[Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.03.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2843"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,117,42,21,28,8,3,10,30,18,22,0,0,11,4,-6,0,-31,-20,-40,-5,-13,-6,-10,-13,-43,-43,-6,-31,-54,-41,-87,-63,-61,-50,-41,-55,-44,-51,-33,-36,-54,-70,-78,-47,-218,-221,-217,-209,-222,-207,-256,-250,-243,-213,-488,-474,-614,-615,-614,-614,-1341,-606,-601,-591,-485,-782,-782,-768,-768,-768,-694,-759,-687,-687,-687,-687,-687,-672,-643,-599,-652,-640,-317,0,-599,-599,-599,0,0,0,-592,-592,-592,-592,-592,-584,-552,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. a4 f5 14. Ba3 e4 15. Qc2 b6 {1-0 (23) Kuzubov,Y (2638)-Onischuk,V (2614) Lvov 2016}) 7... Nb4 8. a3 Na6 {[%cal Bb4a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6,Be6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 9. Nd4 e5 10. dxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc2 Nc5 11. b4 Nb3 12. Rb1 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 Nd7 14. O-O f5 {0-1 (46) Breutigam,M (2340)-Brendel,O (2375) Germany 1996}) 10... fxe6 11. O-O e5 12. Nb3 c6 13. e4 Nc7 14. f4 Ne6 15. f5 Nd4 16. Be3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 gxf5 18. exf5 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 {[%cal Bc6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 20. Rad1 d4 21. Bg5 Qb6 $1 22. Qc4+ Rf7 23. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b6]} Qc7 24. Qxc7 $1 Rxc7 25. Nac5 b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 26. Bxf6 bxc5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nd2 $2 (28. Rc1 $15) 28... Bb7 $1 $19 29. f6+ Kf8 30. Rde1 Re8 31. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 32. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 33. g4 $2 (33. g3 {might work better.}) 33... Rb8 34. Rxe5 Rxb2 35. Rd5 c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c2]} 36. Rd8+ Kf7 {aiming for ...c2.} 37. Rh8 Rbb7 38. Rxh7+ Kg6 (38... Ke6 $142 39. Rxc7 Rxc7) 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 {KR-KR} 40. Kf2 c2 41. Rc1 d3 $1 42. Ke3 Rd7 $1 43. Kd2 Kxf6 44. h4 Ke5 45. Rf1 Kd4 46. h5 Re7 47. Rf4+ Kd5 48. Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Rf5+ $1 $11 Kc4 49. Rf4+ Kb3 50. Rb4+ Kxa3 51. Rc4) 48... Kc4 $1 49. Rf4+ Kd5 $2 (49... Kb3 $1 $19 50. Rb4+ Kxa3) 50. Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Rf5+ $11 Kd4 51. Rf4+ Kd5) 50... Kc4 {( -> ...Re2+)} (50... Kd4 $5 51. Rf4+ $8 Kd5 $11) 51. Rf4+ Kb3 $1 52. Rb4+ Kxa3 53. Rc4 Kb3 54. Rc8 {[#]} a5 $2 ({Black should try} 54... Rh7 $1 $19 55. Rc5 {[#]} (55. Kxd3 Rd7+ 56. Ke3 a5 $19) 55... a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 56. Rxa5 Rc7) 55. h6 $11 {The position is equal.} Re2+ (55... a4 $5 56. g5 $8 Rh7 57. Rb8+ Kc4 $11) 56. Kxd3 Rh2 {And now ...Kb2 would win.} 57. g5 {Hoping for Rc3+.} Rh3+ 58. Kd2 Rh2+ 59. Kd3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2631"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,71,4,17,17,15,-6,10,14,21,13,12,12,18,20,28,24,19,18,10,0,0,3,10,9,19,19,11,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (6... Qb6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 c4 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 cxb3 14. Qxb3 Qc7 15. Bd3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 {1-0 (45) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Morozevich,A (2665) Moscow 2018}) 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bd3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. Qf2 $146 {[%cal Rd4c5]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. a3 Qb6 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 {1-0 (31) Quattrocchi,G-Rebaudo,N ICCF email 1997}) 10... Nc6 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. O-O {And now a3 would win.} b4 13. Ne2 Nxc5 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Nb3 {The position is equal.