[Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.03.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2657"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,95,2,13,5,9,-38,21,32,31,26,33,29,28,26,22,0,0,-51,-60,-67,-75,-72,-52,-76,-31,-52,-48,-55,-33,-57,-52,-62,-45,-50,-32,-36,-6,-14,-10,-21,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,59,59,65,54,75,60,71,22,33,27,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 (4... Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Rg1 Nc6 9. g4 a6 10. g5 Ne8 11. h4 Nd6 12. h5 f5 13. Be2 Rb8 14. a4 {1-0 (35) Grischuk,A (2767)-Kramnik,V (2800) Moscow 2018}) 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} c5 7. g4 d4 (7... Nxg4 $15 8. Rg1 d4 9. Rxg4 dxc3 10. dxc3 (10. Bxc3 e5 $11) 10... Qe7) 8. exd4 $11 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. gxf5 Nc6 $146 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11... e4 12. d4 {0-1 (27) Loxine,J (2409)-Santos Ruiz,M (2508) Germany 2017}) 12. Bg2 Nb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 13. Qe2 ({White should play} 13. O-O $11) 13... Nc2+ $15 14. Kd1 Nxa1 15. Bxa1 Qd7 16. Ne4 Qxf5 {...Nh5 is the strong threat.} 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxb7 Rad8 19. Kc2 Rfe8 20. Bc3 Bc5 21. f3 Bd4 22. Re1 g6 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Bd5 Qb6 25. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} f5 26. Qd3 Bxc3 27. dxc3 Qd6 28. a4 a5 ({Better is} 28... Re7 $11) 29. Kb3 $1 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rb8 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 30. b5 $1 Qc5 31. h4 Rbd8 {[#]} 32. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf6 (32... gxh5 33. Qxf5) 33. hxg6 (33. Kb2 {feels hotter.} g5 34. h6 Qf2+ 35. Re2 Qc5 36. Re3) 33... hxg6 34. Qe3 (34. Qd2 {looks sharper.} Rh8 35. Qg2 Rxd5 36. Rg1 Rg8 37. cxd5 Qxd5+ 38. Kb2) 34... Qxe3 {The position is equal.} 35. Rxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd6 36. Re1 Rc8 37. Rh1 Kg7 38. Kc2 g5 39. Rd1 {[#] aiming for Bb7.} Kf6 40. Kd3 Rb6 41. Rh1 Kg7 42. Rg1 Kf6 43. Ke3 Rd6 44. Rb1 Rb6 45. Ke2 Kg6 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Rh1 {And now Rh6+ would win.} Kg7 48. Re1 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2794"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,62,11,6,13,20,23,14,19,11,11,4,10,6,42,18,27,28,22,19,28,13,29,13,25,0,0,0,18,17,29,16,34,20,34,35,43,42,47,16,14,15,15,15,18,0,14,10,18,0,4,0,11]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Re8 (6... d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxe4 15. Re1 Qc6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Rc1 Qb5 19. Rc2 Ra6 20. Rd2 {½-½ (20) Karjakin,S (2763)-Anand,V (2776) Moscow 2018}) 7. Bg5 {LiveBook: 71 Games} (7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. h3 h6 {½-½ (41) Anand,V (2783)-Aronian,L (2809) Paris/St Petersburg 2013}) 7... Be7 8. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. a4 a6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 Qd7 {1-0 (53) Ter Sahakyan,S (2581)-Petrosyan,M (2546) Skopje 2017}) 8... d6 9. d4 Bd7 10. d5 Nb8 $1 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a4 Be7 13. Na3 Rf8 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Nc4 {[%cal Ba3c4,Bc4d2,Bd2b1][%mdl 32]} Kh8 16. b4 g6 17. a5 a6 18. Ncd2 f5 19. h3 Bg5 20. c4 Bh6 21. Nb1 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Nc3 Rf7 25. Ne4 Nxe4 {The position is equal.} 26. Rxe4 Raf8 27. Ra3 Rf4 28. Rae3 R4f6 29. Rc3 Rf4 30. Rce3 R4f6 31. Rc3 Rf4 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,81,18,17,19,6,16,20,15,8,19,27,23,15,26,-15,-13,-15,-15,-2,-10,-22,-10,-14,0,0,-14,-26,22,30,23,0,0,0,0,0,16,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-2,0,0,0,-2,-2,-5,-6,-6,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6... a6 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 h6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Be3 Rc8 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nd4 O-O 14. a4 {0-1 (41) Wei,Y (2743)-Navara,D (2740) Yancheng 2017}) 7. dxc5 {LiveBook: 21 Games} a6 8. Be3 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxc5 9. Nxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qxb4+ {1-0 (11) Lagunow,R (1969)-Jauk,W (2183) Germany 2014}) 9. Be2 Be4 10. Ng5 Nxe5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. c3 Nf5 13. Bd4 Nc6 14. O-O Be7 15. Bc4 O-O 16. Re1 b5 17. cxb6 {[%cal Bc5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32] And now b7 would win.