[Event "3rd Shenzhen Longgong Masters Dute Cup"] [Site "Shenzhen"] [Date "2019.04.19"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2019.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,109,25,13,13,22,25,23,22,12,27,20,7,20,18,0,33,33,31,28,38,6,17,22,18,25,25,14,19,14,27,8,26,16,22,18,18,18,10,16,33,31,29,14,25,14,19,19,25,29,33,31,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,2,35,19,38,16,19,7,11,0,0,0,118,106,219,46,46,46,216,216,850,785,1608,1431,2076,1865,1547,1078,1054,1041,920,957,799,730,1157,1201,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3][%mdl 32]} Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Nf3 O-O {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 7. O-O Nbc6 8. Ne2 Bf5 {White has an edge.} 9. Ng3 (9. c3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Bg3 Qd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 Bg4 14. Qd3 {1-0 (57) Rapport,R (2707)-Akobian,V (2647) Riadh 2017}) 9... Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bd6 11. Ng5 g6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Bd2 f6 14. Nh3 {½-½ (30) Halvax,G (2433)-Schwabeneder,F (2431) Vienna 2018}) 10. Nh4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qd7 12. h3 Ng6 13. Nhf5 {Nh5 is the strong threat.} Nce7 14. c3 Nxf5 15. Nxf5 Bd6 16. h4 Ne7 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qf3 c6 19. h5 Rfe8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Rae1 Qd7 23. Bf4 Nf5 24. Qg4 Re7 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Qe2 (26. Qxd7 {keeps more tension.} Rxd7 27. f3 f6 28. Kf2 a5 29. b3) 26... Re8 27. Re1 Kf8 28. Qd3 Nf5 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. g4 Ne7 31. f3 Qe6 32. Kf2 f6 33. b3 Kf7 34. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kg8 (34... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5g4]}) 35. a5 a6 36. Qd2 (36. Qe3 {looks sharper.} Qd7 37. Bh2 Kf7 38. Qf4 Qd8 39. Qc7) 36... Kf7 37. Bc7 Nc8 38. Qf4 Qe7 39. Bb6 Nxb6 (39... Qd6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 40. Qxd6 Nxd6) 40. axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} c5 (40... g5 $16 41. Qf5 Kf8) 41. c4 $2 ({Better is} 41. Qb8 $1 $18) 41... dxc4 $14 42. bxc4 {[%cal Bb3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent Qc7.} cxd4 $2 (42... Ke8 $1 $14) 43. Qxd4 $18 Qe6 $2 (43... Ke8) 44. Qd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8c7]} f5 45. Qc7+ Kf6 {[#]} 46. gxf5 $1 Qxf5 47. c5 ({Not} 47. Qxb7 Qc5+ 48. Kf1 Qxc4+ 49. Kf2 Qc5+ 50. Kg3 Qg5+ 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Kf1 Qc1+ 53. Ke2 Qc4+ 54. Kd2 Qd4+ 55. Ke1 Qb4+ 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Kg1 Qe3+ 58. Kh2 Qe5+ 59. Kg2 Qe2+ 60. Kh3 Qf1+ 61. Kh4 Qf2+ 62. Kh3 Qf1+ 63. Kh4 Qf2+ 64. Kh3 Qf1+ $11) 47... Qc2+ 48. Kg3 Qd1 49. Qf4+ Ke7 {[#]} 50. Qe5+ $1 ({Weaker is} 50. Qe4+ Kd8 $11) 50... Kf7 {[#]} 51. c6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc6 52. b7 {White mates.} Qg1+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kg4 Qg1+ 55. Qg3 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 46%.} 1-0 [Event "3rd Shenzhen Longgong Masters Dute Cup"] [Site "Shenzhen"] [Date "2019.04.20"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2809"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2019.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,157,16,22,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,15,14,8,9,12,18,27,15,29,22,32,22,37,16,15,15,15,14,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,27,27,24,24,23,25,27,29,29,84,80,91,56,51,55,54,45,76,76,70,68,78,78,88,88,90,81,87,72,82,79,105,106,106,108,112,88,89,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,100,92,92,98,92,101,106,105,165,160,148,136,175,175,168,157,158,151,186,183,162,170,239,152,164,137,116,99,99,99,132,82,82,82,82,79,172,174,296,296,285,289,398,311,308,293,394,392,372,366,531,325,597,587,583,572,459,432]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Bd2 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} Bg4 10. c3 Na5 (10... d5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 d4 13. Bd5 dxc3 14. bxc3 Qd6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. d4 Rfd8 17. dxe5 {0-1 (27) Wei,Y (2729)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. Bc2 {The position is equal.