[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,96,-8,-12,9,11,5,5,5,5,5,9,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,3,14,4,4,4,9,9,9,9,9,9,11,11,18,20,20,20,20,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O {The position is equal.} Bxc3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} 10. Bxc3 dxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxe4 Qxb2 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Rb1 Qxb1 15. Qxb1 Rxb1 16. Rxb1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 17. Bf3 Kf8 18. Rb8 Re8 {[%cal Re8e1] [#]} 19. h4 {[#]} (19. g4 {seems wilder.} Ba6 20. Rb3 Be2 21. Kg2 Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 Re6 23. Ra3) 19... Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Ba6 20. Rb3 Be2 21. Bxe2 Rxe2 22. Rc3 Re7 23. f3 Ke8 24. Kf2 Kd7 25. Ra3 Re5 26. Rxa7 {½-½ (52) So,W (2765)-Carlsen,M (2872) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 20. Rb7 Bxc2 21. Rxc7 Be4 22. Rxa7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 {KR-KR} Rc8 24. Kg2 Rc4 25. Kg3 g6 26. Ra5 Kg7 27. f4 Kf6 28. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} h5 29. Ra7 Ke6 30. Ra6+ Kf5 31. Ra5+ Kf6 32. Ra7 Ke6 33. a5 Ra4 34. a6 f6 35. Ra8 Kf5 36. a7 Ra3+ 37. Kg2 Kxf4 38. Rf8 Rxa7 39. Rxf6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg4 40. Rxg6+ Kxh4 41. f4 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Ke4 Ra4+ 44. Ke5 Ra5+ 45. Kf6 Ra6+ 46. Kg7 Rxg6+ 47. Kxg6 {White threatens f5 and mate.} Kg3 (47... Kg4 $5) 48. Kxh5 {White wants to mate with f5.} Kxf4 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,140,-16,-17,-36,0,0,0,-7,0,-1,0,-8,-3,-5,-6,-24,-17,-11,4,14,9,-7,0,0,0,-18,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,-85,-91,-89,0,0,0,-46,-44,-44,-52,-111,-109,-112,-107,-182,-176,-166,-106,-104,-109,-101,-93,-126,-116,-113,-114,-127,-129,-127,-72,-75,-68,-81,-68,-63,-51,-51,-51,-59,-56,-56,-48,-72,-70,-119,-122,-114,-41,-38,0,-28,-28,-28,-17,-95,-90,-204,-204,-170,-62,-70,-26,-30,-30,-35,-35,-34,-44,-122,-25,-31,-27,-49,-18,-25,-27,-25,-8,-29,-39,-59,-8,-25,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Qb3 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} Qd7 (7... Bxf3 $5 8. Bxf7+ (8. gxf3 Ne5 $15) 8... Kf8 9. gxf3 Nf6 $11) 8. Nxd4 (8. Qxb7 Rb8 $17) 8... Na5 9. Qb5 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 Ne7 {[#]} 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Qb3 Bb6 14. Qc2 f6 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. a4 a6 17. b4 {1-0 (33) Prochazka,P (1781)-Siroky,R (1634) Nachod 2012}) 11... Be6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Be3 Bxd4 14. cxd4 f5 15. d5 Bf7 {next ...fxe4 is good for Black.} 16. Nc3 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rae8 18. Qd4 a6 19. Rfe1 Qf5 {[%cal Re7d5]} 20. Rad1 $1 h6 21. Kh2 Ng6 22. Qb4 Qc8 23. Bd4 (23. Qd4 $11) 23... Rxe1 $17 24. Rxe1 Re8 (24... Qf5 $17) 25. Rxe8+ $11 Bxe8 26. Ne2 Ne7 $1 27. Qb3 Bf7 28. Nf4 (28. Qg3 $15 Qf8 29. Nf4) 28... Qf5 $17 29. Qg3 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg3g7]} g5 30. Be3 (30. Ne2 $17) 30... Qe5 $1 $19 ({Not} 30... Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. f4 $11) ({Much less strong is} 30... Bxd5 31. h4 $17) 31. Ne2 Qxg3+ ({But not} 31... Bxd5 32. Qxe5 dxe5 33. Nc3 $17) (31... Qxb2 $19 32. Qg4 Qe5+ 33. Ng3 Nxd5 34. Qc8+ Kh7) 32. Nxg3 $17 Nxd5 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 33. Bd2 Kh7 34. Ne2 Kg6 35. g4 Nf6 36. a3 c5 37. f4 Ne4 ({Black should play} 37... Bb3 38. fxg5 hxg5) 38. Be3 $17 b6 {...d5 is the strong threat.} 39. Nc3 Nf6 $1 40. f5+ Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...d5.} 41. b4 $1 Be8 42. Kg3 Bc6 43. h4 Nh7 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. bxc5 bxc5 46. Nd1 Kh6 (46... Kf6 $17 47. Kf2 Ke5) 47. Nf2 $15 Kg7 48. Nh3 Kf6 49. Kf2 $1 Be4 50. Ke2 (50. a4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 50... Bg2 $17 51. Ng1 {[#]} (51. Nf2 $17) 51... Ke5 $1 $19 52. Kf2 Bc6 (52... Bh1 $19 53. Kg3 Bc6) 53. Bc1 $15 Be4 {And now ...d5 would win.} 54. Nh3 Bxf5 55. Bb2+ Ke6 56. gxf5+ Kxf5 57. a4 {[#]} (57. Bg7 $15) 57... Nf8 (57... d5 $1 $17 58. Bg7 g4) 58. Ng1 $1 $11 d5 59. Ne2 d4 60. Bxd4 cxd4 61. Nxd4+ {KN-KN} Kf4 62. Nc6 Ne6 63. Nb4 g4 (63... Nc5 $15) 64. a5 g3+ 65. Kg2 {The position is equal.} Kg4 {( -> ...Nf4+)} 66. Nd5 $1 Kh4 {Hoping for ...Ng7.} 67. Ne3 Nd4 68. Nf1 $1 Nc6 69. Nxg3 Nxa5 70. Ne4 Nc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,82,0,4,-5,0,-13,-7,-11,-4,-2,-4,-25,25,23,81,21,29,14,21,-7,5,-10,-42,-328,-331,-327,-321,-329,-322,-302,-319,-316,-318,-323,-310,-286,-268,-475,-304,-302,-304,-304,-333,-304,-304,-328,-325,-331,-318,-373,-366,-364,-375,-423,-304,-323,-278,-729,-693,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29979,-29980,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Rb1 Bd7 9. h4 {[#] C02: French: Advance Variation.} Nh6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. b4 cxb3 11. Nxb3 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 Qxb3 13. Rxb3 b6 14. Bb5 Ne7 15. a4 Nc6 16. h5 Na5 {1-0 (58) Giri,A (2777)-Vitiugov,N (2727) Yasnaya Polyana 2021}) 10. Rh3 Be7 11. b3 {The position is equal.} cxb3 12. Nxb3 Ba4 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 13. Nfd2 O-O 14. Bd3 f6 {[#]} (14... f5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. Qh5 $1 Be8 $11 (15... Bxb3 $2 16. Nxb3 Nf5 17. Nc5 $18 (17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxf5 exf5 $18)) 16. Qe2 fxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 {[#] Bxh6 is the strong threat.} Bh5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh5e2][%mdl 2112] Deflection. Black has some pressure.} 19. Qxh5 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (19. f3 $15 Qg1+ 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Bxf1) 19... Qxf2+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Kd1 Qg1+ (20... Qxg2 21. Re3 $11) 21. Kc2 Qxg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Bd2 {Strongly threatening Rhh1.} Qxh3 23. Bxh6 gxh6 ({Worse is} 23... Rf3 24. Be3 $11) 24. Qxh6 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh6h7]} Rf7 (24... Qxh4 25. Rg1+ Kf7 26. Bg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28. Qg7#) 25. Nd4 Kh8 ({Stronger than} 25... Bxa3 {[#]} 26. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxh7 27. Rg1+ Kf7 28. Qxh7+ Ke8 29. Rg8+ Bf8 30. Qg6+ Ke7 31. Qf6+ Kd7 32. Qf7+ Be7 33. Rxa8) (25... Bxh4 26. Rf1 $11) 26. Rxb7 $2 {[#]} (26. Rf1 Rg7 27. Rd1) 26... Bf8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rxf7 {[%csl Gd3,Gf7][%cal Rh6h7]} Bxh6 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Rxh6 Qh2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kd1 {intending Rg6+.} Qxe5 {White must now prevent ...Qe3.} 31. Rxe6 Qh2 32. Re2 Qxh4 33. Kc2 Rc8 34. Bf5 Rc5 {And now ...Qxd4 would win.} 35. Rg2+ Kf7 {aiming for ...Qxd4.} 36. Kd2 $2 (36. Kb2) 36... Qf4+ 37. Ke2 Rxc3 {Black mates.} 38. Be6+ Ke7 39. Rg7+ Kd6 40. Rd7+ Ke5 41. Rxd5+ Ke4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.69/Black=0.18} 0-1

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,107,33,25,27,34,21,22,11,13,25,21,20,20,23,17,13,22,8,31,19,34,-9,44,36,79,37,33,34,39,33,45,41,66,53,74,57,116,112,116,120,112,126,127,122,131,131,131,129,175,106,131,130,131,135,151,119,145,138,129,120,206,155,435,418,349,320,319,320,319,309,352,341,464,494,491,483,434,291,356,356,340,348,305,270,386,408,398,393,386,385,7814,7149,29991,29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. d4 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. Exploring less charted territory.} exd4 12. Nxd4 {[#]} b5 $146 {Threatens to win with ...Nxd4.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Qa4 c5 18. Rad1 Qb8 {½-½ (43) Soumya,S (2359)-Mohota,N (2260) Chengdu 2017}) 13. Nxc6 Qd7 14. Bc2 Qxc6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bf4 Bg7 17. Qd2 h5 18. f3 Be6 (18... h4 $11 19. Ne2 h3) 19. Ne2 $14 Bc4 20. Rad1 (20. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Qb7 21. h3 $14) 20... Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd7 22. Be3 Nb6 23. Bd4 Nc4 24. Qc1 Re6 25. f4 Rae8 (25... f5 $1 $14) 26. b3 $16 Nb6 27. f5 gxf5 28. Qg5 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg5g7][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rg6 29. Qxf5 Nd7 30. Rf1 Ne5 31. Ref2 Ree6 32. b4 (32. Bxe5 $18 dxe5 33. Qxf7+ Kh7 34. Bd1) 32... Qe8 33. Bb3 {Strongly threatening Bxe5.} Ref6 34. Qxh5 Rh6 35. Qe2 Qe7 36. Rf5 Rxf5 37. Rxf5 {Black must now prevent Bxe5.} Kh8 (37... Rf6 $16) 38. g3 c5 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (38... Rf6 $16 39. Rh5+ Rh6 40. Rxh6+ Bxh6) 39. bxc5 $18 dxc5 40. Be3 Rh7 41. Bd5 Bh6 42. Bf2 Bg7 43. a4 c4 44. axb5 axb5 45. Qa2 Qd8 {If only Black now had time for ...Ng4....} 46. Bd4 Ng4 47. Qa7 Bxd4+ 48. Qxd4+ ({Less strong is} 48. cxd4 Ne3 $16) 48... f6 49. Qc5 Qb8 (49... Rd7 $142 50. h3 Ne5 51. Qxb5 Ra7 52. Bxc4 Ra1+ 53. Kg2 Rc1) 50. Rf4 Ne5 {intending ...Nd3.} 51. Rxf6 {White wants to mate with Rf8+.} Nd7 52. Qd6 Qa7+ (52... Qxd6 53. Rxd6 Nc5 54. Rd8+ Kg7) 53. Kg2 {White threatens Rf8+! and mate.} Qa2+ {[#]} 54. Kf3 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.38} ({Weaker is} 54. Rf2 Rxh2+ 55. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 56. Kh3 Nf6 $11) 1-0

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,81,7,18,20,25,39,-17,-17,-21,-7,-10,-9,-63,-39,-49,-22,-71,-33,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Ne8 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7.} 10. f4 exf4 {[#]} 11. gxf4 $146 (11. Bxf4 $14 Nc7 12. Qd2) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxf4 Nc7 12. Qd2 Ne6 13. Be3 Ned4 14. Nd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Be6 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Kh2 {0-1 (59) Hellen,B (2014)-Topi Hulmi,T (2217) Finland 2017}) 11... f5 12. Be3 Nc7 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Ng3 (14. Bf2 $11) 14... Rb8 15. Rab1 b5 (15... Qh4 {seems wilder.} 16. Kh2 b6 17. Nge2 Nxe2 18. Qxe2 Be6) 16. b4 bxc4 17. dxc4 Rxb4 (17... fxe4 $15 18. Ncxe4 Nce6) 18. Rxb4 $11 cxb4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd5.} bxc3 21. Qxc3 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Ne6 23. Qd2 (23. f5 $5 gxf5 24. Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ng7 25. Nxd6 $14) 23... Qb6+ {The position is equal.} 24. Kh2 Bb7 25. f5 Bxe4 ({Avoid the trap} 25... gxf5 $2 {[#]} 26. Qh6 $1 $18) ({Much weaker is} 25... Rxf5 26. Rxf5 gxf5 27. Nxd6 $16) 26. Bxe4 {Threatens to win with Bd5.} Qd4 27. Qxd4 Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. f6 Nf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rxf5 {KR-KR} Rc8 31. Ra5 Kf7 32. Rxa7+ Kxf6 33. Rxh7 Rxc4 34. Kg3 Ra4 35. Kf3 Rxa2 36. Ke4 Ra5 37. Rh6+ Kg7 38. Rxd6 Rb5 39. Rd5 Rxd5 40. Kxd5 Kf6 41. Ke4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.09"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,14,31,22,19,21,33,29,33,26,39,13,4,11,15,7,28,0,0,0,15,16,25,-8,-7,-9,20,0,1,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Nf6 7. Bg5 Be6 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 7...Be7.} 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} h6 9. Bf4 c5 {[#]} 10. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. O-O Ne4 15. Rc1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 Ke7 18. Rfc1 Rhc8 19. Kf1 Kd6 {½-½ (19) Fernandez Medina,E (2282)-Au Cardero,R (2286) ICCF email 2017}) 10... Bxc5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Bf3 Bb4 {The position is equal.} 17. Be5 Rfc8 (17... Ne4 $5) 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Rc4 20. Qd3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 R4c6 24. Rfd1 (24. Rd4 {with more complications.} Rc4 25. Rxc4 Bxc4 26. Rd1 Bd3 27. f3) 24... f6 25. Rxc6 (25. h4 {is more complex.} Kf7 26. Kh2 g5 27. Kg3 gxh4+ 28. Kxh4 Rg8 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. g3) 25... Rxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Rd4 Rc4 27. Rxc4 (27. Rd8+ {seems wilder.} Kf7 28. Rb8 Rc7 29. h3 g5 30. Kh2) 27... Bxc4 {KB-KB} 28. f3 exf3 29. gxf3 Kf7 30. Kf2 f5 31. Kg3 g5 32. h4 f4+ 33. exf4 gxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Kg6 35. f5+ Kxf5 36. Kh5 Kf4 37. Kxh6 Kxf3 38. Kg5 Bd5 39. Kf6 Ke3 40. Ke5 Bg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,79,0,0,0,0,18,8,17,17,11,13,13,0,0,0,18,13,16,16,16,15,25,14,14,9,12,16,18,32,20,10,10,10,10,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,2,0,14,14,14,14,14,14,16,5,5,5,5,4,5,5,5,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qe2 {The old main line.} b5 {9...Nxd4 is not played anymore. E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 10. Rd1 O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} d4 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. b3 d3 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Bb2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Rac1 Bb4 22. Qf4 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxc4!} c3 {[#]} 23. Qe3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 23. a3 Ba5 24. Qf5 d2 25. Qxa5 dxc1=Q 26. Rxc1 c2 27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Nxd2 Rb2 29. Kg2 {½-½ (47) Fernandez,J (2376)-Aninis,T (2357) ICCF email 2015}) 23... Rbd8 {aiming for ...c2.} 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Nxc3 {Nd5 is the strong threat.} d2 26. Rc2 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd5.} Rc4 27. Rdxd2 {And now Nd5 would win.} Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Bxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Rc2 Ba5 30. Bb7 Rd8 31. Bxa6 Rd2 (31... Bb6 {feels hotter.} 32. Bc4 Kf8 33. Bb3 Rd6 34. Kf1 g5) 32. Rxd2 Bxd2 {KB-KB} 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Ke2 Bb4 35. a4 Ke7 36. Bc4 f6 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Bg8 h6 39. Ke4 Be1 40. f4 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,78,14,5,2,20,21,23,19,18,16,6,6,15,20,14,19,18,22,39,39,34,35,20,17,21,11,33,20,34,29,41,26,51,27,15,12,23,34,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bb7 9. axb5 a6 10. bxa6 {White has an edge.} Nxa6 11. Qxc4 Bd5 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Qd1 Na2 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 h6 {[#]} 17. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. c4 Bxc4 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Bd2 Nf6 23. Nd3 {½-½ (40) Berkes,F (2671)-Grischuk,A (2775) Struga 2021}) 17... c5 18. Qd3 c4 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. f3 Nd6 21. e4 Bc6 22. e5 Nf5 23. Bh3 Rb8 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qxf5 Qa5 26. Bd2 {And now Ng2 would win.The position is equal.} Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5d2]} 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Nc2 {[#] aiming for Nb4.} Qxc3 {White must now prevent ...g6.} 29. e6 Be8 30. exf7+ Bxf7 {...g6 is the strong threat.} 31. Rf2 $1 Rb2 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,9,16,-33,-43,-34,0,0,-8,-4,25,0,0,0,0,14,13,0,0,-81,-98,-101,-45,-63,-42,-137,-78,-109,-122,-110,-125,-133,-72,-80,-79,-81,-78,-66,-61,-86,-8,-74,-83,-75,-64,-70,-63,-85,-14,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0]} 1. Nf3 {ChessBase} d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. a3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} d4 7. exd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 {[#]} 9. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d3 e5 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. b4 b6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxd4 {0-1 (40) Sunye Neto,J (2505)-Kortschnoj,V (2645) New York 1996 CBM 052 [ChessBase]}) 9... Bd6 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 e5 12. Be3 ({Don't go for} 12. Bxe5 $2 Bxe5 13. Qxe5 Re8 $19) 12... b6 13. Qd1 Bb7 14. Be2 (14. b4 $11) 14... Bxg2 $17 15. Rg1 Bh3 (15... Bc6 $17 16. b4 e4) 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Ne4 (17. Bg5 $15 Be7 18. b4) 17... Bf5 ({Black should play} 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qe7) 18. Bd3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bc5 (20... Qd7 $142 21. Qd5 Qc7) 21. b4 Bd4 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Ke2 Rac8 24. Qd5 Qf5 ({Black should try} 24... Qe7 $17) 25. Rg5 (25. Qf3 $11 Qd7 26. Bxd4 Qxd4 27. Qd3) 25... Qf6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxe3.} 26. h4 g6 27. Qe4 $1 Qe6 {Strongly threatening ...Bb2.} (27... Rcd8 {looks sharper.} 28. Rg2 Qd6 29. h5 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Qc6) 28. h5 Rxc4 (28... Bb2 $17 29. Rc2 Bxa3 30. hxg6 hxg6) 29. hxg6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} hxg6 ({Not} 29... Rxc1 30. gxf7+ Kh8 31. fxe8=Q+ Qxe8 32. Bxd4 Rc5 33. bxc5 Qh5+ 34. Rxh5 Kg7 35. Qxe5+ Kf8 36. Rxh7 bxc5 37. Qh8#) 30. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 31. Qxc4 Qf5 32. Qd5 Qg4+ 33. Qf3 Qd7 34. Qc6 Qg4+ 35. Qf3 Qd7 36. Qc6 Qg4+ 37. Qf3 Qd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.18} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,57,0,6,0,9,14,16,12,12,6,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 {The position is equal.} 12. b3 {D84: Grünfeld: 4 Bf4 Bg7 5 e3 0-0 6 cxd5.} f6 13. Rc1 e5 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. Ke2 {[%cal Rd4e5] [#]} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a5 16. Bxa5 Ba6+ 17. Ke1 Rac8 18. Kd2 Bb7 19. Rg3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc1 21. Kxc1 Rc8+ {½-½ (31) Spasov,S (2247)-Gavrilov,I (2227) ICCF email 2017}) 16. Ba5 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rd1 f5 20. Ne6 {[#] Strongly threatening Rd7.} Rc2+ 21. Rd2 Rxd2+ 22. Kxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Be5 23. f4 Bd6 24. Kc3 Bd5 25. Nc7 Bb7 26. Ne6 Bd5 27. Nc7 Bb7 28. Ne6 $1 Bd5 29. Nc7 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.10"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,81,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,12,13,51,52,47,42,58,57,59,40,45,0,66,62,53,53,72,67,65,19,19,19,20,14,22,8,50,47,81,72,88,80,114,110,125,97,93,54,142,141,216,201,215,206,206,213,204,170,336,333,311,310,658,653]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 Rfe8 12. e4 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 {The position is equal.} Bb4 15. Red1 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 {[#]} 17. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. c5 Rad8 18. Qe3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 {½-½ (19) Krasenkow,M (2619)-Fressinet,L (2677) Mulhouse 2011}) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rad8 19. Bf3 Ba8 20. Qh4 Qf8 ({Black should try} 20... Rxd1+ $11 21. Rxd1 h6) 21. h3 h6 22. Be4 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Qg3 c5 25. Bg6 Rf8 26. Rab1 Bc6 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Re1 Rf6 29. Re3 Qe7 30. a4 Rf8 31. Qe5 Rf6 32. Rg3 Rf8 33. Bc2 Rf6 (33... Qf6 $14 34. Qc7 Be8) 34. Rd3 $16 Rf8 {[#]} (34... Bb7 $16 35. Rd6 Qc7) 35. Rd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6c6]} Bd7 36. a5 bxa5 37. Qxc5 Bc8 38. Rc6 Qd8 {[#]} (38... Qxc5 {was necessary.} 39. Rxc5 a4) 39. Rc7 (39. Qxa7 Qd2 $11) 39... a6 40. Kh2 Bd7 $2 (40... e5 41. Bg6 (41. Qxa5 Rf7 $16) 41... e4) 41. Qa7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.39} 1-0

