[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,94,29,45,29,44,23,65,54,79,56,76,66,106,103,119,65,102,59,102,108,174,159,153,123,225,210,233,224,215,208,187,210,320,321,320,303,318,309,306,325,314,317,293,282,332,312,708,716,720,662,680,668,722,713,717,674,677,669,958,955,1938,1790,1773,1731,1446,1183,6195]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h4 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Nd4 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} Bb7 15. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 16. Bxe7 {White is slightly better.} (16. Qe3 Ne5 17. Rh2 Qc7 18. Rhd2 Rfd8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. g5 Qc7 {½-½ (48) Kryvoruchko,Y (2701)-Gupta,A (2626) Germany 2016}) 16... Qxe7 17. Qe3 Ne5 18. g5 Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Qc7) 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 21. Rh2 Bc6 22. Re2 ({White should try} 22. h6 $16) 22... Be8 23. f4 Qa7 24. Qd3 Qe7 (24... b4 $16) 25. h6 $18 g6 {[#]} 26. Nf3 $1 Qc7 (26... e5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 27. Qxd6 Rxc2 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 28. Qxc7 R2xc7 29. Ne5 Kf8 30. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Bc6 (30... a5 $142 31. Ng4 f5 32. exf5 exf5) 31. Ng4 f5 32. gxf6 Kf7 33. Kb2 Be8 34. b4 Rc3 {If only Black now had time for ...Rg3....} 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Kxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd1 37. e5 Bc6 $2 {[#]} (37... Rc1+ 38. Kd2 Rc4) 38. Nf2 {White is clearly winning.} Rf1 39. Kd4 Rc1 40. Kd3 Bd5 41. Rc2 Bc4+ 42. Kc3 Rf1 43. Kd4 Ra1 44. Ne4 Rf1 45. Nd6+ Kf8 46. Nxc4 bxc4 47. Rxc4 Rxf4+ {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,107,0,-4,0,-8,-12,-19,8,-23,3,8,8,32,26,-52,0,0,12,13,99,102,95,101,109,108,77,102,52,73,109,116,102,118,231,243,228,211,219,199,270,267,431,429,424,419,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,492,492,489,486,485,474,471,447,449,518,503,487,480,473,448,520,492,684,645,648,644,605,572,543,504]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. h3 Qc7 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 10. O-O h6 (10... b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. a4 Rad8 14. Bf1 h6 15. Be3 Nf4 16. Nc4 Ne6 17. h4 a6 {1-0 (30) Kamsky,G (2740)-Mamedov,R (2651) Moscow 2013}) 11. Be3 b6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rac8 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Rfe1 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nh5 16. Nc4 Nf4 17. Bf1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Ne6 {½-½ (27) Peto,P (2079)-Schwarz,F (2205) IECG email 2000}) 16. Qb1 Na5 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Nc6 19. Nc4 (19. Rc1 $11 Qb8 20. a5) 19... Ne7 (19... Rxd1 $15 20. Rxd1 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Nd4 22. Qxd4 Bxf3 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. gxf3 h5) 20. Nfd2 Nc6 21. Bf1 Qe7 (21... Nd4 $11) 22. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nd4 23. e5 Ne8 24. a5 $1 bxa5 {[#]} 25. Qb2 $1 Nf5 26. Bxa7 Bxg2 27. Bxg2 {b6 is the strong threat.} Qxa7 28. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Qa6 (28... Qe7 $16) 29. b7 $18 Rb8 30. Qb6 Qxb6 31. Nxb6 Nh4 {[#]} (31... a4 {might work better.} 32. Nxa4 Nc7) 32. Bh1 $1 {Hoping for Ndc4.} Bxe5 $2 (32... a4 33. Ndc4 (33. Nxa4 Rd7 $18) 33... Nc7) 33. Rxe5 Nd6 34. Rb1 Nxb7 35. Nbc4 {White is clearly winning.} Rd7 36. Reb5 Rbd8 {Black hopes to continue with ...Nd6.} 37. Rxb7 ({Don't do} 37. Bxb7 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 Rxd2 $18) 37... Rxd2 38. Nxd2 Rxd2 39. Ra7 Rd4 40. Rbb7 Rf4 41. Bc6 g5 42. Be8 Nf3+ 43. Kf1 {[%cal Re8f7]} Ne5 44. Rxa5 Ng6 45. Raa7 Ne5 46. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kg7 47. h5 Kf8 48. Ra8 {Strongly threatening Bxf7+.} Kg7 49. Ra4 Rf6 50. Ke2 Kf8 51. Re4 Rf5 52. Rb5 Nf3 53. Rxf5 exf5 54. Ra4 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,109,-7,-50,-33,-34,-23,-41,-27,-39,-52,-42,-13,-34,-25,-31,-14,-20,-8,-8,-8,-9,-9,-22,-10,-65,-64,-61,-16,-14,-14,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. c3 Qc7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Bh4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (9. O-O b6 10. e4 Bxg3 11. hxg3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Rfe1 h6 {½-½ (37) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 9... c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b6 10. g4 Bb7 11. Bg3 e5 12. g5 Ne4 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nc4 f6 {½-½ (39) Naiditsch,A (2702)-Vocaturo,D (2607) Antalya 2017}) 10. Bc2 b5 11. e4 {Black has an edge.} dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. Qc2 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 h6 16. O-O Nb6 17. Bg3 Nd5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne5 Rac8 20. f4 ({White should play} 20. a3 $11) 20... b4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 21. Rf3 bxc3 22. bxc3 {The position is equal.} f6 23. Ng6 f5 24. Qe2 Rf7 25. Re1 Rb7 26. h3 Rb6 27. Ne5 Qc7 28. Kh2 Nf6 29. Qf2 Ne4 30. Qh4 Qd8 31. Qh5 Qe8 32. Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. Nxc4 Rc6 34. Ne3 Rxc3 {[#]} 35. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf3 (35... exf5 36. Rxc3) 36. gxf3 exf5 37. fxe4 {Black must now prevent e5.} fxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Ke3 Rc8 $1 41. Rb1 Rc3+ 42. Kxe4 Rxh3 43. Rc1 Ra3 44. Rc6+ Kf7 45. Ke5 Rxa2 46. Rc7+ Kf8 47. d5 Re2+ 48. Kd6 g5 49. fxg5 hxg5 50. Rxa7 g4 51. Ra3 Kf7 52. Kd7 Rd2 53. d6 Kf6 54. Kc7 Ke6 {[#] aiming for ...Rc2+.} 55. Re3+ {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Vignesh N R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,97,30,29,30,28,66,7,29,10,5,7,14,3,19,23,31,19,23,20,54,31,48,56,30,39,57,44,52,56,56,56,64,61,55,52,141,135,116,126,229,239,170,168,241,250,390,312,718,723,714,698,687,635,608,580,777,747,731,725,600,0,543,0,681,632,840,849,772,805,900,886,1006,1012,1019,961,946,907]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} (7... Nfd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Nce2 Nc6 10. c3 Nce5 11. O-O Ng6 12. f4 Nh4 13. Bh1 O-O 14. f5 e5 15. Nc2 {0-1 (57) Fedoseev,V (2724)-Grischuk,A (2767) Moscow 2018}) 8. Nde2 Bc5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qxe3 12. Bg2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} exd5 13. Qd4 Qg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. O-O-O Nxd4 16. Rxd4 {½-½ (28) Kotlyanskiy,E (2200)-Taylor,W (2196) FICGS email 2010}) 14. O-O (14. Qf4 $1 $14 Qh4+ 15. Qg3 Qxg3+ 16. Nxg3) 14... O-O 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qe3+ 17. Kh1 {Black must now prevent Rxf7!} Nc6 (17... Qxe2 $6 18. Rae1 $16) 18. Nf4 Be6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qe4 Qh6 21. c3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rf8 23. Re1 Nd8 24. Qd4 Qh4 25. Qe5 h6 26. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qe7 27. Qd6 Qg5 28. Qc7 Kh8 (28... Qh4 $14) 29. b4 $16 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} (29. Bxb7 $2 Nxb7 30. Qg3 (30. Qxb7 $2 Qe3 $19) 30... Nc5 $19) 29... Kg8 30. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} (30. Bxb7 $2 Nxb7 31. Qg3 Qb5 $19) 30... Kh7 (30... Qh4 $16 {was called for.} 31. c4 Nf7) 31. a5 $18 (31. Bxb7 $2 Nxb7 32. Qg3 Kg8 $19) 31... Kg8 32. c4 $1 Kh7 (32... Qh4 $142 33. b5 Qg5) 33. b5 (33. Bxb7 $2 Nxb7 34. Qg3 (34. Qxb7 $2 Qe3 $19) 34... Kg8 $19) 33... Qe3 (33... Kg8 $142 34. b6 (34. Bxb7 $2 Nxb7 35. Qxb7 Qe3 $19) 34... Kh7) 34. Rxd8 Qe1+ $2 (34... Rxd8 35. Qxd8 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kf1 Qf4+ 39. Ke2 Qe5+ 40. Kf2 Qb2+ 41. Kg1 Qc1+ 42. Bf1 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kf2 Qf4+ 45. Ke1 Qe3+ 46. Be2 Qe5 47. Qd3+ Kh8) 35. Kh2 Rxd8 36. Qxd8 ({But not} 36. bxa6 $2 Rd1 $19) 36... Qe5+ {[#]} 37. Kg1 $1 Qe3+ {[#]} 38. Kf1 $1 Qf4+ 39. Ke2 Qe5+ 40. Kf3 Qc3+ 41. Ke2 {aiming for Qd3+.} Qe5+ 42. Kf3 Qc3+ 43. Kf2 {White is clearly winning.} Qc2+ 44. Kg3 Qc3+ 45. Bf3 Qe5+ 46. Kf2 Qh2+ 47. Ke3 {White threatens Be4+ and mate.} Qg1+ 48. Kd2 {White wants to mate with Be4+.} Qf2+ 49. Be2 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,112,49,31,43,37,43,37,39,33,52,25,44,43,27,27,20,15,60,59,54,63,56,26,29,29,81,69,92,91,97,30,71,-51,-34,-54,-52,-61,49,-20,-10,-76,-75,-106,-103,-103,-108,-117,-66,-110,-119,-124,-138,-152,-150,-151,-140,-159,-147,-194,-187,-224,-222,-257,-254,-241,-270,-379,-382,-387,-355,-268,0,-387,-387,-370,-350,-400,-411,-421,-252,-287,-270,-777,-752,-745,-744,-972,-970,-1520,-1520,-1209,-1129,-5189,-1390,-1659,-1503,-1984,-2043]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 c5 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 13 Games. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Nb4 11. Be2 Bf5 12. Na3 d5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Ne3 Be4 16. Ng5 Rad8 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 {1-0 (61) Areshchenko,A (2665)-Dimakiling,O (2382) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne5) 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Bf1 h6 14. Bf4 Bf8 15. Nf3 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Qa5 16. Bb5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5d4] Threatens to win with ...d4.} 19. Be5 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c3] White should prevent ...Nxc3.} 20. Bd3 f5 (20... Be6 $11) 21. Rd1 {b4! is the strong threat.} Be6 22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Nd4 (23. Bd4 $16 Bc5 24. c3) 23... Re8 24. Bxe4 ({Of course not} 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Rxe5 $11) (24. Nxe6 $16 Rxe6 25. Bxe4 (25. Qxf5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Nxf2 $11) 25... fxe4 26. Qf5) 24... dxe4 $15 25. Qh5 Bf7 26. Qxf5 Bg6 ({Black should play} 26... Qxb2 $15 27. a4 (27. Qxe4 Qxa2 28. Nf3 a5 $15) 27... Qb4) 27. Qf4 (27. Bc7 $1 $14) 27... Qxb2 $11 28. a4 (28. Qg3 $11 Bh5 29. Ne6) 28... Qa2 $1 $17 29. Bd6 Qxa4 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Qg3 {[#]} Qe8 (31... Kh7 $1 $17 32. Qc3 Qd7) 32. Ra1 a6 33. Rb1 b5 34. Ra1 {[#]} Rf6 $1 35. c3 Kh7 36. Nc2 Qd8 37. Qe3 Rd6 {Hoping for ...Rd1+.} 38. Qe1 a5 39. Ne3 Qc7 40. Qc1 Rd3 41. Qb2 (41. Qe1 {was the only chance.}) 41... Be8 $19 42. Ra3 Qb6 43. Ra1 Qc7 (43... a4 $142 44. Qb4 Qf6) 44. Ra3 $1 a4 45. Qb4 Qf4 {White must now prevent ...Rd2.} 46. Ra2 Qe5 47. Rc2 Bf7 (47... Qd6 $142 {aiming for ...Rd1+!