[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Brilej, Jaka"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,141,3,14,18,23,20,19,31,32,27,60,-30,-22,-10,-25,-16,-6,-18,-29,-25,0,0,9,9,9,12,20,9,9,9,18,9,37,18,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,197,211,453,430,439,440,525,519,504,577,555,559,581,581,582,580,555,551,528,529,489,416,741,702,875,850,783,770,1007,889,727,721,916,823,2518,2193,29966,29967,29967,29969,29969,29970,29969,29963,29971,29972,29972,29973,29975,29974,29974,29974,29974,29974,29974,29975,29974,29975,29977,29975,29978,29979,29980,29981,29981,29979,29979,29980,29980,29979,29983,29984,29984,29985,29987,29988,29988,29989,29993,29994,29994,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 {The position is equal.} g6 12. Be2 {12.0-0-0 gains popularity.} a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 13. Rc1 (13. a4 $14) 13... a4 $11 14. Na1 {[#]} Ng8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qa5 15. c4 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 Bh6 17. Nc2 h4 18. Na3 Ke7 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Kd2 Nh5 {0-1 (51) Ter Sahakyan,S (2575)-Kuzubov,Y (2643) Minsk 2014}) 15. c4 Bh6 16. Nc2 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 f5 18. O-O f4 19. Nd1 Ne7 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bc2 Nf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Nc3 Rg8 24. Kh1 h4 25. Nb5 Kd7 26. h3 Rg3 27. b4 axb3 28. axb3 Qg5 {[#] Hoping for ...e4.} 29. Rc2 {Strongly threatening b4.} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3] And now ...exf3 would win.} 30. Nd4 {Black must now prevent b4.} e3 $2 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} (30... Qf6 $11) 31. Qb4 $18 Rg8 $2 (31... Re8 32. Ra1 Ke7) 32. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6g5][%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} Nxe6 33. Qxb7+ Nc7 {[%cal Rg3g2]} 34. c5 Rxg2 35. c6+ Ke8 {( -> ...Rg1+)} 36. Qc8+ Qd8 37. Rxg2 Rxg2 38. Qxd8+ Kxd8 39. Kxg2 Nxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} 40. Rd1 e2 41. Re1 Nc3 (41... Kc7 $142 42. Rxe2 Kxc6) 42. Kf2 Kc7 43. Rc1 Nb5 44. Rc4 d5 45. Rc5 Nd4 46. Rxd5 Nxf3 47. Kxe2 Ng1+ 48. Kf1 Nxh3 49. Rxf5 {White mates.} f3 50. Rxf3 Ng5 51. Rf4 h3 52. Rh4 Kxc6 53. Rh6+ Kd7 54. Ke2 Ne6 55. Kd2 Ng5 56. Kc2 Kc7 57. Rh5 Ne4 58. Rxh3 Kc6 59. Rh4 Kd5 60. Kd3 Nf6 61. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 62. Rh5+ Kc6 63. Kc4 Nb6+ 64. Kb3 Kb7 65. b5 Nc8 66. Rh7+ Kb6 67. Kb4 Na7 68. Rh6+ Kb7 69. Kc5 Nc8 70. Rh7+ Kb8 71. b6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.29} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Black "Calavalle, Giulio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,51,75,70,39,64,77,272,271,260,285,288,272,501,490,506,506,474,480]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 {[#] aiming for Ne4. D44: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik System.} Bh6 ({Wrong is} 19... bxc3 $2 20. bxc3 Bxe7 21. fxe7 $18) 20. exd8=Q+ {[#]} Rxd8 $146 (20... Kxd8 $16 {was necessary.} 21. Bxh6 Rxh6) ({Predecessor:} 20... Kxd8 21. Bxh6 Rxh6 22. Ne4 Qc6 23. Qg4 Nxf6 24. Qg5 Rxh2 25. Rd1+ Kc8 26. Qf5+ Nd7 {1-0 (35) Mohammad,N (2421)-Roy,P (2349) Dhaka 2019}) 21. Bxh6 $18 {White has a decisive advantage.} bxc3 22. bxc3 Qc6 {Strongly threatening ...Rh8.} 23. Kg1 Qxf6 $2 {[#]} (23... Qe4 {is a better defense.} 24. Bf4 Nb6) 24. Qd5 $1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rd5b7] White is clearly winning.} Nb6 25. Qxc5+ Kb7 26. Bg5 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.00/Black=0.70} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Senner, Peter"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,-7,23,12,17,0,0,0,-3,-24,-39,-56,-25,-54,-20,-27,-25,-49,-31,-24,-12,-13,-21,-69,-71,-334,-337,-320,-325,-379,-376,-374,-216,-205,-231,-216,-189,-213,-178,-373,-407,-402,-399,-376,-313,-375,-397,-372,-353,-584,-579,-551,-525]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Ngf3 Be7 6. Qc2 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves.} e5 7. Be2 a5 {[#]} 8. b3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 d4 10. Bb2 Be6 11. a3 h6 12. Rfc1 Bc5 13. Rab1 Ng4 14. h3 Nxf2 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxc5 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Nxe2+ {1-0 (32) Jakubowski,K (2497)-Van Foreest,J (2671) Tornelo INT 2020}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Nh5 10. g3 g6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Ng4 Bd6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Nxf6+ {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (17. Bc1 $17 {was called for.}) 17... Nxf6 $19 18. Bxf6 Rf8 19. Bh4 Bd5 20. Qd1 Bxf3 (20... Qf7 $142 {[%cal Rd5f3]} 21. Ng5 Qxf2+ 22. Kd2 Bc5) 21. Bxf3 Qf7 22. Be2 Qxf2+ 23. Kd2 e4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...exd3.} 24. Qg1 $2 (24. Rf1 e3+ 25. Kc1) 24... exd3 25. Qxf2 Rxf2 26. Kxd3 g5 27. Bxg5 Ne5+ 28. Kd2 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} 29. Ke3 $2 (29. Kd3 Nxg5 30. Rhf1) 29... Bc5+ 30. Kf4 Rf8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.65/Black=0.21} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,93,9,43,45,19,19,17,12,54,7,25,16,34,40,48,37,26,27,31,14,81,25,59,60,59,40,37,61,48,33,29,26,46,32,43,29,28,19,20,0,37,35,26,24,20,-130,253,250,247,244,211,132,722,696,718,720,720,710,762,749,754,752,831,822,840,836,879,879,923,922,917,895,1087,1085,1146,1127,1053,996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 {9.Nf3 injects fresh life into this line.} b6 10. O-O {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} c5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. f3 {[#] The position is equal.} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. c4 Ba6 16. Bb3 e6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Ba4 Qd8 {½-½ (55) Fedoseev,V (2665)-Savchenko,B (2613) Sochi 2016}) 13. e5 e6 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Ng3 b5 17. Bb3 Rfd8 18. Bh6 Bh8 (18... Bb7 $11) 19. Qf4 (19. Qe2 $16) 19... c4 20. Bc2 f5 21. exf6 {[%cal Rf6f7]} (21. Ne2 {looks sharper.} Nb6 22. Qh4 Nd5 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Rab8 25. a3) 21... Qxf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 23. Bc7 Rd7 24. Ba5 Nd5 25. Rab1 Rb8 26. Ne4 {And now Nc5 would win.} b4 27. Nc5 (27. cxb4 Ne3 $15) 27... Rd6 28. cxb4 Nc3 {...Rc8 is the strong threat.} 29. Bc7 $36 {[%mdl 2112] Double Attack. White is more active.} Bxd4+ {[#]} 30. Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 31. Re1 ({Avoid the trap} 31. Nxe6 $2 Rd2 $19) ({White should play} 31. Bxb8 $11 Nxb1 32. Nxa6) 31... Rxb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Rc8 $17 {and life is bright.} 32. Nxa6 Rd2) 32. Be5 $18 ({Inferior is} 32. Nxa6 Rb2 $15) 32... Nb5 33. Nxa6 Rb2 34. Ba4 {Threatens to win with Bxb5.} Nc3 {[%mdl 8192] This costs Black the game.} (34... c3 $16 35. Bxb5 c2) 35. Bxd4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. White is clearly winning.} Ne2+ {[#]} 36. Rxe2 $1 Rxe2 37. Nb4 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rb1 39. a3 a5 40. Nc2 Kf7 41. Bc3 Rb7 42. Ne3 Rc7 43. Bxa5 Rc8 44. Bb4 h5 45. h4 Kf6 46. Bc3+ e5 47. Bb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.42} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nilssen, Ellen Fredericia"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,177,13,7,12,10,12,11,23,6,0,5,24,12,36,34,27,16,18,25,11,12,32,0,21,8,8,7,5,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-70,-70,-70,-70,-8,-8,-8,-70,-70,-70,-64,-70,-64,-64,0,-70,0,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-72,-72,-72,-85,-76,-77,-78,-78,-78,-78,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Qe8 12. e4 e5 13. d5 c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 14. dxc6 Bxc6 {[#]} 15. Na2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Na2 Bd6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Na2 Bc5 20. Nc3 Bb4 {½-½ (20) Petrosyan,T (2460)-Zhigalko,A (2562) Yerevan 2018}) 15... a5 16. Bb5 Nc5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 18. Nxb4 axb4 19. Nxe5 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Nfxe4 21. f3 Nb3 22. Rb1 Nec5 23. Bf4 Nxa4 24. Nc6 Rfe8 25. Nxb4 Re2 26. Rd3 Nac5 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Rd8 29. Kf2 Na4 30. Ke2 f6 31. Na2 Re8 32. Nc3 Nac5 33. Rd1 Na5 34. Kf2 Nc4 35. Bxc5 bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 36. Na4 Rb8 37. Nxc5 ({White should try} 37. Rc1 $11 Nxb2 38. Nxc5) 37... Rxb2+ $15 38. Kg3 {[#]} Rxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 39. Kxg2 Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kg3 Nxd1 {KN-KN} 41. f4 $1 Ne3 42. Kf3 Nf5 43. Kg4 g6 44. Ne4 Kf7 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Kf2 Ng7 47. Ke2 Ke6 48. Kf2 Ne8 49. Kf3 Nd6 {Threatens to win with ...Nxe4.} 50. Nc5+ Kf5 51. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3d4] [#]} Nb5 52. h3 Ke6 53. Nc5+ Ke7 54. Ke3 Nd6 55. Kf3 Nf5 56. Kf2 Nd4 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Ne4 Nc7 59. Nc5 Kd6 60. Ne4+ Ke6 61. Kf3 Nd5 62. Ng3 f5 63. Ne2 Kd6 64. Nd4 Kc5 (64... Nc7 $15) 65. Ne6+ $1 $11 Kc4 66. Nf8 (66. Ng5 $1 $11) 66... Nf6 $15 {Hoping for ...Kd5.} 67. Ne6 Kd3 68. Nf8 Kd2 69. Kf2 Kd3 {Strongly threatening ...Ke4.} 70. Kf3 Kc4 {...Kd5 is the strong threat.} 71. Ne6 Kd5 72. Nc7+ Kc6 73. Ne6 Kd6 74. Nd4 Kd5 75. Nb5 Ne8 76. Ke3 Kc4 77. Nd4 Nc7 {White must now prevent ...Nd5+.} 78. Nc6 Nd5+ 79. Kf3 Kd3 (79... Nf6 $17) 80. Ne5+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kd2 81. Nd7 $1 Ke1 82. Nf8 Nf6 83. Ke3 Kf1 {And now ...Kg2 would win.} 84. Kd4 Kg2 85. Ke5 Nh5 86. Nxh7 Kg3 87. Nf8 Nxf4 88. Nxg6 Nxh3 89. Kxf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Costa, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,71,51,102,99,102,99,99,97,100,93,93,91,95,101,114,111,124,125,123,123,121,113,125,126,150,116,139,117,142,140,282,251,253,250,325,201,210,199,287,323,337,307,350,328,454,313,1745,1737,1241,1224,1047,1054,880,812,738,573,677,210]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 ({Black should try} 8... Na5 $14) 9. e4 $16 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 {White is better.} Na6 12. Be3 Nd7 {[#]} 13. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd2 Re8 14. a3 Nc7 15. Be2 a6 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. b4 e6 18. Na4 cxb4 19. axb4 exd5 20. exd5 {½-½ (31) Darga,K-Huebner,R Frankfurt 1966}) 13... Nc7 14. Qd2 b6 15. Rad1 Qb8 16. f4 Qb7 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Bd3 a6 {[#]} 19. a4 $1 e6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. f5 Nc7 22. Bg5 Bf6 {Loses the game.} (22... f6 $16) 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qh6 Nce8 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. Rdf1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Nc7 (26... Rd7 $142 27. g4 Qe5) 27. Nd5 $18 Ncxd5 28. exd5 a5 29. Re3 ({But not} 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Qg5 Kg7 $18) 29... Qc7 30. Rg3 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Rd7 $2 (30... Qe7 31. Re3 (31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Bxg6 Kh8 $18) 31... Qd7) 31. fxg6 {White is clearly winning.} fxg6 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Rxg6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rg7 34. Rgxf6 Rxf6 35. Qxf6 Qd7 36. Qf8+ $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.33} (36. Re1) 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Mitran, Anthony Cristian"]
[Black "Checa, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,-13,-10,-40,-37,-39,-38,-58,-22,-25,-25,-43,-27,-54,-13,-11,14,-47,-43,-68,-71,-65,62,56,66,51,43,40,104,0,0,-75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,13,0,27,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. f3 Bd7 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nh3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nd2 {[#] Black is slightly better.} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. Bg3 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Kh1 Rac8 {0-1 (53) Teglas,B (2247)-Lyell,M (2225) Budapest 2012}) 9. Rb1 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bg3 Rfe8 12. f4 Bd6 13. Bf2 (13. Nf3 $11) 13... Qc7 14. O-O cxd4 $1 15. exd4 Ne7 ({Much worse is} 15... Bxf4 $6 16. Bh4 $16) ({Better is} 15... e5 $1 $15 16. fxe5 (16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Rxe5 $11) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxe5) 16. Bh4 $14 Ng6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qh5 Kg7 (18... Re7 $14) 19. g4 ({White should try} 19. g3 $16) 19... Rh8 {[%cal Rd6f4]} 20. Rf3 ({But not} 20. g5 f5 $17) (20. f5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... Nxf4 (20... Bxf4 $17 21. Nb3 (21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. Qh4 Rag8 $15) 21... Rae8) 21. Nxf4 $11 Bxf4 22. Rbf1 {[%cal Bb1f1,Bf1f2,Bf2e2][%mdl 32]} Bg5 23. R1f2 h6 24. Nf1 e5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Kg2 d4 {[#] aiming for ...Bc6.} 27. Ng3 (27. Bc4 $5 {[%cal Rh5f7]} Raf8 28. Ng3 $11) 27... dxc3 {Threatens to win with ...Bc6.} 28. Re2 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.21. Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Rindone, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,6,35,25,22,-8,16,12,52,68,75,77,70,44,111,106,145,157,146,161,216,199,246,247,274,272,280,215,197,183,189,169,179,183,218,207,286,294,477,476,806,798,866,881,1202,1131,2055,1953,1559,1541,29984,29985]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nh6 6. a3 {C17: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 sidelines.} Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 (7... Nf5 {is interesting.} 8. Nf3 h6 9. Be2 b6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O Nc6) 8. Nf3 {[#] The position is equal.} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nf5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O c4 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 O-O-O 14. Nf4 g6 {1-0 (66) Firat,B (2463)-Sarandos,V (2232) Patras 2019}) 9. Bxh6 ({Don't play} 9. dxc5 Ng4 $11) 9... gxh6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Bd3 Ne7 {White stays focused until the end.} (11... c4 $14) 12. Qxh6 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc3+ 14. Ke2 Nf5 (14... O-O-O $142 15. Rhb1 Nf5) 15. Qf4 $18 Ba4 16. Rhc1 Rg8 17. Kf1 a6 {If Black can now play ...Bb5 this consolidates a bit.} 18. Rab1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b3,Bb3b5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening g4.} Bb5 19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. Rb3 Qc4+ 21. Kg1 Rc8 22. h3 Qa4 23. Rcb1 Rxc2 $2 {[#]} (23... Rg7 24. Rxb5 Qxa3 25. Rxb7 Qc3) 24. Rxb5 Qxa3 (24... Rc7 $142 25. Rxb7 Qd7) 25. Rxb7 Rc8 26. Rb8 Ne7 27. Ng5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rg7 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Qf6 Qd3 30. Rc1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.72} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Ruaro, Carlo"]
[Black "Toniolo, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 6. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:29]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 9. b3 {[%emt 0:06:35]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 10. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:12:31]} 12. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:06:15]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:08:55]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:07:54]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 17. Bf1 {[%emt 0:06:00]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:22:52]} 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0:05:26]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 19. Qh5 {[%emt 0:13:49]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 20. Ne2 {[%emt 0:05:21]} Be8 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 21. Qh3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 22. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 23. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 24. Qg3 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 25. Qh3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 26. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:05:03]} 27. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 28. Qg4 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 29. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 30. Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 31. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 33. Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Qxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 35. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 36. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 38. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Bd5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Brotto, Alessandro"]
[Black "Pace, Gabriele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,47,40,40,60,46,76,40,54,44,72,25,92,39,115,112,112,50,47,59,50,48,305,310,350,369,337,156,300,213,702,721,29991,3113,29987,29988]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Qc7 {7...b5 is the modern continuation.} 8. a4 a5 {C41: Philidor Defence.} 9. h3 h6 10. Bf1 Nf8 {[#] White is slightly better.} 11. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 g5 12. Nh2 Ng6 13. Qe2 Nf4 14. Qc4 Rg8 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qb3 {0-1 (55) Muc,T (2245)-Latas,B (2275) Mikolajki 1991}) 11... g6 12. d5 Nh5 (12... Nxd5 $11 {remains equal.} 13. exd5 Bxh4) 13. Nf5 Bxf5 (13... gxf5 $14 14. Qxh5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} f4) 14. exf5 $16 Ng7 15. dxc6 (15. fxg6 $16 Nxg6 16. Qf3) 15... bxc6 $14 16. f6 Bxf6 17. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f6]} Nd7 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (17... Be7 $1 $14) 18. Nb5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5c7][%mdl 512]} cxb5 (18... Qb8 19. Qxc6) 19. Qxa8+ Bd8 20. Qe4 (20. axb5 $18 {has better winning chances. Strongly threatening Bd2.} Qxc2 21. Be3) 20... Nf5 (20... b4 $16 {was necessary.} 21. Bd2 Ne6) 21. Bxb5 Nd4 $2 (21... O-O 22. g4 Nc5) 22. Qxd4 Qxc2 {[#]} 23. Rxe5+ $1 dxe5 (23... Kf8 24. Re2) 24. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.33/Black=1.44} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,32,35,0,9,0,0,11,8,15,33,36,21,28,47,57,78,83,145,138,133,109,105,93,137,138,127,127,152,158,141,150,135,147,263,269,514,493,588,504,596,595,602,599,534,287,498,486,376,213,517,389,908,886,870,829,680,264,264,262,247,237,210,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. h4 d5 6. h5 {With the idea h6. A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} dxe4 7. Nxe4 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nbc6 8. Nf3 f5 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. Bd2 Bc6 13. Qe2 Qd6 14. hxg6 Nxg6 {0-1 (23) Marzano,C (2199)-Rotstein,A (2481) Cesenatico 2018}) 8. Nc3 Bxd4 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nb5 Nbc6 11. Nf3 a6 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 (13... cxd4 $142 14. Bg5 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qe5+ 16. Be2 Nc6) 14. Bg5 $16 Nc6 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Bxc5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rxh8+ Qxh8 21. Qd2 Qf6 (21... Kf7 $16) 22. c5 $18 f4 $2 (22... Qh4 23. Qd6 Kf7 24. Qc7+ Qe7) 23. Qd6 Qxb2 {intending ...Qb4+.} 24. Bd3 {[%cal Rd3g6]} Kf7 25. Qc7+ Kf6 26. Qxf4+ Kg7 27. Qg3 Qf6 (27... Bd7 28. Bxg6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bb5 29. Bd3+ Kf8 30. Bxb5 axb5) 28. Be4 a5 {[#]} 29. Kf1 (29. Rd8 $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} e5 30. Re8) 29... a4 $2 (29... e5 30. Rb1 (30. Rd6 Be6 $18) 30... Ra6 31. Bxb7 Bf5) 30. Kg1 a3 $2 (30... e5 31. Rb1 (31. Rd6 Be6 $18) 31... g5) 31. Rd3 e5 32. Rf3 Qe6 33. Bxg6 $2 Qxg6 34. Qxe5+ Kg8 35. Rg3 {[%mdl 1024] White wants to mate with Qe8+. White has strong compensation.} Bg4 {[#]} 36. Qd5+ (36. Qe7 $1 $18) 36... Kf8 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. f3 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 $1 ({Much worse is} 38. Kf2 {[#]} Re8 $1 $17) 38... Qh7+ 39. Kg1 Qb1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.51/Black=0.48} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Di Benedetto, Edoardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,26,27,19,24,18,41,22,29,29,22,18,33,23,45,40,58]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 {is the new trend. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Qe2 Qc8 {The position is equal.} 10. Rc1 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 c5 12. dxc5 {[#]} Qxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... bxc5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Qb5 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Be5 a6 18. Qa4 Rd8 {½-½ (44) Sargissian,G (2689)-Zubov,A (2612) Gjakova 2016}) 13. Qxc5 Bxc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,12,77,62,93]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 e5 $1 {[%mdl 4] [#] Loss on time!? is recently more successful than 6...Qa5. A43: Schmid Benoni.} {Predecessor:} 7. dxe6 $146 Bxe6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Qb3 f6 14. a4 {1-0 (39) Duda,J (2758)-Antipov,M (2549) Moscow 2019} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fecker, Noah"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,15,0,26,6]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 {[%mdl 32768] [#] A rather calm draw. Loss on time!? B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7.} {Predecessor:} g6 $146 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h4 h6 12. Be2 e5 13. Nb3 b5 14. g4 b4 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. fxe5 Bxg4 {½-½ (51) Sevian,S (2660)-Bernadskiy,V (2629) Lichess.org INT 2020} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Checa, Nicolas"]
