[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,20,15,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,0,4,16,13,31,16,7,7,12,7,6,7,10,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O e5 {[%cal Re5d4] LiveBook: 14 Games. D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)} (8... Bf5 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Nc5 {½-½ (55) Grischuk,A (2767)-Svidler,P (2760) Moscow 2018}) 9. Nxe5 (9. Bg5 {NOTEXT} f6 10. Bc1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e4 12. Nd2) 9... Nxc3 10. Nxc6 Nxd1 11. Nxd8 Rxd8 12. Rxd1 Rxd4 13. Be3 Rxd1+ $1 14. Rxd1 {[#] Intending Rd8+ and mate.} Bf6 $1 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame And now Rd8+ would win. KRB-KRB} Be6 $146 17. f4 c6 18. Rb4 b6 19. Bxc6 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 20. Bb5 Bxa2 21. Ra4 Be6 22. Rxa7 Rc1+ 23. Kf2 {Black should prevent Bd3.} Rb1 24. Bd7 (24. Rb7 {NOTEXT} Rxb2 25. Bd3 Rb4 26. Rb8+ Kg7 27. Ke3) 24... Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Rxb2 {KR-KR} 26. g4 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 27. Rb7 b4 28. g5 b3 29. Kf3 Rb1 30. Ke4 Kg7 31. Ke5 Rb2 32. e4 Rxh2 33. Rxb3 h6 34. gxh6+ Rxh6 35. Rg3 Rh8 36. Rb3 Re8+ 37. Kd4 Ra8 38. Ke3 Ra7 39. Kf3 Ra8 40. Kg4 Ra7 41. Rc3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,133,4,0,10,10,12,1,9,13,31,27,32,29,34,27,29,22,26,27,28,41,91,86,108,106,114,88,84,87,92,83,115,115,117,108,122,123,131,119,122,106,106,106,106,79,106,96,106,94,95,79,79,81,95,94,95,95,95,94,300,305,407,553,526,520,526,481,485,431,445,237,568,552,539,514,536,512,493,487,465,423,392,374,292,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Bd2 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Nd4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (8... a5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 a4 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Rad1 Nc5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. e4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 {½-½ (36) Van Wely,L (2676)-Volokitin,A (2652) Germany 2017}) 9. a3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 c6 12. e4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Bg2) 12... Bh3 13. Re1 c5 14. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} b6 15. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 16. a5 Be6 17. Ra3 Rb8 18. b5 $1 Qc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Re2 Ra8 21. Rea2 Rxa3 22. Rxa3 Qc7 23. Bg2 Nf8 24. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} f6 25. f5 Bc8 26. Bd2 Bb7 27. g4 h6 28. h4 Nh7 29. Bf3 Qe7 30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Qc1 Ra8 32. Rxa8+ Bxa8 33. Qa1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bb7 34. Qa7 Qc7 35. g5 fxg5 36. hxg5 Nxg5 $2 (36... hxg5 $16 {was necessary.} 37. Be3 Kf7 38. Bh5+ Kg8) 37. Bxg5 $18 hxg5 38. Bh5 Kf8 39. Kg3 Ke7 40. Kg4 Kd8 41. Bg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h7]} Ke7 42. Kxg5 Kf8 $2 (42... Kd8 {is more resistant.} 43. Kg4 Ke7) 43. Kh5 Ke7 44. Kg4 Kd8 45. Bh7 $1 {[%cal Rh7g6]} Ke8 {[#]} 46. Bg8 $1 {[%cal Rg8d5] Threatens to win with Bd5.} g6 {[#] ...gxf5+ is the strong threat.} 47. Bd5 $1 gxf5+ 48. Kf3 fxe4+ 49. Ke3 $2 ({Not} 49. dxe4 Qc8 $11) (49. Ke2 $18) 49... Qd8 $1 $11 {White must now prevent ...Bxd5.The position is equal.} 50. Bxb7 Qg5+ 51. Kxe4 Qf4+ 52. Kd5 Qf3+ 53. Kxd6 Qf6+ 54. Kd5 Qf3+ 55. Kxe5 Qg3+ 56. Kf5 Qh3+ 57. Kf4 {Bc6+ would kill now.} Qh4+ 58. Kf3 Qf6+ $1 59. Ke2 Qb2+ 60. Ke1 Qc1+ 61. Ke2 Qb2+ 62. Kf1 Qc1+ 63. Kg2 Qd2+ 64. Kg3 Qg5+ 65. Kf3 Qf6+ $1 66. Ke3 Qd4+ 67. Ke2 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,53,24,20,0,9,0,4,-14,0,-4,-4,-6,10,11,0,0,38,62,61,19,18,6,12,0,9,0,21,0,8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bd3 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} Nxg3 12. hxg3 d4 (12... Be6 13. Nge2 Bxc5 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Bf5 Nb4 16. Qa4+ Nc6 17. g4 Kf8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxc8 Nb4 20. Bxb7 Bxe3+ 21. Kb1 Qb6 22. Rxd5 Qxb7 23. Re5 {1-0 (23) Sanchez,S (2388)-Rios,C (2499) Medellin 2017}) 13. exd4 Qxd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 14. Nf3 Qxc5 15. O-O Be6 16. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 O-O-O {0-1 (32) Achermann,J (1653)-Bilsel,S (2070) LSS email 2009}) 16... g4 17. Ne1 O-O-O 18. Be4 Kb8 {[#] Hoping for ...Nd4.} 19. Nd3 Qc4 20. Qe2 {Threatens to win with a4.} Qa6 21. Nxb4 Nxb4 22. Qe3 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 23. Qf4+ Qd6 24. Qe3 {[#] aiming for Nb5.} Qd4 25. Qf4+ Qd6 26. Qe3 {And now Nb5 would win.} Qd4 27. Qf4+ {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,85,10,8,0,0,6,9,4,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,12,9,9,9,8,9,13,12,10,8,8,8,10,12,12,10,14,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Nf3 {[#]} Rh8 $146 18. Nd4 Nd5 {The position is equal.} 19. Bg5 Nxc3 20. Rd3 Na4 $1 21. f4 Nc5 22. Rc3 Na4 23. Rg3 c5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. f5 Kf7 $1 26. Bh4 {[#] Hoping for fxe6+.} Rag8 27. Rb1 Nb6 28. fxe6+ Kxe6 29. Rg6+ Kf7 30. Rg5 Ke6 {[#]} 31. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxa4 32. Rxb7 Nc3 33. Rxc7 Ne4 34. Rg6+ Kf5 35. Ra6 g5 36. Be1 Re8 37. Raxa7 Rxe5 38. Rf7+ Ke6 39. c4 Re8 40. Rg7 {Ra6+ is the strong threat.} Kf5 41. Rgf7+ Ke6 42. Rg7 {And now Ra6+ would win.} Kf5 43. Rgf7+ {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,78,13,19,0,34,22,13,10,16,5,19,31,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,34,35,35,33,36,36,32,30,29,34,28,65,64,71,0,0,0,34,31,41,37,29,31,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 {B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line} 9. f3 e6 (9... d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. c4 Rc8 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 {½-½ (26) Navara,D (2737)-Dubov,D (2701) Batumi 2018}) 10. f4 d6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. Ndb5 Bf8 12. Qf3 a6 13. Nd4 Na5 14. O-O b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bg7 15. e5 Nd7 16. exd6 {½-½ (35) Dobrica,D (2379)-Sitorus,Y (2261) ICCF email 2016}) 15. f5 exf5 16. exf5 Bb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7f3]} 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qg3 Bg7 19. fxg6+ $1 hxg6 20. Bg5 $1 Nc6 ({Not} 20... Qb6 $2 21. Bxf6 Qc5 {[#]} 22. b4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (20... Re5 {is interesting.} 21. Rf2 Rxg5 22. Qxg5 Qb6 23. Rf4 Qc5) 21. Rxf6+ Bxf6 22. Rf1 Nxd4 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6+ Kxf6 25. Qh4+ Ke5 26. Qh7 {[#]} Bxg2 $1 27. Qg7+ (27. Kxg2 Nf5) 27... Ke6 28. Qxg6+ ({White should play} 28. Kxg2 $16 Nf5 29. Qxg6+ Ke5 30. Kh1) 28... Kd7 $11 29. Qg7+ Ke6 30. Qxd4 Rg8 {Hoping for ...Raf8.} 31. Kf2 Raf8+ 32. Ke3 Rg5 33. Qb6 Rc5 {The position is equal.} 34. Ne2 {Black must now prevent Nf4+.} Rf3+ 35. Kd2 Rf2 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Rd5+.} 36. Ke3 Rf3+ 37. Kd2 Rf2 $1 {aiming for ...Rd5+.} 38. Ke3 Rf3+ 39. Kd2 {Nd4+ is the strong threat.} Rf2 $1 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,17,10,19,19,26,19,26,25,38,38,30,36,32,27,51,45,40,38,44,48,41,22,10,0,5,7,10,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-17,-15,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} h6 (8... c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4b3]} 9. Nbd2 Ne7 $11) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nd4 O-O 14. a4 {0-1 (41) Wei,Y (2743)-Navara,D (2740) Yancheng 2017}) 12. Nd4 Ne7 13. f4 Be4 14. O-O Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. c4 O-O 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. b4 f6 {The position is equal.} 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Rc1 e5 21. Bd3 Qg6 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg6g2] [#]} 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Re1 {Bc5 is the strong threat.} d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Bd2 $1 Qf5 26. Qh3 Qxh3 27. gxh3 exf4 28. Rc4 Rad8 29. Re6 Rf6 30. Re4 Nb6 31. Rcxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} g5 {[#]} 33. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 (33... gxh4 34. Bxf4) 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. h4 Kg6 36. Kg2 gxh4 37. Bxf4 Rc6 38. Kf3 Kf5 39. Be3 Rc3 40. Rf4+ Ke5 41. Rxh4 {Black must now prevent Rh5+.