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.10"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,42,31,33,33,35,27,23,28,29,35,27,34,-14,-1,-18,20,22,11,-17,-9,-15,19,0,0,-32,8,0,0,-21,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bg6 8. g3 Nc6 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Na5 {[#] White has an edge.} 11. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. b4 Nb7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Bc3 Ra7 17. e4 axb4 18. axb4 {1-0 (57) Korobov,A (2687)-Rapport,R (2736) Hengshui 2019}) 11... Bc5 12. h4 {[#] And now h5 would win.} h6 13. Bh3 O-O 14. Qg4 Qf6 15. O-O Bd4 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Qe2 (18. Qxd7 $11 Bh5 19. g4 (19. Qxc7 $2 Be2 $19)) 18... Qe7 $15 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Qg4 Qf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,80,0,0,-3,2,0,12,15,22,0,20,18,8,14,23,18,20,25,47,43,58,56,56,41,58,41,47,54,54,47,79,83,99,55,50,55,37,49,76,-11,0,-4,0,0,0,-12,-10,-13,-22,-29,0,0,43,0,26,0,35,0,36,0,15,0,22]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Bb7 11. Bg5 {11.a4 is vanishing. C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. d5 {[#] aiming for Bxf6.} Na5 14. Bc2 g5 15. Bg3 c6 16. dxc6 {[#]} Nxc6 $146 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6e7,Be7g6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 16... Bxc6 17. Nbd2 Ra7 18. Qe2 Rd7 19. b4 Nb7 20. a4 Qb8 21. axb5 axb5 22. h4 g4 {1-0 (44) Oparin,G (2413)-Narayanan,S (2336) Trieste 2011}) 17. Nbd2 Ne7 18. Nh2 h5 {[#] ...h4 is the strong threat.} 19. Nhf3 Nh7 20. Nf1 Ng6 21. Ne3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qf6 23. a4 Nhf8 24. Re1 Rad8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7 Re7 27. Nd2 h4 28. Bh2 Ne6 29. Qe2 (29. Nf1 $16) 29... b4 $11 30. Qe3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Bc6 32. Ra6 Rc7 33. Rb6 Rdc8 34. Bd3 Nc5 35. Bf1 Nd7 36. Rb2 Nc5 37. Rb6 Nd7 38. Rb2 Nc5 39. Rb6 Nd7 40. Rb2 Nc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,49,38,34,47,25,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qg4 (7. O-O Ne7 8. Qe2 Nbc6 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. Be3 e5 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Qe3 b6 15. Bf1 Qb8 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. Rad1 Rb7 18. Nd5 a5 19. Nc3 Ra7 20. Nb5 Rad7 21. Na1 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 {½-½ (32) Motylev,A (2676)-Andreikin,D (2706) Nizhnij Novgorod 2013}) 7... Nf6 8. Qg3 {e5 is the strong threat.} d6 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3.} 9. Nc3 ({Not} 9. Qxg7 Rg8 $17) 9... Nc6 10. Bg5 ({Inferior is} 10. Qxg7 Rg8 $17) 10... h6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bd2 Nh5 12. Qf3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Ne5 14. Qg3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. Kb1 {[#]} b4 $146 (15... Nh5 $5 16. Qh3 $8 Nf6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15... Bb7 16. f3 Nh5 17. Qh3 Nf6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qh3 Nf6 20. Qg3 {½-½ (18) Alekseev,E (2617)-Babula,V (2559) Tornelo INT 2021}) 16. Ne2 ({Much weaker is} 16. Qxg7 Rg8 $17) 16... Rb8 17. Qxg7 Rg8 18. Qxh6 {Hoping for f3.} Nfg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h6]} 19. Qh7 Kd7 $1 20. f4 Rh8 $1 {[%cal Rh8h7]} 21. Qg7 Rg8 22. Qh7 Rh8 $1 {[%cal Rh8h7]} 23. Qg7 Rg8 24. Qh7 Rh8 $1 {[%cal Rh8h7]} 25. Qg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,20,17,25,23,25,25,22,25,9,0,0,0,10,0,22,-2,24,0,35,42,34,41,45,49,71,21,72,74,63,75,56,34,83,82,95,104,86,98,143,118,133,115,179,144,148,121,169,126,158,148,158,166,317,335,420,291,283,0,406,403,475,467,877,871,826,814]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nge2 a5 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} 11. O-O Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 12. a3 Nc7 {[#] White has an edge.} 13. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. f3 Ne6 14. Bf2 c5 15. Rad1 c4 16. Bf5 g6 17. Bh3 Ng5 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 {1-0 (30) Egorov,P (2238)-Suvrajit,S (2198) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Ne6 14. f3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. Nac3 (15. Qxc6 $2 Bd7 $19) 15... Bb7 16. Rad1 b4 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Bf2 c5 {White should prevent ...c4.} 19. Bb5 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. dxc5 Ndxc5 22. axb4 axb4 (22... Nxa4 $11 23. Qxa4 Bxb4) 23. Nxc5 $16 Bxc5 24. Nf4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxe6.} b3 25. Qc1 {Strongly threatening Nxe6.} Nxf4 26. Qxc5 Ne6 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Ra2 {[#]} 29. Rb1 Rc8 30. Be1 Rc4 (30... Rc2 $16) 31. Bc3 Nc5 32. Rd8+ Kh7 {intending ...Na4.} 33. Rb8 f6 34. Kf1 Kg6 35. Rc8 Rxc3 $2 (35... Raa4 {was worth a try.} 36. Rc6 Ra6) 36. bxc3 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Nd3 {If only Black now had time for ...Rf2+....} 37. Rd8 ({And not} 37. Rxb3 Ra1+ 38. Ke2 Nc1+ 39. Kd2 Nxb3+ 40. Kc2 Na5 $15) 37... Nc5 38. Rc8 (38. Rd5 $142 b2 39. Kf2 (39. Rxc5 Ra1 $14)) 38... Nd3 {and the idea ...Rf2+ leaves Black hopeful.} 39. Rb8 ({Weaker is} 39. Rxb3 Ra1+ 40. Ke2 Nc1+ 41. Kd2 Nxb3+ 42. Kc2 Na5 $15) 39... Rf2+ 40. Kg1 {White is clearly winning.} b2 (40... Rc2 $142 41. R8xb3 Ne5) 41. Rd8 Rd2 42. c4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.27} 1-0

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,83,40,38,52,26,28,30,36,40,49,48,46,33,38,32,34,37,39,41,43,34,19,20,20,53,22,38,37,2,4,-32,-23,-49,-8,-6,0,0,0,-34,-4,-37,-41,-43,0,-24,12,0,-1,-9,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,897,856]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O b6 {[#] E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} 8. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. f3 Nc5 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Ne6 14. Qd2 a6 15. Bf1 {½-½ (60) Szerlak,A (2347)-Chen,F (2302) ICCF email 2018}) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 {White has an edge.} 10. f3 Ne8 11. Be3 c5 12. Nc2 Be5 13. Bf1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bh6 Bxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 16. Kxh2 Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Qxh6 18. Re7 Bc6 19. b4 {b5 is the strong threat.} Qg5 20. Qe2 {[%mdl 1024] Threatening Qe6+. White has compensation.} Ng7 21. Nd5 Nd7 22. f4 Qh6 {White must now prevent ...Bxd5.} 23. Nce3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Rae8 25. Re1 Nf6 26. Qf3 cxb4 27. Rxe8 Nfxe8 28. Re7 a5 (28... Rf7 {seems wilder.} 29. Re3 Ne6 30. Nxb4 N8c7 31. Nc6 Nxf4 32. Re7 a6) 29. Nxb6 Nf6 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 30. Nd5 $1 Kh8 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 32. Ra7 d5 {[%mdl 64] Threatens to win with ...dxc4. Decoy} 33. cxd5 Qd4+ 34. Qf2 Qxd5 35. Qb6 Ra8 36. Bc4 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Rxa7 39. Qxa7 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 {White threatens Qb8+ and mate.} Qd8 41. g3 h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41... Qc8 $11 42. Bf7 Qf8) 42. Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ra6h6] Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.08} 1-0

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,81,25,26,21,24,25,17,37,23,34,21,16,11,10,0,0,0,5,19,5,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,14,21,23,-16,-14,-11,-11,4,7,16,8,0,0,-23,-23,-34,-27,-19,-28,-48,-20,-61,-17,-52,-7,-26,-6,-31,-35,-47,0,-5,14,0,8,8,26,26,26,26,29,20,20,21]} 1. e4 {Lenderman,A} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 7. Bg3 d6 8. a4 a5 9. O-O O-O {[#]} 10. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Kh8 11. c3 Nh7 12. Qb3 f5 13. exf5 Bf6 14. Be6 Ne7 15. Nh4 Qe8 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 {0-1 (41) Karjakin,S (2781)-Aronian,L (2793) Stavanger 2017 CBM 179 [Lenderman,A]}) 10... Nh7 11. h3 Kh8 12. Nbd2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. c3 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Qb5 (18. Qxb7 $2 Rab8 $19) 18... Ra6 19. Qb3 ({Don't go for} 19. Qxb7 $2 Rb6 $19) 19... Raa8 20. Rad1 ({Don't blunder} 20. Qxb7 $2 Rfb8 $19) 20... Rae8 21. Nd2 ({Avoid the trap} 21. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 $19) 21... Ne7 {...d5 is the strong threat.} 22. Bf7 Rb8 23. Ne4 Ng6 24. Bxg6 Bxg6 25. d4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} exd4 27. cxd4 b5 28. axb5 Qxb5 29. Qc3 Qd5 (29... Qb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3d1]} 30. Rc1 Qxc3 31. bxc3 Rb3 $17) 30. Ree1 Rb7 31. Bf4 Qb5 32. Be3 a4 33. Rd2 c5 {White must now prevent ...Bd8.} 34. Rc1 Qb4 35. Qd3 {[%cal Rd4c5]} cxd4 {[#]} (35... Qb3 {seems wilder.} 36. dxc5 Qxd3 37. Rxd3 dxc5 38. Rxc5 Ra8) 36. Rc4 $1 dxe3 37. Rxb4 exf2+ 38. Rxf2 Rxb4 39. Qxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rfb8 {[#] And now ...Bd4 would win.} 40. Rxf6 gxf6 41. Qxf6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,19,24,23,25,31,33,31,20,32,22,16,14,27,28,31,27,33,33,31,25,28,24,41,22,37,43,67,21,34,38,33,26,53,27,22,0,54,0,33,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Ne4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} 12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf6 14. Rac1 Qc7 {[#]} 15. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. exf3 Rfc8 19. Ne2 Rc6 20. Nd4 Rc7 21. Nc2 {½-½ (27) Hernandez Carmenates,H (2564)-Rivas Pastor,M (2533) Salou 2011}) 15... Bxf6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18. Ne4 Bg7 {[#] Hoping for ...f5.} 19. f3 Rad8 20. Rd5 e6 21. Rd3 f5 22. Nf2 Rfe8 23. Qd2 Rd7 24. Kf1 Bf8 25. a4 a6 26. Kg2 Rf7 27. Nh3 Rd7 28. Nf2 Rf7 29. Nh3 Rd7 30. Nf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,69,0,0,0,0,0,13,19,41,20,52,1,79,79,81,62,263,198,206,166,149,168,502,495,635,612,1128,1017,1202,1123,1148,1125,1215,1203,1180,1158,965,945,929,920,915,880,1135,720,716,698,999,985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bb3 b5 9. a3 O-O 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O {Nowadays more popular than 12.g4.} Rc8 13. Qe1 {[#] B87: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, with early ...b5.} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne5 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. g4 Qc7 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. h4 Nd7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bc1 Rfe8 20. g5 Bf8 21. gxf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (38) Kramnik,V (2753)-Grischuk,A (2776) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 14. Ba2 Qc7 15. Kb1 {The position is equal.} Ba8 16. g4 Nfd7 17. h4 (17. g5 $14) 17... Nb6 (17... Ne5 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. g5 Nca4 {[#]} 19. Nxa4 bxa4 {A mistake that costs the game.} ({Black should play} 19... Nxa4 $14 20. Qd2 d5) 20. g6 hxg6 {[#]} 21. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6] Hoping for hxg6.} g5 22. Rg1 Qc5 $2 (22... g4) 23. Qd2 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nc4 24. Bxc4 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxc4 25. Bxg5 f6 26. Bh6 Rf7 {[#]} 27. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance} Rxg7 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qg2+ Kf8 30. h6 {Threatening mate with Qg6.} Ke8 31. h7 Kd7 32. Qg7 f5 33. h8=Q Rxh8 34. Qxh8 Bb7 35. exf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.72} 1-0