} 48. Qxd6 Rxd6) 48. Rc1 h5 49. Nf1 $2 {[#]} (49. Qf8 Bg8 50. Qb4) 49... e3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 50. fxe3 (50. Nxe3 Rxe3) 50... Rxe3 51. Rb1 Rxc3 52. Qh4 a3 53. Re1 Qc5+ 54. Kh1 a2 (54... Rc1 $142 55. Rxc1 Qxc1 56. Qe4+ Kh6) 55. Qf4 Bg6 56. Ng3 Qc7 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Pranav Vijay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,190,33,22,28,0,31,25,33,5,20,22,31,37,64,0,31,28,36,27,16,21,27,14,29,25,31,33,37,33,31,25,37,36,55,53,46,53,70,63,62,47,43,8,41,18,29,16,22,23,99,17,22,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,23,0,37,36,270,254,228,87,112,25,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,275,275,276,278,511,462,492,484,685,685,1066,1042,1714,1577,1738,1616,1423,4727,4706,3085,29983,29984,29984,29985,29984,29985,29990,29988,29988,29989,29990,29991,29992,29991,29991,29992,29992,29992,29992,29993,29994,29995,29995,29996,29998,29996,29996,29996,29998,29996,29996,29994,29999,29998,29998,29999,29999,29998,29998,29997,29997,29997,29997,29997,29998,29997,29998,29997,29998,29997,29998,29997,29997,29998,29998,29998,29999,29999,29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (10... Nbd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Ne1 Qc7 15. Nd5 Qb8 16. Bh3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 e6 {½-½ (41) Svidler,P (2760)-Gelfand,B (2695) Moscow 2018}) 11. Qe3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Qe3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nf6 16. Rd4 Kg7 17. Rad1 Rfe8 {[#]} 18. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. g4) 18... Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qc5 20. Qd3 b5 21. Ne3 (21. cxb5 $14 d5 22. Ne3) 21... bxc4 22. Rxc4 Qa5 23. Qc2 Qe5 24. h3 Qe6 25. Kg2 Rac8 26. Rc1 {[%cal Rc4c8]} Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Qe5 28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. hxg4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} d5 30. Qd3 Rd8 31. Rc5 f6 32. b4 Kf7 33. a4 a6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Qe6 36. f3 Rd6 37. Qc2 Qe3 38. Rc6 Rd7 (38... Rd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Rc3 (39. b6 $16) 39... Qd4 40. Rc8 Qe3 41. Rc3 Qd4 42. Rb3 Rb7 43. Qb1 Rb6 44. Qh1 Kg7 45. Qc1 Qc4 46. Qe3 Rb7 47. b6 {Hoping for Rc3.} Kf7 48. Rb1 {And now Rh1 would win.} Qc2 49. Rc1 Qb2 $2 ({Better is} 49... d4 $1 $14) 50. Rc6 $1 $18 ({Worse is} 50. Rc7 Rxc7 51. bxc7 Qc2 $11) 50... Qe5 {[#]} 51. Qd2 (51. Kf2 $1 $18) 51... Kg7 {[#]} 52. Kf2 (52. Qd3 $1 $16) 52... d4 $1 $11 53. Qd3 Qd5 54. Qe4 Qxe4 55. fxe4 {KR-KR} Kf7 56. g5 Ke8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... fxg5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 57. e5 Ke8) 57. gxf6 $18 exf6 58. Rxf6 Re7 $2 (58... Ke7 59. e5 Rd7) 59. Rd6 Kf7 60. Kf3 Re5 (60... g5 $142 61. g4 Re8) 61. Rd5 Re7 62. e5 Ke6 63. Ke4 Rb7 64. Rd6+ Ke7 65. Kxd4 Rb8 66. Kd5 Rc8 67. b7 {White mates.} Rb8 68. Kc6 Rg8 69. Kc7 Kf7 70. b8=Q Rxb8 71. Kxb8 {KR-KPP} Ke7 72. Kc7 Ke8 73. Re6+ Kf7 74. Kd7 Kg7 75. Rf6 Kh6 76. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7,Be7e8,Be8f6][%mdl 32]} Kg7 77. Rf1 Kh8 78. e7 Kg8 79. e4 Kg7 80. e5 Kg8 81. e6 Kg7 82. e8=N+ Kh8 83. Rf7 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Kg8 84. Nf6+ Kh8 85. Nxh7 Kg8 86. Nf8 Kh8 87. Nxg6+ Kg8 88. Ne5 Kh8 89. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6,Bg6g7,Bg7g8][%mdl 32]} Kg8 90. g5 Kh8 91. g6 Kg8 92. g7 Kh7 93. e7 Kh6 94. e8=Q Kh7 95. g8=N+ Kh8 96. Ng6# {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna  V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,73,0,-10,-11,0,0,0,-8,-5,-2,17,14,19,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 Qb8 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (9... O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 f5 14. a4 Qe7 15. Qc1 Nf6 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (50) Mecking,H (2597)-Toth,C (2348) Rio de Janeiro 2018}) 10. Qc1 O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Ba3 b5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. c5 Qb8 14. a4 a5 15. Re1 b4 16. Qb2 Be4 17. Rac1 {1-0 (38) Bernard,C (2257)-Da Ces,P (1972) Cappelle-la-Grande 2014}) 13... bxc4 14. bxc4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rfc1 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Rfc8 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c5 20. Nf3 Rab8 21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Nb6 23. Qa6 {[#] aiming for Rxb6!} Qd7 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Rb2 Rc7 26. Rd2 Qc8 27. Qb5 Rc5 28. Rd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxc5 Qd5 30. Qc2 a5 31. e4 Qd6 32. Qc3 a4 33. Ne5 f6 34. Nd3 Nd7 35. Kf1 Kh7 36. Ke2 Ne5 37. Nxe5 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,141,0,-8,14,30,26,0,-3,-2,18,0,0,1,16,-38,0,0,0,0,3,0,51,39,45,32,38,44,59,41,116,10,112,11,19,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,0,61,61,61,61,61,61,95,13,20,19,70,17,22,27,66,0,14,0,61,0,45,0,85,18,38,12,31,10,12,13,20,25,61,61,61,61,134,115,129,61,68,68,75,68,168,171,175,163,316,250,650,637,758,758,750,571,761,497,758,749,751,741,655,629,555,265,29964,29965,29963,29964,29952,29949,1719,1053,893,889]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc3 c6 9. d3 Bc5 10. e4 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (10. Qb3 Bb6 11. Na4 O-O 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd4 Re8 15. f4 h6 16. Rf2 b5 17. Qc2 Qb6 {½-½ (59) Meier,G (2647)-Ghosh,D (2556) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Bxf3 12. Qxf3 {The position is equal.} Ne5 13. Qf5 Qe7 14. Rd1 $146 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} ({Predecessor:} 14. Kh2 Qe6 15. Qxe6+ fxe6 16. f4 Nd3 17. e5 Nd5 {1-0 (59) Lorparizangeneh,S (2478)-Timerkhanov,A (2340) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 14... a6 15. Bf4 Nfd7 $1 16. Qh5 O-O 17. Rd2 (17. Qe2 $11) 17... g6 18. Qe2 g5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Nc4 {[#]} (20... Rfd8 $11 21. Bf1 g4) 21. Rxd7 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd7 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kg8 24. b3 Na3 (24... Nb6 $1 $14) 25. Qg5+ $16 Kh8 {[#]} 26. Rd1 ({White must play} 26. e5 $1 $16) 26... Qe6 $11 27. Na4 f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 28. Qc1 {Threatens to win with Nc5.} (28. Nc5 {seems wilder.} fxg5 29. Nxe6 Rg8 30. Bf3 Rae8 31. Bg4) 28... Qe7 $1 29. Nc5 {And now Rd7 would win.} Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nxb7 Qxb7 32. Qxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Kg7 33. Qc5 Qc7 ({Black should try} 33... Rd1+ $11 34. Kh2 Qc7) 34. Bf1 $14 Rd2 35. a4 a5 36. Bc4 Rd7 37. Kg2 (37. Qh5 $16) 37... Re7 $11 38. Kf3 Rd7 (38... Kh6 $11) 39. Qf5 (39. Qh5 $1 $14) 39... Rd8 40. Qg4+ Kh8 41. Qe6 (41. h4 $14) 41... Kg7 42. Qg4+ Kh8 43. Qf5 Kg7 44. Qc5 Rd7 $1 45. h4 ({White should play} 45. Qh5 $16) 45... Re7 46. Bf1 Re5 47. Qd4 Re7 48. Bh3 Qe5 49. Qc4 Qd6 50. Bf5 Re5 51. Kg2 Rc5 (51... Qc7 $14) 52. Qe2 $16 {Strongly threatening Qh5.} Qe7 53. Qd3 (53. Qg4+ $16 Kh8 54. Qf3) 53... Re5 54. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Qf7 55. Qf3 Re8 ({Better is} 55... h6 $1 $14) 56. Qg4+ $18 Kh8 57. h6 Rg8 $2 (57... Ra8 58. Qd1 Qc7) 58. Qf4 Rf8 $2 (58... Qe7 59. Qc1 Qd6) 59. Qd6 Re8 60. Qxc6 Qf8 61. Qc1 Re7 62. Qd2 Ra7 (62... Re5 $142 63. g4 Qe8) 63. Qd4 Re7 64. Qc5 Rf7 65. Qd5 Ra7 66. e5 (66. Qb5 $142 Qd8 67. b4) 66... Qxh6 $2 (66... Qa8 $18 67. Qxa8+ Rxa8) 67. Qd8+ Kg7 68. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Qc1 69. e7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rd8f8]} Qc6+ 70. Kh2 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rd8f8]} Ra8 71. Bd7 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,63,18,19,21,15,26,19,26,24,0,0,16,19,24,29,23,21,18,10,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. a4 b4 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} Be7 12. Rc1 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} Rc8 (12... O-O 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Bf3 Nd5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Qe2 Ba7 19. g3 Bb8 {½-½ (58) Aronian,L (2793)-Caruana,F (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Nfe5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Qc7 15. Nxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Qb8 17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd5 20. Qg4 Rc7 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. Rd3 h5 23. Qd1 Rdd7 24. g3 {½-½ (24) Shishkov,P (2376)-Seelig,J (2323) ICCF email 2015}) 15... Nxd7 16. dxc5 Rfd8 17. Nd6 Nxc5 18. Qd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7] [#]} Bf6 (18... f6 {keeps more tension.} 19. Nxc8 Rxd4 20. exd4 Qxc8 21. dxc5 Qa8) 19. Qxc5 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 Rxd6 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {The position is equal.} 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Kf1 Rd2 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 {KR-KR} Rb2 27. Rc6 a5 28. Rc5 Rxb3 29. Rxa5 Rb2 30. Rb5 b3 31. a5 Ra2 32. Rxb3 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,97,-8,-12,0,10,4,15,15,12,12,12,16,11,12,40,18,39,39,91,81,82,65,112,75,75,84,115,124,115,115,115,115,114,115,134,124,108,121,124,97,133,96,112,97,144,114,118,122,188,156,211,204,221,223,212,190,228,221,216,201,220,205,206,188,183,136,430,408,431,432,932,898,1977,1601,12837,12838,12838,12838,12839,12839,12839,12838]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O {LiveBook: 40 Games. A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 10. Ne1 (10. Rc1 f6 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Nd3 Rc8 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Be8 15. e3 Bf7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Ne4 Nb4 18. a3 Nba6 19. Nh5 {1-0 (28) Aronian,L (2815)-Svidler,P (2753) Flor & Fjaere 2014}) 10... Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Na4 Rad8 13. Nd3 Qxd3 14. exd3 Bxd1 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfxd1 f6 17. d4 cxd4 18. Rxc6 {0-1 (44) Tadic,B (2487)-Katanic Vujic,P (2293) Senta 2006}) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 {The position is equal.} 12. Nf3 f6 13. d3 Bh3 14. Re1 Ne6 15. Rc1 Qe8 16. Na4 Rd8 17. Rc4 Qg6 {[#]} ({Black should try} 17... Nf4 $14) 18. Ba3 $1 $16 Rd5 19. Qc1 Bg4 20. Bxc5 (20. Nh4 {with more complications.} Qh5 21. f3 Bh3 22. Nxc5 Nd4 23. Ng2) 20... Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxf3 22. exf3 {Strongly threatening Ne6.} Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxd3 24. Kg2 Rxc5 25. Qxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qa6 26. Qc2 Rd8 27. Re3 h6 28. h4 Qb7 29. Rc3 Rd6 30. Rc5 Qb6 31. a4 Kh8 32. Rc4 a6 (32... Qb7 $16) 33. Rc5 Qb7 (33... a5 $16) 34. h5 Qb6 35. Qc3 Kh7 36. b4 Kh8 37. Qc4 Kh7 38. Qc2+ Kh8 39. Qc3 Kh7 40. Qc4 Kh8 41. Qf7 {And now Qf8+ would win.} Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Rd8 $16) 42. Qg6+ $18 Kh8 {[#]} 43. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} fxe5 (43... Rd8 $142) 44. Qxd6 {KQ-KQ} Kh7 45. Qxe5 Qxb4 46. Qe4+ Qxe4 47. fxe4 Kg8 48. Kf3 Kf7 49. Ke3 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,112,16,5,16,0,10,0,3,-14,0,-40,-54,-57,-49,-77,-18,-42,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-14,-30,-31,-22,-29,-22,-27,-58,-58,-60,-63,-68,-65,-56,-58,-65,-63,-91,-96,-93,-82,-128,-125,-131,-114,-117,-123,-185,-179,-175,-55,-213,-203,-202,-58,-213,0,-135,-12,-12,-20,-15,-16,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. e3 d4 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Ne5 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} Nxe5 12. Rxe5 f6 13. Re1 e5 14. Ba3 Bxa3 (14... Nd6 15. d3 Nf7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. b4 Bd7 {½-½ (35) Giri,A (2782)-Nakamura,H (2787) Paris 2016}) 15. Nxa3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Rb8 16. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. f4 Qe7 17. c5 Qxc5 18. Qc1 Qxc1 19. Raxc1 exf4 20. gxf4 {½-½ (58) Valdes Romero,L (2414)-Willemze,T (2377) Hoogeveen 2012}) 16... Nc7 17. d3 b6 18. Qa4 a6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Kh8 21. b5 Qd6 (21... a5 $17 {White must now prevent ...Ne6.} 22. Nc2 Ne6) 22. Nc2 a5 23. Qa3 $1 {[%cal Ra3d6]} Qxa3 24. Nxa3 Ne6 25. Rf1 Nc5 26. Nc2 Bf5 27. Nxd4 Bxd3 28. Rfc1 Rbd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 29. Nb3 {White wants to play Nxc5.} Ne6 30. a4 $1 Nxf4 {aiming for ...Ne2+.} 31. c5 Ne2+ 32. Kf2 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 bxc5 34. Nxc5 Bf5 35. b6 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Rb2 37. b7 h5 38. Bc6 Rb8 39. Bb5 (39. Re1 $17) 39... Kh7 40. h4 g5 (40... Bg4 $19 41. Rf1 Kg6) 41. hxg5 $2 ({White must play} 41. Re1 $1 $15) 41... fxg5 $19 42. Re1 {[#]} h4 (42... Kh6 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...h4.} 43. Re7 Rd8) 43. Re7+ $2 {[#]} ({White should try} 43. Re5 $15 Bg6 44. Re7+ Kh6 45. Na6) 43... Kg6 $2 ({Black should play} 43... Kh6 $1 $19 44. Na6 Rd8) 44. Na6 (44. Re8 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rxb7 45. Nxb7) 44... Rxb7 ({Better is} 44... Rb1+ $17 45. Kf2 Rh8) 45. Rxb7 $11 {And now Be8+ would win.The position is equal.} Kf6 46. Bc6 Rc2 47. Rb6 Ke5 48. Rb5+ $1 Kf4 49. Rc5 $1 Rd2 50. Nc7 h3 {[%cal Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 51. Nd5+ (51. Rxa5 {gets mated.} h2+ 52. Kf1 Be4 53. Ke1 Ra2 54. Rf5+ Kxf5 55. Bd7+ Ke5 56. Bh3 h1=Q+ 57. Bf1 Bg2 58. Ne8 Qxf1#) 51... Kg3 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 52. Ne3 Bd3 53. Rxg5+ Kf4 54. Rxa5 h2+ 55. Kh1 {Ng2+ is the strong threat.} Kxe3 56. Rh5 Be4+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 57%, Black = 58%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M amin"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,104,15,26,15,16,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,21,34,0,16,0,0,0,0,-23,0,-26,18,21,59,59,59,59,61,59,96,69,94,94,99,108,97,98,106,23,33,0,24,32,18,0,0,0,33,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-11268,-9010,-6685,-12818,-11268,-11904,-12819,-9610,-1758,-789,-12834,-11410,-8693,-6346,-29953,-11774,-29960,-5114]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3 d6 {LiveBook: 15 Games. C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 9. Bg5 (9. Nd5 h6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Re1 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Re8 14. a4 b4 15. a5 bxc3 16. bxc3 {½-½ (66) Anand,V (2783)-Carlsen,M (2822) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 10. Bh4 Bg4 {The position is equal.} 11. Nd5 g5 12. h3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Bg3 Nd4 13. h4 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 {1-0 (43) Kanakaris,G (1750)-Tsekouras,O (1390) Greece 2001}) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Kg7 14. Nxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6+ Kxf6 16. Bd5 Nd4 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Bg3 {Black must now prevent c3.} Nxc2 19. Rad1 $1 Ke6 20. Kh2 f5 21. exf5+ (21. Rd2 $5 {[%cal Re4f5]} Nd4 22. f3 $11) 21... Kf6 22. a3 Nd4 23. Rc1 Nxf5 24. Rfe1 {[#] And now Bxe5+! would win.} Bb6 25. Re4 (25. f3 {NOTEXT} a5 26. Rc6 Ke7 27. Rc2 Nd4 28. Rd2) 25... c5 (25... Bd4 {NOTEXT} 26. Re2 c5 27. f3 Be3 28. Rc3 a5) 26. f3 Nxg3 27. Kxg3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} d5 28. Re2 $1 Rc8 29. b3 Rc6 30. h4 gxh4+ 31. Kxh4 Kf5 32. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Bc7 33. Kh5 Bd6 34. f4 (34. Kxh6 $2 c4 $19) ({Better is} 34. a4 $16) 34... exf4 35. g4+ Kf6 36. Rce1 {[#] Strongly threatening Re6+.} Bf8 $1 37. Rf1 Bd6 $1 38. Rfe1 {aiming for Re6+.} Bf8 $1 39. Rf1 Bd6 $1 40. Kxh6 c4 41. bxc4 bxc4 42. dxc4 dxc4 {...c3 is the strong threat.} 43. g5+ Kf5 {Hoping for ...Bc5+.} 44. Kh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. g6 $11) 44... Rc8 $19 {[%cal Rc8h8]} 45. Kh6 Be5 46. Rxe5+ Kxe5 {KR-KR} 47. g6 Ke4 48. g7 f3 (48... c3 $142 49. Re1+ Kd3) 49. Kh7 c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 50. Re1+ Kd3 51. Rd1+ Ke2 52. Rd6 c2 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,127,15,12,13,27,22,0,8,-10,-9,0,-1,-11,12,10,16,13,14,11,90,87,85,89,94,97,81,79,279,278,280,283,277,274,274,275,268,256,238,252,739,629,591,348,336,247,245,148,267,277,263,252,252,250,320,313,294,283,277,247,365,365,358,0,352,342,327,338,316,302,262,205,198,196,196,198,198,198,198,193,12831,12831,12835,12835,12836,12835,12836,12835,12839,12839,12840,12840,12841,12841,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12846,12846,12847,12847,12847,12847,12848,12848,12849]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Bg5 Nc6 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 9. Qd2 Be6 10. e3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} h6 {The position is equal.} (10... Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 a6 14. h3 b5 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. a4 {½-½ (34) Zhou,J (2565)-Wei,Y (2625) Xinghua 2014}) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb5 Bc5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. a3 Bd6 19. Ke2 Rfd8 20. Qc3 Qb7 21. Rhd1 Be7 22. Nd4 {½-½ (64) Vaarala,E (1964)-Porte,H (2115) Helsingor 2009}) 12... Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Na5 {next ...Nb3 is good for Black.} 16. Nd4 Nc4 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qb3 Rd6 (18... Bd6 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Qxb7 $16 Rb6 20. Qxc8+ $1 Bxc8 21. Nxd5 Qe5 22. Bxc4 Rg6 $2 ({But not} 22... Rxb2 $2 23. Nc6 $18) (22... Rd6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 23. Nf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Qe4 {...Rxg2+! is the strong threat.} 24. Rd4 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 {[%cal Bg1g2,Bg2g3,Bg3f3][%mdl 32]} Bh3+ 26. Kg3 Bd6+ 27. Nf4 Qf5 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf5g4]} 28. Ne5 $1 g5 $2 (28... Qxe5 29. Kxh3 g5) 29. Rxd6 Qxe5 30. Rd4 Bf5 {intending ...Be4.} 31. Kf3 gxf4 32. Rg1+ Kh7 (32... Kf8 $16) 33. Rxf4 Bg6 34. h4 Qxb2 35. Kg3 Qg7 36. Kh2 Qe5 37. Rg3 Qe7 38. a4 a5 (38... Kh8 $142 39. Bd5 a5) 39. Bd5 Kh8 40. Bc4 Kh7 $1 41. Kg1 Qd7 42. Be2 Qd5 43. Kh2 Qe5 44. h5 Bf5 45. Bc4 Be6 46. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KQ-KRR} 47. Rh3 $1 Qg5 48. Rhh4 e5 $2 (48... Qd5 49. Rf7+ Kh8) 49. Rfg4 {White is clearly winning.} Qf5 50. Kg2 Qf6 51. Rh3 Qc6+ 52. Rf3 Qd5 53. e4 Qb7 54. Rfg3 Kh8 55. Rg8+ Kh7 {[#]} 56. R3g7+ $1 Qxg7+ 57. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {[#]} 58. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf4 {K3P-K3P} 59. Kf3 Kf6 60. Kxf4 Ke6 61. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Ke7 62. Kf5 Kf7 63. e6+ Ke7 {[#]} 64. Ke5 $1 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 46%.} ({And not} 64. Kg6 Kxe6 65. Kg7 (65. Kxh6 Kf7 $11) 65... Ke7 $11) 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Narayanan S L"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,84,14,45,39,46,29,43,36,33,0,0,0,51,24,66,41,31,51,39,-35,-32,-54,-52,-47,-58,-60,-24,-94,-93,-104,-85,-89,-65,-211,-208,-199,-204,-251,-243,-250,-245,-253,-236,-220,-209,-256,-240,-263,-256,-306,-297,-337,-341,-320,-274,-294,-289,-329,-314,-557,-556,-594,-501,-1245,-1171,-1504,-1613,-1612,-1546]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 c6 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. b3 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. d5 {White is slightly better.} exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O Be7 14. Rd1 Qc7 {[#]} (14... Bf6 $11 15. Rb1 Be6) 15. Bb2 $146 {[%mdl 1024] Black must now prevent Bb5. White has compensation.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rc8 17. Bb2 {0-1 (30) Ghosh,D (2550)-Wang,H (2707) Al Ain 2015}) 15... Bc6 16. Bf5 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} 17. e4 Qb7 18. Ne5 (18. Ng5 $14) 18... Bxe4 $15 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e4]} Ng5 22. f4 (22. Nc6 $11 {remains equal.} Ne6 23. Bxg7) 22... Ne6 $17 23. Nc6 {[#] And now f5 would win.} Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. f5 (25. Rad1 $15 O-O 26. f5) 25... Kd7 $19 26. fxe6+ fxe6 ({Stronger than} 26... Kxc6 27. exf7 Rhf8 28. Re6+ Kd7 29. Rxf6 $11) 27. Rad1+ Kxc6 28. Rxe6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kb5 29. Rxf6 Rad8 30. Rb1+ Ka6 31. h4 Rhg8 32. Rb3 {If White can now play Ra3+ this consolidates a bit.} Rd2 33. Ra3+ Kb5 34. Rb3+ Kc4 35. Rf4+ Rd4 36. Rf7 Rdg4 ({Don't take} 36... Rxh4 37. Rxa7 b5 38. Rb2 $19) 37. Rb2 R8g7 ({Less strong is} 37... Rxh4 38. Rxa7 Rh6 39. Re7 $17) 38. Rxg7 $2 (38. Rf3 {might work better.}) 38... Rxg7 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Kf2 Kd3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...c4.} 40. Rb3+ (40. Ke1 $142 h5 41. Rf2) 40... Kc2 41. Re3 c4 42. Re2+ Kb1 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,118,13,11,11,11,11,11,11,15,15,13,18,18,8,0,5,-6,-7,-67,-46,-95,-104,-95,-85,-97,-93,-90,-87,-89,-81,-113,-111,-139,-140,-145,-139,-148,-141,-141,-126,-203,-207,-208,-208,-207,-207,-207,-207,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-190,-197,0,-208,-208,-208,-197,-208,-208,-208,-208,-253,-208,-208,0,-245,-227,-12842,-12843,-12847,-12847,-12849,-12849]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} f6 13. c4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Nc6 14. Qxa5 {The position is equal.