[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,0,12,0,14,14,14,10,15,0,9,3,14,6,15,0,0,4,6,10,37,-15,-13,-33,-10,-16,0,-2,-6,-12,-6,-7,-18,-53,0,0,0,-9,-7,-18,-4,-9,-4,-4,-6,-14,0,-6,6,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 Bd7 8. b3 Qc8 9. h3 O-O 10. Bb2 a6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rd1 b5 13. Nf4 Re8 14. Ncd5 e5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Ba1 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. h4 h5 20. O-O {½-½ (20) Rakhmanov,A (2653)-Mamedov,R (2709) Riadh 2017}) 6... Qd7 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Nd5 e5 10. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e3 Nge7 11. Ne2 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Ne7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 {0-1 (31) Hansen,S (2583)-Hillarp Persson,T (2546) Malmo 2018}) 10... Nge7 11. e4 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qe7 15. h4 (15. O-O $14) 15... f5 16. h5 O-O-O 17. O-O-O exf4 18. gxf4 Bxb2+ 19. Qxb2 {[#] Black must now prevent hxg6.} Rhf8 20. Rde1 Qf7 21. Rh4 Qe7 ({Black should play} 21... fxe4 $15 22. hxg6 (22. dxe4 Qe7 $15) 22... Qxg6 23. Bxe4 Qg3) 22. Rhh1 $11 {The position is equal.} Qf7 23. Ref1 Kb8 24. Rhg1 fxe4 25. Bxe4 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Bxd5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6 Qf6 (27... Qe6 {seems wilder.} 28. f5 Qe3+ 29. Qd2 Qd4 30. Kc2 Qf6) 28. f5 Rd7 29. Qxf6 Rxf6 30. Bh5 Kc7 31. Rg6 Rdf7 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Bg6 Kd7 34. Kd2 Rf8 35. d4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,116,29,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,6,20,17,33,37,29,33,38,25,41,30,62,48,90,78,90,82,99,85,81,81,82,78,61,20,14,17,11,7,6,7,7,8,20,28,25,21,34,27,38,38,43,42,64,54,74,74,79,24,24,12,12,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,24,7,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Nb5 {aiming for Qd6.} (10. Bxf6 $5 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 $14) 10... Nxe4 {Hoping for ...a6. D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} 11. Qd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} O-O 12. Qxe4 a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 13. O-O $146 {Threatens to win with Be7.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Be7 axb5 14. Bb4 Qc7 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Bb3 Qxc3+ 17. Ke2 Qb2+ 18. Ke3 Qc3+ 19. Ke2 Qb2+ 20. Ke3 Qc3+ 21. Ke2 Qb2+ {½-½ (21) Zhou,J (2613)-Wei,Y (2727) China 2017}) 13... axb5 14. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} f5 15. Qe2 Nc6 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Bxb5 f4 18. f3 e5 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. a4 Kh8 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Bc1 e4 23. fxe4 Ne5 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32] [#] ...Bg4 is the strong threat.} 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Rf1 Nc5 26. Ba3 {Strongly threatening Qb5.} Rxe4 27. Qb5 Re5 28. Rde1 {Black must now prevent Rxe5.} (28. Bxc5 {with more complications.} Rxc5 29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Qxc5 h6 31. h3) 28... Rc8 29. Rxe5 (29. Qc4 {looks sharper.} Rxe1 30. Rxe1 h6 31. Rf1 Qb6 32. Kh1) 29... Qxe5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxf4 $11 {[%cal Rf4f8][%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} h6 33. Rf3 Kg8 34. Rd3 Ra5 35. Rd7 Rxa4 36. Rxb7 Ra2 37. h4 Kh7 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. Rc7 Kg6 40. Kg3 (40. Kh3 $16) 40... Kh5 $1 41. Rc5+ g5 $1 42. Kh3 {Black should prevent g4+.} Rd3+ 43. g3 Re3 44. Kg2 Rd3 45. Rc4 Re3 46. hxg5 hxg5 {The position is equal.} 47. Kh3 Rd3 48. Rc8 g4+ 49. Kg2 Rd2+ 50. Kf1 Rc2 51. c4 Kg5 52. c5 Kf6 53. c6 Ke7 54. c7 Kd6 55. Rd8+ Kxc7 56. Rd4 Kc6 57. Kg1 Kc5 58. Rxg4 Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,63,33,30,29,24,23,22,31,6,7,0,0,13,18,18,39,29,25,29,18,23,27,19,23,20,25,14,22,0,97,33,57,10,7,6,10,0,20,3,4,10,5,6,6,6,3,7,7,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 Bd7 9. O-O O-O {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 10. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rb1 Re8 11. d5 Na5 12. e4 Bxb5 13. Rxb5 b6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Qe2 c6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Rd1 {1-0 (33) Inarkiev,E (2693)-Najer,E (2670) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Na5 11. Bd3 f5 12. e4 f4 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxf3 (14... c6 {seems wilder.} 15. Qa4 b6 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Qc2 Qe7) 15. Bxf3 b6 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Bd2 g6 19. Be1 Kg7 20. Rac1 h5 21. h3 c5 22. Kf1 Nc6 (22... cxd4 $11 23. cxd4 Ba3) 23. Qb5 (23. d5 $16 Na5 24. c4) 23... Rc8 $14 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 24. dxc5 (24. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nd8 25. c4 $14) 24... Bxc5 {The position is equal.} 25. Rd5 Rfd8 26. Rcd1 {[#] And now Rxd8 would win.} Rd6 27. R1d3 Rcd8 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Bd1 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Na5 31. Qd5 Qd6 32. Qxd6 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,85,25,37,35,30,25,29,27,27,25,25,14,22,16,15,12,17,24,19,25,22,19,39,38,45,33,38,37,35,25,53,45,35,14,32,14,23,23,25,4,22,21,27,31,34,0,43,40,76,42,54,22,24,8,12,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,7,7,12,15,15,9,15,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 ({Wrong is} 9... Bxa2 $2 10. b3 $18) 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Ng5 {White has an edge.} Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. Be2 Rde8 15. Rhe1 Re7 16. Bf1 Rhe8 {½-½ (34) Wang,Y (2699)-Li,C (2744) Huocheng County 2017}) 13... O-O-O 14. b3 h5 15. h3 Rhe8 16. Be2 Bf7 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Re7 19. g5 Rde8 20. Bf1 Be6 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Be3 Rh7 23. Rxh7 Qxh7 24. c4 Bf5 25. Kb2 Qe7 26. Qc3 Qe5 27. Be2 Nb4 28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. c3 ({Don't play} 29. Bxa7 Nxc2 30. Bh5 Rf8 $15) 29... Nc6 30. Bf3 a6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Bxc5 (32. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 33. c4 $16) 32... Rd8 33. Rxd8+ (33. Rg1 {feels hotter.} e4 34. Bh5 Ne5 35. Be3 Nd3+ 36. Kc2) 33... Nxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 34. c4 Ne6 {The position is equal.} 35. Be3 c5 36. a3 a5 37. Kc3 Kc7 38. Bd1 b6 39. b4 axb4+ 40. axb4 cxb4+ 41. Kxb4 Nd4 42. Bh6 Ne6 43. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,70,18,14,18,11,14,11,10,11,11,11,11,16,12,14,19,14,17,11,20,9,11,11,10,10,9,10,21,20,26,22,18,19,25,22,20,16,20,11,11,18,14,12,11,8,14,8,8,8,8,0,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 12. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c4 Bd7 {½-½ (30) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Anand,V (2782) Riadh 2017}) 12... Bd7 13. c4 Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. c5 (20. f3 {is interesting.} Ba4 21. f4 Bc6 22. c5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Ne4 24. cxb6 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 axb6 26. Kf3) 20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 24. Kf3 Nc6 25. Ke3 Kf8 26. Kd3 b5 27. Ba3+ Ke8 $1 {The position is equal.} 28. f4 f5 29. e4 fxe4+ 30. Kxe4 Nf6+ 31. Kf3 e5 32. f5 Kf7 33. Bb2 g6 34. fxg6+ Kxg6 35. h3 h5 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,119,0,0,15,15,15,25,15,18,14,41,27,-39,80,84,75,77,86,83,84,83,77,77,68,68,83,77,81,81,83,69,88,85,88,82,93,86,67,21,22,22,32,23,72,0,9,9,12,0,0,0,27,50,91,3,106,93,101,45,52,8,8,8,9,8,125,115,207,207,199,194,3654,2582,6179,5991,6149,5189,6589,5575,29959,29958,29958,29955,29959,29961,29963,29963,29964,29965,29965,29966,29966,29967,29964,29967,29963,29965,29963,29963,29966,29967,10847,4622]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn} 11. fxe6 Bxe6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 {White has an edge.} 13. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e6]} Nbd7 {Hoping for ...Nc5.} 14. Bxe6 ({Reject} 14. Rxb7 Nc5 $17) 14... Nc5 {[#]} 15. Bc4 $146 (15. Bf5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15. Bf5 g6 16. O-O gxf5 17. Rxf5 Rf8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (30) Wen,Y (2596)-Li,C (2725) Hangzhou 2018}) 15... Ncxe4 (15... Rc8 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 16. Nxe4 $16 Nxe4 17. Bf7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxf7 18. Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 19. Qxe4 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4e7]} Qa5+ 20. Kd1 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4e7]} ({Don't play} 20. Bd2 Qe5 $11) 20... Qxg5 21. Rxb7 Rf8 {And now ...Rc8 would win.} 22. Re1 {[%cal Rb7e7]} Rf7 {[#]} 23. Rxe7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe7 24. Qxa8+ {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KQR-KQR} Kf7 25. Rf1+ Kg6 {With the idea ...Re5.} 26. Qxa6 Qe5 27. Qd3+ Kh6 28. c3 Qxh2 29. Qd2+ Kg6 $1 30. Rf4 Re6 31. Qc2+ (31. a4 $16) 31... Kh6 $11 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 32. Qf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with Rh4+. White has some pressure.} Qh5+ 33. Kd2 {Strongly threatening Rh4.} Qd5+ 34. Kc1 g6 (34... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 35. Ra4 Qd3 36. Qf8+ Kg6 37. Qg8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 38. Qf8+ Kg6 39. Qg8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 40. Qf8+ Kg6 $11) 35. a4 Qe5 36. Kc2 (36. Kb2 $1 $16) 36... g5 (36... Qe2+ $11 37. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 38. Kb3 Rxg2) 37. Rd4 $16 Kg6 38. Qf3 (38. Kb3 $16) 38... h5 $1 $14 39. Rd5 Qe2+ 40. Qxe2 $1 Rxe2+ $11 {KR-KR} 41. Rd2 Re6 (41... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. a5 $16 h4 (42... Kf6 $16 {was necessary.} 43. Kb3 Ke7) 43. Kb3 $18 g4 44. Kb4 $1 Re1 $2 (44... d5 45. Kb5 h3) 45. Ra2 $1 Rb1+ 46. Kc4 h3 47. gxh3 gxh3 48. a6 Rb8 49. Kd5 Ra8 50. Kxd6 h2 51. Rxh2 Rxa6+ 52. Kd5 Kf7 {[#]} 53. Re2 $1 Ra8 54. c4 Rd8+ 55. Kc6 Rc8+ {[#]} 56. Kb5 $1 Rb8+ 57. Ka6 Rc8 58. Re4 Kf6 59. Kb7 Kf5 60. Rd4 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,30,0,6,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 {½-½ (14) Vallejo Pons,F (2713)-Andreikin,D (2723) Porto Carras 2018}) 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 15. Qe4+ {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 13,68,25,20,0,0,8,22,0,23,38,24,24,24,24,27,24,24,17,20,19,40,9,9,23,8,10,10,11,14,12,9,12,13,12,10,0,6,0,9,4,7,7,8,10,18,15,30,0,41,-21,-21,0,0,-195,-202,-613,-597]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 {The position is equal.} Rb8 11. b3 d6 {[%cal Rf7e5]} 12. Bf4 $1 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. Qe2 Nd8 14. Nbd2 Ne6 15. Qe3 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 {½-½ (49) Inarkiev,E (2702)-Gelfand,B (2729) Nazran 2017}) 13. h4 e6 {White should prevent ...g5.} 14. exd6 {And now d7! would win.} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxd6 17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Rd8 $1 20. Rxc5 Rxd3 {With the idea ...Rd1+.} 21. Na3 Bd7 22. Ra5 Rb7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. c4 Kg7 25. c5 Kf6 26. Nc4 e5 27. Nd6 Rc7 28. f3 Ke6 29. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rd5 30. b4 Rd4 31. a3 ({White should play} 31. Ra3 $14) 31... g4 $11 32. Ra6 {[#] Threatens to win with Nb5.} Kd5 $1 33. Nf7 $2 (33. fxg4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} fxg4 34. Kf2) 33... e4 $19 34. fxg4 $2 (34. fxe4+ fxe4 35. b5 Kxc5 36. a4) 34... Bc8 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 9,136,30,27,29,40,30,31,0,6,0,0,3,46,34,29,45,72,67,68,71,113,118,136,134,136,113,130,113,143,108,118,105,138,149,147,145,151,151,153,138,152,147,154,125,125,125,122,114,125,114,115,115,127,127,127,125,125,125,125,133,118,118,110,109,129,118,124,124,134,123,124,123,121,79,135,116,118,130,158,169,347,167,168,171,245,234,255,257,253,245,366,379,552,488,744,744,672,638,566,53,77,76,84,126,83,70,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 (5... Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O b6 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Ne6 13. bxc5 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qe1 O-O 16. Rb1 e4 17. dxe4 {0-1 (36) Wang,H (2730)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018}) 6. O-O {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qe1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. h3 b6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Qd2 h6 11. a3 a5 12. Nh2 Nh5 13. Ne2 {½-½ (36) Hairapetian,A-Alaverdyan,L Yerevan 2005}) 8... Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. a3 Be7 11. Qb1 Nf4 12. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ne2+ 13. Kh1 Nd4 14. Ng1 g5 15. bxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxg5 Rg8 17. Bh4 $1 Be7 18. Bg3 O-O-O 19. Nc4 f6 20. a4 Ne6 21. f3 Bh5 22. Bf2 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Ne2 Bf7 {intending ...Bxc4.} 25. Ne3 Qa5 {Black wants to play ...Qd2.} 26. Qe1 Qxe1 27. Rfxe1 a5 28. Kg1 h5 29. h4 Kc7 30. Kf2 Be6 31. Rg1 Rh8 32. Rh1 Rd7 33. Rhd1 Bf7 34. d4 exd4 35. Rxd4 ({Don't take} 35. Nxd4 Rhd8 $14) 35... Rxd4 36. Nxd4 Rd8 37. Ne2 Rd2 38. Ke1 Rd8 39. Nf5 Ra8 40. Nc3 Be6 41. Ne3 Kd6 (41... Rd8 $142) 42. Rd1+ Ke7 43. Rd4 Ra6 44. Kd2 Rb6 $2 {[#]} (44... Ra8 45. Ne2 Rd8) 45. Nf5+ (45. Rd5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxd5 46. Ncxd5+ Kd7 47. Nxb6+ Kd6 48. Nbc4+ Kd7 49. Nxa5) 45... Bxf5 46. exf5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb2 (46... Kf7 {was worth a try.} 47. Rf4 Rb2) 47. Rc4 Kd6 48. Ne4+ Nxe4+ 49. Rxe4 {KR-KR} Ra2 (49... Rb1 {keeps fighting.} 50. Re6+ Kd5 51. Rxf6 Rb4) 50. g4 hxg4 (50... Ra3 {is a better defense.} 51. g5 (51. gxh5 Rxf3 52. Re6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd5 $11) 51... fxg5) 51. fxg4 Kd5 (51... Ra3 $142 52. Re6+ Kd5) 52. Kd3 Ra3+ 53. c3 b5 {[#]} 54. h5 $2 (54. g5 $1 $18) 54... b4 {[#]} 55. Rd4+ $1 Ke5 56. Rc4 Rxa4 57. h6 ({But not} 57. Rxc6 $6 bxc3 58. Rxc3 Rxg4 $11) 57... Ra1 $1 58. cxb4 (58. Re4+ $14 Kd5 59. g5) 58... axb4 $11 {The position is equal.} 59. Rxc6 Ra3+ 60. Kc4 Rc3+ 61. Kb5 {Hoping for g5.} Rh3 62. Kxb4 Rxh6 63. Kc5 Rh1 64. Re6+ Kf4 65. Rxf6 {Rg6 is the strong threat.} Kxg4 66. Kd6 Kg5 67. Ke7 Ra1 {( -> ...Ra7+)} 68. Rf8 Ra7+ {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 20,87,16,0,12,0,0,12,20,20,22,20,20,17,33,18,20,20,21,20,20,20,27,38,32,26,45,44,58,32,27,31,37,33,30,8,10,10,11,12,10,12,19,12,15,12,10,10,6,6,14,10,11,12,12,13,16,22,24,25,56,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 ({Predecessor:} 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O d5 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c4 {½-½ (38) Vogel,J (2166)-Berkovich,M (2359) Groningen 2012}) 2... e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 Be6 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} O-O 13. Re1 $146 (13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Qb3 Rac8 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Bd5 {1-0 (78) Lenderman,A (2630)-Vidit,S (2711) chess.com INT 2018}) 13... Qd7 14. a3 a5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ng4 17. Nf3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qd6 19. Rc1 {With the idea c5.} Rac8 20. Bxb7 Rc5 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Qf3 (24. Nd3 {looks sharper.} Bd6 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qd1 f4 27. Qg4) 24... Qxf3 25. Nxf3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} f6 26. Rc1 Bb6 27. Ne1 Kf7 28. Nd3 Ke7 29. Rc6 Rb8 30. Kg2 Kd7 31. Rc2 Ba7 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Bb6 34. Kf3 Ra8 35. Ke4 Ra3 $1 {[#] White must now prevent ...f5+!} 36. Nc5+ Bxc5 37. Rxc5 $11 {KR-KR} Ra2 38. Rh5 h6 39. f4 Rb2 40. Rd5+ Kc6 {[#] And now ...Re2+ would win.The position is equal.} 41. Rxd4 Rxh2 42. Kf5 Rg2 43. g4 g5 44. fxg5 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,67,38,37,50,27,34,12,15,7,16,-16,21,16,38,27,40,26,60,65,87,60,77,70,131,123,139,138,149,88,320,325,403,402,444,277,441,444,420,427,364,275,458,451,923,916,890,886,29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. d5 b5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (11... Nd7 12. c4 Qa3 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. O-O Ne5 17. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxf3 19. Rc3 {0-1 (40) Kramnik,V (2783)-Grischuk,A (2792) Stavanger 2014}) 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O (13. c4 {feels hotter.} b4 14. O-O Rad8 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. h3) 13... Bxf3 {The position is equal.