[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,61,35,13,35,30,33,0,0,0,7,18,0,12,20,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-5,-11,-11,-7,-12,-10,-14,-17,-38,-38,-38,-38,-26,-29,-37,-24,-38,-8,-8,-8,-13,0,0,0,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 (5... O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Bb6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 15. Bb3 {½-½ (29) Anand,V (2760)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) (5... O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Re1 d6 9. d4 Bd7 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a4 Be7 13. Na3 Rf8 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 {½-½ (31) Anand,V (2776)-Aronian,L (2794) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 6. Nbd2 {C65: Spanische Partie (Berliner-Verteidigung)} O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. exd5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Weiß steht etwas besser.} a6 (8... Nxd5 {keeps more tension.} 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Nc4 Qf6 11. Na5 a6) 9. Bxc6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. Bc4 Na5 10. Nb3 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Ba7 12. Bg5 b5 13. Nbd2 {1-0 (42) Gopal,G (2560)-Melkumyan,H (2653) Bad Wiessee 2016}) 9... bxc6 10. Ne4 (10. d4 {is more complex.} exd4 11. cxd4 Bb6 12. dxc6 Qd5 13. Nb3) 10... Nxe4 11. dxe4 cxd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. exd5 e4 14. Nd2 e3 15. fxe3 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 Bg4 {Weiss muss nun ...Le2 beachten.} 17. Nf3 $1 Bxc1 $1 18. Raxc1 Re2 $1 19. b4 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxa2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTT} 21. Kg1 Rd2 22. c4 Rb8 23. b5 axb5 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. Rxc7 {[%cal Rc7c8] [#]} Rb1+ 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Kf8 28. Rc8+ {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Ke7 29. Rc7+ Kf8 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Rc7+ {Precision: Weiß = 64%, Schwarz = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,116,0,12,0,4,4,34,30,42,24,31,40,43,38,58,20,56,23,24,22,19,21,38,12,12,14,2,7,0,6,36,37,35,30,30,32,33,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,21,16,16,16,16,16,25,20,24,17,25,17,32,17,27,18,40,0,8,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 582 Games} 8. b4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. a4 Ne4 11. Be1 a5 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bf6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 Bxd4 16. Nb3 Bf6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 {½-½ (28) Grischuk,A (2767)-Karjakin,S (2763) Berlin 2018}) (8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nhf6 17. e3 Qb8 18. Bf1 Rc8 {½-½ (56) So,W (2788)-Karjakin,S (2760) London 2017}) 8... c6 9. a4 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne4 10. Be1 b6 11. a5 Ba6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. axb6 axb6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Na3 f5 {1-0 (26) Globus,O (2389)-Gonda,L (2515) Budapest 2018}) 10. Qc2 {White is slightly better.} e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bc3 Re8 14. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bh3 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. Qb2 Rad8 18. b5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 f6 22. Bd4 Qe6 23. Qa2 (23. Rab1 {seems wilder.} Bb8 24. Be3 f5 25. Rd1 h6 26. Rd2) 23... Bb8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qxa2.} 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. e3 Kf7 26. Ra2 b6 27. Rac2 h5 28. h3 Rh8 29. Kf1 Rd8 30. Ke2 Re7 31. Rc6 Re6 32. R6c4 Re7 33. Bc3 Ree8 34. Bb4 Rd7 35. R1c2 f5 36. Rc1 Be5 37. g4 hxg4 {The position is equal.} 38. hxg4 g6 39. Rg1 Red8 40. Rc6 {[#] Threatens to win with gxf5.} Rc7 41. Rxc7+ Bxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 42. Rh1 Rd7 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Rh6 Be5 45. f3 exf3+ 46. Kxf3 Rd3 47. Ke2 Rb3 48. Bd6 Bxd6 49. Rxd6 {KR-KR} Rb4 50. Rd7+ Ke6 51. Rxa7 f4 52. Ra6 {Hoping for exf4.} Kd5 53. exf4 Rxf4 54. Rxb6 Rxa4 55. Ra6 Rxa6 56. bxa6 {Threatening mate with a7.} Kc6 57. a7 Kb7 58. a8=R Kxa8 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,153,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,20,9,7,38,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,12,8,9,4,22,2,26,0,18,30,17,12,22,0,22,0,96,102,97,77,99,72,88,82,97,84,171,168,175,175,183,170,168,168,153,127,208,207,241,248,240,240,235,233,383,375,475,475,475,475,459,444,445,445,444,444,437,437,670,660,595,417,408,382,1435,1063,1435,1435,1435,1270,1270,1259,1245,1150,795,0,772,765,29966,702,575,0,29971,29973,29970,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29975,29974,29974,29975,29975,29967,29967,29968,29964,29963,29981,29982,29984,29952,29967,11573,29978,29978,29978,29979,29980,29981,29977,29971,29969,7010,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. ...a4 is the strong threat. C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} 8. c3 (8. a3 a4 9. Ba2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 h6 13. Nf1 Qb6 14. Ne3 d4 15. Nf5 {0-1 (42) Adhiban,B (2655)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 8... Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. Ne3 Nb6 14. a4 Bg4 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 {½-½ (41) Pirs,M (2552)-Akdag,M (2535) ICCF email 2011}) 13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 axb4 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. d4 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd4 Re7 20. Rac1 Rd7 21. Red1 h6 22. Rc5 Ra5 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. h3 Kh7 25. Rc1 Rc7 (25... Qa6 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Rxc7 $1 $16 Qxc7 27. Qxb4 Qc1+ 28. Bd1 Ba6 29. Qd4 Be2 30. Kh2 Bxd1 (30... Qc7+ $16 {was worth a try.} 31. g3 Bxd1 32. Nxd1 h5) 31. Nxd1 $18 Qc7+ 32. Kg1 Qc1 {[#]} 33. b4 $1 e3 34. fxe3 Ne4 35. Qxd5 Nd2 (35... Qb1 $16 {is a better defense.}) 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qg4 f5 38. Qe2 Ne4 {[#]} 39. Qe1 $1 Qa1 (39... Qc4 {was necessary.} 40. a5 Kg8) 40. a5 Nd6 41. Qd2 Nc4 42. Qd4 Qc1 {intending ...Nd2.} 43. Kf1 Nxe3+ 44. Qxe3 Qxd1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46. Kg3 g5 (46... Kg8 $142 47. a6 f4+ 48. Qxf4 (48. Kxf4 Qc4+ 49. Qe4 Qxa6 $18) 48... Qd3+ 49. Kh2 Qxa6 50. Qb8+ Kh7) 47. Qe5+ Kh7 48. Kh2 f4 {Now ...f3 and Black clings on.} 49. Qd5 Qa4 $2 (49... Qe2 50. b5 f3 51. Qf7+ Kh8 52. Qxf3 Qxb5 53. Qf6+ Kg8) 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qg6 Qxb4 52. Qxh6+ Kg8 53. Qxg5+ Kh7 54. Qh5+ Kg7 55. Qg5+ Kh7 $1 56. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qd6 57. Qh5+ (57. h5 $142 f3+ 58. g3 Qd4 59. Qg6+ Kh8 60. a6 Qd2+ 61. Kh3 Qg2+ 62. Kg4) 57... Kg7 58. Qg5+ (58. Kh3 $18) 58... Kh7 $1 59. h5 f3+ 60. g3 f2 {[#]} 61. Qg6+ $1 Kh8 (61... Qxg6 62. hxg6+) 62. Qxd6 f1=Q {KQ-KQ} 63. Qh6+ Kg8 64. Qe6+ Kh8 65. Qe3 Qb5 66. Qc3+ Kh7 67. g4 Qd5 68. Qc7+ Kg8 69. Kg3 Qe6 70. Qd8+ Kh7 71. Qd3+ Kh8 72. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Qe5+ 73. Kh3 Qa1 74. Qd8+ Kh7 75. Qe7+ Kh6 76. Qe3+ Kh7 77. a7 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,49,12,0,38,31,35,39,45,22,38,33,36,30,37,27,31,28,32,36,42,43,38,29,28,23,25,18,29,35,29,16,28,0,0,0,19,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nbd7 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} (7... c5 $5) (7... Nfd7 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rfd1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 {0-1 (32) Cocchi,A (2255)-Rombaldoni,A (2553) Civitanova Marche 2016}) 8. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. b4 Ne8 9. O-O Nd6 10. Bb3 e5 11. Rc1 c6 12. a4 Qe7 13. e4 exd4 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 c5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 {½-½ (18) Gokhale,A (2217)-Harika,D (2353) Calicut 2003}) 8... c5 {[#] aiming for ...cxd4.} 9. d5 Ne8 {White is slightly better.} 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 Nd6 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O e6 15. Be3 exd5 16. Nxd5 Be6 $1 17. Bxc5 {[#] f4 is the strong threat.} Bxd5 18. exd5 Re8 {Strongly threatening ...Bxh2+!} 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Be3 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qg7 22. Bh6 Qf6 {The position is equal.} 23. Bg5 Qg7 24. Bh6 Qf6 25. Bg5 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,52,28,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-46,7,19,31,8,33,44,50,63,58,58,72,13,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Russische Verteidigung (Petrow)} b6 (8... Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. c4 Nb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Bf5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc8 {0-1 (39) Robson,R (2660)-Caruana,F (2804) Saint Louis 2018}) 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. h4 Nd7 {LiveBook: 7 Partien} 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Kb1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12. h5 Bf6 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Bb5 {1-0 (14) Tiemann,H (2361)-Torres,C (2388) GER email 2016}) 12... Bf6 13. Rh3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. g4 c4 (15... g6 $15) 16. Bxc4 $11 {Mit der Idee g5.} Re4 17. Qd3 {[#] Und g5 würde nun gewinnen.} (17. Bd5 {keeps more tension.} Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxg4 19. Rg3 Rxg3 20. fxg3 Rc8 21. a4) 17... d5 (17... Rxg4 {is interesting.} 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Be4 20. Qe2 Bf5) 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxg4 21. Ra5 (21. Rc5 $16) 21... Rg2 22. a4 Rxf2 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 23. h5 Rf1+ 24. Ka2 Rf2 25. Kb1 Rf1+ 26. Ka2 Rf2 {Precision: Weiß = 47%, Schwarz = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,82,20,27,19,20,18,8,8,8,8,2,5,11,13,8,7,3,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,12,11,13,15,0,15,8,6,3,8,8,0,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5 {C78: Spanische Partie (Archangelsk- und Möller-Variante)} (8. Re1 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bb7 11. a4 Ne7 12. Bc2 Ng6 13. Na3 c6 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Nc2 h6 16. dxe5 dxe5 {0-1 (35) Topalov,V (2749)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Shamkir 2018}) 8... Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5 12. exd6 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Qxd6 13. Qxd6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} cxd6 14. Rd1 Bg4 15. Rxd6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15. Be3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 {½-½ (30) Kuosmanen,K (2180)-Mujunen,M (2245) ICCF email 2015}) 15... Bf5 16. Na3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rd1 Nf5 19. Nc4 Rfe8 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxf3 $1 23. gxf3 Rxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTT} 24. Rd7 Rb8 25. Rad1 Kf8 26. Kf2 Re7 27. Rd8+ Re8 28. Rxb8 (28. R8d4 {keeps more tension.} Re6 29. a4 Rbe8 30. R1d2 R8e7 31. Rd8+) 28... Rxb8 {KT-KT} 29. Rd7 Ke8 30. Rc7 b5 31. Rc6 Ra8 32. c4 Kd7 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Rb6 Rxa2 35. Rxb5 Ra4 36. Kg3 Rd4 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Rb6+ Kf5 39. Rb5+ Ke6 40. Rb6+ Kf5 41. Rb5+ Ke6 {Precision: Weiß = 70%, Schwarz = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,86,6,8,8,7,6,6,30,21,27,0,16,9,6,7,15,7,7,8,24,16,29,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,8,8,6,6,6,6,4,6,10,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} h6 (12... c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Rfc1 Bb4 17. Rc4 Be7 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nbd7 {½-½ (33) Meier,G (2648)-Hou,Y (2654) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 {LiveBook: 21 Games} Qxd4 16. Bxb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Bf3 Nd7 19. Rfd1 c5 {1-0 (48) Hauser,J (2364)-Gross Winter,G (2244) ICCF email 2012}) 16... Ra7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qxd1.} 17. Bg2 Nd7 18. Ne4 c5 19. Rb1 (19. Nxf6+ {with more complications.} Qxf6 20. b3 c4 21. bxc4 Rc8 22. e3) 19... Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Rb8 21. b3 Be7 22. e3 c4 23. bxc4 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rc7 25. c5 Nxc5 26. Rc1 f5 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Rb1 Kf7 29. Rb6 a5 30. Bc6 Bd8 31. Ra6 Ke7 32. Kg2 g5 33. h3 Bc7 34. Bb5 Rc3 35. Ra8 Rc2 36. Ra6 h5 {The position is equal.} 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Bxc6 {KB-KB} h4 39. gxh4 gxh4 40. e4 Kd6 41. Bb7 Ke7 42. Bc6 Kd6 43. Bb7 Ke7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,9,10,0,8,8,25,6,3,3,3,3,8,6,9,8,1,6,7,0,17,17,17,17,11,12,6,0,25,0,6,6,0,0,0,-6,-8,-25,0,-8,-4,-8,-6,-6,-6,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} (6. Qc2 c6 7. h3 g6 8. Bh6 Bf5 9. Qc1 Nbd7 10. e3 Bf8 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Be2 Kg7 13. O-O a5 {1-0 (42) Khismatullin,D (2632)-Howell,D (2676) Riadh 2017}) 6... O-O 7. Bf4 c5 8. dxc5 {White has an edge.} Bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 d4 11. exd4 Bxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 {0-1 (43) Sarwer,J (2344)-Pihlajasalo,A (2442) Finland 2016}) 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32] [#] Black must now prevent Nc4.} Na4 20. Nc4 Qxc3 21. Nd6 {[%cal Rd6f7]} Re7 22. Qxa4 Kxh7 23. Rac1 Qf6 (23... Qd3 {is more complex.} 24. Bc5 Be6 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. Qxc6 Bd5) 24. Nxc8 {The position is equal.} Rxc8 25. Bxa7 Nxa7 (25... Ra8 $5 26. Qc2+ $8 Qg6 $11) 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Qc2+ Qg6 28. Qxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re2 29. Qxb7 Rxa2 30. Qb1 (30. Qf3 {with more complications.