} Nc4 42. Re4+ Kd5 {aiming for ...Nd2+.} 43. Kf4 Nxe3 44. Rxe3 Rxe3 45. Kxe3 {KPP-KP} Kc4 46. a3 Kb3 47. Kd4 Kxa3 48. Kc5 Kb3 49. b5 axb5 50. Kxb5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,54,14,27,17,12,5,8,4,12,12,12,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,6,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 {LiveBook: 31 Games} 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nh4 Ne7 12. Ndf3 c6 13. Ba4 Qc7 14. d4 Ba7 15. Bc2 {0-1 (33) Bacrot,E (2718)-Ding,L (2778) Liaocheng 2018}) 10... Ba7 {The position is equal.} 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. N1h2 Rad8 15. Ng4 Bxg4 $1 16. hxg4 e4 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxc3 19. Bxf6 Nxd1 20. Raxd1 gxf6 21. Rxe4 Rfe8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] [#] ...Rxe4 is the strong threat. Black is not keeping still} 22. Rde1 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Kf8 24. Rh4 Kg7 25. Rg4+ Kf8 26. Rh4 Kg7 27. Rg4+ Kf8 {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,97,7,8,14,13,23,-47,-21,-26,0,10,20,10,29,21,29,19,40,32,41,21,39,42,61,43,59,15,22,14,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,95,102,226,215,224,206,236,228,206,234,234,227,234,209,216,97,95,111,100,26,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (7. bxc3 Bd6 8. e3 O-O 9. d4 Qe7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Bb2 Na5 14. Bb5 c6 {1-0 (22) Kramnik,V (2808)-Karjakin,S (2781) Stavanger 2017}) 7... Bd6 8. e4 O-O 9. Bc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qf6 13. Rg1 h6 14. Be3 Rfd8 {0-1 (30) Muthaiah,A (2316)-Preotu,R (2463) Porto Carras 2015}) 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. O-O-O ({White should try} 11. Rd1 $11) 11... Be6 (11... Na5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 12. Bd5 h6 $11) 12. Bd5 f6 (12... b5 {with more complications.} 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. Nh4 b4 15. axb4 a5) 13. Be3 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Ne7 15. Rdd1 Qc6 16. Nd2 a5 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. a4 b6 20. f3 Rab8 21. Kc2 b5 22. axb5 Rxb5 23. Ra1 Rfb8 24. b3 Ng6 25. Qa4 Qe7 26. Nc4 {[#] Ba7 is the strong threat.} Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Rhd1 {And now Rd5 would win.} Nf4 29. Rd2 h6 30. Qa3 a4 (30... Qc6 $11 {remains equal.} 31. Nxa5 Qe8) 31. bxa4 $16 Rb4 {[#]} (31... Ra8 $16 32. Qxc5 (32. axb5 Rxa3 33. Nxa3 Kh7 $11) 32... Rxc5) 32. Rb1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb1b4][%mdl 512]} Qxc4 (32... Rxb1 33. Qxc5) 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Qxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qa2+ 35. Qb2 Qxa4+ 36. Qb3 Qa6 37. g3 Ne6 38. Qd5 (38. h4 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 38... Ng5 $16 39. f4 Nf3 40. Rd1 ({Better is} 40. Rf2 $16) 40... Qe2+ 41. Kb3 (41. Kc1 $5 {[%cal Rd5d3]}) 41... Nd4+ $1 {The position is equal.} 42. Rxd4 exd4 43. Qxd4 Qxh2 $11 {KQ-KQ} 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qd3 {Threatens to win with e5+.} Kh8 46. e5 fxe5 47. fxe5 Qg2 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qd3+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 37,76,25,30,29,29,29,22,21,32,24,29,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,12,12,6,13,29,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15. Ng5 {D19: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3: Main line with 9 Qe2} Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bg6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Be2 Nb8 19. Be3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 20. Rfc1 Rdc8 21. Rc3 Nb4 22. Raa3 a5 {[#]} 23. h4 $146 h6 24. g4 Nc2 25. Rab3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bc2 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxb7 {White wants to play b4.} Bxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Ra7 {b4 is the strong threat.} Bd1 30. Bxd1 Rc1 31. Rxa5 Rxd1+ $14 {KR-KR. The position is equal.} 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 Rxb2 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Ra7 Kg8 38. Ra8+ Kh7 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 98%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,62,20,22,35,18,31,37,29,21,25,25,20,23,19,19,20,37,27,23,18,21,0,0,0,5,5,5,2,1,12,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. Ne5 O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (9... Bd7 10. O-O Rb8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na3 c5 13. Qxa7 cxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Qxc4 e5 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Qc3 {½-½ (38) Lysyj,I (2618)-Frolyanov,D (2576) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. e3 e5 12. d5 Ne7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. Qxc4 {[#]} c6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Qb5 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 b5 {½-½ (19) Retamoza,F (2260)-Baranowski,T (2315) LSS email 2011}) 18... Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Bd5 Ke7 21. Kf1 f5 {The position is equal.} 22. f3 b5 23. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Kxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. a3 b4 26. axb4 Nxb4 27. Ke2 Na2 28. Rb1 Nb4 29. Rd1 Na2 30. Rb1 Nb4 31. Rd1 Na2 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,77,20,34,-4,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,7,8,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,16,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2e4][%mdl 32]} Qa5+ 10. Bd2 {E37: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 Qxc3 Ne4} Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 13. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 Qf5 14. Qxf5 exf5 15. Bxc4 Ke7 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (39) So,W (2799)-Karjakin,S (2763) Berlin 2018}) 13... Qf5 {The position is equal.} 14. Ne4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd6+.} O-O 15. Bxc4 Ne5 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Rhg1 {With the idea f3!} Nf6 18. Bd3 $1 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qh5 20. f4 f5 21. Bh1 Qf7 22. Kb1 e5 23. fxe5 Be6 24. Rd6 Rac8 25. Qd2 {[#] And now Rxe6! would win.} Rc5 {[%cal Bc8c5,Bc5e5,Be5e7][%mdl 32]} 26. Bxb7 Rxe5 27. Qd4 Ba2+ 28. Ka1 Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7b7]} 29. Bc6 Bb3 30. Rc1 f4 31. exf4 Qxf4 {[%cal Rf4c1]} 32. Bd5+ Bxd5 33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. Qd2 h6 35. Ka2 Qf7+ 36. Ka1 Qf4 37. Ka2 Qf7+ 38. Ka1 Qf4 39. Ka2 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,114,33,25,23,23,45,33,56,46,51,30,20,8,10,-14,20,14,26,0,31,-36,0,0,12,0,0,0,13,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,-71,-60,-64,-72,-75,-103,-97,-132,-124,-92,-54,-50,-19,-20,-19,-157,-154,-425,0,0,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 Rfe8 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bf1 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bb4 16. Rf1 Bd6 17. Ne5 f5 18. Qf3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc5 20. Bc3 a5 21. Qf4 {½-½ (21) Radjabov,T (2741)-Giri,A (2762) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 13... c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. g3 a6 16. Bg2 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Rc8 17. Qb1 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17... Rc7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd4 Bb4 20. Rc1 Rec8 {½-½ (63) Brooks,I (2569)-Copar,A (2503) ICCF email 2012}) 18. Nh4 c4 19. Nf5 Qf8 $1 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. bxc4 Rxc4 22. a4 Rec8 (22... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4c3]} 23. Rc1 Ndf6 $11) 23. Rc1 h5 24. h3 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6g5,Bg5e4][%mdl 32]} 25. Qa2 ({Better is} 25. h4 $14) 25... Ne6 (25... h4 $5 26. g4 (26. gxh4 Ng6 $17) 26... Qb4 $11) 26. Qb3 Qd8 27. Re2 Bc6 28. Rec2 {And now Nxd5 would win.} b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nb1 Ng5 31. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Nge4 32. Na3 Qe7 33. Qd3 (33. Nxc4 $11 dxc4 34. Qa2) 33... Rxc2 $15 34. Nxc2 Bd7 35. Qa3 Qe8 36. Nb4 Rc4 37. Rxc4 bxc4 38. Bc1 Be6 39. Na6 Qb5 40. Nc5 Kh7 41. Nxe6 (41. Bxe4+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxe4 42. Nxe4 dxe4 43. Bb2) 41... fxe6 $17 42. Bf1 $2 {[#]} (42. Bf3 $17 {might work better.}) 42... Nxf2 $2 ({Black should play} 42... Ng4 $1 $19 43. Qb2 Qxb2 44. Bxb2 Nexf2) 43. Kxf2 $11 {Strongly threatening Bg2.The position is equal.} Ne4+ 44. Ke2 $1 c3+ 45. Ke1 Qb1 46. Bg2 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxe4+.} Qc2 {( -> ...Qf2+)} 47. Bxe4+ $1 dxe4 48. Kf1 Kg6 49. Kg1 Kh7 50. Kh1 Kh6 51. Kg1 Kg6 52. Kh1 Qd1+ 53. Kh2 Qe2+ 54. Kg1 Qd1+ 55. Kh2 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Qe2+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,80,21,13,14,21,34,13,0,10,10,11,7,-21,-18,-21,-6,-20,-5,-6,0,0,0,-4,18,20,16,15,16,8,11,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,5,9,6,2,6,0,0,0,4,1,4,5,8,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 dxc4 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 10. Nxc4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Re8 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 h6 14. Bh4 Qa5 15. Bg3 Nf8 16. Qxb7 Ne6 17. Qb5 Qd8 18. Qb4 Rb8 19. Qxd6 Rxb2 20. Qxd8 {½-½ (20) Grischuk,A (2668)-Akopian,V (2654) Enghien les Bains 2001}) 11... Be6 12. Nxd6 cxd6 {The position is equal.} 13. Nd2 Qa5 14. Bf4 Qb4 15. Bg3 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Rxb7 Qd5 18. Rc7 Rec8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Qa1 Bf5 (20... Nh5 {feels hotter.} 21. Be4 Qg5 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. d5 Ndf6) 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxa7 Qc2 23. Nf3 Qc6 24. Ra1 Ne4 25. d5 Qc3 26. Kh2 Ndf6 27. Ra6 Qb4 28. Qc7 Qb8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Bxd6 Re8 31. Be5 Nxd5 32. Bd4 Nc7 33. Ra2 Ne6 34. Be3 Nd6 35. Rc2 Nf5 36. Rc3 Nxe3 37. Rxe3 Nc7 38. Rc3 Ne6 39. Re3 Nc7 40. Rc3 Ne6 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,53,17,15,55,14,18,20,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nd5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} (9. h3 Nbd7 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 a5 13. a3 Ba6 14. O-O O-O 15. b3 Qc7 16. Ra2 Rfc8 {0-1 (52) Fontaine,R (2563)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} O-O 13. O-O h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. b3 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Bh3 Rd8 19. a4 b4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Nc5 22. Rad1 a5 23. Qc4 Qe7 24. Rd5 Rdb8 {½-½ (24) Jimenez Molina,G (2382)-David Bordier,C (2313) ICCF email 2016}) 15... b4 {The position is equal.} 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qxd6 a5 19. Qb6 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Qe7 21. Qe3 Rc5 22. Bf1 Rac8 23. Ba6 R8c6 24. Bb5 Rc8 25. Ba6 R8c6 26. Bb5 Rc8 27. Ba6 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,102,8,5,-5,-6,-6,-10,-11,-11,-11,-1,-8,-13,-13,-10,-8,-12,-11,-10,-10,-12,-13,-13,-15,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,-8,-8,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} (14. Ne5 Qa4 15. c4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Bc3 Nb6 19. b3 Nc8 20. Re1 Nd6 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. a4 {½-½ (43) Baklan,V (2602)-Hillarp Persson,T (2524) Reykjavik 2011}) 14... e6 {LiveBook: 14 Games. The position is equal.} 15. Be3 exd5 16. cxd5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. cxd5 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Kf2 Rad8 20. Rab1 Bg7 21. Nd2 Nf6 22. Bxc5 Nxd5 23. Bxa7 Nxf4 24. Nc4 Nd3+ 25. Kf1 b5 26. b4 bxc4 {0-1 (26) Kolar,P-Omelka,R Czech Republic 1999}) 16... Rd8 17. Qc2 Na6 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Qxc5 Nxd5 20. Bd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Rac8 21. Qa3 Qf5 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxa7 Nxf4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ne2+.} 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qe3 Nd5 (25... h6 {NOTEXT} 26. h4 Rd5 27. g3 Nh5 28. Nh2 Re5) 26. Qb3 Nf4 {aiming for ...Ne2+.} 27. Qe3 Nd5 28. Qb3 b6 29. Rd1 Nf4 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qe3 g5 32. Kh2 h6 33. h4 Ne6 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Qe4 Qf6 36. Qe5 Qg6 37. g4 Qd3 38. Kg3 b5 39. Kf2 Kf8 40. Qe2 Nf4 (40... Qd7 {NOTEXT} 41. Qe5 Ke7 42. Qe4 Qa7+ 43. Kg2 Qc5) 41. Qxd3 Nxd3+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 42. Ke3 Nxb2 43. Nxg5 Nd1+ 44. Kd4 Nf2 45. Nxf7 Kxf7 {KN-KPP} 46. Kc5 Ne4+ 47. Kxb5 Nc3+ 48. Kc4 Nxa2 49. g5 Kg7 50. g6 Nb4 51. Kxb4 Kxg6 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,86,26,22,17,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0]} 1. e4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Bb4 12. Ndb5 {LiveBook: 21 Games} (12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxf5 exf5 {½-½ (55) Inarkiev,E (2689)-Riazantsev,A (2650) St Petersburg 2017}) 12... Ba5 {The position is equal.} 13. g4 Bg6 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Ne7.} 14. Rb1 Qxc2 15. Rc1 Qb2 16. f4 $146 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Ne7 {...0-0 is the strong threat.} 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 {[#]} Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Nxf5 Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c3]} 21. Bb5 {And now e6 would win.} Bxf5 $1 (21... Rxc3 22. e6 $18) 22. e6 {White wants to mate with e7+.} f6 23. Rxf5 Bxc3 {[#]} 24. Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc3 25. e7+ Kf7 26. e8=Q+ $1 Rhxe8 27. Bxe8+ Kf8 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 29. Ba4 Rc5 30. Bb3 Ke7 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 {KB-KP} b5 33. Kf2 Kd6 34. Bg8 h6 35. Ke3 Ke5 36. Bb3 g5 37. Bd1 f5 38. h3 a5 39. Bf3 b4 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 40. Bd1 $1 Kd5 41. Kd3 Ke5 {White must now prevent ...Kf4.} 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Kd3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,138,10,16,9,13,14,23,19,24,20,16,14,25,20,35,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-57,-80,-97,-92,-108,-94,-136,-62,-58,0,-127,-66,-139,-100,-101,-101,-210,-168,-163,-132,-134,-127,-128,-81,-78,-76,-112,-92,-93,-86,-102,-56,-159,-171,-153,-104,-96,-30,-31,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-14,-14,-14,-14,0,0,0,-15,0,-483,-468,-393,-326,-12850,-12841,-6183,-1347,-29960,-29959,-29961,-29962,-29959,-29958,-29960,-29963,-29963,-29964,-29970,-29970,-29966,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (6. e3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bb6 15. h3 Be6 {½-½ (62) Andreikin,D (2712)-Anand,V (2776) Moscow 2018}) 6... Nc6 7. Bg2 d4 8. O-O Be7 9. Na3 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nc4 Be6 11. e3 Rc8 12. exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nfe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe3 14. dxe3 {½-½ (50) Salaun,Y (2329)-Delaunay,S (2357) France 2005}) 12... cxd4 13. Re1 Bd5 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Re8 16. Bf3 Bc5 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Nd3 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Re8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxe1+!} 20. Nd3 {aiming for Bxd5.} Bb6 21. Nf4 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qd7 23. h4 h6 24. Ng2 ({White should try} 24. a4 $11) 24... Ng4 $15 25. Re1 {Rxe8+ is the strong threat.} Ne5 26. Qe4 Re6 27. Ba1 Ng4 (27... Ba5 $17 28. Rd1 Re7) 28. Qd3 Ne5 (28... h5 $15) 29. Qe4 $17 g6 (29... Ba5 $17 30. Rd1 Re7) 30. Rf1 (30. h5 $15) 30... f5 31. Qf4 Qd5 32. f3 (32. Ne1 $17) 32... Kg7 33. g4 Rf6 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Re6 36. Qg3 Nd3 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Qxf4 Kf7 39. Qh4 Ke7 40. Qh7+ (40. d3 $15) 40... Kd6 41. Bb2 f4 42. Kh1 Qxg5 (42... Bc5 $1 $17 43. Qg7 Kc6) 43. Ba3+ $11 Kc6 44. Rc1+ Kb5 45. Qxb7 {White threatens Qd7+ and mate.} Qh4+ 46. Kg1 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rc1c5]} Re1+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 47. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 48. Kg2 Qxd2+ 49. Kh3 Qc2 {Hoping for ...Qf5+.