[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,85,35,67,59,50,57,56,61,69,69,77,42,50,23,49,55,64,70,78,76,111,99,97,99,86,69,69,69,70,79,85,64,81,75,74,79,75,81,68,69,181,180,250,139,106,107,139,86,254,278,625,616,589,585,835,485,832,810,3241,0,3228,3215,2120,1870]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. a3 Qd7 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} (10... Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g6 14. Ne3 Bg7 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bd5 Rab8 18. h3 {0-1 (53) Zhigalko,S (2671)-Bu,X (2705) Doha 2016}) 11. Nf1 Rae8 12. Ng3 Bd8 {LiveBook: 7 Games. White is slightly better.} 13. c3 Ne7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Nc6 17. h3 d5 18. Qb3 dxe4 19. dxe4 {½-½ (42) Vysochin,S (2539)-Soltanici,R (2372) Kiev 2015}) 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 (15. Qxd4 $6 c5 $11) 15... Ng6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 16. Bc2 $1 c5 17. d5 Ng4 18. h3 N4e5 19. Nh2 Bb6 20. f4 c4+ 21. Kf1 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Qd8 {Threatening ...Qh4.} 24. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2b4,Bb4d6][%mdl 32]} Qh4 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 25. Ng4 Bc8 26. Qf3 $1 h5 27. Nf2 Bd7 28. Bb4 Bxf2 29. Qxf2 Nxf4 30. Bxd6 Nd3 31. Qf3 Nxe1 ({Better is} 31... Ne5 $14 32. Bxe5 Rxe5) 32. Rxe1 $18 g6 (32... a5 $142 33. Kg1 (33. Nxh5 b4 $16) (33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. Kg1 Qg5 $16) 33... f5) 33. Kg1 ({Resist} 33. Bxf8 $6 Rxf8 34. b4 Re8) (33. e5 $18) 33... f5 $16 {Strongly threatening ...f4.} 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 {[#]} 35. Rf1 (35. exf5 $142 $1 {Threatens to win with Re4.} Qd4+ 36. Qe3 Qxe3+ 37. Rxe3) 35... f4 $2 (35... Qe7 $16) 36. Ne2 $18 g5 $2 (36... Qe7 37. Rf2 (37. Nxf4 g5 $16) 37... Qg7) 37. e5 g4 38. Qe4 gxh3 39. Qg6+ Kh8 {[#] intending ...Rf5.} 40. Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg2 (40... Rxf4 41. Qh6+) 41. Qh6+ Kg8 {[#] ( -> ...Qh1+)} 42. Qxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf8 43. Nxg2+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,99,23,10,56,25,27,21,19,21,23,27,79,43,75,42,75,-8,2,0,0,-7,62,63,117,54,56,50,62,43,66,54,88,88,69,76,58,0,5,0,53,53,74,55,70,43,62,63,65,69,175,166,175,170,172,164,201,191,193,182,181,201,299,194,222,215,478,517,487,491,5314,5314,5314,5310,3259,2841,1960,1679,29991,29991,29992,29993,29993,29993]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. c4 e5 7. d3 Nh5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. O-O f5 10. e3 {LiveBook: 12 Games} g5 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} (10... h6 11. a3 a5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. f4 Kh7 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Bc3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 {½-½ (65) Kramnik,V (2793)-Nakamura,H (2786) London 2013}) 11. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne1 g4 12. f3 Ne7 13. fxg4 fxg4 14. Rxf8+ Qxf8 15. Nc2 c6 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Rf1 Qh6 18. Ne4 {1-0 (46) Spraggett,K (2580)-Zapata,A (2515) Cienfuegos 1997}) 11... Nf6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. Rc1 Ng6 (14... Bd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. Rc4 {Hoping for Qc2.} Rf7 16. a4 a5 {[#]} 17. Qc2 (17. Qh5 $1 $16) 17... b6 $11 18. Rc1 {[%cal Rc4c7]} Ra7 $1 19. Rc6 Ba6 (19... g4 $11) 20. e4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qd7 {[#]} ({Better is} 20... Qf6 $14) 21. exf5 (21. Nf3 $1 $16) 21... Qxf5 22. Nc4 Qf6 23. Ne3 Bxd3 24. Qd2 Bf5 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Qe2 Qd7 27. Qh5 (27. Be4 $14) 27... Qf5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf5f2]} 28. Qe2 Qd7 $1 29. Qc2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nf8 30. Be4 Kh8 31. Bc3 Qd8 32. Bd2 Qf6 33. Be3 h6 (33... Qd8 $14) 34. Qe2 $18 Kg8 35. R1c4 Qd8 36. Qc2 Rb7 37. Bf5 Bf6 38. b4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Qa8 (39... Ra7 $142 40. Rbc4 Rb7) 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. h4 Ra7 $2 (41... Kg8 {is a better defense.} 42. Qe4 Rg7) 42. hxg5 Bxg5 43. Rg4 {[%cal Bb4g4,Bg4g5,Bg5h5][%mdl 32]} Ra5 (43... Qd8 $142 44. f4 Qf6) 44. Bxg5 hxg5 45. Rxg5+ Kf6 46. Rh5 {White wants to mate with Be6.} Rxd5 47. Be4 Qa5 48. Rf5+ {White mates.} Kg7 49. Rxc7 Rd7 50. Qc6 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,47,-5,35,-63,-65,-62,-63,-65,-29,-42,-28,-38,43,36,43,44,74,65,81,106,168,127,114,54,412,395,442,443,1266,1266,1257,1238]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 b5 {LiveBook: 20 Games. C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (9... d4 10. Re1 Rb8 11. h4 b5 12. cxb5 Rxb5 13. Na3 Rb8 14. Nc4 Nb6 15. b3 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Rb6 17. Ng5 {1-0 (32) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. Na3 $146 ({White should try} 10. cxd5 $14 exd5 11. Nc3) ({Predecessor:} 10. cxb5 Na5 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bf4 axb5 13. Nxb5 Ba6 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. h4 Qb6 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 {1-0 (75) Artemiev,V (2697)-Pichot,A (2552) Moscow 2018}) 10... bxc4 $15 11. dxc4 Ba6 {Black is slightly better.} 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Qe1 {And now cxd5 would win.} Rfe8 (14... Qa4 $15 15. Bf1 Bb7) 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bxb4 cxb4 {[#]} 17. Nc2 $1 Rac8 18. e6 Nb6 (18... Bc5 $16) 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Bh3 (20. Nfd4 $16) 20... Bd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20... Bf6 $1 $14 21. Qxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxb4 Be2 23. Bxc8 Bxf3) 21. Be6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kf6 (21... Rxe6 22. Ng5+) 22. Ncd4 {White is clearly winning.} Rc7 (22... Nc4 $142 23. b3 Ne5) 23. Qe3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Re3g5]} h6 24. Nh4 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,111,48,48,48,48,48,44,48,48,54,52,51,47,47,46,39,34,52,48,48,33,48,48,50,50,69,71,78,43,45,50,68,69,118,111,122,117,112,99,87,46,46,66,97,110,97,100,171,135,135,135,127,120,75,85,110,133,131,120,179,195,203,202,200,182,160,139,220,207,207,174,218,206,290,297,276,252,241,163,282,286,299,243,253,248,406,435,452,445,1010,978,1973,1930,29973,29973]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 d5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (8... Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 O-O 11. g5 Nh5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f6 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Kb1 Nf4 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Bd3 Bg5 19. Na5 Bh6 20. Nc6 Qh4 21. Qb4 {½-½ (49) Caruana,F (2784)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bxd5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 14. Bxc5 Kc7 15. O-O-O Nc6 {[#]} 16. Bd6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. b3) 16... Kb6 17. c4 Rac8 18. b3 Rhd8 19. Kb2 h5 20. c5+ Ka7 21. Bd3 g5 22. h4 g4 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Ne7 25. g3 Nf5 26. b4 Rd7 27. Bc2 Rcd8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} b6 31. cxb6+ Kxb6 32. a3 a5 (32... Ne7 $16 {was necessary.}) 33. Kc3 axb4+ 34. Kxb4 Ne7 {[#] And now ...Nd5+ would win.} 35. Be3+ Kc6 36. Kc3 Nf5 37. Bf4 Kc5 38. Kd3 Bd5 (38... Ne7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 39. Ba4 $18 Ng7 40. Be5 Nf5 41. Bd7 Ne7 42. Ke3 Ng6 (42... Be6 $16 {was called for.} 43. Be8 Nd5+ 44. Kd3 Bf5+ 45. Ke2 Bg6) 43. Bg7 Kd6 44. Bf5 Kc5 45. Bd3 Bb3 {[#]} (45... Bc6 {is a better defense.} 46. Bc3 Kd6) 46. Ke4 $1 Be6 47. Bf6 Bd7 48. Bb1 Be6 (48... Kb5 $142 49. Bd4 Kc6) 49. Bc2 Kc4 50. Ba4 Kc5 51. Be8 Kc4 $2 (51... Kd6 52. a4 Nf8 53. Be5+ Kc5 54. Bd4+ Kb4) 52. a4 Kb4 53. Bd8 f5+ (53... Kc5 $142 54. a5 Bc4) 54. Kd4 f4 55. Bxg6 f3 56. Ke3 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Viani Antonio Dcunha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,54,41,63,44,50,46,60,68,108,52,66,18,91,85,91,95,89,68,130,106,205,201,281,273,276,270,228,241,227,223,238,240,345,349,345,354,354,355,350,351,397,411,400,398,389,368,523,528,507,512,516,520]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b6 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nbd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. g4 Rc8 12. Be2 Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. a4 e6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. O-O {0-1 (37) Bluebaum,M (2632)-Teterev,V (2487) Minsk 2017}) 11... Bxh6 12. Qxh6 e6 13. O-O-O d5 14. cxd5 ({Better is} 14. exd5 $16 exd5 15. Nc2) 14... exd5 $14 15. exd5 Rc8 (15... Nxd5 $11 {remains equal.} 16. Nxd5 Bxd5) 16. Nc6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Bxc6 17. dxc6 Rxc6 18. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Rc7 (18... Rc5 $14) 19. Qf4 Qc8 (19... a6 $16) 20. Kb1 $18 Kg7 21. Rd6 a6 22. Bxd7 $1 Nxd7 {[#]} 23. Rhd1 $1 f6 24. Nd5 {[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5c7,Bc7e8,Be8d6][%mdl 32]} Rb7 25. g4 Qc5 (25... g5 {is a better defense.} 26. Qd2 Rf7) 26. Rc1 Qf2 27. Nc7 Nc5 {[#]} 28. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2f2]} Qh4 29. Re2 Rf7 30. Ne8+ Kg8 31. Nd6 $1 {[%csl LRb7,LRf7]} Rbe7 32. Qc4 {Threatening mate with Rxe7.} ({Weaker is} 32. Nxf7 Rxe2 33. Nd8 Re7 $16) 32... b5 (32... Kg7 {might work better.} 33. Nxf7 Rxf7) 33. Qd5 {White threatens Rxe7 and mate.White is clearly winning.} ({Not} 33. Qxc5 Rxe2 34. Nxf7 (34. Qd5 Ree7 $11) 34... Kxf7 $16) 33... Qg5 34. Qxg5 (34. Rxc5 Qxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxe2 $11) 34... fxg5 35. Rxe7 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 38%.} ({Stronger than} 35. Rxc5 Rxe2 36. Nxf7 Kxf7 $11) 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adhiban, B."]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,53,36,28,20,20,27,28,19,41,30,49,31,31,9,10,7,50,42,152,152,153,152,176,175,182,195,229,228,321,312,334,336,487,460,797,756]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} Be7 {LiveBook: 6 Games. C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} 11. f3 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 {White has an edge.} 13. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Bd7 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qf2 Bf8 18. Ne2 {1-0 (48) Adhiban,B (2646)-Kazimova,N (2262) Nakhchivan 2015}) 13... Nd7 14. Nd5 Bf8 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Qc3 Qc8 17. a3 Bd7 18. Qa5 c6 (18... Ra7 $14) 19. Nb6 $1 $36 {[%csl LRa8,LRc8][%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nxb3 {[#]} 20. Qc3 $1 Qb7 21. Nxa8 {Strongly threatening Nb6.} ({Not} 21. Qxb3 Be6 $11) ({But not} 21. cxb3 $6 Rad8 $14) 21... Nc5 {[#]} 22. Nb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be6 (22... Qxb6 23. Bxc5) 23. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5d6][%mdl 32]} Qxb6 (23... Nd7 $142) 24. exd6 $18 Bc4 25. Rfe1 g6 (25... Qb8 $142 26. Bxc5 Rd8) 26. b4 Bg7 (26... Qd8 $142 27. bxc5 Re6) 27. Bxc5 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Rajdeep Sarkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,67,68,65,156,156,147,126,130,110,107,88,146,136,150,149,141,145,143,138,156,153,208,197,403,394,458,457,454,442,450,450,447,432,636,547,600,599,764,775,827,758,756,736,800,807,1116,1093]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c6 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Rd1 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} a5 (9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 bxc5 16. b5 Qc7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 Nb6 19. Nd2 {½-½ (32) Nakamura,H (2787)-Carlsen,M (2855) Bilbao 2016}) 10. Nc3 Na6 11. a3 Rc8 12. e4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 (12... dxe4 $14 13. Ng5 (13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 $14) 13... Nc7) 13. exd5 exd5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bb2 a4 16. bxa4 {1-0 (56) Ulko,J (2481)-Chebotarev,O (2421) chessassistantclub.com INT 2004}) 15... a4 16. bxa4 d4 ({Better is} 16... g6) 17. Bxb7 $16 Nxb7 18. Nb5 Nd7 19. Nf5 {[#] And now Qe4 would win.} ({Of course not} 19. Nxd4 $6 Bxh4 20. gxh4 Qxh4 $11) ({Don't take} 19. Rxd4 $6 Bf6 $14) 19... Bf6 {Black wants to play ...d3.} 20. Nfxd4 Ne5 21. Bf4 {Strongly threatening Bxe5.} Nxc4 (21... Rxc4 $16 22. Qe2 Qd5) 22. Rac1 {Hoping for Ne6!} Nba5 $2 {[#]} (22... Qd7) 23. Ne6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 24. Rxd8 {White is clearly winning.} Rfxd8 25. Rd1 e5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Be3 Be7 (27... h6 $142 28. Qf5 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Kh8) 28. Qf5 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Bc5 30. Qxe5 Kh8 31. Qe6 h6 32. Kg2 Nb7 33. Kh3 Nd6 34. Qe7 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,133,-5,0,0,0,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,2,0,0,0,0,4,19,6,7,6,19,18,32,19,19,19,19,19,18,16,9,12,8,12,47,52,58,60,62,67,70,64,67,60,91,87,87,89,95,87,100,75,79,79,77,37,118,118,117,108,111,93,93,93,100,93,101,89,99,93,108,114,129,101,152,150,147,141,230,227,252,239,246,223,229,222,302,294,277,285,284,292,322,323,321,314,301,306,302,280,422,422,438,389,645,639,846,834]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. c4 d4 12. cxb5 d3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Qf1 {C81: Open Ruy Lopez: Keres Variation (9 Qe2)} Nxb3 14. axb3 axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nb4 15. Bd2 Nc2 16. Rxa6 Rxa6 17. bxa6 Bxb3 18. a7 Bc4 19. Ne1 O-O 20. Rc1 Qd4 {1-0 (58) Barbosa,O (2311)-Ostmoe,G (2343) Cochin 2004}) 15. Rxa8 {The position is equal.} (15. Rxd3 Rxa1 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $17) 15... Qxa8 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Qxb5 Rb8 18. Qe2 Bxb3 19. Re1 h6 20. Nc3 Be6 21. h3 Bb4 22. Bd2 Bf8 23. Nd1 Qa2 24. Bc3 Bb4 25. Qd2 Qd5 26. Qc2 Bxc3 27. Nxc3 Qc5 28. Qc1 Ne7 29. Na4 Qxc1 30. Rxc1 Rb4 31. Nc5 Bd5 32. Nd3 Rb3 33. Nfe1 $1 c6 34. f3 g5 35. Kf2 Nf5 36. Rc3 Rb8 37. Nc2 Kg7 38. Ncb4 Ne7 39. g4 Rb6 40. Rc5 Be6 41. Kg3 f6 (41... Nd5 $1 $14 42. Nxd5 (42. Nxc6 Rb3 $14) (42. Rxc6 Nxb4 43. Rxb6 Nxd3 $14) 42... Bxd5) 42. exf6+ $16 Kxf6 43. h4 Bf7 44. hxg5+ hxg5 45. Kf2 Bg6 46. Ke2 Bxd3+ 47. Nxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd5 48. Kd2 Ke6 49. Rc1 Kf6 50. Rc4 Ne7 ({Better is} 50... Ke6) 51. Kc3 Rb8 52. Rc5 Nd5+ (52... Rf8 $16 53. Kd4 Ke6 54. Rxg5 Rxf3) 53. Kd4 $18 Ne7 {[#]} 54. Kc4 $1 Rd8 55. Nf2 Ke6 56. Ne4 ({Much less strong is} 56. Rxg5 $6 Rf8) 56... Rf8 57. Nxg5+ Kd6 58. Kd4 Nd5 59. Ra5 Rb8 60. Ne4+ Ke6 61. Rc5 Kd7 62. Rc2 Rf8 63. Rf2 Nf4 (63... Ke7 $142 64. Nc3 Nf4) 64. Rh2 Kc7 65. Nc5 Kc8 $2 {[#]} (65... Rf7 66. g5 Kb6) 66. Rh6 Ne2+ 67. Ke3 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,65,-22,22,-2,3,0,32,29,37,26,37,22,22,23,45,41,52,0,92,85,241,222,247,237,233,219,228,226,227,225,536,528,535,525,1687,265,248,241,299,286,364,403,2453,2501,1947,1873,29988,29989,29995,29992]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. a4 c4 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 10. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5h3,Bh3f4,Bf4h5,Bh5f4,Bf4e6][%mdl 32] C19: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 Nf3 and 7 a4} (10. g3 Bd7 11. Bh3 h6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Qe2 Kb8 14. Rfb1 Rdg8 15. Rb5 Qd8 16. Rab1 Na5 17. R5b4 Nec6 18. R4b2 Ka8 19. Bg2 Re8 {1-0 (50) Colovic,A (2477)-Apicella,M (2539) Kemer 2007}) 10... h6 11. Nh3 Bd7 12. Nf4 {White is slightly better.} O-O-O 13. Nh5 Rh7 14. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be2 Rf8 15. O-O f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Qc1 e5 {0-1 (29) Firt,S (2322)-Kulesza,M (2089) Karvina 2001}) 14... Rf8 15. Bh3 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. O-O (17. Qe2 $14) 17... Ng8 (17... Qd8 $11) 18. Nf4 $16 e5 $2 {[#]} (18... f5 $16) 19. Bxd7+ $1 $18 Rxd7 20. Ne6 Re8 21. Qg4 exd4 22. Rfb1 ({But not} 22. Nxd4 $6 Nxd4 23. Rfe1 Red8) 22... Ne5 23. Qf5 {And now Rb5 would win.} Nf3+ $2 (23... Rxe6 24. Qxe6 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nxd2) 24. Qxf3 {Black must now prevent Rb5.} Rxe6 25. Qg4 Re8 {[#]} 26. Rb5 $2 (26. Rxb7 $1 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg4d7][%mdl 512]} Qd8 (26... Kxb7 27. Qxd7+) 27. Rab1) 26... Qa6 27. Qxd4 Ne7 28. Re1 Qxa4 29. Rc5+ Kd8 (29... Kb8 $142 30. Bf4+ (30. Qxf6 b6 $16) 30... Ka8) 30. Qf4 {Intending Qb8+ and mate.} Nc6 31. Qxf6+ Rde7 32. Bf4 Qxc2 33. Rxc6 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,89,41,32,37,53,50,54,43,47,35,22,27,89,89,98,89,96,90,109,113,127,84,82,83,77,-13,-18,-17,-21,-76,18,0,0,-25,-6,-40,-31,-55,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,-8,-8,-10,-22,-17,-30,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Ba6 {LiveBook: 9 Games. E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} (11... Bb7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc8 16. Rac1 Re8 17. Nb5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. Qf3 Rec8 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 {½-½ (41) Viterbo Ferreira,J (2492)-Gajewski,G (2588) Batumi 2018}) 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rd1 Rad8 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Rac8 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qa4 Nb8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. c5 {1-0 (38) Chitlange,S (2112)-Kaur,P (1723) Mysore 2017}) 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. c5 (15. Bg5 {NOTEXT} Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nf6 17. c5 Qb7 18. b3) 15... bxc5 16. dxc5 Nf6 (16... Nxc5 $11 17. Ne5 Bb5) 17. Bd6 $16 Bxd6 18. cxd6 Nd5 19. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7]} f5 {[#]} 20. Qc5 $1 Rf6 21. Rac1 (21. Bxd5 $6 cxd5 22. Qxa7 Rxd6 $11) ({But not} 21. Qxa7 $6 Rxd6 22. Rac1 h6 $14) 21... h6 22. Nf3 {[%cal Bg5f3,Bf3d4,Bd4e6][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent Ne5.} ({Reject} 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nh3 Rdxd6 $15) ({Stronger than} 22. Qxc6 hxg5 23. Bxd5 exd5 $17) 22... Be2 23. Rxd5 (23. Rd2 $16 Bxf3 24. Bxf3) 23... exd5 $11 24. Nd4 Qa6 25. Re1 {[#]} (25. Nxc6 $11 {remains equal.} Rdxd6 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Bxd5) 25... Bd3 ({Black should play} 25... Bh5 $1 $17 26. Nxc6 Rdxd6 27. Ne7+ Kh7 28. Nxd5 Rf8) 26. Ne6 Rd7 {Threatens to win with ...Be4.} 27. Qe3 f4 28. gxf4 (28. Nxf4 $5 {[%cal Re3e8]} Bf5 29. Nxd5 $11) 28... Bf5 29. Nc5 Qc8 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qxd7 Bxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Kf1 Rxd6 34. Re3 Bf5 35. Ke1 Rg6 36. Rg3 Rg4 37. Rxg4 {The position is equal.} Bxg4 {KB-KB} 38. Kd2 Kg6 39. b4 Kf5 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. a3 Be2 43. Bh3 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Bf5 (44. bxa5 c5+) 44... axb4 45. axb4 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,75,22,47,23,33,40,52,10,29,39,47,50,83,106,82,87,131,99,129,94,96,106,87,57,106,118,197,187,251,247,249,247,245,126,320,242,272,285,287,261,395,375,427,441,470,436,514,502,638,641,542,343,871,853,841,831]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Re1 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} Nc6 10. Bb2 Qb6 (10... Nd5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c4 Bf5 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. Nc2 Rab8 {1-0 (39) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Grischuk,A (2767) Berlin 2018}) 11. Nc4 Qa6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 12. Nce5 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rd8 13. e3 Be6 14. a4 Bd5 15. Ba3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {0-1 (26) Dreev,A (2653)-Hansen,E (2629) chess.com INT 2018}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc1 Be4 15. Ba3 Nd7 16. Bh3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. e4 Rfe8 19. exf5 Qd3 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 {[%cal Bd4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Qxf5 22. Qe3 Rab8 23. Rad1 ({Much weaker is} 23. Bxc5 Rb5 $14) 23... Rb5 (23... f6 $16) 24. e6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nf6 (24... Nb6 $142) 25. c4 $18 Ra5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 26. exf7+ Kxf7 {...Ng4 is the strong threat.} 27. Re2 ({White should play} 27. f3 $18) 27... Ra4 $2 (27... Qe4 $16) 28. Qb3 ({Inferior is} 28. Qxc5 Qf3 $11) 28... Ra6 29. Rde1 Rb6 30. Qd1 Rb7 (30... e5 $142 31. Qa4 Rb1 32. Qxa7+ Kg8 33. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Ne4) 31. Re5 Qh3 32. Bxc5 Qg4 33. Qc2 Rd7 34. Kg2 e6 35. h3 Qg6 36. Qe2 Rdd8 $2 {[#]} (36... Qd3 37. Rxe6 Qxe2 38. R6xe2 Rxe2 39. Rxe2 Nh5) 37. Rxe6 Qf5 38. Be7 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Narayanan S L"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,79,27,32,37,36,31,21,25,32,29,31,47,16,27,16,34,22,31,5,6,8,6,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 {LiveBook: 152 Games} Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 {[#]} 15. g3 $146 Ne6 16. O-O-O Rfd8 17. Kb1 Rac8 18. Bh3 Kf8 19. Rd2 (19. Bxe6 {keeps more tension.} fxe6 20. f4 Kf7 21. g4 Ke7 22. Rc1) 19... Nxd4 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc4 22. Rd3 Ke7 23. Rhd1 Ke6 24. b3 Rc6 25. Kb2 a5 26. Rd4 f5 27. R1d2 g6 28. h3 h5 29. a4 b5 30. axb5 Rc5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rxb5 33. Rc2 Rd6 34. Rc3 Rdb6 35. Ra4 Kf6 36. Kc2 Kg5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Rd3 Kf6 39. Rh4 Ke5 40. Ra4 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,16,20,30,28,42,22,39,33,35,35,72,62,88,87,156,154,154,149,148,152,147,150,160,147,154,125,112,95,156,114,261,145,199,146,144,111,114,83,89,93,202,198,200,209,210,208,280,256,240,245,242,197,210,185,206,206,291,270,366,363,345,345,429,418]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 {C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence} (6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 {1-0 (42) Caruana,F (2784)-Naiditsch,A (2701) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 6... g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Ba4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nh5 11. Nd5 Rb8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Nd4 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bg5 {1-0 (38) Yu,Y (2657)-Rzayev,B (2429) Kazan 2013}) 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. d4 Rfd8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 b5 (16... Nxd5 $142 17. cxd5 c6) 17. dxe5 $16 dxe5 18. Qb3 bxc4 19. Nxe7+ (19. Qxc4 $6 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qxd5 $11) 19... Qxe7 20. Qxc4+ Kh8 21. b3 ({Don't do} 21. Qxc7 $6 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 Rxb2 $11) 21... Nf4 22. Qxc7 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Qe8 {[#]} (23... Qxc7 $142 24. Rxc7 Rdc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8) 24. Rc4 $1 f5 (24... Rdc8 $16 {might work better.} 25. Qa5 Qb5 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Qxb5 axb5) 25. Qc6 (25. exf5 $18 gxf5 26. Re1) 25... Rbc8 (25... Qxc6 $16 26. Rxc6 Rdc8 27. Rxa6 f4) 26. Qxe8+ ({Better is} 26. Qxa6 $18 Ra8 27. Qc6) 26... Rxe8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Re1 Nc3 (29... Rc2 $16 {is a better defense.}) 30. Rc1 $18 e4 31. Nh4 Rf8 32. Bc5 Rc8 33. Bd6 f4 34. Nf5 ({Resist} 34. Bxf4 Rf8) 34... Rd8 35. Bxf4 Ne2 36. Rc7 Nxf4 37. Nxg7 ({Inferior is} 37. Rxg7 Rf8 $11) 37... Rd2 (37... Rf8 $142 38. Re7 Kg8) 38. Ne8 {[#] Intending Nf6 and mate.} Nd5 39. Rd7 {aiming for Nf6!} Rd3 40. Kh2 Ne3 41. Nf6 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna  V"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,99,2,0,2,22,7,9,14,23,21,21,13,23,13,46,38,56,62,75,70,81,83,73,55,131,126,127,127,141,127,123,56,55,50,41,48,45,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,51,40,45,48,48,36,38,37,35,38,38,33,145,156,184,181,170,178,166,154,131,83,550,543,546,512,403,455,1206,1150,1279,1248]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. a4 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} (11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. a4 b4 15. Nd5 h6 16. a5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nxa5 18. Ba4 Re7 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. c4 Nb7 21. Ne4 f5 22. Ng3 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... Be6 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 h6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 14. Ne3 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qb6 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bc2 b4 19. cxb4 cxb4 20. d4 Rfc8 21. h3 Qc7 22. Re2 Bc4 23. Re1 Be6 24. Re2 Bc4 25. Re1 {½-½ (25) Smirin,I (2650)-Bacrot,E (2709) Odessa 2007}) 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Rac8 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd2 Nd7 {[#]} 22. e5 $1 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7][%mdl 512]} g6 (22... dxe5 23. Qh7#) 23. exd6 Bf6 24. Ra5 b4 (24... Rfd8 $14) 25. Bb3 $16 Nc5 {[#]} 26. Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc5 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Ng4 ({Better is} 28. d7 $16 {Threatens to win with Ng4.} Kf7 29. Ng4) 28... Rd5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd5d3]} 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Nxf6+ ({Much worse is} 30. Nxh6+ Kh8 $17) 30... Rxf6 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame And now Bc3 would win. KRR-KRB} Rf4 33. Bc3+ Kf7 34. g3 Rc4 35. Ra1 Rxd6 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Rg7+ Kf5 38. Rf7+ Kg6 39. Rf6+ Kh7 $1 40. Kg2 Rg4 (40... h5 $14) 41. f4 $1 $16 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Rg6 42. Rf8 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rf8h8]} Rg8 {[#]} 43. Rf7+ $1 Kg6 44. Rf6+ Kh7 45. f5 {White wants to mate with Rf7+.} Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45... Rb8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 46. Rf7+ $1 $18 Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rb7 Rd5 (48... Red8 $142 49. Bb4 Ke8 50. Bxd6 Rxd6 51. fxe6 Rxe6) 49. f6 {Intending Bb4+ and mate.} Rf5 50. g4 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haddouche, Mohamed"]
[Black "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,74,-10,-6,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,32,82,86,79,69,68,70,70,69,72,64,79,61,61,45,50,37,51,52,54,0,50,0,8,0,0,2,22,23,27,7,7]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 32]} 15. c3 {[#] LiveBook: 36 Games} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. c4 Rab8 19. Bd3 Ba8 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rfd1 Rb4 22. Be1 Rbb8 23. Bf2 Rb4 24. Be1 Rbb8 25. Bf2 {½-½ (25) Jakovenko,D (2736)-Khismatullin,D (2664) Tyumen 2012}) 16. cxb4 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Na5 {[%cal Bb3a5,Ba5c4,Bc4e5,Be5g4,Bg4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Nxb4 19. Nc4 Qc5 20. Qb3 d5 21. Nxe5 {next Nd7 is good for White.} Qd4 22. Bc3 Qe3 23. Rae1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black must now prevent Bxa6. White has strong initiative.} a5 24. Bb5 Qh6 $1 25. Ng4 Qd6 $1 26. Qd1 Bd8 27. Ne3 {[#] aiming for Bxg7!} Bf6 28. Nf5 Qd8 29. Qd2 Bc8 30. Nd4 Qd6 31. Nb3 Ba6 32. Nd4 Bc8 33. Rd1 Na2 $1 34. Ne2 Nxc3 35. Nxc3 Qb4 36. Nxd5 Qxb2 37. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Erigaisi Arjun"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,106,0,0,0,9,7,14,8,21,11,29,2,12,21,56,62,70,-11,16,17,20,20,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,0,0,0,-118,-119,-191,-176,-206,-219,-208,-214,-212,-212,-212,-195,-186,-184,-232,-227,-206,-94,-5677,-5725,-6410,-6350,-5701,-5693,-5705,-2833,-12827,-12756,-12833,-12833,-12833,-12831,-12824,-12823,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12842,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12845,-12848,-12847]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. c5 {A39: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} a5 11. a4 (11. e3 a4 12. Nd4 Qxc5 13. Nxa4 Qa5 14. b3 e5 15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Nc5 Qa7 17. Nxc6 dxc6 {0-1 (70) Fedoseev,V (2718)-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017}) 11... d5 12. cxd6 Rd8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Nb5 exd6 ({Of course not} 13... Ng4 $6 14. h3 $16) 14. Nc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. e4 Bg4 15. f3 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Bg5 d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. exd5 {0-1 (28) Sviridov,V (2429)-Kovalev,V (2549) Orsha 2018}) 14... Rb8 15. e4 Bg4 16. f3 Bh3 17. g4 Qh4 18. Bf4 {Threatens to win with Bg3.} Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rbc8 20. Nb5 (20. Bg3 $1 $14 Qh6 21. Nb5) 20... Ne8 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rac1 Qe6 23. Nxa5 Nxa5 24. Qxa5 Bxb2 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rf2 Be5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Nc3 Nd6 (28... b6 $5 29. Qb4 $8 Rc4 $11) 29. Nd5 {[#]} (29. h3 $11) 29... Nxe4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Re2 (30. Nc7 $17 Rxc7 31. Qxc7 Nxf2 32. Kxf2) (30. fxe4 Qxg4+) 30... Nc5 $19 31. Rd2 Nb3 32. Qb6 Nxd2 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Nc4 $1 36. Kf2 Ke8 $1 37. Na7 {[#]} Nd6 $1 38. Ke3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. h4 $17) 38... g5 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Kd3 Kd7 40. Kc3 Kc7 41. Kb4 Kb6 42. Nb5 Nxb5 43. axb5 {KP-KP} Kc7 44. Kc5 Kd7 45. Kb6 Kc8 46. Ka7 Kc7 47. h3 h6 48. Ka8 Kb6 49. Kb8 Kxb5 50. Kxb7 Kc5 51. Kc7 Kd4 52. Kd6 e4 53. fxe4 e5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vignesh N R"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,52,-22,-9,-16,-19,-6,0,-15,0,-16,-13,-25,0,0,0,-11,-6,0,-8,-123,-131,-127,-133,-111,-116,-147,-161,-229,-225,-270,-261,-350,-347,-457,-452,-409,-367,-451,-453,-434,-387]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. a3 Bb7 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd3 {B06: Modern Defence} Nd7 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 8. Ne2 (8. Be3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. e5 f5 12. O-O Qb6 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Qe1 Nh6 {½-½ (48) Gasanov,E (2482)-Kryakvin,D (2591) St Petersburg 2010}) 8... e5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... c5 9. c3 Ngf6 10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O e6 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Ng3 cxd4 14. cxd4 f6 15. exd6 {½-½ (57) Korchagina,V (2155)-Bronnikova,E (2317) St Petersburg 2008}) 9. fxe5 {The position is equal.} dxe5 10. Bg5 Bf6 11. Qd2 exd4 12. Nexd4 c5 13. Nxb5 $1 axb5 14. Bxb5 Ba6 15. Bc6 Rc8 16. Ba4 {[#]} (16. Qd5 $1 $11 Rxc6 17. Qxc6) 16... Bxg5 $1 $17 17. Nxg5 {Threatens to win with 0-0-0.} Ngf6 18. O-O-O O-O 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Nf3 (20. Nxh7 $142 Kxh7 21. Qxd7 Qg5+ 22. Qd2) 20... Bb5 $19 21. Qh6 {[#] Black must now prevent Ng5.} Qf6 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rhe1 Qf6 25. Re3 Rcd8 {( -> ...Rxd1+)} 26. Rde1 Rfe8 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iniyan, P."]
