[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,61,17,21,27,0,0,0,-4,0,19,15,15,15,29,15,15,19,25,23,27,19,24,16,19,7,10,7,14,0,20,10,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 Ne7 6. Bd3 {LiveBook: 26 Games. A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} (6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Nh3 Qd7 10. O-O Na5 11. d5 c5 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Ng5 Ng6 {1-0 (26) Saduakassova,D (2484)-Ramirez Alvarez,A (2572) Saint Louis 2018}) 6... e5 7. Nge2 exd4 $1 8. Nxd4 Nbc6 9. Nde2 Ne5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 d6 13. b4 a5 14. b5 O-O {½-½ (50) Wimmer,R (2105)-Hassim,U (2270) ICCF email 2016}) 12. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} f6 13. Bh4 N7g6 14. Bg3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 d6 16. Nd5 Qd7 {The position is equal.} 17. O-O-O {[%cal Be1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2c3][%mdl 32]} Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ Qf7 19. Kc2 Ne7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Kc3 a5 22. b3 Rfe8 23. Rd2 h5 24. h4 g6 25. Rhd1 Nc6 26. Rd5 Re6 27. Bf4 Ne7 28. R5d2 Nc6 29. Rd5 Ne7 30. R5d2 Nc6 31. Rd5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,143,0,20,8,14,18,18,0,-10,0,-14,-10,18,0,19,16,22,11,25,20,44,44,39,44,34,38,29,35,34,33,32,22,36,41,51,43,58,43,28,43,39,39,62,37,36,25,27,38,51,53,53,46,64,58,65,65,77,0,0,0,17,0,12,10,40,41,49,41,41,17,29,8,29,18,30,10,32,42,53,11,45,50,91,82,85,80,82,47,50,42,55,44,40,43,39,45,58,31,33,27,33,0,0,0,51,39,45,52,45,13,19,12,15,14,15,15,17,14,43,43,43,7,7,0,43,0,7,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} (7... Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 a6 12. a4 c6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 h6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Bd2 {½-½ (17) Riazantsev,A (2662)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2705) Brest 2018}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bxd3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (9... Re8 {feels hotter.} 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. f4 Bb4) 10. Nxd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qxd3 c5 11. Ne2 c4 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. f4 Nbd7 14. Nc3 {½-½ (14) Alshameary Puente,I (2339)-Arizmendi Martinez,J (2508) Lisbon 2018}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nb2 Ne4 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Bb4 Nc6 17. Nd3 Nd6 18. Bxd6 $1 cxd6 19. Qa4 Ne5 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Rb1 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Rc4 23. Kf1 Rec8 24. Rb3 f5 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Kd2 Nf6 27. f3 Ra4 28. Ra1 g5 29. a3 Nh5 30. Rb5 Ke6 31. Nb4 Nf6 32. h3 h5 33. h4 gxh4 {[#] aiming for ...Rg8.} 34. Nd3 Kd7 35. Rb4 Ra5 36. Nf4 Rg8 37. Rb3 (37. a4 $16) 37... h3 $11 38. gxh3 h4 39. Ke2 Rg3 40. Kf2 Ng8 41. Rh1 Rg7 42. Ng2 Rh7 $1 43. Rg1 Ne7 44. Ne1 Ra4 45. Ke2 Ke6 46. Nd3 Kf6 47. Nf4 Ra5 48. Kd3 Rh8 (48... Rh6 {is more complex.} 49. c4 dxc4+ 50. Kxc4 Rh8 51. Ne2 Nd5) 49. Kc2 Rg8 50. Rxg8 Nxg8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 51. Kb2 Ne7 52. Ka2 Ng6 53. Ng2 Ke6 54. Rb4 Kd7 55. Rb1 Ke6 56. Rg1 Kf6 57. Kb3 Rb5+ 58. Kc2 Ra5 59. Kb3 Rb5+ $1 60. Ka2 Ra5 61. Ne1 Ra4 62. Kb3 Rc4 63. f4 Rc8 64. Kc2 Ne7 65. Nf3 Rh8 66. Rb1 Ke6 67. Kd3 Kd7 68. Rg1 Rh7 69. Ng5 Rg7 70. Nf3 Rh7 71. Ng5 Rg7 72. Nf3 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,92,58,58,64,5,18,20,9,13,13,0,25,18,25,14,29,8,11,2,19,1,1,1,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 {D35: Damengambit (Abtauschvariante)} 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 f5 13. g3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Nf6 {[#]} 15. f3 $146 ({Besser ist} 15. Nf4 $14) ({Vorgänger:} 15. Rg1 Ke7 16. Nf4 Nh5 17. Be2 Nxf4 18. exf4 {½-½ (60) Batchuluun,T (2571)-Usmanov,V (2463) St Petersburg 2017}) 15... Ke7 16. Rg1 Nh5 17. Kf2 Rae8 18. b4 f4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. exf4 Kf6 21. a4 Bf5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 22. Ra2 Re7 23. Re2 (23. Be2 {with more complications.} Bd7 24. b5 Rhe8 25. Bd3 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Kxf5 27. h5) 23... Rxe2+ 24. Bxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} a6 25. Ke3 h6 26. Kd2 Ra8 27. a5 Re8 28. h5 Rc8 29. Ke3 Re8+ 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Ke1 Re8 32. Kd2 Rc8 33. Bd3 (33. Bf1 {looks sharper.} Re8 34. Rg2 Be6 35. Bd3 Bd7 36. Re2) 33... Bxd3 34. Kxd3 {KT-KT} Re8 35. h4 Rc8 36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Kf2 Rc8 38. Re1 Ra8 39. Re5 Rb8 40. Re3 Ra8 41. f5 Rc8 42. Re1 Rd8 43. Kg3 Rc8 44. Kf2 Rd8 45. Kg3 Rc8 46. Kf2 Rd8 {Precision: Weiß = 42%, Schwarz = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,120,20,0,9,17,8,0,17,0,16,0,2,4,25,25,94,13,66,64,69,45,45,35,45,33,49,35,212,52,53,0,51,46,27,39,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,1566,700,439,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nc3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rae8 13. Bf4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd6 15. c4 Qh5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qa3 Qa5 18. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 {½-½ (29) Anand,V (2767)-Wei,Y (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. Re2 {LiveBook: 10 Games} a6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. g3 h6 16. h4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Rxe2 18. Rxe2 Qxd6 {½-½ (76) Malinovsky,K (2396)-Brecka,I (2323) Czechia 2013}) 15... h6 16. Qe3 b5 17. h5 Rac8 18. Nh2 b4 {[#]} (18... Rb8 $11) 19. Qg3 (19. Bxh6 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening Qg3.} gxh6 20. Qxh6) 19... Bd6 (19... Kh8 $11) 20. Ng4 $1 $14 Kh8 {Hoping for ...Rxe2.} 21. Rxe8+ (21. Bxd6 {is interesting.} Rxe2 22. Rxe2 cxd6 23. Qf4 Kh7 24. cxb4 Nxb4 25. Ne3) 21... Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Qxd6 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qe6 26. Qf8+ Kh7 27. Ne3 $1 bxc3 28. Qc5 Qf6 $1 29. Qxc3 Qxf2 30. Qxc6 Qf4+ 31. g3 Qxe3 32. Qxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qf2+ 33. Kh3 Qxc2 34. Qxf7 Qc8+ 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Qf2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 a5 38. a4 Kg8 39. Qa2+ Kf8 40. Qc4 Qg4 41. Qc5+ Kg8 $1 42. Qd5+ Kh7 43. Kf2 Qd1 44. Qe4+ Kg8 $1 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32] d6 is the strong threat.