} Nxa5 15. Bd2 b6 16. Bd3 Nb7 17. O-O {[#]} Nd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bd7 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Bc3 Rad8 {½-½ (71) Melkumyan,H (2583)-Sasikiran,K (2653) Moscow 2010}) 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Rb1 Re8 21. Bc3 ({White should play} 21. Rbc1 $11) 21... exd5 $1 $15 22. cxd5 {[#]} Ba4 $1 23. Ba6 {aiming for e5.} Rcd8 24. e5 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Kf8 27. Nc6 Rd7 28. Rbc1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bxc6 30. dxc6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc7 31. a4 Nf5 32. a5 (32. Bb5 $17) 32... Rxc6 $19 33. Bb5 Rc7 34. axb6 axb6 35. Re6 c4 {Threatens to win with ...c3.} 36. Rxb6 c3 {[#] White must now prevent ...c2.} 37. Bd3 {intending Bxf5.} c2 38. Bxc2 Rxc2 {KRN-KR} 39. g3 Kf7 40. Rb7+ Ne7 41. h4 Kf6 42. Kg2 h6 43. Rb6+ Rc6 44. Rb2 Nf5 45. Ra2 Nd6 46. Ra4 Nc4 47. Ra8 Ne5 48. Ra2 Nd3 49. Ra3 Ne5 50. Ra2 $1 Kf5 51. Rd2 Rc1 52. Rd8 Rc2 53. Rf8+ Ke6 54. Kg1 Kd5 55. Kg2 Ke6 56. Kg1 $1 Ke7 57. Rf4 $2 (57. Rg8) 57... Rc4 {Black is clearly winning.} 58. h5 Rxf4 59. gxf4 Nd3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Adhiban, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,179,18,10,20,0,0,0,8,11,15,0,2,0,4,0,0,-8,20,0,0,-9,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,12,8,8,10,20,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-101,-37,-42,-47,-43,-45,-53,-23,-11,-9,-76,-76,-76,-76,-102,0,0,0,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-75,-120,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-130,0,0,0,-130,-122,-130,-130,-81,-81,-81,-124,-115,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-8,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-8,-8,0,-81,0,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-8,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 O-O 10. Bg5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} h6 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (10... Qd7 11. Qd2 Nd8 12. Nh4 Ne6 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bg3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 {1-0 (29) Kovalev,V (2636)-Pavasovic,D (2548) Heraklio 2017}) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Nb8 13. a4 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Bb3 Nd7 16. c3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Ne6 18. Re1 {0-1 (54) Gundavaa,B (2517)-Tsydypov,Z (2430) Ulaanbaatar 2016}) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qd2 c6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. c3 c5 20. Nd2 Qe7 21. Ra1 Ra8 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Qe1 Nf6 24. Qa1 Bc6 25. Qa5 Ne8 26. Nf1 Qc7 27. Qa2 g6 28. Ne3 Nf6 29. h3 Kg7 30. Qa6 Qb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 31. Qa5 c4 32. dxc4 bxc4 33. Bxc4 Qxb2 34. Qc7 Be8 35. Qe7 (35. Bd5 $11) 35... Nxe4 (35... Qb1+ $1 $17 36. Kh2 Qxe4) 36. Qxe8 $15 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qf4 {And now ...Ng3+ would win.} 38. Nf1 $1 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 39. Ba6 Nxc3 40. Qc6 (40. Nh2 $1 $11) 40... d4 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 41. Bc4 e4 42. Qd7 e3 {[#]} (42... d3 $1 $17 43. Qd4+ Qf6 44. Qxf6+ Kxf6) 43. Ng3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} h5 {[#]} (43... Qxg3 44. Qxf7+) 44. Nf5+ (44. Bxf7 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] was the only way to keep the balance.} Qxf7 45. Qxd4+ Qf6 46. Qa7+ Kg8 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qa7+ Qg7 49. Qxe3) 44... Qxf5 $17 45. Qxd4+ Qf6 46. Qxe3 h4 47. Qd3 Na4 48. Bxf7 Qa1+ (48... Kxf7 49. Qd7+ Qe7 50. Qxa4 $11) (48... Qxf7 $6 49. Qd4+ Qf6 50. Qxa4 $11) 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. Kh1 Qa1+ ({Much worse is} 50... Kxf7 $6 51. Qc4+ Qe6 52. Qf4+ Kg7 53. Qd4+ Kf7 54. Qf4+ Kg7 55. Qd4+ Kg8 56. Qxa4 $11) (50... Qe1+ $17 51. Kh2 Qg3+ 52. Qxg3 hxg3+ 53. Kxg3 Kxf7) 51. Kh2 $11 Qe5+ (51... Kxf7 $11 52. Qd7+ Kf6 53. Qd6+ Kf5 54. Qd7+ Kf4) 52. Kh1 $17 Qe1+ ({Reject} 52... Kxf7 $6 53. Qc4+ Kg7 54. Qxa4 $11) 53. Kh2 Qg3+ $1 ({Of course not} 53... Kxf7 $6 54. Qd7+ Kf6 55. Qxa4 $11) 54. Qxg3 hxg3+ 55. Kxg3 Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KPP} 56. h4 Kg7 57. Kf4 {[#]} Kh6 $1 58. g4 Nc3 59. Ke5 Nb1 ({Black should play} 59... Na2 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Nb4.} 60. Ke4 Nc3+ 61. Ke5 Ne2) 60. Kf4 (60. Ke4 $1 $11) 60... Nd2 61. Ke3 Nb3 62. Ke4 Kh7 ({Better is} 62... Nc5+ $17 63. Ke3 Kg7) 63. Kf4 $11 Kh6 (63... Nc5 $11) 64. Ke4 $17 Nd2+ 65. Ke3 Nc4+ 66. Kd4 Nd6 (66... Nb6 {looks sharper.} 67. Ke5 Nd7+ 68. Kf4 Nf8 69. Ke5 Kg7) 67. Ke5 Nf7+ (67... Ne8 $17 68. Kf4 Nd6) 68. Kf4 (68. Ke6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Kg7 69. h5) 68... Nd8 69. Ke4 Kg7 70. Ke5 Nf7+ 71. Kf4 {[#]} Kf6 ({Black should try} 71... Kh6 $1 $17 {...Nd8 is the strong threat.} 72. Ke4 Nd6+ 73. Ke5 Nb7) 72. g5+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kg7 73. Kg4 Ne5+ 74. Kf4 Nc4 75. Kg4 Ne3+ (75... Nb2 $5) 76. Kf4 Ng2+ (76... Nd1 {keeps more tension.} 77. Kg4 Nf2+ 78. Kg3 Ne4+ 79. Kf3 Nd2+) 77. Kg3 {[#]} Nxh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 78. Kxh4 {KP-KP} Kf7 79. Kg4 Ke6 80. Kf3 Kf5 81. Kg2 Kxg5 {KP-K} 82. Kg3 Kf5 {[%cal Bg5f5,Bf5f4,Bf4g4,Bg4f3,Bf3g3][%mdl 32]} 83. Kf3 g5 84. Kg3 {[%cal Bf3g3,Bg3g2,Bg2f2][%mdl 32]} g4 85. Kg2 Kf4 86. Kf2 g3+ 87. Kg2 Kg4 88. Kg1 Kf3 {( -> ...g2)} 89. Kf1 g2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (89... Ke4 90. Kg2 Kf5) 90. Kg1 Kg3 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Raahul V S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,71,16,13,46,42,53,35,92,97,108,89,109,115,105,105,106,110,72,78,83,118,112,27,20,20,14,22,28,9,22,14,152,150,131,135,185,156,282,179,302,312,516,505,614,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 104 Games} c5 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} (9... Bg4 10. Nd2 c5 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. f3 Be6 13. O-O-O b6 14. g4 Nd7 15. h3 Ne5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nf3 {0-1 (34) Guseinov,G (2645)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 10. Qe3 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. e5 Ng4 13. Nd5 Qe6 14. Qxc5 b6 15. Qd4 c5 16. Qf4 Bc6 17. Ng5 Qxe5 18. Qxg4 Bxd5 19. Rhe1 Qd6 20. Qh4 h5 21. Ne4 {1-0 (21) Czakon,J (2370)-Bartel,M (2150) Krynica 2003}) 11. O-O-O {e5 is the strong threat.} Bc6 (11... O-O-O $1 $14) 12. Rhe1 $16 O-O {[#]} 13. e5 $1 {aiming for Qg5.} Nd7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 c6 16. Rd6 Rfe8 17. Qf4 Nb6 18. c4 Rad8 {[#]} 19. Red1 ({White should play} 19. b3 $1 $16) 19... Rxd6 $11 20. Rxd6 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 21. e6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} fxe6 {White must now prevent ...e5.} 22. Qd2 Nb6 23. Ne5 Qh4 (23... Rf8 $11) 24. f4 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rf8 25. g3 Qh3 {Threatening ...Nxc4!} 26. Qe2 Kh8 (26... Qf5 $16 {is a better defense.} 27. Ng4 Kg7) 27. Nf3 Qh5 (27... Re8 $142 28. Ng5 Qf5) 28. Rxe6 $18 Nxc4 $2 (28... Nc8 29. Re8 Qf5 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh8) 29. Re8 Kg7 30. Qe7+ $2 ({White must play} 30. Re7+ $18 Kg8 31. Qxc4+ Qd5 32. Qxd5+ cxd5 33. Rxb7) 30... Rf7 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Qd8 {White threatens Ng5 and mate.} Qd5 $1 32. Rg8+ Kh6 33. Qh4+ Qh5 34. Qd8 Qd5 $1 35. Qh4+ Qh5 36. Qd8 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,134,22,33,0,2,-6,-6,-6,0,0,118,92,119,110,108,112,112,107,118,117,115,107,133,127,115,-12,-10,-19,-27,-30,0,0,0,0,22,-31,0,0,0,0,-5,-60,-58,-58,-58,-132,-131,-118,-125,-124,-94,-117,-121,-125,-125,-165,-165,-165,-145,-153,-145,-145,-145,-185,-204,-229,-230,-232,-232,-243,-229,-348,-348,-344,-336,-390,-393,-365,-324,-423,0,-353,-302,-431,-392,-527,-527,-525,-522,-522,-520,-517,-500,-520,-490,-509,-477,-527,-452,-452,-452,-485,-437,-730,-729,-729,-705,-6319,-6258,-6095,-5568,-5065,-2392]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32] A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6} 10. O-O Nb6 11. Nh4 Bxa6 12. Qc2 Nfd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Rb1 Nc4 14. Bh3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. b3 Qa5 15. Na4 Rfb8 16. Nf3 Qb4 17. Bh3 {0-1 (39) Volodin,A (2473)-Dominguez Perez,L (2720) Baku 2016}) 14... Ra7 15. a3 Qa5 16. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a5,Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Qc7 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 16... Nxa3 $2 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Rb3 $18) (16... cxb4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 17. axb4 Qc7) 17. b5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5a6]} Bb7 {[#]} 18. b6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb6c7][%mdl 2560] Black is under strong pressure.} Ndxb6 (18... Ncxb6 19. Nb5) 19. Nb5 $1 {[%csl LRa7,LRc7]} Qb8 20. Nxa7 Qxa7 21. e4 Qa5 22. Rd1 Ba6 23. Bf1 Bb5 24. Rxb5 (24. Rb3 $16) 24... Qxb5 $11 25. Nf3 {Hoping for Nd2.} Ra8 26. Rd3 Qa4 27. Qb1 Nd7 {...Rb8 is the strong threat.} 28. Rb3 h6 29. Rb7 (29. Qc2 $11 Nce5 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Kg2) 29... Na5 30. Rb5 Qd1 31. Kg2 c4 {Threatens to win with ...Nb3.} 32. Be3 (32. Bd2 $11 Qxb1 33. Rxb1) 32... Qxb1 $15 33. Rxb1 Nf6 34. Bd2 ({White should play} 34. Rb4 $15) 34... Nxe4 $17 35. Bxa5 Rxa5 36. Bxc4 Nc5 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. h4 Rxa3 39. Re8 Bf6 40. Rb8 Kg7 41. Rb4 Rc3 42. Bb5 Rc2 43. g4 Bc3 44. Rf4 Bd2 45. Rc4 Rb2 46. Nxd2 Rxd2 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 47. Bc6 (47. Rf4 $142) 47... Nd3 48. Kg3 Nxf2 49. Rf4 Nd3 50. Rd4 Nc5 51. Rf4 Nd3 52. Rd4 g5 53. hxg5 (53. Ba4 {was called for.}) 53... hxg5 54. Ra4 Ne5 {Black is clearly winning.} 55. Bb7 Rb2 56. Bc8 Rb3+ 57. Kg2 Ng6 58. Ra5 Nf4+ 59. Kf2 Kf6 60. Bd7 Rd3 61. Bc6 Ng6 62. Ra4 Ne5 63. Bb7 (63. Bb5 $142 Rxd5 64. Be2) 63... Rf3+ 64. Kg2 Rf4 65. Rxf4+ gxf4 66. Bc8 Kg5 67. Kh3 Nc4 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,60,45,53,54,53,43,56,50,59,40,45,35,39,35,30,10,10,19,39,39,39,35,39,42,46,11,13,13,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4c2,Bc2e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nc2 d5 {A32: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6} (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. e4 a6 11. Kh1 Rb8 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. g4 h6 14. f4 Nh7 15. Rc1 Rfc8 16. b3 Qd8 17. Ne2 b5 {½-½ (17) Bacrot,E (2721)-Leko,P (2756) Dortmund 2009}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Ne3 d4 12. Ned5 Qd8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bxc6 $1 {[#] aiming for Nd5.} dxc3 {[#]} 15. Bf3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. Bg2) 15... Bh3 16. Re1 Bg4 {Threatens to win with ...Rfd8.} 17. Bg5 cxb2 18. Rb1 $1 {[#] Hoping for Bxg4.} Rfd8 19. Qb3 {Bxg4 is the strong threat.} Bxf3 20. exf3 Qd6 21. Rxb2 b6 22. Rd2 Qc5 {The position is equal.} 23. Rxd8+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Rxd8 24. Bxf6 (24. h4 {NOTEXT} h6 25. Rc1 Qd5 26. Bxf6 Qxb3 27. axb3 gxf6 28. b4) 24... gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 25. Qa4 a5 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Qxe8+ Kg7 28. a4 h6 29. Kg2 Qd5 30. h3 Qc5 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Darini, Pouria"]
