[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Huber, Benedikt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,89,27,15,6,22,12,2,22,35,26,23,-25,-40,-35,-17,-22,-20,-51,-52,-60,-19,-17,3,0,44,42,39,43,37,44,95,80,84,87,133,132,110,110,189,174,173,123,167,117,118,121,130,126,127,127,178,152,179,179,179,179,276,274,271,282,260,236,277,277,365,365,373,370,368,365,360,358,466,466,554,533]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O {With the idea Nb5. E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0.} Bb7 10. Nb5 Be4 11. Qd1 {The position is equal.} a6 12. Nd6 {Strongly threatening a3.} Bc6 $1 13. Ng5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} (13. Bf4 $142 Nb7 14. a3 Bxd6 15. Bxd6) 13... Bxg2 $11 14. Kxg2 {[#] Threatens to win with a3.} Nb7 $1 {[#]} 15. Nxb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bf4 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Qxd6 Rc8 18. Rac1 Rc6 19. Qa3 Qc7 20. b3 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 {1-0 (73) Rajlich,I (2404)-Kosintseva,T (2513) Dresden 2008}) 15... Qc7 16. Na5 bxa5 (16... Bxa5 17. a3 $11) 17. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qc6+ ({Much weaker is} 17... Bc3 18. Rb1 $11) (17... d5 $1 $15) 18. Nf3 Bc3 19. Rb1 a4 (19... e5 $11) 20. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Ne4 21. Be3 {aiming for Bd4.} Bf6 22. bxa4 Nc3 (22... Rab8 $14) 23. Rb6 $16 Qc7 24. a5 {Black must now prevent Rc1.} Na4 {[#]} ({Black should play} 24... Rfc8) 25. Bf4 $1 Qc5 26. Rb7 {Bd6 is the strong threat.} Nb2 (26... Qh5 $16) 27. Qxd7 {Hoping for Bd6.} Nxc4 28. Rc1 ({White should try} 28. Rc7 $18 Qb5 29. Qd3) 28... Qd5 (28... e5 $16) 29. Qxd5 (29. Rc7 $18 Rad8 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. e4) 29... exd5 30. Rd1 Nxa5 {[%cal Bc4a5,Ba5c6,Bc6b4,Bb4a2,Ba2c1][%mdl 32]} 31. Rd7 {White is much more active.} Nc6 32. R1xd5 a5 (32... Rfd8 $16 {was worth a try.} 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8) 33. a4 $18 Nb4 34. Rb5 Na2 {[#]} 35. Bd2 Rfe8 (35... Nc3 $142) 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Bxa5 Ra8 {[#]} 38. Rd2 $1 Nc1 (38... Nc3 39. Bxc3) 39. Bb6 h6 40. a5 Nb3 41. Rd3 Nc1 42. Re3 Na2 43. Ne5 Nb4 44. Nd7 Nd5 45. Rd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.20 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pulkkinen, Kari"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,76,48,22,20,22,63,56,70,66,72,8,21,0,0,25,58,26,20,8,7,19,29,0,-10,-9,-9,-7,0,-126,-131,-128,-104,-130,-116,-185,-187,-176,-177,-255,-194,-731,-730,-852,-822,-828,-814,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29990,-29991,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 b4 {B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6.} 13. Ne2 h5 (13... Qb6 $11) 14. Kb1 Qb6 {White is slightly better.} 15. f5 e5 16. Bc4 (16. Ng3 $16) 16... Rc8 $1 $11 17. Bd5 {[#]} (17. Qd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5f7]} Nd8 18. Qd3 $14) 17... Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... a5 18. Rhg1 Na7 19. g4 Nb5 20. Ka1 hxg4 21. Rxg4 Qf2 22. Rg3 Bf8 23. Qd3 a4 {0-1 (37) Priasmoro,N (2502)-Tabatabaei,M (2629) Chess.com INT 2020}) 18. b3 {To avoid Nc4} Nb7 19. Nc1 Nc5 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bf8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 (23. Rxc1 $2 {perishes.} Bh6 24. Qe2 Bxc1 25. Kxc1 Ke7 $19) 23... Bh6 24. Qd1 Ke7 25. Nd2 (25. Bc4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Qf2 $1 $17 {[%csl LRd2,LRg2]} 26. Nc4 Qxg2 27. Rg1 Qf2 {Black is more active.} 28. h3 (28. d4 $17) 28... Qd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Od7f5]} 29. Rg2 {[#]} Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512] The board is on fire.} 30. Qf3 (30. a4 $142) (30. a3 bxa3) 30... Bg6 ({Stronger than} 30... Qc3 31. a4 Bd7 32. Ka2 $17) 31. Nxd6 $2 (31. a3) 31... Rd8 $1 (31... Qc3 32. Qf1 Qc7 33. Nc4 $15) 32. Nxf7 Bxf7 33. Bxf7 Qc3 $1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc3c1]} ({Not} 33... Kxf7 34. Qxh5+ Ke7 35. Qxh6 $17) 34. Rc2 {[#] To avoid Qc1+} Qe1+ $1 {Black mates.} 35. Kb2 {[#]} Bd2 $1 (35... Kxf7 $2 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. Qxh6 $18) 36. Rc7+ Rd7 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Re1c1]} 38. Qf5+ Kc7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.78/Black=0.04 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Black "Sreyas Payyappat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,70,37,20,45,39,27,37,48,22,2,0,0,0,93,85,59,0,120,139,143,131,121,114,103,36,29,12,97,100,120,113,326,312,29979,29978,29980,29981,29981,29981,29978,29979,29993,29994,29995,29996,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 {The main line 11...Nb4 scores better than 11...Nc7.} 12. Be3 a6 {A67: Modern Benoni: Taimanov Variation.} 13. Be2 Re8 14. Bf2 f5 {White is slightly better.} 15. e5 dxe5 16. d6 exf4 {[#]} 17. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Re1 h6 18. Bc4+ Kh7 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. Qd2 Qf8 21. Re1 Nf6 22. Bxc5 Nc6 23. b4 Bd7 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Na5 26. Ba2 Rc8 27. Ba3 Nc4 28. Ne5 Nxd2 {0-1 (28) Egger,R (2318)-Hohlbein,M (2324) ICCF email 2020}) 17... Nc6 (17... Nf8 $11) 18. Nd5 $1 $16 {Nc7 is the strong threat.} Rb8 19. Nxf4 (19. Rae1 $14) 19... Qf6 (19... Nf6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 20. Rae1 $1 {And now Bc4+ would win.} Kh8 21. Bd1 $1 Nce5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 {White is much more active.} ({White should play} 23. Bg3 $16 {Threatens to win with Rxe5.} Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Qd4+ 25. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Kf1) 23... Nxe5 $14 (23... Qxe5 $2 24. Re1 b6 25. Rxe5 $18) 24. Bxc5 {[%cal Bf2c5,Bc5b4,Bb4c3][%mdl 32]} b6 {[#]} (24... Bd7 $1 $11) 25. Bb4 $1 $16 Nc4 {[%csl LRb2,LRd2] [#]} 26. Qc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nxd6 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (26... b5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 27. Bc3 $18 Qf8 {[#]} (27... Qf7 $18 28. Bb3 Qxb3) 28. Nxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} hxg6 29. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 30. Bb3+ Nf7 31. Qxg6 Rb7 32. Re1 Bd7 {[#]} 33. Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa4 (33... Kh8 34. Qh5+) 34. Bxf7+ Qxf7 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qxg7# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.64} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kugler, Florian"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,104,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-14,-50,-50,-48,-42,-87,-86,-79,-48,-68,-35,-51,-21,-23,0,-77,-62,-255,-253,-282,-277,-391,-368,-352,-324,-359,-322,-400,-396,-482,-482,-457,-434,-556,-565,-705,-538,-689,-498,-647,-404,-424,-394,-405,-377,-514,-506,-720,-664,-699,-472,-460,-461,-690,-716,-699,-703,-720,-711,-714,-703,-754,-767,-904,-884,-837,-881,-1185,-1125,-1754,-1902,-1865,-1668,-1305,-1150]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 e6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bf4 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd7 12. Qb3 Bc6 {[#] D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5).} 13. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 a5 14. Rfc1 Qe7 15. e3 Rfc8 16. Ne2 Bf8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nf4 Bd6 19. Nd3 Qe7 20. Bf1 {½-½ (56) Adly,A (2602)-Rakhmanov,A (2657) Riga 2021}) 13... Qe7 14. e3 Rfc8 {The position is equal.} 15. a3 Bf8 16. Rad1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. d5 (18. h4 $15) 18... exd5 $17 19. Bd4 Qe6 20. Ne2 g5 21. Bc3 Rd8 22. Nd4 Qh3 23. Nxc6 (23. Rd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... bxc6 24. Qa4 $2 {[#] This move loses the game for White.} (24. Qb7 $15) 24... Rd6 $1 $19 (24... c5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qc6 $11) 25. Qd4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rd4h8] [#]} f5 $1 {White must now prevent ...Rh6.} ({Not} 25... f6 26. Bb4 Re6 27. Rc1 $15 (27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rc1 Rf7 $15)) 26. f3 ({Of course not} 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Rd2 Re8 $19) (26. Rd2 $142 Re8 27. Rf1) 26... exf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3g2] The board is on fire.} 27. Rd2 {To avoid Qg2+} Qh6 ({Don't blunder} 27... Kf7 $2 28. Rf1 Qh5 29. Bb4 $19) 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Rf2 g4 30. Qd4 Re6 {aiming for ...Re4.} 31. Qd3 Qg6 32. Qa6 Kg8 33. Qb7 Qe8 34. Bd4 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 35. Rc2 Qb8 36. Qxb8 Rxb8 37. Rec1 Rc8 38. h4 a4 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Kf2 Kf7 {[%cal Oc6c5] And now ...c5! would win.} 40. Rc3 Be7 {[%cal Oc6c5] Hoping for ...c5!} 41. R1c2 h5 42. b4 (42. Kg1 $142 Ke8 43. Kf2) 42... axb3 43. Rxb3 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 44. Bb2 Ra6 45. Rb7 Ke6 46. Rd2 c4 47. Bc3 Rcc6 48. Rdb2 Bxa3 49. R2b5 Be7 50. Rb2 Bf6 51. Bxf6 Kxf6 52. Rh7 Ke5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.24 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ojas Kulkarni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,107,39,44,37,54,18,41,15,53,40,43,-11,4,-34,-34,-34,-27,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,9,9,8,12,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,24,16,16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4 {10...a5 is the modern continuation.} 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. Rc1 {[#] B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be6 13. b3 Qa5 14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Rfc8 17. Kd3 a6 18. a4 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 {1-0 (50) Pogorelskikh,S (2189)-Bogachkova,A (2085) Ekaterinburg 2019}) 13. b3 Bd7 (13... b5 {keeps more tension.} 14. cxb5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Rc8 16. Qb4 axb5 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. O-O Bd7) 14. a4 {White is slightly better.} b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. axb5 ({Better is} 16. Nxb5 $14 Rb8 17. Nd4) 16... Qa5 17. b6 Rac8 $1 {[%cal Rg7c3,Ba8c8,Bc8c6,Bc6b6,Bb6b3][%mdl 32]} 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc6 20. O-O $1 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd5.} ({Much worse is} 20. b7 Qa6 $17) 20... Qxb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Nd5 {[%csl LRb6,LRe7]} Rxb3 23. Nxe7+ Kg7 24. Rc7 Rd8 25. h3 Bb5 26. Rd1 {[%cal Oe4e5]} Rd3 27. Rxd3 Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. f3 Bb5 29. Nd5 Bd7 30. h4 h5 31. Kf2 Be6 32. Nf4 Kf6 33. Rc2 Rd7 34. Rd2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Ra7 36. Ne2 Ra3+ 37. Kf4 Ra1 38. Nd4 Rb1 39. Kg5 Rc1 {The position is equal.} 40. Rc2 Rxc2 41. Nxc2 {KB-KN} Bc4 42. Ne3 Ba2 43. Nd5+ Ke6 $1 44. Nf6 {[#] And now g4 would win.} Bc4 45. g4 hxg4 46. fxg4 {Hoping for h5.} Be2 $1 47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Bxh5 49. Nxh5 {White wants to mate with Kf4. KN-KPP} Ke5 50. Nf6 Ke6 $1 51. Ne8 {aiming for Kf4.} Ke5 52. Nf6 Ke6 $1 53. Ne8 {Strongly threatening Kf4.} Ke5 54. Nxd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Ciolek, Andreas"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,1,22,0,9,2,8,4,8,6,38,26,25,31,47,47,63,62,84,49,47,3,49,53,43,44,35,36,37,37,28,0,0,-59,-18,-58,-50,-207,-207,-1985,-1869,-1942,-1283,-1843,-1670,-2215,-2125,-2832,-2476,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29971,-29971,-29972,-29955,-29949,-5014,-1239,-6767,-5615,-5393,-5045,-29973,-1534]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Ne5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. c3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Nd2 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. f4 Qc7 12. g3 Nf5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Bd3 Nd6 15. Qe2 Rae8 16. Ne5 Bd8 {0-1 (41) Smirin,I (2609)-Jobava,B (2627) St Petersburg 2018}) 11. Re1 f6 12. Bd3 g5 13. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 14. Qe2 Kf7 15. a4 (15. Bb2 $14) 15... Nf5 (15... e5 $1 $11 {might be stronger.}) 16. Bb2 Bb8 17. b5 Nce7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7d5,Bd5f4,Bf4h3,Bh3f2][%mdl 32]} 18. c4 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3h2][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 18... Qd6 19. g3 $16) 19. Rac1 Rcg8 20. cxd5 Nxd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 21. Rc5 ({White should play} 21. Bc4 $11) 21... h4 $15 {Hoping for ...Nf4.} 22. Nf1 Nf4 {[%csl LRd4,LRe2] Pair of Knights!} 23. Qe4 $2 {White does not recover from this.} (23. Qd1 $1 $15) 23... g3 $19 {Dancing on a razor blade.} 24. d5 $2 {[#]} (24. fxg3 hxg3 25. d5 gxh2+ 26. Kh1) 24... Nh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Kh1 Nxf2+ 26. Kg1 Nxe4 27. dxe6+ Qxe6 28. Rxe4 gxh2+ 29. Kh1 {[#]} h3 $1 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rh3g2]} 30. g4 {[#]} Qxe4+ $3 31. Bxe4 {[#]} Rxg4 $1 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Rg4g1]} 32. Bd5+ Kg6 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Rg4g1]} 33. Nxh2 {[#]} Rg2 $1 {[%cal Rf5g3]} 34. Nf1 (34. Bxg2 hxg2+) 34... Rxb2 35. Be4 {To avoid Rb1} Be5 {( -> ...Rh4)} 36. Ne3 Re2 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.19/Black=0.20 (precise)} (36... Rh2+ $142 37. Kg1 Re2 38. Bxf5+ Kf7 39. Be4 h2+ 40. Kf1 Rxe3 41. Bh1 Ra3 42. b6 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Ra1+ 45. Ke2 Rxh1 46. Rd5 {[#]} Re1+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Kd3 h1=Q 48. Rd7+ Ke6 49. Re7+ Kxe7 50. Kc4 Qe4+ 51. Kc5 Bd6+ 52. Kb5 Rh5#) 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Black "Krasteva, Beloslava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,65,27,0,29,33,39,35,36,27,62,47,43,42,95,89,90,84,226,235,337,294,335,319,364,333,522,529,858,856,872,891,875,865,1080,980,1048,1047,2820,2643,2547,2560,29970,29955,29991,1818]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. e4 Ne5 {A63: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation: 9...Nbd7.} (12... Ng4 {is interesting.} 13. Nh4 Nge5 14. Bf1 c4 15. Be3 Bf6) 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re8 {White is slightly better.} 15. h3 {[#] Inhibits Ng4.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nh5 16. Be3 b6 17. g4 Nf6 {0-1 (33) Boos,M (2153)-Cofman,V (2272) Playchess.com INT 2020}) 16. Qd2 $1 Nh5 17. Bg5 Qc7 (17... Nf6 $14) 18. Rac1 b6 19. b4 Nf6 {[#]} (19... Qd7 $16) 20. e5 $1 $18 Rxe5 (20... dxe5 $142 21. d6 Qa7) 21. Rxe5 dxe5 22. d6 Qd8 23. Nd5 {[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5e7,Be7c6,Bc6e5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Bb7 (23... Kh8 $142 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Nxf6 (25. Rxc5 Qxd6 26. Qc1 Bb7 $11) 25... Bxf6 26. Bxf6+ Qxf6) 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5 {[#] Hoping for Rc8.} Rb8 {Inhibits Rc8.} 28. Nc6 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Qd7 30. Nxe5 Qb7 31. Rc1 {d7 would kill now. Active counter play!} Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Ke8 33. Qc4 {White took control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.89} (33. Qc7 $142 Qxc7 34. dxc7 Ke7 35. c8=Q Kd6 36. Bf4 Bh6 37. Nc4+ Kd5 38. Ne3+ Ke4 39. Qc6+ Kd3 40. Qc2+ Kd4 41. Qc4#) 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Aarav Dengla"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,74,30,33,33,57,23,54,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-12,-10,-14,-9,-20,-13,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,21,8,12,0,0,-14,-22,-46,-22,-69,-69,-72,-79,-136,-159,-166,-154,-148,-158,-140,-153,-144,-142,-129,-131,-254,-234,-485,-459,-697,-75,-539,-533]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Nge7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 7. Be2 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6.} b5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bf4 (9. Be3 $14) 9... Ng6 $1 $11 {[#]} 10. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg3 Be7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd6 O-O 13. Bf3 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qf6 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Rfe1 {½-½ (61) Culpi,A-Veras,M Paranagua 1995}) 10... Bxc6 11. Bd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. Rfd1 Nf4 15. Bf1 g5 16. Rd2 g4 17. Re1 d6 18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19. exd5 e5 20. g3 Nh5 21. h3 f5 22. hxg4 fxg4 23. a4 Rhb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Re4 (25. Rd4 {feels hotter.} Nf6 26. Rb4 h5 27. Rd1 Ra5 28. Be2) 25... Ra4 (25... Nf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 26. Rb4 Ra4 27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28. Bxb5 Rb4 $15) 26. Rxa4 (26. Re3 $11 {deserves consideration.}) 26... bxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. c3 Nf6 28. Be2 ({Better is} 28. Bd3) 28... Ne4 $17 29. Rc2 h5 30. Kg2 Nc5 {Black is more active.} 31. f3 Kf6 32. Kf2 gxf3 33. Kxf3 Kf5 34. Ke3 (34. Bf1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 34... Rg8 $19 35. Kf3 (35. Kf2) 35... Ne4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg8g3] [#]} 36. Bd3 (36. Kg2 $142 Rxg3+ 37. Kf1) 36... Rxg3+ 37. Ke2 Kf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.32/Black=0.04 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Paakkonen, Timo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,59,55,70,40,54,47,56,35,41,37,52,41,73,72,73,91,75,70,114,65,129,70,93,81,118,116,107,127,189,186,187,168,318,269,677,675,671,662]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Qa5 13. Be3 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0.} Rfc8 14. Rab1 Qd8 15. b4 {White is slightly better.} b6 16. Rfc1 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nd7 17. Nd5 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra3 20. Bf1 Rca8 21. Kh1 Ra2 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 {1-0 (69) Szczepkowska,K (2392)-Sikorova,O (2230) Reykjavik 2015}) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 {[#]} 19. Ba6 $1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Bc8 (20... e6 $14) 21. Qd3 {White is much more active.} ({Better is} 21. Bxc8 $16 Rxc8 22. Rc6) 21... Rb8 {[#]} (21... e6 $14) 22. Bb5 (22. Bxc8 $1 $16 Rxc8 23. Rc6) 22... Bf6 23. Qc4 (23. a4 {is interesting.} e6 24. Bc6 exd5 25. Bxd5 Bb7 26. b5) 23... Kg7 24. Qc7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 a6 (25... a5 $16) 26. Bc6 $18 g5 27. a4 Bc3 (27... Kf8 $142 28. Kf2 g4) 28. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5a6][%mdl 32]} ({Don't do} 28. Bxg5 $6 Bxb4 29. Rxe7 (29. Bxe7 b5 $18) 29... Bc5+ 30. Kf1 b5 $18) 28... Kf6 $2 {[#]} (28... axb5 29. Bxb5 Bf6) 29. Rxc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc8 30. bxa6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18 (very precise) /Black=0.49} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Frank, Emanuel"]
[Black "Iniyan, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:08:28]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:14:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. exf5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 13. Bg5 {[%emt 0:16:24]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 14. g3 {[%emt 0:05:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 15. dxe5 {[%emt 0:11:55]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 16. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17. Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 18. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:07:23]} 19. Ng2 {[%emt 0:06:48]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 20. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:04:16]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Be5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 22. Rh6 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 23. Nh4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 24. Ng2 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 25. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 27. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 29. Rdd1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 30. Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 31. g4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 33. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Rg3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 36. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 37. h3 {[%emt 0:02:32]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 38. Rf4+ {[%emt 0:02:17]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. h4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 40. Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 41. Kf1 {[%emt 0:09:10]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Martinovici, Ilia"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-15,-24,-20,-21,-20,-21,-23,-27,-26,-27,-27,-33,-35,-31,-30,-33,-12,-12,-8,-26,-16,-14,-4,-5,-12,-6,-8,-21,-26,-52,-12,-40,-38,-47,-26,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-339,-312,-347,-269,-401,-373,-754,-735,-615,-727,-873,-802,-766,-723,-699,-656,-494,-422,-473,-447]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} g6 14. b5 a5 15. bxc6 {The position is equal.} bxc6 16. Rab1 Ne6 {[#]} 17. Na2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Rb2 Rc8 19. Rb7 Be7 20. e4 Bb4 21. Qb3 Nc7 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nb5 {½-½ (33) Shchukin,D (2356)-Pischikov,V (2137) St Petersburg 2012}) 17... Qc7 18. Nac1 Bd7 19. Nb3 Reb8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Bg7 {[%cal Bf6g7,Bg7f8,Bf8d6][%mdl 32]} 22. Nf4 {[%cal Of4d5]} Bf8 23. Qc2 {[%cal Of4d5]} Bd6 24. g3 Rxb1 (24... Rb4 {with more complications.} 25. Rfc1 Qd8 26. Rxb4 axb4 27. Be2 Qb6) 25. Rxb1 Rb8 26. Be2 Rxb1+ 27. Qxb1 Bxf4 28. gxf4 c5 29. dxc5 Qxc5 30. Bb5 Be6 31. Qa1 {Prevents d4.} Qb4 32. Qd1 (32. h4 {feels hotter.} Bg4 33. Qe5 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1) 32... h5 33. Bc6 Qe4 (33... Qc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5c6]} 34. Bb5 Qb4 $11) 34. h4 Kf8 35. Qd4 Qf3 36. Qc5+ Kg7 37. Qxa5 g5 38. fxg5 {[#] Black must now prevent Qc3+.} Qg4+ 39. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Kh1 $11 {and White is okay.} Qxh4+ 40. Kg1) 39... Qc4+ $19 40. Kg1 {aiming for Qc7.} Qc1+ 41. Kh2 (41. Kg2 $142 Qxc6 42. Qb5) 41... Qxc6 42. Qd8 $2 {[#]} (42. Qb4 Qc4 43. Qb2+ Kh7 44. Qb1+ Kg8 45. Qb8+ Bc8 46. Kg2) 42... Qxa4 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. g6+ Kg7 {And now ...Qc2 would win.} 46. gxf7 Kxf7 47. Qc7+ Bd7 48. f4 Qc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.09 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Formento, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,65,43,44,44,11,15,36,32,31,29,26,18,17,8,16,11,0,32,16,15,10,13,-30,-29,-31,0,-43,0,-9,43,35,68,34,119,120,127,136,181,168,261,262,238,142,561,558,669,634,700,696,868,856,1382,1370,815,788]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O g6 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6.