[Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.03.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2789"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,87,31,18,30,10,8,6,93,93,104,107,78,0,0,0,10,31,34,26,18,18,54,54,119,108,120,102,103,90,118,112,118,97,105,85,108,97,108,89,152,152,157,153,157,82,70,64,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 h6 5. Bh4 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e4 e6 9. Nc4 {LiveBook: 10 Games. A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Qe2 b6 12. Nfd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bb7 14. Ne3 a6 15. f4 c5 16. d5 b5 17. a4 {1-0 (34) Berkes,F (2653)-Kozul,Z (2604) Hungary 2018}) 9... f5 10. Nfd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 O-O (11... fxe4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 12. a3 (12. Nxe4 d5 $17) (12. Qh5+ Ke7 $11) 12... d5) 12. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. exf5 exf5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Ne3 Ne7 16. f4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O-O Bxg2 19. Rhg1 Bd5 20. Bxf5 Qf6 21. Be4 Bf7 22. Rdf1 {½-½ (22) Kodinets,K (2405)-Vaulin,A (2535) Moscow 1998}) 12... d5 13. exf5 exf5 {[%cal Be6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 14. Nxd5 (14. Qc2 $16) 14... Re8+ $1 $11 ({Avoid the trap} 14... Qxd5 $2 15. Bc4 $18) 15. Ne3 f4 16. Bc4+ Be6 $1 17. Bxe6+ Rxe6 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Ne4 Nd7 ({Not} 19... fxe3 $2 20. Nc5 $16) (19... Kf8 $1 $14) 20. gxf4 $16 gxf4 21. Ng4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with 0-0-0. Black is under strong pressure.} Kh8 22. f3 {Hoping for 0-0-0.} Rxe4+ 23. fxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Kf2 {Rh3 is the strong threat.} f3 25. gxf3 Rf8 26. Nh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg2 $1 Qg5+ {[#]} ({Black should try} 27... Nf6) 28. Kf1 $1 Qh5 {[#]} 29. Qc2 $1 ({Inferior is} 29. Qxb7 Rb8 $11) 29... c5 30. Qg2 (30. Kg2 $142) 30... cxd4 31. Ng4 Qb5+ $1 32. Kg1 (32. c4 $1 $14 Qxc4+ 33. Kg1) 32... dxc3 $11 {The position is equal.} 33. bxc3 Qc5+ $1 34. Qf2 {Black must now prevent Qxc5.} Qxc3 35. Kg2 Ne5 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxh6+ Kg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7h6]} 38. Rhh1 {Strongly threatening Rad1.} Rf6 39. Rag1 {aiming for Qe2.} Bd4 40. Kf1+ Kf7 (40... Kf8 $5 41. Rh8+ $8 Kf7 42. Rh7+ Kf8 43. Rh8+ Kf7 44. Rh7+ Kf8 45. Rh8+ $11) 41. Rh7+ Kf8 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ Kf8 44. Rh8+ {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,86,9,8,6,3,0,-5,-4,2,-25,-12,-12,-2,-17,5,0,0,0,8,-16,-16,-17,-12,-10,-16,-9,-7,-31,-15,-30,-14,-18,-14,-22,-12,-18,-20,-20,-2,-35,-35,-35,-35,-38,-40,-41,-16,-22,-27,-28,-22,-16,-18,-22,-22,-14,-21,-18,-14,-14,-14,-29,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-5,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-3]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 d6 {LiveBook: 17 Games. C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 {½-½ (30) Caruana,F (2799)-So,W (2788) London 2017}) 7. Bg5 Ba7 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} h6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 Qe7 12. Nf1 Nd8 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 {0-1 (49) Brcar,A (1940)-Tomazini,Z (2170) Slovenia 2010}) 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Nf1 g5 11. Bg3 Ne7 12. Ne3 Ng6 13. Nf5 Ne7 14. Ne3 Ng6 15. Bb3 Qe7 16. Qc2 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Nf4 18. Rhe1 N4h5 19. Nd2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Ng4 21. Ndf1 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 h5 24. d4 h4 25. Ba4 Bxa4 26. Qxa4 hxg3 27. Rxg3 Rh4 28. Re3 Rdh8 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. cxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rf4 32. Rd2 Rh1+ 33. Kc2 Rf1 34. Ree2 Kd7 35. Kd3 c6 36. Ke3 d5 37. exd5 {The position is equal.} cxd5 38. f3 Rf6 39. Kd3 Re6 40. Rc2 Rd1+ 41. Red2 Ree1 42. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 43. Rd2 Re1 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2616"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,130,0,0,-25,-19,-7,-19,-8,-13,-16,-17,-18,0,-35,-6,-7,50,16,34,31,29,-27,-24,-39,14,12,482,481,469,476,517,511,495,265,256,167,168,168,195,174,179,184,182,136,136,133,136,135,141,139,139,141,141,136,142,142,142,137,150,113,95,25,32,29,49,14,20,23,45,6,6,20,20,7,20,20,20,20,20,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 7. bxc4 c5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. Rg1 Nc6 9. g4 e5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... 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}) 10. g5 Ne8 11. Qb1 $1 f5 12. gxf6 $1 Nxf6 13. Be2 Kh8 14. Ng5 h6 ({Black should try} 14... g6 $11) 15. Nf3 {[#] Threatens to win with Qg6.