} Qxa4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46... Qd2+ $11 47. Kf3 Qd3+ 48. Kf4 Qd2+ 49. Qe3 Qb2 50. Qd3+ (50. Qe4+ Kh8 $16) 50... Kg8) 47. d6 $1 $18 Qc2+ 48. Kf3 $2 (48. Ke3 $18 {Intending Qe4+ and mate.} Qc3+ 49. Ke4 Qb4+ 50. Kf3 Qc3+ 51. Qe3 Qf6+ 52. Qf4 Qc3+ 53. Qe3 Qf6+ 54. Qf4) 48... Qd3+ {The position is equal.} 49. Kg2 Qc2+ $1 50. Kh3 Qc6 $1 51. Qf5+ Kg8 52. d7 Qd6 $1 53. Kh2 a4 54. Qg4 {Black must now prevent Qc4+.} Kf7 55. Qxa4 Ke7 56. Qe4+ (56. Kh3 {looks sharper.} Qxd7+ 57. Qxd7+ Kxd7) 56... Kxd7 57. Qg4+ Ke8 58. Qxg7 Qd2+ 59. Kh3 Qd7+ 60. Qg4 Kd8 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,93,16,18,21,27,23,21,22,8,8,8,8,13,15,18,31,0,0,0,0,-8,65,65,65,68,96,64,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,8,32,0,0,7,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,34,54,0,46,94,286,0,260,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. exd4 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} d5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. a3 Be7 11. c5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qxe7 13. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bb5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 e5 15. O-O Bg4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Qxe5 {½-½ (58) Carlsen,M (2855)-Nakamura,H (2787) Leuven 2016}) 13... Rd8 14. O-O e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 d4 18. Rc1 Qxe5 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4a5][%mdl 32]} a5 21. Re1 Qxe1+ ({Better is} 21... Qf6 $11) 22. Qxe1 $14 Bxd3 23. bxa5 Rac8 24. Qe7 Ba6 25. c6 (25. Qh4 $16) 25... Re8 $11 26. Qb4 $1 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 28. h4 d3 $1 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Qd6 {White wants to play g4.} Re6 31. Qd7 Rf6 32. Qd4 {next h5 is good for White.} h5 33. a4 Re6 34. Kg3 Rg6+ 35. Kf3 {Hoping for Ke3.} Re6 $1 36. Kg3 g6 37. Qa7 Kg7 $1 38. Qd4+ ({Worse is} 38. Qxa6 Rd6 $17) (38. f4 $14) 38... Kg8 39. Qd8+ Kh7 $2 {[#]} (39... Kg7 $16) 40. Qd4 $2 (40. Qf8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf8f7]} Rf6 41. f3) 40... Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Kg8 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 41. Qd7 $2 (41. Qf6 $1 $18) 41... Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5] The position is equal.} 42. Qxc6 Rc2 43. Qe4 Rc3 {And now ...d2+ would win.} 44. Qd4 Rc2 $1 45. Qe4 {aiming for Kh2.} Rc3 {White must now prevent ...d2+.} 46. Qd4 Rc2 $1 47. Qe4 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,64,15,0,28,19,11,16,19,20,27,8,27,0,0,-22,-18,-129,-117,-122,-115,-121,-123,-125,-134,-116,-129,-123,-120,-163,-164,-178,-182,-175,-190,-187,-165,-147,-125,-315,-312,-442,-402,-376,-293]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ng8 {[%cal Bf6g8,Bg8e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32] B52: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} (10... Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3 Rfc8 15. h4 Bd8 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 Ne7 19. Bc3 b5 20. Nf4 Nf5 21. Qg4 Bxh4 22. Nh5 {½-½ (52) Nakamura,H (2769)-Grischuk,A (2766) Paris 2018}) 11. a3 Nge7 12. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Partien} h5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 13. Bg5 Nf5 14. Rc1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. b4 Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rac1 O-O 18. Ne2 {0-1 (46) Lagerman,R (2354)-Gunnarsson,J (2437) Reykjavik 2008}) 14... Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd3 O-O-O 17. Na4 Kb8 18. Nc5 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 19. Rc3 (19. b4 $11) 19... g4 $17 20. Nd2 Ncxd4 21. Rec1 {[#]} Rc8 $1 22. Nf1 Rc6 23. Ng3 Ka8 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. b4 Rhc8 26. a4 b6 27. Nb3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 {[%cal Rc3c8] [#]} Kb7 30. a5 $2 (30. b5 $17) 30... Qd7 31. Nd4 (31. h3 {ist wohl besser.}) 31... Nxd4 $19 32. Qxd4 Qc7 {Precision: Weiß = 32%, Schwarz = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,180,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,-35,-38,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,0,19,58,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,0,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,32,32,56,56,56,56,56,42,36,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,87,53,53,60,87,87,87,87,87,87,97,97,99,30,87,87,87,87,86,86,97,30,30,30,97,3,17,17,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Bf1 b5 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nd5 13. a4 {[#]} (13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Qf3 Rf8 16. Qh3 {½-½ (40) Navara,D (2737)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Saint Louis 2017}) 13... b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... bxa4 14. Qxa4 N5b6 15. Qg4 O-O 16. e6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 fxe6 {1-0 (39) Belov,V (2561)-Khismatullin,D (2613) Zvenigorod 2008}) 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3 e6 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. a5 Qc7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 18. Rc1 Qb8 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 19. Qd4 h6 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Bf8 23. Qc4 Ne7 24. Nd4 Qa7 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Nxe6 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 {Hoping for Qf4.} Bd5 28. Nxd8 Bxc4 29. Nc6 Qd7 30. Rxc4 Re8 31. Nxb4 (31. Rd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3d7]} Qf5 32. b3 $14) 31... Bxb4 32. Rxb4 Rc8 33. Rc4 ({But not} 33. Bxa6 $2 Rc1+ 34. Bf1 Qd1 $19) (33. e6 $5 fxe6 34. Rd3 $14 (34. Bxa6 $2 Rc1+ 35. Bf1 Qd1 $19)) 33... Rxc4 34. Bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Qc7 35. Bxa6 {And now b4 would win.} Qxa5 36. Bf1 Kg7 37. b3 Qa3 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. g3 Qb2 41. Kg2 Qd4 42. Be2 Qd5+ 43. Bf3 Qb5 44. Kg1 Qb4 45. Bd5 Qd4 46. Bc4 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qd4 48. e6 fxe6 49. Rxe6 Qc5 50. Kg1 Qd4 51. Re7+ Kf6 52. Rb7 Qd6 53. Rb5 Qd2 54. Bf1 Ke7 55. b4 Kd8 56. Kg2 g4 57. Kg1 Qd4 58. Rb7 Kc8 59. Rf7 Qxb4 60. Rf4 Qb1 61. Rxg4 Kd7 62. Kg2 Ke7 63. Rf4 Qb7+ 64. Kh2 Qb2 65. Bh3 Qd2 66. Bg4 Qb2 67. Kh3 Qh8+ 68. Kg2 Qb2 69. Bf3 Qd2 70. Be4 Ke6 (70... Qd4 $11) 71. Kh3 $1 $16 Qb2 72. Kh4 Ke7 73. Kg5 Qe5+ 74. Kh6 Qa1 75. Bg6 Qh1+ 76. Bh5 Qc1 77. Bg4 (77. Kg6 $16) 77... Qh1+ (77... Qc7 $11) 78. Kg6 $1 Qc6+ 79. Kg7 Qc3+ {[#]} 80. Kh7 $1 Qa1 81. Kg6 ({Better is} 81. Bh5 $16) 81... Qa6+ $11 82. Kg5 Qa8 {[#]} (82... Qa5+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 83. Bf5 Qd2) 83. f3 (83. Bh5 $1 $16) 83... Qg8+ 84. Kh4 Qa2 85. Rf5 Qh2+ {The position is equal.