[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bocharov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,57,0,8,31,21,19,24,32,31,33,8,51,22,42,36,38,23,34,17,33,23,39,40,33,30,25,31,45,20,85,0,50,0,26,-45,-45,-165]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bg7 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Re1 Re8 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 12. Nf1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ne7 (12... Qc8 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. Bc2 Nh5 15. d4 Nc6 16. Qd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Rad1 b5 19. Nd5 {1-0 (31) Morozevich,A (2724)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Sochi 2014}) 13. Bb3 g5 {The position is equal.} 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. Ne3 c6 16. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 {0-1 (32) Aginian,N (2380)-Mkrtchian,L (2400) Yerevan 2005}) 16... Nh5 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. d4 {[#] aiming for dxe5.} Rad8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nf5 {Hoping for Nd6.} Bc8 21. Nd2 Bf8 22. Nc4 Nhf4 23. Nb6 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Ne3 h5 (25... Qf7 $11) 26. b4 (26. Nec4 $16) 26... Qf7 27. h3 Qc7 28. Nbc4 (28. Nec4 $11) 28... c5 $15 29. Qb1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 44%.} ({White should play} 29. bxc5 $15 Bxc5 30. a4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,104,28,40,38,47,50,53,57,54,40,52,35,55,5,13,4,22,5,37,19,113,126,112,99,102,71,141,63,125,53,140,75,87,28,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-91,-95,-90,-91,-96,-66,-70,-68,-106,-94,-141,-144,-276,-185,-294,-316,-367,-369,-352,-370,-370,-370,-368,-361,-359,-344,-365,-343,-364,-332,-321,-268,-392,-391,-702,-664,-2500,-2488,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29981,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 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. Nc3 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} (9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nd2 Be8 11. f3 Bh5 12. Qe1 Nbd7 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 f4 {1-0 (43) Bu,X (2710)-Wei,Y (2734) Zaozhuang 2015}) 9... Ne4 {LiveBook: 50 Games} 10. Ne2 Bd7 11. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Be8 12. f3 Nf6 13. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe1 Nbd7 14. Qh4 c5 15. Kh1 Nb6 16. Rac1 {1-0 (47) Suleymanli,A (2115)-Karpenko,A (2352) Moscow 2017}) 13... c5 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxe5 18. exd5 Qf6 (18... Bxd4+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. Bxd4 cxd4) 19. Nxe6 $16 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. a4 a6 (21... Be5 $142) 22. Kh1 (22. Bxf5 $1 $16 Bd7 23. Bg4) 22... Rc8 (22... Be5 $14) 23. Qe2 ({White should play} 23. Bxf5 $16 Qxf5 24. Qxb2) 23... Be5 (23... g6 $14) 24. d6 ({White should try} 24. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g5]} Bd6 25. Bxf5) 24... Rd7 {[#]} (24... Qxe6 $2 25. Bc4 $18) 25. Bc4 ({Better is} 25. Ng5 $1 $16 {Hoping for Rfe1.} Rxd6 26. Rfe1 Qxg5 27. Bc4+ (27. Qxe5 Rdd8 $14) 27... Bf7 28. Bxf7+ (28. Qxe5 Rxd1 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $11) 28... Kf8 29. Qxe5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Kxf7 31. h3) 25... Bf7 (25... b5 $1 $11 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Rxd6 28. Bxe8 Qxe6) 26. f4 (26. Rfe1 $16 Rxd6 27. Ng5 Qxg5 28. Bxf7+ (28. Qxe5 Rxd1 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $11) 28... Kf8 29. Qxe5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Kxf7 31. h3) 26... Bxd6 $11 27. Ng5 Bxc4 28. Qxc4+ Kh8 29. Rfe1 {Threatens to win with Qe6.} h6 30. Re6 (30. Nf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Bxf4 $1 $17 31. Rde1 {[#]} Qd8 $1 ({Don't play} 31... Qxg5 $6 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Rxe8+ Kh7 34. Qg8+ Kg6 35. Re6+ Qf6 36. Rxf6+ Kxf6 37. Qf8+ Kg5 38. g3 $11) (31... Bxg5 $6 32. Rxf6 Bxf6 33. g3 $11) 32. Nf3 Bb8 33. Qc2 Rf7 34. Qc4 {aiming for Re8+!} Qd7 35. Nh4 Kh7 36. Ng6 (36. Nf3 $17) 36... Rd8 37. Qh4 (37. Ne5 {was worth a try.} Bxe5 38. R6xe5) 37... Qd4 $19 38. Qh5 {intending Ne5.} Qg4 39. Qxg4 fxg4 40. Ne5 Bxe5 41. R6xe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd3 42. Rxc5 Rxb3 43. Rc4 h5 44. Kg1 g6 45. Rce4 Kg7 46. Rd1 (46. R1e3 $142 Rxe3 47. Rxe3) 46... Rb2 47. Re6 $2 (47. Rf1) 47... Rff2 48. Rd7+ Kh6 49. Rxb7 Rxg2+ {Black mates.