[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,21,18,8,0,0,1,55,30,81,14,7,14]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 bxc4 5. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit} 6. Nc3 exd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 7. e5 Ng4 8. Nxd5 {[#] Nf3 is the strong threat.} d6 $146 ({Better is} 8... Nxe5 $11 9. Qe4 (9. Bxc4 Bd6 $15) 9... d6) (8... Bb7 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Qf5 h5 12. O-O Na5 13. b3 Nxc4 14. bxc4 {1-0 (74) Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Bareev,E (2634) Moscow 2009}) 9. Qe4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} (9. Qxc4 Nxe5 10. Qe4 f5 11. Bb5+ Kf7 $11) 9... Be6 ({Don't go for} 9... dxe5 $2 10. Ne3 $18) ({Wrong is} 9... Qa5+ $2 10. Bd2 Nxf2 11. Qxc4 $18 (11. Bxa5 Nxe4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. e6+ fxe6 14. Bxc4 Nc6 15. Bxe6+ Kd8 $11) (11. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 12. Be2 Qd4+ 13. Qxd4 cxd4 $14)) (9... Nxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 10. Nf3 (10. Bxc4 Be7 $15) 10... Nbc6) 10. Nf4 ({White should play} 10. exd6 $16 {Black must now prevent Nc7+.} Bxd6 11. Ne3 (11. Bxc4 O-O $15)) 10... d5 $11 11. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,135,11,27,27,27,26,34,26,34,25,33,33,26,30,30,30,31,22,34,27,26,31,24,34,52,52,52,46,66,51,54,46,77,37,67,37,37,25,36,30,36,21,30,26,30,32,30,30,30,30,22,25,32,22,45,30,39,0,51,22,41,41,47,27,22,19,26,0,19,21,56,56,56,56,57,57,80,54,86,75,74,91,103,77,325,321,325,325,325,325,283,8,1270,558,29968,29967,29971,29975,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 6. Nbd2 (6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. b4 Bb6 9. a4 e4 10. dxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nxe4 12. Kc2 Nd6 13. Re1+ {½-½ (58) Caruana,F (2817)-Xiong,J (2674) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8. O-O a5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Ba6 11. Re1 Re8 $146 (11... Qd6 12. Ng4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 Rae8 {½-½ (24) Savio,G-Arbis,F (2131) ICCF email 2013}) 12. Nxc6 Qd6 {[#]} 13. Nd4 $1 ({But not} 13. Nxa5 Qb6 14. Nac4 Bxf2+ 15. Kh1 Qe6 $17) 13... Bxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd4 15. Nb3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 {aiming for f3.} a4 17. Nc5 {f3 is the strong threat.} Nxe4 18. Nxa6 Rxa6 19. Be3 h5 20. Rac1 c6 21. Kf1 Nf6 22. Bc5 Nd5 23. Rc4 Nc7 24. a3 Rb8 25. Rd2 Nd5 26. Ke1 f6 27. Kd1 Kf7 28. Kc2 Rb5 29. Kb1 g6 30. Ka2 Ke6 31. f3 Rb8 32. Re4+ Kf7 $1 33. Rdd4 Rba8 34. Rc4 Ra5 35. Bf2 R5a6 36. Bc5 Ra5 37. g3 R5a6 38. h4 Ra5 39. Bf2 R5a6 40. Kb1 Rb8 41. Ka2 Rba8 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Re8 44. Rxe8 Kxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 45. h5 Kf7 46. Be1 gxh5 47. gxh5 f5 48. Bd2 Nf6 49. Rc5 Ne4 $2 (49... Ke6 $16 {was necessary.}) 50. Rxf5+ $18 Ke6 51. Ra5 Rxa5 52. Bxa5 {KB-KN} Kf6 53. b3 $2 (53. Bd8+ $18 Kg7 54. b3) 53... Kg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... axb3+ 54. Kxb3 Kg5 55. Kb4 c5+ 56. Kc4 $18) (53... Nc5 $11) 54. Bb4 (54. bxa4 Nc5 55. Bb6 Na6 $16) 54... Kxh5 55. bxa4 {White mates.} Nf6 56. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Nd5 57. a6 Nc7 58. a7 Kg6 59. Ba5 Na8 60. Kb3 Kf7 61. Kc4 Ke7 62. Kc5 Kd7 63. Bb6 Kc8 64. Kxc6 Nc7 65. Bg1 Na8 66. Bh2 Nc7 67. Kb6 Na8+ {[#]} 68. Ka6 $1 1-0

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,136,16,15,17,19,21,57,49,38,11,43,11,15,14,41,17,27,0,15,-31,-24,-12,-18,-48,-25,-64,-63,-92,-11,-75,-51,-65,0,0,0,0,0,0,150,125,131,125,204,195,202,198,204,263,257,230,233,233,275,185,180,59,59,59,59,59,59,62,66,66,66,67,74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-15,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qb3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Qc8 8. h3 Bh5 {[%cal Bg4h5,Bh5g6,Bg6e4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Be4 $146 (10... Ne4 11. Nxg6 Nxd2 12. Qd1 hxg6 13. Qxd2 Qd7 14. Bg2 cxd4 15. exd4 {½-½ (22) Prohaszka,P (2591)-Horvath,J (2508) Hungary 2016}) 11. f3 Bg6 12. Be2 Be7 13. Bg3 a6 14. Kf2 b5 15. Qd1 Qd8 16. a4 b4 