[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,20,20,7,18,11,11,11,9,20,16,8,16,7,14,20,64,64,60,53,50,50,52,59,59,50,50,51,65,50,50,50,46,50,50,50,52,52,63,50,94,56,170,141,338,339,318,316,445,444,373,370]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} dxc4 7. e3 {NOTEXT-110253} Nd5 8. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} Nxf4 9. exf4 c5 10. d5 exd5 {[#]} 11. Qxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd4 15. Qe4 Bf6 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Qd3 {½-½ (40) Adhiban,B (2668)-Melkumyan,H (2660) Batumi 2018}) 11... Nc6 12. O-O-O Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rfd8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 18. Rd1 Rd4 19. Rxd4 (19. f5 {is interesting.} g6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Kc2 Kf8 22. f3) 19... cxd4 {KB-KN} 20. Ne2 c5 21. Kc2 f5 22. Kd3 Kf7 23. Kc4 Bd6 24. g3 Kf6 25. Nc1 g5 (25... Ke6 $14) 26. Kd5 $18 Be7 $2 (26... Bf8 $16 {was called for.}) 27. fxg5+ Kxg5 {[#]} 28. Ke6 $1 Bd8 {[#]} (28... Bf8 $142) 29. f4+ $1 Kg6 {...c4 is the strong threat.} 30. Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,120,20,17,35,29,34,32,29,27,28,23,32,15,11,0,0,-11,41,-18,-14,-56,-49,-66,-41,-52,-61,-60,-47,-89,-51,-97,-97,-92,-92,-95,-81,-82,-66,-81,-43,-42,-27,-27,-34,-27,-29,-64,-27,-41,-50,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,0,12,-42,-44,-278,-290,-231,-52,-54,-54,-37,-33,-33,-30,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-37,-33,-33,-33,-4586,-4590,-1352,-1163,-29972,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29977,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4 h6 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] A promising side line. D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5.} 9. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qe6+ 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Bg3 Qd8 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (31) Kokeny,N (1916)-Nagy,A (2145) Budapest 2014}) 9... Qb6 10. Rb1 Qe6+ {White is slightly better.} 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Rbe1 Nc6 15. Kd1 a6 (15... Nxg3 $11 16. hxg3 f6) 16. Kc2 (16. Bc7 $14) 16... f6 17. Bc7 Bd7 $1 18. Bg6 Rac8 (18... Rfc8 {seems wilder.} 19. Bxh5 Rxc7 20. Kb1 b5 21. g4 e5) 19. Bxh5 Rxc7 20. Kb1 e5 21. Nb3 b6 22. h3 a5 23. a3 Bf5+ 24. Ka1 Bc2 25. Nbd2 Bh7 26. h4 e4 27. Ng1 f5 28. Bd1 b5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Bb3 Rd8 31. f4 a4 (31... gxf4 32. Ne2 $14) 32. Ba2 Nxd4 (32... gxf4 $6 33. Ne2 $14) 33. cxd4 {Strongly threatening Ne2.} Rc2 ({Weaker is} 33... gxf4 34. Ne2 $18) 34. Ngf3 exf3 35. Nxf3 gxf4 36. Ne5 Rd6 ({But not} 36... Rxg2 $6 37. Nc6 $16) 37. Rh2 Rd2 38. Reh1 (38. Nf3 $11 Rd3 39. Rc1) 38... Bg6 $15 39. Bxd5+ $2 ({White should play} 39. Nf3 $15 Rf2 40. Rc1) 39... Rxd5 $19 40. Nxg6 {Hoping for Ne7+.} Kf7 $2 ({Not} 40... R5xd4 41. Ne7+ Kf8 42. Nxf5 $15) ({Black should try} 40... Bf6 $19 41. Ne5 R2xd4) 41. Nxf4 $15 R5xd4 42. g3 b4 43. axb4 a3 44. Ka2 axb2 45. Rxd2 Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 46. b5 Rd8 {aiming for ...Ra8+.} 47. Rb1 Ra8+ 48. Kb3 Ra5 49. Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Kc2 $15) 49... Rxb5+ $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 50. Kc4 Ra5 51. Nc3 Ra3 {Black mates.} 52. Nd1 {[#]} Ra1 $1 53. Rxb2 Bxb2 54. Nxb2 {KR-KN} Rg1 55. Kd4 Kf6 56. Ke3 Rxg3+ 57. Kf4 Rg4+ 58. Ke3 Rb4 59. Nd1 Kg5 60. Kf3 Rb1 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Nayak Rajesh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,140,22,41,-14,-14,-14,-8,-10,-10,-12,9,10,20,16,19,9,4,0,40,43,48,61,77,83,83,81,81,72,84,88,84,77,94,80,84,57,101,91,70,62,54,52,42,42,60,13,13,25,21,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,10,10,10,14,29,29,29,22,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Rc1 a6 9. c5 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4.} ({White should play} 9. d5 $14) 9... dxc5 $11 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. Nd5 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. g3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. c6 bxc6 17. Rxc6 Ra7 18. Bg2 Ne5 19. Rc1 c6 {½-½ (41) Cvitan,O (2499)-Maki,V (2373) Skopje 2015}) 14. g3 Nd4 15. Bg2 c6 16. Nb4 Qa5 17. Nd3 Qxa2 18. Bh3 {Strongly threatening Bxd4.} Rbd8 {[#]} 19. Bxd4 $1 exd4 20. Ra1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qc4 {[#]} 21. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ra4c4]} Qb5 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Qc2 a5 24. Rfa1 b6 25. b4 Ra7 26. cxb6 Qxb6 27. bxa5 Qc7 28. a6 Rfa8 29. Qc4 Qc8 30. e5 Bf8 $1 31. Ra5 c5 32. Nf4 {[%cal Bd3f4,Bf4d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 32]} ({Don't play} 32. Nxc5 Rc7 $17) 32... g5 33. Nd5 Qe6 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Qe2 Be7 36. Qe4 Bxf6 37. exf6+ Qxf6 {[%cal Ra7a6]} 38. Rxc5 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 Rxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 40. Rf5 Qd8 41. Qb7 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Qa8 $1 {[%cal Ra8b7] The position is equal.} 43. Rxf7+ Kg6 $1 44. Rg7+ Kf5 45. g4+ Kf6 46. Qxa8 (46. Rf7+ {looks sharper.} Ke6 47. Re7+ Kf6 48. Rxh7 Qxb7+ 49. Rxb7 Ke6 50. Rb8) 46... Rxa8 47. Rxh7 {KR-KR} Rd8 {...d3 is the strong threat.} 48. Kf1 d3 {( -> ...d2)} 49. Ke1 d2+ 50. Kd1 Rd4 51. f3 Rd3 52. Rh3 Kg6 53. Rg3 Ra3 54. Kxd2 Ra2+ 55. Ke3 {Threatens to win with Rh3.