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,49,32,29,0,14,0,51,50,38,37,47,21,28,24,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,-14,-6,-20,-22,-46,-30,-50,-52,-53,-23,-4,0,0,0,-39,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. h4 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} h6 {[#]} 8. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nd2 Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. b4 Be7 12. h5 a5 13. Bb2 Nf6 14. d5 O-O {½-½ (31) Marino,M (2073)-Lloyd,G (2166) ICCF email 2008}) 8... a5 ({Black should play} 8... c5 $11) 9. Bd3 $14 {White is slightly better.} Bxd3 10. Qxd3 d6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. g4 h5 13. g5 g6 $1 14. Bc3 Bg7 15. Nd2 O-O 16. f4 c6 17. e4 e5 18. f5 gxf5 19. O-O-O f4 20. Rhg1 exd4 21. Bxd4 Nc5 22. Qc3 {[#]} Na4 $1 23. Qd3 Nc5 24. Qc3 Na4 25. Qd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,49,31,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-2,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qa5.} 10. O-O-O {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5.} Bxc3 {The position is equal.} 11. f3 Bd2+ $1 12. Rxd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be6 {[#]} 14. Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h4 g4 15. e3 Nc6 16. Bb5 Qf6 17. Bd6 a6 18. Ba4 Rd8 19. f4 b5 20. Bc2 {½-½ (98) Holt,C (2548)-Smirnov,A (2569) Chess.com INT 2019}) 14... Nd7 15. e4 Rc8 16. Bb5 Qb6 17. Qc3 {[%cal Rc3h8] [#]} Qxd6 $1 18. Qxh8+ Qf8 19. Bxd7+ Bxd7 20. Qe5+ Qe7 21. Qh8+ Qf8 22. Qe5+ Qe7 23. Qh8+ Qf8 24. Qe5+ Qe7 25. Qh8+ {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.12"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,50,29,30,35,29,30,-10,12,0,71,82,75,65,69,71,85,75,66,73,75,65,72,61,94,43,70,28,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 $1 {7.a4 is better than 7.Qc2.} b6 {[#] E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 8. Bg5 $146 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qc2 Ba6 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. Nxc4 Be7 11. Nfe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 O-O 15. Rd1 {½-½ (50) Vallejo Pons,F (2755)-Boruchovsky,A (2602) Chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Be7 9. Nbd2 Ba6 10. Rc1 b5 (10... O-O $11 {remains equal.}) 11. Ne5 $16 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 ({Don't play} 13... Kxe7 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Nxc4 $16) 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Qb7 17. Qc1 Rc8 18. Bxd5 ({White should try} 18. Rg4 $16) 18... exd5 $14 19. Rg4 O-O 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {The position is equal.} 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 {[#] Hoping for ...h6.} 25. Qg5+ Kh8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.12"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,43,15,25,25,48,26,42,19,59,64,98,92,82,86,136,139,267,248,311,214,189,195,547,513,522,492,484,500]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 10. Ndc4 $1 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} Re8 {[#]} (10... Be7 11. Ne3) 11. Bg5 $1 Be7 {[#]} (11... Na6 12. Rc1) 12. Rc1 $1 {White is slightly better.} c6 (12... h6 13. Bxf6) 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. f4 {[#]} Nd7 $146 {[%cal Rd7e5] [#]} ({Predecessor:} 15... Qd6 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Bh3 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nf8 20. Qf3 Ba6 21. Nxg7 Qxh3 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Nxe8 {1-0 (25) Hoelzl,F (2334)-Poetz,F (2411) Austria 2012}) 16. Nf5 $1 Nf8 (16... Be7 $16) 17. e4 $18 ({Weaker is} 17. Nxc6 Qd7 $16) 17... Ng6 18. Qh5 {Nxf7! is the strong threat.} dxe4 19. Bxe4 Re6 $2 (19... Rc8 20. Rfe1 Nh8) 20. Nxh6+ {White is clearly winning.} gxh6 21. Bxg6 Qxd4+ 22. Rf2 {White took control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.73} 1-0

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.12"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,70,11,0,0,0,0,0,36,37,41,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,14,12,10,8,25,22,29,27,22,25,20,0,3,11,21,6,0,-9,-14,-14,-2,-33,0,0,0,0,0,-13,31,0,209,210,212,-244,-230,-472,-483,-1037,-1036,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 e5 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O d4 12. exd4 {[#]} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... exd4 13. Bb5 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Rc1 Re4 18. Bf1 h6 {½-½ (28) Javakhishvili,L (2464)-Zawadzka,J (2423) Wroclaw 2018}) 13. Ne5 {Black should prevent Nc4.} Nxd4 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Nc6 19. Qa1 Re6 20. Rd1 Qd3 21. Rc3 Qd7 22. d3 {And now dxe4 would win.} Rd6 23. Rc5 exd3 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. h3 Re8 26. Nf5 Rde6 27. Qc3 Rd8 $1 {[%cal Be8d8,Bd8c8,Bc8c2][%mdl 32]} 28. Rc4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4g4,Bg4d4][%mdl 32] Hoping for Rg4+.} Kh8 (28... h5 {seems wilder.} 29. Kh1 Qd5 30. Ne3 Qd6 31. Rh4 d2) 29. Rg4 {[%mdl 1024] Strongly threatening Rxd3! White has compensation.} (29. Nh6 $5 {[%cal Rd1d3]} Qe8 30. Rg4 $16 (30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Ne5 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack})) 29... Ne5 (29... Qd5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 30. Ne3 Qd7) 30. Rd4 $18 Qe8 31. f4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31. Rxd8 $1 $18 {is the narrow road to win. Threatening mate with Qc8.} Qxd8 32. f4) 31... Rc8 $1 $19 32. Qa1 $2 {[#]} (32. Rc4 {is a better defense.} Nxc4 33. bxc4) 32... Nf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. gxf3 {[#]} (33. Kh1 $142 d2 34. Re4) 33... Re2 $1 {( -> ...Qg8+)} 34. Nh4 Qg8+ 35. Kh1 Rcc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Re2h2] Weighted Error Value: White=0.74/Black=0.18} ({Wrong is} 35... Qg3 $2 {[#]} 36. Rd8+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} Re8 37. Qxf6+ Qg7 38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Qd6 $18) 0-1

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,66,28,31,22,25,25,23,25,15,25,20,21,29,20,24,25,11,12,8,8,10,11,0,0,-27,-32,-66,-22,-72,-33,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,7,0,18,0,25]} 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. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Qd5 {C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and 9 Nbd2.} 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Nc3 Qc4 {White has an edge.} 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Bxd4 {Qf3 is the strong threat.} Bc5 {[#]} 18. e6 $1 Rxd4 ({Don't play} 18... Qxd4 $6 19. exf7+ Kf8 20. Qe2 $16) 19. exf7+ Qxf7 {[#]} 20. Re1+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Qe2+ Kd7 21. a4 Re8 22. Qc2 Qg6 23. Qxg6 hxg6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 {½-½ (25) Fremmegaard,J (2225)-Wydornik,R (2205) ICCF email 2018}) 20... Kd7 21. Qc2 Bb6 22. a4 b4 23. a5 Ba7 24. Nd1 Qg6 25. Qe2 Kc8 (25... Re8 $5 {[%cal Re8e2]} 26. Ne3 Kc8 $15) 26. Ne3 Rhd8 27. Rac1 Rd2 {The position is equal.} 28. Qc4 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rc4c7] [#]} R8d7 29. Qxb4 {Threatens to win with Rxc7+.} Qf7 30. Qe4 {Hoping for Qa8+.} Kb8 31. Qb4+ Kc8 32. Qe4 {And now Qa8+ would win.} Kb8 33. Qb4+ Kc8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,120,18,23,21,43,10,16,0,5,5,18,18,25,19,13,17,38,0,22,15,22,15,29,26,40,40,47,7,17,18,24,24,22,10,10,0,3,0,37,33,44,44,44,16,48,44,44,44,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,51,60,48,51,48,48,48,50,43,61,52,52,52,50,37,59,51,51,52,58,51,52,14,74,23,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ne7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. d4 Ba7 11. Re1 exd4 {is cutting edge theory.} 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 c6 15. a5 h6 16. Qb3 {[#]} Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bb8 17. Nc3 Nge7 18. Ne5 Bc7 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. Qd3 Nde7 22. Bc3 Nd5 {1-0 (74) Deac,B (2627)-Kamsky,G (2665) Europe Echecs INT 2021}) 17. Nc5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Be6 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Bd3 ({But not} 21. Bxe6 Qxd2 22. Bc4 Qxb2 $15) 21... Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. f4 Rad8 24. Bc2 Rfe8 25. f5 Bd7 (25... Ne7 $5 {[%cal Rd8d2]} 26. fxe6 Rxd2 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Rf1+ Kg8 $11) 26. g4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. Kf2 Re5 30. Kf3 Be8 31. Be4 f6 32. Be1 {Bg3 is the strong threat.} Bf7 33. Bg3 Re8 34. Rd3 Kg8 35. Rb3 Re7 36. Bd6 Rd7 37. h4 Ne7 38. Re3 Nd5 39. Rd3 Nb4 40. Rd4 Nd5 41. Kf2 Rd8 42. Kg3 Re8 43. Kf3 Rd8 44. Rd2 Re8 45. Bg3 Re7 (45... h5 $11 {remains equal.} 46. Rd4 hxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Kh7) 46. Rd3 ({Better is} 46. Rd4 $16) 46... Re8 47. Rb3 (47. Rd4 $14) 47... h5 $11 {[#] Hoping for ...hxg4+.The position is equal.} 48. Bc2 $1 hxg4+ 49. Kf2 Re7 50. Bd6 Rd7 51. Kg3 Ne7 52. Rb4 Nc8 53. Bf4 Na7 54. Kxg4 Nb5 55. Be3 Bd5 56. Kg3 Re7 57. Kf2 Kh7 58. Bf4 Bf7 59. Bd3 Rd7 60. Ke3 Re7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,76,-16,-39,-24,-32,25,14,26,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,122,0,122,122,122,121,136,150,127,122,144,118,243,243,278,278,278,266,266,204,204,204,204,204,187,183,5243,5331,2513,1827,1146]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 {[#]} Be7 $146 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ng5 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nxe6 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxe6 16. Bxc6 Bf5 {½-½ (31) Gaehwiler,G (2401)-Breder,D (2469) Switzerland 2017}) 9. e4 Nb4 (9... a6 $15) 10. Ne5 c5 {The position is equal.} 11. d5 exd5 $1 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Nxc4 Nc2 14. Re5 Bg6 15. d6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6 {[#] Strongly threatening Rb1.} (16. Qxd6 Nxa1 17. Bxb7 Qxd6 $17) 16... Nxa1 17. Bg5 (17. Nxb7 $2 Qxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Rae8 $17) 17... Nc2 $1 18. Nd5 Kh8 $1 19. Ne4 Qb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8e5]} 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Re7 {[#] Qf3 is the strong threat.} Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4d5]} 22. Nxb4 cxb4 23. Qd4 Qd8 (23... Rd8 $11 {remains equal.} 24. Qxf6+ Kg8) 24. Qxf6+ $16 Kg8 25. Nd6 Rc8 26. Nxc8 {aiming for Nd6.} (26. Bxb7 $2 Rc7 $19) 26... Qd1+ 27. Bf1 Rxc8 28. Rxb7 a5 29. h4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Qd8 {This move loses the game for Black.} (29... Re8 $16 {was necessary.} 30. a3 h5) 30. Qe5 $18 {Threatens to win with h5.} h5 31. Be2 Qf8 32. Bf3 ({And not} 32. Bxh5 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Rc5 $11) ({Stronger than} 32. Qxa5 Qe8 $11) 32... Rc5 33. Bd5 Kh7 34. Rd7 Qc8 35. Qe7 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Qa6 $2 (36... Re1 37. Qxe1 Qxd7) 37. Bxf7 Qf1+ 38. Kf3 {White threatens Bxg6+ and mate.} Qh1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.20} 1-0

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.13"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,61,8,10,8,5,15,30,6,13,-8,15,-2,20,20,20,20,10,16,22,-14,99,109,127,118,137,141,184,48,43,41,45,41,46,36,28,0,0,-47,-10,-10,-14,-33,-25,-91,0,0,0,-101,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 9. O-O Qe7 10. b4 {White has an edge.} g5 11. Bg3 Nh7 $1 12. a4 h5 {And now ...h4 would win.} 13. h4 g4 14. Ne1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nf8 15. Nc2 Ng6 16. Ne3 {[#]} Bxe3 $146 (16... Be6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 16... Be6 17. b5 Nd8 18. d4 Nxh4 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 O-O 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Bd4 c5 23. bxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 {½-½ (35) Dominguez Perez,L (2758)-Svidler,P (2714) Saint Louis 2021}) 17. fxe3 $16 Be6 {[#]} 18. d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4d5] d5 is the strong threat.} Bxc4 19. Nxc4 b6 20. b5 (20. Ra2 $18) 20... axb5 $14 21. axb5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Nd8 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qa8 f6 26. Qc8 O-O 27. Qf5 Qe8 $1 28. Qc8 (28. Bxe5 $11 fxe5 29. Qg5+ Kh7 30. Rxf8 Qxf8 31. Qxh5+ Qh6 32. Qxe5) 28... Qe7 29. Qf5 Qe8 30. Qc8 {[#]} Qe7 ({Better is} 30... Qf7 $1 $17) 31. Qf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.18} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,78,6,4,19,20,8,5,12,6,16,8,10,7,10,8,4,4,4,14,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-15,-70,-28,-33,-24,-54,-55,-55,-55,-55,-50,-51,-52,-52,-52,-99,-102,-87,-104,-82,-60,-481,-327,-2007,-2041,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29985,-1306,-29990,-29991]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 {7.e3 scores better than 7.Bb2.} c5 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White.} 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Ne5 Nfd7 {The position is equal.} 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. f4 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. d3 b6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nf3 a5 15. a3 h6 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Bd2 Bc5 {½-½ (54) Artemiev,V (2699)-Yu,Y (2704) Chess.com INT 2021}) 12. d3 a4 13. Na3 Bc5 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Nc2 Qd6 16. Qe1 Rb8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Nxb4 {Black must now prevent c5.} c5 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. fxe5 cxb4 ({Of course not} 21... Rxb4 $6 22. Ba3 $16) 22. Rf4 a3 23. Bc1 f6 24. h4 (24. Rxd4 $11 fxe5 25. Rd6) 24... Rb7 25. Rb1 $1 h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 26. Rb3 Bd7 {Strongly threatening ...Ba4.} 27. Bxa3 $1 Rfb8 28. Bc1 $1 fxe5 29. Re4 Ra8 30. a3 bxa3 31. Rxa3 Rf8 32. Rxe5 Rb1 33. Re1 Rf3 34. Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] White does not recover from this.} ({White should play} 34. Ra8+ $15 Kh7 35. Rd8) 34... Rb2 $1 $19 35. Bf4 $2 {[#]} (35. Re2) 35... Rff2 $1 {[%cal Rf2g2]} 36. Ra6 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 e5 38. Rxe5 Rgc2 (38... Bg4 $142 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Rb8 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Rbg2+ 42. Kf1 Bf3 43. Rxh5+ Bxh5 44. g4 Rf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kg1 Rhg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kh1 Bxg4 47. Bg3 Rxg3 48. Rf8 Bf3+ 49. Rxf3 Rgxf3 50. c5 Rc2 51. Kg1 Rxd3 52. h5 Rd1#) 39. Re1 Bg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.70/Black=0.24} 0-1