[Black "Nikhil Magizhnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,163,8,7,-5,8,4,16,0,15,-1,0,7,6,-4,-6,0,0,-1,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,-43,0,0,28,33,19,12,42,0,51,26,159,7,57,50,53,37,37,42,37,36,43,52,76,71,71,71,71,73,77,61,64,64,90,78,78,49,54,55,78,78,78,70,78,36,81,81,120,97,91,78,109,94,163,84,153,160,179,210,238,238,234,231,232,231,218,167,171,181,269,247,239,152,259,231,323,329,567,578,599,590,557,528,619,621,542,487,645,620,609,616,623,552,889,821,1335,1175,12838,6494,12843,12843,12843,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12847,12848,12848,12849,12849,12850,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. c4 Re8 {LiveBook: 24 Games. A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} (8... Nh5 9. Nc3 f5 10. Rc1 g5 11. Nd2 g4 12. c5 Be6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Nd5 f4 15. Bh1 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. d4 exd4 {½-½ (63) Bacrot,E (2697)-Adhiban,B (2674) Berlin 2015}) 9. Nfd2 Be6 10. Nc3 Nd7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Qd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 {0-1 (31) Corominas Vinas,R-Rahal,J (1778) Cerdanyola del Valles 2010}) 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. a3 Ne7 13. b4 c6 14. Nc3 d5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. e3 Nb6 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nb3 d4 19. exd4 exd4 20. Ne4 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Bd5 22. Nec5 (22. Na5 $11) 22... Qa8 23. Bb2 Nf5 24. Be4 Qc8 25. Re1 h5 26. a4 Bxe4 (26... Nd6 $11) 27. dxe4 $14 (27. Rxe4 Nd5 $15) 27... Nh6 (27... Nc4 $11 {remains equal.} 28. Ba1 (28. exf5 Nxb2 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11) (28. Bxd4 $2 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Rd8 $19) 28... Ne7) 28. Qd3 $2 ({Don't take} 28. Nxd4 $6 Rd8 $11) (28. Bxd4 $16 Bxd4 29. Nxd4) 28... Nd7 (28... Ng4 {looks sharper.} 29. Nxd4 Rd8 30. f4 Nxa4 31. Nxa4 Qd7) 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Qxd4 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc8 33. Nb5 Rc4 34. Rb1 a5 35. bxa5 Rxa4 36. Nd6 {And now Rb5 would win.} Rxa5 37. Rxb7 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Ra6 39. Rd7 Ng4 40. h3 Ne5 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Ne8+ Kh7 43. Rd5 Nc4 44. Kf3 Re6 45. Nc7 Rd6 46. Nb5 Re6 47. Rd4 Ne5+ 48. Kf4 g5+ (48... Kg7 $16) 49. Ke3 ({White should try} 49. Kf5 $18) 49... Ng6 ({Better is} 49... g4 50. hxg4 Nxg4+ 51. Ke2 Ra6) 50. Rd5 $16 Kh6 51. Nd6 Ne7 52. Nxf7+ Kg7 53. Rxg5+ Kxf7 54. Rxh5 $18 {KRN-KR} Ra6 55. Rh7+ Kf8 56. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Re6 (56... Ra3+ $142 57. Kf4 Ng6+ 58. Kf5 Ne7+ 59. Kg4 Nc6) 57. Rh5 Ra6 58. Rh8+ Kg7 {[#]} (58... Ng8 $16 {was necessary.} 59. Rh5 Ne7) 59. Rd8 $1 Ng6 60. h5 Ne5 $2 {[#]} (60... Nf8 61. e5 Ne6) 61. Kf4 $1 Nf7 62. Rd5 Rf6+ 63. Rf5 Re6 64. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Nd6 65. Re5 Rf6+ 66. Kg3 Nc4 67. Rd5 Re6 68. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nd6 69. g5 Nf7 70. Kf4 Re7 71. Kf5 Ra7 72. e5 Ra6 73. f4 Kf8 74. g6 Nh6+ 75. Kg5 Ng8 76. f5 Ra1 77. Rd8+ Kg7 {[#]} 78. h6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (78... Nxh6 79. f6#) 79. h7 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rh7g8]} Rg1+ 80. Kf4 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rh7g8]} Rf1+ 81. Ke3 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rh7g8]} Re1+ 82. Kd2 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Al-Zaabi, Sultan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,54,-8,0,-25,-35,-25,-19,-40,-27,-17,-12,-24,-18,-54,-57,-60,-82,-67,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 {D63: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Rc1} 14. Nxc6 (14. Re1 Nbd5 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qh3 Nfd5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nd7 Qxd4 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 {½-½ (73) Borovikov,V (2557)-Karthikeyan,M (2431) Kolkata 2013}) 14... bxc6 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 6 Games} 15. Re1 Nbd5 $146 {Black has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 15... Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ne4 Nbd5 18. Qd3 Nb4 19. Qd2 a5 20. Rc3 Nf5 21. Rd1 {½-½ (50) Zhou,H-Pacey,K (2258) Ottawa 2007}) 16. Bc4 Qb6 17. Re2 {[%cal Be1e2,Be2c2,Bc2c6][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bd3 g6 20. Be3 Ng4 21. Rec2 Nxe3 22. fxe3 e5 (22... Bg5 $15 23. Qe2 Qb3) 23. Rc6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc6b6] The position is equal.} Qxb2 {[#] And now ...Bg5 would win.} 24. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qa3 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 25. Ra1 Qb2 {aiming for ...Bg5.} 26. Rb1 Qa3 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 27. Ra1 Qb2 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,126,54,54,52,73,73,66,45,51,48,51,48,56,59,55,10,56,30,51,38,34,31,36,7,0,-99,-97,-93,-85,-93,-49,-49,-74,-77,-36,-31,-56,-57,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-15,-16,-22,-22,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-9,-12,-42,-42,-42,-44,-44,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-44,-44,-44,-45,-45,-45,-45,-93,-95,-95,-83,-188,-188,-188,-188,-188,-154,-682,-612,-637,-595,-637,-533,-581,-583,-479,-434,-344,-254,-1282,-1174,-1448,-1244,-6095,-6095,-6087,-29964,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29971,-29971,-29972,-29966,-10711,-29991,-29992]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Ba5 6. Bg5 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Nf6 7. e3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 {½-½ (24) Gulko,B (2615)-Rozentalis,E (2605) Copenhagen 1996}) 8. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} exd5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a4,Ba4c3][%mdl 32]} 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. a3 {Strongly threatening b4.} Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Rab1 Na4 17. c4 (17. Bxe4 $11 dxe4 18. Rfc1) 17... Nd2 $1 $17 18. c5 Re8 19. Bg3 Nxb1 20. Rxb1 f6 21. Nf3 Nc3 22. Rb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c3]} Ne4 23. Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 {[#]} 24. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...a4.} (24... fxe5 25. f3) 25. f3 a4 26. Rd3 fxe5 27. fxe4 dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Rd2 Ra5 29. Rb2 exd4 30. exd4 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Ke3 Kd5 33. Bc7 (33. Be1 {is more complex.} Ra8 34. h4 g6 35. Bg3 Be6 36. Rxb7 Rf8 37. Bf2) 33... Rb5 34. Rxb5 cxb5 $15 {KB-KB} 35. Ba5 $1 g5 36. Be1 Bg4 37. Ba5 Bd1 38. Be1 Bc2 39. Ba5 Bd3 40. Bb4 Bf1 41. g3 Bh3 42. Bd2 Bd7 43. Be1 Bc6 44. Bc3 {[#]} Ke6 $1 45. Bb4 Kf5 46. Bd2 {[#]} (46. h3 $17) 46... Kg4 $1 $19 47. Kf2 Kh3 48. Kg1 Bd5 49. Ba5 $2 (49. Bc1 $17) 49... e3 50. Bb4 Kg4 51. Ba5 Kf3 52. Bb4 Ke4 53. Kf1 Kxd4 54. Kg1 Ke4 55. Kf1 $2 (55. Kg2) 55... Kf3 56. Kg1 Ke2 57. Ba5 h5 58. Bb4 h4 59. gxh4 gxh4 60. Ba5 h3 61. Bb4 Kd1 62. Ba5 Bg2 (62... Be4 $142 63. Bb4 Bf5 64. Kf1 Bg6 65. Kg1 Bd3 66. Bc3 Be4 67. Ba5 Bf5 68. Kf1 Bd3+ 69. Kg1 Bc4 70. Bb4 Kc2 71. Ba5 Kb3 72. Bb4 Kb2 73. c6 bxc6 74. Bc5 Bd3 75. Bd6 Kc2 76. Bb4 Kd1 77. Ba5 c5 78. Bc3 b4 79. axb4 cxb4 80. Bxb4 Bb5 81. Bc3 a3 82. Ba1 a2 83. Bd4 Ke2 84. Bc3 Kf3 85. Bd4 e2 86. Kh1 e1=Q+ 87. Bg1 Bf1 88. Bd4 Bg2#) 63. Bd8 {[#]} b4 $1 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Black "Balasubramaniam H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,111,15,20,0,22,14,16,14,0,1,16,0,39,0,0,0,0,0,27,21,24,18,57,7,0,14,39,22,79,86,74,95,179,98,92,100,89,101,127,124,121,125,128,124,152,143,225,224,303,265,276,267,247,268,275,213,220,45,188,159,283,277,258,156,141,145,217,183,365,148,379,41,156,171,170,148,148,148,414,148,148,148,4419,1796,5716,5582,5175,4694,3138,2112,1742,1484,2031,2248,29970,2439,5624,4064,2407,2387]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbc6 7. d3 d6 {LiveBook: 100 Games} 8. a3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (8. O-O a5 9. b3 Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Ba3 Qd7 12. Kh2 f5 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Rfe8 15. Qd2 d5 16. Rad1 {1-0 (82) Hera,I (2619)-Sipos,I (2471) Hungary 2016}) 8... a5 9. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Bf5 10. h3 {1-0 (36) Granados Gomez,M (2428)-Oms Fuentes,L (2125) Barcelona 2001}) 9... Be6 10. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Qd7 11. h4 h6 12. Nd5 f5 13. Qd2 Bf7 14. Nec3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Rab8 16. O-O b6 17. b4 Nd8 18. f4 c6 19. Nc3 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 (20... exf4 $1 $11 21. gxf4 cxd5) 21. Ne2 $16 Qe7 22. Rac1 Nb7 {[#]} (22... Re8 $16) 23. Rc6 ({White should try} 23. h5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 23... Nd8 24. Rc2 $1 axb4 25. axb4 exf4 26. Bxg7 (26. Nxf4 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 Qe5 $14) 26... Kxg7 27. Nxf4 Re8 28. Qc3+ (28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Qc3+ (29. Bxd5 Qxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rxe3 $11) 29... Qe5 $14) (28. Bxd5 $6 Qxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 $11) 28... Kh7 29. Bxd5 (29. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Qxe3+ 31. Kh2 Qe5 $16) 29... Qxe3+ (29... Ne6 $16) 30. Kh2 Qe5 31. d4 Qd6 32. Qc7 Qxc7 33. Rxc7 Kg7 {If Black can now play ...g5 this consolidates a bit.} 34. Bxf7 Nxf7 35. d5 $2 (35. Rc6 $1 $18) 35... g5 (35... Rbc8 $14 36. d6 Rcd8) 36. Ne6+ $18 Kf6 (36... Kg6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 37. g4 $1 Nd6 38. Rc6 Ke5 39. Nc7 Rec8 (39... Re7 $16 {was called for.}) 40. Re1+ Kd4 $2 (40... Kf4) 41. Re6 (41. Rxd6 Rxc7 42. gxf5 gxh4 $16) (41. gxf5 $18 {aiming for Kh3.} gxh4 42. b5 (42. Rxd6 Rxc7 43. Kh3 Rc2 $16)) 41... Rb7 $2 {[#]} (41... Ne8 $16) 42. Rexd6 $2 (42. Nb5+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb5 43. Rxc8) 42... Rbxc7 ({Black should play} 42... Rcxc7 $14 43. gxf5 gxh4) 43. gxf5 Rxc6 44. dxc6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ke5 45. Rxh6 {Threatens to win with f6.} Kxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45... gxh4 $16 46. b5 (46. Rxh4 Rxc6 47. Rh5 Rf6 $11) 46... Kxf5) 46. b5 $2 (46. h5 $1 $18) 46... gxh4 $16 47. Rh7 {Hoping for Rb7.} Kg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (47... Ke5 $16 48. Kh3 (48. Rxh4 Rg8 $16) 48... Kd6 49. Rxh4 (49. Kxh4 Rg8 $16) 49... Rg8) 48. Rg7+ $1 $18 Kh5 49. Rb7 Ra8 50. Rxb6 Ra2+ 51. Kg1 Ra1+ 52. Kf2 Ra2+ 53. Ke3 Ra8 54. Rb7 (54. c7 $142 Rc8 55. Rc6 h3 56. b6 h2 57. Rc1 Kg5 58. Rh1 Ra8 59. b7 Ra3+ 60. Kd4 Ra4+ 61. Kc3 Ra3+ 62. Kb2) 54... Re8+ 55. Kf3 Rf8+ 56. Ke4 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,82,12,11,13,13,12,22,19,11,21,0,-28,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-22,-18,-15,-15,-15,-18,-27,-26,-29,-14,-17,-12,-19,0,-8,0,-38,-64,-67,-64,-66,-64,-71,-56,-91,-72,-195,-191,-188,-178,-354,-352,-345,-330,-29981,-970,-895,-895,-771,-1254,-1222,-1199,-1548,-1528,-2414,-2400,-5261,-3950]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 7. Be2 Nfd7 (7... c5 8. d5 e5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nf1 a6 11. Bd2 Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. Ne3 Ng7 14. Bd3 {½-½ (35) Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis 2017}) 8. Nb1 e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Be3 Bf6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Rb1 Re8 14. f3 {[#]} Be5 $146 15. Bf2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qf6 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 {[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} Qd8 19. b4 Ne6 20. c5 Nd4 21. Bc4 c6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 22. Ne3 b5 23. cxb6 axb6 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 24. a4 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Nc4 b5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Na5 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 29. Kh1 h4 30. Qd2 {[#]} h3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. g3 (31. gxh3 $17 Qh4 32. Nb3) 31... Qe7 $19 32. Qc3 Rd8 33. Rbd1 $2 (33. Rf2 {was called for.}) 33... Red6 34. Rd2 Ne6 35. Rfd1 $2 {[#]} (35. Re2 $19 Rd3 36. Qc2) 35... Rxd2 (35... Qa7 $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Rg1 Rxd2 37. Nb3 Rd1 38. Nd4 R8xd4 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qc5 Nxc5 41. g4 Qa1 42. Rxd1 Rxd1#) 36. Rxd2 {Black is clearly winning.} Rxd2 37. Qxd2 Nd4 38. f4 Qc7 39. Qb2 g6 40. Kg1 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 {[#]} Nxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 38%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Black "Gagare, Shalmali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,42,40,56,33,38,38,51,43,49,31,50,31,66,54,56,54,62,66,70,62,64,69,60,60,76,97,70,53,163,156,168,150,168,161,175,256,236,240,237,241,227,212,810,806,809,795,787,661,781,756,29996,29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 g6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 7. d3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Qc7 8. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 Bg7 10. c4 Nb6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Qe3 {1-0 (44) Muzychuk,M (2357)-Orlyanskaya,D (2100) Odessa 2008}) 8... e5 {White is slightly better.} 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. a4 a5 11. Bh6 Qd6 12. O-O Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qf8 14. Qe3 (14. Qh4 {with more complications.} Qe7 15. Qg3 b6 16. Nd1 Ba6 17. Ne3) 14... Qg7 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nc4 b6 17. Nb1 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} Ba6 18. Nbd2 f5 {[#]} 19. exf5 $1 gxf5 20. f4 $36 {[%cal Rf4e5][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} exf4 ({Black should try} 20... Rae8 $14) 21. Rxf4 $18 Rae8 {[#]} 22. Qf2 $1 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Nd6 (25. Nxa5 $6 Ra8) 25... Qxb2 26. Rxa5 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Re2 $2 (27... Re1 28. Rxf5 (28. Rxb5 Kh8 $14) (28. Qg3+ $2 Kh8 $19) 28... Rh1+ 29. Kg3 Rxf5 30. Ra8+ (30. Qxf5 Qe1+ 31. Kg4 Qe2+ 32. Kh4 Qe7+ 33. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 34. Kxg5 Rh2 $18) 30... Nf8 31. Qxf5 Qe1+ 32. Qf2 (32. Kg4 Qe2+ 33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rc1 $16) 32... Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rc1) 28. Qg3+ Kh8 29. Rxf5 Re7 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Nf5 {Threatening mate with Ra8.} Qd2 32. Nxe7 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Black "Kakulidis, Ellen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,47,6,9,91,92,91,89,106,106,102,119,114,106,182,177,301,298,2838,2779,2816,2425,2403,2245,2243,1520,1472,1460,1239,1235]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 b6 8. b3 Ba6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} dxc4 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} (10... Qc8 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Rac1 Nc5 13. dxc5 dxe4 14. Qe2 exf3 15. Qxf3 Rd2 16. Na4 bxc5 17. Rcd1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 {1-0 (27) Sarana,A (2543)-Fedoseev,V (2733) Sochi 2017}) 11. bxc4 {LiveBook: 21 Games} b5 (11... e5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 12. cxb5 $16 cxb5 {White is better.} 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ba3 Nb6 16. Nh4 g6 17. f4 b4 18. Qxa6 bxa3 {1-0 (36) Dolezal,R (2421)-Jurek,J (2351) Czechia 2007}) 15... Nb6 16. h4 h6 {[#]} (16... Bc8 $16) 17. e6 $1 $18 fxe6 {[#]} (17... Bd6 {was called for.} 18. exf7+ Rxf7) 18. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 $2 (18... Bf6) 19. Qg6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Re5 {[%cal Re5h5]} Rf5 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Ne5 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dixit, Nikhil"]
