[Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,75,61,26,33,31,25,0,0,2,6,0,0,4,0,0,8,13,12,33,31,0,0,0,0,0,25,26,53,52,50,56,41,47,51,39,47,45,89,64,97,104,109,97,100,83,157,153,145,150,147,159,159,152,159,158,152,144,263,263]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} (7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4 Bb4 9. Bd3 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Bd4 Ne4 {1-0 (57) Carlsen,M (2834)-Matlakov,M (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. a3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (10. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Neg4 11. Bd2 $11) 10... Bb7 {[#]} 11. Bxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc8 $146 ({Don't play} 11... axb5 $6 12. Ndxb5 Qb8 13. Bb6 $16) ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxa3 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Rxd6 Qxd6 15. Bxe5 {1-0 (37) Frolyanov,D (2534)-Khanin,S (2434) Kazan 2017}) 12. Ba4 {And now Bf4 would win.} Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf4 Qc4 15. Bxe5 Qxa4 16. Rd2 f6 17. Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Kf7 18. Re1 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxf8.} Bg6 $1 19. Bxf8 Rhxf8 20. Qd6 {Black must now prevent b3.} Kg8 {Hoping for ...e5.} 21. f4 Rfe8 22. Re3 Qc4 {...e5! is the strong threat.} 23. b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Qc7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Kb2 Rb8 26. g4 Bf7 27. a4 Rc5 28. Ne2 Rc7 29. Rd6 Ra7 30. Red3 Be8 31. f5 exf5 (31... Kf8 $142) 32. gxf5 $16 Rc8 33. Nc3 Rc5 34. R3d5 Rc6 35. Ne4 Kf7 36. Rd3 Rac7 37. c4 g6 (37... a5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 38. R6d5 Ra6 39. Nd6+ Kf8) 38. fxg6+ {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 55%.} 1-0 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,71,8,11,13,36,22,13,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,25,18,14,18,19,18,7,7,8,8,16,5,18,11,20,0,0,0,0,-119,-119,-119,-88,-78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} fxe6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. h3 (12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. Nb3 Qc8 14. h3 Nd8 15. Be3 c5 16. Nbd2 Nc6 17. c3 Rb5 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxa5 20. dxc5 dxc5 {1-0 (78) So,W (2799)-Aronian,L (2794) Berlin 2018}) 12... Qb8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Qe8 13. Be3 d5 14. c3 Rb8 15. Nbd2 h6 16. d4 Bd6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. c4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 {½-½ (28) Saenko,O (2516)-Telepnev,I (2411) ICCF email 2010}) 13. c3 {White is slightly better.} Qb5 14. c4 Qb7 15. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4,Bd4e6][%mdl 32]} Nd7 16. Nb3 $1 Nd8 17. d4 exd4 18. Nbxd4 c5 (18... Bf6 {NOTEXT} 19. Nb3 Re8 20. Qc2 c5 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 h6) 19. Nxe6 $1 Nxe6 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 22. gxf3 Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 23. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 24. dxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 {And now ...Rd1+ would win.} 25. Be3 g5 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Ke2 Kf6 28. Rd1 (28. Rg1 $11 {keeps the balance.} h6 29. b3) 28... Rxd1 $17 29. Kxd1 Kxe6 {KB-KB} 30. Kc2 Kf5 (30... h6 $17) 31. Kd3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Bd6 32. b3 Be7 33. Bc1 Bd6 34. Be3 Be7 35. Bc1 Bd6 36. Be3 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,72,10,26,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-11,-33,0,-81,-86,-121,-135,-198,-201,-200,-200,-192,-195,-164,-178,-168,-154,-142,-146,-184,-175,-187,-182,-182,-174,-224,-180,-165,-172,-198,-191,-179,-168,-273,-269,-399,-398,-381,-369]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. Qc2 d5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (9... Qe7 10. d3 exd3 11. exd3 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Qa3 14. Bf4 Na5 15. Be5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ng4 17. d4 {½-½ (40) Ljubojevic,L (2571)-Karpov,A (2626) Platja d'Aro 2017}) 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. d3 Bf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Bf4 h6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qb2 b6 15. Rfd1 Qc5 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 {½-½ (31) Stulrajter,M (1821)-Blasko,A (1900) Slovakia 1998}) 17... Re7 18. a4 Rae8 19. Rac1 (19. Qb5 $1 $11) 19... g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 20. Bd2 Qf5 21. f3 (21. c4 $17) 21... Qc5+ $19 22. Kh1 Bd5 23. Be1 {[%cal Bd2e1,Be1f2,Bf2d4][%mdl 32] [#] Strongly threatening e4.} Bc4 {[%cal Re7e2]} 24. e4 {Black must now prevent Bf2.} Bxf1 25. Bf2 Qc4 26. Rxf1 Qxa4 27. c4 Ne5 28. Bd4 g4 ({Resist} 28... Nxc4 29. Qc3 $15) 29. fxg4 Qd7 {[#] ...Nd3 is the strong threat.} (29... Nxg4 30. h3 $17) 30. Qc3 c5 ({Much less strong is} 30... Qxg4 31. Rf4 $17) 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Rcd1 Qe6 34. g5 (34. Kg1 $142) 34... hxg5 {[%cal Bh6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 35. Rd5 (35. Qh5 $142 Qg6 36. Qxg6+ fxg6 37. Rd6) 35... g4 36. Qc3 Re5 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 84%.} 0-1 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.09"] [Round "9"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Meier, Georg"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,103,22,-3,-2,-10,0,0,6,0,30,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-22,-16,-23,-16,-58,24,29,38,34,28,0,0,0,0,7,9,0,0,-29,-15,-17,-11,-35,-28,-35,-29,-35,-24,-25,-25,-43,-32,-78,-26,-24,-35,-35,-35,-37,-18,-59,-59,-66,-70,-66,-62,-70,-62,-64,-62,-62,0,-62,-62,-67,0,-33,0,-70,-66,-68,-72,-68,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 b5 6. Qd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. c4 bxc4 9. Ndxc4 c5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qa4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc6 {½-½ (33) Radjabov,T (2738)-Aronian,L (2784) Berlin 2015}) 6... O-O 7. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qxb5 Ba6 8. Qa5 Bxe2 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Qa4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qd7 12. b3 Nb4 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 {1-0 (40) Landa,K (2617)-Barbot,P (2453) Escaldes 2017}) 7... c6 8. Nbd2 a5 9. e4 Ba6 10. Rfe1 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 b4 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Ra7 15. Qc2 Bxc4 (15... c5 $15) 16. Qxc4 $11 Rd7 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 19. e5 Be7 20. Rc1 Qa7 21. Rc2 c5 22. Rec1 {[%cal Rd4c5]} cxd4 23. Qd3 a4 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 Qa5 26. Rc8 g6 27. h4 Kg7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Be2 Rxc8 ({Black should play} 29... Rd5 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Nd7.} 30. Bd1 Qa6) 30. Rxc8 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Qe4 Nd7 33. Bd3 Nf8 34. Nxd4 Qc5 35. Nf3 Bb6 36. Qe2 Nd7 37. Kg2 Qd5 38. Bc4 Qc5 ({Black should try} 38... Qb7 $15 39. Bd3 Qd5) 39. Bb5 (39. Bd3 $1 $11) 39... Nf8 $15 40. Bd3 Nd7 41. Bb5 Nf8 42. Bd3 Ng6 43. Qc2 Qc3 44. Be4 Bc7 (44... Ne7 $15) 45. Bxg6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} fxg6 46. Qe4 $1 Qc5 47. Qh4 {[#] Hoping for Qf6+.} Bxe5 48. Nxe5 Qxe5 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ Kg7 {And now ...Qd5+ would win.} 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qe8+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2