} Rxh2 56. Rg1 Ra2 57. Rd1 Ra4 58. Rd6+ Kg7 59. Rd4 Ra6 60. Rc4 Kf6 61. Rc3 Rb6 62. Kd4 Ra6 63. Kd5 Ra5+ 64. Kd6 Ra6+ 65. Rc6 Rxc6+ 66. Kxc6 Ke6 $1 67. Kc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c6] White threatens Kc6 and mate.} Ke7 $1 68. Kc8 Ke8 69. Kc7 {White wants to mate with Kd6.} Ke7 70. Kc8 {And now Kc7 would win.} Ke8 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Baivab Mishra"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,153,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,41,0,4,4,16,14,8,0,24,14,11,0,28,0,6,5,0,0,20,20,33,31,29,14,17,15,30,30,45,37,36,22,70,0,0,0,13,-3,-3,-10,-3,-3,0,0,0,-33,-33,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29985,0,0,0,0,-8,-7,-9,-12,-40,-12,-101,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,0,0,0,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-76,0,0,0,0,0,-71,-76,-70,-70,-80,-84,-86,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Rc1 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} Bb7 7. Nf3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne4 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Bb1 d6 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Qc2 f5 15. Ba2 Kh8 16. Qe2 Nc6 {½-½ (40) Jepsen,J-Von Essen,E Grenaa 1973}) 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Rd1 h6 17. Rd2 d6 18. Qd1 e5 19. Ne1 e4 20. Nc2 Ne5 21. Nb4 Qg5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qg6 24. b4 f5 25. c5 {Hoping for Ba6.} Kh7 26. Rc2 ({Better is} 26. Ba6 $14 Rc6 27. Bb5 (27. Rxe5 Qf6 $15 {[%mdl 64] Pin})) 26... bxc5 27. bxc5 Qe6 28. Bc4 (28. Rd4 {is more complex.} Qf6 29. cxd6 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Qc8) 28... Nxc4 29. Rxc4 dxc5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qxd8 Qxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 32. h4 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qe1 34. Kg3 Qe2 35. Qd5 Qg4+ 36. Kh2 Qxh4+ 37. Kg1 Qf6 (37... Qg4 {keeps more tension.} 38. g3 Qg5 39. a4 h5 40. Qxc5 h4) 38. Qxc5 a6 39. Kh2 Qe6 40. a4 Kg6 41. a5 Kh5 42. Qb6 Qc4 43. Qd8 Qe2 44. Qe8+ g6 45. Kg3 f4+ 46. exf4 {Threatening mate with Qe5+.} Qg4+ 47. Kh2 Qxf4+ 48. Kg1 Qf5 49. Qc6 Qxa5 {aiming for ...Qe1+.} 50. Qxe4 {g3 is the strong threat.} Qb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50... Qa1+ $11 51. Kh2 Kg5) 51. f4 $2 (51. g3 $1 {mates} Qg5 52. Kg2 Qg4 53. Qe7 Qg5 54. Qe2+ Qg4 55. f3 Qf5 56. Qe7) 51... g5 (51... Qf5 {is interesting.} 52. Qe2+ Qg4 53. Qe5+ Kh4 54. Qe7+ Kg3) 52. f5 {Threatens to win with g4+.} g4 (52... Qb6+ {feels hotter.} 53. Kh2 Qf2 54. Qe8+ Kh4 55. Qe4+ Kh5) 53. Qf4 Qb6+ 54. Kf1 Qf6 55. Ke2 a5 {Black wants to play ...Qb2+.} 56. Kd3 {[#]} (56. Kf2 $11 {remains equal.}) 56... a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 57. Qxa4 Qxf5+ 58. Ke2 $1 Kh4 59. Qa3 Qf4 60. Qc3 g3 61. Qf3 Qd4 (61... Qg4 {looks sharper.} 62. Ke3 Qe6+ 63. Kd3 Qd7+ 64. Ke2 Qe7+) 62. Ke1 h5 63. Ke2 Qe5+ (63... Qg4 {seems wilder.} 64. Ke3 Qe6+ 65. Kf4 Qd6+ 66. Kf5 Qd7+) 64. Kf1 $1 Kg5 {Strongly threatening ...Qf4.} 65. Qd1 h4 66. Qd2+ (66. Kg1 $11) 66... Kg6 (66... Qf4+ $17 67. Qxf4+ Kxf4) 67. Qd3+ Kh5 68. Qf3+ Kg5 {And now ...Qf4 would win.} 69. Qe3+ (69. Qb3 $11) 69... Qf4+ $17 70. Qxf4+ Kxf4 {KPP-KP} 71. Kg1 Kg4 72. Kh1 h3 (72... Kf5 $17) 73. Kg1 $11 {The position is equal.} hxg2 74. Kxg2 Kf4 (74... Kh4 $5) 75. Kg1 Kf3 (75... Ke3 $5) 76. Kf1 g2+ 77. Kg1 Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Raja Harshit"]
[Black "Anadkat Kartavya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,36,85,72,106,41,85,86,79,71,108,89,87,25,29,18,64,70,55,37,112,117,133,127,123,89,81,84,89,56,51,7,10,14,14,14,45,40,46,41,39,19,43,0,0,8,10,0,0,0,0,6,14,14,27,14,12,12,18,18,25,23,61,64,87,87,111,117,277,183,188,193,162,175,454,442,2602,1058,6203,5718,6279,6191,29991,29990,29993,5233,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. exf5 {C63: Ruy Lopez: Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence.} O-O 7. Be3 (7. Nbd2 $16) 7... Nd4 8. c3 {White is better.} Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Be7 10. Nd2 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c6 11. Ba4 d5 12. Rfe1 Bd6 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. d4 e4 15. Qh3 Qxf5 16. Qxf5 Bxf5 {½-½ (39) Jakic,I (2378)-Debevec,B (2206) Zadar 2017}) 11. Bg5 (11. Ba4 $16) 11... c6 12. Ba4 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rae1 Bxf5 (14... Nd6 $1 $14) 15. Qg3 $16 e4 16. Bb3 Kh8 17. Qe3 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Nf6 18. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Bg6 19. Bc2 {[%cal Rd3e4]} (19. dxe4 {feels hotter.} dxe4 20. Nxe4 Rfe8 21. Bc2 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 b6 24. e5) 19... Qf7 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxa2 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Qc1 Qf7 24. d4 Rae8 25. Bf5 Kg7 26. Qf4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8 (28. Rf1 {is interesting.} Re2 29. Rf3 Re1+ 30. Kf2 Qe8 31. Qd2) 28... Qxe8 29. Kf2 (29. Qg3 {seems wilder.} Qe2 30. h4 Qxb2 31. h5 Qc1+ 32. Kh2) 29... Qf7 30. Bg4 Qb3 31. Qd2 Qd5 32. h4 Qe4 33. Kg3 a5 34. Bf3 Qe6 35. Qf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} a4 36. h5 Bc2 37. Qc7+ Kh6 {[#]} 38. Kf2 $1 Bb3 $2 (38... Bd3 $16 {was necessary.}) 39. Qb8 {Qf8+ would kill now.} ({Not} 39. Qxb7 Bd5 $14) 39... Qe7 40. Qf4+ Kg7 41. h6+ Kh8 $2 {[#]} (41... Kg8 {might work better.} 42. Qg4+ Kh8 43. Qc8+ Bg8) 42. d5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Qb8+.