[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,120,29,32,29,23,33,14,34,39,43,36,32,16,39,39,73,67,83,77,79,79,187,160,163,141,152,94,96,100,95,89,116,80,85,30,27,22,25,27,20,12,22,18,20,14,14,12,14,16,7,14,5,6,19,11,39,8,10,8,8,7,8,6,8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-22,-128,-112,-106,-83,-71,1,-188,-155,-220,-218,-400,-374,-373,-372,-475,-475,-439,-412,-375,-391,-505,-387,-372,-372,-865,-800,-4141,-819,-4141,-4141,-4141,-4137,-4129,-797]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Ne7 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 {LiveBook: 14 Games. A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} c5 (6... Nbc6 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bd3 {1-0 (60) Onischuk,A (2681)-Ipatov,A (2665) Saint Louis 2018}) 7. dxc5 O-O 8. Be2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qxd5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Nxf3+ {0-1 (51) Sparenberg,E (2140)-Ten Hertog,H (2468) Hoogeveen 2016}) 8... Nbc6 9. Bf4 Qa5 {Strongly threatening ...d4.} 10. O-O {[%cal Rc4d5]} ({Much weaker is} 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qd2 Nxf4 $15) 10... dxc4 11. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nd5 12. Qc1 {Threatens to win with Bh6.} c3 13. bxc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Qc7 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 15. Nf6+ Kh8 (15... Bxf6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 16. Qxf6 b6) 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Rd6 Ne7 18. Qc4 ({Better is} 18. Rad1) 18... b6 $16 19. cxb6 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Nf5 21. Rd2 axb6 22. Rad1 (22. Rb2 $16) 22... Bb7 $11 23. Nd7 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rfd8 25. f4 g5 $1 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Rd3 Ra5 28. Bb3 Kh7 29. Nxb6 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 {White wants to play Nc4.} Rxe5 31. Kf1 Rc5 32. Nc4 Rc7 33. Ke2 Ne7 34. Nd6 Ng6 35. Kf1 Nf4 36. Rg3 f5 37. c4 Bf8 38. Nb5 Rd7 39. Rxg5 Rd2 {White must now prevent ...Rb2.} 40. Nc3 Bc5 41. Nd1 $1 Nd3 {[%cal Rd3f2]} 42. Rg2 Nc1 43. Ba4 Rxa2 44. Be8 (44. Bd7 $1 $11) 44... Nd3 $17 {[%mdl 1024] aiming for ...Nf4. Black has strong compensation.} 45. Rg3 Nf4 {Hoping for ...Ra1.} 46. Bc6 e5 (46... Rd2 $17 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 47. Ba4 Nd3) 47. Rb3 $2 {[#]} (47. Bd7 $11) 47... e4 $1 $19 48. Bd7 (48. h4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 48... Kg6 49. Rb2 $2 (49. Rb1 {might work better.}) 49... Ra1 {[%cal Ra1d1]} 50. Rd2 Bb4 51. Rd4 Nd3 52. Ke2 Bc5 53. Be8+ Kf6 54. Rd7 Ra2+ 55. Kf1 Rd2 56. Bh5 $2 {[#]} (56. Rxd3 exd3 57. Ba4) 56... f4 $1 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 57. Rb7 Kg5 (57... f3 $142 58. Rf7+ Ke6 59. Bxf3 Kxf7) 58. Rh7 f3 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 59. h4+ Kf6 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 60. Rf7+ Ke6 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 76%.} (60... Ke5 $142 61. Bxf3 exf3 62. Rxf3 Ke4) 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,129,31,31,35,14,11,12,14,0,6,0,6,0,7,0,0,-12,0,-21,-22,-24,-25,-37,-21,-18,-7,-8,-4,-9,0,-20,-20,-24,-16,-51,-20,-38,-21,-23,-24,-24,-22,-27,-22,-83,-14,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-38,-29,-46,-29,-36,-22,-36,-36,-36,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-31,0,-36,0,-7,0,-36,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,362,306,363,355,754,744,668,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Bb7 7. O-O c6 8. d3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qc7 11. Qe2 {[#] Threatens to win with e5.} e5 $1 12. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nh4 g6 13. f4 O-O-O 14. f5 {1-0 (26) Belous,V (2568)-Buyo,G Cocoa Beach 2016}) 12... O-O 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Bh3 Nf8 15. Qc2 Bc8 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Rd2 Ne6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. a3 f6 21. b4 Ndf8 22. Nc3 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. Bc1 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Qd7 26. Be3 Nd4 27. Bxd4 $1 exd4 28. Na4 c5 29. b5 (29. bxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} bxc5 30. Nb2) 29... Ng6 (29... g5 $17) 30. Nb2 Qg4 31. Nd2 Ne5 {...Qe2 is the strong threat.} 32. f4 Nf7 {White must now prevent ...g5.} 33. Qd1 Qe6 34. Kg2 Nd6 35. Qf3 g6 36. Qd3 Kg7 37. Nd1 Bd8 38. Nf2 Bc7 39. h4 h5 40. Kg1 Nf7 41. Qf3 Nh6 42. Kg2 Bd6 43. a4 Bc7 44. Kf1 (44. e5 $5) 44... Bd6 45. Ke2 Nf5 46. Nd1 (46. Kd3 $5 {[%cal Re4f5]} Ne3 47. Nd1 $15) 46... Nh6 47. Nf2 Nf5 48. Kd3 Ne3 49. Nd1 Nxd1 50. Qxd1 Qh3 51. Qf3 Qh2 52. Kc2 Be7 53. Kd1 Kh6 54. e5 Qh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54... fxe5 $11 55. fxe5 Qh3) 55. Qa8 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra8h8]} Kg7 56. Qxa7 ({Not} 56. exf6+ Bxf6 57. Qb7+ (57. Qxa7+ Kh6 $15) 57... Kh6 $11) 56... Qe6 $2 (56... Qg4+ 57. Kc1 Kf8 58. Qxb6 fxe5) 57. a5 fxe5 58. axb6 $2 ({White must play} 58. f5 $18 gxf5 59. a6) 58... exf4 $11 {Strongly threatening ...d3.The position is equal.} 59. b7 ({Don't go for} 59. gxf4 $2 d3 $19) 59... d3 {( -> ...Qe2+)} 60. b8=Q Qe2+ 61. Kc1 {White wants to mate with Qa1+.} Qe1+ 62. Kb2 Qxd2+ 63. Kb3 Qc2+ 64. Ka3 Qc3+ 65. Ka2 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,77,10,2,90,0,0,0,0,-16,82,28,50,16,29,34,24,24,56,35,89,89,202,194,186,164,229,242,240,236,236,238,238,240,245,245,250,251,254,255,237,234,256,245,271,245,429,406,550,550,550,544,558,569,538,527,1175,914,1629,1366,29968,29969,29969,29970]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bc7 9. c3 {LiveBook: 10 Games. A08: King's Indian Attack} (9. Qe2 b5 10. Nf1 b4 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bf4 a5 13. h4 Ba6 14. c3 a4 15. a3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 {0-1 (83) Andriasian,Z (2585)-Socko,B (2593) Riadh 2017}) 9... b5 (9... Rb8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 10. e5 ({White should try} 10. a4 $16) 10... Nd7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 11. d4 {The position is equal.} b4 12. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nf1 Ba5 13. c4 b3 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 bxa2 17. Rxa2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Ndxe5 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Bxd5 {½-½ (45) Meenakshi,S (2324)-Sachdev,T (2243) Mumbai 2003}) 12... cxd4 (12... c4 $11 13. Bg5 Qe8) 13. cxd4 ({White should play} 13. Bg5 $16 Qe8 14. Nfxd4 (14. cxd4 Bb7 $11) 14... Ndxe5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. cxb4) 13... a5 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Bf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White wants to play Bb5. Black is under pressure.} a4 17. Na1 a3 ({Better is} 17... Nb6 $14) 18. bxa3 $16 {[%cal Bb2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 (18... bxa3 $16 19. Bb5 Ndb8) 19. axb4 $18 {Black must now prevent b5.} Nc4 20. b5 Nb4 {[#]} (20... N6a5 $142 21. a4 h6) 21. a4 $1 ({Much less strong is} 21. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 22. Rxc4 Ba5 $16) 21... Na2 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Ba5 24. Bd2 {And now Nb3 would win.} Bd5 25. Rc5 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Bxd2 27. Re2 {[%cal Be1e2,Be2d2,Bd2a2][%mdl 32]} Nc3 28. Rxd2 Nxa4 29. Rc6 Qb8 30. Qb3 Ra5 $2 (30... h6 {is a better defense.} 31. Nc2 Ra5) 31. Ra2 Qa8 {[#]} 32. Ra6 $1 Rxa6 33. bxa6 Rb8 34. Rxa4 Rxb3 35. Nxb3 h5 36. a7 Kf8 37. Nd2 h4 38. Nc4 h3 {[#]} 39. d5 $1 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,60,31,34,32,33,24,27,27,31,0,0,0,21,26,29,0,72,0,0,0,0,0,16,10,24,24,22,22,22,22,11,23,20,0,0,0,12,7,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. d5 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6 12. Nc3 d6 {LiveBook: 49 Games} 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Bg2 Qd7 {[#]} 16. a4 $146 Na6 17. Nb5 Be5 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Qb3 (19. Bxb4 $5 cxb4 20. Qd2 $11) 19... a5 (19... a6 $11 20. Na3 a5) 20. Rab1 (20. f4 $16 Bf6 21. e4) 20... Ba6 $11 21. Qc4 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qf5 23. e4 Qf6 24. Re2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3b2][%mdl 32]} 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Qxb4 Bd4 27. Ra1 Bc5 28. Qc4 {The position is equal.} a3 29. Ra2 Rec8 30. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Rb2a3]} axb2 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,79,4,7,4,-34,0,-8,31,0,0,0,0,-33,-30,-39,17,14,28,30,41,39,40,42,34,14,10,4,14,0,25,25,26,25,40,35,60,26,58,62,69,0,54,0,0,9,0,0,110,109,356,343,347,324,455,455,599,568,844,787]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 b5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 12. a3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (12. h4 O-O 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. a3 Qc7 15. g4 hxg4 16. fxg4 Nb6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 {½-½ (70) Yu,Y (2751)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 12... Qc7 13. Bg5 Rb8 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Rc8 14. Nc1 Qb7 15. N1a2 O-O 16. h3 Nb6 17. g4 Rfd8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (115) Bindrich,F (2334)-Carlsen,M (2385) Budva 2003}) 14. Na2 Rc8 {With the idea ...Nxe4!} 15. h4 O-O 16. Nb4 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Nxb3 (18... Bxd5 $1 $15 19. Qxd5 Na4) 19. cxb3 $11 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qc5 21. Bd3 Qd4 22. g3 e4 23. Bxe4 Qxd2 $1 24. Rxd2 b4 25. a4 Rc5 26. Bd3 a5 27. Bb5 Rc7 28. Re1 Rfc8 29. Rde2 g6 30. Bc6 Kf8 31. Re8+ (31. Kc2 $14) 31... Kg7 (31... Rxe8 $1 $11 32. Rxe8+ Kg7) 32. Kc2 (32. R8e4 $14) 32... Be5 {Hoping for ...Rxe8.} 33. R8xe5 dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 34. Kd3 $1 Kf6 {[#]} (34... Re7 $1 $11) 35. Kc4 $1 $16 Rxc6+ $2 (35... Rd7 $16) 36. dxc6 $18 Rxc6+ 37. Kb5 Rd6 (37... Rc8 $142 38. Kxa5 Rb8) 38. Kxa5 {White is clearly winning.} Rd3 39. Kxb4 Rxf3 40. a5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Chakravarthi Reddy, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,45,20,23,7,7,8,7,4,21,16,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,13,6,23,28,99,94,260,248,252,250,281,271,293,270]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 Be7 8. Bf4 {C04: French Tarrasch: 3...Nc6} b6 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 9. Bb5 (9. h4 h6 10. h5 Bb7 11. c3 Qc8 12. Nh4 Ba6 13. Qg4 Rh7 14. Ng6 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 {½-½ (49) Howell,D (2635)-Bauer,C (2682) Istanbul 2012}) 9... Na7 10. Be2 {The position is equal.