[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,82,37,21,31,22,45,54,56,29,35,59,42,48,81,85,118,116,116,125,124,115,129,119,116,111,119,112,149,103,108,72,73,91,85,31,50,34,75,77,98,92,72,73,110,111,144,66,120,8,258,249,254,68,58,60,52,50,50,49,50,50,226,223,249,218,229,196,238,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} 9. Qd2 Nxd4 (9... O-O 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Be2 b5 12. Bh6 Qa5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 {½-½ (45) Paravyan,D (2630)-Sjugirov,S (2677) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. Bxd4 Be6 {White is slightly better.} 11. g4 b5 12. h4 Qa5 13. a3 h6 14. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b4 Qc7 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. a4 Bc4 17. axb5 axb5 {0-1 (40) Dorst,K-Schassan,H Dresden 2006}) 14... Rb8 15. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. gxh6 Nh5 18. Qg5 f6 19. Qxg6+ Bf7 20. Qg1 $1 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Kd2 Nf4 23. Qe3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 ({White should try} 24. Kxd3 $16 {Ra1 is the strong threat.} Rc8 25. Rb1) 24... Rxh6 $14 25. Qxa6 Kf8 26. Ra1 d5 {Hoping for ...Rg6.} 27. Ra4 Qc5 28. exd5 Rxb2 29. Qa7 Qd6 30. Qe3 (30. Kc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1b2]} Rb4 31. Qe3) 30... Rg6 ({Black should play} 30... Rh5 $14) 31. Ra8+ (31. Kc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1b2]} Rb8 32. Ra7) 31... Kg7 $2 (31... Rb8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 32. Rxb8+ Qxb8) 32. Kc1 $18 Qb4 {[#]} 33. Ra4 $2 ({And not} 33. h5 Rg2 $17) (33. Rh2 $1 $18 Qb6 34. Qxb6 (34. Qxe7 {leads to mate.} Rg1+ 35. Nd1 Rb1+ 36. Kd2 Rbxd1+ 37. Kc3 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kb3 Rb1+ 39. Ka3 Qa1#) 34... Rxb6 35. Ra7) 33... Rb1+ $1 $14 34. Nxb1 Qxa4 35. Qxe7 {And now h5 would win.} Rg2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Ra4c2]} 36. Qe4 Qa7 {next ...Bg6 is good for Black.} 37. Re1 Rg1 $2 {[#]} (37... Qc5 $14) 38. Nc3 $1 $18 Qa1+ 39. Kd2 Rg2+ 40. Re2 Rg1 {White must now prevent ...Qc1+.} 41. Qe7 $2 (41. Qc4 $18) 41... Rd1+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,21,22,13,20,10,16,12,19,0,0,4,16,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,20,28,27,17,30,16,15,6,12,13,18,6,4,0,0,0,0,0,30,0,46,47,49,48,60,40,52,39,57,56,72,53,43,27,34,35,71,18,38,22,36,6,0,0,0,0,26,0,0,-39,-26,-33,-7,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-36,-54,-43,0,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 Bxc4 11. bxc4 a5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Be3 b6 {½-½ (52) Caruana,F (2828)-Nakamura,H (2749) chess.com INT 2019}) 6... Qe7 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 Nd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Bd2 Rfe8 13. Ne3 Nf8 {½-½ (25) Tieken,F (2128)-Packroff,H (2200) ICCF email 2015}) 12. Ne3 Nf8 13. Nf5 Qd7 14. Be3 Ne6 15. c3 O-O-O 16. Ng3 ({Of course not} 16. Bxa7 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 b6 $17) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Kb8 18. Rfd1 g6 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Rhf8 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. d5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe8 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. Qg4 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27. Ne2 h5 28. Qf3 Nd7 29. Nc3 Ne5 30. Qe2 Re7 31. f4 Nf7 32. R5d4 Nd6 33. Qd3 Re6 34. b5 ({White should try} 34. h4 $16) 34... b6 35. a4 g5 36. f5 Re5 $1 37. Rf1 Rd8 38. Rd1 Rc8 39. Ra1 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Rd1 Kb7 (41... g3 $5 42. Rf1 {[#]} (42. Qxg3 Nxe4 43. Nxe4 Rxe4 $15) 42... Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. exf5 Re3 $15) 42. Rd5 Rxd5 43. Qxd5+ Kb8 44. Qd4 Qh5 {aiming for ...g3.} 45. Nd5 g3 46. Nxf6 Qh2+ 47. Kf1 Qh1+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 48. Qg1 {The position is equal.} Qh4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 49. Qd4 {Strongly threatening Ke2.} Qh1+ 50. Qg1 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,33,27,35,24,33,3,8,10,42,4,10,19,16,16,25,0,0,0,26,9,20,5,25,25,48,39,41,33,50,50,50,38,31,33,43,37,35,45,70,65,64,63,66,60,68,66,58,9,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,8,8,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. a4 a5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (7... Be6 8. Re1 Qd7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 a6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nh5 15. e5 {0-1 (71) Miton,K (2584)-Wang,H (2709) Riadh 2017}) 8. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Re1 Qc8 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nd7 14. f4 d5 15. Kh1 Bc5 16. Qd3 {½-½ (16) Shanava,K (2535)-Panchanathan,M (2556) Pardubice 2011}) 8... Nd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nf1 Bg6 14. Ng3 Bf6 15. Ne4 d5 16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. Bg5 Qf5 18. Qd2 Rae8 19. Be3 {Bxb6 is the strong threat.} Bh5 20. Bd1 {Strongly threatening g4.} Qd7 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Qg5 Qf7 23. Qh4 {[#] Hoping for Ng5.} Bg6 24. Bb3 Qd7 25. Qg3 {[%cal Rf3e5]} d4 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 dxc3 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. bxc3 Qxd3 30. Qxd3 (30. Qc7 {is interesting.} h6 31. Rf1 Qd8 32. Qxb7 Qd6 33. Qf3) 30... Bxd3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. The position is equal.} 31. Rd1 Be4 $1 32. Rd6 Bc6 33. Bd5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 $11 {KR-KR} Re1+ 35. Kh2 {[#] Threatening mate with Rd8+.} h6 36. Rd7 Rc1 37. Rxb7 Rxc3 38. Rxb6 {And now Rb5 would win.} Rc4 39. Ra6 Rxa4 40. f4 Rxf4 41. Rxa5 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,48,20,17,27,25,31,25,27,33,36,25,21,33,44,67,47,0,0,0,7,10,3,15,12,2,21,11,42,0,0,1,16,0,7,0,14,0,24]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 {White has an edge.} 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. d4 Bb6 12. dxe5 h5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...h4.} 13. h4 {[%cal Re5d6]} ({But not} 13. exd6 h4 $11) 13... Bg4 14. Nbd2 Nxe5 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 gxh4 {0-1 (50) Van Foreest,J (2612)-Ding,L (2813) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 17. Qd2 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Bxf3 $1 18. Bxf3 gxh4 19. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qf6 20. Bxh5 Qg7 $1 {The position is equal.} 21. Bh6 Qf6 $1 22. Bf4 Qg7 23. Bh6 Qf6 $1 24. Bf4 Qg7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,74,14,21,11,18,25,23,24,20,9,3,15,6,21,2,8,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 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. Bf4 (11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bf4 d6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qd2 c6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 h6 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Bg3 d5 23. Re1 {½-½ (23) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Radjabov,T (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 11... Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 {White has an edge.} 13. c3 d5 {The position is equal.} 14. Bd3 c6 15. Nd2 g6 16. Qe2 Ng7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Nf3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 {[#]} Qa5 $146 20. a3 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Qe2 Qd8 23. g3 Qd7 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Bb8 a6 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5+ f6 28. Qe2 Kf7 29. Ne1 Nd6 30. Nd3 a5 31. a4 b6 32. f3 Qe6 33. Kf2 Qh3 34. Kg1 Qe6 35. Kf2 Qh3 36. Kg1 Qe6 37. Kf2 Qh3 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,0,0,6,2,6,9,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-7,0,-7,0,-7,0,0,6,6,10,8,8,8,18,18,20,21,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,0,0,0,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,0,50,0,50,0,50,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bf3 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Nd2 Qe8 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 {½-½ (29) Giri,A (2783)-Ding,L (2813) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 9... b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qd1 {The position is equal.} Bb7 12. a3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Bb4 Qd8 15. e3 Ne4 16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 {½-½ (28) Lysyj,I (2618)-Sargissian,G (2677) Moscow 2018}) 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Qa8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rc8 18. Bxf6 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Bxf6 20. e3 Qc8 21. Qxc8+ Bxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 22. Bf1 e5 23. Nf3 exd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. exd4 {KB-KB} Kf8 26. Kg2 Ke7 27. Kf3 Kd6 28. Bd3 h6 29. g4 g5 30. Kg3 f6 31. f4 a5 32. f5 Bd7 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 b5 35. h4 Be8 36. h5 Bd7 37. Kf3 Kc7 38. Kg3 Kd6 39. Kf3 Kc7 40. Kg3 Kd6 41. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,153,21,37,11,16,15,16,11,28,11,16,20,22,15,28,30,29,34,35,26,31,43,60,9,45,2,45,57,56,25,39,44,120,102,103,103,157,132,160,153,167,162,162,93,92,92,90,98,165,165,129,148,158,99,113,93,107,103,158,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,106,47,154,125,171,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,97,118,94,137,344,328,334,341,333,331,329,327,6170,692,692,643,6170,6170,5812,2589,6084,5990,5765,6114,3081,2378,6117,6087,6020,5990,2529,2349,734,442,252,296,295,295,5485,6087,5990,5081,2473,1492,1339,0,1055,789,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29981,29982,29982,29983,29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 Bg7 8. Nge2 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} Nbd7 (8... O-O 9. Ng3 a6 10. a4 Ne8 11. Be2 h5 12. Be3 h4 13. Nf1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 {0-1 (91) Ding,L (2778)-Grischuk,A (2747) Wenzhou 2016}) 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 {The position is equal.} Nh7 11. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Qd2 h4 13. Nf1 g5 14. Be3 Ne5 15. g3 Bd7 16. gxh4 gxh4 {½-½ (42) Aronian,L (2794)-Grischuk,A (2767) Berlin 2018}) 11... Qh4+ 12. g3 Qe7 13. Ne3 O-O 14. a4 Ne5 15. O-O Bh3 16. Re1 Rae8 17. Bd2 a6 18. Ra3 ({Better is} 18. f4 $14) 18... Qc7 19. f4 Nd7 (19... Ng4 $5) 20. Bxh5 c4 21. Bf3 Nc5 $1 22. Qc2 Nb3 (22... Nd3 $1 $14) 23. Rxb3 $16 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Kh8 (24... Bd7 $142) 25. Ncd1 f5 26. Nf2 fxe4 27. Bxe4 Bf5 28. Rc1 (28. Qd3 $18) 28... Qd7 29. Bf3 {aiming for g4.} Nf6 30. Rc4 Qe7 (30... b5 $16 31. Rb4 Qa7) 31. Nxf5 gxf5 32. Kg2 Rc8 33. Rb4 (33. Rxc8 $142 Rxc8 34. Qd3) 33... Rc7 34. a5 Nd7 35. Bd1 Qf7 (35... Kg8 $142) 36. Rxb7 $2 (36. Nh3 $16) 36... Rxb7 $11 37. Qxb7 {Qc6 is the strong threat.} Rb8 38. Qc6 Rxb2 39. Bc2 Bd4 (39... Nf6 $11 40. Bc1 Ra2) 40. Nd3 (40. Bc3 $16 Bxc3 41. Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf6 42. Qc8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf8 43. Qc3+ (43. Qxd7 Rxc2 44. h4 Rc5 $11) 43... Qg7 44. Qd3) 40... Qe7 (40... Rxc2 $14 41. Qxc2 Qxd5+ 42. Kh3 Nf6) 41. Kf1 $1 $16 (41. Nxb2 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh4 Bf6+ 44. Kh5 Qh3+ 45. Kg6 Qh7#) (41. Qc8+ Kg7 $11) 41... Rb8 42. Ne1 $2 (42. Qc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4d4]} Bg7 43. Nf2 (43. Qxa6 Qe4 $11)) 42... Nc5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc5e4] White must now prevent ...Ne4.} 43. Nf3 Bf6 44. Bxf5 Rb3 45. Qc8+ Kg7 $1 46. Ng5 Bxg5 $1 ({Don't go for} 46... Rb2 $2 47. Bh7 $18) 47. fxg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Hoping for g6. White mounts an attack.} Rf3+ {[#]} (47... Qe5 $11 48. Bf4 Qxd5 49. Qc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf7 50. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 48. Kg2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg2f3]} ({Much weaker is} 48. Kg1 $6 Qe5 $11) 48... Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Kh3 Rxf5 $2 (49... Qe5 $16 50. Qc7+ Kf8) 50. Qxf5 $18 Qxd2 51. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 52. Qg6+ ({Not} 52. Qxd6 Qd4 $14) 52... Kh8 53. Qxd6 Nd3 $2 (53... Qf2 54. Qf4 Nd3 55. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 56. Kh4 Ne4) 54. Qh6+ (54. Qf8+ $142 Kh7 55. Qf7+ Kh8 56. d6) 54... Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Nf2+.} 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qe7+ Kg8 {[#]} 57. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d7] White threatens d7 and mate.} Nf2+ 58. Kh4 {d7 would kill now.} Qd4+ 59. Kh5 {White wants to mate with d7.} Qd1+ {[#]} 60. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg4 (60... Qxg4+ 61. Kg6) 61. Qe8+ Kg7 62. Qd7+ Kh8 63. Qxg4 Qxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 64. Qc8+ Kg7 65. Qc3+ Kh7 66. Qc2+ Kg7 67. h4 Qe6 68. Qc7+ Kh8 69. Qd8+ Kh7 70. Qc7+ Kh8 $1 {intending ...Qf7+.} 71. Qb6 Qc4 72. Qd8+ {White mates.} Kg7 73. Qe7+ Kg8 74. Kh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re7g7]} Qc6+ 75. g6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re7g7]} Qc1+ 76. Qg5 Qd1 77. Qf4 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,85,19,28,13,15,19,19,19,28,18,22,22,18,17,17,14,23,30,38,38,51,15,19,19,19,20,20,26,26,13,14,22,21,12,13,14,11,11,141,5,181,172,209,209,161,180,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,238,238,325,325,319,305,471,425,524,505,500,500,500,505]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Rd8 {LiveBook: 16 Games. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Be2 Ne4 12. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. a4 Ne7 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bf3 Nxf4 18. exf4 Bxe5 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. fxe5 {½-½ (49) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 12... Nxc3 {The position is equal.} 13. bxc3 exd5 14. O-O h6 15. a4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. c4 Be6 18. c5 Rdd8 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Qb2 Rab8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 b6 23. cxb6 Rxb6 24. h3 Rc8 25. Rfd1 Qc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. a5 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc5 (28... Kf8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29. a6 ({Only move:} 29. Rb8+ $16 Kh7 30. a6) 29... g6 $2 (29... Bc8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 30. Rb7 $18 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 $1 Rc2 {[#]} 32. Bb5 $1 Rb2 {[#]} (32... Rxf2 $142 33. Rxa7 Kg7) 33. Kg3 $1 Bc8 34. Rb8 ({Not} 34. Rxa7 Rxb5 35. Ra8 Rc5 $14) 34... Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Bxa6!} 35. Rxc8 Rxb5 {KR-KR} 36. Rc7 Ra5 37. Rxa7 Kf6 38. Ra8 Ra3 39. Kh2 h5 (39... Ra2 $142 40. a7 Ra3) 40. a7 {White is clearly winning.} Ra2 41. h4 Kf5 {intending ...Kg4.} 42. f3 Ra1 43. g3 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,68,11,15,13,33,6,14,-10,2,0,0,0,0,0,37,34,31,25,62,39,54,56,98,73,95,81,85,17,14,-27,-10,-11,0,-25,-20,-197,-194,-149,0,-23,-21,-18,11,-63,0,-468,-468,-455,-467,-445,-459,-453,-438,-458,-450,-486,-422]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 9. h3 (9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. axb5 Bb6 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 dxe5 17. Nxe5 {½-½ (46) Giri,A (2783)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... a5 10. d4 {The position is equal.} (10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Ra2 f5 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (40) Ding,L (2813)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 10... Ba7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 {1-0 (31) Faiyaz,M-Rushil,R Dhaka 2018}) 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Na3 Qc8 14. Nb5 Bb6 15. Bb1 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Ra3 Re7 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Nfd5 20. Nh4 (20. Nc3 $16 c6 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Be3) 20... Qe8 $1 $11 21. Qe2 Nc6 $1 {[%cal Re7e5]} 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Kh2 f5 24. g4 $2 (24. Rd3 $11 {and White is okay.} Ndb4 25. Rdd1) 24... fxg4 $19 25. Qd3 g6 ({Not} 25... gxf3 $2 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Rxf3+ Bf5 29. Qh7 $18 (29. Rxf5+ Ke6 $16)) (25... g5 $17 26. Qxd5+ Be6) 26. Qxd5+ $11 Be6 27. Qe4 gxf3 28. Rg1 (28. Qh4 $1 $11) 28... Bf7 ({Black should play} 28... g5 $15 29. Qh4 {[#]} (29. Bxg5 Bxf2 30. Bxe7+ Bxg1+ 31. Kh1 Qxe7 $17) 29... Rd1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Qxh6 Rxg1 31. Kxg1 Nxe5) 29. Ba2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Qh4 $1 $11) 29... Bxa2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Rxg6+ {[#]} Qxg6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 31. Qxg6+ Rg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rxa2 Rd1 34. Ra1 {Black must now prevent Bxh6+!} Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,109,0,0,0,27,19,42,57,40,45,49,44,62,62,56,52,54,29,39,29,39,29,37,43,44,41,77,52,67,63,79,59,25,22,28,36,22,-6,36,38,79,81,83,86,85,88,80,46,64,0,0,0,22,14,21,11,11,12,13,12,11,11,19,15,13,11,11,11,17,18,19,20,16,21,42,8,17,8,8,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 (5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Re1 {1-0 (29) Anand,V (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 5... Bxc5 6. Qg4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Ne7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 7. Nf3 Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nf5 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qf4 Nc6 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Qg3 g6 12. Bg5 Qa5+ {0-1 (42) Bartel,M (2604)-Vaibhav,S (2556) Biel 2018}) 8. Bd3 $1 {White has an edge.} Nbc6 9. O-O {Strongly threatening Nc3.} Ng6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Re1 O-O {[%cal Rc6e5]} 12. Qh5 Bd7 13. b4 ({Reject} 13. Ng5 $6 h6 $11) 13... Be7 14. Bd2 f5 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rac1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Nd1 Qb6 {[%cal Rd4f2]} 19. Be3 e5 20. c3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Rae8 22. Bb1 d4 23. cxd4 exd4 24. Nc4 Qf6 25. f3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ ({White should play} 30. Re4 $14) 30... Kxf8 $14 {KN-KN} 31. Nd6 Nf4 32. Kf2 d3 {[#] White must now prevent ...d2.} 33. Ke3 {Threatens to win with g3.} (33. Ne4 {seems wilder.} Ke7 34. g3 Nd5 35. Nc5 d2 36. Ke2) 33... Nxg2+ 34. Kxd3 Ne1+ 35. Ke4 Nc2 $1 36. Nxb7 Nxa3 37. Nd8 Nc2 38. Nc6 a6 $1 39. Kd3 Ne1+ 40. Ke2 Nc2 41. Kd2 Na3 42. Kd3 Nb5 43. Nb8 Nc7 {The position is equal.} 44. Ke4 Ke7 45. Ke5 Kd8 46. h4 g6 47. f4 Ke7 48. Nc6+ Kd7 49. Nd4 Ke7 50. Nc2 Ne8 51. Ne3 Nf6 52. f5 Kf7 53. Nc4 gxf5 54. Kxf5 Nd5 55. b5 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,43,0,-6,-13,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. g4 $146 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 dxc4 11. O-O Qe7 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qd3 b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Ba2 Qf6 17. h4 Ne7 {½-½ (33) Beliavsky,A (2623)-Mchedlishvili,M (2586) Jerusalem 2015}) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 dxc4 {The position is equal.} 12. Bxc4 b6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Rg1 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Nxg5 {And now Qd3 would win.} Qf5 17. e4 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 {[#] Strongly threatening Qh5.} Qb5+ 19. Ke1 {Black must now prevent Qh5.} Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Qb5+ 21. Ke1 {aiming for Qh5.} Qa5+ 22. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,64,0,0,1,20,2,18,14,31,7,12,6,10,12,13,14,22,25,22,13,8,1,12,17,18,19,12,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba5 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3 Nd2 16. Nxd2 Bxd3 17. Rfd1 Bg6 {0-1 (58) Aronian,L (2767)-Nakamura,H (2777) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... f6 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Kb1 Bf5 16. Bd3 Qa3 {0-1 (61) Mircov,N (1797)-Valladolid Martin,F (1878) Caleta 2019}) 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Qb4 b6 14. O-O Bf5 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. Bd3 Re8 18. h3 {The position is equal.} c6 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. Qb2 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Qe2 Nc4 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Bxf5 Ne6 24. Bg3 b4 25. Qg4 Qb8 26. h4 a5 27. h5 Qa7 28. Rab1 Nd2 29. Rb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2d2]} Nc4 30. Rb3 Nd2 31. Rb2 Nc4 32. Rb3 Nd2 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,116,0,4,0,22,0,1,0,40,37,46,8,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-102,-96,-87,-87,-87,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-176,-122,-183,-188,-170,-182,-186,-179,-182,-170,-173,-57,-115,0,-164,-140,-145,-133,-134,-123,-139,-139,-139,-139,-149,-149,-163,-167,-159,-160,-168,-168,-156,-155,-153,-150,-191,-191,-178,-185,-149,-137,-166,-176,-746,-278,-812,-660,-579,-406,-375,-375,-29970,-29970,-29972,-29973,-29972,-29974,-29970,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29978,-29979,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 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. Kh1 (12. b4 a6 13. Na3 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Nc4 Ra8 16. Be3 f5 17. a5 f4 18. Bb6 Qe8 {½-½ (54) Caruana,F (2832)-Carlsen,M (2835) London 2018}) 12... a6 13. Na3 {[#] The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f5 14. f4 Qc7 15. Nc4 b6 16. Ra3 Bf6 17. Be3 e4 18. a5 b5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. c4 b4 21. Ra2 Nxb6 22. axb6 Rxb6 {½-½ (44) Maerten,T (2502)-Gleichmann,M (2550) GER email 2015}) 14. f4 f5 15. Nc4 b6 16. Ra3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nc5 $1 18. Re3 {Threatening Rxe7.} g5 19. Rxe7 (19. Rg3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... gxf4 $17 20. Re6 Nxe6 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Rxf4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4+ Kh8 24. g4 (24. b3 $17) 24... Qf6 (24... Qe7 $19 25. gxf5 Qe5) 25. c3 (25. b3 $17 {might work better.}) 25... Qe5 $19 26. Qf1 Rae8 27. gxf5 Rf6 28. Qf2 Qc5 29. Kg2 Qc6+ (29... Ref8 $19 {[%cal Rf6f5]} 30. Bd3 Rg8+ 31. Kh1 Qxf2 32. Rxf2 Rg4) 30. Kh3 ({Better is} 30. Kg3 $15) 30... Qc5 ({Much weaker is} 30... Qxa4 $6 31. Qd4 $11) 31. Kg2 $1 Qxf2+ 32. Rxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Re4 33. Be6 Rxa4 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Rd2 Kh6 36. Rxd6 Kg5 $1 37. Rd8 Rh6 {White must now prevent ...Rh3+.} 38. Rg8+ Kf6 39. Rb8 Rxh2 40. Rxb6 {And now Bd7+ would win.} Kg5 41. f6 Rf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kg3 Rhf2 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rf4f3]} 43. Rb5+ Kxf6 44. Bg4 a4 45. c4 {[#]} Kg6 $1 ({Don't do} 45... Rxc4 46. Rb6+ Kg7 47. Kxf2 $15) 46. c5 $2 (46. Bh5+ Kf6 47. Bg4) 46... a3 $2 (46... h5 47. Bxh5+ Kxh5 48. c6+ Kh6) 47. bxa3 $2 (47. c6 Rxb2 48. Ra5) 47... h5 48. Rb4 Rf8 49. Bd1 Rd2 50. Bf3 $2 (50. Rb1 $19 Kg5 51. c6) 50... Rd3 $1 {[%csl LRa3,LRf3][%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black mates.} 51. Rf4 {[#]} h4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Kg4 (52. Rxh4 Rfxf3+) 52... Rxf4+ 53. Kxf4 Rxa3 {KR-KB} 54. c6 Rc3 55. Bd5 h3 56. Ke5 {[#]} Rc5 $1 57. Kd6 {[#]} Rxd5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 58. Kxd5 h2 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,86,37,16,28,42,38,14,14,14,14,14,150,14,15,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 Rfd8 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Ne4 Bf8 21. f3 h6 22. Rad1 {½-½ (87) Saric,I (2690)-Navara,D (2738) Caleta 2019}) 16... Rae8 $1 {[%cal Re8e1]} 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 f5 {The position is equal.} 20. h3 Bh5 ({Of course not} 20... fxe4 $6 21. hxg4 exd3 22. Rxe8 $16) 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 fxe4 23. dxe4 {[#]} Bf3+ $146 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 24. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 25. Kg3 Rfxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. f3 Re2 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rxb2 30. Bxa6 g5 31. Bc4 Kg7 {White should prevent ...Ne3.} 32. Bxd5 cxd5 {KR-KR} 33. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} h5 34. h4 Kg6 35. a5 {And now hxg5 would win.} Rb7 36. a6 Ra7 37. hxg5 Kxg5 38. Ra5 h4+ 39. Kh3 Kf4 40. Rxd5 Rxa6 41. Kxh4 Rh6+ 42. Rh5 Rxh5+ 43. Kxh5 Kxf3 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,125,14,15,23,33,5,39,11,2,16,3,13,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,6,8,0,5,-18,-7,0,0,-18,-9,-13,-20,-22,-25,-77,-77,-66,-56,-66,-70,-110,-119,-218,-106,-87,0,-217,-206,-179,-87,-267,-261,-278,-274,-282,-276,-268,-260,-232,-14,-13,-12,-12,-12,-33,-32,-41,-14,-14,99,140,167,167,183,202,193,202,296,295,302,243,304,281,293,282,302,301,311,284,303,257,285,300,295,283,310,321,362,355,372,339,974,329,1279,1158,1136,388,1660,1417,2105,1604,2242,4710,2502,1835]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 (7... O-O 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Ra2 f5 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (40) Ding,L (2813)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. Na3 Ne7 9. Nc2 {White is slightly better.} Ng6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 O-O 12. Qc2 c6 13. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 d5 {0-1 (26) Vergara Jofre,F (2234)-Arvola,B (2469) Barcelona 2017}) 13... d5 14. Bb3 Be6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. f4 exf3 $1 19. Nxf3 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. g3 h6 22. Qg2 Re7 23. Nc2 (23. Bc2 $11) 23... Rfe8 $17 24. Nb4 Bb5 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bd1 h5 27. Qh3 {[#]} (27. Nc2 $17) 27... Bd7 (27... h4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} 28. Bc2 (28. Nxh4 Re1+) 28... Bd7) 28. Qg2 {[#]} Bb5 (28... h4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Bc2 (29. Nxh4 Re1+) 29... hxg3 30. hxg3 Ne4) 29. Qh3 $19 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Bc2 (30. Nxh4 Re1+) 30... hxg3 (30... Re3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re3f3] is more deadly.} 31. Nxh4 Nxh4 32. Qxh4 Qe6) 31. Qxg3 $2 (31. Bxg6 $17 gxh2+ 32. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kg1 fxg6 35. Re1) 31... Nf4 32. Kh1 Re3 33. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg3g7]} g6 34. Qf2 Re2 35. Qh4 Ne4 $2 (35... N6h5 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Qe6.} 36. Bd1 Rxb2) 36. Bxe4 $1 $11 dxe4 37. Ne5 $1 Nd3 38. Qh8+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxh8 39. Nxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re2h2]} 40. Nxd6 Bd7 (40... Nf4 $11) 41. Nxe4 $1 $16 Bf5 42. Ng5+ $1 Kh6 {White must now prevent ...Nf2+.} 43. Nxd3 $1 Bxd3 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 44. Rg3 $1 Re1+ (44... Bc4 $142 45. b4 Rc2) 45. Kg2 Re2+ 46. Kg1 Re1+ 47. Kf2 $1 Re2+ 48. Kf3 $1 Rxb2 49. Kf4 Bf5 50. Ke5 Rxh2 51. Nf7+ Kg7 52. Nd6 Re2+ {[#]} 53. Kd5 $1 Kf6 54. c4 Re7 55. Rf3 Rd7 56. c5 Re7 $2 (56... Rd8 57. Kc4 Rd7) 57. Rf2 $2 (57. Nxf5 gxf5 58. Kd6) 57... Rh7 $2 (57... Rd7 58. Kc4 Rh7) 58. Nxf5 gxf5 {[#]} 59. Kd6 $1 Rh8 $2 (59... Kf7 60. Rxf5+ Ke8) 60. Rd2 {White is clearly winning.} f4 61. Kc7 Rh7+ 62. Kc8 f3 63. d5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,170,0,0,6,10,17,21,13,11,0,0,0,0,3,-6,-14,-16,0,-6,-2,-14,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,9,46,50,50,63,79,-33,-37,-16,-18,-37,-59,-72,-85,-63,-70,-69,-66,-80,-35,-81,-79,-139,-131,-132,-127,-131,-104,-102,-67,-68,-68,-68,-76,-156,-151,-130,-148,-137,-99,-229,-229,-229,-229,-229,-229,-229,-229,-229,-229,-229,-229,-227,-187,-187,-103,-121,-96,-96,-96,-96,0,-96,0,-187,0,-222,-208,-229,-229,-229,-218,-196,-196,-196,-185,-171,-74,-80,-80,-163,-53,-53,-53,-53,-29,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29967,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. a3 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nbd7 9. e3 b5 10. a4 $1 c6 11. Qb1 Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Qe8 14. Re1 Nd5 {0-1 (30) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Vidit,S (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 12. Qb2 Ne4 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. Qc1 c5 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rb1 Qc6 18. Bxc4 cxd4 19. Bb5 Qc7 20. cxd4 Rfc8 21. Qb2 {Bxd7 is the strong threat.} Nb6 22. Rfc1 Qd6 23. Ne5 g5 24. f3 (24. Bg3 $16) 24... gxh4 $15 25. fxe4 Bxe4 26. Qf2 Qe7 27. Ra1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 {With the idea Qf4.} Nd5 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Nxd3 Qf6 (30... a5 {keeps more tension.} 31. e4 Nb4 32. Ne5 a4 33. Qf4 a3) 31. Qxf6 Nxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Kf2 (32. Ra1 $142) 32... a5 $17 33. Ra1 a4 34. Ra3 Ne4+ 35. Ke1 Rb8 36. Nc5 Rb1+ 37. Ke2 Rb2+ 38. Kd3 (38. Ke1 $142 Nd6 39. Rxa4) 38... Nf6 39. Rxa4 Rxg2 40. d5 Rg5 ({But not} 40... Rxh2 $6 41. d6 $11) 41. Ne4 (41. e4 $17) 41... Rxd5+ $19 42. Ke2 Nxe4 43. Rxe4 {KR-KR} h3 44. Rh4 Kg7 45. Rxh3 Kg6 $1 46. Rh4 Rh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h4]} 47. Rg4+ Rg5 48. Rh4 {[#]} Rf5 (48... f5 $1 $19 49. Kf3 Rh5) 49. Rg4+ Kh5 50. Ra4 Kg5 51. Rb4 Kg6 52. Rg4+ $1 Rg5 (52... Kf6 $17 53. Rc4 Rh5) 53. Rh4 Rh5 54. Rg4+ $1 Kf6 55. Rf4+ Ke7 56. h4 Re5 57. Ra4 f5 58. Kf3 Kf6 59. Rb4 Kg6 (59... Rc5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 60. Ra4 h5) 60. Kf4 $17 Ra5 61. Kf3 (61. e4 $17 {might work better.}) 61... Kh5 ({Black should play} 61... Ra3 $19 62. Rd4 Kf6) 62. e4 $15 Ra3+ 63. Kf2 $1 f4 64. Rb6 Kg4 {And now ...Ra2+ would win.} 65. Rxe6 Ra2+ 66. Kg1 $1 Kf3 {Threatens to win with ...Ke3.} ({Don't take} 66... Kxh4 67. Rxh6+ Kg3 68. Rg6+ Kf3 69. e5 $15) 67. Rxh6 Ke3 68. e5 f3 69. e6 Rg2+ 70. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (70. Kf1 $11) 70... Rg7 $2 (70... Rg8 $1 {mates} 71. Rf6 f2 72. h5 Ke2 73. Kh2 f1=Q 74. Rxf1 Kxf1 75. Kh3 Ke2 76. h6 Kf3 77. h7 Re8 78. Kh4 Kf4 79. Kh5 Kf5 80. Kh4 Kxe6 81. Kg4 Kf7 82. Kf5 Kg7 83. h8=N Kxh8 84. Kf6 Kg8 85. Kg5 Kf7 86. Kf5 Re1 87. Kf4 Kf6 88. Kg4 Re4+ 89. Kf3 Kf5 90. Kg3 Re3+ 91. Kg2 Kg4 92. Kf2 Re8 93. Kg2 Rf8 94. Kh1 Kh3 95. Kg1 Kg3 96. Kh1 Rf1#) 71. Kh2 $11 {The position is equal.} f2 72. Rf6 Ke2 73. Kh3 f1=R 74. Rxf1 Kxf1 {KR-KPP} 75. h5 Kf2 76. Kh4 Kf3 77. h6 Rg1 78. Kh5 Kf4 79. h7 Kf5 {[%cal Rg1h1]} 80. Kh6 {Strongly threatening e7.} Rg6+ 81. Kh5 Rg2 {[%cal Rg2h2]} (81... Rg1 $5 82. Kh6 $8 Rh1+ 83. Kg7 Kxe6 $11) 82. Kh6 Kxe6 {( -> ...Kf7)} 83. h8=Q {aiming for Qa8.} Rh2+ 84. Kg7 Rxh8 85. Kxh8 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,6,8,-1,11,0,0,0,0,-30,0,-24,-1,-37,-1,0,10,-22,-33,-53,-15,-3,0,-44,-43,-38,-38,-62,-63,-135,-66,-61,-56,-66,-61,-63,-83,-66,-56,-35,-8,-6,-3,-41,-21,-57,-64,-54,-31,-31,-31,-39,-35,-34,0,0,0,-35,0,-6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} (6. h3 O-O 7. Bf4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 d4 11. exd4 Bxd4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 {½-½ (39) Nakamura,H (2769)-Anand,V (2760) Stavanger 2018}) 6... c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. g4 Bb4 10. Bd2 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. g5 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. h4 b6 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. h5 c5 16. g6 fxg6 17. hxg6 {0-1 (32) Moiseenko,A (2405)-Goloshchapov,A (2445) Kharkov 1998}) 11. Rg1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. g5 a5 14. a4 Re8 15. h4 b6 16. h5 Ba6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nh4 Qe6 19. Rg3 (19. Qd1 $15) 19... Bd3 (19... Rad8 $17 20. b3 c5) 20. Qd1 $15 b5 $1 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Ng2 b4 23. Nf4 Qf5 (23... Qc4 $5 24. Bd2 $8 Qb5 $11) 24. Bd2 Nb6 25. g6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} fxg6 26. hxg6 h6 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. Rxg4 Nc4 29. Nxd3 exd3 30. d5 Ne5 ({Not} 30... Nxb2 $2 31. Bc1 $18) 31. Rg3 Nc4 32. Rg4 Ne5 ({Don't blunder} 32... Nxb2 $2 33. Bc1 $18) 33. Rg3 Nc4 34. Rg4 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,71,25,12,19,19,33,9,10,10,11,18,6,0,19,11,30,27,21,10,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Ne5 (9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ne5 Be7 13. f4 Nb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rf3 Qe7 16. Raf1 Nd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Rad8 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nexf6+ Nxf6 {½-½ (37) Edouard,R (2643)-So,W (2765) chess.com INT 2019}) 9... c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Qd6 16. Ng4 Nd7 {½-½ (16) Williams,S (2437)-Stefansson,H (2514) Reykjavik 2017}) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 {The position is equal.} Re8 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re2 20. Ra6 Rxb2 21. g3 Re8 22. Rxa7 Ree2 23. Ra5 Rxa2 24. Rxd5 Red2 25. h4 Ra4 26. Kg2 (26. h5 {feels hotter.} Raxd4 27. Rb5 g6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Rfb1) 26... Raxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 {KR-KR} 28. Kf3 h5 29. Kg2 g6 30. Kf3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Rd5 32. Kf3 Rf5+ 33. Kg2 Rd5 34. Kf3 Rf5+ 35. Kg2 Rd5 36. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,64,16,16,10,4,12,17,15,10,13,7,11,12,17,8,7,12,28,29,22,5,16,16,16,16,13,9,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 13. e4 (13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfb1 Bxe2 16. Bxe7 Rfb8 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Bc7 Rdc8 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Bc7 Rdc8 21. Bd6 {½-½ (21) Dubov,D (2691)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2768) Satka 2018}) 13... Qa6 14. Qb4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qc5 Bh3 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Bxc6 Rac8 22. Bg2 Be6 {½-½ (22) Berecz,G (2302)-De Blois Figueredo,A (2399) ICCF email 2012}) 17... Be6 18. Qc5 Bg7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 ({Don't play} 20. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rc8 $15) 20... Rxd8 21. h4 {The position is equal.} Qc4 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Bxa7 Bxc3 24. Rc1 Bd4 $1 25. Bxd4 (25. Rxc4 {is more complex.} Bxa7 26. Kg2 Rd2 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Bxc2 f5 29. f3) 25... Rxd4 26. Bxc6 Bxa2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Kg2 Bd5+ 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rh1 h5 30. Rg1 Kg7 31. Rh1 Kg8 32. Rg1 Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,7,8,12,13,13,12,14,7,9,8,2,12,8,14,8,14,9,12,14,25,6,14,13,13,19,21,16,29,12,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 (9... c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bd7 14. a3 b6 15. b4 bxc5 16. bxc5 {0-1 (40) Giri,A (2775)-Radjabov,T (2724) Geneva 2017}) 10. b4 $1 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Kg2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ra7 {[#]} 16. Rfc1 $146 Rfa8 {[#] And now ...axb4 would win.} (16... Rb8 {is more complex.} 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 g6 19. Qd1 Bf8) 17. Qd1 b5 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Ra3 20. Rb3 R3a7 21. Qe2 Bf6 {The position is equal.} 22. h4 h5 23. Rc2 g6 24. Ra2 Rxa2 25. Nxa2 Qa7 26. Rb2 Qa3 27. Qd2 Qa6 28. Nc1 {[%cal Ba2c1,Bc1d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]} Qb7 29. Nd3 Ra7 30. Nde5 Qa8 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. Rb3 Kg8 33. Ng5 (33. Ne1 {seems wilder.} Nxe5 34. dxe5 Be7 35. Nc2 Ra4 36. Qd3) 33... Nxe5 34. fxe5 Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Ra3 36. Rxa3 Qxa3 $11 {KQ-KQ} 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qf6+ Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,137,28,20,37,8,10,11,14,11,10,14,12,10,20,19,19,18,34,31,52,34,37,32,34,27,25,24,77,80,83,64,57,63,72,72,64,71,64,76,69,65,79,67,76,37,37,37,36,0,40,33,36,41,35,39,64,41,72,67,44,53,150,137,148,142,141,131,180,173,206,191,202,197,261,261,243,269,241,198,193,189,212,201,216,202,292,217,220,151,148,150,144,155,146,87,106,97,100,100,79,81,237,237,229,234,253,249,393,401,382,381,383,376,508,267,252,233,371,360,29976,29972]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (10... Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Rxd6 16. Rxd6 Kf8 17. b4 Na6 18. g4 {1-0 (55) Gajewski,G (2595)-Fridman,D (2633) Germany 2018}) 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. Ne5 Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Bf6 16. Nd3 Ne4 17. Qb3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 {0-1 (57) Gasparac,K (1576)-Cotic,B (1605) Kastel Stafilic 2014}) 12... Qc8 {The position is equal.} 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6 Bxd6 $1 15. Bxd6 Rd8 16. Rac1 Nce4 17. Bb4 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Qe8 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Qb3 Bd5 21. Qa3 a5 22. Be1 h6 (22... e5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Ne5 $16 Rc8 24. b3 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 {Strongly threatening Qc7.} Qb8 26. Qb2 Nc5 27. f3 Nfd7 28. Bg3 Qc8 29. Nc4 Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Qc6 31. Qe2 f6 32. Bb5 Qd5 33. Bc4 Qc6 $1 34. Qb2 Kf7 35. h3 Nb7 36. Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ke7 37. Qg4 Kf7 38. Kh2 Ndc5 39. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with b4.} g6 (39... b5 $14) 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 h5 42. Qf4 Nd7 43. Ba6 {Black must now prevent Qc7.} Nd8 44. Qh6 Nf8 {Hoping for ...b5.} 45. Bd3 f5 (45... h4 {was worth a try.} 46. Qxh4 Qd7) 46. e4 $18 Qd7 47. Qe3 Qc6 48. Qd4 Qd7 49. Qc3 g5 50. exf5 exf5 51. Bc4+ Nde6 (51... Kg6 {was called for.} 52. h4 Nde6 53. hxg5 Nxg5) 52. Qh8 Kg6 53. Be5 Qe7 54. Qg8+ Ng7 55. Qd5 Qd7 56. Bd6 (56. Qd4 $142 Qxd4 57. Bxd4) 56... Nfe6 $16 57. Qe5 h4 58. Bb5 Qc8 59. Qd5 {aiming for Be5.} Qc3 $2 (59... Nf4 $16 60. Bxf4 gxf4) 60. Be8+ $1 $18 Kh7 61. Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e6]} Qe1 62. Be5 f4 {[#]} (62... Nf4 $142 63. Bxf5+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Nxf5 64. Qf7+ Kh6 65. Bxf4 gxf4) 63. Qd3+ $1 ({Stronger than} 63. Bxe6 Qg3+ 64. Kh1 Qe1+ 65. Kh2 Qg3+ 66. Kh1 Qe1+ 67. Kh2 $11) (63. Qe4+ Qxe4 64. fxe4 Kg8 $16) 63... Kh6 {[#]} 64. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3e1]} Qe3 65. Qc4 Kg6 66. Bc6 Kf7 67. Bd5 Ne8 (67... Nf5 {might work better.} 68. Qc7+ Ne7) 68. Bd4 b5 $2 (68... Qe1 $18 69. Bc3 Qe3) 69. Qc6 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,14,21,35,30,11,41,20,18,15,26,36,28,16,27,13,16,9,33,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,50,36,40,43,56,64,43,46,54,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,374,26,16,21,20,0,14,0,3,3,8,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 11. Ne5 $146 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Nb3 Bd5 15. Rfd1 a5 16. e4 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Rxc5 18. a4 b4 {0-1 (44) Maghsoodloo,P (2688)-Ganguly,S (2621) Makati 2018}) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 {White is slightly better.} Qxe7 14. f4 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nd2 e5 17. e3 ({And not} 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 exf4 $17) 17... exf4 18. exf4 Rae8 19. Rac1 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Qb6 21. b4 Nd5 {White must now prevent ...Ne3.} 22. Nf3 Nxb4 23. Qb3+ Nd5 24. Ne5 Rd8 $1 25. a4 bxa4 (25... a5 $11) 26. Qxa4 $14 c5 {With the idea ...Ne3.} 27. Rb1 Qa6 28. Qxa6 Bxa6 29. Rfc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] aiming for Nc6. White is pushing.} Ne3 30. Ra1 Nxg2 31. Rxa6 Rd2 32. Nc4 Re2 33. Kg1 Ne3 34. Re6 ({But not} 34. Rxa7 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Rb8 $15) 34... Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Rc2 36. Rxc2 {The position is equal.} Nxc2 37. Ra6 Ra8 38. Kg2 Nd4 39. Ra5 Re8 40. Rxa7 Re2+ 41. Kh3 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,74,13,27,12,18,17,22,14,11,19,16,16,20,12,16,8,20,23,46,43,43,42,44,23,25,22,22,9,16,25,49,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} Nc6 8. Bg2 c4 9. Ne5 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. b3 a5 14. Qc2 {[#]} cxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ba6) 15. axb3 g6 16. Rfc1 Bf5 17. Qd1 Qd6 18. Ra2 h5 19. Na4 h4 20. Nc5 Kg7 21. Bxb4 axb4 {The position is equal.} 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ra1 Rh8 24. Qe1 hxg3 25. hxg3 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 28. Ra5 Rh5 29. Rxh5 gxh5 {KQ-KQ} 30. Kg2 c5 31. dxc5 Qxc5 32. Qd1 Qc3 33. Qd5 Kf6 34. Qd6+ Kg7 35. Qd5 Kf6 36. Qd6+ Kg7 37. Qd5 Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,77,11,15,-7,0,0,-12,-15,-22,-11,-14,-12,-20,-2,-15,-34,-33,-47,-20,-21,0,-22,0,0,0,0,19,26,44,42,47,47,45,58,75,70,73,80,79,74,73,74,114,112,107,103,214,218,238,241,258,245,470,460,700,588,589,548,29981,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 c6 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Nbd2 Nhf4 13. Bf1 exd4 14. Nxd4 d5 15. N4f3 {½-½ (74) Grandelius,N (2682)-Le,Q (2714) Caleta 2019}) 6... Re8 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Re1 Bf8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c5 13. d5 b5 {0-1 (37) Andriasian,Z (2585)-Pashikian,A (2578) Yerevan 2018}) 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. h3 b5 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Re3 f6 17. b3 Qd7 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rd1 Qf7 20. Bg3 Qh5 21. Bc7 Rd7 22. Bb6 Bb4 23. Ne1 Bf7 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Rde1 Bb8 26. f4 f5 27. Ne5 Bxe5 $1 28. dxe5 fxe4 29. Qxe4 {And now f5 would win.} Rd2 {Strongly threatening ...Bd5.} 30. R3e2 Bd5 31. Qe3 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Qf5 (32... Qf7 $16) 33. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Qb1+ {[#]} 34. Kf2 $1 h5 {[#]} 35. f5 $1 Qh1 $2 (35... h4 36. Bd4 c5 37. Bxc5 b6 38. Bxb6 Rc8) 36. Kg3 Re7 (36... h4+ $142 37. Kxh4 Qf3) 37. Bc5 Re8 38. e6 Kh7 39. Qg5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,89,6,34,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,18,20,16,18,57,56,69,69,69,69,70,16,78,78,78,78,87,87,87,78,127,121,175,172,405,403,382,127,377,375,480,480,480,480,479,479,479,458]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 b4 15. Bf4 {D49: Semi-Slav: Meran System: Main line with 9 e4 c5 10 e5 cxd4 11 Nxb5} (15. Rd1 Bc5 16. Bxh7 Rxh7 17. Qe4 Bb7 18. Qxh7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ke7 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg3 Qe6 22. Re1 Bd6 {1-0 (35) Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Ponomariov,R (2712) Huaian 2016}) 15... h5 16. Rfc1 Bc5 $1 17. a4 {And now a5! would win.The position is equal.} bxa3 18. bxa3 Ba6 $1 19. Rab1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxa3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Qc6 21. Rb5 O-O 22. Nd2 Rfc8 {½-½ (30) Rodriguez Rey,J (2321)-Pluemmer,R (2244) ICCF email 2010}) 21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Rxb6 Bxc1 23. Rc6 Bxf4 24. Rc8+ Ke7 25. Rxh8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} d3 26. Kf1 Nc5 $1 27. Rxh5 Ne4 $1 28. Rh4 e5 29. g3 d2 30. Nxd2 $1 Nxd2+ 31. Ke2 Bg5 32. Rb4 ({White should try} 32. Rh8 $1 $14) 32... e4 (32... Kd6 $1 $11) 33. Rd4 $16 Nb3 34. Rxe4+ Kd6 35. h4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Bh6 36. h5 Kd7 37. Rb4 Nc1+ (37... Nc5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 38. Kf3 $18 Ke6 $2 {[#]} (38... Ke7 39. Ke4 Kf8) 39. Rb6+ Kf5 40. Rb5+ Ke6 41. Ke4 Ne2 42. Rb6+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 43. Kd3 Nc1+ 44. Kc4 Ne2 {[#]} 45. Rb1 $1 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,51,11,11,16,34,33,12,38,16,53,40,33,0,10,-10,-6,-37,-40,-36,-36,-34,-36,-46,-36,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ne5 Be7 13. f4 Nb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rf3 Qe7 16. Raf1 Nd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Rad8 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nexf6+ Nxf6 {½-½ (37) Edouard,R (2643)-So,W (2765) chess.com INT 2019}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qb3 Ba5 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg3 c5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Qxd5 Nxc3 15. Qxf5 Nxe2+ {0-1 (34) Bortnik,E (2243)-Voveris,G (2185) ICCF email 2008}) 11... c6 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Rfc1 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bb4 16. Na2 Bd6 $1 17. Bg3 Be7 18. Bc7 a5 19. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Rfe8 20. Na4 Bb4 21. Nb6 Nxb6 22. Bxb6 Bd2 23. Rd1 Bb4 24. Rdc1 Bd2 25. Rd1 Bb4 26. Rdc1 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,79,33,13,13,25,22,0,6,5,2,0,-10,-4,-7,0,18,19,25,0,33,38,29,29,32,32,38,14,31,22,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,12,12,12,12,12,12,13,13,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} 7. Nbd2 {[%mdl 1024] LiveBook: 18 Games. White has compensation.} Qf6 8. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qb3 O-O-O 11. Nc4 h6 12. e5 Qe6 13. Be4 Nf5 14. Bd5 {1-0 (59) Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Stevic,H (2611) Aix les Bains 2011}) 8... Nge7 {White has an edge.} 9. b4 Ng6 10. Bb5 Be7 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Bd5 Rad8 14. Bd2 Rd7 15. Qa4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 $1 Qxf4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 d3 20. Rac1 h5 21. Rc4 g5 {The position is equal.} 22. h3 g4 23. e5 Qf5 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Rd5 26. Nf1 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne3.} Rxe5 {Hoping for ...Re2.} 27. Ne3 Qh5 28. Rxg4+ ({Not} 28. Qxc7 $2 {[#]} g3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... Kf8 {...Rxe3! is the strong threat.} 29. Qf3 ({Don't go for} 29. Qc3 $2 Rd6 $19) 29... Bg5 30. Rd4 Qxf3 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. gxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} a5 33. Rxd3 Be7 34. bxa5 Rxa5 35. Nc4 Ra4 36. Rc3 Bf6 37. Rc2 Be7 38. Rc3 Bf6 39. Rc2 Be7 40. Rc3 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,78,13,13,20,20,14,21,8,17,17,4,4,7,4,0,4,4,4,12,16,10,27,22,34,28,56,56,52,38,51,51,53,53,124,120,115,59,58,24,31,1,2,4,8,2,2,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Nxc3 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 e6 (13... Qd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. c4 Be4 17. f3 Bf5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Bc7 Re8 21. e3 Bb5 22. Bf1 a6 {½-½ (22) Leko,P (2679)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Germany 2019}) 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qa4 Rxc3 16. Rfc1 Rxc1+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rc4 17. Rxc4 dxc4 18. Rc1 Bxd4 19. Qxc4 g5 20. Bc7 Qd7 21. Qc6 Qxc6 {½-½ (21) Garau,B (2201)-Fister,B (2293) ICCF email 2013}) 17. Rxc1 Qb6 18. e3 Qb2 19. Qd1 h5 20. a4 Bg4 21. Qe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Be2 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Re8 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} e5 (25... Ra8 $14) 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Rd3 ({White should play} 27. Bxe5 $16 Rxe5 28. Rc5) 27... Bxf4 28. gxf4 {KR-KR} (28. exf4 {is more complex.} Rd8 29. Rb3 Rd6 30. Rb5 Kg7 31. Ke2) 28... Rd8 $1 29. a5 Kf8 {The position is equal.} 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Rb3 Kd6 32. Kd3 Rd7 33. h4 Rc7 34. Rb8 Rc5 35. Rb7 Rxa5 36. Rxf7 Ra3+ 37. Kd4 {[#] Hoping for Rf6+.} Ra4+ 38. Kd3 Ra3+ 39. Kd4 {Strongly threatening Rf6+.} Ra4+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,103,40,37,41,39,48,53,56,39,42,55,49,44,52,54,74,60,55,58,47,45,46,42,47,50,58,50,33,47,41,54,43,35,44,50,69,57,46,37,43,43,43,43,63,44,49,47,49,48,47,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,37,48,37,45,45,47,47,60,50,68,51,88,89,91,92,86,91,83,88,157,173,161,164,161,152,168,154,145,147]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Rd8 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 d4 12. Nb3 Qb6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Na4 $1 {[%csl LRb6,LRc5][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bb4+ $1 14. axb4 Qxb4+ 15. Nd2 e5 16. Bg5 {b3 is the strong threat.} Qa5 $1 17. Qb3 {And now Be2 would win.} (17. b3 {seems wilder.} Nb4 18. Qc1 Bg4 19. Be2 b5 20. Nb2) 17... Nb4 $1 {[#]} 18. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Be2) 18... gxf6 19. Be2 Bd7 20. Ra1 {[#] Strongly threatening exd4.} dxe3 21. fxe3 b5 22. O-O bxa4 23. Qc3 {Black must now prevent Ne4.} f5 24. Nf3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} f6 25. Nh4 Nc6 26. Qa3 e4 27. Bd1 Ne5 28. Bxa4 Qxa4 29. Qxa4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 f4 31. c5 fxe3 {aiming for ...e2.} 32. Rxe4 Rab8 33. Rxe3 Rxb2 34. h3 Rc2 35. Rxf6 Rxc5 36. Ra6 Nc6 37. Nf3 Rc8 38. Re6 Rc7 39. Kh2 Kg7 40. Ra4 h5 41. Ra6 Ne7 42. Nd4 {Threatens to win with Red6.} Nf5 43. Ne2 Rc4 44. Rg6+ Kf8 45. Rg5 Ng7 46. Rf6+ Rf7 47. Rh6 Ke7 (47... Rfc7 $142) 48. Ra5 $16 {White is clearly better.} Ke8 49. Rh8+ Rf8 50. Rh7 ({Don't play} 50. Rxa7 $6 Rxh8 51. Ra8+ Kf7 $14) 50... Rf7 51. Re5+ Kd8 52. Rexh5 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 83%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,65,25,5,23,12,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,31,139,145,165,162,231,237,220,214]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a3 g6 15. Ba2 Bg7 16. b4 exd4 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} 17. cxd4 a5 {[#]} 18. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Bb2 axb4 20. axb4 Ra4 21. Bc3 Nh5 22. Bb1 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 Nf4 24. Bc3 {1-0 (77) Inarkiev,E (2723)-Oparin,G (2625) Moscow 2017}) 18... axb4 {The position is equal.} 19. d5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Rxb4 c6 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Qf3 Bf8 24. Rb1 Ra4 25. Nf1 Rxe4 26. Rd1 Qe7 {White must now prevent ...Rd4.} 27. Bg5 Bg7 28. Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for Bd5. White is more active.} Qxa3 29. Ra1 $1 Qc5 {[#]} (29... Qe7 $14) 30. Rdc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1c5] White is clearly better.} ({Weaker is} 30. Bxf6 Rf4 $17) 30... Rc4 {[#]} 31. Qd1 $1 Ne4 (31... e4 {is a better defense.}) 32. Bxc4 $18 bxc4 33. Rxc4 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,108,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-14,-10,-10,-4,-11,-12,-15,3,-7,13,5,5,8,6,7,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 Be7 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6... a6 7. Bxc4 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O Rb8 10. e5 Qd8 11. Qc2 b5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qg6+ Ke7 14. d5 {0-1 (41) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Sevian,S (2647) chess.com INT 2019}) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Qb3 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 {½-½ (40) Ikonnikov,V (2560)-Van der Stricht,G (2400) Gent 2005}) 11. O-O b5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. Qe3 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f3 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 h6 22. Qc3 (22. Qd2 {feels hotter.} Kh7 23. Qd7 Qc5+ 24. Kf1 Qc4+ 25. Kf2) 22... Qxc3 23. Nxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} c5 24. a3 Kf8 25. b4 Ke7 26. Kf2 Kd6 27. Ke3 Bc8 28. f4 Be6 29. e5+ Kc6 30. h3 h5 31. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c5]} cxb4 32. axb4 Kd5 33. Nd6 (33. Ng5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33... h4 (33... g6 $1 $17) 34. Ne8 $1 {The position is equal.} g6 35. Nc7+ Kc4 36. Nxe6 fxe6 {KP-KP} 37. g4 $1 hxg3 ({Wrong is} 37... Kxb4 $2 38. f5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 38. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5]} Kd5 {And now ...a5! would win.} ({Avoid the trap} 38... Kxb4 $2 {[#]} 39. h5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (38... g2 $5 39. Kf2 $8 g1=R 40. Kxg1 Kd5 $11) 39. Kf3 Kc6 {Threatens to win with ...a5!} 40. Kxg3 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. bxa5 b4 {...b3 is the strong threat.} 42. h5 gxh5 {K3P-K3P} (42... b3 $5 43. h6 $8 b2 $11) 43. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6]} b3 44. f6 {next f7 is good for White.} b2 45. f7 b1=Q {( -> ...Qg6+)} 46. f8=Q {KQ-KQ} Qg1+ 47. Kh3 Qg4+ 48. Kh2 Qe2+ 49. Kh3 Qxe5 {aiming for ...Qf5+.} 50. Qb4 Qb5 51. Qe4+ Qd5 52. Qb4 Qb5 53. Qe4+ Qd5 54. Qb4 Qb5 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,3,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-33,-23,70,-30,40,33,47,34,33,34,54,56,83,23,14,15,8,0,0,0,16,0,0,-2,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8. d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8. O-O b5 9. d4 Bb7 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Bxf4 12. gxf4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. Rac1 Rc8 {½-½ (80) Zhou,J (2606)-Andreikin,D (2720) Baku 2015}) 8... b5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. O-O c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxe5 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxd6 cxd6 {½-½ (24) Greenfeld,A (2521)-Mikhalevski,A (2423) Israel 2018}) 12. a4 Be7 13. axb5 O-O ({Black should try} 13... axb5 $11 14. Rd1 O-O) 14. Rd1 ({Better is} 14. Qa2 $14 axb5 15. Qa7) 14... Qc7 ({Black should play} 14... axb5 $11 15. Nc3 c4) 15. Nc3 $14 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Qa4 $1 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Nc3 (19. Nd6 $16) 19... Bb7 $11 20. Bxb7 {The position is equal.} Qxb7 21. Ne4 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxe5.} Qxb2 22. Ra2 Qb4 23. Qxb4 cxb4 24. Ra5 Nc4 25. Bxb8 Nxa5 26. Bd6 $1 Rd8 {[#] And now ...Nc4 would win.} 27. Rb1 Nc6 28. Rc1 Nd4 29. Kf1 b3 30. Rb1 Nf5 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Bb4 Rb8 33. Rxb3 h5 34. Rb2 Kg7 35. Bc3 Rc8 36. Rb3 Rc4 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Bxd4 $1 Rxd4 39. e3 Ra4 40. Rb5 f5 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,76,0,14,20,16,0,15,0,0,0,10,10,10,10,10,10,18,21,12,3,19,-23,72,62,352,324,355,360,320,351,382,378,343,361,345,330,489,316,283,145,147,141,148,148,140,138,137,142,142,118,233,237,369,381,360,357,569,543,534,513,583,602,577]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Nxd5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (9. Bd2 Be6 10. Na4 Bb6 11. a3 f5 12. Qc2 Qd6 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. e3 f4 16. gxf4 exf4 {0-1 (24) Zupe,M (2260)-Fenil,S (2346) Skopje 2018}) 9... Qxd5 10. a3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. b4 Be7 12. Be3 Qe6 13. Qc2 a6 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. dxc4 Bf6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 {0-1 (52) Bordes Guasch,J (1774)-Mari Copa,A (2016) Eivissa 2015}) 11. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Qe6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Bc3 Nd4 14. e3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bd6 16. Qh5 c6 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Qxe3+ (18... Kh7 $11) 19. Kh1 $16 {aiming for Be4.} Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... f6 $1 $14) 20. Rce1 $18 Qc5 {[#]} (20... Qxd3 21. f5 $18) 21. f5 $1 Bf8 22. Be4 Rd5 23. Rf3 b5 24. Rg1 Ra7 25. Bf6 g6 (25... Rd6 $142 26. d4 Rxd4) 26. Qh3 Rd6 27. Qh4 (27. d4 $18 Rxd4 28. fxg6 Rxe4 29. Qxc8 fxg6 30. Bc3) 27... Rxf6 $16 28. Qxf6 $40 {[%mdl 192] [#] Double Attack. White has strong attack.} Be7 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 Kg7 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. d4 a4 (32... Bd6 $16 33. Bd5 Re7) 33. d5 $18 b4 (33... Bd6 $142 34. Bxb5 Re7) 34. Be8 Bg5 35. h4 ({But not} 35. axb4 Re7 $18) 35... Bxh4 (35... Re7 {might work better.} 36. hxg5 Rxe8 37. gxh6+ Kxh6) 36. Rxg6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 37. Rc6 Bg4 38. Rf4 Rg7 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,76,18,-3,-6,5,-8,-3,22,20,26,0,2,-11,9,10,14,-10,0,0,22,19,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4f6][%mdl 32]} a5 10. Bd2 {LiveBook: 52 Games. C45: Scotch Game} g6 (10... Ba6 11. b3 Qe6 12. Qe4 O-O-O 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O Qxe5 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. g3 Bb7 17. Bf3 Qf6 {½-½ (42) Van Foreest,J (2609)-Almasi,Z (2707) Heraklio 2017}) 11. Ne4 Bg7 12. Nf6+ Kd8 13. O-O-O Ba6 14. Qg4 {Hoping for Bg5.} Kc8 {The position is equal.} ({And not} 14... Qxe5 15. Bc3 $16) 15. Bxa5 {[#]} h5 $146 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} ({Predecessor:} 15... Qxe5 16. Bc3 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Nxd7 {½-½ (18) Wiersma,E (2414)-Ernst,S (2512) Hilversum 2006}) 16. Qg3 {[#] aiming for Bxb6.} h4 17. Qg4 {And now Bxb6 would win.} Qxe5 18. Bc3 Qf5 19. Qxf5 gxf5 20. Nxd7 Bxc3 21. Nxb6+ cxb6 22. bxc3 Kc7 23. Be2 Rag8 24. Rhg1 c5 25. g3 hxg3 26. hxg3 Rh2 27. Rgf1 f4 28. Rd2 Bc8 29. Bf3 fxg3 30. fxg3 Rxd2 31. Kxd2 Rxg3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Bd5 Be6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 {KR-KR} 34. Rf7+ Kd6 35. Rb7 Kc6 36. Re7 Kd6 37. Rb7 Kc6 38. Re7 Kd6 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,12,29,2,2,0,3,0,17,17,17,17,17,19,24,22,8,13,33,32,33,29,33,29,29,31,31,31,45,20,14,23,22,10,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nb3 {[#] Strongly threatening Qxd8.} Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14. Nxb6 cxb6 {[#]} 15. f3 $146 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Rd6 Bf5 18. Bf4 Re6 19. g4 Rxd6 20. Bxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be6 21. Bxc5 {The position is equal.} a4 22. Kf2 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rb8 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 Rxb3 27. Bd4 c5 28. Bxc5 Rxc3 29. Be3 Rc2+ 30. Kg3 Rc3 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Kg3 Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,0,17,22,32,30,31,12,14,6,0,-3,23,9,19,12,21,22,27,27,23,10,52,58,83,80,96,89,141,137,203,203,203,202,202,202,200,200,196,189,193,195,280,280,267,280,287,280,531,495,541,493,480,483,541,538,533,539,547,547,547,547,535,516,664,638,629,622,718,708,29987,29987]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 (5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Re1 {1-0 (29) Anand,V (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. b5 {White is slightly better.} Nb8 9. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Ne7 11. a4 Ng6 12. Qe2 a6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Nc3 O-O {½-½ (15) Holroyd,K (2481)-Ruefenacht,M (2473) ICCF email 2014}) 9... a6 10. a4 Nh6 11. Be2 axb5 12. axb5 Rxa1 13. Bxa1 Nd7 14. O-O O-O 15. c4 f6 16. Nbd2 Ng4 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 17. exf6 Ndxf6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nxf2.} 18. h3 Nxf2 (18... Nh6 $142) 19. Rxf2 $16 Ne4 (19... dxc4 $16 20. Qe1 (20. Nxc4 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Ne4+ 22. Ke1 Qxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rd8+ 24. Kc2 Bd7 $18) 20... Bc5) 20. Nxe4 $18 dxe4 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Ng5 Rd2 {White must now prevent ...Rxe2.} 23. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Bxc5 {And now ...Rxe2 would win.} 24. Nxe4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rc2 (25... Rd5 $142 26. Bc3 Bd7) 26. Ke3 Bd7 27. Nd6 Rc5 {Now ...Rd5 and Black clings on.} 28. Nxb7 Rg5 $2 (28... Rd5 29. Bc4 Rxb5) 29. b6 Rxg2 30. Na5 {Strongly threatening b7.} Bc8 31. Be5 Rg1 32. b7 Bxb7 33. Nxb7 Rh1 34. Bg4 Kf7 35. Nd6+ Ke7 36. Ne4 h5 37. Ng3 Re1+ 38. Be2 g6 39. h4 Ra1 40. Bxa1 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,65,8,12,17,13,31,20,21,27,31,20,23,8,10,12,12,14,15,15,14,17,12,17,14,20,18,1,0,0,0,1,2,8,9,9,8,0,4,17,18,15,12,16,39,0,0,0,47,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 d4 {[#] White must now prevent ...dxe3.} 12. Qc2 h6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc6 13. O-O g6 14. Be4 dxe3 15. Bxe3 Nd4 16. Qc4 Bxd2 17. Bxd4 Re8 18. Rad1 {½-½ (33) Grischuk,A (2766)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 13. O-O Nc6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e4 Ne5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Be6 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 g5 22. Kf1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 24. b5 a4 25. Ke2 a3 26. bxa3 Rxa3 27. Rc7 Ra2+ 28. Ke1 b6 29. Rc6 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Ra2+ 31. Ke1 Ra1+ 32. Kd2 Ra2+ 33. Ke1 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,78,0,0,31,22,38,34,34,31,31,29,27,39,38,27,47,14,4,14,7,20,8,10,26,-17,-20,-34,-38,-41,-37,-56,-41,-39,-43,-40,-53,-103,-95,-92,-91,-137,-132,-349,-346,-326,-303,-383,-396,-503,-508,-507,-496,-800,-776,-1088,-1058]} 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 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qb4 Bf5 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 14. h4 h5 {[#]} 15. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 a6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. g3 Be7 18. f3 Nf8 19. Ne4 {½-½ (31) Caruana,F (2832)-Carlsen,M (2835) London 2018}) 15... Qb8 {White is slightly better.} 16. Be2 a6 17. Nc3 Qc7 18. g3 Be7 19. Be3 e4 20. O-O O-O 21. Bxh5 Ne5 22. Be2 Qd7 23. Qa4 Qc8 24. c5 dxc5 25. Nxe4 c4 26. Nc3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 1056] Black has compensation.} 27. Qd1 b4 28. Na4 Be4 $1 {[#] Hoping for ...Qh3.} 29. Qd4 Qf5 30. f4 Qg6 {[%cal Rg6g3]} 31. Bf2 Nd3 32. h5 {[#]} Qf5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} 33. Bg4 $2 (33. Bxd3 $17 {might work better.} cxd3 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. fxe5 Bxd5 36. Be3) 33... Qxg4 $19 ({Not} 33... Qxd5 34. Qxd5 Bxd5 35. Nb6 $15) 34. Qxe4 Bd6 {[%cal Rd3f4] ...Nxf4 is the strong threat.} 35. Qg2 Rae8 36. Bd4 Qxh5 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Qf3 Qg6 38. Kh1 (38. Be3 $142 Re4 39. f5 Qxg3+ 40. Qxg3 Bxg3 41. Bb6) 38... Re4 39. Bf2 Rfe8 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,219,0,0,22,18,17,18,6,6,20,17,17,24,16,4,11,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,19,0,0,-18,-8,-8,0,-3,0,0,5,7,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-81,-81,-44,-53,-75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-43,0,0,0,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,0,0,0,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-20,-20,-20,-20,-47,-47,-47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,0,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,0,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,0,-34,0,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-29955,-29960,-38,-36,-29963,-29964,-29962,-29965,-29965,-29968,-29968,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29969,-29975,-29976,-29975,-29976,-29976,-38,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Qc2 d5 6. Bg5 h6 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (6... dxc4 {feels hotter.} 7. e4 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bxc4 Nc6) 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ $1 {The position is equal.} 9. Qxc3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e4 c6 15. Bc4 {½-½ (43) Ivanchuk,V (2732)-Wei,Y (2740) Hoogeveen 2017}) 12... Rb8 13. g3 Rd8 14. e3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qf3 16. Rg1 Qc6 (16... Bd7 {with more complications.} 17. Be2 Qc6 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. f4 Ba4) 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. Rb1 c5 19. Be2 Kf8 20. f3 Ke7 21. Bc4 Rb6 22. Ke2 Bd7 23. b3 Rdb8 24. Rbc1 Bb5 $1 25. Rgd1 Ra6 26. Bxb5 Rxb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. Rd3 (27. a4 $11 Rxb3 28. Rxc5) 27... Rxa3 $17 28. Rcd1 {White wants to mate with Rd7+.} Ra2+ ({Stronger than} 28... Raxb3 29. Rd7+ Ke8 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. R1d7#) 29. Ke1 {Intending Rd7+ and mate.} Rb8 (29... f5 $1 $17 30. Rd7+ Ke8 31. Rxg7 Rxb3) 30. Rd7+ $11 Kf8 31. Rxc7 Kg8 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Kxd2 Rxb3 34. Rxc5 {KR-KR} Rb2+ 35. Kd3 Rxh2 36. g4 Ra2 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rc7 Kg6 39. f4 (39. e4 $11) 39... Rg2 $1 $17 40. Ke4 Rxg4 41. Kf3 Rg1 42. Rxa7 h5 43. Ra8 Kh7 ({Black should try} 43... Rf1+ $17 44. Kg2 Re1) 44. Rf8 $11 Kg6 45. Rh8 (45. Ra8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 45... Ra1 46. Kg2 Ra5 47. Kf3 Rb5 48. Re8 Rb7 49. Rh8 Ra7 50. Kg2 f6 (50... Ra2+ $17 51. Kf3 Ra3) 51. exf6 gxf6 52. Re8 Kf7 53. Rh8 Ra5 54. Kf3 Kg7 55. Re8 e5 56. Ke4 h4 57. fxe5 fxe5 58. Kf5 h3 {Strongly threatening ...h2.} 59. Re7+ Kh6 60. Re8 Ra7 61. Rb8 h2 62. Rb6+ $1 Kh5 63. Rb1 Kh4 64. e4 Re7 65. Ra1 Re8 66. Rb1 Kg3 67. Rb3+ $1 Kg2 68. Rb2+ Kh3 69. Rb3+ $1 Kh4 (69... Kg2 $2 70. Rb2+ Kg3 71. Rb3+ Kh4 72. Rb1 $19) 70. Rb1 Rh8 71. Kxe5 Kg3 72. Rh1 Kg2 73. Rxh2+ $1 Rxh2 $15 {KR-KP} 74. Kf6 Kf3 75. e5 Kf4 76. e6 Rh6+ 77. Kf7 Kf5 78. e7 Rh7+ 79. Kf8 Kf6 {[%cal Rh7h8]} 80. e8=N+ {KR-KN} Kg6 {White must now prevent ...Rd7.} 81. Nd6 Rd7 82. Ne8 Rf7+ 83. Kg8 Ra7 84. Kf8 Rd7 {Hoping for ...Rf7+.} 85. Kg8 Rf7 {And now ...Re7 would win.} 86. Nd6 Rd7 87. Ne8 Kf5 88. Kf8 $1 Kg5 (88... Kf4 {is interesting.} 89. Nf6 Rb7 90. Ne8 Ke5 91. Ng7 Ke4) 89. Kg8 Kg6 90. Kf8 Rf7+ 91. Kg8 Rf1 92. Ng7 Kf6 {( -> ...Rg1)} 93. Nh5+ Kg5 94. Ng7 Kg6 {Threatens to win with ...Kf6.} 95. Ne8 Rf3 {aiming for ...Rd3.} 96. Ng7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (96. Nc7 $15 Rc3 97. Ne8) 96... Kf6 $1 97. Nh5+ Ke6 {...Kf5 is the strong threat.} 98. Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (98. Kg7 $15 Rf1 99. Kh7) 98... Kf5 $1 99. Ng7+ Kf6 $1 100. Nh5+ Kg5 101. Ng7 Rh3+ 102. Kg8 Kf6 $1 103. Ne8+ Ke6 104. Ng7+ {[#]} Ke7 $1 105. Nf5+ {[#]} Kf6 $1 106. Nd6 Rh5 $2 (106... Rd3 {mates} 107. Ne8+ Ke7 108. Ng7 Rd5 109. Kh7 Kf8 110. Kg6 Rd6+ 111. Kh7 Rd7 112. Kg6 Rxg7+ 113. Kf5 Re7 114. Kf6 Re2 115. Kg6 Rf2 116. Kg5 Kg7 117. Kg4 Kg6 118. Kg3 Rf7 119. Kg4 Rf5 120. Kh3 Rg5 121. Kh4 Kf5 122. Kh3 Kf4 123. Kh4 Re5 124. Kh3 Re2 125. Kh4 Rh2#) 107. Nf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (107. Ne4+ $15 Kg6 108. Nd6) 107... Rd5 {Black mates.} 108. Nh6 Rd8+ 109. Kh7 Rd7+ 110. Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,84,13,18,12,18,13,16,0,16,8,13,8,15,10,22,7,12,0,30,34,69,77,86,46,125,89,125,36,40,36,41,37,34,45,31,27,27,16,20,22,27,34,22,23,18,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-44,-38,-66,-24,-28,-31,-24,-8,-15,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 (7... O-O 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Ra2 f5 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (40) Ding,L (2813)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. Re1 Ng4 9. Rf1 Nf6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 c6 14. Bb3 Re8 15. h3 d5 {[#]} 16. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. d4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 19. Ng5 Nh8 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21. dxe5 Qxd1+ 22. Bxd1 {1-0 (60) Ortiz Suarez,I (2581)-Bok,B (2592) Baku 2016}) 16... Be6 17. d4 exd4 (17... h6 $14 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. exd5 (19. Nxe5 hxg5 20. exd5 Nxd5 $11) 19... Bxd5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxd5 cxd5) 18. exd5 ({Don't take} 18. Nxd4 $6 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 dxe4 $14) ({Much worse is} 18. cxd4 $6 h6 $11) 18... cxd5 {[#]} 19. Nxd4 (19. Nh5 $1 $16) 19... h6 $14 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Ndf5 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Be6 23. a5 Qc7 24. Qd4 Ne7 25. Ba4 Bd7 26. Bc2 Rad8 27. Qh4 Be6 28. Bf5 Qd7 {[%cal Re7f5]} 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. Qxg4 {[#] Nh5 is the strong threat.} Nc6 $1 32. Nh5 Kh7 33. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4e6]} e5 34. Qxd7 Rxd7 35. Rad1 d4 36. cxd4 Nxd4 {Threatens to win with ...Red8.} 37. Kf1 Rdd8 38. Nd3 Nb3 39. f3 Rd5 40. Nf2 Rxa5 41. Rd7 Nc5 42. Rd5 {Strongly threatening b4.} Nb3 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,37,39,20,34,34,36,33,41,19,27,13,59,47,54,30,37,27,50,42,43,46,53,43,50,34,27,32,52,57,43,0,56,49,70,44,35,44,57,9,7,2,4,3,9,3,4,4,6,7,20,19,17,7,13,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} a6 10. Bxc6+ $1 ({Don't play} 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 $15) 10... Nxc6 11. Nxf5 {White is slightly better.} exf5 12. c3 Be7 13. Nd2 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. Nf1 Na5 18. Qc2 O-O 19. Rd3 f4 20. Rad1 Qf5 {½-½ (20) Karjakin,S (2753)-Dreev,A (2670) St Petersburg 2018}) 14. Nf3 Qe6 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Bb6 Bd8 17. Bc5 Na5 18. Qc2 {And now Nd4 would win.} Re8 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Nd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qd7 21. Bb4 g6 22. Bxa5 $1 Bxa5 23. Qb3 Rcd8 (23... Rc4 $11) 24. Re2 $14 Qc7 25. e6 f6 26. Rd1 Rd6 27. Nf3 Qc6 $1 {The position is equal.} 28. Red2 {[%cal Rd2d5]} Bb6 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Kf1 Re7 33. c4 Kf7 34. b4 Bc7 35. h3 Ke8 36. a4 b6 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Re4 39. c5 bxc5 40. Rxc5 Kd7 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,52,15,19,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,20,13,26,5,19,0,26,0,19]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 12. Qb3 (12. Ne4 {looks sharper.} Qe7 13. Be2 Be8 14. Rc8 Bc6 15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. a3) 12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 $1 14. Qxc3 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne5.} (14. Rxc3 Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Bb5 {½-½ (17) Matlakov,M (2709)-Dubov,D (2694) Moscow 2018}) 14... Bxc6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. f3 f5 18. Kf2 Kg7 19. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Ke2) 19... Kf6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1 (21... Rc8 {seems wilder.} 22. Rc1 Rd8) 22. Bxd1 $11 {KB-KB} b6 23. a3 Bb5 24. Bc2 Bc6 25. Bd1 Bb5 26. Bc2 Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,77,12,0,0,0,12,0,8,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,10,29,23,16,15,23,14,32,34,47,36,54,53,58,60,61,59,48,39,55,43,79,82,93,92,89,16,18,13,256,253,221,165,584,585,586,592,550,574,567,517,663,633]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Ba4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Ne7 8. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 c6 12. h3 h6 {1-0 (22) Karjakin,S (2753)-Jakovenko,D (2735) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Ng6 9. d4 {The position is equal.} Bb6 10. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] a5 is the strong threat.} c6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 (12. Bf4 {with more complications.} Bc7 13. h3 Re8 14. Nbd2 Ng6 15. Bh2) 12... dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. a5 Bc5 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Re1 b5 17. Nb3 Bxb3 18. Bxb3 Ng4 19. Re2 Rd6 20. Bg5 {aiming for Be7.} Kf8 21. Rf1 Nf6 22. g3 a6 23. Kg2 {Hoping for f4.} Nd7 24. Bc1 Ba7 25. f4 f6 26. h4 Re8 27. h5 h6 28. Ba2 c5 29. Be3 exf4 30. gxf4 {Black must now prevent e5.} Rxe4 {[#] And now ...c4 would win.} 31. Bb1 (31. Rfe1 $1 $16) 31... Re7 $11 32. Rfe1 f5 $2 (32... Nb8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 33. Bxf5 $18 Nf6 {[#]} 34. Kf3 $1 Nd5 $2 (34... Rd5 {is tougher.} 35. Bg6 Rdd7) 35. Rd2 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 36. Be4 Red7 37. Red1 Nf6 38. Rxd7 Nxd7 39. Rd6 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,53,22,29,43,25,17,8,8,6,21,23,15,26,23,21,15,15,24,25,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,7,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Rd8 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Be2 Ne4 12. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. a4 Ne7 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bf3 Nxf4 18. exf4 Bxe5 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. fxe5 {½-½ (49) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} exd5 14. O-O h6 15. a4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. c4 Rb8 18. c5 Rd8 19. Rd2 {The position is equal.} Be6 20. Rb1 Rdc8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. exd4 Bd7 23. Bb5 Bf5 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Bb5 Bf5 26. Bd3 Bd7 27. Bb5 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Shamkir Chess 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,62,6,21,0,18,8,1,0,7,14,31,29,38,38,39,38,38,44,56,48,45,31,31,27,25,22,58,19,19,17,19,19,26,23,31,17,16,8,20,20,21,0,16,0,14,0,13]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. a4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} c6 11. Re1 Ng6 12. d4 Re8 (12... exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 {½-½ (24) Malakhov,V (2666)-Tomashevsky,E (2702) Biograd 2018}) 13. Bd3 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Be6 16. Nf1 Bb6 17. Be3 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 {½-½ (42) Williamson,H (2524)-Olofsson,D (2555) GER email 2015}) 14. a5 Bd7 15. Nf1 d5 16. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 17. Bf4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Nxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 {[%cal Rf4e5][%mdl 64] Pin} f6 {Black wants to play ...Bf5.} 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Bg3 Bf5 22. Re2 Qf7 23. Ne3 Rad8 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Be6 26. Re1 e4 {The position is equal.} 27. Qe2 Qf6 28. Qc2 Qg6 29. Qd2 Qf6 30. Qc2 Qg6 31. Qd2 Qf6 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

