[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Bykov, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,55,-9,-9,-5,1,19,-5,0,-15,-12,-16,-9,-21,-20,-11,-8,-17,-6,-8,-4,-37,-8,-16,63,51,53,56,70,71,138,75,162,160,187,147,145,150,155,129,292,287,381,398]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Be7 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 9. O-O Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. Bf5 h6 16. Ne5 Qd8 17. e4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. exd5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 cxd5 {½-½ (50) Vidit,S (2644)-Jakovenko,D (2737) Doha 2015}) 10. Qe2 O-O {The position is equal.} 11. Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Nf8 15. Rac1 Ng6 16. Rfd1 {½-½ (73) Khurtsidze,N (2448)-Nikoladze,S (2214) Tbilisi 2010}) 11... Bxa6 12. Qxa6 Re8 13. Qa4 b5 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. b3 Rc8 16. Bb2 Ne4 17. Rad1 Re6 18. h3 Ng5 (18... Nxc3 $11 19. Bxc3 Nf6) 19. Nxg5 $14 Qxg5 {[#]} 20. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg5g2]} (20... cxb5 21. Qxc8+) 21. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g5]} Qg3 {[#]} (21... Qd8 $142 22. Rc1 (22. Nxa7 Rc7 $14) 22... Bb8) 22. Kh1 (22. Nxa7 $2 Rc7 $17) ({White should try} 22. Rd3 $1) 22... Bf8 (22... Bb8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 23. Nxa7 $18 Ra8 24. Rf3 Qh4 25. Nxc6 Rxa2 26. Ne5 Nxe5 $2 (26... Rd6 $16 27. b4 Nb6) 27. dxe5 Rg3 {Hoping for ...Rxf3.} 28. Qf2 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,15,7,16,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,37,61,0,0,0,0,-1,26,30,25,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,32,26,25,27,36,31,171,191,257,248,248,221,261,249,249,220,213,164,164,179,162,152,158,129,343,339,441,444,418,400,464,455,592,589]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} e6 {LiveBook: 107 Games} 7. Nf4 (7. Ng3 c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 cxd4 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 h6 13. Re1 {1-0 (71) Short,N (2675)-Caruana,F (2827) Caleta 2017}) 7... c5 $1 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} cxd4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nh5 Bd7 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 O-O-O 12. Re1 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 {0-1 (43) Antal,G (2541)-Pechac,J (2431) Slovakia 2017}) 11... Nc5 12. Bf1 Ne4 13. Bd3 Nc5 {[%cal Be4c5,Bc5a4,Ba4c3,Bc3d1][%mdl 32]} 14. a3 h6 15. b4 Na4 16. c4 Nc3 17. c5 (17. Qc2 $14) 17... Nxd1 $11 18. cxb6 Nc3 19. bxa7 $1 Na4 20. Ra2 Rxa7 21. Rc2 Kd8 22. h4 Rg8 23. Bh7 Rh8 24. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rg8 25. g4 Be7 26. Kg2 f6 27. Nf4 {Threatening Nxe6+!} fxe5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Bf6 (29... Nc3 $14) 30. Nxe6+ $18 Ke7 (30... Bxe6 {keeps fighting.} 31. Rxe6 Nc3) 31. Re1 Bxe6 32. Rce2 Kf7 33. Rxe6 {[#] aiming for g5.} g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rd6 {Strongly threatening Rd7+.} Rd8 {[#]} 36. Rxd8 $1 Bxd8 37. Rh1 Nc3 38. Rh7+ Kg8 $2 (38... Ke6 $16 39. Rh6+ Kf7 40. Rh7+ Ke6 41. Rh6+ Kf7 42. Rh7+) 39. Rd7 Bf6 40. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Ra8 41. Rxb7 Rc8 42. b6 Na4 43. Bd2 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Tsoi, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,84,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,8,6,11,20,34,36,34,-44,0,-38,-45,-53,-52,-124,-117,-120,-115,-168,-44,-33,-35,-186,-180,-252,-257,-250,-260,-248,-255,-251,-246,-269,-235,-241,-256,-253,-202,-382,-385,-452,-446,-610,-607,-661,-660,-746,-745,-704,-677,-779,-799,-790,-744]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5} 11. Kf2 Nfd7 12. Rb1 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 13. Qb3 (13. Rb5 Qxa3 14. Ne2 a6 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Ra1 Ne5 17. Rxa5 Rxd1 18. Ng3 {½-½ (50) Mamedyarov,S (2743)-Lupulescu,C (2625) Tromsoe 2014}) 13... Qc7 14. Rd1 Rf8 15. Qb5 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Ne2 Rxa3 18. Qb2 $146 Qa7 19. Rd2 Qa5 20. c4 (20. Nc1 $14) 20... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32] ...Rxe3! is the strong threat.} 21. Qb5 (21. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Nce5 22. Nb5 $11) 21... Nde5 22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. Bxb6 (23. Rc2 $15) 23... Naxc4 $17 24. Bc5 Ra5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} ({Don't play} 24... Nxd2 $6 25. Bxa3 Rd8 26. Nf4 $11) 25. Bb4 {[#]} (25. Bxf8 $17 Nxd2 26. Bb4 Nxe4+ 27. fxe4 (27. Ke3 Ra4 $17) 27... Nd3+ 28. Ke3 Nxb4 29. Ng3) 25... Ra4 ({And not} 25... Nxd2 26. Bxa5 Nd3+ 27. Kg3 $11) (25... Rb5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5b4]} 26. Bxf8 Nxd2) 26. Bxf8 $15 {Threatens to win with Rd8.} Nxd2 27. Bd6 $2 {[#]} (27. Nc3 $1 $15 Ra1 28. Bd6 Nd3+ 29. Ke2) 27... Ng4+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Ke1 {[#]} (28. fxg4 {was called for.} Nxe4+ 29. Kg1 Nxd6 30. h3) 28... Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Ra1+)} 29. Bf4 (29. fxe4 Ra1+) 29... Nef2 30. Rg1 Nd3+ 31. Kd2 Nxf4 32. fxg4 Nd5 33. h3 Ra2+ 34. Ke1 Ne3 35. Nf4 $2 (35. Kf2 Nxf1 36. Rxf1) 35... e5 36. Nh5 Bb7 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Be2 Nxg2+ 38. Kf2 g6 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Ne8+ Kf8 41. Nd6 Nf4 42. Nxb7 Nxh3+ {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Arjun Kalyan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,107,16,25,22,27,44,36,14,23,14,10,-6,-1,0,0,3,5,14,14,16,9,-6,21,15,18,21,25,15,13,12,25,27,18,15,38,21,39,35,33,15,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,-1,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,96,96,84,89,90,64,58,8,8,8,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 c6 6. O-O {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} e6 9. d3 Be7 10. e4 d4 11. Ne2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. Bg2 O-O {1-0 (55) Grischuk,A (2785)-Bjelobrk,I (2341) Tromsoe 2013}) 13. Bg2 O-O 14. f4 Nc6 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bd2 f6 20. exf6 $1 Bxf6 21. Kg2 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Be7 23. a3 b5 24. f5 Bd6 25. Bf4 Bb4 26. axb4 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Rxe2+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Kf3 Re8 29. Bd6 Kf7 30. Rc1 Ne5+ ({Better is} 30... Re3+ $11 31. Kg2 Kf6) 31. Bxe5 $1 $14 Rxe5 {KR-KR} 32. Kf4 Kf6 33. g4 {[#] White wants to mate with g5+.} g5+ 34. fxg6 $1 hxg6 35. h4 Re2 36. Rc5 Rf2+ 37. Kg3 Rxb2 38. Rxd5 Rxb4 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rxg6 Rb3 41. Kf4 {[#] Black must now prevent Rg7+.} Rxd3 {The position is equal.} 42. Rb6 Rh3 43. h5 d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d2] And now ...d2 would win.} 44. Rxb7+ Kd6 {Strongly threatening ...d2.} 45. Rxb5 d2 46. Rb1 {aiming for Rd1.} Rd3 47. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Ke4.} Rd4+ 48. Kf5 (48. Ke3 $5 {[%cal Re3d4]} Rxg4 49. Rxd2+ Ke6 50. Rh2 $11) 48... Ke7 $1 49. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Kf7 50. Ke5 Rg4 51. g6+ Kg7 52. Kf5 Rd4 53. Ke6 (53. h6+ $5 Kxh6 54. Kf6 Rf4+ 55. Ke5 $11) 53... Rh4 54. Rxd2 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vinogradov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,89,41,36,61,25,32,37,40,37,41,18,30,33,29,7,13,8,0,0,15,23,24,9,22,7,33,6,39,41,44,31,44,37,35,45,70,69,83,72,85,80,119,97,151,152,150,169,196,189,199,131,260,260,625,150,213,206,208,211,454,192,698,698,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bf4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} Rc8 13. Rab1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} N6d7 {[#]} 14. Na4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14. b4 Nb6 15. a4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Na4 a6 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 {1-0 (72) Kovalyov,A (2617)-Savanovic,A (2440) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Bg3 Qf6 19. Bb5 Red8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Bf5 22. Rbc1 Qb6 23. Be2 h6 24. Rfd1 Re8 25. Bf3 Be6 26. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32]} Ne7 27. Rc5 Nf5 28. Be5 Nh4 29. Bh5 Nf5 30. Rdc1 Rxc5 31. bxc5 Qc6 32. Rc3 b6 33. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nh4 (33... Ne7 $142) 34. g5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5h6]} g6 35. gxh6 Kh7 ({Not} 35... gxh5 $2 36. Qg5+ Ng6 37. Qf6 $18) 36. Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} Nf5 37. Bg4 (37. Qf6 $18 Qc8 38. Bf3) 37... Rg8 {[#]} (37... Bd7 $16 38. Rc1 bxc5) 38. Qf6 $1 $18 Nxh6 $2 (38... Qc8 39. Bxf5 gxf5+ 40. Rg3 Rxg3+ 41. fxg3 Qg8) 39. Bf4 $2 (39. Ra3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 39... g5 {[#]} (39... Qe8 $16) 40. Be5 $1 ({Don't do} 40. Bxg5 $6 Rg6 $16) 40... Qc8 41. Bh5 {c6 is the strong threat.} bxc5 $2 (41... Qd8 {keeps fighting.} 42. Qxd8 Rxd8) 42. dxc5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} (42. Rxc5 $142 Qf8 43. Rc6) 42... Qb7 $2 (42... Qd8 43. Qxd8 Rxd8) 43. Rb3 Qa6 44. Rb8 Bc8 {[#]} 45. Bg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 59%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Tomilova, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,85,19,8,22,9,9,27,27,-25,12,9,23,33,52,5,14,16,24,21,37,44,81,81,66,62,75,81,82,45,137,133,152,141,152,133,195,185,224,222,258,266,279,158,427,381,629,607,1122,530,525,527,517,513,512,500,477,450,616,587,595,522,598,540,837,767,834,823,895,820,727,718,1148,1114,29980,29980]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 (5... Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Rd1 O-O 15. b5 {½-½ (31) Zherebukh,Y (2605)-So,W (2822) Saint Louis 2017}) 6. Ngf3 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Qxc5 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 109 Games} Qc7 8. Ne4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Ne5 b6 13. Bf4 {½-½ (33) Zakhartsov,V (2429)-Malakhatko,V (2485) Feffernitz 2016}) 8... Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. Qd4 (10. c3 $142) 10... Nf6 (10... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. Qa4 Be7 $11) 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. Qh4 Be7 13. Bg5 Bd7 14. O-O h6 15. Rfe1 Rg8 16. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} O-O-O 17. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4c7]} Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} Be8 20. a4 g5 (20... Qc7 $14) 21. Qxh6 $16 Nd5 22. a5 f6 23. Nc4 Qc7 (23... Qe7 $16) 24. Ne3 $1 $18 ({Not} 24. Rxe6 Bf7 $17) 24... Nf4 25. Qxf6 Bc6 {[#]} 26. Bf1 $1 Rdf8 {[#]} 27. Qd4 (27. Qc3 $1 $18) 27... Qh7 $2 (27... g4 $16 {might work better.}) 28. a6 {Hoping for axb7+.} (28. Qxa7 Qh4 $14) 28... Rh8 $2 (28... b6 29. Ng4 Rd8) 29. axb7+ Kc7 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh7h2]} 30. b8=Q+ Kxb8 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh7h2]} 31. Qd6+ Qc7 32. Qxc7+ Kxc7 33. Rxa7+ Kb8 34. Rg7 Rh5 35. f3 Rfh8 36. h3 Bb7 37. Rd1 Rf8 38. Ng4 Nd5 39. c4 Nb4 40. Rd6 Nc6 41. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} e5 42. b5 Nd4 43. Rb6 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Obolentseva, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,114,54,0,0,0,12,-79,-78,-83,-79,-78,-76,-67,-51,-68,-59,-75,-54,-54,-39,-85,-34,-60,-44,-143,-109,-131,-143,-144,-41,-45,-22,-52,0,0,0,0,16,0,156,-46,-39,-40,-27,-48,-49,-47,-6,-19,0,-12,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,117,118,177,164,164,144,377,410,410,409,401,396,389,385,327,369,360,333,327,304,437,682,652,554,559,546,561,555,540,152,182,156,137,137,53]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3 a6 9. Qc2 (9. dxe5 $14 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. b3) 9... exd4 $11 {E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7} 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Nd5 (11. Bg5 $11) 11... c5 $17 {Black is better.} 12. Nb3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 b5 14. a4 Bd7 15. axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 {0-1 (38) Jirka,J (2391)-Gallagher,J (2487) Sunningdale 2008}) 15... axb5 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 {[#]} Qe7 ({Black should play} 18... Qg5 $1 $17) 19. e3 Nb6 20. Na5 (20. Nd2 $15) 20... b4 21. Qc1 Bb5 22. Rd1 Ba4 (22... Qf6 $17 23. Rd2 Ra7) 23. Nc6 $15 Qc7 24. Rd2 Bxc6 ({Black should try} 24... Qb7 $15) 25. dxc6 $11 Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Nc4 (26... Ra8 $5 {[%cal Ra8a1]} 27. Qc1 c4 $11) 27. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Qa6.} Ne5 $2 {[#]} (27... Na5 $1 $11) 28. h4 $2 (28. Qa6 $1 $16) 28... Nxc6 $15 29. Qa6 Ne5 $1 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} c4 32. Be4 $1 Rc8 33. Rd5 Ng4 {White must now prevent ...Nf6.} 34. Rd4 Nf6 35. Bb1 b3 36. Kf1 Rc5 37. Ke2 Nd5 {...c3 is the strong threat.} 38. Kd2 Kg7 39. Be4 Nb4 40. Rd7 Re5 (40... Nd3 $1 $11) 41. f3 $16 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Kg8 (41... g5 $16 {was called for.}) 42. Rc7 f5 43. Bb7 Nd5 $2 (43... Nd3 $16) 44. f4 $18 Nxc7 45. fxe5 {KB-KN} Kf7 46. Kc3 Ke6 47. Kxc4 Kxe5 48. Kxb3 Ne8 49. Bf3 h6 50. Kc4 Kd6 (50... g5 {might work better.} 51. Kc5 Nc7) 51. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 52. b5 Nd7 {aiming for ...Ne5+.} 53. Kd4 g5 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Bh5 $2 (55. Bg2 $18 Nf6 56. b6) 55... Nc5 $16 {White is clearly better.} 56. Bf7 Ne4 57. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Ng3 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Obolentseva, Alexandra"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,16,20,56]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3 a6 {Predecessor:} 9. dxe5 $146 dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qb3 c6 12. Rfd1 Rb8 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Nde4 f5 15. Nd6 f4 16. Ba7 fxg3 17. fxg3 Nxg3 18. Bxb8 Nxb8 19. Nxc8 {½-½ (33) Sargissian,G (2677)-Mamedov,R (2660) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010} *

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,104,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,4,8,0,-24,-17,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,-24,10,0,42,31,40,-18,0,0,18,30,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,97]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. e4 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} (7. c4 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. c5 Rc8 11. e4 Ba8 12. cxb6 axb6 13. f4 d6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Rfd1 {0-1 (51) Maghsoodloo,P (2584)-Tregubov,P (2585) Doha 2016}) 7... O-O 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. a4 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Qe2 d6 11. O-O Be6 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Rd1 Bc8 14. Nc3 Nb4 {½-½ (43) Rinkinen,S-Louhivaara,J Finland 2001}) 10. O-O d6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Re8 17. a5 Qb8 18. Rfc1 Rc5 19. b4 Rcc8 20. Nd5 (20. Nd1 $14) 20... e5 21. Qd2 bxa5 (21... Bxd5 $5 22. Qxd5 Nf6 $11) 22. Rxa5 Bxd5 $1 23. exd5 Nb6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nc4.The position is equal.} 24. Bf1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 26. c3 Rec8 27. Qe3 Qb7 28. Qxa7 Qxa7 29. Rxa7 Rxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Ra6 Rbc4 31. Rxd6 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 {KR-KR} 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. d6 Rd3 35. d7 f6 36. Kf1 h5 37. Ke2 Rd6 38. h4 Kf7 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Rg8 Rxd7 41. Rxg6 Rh7 $1 {[#] aiming for ...Kf7.} 42. Rg8 Kf5 43. Ra8 Rb7 44. Ra4 Rb3+ 45. Ke2 e4 46. Rc4 Ra3 47. Rb4 Ra2+ 48. Ke3 Ra3+ 49. Ke2 Ra2+ 50. Ke3 Ra3+ 51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52. Ke3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 67%.} (52... Ra3+ $11 53. Ke2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,94,40,15,14,20,20,-21,-25,-21,-23,-23,-18,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-24,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-13,-18,-18,-16,0,0,0,-12,-8,-41,-29,-31,-25,-32,-6,-6,-8,-68,-75,-142,-133,-246,-247,-227,-237,-318,-196,-352,-362,-485,-476,-1002,-997,-953,-882,-2617,-2329,-6398,-9185,-2663,-2609,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Qe7 8. Bd2 Bxc3 {E42: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...c5 5 Ne2} (8... O-O 9. Ng3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6 12. Be2 {½-½ (12) Peralta,F (2587)-Ortiz Suarez,I (2564) Badalona 2016}) 9. Nxc3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} O-O 10. Be2 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bb4 Qg5 16. g3 {0-1 (50) Krueger,E (2206)-Rueberg,J (2237) Dresden 2006}) 11... exd5 12. Bf3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} d6 13. cxd5 Ba6 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Ne4 16. O-O Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 f5 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Re2 Ne5 21. Rbe1 Qg5 22. Kh1 {[#] And now f4 would win.} Qh6 23. Kg1 Qg6 24. Kh1 Re7 25. f4 Ng4 26. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4e5]} fxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 28. Rxe4 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. h3 Qe3 (30... Nf6 {keeps more tension.} 31. g4 b5 32. g5 Nh5 33. Kg1 a6) 31. Qxe3 Nxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 32. Nb5 (32. a4 $11) 32... Nxd5 $15 33. g3 ({White should play} 33. f5) 33... Kf7 $17 34. Nxd6+ (34. Nxa7 $17 {might work better.} Ne3 35. Nc8) 34... Ke6 $19 35. Ne4 {[#]} Ne3 $1 36. b3 Nc2 37. Kg2 $2 (37. a4) 37... Nxa3 38. Ng5+ Kd5 39. Nxh7 (39. Kf1 $142 Nb5 40. Nf3) 39... c4 40. bxc4+ Nxc4 41. Kf3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 42. Ng5 a4 43. Ne4 Kd4 44. g4 a3 {Black mates.} 45. Ng3 a2 46. Ne2+ Kc5 47. Nc1 Nd2+ {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,105,100,102,79,93,85,95,94,79,80,91,90,89,89,105,56,83,73,80,75,72,71,114,117,116,89,84,91,91,90,94,95,97,97,106,106,107,102,110,83,103,65,62,0,105,90,202,212,402,316,396,404,397,395,494,484,523,500,521,517,519,443,600,520,609,539,518,537,489,402,379,386,543,545,539,532,522,493,592,513,822,820,815,802,1263,918,1075,825,6195,6195,29988,1508,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Be3 {A56: Czech Benoni} (8. O-O Ne8 9. a3 Bg5 10. b4 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 b6 12. Rb1 cxb4 13. axb4 a5 14. Qc2 axb4 15. Rxb4 Nc5 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nxb6 Ra3 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Rfb1 {1-0 (54) Anand,V (2801)-Korotylev,A (2600) Moscow 2007}) 8... Ng4 9. Bd2 $1 Bg5 10. h3 {White is better.} Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Ngf6 12. g4 Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Ng3 Ne8 15. Kf1 Nc7 {1-0 (60) Miszczak,M (1965)-Bajerlein,D (2067) Poland 2012}) 13. Ng3 Nc7 14. a4 Nb8 15. Be2 Nba6 16. Qe3 Nb4 17. Kd2 g6 18. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Qf6 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. h5 g5 21. h6 Kh8 22. Rh5 Rg8 23. Nf5 Ne8 24. Be2 Qd8 25. Rh3 Rg6 26. Rhh1 Bc8 27. Ra3 Nf6 28. Raa1 (28. Qf3 $14) 28... Ng8 (28... Ne8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Rh5 $16 Na6 {[#]} (29... f6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 30. Nb5 $1 $18 Nb8 $2 (30... Bd7 31. Nbxd6 Qf8) 31. Nbxd6 Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Qxg5 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg5g7]} Qg6 34. Qxg6 ({Not} 34. Qxe5+ f6 $18) 34... hxg6 35. Rxe5 Bd7 {White should prevent ...f6.} 36. g5 Na6 37. f4 Rf8 38. Rh1 Kh7 39. b3 f6 40. gxf6 Rxf6 41. Ke3 Nb4 42. Bd1 Rxf4 {[#]} (42... Rf7 $142 43. Rg5 Be8) 43. Re7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe7 44. Kxf4 Nd3+ {[#]} 45. Kg5 $1 Nf2 46. Re1 Ng8 (46... b6 $142 47. e5 Nh3+ 48. Kf6 Ng8+ 49. Kf7 Ng5+ 50. Kf8 Bf5) 47. e5 Nh3+ 48. Kh4 Bf5 49. Bg4 Nf4 50. Kg5 Nd3 {[#]} 51. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe1 (51... gxf5 52. Re3) 52. Bxg6+ Kh8 53. Be4 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaishali R"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,103,18,50,41,48,51,54,32,41,22,31,10,34,21,94,95,93,33,27,27,28,29,31,36,36,32,27,25,25,25,45,39,37,37,35,37,45,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,14,114,101,159,159,243,252,232,136,347,293,319,280,277,257,408,419,411,412,535,470,455,461,454,454,447,441,641,659,461,-1679]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O d6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Qe2 e5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3} (11... Rc8 12. Be3 Qc4 13. Qf2 h5 14. h3 Nc5 15. e5 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rad1 dxe5 19. fxe5 {½-½ (57) Popov,I (2609)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2716) Tyumen 2012}) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 g6 $1 {White is slightly better.} 14. Nc6 Bg7 $1 15. fxe5 (15. f5 $5) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6 O-O-O $146 (17... f6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 17... f6 18. c4 Kf7 19. Bg4 Bc8 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. Rxf6+ Kxf6 22. Qg4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Ke7 24. Bg5+ {1-0 (24) Smyslov,V (2580)-Grigorian,K (2485) Moscow 1976}) 18. Be3 $16 Bxb2 19. Ra2 ({White should play} 19. Rab1 $16 Ba3 20. Bxb6 Bc5+ 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Qf2) 19... Bc3 $14 20. Rb1 Rhe8 21. Qd3 {[#]} Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qxe3 Qc4 {...Bd4 is the strong threat.} 23. Kh1 ({Not} 23. Rxb6 $2 Bd4 $19) 23... Bd4 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. cxb3 Re8 26. Re2 Be5 27. g3 Kd8 28. Kg2 f5 29. h4 Re7 30. Rc1 a5 31. Rd2 h6 32. Rc4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kf2 Rh7 (34... g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 35. Bg2 Rh7 $11) 35. Bg2 Rf7 36. Rd1 f4 37. g4 Bb2 (37... Rh7 $11) 38. Be4 $16 Re7 {[#]} (38... Rf8 $142) 39. Kf3 $1 Ba3 (39... Bg7 $16 {was called for.} 40. Rh1 Re5) 40. Rh1 $18 Bc5 41. Rh8+ (41. Rcc1 $18) 41... Kc7 $2 (41... Re8 $16 42. Rxe8+ Kxe8) 42. Rc2 b5 43. Rch2 bxa4 44. bxa4 Ba6 (44... Bd4 {was worth a try.}) 45. R2h7 Rxh7 46. Rxh7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} ({Inferior is} 46. Bxh7 Bc4 $11) 46... Kb6 47. Rg7 {White is clearly winning.} Bc4 48. Rxg5 Bb3 49. Rg8 {Strongly threatening Rb8+.} Bxa4 50. g5 Bd1+ (50... Bd4 $142 51. g6 Be5) 51. Kxf4 Bd4 52. Rg7 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 75%, Black = 51%. . Loss on Time!?} (52. Kf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yashmetov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,27,-20,-31,-14,-41,-12,-39,0,-45]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 d5 8. c4 e6 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Qc2 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (10. e3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rac1 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. a3 Rad8 15. Rc2 Rfe8 16. Nc4 Qd7 17. Qd1 Nc7 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nfxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxb7 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 {½-½ (84) Hansen,E (2574)-Troff,K (2541) Caleta 2015}) 10... Nc6 11. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 12. Rac1 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. Qb1 d4 14. b4 e5 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Qc2 Ba8 17. Rb1 Nd7 {0-1 (36) Gross,S (2351)-Jirovsky,M (2464) Pribram 2002}) 13. Qb1 a5 14. Ne5 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yeritsyan, Aram"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,29,46,-18,-21,-23,-20,-55,-47,-236,-200,-226,-95,-150]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Bxf6 (10. Nb3 $14) 10... Bxf6 $11 {B68: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7} 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Kb1 (12. h4 b5 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. Nce2 O-O 15. g4 Rfc8 16. g5 Na5 {0-1 (47) Atabayev,Y (2415)-Eliseev,U (2518) Moscow 2015}) 12... b5 $1 13. Bxb5 $146 {[#]} (13. h4 $15) ({Predecessor:} 13. g4 Na5 14. Qd4 Nxb3 15. cxb3 O-O 16. f5 Bc6 17. Rg1 Qc7 18. g5 {1-0 (45) Dihel,K-Vinklarek,V Czechoslovakia 1982}) 13... axb5 $19 14. Nxb5 Na5 (14... O-O $19 {aiming for ...Qb6.} 15. Nxd6 Qb6) 15. Nxa5 ({White should play} 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6) 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anchutin, Nikita"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,86,27,31,20,16,13,47,56,71,8,8,0,0,0,0,-22,-21,-7,16,0,16,0,8,11,29,29,47,29,38,25,122,122,122,114,124,126,122,122,125,129,184,143,158,157,153,132,178,154,159,157,160,153,151,0,163,165,194,141,158,0,160,145,156,149,147,150,146]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 d6 {LiveBook: 11 Games. E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} 12. a4 (12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. a4 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rab8 {½-½ (28) Brodsky,M (2566)-Simantsev,M (2443) Sochi 2014}) 12... Na6 13. e4 Bf6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nb4 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Bf1 g6 16. a5 Qe7 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Nc4 {0-1 (36) Hawelko,M-Ksieski,Z Tarnow 1979}) 14. Nc4 Nc7 15. Re1 (15. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5f6]} dxe5 16. Re1) 15... Ba6 $11 16. Na3 {[%cal Bc4a3,Ba3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2f3][%mdl 32]} Qd7 17. Qb3 g6 18. Ncb5 (18. f4 {with more complications.} Bg7 19. Kh1 h5 20. h4 Rae8 21. Kh2) 18... Bxb5 19. axb5 Rfe8 20. Bf1 Re7 21. Nb1 Ne8 22. Nd2 Rb8 23. Kg2 Bg7 24. Bd3 Nf6 25. f4 h5 {[#]} (25... Rbe8 $11) 26. Nf3 $1 $16 Rbe8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 27. Qc2 Qc8 {[#]} 28. Qc4 $1 Qb7 29. Re2 Kh8 30. Rae1 Qd7 (30... Rd8 $16) 31. b3 Kg8 32. Qc2 Qb7 33. Bc4 Kf8 34. Qd3 Ng4 35. h3 Nh6 36. Qc2 Qb8 37. Qd3 Qb7 $1 38. Kh2 Qd7 39. Re3 ({White should try} 39. e5 $18) 39... Kg8 40. R3e2 $2 ({Better is} 40. e5 $16) 40... Kh8 $2 (40... Kf8 $1 $11) 41. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32] White is clearly better.} Qd8 42. e6 f5 43. Kg2 Bf6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anchutin, Nikita"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,24,29,23,27,7,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 {[#] Hoping for d6!} d6 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} 12. a4 (12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. a4 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rab8 {½-½ (28) Brodsky,M (2566)-Simantsev,M (2443) Sochi 2014}) 12... Na6 {Predecessor:} 13. Nc4 $146 Nc7 14. Nb5 Ba6 15. Nba3 Bf6 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. b4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Na6 20. Rb5 Rac8 21. Nd2 Nc5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rc3 24. Qb1 g6 25. a5 {½-½ (25) Baumbach,F (2375)-Tichy,V (2200) Leipzig 1978} *

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Ivan"]
