[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rengarajan, Srinivasan"]
[Black "Laxman, R.R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,78,-7,-14,2,-14,-8,-45,-23,-21,0,-26,-24,-29,-32,-56,-44,-62,-46,-54,-54,-46,-45,-54,-48,-61,-58,-67,-62,-62,-56,-197,-206,-311,-297,-312,-285,-293,-266,-274,-289,-346,-313,-302,-291,-420,-392,-429,-420,-510,-418,-633,-633,-676,-668,-677,-665,-663,-652,-677,-668,-671,-668,-730,-722,-834,-825,-839,-827,-29979,-29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 O-O {E30: Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad Variation} 7. Nf3 (7. Nge2 {with more complications.} c6 8. a3 Ba5 9. c5 e5 10. d5) 7... c5 8. a3 (8. Rc1 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. O-O b6 14. Re1 {1-0 (46) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Nakamura,H (2787) Moscow 2018}) 8... Bxc3+ {Black is slightly better.} 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O e5 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. d5 Na5 13. Nd2 Bd7 {0-1 (68) Ivanovic,M (2008)-Vlatkovic,M (2326) Cetinje 2012}) 12... b6 13. a4 Ba6 14. d5 Na5 15. Nd2 Rae8 16. e4 Qg5 17. Kh1 g6 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Nd2 Qh4 20. Nf3 (20. Kg1 $15) 20... Qxe4 $19 21. Nh2 (21. Bd3 $142 Qf4 22. g3) 21... Bxc4 22. Re1 Bxe2 ({Worse is} 22... Bxd5 23. Bf3 $16) 23. Rxe2 Qh4 24. f3 f5 25. Rb1 e4 26. Qe1 Qf4 27. g3 (27. fxe4 {keeps fighting.} Rxe4 28. Rxe4 fxe4 29. Qe2) 27... Qe5 28. Qd2 e3 29. Qe1 f4 30. Ng4 (30. gxf4 $142 Qxf4 31. Qg1) 30... Qxd5 31. Kg2 h5 32. Nh2 Nc4 33. Rd1 Qe5 {Played: Qd5-g5} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Harikrishnan.A.Ra"]
[Black "Jagendran Kamak N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "1206"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,97,10,6,0,18,0,36,-8,11,0,0,7,20,16,14,24,30,7,40,27,70,80,76,75,102,97,88,93,111,114,108,116,159,121,206,194,202,119,223,235,241,226,233,220,276,240,243,240,245,248,310,310,313,292,288,292,484,470,708,705,695,695,695,679,651,613,633,538,519,440,423,434,570,558,556,568,712,688,991,897,5728,924,29986,29987,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Bb3 d6 7. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bc2 {White is slightly better.} (9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. O-O Re8 15. Qe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Qe4 Nf6 {½-½ (17) Tiviakov,S (2611)-Safarli,E (2593) Minsk 2019}) 9... d5 10. O-O dxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 12. b4 Bd6 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe2 a6 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. a3 {0-1 (33) Iuldashev,A (1814)-Nurdinov,A Karakol 2017}) 13... a6 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd7 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Qe2 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Ra8 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. Nh2 Qf6 (22... Nd7 $16 {might work better.} 23. Nf1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 f5 25. exf5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 (26. cxd4 exd4 27. Be6 dxe3 $16) 26... exd4 27. Qxe7 Bxe7) 23. Ng4 Qg6 24. Qf3 (24. Bxb6 $18 cxb6 25. Red1) 24... Nd7 (24... h5 $16) 25. Rxa8 $18 Rxa8 26. Bxf7 Qh7 {next ...Rf8 is good for Black.} 27. Be6 Rf8 28. Qd1 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Bd5 Nd8 31. Qg4 Qg6 32. Qxg6 Rxg6 33. Ra1 c6 $2 {[#]} (33... Rf6 {was called for.} 34. Ra7 b6) 34. Ra8 Be7 (34... Bc7 $142 35. Bb3 Rd6) 35. Bc5 Bg5 36. Bf7 Kh7 37. Bxg6+ Kxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 38. Bb6 Ne6 39. Rb8 Bd2 40. c4 Bxb4 41. Rxb7 c5 42. Bc7 Bc3 43. h4 Bd4 44. g3 Nxc7 45. Rxc7 Kh5 46. Kg2 (46. Rxg7 $142 Bxf2+ 47. Kh2) 46... g5 47. Rg7 {White mates.} g4 48. f3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} gxf3+ 49. Kh3 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ismail.k.p"]
[Black "Muthaiah AL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,32,-37,18,0,0,0,-16,-73,-32,-122,-150,-128,-145,-423,-422,-457,-464,-529,-534,-640,-575,-629,-614,-656,-664]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e5 Bg7 5. g4 (5. f4 Nh6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 Nf5 8. Bd3 Ng3 9. Rg1 f5 10. Bd2 b6 11. Nh2 c5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bb7 {1-0 (64) Jones,G (2682)-Howell,D (2696) London 2018}) 5... Nh6 (5... c5 $15) 6. Be2 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} f6 7. f4 fxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. Be3 c5 9. dxc5 fxe5 10. Qxd5+ Qxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxg4 12. Nxe7+ Kf7 13. Nxc8 Nxe3 14. Nd6+ {½-½ (116) Smerdon,D (2506)-Wirig,A (2490) Germany 2015}) 8. fxe5 (8. dxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qb6 9. h3) 8... c5 9. Bxh6 (9. dxc5 $15 d4 10. Nb5) 9... Bxh6 $17 10. dxc5 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 11. Bb5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (11. Nb5 $17 Qa5+ 12. c3 dxc3 13. Nxc3) 11... Nc6 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Ne4 Qd5 14. Qe2 {[#]} Ba6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Qg2 (15. Qxa6 Qxe4+) 15... d3 {aiming for ...dxc2.} 16. g5 {[#]} Bxg5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Senthil Maran K"]
[Black "Udagedara, Sandali Kanishka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "1516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,-2,31,29,22,29,34,28,41,40,41,46,50,50,50,50,50,43,45,45,50,41,41,43,50,36,50,17,14,4,105,121,143,120,146,139,144,129,139,143,203,191,227,225,336,354,348,341,379,384,387,378,737,753,1435,1433,1427,1427,1306,1266,1118,1139,1399,1328,1304,1282,1145,1254,1529,1630,1620,1560,29982,29983,29967,6257,29989,29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Qd5 (5... Bf5 {looks sharper.} 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Nh4 Nb6) (5... Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. a3 h6 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. b4 Nd5 14. e4 Nxc3 15. exf5 Nxd1 16. fxe6 Nb2 17. Qb3 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ {1-0 (38) Fedoseev,V (2718)-Bu,X (2722) Hengshui 2019}) 6. e3 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} Qxc4 7. Bxc4 Bf5 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} h6 9. Ne5 e6 10. f3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4 Bg6 13. Be3 {1-0 (48) Georgiev,V (2531)-Galvez Dastin,E (2191) Alajuela 2008}) 11. e4 Bh7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Be3 Be7 14. Kf2 O-O 15. Rhd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bb3 Rac8 18. Na4 b5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 (19... Nxc5 $11 {remains equal.} 20. dxc5 Bf6) 20. dxc5 $16 Ne5 {Threatening ...Nd3+.} 21. Ke2 Kf8 22. Bf4 Ng6 23. Bd6+ Ke8 24. a4 e5 (24... Ra8 $16 25. Ke3 Bg8) 25. g3 $18 h5 26. Ke3 Rd7 (26... Bg8 {was necessary.} 27. Ra1 Ra8) 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra1 Rcd8 29. Ra6 Rc8 30. Rda1 Ne7 $2 (30... Bg8 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8+ Rd8) 31. Ra7 Rcd8 32. Rxd7 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxd7 33. Ra8+ Rd8 {[#]} 34. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxf7 35. Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Ng6 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rc7 Bg8 38. Rxc6 Be6 39. f4 exf4+ 40. gxf4 Ne7 41. e5+ Kf7 {[#]} 42. Bxe7 {Played: Rc6-c7} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Borkar, Yashwant"]
[Black "Lokesh, N.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,51,25,10,21,-13,7,-11,11,18,27,-9,-20,-22,-15,-100,-102,-152,-164,-117,-106,-115,-14,-1,-54,-180,-168,-251,-247,-237,-226,-384,-378,-497,-552,-1202,-1177,-1295,-1157,-1153,-1139,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Bd3 b5 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} 8. Bd2 (8. Nb3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. O-O Bc5 15. Kh1 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 {½-½ (67) Mezentsev,I (2298)-Markov,M (2368) Almaty 2019}) 8... Bb7 9. O-O Bc5 {The position is equal.} 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nge5 14. Rad1 d6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 {0-1 (45) Damceski,M (2045)-Petkovski,V (2185) Struga 2008}) 12... h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 13. f4 (13. Qd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 13... Ng4 $17 14. Qf3 f6 15. Bh4 O-O-O 16. Bg3 {[#]} g5 ({Black should play} 16... h4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 17. Qxg4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} hxg3 18. Qxg3 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 17. fxg5 $11 Nce5 18. Qe2 ({White has to play} 18. gxf6 $15 Nxf3 19. Bxc7 Kxc7 20. Rxf3) 18... fxg5 $19 19. h3 (19. Bxb5 $142 axb5 20. Nxb5) 19... h4 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rad1 $2 (21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Nxb5) 21... Bb8 22. Kg1 Ng6 {...Qh2+ is the strong threat.} ({Less strong is} 22... Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rhf8 24. Rdf3 $17) 23. Rf6 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Ba7+ 26. Kf3 Ne5# {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Laxman, R.R."]