} Nxb3 17. axb3 a5 18. Bb6 Qc6 19. Bd4 ({Not} 19. Rxa5 $2 Rxa5 20. Rc1 Ba6 $19) 19... Bd8 20. g4 Ba6 21. f5 Bxd3 22. cxd3 f6 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. fxe6 (24. Rce1 {NOTEXT} Ra6 25. Bc5 Rf7 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Qe2) 24... Qxe6 25. Qf5 Qxf5 26. Rxf5 fxe5 27. Rxf8+ ({Reject} 27. Rxe5 Rf4 $17) 27... Kxf8 28. Bxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf7 29. Kf2 Ra6 30. Kf3 Bf6 31. Rc7+ Kg6 32. d4 Re6 33. Kf4 Bg5+ $1 34. Kf3 Bf6 35. Kf4 Bg5+ $1 36. Kf3 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,83,45,33,44,37,38,29,29,23,44,50,51,35,37,33,41,34,40,31,54,41,44,56,82,10,10,9,18,19,25,15,15,10,4,9,5,7,4,8,10,5,7,0,0,0,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,37,0,191,171,335,334,346,343,796,775,12827,12828,12829,12829,1106,709,12836,668]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 {C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence} (6. c3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Ba4 Kh8 11. d4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxh5 {1-0 (30) Grischuk,A (2772)-Wang,H (2709) Huaian 2017}) 6... Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 {LiveBook: 7 Games. White is slightly better.} Re8 9. a4 Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. a5 a6 11. Bc4 Qc8 12. d4 Bf8 13. Nbd2 exd4 14. cxd4 {½-½ (31) Bartel,M (2662)-Aleksandrov,A (2544) Yerevan 2014}) 10. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. Bxd7 (13. Bc4 {feels hotter.} c6 14. d4 Ng6 15. Nbd2 a5 16. Qb3) 13... Qxd7 14. Nbd2 Ng6 15. Nc4 Rad8 16. Ne3 d5 17. exd5 Bg7 18. d4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} exd4 19. cxd4 (19. Qxd4 $16 Ne4 20. Qc4 (20. Qxa7 f5 $11)) 19... Nxd5 $11 20. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 {[#] Ne3 is the strong threat.} Qxd5 22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. Rc1 Bxd4 24. Qd2 Qd7 $1 25. Nxd4 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nf5 Kh7 $1 28. g3 Ne5 29. Qe3 Nc4 30. Qc3 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rc3g7]} (30. Qe8 $5 {[%cal Rf5e7]} Nd2 31. Kh2 $14) 30... Qe5 31. Qd3 Nxb2 32. Qc2 {Hoping for Nd4+.} Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qd1 34. Qe4 Qxa4 $2 (34... Qd7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 35. Qxb7 $18 Qa2 $2 {[#]} (35... Qe8) 36. Ne3 $1 Kg7 {White should prevent ...Nd3.} 37. Qb4 Qb1 $2 (37... Kg8) 38. g4 {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 39. Nf5 Qc2 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qb7 Kh8 42. Qe7 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 52%.} (42. Qd5 $142 Kg8 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qf6 Qe4+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qxf5 47. gxf5) 1-0 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.06"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2657"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "196"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,196,3,22,16,22,-10,-2,-17,-17,-46,-34,-50,-19,-52,-46,-55,-50,-128,-37,-27,-47,-39,0,0,0,-16,-19,-19,-4,-6,0,-11,-20,-6,-16,-24,-21,-36,-10,-24,-8,-47,-21,-30,-15,-20,-19,-28,-44,-36,-20,-29,-25,-98,-101,-111,-105,-108,-112,-137,-136,-126,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-48,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-129,-124,-117,-117,-125,-132,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-125,-1632,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,0,-125,-125,-125,-97,-97,0,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bd3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 c5 13. h4 h6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Rdg1 Qa5 {1-0 (53) Ponomariov,R (2694)-Ni,H (2671) Riadh 2017}) 8... Nd7 {LiveBook: 168 Games} 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. h3 c5 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 Re8 12. g4 Be6 13. c4 b5 14. g5 bxc4 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Bf1 c3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Qd3 Bxc3 {0-1 (18) Sadler,K (1810)-Hofer,R (2375) ICCF email 2016}) 11... Be6 12. a3 d5 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. g4 Bc6 {And now ...d4 would win.