[Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Meier, Georg"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,77,7,19,0,0,2,2,2,0,6,27,26,57,57,54,54,61,57,57,63,59,57,65,39,49,32,46,26,25,18,22,28,81,74,81,72,78,77,68,63,71,68,263,265,236,139,294,299,281,269,381,404,324,368,403,386,391,403,560,553,1067,994,29992,29993,29994,29994]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 {C02: French: Advance Variation} cxd4 {LiveBook: 907 Games} 8. b5 (8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. O-O Nxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13. Qe1 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Kh1 a5 16. b5 Ne7 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Na4 Qd6 19. Qxa5 {1-0 (33) McShane,L (2644)-Howell,D (2702) Llandudno 2017}) 8... Na5 $1 9. Bxh6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Bd4 f4 13. Be2 Bf5 14. O-O O-O {0-1 (29) Gregory,S (2173)-Buckley,S (2237) Torquay 2002}) 9... gxh6 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. a4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Qc3 14. Ke2 Be7 15. Rc1 Qxc1 16. Qxc1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Bd8 18. Nf1 Bb6 19. Rc3 Ke7 20. Ng3 a6 21. Ke3 axb5 22. axb5 Nc4+ (22... Ra8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Bxc4 $16 Rc8 24. Nd2 Ba5 25. Rc2 {[#] And now Bd3 would win.} dxc4 26. Nge4 c3 27. Nb1 {[%cal Rb1c3]} Rg8 $2 ({Wrong is} 27... Bxb5 $2 28. Nd6 $18) ({Black should play} 27... Rc7 $14) 28. Nbxc3 $18 Rxg2 {[#]} 29. Nd6 (29. d5 $1 $18) 29... Rxh2 $2 (29... Bxc3 $16 30. Rxc3 b6) 30. Nxb7 Bb6 31. Nc5 h5 (31... Rh4 $142 32. N3a4 Bxc5 33. Rxc5 Rh1) 32. Nxd7 Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Ne4 h4 34. Rc6 Bd8 35. Nc5+ Ke8 36. b6 Rh1 37. b7 h3 38. b8=Q h2 39. Rc8 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 41%.} 1-0 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,75,15,18,12,21,3,34,16,21,19,1,9,18,-20,-3,-2,-6,-6,-5,-1,0,-4,0,0,-6,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-10,-2,-4,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 31 Games} 7. O-O Ng6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b4 Bb6 10. Ng5 Nc6 11. Qh5 h6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Bxg6 {1-0 (29) Shirov,A (2693)-Ganaus,H (2289) Zuerich 2017}) 9... Nc6 {The position is equal.} 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Nf4 12. Nb3 a5 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 d4 15. bxa5 Bxa5 16. Nxa5 Rxa5 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 18. Rfe1 Rd5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 {[#]} 20. Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d8][%mdl 512]} bxc6 ({But not} 20... Qg5 $2 21. f4 $18) 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bc3 c5 23. d4 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 26. Bb6 Rd6 27. Bc5 Rd5 28. Be3 Bd7 29. h3 Ba4 30. Rc1 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Bxd1 {KB-KB} 32. f3 e5 33. h4 h5 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke1 Ba4 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Ke1 Ba4 38. Kf2 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.06"] [Round "6"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D71"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2789"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,136,14,8,27,39,23,17,19,16,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,26,25,25,31,31,27,23,28,25,31,12,13,26,42,47,56,51,51,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,49,47,50,47,51,51,54,41,68,47,43,47,47,39,39,39,52,37,39,37,38,38,40,39,47,47,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,0,54,54,54,54,54,35,35,35,35,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 (5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Be4 