} ({Not} 49... Rxb7 50. Kxf2 a5 51. Ra6 $15) 50. Kf1 Rbf2+ 51. Ke1 Ra2 {[%cal Rg2g1]} 52. Kf1 Rxh2 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,73,47,36,64,30,70,44,70,21,14,12,27,34,34,25,40,47,31,16,16,14,17,24,22,14,26,0,103,109,97,80,97,11,41,35,35,37,35,35,76,79,71,42,51,43,54,43,52,56,60,49,58,35,35,23]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Qb6 7. Nc2 e6 8. Nc3 Be7 {B55: Sizilianisch (Rauser Anti-Drachen-Variante)} 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Bd7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... Ne5 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Be2 a6 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Na4 Ned7 16. Rc1 {0-1 (41) Westerberg,J (2469)-Hillarp Persson,T (2509) Stockholm 2017}) 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. Nd4 Qb8 15. Qd2 Be8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat Druck.} Re8 19. a4 Nd7 20. Bd4 Nc5 21. Qc2 $1 {Schwarz muss nun b4 beachten.} a5 22. Bf1 Bg5 23. Rb1 Bf6 (23... Bf4 $11) 24. Bxf6 $16 gxf6 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Qxd6 (26. b3 $16) 26... Nxa4 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Nxa4 Bxa4 29. b3 Bc6 {[#]} 30. Ra1 $1 b6 31. b4 (31. c5 $5) 31... axb4 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 32. Ra6 Rb8 33. Rb1 Bd7 34. Rxb4 Rc6 35. Ra7 Bc8 36. Kf2 e5 37. Bd3 {Precision: Weiß = 51%, Schwarz = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,56,0,70,48,88,67,108,97,108,91,104,95,99,86,136,137,137,136,143,145,141,137,143,137,135,134,141,131,135,113,109,95,112,89,101,97,100,97,112,107,119,96,184,183,282,281,291,291,285,243,440,375,531,546,567,515,1020,1043,859,1012,1003,930,1318,1506]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. Be3 (10. d5 $14) 10... Re8 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (10... exd4 $11 11. Bxd4 Nc7) (10... Nh5 11. d5 c5 12. a3 Bf6 13. g3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. h4 Qe7 17. Bh3 Ng7 18. Qe3 f5 {0-1 (41) Meier,G (2653)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2718) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc7 13. d5 c5 14. a3 a5 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bc2 Kh7 17. Rab1 Na6 18. Nb5 {1-0 (43) Kiss,P (2400)-Simons,J (2118) Bern 2000}) 11... Nb4 12. Rc1 c5 {White is slightly better.} 13. a3 Na6 14. Rb1 Nh5 15. b4 b6 16. Qa4 Bxf3 17. Qxa6 ({Don't take} 17. gxf3 Nc7 $14) 17... Bg4 {[#]} 18. bxc5 $1 dxc5 19. a4 Bc8 20. Qb5 f5 21. a5 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Bd7 22. Qb3 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Rb8 23. axb6 axb6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Qd1 Nf6 26. Bg5 Qe7 27. Nb5 Bxb5 28. Rxb5 Qf7 29. Rb3 Ne4 30. Be3 Kh8 (30... Rb7 $16 {was called for.}) 31. Qb1 $18 Qg6 (31... Qa7 $142 32. Re2 b5) 32. Bd3 Rg8 33. Bxe4 fxe4 {[#]} 34. Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bh6 $2 (34... Rbc8) (34... bxc5 35. Rxb8) 35. Rg3 Qh5 (35... Qf6 $142 36. Rxg8+ (36. Qxe4 bxc5 37. Rf3 Qg6 $15) 36... Rxg8) 36. Bd6 {[%cal Bc5d6,Bd6e7,Be7f6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Ra8 37. Qxb6 Bf4 {[#]} (37... Qf5 $142 38. Qb2 Rxg3 39. hxg3 Re8) 38. Be7 $1 {White threatens Qf6+ and mate.} Bxg3 39. Bf6+ Rg7 40. hxg3 Qf7 41. Bxe5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,70,52,1,55,15,16,12,17,14,26,35,40,39,33,33,45,31,27,21,42,42,31,32,56,35,35,19,18,22,68,17,51,-61,-15,-77,-82,-259,-245,-275,-303,-246,-302,-275,-191,-304,-179,-422,-418,-824,-808,-29978,-29977,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. a3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (9. d5 $14) (9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Rad1 f6 12. Bh4 Kh8 13. h3 Nh6 14. Rfe1 Nf7 15. a3 Nc7 16. b4 Ne6 17. d5 {1-0 (65) Wojtaszek,R (2738)-Demchenko,A (2672) Batumi 2018}) 9... Qe7 (9... exd4 $11 10. Nxd4 (10. Bxd4 Re8 $11) 10... Nc5) 10. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d5 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Nd2 Nh6 14. Rb1 Nf7 15. f3 Bh6 16. Bf2 Bd7 {½-½ (72) Chekhov,V (2525)-Xu,J (2535) Beijing 1991}) 10... dxc5 11. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Ng4 12. Bg5 Qe6 (12... Qc7 {seems wilder.} 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Qd6 Bxe5 15. Qxc7 Bxc7 16. Na4 Rb8) 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Na4 Nxe5 15. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qe5 17. Qe3 Qxb2 {aiming for ...Bd4.} 18. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2c2][%mdl 32]} Re8 19. Rd2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qb5 20. Rc2 a5 21. h4 h5 22. Rfc1 a4 23. Bh6 (23. Rc4 $14) 23... Bh8 24. f4 ({White should try} 24. Rc4 $14) 24... Kh7 {[%cal Bg8h7,Bh7h6,Bh6g7][%mdl 32]} 25. f5 {[#]} (25. Bg5 $11) 25... Bxf5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Qf4 $2 (26. Kh1 $17 {was called for.}) (26. exf5 Rxe3) 26... Be5 $19 27. Qf2 Kxh6 28. exf5 {[#]} Rad8 $1 {White must now prevent ...Bd4.} 29. Kh1 Qb8 30. Ne4 (30. fxg6 $142 fxg6 31. Rc4) 30... Rd4 (30... Bf4 $142 31. Re1 Qe5) 31. Qe3+ $2 (31. Re1 {keeps fighting.