17. a5 c4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. h4 Bd6 20. f4 Rb8 21. Qc2 Rb5 ({Black should play} 21... Qc7 $17) 22. h5 (22. e4 $1 $11) 22... bxc3 ({Not} 22... Rxa5 23. hxg6 Ke7 24. Rxh8 (24. g5 Nh5 $16) 24... Qxh8 25. Rxa5 Nxa5 26. gxf7 $18) 23. bxc3 Qb8 (23... gxh5 $15 24. g5 Nd7) 24. hxg6 $11 {[%cal Bh5g6,Bg6f7][%mdl 32]} Rxh1 25. Rxh1 {[%cal Ba1h1,Bh1h8,Bh8b8,Bb8b7][%mdl 32]} Rb2 26. Rh8+ Ke7 (26... Bf8 $11 27. Qa4 Qb5 28. Qxb5 axb5) 27. Rxb8 Rxc2 28. Rb7+ Nd7 (28... Kd8 $16) 29. gxf7 Rxd2 30. Bh4+ Kf8 31. Rxd7 Be7 32. Bxe7+ Nxe7 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. g5 Kxf7 34. Ra7 Rc2 35. Ke1 ({Better is} 35. Rxa6 $18 Nf5 36. Rc6) 35... Rxc3 $14 36. Kd2 Ra3 37. Bh5+ $1 g6 {[#]} 38. Bxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg6 39. Rxe7 {KR-KR} Ra2+ 40. Kc3 $1 Ra3+ 41. Kd2 (41. Kb2 $16 Rxe3 42. Ra7) 41... Ra2+ $11 {The position is equal.} 42. Ke1 Kf5 $1 43. Kf1 c3 44. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c3]} Rc2 (44... c2 $5 45. Ke1 $8 Ke4 $11) 45. g6 Kxg6 {[#] aiming for ...Kf5.} 46. Ke1 $1 Kf5 47. Kd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1c2]} Rd2+ 48. Kc1 Rd3 49. Kc2 Rxe3 50. Rc6 Rf3 51. Rxa6 Ke4 52. Rxe6+ Kxd4 53. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rf2+ 54. Kb3 $1 {Hoping for a7.} Rb2+ 55. Ka3 {Strongly threatening a7.} Rb1 56. Rc6 Kd3 57. a7 Ra1+ 58. Kb3 $1 d4 59. Rc7 c2 {...Rxa7! is the strong threat.} 60. Kb2 c1=Q+ 61. Rxc1 Rxa7 {White must now prevent ...Rb7+.} 62. Rh1 Rc7 63. f5 Rc2+ 64. Kb3 {And now Rh3+ would win.} Rf2 65. Rh3+ Ke4 66. Rh4+ Kd5 67. Rh8 Rxf5 68. Kc2 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,92,26,32,-14,-17,-12,-17,-51,-29,-41,-38,-38,-36,-48,-39,-47,-46,-38,-40,-50,-52,-59,-39,-39,-36,-79,-79,-80,-87,-82,-84,-85,-84,-91,-93,-93,-93,-93,-61,-93,-93,-93,-92,-90,-52,-59,-42,-61,-61,-62,-58,-61,-43,-112,-65,-202,-193,-197,-193,-220,-220,-202,-197,-194,-163,-225,-231,-339,-336,-331,-287,-306,-269,-250,-237]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} g6 (6... Bg4 7. Bd3 Bh5 8. Nge2 Bg6 9. Nf4 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 e6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. c5 a5 13. b4 a4 {½-½ (63) Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Morozevich,A (2724) Sochi 2014}) 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bb2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 28 Games} 11. h3 dxc4 $146 (11... Re8 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Rac1 Nfd7 15. c5 Na8 16. b4 {1-0 (54) Akhmadeev,V (2429)-Kovsharev,V (2282) Nabereznye Chelny 2010}) 12. bxc4 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 {...Bxf3 is the strong threat.} 16. Bb3 a5 17. a4 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Ba3 Re8 21. Bc5 Bb7 22. Rfb1 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qe5 26. Qd5 Qf6 27. Rac1 e6 28. Qc5 Red8 29. Qc7 h5 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 31. Qe5 Qd7 32. Rc4 $1 Qd3 33. Rd4 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 35. Rd6 Qe8 36. Qb5 (36. Qd4 $15) 36... Qe7 37. Rd7 {[#]} ({White should try} 37. Qe5 $15) 37... Qf6 $1 $19 38. Qb6 {[#]} Rc8 $1 ({Much less strong is} 38... Qf4+ 39. g3 Qf5 40. Kg2 $17) 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 {KR-KR} Rc2 41. Kg3 Kg7 42. h4 (42. Re4 {keeps fighting.}) 42... Kf6 43. Rf4+ (43. Re4 {might work better.}) 43... Ke7 44. Rd4 Rc3+ 45. f3 Rc2 46. Kh3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,85,13,12,14,11,12,0,0,0,8,13,33,4,34,33,29,12,32,24,34,52,56,18,24,41,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,29,37,39,25,25,12,35,18,17,56,53,81,68,78,67,69,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 {B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7} 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 $146 (14. Bg2 Rc8 15. Kb1 g5 16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Rhe1 {1-0 (37) Nakamura,H (2779)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) London 2016}) 14... d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 15. e5 Ne4 16. Rh3 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5e6][%mdl 32]} Nxe5 20. fxe6 O-O 21. Qg1 (21. g5 $1 $14) 21... Rae8 22. g5 h5 23. Be2 g6 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Nb3 Nc4 26. Rf3 Qg7 {[#] And now ...Rxf3 would win.