[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Benmesbah, Natacha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,73,12,-3,-2,-15,-15,-9,0,-1,0,-6,10,-8,16,11,18,-17,-16,-7,-21,-34,-9,-3,0,-7,-10,-15,-14,-15,-12,-9,27,18,12,16,37,0,0,0,27,12,10,6,27,39,252,256,293,345,387,309,687,333,326,317,906,863,1943,2040]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nc2 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bf5 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3.} 10. f3 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 12. Rd1 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. c5 Ne8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Nd5 Qb8 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Bd2 e6 18. Nb6 Rcd8 {0-1 (36) Zhang,Z (2223)-Wang,Y (2726) China 2015}) 13. Rb1 a6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. b3 b5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 16. Nd5 (16. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Ned7 17. Bb2 $11) 16... Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qc2 18. Ba3 f5 19. Bb4 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 f4 21. e4 Nd7 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 Bc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Rb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rd8 26. e5 Nxe5 27. Rxe7 a5 28. h4 Rd7 29. Re6 h6 30. Rd4 Re3 $2 {[#]} (30... Rc1+ $14 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Rc7) 31. Bb5 $18 Rc7 32. Rxf4 ({Worse is} 32. Rxd6 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 (33. Kh2 g5 $17) 33... Rc2+ 34. Kf1 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Kf1 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 $11) 32... Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Rb3 $2 (33... Rd3 34. Rxd6 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Rcc2) 34. Re4 (34. Re8+ $142 Kg7 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Rf6 Rc2+ 37. Kg3) 34... Rb2+ 35. Re2 Rbb1 $2 {[#]} (35... Rxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Kg7 37. Rxd6 Nf7) 36. Rxd6 Nc4 37. Rxg6+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Iglesias, Joachim"]
[Black "Antal, Gergely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,-39,-18,-35,0,-2,-5,-43,-50,-117,-122,-115,-121,-268,-146,-149,-140,-294,-179,-172,-174,-176,-172,-176,-170,-226,-230,-218,-220,-236,-239,-220,-212,-218,-213,-298,-304,-305,-291,-304,-302,-299,-295,-303,-302,-311,-311,-301,-280,-250,-246,-329,-316,-382,-364,-378,-370,-366,-364,-460,-457,-446,-413,-831,-804,-1004,-1060,-1290,-1184,-5314,-5285,-29993,-29994]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. gxf3 e6 6. c4 {[#] D04: Colle System.} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rg1 g6 9. h4 Nh5 10. f4 dxc4 11. Qxh5 Be7 12. Bxc4 Bxh4 {1-0 (40) Vetokhin,I-Sukhanov,M (1529) Kimry 2011}) 7. Bxc4 c5 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} cxd4 9. Rg1 (9. Qxb7 $15 Nbd7 10. exd4) 9... Qc7 $17 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Nc3 {[#]} (11. Bb5 $17) 11... Nxd4 (11... O-O-O $1 $19 12. Kf1 Nxd4) 12. Qa4+ Qd7 {White must now prevent ...Qxa4.} 13. Nb5 $2 (13. Bb5 $17 {was worth a try.} Nxb5 14. Qxb5) 13... Rc8 14. Nxd4 {Strongly threatening Bb5.} Qxa4 15. Bb5+ {[#]} Qxb5 $1 16. Nxb5 Bb4+ 17. Bd2 (17. Kf1 $142) 17... Bxd2+ $19 18. Kxd2 {With the idea Nd6+.} Ke7 19. Nc3 g6 20. Ke3 Rc5 21. Rad1 Rh5 22. Rd4 Rxh3 23. Ra4 a6 24. Rb4 b5 25. a4 Rh5 26. axb5 {[#]} Rxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rxb5 axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. Ra1 Rb8 29. Ra7+ Kf8 30. b4 h5 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. fxe4 {KR-KR} Rc8 33. Rb7 Rc3+ 34. Kd4 Rf3 35. Rxb5 Rxf2 36. Rb8+ (36. Ra5 $142 h4 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Ra1) 36... Kg7 37. b5 h4 38. Ke3 Rb2 39. Kf4 h3 {( -> ...h2)} 40. Kg3 h2 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Bacrot, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,45,10,16,20,17,-6,0,0,-11,-15,-17,-14,18,10,16,17,97,87,96,97,91,95,102,89,112,98,156,130,225,187,323,318,647,647,603,628,637,654]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. d3 g6 6. O-O {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann.} Bg7 7. c4 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} O-O 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} h6 9. Nd5 d6 10. h3 f5 {[#]} 11. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rb1 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. b4 g5 14. Bb3 Ng6 15. Nh2 Kh8 16. c5 Nf4 17. d4 {0-1 (28) Djuric,S (2434)-Fressinet,L (2693) Nancy 2011}) 11... g5 12. Nxg5 Nxd5 (12... hxg5 $11 13. Bxg5 Rf7) 13. cxd5 $16 Nd4 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qe3 Rf6 (17... Qf6 $142) 18. f4 Qe7 (18... exf4 $16 19. Rxf4 Bh7) 19. Bc3 Rg6 (19... Rff8 $142 20. Rf2 Bh7) 20. fxe5 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Qg5 $2 (20... Rf8 21. e6 Bxc3) 21. Qxg5 {White is clearly winning.} Rxg5 22. h4 Rh5 23. Bd1 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bruaset, Eivind"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,56,26,23,23,41,25,19,8,16,8,10,-15,-8,-14,-27,-19,17,-40,-39,-57,-70,-284,-283,-270,-271,-611,-618,-662,-661,-714,-723,-725,-705,-803,-786,-1015,-999,-1577,-1489,-2229,-1797,-29987,-29985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 {9.Qf3 is the modern continuation. B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6.} Bb7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 {The position is equal.} Be7 12. Bd2 c5 {White must now prevent ...c4.} 13. exd5 exd5 14. Rae1 $1 Kf8 15. Nd1 Bd6 {[#]} 16. Nf2 $146 (16. Ne3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 16. Qf2 h5 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Qh3 Rd8 19. a3 h4 20. Ne3 Kg8 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Nxh4 {0-1 (30) Mai,A (2038)-Kavutskiy,K (2390) Douglas 2017}) 16... h5 $15 17. c4 d4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 18. Ne4 $2 ({Better is} 18. Bc1 $15) 18... Re8 $19 19. Qf3 {and if Nxf6 works, White does fine.} Nxe4 20. Bxe4 $2 (20. Rxe4 Rb8 21. f5) 20... Rxe4 21. Rxe4 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 22. Ba5 Qd7 ({Weaker is} 22... fxe4 23. Bxc7 exf3 24. Bxd6+ Kf7 25. gxf3 $11) 23. Re8+ Kxe8 24. Qh3 Kf7 25. b4 g6 26. Bb6 Re8 27. bxc5 {[#]} Re3 {Played: Bd6xf4} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Bifulco, Michel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,55,11,27,27,31,44,46,80,77,77,77,77,77,76,78,78,78,81,0,120,107,118,0,0,4,4,0,18,19,69,74,71,77,69,79,69,73,720,693,661,672,962,940]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 {[#]} d5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne7 12. c5 Ned5 13. Bd2 d6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. c4 Ne7 16. Bc3 Ng6 {0-1 (97) Wei,Y (2740)-Adhiban,B (2671) Hoogeveen 2017}) 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Bc4 Bd6 14. f3 f6 15. fxe4 {Hoping for Nf7.} fxe5 16. dxe5 ({Better is} 16. Bxe5 $16 Bxe5 17. dxe5) 16... Bc5+ (16... Ng6 $1 $11 17. exd6 Rxe4) 17. Kh1 $16 Ng6 {[#]} 18. Qh5 (18. e6 $1 $16) 18... Nxf4 $11 19. Rxf4 {aiming for Raf1.} g6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 20. Qh6 {White threatens Rf7! and mate.} Be3 21. e6 Qd6 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 22. Raf1 {[%cal Ba1f1,Bf1f4,Bf4f6][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent e5!} Bxf4 23. Rxf4 {Threatening mate with Rf7.} Rxe6 24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. Rf6 Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Qd1+ $16 26. Rf1 Qd7) 26. Bd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Re8 (26... Bxd5 27. Rxd6) 27. h3 Qe5 28. Bxe6+ {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sohier, Julien"]
[Black "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,-6,-5,-33,-33,-33,-26,-37,-42,-61,-61,-83,-73,-95,-87,-82,-85,-81,-66,-75,-40,-58,-55,-61,-54,-66,-58,-93,-88,-96,-98,-112,-95,-102,-105,-104,-86,-139,-143,-200,-197,-191,-189,-312,-305,-318,-307,-358,-288,-359,-353,-527,-520,-527,-523,-524,-524,-519,-512,-654,-644,-5822,-805,-29987,-29988,-29987,-5838]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Nd5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} Nge7 7. g3 O-O 8. d3 {[#] Black has an edge.} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Rb8 9. Nd2 d6 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. e4 Nxd3 14. Bc3 b5 {1-0 (59) Gavryushin,O (2282)-Nikologorskiy,K (2394) Perm 2014}) 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bg2 Bxd5 $1 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. O-O Nbxd5 13. a3 Rb8 14. b4 cxb4 15. Qb3 {[#]} Nc3 $1 16. e3 (16. Bxc3 bxc3) 16... b5 17. axb4 Na4 $1 18. Ba3 d5 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Rc2 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rd8 23. Bb2 (23. h4 $142) 23... Nc6 $17 24. Ba1 (24. Ba3 $17 {might work better.}) 24... Bf8 $19 25. Nf3 f6 ({Worse is} 25... Bxb4 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Qxb4 $16 (27. Bxe5 a5 $14)) 26. Bc3 (26. Bh3 $142 Qd6 27. e4) 26... Nxc3 27. Rxc3 Nxb4 28. Nd2 Kh8 29. Qb1 a5 30. Nb3 (30. Nf3 $142) 30... d4 31. exd4 a4 32. dxe5 axb3 33. Rxb3 Nxd3 34. exf6 Qd4 35. Rxb5 Nxf2 (35... Qxf2+ $142 36. Kh1 Re8) 36. h4 Ng4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 37. Kh1 Qd1+ {White did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 86%.} (37... Qf2 $142 38. Rb3 Re8 39. Rf3 Re1+ 40. Qxe1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Qxe1+ 41. Bf1 Ne5 42. Kg2 Nxf3 43. f7 Ne5 44. Bd3 Nxd3 45. h5 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kh3 Ne1 47. g4 Qg2+ 48. Kh4 Nf3#) 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "O'Gorman Tom"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,116,-8,7,0,2,0,9,4,8,18,8,0,0,-9,13,-1,12,12,18,10,11,14,13,21,32,32,32,30,27,18,30,22,18,17,25,23,45,0,0,0,1,-8,18,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-35,-38,-60,-53,-70,-72,-116,-124,-252,-247,-244,-244,-312,-310,-326,-326,-366,-296,-753,-634,-977,-878,-1164,-1148,-1073,-1072,-1009,-640,-1203,-1152,-1120,-575,-1370,-1927,-1172,-1172,-4949,-4622,-1350,-1174]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 e5 8. d4 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous.} exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. dxc5 {The position is equal.} dxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Nc3 $1 Nfd7 {[#]} 14. Nxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bg5 f6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Be3 b6 17. f4 Bf7 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Ba6 Ne6 20. Nb5 {0-1 (55) Dolgener,T (2215)-Szalanczy,E (2262) Budapest 2012}) 14... Nxd7 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rad1 a6 18. e5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Ng4 20. f4 g5 21. fxg5 {[#] Strongly threatening Re1.} Nxe5 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. Re1 {Nf6+ is the strong threat.} Ng6 24. Nd6 Rc7 25. Bc4 Rc6 26. Bxe6 Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Bb3 b5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rd2.} 28. Rd1 Rc6 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Bd5 Rc7 31. Kf2 c4 32. Ke3 b4 {Hoping for ...c3.} 33. Kd2 Rc5 34. g3 Ne5 35. Be4 c3+ 36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. Ke2 Ra3 38. Bd5 Rd3 39. h4 (39. Rd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7f7]}) 39... Rxg3 40. Bb3 Rg4 41. Rd5 Nc6 42. h5 Nd4+ 43. Kf2 (43. Kd3 $17 Nxb3 44. axb3) 43... Nxb3 $19 44. axb3 {KR-KR} Rh4 45. h6+ Kg6 46. Kg3 Rh5 47. Rd6+ Kxg5 48. Rxa6 $2 (48. Rd7) 48... Rxh6 {Black is clearly winning.} 49. Ra5+ f5 50. Rb5 Rh4 51. Rb8 Rg4+ 52. Kf3 h5 53. Kf2 h4 54. Rg8+ Kf6 55. Rf8+ Ke5 56. Rb8 h3 57. Rh8 Rg2+ 58. Kf3 Rb2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Antal, Gergely"]
