[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Crevatin, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,69,0,12,0,0,13,15,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,29,15,75,71,76,75,162,144,285,293,297,308,349,191,210,164,167,167,170,144,133,162,244,224,244,238,527,475,1535,1118,2062,1095,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation. D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} Nbd7 {10...Nh5 might become the main line.} 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. O-O {is the legacy move (12.Ne5).} (12. Ne5 $11) 12... Be7 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. Ne5 {[%cal Oe5f7]} h5 $1 {[#]} 16. h3 $146 {[%cal Od4d5]} ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. h3 Rd8 18. e5 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 h4 22. Bh2 {1-0 (52) Bars,J (2377)-Mulligan,B (2396) GER email 2018}) 16... h4 17. Bh2 Rg8 (17... Rd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Nxd7 {White is more active.} (18. Nxf7 {is more complex.} Kxf7 19. e5 c5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. d5) 18... Nxd7 19. e5 $1 O-O-O (19... Rg7 $16) 20. d5 $18 c5 {[#]} (20... exd5 $2 21. Nxd5 Qc5 22. Qf5 cxd5 23. Rc1 $18) (20... Ba3 $16) 21. Qh7 $1 exd5 22. Qxf7 d4 {[%cal Ob6g6]} 23. e6 (23. Qxe7 $142 Rde8 24. Qh7) 23... Bd6 24. exd7+ Kb8 25. Bxd6+ Qxd6 26. Bf3 {Strongly threatening Bxb7.} Rgf8 27. Qh5 {aiming for Bxb7.} Bxf3 (27... Rh8 $142 28. Qg4 (28. Qxg5 $2 Bxf3 29. Rfe1 Bxd1 $19) 28... Qxd7) 28. gxf3 {And now Ne4 would win. Dancing on a razor blade.} Qxd7 {[#]} 29. Ne4 $1 Qd5 $2 (29... Qxh3 $2 30. Qh6 (30. Nxc5 Qxf3 31. Qxf3 Rxf3 $16) 30... Qc8 31. Ra1 $18 (31. Qxg5 $2 Rg8 $19) (31. Nxg5 Rd5 $16)) (29... Rc8 30. Rc1 (30. Qxg5 $2 Rg8 $19) (30. Nxg5 Rf4 $18) 30... c4 31. bxc4 (31. Nxg5 c3 $11) (31. Qxg5 $2 Rg8 $19) 31... bxc4) 30. Qg6 {Ra1 is the strong threat.} Rxf3 (30... Rc8 $142 31. Qxa6 Qc6) 31. Qb6+ Kc8 {[#]} 32. Rc1 $1 Qxe4 (32... Rc3 33. Nxc3) 33. Qxc5+ {White mates.} Kd7 34. Qc7+ Ke8 35. Rce1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.51} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Loeffler, Markus"]
[Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,20,21,8,14,-11,0,0,0,0,26,-12,59,-56,113,107,104,107,96,98,105,105,105,105,106,64,64,-41,85,93,97,89,101,102,102,97,93,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,80,64,64,64,64,64,80,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,0,64,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Qe2 (7. Re1 $14 f5 8. Nxe5 (8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 O-O $14) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5) 7... b5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 7...f5 at the moment. C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} 8. Bb3 d5 9. dxe5 Na5 {The position is equal.} 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 {Threatens to win with Nxe4.} Qc8 13. c4 {[#]} (13. c3 $5 {[%cal Rb3b4]}) 13... Nxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. cxd5 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Rd8 16. e6 fxe6 17. dxe6 Bd5 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. b4 c5 20. bxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (25) Zarubitski,V (2416)-Azarov,S (2603) Cheliabinsk 2021}) 14. Bxd2 dxc4 15. bxc4 b4 16. Ra5 {[%cal Oe5e6]} (16. c5 $5) 16... c5 (16... O-O $11) 17. e6 (17. Bg5 $1 $14) 17... fxe6 $2 {[#]} (17... O-O $15 {stays ahead.}) 18. Bg5 $1 $16 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 {Bxe7 is the strong threat.} Ra7 20. Bxe7 {White is much more active. Black has bad knights.} Rxe7 21. Rd6 Rf7 22. Qe3 O-O {[#]} 23. Rxc5 ({White should try} 23. f3 $1 $16) 23... Qb8 $1 $14 24. Rcc6 (24. Rxe6 Rxf2 25. g3 (25. Qxf2 $2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qf8+ 27. Ke2 Qxc5 $19) 25... Qb7 $17) (24. Qxe6 Kh8 25. Rd1 Rxf2 $15) (24. Rxa6 $2 Rxf2 25. g3 (25. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 $19) (25. Qxf2 $2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qf8+ 27. Ke2 Qxc5 $19) 25... Qb7 $19) ({Better is} 24. Rd2 $1 $14) 24... a5 (24... Rxf2 $15 25. Qxf2 (25. Qxe6+ Kh8 $17) 25... Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qf8+ 27. Ke3 h6) 25. f3 $16 (25. Qxe6 $6 Re8 26. Rb6 Qa8 $11) 25... a4 {[%cal Oa4a3]} 26. Rb6 (26. Rxe6 Rd7 27. Re7 Rxe7 28. Qxe7 a3 29. bxa3 (29. Rc7 $2 Qxc7 30. Qxc7 axb2 $19) 29... bxa3 $11) (26. Qxe6 a3 27. bxa3 bxa3 $11) 26... Qa7 27. c5 ({But not} 27. Qxe6 a3 28. bxa3 bxa3 $14) 27... a3 28. bxa3 ({Don't blunder} 28. Qxe6 $2 a2 29. Ra6 a1=Q+ $19) 28... Qxa3 29. Qxa3 (29. Rd3 {seems wilder.} Qa1+ 30. Kf2 Qa2+ 31. Kg3 Qc4 32. Rxe6 Rf5 33. c6) 29... bxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Ra6 {To avoid Ra8} Rc7 31. Rxa3 Rxc5 32. Rxe6 Rfc8 33. Re2 Rc2 34. Rxc2 Rxc2 $14 {KR-KR} 35. h4 Kf7 36. Kh2 h5 37. Ra6 g6 38. Kg3 Rb2 39. Ra5 Kf6 40. Ra6+ Kf7 $1 41. Ra5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.20 (precise)} (41. Ra7+ $14 Ke6 42. Ra5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Lever, Erwan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,79,22,21,40,36,67,52,54,42,47,57,95,79,89,97,117,112,118,110,103,56,56,50,52,56,56,47,58,57,56,49,56,47,86,85,99,87,101,106,100,91,111,115,104,115,114,89,135,136,150,142,147,135,142,142,152,152,461,461]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. d5 exd5 {The modern move. E55: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4 Nbd7.} 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 {White is slightly better.} 15. Rxd5 {Strongly threatening Qb5.} Qc7 16. Bg5 {Threatens to win with Qb5.} Qc6 17. Rad1 Nf6 {[#]} 18. Ne5 $1 Qxd5 (18... Qe6 19. Bxf6) 19. Rxd5 Nxd5 20. Qe4 Be7 {[#]} 21. Nxf7 {[%mdl 512] [#]} Rxf7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Nf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qd5 h6 24. Nd8+ Kh8 25. Qxa8 Rxd8 26. Qf3 Rd2 27. g3 Rxb2 {½-½ (42) Dueball,J (2445)-Schlemermeyer,W Germany 1981}) 22. Bxe7 {[%mdl 64] Pin} ({Avoid the trap} 22. Qxd5 $2 Rd8 23. Qb3 Bxg5 $19) 22... Rc8 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 23. Bg5 {Prevents Rc1+.} Nf6 24. Qd3 ({Don't go for} 24. Qe6 $2 Re8 25. Qxe8+ Nxe8 $19) 24... h6 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. h3 Rf8 28. Be5 Rff7 29. Qc2 {Inhibits Ne4. And now Bxf6 would win.} Nd5 30. Qc6 Kh7 31. Kh2 Kg8 32. a3 {Inhibits Nb4.} Rd8 33. Qe6 Rdd7 34. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kh7 (34... h5 $142) 35. h5 $16 Kg8 36. Kh3 Nc7 37. Qc6 Rde7 {[#]} 38. f4 {White is more active.} Ne6 39. g3 Kh7 $2 {[#]} (39... Nd8 $16 {is more resistant.} 40. Qc8 Rd7) 40. Bd6 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.22 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lazo, Andrei"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:16:37]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 14. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 15. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 16. a5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 17. g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 18. f4 Nexg4 19. hxg4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:10:03]} 20. f5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 21. Qf3 {[%emt 0:17:46]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:16:32]} 22. Nc2 {[%emt 0:09:56]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:14:09]} 23. Qg3 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Be5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 24. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} g5 {[%emt 0:06:31]} 25. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 26. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 27. Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:24]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 28. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} h4 {[%emt 0:08:06]} 29. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 31. Bh5 {[%emt 0:09:50]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 32. Bxf7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 34. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:18:25]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 35. Nb6 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 36. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 37. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Rh1 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rbg8 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 39. Ke3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 40. Rag1 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:32:07]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:32:21]} 42. Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:53]} g4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Rah1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Kxh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 51. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 52. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 53. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 54. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 55. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Kxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 56. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 57. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 58. Re6 {[%emt 0:03:28]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 59. d6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 60. d7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:46]} 61. Kg3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} c1=Q {[%emt 0:00:11]} 62. d8=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 63. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Krzyzanowski, Marcin"]
[Black "Pasini, Nicolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,101,48,52,24,32,31,42,40,35,35,30,36,53,29,31,14,36,27,35,18,35,44,107,55,49,54,131,132,139,141,143,143,145,113,118,102,153,106,111,116,233,231,538,133,129,126,145,75,75,74,70,66,128,66,66,66,150,145,149,102,149,97,209,240,237,244,225,230,347,347,362,331,331,251,580,562,453,474,2134,1618,1826,799]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Bd3 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System.} Rfc8 13. b3 Rab8 14. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 {[#]} Nd7 $146 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 15... a6 16. Rhd1 Nd7 17. Nf4 Nc5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 b5 20. Bf1 Nd7 21. Rc6 Rxc6 22. dxc6 {0-1 (54) Zubizarreta Landera,A (1862)-Movsisyan,T (1691) Salobrena 2020}) 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Be2 (17. Bxa7 Ra8 18. Be3 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Be3 Rxa2+ 20. Rc2 Ra3 $17) 18... Rxa2+ 19. Rc2 Rca8 $15) 17... Bd7 18. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 19. h5 Bb2 20. Rcd1 Nb4 21. a4 (21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. a3 Bxa3 $15) 21... e5 (21... a6 $14) 22. Nd3 (22. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5b4]} Nxd5 23. exd5) 22... Nxd3 $14 23. Kxd3 a5 (23... b6 $14) 24. hxg6 $16 hxg6 25. Rh6 Kg7 {[%cal Od6d5]} 26. Rdh1 Kf6 {Inhibits Bg5+.} 27. Bf2 {Black must now prevent Bh4+.} Bc6 28. Rh7 {And now Bh4+ would win.} Rf8 (28... Rg8 $142) 29. Bh4+ (29. Kc2 $142 Bd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Kd3) 29... Ke6 30. Bg5 b6 (30... f6 $16 {was worth a try.} 31. Be3 Ba3) 31. R1h6 $18 Rg8 $2 (31... Rb7 {is more resistant.} 32. g3 f6) 32. g3 $2 (32. f4 $18 {and the rest is easy. Bg4+ would kill now.} exf4 33. Bg4+ Ke5 34. Rxf7 Bxe4+ 35. Kd2) 32... Be8 $16 33. Bf1 {[%cal Be2f1,Bf1h3,Bh3g4][%mdl 32] White threatens Bh3+ and mate. The board is on fire.} Kd7 34. Rh8 (34. c5 $142 $1) 34... Rxh8 35. Rxh8 Bd4 36. Bh3+ Kc6 (36... Kc7 $14) 37. Rf8 (37. f4 $1 $16) 37... Bf2 38. Bh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} g5 (38... Ra8 $14) 39. Bxg5 {Hoping for Bh4.} Bxg3 40. Bg4 {White is more active.} (40. Ke2 $142 $1) 40... Kc7 {[#]} ({Black should try} 40... Be1 41. Rg8 Bb4) 41. Bh5 (41. Ke2 $142 $1) 41... f6 42. Bxe8 $18 fxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. Rf7+ Kd8 {[#]} 44. Bb5 Bf2 (44... Rc8 {was necessary.} 45. Rd7+ Ke8 46. Rh7+ (46. Rxd6+ Ke7 $18) 46... Kd8 47. Rd7+ Ke8 48. Rh7+ (48. Rxd6+ Ke7 $18) 48... Kd8 49. Rd7+) 45. Rd7+ Kc8 46. Rg7 (46. Rxd6 Rb7 47. Ba6 Kc7 $16) 46... Kd8 47. Ba6 {To avoid Rc8} (47. Rxg5 Ke7 $14) ({Don't do} 47. Rd7+ $6 Kc8 48. Bc6 (48. Rxd6 Rb7 $16) 48... Ra8 $18) 47... b5 $2 (47... Bd4 {is a better chance.} 48. Bb7 (48. Rxg5 Ke7 $11) 48... Bf2) 48. cxb5 {Strongly threatening Bb7. White is clearly winning.} Rb6 49. b4 axb4 (49... Be1 $142 50. bxa5 Bxa5) 50. a5 Rb8 51. Kc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.27 (precise) /Black=0.39} (51. Bb7 $142 b3 52. b6 Rxb7 53. Rxb7) 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.21"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Black "Garcia Dorado, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,75,43,52,41,46,44,106,110,100,103,95,105,127,124,139,131,133,70,77,72,115,22,75,78,92,96,94,95,494,199,406,393,381,381,335,403,390,398,396,400,393,347,306,293,433,442,443,444,438,414,829,818]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. Na3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc2 Bd7 12. O-O f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. b4 {C02: French: Advance Variation.} a6 15. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rxf3 16. a5 $16 {White is better.} Qa7 {White must now prevent ...Rb3.} 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18. Ra3 {[#] Inhibits Nb3.} Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Rc8 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rd3 Qf6 21. Re1 Bc6 22. Rde3 Re8 23. Bh5 Re7 24. Rf3 Qh4 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 {1-0 (36) Adams,M (2732)-Levitt,J (2431) London/Crowthorne 2006}) 19. Re3 {[%cal Of3d5] And now Bxd5! would win.} d4 20. Re4 {Threatens to win with Bg4.} e5 {[#]} 21. Rfe1 (21. Ne3 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 21... Qb8 $1 $14 22. Rh4 Bf5 {[#]} ({Better is} 22... Qc7) 23. Be4 {White is more active.} (23. Na1 $1 $16) 23... Bxe4 (23... Qc8 $1 $11) 24. Rexe4 {Hoping for Reg4.} Qd6 25. Ne1 Nc3 26. Reg4 e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (26... Kh8 $16 {is more resistant.}) 27. Rxh6 (27. Rg3 $142) 27... e3 $2 {[#]} (27... Qe5 28. Rh3 h5) 28. Qa2+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qd5 (28... Nxa2 29. Rxd6) 29. Qxd5+ Nxd5 30. Rd6 exf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rf8+ 32. Nf3 Nxb4 33. Rdxd4 Nc6 34. Rd5 Kh8 (34... Rf7 {is a better defense.} 35. Kg1 h6) 35. Rd7 $18 {[%csl LRb7,LRg7][%cal Bd5d7,Bd7b7,Bb7b6,Bb6b3][%mdl 32]} Bf6 36. Rxb7 Nxa5 37. Rb6 Nb3 (37... Bd8 $142) 38. Rxb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.25 (precise) /Black=0.51} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.21"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Gueci, Tea"]
[Black "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:11:32]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 4. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:09:49]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:09:18]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:03:35]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:09:25]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 11. Nb3 {[%emt 0:10:03]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:05:26]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:09:43]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 14. Rc1 {[%emt 0:13:56]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:46]} 15. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:50]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:47]} 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 17. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} h6 {[%emt 0:10:09]} 18. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:05:14]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 20. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:10:46]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:06:42]} 22. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 23. c5 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 24. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 25. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 26. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bxd8 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 27. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 28. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 30. Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 31. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 32. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 33. Nde2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 34. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 35. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 36. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 38. Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 39. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 40. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 41. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} f3 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 42. gxf3 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 43. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 44. Qb3 {[%emt 0:06:56]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 45. Qb4 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 46. Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Girel, Joseph"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bb5+ {Nowadays more popular than 13.h4.} Ke7 {The position is equal.} 14. e5 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4.} fxe5 15. Qh5 $1 Nd7 (15... exd4 $2 16. Qg5+ f6 17. Qc5+ Kf7 18. Be8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe8 19. Qxa5 $18) 16. Qg5+ Kf8 $1 ({Don't do} 16... Kd6 17. Be2 a6 18. Nf3 $14) 17. Rxc8+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxc8 18. Bxd7 {Nxe6+ would kill now. The board is on fire.} Qd8 $1 (18... h6 {[#] is a self mate.} 19. Nxe6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Bxe6+ Kh7 22. Qf7#) 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Qh6+ Ke7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1+.} 22. Qh6+ {[#]} Kf7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Ke7 23. Qg7+ Kd6 24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Qf6+ Qe6 26. Qxe6+ Kxe6 27. Ke2 Rc8 28. Rb1 Rc2+ 29. Ke3 b6 30. a4 Rc3+ 31. Ke2 Ra3 {½-½ (41) Istratescu,A (2604)-Pisu,R (2261) Miercurea Ciuc 2017}) 23. Qe6+ Kf8 {Hoping for ...Rc1+.} 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Qe6+ {An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.00 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,111,2,13,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,6,2,19,14,11,5,19,4,2,0,6,-12,-13,-34,-44,-56,-53,-62,-48,-57,-45,-43,-48,-41,-41,-63,-50,-60,-59,-58,-29,-20,-18,-18,-8,-11,-1,-63,-63,-63,-65,-63,-65,-79,-76,-79,-73,-70,-75,-101,-50,-102,-103,-95,-85,-85,-98,-90,-93,-374,-366,-341,-331,-262,-351,-388,-318,-390,-368,-368,-342,-447,-386,-656,-570,-600,-453,-1177,-1197,-1215,-1214,-1197,-1197,-1197,-1189,-29969,-29968,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 8. Bf4 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} dxc4 9. Qc2 Nd5 10. Qxc4 {The position is equal.} Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. e3 c6 14. Nc3 f6 {[#]} 15. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a3 Qe8 16. Nd2 Qh5 17. Qd1 Qh6 18. Nde4 f5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nd3 Ba6 22. Rc1 Rf6 23. Ne5 Kh8 24. Rxc6 Bxf1 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxh6 gxh6 {1-0 (25) Martinez Rodriguez,P (2296)-Acosta Mira,J Malaga 2001}) 15... Kh8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Nb3 b6 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. Qe2 Bb8 21. Qh5 Qe7 22. Rg1 g6 23. Qh6 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {[%cal Bh8g7,Bg7f7,Bf7e7][%mdl 32]} 25. Rc2 Kf7 26. Rgc1 Ke7 27. a3 g5 28. fxg5 fxg5 29. Kg1 g4 30. Nd2 $1 h5 31. Nc4 (31. b4 $1 $11) 31... Nxc3 $1 $15 32. Rxc3 c5 33. dxc5 Rxc5 34. Nd2 Rxc3 {Black is more active.} 35. Rxc3 Be5 36. Rc2 Rd8 37. f4 gxf3 (37... Bb8 $1 $17 38. Nc4 Ba4) 38. Nxf3 {[#]} ({White should try} 38. Bxf3 $15 h4 39. Bg4) 38... Ba4 $1 $17 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 39. Rc4 {[#]} b5 $1 40. Rxa4 {[#]} (40. Rb4 Rd1+) 40... Bxh2+ $1 41. Kxh2 bxa4 42. Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (42. Nd4 $17 {only move.} Kf6 43. Kh3) 42... Rd2 $19 43. Kg3 Rxb2 44. Bc6 Rb3 45. Nc4 {[#]} a6 $1 ({Weaker is} 45... Rc3 46. Bb5 $17) 46. Bf3 Rc3 47. Be2 Kd7 48. Kf4 Kc6 {Inhibits Nb6.} 49. Ke4 $2 (49. Ne5+ Kc7 50. Bxa6) 49... Kc5 50. Ne5 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 51. Bg4 (51. Nd7+ $142 Kd6 52. Ne5) 51... Rxa3 52. Bxe6 Ra1 53. Nd3+ Kd6 54. Nf4 a3 55. Kd3 h3 56. Kd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.08 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "Roebers, Eline"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,35,0,0,-9,-5,-15,-13,-43,-37,-54,-52,-71,-40,-52,-53,-78,-98,-90,-92,-80,-91,-80,-65,-125,-119,-126,-116,-119]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. f3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} Bg6 7. e3 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6f5][%mdl 32]} 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Qc7 9. f4 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O h6 12. Nhf3 Bh7 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Bh5 g6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (44) Lagarde,M (2651)-Migot,T (2353) Europe Echecs INT 2020}) 10. f5 exf5 {And now ...cxd4 would win.} 11. cxd5 (11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. cxd5 Nbd7 $17) 11... cxd4 12. Ndf3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Nbd7 ({Reject} 13... Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Qxb7 $11 (15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qxb7 Nbd7 $11)) 14. Rc1 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qb6 ({Don't play} 15... Qxd5 16. Bc4 Qe4+ 17. Kd1 $16) 16. Bb5 {[#]} (16. Qxb6 $15 axb6 17. Be2) 16... Bd6 $1 $17 ({Don't do} 16... Ne4 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Ne5+ Kd8 20. Nf7+ Kd7 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Nxh8 $16) 17. Be3 Qa5+ 18. Bd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mathieu, Phileas"]
[Black "Krzyzanowski, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,136,54,71,63,78,52,59,40,36,29,53,26,30,23,22,24,46,18,16,4,14,8,15,11,18,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,-5,0,-12,0,-18,2,0,19,20,16,17,20,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,0,-15,-20,-15,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-15,-8,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-27,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 Nh6 6. Bf4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf5 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 8. c3 {White is much more active. B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} O-O 9. Qd2 Nd6 10. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7 12. O-O c5 13. Bh6 Nf6 14. Bc2 (14. Bxg7 {seems wilder.} Kxg7 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. Rad1 e5 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Qe7 19. Re1) 14... cxd4 (14... b6 {looks sharper.} 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Nd5) 15. Bxg7 (15. cxd4 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Bd7 $11) (15. Nxd4 {with more complications.} Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qb6 17. Rab1 e5 18. Nf3) 15... Kxg7 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Rfe1 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... e6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Re2 Kf8 21. f3 Rac8 22. Kf2 h5 23. h4 Ke7 24. Bb3 Rc5 {½-½ (52) Delanoy,A (2184)-Rychagov,M (2525) Saint Vincent 2001}) 19. a4 Rac8 20. Re5 a6 21. Bd1 Rc7 22. Bf3 Bc8 23. Rae1 Kf8 24. R5e3 Nd7 25. b3 e5 26. c4 f6 27. Nc2 Nc5 28. Nb4 Be6 29. a5 Rce7 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 e4 32. Rb1 f5 33. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nd3 34. b5 f4 35. Re2 e3 36. fxe3 fxe3 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. g3 Kg7 39. Kg2 Nc5 40. h4 Rf8 41. Rb6 Kh6 42. Rb1 (42. Rc6 $2 Nb3 43. Re6 (43. Rxa6 $2 Nd4 $19) 43... Rxe6 44. Bxe6 Nd4 45. Rxe3 Re8 $19) 42... Rf6 43. Rb6 Rf8 44. Rb1 ({Wrong is} 44. Rc6 $2 Nb3 45. Re6 (45. Rxa6 $2 Nd4 $19) 45... Rxe6 46. Bxe6 Nd4 47. Rxe3 Re8 $19) 44... Re5 45. Rb6 Rfe8 46. Rb1 ({Don't play} 46. Rc6 Nb3 47. Rxa6 Nd4 $15) 46... Nd3 47. Rd1 Nb4 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Rde1 {[%cal Re2e3]} Nd3 50. Rd1 Rf8+ 51. Kg2 Rf2+ 52. Rxf2 Nxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 53. Re1 {[#] Hoping for Kf3.} Nd3 54. Re2 Nc1 55. Re1 Nb3 56. Kf3 e2 57. Kf4 Re8 {White must now prevent ...Nd4.} 58. c5 Nd4 59. Bc4 h6 {[%cal Og6g5] [#] aiming for ...g5+!} 60. Bxa6 g5+ 61. hxg5 hxg5+ 62. Kg4 {[%cal Oa6e2]} Re4+ 63. Kh5 {[%cal Oc5c6]} ({Don't blunder} 63. Kxg5 $2 Nf3+ 64. Kf5 Re5+ 65. Kf4 Nxe1 $19) (63. Kh3 $5 {[%cal Rc5c6]}) 63... Kf6 {( -> ...Nf5)} 64. Bxe2 Nf5 (64... Rxe2 $2 65. Rxe2 Nxe2 66. a6 Nxg3+ 67. Kg4 $18) 65. Rf1 {The position is equal.} Rxe2 66. a6 Re7 67. c6 Rf7 68. Rf2 Re7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Adrien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,166,0,0,-19,6,6,6,0,6,12,12,0,10,-13,0,0,-19,-18,0,-16,-6,-12,-8,-30,31,0,41,-8,27,22,28,15,8,20,32,25,34,17,54,27,51,31,79,32,69,63,76,28,41,0,14,14,52,45,44,58,109,110,193,192,222,225,252,251,246,239,241,206,306,168,268,303,307,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,351,354,308,195,219,198,662,647,1019,1783,1032,561,1439,1343,5820,4778,6079,6054,5189,5297,1872,613,592,592,708,700,673,651,641,651,750,714,1340,1384,1320,1351,1323,1283,1275,1262,1043,1000,962,964,2860,2757,3286,2350,29977,29978,29978,29979,29978,29979,1935]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Qd6 7. exf7+ Bxf7 8. Nc3 $1 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. is currently scoring better than 8.f4.} Nd7 9. f4 {Inhibits e5.} e6 10. Nf3 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Ng5 h5 13. Bd2 Nf8 14. Rf1 hxg4 15. Qxg4 Bh5 16. Qg2 Ne7 {1-0 (60) Grandelius,N (2662)-Keymer,V (2630) Riga 2021}) 11. Bh3 h5 12. g5 Bg6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Qd3 g6 16. Ne2 Bg7 ({Better is} 16... h4 $1 $11) 17. Bd2 Kf7 (17... h4 $11 {is more appropriate.}) 18. a4 (18. Ng3 $14) 18... Rhc8 19. Ng3 Kg8 20. Rfe1 c5 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 21. c3 c4 22. Qe2 Rc6 23. a5 Rf8 24. Kg2 Rf7 25. Qd1 Kh7 (25... Ne7 $14 {is superior.}) 26. Qc2 ({White should play} 26. b4 $16) 26... Qb8 27. Nxf5 (27. b4 {looks sharper.} cxb3 28. Qxb3 Ne7 29. Rab1 b6 30. Qc2) 27... exf5 28. Re2 (28. b3 $16) 28... Qd8 $11 29. Rae1 (29. b4 $14 {was preferrable.}) 29... Nf8 30. Qa4 Qd7 31. b3 cxb3 $1 32. Qxb3 Rc4 (32... Ne6 $14) 33. Re5 $16 {White is more active.} Qd8 (33... a6 $16) 34. Qb5 $1 $18 Bxe5 35. Nxe5 Rcc7 36. Nxf7 Rxf7 37. Re5 Rd7 38. Bc1 a6 {[#]} (38... Re7 {was worth a try.} 39. Rxd5 (39. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 40. Rxd5 Re2+ 41. Kf1 Rxh2 $16) 39... Qc7) 39. Qb4 (39. Qe2 $142 $1) 39... Kg7 (39... Rg7 {keeps fighting.}) 40. Ba3 Kf7 41. Kf3 $2 (41. Qb1 $18) 41... Ne6 $1 $11 42. h4 Qc7 43. Ke3 Qc6 44. Kd2 Qc8 45. Ke3 Qc6 46. Qb3 Qb5 47. Qxb5 {The board is on fire.} axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 48. Bc5 Nd8 {...Nc6 is the strong threat.} 49. Kd3 Nc6 {[%csl LRa5,LRe5]} 50. Re1 Nxa5 51. Ra1 Nc6 52. Rb1 Nd8 (52... Na5 $11 {remains equal.}) 53. Rxb5 $16 Ne6 54. Ke3 Nd8 55. Rb6 {And now Rf6+ would win.} Nc6 56. Kd3 Na5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} (56... Ke8 $16) 57. Rf6+ $18 Kg7 58. Bf8+ Kh7 {[#]} 59. Bd6 $1 Nc6 (59... Nc4) 60. Be5 Nd8 61. Rf8 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf8h8]} Nf7 {Inhibits Rh8+.} 62. Rc8 {Black must now prevent Bf6.} Re7 63. Bf6 Rd7 64. Kc2 Rd6 65. Rc7 {[%csl LRb7,LRf7]} Kg8 66. Rxb7 Ra6 67. Rb5 (67. Rb8+ $142 Kh7 68. Rf8 Ra2+ 69. Kb3) 67... Nd6 68. Rxd5 Ne4 69. Rd8+ Kf7 70. Be5 Ra2+ 71. Kb3 Rh2 72. Rd7+ Ke6 73. Rc7 {aiming for c4.} Nd2+ 74. Kb4 {Threatens to win with c4.} Kd5 75. c4+ Ke4 76. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Nf3 77. Bc3 Kxf4 78. d6 {Hoping for d7.} Ne5 79. Bxe5+ Kxe5 80. Kc5 {White threatens Re7+ and mate.} f4 81. Re7+ {White mates.} Kf5 82. d7 Rd2 83. Kc6 Kg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.36} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gertosio, Franck"]
[Black "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,54,24,26,0,9,0,-20,-24,-11,-10,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-8,-94,-79,-65,-25,-44,0,0,0,-244,-230,-246,-240,-411,-415,-409,-409,-427,-423]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6h4,Bh4f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} 9. c4 Ng6 10. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} (10. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Bd7 11. Qb4 $11) 10... a6 {[#]} 11. h5 $1 Nh4 12. Nc3 {[%cal Oh5h6,Bb5c3,Bc3e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Be7 $1 13. c5 {[#]} Bd7 $146 (13... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. c6 Nf5 15. g3 Nd4 16. Bg2 Bf5 17. h6 g6 18. g4 Bc8 19. Be3 f5 {0-1 (39) Gubajdullin,A (2442)-Haznedaroglu,K (2395) Moscow 2004}) 14. cxd6 ({Better is} 14. h6 $14) 14... Bxd6 $11 15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2c3,Bc3b4][%mdl 32] To avoid Qa5. g4 is the strong threat.} Be7 17. Bc3 {[%cal Oh5h6]} Nd6 18. Qf3 O-O 19. Bd3 (19. Bxe5 $11 Nxe4 20. Qxe4) 19... f5 $17 20. Nc5 Bf6 {White must now prevent ...e4.} (20... e4 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 21. Qg3 Rf7 $15) 21. O-O $1 Rc8 (21... Qe7 $15 22. Be2 (22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Be2 e4 $15) 22... e4 23. Bxf6 Rxf6) 22. Bb4 $1 $11 e4 23. Qg3 (23. Qf4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nf7 {[#]} 24. Ne6 $1 (24. Nxb7 $2 Qb6 $19) (24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Bxf8 Bxb2 $11)) 23... f4 $1 $19 ({And not} 23... exd3 24. Qxd6 Rf7 25. Rad1 $14 (25. Nxd3 Bb5 $15) (25. Nxb7 Qc7 $11)) 24. Qxf4 Be7 25. Qe5 (25. Qe3 {was worth a try.} Nf5 26. Qxe4 Bxc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Qf4) 25... Rf5 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} ({Avoid the trap} 25... exd3 $2 26. Nxb7 Nxb7 27. Bxe7 $19) 26. Qg3 exd3 27. h6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} Rg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.11 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Black "Seemann, Jakub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,90,62,-3,129,120,141,139,132,110,160,160,176,134,140,124,129,110,109,86,122,122,97,83,84,67,122,123,118,90,73,60,86,87,107,114,308,306,488,8,37,-337,0,0,311,295,370,329,431,411,397,282,231,217,218,0,0,0,228,251,224,262,240,239,234,0,0,0,169]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 ({White should try} 13. Rc1 $14) 13... c6 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7.} (13... g5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 14. Bg3 h4) 14. gxh5 $16 g5 15. Bg3 f5 {[#] White is clearly better.} 16. f3 $146 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 16. exf5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nexf5 18. Nde4 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Nf5 20. Qd2 Bh6 21. g4 Nd4 22. O-O-O {1-0 (34) Volkov,S (2582)-Socko,M (2417) Bydgoszcz 2000}) 16... fxe4 (16... Kh8 $142) 17. fxe4 b5 18. cxb5 (18. dxc6 $18 Nxc6 19. Nb3 (19. cxb5 Nd4 $14) (19. Nxb5 a6 $16)) 18... cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} (20. exd5 $6 Nf5 21. Bf2 Nd4 $11) 20... Bb7 {[%cal Og8h8]} 21. Qb3 (21. Bxd5+ Bxd5 22. exd5 e4 $17) (21. exd5 e4 22. Nxe4 Re8 $15) 21... Rc8 {[%cal Oc8c4]} 22. Bxd5+ Bxd5 23. Qxd5+ (23. exd5 e4 24. Nxe4 (24. b6 $2 axb6 25. Nxe4 Qe7 $19) 24... Re8 $17) 23... Kh8 24. Qd3 Qe8 (24... g4 $14) 25. Rd1 (25. Qxd6 $6 Qxb5 26. Qa3 Rfd8 $11) 25... Qxh5 26. Qe2 Qf7 27. b3 {Threatens to win with Nc4.} Rc3 28. Bf2 (28. Rf1 $6 Qd7 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $11) 28... Qf4 {[%cal Oc3g3]} 29. Bxa7 (29. Nc4 d5 30. Rxd5 (30. exd5 e4 $17) 30... Rc1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Qxf2 33. Qxf2 Rxf2 $15) 29... Rf7 $2 (29... d5 $16 30. Bf2 Rg3) 30. Bf2 $1 $18 (30. Qf2 $2 Rxa7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. b6 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rxa2 $19) 30... Kg8 (30... Rc2 $2 31. O-O Rxa2 32. Be1 Qxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1) (30... g4 $142) 31. Nc4 $2 (31. O-O $1 $18) 31... Rf3 $11 {[%cal Rf3f2]} 32. Bb6 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Rf1 $14 d5 33. Rxd5 (33. exd5 $2 e4 $19) 33... Rxh3 34. Nd2) 32... Bf8 $2 (32... Qg3+ $19 33. Kd2 Rf2 $1 34. Bxf2 Rxf2) 33. Rd5 g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qc1+ $1 $11 34. Rd1 Qf4) 34. hxg4 $1 $18 (34. Kd1 gxh3 35. Nd2 (35. Nxd6 $2 Rc3 $19) 35... Rg3 $16) 34... Nxg4 35. Rg1 $1 Rg3 36. Rxg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kd2 Rh7 {aiming for ...Rh2.} (37... Nf6 $2 38. Rd3 Qg6 39. Kc2 Nxe4 40. Kb2 $18) 38. Rd3 Qf4+ 39. Kc3 $2 (39. Be3 $18 Qxe4 40. Bg1 Bh6+ 41. Ke1) 39... d5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 40. Rxd5 (40. exd5 $2 Qc1+ 41. Qc2 Bb4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Kxb4 Qxc2 $19) 40... Rh3+ $2 (40... Qc1+ $11 41. Kd3 Rh3+ 42. Be3 Qb1+ 43. Kc3 Qa1+ 44. Qb2 Qg1) 41. Rd3 $1 $18 Qc1+ 42. Qc2 Qa1+ 43. Qb2 Qe1+ {[#]} 44. Qd2 $2 (44. Nd2 $1 $18 Bb4+ 45. Kc4 (45. Kxb4 Rxd3 46. Ka3 Rxd2 $19)) 44... Qa1+ $11 45. Qb2 $2 (45. Nb2 $11 Rh2 46. Qg5+ Kh8 {[#]} 47. Bf2 $1 (47. Rd8 {is a self mate.} Qxb2+ 48. Kc4 Qe2+ 49. Kd5 Qxb5+ 50. Ke6 Qxb6+ 51. Kf5 Nh6+ 52. Kxe5 Nf7+ 53. Kf5 Rf2+) 47... Rxf2 48. Rh3+ Nh6 49. Rxh6+ Bxh6 50. Qxh6+ Kg8 51. Qg5+ (51. Qe6+ Kf8 $11) 51... Kf8 52. Qd8+ Kf7 53. Qd5+ Kf6 54. Qd8+ Kf7 55. Qd7+ Kf8 56. Qd8+ Kf7) 45... Qe1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.67} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Houriez, Clement"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Radoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,70,13,24,16,0,0,25,0,-8,-15,-10,-16,-18,-27,-18,-17,-10,-2,-6,-10,-7,-40,-53,-34,-48,-54,-53,-53,-17,-36,-13,-19,0,-66,-74,-82,-79,-81,-85,-80,-83,-90,-90,-85,-75,-98,-76,-264,-257,-242,-183,-532,-521]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Re1 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} Be6 {[#]} 12. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bc5 14. a3 a5 15. Nbd2 Qb6 16. Ng5 Bg4 17. Qb1 h6 18. Nge4 Be7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {1-0 (51) Santos Ruiz,M (2585)-Perunovic,M (2589) Moscow 2019}) 12... Rc8 13. Qa4 {[%cal Re5c6] White has an edge.} Qb6 14. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} O-O 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nf3 Bc5 {White should prevent ...d3.} 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Qb3 {Prevents d3.} Bb4 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Nd3 Bf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Qxb3. Black has some pressure.} 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Bf3 Nd7 {[#] ...Bxd3 is the strong threat.} 23. Kg2 f6 24. g4 $1 Be6 {[%cal Bf5e6,Be6f7,Bf7g6][%mdl 32]} 25. b3 g5 {Prevents Nf4.} 26. Bd2 (26. h4 $11) 26... Bf7 $1 $15 27. Re1 {[#]} Bg6 $1 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Re1 Ra8 30. Nc1 Ne5 31. Be4 Ba3 {Threatens to win with ...Bxc1. Black is more active.} 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Kg3 $2 (33. Ne2 $17) 33... Bxc1 $19 34. Bxc1 Rxa2 {Strongly threatening ...Rc2.} 35. Rd1 $2 (35. f4 {is tougher.} Nd3 36. Rd1 Nxc1 37. Rxc1) 35... Ra1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.04 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Barseghyan, Harutyun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "275"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,275,47,47,42,47,41,43,32,48,34,45,48,45,43,44,42,45,40,45,45,43,45,43,43,45,35,31,30,35,31,37,37,38,37,38,19,19,19,19,19,20,6,15,6,6,2,6,0,6,0,1,5,6,6,6,6,11,6,6,6,6,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,6,6,6,6,6,0,6,0,0,0,6,0,6,0,6,0,6,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,6,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,7,7,7,8,8,8,8,35,35,35,35,36,36,37,37,43,43,43,43,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,51,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,44,44,44,44,51,44,51,44,51,51,54,50,55,0,0,0,103,0,133,141,140,141,141,141,141,142,12838,12838,12838,12838,1087,195,1027,139,12846,12847,12847,12847,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} cxd4 {9...Bxc3 is the modern continuation.} 10. axb4 dxc3 11. b5 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3.} Ne5 12. Nxc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 {[#] White is slightly better.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. b3 Ne4 16. Bb2 Rfc8 17. Nf4 Nd6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxb5 20. Qg5 f6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxb5 {0-1 (47) Navara,D (2717)-Nihal,S (2610) chess24.com INT 2020}) 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Be6 17. Rda4 {[%cal Rb5a6]} Ne4 18. bxa6 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rxa6 20. Rxa6 bxa6 21. Rxa6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb8 22. f3 h5 {[#] And now ...Rb1 would win.} 23. Kf2 Rb1 24. Bd2 Kh7 25. Ra4 Rd1 26. Rd4 g5 27. e4 dxe4 28. fxe4 Kg6 29. Rd6 Ra1 30. h3 h4 31. Rd8 {Threatening Rg8+.} f6 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. e5 Ra2 34. Kg1 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Ra5 36. exf6 Kxf6 37. Be3 Ke7 38. Rc6 Kf7 39. c4 Re5 40. Bb6 Re2 41. Bd8 Rc2 42. Bxg5 Rxc4 43. Rd6 Ra4 44. Bd8 Rc4 45. Rd2 Kg6 46. Rd6 Kf7 47. Ra6 Rd4 48. Bg5 Rc4 49. Ra5 Kg6 50. Be3 Re4 51. Bf2 Rc4 52. Ra6 Kf7 53. Ra5 Kg6 54. Re5 Kf6 55. Re2 Kf7 56. Bb6 Bf5 57. Bd8 Re4 58. Rd2 Rc4 59. Rd6 Be6 60. Kg1 Rc1+ 61. Kf2 Rc2+ 62. Kf3 Rc3+ 63. Kf4 Rc4+ 64. Kf3 Rc3+ 65. Kf2 Rc2+ 66. Kg1 Rc1+ 67. Kh2 Rc4 68. Bg5 Ra4 69. Kg1 Ra1+ 70. Kf2 Ra2+ 71. Bd2 Ra4 72. Kf3 Ke7 73. Rd3 Kf7 74. Ke3 Ke7 75. Bc3 Kf7 76. Rd2 Ra2 77. Bb2 Kg6 78. Kf4 Ra4+ 79. Ke5 Bc8 80. Rd6+ Kf7 81. Bc3 Rc4 82. Bd4 Rc2 83. Rf6+ Ke7 84. Rg6 Kf7 85. Rf6+ Ke7 86. Rh6 Re2+ 87. Kf4 Rxg2 88. Rxh4 Be6 89. Rh7+ Kd6 90. Rh5 Rg8 91. Be5+ Kc6 92. Bf6 Rg1 93. Bd4 Rf1+ 94. Ke5 Kd7 95. h4 Ke7 96. Rh7+ Rf7 97. Bc5+ Kd7 98. Rh5 Bb3 99. Rh6 Bc2 100. Rd6+ Kc7 101. Bb6+ Kb7 102. Bd8 Rf5+ 103. Ke6 Rc5 104. Rb6+ Ka7 105. Rb2 {Hoping for Bb6+.} Rc8 106. Bg5 Bd1 107. Kd6 Ka6 108. Bf6 Ka5 109. Rd2 Bf3 110. Rf2 Rc6+ 111. Ke7 Bd1 112. Rd2 Bf3 113. Rb2 Rc5 114. Kd6 Rb5 115. Rf2 Bh5 116. Rf4 Kb6 117. Bd4+ Ka5 118. Bc5 Bd1 119. Rf1 Rb1 120. h5 Bc2 121. Rf2 ({Better is} 121. Rf6 $14) 121... Rd1+ 122. Ke7 Be4 (122... Rd5 $11 {remains equal.}) 123. Rf4 (123. Be3 $16) 123... Bc6 (123... Rh1 $1 $11) 124. h6 $16 {aiming for Rh4.} Rh1 {Inhibits Rh4.} 125. Be3 Rh3 126. Rf5+ Kb4 127. Re5 Rh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (127... Bg2 $16) 128. Kf6 $18 Ba4 129. Bg5 Rh1 130. Re4+ $2 (130. Bd2+ Ka3 131. Ra5) 130... Kb5 $2 (130... Ka3 131. Rc4 Bb5) 131. Bh4 $2 (131. Re2 $18 {Black must now prevent Kg7.} Bd1 132. Rf2) 131... Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (131... Rf1+ $16 132. Ke6 Bc2) 132. h7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf1+ 133. Ke7 Bxe4 134. h8=Q {White mates.} Bd3 135. Qb2+ Kc4 136. Bf6 Re1+ 137. Kf8 Rd1 138. Qc3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Pantzar, Milton"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,14,20,29]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O {[#]} {Predecessor:} 8. Be2 $146 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3).} d5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qd1 Qe7 13. dxc5 Ndxc5 {½-½ (13) Nguyen,T (2577)-Wojtaszek,R (2691) Legnica 2021} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Black "Martin Duque, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,61,3,4,4,0,82,81,82,0,36,-7,0,0,0,-4,-6,-16,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,59,66,47,75,69,61,75,62,245,251,243,240,854,840,816,731,902,895,877,872,825,778]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 {7...Bxc3+ gains popularity.} 8. O-O {[%cal Rc3e4]} Nxc3 {E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6.} 9. bxc3 Bd6 (9... Bxf3 $11 10. gxf3 Bd6) 10. e4 $16 O-O {White is better.} 11. d5 {[#]} (11. exf5 $6 Bxf3 12. gxf3 (12. c5 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Qh4) 12... Qh4 $11) (11. Be3 $16) 11... Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... exd5 12. cxd5 g6 13. c4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Be7 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 {1-0 (19) Tscherepanov,L (1868)-Hohn,A (1988) Hamburg 2013}) 12. e5 (12. h3 $14) 12... Be7 13. Nd4 Na6 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Bf3 {[%cal Be2f3,Bf3e4,Be4g6,Bg6e8][%mdl 32]} d6 (15... Qf7 $142) 16. Re1 dxe5 17. Rxe5 Bd6 18. Re2 e5 {[#] aiming for ...Qg6.} 19. Nxf5 Ba6 20. Be4 g6 (20... Nxe4 $11 21. Qxe4 Qa4) 21. Nh6+ $1 $14 ({Much weaker is} 21. Nxd6 $6 cxd6 22. Bh6 Rf6 $15) 21... Kh8 22. Bg5 Bxc4 23. Re3 Be7 24. Bxg6 Bxg5 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} 25. Bxe8 $18 {And now Nf7+ would win. Chess con chili.} Bxe3 {This bishop pair is nice.} 26. Nf7+ ({Don't play} 26. fxe3 $6 Raxe8 27. Rd1 e4) 26... Rxf7 $2 (26... Kg7) 27. Bxf7 {White is clearly winning.} Bd3 28. Qd1 Rf8 29. fxe3 Rxf7 30. Qh5 {[%csl LRe5,LRf7]} Kg8 31. Qxe5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.33} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Dimitrov, Radoslav"]