[Black "Mahitosh Dey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,113,0,0,-6,-12,-20,-18,-21,-15,-10,0,-11,0,0,0,0,17,17,29,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,4,-52,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-216,-4,-4,-4,-4,0,-22,-15,-8,-13,-60,-65,-47,-91,-110,-92,-90,-38,-32,0,0,8,8,16,-19,-31,-761,-539,-1032,-327,-1029,-1069,-1045,-1087,-1029,-1053,-1018,-716,-1083,-1103,-1069,-1087,-1032,-1076,-1069,-1060,-1037,-800,-831,-399,-391,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 Be6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 14. Bf5 (14. h3 h6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. Qg6 Qe8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ Kh8 {½-½ (20) Friedrich,N (2305)-Andersen,M (2477) Helsingor 2013}) 14... Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Re8 16. Re3 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rfe1 Nd6 19. Qg5 Rxe3 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nxe3 {½-½ (21) Vidic,T-Bernik,A Ljubljana 2008}) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Re3 g6 18. Qf4 f5 19. h4 {White wants to play f3.} Qc5 20. Rfe1 d4 21. R3e2 $1 Rbe8 22. Kh2 h6 23. Qxh6 {Hoping for f3.} Qd6+ 24. Kg1 Re7 25. g3 Rh7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 26. Qc1 (26. Qf4 $11 Qxf4 27. gxf4) 26... g5 (26... Qd5 {with more complications.} 27. b3 g5 28. Rxe4 fxe4 29. Qxg5+ Rg7) 27. Rxe4 $1 ({Don't go for} 27. hxg5 $2 Qg6 $19) 27... fxe4 28. Rxe4 gxh4 29. Rxh4 $2 (29. Qg5+ $11 {and White stays safe.} Kf7 30. Qf5+ (30. Rxh4 Rxh4 31. Qxh4 Qe5 $15) 30... Kg7 31. Qg5+ Qg6 32. Qe5+ (32. Re7+ Rf7 $17) 32... Qf6 33. Qxd4) 29... Rxh4 $2 (29... Qe7 $1 $19 30. Rg4+ Kh8) 30. Qg5+ $11 Kf7 31. Qxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qe5 32. Qh7+ Ke6 33. Qg6+ Kd5 34. Qd3 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. f3 Qxd3 37. cxd3 $17 {KR-KN} c5 (37... Re8 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Re1.} 38. Kf2 c5) 38. b3 $15 Kc6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} (38... Rf6 $5 39. Nb2 $8 Ra6 $15) 39. g4 Kb5 40. Kg3 {Threatening g5.} Kb4 41. g5 {Strongly threatening f4.} Ka3 42. Kg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Nf2 $15) 42... Kxa2 43. f4 {f5 is the strong threat.} Kxb3 $2 (43... a5 44. f5 Kxb3) 44. g6 $19 {[#]} a5 $1 45. f5 {[#]} a4 $1 46. g7 Rg8 47. f6 a3 48. Kf5 a2 49. f7 Rxg7 50. f8=Q a1=Q 51. Qxg7 Qxd1 {KQ-KQ} 52. Qg8+ Kb2 53. Qc4 Qc2 54. Qb5+ Qb3 $2 (54... Kc1 $19 {And now ...c4! would win.} 55. Ke4 Kd2 56. Qa5+ Ke2) 55. Qxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxd3+ 56. Ke5 Qe3+ 57. Kd5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pranav Vijay"]
[Black "Bharath Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,153,21,8,9,8,16,0,8,-66,-58,-65,-68,-167,-165,-158,-158,-172,-171,-166,-135,-127,-127,-128,-112,-195,-199,-217,-213,-214,-212,-238,-247,-262,-258,-274,-205,-226,-188,-242,-226,-225,-216,-225,-207,-241,-243,-241,-228,-478,-461,-512,-497,-459,-471,-465,-412,-489,-483,-694,-672,-654,-595,-599,-595,-644,-639,-713,-737,-725,-709,-1091,-1091,-1079,-1080,-1052,-1029,-959,-938,-831,-725,-981,-547,-1127,-1114,-1959,-1254,-1180,-800,-663,-620,-522,-403,-1307,-1293,-964,-380,-12842,-12835,-29976,-12834,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29992,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29991,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29981,-29991,-29992,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29994,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. e4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Bh7 11. f4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. c3 Rd7 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 {½-½ (88) Demchenko,A (2639)-Eliseev,U (2557) Ekaterinburg 2013}) 11... Nxe5 12. fxe5 {The position is equal.} Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 13. Qe2 Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. d4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 c5 17. Rad1 Qc7 {1-0 (45) Jenal,J (2440)-Glaser,H (2460) ICCF corr 1995}) 14. c4 ({Better is} 14. d4 $11) 14... d4 $15 15. Bxd4 Nxe5 16. Be3 (16. Nf3 $15 Bc5 17. Bf2) 16... Qc3 $19 17. d4 {[#]} Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e3][%mdl 512]} 18. Bf4 (18. Qxg4 Qxe3+) 18... Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 20. Qxg4 {aiming for Bxh6.} exf4 21. Nf3 Qf6 ({Don't go for} 21... Qxe4 $2 22. Rae1 $18) 22. Rae1 (22. Ng1 $17) 22... Bb4 23. Re2 fxg3 24. Qxg3 Rae8 25. e5 Qg6 26. Qf4 Qh5 {White must now prevent ...Bd3.} 27. Rg1 Qf5 28. Qg3 Bc5 29. Rf1 (29. Bh3 {might work better.} Qg6 30. Bf5 Qxg3 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rxg3) 29... Qg6 {...Qxg3 is the strong threat.} 30. Qe1 Qd3 31. Ng1 Rd8 {[%cal Be8d8,Bd8d4,Bd4f4][%mdl 32]} 32. Nh3 {[#] intending Nf4.} Bb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4e1][%mdl 512]} 33. Qf2 (33. Qxb4 Qxe2) 33... Qd4 34. Qg3 $2 (34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Nf2) 34... Bd3 35. Rd1 {With the idea Re3.} Bxe2 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Nf2 Bh5 38. Bf3 Bg6 39. e6 (39. h4 $142) 39... Bd6 40. Qh3 Rf4 41. Qg3 Kh7 42. Nh3 Rd4 43. Qg1 Rd3 44. Qg4 fxe6 45. Be4 {[#]} Rd1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Ng1 (46. Qxd1 Bxe4+) 46... Bxe4+ 47. Qxe4+ Kh8 48. Kg2 Rd2+ 49. Ne2 Bc5 50. Kh3 Rf6 51. Nf4 Bd6 52. Ng6+ Kg8 53. Ne5 Bxe5 54. Qxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Kh7 55. Qe4+ Rg6 56. a4 {[#]} (56. a3 $142) 56... Rdg2 $1 57. b4 (57. Qxg2 Rxg2) 57... R2g5 $2 (57... R2g4 58. Qxg4 Rxg4 59. Kxg4 Kg6) 58. Qe2 $2 (58. Kh4) 58... Rf5 59. c5 a6 (59... e5 $142 60. b5 e4 61. Qd1 Rf3+ 62. Kh4 Rgf6 63. Qd7 R6f4+ 64. Qg4 g5+ 65. Kh5 Rxg4 66. Kxg4 Kg6 67. bxc6 h5#) 60. Qd1 e5 {Black mates.} 61. Qe2 e4 62. Qd1 e3 63. Qe2 Re5 64. Kh4 Re4+ 65. Kh3 Kh8 66. Qf3 Re5 67. Qe2 Rf6 68. Qb2 Rff5 69. Qe2 Rf2 70. Qe1 e2 71. b5 Rf1 72. bxa6 Rxe1 73. a7 Re8 74. Kg4 Rg1+ 75. Kh5 Re5+ 76. Kh4 e1=Q+ 77. Kh3 Rh5# {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raahul V S"]
[Black "Ali, Abdulaziz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,83,43,24,19,1,-1,3,6,0,65,3,22,14,36,-17,27,27,37,0,62,41,52,55,72,14,63,64,70,64,80,83,80,83,83,89,83,83,84,91,87,86,93,87,90,79,91,65,55,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,10,8,8,20,0,8,8,100,100,100,100,970,754]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games. A20: English Opening: 1...e5} Nc6 (7... Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. d3 Bf5 10. Nc3 exd3 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 {½-½ (39) Repka,C (2524)-Ozen,D (2407) Batumi 2018}) 8. Nc2 Bf5 9. d3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Ne1 Bc5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. Na4 Bd6 13. dxe4 dxe4 14. Nc2 Bg6 {0-1 (31) Czech,L (2144)-Rosino,A (2285) Bad Homburg 2005}) 9... exd3 10. exd3 d4 (10... Be7 $11) 11. b3 (11. Bxc6+ $14 bxc6 12. Qf3) 11... Be7 $11 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nba3 (13. Bxc6 $14 bxc6 14. Nxd4) 13... a6 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. Re1 {Hoping for Bxc6.} (15. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 16. Re1 $11) 15... Re8 (15... Rc8 $1 $11) 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Re1 (18. b4 $16 Ba7 19. a4) 18... Re8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qa5 Qd5 {[#]} 22. Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd3 24. Qxd5 cxd5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 25. Ne5 Bb1 26. a4 Nc7 27. b4 f6 28. Nec6 Bd3 29. Na7 Kf7 30. b5 (30. f4 $14) 30... axb5 $1 $11 31. axb5 {b6 is the strong threat.} Ke7 32. b6 Na6 33. f3 Kd6 34. Nc8+ Kd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c8]} 35. b7 Kc7 36. Kf2 Bg6 37. Ne7 Kxb7 38. Nxd5 Nc5 39. Nf4 Nd3+ (39... Kc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 40. Nxd3 $16 Bxd3 {[#]} 41. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6c5] Threatens to win with Nc5+.} g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Kc6 $16) 42. Nc5+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ashwath, R."]