} Rd2 31. Re1 f6 32. Re3 Qc2 33. g3) 30... Qxb1 (30... Rd2 {feels hotter.} 31. Rc1 Qxb1 32. Rxb1 Kg6 33. Rb6+ f6) 31. Rxb1 {KR-KR} h5 32. h4 g6 33. g3 Ra3 34. Kg2 Ra2 35. Rb7 Kg7 36. Rc7 Kf6 37. Rb7 Kg7 38. Rc7 Kf6 39. Rb7 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,93,0,8,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,9,9,9,23,18,33,20,16,17,25,0,34,34,34,34,53,51,56,64,65,69,58,65,56,56,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. g4 {D56: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defence} Rd8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rg1 c5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 exd5 15. g5 hxg5 16. Qh5 g4 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Qxg4 {½-½ (71) Ragger,M (2651)-Alekseev,E (2659) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 11... Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qb4+ 14. Ke2 e5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nf6.} 15. Qc2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. h3 c5 18. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 19. gxf5 b5 {[%cal Re5c4]} 20. Qc3 (20. Bg2 {with more complications.} Rab8 21. b3 bxc4 22. bxc4 Qb2 23. Rhd1) 20... Nxc4 (20... Qxc3 {is interesting.} 21. Rxc3 Nxc4 22. b3 Rd2+ 23. Kf3 Ne5+) 21. Qxb4 cxb4 22. b3 Nb6 23. e4 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Kd2 a6 26. Bd3 Kf8 27. f4 f6 28. Rc1 Rxc1 {The position is equal.} 29. Kxc1 $11 {KB-KN} Ke7 30. Kd2 Kd6 $1 31. Be2 Kc5 {aiming for ...Kd4.} 32. Kd3 Nc8 33. Bh5 Ne7 34. Be8 Nc8 35. Bd7 Ne7 36. h4 Kd6 37. Be8 Kc5 38. Ke3 Nc8 39. Bd7 Ne7 40. Kd3 Kd6 41. Be6 g6 42. Ke3 a5 43. Kd4 {[#] Threatens to win with e5+.} Nc6+ 44. Kd3 Ne7 45. Kd4 {Strongly threatening e5+.} Nc6+ 46. Ke3 Ne7 47. Kd4 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,61,14,24,19,19,17,12,8,44,41,44,45,48,52,46,35,40,36,44,33,36,19,45,29,41,42,70,44,83,83,90,89,80,73,222,222,408,408,397,398,384,380]} 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 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. d5 Re8 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 12. Rxe8+ (12. Bd3 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qe7 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. d6 cxd6 16. Na3 d5 17. Nb5 d6 18. Nxd6 {½-½ (32) Caruana,F (2784)-Aronian,L (2794) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 12... Qxe8 {The position is equal.} 13. Qd3 d6 14. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Bd2 Qe5 16. Rb1 Qd4 17. Ne4 Be7 18. c4 Qxd3 19. Bxd3 {½-½ (52) Nichols,S (2253)-Larwinski,P (2167) LSS email 2013}) 14... Bg5 15. Nf3 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Bd7 17. Re1 Qd8 18. Qc4 g6 19. h3 Ng7 20. Re3 a5 21. a4 Ne8 22. Qd4 Ng7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nf5.} 23. g4 c6 24. c4 Ne8 25. Qf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Kg7 26. Rb3 Rb8 27. Ng5 Nf6 {[#]} (27... Qf6 $16 28. Qd2 h6) 28. Rf3 $1 $18 {Hoping for Qd4.} (28. Qxd6 cxd5 29. Rf3 (29. cxd5 h6 $11) 29... Bc6 $16) 28... h6 $2 (28... Qe7 {keeps fighting.}) 29. Ne4 {White is winning.} Nxe4 30. Qxf7+ ({Not} 30. Qxe4 c5 $14) 30... Kh8 {...Ng5 is the strong threat.} 31. Qxg6 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.30"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Be6 10. Bb5 (10. b3 Ba7 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. N1h2 Rad8 15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 {½-½ (27) Karjakin,S (2778)-Ding,L (2778) Shamkir 2018}) 10... Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Re2 a4 13. Ng3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Qa5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nh4 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Kh7 16. Nhf5 {½-½ (50) Salomon,J (2503)-Aleksandrov,A (2618) Moscow 2018}) 16. Re1 Kh7 17. Qf3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qf5+ g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Qxf6 Rf8 22. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h6]} g5 $1 (22... Bxf2+ 23. Kh2 $16) 23. Bxg5 $1 Rxf2 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 {[#] Hoping for ...Rf6+.} 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...Rf6+.} 28. Qh6+ {Precision: White = 92%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.30"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,80,18,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,23,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,22,16,19,16,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,-52,5]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Ng5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Qb3 b5 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. c4 Be6 17. Qc2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd5 {½-½ (30) Anand,V (2783)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017}) 12... h6 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. Ne4 {The position is equal.} Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Qh3 Qxh3+ $1 17. gxh3 {[#] aiming for Nd6.} Bxe4 18. Rg1 {Threatens to win with Bxh6.} Re8 19. Bxh6 g6 20. Rge1 $146 Nd7 21. Bf1 Bf5 22. c4 Nf6 23. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rad8 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. a5 Rd8 27. Be3 (27. a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b7]} b6 28. Bg2 $11) 27... a6 28. Ra4 Ng8 29. Rb4 Rd7 30. Bg2 {White wants to play d5.} Ne7 31. h4 Be6 32. Be4 Nf5 33. d5 cxd5 34. cxd5 Bxd5 35. Bxf5 gxf5 $11 {KRB-KRB} 36. Rd4 Bc6 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. h5 Kh7 39. Kg3 Be6 40. Kf4 (40. Bd4 $11) 40... Bd7 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 69%.} (40... Kh6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,75,31,16,22,22,14,18,6,6,10,12,12,12,12,12,11,12,12,12,12,14,12,41,25,145,139,147,145,147,128,113,124,132,135,106,128,156,139,127,97,543,537,529,519,1056,983,2539,2551,2082,1975]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} (11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd2 e6 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. h4 Rac8 15. h5 Na5 16. Bd3 f5 17. e5 c4 18. Bb1 Rfe8 {0-1 (40) Salem,A (2656)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Doha 2016}) 11... Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 15. Rb1 a6 {[#]} 16. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Nb3 Rd8 18. Qc2 {½-½ (18) Roubaud,D (2559)-Dothan,Y (2575) ICCF email 2016}) 16... Qc7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nc4 e6 22. h3 Bh5 $1 {Strongly threatening ...fxe4.} 23. exf5 exf5 24. Bg5 f4 25. Qf2 f3 (25... Re8 $11) 26. Bxd8 $16 Rxd8 27. Qh4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh4h5][%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} fxg2 28. Rfe1 $1 {[%cal Re1e7,Bf1e1,Be1e3,Be3g3][%mdl 32]} Bf3 29. Re3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Bc6 30. Rbe1 Rf8 31. Ne5 {[%cal Bc4e5,Be5d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32] aiming for Rg3.