[Black "Zakarian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,71,25,20,16,17,29,26,53,60,56,50,50,29,58,47,57,53,51,38,50,30,51,47,79,72,69,70,88,91,95,64,68,56,75,76,76,82,104,104,104,97,102,108,118,111,148,145,389,265,256,258,436,421,834,807,779,766,928,884,904,890,29966,6370]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} 7. O-O e5 8. a3 f6 {White has an edge. has lost popularity (8...a5).} 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 Nh6 11. Nbd2 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Re8 15. Re1 Be6 16. Ra3 Re7 17. Qa1 Rb7 {½-½ (37) Zhang,Z (2603)-Kotronias,V (2608) Port Erin 2004}) 12. Bb2 O-O 13. d4 Nf7 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Nc4 Rae8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Ncxe5 fxe5 18. Ra3 h6 19. Rfa1 Ra8 20. Qe3 Kh7 21. Ne1 Bc4 22. Qc3 Qf7 23. Qg3 Qe7 {[#]} 24. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Rf4 {[#]} 25. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe4 27. Bb2 a6 {[#]} 28. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f6] aiming for Rf6!} Qxb4 $2 (28... Re6 $16 29. Rf4 b5) 29. Rf6 Rg8 30. Bc3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Qe7 $2 (30... Qc5 31. Ra4 h5 32. Qc7+ Rg7 33. Qxg7+ (33. Qxc6 Qxc6 34. Rxc6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bd5 $14) 33... Kxg7 34. Rxc6+ Kf7 35. Rxc5 bxc5) 31. Rxc6 $18 Bf7 (31... Qf7 $142 32. Rxb6 Re7) 32. Rc7 Qe6 33. Rxa6 Rf8 34. Raa7 Qf5 35. Qd3 Qf4 {[#]} 36. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Brih, Said"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,110,10,15,-25,-24,-25,-28,-35,-31,-43,-49,-62,-12,-12,-17,-34,-27,-76,-34,-86,-45,-36,-43,-44,-39,-41,-47,-20,-34,-30,-47,-52,-52,-130,-117,-126,-87,-306,-323,-326,-292,-678,-339,-395,-433,-493,-485,-733,-700,-758,-758,-739,-722,-778,-778,-778,-778,-778,-778,-778,-778,-778,-778,-771,-771,-771,-771,-771,-771,-765,-762,-756,-754,-754,-753,-748,-750,-903,-870,-920,-900,-884,-826,-873,-864,-2410,-2350,-5110,-5110,-4132,-4678,-4602,-4127,-1939,-1790,-5110,-5110,-4698,-3677,-1057,-1018]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. f4 d5 7. e5 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} h5 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. O-O {Black has an edge.} Nf5 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Nd1 Nb4 {[#]} 12. Rf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe2 d4 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Qxg2 Be7 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. a4 c4 17. axb5 cxd3 18. cxd3 axb5 {½-½ (29) Andreikin,D (2723)-Artemiev,V (2474) Kirov 2012}) 12... d4 13. a3 Nd5 14. Ng5 Be7 15. Ne4 (15. c4 $15 dxc3 16. bxc3) 15... Rc8 16. c4 dxc3 $1 17. bxc3 c4 18. d4 $1 Rc7 19. Ne3 Ndxe3 20. Bxe3 Qa8 21. Bc1 Bd5 22. a4 (22. Re2 $15) 22... b4 $1 $17 23. cxb4 c3 24. Nc5 $2 {White does not recover from this.} (24. Nxc3 $17 Bxg2 25. Rxg2) 24... Bxg2 $19 25. Rxg2 {[#]} a5 $1 26. b5 $2 (26. Qxc3 axb4 27. Qd3) 26... Nxd4 {And now ...Nf3+ would win.} 27. Na6 Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...Nf3+.} 28. Qe3 {Black is clearly winning.} Qd5 29. b6 (29. Rf2 $142 Nc2 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 30. Rxc2 Qd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Kf2 Qxc2+ 32. Qe2) 29... O-O 30. Nc7 {[#]} Rxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. bxc7 Bc5 {...Nb3 is the strong threat.} 32. Kf1 Nb3 33. Qxc3 Qd1+ 34. Qe1 Qf3+ 35. Rf2 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Bxf2+ ({Weaker is} 37... Nxa1 38. Rb2 $15) 38. Kxf2 Nxa1 39. Be3 Nc2 40. Bb6 Nb4 41. Bxa5 Nd5 42. Ke2 Ra8 43. Kd3 Kf8 44. Kc4 Ke7 45. Be1 Kd7 46. a5 Kc6 47. h3 Nxc7 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 g6 50. Kd4 Rb8 51. Ke4 Rb2 52. Kf3 Rb3+ 53. Ke4 Ra3 54. Bd2 Nd5 55. Kd4 Ra4+ {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Bressy, Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,133,0,0,-6,0,2,-6,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,8,10,0,8,19,0,29,0,3,0,0,-11,22,26,27,22,25,26,44,43,41,37,71,68,118,78,90,85,71,61,76,87,75,42,58,48,54,70,67,43,34,18,33,0,18,0,49,0,0,-24,-8,-11,0,0,0,-45,0,-26,-19,-30,11,0,0,-10,-8,-108,-102,-84,-85,-155,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,193,115,29965,29972,29970,29977,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29978,29964,29962,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29980,29980,29981,29943,5651,29987,29988,29988,29989,29990,29986,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. b3 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4.} Bb7 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Rc1 {The position is equal.} a6 9. d4 Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Re8 12. O-O Ne4 {[#]} 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne2 a5 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Nd3 Ndf6 16. Rc2 a4 17. Nh4 axb3 18. axb3 g6 19. Ne5 {1-0 (55) Ganguly,S (2638)-Sunilduth Lyna,N (2575) chess.com INT 2019}) 13... Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Qe2 f5 16. Ne1 Ndf6 17. Nd3 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. exf4 Qf7 22. Qd3 Rc7 23. f3 c4 24. Qd4 ({And not} 24. fxe4 cxd3 25. Rxc7 fxe4 $17) 24... Nd6 25. Nc3 Nf6 26. Re1 Nb5 27. Nxb5 axb5 28. Bh3 Bc8 29. Re5 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Ne8 31. Qb6 Rb7 32. Qc6 Be6 33. Rd1 Qd7 34. Qc5 Qf7 35. Bg2 f4 36. Ba3 g5 37. Bb4 h5 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Qd4 Ra7 40. Rd2 Ng7 41. Bf1 $1 Ra8 42. a3 h4 43. Kf2 h3 44. Ke1 (44. Rb2 $11 {remains equal.}) 44... Qf5 $1 $17 45. bxc4 bxc4 46. Rb2 (46. Kd1 $142) 46... Ra6 $2 (46... Qg5 $17 47. Qb6 Qxe5+ 48. Re2 Rb8 49. Qd8+ Rxd8 50. Rxe5 Kf7) 47. Bd6 Rc6 48. Rb8+ Kh7 49. Kd2 Qg5 50. Rb7 Kg6 $2 {[#]} (50... Kg8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 51. Qa7 ({White should try} 51. Bf8 $1 $18 Nh5 52. a4) 51... c3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Nh5 $16 52. a4 Qf5) 52. Kc1 Nh5 53. Bd3+ Bf5 54. Rh7 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Ra7f7]} Rc7 55. Bxf5+ Kxf5 56. Rxc7 Qg2 57. Rxc3 Qf1+ 58. Kb2 Qb5+ 59. Bb4 Qe2+ 60. Rc2 Qxe5+ 61. Bc3 Qe8 62. Qd4 (62. Rc1 $142 Qc6 63. Rg1 Nf6 64. Qd4 Qd6 65. Qd3+ Ke6 {[#]} 66. Rg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb6+ 67. Ka1) 62... Qb8+ 63. Ka2 {White mates.} Qd6 64. Re2 Kg6 65. Re5 Qa6 66. Qxd5 Nf6 {[#]} 67. Re6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 75%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Siva Mahadevan"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,89,35,41,44,26,28,27,43,35,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,25,17,26,230,239,243,241,244,214,518,523,526,526,516,522,475,265,265,265,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,445,0,445,0,445,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bf3 Rb8 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3.} 13. g4 h6 14. Qe2 b5 {White has an edge.} 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 d5 {[#]} 17. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. N5d4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bb5 21. Qd2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Bf6 23. Qc3 Bxd4+ 24. Nxd4 {0-1 (46) G,A (2411)-Fier,A (2551) Sharjah 2019}) 17... dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Nec5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nxe3 20. Qxe3 {[#] And now Rfd1 would win.} Be8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxc6 $1 Rxb3 $2 (22... Qc7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 23. Bxe8 (23. Qxe6+ Bf7 $14) 23... Rfxe8) 23. cxb3 $18 {Strongly threatening Ra8.} Qc8 24. Rac1 {Hoping for Bxe8.} Bxc6 {[#]} 25. Qb6 $1 Bd5 $2 (25... e5 {is a better chance.} 26. Qxc6 Qxg4+ 27. Qg2 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Qxf4 29. Qd5+ Kh8) 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. b4 Rc4 28. Rd1 Rxb4 29. Qa5 (29. Qc7 $142 Bf8 30. Rd2) 29... Rxf4 30. Rxd5 Rxg4+ $2 (30... exd5 {is a better defense.} 31. Qxd5+ Kf8) 31. Kh1 exd5 32. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Kh8 33. Qe6 Rb4 34. Qxe7 Rxb2 {KQ-KR} 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd4 Rb8 37. Qd6 Rb7 38. Qe6 {Intending Qe4+ and mate.} Rb8 39. Qf5+ Kh8 40. Qc5 Kg8 41. Qd5+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qd6 Rb7 $1 45. Qe6 $2 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 72%.} (45. h4 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Black "Lumachi, Gabriele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,26,35,0,0,7,14,0,29,25,22,22,23,21,33,30,44,45,49,50,55,50,54,50,81,100,100,86,200,190,193,191,190,162,331,333,329,335,326,327,416,389,519,518,508,516,618,607,580,559,540,471]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 {C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence.} O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 {The position is equal.} Bd7 {8...Nd4 is becoming the main line.} 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Rc1 Ne7 {[#]} 13. Bxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. d4 Bxa4 14. Qxa4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Ng6 16. Rcd1 Nd7 17. Rd2 c6 18. Qd1 Qa5 19. a3 Nde5 20. b4 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qxa3 22. Rb1 {1-0 (22) Conquest,S (2495)-Wengenroth,W Neuwied 1993}) 13... Nxd7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. b3 g6 17. f4 N5c6 18. f5 gxf5 (18... Nxd4 $16 {is a better defense.} 19. Qxd4 (19. Bxd4 Nc6 $11) 19... Nc6) 19. exf5 $18 Bg7 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Nd5 Ne5 $2 (21... Qh4 22. Nxc7 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Bd4) 22. Qh5 c6 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. Nc7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} c5 {and the idea ...Nd3 leaves Black hopeful.} 25. Rcd1 ({Less strong is} 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rcd1 Nc6 $18) (25. Nxa8 Nd3 $18) 25... Qc6 26. Nxa8 {White is clearly winning.} Rxa8 27. Ba5 Nd7 28. Bd2 d5 29. cxd5 Qd6 30. Qh4 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,71,16,22,18,18,17,19,0,12,30,23,25,29,35,36,35,23,27,28,14,27,12,28,-23,-17,-34,-18,-34,-7,-9,15,0,3,0,152,151,160,162,267,266,347,345,412,412,412,412,412,412,472,427,427,427,406,401]} 1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Bf4 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O c5 11. Bg3 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} Nd7 {[#]} 12. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qa4 Qc8 14. Rfd1 Bc6 15. Qc2 Qb7 16. Ne1 Rfe8 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Bf6 19. Rd2 e5 20. Qf5 Re6 {0-1 (20) Krockert,E-Tempelhoff,W DDR 1987}) 12... Nf6 13. Nd2 {The position is equal.} d5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 Bg6 16. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 17. a5 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rb8 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Qa3 (21. Qa4 $142) 21... dxc4 $11 22. Nxc4 Qxb5 23. f3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd5 25. e4 Nb4 26. Qb2 Qe8 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 26... f6 $11) 27. Qe5 $1 $16 Qf8 28. Nd6 h6 (28... Rd8 $142) 29. Qxc5 $18 Qe7 30. Rb1 Na6 31. Rxb8+ Nxb8 32. Qc8+ Qf8 {If Black can now play ...Qxc8 this consolidates a bit.} 33. a6 f6 {[#]} ({Much worse is} 33... Qxc8 34. Nxc8 f5 35. exf5 $18) 34. Bc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc8 35. Nxc8 Nc6 36. Bb5 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Black "Antal, Gergely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,77,0,0,0,7,5,33,40,19,13,18,8,22,4,34,20,20,27,22,0,23,31,22,31,37,18,21,21,18,31,17,24,32,27,108,75,87,80,174,168,186,182,220,213,191,196,306,279,452,452,547,547,539,535,679,669,740,767,890,887,812,791]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Qc2 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4.} Nb4 11. Qb1 Be6 12. Bxe6 {White is slightly better.} fxe6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. Ne4 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Nd5 17. Qd3 Rf5 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. R4e2 Nd5 20. Re4 Nf6 21. R4e2 Nd5 22. Re4 Nf6 {½-½ (22) Avrukh,B (2576)-Golod,V (2578) Jerusalem 2013}) 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. Qe4 Ref8 18. Be3 Qf7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 $1 20. dxe5 Qg6 21. Bxa7 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Rf4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. Be3 Re4 25. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Rd7.} Nxe5 (25... Nb4 $11) 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. b3 c6 (27... Ke7 $16 28. Rc8 Kd6) 28. Kf1 $18 Kf6 29. Ke2 Rb4 {[#]} 30. Bc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b4]} Re4+ 31. Kd2 Ng6 (31... Rh4 {was called for.} 32. a4 Rh5) 32. g3 Kf5 $2 (32... Re5 {is a better defense.}) 33. Bd4 {White is clearly winning.} Ne5 34. Rf8+ Kg6 35. Bc3 Nd7 36. Rd8 Ne5 37. f4 Nf7 38. Rd7 b5 39. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Guichard, Pauline"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,89,20,0,15,15,18,20,46,0,15,15,0,-4,0,-2,0,0,19,17,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,0,-21,0,-4,88,86,86,86,86,86,80,80,85,74,506,504,738,257,246,261,6199,5679,5510,5510,2422,864,808,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng3 Qd7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 {[#]} Qxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxd5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Re7 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. b4 Re6 19. a4 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Nd5 {1-0 (41) Perez Ponsa,F (2583)-Lesiege,A (2521) chess.com INT 2017}) 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rad8 17. e4 Qc5+ 18. Kh2 Nh7 19. Rf1 Nf8 20. Nh4 Ne7 21. Nh5 Nh7 22. Qf3 Kh8 23. Qg3 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg3g7]} Rg8 $1 24. Bb3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Ng5 26. Nf5 Ng6 (26... Nxf5 $11 27. Rxf5 f6) 27. Nhxg7 $16 Rxg7 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. h4 Nxh4 30. Qxh4 {Rf5 is the strong threat.} Rxd3 31. Rf5 {Black must now prevent Raf1.} Qe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qe7 $16 32. Kh1 f6) 32. Raf1 $18 {aiming for Rxf7+!} Rd6 {[#]} 33. Rxe5 $2 (33. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf7 34. Qe7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Qf4+ 35. Rxf4 exf4 36. e5) 33... Rg6 {intending ...Qe2.} 34. Qf2 Qd3 $2 {[#]} (34... Qxf2 35. Rxf2 Kf8) 35. Rxg5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} hxg5 (35... Rxg5 36. Qxf7+) 36. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KQR-KQR} Kh6 {[#]} 37. Qf8+ (37. Qe8 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 38. Rf7+ Rg7 39. Rf3 Qxf3 40. gxf3) 37... Kh5 38. g4+ $2 (38. Rh1 $18 {Kg1+ would kill now.} Qxe4 39. Kg3+ Qh4+ 40. Rxh4+ gxh4+ 41. Kf4 Rg4+ 42. Kf3) 38... Kxg4 {The position is equal.} 39. Qf5+ Kh4 40. Rf3 {[%csl Gf3,Gh2][%cal Rf5h3]} Qe2+ 41. Kh1 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rf5h3]} Qd1+ 42. Kg2 {[%csl Gf3,Gg2][%cal Rf5h3]} Qe2+ 43. Kh1 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rf5h3]} Qd1+ 44. Kg2 {[%csl Gf3,Gg2][%cal Rf5h3]} Qe2+ 45. Kh1 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Joie, Sebastien"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,42,-15,8,-6,-20,-22,-8,-35,-29,-38,-25,-30,-14,-26,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,-5,6,9,12,0,0,0,16,22,21,35,34,33,29]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 dxc4 4. Nf3 c5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. dxc5 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Bxc5 7. Bg2 Qa5+ {[#]} 8. Nc3 $146 {The position is equal.} (8. Qxa5 {feels hotter.} Nxa5 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rd1) ({Predecessor:} 8. Qxa5 Nxa5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Rxc4 Bb6 13. Nc3 e5 14. Na4 {½-½ (36) Stupak,K (2570)-Bernadskiy,V (2543) Kavala 2017}) 8... Qxa4 9. Nxa4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Nc5 b6 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Nd4 Rd8 16. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nd5 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. Nxa7 Ne7 (18... Rd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7a7]} 19. Nc6 Rd6 20. Bxd5 exd5 $11) 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. Bxc6 Nb3 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Petrossian, Armen"]