[Black "Yeletsky, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,11,11,14,19,8,14,1,23,25,72,52,77,92,84,60,94,93,111,115,108,114,119,111,120,97,88,48,37,43,92,89,110,89,120,147,108,77,55,60,63,83,93,68,122,73,103,119,108,93,88,92,164,134,254,212,212,232,275,277,375,396,422,423,424,416,554,534,701,649,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Bb5 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Bd7 7. Qd3 Rc8 $146 {Hoping for ...Nb4.} ({Predecessor:} 7... Ng4 8. h3 Nge5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qb3 e6 12. Na3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qb5+ Nc6 {½-½ (28) Grischuk,A (2780)-Gelfand,B (2744) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} e6 (8... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $14) 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Nd4 O-O 14. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Kh8 15. f5 Bd7 16. Nce2 Qe5 17. g3 b5 18. Nf3 Qc5 19. Nf4 a5 {[%cal Re6f5]} 20. Nd4 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Qe5 21. Rhe1 Rfe8 22. Qd2 b4 23. Nd5 exd5 24. Nf3 $1 {[%csl LRd5,LRe5] [#]} Qxe4 $1 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Nd4 Bf8 ({Black should try} 26... d5 $14) 27. Qe3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Re5 28. g4 a4 29. Ne2 Bb5 {[#]} 30. Ng3 $1 Rec5 (30... a3 $16) 31. Nxe4 Rxc2 {[#]} (31... Re5 $16 {was called for.}) 32. Nc3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc3b5]} ({Weaker is} 32. Nxf6 Bg7 $14) ({And not} 32. Nxd6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Re2 $11) 32... Rxb2+ 33. Kxb2 bxc3+ 34. Kc2 Bc4 35. Qa7 Be2 36. Rd4 Kg7 37. Qxa4 Rc5 38. Rb4 d5 {Black wants to play ...Bd3+.} 39. Rb7 Bf3 {Threatening ...d4.} 40. Qe8 Be4+ 41. Kb3 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Nozdrachev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,12,19,12,30,18,33,26,40,39,52,26,14,5,12,12,17,14,14,14,21,16,29,21,114,129,199,205,238,252,245,225,239,231,218,217,216,112,135,156,161,92,208,223,273,282,743,739,739,730,971,943,924,885,1928,1652,1386,2343,2297,1406,1431,1355,1422,1444,1133,928,916,866,862,859]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Bb6 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} a6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nh5 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Nf4 15. b4 {½-½ (49) Areshchenko,A (2682)-Neverov,V (2477) Sharjah 2017}) 11. b4 Nh5 12. a5 Ba7 13. Nf1 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Qe6 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qd5 Qf6 (18... Rfe8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. b5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5c6]} axb5 (19... Nd8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 20. a6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6b7][%mdl 32]} b4 21. axb7 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Nb8 23. e5 dxe5 24. cxb4 e4 25. Ne5 (25. Nd4 $1 $18 Re8 26. Re1) 25... Re8 $16 26. Rd1 $1 ({Not} 26. Qxe4 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 $11) 26... e3 {[#] And now ...e2 would win.} 27. Nf3 (27. Nd7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd7f6]} Qh4 28. fxe3 fxe3 29. Rf1) 27... Qb6 {[#]} (27... c6 $16 28. Qc5 Qe6) 28. fxe3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} fxe3 {Hoping for ...e2+.} 29. c5 c6 $2 (29... Qf6 30. b5 e2) 30. cxb6 {Intending Qd8 and mate.White is clearly winning.} cxd5 31. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} f6 32. Rc5 Kf7 33. Rc7+ Ke6 34. Nd4+ Kd6 35. Nf5+ Kd5 36. Rc8 Re6 37. Rd8+ Ke4 38. Ng3+ Kf4 39. Ne2+ Kg5 40. Rxb8 Rxb6 41. g3 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shagbazyan, Taron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,12,12,0,2,-2,10,-19,-7,-11,-11,-18,-11,-15,-25,-55,-55,-54,-7,-27,-25,-19,-22,-20,0,0,0,0,0,-8,41,39,60,54,79,58,61,51,51,51,51,51,52,51,51,51,63,45,87,37,107,66,155,122,177,183,137,145,134,45,46,24,31,38,55,61,288,179,153,156,156,82,382,381,838,835,820,724,1130,1054,12841,12841,12841,12841,12842,12829,12843,12843,12845,12845,12845,12846]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 6. Bd3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nf6 7. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Bb1 Nbxd5 12. d4 h6 13. Re1 Be6 {½-½ (31) Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2536)-Bluvshtein,M (2548) Montreal 2008}) 7... Be7 8. Bc2 {The position is equal.} Ne5 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bh5 12. Rg1 O-O 13. Bf4 Kh8 14. O-O-O Qd7 15. d5 Bg6 16. Be3 Nh5 17. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening f5! White has some pressure.} Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qh3 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qxc2+ $1 22. Kxc2 f5 23. Bd4 Kg8 24. Rge1 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. Rd3 Kf8 27. Rde3 Rc8 28. b4 a6 29. Kb3 h5 ({Black should play} 29... Rh6 $14) 30. Re7 h4 (30... b6 $14) 31. gxh4 $16 Rh6 (31... b6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 32. Rd7 $1 $18 Rxh4 33. Ree7 Rxf4 34. Rxg7 ({White should try} 34. Rf7+ $16 Ke8 35. Rde7+ Kd8 36. Rxg7) 34... Rf3+ $14 35. Kc2 Rxf2+ 36. Kd3 Rf3+ 37. Kd2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rf2+ $2 (37... Rf4 $14) 38. Ke3 $18 Rf1 {[#]} 39. Rdf7+ $1 ({And not} 39. Rxc7 Re8+ 40. Kd3 Rf3+ 41. Kd2 Rf2+ 42. Kd3 Rf3+ 43. Kd2 Rf2+ 44. Kd1 Ree2 $11) 39... Ke8 40. c5 (40. Rf6 $142) 40... Re1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... dxc5 $16 {was necessary.} 41. bxc5 Rd1) 41. Kf2 Re5 $2 {[#]} (41... Re4 42. Kf3 (42. Rxf5 Re7 $11) 42... a5) 42. c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b7] White is clearly winning.} bxc6 43. dxc6 a5 44. Rh7 f4 45. Rd7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Rf5 46. b5 a4 47. Rh8+ Rf8 48. Rdh7 {Intending Rxf8+ and mate.} Rd8 49. b6 cxb6 50. c7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mozharov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Elistratov, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,69,21,29,13,13,10,6,8,8,6,6,10,55,30,41,45,80,84,89,80,83,73,126,52,84,62,79,0,155,115,147,122,133,138,203,196,192,197,201,206,619,585,618,612,675,366,381,385,375,378,410,385,466,460,475,434,625,615,1417,1394]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Qc2 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. e3 c5 9. Be2 c4 10. O-O Nb6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. a4 Bf5 14. Qb2 Qe7 {1-0 (43) Andreikin,D (2718)-Bruzon Batista,L (2677) Havana 2015}) 8. a3 Bxc3+ $1 9. bxc3 {The position is equal.} c5 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nf6 12. f3 O-O 13. dxc5 Bf5 14. Qd4 Rc8 15. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Be6 16. Rb1 Qa5 (16... b6 $142) 17. Qb4 (17. Bd6 $16) 17... Qd8 $1 $14 18. Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Re8 19. Qxb7 (19. e3 $1 $16) 19... h5 $2 ({Black should try} 19... d4 $1 $11 20. cxd4 Bd5) 20. gxh5 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent h6.} (20. Qxa7 hxg4 21. Kd1 Nd7 $15) 20... d4 {[#]} 21. Qb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4d4]} ({Don't play} 21. Qxa7 $6 Nd5 $14) 21... dxc3 22. h6 {aiming for Rg1.} Bd5 (22... Nd5 $16 23. Qd4 Qg5) 23. Rg1 $18 {[%cal Bh1g1,Bg1g3,Bg3g5][%mdl 32]} g6 {[#] intending ...Bxf3.} 24. Rg3 $1 Nh5 25. Qd4 ({Much less strong is} 25. Qxc3 $6 Qxd6 26. Qg7+ Nxg7 $16) 25... Qa5 $2 (25... Bc6 26. Qxc3 Kh7) 26. Rc1 ({Less strong is} 26. h7+ Kxh7 27. Kf2 c2 $16) 26... c2+ 27. Kf2 Bb3 28. Rg5 {Rxh5! would kill now.} Qa4 29. Qxa4 Bxa4 30. Rg4 Bd7 31. Rc4 Re6 32. R4xc2 {White is clearly winning.} Ba4 33. Rc3 f5 {[#]} (33... Rce8 $142 34. e4 g5 35. h7+ Kxh7) 34. e4 $1 {And now Bc4 would win.} Bc6 (34... fxe4 35. Bc4) 35. Bc4 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Swapnil, S  Dhopade"]
[Black "Bakunts, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,7,11,6,15,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-5,0,-15,4,-47,-17,-23,0,-35,-29,-42,-29,-47,-22,-65,-69,-71,-50,-45,-36,-37,-40,-44,-47,-35,-25,-129,-108,-165,-108,-112,-111,-131,-126,-125,-136,-124,0,-131,0,-137,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Bg7 (6... Nbd7 7. Qc2 Nb6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. a4 a5 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 {1-0 (24) Grischuk,A (2752)-Aronian,L (2784) chess.com INT 2016}) 7. a4 Ne4 8. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Nd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nxc4 Bf5 11. Qc3 $1 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. Nce5 Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be4 13. Bh3 Nf5 14. Be3 {½-½ (74) Matnadze,A (2428)-Perpinya Rofes,L (2395) Barbera del Valles 2011}) 13. Nd3 (13. Bf4 $11) 13... Nc7 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. Qa3 a5 ({Not} 15... Bxd4 $2 16. a5 $18) 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Qc5 Qa6 18. Qc1 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Nb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 20. Re3 e6 21. Bf1 Qb6 22. Rb3 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Rf3 (24. Bg2 $11) 24... f5 25. Rf4 (25. Rc3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 25... Qg7 ({Black should play} 25... Ne4 $19 26. Bh6 e5) 26. Rh4 $17 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 27. f3 {[#]} e4 $1 28. Bh6 Qf6 29. Bg5 Qg7 30. Bh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g7]} Qf6 31. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Qg7 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 58%.} (31... Qd4+ $17 32. Be3 Qe5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Rodin, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,98,18,18,14,11,10,35,11,38,0,0,0,5,-18,-9,-20,8,1,8,8,5,6,8,-8,6,0,13,13,14,12,14,17,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,49,41,48,31,53,42,59,62,57,42,42,43,77,43,47,15,47,0,47,14,35,18,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-57,0,0,0,-18,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8. Re1 h6 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 d5 16. Rae1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Na5 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. b3 Nc6 20. R3e2 {½-½ (52) Harikrishna,P (2762)-Matlakov,M (2691) Germany 2017}) 8... h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} Re8 11. a5 d5 12. Bb3 Ba7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Nh5 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Nfd2 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 {1-0 (60) Bologan,V (2589)-Yin,H (2496) Shanghai 2000}) 13. Ra4 Qd7 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne4 {[#] Hoping for Nxf6+.} Nxe4 16. dxe4 Be6 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. Ra1 Be6 19. Nd2 Rad8 {[#] aiming for ...Rxd2!} 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Nc4 f6 22. Kf1 Re7 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Red7 25. Nc4 Kf7 26. Ke2 Ke6 27. h4 h5 28. g3 Ne7 29. Rec1 Nc8 30. Rc2 Nd6 31. Nd2 Nb5 32. Nb3 {Black must now prevent Nc5+.} Kd6 $1 33. Ra4 (33. c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Na7 34. Rd1+ Ke7 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. Rd2+ Kc8 37. Rxd8+ Kxd8 38. Nc5 $11) 33... c6 34. Rd2+ Kc7 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 36. Nc5 Re7 37. Ra1 Nd6 38. Kd3 g6 39. Re1 f5 40. f3 Re8 41. Kc2 Re7 42. exf5 gxf5 43. Nd3 e4 44. Nf4 Re5 45. Nxh5 exf3 46. Rf1 $1 (46. Rxe5 $2 {perishes.} f2 $19) 46... Re3 {Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 47. Ng7 (47. Nf4 $11) 47... Re7 48. Nh5 Re3 {And now ...Ne4 would win.} 49. Ng7 Re7 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,31,29,-6,-12,-10,-12,-43,-41,-45,-43,-41,-38,-39,-27,-52,-51,-52,-49,-59,-59,-61,-56,-66,-56,-64,-62,-71,-66,-66,-66,-66,-64,-72,-74,-79,-60,-85,-105,-97,-99,-105,-123,-148,-164,-240,-236,-620,-572,-657,-628,-653,-617,-618,-579]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. Bb5+ {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} Nc6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. h3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d3 a6 9. Bxc6+ Qxc6 10. Bd2 f6 11. Bc3 Qd5 12. b3 e5 13. Qe3 Be7 {0-1 (48) Narvaez,F (2142)-Rakhmanov,A (2604) Bogota 2013}) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Kd7 11. c3 a6 12. Ba4 e6 13. Ke2 Bd6 14. Rg1 g6 15. d3 b5 16. Bc2 Ne7 17. f4 Rhb8 18. Bd2 a5 19. a4 b4 20. cxb4 cxb4 21. Bb3 Nf5 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4+.} 22. Be3 {[#]} Bxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Bxe6+ (23. Bxf4 Nd4+) 23... Kxe6 24. Bxf4 Nd4+ 25. Kf1 Re8 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. Kg2 {[#]} (27. Re1+ $142 Kd5 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Be3) 27... Ne2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re2f4]} 28. Rge1 $2 (28. Rxc8 Nxf4+ 29. Kf3 Rxc8 30. Kxf4) 28... Kd7 {Black is clearly winning.} ({And not} 28... Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Kd7 30. Be3 $15) 29. Rxc8 Nxf4+ 30. Kf3 Rxe1 31. Rc5 Ne6 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchmar, Vasiliy"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,102,18,18,18,17,16,29,63,100,71,79,71,71,68,73,33,14,22,16,22,15,9,9,8,20,17,33,31,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,-275,-273,-268,-234,-314,-249,-305,-185,-185,-185,-185,-185,-185,-185,-185,-185,-192,-190,-192,-157,-157,-157,-157,-157,-157,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-29965,-29967,-29966,-29968,-29966,-29969,-29969,-29967,-29966,-29966,-29964,-29965,-29966,-29966,-29970,-29971,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29972,-29973,-29972,-29971]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} Be6 8. Be2 {D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5} Nd7 9. Nf3 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rfb1 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Bg3 Bc6 15. e4 Qd7 16. Rxb6 cxb6 {½-½ (101) Tomashevsky,E (2696)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2795) Moscow 2017}) 10. a4 {White has an edge.} c6 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. e4 h6 13. exd5 hxg5 14. dxc6 gxh4 15. cxd7+ Qxd7 16. axb5 Qxb5 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Rxa7 Bh6 19. O-O O-O 20. Rxe7 Qa5 21. Qe2 Qxc3 22. Bd5 Qxd4 23. Qxc4 Qf6 24. Rfe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Ra7 $11) 24... Bd2 $19 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rd1 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Rbf8 28. Rf1 Qa7 {[#] ...Kg7 is the strong threat.} 29. Qxh4 {intending Qf6.} Kg7 {[%cal Rf7f1]} 30. Bxf7 Rxf7 31. Rxf7+ Qxf7 {[%cal Rf7f1]} 32. Qd4+ Kh7 {Hoping for ...Bc3!} 33. Kg1 Qf4 34. Qxf4 Bxf4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KPP} 35. g3 Bc7 36. Kg2 Kh6 {Threatens to win with ...Kh5.} 37. h4 Kh5 {( -> ...Kg4)} 38. Kh3 Ba5 39. g4+ Kh6 40. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. Kg2 $17) 40... Be1+ {Black mates.} 41. Kh3 Bf2 42. h5 g5 43. Kg2 Ba7 44. Kf3 Kg7 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. Kd5 Bb8 47. h6 Kg6 48. Ke6 Kxh6 49. Kf5 Bf4 50. Kf6 Bc1 51. Kf7 Kh7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,98,31,41,50,50,49,70,56,54,36,48,37,59,56,56,54,58,70,58,41,28,32,50,0,0,0,0,-100,-106,-144,-141,-152,-140,-161,-99,-84,-78,-171,-141,-133,-144,-188,-181,-199,-178,-206,-211,-200,-153,-306,-293,-346,-343,-342,-334,-326,-333,-436,-425,-410,-422,-427,-431,-414,-416,-464,-467,-447,-441,-722,-708,-690,-682,-753,-466,-841,-841,-841,-833,-833,-826,-791,-780,-874,-771]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. Be3 Na6 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} 8. Be2 (8. Rc1 Nc7 9. Be2 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nxb5 Nd5 15. e6 fxe6 {½-½ (92) Wei,Y (2706)-Adhiban,B (2653) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 8... e5 {LiveBook: 26 Games} 9. d5 cxd5 {White is slightly better.} 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. g4 Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nde4 Nf6 {1-0 (31) D'Costa,L (2420)-Ledger,D (2226) England 2016}) 13. Nf3 Nec7 14. a3 Qe8 15. b4 Nb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Kd2 Nc7 20. Rhc1 Bg7 21. g5 {[#]} (21. Qd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 21... Nb5 $1 $17 22. Ne1 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Nd3 Rae8 (24... Qxh3 $19 25. Rh1 Qd7) 25. Qg4 Qe7 26. f3 (26. Rc4 $17) 26... h5 27. Qg2 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 {[#]} Rc3 $1 30. Rxc3 dxc3+ 31. Kc2 Qc7 32. Nc1 $2 (32. Qh1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 32... a5 $19 33. Qf1 axb4 34. axb4 Qb6 35. Nd3 Qa7 36. Qb1 Qe3 $1 {[%csl LRf3,LRg5]} 37. Qd1 Qxg5 38. Qe2 Qg1 39. e5 dxe5 {White must now prevent ...Qa1.} 40. d6 Qd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Qe4 {White wants to play Qxd4.} Qxd6 42. Qxb7 (42. Kxc3 $142 Qe6 43. Nf2) 42... Qe6 {( -> ...Qa2+)} 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. b5 Qb6 45. Qa6 (45. Qd5 $142) 45... Qe3 46. b6 e4 47. fxe4 Qe2+ 48. Kb3 c2 49. b7 c1=Q {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Domogaev, Sergey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,188,8,14,0,0,-12,-3,-11,-2,-27,-16,-35,-30,-30,-26,-26,-26,-26,-13,-47,-47,-31,-26,-13,-29,-53,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-44,-12,-20,-11,-16,-12,-72,-69,-65,-67,-127,-128,-158,-31,-40,-15,-14,-9,-9,-9,-20,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-19,-29,-8,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-29,-47,-53,-43,-50,-69,-39,-39,-39,-44,-40,-106,-97,-95,-8,-8,-8,-12,-16,-21,-21,-77,-77,-77,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-76,-61,-84,-84,-95,-88,-97,-71,-74,-73,-84,-84,-84,-84,-159,-159,-154,-77,-111,-77,-81,-65,-172,-166,-181,-156,-134,-151,-316,-298,-2287,-2555,-1066,-921,-1078,-1064,-1064,-808,-675,-458,-11879,-10308,-7328,-6432,-4694,-1588,-1573,-1560,-1507,-1367,-1309,-974,-1318,-1295,-1088,-837,-837,-485,-1047,-991,-1730,-725,-1740,-1672,-1616,-1569,-2254,-1984,-29969,-3422,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29980,-29988,-29979]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. h3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. a4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Bb7 8. Bd3 $146 (8. a5 $5) ({Predecessor:} 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a5 bxa5 11. Qa4 Ne4 12. Qxa5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. Bh2 Qd7 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfc8 17. Nd2 e5 {0-1 (28) Karpov,A (2725)-Polgar,J (2595) Monte Carlo 1993}) 8... Nc6 9. O-O {The position is equal.} d6 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. Bg5 exd4 14. exd4 h6 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Qd1 g5 17. Bg3 Ne4 18. Bh2 Bxd4 19. Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 d5 {next ...Qf6 is good for Black.} 22. f3 Re6 23. Bg3 Rc8 24. a5 (24. Re1 $11) 24... Rxc3 $17 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7 ({White should try} 26. Re1 $15 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1) 26... Bc6 27. Bc7 {[%cal Bg3c7,Bc7b6,Bb6d4][%mdl 32]} Qf8 ({Black should play} 27... Qe8 $1 $17 28. Bxb6 Bb5) 28. Bxb6 $15 Bb5 (28... Qb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4b6]} 29. Bf2 Qf4 $17) 29. Bd4 Ra3 30. Rxa3 Qxa3 31. Re1 (31. Qa1 {feels hotter.} Qxa1 32. Rxa1 Kh7 33. Rb1 Bc6 34. g4) 31... Qa4 {Threatens to win with ...Rxe1+.} 32. Bf2 Qxd1 33. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bc4 34. Rd2 Kh7 35. Bd4 h5 36. Kf2 h4 37. Rb2 Re8 38. Be3 Kg6 39. Rb6+ Kf5 40. Rb2 Ra8 41. g4+ hxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Ra3 43. Kf2 d4 44. Bxd4 Kf4 45. Kg2 Bd5 46. Rf2 (46. Bf6 $15) 46... Bxf3+ 47. Kh2 f5 (47... Rd3 $17 48. Bf6 Kf5) 48. Bb2 Ra5 {...Ke3 is the strong threat.} 49. Bc3 Rc5 50. Bb4 Rb5 51. Rb2 (51. Bd2+ $11 Ke4 52. Bxg5) 51... Ke4 $17 52. Kg3 Bh5 53. Ba3 f4+ 54. Kf2 Rd5 (54... Ra5 {seems wilder.} 55. Bb4 Re5 56. Bd6 Rd5 57. Be7 Kf5) 55. Be7 Kf5 56. Rb6 Rd2+ 57. Kf1 Be8 58. Rf6+ Ke4 {Strongly threatening ...Kf3.} 59. Rb6 Rd5 60. Rd6 Bb5+ 61. Kf2 Re5 62. Bf6 Rc5 {White must now prevent ...Rc2+.} 63. Rd2 Bd3 64. Ra2 (64. Be7 $142 Rd5 65. Bb4) 64... Kf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f6]} 65. Be7 Rd5 (65... Rb5 $142 66. Bd8 Rb1) 66. Rd2 Ke4 67. Rb2 Bb5 {[#]} 68. Rb4+ (68. Bxg5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg5 69. Rb4+ Kd3 70. Rxf4) 68... Kf5 $19 69. Rb2 Bd7 70. Rb6 Rd2+ 71. Kg1 $2 (71. Ke1 $17 {was worth a try.} Rg2 72. Rd6) 71... f3 72. Rd6 $2 (72. Bc5) 72... Rg2+ 73. Kh1 Be6 74. Rd8 Ke5 75. Bd6+ Ke4 76. Re8 Kd5 77. Rd8 (77. Bc7 $142) 77... Bxh3 78. Bc5+ Ke6 79. Re8+ Kf5 (79... Kd7 $142 80. Re7+ Kc6) 80. Rf8+ Kg4 81. Bb6 Rc2 {( -> ...Kg3)} 82. Ba7 Bg2+ 83. Kg1 Rc1+ 84. Kf2 Rf1+ 85. Ke3 Ra1 86. Bd4 (86. Bc5 $142 Re1+ 87. Kf2 Re2+ 88. Kg1) 86... Ra2 87. Rf6 Re2+ 88. Kd3 Bf1 89. Kc3 Kg3 90. Rf5 g4 91. Be5+ {[#]} Kg2 (91... Rxe5 $142 $1 92. Rxe5 f2 93. Kd2 Bg2 94. Rf5 Bf3 95. Rc5 f1=Q 96. Rc1 Qf2+ 97. Kd3 Qe2+ 98. Kc3 Qe5+ 99. Kc2 Qc5+ 100. Kd2 Qg5+ 101. Kc2 Be4+ 102. Kc3 Qc5+ 103. Kb3 Qxc1 104. Kb4 Qc6 105. Kb3 Qc5 106. Kb2 Qb4+ 107. Kc1 Qc3+ 108. Kd1 Bf3#) 92. Rg5 Re4 {Black mates.} 93. Bb8 f2 94. Kd2 Bc4 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadovsky, Artem"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,-8,0,0,0,-7,-6,-2,0,-14,8,-34,-19,-20,-19,-6,-7,-3,-4,-3,-13,-43,96,67,113,121,103,85,108,82,85,54,40,35,79,79,77,77,83,78,110,108,122,129,154,131,204,153,140,147,134,128,133,133,196,191,196,68,68,68,68,73,135,0,0,0,65,0,183,182,182,182,175,181,174,161,342,306,317,231,230,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} cxb3 7. axb3 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 a6 11. e4 c5 {½-½ (11) Bogosavljevic,B (2541)-Szuhanek,R (2457) Sombor 2008}) 10... Be7 11. Nd3 O-O 12. Ba3 a5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 (15... exd5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 16. e3 Rfc8) 16. Qc7 $16 Bc8 17. Rxa5 Rxa5 18. Qxa5 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxb5 Bg4 22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. exf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rb8 24. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qb2 25. Rb1 Qa2 26. Re1 Qa5 27. Re7 g6 (27... h6 $16 28. Qf5 Qa1+ 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. Qxf6 gxf6) 28. Rd7 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {KQ-KQ} 30. Qd4 Qd7 31. b4 h5 (31... h6 $16 32. Kf1 Qb5+ 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxh6 Kd7) 32. Kf1 $18 Qf5 33. Ke2 (33. h4 $18) 33... Qc2+ $1 $14 34. Ke3 Qc1+ 35. Qd2 Qc4 {[#]} ({Black should play} 35... Qa3+ 36. Ke2 Qa6+ 37. Qd3 Qa2+ 38. Kf1 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 d4) 36. Qd4 (36. Qb2 $1 $16) 36... Qc1+ $11 37. Ke2 ({Better is} 37. Kd3 $11) 37... Qc2+ $14 38. Kf1 (38. Qd2 $14 Qc4+ 39. Qd3 Qxb4 40. Qxd5) 38... Qf5 $1 $18 39. Kg2 Qd7 40. g4 hxg4 41. fxg4 {[%cal Bf3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Kh7 42. h4 f5 $2 (42... Qc6 {keeps fighting.} 43. h5 gxh5) 43. g5 f4 44. Qxf4 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32] intending ...d3.} 45. Qe4 $2 (45. Kf3 $18) 45... d3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd3d2] [#] And now ...d2 would win.The position is equal.} 46. h5 d2 47. Qxg6+ Kh8 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. Qg6+ Kf8 50. Qf6+ Ke8 (50... Kg8 $5 51. Qg6+ $8 Kf8 52. Qh6+ Kg8 53. Qg6+ $11) 51. Qh8+ Ke7 52. Qf6+ Ke8 53. Qh8+ Ke7 54. Qf6+ Ke8 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Qf6+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 56%.} *

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Murtazin, Bulat"]
[Black "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,92,31,23,50,16,58,36,35,26,77,11,3,18,39,34,42,23,52,46,54,42,49,44,37,29,22,25,27,16,39,0,46,18,31,29,22,13,14,24,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29997,0,0,0,0,0,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. Ne2 c5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nec3 e6 (9... Nh5 10. Be2 f5 11. Na3 f4 12. Bf2 Bd7 13. Nc2 a6 14. a4 {½-½ (54) Caruana,F (2811)-Bacrot,E (2711) Baden-Baden 2015}) 10. Be2 {LiveBook: 11 Games} a6 11. a4 Bd7 12. O-O exd5 13. cxd5 Ne8 $146 (13... Nh5 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 13... b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 {½-½ (25) Kantor,G (2481)-Rahul,S (2303) Zalakaros 2017}) 14. Na3 (14. f4 $16 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. f5) 14... f5 $1 $11 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Rae1 Rb8 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. a5 b5 {[#] ...b4 is the strong threat.} 20. axb6 $1 Rxb6 21. Nc4 (21. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Ng6 22. Nc4 $14) 21... Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Nc7 23. Rf2 Re8 24. b3 Rbb8 25. Rfe2 Nb5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Ne2 Bf7 29. Qa5 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Qc7 Qe5 33. h4 f4 34. h5 h6 35. Qa7 Kf6 36. Qxa6 Bxd5 37. Qa7 Qxh5 38. Qb8 Bxc4+ (38... Qe5 {looks sharper.} 39. Qf8+ Kg6 40. Bxd5 Qa1+ 41. Ke2 Qb2+) 39. bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qe5 40. Qf8+ Kg6 41. Qg8+ Qg7 42. Qe6+ Qf6 43. Qg8+ Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43... Qg7 $11 44. Qe6+ Qf6 45. Qg8+ Qg7) 44. Qd5+ $2 (44. g4+ $1 {mates} fxg3 45. Qg4+ Ke5 46. Qe4#) 44... Qe5 {Hoping for ...Qxd5.The position is equal.} 45. Qf7+ Qf6 46. Qg8 {Intending g4+ and mate.} Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 51%, Black = 48%. . An unexpected result.} (46... Qe7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Palachev, Petr"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,19,27,17,10,13,24,20,27,22,30,32,27,7,17,22,18,2,9,4,7,4,17,0,36,36,37,31,39,29,35,16,23,5,5,5,5,5,13,13,10,10,11,11,12,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,26,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,36,0,1,0,37]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} e6 7. c4 Nbd7 (7... Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 {1-0 (67) Harikrishna,P (2758)-Adams,M (2761) Shenzhen 2017}) 8. cxd5 {White has an edge.} exd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. a4 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rb8 11. a5 Nc4 12. Ne5 Nd6 {1-0 (38) Lagno,K (2529)-Stefanova,A (2509) Huaian 2016}) 11. Nh4 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxd2 ({Avoid the trap} 12... Bxe2 $2 13. Re1 $18) 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. e3 Re8 15. Rfc1 Ra7 16. Qa3 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. g4 Bg6 $1 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rcb1 Nc8 21. b4 axb4 22. Rxb4 Nd6 23. Nb3 Nd7 24. a5 g5 25. Bf1 g6 26. Rc1 Nb8 27. Rb6 Nd7 28. Rb4 Nb8 29. Rb6 Nd7 30. Rb4 Nb8 31. Rb6 Nc8 (31... Nd7 $5 32. Rb4 $8 $14) 32. Rb4 Nd6 33. Rb6 Nd7 34. Rb4 Nb8 35. Rb6 Nc8 36. Rb4 Nd6 37. Rb6 Nd7 38. Rb4 Nb8 39. Rb6 Nc8 40. Rb4 Nd6 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Provotorov, Ivan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,45,12,8,25,14,27,31,33,-23,0,-79,23,-23,-33,-48,0,-49,98,85,83,77,81,92,100,97,57,91,20,0,0,0,15,0,0,-1117]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Bb7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} 8. Be3 (8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh5 12. Ne2 Na6 13. Nf4 Qa5 14. Be3 Qc5 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {0-1 (60) Van Wely,L (2653)-Bacrot,E (2704) Calvi 2015}) 8... Nd7 9. Bc4 Qh4+ {White is slightly better.} 10. g3 (10. Bf2 $14 Qg5 11. Bg3) 10... Qh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qf6 11. Nh3 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 c5 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Bg5 {0-1 (27) Krishna Teja,N (2276)-Bagi,M (2443) Prague 2017}) 11. Qb3 {[#]} (11. Bf1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 11... Bd6 (11... f5 $1 $17 12. exf5 O-O-O) 12. g4 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qf6 14. g5 Qf4 (14... Qe7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 15. h4 $16 {Threatens to win with Rh3.} f5 16. Bf7+ Kd8 {[#]} 17. Rh3 $1 {aiming for Ne2.} fxe4 18. Ne2 Qf5 19. Be6 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qg6 ({Better is} 19... Qf8 $16) 20. Bf7 {The position is equal.} Qf5 21. Be6 Qg6 22. Bf7 Qf5 23. Qd1 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 30%, Black = 40%. . Loss on Time!?} (23. Be6 $11 Qg6) 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,102,5,18,0,0,-2,-1,-13,-7,-12,6,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,12,10,20,31,20,24,43,45,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,20,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. a3 Qxc5 6. b4 Qc7 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. c4 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O d6 12. Qb3 Nbd7 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 13. Rfc1 (13. Bc3 Rac8 14. Rfc1 Rfd8 15. Qb2 e5 16. a4 Re8 17. Qa3 a5 18. Rab1 Bc6 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. c5 dxc5 {½-½ (60) Mons,L (2461)-Saric,I (2666) Germany 2017}) 13... Rac8 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 14. h3 Qb8 15. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bc3 d5 16. a4 e6 17. Qb2 dxc4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nh5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Nxc4 {1-0 (64) Moskalenko,A (2442)-Badmatsyrenov,O (2473) Moscow 2016}) 15... Rc7 16. Bf3 Rfc8 17. Rc2 d5 18. Rac1 dxc4 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Bxf3 21. Nexf3 (21. Ndxf3 {is more complex.} Qb7 22. a4 Ne4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nd3) 21... b5 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qd3 a6 24. Nb3 e6 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Qd7 27. Qc2 {aiming for c6.} Nd5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Ne5 (29. e4 $16 Ne7 30. Qc3+ f6 31. e5) 29... Qc7 $11 30. Nd3 Qa5 31. Nb4 {Threatens to win with c6.} Qxa3 32. Nxd5 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 {[#] And now c6 would win.} exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 34. c6 Qe5+ {The position is equal.} 35. f4 Qc7 36. Qc5 Kf6 37. Qxd5 Ke7 38. Qc5+ $1 Ke8 39. Qd5 Ke7 40. Qc5+ $1 Ke8 41. Kg3 b4 42. Qc4 a5 43. Qc5 b3 44. Qb5 b2 45. Qxb2 {Hoping for Qb5.} Qxc6 46. Qb8+ Kd7 47. Qa7+ Qc7 48. Qd4+ Ke7 49. h4 h5 50. e4 Qd6 (50... Qc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8g4]}) 51. Qa7+ Kf8 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 78%.} (51... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7a7]} 52. Qc5+ Ke8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,47,25,7,44,27,58,45,199,193,197,204,272,280,697,697,659,643,865,737,934,912,1375,867,1362,1358]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6,Bd6c8,Bc8b6,Bb6a8,Ba8c7][%mdl 32]} Nxd5 12. Nc4 {A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3} Nb4 13. Be2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (13. O-O Ba6 14. Ncxd6 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Re6 16. Qd5 Nc6 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. f4 Rb8 19. Rfd1 Nd4 {½-½ (66) Dreev,A (2677)-Belozerov,A (2506) Vladivostok 2012}) 13... Rxe4 {And now ...N8c6 would win.} 14. Ncxd6 {White is slightly better.} Rxe2+ 15. Qxe2 {[#] aiming for Bg5.} a6 $146 (15... Be6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15... Ba6 16. Bg5 Bxb5 17. Bxd8 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 N8c6 19. Bg5 Nd4+ {½-½ (31) Lazarev,V (2410)-Cebalo,M (2515) Cannes 1995}) 16. Bg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Qd7 {[#]} 17. Rd1 $1 axb5 18. Nxc8 Bd4 $2 (18... Qxc8 19. Rd8+ Qxd8 20. Bxd8 N8c6) 19. Nb6 $1 {[%csl LRa8,LRd7] White is clearly winning.} Qc6 {With the idea ...Ra6.} 20. Nxa8 Qxg2 {[#]} 21. Rxd4 $1 Qxg5 (21... cxd4 22. Qe8+) 22. h4 Qf5 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Nc7 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Peskov, Alexsey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,43,35,29,21,35,44,44,37,43,46,60,56,47,71,74,115,110,109,104,105,107,131,125,166,169,176,167,168,167,193,201,389,337,327,334]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 3. Bg2 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Be7 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 7. e3 e5 8. exd4 exd4 {White is slightly better.} 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 a5 11. b3 Bc5 12. a3 Ra6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf5 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 {½-½ (32) Hardicsay,P (2328)-Horvath,P (2465) Balatonlelle 2007}) 13. Rb1 Rb6 14. Bd2 {Threatens to win with b4.} Qd6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 a4 20. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32]} f6 $2 {[#]} (20... Bf8 21. c5 (21. Bxd4 Rd6 $18) (21. Nxd4 c5 $18) 21... Rg6) 21. Bxc7 ({Less strong is} 21. bxc5 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 fxe5 $16) 21... Qxc7 22. bxc5 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,53,19,18,-12,-3,-11,40,25,25,20,41,36,58,67,57,26,49,52,20,18,22,16,104,101,95,98,157,138,283,305,296,302,286,251,317,272,273,268,464,456]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. e3 a6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Ne4 f5 13. Nc5 e4 14. Ne1 Be2 15. d3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nd7 18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 {½-½ (52) Ding,L (2773)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2795) Moscow 2017}) 7... Be7 8. Bb2 f6 {LiveBook: 53 Games} 9. Qc1 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. Rd1 Bg4 (10... e4 $11 11. Ne1 Bg4) 11. d4 $146 {[%cal Rd4e5]} ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bf7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 {0-1 (24) Barillaro,L (2164)-Sachdev,T (2429) Reykjavik 2017}) 11... e4 {[#]} 12. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6][%mdl 512]} Nxd5 13. Ne1 {Strongly threatening Qc4.} Ne5 ({Don't play} 13... Bxe2 $6 14. Rd2 $16) 14. Bxe4 c6 15. Qc2 Qe8 $1 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxf2!} 18. Bg6 Qd8 {[#]} (18... Qc8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Nf3 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf3 20. exf3 Rxf3 (20... Bb4 $142) 21. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} e4 (21... Qd6 $16) 22. Bxe4 $18 Rf6 {[#]} 23. Nc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re6 (23... Nxc3 24. Rxd8+) 24. Qg4 Rh6 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Nxd5 Bc5 $2 (26... Ba3 27. h4 Qc8) 27. Rac1 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,13,14,16,11]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} {Predecessor:} Bd6 $146 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Ne4 Bf8 11. d3 f5 12. Ned2 e4 13. Ne1 e3 14. fxe3 Rxe3 {½-½ (28) Adams,M (2751)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Sharjah 2017} *