} Bd5 {[#]} 32. Rg3 $1 {Intending Qf6 and mate.} f6 33. Nd3 {Nf4 is the strong threat.} Bxa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Kh8 $16) 34. c4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qd6 35. Nf4 {Hoping for Nh5.} Qd4+ (35... Bxc4 $142 36. Nh5 Kh8 37. Rxg7 Bd3 38. Rxg2 Bf5) 36. Kh2 Bxc4 37. Qh6 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rh6g7]} f5 {[#]} 38. Nh5 $1 {Precision: White = 98%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,111,8,10,11,16,20,13,18,41,38,40,24,58,43,79,78,84,82,85,87,83,75,73,73,73,73,74,73,79,79,79,79,74,77,70,76,77,58,99,99,108,109,127,60,85,28,82,79,113,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,73,73,74,76,71,77,73,132,130,126,119,130,129,118,118,100,91]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 e5 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} 13. dxc5 Be6 14. c4 bxc5 15. Bxc5 Bh6 16. Rc3 Re8 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Ba3 {[%cal Bc5a3,Ba3c1,Bc1g5][%mdl 32]} Rab8 {[#]} 19. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. c5 Red8 20. c6 {0-1 (41) Van Wely,L (2677)-Shirov,A (2740) Foros 2008}) 19... Red8 20. Bc1 Bf8 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. c5 h6 23. Be3 Nc6 {Threatening ...Nb4.} 24. Bc4 $1 Nd4 25. Bxd4 $1 exd4 26. Bxe6 dxc3 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Nxc3 {Hoping for Nd5.} Qd4 29. c6 Qc4 30. Rc1 {And now Nd5 would win.} Qxc6 31. Nd5 Qxc2 32. Rxc2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. f4 Re1 35. e5 g5 36. g3 Rd1 37. Ne3 (37. Nf6 $16) 37... Rd3 $14 38. Ng4 (38. Nf5+ $1 $16 Kh7 39. Kg2) 38... Be7 (38... gxf4 $11 {remains equal.} 39. gxf4 Bb4) 39. f5 {Strongly threatening f6+.} Bd8 40. f6+ Kh7 41. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7]} fxe6 42. Rf2 $1 {f7 is the strong threat.} Bc7 43. f7 $1 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Bxg3+ 44. Kg2 $1 ({Reject} 44. Kh1 Bd6 $11) 44... Bd6 {White must now prevent ...Kg7.} 45. f8=Q Bxf8 46. Rxf8 $16 {aiming for Rf7+. KRN-KR} Ra3 47. Rf2 Kg6 48. Re2 Kh5 49. Nf6+ Kg6 50. Ne4 e5 51. Rc2 Kf5 (51... Ra6 $142) 52. Ng3+ Ke6 {White is better.} 53. Rf2 $1 Kd5 {[#]} 54. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h6]} Ra6 {[#]} 55. Kf3 $1 e4+ 56. Kg4 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 71%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,66,12,10,25,7,11,4,5,0,5,5,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nb6 {D60: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Unusual White 7th moves} 13. Be2 (13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Be4 {0-1 (53) Salem,A (2638)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 13... Nbd5 {The position is equal.} 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qb3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nf6 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 {1-0 (44) Monteiro,M-Babo,M Portugal 1996}) 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qf6 21. Qb3 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 25. g3 g6 26. h4 h5 27. Qc4 a5 28. b3 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Kf1 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. Kf1 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,70,17,11,35,5,24,0,7,13,17,0,0,0,14,12,10,9,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (10... f5 11. a3 Kh8 12. b4 a6 13. Re1 Qe8 14. Qd2 Bd6 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rd8 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qa2 Qh6 {0-1 (38) Aronian,L (2809)-Harikrishna,P (2737) Geneva 2017}) 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. a3 a5 14. Qa4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Bd6 {[#]} 15. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb5 Bf8 18. Bc5 b6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 {1-0 (42) Matlakov,M (2701)-Swiercz,D (2645) Moscow 2017}) 15... Bxg2 16. Qc4 Qe7 {The position is equal.} ({Much worse is} 16... Bxf1 $6 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qh5 $16) 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Ne4 Ne6 19. Qd5 f5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxb7 Rab8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 22. Qf3 f4 23. Bd2 Nd4 24. Qe4 $1 Rxb2 {[#]} 25. Bxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe2 (25... exf4 26. Qxe8+) 26. Rc6 Nxf4+ 27. gxf4 Qd7 {...exf4 is the strong threat.} 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. fxe5 $1 Rc2 30. Qxc2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Rxe5 {[%cal Re5g5] [#]} 33. Rc5 Qg4+ 34. Kh1 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qg4+ {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,89,4,4,25,10,16,13,32,19,26,33,31,24,29,8,17,8,8,8,8,6,6,0,0,7,15,0,6,4,6,4,1,5,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-7,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,0,-4,0,-4]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. exd5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Nxd5 13. O-O {[#]} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rd8 14. Nd4 Qg6 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (31) Wojtaszek,R (2734)-Borisek,J (2565) Berlin 2015}) 14. Nd4 Qc5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bf3 Qa6 17. Re1 Be6 18. Qe2 Qxe2 {The position is equal.} 19. Nxe2 {Black should prevent Nf4.} Bg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 Ne5 22. Nf4 Nc6 23. Nd5 Bd6 24. Bc3 f6 25. Rad1 {[#] And now Nxf6+! would win.} Rad8 26. Rd2 Kf7 27. Red1 {Threatening Nxf6.} Bb8 28. Kf1 Rfe8 29. Nb4 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Bf4 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 33. Ke2 Bd6 34. Nc2 Nc6 35. Nd4 Nxd4+ 36. Bxd4 {KB-KB} a6 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Be3 Kd5 39. f3 b5 40. Bd2 f5 41. Be1 g6 42. Bd2 Be7 43. Be1 Bd6 44. Bd2 Be7 45. Be1 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,47,9,11,6,11,11,11,11,11,11,7,10,7,13,11,8,9,17,18,17,0,0,0,9,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} (7... h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 c6 10. g3 Nd7 11. Bh3 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qc6 Rb8 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rfc1 {½-½ (24) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Aronian,L (2794) Berlin 2018}) 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} Rd8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5 15. dxc5 {Black should prevent Bxf6.} Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... bxc5) 17. Bg3 Qxc5 18. Qd8+ Kg7 19. Be5 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Qc4+ 21. Ke1 Qc1+ 22. Ke2 Qc4+ 23. Ke1 Qc1+ 24. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,49,14,24,0,16,10,9,11,7,12,20,-12,-12,-12,-7,-10,0,-3,-18,-40,0,-29,0,-26,0,-18,0,-20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1d1,Bd1d4][%mdl 32]} Rb8 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (11... Qa5 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Qc2 Rfc8 14. Rd1 h6 15. Bf3 Be7 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Nc3 Rab8 18. b3 Rd8 19. Na4 Qb5 {1-0 (43) Yu,Y (2734)-Zhao,J (2622) Wuxi 2016}) 12. Qc2 Ba6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Rd1 {[#]} Bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qa5 14. Bd2 h6 15. e4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa3 18. Rab1 Bc4 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 {½-½ (44) Serna Lara,S (2247)-Suba,M (2507) Albacete 2008}) 14. bxc3 {[#] e4 is the strong threat.} Qa5 15. Bb2 Bc4 16. Rd4 Qa6 17. e4 Nb6 18. a4 e5 19. Rd2 Qa5 20. Rd6 c5 21. Bh3 Nc8 22. Rd2 Nb6 23. Rd6 Nc8 24. Rd2 Nb6 25. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,10,7,13,6,2,0,8,-21,15,0,27,6,43,38,45,33,52,54,131,50,165,158,156,169,167,125,131,107,114,113,129,85,93,85,90,84,78,91,72,71,166,149,152,140,180,172,168,173,275,199,253,221,237,210,204,183,310,305,529,503,785,618,622,604,778,778,778,774,733,652]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 {LiveBook: 8 Games. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. d3 Bg4 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qa3 Qxa3 15. bxa3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 {0-1 (52) Oleksienko,M (2615)-Navara,D (2726) Germany 2018}) 7... O-O 8. Bb2 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Re8 9. a3 {The position is equal.} a5 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Be2 Rad8 14. O-O Rd6 15. Qc4 Qd7 16. Rac1 {0-1 (31) Van Wely,L (2570)-Piket,J (2570) Wijk aan Zee 1996}) 10... b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qc2 e4 15. Nh2 Qg5 {[#]} ({Better is} 15... Rad8 $14) 16. f4 (16. f3 $1 $16) 16... exf3 (16... Qh4 $14) 17. Nxf3 $18 ({But not} 17. Bxf3 $6 Ne5 $14) 17... Qg3 18. Rf2 Rad8 19. Bc4 Nf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Raf1 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxf7+!} Rd6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 {[%cal Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Re7 24. b5 Ne5 25. Nd4 {Threatens to win with Nf5.} Bc8 26. Kh1 Kg7 (26... f5 $16 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxd2) 27. Be2 {[%cal Bc4e2,Be2d1,Bd1c2,Bc2f5][%mdl 32]} Kh8 28. Qc3 Kg7 29. Bd1 Kg8 30. Bc2 Qh4 (30... Kh8 $142 31. Be4 h6) 31. Rf4 Qg3 (31... Qg5 {is a better defense.} 32. R4f2 Kh8) 32. Bf5 Bb7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg3g2]} 33. Be4 Bc8 34. Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Qa8. White has strong initiative.} Kg7 (34... Re8 $142 35. Qa2 Bd7) 35. Qa8 Bxh3 $2 (35... Bd7 {was worth a try.} 36. Bf5 Re8) 36. gxh3 {Nf5+ would kill now.White is clearly winning.} Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Rxd4 38. Bg2 ({Weaker is} 38. exd4 Qg3+ 39. Bg2 Ng4 $16) 38... Qg3 39. Rxd4 Ng4 40. Rf3 Qe1+ 41. Bf1 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,56,16,15,24,28,35,33,36,37,42,41,35,29,20,28,31,20,21,16,18,16,16,16,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. g4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 {0-1 (37) Aronian,L (2794)-Caruana,F (2784) Berlin 2018}) 6... Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Qg4 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Kh8 {½-½ (37) Karjakin,S (2763)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Moscow 2018}) 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rb8 10. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Bxd7 13. Bg5 O-O {1-0 (52) Halkias,S (2580)-Fressinet,L (2670) Rijeka 2010}) 10... exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Be3 Bd6 17. b3 a5 18. Rfd1 a4 19. Rac1 axb3 20. axb3 Rfe8 {The position is equal.} 21. h3 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 g6 25. Rxc7 Rxb3 26. Rcd7 Rb8 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,1,25,14,35,36,37,35,43,37,35,40,58,65,77,45,56,57,58,59,46,44,53,29,23,30,29,22,52,25,25,15,60,-11,0,-18,0,-29,-25,-29,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 (5... Nf6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 a6 8. O-O-O b5 9. f3 h5 10. Nh3 Be7 11. Ng5 {1-0 (31) Carlsen,M (2843)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Shamkir 2018}) 6. b3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Bg7 7. Bb2 $1 Nf6 8. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Kb1 Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. f3 Qa5 11. g4 {1-0 (56) Langner,J (1836)-Perkampus,L (1805) Willingen 2018}) 10. Nge2 e5 11. f3 Rd8 12. Nd5 (12. g4 {feels hotter.} Be6 13. g5 Nh5 14. h4 b5 15. Bh3) 12... Qxd2 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rxd2 Bg5 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Rhf1 Nc6 {[%cal Bd4c6,Bc6e7,Be7g6][%mdl 32]} 19. a3 Ne7 20. Ne2 Be3 21. h3 (21. f4 $1 $14) 21... g5 22. a4 f6 23. c4 Ng6 24. Bc1 Bxc1 (24... Bc5 {is more complex.} 25. Rh1 a6 26. Kb2 Kf7 27. h4 gxh4 28. f4 exf4 29. Nxf4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Bd4+) 25. Nxc1 {The position is equal.} h5 26. Rf2 h4 27. Rfd2 Kf7 28. Ne2 Ke7 29. Kb2 Nf4 30. Nc3 a5 31. Bf1 b6 32. Bd3 Rc5 33. Bc2 Rc7 34. Re1 Rc5 35. Nd1 Rc6 36. Ne3 Rc7 37. Red1 Rc6 38. Bd3 Rc7 39. Bc2 Rc6 40. Bd3 Rc7 41. Bc2 Rc6 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.03"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,64,34,34,26,43,43,40,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-1,0,-5,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,-6,-11,-9,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} 9. Bc2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Re1+ (11. Bg5 Nde7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bg4 15. Re1 Nxd4 16. Be4 {1-0 (35) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Aronian,L (2789) chess.com INT 2017}) 11... Be6 {The position is equal.} 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nc3 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxd5.} O-O 14. Be4 $146 Rae8 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5d7]} Nxe5 17. dxe5 c6 18. f4 f6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. exf6 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Rxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 23. Qd2 d4 24. Rd1 d3 25. Qxd3 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxf4 {KR-KR} 27. Rd6 Rc4 28. Rxa6 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Kg1 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Kg1 Rc1+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.03"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,87,8,30,23,35,22,32,32,39,31,34,21,44,45,41,52,72,57,58,64,64,62,51,33,45,43,95,98,142,118,174,125,120,121,164,164,169,141,142,149,149,133,134,135,134,115,218,222,273,282,320,272,262,264,261,228,185,123,111,92,431,431,413,411,597,585,590,564]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} e6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Na4 Be7 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 12. h3 O-O 13. a3 Na5 14. Nc5 {[#]} Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxc5 15. dxc5 {½-½ (22) Alienkin,A (2387)-Lintchevski,D (2548) Ghent 2016}) 15. b4 (15. Nxb7 Qb6 $15) 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nxa3 17. Nd4 Be4 18. f3 Bg6 19. Qb3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Qe8 22. Bg3 {[%cal Bf4g3,Bg3e5,Be5d6][%mdl 32]} e5 23. Nb3 Bd8 ({Black should try} 23... e4 $14) 24. Qd5 $16 Qb5 25. Bxe5 Be7 (25... Re8 $16 {was necessary.}) 26. Qd2 Rfd8 {[#]} 27. Bd6 $1 Bf6 28. e4 h6 29. Nd4 Bxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Re8 31. Rfe1 Kh7 32. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} f6 33. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qc6 (33... Bf7 $16 34. e5 fxe5 35. fxe5 (35. Bxe5 Rcd8 $16) 35... Rcd8) 34. f5 $18 Bf7 35. h4 Ra8 36. Rc2 {[%cal Bc1c2,Bc2b2,Bb2b6][%mdl 32]} a5 {[#]} 37. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bh5 (37... fxg5 38. hxg5) 38. g6+ Kh8 {[#]} 39. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} (39. e5 $1 $18) 39... Qxb5 $16 40. Rb2 Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Qd7 $16) 41. Rb6 $18 Qc8 42. Qd5 a4 (42... Rd8 $142 43. Reb1 (43. Rxb7 Rxd6 44. Qf7 Qxc5+ 45. Kf1 Rd7 $11) (43. Qxb7 a4 $18) 43... Bxg6) 43. Rxb7 Rg8 44. c6 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,52,2,0,0,-14,-15,0,0,0,-2,-2,-8,-7,0,0,-2,-6,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Bc6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 13. e4 (13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 Qe5 15. e4 dxe4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 {½-½ (32) Wojtaszek,R (2744)-Giri,A (2777) Shamkir 2018}) 13... g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b4 14. Nb1 b3 15. Qe2 Bxa4 16. Qxc4 Bb5 17. Qxb3 {½-½ (60) Prohaszka,P (2596)-Munkhgal,G (2445) Zalakaros 2017}) 14. h4 Nd7 15. axb5 axb5 {Threatening ...b4.} 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bb7 {...b4 is the strong threat.} 19. Nxb5 Qa5 20. Nc3 Nb6 21. d6 cxd6 22. Rxd6 Be7 23. Rd1 Bf6 24. Rd6 Be7 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Rd6 Be7 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,80,6,29,8,8,8,8,5,13,0,0,0,0,-11,-7,-20,-20,-20,-15,-19,-15,-9,0,0,0,0,0,-29,0,0,3,-131,-159,-151,-139,-127,-138,-177,-182,-181,-185,-162,-176,-260,-250,-681,-668,-789,-734,-556,-477,-604,-533,-986,-900]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Nd4 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd3 14. Re3 Nf4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (14... Nxc1 15. Rxc1 a5 16. f4 g6 17. a4 Rb8 18. Bc2 Qc8 19. Nb3 bxa4 20. Nxa5 {1-0 (37) Short,N (2656)-Tukhaev,A (2551) Kolkata 2018}) 15. Nf3 Bg4 {[%cal Be6g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} 16. h3 Bh5 {[#]} 17. Rc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bc2 Ne6 18. Bf5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (50) Ye,J (2545)-Norri,J (2400) Helsinki 1992}) 17... Ne6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Be3 a5 20. Bc2 Bb4 21. Rb3 f5 22. exf6 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 Qxf6 24. Ne5 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32] White must now prevent ...c4.} 25. Nd7 Qf7 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 {[%cal Ba8f8,Bf8f7,Bf7f3][%mdl 32]} 27. Qf5 cxd4 28. Qxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxb4 (29. a3 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Nc5 30. Rxb4 axb4 31. Bxd4) 29... axb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Bd2 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. axb3 Rf3 32. b4 {[#]} Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d2]} ({Don't do} 32... Rxh3 33. Ra3 $17) 33. Re1 Kf7 ({Don't take} 33... Rxd2 34. Rxe6 Rxb2 35. Rd6 $17) 34. Bc1 Rxh3 35. Re5 {[#]} (35. Kg2 $142 Rb3 36. Re5) 35... Rd3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3d1]} 36. Kf1 $2 (36. Re1) 36... Rd1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 g6 39. f4 Nd8 40. g5 Ke6 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,60,21,5,4,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,12,14,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-39,-37,-34,-40,-37,-38,-38,-39,-41,-47,-42,-40,-44,-54,-48,-44,-54,-52,-59,0,-48,0,-59,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 14 Games} (7. d4 b6 8. h4 Bb7 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Rb1 f6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. a4 e5 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Rb5 Qa6 17. Rh3 Bxd4 18. Be2 Rd6 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Rb5 Qa6 21. Rb1 Qa5 22. Rb5 {½-½ (22) Aronian,L (2794)-Ding,L (2769) Berlin 2018}) 7... Bd7 8. Nf3 Bc6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bc2 Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. d4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 exd4 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. cxd4 {½-½ (31) Meskovs,N (2476)-Stupak,K (2561) Baku 2016}) 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. d4 g6 14. Ke2 e5 15. Bg5 Rd6 16. c5 Rd7 17. Bf6 Rg8 18. dxe5 Bxc5 19. Be4 Be7 $1 20. Rxb7 Kxb7 21. Rb1+ Kc8 $1 22. Bxc6 {[#] And now Bb7+ would win.} Bxf6 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. exf6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Re8+ 25. Kd3 Re6 26. Rb4 Rxf6 27. Ke3 Re6+ 28. Kd3 Rf6 29. Ke3 Re6+ 30. Kd3 Rf6 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 76%.} (30... Ra6 $15 31. Rd4+ Kc8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,78,16,0,20,22,13,8,8,7,6,4,10,14,18,2,16,1,17,-9,-5,-16,-6,-6,-4,-3,-8,-8,-3,-17,-17,-17,-14,-12,-15,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rfd8 13. Qa3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (13. Qd1 {keeps more tension.} Na5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. f4) 13... Qe7 (13... b6 {feels hotter.} 14. Rfd1 Na5 15. Be2 Bc6 16. c4 Qg6) 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 {[#]} 15. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Rfb1 {½-½ (46) Navara,D (2730)-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 15... b6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. e4 Nc8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Be2 Kf8 20. Kf2 Rac8 21. Nd3 Nb7 22. Nf4 c5 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. dxc5 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 Rxa2 27. cxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. c4 b5 30. cxb5 {The position is equal.} g5 31. Nd3 {[#] Black must now prevent b6.} Bxb5 32. Rf2 Rxf2 (32... Ra3 {seems wilder.