[Black "Krasteva, Beloslava"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,177,13,14,6,0,11,11,7,9,10,0,25,27,24,16,20,14,14,14,14,10,22,0,20,6,8,6,6,6,8,5,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,6,6,7,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-67,-60,-60,-81,-56,-56,-56,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-105,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-60,-74,-8,-77,-77,-77,-74,-76,-45,-67,0,-75,0,-77,-76,-104,-77,-77,-77,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Qe8 12. e4 e5 13. d5 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 {[#]} 15. Na2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Na2 Bd6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Na2 Bc5 20. Nc3 Bb4 {½-½ (20) Petrosyan,T (2460)-Zhigalko,A (2562) Yerevan 2018}) 15... a5 16. Bb5 Nc5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 18. Nxb4 axb4 19. Nxe5 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Nfxe4 21. f3 Nb3 22. Rb1 Nec5 23. Bf4 Nxa4 24. Nc6 Rfe8 25. Nxb4 Re2 26. Rd3 Nac5 (26... Nbc5 {is interesting.} 27. Rd6 f6 28. Bg3 Nb7 29. Rd7 Nbc5) 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Rd8 29. Kf2 Na4 30. Ke2 f6 31. Na2 Re8 32. Nc3 Nac5 33. Rd1 Na5 34. Kf2 {Black must now prevent b4.} Nc4 35. Bxc5 bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 36. Na4 Rb8 37. Nxc5 ({Better is} 37. Rc1 $11 Nxb2 38. Nxc5) 37... Rxb2+ $15 38. Kg3 {[#]} Rxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 39. Kxg2 Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kg3 Nxd1 {KN-KN} 41. f4 Ne3 42. Kf3 Nf5 43. Kg4 g6 44. Ne4 Kf7 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Kf2 Ng7 47. Ke2 Ke6 48. Kf2 Ne8 49. Kf3 Nd6 50. Nc5+ Kf5 51. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3d4] [#]} Nb5 52. h3 Ke6 53. Nc5+ Ke7 54. Ke3 Nd6 55. Kf3 Nf5 56. Kf2 Nd4 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Ne4 Nc7 59. Nc5 Kd6 60. Ne4+ Ke6 61. Kf3 Nd5 62. Ng3 f5 63. Ne2 Kd6 64. Nd4 Kc5 65. Ne6+ {[#]} Kc4 (65... Kc6 $1 $17) 66. Nf8 (66. Ng5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 66... Nf6 $17 {And now ...Kd5 would win.} 67. Ne6 Kd3 68. Nf8 Kd2 (68... Kd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4d5]} 69. Ne6+ Kd5 $17) 69. Kf2 Kd3 {Strongly threatening ...Ke4.} 70. Kf3 Kc4 {aiming for ...Kd5.} 71. Ne6 Kd5 72. Nc7+ Kc6 73. Ne6 Kd6 74. Nd4 Kd5 75. Nb5 Ne8 76. Ke3 Kc4 77. Nd4 Nc7 {Hoping for ...Nd5+.} 78. Nc6 Nd5+ 79. Kf3 Kd3 ({Black should try} 79... Kc5 $17 80. Ne5 Kd6) 80. Ne5+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kd2 81. Nd7 $1 Ke1 82. Nf8 Nf6 83. Ke3 Kf1 {...Kg2 is the strong threat.} 84. Kd4 Kg2 85. Ke5 Nh5 86. Nxh7 Kg3 87. Nf8 Nxf4 88. Nxg6 Nxh3 89. Kxf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,76,0,0,-23,-2,-8,-1,-14,-2,-28,-21,-149,-96,-83,-51,-54,-44,-52,-58,-58,-45,-62,-11,-20,-12,-2,-13,-14,-34,-39,0,-33,-26,-15,-39,-40,-4,-70,-14,-154,-149,-254,-210,-304,-307,-473,-312,-468,-336,-368,-362,-339,-330,-265,0,0,0,0,0,-662,-641,-634,-626,-29976,-29977,-29969,-29969]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Qc2 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3).} O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ {[#]} 11. Kxd2 $146 (11. Nexd2 $11 Na6 12. O-O) ({Predecessor:} 11. Nexd2 Nbd7 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be2 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Nfe4 16. b4 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 {1-0 (44) Wilhelms,D (2158)-Rosa,J (1568) Goiania 2014}) 11... Nc6 (11... c5 $142 12. Ke2 Nbd7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. dxc5 bxc5) 12. Qc3 $17 Kh8 13. Rhe1 a5 $1 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 14. a3 a4 $1 15. Kc2 Na5 $1 16. Rad1 Nxe4 (16... Nb3 $15) 17. Bxe4 $11 Bxe4+ 18. Rxe4 Qf6 19. Rde1 Rad8 20. Kb1 c5 21. Qc2 Nb3 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 b5 24. Re5 ({White should try} 24. Rd1 $1 $11) 24... Qg6 (24... h6 $15) 25. Rf5 (25. Qxg6 $11 hxg6 26. Rd1) 25... f6 26. g3 (26. Rf4 $17) 26... Rfe8 $19 27. Rxe8+ (27. Rd1 {was necessary.}) 27... Qxe8 28. g4 (28. Rf4 $142) 28... h6 29. h4 (29. Qd3 $142 Rd7 30. d6) 29... Rd7 30. Ka2 {[#]} Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7e2]} 31. g5 Re2 32. Qb1 fxg5 ({Inferior is} 32... Rxf2 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Rxf6 $11) (32... Qf7 $19 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 33. gxf6 gxf6) 33. hxg5 $11 c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 34. gxh6 g6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...c3.} 35. Re5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} Rxe5 $19 36. Nxe5 Qxe5 37. Qxg6 Nc1+ 38. Kb1 Nd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re5b2][%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.87/Black=0.28} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Song, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,15,-1,-11]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 {[%mdl 32768] [#] Loss on time!? is now debated instead of 8.c4.} {Predecessor:} d6 $146 {C45: Scotch Game.} 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb2 Qb4 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 {½-½ (51) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Aronian,L (2781) chess24.com INT 2020} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,37,18,13,16,23,-3,16,15,55,68,101,103,102,94,91,101,80,97,93,35,89,100]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} ({Of course not} 10. Qxd5 Nc6 $15) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Nd4 {The position is equal.} Nxc5 13. Qxd5 b6 14. Qxa8 Bb7 15. Qxa7 Ra8 {[#]} 16. Qxa8+ Bxa8 17. f3 Qh4+ {[#]} 18. g3 (18. Ke2 $1 $16) 18... Qg5 {[#]} ({Better is} 18... Qe7 $1 $14 19. Kf2 Qf6) 19. Ke2 $146 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.15} ({Predecessor:} 19. Kf2 Qf6 20. Kg2 g5 21. Be2 Qe5 22. e4 g4 23. Rab1 h5 24. Rxb6 Nxe4 25. Rb5 {0-1 (40) Cruz Lopez Claret,C (2265)-Mitkov,N (2505) San Sebastian 1993}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,18,34,27,43,30,25,25,25,16,16,8,18,17,24,11,6,8,14,15,22,0,45,38,38,35,34,38,43,44,37,30,46,44,42,35,44,44,53,45,58,10,0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,23,20,18,12,16,-25,-22,-65,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-5,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bg5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Nbd7 7. e3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} h6 {[#]} 8. Bxf6 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bh4 c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bg3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 N5xb6 14. Bd6 cxd4 15. cxd4 {1-0 (29) Kaesemann,H (1723)-Arnz,T Hofheim 2019}) 8... Nxf6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. a3 a4 13. Qc2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qd6 15. Qb2 b6 (15... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 16. Be2 (16. Bxb5 Rb8 $15) 16... Ba6 $11) 16. O-O Nf6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. c4 Rfb8 21. Rfd1 Qe7 22. d5 Rd8 23. Bf3 e5 24. e4 Ra5 25. c5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxe5 Ba6 28. h4 Bc4 29. Qc3 c6 30. d6 Bb3 31. Qxc5 bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Rc1 {Black should prevent e5.} Rxd6 33. Rxc5 f6 (33... Rd2 $15) 34. e5 {The position is equal.} fxe5 35. Rxe5 Bd5 36. Bd1 Bb3 37. Bf3 Bd5 38. Bd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Checa, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,76,37,35,54,51,62,41,52,19,44,55,94,-8,0,-47,-50,-47,-39,-55,-25,-39,-44,-60,-43,-58,0,-7,0,-6,0,0,0,0,32,43,102,111,132,132,139,131,132,131,217,217,449,449,426,445,454,472,466,458,439,419,456,454,1834,1835,1641,1438,1674,1082,1549,1347,1220,1247,2992]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 {6...Ra7 is more fashionable. D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4.} 7. Nh4 Bg6 {[#]} 8. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Na4 Nbd7 9. Bf4 e6 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 Bd8 12. O-O-O Bc7 13. Bg3 O-O 14. e3 {1-0 (38) Wang,Y (2729)-Bu,X (2710) Shenzhen 2015}) 8... e5 {White is slightly better.} 9. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b6] aiming for Nb6.} (9. dxe5 Nfd7 $15) (9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. dxe5 Nfd7 $15) 9... Qc7 10. g5 Nfd7 11. dxe5 (11. Nxg6 $16 hxg6 12. e3) 11... Nxc5 12. Nxc5 (12. Qb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6c7]} Kd8 13. Qxc7+ Kxc7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bf4 $11) 12... Bxc5 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. f4 Ba7 15. Qh3 O-O-O 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. O-O-O Qc5+ (17... Kb8 $15) 18. Qc3 $11 Qxc3+ 19. Bxc3 Be3+ 20. Bd2 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Nc5 22. Rc1 Ne4+ {White stays focused until the end.} (22... Nd7 $14) 23. Ke3 $1 $16 Rhe8 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rcd1 ({Weaker is} 26. Kxe4 Rd2 $11) 26... Rxd1 (26... a5 $16 {might work better.} 27. h4 (27. Kxe4 Rh8 $16) 27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Kc7) 27. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rh8 {[#]} (27... a5 {keeps fighting.} 28. Kxe4 Rh8) 28. e6 $1 $18 fxe6 {[#]} 29. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e6]} Rh3+ 30. Kxe4 Rxh2 31. e3 Rxb2 32. Rxe6 Rxa2 33. Rxg6 {White is clearly winning.} a5 ({Inferior is} 33... Ra4+ 34. Kf3 $18) (33... b5 $142 34. Rxc6+ (34. Rxg7 b4 $16) 34... Kb7) 34. Rxg7 a4 35. g6 a3 36. Rg8+ Kd7 37. Ra8 Rg2 38. f5 Ke7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.31} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Lumachi, Gabriele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,146,24,23,23,31,36,20,24,20,14,29,28,54,6,47,42,45,17,83,33,97,93,141,141,147,52,54,61,48,53,89,64,50,57,56,41,73,66,154,114,148,137,133,53,52,57,250,106,95,107,119,101,153,65,70,61,81,0,19,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,11,0,10,0,0,0,8,0,4,-8,-8,-8,14,23,191,199,200,196,189,156,183,146,205,195,197,154,139,89,101,81,103,102,87,88,66,87,50,55,348,246,348,348,12679,474,443,227,693,684,862,844,791,801,1374,1265,1885,1786,29981,29982,29987,29988,29990,29991,29995,29996,29996,0,29997,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 7.0-0.} d6 8. Bg5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} Rb8 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} h6 10. Bh4 {The position is equal.} Bb6 11. Nf1 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Qh5 Kd7 15. Ne3 Qg8 16. g3 Qg5 17. Qe2 a5 {1-0 (34) Carlsen,M (2876)-Firouzja,A (2702) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Bc2 Nh5 15. Ne3 c6 (15... Bxe3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 16. fxe3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 c5) 16. O-O Nf4 (16... Nxg3 $14 17. hxg3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 (18. fxe3 c5 $14) 18... c5) 17. Qd2 $16 h5 18. b4 Nb7 19. Rfe1 (19. d4 $16) 19... Bxe3 $14 20. Qxe3 h4 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Qd2 Bg4 23. Bd1 $1 Rg8 24. Kh1 h3 {And now ...hxg2+ would win.} 25. g3 Nd8 (25... Bxf3+ $14 26. Bxf3 Qf6) 26. Nh4 Bd7 27. d4 Qf6 28. Nf5 (28. Bf3 $16) 28... Bxf5 29. exf5 Kf8 $2 (29... Qxf5 $14 30. Qxf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4 Rg2) 30. Qd3 (30. dxe5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} dxe5 31. gxf4) 30... exd4 31. cxd4 c5 32. Bf3 (32. dxc5 {feels hotter.} dxc5 33. Bf3 fxg3 34. hxg3 c4 35. Qe4) 32... Qxd4 (32... c4 $142 33. Qe4 fxg3) 33. Qxd4 (33. Qe2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2e7] Threatens to win with Qe7+.} fxg3 34. Qe7+ (34. fxg3 Qf6 $16) 34... Kg7 35. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (35. fxg3 Qf6 $11) 35... Kh7 36. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 37. fxg3) 33... cxd4 34. Rad1 Rg5 $1 35. Rxd4 (35. g4 $16) 35... fxg3 36. fxg3 Rxf5 37. Bg4 Rf6 38. Bxh3 Nc6 39. Rh4 Kg7 40. Rd1 Ne5 41. Rhd4 Rh8 42. Bg2 Nc4 43. h4 Rf2 44. Re1 Rxa2 45. Bd5 Rh6 46. Rf1 Rd2 $2 (46... f6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 47. Rxf7+ $18 Kh8 48. Rxd2 Nxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 49. Kg2 Nc4 {White must now prevent ...Ne3+.} 50. Kh3 Rh5 (50... Ne3 $16 {was necessary.}) 51. Bf3 Re5 52. h5 d5 53. Bg4 Ne3 54. Rd7 Re4 55. Bf3 Rxb4 56. g4 ({Much worse is} 56. Bxd5 $6 Rd4 $11) 56... Rf4 57. Kg3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rf8 58. Be2 Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black is now going downhill.} ({Better is} 58... Rg8 $14) 59. Bd3 b4 (59... Nd1 {was worth a try.} 60. Rxd5 Nb2) 60. h6 ({Not} 60. Bxa6 Rf7 $16) 60... b3 $2 (60... Nxg4 61. Kxg4 Ra8 62. Rxd5 Kh8) 61. Rb7 (61. g5 $142 Nf5+ 62. Kg4 Ne3+ 63. Kh5) 61... Nc4 62. Rxb3 (62. g5 $142 {Intending g6 and mate.} Nd6 63. Rxb3) 62... Re8 $2 (62... Ne5) 63. Kh4 a5 64. Rb5 Ne5 65. Bf5 Nf3+ 66. Kh5 $1 Nd4 67. Rxd5 Nxf5 68. Rxf5 {KR-KR} Ra8 69. g5 $1 a4 {[#]} 70. g6 $1 a3 {[#]} 71. h7+ $1 Kg7 72. Rf7+ Kh8 {intending ...a2.} 73. Kh6 {[%csl Gf7,Gh6][%cal Rg6g7]} a2 74. g7# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.36} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Muetsch, Annmarie"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,154,0,0,0,6,0,12,0,27,0,0,0,-20,-19,0,0,0,0,102,88,68,40,63,68,49,65,57,58,41,64,83,0,0,0,106,106,106,109,117,118,121,143,156,149,129,129,129,81,120,0,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-517,-516,-425,-375,-1064,-787,-29974,-29976]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 {C45: Scotch Game.} O-O 8. Be3 d5 9. O-O-O {[%cal Rc3d5] The position is equal.} d4 {[#]} 10. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qd6 12. Kb1 Qe6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. c4 Ne5 16. Qc2 {½-½ (40) Forcen Esteban,D (2556)-Korneev,O (2517) Linares 2020}) 10... a5 (10... Be6 11. Bg5) 11. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5d4]} dxe3 12. Rxd8 Rxd8 13. f3 Be6 14. Nc1 Nd7 (14... Rd2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Qe1 a4) 15. Qe1 $16 Nde5 16. Be2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nc3 Rd2 19. Nd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1e3]} Rxd1 20. Qxd1 {Hoping for f4.} Rd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 21. Nd3 (21. Qe1 $1 $16) 21... h6 $1 $11 22. Qc1 Nb4 (22... Rxd3 $11 23. cxd3 Bxd3+ 24. Ka1 Nd4) 23. Nxb4 $16 axb4 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 e2 {[%cal Re2d1]} 26. Qe1 {aiming for b3.} Be3 27. a3 ({Don't go for} 27. Qxb4 $2 Bf2 $1 $19) 27... c5 28. axb4 cxb4 29. g3 (29. Qxb4 $2 Bf2 $1 $19) 29... Bd4 30. Ka1 (30. Qxb4 $2 Bf2 $1 $19) ({Better is} 30. f4 $16) 30... b5 (30... g5 $11) 31. c3 ({Wrong is} 31. Qxb4 $2 Bf2 $19) (31. e5 $14) 31... bxc3 $11 32. bxc3 Be3 33. Kb2 Bd3 34. h4 Kf8 35. Kb3 Ke7 36. Kb4 Bc4 37. Ka3 Ke6 38. Kb2 Bd3 39. Kb3 g6 40. Kb4 Bc4 41. Ka3 Ke7 42. Kb2 Ke6 43. Kc2 Ke5 44. Kb2 Bd3 45. Kb3 f6 46. Kb4 Bc4 47. Ka3 $1 g5 48. hxg5 {Threatens to win with f4+.} hxg5 49. Kb2 $1 Bd3 50. Kb3 Bc4+ 51. Kc2 Kd6 52. Kb2 Bd3 53. Kb3 Kc6 54. Ka3 Kb6 (54... Kd7 {feels hotter.} 55. Kb2 Kd6) 55. Kb3 Bc5 56. Kb2 Kc6 57. Kb3 Be3 58. Ka3 Kd6 59. Kb3 Ke5 60. Kb2 g4 61. f4+ Ke6 62. Kb3 Kd6 63. Kb2 Kc6 64. Kb3 Kb6 65. Ka3 Kc5 66. Kb3 Kd6 67. Kb2 Ke6 68. Kb3 Bc5 69. Kb2 Bb6 70. Kb3 f5 71. e5 Bc5 72. Kb2 Kd5 {White must now prevent ...Ke4.} 73. Qh1+ $1 Kc4 {And now ...Be4 would win.} 74. e6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74. Qe1 $11) 74... Be4 $19 75. Qe1 Kd3 76. Qb1+ $2 {[#]} (76. Qc1 Bc6 77. Qe1) 76... Ke3 $1 77. Qg1+ Kf3 {Black used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.09} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,53,16,0,17,18,18,20,14,0,16,23,24,25,19,-1358,0,0,0,-45,0,-756,152,139,164,162,168,71,520,166]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nd7 {The modern move. E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0.} 15. Bf4 {[#] Ng6! is the strong threat.} Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 {[#]} 20. Re3 $146 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20. Rxe5 $11 b6 21. c5) ({Predecessor:} 20. Rxe5 b6 21. c5 Ba6 22. c6 Rbc8 23. Bf3 Rc7 24. Rd4 Re8 25. a4 Kf8 26. Re1 {½-½ (36) Xiong,J (2712)-Caruana,F (2822) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 20... Qe4 $2 21. Rxe4 $11 b6 22. Re5 f6 23. c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} b5 $2 (23... fxe5 $19 24. c6 Ba6) 24. Re3 $16 e5 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. c4 (26. c6 $18) 26... Bb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Bf5 $16) 27. f4 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.31/Black=1.37} (27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. c6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Di Benedetto, Edoardo"]