[Black "Manika, Kesavan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "1431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,119,22,18,53,52,58,48,75,59,74,67,87,97,158,122,137,117,129,82,112,68,86,93,112,89,99,102,210,204,202,205,189,112,106,97,104,97,104,93,90,65,62,29,67,43,54,44,104,112,100,109,195,0,122,131,150,145,326,341,355,331,825,808,29976,854,737,0,29976,29977,1497,582,559,545,521,454,470,463,429,431,508,496,595,571,711,714,693,681,847,798,681,660,658,663,792,794,792,753,779,797,777,777,733,724,1180,1326,1319,1292,1362,1292]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c3 Qe8 $146 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} ({Predecessor:} 7... e5 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nf1 a6 10. Ng3 b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. b4 c6 14. h3 Qc7 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Qc1 {½-½ (16) Vorontsov,P (2539)-Baryshpolets,A (2592) Costa Mesa 2017}) 8. a4 e5 9. a5 a6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Re1 Qe7 11. Nc4 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Ne8 12. Bg5 f6 (12... Nef6 $142) 13. Bh4 Kh8 14. Qc2 Qf7 15. Rad1 Nb8 16. Ne3 Nc6 17. Bc4 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. b4 f5 (19... Bh6 $16) 20. dxe5 $1 $18 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bb3 (22. Be7 $1 $18 {[%cal Re7f8]} Rf7 23. exf5) 22... f4 $16 23. f3 {Strongly threatening Be7.} g5 24. Bf2 $1 Qg7 25. Bd4 g4 26. fxg4 Bxg4 27. Rd2 f3 $1 28. Rf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nf6 29. Ne3 fxg2 (29... Rae8 $14) 30. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 31. Rxg2 {And now h3! would win.} Qd7 (31... Qg5 $16) 32. Rg3 $2 (32. Nxg4 $18 Nxg4 33. Qe2) 32... h5 (32... Be6 $11 {remains equal.} 33. Bxe6 Qxe6) 33. Qg2 Qh7 34. h3 ({Resist} 34. Nxg4 $6 hxg4 35. Bd1 Rg8 $11) 34... Nxe4 $2 (34... Bd7 $16) 35. hxg4 $18 Nxg3 36. Qxg3 Qg7 $2 (36... Rae8 37. Re2 h4) 37. Kg2 {Rh1! is the strong threat.} Kh7 {[#]} 38. Bc2+ (38. Rh1 $142 $1 Kg6 39. Rxh5 Qf6 40. Bc2+ Kg7 41. Nf5+ Kf7 42. Bb3+ Ke8 43. Rh6 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxh6 44. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 45. Qe7+ Kc8 46. Nxh6) 38... Kg8 39. Bb3+ (39. Nf5 $18 Rxf5 40. Bxf5) 39... Kh7 $1 {[#]} 40. Rh1 $1 Kg6 41. gxh5+ (41. Rxh5 $142 {White wants to mate with Qh4.} Qf6 42. Bc2+ Kf7 {[#]} 43. Rf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 41... Kh7 42. Bc2+ Kh8 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Nf5+ Kh8 45. Kf3 Rad8 46. Ke3 Rde8 47. Be4 Rf6 48. h6 Rg8 49. Rd1 Rf7 50. Rd5 Re8 51. Ng7 Ref8 52. Rxe5 c6 53. Nf5 Rf6 54. Ne7 Rd8 55. Ng6+ Kh7 56. Re7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxh6 57. Ne5 Rg8 58. Rh7+ Kg5 59. Nf7+ Kg4 60. Nh6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jeyanth R"]
[Black "Harikrishnan.A.Ra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,96,36,-23,-16,-26,35,7,33,31,18,-59,-47,-58,-48,-60,-60,-64,-29,-61,-50,-50,-50,-98,-26,-23,-20,-22,-23,-71,-69,-130,-141,-133,-129,-252,-224,-265,-265,-319,-313,-369,-377,-381,-376,-396,-402,-502,-451,-502,-494,-487,-468,-450,-297,-446,-389,-674,-646,-883,-862,-1051,-888,-2214,-1989,-1964,-1976,-1671,-1635,-6087,-6113,-5800,-5659,-5683,-5631]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. O-O a5 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nd3 Na6 13. f4 (13. a3 $14) 13... exf4 $11 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (13... Nd7 14. a3 Nac5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Qc2 Ra6 17. Qc3 a4 18. Rae1 Re8 19. Nf3 Rb6 20. Rf2 Rb3 21. Qa5 exf4 22. gxf4 Nb6 23. Rc2 Bh3 24. Qd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qd7 26. f5 f6 27. Qf2 Qe7 28. e5 {½-½ (28) Gleizerov,E (2569)-Cvek,R (2549) Brno 2012}) 14. gxf4 Nd7 (14... Bg4 $11 15. Qe1 Rfe8) 15. Qf3 Nac5 {The position is equal.} 16. Nxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rae1 a4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc3 b5 19. cxb5 Bd7 20. Re3 Bxb5 21. Rff3 Rab8 22. e5 Rfe8 23. Rg3 g6 24. Nf3 Bd7 25. Nd4 Qf8 26. e6 fxe6 27. dxe6 {1-0 (27) Pantev,V (2381)-Panbukchian,V (2313) Plovdiv 2009}) 16... Nxc5 17. Nb3 (17. Qc3 $11) 17... Nxb3 $1 $15 18. Qxb3 f5 19. Rae1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1e2,Be2g2,Bg2g5][%mdl 32] With the idea e5.} fxe4 20. Bxe4 Qf6 21. Qd3 g6 22. Re2 Bd7 23. Rg2 {[%cal Re4g6] [#] And now Bxg6! would win.} Bf5 (23... Rf7 $17) 24. Bxf5 $11 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. Rg5 Rf6 27. h4 ({White should try} 27. Rg3 $15) 27... Raf8 $17 28. h5 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 (29. Rc1 $17 {was called for.}) 29... Rxf4 $19 30. hxg6 $17 {KR-KR} h6 ({Don't play} 30... Rxc4 31. gxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rg2 $19) 31. Rg2 Rxc4 32. b3 Rc5 33. Re2 Kg7 34. Re6 Rc2 35. a4 h5 36. Kh1 h4 37. Re4 Kxg6 38. Rxh4 Rc5 39. Rg4+ (39. Kg2 {might work better.}) 39... Kf6 40. Rf4+ $2 {[#]} (40. Re4) 40... Ke5 $1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Rf7 Kxd5 42. Rf3 Ke4 43. Rg3 d5 44. Kg2 d4 45. Kf2 Rc3 {( -> ...Rxg3)} 46. Rg4+ Kd3 47. Rg7 Kd2 48. Rd7 d3 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Muthaiah AL"]
[Black "Infant Jose H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "1423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,119,22,33,55,24,26,13,15,8,35,37,35,20,18,22,92,104,96,88,155,148,138,147,141,138,147,41,68,0,0,8,48,46,54,-10,31,29,17,7,42,43,53,47,56,44,64,45,135,125,177,165,186,196,212,199,176,191,194,172,184,192,212,183,210,210,214,211,210,200,213,210,260,260,302,298,439,314,541,458,439,398,493,477,630,643,941,940,1073,1130,1113,1090,1994,1728,29978,29980,29980,29981,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29987,29988,29987,29988]} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. O-O Nb6 {B06: Modern Defence} 9. e6 $146 {Hoping for Rd1.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Qe3 Nd5 12. Qg5 Qd7 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qxf5 gxf5 16. Nc4 {½-½ (41) Brynell,S (2450)-Petrov,M (2475) Sweden 2016}) 9... Nxc4 10. exf7+ Rxf7 {The position is equal.} 11. Qxc4 {With the idea Ng5.} e6 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Ng5 Re7 14. Be3 {Black must now prevent Rad1.} Bd7 (14... h6 $11) 15. Rad1 $16 h6 16. Nge4 Kh7 (16... Qc8 $142) 17. Nc5 Qe8 18. Qh4 {And now N3e4 would win.} b6 19. N5e4 {Threatens to win with Bxh6!} Qf8 20. Rd2 (20. Bg5 $16 Rf7 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6) 20... Rae8 21. Ng5+ (21. Bg5 $14) 21... Kg8 $11 {...Bxc3 is the strong threat.} 22. Nf3 Kh7 23. Rfd1 Bc8 24. Nd4 (24. h3 $14) 24... Nxd4 25. Bxd4 e5 26. Be3 Bb7 27. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Qf6 29. Qa4 a5 30. h3 Qe6 ({Black should play} 30... h5 $14) 31. c4 $1 $16 Rb8 (31... e4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 32. b3 h5 {[#]} 33. Rd7 $1 Rbe8 34. Bg5 Bf6 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 {[#]} 36. Rxc7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Rxc7 37. Qxe8 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rf7 38. Rd2 Qf4 39. Re2 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. g3 Qf5 42. h4 e4 43. Kg1 e3 44. Qxe3 Qb1+ (44... Qf6 $142 45. Kg2 Kg7) 45. Kg2 Rb7 $2 (45... Qf5 {is a better defense.} 46. Rd2 Qf6) 46. Qe4 Qxe4+ 47. Rxe4 {KR-KR} b5 48. c5 Rc7 49. Re5 b4 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. Ke4 Kf6 52. f4 Kf7 53. Kd5 Rd7+ 54. Kc6 {White mates.} Rd2 55. Kb7 Rxa2 56. c6 Rc2 57. c7 a4 58. bxa4 b3 59. c8=Q Rxc8 60. Kxc8 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sailesh R"]
[Black "Senthil Maran K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1420"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,104,-13,-11,-8,-35,0,0,-10,-6,0,-24,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,20,13,19,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,0,10,10,16,0,14,18,4,10,39,-25,-25,-170,-180,-192,-193,-187,-204,-199,-199,-199,-201,-212,-210,-187,-191,-214,-214,-221,-122,-225,-225,-295,-295,-295,-284,-225,-225,-225,-225,-207,-207,-185,-170,-668,-613,-720,-701]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. d6 Qxd6 11. Bf3 Nfd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. c3 b6 {B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines} 15. Qb3 Bb7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} (15... Qb7 {looks sharper.} 16. Rad1 e5 17. Nb5 Be6 18. Qb4 Rfd8) 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 {The position is equal.} 17. Rfd1 e6 18. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. a4 a6 19. Ne2 Rab8 20. Nf4 Bc4 21. Rd7 Rfc8 22. f3 {0-1 (37) Stojanovic,D (2016)-Kislinsky,A (2556) Belgrade 2012}) 18... Be5 19. Bd4 Bf4 20. Bf6 Rfc8 21. b3 a6 22. c4 Bc6 23. Nd6 Rc7 24. Rd4 (24. f3 {with more complications.} b5 25. Kf2 Be8 26. Rd4 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 bxc4 28. Rc1) 24... Bh6 25. Rad1 Bg7 26. Ne4 Bxf6 27. Nxf6+ Kg7 28. Nd7 Rb7 29. f3 Rc8 30. Ne5 {Threatening Rd8.} Be8 31. Rd8 Rbb8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Rd6 Rb8 34. b4 (34. c5 $14) 34... Kf6 35. Nc6 {[#]} (35. Ng4+ $11 Ke7 36. Rd1) 35... Rc8 $1 $19 36. b5 Bxc6 $1 37. bxc6 {KR-KR} Rc7 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Rd4 Rxc6 40. Ke3 Rd6 41. Rh4 h5 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 b5 ({Better is} 43... Rc6 $19 44. Kd3 Rc5) 44. cxb5 (44. g5 $17 {was the only defense.}) 44... axb5 45. g5 Ra6 46. Rb4 Ra3+ ({But not} 46... Rxa2 47. Rxb5 Rxh2 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Kf3 $19) 47. Kd4 Rxa2 {aiming for ...Ra4.} 48. Rxb5 Rxh2 49. Rb7+ Kf8 50. Rb8+ Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Rg2.} 51. Ke5 $2 (51. Ke3) 51... Rf2 52. Kd6 Rf5 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Lokesh, N.."]