} 33. Ne5 Rc3 34. h4 Rc5 35. Ng4 Kg7) 33. Nxf2 {KB-KN} f5 34. exf5 exf5 35. h4 $1 f4+ 36. Kg4 Bf1 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Kxg5 Bxg2 39. Kxf4 Bxf3 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,81,22,14,0,42,33,66,78,194,162,178,172,214,219,219,201,242,246,247,247,231,214,230,218,239,239,239,232,432,431,512,509,572,558,609,587,713,644,12822,12814,12656,11886,4698,1149,12828,10005,1521,746,29939,29939,29962,29963,29964,9610,29983,29962,29985,29986]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 11. d4 dxc4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Nd2 $146 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2e4,Be4f6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 14. e4 Bg4 15. Qa4 Qd6 16. Rae1 Rab8 17. Qxc4 b5 18. e5 bxc4 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {½-½ (31) Aronian,L (2765)-Anand,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015}) 14... Qe7 (14... Qg6 {is more complex.} 15. e4 Be6 16. Qa4 Qg5 17. Rf2 Qe3) 15. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 1056] White has compensation.} Na5 16. e5 Be6 {[#]} (16... Rb8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 17. Ne4 $1 $18 Rad8 18. Qh5 b5 {[#]} 19. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 {intending ...Rf8.} (19... gxf6 20. Rxf6) 20. d5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 ({Don't play} 21. Nxd5 $6 Qc5+ 22. Rf2 Rxd5 $16) 21... Rxd5 22. Nxe8 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} ({But not} 22. Nxd5 $6 Qc5+ 23. Rf2 Qxd5 $16) 22... Rxe5 23. Qxf7 Qxe8 24. Qxe8+ ({Resist} 24. Qxc7 $6 Nc6) 24... Rxe8 25. Rae1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} c5 $2 (26... Nb7 27. Re7 Nd6) 27. Kf2 b4 28. Ke3 bxc3 29. Rc1 Nc6 30. Rxc3 Nb4 31. Rxc4 Nxa2 32. Rxc5 Nb4 33. Ke4 Kh7 34. Rc4 (34. Ra5 $142 Nc6 35. Ra6) 34... a5 35. Rc5 a4 36. Ra5 (36. Rc4 $142 Na6 37. Kf5) 36... Nc6 37. Rxa4 Nd8 38. Ra6 Nf7 39. Kf5 (39. h4 $142 Kg8 40. Kf5 Kh7 41. Rb6 Nh8 42. Ke6 h5 43. Rb7 Kg6 44. Re7) 39... Nh8 40. h4 Nf7 41. g4 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,100,20,21,44,40,43,47,37,42,65,50,45,40,56,21,25,29,27,34,36,15,39,18,35,6,34,0,19,0,0,-30,-31,-28,-12,-40,-43,-43,-39,-41,-37,-45,-40,-44,-38,-112,-112,-113,-113,-113,-113,-111,-111,-112,-89,-289,-286,-282,-264,-250,-110,-239,-232,-204,-133,-149,0,-154,-61,-94,-111,-80,-79,-117,-131,-131,-110,-240,-235,-163,-152,-1660,-1462,-1352,-1108]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Nc6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (10... c6 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Be7 16. Rae1 Nbd7 17. f4 Rc8 18. Kg2 {½-½ (29) Voiculescu,C (2583)-Szczepanski,Z (2580) ICCF email 2010}) 11. c3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. Qc2 g4 14. Nh4 Ne4 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. g3 Qg5 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 {1-0 (73) Tieken,F (2111)-Sousa,C (2124) ICCF email 2014}) 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Nfd2 f5 15. Na3 Be6 16. Nc2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 $1 18. Rae1 Qf6 19. f3 Rf7 20. Re2 Raf8 21. Ne1 Ne7 22. Bc2 {[%cal Bd3c2,Bc2b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} a5 23. Bb3 Rg7 24. Qd3 Bd7 $1 25. a4 Kh8 26. Qd2 h5 27. Nd3 Nf5 28. Bxd5 Ne3 29. Rxe3 fxe3 30. Qxe3 Bxa4 31. Ra1 (31. b4 $15) 31... Re7 $17 32. Qd2 Bb5 $1 33. Rxa5 Bxd3 $1 34. Qxd3 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Rfe8 $1 36. Ra8 $2 (36. Rb5 $17 Qf4 37. g3) 36... Qf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4h4]} ({Stronger than} 36... Rxa8 37. Kxe1 Qe7+ 38. Qe4 $14) 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 38. Qd1 Qxh2 (38... Qh4+ $19 39. Kf1 Qxh2) 39. Qd2 (39. Be4 $17 {was forced.}) 39... Qh4+ 40. Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Kf1 Ra8 (42... Kg7 $17 {aiming for ...g4.} 43. Be4 g4) 43. Ke2 $1 $15 {next Qe3 is good for White.} Ra1 {Strongly threatening ...Qh1.} 44. Kd3 b5 45. c4 bxc4+ 46. Kxc4 {[#]} Qf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d2]} 47. Qe2 {[#]} (47. Qxf4 $17 {was the only defense.} gxf4 48. Bf7) 47... Qc1+ $1 $19 48. Kb5 {White threatens Qe8+ and mate.} Qc8 {( -> ...Qa6+)} 49. Kb6 $2 (49. Kb4 $17) 49... Qb8+ 50. Kc6 Rc1+ {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,159,-4,0,0,2,7,27,25,15,15,15,15,12,13,4,9,22,22,22,0,0,0,15,12,0,6,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-15,-24,-24,-22,-23,-21,-12,-25,0,-31,-28,-38,-38,-32,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-38,-31,-31,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-39,-38,-39,-39,-44,-39,-45,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-41,-25,-33,-27,-27,-27,-45,-35,-62,-25,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} h6 10. Be3 Ng4 $146 11. Bc1 {White has an edge.} Ngf6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. O-O Qc7 14. a5 Be6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. b4 Nd7 {[%cal Bc5d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 20. c4 Bg5 21. Be2 e4 22. Nb3 {[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3d4,Bd4c2][%mdl 32]} Bf6 23. Nd4 Bg6 24. Be3 Ne5 25. Qb3 Nd3 26. Red1 Rfe8 27. Ra2 Qe7 28. Nc2 Rc8 29. Ne1 {[%cal Re1d3]} Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Raa1 $1 {[%cal Re1d3]} Qc7 32. Nxd3 exd3 33. Bxd3 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxc4 35. Qd2 Re2 36. Qxg5 Qxb4 37. h3 Re5 38. Qd2 Qxd2 39. Rxd2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc5 40. Rb2 Re7 41. Rab1 Rxa5 42. Rxb7 Rxb7 43. Rxb7 Rxd5 {KR-KR} 44. Kf1 g6 45. Ke2 Kg7 46. h4 a5 47. Ra7 Kf6 48. g4 Rd4 49. h5 a4 50. f3 gxh5 51. gxh5 Rh4 52. h6 Rxh6 53. Rxa4 Ke5 54. Re4+ Kf5 55. Rd4 Re6+ 56. Kd3 f6 57. Kd2 Kg6 58. Rg4+ Kf7 59. Rf4 Re5 60. Rd4 d5 61. Ra4 Kg6 62. Ra6 Kf5 63. Rd6 Re6 64. Rxd5+ {Black has an edge.} Kf4 65. Kd3 $1 Kxf3 66. Rf5+ Kg4 67. Rf1 f5 68. Rg1+ Kf4 {...Re5 is the strong threat.} 69. Rf1+ Kg5 {[#] Hoping for ...f4.} 70. Rg1+ Kf6 71. Rf1 Re8 72. Kd4 Re5 73. Rh1 Re2 74. Kd3 Re8 (74... Re7 {feels hotter.} 75. Rf1 Re5 76. Kd4 Re4+ 77. Kd3 Kg5) 75. Rf1 Kg5 {[#] aiming for ...f4.} 76. Rg1+ Kh4 77. Rf1 Kg4 78. Rg1+ Kh3 {White must now prevent ...f4.} 79. Rf1 Re5 {Threatens to win with ...Kg3.} 80. Kd4 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,100,27,9,52,52,54,34,50,46,49,43,35,34,52,49,52,20,35,35,33,37,37,37,34,45,63,61,72,72,106,88,83,56,47,30,26,2,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-1,-1,-1,-6,-3,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} (11... Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd3 14. Re3 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 a5 16. f4 g6 17. a4 Rb8 18. Bc2 Qc8 19. Nb3 bxa4 20. Nxa5 {1-0 (37) Short,N (2656)-Tukhaev,A (2551) Kolkata 2018}) 12. Qxd2 Qd7 13. Qd3 Rad8 {White is slightly better.