} 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 {White is slightly better.} 10. Qe2 d5 11. Nd4 {Prevents Bb5.} Bg7 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. f4 Re8 (14... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Rc7c5]}) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rae1 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qd7 17. Qd3 a5 18. Be3 Re6 19. a4 Rb8 20. Qd2 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. f5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 {1-0 (53) Saric,I (2622)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2559) Fujairah 2012}) 17. e6 (17. Qf2 {should be considered.}) 17... f5 $11 18. Rf3 Bf6 19. Re3 (19. Rh3 $11) 19... Qd6 (19... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Rb8b2]} 20. b3 Qe7 $11) 20. g4 Re7 (20... Qxf4 21. Rf1 Qc4 22. gxf5 (22. Qxc4 dxc4 23. gxf5 Rab8 $16) 22... Qxe2 23. Rxe2 $16) (20... d4 $11 21. Rd3 fxg4) 21. gxf5 $1 $14 gxf5 (21... Qxf4 $2 22. fxg6 Rg7 23. Rg3 $18) 22. Qd3 Bh4 ({Better is} 22... Rf8 $14) 23. R1e2 $1 $16 {aiming for Rg2+.} ({Stronger than} 23. Qxf5 Rf8 24. Qh3 (24. Qg4+ $2 Rg7 $19) 24... Bxe1 25. Rxe1 d4 $17) 23... Rg7+ (23... Qxf4 $2 24. Rg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg3 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. Rg2+ Rg7 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qd4+ Kg6 29. Qxf4 $18) 24. Rg2 $1 Rxg2+ (24... Qxf4 $2 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg3 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Qd4+ Kg6 29. Qxf4 $18) (24... Rf8 $16 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7) 25. Kxg2 $18 Rf8 (25... Qxf4 $2 26. Rg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg3 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Qxf5 $18) (25... d4 $142 26. Re2 (26. Qxd4 Re8 $16) (26. Qxf5 $2 dxe3 27. Be1 Rf8 $19) 26... Rf8) 26. Rh3 Qe7 27. Qxa6 (27. Kf1 $18) 27... Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (27... Rd8 $16 {is tougher.}) 28. Rxh4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxe6 {Strongly threatening ...Re2+.} 29. Qc8+ Kg7 {[#] ...Re2+ is the strong threat.} 30. Kf1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg6 (30... Qf7 31. Rh3) 31. Rh3 Qe4 32. Qxc7+ Kf8 33. Qb8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.63} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Barp, Alberto"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,96,20,19,16,0,16,0,10,7,15,0,0,0,4,0,0,5,6,10,9,-17,-8,-10,0,0,8,7,23,12,32,29,39,31,64,58,91,87,74,83,87,91,85,85,77,70,92,0,0,0,75,61,120,33,22,16,33,17,57,12,27,-64,-74,-64,-65,-73,-73,-64,-71,-125,-81,-145,-118,-139,-108,-808,-467,-467,-358,-451,-390,-521,-431,-547,-541]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. g3 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. Bg2 a6 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 {The position is equal.} 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Nb3 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Bd5 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Ne1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qc1 Qxc1 22. Nxc1 Kf8 23. e4 Nb4 24. Ned3 Nc6 25. f3 {½-½ (25) Andersson,U (2580)-Iordachescu,V (2632) Mallorca 2004}) 15. Bd4 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qa8 {[%cal Oe6e5]} 17. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1g2,Bg2e3][%mdl 32]} (17. Rc7 Bd8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 $15) 17... Bxg2 18. Nxg2 e5 19. Bc3 b4 20. Be1 a5 21. Ne3 Rd8 22. Qb5 a4 23. Nd2 Rb8 24. Qc6 e4 25. Qxa8 Rxa8 26. Rc7 {[%cal Od2e4]} Bd6 27. Rc6 Bc5 28. Ndc4 h5 29. Rc7 Rd8 30. Rb7 ({White should play} 30. Kg2 $16) 30... Rb8 $11 31. Rc7 Bf8 (31... Rd8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Ra7 Nc5 (32... a3 $1 $14) 33. Ne5 ({White should try} 33. Kg2 $16) 33... a3 $14 34. b3 Ne6 $1 35. Nc2 (35. Rxf7 Nd4 36. Kg2 Nxe2 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $15) (35. Nxf7 $2 Bc5 36. Nh6+ gxh6 $19) 35... h4 36. Kg2 (36. Rxf7 Bd6 37. Nc4 Bc5 $17) (36. gxh4 $14 Rd8 37. Ne3 (37. Nxb4 $2 Rd1 $19) (37. Nxf7 Rc8 $15) (37. Bxb4 $2 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Nf4+ 39. Kg3 Nxe2+ 40. Kh3 Nf4+ 41. Kg3 N4d5 $19)) 36... Nd5 $11 37. Rd7 {[#]} ({Much weaker is} 37. Rxf7 h3+ 38. Kf1 Rc8 39. Rxf8+ (39. Ne3 $2 Nxe3+ 40. fxe3 Bd6 $19) 39... Nxf8 $15) (37. Ra6 $11) 37... Rc8 $1 $15 38. Nc4 {[#]} Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing. Black is more active.} 39. Rb7 Nxc4 40. bxc4 Rxc4 41. Nxb4 (41. Ne3 $142 Rc1 42. Bxb4) 41... Rc1 (41... Kh7 $142 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1.} 42. Rb8 Bd6) 42. Bd2 $17 Rb1 {[%cal Oe4e3]} 43. Bc3 Kh7 {[%cal Oe4e3]} 44. Rxf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} Bxb4 45. Rb7 {[#]} Bxc3 46. Rxb1 Bb2 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4.} 47. f3 e3 {Hoping for ...Nd4.} 48. f4 Nd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/Black=0.17 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,131,18,20,21,7,31,31,27,31,33,38,33,20,38,8,53,48,62,57,53,54,54,55,58,53,53,51,105,102,93,109,102,107,107,108,106,102,100,110,116,97,124,124,118,93,78,80,86,91,84,64,70,61,89,85,93,69,69,71,120,120,122,106,122,122,202,101,147,132,162,97,133,119,181,107,110,112,115,17,17,17,17,17,18,18,26,26,162,65,111,17,170,17,17,17,162,162,586,296,4562,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Re1 h6 {D05: Colle System with ...e6.} 11. h3 (11. b3 {with more complications.} dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 exd4 14. Bb2) 11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bxe4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nf6 15. Bf3 {[#]} Bc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bc5 16. Be3 Qb6 17. b4 Bxb4 18. Nc6 Bc5 19. Rb1 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 bxc6 21. Rxb6 axb6 {1-0 (57) Petrosyan,M (2592)-Bajarani,U (2515) Abu Dhabi 2019}) 16. Nb3 a5 (16... Nh7 $11) 17. Be3 $14 Be6 18. Bxb7 {[%cal Bf3b7,Bb7a6,Ba6c4][%mdl 32]} Qxd1 19. Rexd1 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rab8 21. Ba6 Rxb3 22. Bd4 Bb6 (22... Rbb8 $14) 23. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control. A strong pair of Bishops.} Rb4 24. b3 Ne4 {To avoid Bc3} 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxa5 Nd6 27. Bf1 {White is more active.} Ne4 28. Rd4 Re8 29. b4 Nc3 30. Kh2 Reb8 31. Ra3 (31. Rd3 {is interesting.} Nb5 32. Rd7 Nd6 33. Rd5 Ne8 34. b5) 31... Nb5 32. Bxb5 Rxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 33. Rb3 Rc8 34. g4 f5 35. Kg3 Rc2 36. gxf5 Kf7 37. f3 Kf6 38. Rf4 Rd2 (38... Rc1 $142) 39. Rc3 Rd6 {Inhibits Rc6.} 40. Kg4 Rdb6 41. Rcc4 Rd5 (41... Rb7 $16 {was worth a try.} 42. h4 Rb8 43. Rc6+ Kf7) 42. h4 (42. Rc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5d5]} Rd1 43. Rfc4) 42... Rd2 ({Black should try} 42... Rdb5 43. h5 Kf7 44. Rc7+ Kf6) 43. Rfe4 $1 Rb2 44. Kf4 ({White should play} 44. Re6+ $18 Rxe6 45. fxe6 Kxe6 46. Rc6+ Kd5 47. Rb6) 44... Rh2 45. Kg3 Rb2 {[#]} (45... Rh1 $16 46. Rc8 Kxf5) 46. Re6+ (46. Rg4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4g6] Rg6+ would kill now.} Rb7 47. h5) 46... Rxe6 47. fxe6 Kxe6 {KR-KR} 48. Kf4 {Prevents g5+.} (48. h5 $16) 48... Kd5 $1 $11 49. Re4 g6 50. Kg3 {aiming for Rg4.} Rb1 51. Rg4 {Hoping for Kh3.} Ke5 52. Rc4 Rb2 (52... Rg1+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 53. Kh2 Rf1) 53. Rc5+ (53. Rc6 $18) 53... Kf6 (53... Kd6 $14 {was preferrable.}) 54. b5 (54. Rc6+ $16 Kf5 55. Rc5+ Kf6 56. Rb5) 54... Rb4 $2 {[#]} (54... Rb1 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 55. f4 $2 ({White has to play} 55. Rc6+ $1 $18 Kf5 56. Rc5+ Kf6 57. Rc6+ Kf5 58. Rc5+ Kf6) 55... Rb3+ 56. Kf2 h5 (56... Kf7 $11) 57. Ke2 $18 Rh3 $2 (57... Rb4 {is a better chance.}) 58. Kd2 ({Less strong is} 58. Rc6+ Kf7 $16) 58... Rxh4 $2 (58... Ke6 59. b6 Ra3) 59. Rc4 $2 (59. b6 $18 {White threatens b7 and mate.} Rxf4 60. Kc3) 59... Rh2+ $11 {The position is equal.} 60. Kc3 {Threatens to win with b6.} Rh1 61. b6 Rc1+ 62. Kd4 Rb1 63. Kc5 h4 {Strongly threatening ...h3.} 64. Rb4 Rxb4 65. Kxb4 {Intending b7 and mate.} h3 {( -> ...h2)} 66. b7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.29 (precise) /Black=0.39} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Moksh Amit Doshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,57,-11,-6,0,0,17,0,50,29,34,28,39,49,73,86,110,67,114,50,52,43,49,46,46,33,47,30,118,98,97,122,132,111,125,131,256,255,520,516,782,770,942,903,1483,688]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} 9. Qc2 f6 10. a3 a5 {[#]} (10... f5 $11) 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qd5 13. Nd2 Qc5 14. Qxc5 Bxc5 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. Rfc1 Bb6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 {1-0 (69) Timofeev,A (2583)-Quinonez Garcia,S (2263) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11... Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 Rad8 14. Bd3 {Threatens to win with Nxd5.} f5 15. Bb5 ({Better is} 15. Na4 $16) 15... Bf6 {[#]} (15... Nxc3 $14 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc3 Bd5) 16. Bg5 (16. Na4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4c5]} Bf7 17. Nc5) 16... Nxc3 $1 $14 17. bxc3 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Bd5 18. Bf4 Kh8 19. a4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rfe8 (20... Qc8 $11) 21. Qb3 $16 g5 22. Bd2 {White is more active.} Kg7 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Re1 ({But not} 24. Bd3 Ne5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 $14) 24... Qf7 (24... Qd7 $16 {might work better.} 25. Bc4 Ne7) 25. Bc4 $18 Qh5 {[#]} (25... Qd7 26. Be6 (26. Qxb7 Rb8 $11) 26... Qd6 27. Bxf5 Ne7) 26. Qxb7 {White is clearly winning.} Qxf3 (26... Ne7 $142 27. Qxc7 Qe8) 27. Qxc7+ Kh6 28. Re6 Qd1+ 29. Bf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.39} (29. Kg2 $142 Rf8 30. Qxc6) 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Sorensen, Hampus"]
[Black "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,145,12,0,0,0,0,4,31,0,29,33,27,25,29,0,0,0,0,0,24,27,27,23,25,18,19,0,0,-6,4,0,8,7,3,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,0,0,35,35,39,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,0,-10,-7,-17,-17,-25,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,-12,-12,-12,-13,-20,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-12,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Nd2 b5 {now supersedes 10...Rc8. E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7).} 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. a3 Nb6 13. Nf3 Qc8 14. Rc1 {[%cal Oc3d5] [#] Black must now prevent Nxd5!} Qb7 15. Na2 {To avoid b4} Rfc8 {[#]} 16. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nb4 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Rc8 18. Qb1 Nbd7 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Nxa6 Qxa6 21. Nd2 Qb6 22. e3 {½-½ (40) Bruzon Batista,L (2691)-Kovalyov,A (2606) Montreal 2013}) 16... Ne4 {[%cal Bf6e4,Be4d6,Bd6b5][%mdl 32]} 17. Qe3 Nd7 18. Nd2 Nd6 {[%cal Ob5b4]} 19. Nb4 {[%cal Og2d5] [#] Hoping for Bxd5!} Nf6 20. Qd3 Qb6 21. Nxa6 Qxa6 22. a4 Qb6 23. axb5 Nxb5 24. e3 Rab8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Ra1 Bb4 27. Bf1 a5 28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. Bxb5 {And now Nf3 would win.} Bxd2 30. Bd3 Ne4 31. Kf1 Bb4 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Rc1 (33. Ba3 $14) 33... Rxc1+ $11 34. Bxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kf8 35. Ke2 Bd6 36. Kd1 Ke7 37. Kc2 Kd7 38. Bd2 Bc7 39. Kc3 Kc6 40. Kc4 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 41. h3 Bd8 42. b4 axb4 43. Bxb4 h4 44. Be1 f5 45. Bb4 g6 46. Be1 Bc7 47. Kb3 Kb5 48. gxh4 {The position is equal.} Bd8 49. Kc2 Bxh4 {[%cal Of5f4]} 50. Kd2 Be7 {aiming for ...Bb4+.} 51. Ke2 Bb4 52. Bxb4 Kxb4 {KP-KP} 53. h4 Kc4 54. Kd2 $1 Kb3 55. Kd1 Kc3 56. Ke2 Kc2 57. Ke1 $1 Kd3 58. Kd1 Kc3 59. Ke2 Kc4 60. Kd2 $1 Kd5 61. Ke2 e5 62. dxe5 Kxe5 {K3P-K3P} 63. Kf1 f4 64. Kg2 fxe3 65. fxe3 {KPP-KPP} Kf5 66. Kg3 g5 $1 67. h5 Ke5 68. Kg4 Kf6 69. h6 Kg6 70. h7 $1 Kxh7 {( -> ...Kg6)} 71. Kxg5 {Intending Kf4 and mate.} Kg7 72. Kf5 Kf7 73. Kxe4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,-8,-10,-8,-1,-10,-12,0,0,-7,-11,-8,-12,-15,0,-29,12,18,21,21,11,0,0,-8,29,33,16,0,80,83,62,67,70,64,174,170,383,341,852,856,1821,1768,29980,29981,29988,29989,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29991,29993,29994]} 1. e3 Nf6 2. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} d5 3. g5 Ne4 4. h4 c6 5. d3 Nd6 6. Nc3 {A00: Irregular Openings.} e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 {The position is equal.} Be6 {[#]} 9. Bh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. f4 Nd7 10. f5 Bc4 11. Bxc4 Nxc4 12. Qd3 Ndb6 13. Qg3 Qc7 14. b3 Na3 15. Rh2 {0-1 (60) Hamad,A (2241)-Ezat,M (2405) Tanta 2003}) 9... Bxh3 10. Rxh3 Nd7 11. Qg4 Qb6 12. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Nc4 (12... h5 {is more appropriate.} 13. gxh6 gxh6) 13. b3 $11 Na3 14. Bxa3 Bxa3 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. bxa4 Be7 (18... Qe7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} b5 20. axb5 {White is much more active. Black has bad knights.} cxb5 21. Ne3 {aiming for Nd5.} Qa5+ {[#]} ({Black should try} 21... Qc6 $14) 22. Kf1 $1 $18 {Hoping for Qd7+.} O-O $2 (22... Qc7 23. Kg2 Rd8) 23. Nf5 Bd8 (23... Bc5 24. h5 Qa4) 24. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} Qxa2 25. g6 {gxh7+ would kill now.} Bf6 26. Rd6 {White mates.} fxg6 27. hxg6 Qc4+ 28. Kg1 h6 {[#]} 29. Rxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 30. Nxh6+ Kh8 31. Qh5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.56} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Fataliyeva, Ulviyya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,25,27,9,22,-4,6,6,37,29,75,67,104,111,111,99,103,95,95,93,131,129,145,138,143,120,155,149,156,144,146,139,152,146,141,128,146,96,82,108,123,107,131,130,203,188,179,170,171,174,308,297,311,306,278,323,322,306,319,317,326,309,330,325,328,281,281,240,442,439,435,435,427,424,416,402,395,394,385,374,379,375,366,347,472,490,562,555,1103,937,1026,518,1844,1509,5081,1370,5073,5073,4967,4960,4614,4960,1677,1295]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Qc2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4a5][%mdl 32] [#] The position is equal.} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. Bg2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nc4 Qe7 {½-½ (23) Bernadskiy,V (2599)-Warmerdam,M (2535) Villorba 2021}) 9. Nxc4 b5 (9... Qb4+ $11 {was preferrable.} 10. Qc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 b6) 10. Na5 $1 $16 Qb4+ 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Bg2 $1 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. O-O b4 {[#]} 15. Nd4 $1 Ra7 16. Ndb3 Qe7 17. Rfc1 {White is more active.} Rd8 18. Qe1 e5 19. Nc5 Rc7 20. Nd3 Bg4 21. h3 (21. Qxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxb4 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Bxe2 $16) 21... Bf5 22. Nxb4 Rdc8 {White must now prevent ...Rxc1.} 23. Nbc6 ({White should play} 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Nd3) 23... Nxc6 24. Rxc6 ({Don't play} 24. Nxc6 Qe6 $11) 24... Rxc6 25. Nxc6 Qe8 26. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c5,Bc5e5][%mdl 32]} h5 (26... Bd7 $16) 27. Rc5 Bxh3 28. Rxe5 ({Resist} 28. Bxh3 $6 Rxc6 29. Qc3 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 e4 $14) 28... Be6 29. Nd4 Qa4 (29... Qd8 {might work better.} 30. Nxe6 Qd6) 30. Nxe6 $18 fxe6 31. Bh3 ({Weaker is} 31. Rxe6 Rd8 32. b3 Qxa2 $16) 31... Ng4 32. Rxh5 Qd4 {[%cal Oc8c1] Hoping for ...Rc1!} 33. Bxg4 Qxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 34. Rh4 Qg5 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1.} 35. Qb4 Qd5 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 36. Kh2 a5 37. Qe4 Qxe4 38. Rxe4 {KR-KR} Rc2 $2 (38... Kf7 39. a3 Rc2) 39. Rxe6 Rxb2 {[#]} 40. a3 Rb3 41. Re3 a4 42. Kg2 Kf7 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Ke4 {Threatens to win with Rxb3.} Rb2 45. Kd4 Kf5 46. f3 g5 47. Re5+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf6 48. Ra5 Rxe2 49. Rxa4 Rf2 50. Ra6+ Kf5 (50... Kg7 $142 51. Ke4 Kf7) 51. Ke3 Rb2 52. g4+ Ke5 53. Rg6 Rb3+ 54. Kf2 Rxa3 55. Rxg5+ Kf6 56. Rb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.23 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Nandhidhaa, P V"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,13,31,-3,10,18,8,21,36,35,46,22,79,76,87,85,89,88,97,52,45,0,0,0,23,-33,94,91,69,58,49,54,62,65,69,40,118,124,129,77,50,39,117,12,19,-31,-13,-39,-20,-87,15,-46,-8,-8,22,-83,-94,-175,-172,-187,-178,-365,-350,-448,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 c5 6. c3 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6.} d5 {[#]} 7. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. a4 a6 9. Na3 b4 10. cxb4 cxb4 11. Nc2 a5 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Ncd4 Nbd7 {1-0 (35) Herrera Reyes,J (2304)-Rodchenkov,S (2346) Chess.com INT 2020}) 7... bxc4 8. dxc4 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 {[%cal Oe2e4]} Be7 (10... d4 $11 11. Na4 Nb6) 11. Nh4 $1 $16 Nb6 12. Nf5 O-O 13. a4 $1 a5 14. Qb3 (14. e4 $16) 14... Re8 $1 $14 15. Bg5 (15. Nb5 $14 {feels stronger.}) 15... Bf8 $11 16. Rad1 {[%cal Oc3e4]} Rb8 {[#]} (16... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 17. Bf4 Re6 $11) 17. Bf4 (17. Ne4 $1 $11 Nbd7 (17... c4 18. Qb5) 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bf4) 17... Rc8 (17... d4 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 18. Bxb8 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qxb8) 18. Ne3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy. White is much more active.} c4 19. Qc2 h6 {Threatens to win with ...g5.} 20. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Oe2e4]} Bc6 21. e4 (21. Be3 {seems wilder.} Bb4 22. Bd4 Nbd7 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. e4) 21... Qd7 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 22. exd5 Bxa4 (22... Nfxd5 $14 23. Ne3 Nxe3 $1 24. Bxe3 Qe6) 23. Nxa4 Qxa4 24. Qxa4 (24. Qc3 $142) 24... Nxa4 25. d6 Nc5 (25... Rc5 $14) 26. g4 (26. Be3 $16) 26... Nd3 {[#]} 27. g5 $1 Nd7 {Pair of Knights!} (27... hxg5 28. Bxg5) 28. Bg3 hxg5 29. Rd2 (29. Bh3 $1 $11 Rcd8 30. b3) 29... N7c5 ({Black should try} 29... N7e5 $17 30. Bb7 Rcd8 31. Bxe5 Rxe5) 30. Nd4 (30. Ne3 $11) 30... Red8 31. Nc6 Nb3 ({Resist} 31... Rxd6 32. Bxd6 Bxd6 33. Nxa5 $16) 32. Rxd3 cxd3 $17 33. Nxd8 (33. Rd1 $17) 33... Rxd8 $19 34. Rd1 Nc5 ({Weaker is} 34... Bxd6 35. Rxd3 Nc1 36. Rd5 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nxg3+ 38. hxg3 $11) 35. Rc1 $2 (35. Be5) 35... Bxd6 {And now ...d2 would win.} 36. Bxd6 {[#]} Rxd6 ({Black should play} 36... d2 $1 $19 37. Rd1 Rxd6) 37. Rxc5 $11 {Rd5 is the strong threat. The position is equal.} d2 38. Bf3 {Strongly threatening Bd1.} d1=Q+ 39. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 40. Kg2 Rd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.44} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Candian, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,-45,-51,-62,-62,-50,-61,-54,-20,-18,76,85,82,69,101,138,337,324,327,328,331,329,329,338,333,319,368,360,342,354,347,362,331,326,330,296,300,293,277,230,266]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves.} dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb4+ {[#]} 8. Bd2 $146 (8. Nc3 $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. a3 Be7 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Bc2 O-O-O 14. Bf4 {1-0 (33) Karlsson,B (2271)-Arnason,T (2255) Reykjavik 2016}) 8... Qxd4 $15 9. Bc3 {And now Bb5+ would win.} Nc6 10. Nf3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qd8 12. Bb5 Nf6 (12... Qxd1+ $11 13. Rxd1 Nge7) 13. Bxc6+ $16 bxc6 14. Nd6+ $1 Ke7 15. Ne5 $1 {[%csl LRc6,LRf7]} Bd7 {A mistake that costs the game.} (15... Qc7 $16) 16. Ndxf7 $18 {Pair of Knights!} Qc7 {[%cal Od7e8] [#] Inhibits Qd6+. White must now prevent ...Be8!} 17. Qd4 $1 c5 18. Qf4 {Threatens to win with Ng6+.} Rhc8 {[#]} 19. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Od1d7] Hoping for Rxd7+!} Be8 20. Nd6 Nd5 21. Nxc8+ Rxc8 22. Qg3 Kf8 23. O-O Kg8 24. c4 Ne7 {[%cal Bd5e7,Be7f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 25. Rfe1 Nf5 26. Qa3 Nd4 27. Qh3 Bf7 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.21 (precise) . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Bharath Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,62,29,16,22,24,36,18,30,20,58,45,41,41,51,15,20,22,56,56,48,46,99,96,227,141,143,132,145,143,136,69,108,92,478,487,470,470,464,247,249,-61,252,247,29997,354,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 {8.Rc1 is the hot move.} Bb4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation.} 10. bxc3 Ba3 11. Rb1 b6 {[#] The position is equal.} 12. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. O-O O-O 14. e4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 e5 16. Bh4 Rac8 17. Nd2 b5 18. f4 exd4 19. cxd4 {1-0 (34) Can,E (2519)-Vajda,L (2601) Albena 2014}) 12... O-O 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O Bf8 15. e4 {[%cal Oa2a4]} e5 16. Bd2 {[%cal Oa2a4]} h6 17. Qc4 Bb7 18. a4 Rad8 ({Black should play} 18... exd4 $14 19. cxd4 Qh5) 19. Rfe1 $16 c5 (19... exd4 $16 {is a better defense.} 20. cxd4 Qh5) 20. Qb3 {And now Bb5 would win.} Bxe4 21. Bc4 {[%csl LRe4,LRf7][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bxb1 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Qxb1 ({Much less strong is} 23. Bxe8 $6 Rxe8 24. Qxb1 e4 $14) (23. Rxb1 $16 {Black must now prevent Nh4.} Re7 24. Nh4 exd4 25. Ng6+ Kh7 26. Nxe7 Bxe7 27. Qc2+ (27. Qe6 Bf6 $11) 27... d3 28. Qxd3+ Kh8 29. Qe4) 23... Re7 $14 24. Bc4 {Threatens to win with Nh4. White is much more active.} exd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Qxa4 $2 25. Bb5 Qa3 26. Nh4 $18) (24... b5 $16 25. axb5 Qa4) 25. Nh4 $18 {[%cal Bf3h4,Bh4g6,Bg6f8][%mdl 32] White wants to mate with Ng6+.} Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 {Ng6+ would kill now.} Nf6 (26... Qxa4 $2 27. Ng6+ Kh7 28. Qe4 $1 Qxc4 29. Ne5+ Kh8 30. Nxc4 $18) 27. cxd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} (27. Bb5 $142) 27... Qxa4 28. Ng6+ Kh7 {[#]} 29. Qb1 $1 Rxd4 $2 (29... Bd6 $2 {gets mated.} 30. Nf8+ Kh8 {[#]} 31. Qh7+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh7 32. Ng6#) (29... Rd5 $18 30. Bxd5 Nxd5) 30. Nxf8+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} Kh8 {[#]} 31. Qh7+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh7 32. Ng6# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.66} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,67,41,34,37,39,58,0,69,33,45,14,36,30,34,11,24,-85,-75,-94,-64,-76,-56,-47,23,-14,-15,-11,-29,-27,-33,-16,-45,-32,-47,-33,-40,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,84,109,402,377,453,422,420,416,700,683,4810,4686]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4.