[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,162,63,77,41,52,32,37,0,20,18,49,31,33,35,39,29,42,44,60,44,63,69,91,22,31,-12,13,0,54,60,67,10,10,10,80,64,100,86,102,109,81,-23,86,57,71,69,70,15,14,-59,-59,-59,-49,-170,-99,-107,-101,-102,-91,-122,-85,-81,-120,-121,-78,-112,-79,-102,-68,-68,0,-89,-68,-68,-68,-79,-44,-68,-68,-68,-68,-108,-99,-116,-96,-94,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-105,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-192,-163,-491,-492,-434,-484,-491,-491,-491,-485,-568,-491,-491,-491,-495,-480,-783,-775,-1555,-1495,-2438,-2398,-4973,-2862,-29962,-29962,-29962,-29958,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8. O-O Ne8 9. Ne1 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. f4 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} Nd7 (11... e4 12. Nc2 Na6 13. Be3 Nac7 14. Rf2 a6 15. a4 Bd7 16. g4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 fxg4 18. Bxg4 Nf6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 {½-½ (43) Cruz,F (2344)-Rojas Keim,L (2330) Sant Aria de Besos 2017}) 12. Nd3 e4 13. Nf2 {White is slightly better.} (13. Ne1 {feels hotter.} Nc7 14. Nc2 Qe7 15. a4 Nf6 16. Bd2) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ndf6 15. Be3 Ng7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qe7 16. h3 Ng7 {½-½ (48) Edwards,R (2013)-Turner,D (1832) High Wycombe 2011}) 16. Qe1 Bd7 17. Nd1 Ba4 18. h3 Bxd1 19. Qxd1 Qe8 20. Kf2 Qg6 21. Rg1 ({White should play} 21. g4 $16) 21... Kh8 22. a4 Rg8 23. Qf1 Nfh5 (23... h5 $1 $11) 24. g3 $14 Raf8 25. Qg2 (25. Rg2 $1 $14) 25... Qf6 $1 $11 26. Rac1 Qd8 (26... Nxg3 $11 27. Qxg3 Nh5 28. Bxh5 Rxg3 29. Rxg3 Qh4) 27. Qh2 Nf6 28. g4 Nd7 29. g5 Qa5 30. g6 (30. Qh1 $16) 30... h6 (30... Nf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Qg3 {Qh4! is the strong threat.} Qd8 $1 33. Ke1 (33. Ra1 $14) 33... Ne8 34. Kd2 (34. h4 $11) 34... Nf8 $1 $15 35. Bf2 Qe7 36. Ke3 (36. h4 $15) 36... Qf6 ({Don't do} 36... Nxg6 37. Bh5 $17) (36... Rxg6 $19 37. Qh4 Qg7) 37. Kd2 $17 Nxg6 38. h4 Ne7 39. Qh3 Rxg1 40. Rxg1 Qf7 41. h5 Nf6 42. Bh4 b6 43. Rb1 Qf8 44. Rg1 Qf7 45. Rb1 $1 Qg7 46. Rg1 Qf8 $1 47. Kc2 Nfg8 48. Kd2 Qf7 49. Kc2 Rf8 50. Kd2 Qe8 51. Ra1 Rf7 52. a5 bxa5 53. Rxa5 Nc8 54. Ra1 Qf8 55. Rb1 Nb6 56. Rg1 Rg7 ({Better is} 56... a5 $17 {And now ...a4 would win.} 57. Rb1 Rb7) 57. Rxg7 $1 $11 Kxg7 58. Qg3+ Kh8 59. Qg6 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 60. Bf1 a4 61. Kc2 a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 62. Kb3 {[#]} Na4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 63. Bh3 (63. Kxa4 a2) 63... Qg7 64. Qxg7+ Kxg7 65. Bxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} Nf6 66. Kxa3 Nxc3 67. Bf2 $2 (67. Kb3 $11 Ne2 68. Bxf6+ Kxf6 69. Bxe4) 67... Ne2 68. Ka4 $2 (68. Kb2 {was the crucial defense.}) 68... Nxh5 $19 69. Ka5 Nf6 70. Kb6 Kf7 71. Kc7 Ke7 72. Be3 Nd4 73. Bg6 {intending f5.} h5 74. Bf2 Nf3 75. Bf5 (75. Kb6 $142 Ng4 76. Bxe4 Nxf2 77. Bxf3) 75... Nd2 76. Bh4 e3 77. Bd3 {[#]} Nf3 $1 78. Bxf6+ Kxf6 79. Kxd6 h4 {Black mates.} 80. Kc7 {[#]} Nd4 $1 81. Kc8 e2 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[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 "2019.04.20"]
[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 "2019.04.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,82,26,24,18,21,22,28,26,14,15,13,20,8,6,8,12,8,14,0,0,-6,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,21,0,62,62,70,27,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd2 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. O-O a5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. c4 Be6 {[#] White has an edge.} 16. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. b3 Rc8 17. f3 Nbd7 18. Nb1 Ne8 19. N1c3 Bd8 20. Na4 Nb6 21. Qd2 Nxa4 22. Rxa4 {0-1 (48) Leko,P (2737)-Naiditsch,A (2710) Kiev 2013}) 16... Rc8 17. Rfc1 Bd8 (17... a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 18. Qd1 Qb7 $11) 18. Qd1 Nbd7 19. f3 Bb6 20. Nf1 Ne8 21. Rc3 Bc5 22. Kh1 Rc6 23. Bd2 (23. b3 {is more complex.} Bb4 24. Rcc1 Nc5 25. Rab1 Rb6 26. Bf2) 23... Bb4 24. Rcc1 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Nc7 26. Ra3 Nc5 27. Rca1 Rca6 28. Nb1 Bd7 (28... a4 $11) 29. N1c3 $14 N7e6 30. Nd5 a4 31. b4 (31. Bf1 {with more complications.} h6 32. R1a2 Qd8 33. Ndc3 Qb6 34. Ra1) 31... axb3 $1 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxb5.The position is equal.} 32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Rxa6 Nxa6 34. Qxb3 Nac5 35. Qd1 Nd8 36. Ne3 Ndb7 37. h3 g6 38. Bf1 Be6 39. Nc2 Qd8 40. Qe1 h5 41. Ne3 h4 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[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 "2.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,146,45,22,23,24,14,12,9,20,13,18,16,22,23,21,17,1,7,37,17,31,0,8,0,0,3,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,0,32,30,31,-8,-8,-8,-8,-20,-20,-20,-20,-102,-42,-37,-28,-61,-61,-61,-60,-61,-60,-60,-20,-20,-20,-32,-20,-52,-52,-51,-51,-52,-54,-69,-70,-69,-70,-68,-70,-72,-72,-72,-72,-71,-64,-64,-64,-72,-71,-70,-72,-71,-64,-64,-64,-70,-69,-72,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-62,-62,-62,-61,-261,-261,-485,-478,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29976,-6246,-6129,-6114,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} Nxe4 9. Bc2 (9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Rd1 Bf5 15. Na3 Ne4 {0-1 (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Melkumyan,H (2660) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... d5 10. exd6 {The position is equal.