[Black "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,78,40,37,37,31,36,33,25,28,28,32,32,1,8,0,14,1,8,0,14,10,12,0,0,0,0,-11,-14,-42,-29,-52,-19,-17,-16,-17,-6,-23,-33,-22,-17,-29,-1,-22,-15,-15,-12,-12,-16,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-27,-33,-11]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 6...0-0. A92: Classical Dutch: Classical Stonewall (with ...Be7): Early deviations.} 7. Nc3 c6 8. Ne5 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qc2 Bf6 {[#]} 12. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. e3 O-O 13. f3 exf3 14. Rxf3 Be8 15. Qb3 Bh5 16. Rf2 Qb6 17. Bd2 Bg6 18. Bb4 {0-1 (35) Reiss,G (2046)-Pirker,G (2071) Illmitz 2004}) 12... b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. f3 Rc8 15. Qd2 exf3 16. exf3 O-O 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. f4 Rc4 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Rc3 b4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Bf1 Rc8 23. g4 g6 24. g5 Bg7 25. Be2 Ba4 26. b3 Bd7 27. Kg2 Qa5 28. Kf2 Bf8 29. Qb2 Bg7 30. Rc1 Rc3 31. Rxc3 bxc3 32. Qc2 Qc7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxd4!} 33. Kg3 a5 34. h4 Be8 35. Bd3 Bf8 36. Qe2 a4 37. Bc2 axb3 38. axb3 Qb6 39. Bf2 Bf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Orfini, Nicolo`"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,108,0,0,0,-5,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-8,-14,0,0,0,-11,0,-10,12,11,20,24,172,115,131,60,162,45,37,0,43,0,0,-41,0,-69,-50,-108,-62,-96,-101,-258,-178,-182,-172,-242,-165,-222,-227,-208,-174,-289,-291,-273,-273,-300,-298,-456,-443,-440,-425,-543,-528,-716,-710,-640,-616,-706,-531,-1330,-1270,-1023,-967]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rd8 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. Bb3 Be8 {The position is equal.} 16. Qe4 Rd7 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Bg5 h6 {[#]} 19. Bxh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Be3 Ba3 20. Rb1 Bf8 21. Rbc1 Ba3 22. Rb1 Qxc3 23. Bc2 g6 24. Bxh6 Nd4 25. Bd1 {1-0 (45) Godena,M (2537)-Vocaturo,D (2500) Reggio Emilia 2009}) 19... gxh6 20. Bc2 $1 {Threatening mate with Qh7+.} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 21. exf6 $1 Bxf6 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Qg4+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Kf8 24. Bb3 $1 Bg7 25. Bxf7 Bxf7 26. a4 Kg8 27. h3 Rf8 28. Nh4 Ne5 (28... Bh5 {with more complications.} 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Qb5 a6 31. Qxa5 Nxa5 32. g4 Bf7) 29. Qg3 Bc4 (29... Nc6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 30. Re3 ({Better is} 30. Rb1 $18 Ba6 31. Rb4) 30... Qc5 31. Kh1 (31. Rd1 $16) 31... Rf7 {[#]} (31... Qd5 $14) 32. Rce1 (32. Rd1 $1 $18 Kh7 33. f4) 32... Nd7 $14 33. Ng6 Qg5 34. Qd6 {And now Ne7+ would win.} (34. Qc7 $5 {[%cal Rg6e7]} Nb6 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Rg3 $11) 34... Kh7 ({But not} 34... Rxf2 $2 35. Rg3 $18) 35. Rg3 Qf6 36. Qxf6 (36. Qd1 $1 $11) 36... Bxf6 $15 37. h4 {White is on the road to losing.} (37. a5 $1 $15) 37... h5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 38. Re8 Bb3 39. f4 $2 (39. a5 $17) 39... Bxa4 40. f5 Bc2 41. Rf3 {[#]} (41. Nf4 $142) 41... Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 42. Rxf5 (42. Nf8+ $142 Rxf8 43. Rxf8 Nxf8 44. Rxf5) 42... Kxg6 $19 43. Ra5 a6 44. c4 (44. g3 $142) 44... Bxh4 {Threatens to win with ...Rf1+.} 45. g3 Be7 ({Inferior is} 45... Bxg3 46. Rg8+ Rg7 {[#]} 47. Rg5+ $1 Kxg5 48. Rxg7+ Kf6 49. Rxd7 $11) 46. Rg8+ Rg7 47. Rxg7+ (47. Rh8 $142) 47... Kxg7 {Black is clearly winning.} 48. Rxh5 Nc5 49. Rh2 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 50. Ra2 a4 51. Kg2 Bg5 52. Kf3 Kf6 53. Ke2 Ke5 54. Rc2 Kd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.43/Black=0.22} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Brotto, Alessandro"]
[Black "Scagliarini, Lara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,84,32,10,15,10,0,0,2,-4,20,12,27,1,18,1,-1,-4,-4,-4,-4,-10,1,-16,10,10,36,25,34,25,47,0,9,0,27,12,31,-21,-7,-55,-50,-50,0,-89,57,103,111,59,221,211,278,249,246,276,308,197,356,325,400,413,672,670,29975,1499,29976,1386,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 Ne8 9. Be3 b6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} 10. Qc1 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc7 11. Bh6 Ne6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rd2 Rd7 17. Rad1 {1-0 (54) Radlovacki,J (2371)-Terbe,Z (2160) Budapest 2015}) 11. Bh6 f6 {The position is equal.} 12. a3 g5 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. Rfb1 Ne6 16. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3h5][%mdl 32]} Nd4 17. Nfxd4 cxd4 18. Qf3 Be6 19. g4 c5 (19... h5 $5) 20. Ng3 Kg7 21. Kg2 Qd7 22. Rh1 b5 23. Nh5+ Kh8 24. Ng3 (24. Nxf6 $2 Qe7 $19) 24... c4 25. Rad1 Rab8 26. Qe2 (26. c3 $14) 26... a5 $11 27. f3 Rfc8 28. h4 cxd3 29. Qxd3 (29. cxd3 $11 {remains equal.} gxh4 30. Rxh4) 29... Rg8 ({Better is} 29... gxh4 $17 30. Rxh4 b4) 30. hxg5 $14 Rxg5 31. Rh6 (31. c3 $16) 31... Rbg8 $2 {[#] This costs Black the game.} (31... Qe7 $14) 32. Rdh1 $1 $18 (32. Rxf6 Bc4 $16) 32... Bxg4 33. fxg4 (33. Rxh7+ $2 Qxh7 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 $17) 33... Rxg4 34. R1h3 (34. Rxf6 $2 Rxg3+ 35. Qxg3 Rxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Qg7+ 37. Kh2 Qxf6 $19) (34. Rxh7+ $2 Qxh7 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 $17) 34... Qg7 {next ...Rxg3+! is good for Black.} 35. Kh2 {Qf3 is the strong threat.} (35. Rxh7+ $2 Qxh7 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7 $17) 35... Qc7 $2 (35... Rg6 36. Rxg6 (36. Rxh7+ Qxh7 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 $11) 36... Qxg6 37. Qxb5 Qg5) 36. c3 ({Don't play} 36. Rxf6 R4g5 $18) (36. Rxh7+ Qxh7 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 $14) 36... R8g7 37. Rxf6 Qe7 (37... dxc3 $142 38. bxc3 a4) 38. Qf3 {Black must now prevent Rf8+.} Qd7 39. Rf8+ Rg8 40. Qf6+ (40. Rf7 $142 Qxf7 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 41. Qxf7 R8g7 42. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg8 43. Qxe5+ R8g7 44. cxd4 R4g5 45. Qe8+ (45. Nf5 Rg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kh1 Rg1+ 47. Kh2 R1g2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Kh1 Rg1+ 49. Kh2 R1g2+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 45... Rg8 46. Qe7) 40... R4g7 {[#]} 41. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Kxh7 42. Qh4+ Kg6 43. Qh5# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.84} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Zarpellon, Daniel"]
[Black "Pigato, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,54,33,44,10,17,3,18,3,29,29,35,31,65,56,56,66,70,79,97,96,110,110,108,111,114,81,75,80,83,93,77,87,261,239,711,700,708,705,705,675,677,509,730,716,805,798,740,677,643,619,5967,5908]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack.} 8. Ne1 Bxg2 9. Nxg2 {[#]} c6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. b3 Nxd4 11. Bb2 Ne6 12. Nd5 c6 13. Ndf4 Nxf4 14. Nxf4 Qc7 15. Qc2 e5 {½-½ (40) Sargac,D (2201)-Filipovic,B (2410) Bosnjaci 2004}) 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. f3 Na6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rad1 g5 15. e4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Nc5 18. Qc2 gxf4 19. Nxf4 (19. gxf4 {with more complications.} Bxc3 20. Qxc3+ Qf6 21. Qxf6+ Rxf6 22. exf5 Rg8 23. b4) 19... Bxf4 20. Rxf4 fxe4 {next ...Rxf4 is good for Black.} 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Nxe4 Re8 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (22... Rd8 $16) 23. Qc3+ $18 Kh7 $2 (23... Qg7) 24. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. White is clearly winning.} Kg6 25. Nxe8 Qxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 26. Rd6+ Kh7 27. Qd2 Qf8 28. b4 Ne4 29. Rxd7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg8 30. Qd4 Ng5 {And now ...Nf3+ would win.} 31. Qd3 {Threatening mate with Qg6+.} Qe8 32. Rd8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.27} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,98,22,18,0,31,0,0,-21,-21,-39,-29,-35,-9,-13,-20,-21,-11,-16,-16,-26,-8,0,97,50,158,69,195,61,92,45,160,47,75,52,32,27,115,120,103,120,127,124,111,105,113,109,126,133,86,38,61,-26,-14,-99,-97,-75,-26,-108,-58,-197,-201,-275,-245,-762,-760,-741,-732,-960,-289,-262,-239,-318,-313,-357,-357,-395,-363,-1668,-1305,-5097,-5097,-4694,-4622,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O-O {The position is equal.} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. g4 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bc8 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. h4 a5 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Bf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] White attacks.} Rc8 $146 (17... a4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 17... a4 18. h5 Qc7 19. g5 a3 20. b3 Qc3 21. Ne4 Qb2+ 22. Kd2 Rac8 23. Rc1 Rc5 {1-0 (42) Franzen,T (2209)-Ovcharenko,L (2272) ICCF email 2016}) 18. h5 $16 Nc5 (18... Qc7 $14) 19. Kb1 ({White should play} 19. Bxc8 $16 Qxc8 20. Kb1) 19... Na4 (19... Rc7 $1 $14) 20. Nb3 (20. g5 $18) 20... Rb8 21. Ka1 Qc7 (21... h6 $14) 22. g5 (22. Qe4 $16) 22... Bc8 $1 $14 23. Bd3 {And now Qe4! would win.} f5 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 24. gxf6 $1 Rxf6 (24... Bxf6 $11 25. Qe4 Bf5 $1 26. Qxf5 e4) 25. Qg2 $16 Bf5 26. Rdg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg2g7]} Bf8 {[#]} 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Qe4 Rf6 29. f4 Rc8 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Rg2 Qf7 32. Bc1 (32. Rd2 $14) 32... Nb6 $11 {[%cal Ba4b6,Bb6d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} 33. Qxe5 (33. Nxa5 $11 {remains equal.} Qxd5 34. Qxd5+ Nxd5 35. Rg5) 33... a4 $17 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 34. Nd4 Re8 35. Qg5 (35. Ne6 $11 Nxd5 36. Qxd5 Rexe6 37. Kb1) 35... Nxd5 36. Rhg1 {[#]} (36. h6 $15 a3 37. hxg7 Bxg7 38. Qh4 axb2+ 39. Kxb2) 36... a3 $1 $19 37. Ne2 Rf5 38. Qg4 (38. Qg3) 38... Ne3 39. Bxe3 Rxe3 40. Nc1 Rxh5 $2 ({Weaker is} 40... axb2+ 41. Kxb2 Rxh5 42. Kb1 $17) (40... Qf6 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rf6b2]} 41. Nd3 Rf1+ 42. Qd1 Rxd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qf3) 41. Qd4 Rhe5 42. Nd3 R5e4 43. Qd8 Re8 44. Qh4 Rf3 {Threatens to win with ...Rf1+.} 45. Qh1 $2 (45. Kb1 Rf1+ 46. Nc1 axb2 47. Kxb2) 45... axb2+ 46. Kxb2 Ra8 47. Nc1 g6 48. Rh2 Bg7+ 49. Kb1 Qf6 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rf6b2] Weighted Error Value: White=0.95/Black=0.29} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,106,6,12,0,11,16,25,18,5,-27,-1,-24,-19,-26,-14,-18,0,-15,-8,0,0,-21,-11,-7,0,-12,20,-37,-29,-46,-47,-48,-43,-68,-26,-43,-21,-17,-13,-13,-19,-40,-18,-17,-18,-18,-22,-54,-35,-40,-35,-42,-54,-54,-54,-51,-52,-48,-31,-50,-43,-38,-26,-39,0,0,8,0,8,8,22,22,22,22,20,22,246,236,236,236,308,308,824,60,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Qd3 a6 5. e4 Bb7 6. e5 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} Nd5 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O {White has an edge.} Nd7 9. a3 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Qe2 {[#]} dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Nbd2 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Bb2 Nb6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 {0-1 (72) Ruck,R (2569)-Pedersen,N (2508) Istanbul 2003}) 12. Nxe5 Bd6 (12... Be7 {looks sharper.} 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Nc3 Bf6) 13. b3 Qc7 (13... O-O {keeps more tension.} 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. c4 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 bxc4 18. Nxc4 f6) 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Ndf3 {[#]} (18. b4 $11 Na4 19. Ne4 $1 Bxe5 20. Bxe5) 18... Qe4 $1 19. Qd2 (19. Qxe4 Nxe4) 19... Bxe5 20. Nxe5 f6 21. Nd7 Rfe8 22. Re1 Qd5 (22... Qf5 {with more complications.} 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rac1 Rec8 25. c3 Kf7) 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Rac1 Kf7 26. c4 bxc4 27. bxc4 Ne7 28. Red1 Rec8 29. Rd7 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Ra7 $1 Rc2 32. Bd4 Rc6 33. a4 e5 34. Be3 Ke6 35. a5 g5 36. Bb6 g4 37. Rxa6 f5 38. h3 h5 39. Ra8 f4 40. gxf4 exf4 41. Rh8 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 {Black must now prevent a6.} Nd5 $2 {[#]} (42... g3+ $11 {and Black stays safe.} 43. fxg3 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 fxg3) 43. Rh6+ $1 $18 ({Inferior is} 43. Rxh5 g3+ 44. fxg3 Rc2+ 45. Kh1 fxg3 $11) 43... Kd7 44. Rxh5 Nxb6 45. axb6 {KR-KR} Rc2 $2 (45... g3+ 46. fxg3 fxg3+ 47. Kg2 Rc2+ 48. Kxg3 Rc3+ 49. Kf2 Kc8) 46. Rh7+ $2 (46. hxg4 $18 Rxf2+ 47. Kh3) 46... Ke6 $1 $14 47. hxg4 ({Better is} 47. Rh6+ $1 $14 Kd5 48. hxg4 Rxf2+ 49. Kh3) 47... Rxf2+ $11 {The position is equal.} 48. Kh3 (48. Kg1 {is interesting.} Rb2 49. Kf1 Kf6 50. b7 Kg5 51. Ke1) 48... Rb2 49. Rb7 f3 50. g5 {And now Rb8 would win.} f2 51. Kg2 {Threatens to win with g6.} Kf5 52. Rb8 {Hoping for b7.} Kg6 $1 53. b7 {Rg8+ is the strong threat.} Kg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.19} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,24,42,49,31,83,27,50,16,26,20,21,-83,75,54,73,12,37]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg2 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence.} Qc8 ({Black should try} 6... e5 $14) 7. h3 (7. O-O $16) 7... Nf6 8. Be3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Qd2 e5 {[#]} 10. Bh6 $146 (10. dxe5 $11 dxe5 11. Rd1) ({Predecessor:} 10. Rd1 Re8 11. b3 a6 12. g4 h5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bd4 Re8 16. Qf4 {1-0 (54) Eingorn,V (2592)-Kupreichik,V (2457) Bad Woerishofen 1999}) 10... Re8 $2 {[#]} (10... Nxd4 $17 {stays on course.} 11. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Kxg7) 11. Bxg7 $1 $16 Kxg7 12. Nd5 (12. g4 $16) 12... Qd8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.40/Black=0.56} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,40,8,8,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,24,24,24,24,31,29,36,41,41,22,35,10,12,12,12,14,26]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 $1 {8.Nf3 scores better than 8.Nge2. E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. dxe6 gxf4 15. exd7 Bxd7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nd5.} 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Bf5 Bxc3 18. Bxd7 Bxa1 {The position is equal.} 19. Bxc8 Bxd4 20. Bxb7 Qxe5 {[#]  Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.03} {Predecessor:} 21. Kg2 $146 Rb8 22. Rb1 Kg7 23. Qd3 Qf6 24. Rb5 Be5 25. Qe4 Re8 26. Qc4 Re7 27. Bf3 {1-0 (57) Shmeliov,D (2416)-Ng,G (2249) Las Vegas 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,98,-13,0,0,0,-7,0,-32,-39,-30,-20,-43,-12,-8,15,14,13,15,16,13,30,4,22,22,20,13,23,0,8,0,0,0,0,-13,-7,-24,0,0,6,-9,0,-19,-31,-35,-14,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,87,0,8,15,390,228,278,186,678,7,666,0,16,0,0,-3024,-4950,-3432,-2774,-1423,-2337,-1857,-1423,-12835,-12102,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black.} Ne7 7. Bg5 {Threatens to win with Nxd5!} c6 8. Qd2 {The position is equal.} h6 9. Bf4 {[#]} Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nf5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O-O Re8 14. h4 Qe7 15. Bh3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bxh3 17. Nxh3 Qxe3 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 {0-1 (41) Rangel,D (2227)-Barria Zuniga,D (2341) Chess.com INT 2020}) 10. Nf3 Nc7 (10... g5 $5 11. Be3 $8 f6 $15) 11. Be5 f6 12. Bxc7 Qxc7 13. b4 O-O 14. O-O Nf5 15. Qd3 Qf7 16. b5 Nd6 17. bxc6 bxc6 (17... Bf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 18. cxb7 Bxd3 19. bxa8=R Rxa8 20. exd3 Kh7 $11) 18. Nd2 a5 19. Rfb1 Bf5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Ndxe4 Rad8 22. Re1 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 c5 24. Qb5 cxd4 25. Qxa5 d3 26. Nd2 Kh7 27. a4 Bg4 28. Rab1 Be2 29. Rb7 Rd7 30. Reb1 Rc8 31. h3 Rcc7 {[#]} (31... h5 $15) 32. Bd5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qe7 {[%cal Rc7b7]} 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rb8 {Strongly threatening Bg8+.} h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h4]} 35. h4 Ra7 (35... f5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 36. Qb5 (36. Qb6 $1 $16) 36... Qe5 37. Re8 Qa1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Qc7 $1 $11) 38. Kg2 (38. Kh2 $142 {Black must now prevent Bg8+.} Rxa4 39. Qd7) 38... Qd4 (38... Qxa4 39. Qb8) 39. Ne4 {Bg8+ is the strong threat.} f5 $2 ({Wrong is} 39... Rxa4 $2 40. Bg8+ (40. Nc3 Ra1 $11 {[%mdl 64] Decoy}) 40... Kh8 41. Bc4+ Kh7 42. Qxa4 $18) (39... Kh6) 40. Ng5+ $1 $18 Kh6 41. Bb7 $2 ({Only move:} 41. Re6 $1 $18 {Qc6 would kill now.} Rc7 42. Qe8 $1 Qxd5+ 43. Kh2 Qxe6 44. Nxe6) 41... Bf6 ({Don't blunder} 41... Rxa4 $2 42. Re6 $18) 42. Nf7+ Kg7 $1 {aiming for ...d2.} 43. Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} Rxb7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 44. Qxb7 Qe4+ 45. Qxe4 fxe4 46. Rc7 {[#]} Kf8 $1 47. Ng5 Bxg5 48. hxg5 d2 49. Rd7 Bd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.82/Black=0.34} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Fecker, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,77,8,8,30,20,17,21,22,42,85,85,92,65,65,60,67,40,87,45,59,10,25,0,42,39,85,90,194,176,179,170,193,185,200,193,193,193,193,193,193,199,210,207,209,204,222,222,222,222,254,259,266,273,457,450,444,441,443,438,423,416,564,552,1961,1890]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 dxc4 {7...Ne4 is setting a new trend.} 8. bxc4 c5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 Ne4 {[%cal Rc5d4] The position is equal.} 11. e3 {[#]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nb3 Qxc4 {½-½ (31) Ladva,O (2522)-Meskovs,N (2546) chess.com INT 2018}) 12. Bxd4 Qa6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nd4 Nf6 15. Nb5 {Threatens to win with Nc7.} Qb6 16. a4 Nc6 17. c5 Qa5 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Qb2 Rac8 20. Ne4 {Black is on the road to losing.} Rfd8 (20... Qb4 $16 21. Qxb4 Nxb4) 21. Nxf6 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} exf6 22. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} Rb8 23. Nxb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc7 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Rfe1 Qxc5 27. h4 Rd3 28. Rad1 Rb3 29. Qd4 Qa5 30. Rb1 Ra3 31. Ra1 Ra2 32. Rec1 Rd2 {[#]} 33. Rc5 $1 Qb6 {[#]} (33... Rxd4 34. Rxa5 Rd7) 34. a5 $1 $18 Qd6 (34... Qd8 35. Qxd8) 35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. a6 Rd7 37. Rb5 Kf8 38. Rb7 Ke7 39. Rd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.28} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Checa, Nicolas"]
[Black "Song, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,34,48,66,87,74,44,44,44,46,41,40,36,46,7,19,0,0,-22,0,-34,0,-31,0,6,10,-145,-148,-200,0,0,0,-26,0,-15,0,0,256,266,193,192,220,245,321,338,684,720,2179,2242,2272,1654,3533,2566,29988,839,817,818,959,920,1158,1149,1112,1072,1153,1132,1366,1141]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4.} 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Be2 Ne4 {White is slightly better.} 13. Ndxe4 Bxe4 14. O-O g5 15. Bh2 Bg6 {[#]} 16. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. f4 Qe7 17. Kh1 Qxe3 18. Bh5 Nd7 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qxg5 b5 22. Bg1 Qe7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. f5 {½-½ (25) Demuth,A (2516)-Dijkhuis,T (2278) Rochefort 2015}) 16... Qe7 17. Qc2 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 18. Bf5 Ne5 19. e4 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nc4 (20... g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h3]}) 21. a5 Bd4 22. Na4 $2 (22. Bg3 $11) 22... Qe2 $17 ({And not} 22... Nxa5 23. Nb6 $14) 23. Rfc1 (23. Qxe2 $17 Rxe2 24. Nc3 Rxb2 25. Ne4) 23... Qxc2 $2 ({Not} 23... Nxa5 24. Bxd6 c4 25. Qxe2 $15) ({Better is} 23... Nxb2 $19 {aiming for ...Qxc2.} 24. Nxb2 Bxb2 25. Qxe2 Rxe2) 24. Rxc2 $11 Nxa5 {And now ...b5 would win.} 25. Bxd6 {Hoping for Nb6.} Nb3 26. Ra3 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Na1 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Rd8 $11 28. Rxb3 Rxd6) 28. Rd2 $18 Rc1 29. Be7 {Black must now prevent Nb6.} Nc2 30. Rg3 Be5 31. Nb6 Re8 (31... Bxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Rf8) 32. d6 {Strongly threatening d7!} Nd4 {[#]} 33. d7 $1 Rb8 (33... Rf8 34. Bxf8) 34. Bxg5 {Bf4+ would kill now.} Bxg3+ 35. fxg3 {Threatening mate with Nc8.} Kg7 36. Rxd4 cxd4 {White is clearly winning.} 37. Bxc1 Rd8 38. Bf4 d3 39. Kg1 Kf6 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. Ke3 f6 42. Bc7 {White used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.75} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Dobrikov, Marco"]
[Black "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,73,16,7,18,-4,0,0,30,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-16,0,0,4,0,70,63,100,100,106,31,22,46,16,21,14,-12,33,30,29,33,56,0,9,-30,0,0,0,-26,0,-25]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. Qd3 Be6 16. Rfd1 b4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 17. c4 Rb7 18. b3 {[#]} Nb8 $146 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 18... h6 19. h3 g6 20. Rab1 Kg7 21. Rb2 Nb8 22. Nde3 Rd7 23. Bg4 Na6 24. Bxe6 Nc5 {½-½ (43) Schulz,G (2411)-Volkov,A (2312) ICCF email 2012}) 19. a3 {[%cal Ra3b4]} (19. c5 $5) 19... Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 20. axb4 axb4 21. Ndxb4 Nc5 22. Qf3 Rb6 23. Ra5 Bd7 {Threatens to win with ...Rxb4!} 24. Ra3 {Strongly threatening Nd5.} f5 (24... Qb8 $11 25. Nd5 Rxb3 26. Rxb3 Qxb3 27. Qxb3 Nxb3) 25. Nd5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd5b6]} Rb8 {[#]} 26. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Nxe4 27. Nc3 (27. Bd3 $16) 27... Kh8 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. Rf1 Bf4 (30... d5 $5 31. cxd5 Rbc8 $15) 31. Ne3 Qh6 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh6h2] [#]} 32. g3 Bg5 33. Ra6 (33. b5 $14) 33... Bc8 34. Rc6 Bd7 35. Ra6 Bc8 36. Rc6 {c5 is the strong threat.} Bd7 37. Ra6 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.19} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Zarpellon, Daniel"]
