[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.20"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2819"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,80,9,12,0,14,18,18,22,17,17,22,23,23,10,32,18,24,27,23,10,33,0,0,0,7,3,26,45,22,25,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-26,-23,-22,-12,0,0,8,4,4,5,4,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Nd7 12. Bd2 f5 13. a5 a6 14. Na3 e4 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. f4 exf3 18. Bxf3 {[#]} Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... g5) 19. c3 g5 20. Be2 f4 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. Kh1 b5 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Qc2 Bg7 25. b3 Qb7 26. b4 Qxd5 {White should prevent ...f3.} 27. Qa2 Qxa2 28. Rxa2 d5 29. Rxa6 (29. Bxa6 {is more complex.} Nc4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. g3 Re6 32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. Bxf4 Bxc3 35. Rc2) 29... Rxa6 30. Bxa6 Nc4 31. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Nxd2 32. Rxd2 Bxc3 33. Rxd5 Bxb4 34. Rxg5+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kh8 {[#] aiming for ...Ra8.} 35. Kg1 f3 36. gxf3 Rxf3 37. Bc4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rg5g8]} Rf8 38. Kg2 Bc3 39. Bd3 Rg8 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.22"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Meier, Georg"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2628"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 12. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 13. Rb3 {[%emt 0:15:09]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 15. f5 {[%emt 0:05:34]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 16. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 17. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Rc3 {[%emt 0:22:46]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:46:29]} 19. Nc7+ {[%emt 0:06:35]} Bxc7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 20. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 21. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:09:21]} 22. Bc5 {[%emt 0:06:20]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 23. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 24. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 25. Bf6+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:15]} f4 {[%emt 0:08:49]} 27. g3 {[%emt 0:04:25]} fxg3 {[%emt 0:08:30]} 28. Kc1+ {[%emt 0:01:44]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:09:56]} 30. Rd4 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 31. Rcd3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. g4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 34. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 35. g5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 37. Rdh2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1-0 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.24"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2693"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,82,35,42,37,15,46,26,29,40,34,25,52,41,39,39,38,41,40,32,37,33,28,18,30,39,52,43,45,44,57,56,56,48,52,43,48,39,41,26,25,8,8,0,13,13,12,6,20,20,20,18,19,4,18,19,19,8,18,18,27,25,49,54,43,43,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 Nh5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Nc4 d5 10. Ncxe5 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nxe4 14. Nd3 {½-½ (34) Giri,A (2783)-Matlakov,M (2700) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. Nc4 Nf4 10. Ne3 Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 dxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qf3 {White wants to play Rd1.} O-O 17. Qxb7 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Qf6 20. Qxc7 Qxf5 21. Bd5 Rad8 22. c4 Rd7 23. Qc6 Rfd8 24. Rcd1 Bf8 25. g3 Kg7 26. Kg2 (26. Qb5 {with more complications.} Rc7 27. Qa5 Rdd7 28. Qe1 Bc5 29. Qe2) 26... Qf6 (26... Bd6 {is interesting.} 27. Qb5 Rb8 28. Qc6 Rb6 29. Qc8 Rb8) 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rb1 h5 29. h3 Bc5 30. Rb5 Rc7 31. Rfb1 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Rb7 Rdc8 34. f3 Bb6 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. fxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. White is slightly better.} e4 37. Rf1+ Kg7 38. Bxe4 Rxc4 39. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} Kxf7 40. Bd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 41. Bxc4 Bc5 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.26"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,69,11,45,27,23,22,13,9,17,26,26,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,-26,-56,-31,-75,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,13,14,10,10,16,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,7,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (6. bxc3 {feels hotter.} Nc6 7. d4 e6 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O) 6... Qc7 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd7 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd6 12. f4 f5 13. e5 {1-0 (40) Matlakov,M (2683)-Lagarde,M (2615) Bastia 2018}) 9. Nd2 Bc6 10. Qg4 Nd7 11. Qg3 O-O-O 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 g6 15. Qh3 Kb8 16. Be2 Nb6 17. b3 h5 18. O-O {[#]} Bh6 (18... Be7 $1 $17 19. a4 Bd7) 19. Bxh6 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxh6 20. Qe3 Rh7 21. Rfd1 Rhd7 22. Nf1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Nc8 25. f3 Qd6 26. Be2 Ne7 27. Qh6 f5 $1 28. Ne3 {aiming for exf5.} fxe4 29. Nc4 Qf6 {[%cal Re4f3]} 30. fxe4 Kc7 31. g3 Ng8 32. Qh7+ Ne7 33. Qh6 Ng8 34. Qh7+ Ne7 35. Qh6 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.28"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2845"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,65,28,28,26,27,32,24,32,27,24,20,23,8,41,20,32,15,3,20,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,-28,-10,-5,-16,-10,-18,-68,-62,-66,-67,-74,-70,-64,-68,-74,-61,-445,-380,-507,-507,-493,-439,-29983,-29983,-29990,-29991,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (7... Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 11. g3 Bg5 12. Ncd5 Bxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Nf6 18. Bb3 {½-½ (57) Bacrot,E (2725)-Yu,Y (2751) Riadh 2017}) 8. Nd5 Nb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 {White has an edge.} 10. c3 O-O 11. Ne3 Bg5 12. O-O Kh8 13. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 Be6 14. Re1 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Bxc4 16. dxc4 {½-½ (23) Kollars,D (2541)-Nayhebaver,M (2471) Le Castella 2018}) 13... f5 14. Nxf5 {With the idea Bxg5.} Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. Ba2 Rxf5 18. Qg4 Rf6 19. f4 exf4 20. Qg5 Qf8 21. Qxd5 Rd8 22. Qf3 Ne5 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} 23. Qe4 $1 {[%cal Re4e5]} Ng4 24. Rce1 Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 25. Rf2 Re8 26. Qxb7 {[#]} g5 $1 27. Rfe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Qf3 $1 $15) 27... g4 {Hoping for ...Re7.} 28. Rf2 {White hopes to continue with Qd7.} Qh6 {( -> ...g3!)} 29. Qc7 {intending g3.} Ref8 {White must now prevent ...g3!} 30. h3 {[#]} (30. Qe5 $19 g3 31. hxg3) 30... gxh3 {Black mates.} 31. g3 fxg3 32. Rxf6 h2+ 33. Kh1 g2# {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 86%.} 0-1