} Nxd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Kh8 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Qd5 Ne5 15. Nbd2 Bd7 16. Qxd6 {0-1 (35) Horn,C-Gabinara,A San Marino 1950}) 13. Bxd6 ({Don't play} 13. Qd3 Bf5 $15) 13... Qxd6 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. Nbd2 g4 16. Nh4 d5 17. Nf5 d4 18. Nc4 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 h5 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. a4 Ne7 22. Be6+ Kg7 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Na5 Rab8 25. Kf1 Kf6 26. Bb3 Ng6 27. Re6+ Kg5 28. g3 dxc3 29. bxc3 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Rd8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 31. f4+ gxf3 32. Bxf3 h4 33. Nc4 hxg3 34. hxg3 Bb8 35. Kg2 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Ne3 (37. Na3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37... Rd2+ (37... f4 $1 $17 38. Be4 Nf8) 38. Kh3 $15 Rd3 39. Be2 Rxc3 40. Bxb5 f4 41. Be8 Nf8 42. Rb6 Be5 43. Nf1 fxg3 {Strongly threatening ...Rc2.} 44. Rc6 Ra3 45. Rb6 Ra2 46. Rb4 $1 Ne6 47. Rg4+ $1 Kf6 48. Bc6 {[#]} g2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. Bxg2 Nf4+ 50. Rxf4+ $1 Bxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 51. Bf3 Bb8 52. Ng3 Kg5 53. Ne2 Bc7 {aiming for ...Rd2.} 54. Kg2 Kh4 55. Kf2 Bb6+ 56. Ke1 Be3 57. Kd1 Kg5 {White must now prevent ...Kf5.} 58. Be4 Kf6 {...Ke5 is the strong threat.} 59. Bf3 Ke5 60. Bg2 Kd6 {Hoping for ...Ke5.} 61. Be4 Kc5 62. Bf5 Rd2+ 63. Ke1 Rd8 {Threatens to win with ...Rf8.} 64. Be4 Kc4 {And now ...Re8 would win.} 65. Kf1 $2 (65. Ng3 $15) 65... Rf8+ $1 $19 66. Ke1 $2 {[#]} (66. Kg2) 66... Bf2+ $1 67. Kd2 {[#]} (67. Kf1 $19 Bb6+ 68. Kg2) 67... Rd8+ $1 68. Kc2 Be3 69. Bf3 Rd2+ 70. Kb1 Kb3 (70... Bh6 $142 71. Bh5 Kb3 72. Nc1+ Ka3 73. Nd3 Rxd3 74. Kc2 Rh3 75. Bg4 Rb3 76. Be6 Rg3 77. Bc8 Kb4 78. Kd1 Rg2 79. Ke1 Rh2 80. Kf1 Be3 81. Ke1 Bc5 82. Bb7 Kc3 83. Be4 Kd4 84. Bg6 Ke3 85. Kd1 Rd2+ 86. Kc1 Ba3+ 87. Kb1 Kd4 88. Bh5 Kc3 89. Bf3 Bb2 90. Ka2 Rd7 91. Bd1 Ra7+ 92. Ba4 Rxa4+ 93. Kb1 Ra1#) 71. Nc1+ Ka3 {( -> ...Rb2+)} 72. Ne2 Rb2+ 73. Ka1 Rb8 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[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 "2019.04.21"]
[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 "2019.04.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,4,18,10,12,12,26,12,37,7,3,4,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,-17,0,0,0,-33,-30,-45,-33,-59,-52,-52,-31,-66,-67,-79,-76,-66,-67,-98,-91,-89,-87,-83,-85,-108,-112,-117,-108,-141,-148,-155,-138,-285,-280,-290,-292,-274,-289,-420,-413,-348,-345,-343,-325,-602,-593,-707,-655]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 {White has an edge.} Be7 (8... Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Be3 c5 11. Nde2 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Ng6 13. Rd5 Bc6 {½-½ (55) Naiditsch,A (2710)-Adhiban,B (2683) Astana 2019}) 9. Bxe7 (9. Be3 {is more complex.} Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. c3) 9... Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nde2 O-O-O 12. Qc1 Ng6 13. Qe3 Kb8 14. Rad1 $146 Qe7 15. f4 Bc8 16. Nc1 (16. h3 {seems wilder.} b6 17. Rd3 Bb7 18. Rfd1 c5 19. Nd5) 16... Rxd1 17. Rxd1 b6 18. Nd3 a5 19. Re1 Ba6 20. Nf2 Re8 21. a3 f6 22. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 23. Ng3 c5 24. Nf5 Qf7 25. Rd1 Nf8 26. c3 a4 27. h3 Ne6 28. Ng3 Bc6 29. Rd2 Nd8 30. Qd3 Nb7 31. Kh2 Nd6 32. Rd1 (32. Qe2 $17) 32... h5 $19 33. Re1 h4 34. Nf1 Qb3 35. e5 (35. Nd1 $142) 35... fxe5 36. fxe5 {intending Nd2.} Qxb2 37. Re2 Qb5 38. Qc2 $2 {[#]} (38. Nd2 Qxd3 39. Nxd3) 38... Nc4 39. e6 Nxa3 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[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 "2019.04.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,126,-7,0,0,-2,-7,0,0,0,-7,-6,-28,77,64,130,116,117,111,124,117,119,128,125,118,133,133,139,125,133,132,133,132,133,119,129,129,133,131,132,133,133,132,137,127,132,133,175,100,100,99,103,101,104,90,104,104,104,97,104,101,100,89,95,103,104,91,102,75,74,74,71,36,60,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,27,3,38,16,8,0,0,0,83,3,4,5,62,62,63,63,214,212,210,194,172,164,139,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} a5 7. Nh3 a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Na6 8. Nf2 Nc5 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nd1 Be6 {½-½ (21) Svidler,P (2736)-Tomashevsky,E (2705) Germany 2019}) 8. Nf2 Be6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c6 (10... Nc5 $11) 11. f4 $16 Nb6 (11... exf4 $14 12. gxf4 Nc5) 12. Be3 c5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. f5 Bd7 15. g4 h6 16. h4 O-O-O 17. g5 Ne8 18. Bd2 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nc7 20. Ng4 Rdg8 21. Rh2 Qf8 22. Rdh1 Kb8 23. b4 axb3 24. axb3 Nc8 25. Kb2 Qd8 26. Rh7 Rxh7 27. Rxh7 Rh8 28. Qh2 ({Stronger than} 28. Rxg7 Qf8 $11) (28. g6 $18) 28... Rxh7 29. Qxh7 Qf8 30. Ne3 Ne7 31. Kc2 Qg8 32. Qh4 Qf8 33. Kd1 Nc6 34. Qh7 Ne7 35. Ke2 Nc8 36. Kf2 Ne7 37. Be2 Qg8 38. Qh1 g6 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 39. Qh6 Ne8 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 40. f6 Nc6 41. b4 Nc7 42. bxc5 dxc5 43. Nd5 Ne6 44. Be3 Ka7 45. Bg4 b6 46. Nc7 {Bxe6 is the strong threat.