} 14. Bxf3 c4 15. Be2 Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qa3 16. f4 Nc5 17. e5 Rad8 18. Bf3 f6 19. e6 {1-0 (32) Kantorik,M (2289)-Hlas,J (2207) Zvolen 2000}) 16. f4 Nb6 17. Bf3 Qa3 18. h4 e6 19. h5 Na4 {[%cal Rg7c3]} 20. hxg6 hxg6 {[%cal Ra4c3]} 21. f5 exf5 (21... Bxc3 $14 22. Qf2 exf5) 22. exf5 $16 Qd6 (22... gxf5 23. Bh5 $14) 23. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qb6+ {[#]} 24. Kh1 $1 gxf5 $2 (24... Qf6 $16 {might work better.}) 25. d6 $18 Rab8 26. Bd5 (26. d7 Nc5 $18) 26... Nc5 27. Bg3 {And now Bxf7+! would win.} Ne6 (27... Ne4 $142 28. Bxe4 fxe4) 28. Rxf5 Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Qe3 Qb6 $2 (30... b4 31. Qf3 (31. Bxc4 bxc3 32. Bd5 a6 $16) (31. Qxa7 Rf8 $18) 31... Rd8 32. Bxc4 Qe7) 31. Qf3 Rf8 (31... Rd8 $142 32. Rf1 Qd6) 32. Rf1 {[%cal Rf5f7]} Nd8 33. Rh5 {[#] White threatens Qe4 and mate.} Qc7 34. Qe4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,131,30,28,30,27,27,32,13,29,30,35,35,27,31,26,28,36,31,21,22,62,19,24,12,9,8,6,5,0,0,18,23,10,24,45,52,53,53,58,65,118,117,89,0,0,0,80,83,104,32,39,26,64,64,64,77,73,65,96,96,119,119,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,120,126,120,504,476,556,555,388,0,120,120,120,142,497,482,496,547,526,535,501,476,786,0,119,0,770,722,1243,1047,1258,1231,1131,1122,1450,1122,29964,29965,29945,29937,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 ({Wrong is} 9... Bxa2 $2 10. b3 $18) 10. Kb1 (10. h3 Bf6 11. g4 h6 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. b3 g5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 {½-½ (39) Cheparinov,I (2679)-Wang,Y (2684) China 2019}) 10... Bf6 11. h4 {White is slightly better.} O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be5 14. Qe3 Qa4 15. b3 Qa5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Be2 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rde8 18. Kb2 f6 19. Rd2 {½-½ (19) Walka,W (2264)-Koch,H (2292) GER email 2016}) 18. c4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Bd3 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 22. Re1 f6 {[#]} 23. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re8 (23... exf4 24. Rxe6) 24. fxe5 Bg8 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bf5+ Kb8 27. e6 {Black must now prevent e7.} c5 (27... c6 $14) 28. Re3 $16 Kc7 29. Rg3 (29. g3 $16) 29... Bxe6 $11 30. Rg7+ Kb8 (30... Kd6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 31. Bxe6 Kxe6) 31. Be4 $16 Bc8 32. Bd5 (32. Bf3 $1 $16) 32... Re2 $14 33. Bf3 Rd2 34. Bxh5 Bf5 35. Bf3 Rd7 36. Rg8+ Ka7 37. Kc1 $1 Re7 38. Rf8 Be4 39. Rxf6 Bxf3 40. gxf3 $16 {KR-KR} Re2 41. Rh6 Rf2 42. Rh3 h5 43. Kb2 Ka6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Kb8 $16 44. Rxh5 Rxf3) 44. a4 $1 $18 h4 45. Kc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d3]} Ka5 46. Kb2 $2 (46. Kd3 $18) 46... Ka6 $1 $16 47. Kc1 Ka7 48. Kb1 Ka6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Kb8 $16 {is tougher.} 49. Rxh4 Rxf3) 49. Kb2 $1 $18 Ka7 50. Kc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d3]} Kb8 51. Kd3 Kc7 {[#]} 52. Ke4 $1 Re2+ (52... Rxc2 $142 53. f4 (53. Rxh4 Rb2 $16) 53... Kd6 54. Rxh4 Re2+ 55. Kf5 Re3) 53. Kd3 $2 (53. Kf5 $18 Rxc2 54. Kg4 (54. Rxh4 Rc3 $16)) 53... Rf2 $16 54. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Rxh4 $16 Rxf3+ 55. Ke4) 54... Re2+ $1 $18 55. Kf5 Rxc2 56. f4 Rf2 57. Rxh4 Rf3 58. Kg5 Rxb3 {[#]} 59. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f6]} Rg3+ 60. Rg4 {White mates.} Ra3 61. f6 Rxa4 62. f7 Ra8 63. Kf6 b5 64. Rg8 Ra1 65. f8=Q Rf1+ 66. Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,153,43,40,51,65,63,70,73,55,150,155,131,150,131,105,147,157,147,139,151,116,116,118,123,126,124,124,109,95,114,95,101,79,97,72,89,86,81,52,56,56,85,98,141,91,218,86,100,0,180,99,157,173,172,169,163,169,164,153,220,220,220,101,107,101,93,93,128,128,137,135,129,114,330,126,140,85,125,125,125,125,125,125,156,153,166,153,153,153,153,153,179,166,166,153,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,0,166,166,166,166,365,365,410,403,388,303,374,374,370,366,1006,1006,435,459,749,527,486,444,12849,12848,12850,29938,12848,12849,29966,29967,11885,4153]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. O-O Qc7 6. Nxd4 a6 7. b3 d5 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. bxc4 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Bb2 Ra7 12. Rc1 b6 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Rfd1 {1-0 (51) Zablotsky,S (2508)-Khismatullin,D (2584) Tomsk 2008}) 9... cxb3 {White is slightly better.