} 50. Qd5+ $1 Ka6 {And now ...Qf5+ would win.} 51. Bd6 $1 Qc8+ 52. Kg2 Qc2+ 53. Kh3 Qc1 54. Kg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Kg2 $11) 54... Qg1+ $1 $19 55. Kxf4 {[#]} Qh2+ $1 56. Kg4 $2 {[#]} (56. Ke4 Qc2+ 57. Kf4) 56... Qh5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 57. Qxh5 gxh5+ 58. Kxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} d3 59. Bf4 Ba5 60. Kg4 Kb5 61. Kf5 d2 62. Bxd2 Bxd2 {KB-K3P} 63. f4 Kb4 64. Ke4 Kc5 $2 (64... a6 {mates} 65. f5 Ka3 66. Kd3 Bb4 67. Kc4 Be7 68. b4 Bxb4 69. f6 Ka4 70. Kd4 Kb5 71. Kd3 a5 72. Ke3 Ka4 73. Kd3 Ka3 74. Kc4 Kxa2 75. f7 Ka3 76. Kb5 a4 77. Kc4 Bf8 78. Kd5 Kb4 79. Ke6 a3 80. Kd7 a2 81. Ke8 Bc5 82. f8=Q Bxf8 83. Kf7 a1=Q 84. Kxf8 Qa7 85. Kg8 Kc5 86. Kf8 Kd6 87. Kg8 Ke6 88. Kh8 Kf6 89. Kg8 Qg7#) 65. Ke5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kc6 {White must now prevent ...Kd7.} (65... a6 $5 66. f5 $8 Kb4 $11) 66. f5 Bb4 67. Ke6 Ba3 68. f6 a5 69. Kf7 Kd7 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,83,-5,-4,-63,-70,-68,-45,-54,-53,-67,-67,-32,-20,-115,-118,-80,0,-123,-119,-104,-127,-142,-98,-96,-97,-89,-78,-79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,11,13,12,41,45,97,92,149,53,103,90,197,202,197,197]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Nxb2 (15... Re8 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Rae1 Nxb2 18. Qf3 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qxd5 Rad8 21. Qc5 {½-½ (36) Tari,A (2570)-Ernst,T (2372) Vasteras 2016}) 16. Qe2 Re8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 17. Nd4 (17. Bxg6 $1 $11 hxg6 18. Qxb2) 17... Bd7 $15 18. f4 c5 19. Nf3 $1 Qb6 {...b4 is the strong threat.} 20. Qf2 d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Nc4 21. Rae1 {½-½ (29) Haznedaroglu,K (1990)-Wojcik,W (2185) ICCF email 2006}) 21. Bg5 {And now Bxe7 would win.} dxc3 22. Qh4 (22. Rae1 $1 $11) 22... c4+ 23. Kh1 Bf8 $1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nd3.} 24. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd3 $17 {[#]} ({Reject} 24... Bxf5 $6 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Bf6 $11) 25. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#]} Bxe6 $1 (25... fxe6 26. f6) 26. fxe6 Rxe6 {Threatens to win with ...f6.} ({Of course not} 26... Qxe6 $6 27. Bf6 $11) 27. Rad1 Rae8 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Rxd3 Re4 (29... Qc5 $17 30. Rd8 c2) 30. Bf4 $1 $11 {Hoping for Ng5.} Be7 31. Qg3 $1 b4 32. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e4]} Bxg5 $1 33. Bxg5 Qe6 34. h3 Qe5 {aiming for ...Qxg3.} 35. Kh2 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 h6 37. Bxh6 Re1 {[#]} (37... a5 $14) 38. Rf6 $1 $16 R1e6 ({Black should play} 38... a5) 39. Rf2 ({White should try} 39. Rxe6 $16 Rxe6 40. Kf2) 39... Re2 40. Rd5 Rxf2 (40... R8e5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 41. Kxf2 $18 f6 42. Be3 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,38,0,0,0,10,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. e4 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bb4 16. Rf1 Bd6 {[#]} 17. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne5 f5 18. Qf3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc5 20. Bc3 a5 21. Qf4 {½-½ (21) Radjabov,T (2741)-Giri,A (2762) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 17... Bb4 {LiveBook: 34 Games. The position is equal.} 18. Rf1 Bd6 19. Rfe1 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,81,16,16,14,18,-37,-39,-29,-39,-62,-45,-55,-41,-39,-39,-48,-48,-48,-48,-41,-48,-54,-41,-54,-47,-49,-41,-39,0,0,0,-42,-54,-47,-53,-54,-48,-50,-39,-44,-42,-59,-65,-68,-63,-67,-30,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Bb6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Be6 12. Na4 h6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. Qb3 Ra6 16. Rac1 $146 (16. Rfc1 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16. a3 d4 17. Qb5 Rd8 {0-1 (69) Paunovic,D (2470)-Mitrovic,P (2385) Niksic 1997}) 16... d4 $15 17. Qb5 {Rxc6 is the strong threat.} Rxa2 18. Rc2 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. exd3 (19. Qxd3 Nb4) 19... Bg4 20. Qc4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Ne5 22. Qxa2 Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 {[#] And now Qd5 would win.} Nd4 24. b4 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qxd3 26. Qc4 Qe4 {Threatens to win with ...b5.} 27. Rd1 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 $1 Nd4+ $1 29. Kg1 Qxc2 30. Rxd4 Qxc4 31. Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rd8 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. h4 Rd6 34. Rc7 Rd4 35. Rxb7 Rxb4 36. h5 Rb5 37. f4 f5 38. Kf2 {The position is equal.} Rb3 39. Rd7 Rb5 40. Ke3 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,8,6,0,-2,-13,0,-12,-3,0,31,30,29,26,73,57,68,68,68,54,72,74,131,136,149,106,106,96,110,84,98,64,42,42,46,47,33,39,81,87,69,72,170,166,175,129,310,321,322,308,898,893,884,864]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 (5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Be3 Be7 11. O-O-O {0-1 (37) Guseinov,G (2646)-Amonatov,F (2636) Riadh 2017}) 5... Nf6 6. b3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} e6 7. Bb2 a6 8. O-O-O {The position is equal.} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qa5 9. Kb1 Be7 10. f4 {½-½ (10) Fernandez de Bobadilla,J (2106)-Fernandez de Bobadilla,G (2167) Granada 2015}) 9. f3 h5 10. Nh3 Be7 11. Ng5 h4 12. f4 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Be2 Qc7 15. Rhe1 Nh7 (15... O-O $142) 16. Nxh7 $16 Rxh7 17. g4 hxg3 18. hxg3 Bf6 19. Bd3 ({Don't take} 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rh3 $14) 19... Rh8 20. g4 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f3]} 21. Re3 {[#] And now g5 would win.} Kf8 $1 22. Ne2 Nxe2 $1 23. Rxe2 {Threatens to win with e5.} Bc3 24. Bxc3 Qxc3 25. Qe3 Rc5 {[#]} (25... Rc7 $16) 26. e5 $1 $18 dxe5 27. fxe5 Rh1 $2 (27... Rc7 $16) 28. Rxh1 Bxh1 29. Rh2 {Intending Rh8+ and mate.} ({Weaker is} 29. Qh3 Bc6 $16) 29... Rxe5 $2 (29... Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5) 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Qa7+ {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,80,0,23,12,18,21,29,18,12,7,6,4,4,0,4,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} cxd4 9. Rxd4 Qa5 10. Bg3 Nb6 11. Nd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 13. Nxc4 Qa6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {[#] The position is equal.} 16. Ne5 $146 (16. Rd1 {seems wilder.} Bd7 17. Rd4 Bc6 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Bd6) 16... Bd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Rc8 21. f3 Kf8 22. Kf1 a6 23. Ke2 Ke8 24. Rd4 Be7 25. Bd6 Nd5 26. Bxe7 Nxc3+ 27. bxc3 {[#] aiming for Bb4.} Kxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 28. Kd3 Rc5 29. Rb4 b5 30. c4 Kd6 31. cxb5 axb5 32. a4 Rd5+ 33. Ke2 bxa4 34. Rxa4 Rc5 35. Ra6+ Ke7 36. Ra4 Rc2+ 37. Kf1 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,80,8,14,13,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-7,-13,-12,-13,0,-36,-34,-36,-43,-66,-62,-44,-53,-74,-75,-41,-35,-27,-39,-39,-33,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-40,-52,-44,-41,-34,-22,-29,-22,-22,-22,-22,-8,-27,-26]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 {LiveBook: 109 Games} 13. g3 Ba6 14. Qe2 (14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Rfa8 {1-0 (66) Aronian,L (2805)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ra7 {[#]} 16. Rfc1 $146 Rfa8 {[#] And now ...axb4 would win.} 17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. b5 a4 19. f5 c5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Qe3 $1 Rb7 23. Rab1 Nb3 {[#] aiming for ...Qxe3.} 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Rc2 Bf6 ({Weaker is} 25... Bxa3 26. Ra2 $16) 26. Nxa4 Rxb5 27. Nc3 Rb7 {Strongly threatening ...Rc8.