} 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. O-O (9. cxb5 cxb5 10. Ne2 Bd6 $11) (9. c5 $14) 9... Be7 (9... bxc4 $11 10. bxc4 dxc4) 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Ne5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. c5 g6 14. b4 a5 15. bxa5 Qc7 16. Bd2 e5 17. a4 exd4 18. exd4 {1-0 (52) Savic,M (2287)-Loncar,R (2450) Rijeka 2008}) 12. Nxd7 (12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11) (12. f4 {feels hotter.} Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 c5 17. Rb1) 12... Nxd7 13. e4 (13. Bb2 {seems wilder.} Qb8 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. c5 a5 16. Nf4) 13... c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} 14. cxb5 (14. exd5 $11 cxd4 15. Ne2 (15. Bh7+ Kh8 $11)) 14... cxd4 $17 15. bxa6 Bxa6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 (16... dxc3 17. Bb7 $11) 17. Nb5 e5 (17... dxe4 $15 18. Nxd4 Qa8) 18. exd5 {[%cal Od5d6]} (18. Nc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7a6]} Qc8 19. Rd2 $11) 18... Nf6 19. Qe2 {[%cal Ob5d4] [#] Strongly threatening Nxd4!} Rb6 (19... Qxd5 $2 20. Nc7 Qa5 21. Nxa6 $18) ({Resist} 19... Nxd5 {[#]} 20. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb6 21. Nf5 $16 (21. Qxe5 Nc3 $17)) 20. Bd2 {And now Ba5 would win.} Qxd5 ({Don't take} 20... Nxd5 21. Ba5 $11) 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Ba5 {[%csl LRb6,LRd4]} Qc5 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Qxe5 Ng4 25. Qxe7 Nxf2 {( -> ...Nh3+)} 26. Kf1 $1 {[%cal Bg1f1,Bf1e2,Be2d1,Bd1c2,Bc2b2][%mdl 32]} Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rb6f2]} 27. Rd2 {Prevents Qf2+.} Nxh2+ 28. Ke2 {aiming for Rad1.} Qb5+ (28... Ng4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 29. Re1 Rc8) 29. Kd1 $16 {Hoping for Rd8.} Qb6 {[%mdl 8192] Prevents Rd8. Black cannot hold the game after this.} (29... Ng4 $16 {was worth a try.} 30. Kc2 Qa5) 30. Kc2 $18 Ng4 31. Kb2 Ne3 {Threatens to win with ...Nc4+.} 32. Rc1 {To avoid Nc4+} Ra8 (32... Nf5 $142 33. Qe5 Ne3) 33. Rd7 Kh8 34. Qxf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.52} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Black "Pranesh M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,107,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,9,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-85,0,0,28,27,20,23,30,23,22,23,18,22,22,24,13,8,11,0,0,0,26,16,23,22,24,22,30,6,38,26,32,32,57,57,49,42,146,146,202,204,266,189,258,264,331,315,437,403,669,655,646,631,842,842,807,726,1578,1590,1502,1470,1650,1457]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 $1 {aiming for ...Nc6.} 8. Nf3 {0-0 is the strong threat. E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 {[#]} 13. cxd5 $1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 {[%cal Od5e6]} exd5 15. Be3 $1 {[%mdl 4] Hoping for f3. outshines the older 15.Bxe4.} Nxe5 16. f3 {Prevents Ng4.} (16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Re8 $11) 16... Nc5 17. Be2 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] This bishop pair is nice. An interesting side line.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. g4 Qg6 20. Qxg6+ hxg6 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Be3 Bd7 23. Rfb1 Rfe8 24. Bf2 b6 {½-½ (24) Celestini,M (2312)-Tornow,M (2338) ICCF email 2018}) 18. g4 ({Reject} 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 $15) 18... Qg6 19. Qxg6+ fxg6 20. Bxg5 Bd7 21. Kg2 Kg7 22. Rad1 Rae8 23. Kg3 {[#]} (23. Rde1 $11) 23... Nc4 ({Better is} 23... Nxg4 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ne3.} 24. Rfe1 (24. fxg4 Ne4+ 25. Kh4 h6 $17) 24... Ne5) 24. Rfe1 $11 Ne3 25. Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Bb5 Rfe8 (26... Rxc3 $2 27. Bxd7 Nxd7 28. Ne6+ Kg8 29. Nxf8 Kxf8 30. Rxd5 $18) 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Nb5 {[%csl LRa7,LRd5]} a6 {[#]} 30. Kf2 $1 Re7 31. Nc7 Ne5 $1 32. Nxa6 Rf7 {[%csl LRf3,LRg4]} 33. Rxd5 Nxg4+ 34. Kg3 Ne3 35. Rd3 Nf5+ 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. f4 g5 38. fxg5+ Kxg5 39. Nb4 Kg4 40. Ke2 h5 41. c4 h4 ({Black should try} 41... Re7+ $14 42. Kd2 Rc7) 42. Nd5 $16 Rb7 (42... Ra7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 43. a4 $18 Kg5 44. Kd2 Nd6 (44... Ne7 $142 45. Kc3 Nxd5+ 46. cxd5 (46. Rxd5+ Kg4 $16) 46... Kf6) 45. Kc3 Ne4+ 46. Kb4 Rf7 47. Re3 Nf2 (47... Nd6 $142 48. Nxb6 Rf1) 48. Nxb6 {White is clearly winning.} Ng4 49. Re2 Kf4 50. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kf3 51. Ra2 h3 52. a6 Ra7 53. Kb5 Nxh2 54. Rxh2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.26 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Pantzar, Milton"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,46,56,48,63,35,39,23,22,0,0,-19,48,23,22,-29,-29,-39,-13,-16,-28,-27,-27,-42,-39,-41,-37,-41,-43,-119,-81,-126,-118,-115,-91,-77,-80,-93,-6,-7,544,543,543,531,510,462,462,462,462,-1208,462,462,493,493,491,416,631,591,537,486,853,847,852,839,839,754,825,817,817,815,817,816,760,715,1931,560,1608,1866,1606,1584,1551,1406,2844,2521,7586,1510,29956,12842,9602,7691,3008,2904,29982,2040,29978,29979,29979,29976,29980,29981,29981,29982,29978,12273]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves.} g6 7. O-O {White is more active.} Bg7 8. Ne2 {[#] White is slightly better.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. b3 Bf7 10. c4 c6 11. Rc1 Qe8 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 {½-½ (71) Diaz Perez,M (2459)-Rychagov,A (2545) Chess.com INT 2020}) 9. dxc5 (9. Nf4 {keeps more tension.} Bf7 10. Ne5 c4 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Be2) 9... Nxc5 10. Ned4 Qb6 (10... Bf7 $11) 11. Nxe6 (11. a4 {feels hotter.} Bd7 12. a5 Qxb2 13. Ne5 a6 14. Qe1) 11... Qxe6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bb5+ $142 Kf7 13. c4) 12... Bxf6 $11 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. c4 Qb6 {...a6 is the strong threat.} 15. Rc1 {[%cal Oc4d5]} ({Don't blunder} 15. Qxd5 $2 Rd8 16. Nd4 Rxd5 $19) 15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rd8 17. Qe2 Qxb2 18. Rc2 Qb6 19. a3 (19. Rfc1 $15) 19... Kg7 $17 20. h4 (20. Rfc1 $142) 20... Rd6 21. Ng5 Rf8 {To avoid Nf7} 22. Ba2 Qa5 23. Rd1 Bxg5 ({Much weaker is} 23... Qxa3 24. Rxd6 exd6 25. Qd1 $14) (23... Rxd1+ $1 $17 24. Qxd1 Rd8) 24. hxg5 {And now Rxd6 would win.} Qxa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24... h5 $11) 25. Rxd6 $1 $18 exd6 26. Qd1 {Qd4+ would kill now.} Nd3 27. Qa1+ Ne5 28. Rc7+ Kh8 {[#]} 29. Rxh7+ {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxh7 {[#]} 30. Bg8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Kxg8 (30... Rxg8 31. Qxa3) 31. Qxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} Nf7 32. f4 a6 (32... d5 $142 33. Qxa7 Rd8 34. Qxb7 d4) 33. Qa1 Nd8 34. Qd4 Ne6 (34... Nf7 $142 35. Qf6 Kh7) 35. Qxd6 Re8 36. Qd7 Ng7 37. Kf2 b5 38. Qb7 Re6 39. Kf3 Kf8 40. Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qd8 Re8 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qxa6 Re6 44. Qxb5 Kf7 45. Qb3 {Threatens to win with g4.} Kf8 46. g4 {Intending gxf5 and mate.} Ke7 47. gxf5 (47. Qb7+ $142 Kf8 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Qc7) 47... gxf5 48. Qd5 (48. Qb7+ $142 Kf8 49. e4 fxe4+ 50. Kg4 Re7 51. Qa8+ Ne8 52. f5 Rh7 53. f6) 48... Kf8 49. Qa8+ Kf7 50. Qd8 Kg6 51. Qf8 (51. e4 $142 Ra6 52. exf5+ Nxf5 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qe4 Ra5 55. Kg4 Kh8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qd7+ Ng7 58. Qd3+ Rf5 59. Qxf5+ Nxf5 60. Kxf5) 51... Rb6 52. e4 {White mates.} Rb3+ 53. Ke2 Rb6 54. exf5+ Nxf5 55. Qe8+ Kg7 56. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.71} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Sarrau, Jelle"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,44,43,33,56,33,41,25,45,35,43,34,68,26,27,21,15,24,21,31,24,-27,-10,-13,-19,-12,24,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-19,-11,-18,-10,0,-1,-115,-114,-114,-114,-114,-109,-100,-28,-139,-131,-214,-214,-214,-139,-214,-214,-253,-253,-362,-362,-29945,-29959,-29961,-29959,-29950,-29958,-29951,-29966,-29966,-29967,-29963,-29967,-29969,-29970,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29973,-29973]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 g5 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} h6 7. Nge2 (7. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]}) 7... Nge7 8. O-O {[#] White is slightly better.} Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Ng6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nec3 Nd4 11. b4 Be6 12. b5 Qd7 13. Ne3 a6 14. bxa6 Rxa6 {½-½ (84) Koblasa,J (1880)-Korsa,J (2069) Czech Republic 2018}) 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 f5 11. h3 (11. f4 $14 g4 12. e5) 11... fxe4 $11 12. Bxe4 O-O $1 (12... Bxh3 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. Qh5+ Kd7 15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5) 13. g4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 (15. f4 $142) 15... Be6 {Strongly threatening ...Nf4.} 16. Qxb7 Qd6 17. Qb5 h5 18. Ng3 (18. Bxg5 hxg4 19. Qa5 (19. hxg4 Rab8 $11) 19... gxh3 $15) 18... c6 19. Qa5 ({Of course not} 19. Qb7 Rab8 20. Qa6 (20. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 $19) 20... hxg4 21. hxg4 Ne3 $1 22. Qxc6 (22. Bxe3 $2 dxe3 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 $19) 22... Qxc6 23. Bxc6 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 Rb6 $17) 19... hxg4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 {White must now prevent ...Be5.} 21. Bxg5 Ne3 $40 {[%cal Of8f2][%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. Qg5 $1 exf2+ 24. Kg2 Qf4 {Really sharp!} 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Rxf2 {[#]} (26. Rac1 $1 $11) 26... Bh3+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 27. Kxh3 Rxf2 28. Rc1 {[#]} Rc8 $1 29. Nf5 {Threatens to win with Ne7+.} Rc7 {To avoid Ne7+} (29... Bxb2 $17 30. Rc5 Rc7) 30. Nxg7 {Black continues to play with concentration.} (30. b4 $11) 30... Kxg7 31. Rxc6 (31. b4 $17 {might work better.}) 31... Rxc6 $19 32. Bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Kf6 {Hoping for ...Ke5.} 33. Kg3 (33. d4 $17) 33... Rxb2 $19 34. a4 Rb6 35. Be8 (35. Bb5 {was the only defense.}) 35... Ke7 36. Bb5 (36. Bh5 $19) 36... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 37. Bc4 Rb4 38. Kf3 Rxa4 39. Ke3 Rb4 40. Kd4 a4 41. Kc3 Rb6 42. Ba2 Kd6 43. Bc4 a3 44. Bb3 Kc5 45. d4+ Kb5 46. d5 Kc5 47. Kc2 Rh6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.32/Black=0.08 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,-16,-7,-20,-16,-41,-20,-18,-16,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,16,16,6,14,12,8,12,12,12,13,19,54,59,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,-52,-56,-64,-56,-56,-64,-70,-75,-75,-71,-68,0,0,0,0,12833,12832,12839,12839,12832,2297]} 1. e4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nh6 {[%cal Bg8h6,Bh6f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} 6. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Nf5 7. a3 {[#]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... e6 8. Bd3 g6 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. O-O b6 11. Ng5 Qc7 12. Qh5 h6 13. Nd2 hxg5 14. Qxh8 {½-½ (23) Sekelja,M (2120)-Hadzi Manev,L (2030) Skopje 2019}) 8. cxd4 {The position is equal.} Nxe3 9. fxe3 Bf5 (9... g6 {is interesting.} 10. Bb5 Bh6 11. Qd2 Bf5 12. Nc3 Rc8) 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 {[%cal Oe5e6]} e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rad1 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. e4 Qd7 17. g3 g6 18. Kg2 Rad8 19. e5 Be7 20. Rf2 Rf5 21. Rdf1 Rdf8 22. Nd1 Kg7 23. Ne3 R5f7 24. h4 h5 25. Kh3 Bd8 26. g4 (26. Ng2 $14) 26... hxg4+ $11 27. Nxg4 {[#] And now Qe3 would win. Pair of Knights!} Rf4 28. Qe3 {[%cal Og4f6]} R8f5 {Prevents Nf6.} 29. Nf6 (29. Ne1 $11 Rxf2 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qxg6+ (31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32. Qxg6+ Qg7 $11) 31... Kf8 32. Rxf2 Rxf2 33. Nxf2) 29... Bxf6 $15 30. exf6+ Rxf6 {White must now prevent ...e5+.} 31. Ne5 Nxe5 $1 ({Much less strong is} 31... Rxf2 32. Nxd7 (32. Rxf2 Qe7 $11) 32... Rxf1 33. Nxf6 Rxf6 34. Kg3 $14) 32. dxe5 (32. Rxf4 $2 {loses.} Nc4 33. Qg1 e5+ 34. Rg4 Rxf1 35. Qxf1 {[#]} Qxg4+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Kxg4 Ne3+ 37. Kf3 Nxf1 $19) 32... Rxf2 33. exf6+ Rxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 34. Qe5 Qe7 ({Better is} 34... Qd8 $15) 35. Kg4 $11 {Kg5 is the strong threat.} Kf7 $1 36. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qd8 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Kg8 $11) 37. Rc7+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 38. Rxb7 Rf7 39. Rb8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Gilevych, Artem"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,110,32,39,32,35,44,35,24,31,24,41,42,39,31,31,33,22,18,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,-41,-36,-34,-30,-36,-34,-41,-54,-42,-50,-45,-48,-40,-45,-8,-20,-14,-14,-14,-16,-21,-22,-11,-70,0,-115,-113,-162,-182,-209,-207,-206,-207,-193,-8,-225,-226,-229,-232,-238,-234,-236,-235,-290,-412,-716,-693,-672,-692,-638,-640,-802,-765,-1085,-1049,-1023,-558,-1229,-1156,-1287,-1213,-1785,-1766,-1631,-1512,-2027,-2027,-6013,-6013,-5961,-5952,-5945,-5945,-5937,-5916,-4952,-4714]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Ne4 5. Nxe4 Bxe4 6. e3 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6).} e6 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Ke2 {[#] White is slightly better.} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxd3+ 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. d5 c6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. d6 a5 13. b3 a4 14. Bb2 a3 {1-0 (41) Khismatullin,D (2628)-Pogromsky,M (2416) Sochi 2017}) 9. Qc2 h6 10. e4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rhd1 d6 13. b4 $1 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Na6 16. Bd2 c5 17. bxc5 (17. b5 {with more complications.} Nb4 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Rb1) 17... dxc5 18. d5 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nd4 Bc5 22. Nb3 Qb8 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. g3 $1 f5 25. Kf1 {[%cal Re4f5]} ({Don't go for} 25. dxe6 $2 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Qe5 $19) 25... fxe4 26. Bxe4 exd5 27. cxd5 Qd6 28. Kg1 Kh8 29. Rc1 ({White should try} 29. Qa4 $11) 29... Rc8 (29... Re8 $1 $15 30. f3 Bxd5 31. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Rxc5 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Rxe4) 30. Qd3 (30. Qa2 $11) 30... Ba6 $17 31. Qf3 (31. Qd1 $17 {might work better.}) 31... Rf8 $19 32. Qg4 Qf6 33. Qg6 Qxg6 34. Bxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf6 $2 (34... c4 $19 {Threatens to win with ...b3.} 35. f3 b3) 35. Bc2 $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (35. Be4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 35... c4 36. Re1 {[#] Threatening mate with Re8+.} Kg8 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Rb8 b3 39. Be4 Ke7 40. f4 (40. f3 $142 Kd7 41. Kf2) 40... Kd6 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Kf2 Kc5 42. Ke3 Bb5 43. Rc8+ Kb4 44. Kd4 Ra6 45. Rb8 b2 46. Bf5 g6 47. Bc2 Ra1 {[#] Hoping for ...Rc1.} (47... c3 $2 48. Bd3 c2 49. Bxc2 $18) 48. Bxg6 b1=Q 49. Bxb1 Rxb1 {KRB-KR} 50. f5 c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32] ( -> ...c2)} 51. f6 c2 52. f7 Rf1 ({Inferior is} 52... c1=Q 53. f8=Q+ Ka5 54. Ra8+ Ba6 55. Rxa6+ (55. Qc5+ Qxc5+ 56. Kxc5 Rc1+ 57. Kd6 Kb6 $11) 55... Kxa6 56. Qa8+ Kb6 57. Qb8+ Ka6 58. Qa8+ Kb6 59. Qb8+ Ka6 60. Qa8+ $11) 53. Rc8 Ba4 54. Rc4+ Ka3 55. d6 Rxf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.71/Black=0.19 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Alsina Leal, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,90,0,-1,-5,10,-22,-21,-25,-19,-17,0,0,0,-18,-14,-16,26,-20,-16,-12,3,11,0,0,0,-18,-36,-34,-50,-55,-54,-110,-104,-143,-141,-136,-148,-128,-139,-168,-148,-472,-463,-459,-425,-453,-441,-754,-682,-730,-462,-538,0,-658,0,-512,0,0,11,37,47,9,72,0,45,86,1652,1505,2161,2274,1008,517,465,454,29987,0,0,0,29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5.} c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32] [#]} 9. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Rc1 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 c4 14. Be1 b5 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 {½-½ (37) Dubov,D (2714)-Erigaisi,A (2634) Riga 2021}) 9... Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f4 b5 14. O-O a5 (14... a6 $142) 15. Ng3 (15. Nc3 {deserves consideration.}) 15... Nb4 16. Bf5 $1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. a4 Qd5 19. Qe2 (19. axb5 $5 {[%cal Ra1a5]} f6 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Qxb4 fxe5 22. fxe5 $11 (22. Qxa5 Rxf5 23. dxe5 Bc6 $15)) 19... Bc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 20. Bxc8 Rfxc8 21. axb5 Nd3 $1 22. Qg4 (22. Nc6 $15 Rc7 23. Nxa5 (23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Nxa5 Qxb5 $17) 23... Qxb5 24. Nb3) 22... Qxb5 $17 23. f5 f6 24. Ng6 hxg6 25. fxg6 Qg5 $1 (25... Nxb2 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qh3+ Kg8 28. Rxf6 $3 {[%mdl 512]}) (25... Re8 $2 26. Qh3 Ra6 27. Rf5 $18 (27. Qh7+ Kf8 $11)) 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Rf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Qxe4 $17 Rf8 28. Rf3) 27... Qxe3+ $19 28. Kh1 {[#] White threatens Rh5+ and mate.} Qh6 {Prevents Rh5.} 29. g4 {Threatens to win with Rh5.} Re8 30. Qd6 (30. Qc6 $142 e3 31. Rh5 Qxh5 32. gxh5) 30... Rad8 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qd6 {And now Rh5 would win.} Rcd8 33. Qc7 Rc8 34. Qd6 {Hoping for Rh5.} Qxg6 (34... e3 $19 35. Rh5 Qxh5 36. gxh5 e2) 35. Rh5+ $11 Qxh5 36. gxh5 {[%cal Bg4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6g7][%mdl 32] aiming for h6!} Rcd8 (36... Nxb2 $2 37. h6 Rg8 38. hxg7+ Rxg7 39. Qxf6 $18) 37. Qc7 {[%cal Oh5h6] h6! is the strong threat.} (37. Qc6 $5 {[%cal Rh5h6]}) 37... Rc8 (37... Nxb2 38. h6 gxh6 39. Qf4 $18) (37... e3 $11 38. h6 gxh6) 38. Qd6 (38. Qd7 $16) 38... e3 (38... Nxb2 $2 39. h6 Rg8 40. hxg7+ Rxg7 41. Qxf6 $18) (38... Rcd8 $1 $11 39. Qc7 Nf2+ 40. Kg2 Ng4) 39. h6 $1 $14 {Black must now prevent Rg1.} e2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Nxb2 {is a self mate.} 40. hxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qd7+) (39... Rg8 $16 40. Qe6 (40. hxg7+ Rxg7 41. h3 e2 $11) 40... Rb8) 40. hxg7+ $18 Kg8 41. Qd5+ Kh7 42. Rg1 Nf2+ 43. Kg2 {Threatening mate with Qf7.} Nd3 (43... e1=Q $18 44. Rxe1 Rxe1 45. Qf5+ (45. Kxf2 Ree8 $16) 45... Kxg7) 44. Kh1 Nf2+ $1 (44... e1=Q $2 {gets mated.} 45. g8=Q+ Rxg8 46. Qh5#) 45. Kg2 {The board is on fire.} Nd3 {[%mdl 32768] White used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.57. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Bettalli, Francesco"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,72,23,25,25,25,14,31,25,35,6,25,31,36,0,28,0,34,-71,-49,-68,-82,-65,14,-114,-106,-114,-122,-129,-110,-140,-119,-147,-140,-193,-189,-273,-270,-272,-266,-260,-259,-254,-250,-264,-261,-275,-260,-278,-273,-280,-277,-659,-655,-621,-604]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} O-O 12. Rae1 Qc7 13. Qc2 {[#] White is slightly better.} Rfc8 $146 {[%cal Oc6b4]} ({Predecessor:} 13... Rac8 14. Qb1 Rb8 15. Ne5 Bh5 16. f4 b5 17. Nb3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Nc5 Qc8 {1-0 (50) Kamsky,G (2665)-Svane,R (2613) Tornelo INT 2021}) 14. Qb1 Rab8 15. Ne5 Bh5 16. Re3 b5 17. a3 a5 18. b4 {[#]} (18. Nxc6 $14 Qxc6 19. Nb3) 18... Nxe5 $1 $17 19. dxe5 Ng4 20. Rg3 Qxe5 (20... h6 $15) 21. Nb3 (21. Bxh7+ $11 Kh8 22. Rh3) 21... axb4 {White is now going downhill.} 22. cxb4 {[#]} Nf6 {Black is more active.} 23. Nc5 Qd6 24. Qb2 Bg6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 ({Don't play} 25... fxg6 $6 26. Re1 $15) 26. Qd4 (26. Rd1 $17) 26... Nd7 $19 27. Qh4 (27. Nxd7 $142 Qxd7 28. Rd3) 27... Nxc5 28. Rh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh4h8] [#]} f6 $1 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30. Qg4 Kf7 31. Re1 Rb6 ({Don't go for} 31... f5 $2 32. Qe2 Qd6 33. Re3 $19) 32. Rg3 Qc2 33. Rge3 {[%cal Re3e6]} Qc4 34. Qh3 {[%cal Re3e6]} d4 35. Rg3 {[#]} (35. Rd3) 35... Qe2 $3 {[%cal Re2e1][%mdl 512]} 36. Rf1 Rbc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.11 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Sorensen, Hampus"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,117,7,12,12,10,0,0,0,6,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,121,129,262,257,256,129,121,123,124,95,122,132,162,126,194,177,189,176,181,181,175,174,194,154,194,194,371,364,2870,2870,2279,2199,1839,1429,3514,2870,4962,1484,1348,361,354,353,1327,1299,1299,283,271,278,267,272,242,0,140,0,186,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} O-O 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Be6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. h3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfe8 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Qd2 Be4 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ngxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 {½-½ (38) Goryachkina,A (2582)-Leenhouts,K (2414) Chess.com INT 2020}) 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Rfe1 Na5 17. b3 Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6e7,Be7g6][%mdl 32]} 18. Rac1 Qb4 19. Red1 b6 20. Ne1 Ne7 21. Qb2 Ng6 22. Ne2 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Re8 {[%cal Oe6h3]} 25. Ng3 Nh4 26. Kh1 Nf5 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Nf3 Be4 29. Ne5 f6 30. Ng4 h5 31. Ne3 f5 {[#]} (31... Qe6 $11) 32. Nf1 $1 $16 {And now f3 would win.} Qa3 (32... f4 $16) 33. f3 $18 Bd3 34. Ng3 ({Only move:} 34. Ne3 $18) 34... h4 $16 35. Nh5 Qe7 {[#]} 36. Nxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg7 (36... Kxg7 37. Qxd3) 37. Qxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qg5 38. Rd1 f4 (38... Re6 $16 39. Rg1 Kg7) 39. Rc1 Re7 40. Qc2 (40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rc1 Qg3 $16) 40... Kg7 41. Kg1 Qf6 42. Qd3 Kh6 43. Kh1 Re3 44. Qb5 Qxd4 (44... Qe7 45. Qc6+ (45. Qxd5 Re1+ 46. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 47. Kh2 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Qe1+ $11) 45... Re6) 45. Qc6+ $18 ({Not} 45. Qd7 Rc3 46. Qe6+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ Kh6 $16) 45... Kg5 $2 (45... Kh5 46. Qd7 Rc3 47. Rxc3 Qxc3 48. Qxd5+ Kg6 49. Qe4+ Kg5 50. Qe7+ Kg6 51. Qxh4 (51. Qxa7 Qe1+ 52. Kh2 Qg3+ 53. Kh1 Qe1+ 54. Kh2 Qg3+ 55. Kh1 Qe1+ $11) 51... Qd2 52. Qg4+ Kh7 53. Qf5+ Kg7) 46. Qc8 {White wants to mate with Qg4+.