} Qc8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 47. Nb5+ Kb8 48. Nd6 Qg8 (48... Qa6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 49. Qh1 (49. Kg1 $16) 49... Qf8 $11 50. Qd1 Ncd8 (50... Na5 $11) 51. Nb5 $14 Bc6 52. Kg1 Nc7 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 52... Bxb5 $14 53. cxb5 Kc7) 53. Bf2 $1 $18 {aiming for Bg3.} Nb7 54. Bg3 Bxb5 55. cxb5 Qd6 56. Qe2 ({Better is} 56. Kg2 $16 {Black must now prevent Qxd6.} Qxd1 57. Bxd1 Nxb5 58. Bxe5+ Kc8 59. Kg3) 56... Ne6 $11 {The position is equal.} 57. Bxe6 Qxe6 58. Qh2 Qg4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Strongly threatening ...Nd6. Double Attack} 59. Kf2 {Hoping for Qh8+.} Qxe4 60. Bxe5+ Kc8 61. Qh3+ Kd8 62. Qh8+ Kd7 63. Qh3+ Kd8 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 54%.} 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 "2019.04.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,84,41,28,28,24,37,34,51,48,41,30,34,36,38,29,27,33,38,27,31,6,26,28,30,24,60,33,59,23,27,26,26,26,40,40,19,26,31,28,22,20,48,51,32,74,99,99,60,0,2,31,179,150,124,50,152,146,95,0,0,-8,-29,-13,0,-518,-525,-468,-320,-824,-688,-669,-666,-1110,-1080]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 8. Bg2 O-O (8... dxc4 9. Qc3 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. O-O O-O 12. Qxc4 Ncxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qb4 Qxb4 15. axb4 {1-0 (44) Fridman,D (2591)-Almasi,Z (2702) Batumi 2018}) 9. O-O b6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... dxc4 10. Qc3 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Qxc4 Ncxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nc3 c6 15. Rad1 {½-½ (28) Bellegotti,G (2415)-De Filippis,F (2398) ICCF email 2016}) 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8e6,Be6f8,Bf8d7][%mdl 32]} 13. e3 c5 14. Rfd1 Ne6 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Qb1 Rac8 17. b4 c4 18. Ne5 g6 19. h4 Nf8 20. Qb2 N8d7 21. f4 a6 22. Bh3 b5 23. g4 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. g5 {d5 is the strong threat.} Rc7 27. Rf1 Bd5 28. Rf6 Rc6 29. Qf2 a5 30. h5 (30. Rf1 $14) 30... axb4 $11 (30... gxh5 $6 31. Qh4 $16) 31. axb4 Rf8 (31... Ra8 $1 $14) 32. Rf1 c3 ({Wrong is} 32... Qxb4 $2 33. Rxc6 Qe7 34. Rd6 $18) 33. Kh2 (33. Qf4 $16) 33... Ra8 {[#]} ({But not} 33... gxh5 $2 34. Qe2 $18) ({Don't go for} 33... Qxb4 $2 34. Rxc6 Bxc6 35. Qf6 $18) (33... Rc7 $14) 34. hxg6 $1 $16 hxg6 {[#]} 35. Rxc6 (35. Kg3 $1 $16) 35... Bxc6 $11 36. Rc1 {Black must now prevent Qf6.} Qxb4 {Hoping for ...Bd5.} 37. Kg3 {Threatening Qf6.} Qa3 38. Rh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. Rc2 $1 $11 Qb3 39. Qf6) 38... c2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc2c1][%mdl 512]} 39. e6 (39. Qxc2 Qxe3+) 39... Be8 40. Qd2 $2 (40. Rf1 Ra7 41. Qxc2 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kh2 Qxd4 43. Qf2) 40... Qd3 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Qf2 {intending Qf4.} Ra3 42. Kf4 Qd1 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[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 "2019.04.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,62,13,10,17,12,23,10,22,31,7,31,36,0,22,22,19,20,13,17,22,-50,-48,-41,-57,-52,-42,-85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 $1 {Threatens to win with Rb3.} Nxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 $1 15. Rxb7 Rc8 {[#]} 16. Qe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. O-O Qd8 {½-½ (32) Shirov,A (2631)-Forcen Esteban,D (2569) Linares 2018}) 16... Qd8 17. O-O Rc4 18. Rfb1 Be7 19. f5 Bg5 20. Qf2 ({White should try} 20. Qd3 $11 O-O 21. Ne4) 20... exf5 $15 21. e6 fxe6 {Hoping for ...Bf6.} 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Be5 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] The position is equal. White has some pressure.} (24. Bxd4 Bc8) 24... Be3+ 25. Kf1 $1 {And now Qh5+ would win.} Qh4 26. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 27. Rb7+ Ke8 $1 ({Not} 27... Kd8 $2 28. Rb8+ Ke7 29. Rxg8 $18) 28. Rb8+ $1 Kf7 29. Rb7+ Ke8 30. Rb8+ $1 Kf7 31. Rb7+ Ke8 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 88%.} 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 "2019.04.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,8,14,25,24,7,26,0,0,0,-7,-16,-6,-16,-8,-39,-35,-31,-28,-28,-23,-40,-33,-37,-26,-22,-8,-36,-30,-52,-2,-29,-25,-57,0,0,0,0,0,-10,60,77,250,199,185,168,167,181,1020,990,2577,2558,1595,901,912,865,1107,1093,971,940,29989,29990,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 (3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nc6 8. Be2 Qb6 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. Qxg4 Qxd4 11. O-O e6 12. Rd1 Qf6 13. Qg3 Qg6 14. Bf4 Qxg3 15. Bxg3 {0-1 (67) Guseinov,G (2664)-Artemiev,V (2709) Skopje 2018}) 3... d6 4. a4 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. d3 Rb8 10. h3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. g4 {1-0 (47) Leiro Giralt,D (2174)-Cuadras Avellana,J (2250) Barcelona 2019}) 11. g4 h6 12. Ng3 Bh4 13. Nce2 b5 14. Kh2 b4 15. Be3 a5 16. Qd2 Ba6 17. b3 Qe7 18. Rg1 Rbc8 19. Raf1 g6 20. e5 d5 21. f5 Ncxe5 22. Bxh6 Rfe8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. g5 Nf7 (24... Bxg3+ $11 25. Nxg3 c4 26. dxc4 dxc4) 25. Qf4 $14 Nxh6 $2 (25... Bxg3+ $16 {was worth a try.