[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,34,31,37,44,24,66,47,101,103,114,111,102,31,12,0,16,17,25]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O d6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Na5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 10. Be2 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Bd7 (10... e6 11. f4 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc5 14. Be3 {1-0 (55) Kurnosov,I (2657)-Rakhmanov,A (2602) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 11. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Kh1 e6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Bf3 {1-0 (27) Chubinsky,P (2183)-Reichstein,B (2176) Philadelphia 2005}) 11... e5 {White has an edge.} 12. Nxf6+ (12. Nf5 {is more complex.} Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Rd1) 12... gxf6 (12... Qxf6 $14 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6) 13. Nf5 $16 Bxf5 14. exf5 d5 15. c4 (15. Qd3 $16) 15... Nxc4 $14 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qf3 $1 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,26,0,2,5,18]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O Bd7 9. h3 a6 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 10. b3 Rb8 11. Bb2 b5 12. Qd2 e6 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 13. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfd1 Qe7 {0-1 (38) Velikov,P (2427)-Ninov,N (2486) Cutro 2005}) 13... h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,90,11,11,11,6,16,12,10,3,7,6,43,43,43,43,43,43,47,54,58,58,56,56,44,40,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-74,-29,-57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-102,0,0,0,-620,-606,-598,-595,-589,-571,-691,-606,-29976,-29977]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} 9. Qb3 (9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Nb3 Bd5 15. Rfd1 a5 16. e4 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Rxc5 18. a4 b4 {0-1 (44) Maghsoodloo,P (2688)-Ganguly,S (2621) Makati 2018}) 9... Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nxf6 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. e3 Rab8 16. a4 a6 {[#]} 17. Nd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 {½-½ (30) Lagno,K (2546)-Paikidze,N (2406) Gaziantep 2012}) 17... c5 (17... Rdc8 {looks sharper.} 18. axb5 cxb5 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nf4 Bf6) 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qxc5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra8+ Kh7 24. Qd3+ Qf5 25. e4 Qg6 26. f3 b4 27. Ne2 Rd7 28. Qc2 e5 29. Kf2 ({Don't play} 29. Qc8 Qh5 $17) 29... Qg5 30. Rb8 Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2c2]} 31. Qb3 (31. Qc4 $1 $11) 31... Qh5 $17 32. Ke1 $1 {[%cal Re1d2]} Rxe2+ ({Worse is} 32... Nxe4 33. Qe3 $16) ({Black should play} 32... Rd7 $1 $15 33. h4 g5) 33. Kxe2 $11 {[#] aiming for h4.} Qxh2+ $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 34. Kd3 Qxg3 35. Kc4 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...h4.} 36. Kb5 $1 h4 {[#] Hoping for ...h3.} 37. Qxf7 h3 38. Qf8 h2 39. Qh8+ $1 Kg6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 40. Rb7 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rb7g7]} Nh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...Qg1. Black has some pressure.} 41. Rb6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Qe8+ $11 Kg5 42. Qd8+ Kf4 43. Qd2+ Kxf3 44. Qd1+ Ke3 45. Qxh5) 41... Kg5 $19 42. Qd8+ Nf6 43. Qh8 Kf4 44. Rd6 {next Rd2 is good for White.} Qg1 45. Rxf6+ gxf6 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,91,11,2,0,10,6,14,7,17,0,0,-6,5,7,14,0,6,0,42,27,64,14,19,29,30,25,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,25,66,59,74,67,67,67,68,75,83,67,67,67,67,67,67,36,67,67,67,67,74,0,0,0,8,8,8,7,10,2]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Qxc5 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 Nc5 10. Bc4 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. a5 Bd6 13. Re1 {1-0 (44) Demchenko,A (2679)-Svane,R (2600) Germany 2018}) 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Be7 $1 13. Qd4 Bxb5 14. axb5 Rd8 15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 Nd5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bg3 (18. Bd4 $1 $14) 18... a6 $11 19. bxa6 Nxa6 20. Nd4 Kf7 21. Rfe1 e5 22. Nf5 Bb4 23. c3 g6 24. Nxe5+ fxe5 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Bxe5+ Kxh6 27. Bxh8 Rxh8 28. cxb4 Naxb4 {[#] ...Nc2 is the strong threat.} 29. Ra7 Rb8 30. g3 Kg7 31. Ra5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} b5 32. Ra7+ Kg8 33. Re6 Rd8 34. Rb7 Nd3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nc5.} 35. Re2 Rc8 36. Rd2 N5b4 37. Rxb5 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 h5 39. Re2 Kf7 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Rb6+ Kf7 42. Ree6 (42. h4 $16) 42... Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5b6] The position is equal.} 43. Rbc6 Rxc6 44. Rxc6 Nxb2 45. Rd6 Ne7 46. Rd4 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,86,8,16,12,18,8,14,10,10,9,10,21,19,12,16,15,13,12,13,5,10,-47,-64,-57,17,22,45,31,14,14,46,42,54,26,13,16,46,36,27,26,104,99,110,102,144,142,143,140,147,145,149,145,127,85,87,97,100,77,72,66,67,19,19,19,19,19,18,8,8,8,8,6,7,0,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a6 8. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. b5 Ne7 16. Nc4 Ng6 {[#]} 17. Na5 $146 (17. Ne3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 17. b6) 17... axb5 $15 {aiming for ...b6.} 18. Rxb5 b6 (18... Nh5 $1 $15) 19. Nc4 $11 Rde8 20. Ne3 c6 21. Rb3 d5 22. c4 Ne7 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rb5 dxe4 25. dxe4 Rc8 26. Qb1 Qc6 (26... Bb8 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Ba3 $16 ({Reject} 27. Nxe5 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 $14) ({Of course not} 27. Rxe5 $6 Rxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxa4 $11) 27... Ng6 28. Nd5 Qc2 {[#]} 29. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Qxb1 30. Rbxb1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Re8 {[#]} 32. Nxf6+ $1 gxf6 33. Rc7 Bb8 34. Rc6 Rd8 35. Rxf6 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1a3]} 37. Bb2 Rxa4 {The position is equal.} 38. Rc6 {Strongly threatening Rc8+.} Kg7 39. Rxb6 Ba7 40. Rb7 Bxf2 41. Bxe5+ Kg8 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Rb7 Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,129,15,21,15,13,0,0,3,3,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,15,0,27,-7,16,0,0,-18,-24,-14,-18,-21,-11,-14,-14,-24,-24,-39,-37,-72,-79,-79,-66,-94,-69,-180,-194,-233,-233,-225,-220,-272,-209,-211,-197,-192,-203,-221,-198,-314,-289,-289,-278,-291,-276,-270,-279,-329,-329,-329,-329,-319,-258,-268,-260,-220,-231,-427,-419,-412,-400,-405,-386,-551,-543,-672,-672,-6025,-158,-158,0,-5249,-5139,-29968,-29969,-29969,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29971,-29971,-5539,-29973,-29974,-29973,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29975,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} b6 (7... Re8 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. h3 a6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. g4 e5 14. g5 b5 {1-0 (36) Radjabov,T (2757)-Vidit,S (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. Bd2 Bb7 9. cxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nb5 Be7 12. Bd3 a6 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. O-O Nb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Re8 15. b4 Nb8 16. b5 a5 {1-0 (31) Chatalbashev,B (2552)-Docx,S (2427) Gent 2017}) 15. b4 Qe7 16. Rfb1 Re8 17. a4 c6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Ne2 Nbd7 21. Bc3 Qd6 22. Ng3 g6 23. a5 b5 24. Bd4 Rac8 $1 25. Qb2 Ng4 26. Be2 Nge5 27. f4 (27. Bf1 $15) 27... Nc4 $19 28. Bxc4 dxc4 (28... bxc4 29. Ne2 $17) 29. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Bh8.} Qe7 30. Qf2 {White wants to play Nf5!} f6 (30... Qxb4 31. Nf5 $15) 31. f5 c5 (31... Qxb4 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Bxf6 $14) 32. bxc5 Nxc5 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Bxf6 (34. Rf1 {might work better.}) 34... Qxe3 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Rd6 Re6 37. Rxe6 Nxe6 38. Bc3 Nf4 39. Rd1 Nd3 ({Not} 39... Nxg2 40. Rd7 $17) ({Resist} 39... Bxg2 40. Rd6 $19) 40. Ne2 Re8 41. Nc1 Nxc1 42. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re2 43. Rd1 $2 (43. g4) 43... Rxg2+ 44. Kf1 {intending Rd8+.} Rc2 45. Be5 b4 46. Rd7 (46. Rd8+ $142 Kf7 47. Rd7+ Ke6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Rxb7 Kxe5 49. Rxb4) 46... Be4 47. Ke1 b3 48. Rd2 {[#]} Rc1+ $2 (48... c3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3d2] is more deadly.} 49. Rxc2 bxc2) 49. Rd1 $17 Rc2 $2 (49... Rxd1+ $17 50. Kxd1 Kf7) 50. Rd2 $19 {[#]} c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d2]} 51. Rxc2 bxc2 {KB-KB} ({Weaker is} 51... Bxc2 52. Bxc3 Kf7 53. Bh8 $17) 52. Bf4 Kf7 53. Bc1 Ke6 54. Ke2 Kd5 55. Ke3 Bf5 (55... g5 $142 56. Ba3 Bg6 57. Kf3 Kc4 58. Bc1 Kb3 59. Ke3 g4 60. Kd4 Bf5 61. Ke5 Ka2 62. Bg5 Kb2 63. Kd4 c1=B 64. Bxc1+ Kxc1 65. Kxc3 Kd1 66. Kd4 Ke2 67. Ke5 Bd7 68. Kd6 Bb5 69. Ke6 Kf3 70. Kf5 Bd7+ 71. Kg5 Kg2 72. Kh4 Kxh2 73. Kg5 g3 74. Kf6 g2 75. Ke7 Bb5 76. Kf6 g1=Q 77. Kf5 Qe3 78. Kg6 Qe6+ 79. Kh7 Bd3+ 80. Kg7 Qe7+ 81. Kg8 Bg6 82. Kh8 Qh7#) 56. Ba3 Kc4 {Black mates.} 57. Bc1 g5 58. Kf3 g4+ 59. Kf4 Bh7 60. Ke5 Kd3 61. Bf4 Ke2 62. Kd4 Kd1 63. Kxc3 c1=Q+ 64. Bxc1 Kxc1 65. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,106,9,0,14,0,37,25,26,43,40,-17,-1,-20,45,36,38,32,48,7,26,0,44,43,44,-89,-61,-62,-69,-85,-98,-135,-119,-181,-179,-203,-200,-249,-246,-242,-252,-269,-250,-450,-462,-460,-462,-451,-439,-434,-420,-410,-416,-457,-435,-533,-547,-544,-515,-607,-556,-604,-594,-643,-631,-591,-577,-902,-799,-898,-847,-1118,-1097,-1101,-1101,-1086,-1071,-1069,-1045,-960,-878,-1040,-850,-4132,-3050,-2148,-1297,-2325,-2104,-1738,-1622]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Be6 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 40 Games. The position is equal.} Qc8 11. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 d5 13. exd5 {½-½ (13) Hracek,Z (2610)-Predojevic,B (2614) Mali Losinj 2017}) 11... Na7 (11... Bxh3 {looks sharper.} 12. gxh3 Qxh3 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Qg4+) 12. d4 Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. Qe2 (14. b3 $14) 14... Nc6 $11 15. Nc4 dxc5 (15... Bxc4 $11 16. Qxc4 dxc5) 16. Ncxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 18. Nd3 Bc4 {Threatens to win with ...Ne5!} 19. Qe3 Ra6 20. Nxc5 Rg6 21. b3 (21. Kh2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 21... Nxc5 $17 22. bxc4 Nxe4 $1 23. Ba3 Re8 24. Qd3 Rge6 $1 25. Red1 {[#]} (25. Qc2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 25... c5 $1 $19 26. Qc2 b6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 27. Rd5 Nf6 28. Rdd1 Qc6 29. Qd3 Ne4 ({Less strong is} 29... Qxa4 {[#]} 30. Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc6 31. Be3 $15) 30. Bb2 $2 {[#]} (30. f3 Ng3 31. Kh2) 30... Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Kxf2 {[#]} Re2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 {Hoping for Kf2.} Qxg2+ 34. Kd3 Qxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 35. Rdb1 Qg2 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Rxb6 Qxh3+ 37. Kc2 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 38. Rb5 h4 39. Rxa5 Qg2+ 40. Kb3 h3 41. Rxc5 h2 42. Rh5 g6 43. Rxh2 Qxh2 {KQ-KR} 44. c5 Kf8 45. a5 Ke7 46. a6 Qb8+ 47. Kc4 Qa7 48. Kb5 Kd7 49. Rd1+ Kc7 50. Rd6 Qb8+ 51. Kc4 Qb2 52. Rf6 Qa2+ 53. Kb4 g5 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,64,0,0,-27,0,-30,-10,-48,-47,-49,-35,-60,-46,-47,-43,-119,-41,-66,75,77,125,115,151,102,166,166,534,484,670,669,29995,29996,29996,0,29997,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. b3 d5 8. e3 c5 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Qb7 16. f4 a6 17. Ba1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. d3 Qg6 {0-1 (47) Caruana,F (2807)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 12... Rfd8 13. Rab1 a6 14. Ba1 Na7 15. Ne1 Rab8 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games} 16. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. f4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Qd7 18. a4 Nc6 19. Nh4 Qc7 20. Nf3 Rd7 21. d3 Rbd8 22. Rd2 Ne8 {½-½ (75) Miroshnichenko,E (2606)-Tang,A (2513) chess.com INT 2018}) 16... b5 17. g5 Ne8 18. Qg4 Nd6 19. cxb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 20. h4 b4 21. Ne2 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 (22. Kxg2 $15 Qa5 23. Bf6) 22... Nf5 (22... Nc6 $17 {White must now prevent ...Ra8.} 23. h5 Qc8) 23. h5 g6 (23... Nc6 $15) 24. hxg6 $1 $16 hxg6 25. Nh4 $1 $40 {[%cal Rh4f5][%mdl 128] Hoping for Nxf5. White goes for the king.} (25. Qh3 $6 e5 $11) 25... Ng7 26. Nf3 Nc6 (26... Nh5 $16) 27. Kg2 ({Worse is} 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Kg2 Qd6 $15) 27... Rd5 $2 (27... Bd6 {is more resistant.}) 28. Rh1 $18 ({Less strong is} 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rh1 Rdd8 $16) 28... Bd6 ({Don't blunder} 28... Nh5 $2 29. Rxh5 Ne5 {[#]} 30. Rh8+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 31. Rh7+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 32. Nxe5) 29. Bf6 {Threatening mate with Rh8+!} Ne5 {[#]} 30. Rh8+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Qh6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7]} Kf8 33. Qh8# {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 10%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,61,15,0,0,6,0,7,18,0,0,0,18,26,33,-13,-10,-4,-10,0,0,0,0,-36,48,63,84,31,20,38,14,11,53,45,0,0,0,-70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 d6 6. d4 Nf6 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 7. Qd3 a6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} e6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. f4 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Rhe1 {1-0 (52) Safarli,E (2671)-Gasanov,E (2502) Baku 2018}) 13. a3 O-O 14. h4 Rd8 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qc7.} 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Rhe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qc5 19. b4 Qc4 ({Black should play} 19... Qb6 $15 20. Nf5 exf5 21. Rxe7 Bc6 22. Qxf5 Bxg2) 20. Ne4 $1 $14 {[%cal Re4f6]} Qa2 21. Nxf6+ (21. Bxf6 $16 gxf6 22. Rd3) 21... gxf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Qxa3+ 24. Kb1 Qxb4+ 25. Nb3 {Strongly threatening Re3.} Be8 26. h5 {[#]} (26. Rxd8 $11 Qxe1+ 27. Ka2 Rxd8 28. Qxd8) 26... Rac8 (26... h6 $1 $15 27. Qxh6 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qg4) 27. Qg5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kf8 {Hoping for ...Rd5!} 28. Qh6+ Kg8 {And now ...Rxd1+ would win.} 29. Qg5+ Kf8 {White must now prevent ...Rd5!} 30. Qh6+ Kg8 {...Rxd1+ is the strong threat.