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,71,0,0,7,0,1,-2,-7,-6,-6,-6,-6,-10,-8,-6,-6,-2,-2,-12,0,-14,-6,-25,-8,-26,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,16,11,16,18,28,11,23,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} 13. Bd3 Qxc3 14. Bb2 Qb4 15. d5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nbd7 $1 {[#]} 16. dxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne5 Bxd5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 {½-½ (36) Timofeev,A (2641)-Smirnov,P (2592) Samara 2012}) 16... Bxf3 $1 17. Qxf3 Qxb2 18. exd7 Nxd7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh3+ Kg8 21. Qxd7 Rfe8 22. a4 Re2 23. Rac1 g6 24. Rf1 Rae8 (24... Rd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2d7]} 25. Qb7 Rad8 $11) 25. h3 (25. g3 {looks sharper.} Qd2 26. Qc6 Kg7 27. Rfd1 Qb2 28. Qf3) 25... R2e7 (25... R8e7 $5 {[%cal Re7d7]} 26. Rc8+ Kg7 $11) 26. Qc6 (26. Qb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5b2]} Qf6 27. Qa6 $15) 26... Qd2 27. g3 (27. Rfd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1d2]} Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kh2 $11) 27... Qd7 28. Kg2 Qxc6+ (28... Rd8 {is interesting.} 29. Qxd7 Rexd7 30. Rc4 Rd4 31. Rfc1 Kg7) 29. Rxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd8 (29... Re6 $5 {[%cal Re6c6]} 30. Rc7 R8e7 $11) 30. a5 bxa5 31. Ra6 Rd5 32. Ra1 Kg7 33. R1xa5 Rxa5 34. Rxa5 Rb7 35. Ra6 Rc7 36. Ra5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Zhileykin, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,38,25,29,31,14,33,12,33,43,22,27,6,4]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Nxc4 Qxc5 10. b3 Rd8 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 11. Nbd2 Qc7 (11... Nc6 12. Bb2 Qb5 13. e3 Bd7 14. a4 Qa6 15. g4 Be8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qg4 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxd2 {½-½ (31) Matlakov,M (2701)-Blomqvist,E (2574) Caleta 2017}) 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Ne5 Qa5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. Nd3 Rac8 16. a3 Be8 17. b4 {[#]} Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qh5 18. Qe1 {1-0 (74) Lorparizangeneh,S (2519)-Blomqvist,E (2573) Moscow 2017}) 18. Qb3 {[#] Threatens to win with b5.} b5 19. e3 Qa4 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,107,52,51,49,49,29,49,22,33,43,35,14,20,8,36,27,16,20,64,63,107,88,88,83,93,62,79,72,60,54,90,115,95,113,107,23,48,10,15,-34,-39,-50,0,0,0,0,152,184,189,181,262,247,255,233,247,270,289,289,279,277,244,55,52,51,61,63,49,27,30,32,23,29,110,122,199,198,207,4,7,5,10,2,2,0,0,0,9,0,9,0,8,4,8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Be3 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} (8. Qg4 g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 h5 13. f4 Ngf6 14. Bd4 O-O 15. f5 Ne5 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. h3 Nfd7 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qe3 Bb7 20. Ne2 Re8 21. Nf4 Qd8 22. Nxg6 {1-0 (22) Nakamura,H (2789)-Markus,R (2662) Baku 2016}) 8... Nf6 9. a4 O-O 10. N1d2 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 11. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. c4 Ne5 12. Be2 Ng6 13. a5 e5 14. Nc1 Bd7 15. g3 Bh3 {1-0 (41) Kholmov,R (2422)-Rogovski,V (2503) Dnipropetrovsk 2005}) 11... d5 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Ne5 16. Rac1 (16. Qh5 f5 $17) 16... f5 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4.} 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. Bb1 Ng6 19. g3 e5 20. Rcd1 Be6 21. Nd4 {[%cal Bb3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5c7][%mdl 32]} Bd7 22. Nb5 $1 Qc8 23. Nc7 Rb8 {[#]} 24. c5 (24. b4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 24... Kh8 $1 $11 25. Ba2 {c6! is the strong threat.} (25. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2d7]} Ba4 26. Bc2 Bxc2 27. Qxc2 $14) 25... f4 $1 26. c6 Bh3 ({But not} 26... Bxc6 $2 27. Be6 $18) 27. Rfe1 fxg3 28. hxg3 Bg4 29. Qd3 Rd8 $2 (29... bxc6 $11 30. Rc1 Rf6) 30. Nd5 $16 bxc6 31. Bxd8 Bxd8 (31... cxd5 {was worth a try.} 32. Bxe7 Bxd1) 32. Nb6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6c8]} Bxb6 33. axb6 Bxd1 34. Rxd1 Nf8 35. Qe3 Qg4 36. Rd6 Qa4 {[#]} 37. Qa3 $2 (37. Bb1 $1 $18) 37... Qxa3 $1 $14 38. bxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} g6 39. Rxc6 {aiming for Bd5.} Nd7 40. b7 Rxb7 41. Rxa6 Kg7 42. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 (42... Nc5 $11 {remains equal.} 43. Ra5 Rc7) 43. a5 $16 Rb2 (43... Rc7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 44. Bc4 $18 Ne4 45. Rc6 $2 (45. Ra7+ $18 Kf6 46. Rf7+ (46. Rxh7 Nd2 $16) 46... Kg5 47. a6 (47. Rxh7 Nd2 $16) 47... Rb1+ 48. Kg2) 45... Nd2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 46. Rc7+ Kf6 47. Be2 {Strongly threatening a6.} Nb3 48. Bd3 {Black must now prevent Rc6+.} Nxa5 49. Rxh7 Rb6 50. Kg2 Nb3 51. Bc4 Nd4 52. Rf7+ Kg5 53. Rd7 (53. Re7 $5 {[%cal Re7e5]}) 53... Nf5 54. Rd5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,90,8,24,3,-7,-25,12,-32,-40,-38,-29,-31,-35,-24,-24,-45,-27,-35,-20,-30,-30,-52,-52,-54,-46,-50,-20,-33,0,-4,23,16,26,16,39,39,29,24,38,0,20,16,22,14,70,70,72,64,99,100,71,76,104,102,104,98,99,93,75,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 5. a4 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 6. Nb1 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Ba6 7. Qc2 e6 8. Bxc4 Bxc4 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Qxd5 cxd5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Nb3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 13. Ne2 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a5) 14. Bd2 a5 15. Nec1 Nb6 16. Nd3 Nc4 17. Ke2 Ke7 18. h3 Ne4 19. Rhc1 f5 20. Be1 g5 21. f3 Nf6 22. Nbc5 Ra7 23. b3 Nb6 $1 24. Ra2 (24. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]}) 24... Rc8 25. Rac2 Nbd7 26. g4 h6 (26... Rac7 $11) 27. Nxd7 $14 Rxc2+ 28. Rxc2 Kxd7 29. Ne5+ Bxe5 30. dxe5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ng8 31. gxf5 exf5 32. h4 Ne7 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kd3 ({White should play} 34. Rc5 $16) 34... g4 $11 {The position is equal.} 35. fxg4 fxg4 36. e4 Ke6 37. Bg3 Rd7 38. Rf2 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf2f6] [#]} dxe4+ 39. Kxe4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf2f6]} Nd5 40. Rh2 Nc3+ 41. Kf4 Rd4+ 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Rh8 {[#] And now Rd8+ would win.} Nd1+ 44. Ke2 {Hoping for Rd8+.} Nc3+ 45. Ke3 {aiming for Rd8+.} Nd1+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,39,50,17,29,29,44,14,16,27,10,23,8,0,45,58,66,51,69,23,59,47,57,-86,85,78,90,91,77,73]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Be7 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} 8. O-O-O Nf6 9. f3 b5 {The position is equal.} 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. g5 b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Rg1 O-O 15. Bh3 f5 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (49) Dominguez Perez,L (2755)-Giri,A (2758) Bilbao 2014}) 13. gxf6 bxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxf6 15. Ba5 Qc6 16. Bb4 d5 17. Qf4 (17. Kb1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 17... Rc8 $2 {[#]} (17... dxe4 $17 {keeps the pressure on. ...Qa4 is the strong threat.} 18. fxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4) 18. Bd3 $16 {White is better.} Qa4 19. Ba3 Bc6 20. Rhe1 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 71%, Black = 55%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,152,24,21,21,26,33,47,20,27,24,27,30,31,29,35,27,35,6,4,0,-8,0,-8,-39,-44,-35,-37,-59,0,0,0,0,12,30,79,79,79,79,79,78,99,35,109,5,62,62,62,56,60,18,16,6,55,54,68,64,83,82,128,112,146,147,168,168,160,168,226,161,160,104,246,136,138,0,229,93,101,0,122,114,237,231,231,231,231,231,231,231,231,231,231,231,237,227,241,45,45,51,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,0,66,65,65,65,66,12,21,21,25,65,63,64,101,94,94,21,22,22,60,22,21,31,22,22,30,30,30,37,208,160,161,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bg2 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} d5 9. O-O (9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. e3 Qe7 14. Nc3 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne1 d4 17. exd4 cxd4 {0-1 (28) Burmakin,V (2612)-Shaposhnikov,E (2550) Voronezh 2010}) 9... c5 (9... c6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Na3 Bb7 13. b4 c5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b5 c4 17. Qb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 {1-0 (46) Inarkiev,E (2732)-Hou,Y (2658) Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky 2016}) 10. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nc3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} (13. Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ra5a6]} Bb7 14. Rd1 $11) 13... Rad8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Na4 Rc8 {½-½ (48) Reinecke,R (2068)-Tacke,H (1849) GER email 2012}) 15... d4 16. Na4 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4c3][%mdl 512] aiming for ...c3.} 17. Nc5 (17. bxc4 Qxa4) 17... c3 18. Qc2 Qb5 19. Nxa6 Qxa6 20. Rfd1 {[%cal Bf1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3e3][%mdl 32]} Rd6 (20... h5 $15) 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Rd3 Nd7 {Hoping for ...Ne5.} 23. Bg4 Rd8 {And now ...Ne5 would win.} 24. Bxd7 $1 R6xd7 25. e3 dxe3 26. Rxe3 Rd2 {[#]} 27. Qxc3 (27. Rce1 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Re8+ would kill now.} Qc8 28. Qxc3) 27... Qxa2 {[#]} (27... Rxa2 $14 28. Re7 Rf8) 28. Rce1 (28. Qc8 $3 $16 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Re8+.} Kf8 (28... Rxc8 29. Rxc8+) 29. Qc5+ Kg8 30. Qb5) 28... Rd1 (28... h6 $1 $11 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kh7) 29. Rxd1 $1 $14 Rxd1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. Kg2 {[%cal Re3e8]} Rd8 31. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4d8]} (31. Qc4 {looks sharper.} Rf8 32. Re7 a5 33. Re5 Qa1 34. Rb5) 31... Rf8 32. Qd5 Qa6 33. Re7 g6 34. b4 Qa4 35. Rb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} h5 36. h4 Qa1 37. b5 Qa5 {intending ...a6.} 38. Qc4 Qa3 39. Rd7 Qa1 (39... Kh7 $142 40. Rc7 (40. Rxf7+ Rxf7 41. Qxf7+ Kh6 $16) 40... Kg8) 40. Rd6 Qb1 41. Qd5 ({White should try} 41. Ra6) 41... Kg7 {[#]} (41... Re8 $16) 42. Rd7 (42. Qe5+ $1 $18 f6 43. Rd7+ Rf7 44. Qe8 Rxd7 45. Qxd7+ Kh6 46. Qd8 (46. Qxa7 Qxb5 47. Qa8 g5 $11)) 42... Qa1 $16 43. Qc4 (43. Rc7 $16) 43... Kg8 $18 44. Re7 (44. Qc5 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 44... Qa5 $16 45. Rb7 Qa3 46. Rc7 Qa1 (46... Kh7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 47. Qd5 (47. Rxf7+ Rxf7 48. Qxf7+ Kh6 $16) 47... Qa4) 47. Qc5 $18 Ra8 48. Qd5 Rf8 {[#]} 49. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6g6]} Qb1 50. Ra6 Re8 51. Rxa7 Qe4+ 52. Qxe4 Rxe4 {KR-KR} 53. b6 Rb4 54. b7 $2 (54. Rb7 $18) 54... Kg7 $14 55. Kf3 Kf6 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Kc3 (58. b8=R $5 Rxb8 59. Rxf7 $16) 58... Rb1 59. Kd3 ({White should play} 59. Kc2 $14 Rb6 60. f3) 59... Rb3+ (59... Rb4 $1 $11) 60. Ke2 Rb2+ 61. Kf3 Ke5 62. Kg2 (62. b8=Q+ $14 Rxb8 63. Rxf7) 62... f6 63. Kf3 Rb3+ 64. Ke2 Ke4 65. Kd2 Kd4 66. Kc2 Rb6 67. f3 (67. Ra6 $16 Rxb7 68. Rxf6) 67... Rc6+ 68. Kd2 Rb6 69. g4 Rb2+ 70. Kc1 Rb6 71. Kc2 Rc6+ 72. Kd2 Rb6 73. Ra4+ Kd5 $2 (73... Ke5 $14) 74. gxh5 gxh5 75. Ra6 $2 (75. Ra5+ $18 Kd4 76. Ra4+ (76. Rxh5 Rxb7 77. Ke2 Rb2+ 78. Kf1 Kd3 $16) 76... Ke5 77. Ra5+ Kf4 78. Ra7 (78. Rxh5 Rxb7 79. Ra5 Kxf3 $11)) 75... Rxb7 $11 76. Rxf6 Ke5 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Mozharov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,33,0,-2,-2,-6,-4,-2,-4,-9,13,14,15,13,16,0,0,-83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 O-O 6. O-O a5 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines} (6... Re8 7. d3 Nd4 8. Kh1 c6 9. f4 Nxe2 10. Qxe2 exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qf2 Be6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (34) Bachmann,A (2610)-Granda Zuniga,J (2683) Florianopolis 2016}) 7. Nd5 Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nb4 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. a3 Nc6 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. d3 Ne7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. c3 {1-0 (63) Korostenski,F (1635)-Cofer,D (1485) LSS email 2011}) 8. exd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. d3 d6 11. Qh5 Qd7 12. Be4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} Qh3 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bg6+ $1 {The position is equal.} Kg8 15. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 16. Bg6+ $1 Kg8 17. Bh7+ $1 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kozionov, Kirill"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,128,20,14,20,3,11,4,25,2,12,0,0,6,6,-8,-14,-14,0,-11,-10,-8,-8,-13,-16,-13,0,-37,-41,-46,-33,-46,-41,-29,-29,-36,0,-59,-52,-153,-121,-213,-161,-159,-155,-153,-167,-506,-522,-684,-72,-197,-220,-368,-80,-33,127,0,0,0,0,0,0,-266,0,0,0,-260,-236,-312,-324,-307,-295,-289,-304,-306,-268,-322,-316,-692,-629,-836,-735,-724,-720,-708,-708,-694,-694,-655,-658,-534,-433,-417,-387,-566,-611,-706,-667,-5289,-1099,-1654,-1625,-1647,-1517,-1499,-1434,-1304,-1226,-1136,-830,-810,-752,-716,-613,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12843]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 10. Bd2 a6 (10... c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qe7 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Bd6 15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. b4 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Be1 Qb7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 {½-½ (41) Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2682) Varadero 2016}) 11. Rfd1 b5 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nb3 {½-½ (40) Beeke,B (2247)-Moradiabadi,E (2567) Dieren 2015}) 13... Bxc5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qa5 18. a4 Rac8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 19. Ra2 b4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Be7 22. b3 Na3 23. Bd3 $1 Rc6 24. f4 (24. Bb2 $11) 24... e5 $1 $15 25. Qh5 ({White should play} 25. Bb2 $15) 25... Rd8 {Threatens to win with ...Qc7.} 26. Rg2 (26. Rf2 $17) 26... Rxd3 27. Rxd3 {Bb2 is the strong threat.} Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 g6 29. Rd5 $2 (29. Rd7 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. fxe5) 29... Qb6 $19 30. Qxe5 Rc7 $2 (30... Qxe3 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Strongly threatening ...Qe1.} 31. Qb8+ Kg7) 31. a5 (31. f5 $17) 31... Qc6 32. Rgd2 (32. f5 $142) 32... Bf6 $2 (32... f6 $19 33. Qd4 Nb1) 33. Qd6 $17 {And now Qxc6 would win.} Bc3 $2 (33... Nb1 $15 {stays ahead.} 34. Qxc6 Rxc6) 34. R2d3 ({White has to play} 34. Qxc6 $1 $16 {Qe8+ would kill now.} Rxc6 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. R2d6) 34... Nb5 $11 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. e5 $1 Be1 {White must now prevent ...h5.} 37. Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rd1 $11 Bc3 38. Rd6 Nxd6 39. Rxd6) 37... Qc2+ $2 (37... Rxd7 $19 38. Rxd7 Qc2+ 39. Kh1 Bh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qxh4 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Kg8) 38. Kh1 Qc6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rxd7 $11 39. Qf6+ Kh6 40. Qg5+ Kg7 41. Qf6+ Kh6 42. Qg5+ Kg7 43. Qf6+) 39. Kh2 $19 Rxd7 40. Rxd7 {[#]} Bh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Rxf7+ (41. Qxh4 Qxd7) 41... Kxf7 42. Qxh4 h5 43. Qd8 {[#]} Nc7 $1 44. Qc8 Ke7 45. Qh8 $2 (45. Kg3 Qc5 46. Kh4) 45... Qc2+ 46. Kh1 Qd1+ 47. Kh2 Qd2+ 48. Kh1 Qd5+ 49. Kh2 Ne8 50. Qh7+ Qf7 51. Qh6 Qf5 52. Qh7+ Kf8 53. Qa7 (53. Qb7 $142 Qc2+ 54. Kh1 Qxb3 55. Kh2) 53... Qc2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 54. Kh1 Qxb3 55. Qxa6 Qxe3 (55... Qd1+ $142 56. Kg2 Qc2+ 57. Kg3 b3) 56. Qb6 Qxh3+ 57. Kg1 Qg3+ 58. Kh1 Qf3+ 59. Kg1 Qg4+ 60. Kh1 Qd1+ 61. Kh2 Qd2+ 62. Kh1 h4 63. Qxg6 Qe1+ 64. Kg2 {[#]} Qg3+ $1 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kozionov, Kirill"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,21,26,14,23,17,20,28,35,8,9,18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Bd2 a6 (10... c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qe7 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Bd6 15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. b4 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Be1 Qb7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 {½-½ (41) Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2682) Varadero 2016}) 11. Rfd1 {Predecessor:} b5 $146 12. Bd3 c5 13. Be1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nb3 {½-½ (40) Beeke,B (2247)-Moradiabadi,E (2567) Dieren 2015} *

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bakunts, Rafael"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,143,-1,25,19,22,13,20,18,29,24,44,22,35,7,2,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44,32,45,0,0,0,27,35,28,27,87,92,87,95,108,75,60,0,87,86,94,75,76,80,75,79,513,523,517,525,520,524,514,498,498,498,1010,1008,1058,25,340,0,1038,941,1083,440,397,0,1010,1056,1011,1020,904,569,993,835,991,835,835,835,787,787,7991,6053,7991,1317,1216,1007,1293,1193,1091,1238,1005,1135,1007,1007,970,258,977,970,806,258,516,258,409,258,258,258,258,258,258,258,11681,4933,29976,29977,29977,29977,29977,29977,29978,29979,29978,29979]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 {The position is equal.} Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na5 Rb8 15. c4 e4 $1 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 {[#]} 18. Rab1 $146 Nc5 19. b4 Nd3 20. b5 Ra8 21. Nxb7 Qc7 22. Na5 {aiming for b6.} (22. c5 $5 dxc5 23. Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc5 24. d6 $14) 22... axb5 23. Rxb5 Rxa5 24. Qxa5 Qxc4 25. Qb6 Rc8 (25... Nc5 $11) 26. f5 $16 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Qxa2 28. Qb7 (28. Qxd6 $2 Qe2 $17) 28... Rf8 29. Qa7 ({Better is} 29. Rb1 $1 $14) 29... Qe2 (29... Qxa7 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 30. Bxa7 Ra8) 30. Rb8 {Qxf7+ would kill now.} Ne5 {[#]} ({Worse is} 30... Rxb8 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Rh5+ Bh6 33. Rxh6#) 31. Rxf8+ $1 Bxf8 32. Rf1 {Bf4 is the strong threat.} Bg7 33. Bd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Bh6 $16 {is more resistant.}) 34. Bxe5 $18 Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 35. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b8]} Bg7 36. Qd7 $1 {[%csl LRd6,LRf5]} Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Qf4 {intending ...Kh7.} 38. Qe8+ Bf8 (38... Kh7 $142 39. Qh5+ Qh6 40. Qxf5+ Qg6) 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Qh5+ $2 (40. Qf7 $18 Bg7 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Qh5+ Qh6 43. Qxf5+ Qg6 44. Qf4) 40... Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Kg7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 41. Qg6+ $2 (41. Qe8) 41... Kh8 42. Qf7 Bg7 43. Qh5+ (43. Rb8+ $142 Kh7 44. Qh5+ Qh6 45. Qxf5+ Qg6 46. Qf4) 43... Bh6 {If only Black now had time for ...Kg7....} 44. Qf7 $2 (44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe6) 44... Bg7 45. Rb8+ Kh7 46. Qh5+ Qh6 47. Qxf5+ Qg6 48. Qxg6+ Kxg6 {KR-KB} 49. Re8 Kf5 50. Kg1 Be5 51. Kf2 e3+ 52. Kxe3 Bxh2 53. Rf8+ (53. Kd3 $142 Kf4 54. Kc4) 53... Ke5 54. Rh8 {Intending Rh5+ and mate.} Bg1+ 55. Kd3 Kxd5 56. Rg8 Ke5 57. Rxg4 d5 58. Ra4 Bc5 59. Ra1 $2 (59. Ra2 Be7 60. Re2+ Kd6 61. Ke3) 59... Ke6 $2 (59... Bf2 60. Rh1 Bg3) 60. Rf1 Be7 61. g4 Bf6 $2 (61... Bd8 {was worth a try.} 62. Rf8 Be7) 62. Rf5 Bg7 (62... Bd8 $142 63. Rf1 Bf6) 63. Kc2 Be5 64. Kb3 Ba1 65. Kb4 Bd4 66. Kb5 Bc3 $2 (66... Kd6 67. g5 Ke6) 67. Kc5 d4 68. Kc4 {White mates.} Bb2 69. Kd3 Bc3 70. Ke4 Ba1 71. Rf1 Bb2 72. g5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rodin, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Swapnil, S  Dhopade"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,47,24,16,15,16,22,11,20,18,23,39,27,30,25,27,27,31,28,39,0,12,0,26,0]} 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. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Nxd5 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} (14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Be6 16. Qe5 Qb4 17. c4 Nf6 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Qc3 Qa3+ 20. Qb2 Qb4 21. h4 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (70) Akopian,V (2656)-Jones,G (2650) Dubai 2016}) 14... cxd5 15. h4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 {The position is equal.} Bb7 17. f4 f6 18. Rh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Rh3 Kf7 20. h5 Rab8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 {1-0 (47) Bernal Varela,N (2275)-De Silva,D (2377) LSS email 2008}) 18... e5 19. Rb4 Rf7 20. Rhb3 Bc6 21. Rc3 Bb7 22. Rcb3 Bc6 23. Rc3 Bb7 24. Rcb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Ivan"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,82,32,49,29,37,20,45,32,32,35,53,34,42,58,50,41,49,28,73,73,73,0,61,65,49,43,50,43,37,43,35,41,66,0,46,0,60,64,59,-55,0,0,0,2,41,30,30,18,35,24,91,78,73,87,84,92,90,71,57,62,60,69,64,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,16,6,16]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Ne5 (7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Rb8 9. Be2 d6 10. Qg3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Ba7 Ra8 13. Be3 b5 14. f4 Bb7 15. fxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 {1-0 (42) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Adhiban,B (2666) Doha 2016}) 8. Qg3 h5 9. Bf4 {White is slightly better.} d6 10. Bg5 b5 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 h4 12. Bxh4 b4 13. Ncb5 axb5 14. fxe5 Bd7 {½-½ (58) Swiercz,D (2646)-Durarbayli,V (2608) Merida 2016}) 11... Bb7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Ned7 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Bxf6 (16. Qh4 $16) 16... gxf6 (16... h4 $1 $11 17. Qe3 Nxf6) 17. f5 $14 e5 18. Nb3 Nb6 19. Qf3 Kb8 20. Kb1 h4 21. Nc1 Qc5 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Nc1 {[%cal Bb3c1,Bc1a2,Ba2c3,Bc3d5][%mdl 32]} Qc5 24. N1a2 Rd7 25. b4 (25. Nb4 $14) 25... Qc6 ({Better is} 25... Qc7 $15) 26. Nd5 $11 Nxd5 27. exd5 Qxd5 28. Be4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qc4 {[#] White must now prevent ...d5.} 29. Nc3 d5 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 (30... Rc7 $11 {remains equal.} 31. Bxc4 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Rxc4) 31. Nxd5 $16 Rc8 32. Ne3 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qc7 34. Qd5 Bf8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bh6.} 35. Qe4 Bh6 36. Nd5 Qc6 37. c3 ({White should try} 37. Qd3 $14 Bf8 38. Qe4) 37... Bf4 $11 {The position is equal.} 38. h3 Rd8 39. Kc2 Bg5 40. Rd3 Rd6 41. Kb3 Rd8 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 34,67,73,86,231,179,276,272,265,267,257,272,632,615,678,658,636,660,758,735,783,635,655,706,1410,1347,12835,12831,3131,3129,29989,29990,29991,29992,29993,29993]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5g4][%mdl 32]} 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Rxd5 {B78: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 0-0-0 Rc8} (17... Re8 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Qh2 Rxd5 20. Bxd5 Qb6 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Rc8 23. fxg4 Kf8 24. gxh5 Qc5 25. h6 Bh8 26. h7 Ke8 27. Qe2 {1-0 (38) Motylev,A (2676)-Mikhalevski,V (2608) Budva 2009}) 18. Bxd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qe8 (18... gxf3 $16 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qd7) 19. Rdg1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bh6 e6 20. Bb3 Qe7 21. Rdg1 Qf6 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. fxg4 Nf6 24. Qe2 g5 25. c3 {0-1 (43) Sahl,S (2195)-Nilsen,J (2397) Fagernes 2016}) 19... e6 ({But not} 19... gxf3 $6 {[#]} 20. Rxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} f2 21. Qxf2) (19... Nxf3 20. Nxf3 gxf3 21. Bh6 $18) (19... g3 $142 20. Bh6 e6) 20. fxg4 exd5 21. gxh5 Nc4 22. Qf2 Qe5 $2 (22... Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxe4 24. Qxa7 Bf5) 23. c3 f6 24. Bf4 Qxe4+ 25. Ka1 g5 26. h6 Bh8 27. h7+ Kf7 28. Bxg5 b4 {[#]} 29. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 30. h8=Q Rxh8 31. Rxh8 {Rf8+! would kill now.} Bf5 32. Nxf5 {White mates.} bxc3 33. Qxa7+ Ke6 34. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bakunts, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,99,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,11,-17,0,0,-14,-14,-10,-19,-32,-56,-54,-59,-44,-58,-43,-86,-75,-109,-104,-97,-93,-100,-98,-203,-190,-207,-178,-174,-152,-150,-136,-156,-67,-86,-76,-110,-94,-279,-278,-283,-165,-178,-168,-172,-137,-686,-689,-685,-668,-765,-781,-747,-741,-743,-687,-5257,-4906,-29988,-29985,-29995]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Bd3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 (10. Qe2 c5 11. Rad1 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Re8 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 {½-½ (45) Radjabov,T (2710)-Ding,L (2773) Moscow 2017}) 10... c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f4 {LiveBook: 39 Games} cxd4 13. exd4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bc4 Nf6 $146 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. f5 Kh8 19. a4 Bb4 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. g4 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bb5 Qd6 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. f6 g6 26. Bc4 Qd7 27. h3 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 28. Rf2 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bf1 Re8 31. Bg2 Bd5 32. g5 (32. Bc1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 32... Bd6 $19 33. Bf1 Rb8 34. Be2 Qc7 35. Kg2 Qa5 36. Bd1 Qb4 ({Black should play} 36... Rc8 $17 {...Qa2 is the strong threat.} 37. Bc1 b4) 37. h4 $15 Bc7 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rf5 $2 (39. Bxh5 $17 Qxb3 40. Qxb3 Bxb3 41. Rf5) 39... Qd6 $19 40. Re5 Qc6 (40... h4 $142 41. Kh3 Qc6 42. Kxh4 Bxe5 43. dxe5 Rg8) 41. g6 fxg6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rf8.} 42. Qg5 e3+ ({Don't play} 42... Bxe5 43. Qxe5 e3+ 44. Kf1 $17) 43. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({But not} 43. Rxd5 $2 Rd8 $19) (43. Kf1 $17 Bxe5 44. Qxe5) 43... Bxe5 44. Qxe5 Qe8 45. Qxd5 {[#] White wants to mate with f7.} e2 46. Bxe2 Qxe2 47. Qf7 Rg8 48. d5 Qxb2 49. Qe6 Rf8 50. Qe5 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Ovod, Evgenija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,57,57,97,55,172,166,189,147,154,143,166,157,180,170,174,182,222,199,362,280,596,600,594,579,558,566,793,770,1881,1883,29987,29988,29988,1015,29989,29990,29989,29990,29988,29989]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. d4 h6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 {Hoping for c5. A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} Qd8 $146 (11... c5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Qe4 Nf8 13. c5 Be7 14. Ne5 Qh4 15. f4 f5 16. Qe2 c6 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Nc4 Rd8 {1-0 (76) Guerra Bastida,D (2397)-Martinez Lopez,I (2302) Don Benito 2012}) 12. c5 $18 Be7 13. a4 {White is clearly better.} a5 14. Rb1 Re8 15. Re1 Bf8 16. Bf4 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bd2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Ra7 $2 (18... Qf6 19. Ng4 Qh4) 19. Qh5 Qe7 $2 {[#]} (19... Re7 {is more resistant.} 20. Bg5 Qe8 21. Nxf7 Qxf7) 20. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf6 (20... Qxg5 21. Qxf7+) 21. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 {[#]} 22. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bd7 (22... Qxf7 23. Bh7+) 23. Re3 g5 24. Rf3 Qg7 {[#]} 25. Nxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxh6 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Rh3 {White mates.} Qxh3 28. gxh3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rf7h7]} Bg7 29. Qxd7 {Precision: White = 95%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,101,52,40,30,40,37,50,40,40,34,35,27,43,42,30,33,33,27,66,69,97,88,100,86,87,94,85,64,69,78,72,44,93,97,247,246,246,243,236,239,231,236,252,249,257,211,207,207,231,229,241,234,216,211,231,234,234,234,234,238,238,238,238,238,339,371,365,313,371,363,356,356,351,343,388,359,670,686,643,647,635,610,644,627,940,716,832,796,1166,1018,1853,1852,12844,12844]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e5,Be5d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Nd2 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} Bf5 7. Qf3 ({Don't play} 7. Qh5 g6 $15) 7... Be6 8. c3 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 9. Nd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ndc4 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 c5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 {½-½ (48) Tiviakov,S (2623)-Wohl,A (2375) Leiden 2010}) 9... g6 10. Ne4 N5f6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bd5 13. Qg3 Qb6 14. Bd3 Nh5 15. Qh3 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rh3d7]} e6 16. O-O {Strongly threatening g4.} Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qh4 {Hoping for c4.} e5 19. Re1 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black must now prevent g4. White has compensation.} Be6 20. Bh6 Rd8 21. Bf1 {And now g4 would win.} Rd5 {[#]} (21... Qe7 $16 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7) 22. g4 $1 $18 Nf4 23. Qf6 Rf8 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Rad1 Qd6 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Qh8+ ({Not} 27. Rxe5 Qf3 $16) (27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Bxg4 $16) 27... Ke7 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Kd6 30. Ra5 a6 31. f3 c5 32. b4 c4 33. Kf2 Bd5 34. Ke3 Ne6 35. b5 axb5 36. Rxb5 g5 (36... Nc7 $142) 37. Be2 Kc6 38. Rb1 Kc5 39. Bd1 Nc7 40. Bc2 Nb5 41. Kd2 ({Less strong is} 41. Bxh7 Nxc3 42. Ra1 b6 $16) 41... Na3 42. Rf1 b5 $2 (42... Nxc2 43. Kxc2 f6) 43. Bxh7 {White is clearly winning.} b4 44. cxb4+ Kxb4 45. f4 c3+ 46. Kc1 f6 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Rf5 Bxa2 49. Rxg5 Bc4 50. h4 Nb5 {[#]} 51. Rxb5+ $1 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mozharov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Vaishali R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,81,7,5,15,27,18,0,4,0,6,-24,-26,-13,-9,-9,0,-66,-94,-62,0,0,52,-99,-112,-142,0,0,66,14,36,41,42,57,67,62,188,131,141,141,365,360,359,354,363,339,452,450,433,431,436,436,431,413,423,357,539,529,583,394,566,548]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 g6 12. Bh4 Ne6 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 13. Rad1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 14. Bf2 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 15. Kh1 (15. Nc1 Rc8 16. Nb3 a6 17. Ne2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qd2 {½-½ (59) Wojtaszek,R (2746)-Buhmann,R (2633) Germany 2016}) 15... Rc8 16. e4 b4 17. Na4 {[#]} dxe4 $146 (17... c5 $5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qa5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 17... Qa5 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 c5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Ndxc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (40) Moroni,L (2448)-Brunello,S (2570) Porto Mannu Palau 2016}) 18. fxe4 c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 19. d5 (19. dxc5 $11 Qa5 20. b3) 19... Ng5 $1 $15 20. b3 (20. Nxc5 $2 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Ngxe4 $19) 20... Bd6 ({Black should try} 20... Ng4 $1 $15) 21. Bh4 $11 (21. Nxc5 $2 Bxc5 22. Bh4 Ngxe4 $19) 21... Ng4 (21... h6 $11) 22. Qc1 $2 {[#]} (22. h3 $1 $14 {was forced to keep a grip.} c4 23. bxc4) 22... h6 $17 23. h3 Ne5 (23... Nf6 $17 24. Bxg5 hxg5) 24. Bb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} c4 ({Black should play} 24... Nd7 $11) 25. Bxe8 (25. bxc4 $6 Nxc4 26. Bxg5 (26. Bxc4 Rxe4 27. Bxg5 hxg5 $15) 26... hxg5 $15) (25. Bxg5 $14 hxg5 26. Bxe8 (26. bxc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Rxe4 $15) 26... Qxe8 27. Qxg5) 25... Qxe8 26. Qe3 Ba6 27. Qxa7 Bb5 28. Nd4 {[#] And now Bxg5 would win.} Bb8 ({Better is} 28... Bxa4 $14 29. Bxg5 (29. Qxa4 Qxa4 30. bxa4 Nxe4 $11) (29. bxa4 Nxe4 30. Rde1 Bc5 $11) 29... hxg5) 29. Qa5 (29. Qb7 $18 Bxa4 30. Bxg5 (30. bxa4 Nxe4 31. a5 Rc7 $16) (30. Qxb4 Bd7 $17)) 29... Bxa4 $16 30. Bxg5 $1 {Threatens to win with Bf6.} ({Don't take} 30. bxa4 $6 Nxe4 31. Qxb4 Nd3 $14) (30. Qxa4 $6 Qxa4 31. bxa4 Nxe4 $11) (30. Qxb4 Bd7 $15) 30... Bd7 $2 (30... cxb3 $16 {might work better.} 31. axb3 Bxb3) 31. Bf4 $18 (31. Qxb4 hxg5 32. bxc4 Nxc4 $19) 31... c3 32. Qa6 (32. Qxb4 c2 $16) 32... Qe7 33. d6 (33. Bxh6 Qh4 $16) 33... Qf6 34. Nc2 Qe6 35. Qb7 Nc6 36. Nxb4 Nxb4 37. Qxb4 c2 38. Rd4 Qf6 (38... Ba7 $142 39. Rc4 (39. Bxh6 Bxd4 40. Qxd4 f6 $18) 39... Rxc4 40. Qxc4 Qxc4 41. bxc4 g5) 39. Rc4 Re8 {and the idea ...g5 leaves Black hopeful.} 40. Qe1 Bb5 (40... Bxd6 $142 41. Bxd6 Qxd6 42. Rxc2 Bf5) 41. d7 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,121,11,10,14,20,1,51,52,47,47,82,85,78,75,84,80,93,58,56,69,91,80,103,75,69,60,63,61,63,58,58,-30,-25,-26,-12,-38,0,0,0,-27,-43,-58,-61,-58,-50,-46,-18,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,14,25,13,13,13,14,10,20,20,75,21,30,30,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-243]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Nbd7 (9... a6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. a4 Be7 13. g3 Bh5 14. O-O O-O 15. Ng2 Rad8 16. Nf4 Kh8 {½-½ (34) So,W (2822)-Caruana,F (2817) chess.com INT 2017}) 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 Nb6 12. c5 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qa4 e5 14. b4 O-O 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bh3 Rfe8 {0-1 (50) Milov,V (2643)-Ostrovskiy,A (2403) Arlington 2013}) 13... Bh5 14. Be2 a5 15. O-O O-O 16. g4 Bg6 17. f4 Ne8 18. Be1 f5 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. a3 b6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 bxc5 23. bxc5 g5 24. Qc2 g6 25. Bg3 Qd8 26. Kh1 Ng7 27. h3 ({White should try} 27. Rg1 $14) 27... gxf4 $11 28. exf4 ({Much worse is} 28. Rxf4 Bg5 $17) 28... Nf6 29. Kg2 Qa5 (29... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4g3]}) 30. Be1 Qc7 31. Bd2 Ne4 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. Qc3 Bd8 34. Ra1 Rc8 35. Be3 Rf7 36. Ra6 Bh4 37. Qa5 Qb7 38. Qb6 Qd7 39. Rfa1 Bd8 40. Qb4 Bc7 41. Qb7 {[#] And now Ra8 would win.} Rb8 42. Ra8 Qe8 $1 43. R1a7 Rxb7 44. Rxe8+ Nxe8 45. Rxb7 {Hoping for Bd1.} Kf8 (45... Rf8 $11) 46. Bd1 (46. Ra7 $16) 46... Rf6 $1 47. Ba4 Bxf4 48. g5 Bxe3 {The position is equal.} 49. gxf6 Bxd4 50. Bxc6 Nxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Rb7+ Kd8 53. Rf7 Nh5 54. Bd7 e3 (54... Nf4+ $5 55. Kf1 Bxc5 $15) 55. Kf3 Bxc5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...e5.} 56. Bxe6 {aiming for Rd7+.} Ng3 {...e2 is the strong threat.} 57. Rd7+ Ke8 {Strongly threatening ...e2.} 58. Rxd5 e2 59. Re5 {Black must now prevent Bc4+.} Bd4 60. Rxe2 Nxe2 61. Ke4 $2 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 72%.} (61. Kxe2 $11 Ke7 62. Bc4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,108,4,14,8,16,4,12,13,15,5,3,-2,0,0,6,0,12,0,0,-2,6,13,28,18,34,-4,8,10,11,0,0,0,1,7,24,47,60,56,26,46,75,75,75,67,67,68,67,74,73,36,75,72,103,98,95,99,91,84,92,43,44,52,42,43,53,18,16,3,8,4,37,37,37,13,125,123,119,59,83,37,592,592,603,623,850,756,11638,6525,5706,2794,29954,29964,29964,29964,29961,29964,12337,12369,4562,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Bg2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Bc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 (8. Nc3 Be7 9. e4 Nbd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Nxc6 Nxc4 13. Nxd8 Rxd8 {0-1 (58) Ding,L (2766)-Sargissian,G (2702) Huaian 2016}) 8... Be7 9. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 b5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Be3 cxb4 13. axb4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Rxa5 Qxa5 {½-½ (32) Richter,L (2221)-Pfreundt,J (2268) Hannover 2016}) 9... O-O 10. Qc2 b6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. a3 Rc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c7,Bc7d7,Bd7d8][%mdl 32]} 14. e3 Rc7 15. Rfd1 Rd7 16. Nc4 Qa8 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Qe2 h6 19. Ne1 Rdd8 20. f4 (20. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 21. e4 $11) 20... Ne8 21. g4 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Nh7 25. g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h7]} fxg6 26. Qg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nf8 27. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 28. e4 $1 e5 29. Nxe5 Qb8 30. N1f3 Qd6 31. d4 {Hoping for Ng5.} Bd7 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxd7 Nxd7 34. b4 {Strongly threatening dxc5.} cxd4 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Rxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nf8 37. Ng5 Nh7 $1 {[%cal Rh7g5]} 38. h4 Nxg5 39. hxg5 $11 {KR-KR} Rc7 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Rd6 Rc2+ (41... Ke7 $1 $11 42. Rxg6 Kf7) 42. Ke3 $1 $16 {Rd7+ is the strong threat.} Rc3+ 43. Kf4 (43. Kd4 $16 Rxa3 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. b5) 43... Rxa3 $14 44. Ke5 a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44... b5 $1 $14) 45. b5 $1 $18 a4 46. Rxb6 Ra1 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. Ke6 Rb1 49. e5 (49. Rb8+ $142 Kh7 50. e5) 49... a3 50. Ra7 Rxb5 {[#]} 51. Ra8+ $1 Kh7 52. Rxa3 Kg8 53. Ra8+ Kh7 54. Kd6 (54. Ra7 $142 Kg8 55. Kd6) 54... Rd5+ 55. Kxd5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,56,26,17,21,15,20,13,22,21,16,20,19,18,24,-14,-13,-13,-9,-9,-9,-14,-6,-19,-19,-19,-19,-16,-16,-19,-16,-16,-16,-18,0,-15,0,-25,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (6... Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. c4 O-O 15. Be3 e5 16. Nc2 Bf5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. b4 Rc7 20. c5 Ne4 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Bd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Rcd1 {½-½ (26) Anand,V (2786)-So,W (2812) Stavanger 2017}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Re1 {LiveBook: 48 Games} Bc5 12. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Bxd4 13. cxd4 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Bg5 Nd5 $146 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Re5 f5 19. Rxd5 fxg4 20. Rc5 Rf7 21. Be3 Bd5 22. a3 h6 23. Rac1 Raf8 24. Rc7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rf7 26. Rc8+ Rf8 27. Rc7 Rf7 28. Rc8+ Rf8 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,25,29,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qb6 13. Qe2 e5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {½-½ (29) Harikrishna,P (2750)-Radjabov,T (2710) Moscow 2017}) 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Ne5 {LiveBook: 1097 Games} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Domogaev, Sergey"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,78,25,27,51,48,64,33,41,31,39,21,27,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-4,-10,-10,-10,-10,-18,-17,-15,-15,-13,-6,-27,-18,-20,-26,-46,-41,-51,-37,-50,-48,-49,-39,-54,-47,-64,-57,-59,-49,-60,-39,-46,-50,-84,-82,-121,-125,-164,-148,-247,-250,-264,-252,-265,-241,-279,-269,-304,-295,-249,-239]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Bg4 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} 8. Ne5 Be6 9. O-O dxc4 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nxc4 O-O 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Rab1 {½-½ (17) Shimanov,A (2549)-Solak,D (2629) Stockholm 2012}) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 e5 15. Bc3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nf6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qxd4.} 18. Qa4 Nxe4 (18... b5 $5 19. Qc2 $8 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qf6 $11) 19. Qxe4 Qd2 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21. h3 Rd5 22. Qe7 Rd7 23. Qf6 Re8 24. a3 Re6 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Qa4 Red6 27. Rfc1 Qe2 28. Re1 Qh5 29. Qf4 Rf6 30. Qg4 Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] ...Qxg4 is the strong threat. Black has some pressure.} 31. Rf1 Qb5 32. b3 Qc5 33. Ra1 Qc2 {[%cal Rd2f2]} 34. Qc4 (34. b4 $17) 34... Rdxf2 $19 35. Qxc2 Rxc2 36. b4 Re2 37. Rad1 Rxe3 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. Rd7 Re7 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadovsky, Artem"]
[Black "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,94,11,0,10,-8,-11,-8,0,1,0,-8,24,18,14,0,0,0,12,-22,-24,-85,-15,-83,-80,-77,-83,-76,-83,-67,-69,-73,-71,-81,-81,-81,-81,-82,-70,-96,-110,-125,-125,-118,-116,-152,-124,-129,-121,-143,-145,-158,-131,-161,-141,-264,-192,-368,-350,-456,-434,-456,-457,-454,-266,-449,-401,-768,-752,-662,-597,-594,-511,-1132,-1115,-1015,-938,-1184,-1140,-1137,-1096]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Ne5 Ba6 9. Qa4 Qe8 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} 10. Qc2 (10. b3 b5 11. Qa5 Bd8 12. Qa3 Be7 13. c5 Bb7 14. Qb2 a5 15. Nd3 b4 16. Na4 Nbd7 17. a3 {½-½ (57) Aronian,L (2802)-Carlsen,M (2826) Moscow 2011}) 10... Nfd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxc4 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. a4 Nd5 13. e4 Nc7 14. Qe2 b5 15. e5 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Nxa8 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. Bxa8 {1-0 (37) Karas,M (2170)-Hros,R (2111) Slovakia 2015}) 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 {The position is equal.} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. e4 dxe4 15. d5 Nb4 16. Qxe4 {Threatens to win with d6.} Rad8 17. d6 (17. Bg5 $5 Bxg5 18. Qxb4 $11) 17... Bxd6 18. Bf4 {[#]} (18. a3 $11 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5) 18... Bd3 (18... Nd3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] And now ...Bxf4 would win.} 19. Bxd6 (19. Rxd3 Bxd3) 19... Qxd6) 19. Rxd3 (19. Qd4 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... Nxd3 $17 20. Qxd3 {Black must now prevent Rd1.} Bxf4 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. gxf4 Rd2 23. Rb1 Rfd8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 24. Kf1 R2d4 25. f5 exf5 26. Re1 Rd2 27. Re2 g5 28. Ke1 Rxe2+ 29. Kxe2 f4 30. Nb5 Rd7 31. Bc6 Re7+ 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. a4 Kf6 34. b4 Ke5 35. Nc3 (35. Kg4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 35... h5 36. Nd5 $2 (36. Kg2) 36... g4+ 37. Kg2 Re6 38. Bb7 Rd6 39. Ne7 Kf6 (39... h4 $142 40. Kf1 Rd7 41. Nc6+ Kf6) 40. Nc6 $2 (40. Nd5+ {was forced.} Ke5 41. Ne7) 40... Kg5 {( -> ...f3+)} 41. Kf1 (41. f3 $142 Rd2+ 42. Kh1) 41... f3 $19 {[%cal Rd6d1] Black is clearly winning.} 42. Ke1 Re6+ 43. Kf1 Re2 44. b5 (44. Nd4 $142 Rb2 45. Nxf3+ gxf3 46. Bxf3) 44... Ra2 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 45. Ke1 Rxa4 46. Ne5 Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Ra2+ {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpenko, Artem"]
[Black "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,96,23,35,38,40,50,17,32,28,47,52,36,20,85,39,47,49,62,31,66,50,79,70,125,74,120,0,0,0,21,7,0,7,0,0,25,-47,-18,-87,-85,-73,-83,-73,-55,-102,-99,-102,-115,-102,-117,-116,-104,-80,-99,-113,-87,-270,-264,-760,-760,-1141,-935,-912,-850,-724,-666,-1136,-1125,-1689,-1349,-29978,-1759,-11902,-6927,-29950,-6037,-6116,-5602,-2458,0,-2310,-1988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nf3 Nc5 9. Qc2 c6 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (9... a5 10. Be2 Qe8 11. g4 Kh8 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 f6 18. Rh2 fxg5 19. hxg5 {0-1 (59) Ondersteijn,N (2349)-Schmaltz,R (2519) Deizisau 2015}) 10. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Be2 Nh5 13. g3 Bf6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Qh6 Rb8 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {1-0 (53) Lange,H-Klein,P Meinberg 1986}) 10... Nh5 11. g3 (11. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Nd7 12. Rd1 $14) 11... f5 {The position is equal.} 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Bd3 {[%cal Re4f5]} Ne8 (14... cxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. cxd5 Kh8) 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nb3 Qe7 17. Na4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nd6 {Threatens to win with ...Bh6+.} 19. Nbxc5 Rb8 (19... Bf5 $14) 20. g4 (20. Bxc6 $142 Bh6+ 21. Kb1) 20... Rb4 21. Rxd6 ({White should play} 21. Bxc6 $16 {And now Kb1 would win.} Kh8 22. Bd5) 21... Qxd6 $11 22. Rd1 Qf6 23. a3 Rb8 24. f3 Bh6+ {[%cal Bg7h6,Bh6e3,Be3d4][%mdl 32]} 25. Kb1 Be3 26. Nd3 (26. Qh2 $11) 26... Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 27. Nb4 (27. Nac5 $11 {remains equal.}) 27... Bd7 $17 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7e8,Be8f7][%mdl 32]} 28. Na6 Rbd8 29. N6c5 Be8 30. Nb3 Bf7 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 exd4 33. Nc5 Qd6 34. Nd3 c5 35. Qa4 Rc8 36. b3 $2 (36. h4 $17) 36... Qb6 $19 37. Ne5 $2 {[#]} (37. Qb5) 37... Be8 $1 {[%cal Re8a4]} 38. Bd5+ Kg7 39. Nd7 Qd6 40. Qxa7 Qxd7 41. Qa6 Bf7 42. Be4 Rb8 {Hoping for ...d3.} 43. Kc2 {[#]} Qc7 (43... d3+ $142 $1 44. Kd2 (44. Bxd3 Rd8) 44... Qd4 45. Bb7 Qf2+ 46. Kxd3 Rd8+ 47. Bd5 Bxd5 48. cxd5 Rxd5+ 49. Kc4 Qd4+ 50. Kb5 Qd3+ 51. Ka5 c4+ 52. Kb6 Rd6+ 53. Kb7 Qxb3+ 54. Ka7 Rd7+ 55. Ka8 Rd8+ 56. Qc8 Rxc8+ 57. Ka7 Rb8 58. h4 Qb7#) 44. g5 Qh2+ 45. Kc1 Qg1+ (45... Qh1+ $142 46. Kd2 Qg2+ 47. Kd1 Qxg5 48. Qa5 Rxb3 49. Qd2 Re3 50. Bd5 Qg1+ 51. Kc2 Rxa3 52. Bxf7 Ra2+ 53. Kd3 Qb1+ 54. Ke2 Ra1 55. Qe1 Qxe1+ 56. Kd3 Qe3+ 57. Kc2 Qc3#) 46. Kc2 Qf2+ 47. Kd1 Qg1+ 48. Kc2 $1 Qxg5 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gunchenko, Vadim"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,84,0,33,0,0,0,0,9,61,0,0,0,-4,-18,0,-9,0,-27,-18,-16,-18,-31,-26,-32,-21,-43,-40,-55,-54,-55,-47,-41,-43,-35,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,8,8,4,8,8,-18,-8,-11,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-99,-25,-35,-48,-60,-16,-60,-57,-29990,-29991,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} Be7 7. Bg2 O-O (7... c6 8. O-O d5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bc3 dxc4 11. Bb2 cxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Nd5 14. Ne5 Nb4 15. Qc1 O-O 16. Rd1 a5 17. Ndc4 Nf6 {½-½ (58) Adhiban,B (2666)-Zhigalko,S (2671) Doha 2016}) 8. Ne5 d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Nc3 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Nfd7 (11... Bb7 $11) 12. Nf3 ({Better is} 12. Nxd5 $14 exd5 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxd5) 12... Bb7 $11 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Nc6 {½-½ (58) Fernandes,A (2415)-Hauchard,A (2528) San Sebastian 2009}) 13... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 14. Rac1 a6 15. Rfd1 b5 16. a3 Rc8 17. Qd3 Na5 18. e4 Nc4 19. Rc2 Ndb6 {aiming for ...Na4.} 20. Ne5 dxe4 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Nc5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 {[%cal Re5c4]} g5 24. Nxc4 bxc4 (24... Qd5+ {with more complications.} 25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Nxc4 27. Bc1 g4+) 25. Qf3 gxf4 26. Nxe6 Qd5 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Rdc1 Rb8 30. Rxc4 Rxb2 {...Ne3+ is the strong threat.} 31. Ra4 Ne3+ 32. Kg1 $1 Ng4 33. Ra5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Nxf2 34. Rxf5+ Kg7 35. gxf4 (35. Rc7 $11 Kg6 36. Ra5 fxg3 37. Rxa6+ Bf6 38. hxg3) 35... Bf6 ({Black should play} 35... Nh3+ $1 $17 36. Kf1 Bxa3 37. Rc7+ Kg6) 36. Rc7+ Kg6 37. Ra5 Ng4 38. Rxa6 Kf5 39. Rf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Rxh7 $15 Bxd4+ 40. Kh1) 39... Ke4 $1 {Black mates.} 40. Rfxf6 {[#]} Kf3 $1 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 41. Rfb6 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 Ne3+ {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,125,16,14,23,29,9,6,6,-32,-25,-29,-27,-18,-20,-31,-21,-30,-27,-72,-50,-53,-32,-104,-95,-93,6,12,8,8,6,7,6,5,14,0,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,158,158,158,158,158,158,158,158,158,143,188,188,181,120,283,283,283,277,273,273,253,258,233,195,269,354,279,0,0,0,184,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Re1 exd4 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (8... Nh5 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Ncxe5 dxe5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bc4 Qe7 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Be3 b6 16. a4 a5 {1-0 (38) So,W (2815)-Giri,A (2785) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. cxd4 a5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf1 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qb3 Nb4 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Ng3 Qc6 16. Be3 {1-0 (51) Yildiz,B (2312)-Vovk,Y (2594) Cesme 2016}) 11... Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Nd2 Rxb2 17. Nc4 Rb5 18. a4 (18. Rac1 $15) 18... Rb4 $17 19. Rac1 Rxa4 ({Black should try} 19... c5 $17 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5) 20. Qd1 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd1a4]} Rb4 $1 21. Nxa5 Nb8 $1 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Rxc6 Qd7 24. Rc2 Re8 25. Qd2 Qa4 {[%cal Rg7d4]} 26. Rxc7 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Qf4 Rf8 29. Qf3 Qa5 30. Rec1 Qe5 31. R7c4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 (32... Rb8 {feels hotter.} 33. Qd3 Ra8 34. g3 h5 35. Rb4 Kg7) 33. Qd3 (33. g4 {with more complications.} Kg7 34. Kg2 Re7 35. Qd3 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Qg3+) 33... h5 34. h4 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qf6 36. Qg3 Kg7 37. f3 Qe5 38. Rc1 Ra8 39. Rd1 (39. Rc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d6]}) 39... Ra6 40. Rd5 Qf6 $2 (40... Qxg3+ $11 41. Kxg3 Kf6) 41. Rxh5 $16 Ra8 42. Qg5 Qxg5 43. Rxg5 {KR-KR} Kf6 44. Rd5 Ke6 45. Rd2 f5 46. exf5+ gxf5 47. Kg3 (47. g4 $1 $18) 47... Rh8 $2 (47... Ke5 $16) 48. Kf4 $18 Rxh4+ 49. Kg5 Rh8 50. Re2+ Kd5 51. Kxf5 Rf8+ 52. Kg5 Kc4 {[#]} (52... Rg8+ $142 53. Kf4 Kc4) 53. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5]} Rg8+ 54. Kf6 $2 (54. Kf5 $18) 54... Rf8+ $11 55. Kg5 $2 (55. Ke7 $11 Rxf4 56. Kxd6) 55... Rg8+ $18 {[#]} 56. Kf6 $2 (56. Kh5 $1 $18) 56... Rf8+ $11 {The position is equal.} 57. Ke7 Rxf4 58. Kxd6 {Threatens to win with Ke5.} Kd4 59. Ke6 Re4+ 60. Rxe4+ Kxe4 61. g3 Kf3 62. Ke5 Kxg3 63. Ke4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,156,27,30,19,38,27,25,15,34,35,46,19,28,16,26,27,30,24,26,22,23,21,18,22,21,11,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,12,6,0,121,59,109,109,125,136,122,43,45,31,34,27,45,20,87,87,85,90,56,0,45,0,10,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,51,0,86,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,0,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Bd3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 Nb6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Bxa4 Nxa4 14. Rxa4 Be6 15. b3 {½-½ (15) Gurevich,V (2471)-Rotstein,A (2501) Germany 2017}) 8... O-O {LiveBook: 40 Games} 9. Be3 Be6 10. c4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Re8 11. c4 Na6 12. Qd2 Nc7 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. Bf4 Bf8 15. d5 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. dxc6 Qxc6 {1-0 (39) Lobanov,S (2277)-Hartio,I (2073) Jyvaskyla 2014}) 10... Na6 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. O-O Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Ne8 15. b3 Nd6 16. Qb2 Nf5 17. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 18. d5 Be4 19. Nd4 cxd5 20. f3 Bf5 $1 21. c5 Be6 22. b4 a6 23. a4 f5 ({Much worse is} 23... Qxa4 $6 24. c6 $16) 24. Qb3 Rdc8 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Bf8 27. c6 bxc6 28. bxc6 Qd6 {Hoping for ...Ra3.} 29. Nb5 Qb8 30. Bd4 Ra5 31. Qe3 $1 Ra4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} ({Stronger than} 31... Qxb5 32. Qe5 Qf1+ 33. Rxf1 f6 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Bxf6+ Bg7 36. Qxc8#) ({But not} 31... Rxb5 $6 32. c7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 32. Rb1 Qg3 {...Ra2 is the strong threat.} 33. Rdc1 Rc4 (33... Be7 $11) 34. c7 (34. Rxc4 $1 $16 dxc4 35. c7) 34... R8xc7 35. Nxc7 Qxc7 36. Rxc4 dxc4 {[#]} 37. Qc3 (37. Ra1 $1 $16) 37... h5 38. Kh1 (38. Ra1 $5 {[%cal Ra1a8]}) 38... Kh7 39. Ra1 Qb8 40. Qe3 Bg7 (40... Bh6 $11 41. Qe1 Bf4) 41. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 42. Qd4+ Kh7 43. Re1 ({White should play} 43. h4 $14) 43... Qh8 44. Re5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qf6 45. Qd6 Kg7 46. Qc7 Kh7 47. Kg1 Kg7 48. Kf1 Kh7 49. Ke2 Kh6 50. f4 Kg7 (50... g5 $11) 51. h4 (51. Rb5 $14) 51... Kf8 (51... Kh6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 52. Qb8+ (52. Rb5 $16) 52... Kg7 $11 53. g3 Qe7 54. Qb2 {White threatens Rxe6+ and mate.} Kh7 55. Qd4 Qa3 56. Re3 Qa2+ 57. Kf3 c3 (57... Qa8+ {keeps more tension.} 58. Kf2 Qc6 59. Re5 Qh1 60. Rxe6 fxe6 61. Qxc4 Qh2+) 58. Rxc3 Qd5+ $2 (58... Bd5+ $11 59. Ke3 Qg2) 59. Qxd5 $18 Bxd5+ {KR-KB} 60. Ke3 Kg7 61. Kd4 Be6 62. Rc6 Bb3 63. Ke5 Bd1 64. Rb6 Be2 65. Rc6 $2 ({White should try} 65. Rb4 $18) 65... Bf3 $2 (65... Bd1 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 66. Rc2 {White is clearly better.} Bg4 67. Kd6 Bd1 {[#]} 68. Rc3 $1 Kf6 69. Ra3 Be2 70. Kc5 Kg7 71. Rb3 Bd1 72. Re3 Kf6 73. Re8 Kg7 74. Rb8 Bf3 75. Kd6 Be2 76. Ke5 Bf3 77. Rb2 Bd1 78. Rd2 Bf3 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,135,22,24,0,0,0,12,3,6,5,25,21,18,15,25,28,21,16,21,19,21,3,19,6,26,9,36,37,34,34,38,29,69,69,75,76,71,62,79,75,77,60,68,68,75,61,94,86,68,31,81,76,95,86,92,93,100,108,103,93,94,59,69,68,116,83,86,92,150,150,146,68,83,75,94,0,0,0,165,150,318,316,311,302,303,275,260,254,438,441,389,374,673,654,643,635,517,418,935,935,1531,1452,1662,1647,1560,1441,1504,1718,1514,1062,1954,1881,1655,1406,1580,1793,1571,1575,1245,952,29977,29978,29979,29979,29978,29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 {LiveBook: 66 Games} 7. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Ng7 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Be5 Ng7 14. Bg3 Nh5 {½-½ (14) Anton Guijarro,D (2650)-Nakamura,H (2785) Caleta 2017}) 7... Bd6 8. e3 {The position is equal.} h6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. exf4 O-O 11. Bd3 Qd6 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Bb1 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Nd4 Nc6 18. Bc2 Qb6 19. Na4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bd7 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Rad1 Rfe8 24. f3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Re7 26. Bb3 Red7 27. R4d3 Rc7 28. g4 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. a4 b5 31. axb5 ({Not} 31. Bxd5 Rcd7 $17) 31... axb5 {[#]} 32. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe4+ (32... dxe4 33. Rxd8+) 33. fxe4 d4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ke7 36. Rd3 f6 37. Ke3 Ra7 38. Kd4 Ra1 39. Bd5 Bd7 (39... Be8 $142) 40. Kc5 $1 Rb1 {[#]} 41. b3 (41. Rb3 $1 $16) 41... Rc1+ $1 $14 42. Kb6 Rc2 43. Bb7 (43. b4 $16) 43... b4 $11 44. Ba6 Be6 $2 {[#]} (44... Rc1 $11) 45. Kb5 $1 $18 Ra2 $2 (45... Bc8 $16) 46. Bb7 Ra7 47. Bd5 Bd7+ 48. Kxb4 Kd6 49. Bc4+ Ke5 $2 (49... Ke7 50. Kc5 Be6) 50. Kc5 Be8 51. Rd8 Rc7+ $2 (51... Bg6 52. Rd5+ Kf4) 52. Kb6 Re7 53. Bd5 Bg6 54. Rh8 Bxe4 (54... f5 $142 55. exf5 Bxf5) 55. Bxe4 Kxe4 {KR-KR} 56. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Kd5 57. b5 Re6+ 58. Ka5 Re3 59. Rd8+ Kc5 60. Rc8+ Kd5 61. b6 Rb3 62. Rc1 Kd6 63. Rf1 Ke6 64. Rf5 Ra3+ 65. Kb4 Rxh3 66. b7 {White mates.