} 15. Bg2 Re8 16. Qd3 (16. c4 $15 dxc4 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nf3) 16... Bd6 (16... c4 $17 17. Qf1 Qa5) 17. Qg3 $1 $15 Bxf4+ 18. Qxf4 h6 (18... Qe7 {feels hotter.} 19. h4 Rad8 20. Bf3 a5 21. h5 h6) 19. Nf3 Qb8 20. Qxb8 Raxb8 21. Nd2 Re2 22. Rhf1 b6 23. Rde1 Rbe8 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Kd1 Re6 26. f4 Kf8 27. Re1 Ke7 28. Rxe6+ Kxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 29. Ke2 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Ke3 f6 33. Bf1 Nd6 34. Nd2 (34. h4 $11) 34... f5 $17 35. gxf5+ Nxf5+ 36. Kf2 Ke5 37. Nf3+ Kf4 38. Ne1 {White threatens Nd3+ and mate.} c4 ({Black should try} 38... Ne3 $1 $17 {[%cal Re3d1]} 39. Be2 c4) 39. Ng2+ $1 $15 Ke5 40. Be2 $1 Ba4 41. Bd1 Be8 42. Bg4 Bg6 43. Be2 Nd6 44. Ne3 Ne4+ 45. Kf3 Nf6 46. Kf2 (46. Ng4+ $142 Ke6 47. Bd1) 46... Bf7 $17 47. Ng2 Be6 $1 48. h4 Ne4+ 49. Kf3 Bh3 $1 50. hxg5 Nxg5+ 51. Kg3 Bxg2 $1 52. Kxg2 $19 {KB-KN} Ne6 $1 53. Kf2 Nc5 $1 54. Bh5 Na4 55. Be8 Nxb2 56. Ke2 a6 $1 57. Kd2 b5 58. Bh5 Na4 59. Bf7 Nc5 {...Ne4+ is the strong threat.} 60. Kc1 Ne6 61. Kb2 Nf4 62. Be8 Ke4 {Strongly threatening ...Ke3.} 63. Bc6 Ke3 64. Bb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Kc1 $17) 64... a5 $2 (64... Kd2 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 65. Bxa6 Nd3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 66. Kb1 Ne1 67. Bxb5 Kxc3) 65. Kc1 $17 Ne2+ 66. Kb2 Kd2 67. Bxd5 Nxc3 68. Bc6 Nd1+ 69. Kb1 Ne3 70. Be4 c3 71. Bh7 Nc4 72. Ka2 Ne5 73. Be4 Ke3 74. Bh7 Nc6 75. Bg6 Kd2 76. Be4 Nd4 77. Kb1 Kd1 78. Bd5 Nf5 ({Of course not} 78... Nxc2 $6 79. Bb3 $11) 79. Be4 Ne3 80. Bg6 Kd2 (80... Nc4 $17 81. Ka2 Nd2) 81. Bd3 {[#]} (81. Bh7 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 81... Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4a3]} 82. Ka2 Nb6 83. Kb1 Nc4 84. Ka2 $1 a4 85. Bg6 Kc1 86. Bd3 Nd6 87. Ka1 Nb7 88. Ka2 {[#]} Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d3]} 89. Bf5 Na6 90. Bg6 Kd2 91. Bh7 Nb8 (91... Nc5 $17 {Hoping for ...Nb7.} 92. Bf5 Kc1) 92. Bd3 $11 {The position is equal.} Nc6 {Threatening ...Na7.} 93. Bxb5 Nd4 94. Bxa4 Nxc2 95. Kb3 Nd4+ 96. Kc4 Nc2 97. Kb3 Ne3 {( -> ...c2)} 98. Kb4 c2 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.08"] [Round "8"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2794"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,63,11,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,5,4,3,8,8,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,2,29,29,29,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,29,0]} 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. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (10... Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Qe2 c6 16. Nd2 Ng7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 {½-½ (34) So,W (2799)-Grischuk,A (2767) Berlin 2018}) 11. d5 Re8 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 12. Bd3 Rxe1+ {The position is equal.} 13. Qxe1 Qe7 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. c4 d6 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bf5 18. Be2 {½-½ (29) Teufel,J (2215)-Berezovsky,I (2375) Wuerttemberg 1999}) 15... cxd6 16. Na3 d5 17. Nb5 {aiming for Nc7.} d6 18. Nxd6 Nc6 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Nxb7 Nb4 21. Nc5 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bd4 24. Be3 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} d4 26. Bxa7 Bxa2 27. Rb8+ (27. Rb2 {looks sharper.} Be6 28. Kf1 f6 29. Rb8+ Rxb8 30. Bxb8 Kf7 31. Ba7) 27... Rxb8 28. Bxb8 Bb1 29. Ba7 Ba2 30. Bb8 Bb1 31. Ba7 Ba2 32. Bb8 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2