} 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Rc8 30. Bd3 Nxb2 31. Rxb4 Nxd3+ 32. cxd3 Rxc3+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Kd2 Rc7 34. Ke3 Bc8 35. Kd4 $1 Kf7 {[#]} 36. Nc5 $1 Ra7 37. Kxd5 a5 38. Rf4+ ({White should play} 38. Rb3 $1 $14) 38... Bf5 {The position is equal.} 39. Kc6 Ke7 40. Rd4 a4 {...a3 is the strong threat.} 41. Kb6 Ra8 {Strongly threatening ...a3.} 42. Nxa4 Bxd3 43. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,115,30,12,35,27,58,28,77,87,95,95,83,64,81,74,93,87,61,74,92,103,98,76,88,89,201,127,128,127,127,116,107,115,114,104,102,89,90,83,88,88,89,85,89,92,85,86,87,23,94,94,102,96,103,102,102,99,95,102,101,97,120,120,120,120,120,120,125,125,155,142,214,214,214,206,199,192,160,125,192,185,358,346,418,294,294,287,603,272,990,868,1264,1211,1239,1212,29937,9360,29964,9820,29979,29980,29980,29981,29986,29987]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2 c5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 7. Na3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nd5 8. Nxc4 b5 {White has an edge.} 9. Ne3 $146 (9. Nce5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bd6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rac1 {0-1 (31) Mansour,S (2249)-Mareco,S (2574) Tromsoe 2014}) 9... Bb7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. e4 Bb7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rd1 Bc5 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Rd3 Qc7 18. Bf4 Ne5 (18... Qb6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 19. Rc3 Qb8 20. Qh5 Bd6 (20... Rxc3 $2 21. Bxe5 (21. bxc3 Bf6 $14) 21... Rc7 22. Bxg7 $18) 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d6] Threatens to win with Rxd6!} Bc7 23. Na5 {Black must now prevent Bxe5.} Bd7 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 26. Qxf7+ Kd6 {And now ...Qc7 would win.} 27. Bh3 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Re8 (27... Qc8 $2 28. Nb7+ Kc6 29. Bxe6 $18) 28. Nb7+ Kc6 {aiming for ...Bc7.} 29. b4 $1 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} (29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. Na5+ Kb6 31. Nc4+ bxc4 $17) 29... Rf8 30. Qe7 (30. Qxe6+ $6 Kxb7 31. Qd5+ Ka7 32. Qc5+ Kb7 33. Qd5+ Kb6 34. Qc5+ Kb7 35. Qd5+ $11) (30. Na5+ $16 Kb6 31. Qe7 (31. Qxe6+ Qd6 32. Nb3 Qxe6 33. Bxe6 Bc3 $17)) 30... Bd6 (30... Bc7 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 31. Nc5 (31. Bxe6 Kxb7 32. Bd5+ Ka7 33. Qc5+ Bb6 34. Qe7+ Bc7 35. Qc5+ Bb6 36. Qe7+ Bc7 $11) 31... Qd8 32. Qxe6+ (32. Qxg7 Rxf2 33. Nxe6 Qd1+ 34. Kxf2 Qd2+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kf1 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qd2+ 43. Kh1 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 $11) 32... Qd6) 31. Na5+ $16 ({Don't play} 31. Nxd6 $6 Qxd6 32. Qa7 Qxb4 $11) 31... Kb6 32. Qxe6 {Hoping for Qb3.} Re8 33. Qd7 Bxb4 34. Nc6 Qd6 35. Qxe8 Qxc6 36. Qb8+ (36. Bd7 $5 {feels hotter.} Qc5 37. Kg2 Be1 38. Qf7 Qc4 39. Qxg7 Qxe4+ 40. Kg1) 36... Qb7 37. Qxb7+ Kxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 38. f4 Kc6 39. Kf2 a5 40. Kf3 a4 41. Bf5 h6 (41... g6 $16 {might work better.} 42. Be6 Bc3) 42. Bg6 $18 Kd7 {[#]} 43. e5 $1 Bc5 44. Bd3 Kc6 45. Bc2 Kd5 {[#]} (45... Kd7 $16 46. h3 Bb6) 46. Be4+ $1 Kc4 $2 (46... Ke6 47. Bc6 a3 48. Bxb5 Bd4) 47. Bc6 Bg1 48. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kc5 49. Be8 Bd4 $2 (49... Kd5 50. Bxb5 a3) 50. h5 Bc3 $2 (50... Kd5 51. Bxb5 a3) 51. Ke4 Be1 52. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Bd2 53. Kf5 a3 54. g5 b4 55. Ba4 Kd5 56. gxh6 {White mates.} gxh6 57. Bb3+ Kc5 58. Ke4 1-0