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.13"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-38,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,-22,-4,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 8. Nf3 $1 {8.Nf3 is better than 8.Nge2. E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. h4 Nxe5 13. Be2 {[%cal Re2h5]} Qg6 (13... Ng4 $15 14. Bxg4 Qxg4) 14. Bxe5 $11 {The position is equal.} f6 15. h5 Qf7 16. Bf4 e5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 17. cxd5 {[#]} Qxd5 $146 {Hoping for ...Nxc3.} ({Predecessor:} 17... exd4 18. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 dxc3 20. O-O Re8 21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Qxf5 Rxe2 23. Rfe1 Rae8 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 {1-0 (34) Xiong,J (2709)-Chylewski,P (2330) Chess.com INT 2020}) 18. O-O Bxc3 ({But not} 18... Qxd4 $2 19. Be3 $18) 19. bxc3 exf4 20. gxf4 Ng5 21. fxg5 Qxg5+ 22. Kh2 {[#] Threatens to win with Rh1.} Qh4+ 23. Kg1 {And now Bf3 would win.} Qg5+ 24. Kh2 {aiming for Rh1.} Qh4+ 25. Kg1 {Bf3 is the strong threat.} Qg5+ 26. Kh2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,73,12,18,4,17,22,34,29,21,35,43,18,46,52,52,43,42,28,37,31,50,27,62,40,65,77,97,86,200,100,112,0,0,0,95,93,89,93,85,69,79,0,70,65,75,0,50,0,78,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 {12.a3 deserves study.} h6 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Bb1 {[#] C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations.} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bc8 15. Nf1 b4 16. Ng3 bxc3 17. bxc3 g6 18. Bd2 Na5 19. Ba2 Be6 20. c4 Nxc4 21. Bc3 Nb2 {½-½ (30) Ehlvest,J (2485)-Podgaets,M (2450) Sverdlovsk 1984}) 15. a5 bxc3 16. bxc3 {White is slightly better.} exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Ra3 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd5 23. Qe2 Re6 24. Bd2 Rb5 25. Rc3 c6 26. Rc4 Qd8 {[#]} (26... c5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 27. Ne1 (27. Rxb4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxb4 28. d5 Qxd5 29. Rxb4) 27... Qd5 28. Rg4 (28. Kh2 $16) 28... c5 $1 $11 29. Nf3 Rxa5 (29... Nc6 $11) 30. dxc5 $16 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Nc6 32. Bc3 Rc1 33. Bb2 (33. Qd2 $16 Rd1 34. Qc2) 33... Rb1 (33... Rxc4 $11 34. Rxc4 (34. Qxc4 Qxc5 35. Kg1 a5 $11) 34... Bxc5) 34. Qc2 $14 Rf1 35. Qe2 Rb1 36. Qc2 Rf1 37. Qe2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.21} (37. Rge4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,66,28,26,27,28,22,18,21,17,21,19,26,27,19,9,27,10,13,16,14,14,15,14,14,15,14,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,16,16,16,16,16,16,17,16,16,16,16,9,9,10,18,7,18,0,18,0,18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5 c3 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6.} 9. Nb5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 {[#] Hoping for Qxd8.} Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bf5 14. e3 Re8 15. Nh4 {[#]} Bxd4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 15... e5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Bc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 e4 19. Rb1 b6 20. Rb5 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxf5 {1-0 (40) Banusz,T (2631)-Sadhwani,R (2555) Biel 2021}) 16. Nxf5 Bxb2 17. Nh6+ Kg7 {[#] aiming for ...Nd2.} 18. Nxf7 $1 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Nc5 20. Ng5 {Strongly threatening Rd5.} Rac8 21. Rd2 Bf6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rc7 24. Rfd1 b6 25. h4 Rec8 26. Rd7 Be5 27. Kg2 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 $11 {KB-KB} 30. Bc6 Bd6 31. Bb5 Bc7 32. Bc6 Bd6 33. Bb5 Bc7 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,107,25,28,35,24,36,29,41,33,45,39,60,47,41,45,58,58,58,58,58,58,66,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,47,47,47,47,47,47,44,51,50,61,44,44,44,44,0,44,44,58,0,44,44,49,45,45,48,52,42,52,58,60,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,27,27,34,29,34,0,37,30,37,0,0,0,0,0,28,0,34,34,30,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32] D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 f5 13. Nf3 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nf6 14. Nf4 Ne4 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. h4 h5 17. Ne5 Rh6 18. Ke2 Ke7 19. Rh3 Bh7 {1-0 (73) Bluebaum,M (2672)-Bacrot,E (2674) chess.com INT 2020}) 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Bb4+ 16. Kd1 Ne4 17. Ned3 Bd6 18. Ke1 Ke7 19. g3 a4 20. a3 Ra5 21. Be2 h6 22. Rc1 Bh7 23. Rc2 Rg8 24. f3 Ng5 25. Kf2 Ne6 26. Rhc1 Bg6 27. Rd2 Bh7 28. Bd1 Bg6 29. Ne2 Rga8 30. Ndf4 Kf6 31. Nc3 Nc7 32. Be2 Ne6 33. Bd3 (33. Ng2 $14) 33... Bxf4 34. gxf4 Nc7 35. Na2 Ne8 36. Nb4 Nd6 37. Rdc2 Ke7 38. Rg1 Ke6 39. h4 Rg8 40. Be2 Raa8 41. Nd3 f6 42. Nc5+ Ke7 43. Rcc1 Bf7 44. Rxg8 Bxg8 45. Bd1 b5 $1 46. Be2 Bf7 47. Nd3 Rc8 48. Nb4 Be8 49. Bd1 Nc4 50. Rc2 Bd7 51. Be2 Nd6 52. Rc1 Be8 53. Bd3 Bd7 54. Be2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,59,16,22,17,14,17,7,19,7,14,18,10,14,18,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {Gelfand,B} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 {The position is equal.} 14. Bf4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[#]} 17. Ng5 $1 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 {Black must now prevent h5.} Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21. h5 Bxh5 22. Qxh5 hxg5 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Rd3 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] White wants to mate with Rh3. Exploring less charted territory.} Qe1+ 25. Kh2 {Rh3 would kill now.} Qxf2 {And now ...Qf4+ would win.} 26. Rh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h8]} Qf4+ 27. Kg1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h8]} Qc1+ {[#]} 28. Kh2 $146 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h8]} ({Predecessor:} 28. Bf1 f6 29. Qe2 Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qe2 Nd8 32. Qe4 f5 33. Qd5+ Nf7 34. Qxf5 Nh6 {0-1 (56) Morovic Fernandez,I (2549)-Gelfand,B (2704) Cap d'Agde 2002 CBM 092 [Gelfand,B]}) 28... Qf4+ 29. Kh1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h8]} Qc1+ 30. Kh2 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h8] Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.14"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,140,-8,-6,3,0,3,-3,3,-17,-30,-18,5,5,30,2,20,6,17,0,0,-80,-76,-81,-79,-75,-75,-119,-48,-39,-42,-51,-50,-47,-32,-70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-5,-4,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 c5 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3.} 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Bd3 (9. Qc2 {keeps more tension.} Nxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. d5 {[#]} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. O-O Ba6 13. e4 exd5 14. cxd5 d6 15. c4 Nd7 16. Qc2 h6 17. Rfe1 Ne5 {½-½ (42) Schiller,S-Freude,M (1416) Berlin 2017}) 12. Rc1 g6 13. e4 d6 14. h4 Nd7 15. h5 {[#]} (15. O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15... Rae8 $1 $17 16. Kf1 g5 17. h6 Kh8 18. Nh2 Ne5 (18... Qe7 $17 19. Kg1 Ne5) 19. Ng4 $15 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Bc8 21. Qg3 exd5 22. cxd5 Qe5 ({Black should play} 22... Re5 $15) 23. Qxe5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Rxe5 24. c4 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Rfxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. f3 Kg8 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. a4 Rf6 30. a5 bxa5 31. Ra1 Re7 32. Rxa5 Kg6 33. Ra6 Rd7 34. Rc6 Rf8 35. Kg3 Kf5 36. Ra1 Rf6 37. Rh1 Rf8 38. Ra6 Rf6 39. Ra2 Re7 40. Rb2 Rf8 41. Rb5 Kg6 42. Ra1 Rf6 43. Ra6 Ref7 44. Rb8 Kxh6 45. Rd8 Kg7 46. Rdxd6 Rxd6 47. Rxd6 {KR-KR} Rf4 $1 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Rxh7 Rxc4 50. Rxa7 Rd4 51. Ra6+ (51. Ra5 {looks sharper.} Rxd5 52. Ra4 Kf5 53. Rc4 Ke5 54. Kf2) 51... Ke5 52. Re6+ Kxd5 53. Rg6 c4 {[#] ...c3 is the strong threat.} 54. Rxg5+ Kc6 55. Rg8 Kb5 {Threatens to win with ...c3.} 56. Rc8 Kb4 57. f4 {White wants to play f5.} c3 58. f5 {Black must now prevent f6.} Rd1 $1 ({Much weaker is} 58... Rc4 59. Rxc4+ Kxc4 60. f6 $16) 59. Kh4 {And now f6 would win.} Rf1 60. Kg5 Kb3 61. f6 {Hoping for g4.} c2 62. g4 {Strongly threatening Kg6.} c1=Q+ ({Don't blunder} 62... Kb2 $2 63. Kg6 $18) 63. Rxc1 Rxc1 {KR-KPP} 64. f7 Rf1 65. Kg6 {aiming for g5.} Kc4 66. Kg7 Kd5 67. f8=Q Rxf8 68. Kxf8 {White wants to mate with g5.} Ke5 69. g5 {Intending g6 and mate.} Kf5 70. g6 Kxg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.14"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,79,35,45,1,8,4,8,0,0,0,0,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,39,0,13,-17,22,29,50,9,35,17,14,-8,0,-36,34,34,111,74,72,47,53,8,66,18,18,18,22,23,16,17,25,25,20,20,39,45,83,106,114,0,0,0,39,0,0,0,42,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4h5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Ne2 Qxe4 11. Rg1 {[#] Threatens to win with Bg2.} Qc4 12. Nf4 Qc7 13. O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nf6 {[#]} 14. Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd4 Bb7 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16. gxh5 Rg8 17. Bb6 Qc6 18. Kb1 g6 19. Bd4 a5 20. Bf6 {0-1 (52) Varga,R (2070)-Horvath,A (2501) Zalakaros 2021}) 14... Nd5 ({Don't blunder} 14... Qxh2 $2 15. Bg2 $18) 15. Bd4 Rg8 (15... Qxh2 $2 16. Rg3 $18) 16. Bd3 Bb7 (16... g6 $5 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 17. Be4 gxh5 18. Bxd5 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11) 17. Kb1 O-O-O ({Avoid the trap} 17... Qxh2 $2 18. Rh1 $18) 18. Qe2 Kb8 19. Bxh7 Rh8 20. Be4 Rc8 21. f4 Bc5 {Black wants to play ...Bxd4.} 22. Bxg7 {[#]} Bxg1 (22... Rxh5 $1 $15 23. gxh5 Nxf4) 23. Bxh8 {And now Bxd5 would win.} Bb6 (23... Bxh2 $1 $14 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxh2 Rxh8) 24. Bg7 d6 25. Bd3 a5 26. Rc1 Be3 ({Better is} 26... a4 $11) 27. Rf1 (27. Re1 {looks sharper.} a4 28. h4 Bb6 29. f5 e5 30. Nf6) 27... Qb6 28. Nf6 Nxf6 29. Bxf6 a4 30. b3 a3 31. c3 bxc3 32. Kc2 $1 Bd5 33. h4 Ka7 $1 34. h5 Rb8 {[%cal Rd5b3]} 35. Bc4 (35. Kb1 $16) 35... Be4+ $14 36. Bd3 Bd5 {[%cal Rd5b3]} (36... Bxd3+ $2 37. Qxd3 Rg8 38. h6 $18) 37. Bc4 Be4+ 38. Bd3 Bd5 {[%cal Rd5b3] ( -> ...Bxb3+!)} ({Not} 38... Bxd3+ $2 39. Qxd3 Rg8 40. h6 $18) 39. Bc4 {Bxd5 is the strong threat.} Be4+ 40. Bd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,8,10,-9,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,0,0,-31,-2,-30,-37,-66,-62,-58,-19,-16,-35,-34,-18,-21,0,-41,-33,-49,-42,-20,-22,0,0,-37,-29,-52,0,-104,-96,-150,-172,-154,-143,-163,-160,-150,-163,-178,-163,-166,-115,-205,-200,-236,-220,-263,-224,-271,-210,-202,-167,-270,-258,-262,-213,-198,-131,-105,-73,-72,-70,-70,-68,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 $1 {The main line 7.Be3 scores better than 7.Bf4.} O-O 8. Qd3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 {[#]} 10. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h4 Qa5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Qe4 Rf7 13. Bc4 d5 14. Rxd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Nc5 16. Qc4 {0-1 (31) Rechlis,G (2525)-Zifroni,D (2440) Israel 2018}) 10... Re8 11. Be2 d5 12. c4 Nf6 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Nd4 c5 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Nf3 d4 17. Bd3 b6 18. c3 Bb7 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rhg1 Bd6 21. cxd4 cxd4 22. Bc1 Ne4 23. Rge1 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Nc5 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Re1 Qd8 (25... Nxd3 $15 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8) 26. b3 (26. Bh7+ $11 {remains equal.} Kh8 27. Nxd4) 26... Qf6 $17 27. Bb2 (27. h3 $142) 27... Bxf3 28. gxf3 Bxh2 29. Bh7+ Kf8 30. b4 Ne6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...g6.} 31. Be4 Rd8 32. Bd5 Nc7 (32... Bd6 $19 33. a3 g6) 33. Be4 (33. Qh7 $17 {was the only chance.} Qg6+ 34. Qxg6 fxg6 35. Be4) 33... Be5 $19 34. Bd3 Ne6 35. c5 bxc5 36. bxc5 Bc7 37. Bc4 {intending Qh7.} Ba5 38. Rg1 (38. Re3 {might work better.}) 38... Bc3 (38... Qxf3 39. Rd1 $19) 39. c6 Bxb2 ({But not} 39... Qxf3 40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Qh7 $19) 40. Qxb2 Qxf3 ({Black should play} 40... Nc7 $19 41. Qb7 Qf5+ 42. Ka1 Qa5) 41. Bxe6 Qe4+ 42. Ka1 Qxe6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 43. c7 Rc8 44. Qxd4 f6 (44... Qf6 $15 45. Qxf6 gxf6) 45. Qd8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kf7 46. f4 f5 {White must now prevent ...Qf6+.} 47. Rd1 Qf6+ 48. Rd4 Kg6 {[#] Hoping for ...Rxc7!} 49. Qxc8 {And White is the lucky defender.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,156,18,34,20,41,0,38,40,43,39,56,29,30,36,47,51,35,6,18,18,18,22,18,18,25,19,22,18,24,18,15,18,18,24,27,24,29,21,16,15,55,42,46,28,79,69,74,60,66,67,64,66,117,117,118,118,118,67,67,34,157,140,162,161,189,182,170,170,177,165,189,189,193,135,133,102,116,60,63,60,72,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,10,10,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Nbd7 11. Kf2 Be7 (11... Qc7 {keeps more tension.} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Kg1 Bd6 14. h4 g5) 12. Qxb6 {White is slightly better.} axb6 13. a4 O-O {[#]} 14. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. g4 Ne8 17. h4 Nf8 18. g5 Ne6 19. Ne2 c5 20. Bc3 {1-0 (52) Saduakassova,D (2428)-Nechaeva,M (2406) Teheran 2017}) 14... g5 15. h4 gxh4 16. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Ne8 17. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxh4 f5 $1 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Bd3 {aiming for Bg6.} Kf7 23. b3 Rh8 24. Rah1 Rxh4 25. Rxh4 e5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Be3 Rd8 28. Bf5 c5 29. Ke2 Re8 30. Kd3 Rd8+ (30... g6 $11 31. Bg4 Rd8+ 32. Kc2 Nxg4 33. fxg4 (33. Rxg4 Rh8 $11) 33... Rd7) 31. Kc2 $16 Re8 32. Bd2 Bg3 33. Rh3 Be1 34. Bf4 Ba5 (34... Bf2 $14) 35. Rh2 g6 36. Bd3 Nh5 37. Bc1 (37. Bg5 $16) 37... Re1 $1 $14 38. Be4 {Black must now prevent Bd5+.} Nf6 (38... Ng3 $1 $14) 39. Bxb7 $16 Re7 40. Bd5+ Nxd5 41. cxd5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re5 42. Rh7+ Ke8 43. d6 Rd5 44. Re7+ Kd8 45. Re6 ({White should try} 45. Bf4 $18) 45... g5 $16 46. Rg6 Kd7 47. Bxg5 (47. Rxg5 $16 Rxd6 48. Be3) 47... Rf5 $14 48. f4 {Hoping for Rf6.} Rd5 $1 49. Bh4 ({White should play} 49. Be7 $16) 49... Rd2+ $11 {The position is equal.} 50. Kc1 Rd4 $1 51. Bf2 Rxf4 52. Bg3 Rd4 53. Rg7+ Kc6 54. Be5 Rd3 55. Rc7+ Kd5 56. Bf4 Rd4 57. Rf7 Kc6 58. Rc7+ Kd5 59. Rf7 Kc6 60. Be5 Rd3 61. Ra7 Kd5 62. Bf4 Kc6 63. Kc2 Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f4]} 64. Rc7+ Kd5 65. Rf7 Kc6 66. Rf8 Kd7 67. Rf6 Kc6 68. Rf7 b5 69. axb5+ Kxb5 70. Rf5 Bb4 71. Rf8 Ba5 72. Rb8+ Kc6 73. Rc8+ Kb7 (73... Kd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7c8]} 74. Rxc5 Rxf4 $11) 74. Rf8 Kc6 75. Rc8+ Kb7 76. Rxc5 Rxf4 77. Rxa5 {[#] Threatens to win with Rd5.} Rd4 78. Rb5+ Kc6 {Black defended with fortune.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,75,76,74,74,75,79,76,72,72,68,70,96,92,104,76,133,131,135,133,194,183,185,183,185,174,158,162,163,164,147,116,118,106,189,150,142,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. e4 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... d5 5. e5 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 cxd4 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nbd2 Qb6 {1-0 (46) Leenhouts,K (2502)-Noritsyn,N (2658) Chess.com INT 2020}) 5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} Nf6 7. Qe2+ Kf8 8. a3 {White is better.} Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 d6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Nge2 h5 12. Ng3 Bg4 (12... Qe7+ $142 13. Be2 Bg6) 13. Qf4 $16 Ra6 14. h4 Rb6 {[#]} (14... Bc8 $16 15. Nb5 Qe8+ 16. Kd2 Qe5 17. Qxe5 dxe5) 15. f3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Bc8 16. O-O-O Nbd7 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. Rhe1 Rh6 20. Nf1 Ng8 21. Ne3 Ng6 (21... Ra6 $16 22. Qg3 Ne7) 22. Qg5 Qf6 23. Bf5 (23. Rh1 $16) 23... Nxh4 $11 {The position is equal.} 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Rh1 g5 27. Ne4 Rb3 28. Rde1 Ne5 29. Kc2 a4 30. Nxg5 Nd3 31. Ref1 Ng6 32. Nf5 Ngf4 $1 33. Nxh6 Rxb2+ 34. Kc3 {Rb1 is the strong threat.} Rb3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 35. Kc2 {aiming for Rb1.} Rb2+ 36. Kc3 {And now Rb1 would win.} Rb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kc2 {Black must now prevent Rb1.} Rb2+ 38. Kc3 Rb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kc2 {Threatens to win with Rb1.} Rb2+ 40. Kc3 {Strongly threatening Rb1.} Rb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black defended with fortune.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,90,8,19,7,10,1,10,0,7,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,6,20,11,0,18,20,34,32,49,17,41,33,31,35,56,47,52,38,150,154,151,117,124,0,0,-43,-53,-25,-42,-33,-33,-48,-78,-90,-95,-63,-95,-83,-92,-78,145,-333,-306,-279,-223,-518,-525,-510,-522,-439,-558,-963,-950,-931,-907,-1170,-1061,-1708,-1675,-1617,-1120]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Ne7 8. Bd3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Bf5 9. Nge2 {The main line 9.Nge2 scores better than 9.Nf3.} Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4][%mdl 32]} 10. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 11. Nf4 {[#]} Nf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Rfe8 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. b3 a5 14. a4 Qh6 15. Nce2 Nbc8 16. b4 axb4 17. Qxb4 Qd6 18. Qxb7 {1-0 (90) Karjakin,S (2773)-Aronian,L (2767) Saint Louis 2018}) 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Qg3 Rae8 14. Rfe1 Ng6 15. Be2 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. h3 {And now Nxg6 would win.} Nh6 18. Nd3 Ne7 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Qd6 b6 21. Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nhf5 22. Qf4 f6 23. b4 g5 24. Qg4 h5 (24... Nd6 $14) 25. Qxh5 $16 Kg7 26. Qg4 Rh8 27. g3 ({White should play} 27. Rec1 $16) 27... Rh6 $11 28. Kg2 Reh8 29. Rh1 {[#]} Rxh3 $1 30. Qxh3 Rxh3 31. Rxh3 Qa6 32. Nc1 Qa3 33. N1e2 Qxb4 34. Rah1 b5 35. Rh7+ Kg6 $2 {[#]} (35... Kf8 $1 $17 {keeps the pressure on.}) 36. Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36. Nf4+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] is forced if you want to stay better.} gxf4 37. Ne2 f3+ 38. Kxf3) 36... Qc4 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...b4.} 37. a3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 38. Ra8 $2 (38. Re1) 38... b4 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. axb4 axb4 40. Ra4 c5 41. Rd1 cxd4 42. exd4 Nc6 43. Rc1 Ncxd4 44. Nxd4 Nxd4 45. Na2 Qb3 {Black used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.22} 0-1

