[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Vrublevskaya, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,127,43,16,27,25,22,25,22,24,17,14,59,63,59,13,83,26,51,41,32,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,42,46,30,22,24,45,22,89,58,190,174,150,156,153,129,132,137,130,75,128,116,133,103,107,83,135,134,156,141,164,141,328,250,210,233,330,330,308,220,321,302,344,335,422,266,260,264,265,258,284,281,356,348,339,340,1234,1188,1188,793,753,753,8385,2920,4939,789,1396,774,610,497,544,458,29978,29979,29979,29980,29979,29971,29968,12699]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Qe2 d6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Na3 Be6 {White has an edge.} 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 {[#]} Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (36) Zvjaginsev,V (2655)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Kazan 2014}) 14. Be4 N4d5 15. Nb5 Qb8 (15... Qd7 $1 $11) 16. Nbd4 ({White should play} 16. Nfd4 $16) 16... Bd7 $11 17. Ra5 Nf4 18. Qe3 O-O {Threatening ...e5.} 19. Ba3 Re8 {...e5 is the strong threat.} 20. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Re2f4]} Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 f5 22. Bc2 e5 23. d3 Bc6 24. b4 Kh8 25. Bb3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qc7 27. Rc5 Qd7 28. h4 Rad8 (28... Na4 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. h5 {Threatens to win with hxg6.} Qxd3 (29... g5 $1 $14) 30. Qxb7 $18 Rd7 31. Qc6 Qd6 32. hxg6 Qxg6 33. Qxg6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} hxg6 34. Rc6 (34. Bc1 $142) 34... Kh7 ({Black should try} 34... Rc8 35. Rxc8+ (35. Rxg6 Rxc3 36. Rg3 Rdd3 $11) 35... Nxc8) 35. g3 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Nxc8 37. Be6 Rd8 (37... Rd3 $142) 38. c4 $16 e4 39. c5 Ne7 40. b5 {Hoping for c6.} e3 $2 (40... Rd3 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 41. fxe3 {[#] aiming for c6.} Rd3 42. Bc1 Bh6 (42... Be5 {might work better.} 43. g4 Rc3) 43. Kf2 $18 Rc3 44. Rh1 g5 (44... Rc2+ $142 45. Kf3 Rxc5) 45. g4 fxg4 46. b6 ({Don't take} 46. Bxg4 $6 Rxc5 47. Ba3 Rc2+ 48. Kf3 Rc7 $18) 46... Rxc5 47. Ba3 axb6 48. Bxc5 ({Weaker is} 48. Bxg4 Rc7 $16) 48... bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 49. Rc1 Kg6 50. Rxc5 Kf6 51. Bxg4 Bf8 52. e4 Bg7 $2 {[#]} (52... Kf7 53. Rxg5 Bg7) 53. Kf3 Kg6 54. e5 Bf8 55. Ke4 Bg7 56. Rc1 (56. Rc2 $142 Kh7 57. Rf2) 56... Bh8 57. Rh1 (57. Rf1 $142 Bg7 58. Bd7) 57... Bg7 58. Bh5+ Kh7 59. Bf7+ Bh6 60. Be8 Ng6 (60... g4 $18 61. Bd7 g3 62. Bf5+ Kg7) 61. e6 {White mates.} Ne7 62. Ke5 Kg7 63. Rf1 Kg8 64. Bf7+ {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zhukov, Anton"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,0,12,4,31,21,25,27,14,24,25,19,32,24,47,35,48,42,62,2,3,8,24,19,27,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,-108,124,132,123,133,130,116,127,-76,-71,-68,-97,-359,-341,-398,-406,-378,-385,-810,-683,-669,-665,-651,-643,-667,-654]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Ne4 (6... b6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Bd6 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 f5 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. e3 {½-½ (78) Van Wely,L (2661)-Korobov,A (2652) Sanem 2017}) 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 {White has an edge.} f5 9. Ne1 O-O 10. Ndf3 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe8 11. Nd3 b6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. cxd5 cxd5 {1-0 (29) Dalinger,V (2186)-Heinz,T (2054) Bayern 2009}) 11. c5 Nc4 12. Qc2 b6 $1 13. b3 Na5 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 14. b4 (14. Nd3 $14) 14... Nc4 $11 15. Nd3 bxc5 16. bxc5 Bf6 17. Nb2 Na3 18. Qa4 Nb5 19. e3 Nbc3 20. Qc2 $1 Ba6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 21. Re1 Rb8 22. Nd2 (22. Bf1 $11 Bxf1 23. Kxf1) 22... Ne2+ $2 {[#]} (22... Qa5 $17 {keeps the pressure on. Strongly threatening ...Ne2+.} 23. f3 Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Bxe2 25. fxe4 fxe4) 23. Rxe2 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe2 24. Nxe4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} fxe4 25. Qxe2 e5 {[#]} 26. Qd1 $2 (26. Qd2 $1 $16 {stays on course.}) 26... exd4 27. exd4 Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c3] aiming for ...Qc3.} 28. a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Bd2 $17 Qa3 29. Nc4 dxc4 30. Be3) 28... Qc3 $1 $19 {[%csl LRb2,LRd4][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Ra2 Bxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} 30. Na4 Qc4 31. Rd2 $2 (31. Bf1 Qxa2 32. Qxd4) 31... e3 {Played: Rb8-b1} 0-1

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Goossens, Hanne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,0,20,25,28,27,30,14,46,41,42,32,81,75,148,134,140,127,100,59,54,40,120,126,150,120,105,155,163,80,265,80,80,76,119,115,127,119,121,126,127,130,122,23,285,48,67,0,0,0,775,775,762,721,29994,-29993,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Bg7 (6... Bh6 7. f4 f5 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Bg7 11. exf5 Bxf5 {1-0 (37) Caruana,F (2819)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Stavanger 2019}) 7. Bb2 Nf6 8. O-O-O {White has an edge.} Be6 9. Kb1 Rc8 10. Nge2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. f3 O-O 11. Nge2 {1-0 (41) Nayhebaver,M (2466)-Turqueza,M (2360) Batumi 2018}) 10... b5 11. f3 a5 ({Black should try} 11... a6) 12. Nf4 b4 13. Ncd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne5 15. Bb5+ Ned7 (15... Kf8 $14) 16. h4 $16 O-O 17. h5 $1 {And now hxg6 would win.} Ne5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rh3 (19. g4 $18) 19... Rc5 $2 (19... Qb6 $16 {was worth a try.} 20. Ba4 Rc7) 20. Bc6 $2 (20. g4 $18) 20... Nxc6 21. dxc6 e5 22. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c5]} (22. Qxd6 $6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 exf4 $11) 22... Rd5 23. Rdh1 Qc8 24. g4 $1 {Hoping for Qh2.} (24. c4 $6 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qa6 $11) 24... Re8 ({Don't go for} 24... Qxc6 $2 25. Qh2 $18) 25. Qh2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Rh8+! would kill now. White is on the roll.} Kf8 {[#]} 26. Nf4 $1 ({Don't take} 26. g5 Nh5 $11) 26... Qxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... exf4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Re1+ Re5 29. Bxe5 Rxh8 30. Bxf6+ Kf8 31. Qxf4 Qxc6) 27. Nxd5 $2 (27. g5 $18 Ng8 28. Rh7 (28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. f4 a4 $18)) 27... Nxd5 $14 28. Rh7 (28. Qd2 $14) 28... Nc3+ $1 $11 29. Bxc3 bxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Qxc3 $11 30. Rxg7 Kxg7) 30. g5 $1 $18 Qc5 {[#]} 31. Rxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512] White threatens Qh8+ and mate.} Qa3 (31... Kxg7 32. Qh6+) 32. Qh8+ Ke7 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Ra3b2] [#]} 33. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Kd8 (33... Kxf7 34. Qf6+) 34. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc8 {[#]} 35. Qe6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank. Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Favaloro, Andrea"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,107,25,28,26,27,24,20,22,37,27,29,18,20,21,31,9,17,-53,-55,-75,-71,-69,-64,-72,-64,-66,-61,-62,-67,-73,-75,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-73,-73,-73,-73,-78,-80,-72,-73,-74,-81,-76,-81,-78,-79,-68,-76,-76,-76,-68,-95,-95,-95,-96,-113,-109,-103,-104,-119,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-132,-125,-161,-149,-156,-119,-150,-104,-124,-126,-135,-137,-269,-258,-241,-254,-245,-241,-486,-479,-556,-530,-845,-850,-29991,-29992,-29995]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 {The position is equal.} Be7 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. c3 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 a5 14. a3 {1-0 (55) Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)-Wang,H (2710) Beijing 2014}) 11... a5 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} g6 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Qf3 (15. Qe3 $11) 15... Qxd4 $15 16. Bc3 {[#]} Qh4 $1 17. g3 Qg5 18. h4 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rd7 Rab8 23. Rb1 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. b4 axb4 26. Rxb4 Ba5 27. Rb3 Kf8 28. h5 Ke7 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. g4 Bc7 31. Kg2 g5 32. Bf3 Kd7 33. Be4 Be5 34. Rb4 Kc7 35. Bd3 Ra8 36. Kf3 Bd6 37. Rc4 Ra5 38. Ke2 f5 39. f3 Kd7 40. Kf1 Ke7 41. Ke2 (41. gxf5 $142 exf5 42. Rc3) 41... Kf6 42. Kf1 Ke5 43. Ke2 Ra8 44. Kf1 Rh8 45. Kg2 Kd5 46. Kg1 Rh3 47. gxf5 (47. Kg2 $17 {was worth a try.} Rh2+ 48. Kg1) 47... exf5 $19 ({Not} 47... Rxf3 48. fxe6 Kxe6 49. a5 $17) 48. Kg2 Rh2+ 49. Kg1 Rd2 50. Rc3 $2 (50. Kf1) 50... Bc5+ 51. Kh1 Bd4 52. Rb3 {[#]} Ke5 $1 53. Rxb7 Kf4 54. Re7 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 73%.} Kg3 0-1

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Fataliyeva, Ulviyya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,109,0,0,51,45,77,72,78,76,77,80,82,77,96,96,128,122,152,114,103,95,97,93,114,100,160,162,191,169,158,122,110,110,143,152,161,104,128,110,114,107,127,127,120,111,116,107,444,427,537,468,743,476,471,462,431,440,425,415,469,447,443,415,522,532,522,502,465,381,693,643,678,660,658,541,521,494,695,652,1396,1299,1297,1255,1391,1456,2525,2451,2209,1622,2163,2014,1527,1295,1435,1417,12841,12842]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bxh6 {[#] Hoping for Bc1.} gxh6 {C02: French: Advance Variation} (8... Qxb2 $11 9. Bxg7 Bxg7) (8... Qxb2 9. Nc3 Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qa3 11. O-O a6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rab1 Qe7 14. Rb6 Qc7 15. Rfb1 Be7 16. Bd1 {1-0 (51) Durarbayli,V (2618)-Jumabayev,R (2621) Saint Louis 2018}) 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 {White is better.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Nc5 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Be8 16. Nxb7 {0-1 (55) Ristau,J-Wilken,E Cologne 1994}) 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Rfe1 h5 {Black wants to play ...Bh6.} 18. f4 Bh6 19. g3 Rc8 (19... Nxe5 $142 20. dxe5 Rf8) 20. Bf3 $16 Rf5 {Threatens to win with ...Nxe5.} 21. Bxd5 Rxe5 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Nxe6 Qd7 24. d5 Bf7 25. Rc2 (25. Re2 $18 Nd8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Nxd8 Qxd8 28. d6) 25... Ne7 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Qc3 {Qf6 is the strong threat.} Nb6 28. Qf6 Bg6 {[#]} 29. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Nxd5 30. Qe5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Be3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Bxf5 $16 {is more resistant.} 31. Qxf5 Ne3 32. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 33. Kg2 Bh6) 31. Kg2 $18 (31. Rxe3 Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qc2+ 34. Qf2 Qe4+ 35. Qf3 Bxf5 $11) 31... Be8 {and the idea ...Bb6 leaves Black hopeful.} 32. Kh3 {Played: Re1-d1} 1-0