[Black "Raghava Madhavan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,41,6,19,14,27,20,15,15,29,30,89,87,82,83,58,23,92,0,877,873,939,1019,992,989,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 O-O 9. e5 b6 10. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3h5][%mdl 32] A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} (10. c3 Ba6 11. Nf1 h6 12. h4 Nf5 13. N1h2 b5 14. Bf4 b4 15. Qd2 bxc3 16. bxc3 h5 17. Bh3 Nce7 18. Bg5 Qa5 {1-0 (50) Burgos Figueroa,C (2221)-Fonseca Cabrera,E (2194) Managua 2016}) 10... Bb7 11. Bf4 Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... d4 12. g4 Nd5 13. Bg3 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Qd2 f4 16. Bh4 Qe8 17. Qe2 Qh5 {0-1 (52) Forster,W (1908)-Dordevic,I (2019) Auckland 2011}) 12. c3 {The position is equal.} Rc8 13. Qd2 Qc7 {[#]} (13... h6 $11) 14. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Nfe7 15. Ng3 Nb8 16. Bh6 Nd7 (16... d4 $1 $11) 17. Qg5 (17. d4 $16) 17... Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Nxe5 $11 18. Bxg7 (18. Rxe5 f6 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Kxg7) 18. Bxg7 $18 Kxg7 19. Nh5+ $1 Kh8 {[#]} 20. Qh6 $1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh6g7][%mdl 512]} Rg8 {[#]} 21. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kishore V"]
[Black "Laxman, R.R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,54,16,0,52,-20,-25,-39,-41,-33,-31,-67,-70,-104,-110,-224,-128,-414,-414,-406,-401,-381,-256,-390,-368,-574,-566,-557,-538,-620,-613,-608,-614,-750,-756,-1100,-1072,-1148,-1128,-1070,-1049]} 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c4 d4 8. b4 Nfd7 9. d3 cxb4 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (9... Na6 $11) (9... Nc6 10. bxc5 Nxc5 11. Nfd2 Qc7 12. Ba3 Nb8 13. Ne4 Ne6 14. f4 f5 15. Nf2 Nc5 16. Nd2 Nba6 17. Nh3 {½-½ (37) Bachmann,A (2662)-Matsuura,E (2462) Cuiaba 2017}) 10. Bxd4 $146 ({White should play} 10. a3 $1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 bxa3 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Bc3 Nc6 13. Nfd2 Nc5 14. Nxa3 Be6 15. Nc2 Qd7 16. Nb4 Ne7 17. Ra5 {1-0 (64) Rahman,Z (2481)-Siva,M (2298) Mumbai 2019}) 10... e5 $1 $11 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. Bb2 e4 {Black is slightly better.} 12. Nd4 $1 exd3 {Threatens to win with ...Nb6.} (12... Nb6 $5 13. e3 $8 exd3 $11) 13. Qxd3 Nc5 14. Qd2 Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 15. Rd1 (15. e3 $17) 15... Qb6 (15... Nxb2 $19 16. Qxb2 {[#]} Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 16. Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (16. c5 $17 Nxc5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3) 16... Nxb2 $19 17. Qxb2 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 18. e3 Bg4 {Played: Rf8-d8} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Harikrishnan.A.Ra"]
[Black "Sai Alagappan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,56,50,43,62,41,39,13,18,21,31,27,61,40,81,79,95,60,75,41,87,83,83,107,94,81,209,207,268,254,272,268,477,480,460,429,422,468,452,383,1354,1356,1313,1312,1248,1234,5054,2088,1338,1329]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 c5 (5... c6 6. h3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 a5 11. Bf4 Na6 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Bf1 Bf5 {½-½ (50) Rozum,I (2581)-Burmakin,V (2528) Kolkata 2018}) 6. d5 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} ({Much worse is} 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6 $15) 6... e6 {[%cal Re6d5]} 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bd7 9. dxe6 Qe7 10. Be2 Qxe6 11. O-O Be7 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Rad1 {½-½ (31) Bischof,P (2102)-Hauke,H (1608) Dresden 2016}) 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Ng3 Nb4 16. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nc6 17. Bd3 b5 (17... Bd6 $16) 18. Qc2 $18 bxc4 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bf5 Nd4 $2 {[#]} (20... Bf8 {is a better defense.} 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Qxc4 Ne5) 21. Nxd4 $1 cxd4 {[#]} 22. Qe4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatening mate with Qh4+.} Bxf5 23. Nxf5 {White wants to mate with Qh4+.} Bf8 24. Qxd4 Qe5 $2 (24... Re5) 25. Qh4+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Rac1 Qe4 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gokula Vishnu R"]
[Black "Muthaiah AL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,35,50,35,52,51,52,60,57,54,62,57,47,56,64,60,52,45,60,35,41,25,26,23,34,-13,-18,-114,-108,-123,-113,-137,-152,-129,-141,-147,-133,-269,-256,-312,-306,-298,-309,-295,-298,-338,-259,-570,-498,-793,-793,-779,-686,-771,-753,-975,-961,-1243,-1230,-29977,-29979]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. a3 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. Be3 b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. f3 Be7 12. b4 O-O 13. O-O Rac8 14. Kh1 Rfe8 {[#]} 15. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd2 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Bd8 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Bf4 d5 19. Bxc7 Rxc7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Nd4 b5 24. Bf1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 {½-½ (40) Yu,Y (2738)-Karthikeyan,M (2578) Moscow 2017}) 15... Qb8 16. Rfd1 Bd8 17. Qc2 d5 18. Qb1 (18. cxd5 $11 exd5 19. b5 axb5 20. Bxb5) 18... e5 $17 ({Don't play} 18... dxc4 $6 19. b5 $11) 19. Nf5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} d4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Bf2 {[#]} g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f5]} ({But not} 20... dxc3 21. Nd6 $15) 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Bc7 23. g3 (23. Bg1 $17) 23... Be5 $19 24. Rd3 Bxc3 25. Rcxc3 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Nxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Qf1 Nxc3 {Played: Nd7-e5} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Senthil Maran K"]
[Black "Murthy, Aaditya A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,0,0,-8,-3,-2,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,-2,-16,-18,-26,-9,0,-96,-105,-113,-116,-114,-118,-147,-163,-149,-44,-90,-81,-91,-21,-17,45,40,135,153,121,0,95,0,89,85,1305,1277,29997,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 e5 9. e3 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qa3 h6 11. Rd1 Re8 12. c5 e4 13. Ne1 d5 14. Nc2 b6 15. Ne3 Na5 16. Rb1 Be6 {0-1 (46) Xu,X (2583)-Le,Q (2694) Xingtai 2019}) 9... e4 {...Bg4 is the strong threat.} 10. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Re8 11. f3 {The position is equal.} exf3 12. Qxf3 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. e4 Bg4 14. Qf2 Qd7 15. Rb1 {0-1 (76) Hervas,F (1331)-Humen,J (1426) IECC email 1998}) 13. Qf2 Qd7 14. Ba3 Bh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 15. e4 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Nd8 17. c5 (17. e5 $11 {remains equal.} Ng4 18. Qf3) 17... Qa4 $17 18. Bc1 dxc5 19. e5 Nd7 $1 20. Nf3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nf8 (21... c5 $17 22. Bb2 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Rc8) 22. Be3 Qd7 23. Rad1 {[#]} c6 (23... Qd5 $1 $17) 24. Ng5 $11 h6 (24... c5 $11) 25. Ne4 $14 Kh8 {[#]} (25... Nh7 $14) 26. Bxh6 $1 $16 gxh6 27. Qd2 (27. Nf6 $16 Qe6 28. Qd2 (28. Nxe8 Qxe8 29. Qd2 Qe6 $11)) 27... Kg7 (27... Re6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28. Rf6 ({White should try} 28. Nf6 $16 Qe6 29. Nh5+ (29. Nxe8+ Qxe8 30. Rf6 Ng6 $14) (29. d5 cxd5 30. Nh5+ Kg8 $11) 29... Kg8 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nxe8+ (31. d5 cxd5 32. Nh5+ Kg8 $11) 31... Qxe8 32. Rf6) 28... Ng6 (28... Qh3 $1 $11) 29. Nd6 {[%mdl 1024] Strongly threatening Nf5+. White has strong compensation.} Re6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Rh8 $16) 30. Nf5+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 31. Qxh6 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Praveen K B"]
[Black "Lokesh, N.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1533"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,114,25,0,23,29,17,0,8,0,-3,-14,0,0,12,0,14,10,23,21,19,0,6,-14,-20,-20,-15,-75,-68,-67,-52,-189,-83,-168,-122,-102,0,-86,-86,-88,-87,-104,-104,-97,-93,-96,-96,-129,-114,-158,-127,-166,-160,-157,-143,-137,-144,-258,-258,-258,-258,-258,-251,-251,-250,-246,-208,-483,-457,-558,-362,-336,-323,-558,-558,-558,-558,-558,-558,-558,-558,-548,-510,-1100,-1014,-1752,-1689,-1400,-1123,-1657,-1575,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29975,-29969,-29957]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. c3 Qb6 9. Rb1 e5 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (9... Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bf4 Re8 14. c4 Be6 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. Bg5 Rac8 17. a3 Qc7 18. Bh4 a6 19. a4 Bf6 {1-0 (37) Erigaisi,A (2526)-Jumabayev,R (2625) Xingtai 2019}) 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. h3 (11. Bc2 {is more complex.} Ngxe5 12. e4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qg3) 11... Ngxe5 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Nf6 15. Re1 Ne7 16. Nc1 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 {0-1 (67) Unkelbach,M (1892)-Bachmann,W (1953) Sailauf 2000}) 12... Nxe5 13. Bc2 $1 Nc6 14. Nf3 Be6 15. b4 Bxc3 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rxb7 Rfc8 18. Bd3 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Bf4 (21. Rb5 $11 Qc3 22. Qf3) 21... Bxa2 $17 22. Qa4 Be6 23. Rb4 {[#]} ({Better is} 23. Rbb1 $15) 23... Rd8 (23... Bd7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd7a4][%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} 24. Bb5 (24. Qxd7 Qxb4) 24... a5) 24. Be4 (24. Ba6 $17 {was necessary.}) 24... Rac8 {Hoping for ...Bc3.} 25. Bb7 {[#]} Bc3 ({Black should try} 25... Bd7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd7a4]} 26. Qb3 a5 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Bxc8 Qxf4 29. Bxd7 Rxd7) 26. Bxc8 (26. Re4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... Qxb4 27. Qxb4 Bxb4 28. Ba6 Rd5 {Played: Bb4-c5} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Laxman, R.R."]