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,80,8,10,6,19,2,0,14,16,16,16,16,14,10,14,13,13,2,2,1,1,-31,-31,-35,-31,-37,8,22,24,-8,-8,-7,-12,-12,-14,-14,0,-2,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-25,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-55,-28,-24,-13,-45,-13,-45,-13,-20,-13,-45,0,-21,0,-45,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} Bb4 {[#]} 8. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nd2 d5 14. f3 Rb8 {½-½ (25) Brodmann,J (1325)-Kolschewski,T (1186) Hamburg 2008}) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 {The position is equal.} a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Qe2 Qe6 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nf8 15. Nf5 Qg6 16. g4 f6 17. h3 h5 18. Kd2 Bxf5 (18... Qh7 {keeps more tension.} 19. f3 Ne6 20. Rag1 g6 21. Ne3 O-O) 19. gxf5 Qh6+ 20. Kd1 g5 21. Bg3 h4 22. Bh2 Nd7 23. f3 O-O 24. Bg1 Rfb8 25. Be3 Rb2 26. Ke1 Rab8 27. Kf2 Qh5 28. Rhg1 Kf8 29. c4 c5 30. Bc1 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Rxb1 32. Re1 Ke7 (32... Rb6 {is more complex.} 33. Bd2 Nb8 34. Ba5 Rb7 35. Qf1 Nc6) 33. Be3 Rxe1 (33... Rb6 {with more complications.} 34. Rc1 Nb8 35. Qe1 Nc6 36. Rb1 Qe8) 34. Qxe1 Qe8 35. Qc1 Kf7 36. Qb1 Qb8 37. Qc1 Qd8 38. Bd2 Qb8 39. Be3 Qd8 40. Bd2 Qb8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.16"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,158,26,30,18,25,12,15,8,21,13,28,43,63,46,58,35,82,81,85,82,90,85,81,85,70,32,50,39,49,29,33,37,59,49,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,-18,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-6,-7,-14,-133,-134,-164,-159,-224,-229,-270,-270,-254,-246,-241,-241,-996,-985,-5077,-5035]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Qc7 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 {The position is equal. is the legacy move (10.g3).} exd5 11. O-O-O Ng4 12. Be1 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Be2 Ngf6 14. Kb1 Nb6 15. h3 Qf7 16. Qc2 Qe6 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (36) Burcu,C (2283)-Skenderovic,N (1894) Palic 2017}) 13. Kb1 Ndf6 14. h3 Kf8 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Rg1 Nh6 17. g4 {Black must now prevent g5.} Nhg8 18. g5 Nd7 19. Rh1 (19. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc3b5]} Qb8 20. Rh1 $14) 19... Nb6 20. h4 Ne7 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Qd1 Kg8 23. h5 Qe6 24. Qf3 ({Better is} 24. Bd2 $14) 24... gxh5 $11 25. Rxh5 Rxh5 26. Qxh5 {Strongly threatening Qh7+.} g6 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. e4 dxe4 29. Nxe4 {Qf6+ is the strong threat.} Nbd5 30. Nxd6 Qxd6 31. Bd2 Rh8 32. Re1 Kg8 33. a3 Qh2 34. Re5 ({White should try} 34. Bc4 $14 b5 35. Rxe7 $1 Qh1+ 36. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Bxe1 bxc4 39. Kc2) 34... Qh1+ 35. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 36. Kc2 Kf8 37. Be4 Rh2 38. f3 Nf4 39. Kd1 Rh1+ 40. Kc2 Rh2 41. Kd1 Nfd5 42. b3 Rh4 43. Kc2 Rh1 44. a4 Rh2 45. Kd1 a6 46. a5 Rg2 47. Kc1 Rg1+ 48. Kc2 Rh1 49. Kb2 Rh3 50. Kc2 Kg7 51. Kd1 Rh1+ 52. Kc2 Rh8 53. Kb2 {aiming for Bb4!} Rd8 54. Kc2 Rd7 55. Bd3 Nc7 56. Bc4 Ned5 57. Kd3 Rd8 58. Re4 Ne6 59. Re5 Kf8 60. Ke4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nec7 61. f4 Kg7 62. f5 gxf5+ 63. Rxf5 Rh8 64. Rf2 Kg6 65. Ke5 Re8+ 66. Kd6 Rd8+ 67. Ke5 Nb5 {[%cal Rd8e8]} 68. Ke4 Nd6+ 69. Kd3 Nf5 70. Rh2 Nf4+ 71. Kc3 Rxd4 72. Rh6+ Kxg5 $17 73. Rh7 Kg6 74. Rh8 {[#]} (74. Rxf7 $17 {is a better defense.} Ne2+ 75. Bxe2 Kxf7 76. Bd3) 74... Nd5+ $1 $19 75. Kc2 Nfe3+ 76. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 77. Kc3 Rd7 78. Kb4 $2 (78. Rg8+ Kh6 79. Be2) 78... Nxc4 79. bxc4 f5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.04} 0-1

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,81,0,0,0,37,42,59,0,27,33,35,-20,-19,-11,33,22,93,86,83,89,86,85,93,93,85,77,70,76,78,72,63,69,79,63,91,74,107,87,115,106,115,110,114,116,109,122,173,96,94,94,94,94,108,96,116,52,47,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. h4 Rxg2 {[#] was the old line (13...Nd7).} 14. O-O-O $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty. C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Kf1 Rg8 15. Rg1 Rh8 16. Bg5 Rxh7 17. Bxf6 Rh6 18. Bg5 Rh8 19. Bf6 Rh6 20. Bg5 Rh8 21. Bf6 {½-½ (21) Leko,P (2728)-Shirov,A (2713) Saratov 2011}) 14... Nbc6 (14... Rxf2 15. Bg5 $18) 15. Bg5 Qe5 16. Bf4 (16. Rde1 $1 $14) 16... Qg7 17. Qxg7 Rxg7 18. Nxc3 (18. h5 $1 $14 f5 19. Bd6 (19. Nxc3 e5 $11)) 18... e5 $11 19. Bg5 Bg4 20. Rde1 e4 {[#]} (20... Bf3 $11 {remains equal.} 21. Bf6 Rg4) 21. Nxd5 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening Nf6+.} exd3 (21... Nxd5 $2 22. Bxe4 Nde7 23. Bxc6+ bxc6 24. Rxe7+ Kf8 25. Rhe1 $18) 22. Nf6+ ({Much weaker is} 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Nc7+ (23. Rxe7+ Kf8 $15) (23. Nxe7 Be6 $17) 23... Kd7 $11) (22. cxd3 Kf8 $15) 22... Kf8 23. Nxg4 {Black must now prevent Bh6.} Rg6 24. Nf6 {h5 is the strong threat.} Kg7 25. Nh5+ Kf8 26. Nf4 d2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 27. Kxd2 Rd6+ 28. Nd3 f6 29. Bf4 Rd5 30. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nd4 {White should prevent ...Nf3+.} 31. Rh3 Nef5 32. c3 Nc6 33. Kc2 Rc8 34. Nb4 Nxb4+ 35. axb4 Rd4 (35... a5 $16) 36. h6 Kg8 ({Avoid the trap} 36... Rxf4 $2 37. h7 $18) 37. Be3 Rxb4 38. Bxa7 Ra4 39. Bb6 Ra6 40. Bc5 Kh7 $14 ({Worse is} 40... Rxc5 41. h7+ Kf7 42. h8=Q Ra2+ 43. Kb3 Rb5+ 44. Kxa2 Ra5+ 45. Kb3 Rb5+ 46. Kc2) 41. Rd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,106,39,22,16,0,0,0,0,0,7,14,5,12,16,11,25,30,46,28,33,39,37,34,33,33,63,48,50,36,52,48,48,52,53,20,44,33,39,34,54,52,54,53,54,11,13,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,-43,-43,-38,-40,-36,-33,-32,-265,-99,-139,-140,-359,-384,-343,-215,-200,-192,-238,-241,-401,-406,-522,-386,-1122,-1148,-1122,-1126,-1077,-1053,-974,-947,-872,-830,-1626,-1487,-1403,-1271,-5210,-5181,-3133,-974,-1019,-984]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 (6. d4 {with more complications.} Bb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nge2) 6... Bf5 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4).} 7. d3 (7. Be2 {keeps more tension.} Nc6 8. O-O d4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bc4) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} c5 {The position is equal.} 9. d4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. c4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qd8 12. Qb3 Be4 13. Qxb7 Rc8 14. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rb7f7]} Be7 {Strongly threatening ...Rc7.} 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. d5 Nxe5 17. Qb5+ {[#]} Kf8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 17... Qd7 18. Rb1 Qxb5 19. Rxb5 Kd7 20. Bc3 Kd6 21. Ra5 Rb8 22. Kd2 Bf6 23. Be2 Nd7 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 {1-0 (39) Le,Q (2709)-Pichot,A (2630) Chess.com INT 2020}) 18. Rb1 Bd6 19. Qa6 Rb8 20. Rb3 h5 21. Be2 (21. Qxa7 Ra8 $15) 21... Kg8 22. h3 Kh7 23. Rxb8 ({Stronger than} 23. Bxh5 Nd3+ 24. Ke2 Qh4 $1 $17) (23. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 $19) 23... Bxb8 24. Qa3 ({But not} 24. Bxh5 $2 Nd3+ 25. Kf1 Qh4 $19) 24... Qe7 25. O-O h4 26. f4 exf3 27. Bxf3 Re8 28. Bf4 Bd6 29. Kh1 Kg8 30. Qc3 Nd7 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. Bd1 Re4 33. Bc2 Rd4 34. Qa5 {And now Qd8+ would win.} Nf6 35. Qxa7 g6 36. Ba4 $2 (36. Qb7 $15) 36... Re4 $2 (36... Rf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4f1] is more deadly.} 37. Rb1 Rxc4) 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Qc6 $2 (38. Bd1 $17 {might work better.}) 38... Qe5 $1 $19 {...Nh5 is the strong threat.} 39. Bd1 Rxc4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White must now prevent ...Ne4. White is in trouble.} 40. Bf3 {[#]} Rf4 $1 41. Qb5 c4 ({Worse is} 41... Nxd5 42. Qxc5 Qe6 43. Kg1 $15) 42. Qb1 $2 {[#]} (42. Rc1 {was the only chance.}) 42... c3 $1 43. Rc1 Qe3 44. Qc2 $2 (44. Re1 c2 45. Qa1) 44... Rxf3 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. gxf3 Qxf3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 46. Qg2 Qe3 47. Rc2 Ne4 48. d6 Nxd6 49. Re2 Qd3 50. Kh2 Nf5 51. Qf2 Qd6+ 52. Kg1 Qd1+ 53. Kg2 c2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.11} 0-1

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,80,23,8,0,0,0,0,17,14,15,20,22,14,33,20,11,0,10,10,10,10,12,19,18,22,7,6,40,0,0,0,0,0,19,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-5,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Ng5 Qa5 11. Rc1 cxd4 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 h6 {[#]} 14. h3 $1 {Strongly threatening Nxf7.} Bd7 15. Nf3 Rd8 16. Rc7 Bc6 17. Bd3 {Threatening d5.} ({Reject} 17. Rxe7 Bf8 $15) 17... e6 $1 {[#]} 18. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. Ke2 g5 20. h4 g4 21. Nh2 Nf6 22. e5 Nd5 23. R7xc6 bxc6 24. Nxg4 {0-1 (46) Neverov,V (2484)-Bernadskiy,V (2570) Omelnyk 2017}) 18... Nd7 19. Ke3 Nf6 20. Ne5 g5 21. Bg3 Ne8 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 {aiming for e5.} Rxd4 (23... Bxd4+ {feels hotter.} 24. Ke2 Nf6 25. Rd1 Rdc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Bd6 Kg7) 24. Rc4 (24. f3 {with more complications.} Rad8 25. Rd1 Nd6 26. Ke2 Nb5 27. a4) 24... Rad8 {The position is equal.} 25. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Ke2 Nf6 27. Rd1 Nh5 28. Bh2 Nf4+ 29. Bxf4 gxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Bc4 Bb6 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {KB-KB} 32. a4 Kg7 33. Bb5 Bc7 34. f3 Kf6 35. Be8 Ke7 36. Bc6 Kd6 37. Bb5 Bb6 38. Kd3 a5 39. Be8 Ke7 40. Bb5 Kd6 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,0,-2,-6,3,-12,-6,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,16,-8,28,21,16,20,38,20,30,-59,-38,-45,-48,-49,-45,-35,-48,-62,-62,-68,-62,-56,-54,-66,-10,-10,-10,-7,0,-4,0,0,-4,-8,0,-8,0,-10,0,-8,0,-5,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 {E10: Blumenfeld Gambit.} c5 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 g6 9. cxd5 Bg7 10. Bb2 d6 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Re8 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Rc8 {[#]} 15. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Bf1 Rc7 17. Ng2 Bc8 18. f3 Bh3 19. Ne3 Bxf1 20. Ndxf1 c4 21. Rad1 {0-1 (38) Erdos,V (2503)-Caposciutti,M (2336) France 2006}) 15... a5 16. Rfe1 c4 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 (18. Bc3 $11) 18... Nb6 {[#] And now ...Ba6 would win.} 19. Bf1 Ba6 {...Nxc4 is the strong threat.} 20. Qb3 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxe4 22. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxf6 24. Bb5 {[#] Black must now prevent Re8+.} Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Rc3.} 25. Bc6 Nd7 (25... Bxh4 $15 26. Re8 (26. gxh4 Nd7 $15) 26... Qc7 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 28. gxh4 h5) 26. Nf3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rb8 27. Bb5 Ne5 (27... h5 {seems wilder.} 28. a4 Rc8 29. Bc6 h4 30. Qe3 Rb8) 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. a4 Rc8 30. Bc6 Rb8 31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Bc6 Rb8 33. Bb5 Rc8 34. Bc6 Rb8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.17"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. Bc4 Nxf2 (5... Bxf2+ $6 6. Kf1 $16) 6. Bxf7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy. C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Kg6 8. Qxc5 Nxh1 9. Nc3 {aiming for Qc4.} h6 {Hoping for ...d6.} 10. Qc4 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} Kh7 11. Nd5 Re8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...c6.} 12. Bxh6 {12.Qe4+ is setting a new trend.} gxh6 (12... Kxh6 $15 13. Nxc7 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 13. O-O-O $11 {The position is equal.} Re6 14. Nxc7 {[#]} d5 $146 {[%cal Rd5c4]} ({Predecessor:} 14... Qg8 15. Rxh1 Rc6 16. Qxg8+ Kxg8 17. Nxa8 b6 18. e6 Rxe6 19. Nc7 Re2 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 {½-½ (58) Motylev,A (2640)-Fridman,D (2616) Moscow 2019}) 15. exd6 Nf2 $1 {And now ...Qg8 would win.} 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qxe6 Nxd1 18. Qf7+ ({Don't go for} 18. Kxd1 $2 Nc6 $19) 18... Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...Nc6.} 19. Nh4 Qxh4 20. Qf8+ Kh7 21. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 22. Qf8+ Kh7 23. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.17"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,120,10,9,6,0,0,0,5,0,17,0,6,3,15,0,10,0,-3,0,14,4,0,-16,4,3,0,-10,-8,-20,-6,-18,0,-27,-6,-23,0,-4,0,0,8,-11,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,-37,-37,-33,-32,-38,-32,-38,-20,-33,-28,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,51,54,85,0,0,0,25,0,56,0,30,0,21,17,72,29,99,51,102,60,48,50,201,0,0,0,139,0,0,-56,91,104,67,0,424,423,1114,-1079,-1061]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. O-O O-O {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d3 Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. 8...Nd7 is setting a new trend.} 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Ne2 Re8 11. Nd2 {[#]} Nf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. Kh1 Nb8 13. f4 Nc6 14. f5 Be7 15. Nf3 b6 16. c3 a5 17. Qc2 a4 {1-0 (40) Motylev,A (2808)-Vestby Ellingsen,M (2549) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12. f3 Ne6 13. Qe1 c5 14. Qf2 Rf8 15. Kh1 b6 16. a4 Bb7 17. Nc4 f6 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. b3 Kh8 21. Qe1 Bc6 22. Ne3 Qf7 23. Nf5 Bd7 24. c4 a5 25. Qg3 Nd8 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. f4 Nc6 28. Rf2 Qg6 29. Qe3 f5 30. Raf1 Kg8 31. Ng3 Nd4 32. Bc3 fxe4 ({Much worse is} 32... Nxb3 $6 33. exf5 Bxf5 34. fxe5 $16) 33. dxe4 Qh6 34. Bxd4 exd4 35. Qd3 Bc6 36. f5 Rf7 37. Rf4 Qf6 38. Rg4 Qe5 39. Rff4 Kh8 40. Qd2 Ref8 41. h3 Bd7 (41... Qf6 $11) 42. Nh5 $1 $14 Be8 43. Rf3 (43. Rg5 $1 $16) 43... Bc6 $11 44. Rff4 Rg8 45. Rh4 Qe7 (45... Be8 $11) 46. Qf2 (46. Kg1 $1 $14) 46... Qg5 47. Ng3 Re8 48. Qf3 Kg8 (48... Ref8 $11 {remains equal.}) 49. Kh2 Bb7 (49... Kh8 $11) 50. Nh5 Kh8 (50... Kf8 $14) 51. Qd1 Bc6 52. Rfg4 Qe3 (52... Qd8 $14) 53. Rg3 Qh6 54. Rgg4 {Black must now prevent Nxg7.} Qe3 {[%cal Re8e4] [#]} 55. Rg3 (55. Nxg7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe4 56. Rg3 $1 Qxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Rxg7+ 58. Rg4) 55... Qh6 $1 56. Qd3 (56. Rgg4 $11 Qe3) 56... Re5 {[#]} (56... Rfe7 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) 57. Rgg4 $1 $16 Qc1 58. Nf4 ({White should play} 58. Qg3 $14 Qe3 59. Rxg7 Qxg3+ 60. Rxg3) 58... Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (58... Bxe4 $11 59. Ng6+ Kg8 60. Rxe4 hxg6) 59. Rxh7 $3 $18 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Rh5.} Bxe4 ({And not} 59... Kxh7 60. Rh4+ Kg8 61. Ng6 $18) (59... Rxe4 $142 60. Qg3 Kxh7 61. Qh4+ Kg8) (59... Rxe4 60. Qg3) 60. Rgh4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} Qxf4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.34} 0-1