} 10. Qxb3 Nc6 (10... Nbd7 $14) 11. Nxc6 $16 bxc6 12. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 13. Qc3 Bd7 14. Qxf6 Rg8 15. Nc3 $1 Rg6 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Rac1 Kf8 18. Ne4 Be8 19. Nc5 Qa5 20. Qe3 Qxa2 21. Be4 Rg7 22. Rc2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qa5 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. Rb7 Qd6 26. Bd3 Bd8 27. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qe5 28. Rc5 Qd4 (28... Qa1+ $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. Rb1 Qd4) 29. Rc4 (29. Bc4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 29... Qe5 30. Rc5 (30. Qe3 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Rc5.} Bg5 31. Qc5 (31. Nxg5 Qxe3 32. Bxh7+ Kf8 $14) 31... Qxc5 32. Rxc5 (32. Nxc5 a5 $11)) 30... Qd4 $18 31. Qf4 ({White should try} 31. Bc4 $18) 31... a5 (31... f5 $142 32. Rc4 Qd5 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7) 32. Rb8 $16 Rxb8 33. Qxb8 {And now Nd6 would win.} Kf8 {[#]} 34. Nd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke7 35. Nxe8 Qxc5 (35... Kxe8 $16 36. Rxc6 Ke7) 36. Nxg7 $18 a4 37. g4 (37. Qa8 $18) 37... a3 $16 38. Qb3 Bb6 39. e3 {Hoping for Bc4.} Qg5 40. Nh5 Qxg4+ 41. Ng3 Bc5 42. Kg2 {aiming for Qb7+.} h5 $2 {[#]} (42... Qb4 $16 43. Bc4 Qxb3 44. Bxb3 Kd7) 43. h3 $2 (43. Qb7+ $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kf6 44. Qxc6) 43... Qg5 44. Kf1 (44. Qb7+ $142 Kf8 45. h4 (45. Qxc6 h4 $17 {[%mdl 64] Pin})) 44... Qd5 45. Qxd5 cxd5 46. Bb1 h4 47. Ne2 f5 48. Nf4 Kf7 49. Ba2 Be7 50. Ke2 Bf6 51. Kd3 Be5 52. Ng2 Bf6 53. Ne1 Be7 54. Kc2 Kf6 55. Nf3 f4 56. Nxh4 fxe3 57. fxe3 Kg5 58. Nf3+ Kf5 59. Kd3 Bc5 60. Nd4+ Ke5 {intending ...Bxd4.} 61. Nf3+ Kf5 62. Ke2 Kf6 63. Bb1 e5 $2 (63... Bd6 64. Kd3 e5) 64. Ba2 $18 e4 {[#]} 65. Nd4 $1 Ke5 66. Nb5 Be7 67. Bb3 Bc5 68. h4 d4 $2 (68... Bb4 69. h5 Bf8) 69. exd4+ Bxd4 70. Nxa3 Kf5 (70... Kf6 $142 71. h5 Bc5) 71. h5 Kg5 72. Bf7 Kf4 (72... e3 $142 73. Nb5 Bb6) 73. Nc4 Bg7 74. Bg6 Bd4 75. Nd6 e3 76. Nf7 Bg7 77. Bd3 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 44%.} ({Not} 77. h6 Bxh6 78. Bd3 (78. Nxh6 Kg5 $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 78... Bg5 $11) 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,5,0,22,12,26,30,51,45,66,44,89,90,64,-47,-56,-46,-37,-48,-45,-33,-40,-60,-57,-71,-36,-109,-101,-102,-100,-116,-113,-97,-39,-326,-329,-319,-313,-555,-544]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Ne4 8. Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f3 Nc5 13. h4 Bb7 14. Bd2 f5 15. h5 h6 {0-1 (51) Jumabayev,R (2604)-Vitiugov,N (2720) Caleta 2019}) 12... Bb7 13. Rd1 d6 14. f3 Ng5 15. b4 Rae8 16. a4 f5 17. c5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} dxc5 18. bxc5 {And now Ba3 would win.} Ne6 19. Bc4 (19. Qc4 $14) 19... Rd8 $1 $15 20. Bxe6+ $1 Qxe6 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Kf7 {...Qf6 is the strong threat.} 23. Rd1 bxc5 {[%cal Bb6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 24. Re1 c4 25. Bd2 {[#]} ({White should play} 25. Bb2 $15) 25... g5 $1 $17 26. Bc3 {[#]} g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 27. fxg4 Qe4 $36 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Re4g2][%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} ({Resist} 27... fxg4 28. Re2 $15) 28. Ra2 Qd3 (28... fxg4 $17 29. Bd4 Ke6) 29. Ba1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Bd4 $15) 29... c3 {aiming for ...c2.} ({Not} 29... fxg4 30. Rf2+ Ke6 31. e4 $17) 30. Rf2 Be4 31. Rc1 $2 (31. Kh1 {was called for.