}) 31... Kg7 32. fxg6 (32. Re2 $142 Bf6 33. Qf3 gxf5 34. Qxf5) 32... Bf6 33. gxf7 Rexe4 {Black mates.} 34. Qf3 Rxh4+ 35. Kg1 Qh2+ {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,22,14,51,61,59,63,105,110,99,108,127,109,116,55,62,51,52,43,43,52,189,180,185,185,218,180,200,164,238,211,375,357,394,389,543,540,769,728,841,825,970,452,450,450,424,442,444,450,460,443,2123,2107]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 9. Be3 f6 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} 10. exf6 exf6 11. Qd2 (11. O-O Kh8 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Be4 Na5 14. Bd3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 f5 16. d5 Nf6 17. Be2 {0-1 (43) Anand,V (2779)-Dubov,D (2660) Doha 2016}) 11... Kh8 {White is slightly better.} 12. O-O-O Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bg4 13. Be2 Ne7 14. h3 Bd7 15. g4 Ng3 16. Rhe1 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 {½-½ (63) Smagin,S (2550)-Lau,R (2480) Germany 1992}) 13. Bc4 Bf5 14. Bb3 Nc6 15. Rhg1 (15. d5 $16 Na5 16. Nd4) 15... Bg4 $1 $14 16. Bd5 Nb4 17. Bc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 f5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 18... c6 $14) 19. d5 $1 $18 Qh4 {[#]} 20. Bb3 $1 a5 21. a3 Na6 22. Nb5 a4 (22... Bf6 {was called for.} 23. d6 a4) 23. Ba2 c6 $2 (23... Qe7 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4+ (25. Nxd4 Rf6 $16) 25... Qf6 26. Qxa4 Rfe8) 24. Bg5 Qh3 25. Nd4 Nc5 26. Be7 {White is clearly winning.} Nd7 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Ne6 Ndf6 29. Nxg7 (29. Bxf8 $142 Bxf8 30. Nxf8 Rxf8 31. Qh6) 29... Kxg7 30. Bxf8+ Rxf8 31. Qd6 {White threatens Qe7+ and mate.} Re8 32. Qxc6 Qxh2 33. Qxa4 Re3 (33... Re7 $142 34. Kb1 Qf2) 34. Qa7+ {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,98,8,15,14,7,-3,0,0,-7,-38,-29,-24,-12,-31,-26,-56,22,22,25,35,38,22,89,84,66,75,84,76,76,71,76,27,34,34,159,0,0,-38,-20,-2,0,0,78,47,96,0,0,0,0,0,105,-50,-66,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-116,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 c6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Rad1 Rad8 {[#]} 14. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Ne2 Nh5 16. Qd3 Bf6 17. Bc1 g6 18. Qf3 {½-½ (40) Salgado Lopez,I (2627)-Demchenko,A (2645) Linares 2017}) 14... Rfe8 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. f4 b5 17. Rde1 Qe6 18. f5 Qe7 19. Qf3 b4 (19... d5 $15 20. e5 d4) 20. Nd1 $11 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} (20... Nxe4 $2 21. f6 $18) 21. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Ne4 22. Qf4 (22. Qh3 {keeps more tension.} f6 23. e6 Qa7 24. Ne3 Qc5 25. Qh5) 22... Qc7 (22... Qc5 $11) 23. Nf2 $16 Nxf2+ 24. Qxf2 c5 25. e6 d4 26. Bc1 f6 27. Qf3 c4 28. Qh5 d3 ({Black should try} 28... Re7 $14) 29. bxc4 $2 (29. cxd3 $16 cxd3 30. Re3) 29... dxc2 $11 30. Qe2 Rd4 31. Qxc2 Rxc4 32. Qe2 Bd6 (32... Qc6 $11) 33. Rd1 $16 Rc8 {[%cal Rc4c1]} 34. Bb2 (34. Be3 $16) 34... Rc2 $11 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 {next Rc1 is good for White.} Be7 {[#]} (36... Rd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37. Qe2 $2 (37. Rc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1c7]} Qd8 38. Rxc8 Qxc8 39. Qd5) 37... a5 $15 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 38. h3 a4 {...Qc2 is the strong threat.} 39. Rc1 Qb7 {Threatens to win with ...a3.} 40. Rxc8+ Qxc8 41. Qb5 a3 42. Bd4 h5 43. Qd5 {[#]} (43. Bg1 $11 {remains equal.}) 43... Qc1+ (43... Qd8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd8d5]} 44. Qe4 (44. Qxd8+ $2 Bxd8 45. Kg1 b3 $19) 44... b3 45. axb3 a2) 44. Bg1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kh7 45. Qf3 Bc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rc1g1]} 46. Qxh5+ Kg8 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rc1g1]} 47. Qe8+ Kh7 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rc1g1]} 48. Qg6+ Kg8 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rc1g1]} 49. Qe8+ Kh7 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,114,59,45,37,59,59,42,53,36,35,39,25,63,0,92,99,151,165,169,-43,-48,-56,-33,-155,-139,-150,-77,-337,-331,-325,-165,-187,-179,-162,-164,-177,-177,-177,-177,-164,-150,-163,-163,-156,-114,-114,-114,-114,-114,-115,-106,-121,-114,-114,-112,-114,-114,-135,-123,-123,-106,-123,-123,-122,-113,-172,-106,-135,-135,-172,-171,-166,-152,-172,-173,-191,-191,-198,0,-191,-179,-144,-104,-104,-104,-310,-295,-807,-807,-622,-622,-607,-480,-471,-377,-340,-24,-327,-58,-58,-58,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985]} 1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. h3 (4. Nf3 Bb7 5. h3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. a4 a6 11. c4 Nc6 12. Qb3 d5 13. c5 Nd7 14. Rfc1 a5 15. cxb6 Nxb6 {0-1 (36) Naiditsch,A (2705)-Ponomariov,R (2694) Riadh 2017}) 4... Bd6 5. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. Bxd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. c3 d5 10. g4 Ne4 11. Bd3 Ne7 {0-1 (31) Rotunno,G (2026)-Petkov,V (2519) Palmi 2012}) 5... Nc6 6. Bxd6 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} cxd6 7. Qg3 O-O 8. Qxd6 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 9. Qf4 f5 10. Bd3 Nb4 11. Nf3 ({White should try} 11. a3 $1 $14 Nd5 12. Qh2) 11... Ba6 (11... Bb7 $11) 12. Bxa6 $1 $16 Nxc2+ (12... Nxa6 $142 13. c3 Nc7) 13. Ke2 Nxa1 14. Na3 $2 {[#]} ({White must play} 14. Bd3 $1 $18) 14... b5 $1 $15 15. Rxa1 {Hoping for Bb7.} (15. Nxb5 Qb6) 15... Rb8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...Qa5. Black fights for an advantage.} 16. Qe5 (16. Bxb5 $15 a6 17. Bd3 Rxb2+ 18. Nc2) 16... Qa5 $17 17. Bxb5 {Rb1 is the strong threat.} a6 (17... Rfe8 $142 $1 {Threatens to win with ...d6.} 18. Kf1 (18. Bxd7 $2 Rxb2+ 19. Kf1 Qxa3 $17) 18... d6) 18. Bxd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Bd3 $17 Rxb2+ 19. Nc2 Rxc2+ 20. Bxc2) 18... Rxb2+ $19 19. Kf1 Qxa3 (19... Rxf2+ $142 20. Kg1 Qxa3 21. Qxe6+ Kh8) 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Bxf5 Rxf2+ 22. Kg1 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Bxe4 (23. gxf3 Qxe3+) 23... Qxe3+ ({Don't do} 23... Rxe3 24. Rb1 $17) 24. Kh2 R3f6 25. Bd5 Qxe5+ 26. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rf5 27. Bc4 Rxe5 28. Bxa6 Ra5 29. Bc4 Rc8 30. Bb3 g6 31. Rd1 Rc7 32. Rd2 Kg7 33. Re2 Rb7 34. Rd2 Rc5 35. Kg3 Rc3+ 36. Kh2 Re7 37. Kg1 (37. Rd4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 37... Kf6 (37... h5 $19 38. Kf2 Re4 39. Rd7+ Kf6) 38. Kh2 h5 39. Rd6+ Kf5 40. Rd2 g5 41. Rf2+ Kg6 42. Bc2+ Kg7 43. Bd1 Kg6 44. Bc2+ Kh6 $1 45. Bb3 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4 {And now ...g3+ would win.} 47. Rd2 $2 (47. Rf8 $17 {was forced.}) 47... Kg5 {( -> ...g3+)} 48. g3 $2 (48. Rd5+ Kh4 49. Rd4) 48... Rh7+ 49. Kg2 Rh3 50. Rd5+ Kf6 51. Bd1 Rhxg3+ 52. Kf2 Ra3 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 52... Rh3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh3h2]} 53. Kg2 Rcg3+ 54. Kf2 Ra3) 53. Rb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Ra5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and White stays safe.}) 53... Rgd3 $2 (53... Rh3 $1 $19 54. Bb3 Ra6) 54. Bxg4 $15 Rxa2+ 55. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55. Be2 $15) 55... Rdd2 $1 {Black mates.} 56. Rf5+ {[#]} Kg6 $1 57. Kg1 Rg2+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Makhmutov, Rail"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,216,39,0,30,30,30,30,30,30,40,40,46,45,47,47,52,40,50,36,39,33,55,-9,-14,-57,-61,-91,-84,-135,-142,-173,-154,-163,-118,-143,-147,-150,-159,-169,0,0,71,71,77,0,0,0,29,29,29,29,161,0,149,150,168,167,174,175,171,172,195,194,194,194,187,187,183,176,254,254,254,254,254,254,254,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,0,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,194,0,194,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Qc2 Be4 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Qc2 c5 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} 10. d5 e6 (10... b5 11. e4 bxc4 12. Rd1 d6 13. Na3 Nbd7 14. Nxc4 Ng4 15. Bd2 Ba6 16. Rab1 Nge5 17. Nfxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (42) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Artemiev,V (2691) Riadh 2017}) 11. e4 exd5 {White has an edge.} 12. cxd5 d6 13. Nc3 Na6 14. Bf4 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nb4 15. Qb1 Nh5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. a3 {1-0 (58) Pascua,H (2386)-Myo,N (2299) Ho Chi Minh City 2013}) 15. Rfe1 Nc7 16. a4 a6 17. Rab1 b5 18. axb5 Nxb5 19. Nxb5 ({Better is} 19. Qd2 $14) 19... axb5 $11 20. b4 c4 21. Bd2 Ra3 $1 22. Nd4 (22. Bc3 $142) 22... Qb6 $17 23. Ne2 Ng4 24. Rf1 Ne5 25. Bc3 Nd3 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nf4 Nxf4 $2 ({Black should play} 27... Ne5 $1 $19 28. Ra1 Rea8 29. Rxa3 Rxa3) 28. Qb2+ $11 Kg8 (28... c3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 29. Qxa3 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Qc7) 29. Qxa3 $16 Nxg2 30. Qf3 ({White should try} 30. Kxg2 $16 Rxe4 31. Qa5 Qxa5 32. bxa5) 30... Qd4 $11 31. Rbd1 Qxe4 (31... Nh4 {is more complex.} 32. gxh4 Qxe4 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. f4 Kg7) 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Re2 {[#]} (33... Kf8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 34. Rd4 $2 (34. Rfe1 $1 $18 {[%cal Re1e2]} Rxe1 35. Rxe1) 34... Rb2 (34... Ra2 $11) 35. Ra1 $16 c3 ({Don't blunder} 35... Rxb4 $2 36. Ra7) 36. Rc1 c2 37. Rd2 Rxb4 38. Rcxc2 Rc4 {[#]} 39. Rxc4 $1 bxc4 $18 {KR-KB} 40. Kf3 c3 41. Rc2 {Hoping for Ke4.