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,95,20,29,16,19,17,12,20,27,20,27,25,3,20,18,25,-22,-9,-68,-46,-62,-16,-22,-6,0,14,-25,31,-39,16,17,22,-7,-9,-47,-53,-129,0,0,15,14,21,32,30,16,12,11,22,20,22,22,27,19,22,5,18,6,7,0,0,0,33,0,3,0,89,0,8,8,8,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3e5][%mdl 32]} O-O 7. e3 h6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 8. Bh4 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 (12. Qxb7 Qa5 13. O-O Rab8 $15) 12... g5 $146 (12... Nxc5 13. Qb4 Nce4 14. Nd4 Bh7 15. O-O {1-0 (48) Grischuk,A (2742)-Eljanov,P (2759) Sharjah 2017}) 13. Bg3 {Hoping for Bd6.} Nxc5 14. Qb5 Nfe4 15. Rc1 (15. Be5 $11) 15... Qe7 16. Be5 Rac8 {[#] ...g4 is the strong threat.} 17. Bd4 a6 18. Qa5 Qc7 19. Qb4 Ne6 (19... Rfe8 $11) 20. h4 (20. O-O $14) 20... Nxd4 ({Black should play} 20... g4 $15 21. Bb6 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Nxd6) 21. Nxd4 $11 (21. Qxd4 g4 22. Nd2 Nxc3 23. Bxg4 Nb5 24. Rxc7 Nxd4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11) 21... Bg6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nf3 Qc5 24. Qxb7 {[#]} Nxc3 (24... g4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg4g3] aiming for ...g3.} 25. Nd4 g3 26. fxg3 (26. Qxa6 gxf2+ 27. Kf1 Ra8 $17) 26... Nxc3) 25. Qb2 (25. Nxg5 $2 Qa3 26. Ra1 Rb8 $19) (25. Bxa6 Qa5 26. O-O Ra8 $15) (25. Qxa6 Qb4 26. Kf1 Qb2 $15) 25... Qa5 (25... g4 $5 {is interesting.} 26. Ne5 g3 27. Nd7 Qa5 28. O-O gxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Rd8) 26. O-O Qxa2 27. Qxa2 Nxa2 28. Rxc8 (28. Ra1 $5 {seems wilder.} Rc2 29. Bxa6 g4 30. Nd4 Rd2 31. g3) 28... Rxc8 29. Bxa6 Rc5 30. Ra1 Nb4 31. Ra4 Nc2 32. Be2 f6 33. Nh2 Rc7 34. Bf3 Bf7 35. Ng4 Kg7 36. Ra6 d4 37. e4 d3 38. Rd6 ({Much worse is} 38. Nxf6 Nd4 39. Bg4 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 d2 41. Nh5+ Kh7 42. Nf6+ (42. Ra7 $2 Kg6 43. f4 gxf4 $19) 42... Kg7 43. Nh5+ Kh7 44. Nf6+ (44. Ra7 $2 Kg6 45. f4 gxf4 $19) 44... Kg7 $17) 38... Nb4 (38... Rc3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Nxf6 ({White should try} 39. Rxf6 $16 Rd7 40. Rf5) 39... Rc6 {The position is equal.} (39... Rc1+ $5 40. Kh2 $8 Rc6 41. Nh5+ Bxh5 42. Rxc6 Nxc6 43. Bxh5 Kf6 $11) 40. Rxc6 Nxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 41. Ng4 Nd4 42. Ne3 Nxf3+ 43. gxf3 {KB-KN} d2 44. Kg2 Bb3 45. Kg3 d1=Q 46. Nxd1 Bxd1 47. f4 gxf4+ 48. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,-16,-7,-2,-7,-8,-29,-23,-22,-41,-35,-27,-34,-30,-31,-85,-81,-106,-96,-97,-93,-113,-98,-119,-100,-113,-112,-140,-149,-227,-219,-220,-195,-241,-243,-241,-229,-241,-241,-241,-227,-228,-227,-230,-245,-220,-237,-239,-231,-239,-235,-251,-242,-238,-224,-231,-189,-320,-251,-391,-379,-593,-593,-702,-608,-912,-815,-993,-991,-976,-959,-964,-941,-6079,-5273]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 dxc4 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 6. Qa4+ {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} Nfd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8. Qd3 {Black has an edge.} O-O 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Rd1 $146 (10. Bg2 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxd4 13. Nb5 Bxb2 {½-½ (46) Bruedigam,M (2312)-Lagunow,A (2441) Germany 2013}) 10... Bf5 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Bg2 ({White should play} 12. Ne5 $15 Nxe5 13. Bxe5) 12... Bxf3 $1 $17 13. Bxf3 Nxd4 14. Bxb7 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 15. Qc1 Rb8 16. b3 Rxb7 17. bxc4 c5 18. O-O Rb4 19. Bh6 (19. Qe3 $17) 19... Bxh6 $19 (19... Rxc4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qe3) 20. Qxh6 Rxc4 21. Ne4 {And now Ng5 would win.} Nxe2+ 22. Kg2 {Intending Ng5 and mate.} Qa8 $1 ({Less strong is} 22... Rxe4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qg5 $15) ({Don't take} 22... Rd4 $2 23. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd5+ 24. f3 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 $18) 23. f3 {White threatens Ng5 and mate.} Rxe4 $1 24. fxe4 Qxe4+ 25. Kf2 {Hoping for Rfe1.} Nd4 {( -> ...Qf3+)} 26. Qe3 Qd5 27. Rd2 e5 28. Re1 Re8 29. Qe4 Qe6 30. Re3 Kg7 31. Rb2 c4 32. g4 Qf6+ 33. Ke1 (33. Kg2 $142) 33... Qg5 34. Kf2 (34. Kf1 {is a better defense.}) 34... Re6 35. Ke1 (35. Kg1 $142) 35... h5 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. h3 Rf6 {Strongly threatening ...c3!