} c5 11. c3 O-O 12. O-O Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c4 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Nc6 {1-0 (33) Faibisovich,V (2410)-Yakimenko,A (2091) Sunny Beach 2010}) 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Re3 Ra8 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 cxd4 (18... Re8 $11) 19. cxd4 $16 f6 $2 (19... Re8 $16) 20. exf6 $18 Nxf6 {[#]} 21. Rc1 $1 ({Stronger than} 21. Rxe6 Ne4 $15) 21... Qd7 {[#]} 22. Bxf6 $1 ({Weaker is} 22. Rxe6 Rae8 $16) 22... Rxf6 23. Qb5 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adhiban, B."]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,86,24,35,4,32,29,62,29,34,0,15,15,15,4,45,12,33,23,60,42,64,30,39,50,0,0,68,71,66,81,79,72,75,70,72,47,61,30,49,50,106,121,107,102,127,126,127,129,132,129,105,13,13,16,28,28,31,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 {LiveBook: 529 Games} 12. h4 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} (12. f4 Bg4 13. f5 gxf5 14. h3 cxd4 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qb3+ e6 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. hxg4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. exf5 Rxg4 {½-½ (33) Radjabov,T (2726)-Safarli,E (2664) Shamkir 2016}) 12... Na5 13. Bd3 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... c4 14. Bc2 e5 15. h5 Qe7 16. h6 Bf8 17. Qe1 f6 18. f4 Bg4 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. dxe5 {1-0 (43) Hoeschele,H (1677)-Maldonado,G (1982) Villa Martelli 2017}) 14. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} Re8 15. dxe5 c4 16. Bc2 Qxe5 17. Rb1 a6 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. a4 Qa3 20. Qf3 Qc5 21. Bf6 Bg4 22. Qf4 {[#] And now Bxg7 would win.} ({Much weaker is} 22. Qxg4 Bxf6 23. Rfd1 Rad8 $15) 22... Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Qe5 (23... Qa3 $1 $11 24. f3 Bd7) 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. hxg5 Rac8 26. Rb6 Kg7 27. Rfb1 Rc7 28. Rd6 Bc8 29. f3 Rc5 30. f4 h6 (30... Nb3 $14) 31. gxh6+ $16 Kxh6 32. f5 Kg7 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. Rbb6 Rg5 35. Nf3 Rg4 36. e5 ({Better is} 36. Rd5 $16 Nc6 37. Rc5) 36... Nc6 $11 37. Kf2 Rf8 38. Rd5 Rg5 39. Be4 {Threatens to win with Rc5.} Nxe5 {[#]The position is equal.} 40. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe5 41. Rxg6+ Kh8 42. Rh6+ Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kh8 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,115,28,-3,21,15,29,21,31,30,36,37,39,21,21,22,32,29,55,40,47,56,50,50,51,62,78,73,58,45,73,81,76,78,103,60,72,72,92,75,91,85,103,67,62,58,58,65,63,63,73,11,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,6,6,23,0,5,12,13,4,63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 8. d4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 19 Games} O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qc7 $146 {[%cal Rd6e5]} ({Predecessor:} 12... dxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. Neg5 {0-1 (29) Maze,S (2614)-Vovk,A (2622) Fornebu 2017}) 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rd1 N5f6 17. a4 Rfc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Be3 Qh5 21. Bd3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rb8 24. Bf4 e5 25. Be3 Kf8 26. Bf5 Ke8 27. f4 Rb7 28. Kf1 exf4 29. Bxf4 Nb6 30. Be5 Nc4 31. Bxf6 gxf6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. b3 Ne5 33. Bxh7 Rc7 34. f4 (34. Rc1 $16) 34... Ng6 $1 $11 35. Bxg6 (35. Rd3 {feels hotter.} Nxf4 36. Re3+ Kd7 37. Be4 Kd6 38. h4) 35... fxg6 {KR-KR} 36. Rd3 Kf7 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Kf3 Rh7 39. Kg3 Rc7 40. Kg4 Rc8 41. h4 Rc5 42. Re3+ Kf7 43. Rh3 Kg7 (43... Rh5 $11) 44. h5 (44. Rf3 $14) 44... gxh5+ {The position is equal.} 45. Rxh5 Rxc3 46. Rxb5 Kg6 47. Rb8 Rc1 48. Rg8+ Kf7 49. Rh8 Kg6 50. Rg8+ Kh7 51. Rd8 {[#] Black must now prevent Kf5.} Kg6 52. f5+ Kh6 53. Rh8+ Kg7 54. Rh3 Rd1 55. Rf3 Kh6 56. Rh3+ Kg7 57. Rf3 Kh6 58. Rh3+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,93,33,32,19,40,43,38,14,14,14,14,14,6,0,15,0,18,-3,10,0,0,-20,0,0,70,63,68,62,72,71,69,85,81,79,78,62,67,63,76,71,76,81,76,76,76,76,76,63,76,76,121,81,84,0,109,93,200,173,329,317,352,350,536,483,473,414,789,783,746,722,1840,1768,1937,1882]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. f4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. Nf3 {C17: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 sidelines} (12. O-O-O Bd7 13. h4 Rc8 14. Kb1 a5 15. a3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 b5 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. b4 Rc7 19. Rh3 Ra8 20. c3 Be8 {1-0 (36) Ninov,N (2472)-Adrian,C (2239) Nancy 2014}) 12... Qb6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. a3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Kb1 Rfc8 15. g4 a5 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. f5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qb5 19. Qxb5 Bxb5 20. Nd4 Bd7 {1-0 (38) Wong,Y (2169)-Min,P (1956) Bhubaneswar 2017}) 14... Rfc8 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Na5 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nb3 Ne7 20. Qd4 Qc7 21. Bd3 a5 22. Qf2 Ba4 ({Better is} 22... b5 $11) 23. Nd4 $1 $14 Qc5 {Black wants to play ...Nc6.} 24. Rhf1 Nc6 25. Nf3 Ne7 26. g4 Qxf2 27. Rxf2 Bd7 28. Nd4 Rab8 29. h4 b5 {[#]} 30. b3 $1 Rc5 31. Kb2 b4 32. a4 Nc6 33. Nf3 Rf8 34. g5 Bc8 35. h5 Nb8 36. Nd4 Nc6 37. Nf3 Nb8 $1 38. Bb5 Ba6 {[#]} (38... Nc6 $16) 39. Nd4 $1 $18 Bxb5 $2 (39... Rc7 40. f5 Bc8) 40. axb5 ({Less strong is} 40. Nxb5 Nc6 $14) 40... Nd7 {[#]} 41. g6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re8 (41... fxg6 {was called for.} 42. Nxe6 Rxb5 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Nxf8 Nxf8) 42. gxf7+ Kxf7 43. Ra1 Ra8 (43... Rc7 $142 44. Rxa5 g6) 44. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Nxe5 45. fxe6+ Kg8 46. e7 Rcc8 47. Ne6 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Rajdeep Sarkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,87,22,21,14,8,8,13,-29,-20,-5,-30,-11,38,48,56,36,44,27,48,34,52,13,13,-14,23,28,31,0,16,20,99,99,99,99,105,86,100,87,82,20,159,162,193,179,189,141,178,180,191,181,267,246,244,135,862,805,980,965,964,952,1656,1579,1272,834,29978,29979,6395,1107,29993,29994,29994,1550]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 a6 9. Nbd2 Qd7 {LiveBook: 39 Games} 10. b3 $146 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} ({Predecessor:} 10. c3 h6 11. Qb3 Rab8 12. h3 Kh8 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. d4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 f5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. exf5 Rxf5 {½-½ (44) Heberla,B (2558)-Wang,H (2706) Czech Republic 2018}) 10... h6 11. Bb2 Nh7 12. Bd5 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. d4 f6 15. Nf1 e4 ({Reject} 15... Nxd5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. c4 $16) 16. Rxe4 {[#] aiming for Qe1.} Nxd5 17. Re1 f5 18. c4 Nf4 19. Qc2 Ng5 20. N1d2 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Bf6 22. Re3 c6 23. Rae1 Rf7 (23... Rae8 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. d5 $16 Ng6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Nd4 f4 27. Re6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Raf8 28. Nf3 ({White should play} 28. f3 $16) 28... c5 (28... cxd5 $11 29. cxd5 Qb5) 29. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} R8f7 30. Qd3 Qc7 31. Qd2 b6 32. axb6 Qxb6 33. Qd3 a5 (33... Rf8 $142 34. h4 Qd8) 34. h4 $18 Qb4 {[#]} 35. Ra1 ({White should try} 35. Rxf6 $1 $18 {Threatening mate with Re8+.} Rxf6 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Ra8) 35... Rxe6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Nf8 $16) 36. dxe6 Rf6 37. h5 Ne7 38. Qxd6 Qc3 39. Re1 Nf5 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. e7 Nxe7 42. Qxe7 (42. Rxe7 $142 Rf5 43. Re8 Qa1+ 44. Ne1 Rxh5 45. Qd3+ g6 46. Re7+ Qg7 47. Qd7 Qxe7 48. Qxe7+ Kg8 49. Qf6) 42... Qxb3 43. Qe4+ Kg8 44. Rb1 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 36%.} (44. Qd5+ $142 Kh7 45. Re8 Qb1+ 46. Kh2 Rf8 47. Rxf8 Qh1+ 48. Kxh1 g6 49. Qg8#) 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M amin"]
[Black "Arjun Kalyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,73,13,21,0,25,16,35,37,38,20,37,35,54,0,30,25,55,38,60,58,76,73,125,118,169,191,283,309,414,201,581,586,580,558,570,550,580,581,549,191,187,177,155,182,510,509,658,668,1093,1101,1072,1056,936,933,825,841]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Be3 c5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 7. d5 $146 (7. Qd2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nec3 Nh5 10. Be2 f5 11. Na3 f4 12. Bf2 Bd7 13. Nc2 a6 14. a4 {½-½ (54) Caruana,F (2811)-Bacrot,E (2711) Baden-Baden 2015}) ({Predecessor:} 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nec3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 Ne8 13. O-O f5 14. exf5 gxf5 {½-½ (36) Barrish,D (2252)-Amonatov,F (2632) Johannesburg 2017}) 7... e6 8. Nec3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Na3 Ne8 12. Be2 f5 13. exf5 $1 gxf5 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. O-O Qf6 16. Nc4 ({White should play} 16. Bg5 $14 Qg6 17. Nc4) 16... f4 {...Nxc4 is the strong threat.} 17. Bf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qg6 {Hoping for ...Bh3.} 18. Kh1 $1 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qh5 20. Rfe1 Be5 {[#]} ({Black should try} 20... b6) 21. Bxc5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} dxc5 (21... Bd7 $16 {might work better.}) 22. d6+ $1 $18 Kg7 (22... Kh8 $142) 23. Qd5 ({Much less strong is} 23. d7 $6 Nd6 $18) 23... Rf5 {next ...Nf6 is good for Black.} 24. d7 (24. Rxe5 $142 Rxe5 25. Qg8+ Kh6 26. Qf8+ Kg5 27. Ne4+ Rxe4 28. fxe4) 24... Nf6 $2 (24... Bxd7 {is more resistant.} 25. Qxd7+ Kh8) 25. d8=Q ({Not} 25. dxc8=R Nxd5 26. Rxa8 Bd4 $11) 25... Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Qg5 27. Qe8 ({Less strong is} 27. Ne7 Rf8 $16) 27... Bd6 28. Nb6 Rf8 29. Qe4 $2 (29. Nxa8 Rxe8 30. Rxe8) 29... Rb8 {[#]} 30. Rad1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d6]} Bf5 31. Qd5 Rfd8 $2 (31... Rf6 32. Re5 Rd8) 32. Qf7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh8 {[#]} 33. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd6 34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. Qxe8+ Kg7 36. Qf7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Narayanan S L"]