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kanyamarala, Tarun"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,165,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-47,-47,-41,-46,-48,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-93,-93,-92,-84,-102,-102,-112,-93,-101,-97,-115,-106,-115,-97,-193,-172,-184,-196,-180,-160,-195,-95,-113,-126,-256,-89,-87,-87,-111,-110,-179,-171,-266,-76,-137,-30,-46,-41,-31,0,-144,-149,-147,-142,-297,-310,-484,-487,-453,-456,-405,-212,-142,-137,-214,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,166,181,181,176,162,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,94,95,94,0,0,0,88,23,34,33,37,37,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-112,-159,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 Bxc3+ (4... O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. O-O Bd7 10. a4 Bc6 11. dxc5 Na6 12. Qd4 Qa5 13. Qxc4 Qxc5 14. Qh4 Qxc3 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Ng5 {½-½ (82) Ponkratov,P (2651)-Predke,A (2632) Riga 2019}) 5. bxc3 d6 6. Nf3 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Qd3 e5 9. Nd2 Re8 10. O-O Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 11. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e4 b6 12. Ba3 Ba6 13. f4 Qd7 14. fxe5 dxe5 {0-1 (38) Van Laatum,G (2330)-Chuchelov,V (2490) Belgium 1997}) 11... e4 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Ba3 b6 14. Rab1 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rb5 (16. Qa4 $15) 16... Na5 $17 17. Rdb1 c6 18. R5b2 c5 19. Rb5 Nc6 20. Bc1 Rc8 21. a4 h5 22. Nb3 Bh3 23. Bh1 {[#]} (23. Qe2 $17) 23... h4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 24. a5 (24. gxh4 Qg4+) 24... Nxa5 $1 25. Nxa5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Rc7 (26... Nh7 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Hoping for ...Ng5.} 27. Bxe4 Ng5) 27. Ba3 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Qf5 28. Ra6 (28. Rbb5 $17) 28... Rd8 $2 (28... Nh7 $19 29. Qd1 (29. Rxd6 $2 Ng5 $17) 29... Ng5) 29. Ra5 $17 Bg4 30. Bg2 Rdc8 31. Qd2 (31. Re1 $17) 31... Bf3 32. Bf1 (32. Qe1 $142) 32... Qh5 $2 (32... Nh7 $1 $19 33. Rb2 Ng5) 33. Rbb5 (33. h3 $142) 33... Ng4 (33... Bg4 $1 $17) 34. h3 $11 hxg3 35. fxg3 Nf6 36. dxc5 (36. Ra6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36... dxc5 $17 37. Qd6 {[%cal Rb5c5]} Nd7 38. g4 $2 (38. Qf4 $17) 38... Qh4 $19 39. Rb1 (39. Qf4 {might work better.} f6 40. Qh2) 39... Rc6 40. Qh2 Rh6 41. Rb2 Qe1 (41... f6 $142 42. Rab5 (42. Rxa7 $2 Ne5 $19) 42... Ne5 43. Rxc5 Rxc5 44. Bxc5 Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 42. Qf2 Qxc3 43. Qd2 (43. Rxa7 $17 {was necessary.} Ne5 44. Qd2 Qxd2 45. Rxd2 Bxg4 46. Rd5 Nf3+ 47. Kf2 Bxh3 48. Bxh3 Rxh3 49. Rxc5) 43... Qxd2 $2 (43... Qe5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5g3] ...Qg3+ is the strong threat.} 44. Qh2 (44. Qxd7 Rf8 $19) 44... Qf6) 44. Rxd2 $11 Rc7 45. Rd5 {[%cal Ra3c5]} Rhc6 46. Kf2 a6 47. Kg3 f6 48. g5 fxg5 49. Rxg5 Rb7 50. Bxc5 Nxc5 51. Raxc5 Rcb6 $2 (51... Rxc5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 52. Rxc5 Rb1) 52. Rc8+ $1 $18 Kh7 53. c5 Rf6 54. h4 $2 ({Inferior is} 54. c6 Rb1 $11) ({Only move:} 54. Bc4 $1 $18) 54... Rb1 $11 55. Bh3 Rg1+ $1 56. Kh2 Rh1+ 57. Kg3 g6 (57... Rg1+ $11 58. Kf2 Rh1) 58. Re5 $16 Rf7 {[#]} 59. Be6 ({White should play} 59. Ree8 $1 $16) 59... Rg1+ $11 60. Kh3 Rf6 (60... Rh1+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 61. Kg3 Rg1+ 62. Kh2 Rh1+ 63. Kg3) 61. Bg8+ (61. Bd5 $16 {White wants to mate with Re7+.} Bg4+ {[#]} 62. Kh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc8 63. Kxg1) 61... Kh6 {Strongly threatening ...Bg4+.} 62. Rc7 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rc7h7]} g5 63. hxg5+ Rxg5 64. Rxg5 (64. Rh7+ {looks sharper.} Kg6 65. Rg7+ Kxg7 66. Rxg5+ Kf8 67. Bd5) 64... Kxg5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 65. Rg7+ (65. c6 {keeps more tension.} Bg4+ 66. Kg2 Kf5 67. Bc4 a5 68. Kg3) 65... Kf5 66. Rf7 (66. Bh7+ {seems wilder.} Ke6 67. c6 Ke5 68. Re7+ Kd5 69. c7) 66... Rxf7 67. Bxf7 $11 {aiming for c6. KB-KB} Ke5 68. Kg3 a5 69. Bb3 Be2 {And now ...Bb5 would win.} 70. Kf2 Bg4 {White must now prevent ...Bd7.} 71. Ke1 Be6 72. Bc2 Kd5 73. Bb3+ Ke5 74. Bc2 $1 Bd7 75. Kd2 Kd5 76. Kc3 Bc6 77. Bxe4+ Kxe4 78. Kb2 Kxe3 $2 {KB-KP} (78... Bd7 $17 79. Ka1 Bf5) 79. Ka3 {The position is equal.} Kd4 80. Kb2 a4 81. Ka1 a3 82. Ka2 $1 Kxc5 83. Kxa3 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. N2f3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Be2 Qb6 10. c3 Be7 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb5 Be6 16. c4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nc7 Rad8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rad1 Bf6 21. b3 Rd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Rd1 e5 25. Kf1 Rd7 26. a4 Kf7 27. Be4 h6 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. h4 Kd6 30. b4 Rc7 31. Bd5 Rc8 32. Rd3 Ra8 33. Ra3 Bb2 34. Ra2 Bc3 35. b5 Kc5 36. Kd3 Kb4 37. Bxb7 Ra7 38. Bd5 Bd4 39. h5 Rxa4 40. Rxa4+ Kxa4 41. f3 Kb4 42. Ke4 Kc5 43. Kf5 Kd6 44. Kg6 Ke7 45. c5 Bxc5 46. Kxg7 Bb4 47. Kxh6 Kf6 48. Kh7 Bf8 49. Be4 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kanmazalp, Ogulcan"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 Bd6 11. Rd1 e5 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Qe7 14. Rxd6 Qxd6 15. b3 Be6 16. Ba3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qc6 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Nxe5 c5 20. Bxc5 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Kxd7 22. a5 Rac8 23. b4 Kc6 24. Bd4 Kb5 25. c3 f6 26. f3 Rhe8 27. Kf2 Rcd8 28. g4 Rd5 29. h4 Re7 30. Rg1 Kc4 31. h5 f5 32. Kg3 fxg4 33. fxg4 Rdd7 34. Rf1 Re6 35. Rf5 g6 36. hxg6 Rxg6 37. Kf4 Rd5 38. Rxd5 Kxd5 39. Kf5 Rg8 40. g5 Rf8+ 41. Bf6 Rg8 42. Bd4 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Black "Pirverdiyev, Agil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,64,23,6,41,7,35,24,52,12,27,21,58,50,93,59,68,81,80,84,64,70,131,54,229,231,235,243,231,187,374,362,360,371,352,362,353,354,474,465,558,558,527,483,491,493,535,523,521,540,698,691,659,535,890,872,872]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 h6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... Nbd7 7. Be3 h5 8. a4 g6 9. a5 Bg7 10. Be2 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Qd4 Rb8 14. Bxa6 {½-½ (31) Svidler,P (2729)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2774) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 7. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 e5 8. Be3 Be7 9. f3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. f4 Nd7 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. O-O Bg6 15. Nd4 Bg5 {1-0 (44) Dimitrova,A (2273)-Paramzina,A (2300) St Petersburg 2019}) 7... Qc7 8. Be2 e5 {White has an edge.} 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Qg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} g6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e6]} Bc8 (15... Qd6 $14) 16. Nf3 (16. h3 $16) 16... Nbd7 $2 ({Black should try} 16... Ng4 $14 17. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 18. Kh1 Be6) 17. Nd5 $18 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qd6 19. Rae1 Kd8 $2 {[#]} (19... Qxd5 {is a better defense.} 20. b3 Rh7) 20. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Nxe5 {[#]} (20... Qxe5 21. Bb6+) 21. Qxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe5 22. Bb6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kd7 23. Rxe5 Rh7 24. Rfe1 {White is clearly winning.} Bf6 25. Re8 Rh8 26. R1e7+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Bxe7 27. Rxh8 Kd6 28. c4 a5 29. Be4 Bf6 30. c5+ Kd7 31. Rf8 {Played: Rh8-g8} 1-0

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,85,19,17,22,9,21,18,25,15,31,-43,28,28,41,20,72,61,100,120,93,95,156,101,87,41,132,126,128,132,121,69,117,110,76,68,59,49,57,46,58,63,60,13,20,0,0,0,0,-12,-11,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 7. g4 h6 8. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. a4 Qc7 9. Bg2 Ne5 10. h3 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. O-O {1-0 (38) Bartel,M (2623)-Ragger,M (2695) Germany 2016}) 8... b5 9. Bg2 {aiming for e5.} Bb7 10. Qe2 (10. a3 $14) 10... e6 (10... b4 $15 11. Nd5 e6 12. Nxf6+ (12. Nxb4 d5 $15) 12... Nxf6) 11. a3 $1 $11 Be7 12. h4 g6 (12... h5 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Bd2 $16 Qc7 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Rh3 Nb6 {[#]} (15... h5 $142) 16. f5 (16. g5 $142 $1) 16... Nc4 17. Be1 gxf5 (17... h5 $1 $14) 18. exf5 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 d5 20. g5 ({White should play} 20. Kb1 $16) 20... hxg5 {Threatens to win with ...Qf4+.} 21. hxg5 Rxh3 22. Qxh3 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Qg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 24. Rd3 Qxh3 $1 25. Rxh3 Ng4 26. Nd4 e5 {The position is equal.} 27. Nxd5 {And now Rh8+ would win.} Bxg5 28. Nf3 Bd8 29. Bc3 Rc5 30. Nb4 a5 31. Nd3 Rd5 {Hoping for ...e4.} 32. Rg3 e4 33. Rxg4 exd3 34. cxd3 Rxd3 35. Re4+ Kd7 36. Rxc4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 37. Ne5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd6 38. Nxf7+ Kc5 {White must now prevent ...Bc7.} 39. Nxd8 Rxd8 40. Bxa5 Rd1+ 41. Kc2 Rf1 42. Bd2 Rxf5 43. b3 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,49,46,44,83,17,29,13,23,8,121,112,113,89,89,89,142,142,142,142,143,142,156,151,145,156,275,269,330,395,505,461,387,407]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rc1 a6 {D51: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Nbd7 sidelines} 11. a4 (11. Na4 $16) 11... Bb7 12. Rc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Ne2 h6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Rxc8 Bxc8 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Rc1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 {½-½ (37) Ionov,S (2538)-Zvjaginsev,V (2654) Sochi 2004}) 12... Ne4 {The position is equal.} 13. Bf4 Nxc3 (13... g5 $11 {remains equal.} 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nxg5 Bxg5) 14. Rxc3 $16 Rc8 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 {[#]} 16. Qb1 $1 h6 (16... Nf6 $142) 17. Rc1 Qa8 18. Rc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bc6 19. Qc2 Rc8 {[#]} 20. Rxc8+ $1 Qxc8 {[#]} 21. Bxa6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Qxa6 (21... Qa8 $16 22. h3 Nf6) 22. Qxc6 $18 Qe2 {( -> ...Qd1+)} 23. h3 Nf6 24. Qc7 Bb4 25. Ne5 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,14,22,8,17,13,6]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 7. O-O Bd6 {Predecessor:} 8. b3 $146 O-O 9. Bb2 a5 10. Qc2 Qb8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng5 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. a4 Bb4 15. Ndf3 Nh7 16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. e4 {1-0 (54) Andreikin,D (2712)-Korobov,A (2652) Huaian 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,47,21,3,12,0,18,0,0,0,0,-4,14,-6,-6,-16,-7,-7,8,0,0,8,0,0,34,7,12,0,25,0,0,-41,-33,-64,0,0,0,-26,-25,-32]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 7. O-O (7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1 Be6 9. Ng3 h6 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bd2 Bf8 14. Rfd1 {0-1 (96) Mamedov,R (2699)-Shankland,S (2722) Batumi 2018}) 7... h6 8. Be3 Bxe3 {The position is equal.} 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 Ne7 12. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. d4 Ng6 13. Qe1 a4 14. a3 c6 {1-0 (45) Hector,J (2501)-Hansen,S (2583) Malmo 2018}) 12... Ng6 13. Nf5 d5 14. d4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qg5 17. Qd3 exd4 18. cxd4 Rad8 19. Rac1 c6 20. Rc3 Rfe8 21. g3 Qg4 (21... Ne7 $15 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7) 22. Bg2 $11 a4 23. a3 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Evdokimov, Alexander A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,144,29,22,31,33,77,82,103,71,68,104,87,65,68,63,76,67,59,67,80,15,11,8,13,0,30,-17,60,28,22,31,33,31,25,28,31,31,105,108,94,8,2,9,23,14,33,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,6,13,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-68,-64,-360,-46,-31,-64,-299,-291,-291,-285,-297,-291,-287,-262,-297,-90,-293,-68,-90,-48,-148,-35,-105,-92,-103,-38,-122,-102,-115,-104,-165,-110,-119,-110,-127,-112,-112,-125,-256,-73,-83,0,-205,-109,-156,-141,-148,-159,-147,-97,-90,-98,-126,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 Qb6 {B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} (6... e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. c4 a5 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nd2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nb1 Nd4 17. Nc3 {0-1 (53) Oleksienko,M (2600)-Yu,Y (2736) Changsha 2019}) 7. Be3 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... a6 8. Qd2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qa5 10. Bc4 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. g4 {½-½ (23) Prince,B (2404)-Istratescu,A (2575) Paleochora 2018}) 8. Bxd4 Qa5 {White is better.