[Black "Philippe, Guillaume"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,70,8,10,0,0,-1,0,0,16,2,39,0,14,0,22,4,9,-8,-15,0,0,-20,70,73,60,68,71,64,66,0,0,4,27,0,1,9,10,33,39,6,88,54,73,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,-108,-114,-123,0,-10,-3,-76,-70,-82,-57,-2235,-2022]} 1. b3 c5 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 e6 5. Bb2 Nge7 6. c4 {A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5.} a6 7. Ba4 Bd7 {[%cal Ob7b5] And now ...b5! would win.} 8. O-O {[#] The position is equal.} Rb8 $146 {Hoping for ...b5.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Nf5 9. d3 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nfd4 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 {1-0 (76) Liu,Y (2481)-Xu,J (2501) Xinghua 2018}) 9. Qe2 Ng6 {[%cal Od5d4]} 10. cxd5 (10. Nc3 {looks sharper.} dxc4 11. bxc4 Be7 12. h4 O-O 13. h5) 10... exd5 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Rc1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 13. Ba3 b4 14. Bb2 Bb5 15. d3 Bd6 (15... a5 $1 $11) 16. a4 $14 bxa3 17. Bxa3 Rc8 18. Nc3 O-O 19. h3 (19. Qd1 $1 $14) 19... Re8 {[%cal Od5d4]} 20. Qd1 d4 (20... Ne5 {with more complications.} 21. Nxd5 Nxd3 22. Rc3 Be5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. exf4 Re4) 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. exd4 b4 23. Bb2 Nf4 24. Rc2 {Inhibits Ne2+.} Re6 (24... Qd7 $11) 25. g3 Rg6 26. dxc5 (26. Kh2 $16) 26... Nxh3+ $11 27. Kf1 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 29. Nh4 Re6 (29... Nxf2 30. Qf3 Qxd3+ 31. Qxd3 Nxd3 32. Ra8+ (32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Bc1 Nxc1 $14) 32... Bf8 33. Nxg6 fxg6 34. Bd4 $16) 30. d4 {[#]} (30. Qf3 $11 Ng5 31. Qf5) 30... Bf8 $1 $17 {...Qd5 is the strong threat. Black is much more active.} 31. d5 {[#]} Re8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} ({Don't play} 31... Qb6 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Bxd4 $16) ({Better is} 31... Rd6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 32. Qg4 Ng5) 32. Qd4 Ng5 33. Nf5 (33. Re1 $1 $11) 33... Qd7 34. g4 Nf3 {Dancing on a razor blade.} 35. Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} Qb5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.19 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Travadon, Loic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:09:57]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:02:14]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} e6 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 8. axb5 {[%emt 0:13:23]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:09:25]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:05:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 11. e5 {[%emt 0:11:13]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 13. exf6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. dxc5 {[%emt 0:08:24]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 15. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 16. Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Bf4 {[%emt 0:04:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 19. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 20. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 21. Ra6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 22. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:07:22]} 24. Ra1 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:08:43]} 25. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 26. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 27. Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 28. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 29. Qa7 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 30. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 31. R1a5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Re7 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 32. Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 33. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 35. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:01:39]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Bd3+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 38. Bxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Ra5 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 40. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 41. Rb5 {[%emt 0:10:56]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. b4 {[%emt 0:07:37]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 43. Rc5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 44. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Bh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 46. Rc5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 47. c4 {[%emt 0:02:57]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 48. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:07:44]} 49. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 50. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. a6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 52. f4 {[%emt 0:02:34]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 53. f3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 54. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 55. Bg1 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 56. c5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 57. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 58. Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 59. Bd8 {[%emt 0:02:28]} e4+ {[%emt 0:01:14]} 60. fxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} f3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 62. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 63. h4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kxa6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 64. h5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 65. e5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 66. h6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 67. h7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 68. Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 69. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 70. Bh4+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 71. e6+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:06:58]} 72. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Eugene, Floryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,61,0,0,12,5,15,12,12,17,20,23,21,12,38,47,50,40,52,62,141,137,159,145,191,208,205,193,291,300,763,752,3193,2602,3232,3486,3018,2777,2483,2423,2081,2030,1711,1330,1425,1416,1339,1311,29991,29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 h6 7. h3 d6 {7...a6 is the modern continuation.} 8. Na4 Bb6 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 9. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4e5,Be5d6][%mdl 32]} Re8 10. Re1 {[#]} Be6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. b4 Nb8 13. a4 c5 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 {1-0 (30) Zemella,C (1508)-Bondarenko,A (1154) Muelheim 2002}) 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Ba4 Nd4 14. cxd4 {Threatens to win with Bxd7.} Bxa4 15. b3 Bb5 16. a4 {[%cal Oc1h6]} c5 {White now steadily converts the win.} (16... Bc6 $14) 17. Bb2 $16 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Ba6 18. dxe5 Nh5 {[#]} (18... dxe5 $16 19. Nxe5 Nd7) 19. exd6 $1 $18 {Be5 is the strong threat.} Qxd6 {[#]} 20. Nh4 $1 g6 (20... Nf4 {was worth a try.}) 21. Nf5 $1 Qxd3 {[#]} (21... gxf5 22. Qxh5 Qg6) 22. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Oc1h6]} gxf5 (22... Qxb3 23. Ra3) 23. Qxh6 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rh6h8]} f6 24. Qxh5 {Intending Qg6+ and mate.} Qd7 25. Bxf6 Qh7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. exf5 Bd3 28. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Bc2 29. Bc3 {White wants to mate with Qf6+.} Bxb3 30. Qf6+ Bf7 31. g5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.72} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Schlegel, Igor"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,16,34,12,10,15,12,0,4,10,6,0,32,29,31,29,60,50,59,61,61,61,67,62,59,41,61,36,65,16,46,0,45,39,60,43,59,37,46,30,48,24,83,72,89,66,101,78,96,61,71,-43,-45,-38,-66,-92,-101,-141,-145,-128,-105,-117,-86,-358,-351,-605,-577,-815,-798,-775,-527,-29971,-29957,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4.} g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Nc3 Qb6 {[#]} 11. Qxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qf4 Nde5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Qh4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 e6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bg5 exd5 17. exd5 {½-½ (31) Pichot,A (2621)-Duda,J (2753) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11... Nxb6 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Nc7 Rac8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. c3 h6 {Prevents Ng5.} 16. Be3 Na4 17. Rd2 a6 18. Nd4 Nd8 19. f3 (19. h4 $14) 19... Kh7 20. Rc1 (20. Rb1 $14) 20... b5 (20... e5 $11 21. Nb3 h5) 21. Rdc2 e5 22. Nb3 Nc6 23. a3 Rb8 24. Nd2 h5 25. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} (25. b3 $5 {[%cal Rb3a4]} Nc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Nf1 $11) 25... Bh6 {[#]} (25... h4 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. g5 $1 $16 Bg7 27. h4 e6 28. b3 Nc5 29. b4 Na4 30. c4 (30. Kg2 $16) 30... Nd4 $15 31. Bxd4 exd4 {[%cal Be5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 32. cxb5 Nc3 33. Nc4 axb5 {Black is more active.} 34. Nxd6 Nxe2+ 35. Rxe2 d3 36. Ra2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs White the game.} (36. Rd2 $17 Rxf3 37. Kg2) 36... Be5 $19 37. Rc6 $2 (37. Nxb5 Rxb5 38. Kf2) 37... Rxf3 38. Rc7+ Kg8 39. Rd7 Rg3+ 40. Kh1 Rf8 {Prevents Nf7. Black mates.} 41. Nxb5 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 Rg4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/Black=0.19 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Mathieu, Phileas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,-2,-3,-10,-8,-9,0,-17,-8,-19,0,0,0,-25,-25,-21,-12,-22,-19,-19,-19,-19,-12,-20,-12,-16,0,-8,-6,-29,-32,-31,-11,-36,-7,-34,-23,-33,-59,-33,-33,-36,-37,-47,-39,-49,-41,-42,-27,-39,-16,-12,-12,-14,-12,-12,-5,-12,-12,-45,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,0,-12,0,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-38,0,-12,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. c4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bb2 e5 6. Bg2 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack.} Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O {[%cal Oe5e4]} 9. Nc3 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. Nc2 {[#]} Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. b4 f4 14. b5 Na5 15. e4 Nb3 16. Ra2 Rf7 17. g4 {½-½ (17) Disconzi da Silva,R-Dumont,S (2320) Curitiba 1990}) 13. Ne3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 15. Ned5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Nc6 17. e4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qe2 f4 {[#] White must now prevent ...f3+.} 20. f3 Qd7 21. g4 h5 22. g5 h4 23. Bc3 Qe7 24. Rg1 Qxg5+ 25. Kh1 Qh5 26. h3 Bf6 27. b4 g5 28. a4 Qf7 29. Kh2 Qd7 30. Rgb1 Rfb8 31. Rb3 Rb7 32. Qb2 Rab8 33. Rb1 Qe6 (33... Qxa4 $2 34. b5 $18) 34. Qa2 Kf7 35. b5 Bd8 36. a5 Qd7 37. Ra3 Kf8 38. Rg1 Qe6 39. Ra1 Qd7 40. Qg2 Qe6 41. axb6 axb6 42. Kg1 {[%cal Bh2g1,Bg1f2,Bf2e2,Be2d2,Bd2c2,Bc2b3][%mdl 32]} Ke8 43. Kf2 Qd7 44. Ke2 Rc8 45. Kd2 Rcb8 46. Kc2 {The position is equal.} Rc8 47. Kb3 Rcc7 48. Be1 {[%cal Oe1h4]} Qe6 49. Ra8 {[#] Qxg5 is the strong threat.} Rc8 50. R8a7 Rcc7 51. Rxb7 Rxb7 52. Ra8 {Hoping for Qxg5.} Kd7 53. Bc3 Kc7 54. Be1 Rb8 55. Ra7+ Rb7 56. Ra8 Rb8 57. Ra6 Rb7 58. Ra8 {Prevents Qc8.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,16,-14,-8,-9,-4,-27,-27,-19,-28,-36,-29,-38,198,194,341,350,352,345,337,0,207,0,333,337,514,517,514,506,498,514,577,575,514,539]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 2. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ndb4 9. O-O {Black must now prevent Qe2. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bg4 {Threatens to win with ...Nc2.} ({Don't take} 10... Nc2 11. Na3 Nxa3 12. bxa3 $16) 11. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Bxf3 12. gxf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] aiming for Nb5. White has some attack.} Nxe5 13. Bb3 {Strongly threatening Ba4+.} e6 {[#]} 14. f4 $146 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} (14. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Rc8 15. Nxa7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14. Ba4+ Nec6 15. Nb5 Nd5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Rac1 a6 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 {1-0 (36) Lapushnian,M (1362)-Schippke,M (1794) Tornelo INT 2020}) 14... Nf3+ 15. Kh1 Bc5 16. Ne4 Bb6 17. Ba4+ Nc6 $1 18. Nd6+ Ke7 $1 19. Nxb7 Nfd4 {[#]} (19... Ncd4 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 20. b3 Kf6) 20. b3 $1 $18 Rac8 {[#]} (20... Nb4 {was necessary.}) 21. Ba3+ $1 ({Not} 21. Bb2 Nf5 $16) 21... Kf6 22. Bb2 Ke7 23. Ba3+ {A strong pair of Bishops.} Kf6 24. Bb2 (24. Rac1 $142) 24... Ke7 {Inhibits Nd6.} 25. Rac1 a6 (25... Nb4 $142 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxd4 Bxd4) 26. Ba3+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf6 27. Nd6 {[%cal Bb7d6,Bd6c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} Rc7 28. Nc4 ({Less strong is} 28. Bb2 Rd8 $18) 28... Ba7 29. Ne5 Rhc8 30. Bd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28 (precise) /Black=0.34} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Philippe, Guillaume"]
[Black "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,68,14,8,20,-21,-10,-27,-19,-46,-19,-91,-93,-114,-91,-123,-117,-132,-135,-154,-159,-154,-155,-150,-158,-203,-151,-138,-155,-195,-172,-309,-311,-310,-307,-423,-421,-386,-305,-308,-293,-298,-280,-339,-338,-318,-217,-274,-281,-266,-266,-252,-250,-343,-346,-349,-350,-531,-522,-531,-460]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be2 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} 7. Nbd2 (7. b4 {is more appropriate.} Bb6 8. Nbd2) 7... a5 $11 8. b3 Ba7 {Black has an edge.} 9. Bb2 {[#]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Re8 10. Qc2 d5 11. Rfe1 Bg4 12. Bf1 Bh5 13. a3 d4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 {0-1 (75) Goroshkova,L (1979)-Goreskul,A (2221) Poltava 2010}) 10. d4 (10. g3 $11 {remains equal.}) 10... Nf4 $17 11. Nc4 Qf6 12. Re1 Bg4 (12... Qg6 13. g3) 13. d5 Ne7 {[%cal Oa5a4] Black is much more active.} 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qg6 17. Qf2 (17. Rf1 $17) 17... Qxe4 18. c4 a4 19. Rf1 f6 20. Ba3 (20. Rac1 {was necessary.}) 20... axb3 $19 21. axb3 Qd3 22. c5 Nxd5 23. cxd6 Qxe3 24. dxc7 {[#] And now Qxe3 would win.} Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rfc8 ({Weaker is} 25... Nxc7 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Ra7 $11) 26. Bd6 Rxa1 ({But not} 26... Nxc7 $2 27. Rxa8 Nxa8 28. Bb4 $19) 27. Rxa1 Nxc7 28. Nd2 Nb5 29. Bb4 Be6 30. Ra5 Nd4 31. Ra7 Bd5 ({Don't blunder} 31... Nxb3 $2 32. Rxb7 Rc2 33. Ke3 $19) 32. Nc4 Nxb3 33. Nd6 (33. Ne3 $142 Be4 34. Bd6) 33... Rc2+ 34. Ke3 {[#] White threatens Ra8+ and mate.} h6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.43/Black=0.10 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,96,19,12,13,4,31,23,35,36,33,26,25,0,0,0,0,-32,0,0,0,0,114,-4,-18,-52,-43,-54,-65,-52,-40,-56,-61,-50,0,0,0,-77,-87,-72,-99,-97,-104,-83,0,0,0,-211,-166,-181,-164,-179,-179,-162,-166,-133,-102,-90,-92,-116,-44,-50,-36,-93,-93,-93,-86,-125,-59,-71,-8,-276,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 10. Qd2 g5 11. f5 Nxd4 {White has an edge.} 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 $1 {[#]} 14. Qd2 $146 (14. Qxb6 $11 Nxb6 15. O-O-O) ({Predecessor:} 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. h4 g4 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. O-O Ke7 19. Rae1 b5 20. Rf4 {½-½ (26) Svidler,P (2714)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792) Paris 2021}) 14... Qxb2 $15 15. Rb1 Qxa3 16. Be2 $1 Nxe5 (16... h6 $5 {[%cal Ra3c5]}) 17. Qd4 $1 Qd6 18. h4 g4 (18... exf5 $2 19. Rb6 Qb8 20. Nxd5 $18) (18... Qc7 $11) 19. O-O (19. fxe6 $16 fxe6 20. Ne4 (20. Rb6 Qc7 $17)) 19... O-O $1 $11 (19... exf5 $2 20. Rb6 Qb8 21. Nxd5 $18) 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. f6 dxe4 (21... Nc6 22. Qe3 Kh8 23. Nd6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 22. Qxe5 {White wants to mate with Qg5+.