[Black "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,57,29,28,27,20,60,33,104,106,189,192,187,199,211,216,243,242,242,241,314,277,329,325,348,325,557,300,903,899,1097,1005,1305,897]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 Bb7 12. Nc3 c6 13. a3 Re8 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (13... h6 14. Be3 Re8 15. Ba2 Bf8 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Nh4 exd4 18. Nf5 Qd8 19. Bxd4 Re6 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rad1 Nb6 22. Re3 {1-0 (46) Safarli,E (2664)-Alekseev,E (2633) Nakhchivan 2016}) 14. Ba2 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf8 15. Qc2 exd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bg5 dxe4 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (39) Tsolakidou,S (2277)-Pancevski,F (2506) Kavala 2015}) 15. Nxd4 g6 {The position is equal.} 16. Bf4 {[%cal Rc4b5]} (16. cxb5 {is more complex.} axb5 17. Bf4 Nh5 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Nf5) 16... Ne5 (16... c5 $14) 17. cxb5 $16 cxb5 {[#]} (17... axb5 $16 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Bxf7+ Kh8) 18. Bxe5 $1 $18 dxe5 {[#]} 19. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 20. Qb3+ Nd5 21. Nf3 ({Weaker is} 21. exd5 exd4 22. d6+ Kg7 $11) ({Worse is} 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 exd4 $11) 21... Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Nxc3.} 22. exd5 ({Don't take} 22. Nxd5 $6 Bc5) 22... Bf6 23. Rad1 Rc8 24. Ne4 Rc4 25. Qe3 h6 $2 (25... Rc7 {might work better.} 26. b4 Rf7 27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28. Nxe5 Rd6) 26. Qa7 Re7 $2 (26... Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Qd7) 27. Nxf6 {White is clearly winning.} Kxf6 28. Nxe5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Poormosavi, Seyed Kian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,91,88,124,125,124,122,105,124,95,105,120,109,118,89,88,79,72,74,77,81,77,82,75,66,112,81,83,84,81,80,251,247,248,235,259,253,276,262,286,247,333,295,322,287,454,454,452,454,435,446,408,390,635,631,603,579,745,748,651,735,691,685,908,897,891,880,1884,1298,1721,1682,1199,1119]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Qa4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Nxd5 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} Nc5 13. Qc4 (13. Qd1 c6 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. f4 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. Be3 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd4 21. Kf2 {1-0 (44) Nguyen,V (2505)-Nguyen,T (2114) Ho Chi Minh City 2012}) 13... Bxd5 14. Qxd5 {White is better.} ({Inferior is} 14. Bxd5 b5 $17) 14... Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Rad8 16. Bc4 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rd4 17. b3 c6 18. Be3 Re4 19. Bf4 g5 20. f3 Rxc4 21. bxc4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Ne6 23. f5 Nf4 24. Rfd1 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 Kh8 {½-½ (28) Rupel,D (2138)-Lillebo,P Hendersonville 2006}) 17. Be3 (17. Bd3 {is interesting.} Nc5 18. Bc2 f6 19. b4 Na6 20. a3) 17... Nd2 18. Rfc1 {[#] aiming for Bd3.} (18. Bxd2 {with more complications.} Rxd2 19. Rab1 Rfd8 20. f4 c6 21. Bd3) 18... Nxc4 19. Rxc4 c5 20. Ra4 a5 21. Ra3 Rd5 22. Rb3 Rb8 23. a4 g5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 f5 $2 (25... f6 $16) 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Kf3 Rd7 28. Rb5 Ke6 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. Rc1 Rdb7 31. Rd1 Ke6 32. Bf2 Rd7 (32... Rc8 $142 33. Rg1 Bd8) 33. Rxd7 $18 Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. e4 Ke6 35. Be1 Bd8 {[#]} 36. Bxa5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ra8 $2 (36... Rb7 37. Ke3 h5) (36... bxa5 37. Rxb8) 37. Bxb6 {White is clearly winning.} fxe4+ 38. Ke3 Kf5 39. a5 Rb8 40. e6 Kxe6 41. Kxe4 Bc7 42. Rxc5 Bd6 43. Rh5 Rf8 44. f5+ Kd7 45. Kd5 Be7 46. a6 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haddouche, Mohamed"]
[Black "Bharath Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,134,40,49,0,21,0,10,9,0,0,49,0,28,25,37,0,7,0,68,0,0,-15,-7,-41,-34,-64,-71,-83,-79,-108,-103,-103,-50,-57,-47,-62,-60,-60,-40,-32,-25,-22,-29,-28,-30,-29,138,144,146,-25,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-84,-84,-79,-79,-78,-78,-99,-93,-93,-93,-92,-78,-93,-90,-81,-78,-93,-78,-87,-86,-94,-94,-94,-94,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d6 7. O-O Qc7 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Re8 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rae1 Bb7 {[#] LiveBook: 12 Games. White is slightly better.} 14. Bc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f5 e5 15. Nb3 h6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qd8 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 {½-½ (73) Balogh,C (2643)-Petr,M (2523) Eretria 2011}) 14... Rad8 15. Qf3 g6 16. Qh3 Bf8 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Bd2 Bc6 20. a4 Qd7 21. Nf3 Nh5 (21... e5 $11) 22. Qh4 ({White should play} 22. f5 $14) 22... f5 $11 23. b3 Nf6 24. Qf2 Qb7 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 25. Qe2 N8d7 26. Bc2 Nc5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Nfe4 (28... Ng4 $17 29. Bg5 Rc8) 29. Nxe4 $15 Bxe4 ({But not} 29... fxe4 $6 30. Ng5 $14) 30. Bg5 Rd7 31. Rd1 Bxc2 (31... Bf8 {feels hotter.} 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Rd1 Qc7 34. Be3 Bb7) 32. Qxc2 Ne4 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Be3 Qc7 35. Rd1 Rd8 $2 (35... Bf8 $11) 36. Rxd8+ $16 Qxd8 {[#]} 37. b4 $2 (37. a5 $1 $16) 37... Qc7 (37... Bf8 $11 38. Qb1 Qc7) 38. c5 (38. Qb3 $1 $14) 38... bxc5 $11 39. bxc5 Bf8 40. Qc4 {Threatens to win with c6.} Bxc5 41. Qxe6+ Kg7 42. Qc4 (42. Bxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxc5 43. h3) 42... Bb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 43. Qb3 Bxe3 44. Qxe3 Qc5 45. Qd4 Qxd4 46. Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Nc5 47. a5 Nb7 48. Ne6+ Kf7 49. Nc7 Nxa5 50. Nxa6 Ke6 51. Kg1 Kxe5 52. Nb4 Nc4 53. Kf2 Ke4 54. Nc2 f4 55. Ne1 Ne5 56. h3 g5 57. Nc2 Nd3+ 58. Ke2 h5 59. Na1 Nc5 60. Nc2 Na4 61. Ne1 Nc3+ 62. Kd2 g4 (62... Nd5 $17 {...Ne3 is the strong threat.} 63. Nf3 g4 64. hxg4 hxg4) 63. hxg4 $11 {The position is equal.} hxg4 {[#] aiming for ...Nd5.} 64. Kxc3 Ke3 65. Kc2 f3 (65... Ke2 $5 66. Nd3 $8 f3 67. Nc1+ Kf1 68. gxf3 gxf3 $11) 66. Nxf3 gxf3 67. gxf3 Kxf3 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erigaisi Arjun"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,104,62,76,89,93,69,85,72,72,74,96,128,137,138,142,159,135,139,141,152,118,130,126,179,66,104,71,72,59,81,71,76,45,59,43,48,43,176,191,192,0,-22,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-51,-1095,-1095,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562,-4562]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 c5 8. d5 h6 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} 9. Bh4 $1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qa5 {aiming for ...Nxe4.} 10. Qd2 $1 b5 $146 {White is better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Re8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Kg7 16. Raf1 {1-0 (41) Krush,I (2452)-Hagesaether,E (2239) Dresden 2008}) 11. cxb5 {[%cal Bc4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Nc7 12. Nf3 a6 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 13. b6 Nb5 14. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. d6 Nxb6 18. Ne4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 ({But not} 19. Nexd2 $6 Nd5 $14) 19... Rb8 (19... Bb7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 20. Bxb5 (20. Nxc5 $18 Na7 21. Bxa6 (21. Nxa6 Bxa6 22. Bxa6 Nd5 $16)) 20... axb5 $14 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6 Nc4+ 23. Kc3 Be6 24. Rae1 b4+ 25. Kc2 {Threatens to win with Rxe6!} Bf5+ 26. Kc1 $1 b3 ({Better is} 26... Nb6 $14) 27. a3 $1 $18 Rb6 {[#]} 28. Rd1 $2 (28. Re5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f5][%mdl 512]} Nxe5 29. Nxe5) 28... Ra8 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra8a3]} 29. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2c4]} ({Don't go for} 29. d7 $2 Rxa3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. d8=R+ Kh7 $19) 29... Nxd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Nxb3 Rxf6 32. Nxc5 Rc6 33. b4 Rxa3 {And now ...Rb3 would win.} 34. Kb2 Ra8 35. Rd4 h5 36. h3 Kg7 37. g4 Be6 38. Nxe6+ Rxe6 39. gxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re2+ 40. Kb3 Re3+ 41. Kc4 Rc8+ 42. Kd5 f6 {White must now prevent ...Re5+.} 43. Rg4 ({White should try} 43. Rc4 $11 Rd3+ 44. Ke4 Rxc4+ 45. Kxd3 Rxb4 46. hxg6) 43... g5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Strongly threatening ...Rd3+. Black has compensation.} 44. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. h6+ $15 Kxh6 45. Rb1) 44... Rd3+ $1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Ke4 {[#]} Rcd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d4] ( -> ...R8d4+)} 46. Rf1 R8d4+ 47. Kf5 Rd5+ 48. Ke4 {[#]} f5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. Rxf5 R5d4+ 50. Ke5 Rxg4 51. hxg5 Re3+ 52. Kd6 Rxb4 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vignesh N R"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,89,0,0,0,0,0,19,0,38,25,31,7,11,19,17,14,14,0,0,-7,0,-65,18,24,39,22,64,61,32,36,35,5,60,83,112,77,112,108,145,145,364,186,390,211,309,310,259,227,163,153,467,466,507,463,596,575,582,557,962,953,1298,1269,1529,1434]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} cxd4 (10... Qb6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Bf4 Ncxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Bc2 Nd7 16. b4 b6 17. cxb6 axb6 {0-1 (53) Guseinov,G (2613)-Vallejo Pons,F (2698) Dubai 2014}) 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Bc2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Rb1 Bd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 15. a3 Rac8 16. h3 Nh5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 17. Be3 Na5 $146 (17... Rxf3 $5 18. Qxf3 Nxd4 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17... Qc7) 18. Ng5 {Black must now prevent Nxh7!} Nf6 19. b3 Nc6 20. Ng3 Ne7 21. Nf3 Nf5 22. Bf4 Nxg3 23. Bxg3 Nh5 24. Ne5 (24. Be5 $11) 24... Be8 (24... Qc7 $1 $15 25. Nxd7 Qxd7) 25. Bh2 $1 $11 Qa5 26. Ra1 Bh6 27. Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bf4 28. Bd3 Qb6 29. Bf1 Rc3 (29... Bxh2+ $11 30. Nxh2 Rc3) 30. Bxf4 $14 Rxf4 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Kg7 33. b4 Bf7 $2 {[#]} (33... Kh8 $16 34. g3 Rf3) 34. Rd1 (34. g3 $142 Re4 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qe3) 34... Bg8 $2 (34... Be8 {might work better.} 35. Qc8 Rf8) 35. Qc3 (35. Qe3 $142) 35... Qd6 (35... Rf7 $142 36. Qe3 Nf6) 36. Qe3 $18 Rf8 37. Qh6+ Kh8 38. Ne5 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re5g6] [#]} Rf6 $2 (38... Bf7 $16 {is more resistant.} 39. Rc1 Kg8) 39. Rc1 {White is clearly winning.} Qd8 40. Rc3 Ng7 41. g4 Bf7 42. Qc1 Ne8 43. Rc8 Qe7 44. Bb5 Kg7 45. Bxe8 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iniyan, P."]