} 31. Qg5+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,67,0,0,-3,7,0,0,0,4,0,4,-25,0,0,0,1,33,28,33,33,35,36,31,34,31,29,30,32,28,31,50,50,81,83,80,79,142,138,281,282,270,263,253,253,708,689,646,277,304,294,325,324,323,318,310,289]} 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. N2b3 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} (8. N2f3 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. c3 Re8 12. h3 Bc7 13. Re1 a6 14. Bd3 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Qd6 {0-1 (30) Andriasian,Z (2591)-Vidit,S (2718) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Nge7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O {The position is equal.} Nf5 11. c3 Re8 12. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf3 Nh4 13. Be3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Ne5 15. Qxd5 {0-1 (25) Beeckmans,F (2235)-Delemarre,J (2395) Antwerp 1997}) 12... Bc7 13. Re1 h6 14. Bd3 Ne5 (14... Rxe1+ {with more complications.} 15. Qxe1 Be6 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Nbd4 Nfxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7) 15. Bf4 Nxd3 16. Bxc7 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Qxc7 18. Qxd3 Be6 19. Nf3 Nd6 20. Re1 Nc4 21. Re2 Bg4 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qd7 24. Nd4 Re8 (24... f6 $142) 25. Qg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rd8 {[#]} (25... Qd8 $16 {was called for.}) 26. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg4g7]} g6 27. Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Qf4 {Hoping for Ng4.} f6 $2 (28... Re8 29. Ng4 Re6 30. Qd4+ (30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Qd4+ Kf8 $18) 30... f6) 29. Ng4 Qf7 30. Qd4 (30. Qh6+ $142 Kg8 31. Qh4) 30... Nd6 {White has a decisive advantage.} 31. Qxa7 Nf5 32. Ne3 Nxe3 33. Qxe3 ({But not} 33. Rxe3 Rc8 $18) 33... Rd7 34. Qe8 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,112,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,-34,-32,-40,-31,-31,-29,-27,-35,-38,-31,-23,-101,-87,-92,-71,-95,-85,-100,-112,-110,-46,-58,-58,-39,-38,-51,-13,-49,-49,-56,-52,-152,-152,-156,-135,-187,-180,-190,-179,-179,-177,-200,-187,-275,-324,-398,-257,-260,-266,-416,-336,-391,-375,-470,-468,-483,-494,-504,-504,-499,-497,-495,-491,-697,-470,-470,-459,-638,-635,-798,-818,-768,-718,-866,-859,-855,-855,-837,-810,-850,-788,-837,-766,-1558,-1095]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (8. Nc3 h6 9. Be3 d6 10. Nd5 Be6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. c3 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nf5 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 {½-½ (17) Nguyen,N (2634)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2704) Berlin 2015}) 8... d6 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. c3 {The position is equal.} Qd6 11. Qe2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nh5 12. g3 Bg4 13. Qe3 Rad8 14. Bc2 Nf4 15. Ne1 Ng6 16. f3 {1-0 (57) Martinovic,S (2470)-Petronic,J (2490) Niksic 1997}) 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Qe3 Nf4 15. Kh1 Nxd3 16. Bxd3 Qxd3 17. Qxc5 Qd6 18. Nb3 Bg4 19. Qe3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 20. Nh4 (20. h3 $11 {remains equal.} Bxf3 21. Qxf3) 20... a4 21. Nc5 {next Nb7 is good for White.} Qf6 22. g3 Qg5 23. Qe1 Bh3 24. Rg1 Ne7 (24... b4 $17 25. cxb4 a3) 25. Nf3 $15 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 26. Qe3 Bg4 27. Ne1 Qb6 28. f3 (28. h3 $5 Bh5 29. Kg2 $15) 28... Bh5 29. g4 Bg6 30. g5 {[#]} (30. Ng2 $15) 30... Nd5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5e3][%mdl 512]} 31. exd5 Rxd5 32. Ng2 (32. a3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 32... Qxc5 $19 ({Stronger than} 32... Rxc5 33. gxh6 Rd5 34. Qxb6 $11) 33. gxh6 Qxe3 34. Nxe3 {[#]} Rd2 $1 35. h4 Rxb2 36. Rg5 (36. Ng4 $142 Ra6 37. Nxe5) 36... gxh6 37. Rxe5 h5 38. Nd5 Rd8 39. Rg1 (39. Rg5 {was called for.}) 39... Kf8 40. Rg2 a3 41. Nxc7 Rd1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kh2 Ra1 43. Kg3 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Rxa2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 45. Kg3 Rb2 46. Re8+ Kg7 47. Ra8 a2 48. Nd5 Bc2 {...Ba4 is the strong threat.} 49. Ra3 Bb3 50. Nb4 Bc4 51. Ra6 f6 52. Kf4 Kg6 53. Ke3 Rh2 54. Kf4 Re2 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. Kh3 Re6 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,107,-10,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,20,17,20,41,33,35,38,20,22,35,39,32,31,41,0,0,0,49,41,68,50,39,0,11,6,12,8,11,14,21,-41,-14,-22,-17,-21,0,-19,-14,-12,-14,-70,-69,-75,-109,-106,-104,-114,-108,-112,-106,-108,-113,-121,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,8,62,26,30,30,23,22,45,8,8,8,8,8,59,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d3 a5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (8... h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nbd2 Nc6 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Nf1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Ng3 Be6 22. Re1 Bd5 23. Nd2 {½-½ (23) Tiviakov,S (2637)-Shirov,A (2749) Hoogeveen 2010}) 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 a4 12. Bd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. e4 O-O 15. O-O f5 16. Na3 {0-1 (36) Etmans,M (2029)-Marell,G (2249) ICCF email 2005}) 9... b4 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 Qe8 16. h3 bxc3 17. bxc3 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Rfc1 h6 20. Ra3 ({Much worse is} 20. Rxc7 Nfd5 $17) 20... Qg6 21. Nh4 ({Reject} 21. Rxc7 Nfd5 $17) 21... Qh5 22. Nhf3 Rf7 23. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3e4][%mdl 32]} g5 24. Ng3 Qg6 25. e5 Nfd5 26. Qe4 Kg7 27. Qxg6+ Kxg6 28. Ne4 Nf4 29. Rd1 (29. Kh2 $11) 29... Rb6 30. Kh2 Rc6 31. Rd2 Rf8 32. g3 Nfd5 33. Kg2 Kf5 {aiming for ...Nc2.} 34. exd6 (34. Re2 $11 Rd8 35. Rb3) 34... Kxe4 $15 35. Re2+ Kf5 36. Ne5 Rxd6 {...Kf6 is the strong threat.} 37. Rf3+ {[#]} Nf4+ $1 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Rc3 Rxd4 40. Ng4 h5 ({Black should play} 40... Nd3 $17 {Threatens to win with ...h5.} 41. Nxh6+ Kf6) 41. Re5+ $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg6 42. Rxe6+ Kg5 43. Nh2 {White wants to mate with Nf3+.} Kf5 44. Rh6 Rg8+ 45. Kf1 Rd1+ 46. Ke2 Rgd8 (46... Kg5 $11 47. Rxh5+ Kxh5 48. Kxd1 Nd5) 47. Nf3 Ra1 48. Rc5+ Rd5 49. Rxh5+ Ke6 50. Rcxd5 ({Of course not} 50. Rxa5 Ra2+ 51. Kf1 Rxh5 $15) 50... Nxd5 51. Nd4+ Kd6 52. Nb5+ Kc6 (52... Ke6 $11) 53. Nd4+ (53. Kf3 $14) 53... Kd6 54. Nb5+ {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,97,20,26,16,112,106,106,104,101,92,96,70,77,77,86,67,64,55,107,107,109,108,108,97,91,108,110,90,87,75,85,71,72,60,68,76,133,121,172,100,83,87,94,106,104,91,122,0,38,10,10,10,7,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} b4 (12... Nb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) (12... O-O 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f5 15. Rg1 f4 16. Bf2 Bxg5 17. Bh3 Bh6 18. Na5 Kh8 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Qb4 Ng3 21. Kb1 {½-½ (68) Inarkiev,E (2690)-Sarana,A (2613) Satka 2018}) 13. Nd5 $16 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 14. exd5 a5 15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bc6 a4 17. Na1 Nb6 18. b3 Rb8 19. Kb1 a3 {½-½ (53) Eid,F (2354)-Husbands,O (2257) Baku 2016}) 14... O-O 15. Kb1 $1 Qc7 16. Bh3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 $1 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} 18. Qa5 {Black must now prevent Bd2.} exf4 19. Rd4 Ra7 (19... Rfe8 $14) 20. Rxb4 Nc4 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Bf1 Ne3 23. c3 d5 24. Ra4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 Bxg5 27. Rd1 Rc6 28. Rd5 f5 (28... Bh4 $142) 29. Re2 $1 Rh6 {[#]} (29... g6 $16) 30. Nd4 ({White should try} 30. Nc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5e6] Threatens to win with Ne6.