} Qe5 47. Qg4+ Kf6 48. Qxh4+ Ke6 49. Qh6+ Kd7 50. Qc6+ Ke7 51. Kh2 $2 (51. Qb7+ Ke6 52. Rc6+ Qd6 53. Rxd6+ Kxd6 54. Qxa7) 51... Qg5 52. Qc7+ Ke6 $2 (52... Kf8 53. Kg1 (53. Qxa7 Qg3+ 54. Kh1 Re1+ 55. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 56. Kh2 Qg3+ 57. Kh1 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qg3+ 59. Kh1 Qe1+ $11) 53... Re7 54. Qd8+ Kf7) 53. Rc6+ Kf5 54. Qd7+ $2 (54. Qh7+ Ke5 55. Rg6 Qxg6 56. Qxg6) 54... Ke5 55. Qd6+ Kd4 56. Qb4+ Ke5 {Hoping for ...Qg3+.} 57. Qd6+ ({White must play} 57. Kh1 $18) 57... Kd4 $16 {[#] ( -> ...Qg3+)} 58. Qb4+ (58. Rc4+ $1 $16 Kd3 59. Rxf4 (59. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 60. Rxf4 d4 $11)) 58... Ke5 $18 {aiming for ...Qg3+.} 59. Qd6+ $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.20 (precise)} (59. Kh1 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,18,4,2,-10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 {8.Bd2 is becoming the main line.} Bxe4 9. Nh4 Bxg2 {[#] An uneventful encounter. E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3).} {Predecessor:} 10. Nxg2 $146 d5 11. Qa4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. b4 Nd7 22. Qc6 {½-½ (22) Khenkin,I (2545)-Neiksans,A (2568) Germany 2021} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,36,42,0,26,19,19,27,24,17,45,39,35,38,35,11,0,0,4,0,27,0,0,4,22,0,21,0,0,0,0,-39,0,-15,0,-23,32,17,17,18,24,-16,-9,-12,-14,-44,-12,-12,-12,-15,-8,-8,17,25,48,46,46,52,58,57,24,24,24,24,27,24,59,37,56,0,0,-36,-22,-38]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bb5 {[#] B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} (8. Bxf5 $14 gxf5 9. O-O) 8... Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qb6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Qb3 Qa7 13. Qa4 Bg7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nb3 Ne4 {0-1 (48) Shkapenko,P (2424)-Gunina,V (2421) Chess.com INT 2021}) 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. h3 Qb6 13. Bxc6 Rxc6 14. Qb3 ({But not} 14. Rxe7 Qxb2 15. Re3 Rxc3 16. Rxc3 Qxc3 $15) 14... e6 15. Re3 Qa6 16. Qd1 h5 {To avoid g4} 17. a4 Qb6 18. Ra2 Rfc8 19. Re1 a5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bg3 Re8 23. Nb3 Qa6 24. Nc5 (24. Bh4 $5 {[%cal Rg2g4]}) 24... Qc4 (24... Qa8 $11) 25. Qa1 $1 $14 {[#] Strongly threatening b3.} Rxc5 26. dxc5 e5 27. h4 {[%cal Ob2b4]} Qxc5 28. b4 axb4 29. cxb4 Qxb4 30. Rb2 Qe7 31. Qa2 Rd8 32. Rb5 Kh7 33. Qb3 Bc8 {[#]} 34. Bf4 $1 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 35. Bd2 Bh6 36. Bxh6 Kxh6 37. Qb2 d3 $1 38. Qd2+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kg7 39. Reb1 Rd4 40. a5 Rd8 41. Rc1 (41. R1b2 $14) 41... Bf5 42. Rbc5 Rd7 {Inhibits Rc7.} 43. Rc8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,119,-3,4,15,16,0,0,0,0,2,35,17,45,25,56,43,71,30,60,60,57,53,62,62,67,59,139,139,142,143,153,125,126,123,132,134,203,193,202,206,209,208,202,197,181,187,309,315,315,315,315,315,307,287,415,378,409,410,402,402,499,476,434,426,514,506,499,482,480,456,29962,29959,29955,29958,29958,262,29958,29961,29946,6130,460,391,875,807,1502,1136,29947,29953,29954,29941,29945,766,7635,12608,12553,4033,29958,29961,29960,29963,29955,29961,29950,4631,29977,29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O {8.h3 is the modern continuation.} O-O 9. h3 {B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves.} Be6 10. Bb3 Nd7 {[#]} 11. Nd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Rd1 Nc5 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. Nd5 h6 14. c3 f5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Nxb3 17. axb3 {1-0 (50) Demchenko,A (2632)-Savchenko,B (2551) Khanty-Mansiysk 2020}) 11... Nc5 12. c3 Nxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. b4 a6 15. Re1 Kh7 16. Qe2 {White is more active.} (16. Bd2 $16) 16... Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Be3 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Rad1 Qb5 {Black is on the road to losing.} (20... Rfe8 $14) 21. Bd4 $16 Qxd5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} e6 25. Rd7 {[%csl LRb7,LRe6]} b5 (25... Rad8 $16 {was necessary.} 26. Rxb7 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Kg8) 26. Rxe6 $1 $18 Kg8 27. Rb6 Rfe8 28. g4 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. h4 Rae8 (30... Re4 {was called for.}) 31. Rxa6 R8e4 32. Kf3 {Strongly threatening Raa7.} g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 {[#]} 34. Rd4 $1 R4e2 (34... Rxd4 $142 35. cxd4 Rd1) 35. Rd5 {[%csl LRb5,LRg5]} Rxb2 36. Rxg5+ Kf8 37. Rf5 Rc1 38. Ra7 Rxc3+ 39. Kg2 Rxb4 40. Rfxf7+ Kg8 41. f3 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 {[#] Rg7+ would kill now.} Rb1 (42... Rbb3 $18 43. g5 Rb4 44. Rg7+ Kh8) 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. Rag7+ Kf8 46. Rb7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 47. Rhd7 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Rc8 48. Rd5 b4 (48... Rg1+ 49. Kf2 Ra1 50. Rdxb5 Rc2+ 51. Kg3 Rf1) 49. Rdb5 {aiming for f4.} Rc4 50. Kh4 Rf4 51. Rg5+ Kf8 52. Rc5 {[%cal Rc5c8]} Rf7 53. Rc8+ (53. Rxf7+ $142 Kxf7 54. f4 Ke7 55. Kg5 Kd6 56. Rc8 Rb3 57. f5 Rc3 58. Rb8) 53... Kg7 54. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {KR-KR} 55. Kg5 (55. f4 $142 Ke7 56. f5) 55... b3 56. Rb8 b2 57. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Ke6 58. f5+ Ke7 59. Rb7+ (59. Kg6 $142 Rg1 60. f6+ Ke6 61. Rb6+ Kd7 62. Rxb2 Rxg4+ 63. Kf7 Rg1 64. Rd2+ Kc7 65. Rd5) 59... Ke8 60. f6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.74} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Pantzar, Milton"]
[Black "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,87,0,0,0,43,25,25,16,21,0,0,0,16,12,22,22,22,-14,-14,-11,12,0,0,-30,0,-18,22,20,19,20,19,17,131,135,131,132,127,134,124,131,150,144,128,107,83,97,73,59,52,52,52,52,69,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,72,64,71,71,80,71,78,79]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. a4 {[#] E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Qd7 $146 (11... Qd6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Qd6 12. Qd2 Rab8 13. Qa5 Rb6 14. e4 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Rxb4 16. Ba3 Rxa4 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Rfc1 Ra3 {0-1 (42) Lenderman,A (2637)-Safarli,E (2681) Chess.com INT 2019}) 12. Ba3 Rfd8 13. Bc5 {White has an edge.} e5 14. e3 exd4 15. Bxd4 {A strong pair of Bishops.} Nd5 (15... Qe6 $5 {[%cal Rc6c5]}) 16. Qh5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qe6 17. Rfd1 Qg6 18. Qh4 Re8 19. a3 Rab8 20. e4 Nb6 {[%cal Bd5b6,Bb6a4,Ba4b2][%mdl 32]} 21. Rac1 h6 22. Qf4 Rb7 23. a5 Na4 24. e5 {Threatens to win with Be4.} Nb2 25. Be4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qe6 (25... Qg5 $1 $11 26. Bxb2 (26. Bxc6 Qxf4 27. gxf4 Nxd1 $11) 26... Rxb2) 26. Bf5 $16 Qe7 27. Bxb2 Rxb2 {[#]} 28. Rd7 $1 Qg5 29. Rxc7 Rb5 30. Rxa7 Rxa5 31. Be4 {[%csl LRc6,LRf7]} Qxf4 32. gxf4 g5 33. Bxc6 {White is much more active.} Re6 34. Bd7 Rb6 {[#]} 35. Bc8 $1 {[%cal Oe5e6] Black must now prevent e6!} Rxa3 (35... gxf4 36. Rc3) 36. f5 {e6 is the strong threat.} Bxc8 37. Rxa3 Bxf5 38. Rxc4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Be6 40. Rd4 Kg7 41. h4 Kg6 42. Re3 {White is better.} Kf5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,48,0,6,0,-12,-6,-26,-21,-24,-24,-21,-21,-23,-24,-24,-18,-20,-20,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rb1 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rd8 {[%cal Rc6d4,Bf8d8,Bd8d4,Bd4d6][%mdl 32] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 14. Rhc1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 {Black has an edge.} 16. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 17. Ke3 Rd6 18. Bd5 Rd7 {[#] Inhibits Rc7.} 19. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rb4 e6 20. Bb3 b6 21. Rd4 Kf8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxd7 Ra8 24. e5 a6 25. Rb7 {1-0 (52) Trommsdorf,F (2120)-Van Dongen,P (2250) Paris 1991}) 19... e6 20. Bc4 Rc7 21. Bb3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 {The position is equal.} Bd7 23. Rc7 {[%csl LRb7,LRd7]} Bc6 24. a5 {[%cal Oa5a6]} a6 {An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Arjun Kalyan"]
[Black "Prraneeth Vuppala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,143,39,50,8,16,24,12,6,5,0,0,0,0,5,9,14,17,17,17,17,17,17,23,5,12,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,12,12,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} (10. axb5 $14 {deserves consideration.} axb5 11. Be3) 10... Ba7 $1 $11 (10... Nxa5 11. Rxa5 Bxa5 12. dxe5 $14) (10... Bxa5 $2 11. dxe5 (11. d5 Ne7 $18) 11... dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bd5 (13. Bxf7 Bb6 $16) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 $18) 11. h3 Bb7 12. Be3 {White wants to play d5. The position is equal.} Nxe4 13. Re1 exd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. Nbd2 {Ng5 is the strong threat.} d5 {[#]} 16. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 O-O 18. Qg4 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rac1 c5 21. dxc5 Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qxb2 {0-1 (30) Saric,I (2644)-Shirov,A (2659) Riga 2021}) 16... O-O 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 {Threatens to win with Nxf7.} Nd5 20. Qxe4 (20. Bxd5 $5 Bxd5 21. Bf4 $11) 20... Rbe8 {[%cal Oc7c5]} (20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxd4 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 {[#]} 23. Qe8+ $1 Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Qf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bxf7 $16) 21. Bd2 {[%cal Oe5f7]} ({Reject} 21. Bc2 f5 22. Qh4 c5 $17) 21... Re7 22. Rcd1 Rfe8 23. Qf3 {[%cal Oe5f7] Black must now prevent Nxf7!} Bxd4 24. Nxf7 Rxe1+ $1 25. Bxe1 {Really sharp!} Qf6 26. Bxd5 Qxf3 $1 27. Nh6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack (Double check)} Kh8 28. Bxf3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 {[%cal Oe1b4] And now Bb4! would win.} gxh6 30. Rxd4 Rxe1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 31. Kg2 c5 32. Rd6 {[%csl LRa6,LRh6]} Rb1 33. Rxa6 Rxb2 34. Rb6 c4 35. a6 (35. Rxh6 $2 c3 36. Rc6 b4 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kg6 $19) 35... Ra2 36. f4 ({Don't go for} 36. Rxh6 $2 c3 37. Rc6 b4 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Rc7+ Kf6 $19) 36... Ra5 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kg6 39. a7 c3 40. Rb6+ Kg7 41. Rxb5 Rxa7 42. Rc5 Ra3 43. Rc6 h5 44. Kg3 c2+ 45. Kh4 Ra4 46. Kxh5 ({Don't do} 46. Rxc2 Rxf4+ 47. Kg5 Rf3 $14) 46... Rxf4 47. Rc7+ Rf7 48. Rxc2 Rf5+ 49. Kg4 Rf6 50. Rc7+ Kg6 51. f4 h5+ 52. Kg3 Ra6 53. Kh4 Ra4 54. Rc6+ Kf5 55. Kxh5 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} Rxf4 {Mate.} 56. Rc8 Ra4 57. Rf8+ Ke6 58. h4 Ke7 59. Rf1 Ra8 60. Kg6 Rg8+ 61. Kh7 Rg4 62. h5 Rg5 63. h6 Rg2 64. Kh8 Rg6 65. h7 Rg2 66. Ra1 Kf7 67. Ra7+ Kf8 68. Ra8+ Kf7 69. Rg8 Rf2 70. Rg4 Rf1 71. Rg7+ Kf8 72. Rf7+ Kxf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Ojas Kulkarni"]
[Black "Sorensen, Hampus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,27,30,17,13,13,6,5,31,21,14,30,23,26]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 {[%cal Bf1c4,Bc4b3,Bb3c2][%mdl 32]} Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 {Inhibits Ne5.} e6 {[%cal Oc6e5]} 12. b3 Be7 13. Na3 cxb3 14. axb3 {[#] An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} {Predecessor:} O-O $146 15. d4 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Bf6 18. Be3 b6 19. Be4 Bg6 20. Nd2 Rac8 21. Bxg6 hxg6 {1-0 (72) Quesada Perez,Y (2565)-Mendonca,L (2452) Chess.com INT 2020} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,97,8,18,18,20,17,29,12,18,23,23,-22,-9,-25,0,-16,0,-20,-20,-19,-12,-12,0,0,0,5,0,8,6,5,14,9,16,4,14,10,52,48,54,16,16,16,65,53,57,53,76,37,45,44,129,120,210,194,211,200,201,111,104,103,104,104,185,188,308,298,458,460,417,377,633,580,767,714,4622,920,4627,2706,6697,6195,4718,5306,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29990]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Be7 {[#]} 8. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. b4 O-O 9. Bb2 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rc1 a5 13. b5 Nc5 14. Ne5 Rc8 {0-1 (46) Popov,R (2376)-Nagimov,A (2322) Nabereznye Chelny 2010}) 8... exd5 9. Be2 {White has an edge.} O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 (11. b4 {should be considered.}) 11... Ne4 $11 12. Nfd2 Ng5 13. Nb1 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. Ra2 Be4 17. f3 Bf5 18. Rd2 Qc7 ({But not} 18... Be6 19. c4 d4 20. exd4 $16 (20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Rc8 $14)) 19. Rxd5 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Nd4 Bd6 22. f4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Be4 (23... Rc8 $11) 24. Bd3 $14 Qc6 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qf3 f5 (26... Qd3 $1 $11 {deserves consideration.}) 27. Qxe4 fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Bd2 $1 Rc8 29. Rb1 Rc2 30. Bb4 Bxb4 (30... Bc7 $14) 31. Rxb4 {KR-KR} ({Don't play} 31. axb4 a6 $14) 31... Rc3 (31... Rc1+ $16 {is a better defense.} 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Ke1 Rxg2) 32. Rxb7 $18 Rxa3 33. Kf2 Ra2+ 34. Kf1 (34. Kg3 $18) 34... Ra1+ $16 35. Ke2 $1 Ra2+ 36. Ke1 Ra1+ (36... a5 $16) 37. Kd2 $1 $18 Ra2+ (37... Ra3 {might work better.} 38. g4 a5) 38. Kc3 Re2 (38... Ra3+ $142 39. Rb3 Ra5) 39. d5 {And now Kd4 would win.} Rxe3+ 40. Kd4 Re2 {[#]} (40... Re1 41. Rxa7 e3) 41. Ke5 $1 {aiming for d6.} e3 {[#]} 42. Ke6 $1 {[%cal Rb7b8]} h6 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Rb3 {Black must now prevent d6.} a5 45. d6 a4 46. Rd3 {Intending d7 and mate.} Re1 47. d7 {White mates.} e2 48. d8=Q Rf1 49. Re3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.46} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Moksh Amit Doshi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,139,21,7,10,12,20,0,0,0,12,0,1,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-5,0,-2,-1,-23,-10,-11,0,0,0,-25,-8,-21,0,-20,-23,-102,0,0,0,-68,-68,-68,-72,-67,-52,-103,-89,-94,-125,-77,-96,-101,0,-104,-117,-118,-124,-117,-95,-103,-81,-137,-125,-175,-168,-200,-112,-185,-175,-174,-172,-204,-204,-212,-181,-169,-167,-366,-366,-6295,-373,-5924,-2646,-12840,-191,-197,-197,-199,-191,-191,-185,-184,-122,-264,-225,-224,0,-264,-264,-264,-256,-222,-95,-97,-83,-83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc5 12. Nb5 {a3 is the strong threat.} a6 (12... Qxb2 $2 13. Rb1 Qf6 14. Rxb4 $18) 13. Nbd4 Nd7 14. a3 Bc5 {[#]} 15. Ba2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qc2 b5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Rfc8 20. Qd3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd8 22. Qb7 Rcb8 {½-½ (22) Mary,P (2457)-Anderson,B (2464) ICCF email 2013}) 15... Qe7 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. Nd2 Nf6 (17... Qh4 18. N4f3 Qe7 19. Rfd1 $14 (19. Bb1 Nf6 $14)) 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. h4 Bd7 22. h5 Be8 23. Bb1 {Intending Qh7+ and mate.} Kf8 24. Rd2 Rbc8 25. Rcd1 Bc7 26. g3 Bb6 27. Qh7 (27. Qg4 $11) 27... Qf6 (27... Qg5 $1 $17 28. Bc2 Bxd4 29. exd4 Ke7) 28. Be4 $11 Bxd4 29. exd4 ({White should play} 29. Rxd4 $11 Rxd4 30. Rxd4) 29... Ba4 $1 $15 30. Re1 Qg5 {Inhibits d5.} 31. Rde2 {[%cal Od4d5]} Rc1 $1 32. d5 (32. Rxc1 $15 Qxc1+ 33. Kg2 (33. Kh2 $2 Qf1 $19)) 32... Bb5 $17 (32... Qxh5 $6 33. Rxc1 Qxe2 34. b3 $11) 33. Re3 {[#]} Qxe3 34. fxe3 Rxe1+ 35. Kf2 Rf1+ {[%cal Be1f1,Bf1f6,Bf6c6][%mdl 32]} 36. Kg2 {[%cal Oa3a4]} Rf6 $1 ({Much worse is} 36... exd5 $6 37. Bf3 $11) 37. Bd3 Bxd3 ({Much weaker is} 37... exd5 $6 38. Bxb5 axb5 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qxg7 $15) 38. Qxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Kg8 39. d6 e5 40. d7 ({White should try} 40. Qd5) 40... Rc6 $1 41. Qd5 (41. b4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 41... Rc7 $19 42. Qxe5 Rcxd7 (42... Rdxd7 $19 43. Qe8+ Kh7) 43. g4 (43. a4 $17) 43... Rc8 44. a4 Rdd8 45. Kf3 Re8 46. Qd5 Rc7 47. b4 Rce7 $1 {[%cal Ob7b5] And now ...b5! would win.} 48. Kf4 $2 (48. e4) 48... b6 ({Not} 48... Rxe3 49. Qxb7 R3e7 50. Qb6 $15) 49. Qd4 (49. Kf3 Rxe3+ 50. Kg2) 49... Re6 $2 (49... Rxe3 50. Qxe3 Rxe3 51. Kxe3 g6) 50. b5 $2 (50. Kg3 Rxe3+ 51. Kf4) 50... axb5 51. axb5 Ra8 $2 (51... Rxe3 52. Qxe3 Rxe3 53. Kxe3 g6) 52. e4 Ra3 53. e5 Ra8 54. Qc4 Rd8 55. Qc7 Rde8 (55... Rf8 $1 $19 56. Ke3 g5 57. hxg6 Rxg6) 56. Kg3 (56. Ke4 $17) 56... R8e7 57. Qd8+ Re8 58. Qc7 Rxe5 59. Qxb6 Re3+ 60. Kf2 Rb3 (60... R3e7 $19 {aiming for ...Ra8.} 61. Kf3 Kh7) 61. Qb7 $17 {[#]} Rb2+ $1 62. Kf3 {[#]} Rb3+ (62... Rbe2 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...R2e7.} 63. Kg3 R2e7) 63. Kf2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rb4 64. Kf3 $1 Rb2 65. b6 Re6 66. Qc8+ Kh7 67. b7 {The board is on fire.} Reb6 68. Qf5+ Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Rf6.} 69. Qc8+ Kh7 {Strongly threatening ...R6b3+.} 70. Qf5+ {Whites escaped into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.56/Black=0.33} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,113,-2,0,3,49,52,41,45,34,37,32,22,89,70,64,52,83,81,84,88,222,229,232,232,232,227,242,178,187,185,181,135,156,168,155,158,150,158,143,160,273,285,276,284,277,267,302,302,300,301,297,300,300,303,331,298,434,425,595,572,597,557,502,485,708,692,1216,1142,1100,1100,1014,1002,1003,991,952,1668,1608,1591,1698,1612,1545,865,1306,1371,1370,1163,1695,847,788,1710,1710,833,29975,29976,29978,29974,29975,29976,29976,29977,29979,29980,29979,29980,29978,29979]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} g6 (6... d3 $11) 7. O-O $14 Bg7 8. Re1 {White is slightly better.} Nge7 9. d3 O-O 10. c4 {[#]} a6 $146 (10... Rb8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Bf4 h6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Nf5 14. Ne4 Nb8 15. g4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Ne7 {0-1 (51) Carlsen,M (2855)-Artemiev,V (2699) chess24.com INT 2021}) 11. Bf4 $16 h6 12. h4 {Prevents g5.} f5 13. exf6 $1 Rxf6 14. Nbd2 {White is more active.} Qf8 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (14... Rf8 $16) 15. Bd6 $18 e5 16. Ne4 (16. Bxc5 $6 Bg4 17. b4 b6) 16... Bg4 {[%cal Rf6f3]} 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxe7 ({Less strong is} 18. Bxc5 Rf8 $14) 18... Nxe7 19. Re4 Qf5 {[#]} 20. Qe2 (20. Rxg4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg4 21. Qb3) 20... Nc6 {[#]} 21. Nxd4 $1 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4f5,Bf5d6,Bd6b7][%mdl 544]} Bxe2 22. Nxf5 Bxd3 23. Nd6 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Bf8 (24... Na5 $16 {was worth a try.} 25. Nxb7 (25. Bxg6 Bf8 $16) 25... Nxb7) 25. Nxb7 Rc8 26. Rd1 ({Don't take} 26. Bxg6 Rb8 $16) 26... Rc7 27. Bd5+ Kg7 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. b3 e4 31. Kf1 e3 32. fxe3 Rf6+ (32... g5 $142 33. hxg5 hxg5) 33. Ke2 Rf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 {KB-KN} 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. Ke4 Be7 (36... h5 $142 37. Nd8+ Kd7) 37. g4 Bf8 38. Nd8+ Kd7 39. Nf7 Ke6 40. Ne5 g5 41. h5 Bg7 42. Nd3 (42. Nf3 $142 Bf6 43. Nd2) 42... Bf8 43. Nb2 Bg7 44. Na4 Bf8 45. Kd3 {Nc3 is the strong threat.} Ke5 46. Nc3 Be7 47. Ne4 Ke6 48. Ng3 {White threatens Nf5 and mate.} Ke5 49. Nf5 (49. Kd2 $142 Kf6 50. Kc3) 49... Bf8 50. Kd2 (50. a3 $142 a5 51. Ke2) 50... Ke4 51. Ke2 {White mates.} a5 52. Ng3+ Ke5 53. Kd3 Bd6 54. Nf5 Bf8 55. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Kf6 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. a4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.33} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,23,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Rfc8 $146 {D14: Slav Defence: Exchange variation with ...Bf5.} 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Ne2 Ne7 16. Nc3 Nc6 {½-½ (16) Amin,B (2695)-Adly,A (2615) Tornelo INT 2021} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,118,20,26,29,12,29,24,19,16,47,33,37,20,84,76,83,81,80,70,111,102,97,97,87,86,91,41,43,47,65,64,70,72,72,72,72,76,61,25,25,26,25,8,12,0,8,0,7,0,0,2,0,7,7,7,7,0,0,0,9,7,7,7,8,9,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,63,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} 8. Bf4 Ba6 (8... O-O {is more complex.} 9. Bxc7 Qd7 10. Be5 Ba6 11. Qb3 Nc6) 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 {White has an edge.} 10. Bxc7 Nc6 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. Bf4 Ke7 {[#]} (12... O-O $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rb1 Rhd8 14. e3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Na5 16. Nd2 Rc2 17. Kd1 Rdc8 18. e4 Nd7 19. Re1 {½-½ (52) Maiorov,N (2558)-Helbig,M (2333) Travemuende 2011}) 13... Ne4 14. e3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Na5 ({Black should try} 15... g5 $14) 16. Bxa5 bxa5 17. Ke2 Rb8 {[#]} 18. b4 {aiming for Ne5.} Rhc8 {[#]} 19. Nd2 ({Not} 19. bxa5 $2 Rb2+ 20. Kd3 Nxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rxf2 $19) (19. Rfc1 $1 $16) 19... Rc2 $14 {[#]} 20. Kd3 Rxd2+ (20... Nxd2 21. Rfd1) 21. Kxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} f5+ 22. Kf3 axb4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Rxa7+ Kf6 25. g4 fxg4+ 26. Kxg4 e5 $1 27. Ra6+ Ke7 28. Rc1 {Threatens to win with Rc7+.} Rb7 {To avoid Rc7+} 29. dxe5 {Kg3 is the strong threat.} Rxf2 30. h4 Rg2+ 31. Kf3 Rh2 32. Kg3 Re2 33. Rc3 Re1 34. Kf2 Rh1 35. Rc4 Rd1 36. Kf3 Rf1+ 37. Ke4 Rh1 38. Kf5 Rh3 39. Rg4 g6+ 40. Kg5 {And now Re4 would win.} Rxe3 41. Kh6 Rxe5 42. Kxh7 Re6 43. Rxe6+ (43. Rxg6 Kf8+ 44. Kh6 Rxa6 45. Rxa6 Kg8) 43... Kxe6+ 44. Kxg6 $11 {Hoping for h5. KR-KR} Ke7 45. Ra4 Rb1 46. Rf4 Rg1+ 47. Kh7 Rg2 48. h5 Rg1 49. h6 Rg2 50. Ra4 Kf7 51. Ra7+ Kf8 52. Rg7 Rh2 53. Rg1 Kf7 54. Rf1+ Ke7 55. Rf5 Ke6 56. Rf3 Ke7 57. Kg7 {Rf6 would kill now.} Rg2+ 58. Kh8 (58. Kh7 $11) 58... Rh2 $14 59. h7 (59. Kh7 $1 $14) 59... Rg2 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,48,20,26,17,25,37,38,70,46,46,26,100,93,95,111,127,53,113,67,66,70,60,60,51,56,78,87,126,122,125,132,136,140,180]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Be3 Nd7 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} 10. a3 Nb6 11. Rg1 Kh8 {White is slightly better.} 12. Nd2 {White is more active.