[Event "3rd GRENKE Chess Open 2018"] [Site "Karlsruhe"] [Date "2018.03.29"] [Round "1"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Krauseneck, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2149"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,66,66,67,66,68,56,59,9,20,15,23,16,45,42,58,71,66,0,6,-5,0,20,73,74,84,86,89,108,125,94,121,71,110,78,85,74,88,88,87,84,95,79,84,78,508,504,513,481,683,673,29989,29990,29990,29991,29990,29991,29995,29996,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 6. h3 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. g4 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 9. gxf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nf3 Kh8 10. Bd3 Na6 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 {1-0 (47) Sorin,A (2501)-Reides,M (2354) Buenos Aires 1999}) 9... Nxc3 10. Qxc3 exf5 11. Nf3 Be6 12. Rg1 Nd7 13. Ng5 (13. O-O-O $14) 13... Bxg5 $1 $11 14. Bxg5 Nf6 15. c5 Qe8 (15... f4 $11) 16. Bf4 $16 Rf7 17. O-O-O b6 18. Kb1 Rb7 19. Be5 Rf7 20. Be2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} Ne4 21. Qe1 {Threatens to win with Bh5.} (21. Qc2 {looks sharper.} Nf6 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. cxb6 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bd7 25. b7) 21... Nf6 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Bf4 bxc5 24. dxc5 a5 25. Bh5 g6 26. Qc3 {aiming for Bxg6!} Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Nf8 $16) 27. Bxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rg7 (27... hxg6 28. Rxg6+) 28. Bh5 Nf6 (28... Qf6 $142 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7) 29. Bd6 Qd8 30. Rxg7+ {White mates.} Kxg7 31. Rg1+ Kh6 32. Be2 {[%cal Rd6f4]} Nh5 33. Bf4+ Nxf4 34. Qg7# {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 53%.} ({Not} 34. exf4 Qh8 $16) 1-0 [Event "3rd GRENKE Chess Open 2018"] [Site "Karlsruhe"] [Date "2018.03.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Rapport, Jovana"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D91"] [WhiteElo "2282"] [BlackElo "2667"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,82,0,6,-20,-8,-19,8,-5,0,-6,0,-15,0,-34,-27,-24,-2,-10,0,-69,-64,-64,-67,-149,-151,-162,-165,-158,-121,-201,-197,-248,-243,-253,-156,-516,-243,-237,-233,-372,-247,-361,-298,-352,-135,-508,-506,-659,-637,-675,-670,-5114,-5056,-5143,-5695,-29990,-29991,-29993,-29990,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 a5 {D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5} 12. O-O c6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 13. Na4 (13. Ne5 Qe8 14. f4 Nd7 15. Rae1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. e4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 d4 19. Na4 {0-1 (29) Nagibin,G (2409)-Rakhmanov,A (2605) Moscow 2010}) 13... Nd7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Rfc1 Nd7 15. a3 Bf8 16. b4 b5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Kg7 19. Rab1 {1-0 (51) Phiri,R (2323)-Anwuli,D (2365) Johannesburg 2016}) 14. Rfc1 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 g5 17. Rd1 f4 18. h3 Qd6 19. Rc3 Bd7 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Nh2 (21. Bd1 $11) 21... fxe3 $15 22. Rxe3 Rxe3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 23. fxe3 {[#]} ({Better is} 23. Qxe3 $15 Qb4 24. Nf3) 23... Bxh3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Bf3 (24. gxh3 Qg3+) 24... Bf5 25. Qxa5 Qe6 26. Nf1 (26. Bh5 $17) 26... g4 $19 27. Be2 (27. Bd1 $142) 27... h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 28. Qd2 Qd6 29. Qd1 $2 (29. Bd3 $17 {is tougher.}) 29... Bd7 (29... Qf6 $142 {White must now prevent ...Be4.} 30. Ng3 {[#]} Bc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qxc2 Qf2+ 32. Kh2 Rf3) 30. Bd3 h4 31. Nd2 (31. Re2 $142) 31... Re8 32. Re2 (32. Nf1 $142) 32... Qh6 33. Qe1 Qg5 $2 (33... g3 $19 {is more deadly.} 34. Nf1 Qf6) 34. Nb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. g3 $17) 34... g3 35. e4 Bg4 36. Rc2 dxe4 37. Bxe4 Qf4 38. Bd5+ Kf8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 39. Qb4+ Re7 {Black mates.} 40. Bc4 Bxd4+ 41. Kh1 c5 {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 44%.} 0-1 [Event "3rd GRENKE Chess Open 2018"] [Site "Karlsruhe"] [Date "2018.03.