[Black "Ashwath, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,74,0,0,0,0,-12,14,15,12,0,0,0,5,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} f6 11. exf6 (11. Nbd2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qb6 14. Nf3 Nf5 15. h3 c5 16. g4 Ng7 17. Bg5 Qe6 {0-1 (35) Van Foreest,J (2609)-Dubov,D (2677) Germany 2018}) 11... exf6 12. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} Bg4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 13. Bxh6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nf5 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Rd1 Rfe8 17. Kf1 Bf8 {0-1 (33) Padmini,R (2387)-Sebenik,M (2534) chess.com INT 2017}) 13... Bxh6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Re2 Bf5 17. Nc5 Re8 18. Nh4 Be4 19. f3 Bg5 20. fxe4 {[#] Hoping for Nf3.} Bxh4 21. e5 fxe5 22. dxe5 Qb6 23. Rc1 Be7 24. Qd4 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Re6 26. a3 a5 27. Kh1 Rbe8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Qb8 {[%cal Re6e5]} 30. Kg1 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxc6 $11 {KR-KR} Re2 34. Rc7 Rb2 35. Rb7 d4 36. Kf1 d3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rb1+.} 37. Rd7 Rxb4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,96,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,-5,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,3,11,10,13,145,147,158,104,98,87,125,118,118,45,50,21,36,12,12,10,29,27,16,14,25,0,0,0,0,0,77,-14,-14,-14,0,-106,-100,-266,-240,-232,-211,-407,-100,-264,-95,-201,-201,-396,-411,-389,-371,-508,-471,-633,-548,-667,-487]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 c5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. e3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bd5 $146 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} ({Predecessor:} 12... b5 13. Nce5 Qb6 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Kf8 20. dxc5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxc5 {1-0 (55) Mchedlishvili,M (2621)-Smirnov,P (2626) Tashkent 2014}) 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 15. Nfe5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} Qb7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bd4 f6 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd3 Bf8 21. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nc7 22. e5 {next exf6 is good for White.} f5 (22... Nb5 $11) 23. Nf4 $16 {Threatens to win with Nd6.} Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 ({Better is} 24. Qxd1 Qb8 25. Nd6) 24... Qc6 25. a4 ({Reject} 25. Nd6 Rd8 $11) 25... Be7 26. h4 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Qd3 Be7 $1 29. Qd4 Ne8 30. a5 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Bc5 31. Qd3 Kf7 32. axb6 axb6 33. Nd2 Nc7 34. Nf3 h6 35. h5 Nd5 (35... Ke7 $11) 36. Kg2 (36. Nxd5 $1 $16 Qxd5 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. Kf1) 36... Nxf4+ $11 37. gxf4 Ke7 38. Kg3 {[#]} (38. Qa6 $11) 38... Qe8 $1 $17 {[%cal Re8h5]} 39. b4 $2 (39. Qd2 $17) 39... Bxb4 $19 40. Nd4 Bc5 41. Nb3 $2 (41. Qc4 Qc8 42. Kg2) 41... Qd7 $2 (41... Qxh5 $19 42. Qd2 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 Ke8 44. Nxc5 bxc5) 42. Qa6 $2 (42. Nxc5 $17 bxc5 43. Qc4) 42... Qc7 $2 (42... Qd1 $19 {is more deadly. ( -> ...Qg4+)} 43. Qa7+ Kf8 44. Nxc5 Qg4+ 45. Kh2 Qxf4+ 46. Kg2 Qg4+ 47. Kf1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qd5+ 49. Kf1 Qd1+ 50. Kg2 Qg4+ 51. Kf1 Qc4+ 52. Kg2 bxc5 53. Qb8+ Kf7 54. Qc7+ Kg8) 43. Nd2 {[#]} (43. Qb5 $17 {might work better.}) 43... Qd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d2]} 44. Nf3 $2 (44. Nc4) 44... Qe8 45. Qb7+ Kf8 46. Nh4 Qxh5 {...Qg4+ is the strong threat.Black is clearly winning.} 47. f3 Qe8 48. Kh3 Kg8 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chakravarthi Reddy, M."]
[Black "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,73,-18,-16,-10,-16,-20,-12,0,0,18,-36,-31,-39,-40,-50,-6,-6,21,15,38,0,18,10,15,0,26,25,24,40,62,67,72,58,62,50,39,0,40,-104,-10,-33,0,-98,0,-395,-368,-1224,-1246,-1229,-1058,-1038,-1031,-974,-947,-895,-333,-343,-350,-29972,-3587,-29986]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Bd6 8. e4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (8. e3 O-O 9. d4 Qe7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Bb2 Na5 14. Bb5 c6 {1-0 (22) Kramnik,V (2808)-Karjakin,S (2781) Stavanger 2017}) 8... Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Be2 Qe7 10. O-O b6 11. d4 Bg4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Kh8 14. h3 Bd7 {0-1 (71) Bauer,C (2634)-Karpov,A (2670) Ajaccio 2007}) 9. Be2 {The position is equal.} Qe7 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. d4 {aiming for Nxe5.} O-O 12. d5 (12. Nxe5 $11 Bxe2 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rxb8 (14. Kxe2 Rxb1 15. Qxb1 c5 $11) 14... Rxb8 15. Kxe2 (15. Qxe2 Bxa3 16. O-O Bxc1 $11)) 12... Na5 $15 13. O-O b6 14. a4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nb7 16. g3 a5 17. Bg2 {[%cal Bf3g2,Bg2h3,Bh3e6,Be6f5][%mdl 32]} Bc5 18. Kh1 Nd6 19. f4 f6 20. Bh3 Kh8 21. Be6 exf4 22. gxf4 f5 23. e5 Ne4 $1 24. Bxf5 Nf2+ $1 25. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Be6.} Qh4 26. Ba3 (26. Rb5 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} g6 27. Be6) 26... Ng4 ({But not} 26... Qxf4 27. Rxf2 Bxf2 28. Bxf8 $15) (26... Bxa3 $17 27. Rxf2 g6) 27. Bxc5 $11 Qxh2+ 28. Kf3 Qh3+ (28... Nxe5+ $1 $17 29. Ke3 Ng4+ 30. Kd4 bxc5+ 31. Kxc5 Qh4 32. Bxg4 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Qxg4) 29. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Ke2 $1 $11 bxc5 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Ke3) 29... Rxf5 $1 $19 30. Rh1 $2 {[#]} (30. Qd3 Qh5 31. Qg3) 30... Qg3 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rf5f4][%mdl 512]} 31. Qd2 {[#]} Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. exf6 Re8+ 33. Be7 Rxf6 34. Rbf1 Rxe7+ $2 (34... Rf7 35. Kd4 Rfxe7) 35. Kd4 Ref7 36. Ke4 $2 {[#]} (36. Kc4 $19) 36... g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Kd4 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 40%.} (37. fxg5 Re7+) 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Song, Yuxin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,77,34,25,72,60,105,120,115,94,78,89,98,74,85,87,77,65,77,74,83,86,86,86,86,78,86,86,87,79,113,113,105,88,88,102,209,145,145,145,145,145,141,147,189,189,185,182,29991,29992,29993,29994,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qc7 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (8... e5 9. c3 O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nf1 Rd8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Be6 17. Nd5 Qc8 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 {1-0 (61) Kobalia,M (2596)-Derjabin,I (2360) Sochi 2017}) 9. Qe2 e5 10. c3 h6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Nh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O-O 13. Nf5 Ne8 $146 14. Nce3 Bf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Bxe7 18. Re1 Bd6 19. c4 f5 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Bd2 Qf7 22. Qxf7 Rxf7 23. Bc3 e4 24. f3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Nf6 26. Re6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} f4 27. gxf4 Bxf4 28. Rf1 Rd6 (28... Kc7 $16 {was called for.}) 29. Bg2 Rxe6 30. dxe6 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Re7 32. Be5 h5 33. Bh3 Bd4 34. Bd6 Re8 $2 {[#]} (34... Kd8 $18 35. Bf5 (35. Bxe7+ Kxe7 36. Kg2 g6 $16) 35... b6 36. Bxe7+ Kxe7) 35. Rxf6 $1 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re6e7] White mates.} ({Weaker is} 35. e7+ Ng4 $16) 35... g5 36. Rf8 Rxf8 37. e7+ g4 38. exf8=Q+ Kd7 39. Qe7+ {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arjun Kalyan"]
[Black "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,110,15,4,4,5,35,39,45,22,25,23,23,29,27,17,27,25,36,25,40,27,58,55,60,48,50,18,29,14,16,-3,-3,-4,0,-8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,-29968,-29971,-29970,-29971,-29974,-29978,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29980,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29985]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Qxc5 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 Rb8 {C14: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7 main line} 13. b4 Qb6 14. Qf2 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14... f6 15. exf6 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 gxf6 17. f5 {0-1 (44) Gao,R (2424)-Ding,L (2659) Qinhuangdao 2011}) 15. O-O f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Ne2 (17. Rae1 {seems wilder.} h6 18. g3 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rb7 20. Nd1) 17... e5 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. fxe5 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Nb3 Nc4 23. Nc5 Be8 24. Rfe1 Rb8 25. Re7 Ra8 26. Rae1 Bg6 27. Rc7 Rf7 28. Ree7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Nxa3 30. Ne6 Nxc2 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rxg6 hxg6 33. Bxc2 a5 34. bxa5 ({Much worse is} 34. Bxg6 a4 $17) 34... Rxa5 35. Nd4 Kg7 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. h4 b4 38. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Ra3 39. g5+ Ke5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 40. Nc6+ Kf4 {[#] Hoping for ...b3.} 41. Bxg6 Ra2+ 42. Ke1 Kg4 43. Bd3 {Threatens to win with g6.} Kxh4 44. g6 Rg2 45. Ne7 Kh5 $1 46. Kf1 Rg5 47. Kf2 b3 48. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (48. g7 $11 Rxg7 49. Nxd5) 48... Re5+ {Black mates.} 49. Kd2 Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} 50. Bb1 Rc7 51. Bd3 Kh6 52. Bf5 Kg7 53. Bd3 b2 54. Bc2 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 55. Kd1 d3 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rajdeep Sarkar"]
[Black "Priyanka Nutakki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,87,16,-12,10,10,17,24,20,26,106,0,10,2,26,11,18,-16,29,20,20,9,10,0,0,0,41,39,91,91,91,89,120,127,184,176,237,184,175,156,163,131,206,189,249,221,261,210,193,118,332,323,326,322,340,375,362,351,491,472,469,486,618,529,872,869,961,913,5481,1406,29997,29998]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Qc2 {LiveBook: 9 Games. aiming for Ng5.} f5 {E19: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line with 7...Ne4 8 Qc2 Nxc3 8 Qxc3} (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Nd4 13. Qd3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bxc5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. b3 Rab8 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Ba3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20. Rc2 Qc5 21. Rcd2 Qc7 22. Rd6 b5 23. cxb5 Rxb5 24. Rxd7 Rbb8 {1-0 (24) Fressinet,L (2660)-Mullon,J (2388) Nancy 2017}) 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 Nd7 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc6 13. Rad1 Bf6 14. a3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe7 18. a4 Rac8 {½-½ (35) Ostojic,P (2410)-Adam,W New York,NY 1979}) 13. Rad1 Qc7 (13... Be4 $11 {remains equal.} 14. Qc3 Rf7) 14. Ne1 ({Better is} 14. d5 $1 $16) 14... cxd4 $11 15. Bxd4 Nf6 16. Ba1 Rac8 17. Qb2 Ne8 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Qe3 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qd3 e4 22. Qd2 b5 ({Black should play} 22... d5 $14) 23. cxb5 $1 $16 Qxb5 24. Ng2 Rc6 25. Nf4 Rfc8 {[#]} (25... d5 $16) 26. Ne6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6d4] And now Nd4 would win.} Qb7 (26... Rb6 {keeps fighting.} 27. Rc1 (27. Qg5 Kf7 $16) 27... Qd7) 27. Nd4 Rc5 28. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rd5 29. Qb2 a5 {[#]} (29... f4 $16) 30. b5 $1 a4 (30... Rc4 $142 31. Qb3 Rb4) 31. Qb4 Ra8 32. Rb1 Rc5 33. Nc6 (33. Ne6 $18 {Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Rc2 34. Bxf6 Bxf6 35. Qxd6) 33... Bf8 $2 (33... Nd5 $16 34. Qd2 Bf6) 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 d5 37. Qb2 Kg7 38. Nd4 Kg6 39. Rc6 Rb8 40. Qc3 {Nxf5! is the strong threat.} Qe7 41. Ne6 Rxb5 42. Nf4+ Kg5 43. h4+ (43. Rxf6 $142 e3 44. h4+ Kg4 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. f3+ Qxf3+ 47. exf3#) 43... Kg4 44. Kg2 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 12%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Black "Krithigga K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,75,16,22,36,35,51,46,53,33,28,33,34,45,57,77,75,59,77,100,187,174,223,122,109,47,52,64,428,425,424,409,395,391,452,436,675,655,662,658,653,632,672,707,678,670,900,900,839,819,1083,1088,1372,1354,1345,1270,1591,1047,1248,1244]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd8 10. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games. A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nd7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Nc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bd7 14. Qh5 Bc6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qe2 e5 {½-½ (47) Bocharov,D (2594)-Grachev,B (2653) Serpukhov 2018}) 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qf3 Qa5 15. a4 Qh5 16. Rfd1 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd7 18. Be2 Nc5 (18... Rd8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 19. Rc7 Kf8) 19. Ba3 $18 b6 {[#]} 20. Nd4 (20. Ne5 $1 $18) 20... Re8 $16 21. b4 (21. a5 $16 {And now Bf3 would win.} Nxb3 22. Bxe7 Nxc1 23. Bf3) 21... Ne4 $1 $14 22. Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 22... Bf8 $1 $14) 23. Nxe7+ $18 Rxe7 24. b5 Ree8 25. Rc7 Bd5 26. bxa6 {White is clearly winning.} h6 (26... Rec8 $142) 27. f3 Nf6 28. e4 Bb3 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rb4 Be6 31. Rxb6 Nh5 32. a7 Nf4 33. Bb5 Red8 34. Rd6 Bb3 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Rd7 Rc8 {[#]} 37. Bc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be6 (37... Rxc6 38. a8=Q+) 38. Rd2 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kowsarinia, Amir"]
[Black "Aditya Mittal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,85,37,2,35,18,40,27,29,33,33,26,44,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,3,13,-25,17,7,7,12,11,8,18,14,14,13,15,14,14,14,21,19,46,33,24,25,195,195,195,195,195,195,191,184,559,545,686,514,595,595,29989,29990,29990,29991,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29993,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 184 Games} h6 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} (8... b6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Ng5 Rfd8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kf8 16. Ne4 {0-1 (39) Wojtaszek,R (2749)-Ganguly,S (2668) Doha 2016}) 9. a3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. f4 cxd4 12. exd4 f6 13. Ng6 {1-0 (43) Fiederling,W (2046)-Pramann,J (1781) Duisburg 1999}) 10. c4 cxd4 {White has an edge.} 11. exd4 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. b4 (13. cxd5 $14 exd5 14. Rae1) 13... dxc4 $11 14. Nxc4 Bc7 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. Nce5 Nf6 17. b5 Ned5 18. Bb1 Qe7 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Bd6 21. Qd3 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 g6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Qb3 Qb7 26. Ne5 Ne7 {And now ...Bxe5 would win.} 27. Bxg6 Bxe5 $1 {[#]} 28. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 $2 (28... Kxf7 $11 29. Qxe6+ Ke8 30. Qxe5 Nfg8) 29. dxe5 $18 Nxc6 30. bxc6 ({And not} 30. exf6+ Kxf7 31. Qc2 Na5 $11) 30... Qxc6 31. Bxe6 Ne4 32. Bg4 {[#] Black must now prevent e6+.} Nxf2 $2 (32... Qc5 {is a better chance.} 33. e6+ Kg6) 33. e6+ {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Kg6 34. e7 Qh1+ 35. Kxf2 {White wants to mate with Qe6+.} Qxh2+ 36. Kf3 {White mates.} Qh1+ 37. Kf4 Qf1+ 38. Bf3 Rd4+ 39. Bxd4 {[%cal Rb3g8]} Qc1+ 40. Qe3 Qc7+ 41. Qe5 Qc1+ 42. Be3 Qc4+ 43. Be4+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Black "Ahmed, Fareed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:19:28]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:06:46]} 15. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Re7 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 16. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 17. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 18. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:06:49]} 19. g4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:17:18]} 20. hxg4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:17:41]} 22. Ng5 {[%emt 0:50:39]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:05:47]} 23. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 24. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 26. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. b4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 28. b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 29. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 30. Rec1 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Ree8 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 31. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 32. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 33. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 35. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 36. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. R8c7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 38. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 39. Bg1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qg2+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 40. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 41. Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Qb3+ 42. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 43. R1c3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 44. R7c5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 45. f5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} 46. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 47. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 48. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Viani Antonio Dcunha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 37,112,41,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,-47,-50,-37,-37,-49,-19,-31,-23,-30,-21,-23,-18,-29,-16,-25,-25,-119,-109,-116,-112,-91,-91,-98,3,3,29,8,8,8,8,8,10,10,11,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Kb1 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} O-O-O 17. c4 c5 18. Bc3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 20. Rh3 (20. Nf3 Qc6 21. Rde1 Rd7 {0-1 (60) Puranik,A (2520)-Margvelashvili,G (2530) chess.com INT 2018}) 20... Rd7 21. Rhd3 {Nxe6! is the strong threat.} Rhd8 22. Nb3 {Threatens to win with c5!} Qc6 23. Ba5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. g3 Qe4 24. Qc2 {1-0 (34) Elieff,K-Zendrowski,J London,Canada 1993}) 23... Bc7 $1 {aiming for ...Rxd3.} 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 (25... Nxd7 {keeps more tension.} 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Qg4 Qe5 28. f3 Nb6) 26. Bc3 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qf3 (27. Bxe5 Qf5+) 27... Qg4 28. Qxg4+ Nxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 29. f4 Nf6 30. fxe5 Nxh5 31. Nc5 (31. Kc2 $11) 31... Nf4 $17 32. e6 fxe6 33. Bxg7 {[#]} h5 $1 34. g3 Nh3 (34... Ne2 $17 35. Kc2 Bxg3) 35. Ne4 $11 ({Much worse is} 35. Nxe6 Bxg3 36. Nd4 h4 $17) 35... Kd7 36. Nf6+ Ke7 $1 {The position is equal.} 37. Nxh5 Kf7 38. Bc3 e5 39. g4 Nf2 40. Ng3 e4 41. Ne2 Nxg4 42. Bd4 Ke6 43. Kc2 Kf5 44. b4 Bf4 45. b5 e3 46. bxa6 bxa6 47. c5 Bc7 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Bxe3 (49. Ke4 {seems wilder.} Kd7 50. Bxe3 Kc6 51. Bd4 Nh2 52. Nc1) 49... Nxe3 50. Kxe3 {KB-KN} Kd5 51. Kd3 Kxc5 52. Kc3 Ba5+ 53. Kb3 $1 Be1 54. Nc3 Kd4 55. Na4 Ba5 56. Nb2 Be1 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Haddouche, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,86,80,83,84,97,67,69,75,94,68,121,91,91,81,86,70,76,72,75,64,105,95,87,100,92,88,105,103,131,108,106,100,132,132,134,71,151,126,214,207,538,531,554,304,281,284,269,273,250,264,250,238,230,224,236,22,0,-471,-481,-479,-478,-443,-452,-5302,-720,-703,-680,-700,-694,-29991,-29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. d5 c5 8. O-O Ne8 9. Be3 {A56: Czech Benoni} (9. Ne1 Bg5 10. Nd3 g6 11. a3 Ng7 12. b4 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 b6 14. f4 Ba6 15. b5 Bc8 16. Qe3 exf4 17. Qxf4 Qe7 18. Bg4 {½-½ (18) Cvitan,O (2562)-Bu,X (2664) Biel 2013}) 9... g6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10. Qd2 Ng7 11. Bh6 {White is better.} Nf6 12. Ne1 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Kh8 13. Nd3 Ng8 14. Be3 f5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 g5 {1-0 (65) Hanko,P (2199)-Borosova,Z (2295) Slovakia 2010}) 13. a3 Nd7 (13... Ng4 $14 14. Bxg4 Bxg4) 14. Nd3 f5 15. f4 Rf7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 Bd6 19. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qc7 20. exf5 $1 gxf5 21. g4 e4 22. Bf4 Bd7 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qf4 Qg6 25. Kh1 $1 Re8 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 26. g5 ({White should try} 26. gxf5 $1 Bxf5 27. Qe3) 26... Rff8 {[#]} (26... Nh5 $142 27. Qe3 Ng7) 27. b4 $1 $16 Qb6 (27... cxb4 $16 28. axb4 Qb6) 28. d6 $18 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32] aiming for Nd5.} Be6 $2 (28... Qd8 29. bxc5 Bc6) 29. d7 Rd8 30. Rd6 Qc7 31. Nxe4 {Strongly threatening Nf6+.} Bxd7 32. Nf6+ Rxf6 33. Rxf6 ({Resist} 33. gxf6 $6 Bc6+ 34. Rxc6 Qxc6+ 35. Bf3 Qxf6) 33... Bc6+ 34. Kg1 Qe7 35. Bf3 Rd4 36. Qg3 $2 ({Only move:} 36. Bxc6 $18 Rxf4 37. Bd5+ Kh8 38. Rxf4) 36... Qe3+ $11 37. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Kg2 $1 $11 Qd2+ 38. Kh3) 37... Rd1 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Bxf3+)} 38. Kg2 (38. Rxd1 Bxf3+) 38... Bxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Qxg5+ 40. Kh3 (40. Qg3 $142 Rd2+ 41. Rf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qxf6 43. Qb8+ Qf8 44. Qxb7) 40... Rd4 (40... Rd3 $142 41. Rxf5 Qxf5+ 42. Kg2 Qg6+ 43. Kh1 Rxf3 44. Rxf3 cxb4 45. axb4 Qe4) 41. Qg3 Qxf6 42. Qb8+ Rd8 43. Qxb7 Qg5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Poormosavi, Seyed Kian"]