} Bxd5+ 42. Kf4 Bc4 (42... Kg7 $142 43. Rxc3 Kf6) 43. Rxc3 d5 44. g4 Kg7 45. h4 h6 46. Ra3 Kf6 47. g5+ hxg5+ 48. hxg5+ Kg7 49. Ke5 d4 50. Kxd4 Be6 51. Ke5 Bf5 52. Ra7 Bd3 53. Kd6 Bc2 54. f3 Bd3 55. Ke7 Bc4 56. Ra4 Bb3 57. Rf4 Bd5 58. Kd6 Be6 59. Ke5 Bb3 60. Rf6 Ba2 61. f4 Bb1 62. Kd6 Bc2 63. Ke7 Bb3 64. Rb6 Bc2 65. Rc6 Bd3 66. Rb6 Bc2 $1 67. Ra6 Bd3 68. Rf6 Bc4 69. Kd6 Bd3 70. Kd7 Bc2 71. Ke7 Bb3 72. f5 $2 (72. Rc6 $18) 72... gxf5 $11 {The position is equal.} 73. Rxf5 {Rf6 is the strong threat.} Kg6 74. Rf3 Be6 75. Rg3 Bc4 76. Rg1 Bb3 77. Rg2 Bc4 78. Rg3 Ba2 79. Kd6 f6 80. gxf6+ Kxf6 81. Rf3+ Kg7 82. Ke5 Bb1 83. Ke6 Ba2+ 84. Kf5 Bb1+ 85. Kg5 Bh7 86. Ra3 Bg8 87. Ra7+ Kh8 88. Kg6 Bc4 89. Rh7+ Kg8 90. Rd7 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Kh8 91. Rh7+ Kg8 92. Rh3 Bf7+ 93. Kf6 {Black must now prevent Rg3+.} Bc4 94. Rg3+ Kh8 95. Kg6 Bd5 96. Rh3+ Kg8 97. Rh4 (97. Rh2 {seems wilder.} Bb7 98. Re2 Bc6 99. Kf6 Bb5 100. Rd2) 97... Bf7+ 98. Kf6 {And now Rg4+ would win.} Bb3 99. Rg4+ Kh8 100. Rg7 Bg8 101. Kg6 Bc4 102. Rh7+ Kg8 103. Rd7 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Kh8 104. Rd4 Bb3 105. Rh4+ Kg8 106. Rh2 Bf7+ 107. Kf6 {Threatens to win with Rg2+.} Bc4 108. Rh3 Bd5 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,19,15,16]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f3 {Predecessor:} h5 $146 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Qa5 Nfd7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Qb4 Qc7 16. c3 Bd8 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Qa5 O-O {0-1 (60) Dominguez Perez,L (2726)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Beijing 2014} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 6. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:39]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 11. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 12. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:22]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 13. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 14. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 15. h3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 18. Bh2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 19. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 20. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 21. Nfxd5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 25. g4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 26. d5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 27. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 28. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 29. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rgxc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 30. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. b3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 35. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 39. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 43. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 44. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 46. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,-8,64,58,61,64,70,44,52,47,55,35,92,89,92,81,97,89,86,90,97,72,91,89,144,132,154,150,183,188,237,235,272,245,228,184,335,334,337,339,329,343,338,333,572,547,966,809]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 (3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 d5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. h3 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e4 Rd8 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. Qe2 {1-0 (67) So,W (2778)-Caruana,F (2816) Paris 2018}) 3... d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bc1 g6 $146 (5... e4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 5... Be7 6. e4 O-O 7. Bc4 Ne8 8. Nge2 f5 9. f4 Nd7 10. exf5 Nb6 {1-0 (25) Hamdouchi,H (2580)-Meylan,P (2055) Brest 2018}) 6. e4 $14 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4a3,Ba3c4][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} Na6 9. Nd2 Nc7 10. a4 h5 (10... a6 $14) 11. Nc4 $16 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Na3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 a6 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. b4 h4 (16... cxb4 $142 17. Rxb4 Ne8) 17. Bd2 f5 18. Nc4 Ne8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb7 h3 21. g3 ({Much less strong is} 21. gxh3 Rb8 $18) 21... Ndf6 22. Rfb1 {Threatens to win with exf5.} Rf7 $2 {[#]} (22... Nxe4 23. Nxe4 fxe4) 23. Rxf7 $18 Kxf7 24. a5 Ra7 25. Qf1 fxe4 26. Qxh3 Rd7 $2 {[#]} (26... Bf8 {might work better.