[Black "Ayyappan P Santhana Prabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "1708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,55,9,20,31,35,25,35,22,28,36,37,41,35,38,35,60,25,54,56,60,48,101,108,208,162,210,137,190,181,245,254,308,308,308,314,29985,29984,29983,2555]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Rc8 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 {[#]} 17. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bc3 Bb4 18. Qc1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 {1-0 (36) Roiz,M (2649)-Robson,R (2532) Caleta 2011}) 17... Kh8 18. Qc1 Kg8 19. Bb1 a6 (19... Nd7 $14) 20. Qc2 $16 Bc7 (20... Ba3 $16 {might work better.}) 21. Ne5 $18 h5 22. Nf3 g6 (22... Rd7 $16) 23. Qc3 Kg7 (23... Nd7 {was necessary.} 24. Be4 (24. d5 e5 $16) 24... Nf6) 24. Qd2 {Played: Qc3-e3} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shyam, Sundar M."]
[Black "Harikrishnan.A.Ra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,94,24,38,22,13,9,16,8,17,0,50,30,29,39,26,13,32,-10,-15,-11,-7,-19,-20,-10,-17,0,1,0,0,-56,-54,-86,-82,-92,-89,-89,-99,-235,-228,-251,-235,-235,-226,-350,-339,-337,-315,-343,-341,-346,-354,-504,-485,-610,-589,-537,-461,-452,-391,-779,-772,-758,-731,-2281,-2699,-2527,-2406,-29976,-29977,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Nf1 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} c5 8. c3 Ba6 9. Ng3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ng3 Be7 11. O-O Nc7 12. Ne1 O-O 13. Nh5 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (30) Ragger,M (2701)-Lizak,P (2468) Austria 2019}) 9... Be7 10. O-O h5 11. Ne2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. Ne1 a6 14. f4 {next f5 is good for White.} g6 15. Be3 b5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Nf3 Rc8 20. Ned4 (20. b4 $11 Be3 21. a4) 20... Bxd4 $15 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kd7 24. Rac1 (24. Rf2 $17 {was called for.}) 24... Rc4 $19 25. Rxc4 dxc4 {KR-KR} ({Weaker is} 25... bxc4 26. Kg1 $17) 26. Kg1 Rc8 27. Rc1 (27. Kf2 $142) 27... Kc6 28. Kf2 Kd5 29. Ke3 b4 30. g3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 31. h4 (31. Rb1 {might work better.} a4 32. Rc1) 31... a4 32. Rc2 Ra8 33. Rc1 Ra5 34. Rb1 Ra6 35. Rc1 $2 (35. Kd2 Kxd4 36. a3) 35... a3 36. b3 {[#]} Rc6 $1 {Threatens to win with ...cxb3.} 37. Rb1 c3 38. Rc1 c2 39. Kd2 Kxd4 {Black mates.} 40. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 41. Kxc2 {KP-KP} Ke3 42. Kd1 Kf3 43. Kd2 Kxg3 44. Kd3 Kxf4 45. Kc4 g5 46. Kxb4 gxh4 47. Kxa3 h3 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Muthaiah AL"]
[Black "Sudharsan Gurukrishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,75,-20,-24,27,19,37,24,43,42,51,54,81,76,80,80,82,84,97,55,45,35,59,59,55,60,79,79,81,81,81,79,82,74,99,80,94,92,221,218,239,245,297,310,304,303,326,326,326,326,327,327,317,288,347,0,298,248,448,437,463,396,652,642,610,568]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 a6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (7... d5 $142) (7... d6 8. d4 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd2 a6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qc2 b5 13. Rae1 bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb8 15. Nd1 {1-0 (52) Jobava,B (2627)-Mamedov,R (2703) St Petersburg 2018}) 8. d4 d6 9. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Qc8 12. Rad1 Bh3 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Nxc6 Bxg2 15. cxd5 bxc6 16. Kxg2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 cxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc6 {1-0 (51) Rjabzev,Y-Kobzev,D Tula 2002}) 9... dxc5 {White has an edge.} 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Na4 Nd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne1 Rb8 15. cxb5 Nd4 $1 16. e3 axb5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. exd4 Na6 19. Nc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Rhe1 Rbd7 22. Re5 Nc7 23. Nb4 f6 24. Re2 e5 (24... Kf7 $16) 25. Nc6 $18 Rc8 26. dxe5 Nd5 27. exf6+ Kxf6 28. Rc2 Rdc7 29. Rxd5 Rxc6 30. Rxc6+ Rxc6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 31. Kb2 Re6 32. Kc3 (32. Rxb5 Re2+ 33. Kb1 Re1+ 34. Kc2 Re2+ 35. Kd3 Rxa2 $18) 32... Rc6+ 33. Kb2 Re6 $1 34. Rd2 ({Resist} 34. Rxb5 Re2+ 35. Kb1 Re1+ 36. Kc2 Re2+ 37. Kd3 Rxa2 $18) 34... Kf5 $2 {[#]} (34... b4 35. a3 bxa3+ 36. Kxa3 Ra6+ 37. Kb2 Rb6) 35. Kc3 Re4 36. f3 Re3+ $2 (36... b4+ 37. Kd3 Re7) 37. Kb4 Rxf3 38. Kxb5 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Avinash Ramesh"]
[Black "Senthil Maran K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,96,33,0,-5,-16,34,-30,-20,-33,0,0,0,0,1,5,13,-57,129,139,166,128,272,256,301,299,497,520,993,213,220,156,155,155,147,145,153,0,76,72,58,-94,-94,-89,-78,-92,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Qb6 13. c4 Be7 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 14. Kb1 Rd8 15. Bc3 (15. Nh4 $14) (15. Bf4 O-O 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Nf1 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Ng4 20. N3h2 Nxh2 21. Rxh2 {½-½ (56) Duda,J (2724)-Esipenko,A (2571) Caleta 2018}) 15... O-O $11 {Black has an edge.} 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bb4 18. Qc2 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nf6 20. Qe3 Qa6 21. Ne5 Nd7 22. b3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qa3 24. Rd4 a5 25. Rhd1 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 {½-½ (26) Neelotpal,D (2448)-Thejkumar,M (2479) Nagpur 2015}) 18. Qe2 Bb4 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. g4 (20. Rdg1 $11) 20... b5 $2 (20... Nxg4 $15 21. Rdg1 Nf6) 21. Ne5 $16 Qd6 22. f4 {And now g5 would win.} (22. cxb5 $6 cxb5 23. g5 (23. Qxb5 Rb8 $14) 23... hxg5 $14) 22... bxc4 (22... Nd7 $16 {was called for.}) 23. g5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5f6]} hxg5 24. fxg5 Nd5 $2 (24... Nd7 {is a better defense.} 25. Nxc4 Qd5) 25. g6 Qb4 (25... f6 $142) 26. Ka1 $2 (26. gxf7+ Rxf7 27. h6) 26... c3 27. h6 ({Inferior is} 27. Nxc6 cxb2+ 28. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Rd7 $11) 27... cxb2+ 28. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 29. Kxb2 gxh6 {With the idea ...f6.} 30. Rxh6 $2 (30. gxf7+ $16 Rxf7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Rxh6) 30... Rb8+ (30... f6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 31. Nf7 Rb8+ 32. Ka3 Ne3) 31. Ka1 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} f6 32. Nf7 $2 (32. Nd7 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Kg7 33. Rhh1 Kxg6 34. Rc1 (34. Nxb8 Rxb8 35. Rc1 Rb6 $11) (34. Nxf8+ Rxf8 35. Rde1 Nf4 $11)) 32... Ne3 $1 $17 {[%cal Re3c2]} 33. Rc1 {[#] next Rh7 is good for White.} Kg7 $1 {...Nf5 is the strong threat.} 34. Rh3 {[#]} Kxg6 ({Black should play} 34... Ng4 $1 $17 35. Rg3 Kxg6) 35. Nh6 $1 $11 {Rg1+ would kill now.} Rb5 36. Rxe3 Kxh6 37. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kg5 (37... Rd5 {with more complications.} 38. Rcxc6 Kg6 39. Re7 Rxd4 40. Rxa7 Rb8) 38. Rexc6 f5 39. R6c5 (39. Rg1+ $11 Kf4 40. Re6) 39... Rxc5 (39... a6 $15) 40. dxc5 $15 {KR-KR. The position is equal.} Rc8 41. Kb2 f4 42. Kb3 f3 43. c6 Kh4 {White must now prevent ...f2.} (43... f2 $5 44. Rf1 $8 Rxc6 45. Rxf2 Rf6 46. Rg2+ Kf5 $11) 44. Kb4 f2 {Threatens to win with ...Rxc6!} 45. Kc5 Rf8 46. c7 {aiming for Kb5.} f1=Q 47. Rxf1 Rxf1 48. Kd6 Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Lokesh, N.."]