} c5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bc1 Nc6 14. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc7 15. Nf1 d5 {1-0 (49) De Andrade,I (1857)-Dos Santos,J (1824) Brasilia 2015}) 15. Nf1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Rfd8 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Nh4 Nd7 20. Ngf5 Bf8 21. b3 b4 22. Bb2 c4 23. bxc4 Nc5 24. Bc2 Rd2 25. Rac1 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Rad8 {White must now prevent ...Nd3.} 27. Kf1 a5 28. Ne3 Nd3 29. Bxd3 $1 Rxb2 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Rd2 32. cxb4 Bxb4 {[#]} (32... axb4 $11 {remains equal.} 33. Rc2 Rd7) 33. c5 $1 $16 {Hoping for Bb5.} Ba3 34. Rd1 (34. Rb1 {seems wilder.} Bxc5 35. Rc1 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Ne7 37. Rc7) 34... Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Bxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 36. Nc4 Bd4 37. Ba4 Nb4 38. a3 Nd3 39. Nxa5 Nc5 40. Bc6 Kf8 41. Nc4 Ke7 42. f3 Kd8 43. Ke2 Kc7 44. Bd5 f6 45. Bg8 h6 46. h4 Nb7 47. a4 Nd6 48. Nd2 Kb6 49. Nb3 Bc3 50. Bd5 Bb4 51. h5 Bc3 52. Kd3 Be1 53. Kc2 Bf2 54. Nc1 f5 (54... Be3 $16) 55. Nd3 Bg3 56. Kb3 fxe4 57. Bxe4 ({Much less strong is} 57. fxe4 $6 Ka5 $16) 57... Ne8 58. Kb4 Nf6 59. a5+ Ka7 60. Bg6 Nd5+ 61. Kb5 Nc7+ (61... Nc3+ {was worth a try.} 62. Kc4 Ne2) 62. Ka4 Nd5 63. Be4 Nf6 64. Nb4 Nxh5 65. Nc6+ Ka8 66. Nxe5+ Kb8 67. Nc6+ Kc7 68. Kb5 Nf6 {[#]} (68... Nf4 $16) 69. Nd4 $1 $18 Ne8 (69... Kb8 $142 70. Nf5 Be5) 70. a6 {Strongly threatening a7.} Nd6+ 71. Kc5 Bf2 72. Kd5 Nc8 73. Nf5 Nb6+ 74. Ke6 Nd7 75. Kf7 g5 (75... Kb6 $142 76. g4 (76. Nxg7 Be3 $18) 76... g5) 76. Nxh6 Kb6 $2 (76... Kb8 {was necessary.} 77. Kg6 Be3) 77. Bb7 {White is clearly winning.} Be3 78. Ke6 Nc5+ 79. Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 59%.} 1-0 [Event "3rd Shenzhen Longgong Masters Dute Cup"] [Site "Shenzhen"] [Date "2019.04.23"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2719"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2019.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,87,23,21,24,16,9,24,20,15,22,13,22,22,11,11,11,14,23,10,3,16,12,2,6,10,13,11,6,0,0,4,14,16,43,48,123,106,155,155,146,148,164,164,175,177,174,174,162,173,176,172,163,158,198,198,198,197,196,196,225,199,200,198,265,231,224,193,272,281,279,268]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 {White has an edge.} 13. d5 b6 {[#]} 14. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Qd2 h6 16. c4 c6 17. Nc3 cxd5 18. cxd5 {1-0 (36) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Kramnik,V (2777) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 14... Qe7 15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Bd2 c6 18. Re1 {[%cal Re1e8]} Bb7 19. dxc6 dxc6 20. c5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Nc7 21. b4 Ba6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Nd6 Kf8 24. Nf5 Bxf1 25. Nxe7 Bc4 26. Nxc6 Bxa2 (26... Ne6 $14) 27. Bf4 $16 Nd5 28. Bd6+ Kg8 29. Nb8 $1 {[%cal Re1e8]} f6 30. c6 a5 31. bxa5 $1 bxa5 32. c7 Nxc7 33. Bxc7 a4 34. Bd6 Bd5 35. Re3 Bb3 {[#]} 36. Re8+ $1 Kf7 {[#]} 37. Rf8+ $1 Ke6 38. Ba3 Kd5 39. Rc8 Ke4 40. Rd8 Bc4 (40... Kf5 {might work better.} 41. f3 h6) 41. h4 Bb5 42. Kh2 Ra7 (42... h5 $142 43. Kg3 g5) 43. f3+ $18 Ke5 44. Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 41%.} 1-0 [Event "3rd Shenzhen Longgong Masters Dute Cup"] [Site "Shenzhen"] [Date "2019.04.24"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2019.