} 27. Qe6+ Kg7) 27. Bg5 Nc7 28. Rb6 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,64,37,60,48,97,54,61,50,54,32,50,57,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-45,0,-168,-116,-108,-117,-140,-122,-150,-143,-156,-141,-158,-125,-210,-152,-389,-402,-397,-379,-403,-402,-387,-380,-419,-427]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. Nf3 dxe5 9. fxe5 Bb4 10. Be2 Na5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} (10... O-O 11. O-O Na5 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa4 15. Qxa4 Nxa4 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. g4 Bg6 18. h4 {1-0 (30) Matinian,N (2495)-Yuffa,D (2534) Sochi 2016}) 11. c5 Nbc4 12. Bc1 O-O {White is slightly better.} 13. O-O {Black must now prevent Bxc4.} Bxc3 $1 14. bxc3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b5 15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qe1 Rb8 18. Qg3 {1-0 (57) Rajlich,V (2309)-Farago,S (2271) Budapest 2000}) 15. Qa4 Qd5 16. Ng5 Rab8 17. Bf3 Qd8 18. c6 b5 19. Qb4 Rb6 20. Qc5 a6 {Strongly threatening ...b4!} 21. Bf4 $2 {[#]} (21. Be4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxe4 22. Nxe4) 21... Nb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} (21... b4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] aiming for ...Rb5.} 22. cxb4 Rb5) 22. d5 $17 Nd3 23. Qd4 {[#] Be3 is the strong threat.} Nxc6 $1 24. dxc6 Qxd4+ 25. cxd4 {And now Bd2 would win.} Nxf4 26. g3 Nd3 27. Bg2 (27. Ne4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 27... h6 28. g4 $2 (28. Ne4 $17) 28... Bxg4 $19 {Black is winning.} (28... hxg5 $2 29. gxf5 Rd8 30. fxe6 $17) 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Rbb8 32. Rf4 Bf5 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,102,11,12,0,22,0,0,0,9,-6,-7,-7,-14,-10,2,-7,111,0,193,-8,-5,0,-12,0,0,-3,-6,-1,0,0,0,-9,-4,-39,-40,-185,-181,-222,-222,-222,-222,-222,-222,-214,-213,-259,-259,-259,-259,-259,-259,-259,-259,-259,-259,-259,-259,-259,-259,-259,-259,-368,-268,-644,-644,-615,-536,-644,-644,-644,-600,-529,-529,-560,-537,-460,-396,-1684,-4622,-1522,-650,-8693,-5716,-29965,-29965,-29962,-29961,-11790,-5624]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O e6 6. d3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} cxd3 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Nxd3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Nb3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd2 a5 12. Rc1 Nd5 {½-½ (42) Bocharov,D (2593)-Lintchevski,D (2517) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 11... O-O 12. Ndc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxc5 Qb6 15. Be3 Nd5 {[#]} (15... Qxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 16. Bxc5 Rfd8) 16. Bd4 ({White should try} 16. Qxf8+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf8 (16... Rxf8 17. Bxb6) 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. a3) 16... e5 $2 {[#]} (16... Rfd8 $11) 17. Qxb6 $2 (17. Qxf8+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf8 (17... Rxf8 18. Bxb6) 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Rfc1) 17... axb6 $11 18. Bxe5 Rfe8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Bc3 Rxe2 21. Rfe1 Re6 (21... Rc2 {is more complex.} 22. a3 Rd8 23. Bd4 Rdc8 24. Re7 Bc6) 22. Rxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Bd4 Rc8 24. Bxb6 e5 25. b3 (25. f4 $15) 25... d4 $1 $19 26. a4 bxa4 27. bxa4 Rc2 $1 28. a5 Bf3 29. a6 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d2] Hoping for ...d2.} 30. a7 {[#]} d2 $1 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 31. a8=Q+ Bxa8 32. Rxa8+ {KRB-KR} Kf7 33. Rd8 {Black must now prevent Kf1.} Rc1+ 34. Kg2 d1=Q 35. Rxd1 Rxd1 {KR-KB} 36. h4 Ke6 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. g4+ (38. Kg2 {was called for.}) 38... Ke6 39. h5 $2 (39. Kg2) 39... Rd3+ 40. Ke4 Rc3 41. Be3 Rc4+ 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Bd2 Rd4 44. Be3 Rd3 45. Ke2 Rb3 46. f3 $2 (46. Kf3) 46... e4 47. Kf2 Ra3 48. h6 g6 49. fxe4+ Kxe4 50. Bg5 Ra5 51. Bf6 Kf4 {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 65%.} (51... g5 $142 52. Ke1 Kf4) 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bocharov, Ivan"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,145,29,33,-77,-82,-87,-14,-56,139,123,302,293,287,288,294,161,181,188,266,213,649,618,553,504,457,429,454,442,427,350,349,315,354,357,338,195,213,220,196,131,182,155,145,146,150,151,241,208,225,206,327,318,309,318,316,318,312,304,312,299,337,278,397,385,397,397,397,397,391,381,381,374,526,497,518,400,581,563,555,520,545,575,554,532,546,517,817,779,810,782,818,715,1379,1279,1122,933,914,857,1239,1085,1324,1307,4594,4154,29968,29970,29971,12692,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ng4 14. g3 g5 {LiveBook: 31 Games. C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} 15. Nh3 (15. Ng2 $14) (15. Ng2 Qf6 16. Be2 Qh6 17. h4 gxh4 18. Ngxh4 a6 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Nb3 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Re1 {½-½ (94) Socko,B (2617)-Tikkanen,H (2551) Sweden 2015}) 15... e5 $17 16. dxe5 h6 ({Black should try} 16... Ngxe5 $17 17. Nhxg5 h6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5) 17. Re1 $11 Kg7 $146 (17... Rxf3 $1 $15 18. Qxf3 Ngxe5) ({Predecessor:} 17... Rxf3 18. Qxf3 Ngxe5 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. Be2 Bf5 21. Nf4 Qc8 22. g4 {1-0 (31) Hrabusa,M (2277)-Huerga Leache,M (2370) Sibenik 2007}) 18. Bb5 {And now Bxc6 would win.