} 86. Bh3 Qb2 87. g4 Qh2 88. g5 Qf2+ 89. Kg4 {aiming for g6.} Qg1+ 90. Kh5 {Threatens to win with g6.} Qh2 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,56,16,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-4,-4,-2,-4,-2,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Qxe5 13. Nc3 (13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qd2 Bh3 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qc3 Qd5 18. f3 Rfe8 19. Na3 Qb7 20. Nc2 Qa6 21. Be3 {1-0 (39) Meier,G (2628)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) chess.com INT 2018}) 13... Ne4 14. Qxc4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} 16. Bf4 (16. Qd3 {looks sharper.} Rad8 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Qe3 Rfe8 19. Rfd1) 16... Bxc4 17. Bxe5 c6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Bd4 Bxe2 20. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. a3 a6 {½-½ (20) Valls Casas,J (2088)-Tscharotschkin,M (2179) Calvia 2010}) 20... a5 21. Kg2 h5 22. f3 Bc4 23. g4 hxg4 24. fxg4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bb3 26. Bb6 Bxa4 27. Ra1 Bb3 {Black wants to play ...a4.} 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,97,27,33,25,31,25,33,40,36,37,25,27,28,26,29,25,28,34,28,35,35,24,35,23,30,28,33,4,2,0,2,0,0,0,12,10,10,8,11,5,11,5,2,0,0,-37,0,-21,0,0,0,0,14,8,52,48,53,55,62,9,0,0,57,55,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-22,0,0,8,-22,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} Qc7 (8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Rhe1 Bd5 17. c4 Bxg2 18. Bc3 Qb6 19. Rg1 Bc6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qxe6 Qxf2 23. Qxe7+ Kg8 24. Bh7+ {1-0 (24) So,W (2773)-Akobian,V (2615) Saint Louis 2016 CBM 172 [Roiz,M]}) 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. d5 exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e5 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Ne4 c4 15. Rd1 Rfd8 {0-1 (89) Svetushkin,D (2618)-Drozdovskij,Y (2567) Port Erin 2007}) 12. Qxd5 {aiming for 0-0-0.} Nf6 13. Qc4 {[#] Threatens to win with 0-0-0.} Bd6 14. Bg5 Qe7+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Re1 Qd8 17. g3 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Kg2 Rfd8 20. Re4 Qf5 21. Rd1 Qc8 22. Rd5 Qc7 23. g4 Bf8 24. Rde5 g6 25. h4 Bd6 26. Rd5 Bf8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. h5 {Black must now prevent hxg6.} gxh5 29. gxh5 Qc6 30. Rg4+ Bg7 31. Rg3 Rd5 32. Qh4 b5 33. b3 Qe6 34. c4 bxc4 35. bxc4 Rd3 36. Rg4 Rc3 37. Qg3 $1 Qf6 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qb1+ ({White should play} 39. Rf4 $14 Qe7 40. Qb1+ Kh8 41. Qf5) 39... Kh8 $11 40. Qb8+ (40. Nh4 $11 Qc6+ 41. Kg1) 40... Kh7 $14 41. Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f6]} Qe6 42. Qb1+ (42. Qxa7 $14 Rxc4 43. Qxf7 Qxf7 44. Rxf7) 42... Kg8 $11 {The position is equal.} 43. Re4 Qc8 44. a4 Bd4 45. Rf4 Be5 46. Rf5 Bg7 47. Rf4 Be5 48. Rf5 Bg7 49. Rf4 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,146,24,22,38,31,35,24,46,26,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,27,19,21,0,24,30,31,14,27,25,12,22,27,27,35,27,29,20,31,18,18,18,21,14,21,18,21,15,20,0,22,21,21,21,21,0,21,22,23,-69,-67,-68,-76,-70,-74,-75,-81,-81,-81,-91,-50,-43,0,-83,-70,-157,-141,-146,-62,-62,-10,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-59,0,0,0,-59,-59,-84,-89,-112,-112,-112,0,0,0,-93,-92,-107,-85,-93,-93,-88,-79,-93,-87,-91,-108,-500,-512,-488,-490,-409,-362,-425,-411,-29966,-29967,-29967,-29968,-29967,-29968,-29962,-29949]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 {B29: Sizilianisch (Rubinstein-Variante)} (7... d6 8. Bb5 Be7 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2+ Be6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. O-O Bg4 15. Rad1 Re8 {1-0 (40) Salgado Lopez,I (2615)-Kantans,T (2514) Reykjavik 2015}) 8. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} d6 9. Bb5 Bd7 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12. f4 Re8 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. h3 Bf5 {1-0 (34) Repa,J-Lukic,L Winnipeg 1997}) 12... a6 13. Be2 Qc7 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Re1 Re5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qe8 23. Qd2 Be5 24. Be3 Qe6 25. f4 Bf6 26. a3 h5 27. Bc2 Bc6 28. Bf2 Qe7 29. Bd1 Qe6 30. Bc2 Qe7 31. Bb6 Qe6 32. Qf2 Qe8 33. Qd2 Qe6 34. Bc5 Qe8 35. Qd1 (35. Kf2 $11) 35... d4 $1 $15 36. Qd2 $1 (36. Bxd4 $2 Bxd4+ 37. cxd4 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qxf4+ 39. Kh1 Qg5 $19) 36... dxc3 37. bxc3 Qe6 38. Bd4 Bxd4+ 39. cxd4 Qa2 {Und ...Le4! würde nun gewinnen.} 40. Qc3 Qd5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5g2]} 41. Qd2 Qa2 {Und weiter mit ...Le4! wäre nett.} 42. Qc3 $1 h4 43. Kh1 {[#]} (43. Qd3 $15) 43... a5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 44. a4 (44. Qxa5 Qxc2) 44... Qd5 ({Günstiger ist} 44... Bxa4 $17 45. Bxa4 Qxa4) 45. Qd2 $15 b6 (45... Kg7 $15) 46. f5 $1 $11 Kg7 47. fxg6 fxg6 48. Bd1 Qf5 49. Kg1 Bd5 50. Bc2 Qf6 51. Qe3 g5 52. Bd3 Kh6 53. Bc2 ({Besser ist} 53. Be2 $11) 53... Kg7 (53... Qf4 $15 54. Qf2 Qxf2+ 55. Kxf2 Kg7) 54. Bd3 Kh6 (54... Bc6 $11) 55. Bc2 $15 Qf4 56. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} Kg7 57. Qg6+ Kf8 58. Qd3 Kg7 59. Qg6+ $1 Kf8 {( -> ...De3+)} 60. Qd3 Ke7 61. Bd1 Qe4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re4g2]} 62. Qd2 Kd6 63. Bc2 Qf4 64. Qd3 Kc7 65. Qh7+ Kb8 66. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (66. Qh8+ $17 {war die entscheidende Verteidigung.} Ka7 67. Qh7+ Bb7 68. Qd3) 66... g4 $1 $19 67. hxg4 Qxg4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rg4g2]} 68. Qg6 Qxd4+ 69. Kh1 Bb7 70. Qe8+ (70. Kh2 $19) 70... Ka7 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 71. Bf5 Qd1+ 72. Kh2 Qd6+ 73. Kh1 Qg3 {Precision: Weiß = 44%, Schwarz = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,99,17,29,33,0,13,0,20,-7,34,31,28,24,35,0,10,0,11,3,35,33,38,37,35,29,94,81,82,85,94,100,108,99,99,96,95,100,130,121,165,162,160,145,162,143,148,141,169,168,164,173,169,162,167,166,189,192,199,199,217,221,221,214,310,304,311,290,399,401,462,611,587,587,510,590,473,517]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} Qxe7 11. O-O-O {[%cal Be1c1,Bc1b1,Bb1a1][%mdl 32]} Nb6 12. Nf3 (12. Kb1 Nf6 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. Na4 Nfd7 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Nc4 {1-0 (45) Rodshtein,M (2695)-Brunello,S (2555) Douglas 2017}) 12... Nf6 13. Kb1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be6 {[#]} 14. Ka1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. Nb3 {½-½ (25) Werle,J (2526)-Stern,R (2522) Germany 2018}) 14... O-O-O 15. Na4 Kb8 16. Rc1 Rhe8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. b4 Ne4 19. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nd6 20. Nd2 Qf6 21. Rhf1 Bf5 (21... Qe7 {is more complex.} 22. Qb2 Nd7 23. Rg1 Ka8 24. a5 a6) 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Nxf5 24. a5 Nd7 {[#]} (24... Na8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. a6 $1 $16 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Kc7 27. axb7 Rb8 28. Kb2 Rxb7+ 29. Kc3 Rb5 30. Ra1 Kb7 31. Ra2 Ne7 32. Rfa1 Ra8 33. Nb1 Kb8 34. Ra6 Kb7 {[#] ...Rxb1! is the strong threat.} 35. R6a4 {Strongly threatening Na3.} Kb8 36. Na3 Rb7 37. Ra6 Kc7 38. Nc2 Kd7 39. Nb4 f6 40. f3 f5 41. Nd3 Ke6 42. Ne5 Rc7 43. g4 fxg4 (43... Kf6 {was called for.} 44. h4 g6 45. gxf5 Kxf5) 44. fxg4 $18 h5 45. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} hxg4 46. hxg4 Kf6 47. Rf1+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke6 48. Rf7 Rg8 49. g5 Rb7 50. g6 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,79,20,18,34,31,23,14,22,15,14,-14,-14,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-56,0,0,27,25,35,27,29,29,16,22,17,8,112,106,274,271,277,273,292,197,251,250,238,214,234,221,216,180,274,249,254,238,269,268,274,274,274,274,268,258,283,277,303,297,496,480,466,322]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. d5 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} (6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. Qh5 e6 9. O-O-O f5 10. exd4 Qc7 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {0-1 (57) Fier,A (2614)-Gajewski,G (2621) St Petersburg 2016}) 6... Bg7 7. Bxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} f5 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 9. Nge2 a6 10. a4 Ne5 11. Ba2 O-O 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 e6 {0-1 (32) Haigh,T (1810)-Scott,L (2016) Novi Sad 2016}) 12... Rb8 13. Ng3 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Qc2 Qd6 16. Nce2 ({White should play} 16. Nxf5 $11 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Qg6+ 18. Kh1 Bxf5 19. e4) 16... b4 (16... Ra8 $1 $15) 17. Rac1 $11 b3 18. Bxb3 c4 19. Bxc4 {And now b3 would win.} Rxb2 $1 20. Qd1 $1 ({Don't play} 20. Qxb2 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxb2 $15) 20... Qb4 21. Nd4 Nxc4 22. Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b4]} Qc5 (22... Qb5 $11 23. Nxe7+ Kh8) 23. Qa4 $16 Rd2 $2 {[#]} (23... Rb7 $16) 24. Rxc4 $18 ({Less strong is} 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. Nxe7+ (25. Rxc4 Ba6 $16) 25... Kh8 $16) 24... Qd6 25. Qa7 Bf6 26. Nh5 Kh8 (26... Bd7 $142 27. Nxf6+ exf6) 27. Nxf6 exf6 28. Rd4 Rc2 29. Nb4 Rc5 30. Rfd1 Bd7 (30... Rb5 $142) 31. Qa6 Qxa6 32. Nxa6 Rb5 33. h4 Rc8 34. Nb4 Kg7 35. Kh2 Kf8 36. R1d2 Rcb8 37. Nd3 Ke7 38. Nf4 Rb2 $2 {[#]} (38... Rd8 39. d6+ Kf8) 39. d6+ Kf8 40. Nh5 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,73,41,43,47,43,45,43,51,35,30,24,16,28,29,7,25,0,12,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,87,80,129,120,139,132,179,195,180,171,263,259,282,276,270,277,848,831,1047,1164,1108,1071,639,1158,29970,29972,5716,4727,29986,29987]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} Nxd4 11. cxd4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} d5 12. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. cxd5 Qxd4 15. Rc1 Bf5 16. Rxc7 b5 17. Qf3 Bxd3 {1-0 (75) Socko,B (2631)-Grigoriants,S (2589) Khanty-Mansiysk 2012}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rae1 (15. h3 {is interesting.} Re8 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Qe7 18. a4) 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Re5 Be6 18. f4 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Rc7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Rc2 22. Re8 {White threatens Rxf8+ and mate.} Rc8 (22... g5 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. Qd7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rd8 {[#]} 24. Rxd8 $1 Qxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 25. Re7 Qc8 26. Qxc8 ({Resist} 26. Qxa7 $6 Qc1+ 27. Kg2 Qc2+ 28. Kh3 Qxd3 $16) 26... Rxc8 $18 {[#] KR-KR} 27. Kf2 $1 ({Don't play} 27. Rxa7 Rc3 $16) 27... Kf8 (27... a6 {was necessary.} 28. Rb7 b5) 28. Rxa7 Rc2+ 29. Ke3 Rxh2 30. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} g5 $2 (30... Ke8 31. d6 Rg2) 31. f5 f6 32. d6 {Threatens to win with Ra8+.} Ke8 33. Kd4 h5 34. Kd5 b5 35. Ke6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Re2+ 36. Kxf6 h4 37. Re7+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,43,64,30,38,42,36,39,41,33,32,33,32,36,36,25,31,33,25,30,42,45,36,0,33,39,47,32,44,50,48,28,35,25,27,27,34,24,44,22,28,20,31,23,23,19,17,24,26,0,24,0,0,0,0,-7,-6,-6,0,-21,0,-21,-21,-25,-21,-21,0,-21,0,-10,0,-27,0,-8,0,-18]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nh4 Bb4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. cxd5 {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} Qxd5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be4 12. O-O Qa5 {½-½ (23) Gelfand,B (2703)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2757) Jerusalem 2018}) 10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be4 12. f3 Qg5 13. g3 Bc6 14. e4 Qe7 15. O-O Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6][%mdl 32]} 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 b6 18. f4 Bb7 19. Bf3 Nf8 20. Qc3 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rf2 Ng6 23. Ng2 f5 24. e5 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Qf7 26. Rfd3 Ne7 27. Ne3 c6 28. a4 h6 29. Qb3 Kh7 30. R1d2 g5 31. Qd1 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rg8+ 33. Kh1 Rg7 34. Qf3 Rd8 (34... Qe8 {seems wilder.} 35. Qd1 Rd8 36. Rb2 Qd7 37. Qf3 Rdg8) 35. Rg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Ng6 37. Kf1 Qd7 38. Rd1 Qe8 39. Ng2 Qd7 40. Ne3 Qe8 41. Ng2 Qd7 42. Ne3 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,111,0,7,3,-14,-17,-14,-16,-33,-31,-31,-33,-27,-32,-28,-25,-33,-33,-43,-35,-38,-40,-54,-54,-54,-54,-53,-54,-52,-39,-64,-54,-53,-52,-52,-52,-198,-202,-250,-220,-211,-212,-212,-217,-283,-262,-261,-252,-283,-283,-276,-276,-276,-267,-264,-259,-251,-250,-325,-308,-456,-444,-472,-466,-682,-642,-1389,-1138,-1816,-1829,-1583,-1501,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12850,-12850,-12850,-29976,-12851]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} Be7 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 {LiveBook: 14 Games} b5 (13... Qc7 14. c3 Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Bf3 b5 {0-1 (71) Ponomariov,R (2694)-Salem,A (2638) Riadh 2017}) 14. Bg4 {[#] aiming for Bxd7+.} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... O-O 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxe5 Bf6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bxb2 {½-½ (56) Hurka,J (1800)-Bauer,J (1762) Czechia 2005}) 15. Qc6+ Kf8 16. Bh3 g6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfe1 Ra7 19. Qc3 Qb6 (19... h5 {with more complications.} 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. c3 Rb7 22. Nd2 a5) 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 a5 22. a3 Rb8 23. c3 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. c4 Rc7 26. Nd2 Ne8 27. Ree1 Bg5 28. Nf3 Bh6 29. b3 Ra8 30. Rd5 ({Better is} 30. g3 $15) 30... Ra3 $19 31. Rb1 Nf6 32. Rxd6 Nxe4 33. Rd8 Rca7 34. Nxe5 Nd2 35. Rxd2 Bxd2 36. Kf1 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Rxa1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 38. Ke2 Re1+ 39. Kxd2 Rxe5 {KR-KB} 40. Bd7 Kf6 41. Bc6 Ke7 42. f4 (42. Kd3 {keeps fighting.} Kd6 43. Ba4) 42... Ra5 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Bd5 (44. Ba4 $142 Kc5 45. g3) 44... Kc5 45. Bxf7 Ra3 46. Bg8 Rxb3+ 47. Kc2 Re3 48. Bxh7 Re2+ 49. Kb3 Rxg2 50. h4 Rg3+ 51. Kb2 b3 52. Ka3 Kxc4 53. Bg8+ Kc3 {( -> ...b2)} 54. Bxb3 Kd4 55. Kb4 {[#]} Rxb3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 56. Kxb3 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,80,0,0,17,9,20,18,21,17,20,8,13,18,20,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,22,22,8,0,3,75,10,75,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 11. Qc1 a5 12. Bd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nbd7 13. Nc3 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe7 14. Qc2 Bb4 15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. e4 {½-½ (38) Eljanov,P (2713)-Thybo,J (2479) Reykjavik 2018}) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Qc2 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7]} Nf6 17. Kxg2 c5 18. Bc3 {dxc5 is the strong threat.} cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 20. Qb1 e5 21. Bc3 b6 22. Rd1 {Hoping for Bxe5!} Qe7 23. Ne4 Qb7 24. f3 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. fxe4 Rfd8 27. Rd5 f6 28. Rad1 Be7 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 (29... Bxd8 {is more complex.} 30. Rd7 Kf8 31. Kf3 Be7 32. Rb7 Bd8) 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Kd3 Kd7 34. Kc4 Kc6 35. b4 axb4 36. Bxb4 h5 {[#]} (36... Bc7 $11) 37. h3 $1 $16 Bc7 {[#]} (37... g6 $1 $11) 38. g4 (38. Bf8 $1 $16) 38... hxg4 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. hxg4 Bd6 40. Bd2 Be7 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,114,11,7,10,9,6,17,1,12,0,11,11,16,14,34,27,39,39,37,36,40,37,32,45,39,22,27,9,25,-4,7,0,23,-4,-4,-4,-4,-5,-5,-10,-11,-11,-11,-11,-12,-13,37,22,35,33,34,31,31,28,31,32,33,31,45,49,48,45,50,18,23,27,22,30,36,9,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} c5 7. Ne5 (7. d4 Bc6 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Be3 Bd5 10. Qc2 Be4 11. Qc1 Ng4 12. b4 a5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 axb4 15. Bxb4 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Rc8 17. Qc4 Bxc5 18. Qxe6+ {½-½ (41) Ding,L (2769)-Aronian,L (2794) Berlin 2018}) 7... Qc8 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 {LiveBook: 28 Games} 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Rc1 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nde5) 14. Qb1 Qd7 15. d3 Nd4 16. O-O Nd5 17. Rfe1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rac8 19. e3 Nf5 20. Red1 b6 21. Qb2 Bf8 22. Qe2 g6 23. Be1 Qb5 24. Bf1 a5 25. Rc2 Ne7 26. Qg4 Qe8 27. Qa4 Nd5 28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. a3 Ra8 30. Rb1 Reb8 31. Bd2 b5 32. e4 Nf6 33. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rb7 34. Be3 Nd7 35. e5 Rd8 36. f4 Rbb8 37. Bg2 c4 38. dxc4 bxc4 39. Rxc4 {Black must now prevent Ba7.} Bxa3 40. Rd1 (40. Ba7 {looks sharper.} Rbc8 41. Rd1 Nf8 42. Ra1 Bb4 43. Rac1) 40... Nf8 41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. Be4 Rb8 43. Bc2 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 44. Rc7 Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6d5] [#] And now ...Nd5 would win.} 45. Be4 (45. Bd4 {seems wilder.} Nd5 46. Rc4 Nb6 47. Rc6 Nd5 48. Rc4) 45... Nd5 46. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 47. Bd4 Kf8 48. Bc5+ Bxc5+ 49. Rxc5 Rxb3 50. Rxa5 {KR-KR} Rd3 51. Kf2 Rd2+ 52. Ke3 Rxh2 53. Rxd5 h5 54. Rd7 Rg2 55. Kf3 Rb2 56. Ra7 Rb3+ 57. Kf2 Rb2+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,81,43,10,45,46,71,45,56,58,53,43,41,47,27,19,19,20,68,0,-8,-13,37,31,35,45,45,43,30,44,35,36,77,66,79,72,86,67,158,154,155,141,125,127,189,179,242,237,221,116,288,305,431,417,493,435,461,426,529,517,552,557,693,671,981,691,650,643,801,768]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 {LiveBook: 543 Partien. Und weiter mit axb5 wäre nett.} b4 {C78: Spanische Partie (Archangelsk- und Möller-Variante)} (8... Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Qc1 Qd7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rbd8 19. exf6 Qxd2 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc5 Rd6 22. Qe5+ Kg6 23. Rf2 f6 24. Qf4 {1-0 (24) Yu,Y (2760)-Shankland,S (2671) Liaocheng 2018}) 9. d4 Ba7 10. Bg5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Nxd8 12. cxb4 Nc6 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 {½-½ (32) Zhao,Z (2567)-Paciencia,E (2440) Dresden 2008}) 10... Rb8 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 11. Bd5 Ne7 12. dxe5 Nfxd5 13. exd5 {[#] zielt auf Te1 ab.} O-O 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Nf5 16. Nbd2 (16. Qc1 $1 $14) 16... f6 $11 17. Bh4 $1 Qf4 18. Bg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qxg3 20. c5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat Druck.} Qg6 ({Aber nicht} 20... Bxc5 $2 21. Ne4 $18) 21. Rc1 Qf7 22. Ne4 Re8 23. Re1 Bf5 {[#]} 24. Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f5]} Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Bg4 (25... Bg6 $14) 26. Qe4 $16 h5 27. Nf5 Re8 28. Qd3 Bb8 (28... Qd7 $16 29. N3h4 Re5) 29. N3h4 $18 Be2 (29... Qd7 $142 30. Ne3 a5) 30. Qd2 Bg4 31. Ne3 (31. Qxb4 $18 Kh7 32. Qd2) 31... Bd7 $2 (31... f5 $16 {war einen Versuch wert.