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,131,18,33,26,21,29,58,56,50,62,63,52,58,64,68,66,65,62,65,60,54,44,47,50,49,42,45,16,19,0,37,33,51,16,44,31,28,38,38,35,54,45,45,39,141,151,139,146,151,133,132,77,114,102,102,102,102,92,121,118,175,30,30,30,30,34,81,81,85,84,83,83,129,125,125,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,124,130,130,126,119,119,126,126,130,56,56,58,65,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 1. Nf3 c5 {1-0 (28) Svidler,P (2753)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2757) Jerusalem 2018}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} b5 7. a4 c4 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3b5,Bb5d6,Bd6b7][%mdl 32]} Bxe4 12. Nxb5 d5 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 e6 $1 15. Ba3 Bxf3 $1 16. Bxf3 Be7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 $1 18. Nb7 Qe8 19. Nd6 Qd8 20. Re1 g6 21. c4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} (21. Nb7 $5 {[%cal Rb7d8]} Qe8 22. Bb2 $16) 21... dxc4 22. Qxc4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxf7!} Bxd6 $1 23. Bxd6+ Kg7 24. h3 h6 25. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qa5 26. d4 e5 (26... Re8 $14) 27. Bc6 $16 Rc8 28. d5 Ne8 29. Bb4 Qc7 30. Qh4 (30. Qc3 $142) 30... Nb8 31. Rc1 Nxc6 32. Rxc6 Qd7 33. Qc4 Rxc6 34. dxc6 Qd4 {[#]} (34... Qd1+ $16 {was worth a try.} 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. Qxd4 exd4) 35. Qb3 ({White should play} 35. Qb5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5b8] Qb8 is the strong threat.} Qd1+ 36. Kh2) 35... Qa1+ $11 36. Kh2 {And now Bc3 would win.} Qc1 37. Qf3 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 exf4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 39. Bd2 g5 40. Ba5 Kg6 41. c7 Nd6 42. Bb4 Nc8 43. Kg1 Kf5 44. Kf1 Ke6 45. Ke2 Kd7 46. Bf8 h5 47. Kf3 Kxc7 48. Ke4 Nb6 49. Kf5 g4 50. Kxf4 gxh3 51. gxh3 Kd7 52. Bc5 (52. Kf5 $16) 52... Nc4 $1 $14 53. Kf5 Kc6 54. Be3 (54. Ba7 $14) 54... Kd5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 55. Bf4 Kd4 56. Bg3 Nd2 57. Kg5 Ke4 58. Kxh5 Kf3 59. h4 {Threatens to win with Kg5.} Ne4 60. Be5 Nxf2 61. Kg5 f6+ $1 62. Bxf6 Ne4+ 63. Kg6 {Hoping for h5.} Nxf6 64. Kxf6 {Threatening mate with h5.} Kg4 65. Ke5 Kxh4 66. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "3rd Shenzhen Longgong Masters Dute Cup"] [Site "Shenzhen"] [Date "2019.04.26"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2019.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,113,13,13,17,14,23,18,12,18,18,14,2,4,7,11,0,16,12,14,12,25,18,26,0,21,1,52,47,50,15,16,25,43,43,56,52,81,72,69,66,75,58,56,39,166,185,169,176,212,207,213,179,189,181,185,185,185,187,186,167,197,218,232,243,262,236,270,268,259,263,264,257,298,244,254,243,312,317,437,412,505,504,506,498,495,410,394,351,344,342,334,334,334,334,547,544,805,779,753,733,718,718,1746,1755,1167,1104]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 {Strongly threatening Nd5. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nf6 7. Nf4 c6 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 d5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nfe2 $146 Ne8 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. f3 a5 16. a4 Bd7 17. b3 h6 (17... Bb4 $11) 18. Nd1 $14 g5 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nb2 Rac8 21. Kf2 Na8 22. h4 f6 23. Rh1 Kg7 24. Ng3 Nc7 25. c4 b6 26. Rac1 dxc4 (26... f5 $14) 27. Nxc4 $18 Nxc4 28. bxc4 Rcd8 {[#]} 29. Rb1 $1 Be6 30. hxg5 ({Don't play} 30. Rxb6 $6 Rxd4 31. Ke3 (31. Rxc6 Rxd3 32. hxg5 hxg5 $16) 31... Rfd8 $16) 30... fxg5 31. Rxb6 Rxd4 32. Ke3 ({Don't do} 32. Rxc6 $6 Rxd3 33. Rxc7+ Rd7 $16) 32... Rfd8 {[#]} 33. Be2 $1 R4d7 34. Rxc6 Re7 {White must now prevent ...Bd5+.} 35. Kf2 Rdd7 36. Rb1 Ne8 37. Rbb6 Kf7 38. Ne4 {Nc5 is the strong threat.} Rc7 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. c5 Ke7 41. Ra6 Ng7 42. Rxa5 Nf5 43. Ra8 Bd5 44. Rh8 Ke6 45. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ke5 46. a6 Nd4 47. Re8+ Ne6 48. Bb5 Kd4 49. Nf6 Kxc5 50. Nxd5 Kxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 51. Bd3 Nc5 $2 (51... h5 52. Be4+ Kd6) 52. Be4+ {White is clearly winning.} Nxe4+ 53. Rxe4 Ra7 54. Ra4 Kc5 55. Kg3 Kb5 56. Ra2 h5 57. f4 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 37%.} 1-0