} Ncxd4 18. b7 Rb8 {[#] Hoping for ...Nxb3.} 19. cxd4 a5 20. d5 e5 21. d6 Nxd6 {The position is equal.} 22. Bd5 Nxb7 {aiming for ...a4.} 23. Rxe4 Bf6 24. Rc1 Qd7 {[#] ...Rfd8 is the strong threat.} 25. Bc6 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rfc8 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Ra4 h6 29. Rxa5 Rc2 30. Rb1 e4 31. Ra4 Re7 32. Re1 Rxb2 33. Kf1 Rc7 {White must now prevent ...Rcc2.} 34. Raxe4 Rxa2 35. R4e2 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Re7 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 $11 {KB-KN} 38. Nc1 h5 39. h3 g6 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Meier, Georg"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2636"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,89,28,32,45,13,16,15,12,9,11,8,13,12,18,7,27,12,20,31,43,36,42,40,42,42,42,41,39,43,48,11,14,7,12,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-2,-3,0,-14,-27,-23,0,-10,-12,-29,-4,-195,-142,-221,-16,-23,-27,-27,-19,-102,-93,-93,-93,-113,-114,-127,-112,-111,-103,-118,-104,-112,-22,-22,-22,-22]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 7. Qe2 (7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Be3 c6 11. a4 exd4 12. Bxd4 a5 13. Re1 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Nf6 15. Qc5 Re8 16. Nd4 {½-½ (39) Short,N (2510)-Seirawan,Y (2510) Thessaloniki 1988}) 7... Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nf6 9. Qe2 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. c3 O-O 12. O-O Qc8 13. Re1 c5 14. Be3 c4 15. Ng5 {½-½ (15) Rigo,J (2340)-Somlai,L (2360) Hungary 1994}) 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. c3 a6 14. a4 Bd5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Bd6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bg5 {[#] aiming for Bxf6.} Bxe5 $1 21. dxe5 Nd5 22. Ra6 c5 23. Be3 Rfc8 24. Rda1 h5 25. Ra7 c4 26. Rd7 b4 27. Bd4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rb3 29. Rxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 30. Kf4 Rbb8 31. Kg5 Ra8 32. Re1 Rc6 33. f4 $2 (33. Kxh5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rh6+ 34. Kg4) 33... Ra2 (33... Rg6+ $19 34. Kh4 Ra2) 34. h3 (34. f5 $17) 34... Rd2 $2 (34... Rg6+ $19 35. Kh4 Rg2) 35. f5 Rd3 36. Kf4 {[#]} h4 $1 37. e6 (37. gxh4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxh3 38. Kg4) 37... Kf8 $17 38. gxh4 fxe6 ({Much worse is} 38... Rxh3 39. Kg4 $11) 39. Ra1 exf5 40. Kxf5 Rxh3 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Ke5 Rxh4 (43... Kf8 $17 44. Kxd5 Rg6 45. Kxc4 Rxh4 46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Ra7+ Ke8 48. Ra8+ Kd7 49. Ra7+ Ke8 50. Ra8+ Kd7 51. Ra7+ Kd8) 44. Kxd5 $11 Rg6 {Threatens to win with ...Rg5+.} 45. Bxg7 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.09"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2843"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,81,48,39,35,31,26,12,12,21,14,0,0,-20,2,0,40,23,24,25,19,6,11,4,6,3,13,0,0,0,7,14,63,16,30,20,38,44,40,0,54,16,24,16,13,14,18,18,15,15,8,12,21,14,10,15,23,0,0,0,0,0,8,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} 11. Kb1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (11. h4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. g4 h5 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Bh3 g6 19. Rhg1 {0-1 (54) Areshchenko,A (2652)-Demchenko,A (2645) Tbilisi 2017}) 11... b5 12. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. g4 O-O 13. Be3 Bc6 14. h4 Nd7 15. h5 h6 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. a3 Ne5 18. Qg2 {½-½ (40) Gleichmann,M (2550)-Laghetti,G (2457) ICCF email 2015}) 12... gxf6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Nf4 h5 16. g3 Rc7 17. Bd3 {[%cal Bf1d3,Bd3c2,Bc2b3][%mdl 32]} Kd8 18. c3 Kc8 19. Bc2 Kb8 20. a3 a5 21. Bb3 Rb7 22. Nd3 Bc6 23. Rhe1 Rd8 24. f4 d5 25. exd5 exd5 26. Ka1 Bf8 27. Rc1 Ka7 28. Ba2 Rc7 29. Red1 Bb7 (29... Bd7 $11) 30. Ne1 d4 31. Nc2 {[%cal Rc2d4]} d3 32. Nd4 Bc5 33. Qxd3 Bxd4 $1 34. cxd4 Rxd4 35. Qe2 {[#] Hoping for Rxc7.} Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 b4 37. Bxf7 h4 38. Qe3 Rd7 {The position is equal.} 39. Qxb6+ Kxb6 40. Be6 Rd2 41. gxh4 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2