[Black "Erigaisi Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,161,22,43,47,77,47,58,55,79,87,100,103,97,100,91,72,69,53,98,68,68,76,81,81,110,26,20,-62,18,17,77,-20,0,-7,10,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,-42,-47,-42,-8,-56,-33,-34,-34,-32,-28,-37,-35,-59,-68,-81,-79,-114,-114,-119,-120,-124,-104,-131,-108,-113,-108,-129,-108,-129,-115,-141,-117,-129,-117,-144,-107,-144,-85,-129,-144,-144,-144,-144,-144,-144,-144,-144,-70,-72,-65,-83,-18,-78,-86,-79,-81,-90,-90,-140,-87,-147,-87,-90,-79,-87,-81,-86,-81,-83,-79,-72,-55,-86,-65,-59,-44,-37,-37,-37,-37,-41,-44,-47,-38,-42,-40,-57,-58,-73,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-84,-69,-141]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} 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. a3 (9. Qe2 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}) 9... a5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Nf1 Rb8 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. h5 g5 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. Nh2 Qc7 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Neg4 {1-0 (35) Maenhout,T (2387)-Tan,M (2442) Belgium 2017}) 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Ng3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Kd8 14. Bd2 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. Nf1 Kc7 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. b4 Ra8 19. O-O Nb6 20. g3 Nb8 21. g4 (21. h5 $16) 21... N8d7 22. g5 (22. bxa5 $11 Rxa5 23. Rfb1) 22... h5 (22... hxg5 $15 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. hxg5 Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. dxe5 d4 26. Nxc4 (26. cxd4 $2 Qxg5+ 27. Ng2 Qh5 $19) 26... Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Nxc4) 23. Rfb1 $11 Ra7 {[#]} (23... axb4 $11 24. axb4 Na4) 24. Ng2 (24. a4 $1 $16) 24... Rha8 25. Qe1 Bf8 26. Nf4 Qe8 27. Nh2 Be7 28. Nf1 Nf8 29. Qc1 Bc6 30. Qe1 Ra6 31. Bc1 axb4 32. cxb4 R8a7 33. Bb2 Qa8 (33... Na4 {seems wilder.} 34. Bc1 Nd7 35. Ne3 Ndb6 36. Nd1 Qd7) 34. Ne2 Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 35. Bxa4 Rxa4 36. Qc1 Rb7 37. Nc3 Raa7 38. Ne3 Nd7 39. Nc2 Nb6 40. Qf4 Qe8 41. Ne3 Ra8 42. Bc1 Kd8 43. Bb2 Bf8 44. Re1 Qe7 45. Nc2 Ke8 46. Qf3 Ra6 47. Qf4 Qd8 48. Qf3 Raa7 49. Kh2 Nc8 ({Black should play} 49... Bg7 50. Qf4 Kf8) 50. Ne3 Bg7 51. Nf1 Qb6 52. Qf4 Ne7 53. Ng3 Rb8 54. Re3 {[#]} Ng8 (54... Kf8 $1 $17 55. Rf3 Be8) 55. Rf3 $15 Kd8 56. Rb1 Rba8 (56... Be8 $17) 57. Bc1 (57. a4 $11) 57... Be8 $17 58. Qd2 Ne7 59. Bb2 Nc6 60. Nd1 Qb8 (60... Ke7 $142 61. Rc1 Kf8) 61. Re3 (61. Nc3 $142) 61... Bf8 ({Black should try} 61... Ke7 62. Rf3 Kf8) 62. Ne2 Kc8 63. Kh1 Ra6 64. Rf3 R8a7 65. Qc3 Be7 {[%cal Bf8e7,Be7d8,Bd8b6][%mdl 32]} 66. Ne3 Qa8 {[%cal Ra6a3]} 67. Nc2 Bd8 68. Kg1 Bb6 69. Rf4 Kb8 70. Ng3 Bd8 71. Rd1 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7c8,Bc8b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} 72. Rf3 Nc8 73. Ne2 Nb6 74. Bc1 Na4 75. Qa1 Rd7 (75... Kc8 {keeps more tension.} 76. Ne3 Bb6 77. Nc3 Kd8 78. Ng2 Qb7) 76. Nc3 Rb6 77. Nxa4 Qxa4 78. Qc3 Rc7 79. Re1 Rbc6 80. Ree3 {[#]} Qb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 81. Qb2 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 45%.} (81. Qd2 $1 $15 c3 82. Qd3) (81. Qxb3 cxb3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nyazi, Nehad"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,89,27,41,31,50,48,46,43,56,34,62,47,43,10,68,0,0,0,-11,-12,0,-38,-29,-102,-100,-102,-91,-90,-91,-94,6,0,2,7,5,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-18,-18,-17,-21,-18,-16,-110,-108,-182,-172,-245,-255,-236,-228,-269,-69,-63,-67,-64,-78,-136,-8,-10,-8,-18,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (7... d6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. b4 c6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. exf3 {1-0 (43) Le,Q (2737)-Arnold,M (2524) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. b3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 {LiveBook: 87 Games. White has an edge.} 10. Re1 c5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxb4 Qxb4 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nc6 15. Nf3 {1-0 (47) Moranda,W (2559)-Mishuchkov,N (2394) Krakow 2012}) 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 {And now Bxb4 would win.} Ne4 $1 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Nh4 Rae8 (15... g6 $11) 16. Qd4 ({Better is} 16. Nf5 $14 Qf6 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. f3) 16... g6 $11 17. Rad1 Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 18. Rd2 Qc5 19. Qf4 f5 20. d6 (20. Rc2 $11) 20... Ne4 $17 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Nb7 (23... g5 $17 24. Ng2 Re5) 24. Ng2 $11 Re6 25. Nf4 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 27. Rd1 Nf5 28. Rxd7 Nxe3 {Strongly threatening ...g5.} 29. h4 Rf7 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Re8 Nf5 32. Ne6+ (32. Kf2 $11) 32... Kf6 $17 33. Ng5 (33. Nf4 $17 {was necessary.}) 33... Re7 $1 $19 {[%cal Re7e8]} ({Inferior is} 33... Nxg3 34. Kf2 $16) 34. Nxe4+ (34. Rxe7 {is a better defense.} Nxe7 35. Nxe4+ Ke5 36. Nf2) 34... Ke5 $1 35. Rxe7+ Nxe7 {KN-KN} 36. Ng5 {[#]} Nd5 $2 (36... Kd4 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Kc3.} 37. Nxh7 Kc3) 37. Nxh7 $15 Nc3 38. Nf8 Kf6 $1 39. Nd7+ {[#]} ({White should try} 39. g4) 39... Ke6 ({Black should play} 39... Kf5 $1 $17 40. Nb8 a5) 40. Nf8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kf7 41. Nd7 Nxe2+ 42. Kf2 Nc3 43. Ke3 Nxa2 {Black wants to play ...Ke6.} 44. Kd4 Nc3 45. Kc4 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhu, Yilun"]
[Black "Kakulidis, Ellen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,79,-6,0,23,0,9,0,69,52,98,88,106,86,99,106,134,106,108,92,119,106,128,75,76,87,82,0,179,178,189,184,232,232,232,225,237,155,177,164,350,332,344,333,337,334,326,346,462,462,462,462,440,310,474,521,521,469,581,551,775,763,2272,1302]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 445 Games} Qd6 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (10... Re8 11. d3 Bc5 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Nfd2 Nb4 14. Ne4 a5 15. f4 Be7 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. a3 b6 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxc6 {½-½ (54) Robson,R (2668)-So,W (2822) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. Na3 {With the idea Nb5.} e5 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. d3 e5 13. Nc2 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. a3 a5 16. Rab1 Re8 17. Bc1 e4 18. Nfxd4 {1-0 (41) Jere,D (2390)-Mfundisi,S (1862) Johannesburg 2017}) 12. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb8 ({Don't play} 12... Qxc5 $6 13. Rc1 $16) (12... Qc7 $1 $11) 13. Nc4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Nd7 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxc6 $1 Bxc5 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Rc1 a5 18. Re5 b6 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 {[#]} 20. Qf1 (20. Ba3 $142 $1 {[%cal Ra3c5]} Nd7 21. Bxc5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 (22. Nxb6 $2 Qe4 $19) 22... bxc5 23. Rxc5) 20... Ng4 $16 21. Rxc5 bxc5 22. Nb6 (22. f3 $16 Nf6 23. Nb6) 22... Qf3 $2 (22... Qb7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 23. Nxc8 Rxc8) 23. Nxc8 $18 Rxc8 {[#]} 24. Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd5 (24... cxd4 25. Rxc8#) 25. Qc4 Qh5 26. h4 Qf5 27. Be3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} (27. Bxc5 Nxf2 28. Qf1 Rxc5 $14) 27... Ne5 28. Qf4 Nf3+ $2 (28... Qxf4 29. gxf4 (29. Bxf4 Nd3 $16) 29... Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Nxh4 31. Rxc5 Ra8) 29. Kg2 Qxf4 30. Bxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd4 31. Be3 Ne6 {[#]} 32. d4 $1 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 544]} a4 (32... cxd4 33. Rxc8+) 33. dxc5 axb3 34. axb3 Rb8 35. Rc3 h6 (35... Kf8 {keeps fighting.} 36. Kf3 Ke7) 36. c6 {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 {[#]} 37. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ke7 (37... Rxb4 38. Bc5+) 38. Ba7 Rc8 39. b5 Kd6 40. Rd3+ {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abou El Zein, Eid Mahmoud"]