} Qd8 (42... Qf8 $142 43. d6 (43. dxc6 bxc6 44. Bxc6 Qc5+ 45. Qe3 Qh5 $18) 43... Be6) (42... Bxd5 43. Bxd5) 43. d6 {Threatening mate with Qg4.} Be6 44. Bg4 Bd5 45. d7 Qf8 46. Qb4 Qd8 47. Qd6 (47. Qxb7 $142 Bg8 48. Qc8 Qb6+ 49. Kf3 Qb3 50. d8=Q Qd1+ 51. Qxd1 c5 52. Qdd7 f5 53. Qg7#) 47... Qb6+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Bhatt, Jalpan"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,40,31,33,37,41,36,41,46,37,49,41,44,44,37,37,41,-162,-142,-272,-118,-106,-117,-120,-81,-585,-549,-573,-566]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Ng4 {C58: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 sidelines.} 9. Ne4 f5 10. Be2 h5 {White is slightly better.} 11. h3 fxe4 12. hxg4 Bc5 {And now ...0-0 would win.} 13. b4 Qd4 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rd4f2]} 14. bxc5 {Threatens to win with c3.} O-O {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rd4f2] [#]} 15. f3 $146 {[#]} (15. O-O $14 Qxa1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 16. Nc3) ({Predecessor:} 15. O-O Qxa1 16. Nc3 hxg4 17. Nxe4 Qxa2 18. d3 Qe6 19. Qd2 Nb7 20. Qe3 a5 21. Bb2 {½-½ (46) Kravtsiv,M (2621)-Kovalev,V (2546) Berlin 2015}) 15... exf3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 16. gxf3 {[#]} (16. Bxf3 $17 Qxa1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. Nc3 hxg4 18. Be4) 16... Qxa1 (16... e4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4f3] White must now prevent ...exf3.} 17. f4 (17. c3 $2 Qe5 $19) 17... Rxf4) 17. Nc3 $17 hxg4 18. fxg4 Be6 19. Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. Ba3 $17 Qxd1+ 20. Kxd1) 19... Bd5 $19 20. Bd3 Rf4 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Visakh N R"]
[Black "Trivedi Karan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,47,32,50,37,136,136,138,62,35,43,120,14,18,16,88,7,25,23,6,8,49,46,138,128,127,123,125,114,168,137,140,115,159,152,159,151,418,416,571,581,582,582,572,567,551,442,461,464,464,464,526,408,590,590,590,590,568,537,596,596,596,589,578,563,556,554]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. d4 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 f5 10. d5 Bf6 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3).} 11. Nd4 {[#]} c5 $146 (11... a5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11... g6 12. dxe6 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 dxe6 14. Rad1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qxd8 {½-½ (16) Buzas,B (2213)-Kokeny,N (2250) Zalakaros 2018}) 12. Ndb5 $16 {Strongly threatening Nd6.} Bxc3 {White is clearly better.} 13. bxc3 (13. Qxc3 $16 {Black must now prevent Nd6.} Na6 14. Nd6) 13... e5 $1 $14 14. Nd6 Ba6 ({Black should play} 14... Qc7 $14 15. Nxb7 Qxb7) 15. a4 (15. f4 $16 e4 16. g4) 15... Rf6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf6d6]} 16. Nb5 Bb7 (16... d6 $11) 17. f4 (17. a5 $1 $16) 17... e4 18. a5 a6 19. Na3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} h5 20. Rfb1 Rd6 (20... d6 $1 $14) 21. Nc2 Nc6 22. Ne3 ({Not} 22. Rxb6 Nxa5 23. Rxd6 Nxc4 $17) 22... Ne7 23. axb6 Qe8 (23... Rb8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 24. h4 Qg6 25. Kf2 Qf6 26. Bh3 g6 27. Qb2 Nc8 $2 {[#]} (27... Rc8 $16 28. Ra3 Qf8) 28. Qa3 $18 Nxb6 29. Qxc5 Rc8 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. cxd4 Nxc4 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxb7 Rxd4 34. Ra7 R4xd5 35. R7xa6 Rxa6 (35... Kf7 $142 36. Bf1 Re6) 36. Rxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR. White is clearly winning.} Kf7 37. Bf1 Rd2 38. Ke1 Rd5 39. e3 {[#] Intending Bc4 and mate.} Kg7 40. Rb6 Rc5 41. Rd6 Rc1+ 42. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Sinha, Santosh Kumar"]
[Black "Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,179,10,-2,0,0,-14,-9,14,-4,0,-20,-8,-20,-16,-39,-43,-58,-44,-39,-23,-31,-11,-35,-20,-45,-24,-39,-52,-50,-39,-36,0,0,0,-7,0,-10,-19,-12,-12,-13,-14,-70,-70,-70,-70,-80,-75,-62,-3,-12,0,0,0,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-117,0,0,71,0,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,-65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-222,-189,-392,-338,-364,0,0,0,-243,-232,-393,-379,-379,-377,-1527,-1428,-777,-710,-12831,-5950,-29985,-29986,-29999,-29978,-29978,-1180,-1366,-1329,-1227,-985,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29978,-587,-580,0,-29979,-29980,-29982,-29983,-29990,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Bd2 b6 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nge2 Bb7 {[#] The position is equal.} 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. f3 c5 12. a3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd6 14. Ncb5 Be5 15. Rac1 Rc8 {0-1 (107) Ashwin,J (2486)-Chandra,A (2510) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Bd6 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Qf3 g6 12. Nb5 Be7 13. Rc1 c6 14. Nc3 Nbd7 15. O-O c5 16. Rfe1 a6 17. a4 Bd6 18. Bb1 Rc8 19. Ba2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} c4 20. Bb1 Nf8 (20... Qc7 {is interesting.} 21. Bc2 h5 22. b3 Bb4 23. Qd1 Qd6) 21. e4 Bxg3 22. hxg3 {Hoping for Bg5.} (22. Bg5 {is more complex.