} Bd7 {[#]} 13. Be2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 13. g5 Nc5 14. b3 f5 15. h4 Nxe4 16. Ndxe4 fxe4 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qxh5 Kg8 19. Nxe4 {1-0 (81) Lysyj,I (2627)-Vovk,Y (2539) Warsaw 2010}) 13... a4 {[#]} (13... Nc5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14. Qc2 $1 $16 Nc5 15. h4 c6 ({Much worse is} 15... Qxh4 $6 16. g5 f6 17. O-O-O fxg5 18. Rh1 $14) 16. g5 (16. O-O-O $16) 16... f6 {[#]} (16... cxd5 $14 17. Bxc5 (17. cxd5 Rc8 $11) 17... dxc5) 17. h5 (17. O-O-O $1 $16) 17... fxg5 $14 18. Bxg5 Bf6 19. Be3 gxh5 20. Bxh5 Qe7 21. O-O-O Rg8 22. Kb1 Bg5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Be2 Bh4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.23 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Black "Pantzar, Milton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,20,28,8,13,17,19,20,22,14,22,0,13,0,0,0,29,-22,15,0,0,0,-2,-25,8,10,17,18,16,20,16,16,16,17,12,5,5,-11,-8,-10,12,10,13,4,10,0,129,132,200,195,433,436]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Qa4+ {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} c6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 {[#]} 11. Bxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. e4 Nc5 13. Qc2 dxe4 14. O-O O-O 15. Nxe4 Ne6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Rad1 {1-0 (36) Liu,P-Chen,Y (1463) Changsha 2019}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. b4 ({White should play} 13. e4) 13... Nd7 (13... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 14. Qb3 a5 $15) 14. Bf4 b5 15. Qb3 a5 16. a3 Qb6 (16... g5 {with more complications.} 17. Bd2 Nb6 18. bxa5 Nc4 19. Be1 Nxa5 20. Qb1 Bf6) 17. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} axb4 ({Less strong is} 17... Qxd4 18. exd5 a4 19. Qa2 $18) 18. axb4 {[%cal Re4d5]} Rxa1 ({Don't play} 18... Qxd4 19. Rab1 $16) 19. Rxa1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qxd4 20. exd5 cxd5 (20... Bxb4 $2 21. dxc6 Nc5 22. cxb7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 21. Rb1 Nf6 $1 22. Be3 Qc4 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. b5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rc1 Bd5 $1 27. b6 f5 (27... h6 $11) 28. Bf1 $1 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rc8 {[#]} (28... g5 $16) 29. Rd1 $1 $18 Be6 {[#]} (29... Ba8 30. Ra1 (30. Rd7 Kf8 $16) 30... Kf7) 30. Bf4 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.29 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Prraneeth Vuppala"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,71,21,14,18,16,29,21,42,38,52,36,82,67,57,39,56,31,40,21,55,23,35,0,0,0,14,18,10,12,7,12,15,11,88,81,89,90,154,151,145,148,297,289,343,130,127,130,372,316,533,531,893,892,878,864,864,835,774,733]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Na5 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} 9. Bc2 c5 10. h3 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 (12... O-O $14 {deserves consideration.}) 13. Nc3 $16 Rc8 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rc1 {[#]} (15. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Na5 16. Nd2 $14) 15... exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Re8 16. d5 Na5 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Bb1 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. b3 b4 21. Nf3 Qd8 22. Ne2 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 Nc5 {½-½ (45) Byrne,S (2280)-Curtis,R (2125) Melbourne 1998}) 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf6 20. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} g6 21. Ba4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bg5 23. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} a5 (23... Bxd5 $11 24. Qxa6 Qa8 25. Qxa8 Rxa8) 24. Qb5 $1 {White is much more active.} Qa8 25. Bb6 Bd8 ({Black should try} 25... Bf6) 26. Bxd8 $1 Rxd8 27. Qb6 $1 Rc8 (27... h6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 28. Rd3 (28. Bc6 Bxc6 29. Qxc6 Qa7 $11) 28... Kg7) 28. Qxd6 $18 Rd8 {[#]} 29. Qf6 (29. Qe7 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 29... Rxd5 $16 30. Re1 Rd8 {To avoid Be8} (30... Rf5 $16 31. Qd6 Be4) 31. Bb3 Rf8 {[#]} (31... Rd7 32. h4 Bxg2) 32. Rd1 $1 $18 {Rd7 is the strong threat. White is clearly winning.} Qe8 {[#] Prevents Rd7.} 33. Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd8 {[#]} 34. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Rxf7 35. Qxd8+ Kg7 36. Qxa5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.46} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,82,31,30,22,35,19,28,7,15,8,9,15,13,15,9,0,0,0,18,7,14,9,20,15,20,16,12,9,8,11,8,8,8,9,9,8,8,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Rc8 {[#]} 11. Bb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. h3 Be6 15. Ne5 Nfd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 {1-0 (53) Corbu,G (1263)-Stingu,A (1333) Calimanesti 2018}) 11... c6 12. a3 {White has an edge.} Re8 {The position is equal.} 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. g4 Nhf6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Rcd8 20. Qe2 h5 21. f4 Qh4 $1 {[%csl LRg4,LRh3]} 22. Bf3 Qxh3 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 23. gxh5 f6 $1 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Qg2+ Kh8 $1 26. Qxh3 ({Don't go for} 26. Qg6 $2 Rg8 27. Rc2 Rxg6+ $19) 26... Bxh3 27. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 {[#] Hoping for e4.} Rxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Kf2 Rb3 30. Rd2 Bf5 31. Bd1 Rh3 32. Bf3 Rh2+ 33. Ke3 Rxd2 34. Kxd2 {[#] Black must now prevent b4. KB-KB} a5 35. Kc3 {aiming for Kc4.} Bd7 $1 36. Kd4 {Kc5 is the strong threat.} b6 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Kg7 39. Bd1 Kh6 40. Be2 Be8 41. Bf3 Bd7 {An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Pasti, Aron"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,96,47,31,52,46,50,43,22,22,61,56,54,13,38,16,1,14,28,0,0,0,8,0,36,16,13,0,-19,-21,0,0,0,0,41,8,8,8,5,0,-5,-42,-41,-75,-52,-141,-118,-134,-129,-122,-127,-242,-252,-252,-249,-240,-241,-241,-233,-370,-364,-344,-330,-372,-363,-418,-405,-611,-600,-600,-579,-4134,-4093,-29981,-29982,-29993,-29994,-29996,-29997]} 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 $1 Qb8 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 12. h4 {aiming for h5.} h5 13. Be2 a6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Nc3 Be7 15. g3 b5 {[#]} 16. a4 $146 (16. cxb5 $14 {is superior.} axb5 17. O-O (17. Nxb5 O-O $16)) ({Predecessor:} 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. a4 f5 19. Bxh5 Bxb5 20. Bxg6 Bd8 21. Bd2 Qb7 22. Qb3 Qb6 23. Qc3 Qb7 24. Qb3 Qb6 25. Qc3 Qb7 {½-½ (25) Arjun,K (2503)-Ivic,V (2571) Riga 2021}) 16... bxc4 $11 17. Qxb8+ Rxb8 18. Bxc4 Bc8 19. a5 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 20. Rb1 Rb4 21. b3 e4 $1 22. Ba3 Rb8 23. Na4 f4 24. Nb6 Bg4 25. Bxa6 O-O 26. Be2 Ne5 (26... fxg3 $11 {was preferrable.} 27. fxg3 Bxe2 28. Kxe2 Rf3) 27. gxf4 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Bc1 {[#] Be3 is the strong threat.} Bf6 {Threatens to win with ...Bc3+.} 30. Kd2 {Prevents Bc3+. Strongly threatening Ba3.} Bd4 $1 31. f3 (31. Kxd3 $2 Bxb6 32. axb6 Bf5+ 33. Kd4 Bxb1 $19) 31... Bxf3 32. Rh3 {White is on the road to losing.} (32. Re1 $1 $15 Rxf4 33. Rf1) 32... Bg4 {Dancing on a razor blade. Black is much more active. This bishop pair is nice.} (32... Rxf4 33. Kxd3 Bxb6 34. Bxf4 $18) 33. Rxd3 Bxb6 (33... Rxf4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4+ 35. Kc3 $15) 34. axb6 Bf5 ({Don't play} 34... Rxb6 $6 35. Rd4 $11) 35. Bb2 (35. b4 $17 {was necessary.}) 35... Bxd3 $19 ({Inferior is} 35... Rxb6 36. Rg1 g6 37. Re3 $11) 36. Kxd3 Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} ({Not} 36... Rxf4 37. Bd4 $17) 37. Bd4 Rb7 38. Be3 Rfb8 39. Kc4 (39. Kc3 {was called for.}) 39... Rb4+ 40. Kc3 Kf7 41. Bd4 Kg6 42. Rg1+ Kf5 43. Bxg7 (43. Rb1 $142) 43... Rxb3+ 44. Kc2 R3b5 45. Rg5+ Ke4 46. Rxh5 Rc8+ {Black mates.} 47. Kd2 Rbc5 48. Rg5 Rc1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.05 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Gilevych, Artem"]
[Black "Arjun Kalyan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,35,15,18,19,18,16,16,27,25,35,0,37,21,28,36]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.} e5 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} 13. Bg5 exd4 14. Rxd4 Ne5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 {[#]} Bc5 $146 (16... Ng6 $5 {[%cal Rd6h2]}) ({Predecessor:} 16... Ng6 17. Nf3 b4 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Na4 c5 20. R4d2 Be7 21. Nd4 Qf4 22. Nf5 Bxe4 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 {0-1 (42) Khusenkhojaev,M (2455)-Korneev,O (2551) Pavlodar 2018}) 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Nf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Martinovici, Ilia"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,30,10,0,6,16,18,16,14,29,23,32,40,44,39,32,28,46]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {[%cal Oe2e4] E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 {The position is equal.} c5 12. dxc5 $1 {The main line 12.dxc5 scores better than 12.Bxf6.} bxc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 14. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nd7 17. h4 Rfd8 18. Rh3 Ne5 19. Rd4 Rab8 20. Kg1 {½-½ (41) Zilka,S (2580)-Jakubowski,K (2459) Legnica 2021}) 14... Qe7 15. e3 Bxf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,97,50,52,43,45,16,39,27,45,37,32,31,24,19,47,-36,-53,-53,-31,-77,-100,-60,-41,-50,-52,-79,-87,-73,-78,-145,-20,-12,-8,-18,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-52,-53,-77,-55,-238,-258,-266,-250,-241,-257,-223,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Nd2 Qe8 10. Rb1 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7.} Bd7 {[#]} 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O h5 12. b3 Nh7 13. Be3 Bf6 14. f3 Bg5 15. Bf2 Qe7 16. a3 Nc5 17. Qc2 h4 {0-1 (57) Nevednichy,V (2555)-Vajda,L (2576) Curtea de Arges 2002}) 11... h5 12. h3 {White is slightly better.} Nh7 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Qe7 {Inhibits g5.} 15. a3 Bf6 16. b4 ({White should play} 16. Qc1 $1 $14) 16... axb4 $15 17. axb4 Bg5 18. Nf1 (18. b5 $15 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. b6) 18... Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Ng5 20. Kd2 Kg7 21. Qg1 $1 Qf6 22. Qg3 Rh8 23. f3 ({Better is} 23. Nc2) 23... c5 (23... Rxh1 $1 $17 24. Rxh1 Nxb4) 24. b5 $11 Nb4 25. Nc2 Nxc2 26. Kxc2 Qf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 27. Qxf4 exf4 28. Rbf1 Kf6 29. Kd3 Ke5 30. Nb1 (30. Ra1 $11) 30... f5 $1 $15 31. exf5 gxf5 {Strongly threatening ...Rxh1.} 32. Rxh8 ({White must play} 32. Rh5 $15 Kf6 33. Nc3) 32... Rxh8 $19 33. gxf5 Bxf5+ 34. Kc3 Bxb1 35. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} Rh2 $2 (35... Ra8 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra8a3] Threatens to win with ...Ra3+.} 36. Kb3 Kd4) 36. Re1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kf6 37. Bd1 Rh3 38. Re8 Nxf3 39. Re6+ Kf5 {White must now prevent ...Ng5+.} 40. Bxf3 ({But not} 40. Bc2+ $2 Kg5 41. Rg6+ Kh5 $19) 40... Rxf3+ {KR-KR} 41. Kd2 Rb3 42. Rxd6 Ke5 43. Re6+ Kd4 44. d6 Rd3+ (44... Kxc4 $2 45. Re4+ Kd5 {[#]} 46. d7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe4 47. d8=Q $18) 45. Kc2 Rc3+ (45... Kxc4 46. Re4+ Kxb5 47. Kxd3 Kc6 48. d7 Kxd7 49. Kc4 f3 50. Kxc5) 46. Kb2 Rd3 (46... Rxc4 $2 47. d7 Rb4+ 48. Ka3 $18) 47. Kc2 Rc3+ (47... Kxc4 48. Re4+ Kxb5 49. Kxd3 $18) 48. Kb2 Rd3 {aiming for ...f3.} (48... Rxc4 $2 49. d7 Rb4+ 50. Ka3 $18) 49. Kc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.13 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,-34,-7,-50,-53,-43,-31,-42,-34,-45,-29,-43,-29,-35,-30,-33,-33,-68,-27,-49,-41,-61,-15,-64,-66,-53,-67,-114,-125,-108,-117,-127,-120,-126,-127,-133,-122,-145,-140,-152,-104,-442,-431,-417,-404,-392,-391,-481,-473,-1058,-1006,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29994,-29995]} 1. a4 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 2. e3 d5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Bb5 {[#]} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. cxd5 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 cxd5 {1-0 (36) Ronka,E (2303)-Lagunov,E (2201) Chess.com INT 2021}) 5. b3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 6. Ba3 {A00: Irregular Openings.} (6. Ne2 $11) 6... Bxa3 7. Nxa3 h4 8. h3 {Black is slightly better.} Qg5 9. Bf1 a6 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Nb1 a5 13. Nbc3 Bd7 (13... Ne7 $15 {deserves consideration.}) 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Kb2 Qf5 {Black is much more active.} (15... Rfc8 $15 {might be stronger.}) 16. Nc1 (16. g4 $11 hxg3 17. fxg3) 16... Rfc8 $15 17. N1a2 c5 18. dxc5 (18. g4 $15 hxg3 19. fxg3) 18... Nxa2 $1 $17 ({Resist} 18... Rxc5 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Na2 $11) 19. Kxa2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Rxc5 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Rac8 22. Rc1 {[#]} d4 $1 23. Kb1 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 24. exd4 {[#]} Rc3 (24... Nc3+ $142 $1 25. Ka1 Qd5) 25. Kb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White does not recover from this.} (25. Rhe1 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 25... Nb4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rxc2+.} 26. Bc4 R3xc4 27. bxc4 Rxc4 {[%cal Bc8c4,Bc4d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 28. f3 Qd7 29. Kb3 ({Much weaker is} 29. Qe2 Qxd4+ 30. c3 Nd3+ 31. Kb3 Qd5) (29. Ra1 $142 Rxc2+ 30. Qxc2 Nxc2 31. Kxc2) 29... Rxd4 30. Qg5 Nd5 {Black mates.} 31. c4 Rd3+ 32. Kb2 Nb4 33. Qe5 Qxa4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.78/Black=0.05 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Alsina Leal, Daniel"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,46,6,11,-1,14,25,18,16,27,16,20,30,97,53,52,63,60,22,33,22,25,34,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7.} h6 {8...b5 is more fashionable.} 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. f5 Qc5 11. O-O-O g5 $1 12. fxg6 {[%cal Oe4e5] Threatens to win with e5!} fxg6 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] A promising side line.} (12... Bg4 $11 13. Qd3 (13. gxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qd3 Bxd1 $11) 13... Bxd1 14. gxf7+ Kxf7 15. Nxd1 Qe5) 13. Nd5 {White is more active.} (13. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5f6]} Qxe5 14. Bc4) 13... Nxd5 $14 14. exd5 {[%cal Of1d3]} Bg7 {[#]} 15. c3 $146 {[%cal Of1d3] With the idea Bd3!} (15. Nb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Qb4 16. Bd3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15. Nb3 Qb4 16. Bd3 g5 17. Bg6+ Kd8 18. Qf7 Qf4+ 19. Qxf4 gxf4 20. Nd4 Be5 21. Bf7 {½-½ (54) Brekhov,D (1952)-Izbosarov,M (1921) Saratov 2011}) 15... Rf8 16. Qe4 Bf5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Qe6 Bxc3 $1 {The position is equal.} 19. bxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kb1 {[#] Strongly threatening Rd3.} Qb4+ 21. Ka1 {Black must now prevent Qe3.} Qc3+ 22. Kb1 Qb4+ 23. Ka1 {And now Qe3 would win.} Qc3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,101,11,20,0,26,26,25,41,34,31,43,33,41,27,21,18,11,-31,-8,-13,-26,-53,-36,-29,47,37,41,51,50,55,30,64,86,82,89,79,94,97,100,75,112,123,113,119,120,100,150,141,151,121,135,137,174,150,162,160,168,166,170,90,87,-25,-27,-43,-8,-36,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-14,-14,-29,0,-16,-8,-8,-8,-9,0,-8]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} Bg4 (6... Nxd4 $2 7. Nxd4 c6 8. Nf3 $18) 7. f3 Bh5 8. Nb5 {White has an edge.} Qd7 9. Bf4 Rc8 10. Qd2 e6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. c4 {[#]} (13. O-O-O $11) 13... a6 $146 (13... Bb4 $5 14. Nbc3 Na5 $15) ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb4 14. Nbc3 Na5 15. b3 b5 16. c5 Nd5 17. O-O O-O 18. Rad1 Nc6 19. Be3 Rcd8 {0-1 (50) Marinkovic,I (2444)-Milanovic,D (2514) Zlatibor 2006}) 14. Nbc3 b5 15. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5e6][%mdl 32]} Na5 16. cxb5 axb5 (16... Nc4 $11 17. Qd4 axb5) 17. dxe6 $14 Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 b4 {[#]} 19. g5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd5 {Hoping for ...Nc4.} 21. exf7+ ({Reject} 21. Bxa5 $6 fxe6 22. Bd2 Bd6 $11) 21... Kxf7 22. Bxa5 Ra8 23. Bd2 Bd6 24. Nc3 Rhe8+ 25. Kd1 Ne3+ 26. Kc1 Nc4 27. Kc2 Be5 (27... Reb8 $142 28. b3 Nxd2) 28. f4 $16 Bd4 29. Rhe1 Reb8 30. Bc1 Rh8 31. Re2 {Strongly threatening Kd3.} Rh3 {[%cal Oc4a3] [#]} 32. a4 $1 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Ra6 34. Kb3 ({Better is} 34. Bd2 $18) 34... Na5+ {[#]} 35. Kb4 ({White should play} 35. Kb2 $1 $16) 35... Rb6+ $11 36. Ka3 $1 (36. Kxa5 {gets mated.} Rh8) 36... Rxc3+ 37. Ka2 Rc4 (37... Nc4 $5 {[%cal Rc3b3]} 38. Rb1 Ra6 $15) 38. Bb2 $1 Rxa4+ 39. Kb1 Rxa1+ 40. Kxa1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc4 41. Bd4 Rd6 42. Bc3 Rd3 43. Bb4 Ne3 44. Kb2 c6 45. h4 Nf5 46. Rc2 Rd4 47. Ka3 Rd3+ 48. Ka4 {The position is equal.} Nd4 49. Rc4 Ke6 50. Bf8 Kf7 51. Bb4 {White really could win this.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,78,-39,-49,-23,-37,-24,-47,0,0,0,0,-7,-93,-104,-116,-148,-144,-61,-65,-44,-114,-18,-17,-16,-23,52,74,308,310,339,319,303,35,26,25,25,28,30,31,33,37,36,28,34,38,33,0,0,0,12,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3 b6 9. Bd3 Na5 {E24: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines.} 10. Nh3 Ba6 11. Qe2 Qd7 {Black is slightly better.} 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Ng8 {[#]} 14. Ng5 $146 (14. Nf2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 14. O-O Ne7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg5 O-O-O 17. Nf2 Rd7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. f4 Kb8 20. Ne4 {½-½ (63) Spassky,B (2625)-Huebner,R (2620) Bugojno 1982}) 14... Rd8 $17 15. Bc2 Bxc4 16. Qf2 {[#]} Ne7 (16... Qc7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc7e5]} 17. Qg3 Ne7) 17. Ne4 $15 Qc7 (17... Qd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e5]} 18. Nd6+ Kf8 $15) 18. Bf4 (18. Nd6+ $15 Rxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Qg3 Qxg3+ 21. hxg3) 18... Ng6 {Pair of Knights!} (18... Kf8 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Ng6.} 19. Nd6 Nd5) 19. Nd6+ $11 Kf8 20. Bg3 Ba6 (20... Kg8 $11) 21. O-O-O $1 $14 c4 $2 {[#]} (21... h5 $16 {might work better.}) 22. f4 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening f5.} Qc5 23. Qxc5 bxc5 24. Nxc4 $2 Rxd1+ $14 25. Rxd1 Bxc4 (25... Nxc4 26. Bxg6 Ke7 27. Bd3 $16) 26. Bxg6 Nb3+ 27. Kb2 {Black must now prevent Bd3.} Ke7 28. Bh4+ f6 29. Be4 Rb8 {Hoping for ...Nd2+.} 30. Kc2 {To avoid Nd2} (30. Bxh7 $2 Na5+ 31. Kc1 Rh8 32. exf6+ gxf6 33. Bxf6+ Kxf6 $19) 30... Bb5 31. Re1 ({But not} 31. Bxh7 Na5 32. Rd3 Bxd3+ 33. Bxd3 Rh8 $15) 31... c4 {The position is equal.} 32. f5 ({Not} 32. Bxh7 $2 Rh8 33. f5 (33. exf6+ $2 gxf6 34. f5 Bd7 $19) 33... Bd7 $19) 32... Nc5 33. exf6+ gxf6 34. fxe6 Ba4+ 35. Kc1 Nb3+ 36. Kb2 Nd2+ 37. Kc1 Nb3+ 38. Kb2 Nc5+ 39. Kc1 Nb3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.24 (precise) /Black=0.30} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Sorensen, Hampus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,25,32,25,32,21,8,3,22,15,22,0,0,0,-5,0,-12,-18,-14,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-27,-18,-10,-14,0,-29,-25,-29,-17,-14,-27,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-12,191,181,192,187,176,173,223,223,529,200,650,95,5357,5257]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. Bxf6 (7. e3 {is interesting.} Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3) 7... Qxf6 8. Qb3 {[%csl LRb7,LRd5] The position is equal.} Ra7 9. a3 (9. Nxd5 Qd8 10. e4 c6 $11) 9... Qd8 {[#]} 10. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h4 c6 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. e4 h6 13. Nf3 b5 14. O-O-O Be7 15. exd5 O-O 16. Be2 cxd5 17. Qxd5 {1-0 (47) Gukesh,D (2621)-Le,Q (2709) Kolkata 2021}) 10... c6 11. h4 Be7 12. Bg2 {[%cal Of3g5]} Nd7 13. Qc2 h6 14. O-O a5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. Rfe1 Qb6 18. Qc2 {[%cal Od4d5]} Rd8 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Re1 Nf8 21. Bh3 Bf6 22. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3,Bd3f4,Bf4e6][%mdl 32]} Qc7 23. Nc5 Re8 24. Re4 {[%cal Rc5e6]} Qd6 25. Bf1 b6 26. Nd3 c5 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. a4 Nd7 29. Nf4 {[%cal Oe4e6]} Ne5 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Bb5 Rc8 (31... Rd8 $11 32. Qc4 Bxf4 33. Rxe6 Qd5 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Qxf4 Qd1+ 37. Bf1 g6) 32. Bc4 $18 Re8 {[#]} 33. Nxe6 Kh8 34. Qe2 Rxe6 (34... Bxg3 $142 35. Kg2 (35. fxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Qg2 Qd6 $16) 35... Bxf2 36. Qxf2 Qc6) 35. Bxe6 Bd4 (35... Bf6 {is a better chance.} 36. Bb3 Re7) 36. Qf3 $2 (36. Bc4 g6 37. Kh2) 36... Bxb2 $2 {[#]} (36... Bf6 37. Bd5 Qd8) 37. Bf7 $2 (37. Bc4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top. Re8+ would kill now.} Ra8 38. Qe2) 37... Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Ra8 $16) 38. Re6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.47} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Prraneeth Vuppala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,-20,-17,-22,-4,-23,47,44,55,37,32,23,37,36,83,31,31,23,30,12,17,2,15,7,14,16,25,15,8,5,35,8,37,24,15,3,6,6,17,20,22,15,17,13,17,8,28,23,60,67,64,63,63,63,72,64,87,64,88,88,75,82,83,31,81,76,109,97,87,70,121,60,121,120,106,54,72,45,59,9,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,364,378,659,659,2129]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. a3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 {[#]} b6 $146 (7... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 7... Ne4 8. Bxd8 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Kxd8 10. Nxc4 b6 11. h4 Nd7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. h5 Rc8 {½-½ (49) Navara,D (2727)-Harikrishna,P (2732) Prague 2018}) 8. e3 $1 $14 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 9. Qb4 Nbd7 10. Bxc4 Qe7 (10... h6 {looks sharper.} 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. Rd1 a5 13. Qa4 O-O) 11. O-O a6 (11... a5 $14 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7) 12. Qxe7+ ({White should play} 12. Rfc1 $16) 12... Kxe7 13. Rac1 c5 14. Be2 Rac8 15. h3 h6 16. Bf4 b5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Be5 Rhd8 19. Rfd1 Bd5 20. Ne1 Nb3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. f3 Bc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. e4 g6 25. Nc2 Nd7 26. Bd6+ Ke8 27. Bb4 Ndc5 28. Ne3 a5 {[#]} 29. Nxc4 $1 {Black must now prevent Nd6+.} Nb7 30. Nd6+ Nxd6 31. Bxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} f6 {Prevents Be5.} 32. Bg3 Rc2 33. Be1 Rxb2 34. Bc3 Ra2 35. Bxf6 Rxa3 {[#]} 36. Rd8+ $1 Kf7 37. Be5 {White is more active.} Nc5 {To avoid Rd7+} 38. Bd6 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Nb3 (39... Nd3+ $14 40. Ke2 Nb4) 40. Rf8+ $16 Kg7 41. Rb8 Ra2+ {[#]} 42. Ke3 ({White should try} 42. Kg3 $1 $16 Nd2 43. h4) 42... a4 $14 43. Rb7+ Kg8 $1 44. Kf4 (44. Ra7 $14) 44... Rxg2 $11 45. Ke5 Nd2 $1 46. Kxe6 {White threatens Be5 and mate.} Nxf3 47. e5 Ng5+ 48. Ke7 a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Rf2 $11 49. Rb8+ Kg7) 49. Bxa3 $18 {Strongly threatening Bb2.} Re2 (49... Ne4 50. e6 g5) 50. Bb2 {Rb8+ is the strong threat.} h5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.33} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Iniyan, P."]