[Black "Abid Ali Mujawar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,54,26,55,28,35,31,43,0,13,0,0,0,15,12,26,10,135,147,204,213,483,465,423,264,393,386,395,400,364,102,712,712,697,673,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Rc1 Bd7 {LiveBook: 13 Games. D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} (8... Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. f4 O-O 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rfc8 13. O-O Be8 14. g4 Nd7 15. g5 Ne7 16. Qf3 b5 {0-1 (35) Volkov,S (2627)-Cori Tello,J (2636) Sitges 2017}) 9. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 b5 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Nd2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. a3 Rfc8 15. Qe2 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 {1-0 (47) Batchuluun,T (2460)-Battulga,N (2406) Uliastai 2016}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Rc8 {White is slightly better.} 11. f4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Qd2 Na5 15. O-O Ke7 (15... O-O $11) 16. Ne5 $16 Bxe5 (16... Qd6 $16) 17. fxe5 $18 f5 $2 {[#]} (17... Rhf8 18. Qf2 Kd8) 18. exf6+ $1 gxf6 19. Qf2 Rcf8 (19... Rhf8 $142 20. Rc2 Nc6) 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nc6 22. Nxf6 $2 (22. Rc5 $18) 22... Nxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Qxd4 $16 23. Qxd4 Nxd4) 23. Kh1 {[#] Threatens to win with Qh4.} Bc6 24. Qh4 {White wants to mate with Ng8+.} Qxb2 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rb2g2]} 25. Ng8+ {White mates.} Kd6 26. Qe7+ Ke5 27. Qc5+ Bd5 28. Qc7# {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ma, Lin"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,60,18,29,8,27,0,16,18,18,11,16,14,31,15,11,6,35,35,35,35,43,18,20,20,27,27,27,24,27,27,27,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Re8 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (14... Bd6 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Be5 18. Rad1 Bxb2 19. Rxd5 Bd4 20. c3 Bxc3 21. Rxc5 Bd4 22. Rc4 Rfd8 23. Rfc1 Bb6 24. Rc8 Raxc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxc8 {½-½ (26) Ganguly,S (2650)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Riadh 2017}) 15. Ng3 Rb8 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 16. b3 Be6 $146 (16... Re5 {with more complications.} 17. a3 Bd6 18. b4 a5 19. c3 c5) ({Predecessor:} 16... Bc3 17. Rad1 c5 18. Nf5 c4 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Nd6 cxd3 21. Nxe8 dxc2 22. Rc1 Bf5 {0-1 (22) Derakhshani,B (2198)-Berzinsh,R (2414) Novi Sad 2016}) 17. Nf5 (17. c3 {is interesting.} Bd6 18. Rac1 Kf8 19. Nh5 f5 20. g3) 17... Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Re5 19. Bd3 Bc3 20. Rad1 a5 21. f4 Re3 22. Bf5 Rb7 23. Rd3 Rbe7 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. Rf3 (25. Kf2 {feels hotter.} Bd4 26. Rd1 Bc5 27. Kf1 Bb4 28. g3) 25... Rxf3 26. gxf3 $14 {KB-KB} Bd2 27. Bd7 c5 28. Bc6 d4 29. f5 Kf8 30. Bd5 Ke7 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sultan, Ibrahim"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,97,0,35,2,12,0,20,-45,-46,-65,-64,-66,-64,-63,-58,-72,-43,-53,-54,-51,-40,-55,-62,-93,-90,-91,-86,-89,-50,-59,-53,-47,-32,-35,-6,-14,-2,-8,0,-78,-22,-62,83,-50,10,10,10,8,8,6,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,6,384,423,399,390,480,472,468,467,460,462,1280,1202,1969,1939,29997,29980,29989,29981,29984,1283]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Bd3 Qd7 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} 7. Nge2 Nc6 (7... h5 8. a3 g6 9. O-O Bh6 10. b3 Nc6 11. Na4 b6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nac3 O-O 14. Qc2 {1-0 (38) Gupta,A (2645)-Sandipan,C (2573) Moscow 2017}) 8. a3 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7c8,Bc8d6][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 38 Games. The position is equal.} 9. Bb5 c6 10. Bd3 Nc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h5 11. Na4 b6 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. h4 g6 14. Qe2 {0-1 (52) Brcar,A (2105)-Kovacevic,B (2467) Zagreb 2015}) 11. f3 (11. Na4 $11) 11... Nd6 $15 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd6 16. Qd2 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. h3 f5 19. Bd3 g6 20. Rhe1 Rhe8 21. Kb1 Bd5 22. g4 $1 fxg4 23. hxg4 Bf3 24. g5 c5 {White must now prevent ...c4.} 25. Rf1 Bg4 {...c4 is the strong threat.} 26. Bb5 Re7 {aiming for ...a6.} 27. Rde1 (27. Nc3 $11 {remains equal.} Bg3 28. Be2 Bxe2 29. Nxe2) 27... Qb6 (27... a6 $17 28. Bc4 cxd4) 28. Bc4 Be5 (28... cxd4 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 29. Qxd4 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Bxa3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 29. c3 (29. Nc3 $16) 29... cxd4 ({Black should try} 29... Bc7 $15) 30. Nxd4 $11 Qc7 31. Bb3 Kb8 32. Qg2 Bc8 33. Re4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. cxd4 Qd6 36. d5 Re3 37. Ka2 Bf5 38. Qd2 Rd3 39. Qe2 Qb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39... a6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 40. Qe8+ $1 $18 Bc8 {[#]} 41. Qe5+ $1 Qc7 42. Qe4 Rd2 43. Qe3 Qh2 44. Qc3 Bf5 (44... Re2 $142 45. Rf8 Qc7 46. Qxc7+ Kxc7 47. d6+ Kd7 48. Ba4+ Kxd6) 45. Qh8+ Kc7 46. Rc1+ Kd6 47. Qb8+ {White mates.} Ke7 48. Qxb7+ Bd7 49. Ba4 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 42%.} (49. Qb4+ $142 Ke8 50. Re1+ Kd8 51. Qe7+ Kc8 52. Rc1+ Qc7 53. Rxc7+ Kxc7 54. Qc5+ Kb7 55. Qb4+ Ka8 56. Qxd2) 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maroroa, Sue"]
[Black "Chakravarthi Reddy, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,78,31,29,37,23,30,37,35,-58,-76,-80,-72,-61,-56,-74,-71,-68,-68,-64,-20,-25,-26,-63,-67,-99,-97,-92,-96,-97,-97,-89,-82,-77,-82,-73,-75,-85,-63,-76,-77,-105,-102,-105,-99,-147,-147,-151,-132,-223,-221,-211,-152,-308,-310,-435,-408,-544,-570,-621,-579,-783,-762,-718,-703]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. h4 h6 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} 9. Qe2 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Qb6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} (9... Bg7 10. a3 a5 11. Qe3 b6 12. Nf1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. N1h2 Ra7 15. Ng4 a4 16. Qf4 {0-1 (53) Guseinov,G (2646)-Socko,B (2593) Riadh 2017}) 10. Qe3 Bg7 {White has an edge.} 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 $146 (12. Bc2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. Bxg6 fxe5 15. Nb3 Nxd4 16. Nfxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 {½-½ (24) Maroroa,S (2083)-Watson,J (2247) Douglas 2017}) 12... cxd4 $1 $15 13. cxd4 {[#]} f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 {aiming for Qxb6.} Qxe3 $1 17. fxe3 Ng4 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Bxg6 Nxe5 20. Bh7 Bf6 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Bxh4 23. Bd2 Kg7 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. Kf2 Kf7 ({Don't go for} 26... Bxb2 $2 27. Rb1 $18) 27. Rh1 Rh8 28. b4 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 29. Rc1 {With the idea Rc7.} Rc8 30. Rh1 h4 31. e4 Rg8 32. Be3 (32. b5 $17) 32... d4 $19 33. Bd2 e5 34. Bf1 $2 {[#]} (34. f4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 34... Rc8 35. Bd3 (35. Ke1 $142) 35... h3 36. Ke1 Bh4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Kd1 Bg3 38. Be1 Bxe1 39. Rxe1 Rc3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jishitha D"]
[Black "Arjun Kalyan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,72,79,79,68,70,60,85,81,89,68,84,62,99,102,96,-37,-37,-39,-22,-25,-14,-89,-65,-73,-54,-62,-53,-53,0,-222,-218,-220,-219,-184,-189,-188,-202,-207,-165,-275,-275,-260,-263,-239,-121,-138,-122,-317,-297,-29987,-29988]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} Nc5 9. f3 h5 10. g5 Nh7 11. h4 f6 12. gxf6 Bxf6 {[#] LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. Bf2 $1 Be7 14. Kd2 c6 {[#]} (14... Rf4 15. Qe1 a5 {½-½ (30) L'Ami,E (2634)-Amin,B (2693) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 15. Kc2 $1 Kg7 {[#]} 16. Qe1 $146 cxd5 17. Bxc5 {aiming for Ba3.} dxc5 18. Nxd5 Nf6 19. Rd1 (19. Ne3 $16) 19... Nxd5 $15 20. Rxd5 Qb6 21. Qg3 Be6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 22. Rd1 (22. Nh3 $11) 22... Qa6 23. Nh3 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 25. Kb1 Rad8 (25... Qe6 $15) 26. Ng5 $2 (26. Qxe5+ $11 {and White is okay.} Bf6 27. Qg3) 26... Bxg5 $19 27. Qxg5 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe6 29. Rd5 Rxf3 30. Rxc5 Qd6 31. Rd5 (31. Qxe5+ $142 Qxe5 32. Rxe5) 31... Rf1+ 32. Kc2 Qc7+ 33. Kb3 Rc1 (33... Rf3+ $19 34. Kb4 Rf4 35. Qxe5+ Qxe5 36. Rxe5 Kf6) 34. Ka3 Rc5 35. Rxc5 $2 (35. Qd2 $17 Rxd5 36. exd5) 35... Qxc5+ 36. Kb3 $2 (36. b4 $19 Qc3+ 37. Ka4) 36... b5 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Song, Yuxin"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,128,14,39,14,1,15,15,15,19,18,22,15,16,14,15,13,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-20,-29,-6,-16,-11,-21,0,-7,0,-2,0,-14,-8,-15,-20,-31,-44,-29,0,-18,-18,-16,-16,-13,-4,-5,-19,-93,-93,-93,-91,-93,-93,-106,-93,-116,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-139,-80,-83,-84,-87,-84,-96,-40,-55,-55,-62,-70,-70,-70,-70,-9,-33,-53,-81,-73,-435,-435,-435,-359,-799,-359,-670,-405,-1024,-701,-29955,-7274,-29975,-29973,-29972,-29972,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qxd7 11. Nd2 Qc6 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Ne3 Rfc8 14. a4 Bf8 15. f3 g6 16. Bd2 Nh5 {0-1 (59) Perez,J (2245)-Suba,M (2525) Manresa 1994}) 11. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Ne3 Rac8 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Kh1 a6 17. Bd2 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Ncxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bc5 20. c3 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 Rxd5 22. Qe2 Rcd8 23. Kg1 Qd7 {[%cal Rd5d1]} 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Bb6 Rd6 26. c4 (26. Bf2 {is more complex.} Qb3 27. a5 Nd7 28. h3 f6 29. Be3) 26... Qd2 27. Qxd2 Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. b3 e4 30. Bd4 exf3 31. gxf3 Nh5 32. Rb2 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Nf4 {aiming for ...Nd3+.} 34. Be3 {[#]} (34. Rd2 $11) 34... Rxc4 $1 $17 35. Rd2 {[#]} Rb4 $1 36. Bxf4 Rxf4 {KR-KR} 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rd7 Rb4 39. Rxf7 Rxb3 40. a5 Kg6 41. Rd7 Kf6 (41... Rb5 $142 42. Ke3 Kf6) 42. Kg3 Rb5 43. h4 h5 44. Rc7 g5 (44... Rxa5 $17 {And now ...Rb5 would win.