} 26. Qxg3 c4) 26. Qxh4 $18 Nf7 27. Nh5 gxh5 {[#]} 28. Rf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf6 $2 (28... Nf8) 29. gxf6 {White threatens Qg3+ and mate.} Qd6+ 30. Nf4 {[%cal Be2f4,Bf4g6,Bg6e5,Be5g4,Bg4f6][%mdl 32] Qg3+ would kill now.} Kf8 31. Qg3 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg3g7]} Red8 32. Re1 e5 33. Ng6+ Ke8 34. Nxe5 Qxf6 35. Ng4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qe7 {[#]} 36. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,75,22,21,19,25,15,24,20,22,4,25,22,26,20,22,34,21,21,87,61,79,32,97,99,106,94,173,172,189,179,181,184,219,220,205,194,191,203,215,216,202,200,225,225,208,206,214,192,192,200,196,196,187,177,221,209,239,223]} 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. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. h3 {White has an edge.} Qd6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Be3 Rab8 {[#]} 17. Bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Red1 Nxe4 18. Ba4 Ng3 19. fxg3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxe3+ {½-½ (41) Karjakin,S (2770)-Svidler,P (2743) Kazan 2014}) 17... Qxc5 18. Ncd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rfe8 (18... Bd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Qxa6 $16 {Ba4 is the strong threat.} Ra8 20. Qe2 {aiming for Bxe6.} Nxa5 (20... Rxa5 $14 21. Bxe6 Rxa1 22. Bxf7+ (22. Rxa1 Rxe6 23. Nb3 Qd6 $14) 22... Kxf7 23. Rxa1 Qxc2) 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Ra4 Ra7 (22... Nd7 $16) 23. Qe3 $18 {White is clearly better.} Qxe3 24. Rxe3 c5 25. Nxe5 Nc6 26. Rxa7 Nxa7 27. Rd3 Nb5 28. f3 Ra8 29. Nb3 Rc8 {next ...c4 is good for Black.} 30. Nc4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Rd1 g5 33. Ra1 Nd7 34. Ke3 Nd6 35. Nxd6 Kxd6 36. Ra6+ Ke7 37. Na5 Ne5 38. g3 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,94,0,0,0,0,0,-2,4,0,-7,15,7,12,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,41,72,65,73,-6,10,-18,0,0,26,-49,-12,-126,-116,-114,-120,-126,-117,-186,-189,-198,-175,-170,-162,-185,-159,-169,-175,-186,-184,-251,-251,-302,-295,-381,-321,-475,-379,-771,-787,-831,-828,-828,-782,-1010,-539,-865,-926,-904,-910,-847,-862,-856,-836,-1095,-1103,-12848,-12843,-6107,-6003,-5998,-5987]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. a3 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} (7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 a5 10. d3 Na6 11. f4 Nc7 12. g4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qxb5 {1-0 (35) Nakamura,H (2777)-Aronian,L (2767) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... Bc5 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 10. O-O b5 11. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 a5 12. Bd2 Bd4 13. Nd1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. c3 Bc5 {1-0 (39) Aguiar,H (2028)-Koekemoer,B Caldas Novas 2011}) 11... Qb6 12. Qe2 a5 13. Kh1 d4 14. Nb1 e5 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. f4 Qc7 17. f5 Nb6 18. g4 c5 19. Nf3 (19. g5 $16 Nfd7 20. Qh5) 19... c4 $11 20. Bg5 Nfd7 21. f6 g6 22. Bh6 (22. h4 $11) 22... Rfc8 23. Ng5 {[#]} (23. Bg7 $11) 23... Bf8 $1 $17 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. Qe1 {And now Qh4 would win.} Nbd7 26. a4 (26. c3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 26... bxa4 $19 27. Rxa4 cxd3 28. cxd3 h6 29. Nf3 Ne6 ({Don't take} 29... Nxf6 30. Rc4 $15) 30. Qh4 Kh7 31. g5 h5 32. Raa1 (32. Rfa1 $142) 32... Nf4 {Played: Qc7-c2} 0-1

[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 "2019.04.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,119,15,32,20,12,16,15,11,28,6,16,6,12,6,17,3,5,4,8,10,14,2,18,12,14,0,0,0,7,0,0,5,18,0,16,16,31,19,36,0,3,3,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,36,34,32,36,33,35,20,27,79,79,102,99,93,20,20,21,24,11,16,0,0,0,80,80,80,91,91,91,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (8. e3 Bf8 9. d4 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. d5 Nb4 13. e4 Bd7 14. Be3 Qg6 15. Qb1 Na6 {1-0 (42) Inarkiev,E (2727)-Zhigalko,S (2639) Poikovsky 2017}) 8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd2 c6 11. e3 Nf5 12. a3 Bf8 13. b3 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. Bg2 d5 {½-½ (47) Jonckheere,P (2382)-Pakenas,P (2423) ICCF email 2005}) 10... exd4 11. e4 c6 12. Bf4 cxd5 13. a3 Bc5 14. b4 Bf8 15. exd5 d6 16. bxa5 Qxa5 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. Qf3 g6 19. Bb4 Bf5 20. Rad1 Re5 21. g4 Bd7 22. Qf4 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Qb6 25. Bf3 Ba4 26. Rc1 Bg7 27. Kg2 Bb3 28. Rh1 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rh3 Qd8 31. Qf3 Rb5 32. Qg3 Qg5 33. Rc7 Rd8 34. Rh1 Qd5+ 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 d5 37. Rhc1 Be5 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. Rxc8+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kg7 40. g5 f6 (40... f5 $11 {remains equal.}) 41. Re8 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rb6 42. Re7+ Kg8 43. Kg4 (43. Kg2 $16) 43... f5+ $1 $11 44. Kf3 Bh2 45. Rd7 Rb5 46. Bd6 Bxd6 47. Rxd6 {KR-KR} Rb3 (47... Kf7 $11) 48. Rxg6+ $16 Kh7 49. Rh6+ Kg7 50. Kf4 Rxd3 {[#]} 51. a4 (51. Rd6 $1 $16) 51... Rc3 $11 {The position is equal.} 52. Rd6 Rc5 53. Rd7+ Kg6 54. Rxb7 {aiming for Rb6+.} Rc6 55. a5 {[#] Threatening mate with Rb6.} d3 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 56. Ke3 {White wants to mate with Rb6.} Rc5 57. f4 {a6 is the strong threat.} d2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 58. Kxd2 {Hoping for a6.} Rxa5 59. Rd7 Kh5 60. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[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 "2019.04.24"]