} Qd5 23. Qf4 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Qh5 (24... Kh8 $15) 25. Kg3 Kh8 26. Qg5 (26. Qxe4 $11 Rb8 27. Bd3 (27. Qxg4 $2 Qe5+ 28. Kh3 Rg8 $19)) 26... Qxg5 $17 27. hxg5 Rg8 $1 28. Rbd1 {[#]} b5 $1 (28... Rxg5 $6 29. Rd8+ Rg8 30. Rfd1 $11) 29. Rh1 {[#]} Rxg5 (29... e5 $1 $17 30. c4 Be6) 30. Rh6 $11 e5 31. c4 $2 (31. Rh5 $1 $11 Rg6 32. Rd8+ Rg8 33. Rd1) 31... Be6 32. Rdh1 Bf5 {aiming for ...Bg6.} (32... Bxc4 $2 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. Rh8#) 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Bxb5 Ra3+ 35. Kh4 Rg6 36. Rxg6 Bxg6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (36... hxg6 $2 37. Bc4 Ra7 38. Rb1 $17) 37. Kg5 Ra8 (37... h5 $17 {And now ...Kh7 would win.} 38. Kh6 Ra8) 38. Kh6 $15 Rg8 {White must now prevent ...e3.} 39. Bd7 (39. Bc4 $1 $15) 39... e3 $17 {...Be4 is the strong threat.} 40. Bxg4 Bd3 41. Bh5 Rxg2 (41... e2 $17 42. g4 Rd8) 42. Ra1 $1 $15 Rg8 ({Not} 42... Bc4 43. Ra5 $17) ({Black should try} 42... Be4 $17 {Hoping for ...Rf2.} 43. Rd1 e2 44. Rd8+ Rg8 45. Rxg8+ Kxg8 46. Bxe2 Kf8) 43. Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Bxf7 $11 {and White is okay.} e2 44. Bxg8 Kxg8 45. Kg5) 43... Re8 $2 ({Worse is} 43... e2 44. Rxe5 Rg3 45. Re8+ (45. Bxf7 $2 Rh3+ 46. Kg5 h6+ 47. Kg4 Rh1 $19) 45... Rg8 46. Re5 $11) (43... e4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...e2.} 44. Ra2 Bc4) 44. Ra7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} e2 45. Re7 Rxe7 46. fxe7 {[%cal Re7e8]} Bb5 47. Bxe2 Be8 48. Bd3 Bd7 {Whites escaped into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.29 (precise) /Black=0.24 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "Girel, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,101,-66,-65,-75,-76,-92,-108,-100,-95,-114,-65,-52,-52,-63,-54,-101,-73,-102,-84,-93,-72,-142,-135,-127,-130,-128,-135,-142,164,164,168,150,184,163,158,152,229,13,11,16,11,12,178,167,340,341,533,76,485,59,53,51,49,10,4,4,6,17,204,191,182,18,16,33,138,122,245,234,231,247,447,416,452,131,147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 4. Nc3 a6 {[#]} 5. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. h3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bh2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 {0-1 (50) Shankland,S (2708)-Maghsoodloo,P (2706) Kolkata 2021}) 5... dxc4 6. g5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 {Black is better.} b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 (9... Bd6 $17 10. Be3 O-O) 10. Qf3 $15 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf3f7]} Qe7 11. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Oa2a4]} c5 12. Bg2 (12. g6 $1 $15 fxg6 13. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O O-O-O 15. a4 (15. Be3 $142) 15... cxd4 $17 16. axb5 axb5 17. cxd4 Rxd4 {Threatens to win with ...Rd3.} 18. Be3 Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} 19. Qg3 $18 Bxg2 (19... Bxb1 20. Bxd4 Bc2 21. Ra1) 20. Rxb5 Qd6 {Prevents Qb8+.} (20... Bxf1 $2 21. Qb8+ Kd7 22. Bxd4 $18) 21. Qxg2 Rd5 22. Rb6 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation. White is more active.} Qc7 (22... Qe5 $16) 23. Ra6 $2 (23. Ra1 $18 Bc5 24. Rb5) 23... Qb7 $11 24. Ra7 Qc6 25. Qg4 {aiming for Rfa1.} h5 $2 (25... Bb4 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 26. gxh6 $1 $18 gxh6 (26... Rxh6 {is a better defense.} 27. Bxh6 Bc5 28. Rxf7 gxh6) 27. Rfa1 Bc5 (27... Bd6 $142 28. R1a6 Qb5) 28. Rxf7 $2 (28. Ra8+ Kb7 29. Rxh8 Bxe3 $11) (28. Bxc5 $18 {Intending Ra8+ and mate.} Rxc5 29. Ra8+ Kb7 30. R1a7+ (30. Rxh8 Rg5 $17) 30... Kb6 31. Ra6+ Kb5 32. Rxc6 Rxa8 33. Rxc5+ Kxc5 34. Qh5+ Kb4 35. Qxf7) 28... Kb8 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Re8 $16 29. Qxc4 Rd7) 29. Rb1+ $2 ({White should play} 29. Qxc4 $18 Rg8+ 30. Kf1) 29... Kc8 $14 {...Bxe3 is the strong threat.} 30. Bf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rb1b8]} (30. Qg3 Bb4 $11) 30... Bb6 31. Ra1 {[%cal Og4e6]} (31. Rxb6 $5 Qxb6 32. Qg7 $16 (32. Rc7+ $2 Qxc7 33. Bxc7 Rg5 $19)) 31... Ra5 32. Re1 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Re8 33. Bg3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Ra7 $2 (33... Rg5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 34. Qe2 Ra5) 34. Rf4 $18 Ra4 35. Rfe4 $2 (35. Rc1 $1 $18) 35... Kb7 $1 $11 36. Rc1 {[%cal Re4c4]} Re7 (36... Rg8 $14 37. Qf4 (37. Qxg8 Qxe4 38. Qb8+ Ka6 $11) 37... Rf8 38. Rexc4 (38. Qxf8 Qxe4 39. Qb8+ Ka6 $11) 38... Rxc4 39. Qxc4 Qxc4 40. Rxc4 h5) 37. Rexc4 Rxc4 (37... Rf7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 38. Rxc4 $18 Qd5 {[#]} 39. Rc1 $1 Qf5 $2 (39... h5 40. Qg8 Qd8) 40. Qb4 Rg7 {[#] ( -> ...Qxf2+)} 41. Qb2 (41. Qc3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc3g7] is the precise move to win.} Bxf2+ 42. Kg2) 41... e5 $16 42. Qa2 (42. Rd1 $16 {Hoping for Rd6.} Qf6 43. Kf1) 42... Qf3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 43. Ra1 {White wants to mate with Qa8+.} Rxg3+ 44. hxg3 Qxg3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 45. Kf1 Qd3+ 46. Kg2 Qg6+ 47. Kh2 Qh5+ 48. Kg1 {White threatens Qd5+ and mate.} Qg6+ 49. Kf1 Qd3+ 50. Ke1 {Black must now prevent Qa8+.} Qe4+ 51. Kf1 {Black defended with fortune.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.59/Black=0.54} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Razafindratsima, Timothe"]
[Black "Pantzar, Milton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,52,26,27,24,20,51,33,17,31,63,67,46,-14,0,0,-10,-10,172,172,164,148,185,179,166,181,364,356,650,637,928,899,923,924,901,531,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 {Duda,Jan Krzysztof} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 {Active counter play!} Re8+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} 9. Ne2 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 10. Be3 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. O-O-O b5 12. d5 c5 {[#]} 13. g4 $146 (13. Bxb5 $14 Rb8 14. c4) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxb5 Rb8 14. c4 a6 15. Ba4 Re7 16. Ng3 Ne5 17. Ne4 Reb7 18. b3 Rb4 19. Bd2 Rxa4 20. bxa4 {1-0 (63) Duda,J (2757)-Carlsen,M (2863) Stavanger 2020 CBM 199 [Duda,Jan Krzysztof]}) 13... hxg4 14. h3 g3 {Threatening ...Rb8.} 15. Rhg1 c4 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (15... gxf2 $1 $11 16. Bxf2 Rb8) 16. Bh7+ $18 Kh8 17. Nxg3 {[%cal Og3f5] Strongly threatening Nf5!} Ne5 {Threatens to win with ...g6.} (17... g6 $2 18. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe3 19. fxe3 $18) 18. Nh5 Bf8 {[#]} (18... g6 $2 19. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bd7 20. Bxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 19. Bd4 $1 {f4 is the strong threat.} b4 $2 (19... f5) 20. f4 b3 $2 (20... Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Qxd3 bxc3 23. Nxf6 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Qxf6 25. Bxf6 $18) (20... Qd6 21. Be4 bxc3) 21. axb3 cxb3 22. Qf2 g6 {[#]} 23. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 {[#]} 24. Qh4 $1 g5 (24... Nf3 25. Bxf6+) 25. Nxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. White mates.} Kg7 26. Qh7+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Kxf6 27. fxg5# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.96} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Navrotescu, Andreea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,0,0,-5,16,-18,0,-30,0,0,0,0,9,10,9,-9,-7,-9,-9,-8,95,107,232,245,593,370,458,366,391,392,389,384,400,378,382,383,389,389,372,344,386,386,541,547,518,530,995,952]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 {[%csl LRb2,LRd4][%cal Rc5d4]} 6. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Bb5 {The position is equal.} g6 (8... e6 $5 {[%cal Rf8c5]}) 9. e4 dxe4 10. Be5 Qa5 {[#]} (10... Qxc5 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Nxe4 $16) 11. O-O $1 $36 {[%cal Od2e4][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} exf3 {[#]} 12. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qxf3 Qxb5 13. Bxf6 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 exf6 15. Qxf6 Rg8 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. cxd6 {½-½ (25) Nabaty,T (2649)-Duda,J (2756) Terme Catez 2021}) 12... Qd8 (12... Qxa2 $2 13. Qxf3 (13. Ra1 $2 Qxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxe5 $19) 13... Bg7 14. Bxc6+ Kf8 15. Bb5 $18 (15. Bxb7 Bxb7 16. Qxb7 Re8 $16)) 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qxf3 Qd5 {[#]} (14... Bg4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 15. Qxc6+ Bd7) 15. Nd6+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kd7 {[#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (15... exd6 $16 16. Qxf6 Rg8 17. cxd6 Qe6) 16. Qc3 $1 $18 Bg7 $2 {[#]} (16... exd6 {is a better chance.} 17. Bxf6 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 (18. Bxh8 Qxc3 19. Bxc3 d5 $14) 18... dxc5) 17. Rfd1 $1 Rb8 {[#] ...Rxb1 is the strong threat.} (17... exd6 18. Bxf6) 18. Ra1 exd6 19. Bxf6 {Chess con chili.} Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Qxc5 {And now ...Rf8 would win.} 21. Qxf7+ ({But not} 21. Qxh8 Kc7 22. Qf6 (22. Qxh7 Be6 $18) 22... Be6 23. Qe7+ Bd7 24. Qxf7 Qxc2 25. Qxh7 Rf8 $18) 21... Kd8 {Threatens to win with ...Bd7.} 22. Qf6+ Kc7 23. Qxh8 Bd7 24. Qxh7 Rf8 25. Qh4 Qxc2 (25... a5 {was necessary.} 26. Rab1 Qxc2) 26. Rac1 {White is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 26. Qe7 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qf4 $16) 26... Qb2 27. Rb1 Qxa2 28. Ra1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.65} ({Not} 28. Qe7 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qf4 $16) 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Black "Mathieu, Phileas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,100,51,52,52,53,42,56,45,47,34,87,55,68,76,66,61,56,58,69,73,58,60,68,67,56,20,31,31,29,29,33,19,20,21,18,9,16,16,29,16,121,121,121,129,150,161,161,146,146,146,161,161,161,161,271,281,297,356,348,341,344,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 a6 11. Qc2 {E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3.} b6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. b4 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 {[#]} 14. Nd2 $146 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Rad1 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. c5 Ba6 19. Na4 Re8 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. cxb6 {1-0 (30) Moran,D (2084)-Nieto Guillermo,L (1839) Bogota 2010}) 14... Rfd8 (14... a5 $1 $14) 15. c5 {White is more active.} b5 16. Nb3 Nf8 17. Rfd1 Ne6 18. Ne2 h5 19. Na5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 $1 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. h4 Bc8 23. f3 Nb7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Kh2 Qc7 26. Qd2 Be6 27. Bh3 Bxh3 28. Kxh3 Kh7 29. Nc1 {[%cal Be2c1,Bc1b3,Bb3a5][%mdl 32]} Qd7+ (29... Qc8+ $11 30. Kg2 Ne8) 30. Qxd7 $16 Nxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 31. Nb3 $1 Bh6 32. Bxh6 Kxh6 {KN-KN} 33. Na5 Nb8 34. Nb7 Kg7 35. g4 Kf6 36. Kg3 Ke6 {[#]} (36... Ke7 {was called for.} 37. Kf2 f6) 37. f4 $1 $18 exf4+ 38. Kxf4 hxg4 39. Kxg4 f6 {[#]} 40. Kf4 (40. Kf3 $1 $18 {Hoping for Na5.} Kd7 41. Na5) 40... g5+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 41. hxg5 fxg5+ 42. Kxg5 Ke5 43. a3 Nd7 44. Nd6 a5 45. Nf5 axb4 46. axb4 Kxe4 {[%cal Od7c5] ...Nxc5! is the strong threat.} 47. Ne7 Nxc5 48. Nxc6 Nd3 49. Na7 Nxb4 50. Nxb5 Ke5 {White really could win this.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.19 (very precise) /Black=0.13 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Krzyzanowski, Marcin"]
[Black "Pigeat, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,89,25,33,5,50,51,59,54,50,52,46,40,46,19,23,18,19,0,5,-15,51,70,77,47,70,59,79,80,83,66,77,68,87,59,87,72,123,122,102,78,83,81,115,115,120,119,127,131,181,181,233,234,252,247,265,245,330,332,418,428,415,422,393,189,595,590,617,607,472,259,458,458,1066,974,29977,29978,6079,4618]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} h6 (8... Nh5 $11) 9. Rc1 $14 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Bb1 Nf8 13. a3 b5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Kh1 Rc8 {1-0 (31) Suba,M (2416)-Sasu Ducsoara,A (2170) Porto 2014}) 10. dxc5 {White is slightly better.} Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb1 {[%cal Oc3d5]} Ba7 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3,Bd3b4][%mdl 32]} Bg4 16. Qd3 Qc8 ({Black should play} 16... d4 $11) 17. Nc5 Bb8 18. f3 Bh5 19. Qd4 {White is more active.} Bg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Bxb8 Qxb8 22. Nd3 Qb7 23. Rc3 g5 {[%cal Og5g4]} 24. Rfc1 Qe7 ({Better is} 24... Rac8) 25. Nb4 (25. Rxc6 $6 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 $11) 25... c5 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxe3 28. Rc8+ (28. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Re2 $11) 28... Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf7 30. Kf2 {To avoid Re1} (30. Nxa6 $6 Re2 $11) 30... Re5 (30... d4 $16 31. Rc7+ (31. Nxa6 Nd5 $16) 31... Ke8) 31. Rc7+ $18 (31. Nxa6 $6 g4 $16) 31... Kg6 (31... Kg8 {is a better defense.} 32. Nxa6 g4) 32. Ra7 ({Resist} 32. Nxa6 $6 g4 $16) 32... g4 33. Nd3 (33. Rxa6 gxf3 34. Kxf3 Kf5 $16) 33... Re8 34. Rxa6 Kf5 35. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} g5 36. b5 gxf3 37. gxf3 g4 38. Ra4 (38. b6 $142) 38... Kg5 $2 {[#]} (38... gxf3 {is more resistant.} 39. Rf4+ (39. Kxf3 Re4 $16) 39... Ke6 40. Kxf3 (40. Rxf3 d4 $16) 40... Ne4) 39. b6 gxf3 40. h4+ Kf5 41. Rf4+ (41. b7 $142 {aiming for Ra8.} Rb8 42. Rb4) 41... Kg6 $2 (41... Ke6 {might work better.} 42. a4 (42. Kxf3 Nd7 $18) (42. Rxf3 Ng4+ 43. Kg2 Rb8 $16) 42... Ne4+ 43. Kxf3 Rb8) 42. Rb4 Re2+ (42... Ne4+ $142 43. Kxf3 Nd2+ 44. Kf2 Rb8) 43. Kxf3 Rxa2 44. Ne5+ Kf5 {[#]} 45. b7 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18 (very precise) /Black=0.66} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,13,35,16,34,16,19,16,16,10,23,17,11,11,11,11,14,18,17,12,13,10,8,19,22,0,42,49,47,37,71,18,41,22,6,0,0,-30,0,0,157,158,170,39,94,86,83,61,84,4,113,-468,-447,-891,-887,-1596,-1475,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 b5 6. Be2 {D25: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3: sidelines and 4...Bg4.} Bb7 7. O-O e6 8. a4 {The position is equal.} b4 9. Nbd2 {9.b3 is more fashionable.} Nbd7 10. Nc4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 c5 13. Nfe5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Rc1 Bd5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qd2 {[#]} Rc7 $146 (17... a5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 17... Nc5 18. Qb2 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nb6 Rc7 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rc2 a5 {0-1 (50) Gelfand,B (2741)-Karjakin,S (2760) Moscow 2010}) 18. a5 $14 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rc6 20. Bb2 {This bishop pair is nice.} (20. Be2 $16 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 (21. Rxc1 Qxa5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14)) 20... Nb8 21. Qe2 Qxa5 22. f4 Nd7 23. e4 Rfc8 24. f5 {[#] Strongly threatening fxe6.} Nf8 (24... e5 $11) 25. Qg4 $16 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg4g7]} f6 {[%cal Oc6c4]} 26. fxe6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} (26. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6] aiming for exf6.} Kh8 27. Rce1 (27. fxe6 fxe5 28. Rf7 Ng6 $16) (27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 $16)) 26... Ng6 ({Black should play} 26... Rxc4 $1 $14 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. bxc4 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Qxc4) 27. Rcd1 Rxc4 28. bxc4 Qa2 {[#]} 29. Rd2 (29. Qe2 $1 $16) 29... Ne5 (29... a5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. Bxe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} Qxd2 $19 31. Bxf6 (31. Qf3 $142 Rxc4 32. h3) 31... Bxf6 (31... Qe3+ $2 32. Kh1 Bxf6 33. e7 $18) 32. e7 Qd4+ 33. Rf2 Qa1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.88/Black=0.26 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Razafindratsima, Timothe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:08:53]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 13. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 14. Qb2 {[%emt 0:02:02]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:16:41]} 15. Be7 {[%emt 0:11:29]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 16. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f6 {[%emt 0:09:34]} 17. Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:10:10]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:15:13]} 19. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 20. Rab1 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 21. h3 {[%emt 0:09:28]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:14:58]} 22. Bf1 {[%emt 0:16:03]} Re6 {[%emt 0:08:45]} 23. c4 {[%emt 0:08:47]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 24. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 25. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 26. c5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 27. Bb5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 28. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 29. d5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 30. Qc4 {[%emt 0:05:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 31. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 32. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 33. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 34. c6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 35. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 36. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 37. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 38. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 39. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 41. Nb6+ {[%emt 0:09:32]} Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 43. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 44. Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 45. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:04:27]} Qxb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 46. Bxb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kxb8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Qb2+ {[%emt 0:01:05]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 48. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 49. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 50. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 51. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 52. g4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:07:50]} 53. g5 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 54. h4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 55. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 56. Qa7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 57. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 58. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 59. Qxa6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 60. a4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 61. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 62. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 63. Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 64. Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 65. Qc6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 66. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 67. Qxh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:02:09]} 68. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 69. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 70. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:01:39]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 71. g6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 72. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 73. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 74. Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 75. g7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} 76. Qxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 77. g8=Q {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Barseghyan, Harutyun"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,128,0,-7,6,-3,0,-5,0,-12,-10,-40,-26,-37,-40,-41,-23,-41,-36,-72,-72,-74,-56,-171,-93,-120,-122,-175,-186,-175,-106,-129,-119,-383,-377,-406,-410,-403,-408,-414,-403,-394,-319,-353,-87,-78,-109,-106,-120,-110,-98,-103,-61,-110,-123,-116,-103,-125,-106,-128,-118,-174,-168,-239,-227,-335,-328,-261,-309,-340,-320,-377,-360,-656,-687,-720,-720,-830,0,-287,0,-941,-928,-933,-922,-927,-910,-861,-868,-861,-856,-783,-772,-762,-725,-650,-578,-902,-895,-29974,-29975,-29959,-29963,-6732,-6732,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29978,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 c5 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} 9. d5 Nxg3 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 10. hxg3 Bxc3+ {The position is equal.} 11. bxc3 {[%cal Of3g5]} Kd7 12. Nd2 Kc7 {[#]} 13. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Be2 Qg8 15. O-O-O Nf6 16. f3 Bd7 17. Bd3 Qg7 18. Qb3 Rhb8 19. Kc2 {½-½ (33) Pastar,S (2299)-Draskovic,L (2470) Podgorica 2020}) 13... Qf8 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. Qa4 f5 (15... Nb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6a4]} 16. Qa5 (16. Rxb6 $2 Kxb6 17. O-O Kc7 $17) 16... Kb8 $11) 16. Qa5+ b6 17. Qa4 Qg7 18. O-O ({Better is} 18. Qc2 $15) 18... Qxc3 (18... h5 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} 19. Rb3 (19. Qc6+ Kb8 $17) 19... Bb7) 19. Nb3 Kd8 20. Rfc1 (20. Bh5 $17) 20... Qf6 $19 21. Bh5 {[%cal Ob3a5]} (21. Qc6 Rb8 22. Qa4 Rb7) 21... Ne5 (21... g4 $1 $19 22. Na5 (22. Qc6 Rb8 $17) 22... Ne5 23. Nc6+ Nxc6 24. dxc6 (24. Qxc6 $2 Rb8 $17) 24... Kc7) 22. f4 Nd3 23. Na5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} Nxc1 (23... bxa5 24. Qxa5+ Kd7 25. Qb5+ Kd8 26. Qc6 (26. Qa5+ Kd7 $11) 26... gxf4 27. Qxa8 $11) 24. Nc6+ Kc7 {And now ...Qc3 would win.} 25. Rxc1 Bd7 26. Rb1 Qc3 27. Rb3 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 {[#]} e5 $2 (28... Qa5 $3 $19 {[%mdl 512] and Black stays clearly on top.} 29. Qxa5 bxa5 30. Nxe7 a4) 29. fxe5 $17 {[#] e6 is the strong threat.} Qa5 $1 30. Qxa5 bxa5 {Chess con chili.} 31. exd6+ Kxd6 32. Nxa5 {[#]} Rhc8 (32... Rac8 $1 $17 33. Be2 Rhe8) 33. Nb7+ (33. g4 $1 $15 {should be considered.}) 33... Ke5 34. g4 f4 35. exf4+ gxf4 36. Rb1 Rcb8 37. Re1+ (37. g3 $17) 37... Kd4 $19 38. Nd6 (38. Rd1+ $142 Kxc4 39. Nd6+ Kb4 40. Rf1) 38... Rb6 39. Nf7 (39. Rd1+ {is a better defense.} Kc3 40. Nf7) 39... Re8 40. Rf1 Rf6 ({Wrong is} 40... Kxc4 $2 41. d6 $19) 41. d6 Re3 ({Don't go for} 41... Kxc4 $2 42. Rb1 $17) 42. Rd1+ Kxc4 43. Rc1+ $2 (43. Kg1) 43... Kd4 44. Rd1+ Rd3 45. Re1 Re3 $2 (45... f3 46. gxf3 Rfxf3) 46. Rd1+ Rd3 $2 (46... Ke4 47. g5 hxg5 48. Bf3+ Kf5 49. Rd5+ Kg6 50. Ne5+ {[#]} Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Rxe5 Rxd6 52. Rxc5 g4) 47. Re1 $1 f3 48. gxf3 Rfxf3 49. Ne5 Rd2+ 50. Kh1 Rh3+ 51. Kg1 Rg3+ 52. Kh1 Be6 {( -> ...Bd5+)} 53. Bf7 Bxf7 54. Nxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Kc3 55. Rc1+ Kb2 56. Rxc5 Re3 {[%cal Re3e1]} 57. Re5 Rxe5 58. Nxe5 Kxa2 {KR-KN} 59. d7 Kb3 {Black mates.} 60. Kg1 Kc3 61. Kf1 a5 62. Nc6 Rxd7 63. Nxa5 Rc7 64. Ke2 Kb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.27 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Can, Isik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,-27,-9,-18,-6,-53,-53,-65,31,28,93,77,80,61,50,55,131,69,92,37,44,42,65,68,63,28,106,66,62,34,50,23,23,35,90,88,91,103,177,176,181,161,167,168,176,186,184,73,70,75,90,81,88,86,113,38,236,190,184,178,540,505,529,518,710,701]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 $1 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 6. Be2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4.} e6 7. a4 (7. O-O $11 {deserves consideration.}) 7... b4 $1 $15 8. e5 {Black is slightly better.} Nd5 (8... bxc3 $15 9. exf6 cxb2 10. Bxb2 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 gxf6) 9. Ne4 $1 $14 h6 {Prevents Bg5.} (9... Ba6 $11) 10. Bxc4 $16 a5 {[#]} 11. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf6 16. Bf4 Ne4 17. Ne5 Nxd6 {½-½ (27) Hubert,R (2385)-Woerdemann,M Germany 1994}) 11... Be7 12. Rc1 O-O (12... Nd7 $14) 13. O-O (13. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4g5]}) 13... Qb6 14. Qc2 ({White should play} 14. g4 $16) 14... Ba6 $14 15. b3 Rc8 16. Rfe1 (16. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4g5]}) 16... Nd7 17. Ng3 Nc3 {To avoid Re4} (17... Kh8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Bxc3 bxc3 19. Ne4 ({Worse is} 19. Qxc3 Bb4 20. Qe3 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Qb4 $17) 19... Bb4 20. Nxc3 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Qa6 ({Better is} 21... Bxc3 $14 22. Qxc3 Rab8) 22. c5 $16 Rab8 23. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6,Bd6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 (23... Rd8 $16 {was called for.}) 24. Qxc3 $18 Rb4 25. Nc4 Rxa4 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. Qf3 Rf8 28. Qg4 (28. Qd1 $18 {has better winning chances.} Rb4 29. Re3) 28... Qd3 $16 29. Rcd1 (29. Red1 $5 {[%cal Rd1d3]} Qb3 30. Qe4 $14) 29... Qc2 {[%cal Oc2c5]} 30. h3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Ra2 31. Ne4 {Active counter play!} Kh8 32. Qf3 (32. Rc1 $16 Qb3 33. Nd6) 32... f6 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (32... a4 $1 $14) 33. Rc1 $1 $18 Qb2 {[#]} 34. Rb1 $1 Qa3 (34... Qc2 {is more resistant.}) 35. Re3 {White is clearly winning.} Qa4 36. Nc3 {[%csl LRa2,LRa4]} Qc2 {...fxe5 is the strong threat.} 37. Re2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.44} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Bellia, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,21,23,31,35,42,30,40,6]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Bf6 (9... Bxa2 $2 10. b3 $18) 10. Kb1 Qd7 {[#]} 11. Ng1 $146 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.00 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 O-O-O 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Bb5 Qd7 15. Rhe1 Rde8 16. f4 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 {0-1 (38) Topalov,V (2736)-Hou,Y (2659) Salamanca 2019}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Vlachos, Anatole"]
[Black "Krzyzanowski, Marcin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,70,19,20,26,9,0,25,6,0,5,-18,27,19,37,19,28,15,65,-50,40,56,72,58,89,85,86,81,92,24,43,67,104,0,0,-8,-16,-13,41,39,14,39,81,0,0,0,0,-102,-72,-58,-38,-405,-395,-510,-428,-420,-390,-568,-549,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} 7. Nge2 $1 h5 $1 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 4] is now more promising than 7...Be7.} 8. d4 h4 {White has an edge.} 9. d5 {9.0-0 is not played anymore.} Ne7 10. e4 Ng6 (10... c6 $142 $1) 11. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White has good play.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. Qd3 h3 13. Bf3 Qf6 14. Ng1 Bb4 15. a3 Bd6 16. Nb5 O-O 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bxb6 axb6 {0-1 (61) Adel Lahchaichi,O (2331)-Gallego Alcaraz,A (2428) Barcelona 2017}) 12. Qd3 h3 13. Bf1 Be7 (13... c6 $11) 14. f4 (14. Nc1 $14) 14... exf4 (14... c6 $1 $15) 15. gxf4 $14 (15. Nxf4 Ne5 16. Qb5+ Nbd7 $11) 15... Bh4+ 16. Ng3 (16. Kd2 $5 {[%cal Rh1g1]}) 16... Qd7 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Na4 19. O-O-O (19. Rd1 $16) 19... Nxc3 $11 20. bxc3 O-O-O 21. e5 (21. Rhg1 $16) 21... Qa4 22. Qc2 Qa3+ 23. Qb2 Qa5 (23... Qxb2+ $11 24. Kxb2 Bxg3 25. hxg3 h2) 24. c4 $1 $14 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Ne7 (25... Qa6 $14) 26. Bf2 (26. Rh2 $16) 26... Nxd5 $11 27. cxd5 Rxd5 28. Qc2 {[#]} (28. Rxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxd5 29. Rh2 (29. Rd1 $2 Qxd1+ 30. Kxd1 h2 $19)) 28... Rxd1+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 29. Qxd1 (29. Rxd1 $2 {is the wrong capture.} h2 30. Qf5+ Kb8 $19) 29... Qxa2 {Really sharp!} 30. Qg4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] White does not recover from this.} (30. Qc2 $1 $15 Qa1+ 31. Qb1 Qxb1+ 32. Kxb1) 30... Kb8 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Qa1+.} 31. Rxh3 {[%cal Rh3h8]} Qc4+ 32. Kb2 {[%cal Rh3h8] [#]} Qb5+ 33. Kc3 (33. Kc2 $142 Rd8 34. Qf3 Qc4+ 35. Qc3 Qe2+ 36. Kb3 Qxf2 37. g4) 33... Rd8 {( -> ...Rd3+)} 34. Qf5 {To avoid Rd3+} Qc6+ 35. Kb3 Qf3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.75/Black=0.16 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Philippe, Guillaume"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,62,-25,-19,-21,-28,-37,-47,-30,-45,-42,-47,-27,-42,-22,-63,0,0,0,0,0,-56,-29,-49,-46,-47,-53,-51,0,0,-12,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,35,25,25,32,28,27,8,8,6,17]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 e5 6. Bg2 d4 7. O-O {7.0-0 scores better than 7.Nc4.} Bd6 8. Nc4 Bc7 {A08: King's Indian Attack.} 9. a4 O-O 10. Ne1 Be6 {Black is slightly better.} 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Qd7 13. Qf3 {[#]} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rae8 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. Qf2 Nh5 16. Nc4 Bh3 17. Qh4 Qg4 18. Qxh3 Qe2 19. Bf3 {1-0 (19) Nunes,M (1950)-Alves Campelo,D (2068) Natal 2018}) 14. Na3 (14. Qg3 $11) 14... Qe8 ({Better is} 14... g6 $15) 15. f5 $11 Bd7 16. Qh3 Ne5 17. Qh4 (17. Nf3 $11) 17... Nfg4 18. Nf3 f6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. b3 a6 21. Nc4 $1 g5 22. fxg6 $1 Qxg6 {Threatens to win with ...Rg8.} 23. Nxe5 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Bxe5 ({Don't take} 23... fxe5 24. Bg5 $14) 24. Bf4 Rg8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg6g2,Bf8g8,Bg8g7,Bg7f7][%mdl 32] [#]} 25. Rf2 Rg7 26. Bh6 Rf7 27. Kh1 {Black must now prevent Bf3.} Qg4 28. Qxg4 Bxg4 29. Bf3 Rg8 30. Rg1 Bxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Rg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Girel, Joseph"]
[Black "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,39,15,15,15,13,11,34,23,29,19,19,29,27,10,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 dxc4 7. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 7.Bxc4.} Bd6 8. Nd2 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} O-O 9. Nxc4 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bc7 10. b3 e5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 exd4 14. Qxd4 Nf8 15. Rd1 Bf5 {1-0 (54) Bluebaum,M (2618)-Marcus,H (2631) Chess.com INT 2018}) 10. a5 {White is slightly better.} c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Bf3 N7f6 {The position is equal.} 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Qxb7 {aiming for Ne5.} Rb8 $1 16. Qxa7 {[#] Nxd5 is the strong threat.} Ra8 17. Qb7 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Rb8 18. Qa7 {Strongly threatening Nxd5.} (18. Bxd5 $2 exd5 19. Qa6 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rb4 $17) 18... Ra8 19. Qb7 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Rb8 20. Qa7 {An even fight not without its subleties.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} (20. Bxd5 $2 exd5 21. Qa6 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Be6 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:11:05]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 4. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 5. exd5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:25:09]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 10. Nfd4 {[%emt 0:19:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} a6 {[%emt 0:12:04]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:16:38]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:16]} 13. Nc2 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:11:10]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 15. Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:08:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:06:09]} 17. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:05:01]} d4 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 18. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:04:13]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 19. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 20. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 22. b3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Krzyzanowski, Marcin"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,35,0,14,0,18,6,6,8,5,5,5,6,24,20,11,43]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 c5 10. d4 Nd7 $1 {10...Nd7 is better than 10...Nxc3.} 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. dxc5 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7.} Bf6 13. Qd2 Nxc5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxc3.} 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 {[#]} 16. Qe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qd4 Rfd8 17. Qxf6 {½-½ (18) Cvek,R (2488)-Polak,T (2532) Slovakia 2011}) 16... Rfd8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {An even fight not without its subleties.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,59,21,14,14,14,9,12,12,16,15,20,15,20,21,21,16,14,19,18,14,40,34,20,25,52,35,34,35,30,32,18,17,33,15,42,42,47,22,60,24,22,23,50,10,16,20,51,16]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32] 7...Nbd7 is better than 7...0-0.} 8. h3 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 {The position is equal.} g6 11. O-O {[%cal Ob2b4]} Ng7 {[#]} 12. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 {½-½ (13) Sivuk,V (2588)-Mirzoev,A (2457) Penang 2019}) 12... Nf5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 O-O 15. Qc2 a6 {To avoid b5} 16. a4 Re8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Nd6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Nc5 {Pair of Knights!} Ra7 23. Ra1 Rc7 24. Rfc1 Qe7 25. Qd3 (25. Na6 {seems wilder.} Rcc8 26. Nd2 Bh4 27. Re1 Nb5 28. Ra4) 25... Ne4 26. Ra2 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Qd7 28. Qa6 Rec8 29. Rac2 Kg7 30. Qa4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Black "Roebers, Eline"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,72,23,18,19,13,27,30,41,29,40,27,36,33,51,50,47,62,75,73,78,68,74,66,56,57,74,82,107,114,175,171,162,113,188,152,174,102,201,113,115,102,106,108,127,79,89,30,19,0,0,0,0,-57,-58,-58,-60,-81,-46]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O g6 {8...Be7 is the modern continuation.} 9. d3 Bg7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 10. Bf4 d5 11. exd5 exd5 {White has an edge.} 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rae1 Bg4 {[#]} 15. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Bh6 a5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a4 Rc8 19. f4 f5 20. Rf2 Qf6 21. Rfe2 {½-½ (80) Egorov,E (2361)-Vladimirov,M (2164) Pavlodar 2013}) 15... Be6 16. Bh6 Be5 17. Nf4 a5 {...a4 is the strong threat.} 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. c4 dxc3 20. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} a4 21. Bd1 d4 22. c4 Bd6 (22... Qa5 $16) 23. Rxe6 $18 fxe6 {[#]} 24. Bf3 (24. Bg4 $1 $18) 24... Qc7 (24... Ne5 $16) 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Be4 {A strong pair of Bishops.} ({White should try} 26. Qe1 $18 Re8 27. Qd1) 26... a3 {[#]} (26... Ne5 $16 {might work better.}) 27. Qg5 (27. h4 $1 $18) 27... Ne5 $16 28. Qf6 Qf7 29. Qh4 {Black must now prevent Rb6. White is much more active.} b6 30. Qg5 (30. Rb5 $142) 30... Nd7 {[%cal Be5d7,Bd7c5,Bc5a4,Ba4c3][%mdl 32]} 31. Qd2 (31. h4 $16) 31... Nc5 $11 32. Qe2 Na4 {And now ...Nc3 would win.} 33. Bd2 Qf6 34. Rb3 (34. Qf3 $11 Qxf3 35. Bxf3) 34... Nc3 $15 35. Bxc3 dxc3 36. Qc2 Rf8 {Black defended with fortune.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.19 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Black "Girel, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,102,9,10,33,7,3,8,10,7,6,6,13,-8,-13,-1,22,33,31,14,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,1,5,0,41,3,2,8,3,6,4,8,8,8,9,0,12,12,12,25,20,23,25,12,12,12,12,12,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nc3 Nd5 {[#]} 15. Rfc1 $146 {[%cal Bf1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3b3][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 15. a4 f6 16. Nxc4 Rb8 17. Rfc1 Ba6 18. Ne4 Rfc8 19. Kf1 c5 20. b3 Rc6 21. Ke1 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 {½-½ (43) Le,Q (2709)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2021}) 15... Nxc3 16. Rxc3 c5 17. Nxc4 Rb8 18. Rb3 b5 (18... Ba6 $5 {[%cal Ra6c4]} 19. Nxb6 Rfd8 $14) 19. Nd6 Ba6 20. Ne4 Rfc8 21. Rc1 b4 22. Nxc5 Bxe2 23. f3 h6 24. Kf2 Bd1 25. Rd3 Ba4 26. Ke3 Bc6 (26... Rb5 $11 {was preferrable.} 27. Nb3 Re5+ 28. Kd4 Rd5+ 29. Ke3 Re5+ 30. Kd4 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 (31. Kxe5 Rc2 $17) 31... Re1) 27. Rd4 {Threatening Na6.} Bd5 28. Nd3 {Black must now prevent Rxc8+.} Bxa2 29. Rxb4 Bd5 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. b4 Kf8 32. Rc7 Rb7 33. Rxb7 Bxb7 {KB-KN} 34. f4 Ke7 35. Kd4 f6 36. Nb2 g5 37. b5 gxf4 38. gxf4 Bd5 39. Nc4 Bxc4 {The position is equal.} 40. Kxc4 {K3P-K3P} Kd6 41. Kd4 h5 42. h4 e5+ 43. Ke4 Kc5 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. Kxe5 {[#] White wants to mate with Kf6.} Kxb5 {KP-KP} 46. Kf5 {White threatens Kg5 and mate.} Kc6 47. Kg6 Kd7 48. Kxh5 {Kg6 would kill now.} Ke7 49. Kg6 {[#] Threatening mate with Kg7.} Kf8 50. h5 Kg8 51. h6 Kh8 52. h7 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "Razafindratsima, Timothe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:19]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 5. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 7. b3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a6 {[%emt 0:10:41]} 8. a4 O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 10. f4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 12. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:18:21]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 13. Qg4 {[%emt 0:19:03]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 14. Nc3 {[%emt 0:17:13]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:11:04]} 15. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bxh2+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 16. Kh1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 17. Bxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Qh5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:18:27]} 19. Rae1 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 20. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 21. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Bxd2 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 22. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 23. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Be8 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 24. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qg3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 25. Be5 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Bxh5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 26. Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 27. Bxb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxc2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 28. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:25]} 29. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:52]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 30. Bc7 {[%emt 0:07:00]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 31. a5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 33. Be5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. a6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 36. Bb8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 37. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 38. Bc4 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Be4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 39. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 40. a7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxa7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 41. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:30:07]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:30:04]} 42. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 43. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 44. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Be8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 53. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,66,10,6,8,8,12,11,4,3,5,5,5,12,0,-2,0,4,25,12,22,-20,23,10,34,21,164,80,89,76,70,64,79,88,126,118,116,116,122,124,154,140,297,97,297,-140,-140,-215,0,0,0,0,367,0,0,0,370]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 8. Nd5 h6 {Prevents Bg5.} 9. c3 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7 12. Rg1 h5 $1 13. Bg5 Qg6 14. Qd2 {[#]} Qh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rab8 15. b4 Bb6 16. Nh4 Qh7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nd8 19. f6 c6 20. Be4 g6 {½-½ (36) Stijve,T (2247)-Ochsner,B (2455) Boeblingen 2017}) 15. h3 Rae8 16. Nh4 (16. g4 $142) 16... Nd8 (16... b4 $142) 17. g4 $11 hxg4 (17... Ne6 $5 {[%cal Rh5g4]}) 18. hxg4 Be6 (18... Ne6 $11 19. Nf5 Qh2) 19. Nf5 (19. Bxd8 $18 {[%cal Oh4f5] Black must now prevent Nf5!} Rxd8 20. Nf5) 19... f6 $16 20. Be3 {White is more active.} Bxd5 21. exd5 {d4 is the strong threat.} Qh2 22. Ke2 $1 {[%cal Be1e2,Be2f1,Bf1g2,Bg2f2,Bf2f3][%mdl 32]} Bxe3 23. Qxe3 {And now Rh1 would win.} Qf4 24. Qh3 $1 {aiming for Rh1.} e4 25. Rh1 {Threatening mate with Qh7+.} exd3+ 26. Kf1 Re2 $2 (26... Kf7 $2 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qxg7#) (26... Qg5 $16) 27. Rh2 $2 (27. Qh7+ $18 {has better winning chances.} Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rh2) 27... Qg5 $2 (27... Kf7 $2 28. Qh5+ g6 29. Qh7+ Ke8 30. Ng7+ Kd7 31. Ne6+ Rf7 32. Nxf4 $18) (27... Qc4 $16) 28. Rd1 $2 {[#]} ({Stronger than} 28. Qxd3 Rfe8 $11) (28. Qh7+ $1 $18 Kf7 29. Nxg7 $1 Qxg7 30. Qxd3 Rxb2 31. Rh7) 28... Rfe8 $1 $17 {[%cal Oe2e1] Hoping for ...Re1+!} ({Much less strong is} 28... Kf7 29. Qxd3 Re5 30. Rh7 $16) 29. Rxd3 {[#]} (29. Qxd3 $17 Rxb2 30. Qg3 (30. Qh3 $2 Nf7 $19)) 29... Qc1+ $2 ({Not} 29... Kf7 30. Qh5+ Qxh5 31. Rxh5 $14) (29... Nf7 $1 $19 {( -> ...Qc1+)} 30. Qh7+ Kf8) 30. Kg2 $11 {White wants to mate with Qh7+.} Rxf2+ $1 31. Kxf2 {The board is on fire.} Qe1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qc2+ $11 32. Kf1 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc2+ 34. Kf1 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Kf1) 32. Kf3 Qe4+ 33. Kf2 {Intending Qh7+ and mate.} Qe1+ {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/Black=0.51. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Eugene, Floryan"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Radoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c6 {[%emt 0:13:43]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:48]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 6. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} e6 {[%emt 0:06:08]} 7. N1f3 {[%emt 0:06:59]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 9. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 11. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 12. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:16:12]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 13. Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 14. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:10:18]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:22:52]} 16. Bg6 {[%emt 0:05:21]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Be3 {[%emt 0:07:40]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:08:04]} 18. Qf2 {[%emt 0:14:16]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 19. a4 {[%emt 0:07:33]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 20. a5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 22. bxc5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 23. Qxf1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. c4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 26. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 27. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 28. b6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,92,12,10,15,20,0,0,0,0,0,35,52,47,54,60,66,79,76,69,67,81,74,81,70,71,38,61,39,51,44,35,39,35,26,36,33,32,28,31,43,30,17,20,16,18,14,33,18,17,16,17,10,17,18,18,21,15,18,58,57,58,55,62,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,16,12,12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. h3 c6 15. Qd2 Bc7 16. Rae1 Qe7 17. Nh2 Bf5 18. Bg5 Qd7 {½-½ (57) Kaczmarek,R (2163)-Selle,U (2093) ICCF email 2020}) 13. a4 {[#] Hoping for a5.} Ba5 14. Ne2 f6 15. Nf4 Bb4 16. Nd3 Be7 17. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] [#] b5 is the strong threat.} a6 {Prevents b5.} 18. Qb3 {To avoid Nc3} Kh8 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Rc2 Qe8 21. Rb2 b6 22. b5 Bb7 23. Nf4 fxe5 24. Nxe5 {And now bxa6 would win.} Bd6 25. Nfd3 {Pair of Knights!} Ra8 {[%cal Bc8a8,Ba8a6,Ba6b6][%mdl 32]} 26. Rba2 Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Nd6 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 28. bxa6 Rxa6 {[%cal Od6c4]} 29. a5 Nc4 $1 30. axb6 Rxb6 31. Qa4 Bc6 32. Qc2 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Rb4 34. Qd2 Rg4 {[%cal Od5d4] Strongly threatening ...d4!} 35. h3 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 d4+ $1 37. Kh2 Qxe5+ 38. f4 Qxe3 39. Qxe3 dxe3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 40. Kg3 (40. Re1 $14) 40... Bb5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 41. Ra8 {[%cal Ra8f8]} Kg8 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Ra7 c6 44. Rc7 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} e2 45. Kf2 Kg8 46. f5 Bd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.25"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,78,35,34,11,0,6,21,35,35,33,49,0,38,62,47,48,81,37,47,27,82,30,20,4,2,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-3,-11,-10,-10,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Bf4 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 O-O 9. h3 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} c5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Rc1 c4 13. Bb1 Na5 14. Qc2 Nb3 15. Rce1 b5 16. Ne5 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 {0-1 (39) Khropova,L (2026)-Bogumil,T (2149) Katerini 2014}) 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qa4 (13. Re1 $14) 13... a6 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Rac1 {White is more active.} (16. Na4 $16 Qa5 17. b3) 16... c4 17. Bf5 Bc8 {[#]} (17... Bf8 $11) 18. Bxc8 (18. Rd2 $1 $16) 18... Raxc8 $11 19. e4 {The position is equal.} dxe4 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Nxe4 Nd4 $1 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Re1 Qd3 24. Qxd3 cxd3 25. Nxf6+ $1 Bxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Rd1 Rc4 27. Be3 Bxb2 28. Rxd3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 29. Rb3 Bc1 30. g3 a4 31. Rd3 {[%cal Bb3d3,Bd3d7,Bd7b7][%mdl 32]} Bb2 32. Kf1 f5 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Rd7+ Ke6 35. Rb7 Be5 36. Rb6+ Kd5 37. Rb5+ Ke6 38. Rb6+ Kd7 39. Rb5 Ke6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.25"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Roebers, Eline"]
[Black "Krzyzanowski, Marcin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,35,50,28,54,40,77,72,80,70,90,-12,-29,-20,0,0,0,-23,-14,-12,68,68,76,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,36,19,13,10,19,17,15,15,8,8,8,8,8,8,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,-10,-12,-116,-135,-121,-115,-113,-113,-142,0,0,0,-883,-921,-29956,-29952,-29955,-29957,-3331,-7301,-29968,-29969,-29974,-29975,-29977,-29978]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. h4 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} e5 7. f3 Qa5 8. g4 {White is better.} h6 9. O-O-O b5 {[#]} 10. d5 $146 (10. a3 $16) ({Predecessor:} 10. Kb1 b4 11. Nce2 d5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Nh3 a6 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 {1-0 (35) Mihevc Mohr,N (2220)-Stumberger,T (1815) Ljubljana 1995}) 10... b4 $11 11. dxc6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 (12... Qxa2 13. Bc4 Qa4 14. cxd7+ Bxd7 15. b3 $16) 13. cxd7+ Bxd7 14. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4,Bc4d5][%mdl 32]} a5 (14... d5 $11) 15. c4 $1 $14 Rc8 {[%cal Od6d5]} 16. Bd2 (16. Nh3 $16) 16... d5 $11 17. cxd5 Ba3+ 18. Kb1 {aiming for Bc1.} Rb8+ 19. Ka1 {Black must now prevent Bc3.} Bb2+ 20. Kb1 O-O {[%cal Bh8f8,Bf8c8,Bc8c3][%mdl 32]} 21. Bc4 Ba3+ 22. Bb3 a4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 23. Bxh6 Rfc8 {[#]} 24. Bc1 $1 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 {[%cal Ob1b2]} Rc3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} (25... axb3 26. cxb3 Bb5 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Kb2 $14) 26. Kb2 $1 Rbc8 {[#]} 27. Rh2 $1 {[%cal Oc1f1]} Ne8 {[#]} (27... axb3 28. axb3) 28. Rf2 $1 axb3 29. axb3 Bb5 30. Ra1 Nd6 31. h5 Kg7 32. hxg6 Kxg6 33. Rh2 Kg5 34. Rd1 Kf4 35. Rdd2 Bf1 36. Rh6 {[#]} ({White should play} 36. Rhf2 $11 Ke3 37. Kc1) 36... Ke3 $1 37. Rhh2 $1 Ba6 38. g5 Bb5 39. Rdg2 R3c7 40. g6 (40. c4 Nxc4+ 41. bxc4 Bxc4 $17) 40... fxg6 41. Rxg6 Nb7 42. Rg3 Nd6 43. Nh3 Ra7 44. Nf2 {Threatens to win with Nd1+.} Be2 {[%cal Od6c4] To avoid Nd1+. ( -> ...Nc4+!). The board is on fire.} 45. f4+ (45. Rg6 Nc4+ $1 46. Kc3 (46. bxc4 $2 Rb8+) 46... Na5+ 47. Rc6 (47. Kb2 $2 Nc4+ 48. Kc3 Na5+ 49. Kb2 Kd2 $19) 47... Nxc6 48. dxc6 Rxc6+ 49. Kb2 Kd2 $19) (45. Ng4+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} Kf4 46. Rgh3 Bxf3 47. Nxe5 Kxe5 48. Rxf3) 45... Kd2 $17 ({Don't play} 45... Kxf4 $6 46. Rhg2 Bh5 47. Rh3 $11) 46. Rd3+ ({But not} 46. fxe5 $2 Rxc2+ 47. Kb1 Rc1+ 48. Kb2 Rca1 $1 49. Rd3+ Bxd3 $19) 46... Bxd3 {Black is much more active.} 47. Nxd3+ Ke3 48. fxe5 {[#]} Nxe4 ({Better is} 48... Nc4+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 49. Kb1 (49. bxc4 $2 Rb8+ 50. Nb4 Rxb4+ 51. Kc3 Rb8 $19) 49... Rb8 50. Rh3+ Kd4) 49. Nb4 $11 Nf2 50. Rxf2 {[%mdl 8192]} Kxf2 $19 51. e6 {[#]} Re7 $1 52. c4 Ke3 53. Kc3 Ke4 54. Nc2 Rh7 {Black mates.} 55. Na3 Rb8 56. Nb5 {[#]} Rxb5 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.09 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.25"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Mathieu, Phileas"]
[Black "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,6,11,0,0,-12,13,9,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,22,13,35,-5,-8,-12,-6,-14,-13,-12,-16,-11,0,-86,-80,-63,-93,-103,-52,-123,-62,-66,-56,-61,-50,-55,-54,-69,-16,-80,-91,-97,-87,-101,-35,-38,0,-11,-8,-6,-8,-6,-8,-7,-8,-9,-18,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. d5 Nc5 {[%cal Oe5e4]} (5... Bb4+ $2 6. c3 Nxf2 7. Kxf2 Bc5+ 8. Kf1 $16 (8. Be3 Bxe3+ 9. Kxe3 Ne7 $16)) 6. Nc3 {Prevents e4. C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} Nxd3+ {[#]} 7. cxd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qxd3 Nb4 8. Qe4 Be7 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Qc4 d6 12. Nf3 a5 13. a3 {1-0 (44) Seba,F (2240)-Brahim,D Algiers 2000}) 7... Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7f6][%mdl 32]} 8. Nxe5 Be7 9. O-O {[%cal Oe5f7]} O-O 10. Be3 d6 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Rc1 Nf6 13. h3 Bf5 14. g4 Bd7 {next ...b5 is good for Black.} 15. Qf3 c6 16. Bf4 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bc6 19. Qd4 (19. Qa5 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... f5 $1 $17 20. f3 {[%cal Rf4d6]} (20. Bxd6 fxg4 21. hxg4 Rf6 $17) 20... fxg4 21. fxg4 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Bf6 ({Black should play} 21... Qd7 $1 $17) 22. Qe3 {[#]} (22. Qxd6 $15 Qxd6 23. Bxd6) 22... Re8 (22... Qd7 $1 $17 {...Rae8 is the strong threat.} 23. Kh2 Rae8) 23. Qf2 $15 Bh4 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 24. Bg3 Bxg3 25. Qxg3 Qg5 26. Rc2 $1 ({Much worse is} 26. Qf2 Qd5 27. Kh2 Rf8 $19) (26. Qxd6 $2 Re2 27. Rce1 Rg2+ 28. Kh1 Rxg4+ 29. Qxc6 bxc6 $19) 26... Qd5 ({Better is} 26... Rf8 $15 27. Rxf8+ (27. Qxd6 $2 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rf8+ 29. Kg1 Qh4 $19) 27... Rxf8 28. Nxd6 (28. Qxd6 $2 Qh4 $19) 28... Qd5) 27. Kh2 (27. Nxd6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Rf8+ 29. Nf5) 27... Rf8 $17 28. Rcf2 Rxf2+ 29. Qxf2 {[#]} h6 ({Black should try} 29... Re8 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...h6.} 30. Na5 Bd7) 30. Ne3 $1 $15 Qxd3 {And now ...Re8 would win.} 31. Nf5 Re8 {Hoping for ...Re2.} 32. Nxh6+ $1 Kh7 {( -> ...Re2)} (32... gxh6 $5 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kh7 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ Kh7 37. Qf7+ Kh8 $11) 33. Qf5+ Qxf5 34. Nxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re2+ 35. Kg3 Rxb2 36. Re1 g5 (36... Rxa2 $15 37. Re7 Kg6 38. Rxg7+ Kf6) 37. h4 $1 {The position is equal.} gxh4+ (37... Rxa2 $2 38. Re7+ Kh8 39. hxg5 Rg2+ 40. Kh3 $16) 38. Kxh4 Kg6 39. Nxd6 Rh2+ 40. Kg3 Rxa2 41. Re6+ Kg7 42. Nxb7 Bxb7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.13 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Dimitrov, Radoslav"]
[Black "Materia, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,214,0,25,22,25,24,24,25,27,19,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,40,35,45,71,77,88,0,87,79,86,94,82,19,19,18,60,53,64,44,58,52,53,51,64,39,47,35,76,76,101,100,101,35,35,35,35,35,37,26,27,33,46,19,19,19,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,0,6,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 e5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 {next Qh5 is good for White. D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} exd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Ne2 {White has an edge.} Bg7 9. Nbc3 f5 {[%cal Rc6d4] [#]} 10. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qg5 12. h4 Qxg2 13. Rg1 Qh2 14. Qe3 Qxh4 15. Kd2 Be6 16. d5 {½-½ (37) Blevins,J-Verheij,W ICCF email 2020}) 10... O-O {[%cal Rc6d4]} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Qd6 13. Qc2 Rb8 14. Rad1 Re8 15. g3 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Re6 17. Nf4 $1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qxd4 19. Qxf5 h6 20. Ne4 (20. Nh5 $16) 20... Qe5 (20... Rxb2 {[#] leads to mate.} 21. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf6 22. Re8+ Bf8 23. Qxf6 Rb1+ 24. Kg2) (20... Qxb2 21. Nh5 Qd4 22. Qg4 $16) (20... Qb4 $1 $11 21. Rb1 Re8 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Kg2 Qf1+ 26. Kf3 Qd1+ 27. Ke3 Qe1+ 28. Kf3 Qd1+ 29. Ke3 Qe1+ 30. Kf3 Qd1+) 21. Qxe5 $16 {White is more active.} Bxe5 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 22. Nc5 {[%csl LRa6,LRe5]} Bxf4 23. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} ({White should play} 23. Nxa6 $16 Rb6 24. Nc5 (24. gxf4 Rxa6 25. a3 c5 $11)) 23... Bc4 $11 24. b3 Bd5 (24... Rb5 $1 $11) 25. Na6 $1 $14 {[%csl LRb8,LRc7]} Rc8 26. Re5 Kf8 27. Kf1 Rd8 28. Ke2 {Inhibits Bf3+.} ({Don't play} 28. Nxc7 Bf3 $11) 28... Rd7 29. f3 f6 30. Re3 Rg7 (30... Bf7 $14 {deserves consideration.}) 31. Kf2 $16 Rd7 32. Rc3 Ke7 33. Nc5 (33. Rc5 $16) 33... Rd8 $14 34. Re3+ Kf7 35. f5 a5 36. Na6 a4 37. bxa4 Bc4 38. Nxc7 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rxa2 40. Ne8 {[#] Threatens to win with Nd6+.} Rxa4 41. Nd6+ Kf8 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. Rh7 Bd5 45. Rxh6 Ra3 46. Rxf6+ Ke7 47. Rh6 {[%cal Od6e4]} Rxf3+ 48. Kg4 {[%cal Od6c4]} Rf1 49. Nc8+ Kf7 50. h4 c5 51. Kg5 {aiming for Rh7+.} Rg1+ 52. Kf4 c4 53. Rh7+ Kf6 54. Nb6 {[%cal Rb6d5]} Rf1+ 55. Kg4 {[%cal Rb6d7]} Bf3+ 56. Kg3 c3 57. Rc7 Be4 {Strongly threatening ...c2.} 58. Rxc3 Kxf5 59. Rc5+ Ke6 60. Nc4 {Re5+ is the strong threat.} Rf5 {Prevents Re5+.} 61. Rc8 {Hoping for Re8+.} Bd3 62. Ne3 Ra5 63. Rc6+ Kf7 64. Kf4 Ra4+ 65. Kg5 Ra5+ 66. Kf4 Ra4+ 67. Kg3 Ra5 68. Rc3 Be2 69. Kf4 Kf6 70. Rc6+ Kf7 71. Nf5 Bd3 72. Nh6+ Kg7 73. Ng4 Ra4+ 74. Kg3 Be2 75. Ne3 Ra5 76. Rc2 Bd3 77. Rd2 Bg6 78. Rd7+ Kf6 79. Ng4+ Ke6 80. Rb7 Bh5 81. Rb6+ Kf7 82. Ne3 Be2 83. Rd6 Ke7 84. Rd2 Bh5 85. Kf4 Ke6 86. Rb2 Bg6 87. Rb4 Kf7 88. Nc4 Rf5+ 89. Kg4 {Black must now prevent Nd6+.} Kg7 90. Rb7+ Rf7 91. Rb5 Bd3 92. Rg5+ Kf8 93. Ne5 {[%csl LRd3,LRf7]} Be2+ 94. Kg3 Rg7 95. Ng6+ Kf7 96. Ne5+ Kf6 97. Ng4+ Bxg4 98. Kxg4 {Mate.} Rxg5+ 99. hxg5+ $11 {KP-K} Kg6 100. Kf4 Kg7 101. Kf5 Kf7 102. g6+ Kg7 103. Kg5 Kg8 104. Kh5 Kg7 105. Kg5 Kg8 106. Kf6 Kf8 107. g7+ Kg8 108. Kg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.25"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Razafindratsima, Timothe"]
[Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 1,1,39]} 1. e4 {Not much happened in this game.} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.25"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:49]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:11:27]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 9. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:21]} h6 {[%emt 0:07:59]} 11. Bh4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:07:16]} 12. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Na5 {[%emt 0:12:30]} 13. dxe5 {[%emt 0:23:40]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 14. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:17:17]} 15. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nxa1 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 16. e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:07:57]} 17. exf6+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. fxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 19. Bf6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Bxh8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxh8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 21. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 22. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.25"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Girel, Joseph"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,41,66,28,40,0,33,45,50,0,0,0,0,0,15,17,19,-29,-30,-43,-41,-12,-9,-15,-15,-15,-3,-12,-9,-20,-8,-8,-3,-26,-33,-30,0,-34,-21,-24,-13,-28,6,6,50,50,48,38,64,16,15,0,42,36,63,76,190,179,193,116,107,109,123,95,87,91,87,81,85,84,109,107,98,52,107,63,70,69,69,57,65,65,78,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,0,38,0,38]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Nc6 {[#]} 6. cxd5 $146 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Nd2 Be7 8. Nxe4 O-O 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. Be2 Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg6 {1-0 (35) Renault,H (1200)-Gheorghe,I (1200) FICGS email 2008}) 6... exd5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qb3 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. Bd3 (9. Ne5 $14) 9... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 10. a3 (10. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 11. Qxb8 (11. Qa6 $2 Nb4 $19) 11... Qxb8 $19) 10... a4 11. Qc2 (11. Qxb7 $2 Na5 12. Qxa8 Qxa8 $19) 11... g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. e4 (13. b4 $142) 13... O-O $11 14. e5 Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} 15. b4 Nf4 16. Re1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bf5 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Bb2 Rae8 20. Rac1 Na7 21. Qf4 c6 22. h3 h6 23. Rc3 Nc8 24. Qg3 Be6 25. Nh4 Ne7 (25... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 26. Nhf3 Ne7 $15) 26. f4 Kh7 (26... Nf5 $11 {feels stronger.} 27. Qf2 Nxh4 28. Qxh4 f6) 27. Ndf3 $1 $14 Rg8 28. Bc1 f6 29. Rce3 {White is more active.} (29. b5 $14 {is superior.}) 29... f5 $11 ({Much less strong is} 29... g5 30. exf6 gxh4 31. Qf2 $16) 30. Nh2 Ref8 (30... Bf8 $11) 31. N4f3 $14 g5 {[#] Prevents Qh4. Threatens to win with ...gxf4.} 32. R3e2 (32. fxg5 $2 f4 33. Qf2 fxe3 $19) 32... Qe8 (32... g4 $16) 33. fxg5 $18 Qh5 34. Qh4 ({Better is} 34. Rf2 $18) 34... Qxh4 $16 35. Nxh4 f4 36. g6+ Nxg6 37. Nxg6 Kxg6 38. Rf2 Kh7 39. Kh1 ({But not} 39. Bxf4 Bxh3 40. Be3 Be6 $11) ({Much weaker is} 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. Bxf4 Bxh3 $11) 39... Bf5 40. Rxf4 Be4 41. Rxf8 (41. Nf1 $16) 41... Rxf8 (41... Bxf8 $14 42. Re2 Be7) 42. Rf1 (42. Kg1 $16) 42... b6 43. Rxf8 Bxf8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 44. Be3 Kg6 45. Kg1 Bg7 46. Nf3 ({White should play} 46. Kf2 $16) 46... Bxf3 $11 47. gxf3 {KB-KB} Bf8 48. Kf2 Be7 49. Kg3 h5 50. Kg2 Kf5 51. Kf2 Bf8 52. Ke2 Be7 53. Kd3 Bf8 54. Kc2 Be7 55. Kd3 Bd8 56. Kc2 Be7 {White really could win this.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.26"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Krzyzanowski, Marcin"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,177,18,15,15,18,19,33,47,29,42,29,45,36,28,46,46,38,30,57,15,39,13,16,0,24,24,31,0,38,50,76,84,69,76,85,15,28,35,29,29,116,117,114,105,167,134,218,212,195,118,136,113,114,113,113,102,102,73,106,87,87,87,99,89,83,79,79,77,84,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,32,32,32,0,43,43,43,43,43,43,44,44,53,44,142,44,87,44,87,85,64,0,0,0,44,44,46,0,253,252,250,256,2454,259,250,239,246,252,239,232,228,227,241,239,234,225,221,0,9,0,742,736,723,724,714,719,704,676,679,540,597,502,682,641,587,0,559,533,522,515,483,497,473,458,450,437,585,537,486,422,618,616,581,548,12827,12828,2637,2291,12843,12844]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 Nxd5 6. bxc5 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} Nf6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Be2 {[#] White is slightly better.} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e4 9. Nd4 Na6 10. g4 Nxc5 11. Nf5 Qf8 12. g5 d6 13. Ng3 Nfd7 14. Qc2 Qe7 {½-½ (58) Giri,A (2785)-Grischuk,A (2750) Moscow 2017}) 9. O-O Re8 10. Bb2 $1 Nc6 11. d4 d6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Ba3 e4 14. Ne1 (14. Nd2 $14 {should be considered.}) 14... Bf5 15. Nc2 Qd7 16. Rb1 Rac8 17. Rb5 d5 18. Qb1 b6 19. c5 $1 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Bd6 (22. Rxb6 $16 Na5 23. h3) 22... Na5 $11 23. Na3 (23. Rxb6 Nc4 24. Na3 Nxb6 25. Qxb6 Qe2 $17) 23... Nd7 24. Bb4 (24. Rxd5 Qe6 25. Rxa5 (25. Qb5 $2 Nf6 $19) 25... bxa5 $17) 24... Nc4 (24... Rc6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Rxd5 $16 Nf6 26. Rb5 Qe2 (26... Qd7 $16 {was called for.}) 27. Re1 Qd3 (27... Nxa3 $16 28. Bxa3 (28. Rxe2 $2 Nxb1 29. h3 Re6 $19) 28... Qd3) 28. Nxc4 $1 $18 Rxc4 29. Rd1 (29. Rxb6 $18 Nd5 30. Rb7) 29... Qe2 $16 30. Rd2 {Prevents Rc2.} Rc1+ 31. Qxc1 Qxb5 32. Rb2 {[%cal Ob4e7]} Nd5 {Inhibits Be7.} 33. Be1 Qd7 34. Rc2 h6 35. Qa3 $1 Rc8 36. Qb3 {Threatens to win with Rxc8+.} Rxc2 37. Qxc2 f5 38. Qc4 Kf7 39. f3 (39. Bd2 $16) 39... Qe6 $11 40. Bd2 g5 41. Bc1 h5 42. a4 Kf6 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Qc2 Kf6 45. fxe4 fxe4 46. Qc4 Ke7 (46... g4 $11) 47. h3 $14 Kf7 48. Bd2 Ke7 49. Qe2 Qf7+ 50. Kg1 Qe8 51. Qa6 Qd7 {[#]} (51... Qc6 $1 $14) 52. Qa8 (52. a5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra5b6]} bxa5 53. Qg6 (53. Bxa5 Qf5 $16) (53. Qxa5 Kf7 $16)) 52... h4 (52... Kf7 $1 $14) 53. Bc1 (53. Qh8 $16 {Black must now prevent Qg7+.} Qf5 54. Qg8) 53... Kf7 (53... Qe6 $14) 54. Ba3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qe6 55. Qf8+ (55. Qb7+ $14 Kf6 56. Bf8) 55... Kg6 $11 56. Bc1 Qc6 (56... Nf6 $11 {might be stronger.} 57. Qb4 Qa2) 57. Qg8+ $14 Kf6 58. Ba3 (58. Bb2 $14 {is superior.}) 58... Qc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} 59. Qf8+ (59. Qxd5 Qxe3+ 60. Kh1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 Qg3+ 62. Kh1 Qe1+ 63. Kh2 Qg3+ 64. Kh1 Qe1+ $11) 59... Kg6 60. Qe8+ Kf6 $2 (60... Kf5) 61. Qe5+ $2 (61. Bd6 {White threatens Be5+ and mate.} Kf5 62. Qe5+ Kg6 63. Qxe4+ Kf6 64. Qe5+ Kg6 65. Qe8+ Kf6 66. e4 Qe3+ 67. Kh1 Qxd4 68. Kh2) 61... Kg6 $18 62. Qxe4+ (62. Qxd5 Qe1+ 63. Kh2 Qg3+ 64. Kh1 Qe1+ 65. Kh2 Qg3+ 66. Kh1 Qe1+ 67. Kh2 $11) 62... Kg7 63. Qe5+ (63. Qxd5 Qe1+ 64. Kh2 Qg3+ 65. Kh1 Qe1+ 66. Kh2 Qg3+ 67. Kh1 Qe1+ 68. Kh2 $11) 63... Kg6 64. Qe6+ (64. Qxd5 Qe1+ 65. Kh2 Qg3+ 66. Kh1 Qe1+ 67. Kh2 Qg3+ 68. Kh1 Qe1+ 69. Kh2 $11) 64... Kg7 65. Qd7+ (65. Qxd5 Qe1+ 66. Kh2 Qg3+ 67. Kh1 Qe1+ 68. Kh2 Qg3+ 69. Kh1 Qe1+ 70. Kh2 $11) 65... Kg6 66. Qe8+ (66. Qxd5 Qe1+ 67. Kh2 Qg3+ 68. Kh1 Qe1+ 69. Kh2 Qg3+ 70. Kh1 Qe1+ 71. Kh2 $11) 66... Kf6 67. Qf8+ Kg6 {[#]} 68. Qg8+ $2 (68. Kh2 $1 $18 Qc7+ 69. Kh1) 68... Kf6 $11 69. Bd6 Nxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White stays focused until the end.} (69... Qe1+ $11 70. Kh2 Nxe3 71. Qf8+ (71. Be5+ Kf5 $11) 71... Ke6 72. Qe7+ Kd5 73. Qe5+ (73. Qxg5+ Kxd6 74. Qd8+ Ke6 $15) 73... Kc4) 70. Be5+ $18 Ke7 71. Qxg5+ Kd7 72. Qg7+ Ke8 73. Qg6+ Kd7 74. Qd6+ Ke8 75. Qe6+ Kf8 76. Qh6+ Ke8 77. Qg6+ $2 ({Better is} 77. Qxh4 $18 Qd2 78. Qh5+ Ke7 79. Qg5+ Kd7 80. h4 (80. Bf4 Qe1+ 81. Kh2 Nf1+ 82. Kh1 Ng3+ 83. Kh2 Nf1+ 84. Kh1 Ng3+ 85. Kh2 Nf1+ $11) 80... Qd1+ 81. Kh2 Ng4+ 82. Kg3 Nxe5 83. Qxe5) 77... Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (77... Kd7 $11 78. Qf7+ Kd8 79. Qf8+ Kd7 80. Qg7+ Ke8 81. Qh8+ Kd7 82. Qxh4 Qc2) 78. Bf6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kd7 79. Qf7+ Kc8 80. Qe8+ Kb7 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 81. Qe4+ Ka7 {Strongly threatening ...Qe1+.} 82. Bxh4 Qc1+ 83. Kf2 ({Avoid the trap} 83. Kh2 $2 Nf1+ 84. Kg1 Ng3+ 85. Kf2 Nxe4+ $19) 83... Nd1+ 84. Kf3 Nc3 (84... Qa3+ $142 85. Kf4 Nc3) 85. Qh7+ Ka6 86. Qd3+ Ka5 87. d5 Nxa4 88. Bf2 Nb2 89. Qa3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.25 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,59,0,0,0,-52,-45,-45,-28,-30,-37,-56,-58,-102,-90,-77,-38,-237,-110,-125,-29,-145,-132,-141,-131,-131,-122,-141,-127,-394,-417,-386,-403,-375,-370,-477,-477,-760,-752,-29989,-29990,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 a5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 8. Nf4 (8. a3 $11) 8... cxd4 $15 9. cxd4 g5 {Black is slightly better.} 10. Ne2 g4 11. Nd2 f6 $1 {[#]} 12. h3 $146 (12. exf6 $15 {is superior.} Qxf6 13. f4) ({Predecessor:} 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Nb1 e5 14. Be3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Nb5 d4 17. Bc1 Rf8 18. f4 gxf3 19. Qxf3 {1-0 (48) Ly,M (2460)-Kostenko,P (2455) Pavlodar 2015}) 12... fxe5 $17 {Black is more active.} 13. hxg4 Qf6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bb5 $11) 14. g3 $2 ({White should try} 14. g5 $15 Qf7 15. Nc3) 14... exd4 (14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bb5 $15) (14... Nb4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 15. Nc3 Qg6) 15. Nf4 {[#]} Bd6 ({Better is} 15... Qe5+ $1 $17 16. Qe2 Nb4) 16. Bd3 (16. Nf3 $1 $11) 16... Bxf4 17. gxf4 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5f4][%mdl 32]} 18. g5 Qe7 (18... Qxf4 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Nb3 $17) 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Bxh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Kf1 $17) 20... exf4+ $19 21. Kf1 Nde5 {And now ...Bg4 would win.} ({Weaker is} 21... Re8 22. Nf3 (22. Bg6 Rf8 $15) 22... Nde5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxf4 $11) 22. g6 Bg4 23. Qh6 Kd7 {Threatens to win with ...Bf5.} ({Don't go for} 23... Nd3 $2 24. Qh4 Be2+ 25. Kg1 $19) 24. g7 {[#]} (24. Qh4 $142 Bf5 25. Qxe7+ Nxe7 26. Kg1) 24... Be2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Kg1 {[#]} (25. Kxe2 Ng4+) 25... Rxh7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 26. Qxh7 (26. Qxf4 Rxg7+) 26... Qg5+ 27. Kh2 Ng4+ 28. Kg2 Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check). Pair of Knights!} 29. Kh3 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 Qg2# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.70/Black=0.15 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Materia, Marco"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,152,9,14,6,18,12,0,0,0,0,4,11,0,69,69,72,0,0,-26,-10,-26,-26,-56,-11,-16,14,-22,17,-14,-26,-70,-45,-72,-80,-108,-102,-156,-151,-262,-264,-266,-162,-156,-92,-109,-54,-54,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-51,-51,-52,-52,-54,-53,-53,-54,-72,-73,-63,-8,-68,-68,-68,-63,-63,-68,-68,-54,-72,-22,-63,-30,-31,-17,-101,-101,-98,-79,-93,-93,-217,-210,-187,-146,-179,-178,-170,-164,-210,-210,-210,-202,-202,-202,-195,-195,-180,-165,-164,-137,-133,-26,-26,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-37,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 c5 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} 9. Be2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nxg3 11. hxg3 g4 12. Nh4 h5 13. Rc1 {[#]} O-O $146 (13... Nc6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc6 14. d5 Nd4 15. O-O Qb6 16. b3 Nf5 17. c5 dxc5 18. Na4 Qf6 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Nxc5 {½-½ (32) Giffard,N (2361)-Popovic,D (2561) Cappelle la Grande 2012}) 14. Qd2 $14 e5 {[#]} 15. d5 {Prevents Nc6. White is more active.} (15. Bd3 $1 $16) 15... Na6 $11 16. O-O f5 17. a3 Qf6 18. Qc2 Bd7 (18... Bh6 $15 {feels stronger.}) 19. b4 Rac8 20. Qb3 {[%cal Oc4c5]} (20. c5 $5 dxc5 21. b5 $15) 20... e4 21. Rc2 {[%cal Oc4c5]} (21. c5 $5) 21... Kh7 22. Re1 (22. Rd1 $11) 22... Rce8 (22... Bh6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]}) 23. Bf1 Bh6 24. Ne2 f4 25. Qc3 {[#]} ({White should play} 25. gxf4 Qxh4 26. g3) 25... e3 $1 $17 26. Qxf6 ({Not} 26. Qd3+ $2 Kg7 27. Nxf4 Bxf4 $19) (26. f3 $17 {is a better defense.} Bg5 27. Qxf6 Bxf6 28. fxg4 Bxh4 29. gxh4 hxg4 30. Nxf4 (30. Nd4 $2 f3 $19) 30... Rxf4 31. Rc3) 26... exf2+ $19 ({Worse is} 26... Rxf6 27. f3 $17) 27. Kxf2 Rxf6 28. Nxf4 Bxf4 (28... Rxf4+ $142 29. gxf4 g3+ 30. Kxg3 Rxe1 31. Bd3+ Kg7) 29. Bd3+ $17 Kh6 (29... Kg7 $17 30. Rxe8 Be5+ 31. Nf5+ Rxf5+ 32. Bxf5 Bxe8) 30. Rxe8 $15 Be5+ {This bishop pair is nice.} 31. Nf5+ $1 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 33. Ke3 Bxg3 34. Re7 $1 Re5+ 35. Rxe5 Bxe5 36. Rf2 $1 Kg7 {Inhibits Rf7+.} 37. Rf5 $1 Bb2 38. Rxh5 {[%cal Oc4c5]} Bxa3 39. b5 Bc1+ (39... Nc5 $1 $15 40. Rg5+ Kf6 41. Rxg4 Bc1+ 42. Kd4 Bb2+ 43. Ke3 a5 44. bxa6 bxa6) 40. Kd4 (40. Ke4 $1 $11 Nc5+ 41. Kf5) 40... Nc5 {...Kg6 is the strong threat.} 41. Rh4 $1 Bb2+ 42. Ke3 a5 {And now ...Kf6 would win.} 43. bxa6 $1 bxa6 44. Rxg4+ Kf6 ({Better is} 44... Kf7 $17) 45. Kd2 (45. Rg8 $11) 45... a5 46. Kc2 Be5 47. Kb1 (47. Rg8 $1 $11) 47... Kf5 $17 48. Rh4 Kg5 49. Rh3 Kf4 50. Ka2 (50. Kc2 $17) 50... Ke4 $19 51. Ra3 a4 ({Black should try} 51... Kd4 $19 52. Rxa5 Kxc4) 52. Rh3 Kd4 53. Rh4+ Kd3 54. Ka3 (54. g4 $142) 54... Kc3 55. g4 Kxc4 56. g5+ Kxd5 {White must now prevent ...Ke6.} 57. g6 {[%cal Oh4f4]} Ke6 58. Rg4 Bg7 59. Rf4 {[#]} Bb2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Ka2 Bf6 (60... Be5 $17 61. Rg4 Bg7) 61. Ka3 $1 $11 Nd3 62. Rg4 Bg7 {Black wants to play ...Kf5.} 63. Kxa4 Ne5 64. Rg1 d5 65. Kb5 {The position is equal.} d4 66. Kc5 Bf8+ 67. Kb5 Bg7 68. Kc5 Bf8+ 69. Kb5 Kf6 70. g7 Bxg7 {Hoping for ...Bh6.} 71. Rd1 d3 72. Kb4 Kf5 73. Kc3 Ke4 74. Re1+ Kf3 (74... Kd5 $5 {[%cal Re5f3]} 75. Rxe5+ Bxe5+ 76. Kxd3 $11) 75. Rxe5 $1 d2 76. Kxd2 Bxe5 {White happily takes the draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.19 (very precise) /Black=0.19 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.26"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Pantzar, Milton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,102,17,21,27,35,45,44,37,33,22,10,24,0,0,-5,-4,0,0,0,0,-29,-42,-52,-53,-47,-45,-112,-97,-130,-127,-116,-83,-86,-58,-90,-77,-61,-55,-288,-102,-276,-294,-399,-397,-629,-629,-918,-864,-992,-986,-973,-637,-1352,-1316,-1316,-63,-78,-64,-56,-55,-57,-54,-108,-108,-108,-106,-178,-104,-106,-105,-110,-109,-110,-98,-108,-103,-116,-117,-116,-117,-122,-118,-116,-73,-76,-75,-109,-82]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 {[%csl LRc5,LRd5]} Bb6 {D33: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 sidelines.} 10. O-O (10. Bxd5 Nb4 11. Bf3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 $11) 10... d4 11. Na4 O-O {White is slightly better.} 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qd3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg4 14. Re1 Re8 15. h3 Be6 16. Bg5 h6 {½-½ (16) Robinson,J (2105)-Ramos,F (2083) ICCF email 2017}) 14. Qb5 h6 {Prevents Bg5.} 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. a3 Nf6 19. Qf5 Re5 20. Qf3 Rb5 21. a4 {[#]} (21. Rad1 $15) 21... Ne5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qf4 (22. Qf5 Rxb3) 22... Rd5 23. Qf5 Ng6 {Pair of Knights!} 24. Qh3 Qd6 25. Rac1 Kh7 26. Rc4 Re8 27. Rc8 $2 ({White should try} 27. Qg2 $15) 27... Re6 $2 (27... Rh5 $19 28. Qxh5 Nxh5 29. Rxe8 Qc6) 28. Rc4 $2 {[#]} (28. Qg2 $17) 28... Ne5 $1 $19 29. Bf4 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 (30. exf3 $142 Rxe1+ 31. Kg2) 30... Qe7 31. Rc7 Qe8 32. Rec1 Rxe2 {[%cal Of6g4] White must now prevent ...Ng4!} 33. g4 Re1+ 34. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 35. Kg2 Ne5 $2 (35... Qg1+ $19 36. Kxf3 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 d3+ 38. Qxd3+ Rxd3) 36. Bxe5 $15 Rxe5 37. Qd3+ Qe4+ 38. Qxe4+ Rxe4 39. Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} (39. Nc1 $15) 39... d3 $17 {Hoping for ...Re2.} ({Much weaker is} 39... Nxg4 $6 40. Rxb6 d3 41. a5 $11) 40. Rxb6 Rxg4+ 41. Kf1 {[#]} (41. Kf3 $17 Rxa4 42. Nd2) 41... Rxa4 (41... Ne4 $1 $19 {...Rf4 is the strong threat.} 42. Rb5 (42. f3 $2 Rf4 $19) 42... Rf4) 42. Rd6 {Black is better.} Ra2 43. Nc5 Rxb2 {Threatens to win with ...d2.} 44. Nxd3 Rd2 {[%cal Bb2d2,Bd2a2,Ba2a5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 45. Ke1 Ra2 ({Reject} 45... Ne4 $6 46. Rd4 $11) 46. Rd4 Ra5 47. Ke2 g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 48. Nf4 g5 49. Ng2 Kg6 ({Better is} 49... Nd5 50. h4 f6 51. hxg5 fxg5) 50. Ne3 Nh5 51. Kf3 Nf4 {White happily takes the draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.43} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.26"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Black "Mathieu, Phileas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,83,44,31,38,30,47,-3,-10,-8,-8,-17,-11,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-16,10,-45,76,67,65,16,72,68,152,131,235,180,161,159,161,161,228,202,199,183,212,220,229,229,239,202,271,270,270,276,288,288,410,462,495,492,718,715,1041,1012,1026,774,904,888,875,854,1915,1802,29970,5769]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Be3 a6 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6).} 8. Qd2 b5 9. cxb5 (9. h4 $14) 9... axb5 $11 {The position is equal.} 10. Nxb5 c6 $1 11. Nbc3 e5 $1 12. d5 Nb6 13. dxc6 Nc4 14. Qc1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Be6 16. Rd1 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qb8 17. Ng3 Qxb2 18. a4 Bh6 19. Qxh6 Qxc3+ 20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Rxa4 22. Rxd6 Rc8 23. Be2 Ra2 24. Rd2 Ra1+ 25. Kf2 Rxh1 26. Nxh1 Rxc6 27. Ke3 Rc3+ 28. Rd3 {½-½ (28) Rosen,L (2327)-Sandstroem,L (2232) ICCF email 2011}) 17. b3 Rb6 18. Nd5 (18. Ng3 $11) 18... Bxd5 (18... Rxc6 $15 19. Nec3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bh6 $1 21. Qxh6 Rxc3) 19. exd5 $16 e4 20. g3 (20. fxe4 Rb4 21. Rd4 Ng4 $19) (20. Nc3 $14) 20... Rb5 (20... exf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 21. Qxf3 Rb8) 21. Nc3 {[%cal Be2c3,Bc3e4,Be4g5,Bg5e6][%mdl 32] Black is now going downhill.} Rc5 {[#]} ({Black should try} 21... exf3 $1 $14 22. Qxf3 (22. Bxb5 Re8 $17) 22... Re8+ 23. Kf2 (23. Be2 Rc5 $16) 23... Ra5) 22. Bc4 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 22. fxe4 $2 Ng4 23. Qf4 Bxc3+ 24. Ke2 f5 $19) (22. Nxe4 Nxd5 23. Qd3 Qa5+ 24. Qd2 Bc3 25. Nxc3 Nxc3 $17) 22... Qb6 (22... exf3 $16 23. Qxf3 (23. O-O Ng4 $18) 23... Re8+ 24. Kf2 Re5) 23. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1f2,Bf2c2][%mdl 32] And now Na4 would win.} ({Not} 23. fxe4 Ng4 24. Na4 Qb4+ 25. Qd2 Rxc4 26. bxc4 Qxa4 $15) 23... Rxc6 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Nxe4 Nd7 (25... Nxe4 $142 26. fxe4 Re8) 26. f4 Ra8 27. Rf2 f5 28. Ng5 Nc5 29. Rc2 Bf6 30. Kg2 Rb7 31. Ne6 {Nxc5 is the strong threat.} Ne4 32. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rc8 33. Rdc1 Rb4 (33... Ra7 {is a better defense.} 34. Bb5 Rc3 35. Rxc3 Nxc3) 34. a5 $18 Ra8 35. a6 Rbb8 (35... Be7 $142 36. Bf1 Nc5 37. Nxc5 dxc5) 36. Bd3 Be7 37. Rc7 Kf7 38. Rb7 {Black must now prevent Rcc7.} Nf6 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Nc7 Rxb3 {[#]} 41. a7 $1 Rb2+ (41... Rxd3 42. a8=Q) 42. Rc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.53} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.26"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Razafindratsima, Timothe"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Radoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,78,-10,-15,-23,-5,-4,-21,-44,0,-93,-76,-82,-83,-175,-178,-192,-194,-284,-195,-337,-334,-411,-383,-362,-348,-335,-363,-364,-360,-490,-500,-514,-520,-520,-518,-516,-489,-517,-489,-959,-902,-1990,-2086,-1393,-2556,-1666,-1397,-1233,-1049,-697,-525]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. b3 Bg4 11. O-O d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. b4 a6 14. Rb1 e6 15. a4 N8e7 16. b5 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3.} axb5 17. axb5 Na5 18. Bf4 {[#] The position is equal.} Nf5 $146 (18... Bxf3 $15 {feels stronger.} 19. Bxf3 Nc4) ({Predecessor:} 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc4 20. Be2 Qa5 21. Rc1 Nf5 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Be5 Rfd8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 {0-1 (78) Raja,H (2437)-Erigaisi,A (2526) Xingtai 2019}) 19. Rb4 (19. Ne5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxe2 20. Nxe2) 19... Bxf3 $17 20. Bxf3 {[#]} Nc4 $1 21. Rxc4 dxc4 $19 22. Bxb7 {[#]} Ra3 23. Ne4 (23. Qc1 Rb3 24. Ne2 c3 25. Nxc3 Nxd4) (23. Ne2 {was necessary.}) 23... Qa5 ({Inferior is} 23... Qxd4 24. g4 $17) (23... Bxd4 24. Qe2 $11) 24. b6 (24. Nd6 {was the only chance.} Nxd6 25. Bxd6) 24... Nxd4 25. Kh1 f5 26. Bd6 {[%cal Oc5c6]} fxe4 27. Bxe4 Rd8 28. b7 Rb3 29. Be7 Re8 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Bd6 Qa6 {Prevents c6.} 31. Qa1 Qxa1 32. Rxa1 Nf5 33. Ra8 Nxd6 34. c6 (34. cxd6 $142 Rf8 35. d7) 34... Kf7 35. c7 Rxb7 ({And not} 35... Rc3 36. g3 Rb3 37. Rxe8 Rxb7 38. c8=Q Nxc8 39. Rxc8 $15) 36. Bxb7 Rxa8 37. Bxa8 Ke7 {Hoping for ...Kd7.} 38. Bc6 c3 {( -> ...c2)} 39. Ba4 Bd4 {White did not feel at home in the position after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.85/Black=0.26 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.26"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Black "Barseghyan, Harutyun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,49,20,21,32,0,0,0,22,30,42,38,39,22,41,40,37,24,31,11,23,0,0,0,25,24,35,29,28,18,13,17,56,35,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,39]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} 7. Qh4 Qe6+ 8. Be2 Qg4 {The position is equal.