} 14. Bc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7] [#]} g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Rad1 d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. h3 Bf7 19. Bf4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 {0-1 (48) Fox,A-Schroeder,A New York,NY 1916}) 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. cxd4 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. b3 a5 23. h3 b4 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Rd2 Be7 26. Bd1 Rc5 27. Bf4 g5 28. Bg3 (28. Be3 $5 {[%cal Re3c5]} Rxe5 29. Rc2 $14) 28... Kg7 29. f4 Rc1 30. Kh2 Bc5 31. fxg5 Be3 32. Rd3 $1 Bxg5 33. h4 Bf5 34. Rf3 {The position is equal.} Bg4 35. hxg5 Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Rf2 Be6 37. Bf4 Rd3 38. Rf3 Rxf3 39. gxf3 {KB-KB} Bf5 40. e6 fxe6 41. Bc7 Bb1 42. Bxa5 Bxa2 43. Bxb4 Bxb3 44. Bc3+ Kg6 45. f4 Kf7 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. Be5 Kf7 48. Bc3 Kg6 49. Be5 Kf7 50. Bc3 Kg6 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,33,24,24,31,16,0,31,0,17,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Spanische Partie (Anderssen-Variante)} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 14. Bd2 Nf6 {[#]} 15. Bg5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {½-½ (46) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Aronian,L (2801) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 15... Ng4 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,95,6,4,10,0,11,-15,27,36,26,-10,0,-17,-5,-39,0,-59,-44,-75,-4,-8,10,29,37,33,35,40,45,0,20,0,19,5,18,0,61,22,58,51,66,51,54,24,43,43,109,54,78,73,81,99,232,260,420,399,375,17,101,17,103,140,441,0,0,0,822,789,810,727,823,788,776,693,604,703,1218,1195,29973,29974]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 {C65: Spanische Partie (Berliner-Verteidigung)} (7. Nd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nf3 Bb6 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. c3 O-O 14. Re1 c5 {½-½ (39) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Nakamura,H (2769) Stavanger 2018}) 7... c6 8. c3 Bb6 9. Na3 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 10. Bc2 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} Be6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Ne3 d4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Bb3 Bf5 21. Qf3 {½-½ (21) Balogh,C (2628)-Piorun,K (2633) Brest 2018}) 11. Qe2 h6 12. Kh1 g5 (12... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Rd8h4]} 13. g3 O-O $11) 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Ne3 d5 15. Re1 Qe7 16. a4 O-O-O (16... d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 O-O-O $11) 17. Rb1 (17. exd5 $11 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. a5) 17... d4 18. Nf1 Bb6 (18... g4 $17) 19. Bd2 $11 Bg4 20. f3 Be6 21. Ng3 Rhg8 22. b4 g4 23. a5 dxc3 $1 24. Bxc3 Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. b5 c5 (26... cxb5 $11 27. f4 exf4) 27. Bb3 h5 28. Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz steht unter Druck.} Bxf5 29. exf5 Re8 30. Rbc1 gxf3 31. Qxf3 Red8 (31... Qd7 $14) 32. Bc4 (32. a6 $16 {Schwarz muss nun Txe5! beachten.} R4d7 33. axb7+ Rxb7 34. Qg3) 32... e4 33. dxe4 Qe5 34. Bxf7 Rd3 (34... Rxe4 $16 35. Rxe4 Nxe4) 35. Qf2 $1 $18 R8d4 $2 {[#]} (35... R3d4 36. b6 Kb8) 36. Bd5 $1 Kd7 (36... Nxd5 37. Rxc5+) 37. b6 $2 (37. Rxc5 $18 Rd2 38. Qxd2 Rxd2 39. Bc6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd6 40. Rxe5 Kxe5 41. Bxb7) 37... axb6 $11 38. axb6 (38. Bxb7 $16 bxa5 39. h3) 38... Ng4 {[#]} (38... Rd2 $11 39. Qg1 Nxd5 40. exd5 Qxd5) 39. Qg1 $1 $16 ({Aber nicht} 39. Qh4 $2 {[#]} Rh3 $3 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 39... Kd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rd2 $16 {ist eine bessere Chance.} 40. Rf1 (40. Rxc5 $2 Kd6 $19) 40... Qf6 41. Bxb7 Qxb6) 40. h3 $2 ({Günstiger ist} 40. Bxb7 $18 {zielt auf h3 ab.} Qb8 41. Ba6) 40... Rxh3+ $1 $11 41. gxh3 {[%cal Bg2h3,Bh3g4][%mdl 32]} Rd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Rd2 $11 42. hxg4 hxg4) 42. Qg2 $18 (42. hxg4 {ist ein Selbstmatt.} Rh3+ 43. Kg2 Qg3+ 44. Kf1 Qf3+ 45. Qf2 Rh1#) 42... Rg3 43. hxg4 {Droht Dh2 und aus.} Rxg2 44. Kxg2 h4 45. Kf3 Qg3+ 46. Ke2 h3 47. Rg1 Qh4 48. e5 {Precision: Weiß = 29%, Schwarz = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,64,0,0,0,0,18,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,-10,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-206,-210,-225,-199,-209,-193,-192,-202,-225,-218,-217,-216,-283,-278]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O Ne4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nc7 e5 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 13. Rxd5 {[#]} exf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f5 14. Rxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ra7 16. Nd5 b6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. b4 Qxa3+ 19. Bb2 Qa4 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Ne5 Qxc2+ 22. Bxc2 Be6 23. Nf4 {1-0 (23) Kasparov,G (2780)-Vaganian,R (2590) Debrecen 1992}) 14. Qxe4 Qxc7 15. Rxc5 {Strongly threatening Bd3.} fxe3 $1 16. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} g6 17. fxe3 Be6 18. Qh4 {aiming for Ng5.} Rae8 19. Be4 {Black must now prevent Ng5.} Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 20. Qh6 {Ng5! would kill now.} f5 {[#]} 21. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh6h7][%mdl 512]} Rf7 $1 22. Bd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxe3+ 24. Kb1 Rfe7 25. Rhd1 Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 26. h4 $2 {[#]} (26. Rd6 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 26... Ne5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5c4,Bc6e5,Be5g4,Bg4f6][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 26... Qxc4 27. h5 $11) 27. Nf3 Qe4+ ({Don't take} 27... Nxf3 28. gxf3 Qxf3 29. R5d4 $17) 28. Ka2 Qxc4+ 29. Ka1 {And now Rxe5 would win.} Ng4 30. Qc1 Qxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Kg7 32. h5 Nf6 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "6th Altibox Norway Chess 2018"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.07"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,84,37,33,57,18,19,11,20,10,6,10,5,6,13,0,6,0,9,13,13,13,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,6,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,9,0,4,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {[#] LiveBook: 16 Games. Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4g5]} ({Not} 15... e4 $2 16. Qb1 $18) 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 {The position is equal.} 17. b4 Qd8 18. bxc5 {[#] aiming for h4.} Nde6 $146 19. O-O {Threatening Nb3.} Nxc5 20. Qb1 Nge6 21. Nf3 Nf8 $1 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. Rfd1 Qd6 24. Nc3 Qg6 25. Rd5 Qxb1 26. Rxb1 f6 27. Nb5 {Black should prevent Nd6.} Ne4 28. Nd2 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Re7 30. Nxa7 Rxc4 31. Nb5 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 33. Nd6 Rc3 34. Nxb7 Rxa3 35. h3 Ra8 36. Rd1 Nf8 37. Nc5 Rc8 38. Ne4 Rc7 39. Kf1 Ne6 40. Rd6 Kf7 41. Rb6 Nc5 42. Nxc5 Rxc5 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