[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 "2019.04.24"]
[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 "2019.04.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,161,28,42,38,42,41,47,40,45,29,50,41,38,33,50,34,76,59,66,58,69,50,117,103,81,80,189,133,130,116,134,91,105,60,212,183,169,181,180,158,177,136,153,100,115,54,43,45,53,39,37,10,6,6,18,6,35,18,70,55,60,46,52,77,92,30,23,10,45,8,17,16,16,18,25,6,47,51,63,98,58,57,54,77,78,78,85,72,83,85,96,94,114,126,29959,29960,29956,29956,29955,29959,29959,29959,29963,29964,29964,29965,29964,29966,29965,29966,29956,29966,29965,29969,29959,29970,29970,29971,29971,29971,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29973,29975,29976,29976,29973,29973,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29978,29980,29986,29987,29987,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 (5... Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14. Qxd5 {½-½ (31) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Caruana,F (2832) Germany 2019}) 6. e5 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Qf4 Qd7 12. Nc3 $146 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 g5 13. Qg3 {½-½ (41) Dubov,D (2703)-Matlakov,M (2700) St Petersburg 2018}) 12... h6 13. Rd1 g5 14. Qg3 O-O-O $1 15. Be3 Nb4 (15... Bb4 $14) 16. Nd2 $16 h5 17. Nxc4 g4 (17... Nxc4 $16 18. Bxc4 h4) 18. Nxb6+ (18. Na5 $18) 18... axb6 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qf4 Rdf8 $2 (21... h4 $1 $14) 22. d5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nxd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rac1 Qb7 25. Qf5+ Kb8 26. Qd7 (26. Rd3 $142) 26... c5 $16 27. Qxd5 (27. Qb5 $1 $16) 27... Qxd5 $14 28. Rxd5 Rd8 29. Rdd1 Kc7 30. Kf1 Kc6 31. Ke2 Rhe8 32. f4 f6 (32... Ra8 {keeps more tension.} 33. Ra1 f6 34. a4 fxe5 35. fxe5 Bd8) 33. exf6 Bxf6 ({Black should try} 33... Rxd1 $1 $11 34. f7 (34. Rxd1 Bxf6 35. b3 b5 $11) 34... Rdd8 35. fxe8=R (35. fxe8=B+ Rxe8 36. b3 Bf6 $14) 35... Rxe8) 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. b3 Re8 36. Kd3 Rd8+ 37. Kc2 (37. Ke4 $16) 37... Re8 $11 38. Re1 Kd5 (38... Ra8 $5 {[%cal Ra8a2]} 39. a4 b5 $16) 39. a4 Re4 40. Bd2 Rxe1 41. Bxe1 {KB-KB} Ke4 42. f5 {Bc3 is the strong threat.} h4 43. Bc3 Bxc3 44. Kxc3 Kxf5 $14 {KP-KP} 45. Kc4 Kf4 46. Kb5 Ke3 (46... g3 $2 47. hxg3+ Kxg3 48. Kxb6 $18) 47. Kxb6 Kf2 48. a5 {Strongly threatening g3.} (48. Kxc5 $2 Kxg2 49. a5 Kxh2 $19) 48... Kxg2 49. a6 Kxh2 $16 {And now ...g3 would win. K3P-KPP} 50. a7 g3 {Threatens to win with ...g2.} 51. a8=Q {Black must now prevent Qb8.} g2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... h3 $16) 52. Qb8+ {White mates.} Kh3 53. Qc8+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh2 54. Qc7+ Kh3 55. Qd7+ $1 Kh2 56. Qd6+ Kh3 57. Qe6+ $1 Kh2 58. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh3 59. Qe1 c4 {[#]} 60. b4 $1 ({Stronger than} 60. bxc4 g1=Q+ 61. Qxg1 $11) 60... c3 61. Kc6 c2 62. Qc1 Kh2 63. Qxc2 Kh3 64. Qd3+ ({Inferior is} 64. Qf2 g1=Q $11) 64... Kh2 65. Qe2 Kh3 66. Qe3+ Kh2 {[#]} 67. Qf2 $1 h3 68. b5 Kh1 69. Qg3 h2 {[#]} 70. Qf3 $1 Kg1 {[#]} 71. Qe3+ $1 ({Weaker is} 71. Qd1+ Kf2 $16) 71... Kf1 72. Qf4+ Kg1 73. b6 h1=Q {KQ-KQ} 74. b7 Qh7 75. b8=Q Kh1 {[#]} 76. Qf3 $1 Qc2+ 77. Kd5 Qd2+ 78. Ke4 Qc2+ 79. Ke5 Qc5+ 80. Kf6 Qd4+ 81. Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,41,25,11,13,29,33,8,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,25,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} 7. Nf3 (7. Bxf7+ Kf8 $17) 7... d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c4]} ({Reject} 7... Nxe4 $6 8. Nd5 $16) 8. Bxd5 Bg4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 9. d3 ({Much weaker is} 9. Bxb7 Rb8 $19) 9... O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. exd5 Re8 $1 13. O-O Bxf3 $1 14. gxf3 Bd6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qh4.} 15. f4 (15. Bxd4 {leads to mate.} Qg5+ 16. Kh1 {[#]} Qf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. h3 Qh2#) 15... Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h3]} 16. Bxd4 (16. Kh1 $16) 16... Bxf4 $11 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh4h2] The position is equal.} 17. Kg2 {[#]} Qg5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qxh2+ 18. Kf3 Qh3+ 19. Kxf4 Qh2+ 20. Kf3 Qh3+ {½-½ (20) Kravtsiv,M (2654)-Wang,H (2711) Abu Dhabi 2018}) 18. Kh1 {Black must now prevent Qf3.} Qh4 $1 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh4h2]} 19. Kg2 {h3 is the strong threat.} Qg5+ 20. Kh1 {aiming for Qf3.} Qh4 $1 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh4h2]} 21. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,59,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,41,-6,23,24,17,35,22,0,30,0,0,0,43,33,57,64,95,92,76,89,137,134,152,150,144,141,153,149,154,132,200,194,227,189,340,344,336,320]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 $1 {[#] Hoping for ...Qa5.