[Black "Brotto, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,95,10,21,17,14,16,29,8,8,5,47,6,1,5,25,23,31,20,18,18,18,14,25,15,14,0,0,0,9,4,12,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-20,-5,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,30,-16,0,0,47,58,187,187,187,181,183,183,539,526,525,518,430,497,428,469,506,338,29972,97,143,0,6095,5057]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 a6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. b3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} O-O 7. Bb2 c5 {[#]} 8. Be2 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Be2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Ndf3 Ne4 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 {0-1 (38) Vogel,R (2471)-Movsesian,S (2639) Teplice 2019}) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Nbd7 10. O-O b6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} Bc5 19. Kf1 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. a4 b4 22. g3 Kf8 23. Bc1 Ke7 24. Bd2 Kd7 25. Be2 Bd5 26. Bd1 Bb7 27. Be2 Bd5 28. Bd1 Bb7 29. Ke1 Kc6 30. Bf4 (30. Be2 $11) 30... Kd5 ({Better is} 30... h6 $15) 31. Be2 Be7 32. h4 Kd4 33. Kd2 Bd8 34. Bb5 h6 35. h5 Bg5 36. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Bxf4+ 37. gxf4 {KB-KB} Kc5 {[#]} (37... Bd5 $1 $14) 38. Bc4 $1 $18 Kd4 39. a6 Bc6 40. a7 Kc5 $2 (40... Bb7 {is more resistant.} 41. Ba6 Bc6) 41. Ke3 Kb6 42. f5 $1 Kxa7 43. fxe6 fxe6 44. Bxe6 Kb6 45. Kd4 Kb5 $2 {[#]} (45... Be8 $18 46. Bg4 (46. Kxe4 Bxh5 47. f4 Bd1 $11) 46... e3 47. fxe3 (47. Kxe3 Kc5 $16) 47... Kc6) 46. Bd5 $2 (46. Bf7 {mates} Ka6 47. Kc5 Bd7 48. e6 Bxe6 49. Bxe6 Ka7 50. Kc6 Ka8 51. Kb6) 46... Be8 $16 47. Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't do} 47. Kxe4 Kc5 $16) (47. Bxe4 $16 Bxh5 48. f4) 47... Bc6 $18 48. Bf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.39} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Benedetti, Michele"]
[Black "Scagliarini, Lara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,127,28,33,23,41,42,58,52,55,54,56,50,58,52,56,25,25,25,21,10,15,14,11,11,15,5,12,7,4,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,28,46,46,49,46,50,0,0,0,28,29,33,33,49,49,136,107,129,129,114,52,52,52,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,191,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+).} d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 {White is slightly better.} e5 9. Nge2 Nc6 {[#]} 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d5 Nb8 11. O-O a5 12. Nc1 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Na6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Ne5 16. b3 {0-1 (62) Renger,J (1682)-Schmitt,C (1901) Heusenstamm 2019}) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qxd4 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Rxf6 17. Rac1 Rf7 18. Rfe1 Kf8 19. Rc3 Re8 20. Rce3 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Re3e8] [#]} Ree7 21. f4 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re7 23. Kf2 Rxe3 24. Kxe3 {KB-KB} Ke7 25. Bf3 Kd7 26. b4 c5 27. dxc6+ bxc6 28. Kd4 Bc2 29. Be4 (29. g4 {with more complications.} Bb1 30. a3 Kc7 31. h4 Kb6 32. f5) 29... Bxe4 30. Kxe4 {KP-KP} a6 31. g4 Ke7 32. f5 Kf6 33. h4 g5 (33... Ke7 $14) 34. h5 $16 h6 35. Kd4 Ke7 36. a4 (36. Kd3 $16) 36... Kf7 $14 37. Kc4 Kf6 38. b5 (38. Kc3 $14) 38... axb5+ 39. axb5 cxb5+ 40. Kxb5 $11 {aiming for Kc6. K3P-K3P} Ke5 41. Kc4 d5+ 42. Kc5 d4 {( -> ...d3)} 43. Kc4 Ke4 44. f6 d3 45. Kc3 {White wants to mate with f7.} Ke3 46. f7 d2 47. f8=Q {White threatens Qc5+ and mate.} d1=Q 48. Qxh6 {KQ-KQ} Qd4+ (48... Qa1+ {feels hotter.} 49. Kc2 Qa4+ 50. Kc3 Qa1+) 49. Kb3 Qd1+ (49... Qd5+ {is more complex.} 50. Ka3 Qc5+ 51. Kb3 Qd5+) 50. Ka3 Qd3+ 51. Kb4 Qd4+ 52. Kb5 {Black must now prevent Qb6.} Qxg4 53. Qb6+ Ke2 54. h6 {And now Qg6 would win.} Qf5+ 55. Qc5 Qb1+ 56. Kc6 (56. Ka6 {with more complications.} Qa2+ 57. Kb6 Qe6+ 58. Qc6 Qe3+ 59. Kc7) 56... Qe4+ (56... Qh1+ {is interesting.} 57. Kd7 Qxh6 58. Qc2+ Kf3 59. Qf5+ Kg3) 57. Qd5 (57. Kd7 {keeps more tension.} g4 58. Qb5+ Ke3 59. Qg5+ Kd3 60. Kd6) 57... Qe8+ {[#]} (57... Qg6+ $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 58. Qd6 Qe4+ 59. Kd7 g4) 58. Kd6 $2 (58. Kc7 $1 $18) 58... Qf8+ {The position is equal.} 59. Ke5 {Qd6 is the strong threat.} Qxh6 {Threatening ...Qh2+.} 60. Qg2+ Ke1 61. Qg3+ Kf1 62. Kf5 Qh4 63. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 64. Kxg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,61,25,25,23,23,18,29,37,35,32,17,51,54,64,39,50,49,48,43,43,42,45,48,54,13,24,8,8,8,6,0,7,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 $1 {The main line 10...Re8 scores better than 10...Nf5. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Bxd4 {White has an edge.} 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 d5 {[#]} 16. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qd4 d6 17. Qxd5 Qb6 18. Rd1 Bg4 19. Rd4 Be6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxa2 22. Rd7 {1-0 (32) Alascio Ruiz,J (1907)-Domenche Redondo,F (1884) ICCF email 2016}) 16... d6 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rd4 Qb6 19. Rb4 Qc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 21. a4 Bc8 22. Rd4 d5 {The position is equal.} 23. c4 Be6 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. f4 a5 26. b4 axb4 27. Rxb4 Kf8 28. Kf2 Bd7 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. axb5 Ke7 31. b6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,13,10,19,17,8,23,16,12,10,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-13,-48,-46,-43,-57,-58,-60,-55,-59,-70,-56,-74,-69,-72,-25,-47,-46,-62,-53,-60,-49,-43,-53,-54,-49,-45,-41,-92,-48,-61,-54,-55,-29,-40,-45,-31,-39,-36,-32,-38,-30,-43,-39,-41,-53,-33,-48,-147,-107,-154,-61,-57,-65,-110,-69,-67,-51,-36,-43]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nfd2 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems.} Qxc5 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. Nc3 {White has an edge.} d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Bh6 Nb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Na5 Rb8 16. e4 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 {1-0 (43) Saacke,B (2355)-Schuh,H Germany 1981}) 12. e4 a6 13. Nd4 e6 14. Bh6 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rae1 b4 17. Nd1 e5 18. Ne2 Bb7 19. f3 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Ne3 Ba8 22. Nc1 a5 23. Nd3 Rfe8 24. Qf2 Rbc8 25. Re2 Nc5 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Rd1 (27. Rd2 $15) 27... Nd5 28. Ng4 Nb6 29. Rde1 {[%cal Rg4e5]} Nc4 {Strongly threatening ...f5.} 30. b3 {[#] Threatens to win with Qxc5.} h5 $1 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Nf2 {Hoping for Nd3.} Na3 33. Nd3 Rc3 34. Rxe5 Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 35. Re8 ({Wrong is} 35. Rxa5 $2 Nxc2 36. Rc1 Ne3 $19) 35... Rxe8 36. Rxe8 Bc6 37. Rc8 (37. Re7 $15) 37... Nxc2 $17 38. f4 Nd4 (38... Rxd3 $17 39. Bxc6 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Kf3 Rxh2) 39. Bxc6 $15 {[#] Black must now prevent Ne5.} Rxd3 40. Be8 $1 Rd2 41. Rc7 Nf3+ 42. Kf1 Nxh2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.07} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,63,8,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,3,0,0,0,0,8,6,0,10,6,12,12,218,210,206,208,388,387,385,383,383,382,373,378,641,623,591,588,665,626,690,681,698,697]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. c4 dxc4 10. bxc4 Qb6 11. Qb3 {11.Qc1 injects fresh life into this line. A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems.} Nfd7 12. e3 e5 13. Nc2 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. Exploring less charted territory.} Nc5 {[#]} 14. Qxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qa3 Be6 15. Nd2 a5 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nbd7 18. e4 Bh6 19. Nc4 Qb5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxe4 {0-1 (63) Gromov,S (2247)-Tiemann,C (2265) ICCF email 2014}) 14... axb6 15. Nc3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17. Bd5 Nc6 18. Ba3 Rd8 19. Rab1 Bf5 20. e4 Bh3 21. Rfd1 {aiming for Bxc6.} Bg4 $2 {Loses the game.} (21... Nd4 $11 22. Nxd4 exd4) 22. Bxc6 $18 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 {Strongly threatening Rd8+.} Rxa3 $2 (23... Ra8 24. f3 (24. Bxb7 Bxd1 25. Bxa8 Bxc2 $18) 24... Bxf3) 24. Rd8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Zwischenzug} ({And not} 24. Nxa3 Bxd1 25. Bxb7 Bf8 $11) 24... Bf8 25. Nxa3 bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KB} 26. c5 bxc5 27. Nc4 Kg7 $2 {[#]} (27... Be6) 28. Nxe5 {White is clearly winning.} Be6 29. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} c4 {and the idea ...c3 leaves Black hopeful.} 30. Nxc6 c3 31. Nd4 Bg4 32. a5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.49} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,151,36,64,28,22,0,16,0,0,0,6,-27,-14,-32,-32,-15,-9,-47,-25,-28,-1,-30,0,-7,-18,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,13,13,15,36,0,0,0,-16,-21,38,0,0,-80,-66,-111,-106,-111,-111,-110,-109,-113,-102,-115,-103,-100,-107,-108,-108,-100,-93,-122,-94,-117,-119,-112,-119,-127,-116,-124,-104,-115,-110,-127,-105,-152,-162,-145,-137,-200,-222,-140,-104,-93,-72,-72,-72,-76,-20,-70,-75,-134,-59,-59,-59,-210,-210,-172,-77,-139,-134,-91,-87,-279,-247,-495,-468,-564,-480,-5604,-29965,-29965,-29966,-29966,-29965,-29969,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29973,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2 {The modern move. E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} b5 9. Rd1 Be7 10. b3 {The position is equal.} cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. e4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Nd7 {[#]} 15. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rac1 Qe8 16. Ba1 c5 17. d5 e5 18. h4 Bd6 19. h5 Bc8 20. Nh4 Nf6 21. Rd2 {0-1 (51) Bosiocic,M (2619)-Livaic,L (2493) Mali Losinj 2019}) 15... Nd5 16. Ne4 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 (18. Nfg5 $5) 18... Bxc5 19. Nd2 Be7 20. Ne4 Rc8 21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Nd6 Rc2 23. Bd4 Bxd6 24. exd6 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg4g7]} Nf6 25. Qf4 (25. Qh3 $5 {[%cal Rg2b7]} Bc6 26. Rxa6 Qxd6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Bxf6 $11) 25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qa8+ 27. Kg1 Nd7 ({Better is} 27... Nd5 $11 28. Qe5 Rg8) 28. Qg4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg4g7]} Rg8 29. Rdc1 (29. Qh5 $11 Rf8 30. Qg4) 29... Rc6 $1 $17 30. Bb2 Rxd6 31. Qf4 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Qxe5 Re6 34. Qh5 Qb7 35. Re1 Rge8 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 37. Rd1 {White threatens Rd8+ and mate.} h6 38. Qf5 {Rd8+ would kill now.} Qe7 39. Kg2 g6 40. Qf3 Kg7 41. Rd2 Qf6 42. Qd5 Qe5 43. Qxe5+ Rxe5 {KR-KR} 44. b4 Kf6 45. Rd6+ Re6 46. Rd7 Rc6 47. Ra7 (47. h4 $17 {was necessary.}) 47... Ke6 $19 48. Kf3 f5 {White must now prevent ...Kd5.} 49. Ke3 Kd5 {Strongly threatening ...Kc4.} 50. Kd3 g5 51. f3 Re6 ({Black should try} 51... f4 $17) 52. Rd7+ Ke5 53. Rf7 (53. Rc7 $142) 53... f4 (53... Rd6+ $17 54. Kc3 Rc6+ 55. Kd3 Rc4 56. Re7+ Kd5 57. Rd7+ Kc6) 54. gxf4+ $15 gxf4 55. Ra7 $2 {[#]} (55. Rc7 $15) 55... Rd6+ $1 $19 56. Kc3 Kd5 (56... Kf6 $19 {has better winning chances.} 57. Kc2 Kg5) 57. Rf7 (57. Kd3 $142) 57... Rc6+ $17 58. Kd3 Rc4 59. Rf6 $2 (59. Rf5+ $17 {was worth a try.} Ke6 60. Rh5) 59... Rxb4 $19 60. Rxa6 $2 (60. Rf5+ {was the only defense.} Kd6 61. Rh5) 60... Rb3+ 61. Ke2 Re3+ 62. Kf2 (62. Kd2 $142 b4 63. Rxh6) 62... Re6 63. Ra8 {Black mates.} b4 64. Rb8 Kc5 65. Rf8 b3 66. Rf5+ Kc4 67. Rxf4+ Kc3 68. Rf8 Rb6 69. Rc8+ Kb4 70. Rc1 b2 71. Rb1 Kc3 72. Ke3 Kc2 73. Rf1 b1=Q 74. Rxb1 Rxb1 75. f4 Rh1 76. Kd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.13} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,-17,-14,-6,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,23,-21,0,-7,0,0,30,30,27,27,27,23,24,0,42,30,45,33,104,104,167,167,285,163,161,156,150,166,153,122,138,102,100,104,102,100,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. c4 d4 4. exd4 cxd4 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} e5 7. O-O Bd6 {7...Nf6 is more fashionable.} 8. d3 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 a5 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Re1 O-O $1 14. Rc1 {[#]} a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bg4 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. c5 Bc7 17. Nc4 Rfe8 18. Nfd2 Bf5 19. Nb6 Bxb6 20. cxb6 Re6 {½-½ (54) Hardicsay,P (2205)-Piroska,I (2143) Zalakaros 2020}) 15. Ne4 Bc7 16. c5 Be6 17. Nfd2 f5 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. Nc4 Qb8 21. Qe2 {[%cal Rc4e5]} e4 (21... Bxc4 $5 22. Rxc4 f4 $11) 22. dxe4 f4 23. e5 $1 Kh8 ({Black should play} 23... Qa7 $14) 24. Nd6 $16 Ra5 (24... Ra6 $16) 25. gxf4 $18 ({Inferior is} 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rd5 $11) 25... Qa7 (25... Qc7 $142 26. Nxb7 Qxb7) 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Rxc6 Bd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qc4 Rdd8 30. Rd6 ({Reject} 30. Qxa4 $6 Rxf4 31. Qa6 Rg4+ 32. Kf1 Qb3 $11) 30... Qf3 {[#]} 31. Qxd4 ({Much weaker is} 31. Rxd4 $6 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Rxf4 $11) 31... Rxd6 32. exd6 {And now Re7 would win.} Rxf4 $16 {KQR-KQR} 33. Qd2 (33. Re8+ $16 Kh7 34. Qd2 Rg4+ 35. Kf1) 33... Qg4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 35. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Re8+.} Qg4+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Di Benedetto, Edoardo"]
[Black "Checa, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,63,12,13,16,17,9,13,10,7,4,17,11,17,19,15,18,262,252,259,251,252,262,262,262,352,362,354,359,360,358,344,346,347,337,389,379,439,431,409,408]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Na4 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5.} Rc7 15. a3 Rfc8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxd4!} 16. Qd1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Rc3 e5 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Rd1 Nc4 20. Bf5 Rd8 21. b4 g6 22. Bd3 {½-½ (36) Iniguez,M (2297)-Ramirez,J (2289) ICCF email 2017}) 16... Na5 17. Rxc7 Rxc7 18. Nc5 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. b4 Qc3 $2 {[#] A mistake that costs the game.} 21. Na4 $18 Qxa3 22. bxa5 Qb4 23. Qa1 Qxa5 24. Qd4 b5 25. Nb6 Qc3 {intending ...Qxd4.} 26. Ra1 g6 27. Rxa6 Qxd4 28. exd4 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 b4 30. Na4 Kg7 31. Rb6 Rd1 32. Nc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.43} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Krasteva, Beloslava"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,53,58,45,68,48,101,98,97,75,108,37,40,38,37,33,46,36,89,94,89,61,64,0,0,-69,-61,-92,-88,-87,-85,-85,-51,-80,-30,-95,-100,-86,-63,-433,-431,-422,-432,-534,-533,-467,-314,-306,-304,-325,-316,-320,-320,-405,-398,-1821,-1358,-12833,-12832,-12829,-12830,-6220,-2088,-29981,-29982,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 f5 4. e4 Nf6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. Nc3 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence.} Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nc5 (7... Bg6 $14) 8. Ng3 $16 {White is better.} Bg6 {[#]} 9. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 e4 10. b4 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 exd3 12. O-O h5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Qd2 {1-0 (42) Georgiev,V (2572)-Solak,D (2630) Neum 2008}) 9... Nce4 {[#]} 10. Ngxe4 (10. Ncxe4 $1 $16 Nxe4 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. Bxg6+ (12. fxg3 e4 $11) 12... hxg6 13. fxg3) 10... Nxe4 $14 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. h4 Bg6 13. h5 Bf7 (13... Bf5 $14) 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bg6 (16. Qe2 $14) 16... O-O $11 17. Rh3 (17. Be4 $11) 17... Bg5 $15 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rg3 Qf4 20. Rd1 Bxg6 21. hxg6 b5 22. Rf3 (22. cxb5 $11 Qxb4+ 23. Kf1) 22... Qh2 $17 ({Much worse is} 22... Qxc4 $6 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. Rc3 $11) 23. Qe4 bxc4 {White must now prevent ...Rxf3.} 24. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White does not recover from this.} ({White should try} 24. Ke2 $15) 24... Rxf3 $19 25. Qxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rf8 26. Qe3 Qxg2 27. Rxc4 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxd5 29. Qb3 Kh8 30. Rxc7 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 31. Kf1 {intending Qf7!} Qxg6 ({Don't do} 31... Qh1+ 32. Ke2 $19) 32. Rxa7 $2 (32. Qc3) 32... Rc8 33. Qa3 Qe4 {( -> ...Rc2)} 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Rc3 36. Qb2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Rh3 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh3h1] Weighted Error Value: White=0.92/Black=0.12} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Lumachi, Gabriele"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,80,23,27,17,16,15,17,-24,-24,-49,-39,-49,-30,-37,5,-53,-62,-64,-58,-87,-64,-65,-59,-72,-67,-69,-36,-83,0,-79,-33,-70,-25,-57,-13,-21,-39,-27,-34,-23,0,0,47,0,0,-122,-126,-122,-124,-444,-456,-456,-445,-445,-472,-507,-508,-505,-502,-475,-425]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Bxe7 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} Qxe7 13. Rae1 Nf8 14. e4 {The position is equal.} dxe4 15. Nxe4 Be6 16. f4 {[#]} Bd5 $146 {[%cal Rd5e4]} ({Predecessor:} 16... Rad8 17. f5 Bd5 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Nh7 20. f6 Qb4 21. Ref1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxf6 {0-1 (49) Wolf,U (2117)-Ratayczak,H (1832) Schiffweiler 2009}) 17. N2c3 Nf6 18. f5 (18. Nxf6+ $11 Qxf6 19. Re5) 18... Bxe4 $15 19. Nxe4 N8d7 20. Qb3 Nb6 21. Ng5 Qc7 ({Weaker is} 21... Qxe1 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Rxe1 $16) 22. Nf3 Rad8 23. Qa3 Nfd5 24. Be4 Nf6 (24... Nc4 $17 25. Qb3 Nf6 $1) 25. Bc2 (25. Bd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... a6 26. Bb3 Nfd5 27. Re5 f6 (27... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 28. Ree1 Rc8 $15) 28. Re6 Rxe6 29. fxe6 Re8 30. Re1 Qf4 31. Qc5 Kh8 32. a4 {And now a5 would win.} (32. Bc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2g6]}) 32... Qg4 33. e7 {[#]} (33. Bd1 $11 Nf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. g3) 33... Nf4 $1 $17 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg4g2]} 34. Qc2 Nbd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 35. Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Now White is beyond hope.} (35. Bxd5 $17 {is more resistant.} Nxd5 36. h3) 35... Nb4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4c2] Black is clearly winning.} 36. Rxf4 Qxf4 37. Qe2 {Bf7 is the strong threat.} Qd6 38. Nh4 {Strongly threatening Qg4.} Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Qf2 {[#]} Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 {Black must now prevent Ng6+.} Nd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.43/Black=0.12} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Brotto, Alessandro"]