[Black "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,193,0,0,12,-36,13,9,108,112,142,166,137,112,98,29,31,39,40,77,66,28,114,102,152,140,148,88,86,81,83,94,166,172,158,163,164,157,156,103,133,101,104,102,102,102,100,101,99,97,94,89,98,56,82,82,113,94,113,93,95,101,94,100,113,113,140,113,113,91,113,99,113,113,113,0,113,113,137,113,114,113,133,112,129,128,128,116,116,33,160,163,178,156,191,155,169,168,161,162,206,160,288,270,479,379,372,371,480,476,406,395,389,370,347,279,276,233,280,282,277,268,1401,1080,846,784,3954,2962,5173,1678,5687,4830,29963,29970,29970,29971,29971,29971,29972,29974,29974,29976,29975,29976,29977,29978,29975,29979,29977,29979,29981,29978,29976,29971,29969,29971,29966,29967,29983,29984,29993,29985,29994,29995,29996,29993,29993,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29988,29991,29992,29995,4134]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc7 11. Qc2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Rd1 Be7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O 16. e4 Na5 {½-½ (40) Nepomniachtchi,I (2766)-So,W (2789) Leuven 2017}) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Rd8 {[#]} (12... b4 $11 13. Na4 Bd6) 13. d5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for Re1.} Nxd5 (13... exd5 14. Bg5) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bg5 $1 f6 16. Bd2 (16. Rfe1+ $16 Be7 17. Be3) 16... Bd6 $1 $11 17. Rac1 Qf7 18. Rfe1+ Ne5 19. Ba5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} O-O (19... Rd7 $11) 20. Nxe5 $16 fxe5 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Qd2 (22. Rcd1 $142 $1) 22... Bc7 23. Rc3 {[%cal Bc1c3,Bc3d3,Bd3d5][%mdl 32]} Kh8 24. Rd3 h6 {[#]} (24... Qe6 $16 {might work better.}) 25. Rd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra2d5]} Bb6 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rf8 28. Rf1 (28. Kh1 $142) 28... e4 $16 {White must now prevent ...e3!} 29. Re5 {aiming for Qe2.} e3 30. Rxe3 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 32. Qd3 Qf6 33. Qc2 a5 34. Rd1 b4 35. Rd3 (35. axb4 {NOTEXT} axb4 36. Qd2 b3 37. Rc1 Rd8 38. Qe2) 35... bxa3 36. bxa3 Rf8 37. Qd2 Qb6 38. Qe3 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qb8+ 40. Qg3 Qb5 41. Rc3 Qb2 42. Rc7 Qd4 43. Rc2 Qe4 44. Rd2 Qe6 45. Qc3 Qf5 46. Qg3 Qe6 $1 47. Rd4 Qe7 48. Rg4 Rd8 49. Qc3 Rd5 50. Rc4 Qd6+ 51. g3 {Strongly threatening Rc8+.} Rf5 52. Rc8+ Rf8 53. f4 ({Better is} 53. a4 $16) 53... a4 (53... Rd8 $14) 54. Rc6 Qd5 55. Rxh6+ $1 Kg8 56. Rb6 Re8 {( -> ...Re2+)} 57. Rb2 Qd1 58. Qc4+ Kh8 59. f5 Qf3 {[#]} (59... Kh7 $16 60. Kg2 Rd8) 60. Qg4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f3]} ({And not} 60. Qxa4 Re2+ 61. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 62. Kh1 (62. Kg1 Qe1+ 63. Kh2 Qf2+ 64. Kh1 Qf1+ 65. Kh2 Qf2+ 66. Kh1 Qf1+ 67. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 62... Qf1+ 63. Kh2 Qf2+ 64. Kh1 Qf1+ 65. Kh2 Qf2+ 66. Kh1 Qf1+ $11) 60... Qe3 $2 (60... Qc6 61. Qh5+ Kg8) 61. Qh4+ Kg8 62. Qxa4 Kh7 63. Qh4+ Kg8 64. Qc4+ Kh8 65. Qf7 Rd8 66. h4 Qxa3 67. Rf2 {White wants to mate with f6.} Qe3 68. Qh5+ Kg8 69. Qf3 Qxf3 $2 (69... Qh6 70. Qb3+ Kh7) 70. Rxf3 {KR-KR} Kf7 71. Kh3 Rd4 72. Rf4 Rd5 73. Kg4 (73. h5 $142 Re5 74. Kg4) 73... Kf6 74. Ra4 Rd6 75. Re4 {White mates.} Rd3 76. Re6+ Kf7 77. Kf4 Rd4+ 78. Kg5 Ra4 79. g4 Ra5 80. Rb6 Rc5 81. h5 Rc4 82. h6 gxh6+ 83. Rxh6 Kg7 84. Ra6 Rc7 85. Ra4 Rb7 86. Kf4 Kg8 87. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Rb1 88. g6 Rb7 89. Kg5 Rb8 90. f6 Kh8 91. Rh4+ Kg8 92. f7+ Kf8 93. Rh8+ Kg7 {[#]} 94. f8=Q+ $1 Rxf8 95. Rxf8 Kxf8 96. Kf6 Kg8 97. g7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Nikhil Magizhnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,58,6,18,59,20,52,39,26,30,23,18,84,94,293,237,233,229,228,231,256,106,119,121,152,128,191,194,286,259,799,816,812,770,775,707,745,676,29997,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3][%mdl 32]} d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 a6 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 10. Bb2 Bd6 (10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. f4 Ne4 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 Re7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Bxe5 19. dxe5 b5 20. Rad1 Qe8 {1-0 (43) Nakamura,H (2780)-Topalov,V (2749) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. Ne5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} c5 {The position is equal.} 12. Ne2 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ng3 Re8 {½-½ (65) Ben Artzi,I (2359)-Golod,V (2559) Beersheba 2014}) 13. Ng3 g6 14. f4 Qe7 15. Qf3 cxd4 (15... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. exd4 $16 Ba3 $2 {[#]} (16... Rfe8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 17. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5e7][%mdl 512]} gxf5 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. Bxf5 Bc8 {...Nxe5 is the strong threat.} 20. Nxd7 (20. Qg3+ $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kh8 21. Qh4) 20... Bxd7 $16 21. Bxd7 Qb2 22. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3g3][%mdl 32]} Qxa2 (22... Qc2 $16 {might work better.} 23. Qh3 Nxd7) 23. Bf5 $18 Qa3 (23... Kh8 $142 24. Rfe1 Rg8) 24. Qh3 Kh8 $2 (24... Kg7 25. Rd3 Rg8) 25. Qh6 Qe7 26. Rfe1 Qd8 27. Rd3 {Intending Rg3 and mate.} Rg8 28. Rg3 Ra7 {[#]} 29. Re8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 (29... Qxe8 30. Qxf6+) 30. Qg7# {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Viani Antonio Dcunha"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,119,0,-24,-38,-31,-31,-43,-17,-93,-50,-50,-50,-50,-56,-51,-43,-71,-69,-93,-39,-90,-47,-60,-45,-39,-49,-74,-72,-71,-71,-75,-75,-77,-79,-78,-37,-52,-56,-91,-95,-136,-128,-133,-135,-157,-153,-135,-127,-137,-110,-136,-111,-113,-100,-107,-18,-18,0,0,0,-8,-8,-22,-22,-68,-72,-71,-62,-112,-112,-364,-364,-350,-350,-350,-350,-337,-112,-112,-69,-231,-262,-309,-299,-172,-172,-1559,-2511,-2137,-1905,-7110,-6187,-29973,-29973,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29980]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 Be7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ne3 Be6 15. a5 Rfd8 {½-½ (58) Demchenko,A (2660)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 7... Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} b5 12. cxb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 13. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb4 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Rxa5 15. b4 Ra7 {0-1 (49) Rudakov,A (2182)-Saric,A (2565) Split 2013}) 13... Qb8 14. h3 (14. e5 $11 dxe5 15. Nxe5) 14... Rd8 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 b4 18. Ne2 Nd5 19. Nd4 Nf4 (19... Be8 $17 20. Ndf3 f6) 20. Ndf3 (20. Rad1 $1 $15) 20... Bf5 21. a3 Nd3 22. Nxd3 Rxd3 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. axb4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rxb3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Ra7 Kf6 27. Rb7 Rd3 28. Rb6+ e6 29. Kh2 Be4 30. Ng1 Rd2 31. Kg3 {[#]} g5 $1 {Strongly threatening ...h5.} 32. f3 Bd5 33. h4 gxh4+ 34. Kh2 Bc4 {Hoping for ...Bf1.} 35. Rb8 Kg7 36. Nh3 Bf1 37. Nf4 h3 ({Black should try} 37... Rd4 $17 38. Kg1 Bc4) 38. Kxh3 $1 $11 e5 39. Nh5+ Kh6 40. Kh4 {White threatens Rb6+ and mate.} Rxg2 {Threatens to win with ...Rh2+.} 41. Rb6+ Rg6 42. Rf6 Rxf6 43. Nxf6 $15 {KB-KN} Kg6 44. Ne4 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 45. Nc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45. Nd6 $17) 45... f4 $1 $19 46. Ne4 Be2 47. Nd2 Kf5 48. Kh3 Ke6 $2 (48... Bd3 $19 49. Nb3 Bf1+ 50. Kh2 Ke6 51. Nc5+ Kd5) 49. Ne4 $17 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 50. Kg2 $2 (50. Kg4 $1 $15) 50... Bb5 $19 51. Kh3 Bc6 52. Nd2 Kd5 {aiming for ...Kd4.} 53. Kg4 $2 (53. Nf1) 53... Kd4 54. Kf5 h5 55. Nb3+ Ke3 56. Kxe5 h4 {Black mates.} 57. Nd2 Bb5 58. Ne4 h3 59. Nf6 Kxf3 60. Kd4 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,90,29,18,12,27,20,33,-6,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-13,-10,0,0,0,0,54,30,39,0,0,-12,0,0,-10,-18,-18,-35,0,-18,0,0,0,-79,-69,-64,-24,-500,-581,-714,-715,-677,-662,-607,-581,-587,-562,-610,-609,-574,-538,-708,-680,-641,-591,-741,-686,-2449,-2508,-2558,-1884,-12841,-12841,-29991,-29992]} 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+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. c4 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 {[#]} 14. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h3 h4 15. Rdg1 b5 16. c5 {½-½ (45) Saric,I (2669)-Howell,D (2676) Riadh 2017}) 14... a5 15. c5 Bc7 16. Nc3 b5 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Qe2 {[#] Hoping for Bxb5!} Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Bxb5 ({Much worse is} 19. Qxh5 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rxe3 $17) (19. Bxf4 Rxe2) 19... Bxe3 20. Bxc6 $1 Rxc6 21. Rxd5 Qc8 (21... Qb8 $11 22. fxe3 Re5) 22. fxe3 $14 Rxc5 23. Rhd1 (23. Qxh5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c5]} Rxd5 24. Nxd5 $11) 23... h4 24. e4 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc7 26. h3 Rb8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qxc3.} 27. Qd2 Ng6 28. Rd7 Qh2 29. a4 Ne5 30. Rd4 (30. Rd8+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kh7 32. Qd2) 30... Qg1+ $17 31. Nd1 Qf1 {Threatens to win with ...Nc4.} 32. Qxa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qc2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 32... Nc6 $19 33. Qc7 Nxd4 34. Qxb8+ Kh7 35. Qb4 Qxd1+ 36. Ka2 Qd3 37. a5 Nc6 38. Qa4 Qd6 39. Qb5 Qe6+ 40. Ka3 Qxe4 41. a6 Qxg2 42. b3 g6 43. Qb7 Qd5 44. b4 Qc4 {( -> ...Nd4)} 45. a7 Nd4 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,103,-17,-10,-21,-22,-32,-30,-36,-29,-9,-18,-43,-52,-47,-22,-32,-30,-23,-13,-27,-1,-8,0,0,36,45,60,29,66,58,46,23,10,-1,0,0,0,-35,0,-16,-19,-54,69,55,67,47,33,-8,0,-10,-25,-35,-18,-75,-54,-85,0,0,93,113,126,100,79,131,219,202,214,92,91,94,85,94,552,495,486,102,131,77,82,80,563,544,624,601,29985,29986,29991,29992,29992,29993,29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 g6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Bg7 7. a4 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Ne5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. Nd2 d6 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. Ra6 Rfc8 {0-1 (48) Khenkin,I (2554)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 7... O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. Na3 d6 9. b4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. a5 bxa5 11. Nc4 Bd5 12. Nxa5 Qb6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. b3 Rfd8 {½-½ (36) Machan,J (2294)-Vykouk,J (2424) Kouty nad Desnou 2017}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qb3 Rc8 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. e3 Qc7 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd5 15. Qd1 Qb7 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Ne1 Ng5 19. f3 f5 20. Nc4 (20. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Rxc1 21. Rxc1 $14) 20... Rc6 21. Nd2 Rfc8 22. Rxc6 (22. Rcb1 {feels hotter.} Nf6 23. a5 bxa5 24. Bc3 Qd7 25. Bxa5 Bf7 26. f4) 22... Bxc6 23. Bf1 Kh7 24. h4 Nf7 {[%cal Bg5f7,Bf7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 25. Bh3 Qb8 26. Nf1 Nf6 27. a5 e5 (27... e6 $15) 28. axb6 $14 axb6 29. dxe5 (29. e4 $5 {[%cal Re4f5]} exd4 30. exf5 $16) 29... Nxe5 30. Bd4 Re8 31. Rb1 b5 32. Qc2 {And now Bxe5 would win.} Qd6 33. Kf2 (33. Rc1 $11 Nc4 34. Qf2) 33... Nc4 $17 34. Rd1 {White wants to play h5!} Qe7 (34... Qe6 $17 35. e4 Nh5 36. Bxg7 Nxg7) 35. Ng2 $11 Nd5 {[#]} (35... Kg8 $11) 36. h5 $1 $16 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 544]} Bxd4 (36... gxh5 37. Qxf5+) 37. hxg6+ Kg7 38. Rxd4 Ra8 (38... Qa7 $16 39. Rxc4 (39. Qxf5 Rf8 $11) 39... bxc4) 39. Bxf5 $18 Ra3 {[%cal Rd5e3]} 40. Be4 (40. Rxd5 $18 Bxd5 41. Nf4) 40... Qa7 $16 {[#] aiming for ...Ra2.} 41. Rxc4 $1 (41. Bxd5 Ra2 $15) (41. Nf4 Nxf4 42. Bxc6 Ra2 $17) 41... bxc4 42. Qxc4 (42. Bxd5 $2 Ra2 $19) 42... Qb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Rc3 $16 {is a better chance.} 43. Qe2 Qa1) 43. Qd4+ Nf6 {[#]} 44. Bxc6 $2 ({Inferior is} 44. Nd2 Bxe4 45. Nxe4 Ra2+ 46. Kg1 Qb2 $11) (44. Nf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e6] is the precise move to win. Intending Ne6+ and mate.} Ra2+ 45. Kg1 Bxe4 46. Nh5+ (46. fxe4 Qb2 $11) 46... Kxg6 47. Qxf6+ Kh7 48. fxe4) 44... Qxc6 45. Nf4 (45. Qe5 $142 Qe8 46. Qb2) 45... Ra2+ 46. Nd2 {Black must now prevent g4.} Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Qd7 $16 {is tougher.} 47. Ke1 (47. Nh5+ Kxg6 48. Qxf6+ Kh7 $11) 47... Qxd4 48. exd4 Ra4) 47. g4 $18 Ra6 48. Ne4 {Strongly threatening Nxf6.} Kf8 49. Qb4+ {White mates.} Kg8 50. Qb3+ Kh8 51. Qf7 Qc2+ 52. Kg3 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,100,12,-29,0,0,0,-110,23,20,0,0,0,7,22,4,0,0,8,4,8,0,0,-14,-21,-118,-129,-204,-171,-414,-290,-378,-331,-312,-325,-322,-308,-344,-346,-331,-324,-295,-280,-287,-297,-409,-431,-597,-597,-583,-558,-1410,-1323,-6119,-5189,-2431,-2342,-2053,-1983,-1895,-1820,-1820,-1721,-1387,-2342,-2095,-1999,-1972,-1903,-1349,-1314,-29983,-29974,-29969,-29963,-29941,-29939,-29936,-12850,-11304,-11189,-5241,-5114,-5114,-5114,-5089,-5081,-29988,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. g4 {LiveBook: 19 Games. D58: Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defence} (8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. cxd5 Bxd4 15. exd4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxd5 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Rad1 Rc7 19. Qg3 Rd7 {0-1 (62) Salem,A (2638)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 8... c5 9. Rg1 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. g5 hxg5 15. Qh5 g6 16. Rxg5 Kg7 17. Qh4 Qc5 18. Kd2 Nc6 19. Rh5 Nb8 20. Ke1 Rh8 21. c4 dxc4 {1-0 (21) Gonzalez Perez,A (2460)-Franco Alonso,A (2427) Bilbao 2016}) 10. dxc5 (10. g5 $11 Ne4 11. dxc5) 10... Ne4 ({Reject} 10... Bxc5 $6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qa4 $11) (10... bxc5 $17 {aiming for ...d4.} 11. cxd5 exd5) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. g5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 h5 $1 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 {Hoping for g6.} Rd8 $1 $132 {[%cal Rd8d5][%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 16. Qxc6 Bb7 {[%cal Bc8b7,Bb7f3,Bf3e4][%mdl 32]} 17. Qb5 {c6 is the strong threat.} ({Don't go for} 17. Qf6 $2 Qxc5 18. Qe5 Rd5 $19) 17... Bxf3 18. Be2 Be4 19. Kf1 (19. Qc4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19... bxc5 $17 20. f3 (20. Qc4 $17 g6 21. f3) 20... Bc2 21. Kf2 $2 (21. e4 {was the only chance.} Rd2 22. Qc4) 21... Rd2 22. Qc4 Bd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Qd6 25. Rad1 Qxh2+ 26. Rg2 Qe5 27. g6 Qxc3 {White must now prevent ...Rd8.} 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Be4 Rb8 30. Rg5 Rb2+ 31. Kg3 Qxe3 32. Rd7+ {[#]} Ke6 $1 33. Rgxg7 Qe1+ 34. Kf4 Qc1+ 35. Kg3 {[#]} h4+ $1 36. Kh3 (36. Kxh4 Qf4+) 36... Qh1+ 37. Kg4 Rg2+ 38. Kh5 Rxg7 39. Rxg7 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} h3 40. Rg6+ Ke7 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rxa7 Qg2 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. Ra7+ Kd8 45. Ra8+ Kc7 {( -> ...h2)} 46. Ra7+ Kb6 47. Rb7+ Ka6 48. Rb1 h2 49. Bb7+ Ka7 50. f4 Qxb7 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,149,70,55,86,56,76,56,133,53,122,52,34,20,10,12,18,23,78,77,63,41,59,68,58,0,226,216,225,221,191,220,286,50,49,50,49,45,52,16,20,16,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-8,-8,-8,-8,-4,-18,-12,-15,-24,-30,-26,-37,0,0,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,68,68,70,70,70,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h4 Nc6 9. Rg1 Nd7 10. g5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nf6 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. h5 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} (14. O-O-O b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Kb1 Be7 18. Bf3 Kb8 19. Qf2 Nh5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. e5 d5 22. Bxh5 Rxh5 23. Rxg7 {1-0 (45) Joao,N (2573)-Tirabassi,M (2567) ICCF email 2009}) 14... b5 15. a3 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxh5 16. Rh1 {White is better.} g6 17. O-O-O Rg8 $146 (17... Bb7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 17... Bb7 18. Kb1 Ne5 19. Qd4 Rh7 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 {½-½ (21) Burridge,R (1797)-Eansworth,K (1767) ICCF email 2012}) 18. Rdg1 (18. Rhg1 $16) 18... Bb7 $1 $14 {[#]} 19. Bh4 (19. f4 $1 $16) 19... Rh8 20. Bxh5 Rxh5 21. Bf6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bh6 22. f4 {And now Rxh5 would win.} Ne7 (22... Ne5 $1 $11) 23. Rxh5 $16 gxh5 24. Bg7 Bxg7 25. Rxg7 d5 26. f5 (26. Rh7 $14) 26... Qe5 $2 (26... exf5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 27. exf5 Qe5) 27. Qh6 $18 {[#] Black must now prevent f6.} d4 28. fxe6 {White wants to mate with Qh8+.} O-O-O 29. Nd1 d3 30. c3 $2 (30. exf7 $18 dxc2 31. Nc3) 30... Qd6 $14 ({Don't go for} 30... Qh2 $2 31. Nd2 $18) 31. Rxf7 {aiming for Nf2.} Bxe4 32. Nd2 Bd5 33. Qh7 Nc6 34. Qxh5 Qxe6 35. Rf2 Ne5 36. Qg5 Rg8 37. Qe3 Ng4 38. Qxe6+ Bxe6 39. Rf3 Ne5 40. Rf1 Rg2 41. Rf2 Rg3 42. Rf1 Bg4 43. Ne4 Rg2 44. Ne3 Re2 45. Nxg4 Nxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 46. Nd2 Ne3 47. Rh1 Kd7 48. b3 a5 49. a4 bxa4 50. bxa4 Ke6 51. Rh6+ Ke5 52. Rh5+ Kf4 {Strongly threatening ...Re1+.} 53. Rh4+ Ng4 54. Rh3 Nf2 55. Rf3+ Ke5 56. Rf8 Re1+ 57. Kb2 Re2 58. Kc1 Ke6 59. Re8+ Kd5 60. Rd8+ Kc6 61. Rc8+ Kb7 62. Rf8 Re1+ 63. Kb2 Re2 64. Kc1 Re1+ 65. Kb2 Re2 66. Kc1 Kc7 67. Rf7+ Kd8 68. Rf5 Ke7 69. Rxa5 Re1+ 70. Kb2 Nd1+ ({Black should play} 70... Re2 $11 71. Kc1 Re1+ 72. Kb2 Re2 73. Kc1) 71. Kb3 $14 Re2 72. Nc4 {Hoping for Rd5.} Rc2 73. Rd5 (73. Re5+ $1 $14 Kf6 74. Re1 Nxc3 75. Na3) 73... Rxc3+ $11 74. Kb4 Rxc4+ 75. Kxc4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,93,54,45,41,47,48,56,58,56,93,48,48,27,27,20,41,27,37,37,43,21,25,10,39,6,78,76,81,80,75,68,73,31,55,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,236,0,0,0,4,0,9,13,8,4,127,128,139,139,139,89,92,82,6078,6078,6070,5990,5551,5551,5514,5533,5431,5431,5114,5114,5093,5097,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Nd7 9. d4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (9. Be3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qd7 {0-1 (32) Anand,V (2783)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Bf6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bc2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} Bb7 12. a3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. d5 Ne7 14. b3 c6 15. c4 g6 16. b4 Qb8 17. dxc6 Bxc6 {1-0 (59) Svetushkin,D (2588)-Harikrishna,P (2673) Moscow 2007}) 12... Nb6 13. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Re8 14. d5 Nb8 15. Qe2 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Bc1 Ne7 20. a4 Red8 21. Ng3 g6 22. Bd3 Rac8 (22... d5 $11) 23. axb5 $16 axb5 24. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} d5 25. h5 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. b3 Nd6 30. Ba3 Bh8 $2 (30... Qc6 $11) 31. Nxe5 $2 (31. Qd2 $18 Bxf3 32. Bxd6 (32. gxf3 Nb7 $11) 32... Qxc3 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. gxf3) 31... Re8 $11 32. Qd2 Bxe5 33. Qxd5 Bxg3 $1 {[%cal Re8e1] [#]} 34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. fxg3 Qxc3 (35... Qxg3 $11 36. Qd4 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Ng7) 36. Qxb5 $16 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 {[#] Hoping for Qb4.} gxh5 38. Qb4 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rb4f8]} Kg7 39. Qf8+ Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Kg6 $16) 40. Bb2+ $18 Kg6 41. Qg8+ Kf5 42. Qxf7+ Kg5 43. Ba3 h4 44. Be7+ Kg4 45. Bxh4 {White wants to mate with Qd7+.} Qe4 46. Qg8+ Qg6 47. Qd5 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna  V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,109,13,16,5,6,9,19,0,2,7,12,10,45,-51,-38,-46,-14,-75,77,72,112,59,141,124,207,202,187,197,254,0,105,14,14,14,23,0,0,-6,91,98,88,65,522,520,1151,1147,981,545,816,499,499,500,483,461,496,482,564,592,592,588,591,592,587,582,578,577,571,560,552,536,528,523,506,0,504,0,474,473,472,447,344,0,0,0,319,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O Na6 8. h3 Re8 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qc2 {E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3} cxd5 12. cxd5 a5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Re1 Bd7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd2 Qb6 16. Bf1 Qb4 17. Ra3 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qxa4 20. Qxa4 Bxa4 {0-1 (61) Lakshimi,N (2123)-Rathnakaran,K (2434) Chennai 2013}) 15... Qb6 16. Bf1 Qb4 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 17. Nd2 Bh6 18. Ra3 (18. Nc4 $14 Bxc1 19. Rxc1) 18... Kg7 (18... Nxa4 $5 19. Rxa4 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxd2 $15) 19. Kg2 Re7 20. f3 {[#]} (20. Qf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxa4 21. Na2 Rxc1 22. Nxb4 Rxe1 23. Nc2 Bxd2 24. Nxe1 Bxe1 25. Qd1) 20... Be8 $2 (20... Nxa4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] and life is bright.} 21. Nc4 (21. Rxa4 Bxa4) 21... Bxc1 22. Qxc1 b5 23. Nxa4 bxc4) 21. Na2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra2b4]} Qd4 {[%cal Re8a4]} (21... Bxa4 $6 22. b3 $16) 22. b3 ({White should play} 22. Nc4 $16 {Bxh6+ is the strong threat.} Qxd1 23. Rxd1) 22... Nxa4 (22... Rec7 $14) 23. Nc4 $1 Bxc1 (23... b5 $16 {was called for.}) 24. Qxd4 $18 exd4 25. Rxc1 Rec7 (25... Nc3 $142) 26. Nxd6 $2 ({Less strong is} 26. Rxa4 Bxa4 27. bxa4 b6 $14) (26. bxa4 $18 b5 27. Nxd6 Rc2+ 28. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 29. Kg1) 26... Rc2+ (26... Rxc1 $11 27. Nxc1 Rc2+ 28. Kg1 Nc5) 27. Rxc2 ({Better is} 27. Kg1 $1 $16 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 Rxc1 29. Nxe8+ Nxe8 30. Rxa4) 27... Rxc2+ $11 28. Kg1 Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3a2]} 29. Nxc3 dxc3 30. e5 (30. Nxb7 $2 Rd2 $19) 30... Nxd5 (30... Nd7 $1 $11 31. Nxe8+ Kf8) 31. Nxe8+ $16 Kf8 32. Nf6 Ne3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Nxf6 $14 33. exf6 Rd2) 33. Rxa5 $18 Rd2 (33... Kg7 $142 34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rb2) 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. Ng4+ Nxg4 37. hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} ({Weaker is} 37. fxg4 c2 $18) 37... c2 38. Rc8 Kg5 39. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} b6 40. b5 h5 41. gxh5 Kxh5 42. Rc4 Kg5 43. Rc6 Kh5 44. Rc8 Kg5 45. Rc3 Kh6 46. Rc7 Kg5 47. Rc4 Kh6 48. Rc8 $2 (48. Rc3 $18 {Strongly threatening f4.} Kh5 49. Rc7) 48... Kg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Kh5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 49. f4 Kg4) 49. Rc6 Kh5 $1 {[#]} 50. f4 $1 Kg4 51. Rc3 Kh5 52. Rc8 Kg4 53. Rc3 Kh5 $1 {[#] intending ...Kg4.} 54. Rc8 $2 (54. Rc4 $1 $18) 54... Kg4 $11 55. Rc3 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 28%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasa"]