[Black "Midilesh MS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "1684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,77,21,-27,40,18,0,15,5,0,92,82,123,121,125,127,355,350,387,360,367,345,357,357,349,370,536,536,520,521,1439,1406,1341,1285,1251,1114,1130,1058,1122,1106,1733,1719,1338,1308,1294,1300,1710,1129,1117,1097,1385,1082,1953,1833,2008,1992,3375,3173,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29983,12845]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Be2 Bb7 7. Bf3 d6 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (7... Qc7 $11) 8. O-O $14 Nd7 9. a4 (9. g3 Ngf6 10. a3 Qc7 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. f4 Rfe8 14. g4 Nc5 {½-½ (60) Ponkratov,P (2605)-Jakovenko,D (2713) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 9... b4 {The position is equal.} 10. Na2 {[%cal Bc3a2,Ba2b4,Bb4d5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 $146 (10... Ne5 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne5 11. Nxb4 d5 12. c3 dxe4 13. Be2 Bd6 14. a5 Nf6 {0-1 (30) Bekker,S (2257)-Nasuta,G (2482) Maastricht 2018}) 11. Nxb4 $16 Qb6 12. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qc7 13. Re1 Nf6 $2 {[#]} (13... Be7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 14. Nd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Nxd5 15. exd5 e5 16. Nc6 g6 17. b4 Nd7 18. c4 Nb8 (18... h5 $142 19. b5 f5) 19. b5 axb5 20. cxb5 Bxc6 21. b6 Qd7 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. a6 Bg7 24. Qa4 d5 25. b7 Rd8 {[#]} 26. a7 {Played: Bf3xd5} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rathneesh R"]
[Black "Laxman, R.R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,126,-12,-3,-24,21,15,15,-72,-72,-103,-92,-89,-85,-83,-99,-96,-87,-104,-108,-96,-106,-129,-122,-121,-110,-180,-184,-204,-195,-199,-190,-172,-166,-183,-141,-133,-129,-138,-122,-119,-117,-211,-141,-142,-125,-195,-37,-128,-146,-179,-162,-236,-237,-197,-103,-102,-120,-132,-81,-145,-138,-133,-146,-143,-135,-205,-204,-181,-221,-814,-775,-837,-798,-2422,-2355,-1704,-2242,-947,-1405,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29973,-29973,-29975,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29975,-29977,-29973,-29976,-29980,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29996,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc2 Qh5 8. Ne3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} Bc5 9. Nc3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 $146 (10. dxe3 $11 Bh3 11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. Qd4) ({Predecessor:} 10. dxe3 Bh3 11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. Qd4 Qe6 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. O-O-O O-O-O {½-½ (26) Petursson,M (2544)-Hansen,C (2613) Reykjavik 2000}) 10... Bh3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh3g2]} 11. Kf2 Nbd7 12. Qf1 Bf5 13. b3 O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Kg1 Rfe8 16. h3 Bg6 $1 17. g4 Qa5 18. Qf4 Nc5 19. Rd1 (19. Nb1 $17) 19... b5 $19 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 20. Kh2 b4 21. Na4 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f4]} ({Much less strong is} 21... Nxa4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. bxa4 $17) 22. Qg3 Nxa4 23. bxa4 f6 24. h4 h6 25. g5 fxg5 26. hxg5 h5 27. Rc1 (27. Bh3 $17) 27... Ne7 28. Rc2 Rd5 29. Bh3 {next Be6+ is good for White.} Rxg5 $2 ({Don't take} 29... Qxa4 30. Rhc1 $17) (29... Bf5 $19 30. Rhc1 Qxa4) 30. Be6+ (30. Qf4 $1 $15) 30... Bf7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf7e6]} 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rf1+ (32. Qf4+ $142 Rf5 33. Qg3) 32... Kg8 $19 33. Qd6 {[#]} Qd5 (33... Rg6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg6d6]} 34. Qf4 Qd5) 34. Qxd5+ $17 Rxd5 35. Rg1 Nf5 (35... g6 $142 36. Bc1 Rf8) 36. Rxc6 ({Better is} 36. Rg5) 36... Rxd2 37. Bxg7 {Black must now prevent Bc3+.} Rxe2+ (37... Nxg7 $6 38. Rc7 $11) 38. Kh1 {Threatening Be5+.} Nxe3 {...Ng4 is the strong threat.} ({Reject} 38... Nxg7 $6 39. Rc7 $11) 39. Rg5 {[#]} (39. Rh6 $17 {might work better.} Ng4 40. Rxh5 Kxg7 41. Rxg4+ Kf6 42. Rf4+ Kg6 43. Rff5) 39... Rg2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg2g5][%mdl 512]} 40. Rxg2 Nxg2 41. Kxg2 $2 (41. Bh6 Nh4 42. Bg5) 41... Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Rxa7 e3 {( -> ...e2)} 44. Kf1 e2+ 45. Ke1 h4 46. Rd7 h3 {Black mates.} 47. Rd3 Rh8 48. Rg3+ Kf5 49. Rg1 h2 50. Rh1 Kf4 51. Kxe2 Kg3 52. Kd3 Kg2 53. Rxh2+ Kxh2 {KR-KPP} 54. Kc4 Kg3 55. Kxb4 Kf4 56. Kb5 Ke5 57. a5 Kd6 58. Kb6 Rb8+ 59. Ka7 Kc7 60. a6 Rb6 61. a3 Rd6 62. a4 Re6 63. a5 Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Harikrishnan.A.Ra"]
[Black "Vignesh B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,139,70,68,89,84,102,88,84,83,131,136,146,117,106,115,116,95,111,107,101,80,80,77,83,87,71,74,93,94,98,95,88,60,70,64,93,86,82,81,80,70,108,105,109,100,105,102,105,86,86,78,93,93,97,93,105,98,93,93,93,93,99,93,104,68,95,89,118,0,106,0,131,0,101,102,114,83,85,83,85,85,105,86,145,145,202,191,197,198,185,185,274,210,272,237,453,460,464,464,457,454,433,424,784,784,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29977,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c5 8. d5 Nb6 9. Qd3 e5 {E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} 10. e4 Nh5 11. Qe2 f5 {White is better.} 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ng5 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nf6 14. a4 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qc7 17. a5 {1-0 (25) Navratil,T (2161)-Maljevic,D (1614) Novi Sad 2009}) 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bg2 e4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bd3 Ng4 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 23. Rac1 Nd7 24. Rc2 (24. b3 {feels hotter.} Rf3 25. Rfd1 Rbf8 26. Ne4 Bd4 27. Rc2) 24... Bxc3 $1 25. bxc3 Rfe8 26. Rd1 Rb6 27. Bf1 Ne5 28. Kg2 Reb8 29. f4 Nf7 30. Rdd2 a5 31. Bd3 a4 32. Be4 a3 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Rc1 Rb2 35. Rcd1 Ke7 36. Ke2 R8b6 37. Rxb2 Rxb2+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. Rd2 Rb6 39. Kd1 Kf6 40. Kc1 Nd8 41. Bc2 Nb7 42. Be4 Nd8 $1 43. Bc2 Nb7 $1 44. Be4 Nd8 $1 45. Re2 Ne6 46. Bc2 Rb2 47. Bd1 Rb6 48. Ba4 Nc7 49. Bd7 Rb8 (49... h5 $142) 50. g4 Rd8 {[#]} (50... g5 $16) 51. g5+ $1 $18 Kf7 52. Bc6 Rb8 53. h4 Rb6 (53... Rf8 $142 54. Kc2 Rb8) 54. Bf3 Kf8 55. h5 Kf7 $2 {[#]} (55... Ra6 {was worth a try.} 56. Rh2 Ra4) 56. Bg4 Rb8 57. f5 gxf5 58. Bxf5 Rg8 59. Rg2 Ne6 (59... Kg7 $142 60. h6+ Kh8) 60. g6+ hxg6 61. Bxe6+ {White mates.} Kxe6 62. Rxg6+ Rxg6 63. hxg6 {KP-KP} Kf6 64. Kc2 Kxg6 {K3P-K3P} 65. Kb3 Kf6 66. Kxa3 Ke7 67. Ka4 Kd7 68. Kb5 Kc7 69. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kb7 70. a5 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Selvamurugan B"]
[Black "Muthaiah AL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,102,0,0,0,0,-45,0,-12,4,2,4,13,20,-44,-35,-52,-49,-45,-52,-62,-47,-51,-51,-51,-51,-52,-52,-44,-45,-59,-53,-49,-56,-58,-22,-43,-35,-42,-42,-55,-42,-39,-33,-33,-30,-37,-29,-24,0,-2,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-26,-19,-16,-62,-43,-59,-55,-81,-82,-145,-145,-147,-132,-211,-202,-669,-656,-702,-702,-775,-758,-1856,-679,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29984,-29985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. a4 Bb4 9. Qd3 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} O-O 10. Nf3 (10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qe5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. a5 e5 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. Rfb1 Qe7 16. Qe3 Rd8 {½-½ (62) Adams,M (2704)-Macieja,B (2625) Rijeka 2010}) 10... Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. f4 Rd8 15. Qf3 Ne7 16. Bd3 Bd7 {0-1 (25) Czaplinski,P (1767)-Zakrzewski,B (1544) Poznan 2013}) 11. Qc4 {The position is equal.} d6 12. a5 Bd8 13. Rd1 Nxa5 14. Qb4 (14. Qxc7 $11 Bxc7 15. Bf4) 14... Ne8 $15 15. Bf4 {[%cal Rd1d6]} Nc6 16. Qa3 Rb8 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qxd6 ({But not} 18. Rxd6 $2 Be7 $17) 18... Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bc7 20. Rdd1 b5 21. Na2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. c3 Kf8 24. Nc1 Ke7 25. Nb3 Bc7 26. Nfd4 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc6+.} Bb7 28. f3 Bb6 {Threatens to win with ...e5.} (28... b4 {seems wilder.} 29. Kf2 Rc8 30. Ra4 bxc3 31. bxc3 a5) 29. Kf1 $1 Bxd4 30. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 31. Rd1 $1 Kd6 32. Rc1 Bc6 33. Ra1 Ra8 34. b4 Kc7 35. Kf2 Kb6 36. Rd1 a5 37. bxa5+ Rxa5 38. d5 exd5 39. exd5 Bd7 40. Ke3 Kc5 41. f4 ({White should try} 41. Rd2) 41... Ra3+ $17 42. Kf2 b4 43. Bf3 {[#]} (43. d6 $17) 43... b3 $1 $19 44. Rb1 $2 (44. Be4) 44... Bf5 45. Rc1+ Kb4 46. d6 b2 47. Rb1 Kc3 (47... Bxb1 $142 48. d7 Rd3) 48. g4 Bxb1 {Black mates.} 49. d7 Bd3 50. d8=Q b1=Q 51. Qc7+ Kd2 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dhanush Ragav N S"]
[Black "Lokesh, N.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,78,21,8,10,14,18,25,20,16,18,27,37,36,34,31,37,41,40,37,39,36,32,29,22,20,25,2,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,31,31,31,31,0,0,-18,-8,-8,0,0,31,31,31]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 12. Bc2 Qa5 (12... b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. d5 Na5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Rfe1 {½-½ (37) Wojtaszek,R (2737)-Kramnik,V (2794) Antalya 2017}) 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 {[#] White has an edge.} 14. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ke2 Bd7 15. Rhc1 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Kf8 17. Ke3 Ke7 18. d5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 {1-0 (39) Bologan,V (2649)-Shimanov,A (2637) Loo 2014}) 14... Rd8 15. Ke2 b6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rc7 Rac8 18. Rhc1 f6 19. Ke3 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. Nc4 Nxc4+ 24. Bxc4 $11 {KB-KB} Ke7 25. h4 Kd6 26. g3 Bd7 27. f4 b5 28. Bb3 a5 29. a3 e5 30. dxe5+ fxe5 31. f5 Ke7 32. g4 g6 33. Bc2 Be8 34. Bd3 Kd6 35. g5 Kc5 36. Bb1 {[#] Threatens to win with Ba2.} Bf7 37. Kd3 Bc4+ 38. Kc3 Bf7 39. f6 Be6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Murali Krishnan B T"]
[Black "Vijay Kumar Pakkurti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "1247"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 9. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:11:55]} exd5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 12. Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:06:34]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 15. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 16. Ne2 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 17. Rc3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 19. hxg3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 20. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 21. f4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 22. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 23. exf4 {[%emt 0:04:59]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 24. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. Rf6 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Laxman, R.R."]