} Qc7 23. Qxf6 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Nd7 25. Qf3) 22... dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Ne6 (25... f5 $5 26. Re8 $8 Bxf3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. gxf3 Ne6 $11) 26. Qe3 (26. Rce1 $11) 26... Bxe4 $15 27. Qxe4 Qxd4 ({Reject} 27... Nxd4 $6 28. Bc3 $14) 28. Qe1 Qd5 29. Bc3 Rd8 (29... Nc5 $15 30. Rd1 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6) 30. Qe3 $1 $11 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Ra1 Qh5 33. Qe4 h6 34. Ra8 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh5+ 36. Kg1 {White threatens Rxd8+ and mate.} Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Rxa8 38. Qxa8+ Qd8 39. Qb7 Qe8 40. f3 h5 41. Kg1 Kh7 42. Qa7 Qf8 43. Qb7 Qe8 44. Kh2 Kg8 45. Qb6 Kh7 46. f4 (46. Qb7 $11) 46... f5 ({Better is} 46... Ng7 $1 $17 47. Qf6 Nf5) 47. Qb7+ Kg8 {[#]} (47... Kh6 $11) 48. Be5 (48. Kg1 $1 $16) 48... Kf8 (48... h4 $5) 49. Qh7 {[%mdl 1024] Threatening mate with Bd6+. White has compensation.} Qf7 50. Qh8+ Qg8 {White must now prevent ...Qxh8.} 51. Qf6+ Qf7 52. Qh8+ Ke7 (52... Qg8 $5 {[%cal Rg8h8]} 53. Qf6+ Qf7 54. Qh8+ $11) 53. Qb8 Qe8 {And now ...Qxb8 would win.} 54. Qd6+ Kf7 55. Qd5 g5 56. Qb7+ Kg6 57. Kh3 {[#]} (57. fxg5 $11 Kxg5 58. Qd5) 57... gxf4 (57... h4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 58. gxf4 {[#]} Ng5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 59. Kh2 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rb7g7]} (59. fxg5 Qxe5) 59... Ne6 60. Kg1 h4 61. Kh2 Kh6 62. Kh3 $2 (62. Kh1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 62... Qg6 $19 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rg6g3]} 63. Kh2 $2 (63. Qf3 {was the only chance.}) 63... Qg3+ 64. Kh1 Qe1+ $2 ({Not} 64... Nxf4 65. Qc6+ Kh5 66. Bxf4 $17) ({Black should try} 64... h3 $19 65. Qa8 Qxg2+ 66. Qxg2 hxg2+ 67. Kxg2 Kg6) 65. Kh2 $11 Qg3+ $2 (65... Qe3 $11) 66. Kh1 $19 h3 ({Less strong is} 66... Nxf4 67. Qc6+ Kh5 68. Bxf4 $17) 67. gxh3 $2 (67. Qa8 hxg2+ 68. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 69. Kxg2) 67... Qxh3+ 68. Kg1 Qe3+ 69. Kf1 $2 (69. Kg2 Qe2+ 70. Kg3 Qg4+ 71. Kf2 Nxf4 72. Qc6+ Kh5 73. Qe8+ Ng6 74. Bc3) 69... Nxf4 70. Qg7+ Kh5 71. Qh8+ Kg4 {( -> ...Qf3+)} 72. Qg7+ Kf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Re3f2]} 73. Bxf4 Qe2+ 74. Kg1 Kxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} (74... Qe1+ $142 75. Kh2 Qh4+ 76. Kg1 Qxf4 77. Qg2+ Ke3 78. Qh3+ Ke2 79. Qh5+ Qg4+ 80. Qxg4+ fxg4 81. Kg2 b4 82. Kg3 Kd2 83. Kh4 Kc2 84. Kxg4 Kxb2 85. Kg5 c3 86. Kh6 b3 87. Kh5 c2 88. Kg6 Kc3 89. Kh6 c1=Q+ 90. Kh5 b2 91. Kg6 b1=Q+ 92. Kg7 Qf4 93. Kg8 Qg6+ 94. Kh8 Qfh6#) 75. Qh6+ Kf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Re2g2]} 76. Qh5+ {[#]} Ke3 $1 77. Qe8+ Kd2 78. Qxb5 f4 79. Qa5+ Kc2 (79... Kc1 $142 80. Qa1+ Kc2 81. b3 f3 82. Qa2+ Kd3 83. Qb1+ Kd4 84. Qa1+ c3 85. Qa7+ Kd3 86. Qa6+ Kd2 87. Qd6+ Ke1 88. Qg3+ f2+ 89. Kh2 Kd1 90. Qd6+ Qd2 91. Qxd2+ cxd2 92. Kh3 f1=Q+ 93. Kg4 Qf6 94. Kg3 Kc2 95. Kh2 Qh4+ 96. Kg2 d1=Q 97. b4 Qdh1#) 80. Qf5+ Kd2 (80... Kc1 $19 81. Qxf4+ Kxb2 82. Qb8+ Kc1) 81. Qa5+ $1 Kc1 {Black mates.} 82. Qc3+ Kb1 83. Qf6 f3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Re2g2]} 84. Qf5+ Kxb2 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Re2g2]} 85. Qb5+ Kc1 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Re2g2]} 86. Qg5+ Qd2 87. Qg4 {[#]} Qg2+ $1 88. Qxg2 fxg2 89. Kxg2 Kd2 90. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Satyapragyan, Swayangsu"]
[Black "Krishna C R G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,37,23,23,14,40,20,45,20,41,37,32,36,53,0,31,0,48,0,38,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Be4 11. Rfd1 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} Nd7 12. Rac1 Nf6 {[#]} 13. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb4 Rb8 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qc3 Qb6 16. Bf1 Ne4 17. Qe3 f5 18. Ne1 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe3 20. fxe3 {1-0 (39) Ponomariov,R (2710)-Hansen,E (2573) Berlin 2015}) 13... Rc8 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Bh3 Bf5 16. Bg2 Be4 17. Bh3 Bf5 18. Bg2 Be4 19. Bh3 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Das, Sayantan"]
[Black "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,28,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. Be3 b4 13. Nbd2 Bd5 14. Bg5 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Nf3 c5 19. Qc2 c4 20. Rad1 Qb5 21. Rd4 {1-0 (36) Giri,A (2776)-Aronian,L (2772) Kolkata 2019}) 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Qc2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Black "Thejkumar, M. S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,61,6,-11,0,0,-2,0,0,-8,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-9,-3,-15,-4,-2]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. a3 a6 14. h3 {[#] The position is equal.} g6 $146 {D14: Slav Defence: Exchange variation with ...Bf5.} ({Predecessor:} 14... h6 15. Rc2 Rc7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne2 Ne7 18. Rxc7 Rxc7 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Qc3 Nc6 21. Qd3 Ne7 22. Qc3 Nc6 23. Qd3 Ne7 24. Qc3 {½-½ (24) Zakhartsov,V (2483)-Tsydypov,Z (2545) Taganrog 2019}) 15. Ne2 Rc7 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Ne7 (17... Kg7 {seems wilder.} 18. Qd1 Na5 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Ne5 Nc4) 18. Rxc7 Rxc7 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} Nd7 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Nc6 24. g4 h6 25. Nd2 Ke7 26. b4 Nb6 27. f4 f5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Kd3 Kd6 30. Ne2 Na7 31. Nc3 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Laxman, R.R."]