} Ne8 16. Nd5 Bf5 17. d3 (17. e4 $142 Bh7 18. Nxe5) 17... Bd6 $11 18. Bc3 Rb8 (18... Rf7 $15) 19. Qb2 $36 {[%cal Rf3e5][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bxd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... b5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 20. cxb5 Nd4) 20. Bxd3 $18 Rxf3 {[#]} 21. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2f3]} Rf8 22. Qh5 Ne7 23. Rxg7 (23. f4 $142) 23... Kxg7 24. O-O-O {Rg1+ would kill now.} ({Much less strong is} 24. Ke2 $6 Rf7 $18) 24... Rf7 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ Rg7 27. Rxg7 Nxg7 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Bxe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf6g7]} Nef5 30. Bxf5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf6g7]} Qxf6 31. Nxf6+ Kf7 32. Bxd6 Rd8 33. Bc7 ({Inferior is} 33. Bxc5 Nxf5 34. Ne4 Rc8 $11) 33... Rh8 34. Be4 Kxf6 35. Bxb7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KB} Nf5 36. Bf4 Rg8 37. a4 (37. h4 $16) 37... Rg1+ $11 38. Kd2 {a5 is the strong threat.} Rb1 39. Bc6 (39. Bd5 {NOTEXT} Rb2+ 40. Kc3 Rxf2 41. h4 Re2 42. Bg5+) 39... Rb2+ 40. Ke1 Rb4 41. a5 Rxc4 42. a6 {Black must now prevent Bb8.} Rb4 43. Bb7 Ke6 44. Bc8+ Kf6 45. Kd2 Rb2+ 46. Kd3 Rxf2 47. Ke4 Ra2 48. Be5+ Kg5 49. Bb8 Ra4+ 50. Ke5 c4 ({But not} 50... Ne7 $6 51. Bb7 $16) 51. Bxf5 {And now h4+ would win.} Ra5+ 52. Kd4 {aiming for Be6.} Kxf5 53. Bxa7 Rxa6 {KR-KB} 54. Bc5 Ra4 55. e4+ Ke6 56. Kc3 Ke5 57. Bb4 Ra2 58. Kxc4 Rxh2 59. Kd3 Rh3+ 60. Ke2 Kxe4 {Black has an edge.} 61. Kf2 Rb3 62. Bd6 Rb2+ 63. Kg3 Rc2 64. Bb8 Rc3+ 65. Kg2 Rb3 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2843"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,84,20,0,-2,0,20,0,-11,-12,0,-16,-30,-62,-25,-78,0,0,0,-35,-31,-34,-22,-23,-9,-36,-28,-42,-29,-45,-41,-65,-15,-19,0,-94,-86,-82,-87,-93,-87,-84,-60,-62,-66,-92,-67,-93,-87,-94,-79,-78,-75,-70,-64,-57,-60,-190,-177,-436,-438,-435,-334,-1099,-1096,-1004,-888]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} Nbd7 11. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b5 12. Nf1 {The position is equal.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb6 13. Ne3 b4 14. Ncd5 Nfxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Bd2 a5 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 {0-1 (46) Balogh,C (2648)-Wojtaszek,R (2715) Budapest 2014}) 13. f3 Be6 14. Ne3 Rc8 15. a3 Nb6 16. f4 Re8 17. Kh1 (17. f5 $11 Bd7 18. Kh1) 17... Bf8 (17... exf4 $17 18. gxf4 Nfd7) 18. f5 $11 Bd7 19. Qd3 h6 20. b3 Bc6 21. Bd2 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Ned5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 25. Nd1 e4 26. Qd4 Ne5 ({Worse is} 26... Nxd5 27. Rxe4 N7f6 28. Rxe8 $18) 27. Nf2 (27. Nc3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Nf3 $17 ({Don't play} 27... Qxd5 $6 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Nxe4 $14 (29. Bxe4 Nf6 $11)) 28. Bxf3 exf3 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Re5 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Qb2 33. Nd3 Qxa3 34. Qxf3 Qa2 35. Bc3 Rxc4 {[#] And now ...Ne4 would win.} 36. Ra1 Qb3 37. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 38. Kg2 (38. Qd1 $1 $15 Qc3 39. Nf4) 38... Rc3 $19 39. Rd1 $2 {[#]} (39. Qg4+ {is the only way for White.} Kh7 40. Nf2) 39... h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Kh3 (40. Qxh5 Rxd3) 40... Bh6 41. Re1 $2 (41. Qxh5 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 Qxd3 43. Qxh6) 41... Rxd3 42. Qxh5 Re3 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 60%.} 0-1 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.08"] [Round "8"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-35,-49,-42,-45,-49,64,17,17,17,17,21,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 (10... Ne7 11. O-O c6 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qc2 Bc7 15. Ne5 Ng4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 {0-1 (25) Amonatov,F (2636)-Svidler,P (2765) Riadh 2017}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 {LiveBook: 31 Games} Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ng5 14. O-O-O {[#]} Nxf3 $146 {[%cal Rc6d4]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Ne6 15. Ne2 Ne7 16. Kb1 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 {1-0 (35) Kravtsiv,M (2621)-Bruzon Batista,L (2659) Berlin 2015}) 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qf5 Nh4 17. Qg4 {[#] Bg5 is the strong threat.} Ng6 18. f4 Qh4 (18... Qc8 $1 $15) 19. Rd3 Qxg4 20. hxg4 f5 21. g5 Kf7 22. Rxh7 (22. Ne2 {NOTEXT} Rh8 23. Rh5 a5 24. Rd2 Nf8 25. Rc2) 22... Rh8 {The position is equal.} 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. a3 Nf8 25. Ne2 Ke7 26. Rc3 Kd7 27. Kd2 Ne6 28. Rc1 g6 29. b4 a5 30. Kd3 axb4 31. axb4 Ba7 32. Ra1 Bb6 33. Ra6 Rb8 34. Ra2 Rh8 35. Ra1 Ke7 36. Ra2 Kd7 37. Ra1 Ke7 38. Ra2 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2