[Black "Gilevych, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,142,25,28,21,18,0,16,0,-4,0,17,25,26,9,20,19,18,0,0,0,0,0,8,-17,14,29,82,73,74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,6,8,7,7,7,4,0,-48,-48,-47,-52,-49,-47,-54,-53,-58,-55,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-57,-57,-60,-72,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-66,-52,-66,-66,-66,-58,-56,-57,-66,-27,-59,-25,-31,-27,-27,-27,-27,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-16,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-42,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-697,-1170,-898,-901,-836,-141,-141,-141,-141,-141,-12781,-11242,-29980,-29981,-29971,-12808]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 Nc6 7. Nxc4 a6 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. a3 Ra6 {0-1 (45) Maier,R (1976)-Nackas,H (2051) Remote email 2013}) 6. Bg2 {D21: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 sidelines.} Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qa4 {The position is equal.} Nf6 9. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1d1,Bd1d4][%mdl 32]} Bd7 10. Qxc4 Be7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. a3 Na5 14. Qa2 Nc4 {Prevents Ne5.} 15. Be1 Qb6 16. Rd4 Qa6 (16... Nxb2 $2 17. Rb1 $18) 17. b3 Nxa3 (17... Nd6 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Qb2 $1 $16 Rfd8 19. b4 (19. e4 $16) 19... Nc4 $11 20. Rxa6 Nxb2 21. Rxa7 Nc4 {[%cal Bb2c4,Bc4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5e7,Be7c6,Bc6d8][%mdl 32] To avoid Ne5} ({Resist} 21... Bc6 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. b5 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 $16) 22. Rxb7 Nd6 {Inhibits Ne4.} 23. Ra7 Nf5 24. Rd1 {[%cal Og3g4] Strongly threatening g4!} ({Of course not} 24. Rf4 Bd6 $17) 24... Bxb4 {[#]} 25. e4 $1 Ne7 {[#]} 26. e5 $1 Nc6 27. Rb7 Bxc3 28. exf6 (28. Bxc3 $11 {is more appropriate.} Nd5 29. Bd2) 28... Be8 $15 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. Re7 {[%cal Re7e8]} Bb5 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Nd4 Rc1+ 33. Bf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kg2 {[#]} gxf6 $1 35. Nxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd1 36. Nc3 Rd3 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Ne2 Nc6 39. Nf4 Rd8 40. Rxd8 Nxd8 {KN-KN} 41. g4 Nb7 42. Nh5+ Kg6 43. Nf4+ Kh6 44. h4 Nd6 45. f3 Ne8 46. Kg3 Kg7 47. Nh5+ Kf8 48. Kf4 Ke7 49. Ke4 f5+ 50. Kf4 $1 fxg4 51. fxg4 f6 52. g5 $1 e5+ 53. Kg4 $1 Ke6 {Threatens to win with ...f5+.} 54. Ng3 {Prevents f5+.} Nd6 {And now ...f5+ would win.} 55. gxf6 Kxf6 56. Kh5 Nf7 57. Kg4 Kg6 58. Kf3 Nd6 (58... Nh6 $5 {[%cal Rg6g7]}) 59. Kg4 $1 h6 60. Nf1 Nf5 61. h5+ Kf6 62. Kf3 Ng7 (62... Kg5 $5 63. Ke4 Nh4 $11) 63. Ng3 Ne8 64. Ne4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Ke4 $11) 64... Ke6 $1 $19 65. Ng3 Nd6 $1 66. Kg4 Kd5 67. Kf3 {[#]} Kd4 $1 {Hoping for ...Kd3.} 68. Ne2+ Kd3 {( -> ...e4+)} 69. Ng3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69. Nc1+ $17 Kc2 70. Ne2) 69... e4+ {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 70. Kf4 e3 71. Ke5 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Piangerelli, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,73,17,33,33,31,30,50,41,50,54,54,35,49,39,40,37,39,35,54,47,60,-37,-50,-61,-39,-23,0,0,0,-46,-8,-23,73,69,89,99,75,91,258,98,106,17,28,0,166,192,212,183,363,363,358,345,972,900,1427,1313,2622,2489,1894,2031,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Re1 c5 {7...Na6 is setting a new trend.} 8. d5 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7.} exd5 9. Nh4 g6 {Inhibits Nf5.} 10. Nc3 {[%cal Rc4d5] White is slightly better.} (10. cxd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5d6]} d6 11. e4 $14) 10... d6 {[%cal Ob6b5]} 11. cxd5 Re8 12. e4 Bf8 {[#] To avoid Bh6} 13. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. f4 Nbd7 14. a4 a6 15. b3 Bg7 16. Bb2 Rb8 17. Qd3 Nh5 18. Nf3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 {0-1 (47) Santos Ruiz,M (2594)-Sosa,T (2541) Dos Hermanas 2021}) 13... Nbd7 14. Bf1 a6 15. a4 {Prevents b5.} Qc7 16. b3 Re7 17. f4 (17. Bf4 $14) 17... Rae8 $15 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 18. e5 Qb8 {[%cal Rd6e5]} (18... dxe5 $2 19. d6 exf4 20. dxe7 (20. dxc7 Rxe1 21. Qc2 c4 $14) 20... Bxe7 21. Bxf4 $18) (18... Qc8 $5 {[%cal Rd6e5]}) 19. Bc4 dxe5 (19... Bg7 $5 {[%cal Rd6e5]}) 20. f5 {And now d6 would win.} (20. d6 $2 Re6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. f5 (21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Qd3 Bg7 $17) 21... Rxd6 $17) 20... Qd6 21. Rb2 (21. Re4 $11 {should be considered.}) 21... Bg7 (21... e4 $5 {[%cal Re4e3]} 22. Rbe2 Ne5 $11) 22. Rbe2 b5 (22... e4 $11) 23. axb5 $16 Nb6 24. Bg5 $1 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Nxc4 25. bxc4 axb5 $2 {[#]} (25... e4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 26. Nxb5 $2 (26. Rf1 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 26... Qb6 27. Qb1 {White is more active.} (27. Rf1 $16) 27... Ba6 $11 28. d6 Rd7 (28... Rb7 $1 $11) 29. fxg6 $18 (29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxd6 $15) 29... hxg6 30. Nxg6 {[%cal Bh4g6,Bg6e7,Be7f5,Bf5h6][%mdl 32]} (30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxd6 $17) 30... Bxb5 $2 {[#]} (30... fxg6 {is a better defense.} 31. Bxf6 (31. Qxg6 Qc6 $11) 31... Qc6) 31. Ne7+ $1 (31. cxb5 c4+ 32. Kg2 Qb7+ 33. Kg1 Qb6+ 34. Kg2 fxg6 35. Bxf6 Rxd6 36. Bxg7 (36. Qxg6 $2 Qb7+ 37. Qe4 Qxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Bxf6 $19) (36. Bxe5 $2 Rde6 $19) 36... Kxg7 $11) (31. Nxe5 Rxd6 32. cxb5 (32. Qxb5 Qxb5 33. cxb5 Rb6 $14) 32... c4+ 33. Be3 Qb7 34. Nxc4 Rde6 $16) 31... Kf8 {[%cal Od7d6]} 32. Nf5 (32. Qxb5 Qxd6 33. Nf5 Qc7 $18) (32. cxb5 c4+ 33. Be3 Qxd6 $16) 32... Nd5 $2 (32... e4 33. Rb2 (33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. Bxf6+ Kxf6 $16) 33... Rxd6 34. Rxb5 Qd8 35. Nxd6 Qxd6) 33. cxd5 ({Less strong is} 33. cxb5 Nc3 34. Qc2 (34. Be7+ Rexe7 35. dxe7+ Rxe7 $16) 34... Nxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Rxd6 $16) (33. Qxb5 Qxb5 34. cxb5 f6 $16) 33... f6 {[#]} 34. Rf2 $1 Rf7 (34... Qa5 35. Nxg7) 35. Bh6 Bxh6 36. Nxh6 {Threatening mate with Qg6.} c4 37. Qg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23 (precise) /Black=0.52} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Siddharth, Jagadeesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,143,0,8,0,0,0,-5,-9,-15,-6,0,-13,0,0,0,-19,-19,-33,-9,-19,-12,-15,-8,-24,7,11,11,11,10,0,4,25,21,10,25,22,24,20,55,46,58,68,52,0,0,0,0,0,10,7,6,8,7,5,72,50,58,58,59,66,68,52,68,47,76,72,105,97,107,77,106,77,77,64,115,100,119,119,123,113,156,72,72,72,75,75,75,77,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,140,140,140,156,140,29962,29964,29962,29962,11308,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,29977,29978,29978,29979,29983,29984,29984,29982]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 4. a4 c6 5. Nc3 b4 $1 6. Nb1 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Ba6 7. Qc2 Qxd4 {White must now prevent ...Nf6. 7...e5 is the modern continuation.} 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Qb6 (8... Qc5 9. Nbd2 $14) 9. Be3 Qc7 (9... b3 10. Qc3 c5 11. Nbd2 $14 (11. Bxc4 e6 $14)) 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 e6 {[#]} 12. e5 $146 {To avoid Nf6} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Nbd7 17. Bg3 Qb7 18. a5 {0-1 (58) Gagare,S (2494)-Kobalia,M (2599) Moscow 2018}) 12... Nd7 13. O-O Ne7 14. Qxb4 Nd5 15. Qe4 Rb8 16. Nc3 Rb4 {[#]} 17. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 (17... Rxe4 $2 18. Nxc7+ Kd8 19. Ng5 $1 Rxe3 20. fxe3 $18) 18. Qd3 Be7 (18... Rxb2 19. Rfc1 Qb7 20. Bxa7 $1 $16) 19. Rfc1 Qb7 20. a5 a6 21. Rc2 {Threatening Rac1.} O-O 22. Rac1 {Threatens to win with Rc7.} Bd8 {To avoid Rc7} 23. Qa3 Qb5 24. Bd2 Rc4 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Qb4 (26. Qc3 $14) 26... Nxe5 $11 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxc4 {[%cal Bc1c4,Bc4e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} Qe2 {[%cal Od8a5] aiming for ...Bxa5!} 29. Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qd3 {[%cal Od8a5] ...Bxa5! is the strong threat.} 30. Re3 Qd5 {[%cal Od8e7]} 31. Bc3 Qf5 (31... Bc7 $11) 32. Qe4 {White is more active.} (32. h3 {with more complications.} Bg5 33. Qd4 Bf6 34. Qd3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Ra8 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Rd6) 32... Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Bf6 34. Bxf6 gxf6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 35. Rg4+ Kh8 36. Rb4 Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c1]} 37. Kf1 Rc2 38. Rb6 Kg7 39. b4 ({Don't play} 39. Rxa6 Rxb2 40. Ra8 f5 $14) 39... Rb2 40. Ke1 e5 (40... Rb1+ $2 41. Kd2 $18) 41. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} e4 (41... Rb1+ $2 42. Kd2 $18) (41... Kg6 $14) 42. Kd1 h5 43. gxh5 ({Stronger than} 43. Rxa6 hxg4 44. Rc6 Rxb4 $17) 43... f5 44. h6+ ({Much less strong is} 44. Rxa6 Rxb4 45. h6+ Kg8 $16) 44... Kh7 ({Black should try} 44... Kg8) 45. Rxa6 (45. f4 $142 $1) 45... Rxb4 $16 46. Rf6 $1 {[%csl LRf5,LRf7]} Rb5 47. a6 Ra5 48. Ke2 f4 (48... Ra3 $142) 49. Rxf7+ Kxh6 50. Rxf4 {And now Rf6+ would win.} Rxa6 51. Rxe4 Kg5 52. Kf3 Ra3+ 53. Re3 Ra5 54. Kg3 Ra4 55. h4+ Kf5 56. Rf3+ Kg6 57. Rb3 Kh5 58. Rb5+ Kh6 59. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Ra1 60. Kg4 Rg1+ 61. Kf5 Rf1 62. Re5 Kh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (62... Rh1 $16 63. Re6+ Kg7 64. Rg6+ Kh7) 63. Kf6+ $1 Kxh4 {[#]} 64. f5 $1 Kh5 65. Kg7 $2 (65. Re2 $18 {White wants to mate with Rg2.} Kg4 66. Rg2+ Kf3 67. Rg5) 65... Rg1+ $11 66. Kf7 {Threatening mate with f6+.} Ra1 67. f6+ Kh6 68. Kf8 {White threatens f7 and mate.} Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68... Kg6 $11) 69. f7 {White mates.} Ra8+ 70. Ke7 Kg7 71. Rg5+ Kh6 72. Rg8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Barp, Alberto"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,78,14,17,8,21,15,12,9,47,47,97,118,104,117,109,110,89,89,135,-22,59,7,31,0,0,-42,0,-16,-9,-12,-5,0,-6,-18,-8,-20,-20,-27,-11,-14,-16,-25,-15,-26,-34,-89,-49,-35,-37,-42,-37,-81,-45,-45,-39,-49,-12,-18,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bc1 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations.} Rc8 12. Bb2 $1 c5 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} e5 (14... Bb4 $14) 15. Nf5 $16 d4 {[#]} 16. Ne4 {White is much more active.} Nc5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. f4 exf4 ({Black should try} 18... Qc7) 19. gxf4 $2 (19. Bxd4 $16 Bxd4+ 20. Rxd4) 19... Qc7 ({Black should play} 19... Ne6 $11) 20. Bxd4 (20. e3 $1 $14) 20... Bxd4+ $11 (20... Qxf4 $2 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 Bxc8 24. Qd2 $18) 21. Nxd4 Qxf4 22. Qd2 {To avoid Qe3+} (22. Qf5 $11 Qh6 23. Qh3) 22... Qc7 {[#]} (22... Qg4 $15) 23. Qc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Nf5 Rcd8 24. Qg5 f6 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Bc8 {½-½ (26) Barp,A (2411)-Henderson de la Fuente,L (2487) Spilimbergo 2019}) 23... g6 24. Qg3 Rfe8 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Bd5 Kg7 27. Rac1 Ne4 28. Rd3 Nf6 29. Bf3 Re5 30. Rcc3 Bb7 31. Kf1 Be4 32. Rd2 (32. Re3 $15) 32... g5 {[%cal Ob6b5,Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 33. Re3 g4 34. Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Rdd3 (35. Kg2 $15 {is more appropriate.}) 35... f5 {[#] aiming for ...f4.} 36. Nb5 Rce7 {Strongly threatening ...f4.} 37. Nd6 Kg6 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Rd8 h5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19 (very precise) /Black=0.20 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,110,18,14,26,23,21,29,22,39,20,25,49,49,20,22,0,39,26,29,23,33,29,52,43,35,34,108,100,156,106,98,51,45,71,41,57,125,112,117,25,59,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-10,-25,-17,-17,-17,-47,-47,-48,-48,-51,-50,-91,-25,-25,-25,-31,-40,-130,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 {[#]} 11. Be5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 c6 12. O-O-O Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bg7 14. Kb1 Qe7 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qe6 17. Qc2 Qg6 18. Ne1 Qxc2+ 19. Kxc2 {1-0 (70) Yakubboev,N (2621)-Grachev,B (2615) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11... Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 $1 13. a3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg7 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. b4 Qe7 {[%cal Oc7c5]} 17. Rc1 g4 (17... Nb6 $14) 18. Nh4 $16 {White is more active.} c5 ({Black should play} 18... c6 19. Ne2 h5) 19. bxc5 (19. Ne2 $142 $1) 19... Nxc5 20. Nf5 (20. dxc5 $16 Qxc5 21. Nd1 (21. Qa4+ Bd7 $11) 21... Qxa3 22. Qxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rxc8+ Ke7 24. Nf5+ Kd7 25. Rxh8 Bxh8 26. Ke2) 20... Nxd3+ $14 21. Qxd3 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qe6 {[#]} (22... O-O $1 $14) 23. Rh5 $1 $16 O-O {[#]} 24. Qxd5 (24. Kd2 $1 $16) 24... Qe7 25. Qb3 (25. Kd2 $1 $14) 25... Bxd4 $1 $11 26. Kf1 Bg7 27. Rd5 Rfd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rd1 {To avoid Qd3+} Qc7 30. Nd5 Qc4+ 31. Qxc4 Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Rd7 Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Rc2+ 35. Kf1 Rb2 36. Nf5 Kg6 37. Nxg7 Kxg7 {KR-KR} 38. Rd4 h5 39. a4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 40. Rd6 bxa4 {aiming for ...a3.} 41. Rxa6 Ra2 {And now ...a3 would win.} 42. e4 $1 a3 {Strongly threatening ...Ra1+.} 43. Kg1 $1 f6 ({Better is} 43... Ra1+ $17 44. Kh2 f6) 44. Kh2 Kf7 45. Kh1 Ke7 46. f4 $1 gxf3 (46... Ra1+ $17 47. Kh2 a2) 47. gxf3 {The position is equal.} Kd7 48. f4 Kc7 49. e5 fxe5 50. fxe5 Kb7 51. Ra4 Kc6 52. e6 {Black must now prevent Re4.} Kd6 53. Ra6+ $1 Ke7 54. Kg1 Kf6 55. Kh1 Ke7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,16,11,0,6,3,29,22,32,28,43,41,65,57,66,54,54,47,60,43,41,5,12,0,5,10,20,0,39,14,31,17,26,21,52,46,47,9,10,10,14,11,39,0,44,20,31,0,8,12,38,26,29,27,38,43,56,44,130,73,79,73,49,49,57,60,62,49,49,49,49,49,49,44,39,0,44,37,102,96,489,482,480,448,514,499,534,526,509,488,470,413]} 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 5. a3 Bxd2+ {[#]} 6. Nxd2 $146 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} ({Predecessor:} 6. Bxd2 c5 7. b4 Nc6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. b5 {0-1 (32) Wagner,D (2581)-Le,Q (2709) Chess.com INT 2020}) 6... O-O 7. g3 c6 8. Bg2 {White has an edge.} d5 9. O-O Re8 10. b4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 a5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Qb3 axb4 17. axb4 Nb6 18. Ra1 Qd6 19. Rxa8 (19. Ra5 {seems wilder.} Rac8 20. Rfa1 h6 21. Rb5 Rc7 22. e3) 19... Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 h5 22. g5 Nfd7 23. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 24. Nxe4 Qe7 25. h4 Bf5 26. Bc3 {[%cal Ba1c3,Bc3d2,Bd2e3][%mdl 32]} Be6 (26... Nf8 $11) 27. Qa3 (27. Qb2 $5 {[%cal Rc3e5]}) 27... Bd5 28. Qa1 Qe6 29. Qd1 Qc6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxe4.} 30. Bd2 {A strong pair of Bishops.} g6 31. Be3 Nc8 32. Qa1 Nd6 {[%cal Rd6e4]} 33. Qa8+ Kg7 {[#]} (33... Qc8 $1 $14 34. Qxc8+ Nxc8) 34. b5 {White is much more active.} (34. Nf6 $142 $1 Nxf6 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. Bg5+ Ke6 37. Bh3+ Nf5 38. Qd8) 34... Qc8 $16 {Prevents Qg8+.} 35. Qxc8 Nxc8 36. Bh3 Be6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 38. Kg2 Ne7 39. Nd6 b6 40. Nc4 Nd5 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Bc1 Nc3 (42... Nc7 $11 {deserves consideration.}) 43. Nd6+ Kg7 (43... Ke7 $14 44. Ba3 Nd5) 44. Bb2 $16 Na4 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (44... Nd5 $16 {is more resistant.}) 45. Ba1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nac5 46. Ke3 Kf8 47. Nc4 Ke7 48. Bxe5 Kd8 49. Bd4 Na4 50. Kf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.32} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,68,18,23,20,22,0,10,0,11,0,-11,-10,8,-50,-30,-43,-32,-42,-33,-108,-106,-97,-88,-370,-366,-376,-385,-354,-186,-591,-572,-906,-895,-946,-635,-555,-294,-294,-287,-556,-553,-587,-568,-712,-747,-1221,-1219,-1159,-1145,-1550,-1557,-1538,-1509,-1461,-1420]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Ba4 {C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence.} Re8 {[#]} 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Nc6 13. Ne3 h6 14. Nh2 Be6 15. Nhg4 h5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bb3 Bg5 18. Rf1 Kg7 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Nd5 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Ne7 22. Qb3 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qe7 {½-½ (23) Sasikiran,K (2673)-Wang,H (2737) Poikovsky 2019}) 10... a5 11. Bb3 {The position is equal.} h6 12. a4 Be6 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. d4 {Inhibits Nc5.} (14. Ne3 $11) 14... exd4 $15 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 {Threatens to win with d5.} d5 17. Ne3 (17. exd5 $15 Bxd5 18. Be3) 17... dxe4 $17 18. d5 Bf5 {Black is more active.} 19. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19. Nxf5 $17 gxf5 20. Bd2) 19... Ne5 $1 $19 {[%cal Od8h4,Bd7e5,Be5f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} 20. gxf5 Nf3+ 21. Kf1 {[%cal Od5d6]} Qg5 ({Weaker is} 21... Nxe1 22. Kxe1 Qd6 23. h4 $11) (21... Qh4 $142 22. d6 Qh3+ 23. Ke2 Nd4+ 24. Kd2 gxf5) 22. h4 $2 (22. h3) 22... Qxh4 23. Ke2 Nd4+ 24. Kd2 gxf5 {[%cal Bg6f5,Bf5f4,Bf4f3,Bf3e2][%mdl 32]} 25. Bc4 Qxf2+ 26. Re2 Qf3 {Dancing on a razor blade.} ({Wrong is} 26... Nxe2 $2 27. Qxe2 Qf4 28. Kc2 $19) 27. Qg1 $2 (27. Rg2 f4 28. Kc3) 27... f4 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Ng4 e3+ 29. Ke1 Qh3 {Strongly threatening ...Nf3+.} 30. Kd1 Nxe2 31. Bxe2 f3 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Nxe8 fxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Qh5+ {Black took control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=1.29/Black=0.41} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Black "Alsina Leal, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,161,13,19,16,8,21,27,37,36,42,50,77,69,89,85,92,18,15,18,13,16,22,25,15,16,13,17,37,30,90,88,83,83,83,80,80,87,108,72,72,72,106,106,119,109,114,104,108,96,89,97,147,137,106,83,96,100,193,168,167,167,328,328,328,328,328,324,328,328,328,328,324,317,317,276,142,141,1077,1051,881,819,755,836,2281,1852,29963,29964,29965,29965,29964,29966,29969,29969,29971,29954,29956,29956,29956,29955,29962,29961,29983,29984,29984,29983,29981,29956,29955,29957,29956,29957,29964,29966,29967,29969,29969,29969,29970,29973,29973,29974,29975,29978,29977,29978,29978,29977,29977,29977,29983,29984,29985,29986,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29970,10713,0,29989,29987,29989,29990,29990,29991,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 9. Be2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2c4,Bc4b5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 10. Qb3 a5 {White has an edge.} 11. O-O a4 {[#]} 12. Nxa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bxc4 Na5 16. Nfd2 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Bc6 18. Ncd2 {0-1 (30) Koneru,H (2586)-Hou,Y (2658) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bxb5 Rfb8 {[#]} 15. Ne5 Nxd4 16. Nxd7 {Pair of Knights!} Nxb3 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. axb3 {Bc4 is the strong threat.} Rxb5 19. Nc3 Rxa1 20. Nxb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra2 21. Rb1 c6 (21... Ra5 $11 22. Nc3 (22. Nxc7 Kf8 $11) 22... f5) 22. Nd4 $16 Ra6 23. Rc1 c5 24. Nc2 Ra2 25. Rb1 Kf8 26. Nxb4 cxb4 {KR-KR} 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 Kd6 29. Kd3 Kc5 30. Rc1+ Kb5 31. Rc2 Ra1 32. Ke4 Rh1 ({Black should play} 32... Rg1) 33. h3 Rd1 34. g4 Rd5 35. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} h5 (35... f5+ $16 36. gxf5 Rxf5) 36. f5 hxg4 37. hxg4 Re5+ $2 (37... Rd1 38. Rf2 Rd6 39. fxe6 Rxe6+ 40. Kd3 Kc6) 38. Kf4 $18 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} exf5 39. gxf5 {Black must now prevent Rc7.} Re7 {Inhibits Rc7.} 40. Rd2 {To avoid Rd7. Hoping for Rd6.} Kc5 {To avoid Rd6} 41. e4 Kc6 42. Rd4 Kc5 43. Rc4+ Kb5 44. Ke3 Ra7 45. Rd4 {aiming for Rd6.} Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45... Kc5 $16 46. Rd5+ Kc6) 46. Rd6 $1 Rxb2 47. Rxf6 Rxb3+ 48. Kd4 Rb1 49. Rxf7 {Intending Ke5 and mate.} Rd1+ 50. Ke5 Kc6 51. Rg7 b3 52. Rg2 Rd8 53. Rb2 Rb8 54. Ke6 Kc5 55. f6 Kd4 56. e5 Rb6+ 57. Kf5 Rb5 58. f7 Rxe5+ 59. Kg6 Re6+ 60. Kg7 Kc3 {[#]} 61. Rxb3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxb3 62. f8=Q {KQ-KR} Re3 63. Qc5 Rc3 64. Qb5+ Kc2 65. Kf6 Re3 66. Kf5 Kd2 67. Kf4 Rd3 68. Qb2+ Kd1 69. Ke4 Rg3 70. Qh2 Rc3 71. Kd4 Rb3 72. Qf2 Ra3 73. Kc4 Ra6 74. Kb3 Re6 75. Qd4+ Ke1 76. Qg1+ Kd2 77. Qd4+ Ke1 78. Kc3 {White mates.} Kf1 79. Qf4+ Ke1 80. Qh4+ Kd1 81. Qg4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.26 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Gilevych, Artem"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,17,0,0,0,70,26]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nc6 6. d4 e6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 6...cxd4.} 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O {E56: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6.} Nf6 (8... O-O $11) 9. a3 {[#]} (9. dxc5 $14 Bxc5 10. a3) {Predecessor:} 9... O-O $146 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qc2 Bb6 12. Ne4 h6 13. b4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bd7 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Be8 {½-½ (45) Hoi,C (2373)-Nielsen,V (2279) Copenhagen 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,81,32,25,18,33,6,0,0,25,0,0,12,0,-22,0,0,29,17,56,28,81,89,86,99,93,100,105,135,126,129,184,184,181,175,203,218,229,220,222,221,214,220,281,273,342,345,328,314,518,493,510,509,543,389,375,360,6315,6187,5197,5189,29980,29981,29990,29988,29988,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. e5 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4.} Qd8 11. Ne4 {Black must now prevent a3.} cxd4 12. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Be7 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. a3 ({Much weaker is} 14. Rxd4 Nc6 15. Rd2 (15. Qd2 Qc7 $17) 15... Nxe5 $15) 14... Rd8 15. Ng3 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bd7 16. b4 Qb6 17. Rxd4 Be8 18. Rg4 Nd7 19. Nh5 g6 20. Qe4 a5 21. Nd4 Bg5 {½-½ (43) Sokolov,I (2590)-Van Foreest,L (2500) Groningen 2018}) 16. Bxb5 Bb7 17. Rxd4 Nc6 18. Rg4 {[#] Hoping for Nh5.} Rd5 (18... Kh8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Bc4 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} Rxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rd4 Qc7 22. Ba6 Bd5 23. Rdd1 {Strongly threatening Rac1.} Rd8 (23... Bg5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 24. Rac1 $18 Qb8 25. Nf1 Bg5 26. Ne3 Bc6 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. b4 Qd4 29. h3 g6 30. Rc5 Qa1+ 31. Qf1 Qd4 32. Nc4 Nxc4 (32... Bd5 33. Nxe5 Qxe5) 33. Qxc4 ({Not} 33. Rxc6 Nxa3 34. Qe1 Bh4 $18) ({Less strong is} 33. Bxc4 Ba4 34. Qd3 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qf6 $18) 33... Qd1+ 34. Qf1 Qa4 35. Bb5 Bxb5 36. Qxb5 Qxa3 {KQR-KQB} (36... Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd8) 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Rc8 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Re8h8]} Qa1+ 39. Kh2 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Re8h8] White mates.} Bf4+ 40. g3 Bxg3+ {[#]} 41. Kg2 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.40} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Arjun Kalyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,87,5,16,0,10,-14,-13,-9,5,13,18,-10,-12,-38,-22,-29,16,-24,-12,-72,-72,-85,-60,-64,-58,-60,-49,-100,-88,-117,-115,-110,-102,-106,-104,-102,-100,-94,-50,-52,-55,-58,-55,-31,21,23,19,26,22,19,19,19,23,23,95,95,112,114,755,748,740,734,726,700,29970,29970,29964,29960,29961,29962,29978,29966,29947,6464,29982,5210]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b4 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} c6 9. Qc2 b6 10. a4 {The position is equal.} Ne4 {[#]} 11. b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 Bxb4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nc5 14. a5 bxa5 15. Be3 d4 16. Rd1 dxe3 17. Rxd8 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rxd8 19. Bxc6 {0-1 (38) Rastbod,A (2286)-Talebi,M (2093) Teheran 2020}) 11... Bb7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bc1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Rc4 (14... Qc7 $142) 15. Ba3 (15. Nfd2 $5 {[%cal Rg2e4]} Rxd4 16. Qxd4 $11) 15... Bxa3 16. Nxa3 (16. Qxa3 $11 Qc7 17. e3) 16... Rxa4 $17 17. Nc2 Rxa1 (17... Ra5 {with more complications.} 18. Rfc1 Nd6 19. e3 Rxb5 20. Rxa7 Qb8) 18. Rxa1 Qb8 19. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Nd6 20. Ne3 (20. Nb4 $15) 20... Rc8 21. h4 Nf6 22. Qb3 Rc7 23. Qb4 Nfe8 24. Ng4 Bc8 25. Ne5 Bd7 (25... Qb7 $17 26. e3 f6) 26. e4 $1 $15 Bxb5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qc8.} 27. exd5 Qc8 {...Rc1+ is the strong threat.