[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.20"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Meier, Georg"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2693"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,48,16,27,29,39,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,27,19,18,0,7,0,7,10,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Bb7 6. a4 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nfd2 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd5 {½-½ (62) Aronian,L (2784)-Dominguez Perez,L (2732) Skopje 2015}) 6... b4 7. a5 (7. c4 $5) 7... Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. cxb4 Bxb4 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Bd2 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. Bxb4 cxb4 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Nd2 Na6 {1-0 (34) Guerra,V (2130)-Fernandes,A (2200) Lisbon 1997}) 12. Rc1 Rab8 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Nbd2 Ba6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nd3!} 15. Qe3 Rb7 16. Ne5 Bb5 {The position is equal.} 17. Bf1 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Na6 20. Rc3 Rfb8 21. Nb3 Bc4 {[%cal Rb7b3]} 22. Nd2 Bb5 $1 23. Nb3 Bc4 {[%cal Rb7b3]} 24. Nd2 Bb5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.21"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Meier, Georg"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,57,0,0,9,8,6,7,10,3,5,3,2,2,2,12,2,10,0,9,2,9,4,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0]} 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 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 {The position is equal.} 11. c4 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} Nb4 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 a6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. h4 Rfd8 16. h5 h6 17. g3 Nf8 18. Kg2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 {½-½ (30) Chang,S (2087)-Carstens Dobuchak,T (2149) Brasilia 2016}) 13... a6 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. h4 Rfd8 16. h5 h6 17. b3 Nf8 18. Ne4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Ned2 Qa5 22. Ne4 Nd7 23. g3 Kf8 24. Kg2 Ke8 25. g4 Qc7 26. Kg3 Qa5 27. Kg2 Qc7 28. Kg3 Qa5 29. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.23"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Meier, Georg"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D90"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "188"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,188,12,26,18,24,-9,8,-11,-11,-11,-17,-6,14,-13,22,14,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-15,-5,-5,-6,-8,-12,0,0,34,33,24,20,25,14,27,27,62,66,80,32,30,43,38,2,2,2,5,8,8,8,8,5,4,-8,-8,-77,-16,-75,-75,-69,-90,-146,-135,-125,-129,-133,-137,-115,-43,-40,-22,-22,-22,-32,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-14,-8,-8,-8,-22,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-24,-25,-31,-31,-66,-59,-68,-66,-66,-49,-49,-43,-68,-68,-80,-87,-71,-71,-653,-663,-1819,-1549,-580,-576,-2220,-1350,-910,-522,-494,-438,-2018,-2011,-5408,-4199,-903,-5506,-4586,-106,-106,-232,-29974,-138,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29971,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29970,-29974,-29968,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29971,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 (5. h4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Nc6 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qa3 Nc6 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa3 Nc6 {½-½ (34) Swiercz,D (2655)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2771) Astana 2019}) 5... dxc4 6. e4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} c5 7. d5 O-O 8. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} b5 $146 {[%cal Rb5c4]} ({Predecessor:} 8... a6 9. a4 Nfd7 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 Qxb6 12. O-O Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 {1-0 (33) Radin,D (2043)-Gajcin,S (1755) Novi Sad 2016}) 9. Nxb5 Nxe4 10. O-O Ba6 11. Qe2 Nd6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Rd8 15. Bf4 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. Rxe7 {Hoping for Re8+.} Nc6 18. Re2 Nb4 19. Rae1 {Black must now prevent Re8+.} h6 20. b3 Kh7 21. Re7 Rf5 22. Bg3 {aiming for Nh4.} g5 23. Ne5 Kg8 24. Nc4 Bd4 25. R1e2 Nd5 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kh7 28. Ra8 Nc3 29. Rxa7 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Bxf2 31. Bxf2 Rxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Ne5 Nf4 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rf6 (34. Kg3 $11 Rxa2 35. Rb7) 34... Rxg2+ $17 35. Kh1 {And now Rxf4! would win.} Re2 $1 {[%cal Re2e5]} 36. Nd7 Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Rd2.} ({Don't play} 36... Nxh3 37. Rxh6 Nf2+ 38. Kg2 $11) 37. Ra6 (37. Rc6 $142) 37... Nxh3 38. Nxc5 Nf4 39. Ra4 Kg6 40. Ne4 Rb2 ({Black should try} 40... Re3 $17 41. Kg1 Kf5 42. Nd6+ Kg4) 41. Ng3 $1 $15 Kf6 42. Ra6+ Ne6 43. Ra4 Nc5 44. Ra5 Nd3 45. Ra6+ Ke5 46. Rxh6 Rxa2 47. Rh8 Rb2 48. Rf8 g4 49. Kg1 Rxb3 50. Re8+ Kd5 51. Rd8+ Ke6 52. Re8+ Kf6 53. Rf8+ Ke7 54. Rg8 Rb1+ 55. Kg2 Nf4+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Nd5+ 58. Kd4 Nf6 59. Rg5 Ke6 60. Re5+ Kf7 61. Rg5 Rb4+ 62. Ke5 Nh7 63. Rf5+ Kg6 {...Rb3 is the strong threat.} 64. Rf1 Rb3 65. Ne2 Rb5+ 66. Kd4 Ng5 67. Nf4+ Kf5 {Threatens to win with ...Rb4+.} 68. Ng2+ Nf3+ 69. Ke3 Rb3+ 70. Kf2 Nh2 71. Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (71. Rc1 $17) 71... g3+ $19 72. Kg1 Nf3+ 73. Kh1 Rb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2d2]} 74. Ra5+ Ke4 $1 75. Ra1 Nd4 76. Kg1 Rf2 77. Ra4 Ke5 78. Ra5+ Kd6 79. Ra6+ Kc5 (79... Ke7 $142 80. Ra7+ Ke6 81. Ra6+ Kf7 82. Ra7+ Kg6) 80. Ra5+ Kb4 $2 (80... Kc6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. ( -> ...Nf3+)} 81. Ra1 Kd6) 81. Ra1 $17 Kb3 (81... Ne2+ $17 82. Kh1 Kc4 83. Ra4+ Kd3 84. Ra3+ Kd4 85. Ra4+ Kd3) 82. Rd1 $2 (82. Kh1 $19) 82... Nf3+ $1 83. Kh1 Kb2 $1 {Black mates.} 84. Rg1 Nxg1 85. Kxg1 {KR-KN} Kc3 86. Ne3 Kd3 87. Nf1 Ke2 ({Not} 87... Rf3 88. Kg2 $15) 88. Nxg3+ Kf3 89. Nf5 Rd2 90. Nh4+ Kg3 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 91. Nf5+ {[#]} Kg4 $1 92. Ne3+ {[#]} Kf3 $1 93. Nf5 Rd5 94. Ne7 Rc5 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 70%.} 0-1 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.26"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Meier, Georg"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2845"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,116,0,3,-14,-2,-9,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-62,-34,-25,-26,-25,-29,-35,-36,-54,-52,-86,-76,-106,-111,-93,-124,-103,-65,-75,-42,-236,-229,-232,-233,-258,-255,-433,-284,-247,-243,-240,-241,-250,-166,-157,-161,-137,-144,-183,-85,-85,-88,-136,-93,-93,-93,-148,-52,-93,-93,-101,-93,-148,-148,-253,-121,-129,-127,-137,-136,-148,0,-121,0,-198,-148,-159,-159,-278,-148,-397,-395,-402,-396,-1446,-1429]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 b5 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} bxc4 10. Nxc4 a5 11. Rc1 {The position is equal.