} g6 31. Nxa6) 30... Bf6 31. Nxf5 Rh3 32. Rd3 g5 33. Kc2 h5 {[#]} 34. Rg2 (34. Rd7 $1 $16) 34... Kh7 35. Nd6 g4 36. Ne4 ({Of course not} 36. fxg4 f3 $17) 36... Bh4 $1 37. Rd5 Kh6 $1 38. fxg4 hxg4 {The position is equal.} 39. Rxg4 {Nd6 is the strong threat.} Rxh2+ 40. Rd2 Rxd2+ 41. Kxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kh5 42. Rg1 f3 43. Ke3 f2 44. Rf1 {[%cal Re4f2]} Re8 45. Kf3 Rf8+ 46. Ke3 {[%cal Re4f2]} Re8 47. Kf3 Rf8+ 48. Kg2 {[%cal Re4f2]} Rg8+ 49. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,28,15,16,18,18,8,0,16,21,24]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bg2 h6 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 (10. Nd2 Be6 11. a3 {½-½ (56) Kramnik,V (2800)-Gelfand,B (2695) Moscow 2018}) 10... Be6 11. Nd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Rb8 12. Nc2 b5 13. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nce3 a6 14. Qd2 f5 15. f4 Bf7 16. g4 exf4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rxf4 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 {0-1 (46) Matthias,H (2319)-Rosen,B (2265) Germany 2011}) 13... bxc4 14. dxc4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,75,0,78,43,53,36,61,48,60,62,71,70,83,64,77,86,101,99,104,90,115,47,36,0,0,0,40,21,31,0,0,0,20,17,27,18,16,0,130,111,275,272,275,268,275,275,430,305,302,301,574,569,552,567,546,521,790,789,732,748,1084,951]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Bb4+ (8... g6 $11) 9. Nc3 {C45: Scotch Game} d5 (9... O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bf4 d5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Ba6 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. Re3 Qf8 16. Qxf8+ Kxf8 17. cxd5 Bxc3 18. Bxa6 {½-½ (65) Barbosa,E (2449)-Paveto,K (2437) Florianopolis 2015}) 10. exd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb5 c6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxb4 cxb4 16. Bf4 Qe7 {1-0 (33) Williams,J (2103)-Han,Y Victoria 2011}) 10... cxd6 11. O-O {White is slightly better.} O-O 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ne2 {Hoping for a3.} Bc5 14. b3 a5 15. Kh1 Ra7 {[#]} 16. Bb2 $1 Qh4 17. f4 Raf7 18. a3 (18. Nd4 $16) 18... Nd7 $1 $14 19. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3f5]} Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 20. Bxf5 (20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Nh5 $19) 20... Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Qh5 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 22. Ng3 Qh4 $1 {( -> ...Ng4)} 23. Nf5 {[%cal Bg3f5,Bf5e7,Be7c6][%mdl 32]} Qh5 {And now ...Ng4 would win.} 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 26. b4 $36 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 2080] White has good play.} ({Don't take} 26. Nxc6 $6 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 $16) 26... Bd4 (26... Qe5 $11 {remains equal.} 27. g3 (27. fxe5 $2 {leads to mate.} Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rxf1#) (27. bxc5 Rxf4 28. Qd3 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Qxe7 $11) 27... Qxe7 28. bxc5 dxc5) 27. Qd1 $16 Qxd1 $2 (27... Qe8 $16 {might work better.} 28. Qxd4 Qxe7) 28. Raxd1 $18 Bb2 29. Nxc6 Bxa3 30. bxa5 Rf5 (30... Rxf4 $142 31. Rxf4 Rxf4) 31. g3 Rc5 32. Rf3 Rxc4 $2 (32... Rxc6 33. Rxa3 Ra8) 33. Rxa3 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc6 {KRR-KRR} 34. a6 Ra8 35. a7 Kg8 {[#]} 36. Rb1 $1 Rcc8 37. Rb7 Rd8 38. Rab3 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,95,26,19,22,33,39,32,44,43,39,40,50,47,42,40,46,40,58,29,30,25,44,22,41,4,28,0,0,0,9,16,12,7,55,47,68,54,55,64,72,56,61,56,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,1,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. d5 Na6 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (7... e6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Nd4 exd5 10. cxd5 Na6 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. Bf4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nb5 d6 15. Qc2 Bxd5 16. Qxc7 {1-0 (54) So,W (2765)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Kolkata 2018}) 8. Nc3 Nc5 9. Nd4 e5 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nb3 d6 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. e4 Ne8 13. a4 Nd6 14. b3 {[#]} Bc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... a5 15. Ra2 {1-0 (77) Gleichmann,M (2528)-Stephan,J (2576) ICCF email 2012}) 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Ne2 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nc3 Nd4 21. Nb5 {With the idea Nxd4.} Nxb3 22. Qd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bxb5 23. axb5 Na5 24. Qd3 Qd7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...e4.} 25. Be4 Nb7 26. Ra1 Nd6 27. Rxa7 Ra8 28. Ra6 (28. Raa1 $14) 28... Rxa6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 29. bxa6 Ra8 30. Ra1 Ra7 31. Qe2 Qc8 32. Bf3 Rxa6 33. Bg4 Rxa1+ $1 34. Bxa1 Qf8 35. Bxe5 Bxe5 36. Qxe5 {[#] Black must now prevent Be6+.} Qg7 37. Qg5 Qf8 38. h4 Kg7 39. Be2 Qf6 40. Qe3 Nf5 41. Qe8 (41. Qf4 {feels hotter.} Nd6 42. Qe3) 41... Qe7 42. Qxe7+ Nxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 43. Kg2 Kf6 {Threatening ...Ke5.} 44. f4 h5 45. Kf3 Nf5 46. Bd3 Nd4+ 47. Ke3 Nf5+ 48. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,31,20,34,39,39,4,0,0,16,0,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,43,58,58,48,49,27,45,30,58,38,83,42,378,378,441,440,454,470,438,271,272,282,285,280,321,336,332,326,329,322,323,314,325,315,377,373,397,386,618,553,552,552,562,336,1255,1229,2135,2128]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Rd1 c6 9. e4 Bg4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} 10. Be2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bxd4 {White is slightly better.} 12. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 a5 13. e5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Bg3 e6 16. O-O N8d7 17. c4 {½-½ (26) Kuljasevic,D (2549)-Ostovic,M (2334) Mali Losinj 2017}) 12... c5 13. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Nc6 14. e6 f5 (14... Qe8 $11) 15. h4 (15. O-O $16) 15... Qc8 $11 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. O-O Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Nd5 20. Bg5 Rd6 21. Rxd4 Rad8 $1 {[#]} 22. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb6 (22... gxh5 23. Qg3) 23. Qa4 Qa6 ({Reject} 23... gxh5 $6 24. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd5 25. Bxe7 $16) (23... Rxe6 $6 24. Red1 $16) ({Avoid the trap} 23... Qxb2 $2 24. Bxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc3 25. Red1 $18) 24. Qc2 Rxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24... Qb6 $1 $14 25. Qa4 Kg7) 25. Red1 $1 $18 Red6 26. Qb3 e6 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Qg3 Qd6 {intending ...Qxg3.} 29. Qg5 Kg7 30. Rh4 {Threatens to win with hxg6.} Rg8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rh6 Kf7 33. Rh7+ Rg7 34. Rh8 Qe7 35. Qh6 Qf6 36. Rb8 Qxb2 37. Qh8 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rh8f8]} Qb4 $2 (37... g5 38. Qh5+ Rg6) 38. a3 Qe7 39. Rc1 g5 40. Rcc8 Nf4 $2 (40... Nf6 41. Qh6 Ng4 42. Rf8+ Qxf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Qxe6 Rf7) 41. Rg8 Rxg8 42. Rxg8 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,98,40,30,44,26,22,32,26,27,27,27,40,27,21,22,27,25,27,31,35,37,63,68,68,64,58,57,65,77,59,66,83,47,59,53,57,39,89,88,79,79,77,0,0,0,0,0,26,27,43,28,40,35,24,0,0,0,0,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,68,7,13,13,7,14,0,14,24]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. c4 {LiveBook: 24 Games} c5 12. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. f4 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nb8 17. g4 Nc6 18. g5 {½-½ (71) So,W (2765)-Movsesian,S (2629) chess.com INT 2019}) 12... Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. f4 Bc6 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Nb1 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Bb7 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Nc3 Kh8 22. h3 Rd7 23. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 24. g5 Ng8 25. f5 Ne7 26. Qf2 exf5 27. exf5 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 {[#] Strongly threatening f6.} Qc6+ 29. Kh2 {Hoping for f6.} f6 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Nd5 (31. Rg1 $16) 31... Nxd5 $11 32. cxd5 Qb5 33. Rg1 Re8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Re2.} 34. Rde1 {[%cal Re1e8]} Re5 $1 35. Qh4 Rf7 $1 36. Rxe5 dxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 37. Qc4 Rd7 38. h4 Qb4 39. Kh3 Qb5 40. a4 Qb6 41. Rc1 Qd8 42. Rd1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Qb6 43. Rd3 Qd6 44. a5 Kg8 45. Rg3+ Rg7 (45... Kh8 $11) 46. Rxg7+ ({White should play} 46. Rc3 $1 $14) 46... Kxg7 $11 {The position is equal.} 47. Kg4 Kf8 48. Kf3 Ke8 49. Ke4 Kd8 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 59%, Black = 84%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,88,27,10,23,18,12,6,8,14,12,13,14,8,8,5,4,0,8,18,12,7,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-20,-18,-22,-20,-19,-27,-82,-68,-77,-83,-140,-138,-156,-153,-210,-208,-199,-156,-183,-175,-275,-277,-378,-335,-430,-289,-347,-325,-267,-279,-796,-808,-759,-704,-1370,-1368,-1160,-1108,-1970,-1915,-29995,-29996,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} b6 8. Bd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} a5 9. cxd5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. cxd5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 exd5 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rc2 c6 {½-½ (57) Vitiugov,N (2718)-Grischuk,A (2751) Novi Sad 2016}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nb5 Ne4 15. a4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bc1 c5 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Nb4 20. Qe2 Raa8 21. Rfd1 Rfc8 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Ne1 Qe6 24. f3 Nd6 {[%cal Be4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} 25. Nd3 d4 26. Nxb4 (26. Rac1 $11) 26... axb4 $17 27. Rd3 Nf5 {[%cal Rf5e3]} 28. e4 (28. Bc1 $142) 28... Ne3 29. Re1 {[#]} Re8 $1 30. Rxe3 (30. Bc1 $17 {keeps fighting.} Nd5 31. Qc2) 30... dxe3 $19 31. Qxe3 f6 32. Rc1 Rec8 33. Qd3 (33. e5 $142) 33... Ra7 34. Rc4 Rd7 35. Qc2 Qd6 36. Bd4 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Rcd8 37. Be3 Qe5 38. f4 $2 (38. g4 Qa1+ 39. Kf2) 38... Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Qh5 40. Qe2 Qh4+ 41. Kf3 g5 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rg5g4] [#]} 42. h3 Re1 43. Qc2 Rf1+ 44. Bf2 Qxf4+ {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,129,22,38,43,49,35,42,36,54,27,68,37,43,27,42,35,72,89,82,62,80,73,128,73,73,80,74,80,127,125,116,114,134,96,97,101,158,159,157,116,122,87,88,89,91,53,53,56,92,93,95,95,95,91,96,92,87,94,89,91,176,172,283,277,226,167,164,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-8,-8,-8,-10,-10,-11,-8,-8,-5,-9,-8,-14,-14,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} c6 8. O-O e6 9. Bf4 (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 {0-1 (64) Hou,Y (2663)-Megaranto,S (2535) Almaty 2016}) 9... Qd8 10. h3 Bxf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Qxf3 Bd6 12. Be5 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. Qf4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 {½-½ (30) Herzog,K (1868)-Reichelt,H (1912) GER email 2011}) 13. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 14. Bg3 O-O 15. g5 Ne8 16. h4 Nb6 17. Ne4 Qxd4 18. Rfd1 Qa4 19. b3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qa5 20. c4 Rd8 (20... f5 $142) 21. Qe3 ({Better is} 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Rd1) 21... Nc8 $16 {[#]} 22. c5 $1 Rd5 23. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} g6 24. b4 Qd8 25. Nc3 Ng7 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Bh3 Na7 (27... Re8 $142 28. Rac1 Na7) 28. a4 Qd7 29. Be5 Rc8 30. Bb2 Bf8 31. Rdc1 Nc6 32. Rab1 Ne7 33. b5 Nef5 34. Bxf5 Nxf5 35. c6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} bxc6 36. bxc6 Rxc6 37. Qe5 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Re5h8]} Rxc1+ 38. Rxc1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Re5h8]} d4 {[#] ...Qb7 is the strong threat.} 39. Qb8 $1 {Black must now prevent Ba3.} e5 ({Stronger than} 39... Qxa4 40. Rc8 Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kg8 42. Qc5 Ne7 43. Qxe7 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qg1+ 45. Kxg1 h5 46. Rxf8+ Kh7 47. Qxf7#) (39... Ne7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 40. Rc8 $18 ({Weaker is} 40. Qxe5 Nxh4 41. Qg3 Nf5 $15) ({Worse is} 40. Ba3 Ne7 $14) 40... Qe7 (40... Qd6 {is a better defense.}) 41. Re8 Qd6 42. Qxd6 Nxd6 43. Rxe5 $2 (43. Rd8 $18 Nc4 44. Ba1) 43... Nc4 $1 $11 {[%csl LRb2,LRe5] The position is equal.} 44. Bxd4 Nxe5 45. Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Bc5 46. Kg2 Kf8 47. Bg3 Ke7 48. Kf3 f5 49. gxf6+ $1 Kxf6 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} h5 52. Be1 Be7 53. f4 Bf6 54. Bg3 Bd8 55. Be1 Kd6 56. Bf2 Bf6 57. Be1 Kc5 58. f5 g5 59. hxg5 Bxg5 60. Ke5 h4 61. f6 Bxf6+ 62. Kxf6 h3 {And now ...h2 would win.} 63. Bg3 Kb4 64. Kg5 Kxa4 65. Kg4 $1 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,20,25,29,25,17,28]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. c4 c5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d4 Nxd4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 {Predecessor:} 11. Kxg2 $146 cxd4 12. Qxd4 d6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 f6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Qb3 Rf7 19. Rd4 Ne5 20. f4 Nc6 {1-0 (65) Meier,G (2639)-Lenderman,A (2630) chess.com INT 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,20,23,47,58,24,7,20]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. b3 b5 {LiveBook: 28 Games. D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Ba3 Qe8 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Bb2 {½-½ (48) Navara,D (2737)-Ivanchuk,V (2738) Prague 2017}) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Bb7 {Predecessor:} 11. Nd3 $146 Nbd7 12. Ba3 Re8 {1-0 (84) Titz,H (2201)-Hartl,D (2188) Austria 2008} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,129,0,6,0,12,6,12,25,19,0,14,18,9,8,6,6,0,3,4,9,7,15,2,0,0,-13,9,10,3,0,-15,-58,-50,-60,-61,-96,-89,-89,-99,-95,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-28,-66,-53,-86,96,89,338,172,152,166,175,130,153,89,151,154,192,34,63,63,474,456,415,407,388,389,331,0,0,0,29976,29977,29977,0,0,0,29977,29978,29978,6150,4631,3106,984,0,0,0,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,12189,0,29972,29971,29984,29985,29986,29986,29986,29986,29986,29984,29983,29984]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Qd1 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} (9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. Qd1 cxd4 12. Nf3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 g5 14. hxg6 Qe4+ 15. Be2 Qxg6 16. Qd2 Nge7 17. Bd3 Qxg2 18. Ke2 Qg4 19. Rh4 Qg7 20. Rg1 Ng6 21. Rf4 Nce7 22. Bb4 a5 23. Rxg6 {1-0 (23) Caruana,F (2804)-Lenderman,A (2599) Saint Louis 2018}) 9... b6 10. dxc5 Qe4+ 11. Qe2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Qxe5 12. c4 bxc5 13. Nf3 Qd6 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Bd3 Nc6 {½-½ (34) Kleiser,G (2325)-Van der Plas,R (2250) ICCF email 2014}) 11... Qxc2 12. Qe3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. cxb6 Qb2 $1 {[%csl LRa1,LRb6]} 15. Rc1 axb6 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. O-O Qxa3 18. Rb1 Qa6 19. Nd4 Ne7 20. Rb4 h5 21. Rfb1 Nd7 22. h4 Qc8 23. Rb5 Kg8 24. Qg3 Nc6 25. Nf3 Ra4 26. Be3 Rg4 27. Qh2 Qc7 (27... Ne7 $17 28. R5b3 Nf5 29. Bxb6 Nxb6 30. Rxb6 Kh7) 28. Bxb6 $11 {[#]} Ncxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Ng5 $1 Qxc3 {Strongly threatening ...f6.