} 37. Kd2 Rf4 38. Qxe5+ Qxe5 39. Rxe5 {[#]} Nf3+ $1 ({Not} 39... hxg4 40. Ke3 c3 41. Rb1 $15) 40. Ke3 Nxe5 41. Kxf4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,80,26,17,18,13,13,13,13,13,18,13,23,24,22,12,10,13,8,11,22,14,13,16,16,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,-27,-36,-32,-34,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Qd3 {LiveBook: 23 Games} (12. Re1 Qb6 13. Be3 Qxb2 14. Qd3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nb5 Bf5 17. Qxd5 {½-½ (32) Navara,D (2734)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Huaian 2016}) 12... Bc5 13. Rad1 e5 {[%cal Rd8d4]} 14. Nb3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Bb6 $146 (15... Bb4 16. a3 Bd6 17. Rfe1 {1-0 (59) Poetsch,H (2498)-Schild,C (2375) Berlin 2015}) 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bh4 Be6 18. Bg3 Rac8 19. Bxe5 Bxb3 20. axb3 {With the idea Bc3.} Rc2 21. Rf1 Rd8 $1 22. Bxb7 Ng4 23. Bg3 Rxb2 24. Bf3 f5 25. h3 f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 26. Bh4 ({Much worse is} 26. Bxg4 fxg3 27. Be6+ Kh7 $17) 26... Nf6 27. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 28. Rde1 Rxd3 29. Re4 Rd4 ({Inferior is} 29... Rbxb3 30. Be2 $18 (30. Rxf4 Rd2 $14)) 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Rfe1 {[#] R1e7+ would kill now.} Rd7 32. R8e2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. The position is equal.} Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 35. g3 Rxf2+ 36. Rxf2 Bxf2 37. gxf4 Bb6 38. Be4 Bc7 39. Kg3 Bd6 40. Kf3 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,83,33,37,0,31,23,34,-12,-3,-31,48,48,53,58,51,51,53,57,55,54,56,54,62,25,16,23,16,18,14,23,28,9,34,22,26,19,17,10,13,5,44,54,47,55,49,51,67,68,82,80,140,139,139,139,139,139,139,130,139,129,136,136,146,142,144,144,185,193,427,420,427,397,381,375]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} c5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 7. Bxc4 (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. O-O a6 10. Bb3 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. Na4 Bb7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 {½-½ (32) Topalov,V (2760)-Anand,V (2779) Saint Louis 2016}) 7... a6 8. d5 $146 {White is slightly better.} (8. Be2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. f3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Bc5 14. Qd2 {0-1 (43) Juarez Flores,R (2207)-Perunovic,M (2575) Mallorca 2004}) 8... Nb6 9. Be2 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 (10... Ng8 $1 $15) 11. Nxe4 $14 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Qd5 13. Qf4 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. Ng5 Qf5 17. Bf3 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Nc4 19. b3 Bxg5 $1 20. Bxg5 Nxe5 21. Be4 Re8 22. f3 h6 23. Bh4 c4 24. bxc4 Nxc4 25. Rac1 Be6 26. Bxb7 Ra7 27. Be4 a5 28. Rd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ne5 29. Bg3 f6 30. a3 Rd7 ({Black should play} 30... Bb3) 31. Bxe5 $16 fxe5 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Rc7 Bb5 34. Rc5 Rb8 35. Rxe5 a4 36. h4 Kf7 37. Rc5 Be8 38. Bc2 Rb2 {[#]} 39. Rc4 $1 Ra2 $2 (39... Bb5 {was worth a try.} 40. Rf4+ Ke7) 40. Bxa4 $18 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Bxa4 42. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,-10,0,-10,-7,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-5,-8,-8,-19,-16,-16,0,0,0,0,-9,-10,8,0,8,6,6,10,31,41,35,50,38,29,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,49,33,43,49,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 6. Be2 (6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 c6 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nxe5 11. Bxe5 {1-0 (49) Karjakin,S (2785)-Li,C (2720) Doha 2016}) 6... O-O 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 $146 (8. Ne5 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (40) Kalajzic,I (2184)-Cebalo,M (2409) Zagreb 2016}) 8... Qa5 9. O-O Qxc5 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nc7 Ra7 12. Nb5 (12. a3 $5 {seems wilder.} Nbd7 13. b4 Qc6 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. Nf3) 12... axb5 13. Bxb8 Ra8 14. Be5 b4 15. Bd4 Qa5 16. c3 Bg4 17. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc7 19. Rac1 {[#] aiming for Bxf6.