} 8. d3 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} d5 {aiming for ...dxe4.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 {Threatens to win with ...Bb4.} 10. O-O {Black must now prevent Qe1+.The position is equal.} Be7 11. Re1 Nc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. c3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne6 15. f4 d4 {½-½ (34) Rublevsky,S (2652)-Bacrot,E (2725) Khanty-Mansiysk 2005}) 12. Bg5 Nxf3+ (12... Nce6 {with more complications.} 13. Nxd4 Bxd1 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rxe6 Bg4) 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. f4 Bf5 19. Qg3 Ne6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Re5 h5 22. Kh1 h4 23. Qe3 Rhf8 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. a3 h3 26. Rg5 Rdf8 (26... b6 $16 27. a4 c5) 27. Ne2 $18 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3h5,Bh5g7][%mdl 32]} c5 28. Ng3 ({Don't do} 28. Rxc5 Qxb2 29. Nd4 a6 $16) ({Worse is} 28. Qxc5 Rc7 $11) 28... Bh7 $2 {[#]} (28... c4 {might work better.} 29. Nxf5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} (29. dxc4 Bxc2 30. Rxe6 Qd8 $16) 29... exf5) 29. Nh5 ({Weaker is} 29. Qxc5 Qxf4 30. Qe3 Qxe3 $15) 29... Qd8 30. Nxg7 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

[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 "2019.04.26"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,104,15,7,0,0,0,10,4,12,12,8,25,32,18,22,1,17,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-14,-8,-21,-22,-31,-13,-20,-40,-59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Rxe5 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} O-O {[#]} 14. Qxd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Ng4 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rd4 19. Rd3 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Rd8 21. Qe2 h6 22. Ne4 Qd4 23. Nc3 Qb6 24. Ne4 Qd4 25. Nc3 Qb6 {½-½ (25) Macieja,B (2613)-Guliyev,N (2526) Warsaw 2005}) 14... Rfxd8 15. Re2 c5 16. Na4 Rd1+ 17. Kg2 Rad8 18. b3 Nd5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bf6.} 19. c3 Rc8 20. Re4 Nf6 21. Re2 Nd5 22. Rd2 (22. c4 {is interesting.} Nb4 23. Bb2 Rdd8 24. f4 g6 25. Be5) 22... Rxd2 23. Bxd2 c4 24. Nb2 Bf6 25. Nxc4 Bxc3 26. Rd1 Bxd2 27. Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} g5 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Ne3 Rc3 30. Rc2 (30. Ke4 {seems wilder.} Nxe3 31. fxe3 Rc5 32. Kd4 Rd5+ 33. Kc3) 30... f5 31. Rxc3 Nxc3 {KN-KN} 32. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} g4+ 33. Kg2 $1 Kf6 34. Nc2 Ne4 35. b4 Nc3 (35... Ke5 $1 $15) 36. b5 {The position is equal.} axb5 37. a5 Nd5 38. a6 Nc7 39. a7 Ke5 40. Kf1 $1 Kd5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Kc5.} 41. Nb4+ $1 Kc4 42. Nc6 Kd3 43. Ke1 Na8 44. Nd8 e5 {Threatens to win with ...b4.} 45. Nc6 Ke4 46. Kd2 Kd5 47. Nb4+ Kc4 48. Nc6 Kd5 49. Nb4+ Ke4 50. Nc6 f4 51. Kc3 Kd5 52. Nb4+ Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 82%.} 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 "2019.04.27"]
[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 "2019.04.27"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,83,-1,0,-1,-2,4,22,10,11,25,25,25,16,12,13,0,34,35,37,32,45,48,58,65,50,10,45,20,20,25,41,35,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-7,0,-31,-14,-10,-10,-57,-57,-57,-57,-52,-27,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5 Qc8 9. cxd5 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Bxd5 10. f3 Rd8 11. Ne4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Be3 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... c5 15. Rc1 Ba6 16. a3 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 {1-0 (49) Bogner,S (2588)-Kuljasevic,D (2534) Le Castella 2018}) 15. Qb3 {[#] Nxd7 is the strong threat.} Be7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rac1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Qb5 a6 22. Qb3 h6 23. Bf1 a5 24. a3 (24. Rxd8+ $14 Rxd8 25. Qb5) 24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. Qb5 Rc6 28. Rd2 c4 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. Rc2 Rc5 31. Qe8 Qb7 {White must now prevent ...Rb5.} 32. Rd2 c3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. a4 Rc8 35. Qb5 Qxb5 (35... Qc7 $15) 36. axb5 $15 {KR-KR. The position is equal.} Rb8 37. Rb2 g5 38. b6 Kg7 39. h4 gxh4 40. gxh4 a4 41. Ra2 Rxb6 {And now ...Rb4 would win.} 42. Rxa4 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,75,7,0,17,0,12,0,8,-10,0,0,15,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,25,8,18,8,24,6,31,18,18,13,26,25,34,30,30,33,106,56,154,158,157,156,147,156,152,154,154,145,191,197,216,218,222,213,529,379,376,373,396,392]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 {And now Bb5+ would win.} Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c3] D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} 10. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 Qb4 14. Rh3 a6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Rc3 O-O 18. Qd2 Ng6 19. h5 Nf4 20. Qe3 e5 21. Nc2 {½-½ (33) Grischuk,A (2766)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 10... O-O 11. Qe2 e5 {The position is equal.} 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. O-O Bg4 14. f3 Rc8 15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bh5 17. c4 Nd7 18. Rfc1 b6 19. a4 a5 20. Qf2 Qd6 21. Be3 Bg6 22. Qd2 f6 23. Qb2 Rc7 24. Nd2 Nc5 25. Qa3 Rd8 26. Rc3 f5 (26... Rb7 $14) 27. Re1 e4 ({Better is} 27... Na6 $14) 28. fxe4 $16 fxe4 29. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 30. Nxe4 Qe5 31. Rce3 Rcc8 {[#]} 32. h3 $1 Qc7 33. Nd2 Re8 {[#]} 34. Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7c7]} Rxe7 35. Rxe7 ({Resist} 35. Qxe7 $6 Qxe7 36. Rxe7 Bd3 $16) 35... Qd8 $2 (35... Qf4) 36. Qe3 Rc7 37. Re6 Rc5 38. Qb3 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[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 "2019.04.27"]
[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 "2019.04.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,173,28,19,18,26,23,24,13,20,12,41,38,35,13,32,25,25,23,30,27,23,11,10,15,17,5,33,-14,-14,-14,-14,-12,-14,-14,-25,-20,-32,-25,-14,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-14,-8,-2,-15,-15,-15,-15,-24,-21,-14,-19,-32,-10,-8,-12,-29,0,0,58,60,127,118,134,133,139,67,71,52,83,83,83,83,83,83,137,126,127,91,142,145,142,135,142,138,144,145,153,124,131,120,135,112,131,130,120,93,112,108,123,105,115,112,158,159,179,179,165,156,188,182,191,171,164,156,142,109,128,73,106,0,108,0,160,73,73,73,73,32,29,35,36,22,73,16,24,0,73,8,18,8,73,73,73,73,73,72,71,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bf4 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bc4 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 {½-½ (28) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Karjakin,S (2753) Kolkata 2018}) 6... dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Nxc5 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 {½-½ (52) Demidov,M (2520)-Kevlishvili,R (2451) Skopje 2018}) 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 {White has an edge.} cxd6 9. Nc3 d5 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qa4 Nf6 16. f5 Qe7 17. h3 a5 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qg5 20. Rf4 exf5 21. Qd7 Bc8 22. Qc6 Rb8 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Nxe4 Qg6 25. Qxg6 Bxg6 26. Nd6 Rfd8 27. Nb5 Rbc8 28. Rd1 f6 29. a3 Rc2 30. Rf2 Rc4 31. Rfd2 Be8 32. Nc3 $1 b5 33. Kf2 f5 34. d5 Kf7 35. Rd4 Rdc8 36. e4 Kf6 (36... b4 $11 37. axb4 Rxb4) 37. Rxc4 $14 bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} (37... Rxc4 $14 38. d6 b4 39. Nd5+ Ke5) 38. Ke3 $1 $16 Ke5 39. exf5 $1 Rb8 40. Rd2 ({White should try} 40. g4 $16) 40... h5 $1 $14 41. g3 Bd7 42. d6 $1 Kxf5 43. Rd5+ $1 Ke6 44. Kd4 Bc6 (44... Rb3 $142) 45. Rxh5 $16 Rxb2 46. Rxa5 ({Don't play} 46. Kxc4 $6 a4 $11) 46... Kxd6 (46... Rd2+ $142 47. Kxc4 Rxd6) 47. Rg5 Bg2 48. Rg6+ Ke7 49. Rxg7+ Kf6 50. Rg4 Bh3 51. Rf4+ Ke7 52. Kxc4 Be6+ 53. Kd3 Rg2 54. Ne2 Rh2 55. Ke3 Rh1 56. Ra4 Re1 57. Kf2 Ra1 58. Ra5 Kf6 59. Nc3 Bf5 60. Nd5+ Kf7 61. Ke3 Bc2 62. g4 Ke6 63. Nf4+ Kd6 64. Ne2 Rd1 65. g5 Rd3+ 66. Kf2 ({White should play} 66. Kf4 {g6 is the strong threat.} Bd1 67. Nc1) 66... Rd2 67. Ke3 Rd3+ 68. Kf2 (68. Kf4 $142 {And now g6 would win.} Bd1 69. Nc1) 68... Rd2 $1 {[#]} 69. g6 ({Better is} 69. Rb5 $1) 69... Ke7 70. Ra7+ Kf8 71. Ke3 Rd3+ 72. Kf4 Bd1 73. Ng1 Rd6 (73... Rb3 $11) 74. Kg5 (74. g7+ $16 Kg8 75. Nh3) 74... Rd5+ $11 75. Kf4 {Black must now prevent Nf3.} Rd6 76. Rf7+ (76. g7+ $16 Kg8 77. Nh3) 76... Kg8 77. Kg5 Ra6 (77... Rd5+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 78. Kf6 Bg4) 78. Kh6 $16 {Strongly threatening Rd7.} Bc2 79. Rg7+ Kf8 80. Nf3 {Hoping for Ne5.} Rxa3 {[#]} 81. Ng5 (81. Rf7+ $1 $16 Ke8 82. Nh4 Bxg6 83. Kxg6) 81... Ra6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 82. Nh7+ Ke8 83. Rg8+ Ke7 84. Rg7+ Ke8 85. Kg5 {aiming for Nf6+.} Rxg6+ 86. Rxg6 Bxg6 87. Kxg6 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[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

[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

[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

[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,25,26,16,20,4,10,6,19,8,8,8,14,0,17,0,22,-16,-5,-8,-17,-12,-6,-6,-6,-7,-4,-7,-7,-10,-5,-5,-4,-2,0,-3,-4,-6,-9,-7,6,6,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. O-O {seems wilder.} Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. a4 Be6 9. Na3) 6... Qe7 {The position is equal.} 7. h3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc4 c5 10. Ne3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Bc3 O-O-O {½-½ (21) Nisipeanu,L (2674)-Tomashevsky,E (2705) Germany 2019}) 9... O-O 10. Nc4 Re8 11. Re1 c5 12. Nh2 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Qf2 Ng6 15. Rf1 Be6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxc4.} 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Bxf4 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bd2 b6 20. Ng4 Qe2 21. Ne3 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Be6 23. Bc3 Ne7 24. Rfe1 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. b3 f6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Bd2 Kd7 31. Bc3 Ke8 32. Bd2 Kd7 33. Bc3 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,10,9,0,2,-6,0,-5,24,12,57,31,59,60,64,26,33,-5,0,-22,65,0,8,0,61,85,55,61,181,142,223,256,266,307,304,270,329,143,252,247,476,293,276,0,0,0,0,0,39,0,111,102,96,102,248,154,279,285,300,300,300,300,316,292,411,388,429,432,872,863,950,904]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e5 4. Nge2 (4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Be2 Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. Rb1 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 {½-½ (93) Rakhmanov,A (2629)-Predke,A (2622) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... Nc6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Bg2 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} h5 7. h3 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nf6 8. a3 a5 9. d3 h4 10. Bg5 hxg3 11. Nxg3 {1-0 (20) Harika,D (2514)-Ehlvest,J (2524) Almaty 2016}) 8. d3 {The position is equal.