} 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nd5 e6 13. b4 Qd8 14. Ne3 g5 15. Bxe5 (15. Qe1 $16) 15... dxe5 $11 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Kh1 Be7 18. Ng4 Bd6 (18... Qa6 $11 19. Qxa6 bxa6) 19. Rab1 h5 20. Ne3 Be7 21. c4 O-O 22. c5 Qc7 $1 23. Nc4 Rfd8 (23... Rad8 $14) 24. f4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4e5]} exf4 25. Qxh5 (25. e5 $1 $16) 25... Kg7 $1 $11 26. Nd6 Rxd6 $1 27. cxd6 Qxd6 28. g3 Rh8 29. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} e5 $1 (29... Qd2 $2 30. Rf2 $16) 30. Rg1 Rh3 31. Qg4 Qh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rh3h2]} 32. Rb2 Qh7 33. gxf4 Rh4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 34. Qe2 exf4 35. Rd2 Rh3 36. Rd7 Re3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Qc2 (37. Qb2+ $11 Bf6 38. Rxg5+ Kf8 39. Qc2 (39. Qxf6 $2 {is a self mate.} Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kg1 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Qe2#)) 37... Bf6 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 38. Rgd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Rd5 $15) 38... Rc3 $2 (38... f3 $19 39. R7d2 (39. Rxb7 $2 Rxe4 40. Qb3 Qh5 $19) 39... Rxe4) 39. Qg2 {e5 is the strong threat.} Qh5 40. Rg1 $2 (40. R7d3 $15) 40... Rg3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg3g2]} 41. Qf2 Rxg1+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 42. Qxg1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qe2 {[%mdl 64] White must now prevent ...f3. Double Attack} 43. e5 Qxe5 44. Rd1 Qe4+ $1 45. Qg2 {[#]} Qxb4 $2 (45... f3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf3g2]} 46. Qf2 Bc3) 46. Rf1 Qc4 47. Rg1 ({White should try} 47. h4 $1 $15) 47... Kf8 ({Black should play} 47... b5 $17 {Strongly threatening ...a5.} 48. Rf1 Kh6) 48. h3 (48. Qxb7 $15 Qd3 49. Qa8+ Kg7 50. Qg2) 48... Qd3 49. Rf1 b5 {[#]} (49... Qf5 $17 50. Qg4 Qe4+ 51. Qf3 Qf5) 50. Qa8+ {[#]} (50. h4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 50... Kg7 $1 51. Qf3 Qh7 52. Qg4 (52. Kg2 $17 {was necessary.}) 52... Qe4+ ({Better is} 52... a5 $19 53. h4 a4) 53. Qg2 $17 Qf5 54. Qg4 Qd5+ 55. Qg2 Qc4 56. Rf3 (56. h4 $17) 56... Qc1+ $2 (56... b4 $19 {has better winning chances.} 57. h4 a5 58. hxg5 Be5) 57. Rf1 Qc4 (57... Qc7 $17) 58. Rf3 $1 $19 Qb4 (58... a5 $19 59. Rf2 b4) 59. Kh2 Qe1 60. Rf1 Qe5 61. Kh1 a5 62. h4 Qf5 {Threatens to win with ...g4.} 63. hxg5 Bxg5 (63... Bd4 $17 64. Rf3 b4) 64. Rg1 $11 {The position is equal.} f6 65. Qb7+ Kg6 {[%cal Rf5h3]} 66. Qf3 b4 67. Rd1 a4 68. Qd3 f3 69. Qxf5+ Kxf5 70. Rd4 $1 b3 {aiming for ...b2.} 71. Rxa4 bxa2 ({Much weaker is} 71... b2 $6 72. Rb4 $18) 72. Kg1 $1 Be3+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,82,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,13,5,12,8,9,12,20,18,20,16,27,28,18,23,16,5,6,3,13,0,4,8,13,8,6,-9,-4,-10,-11,-11,-11,-37,-25,-39,-31,-55,-55,-55,-55,-87,-48,-50,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-62,-50,-57,-8,-39,-8,-12,0,-8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 f5 17. Ne3 f4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Kg7 20. g3 Kf6 21. Bd3 {½-½ (30) Movsesian,S (2654)-Ding,L (2811) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 10... c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. b3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Qg3 Rbd8 {[#]} 17. Bxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qh4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 {½-½ (70) Antal,G (2503)-Kovacs,G (2471) Hungary 2014}) 17... Qxd6 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. b4 Nd7 20. c3 c5 21. a3 Rc8 22. Rad1 Ne5 23. Nf4 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 g6 25. b5 a6 26. a4 axb5 27. axb5 ({Don't play} 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 $17) 27... c4 28. Rd2 Rc5 29. Rb2 Rb6 30. Ne2 {Threatening Nd4.} Rcxb5 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Nd4 Rb2 33. g4 h5 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. h4 Rd2 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Re3 (37. Nxe6+ $11 fxe6 38. Rxe6) 37... Kf6 38. Kg3 Bg4 39. f3 Bf5 (39... Be6 $5) 40. Kf4 Bg6 41. Re1 Ra2 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 60%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,51,26,-124,-121,-116,-117,-127,-127,-127,-109,-122,-131,-129,-105,-133,-126,-104,-77,-77,-81,-94,-118,-85,-84,-84,-28,-87,-59,-66,-49,-621,-52,-608,-598,-1427,-1381,-1906,-1912,-29987,-483,-464,-463,-421]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Be7 6. Ng5 (6. O-O $11) 6... Bxg5 $17 {[#] B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (6... Nh6 7. Qh5 O-O 8. Nd5 Nd4 9. O-O b5 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bd5 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. c3 Nc6 14. Nh3 {½-½ (55) Andreikin,D (2722)-Le,Q (2704) Hengshui 2019}) 7. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Gc4,LRf7,LRg5][%cal Rh5f7][%mdl 576] Double Attack} Be7 $1 8. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 {Black is better.