}) 32. Qxb4 a5 (32... Qe7 $142 33. Qb3 Qf7) 33. Qxa5 c6 34. d6 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Qb3 35. Qc3 Qxa4 36. Nhf5 Qe4 37. Ne7+ Kh8 38. Qb3 Rf8 39. Qc2 Qxc2 40. Nxc2 Kh7 41. Nd4 {Precision: Weiß = 86%, Schwarz = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,8,19,6,6,0,4,0,8,0,31,22,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,11,20,9,-8,8,-4,0,0,0,-4,19,6,7,-15,0,0,0,-3,-3,-4,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 dxc4 (5... O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Be2 d4 {½-½ (36) Carlsen,M (2843)-Karjakin,S (2782) Stavanger 2018}) 6. Bxc4 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} a6 7. Bb2 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. Rg1 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Na4 Bb7 12. g5 {0-1 (99) Khismatullin,D (2628)-Grachev,B (2645) Sochi 2017}) 8. Be2 Bb7 9. g4 h6 10. Rg1 $1 g5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bf3 O-O-O {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxf3.} 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. Qf3+ Qc6 16. Qxc6+ Kxc6 17. Ne2 Rh7 (17... Kb6 {looks sharper.} 18. f3 Rhf8 19. Ng3 Nd5 20. Ke2 f5) 18. Rc1+ (18. Nd4+ {seems wilder.} Kb6 19. Ke2 h5 20. h3 c5 21. Nf3) 18... Kb7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. h3 Be5 21. Rc2 h5 22. Nc1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bh2 24. Rg2 Bd6 25. Ke2 Rh1 26. Nd3 Rdh8 27. Ne1 Be7 28. Nf3 Kb6 29. Ne5 R8h7 30. Nd7+ Kb7 31. Nc5+ Kb6 32. Nd7+ Kb7 33. Nc5+ Kb6 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,124,20,22,0,0,2,5,0,1,7,12,0,31,33,36,34,46,29,25,22,52,53,50,50,49,50,47,35,34,43,55,25,40,35,43,8,31,31,31,31,31,30,35,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,28,28,28,28,27,0,0,0,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,56,56,61,61,63,56,56,28,56,56,56,28,55,39,37,34,56,56,56,33,33,24,72,39,56,56,56,56,49,0,75,50,56,56,56,56,54,0,0,0,8]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Na6 (7... Qd8 8. Bd3 a6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 b5 12. Nf3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc6 14. Bf4 Bb7 {0-1 (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris 2017}) 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. a3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 10. Nc4 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Nc5 12. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Be2 Rac8 {0-1 (65) Mikkelsen,N (2473)-Andersen,M (2479) Svendborg 2016}) 12... Na4 13. Nxa4 Bxa4 14. b3 Bd7 15. Bb2 O-O-O 16. Bd3 Nd5 17. O-O-O f6 18. Be4 b6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Nf3 {[#] aiming for Rd1.} Kc7 24. Rd1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd6 26. h3 Bf4+ 27. Kb1 Re8 28. Rg1 g6 29. Bxf6 Bd6 30. Bb2 Rf8 31. h4 Rxf3 32. h5 gxh5 33. Rg7+ Kc6 34. Rxh7 Rxf2 35. Rxh5 Rf1+ 36. Ka2 Rf2 37. Kb1 Rf1+ 38. Ka2 Rf2 39. c3 a5 40. a4 Re2 41. Rh6 Kc7 42. Rh1 Rg2 43. Re1 Kc6 44. Kb1 Bc5 45. Re6+ Kd5 46. Rh6 (46. Re8 {seems wilder.} Rg1+ 47. Ka2 Rg2 48. Re1 Kd6 49. Rf1) 46... Rg1+ 47. Ka2 Rg2 48. Rh4 Bd6 49. Rh5+ Kc6 50. Rh6 Kc7 51. Rh1 Bc5 52. Rh4 Bd6 53. Re4 Rf2 54. Rg4 Kb7 55. Rg1 Bc5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxb2+!} 56. Re1 Kc6 57. Kb1 Rg2 $1 58. Re4 Kd5 59. Rh4 Rg1+ 60. Ka2 Rg2 61. b4 (61. Rh1 $14) 61... axb4 62. cxb4 Bf2 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,128,19,12,19,16,13,18,9,10,8,8,7,0,1,10,0,0,0,-8,0,-6,-30,0,0,0,-8,8,-10,-17,-13,-27,-21,-29,-8,-7,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,-71,-60,-188,-185,-202,-53,-61,-37,-161,-144,-194,-187,-191,-194,-241,-232,-222,-219,-246,-172,-177,-185,-266,-268,-332,-335,-325,-296,-341,-328,-337,-310,-422,-399,-714,-563,-885,-850,-951,-972,-947,-966,-955,-948,-927,-919,-901,-882,-891,-870,-681,-662,-955,-895,-1805,-1733,-1759,-1733,-1644,-1637]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 3. d4 c5 4. Nbd2 e6 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} Bb4 (6... Nc6 7. Bb2 g6 8. Bb5 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qb6 11. a4 Bd7 12. c4 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. c5 Qc7 15. b4 {½-½ (63) Kramnik,V (2811)-Nakamura,H (2793) Zuerich 2017}) 7. Bb2 Ne4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 9. O-O Bc3 10. Bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qe1 Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qb6 12. Qe3 h6 13. a4 Bd7 {1-0 (48) Eidelmann,V (2049)-Gelzenleichter,S (2188) Wingst 2005}) 12. Nb1 Nxd3 13. Qxc3 Nf4 14. Qe3 (14. Qb4 {is interesting.} b6 15. Re1 a5 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Nc3) 14... Ng6 15. c4 dxc4 16. bxc4 O-O 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Nd2 Nh4 20. Qd3 Nf5 21. Rac1 Qc7 22. d5 Rfd8 23. h3 b6 24. Nf3 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Rd3 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Nxe5 Rd4 29. Rf3 Nh4 30. Re3 Nf5 31. Ree1 Be8 32. Ne4 Ra4 33. Rc7 Rxa2 34. Kh2 h6 35. Ng4 (35. Nf3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 35... Kf8 36. Rec1 (36. Ne5 $15) 36... Re2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 37. f3 {[#]} Nh4 (37... a5 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Nd4.} 38. Nc3 Rb2) 38. Ngf2 $15 Bg6 {Threatens to win with ...Bxe4.} 39. Rc8 ({White should try} 39. Kg1 $1 $15) 39... Re8 $19 40. Kg3 Nf5+ ({Less strong is} 40... Bxe4 41. fxe4 g5 42. R1c6 $15) 41. Kh2 Nd4 {[%cal Rg6e4]} 42. R1c3 a5 ({Resist} 42... Bxe4 43. Nxe4 a5 44. Rxe8+ Kxe8 45. Nd6+ Kf8 46. Nc4 $17) 43. R8c4 Rd8 ({But not} 43... Bxe4 44. Rxd4 Rxf2 45. fxe4) 44. Rc7 Ne6 45. R7c6 Nf4 {And now ...Bxe4 would win.} 46. Rc8 (46. Kg3 {keeps fighting.} Nh5+ 47. Kh2 Bxe4 48. Nxe4) 46... Re8 {[%cal Rg6e4]} 47. Rxe8+ Kxe8 48. Rc8+ Kd7 49. Rg8 Ne6 50. Kg3 Kc7 51. h4 Rc2 52. Ra8 $2 (52. Nh3 Bf7 53. Ra8) 52... Kb7 {Black is clearly winning.} 53. Rh8 Rc6 54. h5 Bxe4 55. Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 56. Re8 a3 57. Re7+ Ka6 58. Re8 Ka7 59. Nd2 a2 60. Nb3 Rc3 61. Na1 Rc1 62. Rxe6 Rxa1 63. Re2 b5 64. Kf4 Kb6 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,116,26,26,23,25,0,22,5,11,12,34,29,31,23,65,72,66,68,75,55,77,76,77,68,90,90,90,85,95,76,105,83,125,96,124,97,112,91,126,104,138,143,139,145,138,145,149,142,136,140,127,143,125,127,142,135,131,0,144,147,160,160,159,141,180,174,187,114,108,105,112,106,135,106,115,143,193,136,212,221,198,46,81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} h6 (8... Rc8 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 Be7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ne3 Be6 15. a5 Rfd8 {½-½ (58) Demchenko,A (2660)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 9. Nd2 Rc8 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ne3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 12. Bd2 Be7 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 b5 15. f4 O-O {½-½ (55) Camacho Collados,J (2390)-Santos Latasa,J (2498) Granada 2015}) 13... O-O 14. O-O Qd7 15. a5 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Be1 Rc6 18. Na4 Qe8 19. c4 Nd7 20. Qc2 Rb8 21. b3 Nc5 22. Nb6 Nd7 23. Nbd5 Qd8 24. Bc3 Qh4 25. f3 Qd8 26. g3 Ra8 27. Kh1 Qb8 28. Ra2 Rc8 29. Rda1 Rc6 30. Nb4 Rc5 31. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening f5.} f6 32. f5 Bf7 33. Ned5 Qe8 34. g4 Be7 35. Bd2 Bd8 36. Be3 Rcc8 37. Nc3 Rab8 38. Ba7 Ra8 39. Be3 Rab8 $1 40. Nbd5 Kh7 41. Kg2 Nc5 42. h4 b5 {[#]} 43. axb6 $1 Bxb6 44. Nxb6 (44. g5 $18) 44... Rxb6 $16 45. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 46. Rxa6 Rcb8 47. Rxb6 Rxb6 48. Ra7 Rb8 49. Na4 (49. Qd1 $18) 49... Rd8 (49... Kg8 $16) 50. Nxc5 $18 Rd4 {[#]} 51. Kf3 $2 ({White should try} 51. g5 $1 $18 fxg5 52. hxg5) 51... Qc6 $14 52. Na4 (52. Ra5 $16) 52... Bxc4 $11 {The position is equal.} 53. bxc4 Rxc4 54. Qb1 Rxa4 55. Rxa4 Qxa4 56. Qd3 Qa1 57. Kg2 Qc1 58. h5 Qf4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,93,3,5,8,18,12,0,0,0,24,16,28,21,18,17,24,27,34,18,30,21,32,30,28,23,33,37,39,26,29,36,40,26,27,20,70,68,80,75,80,60,60,51,75,65,63,64,83,44,59,41,43,6,44,48,52,45,80,52,56,47,62,55,52,11,12,8,42,-4,-4,-4,8,0,0,0,10,0,0,-2,-2,-2,-2,-4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qd3 {LiveBook: 24 Partien} a6 {E06: Katalanisch} 8. Bf4 c5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8... c6 9. O-O b5 10. c5 b4 11. Na4 a5 12. Rfc1 Ba6 13. Qd1 Qc8 14. Ne5 Qb7 15. Nd3 {1-0 (30) Melkumyan,H (2676)-Akesson,R (2456) Reykjavik 2015}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O b5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qd1 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Be5 Ng4 15. Bd4 Ne6 16. e3 Nf6 17. Ne2 Nxd4 18. Nfxd4 g6 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qb3 Qc4 21. Bh3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Bc8 23. Bg2 Be6 24. Nf4 g5 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rc1 Rd8 $1 27. Nd4 Kf7 28. Nc6 Rd6 $1 29. Ne5+ Ke8 30. Bh3 h5 31. Bf1 Nd7 32. Rc8+ Bd8 33. Nd3 Nb6 34. Rc2 Ke7 35. b3 Nd7 36. Be2 h4 37. gxh4 gxh4 38. Nb4 {[#] Und weiter mit Sc6+ wäre nett.} Kf6 39. Rc8 Ne5 40. Nd3 Nxd3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 41. Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} e5 42. a4 bxa4 43. bxa4 a5 44. Bb5 e4 45. Rc6 Rxc6 46. Bxc6 Ke5 47. h3 {Precision: Weiß = 62%, Schwarz = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,-3,0,0,0,0,12,35,20,28,33,31,31,31,16,33,31,25,30,30,24,23,34,23,31,37,66,49,51,68,68,72,68,71,82,98,84,83,101,101,118,101,101,101,104,101,101,101,101,101,115,116,110,108,106,95,89,89,95,88,94,94,109,111,105,101,107,96,106,108,111,93,207,133,206,206,206,196,181,162,433,426,433,389,429,424]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 {LiveBook: 14 Games. E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} (7... Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O Nd5 15. Bd4 Bd7 16. Qa3 a5 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Bc5 Qxc5 19. Rxd7 Rab8 {½-½ (46) Svidler,P (2763)-Nakamura,H (2780) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 8. O-O Qa6 9. a4 Rd8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Nb5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Qxc4 c6 14. Nd6 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 b6 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Rfc1 {½-½ (17) Efimenko,Z (2647)-Kravtsiv,M (2623) Lvov 2015}) 10. Nb5 Ne8 $1 11. Qc2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} 12. Qxc4 {[%cal Re5c6]} Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bc5 $1 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rfd1 Nfd6 $1 18. Rac1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} f6 19. Nc4 $1 {Threatens to win with Nxc7!} Bd7 {[#]} 20. Nxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa4 (20... Nxc7 21. Rxd6) 21. Rxd6 Nxd6 22. Nxd6 Ra7 23. Nc4 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxd1 25. Nxe6 Ra1 26. Bd5 {Black must now prevent Kg2.} Bxe2+ 27. Kg2 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Kf7 29. Nd4+ Ke7 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. b3 Rd1 32. Ne3 Rd2 33. h4 g6 34. g4 Rb2 35. Nd1 Rd2 {[#]} 36. Nc3 $1 Rd4 37. Kg3 Rd8 38. f3 Kg7 39. Kf4 Rd2 40. Ne4 Rd1 41. h5 b5 42. Be6 Rh1 (42... Rd4 $16 {was called for.}) 43. Bd5 b6 (43... Rd1 $16 44. Bxb7 gxh5) 44. hxg6 $18 hxg6 45. Nc3 b4 46. Na2 g5+ $2 (46... Re1 47. Be4 (47. Nxb4 g5+ 48. Kg3 Rb1 $16) 47... Re2) 47. Ke3 Kf8 48. Nxb4 Ke7 49. Be4 {Precision: White = 96%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,94,37,40,58,64,86,76,91,91,77,55,134,116,122,98,139,120,139,143,191,212,209,221,212,206,358,344,314,136,121,114,158,106,125,79,90,0,53,44,32,37,54,63,56,33,55,-33,-33,-28,-30,-29,-28,-23,-19,-35,-35,-58,-29,-29,-34,-40,-16,-94,-16,-34,-16,-16,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 Nc6 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bh6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (8. h3 c6 9. g4 b5 10. a3 Qa5 11. Rb1 b4 12. axb4 Qxb4 13. Bd3 cxd5 {½-½ (57) Bacrot,E (2714)-Hera,I (2620) Brest 2018}) 8... e5 {White is slightly better.} 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd4 Re8 12. O-O-O Nbd7 {1-0 (48) Gomes,M (2331)-Kotepalli,S (1978) Mysore 2017}) 11... Nc6 12. h3 Re8 (12... a6 $14) 13. g4 $1 $16 a6 14. Bg2 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 15. Ng5 Nb6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 b5 18. e5 Nb4 19. Qg3 d5 $2 (19... c6 20. b3 Qa5) 20. a3 (20. Qh4 h6 $11) 20... a5 21. Qh4 (21. axb4 $6 axb4 22. Nb1 (22. Qh4 bxc3 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 $11) 22... Ra2 $18) (21. Nxb5 Qb8 $18) (21. h4 $18) 21... h6 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Qxd8 (23. Qg3 $142) 23... Rexd8 24. Rde1 d4 {[#]} 25. Nxb5 ({Much weaker is} 25. axb4 $6 dxc3 26. Bxa8 (26. bxc3 Ra6 $15) 26... cxb2+ 27. Kb1 Rxa8 $11) ({Better is} 25. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4c5] Threatens to win with Nc5.} Nd5 26. Nc5) 25... d3 (25... Rab8 $11 26. axb4 (26. Nxc7 Na2+ 27. Kd1 Kf7 $17) 26... Rxb5) 26. axb4 $14 ({Don't play} 26. Bxa8 d2+ 27. Kb1 dxe1=R+ 28. Rxe1 Nd2+ 29. Kc1 Na2+ 30. Kd1 Nf3+ 31. Ke2 Nxe1 $17) 26... d2+ 27. Kb1 dxe1=Q+ 28. Rxe1 Rab8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b5]} 29. Nxc7 Rd2 30. Nxe6+ (30. Be4 $1 $14 Rxb4 31. b3) 30... Kf7 $15 31. Bf1 Rxb4 32. Kc1 {Hoping for Bxc4.} Rf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ( -> ...Ra4). Black is more active.} 33. Nd4 {And now b3 would win.} Nxe5 34. fxe5 Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 35. Bd3 g5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 36. Re3 $1 Rdf4 37. Be2 Ke7 38. Kb1 {[#]} (38. b3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38... Rf8 (38... Rh2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 39. Bd3 Rh1+ 40. Ka2 Ra4+ 41. Kb3 Raa1) 39. Ka2 R2f4 40. Ka3 {The position is equal.