[Black "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,132,11,25,11,15,10,17,11,8,11,22,14,33,25,25,9,25,14,64,-25,18,-1,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-32,58,-132,-141,-132,-131,-182,-177,-186,-89,-82,-78,-75,-37,-112,-102,-114,-102,-154,-102,-93,-77,-78,-87,-60,-16,-66,-46,-150,-72,-79,-89,-76,-72,-84,-92,-108,-111,-115,-119,-156,-125,-121,-50,-50,-55,-50,-50,-54,-22,-11,0,0,-6,-68,-53,-91,-91,-125,-122,-107,-94,-89,-14,-540,-540,-534,-498,-533,-502,-547,-544,-535,-529,-525,-496,-1019,-967,-1012,-996,-980,-941,-904,-778,-825,-516,-3647,-1487,-5700,-4133,-5712,-5171,-29968,-29961,-6213,-5933]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Bg7 7. Bc2 b5 8. d4 {The position is equal.} cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb7 10. Re1 {[#]} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rc8 11. Nbd2 e5 12. d5 O-O 13. Bd3 a6 14. b4 Nb6 15. Nb3 Ba8 16. Na5 Nbxd5 17. exd5 {1-0 (65) Georgakopoulos,N (2033)-Nikolakis,P (1941) Rio 2018}) 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 e5 14. Ba4 (14. Nc4 $14) 14... Nb6 15. Bb3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qd7 17. f3 Ng4 18. Nf1 Ne5 $1 19. Ne3 Ba6 (19... a5 $15) 20. Nd5 $2 (20. a3 $1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 20... Nxd5 $17 21. Bxd5 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Nc6 (22. Bf2 $17 Nxe1 23. Bxe1) 22... Nxe1 $19 23. Qa4 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne7+.} Kh7 (23... Bd4+ 24. Kh1 $11) (23... Nxf3+ $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 24. gxf3 g5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qxa6 Rac8) 24. Qxa6 $17 Nc2 25. Rc1 b3 26. axb3 (26. Bxb3 $15 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Bf2 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2) 26... Ne3 27. Qd3 Nxd5 28. Qxd5 (28. exd5 $142 Bxb2 29. Rc4) 28... Rac8 ({Don't do} 28... Bxb2 29. Rc2 $15) (28... a5 $142 $1 29. Bg3 Rfc8) 29. Bg3 Rfe8 30. Rc4 Qb7 31. b4 {[#]} Be5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Bxe5 (32. Nxe5 Qxd5) 32... dxe5 33. b5 {[#]} ({Better is} 33. Rc5 $15) 33... Rc7 (33... Red8 $142 $1 {[%cal Rd8d5][%mdl 512]} 34. Qxe5 (34. Nxd8 Qxd5) 34... Rd7) 34. h3 Rd7 35. Qc5 Qb6 36. b4 Rb7 37. Qxb6 axb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 38. Rc3 Rd7 39. Rc2 Kg7 40. Ra2 f5 (40... g5 $17) 41. Ra6 $15 Rb7 42. Kf2 fxe4 43. fxe4 Rf8+ 44. Ke3 Rf1 {next ...Re1+ is good for Black.} 45. Nxe5 Re1+ 46. Kd3 (46. Kf4 $11) 46... Re7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 47. Nc6 Rd7+ $1 ({Of course not} 47... R7xe4 $6 48. Rxb6 R4e3+ 49. Kd4 $11) 48. Kc2 Re2+ $1 49. Kc3 Re3+ ({Much weaker is} 49... Rxg2 $6 50. Rxb6 Rg3+ 51. Kc4 $11) 50. Kc2 {[#]} Rf7 ({Black should try} 50... Rg3 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Rf7.} 51. e5 Rf7 52. Rxb6 h5) 51. Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Kd2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rg3 52. Ke2) 51... Rxa7 $19 52. Nxa7 {White hopes to continue with Nc8.} Rxe4 {KR-KN} 53. Kc3 Kf7 54. Nc8 {Nd6+ is the strong threat.} Re6 55. Kd4 {[#]} Ke8 $1 {[%cal Re8d7]} 56. Kd5 Kd7 57. g4 (57. Na7 $142 Re3 58. Nc6) 57... g5 58. Na7 Re3 59. Nc6 Rd3+ 60. Ke5 Rxh3 61. Kf5 Kc7 62. Kg6 (62. Ne7 $142 Rb3 63. Nd5+ Kd6 64. Nxb6) 62... Kd6 63. Nd4 Ke5 64. Nf5 Kf4 65. Ne7 Kxg4 66. Nd5 Rd3 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.18"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Barseghyan, Harutyun"]
[Black "Ondersteijn, Niels"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,119,21,13,20,20,25,29,25,33,38,34,27,35,35,30,59,52,56,55,59,59,65,76,77,77,77,66,66,71,69,61,50,45,50,60,52,58,54,33,43,33,35,28,44,16,24,8,8,6,265,270,351,351,351,351,363,304,444,421,638,639,573,574,556,545,638,551,548,548,548,548,548,544,5306,4698,5297,2644,2298,766,1108,1152,2131,2532,1620,1403,29965,29966,29976,29977,29979,29980,29980,29978,29978,0,29980,29979,29982,29984,29983,29985,29984,29984,29985,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. a3 Qxc5 6. b4 Qc7 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. c4 O-O 9. e3 a5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O {[#]} Bg4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. Qb3 Bd7 13. Rfc1 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 Rc8 16. Bc3 Nd8 17. Ra3 Ne6 18. Qa2 {½-½ (40) Komissarov,A (2203)-Krylov,M (2476) Moscow 2018}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Na6 16. Bc3 Rc8 17. Rb1 Ne8 18. Bd4 Nb8 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Nc4 Ne6 23. Rb5 Rb8 24. Bd5 Ncd8 25. Qa7 Rc8 26. Nb6 Nc6 27. Qa1 Rd8 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Nc4 Rd5 30. f4 Nd8 31. Qa5 Qxa5 32. Nxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Kf7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 33. c6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6c7] Hoping for c7!} ({Less strong is} 33. Rxb6 Rxc5 34. Nb3 Rd5 $14) 33... Nxc6 (33... Rxb5 $2 {too greedy.} 34. c7 $18) 34. Rxd5 Nxa5 {KR-KN} 35. Rb5 Nc4 36. Kf2 h5 (36... Nd6 {was called for.}) 37. Rb4 b5 (37... Nd6 $142 38. e4 b5) 38. Rxb5 Nd6 39. Re5 Kf7 40. e4 Nc4 41. Rc5 Nd6 42. Ke3 Ne8 43. g3 Nf6 44. Kd4 Nh7 45. Rc8 Kg7 46. Re8 (46. e5 $142 g5 47. fxg5 Nxg5 48. h4 Nf3+ 49. Ke4) 46... Kf7 47. Rd8 Kg7 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 g5 50. Ke5 gxf4 51. Kxf4 Kf6 {[#]} 52. g5+ $1 Kf7 (52... Nxg5 53. e5+) 53. Kg4 Kg6 54. Rg8+ Kf7 55. Rd8 Kg6 56. Ra8 {White mates.} Kf7 57. Kh5 Nf8 {[#]} 58. Rxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxf8 59. Kg6 e5 60. Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Barseghyan, Harutyun"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,233,0,12,7,7,0,0,-8,0,-6,0,-8,8,-9,-10,-17,-18,-20,-17,-22,0,0,0,-24,0,-6,0,-10,-8,-5,0,0,0,-16,-13,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,-47,-22,-18,-7,-12,-12,-21,-26,-25,-9,-21,0,-7,0,0,0,-29,-28,-38,0,-24,-23,-33,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,289,287,450,456,460,360,442,191,181,148,177,0,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,-85,0,0,0,-200,-166,-300,-320,-315,0,0,0,-237,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-211,-243,-458,-461,-432,-408,-393,-33,-83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-307,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. h3 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} d5 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Re1 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 f6 {½-½ (32) Yatzenko,A (2383)-Ponkratov,P (2621) Sochi 2019}) 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Bb5 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. a4 Be8 16. Qb3 Qa6 17. Qa3 Ne4 18. Nef3 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Qc6 20. a5 f6 21. Nb3 {[%cal Ra3c5]} b6 22. Nd2 Bg6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Qa4 Qc7 25. Qb5 Ra8 26. Nb3 Be8 27. Qe2 e5 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Ra1 Rxa1+ 30. Nxa1 Qa7 31. Nc2 Bg6 32. Ne1 Qa1 33. Qd2 Kh7 34. f4 exf4 35. exf4 c4 36. Kf2 Be4 37. g4 $1 Kg8 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. f5 Ke7 40. Kh4 Qa8 41. Qh2 Kd7 42. Ng2 h5 43. Nf4 Qb8 44. Qg3 hxg4 45. hxg4 Kc6 46. Nh5 Qf8 47. Qg1 Kb5 48. Qh2 {With the idea Qc7.} Qe7 49. Nf4 Ka4 50. Qe2 Qd6 51. Qd1+ Kb5 52. Qd2 Qd7 53. Qe2 Ka5 54. Qd2 Qe8 55. Nh5 Qe7 56. Qe1 Kb5 (56... Qd6 {is interesting.} 57. Qf2 Qc7 58. Qe2 b5 59. Kh3 Ka4) 57. Qe2 Ka5 58. Ng3 b5 59. Qe1 Kb6 60. Qe3 Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Ka5 $11) 61. Kh5 $18 Qe7 {[#]} (61... Ka5 $142 62. Kg6 (62. Nxe4 Qe7 $16 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 62... Qe7) 62. Kg6 $1 Ka5 {intending ...Ka4.} 63. Qc1 Bf3 64. Qf4 (64. Qa1+ $142 Kb6 65. Qa8) 64... Bd1 65. Nh5 Ka4 66. Nxg7 (66. Qd2 $18 Bxg4 67. Qc2+ Ka5 68. Nxg7) 66... Kb3 $1 $14 67. g5 (67. Nh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5f6]} Qe8+ 68. Kxf6 $16) 67... fxg5 68. f6 Bc2+ 69. Kxg5 Qf7 70. Qd6 (70. Nf5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Kxb2 71. Nh6 (71. Ne7 Be4 $11)) 70... Kxb2 (70... Qg6+ $17 71. Kf4 Qe4+ 72. Kg3 Qg6+ 73. Kf4 Qe4+ 74. Kg3 Qe1+ 75. Kg4 Qg1+ 76. Kh4 Qf2+ 77. Kg4 Kxb2 78. Qb4+ Kc1) 71. Qb4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc1 72. Nf5 $2 (72. Qe7 $11 {and White is okay.} Qg6+ 73. Kf4 Qh6+ 74. Ke5) 72... Qe6 $19 73. Ne7 (73. Nh6 {was worth a try.} Qe3+ 74. Kh5) 73... Qe3+ 74. Kg4 Qe4+ 75. Kg5 Qe3+ 76. Kg4 Bd1+ $2 (76... Qg1+ $19 77. Kf4 Qh2+ 78. Kg5 Qd2+ 79. Kg4 Qg2+ 80. Kf4 Qe4+ 81. Kg5 Qe3+) 77. Kf5 $11 Qe4+ 78. Kg5 Qg4+ 79. Kh6 Qf4+ 80. Kg6 $1 Qg3+ 81. Kf7 Qe3 {...Bh5+ is the strong threat.} 82. Qa3+ Kb1 $1 83. Qb4+ Kc2 {And now ...Bh5+ would win.} 84. Ke8 $2 {[#]} (84. Kg6 $11 Qg3+ 85. Kf7) 84... Qe6 $1 $19 ({Stronger than} 84... Qxc3 85. Qxb5 Bh5+ 86. f7 $11) 85. Qxb5 $2 (85. Qa3 {is a better defense.} Bh5+ 86. Kd8) 85... Bh5+ 86. Kd8 Qxf6 87. Qb4 Bf7 $2 ({Black should play} 87... Bg6 $19 {Hoping for ...Be4.} 88. Qc5 Kxc3) 88. Kc7 $1 $15 Qf3 (88... Qf4+ $17 89. Kc6 Qe4) 89. Qa4+ $11 Kd3 90. Qa3 Qf4+ 91. Kb7 Be8 92. Qb4 Qe4 93. Qd6 Kxc3 94. Kb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (94. Kc7 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 94... Qxd4+ $2 ({Don't do} 94... Kxd4 95. Qc5+ Ke5 96. Kc7 $19) (94... Bf7 $19 95. Nc6 Be8 96. Qb4+ Kc2 97. Qa4+ Kd2 98. Qa2+ Ke3 99. Qa3+ Kf2 100. Qf8+ Ke2) 95. Ka6 {The position is equal.} Bf7 {Threatens to win with ...Kd2.} 96. Nc6 Qf2 97. Qa3+ Kd2 98. Qb2+ Ke3 99. Qe5+ Kd2 {aiming for ...c3.} 100. Qb2+ Ke1 101. Qc3+ Qd2 102. Qg3+ Qf2 (102... Kd1 $5 103. Qf3+ $8 Qe2 104. Qxf7 c3+ 105. Kb6 Qb2+ 106. Kc5 Qa3+ 107. Kb6 Qb3+ 108. Kc5 (108. Kc7 c2 $11) 108... c2 109. Qf1+ Kd2 110. Qf2+ Kd1 111. Qf1+ Kd2 112. Qf2+ Kd1 113. Qf1+ $11) 103. Qc3+ Kf1 104. Nd4 Bg6 {White must now prevent ...Qf4.} 105. Qc1+ Kg2 (105... Qe1 $5 106. Qf4+ $8 Qf2 107. Qc1+ Kg2 108. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg3 109. Qd2+ Kh3 110. Qh6+ Qh4 111. Qe3+ Qg3 112. Qh6+ Qh4 113. Qe3+ Qg3 114. Qh6+ $11) 106. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg3 107. Qxd5+ Kf2 108. Nb5 Qd3 109. Qc5+ Ke2 110. Qe5+ Kd2 111. Ka5 Qd8+ 112. Kb4 Qf8+ 113. Qd6+ Qxd6+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 114. Nxd6 c3 {( -> ...c2)} 115. Nb5 c2 116. Nd4 c1=N (116... c1=Q $5 117. Nb3+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke3 118. Nxc1 Bh7 $11) 117. Nb3+ {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Black "Lettieri, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,96,20,24,30,16,20,27,17,28,25,27,30,29,29,35,24,44,47,54,48,43,46,47,54,72,68,63,61,66,65,61,46,47,41,72,58,88,86,93,97,97,84,107,98,103,102,112,108,152,152,199,199,198,198,198,197,198,192,205,205,189,190,264,257,240,256,264,250,253,253,251,250,319,319,503,471,618,608,1092,1075,908,883,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Bg7 7. Bc2 O-O 8. d4 {White has an edge.} e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. a4 c4 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Na3 a6 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 {0-1 (46) Anton Guijarro,D (2642)-Potkin,V (2597) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. c4 Rad8 14. Nc3 Rxd1+ 15. Bxd1 Nd7 16. Be3 a6 17. Ba4 Nb6 18. Bb3 Rd8 19. Rc1 Bf8 20. a3 Nd7 21. Ba2 Nb8 22. Nd5 Qc8 {White now steadily converts the win.} 23. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nc6 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Bb3 h5 26. Bd1 Bh6 27. Rc3 {[%cal Bc1c3,Bc3d3,Bd3d8][%mdl 32]} a5 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Nf4 Bxc4 {[#] aiming for ...Nd4.} 30. Ne6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 (30... Bxe6 31. Rxd8) 31. Rxd8 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bxe2 32. Rd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 {...Bxd1 is the strong threat.} 33. Bxe2 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Nd4 34. Bf1 b5 35. Rb7 c4 {[#]} (35... b4 $142 36. Bc4 Bc1 37. axb4 axb4) 36. a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b5][%mdl 512]} bxa4 37. Bxc4 Bc1 38. Bb5 a3 39. bxa3 Bxa3 40. Be8 Be7 41. h4 Ne2+ (41... a4 $142 42. Bxa4 Kf7) 42. Kf1 Nc1 43. f3 a4 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 a3 46. g5+ {White mates.} Kg7 47. Rxe7+ Kf8 48. Ra7 Nb3 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,67,9,12,15,12,2,10,8,15,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,27,32,17,-61,28,17,35,27,43,59,62,62,137,106,98,91,234,142,433,502,1237,1240,1125,1114,1059,1039,29980,29981,29991,29992]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 d5 7. dxc5 $1 {7.dxc5 is better than 7.cxd5.