[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.21"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2819"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,97,0,0,0,0,0,12,20,13,0,16,-16,0,-19,0,4,12,0,43,-38,22,16,14,22,18,11,45,20,33,0,23,16,19,12,58,8,24,23,47,8,24,24,17,6,19,19,18,23,18,16,27,0,0,0,0,0,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,14,14,16,14,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} e6 7. Bb2 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. O-O-O {[%cal Rc3d5]} Be6 $1 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Nd4 {1-0 (34) Guseinov,G (2664)-Sarana,A (2618) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Bc5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Rhe1 Re8 14. h3 (14. Nb5 $14) 14... Qa5 (14... Qe7 $15) 15. Nb5 ({Wrong is} 15. b4 $2 {[#]} Nxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Bf1 (16. axb4 $2 Bxb4 17. Re3 Rxc3 $19) 16... Nc6 $19) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 a6 17. Nbd4 Ne4 18. Rde2 Bd7 19. Kd1 f6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. f3 Ng3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bxc4+ Kf8 26. b4 Bd6 27. Ne6+ Bxe6 $1 28. Rxe6 Rd8 29. Kc2 Nh5 30. Re4 b5 31. Bd3 Nf4 32. Bf1 Re8 33. Kb3 Rxe4 34. fxe4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Ne6 35. a4 Nc7 36. Bd4 Ke7 37. Be2 Kd7 38. Be3 Be5 39. h4 g6 40. h5 gxh5 41. Bxh5 Ne6 42. Bg4 Kd6 43. a5 Nd4+ 44. Ka2 (44. Bxd4 $1 $14 Bxd4 45. Bc8) 44... Kc7 $11 {The position is equal.} 45. Bf2 Nc2 46. Kb3 Nd4+ 47. Ka2 Nc2 48. Kb3 Nd4+ 49. Ka2 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.23"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "2819"] [BlackElo "2845"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,142,30,43,35,29,41,39,35,18,17,5,19,18,16,21,37,16,11,10,15,18,16,16,18,8,46,14,9,0,0,0,0,-31,-20,-18,-30,-29,12,14,2,-22,-21,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-19,-19,-23,-24,-67,-58,-62,-58,-73,-20,-12,-9,-9,-13,-28,-28,-27,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-17,-68,-68,-68,-67,-68,-68,-68,-67,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-68,-70,-68,-70,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Bf5 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 (13. Be3 a6 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. g3 Be7 16. f3 Nf8 17. Ne4 {½-½ (31) Caruana,F (2832)-Carlsen,M (2835) London 2018}) 13... Qb8 {[#] White is slightly better.} 14. Qa4 $146 {[%cal Rb5d6]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Be2 a6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. g3 Be7 17. Be3 e4 18. O-O O-O 19. Bxh5 {0-1 (39) Karjakin,S (2753)-Carlsen,M (2845) Shamkir 2019}) 14... Bd7 {...a6 is the strong threat.} 15. Qc2 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Be7 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. b6 {Hoping for Bb5+.} Nd7 19. bxa7 Qxa7 20. O-O Bxg5 21. hxg5 O-O 22. Bf5 Rad8 23. b4 Qd4 24. Qc7 Nb6 25. Rad1 Qf4 $1 26. Bh3 Na4 $1 ({Stronger than} 26... Qxb4 27. g6 $16) 27. g6 fxg6 28. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2a4][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} b5 29. Qxg6 Rf6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 30. Qxh5 g6 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. Bxg4 Rf4 33. Be6+ Kg7 34. Rc1 Rxb4 35. Rc7+ Kh6 36. g3 Nc5 37. f4 exf4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 ({Better is} 38... Rb1+ $17 39. Kg2 Rb2+ 40. Kh3 Rxa2) 39. gxf4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra8 40. Rc6 $1 Ne4 41. Bh3 Rxa2 42. Bg2 Ng3 {aiming for ...Ne2+.} 43. Rxd6 Ne2+ 44. Kf1 Nxf4 45. Be4 Ra4 46. Bxg6 (46. Bf3 $11) 46... Nxg6 $11 {KRN-KR} 47. Rb6 Rf4+ 48. Ke1 b4 {Strongly threatening ...Kg5.} 49. d6 Rd4 {[#]} 50. d7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd7 {White must now prevent ...Rd4.} 51. Rxb4 Kg5 52. Ke2 Re7+ 53. Kd2 Kf5 54. Rb5+ Ne5 55. Rb4 Rd7+ 56. Ke2 Nd3 57. Ra4 Nf4+ 58. Ke1 Kg4 59. Ra3 Rd8 60. Rc3 Rh8 61. Ra3 Rh2 62. Kd1 Kf5 63. Re3 Nd5 64. Re8 Kf4 65. Kc1 Nc3 66. Re7 Ne4 67. Re8 Ke3 68. Re7 Rh6 69. Rc7 Kd3 70. Rd7+ Rd6 (70... Kc3 $15 71. Rc7+ Kd3) 71. Rxd6+ Nxd6 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.27"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2819"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,65,14,0,0,-10,-11,-36,-38,-31,0,0,10,10,10,5,10,9,19,26,12,9,35,0,53,63,103,89,166,176,159,167,163,162,161,152,307,314,304,302,323,298,312,311,297,307,287,288,317,317,319,315,426,436,469,452]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. O-O b5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 8. a4 c6 9. b3 (9. Ne1 Nd5 10. e4 Nb6 11. a5 N6d7 12. e5 Bb7 13. Ne4 Na6 14. Bg5 {½-½ (44) Wang,H (2709)-Ding,L (2777) Huaian 2017}) 9... c3 {Black is slightly better.} 10. Nb1 $1 Bb7 11. Qc2 c5 {[#] aiming for ...Be4.} 12. Nxc3 cxd4 13. Nxb5 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be4 14. Qc4 Nc6 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxd4 {1-0 (24) Pichot,A (2584)-Raghunandan,K (2352) Sharjah 2019}) 14. Qc4 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Qe7 15. Nbxd4 Na5 16. Qb5 Rfd8 17. Bf4 Bc3 (17... Nxb3 $11 18. Nxb3 Rd5) 18. Rac1 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc1c3]} a6 19. Qe5 Bxf3 (19... Bb4 $16) 20. Bxf3 $18 ({Don't take} 20. Rxc3 $6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Rf3 Rd5 $11) 20... Bxd4 21. Qxa5 {e3 is the strong threat.} Nd5 22. Bc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rd7 23. e3 Qf6 $2 {[#]} (23... Bb2 $16) 24. Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 25. Qb4 {Strongly threatening Qb7.} Bb2 26. Rc2 h5 27. Qb7 Rf8 28. Qxa6 h4 29. Qc4 h3 {( -> ...Qf3)} 30. Qg4 Rd3 31. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rb3 {Black hopes to continue with ...Rxb4.} 32. Qxh3 Ra8 33. b5 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 33%.} 1-0 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.29"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2819"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,86,28,29,29,29,31,16,21,25,18,19,162,13,21,24,28,27,17,14,15,20,24,16,16,12,18,14,14,11,15,8,8,10,12,10,9,15,8,10,14,0,10,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-3,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack} 15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd2 (16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. Kg2 Kf8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 {1-0 (66) Caruana,F (2782)-Aronian,L (2812) Zuerich 2014}) 16... Rae8 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 f5 20. h3 Bh5 (20... fxe4 $6 21. hxg4 exd3 22. Rxe8 $16) 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 {White wants to play Nc5.} fxe4 23. dxe4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Bf3+ $146 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 24. Kxf3 Rxf4+ {The position is equal.} 25. Kg3 Rfxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. f3 Re5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 a5 30. Rc1 Rg5+ 31. Kf2 Kf8 $1 32. Bd3 Ne7 33. Rc4 ({Of course not} 33. Bxh7 g6 $17) 33... Rh5 34. h4 Ke8 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 Kd7 37. a4 g6 38. Kg3 Ra5 39. Rd4+ Ke6 40. Kg4 Nd5 41. Kg3 Ne7 42. Kg4 Nd5 43. Kg3 Ne7 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2