[Black "Mattarella, Pietro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,63,16,32,8,24,23,48,33,42,35,63,7,85,64,112,102,147,97,246,265,353,308,443,438,443,431,465,440,450,444,578,458,504,378,361,214,360,252,247,246,671,668,720,672,1151,1111,1521,1516,29986,29987,29992,29992]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Be7 {7...Nd7 gains popularity.} 8. Qd2 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack.} a6 {[#]} 9. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. Neg5 h6 12. Ne4 c6 13. h4 a5 14. g4 Qd5 15. g5 h5 16. Kb1 g6 17. Ne5 Qxd4 18. Qf4 Qa7 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. gxf6 Kh7 21. Qg5 {1-0 (21) Feicht,A (2049)-Diener,C (1700) Wiesbaden 2013}) 9... b6 10. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qf4 (12. c3 $14) 12... h6 (12... Nb4 $1 $11) 13. Ne5 $36 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf4f7][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bf6 14. c3 Qe7 {[#]} 15. Ng4 $1 {Threatens to win with d5.} Bxd4 (15... Bxh4 $16 16. Ne3 f5) 16. cxd4 $18 f5 17. Nc3 fxg4 (17... O-O-O $142) 18. Bg6+ (18. d5 Qf7 $18) 18... Kd7 19. d5 Nd8 20. dxe6+ Kc8 21. Rhe1 {[#] Hoping for Rd7.} Bc6 22. Qe5 Kb7 23. g3 Rc8 24. Rd4 (24. Bf5 $142) 24... Rf8 (24... Be8 $142) 25. Re2 Rf6 26. Bf5 ({Not} 26. Rxg4 $2 Rxe6 27. Qxe6 Nxe6 $19) 26... g6 $2 (26... h5 27. Rd7 Qc5) 27. Bxg4 h5 28. Bh3 Rf3 29. Nd5 Qc5+ 30. Rc2 Qb5 31. e7 Bxd5 32. Bxc8+ {Black got outplayed after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.95} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Budyi, Danylo"]
[Black "Mora, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,119,74,81,67,80,60,67,54,57,48,51,37,43,-21,44,-47,28,0,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,7,-15,-15,-15,-15,-17,-19,-50,-58,-80,-87,-183,-138,-131,-127,-124,-124,-364,-127,-104,-35,-25,-29,-46,-34,-479,-478,-456,-449,-449,-408,-490,-485,-388,-222,-285,-173,-12823,-12520,-12827,-6464,-6464,-6311,-5457,-5473,-837,-43,-43,-43,-43,0,0,0,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. d5 O-O 8. O-O {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} a6 9. a3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Rb8 10. a4 Ne8 11. Bd2 Nc7 12. Qc1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bg7 15. f5 Bd7 16. Bh6 b5 17. Rf3 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 bxc4 19. Bxc4 {0-1 (31) Cadeirinhas,D-Akiki,M (1660) Portugal 2003}) 10. Qc2 {White is slightly better.} Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bd2 ({White should try} 13. Be2 $14) 13... Bd7 (13... b5 $11) 14. Rfe1 (14. Be2 $14 f5 15. Rae1) 14... Rb8 ({Black should play} 14... b5 $15) 15. a4 Qc8 16. f4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. cxb5 c4 20. Qc2 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 {Hoping for Nc3.} Qc5+ 22. Kh2 Rxb5 23. Bc3 Reb8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Ra4 (26. Re2 $17 {might work better.}) 26... Qf2 {Threatens to win with ...Rb3.} ({Don't play} 26... Rxb2 27. Rxc4 Qf2 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ Kg7 30. Qc3+ f6 31. Qg3 $15) 27. Rxc4 Rb3 ({But not} 27... Rxb2 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ Kg7 30. Qc3+ f6 31. Qg3 $15) 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kg7 30. Qc1 Rxb2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} (30... Rg3 $17 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rf2g2]} 31. Rg1 Re3) 31. Qc3+ $15 f6 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rf2g2]} 32. Qg3 Qd2 33. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Better is} 33. Re3 $15) 33... Rb3 $3 $19 {[%cal Rb3g3][%mdl 576] Deflection} 34. Qxb3 Qxe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. KQ-KQ} 35. Kh2 Qxe4 36. g3 h5 37. h4 Kf7 (37... g5 $142 {aiming for ...Qe2+.} 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. fxg5 h4 40. gxh4 Qxh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Qh3 Qf4+ 42. Qg3 Qd2+ 43. Kg1 Kg6) 38. Qa2 Qe3 39. Qc4 (39. Qc2) 39... Qf2+ $1 40. Kh3 Qg1 {[%cal Rg1h1]} 41. Qe4 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ $1 43. Kh3 {[#]} Qa7 $2 (43... Qg1 $1 $19 {...Kf8 is the strong threat.} 44. Qe6+ Kf8) 44. f5 $15 Qd7 45. g4 Kg7 (45... hxg4+ {with more complications.} 46. Kxg4 Qc8 47. Qd3 Kg8 48. Qe4 Kf8) 46. Kg3 hxg4 47. Kxg4 (47. fxg6 {is more complex.} f5 48. Qe3 Kxg6 49. Qg5+ Kf7 50. Qh5+) 47... gxf5+ (47... Kh6 {feels hotter.} 48. Qf4+ Kh7 49. Qf3 Kg8 50. Qe4 Kg7) 48. Qxf5 Qxf5+ {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Qc7 $11) 49. Kxf5 $11 {K3P-KPP} Kh6 (49... Kf7 $5) 50. Ke6 Kg6 51. Kxe7 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f4] Mate.} 52. Kxd6 {KPP-KP} f4 53. Kc7 f3 54. d6 f2 55. d7 f1=Q {( -> ...Qc4+)} 56. d8=Q Qf7+ 57. Qd7 Qxd7+ 58. Kxd7 Kh5 59. Ke6 Kxh4 60. Kd5 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/Black=0.31. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,106,11,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,13,22,19,14,64,62,46,36,27,33,59,56,75,60,70,78,65,64,72,67,81,89,135,125,137,132,136,68,235,146,142,142,135,140,127,128,172,104,106,106,108,85,85,92,110,101,120,120,116,131,131,123,126,110,110,109,110,93,200,200,200,196,178,134,134,78,154,115,175,175,418,410,410,408,408,408,408,408,524,511,1036,1007,856,619,893]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Qd7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 9. e3 Rd8 {now supersedes 9...0-0-0.} 10. Qe2 e5 {The position is equal.} 11. Qxc4 exd4 12. Qb5 Rb8 13. Rd1 Bd6 {[#]} (13... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 14. Qc4 Bd6 $11) 14. Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. exd4 O-O 15. Nc3 a6 16. Qa4 h6 17. d5 Ne5 18. Qxd7 Nexd7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rfe8 {½-½ (20) Real de Azua,E (2484)-Villanueva,M (2451) Buenos Aires 2017}) 14... Qxc6 15. Qxc6+ bxc6 16. Rxd4 Be5 17. Rd2 O-O 18. Rc2 Nd5 19. a3 $1 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Rb5 20. Nd2 Rfb8 {[%cal Re5b2]} 21. Ra2 h5 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. e4 Ne7 24. a4 Rb3 25. Be3 (25. Kg2 $16) 25... g6 $2 (25... a6 $1 $14) 26. e5 Bg7 27. Bxa7 Ra8 28. Nd2 {Bc5 is the strong threat.} Rd3 29. Bc5 Nd5 30. Nc4 (30. Kf1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf1e2]}) 30... Bf8 $16 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Rd2 Rb3 33. a5 Rb4 34. Rc2 Ra6 35. Ra3 Ke7 36. Nd2 Rb5 {[#]} 37. Nb3 $1 Nb4 38. Rc4 Nd3 {[#]} 39. f4 $1 {Hoping for Nd4.} Nxb2 40. Rc3 Rb4 (40... Kf8 $16) 41. Nc5 $18 Ra8 {intending ...Nc4.} 42. a6 Nc4 43. Ra1 {And now Nd3 would win.} Nb6 44. Rc2 (44. Nd3 $142 Rd4 45. Kf2) 44... Ra7 ({Black should try} 44... Nd7) 45. Nb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with Na5. White is on the roll.} Kd7 (45... Nd7 $16) 46. Rac1 $18 Na8 $2 (46... Nd5 47. Rxc6 Rb6) 47. Rd1+ Ke7 48. Na5 Rxa6 49. Nxc6+ Rxc6 50. Rxc6 Rb2 51. Ra1 {White is clearly winning.} Nb6 (51... Rb6 $142 52. Rf6 Rb8) 52. Rxc7+ Ke6 53. Rb7 Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.27} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,106,19,27,17,19,31,15,17,16,14,0,24,5,18,12,16,-20,-18,-26,-14,-22,-19,-29,-26,-63,-59,-72,-82,-169,-164,-351,-214,-222,-228,-225,-177,-191,-147,-180,-172,-169,-172,-234,-229,-226,-235,-219,-207,-225,-226,-237,-229,-228,-224,-244,-159,-256,-250,-345,-344,-339,-333,-734,-266,-234,-163,-155,-150,-155,-103,-103,-101,-89,-103,-103,-103,-102,0,0,0,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,0,-42,-34,-34,-34,-34,-35,-35,0,0,0,-35,-35]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 {B06: Modern Defence.} 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. Rd1 {Strongly threatening c4.} Nxb3 12. axb3 Qc8 {[#]} 13. Ra4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15. c4 Qc6 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Re1 a5 18. Ra4 b6 19. Nd2 {0-1 (44) De la Villa Garcia,J (2478)-Larino Nieto,D (2469) Sanxenxo 2012}) 13... c5 14. Rh4 Rd8 15. Re1 Nb4 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Na3 Nc6 18. Qe3 Bd5 19. Ng5 (19. Qxc5 $2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) (19. Bf4 $17) 19... Nd4 $1 $19 (19... Nxe5 20. Nxh7 Nc6 21. Bf4 $17) (19... Bxe5 20. c4 $17) 20. g4 $2 (20. Rxd4 {is a better defense.} cxd4 21. Qxd4) 20... Qc6 21. c3 {[#]} Bh1 $1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rc6g2]} 22. Qg3 Nf3+ (22... Nxb3 23. f3 $11) 23. Nxf3 Qxf3 24. e6 f6 25. Qxf3 Bxf3 26. g5 (26. Be3 $142) 26... f5 27. b4 cxb4 28. Rxb4 Rd3 29. Nc4 Rad8 {Threatens to win with ...Rd1.} 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 {[#]} Bc6 $1 32. Re3 a5 33. Rf4 (33. Rxd3 $17 Rxd3 34. Rc4) 33... Rd2 34. Re5 R8d5 (34... Rxb2 $2 35. Rxa5 Re2 36. Rd4 $19) 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (35... Rxd5 36. f3 $17) 36. Ra4 $2 (36. Kf1 Bxe6 37. Ra4) 36... b6 $2 (36... Rd1+ 37. Kh2 b5) 37. c4 Rd4 38. Ra1 Bxc4 39. b4 Bd5 ({Black should play} 39... Bxe6 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Rxa5 Bd5) 40. bxa5 $17 bxa5 41. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b8]} Rb4 (41... Bxe6 $2 42. Rb8+ Bc8 43. Rxc8+ Kf7 44. Rh8 $18) 42. Rd1 Rb5 {...a4 is the strong threat.} (42... Bxe6 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. Rf8#) 43. Rd4 {[#]} Rb1+ (43... Bxe6 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Rf8#) (43... a4 $1 $17 44. Rxa4 Rb8) 44. Kh2 $11 Rb5 (44... Bxe6 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Rf8#) 45. f4 (45. Kg1 {is more complex.}) 45... Rb2+ (45... Bxe6 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Rf8#) 46. Kg1 Rb1+ (46... Bxe6 47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. Rf8#) 47. Kf2 Rb2+ (47... Bxe6 48. Rd8+ Kf7 49. Rf8#) (47... Rb5 {seems wilder.} 48. Ke3 Rc5 49. h4 a4 50. Rxa4 Bxe6 51. Ra8+ Rc8) 48. Ke3 (48. Kg1 {is interesting.}) 48... Rb3+ (48... Bxe6 49. Rd8+ Kf7 50. Rf8#) 49. Kf2 Rb5 (49... Bxe6 50. Rd8+ Kf7 51. Rf8#) 50. Ke3 Rc5 ({Stronger than} 50... Bxe6 51. Rd8+ Kf7 52. Rf8#) 51. Kf2 Rc2+ ({Worse is} 51... Bxe6 52. Rd8+ Kf7 53. Rf8#) 52. Ke3 Rc3+ ({Weaker is} 52... Bxe6 53. Rd8+ Kf7 54. Rf8#) 53. Kd2 (53. Ke2 $5 {[%cal Rd4d5]} Rc5 54. Ke3 $15) 53... Rc5 {Whites escaped into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.21} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Di Benedetto, Edoardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,16,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-48,-33,-60,-57,-114,-74,-76,-72,-72,-71,-94,-23,-56,-68,-83,-85,-87,-57,-61,-22,-32,-112,-153,0,0,0,0,427,333,1286,1214,1638,1800,1776,1734,29979,1477,1363,1127,29989,29990,29999]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 {[#]} 6. Bf4 $146 {C12: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation.} ({Predecessor:} 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Qf4 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. h4 Nc6 13. h5 Bd7 14. Rh4 Rc8 15. Rf4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 {0-1 (83) Iordachescu,V (2589)-Swiercz,D (2649) chess.com INT 2020}) 6... Ne4 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b4] The position is equal.} Nxc3 9. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Rb1 b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. c4 cxd4 14. Be2 dxc4 15. O-O (15. Rd1 $1 $15) 15... Bb7 16. Rfd1 Bd5 17. Rxd4 {Black should prevent Bf3.} Nc6 18. Rd2 Nxe5 ({Better is} 18... Kg8 $17) 19. Qg3 f6 20. Re1 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 21. Be3 Rc8 22. Bh5 c3 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. f4 Nc4 (24... Nf7 $17 25. Bd4 Qxf4 26. Qxf4 gxf4 27. Bxf6 Rh7) 25. Bd4 $11 {Re6 is the strong threat.} Qxf4 ({Not} 25... Nxa3 $2 26. Re6 $18) 26. Qxc3 Qd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Nd6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 27. Qd3 Qf5 28. Bxf6 Qxd3 29. cxd3 Rh7) 27. Qa1 $1 $18 Nb2 $2 ({Worse is} 27... Qxc2 28. Bc5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 29. Re7+ Kg8 30. Bf7+ Kh7 31. Bxd5+ Kg6 32. Bf7+ Kh7 33. Bxc4+ Kg6 34. Bf7+ Kh7 35. Bb3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg6 36. Bxc2+ Kh5 37. Qxf6 bxc5 38. Bg6+ Kh4 39. Re4#) (27... Kg8) 28. Bxb2 Rh7 29. Bxf6 {Qe5 would kill now.} d4 30. Re2 Qa5 {[#]} 31. Bxd4 (31. Be7+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 32. Qxd4+ Kg8 33. Qg4 Rc6 34. Qd7 Rg7 35. Qxc6 g4 36. Qxh6) 31... Qd5 32. Qf1+ Kg8 33. Qf6 Rd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.83} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,59,1,7,-4,2,-15,-9,-22,-3,-2,-10,-21,-14,-16,-18,-23,0,-33,-15,0,-19,-17,0,-21,-27,-12,-10,-39,-25,-39,-12,-21,0,0,0,0,0,-43,-34,-37,-29,-34]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 b6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Ne1 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White.} a6 {[#]} 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. f4 Na7 14. g4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Rfd8 16. g5 Ne8 17. Rad1 b5 18. Rf3 f5 {0-1 (51) Srebrnic,A (2280)-Roskar,R (2278) Bled 2005}) 12... Qd7 13. f4 {The position is equal.} Nb4 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. d3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Ne8 17. g4 Nc7 18. g5 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rf3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rh3.} f5 21. Rh3 g6 $1 22. axb5 Rf7 23. Nd1 Nxb5 24. Nf2 Bf8 (24... Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rb5d4]}) 25. Nf3 Nc6 26. Bf6 Ra8 {[#] aiming for ...Ncd4!} 27. Rc1 Nc7 28. e4 Nb5 29. Qb2 Nbd4 30. Qxb7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,96,25,45,40,43,43,44,55,60,60,52,17,45,27,29,36,58,67,54,58,57,48,40,43,35,33,82,82,79,30,30,18,26,18,25,23,12,13,30,7,8,4,6,7,8,14,84,80,81,81,81,78,78,67,76,79,83,79,82,79,79,83,78,59,101,112,121,111,111,98,96,92,164,164,163,160,151,109,365,365,29967,29967,6123,5695,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Bd6 6. Qxd5 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Nf6 7. Qb3 c5 {[#]} 8. Be3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. a3 O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. e3 Qe7 13. Be2 b5 14. b4 {0-1 (28) Admiraal,M (2506)-Warmerdam,M (2497) Netherlands 2019}) 8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 (10. Bb6 {feels hotter.} Qe7 11. e3 O-O 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Bc4) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. e3 Be5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Be2 Rd8 15. h3 Bxd4 16. exd4 Be6 17. Qa3 Qb6 {[#]} 18. O-O $1 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 (19. Na4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b6]} Qb4 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Rd1 $14) 19... Qxd4 20. Rd1 Qb6 21. Bf3 Re8 22. Na4 Qc7 23. Qc5 Qb8 24. Nc3 b5 25. b3 (25. Qc6 {with more complications.} b4 26. Ne2 a5 27. Qc5 Bd7 28. Rd6) 25... h6 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc8 (27... b4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 28. Ne2 Bd7) 28. Ne2 $16 a5 29. Ra6 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rc2 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. a4 Rc4 34. a5 Bd5 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 36. Ra7 Re4 37. Ng3 ({Stronger than} 37. Rxf7 Rxe2 38. Rf5 (38. a6 $2 Ra2 $19) 38... Ne7 $17) 37... Re1+ 38. Kh2 Kg6 39. Rd7 Nf6 40. Rd6 Kg5 (40... Ra1 $16 {was called for.}) 41. a6 $18 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Ra1 {[#]} 42. Ne2 $1 Ne4 43. f4+ Kh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (43... Kh5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 44. Rc6 Ra4) 44. Rc6 {aiming for Nd4.} g6 $2 (44... Nf2 $18 45. g3+ Kh5) 45. Nd4 Ra2 46. a7 Nf2 {[#]} 47. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack. White mates.} Kh5 48. Ng7+ Kh4 49. g3# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.48} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,110,41,108,106,103,87,96,0,28,20,25,26,26,26,30,27,30,18,25,18,18,0,18,0,18,0,0,0,4,14,50,20,21,0,22,0,61,61,61,61,61,61,117,116,115,109,118,79,92,93,103,103,111,123,102,-32,37,52,45,35,101,100,421,424,417,395,504,496,466,487,587,566,493,531,466,341,321,322,437,434,422,410,672,670,616,608,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29974,29975,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 e5 (5... f5 $14) 6. e4 $1 $16 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} d6 7. Bd3 {7.dxe6 is the fancy move.} Nd7 {[#]} 8. f4 $146 (8. Ne2 $16) ({Predecessor:} 8. Ne2 Qe7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. f3 Nh5 11. g3 O-O 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. g4 Nb6 14. Kh1 {½-½ (67) Uwira,O (2249)-Nothnagel,H (2303) Germany 2012}) 8... exf4 9. Bxf4 Qh4+ 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Nf3 Nh6 $1 12. O-O f6 13. a4 a5 14. Bh4 O-O 15. Rb1 Nf7 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. h3 (17. Rf2 {is more complex.} b6 18. Rbf1 Ba6 19. Qb2 Kg8 20. Qc2) 17... Rb8 18. Rf2 b6 19. Rbf1 g5 20. Bg3 (20. e5 $5 dxe5 21. Bg3 $16) 20... Nfe5 21. Be2 Ba6 22. Qa2 Ng6 (22... Nxf3+ $11 23. Rxf3 Ne5) 23. Ne1 $14 Nde5 24. Nc2 Bc8 25. Ne3 Nf4 ({Better is} 25... Bd7 $14) 26. Bxf4 $16 gxf4 27. Rxf4 Ng6 28. R4f2 Qxe4 29. Qd2 Qe5 30. Bd3 {Threatens to win with Bf5.} Qg5 31. Bf5 Re8 32. Re1 (32. Be6 $1 $16) 32... Nh4 (32... Re5 $1 $15 33. Bxc8 Rxc8) 33. Bxc8 Rbxc8 34. Kh2 {Strongly threatening g3.} Kh8 {[#]} 35. g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h4]} Re4 {[%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} 36. gxh4 $18 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 Re8 38. Rf3 f5 39. Kf1 Rf4 40. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 41. Qf2 Qe4 42. Ng2 Qxc4+ 43. Kg1 Rxe1+ 44. Qxe1 {Qe8+ is the strong threat.} ({Weaker is} 44. Nxe1 Qxc3 45. Nc2 Qe5 $18) 44... Qxd5 45. Nf4 Qg8+ (45... Qf7 $142 46. Kh2 Kg8) 46. Kf2 Qa2+ 47. Kg3 Qxa4 {[#]} 48. Qe7 {[%cal Re7f8] White mates.} Qc4 49. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 50. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 51. Qd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Nh5+ Kh6 54. Qf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxh5 55. Qxf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh6 56. Qg5# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.48} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Checa, Nicolas"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,75,12,-8,-8,-5,-6,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-1,-8,-14,12,11,12,8,19,14,26,18,64,0,0,0,26,18,38,25,99,97,88,86,91,91,89,91,366,366,551,548,538,512,600,600,670,498,470,461,750,750,599,437,646,419,703,706,682,678,733,736,1111,842]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Ne5 Nc6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. Bg2 Rc8 {The position is equal. is the legacy move (8...Nf6).} 9. O-O Nd4 {Strongly threatening ...b5.} 10. a4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Be7 {[#]} 12. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. e3 Nc6 13. a5 O-O 14. Qb5 Rc7 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. a6 b6 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Nb5 {0-1 (32) Usmanov,V (2462)-Riazantsev,A (2671) St Petersburg 2015}) 12... O-O 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. d3 a6 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. Rfc1 Nd4 17. Kf1 Ng4 18. Bxe7 ({Better is} 18. Qxd7 $1 $14 Rxd7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. h3) 18... Qxe7 $11 19. h3 Nf6 20. Qa3 Nd5 21. e3 Nb5 (21... Nf5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Nxb5 $16 axb5 23. d4 $1 {[%cal Rc1c5]} b4 24. Qd3 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Nc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs Black the game.} 26. Qa7 $1 $18 Nd5 (26... Nb5 $142 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Bxb7 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Kf8) 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 {[#]} 28. e4 $1 Nf6 29. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6b7][%mdl 32]} Qc7 30. axb7 Rf8 31. Kg1 h5 (31... Nd7 $142 32. b8=Q {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxb8 33. Qxd7 Rd8) 32. e5 Qxe5 33. Bc6 Qd6 {[#]} (33... Qc7 $142 34. Ra6 h4 35. gxh4 e5) 34. Qa8 $1 Kh7 (34... Qxc6 $142 35. Qxf8+ {[%mdl 64] Promotion} Kxf8 36. b8=Q+ Ne8 37. Qxb4+ Nd6) 35. Qc8 {White is clearly winning.} h4 36. g4 Rd8 37. Bf3 Qb6 {[#]} 38. Ra6 $3 {[%mdl 576] Promotion.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.60} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Black "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,103,49,42,32,27,27,36,22,16,22,35,25,24,20,36,27,13,31,22,0,0,0,19,24,26,29,52,53,89,86,103,109,92,93,120,125,206,184,200,183,241,233,275,116,113,126,141,87,131,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,33,54,47,50,56,95,72,124,130,127,125,189,48,48,49,144,144,144,144,148,144,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 $1 14. Re1 {14.c3 is vanishing. B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} Bg7 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 15. c3 O-O 16. Qh5 {White is slightly better. 16.Qh5 has lost popularity.} e4 17. Bf1 Re8 $1 18. Nc2 Nxd5 19. Qxf5 Re5 20. Qh3 Qb6 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxd5 {[#]} Qd8 $146 (23... Qa5 {with more complications.} 24. Nb4 Qc7 25. Nc2 Qa5) ({Predecessor:} 23... R4e5 24. Rd3 Qc5 25. Ne3 f5 26. b4 Qc8 27. f4 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Bxc3 {1-0 (51) Robson,R (2667)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2663) Saint Louis 2019}) 24. Bd3 Rh4 25. Qf3 Re5 26. Ne3 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Rh6 28. Bf5 $1 b4 29. cxb4 Rh4 30. Bg4 Qf6 (30... Qb8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 31. g3 $18 Rh6 32. b3 Qa1+ (32... Qd4 $142 33. Qxd4 Bxd4) 33. Kg2 Qxa2 34. Bf5 (34. Nf5 $1 $18 Re6 35. Nxg7 (35. Nxd6 Rxd6 36. Qxd6 Qxb3 $16) 35... Kxg7 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Qxe6) 34... Qb2 $16 35. Ng4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rh5 36. Qa8+ Bf8 37. Qd8 Kg7 $11 38. Be4 Qd4 39. Bf3 Rb5 40. Ne3 Qf6 41. Qc8 Qe6 42. Qxa6 Rxb4 43. Bd5 Qe5 44. Qa7 Be7 (44... Qe8 $142) 45. f4 $16 Qf6 {[#]} 46. Bc4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Bd8 (46... Bf8 $16) 47. Nd5 ({White has to play} 47. Qd7 $18) 47... Qb2+ $14 48. Kh3 Rxb3 {[#]} (48... Rxc4 $1 $14 49. bxc4 Qe2 50. Qd4+ Kh6) 49. Nb4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb4 (49... Kh6 50. Qxf7) 50. Qxf7+ Kh6 51. Qf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Qg7 $16 52. Qxd6+ Qf6 53. Qxb4 Qf5+ 54. Kg2 Qe4+ 55. Kf2 Kg7) 52. Bd3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.34} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Pigato, Alex"]