} 28. Ne2 Rab8 29. Nf4 Nd4 30. Rxb7 Nxf3+ 31. Kg2 Ne1+ 32. Kf1 Rxb7 33. Kxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf7 34. a4 Ra7 35. Ra2 g5 36. Nd3 Ke7 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Kd6 39. Ke2 Bc3 40. Ke3 Ba5 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,106,17,20,12,13,0,43,33,35,22,42,0,42,38,47,45,43,43,42,44,50,55,43,6,7,7,32,25,25,35,49,38,33,29,36,31,43,9,11,14,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-20,-54,-37,-51,-40,-84,-83,-75,-70,-130,-127,-118,-143,-143,-138,-114,-64,-66,-66,-106,-107,-97,-90,-260,-258,-315,-319,-293,-293,-318,-301,-339,-298,-466,-488,-480,-470,-391,-382,-582,-528,-528,-528]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 e5 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 8. Qc2 h6 9. Rd1 Qc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nh4 Bc5 11. Nf5 O-O 12. Nc3 Rad8 13. Na4 Rfe8 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (57) Plonczak,D (2216)-Dreev,A (2673) Warsaw 2013}) 10... Be6 11. b3 Bc5 12. Na4 Be7 13. Nh4 g6 14. h3 Kf8 15. Bb2 Re8 16. e4 Kg8 17. Rac1 Kh7 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. Qc3 Nxa4 21. Qxe5 Bd6 22. Qxf6 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rf6g7]} Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Qe7 24. Qc3 Bb4 25. Qe5 Qg5 26. Qb2 Rd8 27. a3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bc5 29. Nf1 Rd8 30. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Qe7 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. b4 Qd4 33. Qc2 Be7 34. c5 a5 35. bxa5 Bxc5 36. a4 Kg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 37. Nh2 {[#]} ({White should play} 37. Ne3 $15) 37... Bb3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Qe2 (38. Qxb3 Qxf2+) 38... Qxa4 39. Nf3 Qa1+ 40. Bf1 Qc3 41. Kg2 Ba4 42. Qc4 Qxc4 43. Bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bc2 44. Nd2 $2 (44. e5 $17 {is a better defense.}) 44... Bb4 $19 45. Bb3 {[#]} Bxb3 $1 ({Weaker is} 45... Bxd2 46. Bxc2 Bxa5 47. e5 $17) ({Stronger than} 45... Bxa5 46. Nc4 $11) 46. Nxb3 {KB-KN} c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 47. Kf3 c4 48. Nd4 Bxa5 49. Nb5 (49. Ke2 {was necessary.}) 49... c3 {And now ...c2 would win.} 50. Nd4 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 544]} 51. Ke2 (51. Nxb5 c2) 51... b4 52. f4 (52. Nb3 $142 Bb6 53. Nc1) 52... Bb6 53. Nb3 h5 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,69,0,1,0,0,-9,-16,-10,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,-6,0,-6,0,-6]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} b5 7. c3 Bb7 8. Bc2 c4 9. a4 e6 10. axb5 axb5 {LiveBook: 17 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 {[#]} 14. d3 $146 cxd3 15. Nxb5 Qb7 16. c4 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qb3 Ndc5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Nc7+ Kd7 21. Nxd5 Bd6 22. b4 Nb3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...d2.} 23. Rxe4 {Hoping for Be3.} Nxc1 24. Rc4 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Rb8 26. Ne1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White puts up resistance} Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Nxf4 (27. Rxf4 Bxf4) 27... d2 28. Ke2 dxe1=B (28... dxe1=Q+ {seems wilder.} 29. Kxe1 Rxb4 30. Rxb4 Bxb4+ 31. Ke2 Bd6) 29. Kxe1 Rxb4 30. Rxb4 Bxb4+ $11 {KB-KN} 31. Ke2 Bd6 32. Kf3 Bb4 33. Ke2 Bd6 34. Kf3 Bb4 35. Ke2 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,74,15,37,20,26,29,12,21,32,28,29,13,18,18,25,0,0,0,22,16,19,15,31,32,33,26,29,36,35,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4 {D60: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Unusual White 7th moves} c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. cxd5 (9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bg3 Nc6 {½-½ (40) So,W (2792)-Giri,A (2752) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9... Nxd5 10. Bxe7 {White has an edge.} Nxe7 11. O-O cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nd7 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Nb5 Nf6 {½-½ (99) Sundararajan,K (2422)-Landa,K (2611) Reykjavik 2017}) 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. a3 (14. a4 {is more complex.} Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qa3 Nf5 17. b4) 14... Rd8 15. Qb4 (15. Rfd1 {is interesting.} Rb8 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qb3) 15... Qxb4 16. axb4 Nc6 17. Nc2 Rd2 18. Rfc1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. b5 Rxe2 21. bxc6 {aiming for Kf1.} d4 $1 22. exd4 {[#] Black must now prevent c7.} bxc6 {The position is equal.} 23. Kf1 Re4 24. f3 Rh4 25. Nb4 Bd7 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 28. Rc2 a5 29. b3 Rb4 30. Ra3 Rab8 31. Rxa5 Rxb3 32. Kf2 Rb2 33. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 34. Kf1 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 36,59,27,31,25,17,26,17,26,25,25,32,27,20,21,21,15,2,23,15,23,0,17,0,20,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack} 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Kf8 20. h4 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 f6 22. Qxf5 Bxf5 {½-½ (33) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris 2017}) 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Ne7 25. Be3 Kg8 26. Ba2 Rd8 27. Bb6 Re8 28. Be3 Rd8 29. Bb6 Re8 30. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,55,29,19,17,17,10,10,8,39,52,43,40,48,47,41,58,36,49,96,102,117,132,145,106,79,0,622,497,510,504,507,481,508,494,554,553]} 1. e4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. O-O Nc6 $1 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Be7 {[#]} 15. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. b5 Nxd4 16. cxd4 {1-0 (32) Bok,B (2611)-Saltaev,M (2477) Germany 2018}) 15... Be4 16. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Bg6 17. f4 Be4 18. Nc5 a5 19. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} axb4 20. cxb4 Ra3 (20... Rxa2 $2 21. Nxe4 Bxb4 22. Nc3 $18) ({Don't play} 20... Bxc5 $6 21. Bxc5 Rxa2 22. Ra1 $11) 21. Bf2 {Black must now prevent b5.} Bxc5 ({Not} 21... Rxa2 $2 22. Nxe4 Bxb4 23. Nc3) 22. Bxc5 {[#] And now b5 would win.} Rxa2 23. b5 (23. Ra1 $16 Rxa1 24. Qxa1) 23... Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Na5 $11) 24. b6 {White is clearly winning.} Bxd1 25. bxc7 Kd7 26. Bxd1 Kxc7 27. Bd6+ Kd7 28. Rb1 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,81,33,20,18,39,32,19,30,23,0,0,-8,27,27,30,29,48,45,38,0,0,0,3,0,14,14,18,0,44,44,50,50,45,45,54,52,47,26,15,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Re1 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Bg7 15. c3 O-O 16. Nc2 Re8 17. Qh5 e4 18. Bf1 Nxd5 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 19. Qxf5 Re5 20. Qh3 Qb6 (20... Qf6 21. a4 Nf4 {½-½ (34) Sjugirov,S (2652)-Mamedov,R (2709) Batumi 2018}) 21. Rad1 Rae8 {[#]} 22. Rxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Rd4 R8e6 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qd1 Rf5 25. Rd2 {½-½ (25) Szczepanski,Z (2514)-Mokrys,C (2486) ICCF email 2015}) 22... Rxe4 23. Rxd5 h6 (23... Qa5 {is more complex.} 24. a3 Qa4 25. Ne3 Qb3 26. Rd2 R4e5) 24. Qd3 R8e6 25. g3 R4e5 26. Bg2 b4 {[#] Hoping for ...Re2.} 27. cxb4 Re2 28. Rf5 {And now Bd5 would win.} Qc7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} ({But not} 28... Bxb2 $2 29. Bd5 $18) 29. Ne3 $1 Qc1+ 30. Bf1 $1 Rxb2 31. a3 Ra2 32. Qd5 Rxa3 33. Kg2 Raxe3 34. fxe3 Qxe3 35. Bxa6 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 (36. Kh3 {seems wilder.} Re7 37. Bf1 Qe6 38. Qa8+ Re8 39. Qf3) 36... Rxe4 37. Rb5 {[#] Black must now prevent Rb8+.The position is equal.} Kf8 38. Bb7 Re2+ 39. Kh3 Bd4 40. Bf3 Rb2 41. Rd5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,6,3,5,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn} 12. fxe5 g5 (12... Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. O-O Nc6 18. c3 O-O 19. Bg3 {0-1 (47) Dubov,D (2701)-Sjugirov,S (2652) Batumi 2018}) 13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 15. O-O Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 16. Kh1 {LiveBook: 33 Games. The position is equal.} Qg5 17. Qe1 Nxf6 18. Nf3 Qg7 $1 19. Ne5 Be7 $146 20. Na4 {[#] Nb6 is the strong threat.} O-O ({Much worse is} 20... Rg8 $6 21. Bf3 $16) 21. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6a8]} Rb8 $1 22. Rb3 Ne4 23. Ned7 $1 {[%cal Rd7b8]} Bxd7 $1 24. Nxd7 Qg5 {next ...Nd2 is good for Black.} 25. Nxb8 Rxb8 26. Bh5 Nd2 27. Rxf7 Nxb3 28. Qxe6 {[#] Threatening mate with Rf8+!