} Rh8 67. Kc5 Kd7 68. Kb6 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,20,6,23]} 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 Qb6 10. Nd1 b4 {[%mdl 32768] LiveBook: 40 Games. Loss on Time!? C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} {Predecessor:} 11. O-O $146 Be7 12. c4 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Rb8 14. b3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 {½-½ (50) Kurnosov,I (2674)-Lysyj,I (2615) Dagomys 2010} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gavrilov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,0,0,0,14,0,4,-12,-17,-14,-3,0,0,-16,-18,-18,-19,-22,-10,-11,-15,-15,-3,-8,-4,-8,0,0,26,-5,0,0,33,0,0,0,0,10,31,-13,-27,-25,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-14,-8,-14,-4,-27,-17,-71,0,-18,-6,-7,0,0,8,-6,-15,-18,-9,-37,-40,-35,-40,-40,-37,-24,-28,-27,-27,-36,0,-20,0,0,0,0,1180,1124,29983,29984,29984,29985,29984,10,12,0,29986,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29980,29979,29974]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 (5... Nf6 6. Nd2 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Qb3 Ra7 9. Ngf3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Be3 Ra8 {½-½ (67) Morozevich,A (2676)-Fedoseev,V (2667) Moscow 2016}) 6. Nf3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} e6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nge7 9. Be2 Ng6 10. Bg3 Bd6 11. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. cxd5 exd5 {0-1 (22) Larsen,B (2486)-Valerga,D (2487) Buenos Aires 2002}) 11... Nf4 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 13. g3 Bd6 14. Nh4 Be4 15. f3 Bg6 $1 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. f4 a6 18. h4 b5 19. Qd1 Ne7 20. a3 Qc7 {Threatening ...g5!} 21. Qd3 Rb8 22. Kf2 a5 23. Ne3 Nf5 (23... b4 {is more complex.} 24. cxb4 axb4 25. a4 Nc6 26. Kg2 Qa7) 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Qd2 g6 26. Kg2 Ke7 {[%cal Be8e7,Be7f6,Bf6g7][%mdl 32]} 27. Rhe1 Kf6 28. Rac1 Kg7 29. Bf3 Be7 30. Rh1 Bf6 31. h5 gxh5 (31... b4 $5) 32. Bxh5 {[#]} (32. Rxh5 $11 Rxh5 33. Bxh5) 32... Rbg8 (32... b4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] ...bxa3 is the strong threat.} 33. cxb4 (33. axb4 axb4) 33... Qb6) 33. Qd3 Qb8 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Rh6 36. Rh3 Rgh8 {[%cal Bg8h8,Bh8a8,Ba8a2][%mdl 32]} 37. Rch1 Qc7 38. Qf3 Ra8 39. Rd1 Ra2+ 40. Kh1 Kf8 {aiming for ...Rc2.} 41. g4 fxg4 42. Qxg4 Rh7 43. Qf3 Rg7 44. Bg4 (44. f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e6]}) 44... Qc4 45. f5 e5 46. Rh6 {And now Qh3 would win.} exd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Ra3 $11) 47. Qg3 $18 {Qd6+ would kill now.} Rxg4 {[#]} 48. Qd6+ $1 (48. Qxg4 dxc3 49. Qxc4 bxc4 $16) 48... Ke8 49. Qxf6 Rg8 {[#]} 50. Qe5+ $2 (50. Rh7 $1 {mates} Rf8 51. Qe5+ Kd7 52. Qe6+ Kc7 53. Qe7+ Kb8 54. Qxf8+ Qc8 55. Qxf7) 50... Kd7 $11 {Hoping for ...d3.} 51. Rh7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Kc8 $11 52. Qxd4 Qxd4 53. cxd4 Rg4) 52. Re1 {White mates.} Kc8 {[#]} 53. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 54. Qe8+ Kb7 55. Qxf7+ Qc7 56. Re7 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,98,8,13,2,13,-17,-18,-18,-20,-25,2,0,-10,-5,16,-10,13,-17,-19,-41,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-47,-28,-35,-8,-34,-29,0,-19,-122,-117,-87,-66,-79,-79,-68,-82,-95,-103,-100,-105,-108,-105,-113,-119,-110,-82,-67,-36,-164,-159,-192,-175,-180,-176,-181,-187,-266,-267,-420,-149,-138,-138,-137,-144,-183,-176,-233,-80,-80,-82,-84,-58,-58,-57,-74,-44,-44,-44,-44,-8,-44,-11,-44,-37]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 Qc7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nc3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (7. c3 Nf6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qe3 Qb6 12. e5 Bg7 13. Nbd2 Qxb2 14. Nc4 Qb5 {½-½ (61) Bartel,M (2644)-Adhiban,B (2610) Biel 2014}) 7... a6 8. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Nge7 9. Re1 d6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Bh6 e5 12. h3 Be6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxe6+ fxe6 {½-½ (39) Apryshko,G (2307)-Seliverstov,V (2433) Moscow 2013}) 8... d6 9. Qd2 {The position is equal.} h6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nh2 Rb8 13. Rae1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 14. Nd1 b4 15. f4 Qa5 16. c3 Nb5 17. c4 Nd4 18. g4 Qxa2 19. e5 {And now Bxd4 would win.} d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 20. cxd5 (20. Bxd4 {looks sharper.} cxd4 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nf3 Bf8 23. Nf2) 20... Nxd5 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. f5 (22. Nf3 $11) 22... exf5 $17 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Nf3 Ne3 25. Nxe3 dxe3 26. Rxe3 O-O 27. Nd4 {[#]} Bd7 $1 28. h5 Qa5 29. Nb3 Qb6 30. d4 Bf5 31. Qf2 Rbd8 32. Rg3 {[#]} (32. Rf3 $1 $15) 32... f6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 33. e6 Bxe6 {Strongly threatening ...g5.} 34. Nc5 g5 {Hoping for ...f5.} 35. Nxe6 Qxe6 36. Re3 (36. Qf5 $142 Qxf5 37. Rxf5) 36... Qd7 37. Qf5 (37. Rd1 $142) 37... Qxf5 $2 (37... Qxd4 $19 38. Rfe1 Rfe8) 38. Rxf5 $17 Rxd4 39. Bd5+ Kh8 40. Re7 Rd8 41. Bb3 (41. Be6 $142) 41... R4d7 $2 (41... Rd2 $19 42. Rf2 Bf8) 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. Bc4 {[#]} a5 $1 44. Rxa5 {aiming for Ra8+.} Bf8 45. b3 Rc7 46. Kg2 $1 Bc5 47. Ra8+ Kg7 48. Rg8+ Kh7 49. Rd8 f5 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,27,0,3,0,0,0]} 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+ {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Qe6 14. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,93,2,-22,-39,0,0,0,8,10,-22,-14,-46,-50,-100,-70,-61,-27,-35,-12,-13,5,-33,-19,-18,-5,-87,-60,-84,-36,-45,-48,-50,-52,-89,-79,-74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,10,6,12,14,0,0,0,16,0,6,9,37,30,57,29,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qa4 exd5 7. Nf3 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} Nf6 (7... d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 8. Nb5 Nf6 $15) (7... d4 8. Nb5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nge7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 a6 13. Na3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 {1-0 (77) Harika,D (2512)-Cramling,P (2516) Beijing 2012}) 8. Bg5 Bb4 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Be5 Qe7 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Bxc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 {0-1 (43) Prestel,O (2130)-Weigand,B (2292) Lauffen am Neckar 2011}) 10... d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. O-O-O Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} Qc7+ 14. Kb1 $1 Bf5+ 15. Ka1 a5 16. Ned4 (16. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 17. a3 $11) 16... Bg6 (16... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7a4]} 17. Qb3 Ne4 $11) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. g4 (18. a3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18... Rac8 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Nf5 ({Avoid the trap} 20. axb4 $2 axb4 21. Rc1 Ra8 $19) 20... b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Qb3 Bf8 22. N3d4 b4 23. a4 Qf4 ({Black should try} 23... Bc5 $17) 24. f3 $11 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Rd2 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Nxe3 Rcd8 (27... Rf2 {keeps more tension.} 28. Rdf1 Re2 29. Nf5 b3 30. Rd1 Rf2) 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Nc4 Rd5 30. b3 f5 31. Kb1 Bg7 (31... Bd6 $5) 32. Kc2 fxg4 33. fxg4 h5 (33... Be5 $5) 34. Rd1 Rc5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Ra8 {The position is equal.} hxg4 {aiming for ...Rh5.} 37. Rxa5 Rxa5 38. Nxa5 {[#] Hoping for Nc6. KB-KN} Be5 39. Kd3 Bxh2 {Strongly threatening ...g3.} 40. Ke2 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 41. Nc6 f4 42. a5 f3+ 43. Kf2 Bd6 44. a6 Bc5+ 45. Kg3 Bd6+ 46. Kf2 Bc5+ 47. Kg3 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 60%.} *

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,22,33,25,53,47,50,34,39]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Ne8 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (9... Qc7 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nb3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Nd4 Nf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 {1-0 (64) Zvjaginsev,V (2673)-Golubov,S (2481) Moscow 2016}) 10. Bf4 Nd6 11. Bh2 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Qe2 e6 15. Nbd2 Rac8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 {1-0 (43) Nicolini,A (2151)-Dlhy,J (2057) Slovakia 2013}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,107,29,22,43,41,49,42,47,49,56,23,27,27,21,28,24,20,66,45,36,45,48,53,35,60,122,7,22,-5,3,-12,94,-16,86,88,126,69,68,58,79,80,69,46,52,35,47,37,44,44,54,46,54,44,54,46,146,122,151,148,149,137,137,80,154,140,179,36,35,39,33,42,61,42,128,126,93,105,209,209,211,211,211,209,671,668,671,650,4818,2859,29984,29985,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e8,Be8d6][%mdl 32]} 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 {LiveBook: 32 Games} Ne8 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (9... Qc7 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nb3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Nd4 Nf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 {1-0 (64) Zvjaginsev,V (2673)-Golubov,S (2481) Moscow 2016}) 10. Bf4 Nd6 11. Nbd2 f6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg3 Nf7 13. b4 Re8 14. b5 Na5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bd7 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 {1-0 (46) Kabarukhin,A (2258)-Davydovskiy,I (1998) Volgodonsk 2007}) 12... e6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Qd5 16. Ne3 Qb5 17. a4 Qb4 18. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rd8 $1 19. Bc7 Rd7 20. d6 Rf7 (20... Bf8 $1 $14) 21. a5 (21. Rc1 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Re2.} Ne5 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. b3) 21... Bd7 $11 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Rec1 Bf8 (23... f5 $11) 24. a6 (24. Ra3 $1 $16) 24... bxa6 (24... b6 $11) 25. Qxa6 $16 Nb8 26. Qa3 (26. Qxa7 $16 {aiming for Nc2.} e5 27. Nd5) 26... Qxa3 $14 27. Rxa3 e5 28. Rxa7 Nc6 29. Ra6 e4 30. Raxc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 {Nd2 is the strong threat.} exf3 32. gxf3 Re5 33. Nc4 Rb5 34. Kf1 h5 35. Ke2 Kh7 ({Better is} 35... Rd7 $14) 36. Kd3 Bg7 37. Kc2 g5 38. Nb6 f5 39. b3 h4 ({Black should play} 39... Bd4) 40. Rc4 Bf6 41. d7 (41. b4 $1 $18) 41... Rxb6 $1 42. Bxb6 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Kg6 44. b5 {Strongly threatening Bc7.} Be5 (44... Rb7 $1 $14 45. Rc6 Kf7) 45. Bc5 $16 Rd5 46. b6 Kh5 {[#]} (46... Kf7 $16 {was called for.} 47. Be3 Rb5) 47. Be3 $1 $18 Rb5 {[#]} 48. Rc6 $1 Rb2+ 49. Kd3 Rb4 $2 (49... Rb3+ 50. Ke2 Rb2+ 51. Kd1 Rb1+ 52. Kd2 Rb2+ 53. Kd3 Rb3+ 54. Kc2 Rb2+ 55. Kd1 Rb1+ 56. Ke2 Rb2+ 57. Kd1) 50. Re6 Bh2 51. Rf6 Bf4 52. Kc3 Ra4 53. Bxf4 gxf4 54. b7 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Ponomarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,82,60,37,47,36,61,44,51,17,17,18,10,9,19,8,19,22,26,22,20,31,84,-3,12,15,24,16,8,0,69,14,8,10,0,10,14,0,10,11,16,0,8,0,18,24,29,28,46,40,45,41,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Nbd2 (5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ng5 Bd5 7. e4 h6 8. exd5 hxg5 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Bxg5 g6 12. Bf4 Nfd7 13. Be2 Bg7 {1-0 (102) Fier,A (2607)-Ma,Q (2606) Auckland 2016}) 5... Nf6 6. Nxc4 {LiveBook: 8 Games. D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b4 Bd5 10. Bb2 Be4 11. Be2 h6 {1-0 (60) Mester,G (2419)-Gal,L (2172) Nyiregyhaza 2002}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 Nfd7 11. Ng5 Nxc5 12. Nxe6 Nxe6 13. Be4 Qc7 14. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nc6 15. Rac1 Ng5 {[#]} (15... Nc5 $14 16. Bb1 a5) 16. Bd5 (16. Bb1 $1 $16) 16... e6 (16... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7d5]} 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11) 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. f3 {Black must now prevent h4.} f5 19. Bc3 Rac8 (19... Bxc3 $11 20. Rxc3 Rad8) 20. Bxg7 ({White should try} 20. Bb4 $1 $14) 20... Kxg7 $11 21. b3 Nf7 22. Qb2+ Kg8 23. Rfd1 {[#] Hoping for Nd6.} Rfd8 24. Qf6 Qe8 25. e4 Rc7 26. Ne5 (26. Kf2 {feels hotter.} Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd7 28. Rd4 a6 29. exf5 exf5 30. Nb6) 26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Nxe5 28. Qxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd7 29. h4 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 $14 {KQ-KQ} 31. Qf6 fxe4 {The position is equal.} 32. fxe4 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 Qc6 34. Qe5 Kf7 35. h5 gxh5 36. Qxh5+ Kg7 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. e5 Qd5 39. Qf4+ Kg7 40. Qg5+ Kf7 41. g4 Qf3 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,103,0,0,0,0,0,9,13,36,27,31,25,43,39,76,71,119,122,122,127,127,123,125,110,113,104,112,97,138,131,160,156,140,85,92,83,116,82,96,101,122,122,125,116,109,101,128,107,157,151,220,203,200,161,184,184,156,166,185,175,316,325,329,323,331,331,293,336,314,334,312,322,445,435,473,456,589,571,564,560,1031,1005,920,872,12838,847,12837,12837,12829,6033,12843,12843,12843,12841]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Bb7 7. f3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (7. Nf3 d5 8. Bg5 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nbd7 10. e3 c5 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 Bd5 13. Qa4 a6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e4 {1-0 (33) Ivanisevic,I (2662)-Vallejo Pons,F (2684) Reykjavik 2015}) 7... d5 8. Bg5 dxc4 9. Qxc4 {The position is equal.} Nc6 (9... Ba6 $5 {[%cal Ra6c4]} 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Nfxd7 $11) 10. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e3 O-O 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Nh3 Rad8 14. Be2 g5 {0-1 (57) Kalesis,N (2464)-Halkias,S (2543) Achaea 2016}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Rd8 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. e5 Ng8 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kh8 18. b5 Na5 19. Nc3 Nb3 20. Qe3 Nxd4 21. Kf2 {Hoping for Ne2.} Ne7 {[#] With the idea ...Nef5.} 22. Bd3 (22. Ne2 $142 $1 {[%cal Rd1d4]} Nef5 23. Qc3) 22... Qe8 $16 23. Qf4 Ndf5 24. Bb1 {Rxd8 is the strong threat.} Rc8 25. Qd2 Qf8 26. Rhe1 Nh4 27. Qd4 Nef5 28. Qb4 {Threatens to win with Qxf8+.} Qe8 29. Re2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} c5 30. bxc6 Qxc6 (30... Bxc6 $16 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Ng6) 31. Ne4 {Strongly threatening Rc2.} a5 32. Qb2 b5 {[#] Threatening ...Qb6+.} 33. Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c8]} Qc5+ 34. Kf1 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Ne3+ (35... Nxf3 {is a better defense.} 36. Kg2 Ne3+ 37. Kxf3 (37. Rxe3 Qxe3 38. Rf1 Rc3 $14) 37... Nxd1) 36. Rxe3 $1 $18 Qxe3 37. Qe2 Rc3 38. Qxe3 (38. Nxb5 Qxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 40. Ke2 g5 $18) (38. Nxf7+ Kg8 $18) 38... Rxe3 39. Be4 ({Not} 39. Nxf7+ Kg8 $16) ({But not} 39. Nxb5 $6 g6 $18) 39... f5 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Kf2 ({Weaker is} 41. Nxb5 Nxf3 42. Rd8+ Kg7 $18) 41... Rxa3 42. Nxb5 {White is clearly winning.} Ra2+ 43. Kg3 Ng2 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Rd7+ Kg8 46. Bh7+ Kh8 47. Nc7 e5 48. Nd5 (48. Bb1 $142 Re2 49. Ne6) 48... Nf4 49. Nxf4 exf4+ 50. Kxf4 Rxh2 51. Be4 {White wants to mate with Kf5.} Rh5 52. Rf7 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kozionov, Kirill"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,21,0,-16]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 {LiveBook: 222 Games} {Predecessor:} h6 $146 12. Bh4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bd3 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Bg3 e5 20. dxe5 Qc6 21. f4 {1-0 (38) Navara,D (2742)-Hammer,J (2651) Novy Bor 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,11,71,78,71,76,80,43,223,133,141,77,437,114,456,294,554,559,876,875,831,-531,-517,-527,-520,-621,-606,-638,-614,-568,-248,-246,-222,-235,-135,-160,0,0,0,0,0,-369,-364,-357,-305,-352,-344,-352,-341,-329,-297,-384,-362,-462,-450,-445,-440,-372,-339,-366,-376,-387,-410,-430,-407,-433,-437,-430,-414,-809,-610,-29978,-29973,-29978,-6057,-29976,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29973,-29975,-29975,-29978,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. f3 Nbd7 (4... c6 5. Qd3 b5 6. a3 e6 7. e4 Be7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. exf5 exf5 10. Ng3 Ne8 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be5 {0-1 (35) Sadorra,J (2590)-Kamsky,G (2706) ICC INT 2014}) 5. Nh3 e6 $146 (5... c6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 5... h6 6. Nf4 Kf7 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. e4 e6 9. Qd2 g6 10. g4 fxe4 11. fxe4 Bb4 12. Bg2 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 {0-1 (59) Birnboim,N (2365)-Kaspi,A (2458) Israel 2010}) 6. e4 $16 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} fxe4 7. fxe4 dxe4 8. Nf4 {White is better.} Qe7 $2 {[#]} (8... Bd6 $1 $14) 9. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf7 (9... Nxe4 10. Bxe7) 10. Bd3 (10. Nd2 $142) 10... e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (10... Nxe4 $16 {is tougher.} 11. Bxe4 Be7) 11. Bxf6 $2 (11. Qe2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 11... gxf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (11... Nxf6 $16 {is a better chance.} 12. Nxf6+ gxf6) 12. Nh5 Be7 $2 (12... Kd8 13. O-O Qd5 14. Nhxf6 Nxf6) 13. O-O $18 f5 {[#]} 14. Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd5 (14... Qxf5 15. Ng7+) 15. Rxe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (15. Kh1 $18 {and all is fine.}) 15... Qxd4+ $19 16. Kh1 {White wants to mate with Ng7+.} Qxe5 17. Qg4 Nc5 18. Qe2 Nxd3 19. cxd3 {Threatens to win with Nef6+.} Be6 (19... O-O $142 20. g3 b6) 20. d4 Qxd4 21. Nef6+ Kf7 (21... Bxf6 $19 22. Qxe6+ Be7) 22. Rf1 $17 {[#]} Bxf6 $2 (22... Raf8 $1 $17 {[%cal Re7f6]} 23. Nd5+ Ke8 24. Nxc7+ Kd7 25. Qxe6+ Kxc7 26. Qxe7+ Kb6 27. Qe6+ Ka5) 23. Rxf6+ $11 Qxf6 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Qf3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Qf2+ $11 {and White is okay.} Ke7 26. Qh4+ Kf7 27. Qf4+ Ke8 28. Qe5) 25... Ke7 $19 26. Qxb7 Kd7 ({Inferior is} 26... Bxa2 27. Qxc7+ Kf6 28. Qc3+ Kf7 29. Qf3+ Kg6 30. Qc6+ Kf5 31. Qf3+ Kg5 32. Qe3+ Kg6 33. Qg3+ Kh6 34. Qf4+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kf7 36. Qf4+ Ke6 37. Qe4+ Kd6 38. Qf4+ Ke7 39. Qc7+ Kf6 40. Qf4+ Kg7 41. Qg4+ Kf8 42. Qf3+ Kg7 43. Qg4+ Kh6 44. Qf4+ Kg7 $11) 27. Qb5+ c6 28. Qb7+ Kd6 29. Qb4+ Kc7 30. Qe7+ Bd7 31. Qe5+ Kb7 32. h3 Rae8 33. Qg7 Kc8 34. Qd4 Be6 35. Qxa7 {[#]} Bd5 $1 36. Kh2 Rhg8 37. g4 Re2+ 38. Kg3 {aiming for Qa6+.} Rxb2 39. a4 (39. Qxh7 $142 Rg2+ 40. Kf4) 39... h5 40. Qa6+ Kc7 41. Qa7+ Rb7 (41... Kd6 $142 42. Qd4 Rg2+ 43. Kh4 hxg4 44. Qb4+ c5 45. Qf4+ Ke6 46. Qe3+ Kd7 47. Qe5 Be6 48. Qxc5 Rh8+ 49. Kg5 gxh3+ 50. Kf4 Rh4+ 51. Ke3 h2 52. Qb5+ Ke7 53. Qb7+ Bd7 54. Qxg2 h1=Q 55. Qxh1 Rxh1 56. a5 Ke6 57. Kd4 Ra1 58. a6 Rxa6 59. Ke4 Ra4+ 60. Kf3 Ke5 61. Ke2 Bb5+ 62. Kf3 Ra3+ 63. Kg2 Kf4 64. Kf2 Ra1 65. Kg2 Rf1 66. Kh3 Rf2 67. Kh4 Rh2#) 42. Qc5 Rb3+ {Black mates.} 43. Kh4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Rb2 45. Qe7+ Kc8 46. g5 Rg2 47. a5 Rh8+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 43%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bakunts, Rafael"]
[Black "Mozharov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 Bg5 14. h4 Bh6 15. Bh3 O-O 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. b3 Ne7 18. g4 Bf4 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Kf1 Ng6 22. h5 Ne5 23. f3 a4 24. Qd2 Ra8 25. Kg2 Qf6 26. Rac1 axb3 27. axb3 Ra6 28. Ra1 Rea8 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Rc1 g6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Ne2 Nxg4 33. Qxf4 Qb2 34. Re1 Ne5 35. Kg3 Nd3 36. Qg4 Nxe1 37. Nf4 Ra8 38. Nxg6 Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,101,13,11,24,13,16,4,18,9,18,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-25,-35,-35,-35,-25,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,50,47,45,44,50,0,416,414,492,485,478,477,459,400,338,362,495,453,458,447,585,446,542,521,648,646,620,611,29965,6502,6170,5353]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} bxc6 7. O-O e5 8. Qa4 Qc7 9. c4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd7 (9... Nf6 10. c5 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. h3 Bh5 {1-0 (45) Andreikin,D (2736)-Sakaev,K (2594) Sochi 2016}) 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Rad1 Qb7 14. c5 dxc5 15. Nxe5 Be6 16. Nxc6 Rfe8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. e5 Rae8 19. exf6 {1-0 (19) Behnick,E (1962)-Popp,M (1536) Frankfurt 2006}) 12... O-O 13. Rd3 (13. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 14. Qc2 $11) 13... Be6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c5 dxc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Qxa6 g6 20. Qd3 c4 21. Qd2 f6 22. Nd1 Be7 23. Ne3 Qb6 (23... Qa7 $5 {[%cal Ra7a2]} 24. a3 Bc5 $15) 24. Qc2 Qa6 25. a3 Bc5 26. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Bxe3 27. fxe3 Qb5 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Nb1 Bf7 30. Nc3 Qb6 31. Qd2 Qb3 32. a4 Qb4 33. Ke1 c5 34. Kd1 Be8 35. Qc2 Bc6 36. Kc1 h5 37. Qd1 {Qd6 is the strong threat.} Qb7 38. a5 {[#] aiming for Qd6.} (38. Qd6 $5 {[%cal Ra4a5]}) 38... Qa7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Qc7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 39. Qd6 $18 Qa8 {If only Black now had time for ...g5....} 40. Qe7+ Kh6 41. Qxf6 Bxe4 42. Qxe5 Bxg2 43. h4 ({Much less strong is} 43. Qxc5 $6 Qb8 $18) 43... Kh7 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. Qxc5 Kh8 46. Qe5+ Kh7 47. Qc7+ Kh8 48. e4 Qf8 49. Kb1 {[#] And now a6 would win.} Qf6 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. a6 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,85,58,38,35,43,55,55,62,63,64,61,69,55,67,39,81,54,66,63,58,53,81,66,67,60,76,68,73,69,92,84,204,109,160,148,205,189,194,186,179,156,179,181,211,207,324,306,293,295,302,300,349,317,472,468,466,447,439,420,1000,973,939,955,1166,870,6514,1272,917,862,6136,5810,2478,2466,29991,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nc8 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6... c5 7. c3 Nec6 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 a6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Ne1 b5 14. f4 Bg6 15. g4 {0-1 (48) Inarkiev,E (2727)-Hammer,J (2621) Moscow 2017}) 7. a4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Be7 8. a5 Bb4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 c5 10. c4 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Bc4 Qd8 13. Nb3 cxd4 14. Bf4 {0-1 (35) Mokhna,N (2118)-Burmakin,V (2561) Sochi 2012}) 9. Bd2 Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. b4 Nd7 12. Nb3 Rb8 13. Ne1 f6 14. g4 Be4 15. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Bg6 16. f4 $1 Be4 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Bd3 fxe5 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxd3.} 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. fxe5 (20. dxe5 $6 g5 $11) 20... b6 21. Nd3 g5 (21... bxa5 $16 22. Rxf8+ (22. Rxa5 Rxb4 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 $15) (22. bxa5 c5 $16) 22... Nxf8) 22. Qe2 (22. Nf3 $18) 22... Rxf1+ ({Black should play} 22... bxa5 23. bxa5 (23. Rxa5 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rxb4 $11) 23... Ne7) 23. Rxf1 $16 Nf8 (23... Ne7 $16 24. axb6 axb6) 24. Nf3 $18 Nh7 25. Qd2 Rb7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Nf2 c5 28. Nh3 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Rf7 (28... Ne7 $142 29. Nfxg5 (29. Nhxg5 Nf8 $18) 29... Nxg5 30. Nxg5 Ng6 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. dxc5 (32. Nxe6 Qd7 $18) 32... Qe7) 29. Nhxg5 ({Much less strong is} 29. Nfxg5 $6 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 cxd4 $18) 29... Nxg5 30. Nxg5 (30. Qxg5 Ne7 $16) 30... Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 cxd4 32. h4 (32. Nxe6 Qd7 $16) 32... Qe8 (32... Qc7 $142 33. Qf2 (33. Qxd4 Qxc2 34. Nxe6 Ne7 $16) (33. Nxe6 Qxe5 34. Qe2 Qf6+ 35. Kg2 Qxh4 $16) 33... Qd7) 33. Qd3 g6 34. Qxd4 Qb5+ 35. Ke1 Ne7 (35... Qd7 $142 36. c4 Qc7) 36. Qf4 {White threatens Qf7+ and mate.} Qe8 37. Qf6 Nc6 38. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Nd8 {[#]} 39. Kd2 (39. h5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh5 40. gxh5) 39... b5 40. Kd3 d4 41. cxd4 Nc6 42. Nxe6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf6g7]} Nxb4+ 43. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 71%, Black = 31%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (43. Kd2 {mates} Qf7 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Ng5+ Kg7 46. Nxf7 Nc6 47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. e6 Kf8 49. Nd6+ Kg8 50. Qxg6+ Kh8 51. Nf7#) 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khegay, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,25,24,12,12,16,18,22,14,22,56,49,37,38,53,40,47,42,61,57,66,106,116,101,105,106,107,100,108,92,92,101,155,154,172,157,214,211,215,172,202,207,210,229,377,385,387,387,387,387,387,366,376,371,1016,1007,1008,969,881,571,542,518,29976,29977,29978,29978,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 b6 (5... Qc8 6. Nh4 Bd7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Qd1 Bg4 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bg7 13. f4 {½-½ (47) Wang,H (2734)-Svidler,P (2759) Almaty 2016}) 6. g3 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} Nc6 7. Bg2 Bg7 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 8. d5 {White has an edge.} Na5 9. Qd1 O-O 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. b3 Rc8 12. O-O c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nc2 {[#]} a6 $146 15. Bb2 Ne8 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Nb4 Nc7 18. Ncd5 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Nxd5 20. cxd5 (20. Qxd5 Nc6 $14) (20. Bxd5 $6 b5 $11) 20... Qc7 21. Nxa6 Qc3 22. Qd2 Qe5 ({Black should play} 22... Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rc3) 23. Nb4 $16 Bb5 24. Bf3 Rc7 (24... Qc3 $16 25. Nc6 Qxd2 26. Nxe7+ (26. Rxd2 Nxc6 27. dxc6 Bxc6 $11) 26... Kg7 27. Rxd2 Rc3) 25. Rc2 $18 Rfc8 26. Rfc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rc5 27. Kg2 R8c7 28. Nd3 Rxc2 (28... Bxd3 {was worth a try.} 29. Qxd3 (29. exd3 Qd4 $16) 29... Qf5 30. Rxc5 bxc5) 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Bxd3 31. exd3 ({Don't play} 31. Qxd3 Qb2 $18) 31... Qd4 32. Qc7 Qc5 33. Qxe7 Qa3 $2 {[#]} (33... Kg7 34. g4 Qb4) 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qxb6 Qxa2 36. b4 Nb3 37. Qxd6 {[#] Qe5+ is the strong threat.} Qb1 (37... Qa1 $18 38. Qf4 Qf6) 38. Qe5+ {White mates.} Kg8 39. Qc3 Nc1 40. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Nxd3 41. d7 {Precision: White = 95%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,83,0,9,0,9,-18,14,8,12,-13,-15,-12,-7,-2,0,0,0,-7,0,-17,0,-7,0,-11,-6,-36,29,19,14,25,25,0,28,25,27,39,60,60,75,62,65,51,80,63,76,47,58,41,150,79,131,108,129,148,133,144,224,224,224,220,235,216,217,218,193,158,439,235,436,311,906,889,754,784]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 b5 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Be7 8. h3 (8. d5 Qc7 9. dxc6 Qxc6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qc7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 {0-1 (63) Naiditsch,A (2712)-Mchedlishvili,M (2636) Melilla 2011}) 8... h5 9. Be3 {The position is equal.} Qc7 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 Nb6 11. b3 a6 12. f4 Bb7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. fxe5 {1-0 (28) Cugini,V (2235)-De Santis,A (2270) Toscolano 1995}) 10... a5 11. Qd2 Ba6 12. Nd1 b4 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bh4 $1 Rfe8 15. Ne3 g6 16. c4 Bf8 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. f3 Ra7 (18... d5 $15) 19. g4 $11 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nh7 21. Bf2 Nhf8 22. b3 Raa8 23. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5h6][%mdl 32]} Rad8 24. Ng4 Nh7 25. Nh6+ Bxh6 $1 26. gxh6 {Black must now prevent f4.} Ndf8 27. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bc8 $1 28. Qe3 (28. f5 $5) 28... Bg4 29. Bh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rd7 {[#]} ({Black should play} 29... f6 $1 $14) 30. Qg3 (30. f5 $142 $1) 30... Bxe2 ({Black should try} 30... f5) 31. Rxe2 $16 f6 32. f5 g5 {[#]} 33. Qg4 $1 Rde7 (33... Rdd8 $16 34. d5 c5) 34. dxe5 $18 dxe5 35. Red2 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Qh5 {White threatens Qg6+ and mate.} Re7 38. Bf2 Ndf8 $2 (38... c5 $16 39. Rd5 Nhf8) 39. Bf1 (39. c5 $142) 39... Rd7 $2 (39... c5 40. Be3 Nd7) 40. c5 Qd8 $2 (40... Rxd1 41. Qxd1 Qb8 42. Bc4+ Kh8) 41. Bc4+ Kh8 42. Rd6 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,76,36,37,20,31,16,26,20,20,13,22,8,8,6,1,-6,15,16,11,8,18,23,23,0,0,-49,-45,-89,-44,-50,-58,-65,-43,-43,-20,-32,-18,-18,-18,-33,0,-19,0,-30,-22,-83,-45,-52,-47,-166,-89,-89,-91,-91,-91,-93,-93,-91,-91,-91,-94,-208,-202,-1003,-911]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Nbd7 9. Bd2 g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. b3 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rab8 {0-1 (75) Dreev,A (2652)-Artemiev,V (2653) Moscow 2016}) 10. Qb3 {White has an edge.