[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,73,0,0,0,0,0,8,-34,-16,-41,-4,-39,-27,-36,-31,-52,-20,-51,-13,-12,-22,-67,-58,-118,-82,-99,-102,-97,-82,-97,-100,-83,-47,-87,-49,-30,-32,-138,-52,-95,-86,-100,-82,-94,-103,-100,-113,-96,-76,-91,-88,-188]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. b4 Nac4 {LiveBook: 23 Games. D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6} 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Rd1 Bh3 {The position is equal.} 15. Bh1 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bg4 16. Nce2 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. a4 a5 19. Rb1 Bd7 20. b5 {½-½ (40) Jobava,B (2668)-Ivanchuk,V (2720) Reykjavik 2015}) 16. b5 Bg4 17. Nce2 e5 18. dxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Rb1 e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 20. Nb3 Bf5 21. e4 Bg4 22. Rd3 a4 23. Na1 (23. f3 $1 $15) 23... Bf8 24. Nc3 Bc5 {aiming for ...Rf8.} 25. Nd5 {[#] Nxb6 is the strong threat.} Rf8 $1 26. Be3 ({Wrong is} 26. Nxb6 $2 cxb6 27. Be3 (27. Qxc4+ $2 Be6 $19) 27... Na3 $19) 26... Nxe3 27. fxe3 {[#]} Nxd5 $1 ({Much worse is} 27... Nd7 $6 28. Rc3 $11) 28. Qxc5 Nb6 29. Qxe5 Rf7 {Threatens to win with ...Be2.} 30. Nc2 ({White should try} 30. Bg2 $1 $15) 30... Qf8 (30... Be2 $17 31. Rd4 Qf8) 31. Nd4 Bh3 {( -> ...Rf1+). Black is better.} 32. Bg2 Re8 33. Qg5 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Rxe4 35. Rc1 Qd6 {White must now prevent ...Re5.} 36. Kg1 Nd5 {Strongly threatening ...Nxe3!} 37. Rcd1 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 67%.} (37. Ne6 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 0-1

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,76,14,20,-7,29,30,34,29,31,17,16,-2,9,-14,-4,-4,23,7,39,0,0,-11,157,152,264,268,270,232,296,297,314,290,285,289,287,275,298,317,281,261,344,335,341,320,324,345,327,313,361,357,399,400,398,377,445,443,430,435,470,470,448,414,487,484,1260]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Ba6 {LiveBook: 70 Games. E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} (7... Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. f4 Ne7 13. Qf3 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. g4 cxd4 17. exd4 Ba8 18. g5 {½-½ (44) Navara,D (2739)-Neiksans,A (2599) Minsk 2017}) 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Rd1 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne4 12. Qd3 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Qd5 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Bd2 {½-½ (69) Pacher,M (2432)-Dragun,K (2558) Cappelle-la-Grande 2015}) 9... Bb7 {White has an edge.} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Qd6 12. Ne5 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Nd8 13. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2e1,Be1h4,Bh4e7,Be7d6,Bd6e5][%mdl 32]} a6 14. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qe7 15. f4 Bd6 16. Qc2 c5 17. Be1 c4 $2 {[#]} (17... cxd4 $1 $11 18. exd4 Ne6) 18. Bf5 $16 g6 (18... Qc7 $16 19. Bh4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 (20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bxd8 Raxd8 $16) 20... dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rc8) 19. Bh4 $18 Ne6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Bxe7 Nxe3 22. Bxd6 Nxc2 23. Bxc2 Nxd4 24. Ba4 ({Not} 24. Bxf8 Nxc2 25. Rac1 Ne3 $16) 24... Rfc8 25. Be5 Ne6 26. Rad1 b5 27. Bc2 ({Inferior is} 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 bxa4 $11) 27... Rd8 28. f5 Nc5 29. Bf6 Rd7 30. Bd4 Ne4 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Be3 Rad8 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf1f8] [#]} Rf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd5 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 42%.} (38... Ke5 $142 39. h3 Bc6 40. Bf4+ Kf5 41. Bxe4+ Bxe4 42. g4+ Kf6 43. Kxe4 Ke6) 1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,95,-8,7,-3,0,-14,-18,-14,35,35,72,69,64,52,42,50,77,75,77,73,79,75,136,140,122,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,53,0,0,0,46,50,43,50,50,50,83,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,53,50,51,54,96,50,306,303,425,430,438,431,416,402,379,417,410,404,369,375,418,419,411,403,366,415,755,737,736,700,1618,1841,4887,3072,6640,6552,6087,5651]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 e6 {LiveBook: 36 Games} (5... Bg4 6. h3 Bxe2 7. Bxe2 e6 8. O-O Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 Nh6 13. Na3 {½-½ (44) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Anand,V (2786) Stavanger 2017}) 6. g3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qb6 7. Bh3 Bd7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... h5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Be3 {½-½ (66) Gorodetzky,D (2350)-Dodic,D (2033) Veliko Gradiste 2016}) 9. a4 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Na3 O-O-O 12. Nb5 Kb8 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Na7 15. Nbc3 Qb4 (15... Be7 $142) 16. Qf4 $16 Qe7 17. Nxd5 (17. Rfe1 $16) 17... exd5 $11 18. e6+ $1 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6d7][%mdl 32]} Ka8 19. exd7 Qxe2 20. Rfe1 Qa6 (20... Qxb2 $2 21. Qf6 $18) ({Black should play} 20... Qh5 $1 $11 21. Qf6 Nc6) 21. Qxf7 (21. Re8 $1 $14 Bb4 22. Rxh8 (22. Qxf7 Qc6 $11) 22... Rxh8 23. Rc1 (23. Qxf7 Qc6 $11)) 21... Bb4 22. Re8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Threatens to win with Rxh8. White is more active.} ({Don't play} 22. Qxd5 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Nc6 $17) 22... Qg6 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Qxd5 Nc6 25. Rc1 Qf6 26. Qe6 Qxe6 $1 ({Don't go for} 26... Qxd4 $2 27. Rxc6 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 $18) 27. Bxe6 Rf8 28. d5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nd8 29. f4 Be7 30. Rc8+ Ka7 31. Kg2 b6 32. f5 Bd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... b5 $14) 33. Kh3 $1 $18 Kb7 (33... Bc5 {was worth a try.} 34. b3 Bd4) 34. Kg4 b5 35. axb5 a4 36. Rc4 Kb6 37. Rxa4 Kxb5 38. b3 Nb7 39. Kh5 Nc5 40. Rg4 Rd8 41. Rg7 Ne4 42. Kxh6 Bf8 (42... Nf6 $142 43. Rf7 Be5) 43. Kxh7 {White is clearly winning.} Kc5 44. Kg6 Bxg7 45. Kxg7 Kd6 46. f6 {[%cal Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Nc5 47. f7 Ke7 48. h4 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,116,0,0,10,15,26,14,11,15,16,12,60,39,45,14,14,14,14,12,21,22,21,25,39,31,31,39,105,53,56,14,14,14,14,0,0,0,31,31,31,31,52,54,83,73,141,138,141,141,141,147,150,136,245,245,251,251,271,214,302,0,333,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Ng5 Bxc4 10. Bxb7 {E64: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 d5} Nbd7 11. Qxd6 Rb8 (11... h6 12. Nh3 g5 13. O-O Rb8 14. Bg2 Qa5 15. Qd1 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Bb3 17. axb3 Qxa1 {1-0 (37) Sasikiran,K (2682)-Petrosian,D (2480) Dubai 2011}) 12. Bg2 $1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. O-O Bxe2 14. Nxe2 {½-½ (14) Stohl,I (2558)-Pinter,E (2396) Banska Stiavnica 2006}) 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. O-O Nd5 15. Nge4 Nxc3 $1 16. Nxc3 Ba6 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Rab1 h6 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rfc1 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxe2 23. Bf1 Re6 24. b3 Rbe8 (24... Rd8 $14) 25. Bxa6 (25. Rxc5 $16 Bb7 26. Rbc1) 25... Rxa6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. Rc2 Ra3 27. Rd1 a5 28. Rd6 Kg7 29. Ra6 (29. Rd7 {is more complex.} a4 30. Rxc5 axb3 31. axb3 Rxb3 32. Rf5) 29... a4 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. bxa4 $14 {KR-KR} Re4 32. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ra4 33. Rxc5 Rxa2 (33... Kg6 $142) 34. h3 f6 35. Rc7+ Kg6 {[#]} 36. Ra7 $1 h5 37. a6 {Strongly threatening Ra8.} Ra1+ (37... Kf5 $16 38. Ra8 Ke4) 38. Kg2 $18 g4 {[#]} 39. Ra8 $1 Kg7 40. Kh2 Rf1 (40... Kg6 $142 41. a7 Kf5 42. hxg4+ hxg4) 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. h4 $2 ({Better is} 42. a7 $18) 42... Ra2 $11 {The position is equal.} 43. Kf1 Kh7 44. Ra7+ (44. f3 $5 gxf3 45. Rd8 $11) 44... Kh6 45. Ke1 Kg6 46. Ra8 {Threatens to win with a7.} Kg7 47. a7 {Hoping for Kd1.} (47. Kd1 $5 {[%cal Ra6a7]} Rxf2 48. Rb8 $14) 47... Ra1+ 48. Kd2 Ra2+ 49. Ke3 Ra3+ 50. Kd4 Ra1 51. Kc5 {Kb6 is the strong threat.} (51. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Ra4+ 52. Ke3 Ra3+ 53. Ke2 Ra2+ 54. Ke1 Ra1+ 55. Kf2 Ra2+ 56. Ke3 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 Ra2+ 58. Kf1 gxf3 59. Ke1 $11) 51... Rc1+ 52. Kb6 Rb1+ 53. Kc6 Rc1+ 54. Kd5 Rd1+ 55. Ke4 Ra1 56. f4 {Black must now prevent Kd5.} gxf3 $1 {aiming for ...f2.} 57. Kxf3 {And now Ke4 would win.} Rf1+ 58. Ke4 Re1+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,61,-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]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. c3 {C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} Rc8 {LiveBook: 11 Games. The position is equal.} (13... O-O 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Re3 Rfc8 18. Rb3 b6 19. Rg3 f6 20. Re1 Kf7 {1-0 (96) Hector,J (2584)-Grandelius,N (2505) Lund 2010}) 14. b3 {[%cal Rf3d4]} O-O 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rc5) 20... Bxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 21. f3 h5 22. Bb8 a6 23. a4 Bf5 24. a5 Kf8 25. Bd6+ Ke8 26. b4 Kd7 27. Bf8 g5 28. Kf2 f6 29. Ke3 Ke6 30. g3 Bb1 31. Bc5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,82,16,25,16,27,25,32,30,30,2,16,16,8,16,44,-67,-70,-95,-70,-88,-87,-87,-86,-86,-94,-186,-179,-166,-177,-232,-169,-179,-181,-176,-182,-163,-181,-158,-114,-121,-111,-156,-105,-254,-259,-260,-215,-203,-202,-269,-267,-247,-261,-285,-283,-425,-506,-512,-493,-513,-508,-496,-476,-482,-478,-476,-476,-466,-463]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Nf6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 {1-0 (67) Harikrishna,P (2758)-Adams,M (2761) Shenzhen 2017}) 13. a3 Qa6 14. b3 Nb6 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 15. e3 (15. c5 $14 Qxd3 16. exd3) 15... dxc4 $15 16. Qe2 Nbd5 17. Nb1 cxb3 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Nd2 Rab8 {Strongly threatening ...b2.} 20. Bb2 (20. Rb1 $17) 20... a5 $19 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. Nc4 (22. Rab1 {might work better.}) 22... a4 23. Ne5 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. g5 {[#]} Nxe3 $1 27. fxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kh1 Bxg5 (28... Nh5 $142 29. Re1 Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Nf5) 29. Nc6 (29. Bc6 $17) 29... Rb5 30. Bd4 Nd5 31. Nxa7 Rb7 32. Rb1 {[#]} Rxa7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Bxa7 {[#]} Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b1]} 34. Re1 {Black should prevent Bd4.} b2 35. Be4 (35. Bd4 $142 b1=Q 36. Rxb1 Nxb1 37. Bc6) 35... Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN. Black is clearly winning.} 36. Bd4 {[#]} Nf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Kg2 (37. Bxf2 Bc1) 37... Nd3 38. Rb1 {[#]} Bc1 $1 39. Kf3 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 40. Bxb2 Bxb2 ({And not} 40... Nxb2 41. Rxc1 f5 42. Ke3 $14) 41. Ke3 e4 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,56,0,31,23,27,19,39,33,29,27,34,37,31,17,25,21,32,0,0,4,21,0,16,13,28,22,41,25,19,-35,-14,-12,13,16,17,17,17,13,10,14,13,8,7,12,12,0,0,0,9]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Nd5 Be7 (5... Nxd5 {feels hotter.