} c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bd4 {[#]} Ncd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nfe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ f6 16. Rfd1 d5 {0-1 (61) Fridman,R (2463)-Timman,J (2575) Germany 2018}) 14. a4 Ra6 15. Na3 {[%cal Bc4a3,Ba3b5,Bb5a7,Ba7c6][%mdl 32]} Qa8 16. Nb5 Rc6 17. Rxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Rc8 20. Na7 Rd8 21. Qc2 (21. Nb5 $11) 21... e5 $15 22. Be3 d5 23. Nc6 Re8 24. Bd2 Ne4 25. Nxa5 Rc8 26. Qa2 Ndf6 27. Be1 Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3a2]} 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. b4 Bf8 30. Qb2 d4 31. e3 $2 (31. Ne3 $1 $15) 31... Ne4 $1 $19 32. exd4 exd4 33. Nb3 d3 $1 ({Weaker is} 33... Bxb4 34. Nxd4 Ba3 35. Qe2 $17) 34. Rc1 $2 (34. Nc5 {was called for.} Bxc5 35. bxc5) 34... Rxc1+ 35. Qxc1 Qxa4 36. Qc4 d2 {Played: Ne4-c5} 0-1 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.28"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Meier, Georg"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2819"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,102,17,14,10,15,31,1,55,42,45,41,38,18,39,40,41,38,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-27,-23,-14,-28,-32,-45,0,-43,-24,-59,81,-63,19,-66,-58,-71,-73,-65,-39,-113,-70,-80,-35,-47,-81,-81,-63,-110,-94,-107,-97,-118,-102,-201,-200,-184,-43,-253,-258,-416,-404,-408,-408,-396,-241,-333,-269,-549,-394,-797,-780,-774,-791,-775,-676,-1900,-1900,-1778,-1765,-1609,-1505,-1412,-1157]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 10. a3 (10. O-O b6 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Ne6 13. bxc5 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qe1 O-O 16. Rb1 e4 17. dxe4 {0-1 (36) Wang,H (2730)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... b6 11. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne2 f5 12. Qc3 Qe7 13. b4 O-O 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Nc1 f4 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Nb3 {0-1 (30) Boudriga,M (2369)-Nihal,S (2578) Sharjah 2019}) 11... Nf8 (11... f5 $11 12. Qc1 Bb7) 12. bxc5 Ne6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Qc1 f5 15. a4 f4 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Qb2 Nd4 18. Ne2 {Nfxd4 is the strong threat.} Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Be6 20. Rb1 Ra6 21. Bc3 Qc7 22. Rg1 Kh7 $1 23. h4 Rb8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 24. Ra1 c5 25. Kd2 Rd8 (25... Bg8 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 26. Rgd1 ({Only move:} 26. Rxg6 $1 $16 Kxg6 27. Nxf4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf7 28. Rg1) 26... Bh3 (26... Raa8 $15) 27. Qb5 (27. Rdb1 $11) 27... Rda8 $1 $15 28. Rg1 Qd6 29. Qb2 {Hoping for Nxf4!} R8a7 30. Rab1 ({White should try} 30. Ke1 $15) 30... Qf6 31. a5 Bd7 {And now ...b5 would win.} 32. axb6 Rb7 33. h5 g5 34. Ra1 Raxb6 35. Qa3 Qd6 36. Nc1 Be6 37. Rh1 {[#]} (37. Rd1 $17) 37... Bf7 $1 $19 38. Ke2 {[#]} Qd7 (38... Qc6 $1 $19 39. Qa4 Rb5) 39. Qa4 $2 (39. Nb3 $1 $15 Qc8 40. Nd2 (40. Nxc5 Bf8 $17)) 39... Rc6 {[%cal Bb6c6,Bc6c5,Bc5c8][%mdl 32]} 40. Qa5 $2 (40. Rd1) 40... c4 41. Ra3 Rbc7 42. Kd2 Rc5 43. Qa8 Rc8 44. Ra7 $2 (44. Qa4 Qxa4 45. Rxa4) 44... Qb5 45. Qxc8 $2 (45. Qb7 Qxb7 46. Rxb7 cxd3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 47. Bb4 Rxc2+ 48. Kxd3) 45... Rxc8 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Rxf7 Kg8 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. d4 exd4 49. Bxd4+ Kf7 50. Rd1 {[#]} c3+ $1 51. Ke1 (51. Bxc3 Qc5) 51... Qb2 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 55%.} 0-1