[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,79,8,8,5,11,0,0,0,3,15,14,18,10,9,8,8,10,27,29,24,25,28,8,29,-57,0,0,0,0,0,-29,26,8,20,-15,-8,-11,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,-61,-52,178,190,301,306,1058,1043,1823,1955,1998,1873,1836,1742,29985,2817,29985,29986,5627,1862,29983,29983,29993,29994]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 (10. Qb3 b5 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Qb6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (63) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Gozzoli,Y (2630) chess.com INT 2019}) 10... Rc8 11. Bb2 b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 12. Qc2 c5 13. Rfc1 {[#]} Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6 14. Qd1 {1-0 (58) Berkes,F (2662)-Gledura,B (2621) Budapest 2018}) 14. Qd1 Qb6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd4 {White wants to play Ne5.} Rfd8 17. Qc2 (17. Ne5 $11 Bf6 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 (19. Nxg4 Bxa1 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 $15) 19... Qxc5 20. Rc1 (20. Nxg4 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Qc3 $15) 20... Bxe2 21. Qe1) 17... Qb8 (17... f6 $15 18. h3 Bh5) 18. Qb2 $11 f6 19. Nf1 Qd6 20. a4 b4 ({Better is} 20... e5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5) 21. Rc4 $1 Ne4 22. Rxc8 (22. Bxa7 $5 {[%cal Rc4e4]} Rxc4 23. bxc4 $15) 22... Rxc8 23. Bxa7 Ndc3 {Hoping for ...Qa6.} 24. Be3 e5 25. N1d2 {Strongly threatening Nxe4.} Nxe2+ 26. Kh1 N4c3 27. Nc4 Qd3 28. Ne1 (28. a5 $11) 28... Qf5 $15 29. a5 {Threatens to win with Nb6.} e4 $2 (29... Ne4 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 30. Nd3 Bf3) 30. a6 $18 {aiming for a7.} Bc5 {[#]} (30... Nd5 $142) 31. Qd2 $1 Nd5 $2 (31... Nb5 32. Bxc5 Qxc5) 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. a7 h6 34. a8=Q+ Kh7 35. Qe8 Qxf2 {[#]} 36. Nd3 $1 exd3 37. Qxd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} f5 38. Rf1 ({Not} 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Qg8+ (39. Ne5 $2 Rxe5 40. Qc6 Re3 $19) 39... Kxg8 $16) 38... Nxg3+ 39. hxg3 Qa2 40. Rxf5 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,53,12,7,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,7,10,8,0,1,0,8,-7,0,0,11,16,10,12,11,11,12,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 7. d4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (7. Be2 O-O 8. d4 Ne4 9. Qc2 exd4 10. exd4 Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 d6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rhe1 Rfe8 {½-½ (30) Vitiugov,N (2709)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2698) Germany 2019}) 7... Ne4 8. Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Qd1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 {1-0 (62) Stark,L (2368)-Severina,M (2242) Riga 2018}) 13... Bb7 14. Bd2 Ne6 15. Qc3 Nf4 16. exf4 Qxe2 17. Rae1 Qg4 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg4g2] [#]} 18. f3 Qf5 19. Re5 Qf6 20. Qd3 Rae8 21. Bc3 Qxf4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qxd7 {[%cal Rd7e8] [#]} Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Qe2 {[%cal Re2f1]} 25. Kg1 {Hoping for Re1!} Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qe2 {[%cal Re2f1]} 27. Kg1 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,94,26,35,35,29,18,36,25,27,17,61,45,64,54,65,70,98,100,87,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,-28,-27,-21,-20,-21,-27,-28,-19,-27,-21,-36,-12,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-265,-273,-258,-231,-339,-327,-485,-460,-969,-808,-5202,-5197,-1754,-466,-6111,-5727,-4898,-4818]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nd7 8. Nb3 (8. c3 g5 9. Ne1 c5 10. Nc2 Nc6 11. Nb3 c4 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. Bh5 Bd3 14. Re1 Bg7 {0-1 (60) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Nakamura,H (2777) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... g5 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} Bg7 10. a5 O-O 11. c3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Ne1 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. f4 {0-1 (40) Sethuraman,S (2637)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2639) Dubai 2019}) 12. h4 g4 13. Ne1 h5 14. Nd3 Ng6 15. Nf4 (15. f3 $16) 15... Nxf4 $1 $11 16. Bxf4 f6 17. exf6 Qxf4 18. fxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc1 e5 20. c4 Be6 21. c5 a6 22. dxe5 Qxc1 23. Raxc1 Rf4 24. Rfd1 $1 Nxe5 25. Rc3 Re8 26. Re3 Bc8 27. Nd4 Rff8 28. Bd3 Kf6 29. Kh2 Re7 30. Kg3 Rfe8 31. Bc2 Nd7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. b4 Nf8 34. Kf4 Re5 35. f3 $1 Ne6+ 36. Nxe6 Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 37. Bg6 $1 gxf3 38. gxf3 Bf5 39. Bxf5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Rg1 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxg6 40. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg6 41. Kxe5) 39... Rxf5+ {KR-KR} 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. Rg1 (41. Re1 {was worth a try.}) 41... d4+ $19 42. Kf2 (42. Kd2 {was called for.} Rxf3 43. Rg7) 42... Kd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Rg7 (43. Ke2 $142 Kc4 44. Rd1) 43... Kc4 44. Rxb7 d3 45. Rd7 Kc3 {Strongly threatening ...d2.} 46. Ke3 {[#]} (46. f4 $142 Rxf4+ 47. Ke3 Rxh4 48. Rxd3+ Kxb4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Rd6 Kxc5 50. Rh6) 46... Re5+ $1 47. Kf4 Re1 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,82,0,14,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,1,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32] D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} 12. Nxg4 (12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Bg7 14. Bxg4 O-O-O 15. Bh3 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Ne2 f5 18. b3 fxe4 19. bxc4 Nf5 20. O-O Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxe6+ Kb8 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Rad1 {½-½ (24) Li,C (2741)-Gelfand,B (2719) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 12... b4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Na4 Nxe4 15. Be5 Rg8 $1 16. Bxc4 Bd6 {[#] aiming for ...Bxe5.} 17. Qh5 Bxe5 ({Don't play} 17... Rxg2 18. Bxe6 Qe7 19. Bh3 $16 (19. Qf3 Bxe5 20. Qxg2 Bxd4 $15)) 18. Qxe5 c5 19. Nxc5 (19. d5 $5 Bxd5 20. Rd1 $11) 19... Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 20. dxc5 {[#] Threatens to win with Bb5+.} Rc8 21. Rd1 Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7e5]} 22. Bb5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Rd6 Qxc5 23. Bb5+ {½-½ (23) Yalov,S (2404)-Hedlund,T (2561) ICCF email 2014}) 22... Bc6 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Bxc6+ Rxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. Rc1 Rxg2 26. Rc4 a5 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Rh3 Rg8 29. a3 Rgc8 30. axb4 axb4 31. Rb3 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxb4 {KR-KR} Kd6 34. Kf3 h5 35. Kg3 Ke5 36. Rb8 f5 37. Rh8 Rb5 38. Rxh5 Rb3+ 39. Kg2 Kf4 40. Rg5 Rxb2 41. Rg3 e5 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,81,29,26,51,54,41,40,33,33,37,34,58,9,16,20,14,0,0,0,57,34,34,52,37,25,33,48,45,54,41,57,55,52,42,30,21,16,21,16,14,2,38,44,54,21,40,0,77,65,56,0,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,4,4,10,0,0,-17,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...e5. D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} 10. Bg3 Nc5 11. Rc1 Qb6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bc7 Qd7 14. Bb3 Nd6 15. Qe2 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nb5 17. Qe5 Nxd4 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Rxd7 Nxe5 20. Rxe7 Nc6 21. Ree1 {½-½ (21) Turov,M (2550)-Oral,T (2540) Quebec 2001}) 12. Ncb5 Ne8 13. Qc2 e5 14. Nf3 (14. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Na6 15. Nf3 $11) 14... Bf5 15. Qe2 Bg4 {[#] And now ...e4 would win.} 16. Qc2 Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5c2]} 17. Qe2 Rd8 (17... Bg4 $1 $11) 18. Rfd1 ({Much worse is} 18. Bxe5 Bd3 $17) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 {aiming for ...e4.} 21. Qc2 a6 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} 22. Nc3 Bxf3 $1 23. gxf3 Nd6 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Bf1 Ne6 26. Nc3 Qc7 27. Bd3 Rc8 28. h4 Nc5 29. Bf1 Ne6 30. Qb3 Nc5 31. Qc2 Qe7 (31... Ne6 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Nd5 Qf8 33. Rc1 (33. Bh3 $14 Ne6 34. Qa4) 33... Kh8 (33... Rc6 {looks sharper.} 34. Nb4 Rc8 35. Nd5) 34. Qd1 {White wants to play Nb6.} (34. Nb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6c8]} Rc6 35. Qd1 $11) 34... Nf5 {The position is equal.} 35. b4 Ne6 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Qd3 Qd8 38. Nc3 Qe7 39. Nd5 Qd6 40. Kg2 h5 41. a4 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,6,6,6,14,12,3,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-6,-5,-5,0,-7,-10,-12,-12,-8,-14,-14,-8,-9,-11,-13,0,-20,0,0,0,-6,-5,-20,-23,-31,-26,-22,0,-13,0,-18]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Qb3 Qd6 17. O-O {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rae8) 18. a4 Be4 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Bg4 Na5 22. Qd1 c6 23. g3 Qg6 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Qg4 Bc7 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Rab1 Rf7 29. Rec1 Ree7 30. h4 Bd6 31. Rc2 Kf8 32. Kh3 Ke8 33. Kg4 Kd8 34. Kh3 Ke8 35. Kg4 Kd8 36. Kh3 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,28,35,41,35,37,47,2,18,-12,-22,-40,18,18,20,23,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-77,-66,-25,-24,-28,-151,-16,-15,39,50,34,37,17,37,38,43,697,735,735,697,697,682,708,797,800,783,770,759,802,680,658,16,16,8,14,13,8,10,11,0,75,0,65,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5 $146 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Bc2 d5 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. Nbd2 g4 {0-1 (73) Vallejo Pons,F (2693)-Carlsen,M (2845) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 $1 exd4 10. Re1 d6 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. h3 b5 (12... g5 $1 $15 13. Bg3 g4) 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Nd2 Re8 15. f4 Ng6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 16. Bg3 Qd7 17. Kh2 Rad8 18. a4 c5 19. Nf5 Bb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Re3 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 22. e5 {Strongly threatening Nb3.} d4 23. cxd4 $1 Nd5 24. Rea3 (24. Rf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... cxd4 (24... Ndxf4 $17 25. Bxf4 Nxf4) 25. Qg4 $11 Ne3 (25... d3 $11 26. Rxd3 Qc6) 26. Nxe3 $14 dxe3 27. Ne4 Qd4 {[#]} 28. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 29. Bxg6 {Threatens to win with Bf5+.} Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... fxe5 $14 30. Bc2+ (30. Be4+ Kh8 $11) 30... Kh8) 30. Qh4 $18 fxg6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 {And now ...Qe4 would win.} 32. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kf8 {[#]} 35. Ra6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa6 36. Rxa6 {White threatens Rf6+ and mate.} Bd6 {If only Black now had time for ...e2....} 37. Rxd6 $2 ({Not} 37. exd6 Rd7 $18) (37. Qf6+ $18 Kg8 38. Qg6+ (38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Qg5+ Kf7 $16) 38... Kf8 39. Qh7 (39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. exd6 e2 $16) (39. exd6 Qg7 $18)) 37... Rxd6 $11 38. exd6 $18 {Black must now prevent Qf5+. KQR-KQB} e2 39. Qf5+ Kg7 40. d7 Re7 41. Qg5+ Kf7 {[#]} (41... Kf8 $11) 42. Qf5+ (42. f5 $1 $16 {Intending Qg6+ and mate.} Rxd7 43. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 44. Qxe2) 42... Kg8 ({Better is} 42... Kg7 $11) 43. Qg5+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 54%.} ({White should play} 43. Qxb5 $14 Qxd7 44. Qc4+ Kf8 45. Be1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,119,31,24,26,22,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,6,11,14,14,14,14,15,13,16,12,16,22,35,36,44,26,54,34,33,30,51,32,48,11,24,0,0,-18,106,107,107,112,103,106,103,91,102,95,98,90,121,95,112,109,100,100,130,132,137,137,147,139,161,154,240,241,276,206,198,198,220,147,453,252,260,258,251,251,292,294,279,232,362,289,288,293,297,226,224,214,222,217,504,504,799,714,810,749,29974,29970]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Nd2 {D47: Semi-Slav: Meran System} Rc8 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 bxa3 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Bd6 15. b3 Qe7 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 O-O 18. Qd3 f5 {0-1 (45) Kasimdzhanov,R (2684)-Mamedyarov,S (2729) London 2012}) 12... Ba6 13. Nc4 {The position is equal.