} 30. Be3 g6 31. R5b3 Qc2 {...Qf5 is the strong threat.} 32. f4 Nc6 {Hoping for ...d4.} 33. g3 Qc4 $2 (33... Qf5 $1 $17 {and life is bright. aiming for ...f6.} 34. Qf2 d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Bxd4 Rxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 36. Rxg3 Qxb1+ 37. Kh2 Nxd4 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 38. Qxd4 Qa2+ 39. Kh3 Qd5 40. Qxd5 exd5) 34. Rb7 $16 Nf6 $2 (34... Qd3 $16 35. Re1 Nf8) 35. Ra1 (35. Rc1 $142 Qd3 36. Qf2) 35... Rxg5 $18 36. hxg5 Ng4 37. Qb2 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Intending Ra8+ and mate. Black is in trouble.} d4 38. Bf2 $1 {And now Ra8+ would win.} Nxf2 ({Black should try} 38... h4) 39. Kxf2 $16 ({Stronger than} 39. Qxf2 Kg7 $11) 39... h4 40. Ra8+ $2 (40. gxh4 $1 $18 {Threatens to win with Ra8+.} Rxh4 41. Kg3) 40... Kg7 $14 {( -> ...hxg3+)} 41. Rxh8 hxg3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 41... Kxh8 $14 42. Rxf7 (42. gxh4 Kg8 $11) 42... Qd3) 42. Kxg3 $18 {White threatens Rxf7+! and mate.} Qd3+ 43. Kh2 Kxh8 44. Rxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qe3 45. Qg2 $2 (45. Qc2 $18 Qf3 46. Qg2 (46. Qxg6 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 Qg3+ 49. Kf1 Qf3+ 50. Ke1 Qe3+ 51. Kd1 Qf3+ 52. Kd2 Qf2+ 53. Kd1 Qf1+ 54. Kd2 Qf2+ 55. Kd3 Qf1+ 56. Kd2 Qf2+ $11) 46... Qxg2+ 47. Kxg2) 45... Kg8 $11 46. Rf6 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... d3 $11) 47. Qxc6 Qf2+ 48. Kh3 $2 (48. Qg2 {mates} Qh4+ 49. Qh3 Qf2+ 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qf2+ 52. Kh1 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qf2+) 48... Qe3+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ 50. Qg2 Qh4+ 51. Kg1 (51. Qh3 $142 Qf2+ 52. Kh1 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qf2+ 54. Kh1 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qf2+) 51... Qe1+ $18 52. Qf1 Qg3+ 53. Qg2 $2 (53. Kh1 $18 d3 54. Qd1 Qh3+ 55. Kg1) 53... Qe1+ $11 54. Kh2 Qh4+ 55. Qh3 Qf2+ {[#]} 56. Kh1 $1 Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Qe2+ 58. Kg3 Qe1+ 59. Kg4 {Threatening mate with Qh6+.} Qg1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (59... Qd1+ $11 60. Qf3 Qg1+ 61. Kh3 Qb1) 60. Qg3 $1 {White mates.} Qh1 61. Qf3 Qb1 62. Kg3 Qe1+ 63. Kh3 Qb1 64. Rxe6 Qf5+ 65. Qg4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,29,37,10,30,22,23,33,48,22,18,15,14,9,34,14,32,35]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bg5 e5 8. Nbd2 Re8 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (8... b6 9. a4 a5 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. Re1 c6 12. Bf1 Qc7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 h6 15. Bh4 Ba6 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Nxd6 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 {1-0 (38) Adhiban,B (2666)-Naiditsch,A (2687) Doha 2016}) 9. Re1 b6 10. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Bd3 Rac8 13. h3 c6 14. Nh2 Qe6 15. Qxe6 Rxe6 16. f4 exd4 17. cxd4 {½-½ (30) Santana,F-Calderon Diestro,M Matinhos 1999}) 10... a5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,75,27,33,17,27,14,47,54,73,62,70,73,75,71,101,101,112,111,93,110,105,80,80,71,91,81,54,55,58,71,124,61,89,45,55,47,167,167,162,169,158,105,118,118,66,19,18,15,464,464,627,264,675,158,122,128,117,-39,963,904,29996,29997]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O a6 9. a4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc4 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Nxd7 Rxd7 15. Kf1 {½-½ (30) Vidit,S (2711)-Safarli,E (2676) Porto Carras 2018}) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. b4 {White is slightly better.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Ne8 13. O-O Nd6 14. Nd2 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 {½-½ (30) Popov,M (2378)-Siddharth,S (2087) Voronezh 2017}) 10. d5 exd5 (10... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 11. Bb3 (11. dxe6 bxc4 12. exd7 Bxd7 $11) 11... Nb6 $14) 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Ra7 13. Nd4 Nb8 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rc1 Ba4 18. Qa2 Bxd4 19. exd4 Qd7 20. Rfe1 Nc6 21. Qc4 Ne7 22. Be4 Ng6 (22... c6 $142) 23. Be5 ({Avoid the trap} 23. Bxc7 $2 Rc8 $19) (23. Bg3 $16) 23... Rd8 24. Bb1 ({But not} 24. Bxc7 $2 Rc8 $19) 24... c6 25. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} a5 (25... Nxe5 $14 26. dxe5 Qd4) 26. h5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Nxe5 27. Rxe5 axb4 28. axb4 (28. Qxb4 $142 Bb5 29. Bc2) 28... Bb5 29. Qc2 g6 30. Rce1 Qxd4 31. h6 {Re8+ would kill now.} Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Rf8 $11) 32. Qc1 Qxb4 33. Qe3 (33. R5e4 $142 Qa3 34. Qd2 $3 {[%mdl 512]}) 33... Raa8 $2 (33... c5) 34. Re7 $2 (34. Ba2 $18 {White threatens Qf3 and mate.} Qd2 35. Re8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 36. Qxd2 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Rxa2 38. Qe5) 34... Qd4 $16 {Hoping for ...Qxe3.} 35. Qf3 $40 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rf3f7][%mdl 1152] White has strong compensation. White is out for blood.} Bc4 {[#] And now ...Bd5 would win.} 36. R7e5 $2 ({Inferior is} 36. Qxc6 Be6 $15) (36. R7e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4d4]} Bd5 37. Rxd4 Bxf3 38. Rxd8+ Rxd8 39. gxf3) 36... Qh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Rd6 $15) 37. Qc3 $18 {Intending Re8+! and mate.} Rd4 {[#]} 38. Qa3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 55%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,66,24,18,22,18,24,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,37,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,-56,-46,-89,-29,-33,-20,-25,-12,-20,-12,-29,-25,-29,-22]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 11. d4 h6 12. Bf1 Re8 {The position is equal.} 13. Qc2 Nh7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 Qf6 {[#]} 16. Ne3 $146 Nf4 17. Nf5 g6 18. Bxf4 $1 ({Reject} 18. Nxh6+ Kg7 $17) 18... gxf5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Kh2 Be6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Qb3 Be4 25. Qc4 Bc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 26. b4 {[#] next b5 is good for White.} Bxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qxc7 ({Don't play} 27. Rxa4 b5 $17) (27. Qa2 $11 Bc6 28. Bc4) 27... Bc6 $15 28. e4 Rad8 (28... Qf4+ $17 29. Kg1 Rad8) 29. Ra2 $11 Rd7 30. Qb6 Re6 31. Qe3 Rf6 {[#] Hoping for ...Qxe3.