} 9. Qxg7 (9. Nb5 $2 Qf8 $19) 9... Nf6 $1 10. f4 Kc7 11. fxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f5 Kb8 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qf8 14. Qxf8+ Rxf8 {0-1 (41) Tosic,M (2420)-Yegiazarian,A (2450) Ankara 1995}) 11... Nxe5 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5c4,Bc4e3,Be3c2][%mdl 32]} 12. Bg5 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Kb8 $1 13. O-O {[%cal Rg5f6]} Nxc4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rxf6 Rg8 ({Don't go for} 15... Nxb2 $2 16. Rb1 $18) 16. Qxh7 Ne3 ({Don't play} 16... Qxf6 17. Qxg8 Ne3 18. Qg3 $11) ({Inferior is} 16... Nxb2 17. Rg6 $16) 17. Rg6 Rh8 {[#]} (17... Rxg6 $17 18. Qxg6 Nxc2) 18. Qf7 (18. Rxd6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] remains equal.} Qg5 (18... Qxd6 19. Qxh8) 19. Qg6) 18... Rf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 19. Qg7 {With the idea Nb5.} Nxc2 20. Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Rc1 $15 Nd4 21. Rf1) 20... Rxf1+ $19 21. Kxf1 Qh4 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh4e1]} 22. g4 Qh3+ 23. Kf2 Qxh2+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ (24... Qf4+ $142 25. Ke2 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Ne3 28. Qc7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxc7 29. Nd5+ Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 30. exd5 Bxg4 31. Rg7+ {[#]} Kb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Rf7 Qg3+ 33. Kf1 Rh8 34. Rxb7+ Kxb7 35. b3 Rh1#) 25. Kf2 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,63,-1,0,12,20,21,20,22,33,32,29,45,14,12,0,0,4,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,22,16,15,13,17,0,8,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13]} 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 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. c4 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (13... Ne8 14. f3 g6 15. Kh1 Ng7 16. Bg1 Bg5 17. Rad1 h5 18. Nd2 f5 19. b4 h4 20. c5 dxc5 21. d6 cxb4 {1-0 (45) Karjakin,S (2782)-Grischuk,A (2766) Paris 2018}) 14. Rad1 Ne8 15. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bg4 e4 16. Qe2 f5 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Bxf5 Rxc4 19. Ne6 Qc8 20. Nxf8 Qxf5 {1-0 (55) Priya Panneer,R (2165)-Harini,S (2013) Jalgaon 2012}) 15... a4 16. Nd2 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qa3 (18. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4g5]} Qe7 19. Nc3 $14) 18... Nc5 {The position is equal.} 19. b4 axb3 $1 20. axb3 Nf6 21. b4 Nce4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. f3 Nf6 24. c5 Nh5 25. Rfe1 Rfd8 26. Bf1 Qh4 27. Qc3 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 dxc5 30. bxc5 Qxh2 31. d6 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. fxe4 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 76%.} (32. Rxe4 Qh1+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ng4 11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. h3 Be7 13. f4 Ng6 14. g3 O-O 15. Ke1 Rb8 16. b3 Bf5 17. Rc1 h5 18. Kf2 Rfe8 19. Nc4 Nf8 20. Ne5 Rbc8 21. Kf3 f6 22. Nd3 c4 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. bxc4 c5 25. Nb3 Bc6+ 26. Kf2 Bxh1 27. Rxh1 Nd7 28. a4 f5 29. a5 Bf6 30. Kf3 Re4 31. Nd2 Rce8 32. Nxe4 fxe4+ 33. Ke2 exd3+ 34. Kxd3 Rd8 35. Ke4 Bc3 36. a6 Nf6+ 37. Kf3 Rd6 38. Bxc5 Rxa6 39. Rd1 Ra5 40. Be3 Bb4 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Rb8 Bd6 43. Rb5 Ra4 44. c5 Bc7 45. c6 a6 46. Rc5 Ra3 47. c3 a5 48. Bd4 a4 49. Be5 Ne8 50. Ke4 Ra1 51. Bxc7 Nxc7 52. Ke5 Rd1 53. Ra5 Kg6 54. c4 Re1+ 55. Kd6 Ne8+ 56. Kd7 Kf7 57. Rxa4 Rd1+ 58. Kc8 Nd6+ 59. Kc7 Ne8+ 60. Kb6 Rb1+ 61. Kc5 Rb3 62. c7 Nxc7 63. Ra7 Rxg3 64. Rxc7+ Kf6 65. Kd4 Rxh3 66. Ke4 g6 67. Rc6+ Kf7 68. Rc7+ Kf6 69. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Rad1 h6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. c4 Nfg4 17. Nf4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfe8 19. Rd2 Ne5 20. Qc2 Rcd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qe4 Nd3 24. Qxe6+ Kh7 25. Bc3 Rd6 26. Qe4+ Kg8 27. f4 a6 28. h3 Qf7 29. Rf3 Nc1 30. Kh2 Ne2 31. Be5 Rd1 32. Qc2 1-0

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Evdokimov, Alexander A."]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,59,-7,-3,-1,-11,-8,0,-13,0,-12,0,-12,0,0,0,-24,-19,-18,-19,-26,-25,-35,-34,-22,-10,-22,-22,-45,-26,-48,-48,-72,232,239,274,273,273,272,270,266,250,250,349,235,243,237,337,332,323,314]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d4 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} cxd4 8. Nb5 Nge7 (8... Na5 9. Bd3 e5 10. b4 Nc6 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. c3 a6 13. Ng5 axb5 14. Bxf7+ Ke7 15. cxd4 Nxd4 {½-½ (33) Nepomniachtchi,I (2775)-Giri,A (2779) Paris 2019}) 9. Bb3 {[%cal Rf3d4] The position is equal.} O-O 10. Nbxd4 Na5 11. Be3 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. c4 b6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Nxb3 15. axb3 {½-½ (30) Narayanan,S (2525)-Amonatov,F (2608) Kolkata 2018}) 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nf5 15. Bf2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rad8 17. c3 b6 18. Rae1 Bc6 19. Ng5 {Hoping for Bxe6!} Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qg4 {And now Qh3 would win.} Nc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21... h6 $17 22. Nxf7 (22. Nxe6 $2 Qc8 $19 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 22... Rxf7 23. Qxe6 Rd8) 22. Qh3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh3h7]} ({Avoid the trap} 22. Nxe6 $2 Qd7 $19) 22... h6 {[#]} 23. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Qd7 (23... fxe6 24. Qxe6+) 24. Nxf8 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxh3 25. gxh3 Kxf8 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. Kg2 Ke6 28. Bf2 Bxe5 (28... Rxd1 {might work better.} 29. Rxd1 Nxe5) 29. Rxd5 Kxd5 30. Be3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 68%.} 1-0