} c5 14. O-O Nf6 15. Bd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Be7 17. a3 bxa3 18. Bxa3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qd7 21. Qa1 Rc7 22. d5 exd5 23. Re1+ Kd8 $1 24. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 3072] White has compensation. White has good play.} Re8 25. Ra5 Re6 $1 26. h3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Rd6 27. Bf1 h6 28. Qd4 Qe7 29. f3 Re6 (29... Ke8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. Rxd5+ $1 $16 Rd7 31. Rxd7+ $1 Qxd7 32. Qa1 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Qxa7 Nd7 35. Qe3 Nb6 36. Qe4 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Qd6 38. Bb5 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 {Hoping for Qe8+.} Qd6+ 40. f4 {Strongly threatening Qe8+.} Nd5 41. g3 Qc5 {[#]} 42. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Ne3 (42... Nf6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 43. Qe2 Qc7) 43. Bxf7 $18 Qc1 {Threatens to win with ...Qd2+.} 44. Qd3+ Kc7 {( -> ...Qb2+)} 45. Qe2 Kb6 46. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46... Qc2 $16 47. Qxc2 Nxc2) 47. fxg5 (47. f5 $142 $1) 47... hxg5 48. Be8 Kc7 49. Bg6 Kd6 50. Bd3 Ke5 51. b5 {aiming for b6.} Kd6 (51... Kd4 {was necessary.} 52. b6 Qc6) 52. Qf3 Qb2+ 53. Be2 Nf5 {Now ...Nd4 and Black clings on.} 54. Kg1 {Black must now prevent Qc6+.} Qe5 55. Kf2 Qc5+ 56. Kg2 Ke5 $2 (56... Kc7 {might work better.} 57. Bd3 Nd6) 57. Qc6 Qa3 (57... Qxc6+ $142 58. bxc6 Kd6) 58. Qc7+ Kf6 59. Qd8+ Ke6 60. Bc4+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,-13,-4,-6,-2,-9,0,-13,6,0,0,0,37,0,13,0,25,24,18,27,26,19,18,18,36,0,38,0,47,23,30,14,12,11,11,11,9,0,0,10,10,4,10,5,21,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-38,-38,-38,-38,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6 (5... Nd4 6. Nge2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nxe2+ 9. Nxe2 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Bg4 12. Qxb4 Bxe2 13. Re1 Bxd3 14. Rxe5 dxc4 {1-0 (62) Naiditsch,A (2689)-Sokolov,I (2642) Reykjavik 2015}) 6. d3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} O-O 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. O-O (8. f3 {seems wilder.} Be6 9. a3 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4) 8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nd4 10. Qd1 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bc5 11. h3 c6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Kh2 {½-½ (54) Misicko,J (2055)-Baciak,M (1930) Czech email 2003}) 11. Kh1 (11. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Bc5 12. b4 $11) 11... Bc5 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 f5 14. Be3 {next b4! is good for White.} a5 15. Qd2 {Hoping for Qf2.} c6 16. Qf2 Qf6 17. Rad1 (17. Na4 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 17... Kh8 18. Rg1 Rf7 19. Bh3 Nf8 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Qxc5 Ne6 23. Qxf5 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. d4 Rxf4 26. d5 Nc5 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Rd6 Rc8 29. Rgd1 {Rxc6! is the strong threat.} (29. b3 {keeps more tension.} h6 30. Rgg6 Rf1+ 31. Kg2 Rc1 32. Rxc6 Rc2+ 33. Kh1) 29... h6 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kh7 32. Rd6 Ne4 (32... Rf2 {with more complications.} 33. b3 Rc2 34. Rxc6 Nd3 35. Ne4 Ne1) 33. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} Rxe4 $11 {KR-KR} 34. b3 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Re2+ 36. Kg1 Rxa2 37. Rxc6 Rb2 38. Rc5 Rxb3 39. Rxa5 Rc3 40. Rc5 Rc2 41. Rc6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 6. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 8. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:10:22]} 11. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Be5 {[%emt 0:07:44]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. b4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} c5 {[%emt 0:22:19]} 14. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 15. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} d4 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 16. bxc5 {[%emt 0:14:07]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 17. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Re8 {[%emt 0:09:49]} 18. Rb5 {[%emt 0:15:18]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 19. Re5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:08:25]} 20. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 21. fxe5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 22. Bf4 {[%emt 0:29:43]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 23. Bc4 {[%emt 0:10:08]} d3 {[%emt 0:07:47]} 24. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:06:04]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 26. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} g6 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 27. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 28. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. Kg1 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 30. c4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 31. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 33. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:01:49]} 35. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 36. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qd2+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} 38. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 39. c5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 40. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:07:27]} 42. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 43. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 44. Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:09:42]} 45. Kg1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,149,27,31,28,22,17,25,18,22,22,22,22,22,22,28,4,18,0,0,0,7,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-10,-33,-9,-16,0,-7,0,0,0,0,24,0,8,6,18,19,26,20,19,19,26,26,38,25,25,8,25,16,19,0,12,12,10,13,36,19,39,41,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,35,35,35,50,22,87,97,174,234,586,586,591,591,565,525,525,525,5628,29958,29959,29959,29960,29961,29960,29956,29972,29973,29973,29970,29969,29972,29972,29971,29970,29971,29974,29975,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29977,29976,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Nbd7 9. Qd3 Bb4 10. Bg2 {White has an edge.} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Bd6 13. b3 Rad8 14. Bb2 dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 {½-½ (91) Tkachiev,V (2644)-Postny,E (2627) Nancy 2013}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Bd6 14. b3 Re8 15. Ra2 Qe7 16. f3 Rad8 17. a4 Na8 {[%cal Bb6a8,Ba8c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 18. Re2 Nc7 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. Be1 Ne6 21. Bf2 c5 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Rfc1 Rc6 24. Ne2 Rec8 25. Bh3 Ba3 (25... g5 {keeps more tension.} 26. Kg2 g6 27. Kg1 Kh7 28. Kg2 Ba3) 26. Rd1 (26. Bxe6 {is more complex.} Rxe6 27. Ra1 Bb4 28. dxc5 Rec6 29. Nd4) 26... cxd4 27. Bxe6 Rxc2 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxd4 Bc5 30. Rc1 {And now b4! would win.} Re8 31. Kg2 a5 32. Qb5 b6 $1 33. Qc6 Qe5 34. Rd1 Qb8 35. g4 Rc8 36. Bg3 Rxc6 37. Bxb8 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rb2 {[#]} 40. Rd3 $1 Nd7 41. Ba7 Nc5 42. Rxd5 Rxb3 {[#]} 43. Bxb6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Nxa4 (43... Rxb6 44. Rxc5) 44. Bd4 Nc3 45. Rxa5 Ne2+ 46. Kf2 Nxd4 $16 {KRN-KR} 47. Ra8+ (47. exd4 $16 Kf8 48. h4) 47... Kh7 $14 48. exd4 {KR-KR} g5 $1 49. Ke2 Kg6 (49... g6 $1 $11) 50. Re8 $16 Rb2+ (50... f6 $16 {was called for.}) 51. Kd3 $18 Rf2 $2 (51... f6 {is more resistant.} 52. Re2 Rb4) 52. d5 Rxf3+ 53. Kc4 Rf2 54. d6 {Threatens to win with d7.} Rc2+ 55. Kb5 {d7 is the strong threat.} ({Weaker is} 55. Kd3 Rc6 $11) 55... Rb2+ 56. Kc6 Rc2+ {White mates.} 57. Kb7 Rb2+ 58. Kc7 Rc2+ 59. Kd8 f5 60. d7 Rxh2 61. Re6+ Kf7 62. gxf5 Rc2 {[#]} 63. Rg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g5]} Rc1 64. Rxg5 Rc5 65. Rg1 Rc2 66. Rg6 Rc1 67. Ra6 Rc2 68. Ra8 Kf6 69. Ke8 Rd2 70. d8=Q+ Rxd8+ 71. Rxd8 Kxf5 72. Kf7 g5 73. Rd5+ Kf4 74. Kg6 g4 75. Kh5 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,54,12,10,14,12,7,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 11. f4 Be7 12. Nh5 Ngf6 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Nxe6+ fxe6 15. Bd2 Rh7 $1 16. Rh3 c5 17. O-O-O cxd4 18. Rg3 {[#]} Nc5 $146 19. Qg6 Qc7 $1 {[#] ...Nce4 is the strong threat.} 20. Re1 {Hoping for f5.} Rc8 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Nce4!} 21. c4 {Black must now prevent f5.} dxc3 $1 22. Rxc3 {And now f5 would win.} Rg7 23. Qxh6 Ng8 24. Ng6+ Kf7 25. Nh8+ Kf8 26. Ng6+ Kf7 27. Nh8+ Kf8 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,104,16,47,50,72,11,11,15,10,26,37,32,28,30,37,20,17,19,22,25,32,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,151,145,116,94,92,86,96,92,93,25,34,39,23,33,60,18,21,29,38,39,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-62,-58,-41,-45,-54,-45,-46,-74,-65,-58,-27,-29,-83,-88,-162,-127,-164,-147,-285,-290,-273,-249]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qxb2 9. Qe1 (9. Nb5 $16 {Hoping for Nc7+.} Rc8 10. dxc5) 9... cxd4 $11 10. Bxd4 {The position is equal.} Nxd4 ({But not} 10... Qxc2 $2 11. Rc1 $18) (10... Bxc2 11. Nb5 $16) 11. Nxd4 {aiming for Rb1.} Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3 Ne7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Bb6 17. Nd6 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} (17. Bd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1c2]} Qc1 18. Nd6 $15) 17... Ba5 18. Nb7 {[#]} Bb6 $146 19. Nd6 (19. Bd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1c2]} Qd3 20. Nd6 $15) 19... Ba5 20. Bd1 Qd3 21. Bf3 Qd4 {Threatens to win with ...Bc2.} 22. Ncb5 Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e1]} 23. Qxd2 Bxd2 24. Nd4 Bg6 25. Rb7 h5 26. Rd1 Bf4 27. Re1 Nc8 $2 {[#]} (27... Bd2 $11 28. Rd1 Bc3) 28. N6b5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5c7] Strongly threatening Nc7.} Bd2 29. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Ba5 30. Nc6 Bb6 31. a4 a6 32. Nc7 ({White should try} 32. Nc3 $16) 32... Bxc7 $1 $11 33. Rxc7 Nb6 34. Rd4 Kg8 35. Rh4 Kh7 $1 36. Bxh5 Bxh5 37. g4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} (37. a5 {seems wilder.} Nc4 38. Rxh5+ Kg6 39. Rxh8 Rxh8 40. g4) 37... Kg8 $1 38. gxh5 (38. a5 $1 $14 Nc4 39. gxh5) 38... Nc4 39. Kf1 g5 40. Rh3 Rh6 41. Ke2 Kg7 42. Kf3 (42. a5 $11) 42... Rhh8 $1 $15 {[%cal Rh8c8] And now ...Rhc8 would win.} 43. Kg4 {Rf3 is the strong threat.} Rhc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c7]} 44. h6+ Kh8 45. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 46. Nd4 Nxe5+ 47. Kxg5 Rc4 48. f4 (48. Nb3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 48... Nd7 $17 49. Ne2 (49. Rd3 $17 {was necessary.}) 49... Re4 $19 ({Resist} 49... Rxa4 50. Rc3 $17) 50. Nc3 Re1 51. a5 (51. Rd3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 51... d4 52. Na4 Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 98%.} 0-1