[Black "Brotto, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,115,36,16,25,25,19,22,28,-7,2,-7,0,5,20,13,28,20,33,30,38,12,16,12,25,25,102,82,74,58,61,52,79,69,72,58,134,49,81,81,79,88,111,0,7,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,4,8,8,0,-5,-91,-80,-56,0,-87,-82,-82,-76,-39,-50,-118,-118,-118,-119,-125,-120,-125,-8,-11,0,-172,-172,-29970,-29963,-29972,-29972,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 {D22: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 a6 4 e3.} 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Qb1 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bh5 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Rfd1 cxd4 {½-½ (16) Kalinowska,Z (1966)-Prigodin,R (2036) Panevezys 2018}) 13. Bd3 Bh5 14. h3 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne4 Nd5 (18... Be7 $11) 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Bd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qb7 22. Qc2 N7f6 23. a3 Ra8 (23... Rb8 $14) 24. Ne5 (24. e4 $16) 24... Ne7 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Nfd5 27. Ra7 (27. Rd7 $16) 27... Rxa7 $11 28. Bxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} f6 29. Nd7 Nc6 30. Bd4 Nxd4 31. exd4 {KN-KN} Nc3 32. Kf1 Nb1 33. Ke2 Nxa3 34. Kd3 a5 35. Nc5 Kf7 36. Nb7 Ke7 37. Nxa5 {Black must now prevent Nc6+.} Kd6 38. Nb7+ Kd5 39. b4 Nc4 40. Na5 (40. Nc5 $11 {remains equal.}) 40... Nb2+ 41. Kc2 Nc4 42. Kd3 Nd6 43. Nb3 Nf5 $1 44. g4 Ne7 45. Na1 (45. Nc5 $15) 45... g5 $17 46. Nc2 Ng6 {aiming for ...Nf4+.} 47. Ne3+ Kd6 48. Ke4 {[#]} Nf4 (48... Ne7 $1 $17) 49. h4 $1 $11 Nd5 (49... Nh3 {feels hotter.} 50. hxg5 Nxg5+ 51. Kf4 Nh3+ 52. Kg3 Ng1) 50. Nxd5 (50. hxg5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Nxb4 51. gxf6 gxf6 52. f4) 50... exd5+ {KP-KP} 51. Ke3 $2 (51. Kf3 $19) 51... gxh4 {Black mates.} 52. f4 {[#]} f5 $1 53. Kf3 fxg4+ 54. Kxg4 Ke6 55. Kxh4 Kf5 56. Kg3 Ke4 57. Kg4 Kxd4 58. Kg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.13} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Toniolo, Samuel"]
[Black "Budyi, Danylo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "1759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,31,50,49,59,62,86,76,67,65,74,75,204,216,212,220,213,216,386,380,381,381]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 Nd7 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4.} 8. Qe2 c6 9. Bd2 Bd6 {White is better.} 10. c4 Qe7 11. O-O {[#]} f5 $146 (11... b6 $16) ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf6 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 O-O 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Bc2 a5 16. c5 Bc7 17. Qd3 axb4 18. axb4 {1-0 (44) Das,A (2430)-Alam,B (1858) Dhaka 2018}) 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Qxe6+ Qxe6 14. Rxe6 Bxh2+ {[#]} (14... Bc7 {was necessary.} 15. Re2 Nf6) 15. Nxh2 $18 ({But not} 15. Kxh2 Nc5 $18) 15... Nc5 16. Re3 {Black got outplayed after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.39} ({Not} 16. dxc5 Bxe6 17. Bf4 Rad8 $18) 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,133,17,5,20,16,19,8,8,14,27,0,10,12,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,57,72,22,36,42,88,24,26,15,22,20,41,0,24,24,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,26,102,106,100,99,99,94,122,102,81,108,102,89,247,254,228,227,228,230,230,225,227,231,224,227,225,225,508,508,508,385,500,500,457,462,499,480,500,0,443,428,394,186,231,231,266,229,508,504,626,582,537,515,5413,448,394,350,379,370,500,500,395,487,486,486,29984,29985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O {8...0-0 is better than 8...cxd4.} 9. Rd1 Rc8 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} 10. e5 Ne8 11. dxc5 Nxc5 {[#] The position is equal.} 12. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c4 Qb6 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Rd2 Qa5 16. exd6 Bf6 17. Ne4 Bd8 18. Bd4 {1-0 (36) Kratochvil,V (2270)-Duran Vallverdu,J (2278) ICCF email 2014}) 12... d5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nbd4 Nc7 15. Bf4 Na8 16. h4 b5 17. g3 Nb6 18. Kg2 Ne4 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg5 21. Rh1 h6 22. Rh5 (22. Qg4 $16) 22... Bxf4 $11 23. gxf4 Qe8 $1 24. f5 exf5 25. Rah1 Nc4 26. f4 Rc6 27. Nxf5 Rg6+ 28. Kf1 Qd7 29. b3 Rc8 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31. Qd2 Rg4 32. Nd4 {[%cal Bf5d4,Bd4e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} b4 33. cxb4 Qc7 34. Ne2 {Black must now prevent R5h4.} Rgxf4+ 35. Nxf4 $16 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 $1 Rc2 {[#]} 37. Nd3 $1 {Threatens to win with Rc1.} Qc4 38. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 39. Ke3 Qxa2 40. Rg1 {Hoping for Rxh6.} Qc4 $2 (40... a5 $16) 41. Rxh6 $1 $18 Qe4+ 42. Kd2 d4 {And now ...Qe3+ would win.} 43. Rg3 g6 44. Rh2 Qd5 {...Qa2+ is the strong threat.} 45. Rf2 a5 46. bxa5 Qxa5+ 47. Ke2 Qa2+ $2 (47... Kf8 {was worth a try.} 48. Rgf3 Ke8) 48. Kf1 Qd5 49. Rgf3 Qe4 50. Kg1 Qg4+ 51. Kh2 $1 Qh4+ 52. Kg2 Qg4+ 53. Kh2 Qh4+ $1 54. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3h4]} Qe4 55. Rg2 (55. Rg3 $142) 55... Kg7 56. Rhg3 $1 Qh4+ {[#]} 57. Kg1 $1 Qe4 $2 (57... Kf8 {was called for.} 58. Rg4 Qh5) 58. Rf2 Kg8 59. Rf4 Qe2 60. Rgf3 g5 (60... Qd1+ $142 61. Kg2 Qe2+ 62. Kg3 Qd1 63. Rxf7 Qg1+ 64. Kh4 Qh2+ 65. Kg4 Qh5+ 66. Kg3 Qg5+ 67. Kh2 Qh5+ 68. Kg2 Qg4+ 69. Kf1 Qe4) 61. Rg3 (61. Rxf7 $142 Qc2 62. R7f5) 61... Kf8 62. Rf2 Qe4 63. Rff3 Ke7 64. Kf2 Qh4 {[#] Black hopes to continue with ...g4.} 65. Kg2 $1 Ke8 66. Nf2 {Strongly threatening Rh3.} Ke7 (66... Qh7 $18 67. Rxg5 Ke7) 67. Rh3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.25} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,30,10,0,-11,-10,-2,18,0,6,-12,-14,-33,-13,-11,-16,-33,-11,-10,-4,-5,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Bxd3 7. Qxd3 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 {[#]} 10. Qxd4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Nd5 13. Qc4 Nxf4 14. exf4 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Nb3 {0-1 (25) Grachev,B (2612)-Giri,A (2764) chess.com INT 2020}) 10... Nc6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 {The position is equal.} Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qb3 Nxf4 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,7,81,72,74,54,51,55,156,162,162,127,200,160,135,130,167,158,160,138,181,186,177,147,114,125,213,189,164,172,183,186,170,177,313,243,309,311,684,658,947,899,922,910,979,997,955,1015,997,954]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 g6 5. a3 d5 (5... Bg7 $11 {remains equal.}) 6. exd5 $1 $16 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Qxd5 {[#]} 7. axb4 $1 {[%cal Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] [#]} e5 $146 {[%cal Rc6d4]} ({Predecessor:} 7... Nxb4 8. Nc3 Qf5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Rd1 Kf8 {0-1 (40) Clough,F (2045)-Jefferson,N (2028) ICCF email 2011}) 8. c3 {White is slightly better.} e4 (8... Bg4 $14) 9. Nfd2 Nf6 10. b5 {Hoping for Bc4.} Nd8 (10... Bg4 $16 11. Bc4 Bxd1 12. Bxd5 Nxd5) 11. Nc4 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne5 Qe6 15. c4 Nd7 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf3 Bf6 (17... O-O $16) 18. Ra3 {Re3 is the strong threat.} O-O 19. Re3 Qd6 {[#]} 20. Ba3 $1 {[%cal Ra3d6]} Qf4 21. Rd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Ne6 (21... Qc7 {keeps fighting.}) 22. Ne5 $18 ({Don't take} 22. Bxf8 $6 Rxf8 23. Ne5 Qg5 $18) 22... Qg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg5g2]} 23. Rg3 Qh4 (23... Qh6 24. Ng4 (24. Nxd7 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 Rfd8 $11) (24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. Nxd7 Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 Qd8 $16) 24... Qg7) 24. Rg4 {White is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 24. Nxd7 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 Rfd8 $16) 24... Nxe5 25. Rxh4 Bxh4 26. Bxf8 Rd8 {[#]} 27. d5 $1 Kxf8 (27... Bg5 28. Bb4) 28. Qc1 Ng7 29. Qf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.53} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,23,16,0,4,-8,-14,-6,8,0,19,22,10,0,0,0,0,0,36,21,24,24,39,30,28,28,21,36,44,36,44,38,34,45,43,43,79,57,58,49,58,62,62,62,68,66,63,64,39,34,68,20,67,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,656,639,445,180,178,147,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29987,29987,29988,29988,29958,29956,29956,29951,29951,29951,29952,29946,29939,12845,12727,8090,7790,5733,4758]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e5 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bxb4 {The position is equal.} axb4 9. dxc5 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nge7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O f6 14. e6 Bxe6 15. h3 Re8 {0-1 (35) Leniart,A (2489)-Bernadskiy,V (2586) Suwalki 2018}) 10. Nbd2 Nge7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ng6 13. Re1 f6 14. e6 Nf4 15. Nb3 Re8 16. Qd2 Nxe6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nfd4 Nexd4 19. Bxh5 Re4 20. Rad1 {Threatens to win with Rxe4.} Nxb3 21. axb3 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qd7 23. Bg4 f5 24. Bf3 d4 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qxb4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd8 27. Qc4+ Kf8 28. Qd3 Qd5 29. b4 g6 30. Qa6 Qb3 31. Ra1 (31. Rf1 $14 Qd5 32. b5 Qxc5 33. bxc6 (33. Qxc6 Qxc6 34. bxc6 Rc8 $16)) 31... Qxb2 $11 {Threatening ...d3.} 32. Rd1 Qb3 33. Ra1 d3 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 34. Qxc6 d2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Qc3 $11 35. Rd1 d2) 35. Qf6+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 36. Qe5+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} (36. Qh8+ $142 Kd7 37. Qxh7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Qd4+ Ke8 40. Qh8+ Kd7 41. c6+ Ke7 42. Qe5+ Kf8 43. c7 d1=R+ 44. Kh2) 36... Kf8 {[#]} 37. Qh8+ $1 Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (37... Qg8 $16 38. Qxg8+ (38. Qf6+ Ke8 $11) 38... Kxg8) 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 40. Qxh7+ Ke8 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. Re6+ Qxe6 44. Qxe6+ {KQ-KR} Kf8 45. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke8 46. Qxg6+ Kd7 47. Qh5 {White is clearly winning.} ({And not} 47. Qd6+ Kc8 $11) 47... Kc6 48. Qd1 ({Worse is} 48. Qh6+ Kb7 $11) 48... Kb5 49. Kf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.37} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Checa, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,70,-7,-7,9,-18,-15,-6,0,-42,0,-4,0,-2,258,254,296,311,309,304,335,321,338,216,214,206,201,184,144,139,387,364,465,336,336,246,247,191,445,296,404,436,620,622,516,385,842,366,544,242,331,298,310,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. Nc3 a6 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4.} 8. O-O e6 9. b3 {The main line 9.b3 scores better than 9.a4.} cxb3 10. Qxb3 Be7 11. Bb2 Qc7 {[#]} 12. Ne4 $146 {Threatens to win with Nxf7.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Nd3 O-O 14. e4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 {0-1 (37) Bletz,H (2291)-Wahedi,A (2209) Germany 2004}) 12... Nbd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (12... O-O $11 {and Black is okay.}) 13. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 (13... O-O 14. Nfg5) 14. Ng5+ Ke8 {Black wants to play ...Nf8.} 15. Nxe6 (15. Qxe6 Rf8 $11) 15... Qd6 16. Nxg7+ Kd8 17. e4 {Strongly threatening e5.} Qb4 18. Qc2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qc4 19. Qd2 {d5! is the strong threat.} Bb4 20. Qf4 {Hoping for d5.} Rg8 $2 {[#]} (20... Qg8 $16) 21. d5 $1 Bc3 (21... Nxd5 22. Ne6+) 22. Rac1 b4 ({Don't go for} 22... Rxg7 $2 23. Bxc3 Nxd5 24. Qh4+ (24. Bxg7 Nxf4 25. Rxc4 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 bxc4 $16) 24... Ne7 25. Ba5+ Ke8 26. Rxc4 $18) 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Nf5 Nxd5 $2 (24... Rg4 25. Qd6 Qc5) 25. Qh4+ ({Not} 25. exd5 Qxf4 26. gxf4 cxd5 $16) 25... N5f6 26. Rfd1 Qe6 (26... Rf8 $142 27. Nd6 Qa4 28. Nxb7+ Kc7) 27. Bh3 Kc7 28. Nd6 Qe5 (28... Rg4 29. Bxg4 Nxg4 30. Rxc3 c5) 29. Bxd7 (29. Nf7 $142 Qc5 30. Qf4+ Kb6 31. Bxd7) 29... Nxd7 (29... Qg5 $142 30. Qxg5 Rxg5) 30. Nxb7 (30. Nf7 $142 Qe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Qf4+ Ne5 32. Nxe5) 30... Nf6 {[#]} 31. f4 $1 Qxe4 {aiming for ...Qe3+.} 32. Qxf6 $2 ({White has to play} 32. Rxc3 $18 Raf8 33. Nc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 32... Qe3+ $11 {The position is equal.} 33. Kg2 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.61/Black=0.58} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Di Benedetto, Edoardo"]
[Black "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,123,-10,-9,-4,-14,-17,-6,-45,22,25,41,0,0,3,17,6,0,2,21,0,0,0,34,34,43,4,13,0,18,19,41,48,44,44,56,61,67,57,69,68,529,121,153,108,114,109,95,56,94,82,91,39,63,40,40,40,46,49,49,60,56,40,92,41,70,70,70,69,70,70,91,29,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,86,93,93,97,96,0,0,0,12838,12840,12722,12722,7798,7150,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nf4 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3.} c6 10. f3 b6 {[#]} 11. g4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bc2 Bxf4 12. exf4 c5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Ba4 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Kf2 {0-1 (88) Di Benedetto,E (2396)-Smirnov,A (2585) Montebelluna 2019}) 11... Bxf4 (11... h6 $15) 12. exf4 $11 Ba6 13. f5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qd6 15. Ne2 c5 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Nb5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Rac8 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qe2 23. Rf1 Rc8 24. Rf2 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 $1 Re8 26. Bd2 Qb1 27. Bg5 Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Qe1 $14) 28. Qxd5 $2 (28. Qa4 $1 $18) 28... Nc5 29. Qc6 {[%cal Rc6e8]} Qe1 30. Bd2 Qe7 31. Bb4 (31. Qb5 {is interesting.} h5 32. h3 Rd8 33. Re2 Qd6 34. Re8+) 31... Rd8 32. Bxc5 bxc5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Qb5 (33. h3 $16) 33... h5 $14 34. Re2 Qg5 35. h3 Rd2 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qe4 Rxe2+ 38. Qxe2 {KQ-KQ} Qf4 39. b3 (39. Qf2 $16) 39... Kh6 40. Qf2 Qe5 41. Qd2+ Kh7 42. Qc2 Kh6 43. gxh5 (43. Qc1+ $16 Kh7 44. Qd2) 43... Qd4 $11 44. Qe4 Qd2+ 45. Kg3 {Threatens to win with Qf4+.} Qxa2 46. Qe8 Qa1 $1 47. Qh8+ Kg5 {[%cal Ra1g1]} 48. h4+ Kxf5 49. Qc8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 50. Qc6+ Kf5 51. Qxc5+ Ke6 $1 52. Kf4 Qf6+ ({Better is} 52... a6 $1 $14) 53. Kg4 $16 {Black must now prevent Qc6+.} Qa1 54. Qc6+ Ke7 55. Kf4 (55. Qc7+ $1 $16 Ke6 56. Qc4+ Kf6 57. Qc5) 55... Qa5 $11 56. Qb7+ Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (56... Kf6 $11) 57. Qb8+ $1 $18 Ke7 {[#]} 58. Qe5+ $1 Qxe5+ 59. Kxe5 f6+ 60. Kf5 {White mates.} Kf7 61. b4 a6 62. f4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.35} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,100,13,28,18,41,29,65,12,18,-26,-25,-36,-19,-30,-25,-36,-41,-100,53,54,55,58,57,43,95,101,89,92,92,90,94,94,95,86,100,103,95,97,90,32,62,45,109,102,108,103,116,107,102,98,102,52,64,66,42,62,41,57,43,45,231,231,236,219,296,302,314,301,307,293,269,262,293,278,872,823,6697,5185,29968,12847,29977,29979,29984,29977,29976,29977,29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Be3 {Recently 8.Bf4 got a lot of attention.} Qc7 9. g4 {[#] B57: Classical Sicilian: Sozin with 6...Qb6.} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. g5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Bd3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Be7 14. f4 Bd7 15. Qf3 Nb4 16. c3 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 {1-0 (73) Giaccio,A (2508)-Ramesh,R (2443) Andorra 2000}) 10. g5 Ng4 11. Bf4 (11. Bd2 $14) 11... a6 $11 12. h3 Nge5 13. Be2 b5 $1 14. a3 Bb7 15. Nd4 g6 16. Be3 (16. Nxc6 $15 Qxc6 17. Qd2) 16... Nc4 $2 ({Better is} 16... Na5 $1 $17 17. Nb3 Nac4) 17. Bxc4 $14 bxc4 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd4 Rg8 (19... e5 $14) 20. Bf6 $16 Be7 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Qd4 Rgd8 23. O-O-O e5 24. Qe3 Qc5 25. Qf3 Kf8 26. Qf6 Kg8 27. Nd5 (27. Rhe1 $16) 27... Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Qb6 {[#]} (28... Qc7 $14) 29. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} c3 {[#]} (29... Re8 30. Rxe8+) 30. b3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Re8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Qxc3 Qxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Kb1 Rxe4 34. Qc8+ Kg7 $1 35. Qxa6 Qg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2h1]} 36. Rd1 Qxh3 37. Qxd6 {Threatening mate with Qf6+.} Qf3 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} ({Black should play} 37... Qc3 $1 $14) 38. a4 $18 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} h4 39. a5 h3 {[#]} 40. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f3]} Qf5 {...Re1+ is the strong threat.} 41. Qf6+ $1 Qxf6 42. gxf6+ Kxf6 43. Rxh3 {KR-KR} g5 44. a6 Re8 $2 (44... g4 45. Rh8 g3) 45. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} g4 46. Ra3 Ra8 47. b5 Ke5 48. b6 {White mates.} g3 49. Rxg3 Rxa6 50. b7 Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.49} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Krasteva, Beloslava"]
[Black "Muetsch, Annmarie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,26,33,32,26,67,62,64,0,13,4,23,-35,-22,-27,552,496,1241]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3.} b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 {was the old line (9.a4).} ({Better is} 9. a4 $14) 9... Nbd7 (9... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Rf6e4]}) 10. Nf3 Qa5 {And now ...Nxe4 would win.} 11. Nd2 (11. Bd3 $11) 11... Bxa6 $15 {[#]} 12. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Qe2 Qb7 14. Nc4 Rfb8 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rab1 Nd7 18. Qc2 {1-0 (37) Elliger,C (2107)-Ruell,M (1830) Bad Homburg 2017}) 12... Bc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} 13. Bxc4 Qa6 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.32/Black=1.19. An unexpected result.} (13... Rfb8 $142 14. Bb3 Nh5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Brotto, Alessandro"]