[Black "Murali Krishnan B T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,117,13,18,10,59,31,37,29,41,36,45,2,32,35,45,43,42,45,43,0,4,0,0,0,55,55,60,62,47,23,31,25,28,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,44,50,34,48,46,58,47,56,212,201,400,400,400,397,391,384,525,502,497,402,580,547,1788,957,714,524,3390,2516,4341,4014,29977,29977,29979,29980,29981,29982,29981,29982,29983,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29990,29996,29997,29999,29996,29997,29998]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. dxc5 {White is slightly better.} Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 h6 14. Qe2 b5 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4 e5 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Qg6 Kg8 23. Bxe5 {1-0 (23) Gelfand,B (2712)-Ljubojevic,L (2566) Monte Carlo 2001}) 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rc8 14. Bb2 O-O $1 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Rxc6 Bxc6 {[#]} 18. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7][%mdl 576] Double Attack} f5 ({Black should try} 18... f6 $11) 19. Rc1 $14 Bxf3 20. gxf3 a5 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. a4 Rd8 {[#] aiming for ...Bxh2+!} 23. f4 h6 24. h3 Kh7 25. Rc6 e5 26. Qd3 (26. fxe5 $2 Ba3 $17) 26... exf4 {Strongly threatening ...Qg5+.} 27. Qxf5+ g6 28. Qf6 {Qxe7+ is the strong threat.} fxe3 29. Qxe7+ $1 Bxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Rc7 exf2+ $2 (30... Re8 $1 $14) 31. Kg2 $18 Rd3 $2 (31... f1=B+ 32. Kxf1 Rf8+ 33. Ke2 Rf7) 32. Rxe7+ {KRB-KR} Kg8 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. Rxg6 f1=Q+ 35. Kxf1 Rxh3 36. Ra6 Rh5 (36... Ke7 {was worth a try.} 37. Rxa5 Kd7) 37. Bc3 Ke7 38. Bxa5 Kd7 39. Bd2 Rf5+ 40. Ke2 h5 41. Rh6 Kc7 42. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] White mates.} Re5+ 43. Be3 Kb8 44. a6 Re8 45. Kd3 Ka8 46. Bc5 h4 47. Rxh4 Rc8 48. Kc4 Rg8 49. Rh7 Re8 50. Kb5 Rb8+ 51. Bb6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rh7a7]} Rg8 52. Bc7 Rg5+ 53. Kc6 Rg8 54. Rd7 Ka7 55. Kb5 Rg5+ 56. Be5+ $1 Ka8 57. Kb6 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Rg8 58. Bc7 Rh8 59. Bd6 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Muthaiah AL"]
[Black "Harikrishnan.A.Ra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. c4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Nfd4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:11:01]} 15. c5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:11:41]} 16. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 17. Rab1 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Be4 {[%emt 0:14:04]} 18. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:10:13]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 19. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} h6 {[%emt 0:13:20]} 20. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:10:30]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:34:20]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Manigandan, S S"]
[Black "Senthil Maran K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,90,39,22,58,58,61,52,51,51,47,13,22,24,26,13,17,0,23,20,20,20,19,11,12,4,65,62,58,31,47,0,14,18,23,8,23,0,10,8,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-9,-65,-56,-87,0,0,0,-104,-101,-113,-93,-126,-131,-219,-116,-115,-116,-127,-127,-158,-152,-893,-886,-854,-846,-4698,-970,-29984,-29985,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 {D51: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Nbd7 sidelines} 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Qc2 Nxg3 {White is slightly better.} 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. e4 (14. Kb1 Be6 15. Nd2 {0-1 (54) Bu,X (2722)-Mamedov,R (2667) Hengshui 2019}) 14... Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 {1-0 (90) Ivanov,S (2540)-Niemi,K (2357) Stockholm 2018}) 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rhe1 Be6 18. Bf5 {Black must now prevent Bxe6.} O-O ({Black should play} 18... O-O-O $11) 19. Bxe6 $14 fxe6 20. Ne5 {Ng6 is the strong threat.} Rfd8 21. Qe4 Rd5 22. Ng4 h5 23. Ne3 Rb5 24. Nf5 Qf6 $1 ({Don't go for} 24... Rxf5 $2 25. Qxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf8 26. Qg6 $18 (26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Rxf2 $18)) (24... Qb4 $2 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Re2 $18) 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Qxe6 {And now Qd7+ would win.} (26. Qe2 {looks sharper.} g4 27. f4 gxf3 28. gxf3 Kf7 29. Rd3) 26... Qxf2 $40 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rf2b2][%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 27. Rd2 Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. Rde2 Rd8 30. Re7+ (30. Rf1+ $11 Kg8 31. Re7) 30... Kf6 $15 31. a4 {[#]} Rb4 (31... Ra5 $1 $17) 32. g4 $11 hxg4 33. R1e6+ (33. R7e6+ $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Kg7 34. Re7+ Kg6 35. R7e6+ Kh7 36. Re7+ Kg6 37. R7e6+ Kf5 38. R6e5+ Kf6 39. Re6+ Kg7 40. Re7+ Kg6) 33... Kf5 $17 34. g3 Rd5 35. Re1 Rb3 ({Much weaker is} 35... Rbxd4 $6 36. Rf1+ Kg6 37. Re6+ Kg7 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Re6+ Kg7 40. Re7+ Kg6 $11) 36. Rf7+ Kg6 37. Ree7 {[#]} Rd6 $1 38. Rg7+ Kh5 39. Rxb7 Rxg3 40. Rxa7 $2 (40. Rh7+ $17 Rh6 41. Kd2) 40... Rg1+ $19 41. Kc2 g3 {Threatens to win with ...Ra1.} 42. Ra8 g2 {( -> ...Rc1+!)} 43. Kb3 {[#]} Rh1 {Played: Rg1-a1} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Lokesh, N.."]
[Black "Gokulraj, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,37,30,33,36,130,138,150,159,224,235,222,148,141,133,273,200,275,97,103,125,97,16,788,795]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 Bg7 6. Qd2 O-O 7. O-O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qf2 $146 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bb5 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Rxd4 Ng4 13. Rd2 Bh6 14. fxg4 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxg4 16. Nf3 Rad8+ {1-0 (51) Varela la Madrid,T (2073)-Karelina,P (1660) Bridgetown 2016}) 9... Nd7 ({Black should play} 9... Nd4 $14) 10. h4 $16 Nd4 11. h5 {White is clearly better.} c6 (11... Nb6 $16 {might work better.}) 12. hxg6 $18 hxg6 13. g4 Re8 14. Qh2 b5 (14... Nf8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 15. Nge2 {Black must now prevent Qh7+.} Ne6 16. Qh7+ $2 {[#]} (16. Ng3 $18) 16... Kf8 $16 17. Bh6 Qf6 18. Rd6 (18. Nd5 $16 cxd5 19. exd5 Bxh6+ 20. Qxh6+ Qg7 21. dxe6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxh6+ 22. Rxh6 Rxe6 23. Nc3) 18... Bb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... b4 $11) 19. Rxd7 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Nikhil, M."]
[Black "Balkishan, A.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. N1c3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. f3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. b3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nh3+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Kxh3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Harikrishnan.A.Ra"]
[Black "Laxman, R.R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,-28,-27,-27,0,-9,-2,-10,-8,-3,-4,-13,-12,-11,3,-18,-9,-15,0,0,0,-2,0,-4,-4,-17,10,3,7,10,10,0,6,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,26,0,0,0,28,28,33,33,26,31,45,34,90,91,139,143,181,170,233,240,246,220,242,210,807,800,780,779,29978,29978]} 1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Bxf6 (5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Na4 Bxb2 10. Nxb2 Na6 11. d3 Nf6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Nc4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nc5 16. d4 {½-½ (72) Anton Guijarro,D (2650)-Vidit,S (2689) Doha 2016}) 5... exf6 6. e3 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} Bg7 7. d4 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. g3 dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 {½-½ (117) Fernandez,D (2473)-Lampert,J (2510) chess.com INT 2017}) 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Be2 Qd6 13. g3 Be6 14. Ne1 Rad8 15. Nd3 h5 16. h4 Bh6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxe3!} 17. Kg2 Qe7 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Bf3 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Na4 Rfd8 22. Nc5 Rd6 23. Nd3 Be6 24. Rh1 Qe8 25. Qc2 Bd5 {Black wants to play ...Bxf3+.} 26. Qd1 Be6 27. Nc5 Qe7 28. b4 Bd5 29. a4 b6 30. Nd3 Qe6 (30... Be4 $14) 31. Bxd5 $16 Qxd5+ 32. Qf3 Qb3 33. Ne5 Qxa4 {[#]} (33... Re6 $142 34. a5 (34. Nxc6 Rde8 $16) (34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Nxc6 Re8 $16) 34... Rde8 35. Nxc6 (35. Rxc6 bxa5 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 $16) 35... Re4) 34. Ra1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra1a4]} ({But not} 34. Rxc6 $6 Rxc6 35. Qxc6 (35. Nxc6 Rd7 $16) 35... Qa2 $16) ({Not} 34. Nxc6 Re8 $14) 34... Qb5 35. Rxa7 Rf8 {intending ...Bg7.} 36. Rc1 {[%cal Rc1c6]} Qxb4 $2 (36... Bg7 37. Nxc6 Bf6) 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Qxc6 ({Weaker is} 38. Nxc6 Qc4 $18) 38... f4 {[#]} 39. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Balkishan, A.."]
[Black "Muthaiah AL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,75,38,20,18,0,6,0,17,0,77,81,74,72,85,75,102,31,34,37,49,47,33,0,0,0,44,44,56,76,61,50,68,82,67,62,67,70,154,156,158,179,337,286,493,480,558,549,532,530,956,932,880,866,912,906,1415,1408,1353,1337,1704,1444,29988,29989,29992,29991,29991,29992]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O {B06: Modern Defence} 7. g3 (7. g4 e5 8. d5 c6 9. Nge2 cxd5 10. exd5 Bxg4 11. hxg4 Nxg4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Ne4 f5 14. Bg5 {1-0 (61) Naiditsch,A (2706)-Carlsen,M (2865) Baden-Baden 2015}) 7... Nc6 8. Bg2 e5 {The position is equal.} 9. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nge2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Ne5 13. b3 c5 14. Nde2 Qc7 15. f4 Nc6 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Bf2 Bc6 19. Nd5 Nbxd5 20. exd5 {½-½ (62) Bruzon Batista,L (2653)-Maghsoodloo,P (2584) Bandar e Anzali 2017}) 9... Nd4 {[#]} (9... Ne7 $11) 10. Nb1 $1 $16 c5 11. c3 Re8 12. Bg5 Qb6 {[#]} 13. cxd4 (13. Nd2 $1 $16) 13... Nxe4 $14 14. dxc5 Qxb2 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rb2f2]} 15. Bxe4 {And now Nd2 would win.} Qxa1 16. cxd6 Bd7 17. Bc2 Rac8 18. Ne2 Qb2 19. Bb3 b5 20. Nd2 (20. axb5 {keeps more tension.} axb5 21. Nd2 Ra8 22. O-O Rec8 23. Be7) 20... f6 21. Be3 Qa3 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 22. axb5 axb5 23. h4 Qxd6 ({Black should play} 23... h6 $14) 24. h5 $16 f5 {Black wants to play ...f4.} 25. Kf1 Bf6 $2 (25... Ra8 26. Nf3 b4) 26. g4 g5 $2 (26... Bg7 {was called for.} 27. hxg6 Qxg6) 27. gxf5 $18 Bxf5 28. Ng3 Bd3+ 29. Kg2 {Nde4 is the strong threat.} Bc4 {If Black can now play ...Qxd5+ this consolidates a bit.} 30. Bxc4 {Played: Nd2-e4} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Senthil Maran K"]
[Black "Lokesh, N.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,78,22,16,20,14,6,13,11,37,-5,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59,-39,23,15,68,60,58,62,46,33,64,0,0,-46,0,2,127,127,128,128,107,91,80,85,129,89,101,0,122,122,127,121,120,0,116]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. Qxc4 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} (12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O-O Ng4 15. Rd2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Rhd1 a5 18. Kb1 h6 19. Ka1 Rb4 {1-0 (49) Caruana,F (2822)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qh4 Rb8 15. a3 Rd8 16. O-O Rd4 17. e4 h6 18. Be3 Rd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Rc4 19. Rab1 Be6 20. f3 a5 21. Rfd1 {0-1 (42) Ethelontis,A (2133)-Nandhidhaa,P (2251) London 2016}) 19. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rxd1 20. Nxd1 Rb3 21. Bc1 Qe6 22. Nc3 Bb7 (22... Kh7 $11) 23. Rd1 (23. f3 $1 $14) 23... Rxc3 ({Black should play} 23... Kh7 $15) 24. bxc3 $11 {[#] Hoping for f3.} Bxe4 (24... Kh7 $11) 25. Bxh6 $1 $14 gxh6 26. Qxh6 {Rd8+ is the strong threat.} Qe7 27. h3 Bg6 28. g4 (28. Qg5 $14) 28... Ne4 $11 29. Re1 Qxa3 ({Of course not} 29... Nxc3 $6 30. Qe3 $14) (29... Ng5 {seems wilder.} 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Rd5 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 e4) 30. Qe3 Qxc3 (30... f6 $11) 31. Qxc3 $16 Nxc3 32. Rxe5 a6 33. Re3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nd5 34. Ra3 Nc7 35. Rc3 Nd5 36. Ra3 Nc7 37. f3 f6 38. Rc3 Nd5 39. Ra3 Nc7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Murali Krishnan B T"]
[Black "Anilkumar, O.T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,45,92,95,109,41,23,38,76,57,102,115,393,383,399,388,394,379,381,375,505,426,437,431,407,353,443,394,517,488,571,529,525,522,684,539,29984,29985]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 e5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Nh6 {A44: Semi-Benoni} 7. f4 (7. h4 $16) 7... O-O $14 8. Nf3 Bg4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8... f6 9. O-O exf4 10. Bxf4 Nf7 11. a3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nde5 14. Rbe1 {½-½ (90) Degraeve,J (2559)-Piankov,E (2356) La Fere 2009}) 9. fxe5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 {Qh3 is the strong threat.} ({Of course not} 10. gxf3 $6 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Bxe5 $11) 10... Bxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (10... Nd7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 11. Qh3 $1 $18 Qf6 12. Bxh6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Ke2 Re8 15. Rac1 Qb2+ 16. Rc2 Qe5 17. Kd2 Na6 {If only Black now had time for ...Nb4....} 18. a3 Nc7 19. Rf1 Rad8 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Kd1 Qf6 22. Bc1 Qa1 {[#]} 23. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Sree Veeramani P"]
[Black "Manigandan, S S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Nxe4 12. Qd4 Bc5 13. Qxd5 Qh4+ 14. g3 Bf2+ 15. Kd1 Nxg3 16. Bg5 Qh3 17. Bxa8 Nxh1 18. Kd2 Be6 19. Qe4 Qxh2 20. f4 Be1+ 21. Kxe1 Qf2+ 22. Kd1 Qxb2 23. Qxh1 Qxa1+ 24. Kd2 Qb2+ 25. Kd3 Rc8 26. Nd5 Bf5+ 27. Ke3 Qa3+ 28. Kd4 Qd3+ 29. Ke5 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Balkishan, A.."]
[Black "Harikrishnan.A.Ra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,134,54,53,56,57,38,56,15,44,0,39,27,49,39,82,86,84,89,88,45,287,288,265,281,394,406,357,213,213,213,213,213,214,214,214,213,217,227,224,213,213,213,213,218,218,218,193,135,131,120,122,122,123,131,268,277,271,274,279,281,260,83,91,90,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,95,98,113,12,99,45,46,46,53,53,60,73,69,66,149,149,149,152,161,161,206,203,178,41,83,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,29,29,30,30,34,35,35,0,12841]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ng3 e5 10. e4 {E40: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein (4 e3): Unusual Black 4th moves} Re8 11. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Re1 h6 13. Nf5 Nf8 14. Qg3 Ng6 {0-1 (48) Jovanovic,A (2240)-Radlovacki,J (2393) Grocka 2015}) 11... Nc6 12. d5 {White is slightly better.} Nb8 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nbd7 15. h3 h6 16. Qd2 Nh7 17. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nxe5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 $2 ({Better is} 18... g6 $1 $14) 19. Qxh6 $18 f5 ({Weaker is} 19... Nxd3 20. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re1+ 21. Rxe1 Kxf7 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Rf1+ Nf4 24. Rxf4+ Qf6 25. Rxf6+ Ke8 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. Rf7#) 20. Bxf5 Qe7 (20... Re7 $142) 21. Nh5 {Bxh7+ would kill now.} Rf8 {intending ...Ba6.} 22. Rf4 (22. Bxh7+ $142 Qxh7 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Nf6+ Rxf6 25. Qxf6) 22... Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Rf8 24. Raf1 {aiming for Rxf8+.} Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Ba6 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. Rg5+ Kf7 {Strongly threatening ...Qf8.} 28. Rg7+ Ke8 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Qg7+ Nf7 31. g4 $1 Ne8 32. Qg6 (32. Qh7 $1 $18) 32... Bxc4 $16 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. g5 Ne5 35. h4 Be2 (35... Bxa2 $16 36. h5 Bb1) 36. Qh6+ $1 $18 Kg8 {[#]} 37. g6 $1 Nf6 38. g7 Nh7 {[#]} 39. h5 $2 (39. Qe6+ $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kxg7 40. Qe7+ Kg6 41. Qxc7) 39... Bg4 $16 40. Kf1 Bh3+ 41. Ke2 Bd7 42. Kd2 Bc8 43. Kc2 Bd7 44. Kb3 Bg4 45. c4 Bd7 46. Kc3 Bc8 (46... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 47. Qf4 (47. a4 $16) 47... Kxg7 $14 48. Qh4 {And now Qe7+ would win.} Nf6 $1 49. h6+ Kg6 {[#]} 50. h7 $1 {[%cal Rh7h8][%mdl 512]} Nxh7 51. Qd8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bf5 (51... Ba6 $14) 52. Qxc7 $16 Nf7 53. Qxa7 Nf6 54. Qxb6 Nd7 55. Qa7 {Hoping for a4.} Nc5 56. a4 (56. Qe7 $18) 56... Bc8 57. a5 (57. Qa8 $16 Ba6 58. Kd4) 57... Kf6 $11 58. Qb8 Ba6 59. Qc7 Ne4+ 60. Kd4 Nc5 $1 61. Qb8 {Threatens to win with Qb6.} Ke7 62. Qa7+ Kf6 63. Qc7 Nb3+ 64. Kc3 Nc5 65. Kb4 Nd3+ 66. Ka3 Nc5 67. Kb4 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 63%. . An unexpected result.} (67... Nd3+ $11 68. Kc3 Nc5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Laxman, R.R."]