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,12,15,25,25,26,29,32,32,28,31,47,44,48,44,41,30,33,28,41,13,18,24,11,9,32,37,27,10,18,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,16,-16,0,-8,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 Nd7 $146 {C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence} ({Predecessor:} 7... Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 c5 10. c3 a6 11. Ba4 dxc3 12. bxc3 c4 13. Bc2 cxd3 14. Qxd3 Qa5 15. Nd4 {0-1 (110) Bartel,M (2674)-Naiditsch,A (2700) Dortmund 2012}) 8. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a6 9. Bc4 Nb6 {White has an edge.} 10. Ba2 Nb4 11. Bb3 Kh8 12. a5 Nd7 13. Be3 c5 14. Nd2 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 f5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bb7 20. Be6 fxe4 {The position is equal.} 21. Nxe4 {[%cal Bc3e4,Be4g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} d5 22. Ng3 $1 Bd6 23. Qg4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nh5.} Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Qe7 26. Qg4 Nxc2 27. Nf5 Qf6 28. Rc1 g6 29. Rxc2 {And now Nd6 would win.} gxf5 30. Bxf5 Rf8 31. Be6 Bc6 32. h4 Ba4 33. Rd2 Qh6 34. Rf2 Qe3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Qe2 Qd4 {[#]} 36. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf2 (36... Qxd5 37. Rxf8+) 37. Qxf2 Qxd5 38. Qf8+ Qg8 39. Qf6+ Qg7 40. Qd8+ Qg8 41. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,70,8,10,13,13,14,9,12,4,8,4,5,3,8,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 13. Rd1 Nf6 (13... Nxc5 14. Rxd5 b6 15. Rd4 Ne6 16. Rd6 Bb7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rac8 19. Kd2 Rc5 20. Rg1 Rfc8 21. Bd3 Kf8 {1-0 (60) Li,C (2735)-Harikrishna,P (2737) Geneva 2017}) 14. c4 Be6 15. Nd4 Rfc8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. cxd5 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... exd5 18. Rc1 Rc7 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. Kd2 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 {1-0 (46) Postny,E (2494)-Ehlvest,J (2600) Moscow 2003}) 18. Rc1 Rc7 19. e4 Nf6 20. Bd3 Rac8 21. Ke2 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. f4 Kf7 24. Rb1 b6 25. a4 Ke7 26. Ke3 e5 27. fxe5 Ng4+ 28. Kd4 Nxe5 29. Bb5 Nc6+ (29... Ke6 {with more complications.} 30. Rf1 Rc8 31. h3 Rd8+ 32. Ke3 Rc8) 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 {KR-KR} 31. a5 Rd6+ 32. Ke5 Re6+ 33. Kd5 Rd6+ 34. Ke5 Re6+ 35. Kd5 Rd6+ {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 98%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,12,18,10,21,23,16,11,22,10,28,0,0,-7,25,12,60,12,19,12,47,45,80,23,34,7,97,99,97,103,98,112,94,101,154,112,128,104,88,0,0,0,0,-10,-8,-8,-9,-16,-8,-156,-160,-166,-164,-206,-196,-213,-212,-188,0,0,0,-183,-75,-82,30,0,681,755,854,776,29972,6283]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} dxc4 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qc2 Nb6 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be3 Nfd7 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 {½-½ (34) Eljanov,P (2707)-Nakamura,H (2780) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 8... Nb6 9. Ne5 Ng4 10. Nxg4 Bxg4 11. Bxb7 O-O 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. Re1 (13. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Bh3 14. Re1 $14) 13... Rd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d4]} 14. Qc2 Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Ra8g2] [#]} 15. e4 Bxd4 16. Bg5 (16. Nxc4 $16 Qc6 17. Ne3) 16... Qc8 $11 {White must now prevent ...Qg4!} 17. Bxe7 (17. Nxc4 $2 Qg4 $19) 17... Re8 (17... Qg4 $1 $11 18. Qe2 (18. Nxc4 $2 Nxc4 19. Qe2 Rd7 $19) (18. Bxd8 $2 Qf3 19. Nxc4 Qg2#) 18... Rd7) 18. Nb5 $16 Bxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Rxe7 20. Nc3 Re5 21. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d4,Bd4c4][%mdl 32]} Nd7 (21... Qe8 $142) 22. Rd4 c6 23. Rxc4 Re6 24. Nd5 ({Better is} 24. Ne2 $16) 24... Qa6 $11 25. Ne3 Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f2]} 26. Qc2 {And now Qc3 would win.} Ne5 {Strongly threatening ...Nf3+.} 27. Rd1 $1 ({Reject} 27. Qc3 Qb6 $17) 27... Nxc4 28. Qxc4 Qb6 29. Qc3 (29. Qd4 $11 c5 30. Qe5) 29... Rf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 30. Re1 h5 31. Qd2 Qc5 32. Qe2 Rf6 33. Qd2 Qg5 34. Nc4 $1 Qc5+ 35. Ne3 Kh7 (35... Rd6 $19 36. Qc3 Qb6) 36. Qc3 Qg5 (36... Qxc3 $17 37. bxc3 Rf3) 37. Ng2 Bxg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37... Kg8 $11) 38. h4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4g5]} ({Not} 38. Kxg2 h4 $11) 38... Qg4 39. Qxf6 Qh3 40. Qxf7+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,68,4,4,6,2,0,7,3,10,11,6,9,19,18,18,8,13,10,13,7,29,31,29,0,0,0,0,0,13,3,16,2,12,2,11,8,11,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. dxc5 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} (13. Qd3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bf6 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rc5 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (28) Zvjaginsev,V (2672)-Oparin,G (2575) Sochi 2016}) 13... Nxc5 14. b4 Nd7 $146 {[%cal Bc5d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne4 15. Qa4 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Be5 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxa5 h6 {½-½ (54) Jozwik,J (2041)-Pawlowski,M (1939) Warsaw 2007}) 15. Qd3 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 h6 18. Nd4 Ne5 ({Don't blunder} 18... Bxb4 $2 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nc6 $18) 19. Qb5 {[#] Hoping for Rxc8.} Nc4 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Ba1 Bg5 22. Rcd1 Bf6 23. Nf3 Bxa1 {The position is equal.} 24. Rxa1 Qe7 25. Qxd5 Qxb4 26. Ra7 Rcd8 27. Qf5 Nd2 28. Nxd2 Qxd2 29. e3 Rd6 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. Qe4 Re6 32. Qf3 Rf6 33. Qe4 Re6 34. Qf3 Rf6 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,87,24,28,0,0,0,0,0,8,14,15,14,53,50,36,39,50,35,64,71,70,70,68,46,53,38,39,50,66,0,12,15,10,11,10,14,15,0,28,28,21,22,68,69,78,84,76,72,79,89,71,22,25,18,27,0,27,43,47,36,137,135,130,136,354,354,752,743,744,744,739,705]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (10. Qb4 {feels hotter.} b5 11. Qb3 a5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bf4) 10... Qb6 11. Re1 Qxb3 12. axb3 {The position is equal.} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be6 13. b4 Nd5 14. b5 Nb4 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Ra5 c5 17. Ng5 cxd4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxa8 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 {½-½ (41) Giri,A (2797)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2775) Tbilisi 2015}) 13. e4 Be6 14. Ra3 Nfd7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. h3 h6 17. Rd1 f5 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 Bf7 20. Ra5 Nc8 21. Nd4 {Strongly threatening Ne6.} Nf8 22. Re1 Nd6 23. Ncb5 (23. Ne6 $14 Nxe6 24. dxe6 Bxe6 {[#]} 25. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Bxb3 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rxe7+ Kf6 28. Rh7) 23... a6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Nb5 Rd7 26. Nc3 e5 27. Na4 {White wants to play Nb6.} Rad8 28. Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rc7 29. Nc4 Nd7 30. d6 Rcc8 31. Bxb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rb8 32. Bxa6 Rxb3 33. Ra3 Rb4 34. Na5 {Black must now prevent Nc6.} Rxb2 35. Nc6 Ra8 36. Rea1 f4 37. gxf4 exf4 38. Bxf4 Rb6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 38... g5 $14 39. Be3 Rb3) 39. Bc8 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa3 (39... Rxc8 40. Ne7+) 40. Rxa3 Be8 $2 (40... Be6 $16) 41. Ra8 $18 {And now Bxd7 would win.} Bf8 $2 (41... Rb1+ 42. Kg2 Ra1) 42. Bxd7 {White is clearly winning.} Bxd7 43. Ne5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxd6 44. Bxh6 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,80,19,0,9,4,72,41,53,41,37,49,40,39,33,31,35,50,31,27,37,31,45,35,43,42,35,32,42,33,32,46,47,50,50,50,50,45,54,43,50,50,57,50,50,50,57,40,40,40,40,40,44,21,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,2,2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4} 11. exd5 Nb4 (11... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 12. Rd1 ({Of course not} 12. Qxc5 $6 Nbxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11) 12... Nc2 {White is slightly better.} 13. Rb1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Bf5 16. Ra1 Ne8 {[#]} 17. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf4 Nd6 18. Qc5 {0-1 (59) Gelfand,B (2743)-Li,C (2746) Moscow 2016}) 17... Bc2 18. Re1 Nd6 19. Qb4 {Bf4 is the strong threat.} a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 20. Qa3 b5 21. Bxb5 Nxb5 22. Nxb5 Qb6 23. Nc3 Qb4 {[#] And now ...Qxa3 would win.} 24. Bd2 Qxa3 25. bxa3 Rfd8 26. Rac1 Bd3 27. h4 h5 28. f3 a4 29. Kf2 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxd5 31. Bg5 Bf5 32. Kg3 Rd3 33. Rxd3 Bxd3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Rc1 Bf5 35. Kf2 (35. Bf6 {feels hotter.} Ra6 36. Be5 Kf8 37. Kf4 Bd7 38. Rc2) 35... Rc8 36. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {The position is equal.} 37. Bf6 Be6 38. Ke3 Bxa2 39. Kf4 Kh7 40. Be5 Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,71,13,9,4,0,0,0,0,0,23,22,26,16,18,20,19,25,8,13,12,0,10,-8,0,-29,0,-41,-25,-39,6,6,8,8,4,4,8,1,5,10,6,0,7,6,4,8,6,0,0,0,14,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Nh4 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bh5 15. h3 Nd5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. e4 Nb4 19. Bg5 {½-½ (85) Caruana,F (2828)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2019}) 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. h4 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxd5 c4 22. Qf4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxf7+.} Nc5 (22... b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 23. Na4 Qb5 $17) 23. Bf3 Ne6 24. Qd2 b4 25. Bxf6 $1 {The position is equal.} Bxf6 26. Nd5 Qc5 {[#] aiming for ...c3.} 27. e3 ({Of course not} 27. Nxb4 c3 $17) 27... c3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 28. bxc3 Bxc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Qc2 Red8 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be6 {[%emt 0:09:12]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:08:56]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 10. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:50]} 11. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} a5 {[%emt 0:07:32]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:10:49]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:06:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:08:32]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:07:11]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 15. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 16. Rd1 {[%emt 0:09:04]} d4 {[%emt 0:12:48]} 17. c4 {[%emt 0:03:11]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0:12:34]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 19. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxd2 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 22. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 23. Qe1 {[%emt 0:08:22]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 24. Rdb1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 25. Qc1 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 26. Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Reb8 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 27. Rba1 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 28. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 29. Ra7 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 30. Kh2 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 31. Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 32. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 34. Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 35. h5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 36. hxg6 {[%emt 0:03:37]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:05:47]} 39. f4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} exf4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 40. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nf1 {[%emt 0:09:46]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 42. Qh4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 43. Nh2 {[%emt 0:07:02]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 44. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 45. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} h5 {[%emt 0:09:28]} 46. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 47. Qg3 {[%emt 0:06:26]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 48. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 49. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} h4 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 50. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 51. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 52. e5 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 53. f4 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 54. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 55. Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} h3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 56. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} h2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 57. Kxh2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 59. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qd2+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 60. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 61. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qf2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 62. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 63. Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} 64. Qxg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 65. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 66. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 0-1