} Kh8 {( -> ...Qc1+)} 29. Rxe7 Rf8 {[%cal Rf8f1]} 30. Kg1 Qxh5 31. cxb3 Qd1+ 32. Qe1 Qd4+ 33. Qe3 Qd1+ 34. Qe1 Qd4+ 35. Qe3 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,87,0,-8,10,10,35,0,-16,0,0,-8,-16,-9,-9,-46,0,0,-1,0,9,5,13,3,10,8,10,17,14,0,8,4,21,21,27,18,19,9,42,23,29,35,230,230,228,229,227,223,220,217,214,215,158,166,245,245,245,245,197,94,93,99,100,72,148,146,146,154,221,222,227,228,531,475,564,456]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (6... O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. d3 Qe7 9. e4 Ne8 10. Ba3 b6 11. O-O f5 12. d4 exd4 13. e5 d3 14. Qxd3 Bb7 15. exd6 Nxd6 {½-½ (27) Harikrishna,P (2738)-Svidler,P (2763) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 7. e4 O-O 8. g3 {LiveBook: 26 Games} Ne8 {The position is equal.} 9. Nh4 Ne7 10. d3 $146 (10. Bg2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. d4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qa3 b6 14. Qxa7 Bb7 {½-½ (40) Suba,M (2535)-Komarov,D (2580) Sovata 1998}) 10... f5 $11 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Bg2 c6 14. h3 Nc7 {[%cal Be8c7,Bc7e6,Be6c5][%mdl 32]} 15. O-O Ne6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. Kh2 Bg6 19. Rd2 Rae8 20. Qd1 b6 21. Re1 h6 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Re3 Re6 24. Kg1 Rd6 25. h4 Rd8 {[%cal Rg6d3]} 26. Rxe5 Bxd3 27. Be4 Bxc4 $2 ({Black should try} 27... Kf8 $14) 28. Rxd6 $18 Qxd6 {[#]} 29. Re8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 30. Qxd6 Rxe4 31. Qxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Re1+ {[#]} 32. Kh2 $1 Bxa2 33. g4 Kh7 (33... Be6 $142) 34. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} h5 35. f5 (35. gxh5 $6 Bf7) 35... hxg4 {[#]} 36. h5 (36. Qb7 $1 $18 {is more deadly. aiming for f6.} Rf1 37. Qa6 (37. Qxa7 Bc4 $16) 37... Rf2+ 38. Kg3) 36... Bf7 $16 37. Qb7 Kg8 (37... Bxh5 $2 38. f6 $18) 38. Qxa7 Bxh5 (38... Rf1 $142) 39. Qxb6 c4 40. Qd8+ Be8 (40... Kh7 $16 41. Qg5 g3+ 42. Kg2 (42. Qxg3 Re2+ 43. Kh3 Re4 $18) 42... g6 43. fxg6+ (43. Qxg3 Re2+ 44. Kh3 gxf5 $18) 43... Bxg6 44. Qh4+ (44. Qxg3 Re2+ 45. Kf3 Bd3 $16) 44... Kg7 45. Qd4+ (45. Qxg3 Re2+ 46. Kf3 Rc2 $18) (45. Kxg3 Bd3 $16) 45... Kf8 46. Qxc4 (46. Kxg3 Bf7 $18) 46... Ke7 47. Qc5+ Kf6) 41. Kg3 $18 Kh7 42. Qc7 Kg8 $2 (42... Rf1 {is a better chance.} 43. Kxg4 (43. Qxc4 Rxf5 44. Qxg4 Rf6 $18) 43... Rg1+ 44. Kf3 Bh5+ 45. Ke4 Re1+ 46. Kf4 Rg1) 43. Qxc4+ Bf7 44. Qd4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,71,0,5,0,0,0,5,4,8,19,16,6,6,6,5,9,14,5,5,5,7,1,4,4,3,8,10,3,24,4,10,10,15,0,0,0,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,0,7,0,3,0,7,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. b3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Bd7 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} 12. Nd2 Nc6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. e3 (13. Nc2 Rac8 14. Rb1 Qa6 15. Bc3 b6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Nd5 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 {0-1 (56) Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 13... Rac8 14. Bc3 Nxd4 15. exd4 {And now Rb1 would win.} Bf5 16. Qa3 Bd3 $146 17. Rfe1 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. Rab1 ({Reject} 19. Rxe7 Rfc8 $17) 19... Qa6 20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Bb4 Rxd4 22. Bxe7 Re8 23. Bc5 Rxe1+ $1 24. Rxe1 Rd2 25. Rb1 {[#] Hoping for Rb8+.} Nd7 (25... Bf8 {keeps more tension.} 26. Bxa7 Rxa2 27. Bd4 Nd7 28. Rb7 Nc5) 26. Bxa7 Bd4 {The position is equal.} 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Bf1 Ra4 29. Rb7 Nf8 30. Rb6 Rxa2 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Bxa6 {KB-KN} Ne6 33. Bf1 Nf8 34. Ba6 Ne6 35. Bf1 Nf8 36. Ba6 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,72,8,-12,-1,-36,-44,-58,-30,-15,-16,-15,-16,-16,-16,-16,-23,-37,-37,-44,-49,-60,-41,-69,-66,-70,-48,-49,-35,-57,-64,-50,-57,-77,-73,-91,-91,-91,-95,-97,-91,-94,-88,-113,-85,-154,-90,-371,-364,-862,-866,-866,-862,-1244,-1210]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Ba2 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} c5 11. d4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} c4 12. Bg5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. Bc2 Rae8 15. d5 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. Rb1 Bc8 {0-1 (68) Loskutov,O (2433)-Belozerov,A (2552) Tomsk 2004}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nc6 16. d5 Na5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Nf1 g6 20. a4 Qe7 21. Bb1 Nb3 22. Ra2 Nc5 23. Bc2 Rfb8 24. g3 h5 ({Of course not} 24... bxa4 $6 25. h4 $14) 25. h4 Bh6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rea1 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Kg7 29. Qe2 Rb7 {Threatens to win with ...Ra7.} 30. Qe1 Qc7 31. Kg2 Qb6 32. Kf3 (32. Qd1 $142) 32... Rc7 ({Better is} 32... Nd3 33. Bxd3 cxd3) 33. Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33. Qd1 $17 {was necessary.}) 33... b4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4b3][%mdl 512] And now ...b3 would win.} 34. cxb4 $2 (34. Ra1 Nd3 35. Bxd3 cxd3 36. Ne3) 34... Nd3 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Bxd3 cxd3 36. Ra1 Rc2 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,92,5,15,19,19,21,14,14,14,14,13,11,8,9,22,14,20,20,54,18,18,10,10,0,23,0,4,8,20,-20,-20,-19,-20,-20,-6,-13,-18,-20,-12,-19,-19,-21,-21,-21,-20,-25,-20,-33,-20,-6,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,226,0,0,0,0,-10,-11,-10,-10,-10,-10,-11,-11,-10,-10,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 {LiveBook: 17 Games. E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} 8. Bg2 dxc4 {next ...Nc6 is good for Black.} 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 {Black must now prevent Nb5.} O-O 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Rc1 Nxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c3 13. b3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Nd7 15. Rxc3 {½-½ (26) Giri,A (2752)-Karjakin,S (2753) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 13. fxe3 Nd7 14. Rxc4 Nf6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rc7 Rb8 17. b4 Rd7 18. Rc4 Rd8 19. Rc7 e5 20. Nb5 Bg4 21. Re1 a6 22. Nc3 Rbc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Na4 Rc7 25. h3 Bc8 26. Nb6 Be6 27. a4 h5 28. a5 g6 29. Kf2 Kg7 30. Rd1 Bf5 31. Rd6 {Rxf6! is the strong threat.} Be6 32. Rd1 g5 33. Ke1 Kf8 34. h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 Ke7 36. e4 Nd7 $2 {[#]} (36... Bb3 $11 37. Rb1 Rc3) 37. Nd5+ $2 ({Only move:} 37. Rxd7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd7 38. Nxd7 Bxd7 39. Bf3) 37... Bxd5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 38. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc4 39. Bh3 Nf6 40. Rxe5+ Kd6 41. Rf5 Nxe4 {[%cal Rc4c1]} 42. Kd1 Nc3+ 43. Ke1 Rxh4 44. Bg2 Rxb4 45. Rxf7 Nd5 46. Rh7 {aiming for Rh6+.} Rb5 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,77,6,27,10,3,2,32,13,34,12,14,14,22,11,15,9,14,7,27,6,29,25,48,29,18,8,27,1,0,0,10,0,17,5,17,10,11,7,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,-26,-27,-25,-36,-26,-30,-114,-116,-116,-65,-51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Bc2 Bg4 {LiveBook: 15 Games} (8... c5 9. d4 Be6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Re1 Qb6 {1-0 (53) Grischuk,A (2772)-Yu,Y (2751) Huaian 2017}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. d4 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (63) Knoll,H (2361)-Volkmann,F (2455) Hartberg 2003}) 11. Re1 Na6 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3e4][%mdl 32]} Qd7 13. Nf1 Rae8 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qb3 Bd8 (16... Nc7 {keeps more tension.} 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Ne2 d5 19. Be5 Ne4) 17. Bg5 (17. Bf4 {is interesting.} d5 18. Be5 Qc8 19. Rad1 Bc7 20. Qa4) 17... Nd5 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Ne4 Rfe8 20. Qa3 {Black should prevent Nxd6!} Nf6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. d5 c5 23. Qb3 Kg7 24. c4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. a3 {[#] Rxe8 is the strong threat.} Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Nb8 28. Nc2 Qe7 29. Qe3 Qe5 30. Qb3 b6 31. Ne3 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 32. Qa4 a6 33. b4 {[#]} (33. g3 $11 {remains equal.}) 33... f4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 34. Nf1 Kf8 (34... Qe1 $17) 35. bxc5 $15 dxc5 ({Black should play} 35... bxc5 $15 36. Qa5 Ke7) 36. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] The position is equal. White is pushing.} Nd7 37. Qa4 Nb8 38. Qb3 Nd7 39. Qa4 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,-14,0,-7,6,-47,-50,-46,-31,-39,11,0,61,48,41,60,56,58,61,66,61,65,49,50,60,65,63,63,52,55,131,131,237,134,139,135,143,141,138,144,175,186,169,83,83,97,89,93,104,104,83,110,120,151,230,230,291,279,276,223,439,429,700,700,668,658,695,587]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} c5 7. d5 b5 8. h5 O-O 9. hxg6 fxg6 {LiveBook: 15 Games. Hoping for ...b4.} 10. d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nxe4 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Bxc4 {1-0 (35) Li,C (2732)-Xiong,J (2634) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... exd6 {[%cal Be7d6,Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 11. Nxb5 (11. a4 $11) 11... d5 $15 12. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Re8 {aiming for ...Ba6.} 13. Be3 $1 d4 {White must now prevent ...Ba6.} 14. e5 Ba6 (14... Nc6 $11 15. Bxc4+ (15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxc4+ Kh8 $11) 15... Kh8 16. exf6 Bxf6) 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Bxc4+ Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Qe6 18. Qxe6+ ({But not} 18. Qxc5 $2 dxc3 19. exf6 cxb2 $19) 18... Rxe6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bd8 $1 21. O-O-O {Strongly threatening Bf4.} dxe3 22. Nxe3 Nc6 23. Rd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Be7 {[#]} (23... Re7 $14 24. Rhd1 Rc8) 24. Rxh7 $1 $16 Rb8 {[#]} (24... Rf8 $16) 25. Rc7 (25. Nd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Re8 26. Rhxe7 Nxe7 27. Nc7) 25... Bf6 26. Rb7 Nb4 27. Rxb8+ Kxh7 28. Rb7+ Kg8 29. Rxa7 Nd3+ 30. Kb1 (30. Kc2 $18 {has better winning chances.} Nxf2 31. Nd5) 30... Bxb2 31. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd4 32. Kc2 Nb4+ 33. Kd2 Bxe3+ 34. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd5 35. a5 c4 (35... Nxe3 $16 36. Ng5 Re5) 36. Rd7 $18 Nf6 37. Rd8+ Kg7 {and the idea ...Ra6 leaves Black hopeful.} 38. Kc3 Rc6 $2 (38... Ra6 39. Kb4 (39. Kxc4 Rxa5 40. Kb3 Ra7 $14) 39... Rc6) 39. Ne5 {White is clearly winning.} Ne4+ (39... Rc7 $142 40. Rd4 g5 41. Nxc4 Nh7) 40. Kd4 c3 41. Kxe4 ({Not} 41. Nxc6 c2 $14) 41... Rc4+ 42. Kf3 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,83,30,30,22,22,36,36,33,37,40,21,30,19,23,51,51,52,54,47,51,60,49,69,83,64,68,74,83,73,79,71,80,63,52,52,52,52,52,52,33,52,59,59,29,37,8,14,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,11,8,1274,1256,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,6226,278]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. e3 {D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7} (10. Ne5 Be6 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. f4 Ne7 14. e4 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Rcd1 b5 18. a3 Rcd8 19. exd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (103) Kramnik,V (2769)-Giri,A (2768) London 2014}) 10... Be6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 11. b3 cxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qa5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Rab1 Bf5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rxb7 Nb4 {1-0 (40) Relange,E (2478)-Pecot,L (2225) France 1999}) 12. Qxb3 {The position is equal.} Na5 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 $1 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. a4 g6 20. a5 Rc6 21. Bf1 b5 22. axb6 Rxb6 23. Qa3 Qxa3 24. Rxa3 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} a6 26. Rc5 f5 27. h3 Rff6 28. Kg2 h5 29. Raa5 Kg7 30. Rc7+ Rf7 31. Rc8 h4 32. Re8 hxg3 33. Kxg3 Rb3 $1 34. Kg2 Rb2 35. Rxa6 {With the idea Ree6.} f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 36. exf4 ({Don't play} 36. Rxe4 $6 fxe3 37. Rxe3 Rbxf2+ 38. Kg3 Rf1 $16) 36... Rxf4 37. Ra7+ Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37... Kf6 $11) 38. Kg3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Rf6 {[#]} 39. h4 $1 {[%cal Re8h8]} g5 40. Rh8+ Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kf5 42. Rxg5+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,86,7,16,0,27,27,24,0,12,10,4,3,25,0,-7,-27,-14,-16,-33,-29,-29,-66,-64,-53,-64,-47,-33,-32,-35,-87,-81,-111,-44,-72,-71,-133,-37,-60,-30,-30,0,0,0,-42,-39,-48,-57,-45,-43,-64,-55,-149,-164,-188,-64,-64,-50,-99,-99,-100,-88,-1232,-1223,-1182,-1129,-1079,-711]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 a4 {LiveBook: 6 Games. A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 12. Nd2 f5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 {White has an edge.} 14. Nxa4 Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5d2] Strongly threatening ...Bxd2.} 15. Nc3 e4 {[#]} 16. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rb1 Ne5 17. Nb3 Ng4 18. Qc2 Be3 19. dxe4 {1-0 (36) Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)-Aronian,L (2809) Geneva 2017}) 16... Qd7 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Nc4 Qf7 19. b3 exd3 20. exd3 f4 {And now ...f3 would win.} 21. Ne4 Be7 {...f3 is the strong threat.} 22. gxf4 Qxf4 23. a4 Nb4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 24. Qe2 Qh6 25. Rbd1 (25. d4 $15) 25... Nd5 $1 $17 26. Rg1 Kh8 (26... Rf4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4h4]} 27. f3 Rdf8) 27. Bf1 Rf4 28. Ne5 (28. f3 $142) 28... Rdf8 (28... Rh4 $17 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rh4h2]} 29. f3 Ne3) 29. f3 $1 $15 Rh4 30. d4 Nf4 31. Qd2 Bxb3 32. Rb1 Bxa4 33. Bb5 Bxb5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 34. Rxb5 Qe6 35. Qb2 Bd8 36. Ng5 {[#]} (36. Ra1 $15) 36... Qe8 $1 $17 ({Much less strong is} 36... Bxg5 37. Rxg5 Rf6 38. Qd2 $15) 37. Rb3 {[#]} Bxg5 ({Better is} 37... Rf5 $1 $19 38. Ne4 Rfh5) 38. Rxg5 $15 Ne6 39. Rg4 Rxg4 40. fxg4 Qd8 41. Rh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Rf3 $17) 41... Qd5+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kg1 Qe4 43. Qb4 Rf6 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,70,33,15,15,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,-22,-8,-21,-17,-14,-19,-25,-17,-15,-32,-49,-41,-45,-40,-85,-87,-96,-95,-104,-137,-156,-121,-228,-188,-165,-158,-227,-215,-399,-385,-493,-504,-506,-510,-496,-498,-499,-480,-29978,-29979,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Re1 {LiveBook: 6 Games. C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Bf4 Bf5 15. Na3 Bxc2 16. Nxc2 {½-½ (46) Grandelius,N (2646)-Gajewski,G (2588) Batumi 2018}) 8... b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 {The position is equal.} Bb7 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Nd2 Re8 {0-1 (55) Hou,Y (2509)-Stefanova,A (2483) Zafra 2007}) 11... Ne7 12. Bc2 Ng6 13. Na3 c6 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Nc2 h6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Nf4 19. Bc2 Qc7 20. Nf5 Rad8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 21. Qc1 Bc8 22. Nh2 Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4d3][%mdl 32]} 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nf1 c5 26. b3 (26. Qe3 $17) 26... Nd3 $19 27. Bxd3 exd3 ({Don't play} 27... Rxd3 28. Qc2 $15) 28. Rxe8+ (28. c4 $17) 28... Rxe8 29. c4 $2 (29. Qd2 {was the only defense.} c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Re1) 29... Re2 30. cxb5 Qe5 {[#] aiming for ...Qd4.} 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Qc4 Qxf5 33. f3 Rc2 34. Qxf7 {[#]} (34. Ne3 $19 Rxc4 35. Nxf5) 34... Qg5 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rg5g2]} 35. g4 Qh4 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,80,25,11,15,8,18,8,15,12,17,16,20,0,12,0,0,14,21,17,21,7,7,7,7,7,4,8,7,7,7,7,7,7,12,12,15,6,8,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 {D48: Semi-Slav: Meran System: 7...b5 8 Bd3 a6} Nc5 (14... Bd6 15. Ned4 Nc5 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 e5 18. Nf5 Ncxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Ng5 Bc5 21. Ne6 Qc6 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 {1-0 (33) Aronian,L (2777)-Anand,V (2797) Zuerich 2015}) 15. Bf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qd7 {The position is equal.} 16. Qxd7+ Nfxd7 17. Ned4 Be7 18. b4 cxb3 19. axb3 {Hoping for b4.