[Black "Gokhale, Chandrashekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,19,10,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 {[#]} Bc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qd3 g6 12. f3 Qe7 13. e4 Rad8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 fxe4 18. fxe4 Nb6 19. Bd3 Nxe4 {½-½ (32) Deac,B (2626)-Topalov,V (2738) Caleta 2020}) 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Nh4 Bc8 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Vignesh N R"]
[Black "Erigaisi Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,127,34,24,24,18,26,16,43,13,14,0,0,0,8,6,7,-16,0,0,7,-36,0,0,0,0,0,-19,0,-10,0,0,0,0,19,0,28,27,28,23,29,23,11,0,10,13,16,14,23,18,24,9,0,0,42,26,14,0,9,17,32,28,43,44,64,45,48,48,45,44,41,0,49,0,140,63,62,56,99,79,91,111,95,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,24,24,47,47,44,8,8,8,8,-38,8,8,8,8,8,0,12,12]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 b6 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous.} 10. Ba3 c5 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Bb2 a6 {[#]} 17. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Be2 Qh4 21. f4 Ng4 22. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ {½-½ (23) Ivanov,V (2416)-Stewart,D (2286) ICCF email 2009}) 17... Bc7 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nb4 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Ne1 Nf6 22. h3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ne4 24. Nb1 Nd5 25. Nd3 Qg5 26. f4 Qg3 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Nd2 Bd6 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Ne5 Qh4 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. hxg4 Kg8 $1 33. g5 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Nc4 (34. exd4 Rxf4) 34... Bb8 35. g3 d3 36. Ba3 Ba7 37. Kf2 Bd5 38. Rc1 Rc8 39. Ke1 Rc6 40. Ne5 Rc7 41. Kd2 a5 42. Nc4 Rc6 43. Ne5 Rc7 44. Nc4 h6 {[#]} (44... Rc6 $1 $11) 45. gxh6 ({Reject} 45. Nxa5 $6 hxg5 46. Bb2 Rc8 $11) (45. g6 $1 $16) 45... gxh6 $14 46. Bb2 Rc6 47. Ne5 ({But not} 47. Nxa5 $6 Ra6 $11) 47... Ra6 48. Nd7 {Nf6+ is the strong threat.} Kf7 {[#]} 49. Nxc5 (49. g4 $1 $16) 49... Rg6 $11 50. Nxd3 $1 {Hoping for Ne5+.} Bxe3+ $1 51. Kxe3 Rxg3+ 52. Kd4 Rxd3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 53. Ke5 e3 54. Rc7+ Ke8 {And now ...e2 would win.} 55. Bc3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Bf3 56. Ke6 Bd5+ 57. Kf6 a4 58. Re7+ Kd8 59. Ba5+ Kc8 60. Bb6 axb3 (60... Bxb3 $5 {[%cal Rd3d6]} 61. Bxe3 Bxa2 $11) 61. axb3 {The position is equal.} Bxb3 {next ...Rd6+ is good for Black.} 62. Bxe3 Rd6+ 63. Ke5 Rd5+ 64. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,83,16,9,23,21,25,-4,26,26,27,13,29,28,25,32,45,31,35,43,24,14,16,20,14,19,45,37,28,26,21,28,27,21,36,42,58,53,56,52,76,68,75,25,107,105,96,35,54,49,76,74,80,67,102,39,20,0,78,0,96,92,89,94,966,957,1001,996,29993,29994,29994,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Bg5 Be7 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Be6 {The position is equal.} (10... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4d2]} 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 $11) 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Bb1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 {½-½ (30) Esipenko,A (2384)-Vokhidov,S (2336) Porto Carras 2015}) 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nb5 O-O 19. Qd6 a6 20. Rfd1 {[#] And now Qxe7 would win.} Rad8 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Nd6 Bc6 23. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} g6 24. Rd4 Kg7 25. Rad1 {Threatens to win with Nf5+!} Rb8 26. Bb3 b5 27. Rc1 ({Don't play} 27. Nxe4 $6 Nf5 $11) 27... f5 28. h4 Rb6 (28... h5 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Rc5 $16 Kf6 30. h5 ({Better is} 30. g4 $16) 30... gxh5 $14 31. Kh2 h4 32. Kh3 Ba8 33. Rc7 Rc6 34. Rd7 (34. Ra7 $16) 34... Rc1 {[%cal Rc1h1]} 35. Kxh4 {Black must now prevent Nxe4+!} Rh1+ 36. Kg3 {Nb7 is the strong threat.} h5 (36... Bc6 $11 37. Rc7 Bd5 38. Bxd5 Nxd5 39. Rf7+ (39. Rxd5 $2 {is a self mate.} Rg8+ 40. Rg7 Rxg7+ 41. Kf4 Rg4#) 39... Rxf7 40. Nxf7 Ke6) 37. f4 $16 exf3 38. gxf3 Ng6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... h4+ $16 39. Kg2 (39. Rxh4 Rxh4 40. Kxh4 Bxf3 $11) 39... Rb1) 39. Nf7 $18 f4+ 40. Kg2 {White wants to mate with R4d6+.} Rc1 41. R4d6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf5 42. Be6+ {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 61%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Black "Matta, Vinay Kumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,101,14,20,0,14,18,18,0,18,25,20,30,10,27,38,-25,-2,-26,-29,-25,-22,-27,-36,-25,-15,-26,51,35,133,138,256,263,250,225,230,224,227,224,234,226,344,328,331,331,433,276,266,263,314,330,278,195,289,328,324,325,292,309,375,367,381,366,413,403,382,381,3065,3094,2907,2883,1697,1333,1934,1760,5531,5415,5028,4097,29974,29975,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. a4 {Recently 7.Re1 got a lot of attention.} a5 8. Na3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 {[#]} 10. Be3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bb3 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nc4 Qd7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Ne7 15. Bc2 c6 16. g4 {0-1 (29) Post,H (1879)-Loladze,A (1569) Batumi 2016}) 10... Bxa3 11. Rxa3 {[%cal Ba1a3,Ba3b3,Bb3b5][%mdl 32]} d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Rb3 b6 14. g4 ({Better is} 14. Rb5 $14 Nxe3 15. fxe3) 14... Bg6 15. Rb5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 e4 17. dxe4 Qe7 18. e5 Rad8 19. Qe2 Kh8 ({Black should play} 19... Be4 $11) 20. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Na7 (20... Nb8 $14) 21. Rd5 $16 c6 (21... h6 $16 {might work better.} 22. Rfd1 c6) 22. Rxd8 $18 Rxd8 23. Qe3 Nc8 24. Kg2 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. e5 {Hoping for Nh4.} b5 (26... Nd6 {was necessary.}) 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Bxb5 Qb7 29. Be2 Re8 30. Qf4 fxe5 31. Qf6+ Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Ra1 e4 34. Nd4 ({Inferior is} 34. Rxa5 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Nd6 $11) 34... Re5 35. Nb3 Nb6 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Nxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Na4 38. Nc4 Bf7 39. Bd1 Nxc3 $2 {[#]} (39... Nc5 40. Ne5 Bd5) 40. bxc3 Bxc4 {KB-KB} 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. Kf4 e3 43. Kxe3 Kg5 44. Be2 Be6 45. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Kh4 46. Kf4 {White mates.} Kxh3 47. g5 Kh4 48. c5 Bd5 49. Bd3 Kh5 50. Bxh7 Bc6 51. Be4 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Rahul Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,92,3,8,1,7,5,48,0,40,37,39,48,35,0,62,0,0,0,0,3,38,0,16,0,15,16,16,22,14,14,27,12,14,10,13,13,20,16,67,31,55,23,28,16,17,7,9,7,7,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-80,0,0,0,0,89,0,0,4,24,0,0,0,0,0,1003]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 {D28: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 Qe2 with early ...Nc6.} O-O 13. Nb3 Bd5 {[#]} 14. Bc4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc2 Qb6 16. a5 Qb7 17. Bd2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Be1 h6 20. Bb1 {1-0 (41) Barredo,L-Vayserberg,A Dos Hermanas 2003}) 14... Qb6 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. a5 Qb7 17. Bd2 Rfc8 (17... Bd6 $11) 18. Rac1 ({White should try} 18. Nxc5 $14 Nxc5 19. Be1) 18... Bf8 $11 19. Be1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rc2 Ne4 22. Nbd4 g6 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qc2 Qxc2 25. Nxc2 b3 26. Na1 {[#]} Ba3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Nxb3 (27. bxa3 b2) 27... Bxb2 28. Nfd4 f5 29. Nc6 Ba3 (29... Kf7 $11) 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 (31. Bb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4a3]} Bb2 32. f3 $14) 31... Nec5 32. Nbd4 Ne6 33. Nc2 Bd6 34. N2b4 Nc7 35. Nd3 Ke6 36. Nd8+ Ke7 37. Nb7 Ba3 ({But not} 37... Bxh2 $6 38. g3 $16) 38. Kd1 Ne6 39. Nb4 {[#]} (39. Kc2 $11 {remains equal.}) 39... Bxb4 (39... Nb8 $1 $17 {And now ...Kd7 would win.} 40. Nc2 (40. Nxd5+ $2 Kd7 $19) 40... Bb2) 40. Bxb4+ $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kf6 41. Ke2 d4 {[#]} (41... Nb8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. f4 (42. exd4 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening Kd3.} Nxd4+ 43. Kd3) 42... dxe3 $11 43. Kxe3 Nb8 44. Bd6 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 45. Kd3 Ned8 46. Nc5 Nb8 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 74%. . An unexpected result.} (46... Nxa5 $11 47. Nxa6 Ke6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Eshwanth Dev, Kumar J"]
[Black "Jatinder, Kapoor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1586"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 8,85,27,17,30,8,19,2,25,24,75,38,79,69,81,68,70,77,83,27,67,57,78,56,125,105,178,175,153,141,176,108,160,-19,114,74,109,91,96,73,203,220,197,189,166,175,176,178,235,182,223,264,254,329,270,298,504,390,463,453,759,616,679,547,32767,527,424,582,491,499,1313,2102,2441,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,6111,29985]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:10:49]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. f3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. g4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 11. g5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. h4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 13. h5 {[%emt 0:06:28] B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack.} Nde5 {[%emt 0:07:33]} 14. Qg2 {[%emt 0:03:28] [#]} Nxd4 $146 {[%emt 0:48:27]} ({Predecessor:} 14... b4 15. Nce2 Nc4 16. Bg1 Qa5 17. Kb1 e5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nc1 Na3+ 20. bxa3 bxa3 {1-0 (55) Fier,A (2590)-Van Beuzekom,L ICC INT 2009}) 15. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:05:13]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:05:45]} (15... O-O $14) 16. f4 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (16... Rhg8 $16) 17. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} ({Much weaker is} 17. Bxg7 $6 Ne3 $11) 17... Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rhg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Bd4 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 20. Be3 $2 {[%emt 0:19:59]} ({Better is} 20. Qf2 $18) 20... b4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} (20... Bf6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 21. Qe2 Bxc3 22. Qxc4 bxc4 23. bxc3 Bxe4) 21. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 22. Na4 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. b3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} (23... e5 $16 {was called for.} 24. fxe5 Qxe5) 24. Qd2 {[%emt 0:05:43]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 25. Rd1 {[%emt 0:08:42]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 26. Kb1 {[%emt 0:16:31]} Rgc8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 28. h6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09] [#]} 29. f5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 30. f6 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 31. e5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Bd5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} (31... Qxe5 32. Bf4 Qf5) 32. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 33. Bxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} (33... Kb7 $142 34. c4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} bxc3 35. Nxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc5) 34. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 35. c4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 37. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 38. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 39. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:01] [#]} 42. Rxd5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 43. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 44. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. g6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 1-0

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Mayank Sharma Nandkishore"]
