[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tutisani, Noe"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,112,31,18,19,29,11,39,25,30,26,30,24,37,54,57,39,56,47,37,47,37,44,51,39,52,29,19,33,14,-14,0,-7,-10,-10,-10,-6,-9,-7,-7,-7,-7,-17,0,0,0,0,-2,-62,-29,-84,-87,-188,-185,-196,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-21,-17,-25,-18,-60,-60,-85,-85,-85,-85,-92,-85,-114,-116,-160,-73,-109,-145,-101,-83,-331,-314,-378,-366,-391,-285,-285,-285,-880,-880]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 {B17: Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7)} Be7 (7... c5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bc4 Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. b3 Re8 {1-0 (143) Demchenko,A (2679)-Barbosa,O (2552) chess.com INT 2019}) 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O {White is slightly better.} b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 c5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. dxc5 {½-½ (59) Gabrielian,A (2490)-Semenikhin,O (1801) Taganrog 2019}) 12. a4 Qc8 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. a5 bxa5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Qh5 f5 18. Bc4 {[%mdl 1024] Strongly threatening Qxf5. White has compensation.} Kh8 19. Qg5 Rae8 20. Na4 c5 21. Bb5 (21. Nxc5 {is interesting.} Nxc5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. b3 Bc6 24. Qe3) 21... cxd4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 22. Rxd4 a6 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Nc5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Qb5 26. Nxb7 Qxb2 27. Re1 Qxb7 {[#]} 28. Qxf5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 4608] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qb4 {[%cal Rb4e1]} (28... exf5 29. Rxe8#) 29. Qe5 (29. Qe4 $11) 29... a4 $15 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3b2][%mdl 32]} 30. c3 (30. h3 $11) 30... Qb2 $17 31. h4 (31. Re2 $17 Qb6 32. g3) 31... a3 $19 32. c4 {[#]} h6 (32... a5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances. And now ...Rb8 would win.} 33. g3 (33. Qxa5 Rf8) 33... h6) 33. Qxb2 $17 axb2 {KR-KR} 34. Rb1 Rb8 {Threatens to win with ...a5.} 35. c5 Kg8 36. c6 {[#]} Kf7 ({Black should try} 36... a5 $1 $17 37. c7 Rc8 38. Rxb2 Rxc7) 37. c7 $11 Rc8 38. Rxb2 Rxc7 39. Ra2 $1 Rc6 40. Kf1 Ke7 41. Ke2 Kd6 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. h5 Kb6 44. Rb2+ Ka7 45. Ra2 Rc5 46. g4 a5 47. Kd4 Kb6 48. f4 Kc6 49. Re2 {[#]} Rd5+ ({Better is} 49... Kd6 $1 50. Rxe6+ Kxe6 51. Kxc5 a4) 50. Kc3 Kd6 51. Rb2 Rc5+ 52. Kd4 $2 (52. Kd3 $17) 52... a4 $19 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 53. Ra2 Ra5 54. Ra3 {White hopes to continue with Kc4.} e5+ 55. fxe5+ Ke6 56. Rc3 $2 (56. Ke4) 56... a3 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Patsia, Zviad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 6. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be6 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:12:47]} 10. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 12. Nb5 {[%emt 0:08:55]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 13. Bxa8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nxa8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. d4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:23:17]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:10:33]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 16. e4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 17. Bd2 {[%emt 0:13:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 18. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 19. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:07:18]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} 21. Kg2 {[%emt 0:18:39]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 23. f4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 24. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxc1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 25. Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 27. b4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:11:50]} 28. b5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 29. Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:09:50]} 30. Ra6 {[%emt 0:05:16]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 32. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 34. Kg5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. g4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. h5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 40. g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. a7 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Na8 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 42. Kg4 {[%emt 0:03:27]} h6 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 43. Kf3 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:11:29]} 44. gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 46. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Kc5 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 48. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 49. Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. a5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 51. a6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. e5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 53. Kxa8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 54. f5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jojua, Davit"]
[Black "Morchiashvili, Bachana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:06:54]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:07:27]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 6. exf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:04:43]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 9. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:05:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:11:53]} 11. Ne2 {[%emt 0:15:31]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:16:18]} 12. Bh3 {[%emt 0:08:17]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:10:23]} 13. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:09:12]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 15. Re1 {[%emt 0:11:25]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:52]} 16. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:39]} e6 {[%emt 0:07:38]} 17. Bg5 {[%emt 0:08:02]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:05:56]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 19. Rad1 {[%emt 0:03:47]} a6 {[%emt 0:09:34]} 20. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 21. Bh6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Bxh6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 22. Qxh6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 23. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 24. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 25. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 27. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 28. f4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 29. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rdc8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 31. Red1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 32. R1d2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 33. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 35. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 36. h3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 37. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 38. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 39. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 43. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 44. Ke3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 45. Na4 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Rbb8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 46. f3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 47. R3d2 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 48. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 49. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 50. Rd3 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 51. Rg1 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 52. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 53. Rdd1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rbg8 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 54. Rde1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 55. Na4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 56. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 57. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 58. Rde1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rgg8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 59. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 60. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 61. Rgd1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 62. Nb5 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 63. cxb5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxb5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 64. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:34]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 65. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 66. Rcc1 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 67. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Ka3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 68. g4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 69. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 70. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kxa2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 71. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 72. h5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 73. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 74. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 75. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 76. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 77. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kxb3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 78. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 79. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 80. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 81. f5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 82. fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 83. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 84. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 85. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 86. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 87. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 88. Rah1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Ng2+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} 89. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 90. h6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} d1=Q {[%emt 0:00:07]} 91. h7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Tutisani, Noe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 2. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 6. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:06:18]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 8. Nge2 {[%emt 0:03:56]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:02]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:11:01]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 11. cxd3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:16:49]} Nbd5 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 13. b4 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 14. h3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:19:44]} 15. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:11:27]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 18. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 21. Rcb3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 22. b5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 23. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 24. axb5 {[%emt 0:08:14]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 25. Qc3 {[%emt 0:08:31]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 26. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 28. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:03:25]} Kxc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Qc2+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 30. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 31. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 32. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 33. Qb4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 34. Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 35. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 36. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 37. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 38. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 39. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. fxg3 {[%emt 0:16:40]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 42. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qf5+ {[%emt 0:14:05]} 43. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 44. Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 45. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 46. bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 47. Bc3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Qxh3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 48. Qf7+ {[%emt 0:05:19]} Kxa6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 49. Qa2+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 50. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 51. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 52. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qg2+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 53. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 54. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 55. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 56. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 57. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,80,65,61,51,60,54,72,54,91,100,110,54,66,72,66,68,83,60,88,81,93,92,85,69,71,84,83,87,129,135,103,125,111,127,124,108,96,39,17,0,0,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-257,-239,-253,-241,-245,-236,-325,-259,-234,-238,-419,-426,-479,-467]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Ng4 9. e3 Nge5 10. b3 d6 11. Nde2 {A39: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} (11. Bb2 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Qd2 a6 14. f4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Nc6 16. d5 Na5 17. Kh1 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 b4 {1-0 (36) Meier,G (2663)-Fier,A (2625) Paris 2010}) 11... Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. h3 {White is better.} Na5 14. f4 Nec6 15. Bd2 $146 ({White should try} 15. Qd2 $16) ({Predecessor:} 15. Rb1 a6 16. Kh2 Rb8 17. a4 Na7 18. e4 b5 19. Be3 N5c6 20. axb5 axb5 {½-½ (42) Schulze,U (2320)-Gheng,J (2315) Germany 2009}) 15... a6 $14 16. Rc1 Rb8 17. Ne4 b6 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. N2xc3 Nb7 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. g4 Nb4 22. Rfd1 a5 23. Nf2 b5 24. cxb5 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 Rxb5 26. g5 Rb8 27. Ng4 h5 28. Nh6+ (28. gxh6 $16 {Black must now prevent Qb2.} f6 29. e4) 28... Kh7 29. Nxf7 Qb6 $1 ({But not} 29... Rxf7 $2 30. Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc5 31. Qxd8 $18) 30. Nh6 (30. Nxd6 $5 exd6 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 $14) 30... Ncd3 {Strongly threatening ...Nxf4.} (30... Rxf4 $5 31. Re1 Rff8 $17) 31. a3 Nxc1 32. Rxc1 Na6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Nc5 would win. Black is more active.} 33. Rc6 Qa7 34. Qd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. f5 $11 {and White is okay.} Rxb3 35. fxg6+ Kg7 36. Rc3) 34... Qxd4 $19 35. exd4 Rxf4 36. Rxa6 {Black should prevent Ra7.} Rxb3 37. Rxa5 Rxd4 38. Ra7 {[#]} Re3 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 39. Kf2 $2 (39. h4 Re5 40. Nf7) 39... Re5 40. Bf3 Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 8. f4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:09:17]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 10. Kh1 {[%emt 0:03:30]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 12. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} h3 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 13. g4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 14. g5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Kg1 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:15:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 17. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:08:12]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 19. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:15:14]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Nb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 21. fxe5 {[%emt 0:09:11]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Kh1 {[%emt 0:11:48]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 23. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 24. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 26. Rf2 {[%emt 0:02:46]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. exf5+ {[%emt 0:10:15]} Kd8 28. Rxg2 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 29. Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Maghalashvili, Davit"]
[Black "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,148,50,56,59,47,60,72,54,88,36,35,35,52,0,0,-39,-38,-77,-33,-113,-148,-134,-133,-118,-120,-127,-79,-126,-125,-127,-137,-125,-92,-175,-167,-170,-163,-170,-160,-182,-172,-169,-154,-270,-136,-178,-178,-164,-97,-89,-64,-165,-165,-173,-165,-165,-165,-165,-165,-165,-95,-240,0,-240,-240,-240,-237,-240,-229,-510,-611,-598,-550,-535,-491,-332,0,-95,-95,-102,-102,-102,-102,-102,-8,-102,-8,-8,-8,-19,-8,-8,-8,-19,-26,-29970,-29966,-29966,-29971,-29963,-29968,-29966,-29966,-29970,-29972,-29966,-29971,-29966,-29968,-29973,-29976,-29974,-29977,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29990,-29983,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Ne3 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} Bh6 13. O-O Bxe3 14. fxe3 {[#] White is better.} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rg8 15. c3 Rg6 16. Nc2 Qb6 17. Kh1 a5 18. a3 Ke7 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rf2 Na7 {1-0 (46) Tatar Kis,S (2411)-Czebe,A (2481) Balatonlelle 2004}) 15. c3 (15. Nb1 $16) 15... Ke7 $14 16. Nc2 Qb6 17. a4 (17. Rf2 $14) 17... bxa4 $11 18. Rxa4 Qxb2 19. Nb4 Qxc3 20. Nd5+ (20. Qe1 $15 Qxe1 21. Nxc6+ Kd7 22. Nxe5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe5 23. Rxe1) 20... Bxd5 $1 $17 21. exd5 Nb4 22. Qf3 Rh6 $1 ({Don't blunder} 22... Nxd3 $2 23. Qxf6+ Kd7 24. Qxf7+ Kd8 25. Qf6+ Kc7 26. Qe7+ Kc8 27. Qe6+ Kd8 28. Qxd6+ Kc8 29. Qe6+ Kb8 30. Rb1+ Nb2 31. Qd6+ Kc8 32. Rb4 $18) 23. Bf5 Rb8 24. Raa1 Nc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2a1]} 25. Bxc2 Qxc2 26. Rxa6 Rb1 27. Ra7+ (27. Ra1 $17 {was worth a try.} e4 28. Qf2 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qd3+ 30. Kg1) 27... Kf8 $19 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rg6 30. g3 Kg7 $1 31. Rf1 h4 $1 32. g4 (32. e4 $17) 32... Qd3 (32... e4 $19 33. Qf4 h3) 33. h3 e4 34. Qf2 Qc3 (34... Qxd5 $19 35. Qxh4 f5) 35. Kh1 $17 Rg5 36. Re1 (36. Rd1 $1 $15) 36... Rxd5 $19 37. Qxh4 Qe5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 38. Re2 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 d5 {Threatens to win with ...d4.} 40. Qf2 Kg6 (40... Rb1 $19 41. h4 Rd1) 41. Rc2 (41. Rd2 $17 {is a better defense.} Rxd2 42. Qxd2) 41... Kg7 $2 ({Black should play} 41... d4 $19 {And now ...d3 would win.} 42. exd4 Rxd4) 42. Rd2 $2 (42. Re2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 42... Rxd2 $1 43. Qxd2 {KQ-KQ} f5 44. Qf2 Kg6 $1 45. Qh4 $2 (45. gxf5+ Qxf5 46. Qe2) 45... fxg4 46. hxg4 Qg5 47. Qg3 Qf6 48. Qh3 Qe5 $2 (48... Qb2+ $19 {has better winning chances.} 49. Kg3 Qe5+ 50. Kg2 Kg7) 49. Qh4 $17 Kg7 50. Qd8 Qf6 51. Qxd5 Qf3+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 52. Kh2 Qe2+ ({Of course not} 52... Qxe3 $6 53. Qe5+ f6 54. Qe7+ Kg8 55. Qe8+ Kh7 56. Qe7+ Kg8 57. Qe8+ Kh7 58. Qe7+ Kh6 59. Qxf6+ Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh8 61. Qe6 $11) (52... Qxg4 $17 {...Qe2+ is the strong threat.} 53. Qb5 Kg6 54. Qb6+ Kh7) 53. Kh1 (53. Kh3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 53... Qf1+ (53... Qxg4 $17 54. Qb3 f5) 54. Kh2 $11 Qf2+ 55. Kh3 Qxe3+ 56. Kh4 Qf4 {Strongly threatening ...e3.} 57. Kh3 $1 e3 {( -> ...e2)} 58. Qg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58. Qb5 $11) 58... Qh6+ {Black mates.} 59. Kg3 Qd6+ 60. Kh3 Qe5 $1 61. Qe2 Kh6 62. Kh4 f6 63. Kh3 Kg5 64. Kg2 {[#]} Qe4+ $1 65. Kg3 {[#]} Qf4+ $1 66. Kh3 Qf2 67. Qb5+ f5 68. Qd5 Qf1+ 69. Kh2 Qe2+ 70. Kh1 Qxg4 71. Qd8+ Kf4 72. Qd6+ Kf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg4g2]} 73. Qd1+ Kf2 {[%cal Rg4h4]} 74. Qc2+ Qe2 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,71,22,27,14,35,24,27,23,29,29,27,26,36,46,62,23,20,-4,-2,-2,0,0,-9,-16,0,0,0,0,18,0,11,0,8,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. a3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} O-O 8. Nf3 Na6 9. b4 {White has an edge.} c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 10. dxc6 dxc6 11. O-O c5 12. Nb5 Be7 {[#]} 13. Qxd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. Rd1 Be4 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. b5 {½-½ (44) Seres,L (2445)-Jamrich,G (2275) Budapest 1998}) 13... Rfxd8 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 e5 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Bg5 Re8 {[#] ...e4 is the strong threat.} 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Nc3 {Hoping for Nd5.} Nf6 20. b5 Nc7 21. a4 e4 22. Nh4 g6 23. a5 Rd8 24. Na4 Rd6 25. Kg1 Ne6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rfd1 Red7 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Ng2 Nd4 30. Nc3 Ng4 (30... Nb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3a1]} 31. Ra8+ Kf7 $11) 31. Ne3 Nxe3 $1 {The position is equal.} 32. fxe3 Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a1]} 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Na4 Nd2 35. Nb2 Nb3 36. Na4 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Akhvlediani, Irakli"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:11:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:42]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 11. dxc5 {[%emt 0:06:55]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 12. Nd4 {[%emt 0:05:41]} Nfe4 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:08:46]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:18:31]} 14. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 15. Nf5 {[%emt 0:06:59]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:13:06]} 16. Rd3 {[%emt 0:12:42]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 17. Bd2 {[%emt 0:07:02]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 18. Ne3 {[%emt 0:16:31]} d4 {[%emt 0:06:08]} 19. Nd5 {[%emt 0:05:52]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 20. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxd2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 21. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 22. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 23. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 24. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 25. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 26. e3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 27. Qc3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:05:11]} 28. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 29. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lomsadze, Davit"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:56]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 9. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Nce8 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:14:58]} 13. cxb4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 14. Ba3 {[%emt 0:06:56]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 15. Qe2 {[%emt 0:04:57]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 16. Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Nfe4 {[%emt 0:07:33]} 17. Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:10:53]} 18. Qd3 {[%emt 0:12:04]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 19. Nxa4 {[%emt 0:03:39]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f6 {[%emt 0:12:20]} 21. Nc6 {[%emt 0:05:23]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 22. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 23. Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} e5 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 24. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:03:11]} exd4 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 25. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 26. f5 {[%emt 0:05:53]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 27. Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 28. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 30. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 31. Re7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 32. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 33. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 34. Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 35. Rd7 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jojua, Davit"]
[Black "Morchiashvili, Bachana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,91,56,40,78,85,87,82,78,74,79,30,83,41,104,95,97,88,87,49,64,79,106,117,125,113,102,108,277,233,278,300,593,543,573,546,818,814,798,765,915,898,858,878,791,551,605,587,731,717,691,689,568,428,398,415,417,180,29976,29977,29977,29978,29990,29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Be3 a5 12. Qc2 a4 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Rfe1 Nc5 15. f4 Nfd7 16. Bf2 a3 {Threatening ...axb2. E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3} 17. b3 Na6 18. Nde2 Nb4 {White is better.} 19. Qb1 Bf8 {[#]} 20. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. g4 Nc5 21. f5 Qc7 22. Bg3 Bd7 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Red1 {½-½ (38) Collins,J-Byrne,R Cleveland 1957}) 20... Qc7 (20... d5 $11) 21. Rd2 b6 (21... Nc5 $14) 22. Red1 $16 Nc5 23. Nec3 f5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Qc1 Qg7 {[#]} 26. exf5 $1 Bxf5 27. g4 Be6 28. Ne4 h6 $2 (28... Bf7 $16 29. Qa1 (29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Nxa2 $11) 29... Qxa1 30. Rxa1 Red8) 29. Qb1 $18 (29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Nxa2 $16) 29... h5 30. Nxd6 Bxd6 $2 (30... hxg4 {keeps fighting.} 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. hxg4 Bxg4) 31. Rxd6 hxg4 32. hxg4 Bf7 33. Bxc5 Rab8 34. Bd4 Qh6 35. Bf3 Rbd8 36. g5 Qh7 37. Be5 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 ({Less strong is} 38. Bxd6 Qh3 $18) 38... Be6 39. Qe1 c5 40. Ba1 Bf7 41. Qd2 {Black must now prevent Rd8.} Qh3 {Strongly threatening ...Qg3+.} 42. Bg2 Qg3 43. Rd8 (43. Bc3 $142) 43... Kh7 $2 (43... Nd3 $18 44. Qxd3 Qe1+ 45. Bf1 Qxa1 46. Rxe8+ Bxe8) 44. Rxe8 {White mates.} Bxe8 {[#]} 45. Qe2 $1 Bf7 46. Qe5 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,136,56,27,33,32,34,35,31,35,38,28,41,0,0,0,16,8,23,22,20,18,93,97,108,34,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,-16,-16,-16,-28,-23,-20,-75,-75,-133,-133,-133,-133,-171,-133,-133,-75,-133,-134,-134,-75,-199,-131,-136,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-467,-467,-645,-629,-1260,-1185,-1251,-1195,-938,-867,-12835,-1726,-12830,-2998,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12842,-12841,-12838,-12837,-12837,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12842,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Qc7 15. Qd2 O-O-O {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Rd1 Nf5 {White is slightly better.} 18. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 19. Rd3 Bc6 20. g4 Nh4 21. h3 Ng6 22. Rf1 $1 Ne7 23. Qe3 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Rd8 (24... f5 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. f5 $1 $16 exf5 26. Qxh6 (26. Bxf5+ $16 Kb8 27. Bd3 (27. Qxh6 Bg2 $14)) 26... Qg3 $14 27. Bxf5+ (27. gxf5 {feels hotter.} Bg2 28. Rd1 Ng8 29. Qd2 Bxh3 30. Ne4) 27... Nxf5 28. gxf5 Qg5+ 29. Qxg5 fxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Re1 Rh8 31. Re7 f6 32. Rf7 Rxh3 33. Rxf6 g4 34. Rg6 g3 35. Ne2 g2 36. Kd2 Rh1 37. b3 (37. b4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37... Rf1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 38. f6 (38. b4 $142) 38... Kd7 39. Ke3 Ke8 40. Rg3 Kf7 ({Weaker is} 40... Rxf6 41. Nf4 $16) 41. a4 Kxf6 ({Better is} 41... a5 42. Rg7+ Kxf6) 42. Rg4 (42. a5 $142) 42... Ke7 43. Rg5 {[#]} Kd6 (43... a5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Rg6 (44. Rxa5 Kf6) 44... Bf3) 44. Rg3 {[#]} (44. a5 $17) 44... Kc5 $1 $19 45. c3 Kd6 (45... a5 $142 46. Rg5+ Kd6) 46. a5 $17 Ke7 47. b4 Kf7 48. c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Rg5 $17 {is tougher.}) 48... Rb1 $19 49. Kf2 Rxb4 50. Nd4 Rb2+ 51. Ne2 Ra2 52. Rg4 Rxa5 53. Nd4 Ra2+ (53... Ra1 $142 54. Nxc6 g1=R 55. Rxg1 Rxg1 56. Nd8+ Ke7 57. Nxb7 Rc1) 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Kf4 Rc3 56. Ke5 Rxc4 57. Rf4+ Kg6 58. Rg4+ Kh5 59. Rg7 {[#]} Rxd4 $1 60. Kxd4 {[#] KR-KB} a5 $1 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 61. Ke3 a4 62. Kf2 Kh6 $2 (62... a3 $19 {( -> ...a2)} 63. Rh7+ Kg4 64. Rg7+ Kf5 65. Rf7+ Ke6) 63. Rg8 $11 {The position is equal.} b5 64. Rd8 {Rd6+ is the strong threat.} Be4 {aiming for ...a3.} (64... Kg5 $5 65. Rc8 $8 Be4 66. Rc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 67. Rxb5 Ke6 $11) 65. Rd4 Bc2 66. Rd6+ Kg7 (66... Kg5 $5 67. Rd5+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg4 $11) 67. Rd5 b4 68. Rd4 b3 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Morchiashvili, Bachana"]