[Black "Kakulidis, Ellen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,139,7,21,7,31,14,27,29,57,45,49,47,59,60,73,63,70,71,68,75,54,58,70,83,86,81,92,74,222,212,216,95,101,82,95,96,132,121,120,122,126,88,88,89,58,30,58,59,61,66,64,65,59,58,44,48,126,124,123,66,66,66,164,147,147,108,129,71,114,114,195,190,149,150,149,149,149,8,522,503,1858,1694,12028,12025,11977,11894,11798,11694,10302,4678,9973,9758,9070,9062,5708,6039,5181,4670,2852,2129,5720,5479,10838,4610,9973,9070,7050,4706,29958,12827,29983,29984,29984,29983,29983,29984,29986,29987,29988,29987,29987,29988,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. c3 Be7 5. b4 a6 6. Nbd2 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} d5 7. Bb2 (7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Rfe1 h6 12. a3 Qd7 13. h3 Bh5 {1-0 (43) Debashis,D (2501)-Bogner,S (2557) Hoogeveen 2015}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O Bf8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Re1 g6 11. Bf1 Bg7 12. a3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nh5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Qe7 14. Qc2 b6 15. a4 Bb7 {1-0 (41) Toma,K (2261)-Korosciel,A (2056) Wroclaw 2011}) 14. g3 Qe7 15. Nc4 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Rd8 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Ne3 Rd7 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. c4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Nd5 Qf8 22. Qd3 c5 (22... b5 $16) 23. bxc5 $18 Qxc5 24. Red1 (24. a4 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 24... b5 $16 25. cxb5 ({Reject} 25. Bxd4 Qxc4 26. Qe3 Bxd5 $11) 25... Qxb5 26. Bxd4 Bxd5 27. Qxb5 axb5 28. exd5 Nf6 29. Rab1 {Hoping for Bb6.} Nxd5 30. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 31. Bh3 Rd6 32. Bf1 Nc3 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Rb3 Rc6 35. Bxb5 Nxb5 36. Rxb5 {KR-KR} Rc1+ ({Black should try} 36... Ra6 $14) 37. Kg2 $16 Ra1 38. Rb3 ({White should play} 38. Ra5 $1 $16) 38... h5 $14 39. h4 Kf6 (39... f6 $14) 40. Kf3 Ke5 41. Ke3 f6 42. Kd3 (42. Rb5+ $142 Ke6 43. Ra5) 42... g5 43. Rb5+ Kd6 (43... Ke6 $16) 44. hxg5 $18 Rxa3+ 45. Ke2 fxg5 46. Rxg5 h4 47. g4 (47. gxh4 $16 {next f3 is good for White.} Ke6 48. h5) 47... Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Ra4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 48. Rh5 h3 {[#]} (48... Kf6 $142 49. f3 (49. Rxh4 Kg5 $11) 49... Ra2+ 50. Ke3 Rh2) 49. f3 $1 h2 50. Kf2 Kf6 51. Rxh2 Kg6 52. Kg3 Rb3 53. Ra2 (53. Rh5 $142 Ra3 54. Rd5) 53... Kg5 54. Ra5+ Kg6 55. Rd5 Ra3 56. Kf2 Rb3 57. Re5 Ra3 58. Re3 Ra4 59. Kg3 Kg5 {[#]} 60. f4+ $1 Kf6 (60... Rxf4 61. Re5+) 61. g5+ Kg6 62. Kg4 Ra1 63. f5+ Kg7 64. Re7+ {White mates.} Kf8 65. Rb7 Rg1+ 66. Kh5 Rh1+ {[#]} 67. Kg6 $1 Ra1 68. Rb8+ Ke7 69. f6+ {[%cal Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Kd7 70. f7 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pranav Vijay"]
[Black "Balasubramaniam H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,136,-14,-12,-32,0,0,28,0,27,-8,0,-56,-54,-57,-37,-91,-81,-118,-118,-122,-120,-102,-97,-122,-130,-122,-130,-139,-72,-169,-148,-153,-180,-195,-103,-104,-91,-83,-85,-95,-109,-213,-231,-215,-231,-214,-228,-226,-187,-222,-162,-208,-149,-149,-145,-156,-84,-89,-79,-104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-104,-38,-48,-16,-70,0,-252,-264,-214,0,-51,0,-228,0,-165,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,185,1,122,1,266,266,253,122,122,106,105,105,106,106,74,0,29983,29984,29988,29987,29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c3 e5 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (8... O-O 9. a3 b5 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 a5 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Na3 Qb6 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. c4 b4 16. Nb5 Rfa8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {½-½ (53) Bauer,C (2628)-Prusikin,M (2512) Switzerland 2018}) 9. Nbd2 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nh4 g5 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. Nhf3 h6 12. Ne1 Qd7 13. Nc2 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Ne4 b6 17. Bxh6 f5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng5 Rfe8 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 e4 22. Ne3 Nxd4 23. Qd2 {1-0 (23) Sansorgne,E (2075)-Scandella,T (2095) France 2006}) 11. Nhf3 Ng6 12. h3 h6 13. Nc4 f5 14. Nh2 (14. exf5 $1 $11 Bxf5 15. Ne3) 14... f4 $1 $15 15. Qh5 Kh7 16. Bf3 (16. a4 $15) 16... Be6 $17 17. Bg4 Bf7 $1 18. Bf5 Nce7 $1 19. Qe2 Nxf5 20. exf5 Ne7 21. g4 Nc6 22. Rd1 Bf6 (22... Re8 $142 23. Nd2 d5) 23. Nf3 (23. Nd2 $17 {was called for.}) 23... Re8 24. Ncd2 d5 25. Qf1 {[#]} Qc7 (25... c4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] aiming for ...cxd3.} 26. dxc4 e4 27. cxd5 e3 28. fxe3 fxe3) 26. c4 Nd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. cxd5 Bxd5 29. Ne4 (29. f3 $17) 29... Bxe4 $19 30. dxe4 Rxe4 31. Qc4 Kg7 32. Bd2 b6 33. Rac1 Qf7 34. Qb5 Qe8 35. Qa6 Qc8 36. Qd3 Re7 (36... Qc6 $142 37. b4 Rae8 38. bxc5 bxc5) 37. b4 $17 Rc7 {Strongly threatening ...c4.} 38. bxc5 Rxc5 ({Black should try} 38... bxc5 $17 39. Ba5 Rc6) 39. Rxc5 $11 Qxc5 40. Rc1 Qd6 41. h4 Qd7 42. h5 Rc8 43. Re1 (43. Rxc8 $11 Qxc8 44. Qb5) 43... Qd5 (43... Rc7 $17 44. Re6 Qd5) 44. Qa3 Rc7 {next ...d3 is good for Black.} 45. Re6 (45. Re8 $11 Rf7 46. Kh2) 45... Qc5 (45... d3 $15 46. Qd6 Qxd6 47. Rxd6 f3 48. Rxd3 Rc4) 46. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Qf3 $11) 46... Qc2 $19 47. Qe2 Qc4 $2 (47... d3 $19 48. Qe1 Qxa2) 48. Qe4 $1 $15 Qc2 $2 (48... d3 $15 49. Qa8 Rf7) 49. Qe2 $1 $19 {[#] intending Rxf6.} Qc4 $2 ({Don't do} 49... Qxa2 50. Rd6) (49... d3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3e2]} 50. Qe1 Qxa2) 50. Qe1 $2 (50. Qe4 $1 $11) 50... Rf7 $2 (50... Qxa2 $19 {White must now prevent ...d3.} 51. Bb4 d3) 51. Qe4 $11 Qxa2 {[#]} 52. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf6 53. Qxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qf7 54. Bc3 Qe7 $1 55. Qd5 Kh7 56. Bxf6 Qxf6 {KQ-KQ} 57. Qd7+ Kg8 58. Qxa7 Kh8 $2 (58... Qd6 $11) 59. Qb7 $2 (59. Qd7 $18) 59... Kg8 (59... Qd6 $11 {remains equal.}) 60. Kg2 ({White should play} 60. Qd7 $16) 60... Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Qd6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 61. Qc8+ Kg7 62. Kf3 (62. Qe8 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 62... Qd6 $16 63. Qb7+ Kf6 {[#] And now ...Qd1+ would win.} 64. Kg2 $1 Ke5 65. Qg7+ Ke4 66. f6 (66. Qc3 $16) 66... f3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Qe6 $11) 67. Kh3 Qd1 68. Qe7+ Kd5 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Raahul V S"]
[Black "Polakhare Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,-25,0,-55,-9,-27,-52,-40,16,0,20,25,73,62,69,75,137,135,123,0,268,252,239,232,278,209,356,360,587,562,1005,929,29972,29973,6612,2070,2070,1943,1873,1570,29978,29980,29987,29987,29987,29971,29971,29972,29971,29973,29978,29979,29979,29979,29989,29990,29990,29991,29992,29993,29996,29994,29995,29996,29996,29996,29998,29999]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Bxc3 5. bxc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} 8. d4 (8. Ne1 d6 9. e4 Nd7 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 a6 12. d4 b5 13. e5 Ndb8 14. Qh5 dxe5 15. Rh4 {1-0 (37) Dubov,D (2660)-Mchedlishvili,M (2601) Doha 2016}) 8... d6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Rb1 (9. Bg5 $11) 9... Rb8 {Black is slightly better.} 10. Nh4 $146 {Threatens to win with Bxc6.} ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Qe7 11. e3 a6 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Re1 e4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f4 exf3 16. Nxf3 {1-0 (38) Maruncic,V (2096)-Cesaric,S (1848) Dubrovnik 2013}) 10... Na5 11. c5 exd4 ({Black should try} 11... h6 $15) 12. cxd4 $11 dxc5 13. dxc5 Qe7 14. Qa4 b6 15. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Ba6 (15... Qd7 $142 16. Qxd7 Bxd7) 16. Bxa5 $16 bxa5 17. Qxa5 (17. Rxb8 $16 Rxb8 18. Qxa5) 17... Bxe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Rxb1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 18. Rxb1 Qxe2) 18. Rxb8 $18 Rxb8 {[#]} 19. Re1 $1 (19. Qxa7 Rb2 $14) 19... Rb2 20. Bf1 ({Weaker is} 20. Qxa7 Qd8 $14) 20... Qe6 (20... Qe4 {was worth a try.} 21. Ng2 (21. Qxc7 g6 $16) (21. Qxa7 g5 $16) 21... Qf3) 21. Qxc7 g5 $2 {[#]} (21... g6 22. c6 Kg7) 22. Nf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxa2 (22... Bxf3 23. Rxe6) 23. Qe5 Bxf3 24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ (25. Qxf6 $142 Be2 26. c6) 25... Kg8 26. Qxf6 {[%cal Re1e8]} Be2 27. Qe5 a5 28. Bxe2 {White mates.} f6 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 32. Bc4+ Kg6 33. c6 Rb8 34. Be6 a4 35. c7 Ra8 36. Rd1 a3 37. Rd8 Ra6 {[#]} 38. Bf5+ $1 Kh6 (38... Kxf5 39. c8=Q+) 39. c8=Q Ra7 40. Rg8 a2 41. Qc1+ {Precision: White = 69%, Black =  9%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashwath, R."]