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,70,0,0,0,-34,-23,-33,-16,-25,-35,-39,-27,-41,-35,-45,-2,-4,-2,-5,-4,-29,-7,-6,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O {And now d5 would win.} O-O {[%cal Rc5d4] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 10. d5 Bxc3 11. Be3 Nd4 {Black is slightly better.} 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxa1 14. Bxa1 Bd7 15. Bc4 Rc8 16. Bb3 Bb5 17. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rd4h8] [#]} f6 18. Rb1 {aiming for d6+.} e5 {[#]} 19. dxe6 $146 {Black must now prevent e7+.The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 19. Qxa7 Bc4 20. Bd1 Rf7 21. Bg4 Bd3 22. Rd1 Bxe4 23. Be6 Bxd5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qe3 {½-½ (44) Vitiugov,N (2724)-Svidler,P (2714) Krasnaya Polyana 2021}) 19... Qxd4 $1 20. e7+ Qc4 $1 21. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Rc1 Kf7 24. f3 Be6 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 {KB-KB} 26. a3 f5 27. Kf2 fxe4 28. fxe4 Bd7 29. Bd4 Bc6 30. Bxa7 Bxe4 31. g3 Bc6 32. Bb6 Bd5 33. Ba7 Bc6 34. Bb6 Bd5 35. Ba7 Bc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,51,62,52,24,9,18,10,16,22,12,31,16,16,12,15,15,33,38,39,36,17,33,29,32,33,12,15,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} a5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Na7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd6 ({Much worse is} 15. cxd4 Nxb5 16. axb5 Bb4 $15) 15... Qxd6 16. Qxd4 Nxb5 17. axb5 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bg6 19. f4 {[#] And now f5 would win.} f5 {The position is equal.} 20. Re5 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... a4 21. Rc5 Rac8 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Rd5 Nb6 24. Rc5 Nd7 25. Rd5 Nb6 26. Rc5 {½-½ (26) Ding,L (2791)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021}) 21. Rc5 Rac8 22. Kf2 Nd7 23. Rd5 Nb6 24. Rc5 Nd7 25. Rd5 Nb6 26. Rc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,70,18,16,24,84,88,76,15,8,4,25,22,13,18,18,-3,-6,-5,-5,-5,-3,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Ne5 {seems to push 9.Bb5 aside. D14: Slav Defence: Exchange variation with ...Bf5.} O-O (9... Bxc3+ $11 10. bxc3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 (11. dxe5 Nd7 $11) 11... O-O) 10. Nxc6 $16 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 (11. Qxc3 $16 bxc6 12. Qa3) 11... bxc6 $11 12. Qa3 a5 13. Be2 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 14. O-O Rfc8 {[#]} 15. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Ne4 17. Rfc1 {½-½ (17) Potkin,V (2606)-Rublevsky,S (2697) Dagomys 2010}) 15... dxc4 16. Rfc1 Nd5 17. Bd6 c3 {Strongly threatening ...Qb2.} 18. Bf3 {Threatens to win with e4.} Bg6 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Bc5 Qb2 {[#] Hoping for ...Qxa3.} 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 (21... Qb5 {feels hotter.} 22. a4 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Bxd3 24. f3 f6) 22. Rxc3 a4 23. Rac1 Rab8 24. Bb4 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd3 26. Rc7 a3 27. Bxa3 Bc4 {[#] ( -> ...Rb1+)} (27... h5 {seems wilder.} 28. h3 Bc4 29. Ra7 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Bxa2 31. Kg3 Bc4) 28. h4 (28. g4 {keeps more tension.} h6 29. Bd6 Bxa2 30. Kg2 Rb6 31. Bc5) 28... h5 29. Bd6 (29. Kh2 {is more complex.} Ra8 30. Bd6 Rxa2 31. Kg3 Bd3 32. Rc8+) 29... Bxa2 30. Rc1 Rb1 (30... Rb6 {with more complications.} 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Ba3 Rb7 33. Ra8 Bc4) 31. Rxb1 Bxb1 32. Bc5 Bc2 33. Bd6 Bb1 34. Bc5 Bc2 35. Bd6 Bb1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,56,1,25,0,2,7,8,-4,-12,-23,30,-8,-5,-31,-34,-33,-33,-43,-54,-87,-92,-86,-87,-102,-104,-89,-91,-143,-126,-309,-2,-6,-6,-34,0,-229,-212,-179,-179,-468,-464,-501,-475,-809,-754,-807,-769]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 (6... Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 c4 11. Be2 Qxc2 12. O-O Nge7 13. Bd1 Qg6 14. Qh4 Bd7 15. Rc1 Nf5 16. Qf4 h5 {½-½ (67) Chigaev,M (2630)-Ponkratov,P (2627) Cheboksary 2021}) 7. Bd3 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} Qa5 8. Bd2 c4 9. Qg4 {The position is equal.} Nge7 ({But not} 9... cxd3 $2 10. Qxg7 dxc2 11. Qxh8 $18) 10. Be2 {[#]} Rg8 $146 (10... O-O $142) ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Nf3 f5 12. Qg3 Bd7 13. h4 Nd8 14. h5 Ba4 15. Bd1 b5 16. Nh4 Qc7 {1-0 (24) Van Foreest,J (2519)-Navrotescu,C (2407) Vaujany 2015}) 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 O-O-O 13. Nf3 f6 14. Qf4 g5 15. Qxf6 {And now g4 would win.} Rdf8 16. Qh6 {Threatening g4.} Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h6]} 17. Qxh7 Rg7 18. Qxg7 Nxg7 19. Nxg5 ({Better is} 19. h6 Rh8 20. Nxg5) 19... Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 20. g4 $2 {[#]} (20. h6 $17 {is a better defense.} Nd8 21. h7) 20... Nfe7 $2 ({Black should play} 20... Nfxd4 $1 $19 21. cxd4 Qb6) 21. Nh7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh7f8]} Rh8 22. Nf6 Qa4 23. Kd1 {[#]} (23. Bd1 $11) 23... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 24. Kc1 b4 $1 25. Bd1 $2 (25. Rh3) 25... bxa3 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. h6 a2 {[%cal Ra4a3]} 27. Bg5 (27. Kb2 $142 Qb5+ 28. Kxa2) 27... Qa3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Kd2 Qb2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.69/Black=0.21} 0-1

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.18"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,145,6,0,-11,0,0,0,-9,30,24,23,23,27,28,43,27,52,13,30,3,6,0,0,0,27,25,22,20,47,25,20,0,29,32,32,25,45,45,49,47,47,19,47,47,44,41,47,42,42,27,35,34,55,42,83,68,56,56,81,0,56,0,78,56,56,56,77,79,78,62,62,69,72,62,64,82,76,72,156,92,81,82,91,83,89,90,144,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-37,-35,-27,-37,-28,-33,8,8,2,0,4,0,4,0,8,0,8,26,418,403,29992,0,0,0,29992,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b4 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} Ne4 9. Be1 c6 10. a4 {[#] The position is equal.} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Nfd2 Nd6 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb3 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ndb1 Ra6 {½-½ (30) Lysyj,I (2594)-Makhmutov,R (2416) Cheliabinsk 2020}) 11. Qb3 a6 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. a5 Kh8 14. Na4 Nd6 15. Nb2 (15. c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Nb5 16. Bc3 $11) 15... g5 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Ne5 Qg7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 18. Nbd3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Bxe5 (18... h5 {keeps more tension.} 19. cxd5 exd5 20. e3 Be7 21. Qc2 Qh6) 19. dxe5 Nxc4 20. Qc2 Rf7 (20... Ndxe5 $2 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qb2 $18) 21. Bd4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nd6 22. Bb2 (22. exd6 Qxd4 23. Rae1 Qf6 $15) 22... Nb5 23. f4 Nf8 24. Qd2 g4 25. Kf2 Bd7 26. Rh1 Be8 27. Nc5 Qg8 28. h3 gxh3 29. Rxh3 Rg7 30. Rah1 Rc8 31. Bf3 Rcc7 32. e3 Rce7 33. Qc1 Rg6 34. Bh5 Rgg7 {With the idea ...Bxh5.} 35. Be2 Rg6 36. Bh5 Rgg7 {White should prevent ...Bxh5.} 37. Be2 Rg6 $1 38. Qg1 Rgg7 39. R1h2 Rg6 40. Rg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rgg7 41. g4 fxg4 42. Bxg4 Bg6 43. Rhg3 Qf7 44. Qd1 Bf5 45. Bh5 Qg8 (45... Ng6 $142) 46. Rxg7 (46. Qh1 $142 $1) 46... Rxg7 $16 47. Rxg7 Qxg7 48. Qg1 $1 Bg6 49. Be2 Qh6 {[#]} (49... h6 $142) 50. Qg5 ({Much less strong is} 50. Nxb7 $6 d4 $14) ({White should play} 50. Bf3 $1 $16) 50... Qh2+ $11 51. Qg2 Qh4+ 52. Qg3 Qh1 53. Qg1 Qh4+ 54. Qg3 Qh1 55. Bf1 Bf5 56. Qg5 h6 57. Qd8 Kg7 {And now ...Qh2+ would win.} 58. Nxe6+ Bxe6 ({Avoid the trap} 58... Nxe6 $2 59. Qf6+ Kg8 60. Qxf5 $18) 59. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6][%mdl 64] Decoy} Bxf5 60. Qf6+ (60. e6+ $5 Kg8 61. e7 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 62. Kg1 Qg4+ 63. Bg2 Qd1+ 64. Bf1 Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 65. Bg2 Qd1+ 66. Bf1 Qg4+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 60... Kg8 61. Qxf5 Qh2+ 62. Bg2 {Black must now prevent Qg4+.} Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 63. Kf1 $1 Qxb4 {[#]} 64. e6 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf5f7]} Qe7 ({Not} 64... Qxb2 $2 65. Qf7+ Kh8 66. e7 $18) 65. Qg4+ Kh7 66. Qf5+ Kg8 67. Qg4+ Kh7 68. Qf5+ Kg8 69. Bh3 {Be5 is the strong threat.} Nc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69... Nd6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 70. Qg4+ Kh7) 70. Qg4+ $18 Kh7 (70... Qg5 $18) 71. Qf5+ Kg8 $1 {[%cal Re7e6]} 72. Qg4+ Kh7 $1 {[%cal Rc7e6]} 73. Qf5+ $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.08} (73. Qg3 {mates} h5 74. Bf5+ Kh6 75. Qf4+ Qg5 {[#]} 76. Bg7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Back Rank} Kxg7 77. Qxg5+ Kh8 78. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 79. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 80. Qxf8#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.18"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,0,10,22,10,0,0,0,5,-42,-6,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,4,-8,-2,-8,0,-44,-45,-31,-36,-10,-7,-22,0,-18,-27,-32,0,0,0,-29,18,0,0,-27,-8,-146,-158,-147,0,-13,0,0,0,-52,0,-13,0,0,10,-60,-41,-110,-70,-143,-140,-139,-119,-154,-142,-142,-133,-117,-123,-97,-105,-102,-51,-52,-57,-51,-70,-76,-31,-93,0,0,0,-114,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} O-O 7. d3 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 {[#]} 9. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 c5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 Rac8 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Qb1 Ne8 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Ba6 {½-½ (17) Jean,O (2187)-Savchenko,S (2512) Marseille 2005}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bg2 Re8 11. d4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Rac1 Rc7 15. Rfe1 Qa8 16. Ba3 dxc4 17. bxc4 e6 18. Qd1 Rcc8 19. Bb2 Nb8 20. Re3 Rcd8 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Bh3 h6 23. Nb3 g5 24. Ne1 h5 25. f3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...a4.} 26. Rd1 (26. a4 $11 {remains equal.}) 26... a4 $17 27. Na1 Nh7 (27... Ba6 $17 {...Na5 is the strong threat.} 28. Nac2 Qc8) 28. Nac2 $11 Ne7 29. Ba3 Ng6 30. Red3 (30. Rb1 $11) 30... f5 ({Black should play} 30... Qb8 $15) 31. f4 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 32. Bg2 Nf6 33. Bxb7 (33. Bb2 $11) 33... Qxb7 $15 34. Rb1 ({White should try} 34. Re3 $15) 34... h4 35. Ng2 (35. c5 $15) 35... hxg3 $17 36. hxg3 Ne4 37. Bc5 {[#]} Rb8 $1 (37... Nxc5 38. dxc5 Rxd3 39. Qxd3 $15) 38. Re3 Qc6 39. Rxe4 Qxe4 ({Not} 39... fxe4 40. Ba3 $11) 40. Qxe4 fxe4 41. Bd6 Rbc8 (41... Rbd8 $17 42. Rxb6 Ne7) 42. Nge3 $15 Rc6 43. c5 bxc5 44. dxc5 Bf8 45. Bxf8 (45. Nc4 $1 $15) 45... Nxf8 (45... Kxf8 $17 46. Rb5 Rd8) 46. Nxg4 $11 Nh7 {Hoping for ...Rd8.} 47. Rb7 {[#]} (47. Nd4 $11 Rxc5 48. Rb7) 47... Rxc5 (47... Rd8 $1 $17 48. Nb4 (48. Nh6+ Kf8 $17) 48... Rxc5) 48. Nh6+ {The position is equal.} Kh8 49. Nf7+ Kg8 50. Nh6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.20} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.19"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,8,11,4,5,25,22,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,22,18,0,11,0,38,39,41,36,51,55,54,54,54,39,47,47,43,37,36,23,35,27,42,43,50,50,65,33,63,66,72,30,74,72,83,38,38,0,134,135,181,177,229,128,227,110,107,0,229,210,201,119,206,237,177,220,341,334,334,343,322,309,457,455,408,412,385,308,537,539,803,820,819,790,870,879,1394,991,770,728]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Bf5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Bg4+ {[#]} 14. Kc2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14. f3 Bd7 15. a4 h6 16. a5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxa5 18. bxa5 b6 19. Bd5 Nxa5 20. Be7 {½-½ (50) Kollars,D (2607)-Heimann,A (2599) Dortmund 2021}) 14... h6 ({But not} 14... Bxf2 $6 15. Rf1 $16) 15. Nf3 Bxf3 (15... Bxf2 {feels hotter.} 16. Rf1 Bb6 17. a4 a6 18. Nh4 Be6) 16. gxf3 Bxf2 17. Rf1 Bh4 18. a4 a5 19. b5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nd8 20. f4 Re8 21. f5 $1 b6 22. Rg1 Kf8 23. Be3 Nb7 24. Bd5 Rab8 25. Rg4 Bf6 26. Rd1 Red8 27. Rg2 Ke7 28. Bc1 Bg5 29. Ba3+ Kf6 30. Rg4 Nd6 31. c4 Be3 32. Bb2 Bc5 33. Bc3 Ne8 34. Be1 {Bh4+ is the strong threat.} Ke7 $1 35. Bc3 Bd6 (35... Kf6 $11) 36. Rdg1 $16 Bc5 {[#]} 37. R1g2 Bd6 (37... h5 $142) 38. Kb3 (38. Rxg7 $18 Nxg7 39. Rxg7) 38... Rbc8 (38... Rd7 $16 39. Bc6 h5) 39. Bb7 (39. Rxg7 $18 {is more deadly.} Nxg7 40. Rxg7) 39... Rb8 40. Bd5 (40. Bc6 $16) 40... Rdc8 $2 {White stays focused until the end.} (40... Rbc8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 41. Be1 Kf8 42. Bc6 (42. Bd2 $18) 42... Be7 (42... Rd8 $16) 43. Bxe8 $18 Rxe8 44. Rxg7 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rg7g8]} Bf6 (44... Bg5 $142) 45. Rg8+ Ke7 46. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} 47. c5 $1 Bg5 (47... Rd8 $142 48. cxb6 cxb6) 48. cxb6 cxb6 49. Bf2 Rb8 50. Bg1 Rd8 $2 (50... Rb7 {was called for.} 51. Rc2 Kd7) 51. Bxb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White is clearly winning.} Rd3+ 52. Kc4 Rd1 53. Bxa5 Rd4+ 54. Kb3 Rxe4 55. Rc2 Re3+ 56. Rc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.37} 1-0