16. Rfd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rxe5 {0-1 (68) Li,C (2732)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 5... Bg7 6. cxd5 {LiveBook: 31 Games. D71: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 3 g3 d5 sidelines and 5 cxd5 (without Nf3)} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nxd5 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Qc2 Bg4 9. e3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na6 11. O-O c5 12. Qe4 Be6 13. Qxb7 {0-1 (38) Bruzon Batista,L (2673)-Zherebukh,Y (2633) Saint Louis 2018}) 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Nf3 {White has an edge.} Nd5 9. e3 Nb6 10. Qd1 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. O-O Bg4 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nxe5 14. Nbd2 Rfd8 15. Rf1 Nd3 16. Nb3 Nxc1 17. Raxc1 Bxb2 18. Rc2 Bf6 19. Nfd4 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Nd5 22. Rc5 Nb4 23. Bxb7 Nxa2 24. Ra5 Nc3 25. Rxa7 Ne2+ 26. Nxe2 Bxe2 27. Kg2 Bc4 28. Na5 Be6 29. Bf3 Rd2 30. Nc6 Ra2 31. Rc7 Bg5 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxe3.} 32. Nb4 Rd2 33. Rc3 Bf6 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Nxc2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Kf8 36. Nb4 Bc3 37. Nc6 h6 38. Nd4 Ke7 39. Bb7 Kf6 40. f4 g5 41. Kf3 gxf4 42. gxf4 Bb2 43. Ne2 Ke7 44. Ng3 f5 45. Ne2 Kf6 46. Nd4 Bc4 47. Bc8 Bd3 48. Kf2 Bc3 49. Bb7 Bb2 50. Bg2 Ba6 51. Bf1 Bc8 52. Bh3 Bc3 53. Nb5 Bd2 54. Nd4 Bc3 $1 55. Ne2 Bd2 56. Ng3 Bc1 57. Ne4+ (57. Bf1 {looks sharper.} Be6 58. Ne2 Bb2 59. Bh3 Ba3 60. Nd4) 57... fxe4 58. Bxc8 {KB-KB} h5 59. h4 Ba3 {The position is equal.} 60. Bd7 Be7 61. Be8 Kf5 62. Kg3 Bc5 63. Kf2 Be7 64. Bxh5 Bxh4+ 65. Ke2 Bg3 66. Bf3 Bxf4 67. Bxe4+ Kxe4 68. exf4 Kxf4 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2018.04.09"] [Round "9"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,80,8,6,0,1,18,12,2,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,0,0,-15,0,-35,-34,-29,-14,-22,-20,-32,-34,-42,-33,-31,-32,-37,0,0,0,0,-21,-16,-27,-88,0,-41,-39,-102,-73,-77,-89,-142,-139,-204,-184,-176,-169,-162,-137,-254,-227,-278,-127,-127,-133,-333,-355,-384,-381,-608,-610,-602,-594,-606,-586]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. a3 O-O {0-1 (69) Grischuk,A (2767)-Caruana,F (2784) Berlin 2018}) 6. Bd3 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} Nc5 7. Be2 g6 8. Nb3 {The position is equal.} Ne6 9. Be3 c5 10. Ng5 {Black should prevent Nxe6.} b6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. a4 Bb7 13. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 14. f4 Bh6 15. a5 Ne7 16. Bg4 d4 17. Bc1 O-O 18. Qd3 Bd5 19. Qh3 Bg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 20. Nd2 Nf5 21. c4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Rad8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Re1 b5 25. Ne4 (25. Bf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... Qe7 (25... Bxe4 $1 $17 26. Rxe4 h5 27. Bxf5 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Rxf5) 26. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh3h7]} h6 27. Nf3 ({White should try} 27. Ne4 $15) 27... Bc6 28. Bxf5 gxf5 ({Don't play} 28... exf5 $6 29. Nh4 $11) 29. Be3 (29. Qh4 $142 Qxh4 30. Nxh4) 29... Rd3 $17 30. Rac1 (30. c4 $17) 30... Ra8 $1 $19 31. Qh4 Qxh4 32. Nxh4 c4 33. Kf2 {[#]} (33. Bc5 $17 {might work better.}) 33... Bf8 $1 34. Nf3 Bd5 (34... Bxf3 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 35. Kxf3 Bc5) 35. Nd4 $17 Bc5 36. Nxf5 $2 {[#]} (36. Nc2 $17 Ba3 37. Nxa3 Rxa3 38. Rb1) 36... Ba3 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra3c1]} 37. Nxh6+ Kg7 38. f5 (38. Rc2 $142 Kxh6 39. f5+ Kg7 40. f6+ Kf7 41. h4) 38... Bxc1 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Bxc1 Rxc3 {Hoping for ...Ra2+.} 40. f6+ Kg6 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 73%.} 0-1