} Qa5 8. Qa4 {D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0).} Qxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 {The position is equal.} Qxd5 11. Qh4 {[#] Black must now prevent Ng5.} Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Qxe7 Nc6 14. Qh4 $1 Qxb2 15. O-O h5 16. h3 Re8 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Re4 19. Rab1 Qxa2 20. Ng5 $1 Rxg4 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Rfd1 $1 b6 23. Kf1 Bb7 $1 {Hoping for ...Rd8.} 24. Bf3 Rd4 25. Bc3 $1 {aiming for Bxc6.} Rad8 ({But not} 25... Rxd1+ $2 26. Rxd1 Bxc3 {[#]} 27. Bd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (25... Re8 $1 $14 26. Re1 Re5 27. Bxd4 (27. Bxc6 Rxe2 28. Bxb7 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kg2 Rg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Kh3 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kxg4 Qxe1 $11) 27... Nxd4 28. Bxb7 Rxg5) 26. Bxd4 $16 Rxd4 27. Qh3 Ba6 (27... Qa4 $16 28. Rdc1 Kg8) 28. Kg2 Rxd1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Now Black is done in.} (28... Qa4 $16) 29. Rxd1 $18 Ne5 (29... Qc4 $142 30. Qd7 Qf4) 30. Nh7+ Ke7 31. Qh4+ f6 32. Qb4+ Ke8 33. Qd6 Bc4 34. Qc7 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,41,0,10,-3,10,10,10,10,1,14,8,9,5,3,8,0,2,0,0,-18,3,0,0,0,0,0,6,10,24,2]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O {The position is equal.} Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qa4 Qb7 14. c4 Rac8 15. Rab1 Nb8 {[#]} 16. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Qb5 Qe4 18. h3 Rfd8 19. a4 Nc6 20. Nd2 Qg6 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 {0-1 (40) Van der Lende,I (2350)-Fedorchuk,S (2633) Escaldes 2019}) 16... Nbd7 17. Rbc1 h6 18. h3 Rc6 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rdc1 Qb8 21. Ne1 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Siva Mahadevan"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 5. d4 exd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:11:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:04]} 9. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 10. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:13:29]} Ncxe7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 11. exd6 {[%emt 0:08:18]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 12. c4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} a6 {[%emt 0:15:32]} 13. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 14. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 15. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 16. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:22:53]} 17. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.19"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Rademakers, Evert"]
[Black "Joie, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:05:28]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:42]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:48]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:06:49]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:08:50]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:07:55]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:08:21]} 12. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:12]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:08:24]} 13. Ba3 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 14. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 15. e3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:08:16]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 17. Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 18. h3 {[%emt 0:06:35]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 19. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:11:32]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:09:22]} 20. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 21. Kh2 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 22. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:08:18]} exd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h4 {[%emt 0:08:46]} 24. g4 {[%emt 0:04:44]} d2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 25. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bxc2 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 26. Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 27. Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Kg2 {[%emt 0:06:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 30. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qh2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 31. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qxh3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 32. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:05:11]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 35. g5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 37. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:02:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 38. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 39. Qxh4+ Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. Qe1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,101,14,-2,0,0,0,0,14,4,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-2,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,8,6,92,102,112,97,89,102,101,44,120,58,174,171,173,175,241,241,242,255,248,257,247,257,244,255,262,243,238,235,479,474,601,566,554,518,29977,29978,29978,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29981,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} 7. e4 O-O 8. g3 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 9. Nh4 Nc5 10. Bg2 a6 11. O-O b5 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Qd2 Nc6 {[#]} 15. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bb7 (15... Nxe5 16. Bxa8) 16. exd6 cxd6 17. cxb5 axb5 {[#]} 18. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Nf5 Qf6 {0-1 (18) Davis,J (1603)-Lipsits,S (1821) ICCF email 2017}) 18... Ne5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qd5 Na5 21. f4 Ng6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Qd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7]} f6 24. Qd5+ Rf7 25. Bd4 Nc4 (25... Qc8 $11) 26. a4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Rb8 27. axb5 Nb6 28. Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rfb7 29. Rfd1 (29. Rfe1 $16) 29... d5 (29... Qd7 $14) 30. Bf2 ({White should try} 30. Ra6 $16) 30... Kh7 ({Better is} 30... Qe7 $14) 31. Ra6 $18 Nc8 32. Rxd5 Qg8 (32... Qe7 $142 33. Qe6 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Nb6) 33. Rd7 Rxd7 34. Qxd7 {[%cal Rd7h3]} Qb3 35. Qh3+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ $1 Qxe6 37. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf7 38. Rc6 Ne7 39. Rc7 Rc8 $2 (39... Ke6 40. b6 Nd5) 40. Rxc8 Nxc8 {KB-KN} 41. Bc5 Ke6 42. Kg2 Nd6 (42... Kd5 $18) 43. Bxd6 {White mates.} Kxd6 {KP-KP} 44. Kf3 f5 45. g4 Kc5 46. gxf5 gxf5 {[#]} 47. Kg3 $1 Kxb5 {[#]} 48. Kh4 $1 Kc5 49. Kg5 Kd4 50. Kxf5 Ke3 51. h4 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 67%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,165,0,6,-4,8,16,31,20,-2,0,-46,-59,-59,-4,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,-20,-20,-20,-16,-23,-17,-26,-14,-25,-14,-29,-32,-29,-20,-37,-31,-31,-31,-30,-14,-40,-41,-38,-38,-108,-116,-100,-114,-107,-115,-147,-124,-157,-166,-200,-188,-180,-163,-175,-165,-161,-175,-175,-172,-113,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-24,-17,-24,-24,-24,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-35,0,-51,-61,-432,-423,-401,-327,-366,-261,-345,-105,-325,-307,-277,-142,-373,-289,-452,-448,-670,-665,-667,-644,-655,-626,-587,0,-25,0,-551,-536,-525,-503,-411,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 {7...Nxd7 is the hot move.} 8. e3 e5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O {[#] White is slightly better.} 11. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 Rfe8 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Na5 14. Qb4 b6 15. dxe5 Nc6 16. Qf4 Nxe5 17. Rd1 {1-0 (61) Jakovenko,D (2738)-Giri,A (2776) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 11... Ne4 12. Qc2 (12. cxd5 {looks sharper.} Qxd5 13. f4 Rad8 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. c4) 12... Nxe5 13. Be2 Nc5 (13... c6 $15) 14. cxd5 $11 Qxd5 15. O-O Qe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Bb2 Nd2 18. Rfd1 Nec4 19. Bc1 Rad8 20. Bxd2 Nxd2 21. f3 Rd6 22. Kf2 Rfd8 23. Ke1 Kf8 24. Ra2 {[%cal Rd1d2]} Nb3 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Rb2 Nc5 27. Rd2 Ke7 28. Rd4 Re6 29. Kf2 Re5 30. g4 Ne6 31. Rb4 b6 32. Rc4 (32. Rb5 $15 Rc5 33. Rxc5 Nxc5 34. h4) 32... Ra5 $17 33. a4 Rc5 34. Rxc5 Nxc5 {KB-KN} 35. Bd1 Kd6 36. Bc2 h6 37. Ke2 Kd5 $1 38. Kd2 a5 39. h4 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Bd1 f6 42. f4 Ke4 ({Black should try} 42... Kc4 $17 43. Bc2 c6 44. fxg5 fxg5) 43. fxg5 $1 $11 fxg5 44. c4 $1 Ke5 45. Bc2 Ne4+ 46. Ke2 Nf6 47. Bf5 $1 Ne4 48. Ke1 $1 Nd6 49. Bd3 Ne4 50. Bc2 Nf6 51. Bf5 Ne4 52. Bg6 Nd6 53. Bd3 Nf7 {Threatens to win with ...Nh6.} 54. Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Bg6 $1 $15 Kf6 55. Bxf7 Kxf7 56. Kd2) 54... Nh6 $19 55. Bc8 Kd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c5]} 56. Kd2 Nf7 57. Bf5 Ne5 $2 (57... Kc5 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 58. Kc3 Ne5) 58. Kc3 $17 Kc5 59. Be6 {White hopes to continue with Kb3.} c6 60. Kb3 $2 (60. e4 $17) 60... Nd3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3f2]} 61. Bd7 (61. Bf5 {is a better defense.} Nf2 62. Bd7) 61... Kd6 62. Bf5 (62. Bc8 $142 Nc5+ 63. Ka3) 62... Nc5+ 63. Ka3 Ke5 64. Bg6 {Now Bf5 and White clings on.} Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f2]} 65. Kb3 Nc5+ $2 (65... Nf2 $1 $19 66. c5 bxc5) 66. Ka3 $11 Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Ke6 $11) 67. Kb3 $1 $19 Nf2 $1 68. c5 bxc5 69. Kc4 Nxg4 $2 (69... Kd6 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 70. Bf5 Nd1) 70. Kxc5 $17 {[#]} Nf6 $1 {Hoping for ...g4.} ({Of course not} 70... Nxe3 71. Bh5 $11) 71. Kxc6 g4 {Strongly threatening ...g3.} 72. Bd3 {[#]} g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g2] ( -> ...g2)} 73. Bf1 Ke4 (73... Nd5 $17 74. Bh3 Nxe3) 74. Bg2+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kxe3 75. Kb5 Kf2 76. Bh1 Kg1 77. Ba8 Nd7 78. Kxa5 Ne5 79. Kb5 {Black must now prevent a5.} Kf2 {And now ...Nf3 would win.} 80. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Nf3 81. Bxf3 Kxf3 82. a6 {a7 would kill now.} g2 83. a7 {White escaped the defeat. Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Joie, Sebastien"]
[Black "Barseghyan, Harutyun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,83,31,33,49,2,5,0,34,27,29,27,43,33,27,26,49,69,64,48,78,25,68,8,35,19,79,61,100,82,108,108,140,138,105,59,76,77,85,72,86,67,60,60,66,63,45,55,60,59,85,74,127,135,127,114,219,206,207,53,58,34,36,37,37,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,18,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4).} 7. Bd3 Qe5+ {[#]} 8. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be4 Bd6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. d3 Rb8 14. a4 h6 15. a5 Nf6 16. Bg2 e5 17. h3 Bf5 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. Be3 h5 20. d4 h4 21. dxc5 {½-½ (21) Brown,M (2524)-Banik,S (2276) Burlingame 2019}) 8... Be7 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 c5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Rab1 (15. Rad1 $16) 15... Rd8 16. Be3 ({White should play} 16. Qe4 $14) 16... Bf6 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 17. Rfd1 Ne7 (17... b6 $11) 18. Bd3 Ng6 19. Be4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rb8 20. h4 b6 21. h5 Nf8 22. g3 Bb7 $1 23. Bf4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 (24. Bxc7 $2 {perishes.} Bxc2 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 $19) 24... Qb7 25. Qxb7 $1 Rxb7 26. c5 Rbd7 {Threatening ...bxc5.} 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rxb6 Ra7 29. Rd2 Rda8 30. Rb8 Be7 (30... Rxb8 $142 31. Bxb8 Ra8) 31. Rxa8 $1 $16 Rxa8 {[#]} 32. Rb2 $1 f6 (32... Bd8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 33. Rb7 $18 Ba3 {[#]} 34. h6 $2 (34. Nd2 $1 $18) 34... gxh6 $1 $14 35. Bxh6 {Threatens to win with Bg7.} Ng6 $1 36. Rg7+ Kh8 {Black wants to play ...Bf8.} 37. Rf7 Be7 {The position is equal.} 38. Nh4 {Strongly threatening Nxg6+.} Re8 $1 39. a4 Kg8 $1 {[%cal Rg8f7]} 40. Rg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 41. Rf7 Kg8 $1 {[%cal Rg8f7]} 42. Rg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Pantzar, Milton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,18,20,6,3,-25,0,0,0,-18,0,-12,0,-3,21,20,29,27,34,37,38,37,38,35,42,35,41,36,37,18,68,59,110,108,114,97,112,51,44,58,74,0,0,0,0,0,29,25,8,0,2,0,0,-35,-38,-40,-39,-414,-418,-394,-404,-536,-534,-650,-650,-642,-637,-621,-612]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nc3 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} d6 7. Nd5 h6 8. c3 {The position is equal.} O-O {[#]} 9. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Qd2 c6 12. d4 Ba7 13. O-O Ng6 14. Bc2 Qe7 15. Rae1 {1-0 (46) Beerdsen,T (2441)-Di Bucchianico,A (2048) Eindhoven 2018}) 9... b5 10. Bb3 Ba7 11. O-O Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nh4 Nc6 14. Nhf5 Ne7 15. Qf3 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 c4 18. Rd1 Rb8 19. b4 Qc8 20. dxc4 Qxf5 (20... Rd8 $14) 21. exf5 $16 Rfc8 22. Rxd6 Rxc4 23. Bd3 ({Better is} 23. Bb3 $16 Rxc3 24. Rxa6) 23... Rxc3 $14 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bd4.} 24. Bb2 Rcc8 25. Bxe5 (25. Rxa6 $16 e4 26. Rxa7 (26. Bxf6 exd3 27. Rxa7 d2 $14) 26... exd3 27. Rd1) 25... Bxf2+ $1 $11 26. Kf1 Ng4 27. Bf4 {aiming for Be2.} Rb6 28. Rxb6 Bxb6 29. a4 Be3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 30. Bg3 Bd4 31. Ra2 Ne3+ 32. Ke2 Nd5 {White must now prevent ...Nc3+.} 33. Be1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Ra3 $15) 33... Nf4+ $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 34. Kd2 Bc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Ke3 Nxd3 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Inferior is} 35... Bxe1 36. Kxf4 Bxb4 37. axb5 $15) 36. Bxc3 Rxc3 37. Kd2 Nxb4 38. Rb2 Rc4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,1,5,15,0,0,8,-10,-12,-8,-8,-6,0,-18,-6,-16,-10,-13,-12,-8,-9,-23,0,-35,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-9,-2,-7,-10,0,0,5,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 (8. Ne2 {is more complex.} b6 9. d5 Bb7 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 d6 12. Bd3) 8... Nxc3 9. Qxc3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qc3 b6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Be2 Rc8 14. b4 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe7) 15. Rd1 Ne7 16. Qb2 Qc7 17. Rc1 $1 {The position is equal.} dxc4 18. Rxc4 Qd6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. O-O Qc7 21. Nd4 Nd5 22. Bf3 Qc4 23. Ne2 Nc3 24. Qxc3 Qxc3 25. Nxc3 Bxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Rc1 Bb7 27. f3 g5 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Ne2 Rxc1 30. Nxc1 {KB-KN} h5 31. e4 Kf6 32. Ke3 Ba6 33. Nb3 e5 34. Nd2 Ke6 35. Nb1 Bf1 36. Kf2 Bc4 37. Nc3 h4 38. Ke3 f6 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Lamard, Guillaume"]