[Black "Jojua, Davit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,58,22,35,27,17,21,13,-41,-37,-40,-45,-52,-40,-50,-54,-57,-17,-44,-17,-17,-23,-18,-19,-133,-136,-115,-115,-463,-456,-755,-753,-1128,-1125,-29984,-1035]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Nh5 14. a5 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} (14. Re1 Nf4 15. Bf1 f5 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd2 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Nh5 20. g3 Nf6 21. Bh3 h5 {½-½ (35) Cori Tello,J (2549)-Radjabov,T (2733) Tromsoe 2013}) 14... bxa5 $1 15. Rxa5 Rb8 16. Nb5 (16. Ba3 $11) 16... c6 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc6b5] [#]} 17. Bxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Qxd6 Bb7 19. Ra2 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 Bxe4 21. Rd1 Qc8 {0-1 (35) Van Wely,L (2632)-Reizniece Ozola,D (2209) Puhajarve 2015}) 17... cxb5 18. Bxb8 Qxa5 19. d6 Nc6 20. Bc7 Qa2 21. cxb5 Nf4 22. bxc6 {And now Bb5 would win.} Nxe2+ 23. Kh1 {aiming for d7.} Nc3 $1 {[%csl LRd1,LRe4]} 24. Qd3 (24. Qd2 $11 {remains equal.} Qxd2 25. Nxd2) 24... Ba6 $17 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 25. Qxc3 Bxf1 26. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Qc5 $17) 26... Qb1 27. g4 (27. h3 $142 Bb5+ 28. Kh2 Qxe4 29. d7) 27... Bb5+ $19 28. Kg2 Qxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. d7 Bxc6 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 79%.} (29... Qxg4+ $142 30. Kh1 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 31. Qe1 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Bxc6 33. Qe3 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Bd4 35. d8=R Rxd8 36. Qf4 e3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 37. f3 e2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Be5 e1=Q 39. Bxd4 Qde2+ 40. Bf2 Q2xf2+ 41. Kh3 Bd7+ 42. Qg4 Qxf3# {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Akhvlediani, Irakli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,93,14,12,10,18,16,0,27,37,72,82,83,62,54,27,35,48,36,26,84,78,80,102,85,75,105,16,16,2,8,6,7,0,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,72,71,80,77,77,70,73,62,112,111,128,80,133,133,131,128,153,153,212,211,217,212,210,200,353,345,306,291,601,584,502,380,317,295,573,600,2041,2139]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3 a5 9. Bb2 a4 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9... Ne4 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. Nf3 h6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qd3 a4 15. e4 Be6 16. b4 a3 17. Bxa3 Qb6 18. b5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 cxb5 20. Bxe7 {½-½ (42) Rakhmanov,A (2645)-Kamsky,G (2677) Moscow 2019}) 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Qc2 Na6 {The position is equal.} 12. bxa4 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... dxc4 13. a3 Nd5 14. Nxc4 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Rab1 Ba2 17. Rbc1 {0-1 (41) Rudd,J (2281)-Turner,M (2519) Bridgend 2019}) 13. Rfc1 Rd8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb3 Qd7 $1 16. Nhf3 Ne4 17. Qb5 Bh6 (17... Nxd2 $11 {remains equal.} 18. Nxd2 Nb8) 18. e3 $16 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Nb8 20. Rc5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 21. Qxd7 (21. Rc3 $16) 21... Bxd7 $11 22. Rxd5 Nb4 23. Rc5 {Strongly threatening Bc3.} Nd3 24. Rc2 ({Reject} 24. Bxb7 Ra7 $17) (24. Ba3 {with more complications.} Nxc5 25. Bxc5 e5 26. dxe5 Rxa4 27. Ne4) 24... Bxa4 (24... Rdc8 $11 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8) 25. Nb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bxb3 26. axb3 {[#] Rxa8 is the strong threat.} Nxb2 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra1+ 29. Bf1 e6 30. Kg2 Bf8 31. Bb5 Bb4 32. Rc2 Ra8 33. Rc7 b6 34. Bc4 Rd8 (34... Ra2 $142) 35. Rb7 $16 Ba5 36. f4 h6 37. g4 Rd6 (37... Re8 $16 38. f5 Kf8 39. fxg6 fxg6) 38. f5 $18 gxf5 39. gxf5 Kf8 40. Kf3 Bc3 $2 {[#]} (40... b5) 41. Ke4 exf5+ 42. Ke5 Rg6 $2 (42... Rc6 43. Rxf7+ Ke8) 43. Bxf7 Rc6 44. Bd5 Rg6 45. Kxf5 Rd6 $2 (45... Rg1 46. Rxb6 Bd2) 46. Be6 Be1 47. d5 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,91,10,29,0,2,-7,-10,-28,-13,-13,-20,-31,-24,-31,-31,-41,2,0,22,0,0,-51,-16,-36,-24,-65,-89,-58,-80,-89,-89,-329,-297,-344,-94,-54,-83,-64,33,36,347,332,310,325,320,325,852,860,843,854,846,841,829,811,1729,1608,6636,2373,29986,1031,949,871,620,610,29988,29989,29989,29990,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. Nb3 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} Nbd7 9. f4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Bb7 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nf2 Ndc5 17. Bd4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bc5 19. Qe3 Rfc8 20. Bxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (35) Sunilduth Lyna,N (2568)-Kunte,A (2503) Patna 2017}) 14. Kh1 g6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Nf2 (17. Nb5 $11 Qb8 18. Nf2) 17... Qb6 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Ng4 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c2,Bc2b2][%mdl 32]} 21. Ng5 Rc2 {[#] aiming for ...Nxf4!} 22. Ne4 $2 (22. exd6 $17 Qxd6 23. Qd1) 22... Rxb2 $19 23. Qf3 f5 $2 (23... Rxa2 $19 {is more deadly. And now ...a4 would win.} 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 h5 26. Ngf6+ Nxf6 27. exf6 Bxe4 28. dxe4 Bxf6) 24. exf6 $17 Nxf6 25. Be3 Qb5 (25... Bxe4 $1 $15 26. dxe4 Qc6) 26. Bd4 $1 $14 {[%csl LRb2,LRf6]} Bxe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Nxg4 $1 $14 27. Bxb2 (27. Qxg4 Rc2 $15) 27... Qh5) 27. Qxe4 $18 Nxg4 28. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({But not} 28. Bxb2 e5 $18) 28... Rf7 {Strongly threatening ...Qh5!} 29. Bxb2 Nh6 $2 {[#]} (29... Qf5 30. Qb3 Kf8) 30. f5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Nxf5 (30... gxf5 31. Qxh6) 31. g4 Qb7+ 32. Kg1 Qa7+ 33. d4 Bh4 34. gxf5 Bxe1 35. Rxe1 ({Less strong is} 35. Qxe1 Qe7 $18) 35... Kg7 36. Qe3 (36. Qxd6 $142 Rd7 37. f6+ Kh6 38. Bc1+ g5 39. f7+ Rxd6 40. f8=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh5 41. Qxd6) 36... d5 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Qxd5 {Intending Re8+ and mate.} gxf5 39. Re8+ {White mates.} Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kg6 41. Re6+ Kh5 42. Qe2+ Kg5 43. Qg2+ Kh5 44. Qh3+ Kg5 45. Qh6+ Kg4 46. h3+ {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Morchiashvili, Bachana"]
[Black "Jojua, Davit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,26,22,47,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,13,0,8,0,0,0,0,-2,-16,-33,-50,-91,-82,-85,61,54,51,-7,0,-4,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,12,12,12,8,33,28,18,0,0,-15,0,54,112,55,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O e6 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 13. Qd3 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ba6 14. Qd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Rbc1 Rc8 18. Qb5 Qd7 19. Rc4 Qb7 {1-0 (34) Von Auer,U-Jacobs,T Frankfurt 2001}) 14. Rfd1 Qd6 15. Bg5 Rac8 16. h4 h6 17. Bc1 {White wants to play Ba3.} Rfd8 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 18. Ba3 Qd7 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 19. Qe3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxh6 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxd4!} Qa4 (21... Bxe4 $17 22. Rb4 e5) 22. Rxd4 $1 $14 Qxa3 (22... Qxd4 $2 {loses.} 23. Bb2 $18) (22... Rxd4 $2 {perishes.} 23. Be7 $18) 23. Rxd8+ (23. h5 $1 $14 Qf8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qe3) 23... Rxd8 $11 24. Qg5 Rc8 25. Bf3 Qxa2 26. Rd1 {h5 is the strong threat.} Qc2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 27. Qe5 Qc7 28. Qf6 {Threatens to win with h5.} Re8 29. h5 {Intending h6 and mate.} Qe7 30. Qa1 a6 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Qb1 b5 33. e5 Bxf3 (33... Kg7 $11) 34. Qxg6+ $14 Kf8 (34... Kh8 $14 35. Rd3 Rf8 36. Qh6+ Kg8) 35. Rd4 (35. Rd3 $16 Bd5 36. Rg3) 35... Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... Qf7 $14 36. Qg3 Bd5) 36. Qf6+ (36. Rf4+ Ke7 $14) 36... Kg8 37. Qg5+ {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.31"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Jojua, Davit"]
[Black "Morchiashvili, Bachana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,58,0,42,-15,-12,-12,16,-30,-4,-23,0,-204,-192,-195,-206,-197,-202,-232,-213,-433,-418,-422,-431,-473,-425,-548,-548,-503,-500,-585,-575]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Be3 a5 12. Qc2 a4 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Rfe1 Nc5 15. f4 Nfd7 {[#]} (15... Be6 $5) 16. Nb1 $146 {[#] E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3} (16. Kh2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 16. Bf2 Nb6 17. Bf1 Qb4 18. a3 Qa5 19. Nb1 Bd7 20. b4 axb3 21. Nxb3 Qa4 22. Rxd6 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxb6 {1-0 (60) Lysenko,M (2224)-Savitskiy,S (2418) Yekaterinburg 2019}) 16... f5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc5e4][%mdl 512]} 17. Nc3 (17. exf5 Bxd4) 17... fxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nc5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 20. Nxc6 $2 (20. Bxg6 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} hxg6 21. Qxg6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 20... bxc6 $19 21. Bxc6 Bf5 ({Don't do} 21... Bxh3 22. Qd2 $17) 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Nd3 ({Not} 23... Bxh3 24. Rxd6 Rac8 25. Bxe8 $15) 24. Ree2 $2 {[#]} (24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Ree2) 24... Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 25. Rxe3 Bd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Rde2 Rb8 27. Bb5 Nxb2 28. Kg2 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 {[#]} d5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 18%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Patsia, Zviad"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,30,41,45,25,35,39,74,60,109,-23,-15,-35,-42,-47,-20,-287,-279,-408,-410]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. c3 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} Nge7 9. Nd2 d5 (9... O-O 10. f4 b5 11. f5 exf5 12. exf5 Nd5 13. Bf2 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 {½-½ (41) Ivanov,A (2587)-Stripunsky,A (2597) New York 2006}) 10. exd5 {White is better.} Ne5 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 10... exd5 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Bf1 O-O 13. Qb3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa6 Rxb2 {½-½ (31) Demidowicz,M (2077)-Poznanska,K (2077) Wroclaw 2011}) 11. d6 (11. dxe6 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Qa4+.} Nxd3 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Bg5 (13. Ne4 Ne5 $11)) 11... Nd5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd5e3]} 12. Ne4 f5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Qa4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (14. Ng3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 14... Bd7 $19 15. Bb5 (15. Qc2 $142 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4) 15... Bxb5 ({Less strong is} 15... axb5 16. Qxa8+ Kf7 17. Qa3 $19) 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Lomsadze, Davit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,79,16,22,18,23,16,19,17,33,16,59,53,61,54,91,54,41,57,56,54,64,66,69,79,64,75,78,77,144,28,73,62,128,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-20,-20,-23,0,0,162,177,183,108,114,24,106,106,204,142,148,76,1395,1350]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Ne1 {C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6} Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. Nd3 {[#] The position is equal.} Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... g5 15. exf5 Qxf5 16. Nf2 b5 17. Qe2 c6 18. Nfe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 bxc4 20. Nxd6 {0-1 (53) Gopal,G (2579)-Caruana,F (2827) Caleta 2017}) 15. Be3 c5 16. Rb1 b5 17. cxb5 c4 18. Nb4 axb5 19. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3a4][%mdl 32]} Rc8 20. Qd2 g5 21. a4 bxa4 22. bxa4 g4 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Kf7 ({Better is} 24... f4) 25. Qd2 (25. fxg4 $16 {Black must now prevent g5.} Rh8 26. Qd2 Qa7+ 27. Kh1) 25... gxf3 26. Rxf3 f4 27. Rh3 ({White should try} 27. Qe2 $1 $16) 27... Rg8 $11 28. Kh1 Rg7 {Strongly threatening ...Rcg8.} 29. Nc6 Nxc6 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. Qe1 Rcg8 32. Rb2 Qd7 {...Rxg2! is the strong threat.} 33. Qf1 d5 $2 {[#]} (33... Qc6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 34. exd5 $1 $18 Rc8 {[#]} 35. Qb1 (35. a5 $1 $18) 35... Kg8 $16 36. Rb8 (36. Rd2 $16) 36... Qc7 (36... Qg4 $1 $11 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8) 37. Rb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qf7 (37... Rf8 $16 {might work better.}) 38. Qf5 Rf8 39. Rh6 ({White should play} 39. Qxe5 {Threatens to win with Rb8.} Ng4 40. Qe1) 39... Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39... Ng4 $16 40. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 40. Qh3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.31"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Morchiashvili, Bachana"]