} Qd7 9. h4 f5 10. exf5 Qxf5 11. O-O Nf6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc8 14. Nf4 Ne5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 14... a6 $11 15. b4 (15. Bh3 Ng4 $11) 15... axb5 16. bxc5 Ne5 17. cxd6 cxd6) 15. b4 {Played: Nf4-e6} 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

[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,13,23,0,10,0,0,0,13,0,32,44,44,38,54,30,59,57,52,55,71,60,66,61,92,74,77,61,125,81,96,83,105,97,141,136,130,128,133,134,141,136,106,68,69,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,106,111,206,206,206,200,199,188,294,287,2093,1488,550,550,2004,2056,1379,535]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. h3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} Nf6 (7... Qd7 8. Kh2 e5 9. d3 h6 10. a3 Nge7 11. Rb1 a5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nde4 Kh7 14. Bd2 Be6 {0-1 (87) Harikrishna,P (2725)-Ragger,M (2687) St Petersburg 2018}) 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 {The position is equal.} a6 10. Qd2 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qd7 11. g4 Be6 12. Bh6 Rab8 13. e4 b5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 h5 16. g5 Nh7 {0-1 (29) Schmidbauer,A (1886)-Dolinar,J (1788) Vienna 2012}) 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qa5 13. Nc3 Rab8 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. b3 e5 16. Bh6 Nd4 17. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 Kxg7 19. f4 Qa6 (19... h5 $14) 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Na4 Nd7 22. Rc3 Rb4 23. g4 Be6 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 {[#]} 25. Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Rxb3 (25... Rxc5 26. Qxb4) 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Rc1 Rxd3 28. Qe2 Be6 $1 29. Qxe5+ Kg8 30. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rd8 $1 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Qxb8+ Kg7 $1 33. Bd5 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Bxd5 34. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} f6 35. Qxd5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} h5 (35... Qa7 $16) 36. gxh5 $18 gxh5 37. Qd7+ ({Much less strong is} 37. Qxh5 $6 Qxa2 38. Qf5 Qb2 $16) 37... Kg6 38. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qe2 {[#]} (38... Qa5 $142 39. Qb5 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+) 39. Qd5 $1 f5 $2 (39... Kh6 40. a5 h4) 40. a5 {White is clearly winning.} f4 41. Kg2 Kh6 42. Qf5 Qc4 43. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 36%.} (43. Qf6+ $142 Kh7 44. a6 Qd5+ 45. Kh2) 1-0

[Event "6th GRENKE Chess Classic 2019"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,72,64,55,61,43,52,9,46,65,51,53,43,47,58,61,40,54,56,39,97,30,35,-51,-22,-58,-72,-61,-69,-109,-117,-245,-244,-240,-238,-248,-248,-230,-231,-250,-250,-258,-259,-371,-262,-391,-295,-542,-521,-552,-536,-561,-497,-561,-558,-509,-529]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nh5 {A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3} 11. g4 Nf6 12. Bf4 Ne8 {The position is equal.} 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. O-O {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rb8 15. Rae1 b6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 Rb7 21. e5 {½-½ (21) Kopylov,M (2424)-Gharamian,T (2626) Germany 2018}) 15. gxh5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bg5 f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 18. Be3 {Hoping for h6.} c4 ({Better is} 18... Bxh3 $14 19. h6 (19. Bxc5 Qc8 $14) (19. hxg6 f5 $14) 19... Bh8) 19. Bxc4 (19. Be2 $16) 19... Nd6 $11 20. Qe2 ({White should play} 20. Be2 $14) 20... f5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf5f4][%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 21. f4 {And now Bc5 would win.} Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g3][%mdl 64] aiming for ...Qg3+. Double Attack} 22. Bc5 Qg3+ $1 23. Kh1 Qxh3+ 24. Qh2 (24. Kg1 $17 Nxc4 25. Bxf8 Bxf8 26. Qxc4 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1) 24... Qxh2+ $19 25. Kxh2 Nxc4 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. hxg6 {[#]} exf4 $1 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Rae1 {[#]} Re8 $1 ({Not} 29... Nxb2 30. Rxf4 Bxc3 31. Rxf5+ Kg8 32. Re7 $11) 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Re1+ (31. Ne2 {is the only way for White.}) 31... Be5 32. Nd1 $2 (32. g7 {was worth a try.} Kf7 33. Kg2) 32... Bxg6 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Kg2 {intending b3.} Bc2 34. Kf3 Kd7 35. Nf2 Kd6 36. Rc1 Ne3 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 85%.} 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