} 28. Ne4 Rc1+ (28... Nxe4 $15 29. Bxe4 exd5 30. Bxd5 a6) 29. Rxc1 $11 Qxc1+ 30. Kh2 a5 31. Qb3 Qc8 32. Nxd6 Nxd6 33. Bh3 {[%cal Rd5e6]} a4 (33... Qc7 $1 $11) 34. Qb4 $16 Qc7 35. dxe6 {White is more active.} f6 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (35... fxe6 $16 36. Bxe6+ Kf8) 36. Nf7 $1 $18 Nxf7 37. exf7+ Kxf7 38. Qxb5 Qc2 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ Kh6 41. Qe3+ g5 42. hxg5+ fxg5 43. d5 {[#] White wants to mate with d6.} a3 44. Qxb6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.62} (44. d6 $142 Qg6 45. d7 Qf6 46. Qe6 Kg7 47. Qxf6+ Kxf6 48. d8=Q+ Ke5 49. Qxb6) 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Bharath Subramaniyam H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,21,19,12,18,21,57,27,47,58,63,66,80,73,72,65,118,118,194,123,182,199,173,101,100,108,350,272,457,440,479,480,476,446,435,430,708,706,2916,2462,1848,1749]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} exd4 7. Nxd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Bb4 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 9. Ndb5 O-O {[%cal Oe4f2]} 10. O-O {[#]} Bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bc5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Nxd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. c5 Be6 16. Rb1 b6 {1-0 (34) Teske,H (2517)-Kanovsky,D (2389) Pardubice 2013}) 11. bxc3 a6 12. Nd6 Nxc3 (12... Nxd6 $1 $14 13. Qxd6 Re8) 13. Qd2 $1 $16 Qf6 {[#]} (13... Nxe2+ $16 {might work better.} 14. Qxe2 b5) 14. Ba3 ({Better is} 14. Bd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Oc1b2] Hoping for Bb2!} g6 (14... Na4 15. Ba3) 15. Bb2 $1 Qxd6 16. Qxc3 (16. Bxc3 Ne5 $11)) 14... b5 (14... Nxe2+ $16 15. Qxe2 Qc3) 15. Bf3 $18 ({Weaker is} 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Nxb5 17. Bxf8 Nbd4 $11) 15... Rb8 16. Bxc6 (16. Bc5 $1 $18) 16... dxc6 $16 {[#]} 17. Bb4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rd8 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} 18. Qxc3 Rxd6 $2 {[#]} (18... Qxc3 19. Bxc3 Be6) 19. Qg3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Pin. White is clearly winning.} c5 20. Bxc5 Rdb6 21. Bxb6 Rxb6 22. Rae1 {[%cal Re1e8]} Qc6 {Inhibits Re8+.} (22... Kf8 $142 23. Qa3+ b4) 23. cxb5 Rxb5 {[#]} 24. Qc7 $3 {[%mdl 512] Intending Qd8+ and mate.} Qd7 {To avoid Qd8+} 25. Re7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19 (very precise) /Black=0.54} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Martinovici, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,-13,-28,0,0,-16,0,-3,-2,0,0,-9,-1,-6,-7,-36,-27,-44,-25,-72,-66,-64,-78,-89,-113,-254,-125,-124,-130,-243,0,0,0,0,0,-493,-485,-450,-223,-205,-192,-173,0,0,0,-571,-571,-550,-525,-484,-453,-12831,-12833,-12833,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 d4 5. e3 Nc6 6. exd4 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} cxd4 7. O-O g6 8. b4 Nxb4 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Ne5 Bd7 {[#]} 11. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. d3 Bg7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Ba3 Rfd8 15. Rfe1 Bf8 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Nc5 {0-1 (57) Shoker,S (2365)-Govciyan,P (2411) Pau 2008}) 11... bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rc8 13. Bb5 Bg7 $1 14. Qxa7 (14. d3 $11) 14... Bxb5 $17 15. cxb5 O-O $1 16. d3 Qd5 $1 17. a4 (17. Na3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 17... Nd7 (17... Ng4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4f2] has better winning chances. Strongly threatening ...Nxf2!} 18. Qxe7 Rfe8) 18. Nd2 Ne5 {Inhibits Nc4.} 19. Qxe7 (19. b6 $17 {is a better defense.} Rc2 20. b7 Rxd2 21. Bxd2 (21. b8=Q Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Nh4+ 23. f3 Qxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Rd1+) 21... Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Nxd2+ 23. f3 Nxf3 24. Rf2 Ne5+ 25. Kg1) 19... Rc2 $2 (19... Rfe8 $1 $19 {[%cal Re8e7]} 20. Qa3 Rc2) 20. Ne4 {[%cal Oc1h6] And now Bh6! would win.} Nf3+ 21. Kg2 $1 (21. Kh1 f5 22. Bf4 (22. Qd6 Qa8 $17) 22... fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. dxe4 g5 $17) 21... f5 (21... Qh5 $2 22. Ba3 Kh8 23. Nf6 $18) 22. b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} fxe4 $19 23. Qxe4 {[#]} Qxe4 (23... Qh5 24. Bf4 Qxh2+ 25. Kxf3 $11) (23... Ne1+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Kg1 (24. Rxe1 {leads to mate.} Rfxf2+ 25. Kg1 Rg2+ 26. Kh1 Rxh2+ 27. Kg1 Rhg2+ 28. Kh1 Qh5+ 29. Qh4 Rh2+ 30. Kg1 Rcg2+ 31. Kf1 Qf3#) 24... Qxe4 25. dxe4 d3 $1) 24. dxe4 {Black must now prevent b7.} d3 25. Ba3 {[#]} Bxa1 $2 ({Not} 25... Rf7 26. Rab1 Be5 27. b7 $15) (25... Rd8 $1 $19 26. Rac1 (26. Kxf3 $2 Bxa1 27. Be7 Rd7 $19) 26... Ne5) 26. Bxf8 $11 d2 {( -> ...Ne1+)} 27. Kxf3 {[%mdl 12288] Endgame KRB-KRB} (27. Rxa1 $11 {and White is okay.} Rc1 28. b7 Ne1+ 29. Kg1 Nf3+ 30. Kg2) 27... Rc1 $19 28. Bh6 Rxf1 29. Bxd2 Bd4 {[%csl LRb6,LRf2]} 30. Be3 (30. b7 $142 Rb1 31. Ke2) 30... Bxe3 31. Kxe3 {[#]} Ra1 $2 ({Black should play} 31... Rb1 $1 $19 32. a5 Rb5) 32. Kd4 $1 $11 {Kc5 is the strong threat.} Rxa4+ 33. Kc5 {Threatens to win with b7.} Ra2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.82/Black=0.41} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Black "Barp, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,63,41,44,41,51,49,58,48,40,54,50,42,64,45,65,50,68,50,49,13,42,39,65,36,41,34,18,22,9,8,14,6,21,0,0,0,0,-16]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Qd3 c6 10. O-O b6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} Rad8 16. Rad1 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rfe8 17. a3 Ba8 18. Qc2 a5 19. h4 h6 20. Qc3 Qf6 21. c5 bxc5 22. Qxa5 cxd4 23. Nxd4 e5 {0-1 (55) Ulybin,M (2587)-Swayams,M (2386) Visakhapatnam 2011}) 17. a3 {White is slightly better.} a5 18. Qf4 {Black must now prevent Qc7.} Rfe8 19. h4 Ba8 20. Rd2 Qf8 21. Qc7 {White is more active.} Qe7 22. Red1 Rc8 23. Qf4 Qf6 (23... c5 {with more complications.} 24. Ne5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 cxd4 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd4 Qc6+) 24. Qg4 {[%cal Oc4c5]} Bb7 {[%cal Ba8b7,Bb7a6,Ba6b5,Bb5c4][%mdl 32]} 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Qe7 27. c5 {The position is equal.} Ba6 28. Ne5 Bb5 29. Qf4 Red8 30. Be4 Nxe5 31. Qxe5 Bc4 32. Bg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,39,27,12,11,10,11,12,8,14,15,14,18,26,22,19,14,19,19,19,7,8,8,14,8,12,9,11,8,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 {The position is equal.} 13. Nxc4 {aiming for f4.} Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 {[%cal Be3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32] [#]} Rd8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 16... c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Rac1 Rb8 21. f3 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (30) Eljanov,P (2719)-Duda,J (2599) Doha 2014}) 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. d5 $1 {Inhibits c6.} Bf5 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. Re5 {An even fight not without its subleties.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,29,28,33,33,43,39,51,49,51,15,24,7,24,12,0,0,0,20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} Na6 9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 $1 {White is slightly better.} gxf5 {[%cal Bg6f5,Bf5f4,Bf4g3][%mdl 32]} 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. O-O-O {[#]} f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf6 13. Qc2 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. g4 Qh4 17. Be2 b6 18. Kb1 a5 19. f3 Bd7 20. Rdg1 Rae8 21. a3 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Qxh6 23. Bd3 Nxd3 {½-½ (23) Bozyavkin,A (2438)-Biedermann,T (2412) ICCF email 2012}) 13. Bxc5 {[#] And now g4 would win.} fxg3 14. Be3 {Ng5 is the strong threat.} Rxf3 15. Be2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} *

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,43,47,4,0,0,0,9,10,-22,1,-12,-14,-18,0,-10,10,5,3,-4,-2,-2,16,-14,0,-8,-8,-18,0,13,8,10,109,110,113,93,110,77,62,67,59,0,0,0,81,0,0,0,0,-207,-207,-303,-175,-167,-200,-202,-173,-203,-201,-434,-428,-739,-674,-1544,-1431,-6368,-6368,-5489,-5285,-1442,-1325]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Be2 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5.} (6. Nf3 $14 {feels stronger.}) 6... Re8 $11 7. d4 {[%cal Oe5f7]} d6 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 {[#]} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf5 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Bd3 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bb5 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 {1-0 (58) Halkias,S (2563)-Paravyan,D (2653) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Re1 Na5 14. Rc1 a6 15. Nd2 Rab8 16. a4 Be4 17. d5 Qd8 18. g4 c6 19. Nf1 cxd5 20. cxd5 {And now f3 would win.} ({Much weaker is} 20. f3 d4 $1 21. cxd4 Bc6 $15) 20... Rc8 (20... Re5 $1 $11) 21. f3 $16 Bxc3 22. fxe4 Bxe1 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qxe1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 (25. Bf2 $1 $14) 25... Qxc4 $11 26. Nd2 Qd3 (26... Qxa4 $11 27. Qf1 Qa3) 27. Kh2 (27. Kf2 $1 $16) 27... b5 28. axb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32] White must now prevent ...Rc8.} 29. Qf2 $2 {[#]} (29. Kg3 $11) 29... Rc8 $1 $19 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 30. Kg2 (30. Qf4 $142 Qe2+ 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Bxf2) 30... Rc3 (30... b4 $142 {Strongly threatening ...Rc3.} 31. Kf3 b3) 31. Kf3 {[#]} b4 $1 {...b3 is the strong threat.} 32. Qe2 Qd4 {Threatens to win with ...b3.} 33. Kf2 Qe5 {The board is on fire.} 34. Kg2 {Inhibits Qh2+.} (34. Nf3 Qxe4 35. Bd2) 34... b3 {Hoping for ...b2. Black is clearly winning.} 35. Qf2 (35. Bf2 $142 Qf4 36. Nb1) 35... Rd3 36. Bh6 b2 37. Qb6 {[#]} Rxd2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Promotion} 38. Bxd2 Qxe4+ 39. Kf2 Qc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.76/Black=0.17 (very precise)} ({Worse is} 39... b1=Q 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Bc3+ Qe5 42. Bxe5+ dxe5 43. d6 $17) 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Pantzar, Milton"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,132,6,27,17,25,11,23,15,29,27,43,-4,36,21,16,20,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,-29,-33,-29,-31,-52,0,-46,-33,-83,-51,-68,-27,-62,-57,-60,12,12,102,31,148,142,191,191,299,269,436,425,433,430,652,652,644,261,261,261,9,261,515,509,509,509,509,509,502,471,497,475,471,397,397,385,397,388,389,0,390,374,373,312,316,286,276,276,276,276,276,188,212,195,225,96,156,0,0,0,0,-12844,0,-1981,-1949,-1839,-1800,-1506,-1112,-1378,-4510,-2202,-2041,-3193,-2682,-12838,-12837,-12837,-12834,-12841,-12842,-12842,-12841,-12844,-12841]} 1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. a4 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} b4 7. c4 bxc3 8. Nxc3 {White has an edge.} Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rc1 {[#]} (10. Qb3 $14 Ba6 11. Nb5) 10... a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Na6 11. Ne5 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Nb5 Ne4 16. Bf4 f6 17. Be3 Qb8 18. Nf4 d4 19. Qxd4 Ng5 {1-0 (19) Le Roux,J (2537)-Bellahcene,B (2436) Paris 2015 EXT 2016 [ChessBase II]}) 11. Qb3 Ra7 (11... Qc8 {feels hotter.} 12. Ne5 a5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd5) 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 (13. Rfd1 {seems wilder.} Ba8 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd3) 13... Qxd7 14. a5 Bc6 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. b3 h6 17. Na4 Bxa4 18. bxa4 Rb4 {[%csl LRa4,LRd4]} 19. Qc6 Bd6 (19... Rxd4 $2 20. Be3 e5 21. Bxd4 (21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 $18) 21... exd4 22. Rfd1 $18) (19... Rxa4 $15 20. Bxc7 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 Bb4) 20. Bd2 (20. Qxd7 $1 $11 {is superior.} Nxd7 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. e3) 20... Rxa4 21. e3 (21. Qxd7 $15 Nxd7 22. e4) 21... Ra2 {Threatens to win with ...Qxc6.} 22. Rfd1 Ba3 (22... Qxc6 $15 23. Rxc6 Rb7) 23. Rc2 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Rb2 ({Better is} 24... g5 $15) 25. Bf1 $11 Rab7 (25... Ne4 $11 {remains equal.} 26. Be1 Bb4) 26. Bxa6 (26. Rxa6 $16 {Bc3 is the strong threat.} Rb8 27. Rc6) 26... R7b3 (26... Ra7 $14) 27. Rxc7 $16 Ne4 (27... Ra2 $16 28. Be1 Bd6 29. Rc8+ Kh7) 28. Be1 $18 Rb1 (28... Kf8 $142 29. Rd3 Ke8) 29. Be2 {Strongly threatening a6.} Rxd1 $2 (29... Bd6 {was necessary.} 30. Rc8+ Kh7) 30. Bxd1 Rb1 {[#]} 31. a6 $1 {Black must now prevent a7.} Bc5 (31... Rxd1 $2 32. a7 $1 Rxe1+ 33. Kg2) (31... Ra1 $142 32. a7 Bf8) (31... Bf8 32. a7) 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rxc5 (33. dxc5 $142 Rxd1 34. c6 $1 Rxe1+ 35. Kg2) 33... Rxd1 {[#]} 34. Ra5 $1 Rxe1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 35. Kg2 {aiming for a7.} Re2 $2 (35... Rc1) 36. a7 Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 Rd2 38. a8=Q Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Rd2+ 40. Kf1 $1 Rxh2 41. Qb8 Rf2+ 42. Ke1 Rf3 43. Ke2 Rf2+ 44. Ke1 Rf3 45. Ra3 Nxg3 46. Qb5 h5 47. Qd3+ Kh6 48. Ra2 Nf5 49. Re2 h4 50. Qd2 g5 51. Kd1 h3 52. Rf2 (52. e4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4f5]} dxe4 53. Rxe4) 52... Rg3 $16 {[#]} 53. Rxf5 $2 Rg1+ $11 54. Ke2 exf5 {KQ-KR} (54... h2 $5 55. Qb4 (55. Rf6+ $2 Kg7 $19) 55... h1=Q 56. Qf8+ Kh5 57. Qh8+ Kg4 58. Rxg5+ Kxg5 59. Qg7+ Kf5 60. Qxf7+ Kg5 61. Qg7+ Kh5 62. Qh7+ Kg5 63. Qg7+ Kh5 64. Qh7+ Kg5 65. Qg7+ $11) 55. Kf3 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55. Qb4 $11) 55... Kh5 $2 (55... f4 $1 $19 {( -> ...Rg3+)} 56. Qh2 Rg3+ 57. Qxg3 fxg3 58. Kxg3 g4 59. Kf2 Kg5 60. e4 dxe4 61. d5 e3+ 62. Kxe3 h2 63. d6 h1=Q 64. Kd4 g3 65. Kc3 g2 66. d7 Qh3+ 67. Kd2 Qxd7+ 68. Kc2 g1=Q 69. Kb3 Qe3+ 70. Kb4 Qb7+ 71. Kc4 Qbb3#) 56. Qh2 {[%mdl 8192] Prevents Rg3+.} (56. Qe2 $11) 56... g4+ $19 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 57. Kf4 Rg2 58. Qh1 Kh4 59. Qf1 g3 60. Ke5 Rf2 61. Qc1 g2 62. e4 Rf1 63. Qh6+ Kg3 64. Qg5+ Kh2 65. Qd2 Kh1 66. Qe3 h2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.66/Black=0.52} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Prraneeth Vuppala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,0,0,-5,0,0,12,22,13,16,18,29,60,27,50,16,113,117,108,113,106,98,118,86,81,76,77,50,44,54,65,29,43,0,0,0,237,226,376,368,583,580,570,254,559,548,552,532]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. c4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. Nc3 Bxc4 10. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} Ba6 11. Nde4 Nd4 {[#]} 12. e3 $146 (12. Nc5 {feels hotter.} O-O-O 13. Bg5 f6 14. e3 fxg5 15. exd4 Rxd4 16. N3e4) ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc5 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Rd6 14. e3 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. exd4 exd4 17. N3e4 Rg6 18. Nxa6 Rxa6 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 {1-0 (36) Cipolla,A (2157)-Heyn,W (2180) ICCF email 2017}) 12... Ne2+ (12... Ne6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Nxe2 $16 Bxe2 14. Rd2 Bb5 15. Nc5 Bc6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. b3 {White is much more active.} ({Not} 17. Rd7 $2 Bf8 18. Rxc7 Bxc5 $19) (17. Na6 {looks sharper.} Rc8 18. b3 e4 19. Rb1 Ne7 20. Ba3) 17... Rd8 18. Rxd8+ (18. Na6 $5 {[%cal Ra6c7]} Rd7 19. Nb8 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 $14) 18... Kxd8 19. Bb2 Ne7 20. Rd1+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kc8 21. Rd7 (21. e4 $14 {feels stronger.}) 21... Re8 $11 22. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} f5 $2 {[#]} (22... Bf8 $1 $11 23. b4 (23. Bxe5 Nd5 $11) 23... f6) 23. Bc3 $1 $18 {Threatens to win with Ba5.} fxe4 (23... Bf8 $142) 24. Ba5 e3 (24... Bh8 {is a better defense.} 25. Rxc7+ Kb8 26. Nxe4 Nd5 27. Rxh7 Bf6) 25. Rxc7+ Kb8 26. Na6+ Ka8 27. Rd7 {[#] And now Nc7+ would win.} exf2+ 28. Kf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.48} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,71,10,13,10,29,12,12,0,10,0,25,-25,-10,0,0,-28,8,0,63,-26,9,4,27,-135,-119,-275,-245,-260,-45,-58,0,-197,-177,-184,0,0,0,0,0,18,286,45,275,291,690,686,656,651,784,761,825,825,1079,1115,1114,935,929,914,1243,1197,1248,1042]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nb3 a6 7. Be3 $1 {The main line 7.Be3 scores better than 7.Be2. B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines.} e6 8. f4 b5 9. Qf3 {[%cal Oe4e5] The position is equal.} Bb7 10. O-O-O {[%cal Ob3c5] [#]} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Kb1 d5 13. Bd4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 b4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne2 dxe4 17. dxe4 {1-0 (36) Kirchner,T (2275)-Pohl Kuemmel,J (2275) Bayern 2001}) 11. Rd2 ({Better is} 11. Bd3) 11... Be7 $11 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. g4 b4 (14... Nd7 $11) 15. Ne2 {White is more active.} (15. Na4 $1 $14) 15... d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Rdd1 {[#]} (17. Bxe4 $11 dxe4 18. Qf2) 17... a5 $1 $17 18. Ng3 $2 (18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qf2 (19. Qxe4 $2 Rfd8 $19) 19... Nb8 $15) (18. Nd2 $17 {keeps fighting.} Nxd2+ 19. Bxd2) 18... a4 $19 19. Nd4 a3 $2 (19... Nxd4 $19 20. Bxd4 Rfc8) 20. Nxe4 axb2 (20... dxe4 $15 21. Qxe4 g6) 21. Nd6 $2 {[#]} (21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Nd6 Bxd6 $19) (21. Nf6+ $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Kh8 {[#]} 22. Nb3 $1 (22. Qh3 h6 $11)) 21... Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Ra5a2]} 22. Kxb2 {Threatens to win with Ra1.} Qa3+ $2 ({Not} 22... Qxa2+ 23. Kc1 Bxd6 24. exd6 $11) (22... Bxd6 $19 23. exd6 e5 24. Nxc6 Qxa2+ 25. Kc1 Bxc6 26. fxe5 d4) 23. Kb1 $11 Bxd6 24. exd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] And now Nxc6 would win. White attacks. Chess con chili.} b3 25. Nxb3 {aiming for Qf2.} Nb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... d4 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 26. Bxd4 (26. Nxd4 $2 Nxd4 27. Bc4 Bxf3 $19) 26... Nxd4 27. Qxb7 Qxa2+ 28. Kc1 Rab8) 26. Bd4 $2 (26. Bc5 $18) 26... Rfc8 $2 (26... Qxa2+ $14 27. Kc1 Ba6 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7) 27. Nc1 $18 g6 $2 (27... Rxc2 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qxa3 Rxa3) 28. Bb2 {White is clearly winning.} Qa4 29. Qf2 {Intending Qd4 and mate.} Nxd3 30. Rxd3 d4 {[#]} 31. Rxd4 $1 Qa7 {[#]} (31... Qd7 32. Rhd1) 32. d7 $1 Rd8 (32... Rf8 33. Rf1) 33. Rf1 Bd5 34. c4 Bc6 35. f5 {Black must now prevent fxe6.} exf5 36. gxf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.74} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Gilevych, Artem"]
[Black "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,87,-21,13,10,16,14,29,11,16,20,14,14,29,20,27,22,136,19,29,8,22,22,31,28,22,20,23,27,25,25,25,20,31,16,39,9,15,0,18,20,59,60,80,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qe4 g6 13. Qxd4 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack.} Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. f4 {[#] White has an edge.} Nxd3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... b6 16. Bb5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Nc6 Nc5 19. b4 Ne4 20. Rd4 Nf6 21. Kb2 b5 {1-0 (46) El Adnani,M (2446)-Kajaj,A (1978) Chefchaouen 2017}) 16. Rxd3 ({Of course not} 16. cxd3 Rd8 17. Nf3 Bd7 $15) 16... b6 17. Rhd1 Bb7 18. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 19. b3 Rc5 {[#]} (19... Kf8 $11) 20. Re1 (20. Nxe6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Rd8+ would kill now.} Rcc8 21. Nd4) 20... Rac8 21. Kd2 g5 22. Re5 (22. fxg5 {looks sharper.} Rxg5 23. a4 a6 24. c4 h5 25. h4) 22... gxf4 23. gxf4 Rxe5 24. fxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf8 25. c4 Rc5 26. Re3 a6 {Prevents Nb5.} 27. a4 Ke7 28. Kc3 Rc8 29. Kb4 Rc5 $1 {Prevents a5.} 30. Kc3 Rc8 31. Ne2 Rg8 32. Kb4 $1 Rg2 {[#]} 33. h3 (33. a5 $1 $16) 33... Kd7 {The position is equal.} 34. a5 bxa5+ 35. Kxa5 Kc7 36. Kb4 h5 37. Nf4 Rg5 38. h4 Rg4 39. Nxh5 {Rh3 is the strong threat.} Rxh4 40. Nf6 {And now Kc5 would win.} Kb6 41. Nd7+ Kc6 42. Rd3 {Black must now prevent Rd6+.} Re4 43. Rd6+ Kc7 44. Nc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Bharath Subramaniyam H"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,141,15,9,37,16,31,36,37,38,60,43,57,0,0,-2,0,0,1,-21,0,0,0,11,35,0,94,98,314,313,310,327,308,132,144,144,137,114,109,118,147,122,145,139,210,195,200,203,229,51,86,38,116,116,134,134,134,134,159,151,157,163,222,129,126,127,141,150,143,149,135,130,164,139,139,146,146,145,145,10,10,12,14,12,10,0,0,0,22,26,100,91,291,277,300,306,593,563,668,650,573,485,526,524,359,340,314,321,335,331,497,473,667,635,705,681,692,659,781,760,816,800,695,657,29946,29963,2404,7366,5595,1383]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 {7...a6 might become the main line.} 8. Bb3 Bd7 {B88: Sicilian: Sozin Attack.} 9. Qe2 Na5 10. g4 {And now g5 would win.} Nxb3 {White is slightly better.} 11. axb3 h5 12. g5 Ng4 {[#]} 13. Bd2 $146 (13. f4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. h4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 g6 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 b5 17. e5 d5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6 {1-0 (29) Janko,Z (2149)-Chernyshov,K (2544) Hlohovec 2000}) 13... Bxg5 $11 14. h3 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nf6 16. Qg5 g6 17. O-O-O a6 18. f4 Qe7 19. e5 (19. Qa5 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 19... dxe5 (19... Nh7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7) 20. Qxe5 $16 O-O $2 {[#]} (20... Rh7 $16) 21. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qd8 {[#]} (21... gxf5 $2 22. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 23. Qxe7 $18) 22. Ne4 $1 {Pair of Knights!} Ne8 23. Nc5 exf5 $16 24. Nxd7 Qc7 25. Qxc7 {White is much more active. Black has bad knights.} Nxc7 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 27. Rd7 $1 Rc8 28. Rhd1 Ke8 (28... h4 $16 29. R1d6 Ke8) 29. c3 $18 h4 30. b4 $1 b5 31. R7d3 $2 (31. R1d6 $18) 31... Ne6 $14 32. Rf3 (32. Rd6 $1 $16) 32... Ke7 (32... Rc4 $14) 33. b3 $16 Rc6 34. Rdd3 Ng7 35. Kd2 Nh5 36. Rfe3+ Kf6 37. Rd4 Ng7 (37... Rb6 {keeps fighting.} 38. Kd3 Ng7) 38. Rf3 (38. Red3 $1 $18) 38... Ne6 39. Rdd3 g5 40. fxg5+ Nxg5 41. Rf4 Ne4+ {[#]} 42. Kc2 $1 Kg5 43. Rf1 f4 44. Rd5+ f5 45. Rf3 Rc8 {[#]} 46. Rd7 (46. Kb2 $1 $16) 46... Kf6 $11 47. Ra7 Rg8 48. Rxf4 Rg2+ 49. Kc1 Rg1+ 50. Kc2 Rg2+ 51. Kd3 Rg3+ (51... Ke5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 52. Rxh4 Rg3+ 53. Kc2 Rg2+ 54. Kd3 (54. Kc1 Rg1+ 55. Kc2 Rg2+ 56. Kd1 Nxc3+ 57. Ke1 Rg1+ 58. Kf2 Rb1 $14) 54... Rg3+ 55. Kc2 Rg2+ 56. Kd3 (56. Kc1 Rg1+ 57. Kc2 Rg2+ $11)) 52. Kd4 $16 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} Rxh3 (52... Nd2 $16) 53. Rxa6+ $18 Kg5 54. Ke5 Ng3 (54... Nd6) 55. Ra8 Rh1 56. Rg8+ Kh6 57. Ke6 {Black must now prevent Kf7.} Re1+ 58. Kf7 Re4 59. Rf3 {Strongly threatening Rd3.} Rg4 60. Rc8 Rg7+ 61. Kf6 {Hoping for Rh8+.} Rg6+ (61... Ne4+ {was necessary.} 62. Ke5 Re7+ 63. Kf4 Ng3) 62. Ke5 Kg5 (62... Rg4 $142 63. c4 Kg7 64. cxb5 Rxb4) 63. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rg7 64. c5 Re7+ 65. Kd6 Rg7 66. c6 Kg4 67. Rd3 Ne4+ 68. Ke5 {Rd7 is the strong threat.} h3 69. Rd7 {Prevents Re7+.} Rg6 70. c7 {White wants to mate with Rh8.} Ng5 71. Rh8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22 (precise) /Black=0.32} (71. Rd4+ $142 Ne4 72. Rh8) 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Barp, Alberto"]