[Black "Jojua, Davit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,83,-6,0,0,2,7,31,36,24,17,17,0,0,0,25,-29,-20,-27,0,-37,-27,-20,-15,-14,0,-37,-20,-16,0,0,70,0,0,0,-5,-102,0,0,623,611,572,626,595,576,628,604,600,588,559,568,632,633,630,627,608,581,593,584,593,590]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Re8 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 c6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 d5 14. cxd5 {A24: English Opening vs King's Indian: Lines without ...Nc6} cxd5 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 15. e4 d4 16. Nd5 {White is slightly better.} Be6 17. Nd2 Bg7 18. Nc4 b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 19. Na5 {[#]} Ra7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Na6 20. Nb7 Qb8 21. Nc5 Qd6 22. Qd2 Rac8 {½-½ (22) Varun,V (2064)-Padhya,S (2244) Calicut 2013}) 20. f4 (20. Qd2 $142) 20... exf4 $11 21. Nxf4 Rc7 22. Bh3 Bxh3 23. Nxh3 Nd7 24. Nf4 Nb6 25. Qb3 {Black should prevent Nxg6.} Qg5 26. Rf2 h5 27. Rbf1 h4 ({Black should try} 27... Ree7 $11) 28. Kg2 (28. Ng2 $14 Ree7 29. Nxh4) 28... hxg3 29. hxg3 {Nh3 is the strong threat.} Be5 {aiming for ...Nd7.} 30. Qa2 (30. Rf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Rec8 (30... Nd7 $17 {And now ...Nf6 would win.} 31. Nd5 Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kh1 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 {[#]} Rc1 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. Ne2 {[%cal Rf2f7]} Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Nc4 $11 32. dxc4 bxc4) 32. Rxf7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qxf7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Qe6 Rc2 35. Qe8+ Rf8 36. Qxe5 Rxe2+ 37. Kh3 Nd7 38. Qe6+ Rf7 39. Nc6 Nf8 40. Qd5 Kg7 41. Nxd4 Re3 {[#]} 42. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 33280] Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 83%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,80,40,28,33,36,25,27,37,31,107,115,125,57,64,58,51,51,61,50,95,85,71,85,60,43,100,120,105,118,118,96,90,87,93,-4,-16,-48,-54,-49,-44,-58,-47,-41,-36,-39,0,-10,-22,-54,-65,-119,-122,-285,-283,-608,-368,-360,-343,-331,-307,-5152,-5173,-1450,-1279,-5035,-5035,-1037,-1027]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nf5 Qa5 {B60: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: Unusual Black 6th moves and 6...Bd7 without 7 Qd2} (8... Bxf5 9. exf5 Qa5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qf3 Qe5+ 13. Ne2 Qd5 14. Qxd5 cxd5 15. Nf4 Rc8 16. Nxd5 Rxc2 {1-0 (49) Solodovnichenko,Y (2587)-Shanava,K (2526) Konya 2016}) 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 {White has an edge.} 11. Qd3 Qc5 ({Better is} 11... d5 $14 12. exd5 cxd5) 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 a5 13. O-O Rg8 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. b3 Bc8 16. Na4 {1-0 (51) Lengyel,B (2328)-Miroshnichenko,E (2483) Budapest 1999}) 12... e6 {[#]} 13. Ne3 (13. b4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4c5][%mdl 512]} Qxb4 14. Rab1) 13... Be7 $14 14. b3 d5 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. c4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 c5 19. Qg4 Bxa4 {[#]} (19... Kf8 $14) 20. Qg7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg7h8]} Rf8 {White must now prevent ...Bc6.} 21. bxa4 h5 22. Qh7 f5 23. Rfe1 Qc7 24. h4 (24. Qxh5 $16 Rg8 25. Rd3) 24... Qe5 $11 {And now ...Rh8 would win.} 25. Qxh5 {Nd5 is the strong threat.} Rh8 26. Qf3 {Hoping for Nd5.} Rxh4 27. Nf1 Re4 28. Rxe4 fxe4 29. Qg4 Kf8 30. Re1 f5 31. Qd1 Rd8 32. Qb3 (32. Qe2 $15) 32... Kf7 $17 33. Re3 $2 {[#]} (33. Rd1 $17 {was called for.}) 33... Qa1 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rd1!} 34. Qc2 $2 (34. Qc3 Rd1 35. Qxa1 Rxa1 36. Re2) 34... Bg5 35. Qc3 {[#]} Rd1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxa1 Rxa1 37. Ra3 $2 (37. Re2) 37... f4 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Rb3 e3 39. fxe3 fxe3 {( -> ...e2)} 40. Rb2 Re1 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Black "Maghalashvili, Davit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,140,9,22,7,2,10,28,21,33,21,35,1,6,0,3,0,35,35,37,49,48,27,45,31,49,52,61,50,127,72,72,85,83,82,92,91,135,100,101,91,102,103,103,0,12,0,0,18,91,87,90,97,84,32,31,37,145,158,166,150,142,136,314,270,281,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-114,-137,-187,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 a5 11. Bf4 Na6 12. Qd3 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Nb4 13. Qb1 Nbd5 14. Bd2 {White has an edge.} Nxc3 15. bxc3 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Be4 16. Qb2 Qd5 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rfb8 19. Rfb1 Ne4 {½-½ (32) Giri,A (2734)-Karjakin,S (2759) Wijk aan Zee 2014}) 16. Be1 Nd6 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc4 (18... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 19. Nd3 Qd7 $11) 19. Qxb7 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rb8 21. Qe4 Rb2 22. f4 Bc5 23. Bf2 Bxf2 24. Kxf2 Qe7 (24... Qb8 $14) 25. Rfd1 (25. Rfb1 $142 Rb6 26. Qe3) 25... Qc5+ $16 26. Qd4 Qc6 27. Rab1 Rc2 28. Rb3 h5 29. Ra1 Qa6 30. Qe4 Qa7+ 31. Kf3 $1 Rd2 32. Rab1 (32. Rb5 $16) 32... Qc5 $1 $11 33. Qe3 Qc6+ 34. Kf2 Ra2 (34... Rfd8 $1 $11) 35. Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rxa4 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 37. Rb8+ (37. f5 $16 {Rb8+ would kill now.} Kg8 38. f6) 37... Ke7 $14 38. f5 {Intending Qg5+! and mate.} exf5 {[#]} (38... f6 $14) 39. Qg5+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke6 40. Qxg7 Qc5+ 41. Kg2 Qe7 $2 (41... Qd5+ $16 42. Kh3 Kd7) 42. Qh8 Kd5 43. Rd8+ $2 ({Less strong is} 43. Qxh5 Qe6 $16) (43. Qc8 $18 Rc4 44. Ra8 (44. Qxf5 Qe6 $16) 44... Rxc3 45. Qxf5 (45. Rxa5+ Rc5 $18)) 43... Kc5 $11 44. Rd2 h4 45. Rb2 {aiming for Qb8.} hxg3 46. Qb8 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rb8b5]} Qd7 47. hxg3 f4 48. Qa7+ Kc4 49. Qa6+ (49. Qb7 $11) 49... Kxc3 $17 {( -> ...Qd5+)} 50. Rb5 {[#]} Qg4 $2 (50... f3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Kh2 (51. exf3 Ra2+) 51... fxe2 52. Rc5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kd4) 51. Rxa5 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxg3+ 52. Kf1 Qh3+ 53. Ke1 $1 Rxa5 54. Qxa5+ {KQ-KQ} Kd4 {Threatens to win with ...Qc3+.} 55. Qb4+ Kxe5 {Hoping for ...Qh4+.} 56. Qc5+ Kf6 {And now ...Qd7 would win.} 57. Qxc7 Qg3+ 58. Kf1 Qh3+ 59. Ke1 Qe3 60. Kf1 Kg6 61. Qc6+ f6 62. Qc8 Qe5 63. Qg4+ Qg5 64. Qc8 Qg3 65. Qg8+ Kf5 66. Qc8+ Kg5 67. Qg8+ Kh4 68. Qh8+ Kg5 69. Qg8+ Kf5 70. Qc8+ Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,80,8,8,12,16,14,14,8,31,25,27,14,17,0,0,-34,-22,-12,-10,-22,-19,-71,0,-22,-21,-23,-11,-6,-12,-27,-27,-254,-119,-124,-109,-104,-55,-122,-129,-162,-164,-144,-145,-166,-179,-180,-183,-276,-268,-379,-331,-346,-231,-350,-347,-420,-420,-752,-723,-633,-633,-633,-633,-611,-570]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 {The position is equal.} Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd1 Ne7 15. Re4 Qd5 {[#]} 16. Qe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nc3 Qa5 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Nf5 19. b3 Rd8 20. Bb2 Rb4 21. Rd1 Rb5 22. Nc3 {½-½ (27) Iotov,V (2516)-Karthik,V (2470) Charlotte 2019}) 16... Nf5 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 17. b3 c5 {Strongly threatening ...Bb7.} 18. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4b8]} Rb4 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 19. Be5 (19. Nxc5 $11 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Rc1) 19... cxd4 (19... Nxd4 $17 20. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Rxe4) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rxe6 Bxe6 ({Don't play} 21... Rxa4 $6 22. Re5 $16) 22. Qxb4 Rc8 23. Rd1 Rc2 {...Bd7 is the strong threat.} 24. Ne1 $2 {[#]} (24. h3 $11) 24... Rxa2 (24... a5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra5b4] is more deadly.} 25. Qa3 Nh4) 25. Nc5 $17 a5 26. Qb6 h5 27. Ned3 ({White should play} 27. h3 $15) 27... Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 28. Qxd6 Nxd6 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 30. h4 Kf6 31. Re1 Rc2 32. g3 {[#]} (32. Kf1 {was called for.}) 32... Nf7 $1 $19 33. Ra1 (33. Kf1 $142) 33... Rc3 $1 {[%csl LRb3,LRd3]} 34. Nf4 Rc5 ({Not} 34... Rxb3 35. Rxa5 d3 36. Ra1 $19) 35. Ra4 (35. Nh3 {might work better.}) 35... e5 36. Nd3 Rc3 $1 {[%csl LRb3,LRd3]} 37. Nb2 (37. b4 $142 Rxd3 38. bxa5 Rd1+ 39. Kg2) 37... Rxb3 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Ra2 Nd6 39. Kf1 e4 40. Ke1 Rb5 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,5,10,3,13,12,12,1,8,4,13,17,8,15,19,12,29,23,45,45,45,36,43,27,27,20,32,35,34,23,43,40,46,47,41,16,31,11,22,17,9,12,46,48,61,56,51,58,43,35,48,26,84,62,95,86,109,77,187,177,187,87,93,0,0,0,43,23,23,27,43,30,25,27,12,49,41,77,202,147,134,151,205,0,552,530]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Kxe7 9. O-O Rd8 10. Re1+ {The position is equal.} Kf8 11. d4 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg4 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. c3 h6 15. b3 f5 16. Ba3+ Kg8 17. Ng3 Re8 {½-½ (86) Klek,H (2368)-Belenkaya,D (2306) Braunfels 2017}) 12. Bd3 Kg8 13. a4 Nf8 14. c3 Bg4 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. f3 Bc8 18. Ne4 Bc7 19. Bd2 f5 20. Ng3 g6 21. b4 Ne6 22. Ne2 Rd8 23. Bc4 Bd6 24. Nc1 Kg7 25. Nb3 Kf6 26. Be1 g5 27. b5 Nf4 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Na5 c5 $1 30. Bf2 Rd7 31. dxc5 Be5 32. c6 Rd2 (32... Rd6 $11 33. Rc1 (33. Bxa7 $2 Bxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Nb7 Rxc6 $19) 33... Nd3 34. Bxd3 Rxd3) 33. Nb3 $16 Rc2 34. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Rb2 {...Rxb3! is the strong threat.} 35. Nc5 Bxc3 (35... Ke7 $16) 36. Nd7+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} (36. Rxc3 $6 Rb1+ 37. Be1 Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Rd1 $14) 36... Kg6 {[#]} 37. Bxa7 (37. Rxc3 $6 Rb1+ 38. Be1 Rxe1+ 39. Kf2 Rd1 $16) (37. Kf1 $1 $18) 37... Rxg2+ $16 38. Kf1 ({Better is} 38. Kh1 $16 {Black must now prevent Nb6.} Bb2 39. Rd1) 38... Bb2 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb2c1]} 39. Re1 {aiming for Re8.} Rxh2 (39... Rc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2c4]} 40. Bb5 Bc3 $11) 40. Re8 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 $1 Rh2+ 42. Kg1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rc2 43. Bb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rc1+ 44. Kf2 Rc2+ 45. Ke1 Bc3+ {[#]} (45... h5 $16 {is a better defense.} 46. Kd1 (46. Rxc8 h4 $11) 46... Rc1+ 47. Kd2 h4 48. Ne5+ (48. Rxc8 $2 h3 $19) 48... Kg7) 46. Kd1 $1 $18 Rd2+ 47. Kc1 Nd5 48. Bc5 $2 ({Inferior is} 48. Rxc8 Ra2 $11) (48. Rd8 $18) 48... Bxd7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Ra2 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 49. Kd1 (49. Rg8+ Kh5 $11) 49... Rd2+ 50. Kc1 Ra2 51. Nf8+ (51. Rg8+ Kh5 $11) 51... Kf6 52. Nxh7+ Kg7) 49. cxd7 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 76%.} 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,128,44,40,61,57,57,60,49,54,44,22,25,0,57,56,34,48,67,58,55,47,63,75,96,48,62,56,77,62,56,78,83,75,91,39,128,79,100,90,70,0,99,22,24,19,23,26,23,15,25,12,12,13,44,6,7,4,18,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-4,-4,0,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-98,-8,-8,0,-100,0,-8,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Rc1 Bxb2 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6.} 12. Bxc5 Qd8 13. Rb1 Bg7 {White is slightly better.} 14. Qa4 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe8 15. Rfc1 b6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Qh4 Rc8 18. Bh6 f6 19. Bd2 e5 20. Rc2 g5 {½-½ (30) Semcesen,D (2433)-Plat,V (2388) Wroclaw 2010}) 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Qa3 Bd4 ({Better is} 16... h6 $11 17. Nf3 Bg4) 17. Bxd4 $14 Nxd4 18. e3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nc6 19. Rfc1 Na5 20. Qb4 h6 21. Nf3 Bc6 22. e4 b6 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. d4 Bd7 26. d5 f6 27. Nf3 (27. Rxc8 $16 Bxc8 28. Nd3) 27... Rc4 (27... e5 $14) 28. Nd4 Qc7 29. Rxc4 Nxc4 30. Rc1 (30. Qb4 $1 $14 Nd6 31. Nc6) 30... b5 (30... Qc5 $11 {remains equal.} 31. Qd1 b5) 31. Bf1 (31. Qb4 $16 Qd6 32. Qxd6 exd6 33. a4) 31... Rc8 $1 $11 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Qb4 Qc5 34. Qxc5 Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. f3 Kg7 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 Ra5 38. Rxc4 Rxa2 39. Rc7 Ke8 40. h4 Ra3+ 41. Kd2 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Rb7 Kd8 44. g4 Kc8 45. Rb2 Kc7 46. Ke2 a5 47. Nb5+ (47. Kd2 {feels hotter.} a4 48. Rb1 Ra2+ 49. Nc2 e6 50. dxe6 Bxe6 51. Kd3) 47... Bxb5+ $1 48. Rxb5 {KR-KR} Ra1 49. Kf2 a4 50. Rc5+ Kb6 51. Rc6+ Kb5 52. Rc7 a3 53. Ra7 $1 Kb4 54. Rb7+ $1 Kc4 55. Ra7 Kd4 {With the idea ...a2.} 56. Kg2 {[#]} (56. Kg3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 56... Ra2+ ({Black should try} 56... Ke5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5f4] Hoping for ...Kf4.