} b4 20. Rfe1 O-O 21. Bc7 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Bd8) 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. Ba5 Rfe8 24. Re3 e5 25. Ne2 Nf6 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 26. Bxb4 ({Don't play} 26. Nxe5 Ncxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 $17) 26... Ncxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Ng3 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc5 32. b4 Rb5 33. Ra1 Re6 34. Rea3 Rxb4 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36. Rxa6 {KR-KR} Rb5 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Ra7+ Kg8 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,53,0,0,4,-10,-12,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,3,8,5,7,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,10,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. dxc3 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 {LiveBook: 34 Games. The position is equal.} Bc5 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} (10... a6 11. Bd3 d6 {½-½ (11) Sedlak,N (2547)-Indjic,A (2574) Mali Losinj 2017}) 11. Be3 (11. Kf3 {with more complications.} c6 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Bd3 d5 14. a4) 11... Bxe3 12. Kxe3 c6 13. Bd3 d5 14. Rae1 Ke7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be6 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Kd2 Rde8 17. Re5 Kc7 18. Rhe1 {½-½ (27) Cortlever,N-Szabo,L Zaandam 1946}) 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rd8 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Bxe6 Kxe6 19. Rhe1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Re8 21. f4 f5 22. Kf3 Re7 23. Re1+ Kf6 24. Rd1 Ke6 25. Re1+ Kf6 26. Rd1 Ke6 27. Re1+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,63,16,24,13,16,18,21,18,14,16,70,61,56,57,70,59,75,27,89,83,92,69,150,145,131,112,110,115,110,103,129,110,115,111,110,71,73,72,61,69,71,74,73,56,62,63,109,117,116,107,129,129,136,122]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 {LiveBook: 31 Games. C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 7. a3 O-O (7... h6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Nd4 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. g3 Qf6 14. Nxb6 Nxb6 {1-0 (55) Artemiev,V (2691)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 8. O-O Ne7 {The position is equal.} 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Ng6 11. Be3 h6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Qc3 Nh5 14. d4 {0-1 (39) Parel,K-Lau,J (1785) England 2014}) 10... Be6 (10... Ng6 $11) 11. Bxf6 $14 gxf6 12. Nh4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 c6 (14... Nc3 $11 {remains equal.} 15. bxc3 Bxc4) 15. Re1 $16 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e4,Be4f4,Bf4f6][%mdl 32]} b5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 ({Black should play} 16... Qxd5 $14 17. dxe5 fxe5) 17. Qh5 ({Don't take} 17. dxe5 $6 fxe5 18. Qh5 Ra4 $14) 17... e4 18. f3 b4 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 {Hoping for Rf1.} Ra5 21. Qh6 Qd5 22. Rf4 bxa3 23. bxa3 Qg5 24. Qxf6 Qxf6 25. Rxf6 Rc8 26. Rf2 b5 27. Rd2 b4 28. a4 b3 29. cxb3 Bxb3 30. Kf2 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Bxa4 32. d5 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 54%.} *

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,97,16,19,13,14,13,12,11,7,0,61,54,59,62,62,66,70,43,79,79,94,82,127,143,142,112,115,105,116,109,127,102,104,102,94,68,68,68,68,68,77,82,85,72,66,70,75,66,72,70,67,62,58,57,75,72,65,8,91,75,99,66,85,85,90,83,128,134,135,138,165,158,191,181,258,257,280,279,280,279,279,208,291,284,560,519,1464,1420]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 {LiveBook: 31 Games. C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 7. a3 O-O (7... h6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Nd4 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. g3 Qf6 14. Nxb6 Nxb6 {1-0 (55) Artemiev,V (2691)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 8. O-O Ne7 {The position is equal.} 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Ng6 11. Be3 h6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Qc3 Nh5 14. d4 {0-1 (39) Parel,K-Lau,J (1785) England 2014}) 10... Be6 ({Black should play} 10... Ng6 $11) 11. Bxf6 $14 gxf6 12. Nh4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 c6 15. Re1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e4,Be4f4,Bf4f6][%mdl 32]} b5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qh5 ({Don't play} 17. dxe5 $6 fxe5 18. Qh5 Ra4 $14) 17... e4 18. f3 b4 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 {And now Rf1 would win.} Ra5 21. Qh6 Qd5 22. Rf4 bxa3 23. bxa3 Qg5 24. Qxf6 Qxf6 25. Rxf6 Rc8 26. Rf2 b5 27. Rd2 b4 28. a4 Bd7 29. Kf2 Rxa4 30. Rb1 Rc4 31. Rb2 Kf8 32. g3 Bh3 33. Nf3 f6 34. Ke3 ({White should try} 34. Ne1 $14) 34... Bg4 (34... Ra3+ $11 35. Kf2 Bf5) 35. Ne1 $16 Ke7 36. Ng2 Bh3 37. Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Be6 38. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Bf5 39. d6+ Kd8 40. Nd5 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 Be4 {[#]} 42. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c4]} ({Don't blunder} 42. Rxb4 $2 Bxd5 43. Rb8+ Kd7 $19) 42... Rc5 (42... Rf3+ {was worth a try.} 43. Kg1 Rc6) 43. Rxb4 $18 Rh5 44. Ke1 ({Avoid the trap} 44. Rxe4 $2 Rxh2+ 45. Ke1 Ra1+ 46. Rd1 Rh1+ 47. Ke2 Raxd1 $19) 44... Bc6 45. Re2 Ra6 46. c4 Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Rf5 $2 {[#]} (47... Ra3 48. Kc2 Ra2+ 49. Rb2 Ra3) 48. Re7 Ra2+ (48... Rff1 $142 49. Nd5 Rfd1+ 50. Ke2 Re1+ 51. Kf2 Rf1+ 52. Ke3 Rfb1) 49. Kc3 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,45,16,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 7. f4 (7. h4 Na5 8. f4 d6 9. f5 Nxc4 10. dxc4 h5 11. Nd5 Ng4 12. a4 Bd7 13. Ne3 Nf6 14. g4 {1-0 (30) Dubov,D (2660)-Gelfand,B (2725) Moscow 2016}) 7... exf4 8. Bxf4 d5 9. exd5 Nd4 {[#] LiveBook: 6 Games. And now ...b5! would win.The position is equal.} 10. Nge4 b5 $1 {White must now prevent ...Nxe4.} 11. d6 Nxe4 $1 12. dxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe4 bxc4 14. O-O cxd3 15. cxd3 {[#] aiming for Bd6.} Rd8 $146 16. Qh5 Bf5 17. Rae1 {Strongly threatening Bg5.} Bg6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Nxc5 Rac8 20. Nb7 Rd7 21. Nc5 Rdd8 22. Nb7 Rd7 23. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,64,0,2,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bg5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bc1 a5 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Qc2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 {½-½ (31) Ding,L (2769)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018}) 9... Bc6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 13. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. e4 b4 14. Nb1 b3 15. Qe2 Bxa4 16. Qxc4 Bb5 17. Qxb3 {½-½ (60) Prohaszka,P (2596)-Munkhgal,G (2445) Zalakaros 2017}) 13... exd5 14. Nd4 $1 Qe5 15. e4 $1 dxe4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxa8 $1 Rxa8 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra6 {[#] Hoping for ...Nd4.} 21. Nxb5 Ne5 22. Nxc7 Ra2 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Bc6 Nc5 25. Bd5 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Bxb2 27. Bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Be5 28. Na6 Nxa6 29. Bxa6 Bd6 30. Bb5 Be5 31. Ba6 Bd6 32. Bb5 Be5 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Shamkir Chess 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,54,15,11,13,13,7,15,16,16,16,16,14,17,17,20,19,22,17,17,20,22,19,26,18,18,0,27,0,19,0,40]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32] C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 (12... Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (63) Vachier Lagrave,M (2793)-Aronian,L (2797) Caleta 2018}) 13. Nf5 d5 {LiveBook: 91 Games} 14. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Be6.} 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 Nf6 {[#]} 17. Qf3 $146 Qd7 18. g3 Ng4 19. d4 Rce8 20. Bd2 f5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Bxe1 Qe6 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Qf3 Qe6 26. Qe2 Qd7 27. Qf3 Qe6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