} Rb8 41. b3 Rc8 42. Bc4 (42. c4 {is interesting.} Rc5 43. Bf3 Rc8 44. Ka4 Rc5 45. Ka3) 42... Rcxc4 43. bxc4 Rxc4 44. c3 a4 45. e6 Rf4 46. Kb2 Rf2+ 47. Ka3 Rf4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,53,17,19,13,25,15,16,10,8,12,23,20,17,11,66,65,61,62,54,62,67,47,81,69,66,40,135,137,245,214,461,451,478,489,650,222,647,635,765,718,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Bd6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (7... Nd7 8. Bf4 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 f6 10. Bg3 c5 11. Bc4 cxd4 12. O-O Bd6 13. Re1 Bxg3 14. hxg3 O-O 15. Re4 {1-0 (50) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Meier,G (2628) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Bd3 c5 11. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc4 g5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. dxc5 Qe5+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 gxh4 16. a3 {0-1 (51) Fuss,J (1688)-Pieczka,R (1922) Germany 2012}) 11... Qa5+ 12. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32] And now Bxf6 would win.} cxd4 13. Nc4 Qc5 (13... Qd5 $11) 14. Bxf6 $14 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. cxd4 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 {Hoping for Qe4.} Bc7 18. Qe4 $40 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7][%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} f5 19. Qh4 Kg7 ({Black should try} 19... Kh7 $14) 20. g4 $16 f4 (20... Bd8 $16 {is a better defense.} 21. Qh5 (21. Qg3 Rg8 $14) 21... Qe7) 21. Rg1 {Threatens to win with g5.} Bd7 $2 (21... Rg8 22. g5 h5) 22. Qh5 $1 $18 ({Weaker is} 22. g5 h5 $14) 22... Rh8 23. g5 hxg5 24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Qf6 (25. a3 Qb3 $11) 25... Rxh2 {[#]} 26. Rg7 $1 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rf6f7]} Be8 {[#]} 27. Bh7 $1 {Precision: White = 96%, Black = 30%.} (27. Rg1 Bc6 $11) 1-0

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,67,9,16,16,20,27,25,16,22,22,22,22,22,22,23,28,18,1,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,14,14,14,14,14,15,15,15,15,17,25,0,25,0,25,0,25,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Nce4 {LiveBook: 26 Games} 11. Qe5 Qxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd5 13. Bc1 Bd7 14. f3 {[#]} Nc5 $146 15. e4 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Be2 Ke7 20. O-O Rhd8 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Nc4 23. Bxb3 Nxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. Kf2 Nc4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nd2.} 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 {KB-KN} 27. e5 f6 28. f4 fxe5 29. fxe5 Kd7 30. Ba4+ Kc7 31. Bb3 Kd7 32. Ba4+ Kc7 33. Bb3 Kd7 34. Ba4+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "46. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,208,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,14,-16,-16,-27,-27,-25,0,-14,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,447,448,424,423,573,531,563,415,610,636,943,933,712,976,872,886,984,827,477,420,251,259,1949,1947,2007,1748,1387,1349,1602,1365,2201,1787,6200,4985,12846,12850,29943,29944,12849,2151,29944,12849,11440,0,1337,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,0,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,22,20,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,0,28,28,28,20,28,28,28,22,28,28,28,28,28,22,28,0,28,0,28,20,20,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5 {LiveBook: 7 Games. C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} (9... d6 10. Qb5 Kg7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qd3 Re8 13. f3 Be6 14. c3 Qf6 15. cxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4+ Nxd4 17. Nc3 {0-1 (80) Bernabeu Lopez,C (2335)-Blanco,C (2345) Linares 2017}) 10. O-O dxe4 11. c3 Re8 12. cxd4 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qxd4 13. Qa3 Qb4 14. Qe3 Bf5 15. Bd2 Qd4 16. Qb3+ Be6 17. Qg3 {1-0 (31) Dannenberg/Schellenberg-Seidel/Schmid Dresden 1873}) 13. Nc3 b6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 14. Qc4+ Be6 15. Qa4 c5 16. Nxe4 Bd5 17. f3 Bxe4 18. fxe4+ Kg7 19. Qc4 Kh8 (19... Rxe4 $2 20. Qf7+ Kh8 21. Bh6 $18) 20. b4 Rxe4 21. Bb2 Qg8 22. Rf7 Rf8 23. Rxf8 $1 Qxf8 24. bxc5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} bxc5 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Qd5 Kg7 27. h3 g5 28. Bc3 a6 29. Kh1 Kh6 30. Rb1 Nb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Rf4 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 31. Bf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf6 32. Qxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Nc3 {[#]} 33. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f6]} Qxf3 34. Rb6+ Kh5 (34... Kg7 $142 35. gxf3 Nxa2) 35. gxf3 Nxa2 {KR-KN} 36. Rc6 Nb4 37. Rxc5 Nd3 38. Ra5 Kh4 39. Kh2 Nf4 40. Rxa6 {White wants to mate with Rh6+.} Kh5 41. Rd6 Ne2 $2 (41... h6 42. Kg3 Ne2+ 43. Kg2 Nf4+ 44. Kh2 Ne2) 42. Rd2 Nf4 43. Kg3 Ng6 44. Rd7 {[%cal Rd7h7]} h6 45. Rf7 Ne5 46. Rf5 Ng6 47. Ra5 Nf4 48. h4 Ne2+ 49. Kf2 Nf4 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Ke3 Ng2+ 52. Kf2 (52. Ke4 $142 Kh4 53. Rc5) 52... Nf4 53. Ra8 $2 (53. Ra6 $18 Nd5 54. Ra5) 53... Kg6 $11 54. Ke3 Ng2+ $1 55. Ke4 Nh4 $1 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra2 (57. Ra7+ Kf6 $18) 57... Kf6 58. Ra1 (58. Ra6+ Kg7 $18) 58... Ke6 59. Rh1 (59. Ra6+ Kf7 $18) 59... Ng6 60. Rh6 Kf6 61. Rh7 Nh4 62. Ke3 (62. Rh6+ Ng6 $18) 62... Ng6 63. Ra7 Nh4 64. Ra6+ Kf5 65. Kf2 (65. Ra5+ Kg6 $18) 65... Ng6 66. Kg3 Ne5 67. Ra8 Ng6 68. Rg8 Ne5 69. Rf8+ Ke6 70. Kf2 Ng6 71. Rb8 (71. Rd8 {is more complex.} Ke5 72. Rg8 Kf5 73. Rb8 Nf4 74. Rb7) 71... Kf5 72. Rb5+ Kf6 73. Ra5 Ne5 74. Ke2 (74. Ra6+ Kf5 $18) 74... Ng6 75. Ra6+ Kf5 76. Ke3 Nh4 $1 77. Ra5+ Kf6 78. Ke4 (78. Ra6+ Kf5 $18) 78... Kg6 $1 79. Ra1 (79. Ra6+ Kh5 $18) 79... Kf6 80. Rg1 ({Less strong is} 80. Ra6+ Kf7 $18) 80... Nf5 81. Rg2 Nh4 82. Rh2 {Strongly threatening Rb2.} Ng6 83. Rh5 Nf4 84. Rh8 Ng6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h8]} 85. Rb8 Nh4 $1 86. Rg8 Ng6 87. Kd4 Kf5 88. Ke3 {Hoping for Ra8.} Kf6 89. Ke4 Kf7 90. Rb8 Nh4 $1 91. Rc8 ({Weaker is} 91. Rb7+ Kg6 $18) 91... Kf6 92. Rc1 {Rc6+ is the strong threat.} Ke6 93. Ke3 {Threatens to win with Ke4.} (93. Rc6+ Kf7 $18) 93... Kf5 94. Rc5+ Kf6 95. Rb5 {aiming for Ke4.} ({Not} 95. Rc6+ Kf5 $18) 95... Ng6 96. Ke4 Nh4 $1 97. Rd5 {Black must now prevent Rc5.} Kg6 98. f4 gxf4 99. Kxf4 {And now Kg4 would win.} Kf7 100. Kg5 Nf3+ 101. Kf4 Nh4 102. Kg5 Nf3+ 103. Kg4 Ke6 104. Kxf3 {Ke4 would kill now.} Kxd5 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