} 45. Rxb7 Rb5) 45. Rh7 Kg6 46. Rd7 gxh4+ 47. Kxh4 Rxa5 {White must now prevent ...Ra4+.} 48. Rxb7 Ra4+ (48... Rb5 $1 $15 49. Ra7 a5) 49. Kh3 Kg5 50. Rh7 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 51. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Rg7+ $17 {is a better chance.} Kf4 52. Rf7+ Ke3 53. Re7+ Kf2 54. f4) 51... h4+ $19 52. Kh3 Rb4 53. Rg7+ $2 (53. Kg2) 53... Kf5 (53... Kf4 $142 54. Kg2 Kf5) 54. Kg2 $2 (54. Rf7+ Kg5 55. Rg7+ Kf4 56. Kg2) 54... a4 55. Ra7 (55. Rg8 $142 a3 56. Rf8+ Ke5 57. Ra8 Rb2+ 58. Kh3) 55... Kf4 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Ke1 Ra2 {Black mates.} 58. Rh7 Kg3 59. f4 h3 60. f5 h2 61. f6 {[#]} h1=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 62. Rxh1 Ra1+ 63. Ke2 Rxh1 64. f7 Rh8 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Black "Kowsarinia, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,69,39,49,24,60,62,61,54,90,93,187,120,211,145,136,84,67,71,74,25,7,10,0,33,39,39,31,17,92,86,81,75,122,122,183,122,912,913,903,893,870,854,29948,29945,6487,6407,5593,5573]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4 Bf6 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} (8... g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Na3 Ne5 11. f4 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Nf6 13. Be3 b5 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Rac1 e5 16. f5 gxf5 {1-0 (31) Navara,D (2740)-Gajewski,G (2601) Katowice 2017}) 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nge7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. f4 Qc7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Rf3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. a4 Ng6 14. Qf3 Rb8 15. Qe2 {½-½ (28) Loeffler,W (2377)-Stieger,H (2375) ICCF email 2010}) 13... g6 14. Rh3 b5 15. Rf1 b4 16. Ne2 Rd8 (16... a5 $16) 17. Nd2 (17. Ng3 $1 $18) 17... Rb8 (17... Kh8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 18. b3 d5 {[#]} 19. e5 (19. Ng3 $142 $1) 19... Bg7 $16 20. Qh4 h6 21. f5 exf5 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 22. Bxh6 Bxh6 ({Don't blunder} 22... Bxe5 $2 23. Bg5 $18) 23. Qxh6 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh6h8]} Qxe5 24. Nf3 Qg7 25. Qf4 $40 {[%mdl 1152] White has compensation. White mounts an attack.} f6 {[#]} (25... d4 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Rg3 $1 Ne5 27. Ned4 Bd7 28. Re1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Nxf3+ (28... Nxd3 $16 {was necessary.} 29. cxd3 Re8) 29. Nxf3 (29. Rxf3 $18 {Hoping for Qd6.} g5 30. Qd6) 29... Bb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Re8 $16) 30. Rxe7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe7 31. Rxg6+ Kf7 32. Qh6 {Strongly threatening Rg7+.} Rg8 {[#]} 33. Ng5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke8 (33... fxg5 34. Qh7+) 34. Rxg8+ Kd7 35. Rg7 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sun, Chao"]
[Black "Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,66,18,8,7,0,-14,-10,-2,0,-9,-44,-54,-61,-50,-79,0,-74,-74,-171,-132,-120,-110,-129,-79,-60,-72,-123,-131,-158,-127,-186,-186,-258,-225,-214,-152,-212,-185,-258,-256,-335,-335,-389,-389,-369,-287,-468,-433,-610,-593,-874,-845,-902,-888]} 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O {D07: Queen's Gambit: Chigorin Defence} 9. O-O Na5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 {The position is equal.} 11. Qxe2 Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. a4 Rfe8 14. Ba3 h5 {1-0 (32) Haznedaroglu,K (2444)-Knudsen,O (2028) Borup 2008}) 12. a4 Qa6 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14. Rfb1 {[#]} Nd7 (14... Rad8 $1 $17) 15. Rb5 (15. Qf1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15... c6 $17 16. Bb4 (16. Rbb1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 16... b6 ({Stronger than} 16... cxb5 17. axb5 Qb6 18. Bxa5 $11) 17. Bxa5 cxb5 18. axb5 Qb7 19. Bb4 a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 20. bxa6 ({White should try} 20. Bd6) 20... Rxa6 21. Rd1 Rea8 22. h3 (22. cxd5 $17 exd5 23. e4) 22... Nf6 $19 23. f3 (23. Qe1 $142) 23... Ra2 24. e4 Qa6 25. Qf1 (25. Kh2 $17) 25... Rc2 26. cxd5 (26. e5 $142 Nh5 27. f4) 26... exd5 27. Qxa6 Rxa6 28. Kf1 Raa2 29. Ke1 b5 30. g4 $2 (30. g3 {is a better defense.}) 30... h6 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. e5 (31. exd5 $142 Nxd5 32. Ke2) 31... Nd7 32. Ke2 Nb6 33. Ke3 {[#]} Rxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 13%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krithigga K"]
[Black "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,77,0,-13,-20,-43,-40,-53,-39,-54,-47,-33,-55,-56,-43,-97,-92,-91,-112,-127,-117,-155,-146,-252,-260,-483,-337,-332,-333,-344,-337,-340,-341,-550,-546,-526,-537,-547,-520,-662,-685,-685,-683,-668,-664,-653,-667,-789,-767,-905,-897,-1012,-1008,-1000,-977,-1572,-1318,-1282,-1128,-29974,-29974,-29975,-6195,-29989,-29990,-29990]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nb3 Qh5 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 8. h3 {LiveBook: 15 Games} a5 (8... Be7 9. Nc3 Qg6 10. d3 exd3 11. e4 O-O 12. Qxd3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Na6 14. a3 Be6 15. Be3 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 {½-½ (46) Matlakov,M (2632)-Khismatullin,D (2660) Magnitogorsk 2011}) 9. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d4 a4 10. g4 Qh4 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 O-O 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Nxa4 Re8 15. Be3 {½-½ (44) Chatalbashev,B (2545)-Kett,T (2209) Cardiff 2016}) 9... Bb4+ {Black is slightly better.} 10. Bd2 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. Bxb4 (11. fxe3 Bd6) 11... axb4 12. Qc1 exf2+ 13. Kxf2 Be6 14. Qe3 (14. Bf3 $15 Qe5 15. Qc5) 14... O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Bxb3. Black is on the roll.} 15. N1d2 Nbd7 16. Qf3 Qg6 17. Kg1 Rfe8 18. Kh2 (18. Qf2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 18... Qh6 $19 19. Rhe1 $2 (19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4) 19... Ng4+ 20. Kg1 Ne3 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 Nc2 23. e4 $2 (23. Kf2 {was worth a try.}) 23... Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxa2 25. Rb1 Rea8 26. Kf2 Bxb3 27. Nxb3 R8a3 28. Nd2 Rxd3 29. Ke2 Nc5 30. Bf1 Rd8 31. Ke3 Na4 32. Nc4 b5 33. Ne5 Nxb2 34. Nxc6 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Nxd1+ 36. Kd3 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 37. Nb4 {[#]} Rf2 (37... b2 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Kd4 b1=Q 39. Nxa2 Qxa2 40. Bxb5 Qa5 41. Kc5 Nc3 42. Kc4 Nxb5 43. e5 Nc7 44. Kd3 Qa3+ 45. Kd4 Qxh3 46. Kc4 Qf1+ 47. Kc3 Qxf4 48. Kb2 Qxe5+ 49. Kc2 Qe4+ 50. Kc3 Nd5+ 51. Kd2 h5 52. Kd1 Qg2 53. Ke1 Nf4 54. Kd1 Qb2 55. Ke1 Qe2#) 38. Be2 b2 39. Kd4 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ahmed, Fareed"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,66,4,0,-4,12,-79,-15,-10,-17,-15,0,-216,-202,-206,-227,-229,-235,-217,-215,-255,-283,-565,-563,-566,-564,-568,-568,-567,-554,-583,-573,-568,-565,-706,-695,-704,-686,-820,-818,-795,-757,-977,-867,-972,-960,-943,-922,-1128,-1112]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 {B88: Sicilian: Sozin Attack} (9. f4 Na5 10. Qf3 b5 11. f5 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Qb7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Be7 15. e5 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bb7 18. Rad1 {½-½ (84) Delchev,A (2586)-Vovk,A (2632) Wunsiedel 2016}) 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Bg5 {The position is equal.} Be7 12. Rhe1 $146 (12. Bxf6 $11 gxf6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Kb1) ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Qc5 15. Qd1 Qg5+ 16. Rd2 b4 17. Ne2 a5 {0-1 (30) Schroeder,C-Longwitz,A Germany North 1981}) 12... b4 (12... O-O $17 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 h6) 13. Nxc6 $11 Bxc6 14. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 ({Reject} 14... Bxf6 15. Nd5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 15. Nd5 $2 (15. Nb1 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 15... exd5 $19 16. exd5 Bb5 17. Qg4 {[#]} a5 $1 18. Re3 {Threatens to win with Rde1.} Kd8 19. Rde1 Re8 {Hoping for ...a4.} 20. Kb1 $2 (20. c3 {might work better.}) 20... a4 {Black is clearly winning.} 21. Qxb4 axb3 22. axb3 Qa5 23. Qxa5+ Rxa5 24. Rh3 Bf8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. c4 Bd7 {White must now prevent ...Bf5+.} 27. Rf3 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 28. Rh3 f4 29. Rh5 h6 30. Rh4 Bf5+ 31. Kc1 {[#]} f3 $1 32. gxf3 Be7 33. Rd4 Bf6 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Priyanka Nutakki"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,60,26,-3,0,-9,-2,-31,-13,-8,-6,-15,-14,-118,-111,-111,-121,-189,-166,-292,-309,-291,-282,-478,-465,-547,-566,-558,-566,-540,-562,-569,-556,-550,-550,-517,-458]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 Na7 {B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} (11... Qb8 12. g4 a4 13. Nxa4 d5 14. g5 d4 15. gxf6 dxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nbc5 Bxa2 19. Nd7 {½-½ (80) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Grischuk,A (2761) Paris 2017}) 12. Be2 Nc8 13. Bb5 Na7 14. Be2 {LiveBook: 15 Games} (14. Bxa7 $5 Rxa7 15. Kb1 $11) 14... b5 15. Bxa7 ({Much worse is} 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 a4 $17) 15... Rxa7 16. Nxb5 Ra8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 17. Kb1 a4 18. Nc1 Qb6 19. Bd3 $146 (19. c4 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 19. c4 Rfc8 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3 {1-0 (32) Mrdja,M (2418)-Magyar,A (2262) Oberwart 2009}) 19... d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Rde1 (21. Rhe1 $17) 21... Bf6 22. Ne2 (22. Re4 $142) 22... Rab8 $19 23. c4 Ne3 24. Nec3 $2 (24. c5 {was the only chance.} Qxc5 25. Nec3) 24... Nxc4 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Na3 {[#]} Bd3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Ka1 {[#]} (27. Qxd3 Qxb2#) 27... Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Nxa4 (28. Qxg5 Qxb2#) 28... Bxd2 29. Nxb6 Bxe1 ({Worse is} 29... Rxb6 30. Rd1 $11) 30. Nd7 Bb4 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