[Black "Salim Mohammed Salim Al Amri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,87,70,70,91,25,62,52,49,59,85,54,60,63,79,49,60,52,80,67,71,55,118,118,154,146,189,204,197,190,198,79,101,0,80,0,47,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,-101,-80,-72,-56,-53,-54,-67,-73,-66,18,-13,-26,-44,0,0,0,-27,373,349,2941,2427,860,470,6187,6315,5185,1591]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2f1][%mdl 32]} h6 {A56: Czech Benoni} (7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 Nh5 10. Ne2 g6 11. g4 Ng7 12. Ng3 Kh8 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Qc2 Ng8 15. Ke2 Bd7 16. b4 cxb4 {0-1 (43) Lautier,J (2678)-Nisipeanu,L (2673) Noyon 2005}) 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nh7 9. g4 ({Better is} 9. O-O $16) 9... Ng5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Bg5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. h4 gxh4 14. g5 Ndf8 15. Rxh4 {1-0 (30) Delacotte,B-Grego,P Agneaux 2000}) 10. Nd2 Nh7 11. Nf1 Bg5 12. Ng3 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 a6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Nd7 16. h4 e4 17. Be2 $1 (17. Bxe4 Re8 $15) 17... Re8 ({Black should try} 17... Ne5 $14) 18. Qf4 $16 Ne5 19. O-O-O $1 (19. Nxe4 Nf6 $11) 19... Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 exd3 21. Rxd3 b5 22. Ne4 ({Weaker is} 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxa2 $11) (22. g5 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 22... bxc4 23. Ra3 (23. Rd2 $16) 23... Re5 (23... Rb8 $11) 24. Nc3 (24. g5 $16) 24... Qe7 25. Qxc4 Nf6 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29. Nd1 $1 Ne4 {( -> ...Qd2+)} 30. Qc2 {Re3 is the strong threat.} Nxg5 31. f4 {[#]} (31. Qd2 $11 {remains equal.} Qe7 32. Qf4) 31... Nh7 $1 $17 ({Don't go for} 31... Ne4 $2 32. Re3 $18) 32. Qh2 Qe4 33. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3h7]} Qxf5 34. Rh5 g5 $1 35. fxg5 Qg6 (35... Re8 $1 $15) 36. Ne3 Re8 37. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f6] Black must now prevent Nf6+!} Re1+ 38. Kd2 {[#]} Nxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Qf4 {[#]} ({Not} 39. Rh8+ $2 Kg7 $19) 39... Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rd1+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Kxd1 Qxh5) 40. Qxg5 $18 {White wants to mate with Qd8+.} Kg7 $2 (40... Rd4+ 41. Ke2 Kg7) 41. Rh7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kxh7 42. Nf6+ Kh8 (42... Kg7 $142 43. Qxg6+ fxg6 44. Nxe4 g5) 43. Qxg6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg6h7]} Rd4+ 44. Qd3 $1 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maroroa, Sue"]
[Black "Tahbaz, Arash"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,69,12,54,22,33,33,52,38,41,24,79,77,122,38,28,22,94,106,90,-44,1,-47,-35,-67,-40,-43,-45,-49,75,67,99,105,253,-322,2564,2669,29982,29983,29989,29990,29990,2788,29985,29984,29986,29987,29987,29988,29987,29985,29980,29981,2572,1769]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 a6 6. h4 h5 7. Nh3 {B06: Modern Defence} b5 8. Ng5 Bb7 9. O-O-O e6 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 10. f4 Ngf6 11. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Qe7 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 exf5 14. Bd3 Ne4 15. Ngxe4 fxe4 {0-1 (47) Goumas,G (2391)-Esen,B (2570) Albena 2014}) 11... gxf5 12. exf5 e5 $1 13. Bd3 exd4 (13... O-O $11) 14. Bxd4 $16 O-O 15. Nce4 (15. Be4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4b7]} Qc8 16. Rhe1) 15... c5 $14 16. Nxd6 Bd5 (16... cxd4 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Nxb7 Qc7) 17. Bg1 $16 (17. Bc3 b4 $15) 17... Qb6 18. Nde4 (18. Bh2 $16) 18... Rfe8 {[%cal Rf6e4][%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 19. Nc3 {[%cal Be4c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} Bc6 20. Rh3 b4 21. Ne2 $1 Ne5 {...Qa5 is the strong threat.} ({Much worse is} 21... Bxg2 22. Rg3 $14) 22. Rg3 Re7 (22... Qc7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 23. Nf4 (23. Bxc5 Qa5 $11) 23... Nxd3+ 24. cxd3 Rad8) 23. Nf4 {Threatens to win with Be2.} Qa5 24. Kb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rd8 {[#]} (24... c4 $16 {is a better defense.}) 25. Qe2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Nf3 $1 $18 {is the narrow road to win.}) 25... Ng6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... c4 $19 26. Nxh5 Nxh5 27. Qxh5 cxd3 28. cxd3 Ng4 29. Rxg4 (29. Qxg4 Bd5 $15) 29... Qxf5 30. Rxb4 Bxg2) 26. fxg6 $18 Bd5 27. Qxe7 Rd7 28. gxf7+ Bxf7 {[#]} 29. Qxc5 (29. Qxf7+ $142 $1 Rxf7 30. Bc4 Bh8 31. Nxf7+ Ng4 32. Nxh5 Bd4 33. Rf1 Kf8 34. Ne5+ Ke8 35. Rf7) 29... Qxa2+ 30. Kc1 {[%cal Bb1c1,Bc1d2,Bd2d1][%mdl 32]} Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb2 32. Qc8+ Be8 33. Re1 Qc3+ 34. Qxc3 bxc3+ 35. Kd1 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Al Hosani, Omran"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,87,29,29,18,81,71,91,95,128,129,131,124,103,111,112,100,136,124,204,202,198,204,209,205,202,164,174,157,231,234,233,234,218,212,219,217,266,253,276,268,249,263,357,352,361,352,410,343,479,480,747,729,1010,1000,545,611,542,571,991,958,1208,1207,12838,12838,5246,797,2675,2774,1362,1168]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. d4 h6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 10. Bf4 Qc8 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. cxd6 O-O 14. f3 c5 15. e4 Bg6 16. Rac1 Qc6 17. e5 {1-0 (34) Stupak,K (2588)-Rodshtein,M (2699) Katowice 2017}) 11... b6 {[#]} (11... g5 $11 {remains equal.} 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. cxd6 O-O) 12. cxb6 $1 $16 axb6 {[#]} 13. Rfc1 $1 {aiming for Nb5!} Qb7 14. Ne5 g5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bd2 Nf6 {[#]} 17. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b5 (17... Rxa5 18. Rxa5) 18. Na2 Bd6 (18... Nd7 $16 19. Nb4 Nb8) 19. Nb4 $18 Bxb4 20. Bxb4 Ra6 21. Qc3 Kd7 22. Qc5 Kc8 23. Ra3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Ne8 (23... Ne4 $16 24. Bxe4 Bxe4) 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. d5 exd5 27. Qxd5 Nc7 28. Qxf7 ({Much less strong is} 28. Qxe4 Rd8 $18) 28... Rd8 29. Qf5+ Kb8 30. Qxe4 Nd5 31. Bc5 Qd7 32. Re1 Kb7 33. b4 Nc7 34. Qg6 {White is clearly winning.} Raa8 (34... Qd2 $142) 35. Rae3 Re8 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 ({Worse is} 37. Bxe7 Re8 $17) 37... Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39. f3 Qd2+ 40. Kh3 h5 {[#]} 41. a6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa6 42. Qd6 (42. Bd6 $142 g4+ 43. fxg4 hxg4+ 44. Kh4 Qxh2+ 45. Kxg4) 42... g4+ 43. fxg4 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Al-Zaabi, Sultan"]
[Black "Dixit, Nikhil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:05:12]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. a4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 7. b3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} e5 {[%emt 0:05:43]} 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 9. Bg5 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:06:29]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:07:29]} h6 {[%emt 0:10:06]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:09:30]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:16:59]} 12. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:23]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 13. Qc1 {[%emt 0:08:20]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 14. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:32]} c6 {[%emt 0:07:57]} 15. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:07:40]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Na6 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 17. Bb6 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:10:53]} 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:11:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:06:29]} 19. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} f4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 20. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:09:17]} fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 21. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} exf2+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 22. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:07:22]} 23. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} 24. Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} f1=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} 25. Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 26. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 0-1

[Event "2nd Sharjah Masters 2018"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bharath Subramaniyam H"]
[Black "Iniyan, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,192,3,0,-21,-12,-15,-19,-13,-11,-15,-5,-20,-14,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,14,0,0,0,23,20,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-8,-8,-8,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d4 (5. d3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Qc7 9. h3 Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 h5 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 a5 14. Kh1 e5 15. Nd2 {1-0 (36) Amonatov,F (2636)-Korobov,A (2652) Riadh 2017}) 5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} e6 7. Bd3 Qc7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Be3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qb6 {0-1 (49) Trent,L (2429)-Adair,J (2363) Sunny Beach 2013}) 9. Qb6 Qxb6 10. Bxb6 Nb4 11. O-O Nf6 12. a4 (12. a3 {is interesting.} Nxd3 13. cxd3 Be7 14. Rac1 O-O 15. e5) 12... bxa4 13. Rxa4 (13. f5 {looks sharper.} Be7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Rxa4 O-O 16. Bd4) 13... d5 (13... Be7 {seems wilder.} 14. Ne5 O-O 15. f5 Nxd3 16. Nxd3 Rfc8) 14. exd5 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfa1 Bb7 18. f5 Rb8 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd4 Rd8 {[#] And now ...Bxf3 would win.} (20... Be7 {is more complex.} 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Rc1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 O-O) 21. fxe6 {Hoping for Ng5.} fxe6 22. Re1 Bxf3 {The position is equal.} 23. gxf3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Bc5 25. Ree4 Ke7 26. Kg2 {[#] Black must now prevent Ra4.} Bxd4 27. Rxd4 {KR-KR} Rb8 28. b4 $1 Rb6 29. Kf2 Rb5 30. Rh4 h6 31. Ke3 Kf6 32. Rf4+ Rf5 33. Rh4 Ke7 34. Rg4 Kf7 35. Rg2 Rb5 36. Rg4 a5 37. bxa5 Rxa5 38. Rf4+ Kg6 39. Rg4+ Kf6 40. Rf4+ Rf5 41. Rh4 h5 42. Re4 Ra5 43. Rf4+ Kg6 44. Re4 Kf6 45. Rf4+ Ke7 46. Rh4 g6 47. Kf2 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Rd2 49. Rd4 Ra2 50. Rb4 Ra3 51. Rd4 Kf6 52. Rd8 Ra5 53. Rf8+ Ke7 54. Rg8 Rg5+ 55. Kf2 Kf7 56. Rd8 Ra5 57. Kg3 Ra4 58. Rd7+ Kf6 59. Rd8 h4+ 60. Kh3 Kg5 61. Re8 Rf4 62. Kg2 Kf5 63. Rh8 Rd4 64. Kf2 g5 65. Rf8+ Kg6 66. Ke3 Ra4 67. h3 Kg7 68. Rb8 Ra2 69. f4 Rh2 70. fxg5 Rxh3+ 71. Kf4 Rxd3 72. Kg4 h3 {...h2 is the strong threat.} 73. Rb2 Kg6 74. Re2 Rd6 75. Kxh3 Kxg5 76. Kg3 Kf5 77. Ra2 Ke4 78. Kf2 e5 79. Ke2 Rb6 80. Ra4+ Kf5 81. Ke3 Rb3+ 82. Ke2 Ke6 83. Ra6+ Kf5 84. Ra4 Rc3 85. Kd2 Rf3 86. Ke2 Rf4 87. Rxf4+ Kxf4 {KP-K} 88. Kf2 Ke4 {[%cal Bf4e4,Be4d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} (88... e4 $5) 89. Ke2 Kd4 {aiming for ...Ke4.} 90. Kd2 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 91. Ke2 e3 (91... Kc3 $5) 92. Ke1 Ke5 (92... Kc3 $5) 93. Ke2 Ke4 (93... Kd4 $5) 94. Ke1 Kd3 {( -> ...e2)} (94... Kf3 $5 95. Kf1 $8 Kg4 $11) 95. Kd1 e2+ 96. Ke1 Ke4 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