[Black "Toniolo, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,46,31,23,29,51,21,41,18,23,16,41,10,41,36,56,51,58,-16,-28,-16,0,0,0,0,8,8,21,19,21]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d5 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32] [#]} 12. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bd4 Qd8 14. Qb5 Nbd7 15. Qxb7 Rcb8 16. Qa6 Rxb2 17. Rab1 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 {½-½ (24) Sutovsky,E (2622)-Gabuzyan,H (2593) Tbilisi 2016}) 12... Na6 13. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Rfc8 14. Bd4 Nc5 15. Rfe1 e5 16. dxe6 $1 Nxe6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qd2 ({White should play} 18. Nd5 $14 Bg7 19. Rbd1) 18... Bxc3 $11 19. bxc3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 20. Qd5 Qxc3 21. Rxb7 Qc6 22. h4 Qxd5 23. exd5 Rc7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Benedetti, Michele"]
[Black "Mora, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,111,89,91,88,101,111,41,157,108,146,105,120,102,98,82,171,114,125,39,89,42,155,56,69,46,37,31,39,36,64,62,71,68,89,88,173,91,81,82,103,93,204,147,156,36,43,37,37,33,218,216,226,192,185,173,219,225,227,120,118,127,233,232,235,234,220,161,191,120,159,159,250,159,154,161,235,161,329,300,300,300,425,417,547,520,408,0,325,329,538,537,538,523,1718,1683,5517,5218,29981,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 Re8 8. O-O-O e5 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6).} 9. d5 Nf8 10. Bh6 {[#]} (10. g4 $16) 10... Bh8 $146 (10... Bxh6 $14 11. Qxh6 N8d7) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Kh8 12. h4 Ng8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bd3 Kg7 15. Nge2 Nh7 16. Kb1 Rf8 {1-0 (28) Padevsky,N-Hadri,A Havana 1966}) 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. Ng3 a6 13. h4 b5 14. h5 Qe7 (14... b4 $16) 15. hxg6 (15. a3 $18) 15... fxg6 $16 16. Qg5 (16. a3 $16) 16... Rab8 17. Rd2 Rec8 {[#]} ({Black should try} 17... Bg7 $14) 18. Bd3 ({White should play} 18. Nf5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5e7]} Qf7 19. Bd3) 18... Bg7 $14 19. Nd1 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qg7 21. Qh4 c6 22. Kb1 $1 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Rb4 24. Ne3 {Strongly threatening dxc6+.} Kh8 (24... cxd5 $16 25. Bxd5+ (25. Bxa6 Rcb8 $17) (25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 $16) 25... Kh8) 25. dxc6 (25. Bxa6 $18 Ra8 26. Bc4 cxd5 27. Nxd5 (27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Rd4 $16) 27... Nxd5 28. Bxd5) 25... Rxc6 $16 26. Bd5 Rc5 {With the idea ...Rd4.} 27. Ne2 Bc6 (27... Qe7 $16) 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Nd5 (29. Rc1 $16 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1) 29... Nxd5 $14 30. Rxd5 {And now Qd8 would win.} Qb7 31. Rd2 d5 $2 ({Better is} 31... Qc7 $14) 32. Qd8 $18 {[%cal Rd8f8]} Kg7 33. Qxd5 Rb5 34. Qd8 Rcb6 {[%cal Rb5b2]} 35. b3 {aiming for Rc1.} Qf7 36. Nc1 (36. Rc2 $18 {Rc7 is the strong threat.} Rb7 37. Qd2) 36... a5 $16 37. Rhd1 {Black must now prevent Rd7!} Rb7 (37... Ne6 $16 38. Qxb6 Rxb6) 38. Rd5 $18 a4 39. Rxb5 Rxb5 40. Qd3 Rb7 {[#]} 41. Qd5 (41. Qc3 $1 $18) 41... Qxd5 42. Rxd5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} ({Don't play} 42. exd5 Nd7 $16) 42... Kf6 (42... Ne6 $16 43. Rxe5 Kf6) 43. Kb2 Ne6 44. Nd3 axb3 (44... Nf4 $142) 45. axb3 {[%cal Ba2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Nd4 $2 (45... Nf4 {was worth a try.}) 46. Nc5 ({Not} 46. Nxe5 Rxb3+ 47. Ka2 Rb4 $16) 46... Rc7 47. b4 Nc6 (47... h5 $142 48. Rd6+ Kf7) 48. Kb3 $18 Nd4+ 49. Kc4 Nc2 {Threatening ...Ne3+.} 50. Kb3 Nd4+ 51. Kc3 Ne2+ $2 (51... Ra7 52. Nd7+ Ke6) 52. Kc4 Nf4 53. Rd2 Ne6 54. Rd6 Kf7 55. Rxe6 Rxc5+ 56. Kxc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.63} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,45,42,74,74,93,80,77,17,17,17,22,19,14,13,18,-4,7,-5,-14,-14,-11,-49,-50,-41,-47,-49,-51,-60]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 d5 11. cxd5 {11.exd5 is vanishing. E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} cxd5 12. Bg5 Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 4] [#] outshines the older 12...dxe4.} 13. Nxc6 ({White should play} 13. Bb5 $1 $16 Qd6 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Qxd4) 13... bxc6 $11 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bb5 Re6 {[#]} 16. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne2 h6 17. Bh4 Bd7 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Rb1 d4 20. Bf2 Rd6 21. Bg3 Rd5 22. b4 {0-1 (36) Amartuvshin,G (2350)-Paragua,M (2529) Chess.com INT 2020}) 16... Qb6 {next ...d4 is good for Black.} 17. Bd3 Bd7 (17... Ba6 {is more complex.} 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxa6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxa6 21. Qxd5 Rc8) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxb2 {Black is slightly better.} 21. Rab1 Rb8 22. Bc4 Kg7 23. Bb3 {White did not feel at home in the position after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,59,17,11,2,5,0,0,0,0,-27,-18,-21,0,0,10,8,18,0,0,0,0,-7,20,-17,0,-68,-71,-79,0,-6,0,0,0,-25,-35,-48,-31,-32]} 1. d4 {Fischer,J} e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 d6 13. Rae1 {E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6.} Nd7 14. e4 {[%cal Re4f5]} f4 15. Qa4 {The position is equal.} Qe7 {[#]} 16. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. g3 g5 17. h4 gxh4 18. gxf4 Kh8 19. Kf2 h3 20. Ke2 Rg8 21. Rh1 Rg3 22. Be3 {0-1 (31) Chatalbashev,B (2516)-Howell,D (2698) Leiden 2015 CBM 167 Extra [Fischer,J]}) 16... dxe5 17. Bc1 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Qh4 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qe7 21. Re2 Re8 22. dxe5 Nc5 23. Qc2 Rad8 24. Rd1 (24. Bxf4 $11 Nd3 25. Be3) 24... Rxd1+ $15 25. Qxd1 {[#]} Rd8 ({Black should play} 25... Qg5 $1 $17) 26. Rd2 $11 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Nd7 28. Qd4 g5 29. h4 {White wants to play hxg5.} h6 30. hxg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,51,19,16,15,13,34,30,27,-11,61,59,56,41,45,52,97,85,65,56,139,127,116,108,164,84,94,78,79,95,81,0,31,0,79,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d6 9. d5 Nxd2 {9...Nxd2 scores better than 9...Nxc3.} 10. Nxd2 e5 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3).} 11. b4 Nd7 12. Nb3 f5 {[#] White has an edge.} 13. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 Ba6 14. Nb5 Bc8 15. a5 a6 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. b5 Nc5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Nxc5 dxc5 {½-½ (33) Fischer,D (2133)-Roeckendorf,P (2044) GER email 2014}) 13... Ba6 ({Reject} 13... dxc5 $6 14. d6 $16) (13... bxc5 $11 14. bxc5 Ba6) 14. c6 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc6d7]} Nf6 15. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} f4 16. a5 {And now axb6 would win.} bxa5 17. Rxa5 Bc8 18. Qd3 a6 {[#]} (18... Qe8 $14) 19. b5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5a6]} fxg3 20. hxg3 ({Don't play} 20. fxg3 Rb8 $14) 20... Qe8 {[#]} (20... Rb8 $16) 21. Ne4 (21. Nd2 $1 $18) 21... Qh5 {Hoping for ...Ng4.} 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Bf3 Qh3 {Strongly threatening ...Rh6.} 24. Bg2 Qh5 {...Rh6 is the strong threat.} 25. Bf3 (25. Rxa6 $5 Bxa6 26. bxa6 $11) 25... Qh3 {aiming for ...Rh6.} 26. Bg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.19} (26. Rfa1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Di Benedetto, Edoardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,113,31,15,20,22,37,25,25,19,16,16,40,41,54,43,37,45,44,41,56,67,51,34,60,60,77,72,63,27,222,213,217,194,191,12,12,11,9,2,97,0,107,0,0,-131,0,-22,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,-14,-21,-87,0,0,0,-35,-33,-57,-4,-15,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-27,-34,10,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,56,56,60,52,352,345,1594,1594,29991,29992,29992,29993,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 {is now debated instead of 7...Bb7. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 {White has an edge.} 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. e4 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. O-O c5 13. Rad1 h6 14. h3 Bf8 15. Be5 Nd7 16. Bg3 Qb7 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 {½-½ (54) Najer,E (2687)-Dominguez Perez,L (2713) Dortmund 2016}) 12. O-O Qb7 13. Rad1 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d5]} 16. d6 Bf8 17. Be5 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Nd7 {next ...Re8 is good for Black.} 18. Bg3 Re8 19. Qc4 Rad8 20. Nb5 Nf6 $2 (20... h6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 21. Nc7 $1 $18 Re4 22. Qb3 Nc6 23. Nd5 $2 ({Only move:} 23. Ng5 $18 c4 24. Qc3) 23... Nxd5 $11 24. Qxd5 Na5 25. Qf5 f6 (25... Ree8 $11) 26. h4 (26. Rd5 $16 Re2 27. b4 cxb4 28. Nd4) 26... Nc4 {[#]} (26... Ree8 $1 $11) 27. d7 ({White has to play} 27. Nd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Nxd2 28. Rxd2) 27... Re7 28. h5 (28. Rc1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} b5 29. b3) 28... Rdxd7 (28... Nxb2 $17 29. Rb1 Nc4 30. Qxc5 bxc5 31. Rxb7 Rexd7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7) 29. h6 (29. b3 $5 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Nb2 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qe2 $11) 29... Rxd1 30. Rxd1 {hxg7 is the strong threat.} Qe4 (30... Nxb2 $2 31. Rd8 $18) 31. Qc8 Qe6 (31... Nxb2 $2 32. Rd8 $18) (31... gxh6 $2 32. Re1 $18) 32. Qa8 {aiming for Rd8!} Rd7 ({But not} 32... Nxb2 $2 33. Rd8 $18) 33. Re1 Qd5 34. Qe8 (34. Qb8 $11) 34... Qf7 (34... g6 $17 35. b3 Na5) 35. Qc8 Nd6 ({Reject} 35... Nxb2 36. hxg7 Kxg7 37. Nh4 $16) 36. Qa8 (36. Bxd6 $5 Rxd6 37. hxg7 Qxg7 38. Qh3 $11) 36... Nf5 ({Much worse is} 36... Qxa2 $6 37. hxg7 Kxg7 38. Nh4 $14) 37. hxg7 Qxg7 (37... Kxg7 $15 38. Bb8 Qxa2) 38. Bf4 Nd4 39. Re3 Nf5 40. Re8 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 $1 Qf7 {( -> ...Qh5+)} 42. g4 Ng7 {[%cal Rg7e8]} 43. Rc8 {Black should prevent Bh6.} Rd7 44. Nh4 {Strongly threatening Bh6.} Re7 45. Bh6 (45. b3 {is more complex.} Re2 46. Kg2 Re8 47. Nf5 Qd7 48. Rxe8 Qxe8 49. Qd5+) 45... Re8 $1 46. Bxg7 Rxc8 47. Qxc8 Kxg7 48. Nf5+ Kg6 49. Qa8 Kg5 ({Black should try} 49... h5 $11) 50. Qe4 $14 {[%mdl 1024] Threatens to win with f4+. White has compensation.} Qc7+ 51. Ng3 {White threatens Qf5+ and mate.} Qf4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (51... Qd7 $14) 52. Qd5+ $1 $18 Kh6 $2 (52... f5 53. Kg2 Qxg4 54. Qd8+ Kg6 55. Qxf8 h5) 53. Kh3 Qc7 54. Qg8 {[%cal Rg3f5] White mates.} Bg7 55. Nf5+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Kg5 57. f4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.47} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Checa, Nicolas"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,63,14,15,40,39,58,36,36,31,31,43,47,36,34,35,46,43,43,21,21,21,21,21,19,21,21,7,100,108,102,107,105,97,86,91,93,85,100,90,96,70,341,338]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1 Qf7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Qd3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 e5 {A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3.} 13. dxe5 {[#]} Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... dxe5 14. Ng5 Qf6 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Bxc6 Qxg5 17. Bg2 c6 18. Rad1 f4 19. Rd6 a5 20. a4 {½-½ (53) Offenborn,H (2319)-Kirpikov,A (2304) ICCF email 2014}) 14. Qd2 Nxf3+ {White is slightly better.} 15. Bxf3 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Rb8 17. c5 dxc5 18. Qe5 {Strongly threatening Bd5.} Re8 19. Qxc5 b6 20. Qb5 c5 21. Rad1 Be6 $1 22. Rd6 Rbd8 23. Red1 Qc7 24. R6d2 Kf7 (24... Kg7 $11) 25. Bc6 $16 Rf8 26. Bd7 {Hoping for Bxe6+.} Ke7 {[%cal Rd8d7]} 27. Bxe6 {aiming for Rd7+.} Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Kxe6 {[#]} 29. Rd3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rf7 {[#]} 30. Qc4+ $1 Ke7 31. Re3+ Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 31... Kf6 $1 $14) 32. Qc3 {[%cal Rc3h8] Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.26} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,67,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-13,-10,37,-126,-112,-110,-112,-93,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-48,-55,-58,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 $1 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn.} 14. e5 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 14.0-0.} dxe5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 (15... gxf6 $2 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. Rb3 $18) 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Qe3 $2 {[#]} (17. Rd1 $14 Qc5 18. Ne4) 17... Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rd8) 18. O-O {[#] Threatens to win with Qg3.} e4 $1 19. Qg3 {Black must now prevent Rxf6!} Qxh5 (19... Qxc3 $17 20. Rb7+ Bd7 21. Rxf6 Qd4+ 22. Rf2 Rhf8) 20. Rxf6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} gxf6 21. Qg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf7 22. Qxh8 e3 23. Ne4 {And now Qxc8! would win.} ({But not} 23. Rd1 $2 Bb7 $19) 23... e2 24. Kf2 {[#] Strongly threatening Qxc8!} Qg6 25. Ng3 e1=Q+ 26. Kxe1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 27. Rb3 ({Avoid the trap} 27. Rd1 $2 Bb7 $19) 27... a4 28. Rb4 ({Wrong is} 28. Rd3 $2 Bb7 $19) 28... Qh6 29. Ne2 {Rg4 is the strong threat.} e5 30. g3 Qh5 {Hoping for ...Qxe2+!} 31. Qg7+ Qf7 32. Qh8 Qh5 (32... Qxa2 $15 33. Qxh7+ Qf7) 33. Nc3 Qh6 {aiming for ...Qe3+.} 34. Ne2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Song, Julien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,52,6,12,8,9,4,10,0,14,0,9,-128,-132,-134,-114,-186,0,0,0,0,0,-69,-68,-68,-69,-106,-106,-80,-81,-98,-95,-84,-53,-49,-49,-171,-50,-35,1202]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. a3 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} Rb8 {9...b5 is setting a new trend.} 10. Bd3 b5 {[#]} 11. O-O $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Ne2 b4 13. O-O bxa3 14. bxa3 O-O 15. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 16. Kh1 h6 17. Ng3 {0-1 (47) Fernandez Gonzales,G (1873)-Siles Vasquez,C ICCF email 2014}) 11... O-O 12. Kh1 c4 {[#]} 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 $17 14. Ng5+ Kg8 {...Rb7 is the strong threat.} 15. Qf2 (15. Qe1 $17) 15... Ndxe5 $2 16. dxe5 $11 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bxg5 18. Rad1 (18. Bc5 $11) 18... Bxe3 $15 19. Qxe3 f6 20. Ne4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxf6+!} Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6e3]} ({Much worse is} 20... fxe5 $6 21. Ng5 $15) 21. Nc5 {[#] White wants to play exf6.} Rb7 $1 {And now ...Rc7 would win.} 22. exf6 Rbf7 23. b4 cxb3 24. cxb3 Rxf6 25. Rf3 ({White should play} 25. Rxf6 $15 Rxf6 26. b4) 25... Rf5 (25... Rxf3 $19 26. gxf3 Qc7) 26. Rxf5 Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 40960] What a bad dream for Black.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.40/Black=0.25. Loss on time!?} (26... Rxf5 $15 27. b4 Qd6) 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Dobrikov, Marco"]
[Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,147,26,11,18,10,25,25,34,-14,9,1,22,-43,-39,-48,-26,-37,29,-78,-75,-44,-12,-33,-31,-27,0,0,20,11,3,-27,-21,-29,-28,-32,14,-69,-57,-49,-57,-46,-43,-54,-45,-16,-35,-30,-55,-35,-7,-41,-35,-80,-81,-81,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,9,8,8,19,20,27,27,103,49,95,13,95,45,95,96,97,86,93,86,86,86,87,93,145,124,93,27,35,27,60,27,27,27,44,27,1039,936,1047,952,991,810,1133,193,173,178,162,0,1127,1121,1074,1072,900,962,870,948,921,881,663,601,1448,5073,6656,6095,5583,6070,5664,620,596,568,29971,29974,29974,29974]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bd2 Qb6 {is now more promising than 7...Nbd7. B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} 8. O-O-O d4 9. Ne2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32] [#] White has an edge.} 10. Qg3 $146 (10. g4 {is interesting.} Nfd7 11. h4 c5 12. Qg3 Nc6 13. Kb1) ({Predecessor:} 10. g4 Na6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qe4 Bc5 13. f4 Nac7 14. Bg2 Nb5 15. Rdf1 Ba3 16. bxa3 Nxa3 {½-½ (61) Lei,T (2468)-Girya,O (2462) Batumi 2018}) 10... Nfd7 11. f4 a4 12. e5 ({White should play} 12. Qf2 $11) 12... Na6 $15 13. Qf2 Bc5 14. g4 O-O-O ({Better is} 14... Nc7 $15) 15. Ng3 {[#]} (15. a3 $11) 15... a3 $1 $17 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rb6b2]} 16. b3 Nb4 17. Kb1 Nd5 18. Bg2 Nc7 19. Ne4 Nb5 20. Qe1 Be7 21. Rf1 Nc5 22. f5 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qc5 24. fxe6 (24. f6 $11 gxf6 25. exf6) 24... fxe6 $15 25. Rf7 {Hoping for b4.} Rd7 26. Rxg7 {[#]} Bh4 $1 27. Qxh4 Nc3+ 28. Bxc3 Qxc3 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rc3b2]} 29. Kc1 Rxg7 30. Qf6 {[%cal Rf6g7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rgg8 31. Qxe6+ Kc7 32. Qe7+ Kb6 33. Qxa3 Re8 (33... h5 $17 34. Kb1 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rxg4) 34. Qd6 h5 {White must now prevent ...hxg4.} 35. Kb1 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rd8 (36... Rh2 $5 37. Rc1 $8 Re2 $11) 37. Qa3 Rhe8 38. g5 Rxe5 (38... Ra8 $5 39. Qb2 $8 Rxe5 $14) 39. g6 Ra5 40. Qb2 Rg5 41. Qc1 Qc5 (41... Rg3 $11 {remains equal.}) 42. Qd2 (42. a3 $16) 42... Rh8 43. Rf1 (43. b4 $16 Qe7 44. Rf1) 43... Rh3 (43... Rf8 $1 $11 44. Rh1 Rg3) 44. b4 Qe7 45. a3 Re3 46. Kb2 Qe5 47. Qf2 Rxe4 48. dxe4 {And now Rg1 would win.} Rxg6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 49. Qf5 Re6 (49... Rg5 $142 50. Qxe5 Rxe5) 50. Qxe5 Rxe5 {KR-KR} 51. Re1 (51. Rf4 $16) 51... c5 52. Kb3 Kc6 53. a4 cxb4 54. Kxb4 b6 55. Re2 Rc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Kd6 $11) 56. Rd2 $18 Rc3 57. Rxd4 Re3 58. c3 Re1 59. Kc4 $2 (59. Rc4+ Kb7 60. Ka3) 59... Re3 {[#]} 60. Kb3 $1 Re2 61. Kb4 $2 (61. Ka3) 61... Re1 $1 62. Rc4+ Kb7 63. Kb5 Rb1+ 64. Rb4 Rc1 65. Kc4 Kc6 66. Kd4 Rd1+ 67. Ke5 Kc5 68. Kf6 Rd3 69. Rb5+ Kc6 70. e5 Rf3+ 71. Ke6 (71. Ke7 $142 Rxc3 72. Rb4) 71... Rxc3 72. Rb4 Rh3 73. Rc4+ Kb7 74. Kd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.17} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Bettalli, Francesco"]