} Ne7 $2 (18... Ngxe5 $16 19. Nxe5 Nxe5) 19. e6 Nf6 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Rc1 (21. Qd3 $142) 21... Ne4 $18 22. Kg2 a6 (22... Bxe6 {was necessary.} 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6) 23. Ba4 Qxb2 $2 (23... Bxe6 24. Nxe6+ Qxe6) 24. Rc7 Qb4 25. f4 Qd6 26. Qc1 Bxe6 27. Nxe6+ Qxe6 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. Nxg5 Qf6 {[#] ( -> ...Qf2+)} 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Qa1 ({Inferior is} 31. Rxb7 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 $11) (31. Qc5 $142 Rf7 32. Bb3) 31... Qxa1 32. Rxa1 Kf6 33. Rxb7 ({Better is} 33. Re1 $18) 33... Nd5 (33... Nf5 $16) 34. Re1 Nc3 35. Bc6 Rad8 36. Bxe4 Rd2+ (36... Nxe4 $16 {might work better.} 37. Rxe4 Rd2+ 38. Kh3 Rh8+ 39. Kg4 Rg8+ 40. Kf3 Rxa2 41. Rb6+ Kf5) 37. Kg1 {[#] Black must now prevent Rf1+.} Rfd8 {...Rd1 would now be nice for Black.} 38. Rb6+ Kg5 (38... Kg7 {keeps fighting.}) 39. Bf3 {[%cal Re1e5]} ({Weaker is} 39. Rxa6 Rd1 $11) 39... R8d6 40. Rxd6 Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 41. Re5+ Kf6 42. Ra5 Rb6 43. a3 Nb5 44. Be2 Nc7 (44... Nd4 $142) 45. h4 Rb2 46. Bxa6 Ne6 47. Rd5 Ra2 48. Rd3 Nc5 49. Rf3+ Ke5 (49... Kg7 $142 50. Bc8 Ne4) 50. Bf1 Ne4 51. Bg2 Ra1+ (51... Nf6 $142 52. Re3+ Kd4) 52. Kh2 Nf6 53. Kh3 Re1 54. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ra1 55. Rf4 Nh5 56. Rb4 Nf6 (56... Ng7 $142 57. Kg4 Ra2) 57. Rb5+ Ke6 58. a5 Ra3 59. h5 Nh7 60. Be4 Nf6 61. Bg6 Ra1 62. Bf5+ Kd6 63. g4 Nd5 64. Kh4 Nc3 65. Rb8 Ke5 66. Kg5 Rxa5 67. h6 Ne4+ 68. Bxe4 {White mates.} Kxe4+ 69. Kg6 Ra6+ 70. Kg7 Ra7+ 71. Kg8 Rb7 72. Rxb7 Kf4 73. h7 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,86,0,0,26,22,19,16,20,26,37,35,39,27,32,14,12,17,27,3,8,0,0,0,-11,-11,-9,-27,-20,-37,-14,-22,-31,-21,-14,-54,-35,-58,-52,-60,-47,-61,-61,-98,-102,-194,-186,-195,-213,-197,-237,-348,-341,-362,-353,-358,-355,-359,-360,-359,-359,-354,-342,-341,-329]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} 10. Bf3 Nbd7 (10... Qc7 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. a4 Rfc8 13. h3 h6 14. Nc1 Bd8 15. N1e2 Qb8 16. Ng3 Ba5 17. Bd2 {½-½ (35) Sasikiran,K (2677)-Giri,A (2762) Antalya 2017}) 11. a4 Qb8 12. a5 Rc8 13. Be3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Na5 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Rxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bxc4 17. Na4 {½-½ (81) Medina,W (2321)-L'Ami,A (2271) Jakarta 2013}) 17. Na4 {Black must now prevent Nb6.} Bd8 {[%cal Be7d8,Bd8a5,Ba5b6,Bb6d4][%mdl 32]} 18. b3 Rc6 19. c4 Ba5 20. Re2 Nd7 21. Qc2 Qb7 22. Nc3 Bb6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rc7 25. Bd2 Rb8 26. Rb1 Bd4 27. Ba5 Rc5 28. Be1 a5 29. Rd2 g6 30. Rdd1 Qb6 31. Bg4 f5 32. Be2 Rcc8 33. g4 Rf8 34. h3 (34. b4 $17) 34... Nc5 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 Qa7 37. Rxb8 (37. Rb5 $142) 37... Rxb8 $19 38. Rb1 Rxb1 39. Qxb1 Ne4 40. Bf3 Bxf2+ 41. Kf1 Bxe1 42. Qxe1 Qd4 43. Bxe4 Qxc4+ {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 76%.} ({Weaker is} 43... Qxe4 44. Qxe4 fxe4 45. g5 $11) ({Less strong is} 43... fxe4 44. Qe2 $19) 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,93,4,0,26,16,25,26,23,14,17,18,20,17,12,16,22,-5,0,1,29,15,22,25,65,30,85,84,120,106,111,105,114,105,104,93,113,72,99,85,100,105,136,119,154,159,146,148,199,204,197,200,240,204,383,383,381,376,374,375,375,374,372,336,421,421,420,404,433,433,454,459,662,520,515,492,514,466,574,561,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be2 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bb6 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} (6... a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bf1 Ng6 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 c6 14. Qc2 d5 15. Rad1 Qc7 {0-1 (42) Annaberdiev,M (2496)-Wang,Y (2699) Ashkhabad 2017}) 7. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 8. Nc4 Be6 {The position is equal.} 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c4 h6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Bc3 Qe7 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bxg4 {½-½ (40) Hussein,A (2372)-Nikbin,S (2065) Tabriz 2012}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. a3 d5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. b4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bg4 16. a4 Qe6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rfe1 Bg6 (18... Bxf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. Bxf3 Ne7) 19. Nd2 $16 Rad8 20. Bb5 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Nxe4 22. Qb2 Nd6 23. Bg3 {aiming for Bxc6.