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Malek, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2403"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,75,19,12,14,-10,30,34,47,34,54,52,54,-11,43,59,56,-25,27,0,0,3,16,8,89,84,106,71,67,61,80,75,76,68,72,75,63,68,62,62,85,97,444,432,440,425,425,256,523,531,881,838,845,821,841,814,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 c6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 7. b3 d5 (7... Nf6 8. Bb2 Na6 9. g3 Nc7 10. Bg2 Be6 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. h3 d5 14. d4 {0-1 (54) Wei,Y (2753)-Yu,Y (2744) Huocheng County 2017}) 8. Bb2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be6 {The position is equal.} 9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Ndf6 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d3 Nd6 12. O-O g6 13. c4 dxc4 14. dxc4 Bg7 15. Bc3 O-O 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. Re1 Nfe8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Nd2 Nde8 20. Re2 Qf6 {½-½ (20) Souleidis,G (2404)-Rabiega,R (2512) Essen 2002}) 11... Qd8 12. d3 Nd6 $1 13. f4 ({Better is} 13. c4 $14) 13... Be7 (13... Qb6 $11) 14. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bd7 15. g4 (15. Bxf6 $14 gxf6 16. Nd2) 15... h6 (15... O-O $142) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. c4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Kf8 (18... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Nd2 $16 Qc7 20. a4 h5 21. gxh5 Ne8 22. Ne4 Ng7 23. Rf3 $1 Rxh5 24. Rh3 Rxh3 25. Bxh3 Qe5 26. Rf1 $1 Re8 27. Kh1 {And now Qe1 would win.} Qd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27... Bd8 $16) 28. Nc2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc2d4]} Qb2 {[#]} 29. Qg2 $1 {Threatens to win with Rg1.} Bd8 30. Rg1 Nxf5 $2 (30... Nh5 31. Nd6 Ba5 32. Nxe8 Bxe8) 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Re1+ Be6 35. Rxe6+ {White mates.} fxe6 36. Qg7+ Kd6 37. Ne4+ Ke5 38. Qg3+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 29%.} 1-0 [Event "3rd GRENKE Chess Open 2018"] [Site "Karlsruhe"] [Date "2018.03.31"] [Round "5"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Lagarde, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B24"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2587"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,112,34,8,21,4,39,28,43,26,43,29,30,32,40,50,66,24,47,14,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,5,0,0,0,0,-18,26,12,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,51,44,26,30,30,31,22,47,41,33,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,31,0,12,12,12,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,1,7,2,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 a6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Rc8 13. a4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (13. O-O Be7 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bd2 Rc5 16. a4 Qc8 {½-½ (31) Anand,V (2783)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2017}) 13... Qb6 14. O-O Be7 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Bd2 $146 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2e1,Be1f2][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. a5 {1-0 (30) Simeoni,M-Vannelli,V Vitinia 1997}) 16... Qd4 17. Be1 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Rc5 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Bf2 Kf8 21. Rd2 Nd7 22. Ncd1 g6 23. b3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra2 R5c6 26. g4 Bg5 27. h4 Bf4 28. Re2 Nb6 29. Ra5 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 30. Rxb5 {[%cal Re4d5]} d4 (30... dxe4 {is interesting.} 31. fxe4 Nd7 32. Be1 Nf6 33. Nf2 Bxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxc2 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Nd7) 31. Ng2 Rxc2 (31... g5 {feels hotter.} 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. c3 dxc3 34. Rc2 Nd7) 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Nxf4 exf4 34. Bxd4 Rc1 35. Bxb6 Rxd1+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Kg2 Rd2+ 37. Bf2 Rd3 38. b4 Bb3 39. Bc5+ Ke8 40. Rb8+ Kd7 $1 41. b5 Bd1 42. Rb7+ Kc8 43. Rxf7 Bxf3+ 44. Kf2 {[#] And now Rf8+ would win.} g5 $1 45. Rf8+ Kb7 46. Rf7+ Kc8 {The position is equal.} 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Rf5 Bxg4 49. Rxg5 Rd2+ 50. Kg1 Bf3 51. e5 Bd5 52. Rf5 Rg2+ 53. Kf1 {[#] aiming for e6.} Rc2 54. Bd4 Bc4+ 55. Kg1 Bxb5 56. Rxf4 Bc4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "3rd GRENKE Chess Open 2018"] [Site "Karlsruhe"] [Date "2018.04.