[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.21"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2516"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,85,0,10,13,20,16,8,9,12,0,9,5,20,0,9,10,31,32,57,43,57,40,56,51,62,62,52,56,66,60,72,67,89,58,75,65,60,31,109,90,98,103,102,83,100,88,102,95,102,87,86,84,90,85,80,66,132,127,139,140,224,214,290,290,272,187,272,272,411,410,510,510]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 {The position is equal.} g6 12. c4 Nbd7 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rc1 (14. b4 Bf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 e4 {½-½ (46) Najer,E (2683)-Wojtaszek,R (2738) Batumi 2018}) 14... Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... a5 15. b3 Nc5 16. Bc2 Nfd7 {1-0 (27) Wang,Y (2337)-Zhao,S (2186) China 2018}) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 a5 17. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} h5 18. Re1 Bg7 19. h3 Qe7 20. Be3 Qf8 21. Qd2 h4 22. Ne2 Nh5 23. Nc3 f5 24. Bg5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 ({Don't play} 25. Bxh4 Bh6 $15) 25... exf4 26. Re6 Ne5 ({Black should try} 26... Rxe6 $14 27. dxe6 Nc5) 27. Be2 Rxe6 28. dxe6 Re8 29. Qd5 ({Avoid the trap} 29. Qxf4 $2 Bh6 $19) 29... Qe7 30. Nb5 ({Stronger than} 30. Qxa5 f3 $17) 30... Qxe6 31. Qxb7 Re7 32. Qb8+ (32. Qa8+ {with more complications.} Kh7 33. Rd1 Nf7 34. Bf1 f3 35. Qxf3 Qe5 36. Nd4) 32... Kh7 {[#] Hoping for ...Nd7.} 33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. Nxd6 Bf8 35. Nb5 Nc6 (35... Rd7 $14) 36. Kf1 $16 Re5 37. a3 Bc5 (37... Kg7 $16 38. Bf3 Nb8) 38. Bf3 $18 Nd4 39. Nxd4 Bxd4 40. Rb1 Re6 {[#]} (40... Rc5 {was worth a try.} 41. Bd5 Rc8) 41. b4 $1 Rb6 (41... axb4 $142 42. axb4 Kh6) 42. Rd1 Bb2 43. c5 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 39%.} 1-0 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.24"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2819"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,80,18,19,21,11,18,13,29,9,9,18,14,17,17,21,21,12,12,16,14,16,20,16,13,18,22,6,13,6,6,6,3,1,5,5,5,0,16,16,16,15,14,16,15,12,12,12,12,12,12,8,14,12,12,11,26,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 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 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 c6 {[#]} 14. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd2 cxd5 15. Nf3 d6 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. g3 {½-½ (32) Giri,A (2780)-Caruana,F (2827) Batumi 2018}) 14... b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Bb8 a6 22. a4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Na3 b4 25. Nc4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bd5 27. Ba7 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Nd6 29. Bd5 Nb5 30. Bxc5 {With the idea Bb4.} Nxc3 31. Bc6 (31. Bc4 {is more complex.} Ne4 32. Be3 Be7 33. Bd5 Nc5 34. g4) 31... Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nf4 33. Be3 Ne6 34. g3 Bf6 35. Bd5 g6 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Bxe6 fxe6 {The position is equal.} 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Ke4 h5 40. h3 Be7 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.27"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Meier, Georg"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2628"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,72,38,26,36,25,35,24,29,26,48,49,60,47,55,26,33,23,23,22,35,33,42,42,31,22,48,33,36,0,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-55,-49,-60,-58,-60,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-119,-109,-118,-119,-106,-105,-115,-115,-114,-114,-90,-97,-130,-136,-707,-682]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 {White has an edge.} 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 (11. c4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh7 Nxh7 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {½-½ (56) Anand,V (2780)-Meier,G (2640) Baden-Baden 2013}) 11... c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 {[#]} 14. Rhe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. c3 Be7 15. Bg3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 {1-0 (35) Caruana,F (2817)-Meier,G (2621) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2017}) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 c4 16. Be4 g5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Kg7 19. c3 b5 20. g4 Qd6 21. Rf1 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxh2 23. d5 Qd6 $1 24. Qd4+ e5 25. Qxa7 Rc5 ({Black should try} 25... b4 $15 26. Qe3 bxc3 27. Qxc3 Rc5) 26. Qb7 $11 e4 {White must now prevent ...e3.} 27. Rf5 e3 {...Rc7 is the strong threat.} 28. Kc1 b4 {Strongly threatening ...bxc3.} 29. Qxb4 (29. Rdf1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rc7 30. Qxb4) 29... Rb8 $17 30. Qa4 {Black should prevent Qa7!} Rcb5 31. Qa7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Don't blunder} 31. Qxc4 $2 Rxb2 32. Qd4+ Kg8 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 31... R8b7 32. Qxe3 {Hoping for Rd2.} Rxb2 $40 {[%mdl 192] ( -> ...Qa3!). Double Attack. Black has strong attack.} 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxg2 35. Rd4 {[#]} Rg1+ $1 36. Kc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36. Rd1 $17 Rxg4 37. d6) 36... Rgb1 $1 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 76%.} 0-1 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.29"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,74,8,2,14,14,29,11,14,14,10,12,16,20,18,26,26,13,14,21,0,19,29,0,11,10,8,10,8,8,8,4,10,10,10,5,4,0,0,4,0,0,4,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,0,0,0,4,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (9... Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Nf4 Nc5 16. Ba2 a5 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Ne2 {1-0 (48) Caruana,F (2828)-Postny,E (2623) chess.com INT 2019}) 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {[#]} Na7 $146 18. a4 c6 19. axb5 axb5 {The position is equal.} 20. Qa1 {Strongly threatening dxc6.} cxd5 21. Be3 {Threatens to win with c3.} d4 {[#]} 22. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd4 23. Bxd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bf6 $1 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Re3 {Rg3+ would kill now.} Rfe8 $1 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. h3 Re6 28. c4 bxc4 29. dxc4 Qc7 $1 30. Kh2 {Black should prevent b5.} Qxc4 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 {Black must now prevent Qb8+.} Qxb4 $11 {KQR-KQR} 33. Qa8+ Re8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 34. Qf3 Re6 35. Qa8+ Re8 36. Qf3 Re6 37. Qa8+ Re8 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2