} 57. Rxe7+ Kf4) 57. Kg3 Ra1 ({Black should play} 57... Ke3 $11 58. Rxe7 Rf2) 58. Kg2 $17 {[#]} a2 (58... Ke5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5f4] ...Kf4 is the strong threat.} 59. Rxe7+ Kf4) 59. Ra3 {The position is equal.} Kc4 {And now ...Kb4 would win.} 60. Ra7 Kb3 61. Rb7+ $1 Kc3 62. Rc7+ Kd3 63. Ra7 Ke3 {Threatens to win with ...Kd3.} 64. Ra3+ Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Morchiashvili, Bachana"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,50,3,3,7,3,7,0,0,0,13,14,19,12,15,0,22,14,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,30,19,20,16,12,22,10,2,33,27,27,18,29]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxe7 Qxe7 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. e3 b6 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Ne4 10. Qc2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Nxd2 11. Nxd2 c5 {[#]} 12. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Qh5 15. Rae1 Ba6 16. Re3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Rg3 {1-0 (57) Sorensen,K (2110)-David,E (2219) Norway 2016}) 12... Nc6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. e4 Ne5 15. exf5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 17. f3 Rxf5 18. Rf2 Raf8 19. Ne4 Qa4 20. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bxe4 21. fxe4 Qb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rfd2 Ra5 25. a4 Rc5 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,47,0,0,-12,0,-16,0,-20,-7,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Bb1 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines} Nc4 15. Ne5 Nd6 16. a3 Nd5 {[#]} 17. Qh5 $146 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rh5h7]} ({Predecessor:} 17. Qd3 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Ba2 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. f3 {0-1 (105) Gontcharov,V (2359)-Fingerov,D (2350) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 17... g6 (17... Nf5 $5 {[%cal Re7g5]} 18. Bxe7 Ndxe7 $11) 18. Nxg6 {The position is equal.} fxg6 {[#]} 19. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 20. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,87,25,26,19,34,22,47,45,46,56,46,32,37,33,56,39,53,43,39,50,53,30,29,29,29,30,32,33,28,34,33,30,35,39,31,22,31,33,47,38,45,27,39,28,41,47,54,16,18,0,0,0,27,6,12,11,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. d4 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Ne5 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} Bb4 {[#]} 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb5 Re6 13. Ne2 a6 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Bf5 Re8 16. f4 Nf8 17. Ng3 c5 18. Rc1 Ne6 {½-½ (54) Jacobson,A (2286)-Katz,A (2433) Burlingame 2019}) 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 14. Bb2 f6 15. Nf3 c5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. dxc5 Ndxc5 20. Nd4 Nxd3 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Qxd3 ({Inferior is} 22. Rxd3 Ba6 $17) 22... Rc8 23. h3 Qd7 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Qh5 Qe8 26. Qf5 Rd8 27. Rc1 Bc8 28. Qc2 Ba6 29. Qd1 Qd7 30. Rc2 Bd3 31. Rd2 Bg6 32. Ne2 Bh5 33. g4 Bf7 34. Nf4 h5 35. gxh5 Qf5 36. Qg4 Qxg4+ 37. hxg4 Nxb3 38. Rc2 d4 {The position is equal.} 39. exd4 Nxd4 40. Rc7 Nb5 41. Rc2 Nd4 42. Rc7 Nb5 43. Rc1 Nd4 44. Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,116,39,62,45,48,50,27,0,-15,-29,-10,-31,-31,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64,51,43,67,47,59,7,-106,-43,-46,0,-58,-36,-50,-46,-100,-85,-111,-84,-68,-85,-89,-24,-24,-24,-58,-18,-22,-27,-10,-17,-32,-24,-67,-52,-170,-164,-151,-135,-266,-270,-268,-271,-278,-289,-489,-295,-295,-289,-296,-296,-523,-282,-282,-262,-331,-331,-588,-498,-525,-464,-677,-677,-644,-646,-859,-837,-1339,-1265,-1134,-1053,-29967,-29970,-29967,-29970,-29968,-29968,-5907,-5601,-29981,-29982,-29983,-5065,-1866,-2117]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation. D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} b4 7. Ne4 Nf6 8. Nc5 {White has an edge. was the old line (8.Ned2).} Bd5 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bxc4 Bxc5 11. dxc5 a5 {[#]} 12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nbd7 14. e4 Qe7 15. Be3 e5 16. Bf1 O-O 17. Bh3 Rfd8 18. Rd1 {0-1 (27) Kragelj,I (2241)-Videki,S (2414) Harkany 2004}) 12... Bxg2 13. Rg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bh3 $1 14. Rxg7 Bf5 15. e4 Bg6 $1 {And now ...Ng4 would win.} 16. Nf3 $1 Nh5 (16... Bxe4 $11 17. Qe2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qd4) 17. Bg5 $14 Qc7 18. Rxg6 $1 hxg6 19. O-O-O {Black must now prevent Rd8+.} Nd7 (19... O-O $14) 20. Qd2 {[#]} (20. Rd6 $1 $11 O-O 21. Bb3) 20... f6 (20... Nhf6 $1 $17 21. Kb1 Rh5) 21. Be3 $15 Ng7 22. e5 (22. Bf4 $11 e5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Qg5) 22... O-O-O 23. exf6 $1 Nxf6 24. Ba6+ (24. Bd4 $15) 24... Kb8 $17 25. Bf4 Rxd2 26. Bxc7+ Kxc7 27. Nxd2 Rxh2 (27... Nd7 $17 28. Nb3 e5) 28. Rg1 $11 Rh6 29. Nb3 Nd7 30. Bd3 Nf5 31. Bxf5 exf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Kb1 Ne5 33. Re1 Nc4 $1 34. Re7+ ({Better is} 34. Kc2 $15) 34... Kd8 $19 35. Rg7 Rh2 36. Nd4 (36. Rxg6 $17 Rxf2 37. Kc1) 36... Rxf2 37. b3 Ne5 38. Ne6+ Kc8 39. Rc7+ Kb8 40. Re7 Rd2 41. Re8+ Kb7 42. Nd8+ $2 (42. Ka1) 42... Ka6 43. Ne6 Rd7 44. Kc2 Nf3 45. Rb8 $2 (45. Ra8+ Kb7 46. Re8) 45... Ka7 46. Rg8 {[#]} g5 $1 47. Rf8 (47. Nxg5 $142 Rd2+ 48. Kc1) 47... g4 48. Kc1 Re7 49. Nd8 Nd4 50. Kd2 g3 {Strongly threatening ...Rg7.} 51. Kd3 Rd7 {Threatens to win with ...Ne6+.} 52. Kc4 g2 53. Rg8 {[#]} Ka6 {Played: Rd7xd8} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Black "Morchiashvili, Bachana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,41,28,58,51,45,39,42,19,33,30,47,2,19,-50,13,10,22,25,50,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,495,477,5485,5585,3258,3168,2832,2764]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 {A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6} Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Qa5 9. a7 Na6 10. Nge2 Nb4 {[#]} 11. Bc4 $146 (11. O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb1 d6 12. O-O Qxa7 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. a4 Ba6 15. Nec3 Ne8 16. Re1 Nc7 17. Na3 {½-½ (46) Arabidze,M (2374)-Cmilyte,V (2530) Sochi 2015}) 11... Ba6 (11... Nxe4 $1 $15 12. a3 (12. Nxe4 Nc2+ 13. Kf1 Nxa1 $11) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na6) 12. Bxa6 $11 Qxa6 13. O-O Rxa7 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. b3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 {Threatens to win with Bc3.} Bxa1 17. Qxa1 {Hoping for d6.} Qxe2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (17... Qxa2 $11 {and Black is okay.} 18. Qc3 d6) 18. Qe5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Threatening mate with Bh6. Double Attack. White is clearly winning.} Re8 {[#]} (18... Qxf1+ $142 19. Kxf1 d6 20. Nxd6 Nd3) 19. Bc3 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Re5h8]} f6 {[#]} 20. Nxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf6 21. Qxf6 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 72%.} 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,53,0,0,0,0,12,5,0,20,17,43,16,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,80,92,72,90,90,33,157,172,294,285,461,443,29991,29992,29994,29995,29996,29997]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5e4,Be4f6][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd1 Ne7 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Bc3 Rd8 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 17. Nc5 Nxd4 18. Ne4 {[#]} Nxf3+ $146 (18... Qd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 18... Qd5 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qa4 Qb5 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 f5 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24. Nxh7 c5 {1-0 (71) Grischuk,A (2772)-Safarli,E (2639) Riadh 2017}) 19. Qxf3 $16 Qe7 20. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 1088] Discovered Attack. White has strong compensation.} Kh8 {[#]} 21. g4 (21. Nh5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} f6 (21... gxh5 22. Bxg7+) 22. Nxf6) 21... c5 (21... h6 $14) 22. g5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Bb7 {[#]} (22... Rb6 {might work better.} 23. Qf4 Qf8) 23. Qf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4h4] And now Qh4! would win.} Qf8 $2 (23... Qd6 {is a better defense.} 24. Qxd6 Rxd6) 24. Re3 {White wants to mate with Rh3!} Ba8 (24... Rd5 $18 25. Rh3 (25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. b3 Bxc3 $16) 25... h5) 25. Rh3 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh3h7] White mates.} h5 26. gxh6 Bxf6 27. Qxf6+ {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 40%.} ({Weaker is} 27. Bxf6+ Kh7 $16) 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,143,47,41,45,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,27,0,33,38,30,-13,35,0,32,33,37,37,38,19,31,40,27,35,20,35,20,33,50,0,0,0,47,0,44,15,44,10,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,86,86,86,73,73,0,73,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,85,73,103,103,118,118,148,154,159,160,150,149,140,150,140,0,140,140,205,218,278,233,375,376,374,368,366,360,348,344,29974,29975,29975,29974]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nd4 h6 13. Bxf6 {D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7} Bxf6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Na4 {The position is equal.} Rc8 16. b3 Re8 17. Qd3 Bg4 18. Bf3 Bh3 19. Bg2 Bg4 20. e3 g6 21. h3 Bf5 22. Qa6 Qd7 23. Nc5 Qc7 24. Bxd5 {Black should prevent Bg2.} (24. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Be6 25. Qa4 $14) 24... Qb6 25. Bg2 (25. Bc4 $5 {[%cal Rg3g4]} Bxh3 26. Rfe1 $11) 25... Qxa6 26. Nxa6 Bd3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 27. Nb4 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 c5 29. Nc6 Rc7 30. Rxc5 Rd8 31. Ke2 Rd6 32. Rc2 Rcd7 33. Nb8 Rd8 34. Nc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} R8d7 35. Na5 Kg7 36. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bd8 37. Nc4 Ra6 (37... Rc7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 38. b5 $16 Ra4 39. Bc6 Re7 40. b6 $1 Rxc4 41. Rxc4 {And now b7 would win.} Bxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 42. Ba4 Rc7 43. Re4 h5 44. Re8 Kf6 45. Bb3 Re7 46. Rg8 Rd7 47. Rb8 Ba5 48. Rb5 Rd2+ 49. Kf3 Bb6 50. Rb4 {Black must now prevent Rf4+.} Rd7 51. Rb5 (51. Ke2 $16) 51... Rc7 (51... Rd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 52. Rd5 Ke7 53. g4 hxg4+ 54. hxg4 Rc5 55. Rd4 g5 56. Rd1 f5 57. Rh1 fxg4+ 58. Kxg4 Kf6 59. Rh6+ Kg7 {[#]} 60. Re6 $1 Bd8 61. Rd6 Bb6 62. Rd7+ Kf6 63. Rd6+ Kg7 $1 64. e4 Rc1 (64... Re5 $16 {might work better.}) 65. f3 $18 Be3 66. Kf5 Bf4 (66... Rf1 {keeps fighting.} 67. Bd1 Rf2) 67. Rd7+ Kf8 68. Rxa7 {Threatens to win with Kf6.} Rc3 69. Kf6 {White wants to mate with Ra8+.} Ke8 70. Be6 {Ra8+ would kill now.} Rxf3 $2 (70... Bc7 $18 71. Kxg5 Bb6) 71. Ra8+ Bb8+ 72. Bf5 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 67%.} 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,100,-22,-31,-29,-32,-31,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-99,-99,-141,-138,-256,-258,-314,-312,-459,-139,-303,-325,-320,-340,-275,72,77,82,64,223,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,-627,-642,-5510,-824,-872,-855,-750,-538,-498,-523,-651,-172,-175,-164,-227,-225,-451,-443,-835,-796,-1284,-1266,-5397,-5389,-29968,-29966,-29969,-29970,-29969,-29970]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Qxc4 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. a4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 {E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4} 12. Kxg2 Rc8 13. Qd1 $1 Qb6 {Black is slightly better.} 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nc3 b4 16. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b6]} Qb7+ 17. f3 Be7 18. e4 O-O 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21. Bf2 {[#]} (21. Rfd1 $11) 21... g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... g6 22. b3 Nfd7 23. Rac1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Be3 Ne5 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 {½-½ (33) Opocensky,K-Hora,V Pardubice 1965}) 22. h3 h5 $1 23. Qe3 (23. Rfc1 $17) 23... g4 $19 24. Qg5+ Ng6 25. Nxe6 (25. Qh6 {keeps fighting.} gxf3+ 26. Kg1) 25... Nxe4 $2 (25... gxf3+ $19 {is more deadly.} 26. Kg1 Qd7) 26. Nxd8 $2 (26. Qh6 $17 {was the only defense.} Bf8 27. Nxd8 gxh3+ 28. Kh1 (28. Kh2 Rxd8 29. Qxh5 Nd2 $19) 28... Rxd8 29. Qe3) 26... Rxd8 27. Qxh5 gxf3+ $1 28. Kg1 ({Avoid the trap} 28. Qxf3 $2 Ne5 $19) 28... Ng5 $2 (28... Rd2 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Nxg3!} 29. Qxf3 Ne5) 29. h4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Ne4 30. Qg4 {Threatens to win with Rae1.} Rd2 $2 (30... Qc6 $14) 31. h5 $2 ({Inferior is} 31. Qxf3 Ne5 $15) (31. Rae1 $1 $18 {[%cal Re1e4]} Nf6 32. Qf5) 31... Nf6 $11 32. Qf5 Rd5 33. Qxf3 Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 34. Qg2 Qb5 $1 35. Be3 {Hoping for Nb6.} Neg4 36. Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Bb6 $11) 36... Rxh5 $19 37. Qf1 {[#] aiming for Qxb5.} Qc6 (37... Rh1+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Kxh1 Qh5+ 39. Qh3 Qxh3+ 40. Kg1 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Ne4) 38. Rc1 Qxa4 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Bd4 {[#]} Ne5 {Played: Qa4-d7} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,72,-30,-43,-47,-31,-36,-65,0,0,0,-47,12,-81,-46,-79,-37,-86,-39,-82,0,4,19,18,47,47,69,0,0,-56,-14,-104,-33,-33,0,-120,-56,-333,-288,-579,-567,-732,-723,-1350,-712,-709,-698,-681,-643,-1102,-1062,-29981,-29982,-5481,-6061,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. g4 e6 8. g5 Ne8 9. h4 exd5 10. cxd5 (10. Qxd5 $2 Bd4 $17) 10... Qe7 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} 11. Qd3 Na6 12. a3 {[#]} Nac7 $146 (12... f5 $15 13. gxf6 Nxf6) ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. gxf6 Nxf6 14. Nh3 b5 15. Ng5 c4 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Be3 Nb3 18. Rd1 a6 {0-1 (43) Nikontovic,S (2320)-Brondum,E (2285) Denmark 1997}) 13. h5 $11 b5 14. Qf3 Rb8 (14... f5 $15 15. hxg6 hxg6) 15. Qf4 (15. Qg2 $11) 15... f5 $17 {...fxe4 is the strong threat.