} f6 24. Bf1 Ne7 25. f3 Nef5 26. Bf2 Bf7 27. Qc2 Qb3 28. Qxb3 Bxb3 29. a5 b5 (29... bxa5 $16 30. bxa5 (30. Rxa5 Kf7 $16) 30... Bc4 31. Bxc4+ Nxc4) 30. a6 $18 bxa6 31. Rxa6 Bd5 32. Bc5 c6 $2 {[#]} (32... Nc4 33. Rd1 c6 34. Bxc4 Bxc4 35. Rxc6 h5) 33. g4 Nh4 34. Bxd6 Nxf3+ 35. Kf2 Nxe1 36. Kxe1 Rd8 37. Bc5 Be4 38. Ra7 Bd5 39. Be2 Be4 40. Kf2 Bd5 41. Ke3 Bc4 (41... Re8 $142 42. Bd3 Be6) 42. Rc7 Bd5 43. Bd3 Ra8 44. Be4 Bxe4 45. Kxe4 Ra3 46. Kf5 Kh7 47. Bf8 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,152,0,0,-14,8,-26,-8,0,0,0,12,0,11,0,23,11,16,6,7,0,7,14,22,7,8,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-27,-31,-27,-31,-26,-34,-39,-39,-41,-25,-53,-50,-67,0,-38,-44,-64,-58,-64,-62,-77,-76,-77,-77,-80,-79,-83,-43,-100,-52,-26,-28,-27,6,0,0,0,0,0,30,0,0,-43,-15,-13,0,0,-4,-173,-177,-141,-106,-214,-213,-392,-396,-343,-284,-288,-284,-306,-307,-300,-296,-299,-292,-277,-271,-329,-325,-314,-306,-389,-379,-368,-367,-345,-323,-351,-345,-447,-444,-419,-419,-525,-481,-537,-525,-1106,-1043,-862,-755,-4145,-4145,-4137,-4137,-29982,-29979,-29984,-29985]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. e4 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh4 d6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 h6 11. Be3 Be6 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} 12. Qd2 Kh7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Rae1 {[#]} Qd7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne5 14. h3 Qd7 15. Kh2 Rae8 16. b3 g5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Nc6 19. Ref1 {0-1 (49) Bericat,A (2540)-Toro Solis de Ovando,G (2592) corr 1999}) 14. Kh1 Rae8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. b3 Ng8 18. d4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 b6 20. a4 Re7 21. a5 Qc7 22. axb6 axb6 23. Qb4 Rb8 24. c4 Nd3 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Qc3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Bxd4 27. Qxd3 Bf6 28. Nf3 {[%cal Bh4f3,Bf3d2,Bd2e4][%mdl 32]} Kg7 29. Re1 Qd7 30. Qe3 b5 31. Nd2 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rc8 33. Qd3 Ne7 (33... Qa7 $15) 34. Ne4 Be5 35. Rc1 Qa7 36. Bh3 Rd8 37. Nd2 Rb8 38. c5 dxc5 39. d6 Ng8 $1 40. Nf3 Bf6 41. Qd5 (41. d7 $15) 41... Qa3 42. Rf1 Qb3 43. Qxc5 Rd8 44. d7 Qb7 45. Kg2 Ne7 46. Rd1 Qc6 47. Qa5 Ng8 48. Rf1 Rb8 49. Rf2 Qe4 50. Qc7 Rd8 51. Qd6 $2 {[#]} (51. Rc2 $11) 51... g5 $1 $19 52. g4 Ne7 53. Kg1 {[#]} (53. Kh1 $17) 53... Ng6 $1 54. Bf1 $2 (54. Kh1 {might work better.}) 54... Qxg4+ 55. Kh1 Qxd7 56. Qxd7 Rxd7 57. Rd2 Rxd2 58. Nxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ne7 59. Kg2 Bd4 60. Nb3 Bb6 61. Nd2 f5 62. Nc4 Bc5 63. Ne5 Bd4 64. Nc4 Nd5 65. Kh1 Kf6 66. Bd3 Bc5 67. Bc2 g4 68. Ba4 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 69. Be8 Nf4 70. Bd7 h4 71. Bc8 Nd3 72. Kg2 Kg5 73. Bd7 f4 74. Nd2 f3+ 75. Nxf3+ gxf3+ 76. Kxf3 Ne5+ {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,84,0,18,-25,-3,-13,-4,-12,-11,-11,-11,0,0,0,0,-23,-13,-18,-22,-12,-7,-21,-1,1,12,12,21,20,47,23,41,0,0,6,22,11,45,43,52,43,37,20,24,3,39,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O a6 {LiveBook: 188 Games} 7. a3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (7. Bb3 d6 8. d3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Rd1 e5 13. Qd3 h6 14. Nd2 b5 {½-½ (58) Inarkiev,E (2730)-Gelfand,B (2734) Magas 2016}) 7... b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2+ Qe7 11. Qd1 d4 12. Re1 Be6 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. Ng3 Be7 {0-1 (45) Montabord,M (2063)-Jones,G (2593) Caleta 2011}) 8. Ba2 Bb7 9. d3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7] [#]} Ne8 13. Bd2 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Rae1 Nd6 16. Ne4 Qf8 17. c3 c4 18. Bb1 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Rh5 20. e5 Qf7 21. Be4 (21. Bc2 {with more complications.} Rf8 22. Be3 Bc6 23. h3 Bd5 24. Qh2) 21... Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rf8 23. Be3 Bd8 24. Rd1 Bc7 25. f4 Rf5 26. h3 Rd8 27. a4 h5 28. axb5 (28. Qh4 {looks sharper.} Qg6 29. Re1 Rf7 30. Bd4 Rb8 31. Qf2) 28... axb5 29. Kh1 d5 30. exd6 $1 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Bxd6 32. Rd4 Rd5 (32... Bc7 $5 {[%cal Re6e5]} 33. Qf3 e5 $15) 33. Rxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 34. Qg5 Kh7 35. f5 Be7 36. Qf4 h4 37. Qg4 Bf6 38. Bg5 Bxg5 39. Qxg5 Qf6 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qh5+ Kg8 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