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,72,18,22,33,24,0,27,8,40,22,22,27,50,41,44,44,45,43,47,55,60,40,51,58,51,50,50,49,49,50,59,53,47,50,55,40,39,18,35,26,37,-64,-48,-67,-70,-72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} d6 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 a6 10. Nde2 Bc5 11. g4 Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Nf4 Nde5 15. Nd3 Bb7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 {½-½ (23) Baklan,V (2656)-Krasenkow,M (2631) Koge 2014}) 9... Rb8 10. Ncb5 {White has an edge.} Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. c3 a6 13. b4 Ba7 14. Be3 Ra8 15. Nc2 {[%cal Bd4c2,Bc2e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} e5 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Ne3 Be6 18. a5 Ra8 19. c4 Rc8 20. Qd3 Qc7 {[%cal Re6c4]} 21. Rfc1 Ng4 22. Nf5 Rfd8 23. h3 Bxf5 24. exf5 Nf6 25. Qe3 h6 26. g4 e4 27. f3 ({Wrong is} 27. Bxe4 $2 Re8 $19) (27. h4 $14) 27... exf3 $1 $15 28. Qxf3 d5 $1 29. c5 {[#]} Qe5 (29... Re8 $1 $17) 30. Qc3 $11 {The position is equal.} Qc7 31. Re1 Re8 32. Rad1 Rcd8 33. Rd3 Qf4 34. Rf1 Qc7 35. Re1 Qf4 36. Rf1 Qc7 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,134,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,14,24,16,17,35,43,45,67,64,47,64,70,41,47,62,59,39,33,39,32,32,84,26,24,2,4,4,4,9,16,0,14,0,0,0,7,0,17,21,35,35,36,22,25,17,35,0,38,0,34,37,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,-16,-33,-33,-35,-29,-28,-20,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-11,8,8,8,8,6,4,4,-8,-8,-8,-8,-11,-6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 a5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 b5 10. a4 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Be3 Na6 14. O-O Ndc5 15. Rfd1 {½-½ (23) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Ding,L (2774) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 11. axb5 Qd5 12. O-O Qxb5 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Rxa4 Nbd7 15. Rxc4 Ba6 16. Rxc7 {aiming for Ne5.} Bxe2 17. Re1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rab8 19. Bc3 Nb6 20. Bxa5 Nbd5 21. Rc2 Nb4 {[#]} ({Black should play} 21... Rb5 $14 22. Ra1 Rfb8) 22. Rd2 (22. Rc4 $1 $16 Nd3 23. Rb1) 22... Rfc8 $11 23. Re5 Nbd5 24. Ree2 Rc4 25. Kg2 h6 26. Rd3 Rb5 27. Be1 g5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Bd2 Rc8 30. Ra3 Rc4 31. Bc3 Rb8 32. Rd2 Rbc8 33. Rd3 Nb4 34. Rd2 {And now Be2 would win.} Nbd5 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 35. Rd3 Nb4 36. Rd1 {Strongly threatening Be2.} Nfd5 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 37. Bxd5 (37. Bd2 $14) 37... Nxd5 38. Rd3 Kg6 39. Rb3 h5 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. Ke2 g4 42. hxg4+ hxg4 43. Rb5 R4c7 44. Ra5 Rc6 45. Rb5 f6 46. Ra5 Ke4 {[%cal Rc6c3]} 47. Kd2 Rh8 48. Ra1 Rh2 49. Re1+ Kf5 50. Re2 Rc8 51. Kd1 Rh1+ 52. Re1 Rh2 53. Re2 Rc6 54. Kd2 Rh1 55. Re1 Rxe1 56. Kxe1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke4 57. Ke2 Rb6 {The position is equal.} 58. Rd1 Ra6 59. Re1 Rc6 60. f3+ Kf5 61. Kf2 Ra6 62. fxg4+ Kxg4 63. Re4+ Kf5 64. Kf3 Rc6 65. Rh4 Nxc3 66. bxc3 Rxc3+ 67. Kf2 Rc2+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,78,26,30,27,29,29,29,29,2,30,25,27,29,27,33,33,31,32,28,31,26,40,19,7,-19,-5,-8,-16,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-55,-56,-751,-732,-704,-337,-681,-631,-4902,-1641,-1241,-1154]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 8. Nd5 Nb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 {White has an edge.} 10. Ne3 (10. c3 O-O 11. Ne3 Bg5 12. O-O Kh8 13. a3 f5 14. Nxf5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Bxf5 16. exf5 {0-1 (33) Svidler,P (2735)-Carlsen,M (2845) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 10... Bg5 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Kh8 13. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. c3 f5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. exf5 Rxf5 {1-0 (25) Babault,P (2320)-Meynard,T (2288) France 2008}) 13... Bxc1 14. Qxc1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. f4 Be6 17. Qd2 Bg8 18. f5 Nd4 19. c3 Nxf5 20. Qe2 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qd7 22. Qf3 {[#] Strongly threatening g4.} Rf6 23. Bxb7 Raf8 {Threatens to win with ...Ne7.} 24. Bc6 Qd8 {White must now prevent ...Ne7.} 25. Be4 Ne7 26. Qh3 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh3h7]} g6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Qe3 Qc7 29. b4 cxb4 30. cxb4 Qc3 31. Qe1 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 33. Bf3 Nc6 34. a5 (34. Rb1 $1 $11) 34... Nxb4 $15 35. a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Qg1 $15 bxa5 36. Qxd4 exd4 37. Rxa5) 35... Nxd3 $19 36. Qb1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 g5 {( -> ...Ne4+). Black is clearly winning.} 38. Qa2 Ng4+ (38... Ne4+ $142 39. Kf1 Nd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Ke2 e4 41. Qxd2 exf3+ 42. gxf3 Re6+ 43. Kf1 Qxd2) 39. Kh1 {[#]} Qf4 $1 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,109,29,31,46,51,58,51,60,60,45,38,38,74,0,0,-19,-22,-21,-16,-37,-17,-21,-29,-17,-16,-16,-8,-15,-17,-17,-17,-12,0,0,0,-30,-17,-179,-77,-66,-58,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,19,19,31,28,22,8,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,252,255,246,247,266,266,288,314,220,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3d4] C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 {[%cal Ba2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} Bf5 15. b4 O-O 16. h3 Qd7 {[#]} 17. g4 $146 ({Better is} 17. Bf4 $16) ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg3 h5 {1-0 (56) Caruana,F (2822)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis 2018}) 17... Bg6 $1 $11 18. Bf4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7]} fxe6 22. Ne5 Qd5 $1 23. Bg3 (23. Nxg6 $2 hxg6 24. Bxc7 Rf3 $19) 23... d2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...Bxb1. Black has good play.} 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Nxg6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf7 26. Nf4 Qd6 27. Ng6 Qd5 $1 28. Nf4 Qd7 29. Qc2 $2 {[#]} (29. Qe2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 29... Bg5 (29... Nc4 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 30. Rd1 Bc5) 30. Ng2 $17 Rf3 {Hoping for ...Qd3.} 31. Rd1 $1 Qd3 ({Black should play} 31... Nc4 $1 $15 32. b3 Na3) 32. Qxd3 $11 Rxd3 33. Bf4 Bxf4 34. Nxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd6 {And now ...Nc4 would win.} 35. Kf1 $1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Nb3 37. Nd3 Rd5 38. f4 g5 39. fxg5 Rxg5 40. Kf3 Rd5 41. Ke4 c5 42. h4 c4 43. Ne5+ Kf6 44. g5+ Kg7 45. Nf3 Kg6 46. Ke3 Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Rd8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 47. Nd4+ $18 ({Inferior is} 47. Nxd2 Rd3+ 48. Ke2 Nxd2 $11) 47... Nxd4 48. cxd4 {KR-KR} Kg4 49. g6 {Threatens to win with g7.} (49. Rxd2 Kxh4 50. g6 Rg5 $14) 49... Kxh4 50. Rh1+ (50. Kxd2 Rxd4+ 51. Ke2 Rg4 $11) ({Not} 50. Rxd2 Rg5 $14) 50... Kg3 {[#]} 51. Kxd2 $2 (51. g7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg7g8]} Rg5 52. Kxd2 (52. Rg1+ Kh3 $11)) 51... Rxd4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 52. Ke3 Rd3+ $1 53. Ke4 {Black must now prevent g7.} Kg2 54. Rh5 {Rg5+ is the strong threat.} Rg3 55. Rxb5 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,107,22,7,14,5,10,8,20,18,13,13,23,8,0,9,13,9,16,18,17,15,26,41,25,31,35,21,20,26,17,14,20,14,20,18,36,35,35,33,34,30,42,37,50,39,50,32,33,32,30,34,47,39,48,30,95,98,99,99,104,104,104,104,104,104,118,99,99,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 7. dxc5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 8. Rd1 Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 10. e4 Nxf4 11. Rxd8 Rxd8 12. Ne5 Bf6 13. Nb5 b6 14. b4 Bxe5 15. bxc5 {½-½ (42) Nakamura,H (2791)-Topalov,V (2761) Saint Louis 2016}) 10. e3 Be6 11. Be5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O Nce4 13. Be5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 {½-½ (37) Chirila,I (2542)-Kiewra,K (2394) Chicago 2015}) 11... Rc8 12. Bd3 Nce4 13. O-O Bb4 14. Qa4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Rxc3 17. Qxa7 Qa8 18. Qd4 Ra3 19. Bb1 Bg4 20. Qf4 Qb8 {Threatening ...Qxf4.} 21. Rd4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rc8 24. Rb4 Rc7 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. Rd2 Ke7 27. Rdb2 Ra7 28. h4 g6 29. Bc2 Kd6 30. Bb3 Rc5 31. Kg2 b5 32. Bd1 Ne8 (32... Rc1 $11 33. Rd2 Rc5) 33. Rxb5 $16 {White is better.} Rxb5 34. Rxb5 Rxa2 {[#]} 35. Rxd5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxd5 36. Bb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd6 37. Bxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Ke7 38. Kg3 h6 39. Bb3 f5 40. Ba4 {Strongly threatening Bxe8.} Nd6 41. Bc6 Kf6 42. f4 g5 43. fxg5+ hxg5 44. hxg5+ Kxg5 45. f4+ Kf6 46. Kf3 Nc4 47. Ke2 Nd6 48. Kd3 Nc8 49. Kd4 Ne7 50. Bd5 Ng6 51. Kc5 Ne7 52. Kd6 Nc8+ 53. Kd7 Ne7 54. Bf3 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,80,26,24,25,18,19,19,7,19,20,24,12,20,19,35,11,16,18,14,22,18,19,31,15,20,18,14,12,23,14,23,18,18,9,10,4,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ ({Don't play} 9... Nxc5 10. b4 $16) 10. Bd2 {E37: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 Qxc3 Ne4} Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. b4 Qe7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Qb2 Rfd8 {[#]} 17. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rac1 Be8 {0-1 (50) Ponomariov,R (2714)-Radjabov,T (2734) Beijing 2014}) 17... Be8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Rac1 Nb8 20. h3 Ba4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 {[#] Black must now prevent Qc8+.} Qd8 24. Ne4 Bc6 {The position is equal.} 25. Nc5 {Threatens to win with b5.} b6 26. Na6 {Nxb8 is the strong threat.} Bb7 27. Nxb8 Qxb8 28. Qd1 Qc7 29. Qa4 {[%cal Ra4e8] [#]} Qc6 30. Qxc6 Bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 31. h4 Kf8 32. f3 Ke7 33. e4 e5 34. Kf2 h6 35. Bc4 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Ke3 Bd7 38. g4 f6 39. Kd2 Kd6 40. Kc3 Be8 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,109,-12,58,56,41,20,34,50,47,62,44,17,114,120,124,48,51,47,57,47,104,91,187,56,123,128,120,115,122,127,110,102,112,94,92,89,100,98,106,103,109,105,110,85,127,128,420,165,411,123,128,114,113,111,118,113,127,85,106,91,107,95,97,81,98,48,78,19,16,0,18,29,32,22,26,22,29,13,35,18,21,23,38,14,31,6,12,0,20,16,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. Bb2 Nf6 (4... a5 5. bxc5 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Ba3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. Ne4 Nb4 12. O-O {0-1 (64) Andreikin,D (2713)-Khairullin,I (2658) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 5. g3 Nbd7 (5... a5 $11) 6. Bg2 $146 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} ({Predecessor:} 6. d3 e5 7. b5 e4 8. dxe4 Nxe4 9. Bg2 Nd6 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Ne5 {0-1 (49) Stekel Grunberg,M-Sanguineti,R Fortaleza 1975}) 6... e5 7. O-O cxb4 8. a3 {White is slightly better.} bxa3 9. Nxa3 Be7 10. e3 O-O (10... dxe3 $1 $11 11. dxe3 Qc7) 11. exd4 $16 exd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Bxd4 $16 Nc5 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. d4) 12... Nc5 $14 13. Nac2 Bg4 14. Qb1 Nce4 (14... Re8 $14) 15. Qe1 $16 Nc5 {[#]} (15... Ng5 $16) 16. Ne3 (16. Bxb7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb7 17. Nc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 16... Nd3 (16... Re8 $14) 17. Qb1 Nxb2 18. Qxb2 Bc5 19. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rc8 21. Rxa7 Be2 22. Rf4 (22. Bxb7 Bxf1 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 $15) 22... Bxc4 23. Nd4 Bd3 24. Rxb7 {Threatens to win with Nc6.} Qd6 25. Rb6 Qc5 26. Nc6 Rc7 27. Rb8 {And now Rd4 would win.} Bg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27... Be4 $16 {was necessary.}) 28. Rxf8+ $2 (28. Rc4 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 (28... Qxc4 29. Rxf8+) 29. Rd4 Rxc6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... Kxf8 $2 {[#]} (28... Qxf8 29. Rb4 Rc8) 29. Qb8+ $2 ({Weaker is} 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Qb8+ Kg7 $16) (29. Rc4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 (29... Qxc4 30. Qa3+) 30. Rd4 Rxc6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 {[#]} 32. Qb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Ne8 30. Nd4 {Strongly threatening Ne6+.} Qd6 {Hoping for ...Rc1+.} 31. Rf1 Bd3 32. Re1 Qc5 33. Bf1 Bg6 34. Ra1 Rc8 35. Qf4 {aiming for Ne6+.} Kg8 36. Bh3 Rd8 37. Bg2 h6 38. Nf3 (38. Qf1 $16) 38... Nf6 $11 39. Nd4 Qb4 40. Rd1 Kh7 41. h3 Rc8 42. Kh2 Qb2 43. g4 Rd8 44. Qc7 Rd7 45. Qe5 Rd8 46. Kg3 Re8 47. Qc7 Qb4 48. Bf3 Ne4+ 49. Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 50. Nf3 Re7 {The position is equal.} 51. Qd8 Be4 52. Rf1 Qb7 53. Qd4 Rd7 54. Qe5 Bxf3 55. Qf5+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,71,11,10,29,22,-1,62,57,54,58,58,61,60,58,47,62,43,40,27,42,46,50,50,45,41,47,87,105,105,88,114,116,116,127,121,122,514,383,969,828,828,828,828,828,821,821,814,814,814,801,793,713,777,679]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. h3 e5 11. d5 {D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6} Na5 12. Qc2 (12. e4 c6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nac4 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. Qb3 cxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Rc8 {1-0 (40) Corrales Jimenez,F (2559)-Salem,A (2672) chess.com INT 2019}) 12... Nac4 ({Avoid the trap} 12... Nxd5 $2 13. Rd1 $18) (12... c6 $11) 13. e4 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 14. b3 Nd6 15. a4 a5 16. Rd1 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qc8 17. Kh2 f5 18. Be3 Rf8 {1-0 (55) Delorme,A (2484)-Olofsson Dolk,M (2253) Helsingor 2015}) 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nb5 (21. Bxb7 Rab8 $15) 21... Nd4 22. Qxc7 Nxb5 23. axb5 e4 24. Rb1 Nd5 25. Qxb7 Nc3 26. Bb2 Rab8 {[#]} 27. Qa7 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatens to win with Rd7. White is out for blood.} Qxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Qb6 $16 {is tougher.} 28. Qxb6 Rxb6) 28. Bxe4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Bf6 $2 {[#]} ({But not} 28... Ne2+ $2 {[#]} 29. Kg2 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (28... Rbd8) 29. Bd5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Nxd5 30. Bxf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Ra7g7][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Ra7g7]} Nxf6 32. Rd6 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Rf8 34. Qxa5 Re2 35. Rd2 Re5 36. Rd8 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,89,12,9,17,7,10,21,10,-2,14,-10,-16,-19,0,12,12,16,13,0,11,0,37,42,50,0,31,26,17,9,31,27,26,39,31,25,32,30,25,27,31,0,0,0,0,-10,-11,-8,-8,-12,0,0,2,2,2,2,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,30,30,30,30,45,45,45,37,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. g3 (8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Qd1 Be6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Be2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (26) Wang,H (2730)-Giri,A (2783) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Be6 9. Bg2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 10. Bd2 Be7 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc1 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qf3 O-O 15. Bg5 {½-½ (31) Nefedov,S (2550)-Shetko,L (2410) ICCF email 2016}) 11... b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 $1 14. c3 Na6 15. O-O O-O 16. cxb4 axb4 17. Nc1 h4 18. Kh2 Nd7 19. Nd3 Rb8 20. Rc1 Ndc5 21. Nxc5 $1 Nxc5 22. Rc4 b3 23. Be3 Qd7 24. Bxc5 ({Much worse is} 24. gxh4 Nxa4 25. Qe2 Qb5 $15) 24... dxc5 25. d6 Bf6 26. Rxc5 Qxa4 27. Qe2 Rbc8 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. dxc7 Rc8 30. Rc1 {[#] aiming for Bb7.} Qd7 31. Qc4 {And now Bb7 would win.} hxg3+ 32. fxg3 {Threatens to win with Bb7.} e4 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 33. Qxb3 Rxc7 (33... g6 {with more complications.} 34. Rc2 Kh7 35. Bxe4 Rxc7 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Qc2 Qe5) 34. Qb8+ Bd8 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Qxc7 Bxc7 37. Bxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Bd6 38. Kg2 g6 39. g4 g5 40. Kf3 {White is slightly better.} Kf8 41. Bf5 Ke7 42. Ke4 f6 43. Kd5 Bb4 $1 44. Kc4 Be1 45. Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 77%.} ({White should try} 45. Kc5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,17,21,11,24,15,32,15,21,20,34,2,11,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,20,11,11,16,10,13,10,4,17,-13,22,14,8,-54,-70,-46,0,-61,-49,-47,-45,-52,-52,-52,-37,-100,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-22,-29,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,14,22,17,10,20,18,30,34,80,60,83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 ({Predecessor:} 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. h3 Ba7 8. c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Kh8 {½-½ (79) Atabayev,Y (2411)-Makhnev,D (2449) Batumi 2018}) 4... Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 $146 {Hoping for b4. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 {½-½ (43) Giri,A (2797)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 6... a6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. Nbd2 Ng8 11. Nf1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 {Black should prevent Bxg8.} Bg6 15. d4 e4 16. Nd2 Nce7 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Be6 Nf6 19. c4 c6 20. a5 d5 21. Qb4 (21. Qb6 $11) 21... Nh5 $1 $15 22. g3 Nf5 23. cxd5 (23. Bxf5 $11 Bxf5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Qc5) 23... Nxe3 24. Rxe3 cxd5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qf6.} 25. Rf1 b6 26. Rb3 {[%cal Ra5b6]} b5 27. f4 (27. Kh2 $15) 27... exf3 ({Black should try} 27... Bf5 $17 28. Bxf5 Rxf5) 28. Rbxf3 $11 Nf6 29. Nb3 Re8 30. Bf5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 Re3 32. R5f3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Qd7 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Qd2 Ne4 36. Qf4 {[#] Intending Qf8+! and mate.} h6 37. Nc5 Nxc5 38. dxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} d4 39. Qd6 Qxd6 40. cxd6 {next Rd3 is good for White. KR-KR} Rd8 41. Rd3 Rxd6 42. Kf3 Kg8 43. Ke4 Kf7 44. h4 (44. Rxd4 $16 Re6+ 45. Kd5) 44... Ke6 {The position is equal.} 45. Rxd4 Rc6 $1 46. Kd3 Ke5 47. Re4+ Kd5 48. Rd4+ Ke5 49. Re4+ Kd5 50. Rd4+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,70,36,33,29,30,30,24,35,40,49,34,52,37,27,37,33,34,38,51,48,44,60,54,48,49,99,110,98,111,97,86,351,336,302,36,195,199,263,254,511,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,5289,4810,29976,91,29985,29986,29999]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 11. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ba3 b6 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. dxc5 Rfd8 14. Qb3 Na5 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Qb2 Be6 17. Nd4 Nc4 18. Nxe6 Nxb2 19. Nxc7 Rxa3 {1-0 (35) Malakhov,V (2695)-Zhou,J (2612) China 2016}) 11... Bg4 12. Bg5 Rd8 {White has an edge.} 13. Rc1 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b7,Bb7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 14. d5 Na5 15. Nd2 (15. Qd3 {looks sharper.} f6 16. Bd2 b6 17. c4 Nb7 18. Rfe1) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 c4 17. Nf3 b5 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. e5 Nb7 20. Rb1 a6 21. a4 Nc5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxb5 Nd3 24. e6 Bxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... f5 $16) 25. exf7+ $18 Kxf7 26. Qe4 $2 (26. Qe6+ $18 Kg7 27. Bh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (27. d6 exd6 28. Qd5 Nb4 $17) 27... Kh8 28. Qf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26... Qc8 $2 (26... Qd7 $14 27. Rb6 (27. Qxc4 Nb2 $16) 27... Rac8) 27. h4 Ra6 {[#]} ({Don't play} 27... Kg8 28. Bxe7 Qd7 29. Qxc4) (27... Bf6 {was called for.} 28. h5 Qf5 29. Qxc4 Nb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2) 28. Rdb1 $1 {And now Rb7 would win.} Bf6 $2 (28... Bg7 {is a better defense.} 29. Rb7 Bf8) 29. Rb6 (29. Bxf6 $142 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rxf6 31. Rc1) 29... Rxb6 30. Rxb6 Qf5 31. Qxc4 Ne5 32. Nxe5+ Qxe5 $2 (32... Bxe5 33. d6+ Qe6 34. Qxe6+ Kxe6) 33. Bxf6 exf6 34. Rb7+ $2 (34. d6+ {mates} Kg7 35. Rb7+ Kh6 36. Qc7 Rh8 37. Qg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh5 38. Qxh8 Qe1+ {[#]} 39. Kh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe5+ 40. g3) 34... Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Re7 $16 35. d6+ {[%mdl 64] Pin} Kf8 36. dxe7+ Qxe7 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Qc7+ Ke6 39. Qxh7 g5) 35. d6 Qxd6 36. Qf7# {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,142,2,7,6,12,19,12,18,11,17,14,17,19,12,14,31,19,13,-9,16,11,23,12,0,0,0,0,0,8,26,29,24,21,54,43,30,56,118,124,112,74,102,105,97,92,125,118,125,123,120,129,169,172,172,172,172,145,146,143,152,107,127,116,113,111,126,68,68,58,64,57,74,74,74,73,95,57,57,57,59,66,59,64,64,28,35,18,18,18,41,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,66,66,74,77,84,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,2,2,2,2,0,2,0,13,0,12,12,12,0,9]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (9... Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Nf4 Nc5 16. Ba2 a5 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Ne2 {1-0 (48) Caruana,F (2828)-Postny,E (2623) chess.com INT 2019}) 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. c4 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Ne7 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 bxc4 {½-½ (45) Anurag,M (2495)-Erenberg,A (2407) Douglas 2018}) 17. Ne3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bg5 19. Nd5 Rfb8 20. Qg3 Qd8 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Rc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rc8 23. Rc6 $1 Rxa3 24. Qg4 Rxd3 25. g3 $1 Ra8 26. h4 Rxd5 (26... Bd2 $1 $14) 27. exd5 $16 Bd2 28. Rd1 h5 29. Qe4 $1 Bh6 30. Qe2 g6 31. Qxb5 e4 32. Qe2 e3 33. f4 Qe7 34. Rc3 Re8 35. Rdd3 {[%cal Rd3e3]} Bg7 36. Rc4 $1 (36. Qxe3 Qd7 $15) 36... Bf6 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Kf3 {[%cal Rd3e3]} Qd7 {( -> ...Qg4+)} 39. Rxe3 Ra8 {[#] aiming for ...Qh3.} 40. Kg2 $1 Qb5 41. Rc2 (41. Rxc7 $16 Qxd5+ 42. Kh2) 41... Qxb4 $14 42. Qc4 Qb1 43. Rb3 ({Wrong is} 43. Qxc7 $2 Ra1 $19) 43... Qa1 44. Rf3 ({Reject} 44. Qxc7 Qd1 $11) 44... Ra4 45. Qf1 ({Don't play} 45. Qxc7 Qd1 $11) 45... Ra2 46. Rff2 (46. Qe2 {keeps more tension.} Ra7 47. f5 Qe5 48. Qc4 Qd4 49. fxg6 Kxg6 50. Rf4) 46... Qxf1+ $1 47. Kxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Bd4 49. Rf1 Ra7 $1 50. Rd2 Ra4 51. f5 {Hoping for Rf4.} Be5 52. Rf3 Rc4 53. Ra2 {White wants to play f6+!} f6 54. fxg6 Kxg6 55. Kh3 Rc5 56. Rd3 Rc4 57. Ra6 Kf5 58. Rc6 Rc5 {[#]} 59. Rxc5 (59. Rd1 $1 $16) 59... dxc5 $16 {KR-KB. The position is equal.} 60. Re3 c4 61. Kg2 c3 {White must now prevent ...c2.} 62. Re2 Bd4 63. Kf3 Be5 64. Re1 Bd6 65. Re3 Be5 {Threatens to win with ...c2.} 66. Re2 Bd6 67. Re3 Be5 {And now ...c2 would win.} 68. Re1 Bd6 69. Re2 Be5 70. Ra2 Bd4 71. Re2 {With the idea Re6.} Be5 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,82,23,22,15,20,21,21,26,0,6,0,14,-27,47,-6,20,17,24,20,17,14,25,25,43,22,132,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,-61,-62,-71,-44,-39,-62,-37,0,-100,-94,-99,-76,-55,-85,-172,-157,-190,-169,-309,-304,-259,-273,-454,-454,-450,-439,-427,-412,-29947,-29952,-4928,-4914,-5916,-5916]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 h5 {The position is equal.} 10. h4 (10. Bb5 h4 11. Be5 Rh6 12. h3 Ne4 13. Nge2 Bf5 14. Qb3 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 {0-1 (58) Sjugirov,S (2663)-Yu,Y (2764) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Ne4 11. Bh2 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 gxh4 13. Nge2 Nxc3 14. Bxf5 Ne4+ 15. Nc3 {1-0 (45) Vo,T (2376)-Tomilova,E (2334) Mumbai 2018}) 12. a3 {[#]} Ba5 (12... Nxd4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 13. Qd3 (13. exd4 Nxc3+) 13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Ne6 15. hxg5 c6) 13. Nf3 (13. Nge2 $14) 13... g4 14. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxh4 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. O-O a6 18. Bd3 {[#] White wants to play c4.} Be6 (18... g3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] keeps the balance.} 19. fxg3 (19. Bxg3 Qg4 $11) 19... Qg5) 19. Nb3 (19. c4 $1 $16) 19... Bb6 $11 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qe7 23. d5 Ne5 24. Qa4+ Kf8 25. d6 (25. Rfd1 $11) 25... cxd6 $15 26. Qb4 Ba7 (26... Bc5 $5 27. Qe4 Re8 $15) 27. Rad1 Rh6 28. Rd5 Rc8 29. Rfd1 {[#]} (29. Nd4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Rf6 30. Qb1) 29... Rc4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc4b4]} 30. Qd2 Rg6 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Rd7 {[#]} (32. Qd3 $17 Rc7 33. Qf5) 32... Qe6 $1 $19 33. Rxb7 Bb6 34. Qd7 (34. Rf1 $142) 34... g3 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. Rdd7 $2 (36. Nd2 Rc2 37. Rd7) 36... Rf6 ({Not} 36... gxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rf6+ 38. Ke2 $19) 37. fxg3 Bxe3+ 38. Kh2 h4 {Strongly threatening ...hxg3+.} 39. Nd2 (39. Rb4 $19 hxg3+ 40. Kh3 Rh6+ 41. Kxg3) 39... hxg3+ 40. Kh3 Rcf4 {( -> ...Rh6+)} 41. Nf3 Bf2 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,91,0,16,8,16,12,59,47,42,30,42,34,52,59,54,64,50,52,49,45,45,43,45,31,28,33,45,39,25,23,23,24,17,9,12,0,0,-14,-7,-35,2,2,4,0,0,0,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,0,7,7,7,7,31,31,38,39,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,48,48,48,48,48,48,54,54,54,55,55,55]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O Nd7 (5... e6 6. a4 Nd7 7. a5 Be4 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 a6 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 Qc7 12. d4 {½-½ (44) Artemiev,V (2709)-Vitiugov,N (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 6. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32] A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Nb6 $1 7. Ne5 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qd4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6+ Bd7 10. Bxa8 Nxa8 11. d3 cxd3 12. Qb3 {1-0 (57) De Schampheleire,G (2270)-Colpe,M (2367) Dortmund 2015}) 8. Naxc4 Bg7 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 10. Ne3 Be4 11. f3 Bd5 12. a5 Nbd7 13. d4 O-O 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. f4 e6 16. Qb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. Be1 Rac8 21. Ra4 c5 22. Rac4 Qd7 23. Rd1 {[#] e4 is the strong threat.} Qc6 24. Qa4 Qxa4 25. Rxa4 Ne3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bf3 b5 28. axb6 $1 axb6 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} c4 31. Bc6 Bc5 32. Bc3 Kg7 33. Bb5 h6 34. Kf2 {White is slightly better.} Nd1+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack (Double check)} 35. Kf3 Nxc3 36. bxc3 $14 {KB-KB} Ba3 37. Ke4 Bb2 38. Kd4 Ba3 39. Bxc4 Bc5+ 40. Ke4 Bg1 41. Kf3 Bc5 42. g4 Kf8 43. h3 g5 44. f5 Ke7 45. Ke4 Bf2 46. Bb5 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,12,11,20,17,24,27,26,20,18,21,22,19,37,12,32,30,28,29,30,32,28,31,96,44,40,58,42,66,93,96,159,8,13,1,5,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,81,68,91,83,86,71,114,18,181,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 b5 {White has an edge.} 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Rb7 13. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Nc3 {0-1 (66) Edouard,R (2680)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Tromsoe 2014}) 13... Qc7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nf6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. f4 Ng8 (17... Qc5 $14) 18. h4 (18. f5 $16 Bxg5 19. Qxg5) 18... f6 $14 19. f5 fxg5 20. fxe6 g4 21. O-O Qc8 ({Black should try} 21... Nf6) 22. a4 $2 (22. Rf7 $1 $16) 22... Nf6 $11 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nd5 O-O 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxd6 Rd8 27. Qa6 Re7 28. c3 b4 29. cxb4 Rxe6 30. Qa2 Qc6 (30... Kh7 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. b5 $16 Qb6+ 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Qc4 {aiming for Ra6.} Re7 {[#]} 34. Ra6 (34. Rf5 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening Ra6.} Rb7 35. Rxh5+ (35. Ra6 Qxb5 36. Qe6 Qe8 $16) 35... Kg6 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37. Ra6) 34... Qd4 $2 {[#]} (34... Qe3 $11) 35. b3 $2 (35. Qc6 $1 $18 Qd7 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Qxf6) 35... Qe3 $11 {White must now prevent ...Bxh4!The position is equal.} 36. Rf5 Rd1 $1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Re3g1]} 37. Rxh5+ Kg6 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Re3g1]} 38. Rg5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 $1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Re3g1]} (38... Kh6 $2 39. Rxg4 Rd2 40. Kh3 $18) 39. Rh5+ $1 ({Avoid the trap} 39. Rxg4 $2 Rc1 $19) 39... Kg6 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Re3g1]} 40. Rg5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 $1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Re3g1]} ({But not} 40... Kh6 $2 41. Rxg4 Rd2 42. Kh3 $18) 41. Rh5+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 59%.} ({Don't blunder} 41. Rxg4 $2 Rc1 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,144,17,22,16,34,14,24,-3,-1,-4,0,-11,-11,-11,-6,-5,-7,-26,-19,-23,-24,-24,-18,-27,-33,-20,-33,-71,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-94,-60,-72,-72,-72,-67,-72,-72,-72,-67,-67,-60,-60,0,-67,-67,-68,-67,-67,-67,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-36,-55,-55,-55,-55,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,0,-94,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O {Threatens to win with Nb5. D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 {White has an edge.} Nc6 12. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 Kg7 16. h5 g5 17. Ned2 Rh8 18. Nh2 b6 19. f4 gxf4 20. Rxf4 Bg5 21. Raf1 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 a5 23. Ng4 {1-0 (23) Akopian,V (2694)-Ivanchuk,V (2741) Astrakhan 2010}) 12... Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxd4 Qd5 15. Nxc6 Qxe4 16. Qa4 bxc6 {[#]} 17. Rfe1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc4 (17... Bxe1 18. Qxe4) 18. a3 O-O 19. Qxb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rfd8 21. Rec1 Rd4 22. Rxc6 Rxb4 23. Rca6 Rxb2 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxa7 Rdd2 26. Rf1 g5 27. h3 Re2 28. Ra5 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rb3 30. Rfa1 Rbb2 31. Rf1 h5 32. Kf3 Kg6 33. Rc5 Kh6 34. Ra5 Kg7 35. Rc5 Kg6 36. Ra5 Rec2 37. Ra3 Rc4 38. Re3 Kf5 39. Kg2 g4 40. hxg4+ hxg4 41. Rh1 Rcc2 42. Rf1 Re2 {Played: Rc2-d2} 0-1

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,90,0,0,21,15,17,0,39,46,39,14,19,10,18,8,20,25,31,14,21,38,42,25,51,42,44,37,29,0,0,0,0,0,48,55,29,0,0,3,42,11,53,18,16,16,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,57,43,34,8,52,31,34,27,21,28,22,31,34,4,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 h6 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rc2 Rd8 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Nc6 {½-½ (26) Lenderman,A (2637)-Sevian,S (2642) Saint Louis 2019}) 8. e3 b6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bb2 Nd5 14. Qc2 {½-½ (60) Clapp,G (1720)-Whang,K (1280) Parsippany 2001}) 11... a5 12. b5 c6 13. O-O cxb5 14. Bxb5 Qd5 15. Qd3 Nbd7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne1 Bc6 18. Bc4 Qg5 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Rxc6 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Rxc6 21. Bb7 {[#]} Rac8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. e4 (22. Bxc8 Rxc8) 22... Nf8 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Nf3 Qf4 25. Re1 Rc8 26. h3 Qc7 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. d5 exd5 30. exd5 N8d7 31. d6 Qc5 32. g3 Qd5 (32... h5 $11) 33. Qxd5 $14 Nxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 34. Nd4 h5 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Nb5 N5f6 37. Kf3 Ke8 $1 38. Ke3 Kd8 39. Bd4 Kc8 {The position is equal.} 40. Bb2 Kb7 (40... Ne8 {is interesting.} 41. Kd4 Kb7 42. Kd5 Ndf6+ 43. Kc4 Kc6) 41. Bxf6 Nxf6 42. Nd4 Kc8 43. Kf4 Kd7 44. Ke5 Ne8 45. Nb5 Kc6 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,140,10,17,19,-2,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-5,21,0,0,0,5,0,24,0,14,4,0,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,14,58,33,51,12,35,29,46,41,34,34,28,26,35,27,34,14,47,54,64,64,64,62,114,43,73,68,74,51,58,64,47,47,53,61,224,231,219,222,233,211,279,208,190,120,129,122,234,316,334,318,324,323,297,190,197,189,181,13,13,13,22,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,4,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 1... d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O {½-½ (90) Prohaszka,P (2613)-Akobian,V (2647) Saint Louis 2018}) 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 7. d3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Qf4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} O-O 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Bd2 c5 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. a3 b5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. Rac1 Rc6 21. Ng4 {[#] And now Ne5 would win.} f6 22. Ne3 Rfc8 23. Kg2 a6 24. h4 Kf7 25. Ng4 {Threatens to win with Ne5+.} Ke8 26. h5 {Hoping for h6.} h6 27. Kg1 Nb6 28. Ba5 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 30. e4 Nb6 31. Kf1 Bd8 32. Ne3 Nd7 33. Bxd8 Kxd8 (33... Rxd8 {is interesting.} 34. f4 Rd6 35. Ke2 Rd4 36. b4 cxb4 37. axb4 Rxb4 38. Ra1 Ra4) 34. Ke2 R6c7 35. f4 Nb6 36. b3 Kd7 (36... a5 $14) 37. Kf3 ({White should play} 37. a4 $16) 37... Kd6 38. a4 Nd7 39. axb5 axb5 40. Ra2 Nb8 41. f5 Nc6 42. Ra6 Ra7 $2 {[#]} (42... e5 $1 $14) 43. Rxa7 $1 $18 Nxa7 44. fxe6 Kxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 45. Nf5 Rc7 46. d4 c4 47. d5+ (47. Ne3 $18) 47... Ke5 $16 48. d6 Rc8 (48... Rb7 $16) 49. d7 (49. Nxg7 Kxd6 50. Nf5+ Kc5 $16) 49... Rd8 50. bxc4 ({But not} 50. Rd1 cxb3 51. Nxg7 f5 $18) 50... bxc4 51. Rd1 ({Weaker is} 51. Rxc4 Rxd7 52. Kf2 Rb7 $16) 51... Ke6 52. Nxg7+ Kf7 53. Nf5 Nc6 54. Rd6 $2 (54. Nd6+ $18 Ke7 55. Nf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (55. Nxc4 Rxd7 56. Rxd7+ Kxd7 $18) 55... Kf7 56. Nxh6+ Ke6 57. Nf5 Ne5+ 58. Ke3) 54... Ne5+ $11 {The position is equal.} 55. Ke2 Rxd7 56. Nxh6+ Kg7 $1 57. Nf5+ Kh7 58. Rd5 {Black must now prevent g4.} c3 59. Kd1 {White wants to play Kc2.} Rc7 60. Kc2 Rc4 61. Rb5 Rxe4 62. Rb7+ Kh8 63. Kxc3 Rc4+ 64. Kd2 Rg4 65. Ke3 Rg5 66. Ke4 (66. Nd6 {is more complex.} Rxg3+ 67. Ke4 Rh3 68. Ne8 Rh4+ 69. Kd5) 66... Rxh5 67. Rb8+ Kh7 68. Rb7+ Kh8 69. Rb6 Ng4 70. Kf4 Rg5 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,11,22,20,39,36,43,48,41,34,43,46,48,49,33,20,19,13,10,24,26,10,27,0,25,25,35,31,35,33,83,13,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Nd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Bxa3 {Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 11. Qxc3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bxc4 O-O {[#]} 14. O-O $146 Bb7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Nd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. b4 a6 20. Qa3 ({White should play} 20. f3 $16 Bd5 21. Qa3) 20... Rab8 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 21. Qa5 Qxb4 22. Qxb4 Rxb4 23. Rxa6 d5 24. h4 Rb2 25. Bf1 h5 26. Rac6 Kh7 27. f3 Bf5 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc8 {KRB-KRB} Rd2 30. Rc7 Kg8 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,133,22,16,12,6,3,12,12,12,15,4,11,0,0,-7,0,-34,-25,-18,-22,-35,-34,-39,-27,-32,-19,-12,-21,-18,-9,-18,-8,-32,-40,-36,-31,-64,-67,-83,-55,-85,-76,-89,-76,-77,-56,-62,-49,-131,-81,-76,-70,-77,-57,-96,-90,-93,-45,-45,-44,-37,-30,-39,-40,-48,0,-22,-14,-23,-21,-22,-14,-33,0,0,11,16,16,16,23,10,18,18,18,-20,6,6,7,0,0,-8,0,-17,13,0,17,16,17,18,14,10,10,8,10,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 Ng6 (9... c6 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Nbd2 Nhf4 13. Bf1 exd4 14. Nxd4 d5 15. N4f3 {½-½ (74) Grandelius,N (2682)-Le,Q (2714) Caleta 2019}) 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bf1 Be6 12. b3 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. a4 d5 15. e5 {½-½ (68) Mihailovs,A (2292)-Prozorovskij,V (2288) ICCF email 2015}) 14. exd5 (14. e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd7 15. Ba3 $11) 14... Bxd5 15. Bb2 Re8 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Ne5 Ba5 18. Re3 Rad8 19. Ndc4 Bb4 20. a3 Bf8 21. b4 Be6 22. Rae1 Nd5 23. Rg3 Ngf4 24. Rc1 f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 25. Ng4 Kh8 26. Rf3 Bf7 27. Qd2 Ne6 28. Rb3 Qf4 29. Qd1 Qb8 30. Na5 ({White should play} 30. Nge3 $15) 30... a6 31. Ne3 Nef4 32. Qd2 Nb6 33. Nac4 Na4 34. g3 Nxb2 (34... b5 {feels hotter.} 35. gxf4 Qxf4 36. Ba1 bxc4 37. Nxc4 Bd6) 35. Qxb2 Ne6 36. Rd3 Bg6 37. Rdd1 Bh5 38. Rd3 Bg6 39. Rdd1 Ng5 {[#] Hoping for ...b5.} 40. Bg2 Bh5 41. Rd3 Nf3+ 42. Kh1 Bg6 43. Rdd1 Be4 44. Nd2 Nxd2 45. Rxd2 Qc8 46. Kh2 Bxg2 {The position is equal.} 47. Kxg2 Qe6 48. Qc2 Rd7 49. Rcd1 Red8 50. Kh2 g6 51. Rd3 Qe4 {[%cal Rd7d4]} 52. Qb3 h5 53. Re1 Qe8 ({But not} 53... Rxd4 $2 54. Rxd4 Rxd4 55. Qf7 $18) (53... h4 {keeps more tension.} 54. Ng2 hxg3+ 55. Rxg3 Qf5 56. Rf3 Qg5) 54. Ng2 Qf7 55. Qxf7 Rxf7 56. Nf4 Kh7 $1 57. Ne6 Rdd7 58. Kg2 Bd6 59. f4 Kg8 60. g4 hxg4 61. hxg4 Rh7 62. d5 cxd5 63. Rxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with Red1.} Bxb4 64. Rxd7 {Rd8+ would kill now.} Bxe1 65. Rd8+ Kf7 66. Rd7+ Kg8 67. Rd8+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,60,37,38,47,31,33,39,37,37,37,23,41,40,31,28,75,48,48,40,51,50,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 $146 (8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 e5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Qc2 exd4 13. exd4 Nf8 14. O-O-O {1-0 (55) Dubov,D (2703)-Postny,E (2615) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... hxg6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bg5 e6 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Na4 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O-O Rh4 16. Bd3 Rxd4 {[#] Hoping for ...Qf4+.The position is equal.} 17. Bxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd8 {White must now prevent ...Qg5+.} (17... Qxg6 18. Rxd4) 18. Rxd4 Qxd4 19. Bc2 Qxf2 20. Qh3 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Qh8+ Kc7 {Strongly threatening ...Qe7.} 23. Qxg7+ Nd7 $1 24. h4 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Ra8 26. h5 Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5g7]} 27. Qg4 Nf6 28. Qg7+ Nd7 $1 29. Qg4 Nf6 30. Qg7+ Nd7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,104,20,15,62,60,52,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-1,0,-12,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-47,0,0,10,-4,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-74,-81,-67,-73,-104,-103,-111,-124,-109,-109,-100,-100,-212,-212,-307,-299,-355,-351,-243,-243,-535,-524,-812,-769,-729,-717,-1362,-1383,-1327,-1336,-945,-1130,-2269,-2277,-3776,-3700,-3773,-2283,-4702,-4618,-2796,-2565,-29962,-29960,-29966,-29968,-29976,-29976,-29974,-29973]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 b5 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (7... Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qxf4 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rf1 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qg4 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Rxf6 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 gxf6 16. Bxf6 {1-0 (32) Grischuk,A (2766)-Caruana,F (2816) Leuven 2018}) 8. e5 b4 9. Ne4 ({White should play} 9. Na4 $14 Nd5 10. Be4) 9... Nxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Rc8 15. O-O-O Be7 $146 16. Kb1 O-O 17. f5 exf5 18. Qxf5 Qc6 19. g4 a5 20. h4 a4 21. g5 Qe6 (21... b3 $5 22. cxb3 (22. axb3 axb3 23. cxb3 Qd5 $11) 22... axb3 23. axb3 Qd5 $11) 22. Rhf1 Rc6 23. Rd2 h6 24. Be3 hxg5 25. hxg5 Qxf5 26. Rxf5 Bc5 27. Bf4 Kh7 {[#] aiming for ...Kg6.} 28. g6+ ({Wrong is} 28. Rxd7 $2 Kg6 $19) (28. Bh2 $11) 28... Rxg6 $17 29. Rh5+ Kg8 {( -> ...Rg1+)} 30. c3 b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 31. Rd1 Rg1 32. Rxg1 Bxg1 33. axb3 axb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Kc1 {[#]} (34. Rh1 $17 Bc5 35. Kc1) 34... Ra8 $1 $19 35. Rg5 (35. e6 $142 dxe6 36. Rb5) 35... Ra4 36. Kd2 Rxf4 37. Rxg1 {KR-KR} Rf2+ 38. Kd3 $2 (38. Ke3 Rxb2 39. Rd1) 38... Rxb2 39. Kc4 Re2 40. Kxb3 Rxe5 41. Kc4 Kf8 42. Kd4 d6 43. c4 g5 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. Kd4 Ke6 46. Kd3 f6 47. Kd4 Kf5 48. Rf1+ Kg6 49. Kc3 f5 {Black mates.} 50. Rd1 Re6 51. Kd4 f4 52. Kd5 Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,49,10,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 {The position is equal.} 12. Re1 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} (12. Nxe4 {feels hotter.} dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Kxg2 Rad8 17. a4) (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Bxg2 c5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxb2 {½-½ (37) Karjakin,S (2773)-Anand,V (2768) Saint Louis 2018}) 12... Nxe5 {...Nd3 is the strong threat.} 13. Nxe4 Bxf3 $1 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Rad8 16. Bb7 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rb8 17. Bxa6 Bxe4 18. Bd4 Nc6 19. Rxe4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bd6 21. a4 bxa4 {½-½ (21) Milnes,B-Northrup,G USA 1915}) 17. Nc5 Bxb7 18. Nxb7 Rd5 19. Bd4 Nc6 {next ...Kf7 is good for Black.} 20. Na5 Nxa5 21. Rxe7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rf7 22. Re8+ Rf8 23. Re7 Rf7 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,36,40,18,17,2,19,24,31,32,62,47,72,48,54,72,64,24,62,48,87,70,83,76,63,60,58,51,72,58,81,49,47,35,50,33,69,85,125,126,170,177,497,501,506,503,494,364,343,312,709,653,702,690,641,430,420,427,473,470,475,452,770,764,755,760,746,547,723,745,745,745,741,741,775,763]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. Ba3 Re8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Qb3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qc8 15. h4 Be6 16. c4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {0-1 (52) Vidit,S (2711)-Shankland,S (2731) Prague 2019}) 7... c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 {And now ...cxd4 would win.} 9. Qd2 {The position is equal.} Nd7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Be3 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf6 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bb1 Ng4 14. Bf4 e5 15. dxe5 {1-0 (28) Saunina,L (2208)-Kristiansen,E (2219) Dresden 2013}) 12. h3 (12. dxc5 {seems wilder.} Nd7 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Nd4 Nxc5 15. Nb5) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 (14. Kxd2 {feels hotter.} f5 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Ke2 Be6 17. Nh4) 14... Bd7 15. Nb3 f5 16. f3 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 18. Bd3 b6 19. Ke2 fxe4 20. fxe4 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd4 Nd6 23. Rc1 Kd8 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Ne8 {[#]} 26. Bb8 $1 Be6 $2 (26... Bf8 {is a better chance.} 27. Ne5 (27. Bxa7 Bc5 $16) 27... Rh7 28. Bxa7 (28. Nxg6 Bd6 $16) 28... Bc5) 27. Bxa7 $18 Bxa2 28. Bxb6+ Ke7 29. Nh4 Bf7 30. Rc6 Kd7 $2 (30... Nf6 31. Rc7+ Kf8) 31. Bb5 Nd6 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. Bc6 {Hoping for Bd5+.} Be5 34. Nf3 Rb8 {White is clearly winning.} 35. Bc5 Rb2+ {[#]} 36. Kd1 $1 {Threatens to win with Bd5+.} Rb1+ (36... Kf6 $142) 37. Kc2 {Strongly threatening Bd5+.} Rb2+ 38. Kc1 {Black must now prevent Bd5+.} Rxg2 39. Bd5+ Kf6 40. Bxd6 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rd6e5]} Bb2+ 41. Kd1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rc7f7]} Bxd5 42. exd5 Rf2 43. Nd2 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,73,13,11,0,14,0,6,0,16,-33,-33,-32,-30,-39,-29,-38,-38,-36,-26,-27,-31,-46,-35,-38,-17,-35,-7,-10,-8,-7,-5,-8,-14,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. h3 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} Rb8 {[#]} 14. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf1 b4 15. Ng3 bxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. exd5 {½-½ (17) Areshchenko,A (2656)-Efimenko,Z (2647) Yerevan 2015}) 14... Ne7 15. d4 Ng6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Be3 Qc8 19. Nh2 c5 20. Qf3 c4 21. Nd2 Bc5 22. b4 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Rb6 24. c4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Rc6 27. Qb3 Be6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 (28... Rcxe6 {seems wilder.} 29. Nhf3 Nf4 30. Ra7 Qc5 31. Qe3 Qc2) 29. Qxe6 Rexe6 30. Rec1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Ra6 32. Nhf3 Ra4 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 Kg8 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7 Kg8 37. Rc8+ {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,131,16,16,20,7,0,5,0,0,0,12,16,10,11,32,15,60,19,40,0,0,-27,-6,-27,29,0,0,0,0,0,19,0,39,25,48,0,45,53,60,56,55,57,50,41,66,56,108,85,213,201,721,743,732,736,902,902,825,886,1585,305,316,311,316,289,281,275,200,66,66,66,66,66,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Nd1 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (9. a3 Rb8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Ne2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 {½-½ (31) Grischuk,A (2769)-Short,N (2652) Douglas 2018}) 9... Be7 10. Bd3 b4 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 a5 13. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nf2 O-O 14. Nh1 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Ne5 {1-0 (30) Girya,O (2103)-Cherepovskaya,M (2075) Satka 2005}) 13... bxa3 14. bxa3 a4 15. Nc3 Ra5 16. g4 h5 17. h3 Nf8 18. Qe1 Ng6 19. Qg3 Nh4 (19... hxg4 $142 20. hxg4 Kf8) 20. Nxh4 $11 Bxh4 21. Qg2 hxg4 22. hxg4 Be7 23. Bf3 Na7 24. Rfb1 Bd7 25. g5 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. Rxb5 Bxb5 28. g6 $1 f5 29. exf6 $1 Bxf6 {[#]} 30. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 (30... Qb6 $14) 31. Rb1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb1b5]} (31. Bxd5 Rh4 $11) 31... Bc6 {[#]} (31... Ba6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 32. Bf4 $1 $18 {aiming for Rb8.} Bxd4+ $2 (32... Ke7 33. Qd2 Kd7) 33. Kf1 Qh4 {[#]} 34. Qd2 $1 {Re1+ is the strong threat.} Bc5 35. Rb8+ Kd7 36. Rxh8 Qxh8 37. Bxd5 $2 (37. Qa5 {Intending Qc7+ and mate.} Qd8 38. Qxc5) 37... c3 38. Qd3 Qf8 39. Bf3+ Bd6 40. Bxc6+ ({Less strong is} 40. Bxd6 Qxd6 41. Qxf5+ Kc7 $16) 40... Kxc6 41. Qxc3+ (41. Qc4+ $18 Kb7 42. Qb5+ (42. Qxa4 Bxf4 43. Qxf4 Qf6 $11) 42... Kc7 43. Qc5+ (43. Qxa4 Bxf4 44. Qxf4+ Kc6 $16) 43... Kd7 44. Qd4) 41... Kb7 $14 42. Bxd6 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxd6 43. Qxg7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Ka6 44. Ke2 ({White should play} 44. Qc3 $1 $14 Qxg6 45. Qc4+ Kb7 46. Qxa4) 44... Qe6+ {The position is equal.} 45. Kd2 Qd6+ 46. Ke2 Qe6+ 47. Kf2 {And now Qf7 would win.} Qb6+ 48. Kf3 Qc6+ $1 49. Kg3 Qd6+ 50. Kh3 Qxa3+ 51. c3 {Strongly threatening Qf6+.} Qd6 52. Qf7 {Threatens to win with g7.} Qf4 53. Qe6+ Kb7 54. Qe7+ Kc6 {White must now prevent ...Qg4+.} 55. Qf6+ Kb7 56. Qf7+ Kb6 57. Kg2 Qg4+ 58. Kf2 a3 59. Qe6+ Kb7 60. Qe7+ Kb6 61. g7 a2 62. Qd8+ Kb7 63. Qd5+ Kb6 64. Qb3+ Kc6 {( -> ...Qh4+)} 65. Qe6+ Kb7 66. Qd5+ {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,130,37,40,31,27,28,44,17,46,22,38,43,38,50,42,41,39,32,34,41,12,15,31,32,44,31,43,-29,-17,-83,-87,-122,-56,-117,-130,-163,-153,-147,-10,-14,-6,-6,-17,-34,-23,-121,-109,-112,-84,-79,-92,-87,-98,-128,-133,-158,-159,-233,-130,-196,-121,-105,-103,-118,0,0,0,0,106,87,148,152,170,146,159,167,207,196,187,212,199,104,191,236,199,167,166,164,152,148,235,220,232,235,216,-8,-8,-8,-8,-20,-8,-24,-14,-16,-8,-8,-8,-31,-31,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bc7 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 {White is slightly better.} Qd8 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nd4 $1 Ne7 $146 (12... Qb6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd3 {½-½ (66) Jakovenko,D (2730)-Pridorozhni,A (2571) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 13. h4 b5 14. h5 Ne8 15. Qb4 Bb7 16. h6 g6 17. a4 Nc6 18. Qc5 bxa4 19. Nxa4 Rc8 20. Kb1 (20. f3 $14) 20... Nb8 $11 (20... Nxd4 $6 21. Qxd4 Qc7 22. Nc3 $16) 21. Qa7 (21. Qb6 $11 Bxe4 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rh4) 21... Bxe4 $17 22. Nc5 Nd6 ({Better is} 22... Bd5 $17 23. c4 d6 24. cxd5 dxc5 25. dxe6 Rc7) 23. Ndb3 (23. f3 $15 Bd5 24. Be2) 23... Bd5 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Qxa6 Nc4 (25... Qc7 $17 {And now ...Ne4 would win.} 26. Qd3 Bxg2) 26. Rxd5 $1 $11 exd5 27. Nxd7 $1 Qe7 (27... Qxd7 28. Qf6 Na3+ 29. bxa3 Qg4 30. Qg7#) 28. g4 Rfd8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} ({Worse is} 28... Qxd7 29. Qf6 Na3+ 30. bxa3 Qxg4 31. Qg7#) 29. Nf6+ (29. Qf6 $1 $11 Qxf6 30. Nxf6+ Kh8 31. Re1) 29... Kh8 $17 {aiming for ...Qe5.} 30. Nxd5 Qd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6a6]} 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Nc3 Rf6 33. Ne4 Rf4 34. Nbc5 Rxg4 35. b3 (35. c3 $17) 35... Ne5 (35... Na3+ $19 36. Kb2 Nxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 36. Re1 (36. Kb2 $17) 36... Rf4 ({Black should play} 36... f5 $19 37. Nd6 Rxc5 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nxe5 Re4) 37. c4 Ng4 38. Nd6 Rd8 (38... Ra8 $1 $17 39. b4 Nxh6) 39. Ncb7 $11 Rf8 40. c5 {Hoping for c6.} Nxh6 (40... Rf3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 41. c6 $16 {Strongly threatening Ne8.} Rb4 ({Don't blunder} 41... Rxf2 $2 42. Ne8 $18 (42. c7 Rf6 $18)) ({Black should try} 41... Rf3) 42. Kb2 $1 {Threatens to win with Ne8.} Nf5 43. c7 $1 Nd4 44. Nc5 {Black must now prevent Re8.} Rb6 45. c8=Q Rxc8 46. Nxc8 Rc6 47. Re8+ Kg7 48. b4 h5 49. Kc3 Nb5+ 50. Kd3 h4 {intending ...h3.} 51. Ke2 Nd4+ {[#]} (51... Rf6 $16 52. Kf1 Rf4) 52. Kf1 $1 $18 h3 {[#]} 53. Kg1 $1 g5 54. Re3 $2 (54. Kh1 $18) 54... Rxc8 $11 55. Rxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb8 56. Nd3 f5 57. Re3 Kf6 58. Kg2 Nc2 59. Re2 Nxb4 60. Nxb4 Rxb4 {KR-KR. Black is slightly better.} 61. Ra2 Ke5 62. Ra5+ Kf4 63. Ra3 g4 64. Rc3 Rb5 65. Rc8 Rb4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,58,14,17,0,31,22,40,16,27,22,14,10,32,36,35,40,39,29,54,72,72,67,125,124,123,119,118,127,113,16,110,108,150,56,37,0,156,0,0,0,0,-146,-153,-366,-390,-381,-339,-332,-144,-652,-629]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 {½-½ (8) Vitiugov,N (2719)-Giri,A (2783) St Petersburg 2018}) 6... Ne4 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 {White is slightly better.} Qa5 {[%cal Re4c3]} 9. Nge2 O-O 10. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} Bf5 {...Nxc3 is the strong threat.} 11. Qc1 Nxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Qxc5 13. Nxe4 Qxc1+ 14. Rxc1 dxe4 {1-0 (34) Matthiesen,M (2307)-Svane,R (2587) Denmark 2018}) 12. axb4 Nd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 13. Kd2 Qd8 $1 14. Qb1 {Strongly threatening Nd4.} Bg6 15. Bxb8 $1 Qxb8 (15... Rxb8 $14 16. Qa2 Nxf2) 16. f4 $16 ({Avoid the trap} 16. Nxd5 $2 Nxf2 17. Qe1 Nxh1 $19) 16... Nf2 17. Qe1 Nxh1 18. Nd4 Qd6 19. Bd3 (19. Ra4 $1 $16) 19... Qxb4 (19... Bxd3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 20. Kxd3 Qxb4) 20. Nc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2b4]} Qb6 {Threatens to win with ...Bxd3.} (20... Qxb2 $2 21. Rb1 $18) 21. Qxh1 (21. f5 $16) 21... d4 $14 (21... Qxb2 $2 22. Rb1 $18) 22. exd4 {And now f5 would win.} Rac8 $2 (22... Bxd3 $11 23. Kxd3 Rac8) 23. Ra2 $2 (23. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Qxb2 24. Ne2) 23... Bxd3 $11 24. Kxd3 Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for ...b5. White is under pressure.} 25. Rxa7 {[#]} (25. Ra3 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qxb2 26. Qa1) 25... b5 $1 $17 ({Of course not} 25... Qxb2 $6 26. Ra3 $11) 26. Rb7 $2 (26. Qa1 $17 {might work better.} b4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 27. Kd2 (27. Qa2 $2 Rxc3+ 28. bxc3 Qxc3+ 29. Ke4 b3 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack})) 26... Qxb2 $19 27. Qe1 Rfd8 {Played: Qb2-b3} 0-1

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,118,28,26,30,6,0,0,20,0,38,27,40,18,33,26,17,20,19,-25,-20,-26,-21,-17,0,-39,-38,-63,-68,-72,-81,-82,-54,-56,-43,-67,-57,-64,-65,-79,-84,-125,-67,-48,-45,-44,-37,-62,-47,-58,-64,-68,-54,-66,-33,-66,0,0,0,-58,-33,-25,-20,-62,-38,-29,-22,-20,-29,-29,-26,-25,-21,-21,-17,-39,-31,-48,-42,-48,-48,-33,0,0,0,-31,-22,-66,-33,-25,-14,0,0,0,-12,-64,-71,-112,0,-35,-41,-145,-149,-133,-139,-156,-118]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 b5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 9. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 bxc4 10. bxc4 Ba6 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. Qa3 dxc4 13. Rac1 c3 14. Bxc3 Bxe2 15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd5 17. Bb4 Qb7 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Nb3 Bh6 20. Rb1 N7b6 21. Na5 {½-½ (21) Rodshtein,M (2673)-Esipenko,A (2603) Skopje 2019}) 9... Ne4 10. Qc2 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 11. Nc3 f5 12. a4 b4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} h6 16. Nh3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 17. Qd2 a5 18. Nf2 g5 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Nd1 Rf7 21. Ne3 Bg6 22. Nd1 Raf8 23. Nf2 Qe6 24. Bc1 Re8 25. Qe3 Bf5 26. Qd2 Nd7 27. Nd1 {[#]} Bg6 ({Black should play} 27... exf3 $1 $17 28. exf3 Qg6) 28. Qe3 $15 Rd8 29. Nf2 Nf6 30. Qd2 Bf5 31. Nd1 Nd7 32. Ne3 Bg6 33. Bb2 Kh7 34. Bc1 Qf6 35. Bb2 $1 {[#] Black must now prevent fxe4.} Qe6 36. Bc1 Rff8 37. Bb2 h5 38. Nd1 Bh6 39. Bc1 Bf5 40. Ne3 g4 41. Qd1 Bg6 42. Nc2 Bg7 43. Bf4 Rc8 44. Qd2 Rf7 45. Rf2 Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...e3!} 46. fxg4 hxg4 47. Ref1 Nf8 48. Ne3 $1 Nd7 49. Nc2 Bf6 50. Ne3 Rh7 (50... Nxc5 $5 51. dxc5 d4 $11) 51. Bh1 Rh5 52. Ng2 Nf8 53. Be3 {Threatens to win with Nf4.} Qf7 54. Nf4 (54. Rf4 $1 $11) 54... Rh7 55. Bg2 Ne6 (55... Qg7 $17) 56. h4 ({Reject} 56. Nxg6 Qxg6 57. Bh1 Qg7 $17) 56... Ng7 $1 57. Nxg6 ({Better is} 57. Bh1 $15) 57... Qxg6 $17 {Black is clearly better.} 58. Rxf6 exf6 59. Bf4 Nh5 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,151,9,23,20,16,7,13,18,19,7,29,-8,14,5,22,22,13,29,25,1,64,63,79,104,95,56,69,61,92,58,85,92,106,103,235,225,230,231,296,319,333,314,364,360,430,445,536,571,599,393,1497,1416,1267,609,606,586,517,272,285,273,239,188,170,173,172,173,170,161,192,103,191,206,219,213,224,225,223,218,193,147,164,146,178,187,247,166,166,166,166,166,209,164,164,164,164,140,245,239,224,150,208,208,194,186,1052,580,576,258,29967,29968,29969,29969,29970,29968,29968,29970,29970,29971,29970,29971,29970,29972,29971,29969,29969,29969,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29978,29969,29976,29977,29979,29980,29980,29981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 a5 8. Rd1 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} a4 9. Qb4 Re8 10. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 11. Na3 e6 12. Qe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Ne5 Bf8 14. Qe1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bf4 Nd6 17. h4 Bd7 18. Qc3 f5 19. Bg5 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Bd2 Raa8 {½-½ (21) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 12... h6 13. Rac1 g5 14. Bd6 Ne4 15. Bb4 $1 f5 16. Nc2 {[%cal Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} g4 ({Black should try} 16... Qc7 $11) 17. Nh4 $1 $14 b6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. f3 Ng5 $1 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Ng6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nf7 22. fxg4 fxg4 23. Ne5 h5 (23... Ba6 $16) 24. Nxf7 $18 Kxf7 {[#]} 25. Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Bh6 (25... dxc4 26. Bxa8) 26. Nd6+ Kg6 27. Nxe8 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 {Black must now prevent Rc7.} Qxe8 29. e4 Ba6 30. e5 Nd7 31. Rc6 {aiming for Bxd5.} Kh7 $2 {[#]} (31... Rc8) 32. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 33. Qb1+ (33. Qe3 $142 Qg6 34. Rxg6 Kxg6 35. Bd2) 33... Kg7 {...Nxe5 is the strong threat.} 34. Qf5 {Intending Qg5+ and mate.} Bd3 35. Qxd3 Nxe5 36. Rc7+ Nf7 37. Qf5 Qe3+ 38. Kf1 Qf3+ 39. Qxf3 gxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Kf2 Kg6 41. Be7 (41. Kxf3 $6 Ng5+ 42. Ke3 Re8+ 43. Kd3 Ne4 $16) (41. h4 $18) 41... a3 (41... Nd8 $16) 42. Rc6+ ({Stronger than} 42. Kxf3 Ng5+ 43. Bxg5 axb2 $11) 42... Kf5 43. Rf6+ ({Don't do} 43. Rxb6 $6 axb2 44. Kxf3 Ng5+ 45. Bxg5 Kxg5 $16) (43. Bxa3 $6 Ng5 $16) 43... Ke4 44. bxa3 ({Wrong is} 44. Rxf7 $2 axb2 45. Rf4+ Kd3 $19) 44... Nh8 45. Rxb6 Kxd4 46. Kxf3 Nf7 47. Rb4+ Ke5 48. Rh4 Nd6 (48... Ke6 {was worth a try.}) 49. Bxd6+ Kxd6 {KR-KR} 50. a4 Kc5 51. Ke3 Rb8 52. Kd3 Rb2 53. Rxh5 Rxa2 54. Rh8 Ra3+ {[#]} (54... Rxa4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 55. Ke3 Kd6) 55. Ke2 $1 Kd4 56. Ra8 Ra2+ (56... Ke4 $16) 57. Kf3 {And now h4 would win.} Rxh2 {[#]} 58. a5 $1 Kc5 $2 (58... Rh7 59. g4 Rf7+ 60. Kg3 Rg7) 59. a6 Kb6 60. Rd8 (60. g4 $142 Rh7 61. Rd8) 60... Kxa6 $2 (60... Rd2 $18 61. Rd6+ Kc5) 61. Rxd5 {White mates.} Kb6 62. g4 Rh8 63. Kf4 Kc6 64. Rd1 Rf8+ 65. Ke5 Rg8 66. Kf5 Rf8+ 67. Ke6 Rg8 68. Rd4 Kc5 69. Ra4 Re8+ 70. Kf7 Rb8 71. g5 Rb7+ 72. Kg8 Kd5 73. Rf4 Rb1 74. g6 Ke6 75. g7 Ke7 76. Rh4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,101,26,25,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,3,0,-4,23,22,17,0,0,0,0,5,2,2,15,18,29,21,30,20,15,26,33,34,27,31,27,26,42,29,37,43,35,41,36,39,92,91,91,91,109,85,129,129,157,150,142,142,154,147,142,142,411,398,384,343,329,331,322,262,300,283,327,325,320,297,553,577,672,551,708,708,635,573,794,656,1341,1326,1214,1152]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. Bxc4 (8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Rd8 16. Rac1 Nce4 17. Bb4 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 {1-0 (69) Grischuk,A (2771)-Topalov,V (2740) Shamkir 2019}) 8... a6 9. a4 c5 {The position is equal.} 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Rd8 13. Ne5 {[#]} Ncd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nh5 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. b4 {1-0 (35) Sokolov,I (2645)-Le Roux,J (2523) Mulhouse 2011}) 14. Be2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd7 16. Bf3 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Kf1 Nd5 19. e4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 f6 21. Bf4 Kf7 22. Ke2 e5 23. Be3 Rab8 24. Rdb1 Ke6 25. Ba7 Ra8 26. Bb6 Rd7 27. Be3 Bd8 28. Rb3 Rc8 29. Rab1 c5 ({Black should play} 29... Bc7 $14) 30. Rb8 Rc6 31. c4 Ba5 32. Rh8 h6 33. Rbb8 Bc3 34. h4 Bd4 35. Bd2 Rcc7 36. Rb6+ Kf7 37. Be1 f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Ke7 $16) 38. exf5 $18 e4 39. Rbb8 {[#] White threatens Rhf8+ and mate.} Kf6 40. g4 Rb7 41. f3 exf3+ 42. Kxf3 Ba1 43. Bf2 Rxb8 44. Rxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd1 $2 (44... Bd4 {is a better defense.} 45. Bg3 Kf7) 45. Bxc5 {White is clearly winning.} Rc1 46. Ke4 {[%cal Rb8f8] [#]} g5 47. hxg5+ hxg5 48. Rb4 Rh1 49. Bf2 a5 50. Rb6+ Kf7 51. c5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,59,14,9,6,2,10,11,13,19,26,21,28,20,20,21,7,6,3,8,14,14,0,6,5,0,34,37,35,17,172,148,146,149,179,187,168,177,213,213,184,214,218,188,370,431,390,419,388,383,355,283]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 {The position is equal.} 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 (10. Bf4 Re8 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Be3 Bd6 14. O-O-O Rxe3 15. Bxg4 Rxc3+ 16. Qxc3 {0-1 (32) Volkov,S (2645)-Vitiugov,N (2722) St Petersburg 2017}) 10... Bd6 11. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {½-½ (53) Braun,A (2598)-Vrolijk,L (2433) chess.com INT 2019}) 11... a6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nbd7 15. Nh4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rae8 17. Qf3 Re4 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Qb3 Qd7 $2 {[#]} (19... Nh5 $11 20. Bxe5 Qxe5) 20. Bxe5 $1 $18 Rxh4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxf6 Qg4 23. Raf1 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 {aiming for h3.} Qxc4 25. Qxb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rh6 {Threatens to win with ...Rxf6.} 26. h3 Rg6 $2 {[#]} (26... Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Qe4 28. Qxa6 Qxd5) 27. d6 $1 Rxf6 28. Rxf6 {Strongly threatening Qe7.White is winning.} Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qe3 {And now ...Qe5+ would win.} 30. Qd5 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "72nd RUS-ch Superfinal 2019"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,7,8,11,5,3,8,8,11,15,12,11,19,12,7,12,12,13,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-5,0,0,-29,0,-9,-9,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bb6 $146 (5... O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qc2 Qb6 {½-½ (28) Carlsen,M (2843)-Ding,L (2791) Stavanger 2018}) 6. d4 {A23: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 c6} exd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Be3 Ba5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Qd7 17. Qd2 Bh3 18. Bh1 b6 19. Rc3 Na5 20. b3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Rc8 22. Qd2 h6 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Nc6 25. Qc3 a5 26. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Nb4 28. a3 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Nxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 30. a4 g5 31. g4 f6 32. Kg3 Kf7 33. f4 Kg6 34. fxg5 (34. f5+ {keeps more tension.} Kf7 35. h4 Nb4 36. Bd2 Nc2 37. Bc3) 34... hxg5 35. h4 gxh4+ 36. Kxh4 Nd8 37. Kg3 Ne6 38. Kf3 f5 39. Kg3 Kf6 40. gxf5 Kxf5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ke4!} 41. Kf3 Ng5+ 42. Bxg5 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