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2534"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,67,6,3,12,14,23,26,22,23,24,22,27,32,35,29,27,29,35,35,38,36,43,38,26,20,14,25,27,13,87,89,138,132,129,138,129,122,143,134,141,131,139,138,121,89,191,96,113,92,489,486,485,485,482,480]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d3 d6 8. a3 {LiveBook: 48 Games. C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} Na5 (8... O-O 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Ba2 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Ba2 Bf6 13. O-O Re8 14. b4 Nb7 15. c4 Be6 {½-½ (23) Rapport,R (2692)-Aronian,L (2785) Sharjah 2017}) 9. Ba2 c5 10. b4 {White has an edge.} Nc6 11. Nd5 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Be3 Nd4 {1-0 (35) Hovhannisyan,R (2606)-Srija,S (2167) Abu Dhabi 2017}) 12. Be3 cxb4 13. axb4 Bb7 14. O-O Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qd7 16. Qb1 Bf6 17. Nd2 Ne7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ra3 d5 {Hoping for ...d4.} 20. Bc5 Rfc8 21. Qa2 a5 (21... Bg5 $11) 22. Ra1 $1 $16 a4 {[#]} 23. c4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxc4 24. dxc4 Rd8 25. cxb5 Qxb5 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Qxa4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Qe2 28. Be3 h6 29. Nf1 Bg5 {[#]} (29... Rb8 $16) 30. Bxg5 (30. Qa5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra5d8]} Rc8 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Qxe5) 30... hxg5 31. Qa5 Nc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Rc8 $16) 32. Qc7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qc4 {[#]} 33. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb5 34. Rc1 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 54%.} 1-0 [Event "3rd GRENKE Chess Open 2018"] [Site "Karlsruhe"] [Date "2018.04.02"] [Round "9"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2403"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,102,10,8,0,4,0,0,4,11,2,18,22,13,18,34,42,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-25,-36,-63,-17,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-73,-78,-70,-75,-77,-68,0,-100,-72,-114,-115,-119,-121,-122,-115,-127,-93,-91,-71,-60,-68,-80,-74,-193,-193,-194,-193,-193,-190,-515,-538,-509,-477,-1450,-1461,-6123,-6123,-6123,-6123,-6099,-229,-6095,-6091,-2423,-2014,-511,-458]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 {[%cal Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3f4][%mdl 32]} O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 10. Bg3 {D54: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without Nf3} Re8 11. h3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nf6 14. O-O Bd6 15. f4 Be6 16. h3 a6 17. Rf2 c5 {½-½ (36) Jezek,J (2515)-Mokrys,C (2420) ICCF corr 1996}) 11... Bb4 12. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Ne4 13. Bf4 c5 (13... Bd6 {NOTEXT} 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. O-O Nf6 16. Qc2 Nfe4) 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Ne5 f6 17. Ng4 (17. Ng6 $14) 17... c4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 18. Bb1 h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 19. Nh2 g5 20. Qxh5 {Black must now prevent f3.} gxf4 21. f3 Nd6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 {[%cal Bg8f8,Bf8e7,Be7e6,Be6d7,Bd7c6,Bc6c7,Bc7b8][%mdl 32]} 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Qg7+ Ke6 25. Rfe1 Re7 26. Qg4+ f5 {[#]} 27. Bxf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf5 28. Qg6+ (28. e4 $11) 28... Kd7 $17 29. Qxf5+ Kc6 30. Qxf4 Be6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 31. e4 Qg8 (31... Qf8 $15 32. Qg5 Rg7) 32. Qh6 (32. a4 $11) 32... Kc7 33. Kh1 Rf8 34. Re2 Rh7 35. Qd2 Kb8 36. Rce1 dxe4 37. fxe4 Bd7 38. Rf2 Re8 39. Qf4+ Ka8 40. Nf3 (40. Re3 $17) 40... Rf8 $19 41. Qh2 Na4 42. Re3 {[#]} a6 $1 43. Qe5 $2 {[#]} (43. Rfe2 {is more resistant.}) 43... Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Kg1 (44. gxh3 Rxh3+) 44... Rg7 {[%cal Rg7g2]} 45. Nh4 (45. Qh2 $142 Rg3 46. Kh1) 45... Rxf2 46. Kxf2 Rxg2+ 47. Nxg2 Qxg2+ ({Wrong is} 47... Bxg2 $2 48. Rg3 $18) 48. Ke1 Qf1+ 49. Kd2 {And now Qh8+ would win.} Bg4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rf1d1] Black is clearly winning.} 50. Qe8+ Ka7 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rf1d1]} 51. Qxa4 Qf2+ {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 69%.} 0-1