} 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. hxg6 hxg6 {Hoping for ...Nxe4.} 18. f3 Nfxd5 ({Better is} 18... Nh5 $17 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 Be5) 19. Nxd5 $11 Nxd5 20. Qg3 Nf6 21. Qxg6 d5 22. Bf4 (22. Qg3 $1 $14 Rb6 23. e5) 22... Rb6 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 23. e5 (23. exd5 $11 Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 25. O-O-O) 23... Qe8 (23... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Rb6g6]} 24. Bg5 Rxg6 25. Bxe7 Rf5 26. Bxc5 Rxe5 27. Bxa7 Nf4 $15) 24. Qg5 {[#]} (24. Bd3 $1 $11) 24... Nh7 (24... Nh5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh5f4]} 25. Qxh5 (25. Rxh5 $2 Rg6 $19) 25... Qxh5 26. Rxh5 Rxf4) 25. Qh4 $15 Bf5 26. Nh3 (26. Rc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26... Rf7 (26... Bxe5 $17 27. Rd1 d4 28. Bxe5 Qxe5) 27. O-O-O $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White should try} 27. Rc1 $15) 27... b4 $19 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4a3][%mdl 32]} ({Weaker is} 27... Bxe5 28. Rxd5 Bf6 29. Rg1+ Rg7 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qg3+ Kh8 32. Be5 $14) 28. Rxd5 $2 (28. a4 Qxa4 29. Kd2) 28... bxa3 {Strongly threatening ...Nf6!} 29. b3 Rxb3 30. Kd2 Rb2+ 31. Ke3 Qa4 32. Rd8+ Nf8 {Threatens to win with ...Rd7.} 33. Ng5 Rd7 {[%csl Gc5,Gd7][%cal Ra4d4]} 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[%csl Gc5,Gd7][%cal Ra4d4]} 35. Kf2 {[#]} Rxe2+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Back Rank} 36. Kxe2 Qc2+ {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,4,56,10,32,-10,8,8,7,8,0,0,1,0,24,0,0,0,23,-11,30,19,7,14,62,52,48,62,57,55,50,65,90,55,105,72,141,75,93,74,66,78,75,0,104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 Qb6 5. c4 e6 (5... dxc4 $11 6. Nc3 h5) 6. Nc3 {Hoping for g4. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6. c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Qd8 7. Nc3 $14) 6... h5 {[#]} 7. Nf3 $146 (7. c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Qc7 8. Bd3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. Ng3 Bg4 9. f3 Bf5 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Bg5 Bg6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Bxe7 14. cxd5 {1-0 (35) Patricio,A-Salvado,S Honra 1998}) 7... Ne7 8. c5 Qc7 9. b4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Be2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ng6 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Bd3 Qd8 14. Qc2 (14. Bxg6 $5 fxg6 15. Qd3 $11) 14... Rh6 (14... Bxf3 {with more complications.} 15. gxf3 Nxh4 16. Bxh4 Bxh4 17. f4 Be7) 15. b5 (15. Nh2 {feels hotter.} Nxh4 16. Bxh4 Bxh4 17. g3 Be7 18. Nxg4 hxg4 19. Rxh6 gxh6 20. Be2) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bxh4 (16... Nxh4 {looks sharper.} 17. Ke2 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qxf5 Nf8) 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxg6 Bxg3 {[#]} 19. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 20. fxg3 h4 21. Ne2 Qg5 22. f4 Qg4 {[#]} 23. gxh4 ({Better is} 23. Rb1 $1) 23... Rxh4 $16 24. Rg1 Qh5 25. Rb1 $1 Rh2 26. Rb7 (26. Qd3 $16) 26... Rd8 {[#]} (26... Rb8 $11 27. Rxb8 (27. Rxd7+ $2 Kf8 $19) 27... Nxb8) 27. f5 ({Not} 27. Rxa7 $2 Rb8 $19) ({White should try} 27. Qd3 $1 $16) 27... Qh4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 28. Kd1 {Threatens to win with fxe6+.} Rxe2 $1 29. fxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Pin} Kg8 {[#]} 30. Qg6 $1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg6g7][%mdl 512]} Re1+ $1 31. Rxe1 Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kc2 {White threatens Qf7+ and mate.} Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kd1 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kc2 {White wants to mate with Qf7+.} Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,86,27,50,46,69,71,64,62,93,67,102,29,48,23,21,12,12,18,10,5,24,0,47,32,25,-6,-6,-38,-36,-35,-40,-133,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-74,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,17,186,187,1048,498,418,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 d6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. O-O a5 10. Be3 {A24: English Opening vs King's Indian: Lines without ...Nc6} Nc5 11. Qd2 a4 12. Rad1 {White is slightly better.} Re8 {[#]} 13. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. f4 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Kh2 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. dxe4 Nxe4 {0-1 (28) Hernandez,G (2287)-De la Rosa,W (2029) Santo Domingo 2010}) 13... exf4 14. gxf4 ({White should try} 14. Rxf4 $16 Nfd7 15. d4) 14... Nh5 $11 15. d4 Nd7 $1 16. e5 Nb6 17. b3 $1 axb3 18. axb3 Bf5 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 d5 21. Bf3 dxc4 22. Bxh5 (22. f5 $5 {[%cal Rf3h5]}) 22... gxh5 23. f5 {f6 is the strong threat.} cxb3 {Threatens to win with ...Qh4.} 24. f6 {[#]} ({White should play} 24. Qd3 $1 $15 Nd5 25. Qxb3) 24... Nc4 (24... Bxf6 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] aiming for ...Ra2.} 25. Qd3 (25. Rxf6 $2 Nc4 $19) (25. exf6 Nc4) 25... Nd5) 25. Qd3 Nxe3 (25... Qd5 $2 26. Nf4 $16 (26. fxg7 Nb2 $16)) 26. Qxe3 {[#] Intending Qg5! and mate.} Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qxb3 (27. exf6 Rxe3) 27... Bg7 28. Rxf7 Kh8 $1 29. Nf4 (29. Kh2 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Re7 (29... Ra1 $1 $17 {And now ...Qxd4+ would win.} 30. Kh2 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Bxe5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 32. Qxh5 Bxf4+ 33. Rxf4 Qb8 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 30. Ne6 Qg8 31. Rxe7 Bf6+ 32. Kh1 Bxe7 33. Qxb7 Ra3 {[%cal Ra3h3]} 34. Nf4 Qf8 35. Rf1 $1 Qe8 $2 {[#]} (35... Rxh3+ $2 36. Kg2 $18) (35... Qf5 $1 $11 36. Kh2 (36. Qxe7 Rxh3+ 37. Nxh3 Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kh2 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Qg4+ 41. Kh2 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 $11) 36... Rxh3+ 37. Nxh3 Qxf1) 36. e6 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening d5.} Bd6 $2 {[#]} (36... Qd8 37. Qxc6 Bd6) 37. Qd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 38. Qc8+ $2 ({White has to play} 38. d5 $18 Kg7 39. Qxe7+ (39. Qxc6 Bxf4 40. Rxf4 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Ra2+ 42. Kh1 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Ra2+ 44. Kh1 Ra1+ $11) 39... Bxe7 40. dxc6) 38... Kg7 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Qxc6 Bxf4 $1 40. Rxf4 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Ra2+ 42. Kh1 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Ra2+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,104,4,11,0,1,-19,40,-5,35,0,0,0,0,-23,-14,-9,0,0,0,-27,-16,-94,-100,-85,-94,-78,-88,-95,-83,-83,-88,-88,-84,-135,-95,-165,-118,-129,-112,-99,-101,-91,-89,-89,-22,-31,-10,-33,-9,-11,0,0,-8,-36,-43,-87,-16,-44,-8,-8,124,-83,-84,-119,-127,-597,-591,-572,-564,-569,-527,-683,-683,-893,-889,-824,-781,-1458,-624,-592,-574]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qd3 Nc7 14. Ng3 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3} Ne6 15. Bb2 Qd7 {[%mdl 4] 15...Qd7 has become a bit dusty these days.} (15... h5 $11) 16. Rad1 {White is slightly better.} Rad8 17. Rfe1 (17. e4 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]} g6 18. Qd2 $14) 17... h5 18. Qf5 h4 19. Nh1 {[#]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Qb5 20. Rd2 Rc8 21. Qh3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nf4 23. Qf5 Qa5 24. Rdd1 Ng6 25. Qd3 h3 {0-1 (55) Doknjas,J (2080)-Vorontsov,P (2374) Gyor 2014}) 20. cxd4 Qe7 21. Nf2 g6 22. Qh3 Nh5 23. g3 (23. Kf1 $1 $11) 23... Ng5 $17 24. Qg2 hxg3 25. hxg3 Qf6 26. f4 Ne4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. g4 Ng7 29. Qg3 ({White should play} 29. Bc1) 29... Ne8 30. Kg2 (30. Re2 $17) 30... Nd6 31. Re2 Nc4 32. Bc1 Rde8 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. Rh1 Rh8 (34... b5 $17) 35. Rxh8 $11 Kxh8 36. Kf3 Kg8 37. Rh2 Kf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 38. a4 Re8 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Qf3 {[#]} Kd6 ({Better is} 40... Qc6 $1 $17 41. f5 g5) 41. Kg3 Rh8 {Strongly threatening ...Rxh2.} 42. Ba3+ Kc6 {[#]} (42... Nxa3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 43. e4 dxe4 44. Qxa3+ Kd7 45. Rxh8 Qxh8) 43. g5 $2 (43. Be7 $1 $16 {[%cal Re7f6][%mdl 512] is necessary to keep the advantage.} Qxe7 44. Rxh8) 43... Qd8 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rxh2.} 44. Rc2 {aiming for Rxc4+.} Kc7 45. Rxc4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. e4 $17 {is a better chance.} Qd7 46. f5) 45... dxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB. Black is clearly winning.} 46. d5 Qd7 {White must now prevent ...Rh3+.} 47. Qg2 Re8 48. Qd2 Qf5 49. d6+ Kd7 50. Bc1 Qd3 51. Qb4 Qd5 (51... Rxe3+ $142 52. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 53. Kh2 c3) 52. Qc3 $19 Kxd6 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Morchiashvili, Bachana"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,54,-4,1,0,35,40,57,35,68,58,70,60,74,62,77,82,68,63,61,54,72,51,46,39,32,0,8,-10,0,-15,-25,-68,-59,-51,-61,-54,-60,-58,-46,-41,-42,-29,-41,-62,-52,-622,-622]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 {[%mdl 4] 5...Nc6 is more advanced technology.} 6. Qc2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nc6 7. Nd2 Nh5 8. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} h6 9. Bh4 $1 g5 10. Be2 $1 Ng7 11. Bg3 Nf5 12. e4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e6 {[#]} 14. Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bh5 Bg7 15. f4 Qc7 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. O-O O-O 18. e5 Bd7 19. Nf3 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (40) Gareyev,T (2584)-Petkov,V (2475) Figueira da Foz 2015}) 14... Bg7 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Ne2 O-O 18. g4 Rfe8 {[%cal Rg7d4]} 19. Kf1 Ne7 20. Kg1 Qe6 $36 {[%mdl 2112] [#] Double Attack. Black has good play.} 21. Nf1 Qxg4 22. Ne3 Qe6 23. Ng3 Qg6 24. Ngf5 Nxf5 25. Qxf5 Rcd8 26. Kf1 Re6 27. Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. g4 $15) 27... Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,144,22,42,16,44,39,37,36,38,41,35,43,149,139,152,159,167,160,162,162,149,154,152,107,204,210,320,278,453,-70,-60,-71,-55,-60,-62,-56,-72,-101,-70,-71,-83,-97,-15,-16,-13,-73,-14,-79,-79,-67,-70,-59,-39,-39,-40,-66,-47,-64,0,0,0,-62,0,-31,0,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-66,-52,-62,-33,-66,-42,-33,-33,-55,-59,-83,-8,-21,0,0,0,-379,-364,-364,-352,-307,-281,-430,-452,-520,-430,-856,-281,-259,-247,-229,-80,-285,-275,-270,-255,-455,-418,-404,-377,-741,-707,-669,-558,-942,-926,-894,-770,-1191,-1137,-2117,-2027,-5085,-1308]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bf4 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2.} Nxe4 13. Qxe4 c5 14. d5 {White is slightly better.} Re8 {White should prevent ...Nf6.} 15. Qc2 exd5 16. cxd5 Nf6 (16... h6 $14) 17. Ng5 $1 $16 {[#]} c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... h6 18. Bh3 hxg5 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. Bxg5 Nxd5 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Re1 Rce8 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 {1-0 (34) Sychevskyy,A (2254)-Kryvoruchko,V (2167) Lvov 2018}) 18. Be5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} g6 19. d6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bxg2 20. dxe7 (20. Kxg2 Nd7 $15) 20... Ng4 21. Bd6 $1 ({Stronger than} 21. Kxg2 Nxe5 22. Qe4 Qc7 $15) 21... Bb7 {With the idea ...h6.} 22. Rd4 $1 Qc6 (22... Nh6 $16) 23. f3 $18 Rac8 (23... f6 {might work better.}) 24. Rad1 f6 {Played: Ng4-e3} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Morchiashvili, Bachana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,97,81,85,93,91,92,92,92,85,76,107,97,102,100,104,110,178,175,173,115,182,170,204,203,186,202,193,185,156,194,181,187,236,215,252,121,159,6,8,0,335,328,497,547,509,560,529,516,509,514,637,633,843,1011,1693,1589,1226,998,937,952,1563,1470,1520,1513,5277,1197,5696,6522,29982,1014,890,878,958,910]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. e4 c6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Nc3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13. b3 Nc5 14. Be3 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} Qe7 {[#]} 15. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rd2 Ne6 16. Nde2 c5 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. Nxd6 Ned4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. c5 Be6 {1-0 (30) Jirovsky,M (2420)-Vasiliev,V (2265) Ceske Budejovice 1993}) 15... Ned7 {Black wants to play ...f5!} 16. Re1 {White is better.} a5 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Bf2 Bd7 19. a3 h5 20. Nf3 a4 (20... Nfxe4 $2 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Nxe4 $18) (20... Ncxe4 $2 21. Ng5 $18) (20... Nh7 $16) 21. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Nb3 22. Nd4 (22. Qd3 $18) 22... h4 (22... Nxd4 $16 {was worth a try.} 23. Bxd4 Be6) 23. g4 (23. Nxb3 axb3 24. Qxb3 Nh5 $15) (23. gxh4 Nh5 $14) 23... Bxg4 24. hxg4 Nxg4 25. Nde2 (25. Nxb3 $6 axb3 26. Qxb3 Nxf2 $16) 25... g5 26. Bf3 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 gxf4 28. Rg1 $1 ({But not} 28. Nxf4 $6 Bd4+ 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 $14) 28... Kh8 29. Rg4 $1 Rg8 {[#] and the idea ...Be5 leaves Black hopeful.} 30. Rdg1 ({Not} 30. Nxf4 Bd4+ 31. Rxd4 Rxg4 $17) (30. Nxa4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Na1 (30... Rxa4 31. Qxb3) 31. Qc1) 30... f5 31. Rg6 $2 (31. Rxf4 $16 {aiming for Rh1.} Be5 32. Rxf5 Rxg1 33. Kxg1) 31... Kh7 $1 $11 32. Qd3 h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Bxc3 $1 $11 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34. Nxc3 h3) 33. exf5 $18 {Strongly threatening Rxg7+!} Qh4+ (33... Qe3+ $142 34. Qxe3 fxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Be5) 34. Kf1 Bxc3 35. Qxc3 {Threatening mate with Rg7+.