} 6. exd5 e4 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Bc4 exf3 9. Qxf3 Qe7+) (5... Nxd5 6. exd5 e4 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Bc4 exf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. O-O Qh4 11. Be2 Re8 12. d3 Bd6 13. g3 Qa4 14. c3 Bh3 15. Re1 Bg4 {0-1 (15) Meister,J (2487)-Kurnosov,I (2617) Satka 2008}) 6. O-O {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} O-O 7. Nxe7+ Qxe7 8. d3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Re1 Nd8 9. b3 a6 10. Bf1 c5 11. Ba3 d6 12. h3 b6 13. c3 {½-½ (68) Therkildsen,T (2306)-Joie,S (2113) Le Touquet 2009}) 8... a6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. h3 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} 11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. Bf4 (13. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5e7]} f6 14. Bh4 $14) 13... Ne6 14. Qe3 c5 15. Rad1 b6 16. Bg3 Bb7 17. Nh4 Rae8 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. Bh4 (19. c3 $11) 19... g5 20. Bg3 {The position is equal.} Bxe4 (20... Nf4 $5 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Qxf4 Bxe4 23. Qg3+ Qg6 $11) 21. Qxe4 Nf4 $1 22. Qb7 {[#] Bxf4 is the strong threat.} Qxf5 23. Qxc7 Re6 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. Rd6 Qe5 26. Rfd1 $1 Qe2 27. R1d2 (27. R6d3 $5 {[%cal Rc7f4]}) 27... Qe5 $1 28. Rd1 {White wants to play Qxb6.} Qe2 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:34]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Nbxd4 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. h3 Ne7 13. a4 {[%emt 0:17:27]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} 14. Bb3 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Ng6 15. Rd1 {[%emt 0:08:19]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:11:29]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:14:56]} Bh2+ {[%emt 0:06:34]} 17. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:15:35]} 19. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 20. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:13:46]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 21. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 22. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 23. b4 {[%emt 0:06:48]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:17:29]} 24. Nb3 {[%emt 0:13:03]} Red8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 25. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:05:01]} b6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 27. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:10:32]} 28. a5 {[%emt 0:03:19]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 29. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 30. c4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 31. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 32. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 33. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 34. Nxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. f3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 36. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 37. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 39. Ra4 Bd7 40. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,112,0,1,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,16,12,22,17,16,0,32,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,4,11,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,19,19,19,19,19,17,14,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29983]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Bg5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} h6 8. Bh4 Rc8 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 60 Games. White wants to play e5.} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. Qd3 g5 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. h4 {½-½ (53) David,A (2571)-Duda,J (2666) Drancy 2016}) 10. Nd5 Qc5 11. Nb6 e5 12. Qxc5 Rxc5 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. O-O-O Ke6 15. Ne1 Be7 16. Bg3 Nf6 17. f3 Rhc8 18. c3 b5 19. Nc2 d5 {The position is equal.} 20. exd5+ Rxd5 21. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Nd7 23. f4 Bd6 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. a4 bxa4 26. Re4 f5 27. Rxa4 Nc5 28. Ra2 Rd8+ 29. Ke2 f4 30. Bf2 Nb3 31. Rxa6+ Kf5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rd2+.} 32. Be1 Nc1+ 33. Kf1 Nd3 34. Ra5 Ke4 35. Ra4+ Kf5 36. Ra5 Ke4 37. Nb4 Nxb4 38. Ra4 Rb8 39. Ke2 g5 40. Rxb4+ Rxb4 41. cxb4 Bxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 42. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} g4 43. b6 Be5 44. b7 Kd5 45. Kd3 (45. Bc3 $5 Bb8 46. h3 $11) 45... Bb8 46. g3 {[#] gxf4 is the strong threat.} f3 47. Bd2 {Hoping for Bf4.} Kc6 {White should prevent ...h5.} 48. Bxh6 Kxb7 49. Be3 Ba7 50. Bxa7 Kxa7 {KPP-KPP} 51. Ke3 Kb6 52. h4 {White wants to mate with Kf2.} gxh3 {( -> ...h2)} 53. Kxf3 Kc6 54. g4 Kd6 (54... h2 $5 55. Kg2 $8 Kd5 $11) 55. Kg3 Ke5 56. Kxh3 {aiming for Kh4.} Kd5 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 76%, Black = 75%. . An unexpected result.} (56... Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,25,20,16,14,10,27,16,19,10,22,0,0,-40,16,6,27,40,44,29,35,-121,-115,-135,-66,-162,-131,-166,-141,-143,-142,-199,-189,-265,-273,-400,-379,-486,-388,-383,-368,-359,-280,-264,-272,-293,-245,-254,-220,-207,-189,-172,-148,-154,-127,-181,-157,-188,-120,-118,-126,-122,-76,-74,0,0,0,0,0,-80,-63,-62,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Na6 (3... a5 4. a3 Bxc3 5. Qxc3 Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d6 8. e3 e5 9. d4 Nc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bd3 {½-½ (29) Aronian,L (2785)-Riazantsev,A (2671) Sharjah 2017}) 4. a3 Ba5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... Be7 5. d4 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e5 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 {½-½ (80) Baumegger,S (2442)-Fucak,E (2280) Rijeka 2010}) 5. e4 e5 6. Nge2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (6. f4 $5) 6... Nf6 7. g3 Bb6 8. Bg2 {White has an edge.} h5 9. Na4 h4 10. Qc3 {c5 is the strong threat.} d6 11. b4 h3 ({Better is} 11... hxg3 $15 12. hxg3 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Qd7 14. Nxb6 Qh3) 12. Bf3 $11 Bg4 13. Nxb6 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 axb6 15. d4 $2 {[#]} (15. Bb2 $14) 15... Nxb4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] And now ...Nc2+ would win.} 16. O-O (16. axb4 Rxa1) 16... Nc6 (16... Nc2 $17 17. dxe5 dxe5) 17. Bb2 (17. d5 $1 $15 Nb8 18. Nc3) 17... Qe7 18. Rfe1 O-O 19. d5 Na5 20. Qd3 (20. Rac1 $17) 20... Nd7 $1 $19 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5a4,Ba4b2][%mdl 32]} 21. Rac1 (21. f4 $142) 21... Nc5 22. Qf3 (22. Qc2 $142) 22... Qg5 23. Rc3 Qd2 {[%cal Rd2e1]} 24. Rb1 Na4 25. Qd3 Nxc4 ({And not} 25... Nxc3 26. Qxd2 Nxb1 27. Qc2 $16) 26. Qxc4 Nxb2 27. Qb3 Qxe2 28. Re3 Qd2 29. Qxb2 Qxb2 30. Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra5 31. g4 Ra4 32. f3 (32. Rb4 $17 Rfa8 33. Rxh3) 32... Rfa8 33. Rc2 Rxa3 ({Black should try} 33... b5 $1 $19 34. Kf2 Rc4) 34. Rxa3 $17 Rxa3 $19 {KR-KR} 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Rxc7 {[#]} Ke8 (36... Ra7 $1 $17) 37. Rxb7 $11 Rb3 38. g5 g6 39. Kg3 {[#]} (39. Rb8+ $11 {remains equal.} Ke7 40. Rb7+ Ke8 41. Rb8+ Ke7 42. Rb7+ Ke8) 39... b5 $1 $17 40. Rb6 Ke7 (40... Kd7 $1 $15) 41. Rb7+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,120,52,45,70,70,95,106,122,109,100,70,91,77,137,88,103,89,111,43,44,16,124,69,78,60,62,0,0,7,7,12,8,5,136,136,130,53,100,39,245,235,257,225,247,279,248,230,231,237,343,341,439,422,435,310,440,439,419,435,491,486,520,520,520,509,458,225,217,259,259,259,259,164,251,222,266,263,560,556,539,530,484,341,235,25,35,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d4 6. d3 Ne7 7. b4 a5 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} 8. b5 c5 9. a4 O-O 10. Ra2 {LiveBook: 17 Games} h6 11. e3 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... dxe3 12. Bxe3 Nd7 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Nbd2 Rb8 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. b6 Qxb6 17. Qa3 Nf5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rd8 20. Ne4 Be6 21. Rfa1 {½-½ (21) Bosiocic,M (2557)-Khenkin,I (2614) Sibenik 2010}) 12. exd4 cxd4 13. Re2 Nd7 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rfe1 g5 (15... Rc8 $142) 16. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4d6,Bd6b7][%mdl 32]} Ng6 17. Ne4 Bf8 18. Bxf8 (18. Nd6 $16) 18... Rxf8 $14 19. Qc1 {And now h4! would win.} Bf5 (19... Kg7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. Nfd2 (20. Nd6 $16 Bxd3 21. Rd2) 20... Bg4 21. Nd6 Qc7 22. Qa3 (22. c5 $1 $14) 22... Bxe2 $11 23. Rxe2 Qc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5a3]} 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. Nxb7 Nxd3 (25... Nxa4 $11 {remains equal.} 26. Nb1 Ra7) 26. Nb3 $1 $16 f5 27. Bd5+ ({White should play} 27. c5 $16) 27... Kh8 28. N7xa5 (28. Nd6 $1 $16 Rab8 29. Nxa5) 28... Nc1 $2 (28... Ra7 $1 $14) 29. Nxc1 $18 Rxa5 30. Ra2 $1 Ne7 31. Nb3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Ra7 32. Bg2 ({Much less strong is} 32. b6 $6 Nxd5 33. bxa7 Nb4 $16) 32... Rb8 33. a5 d3 {[#]} (33... h5 $142 34. b6 Ra6) 34. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nc8 (34... fxg4 35. b6) 35. gxf5 Nd6 36. Bd5 Nxb5 (36... Kg7 $142 37. a6 Rb6) 37. cxb5 Rxb5 38. Bc4 Rb4 39. Nd2 e4 40. a6 Kg7 41. Kg2 h5 42. Ra5 (42. Bd5 $142) 42... e3 43. fxe3 Rb2 44. Ra2 Rxa2 45. Bxa2 {Bc4 is the strong threat.} Rxa6 46. Bc4 Ra1 {[#]} 47. Ne4 $1 Re1 $2 (47... d2 48. Nxd2 Rc1) 48. Kf2 Re2+ 49. Kf3 Rxh2 50. Bxd3 Rh3+ {[#]} 51. Kf2 $2 ({Only move:} 51. Ke2 $1 $18) 51... g4 $11 52. Ng5 Rh1 {The position is equal.} 53. Bf1 h4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 54. Kg2 Rxf1 $1 55. Kxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KPP} Kf6 56. Ne4+ Kxf5 57. Nf2 Kg5 $1 58. Kg1 Kf5 59. Kg2 g3 60. e4+ (60. Nh3 $5 {[%cal Rg2f3]}) 60... Ke5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,64,35,45,46,56,38,27,18,30,18,31,0,0,0,0,0,37,41,44,12,16,14,25,12,17,28,20,9,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,27,-4,39,27,12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Be3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qf6 13. Rae1 Kh8 14. c5 Be7 15. b4 g5 16. Ne5 Qg7 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 f4 19. Bf2 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 {1-0 (49) Matei,C (2574)-Koesebay,O (2512) ICCF email 2009}) 13. c5 Be7 14. Ne2 Bf6 15. Ne5 Ne6 16. f3 (16. f4 {keeps more tension.} Bd7 17. b4 Qe7 18. Rab1 Be8 19. a4) 16... N4xc5 $1 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. dxc5 f4 19. Bf2 h6 20. Bf5 Rb8 21. Rab1 Be5 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Rbe1 Qf6 25. Rd1 a5 26. Rfe1 Rfe8 27. Re2 Re7 28. Qd2 a4 29. Rde1 Rbe8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxd4.} 30. Qd1 Qg6 31. Qc2 Qg5 (31... Kh7 $5) 32. Kh1 (32. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Qh5 33. Kf1 $11) 32... Ra8 $1 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M amin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,45,17,20,18,4,-43,-13,-31,-6,-24,-26,-111,-115,-102,-24,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-483,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 cxd5 7. Nc3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O e6 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Nd2 a5 13. b5 Na7 14. a4 Bb4 {½-½ (33) Wojtaszek,R (2741)-Giri,A (2793) Baku 2015}) 7... e6 8. Bd3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 26 Games} 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qh3 g6 13. f4 Ne8 14. g4 f5 15. Qg2 Kh8 16. g5 Nd6 17. Qe2 {1-0 (54) Moroni,L (2328)-Lutard,T (2056) Durban 2014}) 12... Nxd4 13. Qh3 $1 dxe4 14. Nxe4 g6 15. Ng5 (15. Bh6 $11) 15... Qd5 $17 16. Be3 {[#]} Rfd8 {[#]} ({Better is} 16... Nf5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5e3]} 17. Bxa7 Rfd8) 17. Bxg6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Ne2+ (17... fxg6 18. Rxd4) 18. Kh1 Qxd1 {[%cal Rd1f1]} 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 {[%cal Rd1f1] [#]} 20. Nxe6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke8 {[%cal Rd1f1]} (20... fxe6 $2 21. Qh6+ Ke8 22. Bg6+ Kd7 23. Rxd1+ $18) 21. Ng7+ Kf8 {[%cal Rd1f1] [#]} 22. Ne6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke8 {[%cal Rd1f1]} ({Don't go for} 22... fxe6 $2 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Bg6+ Kd7 25. Rxd1+ $18) 23. Ng7+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mousavi, Seyed Khalil"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,51,31,28,41,41,48,51,48,60,48,53,58,32,34,33,21,25,25,24,24,21,22,20,21,25,20,17,35,0,15,0,26,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. Be2 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nbd7 9. O-O e6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Qb3 a6 13. a4 h5 {1-0 (38) Malakhov,V (2693)-Martinovic,S (2563) Sibenik 2016}) 12. Qb3 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bd4 Rfd8 16. b5 a6 17. a4 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. a5 Qf6 21. Rac1 axb5 22. Qxb5 Nc3 23. Qb2 Ne4 24. Qb5 Nc3 25. Qb2 Ne4 26. Qb5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,74,15,19,26,35,31,37,22,36,33,27,22,31,18,21,19,18,20,19,19,15,16,31,15,18,16,21,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ {LiveBook: 11 Games. E11: Bogo-Indian} (7... Qe7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O e5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rfd1 {½-½ (13) Mirzoev,A (2541)-Kazakovskiy,V (2433) Panevezys 2017}) 8. Nfxd2 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 {White is slightly better.} 10. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. f3 d6 12. Rc1 a6 13. Nc3 c5 14. Bd3 Nbd7 15. Ke2 cxd4 16. exd4 {1-0 (78) Boudiba,M (2364)-Meyer,F (2128) France 2008}) 10... Nc6 11. Kf2 Ne7 12. Bd3 d6 13. Nde4 Nxe4+ 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Rfd8 16. Rhd1 c6 17. Rac1 h6 18. Nc3 d5 {The position is equal.} 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. e4 f6 22. Ke3 Kf7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Nc6 26. Nd3 g5 27. g4 Ke7 28. exd5 exd5 29. Nc1 Ke6 (29... f5 $5) 30. Ne2 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 31. h3 f4+ 32. Kd2 Na5 33. b3 Nc6 34. Kc3 Ne7 35. Kd3 Nc6 36. Kc3 Ne7 37. Kd3 Nc6 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,99,0,0,12,26,60,6,0,0,0,3,32,12,28,20,24,16,27,6,8,0,18,2,36,12,62,23,37,0,23,23,17,17,27,20,34,44,40,33,79,63,63,69,129,166,204,189,229,235,322,307,300,290,259,259,259,259,259,259,798,718,1324,1302,29955,9216,29980,29981,29961,29957]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Bf8 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. b4 Nh5 17. Qd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a5 18. a3 Qf6 19. Nce2 ({White should try} 19. Na4 $1 $14) 19... Ng7 {[#]} 20. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rae1 Rab8 21. Nc1 axb4 22. axb4 {½-½ (46) Postny,E (2651)-Van Kampen,R (2638) Tromsoe 2014}) 20... axb4 21. axb4 Rac8 22. Rfd1 h5 23. h3 Kh7 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Rxa8 (25. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4f6]} Qxf4 26. Nxf4 $11) 25... Rxa8 26. Be3 Be7 27. Re1 h4 28. Nf4 g5 29. Nfe2 {[%cal Bf4e2,Be2c1,Bc1b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32]} Qg6 30. Nc1 Nf5 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Bd4 Bf6 33. Nb3 Ra3 34. Bxf6 Qxf6 35. Qd4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd4f6][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Kg7 36. Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8g8]} Qxd4+ ({Don't go for} 36... Rxb3 $2 37. Rg8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg8 38. Qxf6 $18) 37. Nxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bd7 ({Black should play} 37... Ra1+ $14 38. Kh2 Bd3) 38. Rd8 $16 Rd3 39. b5 $1 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Rxd4 $18 {KRB-KR} 40. b6 $1 Rb4 41. Rxd7 {KR-KR} Rb5 42. Rd8 $1 Kf6 43. Rd6+ Ke5 {Hoping for ...Rxb6!} 44. Rxc6 d4 {[#]} 45. Kf2 $1 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} Rb2+ $2 (45... d3 46. Ke3 Kd5) 46. Ke1 g4 47. Rc7 g3 {[#]} 48. b7 $1 d3 49. Rd7 Kf4 50. c6 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Mousavi, Seyed Khalil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,4,14,12,53,58,82,91,102,86,101,81,109,82,119,59,88,7,22,10,83,76,60,0,0,0,0,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 $1 10. Ra2 {C02: French: Advance Variation} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rg8 11. h3 h5 12. g3 h4 13. g4 Be7 14. Be2 f6 15. b5 Nd8 16. Qd3 Rg7 17. Nc3 Nf7 {0-1 (38) Shirov,A (2684)-Nakamura,H (2787) Zuerich 2016}) 11. Bd3 a5 12. b5 {White is better.} Ng6 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. h4 h5 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Ne2 (16. Na4 $16 Qd8 17. Rc2) 16... f6 $14 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 17. exf6 (17. Bxg6 $16 hxg6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. a4) 17... Rxf6 $11 18. a4 Qd6 (18... Raf8 $1 $11) 19. Bxg6 Rxg6 20. Nf4 (20. O-O $1 $14) 20... Rg4 21. g3 Rf8 {[%cal Ba8f8,Bf8f4,Bf4e4][%mdl 32]} 22. Kd1 ({White should play} 22. Kf1 $11) 22... Rgxf4 (22... Bh6 $15 23. Ne5 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Rgxf4 25. Rg1+ Kh8) 23. gxf4 {The position is equal.} Rxf4 24. Rh3 Qf8 25. Ne5 Qf5 26. Rg3 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Re4+ 28. Re3 $1 Bxe5 $1 29. dxe5 d4 30. Rxe4 Qxe4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 31. Kd1 Qb1+ 32. Qc1 Qxa2 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qf6+ {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,85,0,-8,10,14,33,5,17,0,0,-10,1,16,72,41,58,36,71,71,58,62,66,55,65,59,58,45,44,58,73,79,77,77,107,104,114,107,113,108,111,92,131,125,160,138,147,152,126,138,161,138,138,137,192,183,193,193,203,160,192,192,195,195,229,231,240,233,237,242,233,231,265,273]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Qa4 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3} Nfd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} Nf6 9. Bf4 Qb6 (9... Bf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5c2]} 10. Qb3 Qb6 $11) 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne4 12. e3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Na6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. g4 Bxg4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (37) Carlsen,M (2872)-Gelfand,B (2777) Zuerich 2014}) 12. h3 Qxb3 (12... dxc4 {keeps more tension.} 13. Nxc4 Qa6 14. Rfc1 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a4 Rfc8) 13. axb3 Ne4 (13... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. g4 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Be6 17. e3 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Rc3 h6 20. Ra5 Nf6 21. Be5 b6 22. Ra1 Nd7 23. Bc7 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. b4 Bf7 26. Bf1 Ra7 27. Bh2 Rca8 28. Nf3 Bf8 29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 Ra7 31. Bf4 e6 32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Bxa6 Bxb4 (33... Bh5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 34. Bxh6 $18 Nf6 35. Bf4 Be8 36. Be5 Kf7 37. Bc7 b5 38. Bd8 Ne4 39. Ne5+ Kf8 40. Bc8 Be7 41. Ba5 Bf7 42. Bd7 Bh4 43. Be1 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,83,-40,-31,-39,-10,-39,14,22,22,4,0,0,16,0,0,0,56,49,154,81,71,93,85,75,111,105,118,96,114,91,86,81,82,77,83,45,131,110,140,152,200,185,204,209,206,202,271,270,276,268,453,265,265,255,265,257,265,265,281,266,326,330,320,319,491,450]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 {[%cal Bc8g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 {A08: King's Indian Attack} (8. e4 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. a3 e5 12. Re1 Bf8 13. b3 d4 14. c4 Nd7 15. Nh2 Bd6 16. Rf1 {1-0 (50) Movsesian,S (2721)-Socko,B (2660) Warsaw 2010}) 8... Bg6 9. Nh4 Qc7 10. e3 Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. f4 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O-O 12. Ndf3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Rhf8 14. Bd2 Bxg5 15. fxg5 Nde5 {0-1 (44) McGeary,W-Schroer,J (2390) Los Angeles 1991}) 12. Ndf3 c4 (12... O-O-O $15) 13. Nxg6 $11 hxg6 14. dxc4 dxc4 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c3 17. b3 a5 (17... O-O-O $11) 18. a3 $14 Qb6+ (18... Nc6 $14) 19. Kh1 (19. Be3 $142 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Kh2) 19... Qa6 $16 20. Qxa6 Nxa6 21. e5 Nac5 22. Nd4 Rd8 {intending ...Nxe5.} 23. Nb5 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Nxc3 Kf7 26. Be3 Rc8 {...Nxb3 would now be nice for Black.} 27. Bd4 g5 (27... Rh4 $14) 28. fxg5 Bxg5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Na6 31. Ne4 Be7 32. c3 $1 Nab8 {[#]} 33. Ra7 $1 ({Weaker is} 33. Nd6+ Bxd6 34. exd6 e5 $16) 33... Nc6 34. Rxb7 Nxd4 $2 (34... Rhd8 35. Bb6 Ncxe5 36. Bxd8 Rxd8) 35. cxd4 (35. Rxd7 $142 {Black must now prevent Nd6+.} Ke8 36. Rxd4 fxe4 37. Bxe4 Rxh3+ 38. Kg2) 35... Rhd8 $18 36. b5 Rb8 37. Nc3 Rxb7 38. Bxb7 Nb6 {[#]} 39. Ne2 $1 Rd7 40. Bf3 Bg5 41. Ra1 Be3 (41... Nd5 {was necessary.} 42. Kh2 Be3 43. Bxd5 Rxd5) 42. Ra6 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 13. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:07:42]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 15. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 16. Qb1 {[%emt 0:05:45]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 17. c4 {[%emt 0:05:57]} exd4 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 18. cxb5 {[%emt 0:06:46]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 19. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ba8 {[%emt 0:10:53]} 20. Bb3 {[%emt 0:12:24]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:18]} 21. bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:16:53]} 22. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:06:52]} 23. e5 {[%emt 0:28:16]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 24. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:05:05]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:09:41]} 25. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} exd4 {[%emt 0:06:36]} 26. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Na4 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 28. Ba2 {[%emt 0:02:02]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 29. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 30. Bxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Qxb8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:05:25]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 33. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:18:31]} 34. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. Kh1 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Qxf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Qb7+ {[%emt 0:02:07]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 38. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 40. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,94,32,46,54,44,52,70,53,73,63,59,54,61,70,60,64,73,27,83,72,86,71,105,65,73,58,180,154,169,160,153,146,183,180,182,168,199,180,201,202,201,203,458,450,453,460,420,460,454,414,435,432,683,691,639,535,598,509,748,556,572,542,652,652,652,631,542,441,611,548,6107,6107,29971,11761,29971,29974,5202]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Nd6+ {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} Ke7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nf5+ Kf8 10. Bg5 Bb4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 11. Qd3 d5 {Hoping for ...d4.} 12. O-O-O {[%cal Rc3d5]} ({Don't play} 12. exd5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Qxd5 $15) 12... Bxf5 13. Bxf6 {[#]} gxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qxf6 14. Nxd5 Qg5+ {0-1 (43) Berescu,A (2481)-Safarli,E (2628) Aix les Bains 2011}) 14. Nxd5 {aiming for Qe3.} Bg6 15. Nxb4 {Black must now prevent Qh3.} Qxd3 16. Nxd3 Bxe4 17. Nc5 Bg6 18. Bd3 Nd8 (18... Rg8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Ne4 Ke7 20. Nc3 Kf8 21. Nd5 Kg7 22. h4 e4 ({Black should try} 22... Nc6 $14) 23. Be2 h5 24. Nf4 b6 25. Rd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nb7 26. Rd5 f5 27. b4 Nd8 {[#]} 28. Rd7 $1 Kf6 {[#]} 29. Rhd1 $1 Ne6 30. R1d6 Rae8 $2 (30... Rhd8) 31. Rxa7 $18 Ke5 32. Rxb6 (32. Rd5+ Kf6 $18) 32... Nxf4 33. Ra5+ Nd5 34. c4 Rd8 35. Rbb5 ({Not} 35. cxd5 Rxd5 36. g3 Rhd8 $18) 35... Kd4 (35... Ke6 $142 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Ra8) 36. Rxd5+ Rxd5 37. Rxd5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Weaker is} 37. cxd5 f4 $18) 37... Kc3 38. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} f4 39. b6 e3 40. fxe3 fxe3 41. Rb5 Be4 42. b7 Rb8 43. Rb3+ Kd4 44. Bf3 Bxf3 45. gxf3 {[%cal Bg2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Kxc4 46. Kd1 f5 47. f4 Kd5 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 36,123,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,3,13,12,-6,-6,-10,-10,-10,-10,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,22,22,20,20,0,89,0,33,0,97,0,36,14,17,17,27,32,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,148,156,0,0,0,149,31,36,8,8,2,29,29,36,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 17. Ra3 f5 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (17... c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Bb2 Nc5 23. Bc3 Qb6 24. Re3 Bc8 25. N4b3 Qa6 26. Bb4 Qa4 27. Qb1 f5 28. exf5 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Bxf5 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. N4f3 Bf5 {½-½ (31) Yu,Y (2750)-Harikrishna,P (2758) Shenzhen 2017}) 18. g4 fxg4 19. hxg4 {[%cal Bh3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} c4 $1 20. Nf1 (20. g5 $5) 20... Nc5 21. g5 $1 Nbd3 22. Bxd3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 24... Bc8 25. Ng3 {½-½ (42) Oikamo,T (2461)-Percze,J (2541) ICCF email 2011}) 25. gxh6 gxh6 26. Ng3 Qh3 27. e5 Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7g7]} 28. exd6 Rxe1+ $1 29. Nxe1 Qg4 30. Ng2 $1 Bxd6 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. Bxh6 Rc8 33. axb5 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxf8.} axb5 34. f3 Qb4 35. d6 Bxh6 $1 (35... Qxb2 $2 36. d7 $18) 36. Nxh6+ Kg7 37. Nf5+ Kf8 (37... Kf6 $11) 38. Nfe3 (38. Qe3 Qc5 $17) (38. Kh2 $16 {Threatens to win with Qe3.} Qc5 39. d7) 38... Kg7 39. Nf5+ (39. b3 $14) 39... Kf8 $16 40. Nfe3 (40. Qe3 Qc5 $17) (40. d7 $16 Rd8 41. Ngh4 Qc5+ 42. Kg2) 40... Kg7 $14 41. d7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rd8 42. Nh4 {White threatens Qg6+ and mate.} Kf6 {And now ...Qe1+ would win.} ({Don't take} 42... Qe1+ $2 43. Kg2 $18) 43. Ng6 {Black must now prevent Qf5+.} Ke6 ({Better is} 43... Qc5 $14) 44. Kf2 ({Worse is} 44. Qf5+ Kd6 $15) 44... Qxb2+ 45. Kg3 Qg7 46. f4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kf7 47. Qf5+ Qf6 48. Ne5+ Ke7 49. Ng6+ ({Reject} 49. Qh7+ $6 Kd6 $14) 49... Kf7 $1 {...Qxf5 is the strong threat.} 50. Ne5+ Ke7 $1 {[#]} 51. Qh7+ (51. Qd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd3a3]} Rg8+ 52. N3g4) 51... Kd6 52. Qd3+ (52. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Re3f5]}) 52... Kc7 53. Qxb5 {White wants to play Nd5+.} Qg7+ 54. N3g4 {White wants to mate with Qa5+.} Rxd7 $1 55. f5 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 56. f6 Qf8 $1 57. Qa5+ Kc8 58. Qb6 Qd6 59. Qxd6 Rxd6 60. f7 Rd8 61. Ng6 Bd5 62. f8=Q {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Mousavi, Seyed Khalil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 10. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 11. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:12:53]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:11:52]} 13. Nfe5 {[%emt 0:08:30]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:20:52]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:15:00]} 15. e4 {[%emt 0:17:50]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 16. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:10:00]} 18. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 19. Rac1 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 20. e5 Qb6 21. f5 {[%emt 0:13:56]} exf5 {[%emt 0:11:45]} 22. d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:09:18]} 23. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:07:17]} 24. dxc6 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 25. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 27. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} h6 {[%emt 0:06:44]} 28. Qb7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 29. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. b4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 31. b5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 32. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 33. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} g4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 34. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. a5 {[%emt 0:03:22]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 36. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 38. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 39. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 2. e4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:06:46]} 5. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 6. f4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 7. e5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 8. exf6 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Ngxf6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 10. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:07:38]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:10:11]} 12. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:10:35]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. Neg5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 14. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 15. Qe3 {[%emt 0:11:42]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 16. O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:40]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 17. g3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 19. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 20. Rhf1 {[%emt 0:10:07]} h5 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 21. h3 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 22. g4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 24. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 25. Rde1 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 26. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Raf8 27. Qd1 {[%emt 0:09:23]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 28. b3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 29. c4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 30. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:07:22]} 32. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:11:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,127,43,33,32,32,16,27,6,29,18,16,0,18,0,0,0,0,-6,-5,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-9,-53,0,0,0,0,0,-197,-136,-192,-191,-107,-108,-110,-88,-209,-205,-134,-26,-231,-231,-231,-231,-231,-231,-231,-243,-466,-237,-939,-939,-885,-847,-598,-400,-725,-393,-1906,-1616,-29960,-29959,-29967,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h6 10. O-O Qc7 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 11. h3 (11. g3 Qa5 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Be4 Nf8 15. Bf4 Be7 16. b4 Qh5 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bd2 {0-1 (43) Corrales Jimenez,F (2528)-Shimanov,A (2631) Philadelphia 2016}) 11... Nd7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. c4 c5 {White is slightly better.} 13. Be3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 a6 15. Rfe1 Ne5 16. Bf1 Bd7 17. Rac1 Rac8 {0-1 (31) Cubas,J (2474)-Cavalcanti,F (2186) Praia da Pipa 2014}) 14. Rac1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bf5 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Rcd1 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qxf5 21. Nxf5 Re2 22. b4 Ne4 23. Kg1 Rxa2 {White should prevent ...Nd2.} 24. Rfe1 Nd2 25. c5 a5 26. b5 Nb3 27. c6 bxc6 28. bxc6 {[#] aiming for c7.} Rc2 29. Rd7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent c7. White has counterplay} Nc5 30. Nd6 (30. Nd4 {is more complex.} Rc4 31. Rd6 Kh7 32. Re7 a4 33. c7) 30... Ne6 ({Avoid the trap} 30... Nxd7 $2 31. cxd7 Kh7 32. Re8 $18) (30... Rf8 $1 $15 31. Ra7 Ne6) 31. Rxf7 $11 Rxc6 32. Rxe6 {Threatens to win with Rd7.} Rxd6 $1 33. Rxg7+ $2 (33. Ree7 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 33... Kxg7 $19 34. Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} a4 35. Rd2 a3 36. Ra2 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 37. Kf1 (37. Kh2 $17) 37... Kf6 $19 38. Ke2 h5 (38... Kg5 $17) 39. g3 $2 (39. Kd3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 39... Ke5 40. Kd3 {[#]} f4 $1 41. Re2+ Kd5 42. Ra2 Ra7 43. g4 $2 (43. gxf4 Ke6 44. Kc2) 43... h4 44. g5 $2 (44. Kd2 Kc4 45. Kc2) 44... Ke5 45. g6 Kf6 46. Ke4 Ra4+ 47. Kf3 (47. Kd5 $142 f3 48. Kc6) 47... Kxg6 48. Kg4 $2 (48. Ke2) 48... Kf6 49. f3 Ke5 50. Kxh4 Kd4 $2 (50... Kf5 {mates} 51. Kh5 Ra6 52. h4 Ra4 53. Kh6 Ra7 54. h5 Kf6 55. Rg2 a2 56. Rg7 Ra3 57. Rg6+ Ke5 58. Rg1 a1=Q 59. Rxa1 Rxa1 60. Kg7 Ra3 61. h6 Rxf3 62. h7 Rh3 63. h8=N f3 64. Nf7+ Kf4 65. Kg8 f2 66. Kf8 f1=Q 67. Kg7 Qg2+ 68. Kf6 Rh7 69. Ke6 Qc6+ 70. Ke7 Qd5 71. Ke8 Qxf7+ 72. Kd8 Rh8#) 51. Kg4 $11 {The position is equal.} Kc3 52. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Kb3 53. Ra1 Kb2 54. Re1 a2 55. h5 a1=Q (55... Ra6 {feels hotter.} 56. Kg5 Re6 57. Rh1 Re5+ 58. Kg4 a1=Q) 56. Rxa1 Rxa1 57. Kxf4 {KR-KPP} Kc3 58. h6 Kd4 (58... Rh1 $5 59. Kg5 $8 Kc4 $11) 59. Kf5 Kd5 (59... Ra6 $5 60. Kg5 $8 Ke5 $11) 60. h7 Rh1 61. Kg6 $1 Ke6 62. Kg7 $1 Rg1+ 63. Kf8 $1 Rh1 64. Kg8 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,74,20,29,7,5,12,16,11,23,22,28,23,47,25,34,25,37,30,37,37,30,19,46,10,22,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,5,7,10,10,108,10,10,9,9,-31,7,5,20,11,45,10,10,9,51,4,13,6,6,4,6,3,5]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Re8 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4a5][%mdl 32]} (7. Bg5 a6 8. Bc4 Be7 9. a4 d6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 Nf4 {½-½ (39) So,W (2810)-Anand,V (2783) Leon 2017}) 7... a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 10. Re1 (10. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Be7 11. a4 $14) 10... Bf8 11. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Nce5 Be6 {1-0 (45) Alekseev,E (2683)-Godena,M (2526) Eilat 2012}) 11... f6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. Na5 Rb8 15. Be3 Be6 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Ndb3 Qf7 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 f5 21. d5 cxd5 22. exf5 $1 Bxf5 23. Bf4 Rxe1+ (23... Bb1 $5 24. Be5 Nd7 25. Qxc7 Rec8 $15) 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[%cal Re8e1] [#]} 26. h3 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Nd7 28. Qxc7 Qxf2 {White must now prevent ...Be4.} 29. Qd8+ Nf8 (29... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Rf2f4]} 30. Qg5 Be4 $11) 30. Qxd5+ Be6 31. Qe5 b6 32. Be3 Qf7 $1 33. Nc6 Qd7 34. Nd4 (34. Nb8 $5 {[%cal Rb8d7]} Qb5 35. Qd6 $16) 34... Bd5 {The position is equal.} 35. Nf5 Ng6 36. Qb8+ Nf8 37. g4 Be6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M amin"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,71,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,19,12,17,26,12,23,5,25,20,25,-1,-8,-14,16,13,10,6,20,0,0,0,0,-23,-8,-38,-4,-8,-7,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. O-O h6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (9... c6 10. Re1 Nd5 {½-½ (10) Gomez Garrido,C (2504)-Ipatov,A (2625) Panama City 2013}) 10. Bd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 11. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Bf6 14. c3 Re8 15. Bd3 Bd7 {½-½ (15) Lorenzini,M (2463)-Munoz,F (2279) Rosario 2017}) 11... d5 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Rfe1 Na6 14. d4 Nb4 15. Rac1 {And now a3 would win.} Be6 16. a3 Nc6 17. c5 a6 18. Bd3 Nh7 19. h3 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 (20... hxg5 {seems wilder.} 21. Ne2 Bf6 22. Be3 Re8 23. b4 g4) 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Ne2 Re8 23. b4 Bd7 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Nc3 Nxd4 26. Nxd5 Bc6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Bc4 ({Don't play} 28. Nxc7 Rc8 $17) 28... Bxd5 29. Bxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} c6 30. Bc4 f6 31. Rd1 Nc2 32. Bb3 Nxa3 33. Rd7 Re7 34. Rd8+ Re8 35. Rd7 {Strongly threatening Rf7+.} Re7 36. Rd8+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,83,35,45,56,39,52,42,58,75,48,60,26,23,43,34,0,14,-35,0,0,203,218,198,122,110,50,76,0,0,0,0,-420,0,19,106,72,129,106,216,168,227,227,227,227,227,223,208,208,209,200,236,236,220,213,193,208,198,148,148,148,148,148,155,156,171,68]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (7... d5 8. exd6 e5 9. O-O Bxd6 10. d3 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Be6 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Re1 Bxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. Na3 f5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4+ {½-½ (41) Adams,M (2740)-Wojtaszek,R (2733) Biel 2015}) 8. O-O Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Re1 Qf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. Na3 d5 13. d3 Bd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Bd4 Qc6 16. Nb5 Qh6 17. Be3 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. Nd6+ {1-0 (19) Waterfield,J (1982)-Weaver,S England 2013}) 12. d3 cxd3 13. Qxd3 {Hoping for a5.} d5 14. a5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Bc5 $1 15. Re2 Nd7 16. Ra4 g6 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. Rh4 (18. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rb2b4]} Nf6 19. Be3 $15) 18... b6 (18... Bd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6g3]} 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 b6 $15) 19. Bg5 Qd6 $2 (19... f6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 20. Bxg6+ Kd8) 20. Qh3 $1 $18 bxa5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ba6.} ({Much worse is} 20... Ba6 $6 21. Re1 $16) 21. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf8 $16 {[#]} (21... fxg6 22. Rxe6+) 22. Bd3 ({Stronger than} 22. Bxh7 Ba6 $17) ({White should try} 22. Bc2 $1 $16) 22... Ba6 23. b4 (23. Nd2 $16) 23... axb4 $11 24. cxb4 Bxb4 25. Rb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Nc3 $1 $11 Bxc3 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27. Qxc3) 25... Bxd3 $2 (25... Qe5 $19 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 26. Bxa6 Qxb2) 26. Rhxb4 Bxb1 (26... Ba6 $11) 27. Rxb1 Nd7 (27... Rg8 $142 28. Bd2 Rc8) 28. Rb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qe5 (28... Rg8 $16) 29. Qh4 {White is clearly better.} Qe4 {[#]} (29... d4 $142) 30. Qg3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg3d6] White threatens Qd6 and mate.} Rg8 {...Rd8 is the strong threat.} 31. Qd6 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd6e7]} Qxb1+ 32. Rxb1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd6e7]} Rxg5 33. Rb7 Rd8 34. Rxa7 d4 35. Qxd4 Rd5 36. Qa4 Kf8 {Strongly threatening ...Nc5.} 37. h3 {aiming for Qh4.} Ne5 38. Qe4 Ng6 39. g3 h5 40. h4 Kg8 41. Kg2 Rf5 42. Ra8 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 54%.} (42. Qe2 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Rc8 12. Bb3 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxd5 a5 16. h4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal. B78: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 0-0-0 Rc8} (16. a3 Qc7 17. Kb1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Bb3 Qa5 20. Qd4+ f6 21. h4 Rc5 22. g4 Ra8 23. Kc1 Ba4 24. Kd2 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Rac8 26. Ke3 Qb6 27. Ke2 Rc2+ 28. Ke3 R8c5 {0-1 (28) Ortiz Suarez,I (2517)-Gashimov,V (2740) Ourense 2009}) 16... e6 17. h5 exd5 18. hxg6 hxg6 {[#] aiming for ...Rh8.} 19. Qh6+ Kf6 20. Qh4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rh5 Ke7 21. Rhxd5 Qc7 22. Qd2 Be6 23. Rxd6 Qc5 {0-1 (32) Haarr,J (2209)-Hauge,L (2400) Norway 2015}) 20... Kg7 $1 {White must now prevent ...Qxh4.} 21. Qh6+ Kf6 {Threatens to win with ...Rh8.} 22. Qh4+ $1 Kg7 $1 {[#] ...Qxh4 is the strong threat.} 23. Qh6+ Kf6 {And now ...Rh8 would win.} 24. Qh4+ $1 Kg7 $1 {Hoping for ...Qxh4.} 25. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,90,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-18,-31,-14,-87,-48,-69,-33,-52,-46,-157,-172,-288,-295,-393,-406,-397,0,-732,-729,-716,-715,-697,29994,-700,-677,-691,-678,-660,-669,-656,-627,-749,-719,-705,-677,-650,-697,-996,-800,-29969,-29973,-12844,-4927,-4927,-4910,-1285,-1231,-29957,-4806,-29980,-29981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 Nxd5 11. Rd1 c6 12. Ne1 {D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6} Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. c4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Nb6 {[#]} 15. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qc3 Nbxc4 16. Bh6 f6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Nf3 Kg7 {½-½ (18) Brodda,W (2591)-Borstnik,A (2504) ICCF email 2010}) 15... Nbc4 16. Bh6 Re8 $1 17. Nf3 f6 18. Rd4 Be6 19. Bf4 Qc8 $1 20. Rad1 b5 21. Nh4 $1 Kf7 22. Qe4 (22. Be4 $11 Rg8 23. Bd3) 22... Kg7 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 23. Bc1 g5 (23... a6 $5 {[%cal Rg6g5]} 24. Bf3 Ne5 $17) 24. Qc2 $1 gxh4 {[#]} 25. Rxh4 (25. Bh6+ $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (25... Kxh6 26. Rxh4+) 26. Rxh4) 25... Bf5 26. Be4 (26. Bh6+ $142 Kf7 27. e4) 26... Bg6 $1 $19 27. Rxh7+ Bxh7 28. Bxh7 Qg4 $2 (28... Ne5 $1 $19 29. f4 Rh8) 29. Rd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Bf5 $11 Na3 30. Bxa3 (30. Bxg4 $2 {too greedy.} Nxc2 31. Bf5 Nb4 $19)) 29... Qxd4 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6 {[#]} Qd1+ $1 32. Kg2 {[#] Intending Bf5+ and mate.} Qxc1 $1 33. e3 {[#]} (33. Qxc1 Kxh7) 33... Nxe3+ $1 34. fxe3 {[#]} Qxe3 $1 35. Qxe3 {White threatens Qh6 and mate.} Kxh7 36. h4 Kg7 37. Qe4 Nc4 38. Qxc6 Ne5 39. Qxb5 Reb8 40. Qa6 Rb2+ 41. Kh3 Kf7 42. Qa3 Rb1 43. Qc3 Rd8 44. c6 Rd3 (44... Rh1+ $142 45. Kg2 Rhd1 46. c7 R8d2+ 47. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 48. Kf1 Rc2 49. Ke1 Rxc7 50. Kd2 Rc4 51. Ke3 Rc3+ 52. Kf2 Rc2+ 53. Ke3 Rxa2 54. g4 a5 55. Kd4 Rc2 56. g5 a4 57. h5 Rc4+ 58. Ke3 fxg5 59. h6 a3 60. h7 Kg7 61. Kd2 a2 62. h8=Q+ Kxh8 63. Ke3 a1=Q 64. Kf2 Qb2+ 65. Ke3 Ng4+ 66. Kf3 Qf2#) 45. Qc5 Rd2 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,124,43,37,47,42,40,35,36,44,39,37,39,23,17,22,44,50,50,51,33,25,58,56,64,55,64,83,163,162,175,165,143,33,56,81,156,147,141,147,235,219,201,168,247,245,250,248,217,233,227,227,471,464,447,449,359,134,189,177,328,287,308,318,348,353,364,345,364,365,364,364,355,332,351,346,308,188,12841,218,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12846,12848,12848,12850,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,0,12851,29953,12851,12851,12851,12851,29967,29968,12851,29971,12851,29981,12851,29983,12851]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 Qe7 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nc3 d5 $146 {E11: Bogo-Indian} ({Predecessor:} 8... e5 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 c6 11. Rfe1 Na6 12. h3 Nc7 13. Rad1 b6 14. b4 Bb7 15. c5 exd4 16. Nxd4 dxc5 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. e5 Rad8 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Nfe8 22. Ne4 Qb4 23. Red1 Qa4 24. R1d7 {1-0 (24) Prohaszka,P (2592)-Kazakovskiy,V (2454) Fagernes 2017}) 9. O-O Rd8 10. Rfd1 Nbd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qd3 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nh4 {[%cal Bf3h4,Bh4f5,Bf5h6][%mdl 32]} (13. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} c6 14. Rac1 $11) 13... Nf8 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. g4 Ng6 17. Qf3 Re8 18. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} c6 19. h5 Ne7 20. Nh6+ $1 Kf8 (20... gxh6 $16 21. Qxf6 Rad8) 21. g5 $18 Neg8 {[#]} 22. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3d7]} Qd8 23. gxf6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} (23. Nf5 $16) 23... gxh6 24. Nb5 $1 Qxf6 (24... cxb5 $142 25. Qa3+ Ne7) 25. Nc7 $16 Qxf3 26. exf3 Re2 (26... Nf6 $16 27. Nxa8 Bxa8) 27. Nxa8 $18 Bxa8 28. Bd7 Rxb2 (28... Nf6 $142) 29. Re1 (29. Bxc6 $6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxa2 $16) 29... Nf6 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Nxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 32. Rc7 (32. Rxh6 $6 Nf4 $16) 32... Rxa2 $2 (32... Kg7 {keeps fighting.} 33. Rxa7 Kg6) 33. Ree7 Kg7 34. Rxf7+ Kg6 35. Rxa7 $2 ({Weaker is} 35. Rxh7 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 $16) (35. Rfe7 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 35... Rd2 {[#]} (35... Rxa7 $16 36. Rxa7 Nf4) 36. Rf8 $1 Rxd4 $2 (36... Rd1+ {is a better defense.} 37. Kg2 Rxd4 38. Rg8+ Kf6) 37. Rg8+ Kf5 38. Rf7+ Ke5 39. Re8+ ({Not} 39. Rxh7 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Nf4+ 41. Kh2 Rd3 $16) 39... Kd6 40. Rxh7 Nf4 41. Rxh6+ Kc5 42. Rc8+ Kb5 43. Rb8 Kc5 44. Rbxb6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rh6c6]} ({Don't do} 44. Rhxb6 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Nd3 $18) 44... Rd3 45. Rhf6 Rxf3 $2 (45... Nh3+ 46. Kh2 Nxf2 47. Rfc6+ Kd4) 46. Rbe6 $2 (46. Ra6 {Kf1 is the strong threat.} Kd4 47. Kf1) 46... Kd4 $2 (46... d4 47. Kf1 Nxe6 48. Rxf3 Kd5) 47. Kf1 Kd3 48. Re8 Kd4 49. Rf5 Kd3 50. Rfe5 Kc4 51. Re3 Rxe3 52. Rxe3 {KR-KN} d4 53. Re4 Nd5 54. Re5 Nc3 55. Ke1 d3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Kd3 $11) 56. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Kd4 57. Re8 Ne4 58. f5 {White threatens Rxe4+! and mate.} Nd6 59. f6 Kc3 60. Kd1 d2 61. Re3+ Kd4 62. Re7 (62. Kxd2 $18 Kc5 63. Re7 Nc4+ 64. Kd3) 62... Kd5 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,75,5,8,14,0,0,0,6,0,0,9,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-279,-221,-507,-512,-499,-510,-503,-503,-472,-384,-675,-671,-754,-740,-29972,-29973,-6245,-6111,-29991]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4+ Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 15. Kxg2 {LiveBook: 70 Games} Nd7 (15... a5 16. Rac1 Na6 17. Rc6 Rab8 18. a3 Rfd8 19. e3 Rb7 20. f4 Nc5 21. Kf3 Re8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 {½-½ (40) Pantsulaia,L (2607)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Doha 2016}) 16. Rfd1 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 17. Rac1 Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rfc8 18. Nb5 a5 19. Kf3 h5 20. h3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. Rc2 {½-½ (29) Andersson,U (2521)-Henderson de la Fuente,L (2362) Bad Wiessee 2016}) 18. Nb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd8 20. Nxa7 Rd2 21. a4 Rxe2 22. Rc6 Rb2 23. Rxb6 Ng4 24. Nc6 (24. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Nxf2 25. a5 $11) 24... e5 25. h3 Nxf2 {next ...e4 is good for Black.} 26. Kf3 e4+ 27. Ke3 f5 $1 28. Rb7+ Kf6 {Strongly threatening ...Nd1+.} 29. Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Rb6 $11) 29... Nxh3 30. b4 $2 (30. Rd6+ {keeps fighting.} Kg5 31. b4 Rb3+ 32. Kd4 Rxg3 33. a5 Rd3+ 34. Kc5 Rxd6 35. Kxd6) 30... Rb3+ $19 31. Kd2 Rxg3 32. b5 e3+ 33. Kc2 e2 34. Re7 $2 (34. Rd6+ Kg5 35. Re6) 34... Nf4 35. b6 {[#] Hoping for b7.} Nd5 36. b7 Nxe7 37. b8=Q e1=Q {( -> ...Qf2+)} 38. Qh8+ {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,60,10,6,15,-8,-5,-5,-9,-18,-11,-12,-16,-60,-29,-65,-63,-67,-56,-74,-74,-74,-70,-70,-64,-82,-69,-68,-43,-64,-29,-31,-37,-60,-31,-44,0,-74,-55,-49,0,-68,0,-62,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 7. a4 (7. c3 a4 8. Qc2 c5 9. e4 Nc6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Nf1 Qb6 12. Bf4 b4 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 {1-0 (30) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 7... b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Re8 11. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 Bf8 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. Rad1 {1-0 (37) Sasikiran,K (2573)-Bischoff,K (2556) Hastings 2001}) 11... e5 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. g4 {[#] And now g5 would win.} g6 14. Ng3 {g5 is the strong threat.} h6 15. h3 Bg7 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Rfd1 Nfd7 18. Nb1 Ne6 19. Qf1 c6 20. Nc3 Qh4 21. Nce2 Rad8 22. Rab1 Ba8 23. Bc3 c5 24. Be1 Qe7 25. Bh1 Bh8 26. Bg2 Bg7 27. Bh1 Nc7 28. Bg2 Ne6 29. Nc3 (29. Bh1 $11) 29... Nc7 30. Nce2 $1 Ne6 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 47%.} (30... Na6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,94,3,1,-4,0,8,6,0,0,12,19,0,0,0,0,-5,-4,-15,-14,-14,-18,-21,-17,-47,-20,-19,-15,-7,-7,-12,-12,-12,-12,-9,-18,-6,-36,-37,-37,-67,-62,-85,-67,-75,-72,-74,-71,-131,-118,-132,-121,-123,-127,-122,-117,-118,-117,-117,-116,-197,-197,-197,-197,-191,-184,-264,-261,-744,-752,-680,-658,-924,-928,-939,-921,-855,-403]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. d4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. f4 c5 {LiveBook: 21 Games. C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (10... Nc6 11. Qc3 Ne7 12. Qe1 O-O 13. e5 Nfd5 14. f5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 c6 16. Nc3 f6 17. Qe4 Kh8 {½-½ (17) Iermito,S (2482)-Perez Ponsa,F (2576) Buenos Aires 2015}) 11. Qd2 c4 {[#] And now ...Nc6 would win.} 12. fxe5 Qb6+ {The position is equal.} 13. Qe3 Qxe3+ 14. Bxe3 dxe5 15. Bxc4 (15. Bh6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g7]} O-O 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rxf6 $11) 15... bxc4 16. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nd2 Be6 {½-½ (16) Lukyanenko,A (2441)-Dolya,A (2361) ICCF email 2012}) 16... Rb8 17. b3 Bb7 18. Rf5 (18. Bh6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g7]} O-O 19. Rxf6 $11) 18... O-O 19. Bc5 Rfe8 20. Re1 cxb3 21. cxb3 Nd7 22. Bb4 f6 23. Rf2 Nf8 24. Rd2 Ne6 25. Ba5 Rec8 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Nf8 28. Re4 Rb5 29. b4 Nd7 30. Ree2 Kf7 31. a4 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rb8 33. d6 ({White should try} 33. Ra2) 33... Ke6 $17 34. Rc2 Ra1 35. Rc7 Rxa4 36. Rec2 Rb5 37. Rc8 {Re8+ would now be nice for White.} Rd5 38. Re8+ Kf5 39. Bc7 (39. Re7 $17 {is a better defense.} Rxd6 40. Rxg7) 39... Rxb4 $19 40. Re7 {[#]} Nc5 $1 41. Rxg7 h5 42. h3 (42. g3 $142) 42... Ne4+ 43. Kf3 $2 (43. Ke1 Rbd4 44. Rc1) 43... Rb3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Ke2 Kf4 {( -> ...Re3+)} 45. g3+ Nxg3+ 46. Kf2 Ne4+ 47. Kg2 Rbd3 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 90%.} (47... Rb1 $142 48. d7 Rdd1 49. Rf2+ Nxf2) 0-1

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mousavi, Seyed Khalil"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,74,9,14,20,21,3,12,19,29,19,16,18,21,14,9,5,53,39,50,39,40,21,56,54,55,53,54,60,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,191,-17,22,22,22,30,28,15,23,47,62,-193,-192,-201,-199,-187,-201,-246,-249,-773,-317,-346,-333,-688,-688,-29992,-29993]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 {LiveBook: 8 Games. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 7. b4 O-O 8. Bb2 Re8 {The position is equal.} (8... e4 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 9. b5 Ne7 $11) (8... Bg4 9. b5 Ne7 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 Ng6 {1-0 (55) Korobov,A (2695)-Tari,A (2597) Dubai 2017}) 9. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b5 Ne7 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 axb5 12. axb5 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 c5 14. bxc6 Nxc6 {½-½ (43) Stripunsky,A (2551)-Benjamin,J (2547) Albany 2013}) 9... Bf5 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qb3 Bg4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxf3.} 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. b5 Ne7 14. h3 Bf5 15. d3 Ng6 {[%cal Be7g6,Bg6h4,Bh4g2][%mdl 32]} 16. Nd2 c5 17. Ne4 Nh4 18. Kh2 d5 19. Nxf6+ (19. Nxc5 $6 Rc8 $11) 19... Qxf6 20. cxd5 ({Better is} 20. g3 $1 $14) 20... Nxg2 $1 $11 21. Kxg2 {Black must now prevent Rg1.} Qg5+ $1 22. Kh2 Qh4 $1 23. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f5]} Bxh3 24. Rh1 $1 {Qd2 is the strong threat.} f5 $2 {[#]} (24... Rad8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 25. Qxc5 Rc8) 25. exf5 $2 ({White must play} 25. Bf3 $1 $18) 25... e4 (25... Rf8 $5 {[%cal Rf8f5]} 26. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 27. Kxh3 Qxf5+ 28. Bg4 Qxe5 $18) 26. d6 {aiming for Qc4+.} ({Avoid the trap} 26. Qxc5 $2 e3 $19) 26... exd3 27. Bxd3 Bxf5+ $1 28. Kg2 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qf3 {[%cal Rf3h1]} 30. Qc4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Bc4+ $14 Kh8 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qb2+ Kg6 33. Rg1+ Bg4 34. Rg2) 30... Re6 $19 {[%cal Rf3h1]} 31. Kg1 Qxd3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 32. Qxd3 Bxd3 33. Rh5 Rg6+ ({Don't take} 33... Rxd6 34. Rg5) 34. Kh1 $2 (34. Kh2) 34... Bxb5 (34... Be4+ $142 35. Kh2 Rf8) 35. Rxc5 Bc6+ 36. Kh2 $2 (36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Be5) 36... Rf8 37. Rg1 {and the idea Rxg6 leaves White hopeful.} Rxf2+ {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,152,4,4,13,6,8,6,52,47,51,47,44,39,138,138,138,130,218,190,237,229,226,229,243,231,553,308,318,285,285,280,402,289,303,293,270,266,265,278,231,239,318,0,338,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,31,31,38,45,59,1008,7,897,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 a5 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxb6 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (11. Rc1 a4 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nxa4 e4 14. Ne1 Nd4 15. Nc3 Bg5 16. e3 Nb3 17. Bxe4 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Qd7 19. d4 Qxd4 {1-0 (36) Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Bocharov,D (2609) Apatity 2011}) 11... cxb6 12. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 13. Nc4 f6 {[#]} 14. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rc1 Rf7 15. Re1 Bf8 16. Qb3 Bc5 17. Na4 {½-½ (17) Maslak,K (2548)-Lovkov,R (2435) Peterhof 2007}) 14... Na7 15. Bxb7 Rc7 16. Bg2 Rd7 17. Qa4 Rxd3 ({Black should try} 17... Qb8 $14) 18. Rfd1 $16 Bc5 19. Be4 Rd7 (19... Rxd1+ $16 {is a better defense.} 20. Rxd1 Qe8) 20. b4 Be7 {White should prevent ...b5.} 21. Rxd7 (21. bxa5 b5 $17) 21... Bxd7 22. Qc2 axb4 23. axb4 {[%cal Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 $2 (23... Nc8 {is more resistant.} 24. Bxh7+ Kh8) 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Bg6 {Intending Qd1 and mate.} Be8 26. Rd1 Qb8 (26... Bxg6 $142 27. Qxg6 Qe8 28. Qxe8 Rxe8) 27. b5 Nb4 28. Qf5 Bxg6 29. Qxg6 Qc7 30. Qg4 f5 31. Qe2 Rc8 32. Qh5+ Kg8 {[#]} 33. Qxf5 $2 ({Stronger than} 33. Nxb6 Qxb6 34. Nd5 Nxd5 $17) (33. Na4 $1 $18) 33... Qxc4 $11 34. Ne4 $1 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Qxe5 Qd5 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. h4 Nd3 39. f4 Qf5 (39... Nb4 $11) 40. Nd6 (40. h5 $1 $14) 40... Qg4 41. Qe4+ g6 42. Qxd3 Qxg3+ 43. Kf1 Bxh4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rg3f2]} 44. Ne4 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Kh6 46. Kh2 Kh5 47. Qd5+ Kh6 48. Qe5 {[%cal Re5h8]} Kh7 49. Qe6 Kh6 50. Qe5 {[%cal Re5h8]} (50. f5 $5 Qxf5 51. Qxf5 gxf5 52. Nd6 $11) 50... Kh7 51. Ng5+ Bxg5 $1 52. fxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening Qc7+. KQ-KQ} Qf2+ 53. Kh3 {Hoping for Qc7+.} Qf1+ 54. Kg3 Qg1+ 55. Kf3 Qf1+ 56. Ke4 {And now Qc7+ would win.} Qc4+ 57. Qd4 Qxb5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rb5f5]} 58. Qd5 Qb1+ 59. Ke5 b5 60. e4 {Threatening mate with Qb7+.} Qa1+ 61. Qd4 Qa3 62. Qd7+ Kh8 63. Qc8+ Kg7 64. Qb7+ Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (64... Kg8 $14) 65. Qxb5 $2 (65. Ke6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rb7f7]} Kg8 66. Qf7+ (66. Qxb5 Qh3+ 67. Ke7 Qa3+ 68. Ke6 Qh3+ 69. Kd6 Qg3+ 70. Qe5 Qa3+ 71. Qc5 Qg3+ 72. Kc6 Qf4 $18) 66... Kh8 67. Qb7 (67. Qxg6 Qa6+ 68. Kf5 Qc8+ 69. Qe6 Qxe6+ 70. Kxe6 Kg7 $11)) 65... Qg3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Qe7+ $11 66. Kd4 Qd6+ 67. Qd5 Qb4+ 68. Kd3 Qa3+ 69. Kc4 Qa6+ 70. Kb4 Ke7 71. Qe5+ Qe6 72. Qc7+ Ke8) 66. Kd4 $2 (66. Ke6 $18) 66... Qg1+ {The position is equal.} 67. Kc4 Qc1+ 68. Kd5 {aiming for Qc5+.} (68. Kd4 $5 {[%cal Rb5c5]} Qg1+ 69. Kc4 Qc1+ 70. Kd5 Qxg5+ 71. e5 $11) 68... Qxg5+ 69. e5 Qd8+ 70. Kc4 Kf7 71. Qc6 g5 72. Qh6 Qc8+ 73. Kd4 {Qh7+ is the strong threat.} Qg4+ 74. Kc5 Qf5 75. Kd6 Qd3+ 76. Kc5 $1 Qc3+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,70,66,37,41,27,42,37,43,42,35,35,38,47,39,18,29,26,26,26,30,31,31,22,23,22,28,22,28,27,33,25,54,0,59,55,46,50,64,60,60,60,75,68,78,73,57,57,89,0,42,47,33,50,298,272,172,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} c6 4. f4 Qb6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 {B06: Modern Defence} Bg4 7. Be2 Nh6 8. Na4 (8. Nh4 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 e6 10. O-O c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Kh1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 {½-½ (30) Ter Sahakyan,S (2598)-Andreikin,D (2723) Minsk 2017}) 8... Qc7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 9. Nc5 Nf5 10. c3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... e6 11. O-O Bf8 12. Nd3 c5 13. Qa4+ {0-1 (25) Santos Ruiz,M (2078)-Teran Alvarez,I (2399) Seville 2013}) 11. Nxd7 {Hoping for Nc5.} Qxd7 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 e6 14. g4 Ne7 {[%cal Bf5e7,Be7c8,Bc8b6][%mdl 32]} 15. O-O h6 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3f2,Bf2h4][%mdl 32]} Kb8 18. Bf2 Nc8 19. Bh4 Rdg8 20. a4 Ka8 21. Kg2 Rh7 22. h3 Bf8 23. b4 Nb6 24. Nd2 (24. a5 $14 Nc4 25. Bf6) 24... h5 (24... g5 $11 25. a5 gxh4) 25. Bf6 $14 hxg4 26. hxg4 Be7 27. a5 Nc4 28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Rh1 $1 {[%cal Rh1h7]} ({Wrong is} 29. Qxc4 $2 Bxf6 30. Rh1 Bh4 $19) 29... Rxh1 $1 30. Rxh1 Bxf6 31. exf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} g5 32. Qe5 (32. Rh7 $16) 32... gxf4 (32... c5 $5 33. Qxc5 Qa4 34. Qxg5 Qc2+ 35. Kg1 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Kf1 Qd3+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Qd2+ 41. Kf1 Rd8 $11) 33. Kf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] White has some attack.} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. bxc5 {Rh7 is the strong threat.} Qa4 $2 {[#]} (34... a6 $1 $14) 35. a6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra6b7] Threatens to win with axb7+.} Qxa6 {[#]} 36. Kxf4 $2 ({White has to play} 36. g5 $1 $18) 36... Qa2 $11 {( -> ...Qf2+). The position is equal.} 37. Qe3 {[#]} Rxg4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Kxg4 {[%cal Rh1h8]} Qg2+ 39. Qg3 {[%cal Rh1h8]} Qxh1 40. Qc7 {[%cal Rc7d8]} Qg2+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,73,26,25,2,15,15,15,-11,-20,-18,-25,0,0,0,0,-31,-27,-58,13,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,57,0,76,63,57,65,148,148,153,141,110,32,76,31,143,142,153,145,205,193,398,369,385,375,370,368]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2 Be7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 9. a4 h6 (9... O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. a5 Nbd7 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. Re1 Rfc8 14. Ra4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qc6 16. Rd1 Bd8 17. Nf3 b5 18. axb6 Bxb6 {½-½ (31) Swiercz,D (2649)-Mareco,S (2648) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. O-O Be6 {LiveBook: 10 Games. White has an edge.} 11. Nh4 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Qd2 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qd7 15. f4 Qxf5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 {½-½ (35) Wieclaw,M (2165)-Mazurkiewicz,M (2110) Sielpa 2004}) 12. g3 O-O 13. a5 Nc6 14. Nd5 Nxe4 15. Nb6 Qd8 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Ng2 (17. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3e4]} d5 18. f3 $11) 17... d5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 18. c3 Ng5 (18... d4 $15 19. cxd4 exd4) 19. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nh3+ $1 20. Kh1 {aiming for f5.} d4 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Bd2 {Threatens to win with Bg4.} ({Much worse is} 22. Bxd4 Rd8 $17) 22... Qc8 $1 23. Bd3 Qd7 ({Don't take} 23... Bd5 $2 24. Qh5 $18) 24. Be4 f5 (24... Re8 $11) 25. Bd3 (25. Bc2 $14) 25... g6 (25... Bb4 $1 $11) 26. Qe2 $1 $16 Kg7 27. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e6]} Bd5 ({Black should play} 27... Bxc4 $14 28. Qxc4 Rc8) 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. Ne1 (30. Nh4 $16) 30... g5 $1 $14 31. fxg5 Bxg5 {[#]} (31... hxg5 $14 32. Nd3 g4) 32. Bf4 $1 $16 Be7 33. Nd3 Ng5 {[#]} (33... Rd8 $16 {was called for.} 34. Rae1 Qd5 35. Be5+ Kg8 36. Qxd5+ Rxd5 37. Rxf5 Rxa5) 34. Qg2 $1 $18 Bb4 $2 (34... Nf7 {keeps fighting.} 35. Rac1 Qe6) 35. Bxg5 {White is winning.} hxg5 36. Nxb4 Nxb4 37. Qd2 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,44,0,0,28,26,29,30,39,20,14,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,8,13,8,9,8,18,0,10,0,24,0,16,0,26]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Bc4 {LiveBook: 13 Games. A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} c6 9. e5 (9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. e5 Bg7 12. a3 Na6 {½-½ (12) Rakhmanov,A (2662)-Matinian,N (2495) Sochi 2016}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O {White has an edge.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Na6 11. Qe2 Nc7 12. Nh4 g5 13. Nhf3 Bf5 14. Rfe1 Qd7 15. Nf1 d5 {1-0 (47) Smirnov,V (2279)-Vorontsov,N (2314) Nev Ladoga 2012}) 11. Qe1 (11. e6 $5 f5 12. Re1 $14) 11... e6 12. Qe3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 ({Reject} 13. Qxf3 dxe5 14. Rad1 exd4 $17) 13... Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 14. exd6 Nb6 15. Bb3 {And now c4 would win.} Qxd6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qe3 Nd5 20. Qe4 Nf6 21. Qe3 Nd5 22. Qe4 Nf6 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,87,46,32,37,69,54,54,72,64,67,56,42,67,55,106,61,80,39,45,31,32,31,62,53,55,0,0,19,14,12,20,0,8,0,0,0,0,-40,-7,-61,-75,-62,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Be7 {C58: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 sidelines} (8... Rb8 9. Bd3 h6 10. Ne4 Nd5 11. b3 Nf4 12. Bb2 f6 13. O-O Be7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bf1 c5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Nh5 Bb7 {½-½ (62) Ganguly,S (2614)-Amin,B (2627) Abu Dhabi 2014}) 9. Bd3 h6 10. Ne4 Nd5 11. Ng3 g6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. O-O f5 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Bf1 e4 16. Qd1 {½-½ (25) Meissner,R (2238)-Lanin,B (2150) ICCF email 2013}) 13... Bf6 14. Bf1 O-O {[#]} 15. d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} e4 (15... exd4 16. Bxh6) 16. Qd1 $1 Bg7 17. Na3 Be6 (17... Nb7 $14) 18. c3 Bf7 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. Bd2 {[#] aiming for c4.} Nb7 $1 21. Nc4 Nb6 22. Qa6 $1 Rad8 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Bc4 c5 25. Bxf7+ Rxf7 26. Ne2 g5 $1 27. b4 f4 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Qe6 Nd6 30. dxc5 ({Better is} 30. Rad1 $11) 30... Qxc5 $15 {Strongly threatening ...Re8.} 31. Nd4 Nc4 ({Black should try} 31... Re8 $15 32. Qb3 Nc4) 32. Bc1 $11 {[%cal Bd2c1,Bc1a3,Ba3d6][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Nd6 33. Qb3 {Hoping for Ne6.} Rc8 34. Ba3 Qxc3 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. Bxd6 {Threatens to win with Rad1.} Bxd4 37. Rxe4 Rd3 38. Rf1 Bxf2+ 39. Rxf2 {Black must now prevent Be7.} Rd1+ 40. Rf1 Rxd6 41. a4 Rd2 42. Rf2 Rd1+ 43. Rf1 Rd2 44. Rf2 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,121,-12,3,0,11,12,45,39,35,35,46,33,28,32,69,81,78,69,69,69,82,84,87,69,69,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,73,72,68,48,56,70,61,43,52,52,108,124,144,118,129,72,69,60,64,26,68,68,68,0,22,0,68,68,68,68,66,64,64,45,35,25,53,49,82,70,87,72,72,16,16,29,111,119,124,124,225,215,213,218,204,194,185,204,189,213,200,199,189,195,531,510,440,204,1047,1008,2306,2427,4586,3904]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. Bf4 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} e6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Qb3 Qb6 (10... Qd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bg7 13. Nd2 Rg8 14. Nf3 Ne4 15. O-O Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qe7 {1-0 (49) Socko,B (2599)-Eljanov,P (2717) Berlin 2015}) 11. Na3 {The position is equal.} Bxa3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Ne5 Rg8 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bf4 a6 {½-½ (62) Vavra,P (2459)-Meduna,E (2482) Czechia 2002}) 12. Qxa3 Rg8 13. O-O Ne4 14. Ne1 Qb5 15. Qb3 a6 16. Qxb5 axb5 17. Nd3 Ke7 18. f3 Nd6 19. a3 Nc4 20. Kf2 h5 21. h4 f6 22. Rae1 Kf7 23. Re2 Ne7 24. Rfe1 Ng6 $1 25. Rxe6 {Hoping for Bc1.} Nxb2 26. Nxb2 Nxf4 27. Re7+ Kf8 $1 28. g3 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 Nf4+ ({Better is} 29... f4 $1 $14 30. g4 (30. Kxh3 Rxg3+ 31. Kh2 Rxf3 $11) 30... hxg4 31. fxg4 Rxa3) 30. Kh2 $16 Ng6 31. Rxb7 Rg7 32. Rxb5 (32. Rb6 $142) 32... Rxa3 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Nd3 {Reb1 is the strong threat.} f4 35. Rb7+ (35. gxf4 $6 Rxc3 36. Re3 Rc4 $11) 35... Kf8 $1 36. Rb8+ Kf7 {Strongly threatening ...fxg3+.} 37. Rb7+ Kf8 $1 38. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 39. Rc1 $1 fxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Ne7 41. Kf4 Kf7 42. Nb4 Rb3 43. Ke3 Rb2 44. Ra1 Rh2 45. Ra7 Ke6 46. Na6 (46. Ra6+ $16 Kf7 47. Ra7) 46... Nf5+ $11 47. Kd3 {Black must now prevent Nc7+.} Rf2 (47... Nxh4 $11 {remains equal.} 48. Nc7+ Kf5) 48. Nc7+ $1 $16 Kd6 49. Ne8+ Ke6 (49... Kc6 $16) 50. Ra6+ $18 Ke7 51. Nc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7d5]} ({Not} 51. Rxf6 Rxf3+ 52. Ke2 Rf4 $17) 51... Rxf3+ {[#]} 52. Ke2 $1 Nxh4 53. Nxd5+ Kf7 54. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Rf5 {[#]} 55. Ra7+ $1 Kf8 56. Nc7 Nf3 $2 (56... Kf7 {is tougher.} 57. d5 Re5+ 58. Kf2 Ng6) 57. Ne6+ Kg8 58. d5 (58. Ke3 $142) 58... Ne5 $2 (58... h4 59. Rg7+ Kh8) 59. c5 {White is clearly winning.} Nc4 60. d6 Re5+ 61. Kf2 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 36%.} ({Stronger than} 61. Kd3 Nxd6 62. Ra8+ (62. cxd6 Rxe6 63. d7 Rd6+ 64. Ke4 Kf8 $11) 62... Ne8 $11) 1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mousavi, Seyed Khalil"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 8,8,31]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 {Predecessor:} 5. O-O $146 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 b5 9. e4 bxc4 10. Nbd2 e6 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Nxc4 Nc6 14. Bf4 Rb8 15. Rfe1 {½-½ (47) Van Wely,L (2675)-Sokolov,I (2625) Amsterdam 2017} *