[Black "Iniyan, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,96,36,40,41,40,50,49,33,40,59,47,102,98,103,102,128,129,122,119,152,163,191,105,94,30,47,31,43,-225,-219,-226,-42,-51,-56,-50,-17,-34,-27,-89,-40,-70,-70,-77,-83,-89,-95,-89,-72,-72,-72,-79,-64,-139,-128,-137,-141,-209,-193,-280,-279,-331,-305,-641,-641,-632,-534,-1739,-1657,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29981,-29980,-29980,-29981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3 {is currently scoring better than 8.h3.} Rb8 9. d5 Na5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6.} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 c5 {White is slightly better.} 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. c5 d5 (13... dxc5 $14 14. Qe1 c4) 14. Bf4 $16 {[#]} Rb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rb4 15. Be5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rc1 e5 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. e4 d4 20. Na4 Nb7 {1-0 (67) Vidit,S (2726)-Weetik,V (2423) Chess.com INT 2021}) 15. Be5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. e4 e6 18. Rc1 ({Don't take} 18. exd5 $6 cxd5 19. Rc1 Rc7 $14) 18... Qf6 19. Qd2 ({Don't play} 19. exd5 $6 cxd5 20. Nd4 Nb8 $14) (19. Qe1 $18) 19... Nxc5 {[%cal Oa5b3]} 20. exd5 (20. Qe3 $16 Nd7 21. Rfd1) 20... Naxb3 $11 21. axb3 Nxb3 22. Ne4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} Nxd2 $19 23. Nxf6 Nxf3+ (23... Nxf1 $19 24. dxc6 Rb2) 24. Bxf3 $15 Kxf6 25. dxc6 Rc7 (25... Rb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3f3]} 26. Bg2 Rd8 $11) 26. Rb1 Rd8 27. Rb6 (27. Bg2 $11 {remains equal.}) 27... Rd2 ({Black should try} 27... Rd4 $17) 28. Rfb1 {[%cal Ob6b7]} Ke7 $1 29. Kf1 Kd6 30. Ke1 Rd4 31. Ra1 Rc4 32. Rd1+ Ke7 33. Rdb1 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 34. R1b4 ({White should play} 34. Bd5 $15 Rc5 35. Be4) 34... Rxb4 $17 35. Rxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} f5 36. Rb6 (36. Bg2 $17) 36... Kd6 $19 37. Bg2 (37. Rb4 {was necessary.}) 37... e4 38. f3 Rxc6 39. Rxc6+ (39. Rb2 Ke5 40. fxe4) 39... Kxc6 40. fxe4 {KB-KB} Kc5 {[#] aiming for ...Bb7.} 41. Kd2 Bb7 42. exf5 Bxg2 {Black mates.} 43. fxg6 {KB-K3P} Be4 44. g7 Bd5 45. Kc3 Bg8 46. g4 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 47. h4 a4 48. Kb2 Kb4 {Never resign too early!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.61/Black=0.13 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Becker, Matthias"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,10,25,6,9,15,9,0,0,4,14,0,0,-35,-35,-65,-84,-92,-93,-97,-92,-117,-102,-122,-113,-118,-112,-163,-148,-154,-147,-147,-147,-147,-147,-159,-167,-156,-138,-144,-139,-139,-122,-137,-121,-137,-119,-112,-104,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-226,-202,-223,-208,-183,-183,-181,-129,-133,-129,-129,-101,-102,-102,-103,-102,-704,-664,-602,-573,-2549,-2335,-5073,-2513,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29971,-29970,-29972,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29979,-29974,-4390]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. g3 h5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 {[%cal Oh5h4]} 6. Na4 {[#] C25: Vienna Game: Alternatives to 2...Nf6.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nge7 7. d3 f6 8. O-O a6 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. Be3 b6 11. a3 g5 12. Ne1 Ng6 {1-0 (33) Turov,M (2415)-Acs,P (2460) Budapest 1997}) 7. Nxc5 dxc5 8. d3 {The position is equal.} Nge7 9. Be3 b6 10. O-O f6 11. c3 Ba6 12. Qa4 Qxd3 13. Rfd1 Qc4 14. Qc2 g5 15. Rd2 h4 16. Bh3 Kf8 17. Bg4 Bc8 18. Bxc8 (18. b3 $17 Qf7 19. Bd7) 18... Rxc8 $19 ({Weaker is} 18... Nxc8 19. Rd7 $15) 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Kf7 21. a4 Rcd8 22. Rad1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 hxg3 24. hxg3 Ke6 25. Nh2 Nc8 26. f3 Nd6 27. Ng4 Nc4 28. Bc1 Rb8 (28... Nb8 {with more complications.} 29. Rd1 Nd7 30. Kg2 Rb8 31. Rh1 b5) 29. Ne3 (29. Kg2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 29... Nxe3 30. Bxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne7 31. Rd2 Rh8 32. Rh2 (32. Kg2 $142) 32... Rxh2 33. Kxh2 {KB-KN} Nc8 34. Kh3 Kf7 35. Kg4 Kg6 (35... Nd6 $19 36. Kh3 c6) 36. f4 $17 {[#]} gxf4 37. gxf4 Nd6 38. Kf3 Nc4 39. Bc1 exf4 40. Kxf4 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (40. Bxf4 $17 Nxb2 41. Bxc7) 40... Ne5 $19 41. Ke3 {[#] Prevents Nd3.} c4 {Strongly threatening ...c5.} 42. Bd2 c5 43. Ke2 Nd3 44. Kd1 Nxb2+ {Black mates.} 45. Kc2 Nxa4 46. Bf4 f5 47. exf5+ Kxf5 48. Bc7 Ke6 49. Bd8 Kd7 50. Bf6 Kc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.64/Black=0.03 (flawless)} (50... Kc7 $142 51. Be5+ Kc6 52. Bg7 b5 53. Kb1 b4 54. cxb4 cxb4 55. Be5 c3 56. Kc2 Kb5 57. Kd3 Nc5+ 58. Ke3 Kc4 59. Kf3 b3 60. Bf6 b2 61. Kg4 a4 62. Bd8 a3 63. Bc7 b1=Q 64. Kh4 Qg6 65. Kh3 a2 66. Bf4 a1=Q 67. Bg5 Qh1+ 68. Kg4 Qg2+ 69. Kh4 Q6xg5#) 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,18,13,11,13,15,12,14,10,14,20,0,55,52,62,57,52,59,63,22,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,18,0,20,12,20,16,9,11,31,25,28,0,25,0,13,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {Black should prevent 0-0. D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 (8. Qb3 Nd5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 $17) 8... Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} c5 (10... Bf6 $11) 11. Bh6 $1 $14 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7]} Bf6 12. Bd3 {White is much more active.} Re8 {[#]} 13. Qe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. f4 g6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Re7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. g6 Nd7 21. Rf3 Nf8 22. Raf1 Nxg6 23. Rg3 Rg7 24. Rxg6 {1-0 (24) Ding,L (2660)-Lu,S (2514) Xinghua 2012}) 13... g6 14. Rfe1 (14. Rfd1 $14 {should be considered.}) 14... cxd4 $11 15. Bb5 ({But not} 15. Qxd4 $2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxd4 $19) 15... Nd7 $1 16. cxd4 {aiming for Qf4.} Bg7 17. Bxg7 ({Wrong is} 17. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 $19) 17... Kxg7 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Qxb7 Re7 20. Rac1 Be8 {[%csl LRb7,LRd4]} 21. Qe4 Qd5 22. Qh4 f6 23. Ng4 Rf7 24. Qh6+ ({Much worse is} 24. Rc5 Qxd4 25. Rec1 h5 $17) 24... Kh8 $1 25. Qe3 Bd7 26. Nh6 Re7 27. Ng4 Rf7 28. Nh6 Re7 29. Ng4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,84,35,30,17,40,28,21,46,57,65,61,25,37,29,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,0,0,258,0,20,28,90,0,162,164,479,473,446,368,393,-71,-75,-69,-76,-80,-66,-70,-70,-88,-77,-135,-138,-135,-131,-131,-131,-144,-159,-153,-143,-136,-17,-97,-29,-33,-7]} 1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4c6][%mdl 32]} e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5f4,Bf4e2][%mdl 32]} 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Nxc6 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} Bxc3 13. bxc3 (13. Nxd8 Bxd2 14. Bxd2 Nxe2+ 15. Kf2 Nd4 $17) 13... Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 {The position is equal.} bxc6 15. c5 $1 d5 {[#]} 16. Rad1 $146 {White is more active.} ({Predecessor:} 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qf2 Ba6 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Bd4 Qg5 20. Re4 Rxe4 21. fxe4 Rf8 22. Re1 {½-½ (60) Pogorelov,R (2371)-Dimitrov,R (2493) Cappelle la Grande 2018 EXT 2019 [ChessBase II]}) 16... Qe7 17. Qf2 f5 18. Bd4 (18. e5 $14 {was preferrable.}) 18... Ba6 $11 19. Rfe1 {Black must now prevent exf5.} fxe4 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. c4 Qf7 22. Qe3 Rad8 23. Ba1 {Intending Qc3 and mate.} Qxc4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23... Rxd1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 24. Rxd1 Qxc4) 24. h3 $2 (24. Rc1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc1c4]} Rd3 25. Qf2 (25. Qh6 Qf7 $11)) 24... Rd5 25. Rc1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qd3 {[#]} (25... Qb4 $1 $11) 26. Qh6 (26. Qf2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf2f6] aiming for Qf6.} Rf5 27. Qb2) 26... Re7 $2 (26... Rd7 $11 27. Qg5 Rf7) 27. Qh4 $18 g5 $2 (27... Re6 {is a better chance.}) 28. Qh6 Rf7 (28... Rf5 $2 29. Rcd1) 29. Qe6 Bc4 {[%cal Ba6c4,Bc4e6,Be6d5][%mdl 32]} 30. Kh2 {[#] To avoid Qg3+} (30. Rxe4 Qd1+ 31. Re1 Qxc1 32. Qc8+ (32. Rxc1 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Bxe6 $11) 32... Rf8 33. Qe6+ (33. Rxc1 $2 Rxc8 34. Rxc4 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rxa1 $19) 33... Rf7 34. Qc8+ (34. Rxc1 Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Bxe6 $11) 34... Rf8 35. Qe6+ (35. Rxc1 $2 Rxc8 36. Rxc4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rxa1 $19) 35... Rf7 $11) ({Only move:} 30. Qe8+ $18 Rf8 31. Qxc6 (31. Qe6+ Rf7 $16)) 30... Qg3+ $1 $17 31. Kxg3 Rd3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 32. Kh2 Bxe6 33. Rxe4 Bd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 34. Re8+ Rf8 35. Re7 ({White should play} 35. Re2) 35... Rf2 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rxg5 Rdd2 {[%cal Rf2g2]} ({And not} 37... Bxa2 38. Kg1 Re2 39. Bg7+ Ke8 40. Re5+ Rxe5 41. Bxe5 $15) 38. Rg1 Rxa2 ({Worse is} 38... Bxa2 39. Bc3 Rc2 40. Ba5 $17) 39. Bd4 Rfe2 40. h4 h5 (40... a5 $17 {Hoping for ...a4.} 41. h5 a4) 41. Rf5+ (41. Rxh5 $11 Rxg2+ 42. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 43. Kh3) 41... Ke8 (41... Bf7 $17 42. Be5 Ke8 43. Bxc7 a5 44. Re5+ Rxe5 45. Bxe5 Re2) 42. Rxh5 $11 Rxg2+ {Quite a comeback for White.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.46} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,125,23,27,25,22,27,28,17,18,25,21,17,23,19,21,0,0,-15,0,0,0,-50,38,25,50,0,0,0,38,16,34,35,47,27,33,0,13,-16,20,21,39,25,25,29,24,20,21,20,13,-95,-98,-95,-29,-8,-9,-124,0,0,0,0,106,118,109,102,127,86,120,93,120,119,114,113,101,112,122,129,116,116,119,94,236,224,210,112,127,131,160,118,180,148,787,717,756,729,823,817,766,762,706,721,704,688,643,616,698,675,12734,863,29966,29965,29964,29965,5102,4134]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nc2 b6 7. e4 Qc7 8. Bd3 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4.} Bb7 9. f4 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} d6 {[#] To avoid e5} 10. Bd2 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. b4 O-O 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. g4 Bf8 16. g5 {1-0 (54) Kidane,R (2049)-Barpiyeva,G (2169) Milan 2003}) 10... Nbd7 11. b4 $1 {To avoid Nc5} g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Na1 Qb8 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. h3 (17. a4 $11) 17... Qa8 (17... a5 $1 $15 18. a3 a4) 18. Qe2 $1 $14 Qa7 19. Qf2 (19. a4 $14) 19... Qa8 $11 20. Qe2 Qb8 21. a4 Ba8 22. Qf2 Qc7 23. Be3 Qb8 24. Qe2 Bf8 25. Rc2 Bh6 26. Rb1 e5 27. f5 Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3 gxf5 $1 29. Qg5+ Kh8 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 30. Qxf5 Rg8 31. Rf2 (31. Nd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxd5 32. exd5) 31... Rg3 $17 32. Rf3 Rcg8 ({Black should try} 32... Rg6 $1 $17 {...Rcg8 is the strong threat.} 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. exd5 Rcg8) 33. Rxg3 $11 Rxg3 34. Rd1 (34. Nd5 $11 Bxd5 35. exd5) 34... a5 ({Better is} 34... Qg8 $17 35. Rd2 Re3) 35. Kh2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qg8 36. Qf2 Rg4 37. bxa5 $16 bxa5 {[%cal Og8g6]} 38. Bc2 Rf4 39. Qe3 (39. Qe2 $142) 39... Rg4 40. Qf3 Rg6 41. Nb5 Ne8 {[%cal Of7f5]} 42. Rd2 {White is much more active.} (42. Nxa5 $6 f5 $11) 42... Qf8 43. Qe3 $1 Nef6 44. Nxd6 Ng4+ 45. hxg4 Rxd6 46. g5 {Inhibits Nf6. Threatens to win with Rxd6.} (46. Nxa5 Nf6 47. Kg1 Rxd2 48. Qxd2 Nxg4) 46... Qe7 (46... Rxd2 $16 {was called for.} 47. Qxd2 Qe7) 47. Rxd6 $1 $18 ({Less strong is} 47. Nxa5 Rxd2 48. Qxd2 Nc5 $16) 47... Qxd6 {[#]} 48. c5 ({Much less strong is} 48. Nxa5 Qc5 49. Qxc5 Nxc5 $16) (48. Qa7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Bc6 49. Nxa5) 48... Qc6 $16 49. Qc3 Kg7 50. Qxa5 h6 {[#]} 51. Qd2 $1 {And now Na5 would win.} Qxa4 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... hxg5 $16 52. Qxg5+ Kf8 53. Qd8+ Kg7) 52. gxh6+ $18 Kg6 53. Na5 Qd4 54. Qxd4 exd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 55. c6 Nb6 56. c7 Kxh6 {[#]} 57. Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nc8 58. e5 Bd5 59. Nd6 Be6 60. Bf5 {Intending Bxe6 and mate.} Bxf5 61. Nxf5+ Kg5 62. Nd6 ({Not} 62. Nxd4 Kf4 $18) 62... Ne7 63. Kg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.28 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,-169,-141,-194,-192,-216,-204,-218,-156,-286,-294,-272,-286,-280,-301,-383,-392,-384,-388,-389,-390,-546,-531,-554,-570,-593,-327,-332,-258,-651,-291,-222,-94,-90,-87,-88,-150,-1058,-1057,-1054,-1045,-1028,-1015,-987,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4 6. O-O-O Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Bf8 9. Qh4 {aiming for Bg5. C15: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Unusual White 4th moves.} Rg4 10. Qh3 Qxf2 11. Nb5 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} (11. Be3 $11 {and White is okay.} Qh4 12. Be2) 11... Na6 $19 {[#]} 12. Be2 $146 (12. Ne2 $17) ({Predecessor:} 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nh3 Bd7 14. Be2 Rxg2 15. Nf4 Rxe2 16. Nxe2 Qxb5 17. Qxb5 Bxb5 {0-1 (33) Ianovsky,A (2328)-Galinsky,T (2416) Kiev 2005}) 12... Rg6 (12... Qxg2 13. Bxg4 Qxg4 14. Nc3 $17) (12... Rxg2 13. Be3 e5 14. Bxf2 $16) 13. g4 Qb6 14. Nc3 h6 {To avoid g5} 15. Na4 (15. Be3 $17 Qa5 16. Bc4) 15... Qc6 16. Nc3 {And now Bb5 would win.} Nb4 (16... e3 17. Bb5 $1 exd2+ 18. Rxd2 $18) 17. a3 {[#]} a5 {[%cal Oc8d7,Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 18. axb4 (18. Bf4 Bd7) 18... axb4 19. Nb1 e5 ({Weaker is} 19... e3 20. Qxe3 Qxh1 21. Nf3 $17) 20. Qf1 {Black must now prevent Bb5.} Qc5 {Strongly threatening ...Be6.} 21. g5 hxg5 {[%cal Bh6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...Be6.} 22. h4 e3 23. Be1 g4 24. h5 Rh6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 25. Bh4 $2 {[#]} (25. Bc4 Be7 26. Bh4) 25... Be7 (25... b3 $142 $1 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rc5c2]} 26. c3 Nd5) 26. Bc4 Be6 (26... g3 $19 27. Bb3 Bg4) 27. Bxe6 $17 fxe6 28. Bg5 b3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rc5c2]} 29. c3 {[#]} (29. Qe2 $17 bxc2 30. Qxc2 Rxh5 31. Rxh5 Nxh5 32. Bxe7 Qxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Kxe7 34. Re1) 29... Ra1 $1 $19 {[%cal Oc5c3][%mdl 512] ( -> ...Qxc3+!)} 30. Qd3 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qxe3 {[#]} Qa5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Bxh6 Bc5 $2 ({Black should play} 32... Qa2 $19 33. Kd2 Qxb2+ 34. Ke1 Rxb1) 33. Qe2 $1 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.45. Loss on time!?} (33. Qd2 $2 {[#] leads to mate.} Rxb1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Kxb1 Qa2+ 35. Kc1 Qa1#) 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,107,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-2,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-11,-84,79,88,283,273,213,88,141,102,119,0,12,10,8,0,76,22,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,39,0,0,-58,-56,-116,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Bb7 $1 8. a4 a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Qxd4 11. Bb2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Qb4 12. Qc2 Qc5 13. Qd3 Be7 {[%cal Bf8e7,Be7f6,Bf6g5][%mdl 32]} 14. Nd2 Nd5 (14... Qb6 $11) 15. Ne4 (15. axb5 $16 {Strongly threatening Rfc1.} cxb5 16. Nb3) 15... Qb6 $11 16. Nxf7 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxf7 17. Qf3+ $1 Bf6 (17... Kg8 $2 18. Qg4 Kf8 19. Qxg7+ Ke8 20. Qxh8+ Bf8 21. Nd6+ Kd7 22. Qxf8 $18) 18. Ng5+ (18. Bh3 c5 19. axb5 (19. a5 $2 Qc6 $19) 19... Ke7 $19) 18... Ke7 $1 {[#]} 19. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. a5 Qc5 20. Qh5 Kd7 21. Nxe6 Kxe6 22. Bh3+ {½-½ (22) Nadeev,S (2437)-Privara,I (2494) ICCF email 2018}) 19... Bxg5 (19... Bxb2 20. Qf7+ Kd8 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Nxe6+ Kc8 23. Rab1 $18) 20. exd5 cxd5 {And now ...Bf6 would win.} 21. Rfe1 (21. Bh3 $11 d4 22. Qh5) 21... Nd7 $2 (21... Bf6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6b2]} 22. Bh3 Bxb2 23. Rxe6+ Qxe6 24. Bxe6 Bxa1 25. Qf7+ Kd6 26. axb5 axb5 $1 27. Qxb7 Kxe6 $1 28. Qxa8 Bc3) 22. Qg4 $16 Nf6 $2 23. Qxg5 $18 {The board is on fire.} Kf7 24. Qf4 {Prevents d4.} (24. Bh3 $18 Bc8 25. axb5) 24... Rac8 (24... Rhf8 $142) 25. Bd4 Qc7 {[#] Hoping for ...Qxf4.} 26. Re5 ({White should play} 26. Qh4 $1 $16) 26... Rhe8 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bh3 Re7 (28... Ra8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Rae1 {White is much more active. Black has bad knights.} ({White should try} 29. Bg4 $16) 29... Rce8 $1 $11 30. Qe3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc6 31. Bf5 Bc8 32. h4 {[%cal Oh4h5]} Kg8 {[%cal Of6e4]} 33. h5 {aiming for h6.} Rf7 34. Bh3 {This bishop pair is nice.} Ne4 35. Rc1 (35. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Nf6 36. h6 $14) 35... Qd7 36. Rc2 (36. f3 $1 $11 Nxg3 37. h6) 36... h6 $1 $15 37. Re2 (37. Qc1 $15) 37... Nd6 (37... Qc6 $17 38. f3 Ng5) 38. Qd3 $11 {The position is equal.} Qd8 39. Bxe6 Bxe6 40. Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Nf5 42. Bb2 Qg5 43. Qf3 d4 {[%cal Of5d6]} 44. Bxd4 {Threatens to win with Re8+.} Re7 {Inhibits Re8+.} ({Resist} 44... Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qc8 46. Qe4 $16) 45. Rxe7 Nxe7 46. Qe2 Kf7 47. Be5 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 {[%cal Oe5g7]} Qc5 49. g4 b4 50. Bb2 Qd6+ 51. Kg1 Nd5 52. Qc4 Qe6 53. Kh2 Nf6 54. Qxe6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.19 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Black "Pantzar, Milton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,116,11,-7,0,39,35,41,31,37,17,31,26,5,20,54,0,21,0,77,74,60,58,100,37,60,29,26,0,0,0,0,0,25,38,35,46,31,0,0,22,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,31,30,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-20,-19,-19,-26,-19,-54,-19,-171,-114,-173,-205,-273,-222,-428,-368,-413,-420,-381,-362,-468,-457,-615,-604,-662,-664,-707,-531,-649,-626,-623,-613,-5700,-3533,-12843,-12842,-12842,-12834,-12838,-12837]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 {7.Nge2 scores better than 7.Bg5. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Bg4 8. Bg5 Nd7 9. f3 {White is slightly better.} Bf5 {[#]} 10. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. f4 Bg4 13. Bxe7 Bxe7 14. Be2 Bxh4 15. Kf2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 {0-1 (55) Golubev,M (2461)-Postny,E (2568) Chess.com INT 2021}) 10... f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bf4 {Inhibits Qc7.} Bg6 13. Bd3 Kf7 14. cxd5 exd5 (14... cxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Nge2 Rc8) 15. Nce2 $16 Nb6 16. Kf2 Qd7 (16... Nbc8 $14) 17. b3 (17. Bc1 $1 $16) 17... Re8 18. Rc1 Nbc8 19. Qc2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ng6 21. Bd2 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Rxh6 23. Qd2 ({Don't go for} 23. Nf5 $2 Rxe2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qxe2 (24. Kf1 $2 Rh8 $19) 24... Qxf5 $19) 23... Rhh8 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 {Hoping for Nf5.} Qd6 26. Qxd6 (26. Qd2 {is interesting.} Ne7 27. Rce1 Reg8 28. Ne2 Ng6 29. Reg1) 26... Nxd6 27. Rce1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} a5 29. a4 Ra8 30. Nxh5 Nf5 {[%csl LRd4,LRh4]} 31. Rd1 Nxh4 32. g4 Ng6 33. f4 Nf8 34. f5 Nh7 35. Re1 Ng5 36. Kg3 Ne4+ 37. Kf4 Ra6 38. Ng3 Ng5 39. Rc1 Rb6 40. Rc3 Rb4 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Rd3 Kd6 43. Nh5 $2 {Black continues to play with concentration.} (43. Ne2 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 43... Ne4 $19 44. Nf4 (44. Ke2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 44... b6 45. Ke2 {[#]} c5 $1 46. Ne6 $2 (46. Rh3) 46... cxd4 47. Nxd4 {And now Nc2 would win.} Nc5 48. Nb5+ Ke5 49. Rd1 Rxg4 {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Kf3 Rb4 51. Re1+ Ne4 52. Rc1 Kxf5 53. Rc6 Rxb3+ 54. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Nd4+.} Ke5 {Prevents Nd4. Threatens to win with ...d4.} 55. Kf1 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32] ...d3 is the strong threat.} 56. Rxb6 d3 57. Rb8 Rb1+ 58. Kg2 d2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.56/Black=0.10 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Black "Arjun Kalyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,107,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,32,24,25,25,28,40,30,46,18,26,21,20,8,9,5,4,3,5,9,6,4,22,23,24,13,13,8,12,0,0,0,5,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,16,20,23,20,28,20,25,28,0,0,0,7,0,0,16,62,43,54,85,757,835,758,752,738,683,1578,1510,1361,1335,1166,1050,938,854,693,681]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Re8 $1 12. Bb5 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} c6 13. Ba4 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6c5][%mdl 32]} 14. Ne2 {[#] The position is equal.} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe7 15. Bf2 Ba6 16. Qd2 c5 17. Bd1 Rac8 18. Rc1 Bc4 19. O-O cxd4 20. exd4 Bxe2 21. Rxc8 Bxf1 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Kxf1 {½-½ (50) Duda,J (2756)-Deac,B (2651) Terme Catez 2021}) 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Raxd8 17. Kf2 Nf8 18. Rac1 Re7 19. Na2 Rc7 20. b4 Ne6 21. Rhd1 c5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 25. Bb5 a6 26. Be2 {[%cal Oe3e4]} Kf8 27. Nc3 {[%cal Oe2c4]} Ke7 28. Rb1 {[%cal Oc3a4]} Bc6 {To avoid Na4} 29. Rb4 Kd6 30. h4 g5 31. Rd4 Kc7 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rd1 a5 34. Kg3 f5 35. Bd3 Rf8 36. Bb5 Rd8 37. Rc1 {Hoping for Bxc6.} Bxb5 38. Nxb5+ $11 {[%mdl 4160] [#] Endgame Discovered Attack. KRN-KRN} Kb6 39. Rb1 Rf8 40. Nd4+ Ka6 41. Rh1 f4+ 42. exf4 Rxf4 43. Rh6+ Kb7 44. Nb5 d4 (44... Ra4 $11) 45. Rg6 $14 d3 46. Rxg5 Rd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} 47. Rxc5 $18 {KRN-KR. White is clearly winning.} ({And not} 47. Nxd4 d2 $11) 47... d2 48. Nc3 {[#] aiming for Nd1.} ({Stronger than} 48. Nxd4 d1=Q $11) 48... Kb6 49. Rb5+ Ka6 50. Rb1 Rd3 51. Nd1 Rxa3 52. Rb2 Rd3 53. Kf2 a4 54. Ke2 {[%csl LRd2,LRd3] Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1-0

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Rakesh Kumar Jena"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,0,9,0,0,-18,-7,-14,-8,-14,-17,-33,-34,-43,-33,-50,-47,-50,-27,-77,-83,-89,-79,-78,-82,-80,-87,-83,-97,-148,-118,-132,-122,-128,-109,-197,-150,-163,-175,-148,-147,-245,-241,-256,-269,-250,-257,-253,-247,-269,-258,-460,-465]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nd2 g6 5. Ngf3 Bg7 6. h3 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} d6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Bh2 Re8 10. e4 e5 11. d5 c6 12. c4 Nc5 13. Bc2 {[#]} a5 $146 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 13... cxd5 14. exd5 b5 15. cxb5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Nb4 17. Bb3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 d5 19. Rad1 Nbd3 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxd5 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 {0-1 (27) Carlstedt,J (2413)-Sachdev,T (2386) Hoogeveen 2017}) 14. a3 (14. Re1 $11) 14... a4 $17 15. Re1 Qc7 (15... cxd5 $6 16. cxd5 Qd7 17. Nb1 $11) 16. Rc1 b5 (16... Rec8 {seems wilder.} 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Bh2 Nf4 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Nb1 Ba6) 17. cxb5 cxd5 18. exd5 {[%cal Oc2a4]} Bxd5 19. Be4 Nfxe4 {Black is more active.} (19... Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nfxe4 21. Rxe4 $15) 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qb7 22. Rec4 (22. Rb4 $17) 22... Bf8 ({Weaker is} 22... Qxb5 23. Qxd6 Nb3 24. Rb4 $17) (22... e4 $19 {aiming for ...Nd3.} 23. Ne1 Nb3) 23. Nd2 Qxb5 {Hoping for ...d5.} 24. Rb4 Qa6 {White must now prevent ...Nd3.} 25. Nc4 (25. Ne4 $17 Nxe4 26. Rxe4) 25... Nb3 $19 26. Rb6 {[#]} Qa7 27. Qd5 Rab8 (27... Nxc1 $2 {perishes.} 28. Rb7 Qxb7 29. Qxb7) 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 ({Inferior is} 28... Rxb8 29. Rd1 Nd4 30. Nxd6 $17) 29. Rd1 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Nd4 30. Rd2 $2 {[#]} (30. Nxe5 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 dxe5 32. Kxe2) 30... Rc8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.27 (precise) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Gilevych, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,47,0,24,0,6,-20,-27,-33,-14,-19,-23,-37,-28,-75,-21,-20,-28,-81,-60,-101,-52,-120,-106,-113,-92,-125,-113,-119,-112,-143,-98,-122]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. O-O c6 8. d3 Be7 9. h3 {9.Qc2 is not played anymore.} Bh5 (9... Bxf3 $5 10. Bxf3 O-O $11) 10. g4 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} Bg6 {[#]} 11. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nh4 Qb6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Na4 Qd8 15. e4 b5 16. Nc3 Nb6 17. e5 Nfd7 {0-1 (55) Do Prado,F-Massarioli,F (2065) Santos 2008}) 11... d4 12. Nxg6 {Black has an edge.} hxg6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qb6 15. e3 (15. Rb1 $11) 15... dxe3 (15... Bc5 $17 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 16. exd4 Bxd4) 16. Bxe3 $11 Bc5 17. Bd2 (17. Bf4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17... Bd4 18. Kh1 (18. Rb1 $15) 18... Nc5 (18... Bxb2 $2 19. Rb1 $18) (18... O-O-O $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} 19. Rb1 Qb5) 19. Bc3 ({Better is} 19. Rb1 $15) 19... Bxc3 $17 20. bxc3 g5 21. f4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Rd8 23. Qf1 Rd7 (23... O-O $142 24. Rf5 Nd3) 24. Rb1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.21 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Vergani Cup January 2022"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Formento, Paolo"]
[Black "Pasztor, Balazs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,40,2,0,7,6,22,6,20,26,18,29,22,19,42,-2,0,-33,-18,-33,-24,-29,-18,-29,4,0,27,-24,0,0,20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. e4 {[#] Hoping for e5.} d6 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} 8. g3 {is the legacy move (8.Ng3).} c5 9. Bg2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Rc1 Na5 14. b3 Bd7 15. h3 Rac8 16. Re1 Qb8 {½-½ (46) Kantorik,M (2180)-Kristoferitsch,D (2325) Innsbruck 2021}) 11. e5 Nfd7 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. O-O (13. dxe6 $14 Nbc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Qxd8 Nxd8 16. O-O) 13... exd5 $11 14. Nxd5 Bg4 (14... Nbc6 $5 {[%cal Rc8g4]} 15. Be3 Bg4 $11) 15. Qb3 Nbc6 16. Be3 Na5 17. Qa2 Bc5 {[#] ...Bxd4 is the strong threat.} 18. Nc2 Bf8 19. Nd4 (19. f4 $142 Nd7 20. b4) 19... Bc5 {aiming for ...Bxd4.} 20. Nc2 Bf8 {An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

