36. Rxc7 Rxd3 37. Nf3 Kf8 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