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Evdokimov, Alexander A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,173,25,33,37,73,64,78,67,87,84,69,79,83,65,110,81,56,33,40,23,28,0,9,0,0,0,0,-32,0,0,0,-22,-12,-23,-43,-93,-95,-108,-102,-95,-92,-99,-96,-108,-75,-83,-83,-87,-78,-122,-82,-87,-79,-79,-27,-81,-20,-29,0,-40,-28,-43,0,0,-5,-17,-25,-34,-38,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-33,-39,-43,-58,-65,-74,-8,-8,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,0,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,24,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. g4 {B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbd7 13. g5 Nh5 14. O-O-O f5 15. gxf6 Rxf6 16. Kb1 Nf4 17. Rg1 Nf8 18. Qb4 b6 19. Nd2 N8g6 {½-½ (60) Svidler,P (2726)-Karpov,A (2644) Odessa 2009}) 13. h4 Bd8 14. O-O-O {White is better.} Bb6 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Kb1 Ra4 17. h5 Nfd7 18. g5 Rf4 19. Qf2 Qd8 20. Qg3 Nc5 21. Nd2 Nba6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} 22. Be2 Qd7 23. a3 Qa4 24. g6 h6 25. gxf7+ R8xf7 26. c3 Nc7 27. Qg6 Nxd5 28. Qxd6 Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 29. Qd8+ Rf8 30. Qxb6 Qc2+ 31. Ka2 Na4 {( -> ...Nxc3+)} 32. Qe6+ {[#]} Kh8 $1 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Rc2b2][%mdl 512]} 33. Qb3 Qxb3+ 34. Nxb3 Nxd1 35. Rxd1 e4 36. fxe4 Rxe4 37. Bb5 Nb6 (37... Rh4 $17) 38. Rd6 (38. Nc5 $11 Re5 39. b4) 38... Nc8 (38... Nc4 $17 39. Rd5 Rf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Bxc4 Rxc4) 39. Rd5 Nb6 40. Rc5 Rc8 41. Rf5 Kg8 42. Nc5 Re7 43. Nxb7 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxb7 44. Ba6 Rbc7 45. Bxc8 Nxc8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 46. a4 {[#]} g6 $1 47. hxg6 Kg7 48. Rf3 Kxg6 49. b4 h5 50. Kb3 h4 51. c4 Rh7 {Hoping for ...h3.} 52. Rh3 Kf5 53. b5 Ke5 54. c5 Kd4 55. Kb4 Ne7 {White must now prevent ...Nd5+.} 56. b6 Kd5 57. Rd3+ Ke4 58. Rd1 {Kb5 is the strong threat.} h3 {Strongly threatening ...h2.} 59. Re1+ Kd5 {And now ...Kc6 would win.} 60. Kb5 Nc6 61. Rd1+ Nd4+ 62. Ka6 {[#]} Kxc5 (62... Rh6 $1 $17 63. c6 Rxc6) 63. Rc1+ $1 $11 Kb4 (63... Kd5 $5 64. b7 $8 Rh8 $15) 64. b7 Rxb7 65. Kxb7 {KR-KN} h2 66. Rh1 Nf3 67. Kc6 Kxa4 68. Kd5 Kb4 69. Ke4 Nd2+ 70. Ke3 Nc4+ 71. Kf4 Kc5 72. Rxh2 Kd4 73. Rh1 $1 Ne3 74. Rh2 {Threatening mate with Rd2+.} Nd5+ (74... Nc4 {with more complications.}) 75. Kf3 Kd3 76. Rh4 Nc3 77. Kf4 Kd4 78. Kf5+ Kd5 79. Rh8 Kd4 80. Rd8+ Kc4 81. Ke5 Ne2 82. Rd2 Nc3 {The position is equal.} 83. Rd4+ Kc5 84. Rh4 Nb5 85. Rh8 Nd6 86. Rd8 Nf7+ 87. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,138,19,14,15,8,16,9,10,6,9,12,0,0,-19,-14,-23,-6,-7,-8,-28,-22,-29,0,-12,-10,-21,0,0,54,56,55,53,49,46,83,71,118,113,104,63,63,63,72,66,129,79,64,68,69,90,84,65,66,91,109,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-44,-14,-177,-126,-364,-131,-145,0,-278,-43,-422,-372,-317,-244,-242,-172,-267,-89,-395,-230,-304,-136,-700,-688,-1175,-1167,-1043,-1020,-2894,-2626,-12839,-9258,-12843,-12843,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12845]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Rd1 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 {C86: Closed Ruy Lopez: Worrall Attack} Bh5 14. Nc3 (14. Be3 Qd7 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Na5 17. Bd1 Nc4 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. b3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bg6 {1-0 (31) Mamedov,R (2650)-Vidit,S (2707) Hengshui 2019}) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. a4 Qd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bf4 Qe6 20. Bd3 c6 21. Kh2 Bg6 22. Bxg6 Qxg6 23. Ra2 Qf5 24. Bg3 Ra4 25. e6 fxe6 {0-1 (59) Schneider,J (2239)-Sieber,F (2228) Wuerzburg 2019}) 17... Bg6 18. Kg2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Qd7 20. Re1 $1 a5 21. Ng5 Bxg5 $1 22. Bxg5 Ra6 23. Re2 Rg6 24. Bh4 h5 25. f3 c5 (25... b4 $11) 26. dxc5 $14 Qc6 27. Qd3 Qxc5 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Bf2 Qc8 30. Qxd5 Rge6 {[%cal Re6e5]} 31. Bd4 (31. gxh5 $6 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 $11) 31... b4 32. cxb4 (32. gxh5 Rd8 $15) 32... axb4 33. Rc1 ({But not} 33. gxh5 Rd8 $11) 33... Rc6 (33... Nb6 $14 34. Rxc8 Nxd5 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8) 34. Rce1 Rd8 35. Qe4 Na3 36. Bf2 (36. gxh5 Rc4 $11) 36... Rc4 37. Qf5 Qxf5 38. gxf5 Rf4 39. Bc5 ({White should play} 39. e6 $16 Rxf5 40. Bb6) 39... Rxf5 $11 40. Bxb4 Rd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 41. Rf2 Nc4 42. f4 g5 43. Rc1 Ne3+ 44. Kf3 Rxf4+ 45. Ke2 Rxf2+ 46. Kxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd5 47. Bd2 Nf4+ 48. Kc2 Ne6 49. Kc3 Rh2 50. Rg1 $2 (50. Bxg5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rxh3+ 51. Kc2) 50... Rxh3+ $19 51. Kb4 $2 (51. Kc4 $17) 51... Rh4+ $2 (51... g4 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rd3.} 52. a4 Rh2) 52. Kc3 $17 {[#]} Rh3+ (52... g4 $1 $17 53. a4 Kg7) 53. Kb4 $1 $19 Rh2 $2 (53... g4 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rd3.} 54. a4 Rd3) 54. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Bxg5 $15 Rxa2 55. Bh4+ Kh8 56. Rh1) 54... Re2 55. a4 {and the idea a5 leaves White hopeful.} Re4+ ({Don't do} 55... Rxe5 56. a5 $19) 56. Kb5 Rxe5+ 57. Kc6 (57. Kb6 $142) 57... Rc5+ $2 (57... Nd4+ $19 58. Kb6 g4) 58. Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58. Kb6 $17) 58... g4 (58... Rc8 $142 59. a5 g4) 59. a5 {[#]} Rc2 (59... Rc8 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. aiming for ...g3.} 60. a6 Ra8) 60. Be3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60. Be1 $17) 60... Ra2 {Black is clearly winning.