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.19"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,110,8,7,0,2,0,0,0,9,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-30,-33,-38,-36,-37,-41,-39,-46,-59,-91,-98,-91,-70,-64,-61,-104,-104,-112,-112,-103,-110,-100,-107,-155,-155,-151,-151,-177,-123,-148,-148,-204,-97,-117,-117,-125,-125,-125,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-16,-117,-117,-117,-16,-21,0,-117,0,-117,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O 14. Rhc1 {D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5.} Rd8 15. Rc5 Be6 {[#]} 16. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. a4 Bd5 17. Ke1 e6 18. Rcc1 Rdc8 19. Bd6 Na5 20. Bb5 Nb3 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rb1 {½-½ (72) Dreev,A (2649)-Artemiev,V (2662) Moscow 2014}) 16... Rd7 17. Rcb5 Bd5 18. Ke1 e6 19. a4 (19. Rxb7 Rxb7 20. Rxb7 Nxd4 $1 $17) 19... a6 20. Rb6 Rc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c2,Bc2a2][%mdl 32]} 21. Kf1 ({Of course not} 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Rxb7 Nxd4 $1 $17) 21... Na5 22. Ne5 Rdd8 23. Rd1 Rc2 24. Rbb1 Rdc8 25. Nd3 Bf8 26. Nb4 Bxb4 27. Rxb4 Ra2 28. Bf3 $1 Bb3 29. Bxb7 {Threatens to win with Rxb3.} Rc4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} 30. Rxb3 Nxb3 31. Bxa6 Rcc2 32. Bg3 Rxa4 33. Bb7 Ra7 34. Bf3 Nd2+ 35. Ke1 Raa2 (35... Nxf3+ $19 36. gxf3 Rca2) 36. h4 f5 37. d5 (37. Be2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 37... Kf7 (37... f4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 38. exf4 Nxf3+ 39. gxf3 exd5 40. Rxd5 Ra1+ 41. Rd1 Rxd1+ 42. Kxd1 Rb2) 38. dxe6+ Kxe6 39. Be2 Ne4 40. Bd3 Nxg3 41. Bxc2 Rxc2 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rc2e2]} 42. fxg3 Rxg2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 43. Rd8 h5 44. Rd1 Ke5 45. Kf1 Rxg3 46. Kf2 Rg4 47. Rh1 Ke4 (47... Rc4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ke4.} 48. Kf3 Rg4) 48. Rh2 (48. Ra1 $11 {remains equal.}) 48... Kd3 49. Rh1 {[#]} Kd2 ({Better is} 49... Kc4 $1 $17 {Black wants to play ...Kd5.} 50. Ra1 Kb5) 50. Rh3 $1 $11 Kd3 ({Black should try} 50... Re4 $11) 51. Rh1 $17 Ke4 52. Rh2 {[#]} f4 (52... Kd5 $1 $17 53. Rh1 Ke6) 53. exf4 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxf4+ 54. Kg2 $1 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 Ke5 {White happily takes the draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.23} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.19"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,128,7,11,5,14,22,25,5,9,0,9,8,24,22,20,25,24,19,16,10,16,0,7,0,17,0,0,5,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,10,4,0,0,0,6,6,51,40,41,19,20,6,42,37,49,42,51,37,37,37,42,26,29,17,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-9,-10,-27,-37,-43,-51,-46,-46,-48,-51,-49,-77,-54,-49,-26,-33,-25,-409,-409,-417,-415,-410,-413,-472,-467,-2146,-1264,-1137,-910,-1172,-1249,-1191,-1085,-2914,-2095,-12842,-12103,-892,-752]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Nd7 6. Bf4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} Bd6 {[#]} 7. Bxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qd2 Bxf4 8. Qxf4 Ngf6 9. Nc3 a6 10. g4 Nf8 11. Ne5 Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 {0-1 (30) Dapkuviene,L (1743)-Janulaitis,A (1725) Panevezys 2016}) 7... cxd6 8. a4 {White has an edge.} a6 9. Qd3 Ngf6 10. Qa3 Qb8 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Ne8 15. Qd3 Nef6 16. Qa3 Ne8 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qb3 Ra7 19. Rc3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 d5 21. Nd2 Rac7 22. e3 Qb7 23. Rac1 Nd6 24. Qa3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qc7 26. Be2 e5 27. Ba6 Ra8 28. Bd3 Rc8 29. Rc2 Qb8 30. Ba6 Rc6 31. Qb3 exd4 32. cxd4 Qc7 33. Bd3 Rxc2 34. Bxc2 Qc6 35. Kg2 g6 36. Nb1 b5 37. axb5 Nxb5 38. Bd3 Nd6 39. Nc3 Nc4 40. e4 Nd2 41. Nxd5 Nxb3 42. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf8 43. Nxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 44. Bc2 Nb6 $1 45. f4 Nc1 46. Nb4 a3 47. Bb1 Na4 48. Ba2 Nc3 $1 {[%csl LRa2,LRe4]} 49. Bc4 Nxe4 50. Nc2 $1 a2 {aiming for ...Nd6.} 51. Na1 $1 Ke7 52. Bd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e4]} Nc3 53. Bc4 N1e2 54. d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (54. Kf2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Nxd4 55. Ke3) 54... Kd6 $19 55. Kf3 Nd4+ 56. Ke3 Kc5 57. Kd3 Nxd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 58. Bxa2 (58. f5 $142 gxf5 59. Bxd5 Kxd5 60. Kc3) 58... Nb4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 59. Ke4 Nxa2 60. Ke5 f5 61. Kf6 Kd5 62. Kg7 Ke6 63. Kxh7 Kf6 64. Kh6 Nc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.09} 0-1

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.19"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,143,32,22,18,29,29,30,30,27,20,28,28,30,28,30,23,57,50,44,43,35,23,20,20,51,45,58,41,64,58,65,77,152,162,203,196,202,208,271,256,280,275,256,245,292,309,287,100,332,312,271,184,279,81,89,0,231,224,220,152,152,152,181,191,190,190,154,157,187,157,204,203,210,209,276,275,331,504,576,575,557,573,569,564,514,546,513,434,551,534,548,548,507,489,629,620,598,585,693,453,551,533,475,492,702,687,678,600,500,416,1058,752,5608,5389,29977,29978,29978,29979,29984,29985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qe2 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12. Ne1 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} fxe5 15. dxe5 O-O 16. Nd2 {White has an edge.} Nf7 17. f4 b6 {[#]} 18. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Nf3 Nh6 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rc7 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rc4 23. Bf2 Rfc8 24. b3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 {1-0 (50) Zawadzka,J (2400)-Bodnaruk,A (2413) Wroclaw 2019}) 18... Rac8 19. Nf3 Nfd8 20. Qd2 d4 21. Bf2 a5 22. a3 a4 23. Qd1 b5 24. Rb1 Na5 25. Nxd4 Rc4 26. Nb4 Bxb4 27. axb4 Rxb4 28. f5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for Nxe6. Black is under strong pressure.} exf5 (28... Rc4 $142) 29. e6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re6d7]} Qe7 30. Be1 $1 {[%cal Re1b4]} Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Nac6 32. Qd5 Qxe6 33. Qxb5 Nd4 34. Qxa4 Qe4 {[#]} 35. Ra1 $1 N8e6 36. Kh2 $2 (36. Kh1 $18) 36... f4 $2 (36... Nf4 $16 37. Rf2 Nd3) 37. Bf2 f3 38. g3 h5 (38... Qe2 $142) 39. Rfe1 $2 (39. Bxd4 $18 {has better winning chances.} Qxd4 40. Qxd4 Nxd4 41. Ra4) 39... Qc2 40. Rf1 ({Better is} 40. Qxc2 $16 {White wants to mate with Bxd4.} Nxc2 41. Rxe6 Nxa1 42. b4) 40... Qxb2 (40... Qe4 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 41. Ra2 $18 Qc3 42. Qa5 Qd3 {[#]} 43. Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ra6d3]} Qxa6 44. Rxa6 {Black must now prevent Rd6.} Rc8 45. Rfa1 Kf7 46. Ra8 Rc6 47. R8a7+ Kg8 48. R1a2 Kh7 49. R7a3 g5 50. Ra6 g4 51. hxg4 (51. R6a4 $142) 51... hxg4 52. Rxc6 Nxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KNN} 53. Ra4 Kg6 54. Rxg4+ Kf5 55. Ra4 Ne5 56. Kg1 Ng4 57. Bb6 Ne5 58. Kf2 Ng5 59. Rf4+ Kg6 60. Ke3 Nh3 61. Rh4 Ng5 62. Bd4 Nc4+ 63. Kd3 Nd6 {If only Black now had time for ...Nf5....} 64. Be3 Ngf7 (64... Ne6 $142 65. Rh6+ Kf7) 65. Bf4 Nf5 66. Rh1 Ng5 67. Rh2 Nh6 (67... Kf6 $142 68. g4 Ne6 69. gxf5 Nxf4+ 70. Ke4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg5) 68. Ra2 Nf5 69. g4 f2 70. gxf5+ {White mates.} Kxf5 71. Rxf2 Nh3 72. Rf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.32} 1-0