[Black "Tanriverdi, Enes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,67,16,9,15,21,6,9,8,0,22,12,36,0,58,8,4,8,9,3,5,-5,3,0,0,-3,0,-6,-2,-2,0,-10,-5,0,-10,-17,-18,-17,-4,-26,-13,-60,-26,-22,-24,-29,-27,-33,-16,-23,-20,-20,-12,-8,-7,-8,-8,-5]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3b5,Bb5d4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 7. Be3 $1 {[%mdl 4] next Nb5 is good for White. outshines the older 7.Nb5.} cxd4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 8. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7] [#] And now Nc7+ would win.} Qd7 9. Nbxd4 Nd5 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Bd3 O-O {[#]} 12. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 e5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. c4 Nf6 16. Bc3 e4 17. Bxf6 exf3 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {½-½ (34) Pap,M (2480)-Fedorchuk,S (2621) Llucmajor 2017}) 12... g6 ({Black should try} 12... Nxd4 $11 13. Nxd4 b6) 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Bh6 18. Be4 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5][%mdl 32]} 19. Nc2 Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b6,Bb6d6][%mdl 32]} 20. Qd3 b5 21. Nb4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc6.} Rb6 22. Qg3 Bb7 23. Qf3 a5 24. Nc2 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd8 26. Nd4 {Nc6 is the strong threat.} Rbd6 27. Nc6 Qb7 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. cxd4 Rd6 30. Nxa5 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 {The position is equal.} Ra6 32. b4 Bd2 33. a3 Bc1 34. Re5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Pantzar, Milton"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,54,13,6,12,19,16,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,-10,-14,-193,-224,-385,-218,-195,-198,-710,-688,-29993,-847,-794,-537,-29993,-29994,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. b3 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} c5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations.} 12. a5 Qc8 13. Nc3 dxc4 {The position is equal.} 14. bxc4 {[#]} cxd4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxc4 15. Bg5 b5 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Nc6 Bc5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxc5 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 {½-½ (46) Swiercz,D (2646)-Karjakin,S (2766) Doha 2015}) 15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. a6 Qc8 18. Ncb5 Re8 19. Rdc1 Nc5 20. Qa2 $2 {White does not recover from this.} (20. Nf3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 20... e5 $19 21. Nc2 $2 (21. Nf3 Nce4 22. Qc2) 21... Qh3 (21... Nce4 $142 22. Ne3 Bc5) 22. Ne3 {[#]} Nce4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] aiming for ...Bc5. White is in trouble.} 23. Nc7 $2 {[#]} (23. Nf1) 23... Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 (24... Bxe3 $142 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Bxe3 Ng4 27. f4 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Nxe3+ 29. Ke1 Rd8 30. fxe5 Qxg3#) 25. Qc2 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 576] ( -> ...N2g4). Deflection} 26. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 27. Ke1 Qg1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Degraeve, Remy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:03:43]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 10. Ne4 {[%emt 0:07:13]} h6 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 12. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:11:31]} exd4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 13. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:09:29]} 14. Nc5 {[%emt 0:05:57]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 15. Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 16. Qa3 {[%emt 0:15:47]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 17. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:07:20]} 18. Qa7 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:11:57]} 20. Bf4 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 21. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 22. Bc7 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 23. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 24. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 25. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 27. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Black "Joie, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,51,25,24,31,22,27,26,20,7,13,0,0,0,10,8,8,0,0,0,29,31,27,45,29,0,16,0,35,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Qc7 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} 14. Re2 Rab8 {[#]} 15. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Qa2 Qf4 17. Rb1 a6 18. a5 Qc7 19. Ra1 Nd7 20. h3 Nf8 21. Ree1 {0-1 (36) Stoll,K (1818)-Schuster,G (1997) Ditzingen 2015}) 15... b5 {White has an edge.} 16. a3 Na5 17. Ne5 Nc4 18. Qc2 g6 (18... Rfc8 {with more complications.} 19. Ree1 a5 20. Qe2 Ne8 21. Qc2 Nf6) 19. Rae1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Qd2 Rfd8 22. h4 Nc5 23. Bc2 Qe7 24. Qd4 Rbc8 25. g3 a6 26. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 84%.} (26. h5 $5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Siva Mahadevan"]
[Black "Barseghyan, Harutyun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,88,29,33,22,21,23,27,22,30,29,36,19,45,44,41,0,53,40,40,42,54,53,47,36,41,27,38,22,22,35,43,25,43,47,53,52,76,76,83,51,56,57,62,0,68,0,56,56,52,61,59,46,39,55,120,107,78,-8,-8,-6,-8,-17,-15,-742,-739,-715,-701,-831,-827,-820,-818,-806,-805,-762,-772,-1417,-1380,-6123,-6123]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Nd6+ {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} Ke7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nf5+ {White has an edge.} Kf8 10. Bg5 d6 11. Bc4 h6 12. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 13. O-O g6 (13... Bxf5 $11 14. exf5 Qxf5) 14. Ne3 $14 Kg7 15. Ncd5 Qd8 16. c3 a6 {[#]} 17. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Kh1 Rf8 18. Qe2 b5 19. Bd3 b4 20. cxb4 Nxb4 21. Nxb4 Bxb4 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 {0-1 (55) Triapishko,A (2514)-Pridorozhni,A (2599) Sochi 2019}) 17... Ba7 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Bb3 Qh4 21. Qd3 Rhd8 22. Kh1 Qg5 23. g3 Bh3 {[#]} 24. Rg1 $1 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 (25. f4 {feels hotter.} Qg4 26. Qxe3 f5 27. Rd2 fxe4 28. Bd1) 25... Be6 26. Rdf1 Bh3 $1 27. Rd1 Be6 $1 28. Rdf1 Bh3 $1 29. Re1 Be6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Ref1 d5 32. f4 dxe4 (32... Qe7 $14) 33. Qxe4 $16 ({Not} 33. fxg5 Rxd3 34. gxh6+ Kxh6 $17) 33... Qf6 34. g4 ({Much worse is} 34. fxe5 Qxe5 35. Rf4 (35. Qf3 Rf8 $17) 35... Qxe4+ 36. Rxe4 e5 $11) (34. a4 $16 {And now b5 would win.} b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Ra1 (36. fxe5 Qxe5 37. Rf4 Qxe4+ 38. Rxe4 e5 $11)) 34... exf4 $1 $11 35. Rxf4 Qe5 36. Rgf1 {Threatening mate with Rf7+.} Rf8 37. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (37. Qxe5+ $11 Nxe5 38. Rxf8 Rxf8 39. Rxf8 Kxf8 40. a4) 37... Rxf4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Qd7+ {[#]} Kf6 $1 39. g5+ Kxg5 40. Rg1+ Kf6 41. Qxc8 Qxe3 42. Qf8+ {[#]} Ke5 $1 43. Qg7+ Kd5 {( -> ...Qe4+)} 44. c4+ Kxc4 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Lizak, Peter"]
[Black "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,8,14,3,12,17,16,20,26,0,78,79,67,71,69,49,52,48,70,58,93,96,108,75,79,73,109,72,90,77,90,103,101,77,92,67,79,91,90,83,94,72,89,86,37,37,60,77,91,0,91,91,78,70,78,45,47,4,95,91,91,97,97,95,94,89,108,-60,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nb5 Na6 $1 6. c3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Be7 7. a4 O-O 8. h4 {[#]} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Ne4 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Nf3 f6 11. Qc2 Bc6 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 {1-0 (27) Moutousis,K (2389)-Sandalakis,N (2213) Thessaloniki 2017}) 9. Nf3 Nac7 (9... Bd7 $11) 10. Nxc7 $16 Nxc7 11. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Ne8 12. Qb1 f5 13. g4 Bd6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Ke2 Qb6 18. b4 Nd6 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Rhg1 Rf7 22. Rg3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rag1 {[%cal Rg3g7]} g6 25. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Raf8 26. f4 exf3+ 27. Kf2 $1 Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h5]} (27... Qa6 $2 28. b5 $18) 28. hxg6 h5 29. Rg5 (29. g7 $16 Rc8 30. Rg6) 29... Qc6 {[#]} ({Don't go for} 29... Rxg5 $2 30. Rxg5 Rf5 31. Rxf5 $18) (29... Qd8 $11 {remains equal.} 30. Rxf5 Rxf5) 30. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Qd7 ({Wrong is} 30... Qc4 $2 31. Qxc4 dxc4 32. g7 $18) 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Qc3 Rf8 {White should prevent ...Rc8.} 33. Rc1 Qe8 {[#]} (33... Rc8 $11 34. Qxc8+ Qxc8 35. Rxc8+ Bxc8) 34. g7 $1 {[%cal Rg7f8]} Rf7 {and if ...Qd8 works, Black does fine.} 35. Qc5 Re7 36. Rg1 {Threatens to win with Rg5.} Qf7 37. Qd6 ({Much weaker is} 37. Qxa7 $6 Re8 $11) 37... Re8 38. e4 $2 (38. Rg5 $16) 38... Rc8 (38... dxe4 $15 39. d5 Bg4) 39. exd5 $11 Rc2+ {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 76%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Abello, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,65,20,32,29,24,29,38,6,22,0,8,0,0,-12,0,-12,28,8,31,-16,0,0,0,0,60,58,40,32,47,39,35,45,46,43,50,30,105,104,103,101,115,121,177,158,276,276,270,268,535,541,543,523,743,752,787,773]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. h4 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} Bg7 8. h5 Nc6 9. Bc4 {[#] White is slightly better.} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Ng5 Bc4 14. h6 Bf6 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nxf6+ exf6 {1-0 (34) Obodchuk,A (2404)-Vastrukhin,O (2325) Belorechensk 2012}) 10. Qb3 e6 11. Ba3 b6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Rb1 Rd8 14. Qa4 Na5 15. Ng5 Bxb5 16. Rxb5 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d2]} 17. Ne4 Nc6 (17... O-O $11) 18. h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Be5 {Hoping for ...f5.} 19. d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} f5 20. Rxc5 $1 bxc5 21. Nxc5 Qc8 {And now ...Bd6 would win.} 22. dxe5 O-O 23. f4 Rd5 (23... Rfe8 $11) 24. c4 $16 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Rdd8 25. Nb3 Rf7 {[#]} 26. Bd6 $1 Qb7 (26... Rb7 $16) 27. O-O $18 Qb6 {[#]} (27... Rc8 $16 {might work better.} 28. Rd1 Qb6) 28. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Qb7 29. Qc4 Qc8 $2 (29... Re8 30. Rb1 Kh8) 30. Nd4 {White is clearly winning.} Re8 31. Qa4 Nxd4 32. exd4 ({Not} 32. Qxd4 Qa6 $16) 32... Rb7 33. c6 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,12,25,12,14,8,20,12,13,-14,11,-25,0,0,21,0,0,-3,36,-18,44,-33,-19,-35,-9,-19,-2,-10,0,-12,8,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,-8,-26,-23,0,-39,-39,-39,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. a3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} Nge7 7. b4 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bb2 h6 10. Bf1 a6 11. d3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. g3 (14. bxc5 $14 dxc5 15. c4) 14... Qd7 (14... Ng6 $11) 15. Bg2 (15. bxc5 $14 dxc5 16. c4) 15... Rad8 $15 16. Rb1 Ng6 17. c4 cxb4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb6 d5 21. Nb3 {Hoping for Nc5.} dxc4 22. Nc5 Qf7 23. Nxb7 Rxd3 {...Bd5 is the strong threat.} 24. Nc5 Rd6 {aiming for ...Bd5.} 25. Rbd1 Bd5 {White must now prevent ...Rb8.} 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Ngxe5 {[#]} 28. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg2 (28... Nxe5 29. Qxd6) 29. Rxd6 Nxe5 30. f4 Ng4 31. Kxg2 c3 {( -> ...Qa2+)} 32. Qxa6 c2 33. Nd3 Re8 {And now ...Qh5 would win.} 34. Nc1 (34. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Ne3+ 35. Kf2 $11) 34... Ne3+ 35. Kg1 Ng4 36. Kg2 $1 {The position is equal.} Qh5 37. h3 Ne3+ 38. Kh2 Ng4+ 39. Kg2 Ne3+ 40. Kh2 Re7 41. Re6 Ng4+ ({Don't blunder} 41... Qf3 $2 42. Rg6+ Kf8 43. Qf6+ Ke8 44. Qh8+ Kd7 45. Qd4+ Qd5 46. Qa4+ Kc8 {[#]} 47. Rg8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kb7 48. Qa8+ Kb6 49. Rg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (49. Rb8+ Rb7 $11) 49... Kc5 50. Qa5+ Kc4 51. Qa6+ Kb4 52. Rb6+ Kc3 53. Qa3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (53. Rb3+ Kd2 $11) 53... Kd2 54. Rd6 $18) 42. Kg2 Ne3+ 43. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Barseghyan, Harutyun"]