} 61. Rd5 h4 62. Rh5 h3 63. Rh4 h2 64. Kc6 g3 65. Kb6 Ra1 66. a6 h1=Q 67. Rxh1 Rxh1 68. a7 Ra1 69. Kb7 f5 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,73,25,18,1,41,9,30,27,37,43,55,50,64,55,65,50,104,112,99,101,117,111,145,119,122,114,210,209,190,194,231,241,331,338,736,483,456,367,355,340,1170,140,1158,1148,2825,1615,1555,1498,1370,1428,1224,0,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} f6 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} (11. exf6 exf6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nb3 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Nf5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Nc5 Qc7 17. Rc1 Re8 {½-½ (48) Aronian,L (2758)-Le,Q (2708) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 11... Nf7 12. e6 {White has an edge.} Nd6 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Nc5 f5 16. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rb1 h6 17. Bf4 Re8 {1-0 (53) Higatsberger,M (2121)-Schaefer,M (2222) Bregenz 2017}) 16... Bf6 (16... a5 $14) 17. Bh6 $16 Rd8 18. Rac1 Qb4 19. Bf4 a5 20. Bc7 Re8 21. Nd3 (21. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 22. Ne5 Bg5 $11) 21... Qa3 (21... Qb7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 22. Qxc6 $18 Ba6 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} (24. Qxc5 $6 Qxa2 25. Be5 (25. Qxa5 Qxa5 26. Bxa5 Rab8 $11) (25. Qxd5 a4 $11) 25... Bxe5 $16) 24... Rec8 25. Qd7 ({Worse is} 25. Rxd5 Qxa2 26. Qd7 Bb7 $14) 25... Bd3 $2 (25... Qb4 26. Bxa5 (26. Rxa5 Rxc7 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 $14) (26. Rxd5 a4 $16) 26... Qa3) 26. Rxa5 Qb4 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Qxd5 Rxa2 $2 (28... Rf8 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. dxc5 Kg7) 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qe8 Be2 31. Qf7+ Kh6 32. Bf4+ g5 33. Qf8+ Kh5 {[#]} 34. Qg8 {Played: Qf8-f7} 1-0

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,140,24,32,0,19,16,23,20,55,56,60,61,54,75,53,45,43,36,64,41,53,50,48,50,61,42,49,20,27,25,25,25,25,28,26,12,16,0,0,0,9,16,20,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,2,0,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,61,39,39,39,66,54,59,39,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,121,75,121,121,121,121,121,121,307,307,307,299,299,299,299,299,299,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Qe7 11. Rd1 a6 12. Ng5 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} Bb7 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 {White has an edge.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bc7 15. Bd2 f5 16. Ng3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bb4 Bb6 19. a4 f4 {½-½ (69) Mikhalchishin,A (2513)-Zupe,M (2338) Slovenia 2011}) 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Bd2 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Bd5 20. b3 f5 21. f3 Rc6 22. h3 Rac8 23. g4 g6 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Kg3 e5 26. Bb4 Ke6 27. Kh4 Nb7 28. Rxc6+ Rxc6 29. gxf5+ gxf5 30. Rd2 Rc1 31. Kg3 e4 32. fxe4 Bxe4 33. a4 bxa4 34. bxa4 a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 35. Bf8 Rc8 36. Bg7 Nd6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White must now prevent ...Rg8. Black puts up resistance} 37. Kf4 Rc2 (37... Nc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d2]} 38. Rd4 Nb6 $11) 38. Rxc2 Bxc2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 39. Bc3 Bxa4 40. Bxa5 Bb5 41. Bd1 Bc6 42. h4 Be4 43. Bb4 Nf7 44. Bc3 Nd6 45. Bd4 Nf7 46. Bb3+ Ke7 47. Bb2 Bd3 48. Bd5 Be4 49. Bc4 Bc2 50. Ba6 Be4 51. Bc8 Bb1 52. Bd4 Be4 53. Bxf5 Bxf5 54. Kxf5 $16 {[#] And now Bc5+ would win. KB-KN} Nd6+ 55. Ke5 {Hoping for Bc5!} Nf7+ 56. Kd5 Nd8 57. e4 Ne6 58. Ke5 Kf7 59. Be3 Nf8 60. Kf5 Ne6 61. Bb6 Ke7 62. h5 Kf7 63. h6 Ke7 64. Ke5 Ng5 65. Be3 Nxe4 $2 (65... Nf7+ $16 {was worth a try.} 66. Kd5 Kf6) 66. Kxe4 {KB-KP} Kf7 67. Kf5 Kg8 68. Ke6 Kh8 69. Bd4+ Kg8 70. Bh8 $2 (70. Bb2 $18) 70... Kxh8 $11 71. Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Rome Open 2019"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Evdokimov, Alexander A."]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,69,24,19,15,14,28,-4,8,0,0,11,29,-10,0,0,0,22,18,7,35,0,30,-6,-6,-13,45,-20,238,238,300,301,300,314,732,451,425,355,1197,0,409,0,1068,555,802,630,587,0,886,893,790,362,363,359,349,343,854,851,974,724]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 8. Bg5 (8. Qc2 Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 b4 13. e4 Nbd7 14. h4 h6 15. e5 {½-½ (93) Abasov,N (2632)-Piorun,K (2660) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 8... b5 9. a4 (9. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 10. a4 $11) 9... c6 {The position is equal.} 10. Ne5 {Black must now prevent axb5.} Ra6 11. Nc3 Rb6 12. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. e4 h6 13. Be3 Rb7 14. Qc1 Nfd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 {½-½ (48) Friedel,J (2502)-Sevian,S (2373) Richardson 2013}) 12... Be7 13. Nc5 h6 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nb4 16. Bc3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc7 17. e4 N8a6 18. Qh5 Bd6 (18... Nxc5 $11 19. dxc5 Ra6) 19. Ng4 (19. Nxa6 $14 Bxa6 20. Ng4) 19... f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... e5 $1 $11 20. Nxa6 Bxg4 21. Qxg4 Rxa6) 20. exf5 $18 exf5 {[#]} 21. Nxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 22. Qg6+ ({Resist} 22. Qxh6 $6 Nd5 $18) 22... Kh8 $2 (22... Qg7 23. Qxd6 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Rxf6) 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 $2 (24... Qg7 25. Qxd6 Qf6) 25. Qh6+ (25. d5+ $142 Be5 26. d6) 25... Kg8 26. Qg6+ (26. Nxa6 $142 Rxa6 27. Rfe1 (27. axb5 cxb5 28. Rxa5 Qg7 $11)) 26... Kh8 27. axb5 Rxb5 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ (29. Nxa6 $142 Bxa6 30. Rfe1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy}) 29... Kh8 30. d5+ Be5 {[#]} 31. Nd7 {Played: Nc5-e6} 1-0