} 32. Qxg5+ hxg5 33. Ra5 Re7 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,188,-50,-65,-45,-56,-46,-72,-53,-68,-63,-75,-74,-102,-100,-104,-95,-106,-68,-78,-76,-69,-70,-84,-79,-140,-135,-165,-157,-129,-125,-110,-108,-281,-262,-254,-234,-229,-215,-215,-220,-262,-250,-256,-200,-261,-199,-199,-189,-196,-150,-150,0,-152,-129,-129,-98,-96,-72,-86,-18,-50,-50,-51,-58,-59,-54,-73,-73,-112,-56,-238,-225,-181,-87,-129,-135,-128,-128,-132,-128,-128,-128,-128,-135,-135,-135,-135,0,-135,-135,-135,-135,-314,-316,-316,-316,-316,-316,-316,-275,-1152,-1093,-1152,-1147,-1146,-1142,-1046,-1005,-1096,-1052,-1052,-1052,-1038,-1038,-958,0,-1026,-1010,-1015,-1000,-1008,-997,-994,-984,-952,-906,-958,0,-962,-557,-949,-785,-982,-735,-845,-814,-804,-818,-989,-981,-974,-869,-818,-804,-797,-789,-775,-756,-702,-627,-500,-489,-371,-436,-403,-344,-295,0,-861,-740,-2438,-5169,-5591,-5403,-4634,-4627,-2096,-1962,-1717,-1615,-29984,-29984,-29981,-29982]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 7. O-O Nf6 8. a3 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 10. Nbd2 a4 11. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b4 axb3 12. Nxb3 Rxa3 13. Rxa3 Bxa3 14. Qa1 Be7 {0-1 (47) Wiewiora,E (2320)-Rodshtein,M (2699) Katowice 2017}) 11... h6 {Black is better.} 12. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 13. Nc2 Be7 14. b4 axb3 $1 15. Nxb3 Na5 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rb1 c6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Bg5 20. Re4 (20. Rf1 $142) 20... Bf5 $17 21. Re5 Bg6 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Rxg5 hxg5 24. Qd2 $2 (24. Nxg5 $17 {is the only way for White.} Rfe8 25. Nh3) 24... Bxe4 $19 25. Bxe4 Qe5 26. Bf3 Rfe8 27. Kg2 g6 28. g4 Kg7 29. Qe1 Rad8 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Kf6 32. Ne1 Rh8 33. Bg2 Rhe8 (33... Kg7 $17 34. Nf3 Rhe8) 34. Rb2 $2 (34. Bf3 $1 $11 Rd6 35. h3) 34... Re3+ 35. Nf3 Rde8 36. Kf2 c5 37. Ng1 R3e6 ({Better is} 37... Rb8 $17 {Threatening ...Re7.} 38. h3 b6) 38. Bd5 Ra6 39. Nf3 b6 40. Rb1 Re7 {Strongly threatening ...Nb7.} 41. Nd2 $1 Ke5 42. Ne4 Kf4 (42... f6 $17 43. Kg3 f5 44. Nxg5 Kf6) 43. h3 $2 (43. Rf1 $15) 43... f5 44. Nd6 {[#]} Ke5 ({Don't take} 44... fxg4 45. hxg4 Kxg4 46. Nf7 $15) (44... b5 $1 $19 45. Rxb5 Rxd6 46. Rxa5 fxg4 47. hxg4 Kxg4 48. Rxc5 Rf6+ 49. Ke1 Kf4) 45. Nc8 Re8 46. Nxb6 Kd6 {aiming for ...Rb8.} 47. Rb5 Rb8 48. Na4 Rxb5 49. cxb5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Ra7 50. Nb6 Kc7 51. Na8+ Kd6 52. Nb6 Rh7 53. Kg2 Rh8 54. Bf7 $2 (54. a4 $17) 54... Rb8 $19 55. Nc4+ Nxc4 56. dxc4 {KR-KB} Ra8 57. Bxg6 fxg4 ({Less strong is} 57... Rxa3 58. Bxf5 Re3 59. Bd3 $17) 58. hxg4 $2 (58. Kg3 gxh3 59. Kxh3) 58... Rxa3 59. Bd3 Ra8 60. Kf3 Re8 61. Be4 Kc7 62. Bd5 Re3+ 63. Kf2 Kb6 64. Ke1 Rb3 65. Be4 Re3 $2 (65... Kc7 $19 {White must now prevent ...Kd6.} 66. Kd2 Re3) 66. Bf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66. Bd5 $11) 66... Ka5 67. Kd2 Rb3 68. Bd5 Ka4 69. Be4 Kb4 70. Bd5 Ka5 71. Be4 Kb6 $2 (71... Rg3 $19 72. Bf3 Rg1) 72. Bd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72. Ke1 $11) 72... Kc7 73. Ke1 Kd6 74. Kf2 Ke5 75. Kg3 Ra3 76. Kf3 Ra1 77. Kg3 Rg1+ 78. Kf3 Rf1+ 79. Kg3 Rf8 80. Bf5 Rf7 81. Bg6 Rf6 82. Bf5 Rf8 83. Bd3 Kd6 84. Be4 Kc7 85. Bf3 Re8 86. Kf2 Re3 $2 ({Black should try} 86... Re6 $19 {Hoping for ...Re3.} 87. Ke1 Re7) 87. Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (87. Bd5 $11) 87... Rb3 88. Kf2 Kd6 89. Be4 Ke5 90. Bd3 {[#]} Kf4 $1 91. Bf5 Rb2 92. Ke1 Rb4 93. Be6 Ke3 {[%cal Rb4b1]} 94. Kd1 Rb2 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,176,20,44,15,29,29,29,34,29,31,29,35,45,22,37,39,43,31,37,42,76,79,79,83,107,97,109,44,36,11,52,31,31,38,37,38,103,93,83,83,102,66,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,81,81,56,58,97,0,30,0,0,0,31,0,6,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,49,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,11,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Qc7 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 9. Qe2 Bd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (9... a6 10. O-O b6 11. c4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb7 13. Ne5 Bc5 14. Bc3 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 {½-½ (53) Wei,Y (2739)-Ivanchuk,V (2729) Medias 2017}) 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Kb1 Kb8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Ne5 Rhf8 15. Rhe1 Bc6 16. g3 {½-½ (36) Kloeg,J (2200)-Merrell,W (2170) ICCF email 2007}) 11... Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Rhe1 Nd7 15. Nf3 Nb8 16. Kb1 h6 17. h4 Nc6 18. Be4 Rf8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Qd2 Nc6 21. a3 Bd7 {[#]} 22. b4 (22. Re3 $1 $16) 22... Qb6 $1 $14 23. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} a6 24. c5 Qc7 25. Qc3 f6 26. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} Ne5 ({Black should play} 26... Na7 $14) 27. f4 $16 Nf7 28. Nc4 {aiming for Qg3.} Kb8 29. g3 e5 30. Bd5 (30. Bg6 $14) 30... exf4 $11 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32. Nd6 Rf8 33. gxf4 Bc6 (33... g5 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. f5 $16 Rd8 35. Qd4 Rd7 36. Ka1 (36. Re6 $16) 36... Re7 $11 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 b6 39. Kb2 Bd7 40. Qe4 a5 41. Qd5 (41. Kb3 {seems wilder.} axb4 42. axb4 h5 43. Kb2 bxc5 44. bxc5 Qc6 45. Qxc6 Bxc6 46. Kc3) 41... axb4 42. axb4 bxc5 $1 43. bxc5 Qc6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 44. Qxc6 Bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 45. Kc3 Kc7 46. Kd4 Kd8 47. Kc4 Ke7 48. Kb4 {Black should prevent Ka5.} Kd7 49. Ka5 Kc7 50. Nb5+ Kb7 51. Nd6+ Kc7 {The position is equal.} 52. Kb4 Kd7 53. Kc4 Ke7 54. Kc3 Kd7 55. Kb4 Kc7 56. Ka5 Bd7 57. Kb4 Bc6 58. Nb5+ Kd7 59. Nd4 Be4 60. Kb5 Bd3+ 61. Kb6 Be4 62. h5 Bd5 63. Ne6 Bf3 64. Nxg7 {[#] And now Ne6 would win.} Be4 65. Kb5 Bd3+ 66. Kb4 Be2 67. Kc3 Bg4 68. Kc4 Kc6 69. Kd4 Kd7 70. Ke4 Kc6 71. Ne8 Bxh5 72. Nxf6 Bd1 73. Kd4 {Hoping for Nd5.} h5 $1 74. Ne4 h4 75. Ng5 {Strongly threatening f6.} Bb3 76. f6 Kd7 77. Ke5 Ba2 78. c6+ Kc7 $1 79. Ne6+ Bxe6 $1 80. Kxe6 {Threatening mate with f7. KPP-KP} h3 81. f7 h2 82. f8=Q {Intending Qd6+ and mate.} h1=Q {KQ-KQ} 83. Qd6+ Kb6 84. Qb8+ Kc5 85. Qa7+ Kb5 86. c7 Qe4+ 87. Kd7 Qf5+ 88. Kd8 Qf8+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,132,10,12,-1,0,0,0,-12,16,12,20,11,11,0,12,11,22,25,18,20,22,8,0,0,0,-8,-1,-5,0,0,0,0,67,59,72,42,65,56,82,66,67,61,53,68,105,100,108,105,73,100,132,132,140,55,131,132,122,62,87,58,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. a3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (6. Nge2 Qf6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Ng3 O-O 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Qh5 Na6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 h6 14. g3 {1-0 (54) Adams,M (2712)-Gupta,A (2588) Douglas 2018}) 6... Bd6 7. Qf3 Qf6 8. Qxf6 Nxf6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Bg5 Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ng8 10. O-O-O f6 11. Bh4 Nh6 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 {½-½ (23) Berchtenbreiter,M (2419)-Haba,P (2502) Pardubice 2014}) 10. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2c1,Bc1d3][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bd2 f5 13. f3 b6 14. Kb1 Ba6 15. Nc1 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 ({Of course not} 16. cxd3 Nd7 $15) 16... Nd7 17. Rde1 Rfe8 18. Ne2 Kf7 19. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Re6 20. Kc1 Rae8 21. Kd1 g5 22. b4 a6 23. g3 b5 (23... c5 $11) 24. a5 $1 $14 Kg6 25. Rhf1 Ng7 26. h4 Nh5 {[#]} 27. Rg1 $1 g4 $1 28. fxg4 fxg4 29. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Kg7 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Nef4 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Nxf4 33. Nxf4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf7 34. Rf1 (34. Re3 $16) 34... Rf6 ({Better is} 34... Kg7 $14) 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Nd3 (36. Rf2 $16) 36... Re6+ $1 $14 37. Kd2 Nf6 $1 38. Ne5 ({White should play} 38. Nc5 $14) 38... Ne4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Kd3 h5 $1 40. Rf7+ Kd8 41. Ra7 Kc8 $1 42. Ra8+ Kc7 43. Ra7+ Kc8 44. Nd7 Nxg3 45. Nc5 Rg6 {[#] Hoping for ...Ne4!} 46. Rxa6 Ne4 47. Ra8+ ({Don't blunder} 47. Nxe4 $2 dxe4+ 48. Kxe4 g3 $19) 47... Kc7 48. Ra7+ Kb8 49. Rb7+ Ka8 {aiming for ...Nxc5+.} 50. Rf7 $1 Nxc5+ (50... g3 $5 51. Rf8+ $8 Ka7 52. Rf7+ Kb8 53. Rf8+ Kc7 54. Rf7+ Kd8 $11) 51. dxc5 {KR-KR} g3 {Threatens to win with ...g2.} 52. Rf1 Rg4 53. c3 Rxh4 54. Rf8+ $1 Ka7 55. Rg8 Rh3 56. Kd4 $1 h4 {And now ...Rh1 would win.} 57. Ke5 $1 Rh1 58. Kd6 Rf1 {Strongly threatening ...Rf6+.} 59. Kxc6 h3 60. Rg7+ Ka6 61. Rg8 {[%cal Rg8a8]} Rf6+ (61... Ka7 $5 62. Rg7+ $8 Ka6 $11) 62. Kc7 {[%cal Rg8a8]} Rf7+ 63. Kb8 Rb7+ 64. Ka8 $1 {White threatens Rg6+ and mate.} Ra7+ 65. Kb8 {[%cal Rg8g6]} Rb7+ 66. Ka8 $1 {White wants to mate with Rg6+.} Ra7+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,3,36,31,36,9,36,0,1,2,7,0,8,3,29,7,28,-14,-5,-7,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,-4,0,15,31,0,0,0,14,23,31,39,33,27,36,38,48,41,111,99,101,98,82,84,256,88,94,58,57,41,35,0,42,0,36,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 f6 6. Nh4 {aiming for Qh5+. B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} g6 7. f4 Bg7 (7... f5 8. Nf3 fxe4 9. dxe4 Ba6 10. e5 Nh6 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Ne4 O-O-O 13. c3 Be7 {1-0 (31) Solodovnichenko,Y (2590)-Salvador,R (2464) Milan 2008}) 8. c4 d6 9. O-O Nh6 10. Nc3 Nf7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Qe2 Nf7 13. exf5 exf5 {½-½ (34) Komliakov,V (2460)-Kalugin,S (2255) Orel 1997}) 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 g5 13. fxg5 fxg5 14. Nf3 {[%cal Rf3g5]} g4 15. Ne1 $1 Bd7 16. Nc2 Qh4 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Bg3 e5 19. Ne3 Nh8 20. Rxf8+ (20. Nf5 $5 Bxf5 21. exf5 $11) 20... Rxf8 21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Nxf1 Bh6 23. Qd1 Qe8 24. Bf2 Ng6 25. Ne3 Qc8 26. Ne2 Nf4 (26... Bf4 $14) 27. Ng3 $1 $16 Bf8 28. Nef5 $1 h5 29. Be3 Be8 $2 {[#]} (29... Qe8 $16) 30. Qf1 $2 (30. h3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.}) 30... Ne6 31. Nh6+ Kh7 $1 ({Don't play} 31... Bxh6 32. Bxh6 Bg6 33. Qf6 $16) 32. Nf7 Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kh7 $1 ({Reject} 33... Bxh6 $6 34. Bxh6 Bg6 35. Qf6 $16) 34. Nf7 Kg8 35. Nh6+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,154,2,51,47,35,32,26,31,22,30,30,27,35,18,27,18,32,-48,-38,-45,-54,-81,-66,-60,-50,-53,-20,-25,-6,-19,16,-11,22,21,20,8,26,18,35,77,90,78,87,89,79,0,0,0,0,-105,-108,-104,-111,-167,-166,-153,-161,-177,-172,-166,-176,-268,-249,-295,-295,-293,-285,-287,-289,-243,-164,-182,-191,-225,-225,-225,-225,-287,-287,-287,-257,-242,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-4737,-121,-4737,-4737,-4737,-4737,-4737,-4729,-4729,-4729,-4729,-4729,-4637,-4637,-4736,-4572,-4090,-2455,-1797,-1616,-3812,-4589,-3783,-3574,-3403,-2760,-29963,-29964,-29964,-29965,-29964,-29966,-29965,-12656,-29966,-29966,-29967,-29967,-29967,-29966,-29937,-12293,-8391,-7591,-5461,-5132]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qc8 (5... Qb6 6. Ne5 Be6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 e6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rc1 {½-½ (44) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Yu,Y (2765) Batumi 2018}) 6. Nc3 {[%cal Rc4d5] D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} e6 7. Nh4 Be7 8. h3 {White has an edge.} Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. g5 Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 {1-0 (34) Papahristoudis,A (2050)-Gkikas,V (1759) Athens 2014}) 13. e4 (13. h4 $14) 13... dxc4 $1 $15 14. Qxc4 e5 15. O-O exd4 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qc4 b5 18. Qb3 $1 Ne5 {[%cal Bd7e5,Be5c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32]} 19. Ne2 $1 Qe6 20. Qc3 Qe7 (20... Qd6 {looks sharper.} 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Rd8 23. b3 O-O) 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Nc4 23. Qc1 Rd8 {[%cal Ba8d8,Bd8d7,Bd7d6,Bd6d1][%mdl 32]} 24. b3 Nd2 25. Qxc6+ Rd7 26. Rfc1 O-O 27. Qxb5 (27. Rc5 $1 $16) 27... a6 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra6b5][%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 28. Qc6 Rd6 29. Qc5 (29. Qc3 $11) 29... Nxb3 $1 $17 30. axb3 Rd1+ $1 31. Kh2 (31. Rxd1 $17 Qxc5 32. Rxa6) 31... Qxc5 $19 32. Rxc5 Rxa1 33. e5 Ra2 34. Bf3 Rb2 35. Rc3 {[#]} (35. Bg4 $142) 35... Rb8 $1 36. e6 fxe6 37. Bg4 Kh7 38. Rc6 a5 ({Much less strong is} 38... R2xb3 39. Rxa6 R3b5 40. Nc3 $19) 39. Rc5 Ra2 40. Re5 Rf8 ({Resist} 40... Rxb3 41. Bxe6 a4 42. Bf7) 41. Kg2 Nf4+ 42. Nxf4 Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 43. Kg3 Rfxf2 44. Rxe6 Rfb2 45. Rb6 a4 46. Be6 axb3 47. Rb8 Rg2+ 48. Kh4 Ra4+ 49. Bg4 Rb2 {Threatens to win with ...Ra6.} ({Worse is} 49... b2 50. Rh8+ Kxh8 $11) 50. Rxb3 Rba2 51. Rb5 Rd4 52. Rc5 Ra3 53. Rb5 Rf3 54. Rb4 Rff4 55. Rxd4 $2 (55. Rb5) 55... Rxd4 {KR-KB} 56. Kg3 {[#]} Kg8 $1 {[%cal Rg8f7]} 57. Be6+ Kf8 58. h4 Ke7 59. Ba2 Rb4 60. Bd5 Ra4 61. Bg8 Ra6 62. Bd5 Kd6 63. Be4 Ke5 64. Bc2 Kd4 65. Bb1 Ke3 66. Bc2 Rb6 67. Ba4 Rb1 68. Bc2 Rg1+ 69. Kh2 Rg4 70. Bxg6 Kf4 71. Kh3 Rg3+ 72. Kh2 Kg4 73. Bf7 Kxh4 74. g6 Rg5 75. Be8 Re5 {( -> ...Re2+)} 76. Bf7 Re2+ 77. Kg1 Kg5 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Stars Cup 2019"]
[Site "Anzali"]
[Date "2019.02.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.02.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,107,60,49,47,29,28,26,49,27,56,35,41,39,48,23,28,0,-17,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-37,-54,-50,-62,-30,-32,-33,-37,-22,-23,-22,-20,-21,-29,-28,-33,-12,-26,-24,-50,-50,-56,-44,-51,-43,-142,-145,-148,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-189,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,68,60,80,0,0,0,69,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O a6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 h5 {B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6} 13. g3 b4 14. Ne2 Qb6 {White has an edge.} 15. Ned4 Na7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... O-O-O 16. Bc4 Na5 17. Bd3 Nb7 18. c3 bxc3 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. Rxc3 {1-0 (31) Predojevic,B (2616)-Buscher,M (2393) Porto Carras 2018}) 16. Bc4 a5 17. Qd3 a4 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Nf1 Nc6 20. Bb5 Nxd4 (20... a3 $5) 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Qxd4 Bd8 23. Qd3 Rc3 24. Qd4 Rc6 25. h4 Ke7 26. Rh2 Qa5 27. Ne3 Bb6 28. Nc4 Qa6 29. Nxb6 Qxb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 31. Rd3 Rg8 32. Rf2 e5 33. Kc1 Rc6 34. Kd1 Rc4 35. Re3 Rg4 36. Kd2 Ke6 37. b3 ({White should try} 37. f5+ $15 Kd7 38. Rfe2) 37... Rd4+ $17 38. Ke2 {[#]} a3 (38... exf4 $1 $17 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. gxf4 a3) 39. f5+ $1 $15 Kd7 $1 40. Kf3 Rd1 41. c3 {[#]} (41. Rg2 $15) 41... bxc3 $2 (41... d5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5d4] aiming for ...d4.} 42. exd5 Rg1) 42. Rc2 $1 $11 d5 43. exd5 e4+ 44. Ke2 Rg1 45. Kf2 Rh1 {...Rh2+ is the strong threat.} 46. Kg2 Rb1 47. Rexc3 Kd6 48. b4 Rxb4 49. Rxa3 Kxd5 ({Black should play} 49... Rd4 $11) 50. Rd2+ $14 Kc4 51. Rc2+ (51. Ra8 $16) 51... Kd4 52. Rd2+ (52. Ra7 $11) 52... Kc4 53. Rc2+ (53. Ra8 $14) 53... Kd4 54. Rd2+ {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