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.19"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,119,34,46,44,36,27,52,42,39,35,44,39,52,41,44,41,34,34,35,22,19,0,0,0,0,0,19,20,22,0,22,26,22,22,22,23,27,27,27,39,31,29,33,33,18,29,35,31,31,27,54,44,52,58,60,64,59,50,94,83,101,83,116,29,31,29,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1810,623,599,608,616,546,597,586,540,494,790,758,655,16,575,0,0,-469,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Re8 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 8...Bg4.} 9. Re1 h6 10. h3 {[#] White is slightly better.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf8 11. Rxe8 Qxe8 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Bd3 Nc6 {½-½ (30) Esipenko,A (2636)-Rakhmanov,A (2638) Budva 2019}) 11. Ne2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7d5][%mdl 32]} 12. Ng3 b5 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. c3 Bf8 16. Be3 Ne7 17. Qc2 Ned5 18. Bd2 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bd7 20. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} Qc8 21. Bf1 Qa6 22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Nb4 24. Qc3 c5 25. Ra1 Qb6 26. d5 Ne8 27. Qc1 Qd8 $1 28. Be2 Ra8 29. Rb1 Nc7 30. Kh2 Ra2 31. Bc3 Rc2 32. Qe1 Qe8 33. Bxb4 cxb4 34. Nd4 Ra2 35. Qxb4 Ra4 36. Qb6 Na6 37. Nb5 Qe5 38. Rb3 ({White should play} 38. Qd8 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd8d7]} Qe7 39. Qxe7 Bxe7 40. Nc3) 38... Nc5 $11 39. Re3 Qf4 40. Qd8 (40. Rf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3f4]} Qc1 41. Nd4 $14) 40... g6 (40... Qxf2 $6 41. Rf3 $16) (40... Ra1 $5 41. Rf3 $8 Qe5 $11) 41. Nc3 Ra1 42. Rf3 Qc1 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rc1g1]} 43. Bd1 {Black must now prevent Nge4.} Qg5 44. Qc7 Qe5 45. Na4 {Hoping for Nxc5.} Rxd1 46. Nxc5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qe1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Re1g1]} 47. Nge4 Qh1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... dxc5 48. Qxd7 Bg7 49. Qxf7+ Kh8 50. Nf6 $18) (47... Bf5 $11 48. Nf6+ Kg7 49. Ne6+ Bxe6 50. dxe6 Qe5+ 51. g3 Qxe6) 48. Kg3 $18 Rg1 {( -> ...g5)} 49. Nxd7 {Ndf6+ would kill now.} Qxg2+ 50. Kf4 {Strongly threatening Rg3!} g5+ 51. Ke3 $1 {Intending Nef6+ and mate.} Re1+ 52. Kd2 {Threatening mate with Nef6+.} Qh1 (52... Rd1+ $142 53. Kxd1 Qxf3+ 54. Kc1 (54. Kd2 Qf4+ 55. Kd1 Be7 $18) 54... Be7 55. Qc8+ Kh7) 53. Ndf6+ Kh8 {[#]} 54. Re3 $2 (54. Qxf7 Rd1+ 55. Kc2 Rc1+ 56. Kb3 (56. Kb2 Rb1+ 57. Ka2 Ra1+ 58. Kb3 Qb1+ 59. Kc3 Ra3+ 60. Kd4 Qd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61. Nd2 Qa1+ 62. Rc3 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 63. Ke4 Qe5#) 56... Qd1+ 57. Kb4 Rb1+ 58. Ka5 Ra1+ 59. Kb6 Qd4+ 60. Kc6 (60. c5 $2 Qb2+ 61. Kc6 Ra6+ 62. Kd7 Ra7+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 63. Kc6 Rxf7 $19) 60... Ra6+ 61. Kd7 Ra7+ 62. Ke8 Ra8+ 63. Kd7 Ra7+ 64. Ke8 Ra8+ 65. Kd7 Ra7+ $11) (54. Qc8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc8f8][%mdl 512]} Rd1+ 55. Kc2 Rc1+ 56. Kb3 (56. Kb2 Rb1+ 57. Ka2 Ra1+ 58. Kb3 Qb1+ 59. Kc3 Ra3+ 60. Kd4 Qd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61. Nd2 Qa1+ 62. Rc3 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 63. Ke4 Qe5#) 56... Rb1+ 57. Ka4 Qd1+ 58. Ka5 Ra1+ 59. Kb6 Qd4+ 60. c5 Qb4+ 61. Kc6 Qa4+ 62. Kc7 Qa7+ 63. Qb7 dxc5 64. d6) 54... Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Rb1 $11 55. Nc3 Rb2+ 56. Kd3 Qf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Re2 Rxe2 58. Nxe2 Qd1+ 59. Ke3 Qb3+ 60. Ke4 Qc2+ 61. Kf3 (61. Ke3 Qb3+ 62. Ke4 Qc2+ 63. Kf3 Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 64. Kg2 Qxf6 $11) 61... Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 62. Kg2 Qxf6) 55. Kc3 $2 (55. Qxf7 Qd1+ 56. Kc3 Ra3+ 57. Kb2 Qa1+ 58. Kc2 Ra2+ 59. Kd3 Qd1+ 60. Nd2 Rxd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61. Kc3 Rc2+ 62. Kb3 Rc1+ 63. Ka3 Ra1+ 64. Kb2 Rb1+ 65. Ka3 Qc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 66. Ka4 Qxc4+ 67. Ka5 Qb5#) (55. Nc3 $18 Qc1+ 56. Kd3) 55... Qd1 $1 $11 {aiming for ...Rc1+.} 56. Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (56. Qxf7 Ra3+ 57. Kb2 Qa1+ 58. Kc2 Ra2+ 59. Kd3 Qd1+ 60. Kc3 Rc2+ 61. Kb3 Qb1+ 62. Ka4 Rxc4+ 63. Ka5 Qa1+ 64. Kb6 Rb4+ 65. Kc6 Qa4+ 66. Kc7 Qa7+ 67. Kd8 Rb8#) (56. Nxd6 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qc1+ 57. Kd3 Qb1+ 58. Kd4 (58. Kc3 Qc1+ 59. Kd4 Qb2+ 60. Ke4 Qc2+ 61. Kf3 Qd1+ 62. Kg3 Qg1+ 63. Kf3 Qd1+ 64. Re2 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 65. Ke3 Ra3+ 66. Kd2 Ra2+ 67. Ke3 Ra3+ 68. Kd2 Ra2+ 69. Ke3 Qc1+ 70. Kf3 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 71. Kg3 Qg1+ 72. Kf3 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 73. Kg3 Qg1+ 74. Kf3 Qh1+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 58... Qb2+ 59. Ke4 Qc2+ 60. Kf3 Qd1+ 61. Re2 (61. Ke4 Qc2+ 62. Kf3 Qd1+ 63. Ke4 Qc2+ $11) 61... Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 62. Ke3 Ra3+ 63. Kd2 Ra2+ 64. Ke3 Ra3+ 65. Kd2 Ra2+ 66. Ke3 Qc1+ 67. Kf3 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 68. Kg3 (68. Ke3 Qc1+ 69. Kf3 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 70. Kg3 Qg1+ 71. Kf3 Qh1+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 68... Qg1+ 69. Kf3 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 70. Kg3 (70. Ke3 Qc1+ 71. Kf3 Qh1+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 70... Qg1+ 71. Kf3 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 56... Rb1 $2 (56... Rc1+ $1 $19 57. Kb4 Rb1+ 58. Ka5 Qd4) 57. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2b1] The position is equal.} (57. c5 {gets mated.} Qb3+ 58. Kd2 Qb2+ 59. Kd3 Rd1+ 60. Nd2 Rxd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61. Ke4 Qxf6 62. cxd6 Qf4#) 57... Rc1+ 58. Kd3 Qc2+ 59. Ke2 Qd1+ 60. Kd3 {White used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.19"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,83,20,15,12,0,0,0,11,14,46,55,31,58,50,37,29,-10,0,-10,-13,-41,-48,-37,-27,-41,-25,-31,-38,-45,-43,-51,-66,-52,-50,-77,56,0,0,15,91,95,110,116,118,114,175,101,120,58,121,29,29,34,81,29,31,20,24,24,29,20,27,20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rac1 b5 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2.} 13. Qb1 bxc4 14. bxc4 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Nf5 d4 17. e3 dxe3 18. Nxe3 (18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. fxe3 Rfd8 $11) 18... Bc5 {[#]} 19. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Ba1 Rfd8 21. Rb1 Qe6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Bxc4 25. Bb7 {½-½ (34) Jimenez,J (2272)-Zuluaga,C (2294) La Dorada 2016}) 19... Qb6 20. h3 Rfe8 21. Nb3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Bxc4 23. Rec3 Qe6 24. Ba3 e4 25. Nd4 Qd5 26. Qb4 {[%cal Rc3c4]} Nb6 27. Nb3 {[%cal Bd4b3,Bb3a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} h5 28. Na5 {[%cal Ra5c4]} Qd4 29. Rxc4 (29. Bb2 $5 {[%cal Rc3c4]} Nfd5 30. Rxc4 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 (31. Rxc4 Nxb4 32. Rxb4 Rc2 $14) 31... Nxc4 32. Rxc4 $16 (32. Nxc4 Nb4 $14)) 29... Nxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 (30... Qa1+ $11 {remains equal.} 31. Kh2 Qxa2) 31. Nxc4 $16 (31. Qxc4 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qe1 $15) 31... Nd5 {[#]} 32. Qb5 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Rd8 33. Bb2 Qd1+ (33... Nc3 $16 {was called for.} 34. Qb3 (34. Qxh5 Qxc4 35. Qe5 Rc8 $17) 34... Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb3 36. axb3 Nd1) 34. Bf1 (34. Kh2 $18 {aiming for Qa5!} h4 35. Qa5 (35. Bxe4 $2 Qe2 $19) (35. gxh4 Qe1 $18) 35... hxg3+ 36. fxg3) 34... h4 35. Qb3 (35. Qa5 $16 Re8 36. Qb5 (36. gxh4 Re6 $16) (36. Qxa7 hxg3 37. fxg3 e3 $11)) 35... Qe1 (35... Qxb3 $14 36. axb3 hxg3) 36. gxh4 (36. Be5 $16) 36... e3 $11 37. Nxe3 Nf4 38. Qc2 (38. Be5 $16 Nxh3+ 39. Kg2 Nxf2 40. Bg3) 38... Nxh3+ 39. Kg2 Nxf2 40. Qc3 ({Wrong is} 40. Qxf2 $2 Rd2 $19) 40... Qxc3 41. Bxc3 Ne4 42. Bb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.24/Black=0.20} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.20"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,130,3,23,5,20,-1,12,17,8,12,11,21,8,7,31,30,34,13,15,11,0,0,18,-19,-19,-42,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,53,27,27,27,27,27,25,6,8,14,44,45,35,7,8,0,36,33,56,0,47,39,71,6,18,8,45,0,0,0,5,6,11,11,11,11,12,12,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,81,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Nxd5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Qxd5 10. Bd2 a5 11. Bc3 {With the idea Nxe5.} Qe6 {[#]} 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. e3 a4 14. Qc4 Be6 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qh4 Qxh4 17. Nxh4 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 {½-½ (30) Artemiev,V (2699)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2763) chess24.com INT 2021}) 12... a4 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Nd2 Bb6 15. Nc4 Bd4 16. Qc2 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nd4 18. Rfe1 f6 19. e3 Nb3 20. Rcd1 Qf7 21. h3 Qh5 22. g4 Qf7 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 c6 25. d4 exd4 (25... Be6 $11) 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Be6 28. Rd1 f5 29. gxf5 Qxf5 30. Rd2 Kh8 31. Kh2 Kg8 32. Qb6 Qf7 33. Qd4 Qc7+ 34. f4 Ra5 35. Rf2 ({Better is} 35. Bf3 $14) 35... Bd5 36. e4 Be6 37. Kg1 (37. e5 $16) 37... Ra8 38. Bf1 c5 39. Qc3 Rd8 40. f5 Bb3 41. f6 {Hoping for Rg2.} Rd4 42. Rg2 g5 43. h4 Qf4 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Qxc5 Qe3+ 46. Kh2 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Rf2 Qg3+ 49. Bg2 Rd1+ 50. Rf1 Rxf1+ 51. Kxf1 Qf4+ 52. Ke2 Qxf6 53. e5 Qe6 (53... Qf5 {seems wilder.} 54. Bxb7 Qg4+ 55. Bf3 Bd1+ 56. Kxd1 Qxf3+ 57. Kd2 Qf4+) 54. Bxb7 Kf7 (54... Qg4+ $11 {remains equal.} 55. Bf3 Bd1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 56. Kxd1 Qxf3+ 57. Kd2 g4) 55. Qc7+ (55. Bc8 {is more complex.} Qc4+ 56. Qxc4+ Bxc4+ 57. Ke3 Bd5 58. Bd7) 55... Qe7 56. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 57. Ke3 Ke6 58. Ke4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bc8+.} Bc2+ 59. Kd4 Kf5 60. Bc8+ Kf4 $1 61. e6 g4 62. e7 Bg6 63. Bxg4 Kxg4 $11 {The position is equal.} 64. b3 axb3 {( -> ...b2)} 65. Kc3 Kf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.20"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,63,-3,18,0,6,0,0,-10,-16,-13,-6,-2,47,14,12,8,32,0,4,-22,0,0,25,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-16,0,-19,0,-15,0,-112,0,-133,2,-94,13,5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Nh5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 7...Bd6 at the moment.} 8. Be5 f6 9. Bg3 g6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. a3 a5 {[#]} 12. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nb1 O-O 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Qe2 a4 15. O-O Na5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nb3 18. Rad1 {1-0 (58) Shuvalova,P (2510)-Salimova,N (2362) Struga 2021}) 12... O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rc3 Bd7 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Rfc8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 b6 19. Rc3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Ne7 21. Rfc1 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 24. Kf1 Nd6 25. Ke2 Kg7 26. Nd2 g5 27. f3 Bc6 28. Kf2 e5 29. e4 (29. g4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... dxe4 (29... exd4 $17 30. Ke2 h5 31. exd5 Bxd5) 30. Bxe4 (30. dxe5 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} fxe5 31. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 32. Nxe4) 30... Bb5 ({Black should try} 30... Nxe4+ $17 31. Nxe4 Bxe4 32. fxe4 exd4) 31. g4 (31. dxe5 $11 fxe5 32. g4) 31... h6 (31... exd4 $17 32. Bb1 Bc4) 32. Ke3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.30} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.20"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 {The position is equal.} 17. Bd4 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn.} Qa5 ({Avoid the trap} 17... Nxe4 $2 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Nxe4 $18) 18. Bb6 Qe5 19. Bd4 Qa5 {[#]} ({Not} 19... Nxe4 $2 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Nxe4 $18) 20. Bb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Rb1 Be7 23. Bc4 Ne5 24. Bb3 Bd7 25. Qe3 Bf6 26. Bb6 Ng4 27. Bxa5 Nxe3 {0-1 (40) Tukhaev,A (2550)-Blomqvist,E (2449) Sweden 2010}) 20... Qe5 21. Bd4 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.00/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.20"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,19,8,16,19,4,17,5,18,14,23,8,25,18,21,22,33,0,24,0,0,0,0,3,16,13,12,0,33,22,15,31,35,43,51,46,48,56,40,25,25,27,39,42,58,0,0,-9,-11,-8,-3,-20,-26,-28,-22,-26,-31,-47,-29,-63,-14,-14,-14,-10,-13,-14,-10,-14,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. h3 h6 {[#]} 11. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd2 Rfe8 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. c5 Nbd7 14. g4 Be4 15. Ne5 g5 16. f4 Bh7 17. Nf3 {1-0 (41) Dovzik,J (2422)-Knechtel,R (2299) Aschach 2006}) 11... Qxb3 12. axb3 Nxd5 13. Bd2 N5b6 14. b4 a6 15. Rfc1 Nf6 16. Be1 Rad8 17. Nd2 Rfe8 18. Nb3 e5 19. dxe5 $1 Rxe5 20. Na5 Bc8 {[#]} 21. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 22. Nxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ree8 {Hoping for ...Rd3.} 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. b5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Nfd5 26. Rd1 {aiming for Nc7.} Bd7 27. Ba5 Rb8 $11 ({Wrong is} 27... Bxb2 $2 {[#]} 28. Rab1 $1 $18) 28. Nc3 Be6 29. Rac1 Kh7 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Rc5 Nf6 32. b4 Bf8 33. Rcc1 Nd5 34. Rd4 Nxb4 (34... Rb5 {is interesting.} 35. g4 Be7 36. Kf1 h5 37. Ke2 Kh6) 35. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b4] The position is equal.} Nc6 36. Rxb8 Nxb8 37. Rd8 Nd7 38. Bc3 Bg7 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 40. h4 h5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.20"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,166,24,33,-28,8,0,0,0,-9,-12,-6,-18,-8,-16,-8,-27,-17,-86,-16,-14,-16,-13,-16,-14,0,-5,30,28,6,-109,-98,-101,-111,-93,-109,-108,32,29,25,15,28,0,0,0,94,64,83,11,33,-13,18,45,52,46,45,50,30,62,28,21,25,42,62,0,5,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,42,73,568,14,13,13,19,0,0,-129,-130,-137,-131,-420,-420,-419,-419,-415,-414,-409,-399,-400,-373,-378,-337,-452,-450,-542,-568,-548,-561,-583,-570,-591,-547,-986,-2235,-29972,-29973,-29963,-867,-1714,-1714,-1212,-1067,-960,-935,-858,-739,-29963,-29963,-29961,-29957,-29972,-29968,-29968,-29969,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29974,-29976,-29980,-29978,-29977,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bd2 d6 {[#]} 6. g3 $146 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} (6. e4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 a5 10. e4 Nc5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. O-O Ne8 {0-1 (32) Simic,A (1671)-Golub,N (1418) Budva 2013}) 6... c5 (6... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]}) 7. d5 e6 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} exd5 9. cxd5 O-O 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. O-O Na6 13. Bf4 (13. Re1 $11) 13... Bf5 ({Black should try} 13... Nc7 $1 $17 14. Nd2 g5) 14. Nd2 $11 g5 15. e4 Bg6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Nc4 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 c4 19. f4 (19. Qd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19... gxf4 $1 $17 20. gxf4 Nc5 $1 21. f5 Bh5 22. Nxc4 Qf6 (22... Rc8 $1 $17 23. f6 Bxf6) 23. Kh1 $14 Rac8 24. Qe3 b5 25. Na5 b4 26. Nb5 {Strongly threatening Rae1.} Qh4 (26... Rb8 $11 27. Nxa7 Qxb2) 27. Rf4 (27. Nxd6 $2 Be5 $19) 27... Qg5 28. h4 ({Much worse is} 28. Nxd6 $6 Be5 $11) (28. f6 $1 $16 Bxf6 29. h4) 28... Qf6 $11 29. Nc6 a6 30. Nbd4 Rxc6 31. Nxc6 Qxb2 32. Re1 Qc3 33. f6 Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e1]} 34. Ref1 ({Worse is} 34. fxg7 Nxf4 35. e5 Kxg7 $17) 34... Nxf4 35. Qxf4 Bf8 36. Kh2 ({Better is} 36. Rc1 $14 Qb2 37. Rg1) 36... Bg6 $1 37. Qg4 h5 38. Qd7 Ra8 39. Qb7 Re8 40. Qd7 ({Avoid the trap} 40. Nxb4 $2 Qd2 $19) 40... Ra8 41. e5 dxe5 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 42. Ne7 $1 {[%cal Re7g6]} Bd3 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Kh8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 43. Rf5 $2 Bh6 {...Bf4+ is the strong threat.} 44. Rxh5 {Threatening mate with Nf5.} Qd2 {Hoping for ...Qd1.} 45. Nf5 Qf4+ 46. Kh3 {[#]} (46. Kg1 $11 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+) 46... Ra7 $3 $40 {[%cal Ra7d7][%mdl 640] Black wants a kill.} 47. Qc8 {[#]} Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c8][%mdl 512]} 48. Rxh6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Qxc7 $17 {was the only chance.} Bxf5+ 49. Rxf5 Qxf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Kg3 Qg6+ 51. Kh3 Qf5+ 52. Kg3 Qf4+ 53. Kh3 Qf5+) 48... Qxh6 $19 49. Qxc7 Bxf5+ 50. Kh2 Qxh4+ 51. Kg1 Qd4+ 52. Kh2 Kg6 53. d6 e4 {aiming for ...e3.} 54. Qd8 {intending Qg8+.} Qxf6 55. Qg8+ Qg7 56. Qb8 Qe5+ 57. Kg1 Qd4+ 58. Kh2 Kg7 59. Qd8 Qf6 (59... Qd2 $142 60. Qh4 Qxd6+ 61. Kg1 Qd4+ 62. Kh2 Qe5+ 63. Kg1 Qa1+ 64. Bf1 Qxa2) 60. Qb6 Qe5+ 61. Kg1 a5 (61... e3 $142 62. Qxb4 Qa1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 63. Kh2 e2 64. Bf3 e1=Q 65. Qxe1 Qxe1 66. Ba8 Qf2+ 67. Kh1 Kf6 68. Bc6 Ke5 69. d7 {[#]} Bxd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 70. Bxd7 Kf4 71. Bc8 Kg3 72. Bxa6 Qh2#) 62. Qd8 Qd4+ 63. Kh2 e3 {( -> ...Qf4+)} 64. Qg5+ Bg6 {And now ...e2 would win.} 65. d7 Qxd7 66. Qxe3 Qd6+ {Black mates.} 67. Kg1 a4 68. Bf1 Qf6 69. Bc4 Qc3 70. Qf4 b3 71. axb3 axb3 72. Bxb3 Qxb3 73. Qd4+ f6 74. Qd7+ Qf7 75. Qd6 Be4 76. Kf2 Qd5 77. Qe7+ Kg6 78. Qb4 Kf5 79. Kg3 Qe5+ 80. Kh3 Kg6 81. Qb3 Qh5+ 82. Kg3 Qg5+ 83. Kf2 Qd2+ {Quite a comeback for Black.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.66/Black=0.20} 0-1

[Event "74th RUS-ch Superfinal 2021"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.20"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,47,25,25,23,36,31,41,37,35,29,31,6,39,33,144,144,148,144,151,140,152,143,148,150,145,130,137,129,158,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} O-O 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 {White is slightly better.} h6 9. Be3 Nf5 {[#]} 10. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 c5 11. dxc5 b6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bd3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 bxc5 15. Be4 Bb7 16. O-O {½-½ (23) Evans,C (2300)-Burmeister,F (2270) ICCF email 2017}) 10... b6 (10... c5 $5) 11. Bd3 Bb7 (11... Nxe3 $14 12. fxe3 Nc6) 12. Bxf5 $16 exf5 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxd4 16. f4 Nc6 17. Rg1 $1 {Hoping for Rd1.} Rfd8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qd2+.} 18. Rg3 $1 Nb4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nd3+.} 19. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 $11 {The position is equal.} 20. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 {aiming for ...Nd3+.} 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 {...Nd3+ is the strong threat.} 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.19} 1/2-1/2