} Rb8 11. Rd1 g4 12. Bg2 b5 13. c5 e5 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Ne2 g6 16. b4 Bg7 17. a4 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Bc3 f5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bb2 Ng5 23. Ra1 Rc8 24. Ra6 Qb7 25. Rb6 Qd7 26. Ra6 Qb7 27. Rb6 Qd7 28. Ra6 Kf7 29. Ke2 (29. O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Bc3 {[#]} (31. Ra1 $15 Rxa1 32. Bxa1) 31... Ne4 (31... Nef3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] White must now prevent ...Bxd4.} 32. Rd1 (32. Nxf3 gxf3+) 32... Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 34. Rxd4 Rh8) 32. Ra1 $17 Rxa1 33. Bxa1 {[#]} Qa7 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra7a1][%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 34. Bxe4 fxe4 ({Much worse is} 34... Qxa1 $6 {[#]} 35. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 36. Qxf5+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Qf5 $11) 35. Bc3 Qa6 36. Nb3 Qa4 37. Bxe5 (37. Nd4 $17 {was called for.}) 37... Bxe5 $19 38. Nd4 $2 (38. Qd1) 38... Bxd4 $1 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mozharov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nozdrachev, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,81,19,28,50,51,38,48,35,35,45,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-3,-7,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Re1 b6 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines} 12. d5 (12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rad1 Ne7 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Ba2 Re8 18. Bb1 g6 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Qe3 {0-1 (44) Short,N (2655)-Vallejo Pons,F (2700) Madrid 2016}) 12... Na5 13. Ba2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qxd8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rfxd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Nb3 $146 20. Rad1 (20. Rab1 {with more complications.} Rac8 21. Nxe6 Rd2 22. Ng5 Rdc2 23. h4) 20... Nd4 {The position is equal.} 21. Kf1 h6 22. Ne4 Rac8 23. Nc3 Kf7 24. Rd3 Nf5 25. Rf3 {[#] g4 is the strong threat.} Kg8 26. Rf4 Rc6 27. Rfe4 Kf7 28. f3 Rd2 29. R1e2 Rd3 30. Ke1 g5 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Kxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd6 33. Re2 Kf6 34. Kd3 Nc4 35. Ne4+ Kf5 36. Kd4 Nd6 37. Ng3+ Kf6 38. Nh5+ Kf7 39. Kd3 Nf5 40. Ng3 Nxg3 41. hxg3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,41,27,23,22,50,32,39,17,19,0,34,0,2,0,31,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. h3 O-O-O 15. Bg5 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Bh2+ 16. Kh1 {Hoping for g3.} Be5 17. Qe3 Bd6 $1 18. Qf3 $146 Be5 19. Qe3 Bd6 $1 20. Qf3 Be5 21. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,83,20,0,14,0,3,-1,35,34,31,31,54,60,75,64,75,68,81,60,73,61,64,51,75,35,106,103,93,105,109,91,171,87,176,153,166,125,127,127,127,127,121,131,168,147,137,76,82,58,50,51,143,142,227,161,218,202,228,97,334,346,331,325,676,631,631,631,631,631,631,631,603,587]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nh3 {LiveBook: 21 Games. E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 Bd7 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}) 7... Nbd7 8. Bd2 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Ne5 9. b3 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Nf4 Nf6 14. Rae1 a6 {½-½ (32) Fajman,P (2294)-Zawadzki,S (2330) Czechia 2001}) 9. a4 {The position is equal.} Ne5 (9... b5 $5) 10. b3 Rb8 11. O-O Ne8 12. a5 b5 {[#]} 13. axb6 $1 Qxb6 14. Ra3 Bd7 15. Ne4 Nf6 {Strongly threatening ...Nxe4.} 16. Ba5 Qb7 17. Nd2 h6 18. Nf4 Bf5 (18... g5 $14 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. exd3 Ng4) 19. e4 $16 Bg4 20. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Bd7 21. Bc3 g5 (21... h5 $16) 22. Ne2 (22. Bxe5 $1 $18 gxf4 23. Bxf4) 22... e6 (22... Ng6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 23. f4 $18 {dxe6 is the strong threat.} Neg4 24. Rf3 exd5 25. cxd5 {Black must now prevent h3.} Rbe8 26. h3 Nxe4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Nxe4 (29. Nc4 $142 Bxf3 30. Bxf3) 29... Rxe4 $16 30. Rf2 Re3 31. fxg5 Qe7 (31... hxg5 $14 32. Qa1+ f6 33. Rxa6 Rf7) 32. gxh6+ ({But not} 32. Rxa6 $6 Rxe2 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 $11) 32... Kxh6 (32... Kg8 $16) 33. Ra2 Re8 (33... Kg7 {is a better defense.} 34. Bf1 Re8 35. Qa1+ (35. Rxa6 Bxe2 36. Bxe2 Rxg3+ 37. Rg2 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qxe2+ 39. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 40. Kf3 Rd2 $11) 35... Kg8) 34. Qd2 $18 Kg7 {[%cal Rg4e2] [#]} 35. Qb2+ (35. Nd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4e6] and White stays clearly on top. aiming for Ne6+!} Re1+ 36. Bf1) 35... f6 $2 (35... Kg8 $16) 36. Nf4 Rxg3 37. Rxa6 Rh8 $2 (37... Kf7 38. Qb1 f5) 38. Qa1 {White is clearly winning.} Qe5 {[#]} 39. Ne6+ $1 Kg6 {Black wants to play ...Rxg2+.} (39... Bxe6 40. Qxe5) 40. Qxe5 dxe5 41. Nxc5 Bf5 {[#]} 42. Rxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 55%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,8,57,4,26,20,28,6,12,6,27,22,63,45,61,30,25,24,12,16,33,8,8,0,0,-5,-6,-6,-6,-5,-9,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-10,-12,-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]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. f3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} (5... Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. exd5 Nf6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. O-O e5 14. Rfb1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 {1-0 (47) Savchenko,B (2613)-Berkes,F (2648) Budapest 2017}) 6. exd5 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (6. a3 $14) 6... b4 7. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Ne4 cxd5 8. Ng3 Nf6 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. N1e2 Bb7 13. O-O {0-1 (72) Labarthe,A (2044)-Meinsohn,F (2250) Besancon 2006}) 7... cxd5 8. Qd2 {White has an edge.} a5 9. a3 bxa3 10. Rxa3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Ngf6 12. Bh6 O-O $1 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 16. O-O Bd7 17. Kh1 Rb8 18. Nc5 Rxb2 19. Qc3 Nxd3 20. Nxd3 Rb6 21. Rxa5 Bb5 22. Nd4 Bc4 23. Re1 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Re8 25. Raa1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qb8 27. g3 Rb1 28. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 29. Kg2 Qa2+ 30. Kg1 h5 31. h4 Kh7 32. Ne6 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qa2+ 34. Kg1 {[#] And now Qc7 would win.} Qb1+ 35. Kg2 fxe6 36. Qxf6 Qc2+ 37. Kh3 Qxd3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qf5+.} 38. Qf7+ Kh8 {...Qf5+ is the strong threat.} 39. Qf8+ Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Qf5+.} 40. Qf7+ Kh8 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,71,19,20,29,18,48,29,26,23,70,-5,0,0,37,26,20,0,0,-10,-6,-76,-77,-86,-66,-73,0,0,0,0,0,8,5,0,-22,-23,0,0,172,176,183,182,187,181,191,21,103,97,103,103,87,32,67,50,72,16,70,14,16,0,11,0,48,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c4 {LiveBook: 85 Games. A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (6. Nbd2 Bh7 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. c4 O-O 13. Nf3 Rad8 14. Qd2 {½-½ (79) Smeets,J (2647)-Van Wely,L (2675) playchess.com INT 2011}) 6... Nc6 7. Qa4 Qd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Bh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d4 10. Nb5 Bc5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Na3 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Re7 {1-0 (69) Alvarez Marquez,E (2081)-Pulgar Diaz,C (2091) Santiago de Chile 2009}) 10. e4 (10. Bxh3 $14 Qxh3 11. Bf4) 10... Bxg2 $11 11. Kxg2 Be7 12. a3 Rd8 13. e5 Nh7 {Threatening ...Ng5.} 14. d4 Ng5 15. Ng1 (15. Bxg5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} hxg5 16. Ng1) 15... Ne6 $1 $17 16. Rd1 f6 17. f4 Nexd4 (17... fxe5 $17 18. dxe5 d4) 18. Rxd4 $11 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 fxe5 20. fxe5 O-O 21. b4 Qf5 22. Bf4 b6 23. Rd1 c5 $2 (23... c6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 24. Nxd5 $18 Kh8 25. Qc4 Qe6 {[#]} 26. Qe4 $1 cxb4 27. Nxe7 $2 (27. axb4 $18 {Strongly threatening Nf3.} Rfe8 28. Rd2) 27... Qxe7 (27... Rxd1 $11 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Nxf8 Qd5 30. Qxd5+ Rxd5 31. axb4 (31. Ng6 bxa3 32. e6 a2 $11) 31... Kxf8) 28. Rxd8 $16 Rxd8 29. axb4 a5 {[#]} 30. bxa5 (30. b5 $1 $16) 30... bxa5 $14 31. Nf3 Qe6 $1 32. h4 (32. Bd2 $16) 32... Qa2+ (32... Kg8 $11) 33. Kh3 {e6 is the strong threat.} Qe6+ 34. Kg2 Qa2+ 35. Kh3 {aiming for e6.} Qe6+ 36. Kg2 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grishchenko, Sergey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,47,87,87,81,85,84,103,91,91,92,89,88,97,54,95,93,98,88,126,120,136,133,131,122,156,165]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Qxb7 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. b4 Qa4 {[#] And now ...Nc6 would win.} 13. e3 $1 {D92: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4} ({Don't take} 13. Qxa8 $6 Nc6 $18) (13. a3 Nc6 14. e3 a6 {½-½ (14) Alterman,B (2616)-Shipov,S (2662) Belgrade 1999}) 13... Rd8 {[#]} 14. a3 $1 {Hoping for Bb5.} ({But not} 14. Qxa8 Bd5 $15) (14. Qxe7 $2 Rxd2 15. Kxd2 Qxb4+ 16. Ke2 Qb2+ 17. Kf3 Nc6 $19) 14... Nd7 15. Qa6 {White is better.} Qc2 {aiming for ...Nxc5.} 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Bxd3 {Black must now prevent Bc4.} Nxc5 18. Be2 ({Much weaker is} 18. bxc5 $6 Rxd3 19. Ke2 Rd5 $11) 18... Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 $1 Rxd3 20. Ke2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black is under strong pressure.} Rc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Rd5 21. Nf3 a5 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Rhc1 e5 24. Nb3 axb4 25. axb4 Rb8 26. Rc5 {½-½ (26) Mah,K (2316)-Lalic,B (2550) London 1999}) 21. Rhc1 Rac8 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Ne4 Rc2+ 24. Kd3 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,65,30,45,22,25,31,27,11,24,10,20,9,36,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,-9,0,-13,-3,-21,-5,-28,-28,-28,-9,-28,0,-28,0,-28,0,-21]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 13. Bd2 Nd7 (13... Nbc6 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. O-O e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Re1 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bc6 20. Bg5 {1-0 (61) Eljanov,P (2741)-Naiditsch,A (2684) Douglas 2016}) 14. Nf3 c4 15. Be2 Nc6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 16. Ng5 Re7 17. f4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Bd7 19. O-O Rf8 20. Qe2 Nd8 $146 (20... h6 {looks sharper.} 21. Nh3 Qa4 22. Ra2 Ne8 23. Nf2 Nd6) 21. Be1 (21. a4 {keeps more tension.} b6 22. Nh3 h6 23. Nf2 Nf7 24. g4) 21... Nf7 22. Nxf7 Rexf7 23. Bd2 Re8 24. Qe5 Ba4 25. Ra2 Qb6 26. Bc1 Qd8 27. Bd2 Qd7 28. Rb2 Bc6 29. Qe2 Qd6 30. Ra2 Qd7 31. Rb2 Qd6 32. Ra2 Qd7 33. Rb2 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 24%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bakunts, Rafael"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,32,35,37,33,24,32,33,0,44,40,43,38,50,35,36]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 f6 11. Bd2 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} fxe5 12. Nxe5 Qe8 13. Rae1 {aiming for Nxc6!} Bf6 14. Ng4 {White is slightly better.} Qxe2 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 16. Rxe2 d6 {[#]} {Predecessor:} 17. Re8+ $146 Rf8 18. Re7 Rf7 {½-½ (38) Naiditsch,A (2674)-Malakhov,V (2725) Sibenik 2010} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhileykin, Andrey"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,23,31,7,60,38,103,103]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 d5 {B49: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 7 Be2} (10... Bxc3 $11 11. bxc3 Nxe4) 11. e5 $14 Nd7 {[#]} (11... Bxc3 $1 $14 12. bxc3 Nd7) 12. Na4 $1 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!?} {Predecessor:} O-O $146 13. c4 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. c5 Ba5 16. Rc1 Rb8 17. a3 Qd8 18. Nb6 {1-0 (48) Comas Fabrego,L (2508)-Cori Tello,J (2549) Barcelona 2014} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Bakunts, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,121,25,22,27,29,29,29,21,12,16,27,12,18,32,30,56,82,11,163,166,193,179,188,161,157,142,156,152,150,139,146,89,104,98,95,97,97,87,91,91,80,77,116,113,118,102,107,58,57,34,37,14,14,0,14,14,14,15,15,15,15,16,32,45,18,8,5,4,143,139,450,119,118,25,1639,1587,1531,1381,1190,1066,1058,1025,1025,1025,680,0,193,0,1025,1025,1025,1025,1018,1018,1018,1018,5608,4614,29980,29981,29983,29984]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Bd3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Qe7 (10... c5 11. Rad1 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Re8 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 {½-½ (45) Radjabov,T (2710)-Ding,L (2773) Moscow 2017}) 11. Rad1 Rad8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} f5 $146 15. Qe3 c5 16. Ng5 e5 17. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Ne6. White has the initiative.} f4 18. Qh3 {[%csl Gd3,Gg5][%cal Rh3h7]} Qxg5 19. Qe6+ ({Better is} 19. Bxh7+ $16 Kh8 20. Bf5+ Qh6 21. Bxd7) 19... Kh8 $2 (19... Rf7 $11 20. Qxd6 Re8) 20. Qxd6 $18 e4 21. Bxe4 Rfe8 {Threatens to win with ...Nf8.} 22. h4 Qxh4 23. Bf5 Nf6 {[#]} 24. g3 $1 fxg3 25. Qxg3 Qh5 26. Qh3 (26. Bd3 $142) 26... Qxh3 27. Bxh3 Bc8 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxf6 gxf6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Rfe1 Kg7 31. Kg2 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 {KR-KR} Kf7 33. Kf3 h5 34. Rh1 Kg6 35. Kf4 Re8 $1 36. d6 h4 37. Rd1 Kf7 38. d7 Rd8 39. Kf5 Ke7 40. f4 Rxd7 41. Re1+ Kf7 42. Rh1 Rd2 43. a4 Rd3 44. Rxh4 {Strongly threatening Rh7+.} Rxb3 (44... Kg7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 45. Rh7+ Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Ke8 $16 {is more resistant.}) 46. Rxa7 $18 Rc3 47. Kg6 (47. Kxf6 $16 {aiming for f5.} Rxc4 48. f5) 47... Rg3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Kf8 $11) 48. Kxf6 Rc3 49. Rg7+ Kf8 50. Rb7 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Kg8 51. Kg6 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Rg3+ 52. Kf5 Ra3 53. Kg6 $2 (53. Rxb6 {Hoping for Kg6.} Rxa4 54. Kg6) 53... Rg3+ $1 54. Kf6 $2 (54. Kh5) 54... Rc3 $1 55. Rxb6 Rxc4 {[#]} 56. Kg6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b8]} Kf8 57. f5 Rg4+ 58. Kf6 {[%cal Rb6b8]} Kg8 59. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ra4 60. a6 Kh7 61. Kg5 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,83,0,2,10,8,0,0,0,0,-13,-11,0,3,18,29,37,29,34,38,0,0,0,4,0,124,124,117,14,16,18,19,26,27,24,29,29,73,46,37,26,26,20,38,29,35,31,36,36,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 f5 9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Bf6 11. Rfd1 d6 {LiveBook: 8 Games. E19: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line with 7...Ne4 8 Qc2 Nxc3 8 Qxc3} 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. h4 Nd7 {[#]} 14. Qe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b4 h6 15. Ne5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bxh4 18. gxh4 Qxh4 19. Rxd7 Qxf4 {1-0 (35) Hort,V (2600)-Belkadi,R (2300) Lugano 1968}) 14... a5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 dxe5 (16... Rae8 {is more complex.} 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qf7) 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 f4 20. gxf4 Rf5 21. Qe4 Raf8 22. e3 Qxh4 (22... e5 $11) 23. Qxe6+ $16 Kh8 {[#]} 24. Rd5 (24. f3 $1 $16) 24... Qg4+ $11 25. Kf1 Rxf4 $1 26. Qxg4 Rxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. c5 Rb4 28. Rc2 c6 29. Re5 b5 30. Re6 (30. Re7 $5 {[%cal Re7c7]}) 30... Rc8 31. Rd2 {[#] Rxc6! is the strong threat.} h6 32. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} a4 33. Rd3 Rh4 34. Ke2 Rh1 35. e4 Ra1 {The position is equal.} 36. Rd2 Rc1 37. b4 a3 38. f4 Rc4 39. Rd3 Rc2+ 40. Rd2 Rc4 41. Ke3 Rxb4 42. Rd3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 79%.} *

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Ivan"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,52,19,6,35,41,42,30,30,25,52,34,30,8,20,0,16,8,27,21,30,0,3,0,0,0,-22,-58,-16,-16,0,0,0,-21,-12,-7,-9,-27,-26,-27,-38,-38,-43,-30,-1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. O-O Ng6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. b6 Bb8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rb1 Ra6 18. g3 Be6 19. Ncd2 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2779)-Topalov,V (2760) Saint Louis 2016}) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Ne4 Bb6 {White has an edge.} 9. O-O a6 10. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bh6 Bg4 11. Re1 f5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Ned2 Qf7 14. Qb3 {1-0 (35) Mikhalevich,A (1384)-Pastuszko,K Porec 2015}) 10... Kh8 11. Bb3 f6 12. Ng3 Qd6 13. Qe2 Nde7 14. Ne4 Qd8 15. h3 Nf5 16. Nfd2 Qe8 17. Nc4 Ba7 18. Ne3 Nce7 19. Kh2 Ng6 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Ng3 Bd7 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 f5 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. Rae1 Nh4 26. Rf2 g6 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 43%, Black = 52%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,75,34,41,33,35,35,37,18,36,5,54,7,23,23,10,12,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-44,8,7,5,-8,38,29,74,43,42,28,58,42,91,93,101,63,216,239,227,216,263,264,322,281,468,450,558,566,535,530,5875,2564,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Nf3 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Bd4 14. Ne2 c5 15. g4 a5 16. Kb1 Ra6 17. Ng3 {0-1 (61) Nakamura,H (2789)-Carlsen,M (2872) Zuerich 2014}) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 12. Bd3 a5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. O-O-O Ne8 15. Kb1 Nd6 16. Rc1 c6 {[#]} 17. g4 $146 Bd4 18. Ne2 Bc5 19. Rc3 Rc8 20. Rhc1 Qb6 21. g5 Qa7 ({Black should try} 21... Rce8 $15) 22. h4 $11 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} cxd5 23. exd5 Rfe8 {[#] White must now prevent ...e4.} (23... f5 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 24. gxf6 Nxf6 $11) 24. Bf5 Rc7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. h5 e4 27. Qh3 (27. Qg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4d7]} Rc7 28. g6 fxg6 29. hxg6 $16) 27... b6 28. g6 {Strongly threatening Rg3.} h6 29. Bf4 Rde7 $2 {[#]} (29... Qc7 $14) 30. Bxd6 $1 $18 Bxd6 31. Nd4 fxg6 32. hxg6 e3 33. Re1 {Threatens to win with Nc6.} Bf4 $2 (33... Qd7 {keeps fighting.} 34. Qxd7 (34. Rexe3 Qxh3 35. Rxh3 Re1+ 36. Ka2 Rg1 $16) 34... Rxd7 35. Rcxe3 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Re7) 34. Ne6 Rxe6 35. dxe6 {[%cal Bd5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Qe7 36. Rcxe3 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Qh4 38. e7 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Mozharov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,85,4,14,11,36,-31,-30,-17,-16,-49,-53,-62,-53,-67,-26,-30,-17,-35,27,18,14,0,104,100,89,59,84,88,72,61,155,158,144,87,92,69,110,121,154,151,227,209,267,247,397,323,307,293,1156,1156,1131,1077,1368,388,741,761,761,751,776,733]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Rad8 15. Rae1 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} Rfe8 (15... Rd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Re2 h6 18. f5 e5 19. Be3 Kh7 20. Qf3 d5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Be4 Rd7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 a5 28. g3 Bf6 29. c3 {½-½ (29) Wagner,D (2568)-Rublevsky,S (2681) Germany 2017}) 16. e5 (16. Bf3 $14) 16... dxe5 $15 17. Bxe5 {Black has an edge.} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qc5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 g6 20. Qh4 Nh5 21. Qxh5 gxh5 22. Rg3+ Kf8 {½-½ (22) Zelenika,S (2305)-Jurkovic,H (2433) Rijeka 2004}) 18. Bd3 {With the idea f5.} g6 19. Qh3 Nd7 $1 20. a4 b4 (20... Nxe5 21. fxe5 Rf8 22. axb5 $11) 21. Ne4 Bxe4 (21... Nxe5 $6 22. fxe5 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 $14 (23. Bxe4 Rf8 $11)) 22. Rxe4 f5 (22... Nc5 $15 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rd8) 23. Rc4 $11 Qb7 24. Bd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} ({But not} 24. Rc7 Qb6 $15) (24. Be4 $5 fxe4 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Rc7 $16) 24... Nb6 {[#]} (24... Bf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Qe3 $1 $16 {[%csl LRb6,LRe6]} ({Not} 25. Qh6 $2 Bf8 $19) 25... Nd5 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 {And now ...Bd6 would win.} 27. Qe2 Bf6 28. Qf2 (28. Bc5+ {looks sharper.} Kg7 29. Qf3 a5 30. b3 Re6 31. Rd1) 28... Qg7 (28... b3 $1 $14) 29. h3 a5 30. Bxf6 (30. b3 $142) 30... Qxf6 31. Qc5+ Kg7 32. Qxa5 b3 33. Rf3 ({Weaker is} 33. cxb3 Ne3 $11) 33... Qxb2 {[#]} (33... Kh6 $16) 34. cxb3 $1 $18 Kh6 35. Kh2 Qxb3 (35... Nf6 $142 36. Rc6 Qa1) 36. Rd4 Qb7 37. Bb5 Nc7 $2 (37... Qb6 38. Qxb6 Nxb6 39. Rxd8 Rxd8) 38. Rxd8 Rxd8 39. Qe1 Qb8 40. Bc4 $2 (40. Qh4+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. g4) 40... Re8 $2 (40... Rd7 41. a5 Qd8) 41. Qh4+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 42. Rd3 {Intending Rd7+ and mate.} Qc8 43. Rd6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "257"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,257,41,41,38,40,34,33,38,31,30,37,36,56,46,40,35,68,71,71,66,64,59,69,72,72,73,75,52,48,39,51,50,41,50,46,42,54,56,50,40,36,36,54,22,19,14,1,-13,30,37,36,26,31,26,36,31,38,28,21,25,28,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-25,-106,-64,-65,-66,-52,-44,-110,-56,-56,-24,-40,-1,-48,-47,-47,-47,-48,-25,-56,-46,-46,-20,-46,0,-20,-8,-27,-26,-30,-30,-30,-30,-34,-37,-46,-26,-26,-22,-41,-41,-41,-3,-41,-26,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 (5... c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bxf6 dxc4 9. Qxc4 gxf6 10. Rc1 Qxc5 11. Qf4 Ke7 12. g3 e5 13. Qh6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 {1-0 (42) Wang,H (2680)-Vidit,S (2687) Chengdu 2017}) 6. Bg5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32]} 7. a3 a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Qc2 {White is slightly better.} Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Na5 11. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qd5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {0-1 (39) Toprover,V (2330)-Leonidov,V (2295) Voronezh 1997}) 11... exd5 12. Bd3 Nb3 13. Rb1 c6 14. Bc2 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxb3 axb3 17. O-O Bh3 18. Ne1 Qg6 19. Rc1 Bg4 20. f3 Bf5 21. Qxb3 Rab8 22. Rc3 Rfe8 23. Qd1 Qg5 24. Qd2 h5 25. Qf2 h4 26. g4 hxg3 $1 27. Qxg3 Qh6 28. Kh1 Rbd8 29. Rg1 Rd6 (29... f6 {looks sharper.} 30. Ng2 g5 31. Nh4 Bh7 32. Qg4 Re7) 30. Qg5 (30. Ng2 {keeps more tension.} Rg6 31. Qf2 Qh7 32. b4 Bd7 33. Nf4) 30... Qxg5 (30... Qh7 {is interesting.} 31. Qf4 Rde6 32. Rb3 R6e7 33. Rg5 Bc8) 31. Rxg5 g6 32. Ng2 Kg7 33. Kg1 (33. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Rh4f5]} Bc8 34. Ng2 $11) 33... Kf6 34. Rg3 Rh8 35. Rb3 Rd7 36. Nf4 Re7 37. Ne2 Rhe8 38. f4 Ke6 39. Rc3 Kd6 40. Nc1 b6 41. b4 Ra7 42. Rg2 Rea8 43. Ra2 Ra4 44. Kf1 Bc8 45. b5 (45. Kg2 $11) 45... cxb5 46. Rb3 Rc4 47. Nd3 Bf5 48. Rd2 {[#]} (48. Ke2 $15) 48... Ra5 (48... Rca4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4a3]} 49. Rxb5 Rxa3) 49. Ke2 $1 $15 f6 50. Rdb2 Bd7 51. Kd2 Rc8 52. Rc2 Rca8 53. Ra2 $1 Ra4 54. Nb4 Rh8 {[#] And now ...Rxb4! would win.} 55. Kc1 Raa8 {With the idea ...Rac8+.} 56. Rc3 Rh6 57. Rg2 Rah8 58. Rcc2 Re8 59. Rg3 Rc8 60. Rxc8 Bxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 61. Rg2 Bf5 62. Na2 Rh3 63. Kd2 $1 Rh8 64. Kc3 Re8 65. Re2 Ra8 66. Kb2 Rh8 67. Nc3 Rh3 68. Nxb5+ {The position is equal.} Kc6 69. Nc3 Bd3 70. Rg2 Rxe3 71. Rg3 Rxg3 72. hxg3 {KB-KN} Kd6 73. Nd1 g5 74. Kc3 Be2 75. Ne3 gxf4 76. gxf4 Bf3 77. Kb4 Kc6 78. a4 Be2 79. a5 bxa5+ 80. Kxa5 Bf3 81. Ka6 Be4 82. Ng4 f5 83. Ne5+ Kd6 84. Kb6 Bc2 85. Nc6 Be4 86. Na7 Bd3 87. Nb5+ Kd7 $1 88. Kc5 {Threatens to win with Nc3.} Be4 $1 89. Nd6 Kc7 90. Nb5+ Kd7 91. Nc3 Ke6 92. Kc6 Ke7 $1 93. Nb5 {Hoping for Nc7.} Kf6 94. Kd6 Kg6 $1 95. Ke6 Kh5 96. Nd6 Kh4 97. Kf6 Kh5 98. Nf7 (98. Nxf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e3]} Kg4 99. Ng7 Kxf4 100. Ne6+ Ke3 101. Ke5 $11) 98... Bd3 99. Ng5 (99. Ke6 $5 {[%cal Re6d5]} Kg4 100. Ke5 $11 (100. Ne5+ Kxf4 101. Nxd3+ Ke4 $11)) 99... Be4 100. Ke5 Kh4 101. Nh7 Kg4 102. Nf6+ Kf3 103. Ng8 Kf2 104. Nf6 Kg3 105. Nh5+ Kf3 106. Ng7 Kg4 107. Ne6 Kf3 108. Nf8 Kg3 109. Ng6 Kf3 110. Nh8 (110. Ne7 $5 {[%cal Re7f5]} Ke3 111. Nc6 $11 (111. Nxd5+ Bxd5 112. Kxd5 Kxf4 $11) (111. Nxf5+ Bxf5 112. Kxf5 Kxd4 $11)) 110... Kg3 111. Nf7 Kf3 112. Nd8 Kg3 113. Nc6 Kf3 114. Na7 Ke3 115. Nb5 $1 Kf3 116. Nc3 Kg4 117. Na2 Kf3 118. Nb4 Ke3 119. Na6 Kf3 120. Nc5 Kg4 121. Ne6 $1 Kf3 122. Kd6 Ke3 123. Ke7 Kf3 124. Kf6 Kg4 125. Ke5 Kf3 126. Ng5+ Kg4 127. Nf7 Kf3 128. Nh6 Ke3 129. Nxf5+ {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Grishchenko, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,58,23,29,27,25,21,21,21,23,32,21,27,0,21,18,20,0,31,24,43,33,82,73,89,72,121,112,116,18,54,49,205,216,210,198,188]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be6 8. a3 a5 9. d3 Be7 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Rac1 {LiveBook: 33 Games} Kh8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (13... Rb8 14. Bc5 Bd6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qb5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Rfd8 19. Rdc1 f6 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 {½-½ (83) Belous,V (2564)-Arribas Lopez,A (2511) chess.com INT 2017}) 14. Qb5 f6 15. Nd2 Bxg2 {The position is equal.} 16. Kxg2 Qc8 17. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Rc4 Rb8 19. Rfc1 Qe6 20. f3 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 {½-½ (49) O'Donnell,T (2362)-Gushuliak,J Edmonton 2000}) 17... Bd6 18. Rfd1 Ne7 19. Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} c6 20. Qa4 ({Much worse is} 20. Bxd6 cxb5 21. Rxc8 Raxc8 $15) (20. Qc4 $5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Bxc5 21. Qxc5 $11) 20... Qe6 21. Qe4 Nd5 22. d4 Rae8 23. dxe5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 {[%cal Bc1c5,Bc5a5,Ba5f5][%mdl 32]} fxe5 25. Rxa5 Nf6 26. Qh4 ({White should play} 26. Qxe5 $16 Qf7 27. Qd4) 26... e4 27. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Qb3 $2 ({Black should try} 27... Qe7 $14) 28. Rf5 $18 {Black must now prevent Rxf6!} h6 {[#]} ({Not} 28... Qxd1 29. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qh1+ 30. Kxh1 h6 31. Rxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qh7#) 29. Rd6 $1 Kg8 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,55,42,42,42,41,41,27,20,11,16,12,25,12,24,22,21,12,14,17,22,22,18,29,45,24,45,35,46,10,28,30,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6... Qc8 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Na4 Nbd7 9. Bf4 e6 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 Bd8 12. O-O-O Bc7 13. Bg3 O-O 14. e3 {1-0 (38) Wang,Y (2729)-Bu,X (2710) Shenzhen 2015}) 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Nh4 Bg6 {White has an edge.} 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. e3 Ngxe5 13. O-O-O {1-0 (47) Weingarz,W (2338)-Gulevich,A (2313) ICCF email 2010}) 10... e5 11. dxe5 ({Reject} 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 $17) 11... Nxc5 12. Qc2 Nfe4 13. g3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b5 15. Bg2 Rd7 16. h4 Qa5 17. O-O {Strongly threatening e4.} Qa4 18. Qb1 Ne6 19. Bc1 Qg4 20. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} d4 21. Rd3 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 22. Bf3 Qh3 23. Bg2 Qg4 24. cxd4 {[#] Threatens to win with d5.} c4 25. Bf3 Qh3 26. Bg2 Qg4 27. Bf3 Qh3 28. Bg2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 74%, Black = 70%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,58,33,32,35,71,72,58,43,46,39,42,34,70,74,101,79,85,81,139,132,131,134,130,126,118,127,132,133,147,151,167,177,167,160,199,197,199,190,178,76,77,0,164,178,202,187,351,351,342,231,512,506]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bd2 Be6 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} 8. O-O-O {Threatening mate with Bg5+.} Kc8 9. Ng5 Bxc4 {White is better.} 10. b3 $146 (10. e4 $5 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Bxf1 11. Rhxf1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10. e4 Bxf1 11. Rhxf1 Nh6 12. f4 Nd7 13. f5 Nf6 14. h3 a5 15. g4 gxf5 16. exf5 {1-0 (27) Van Wely,L (2643)-Rogers,I (2558) Germany 2001}) 10... h6 11. bxc4 hxg5 12. Bxg5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd1d8]} f6 13. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Bh6 14. e3 f5 15. g4 Ne7 ({Black should play} 15... Nd7) 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nd7 19. Bc3 f4 20. e4 Bf8 21. h4 $1 Bd6 22. Bh3 Kd8 23. Rdg1 Nf6 24. Bf5 Ke7 25. Rg7+ Kf8 {[#]} 26. Rg5 (26. Rhg1 $1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 26... Ke7 $16 27. Rg7+ (27. h5 $16) 27... Kf8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf8g7] [#]} 28. Rhg1 $1 Ne8 29. R7g4 Rh6 $2 (29... Ke7 {was necessary.} 30. Kd2 Rh6) 30. Rg8+ Ke7 31. R1g6 Rxh4 $2 (31... Rxg6 32. Bxg6 (32. Rxg6 Kf7 $16) 32... c6) 32. Re6+ {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,25,26,25,52,44,63,59,98,85,76,95,116,86,128,84,96,95,92,85,83,85,68,52,32,11,45,0,0,-6,35,45,76,75,64,54,100,94,90,112,112,115,105,41,42,35,49,-60,-47,-222,-225,-218,-216,-217,-219,-212,-221,-225,-145,-145,-149,-150,-104,-221,-220,-291,-291,-362,-353,-348,-164,-190,-192,-204,-193,-220,-210,-177]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Qf3 (4. Nf3 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Qc8 11. a4 Nc7 12. Re1 {½-½ (32) Li,C (2722)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Chartres 2017}) 4... d5 5. Nc3 Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Be7 6. g4 O-O 7. g5 Ne8 8. h4 Ba6 9. Bh3 c5 10. Nge2 b5 11. O-O-O b4 {1-0 (29) Moiseenko,V (2530)-Levin,E (2514) St Petersburg 2016}) 6. Nge2 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Bb7 7. O-O-O O-O 8. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. g5 Ne8 10. h4 f5 11. gxf6 Nexf6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Qe7 14. Rg1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Bg5 (17. Qg2 $5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nxf4 18. exf4 $14) 17... Qe8 (17... Qe6 $5 {[%cal Rh5g3]} 18. Bh3 Qe8 $11) 18. Qh3 (18. Qg2 $14 Nf3 19. Rh1) 18... Nf3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf3g1]} 19. Rg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Ne5 {Threatens to win with ...Bc8.} (19... d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 20. Nb5 (20. exd4 Bc8 $15) 20... dxe3 21. Bxe3 (21. Nxc7 Qe5 $17) 21... Qe5 $11) 20. Rg2 c6 21. Be2 $1 {[%cal Re2h5]} Bc8 22. Qh1 Kh8 23. e4 Bb7 24. Qh2 {And now Bxh5 would win.} ({Don't play} 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Rd4 Nc6 $11) 24... Nf3 {[#]} 25. Bxf3 $1 Rxf3 26. Be3 ({Better is} 26. exd5 $16 cxd5 27. Be3) 26... dxe4 $14 27. Rg5 c5 $1 28. Re5 (28. Qe5 $14 Qxe5 29. Rxe5) 28... Qb8 $15 {...Bc6 is the strong threat.} 29. Rh1 $2 {[#]} ({White should try} 29. Bg5 $15 Nf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rd6 Qxd6 {[#]} 32. Re8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 33. Qxd6) 29... Ng3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg3h1][%mdl 512]} 30. Re7 (30. fxg3 Qxe5) 30... Nxh1 31. Qxh1 Bc6 {White must now prevent ...Qd6.} ({Weaker is} 31... g6 32. h5 $16) 32. Qg2 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rg2g7]} Qf8 33. Rc7 Rc8 34. Rxa7 Rf7 35. Ra6 Rb8 36. h5 (36. Qg3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 36... Qc8 37. Qg3 Rf3 38. Qd6 Rf6 39. Qg3 h6 (39... Qb7 $142 {Strongly threatening ...Rd8.} 40. Na4 Be8) 40. Ra7 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rg3g7] Black is clearly better.} Rb7 41. Rxb7 Qxb7 42. Ne2 Be8 43. Qe5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 60%.} *