[Black "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,73,32,33,33,33,31,25,17,37,39,42,37,43,49,80,75,105,95,102,106,119,116,170,170,154,143,232,229,233,241,252,251,230,236,343,339,453,423,512,499,492,455,762,762,761,629,750,730,767,761,1014,1011,1009,1006,1360,1279,29984,29985,29984,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. O-O {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} h6 10. Bh4 $1 c6 11. Qc2 {White has an edge.} g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nd2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 f5 {[#]} 15. g4 $1 Nc5 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 e4 18. gxf5 Bxc3 (18... Bxf5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 19. Rad1 Bxc3) 19. Qxc3 $18 {g4 is the strong threat.} Bxf5 20. c5 Nc7 (20... Qe7 $16 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Qc4+ Qf7 23. Qxa6 Qd5) 21. Bc4+ Nd5 22. Qe5 Qe8 23. Bxd5+ cxd5 24. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 (24... Be6 $142 25. Qxe4 (25. Qxb7 Rd8 $16) 25... Qf7) 25. Nc4 Qg6 26. Nd6 h5 27. Qxb7 h4 28. Qd5 Rae8 (28... h3 $142 29. gxh3 Bxh3) 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Qd6 Re6 31. Qd4+ Kh7 32. Rfd1 h3 33. Qd7+ Kh6 34. Rd6 Qf6 35. Rad1 hxg2 36. Rxe6 Bxe6 {[#]} 37. Qxe6 $3 {[%mdl 512] Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Joie, Sebastien"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,36,37,39,20,33,-121,-129,-135,-123,-129,-145,-155,-146,-152,-133,-233,-229,-229,-223,-219,-218,-325,-218]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bd2 {E93: King's Indian: Classical: Petrosian System with 7...Nbd7.} f5 $1 {9...f5 scores better than 9...a5.} 10. h3 $2 {[#]} (10. exf5 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} gxf5 11. Ng5) 10... Nxf2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 11. Kxf2 {Black is better.} fxe4 12. Nxe4 {Threatens to win with Kg1.} Qh4+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 13. Kg1 Qxe4 14. Kh2 Nc5 {[#]} 15. b4 $146 (15. Rf1 $17 {was necessary.}) ({Predecessor:} 15. Ng5 Qd4 16. Rf1 Qxb2 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Qf1 Bf5 19. Be3 Bh6 20. Bf3 e4 21. Bg4 Rf8 22. Rb1 Qe5+ 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Bxf5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 {0-1 (25) Slavin,P (1260)-Bennett,H (2008) LSS email 2008}) 15... Nd3 $19 16. Ng5 {[#]} Qd4 $1 17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18. Rc1 (18. Rf1 $142) 18... Rf2 {White got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Di Nicolantonio, Lucas"]
[Black "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,103,0,0,0,9,15,22,2,0,0,30,25,31,29,26,29,33,34,57,42,43,40,35,34,42,39,111,41,53,48,137,134,360,352,398,377,377,370,370,370,370,370,369,369,369,369,783,787,755,745,741,728,771,740,823,677,966,960,12830,12823,12827,6471,1843,980,1000,999,991,978,967,947,942,927,12836,12836,12835,12835,12841,1337,12839,12839,12844,12839,12844,12843,12845,12845,12845,12845,12847,12845,12845,12846,12846,12845]} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4.} Nxc3 {outshines the older 7...Be7. Played by Anish Giri in December 2019.} 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Nd7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 {[#]} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf6 13. Ne5 b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. Qh3 b5 17. Ng4 b4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxh7+ {1-0 (50) Alle,A (2227)-Johansson,C (2154) Sweden 2015}) 13. h4 b6 14. h5 Bb7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Kg7 18. g3 e5 (18... Nf6 $14) 19. Rfe1 (19. Kg2 $16) 19... Bf6 20. Bb5 exd4 ({Black should try} 20... Rad8 $14) 21. cxd4 $16 {Strongly threatening Rac1.} Bxd4 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} (21... Qd8 $16 {was worth a try.} 22. Bf4 Rc8) 22. Rac1 $18 Qd8 23. Rcd1 ({Weaker is} 23. Qf4 Nc5 $11) 23... Ne5 {[#]} 24. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe5 {[#]} 25. Bh6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Skewer, Discovered Attack} Kxh6 26. Rxd8 Rfxd8 27. Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 28. Qxe5 Rac8 $2 (28... a6 29. Bc4 Ra7) 29. Qe7 {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 30. Qxa7 Rd6 31. a4 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rc2 33. Qe7 Rf6 34. Qe3 Rc5 35. Qd4 Rc2 36. g4 g5 37. Bd3 Rcc6 38. Bf5 Kf8 39. Qe3 Rc4 40. Qxg5 Rd6 41. Qh4 Rdd4 42. Qh6+ Ke7 43. Qxb6 Rxa4 44. f3 Rab4 45. Qc5+ Kf6 46. Be4 Kg7 47. Qe5+ Kg8 {[#]} 48. Bd5 $1 {White threatens Qe8+ and mate.} Kf8 49. Kg3 Ra4 50. Qb8+ Kg7 {[#]} 51. Qb7 $1 Rf4 52. Be4 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Lamard, Guillaume"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,26,12,18,15,17,22,16,13,28,0,12,0,56,27,20,18,20,27,16,24,43,40,56,39,62,45,30,0,48,41,60,64,79,70,72,68,72,64,68,75,114,110,136,140,152,79,109,101,137,129,137,121,129,118,180,126,130,125,75,34,414,383,402,90,301,20,196,196,191,141,374,359,399,388,647,646,643,640,640,614,724,761,741,606,735,760]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5,Bf5g3][%mdl 32]} Ne7 {The position is equal.} 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 c6 13. Bc2 {[#]} Nh7 $146 (13... Re8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Be3 Be6 16. Ncd2 Qe7 17. Nf1 Rad8 18. Ng3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg6 fxg6 {0-1 (50) Caruana,F (2822)-Mamedyarov,S (2772) Bucharest 2019}) 14. Nc4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Bc7 15. Ne3 Re8 16. Nf5 Nf6 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Be3 d5 19. exd5 exd4 20. Qxd4 {d6 is the strong threat.} cxd5 21. Rad1 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Nf8 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Nxd7 N8xd7 25. g4 Ra6 26. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qb6 28. Bd3 Qxd4+ 29. cxd4 Rc6 30. Re2 (30. Bb5 $142 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Re6 31. Rc1) 30... Nf8 31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Re7 $1 Ne6 33. Be5 $1 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Ne4 (34... Rc2 $16) 35. Rxb7 (35. Bd7 $18) 35... f6 36. Bd7 N4g5 37. Rb8+ Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Kh7 $14) 38. Bd6 $18 {Be8+ would kill now.} Nxd4 39. Rf8+ Kg6 40. Bf4 $2 (40. h4 $1 $18) 40... Rc4 $2 {[#]} (40... Rc2 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 41. Be3 Rxb2) 41. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3d4] And now Bxd4 would win.} Nde6 42. Ra8 Re4 $2 {[#]} (42... Kf7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 43. Bxg5 $1 Kxg5 44. Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf4 $2 {[#]} (44... Kf4 45. Rxd5 Nc7) 45. h4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy. White is clearly winning.} Kxh4 {White must now prevent ...Re2!} 46. g3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg5 {intending ...Re2+.} 47. gxf4+ Kxf4 48. Rxd5 Re2+ 49. Kg1 Rxb2 50. a5 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Antal, Gergely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,68,-18,-22,-25,-23,-24,-35,-24,-13,-18,-12,-13,-14,-10,-14,-27,-12,-23,0,0,0,-6,-5,-25,0,-90,-110,-147,-78,-71,-56,-69,0,0,0,0,0,-491,-426,-316,-216,-721,-440,-954,-830]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 Bd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. b4 Qd8 14. Qb3 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} a5 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 15. b5 Ne7 16. Bg5 {Black is slightly better.} Rc8 17. Rac1 Bb8 {[#]} 18. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Bc4 Bf4 21. Rc2 a4 22. Qxa4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nb6 24. Qb3 Qxd4 25. Bd3 f5 26. Nd2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Rc8 {0-1 (27) Guaimare,C (1214)-Bilsel,S (1939) LSS email 2011}) 18... Qd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. g3 {And now Ne4 would win.} f5 21. Kg2 Rc7 22. Ng1 Bxe2 23. Ngxe2 Rfc8 24. Nf4 Ng6 25. Nxg6 (25. Nh5 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... hxg6 $17 26. d5 exd5 (26... e5 $142 $1 {White must now prevent ...a4!} 27. b6 a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 27. Rxd5 {[#]} Qe6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 28. Qd1 Rxc3 (28... Rc4 $15) 29. Rxc3 $11 Rxc3 30. Rd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 31. Rxb8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Qd4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qe4+ 32. Qxe4 fxe4 33. Rxb8) 31... Qe4+ $19 32. Kg1 Rxa3 {...f4 is the strong threat.} 33. Qf1 $2 (33. Rd8) 33... Rb3 34. Kh2 (34. Rc8 $142 a4 35. Rc4) 34... Rb1 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,0,-6,-19,-16,-14,-6,-14,0,0,0,-2,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,10,10,0,11,13,14,11,49,46,90,83,99,92,121,114,108,77,119,44,112,112,129,61,87,64,95,94,87,91,82,1,41,0,0,0,12,20,22,-41,-47,-154,-166,-154,-139]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 d4 5. Bg2 c5 6. e3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ba3 Re8 11. d3 e5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. a3 a5 14. Nbd2 Bf5 15. Qc2 {[#]} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qd7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rab1 f5 21. Re2 e4 {0-1 (56) Harsha,B (2332)-Sivuk,V (2491) Mumbai 2015}) 16. Ng5 b6 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Qb2 Bd7 20. Rab1 Nd8 21. f4 exf4 22. Qxd4 {Hoping for Nd6.} fxg3 23. hxg3 {And now Nd6 would win.} (23. Nxg3 $6 Ne6 $14) 23... Ne6 24. Qxb6 {d4 is the strong threat.} Bc6 25. Qxa5 ({White should try} 25. b4 $1 $16) 25... Bxe4 (25... Red8 $14) 26. Bxe4 Qd6 27. Kg2 (27. Re3 $1 $16) 27... Rc5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc5a5]} 28. Qa4 Rec8 29. Re3 h5 30. Rf1 {Black must now prevent Bf5.} Qd4 31. Re2 (31. Ref3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf3f7]} Ng5 32. Rf4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 (33. dxe4 Rg5 $16) 33... Qxd3 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Rf3 Qd2+ 36. Rf2) 31... Rg5 $1 $11 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 32. Qa6 Rd8 33. Rf5 h4 34. Rxg5 Nxg5 35. Qc6 ({Don't blunder} 35. gxh4 $2 Nxe4 36. dxe4 Qd3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) (35. Qb5 $11 Nxe4 36. Rxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxd3 37. Re8+ (37. Rxh4 {leads to mate.} Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg4 Rd4+ 40. Kh5 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. g4 Qf6 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qg8+ Kxg8 44. Rh3 Qh6#) 37... Rxe8 38. Qxe8+ Kh7 39. gxh4) 35... hxg3 $15 {Threatens to win with ...g6.} 36. Kxg3 {[#]} ({Better is} 36. Qb7 $1 $15) 36... Qg1+ $1 $17 ({Inferior is} 36... Qe5+ 37. Kg2 $11) 37. Rg2 {[#]} Qe3+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Barseghyan, Harutyun"]
[Black "Lamard, Guillaume"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,64,32,62,38,57,41,42,39,47,48,47,45,49,50,58,52,77,79,89,50,52,54,53,43,49,48,99,85,106,80,91,109,112,67,72,65,80,82,137,138,157,157,146,141,145]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nfd7 12. Qd1 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} Na6 13. Bd2 Nc7 14. Qc2 {[#] White is slightly better.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Re8 15. Rae1 a6 16. Ne4 Ne5 17. Be2 b5 18. b3 f5 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 {1-0 (34) Komarov,D (2595)-Velimirovic,D (2510) Niksic 1996}) 15. Rae1 a6 16. a4 b6 17. g3 Ne5 18. Be2 Re8 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. f4 b5 21. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} bxc4 22. bxc4 Rb4 23. a5 Na8 (23... Bd4 $14) 24. Bd3 Rf8 25. Ra1 Qc7 26. Ra2 Rfb8 27. g4 Qd8 28. g5 Nc7 29. h4 f5 (29... Qc8 $142) 30. h5 $16 {White is clearly better.} Qf8 31. h6 Bd4 32. Re1 Qf7 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Di Nicolantonio, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,143,24,23,23,29,27,27,20,31,15,31,12,16,1,8,11,11,5,22,-13,7,0,29,-3,3,10,56,54,47,47,47,35,46,36,44,30,83,51,42,29,41,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,18,0,11,0,0,-26,116,0,204,203,193,139,129,128,135,122,115,87,279,281,281,294,270,278,271,281,365,365,365,297,365,362,422,402,432,420,29959,29959,29956,29959,1816,364,29953,29963,29961,29964,29961,29965,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29980,29981,29982,29982,29981,29980,29982,29982,29983,29983,29979,29981,29982,29982,29981,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29989,29990,29992,29993]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} c6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. c4 {White has an edge.} Nf6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne5 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nd7 13. Nd3 a5 14. c5 Bg5 15. e3 Bf6 16. h3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 e5 18. e4 $1 dxe4 19. Bxe4 exd4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 Re8 $1 22. Rfe1 Re6 (22... Kg8 $11) 23. Kf1 Nf8 24. Qf3 Re5 25. Kg2 Kg8 26. Bd3 Qe7 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. Ba3 Ne6 30. Re1 Qg5 31. Qe4 (31. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Qd2 32. Re2 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 $14) 31... Nf8 32. Re2 Rd5 33. h4 Qh5 34. Qf4 Be5 (34... Ne6 $11 35. Qb8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rd8 36. Qxb7 Qf3) 35. Qd2 (35. Qg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5h5]} Qxg5 36. hxg5) 35... Bxg3 $2 (35... Ne6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 36. fxg3 $18 {Black must now prevent Qf4.} Qf3+ 37. Kg1 (37. Ke1 $18) 37... Qxg3+ $16 38. Rg2 Qxh4 {[#]} 39. Qf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2h4]} ({Weaker is} 39. Qxa5 Rh5 $17) 39... Qh5 40. Bc4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Rf5 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} (40... Rd7 $16) 41. Qxd4 $18 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rd4g7]} Rg5 42. Bb2 {Intending Qxg7+! and mate.} Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7]} Qg5+ 44. Kf3 Ne6 45. Bxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 46. Qg4 $1 Qh6 47. Be5 a4 48. b4 Kh7 49. Ke2 g5 (49... Kg8 $18 50. Bd4 Kf7 51. Qf3+ Ke8) 50. Qe4+ Kg8 51. Qd3 Qh5+ 52. Kf2 $2 (52. Kd2 {Strongly threatening Qd8+.} Qf7 53. Ke3) 52... Qf7+ $2 (52... Qh4+ $18 53. Bg3 Qh5) 53. Kg3 {White mates.} Qf5 {[#]} 54. Qxf5 $1 exf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KP} 55. Bf6 Kf7 56. Bxg5 Ke6 57. Kf4 Kd5 58. Kxf5 {KB-K3P} Kc4 59. Ke6 Kxb4 60. Kd6 Kb5 61. Be3 Ka6 62. Kc7 Ka7 63. Bd4 a3 64. Be3 Ka8 65. Kb6 Kb8 66. Bc1 Ka8 67. Bxa3 Kb8 68. Bc1 Ka8 69. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kb8 70. a5 Ka8 71. a6 Kb8 72. Bf4+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 68%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Antal, Gergely"]