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,60,25,47,33,68,57,73,58,73,76,89,84,89,86,91,81,102,96,115,103,123,104,97,0,76,88,87,84,63,73,124,128,175,162,137,131,133,138,152,120,241,237,218,234,459,439,406,229,206,114,195]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4c2][%mdl 32]} d6 6. Be2 b6 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 7. d5 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} (7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 e6 10. Rb1 Qe7 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Rfb8 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 g5 15. Nd2 Nf8 16. b5 {0-1 (55) Estremera Panos,S (2360)-Manolache,M (2492) Pontevedra 2016}) 7... c6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nd4 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 a6 14. Nc6 Rfe8 15. Rc1 Nb8 16. Nxb8 Raxb8 {1-0 (40) Adamyan,M (1812)-Bitkova,J (1282) Porec 2015}) 11. Nc2 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rae8 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Rfe1 Ng8 15. a4 Bc8 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Nc3 (17. b4 $16) 17... Ne5 (17... Qc7 $1 $11) 18. h3 $16 f5 19. f4 Nf7 20. exf5 gxf5 ({Black should play} 20... Bxf5 21. Bf2 Nd8) 21. Bf3 a5 22. Bf2 Bh6 23. Bh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Ne5 24. Bh5 Nxc4 {[#]} 25. Qe2 $1 Nxb2 (25... Ba6 $16) 26. Rb1 $18 Bg7 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 $2 (27... Bxc3 28. Bb5 c4 29. Bxe7 Nxe7) 28. Qb5 ({Stronger than} 28. Rxb2 Bxc3 29. Rb3 Bxe1 $11) 28... Bb7 29. Rxb2 ({Don't play} 29. Qxb2 Bxd5 30. Re3 Ba8 $18) (29. Re3 $142) 29... Bxc3 30. Qxb6 {[#] And now Rb5 would win.} Bb4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Black "Abid Ali Mujawar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,48,24,19,28,26,22,25,34,26,22,23,46,10,36,22,37,14,60,36,130,87,162,156,163,154,161,156,150,148,728,726,716,716,708,704,926,917,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 Nc6 (4... h6 5. Bh4 Qb6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Qxb2 10. Nxd5 Bb4+ 11. Nxb4 Qc3+ {0-1 (20) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. e3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} e6 7. Qd2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bd7 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bd6 9. Nge2 Nge7 10. O-O O-O {1-0 (108) Gogolis,A (2283)-Tepelenis,N (2121) Athens 2008}) 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. a3 Na6 14. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nc7 (14... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 15. Bh4 Nf5 $14) 15. Bd3 f5 ({Better is} 15... f6 $14 16. Bh4 a6) 16. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Na4 would win. Black is under strong pressure.} Qa5 (16... Ne8 $16) 17. Bxe7 $18 Bxe7 {[#]} 18. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd2 (18... Nxd5 19. Qxa5) 19. Nxe7+ Kf7 {Hoping for ...Qxc1+!} 20. Nxc8 Qa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Qxc1+ $16 21. Rxc1 Rxc8 22. Ne5+ Ke7) 21. Ne5+ Kg8 22. Ne7+ ({Weaker is} 22. Nxd7 Rxc8 23. Rc5 Qd2 $18) 22... Kh8 23. Nxd7 Rd8 24. Ne5 {[%cal Re5f7] [#]} Re8 25. Nf7# {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 12%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aditya Mittal"]
[Black "Mahajan Ayush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "1559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,113,31,31,-31,-22,-34,12,12,41,59,59,59,59,53,52,52,48,56,49,58,87,93,86,47,64,62,62,47,54,54,34,54,95,28,21,16,116,106,120,108,133,102,152,123,141,91,192,183,169,102,102,105,126,106,128,104,179,20,14,0,140,131,265,159,189,153,253,264,270,258,270,243,233,171,171,183,172,154,422,416,422,375,496,495,696,576,698,698,2660,1917,1481,953,1417,1528,29983,29984,29993,29991,29993,29989,29995,29990]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 65 Games} 8. Nge2 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} ({Better is} 8. h3 $14) (8. h3 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Bh2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Re8 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Be6 20. bxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (63) Nakamura,H (2791)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2819) chess.com INT 2016}) 8... Nh5 $15 9. Bg3 Ndf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... g6 10. Qc2 Bf6 11. b4 a6 12. O-O Nxg3 13. Nxg3 O-O 14. a4 Re8 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 {1-0 (36) Frisk,E (2311)-Guindy,E (2062) Koge 2014}) 10. Bh4 {The position is equal.} Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Nf6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qa4 c5 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Nf4 Qe5 21. h3 g5 22. Nfe2 Nd7 23. g4 (23. Qd2 $16) 23... h5 $11 24. Ng3 Nf6 (24... hxg4 $11 25. hxg4 Nf6) 25. gxh5 $16 Qe6 26. Kg2 Bd7 27. Rh1 {[%cal Rg3e4]} Bc6 28. Rcd1 Rd8 29. Nce2 Rxd1 (29... Nd7 $16) 30. Rxd1 $18 Bd7 31. Rh1 (31. Qxc5 $18 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1) 31... Rc8 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Qe2 Rd8 34. h4 g4 (34... Nh7 $16 35. h6 Kh8 36. hxg5 Nxg5) 35. Rd1 $2 {[#]} ({White should play} 35. Qa6 $18) 35... Rd3 $1 $11 36. Kh2 Rxd1 (36... c4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37. Qxd1 $16 Qe5 (37... Nd7 $16 {was necessary.} 38. Ncxe4 Bxe4) 38. Nce2 Nxh5 39. Qd8+ Kg7 (39... Kh7 $16) 40. Qc8 $18 Nxg3 41. Nxg3 ({Resist} 41. Qxg4+ $6 Kh6 $16) 41... Qe6 42. Nh5+ Kh7 43. Qxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 44. Nf6+ Kg6 45. Nxg4 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne5+.} Kh5 $2 (45... Kf5 $16 {was called for.} 46. Kg3 Be8) 46. Kg3 a5 47. Ne5 Bd5 48. a3 c4 (48... Bb3 $142 49. Nd7 c4 50. Nf6+ Kg6) 49. Kh3 Kh6 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. Kg5 Kh7 52. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} a4 53. h6 c3 54. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32] White mates.} Kg8 55. c4 Bb7 56. c5 Bc8 57. c6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sultan, Ibrahim"]
[Black "Kowsarinia, Amir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,114,45,43,32,46,44,48,21,43,38,50,41,83,94,104,110,110,102,103,106,84,89,97,66,76,83,114,114,171,167,174,160,183,179,183,179,159,156,143,147,162,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-439,-452,-633,-547,-534,-535,-533,-526,-504,-102,-102,-101,-168,-43,-71,-19,-13,-30,-38,-6,-26,-8,-7,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-57,-28,-58,-12,-12,-12,-60,-60,-685,-685,-685,-685,-685,-685,-693,-685,-623,-621,-29993,-29990,-29994,-29991]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} (7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 a5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. a3 Qe8 11. e3 Rb8 12. Qe2 h6 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {0-1 (39) Kojima,S (2403)-Hou,Y (2686) Honolulu 2015}) 7... O-O {LiveBook: 12 Games} 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 {White is slightly better.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Rc8 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 f4 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qh5 {1-0 (43) Brown,M (2121)-Taylor,T (2279) Los Angeles 2011}) 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Nd8 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. b4 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. d5 Rb8 16. Rab1 Nf6 17. Nd2 Nf7 18. Ba1 Be5 19. Nf3 Bc7 20. e4 f4 (20... fxe4 $16 {was necessary.} 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Nd6) 21. e5 $18 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. d6 Qf7 24. Rxb7 fxg3 25. hxg3 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Ng4 {[%cal Rg4f2] [#]} 27. f4 $2 (27. Nd5 $1 $18) 27... Bxf4 $1 $11 28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. Ne4 Qe3+ (29... Ne3 $5 30. Qe2 $8 Nxd1 31. Qxd1 Rb8 $11) 30. Kg2 $1 Qh6 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh6h2] [#]} 31. Kg1 Ne3 32. Qd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qh2 $1 $11 Qg6+ 33. Ng3 Nxd1 34. Be4) 32... Qg6+ $19 33. Kh1 (33. Ng5 $142 Qxg5+ 34. Bg2) 33... Qh5+ 34. Kg1 Qg4+ 35. Kh1 Nxd1 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ $2 (36... Qh4+ $19 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Rf7) 37. Kxg2 $17 Ne3+ 38. Kg3 (38. Kh2 $17 {might work better.}) 38... a5 (38... Nxc4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rf1.} 39. Bc3 Nxa3 40. Bxa6 c4) 39. Nxc5 Nf5+ (39... Nxc4 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rf1.} 40. Nxd7 Rd8) 40. Kg2 $1 $11 Nxd6 41. Ba6 $1 Rf7 42. a4 h5 43. Bb5 $1 Kh7 44. Be5 Nf5 $1 {...d6 is the strong threat.} 45. Ne4 {Black must now prevent Ng5+.} Ne3+ 46. Kg3 {And now Ng5+ would win.} Rf5 47. Bc3 ({White should play} 47. Bd6 $11) 47... g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 48. Bxd7 h4+ 49. Kh2 Kg6 {aiming for ...Rf4.} 50. Bxe6 (50. c5 $5 {[%cal Rd7e6]}) 50... Rf4 51. Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Nd2 $15) 51... g4 $19 52. Bd5 Rf2+ 53. Kg1 g3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rf2f1]} 54. Be4+ Kh5 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rf2f1]} 55. Bd3 h3 {[%cal Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32] ( -> ...h2+)} 56. Bd4 h2+ 57. Kh1 Rd2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Song, Yuxin"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,107,57,54,67,67,62,58,60,56,56,49,70,48,65,65,64,52,52,35,72,32,58,47,78,43,35,42,41,13,18,0,29,21,41,0,0,0,25,10,32,32,30,-119,-115,-115,-59,-57,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-133,-121,-137,-156,-139,-138,-117,-9,-166,-175,-227,-45,-414,0,0,0,0,0,-520,0,-504,0,0,221,-29996,263,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxb5 7. Nxb5 Nxd4 8. Nfxd4 Kd8 9. c4 Nf6 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} 10. f3 a6 (10... Bd7 11. b3 e5 12. Nf5 Bxb5 13. cxb5 Kd7 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. O-O-O g6 16. Ne3 f6 17. Bh4 {½-½ (27) Zvjaginsev,V (2636)-Zubov,A (2574) Moscow 2009}) 11. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} e6 {White is slightly better.} 12. b3 Kc7 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Kf2 Be7 15. a4 Rac8 16. Rhd1 Kb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... h6 17. Nde2 Be8 18. a5 Rg8 19. Na4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 g5 21. Ra2 Kb8 22. Nc3 Nd7 23. Na4 Rc6 24. Nb6 {½-½ (24) Holzhaeuer,M (2340)-David,P (2415) Germany 1993}) 17. Nc2 Bc6 18. Ra2 Rhd8 19. Bb6 Re8 20. b4 Bd7 21. Ne3 e5 22. Rc1 Be6 23. Ncd5 Nd7 24. a5 Bg5 25. Rac2 g6 26. g3 f5 27. h4 Bh6 28. Rd1 Rc6 29. Rd3 f4 30. Ng4 Bg7 31. Rdc3 (31. Kg2 $11 {remains equal.}) 31... h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 32. Nh2 fxg3+ ({Black should try} 32... Bxd5 $17 33. exd5 Rcc8) 33. Kxg3 $15 Bh6 (33... Nxb6 $15 34. Nxb6 Bf6) 34. Be3 $11 Bxe3 35. Rxe3 Bxd5 36. exd5 Rc7 {Threatens to win with ...Rec8.} 37. f4 (37. Nf1 $11) 37... Nf6 $1 $17 38. Rd3 exf4+ 39. Kxf4 Re4+ 40. Kg5 Ng4 (40... Ng8 $17 {Black wants to play ...Re5+.} 41. Kxg6 Ne7+ 42. Kxh5 Re5+ 43. Kg4 Nxd5 44. Rxd5 Rxd5 45. cxd5 Rxc2) 41. Nf3 $2 (41. Nxg4 $1 $11 Rxg4+ 42. Kf6) 41... Rf7 $1 $19 (41... Rcxc4 42. Rxc4 Rxc4 43. Kxg6 $14) 42. Kxg6 (42. Rg2 {was called for.}) 42... Ref4 $2 (42... Rf8 $1 $19 43. c5 (43. Kxh5 $2 Rg8 $19) 43... Rg8+ 44. Kf5 (44. Kxh5 $2 {is a self mate.} Nf6+ 45. Kh6 Reg4 46. cxd6 Rh8#) 44... Re3) 43. Kxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Only move:} 43. c5 $1 $15) 43... Nf6+ $2 (43... Rg7 $1 $19 {( -> ...Rf8)} 44. Ng5 Ne5) 44. Kg6 Nd7 45. Rcc3 Nf8+ 46. Kg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Kh5 $11 {and White is okay.