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,53,22,19,27,27,22,36,34,0,15,16,52,46,74,62,108,102,104,104,93,97,131,141,139,131,128,132]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d6 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Bf4 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} (13. Be3 Nde5 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Bb1 Bd7 16. Nh2 f5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Qd2 Be8 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. exf5 gxf5 {1-0 (44) Nakamura,H (2787)-Shabalov,A (2528) Saint Louis 2016}) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15. Bh6 {LiveBook: 9 Games. The position is equal.} Rd8 16. Nh2 {[%cal Bf3h2,Bh2f1,Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32] aiming for Ng4.} Nc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6f4][%mdl 32]} 17. Bg5 Rf8 18. Bh6 Re8 {[#]} 19. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bc2 f6 20. Nf1 Be6 21. Ne3 Nd8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 {1-0 (40) Bosiocic,M (2555)-Rotstein,A (2507) Austria 2014}) 19... Qe7 20. Be3 Ne6 21. Qd2 Qf6 22. Bb6 Nf4 {[#]} 23. Ne3 $1 Qg5 24. Kh2 f5 25. Bf1 fxe4 26. Qxd6 Rf8 {[#]} 27. Nd5 $1 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kozionov, Kirill"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,65,27,57,19,14,17,7,9,28,24,9,20,19,19,19,23,28,11,23,22,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-8,0,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} (7. Bxe7 {with more complications.} Qxe7 8. Rc1 Nd7 9. Bd3 Nef6 10. Qc2) (7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rae1 Rf6 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Nd2 Rh6 14. f3 Qd6 15. g3 exf3 16. Nxf3 b6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. e4 Ba6 {½-½ (54) Alvarez Pedraza,A (2551)-Cruz,F (2406) Torredembarra 2011}) 7... dxe4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nd2 f5 $1 10. c5 O-O 11. Nc4 Nd7 $146 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. b4 {1-0 (39) Tyrtania,M (2240)-Heimbrodt,W Germany 1992}) 12. b4 b6 13. Be2 Ba6 14. O-O Bxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Be2 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 17. a4 a6 18. Ra3 Nd5 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. axb5 axb5 21. g3 Rfd8 22. Qb2 Ra8 23. Rfa1 Qb7 24. f3 Rxa3 25. Rxa3 Ra8 26. Qa1 Rxa3 27. Qxa3 exf3 28. Bxf3 Qd7 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Qa5 Ne7 31. Qa2 Nd5 32. Qa5 Nf6 33. Qa8 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nozdrachev, Leonid"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,40,27,4,0,0,0,2,14,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-83,-90,-131,-125,-133,-131,-489,-470,-494,-509,-974,-964,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. f3 (6. Bd2 $5 Nxd2 7. Kxd2 $11 (7. Qxd2 Bb7 $11)) 6... Nxc3 {E44: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6 5 Ne2} 7. Nxc3 (7. bxc3 Bd6 8. e4 O-O 9. e5 Be7 10. Ng3 d6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bd3 c5 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 dxe5 15. fxe5 {1-0 (34) Potkin,V (2647)-Moiseenko,A (2711) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qh3 11. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 Ba6 12. Ba3 O-O-O 13. f4 d5 14. O-O-O {0-1 (28) Merriman,J (2265)-Ward,C (2490) Isle of Man 1994}) 11... Qh5 12. e4 Ba6 13. Be2 Na5 14. Qa4 {[#]} (14. f4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qg6 15. O-O) 14... Bxc4 $1 $17 15. Bf4 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5g4][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...g5.} 17. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17. e5 $17) 17... fxg4 $19 18. Rhg1 O-O 19. Bxc7 (19. fxg4 $142 Qg6 20. Be3 Qxe4 21. Raf1) 19... Rxf3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...g3.} 20. Qxd7 Qg6 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Elistratov, Semen"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,57,33,28,33,32,33,6,12,1,41,34,34,35,41,33,53,50,66,-11,-7,-60,0,-34,-29,-23,-11,-16,-52,-58,-54,-151,-162,-210,-208,-260,-325,-316,-313,-296,-200,-205,-177,-315,-118,-144,-129,-93,-87,-200]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {LiveBook: 2761 Games} h6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... Nc6 7. g4 Qb6 8. Nb3 e6 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. Be3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bg2 Be7 {½-½ (24) Svidler,P (2755)-Artemiev,V (2682) Sochi 2017}) 7. g4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 8. a4 $146 (8. Bg2 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]}) ({Predecessor:} 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. a3 Be7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 {½-½ (69) Franco Valencia,A (2165)-Contreras Rodriguez,H (2229) Ortega 2013}) 8... b4 {The position is equal.} 9. Nd5 e6 (9... Bb7 {with more complications.} 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bg2 h5 12. g5 Nd7) 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nb3 (14. Qxb4 $14 Qc7 15. Qd2) 14... a5 $11 15. O-O-O (15. O-O $11) 15... Nb6 (15... Qc8 $15) 16. Bf1 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxa5!} (16. Nxa5 $5 Rxa5 17. Qxb4 Rxa4 18. Qxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxb6 $11) 16... Bc6 $1 17. Nd4 Bxa4 18. b3 Bd7 19. Nb5 Nc8 $1 ({Inferior is} 19... d5 20. Qd4 $18) 20. e5 ({White should try} 20. Bf4 $15) 20... d5 $17 21. f4 a4 22. Qd3 Be7 23. h4 axb3 24. cxb3 Ra5 ({Weaker is} 24... Bxh4 25. Qc2 $17) 25. Nd4 Ra2 {And now ...Na7 would win.} ({Resist} 25... Bxh4 26. Kb2 $17) 26. f5 (26. Nc2 $142) 26... Qc7+ $2 (26... Qa5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 27. Re1 Na7) 27. Kb1 Qa5 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 28. Nc2 Na7 {...Nb5 is the strong threat.} 29. Bb6 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 52%.} (29. fxe6 $17 Bxe6 {[#]} 30. Bb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb6 31. Kxa2) 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,50,1,4,-90,-72,-121,-99,-176,-178,-185,-191,-191,-194,-385,-389,-347,-260,-259,-249,-639,-640,-628,-623,-1072,-1087,-1067,-1058,-1025,-1010,-5506,-5493,-1989,-1202,-1185,-1168,-1100,-797]} 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 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (9. Be2 $11) (9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Nd4 Bf8 13. g4 Bd7 14. h4 Rab8 15. Nce2 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Ne4 17. Rd1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 {1-0 (34) Adhiban,B (2670)-Korobov,A (2711) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 9... c4 $17 10. f5 {[#]} b5 $1 11. Nxb5 (11. f6 $17 {was worth a try.} gxf6 12. Bh6) 11... Rb8 $19 12. Nd6 Bxd6 ({Don't play} 12... Qb6 13. c3 $17) 13. exd6 Nf6 {Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} ({Much less strong is} 13... exf5 14. Ne5 $17) ({But not} 13... Qb6 14. Qc3 $17) 14. c3 $2 (14. Qc3 {was called for.}) 14... Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne4 15. Qc2 exf5 16. Bf4 Nxd6 17. Ne5 Rb6 18. Rg1 g5 19. Bd2 f6 20. Nf3 f4 21. g4 fxg3 22. Rxg3 Bf5 23. Qa4 Rxb2 {0-1 (23) Pinter,E (2389)-Lipka,J (2438) Slovakia 2007}) 15. a3 Ne4 (15... exf5 $2 16. Ne5 $19) 16. Qc2 exf5 17. Ne5 $2 (17. Ng5) 17... Nxe5 {Black is clearly winning.} 18. dxe5 Bd7 19. Be2 Ba4 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxa4 {[#]} Nxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qxc4 (22. bxc3 Qe4) 22... Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Rfc8+ 24. Kb1 Qe4+ 25. Ka1 f4 {Precision: White = 13%, Black = 98%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kozionov, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,117,4,6,4,9,7,-14,-10,-10,0,-5,0,0,0,0,10,10,41,41,41,41,55,42,73,66,81,74,90,81,92,61,86,61,81,50,83,63,102,94,129,125,125,113,113,113,113,113,123,97,105,81,112,89,100,103,104,101,102,101,106,92,94,90,110,62,82,48,62,49,52,58,85,24,64,44,121,124,129,24,25,0,0,0,16,17,32,0,55,6,33,0,25,21,38,0,0,0,0,0,8,-9,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. e4 O-O {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 9. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qf6 (9... Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. h3 c6 12. Bd3 h6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Re1 Be6 16. Qc2 {½-½ (63) Xu,J (2508)-Xu,Y (2484) Hefei 2010}) 10. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Qg6 11. Kh1 Qxe4 12. Ng5 Qf5 13. d3 h6 14. Ne4 Be6 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxf4 {½-½ (58) Prieto Cabal,A-Rodriguez Garcia,J Asturias 1995}) 10... Bg4 11. Be3 (11. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxf3 12. Qxf3 $11) 11... Qg6 12. Bd3 $1 Rad8 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nh4 ({Avoid the trap} 14. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 14... Qh5 15. f3 {[#] Qe1 is the strong threat.} Bc8 16. Bf2 g5 17. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qh6 18. Qd2 Ng6 19. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 20. Be3 Rf4 21. Kg2 b6 22. c4 Qf8 23. Be2 Bc5 24. Rab1 Bd7 25. Rfc1 Re8 26. Rb3 Kf7 27. h3 Qd6 {[#]} 28. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. Rxb4 Ke7 31. c5 Rf6 32. Kf2 Ra8 33. Ke3 Kd8 34. Rb2 bxc5 35. Rxc5 Rb6 36. Rbc2 Rc8 37. Ra5 Ra8 38. Bc4 Ke7 39. Bb3 Kd6 40. Rh2 h5 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rxh4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Rb5 44. Ra3 ({Better is} 44. Ra6+ $16 Rb6 45. Rh6) 44... Rb6 45. g5 Kc5 (45... a5 $14) 46. Bc2 $16 Rb2 47. Rc3+ (47. Rh7 $16 Rxc2 48. Rxd7) 47... Kd6 $11 48. a3 Rf8 49. Rh7 Rbb8 50. Rh6 Be8 51. Bd3 Rg8 (51... Rb2 $11) 52. Rh7 Bd7 53. Rh6 Rb2 54. Be2 Rb1 55. Kf2 (55. Rh7 $5 {[%cal Rh7f7]}) 55... Rb2 {The position is equal.} 56. Kf3 Rb1 57. Kf2 Rb2 {Hoping for ...Bb5.} 58. Rh2 Rgb8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxe2+!} 59. Rh6 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,56,15,0,7,38,38,54,10,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-5,11,0,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,251]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Rc1 Re8 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qe2 a6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Bf5 Rc8 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. exd4 g6 17. Bh3 {½-½ (74) Kovalenko,I (2560)-Dvoirys,S (2572) Voronezh 2012}) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. a4 b4 16. Nb1 Nc5 17. Nd2 g6 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Rc2 Nxd3 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qxd3 Qd7 22. N4f3 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 23. Qd4 Qd6 24. h3 Qc5 25. Qe5 {[#] Rc1 is the strong threat.} Qc7 26. Qd4 Qc5 27. Qe5 {And now Rc1 would win.} Qc7 28. Qd4 Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 75%, Black = 55%. . An unexpected result.} (28... Qc5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,85,8,10,-7,42,42,69,66,66,77,60,-22,-27,-22,-33,-21,4,0,0,4,13,0,0,0,0,-34,-30,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,0,-35,-53,-77,-10,-8,-8,-8,-10,-18,-2,-51,-51,-51,-51,-129,-133,-311,-285,-257,-190,-167,-212,-196,-96,-100]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxc4 (5... Nbd7 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. f4 dxc4 9. bxc4 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nce4 12. Ne2 b5 13. Bb4 Re8 {0-1 (49) Riazantsev,A (2671)-Najer,E (2679) Doha 2016}) 6. Bxc4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nf3 a6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 9. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Qe2 $146 ({Better is} 13. Ng5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Ng5 Qc7 16. Qe2 h6 17. Qh5 O-O 18. Bh7+ Kh8 {1-0 (38) Gershon,A (2546)-Kovalevskaya,E (2451) Moscow 2004}) 13... cxd4 $11 14. Nxd4 Be7 15. Re1 g6 (15... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ra5a4]} 16. Bc2 O-O-O $11) 16. Bh6 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nf3 Qh6 19. Rac1 O-O {Strongly threatening ...Nf4.} 20. Qd2 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 N5b6 22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. Be4 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. g3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 26. Rc5 a4 27. Ne4 a3 28. b3 Rfc8 {Threatening ...Rxc5.} 29. Rec1 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd8 31. Nf6+ Nxf6 32. exf6 $15 {[#] KR-KR} h6 (32... h5 $1 $17 {...Rd2 is the strong threat.} 33. Rc2 g5) 33. Rb5 g5 34. Rxb4 Rd2 35. h4 gxh4 36. Rxh4 Rxa2 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2.} 37. Rg4+ Kh8 {Hoping for ...Rb2.} 38. Kg2 {[#]} (38. Ra4 $15) 38... Rb2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb2b3]} 39. Rb4 $2 (39. Ra4 $17) 39... Kh7 $19 40. Rb8 e5 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. b4 Kf5 (42... Kxf6 $19 {has better winning chances. White must now prevent ...Ke6.} 43. Ra8 a2) 43. Ra8 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mozharov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Murtazin, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,71,33,48,43,54,32,54,42,58,52,66,66,48,9,11,1,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-58,-61,-54,-48,-76,-73,-70,-54,-70,0,-18,137,128,133,95,94,90,102,102,104,0,14,0,0,-16,-9,-4,-9,-22,368,343,374,333,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nf3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 {[#]} 6. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g6 (6... Nxe4 7. Qa4+) 7. Bd3 {[%cal Bf1d3,Bd3b5,Bb5c6][%mdl 32]} Bg7 8. O-O {E10: Blumenfeld Gambit} O-O 9. h3 (9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. b3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Be3 {½-½ (54) Kuljasevic,D (2578)-Cheparinov,I (2700) Legnica 2013}) 9... b5 10. Bxb5 {White is slightly better.} Nxe4 11. Re1 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qb6 12. a4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Bf4 a6 15. Be2 Bb7 {1-0 (54) Kleiser,G (2329)-Compagnone,G (2289) ICCF email 2013}) 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Nd2 Nc7 14. Bc6 Rb8 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Bg5 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 18. Bd2 (18. Bf4 $11 Bxe4 19. Rxe4) 18... Bxe4 $1 $15 19. Rxe4 f5 20. Ra4 Rxb2 21. Rb1 Rxb1 22. Qxb1 Qb8 (22... a6 $1 $15) 23. Qe1 Nb5 $2 (23... Be5 $11) 24. Qe6+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kh8 25. Qe7 Bf6 26. Qd7 Rd8 27. Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6f6]} Be5 {[#]} 28. f4 (28. Bg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Rf8 29. f4) 28... Bg7 29. Qe7 {Strongly threatening Bxb5.} (29. Bxb5 $5 Qxb5 30. Rxa7 $11) 29... Rg8 30. Kh2 (30. Bxb5 $5 Qxb5 31. Rxa7 $11) 30... Nd4 31. Rxa7 {With the idea Rb7.} Qb2 32. Qe3 Nf3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... g5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 33. Bc3 Qb1 34. Rxg7 Rxg7 35. Qe8+ Rg8) 33. gxf3 $18 Bd4 {[#]} 34. Qe2 $1 Bc3 $2 (34... Rg7 $18) 35. Bxc3+ Qxc3 36. Qe7 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,86,20,17,22,16,31,35,27,12,38,25,28,-15,0,-8,0,-12,45,37,36,41,35,23,25,6,22,24,53,53,70,-56,-52,-58,-51,-45,-41,-49,-58,-42,-60,-45,-58,-54,-42,-40,-46,-49,-48,-53,-39,-60,-67,-55,-48,-76,-18,-206,-200,-216,-218,-222,-212,-245,-216,-244,-203,-204,-211,-218,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Ne4 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} 8. Nfd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qc2 f5 9. Nfd2 Nd6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. e4 e6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Rb1 Nb4 14. Qd1 Nd3 15. Nb3 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 {1-0 (56) Khismatullin,D (2651)-Chigaev,M (2559) Minsk 2017}) 8... Nd6 9. e4 Na6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Qc2 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Rb1 b5 ({Better is} 14... f5 $11) 15. b4 $14 Ne6 16. c5 Nb7 $1 17. e5 (17. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Nd4 18. Qd3 bxa4 19. e5 $11) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 a5 19. a3 $1 axb4 20. axb4 {Black must now prevent Qd3.} d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c5]} 21. Nxb5 (21. Qe4 $14) 21... dxc5 $15 22. Na7 Ra8 23. Nc6 Qd7 24. b5 $1 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Na5 25. Nxa5 Rxa5 26. b6 Rb8 27. Nc4 Ra4 28. Qe4 Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 29. Bf4 {Threatens to win with e6.} Qe6 (29... Rxc4 $6 30. e6 $16) 30. Ne3 Rxb6 31. Rxb6 Qxb6 32. Rb1 Qd8 33. Qd5 Ra8 (33... Qc8 $17 34. Nc4 Ra7) 34. Qxc5 $2 (34. Rb7 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 34... Ne6 $1 $19 {[%cal Re6c5]} 35. Qc6 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 36. Bxg5 Nxg5 37. Nf5 e6 ({But not} 37... Bxe5 {[#]} 38. Nxe7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 39. Rb5 $17) 38. Ne7+ Kh8 39. h4 Bf8 ({Inferior is} 39... Bxe5 40. hxg5 Ra1 41. Rb7 $14) 40. Rb7 Bxe7 $2 (40... Ra2 $19 {...Qd4 is the strong threat.} 41. Rd7 Qe8) 41. Rxe7 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc8 42. Rd7 Qe8 ({Of course not} 42... Rxc6 $6 43. Rxd8+ Kg7 44. hxg5 $16) 43. Qb7 Rb8 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. Rad1 g6 12. Nf4 Nf8 13. f3 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bb4 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. Rde1 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qe5 20. Bf4 Qd4 21. e5 Rad8 22. Be4 Nh5 23. Be3 Qxe5 24. Qb3 Qe7 25. Bb6 Be6 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Qc2 Qh4 28. Qf2 Qxf2 29. Rxf2 Kg7 30. Bc2 Nf6 31. Bb3 Bxb3 32. axb3 Rd7 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Nd5 35. Re2 Nc7 36. Re4 a5 37. Ne3 Ne6 38. Nc2 Bc5 39. Ra4 b6 40. g4 Kf6 41. Kg2 h6 42. Re4 Ke7 43. b4 axb4 44. Nxb4 Kd6 45. Nc2 Kd5 46. Re1 Kc4 47. Rf1 Kb3 48. Ne1 Bd4 49. Rxf7 Bxb2 50. Kf1 Bc3 51. Nd3 Kc2 52. Ke2 b5 53. Rb7 Bd2 54. Rd7 Nf4+ 55. Nxf4 Bxf4 56. h4 Be5 57. Rb7 Bc3 58. Rb6 b4 59. Rxc6 b3 60. Rxg6 b2 61. Rb6 b1=Q 62. Rxb1 Kxb1 *

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,98,23,30,23,31,24,38,29,45,8,26,24,32,14,10,11,17,12,26,24,30,31,31,27,62,70,59,77,65,30,64,41,44,42,43,47,60,40,37,34,30,39,37,28,28,24,43,32,49,26,33,20,29,33,60,-14,0,0,65,50,62,0,-8,-8,-20,-707,-685,-624,-673,-560,-512,-661,-599,-833,-1477,-1319,-1323,-2039,-1804,-29969,-29969,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxc6 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} bxc6 {LiveBook: 38 Games} 8. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qd2 d5 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. g4 Bb4 11. Bg2 O-O 12. g5 Nd7 13. a3 Ba5 14. h4 Re8 {1-0 (44) Andreikin,D (2733)-Zubov,A (2606) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 8... e5 9. Bg3 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 10. h4 h5 11. f4 exf4 $1 12. Bxf4 Ng6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f4]} 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. Qg3 Bg4 16. Be2 Qd7 17. O-O-O Be7 18. Bf4 O-O 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Qxg4 hxg4 21. Ne2 Rfe8 22. Nd4 Bf8 23. h5 Nd7 24. Nxc6 Rac8 25. Nd4 Rxe4 26. g3 Ne5 27. Nf5 Re2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Kxd2 Kf7 30. c3 Nf3+ 31. Kc2 Ke6 32. Ne3 f5 33. Rd1 Be7 34. Rd5 ({White should play} 34. Nd5 $14) 34... Rc5 35. Rd1 Rc6 (35... Rc8 $11) 36. Nd5 $14 Bg5 37. Nb4 (37. b4 $14) 37... Bxf4 $11 38. Nxc6 Bxg3 39. Nd4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. b4 $11) 39... Nxd4+ $19 40. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Bf2 41. Kd3 {[#]} Kd5 $1 42. Ke2 Bxd4 43. Kf1 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 44. Kg2 Ke4 45. b4 Be5 46. a4 f3+ {Black mates.} 47. Kf1 g3 48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 Bf4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Black "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,79,17,30,0,-7,-12,10,0,0,-13,-14,-10,0,0,0,-6,8,9,72,13,48,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,-4,0,0,-3,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32]} 5. a3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. e3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. Bd3 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} Ng7 (11... O-O 12. O-O Ng7 13. b4 a6 14. Na4 Bf5 15. Nc5 Ra7 16. a4 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Nf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 a5 21. Rfc1 b6 {1-0 (59) Carlsen,M (2850)-Bruzon Batista,L (2659) Berlin 2015}) 12. O-O Bf5 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 13. Rae1 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 a6 14. Rab1 O-O 15. a4 Rc8 16. a5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (47) Soto Hernandez,H (2383)-Nogueiras Santiago,J (2493) Havana 2013}) 13... O-O 14. Ne5 Nd7 (14... Bxd3 {is interesting.} 15. Nxd3 Nf5 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Rc1 Ne4) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qf8 20. Qb3 Rab8 (20... Re7 $11) 21. Qa4 ({Better is} 21. g4 $16 Nd6 22. Ne5 Rxe5 {[#]} 23. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (23. dxe5 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Nc5 $11) 23... Nxf6 24. dxe5) 21... Re7 22. Ne5 (22. Qxa7 $14 Rxe4 23. Rxe4) 22... Qd8 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Qxa7 {Black must now prevent Nf6+!} Kg7 25. Qc5 Rd5 26. Qc3 Qc7 27. Nd2 (27. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Nxd4 28. f4 $11) 27... Rbd8 {The position is equal.} 28. Nf3 Nxd4 29. Re4 {[%cal Rf3d4]} c5 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. b4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6c5][%mdl 32]} 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. Rc1 {Hoping for Qxd4+!} Qe5 35. g3 {[#]} Rd1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Kg2 (36. Rxd1 Qxc3) 36... Qxc3 37. Rxc3 Ra1 38. Rxc5 Rxa3 39. h4 h5 40. Rb5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,63,10,19,2,10,7,52,65,69,56,55,43,50,38,63,21,94,77,114,135,135,132,135,124,117,122,230,99,234,228,398,228,758,747,727,725,667,586,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Be7 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]} Nf5 10. Ne2 c5 11. dxc5 Na6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxc5 14. O-O b5 {½-½ (33) Nisipeanu,L (2687)-Rodshtein,M (2687) Baku 2016}) 12... O-O 13. Ned4 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Nxc5 15. Qf3 g6 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Rad1 Ne4 18. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Nxg5 (18... Qc7 $11) 19. hxg5 $16 Qc7 20. cxd5 Qxe5 {[#]} 21. d6 $1 Rad8 22. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} ({Resist} 22. Qxb7 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 (23. Qxa7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qxb2 $11) 23... Qxd6 $14) 22... Qxb2 23. Qd5 b5 (23... Qb4 $16) 24. Re7 (24. d7 $18 {is more deadly.}) 24... a5 (24... Qb4 $16 {is a better defense.}) 25. d7 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kg7 $2 (25... Qb4 {was called for.} 26. Rde1 Qc4) 26. Rde1 $18 h4 $2 (26... Qc3 27. Qxb5 Qd2) 27. Qd6 {Threatens to win with Re8.} Qb4 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. R1e3 {Rxf7! is the strong threat.} Qc5 {[#]} 30. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Rxf7 31. Qxd8+ ({And not} 31. Re8+ Rf8 $11) 31... Rf8 {[#]} 32. Qxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 68%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grishchenko, Sergey"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,85,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4 Nh5 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 {The position is equal.} 11. dxe5 {D92: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4} Bxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. O-O Nc6 14. Ne2 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Ne5 16. Rxb2 {[#] aiming for Rc2.} Nxc4 17. Rxb7 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rd2 19. Nc3 c6 20. Rc7 Rb8 21. Rf2 {[#]} Rd3 $146 22. Rxc6 Rxe3 {Threatens to win with ...Nf4.} 23. Nd5 Re1+ 24. Kg2 Rbb1 25. Rd2 Rh1 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. Rxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rbg1+ 28. Kh3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rd7.} Kg7 29. e5 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 {KR-KR} 31. Ra6 Rd5 32. f4 Rd3+ 33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Kg3 Rd3+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 (39. Kh4 $5 {[%cal Ra6a7]}) 39... Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Rxh2 41. Rxa7 Kg8 42. a4 h5 43. Ke4 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,56,27,32,37,38,37,25,10,14,13,11,19,27,29,35,36,37,52,48,41,28,11,14,11,14,6,8,10,8,12,8,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Na3 Nc6 (5... Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Nc4 Qd8 8. a4 Be6 9. a5 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 e6 11. Qa4 Bd6 12. d4 O-O 13. dxc5 Bxc5 {0-1 (63) Vavulin,M (2604)-Artemiev,V (2655) Moscow 2017}) 6. Be2 {B28: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 a6 (O'Kelly Variation)} Bg4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc2 {White has an edge.} Qd8 9. d4 (9. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bf5 10. d4 $11) 9... e6 10. Be3 Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... cxd4 11. Ncxd4 Qc7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (31) Jusup,M (2093)-Golubicic,L (1678) Sv Filip i Jakov 2011}) 11. dxc5 Nxe3 12. Nxe3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 {And now Qa4 would win.} Bxc5 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qf3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ (20. Qd1 $5 {[%cal Rd2d8]} Rxd2 21. Qxd2 $11) 20... Qxd8 21. Qxc6 Bxe3 $1 22. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qd1+ 23. Kf2 {[%cal Rc6e8] [#]} Qc2+ 24. Kf3 {[%cal Rc6e8]} Qf5+ 25. Ke2 {[%cal Rc6e8]} Qc2+ 26. Kf3 {[%cal Rc6e8]} Qf5+ 27. Ke2 {[%cal Rc6e8] [#]} Qc2+ 28. Kf3 {[%cal Rc6e8]} Qf5+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,71,8,9,0,0,0,0,19,14,36,16,12,14,15,15,7,2,10,0,0,0,0,0,37,46,43,24,27,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,-59,-13,-21,0,-84,-84,-195,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,0,-84,0,-84,0,-89]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qb3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Qb6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. b4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Bf4 h6 13. h3 g5 14. Be3 Ne4 {½-½ (41) Grachev,B (2673)-Rublevsky,S (2698) Sochi 2015}) 11. h3 h6 12. g4 Bh7 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Ne5 g5 15. Bh2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bh2 Bg7 18. f3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 e5 20. Kd2 O-O (20... h5 $5) 21. e3 Rde8 22. Bg3 (22. h4 {is interesting.