[Black "Sa, Kannan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,91,33,47,50,50,38,94,65,84,89,107,107,132,143,134,83,108,65,91,30,95,77,95,88,134,114,138,129,136,141,136,136,124,145,176,183,213,217,287,300,300,295,294,290,377,358,450,452,633,591,912,913,895,887,791,779,1683,1538,2262,2378,2009,1838,5252,5231,5135,4886,29983,29984,29978,29979,29979,29979,29975,29977,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 Nd7 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 f5 7. O-O Ne7 8. b3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} O-O 9. Ba3 Bb8 $146 ({Better is} 9... Bxa3 $14 10. Nxa3 b6) ({Predecessor:} 9... Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Ng6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Nc2 {0-1 (50) Leito,P (2333)-Ehlvest,J (2536) Puhajarve 2017}) 10. Nbd2 {White is better.} Kh8 11. e3 Rf6 12. Rfd1 Ng8 13. Rac1 Nh6 14. b4 (14. Ng5 $142) 14... a6 15. Nb3 Nf7 16. Nc5 ({White should play} 16. Bb2 $16) 16... b6 (16... Nb6 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. Nd3 (17. Nxe6 {feels hotter.} Rxe6 18. cxd5 Re7 19. dxc6 Nf6 20. d5) 17... Bb7 18. Bb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Bd6 19. c5 Be7 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rf8 {[#]} 24. Bd4 $1 Rb8 25. Bf1 Ra8 {[#]} 26. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack, Decoy} Bxe6 27. Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bd7 28. Qxb6 Ba4 29. Rd3 Qe8 30. Rdc3 Rb8 (30... Bb5 $142 31. a3 Bxf1) 31. Qxa6 Bxb4 32. Rc7 Ra8 33. Qb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rb8 34. Qxd5 f4 35. e6 Rg8 36. Qg5 {[%cal Rd4g7]} Qg6 37. Qxf4 {Threatening mate with Rxg7!} Rbf8 {[#]} 38. Bxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxg7 39. Qxb4 Ra8 40. Rc8+ {White mates.} Rg8 41. Qd4+ Qg7 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. Qe4 Qa7 {[#]} 44. Rc7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Qxc7 45. Qxa8+ Kg7 46. Qxa4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Laxman, R.R."]
[Black "Sa, Kannan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,14,50,55]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 Nd7 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 f5 7. O-O Ne7 {Predecessor:} 8. Nbd2 $146 O-O 9. Ne1 Ng6 10. Nd3 Kh8 11. Nf3 h6 12. b4 Qe7 13. a4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 e5 15. dxe5 Ndxe5 16. Ndxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 {0-1 (64) Zaragatski,I (2471)-Appel,H (2212) Nuremberg 2012} *

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Anup Shankar R"]
[Black "Senthil Maran K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,60,-9,-12,40,19,12,21,31,45,80,78,68,50,54,53,53,35,39,39,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-10,-24,-30,-31,-32,-30,-9,-9,0,-11,3,-26,-24,-196,-197,-225,-227,-225,-217,-304,-301]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Be2 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ndb4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (8... g6 $11) (8... e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Qe4 b5 14. Ne3 Ncb4 15. a3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 {½-½ (65) Savic,M (2539)-Kovacevic,A (2571) Vrnjacka Banja 2013}) 9. Qxd8+ (9. O-O {keeps more tension.} Bf5 10. Qb3 Bc2 11. Qc3 Bd3 12. Bxd3 Qxd3 13. a3) 9... Nxd8 10. Na3 e6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf5 11. O-O Ndc6 12. Rd1 Nc2 13. Nxc2 Bxc2 14. Re1 e6 15. Bd2 a6 16. Rac1 {0-1 (60) Pales,D (2014)-Danada,T (2099) Slovakia 2014}) 11. O-O Ndc6 12. Nb5 {Black must now prevent Nc7+.} Nd5 13. Bc4 {aiming for Bxd5.} a6 14. Bxd5 axb5 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Be3 c5 17. Rac1 (17. Rfc1 $14) 17... Rxa2 $11 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} O-O 20. Nd4 Rxb2 {next ...b4 is good for Black.} 21. Rfc1 Ba6 22. Rc6 Ra2 23. Rb6 h6 24. h3 Rd8 25. Nc6 Rdd2 26. Nb4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rab2 $1 {[%cal Rb2b4]} 27. Rxa6 $2 (27. Nxa6 $11 {and White is okay.} Rxf2 28. Kh1) 27... Rxb4 $19 28. Ra8+ Kh7 29. Ra7 Kg6 30. g3 (30. Ra3 {was necessary.}) 30... Rbb2 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 40%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Anup Shankar R"]
[Black "Senthil Maran K"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 8,8,4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 {Predecessor:} 5. Bc4 $146 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Na3 Bxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Qxd6 Nxd6 15. Bxb6 Rc8 16. Rad1 Rc6 17. Be3 e5 18. Rd5 f6 19. Rfd1 {½-½ (55) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Carlsen,M (2882) Saint Louis 2019} *

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Lokesh, N.."]
[Black "Aswath S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,81,9,4,13,6,10,13,14,6,12,20,21,8,31,25,52,40,88,81,285,245,279,292,290,125,115,84,102,77,335,339,357,353,535,522,720,715,704,719,680,739,710,359,355,355,326,330,1333,1314,29984,653,1254,1240,1247,1246,1213,1199,1155,1145,29968,29967,29989,29990,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} (8... h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. d4 a6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd7 axb5 15. Qxc7 Qe6 16. Red1 Rxa2 17. Qxb7 Rxc2 18. Qxb5 Rxc3 {½-½ (60) Blomqvist,E (2552)-Dubov,D (2648) Novi Sad 2016}) 9. h3 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 {The position is equal.} 11. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Be3 Ra8 14. Rb3 h6 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Reb1 Rad8 17. c4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (54) Makeeva,T-Shutova,T Oktjabrsky 2004}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. a3 Bc8 14. Re1 c5 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 g5 $2 {[#]} (16... cxd4 $16 17. Qxd4 g5) 17. Nxg5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 18. Bxg5 {Hoping for Qf3.} cxd4 19. Qxd4 (19. Qf3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Bg4 20. hxg4 (20. Qxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxf6 Bd7 $18)) 19... Re5 $16 20. f4 Rxg5 21. fxg5 Nh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21... Nd7 $16) 22. g6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Ng5 (22... fxg6 23. Qd5+) 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 (23... Nxf7 $142 24. Rb3 Qh4) 24. Rf1+ Kg6 25. Rb3 c5 26. Qf2 Ra7 27. Rg3 Kh7 28. Qf4 Rg7 {If only Black now had time for ...Qe7....} 29. h4 Ne6 30. Qf5+ Kg8 $2 (30... Kh6 31. Rxg7 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Nxg7 32. Qf4+ Kh7) 31. Qf7+ Kh7 32. Qh5+ (32. Rf5 $142 Ng5 33. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 34. Rfxg5 Rxg5 35. Rxg5+ Qxg5 36. hxg5 Bb7 37. g6) 32... Kg8 33. Rf7 c4 34. Rfxg7+ Nxg7 {[#]} 35. Qg6 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg6g7]} Qf8 36. h5 {White wants to mate with h6.} Kh8 37. Rf3 {[%cal Rf3f8] White mates.} Bf5 38. exf5 Qe7 {[#]} 39. f6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qe1+ 40. Rf1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg6g7]} Qe3+ 41. Kh1 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Joy, Lazar M.A."]
[Black "Murali Krishnan B T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,92,-24,-1,0,0,-61,-71,-67,-66,-62,-58,-125,-109,-121,-127,-123,-118,-139,-127,-224,-225,-350,-364,-360,-373,-351,-315,-292,-276,-318,-310,-325,-324,-329,-320,-329,-315,-455,-452,-495,-500,-495,-495,-494,-500,-579,-591,-633,-595,-581,-562,-583,-606,-620,-638,-634,-620,-668,-664,-1079,-1048,-1090,-1055,-1216,-1239,-1290,-1404,-1707,-1660,-12844,-4945,-29979,-29980,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Na3 Ra5 9. Bc7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} e6 (9... Bf5 10. Bxb6 Ra6 11. Bc7 e6 12. Nb5 Kd7 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O Rha8 15. a3 Ne8 16. Bf4 Ra5 {0-1 (63) Pechac,J (2495)-Berezjuk,S (2397) Slovakia 2016}) 10. Bxb6 (10. Nc2 $11) 10... Ra6 $15 11. Bc5 {Black is better.} Bxc5 12. dxc5 Ne4 13. Nb5 {[#]} (13. Nc2 $15) 13... Ke7 $1 $17 14. Be2 Nxc5 15. O-O Rb6 16. a4 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nxa4 17. Rxa4 Rxb5 {0-1 (49) Kopasov,E (2050)-Rovnov,V (1895) St Petersburg 2015}) 17. e4 (17. Rfb1 $17 {was called for.}) 17... Nxe4 $19 18. b4 (18. Bd1 $142) 18... cxb3 19. a5 Ra6 20. Nbd4 Ra7 21. Nxb3 Rha8 {[%cal Rc6a5]} 22. Rfc1 Nxa5 23. Nxa5 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Bd3 Nc5 26. Bxh7 (26. Bf1 $142) 26... g6 27. h4 Kf6 28. h5 Kg7 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Bxg6 Kxg6 31. c4 Kf6 32. cxd5 exd5 33. Rb1 Rb5 34. Re1 Ne4 35. Nd4 Rb2 36. f3 Ng3 37. Kh2 Nf5 38. Ne2 d4 39. Nf4 Ne3 40. Kg3 Bf5 41. Kh2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 42. Kg1 b4 43. g4 Rb1 {Black mates.} 44. Rxb1 Bxb1 45. Kf2 b3 46. Ne2 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Ramco Technology Open 2019"]
[Site "Rajapalayam"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Joy, Lazar M.A."]
[Black "Murali Krishnan B T"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 5,5,7]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 {Predecessor:} e6 $146 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Bxg3 10. hxg3 h6 11. Rh4 c5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. f4 a6 14. a4 cxd4 15. exd4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 {0-1 (35) Carlsen,M (2882)-Aronian,L (2765) Saint Louis 2019} *