} Nd7 47. Re3) 46... R7f5+ 47. Kh6 Rf6+ $2 (47... Rg4 $19 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rg4g6]} 48. Ne5 (48. Ng5 $2 Rxh4+ 49. Kg7 Rg4 $19) 48... Rxe5) 48. Kh5 $11 {Strongly threatening Re3.} Ng6 $2 (48... Nd7 $1 $11) 49. Kg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49. Re3 $18) 49... Ne7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Nh8 $1 {mates} 50. Ne5 dxe5 51. Kh5 Nf7 52. Rh3 Rh6#) 50. Re3 $2 (50. Nd4 $18) 50... R6f5+ {The position is equal.} 51. Kh6 Rf6+ 52. Kg5 R6f5+ 53. Kh6 Rf6+ 54. Kg5 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Black "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 36,97,0,0,0,4,20,0,0,0,0,-12,19,18,14,13,14,13,12,22,24,24,19,25,27,26,123,99,135,133,146,99,86,85,74,83,79,75,136,108,126,91,116,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,646,646,646,629]} 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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 {C96: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4, replies other than 11...Qc7} (15. a4 Bb7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. b3 Bd8 22. f5 Nf8 {1-0 (54) Shirov,A (2630)-Howell,D (2701) Douglas 2017}) 15... Nxe5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 Bh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. f5 {LiveBook: 31 Games} Ne5 20. Rf1 Re8 21. Bf4 a5 22. Qd2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Qe7) 23. Qe3 a4 24. Bg3 Qf6 25. Qf2 Nc4 26. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nxe5 27. Bh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f6]} g5 28. fxg6 $1 Qxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Nxg6 30. Bg3 $1 c4 {[#]} (30... Bb7 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Raf1 $1 $16 ({Resist} 31. Bxd6 $6 Bb7 $14) 31... Ra7 32. Bxd6 {And now Bxg6 would win.} Rd7 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Bb4 {Rf8+ is the strong threat.} Bb7 35. d6 Bd5 36. a3 h5 ({Better is} 36... Bf7) 37. h4 Bf7 38. Ba5 Be6 {[#]} 39. Bb4 (39. Re1 $1 $16) 39... Bf5 $11 40. Rd2 Bd3 41. Rf4 Re5 42. Rdf2 {aiming for Rf8+.} Bf5 $1 43. Kh2 Kf7 44. Rd2 Ke6 45. Bc3 Re3 46. Rfd4 Bd3 47. Rf2 Rxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (47... Bf5 $11) 48. Rf6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf6 49. Rxd3+ $1 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krithigga K"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,128,20,23,2,30,14,11,17,36,31,18,19,44,35,37,15,39,0,0,0,0,0,101,6,0,2,18,0,1,-43,-53,-44,-52,-44,-37,-105,-75,-102,-51,-52,-33,-87,-114,-191,-195,-220,-206,-343,-366,-501,-497,-478,-463,-421,-475,-464,-445,-547,-491,-455,-391,-266,-139,-139,-88,-88,-83,-83,-63,-83,-63,-91,-70,-83,-70,-76,-83,-83,-75,-83,-77,-76,-76,-77,-76,-83,-74,-83,-83,-84,-8,-22,-25,-39,-29,-40,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 {LiveBook: 515 Games} 12. Ne1 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} (12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Qb3 Bh3 15. Ra1 Rab8 16. Ra7 Qe6 17. Rfa1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd7 19. e4 f5 20. Nd5 Nc5 21. Qc2 fxe4 22. dxe4 Nxd5 23. cxd5 {1-0 (73) Spoelman,W (2578)-Jones,G (2640) chess.com INT 2018}) 12... Rb8 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qb3 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nc2 Nfd5 18. Bd2 Kh8 19. Qc4 Qd7 {1-0 (40) Njirjak,J (2205)-Huis,D Tucepi 1996}) 15... c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. f3 Rb7 19. Qd2 c5 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 cxb4 (21... Rxb4 $11 {remains equal.} 22. Nc2 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Nc6) 22. Bh3 (22. f4 $16) 22... Qc6 23. f4 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 exf4 $1 25. gxf4 Qh5 26. Qxh5 Nxh5 27. Rf2 f5 28. e5 (28. exf5 $15 Nxf5 29. Bg2) 28... d5 29. Bf1 Ra8 (29... Rc8 $17 30. Be2 Ng7) 30. d4 $15 Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for ...b3. Black is pushing.} 31. Bg2 (31. Nd3 $15) 31... Ra5 $17 32. Rc2 (32. Nd3 $17 Rbb5 33. Bf3) 32... Rb6 $19 33. Rc5 Nxf4 34. Rxa5 (34. Nd3 $142 Nxg2 35. Rxa5 Nxa5 36. Kxg2) 34... Nxa5 35. Nc2 Nxg2 36. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} b3 37. Ne3 Rb4 38. Nxd5 Rxd4 39. Nc7 Rc4 40. Nb5 Rc5 41. Nd4 {[#]} Rxe5 (41... Rc3 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rd3.} 42. e6 Kf8) 42. Nxb3 $17 Nc6 (42... Nxb3 $142 43. Rxb3 Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kh6) 43. Rc1 Ne7 44. Nd4 Re4 45. Nf3 Kg7 46. Rb1 Kh6 47. h4 Kh5 48. Kh3 Nd5 {White must now prevent ...Nf4+.} 49. Rb8 {[%cal Rb8h8] [#]} Kh6 50. Rh8+ Kg7 51. Rd8 Nf4+ 52. Kg3 Nh5+ 53. Kf2 Ra4 54. Rd6 Nf6 {Hoping for ...Ne4+.} 55. Rb6 f4 (55... Ng4+ $17 56. Kg2 Ne3+ 57. Kf2 Nd1+ 58. Ke2 Nc3+ 59. Kf1 Re4) 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kh3 Ra3 58. Kg2 Ra2+ 59. Kh3 {The position is equal.} Rf2 60. Ng5 {Strongly threatening Rxf6!} Re2 61. Rb7+ Kg8 62. Rb8+ Kg7 63. Rb7+ Kg8 64. Rb8+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ahmed, Fareed"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,38,39,45,-111,-127,-198,-189,-188,-172,-214,-202,-208,-208,-222,-239,-397,-166,-679,-658,-808,-833,-800,-794,-924,-913,-886,-839,-1300,-882,-29983,-29984]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Bf5 (4... Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. h3 Bf5 8. d3 h6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bf4 e6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. Qe2 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 {1-0 (44) Kamsky,G (2677)-Bartholomew,J (2477) Reykjavik 2018}) 5. Ne5 (5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 c6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd6 11. Qe2 {0-1 (42) Ahmed,F (2003)-Mohannad,F (2242) Sharjah 2018}) 5... Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... e6 6. Qf3 c6 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. g4 Qf6 9. gxf5 exf5 10. Bc4+ Ke8 11. d4 {1-0 (20) Kontic,D (2392)-Vujovic,R (1958) Bar 2007}) 6. Nxf7 $2 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. Qf3 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Nxe5 7. Qxf5) 6... Kxf7 $17 7. Qf3 (7. g4 $17 Be6 8. d4) 7... e6 $19 {...Ne5 is the strong threat.} 8. Bc4 {[#] Strongly threatening Qxf5+.Black is clearly better.} Qf6 9. Qxb7 Qe5+ 10. Kd1 Rb8 11. Qc6 Ngf6 {[#] And now ...Rb6 would win.} 12. d3 $2 (12. h3) 12... Qc5 (12... Rb6 $142 13. Qa8 Rg8) 13. Qa4 $2 (13. Qxc5 Bxc5 14. f3) 13... Qxf2 {( -> ...Bg4+)} 14. Re1 Bg4+ 15. Ne2 Qxg2 16. Bf4 Bb4 17. c3 Bc5 18. d4 Bd6 19. Kc1 Bxf4+ {Precision: White =  5%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salim Mohammed Salim Al Amri"]
[Black "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,82,19,22,7,16,1,-2,-7,-9,-13,-9,-10,-10,5,-6,-21,-4,-9,-6,-10,0,-14,0,-47,-47,-47,-54,-51,-46,-50,-58,-54,-45,-39,-20,-20,-8,-67,-71,-71,-51,-93,-84,-97,-116,-116,0,-201,-181,-173,18,9,10,13,24,49,77,0,0,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29981,-29982,-29981,-29982,-29980,-29981]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32] B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be2 Nbc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. O-O d4 11. Ne4 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. c5 {1-0 (45) Ragger,M (2697)-Van Foreest,J (2612) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 6... Nc6 7. N2f3 Nge7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. Bb5 {The position is equal.} a6 9. Ba4 Bd7 10. c3 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ng6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h4 h6 {0-1 (28) Aliev,D-Aleskerov,F (2155) Baku 2001}) 11. Nxd4 Bxa4 12. Qxa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ke2 Nc6 15. f4 Nxd4+ 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Kd3 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Kxd2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Kd3 $1 Rhc8 21. Rhd1 b5 22. Rd2 a5 23. Rf1 b4 24. f5 a4 25. f6 (25. fxe6+ $11 Kxe6 26. Rb1) 25... g6 26. g3 h5 27. Rff2 a3 28. bxa3 Rc3+ ({Much worse is} 28... bxa3 $6 29. Rc2 $11) 29. Ke2 bxa3 (29... Rxa3 $17 30. Rf3 Rca8) 30. Rd3 $2 (30. Rf3 $11) 30... Rc2+ $1 $19 31. Rd2 R8c4 $2 (31... R8c3 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Rb2.} 32. Ke1 Rb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 32. Ke3 $11 R4c3+ 33. Kf4 Rc1 34. Kg5 Ke8 $1 {[#]} 35. Kf4 (35. Rg2 $1 $16) 35... Kf8 36. Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36. Rg2 $11) 36... g5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 37. Kxg5 Rxf3 38. Kxh5 Rfc3 39. Kg5 R1c2 40. Rd1 Rxa2 41. Rb1 Rb2 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Priyanka Nutakki"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,98,0,9,0,0,15,30,14,26,25,17,34,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,0,0,2,0,38,28,106,65,45,65,88,47,44,50,20,27,22,-30,-39,-32,-20,-32,-14,-15,0,-34,-54,-42,-39,-64,-60,-64,-58,-66,-48,-76,-63,-64,-43,-45,-41,-73,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-70,-72,-72,-81,-89,-12841,-12842,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12843]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} a5 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Ba7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (10... Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 {0-1 (33) Anand,V (2782)-So,W (2788) London 2017}) 11. Bb5 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 12. d4 c6 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Nf1 Nh5 {[#]} 15. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 Nhf4 {1-0 (29) Quesada Perez,Y (2627)-Tan,J (2466) chess.com INT 2018}) 15... Nhf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Qd2 $1 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Ng6 20. Nd3 Rad8 {Threatens to win with ...Bc4.} 21. Qe3 Qa6 22. Qg3 Bc4 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 23. Rad1 b5 (23... Qb6 $11) 24. b3 Be6 25. Ne3 Rfe8 26. Nf5 bxa4 27. bxa4 Bb8 28. Qf3 Qc4 29. Rc1 (29. Nc1 $142 $1) 29... Qxc3 $11 30. Bb1 Qa3 31. Ne5 Qxf3 (31... Qxa4 {feels hotter.} 32. Nxc6 Rc8 33. Nxb8 Rxb8 34. Red1 Rec8) 32. Nxf3 Ne5 33. N5d4 Nxf3+ 34. Nxf3 Bd6 35. Nd4 {[#]} Bh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Kxh2 Rxd4 37. Rxc6 Rxa4 38. Rec1 g5 39. Bd3 Rd4 40. R1c3 a4 41. Ra6 {[#]} Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Rxd3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Bc4 $1 {[%csl LRa6,LRd3,LRe4]} 43. Rdd6 Bxa6 44. Rxa6 Rxe4 $15 {KR-KR} 45. f3 {[#]} Rf4 $1 46. g3 Rb4 47. Rxh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. h4 $17) 47... Rb2+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 48. Kg1 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 49. Ra6 a2 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