[Black "Degraeve, Remy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,65,41,43,65,30,32,27,44,32,43,28,25,18,20,25,40,12,31,31,33,8,36,43,31,41,119,125,136,129,137,123,121,124,183,178,389,387,348,351,427,426,597,598,601,562,571,566,552,557]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System.} 11. f3 a4 12. Rc1 Qa5 {White has an edge.} 13. Kf2 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. cxd5 e6 $1 17. Bf4 {[#]} exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Ne8 18. Bd2 Bd4+ 19. Kg3 Rc5 20. Rxc5 dxc5 21. Bc3 Nd6 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Rc1 exd5 24. exd5 {0-1 (40) Ng,G (2272)-Moon,B (2317) Charlotte 2018}) 18. Bxd6 Re8 19. Bc7 Raa8 (19... b6 $5) 20. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nh5 21. Bb5 Re6 (21... Bh6 $1 $14) 22. Rhe1 $16 Bh6 23. Rcd1 a3 24. b3 Rc8 25. Bd6 Nf4 {[#]} (25... Bf8 $16) 26. Kf1 $1 $18 Rc2 $2 {[#]} (26... Rd8 27. g3 (27. Bxa3 Ra8 $18) 27... Nh5 28. Bxa3 (28. Rxd5 Bf8 $16) 28... Ng7) 27. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Rxc1 28. Rxc1 {aiming for Rc8+.} Kg7 29. Rc8 {White wants to mate with Bf8+.White is clearly winning.} g5 (29... Rxd6 $142 30. exd6 Ne6) 30. Bd7 d4 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. g3 d3 33. Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 65%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,138,22,2,15,-4,18,-8,6,3,34,10,34,35,54,45,51,35,39,49,58,61,79,43,44,39,31,-119,-114,-118,-114,-109,-110,-109,-109,-445,-443,-436,-433,-422,-386,-515,-268,-248,-252,-256,-245,-577,-573,-573,-573,-628,-612,-552,-559,-854,-134,-142,0,-801,0,-512,-237,-228,-47,-52,-28,-58,-66,-141,-134,-137,-24,-33,-16,-48,-49,-191,-203,-373,-372,-359,-254,-237,-226,-493,-481,-482,-475,-438,-437,-466,-349,-393,-253,-1183,-1166,-1309,-750,-570,-297,-306,-16,-16,-13,-4133,-3467,-2194,-2010,-1937,-1696,-302,-256,-29973,-29973,-29971,-29967,-29984,-29984,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Bg5 a6 11. a4 Re8 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4.} 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. f4 c4 {The position is equal.} 14. Bc2 Ng4 15. Qc1 Qb6 16. Bh4 Nc5 17. a5 Qa7 18. Qd2 Nb3 19. Bxb3 $1 cxb3 20. Rf3 f5 21. exf5 (21. e5 $5) 21... Bxf5 22. h3 Ne3 23. g4 (23. Bf2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Nc4 24. Qc1) 23... Nc4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc4d2]} 24. Qc1 {[#]} Rxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. gxf5 (25. Nxe2 $2 Be4 $19) 25... Nd2 $1 (25... Rxb2 $6 26. f6 $15) 26. Rd3 Bxc3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 192] Overworked Piece. White is in trouble.} 27. Rxc3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. fxg6 $17 {was the crucial defense.} hxg6 28. Qxc3) 27... Qd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4d5][%mdl 512]} 28. Rc8+ Re8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. fxg6 Qxd5+ 31. Kh2 hxg6 ({Resist} 31... Nf3+ 32. Kg3) 32. Qd1 Re8 {Threatens to win with ...Qd3.} 33. Qg4 $2 (33. Bf2) 33... Nf3+ 34. Kg3 Qd3 $1 {( -> ...Ne5+)} (34... Nxh4 35. Kxh4 Kf7 36. Rd1 $17) 35. Rd1 Nd2+ ({Weaker is} 35... Qxd1 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qg6+ $11) 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kg3 {White hopes to continue with f5.} Qe3+ $2 (37... Qc2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 38. Rxd2 Re3+ {[%mdl 64] Zwischenzug} 39. Kg2 Qxd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Bf2 Re7) 38. Kg2 $17 Qe4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Qd3 $17 39. Bf2 Re2) 39. Kg3 $1 $19 {Now f5 and White clings on.} Qd3+ $2 (39... Qc2 $19 {White must now prevent ...Ne4+.} 40. Rxd2 Re3+ {[%mdl 64] Zwischenzug} 41. Kg2 Qxd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Bf2 Re7) 40. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Kg2 $11) 40... Qc2 (40... Kf8 $142 {Hoping for ...Qe3+.} 41. Re1 Qd4+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Kf2 Qc5+ 44. Kg2 Qc6+ 45. Kf2 Rxe1 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 46. Kxe1 Nf3+ 47. Kf2 Nd4) 41. Kg1 Nc4 $2 (41... Kf8 $1 $19 {And now ...Re3 would win.} 42. Bf2 Re4) 42. Re1 $1 $15 {[%cal Re1e8]} Rxe1+ 43. Bxe1 Qf5 44. Qf3 (44. Qh4 $1 $15) 44... Qe6 $1 $17 {[%cal Re6e1]} ({Reject} 44... Nxa5 $6 45. Bxa5 Qxa5 46. Qxb3+ Kg7 47. Qxb7+ Kf6 48. Kf2 $11) 45. Bc3 Qe3+ (45... d5 $17 46. Kf2 b5 47. axb6 Qxb6+ 48. Kf1 Qe6) 46. Kg2 $1 $11 {Strongly threatening Qd5+.} Qxf3+ 47. Kxf3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kf7 48. Ke4 (48. Kg4 $15) 48... Ke6 $19 49. Kd4 $2 {[#]} (49. f5+ {might work better.} gxf5+ 50. Kf3) 49... b5 $1 50. axb6 Nxb6 51. Bd2 Na4 52. Bc1 $2 (52. Kc4 {only move.} Nxb2+ 53. Kxb3) 52... Kf5 53. Kc4 Nc5 54. Bd2 Ke4 55. h4 Kf5 56. Kd5 Kg4 57. Bb4 $2 (57. Bc3) 57... Kxh4 58. Kxd6 Nd3 $1 {[%csl LRb2,LRb4,LRf4]} 59. Bc3 Kg4 60. Kd5 {intending Kc4.} Kxf4 $2 ({Black should play} 60... Nxf4+ $19 61. Kc4 Kf3) 61. Kc4 $11 Ke4 {aiming for ...g5.} 62. Kxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Bf6 $11) 62... g5 $19 63. Bf6 g4 64. Bh4 {[#]} Kf3 $1 65. Kc3 Nf4 66. Kb4 $2 (66. Kd2 $19) 66... Ng2 {Black mates.} 67. Bf6 g3 68. Ka5 Ne3 69. Be5 Nc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Black "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 8. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 11. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:03]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:08:03]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:16:05]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:16:49]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 14. d3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 15. Qe2 {[%emt 0:31:37]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 16. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18. Ke2 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:20:48]} 19. Rag1 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 20. Rg4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 21. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:09:18]} 23. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:07:55]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 24. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Bxh2 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 25. Re4 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:09:17]} 26. Qb7 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 27. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Qd2+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:07:11]} 29. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:01:59]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 30. Ba3+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Qxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 33. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:01:34]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 34. Qxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:02:25]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 37. Qg4+ {[%emt 0:06:51]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Be7 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 39. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 40. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 41. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:30:35]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 42. b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 43. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 44. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 45. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 46. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Barseghyan, Harutyun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,12,-31,-31,-22,0,0,0,0,0,7,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-21,-12,0,0,26,-67,-17,-18,-12,-33,0,-125,-122,-131,-68,-279,-75,-64,-75,-286,-283,-265,-53,-141,143,145,244,258,259,249,255,251,604,595,570,563,758,708,615,344,325,333,958,1034,977,1002,951,931]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} a5 7. Nh3 Na6 8. Nf2 {The position is equal.} Nc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qc2 a4 11. f4 b6 12. f5 Bd7 13. Bg2 Qc8 14. O-O Qa6 15. Rfe1 Bc6 16. Bg5 Nfd7 17. Qe2 b5 18. cxb5 $1 Qxb5 19. c4 Qb7 20. Rab1 Rb8 21. Bd2 Qa6 22. g4 h6 23. h4 Rb6 24. Bf3 Qb7 25. Ba5 Ra6 26. Bc3 g6 27. Qe3 Rb6 28. Kh2 Kd8 29. Nh1 (29. h5 $11) 29... Qa6 (29... h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. gxh5 gxh5 $11) 30. Ng3 Kc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} (30... Qxc4 $2 31. Be2 $16) 31. Rf1 Rh7 ({Stronger than} 31... Qxc4 32. Be2 $16) 32. Rf2 (32. Qe2 $11) 32... Qxc4 $17 33. Rd1 Nf6 (33... g5 $17 34. h5 Rh8) 34. Be2 $2 (34. Bxe5 $1 $15 dxe5 35. Rc1) 34... Ncxe4 $2 (34... g5 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 35. Kh3 Qxa2) 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Nxe4 $2 (36. Rxf6 $17 {was forced.} Nxf6 37. Qxb6 Qxe2+ 38. Nxe2 cxb6 39. Rxd6 Nxg4+ 40. Kg3) 36... Qxe4 $19 37. Qg3 Nd5 $2 (37... h5 $19 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 38. gxh5 Nxh5 39. Qg4+ Kb7 40. Qxe4 Bxe4) 38. Ba5 (38. Bd3 $15 Qe3 39. Ba5) 38... Ne3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Rxb2 $17 {and life is bright.} 39. Ba6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bb7 40. Rxb2 Bxa6) 39. Re1 $1 $16 Rxb2 (39... Nc2 $16 {is a better defense.} 40. Ba6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxa6 41. Rxe4 Bxe4) 40. Ba6+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kd8 41. Rxb2 Nxg4+ 42. Kh3 Qd5 $2 (42... Qd4) 43. Rb8+ ({Not} 43. Qxg4 Bd7 $17) 43... Ke7 {White must now prevent ...Rf7.} 44. Bxc7 Bd7 45. Bd8+ Kf7 46. Rb7 Ke8 {Hoping for ...Rf7.} 47. Bb6 {aiming for Rxd7!} Rf7 $2 {[#]} (47... h5 48. Rb8+ Kf7) 48. Rb8+ $1 {White is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 48. Rxd7 Rf3 $16) 48... Ke7 49. Bd8+ Kf8 50. Bf6+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Antal, Gergely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "259"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,259,1,18,6,-6,49,0,-4,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,17,22,20,47,58,46,48,61,43,56,63,63,58,71,58,79,64,62,46,97,117,116,89,99,99,99,89,87,87,90,83,97,83,99,56,174,177,181,170,166,131,108,118,132,129,134,122,129,138,130,11,12,11,360,41,47,0,300,0,50,47,47,47,47,47,48,48,48,48,48,47,47,8,8,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54,54,54,54,54,50,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,70,70,70,70,70,70,71,71,71,0,70,0,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,68,68,68,68,50,50,50,50,8,59,59,63,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line.} 14. c4 Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 14...0-0.} (14... O-O $11) 15. Bf4 (15. Nh4 $14) 15... O-O $11 16. Qc2 c5 17. d5 Rfe8 18. dxe6 Qxe6 {[#]} 19. Rhe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Bc7 Ra8 21. Bd6 Qe4 22. Rde1 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Ne4 24. Bg3 b6 25. b3 Re6 26. Nd2 Nxg3 {Prati,A (2193)-Tkachenko,I (2288) ICCF email 2016}) 19... Qc6 20. Qf5 Bf8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Be7 24. f3 a6 25. Nf1 Qc8 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. g4 g6 28. Ng3 b5 29. Kc2 Rc6 30. b3 Re6 31. Bf4 Kh7 32. hxg6+ fxg6 33. Rh1 Ng8 (33... bxc4 $14 34. bxc4 (34. Rxh6+ Kg7 $11) 34... Bf8) 34. Ne4 $16 Kg7 35. a4 bxc4 36. bxc4 g5 37. Bd2 Nf6 38. Bc3 Kg6 39. Bxf6 Bxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Kd3 ({Much weaker is} 40. Nxc5 $6 Rc6 $11) 40... Bd4 41. a5 Bf6 (41... Kf7 $14) 42. Rb1 $18 Bd8 43. Nxc5 Rd6+ 44. Ke4 Bxa5 45. Ra1 Bb4 46. Nxa6 Bc3 47. Ra4 h5 48. c5 Rf6 {[#]} 49. Kd5 (49. Ra3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra3c3]} Rf4+ 50. Kd5 hxg4 51. fxg4 (51. Rxc3 gxf3 52. Rc1 f2 $11) 51... Rd4+ 52. Kc6) 49... Rxf3 $11 50. c6 {Hoping for Ra3.