} c2 32. Bb2) 31... c2 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,63,45,41,47,37,22,22,42,9,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,23,20,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-90,-6,-9,-9,-9,-11,-11,-14,-20,-10,-10,-9,-21]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bb7 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (9... Rb8 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qc2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 {1-0 (63) Saric,I (2689)-Maghsoodloo,P (2649) Batumi 2018}) 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Na3 Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Bd5 Ne7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 {½-½ (43) Landaw,J (2362)-Kavutskiy,K (2307) Arcadia 2014}) 13. Nxb5 (13. Qe2 $14) 13... O-O $11 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qe8 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 17. Nd4 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 dxe5 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Ba4 c6 21. Nd2 Bb7 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Ne3 {[#] aiming for Nxd5.} Rd8 25. c4 Nf4 {Strongly threatening ...Ne2+.} 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Bd2 {The position is equal.} c5 28. b4 cxb4 29. Bxb4 Nd3 30. Bd6 Bb6 31. Kf1 Bc5 32. Bxc5 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,92,8,12,48,31,24,42,42,19,34,0,11,6,9,0,0,0,77,68,69,72,68,69,55,43,35,19,18,22,83,75,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Nd7 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (9... Bg4 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Qxa2 12. Ra1 Qb2 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Rfb1 Qc7 15. Qc4 b6 16. h3 Bd7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 {½-½ (37) Le,Q (2714)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) Caleta 2019}) 10. Be2 Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. d5 Nd7 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Bh6 Nc5 17. Bb1 {1-0 (79) Brutyan,H (1635)-Mashatan,R (2182) Yerevan 2016}) 11. O-O Qxa2 {White is slightly better.} 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. h4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} b5 14. h5 Bb7 15. h6 Bh8 $1 16. e5 Qc7 (16... cxd4 $11 17. cxd4 Qd8) 17. Bxb5 $16 Bxg2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Qxb5 20. Rb1 Qa6 21. Ne4 cxd4 22. cxd4 f6 {[#]} (22... Nb6 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. Ng5 $1 e6 24. Ra1 (24. Qb7 $14 Qxb7+ 25. Rxb7 Nxe5 26. Nxe6) 24... Qb6 $11 {The position is equal.} 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Qe4 Bxg5 $1 27. Bxg5 {And now Be7 would win.} Qd6 28. Rfe1 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Ra5 Rf5 31. f4 Nf6 32. Re7 Ne4 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Raxa7 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatening mate with Ra8+. KRB-KRN} Kg8 36. Rg7+ Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...Rf7.} 37. Be7+ Ke8 38. Rxh7 Rf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7h7]} 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 {KB-KN} 40. Kf3 Kg8 41. Kg4 {aiming for f5.} Kh7 42. Bf8 {Black must now prevent f5.} Nf6+ 43. Kh4 Ne4 44. Bg7 Nd6 45. Kg5 {Hoping for Kf6.} Ne4+ 46. Kg4 Nd6 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,74,14,0,12,-12,0,16,22,23,26,15,20,0,0,8,18,12,18,-19,0,-16,0,-80,-78,-75,-64,-79,-58,-108,-89,-81,-91,-86,-91,-87,-89,-92,0,-41,-27,-27,-27,-23,-35,-24,-22,-22,-25,-47,-35,-88,-82,-85,-64,-79,-31,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. h4 h6 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 7. h5 (7. e4 Nge7 8. Nge2 d6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Nec6 11. f4 h5 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh2 Rb8 14. Rac1 {½-½ (89) Rakhmanov,A (2623)-Lintchevski,D (2557) Kaliningrad 2015}) 7... g5 8. f4 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... gxf4 9. Bxf4 d6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Rh4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 {0-1 (49) Fries Nielsen,J (2375)-Thybo,J (2377) Fredericia 2016}) 9. e4 Nge7 10. Nge2 gxf4 11. gxf4 d6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Rc1 Rg8 (14... Qb6 {keeps more tension.} 15. Rg1 Bf6 16. Kf1 Nec6 17. Nb5 Be7) 15. b4 cxb4 16. Bxd4 (16. Nxd4 $11 bxc3 17. Rxc3) 16... Bxd4 $17 17. Nxd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd1.} bxc3 18. Rxc3 e5 19. Nb3 O-O-O 20. c5 {Black must now prevent cxd6.} Kb8 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. d4 Qg5 (23... Qg7 $17 24. Qf4+ Ka8) 24. Bf3 f5 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. e5 Bc6 27. Kf2 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Rdg8 29. Rh2 b6 30. Nc1 {[#]} (30. Na1 $15) 30... Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c1]} 31. Ne2 Rc2 32. a3 Nd5 33. Ke1 $1 Kc7 34. Rhf2 {The position is equal.} Rxh5 {And now ...Rh1+ would win.} 35. Ng3 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Rd2 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,6,0,0,-5,32,32,33,29,43,43,0,-20,-20,-27,-20,-15,0,-27,0,-27,-18,-44,-44,-80,-91,-114,-42,-38,-43,-35,-41,-28,-31,-32,-20,-21,-18,-21,-20,-14,-20,-18,-10,-8,0,-20,0,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 11. O-O f6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. a3 Ba5 {[#]} 14. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ng6 17. g3 c5 18. b4 cxb4 {0-1 (36) Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Ponomariov,R (2723) Melilla 2011}) 14... Nc6 15. Bb5 Bb6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Ba6 19. Nxc6 Qf6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 20. Nf3 {With the idea Re1.} Bb5 21. Nce5 {Threatening Re1.} Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Rad8 23. Qd3 Qf4 24. Rc2 Rde8 25. g3 Qe4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qxd3.} 26. Rd2 c5 (26... Rf5 $17 27. h3 h6) 27. dxc5 $15 Bxc5 28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Bb6 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Nd7 {The position is equal.} Rfe8 32. Nxb6 axb6 33. Rb5 Rc2 34. Nd4 Rd2 35. Nf3 Rc2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ree2.} 36. Nd4 Rd2 37. Nf3 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,214,18,16,14,14,14,14,14,12,14,13,9,-21,-15,-16,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,-29,-33,-34,-64,-70,-64,-59,-59,-46,-54,-47,-92,-55,-70,0,0,0,-5,37,27,61,58,58,65,72,68,83,81,85,72,72,72,72,72,68,64,72,72,72,73,74,54,57,58,58,51,41,39,36,35,59,59,62,66,59,51,58,62,62,50,83,118,111,0,16,16,16,16,17,12,37,37,42,41,37,40,67,17,102,25,36,36,42,25,26,33,36,10,68,71,76,55,39,31,34,27,62,0,43,11,14,0,0,-8,59,-7,-5,-14,27,27,27,27,92,18,20,19,20,0,0,-14,-14,-57,-57,-58,-58,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-32,-32,-28,-32,-32,-32,-32,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,0,-163,0,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 $146 (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 {½-½ (43) Giri,A (2797)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 11... Qa7 12. d4 exd4 13. Bxc6 $1 {[%cal Rc3d4]} dxc3 14. Ba4 $1 Bxf2+ 15. Kh2 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Be3 c5 18. Bxf2 Nxf2 19. Qc2 cxb2 20. Rab1 c4 21. Qxb2 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Qc3 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Qc5 24. Rb1 Bf5 (24... Rfd8 $15 25. Nd4 Bd7) 25. Rb5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb5c5]} Qc7 26. Ne3 Be4 27. Nd2 Rae8 28. Nxe4 Qxe5+ 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 30. Bc2 ({Much weaker is} 30. Rxb7 Rxe4 31. Nxd5 Rd8 $17) 30... f5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 31. Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Pin} Re7 32. Rxd5 fxe4 33. Ne3 b6 34. Rb5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rb8 35. Nf5 Rc7 36. Bxe4 Rc5 37. Rb3 Re5 38. Bd3 (38. Bc2 {is interesting.} b5 39. Rc3 Rd8 40. Rc7 Rd2 41. Nh4) 38... Rd8 39. Ng3 Rd4 40. Be2 Rb4 41. Rd3 b5 42. Bh5 Kh7 43. Rd6 {Bg6+ would kill now.} Rg5 44. Be2 Kg8 45. Bd3 Kf8 46. Nf5 Rb2 47. Be4 $1 g6 48. Rf6+ Ke8 49. Bc6+ (49. Nxh6 $16 Kd7 50. a3) 49... Kd8 50. Nd4 {With the idea Rf7.} Ke7 $1 {[%cal Re7f6]} 51. Re6+ Kf7 52. Rd6 Rxa2 53. Nxb5 Rb2 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. Nc3 Ke6 56. Rd3 (56. Ra7 {seems wilder.} Rb4 57. Bf3 Re5 58. Ra6+ Kf7 59. Nd5) 56... h5 {[#]} (56... Rb3 $11) 57. Bd5+ (57. h4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Re5 58. Ne4) 57... Ke7 58. Bf3 Re5 59. Rd4 Kf8 60. Rd8+ Kg7 61. Ra8 Rf5 ({Black should play} 61... Rb4 $11) 62. Be4 $14 Rg5 63. Ra7+ Kh6 $1 64. Ra6 Rd2 65. Bf3 Rf5 66. Be4 Rg5 67. h4 Rg4 68. Kh3 {White wants to play g3.} Rd4 {aiming for ...Rc4.} 69. Bf5 Rxh4+ 70. Kg3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Kg5 71. Bxg6 (71. Bb1 {feels hotter.} Rhg4+ 72. