[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.20"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,39,37,44,55,89,10,5,14,10,12,20,18,19,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O {dxc5 is the strong threat. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 12. O-O Nc6 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Be7 15. g4 Be4 {1-0 (28) Giri,A (2777)-Navara,D (2745) Shamkir 2018}) 8... Qxb2 9. Qe1 (9. Nb5 $16) 9... cxd4 $11 {The position is equal.} 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 ({Wrong is} 10... Qxc2 $2 11. Rc1 $18) ({Avoid the trap} 10... Bxc2 $2 11. Nb5 $18) 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 ({But not} 12... Bxc2 $6 13. Qd2 $16) 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3 Ne7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 {[#] Hoping for ...d4.} 16. Nxb7 Bb6 17. Nd6 Ba5 18. Nb7 Bb6 19. Nd6 Ba5 {[#]} 20. Nb7 $146 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 96%.} ({Predecessor:} 20. Ra3) 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.22"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "84"] [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]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 10. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Be7 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 13. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} a5 {[%emt 0:11:33]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:46]} a4 {[%emt 0:08:29]} 15. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Be6 {[%emt 0:17:44]} 16. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:07:58]} h5 {[%emt 0:23:27]} 18. h4 {[%emt 0:11:52]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:08:11]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:08:04]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 20. a3 Na6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:04:53]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 22. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:02:38]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. f4 {[%emt 0:12:33]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 25. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:06:10]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 26. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 27. Rxe6+ {[%emt 0:09:18]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 28. Rde1 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 30. h5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 31. Re7+ {[%emt 0:17:42]} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Rxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:01:48]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 34. f7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 35. f5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 36. Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 37. Rxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 39. Rg6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 40. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rg6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 42. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.24"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,49,5,23,20,20,0,14,13,39,30,29,15,15,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,14,0,22,20,28,14,28,0,24,0,28,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} fxe6 12. Nbd2 d5 (12... Rb8 13. c3 Rb5 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. d5 Ng4 18. Rf1 c5 19. dxc6 Nxc6 {½-½ (64) Amin,B (2709)-Ding,L (2812) Astana 2019}) 13. Nb3 {The position is equal.} d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd6 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Bh4 Nh5 16. Bg3 Qg6 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nf4 {½-½ (32) Nataf,I (2489)-Del Rio,R (2422) ICCF email 2016}) 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Rc1 Rb5 16. h3 Qd6 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nfd2 Nc5 20. Nc4 Nb7 {[%cal Rc6a5]} 21. Ra1 Nd6 22. Ncd2 Nb7 23. Nc4 Nd6 24. Ncd2 Nb7 25. Nc4 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.27"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2698"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 9,133,18,20,13,13,8,11,4,4,18,42,11,9,16,18,13,33,14,12,0,20,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-5,-8,-9,1,-20,-14,-27,-18,-33,-33,-38,-38,-55,-51,-49,-56,-60,-59,-62,-45,-44,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-78,1053,1045,29978,29979,29977,29978,29982,6609,6643,393,371,345,313,313,313,287,247,0,516,580,583,588,580,544,369,474,6458,6343,6458,355,6458,362,690,0,335,0,6458,6339,6458,6451,6429,6404,6367,6318,6262,6172,6172,6172,5716,5454,5206,5177,6643,5137,5137,5127,5088,5057,4648,4553,2602,2602]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} bxc6 7. O-O e5 8. Qa4 {The position is equal.} (8. Qd3 Be7 9. c4 Qc7 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. h3 Rb8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Ba3 Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Qe3 {1-0 (26) Wang,H (2711)-Idani,P (2599) Kuala Lumpur 2018}) 8... Qc7 9. c4 Ne7 10. c5 dxc5 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bxc5 {[#]} Be6 $146 15. Be3 a5 16. Rfc1 Rfb8 17. Nb3 (17. g3 {is interesting.