} Rd3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... hxg4 $11 51. c7 (51. Rxg4 Rf5+ 52. Kc4 Ba5 $11) 51... Rf8) 51. Kc4 $2 (51. Ke4 $18 Rd8 52. c7 Re8+ 53. Kd3) 51... Rg3 $14 52. Kd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Nc5 $14 Be5 53. Kd5) 52... Rd3+ $1 $18 53. Kc4 $2 ({White must play} 53. Ke4 $18 Rd8 54. c7 Re8+ 55. Kd3) 53... Rg3 $14 54. Nc5 Be5 55. Kd5 Re3 $1 56. Ne4 Bf4 57. Ra6 {c7+ would kill now.} Bc7 58. Ra7 Bf4 59. c7 Bxc7 $1 60. Ra6+ Kg7 61. gxh5 {Rg6+ is the strong threat.} Bf4 62. Rg6+ Kf7 63. Rf6+ Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Rxe4!} 64. Re6+ Kf8 65. h6 Rd3+ 66. Kc4 Rh3 67. Rg6 $1 Kf7 68. Rg7+ Kf8 69. Rg6 Ke7 (69... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7g6]} 70. Rf6+ Kg8 $11) 70. Ra6 g4 71. Nf6 {aiming for Nd5+.} Bxh6 ({Better is} 71... Bg5 $11 72. Nxg4 Rh4) 72. Ng8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kd7 73. Nxh6 {KRN-KR} g3 74. Rg6 Rh4+ 75. Kd5 Rh5+ 76. Ke4 Rh4+ 77. Ke5 Rh1 78. Nf5 g2 79. Rxg2 Ra1 80. Rg7+ Kc6 81. Nd4+ Kb6 82. Rg6+ Kb7 83. Nb3 Rd1 84. Nd4 Ra1 $1 85. Rg7+ Kb6 $1 86. Kd5 Ra5+ 87. Kd6 Rh5 88. Rf7 Rh6+ 89. Kd5 Rh5+ 90. Kc4 Rc5+ 91. Kb4 {White wants to mate with Rf6+.} Rc1 92. Rf6+ Kc7 93. Nf5 Kd7 94. Ne3 Rc6 95. Rf3 Ke6 96. Nc4 Rc8 ({Black should play} 96... Rc7 $1 $11) 97. Kc3 Rd8 98. Rh3 (98. Rf4 $14) 98... Kf5 $11 {The position is equal.} 99. Rh6 Kg5 100. Ra6 Kf4 101. Nd6 Ke3 102. Kc4 Rh8 103. Ra3+ Kf4 104. Kd5 Rh5+ 105. Kd4 Rh1 106. Rd3 Rh6 107. Ne4 Rb6 108. Nc3 {Black must now prevent Nd5+.} Rb4+ 109. Kd5 Rb2 110. Rd4+ Kf3 111. Ke5 Rb8 112. Rf4+ Kg2 113. Rf6 Re8+ 114. Kd4 Re7 115. Ne4 Ra7 116. Ke5 Ra5+ 117. Kf4 Ra3 118. Rg6+ Kf1 119. Rd6 Ke1 120. Rd4 (120. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2f3]} Ke2 121. Ne4 $14) 120... Rh3 121. Ra4 Rh4+ 122. Ke3 {[%cal Ra4a1]} (122. Kg5 {is more complex.} Rh3 123. Nd6 Rg3+ 124. Rg4 Rb3 125. Re4+) 122... Rh3+ 123. Kd4 Kf1 124. Ra1+ Kg2 125. Ra2+ Kg1 126. Ke5 Rf3 127. Ng5 Rb3 128. Kf4 {Intending Nf3+ and mate.} Kf1 129. Ne6 Rb4+ 130. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,58,17,27,20,25,26,35,27,27,29,27,29,29,22,22,21,29,25,20,21,18,41,25,23,25,15,16,25,18,13,10,13,12,14,66,76,12,11]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 {White is slightly better.} 15. Qxd6 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c6,Bc6b6][%mdl 32]} 17. Rg1 c5 18. g4 $1 ({But not} 18. Bxc5 $2 Ne4 $19) 18... Rc6 19. Qe5 {[#] aiming for Bg2.} O-O $1 {With the idea ...d5.} 20. g5 Nh5 21. Bh3 $1 {Threatens to win with g6.} d6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rgf1 Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 24. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Bg4. Black is under pressure.} Ra6 $1 {And now ...Re8 would win.} 25. Qd7 Qb8 26. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Rxa2+ 27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Qe8+ {[#]} 29. Kd1 (29. Kf2 $1 $16) 29... Qe4 $1 {[#] Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 100%.} {Predecessor:} 30. Qxh5 $146 Qd3 31. f5 Qxb3+ 32. Ke1 g6 33. fxg6 Qb1+ 34. Ke2 {½-½ (34) Dmitriev,V (2395)-Remis Fernandez,J (2444) ICCF email 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Lamard, Guillaume"]
[Black "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,93,0,0,0,0,0,10,-8,0,0,0,0,11,14,25,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,11,12,12,0,82,82,133,74,68,60,68,48,69,73,64,60,59,34,61,60,79,79,70,66,83,91,82,64,73,52,95,50,51,50,83,83,83,58,183,183,181,181,260,258,414,267,269,270,355,372,472,475]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} Bf5 12. Ne5 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Ba4 Ne4 15. a3 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nc6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 {½-½ (31) Zvjaginsev,V (2626)-Vidit,S (2722) Budva 2019}) 13. Qf3 {The position is equal.} Rc8 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Bg6 16. Bf4 Bb4 17. Re3 a6 18. Bf1 Qd7 19. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bxc3 20. bxc3 Be4 21. Qh3 Ng6 22. Bh2 Rfe8 23. Rae1 Bc2 {[#]} (23... Nf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. g5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Red8 (24... Ba4 $142) (24... hxg5 25. Qxd7) 25. Qxd7 (25. gxh6 $142 {Strongly threatening g4.} Qxh3 26. Rxh3) 25... Rxd7 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. R1e2 (27. Rc1 {is more complex.} Bf5 28. Rf3 Bg4 29. Rf6 Be6 30. a4) 27... Bb3 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. f3 Ne7 31. Bd3 Bc4 32. Bc2 Nc6 33. Kf2 Re7 34. Rxe7 Nxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 35. Bd6 Nc8 36. Bb4 Na7 37. Kg3 b6 38. a4 a5 39. Bd6 b5 40. Bc7 Nc6 {Now Black is done in.} (40... b4 $1 $14) 41. axb5 $18 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Bxb5 {[#]} 42. Bb3 $1 a4 (42... Bc4 $142 43. Ba4 Na7 44. Bxa5 Nb5) 43. Bxd5 Kf6 $2 (43... Ne7 {is a better defense.} 44. Ba2 Bd3) 44. Kf4 Ke7 45. Bb6 {And now c4 would win.} Kd7 46. Bxf7 a3 47. Ba2 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Arman, Deniz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 4. dxc5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 5. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:14:12] B06: Modern Defence.} bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 8. f3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:33]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:01]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:36]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 11. c4 {[%emt 0:14:06] [#]} Rfb8 $146 {[%emt 0:19:42]} ({Predecessor:} 11... d6 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. b3 Nd7 16. Rab1 Nc5 17. Rd1 Qc7 {1-0 (43) Smagin,S (2550)-Stanojoski,Z (2375) Prilep 1992}) 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 13. b3 {[%emt 0:05:14]} e6 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:10:36]} 15. b4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} axb4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 16. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Nd4 {[%emt 0:23:19]} (17. Qe1 $16) 17... a5 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 18. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:06:24] [#]} ({Black should try} 18... Qc6 $14) 19. f4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} (19... Qh5 $16 {might work better.}) 20. Bd4 {[%emt 0:05:57]} f6 $18 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 21. e5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:10:29]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:11:22]} 23. bxa5 {[%emt 0:07:54]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:12:15]} 24. Nbd6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 25. cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rba8 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 26. exf6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 27. Rb4 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 28. c5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 29. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 32. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 33. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 34. Qa1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 35. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 36. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 37. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 38. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rec2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 40. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 41. Qa6 {[%emt 0:06:00]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:07:54]} 42. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:05:11]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 43. Qxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 45. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 46. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 47. g4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 48. h3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 49. Ne8+ {[%emt 0:01:33]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 50. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 51. Rf3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 52. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 53. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 54. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 55. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1-0

[Event "34th Cannes Open 2020"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Black "Siva Mahadevan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:13:59]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:25] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} c5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 8. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:10:15]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:46]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 13. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 14. Nc4 {[%emt 0:09:25]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:39] [#]} 15. Be7 $146 {[%emt 0:00:09]} ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne3 b5 16. O-O c4 17. f4 Rae8 18. Qf3 f6 19. Bh4 Nc5 20. Rce1 Nd3 21. Re2 {1-0 (47) Harsha,B (2481)-Melkumyan,H (2660) Caleta 2019}) 15... Rfe8 {[%emt 0:13:23]} 16. d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 17. Ne3 {[%emt 0:05:37]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:11:27]} 18. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:17:34]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:07:45]} 19. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 20. O-O {[%emt 0:15:53]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 21. a4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} a6 {[%emt 0:08:50]} (21... bxa4 $17 22. Nc4 Rb8) 22. f3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 23. Ng4 {[%emt 0:04:39]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 24. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 25. Rd2 {[%emt 0:11:26]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 26. axb5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 28. Qe3 {[%emt 0:09:39]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 29. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 30. Rd5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 31. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Rexd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 33. Rb1 {[%emt 0:05:21]} Rbd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 34. Rf1 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:05:56]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 36. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 37. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 38. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:01:57]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 39. e5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 40. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 41. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 42. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Qxe3+ {[%emt 0:03:07]} 43. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 44. Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:03:24]} 45. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 46. Nd6 {[%emt 0:06:43]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 47. Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Rxh4+ {[%emt 0:08:02]} 48. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 49. Ra7 {[%emt 0:04:22]} h4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 50. Kf2 {[%emt 0:09:48]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} 51. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxe2+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 52. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 53. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 54. Re7 {[%emt 0:02:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 55. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 56. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 57. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 58. Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 59. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 60. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 61. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 62. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 63. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 64. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 65. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 66. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 67. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 68. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 69. Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 70. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 71. e6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} h2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 72. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 73. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 74. Rxh8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxh8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 75. e7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h1=Q 76. e8=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 1/2-1/2