} (8... Qg6 {is more complex.} 9. O-O Qxc2 10. Bc4 Qf5 11. Re1 Nd7) 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bf5 11. c3 h6 12. d4 Nd7 13. Bf4 e6 14. O-O-O {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nf6 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Be3 f6 17. g4 Bh7 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Rhe1 O-O-O 20. Bf3 Rhe8 {0-1 (72) Benitez Lozano,J (2367)-Sorokin,A (2521) Chess.com INT 2021}) 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 O-O-O 17. Kc2 g5 18. Bc1 g4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rd5 21. Rh5 {White is slightly better.} ({But not} 21. Rxh6 Rxh6 22. Rxd5 Rh5 $11) 21... f5 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Rxh6 Rxh6 24. Bxh6 b5 25. Be3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.26"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Seemann, Jakub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-31,-33,24,25,16,16,27,0,6,16,10,0,3,0,0,0,0,-13,-17,-12,-25,-26,-4,-18,-7,-30,0,-44,-36,-18,28,26,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-322,-322,-322,-319,-1108,-368,-368,-337,-1578,-335]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5 7. b3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} cxb3 $1 8. Qxb3 Nbd7 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} b4 {[#]} 10. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a5 Ba6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nbd2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. e4 Ng4 15. Bb2 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Bxe1 17. Rxe1 {0-1 (29) Inarkiev,E (2682)-Morozevich,A (2731) Dubai 2014}) 10... Ba6 (10... Bb7 $15) 11. Ne5 $1 $11 Qc8 (11... Bxe2 $2 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 $18) 12. Bxc6 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. a5 Be7 15. a6 Qd5 16. Qa4 O-O {[%cal Bh8f8,Bf8c8,Bc8c4][%mdl 32]} 17. e4 Qd6 18. Nc6 Rfc8 $1 (18... Nxe4 $2 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. dxe5 $18) 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. f3 Nb6 21. Qb3 Nfd7 22. Be3 Rc4 23. Ra2 (23. Ra5 $11) 23... Rac8 $15 {[%cal Oc4c3] And now ...Rc3! would win.} 24. Bf2 Qg5 (24... e5 $142) 25. Kg2 $11 Qe7 26. Rdd2 (26. Nd2 $142 Rc3 27. Qb1) 26... e5 27. Rac2 exd4 {Strongly threatening ...Nc5.} 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 ({But not} 28... Nxc4 29. Rxd4 Ncb6 30. Rxb4 $16 (30. Qxb4 Qxb4 31. Rxb4 Rc2 $16)) 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 (29... Nc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b3]} 30. Qxc4 Nxc4 31. Rxc4 Qe6 32. Rxc5 Qxa6 $11) 30. Bxd4 Qd6 31. Be3 Ne5 32. Nd2 Nbd7 {Pair of Knights!} 33. Qa2 Nb8 34. Bf4 {[#] Nc4 is the strong threat.} Qd4 {Prevents Nc4.} 35. Qa5 Ng6 36. Bxb8 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Nc4 $11 Qxc4 37. Qd8+ Nf8 38. Bxb8 Qe2+ 39. Kg1) 36... Qxd2+ $19 37. Kh3 h5 38. Qb5 {[#] Prevents Qe2.} (38. Bxa7 Qd7+ 39. Kg2 Qxa7 40. Qxb4 Qxa6 41. Qe1) 38... Qf2 $2 (38... Qd1 39. Qxh5 Qf1+ 40. Kg4 Qxa6) 39. Qd3 b3 40. Bd6 $2 (40. Bxa7 Qxa7 41. Kg2) 40... Qc2 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.48/Black=0.20 (precise)} (40... b2 41. Qb5 Qc2) 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.27"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Krzyzanowski, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,32,49,68,64,60,61,64,80,86,0,37,0,64]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Be2 {A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3.} Re8 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bh6 Bg7 {[#]} 15. Bg5 $146 (15. Qd2 $16) ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Rfe1 Nhf6 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. Bc4 Nh5 19. Bh2 Ne5 20. Be2 Qe7 21. g4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Qg5 Nxh2 24. Kxh2 {½-½ (33) Budisavljevic,L (2444)-Pikula,D (2435) Paracin 2020}) 15... Bf6 $1 $14 16. Bh6 Bg7 $1 {Black took control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.21 (precise) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.27"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,26,0,0,1,18]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Rc1 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 13.Bc4 at the moment. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} a6 {[#] An uneventful encounter.} {Predecessor:} 14. Nc3 $146 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. Rb1 b5 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Qc2 h6 19. Qe2 Ne7 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Rb3 Bd6 22. c4 {½-½ (22) Kislinsky,A (2512)-Oleksienko,M (2609) Lutsk 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.27"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Dimitrov, Radoslav"]
[Black "Hilverda, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,142,-7,-18,-20,-14,-8,-43,-45,-25,-47,-58,-39,-48,-50,-46,-39,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,37,53,39,87,71,78,62,56,78,72,84,104,72,83,62,75,70,110,71,112,115,123,89,97,69,114,14,181,182,224,78,108,0,0,0,285,290,419,417,416,416,403,162,127,35,182,183,177,184,233,214,323,323,322,320,168,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 Bxc3+ $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 6...0-0. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} 7. bxc3 Na5 8. e3 O-O {Black is slightly better.} 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O {[#]} Re8 $146 (11... Bh3 {with more complications.} 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Nd4 Bd7) ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. f3 a4 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. e4 Na5 15. Nb5 b6 16. Qxa4 Nc5 17. Qd1 Nab3 {½-½ (37) Dimitrov,R (2507)-Ivic,V (2548) Bajina Basta 2020}) 12. f3 {Prevents Ne4.} Qe7 13. e4 h5 14. Bg5 Qe5 15. Qd2 Nh7 16. Be3 h4 (16... b6 $11) 17. g4 $14 g5 18. Rae1 Bd7 (18... Qf6 $14) 19. Nd4 Qe7 20. h3 Ne5 21. f4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Kh8 23. Be3 Rg8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 {[%cal Oc4c5]} Rg6 26. Ref1 {[%cal Oc4c5]} Rag8 (26... Re8 $142) 27. Rh5 $16 {[%cal Oc4c5]} (27. Bxa7 b6 28. c5 (28. Rh5 $2 Ra8 $19) 28... bxc5 $17) 27... Rf6 28. Rff5 (28. Bxa7 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 b6 $17) 28... Rxf5 29. exf5 Re8 $1 {[%cal Oe5f3]} 30. g5 {White is more active.} (30. Bxa7 b6 $11) ({White should try} 30. Bf2 $16) 30... Kg8 $2 (30... Nf3+ $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 31. Bxf3 Qxe3+ 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Bxb7 Rxh3) 31. Bf2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} (31. Rxh4 $6 Nd3 $1 32. Bd4 (32. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 $11) 32... Qxe2 $16) (31. Bxa7 b6 32. c5 bxc5 $17) 31... f6 (31... b6 $142 32. c5 (32. Bxh4 Ng6 $16) 32... dxc5) 32. g6 (32. Rxh4 Nxg5 33. Qd5+ Kg7 $15) (32. Qd5+ $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Kf8 33. g6 (33. Bxa7 $2 Nxg5 34. Rh8+ Kg7 $17) (33. Bxh4 fxg5 34. Bf2 b6 $11)) 32... Ng5 $16 {( -> ...Nef3+)} 33. Qd5+ (33. Kf1 $1 $16) 33... Kg7 $11 34. Bxh4 (34. Rxh4 Nxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. fxg6 Qxe2 $19) 34... Nxh3+ {[%mdl 8192] Pair of Knights!} (34... Nxg6 $11 35. Bxg5 (35. fxg6 c6 $17) 35... fxg5 36. Qd4+ (36. fxg6 Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Qd1 Qxd1+ 39. Bxd1 Re1+ 40. Kh2 Rxd1 $11) 36... Ne5) 35. Kh1 $18 {aiming for Rh7+.} Nxg6 (35... Rh8 $142) 36. fxg6 {Threatening mate with Rh7+. Dancing on a razor blade.} Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Bf3 (38. Bd3 Rxh4 39. Rxh4 Nf2+ 40. Kg2 Nxd3 $16) (38. Rh7+ $142 Kxg6 39. Bd3 Kxh7 40. Bxe4+ Kg7 41. Bxb7) 38... Rxc4 39. Bd5 (39. Be1 $16 Nf4 40. Ra5 (40. Rh4 b5 $16)) 39... Kxg6 40. Bxc4 Kxh5 41. Bxf6 Kg6 (41... Nf4 $142 42. Kg1 Kg4) 42. Bd4 c5 (42... b6 $142 43. Kg2 Ng5) 43. Be3 {Strongly threatening Kg2.} Kf5 44. Bd5 b6 (44... Ng5 {was called for.} 45. Bxb7 Ne4 46. Bc8+ Kf6) 45. Kg2 ({White should play} 45. Bc6 $18) 45... Nf4+ $16 46. Bxf4 Kxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KB-KP} 47. Kf2 $1 {Threatens to win with c4.} b5 48. Bc6 a6 49. Ke2 {And now Kd3 would win.} Ke5 {[#]} 50. a4 (50. Bb7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb7a6]} a5 51. Bc6) 50... bxa4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 51. Bxa4 {KB-K3P} d5 52. Kf3 a5 ({Don't play} 52... d4 53. c4 $16) 53. Be8 Kf5 ({Much less strong is} 53... d4 54. c4 $16) 54. Ke2 Ke4 55. Bg6+ Kf4 56. Bc2 Ke5 57. Kd2 Kf4 58. Ba4 Ke5 59. Kd3 Kf4 60. Be8 Ke5 61. Kd2 Kf4 62. Kc2 Ke5 63. Kd3 Kf4 64. Bc6 Ke5 65. Ke2 Kd6 66. Ba4 Ke6 67. Kf3 Kf5 68. Bb3 Ke5 69. Bc2 d4 70. Ke2 c4 71. Kd2 dxc3+ {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.23 (precise) /Black=0.26 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.27"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,108,6,12,3,5,10,7,3,2,0,8,9,0,0,0,0,14,13,13,0,6,0,-7,-8,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,10,0,9,14,36,27,29,41,25,38,47,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,66,63,51,13,31,0,2,2,19,2,87,37,27,29,43,43,51,37,37,0,44,44,94,100,94,94,126,148,130,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,86,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} Nge7 7. Be2 O-O 8. d3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Rd8 {[#]} 12. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. e4 Qd6 13. h3 h6 14. Bc3 Be6 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rfb1 b6 17. Qb2 a4 18. b4 {0-1 (33) Wiberg,J (1773)-Wadsworth,M (2298) Helsingor 2017}) 12... b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Ne1 Qe6 16. Bf3 Na5 17. b4 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Nb7 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qe8 21. Ne2 c5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qb2+ f6 24. h3 Qe5 25. Qb3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 {Strongly threatening Rd7+.} Rd8 {Prevents Rd7+.} 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. bxc5 (28. Qd1 $14 Qe7 29. bxc5) 28... Qxc5 $11 29. Nd4 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc7+ 31. g3 h5 (31... Qf7 $11) 32. Qd5 $14 {[%cal Od5d8]} Kh7 33. h4 (33. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Qc2 34. Kg2 $14) 33... Qe7 34. Qa8 Qd7 {Inhibits Nb5.} 35. Kg1 f5 36. Kf1 Kh6 (36... Nf7 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. a4 ({Better is} 37. Qb8 $16) 37... Kh7 38. Ke2 Qc7 39. Qd5 Qe7 40. Kf1 Qc7 41. Ke2 Qe7 $1 42. Nb5 {[%cal Ob5a7]} a6 (42... Nf7 $1 $14) 43. Nd4 $16 Qc7 44. Kf1 {White is more active.} Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Qc7 {[#]} 46. Kg1 (46. Kh2 $1 $16) 46... Qc1+ $1 $11 47. Kh2 {Qd7+ would kill now.} Qf1 $1 48. Qa2 Kg7 49. Qb2 {And now Nxf5+ would win.} Kh7 {[#]} (49... Kg8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 50. Qc2 ({Much worse is} 50. Qxb6 $6 Qxf2+ 51. Kh3 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Qf2+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) ({White should play} 50. Nf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf3g5] Black must now prevent Ng5+.} Nf7 51. Ng5+ Nxg5 52. hxg5) 50... Nf7 {The position is equal.} 51. Ne6 {Ng5+ is the strong threat.} b5 52. axb5 axb5 53. Nf4 b4 54. Nd3 Nh6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.27"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Seemann, Jakub"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,62,16,50,26,27,18,24,29,90,18,18,18,28,32,70,20,68,73,79,2,3,17,28,-35,0,-53,-50,-281,-279,-290,-284,-230,-247,-627,-601,-579,-546,-818,-808,-741,-703]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations.} (13. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Ne7 14. Ne3 $14) 13... exd4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} 14. cxd4 Na5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4e5,Be5g6,Bg6h4][%mdl 32]} 15. Bc2 {White has an edge.} c5 {[#]} (15... g6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. d5 (16. Nf5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5d6]}) 16... Nc4 $11 17. Rb1 Nce5 18. Nh2 c4 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory.} 19. b4 $146 {Prevents Nc5.} (19. Be3 $1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 19. Nh5 Nc5 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 b4 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. b3 c3 24. g5 Qe5 25. Qf3 {0-1 (82) Shyam,S (2528)-Liang,A (2573) Rome 2017}) 19... cxb3 (19... a5 $11) 20. axb3 $14 Rc8 21. f4 (21. Nf5 $16) 21... Ng6 $1 $36 {[%cal Ob7d5][%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 22. Re2 b4 23. Nf5 ({White should play} 23. Ng4 $11) 23... Nh4 {White must now prevent ...Nxf5.} 24. Ne3 ({But not} 24. e5 dxe5 25. Ng4 Nxf5 26. Bxf5 Rc5 $17) (24. Ng3 $11) 24... a5 $15 25. f5 $2 {[#] White does not recover from this.} (25. g3 $15 Ng6 26. Nhg4) 25... Ba6 $1 $19 26. Rf2 Qb6 {...Bd4 is the strong threat.} 27. Qh5 Ne5 {Threatens to win with ...Rc3.} 28. g3 $2 {[#]} (28. Bd2 Bd3 29. Bxd3 Nxd3 30. Nhg4 Nxf2 31. Nxf2) 28... Nd3 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. Bxd3 Bxd3 30. gxh4 {[#]} Rxc1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Decoy} 31. Rxc1 Qxe3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.78/Black=0.12 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.27"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Pantzar, Milton"]
[Black "Materia, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,8,-6,-11,-17,-13,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,0,4,4,4,2,7,0,0,3,27,24,30,31,32,28,30,0,36,38,44,43,33,31,22,23,28,23,33,20,20,15,138,132,220,152,497,489,497,494,494,488,474,456,798,793,788,743]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. f3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} Be6 9. d3 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 {The position is equal.} a6 11. h3 b5 12. b3 {[#]} bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd4 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 Nh7 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Ne2 Ba7 18. g4 g5 {0-1 (45) Stanke,J (2320)-Mueller,O (2295) Germany 2007}) 13. dxc4 Nd7 14. f4 {Hoping for f5.} f6 15. Kh2 Bf7 16. Na4 Ba7 17. Ba3 Nd4 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. c5 Nxc5 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bb2 Rab8 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 (23... Bb4 {keeps more tension.} 24. Rf2 a5 25. Bb2 Rfd8 26. Qc2 Bc5) 24. Qxd4 c5 25. Qd2 h6 26. Qa5 Qa7 {[%cal Oc5c4]} (26... c4 $5) 27. Rfd1 Qb6 28. Qxb6 Rxb6 29. e5 dxe5 30. Rxc5 exf4 31. gxf4 g5 32. f5 Rb5 33. Rc7 {Black should prevent Rdd7.} Rxf5 (33... Kh8 $1 $11) 34. Rdd7 $1 $16 {White is more active.} g4 (34... Rf2 $2 35. Kg1 Rf5 36. Be4) (34... h5 $16 {was called for.}) 35. h4 $1 $18 ({Less strong is} 35. hxg4 Ra5 $14) 35... Re5 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (35... h5 $16 {is tougher.}) 36. Bf1 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Rd5 {[#]} 37. Re7 {Bc4 is the strong threat.} Re5 {[#]} 38. Rxf7 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 39. Bc4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Re2+ (39... Kg7 $142 40. Rxf7+ Kg6) 40. Kg3 Re3+ 41. Kf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.31} 1-0

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.27"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Suvorov, Alexander"]
[Black "Materia, Marco"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 8,12,19,19,27,32,23]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:09:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bd6 $11 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:52]} *

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.27"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Suvorov, Alexander"]
[Black "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,24,32,27,28,30,32,25,27,24,21,10,16,18,23,18,37,26,35,29,34,0,-9,-14,-8,-12,-6,-26,-10,-31,-21,-29,-9,-26,-24,-26,-16,-30,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,0,-10,0,-44,-45,-44,-49,-53,-45,-43,-41,-82,-22,-19,-8,-18,-18,-18,-16,-17,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} (6. Nf3 {is more complex.} Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne5) 6... Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Rab1 Ng6 {[#]} 14. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b4 Qe7 15. a4 Ne4 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. f4 Qf6 20. f5 Nh4 21. Nd1 Qg5 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Kh2 g6 24. fxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (70) Le,Q (2715)-Grachev,B (2680) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 14... Bd7 15. e4 (15. b4 $14) 15... dxe4 $11 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Be6 18. b3 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qd2 h6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Qe3 Rd6 24. Qe8+ Kh7 25. Qe4 Qa5 26. Re2 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. Re8 {To avoid Rd8} f6 29. g3 Rd7 30. Re2 (30. Rb8 $11 {is superior.}) 30... Ne7 31. Rd2 g5 32. Kf1 Nf5 33. Ke2 h5 34. g4 (34. Kd3 $1 $15 {was preferrable.}) 34... hxg4 ({Black should try} 34... Ng7 $17 35. Kd3 Kg6) 35. hxg4 {The position is equal.} Ne7 36. Ne1 Kg6 37. Ng2 f5 38. Ne3 f4 39. Nc4 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne5+.} Kf6 40. Ne5 Rd8 41. Rd1 c5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Cannes FIJ Open 2022"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2022.02.27"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Roebers, Eline"]
[Black "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,53,20,9,19,16,12,32,16,20,34,24,19,32,25,27,5,8,-12,-21,-21,-10,-27,-25,-27,-31,-41,-40,-48,-22,-51,-25,-74,-36,-29,-22,-163,-164,-715,-526,-718,-695,-1150,-1148,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. c3 {C45: Scotch Game.} Bc5 7. Be2 Nge7 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} d6 9. b4 Bb6 (9... Bxb4 $2 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. cxb4 $18) 10. Bg5 Qg6 {[%cal Oc8h3]} 11. Bh4 a5 {[#]} 12. b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 axb4 13. cxb4 Bh3 14. Bg3 Bg4 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Na4 Ba7 17. Rc1 f5 18. b5 fxe4 19. bxc6 exf3 20. gxf3 {½-½ (25) Gabel,A (2343)-Klewe,W (2351) GER email 2020}) 12... Ne5 (12... Bh3 $2 13. Ng5 Qh6 14. bxc6 $18) 13. Nxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Bd6e5,Be5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 14. Nd2 ({But not} 14. Bh5 Qxe4 15. Bg3 Qf5 $17) 14... Be6 15. Qc2 {[#]} Nd5 $1 16. Bg3 (16. Bc4 Nf4) 16... Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Kh1 Rfe8 20. Nc4 (20. Nf3 $11 {should be considered.}) 20... Bc5 $40 {[%cal Of4f3][%mdl 128] Black attacks.} (20... f3 $5 21. gxf3 Bc5 $15) 21. Ne5 Qh6 22. Bc4 {White does not recover from this.} (22. Nf3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 22... f3 $19 {aiming for ...fxg2+.} 23. g3 (23. Bxe6 fxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rxe6 25. f4) 23... Qh3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3g2]} 24. Rg1 {Inhibits Qg2+.} Bxc4 25. Nxc4 {[#]} Re6 $1 {[%cal Oh3h2] ( -> ...Qxh2+!)} ({Inferior is} 25... Qe6 26. Rd5 Ba7 27. Ne5 $15) 26. Ne3 {[#]} Qxh2+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Kxh2 Rh6# {Weighted Error Value: White=1.00/Black=0.11 (very precise)} 0-1