} Rxg6 36. fxg6+ (36. Rxg6 Rg8 $18) 36... Kg8 {[#] ...h2 is the strong threat.} 37. Rg4 $1 Qe7 38. Rxf4 Rf8 39. Bg4 Rxf4+ 40. Nxf4 {White threatens Be6+ and mate.} h2 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Qf3 Qc2+ 43. Kh1 {White wants to mate with Ne6.} Nd2 44. Qf2 Qc1+ 45. Kxh2 {Intending Be6+ and mate.} Ne4 46. Be6+ Kf8 {[#]} 47. Nd3+ (47. g7+ $142 $1 Kxg7 48. Qg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 49. Qg6+ Ke5 50. Nd3+ Kd4 51. Nxc1 b5 52. Bf5) 47... Nxf2 48. Nxc1 Kg7 49. Bf7 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,73,81,52,79,50,49,46,43,53,79,61,61,61,61,56,66,62,66,54,67,64,85,86,95,64,83,64,79,43,111,111,107,102,211,237,235,223,218,97,512,469,447,60,66,64,66,61,63,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 {E99: King's Indian: Classical Main Line: 9 Ne1 Nd7 10 f3 f5} 14. Nb5 b6 15. b4 a6 {White is slightly better.} 16. Nc3 Rf7 {[#]} 17. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Na4 Bf8 21. Nxc5 Bd6 22. Ned3 {[#]} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... h5 23. h3 Nf8 24. Rc3 Rg7 25. Nf2 Qe7 26. Qc2 Rb8 27. Rc1 Rb6 28. a4 a5 {1-0 (74) Sinha,S (2283)-Proleiko,J (2152) Charlotte 2019}) 23. Qa4 Kg7 24. Qc6 Ra7 25. Rb1 h5 26. Rb8 Ne7 ({Black should try} 26... Rf8 $14) 27. Qe8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rf8 28. Qxh5 Ng6 (28... c6 $16 {was worth a try.} 29. Ne6+ Bxe6 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. dxe6 Kg7) 29. Rxc8 $18 Rxc8 30. Ne6+ Kg8 31. Nf2 (31. Nxg5 $18 {has better winning chances. Hoping for Qh7+.} Nf8 32. Nf7) 31... Ne7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Nf8 $16 {is tougher.}) 32. Ng4 {[%cal Rg4f6]} Qg6 {[#]} 33. Nh6+ $2 (33. Qh3 $1 $18) 33... Kh7 $14 34. Nxg5+ Kg7 35. Ne6+ Kh7 36. Ng5+ (36. Qxg6+ $14 Kxg6 37. Ng4) 36... Kg7 $11 37. Ne6+ {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,115,38,31,31,29,23,32,27,31,30,30,32,32,11,12,17,17,20,14,15,28,37,16,15,35,123,137,147,128,175,164,213,214,219,213,225,217,218,218,218,218,216,218,231,225,215,220,231,222,230,209,369,369,369,369,530,369,369,369,361,231,335,335,369,294,557,557,450,466,553,553,553,552,545,516,1252,1225,1225,1102,951,903,1393,2077,1532,1585,738,720,814,518,29973,29974,29974,29975,29978,29979,29980,29979,29979,29980,29982,29983,29983,29983,29986,29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bxc4 exd5 7. Nxd5 Be6 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} 8. Qb3 Bxd5 9. exd5 {[#]} Bd6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qc7 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Bh4 a6 15. a4 Ng4 {½-½ (55) Grote,D (2137)-Sonnenberger,J (2101) Germany 2004}) 10. Qxb7 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Qe7+ 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O Rab8 14. Qa6 Ne5 15. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re5h2]} 16. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Bf4 is the strong threat. Black is under pressure.} Ng4 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Qh5.} 17. Rae1 Rb6 18. Qa3 Rxb2 (18... Rb4 $14 19. h3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Qxb2) 19. Bg5 $16 Qd4 {[%cal Rg4f2]} 20. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d4]} Qxc4 21. Qxb2 h6 22. Qc1 Qxa2 23. Bf4 Qa6 24. Rfe1 Rd8 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qa1 a6 27. Re4 h5 28. h3 Nf6 29. Ra4 Ra8 30. Qa2 Nd7 31. Ra1 Ne5 $2 (31... Kf8 32. Qb3 Nf6) 32. Rxa6 $18 Rxa6 33. Qxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qd7 (33... Qxd5 $142 34. Qa8+ Qxa8 35. Rxa8+ Kh7) 34. Qa4 Qxd5 {[#]} 35. Qa8+ $1 Qxa8 36. Rxa8+ {KR-KN} Kh7 37. Rc8 Nd3 38. h4 g6 $2 (38... Kg6 {is a better defense.} 39. Kf1 Kf6 40. Rc6+ Ke7 41. Rc7+ Ke6) 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. Ke2 Nc1+ 41. Kd2 Nb3+ 42. Kc3 Nd4 43. Rxc5 Nf5 (43... Ne6 $142) 44. Kd3 Nh6 45. Ke4 Ng4 46. f3 Nf6+ 47. Kf4 Nd7 48. Rc7 Nf6 49. Ke5 Ng8 50. g4 {Black must now prevent g5.} hxg4 (50... Nf6 $18 51. g5 Ng8) 51. fxg4 {White mates.} Nf6 {[#]} 52. Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4a4]} Ng8 53. g5 Ne7 54. Rc7 Kf8 55. Rb7 Ng8 56. Kd6 Kg7 57. Rb8 f6 58. Rb7+ {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,42,16,24,0,36,30,26,20,28,31,43,35,64,29,58]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. Kb1 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line.} Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Ne5 O-O 20. g4 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Nd5 21. Bc1 c5 22. c4 Nf6 23. Be3 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Rfd8 25. f3 a6 26. Bb6 Rdc8 {½-½ (39) Jankunas,T (2093)-Zhukov,A (2161) Vilnius 2018}) 21. f3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,43,0,0,2,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O {The position is equal.} f6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 11. Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 11.Nc3.} bxc6 12. Be3 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Ba6 14. Re1 $1 Ba5 15. Nxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qh4 $1 {[%cal Re4f2]} 16. Nxa5 Rxf2 $1 {[#] White must now prevent ...Raf8!} 17. Nd2 $146 {Nxe4 is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Nc3 Rxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qxh3+ 20. Kg1 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ {½-½ (23) Jobava,B (2699)-Grischuk,A (2780) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 17... Rxg2+ $1 18. Kxg2 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qxh3+ 20. Kg1 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,115,-27,-31,-29,-40,-36,-39,-42,-38,-43,-56,-48,-53,-54,-60,-50,-77,-62,-106,-86,-105,-25,-25,-30,-16,-51,-43,0,2,200,135,122,132,369,351,295,-8,-8,-17,-8,-8,-8,-16,20,37,28,13,17,0,0,-68,267,263,258,260,245,231,202,164,1161,337,1162,1168,1161,1169,988,158,158,158,158,147,156,142,142,150,150,150,143,140,366,366,347,355,330,300,477,477,477,477,477,451,583,583,583,583,576,573,1869,1879,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. e4 d4 8. Ne2 c5 {A00: Irregular Openings} 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nh4 {[#]} Re8 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne8 11. Nf5 Bc7 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Nd6 14. Nh5 Nxf5 15. exf5 Be5 16. Bf4 f6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxe5 fxe5 {1-0 (41) Nilsson,A (2235)-Akvist,H (2122) Sweden 2013}) 11. a3 Be6 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. f4 f6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. g4 c4 16. Qg3 Nc5 17. fxe5 cxd3 (17... Nxe5 18. Nexd4 cxd3 19. Nxe6 $15) (17... fxe5 $17 18. Kh2 Kh8 19. dxc4 Bxc4) 18. cxd3 $11 Nxe5 19. g5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Nb3 21. Rb1 $1 {And now gxf6 would win.} Qc7 $2 (21... Nxc1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 22. Rxc1 Kh8) 22. Bf4 Qc2 23. Re1 Nxd3 $2 (23... Kh8 $16) 24. gxf6 $18 Re6 25. Rg5 $2 (25. Bh6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf6g7]} g6 26. Nf4 (26. f7+ Kh8 $18) 26... Bxh6 27. Nxe6) 25... Rxf6 $11 26. e5 Rb6 $1 27. Be4 $1 $132 {[%cal Re4d3][%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Nbc5 28. Bf5 $1 {Threatens to win with b4.} Nxe1 (28... Rxb2 29. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg7 30. Bh6 Ne6 31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. Qxg7+ Ke8 33. Qf8#) 29. Bxc2 Nxc2 30. b4 d3 31. Nc3 Ne6 32. Nd5 (32. Rg4 $11 Rd8 33. Ne4) 32... Nxg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Rd8 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 33. Qxd3 (33. Nxb6 $2 Nxf4 34. Qxf4 d2 $19) 33... Nxf4 34. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxf6 35. Qxd8 Rf7) 33. Nxb6 $18 Nd4 ({Much weaker is} 33... axb6 $6 34. Qxd3 Ne6 35. Qxc2 $18) 34. Kh1 axb6 35. Bxg5 Rxa3 36. Qg4 Nc6 $2 (36... h6) 37. Qe6+ Kh8 {[#]} 38. Qe8 $1 {[%cal Re8f8][%mdl 512]} Kg8 39. e6 {Threatening mate with Qf7+.} h6 40. Qf7+ $2 (40. e7 $18 Nxe7 41. Bxe7) 40... Kh7 $16 41. Qf5+ Kg8 {[#]} 42. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening b5.} Ra1+ (42... gxh6 43. Qf7+) 43. Kg2 {[%mdl 1024] Qf7+ is the strong threat. White has strong compensation.} Ra2+ 44. Kf1 {Black must now prevent Qf7+.} Ra1+ 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Ke3 {Hoping for Qf7+.} d2 $2 (46... Ne5 $16 {might work better.} 47. Kd4 Re2) 47. Qf7+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 48. Qxf8 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf8g7]} d1=N+ 49. Kd3 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf8g7]} Ne5+ (49... Kxh6 {is a better defense.} 50. e7 Ra3+ 51. Kc4 Nxe7) 50. Kd4 $1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf8g7]} ({Worse is} 50. Ke4 Re2+ 51. Kd5 (51. Kf5 $2 Rf2+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 52. Bf4 Ng6 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 51... Nc3+ 52. Kd4 Nb5+ 53. Kd5 Nc3+ 54. Kd4 Nb5+ 55. Kd5 Nc3+ $11) 50... Nc6+ 51. Kc4 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf8g7]} Kxh6 52. e7 $1 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rc2+ {[#]} 53. Kd3 $1 Nxb4+ {[#]} 54. Ke4 $1 Re2+ 55. Kf3 Re3+ 56. Kg4 Nd5 57. Qh8+ Kg6 58. Qe8+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Black "Morchiashvili, Bachana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,141,65,61,65,41,47,37,45,36,23,25,42,0,0,0,18,28,72,24,29,20,64,66,145,133,145,-79,-83,-83,461,459,600,579,577,448,449,444,425,454,619,619,613,585,542,552,610,322,308,273,258,239,254,253,246,210,374,366,345,330,318,295,529,475,347,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,230,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-64,-64,-77,-79,-60,-45,-101,-101,-117,-125,-190,-190,-513,-511,-507,-507,-494,-315,-356,-80,-80,-80,-80,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 {E99: King's Indian: Classical Main Line: 9 Ne1 Nd7 10 f3 f5.} 14. Nb5 b6 15. b4 Nf6 {White is slightly better.} 16. c5 g4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rc6 g3 19. hxg3 fxg3 20. Bxg3 Nh5 21. Bh2 Bh6 22. Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White fights for an advantage.} (22. Nxd6 Be3+ 23. Rf2 (23. Kh1 Qh4 24. Nf5 Rxf5 25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26. g4 Ng3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Kg2 Rh5 28. f4 Qh3+ 29. Kf3 Nxf1+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 30. Bg3 Qxg3#) 23... Bd7 $15) 22... Be3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Bd7 23. Rxd6 Qe7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Na3 Qg7 26. Nc2 Ngf4 27. g4 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 {½-½ (44) Woznica,M (2351)-Fritsche,F (2353) ICCF email 2018}) 23. Kh1 Bd7 (23... Rf6 $14) 24. Rxd6 $16 Qe7 25. g4 $2 (25. Rxd7 $1 $16 {is forced if you want to stay better.} Qxd7 26. d6 (26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Qe8 $15) 26... Qxb5 27. Qb3+ (27. Nf4 Qxb4 28. Qd5+ Kh8 $14) 27... Kh8 28. Nf4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack}) 25... Bxb5 $17 26. Re6 Qg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Qh4 $1 $17 {keeps the pressure on.} 27. gxh5 Bxd3 28. Bxd3 Nf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 27. gxh5 $18 Nh4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rg7g2]} 28. Ne1 Bd7 29. Qd3 Bd4 30. h6 Qf7 31. Bxe5 Qh5 {( -> ...Nxf3+)} 32. Bh2 Bf6 33. f4 Qxh6 34. Rd6 Be8 35. e5 Bg6 36. Rg1 Bg7 37. Rdxg6 Nxg6 38. Ng2 Kh8 {Black wants to play ...Nxe5.} 39. Qe4 Rac8 $2 (39... Rae8) 40. Bg4 Rc3 {intending ...Rg3.} 41. d6 Rg3 42. Qe2 $1 Rxg2 $2 (42... Nxf4 43. Nxf4 Rxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Rxf4) 43. Qxg2 Nxf4 44. Qe4 $2 ({Only move:} 44. Qd2 $18 Qh4 45. Qe3) 44... Ng6 $11 45. Kg2 Nh4+ 46. Kh1 Ng6 47. d7 {Hoping for e6.} Bxe5 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh6h2]} 48. Qe2 Bxh2 49. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 50. Kxh2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne5 $1 51. Rd1 Nxg4+ {KRN-KR} 52. Kg3 Rd8 $1 {aiming for ...Nf6.} 53. Kxg4 {KR-KR} Kg7 54. Kf5 Kf7 55. Ke5 {Threatens to win with Kd6.} Ke7 56. Rh1 Rh8 57. Rd1 (57. Rh6 $11) 57... h5 $15 58. Rd4 Kd8 $1 59. Kf6 {Kg7 is the strong threat.} Rh7 60. Rh4 ({Better is} 60. a4 $15) 60... Kxd7 $17 61. Kg6 Rh8 62. Kg7 (62. Kf5 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 62... Re8 $19 63. Rxh5 $2 {[#]} (63. Kg6) 63... Re2 $1 {[%cal Re2a2]} 64. a4 Re4 65. Kf6 Kc6 66. Rh7 {[#]} a6 $2 ({Not} 66... Rxb4 67. Rxa7 Rg4 68. Kf5 $11) (66... a5 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 67. bxa5 bxa5) 67. a5 $17 Rxb4 68. axb6 a5 (68... Rxb6 $17 69. Ke5 Kc5) 69. b7 $11 {The position is equal.} a4 70. Rh4 Rxb7 71. Rxa4 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,78,6,8,27,33,34,28,38,32,44,49,43,49,68,58,69,74,72,55,70,74,116,58,56,57,65,65,80,76,58,58,56,58,60,54,47,45,43,44,49,50,56,58,31,11,0,-232,-221,-231,-233,-242,-256,-254,-281,-126,-135,-127,-128,-128,-120,-131,-129,-244,-152,-144,-139,-116,0,-108,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 h6 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} 7. b4 a6 8. e3 {[#]} Nf6 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8... f5 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. O-O Nh5 12. b5 axb5 13. cxb5 Ne7 14. a4 Kh7 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (37) Khasin,A (2470)-Svidler,P (2550) Elista 1994}) 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nd7 14. h4 h5 15. Bh3 a5 {[#]} 16. a3 (16. b5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. f4) 16... axb4 $14 17. axb4 Nb6 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. c5 Na4 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qb3 Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qc4 b5 24. Qc7 Qb8 25. Qc6 {Threatens to win with Be7.} Ra7 26. Ra1 Be5 27. f4 Bg7 28. f5 $2 (28. e5 $11 {and White is okay.} dxe5 29. f5) 28... Rc8 $19 29. Qd5 Nc3 30. Qb3 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 {Hoping for fxg6.} d5 $1 32. Kf2 {[#] and if fxg6 works, White does fine.} Nxe4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. dxe4 Rc3 {[%mdl 64] ( -> ...Qxg3+). Double Attack} 34. Bf4 Qxf4+ $1 (34... Rxb3 $2 {is the wrong capture.