} Qd8 20. Rfd1 e6 21. Bb4 Re8 22. Bb5 Nd7 23. e4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Ne5 25. Qh3 (25. Qb3 $5 {feels hotter.} Nc6 26. g3 d4 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Rxc6 Qd7 29. Qc2) 25... Nc6 26. exd5 exd5 ({Don't go for} 26... Nxb4 $2 27. dxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qf3 $18) 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Bxc6 Rxa2 29. Bxd5 Kh7 30. Qf3 Rxb2 31. Bxf7 Rxb4 (31... Qxh4 $5 {is more complex.} 32. Bxe8 Rxb4 33. g3 Qf6 34. Qxf6 Bxf6 35. Rd7+ Kh6) 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. g3 {Black must now prevent Qc6.} Rb6 34. Bxg6+ (34. Bc4 $14) 34... Rxg6 {The position is equal.} 35. Qxh5+ Rh6 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Kg2 Rf6 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qe2 Rdf8 40. Qc2 Rxf2+ 41. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,157,14,12,14,19,14,20,11,14,11,11,0,0,0,0,-19,-19,-19,-12,-15,-13,-14,-13,-16,-13,-18,-16,-31,-31,-31,-31,-22,-23,-31,-33,-20,-29,-26,-29,-31,-8,-8,-10,-16,-13,-13,-8,-8,-15,-77,-77,-74,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-74,-74,-74,-74,-98,-99,-107,-63,-63,-62,-73,-73,-73,-54,-53,-54,-53,-53,-53,-54,-54,-54,-54,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-20,-18,-18,-26,-22,-34,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-66,-66,-73,-59,-66,-59,-59,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b6 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} 8. Bb2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 9. dxc5 {Qxd8+ is the strong threat.} Bxc5 $146 (9... Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Rfd8 14. Rac1 b5 15. Nce5 Rac8 16. Kf1 h6 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Ne5 Rdc7 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. f3 {½-½ (67) Tomashevsky,E (2714)-Karjakin,S (2770) Sochi 2014}) 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ne5 Ke7 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nd2 Rhd8 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 f6 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Kf1 a5 19. Nd2 a4 20. Ne4 Ke6 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Nc3 Rc4 23. Nb5 Rc8 {White must now prevent ...Rb4.} 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Nxa3 Rb4 26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ra8 28. Nc4 $1 Rxa2 29. Nxb6 Nc5 30. Rd1 Rc2 31. f3 e4 32. fxe4 (32. h4 $11) 32... Nxe4 $17 33. Nd5 {[#]} g5 $1 34. Nb4 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Re2 36. Nc6 Rxe3 37. Nd4+ Ke5 38. Nf3+ Kf5 39. Rf1 Nc3 40. h4 Kg4 41. Nh2+ Kxh4 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4.} 42. Rxf6 Re1+ (42... h5 $5 {with more complications.} 43. Nf1 Rd3 44. Re6 Kg4 45. Re8 Kf5) 43. Nf1 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 44. Kh2 Kg4 45. Rf3 {Threatening Ne3+.} Nd1 46. Rf6 h4 47. Rf8 Kh5 {aiming for ...Re2.} 48. g3 Re2+ 49. Kg1 h3 50. Rh8+ Kg4 51. Nh2+ Kxg3 52. Nf1+ Kg4 {( -> ...Rg2+)} 53. Nh2+ Kf4 {And now ...Rg2+ would win.} 54. Rxh3 g4 {[#]} 55. Nxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg4 $15 {KRN-KR} 56. Rh8 Nf2 57. Kf1 Rc2 58. Ke1 Kf3 59. Rf8+ Ke3 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 60. Re8+ Ne4 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 61. Kd1 Rh2 62. Kc1 Kd4 63. Rd8+ Kc4 64. Rc8+ Nc5 65. Kd1 Rg2 66. Ke1 Kd4 67. Rd8+ Ke3 {[%cal Rg2g1]} 68. Re8+ Ne4 {[%cal Rg2g1]} 69. Kd1 Rg6 (69... Kd4 $5 {creates asymmetry.} 70. Rd8+ Ke5 71. Kc1 Nd6 72. Rh8 Rg3) 70. Kc2 Rc6+ 71. Kb3 Kd3 72. Rd8+ Nd6 73. Rh8 Rb6+ 74. Ka4 Nc4 75. Rh3+ Kd4 76. Rh4+ Kd5 ({Black should try} 76... Kc3 $1 $15 77. Rh3+ Kd4) 77. Rd4+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rb6b4]} 78. Rd5+ $1 Kc6 79. Rc5+ $1 Kxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (79... Kd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,118,1,0,8,7,34,22,38,33,37,52,44,28,24,23,90,88,90,83,66,15,51,44,44,38,40,35,43,25,81,97,80,52,46,11,10,10,11,10,6,13,18,12,14,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,15,15,15,15,14,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Nd5 O-O 11. O-O Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne8 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (12... Rc8 13. c4 Ne8 14. Qd2 b6 15. Rac1 a5 16. Na1 g6 17. b4 Ng7 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bc2 a4 21. Rb1 {0-1 (66) Carlsen,M (2853)-Grischuk,A (2771) Saint Louis 2015}) 13. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bg5 14. a5 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nef6 $146 (15... Rc8 16. c4 g6 17. Nd2 Ng7 18. Qa3 Qe7 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 {½-½ (40) Koch,H (2087)-Geissler,W (2121) GER email 2012}) 16. c4 Rb8 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. Nd2 b6 19. Nb3 Nc5 (19... Qd8 $11) 20. axb6 $16 Rxb6 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. b4 (22. Bd1 $14) 22... Rfb8 23. Rd1 Rxb4 24. Rxa6 Rb3 25. Qg5 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxf6.} h6 26. Qf5 Qc8 (26... R3b6 $1 $11 27. d6 Qd8 28. Rxb6 Qxb6) 27. Qxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rc6 Rbb8 29. Bd3 e4 $1 {The position is equal.} 30. Bc2 Rxc6 31. dxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc8 32. Ba4 Kf8 33. Bb5 Ke7 34. Ra1 Ng4 35. Ra7+ Ke6 36. f3 exf3 37. gxf3 Ne5 38. f4 Nf3+ 39. Kf2 Nd4 ({Much weaker is} 39... Nxh2 $6 {[#]} 40. f5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf5 41. c7 $16 (41. Rxf7+ Ke6 42. Rxg7 h5 $14)) 40. Ke3 g6 41. Ke4 Nxc6 (41... h5 $5 {is interesting.} 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. Ke4 Ke6) 42. Ra6 f5+ $1 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. h4 h5 $1 45. Ke3 Rc7 46. Kd2 Rc8 47. Kc3 Rc7 48. Kb3 Rc8 49. Ka4 Rc7 50. Rb6 Rc8 51. Ba6 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b6]} 52. Bb7 Ke7 53. Rxc6 Rxb7 54. Rxc5 {KR-KR} Rb1 55. Rd5 Rh1 56. c5 {Strongly threatening c6.} Rxh4 57. c6 Rxf4+ 58. Kb3 $1 {c7 is the strong threat.} Rf1 (58... Rf3+ $5 59. Kb2 $8 Rf4 $11) 59. Kb2 {aiming for c7.} Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,121,12,20,15,16,22,27,33,30,31,48,29,42,40,49,30,25,23,28,27,27,20,24,25,22,22,25,28,14,-11,0,-22,-20,-101,-88,-216,-222,-222,-217,-202,-211,-200,-210,-263,-262,-366,-215,-335,-317,-386,-433,-412,-435,-399,-383,-381,-331,-326,-312,-394,-438,-411,-413,-441,-387,-432,-432,-454,-451,-439,-425,-386,-379,-360,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,24,27,27,8,27,27,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} a5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 7. Bg5 $146 (7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (80) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Aronian,L (2785) Doha 2016}) 7... h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. h3 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. d4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Bf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne4 Kg8 21. Nc5 Rd5 22. Nxe6 {[#]} (22. Nd3 $11) 22... Rc8 $1 $17 23. b3 {[#]} (23. Rad1 $17 {was called for.}) 23... c5 $1 $19 24. c4 Rd6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 ({Resist} 25... Bxg7 26. Bxe5 Rd3 27. Rab1 $17) 26. Bxe5 Rd3 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 28. Re4 Rc7 (28... Rxb3 $142 29. Rae1 Rc6 30. Rf4+ Kg6) 29. Rae1 (29. Rf4+ {was worth a try.} Kg5 30. Rg4+ Kf5 31. Rb1) 29... Rxb3 30. Rf4+ Kg7 31. Re6 Nxa4 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Rxh6 {Hoping for Rh8+.} Rf7 34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. h4 Nc3 36. h5 a4 {...a3 is the strong threat.} 37. h6 {intending h7.} a3 38. h7 a2 39. Re8+ Kxe8 40. h8=Q+ Kd7 41. Kh2 a1=Q 42. Rg8 Qa5 $2 ({Black should try} 42... Qe1 $19 43. Qh3+ Qe6 44. Rd8+ Kxd8 45. Qxe6 Rh7+ 46. Kg3 Nd5+ 47. Kg4 Rg7+ 48. Kh4 Ne7) 43. Qh3+ $11 Kc7 {Threatens to win with ...Rd7.} 44. Qg3+ Kd7 {aiming for ...Rh7+.} 45. Qd3+ Ke7 {And now ...Qc7+ would win.} 46. Qe3+ Kd6 {Strongly threatening ...Rh7+.} 47. Rg6+ Kc7 48. Qe5+ Kc8 49. Rg8+ {[#]} Qd8 $1 {( -> ...Rh7+)} 50. Qxc5+ (50. Rxd8+ Kxd8) 50... Rc7 51. Rxd8+ Kxd8 52. Qf8+ Kd7 53. g4 Rb2 54. Qf3 ({Better is} 54. Qg7+ $14 Kc8 55. Qh8+ (55. Qxc3 Rxf2+ 56. Kg3 Rf8 $16) 55... Kd7 56. Qg7+ (56. Qxc3 Rxf2+ 57. Kg3 Rf7 58. Qd4+ Ke6 $16) 56... Kc8 57. Qh8+ (57. Qxc3 Rxf2+ 58. Kg3 Rf8 $16) 57... Kd7 58. Qg7+ (58. Qxc3 Rxf2+ 59. Kg3 Rf7 60. Qd4+ Ke8 $16)) 54... Ke8 {The position is equal.} 55. Qxc3 (55. g5 $5 {feels hotter.} Re7 56. Qxc3 Rxf2+ 57. Kg3 Rfe2 58. Kg4) 55... Rxf2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 56. Kg3 Rff7 57. g5 {Black must now prevent g6.} Rg7 58. Kg4 Kf8 59. Qf6+ Kg8 60. g6 Rxg6+ $1 61. Qxg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,109,18,19,22,16,10,8,19,12,19,13,18,21,39,43,43,11,17,0,0,0,18,18,11,1,2,15,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,82,83,96,84,108,37,91,16,27,10,20,8,28,0,3,11,16,16,16,16,16,16,18,8,8,8,16,16,16,17,17,10,17,17,17,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,9,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Nc6 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 9. Qd2 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Qc7 (9... Qa7 10. Ne2 b5 11. c3 Nb6 12. b3 c4 13. g4 cxb3 14. axb3 b4 15. Bg2 a5 16. O-O Ba6 17. Rfc1 bxc3 18. Nxc3 h5 19. h3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nb4 21. Ne1 Qe7 22. Bf2 Qd8 {½-½ (22) Alekseev,E (2632)-Fridman,D (2594) Tallinn 2017}) 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Kf2 $146 (16. Bf3) 16... Bd7 17. Bd3 Ke7 18. Ke3 Bb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. a3 Ra5 21. Rf3 Rc8 (21... Rha8 $11) 22. b4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb4a5][%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Rxa3 23. Kd4 {[#]} Ra4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Nxa4 Nxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 25. Kd3 g6 26. Kd2 h5 27. g3 Rc4 {[#]} 28. h3 (28. c3 $1 $16) 28... Kd7 {[#]} (28... Rd4+ $14 29. Rd3 Rc4) 29. g4 ({White should try} 29. c3 $1 $16) 29... Rd4+ 30. Kc1 hxg4 31. hxg4 Kc6 32. Rbb3 Re4 {The position is equal.} 33. Rf1 g5 34. fxg5 Rxg4 35. Rxf7 Rxg5 36. Rh3 {White wants to play Rh6.} Rxe5 37. Rhh7 {And now Rc7+ would win.} Re4 38. c3 Kd6 39. Rd7+ Ke5 40. Rh5+ Kf6 41. Rh6+ Kf5 42. Rh3 b6 43. Rf7+ Ke5 44. Rf2 Rc4 45. Re2+ Kd6 46. Kd2 d4 {[%cal Ra4c3]} 47. cxd4 Rxb4 48. Rh4 Rb2+ 49. Kd3 Rb3+ 50. Kc2 Rc3+ (50... Rb2+ $5 51. Kd3 $8 Rb3+ 52. Kc2 Rb2+ 53. Kd3 $11) 51. Kd2 Rc6 52. Rh6 Kd5 53. Re5+ Kxd4 54. Rhxe6 Rxe6 55. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,62,19,12,22,17,37,28,27,29,33,29,25,12,24,16,10,4,34,34,34,25,29,25,27,38,39,35,29,29,41,0,0,-7,-13,-50,-15,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bg5 {LiveBook: 10 Games. B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qc5+ Ke8 14. Qxb5+ Qd7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qb3 Bd6 17. O-O Rb8 18. Qe3+ Kf8 19. Rd1 Qh3 {0-1 (19) Riazantsev,A (2671)-Jakovenko,D (2709) Sharjah 2017}) 7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 e6 $146 (8... dxc4 9. d5 Ne5 10. f4 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 cxd3 12. Qxd3 g6 13. d6 Bg7 14. Qb5+ Kf8 {1-0 (94) Li,R (2408)-Balakrishnan,P (2125) Philadelphia 2015}) 9. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} exd5 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Qc2 {[#] Nb5 is the strong threat.} Kb8 $1 13. Kb1 Qd7 14. a3 Be7 15. h4 Nh5 16. Bh3 Qc7 $1 17. Bg4 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Nf4 19. Rxh7 Rxh7 20. Qxh7 g6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...f5.} 21. Qg7 Qe7 22. Rh1 a6 23. Ka2 Ka7 24. Rh7 {The position is equal.} Ne2 25. Nxe2 ({Don't capture} 25. Qxf7 $2 Nxc3+ 26. Kb3 (26. bxc3 $2 Qe2+ 27. Kb1 Qd1+ 28. Kb2 Na5 29. Qxb7+ Nxb7 $19) 26... Qxf7 27. Rxf7 Nd1 $19) 25... Qxe2 26. Qxf7 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rf7b7]} Qc4+ 27. Kb1 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rf7b7]} Qd3+ (27... Qf1+ $5 28. Ka2 $8 Qc4+ 29. Kb1 Qf1+ 30. Ka2 Qc4+ $11) 28. Ka2 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rf7b7]} Qc4+ 29. Kb1 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rf7b7]} Qd3+ (29... Qf1+ $5 30. Ka2 $8 Qc4+ $11) 30. Ka2 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rf7b7]} Qc4+ 31. Kb1 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rf7b7]} Qd3+ (31... Qf1+ $5 32. Ka2 $8 Qc4+ $11) 1/2-1/2