} a4 18. b3 Ra6 19. Ng5 Bc8 20. Ngf3) 17... Rb5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 a4 20. Be3 h6 21. Ne1 Nf4 22. g3 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 $1 Ng5 24. f3 Bh3+ 25. Kf2 Rab8 26. Nd3 f5 27. Bxg5 (27. Qxa4 $2 fxe4 28. Ne1 Rxb2+ 29. Rc2 exf3 $19) 27... hxg5 28. Kg1 $1 Kh8 29. b4 ({Avoid the trap} 29. Qxa4 $2 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Qe3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... axb3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. Nf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2h3]} g4 32. fxg4 fxg4 33. Qxc6 Qf7 34. Nxh3 gxh3 35. Rf1 Rf3 {( -> ...Rxf1+)} 36. Qc2 {[#]} (36. Qa6 $11) 36... Rbb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Qd7 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rfd1 Qe6) 37. Qc8+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 38. Qxh3+ Kg6 39. Ra6+ Rf6 40. Qf5+ (40. Qg4+ $142 Kh7 41. Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 42. Ra8+ Qf8 43. Rxf8+ Rxf8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qd5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Kg6 47. Qxb3) 40... Kh6 41. Qxf6+ $2 (41. Qxe5 Rb1 42. Qf4+ Kh7 43. Qh4+ Kg6 44. Raxf6+ gxf6 45. Qg4+ Kh6 46. Rxb1) 41... Qxf6 42. Raxf6+ (42. Rfxf6+ gxf6 43. Rxf6+ Kg5 $18) 42... gxf6 43. Rxf6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kg5 44. Rf5+ Kg4 45. Rf1 $2 (45. Rxe5 $18 {Black must now prevent Rf5.} Rb1+ 46. Kf2) 45... Rb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45... Kh3 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 46. Rf2 $1 Rb4 47. Kg2 Rxe4 48. h3+ Kg5 49. g4 Re1 (49... Kg6 $142 50. Kg3 Re3+ 51. Kg2 e4) 50. Rf5+ Kg6 51. Kf2 $2 (51. h4 Kg7 52. h5) 51... Rb1 $2 (51... Rh1 52. Kg2 (52. Rxe5 Rxh3 53. Kg2 Rc3 $11) 52... Rb1) 52. Kg3 $2 (52. Rxe5 Rb2+ 53. Kf3) 52... Rg1+ $2 {[#]} (52... Re1 53. Kf2 Re4) 53. Kf2 $2 ({Only move:} 53. Kh2 $1 $18 Re1 54. h4) 53... Rh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Rb1 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 54. Kg2 $2 ({Stronger than} 54. Rxe5 Rxh3 55. Rc5 Kf6 $11) (54. Rf3) 54... Re1 $1 55. h4 {White is clearly winning.} e4 56. Kf2 Rh1 57. Kg3 Re1 58. h5+ Kg7 59. Kf2 Ra1 60. Ke3 Re1+ 61. Kf4 e3 62. Re5 e2 63. Kf3 Kf6 64. Rxe2 Ra1 65. Kf4 Rf1+ 66. Kg3 {White wants to mate with Rf2+.} Rg1+ 67. Rg2 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 44%.} 1-0 [Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2019.04.28"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2516"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2019.03.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,97,17,24,0,37,12,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,17,20,11,7,18,22,26,29,15,0,16,8,12,4,20,0,12,8,29,29,11,7,7,8,7,0,27,0,89,97,95,96,610,589,700,700,548,614,533,533,438,427,250,195,802,914,1584,6295,5703,6095,1285,420]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 ({Predecessor:} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 {½-½ (28) Broniek,M (2264)-Noble,M (2422) LSS email 2008}) 2... Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O $146 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (8. Na3 a6 9. O-O Bf5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 e6 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. Qg3 Bg6 15. Bf4 Bxa3 16. bxa3 O-O 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. h4 Nd5 19. Bd6 Nc3 20. Rce1 {0-1 (38) Mamedov,R (2699)-Navara,D (2740) Porto Carras 2018}) 8... Be6 9. Na3 Bxb3 10. axb3 {The position is equal.} Qd3 11. Re1 e6 12. Re3 Qd7 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. bxc4 Be7 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. Rd3 b5 18. cxb5 Nb4 19. Ne5 Qxb5 20. Rh3 {Black must now prevent Qh5.} Nd5 21. Rb3 Qe8 22. Rg3 {Strongly threatening Bh6.} f5 23. Qe2 (23. Bd2 {feels hotter.} Bd6 24. Qe1 a5 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. Nc4) 23... Bf6 24. Rga3 Qe7 25. Nf3 Rfb8 26. Ra6 Rb6 27. Rxb6 Nxb6 28. Bf4 Rc8 29. g3 Qd7 30. Bg5 Rc7 31. Re1 Kf7 32. h4 Rc6 33. h5 h6 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Nh4 Nd5 $1 36. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ne7 37. Qe3 Rc8 (37... fxg4 $11 38. Qxh6 g3) 38. gxf5 $1 $16 ({Don't play} 38. Qxh6 $6 Rg8 $11) 38... Rg8+ {[#]} 39. Kh2 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Nxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Qd6+ $16 40. Kh3 Rg5) 40. Nxf5 $18 exf5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 41. Qb3+ Kf8 42. Qb4+ Kf7 43. Qc4+ Kf8 44. Qc5+ $1 Kf7 {[#]} 45. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1a7]} Ra8 $2 (45... Rb8 46. Rxa7 Rb7 47. Rxb7 Qxb7 48. Qxf5 Qxb2) 46. Ra6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qe8 47. Qxf5 Qb8+ 48. Kh3 Qc8 {[#]} 49. Rxf6+ {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 52%.} (49. Rxa7+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke8 (49... Rxa7 50. Qxc8) 50. Rxa8 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxa8 51. Qe6+ Kf8 52. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 53. Qg6+ Kh8 54. Qxh6+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kh8 56. d5) 1-0