[Black "Sibi Visal R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1711"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,91,-11,47,0,0,-7,23,0,0,0,0,-2,2,0,8,5,33,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,0,-24,-21,-39,-6,-31,-25,-30,0,-20,-18,-19,-19,-88,-65,-112,-112,-114,-112,-108,-81,-72,-48,-48,-48,-74,-48,-99,-108,-204,-209,-209,-211,-172,-187,-250,-246,-243,-219,-220,-156,-167,-161,-141,-71,-79,438,427,539,528,451,197,172,135,385,0,0,0,295,0,8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. Qd3 e6 5. e4 Bb4 {[#]} ({Black should try} 5... c5 $11) 6. exd5 $146 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} (6. e5 $14 Ne4 7. Nge2) ({Predecessor:} 6. f3 c5 7. a3 Qa5 8. Nge2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 dxe4 10. fxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nb3 {0-1 (24) Brito,L (2227)-Macedo,M (2324) Natal 2020}) 6... Nxd5 $11 7. Bd2 c5 (7... Be7 {keeps more tension.} 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Kb1 Nd7 10. g3 b6) 8. Nxd5 {White has an edge.} (8. dxc5 {is more complex.} Nd7 9. Nxd5 Nxc5 10. Qd4 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Bd3) 8... Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 {aiming for Nf4.} Qxd5 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. O-O-O Bg4 15. Be2 f6 16. h3 (16. Rhe1 $5 {[%cal Rf3e5]}) 16... Be6 17. Rhe1 Rc8 ({Worse is} 17... Bxa2 18. b3 $16) 18. a3 g5 19. Bd3 h5 20. h4 g4 21. Nd2 Ke7 22. b4 (22. Ne4 $11 {remains equal.}) 22... a5 23. b5 Nd4 24. Kb2 Nf5 25. g3 Nd6 26. Ne4 Nc4+ 27. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 28. Nd6 Rc5 29. Rd2 (29. a4 $15 b6 30. Rd2) 29... Bd5 $17 30. c4 (30. Nf5+ $17 Ke6 31. Nd4+ Kf7 32. Nb3 Bxb3 33. cxb3) 30... Kxd6 $19 31. Red1 {[%cal Rd2d5]} Rxc4 32. Rxd5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ke6 33. Rd6+ (33. Rd7 $142) 33... Kf5 34. Rd7 Rhc8 {Strongly threatening ...Rc2+.} 35. R1d2 b6 36. R7d6 a4 37. Rxb6 Rc3 (37... R8c5 $142) 38. Ra6 $17 R8c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Rb3+ $17 39. Ka2 Rxb5 40. Rxa4 Rb6) 39. Rxa4 $3 $18 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Rxa4 40. Kxc3 Rxa3+ {KR-KR} 41. Kb4 (41. Kc4 $142) 41... Ra8 {If only Black now had time for ...Ke4....} 42. Rd3 Ke4 $2 {[#]} (42... Ke6 $16) 43. Re3+ $2 (43. Ra3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra3a8]} Rc8 44. b6) 43... Kd5 $11 44. Rd3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Rc3 $11) 44... Ke4 $18 {[#]} 45. Re3+ $2 (45. Ra3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra3a8]} Rc8 46. b6) 45... Kd5 $11 46. Rd3+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam"]
[Black "Sanchit, Anand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,153,-14,0,0,16,9,53,44,56,16,84,84,83,90,87,85,84,84,122,112,121,122,120,85,171,56,37,23,33,11,24,22,92,-32,-20,-20,-18,-56,-48,-117,-102,-230,-194,-385,-383,-367,-60,-76,-84,-149,-63,-74,-81,-99,-99,-165,-152,-145,-144,-281,-173,-173,-173,-173,-173,-174,-173,-294,-297,-352,-236,-234,-179,-511,-501,-503,-506,-464,-361,-368,-319,-816,-816,-816,-816,-801,-777,-1297,-1205,-1092,-840,-1264,-1214,-1325,-729,-949,0,-1205,-524,-758,-483,-685,-646,-2327,-8893,-29969,-29972,-29972,-29972,-29973,-4602,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29979,-12355,-4631,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29991]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe1 Bh7 10. e4 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 11. a3 c6 12. Qe2 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} a4 13. b4 {[#]} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... c5 14. Rab1 cxb4 15. axb4 a3 16. Ba1 Ra4 17. c3 Nb8 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (78) Schlehoefer,R (2326)-Heinzel,O (2340) Germany 2010}) 14. Rfe1 {White is slightly better.} Bf6 15. d4 Be7 (15... b5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. c4 $16 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nd6 18. Nfd2 Re8 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Nc4 Bc7 22. Qd2 e5 (22... Nf6 $16) 23. dxe5 (23. d5 $18) 23... Nxe5 $14 24. Qc3 {aiming for f4.} f6 25. Rcd1 Kh8 26. Ne3 Qa7 (26... Bb6 $11) 27. h3 (27. Kh1 $1 $16) 27... Bb6 28. Kh2 Rad8 29. f4 Bxe3 $1 30. Rxd8 (30. fxe5 $15 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 fxe5 32. Qd3) 30... Rxd8 $17 31. Rxe3 {[#]} (31. Qxe3 $17 Qxe3 32. Rxe3) 31... Nc4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4e3][%mdl 512]} 32. Re1 $2 (32. Re2 {was the only defense.} Rd1 33. h4 Qg1+ 34. Kh3) (32. Qxc4 Qxe3) 32... Qf2 {Hoping for ...Rd2.} 33. Bc1 {[#]} b5 $2 (33... Bxe4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rxe4 Nd2 35. Bxd2 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 Qxd2) 34. Rf1 Qa2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening ...Bxe4. Black wants a kill.} 35. Qf3 {[#]} (35. Re1 $142) 35... Qc2 (35... Nd2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Bxd2 Rxd2) 36. e5 fxe5 37. f5 {f6 is the strong threat.} Bg8 {White must now prevent ...Nd2!} 38. f6 {[#]} (38. Qe4 $17 {is a better defense.} Qxe4 39. Bxe4) 38... Bd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f3]} 39. fxg7+ Kh7 40. g8=Q+ (40. Qf2 $17 Qxf2 41. Rxf2 Kxg7 42. Bf1) 40... Rxg8 41. Qf2 Qxf2 42. Rxf2 Bxg2 43. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 44. g4 {[#]} (44. Kf1 {was called for.}) 44... Rd8 $1 45. h4 Rd1 46. Rf1 Rd3 47. h5 $2 (47. Re1 {nothing else works.}) 47... Nxa3 48. g5 hxg5 49. Bxg5 {and the idea Rf6 leaves White hopeful.} Rd6 50. Kf3 Nc4 51. Ke4 $2 (51. Rg1 Rd3+ 52. Kg4) 51... Nd2+ 52. Bxd2 Rxd2 53. Kxe5 {KR-KR} Rd5+ 54. Ke6 Rd4 55. Rb1 Kh6 56. Ke5 Rc4 57. Kf5 Rh4 58. Rc1 Rc4 59. Rb1 Kxh5 (59... c5 $142 60. bxc5 b4) 60. Rh1+ Rh4 61. Rc1 (61. Rb1 $142) 61... Rxb4 62. Rxc6 Kh4 63. Ra6 Kg3 64. Ke5 Kf3 65. Kd5 Rb3 (65... Ke2 $142 66. Ra7 Rb3 67. Rh7 a3 68. Rh2+ Kd1 69. Rh8 Kc2 70. Rh2+ Kb1 71. Rh1+ Kb2 72. Rh2+ Ka1 73. Rd2 a2 74. Rh2 Rb2 75. Rh6 Rb1 76. Ra6 Kb2 77. Rb6 Rd1+ 78. Ke5 a1=Q 79. Ke6 Qa4 80. Kf5 Rd5+ 81. Ke6 Qe4+ 82. Kf7 Qh7+ 83. Kf6 Rf5+ 84. Ke6 Qf7+ 85. Kd6 Rd5+ 86. Kc6 Qd7#) 66. Rh6 Ke3 67. Rh3+ Kd2 68. Rh2+ Kc1 69. Rh1+ Kb2 70. Rh2+ Ka3 71. Kd4 Rg3 {Black mates.} 72. Rh1 Rg4+ 73. Kd3 Rg2 74. Rb1 b4 75. Ra1+ Kb3 76. Rb1+ Rb2 77. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Aansh Gupta"]
[Black "Senthil Kumaran, R.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,44,-11,25,-4,-6,-59,-1,11,55,54,99,97,68,83,165,93,85,91,110,97,119,144,158,163,166,135,140,-548,1415,1437,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bc7 9. Qe2 {A08: King's Indian Attack.} b6 10. Nf1 {[#]} (10. d4 $11) 10... dxe4 $146 ({Black should play} 10... h6 $15) ({Predecessor:} 10... Ba6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. c4 Nf8 14. g4 f6 15. Bg3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Qxe5 {1-0 (38) Kostin,A (2263)-Tatarintsev,E (2125) Voronezh 2017}) 11. dxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} e5 12. c3 Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Rad1 Bd6 {[#]} (14... Qe7 $16 {was called for.}) 15. Bxf6 (15. Bh4 $1 $18) 15... Qxf6 $16 16. Ne3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne7 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Red1 Kf8 20. Bg4 Bc7 21. Rd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21. Rxd8+ $16 {stays on course.} Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qa6) 21... Rd7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Not} 21... Rxd4 22. cxd4 exd4 23. Nc4 $17) (21... exd4 $19 22. cxd4 Rxd4) 22. Rxd7 $18 Rd8 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Sriram, Jha"]
[Black "Prasenjit Dutta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,47,203,302,317,406,395,356,333,331,314,444,426,422,386,407,406,507,491,543,356,356,266,636,576,1239,1037,1085,1004,991,966,910,726,703,660,631,626,766,744]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. e4 e5 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O h6 6. dxe5 dxe5 {[#]} (6... Nc5 {was called for.} 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Qxd6 Bxd6) 7. Bxf7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] C41: Philidor Defence.} Ke7 (7... Kxf7 8. Nxe5+) 8. Bb3 {[#]} Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Ngf6 9. a4 Qe8 10. Nbd2 Kd8 11. Nc4 Kc7 12. g3 g5 13. a5 Rb8 14. Be3 c5 {1-0 (41) Nechaev,V-Leongardt,A Syktyvkar 2012}) 9. Be3 {White is winning.} Kd8 10. Nbd2 g5 (10... Ngf6 $142 11. Nc4 Ng4) 11. Nc4 Kc7 12. Ncxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Be6 14. f4 Rh7 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qg4 Qe8 $2 (16... Qxg4 17. Nxg4 gxf4) 17. Rad1 {White is clearly winning.} Bd6 18. Qf5 Re7 19. Nc4 Bb4 20. fxg5 {[#] White wants to mate with Bf4+.} b5 21. Bf4+ Kb7 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Rxe4 24. gxh6 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Santu, Mondal"]
[Black "Gajendra, Singh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,89,29,22,27,64,-4,10,11,13,7,8,8,8,0,83,65,67,7,10,-1,56,58,101,-8,29,38,25,39,144,147,132,78,86,86,206,102,100,100,152,139,139,145,373,368,336,339,469,446,390,417,685,685,678,678,678,606,885,885,877,862,824,824,824,664,5831,1852,6379,8502,12010,10018,6427,6400,2310,2198,12833,12833,2243,1937]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 O-O 6. Bg2 Na6 7. O-O Nxd5 8. Nc3 {D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0).} c5 9. e3 {[#]} ({Better is} 9. e4 $14 Nxc3 10. bxc3) 9... cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qd2 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. e4 Nb8 15. a4 Ba6 {0-1 (48) Perena,C (2090)-Jose,R (1986) Tagaytay City 2010}) 10. Nxd5 {The position is equal.} Qxd5 11. Nxd4 Qd8 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 (13... e5 $11 {remains equal.} 14. Nb5 Bd7) 14. a5 $16 Qc7 15. Bd2 (15. b4 $1 $14) 15... Rac8 $11 16. b4 Qb8 (16... e5 $11 17. Nb5 Qb8) 17. Rab1 $14 e5 18. Nb3 (18. b5 $16 Nc5 19. Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc6 20. bxc6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack}) 18... Be6 {Threatening ...Bc4.} (18... Nc7 $5 {[%cal Rd7b5]}) 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 e4 ({Black should try} 20... Rxc5 $14 21. Rxb7 Bc4) 21. Bxe4 $16 Qe5 22. Qf3 ({White should play} 22. Bxb7 {Threatens to win with c6.} Rxc5 23. Bb4) 22... Rfd8 23. Bb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rc7 {[#]} (23... Bd5 $16 24. Bxd5 Qxd5) 24. Rfd1 (24. Bxb7 $6 Bf5 $16) (24. a6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra6b7] has better winning chances.} bxa6 25. Ba5 {[%mdl 64] Skewer}) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 {aiming for c6.} h5 (25... Bf8 $142) 26. Qf4 (26. Bxb7 $2 Bg4 $19) 26... Qxf4 27. gxf4 a6 $2 (27... Bf8 $16) 28. Rd8+ $18 Kh7 29. Rb8 Bc8 30. Rxc8 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Deflection} Rxc8 31. Bxb7 {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KRB-KB} Rd8 (31... Rc7 $142 32. c6 (32. Bxa6 Bf8 $14) 32... Bf6) 32. c6 {White is clearly winning.} Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rc1 34. Bd6 Bf6 {intending ...Bd8.} 35. c7 Be7 36. Bxa6 ({Not} 36. Bxe7 Rxc7 37. Bxa6 Rxe7 $11) 36... Bxd6 37. c8=Q Rxc8 38. Bxc8 {KB-KB} f5 39. a6 Bc5 40. h4 Kg7 41. Be6 Kf6 42. Bd5 Ke7 43. Kf3 Ke8 44. Ke2 Ke7 45. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Sharma, Dinesh K."]
[Black "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,47,11,21,15,17,20,23,14,20,19,29,26,39,29,33,28,70,69,62,69,69,69,66,62,74,75,84,65,136,79,79,69,100,55,58,55,68,22,79,19,19,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 Bg4 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 {[#]} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qe7 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Bd5 Rad8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 a5 21. b4 Nf6 22. Bb3 axb4 23. Rxb4 {½-½ (23) Negi,P (2657)-Ragger,M (2655) Germany 2013}) 17. Rfd1 Qc5 18. Kg2 Rfd8 19. f3 a5 {With the idea ...a4.} 20. a3 a4 {[#]} 21. Ba2 $1 Ne8 22. Nf1 Nc7 (22... Kf8 $14) 23. Rxd8+ (23. Rd2 $142) 23... Rxd8 $16 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. Ne3 Kf8 26. Rd3 f6 27. Qd2 Ne8 (27... Rxd3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 28. Qxd3 Ne8) 28. Rxd6 (28. Bd5 $16) 28... Nxd6 $11 {The position is equal.} 29. Qd3 Bf7 30. Bxf7 Kxf7 31. h4 g6 32. g5 fxg5 33. hxg5 Ke6 34. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th IND-chT Open 2020"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Adarsh Tripathi"]
[Black "Rajith V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.02.05"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,45,-19,-17,-35,6,12,13,9,133,136,122,116,136,139,268,260,289,285,324,197,328,288,466,456,461,460,666,418,1236,1227,1187,1188]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 a6 {Recently 8...h6 got a lot of attention.} 9. Qe2 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O {[#]} (11... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 12. Bxh7+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxh7 13. Qd3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Kg8 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qd3 f5 16. Rab1 Nc5 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Nd4 Rac8 {½-½ (29) Haapasalo,J (2187)-Salokangas,H (2191) Finland 2004}) 14. Qxd4 f5 (14... Rh8 $16 15. Rad1 Kg8) 15. Qe3 $18 Rh8 16. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32]} Kg7 17. Nd4 Kf7 (17... Qe8 $142 18. Bg5 Kg8) 18. Rad1 Qh4 $2 (18... Qb6 {was worth a try.} 19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxf5 Qxe3 21. Nd6+ (21. Nxe3 b5 $18) 21... Kg8 22. fxe3 Rh7 23. Nxc4 a5) 19. Nf3 Qe7 {[#]} 20. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 (20... Nf8 $142 21. cxd5 Kg8) 21. Rd6 Nf8 (21... Kg8 $142 22. Bg5 Qf7) 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Bd8 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black =  9%.} 1-0