[Black "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,90,15,16,20,12,8,9,6,12,12,0,16,0,0,0,0,-30,-22,-25,-15,-98,-74,-110,-104,-114,-105,-114,-114,-116,-112,-149,-97,-97,-91,-97,-90,-98,-97,-90,-70,-92,-77,-118,-95,-88,-93,-164,-145,-163,-155,-167,-167,-206,-137,-216,-184,-167,-176,-425,-416,-418,-420,-414,-414,-404,-405,-437,-437,-429,-429,-429,-429,-429,-429,-429,-429]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O {D04: Colle System.} 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 {The position is equal.} 12. Qxe4 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 13. c4 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a4 14. Rfd1 Ra6 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. c5 Bc7 17. b4 Nf6 18. Qd3 a3 19. b5 cxb5 20. Qxb5 {1-0 (53) Krainski,A (2220)-Warakomski,T (2476) Poronin 2014}) 14. Rfd1 a4 15. Qc2 Qa5 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Rac8 18. Qe4 (18. Qd3 $11) 18... a3 $17 19. Bd4 {[#]} e5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...Nf6. Black is on the roll.} 20. Be3 Nf6 21. Qf5 e4 22. Nd2 Qxd5 23. Qh3 {Threatens to win with Nc4.} Qe6 (23... Rc3 $142 {...Rd3 is the strong threat.} 24. Nf1 Rd3 25. Rxd3 exd3) 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Nc4 Bf8 26. Rac1 Ng4 27. Bf4 f5 28. h3 Nf6 29. Nxa3 {[#]} Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Ra6 31. Rd8 (31. Nc4 $17) 31... Kf7 $19 32. Nb5 Rxa2 33. Be3 Ra5 34. Nd4 g6 35. Nc2 (35. g4 $17 {was called for.}) 35... Rb5 36. Nd4 Rd5 37. Rc8 (37. Rxd5 Nxd5 38. Bd2) 37... f4 38. Rc7+ Kg8 39. Bxf4 Rxd4 40. Rxb7 Rb4 41. Rxb4 Bxb4 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kf1 Nd5 43. Be5 Kf7 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Bd4 Nf4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.05} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Muetsch, Annmarie"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,10,28,23,23,18,20,22,10,-29,-15,-517,525,510,577,-21,-20,-19,54,57,66,52,53,83,91,7,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-8,-51,-43,-38,-47,-56,-60,-64,-58,-75,-21,-42,-39,-37,-28,-36,-37,-45,-16,-28,-29,-64,-18,-18,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,7]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} e6 7. c3 b5 8. a4 Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Ra4 {[%mdl 8192]} Ra7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} 11. Rxa7 $18 Qb8 12. Ra8 Qxa8 $11 13. Na3 Bxe4 (13... b4 $11 14. cxb4 cxb4) 14. Bxe4 $14 Nxe4 15. Nxb5 Qc6 {[#]} 16. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qe2 Be7 17. Nfd4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxc3 19. dxc3 Qd5 20. Be3 O-O 21. c4 Qb7 22. b4 Bf6 23. b5 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 {1-0 (33) Jain,N (2219)-Vishwa,V (2070) Budapest 2019}) 16... Be7 {[#]} 17. d4 (17. Qe2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2e4]} Nef6 18. d4) 17... O-O 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. cxd5 f5 21. Nd2 Ndf6 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Nc3 Kf7 24. Nxe4 Nxd5 25. Bg5 {Threatening Bxe7.} Nf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Nc3 Rb8 28. Re2 Bf8 ({Black should try} 28... f5 $17) 29. Kf1 f5 30. Ke1 Bg7 31. Kd1 Be5 32. g3 h5 33. Kc1 h4 34. f4 Bd4 (34... Bxc3 $5 35. bxc3 hxg3 36. hxg3 Ra8 $15) 35. Nd5 {The position is equal.} h3 36. Re7+ Kf8 (36... Kg8 {is interesting.} 37. Nc3 Ra8 38. Kb1 Rd8 39. Kc2 d5) 37. Rh7 Bxb2+ 38. Kc2 Bd4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rb2+.} 39. Rxh3 Kf7 40. Rh6 c4 41. Rxd6 Rb2+ 42. Kc1 {aiming for Ne3!} Rxh2 43. Rc6 c3 (43... Rg2 {is more complex.} 44. Rxc4 Bf2 45. Rc6 Bd4 46. Kd1 Rxg3 47. Ke2 Rb3) 44. Nxc3 Rg2 45. Nb5 Be3+ 46. Kd1 Ke7 47. Nc3 Kd7 48. Rh6 Rxg3 49. Nd5 Bd4 50. Ke2 Rg2+ 51. Kd3 Bg7 52. Ra6 Bf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.28} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,54,-28,-27,-41,-52,-25,-37,0,-19,-30,-26,-27,-24,-16,-50,-38,-85,-95,-97,-101,-196,-198,-161,-120,-151,-110,-109,-107,-181,-110,-119,-68]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. O-O Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 {[#] A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4.} 14. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. a4 Qb6 18. Ra3 f5 19. a5 Qc7 20. Bd3 Bd4 21. exf5 Bxf5 {0-1 (43) Domogaev,S (2431)-Paravyan,D (2528) Sochi 2017}) 14... Nf6 15. Nd2 Qd7 {[%cal Rf6g4] Black is slightly better.} 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 b6 $1 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Ng3 Rad8 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 21. Nf5 Rfe8 ({Avoid the trap} 21... Bxd5 $2 22. Bxd5 Kh8 23. Be4 $18) 22. d6 (22. Qc2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 22... e4 $19 23. Be2 Re6 24. Bc4 Rxd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Qb3 (26. Qxd6 $17 Rxd6 27. Rad1) 26... Bd4 (26... Qf4 $19 27. Rae1 Rd7) 27. Bxf7+ $17 Kg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.18} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Checa, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,27,13,31,0,40,45,42,41,45,41,44,36]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Rb1 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} dxc3 11. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} Nbc6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. Bd3 {[#] White took control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.10} ({Of course not} 14. Qxf7 Nf5 $17) {Predecessor:} 14... Rdf8 $146 15. Qh6 Ng6 16. Qe3 b6 17. Ba6+ Kb8 18. Qxc3 Bc8 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 {0-1 (41) Sargissyan,S (2269)-Pon,M (2185) chess.com INT 2020} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,86,2,0,0,0,0,0,8,9,17,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,-10,-8,-20,-24,-33,-19,-92,-31,-95,-79,-72,-88,-97,-83,-426,-419,-545,-481,-657,-655,-633,-633,-611,-603,-603,-603,-603,-603,-603,-589,-548,-502,-29990,-29990,-29992,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. Be3 Bf5 {[#] D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} 14. Rc1 $146 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2e2,Be2e3][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 14. a5 Nb4 15. Bb3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rac8 17. Bb6 Bf6 18. Rd2 Bc2 19. Bxc2 Nxc2 20. Rad1 Bxb2 21. Rd7 {½-½ (70) Hirn,O (2207)-Liepold,S (2185) Bad Koenigshofen 2010}) 14... Nb4 15. Bb3 Nd3 {The position is equal.} 16. Rc2 Bg6 17. Bc4 {aiming for Rd2.} Rc8 18. b3 Bb4 19. Re2 Re8 20. Bd4 Nf4 21. Re3 Bh5 22. Be5 Ng6 {[%cal Bf4g6,Bg6h4,Bh4f3][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...Qxd1.} 23. Bb2 Nh4 24. Rxe8+ (24. Bd5 {seems wilder.} Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxd1 26. Bxd1 Bxd1 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxd1 f6 29. Kf1) 24... Qxe8 25. Qd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7]} Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7]} Bf8 {White should prevent ...Rc6.} 27. Qf4 (27. Bd5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Rd8 (27... Qd7 $17 28. Re1 Rc6) 28. Rc1 (28. Qf5 $1 $15 Bg6 29. Qa5) 28... b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bf1 Qe6 31. Bxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (31. Qg5 $17 Rd5 32. Qe3) 31... Qxb3 $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 32. Qe5 Qxf3 {Threatens to win with ...Rd6.} 33. Bc6 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kg2 Be2 {And now ...Bf1+ would win.} 36. Bd4 Qf1+ 37. Kg3 Qg1+ 38. Bg2 Bf1 39. Qd5 {[#]} Bd6+ {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 40. Qxd6 (40. f4 $19 Qxg2+ 41. Qxg2 Bxg2 42. Kxg2) 40... Qxg2+ {Black mates.} 41. Kh4 Qh3+ 42. Kg5 h6+ 43. Kf4 Qxh2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/Black=0.06} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,56,41,45,38,45,50,43,18,13,18,13,2,-33,0,0,0,-141,-131,-129,-126,-263,-260,-513,-531,-734,-720,-734,-731,-714,-742,-743,-620,-619,-517,-695,-691,-697,-690,-689,-696,-677,-690,-672,-667,-664,-649]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. e4 Nf6 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence.} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O e6 {White is slightly better. is cutting edge theory.} 10. h3 exd5 11. cxd5 Nh5 {[#]} 12. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 Bd4+ 13. Kh2 Qh4 14. Qe1 Qxe1 15. Rxe1 Bf2 16. Rf1 Bg3+ 17. Kg1 f5 18. Rf3 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxf4 {0-1 (47) Akobian,V (2625)-Nakamura,H (2746) Saint Louis 2019}) 12... Qh4 {Strongly threatening ...Bxh3!} 13. Ne2 ({Not} 13. Bxf8 $2 Qf4 $19) 13... Bxh3 {aiming for ...Bg4!} 14. gxh3 (14. f4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Bxb2 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Rb1 Bd4+ 18. Nxd4 Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Kh1 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. Kh1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1) 14... Qxh3 $17 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh3h2]} 15. f4 Bxb2 {Hoping for ...Nf6.} 16. Rb1 {[#] Loses the game.} (16. Qb3 $17 {was called for.} Bxa1 17. Rxa1) 16... Ba3 $1 $40 {[%cal Ra3c5][%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 17. Rc1 (17. Kf2 Bc5+ 18. Ke1) 17... Nf6 {Black is clearly winning.} (17... Bxc1 $2 18. Nxc1 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 $19) 18. Bxf8 Ng4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh3h2]} 19. Rf2 Qe3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Pin} ({Less strong is} 19... Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Bxc1 21. Qxc1 $17) 20. Qf1 Bxc1 21. Be7 Nxf2 22. Qxf2 Re8 23. Bf6 Qxd3 24. Nxc1 Qd1+ 25. Qf1 Qg4+ 26. Qg2 Qxf4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 27. Bg5 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.10} 0-1

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Krasteva, Beloslava"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,201,0,-2,0,0,0,0,-6,0,8,-18,30,25,49,47,36,24,17,19,23,24,19,12,18,17,17,14,15,4,4,0,10,8,20,0,11,8,43,6,25,16,22,26,11,12,18,20,58,56,54,50,52,51,49,33,47,47,48,47,48,38,63,63,71,64,75,72,110,45,51,27,52,52,63,44,45,41,64,30,58,56,58,46,35,34,60,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,62,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,-222,-20,-90,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,14,8,8,8,14,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,14,14,14,14,23,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bg2 O-O {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7.} 9. O-O h6 10. a3 Be6 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. Re1 {[#]} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bh3 13. Bh1 a5 14. Nd5 Ra6 15. e3 Rb8 16. Ra2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. Bc3 h5 {½-½ (18) Kaenel,H (2325)-Ekstroem,R (2420) Switzerland 1993}) 13. b4 b6 14. b5 Na5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5b7,Bb7d6][%mdl 32]} 15. a4 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bc3 Nb7 19. Nc4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rfe8 21. e4 Rcd8 22. Qb3 Nd6 ({Not} 22... Qxd3 $2 23. Rad1 $18) 23. Ne3 Re6 24. Red1 h5 25. Rab1 Nc8 26. Qb2 h4 27. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4e5]} h3+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 28. Kxh3 Rd6+ $1 29. Kg2 Rxd3 30. Ne3 {Rxd3 is the strong threat.} Qb7 {[#]} 31. f3 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 Qd7 34. Qc2 f6 35. Ne3 Nd6 36. Qd3 Qe6 37. Nd5 Kf7 38. Bd2 Qd7 39. h4 Ne8 40. Qb3 Kf8 41. Bc3 (41. Be3 $16) 41... f5 $14 42. Qc2 (42. Qc4 {is interesting.} Qe6 43. Ne3 Ke7 44. g4 Nd6 45. Nd5+) 42... Nd6 43. Qd3 Ne8 44. Qc4 Nd6 45. Qe2 Qf7 46. Qe3 Kg8 47. Qd3 Kh7 48. Bb2 Qe6 49. Qe2 Qf7 50. Bc3 (50. g4 $14) 50... g5 $11 51. hxg5 fxe4 $1 52. fxe4 {aiming for Qg4.} Qg6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 53. Ne7 Qxe4+ (53... Qxg5 $11 54. Nc6 Qg6) 54. Qxe4+ (54. Kf2 $14 Qxe2+ 55. Kxe2) 54... Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 55. g6+ Kh8 56. Be1 c4 {White must now prevent ...c3.} 57. Kf3 Nc5 58. a5 $2 (58. Bb4 $11 Nxa4 59. Nf5) 58... bxa5 $2 (58... c3 $1 $19 59. a6 c2) 59. Bxa5 {[#]} (59. Nd5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 59... Nb3 (59... c3 $1 $17 60. Ke2 c2) 60. Bb4 Nd4+ 61. Ke4 Nxb5 62. Nd5 a5 63. Bxa5 Nd6+ 64. Ke3 (64. Kf3 {is more complex.} Nb5 65. Ke3 Bh6+ 66. Ke4 Kg7 67. Kxe5 Kxg6 68. Ke4) 64... Bh6+ 65. Ke2 Kg7 66. Bc7 Nf5 67. Bxe5+ Kxg6 68. g4 Ng7 69. Nb6 Ne6 70. Nxc4 Bg7 71. Bd6 Kg5 72. Kf3 Nd4+ 73. Kg3 Ne2+ 74. Kf2 Nf4 75. Kf3 Ng6 76. Bc7 Bc3 77. Ne3 Be5 78. Bb6 Bf6 79. Ba5 $1 Ne5+ 80. Kg3 Be7 81. Bd2 Kg6 82. Nf5 Bg5 83. Bc3 Nf7 84. Bb4 Nh6 85. Nd4 Ng8 86. Nf3 Bf6 87. Bd2 Ne7 88. g5 Nf5+ 89. Kg4 Bb2 90. Bf4 Bc3 91. Ng1 Bd4 92. Nf3 Bc3 93. Bc1 Bg7 94. Ne1 Bd4 95. Ng2 {And now Nf4+ would win.} Be5 96. Bf4 Nh6+ {The position is equal.} 97. Kh4 Nf5+ 98. Kg4 Nh6+ 99. gxh6 Bxf4 100. h7 Kxh7 101. Kxf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.19} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Black "Song, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,79,19,14,12,0,7,0,22,1,-31,-24,42,25,45,24,29,3,11,-4,34,32,24,28,29,33,25,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,29,-33,-27,-25,-19,-8,-24,-24,-8,-30,0,-90,-90,-95,-81,-81,-53,-68,-75,-72,68,42,181,181,354,208,553,116,137,70,260,156,410,354,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. O-O O-O {The position is equal. 8...0-0 is better than 8...Nxc3.} 9. Qc2 b5 10. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] [#]} Bxc3 $146 (10... f6 $11 11. Nf3 Bb7) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7 11. axb5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. Rxb5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 {0-1 (104) Postny,E (2600)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2640) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 11. bxc3 $14 {Black must now prevent axb5.} f6 12. Ng4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} (12. Nf3 {feels hotter.} Bb7 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. e4) 12... Bb7 13. e4 Nb6 14. Qb1 c6 15. a5 Nc8 16. e5 {exf6 is the strong threat.} f5 17. Ne3 Qc7 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. f4 Qxa5 20. Qe1 Qd8 21. g4 $1 g6 22. gxf5 (22. h4 $1 $11) 22... gxf5 $15 23. Kh1 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6][%mdl 32]} 24. Rg1 {Threatens to win with Bxc6+.} Kh8 $1 25. Bf3 Nf8 26. Bc5 {Hoping for Bh5.} Ng6 27. Bh5 (27. Rg5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Nce7 $17 28. Qg3 Rg7 29. Rg2 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Bf3 Qd7 (31... Qd8 $1 $17 32. Rag1 Rg8) 32. Qg5 Rag8 (32... Re8 $14) 33. Rag1 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Qf6.} Rf7 {[#]} (33... Qd8 {is a better defense.}) 34. h4 (34. Qh4 $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rfg7 (34... Ne7 35. Bh5) 35. Qf6) 34... Rgg7 (34... Qd8 {is tougher.}) 35. h5 $2 (35. Qh6 $18 {[%cal Rg2g6] aiming for Rxg6.} Kg8 36. Bh5 (36. h5 Nf8 $16)) 35... Nf8 $16 {[#]} 36. Qh6 ({Better is} 36. Qh4 $1 $16 Rxg2 37. Kxg2) 36... Kg8 (36... Qd8 $1 $14 37. Rg5 (37. Rxg7 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Qh4+ 38. Kg2 Rxg7+ 39. Kf1 Qh3+ 40. Kf2 Qh2+ 41. Rg2 Rxg2+ 42. Bxg2 Ng6 $19 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) (37. Qxg7+ $2 {too greedy.} Rxg7 38. Rxg7 Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kg2 Kxg7 $19) 37... a5) 37. Rg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Bc8 $2 (37... Rxg5 $16 {might work better.} 38. Rxg5+ (38. fxg5 Qd8 $14) 38... Rg7) 38. Kh2 $18 {White threatens Bxc6 and mate.} a5 $2 {[#]} (38... Bb7 $18 39. Rxg7+ Rxg7 40. Bxf8 Kxf8 41. Qf6+ Kg8) 39. Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc7 40. Be8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.32/Black=0.64} 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Di Benedetto, Edoardo"]
[Black "Dobrikov, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,140,13,21,21,20,25,20,30,11,41,39,52,14,15,0,0,0,22,18,38,23,27,0,116,123,107,91,104,46,39,35,66,-17,-17,-17,-27,-8,3,3,3,3,3,3,29,45,61,20,39,-97,-100,-93,-93,-93,-92,-90,-96,-150,0,0,0,0,80,80,80,80,82,83,109,109,113,113,113,113,120,120,120,113,113,113,113,113,120,113,120,113,120,113,113,113,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,100,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,160,156,217,217,217,217,472,472,5005]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bf4 cxd5 {D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6.} 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc4 {The position is equal.} 14. Qb3 Nb6 {[#]} ({Not} 14... Qxd5 $2 15. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) ({But not} 14... Nxb2 15. Be5 $14) 15. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. a4 Qe8 17. Re1 Bxa4 18. Qa3 Qb5 19. Be5 Qxd5 20. Ng5 Qb3 21. Qxb3 Bxb3 22. Bxb7 {½-½ (29) Grachev,B (2668)-Dvoirys,S (2569) Irkutsk 2010}) 15... Bd7 {White should prevent ...Ba4.} 16. Qa3 Nc4 17. Qb4 Nxb2 18. Rd2 Qb6 19. Qxe7 Bf5 20. Bc7 Qa6 21. Nd4 (21. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Rh4f5]} Bd3 22. Qb4 $11) 21... Bd3 22. Qb4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4b2]} Bxf1 23. Bxf1 Qxa2 24. Rxb2 (24. d6 $1 $16) 24... Qxd5 $14 25. Rd2 Rfe8 26. Qb5 Qxb5 $11 27. Nxb5 a6 28. Nd6 Re7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 29. Bb6 Be5 30. Nc4 Bc7 31. Bc5 Re6 32. Rd7 Rc6 33. Bd6 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rc8 {...b5 is the strong threat.} 34. Ba3 (34. Be7 $1 $14 {was the only good move.}) 34... b5 $17 35. Ne3 {Hoping for Nd5.} Rd8 36. Re7 {Bg2 would now be nice for White.} Bd6 37. Bxd6 Rdxd6 38. Be2 {[#]} (38. Rb7 $142) 38... b4 (38... Rd2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd2e2]} 39. Bf3 Rf6) 39. Bc4 $11 a5 40. Ra7 a4 (40... Rc5 $11) 41. Rxa4 $16 {Black is now going downhill.} Rb6 42. Nd5 Rb7 43. Nxb4 ({Avoid the trap} 43. Rxb4 $2 Rxb4 44. Nxb4 Rd4 $19) 43... Kg7 44. Nd5 Rbd7 45. Ne3 Rc7 46. Ra5 Rdc6 47. Bd5 Rc5 48. Ra4 Rd7 49. Bf3 h5 50. h4 Re5 51. Kg2 Rc5 52. Rb4 Ra5 53. Bc6 Rd6 54. Be4 Ra7 55. Nd5 Ra5 56. Nf4 Ra7 57. Rb5 Re7 58. Bc2 Rd2 59. Rc5 Rb7 60. Be4 Ra7 61. Rc6 Raa2 {[#]} 62. Nh3 $1 Ra7 63. Bc2 Rb7 64. Rc3 Rd4 65. Ng5 Rdb4 66. Rf3 R4b5 67. Ba4 Re5 (67... R5b6 $16 {was necessary.} 68. Bc2 Rf6) 68. Bb3 $18 f6 69. Ne6+ Kh6 $2 (69... Kh7 {is a better defense.} 70. Nf4 Ra5) 70. Nd8 Re6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.15} (70... Rh7 $142 71. Nf7+ Rxf7) 1-0

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,97,49,50,48,56,47,50,1,123,3,36,39,54,53,50,53,54,41,45,38,54,34,56,52,82,68,82,82,85,86,83,83,87,79,77,75,75,74,72,56,54,52,52,52,51,51,45,42,47,3,6,2,23,3,3,3,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,50,36,49,36,36,36,36,36,36,30,30,30,30,30,30,30]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxf6 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6.} Bxf6 12. Nd5 Kg7 {[#] now supersedes 12...Bg7.} 13. Nd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} (13. Nxc7 {with more complications.} Rb8 14. e4 Be7 15. Rfd1 Bg4 16. h3) ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. e4 Be7 15. Nd5 Bc5 16. h3 Be6 17. Rfd1 a5 18. b3 b6 19. Rd2 {½-½ (39) Vidit,S (2726)-Dubov,D (2699) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Be6 (13... Bg4 $11 {remains equal.}) 14. Rfd1 ({Better is} 14. Nxc7 $16 Rxd2 15. Nxa8 Bxc4 16. Rfd1 Rxb2 17. Rab1 Rxa2 18. e3) 14... Bxd5 (14... Rac8 {feels hotter.} 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 17. Nc5 Bxc4 18. Bxb7 Rb8) 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. Nc4 Nf5 17. Rac1 Nd6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Rc7 Rab8 20. Rdc1 e4 21. b3 Bd4 22. Bxe4 Bc5 23. Kg2 a5 24. Bd3 Rdc8 25. Rd7 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Rc4 Re8 28. Ra4 Bb6 29. Bb5 Re5 30. Bc4 Re4 31. e3 f5 32. Kf3 Kf6 33. Ke2 g5 34. Kd3 {White wants to play b4.} Ke5 35. Bb5 Kxd5 36. Bd7 Rxa4 37. bxa4 $11 {KB-KB} Ke5 (37... f4 $5) 38. f4+ gxf4 39. gxf4+ Kf6 40. Bc8 Bc5 41. Bxb7 Bb6 42. h3 Bc5 43. e4 fxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Bb4 45. Bc8 Bd2 46. f5 Bb4 {White has an edge.} 47. Kd5 Bc5 48. Be6 Bb4 49. Ke4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Rindone, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,39,14,31,0,12,18,11,-53,-52,-48,-35,-29,-34,-39,-28,-33,-38,-33,0,0,0,-37,0,0,0,-44]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 4] [#] Bf6! is the strong threat. is recently more successful than 9.Qh5. C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} (9. Nf3 $5 {[%cal Rd3h7]} Ng6 10. Bd2 $11) 9... Qc7 10. Nf3 Ng6 {[#]} 11. Qh5 $146 (11. O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 c4 13. Be2 f6 14. Qh5 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Rf7 16. Bf1 Raf8 17. g3 {0-1 (37) Ernst,T (2349)-Dgebuadze,A (2490) Kiel 2015}) 11... cxd4 $15 12. O-O $1 Ncxe5 (12... dxc3 $5 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 13. Bc1 a6 $17) 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Rae1 Qc7 15. cxd4 f5 16. Re3 {next Rh3 is good for White.} Nf4 17. Qh4 Ng6 18. Qh5 Nf4 19. Qh4 Ng6 20. Qh5 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vergani Cup January 2021"]
[Site "Bassano del Grappa"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Muetsch, Annmarie"]
[Black "Lumachi, Gabriele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2021.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,20,-2,22,22,21,26,35,10,59,46,81]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Bf4 {C45: Scotch Game.} d6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a5 10. Bb5 {[#]} f5 $146 {White took control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.00/Black=0.21} ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. Kb1 Qb8 12. h4 Qa7 13. h5 Rad8 14. h6 g6 15. Bg3 f6 16. Rhe1 Ne5 {1-0 (33) Vallejo Pons,F (2678)-Delorme,A (2489) Linares 2019}) 1/2-1/2