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,12,43,56,59,46,57,47,41,41,55,47,56,48,86,83,97,95,97,95,105,51,54,56,48,39,40,39,45,0,0,0,0,-36,-36,-36,0,-39,-13,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O {LiveBook: 9 Games. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (8... Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Be3 Rhd8 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Bb5+ Kd6 19. Rad1 Kc5 20. Re5+ Kd6 21. Ree1 Kc5 22. Re5+ {½-½ (22) Ivanchuk,V (2728)-Wang,Y (2730) Danzhou 2016}) 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Rxe4 Bf5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Re1 Nb4 12. Na3 Re8 {[#]} 13. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} f6 (13... Bxg5 14. Rxe8+) 14. Bd2 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd7 15. c3 Nd3 16. Re3 {½-½ (48) Rihtaric,I (2221)-Gacnik,L (2116) ICCF email 2011}) 15. c3 Bxa3 16. Qb3+ Kh8 {[#] aiming for ...Bd6.} 17. Qxa3 Qd5 18. Qc5 (18. Qb3 $16 Qd7 19. Bf4) 18... Qxc5 $14 19. dxc5 g5 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Be6 22. d5 Bxd5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kg7 26. f4 g4 27. a3 {The position is equal.} f5 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. g3 c6 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Kd4 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-16,-33,-26,-58,-34,-53,-20,-58,-12,-62,-37,-65,-28,-54,-25,-23,25,27,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,4,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-25,-8,-10,-8]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Be2 Qa5 $1 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (7... dxc4 $2 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. d5 $16) 8. Nf3 (8. Bf3 dxc4 9. d5 O-O-O 10. Bd2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. O-O e6 15. b3 Bd3 16. bxc4 Qf5 17. Re1 Bc5 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Be3 Bb4 21. Bd2 Bc5 22. Be3 {½-½ (22) Safarli,E (2664)-Karjakin,S (2779) Shamkir 2016}) 8... dxc4 9. O-O Rd8 10. Re1 h6 11. Be3 (11. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 12. d5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Qc2 $11) 11... g5 12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 Bg7 13. h3 O-O 14. Qa4 g4 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. hxg4 Nxg4 {1-0 (46) Levertov,A (2440)-Moreno Ramos,F (2365) ICCF corr 1995}) 12... Bg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qa6 (14... Qb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c4]} 15. Qd3 e6 $11) 15. b3 b5 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 (18... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 19. Rad1 Qa5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 $15) 19. Nf3 a6 (19... g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 20. Nh4 e6 $11) 20. Na3 g4 21. Nh4 (21. Ne5 $1 $16) 21... Nxe3 $11 22. fxe3 {[#] And now Nc4 would win.} Nxd4 $1 23. Qxg4 Qc5 $1 24. Rad1 ({Don't blunder} 24. exd4 $2 Rxd4 25. Rac1 Rxg4+ $19) 24... h5 25. exd4 Rxd4 26. Qf5 Qxa3 27. Qxh5 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} e6 $1 28. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 Qxa2 30. Qg4+ (30. Ng6 $5 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Bg7 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Qh3+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Qh3+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ $11) 30... Bg7 31. Qc4 Rb8 32. Rf1 Qxb3 33. Qxa6 Qb5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,74,13,16,16,0,16,-7,-11,-6,-7,-5,0,-16,-16,-29,-30,-45,-21,-76,-63,-129,-116,-119,-108,-122,-125,-143,-117,-141,-134,-139,-128,-134,-134,-169,-134,-152,-74,-155,-119,-126,-118,-184,-202,-198,-198,-190,-190,-204,-193,-246,-233,-303,-300,-596,-587,-857,-842,-860,-853,-852,-836]} 1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} e6 7. Be3 Qxb3 8. axb3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. O-O (10. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxf3 11. Bxf3 $11) 10... h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bc5 14. Bd2 {0-1 (60) Ni,H (2677)-Lupulescu,C (2643) Bazna 2014}) 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd4 Bh7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. f4 Bd6 16. Rac1 (16. e4 $11) 16... Kb8 $17 17. Na4 (17. g4 $15) 17... Rhe8 18. Bf3 g5 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Kg2 Bg6 21. Rf2 Ne5 {...g4 is the strong threat.} 22. g4 Nfd7 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 {[#]} f5 (25... Bxd3 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512] White must now prevent ...Bb5.} 26. exd3 Nxd3) 26. b4 (26. gxf5 $142 Bxf5 27. Bxd5 Bxd3 28. Bf3) 26... f4 27. Kf1 Re7 28. Nb3 (28. Rc3 $17) 28... Rh8 $19 29. Bg2 {[#]} f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g2][%mdl 512]} 30. Bxf3 (30. exf3 Rhe8) 30... Rxh3 31. Nd4 Rh4 32. Rg2 (32. Rc3 $142) 32... Rf7 33. Kf2 Nxg4+ 34. Kg3 $2 (34. Kg1 Ne3 35. Rxg5 Rxd4 36. Rxg6) 34... Ne3 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Ne6 Nxg2 36. Nxg5 Rg7 37. Bxg2 Rxb4 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Mousavi, Seyed Khalil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,108,0,0,-5,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,13,12,8,20,6,22,14,16,21,33,31,52,48,54,63,67,13,22,0,0,-20,-30,-34,0,-22,-33,-51,-34,-68,-58,-110,-101,-104,-108,-96,-103,-112,-112,-116,-122,-116,0,0,0,-59,-62,-78,-64,-45,-39,-39,-39,-39,-40,-61,-23,-25,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Ne5 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} c5 7. cxd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. e3 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bf5 9. d4 Qc8 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. b3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qf4 Bd6 14. Nxd5 {½-½ (32) Kramnik,V (2808)-Aronian,L (2793) Leuven 2017}) 9. d4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. b3 Be7 14. Bb2 Bh3 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Ne2 h4 19. Nf4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne4 21. f3 ({Better is} 21. Qe2 $1 $14) 21... Nc5 $11 22. Qc2 (22. Qd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4g7]} Bf6 23. Qd2 (23. Qxc5 Bxb2 24. Rc4 Re8 $11) 23... Bxb2 24. Qxb2 $11) 22... Ne6 23. Qf5 Nxf4+ 24. Qxf4 h3+ 25. Kf2 c5 26. Rd2 d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 27. Rcd1 {[%cal Re3d4]} Qd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Strongly threatening ...Bg5. White is under pressure.} 28. Rd3 (28. e4 $1 $15 Qe6 29. Qf5) 28... Bg5 $17 29. e4 Bxf4 30. exd5 Bc7 31. f4 Rxd5 32. Kf3 Re8 {[#]} 33. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bb6 ({Black should play} 33... cxb4 $17 {aiming for ...Bb6.} 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 a5) 34. bxc5 $11 Bxc5 35. Bc1 (35. g4 $11) 35... f5 $15 36. g4 fxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Re2 38. R1d2 Re1 39. Bb2 {[%cal Rb2d4]} Rg1+ 40. Kf3 $1 Rd7 41. a4 ({Much worse is} 41. Bxd4 Rg2 $17) 41... Bb6 42. Bxd4 {The position is equal.} Rg2 {...Rxd2 is the strong threat.} 43. Rd1 Rxh2 {White must now prevent ...Rxd4.} 44. Bxb6 Rxd3+ 45. Rxd3 axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 46. Rb3 Ra2 47. Rxb6 Rxa4 48. Rb2 Kf7 49. Rh2 Kf6 {Hoping for ...Kf5.} 50. Rxh3 Ra3+ 51. Kg4 Rxh3 52. Kxh3 Kf5 53. Kg3 g5 54. fxg5 Kxg5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,118,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,-12,0,-24,-25,-11,8,8,7,0,0,8,11,0,7,0,0,-16,-19,-20,13,0,53,17,16,17,22,19,21,21,17,16,20,29,27,19,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,8,8,20,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2581]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Nd5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11. b3 Nc5 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Qh4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bh6 Rc5 16. Ng5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qa8+ 18. f3 Rfc8 {0-1 (59) Ding,L (2766)-Navara,D (2734) Huaian 2016}) 9... Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Qh4 Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. b3 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Rc2 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Qa4 a6 {0-1 (30) Belezky,A (2432)-Zagrebelny,S (2534) Cappelle-la-Grande 2000}) 13. cxd5 Nf6 14. Ne1 Ba6 15. e4 Qd7 16. b3 Ng4 17. Bb2 {Threatening Bxg7.} h5 18. h3 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rb2 {[%cal Bb1b2,Bb2d2,Bd2d1][%mdl 32]} Rc3 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Rbd2 Rc1 {[#] Hoping for ...Be2!} 23. Nd4 Qc3 {Strongly threatening ...Qxd2.} (23... Be2 $5 24. Nxe2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qc2 $11) 24. Qf4 Nd7 (24... Rc8 $11) 25. Kh2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Ne5 27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Rc8 29. f4 Nd3 30. Nc6 Rc7 31. Nb8 Nb4 $1 {The position is equal.} 32. a3 Rc8 33. axb4 Rxb8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Ra2 Bd3 35. Rxa7 Kf8 36. Rc7 Ra8 37. Rc3 Bb5 38. Bf3 Ra2+ 39. Kg1 Rb2 40. e5 Kg7 41. g4 hxg4 42. Bxg4 Rd2 43. Rc7 dxe5 44. fxe5 Rxd5 45. Rxe7 {And now e6 would win.} Kf8 46. Rb7 Rxe5 47. Rxb6 f5 48. Bf3 Kg7 49. Kf2 g5 $1 50. Rd6 Kf7 51. Rd4 Ke6 52. Rd2 (52. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} g4 53. Bg2 $11) 52... Ke7 53. Bd5 (53. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} g4 54. Bb7 $11) 53... f4 54. Bc4 Bd7 55. Rd3 Bf5 56. Rc3 Kd6 57. Bf1 Rd5 58. Be2 Rd2 59. Ke1 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 66%, Black = 80%. . An unexpected result.} (59... Rb2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,85,21,21,30,27,27,32,36,17,25,21,41,41,36,17,42,36,41,13,22,20,24,15,8,4,8,8,20,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,26,0,21,36,27,29,91,91,170,164,184,150,432,407,800,800,741,730,1329,1308,1305,1280]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Na5 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} (11... d5 12. Bg5 exd4 13. exd5 dxc3 14. dxc6 cxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Bd6 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Bc3 Bg4 19. h3 {½-½ (36) Ponomariov,R (2712)-Svidler,P (2756) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. h3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Qd6 {The position is equal.} 14. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxe5 Bxe4 16. Bf4 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rfd8 18. Ng6 Qe6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bg5 Rd3 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxe4 Qc5 23. Qe2 Rxh3 24. Kg2 Rh4 25. Nf3 Rh6 26. Qe3 {1-0 (26) Tsolakidou,S (2240)-Stetsko,L (2261) Tromsoe 2014}) 14... c5 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. Ng3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 g6 20. Nf1 Rd6 21. a4 {Threatening axb5.} (21. b3 $5 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Na5 22. Bg5 $11) 21... b4 22. Qe2 Na5 $1 23. Nd2 bxc3 24. bxc3 c4 25. Rb1 Rd7 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 Rad8 28. Nf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3h2,Bh2g4,Bg4e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Bc5 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Nd7 31. Bc2 Ba7 32. Nh2 Qc6 (32... Nb3 $5) 33. Qf3 {Threatens to win with Bh6+!} f6 34. Ng4 h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 35. Ne3 $1 Nc5 (35... Nb3 $11) 36. Nd5 $16 Nab3 (36... Ncb3 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 37. Be3 $18 f5 38. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Rd7 $2 (38... Nd2 $16 {was called for.} 39. Bxd2 fxe4 40. Bxe4 (40. Qe3 Rxd5 41. Qh6+ Kg8 $16) 40... Nxe4 41. Qxe4 Rxd5) 39. Rd1 fxe4 {[#]} (39... Rf7 $142 40. exf5 gxf5 41. Qxh5 (41. Bxf5 Nd3 $16) 41... Nd3) 40. Bh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Kxh6 41. Qf8+ Rg7 42. Ne7 Qe6 43. Qh8+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Stars Cup 2017"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,50,14,28,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,10,5,7,14,7,10,15,0,9,0,16,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32] C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (9. c4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qd7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Re2 d5 17. Qd3 Rae8 {½-½ (40) Predke,A (2550)-Zvjaginsev,V (2677) Kolomna 2016}) 9... Nd6 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. Ng3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. Bf4 c6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Re2 Bf8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Nf6 15. Rae1 Nfe4 {½-½ (15) Egedi,I (2333)-Mathe,G (2349) Hungary 2008}) 15. Rae1 (15. Bxd6 $5 Bxd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nf5 $14) 15... Rxe2 16. Rxe2 Qf6 17. Be5 Qg6 18. Qb3 b5 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bf8 21. Qa5 Qd6 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Ng3 Qd6 24. Nf5 Qf6 25. Ng3 Qd6 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