} f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Rag1 Bg6 25. Bg3) 22... f5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. h4 g4 27. f4 (27. fxg4 $11 Bxg4 28. Raf1) 27... Re7 28. h5 $1 Kf7 29. Rh4 (29. Rhg1 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Kf6 30. Bf1 (30. Rhh1 $17 {was called for.}) 30... Rg8 (30... Rfe8 $19 31. Re1 Ra8) 31. Rh1 $17 Rge8 32. Re1 Ra8 33. Ra1 Rae8 34. Re1 Ra8 {And now ...a5 would win.} 35. Ra1 $1 Rae8 36. Re1 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nozdrachev, Leonid"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,110,0,0,-7,-2,-11,-6,-35,-22,-23,-20,-25,-20,-15,-15,-16,-18,-79,-94,-124,-123,-125,-50,-49,-40,-142,-121,-181,-178,-173,-180,-281,-237,-403,-211,-206,-216,-252,-236,-258,-210,-220,-219,-230,-231,-231,-224,-293,-247,-294,-289,-298,-290,-298,-293,-381,-310,-349,-326,-342,-337,-323,-282,-370,-334,-376,-381,-606,-594,-680,-683,-681,-658,-651,-646,-642,-642,-741,-716,-1106,-1077,-5645,-4685,-12837,-12837,-12837,-12838,-12837,-12837,-12836,-12834,-12836,-12836,-12836,-9348,-12845,-12846]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be2 Bd6 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 7. Bf3 O-O 8. Ne2 Qc7 {LiveBook: 9 Games. The position is equal.} 9. Be3 Re8 10. Qd2 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. c4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Rac1 {0-1 (24) Armanda,I (2365)-Cvorovic,D (2424) Solin/Spilt 2003}) 11. Nc3 f5 {[#] And now ...f4 would win.} 12. g3 Nd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. b3 Rad8 15. a4 a5 16. Ne2 (16. Rad1 $11) 16... Bd5 $17 17. Bh5 g6 18. c4 Be4 (18... gxh5 $17 19. cxd5 Nxd5) 19. Bg5 $15 Be7 (19... gxh5 $6 20. f3 $14) 20. Bf4 (20. Bxe7 $1 $15 Qxe7 21. Nf4) 20... Qd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 21. f3 (21. Qxa5 $17 Nc8 22. Qc3) 21... Bb4 $19 (21... gxh5 22. fxe4 Bb4 23. Qc1 $11) 22. Qd1 {[#]} Bd5 $1 {...Nxc4 is the strong threat.} (22... gxh5 23. fxe4 Rxe4 24. Bg5 $15) 23. Bg5 (23. Qd3 $142) 23... Be7 (23... gxh5 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. cxd5 $15) 24. Bd2 $2 (24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Re1) 24... Bxc4 (24... gxh5 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxa5 $17) (24... Nxc4 $142 25. bxc4 Bxc4) 25. bxc4 Nxc4 26. Bf4 Bf6 27. Kh1 Ne3 (27... Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Qb3 $19) 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 29. Qd2 Rde8 30. Nf4 Qxd4 (30... gxh5 31. Nxh5 Qxd4 32. Rad1 $17) 31. Qa2 Qd6 ({Don't do} 31... gxh5 32. Rab1 $19) 32. Rab1 Qa3 33. Qxa3 Rxa3 34. Rxb7 Rxa4 ({Resist} 34... gxh5 35. Rb6 $19) 35. Ra7 Bg5 ({Not} 35... gxh5 36. Ra6 $19) 36. Nh3 Be3 37. Rc7 gxh5 38. Rxc6 h4 39. Rf6 hxg3 40. hxg3 Re6 41. Rxf5 (41. Rxe6 $142 fxe6 42. f4) 41... Rh6 {( -> ...Ra2). Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kg2 Ra2+ 43. Nf2 Rc6 44. Re5 Ba7 45. Re7 Bb6 46. Rb7 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 47. g4 a3 48. Kg3 Bxf2+ 49. Rxf2 Rxf2 50. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ra6 51. Rb1 a2 52. Ra1 Kg7 53. Kg3 Kg6 54. f4 h6 55. Kh4 Ra3 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,83,19,15,21,10,12,8,26,25,27,27,45,35,18,16,23,15,24,27,39,27,39,-33,-38,-39,-36,-44,-35,-35,-44,-31,-42,-31,-31,-36,-19,-39,-39,-34,-36,-47,-37,-35,-37,-43,-49,-37,-46,-48,-13,-13,-12,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Bf4 d6 {E19: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line with 7...Ne4 8 Qc2 Nxc3 8 Qxc3} (10... Bf6 11. Bd6 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Rab1 c5 17. Rfd1 Bd4 18. Bf4 {½-½ (52) Hracek,Z (2617)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2700) Poland 2015}) 11. Rad1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nc6 12. Qd3 Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Kxg2 Qd7 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Qf3 Qb7 18. Rfe1 {1-0 (27) Eingorn,V (2558)-Maiorov,N (2528) Metz 2011}) 13. Qb1 f5 14. a3 Be4 15. Qc1 Na6 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 $1 18. Kxg2 Qc8 {[#] ...e5 is the strong threat.} 19. Nb5 Rd8 20. Qc1 e5 21. Bg5 (21. Be3 $1 $14) 21... Bxg5 $15 22. Qxg5 Qxc4 23. Nc3 Qe6 24. Nd5 Rd7 25. Qc1 Rad8 26. b4 Qf7 27. Qc6 h6 28. Rc1 {[#]} Nc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7d5][%mdl 512]} 29. Nxc7 Rc8 {[%cal Rd7c7]} 30. Qb7 Rcxc7 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Rd1 Qe6 34. Rd2 Qe7 35. Qd5 {The position is equal.} Rd7 36. f4 {With the idea fxe5.} exf4 {White must now prevent ...Qg5.} 37. Qxf5+ Kg8 38. Qxf4 Qe6 39. e4 Rf7 40. Qe3 $1 Qf6 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rf6f1]} 41. Qd3 Qg6 42. Rf2 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,46,37,54,37,60,61,66,41,63,18,28,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,0,-33,0,-42,0,-33,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (8. Nc3 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 Na6 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Nd2 e6 13. Nde4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxb2 15. Bh6 exd5 16. Qxd5 Bb7 17. Qxd6 Bxe4 18. Bxf8 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qxf8 21. Qxa6 {½-½ (49) Harikrishna,P (2609)-Minasian,A (2584) Abu Dhabi 2004}) 8... a5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. h3 {White is slightly better.} Nb4 11. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e4 Nd7 12. Re1 b6 13. Bf4 Ba6 14. Bf1 f6 15. Nb5 Ne5 16. Nh2 {1-0 (64) Keler,F (2242)-Annaberdiyev,B (2238) Kocaeli 2014}) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 ({White should play} 12. Bf4 $11) 12... exf6 $15 13. Qd2 f5 14. h4 Bd7 15. Qf4 Qf6 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. Bh3 Re7 18. b3 Rae8 19. Qd2 $1 Bc8 20. Rfd1 Bd7 21. Kg2 Bc8 22. Kg1 Bd7 (22... f4 $5 {[%cal Rc8h3]} 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11) 23. Kg2 Bc8 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,90,43,38,57,23,33,29,34,31,20,31,111,123,144,93,92,97,166,162,371,365,343,214,230,113,116,106,83,66,61,59,58,33,56,36,17,0,60,0,71,42,108,115,106,99,99,97,126,90,125,127,141,145,129,91,100,83,90,75,160,133,208,175,363,360,354,349,343,331,589,592,592,590,568,587,559]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. h3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1 O-O 9. Qe1 Qc7 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. dxe5 g6 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Bc4 {1-0 (31) Volokitin,A (2639)-Bezold,M (2509) Berlin 2015}) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} Qc7 10. Kh1 Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. a3 c5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. d5 Ne8 16. Bg5 {0-1 (72) Beraud,R (1750)-Bordenave,R (1810) France 1999}) 11. Ne2 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nxf4 13. Nxf4 d5 (13... b5 $14) 14. e5 $16 Rd8 15. Qe1 ({Better is} 15. Nd2 {Black must now prevent Bxh7+!} Nf8 16. Qh5) 15... Nf8 16. Qg3 c5 (16... a5 $16) 17. c4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4d5]} dxc4 $2 (17... Be6) 18. Bxc4 ({Not} 18. Nh5 g6 $11) 18... cxd4 19. Rac1 Qb6 {[#]} 20. Nd5 (20. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5f7] and the rest is easy.} Be6 21. Nfxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 22. Rxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf8 23. Nxe6) 20... Rxd5 $16 21. Bxd5 Be6 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Qf2 {aiming for Nxd4!} Rf8 24. Rc2 a5 25. Rfc1 Qd8 26. Qf1 b6 (26... d3 $11 27. Rc8 Qd7 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8) 27. a3 (27. Rd1 $14) 27... Qd7 (27... d3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 28. Rc8 Qd5) 28. Qc4 a4 ({Black should try} 28... Rd8 $14) 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Bc5 31. Ne1 Rb8 32. Rc4 Ra8 33. Nd3 Kf8 34. Kg1 Ke8 35. Kf1 Kd7 36. Nxc5+ bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 37. Rd6+ Kc7 (37... Ke7 $142) 38. Rc2 Ra7 (38... h5 $16 39. h4 Ra7) 39. Rf2 Nd8 $2 (39... Kc8 {was called for.} 40. Ke2 Rc7) 40. Rd5 $18 Ra5 41. Ke2 Rb5 42. Kd3 Nb7 $2 (42... Rb3+ 43. Kc2 Rb5) 43. Rxf7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kc6 44. Rdd7 Rb3+ 45. Ke4 {Hoping for Rc7+.} Re3+ {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,24,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ng5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Kd7 10. Be6+ Ke8 11. Bf7+ Kd7 $146 12. Be6+ Ke8 {LiveBook: 199 Games. D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Peskov, Alexsey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,97,52,40,86,89,75,82,79,76,87,87,84,10,19,9,32,25,100,110,109,93,90,117,139,139,144,125,131,135,136,89,101,100,85,30,35,25,24,12,20,16,21,19,18,0,49,48,47,46,63,60,72,52,212,229,236,234,232,225,211,208,266,266,279,287,295,288,361,202,195,192,197,161,494,251,1175,1083,29975,29976,29975,29976,29976,29976,29973,5322,29980,29980]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O {LiveBook: 92 Games} Qd5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Qd3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qf3 Rfd8 16. Bd2 {½-½ (40) Swiercz,D (2627)-Ipatov,A (2630) Warsaw 2013}) 8. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qxd5 Bxd5 9. d3 b6 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Nb5 Nd5 13. Nd2 Kd7 14. Nc4 f6 15. Ne3 {1-0 (65) Balinov,I (2454)-Schuurman,P (2219) Graz 2006}) 8... Qh5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 {White is better.} 10. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Ne5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. d4 (12. d3 $16) 12... Qxd4 $11 13. Bf4 Bb4 14. e5 Nd5 (14... Bxg2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Rfd1 Qc4 16. exf6 g5) 15. Nxd5 $16 exd5 16. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qc5 17. Qf5 {Black must now prevent a3.} Qe7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 c6 {[#]} 20. Rd3 $1 g6 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qd1 Bc5 23. Qc2 (23. h4 $16) 23... O-O $1 $11 24. Rad1 (24. e6 $5) 24... b6 $1 25. a3 {Hoping for b4.} Qe6 26. h4 Rfe8 27. R1d2 Be7 28. Qd1 c5 29. Rd7 c4 30. Qf3 a6 31. Bg5 Rac8 32. R2d5 (32. Ra7 {with more complications.} Bxg5 33. Rd6 Qf5 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. hxg5 Rxe5 36. Rxa6 b5 37. Kf1) 32... Rc5 $2 ({Black should try} 32... Bf8 $14) 33. Rxe7 $18 Rxe7 34. Rxc5 bxc5 35. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Qxa6 c3 38. bxc3 Qxe5 39. Qc4 Kg8 40. Kh2 (40. a4 $142) 40... Qc7 41. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Qa5 42. Kg1 Qa8 $2 (42... Kf8 43. Kf1 Kg7) 43. Qb5 {aiming for a5.} Qf3 $2 (43... Qe4 44. a5 (44. Qxc5 Qxa4 45. c4 Qd7 $16) 44... g5 45. hxg5 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Qe4+ 47. Kh2 h4 48. Qb8+ Kg7) 44. a5 Qxc3 45. a6 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Qe4+ {[#]} 47. Kh2 $1 Qd4 48. Qb7 c4 49. Kg2 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,79,14,-11,18,-41,-33,-29,-30,-42,-33,-50,-40,-50,-40,-60,-12,-43,-46,-34,8,4,0,0,18,0,95,87,119,136,122,118,179,174,285,264,274,261,241,133,138,128,139,82,54,67,73,75,68,70,70,87,139,152,636,651,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,471]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3 Bd7 9. Be3 Rb8 10. Rc1 b5 11. Nd2 e5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} (11... Na5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 Nc6 14. a3 Qc8 15. Nde4 Ne8 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nef6+ Nxf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxc6 {1-0 (55) Adly,A (2593)-Ezat,M (2474) Cairo 2015}) 12. d5 (12. dxe5 $11 Nxe5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bg5) 12... Ne7 $15 13. cxb5 axb5 {Black has an edge.} 14. b4 Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne8 15. Nb3 f5 16. Na5 Nf6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. dxc6 {0-1 (58) Lakic,N (2310)-Burovic,I (2375) Kladovo 1991}) 15. g4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 $1 exf4 17. Nf3 Nc8 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. Nc6 Rb7 (19... Bxc6 $5 20. dxc6 Ne7 $11) 20. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qh4 21. Na5 Rb6 $1 22. Ne4 {[%cal Bc3e4,Be4g3,Bg3h5][%mdl 32]} f5 (22... Qd8 $1 $11) 23. gxf5 $16 f3 24. Qxf3 {aiming for f6.} gxf5 25. Ng3 f4 (25... Qd8 $16 {might work better.} 26. Nh5 Be5) 26. Nh5 $18 Be5 (26... Bb2 {is a better defense.}) 27. Rxc7 Qd8 28. Rfc1 Ne7 {[%cal Bc8e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32] intending ...Ng6.} 29. e3 ({White has to play} 29. Ra7 $1 $18 Nc8 30. Ra8) 29... Ng6 $16 {...Nh4 is the strong threat.} 30. exf4 $1 Nxf4 {[#]} 31. Qg3+ (31. Kh1 $142 $1) 31... Kh8 32. Nxf4 Bxf4 33. Qc3+ Be5 34. Qe3 Ra6 35. Nb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7d8,Ba5b7,Bb7d6,Bd6f7,Bf7h6][%mdl 32]} Qh4 (35... Qe8 $142) 36. Rxd7 Rxa2 $2 (36... Ra3 $16 37. Rc8 (37. Qxa3 {is a self mate.} Qxf2+ 38. Kh1 Qf4 39. Rxh7+ Kxh7 40. Qd3+ Kh8 41. Qh7+ Kxh7 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Rg7+ Kxg7 44. Kg1 Qh2#) 37... Rxc8 38. Qxa3 Qg5 39. Rd8+ (39. Nxd6 Rc1+ 40. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 41. Bf1 Qg5+ 42. Bg2 Qc1+ 43. Bf1 Qg5+ 44. Bg2 Qc1+ $11) 39... Rxd8 40. Nxd8 Qxd8) 37. Nxd6 $18 Bd4 38. Nf7+ {White mates.} Kg8 39. Nh6+ Kh8 {[#]} 40. Rxh7+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 58%.} (40. Rcc7 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf2+ 41. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 42. Kh2 Bg3+ 43. Kxg3 Ra3+ 44. Kg4 Rf4+ 45. Kxf4) 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Mozharov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,71,22,4,10,0,29,23,17,10,-1,-23,-15,-29,16,10,19,5,5,8,6,6,6,6,6,5,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,16,19,14,66,67,72,72,74,31,25,0,21,14,26,30,22,0,16,0,22,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. g3 Bc5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 8. Bg2 Ne7 9. O-O O-O {White has an edge.} 10. Qe2 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f5 11. Kh2 Bd4 12. Nd1 Nf6 13. c3 Bb6 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 {½-½ (42) Li,R (2564)-Dreev,A (2651) chess.com INT 2017}) 11. Kh1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. f4 b4 13. Na4 Ba7 14. c4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 {Threatens to win with f6.} Bd4 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. g4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 d4 23. Bf4 {[#] Hoping for g5.} Nd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 25. Qe4 Qxe4+ (25... Qd8 {is interesting.} 26. Re1 Bh4 27. Re2 Qd7 28. g5 g6) 26. dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} h6 27. Kg2 Re8 (27... Rd8 $11) 28. Kf3 $14 d3 {[#]} 29. b3 $1 Bc3 30. Rd1 Rd8 $1 31. Bc7 Rc8 32. Bb6 Rb8 33. Be3 Rd8 $1 34. Bb6 {The position is equal.} Rb8 35. Be3 Rd8 $1 36. Bb6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,62,11,10,49,22,32,33,31,34,44,16,15,12,18,20,16,10,27,-16,-18,-37,-47,-45,-49,-72,-71,-135,-99,-117,-34,-54,-26,-1299,-1306,-1247,-1264,-1115,-1106,-845,-845,-29994,-1291,-1225,-1211,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Re8 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 d5 14. Nb3 Ne7 15. exd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (45) Fressinet,L (2662)-Amin,B (2660) Sharjah 2017}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 {LiveBook: 25 Games} Kh8 (9... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 10. Bg3 Be6 $11) 10. d4 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.White is slightly better.} (10. b4 {keeps more tension.} Ba7 11. Na3 Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nc2) 10... Ba7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... dxe5 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. a5 g5 14. Bg3 Bg4 15. Qc2 Nh5 {½-½ (42) Armanda,I (2326)-Bozanic,I (2270) Split 2009}) 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxf7 Kg7 16. Bb3 f5 17. Bc2 f4 18. Na3 Be6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 19. Rad1 Bg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 20. Rc1 {[#]} Kf6 $1 21. h3 (21. Bb3 $142) 21... Be6 22. Rcd1 {[#]} Rg8 ({Black should play} 22... f3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for ...Rg8.} 23. Rxd8 (23. gxf3 Rxd1) 23... Rxd8 24. gxf3 Bxh3) 23. Kh2 $1 $15 Rg5 {aiming for ...Rag8.} 24. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. g3 $11) 24... Rag8 $19 25. Rd2 Rh5 26. Kh1 Rg3 27. Rfd1 Be3 {( -> ...Bxh3)} 28. Nb1 Bxd2 (28... Bxh3 $142 29. gxh3 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 Rgxh3+ 31. Rh2 Rxh2+ 32. Kg1 Rh1+ 33. Kg2 R5h2#) 29. Rxd2 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. gxh3 Rgxh3+ 31. Kg2 Rh1 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Black "Gavrilov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,135,16,19,5,12,-8,0,-8,-3,-15,-14,-46,-50,-78,-62,-57,-29,-32,-6,-3,-8,-8,-4,-28,0,-23,-20,-27,-27,-35,-24,-16,45,-44,-12,-9,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,379,383,381,381,380,373,378,22,31,24,22,35,37,39,33,24,60,64,153,176,185,81,217,208,306,310,758,733,954,925,933,372,605,480,495,246,235,217,309,321,318,295,312,314,303,302,296,239,249,248,913,913,1475,1256,12841,12841,12839,2251,9721,5389,12840,12841,12841,12841,12844,12844,12849,12845,12845,12846,12848,12847,12849,12849,12850,12850]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Nd7 6. exd5 $146 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} ({Predecessor:} 6. Bh4 Qb6 7. Qd2 e5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Na3 Nf6 11. Bf2 Qa5 12. Bb5+ Nc6 {½-½ (31) Chebotarev,O (2514)-Zontakh,A (2549) Lipetsk 2007}) 6... cxd5 7. Nd2 Ngf6 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nh3 Nb6 11. Qf3 Bg4 12. Qg3 {aiming for Bxf6.} Qd7 13. Nf2 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Bf5 14. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1f3,Bf3h3][%mdl 32]} Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Ne4 16. Qe3 f5 17. Kh1 e6 18. Rf3 Rac8 19. Rh3 Qb5 20. Qe1 Nc4 ({Black should play} 20... Rf7 $11) 21. a4 (21. Nxe4 $1 $14 fxe4 22. b3) 21... Qa6 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qh4 $1 Rc7 {And now ...e5! would win.} 25. Qxh6 Qb3 26. Qh4 a5 27. Re3 Qc2 28. h3 Rg7 29. Kh2 b6 30. Qe1 h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Rc8 $11) 31. Nc1 $1 $18 Qxb2 32. Ra2 Qb1 33. Ree2 $1 Nd6 {[#]} 34. Rab2 $2 (34. Ra3 $1 $18) 34... Qa1 $11 35. Rxb6 (35. Nd3 $5 {[%cal Re1a1]} Qxa4 36. Rxe6 $11) 35... Ne4 36. Ra2 Qxc3 37. Qxc3 Nxc3 38. Rc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Ne4 39. Rxe6 Rb8 {[#]} (39... g5 $1 $14) 40. Nd3 $1 $16 Kh7 41. Rcc6 (41. Ne5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 41... h5 (41... Rb1 $16) 42. Ne5 $18 Rb4 (42... Rbg8 $142 43. Ra6 Nc3 44. Rxa5 Ne2) 43. Nxg6 {Threatens to win with Ne7.} Rxa4 $2 (43... Nd2 44. Nh4 Rb1 45. Rh6+ Kg8 46. Rc8+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Rxg7+ Kxg7 49. Nxf5+ Kf7) 44. Ne7 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Re6h6]} Rf7 45. Rh6+ Kg7 46. Nxd5 $2 (46. Rcg6+ Kf8 47. Nc6) 46... Kf8 $2 (46... Kg8 47. Rce6 Kf8 48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rxh5 Ra3) 47. Rhg6 {[%cal Rc6c8]} Rg7 {...Rxg6 would now be nice for Black.} 48. Rxg7 (48. Rc8+ $142 Kf7 49. Rh6) 48... Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 49. Ne3 Nf6 (49... Kf7 $142 50. Nxf5 Ra1) 50. Nxf5+ Kf7 51. Ra6 Nd5 52. Kg3 Ra3+ 53. Kh4 Nxf4 54. g3 Ne2 55. d5 ({Not} 55. Kxh5 Nxg3+ 56. Nxg3 Rxg3 $14) 55... Rf3 $2 (55... a4 56. Nd6+ (56. Kxh5 Nxg3+ 57. Nxg3 Rxg3 $16) 56... Kg8) 56. Kg5 {White is clearly winning.} Rd3 57. Ra7+ Kf8 58. Kf6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Ke8 59. Re7+ (59. Ke6 $142 Re3+ 60. Nxe3 Nd4+ 61. Ke5 Nf3+ 62. Kd6) 59... Kd8 60. Rxe2 Rxd5 {KRN-KR} 61. Re4 Kc7 62. g4 hxg4 63. hxg4 Kb6 64. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Rd8 65. g6 Kb5 66. g7 a4 67. Nd4+ Kb6 68. Ne6 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,84,-19,-10,-23,-20,-33,-25,-30,-22,-37,-32,-23,-14,-31,-29,-54,-41,-42,-36,-71,-70,-83,-39,-59,-3,-4,-9,-165,-164,-212,-197,-233,-185,-527,-523,-523,-518,-518,-509,-510,-506,-478,-458,-532,-530,-541,-541,-522,-524,-545,-545,-593,-590,-621,-580,-575,-575,-542,-533]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Bd3 Ncb4 13. Bb1 b6 14. Qe4 g6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 15. Ne5 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne5 Bg5 17. Qf3 Ra7 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Be4 Rc7 20. Rac1 Rf8 21. Nxd5 Rxc1 {0-1 (21) Kosic,D (2542)-Kharlov,A (2609) Kallithea 2002}) 15... Bb7 16. Qg4 Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... f5 17. Qg3 Bh4 18. Qh3 Rc8 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Ra3 Bf6 21. Qg3 Bh4 22. Qh3 {½-½ (22) Benito Alba,E-Mora Garcia,M Spain 1984}) 17. Bh6 {Black has an edge.} Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ra3 Nf6 20. Qg3 Rc8 21. Ne2 a5 22. h4 Nh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 23. Qh3 Nd5 24. Qh2 f6 25. Ng4 Qc7 (25... Ba6 $15 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Raxd3 Rc2) 26. Qxc7+ $11 Rxc7 27. Nc3 $2 {[#]} (27. Ne3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 27... Nxc3 $1 $19 28. bxc3 Nf4 29. Re1 Bxg2 30. Be4 $2 (30. Kh2 {is more resistant.}) 30... Bxe4 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Rxe4 Nh3+ 32. Kg2 f5 $1 {[%csl LRe4,LRg4]} 33. Kxh3 fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 34. Kg2 Rf4 35. Ne3 Rxh4 36. Rb3 Rc6 37. c4 Rh5 38. Kg3 Rd6 39. d5 exd5 40. cxd5 Rhxd5 41. Nxd5 Rxd5 42. Rxb6 Rd4 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,-7,43,36,29,30,18,18,56,62,55,57,47,55,65,63,95,37,57,38,149,0,0,4,20,0,8,0,8,11,25,0,12,-2,13,-5,0,0,0,-19,-19,-14,-20,-37,-37,-45,-38,-32,-8,-13,-7,-33,-32,-39,0,-7,-10,0,0,0,0,-3,-6,-8,-8,-19,-20,-18,-21,-27,-25,-113,-115,-158,-154,-142,-145,-207,-197,-263,-247,-230,-168,-325,-324,-307,-309,-313,-277,-398,-389,-411,-406]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O b6 6. e4 $146 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} ({Predecessor:} 6. d5 O-O 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 a6 9. h3 e6 10. e4 Ra7 11. Be3 Re7 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Be2 Rd7 16. Ng5 {1-0 (36) Golubov,S (2506)-Nagy,G (2448) Budapest 2017}) 6... cxd4 7. e5 Ng4 8. Re1 {The position is equal.} Nc6 {[%cal Rg4e5]} 9. Bf4 $1 f6 $1 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bc4 e6 12. Bd6 Ng8 13. c3 ({White should try} 13. Na3 $16) 13... Nge7 $14 14. cxd4 {Black must now prevent d5.} Nf5 (14... O-O $14) 15. Be5 ({White has to play} 15. Ba3 $1 $16) 15... Nxe5 $11 16. dxe5 O-O 17. Nbd2 (17. Bd5 $5 Rb8 18. Be4 $11) 17... Bb7 18. Bd3 Bd5 19. Be4 Ne7 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nf1 Bh6 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rc8 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. Rad1 Rf7 26. Qe4 Qc2 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. Rd2 Rc5 (28... Bxe3+ {feels hotter.} 29. Rxe3 Rxf3 30. Rxc2 Rxe3 31. Rd2 Re1+) 29. Rd3 Kf8 30. Ra3 a5 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. bxc3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke7 33. Kf2 Rf8 34. Ke2 Rc8 35. Kd3 b5 36. Rb1 Rc5 37. Nd4 Rxe5 38. e4 Rg5 39. g3 Rh5 40. Nf3 {[#]} (40. Rxb5 $11 Rxh2 41. Rxa5) 40... Bg7 $1 $17 41. e5 Rf5 42. Ke4 {[#]} d5+ $1 43. exd6+ (43. Ke3 $17 {was necessary.}) 43... Kxd6 $19 44. Rc1 (44. Rd1+ {is a better defense.} Kc7 45. Rc1) 44... Rc5 45. Kd3 Rd5+ 46. Kc2 $2 (46. Ke4) 46... Rf5 47. Rd1+ Kc6 48. Rd3 e5 49. g4 (49. Nd2 {was worth a try.}) 49... Rf4 50. Nd2 Rxg4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,79,32,22,33,26,33,27,37,20,23,27,26,41,68,67,82,69,95,35,65,71,115,116,105,91,120,114,191,179,179,176,175,168,231,231,231,231,231,218,211,214,226,226,408,396,620,623,785,723,723,412,785,782,29987,29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 Ne4 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nc3 (12. Qa3 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nbd2 b6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qh6 17. dxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (58) Karjakin,S (2753)-Wei,Y (2724) Heixiazi 2015}) 12... b6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Qb2 {LiveBook: 9 Games} c5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rfd1 {0-1 (43) Arnaudov,P (2423)-Sengupta,D (2527) Vaujany 2010}) 16... a6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rae8 19. a5 b5 20. dxc5 Ndxc5 21. Bb1 b4 {[#]} 22. Ne1 (22. Nfd4 $1 $16) 22... Rc8 23. Nd3 Qh4 {Hoping for ...Nxd3.} 24. g3 Qe7 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Nf4 Rcd8 (26... Qd6 $16 {was necessary.}) 27. Rxc5 $18 Qxc5 28. Ne6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rb2g7] [#]} Qe7 29. Nxf8 ({Don't play} 29. Nxd8 $6 Qxd8 30. Qe5 g6 $14) 29... Qxf8 (29... Rxf8 {keeps fighting.} 30. Rc1 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6) 30. Qd4 g6 31. Qb6 Qe7 32. Rd4 Rc8 {...Rc1+ is the strong threat.} 33. Bd3 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc3 $2 (34... Rc6 35. Qxb4 Qc7) 35. Bxa6 Bxa6 (35... Bc6 $142 36. Bb5 Ba8) 36. Qxa6 Rxb3 37. Qb5 Kg7 38. Qxd5 Rb2 (38... Rc3 $142 39. Qb5 Rc7 40. Rxb4 Qd6) 39. a6 Qxe3 40. Qd7+ {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kozionov, Kirill"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,100,8,4,29,29,42,30,31,36,34,13,33,9,7,-3,0,-3,0,-16,-18,-23,-18,-12,-14,-14,-10,-35,-31,-62,-61,-63,-54,-83,-41,-68,-38,-83,-87,-128,-82,-82,-70,-78,-64,-200,-200,-195,-191,-220,-205,-187,-175,-168,-62,-66,-65,-90,-62,-144,-39,-56,-6,-50,-72,-62,-71,-65,-91,-73,-16,-13,-13,-13,-9,-117,-105,-710,-695,-774,-769,-987,-899,-888,-872,-952,-940]} 1. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. a3 Be7 9. d5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} exd5 {E44: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6 5 Ne2} 10. cxd5 c5 11. d6 (11. dxc6 $5 dxc6 12. Qc2 $11) 11... Bf6 {White has an edge.} 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng3 g6 14. h4 Bb7 15. h5 Na5 16. Ne4 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxb2 {0-1 (69) Knaak,R (2535)-Bischoff,K (2510) Bayern 1991}) 13... Bb7 14. Nec3 Be5 15. Nc7 Rc8 16. Ba6 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. N7b5 a6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 19. Qd5 Bxc3+ 20. Nxc3 Rc6 21. O-O Nxd6 22. e4 b5 23. b3 Qa5 24. Rd3 c4 25. b4 Qd8 (25... Qxa3 $5 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 26. Rg3 Ne8 $15) 26. Rh3 Nc8 {[%cal Bd6c8,Bc8e7,Be7g6][%mdl 32]} 27. e5 Rg6 28. Rd1 d6 29. Rg3 Re6 30. Qd4 (30. Qa8 $15) 30... Ne7 $19 31. Qg4 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4g7]} Ng6 32. f4 f5 33. exf6 Qxf6 34. Nd5 Qf5 ({Better is} 34... Qf7 $1 $19 35. h3 Re4) 35. Qxf5 $15 Rxf5 36. Rf3 $1 h5 37. Rf2 (37. g3 $1 $15) 37... Re4 ({Black should try} 37... Kf7 $17 38. Nc7 Re7) 38. g3 Rf7 39. Rfd2 Ne7 40. Nxe7+ Rfxe7 41. Rxd6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re2 $1 {Strongly threatening ...c3.} 42. R1d5 c3 (42... Rc7 $17 43. Rd2 Rce7) 43. Rd8+ $1 $11 Kf7 44. Rf5+ Kg6 (44... Ke6 $5 45. Rc5 $8 Rd2 $11) 45. Rdf8 {[#]} (45. Rg5+ $1 $11 Kf7 46. Rf5+ Ke6 47. Rc5) 45... R7e6 $1 $17 ({Don't play} 45... Re1+ $6 46. Kg2 $11) 46. Rd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. h4 $17) 46... c2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Stronger than} 46... Re1+ 47. Kg2 $11) 47. Rc8 R6e4 {aiming for ...Rc4.} ({Less strong is} 47... Re1+ 48. Kg2 $17) 48. f5+ Kf6 49. Rc6+ {[#]} Kf7 $1 {White must now prevent ...Rc4.} 50. Rc7+ Re7 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "21st Alekhine Master 2017"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,54,73,72,65,75,90,68,53,60,53,60,53,69,60,137,95,191,5,13,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-2,-2,-13,0,-35,-31,-44,-45,-43,0,-6,-2,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. a4 Nb4 10. Bc4 e6 11. dxe6 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} Bxe6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 {[#]} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe7 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. e5 Qd5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ra3 Qf5 {0-1 (36) Matsenko,S (2468)-Demchenko,A (2603) St Petersburg 2012}) 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 {[#] And now Bg5 would win.} Nfd5 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. c4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 $1 Rxf4 19. Nfg5 Bxe5 20. Nxe6 Rxf1+ (20... Bd4+ $1 $14 21. Kh1 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qe7 23. N4xc5 b6) 21. Rxf1 $16 Qe7 {[#]} (21... Bd4+ $16 {might work better.} 22. Kh1 (22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Ng5 Nc6 $16) 22... Qe7 23. N4xc5 b6) 22. N4xc5 $2 ({Only move:} 22. N4g5 $1 $18 Bf6 23. Qd2) 22... Nc6 {Hoping for ...Bd4+.} 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Kh1 Bxb2 25. h3 Bd4 26. Qd5 Bxc5 (26... Be3 {seems wilder.} 27. Rf3 Bxc5 28. Nxc5 Rd8 29. Qf7 Qxc5 30. Qf6+ Kg8) 27. Nxc5 Rd8 28. Qe6 Qxe6 29. Nxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Re8 30. Rf6 Ne5 31. c5 Kg8 32. Nc7 Re7 33. Nd5 Rd7 34. Nc3 Kg7 35. Re6 {The position is equal.} Nc6 36. Nb5 a5 37. Nd6 Nb4 38. Nc4 Nc6 39. Nd6 Nb4 40. Nc4 Nc6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