} 35. Bxb8 dxe4 36. fxg6 $16) 35. gxf4 Rxb3 36. Ra8+ (36. Bg2 $17) 36... Bf8 37. Bg2 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Rb3+ 39. Kf2 Rb2+ {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 86%.} ({Better is} 39... d3 $17 40. Rd8 gxf5 41. exf5 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Kg7 43. Rxd5 d2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:32]} 8. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:08:22]} 10. Nb5 {[%emt 0:09:27]} Na6 {[%emt 0:09:24]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:06:29]} c6 {[%emt 0:08:14]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:12:18]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 13. bxc3 {[%emt 0:07:44]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:10]} 14. d5 {[%emt 0:16:05]} exd5 {[%emt 0:11:13]} 15. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 16. d6 {[%emt 0:06:55]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 17. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 18. c4 {[%emt 0:09:09]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 19. cxb5 {[%emt 0:10:57]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 20. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 21. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 22. h4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:06:34]} 23. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. Qc1 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:06:39]} 26. a3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Na2 {[%emt 0:07:55]} 27. Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 28. Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 29. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 30. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:05:20]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nxa3 {[%emt 0:08:12]} 32. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 33. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 34. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 35. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 36. Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 37. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 38. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 39. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 40. Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxa3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 42. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 43. g4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 44. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 45. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 46. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 47. Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 48. gxh5 {[%emt 0:08:13]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 50. f3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} h4+ {[%emt 0:01:42]} 51. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 52. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 53. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 54. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 55. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} h3+ {[%emt 0:06:51]} 56. Kxh3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 57. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 58. Kg3 {[%emt 0:04:55]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 59. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 60. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 61. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 62. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 63. Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 64. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Morchiashvili, Bachana"]
[Black "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:09:01]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:18]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. f4 {[%emt 0:04:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 11. f5 {[%emt 0:12:14]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 12. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:15]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 14. Rae1 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:06:34]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:46]} 16. Nf3 {[%emt 0:09:02]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:04:37]} 17. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:07:59]} 18. Nc1 {[%emt 0:16:09]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:07:05]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 20. a5 {[%emt 0:07:50]} h4 {[%emt 0:06:05]} 21. axb6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 22. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 23. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:01]} h3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:08:38]} 26. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 27. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:03:36]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 28. Qc4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:24]} 29. f6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 30. Nd3 {[%emt 0:08:13]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 31. b4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 32. bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 33. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 34. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 35. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 36. Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 37. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 0-1

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,141,9,7,30,16,28,38,31,15,39,16,50,16,56,52,50,42,49,32,48,14,8,14,15,11,31,19,16,18,21,13,10,7,19,0,2,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-9,-21,0,-6,-4,-16,0,0,0,-21,-16,-16,0,-59,-11,-79,-70,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-12,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-97,-79,-30,-63,0,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-63,-63,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,0,-52,-52,-52,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-52,-52,-52]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 h6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 9. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 9.Re1.} Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 e5 {[#]} 13. a3 $146 (13. c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Qc7 14. Nc4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 Be6 14. c5 Qc7 15. Qa4 Nd7 16. a3 a5 17. Nb3 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 a4 19. Qd5 {1-0 (42) Harikrishna,P (2730)-Godart,F (2419) Brest 2019}) 13... Qc7 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Re6 20. Nf3 Rae8 21. Nd2 Nb8 22. c5 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nf6 24. Qg2 e4 25. Nd6 R8e7 26. dxe4 (26. Rc4 {with more complications.} exd3 27. Qf3 d2 28. Rxd4 b6 29. Rxd2 bxc5 30. Nf5) 26... Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Qf3 Qd7 {[#] White must now prevent ...d3.} 29. Rcd1 Qd5 30. Rd2 b6 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Rfd1 Rd7 (32... R7e5 {is more complex.} 33. Rf1 Qe6 34. Kg2 g6 35. Qd3 Qd5) 33. Kg2 Rd6 34. Kg1 h5 35. h4 g6 36. Rd3 (36. a4 $11) 36... Kg7 37. Qg2 (37. Kg2 $11 {remains equal.}) 37... Qe5 $17 38. a4 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Re2 40. a5 bxa5 41. bxa5 Ra2 42. Qf1 Rf6 (42... Qc5 $17) 43. R1d2 (43. Kg1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43... Qxa5 44. Qe2 Rxd2 45. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd5 46. Qd1 Rf3 47. Qa1 Rf6 ({Better is} 47... Kh7 $15) 48. Qxd4 (48. Qd1 $1 $11) 48... Qxd4 $15 49. Rxd4 Rxf2+ $11 {KR-KR} 50. Kg1 Rc2 51. Ra4 Kf6 52. Ra5 Ke6 53. Rb5 Rd2 54. Ra5 Rd5 55. Ra7 f6 56. Kg2 Kf5 57. Ra4 Rd2+ 58. Kf3 Rd3+ 59. Kf2 Rd5 (59... Rb3 $15) 60. Rb4 (60. Kg2 $1 $11) 60... Re5 61. Kf3 g5 62. hxg5 fxg5 63. Ra4 Rb5 64. Rc4 Rb3+ 65. Kg2 Rb2+ 66. Kg1 g4 67. Rc5+ Ke4 68. Rxh5 Kf3 69. Ra5 Re2 70. Ra3+ Re3 $1 {[%cal Re3a3]} 71. Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,35,18,20,12,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O {The position is equal.} 13. Bf4 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} a5 {[#]} 14. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a4 Bd6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. h3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Rd3 Nh5 20. Rad1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. b3 Bd6 23. Qd2 Bb4 24. Qe2 Bd6 25. Qd2 Bb4 {½-½ (25) Gagunashvili,M (2546)-Popov,I (2644) Kolkata 2013}) 14... a4 15. h3 axb3 16. axb3 Qb6 17. Qc2 c5 18. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,14,11,30,35,34,28,37,10,16,0,0,3,15,14,12,0,0,0,15,16,0,10,36,13,10,8,15,16,15,15,22,19,25,21,24,14,19,19,25,26,28,25,31,18,33,5,5,5,27,5,10,0,19,19,19,20,20,20,26,19,35,26,33,33]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 c5 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Qe7 {White has an edge.} 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bf5 Rad8 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 ({Don't play} 16... Qxd7 17. Na4 $16) 17. dxc5 Nxc5 {[#]} 18. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Nd4 Bb8 19. g3 Ne6 20. Na4 b5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. e4 Ba7 24. b4 Qg5 {½-½ (24) Zueger,B (2425)-Khenkin,I (2590) Switzerland 2010}) 18... Ne4 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. Qd3 Ng5 21. Ned4 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 f6 (22... Rxc1 {with more complications.} 23. Rxc1 Qe4 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 b5) 23. h3 Qd7 24. Nd4 Be5 25. Qd2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rd1 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Qe6 29. a4 Qd6 30. Ra1 Rc6 31. Qe2 Qc7 32. Qg4 Bc8 33. Qh5 {[%cal Rh5e8] [#]} Qf7 (33... h6 {seems wilder.} 34. Qg6 a5 35. Bb2 Qe7 36. Qd3 Qe4) 34. Qf3 Be6 35. Qf4 Qb7 36. b4 {Threatens to win with b5.} b5 37. axb5 Qxb5 38. Bc5 Qb7 39. Qd4 Qc8 40. Ra5 h6 41. Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,67,25,12,27,18,15,21,32,23,25,12,12,13,27,11,28,29,55,-9,-8,-7,-9,-13,-16,-46,3,-30,0,-44,100,94,81,69,112,67,136,130,201,195,260,256,303,300,585,591,572,354,712,688,714,725,721,665,564,562]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 h6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 9. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 4] scores much better than the old 9.Re1.} Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. a3 a5 13. Rc1 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd7 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Qc2 a4 16. Nh4 g5 17. Nf3 Ra5 18. Rce1 b6 19. h4 g4 {½-½ (127) Bacallao Alonso,Y (2588)-Godart,F (2431) Batumi 2018}) 14. c5 Qc7 $1 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Re1 ({Better is} 16. Nb6 $14) 16... Nd7 $1 $11 17. Qe2 {[%cal Rf3e5]} e4 18. dxe4 Nxc5 19. Ncd2 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Ncd2 Qe7 (21... b6 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 22. Qb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Na6 23. Ne5 Nab8 24. Ndc4 a4 {[#]} (24... Nxe5 $14 25. Nxe5 Nc6) 25. Nd3 $1 Rd8 (25... Na7 $16 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Nd7 28. Nxe6 (28. Nxb7 Nb5 $14) 28... fxe6) 26. e5 $18 Bxc4 (26... Bf5 $142 27. Nd6 Ra5 28. Qxb7 (28. Nxf5 Rxb5 29. Nxe7+ Nxe7 $16) 28... Bxd3) 27. Qxc4 Ra5 28. e6 fxe6 $2 (28... f5 29. Nf4 Re8) 29. Rxe6 ({Not} 29. Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Rxe6 Qf7 $14) 29... Qf7 30. Rce1 {Re8+ would kill now.} Nd7 $2 (30... Rf8 31. Bd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Nd7) 31. Bxc6 {White is clearly winning.} bxc6 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Rxe8+ Nf8 {[#]} 34. Rxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin. Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "79th GEO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2020.02.09"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.01.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,65,12,21,25,18,27,16,18,16,107,103,115,117,113,105,102,101,104,102,106,99,93,108,116,122,210,202,246,253,253,102,255,0,0,0,-12,-211,-203,-202,-196,-378,-386,-370,0,0,0,-4,0,-2]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 {[#]} Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nf3 a6 18. h3 h6 19. Qc1 Nh5 {1-0 (19) Manolache,M (2513)-Baratosi,D (2448) Belgrade 2007}) 13. Nxe4 {[%cal Bc3e4,Be4g5,Bg5e6][%mdl 32]} c5 (13... Bc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 14. Neg5 $16 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7]} g6 {[#]} 15. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} e5 (15... exd5 16. Rfe1) 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. h4 f6 18. Ne6 Rf7 19. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nf8 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Nh2 $1 {[%cal Rh2g4] Black must now prevent Ng4.} Bc8 {[#]} (21... Nf8 $16) 22. f4 $1 $18 ({Less strong is} 22. Ng4 Bxe6 23. Nh6+ (23. dxe6 Rff8 $14) 23... Kh8 $16) 22... exf4 23. Ng4 Be5 24. Nh6+ ({Stronger than} 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxe6 $11) 24... Kh8 {[#]} 25. Rxe5 $2 ({Weaker is} 25. Nxf7+ Qxf7 26. Bxe5 fxe5 $16) (25. Nxf4 $1 $18 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 25... fxe5 $11 26. Nxf7+ Qxf7 27. Qe4 $2 (27. Bxe5+ $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Nxe5 28. Qc3) 27... Bxe6 $19 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. g3 $2 (29. Bc3) 29... Qg4 30. Rf3 Rd8 $2 ({Black should try} 30... h5 $19 {aiming for ...h4.} 31. Kf1 Kh7) 31. Bxe5+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. The position is equal.} Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Rd1+.} 32. Bxf4 $1 Nxf4 33. Qxf4 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 72%.} *

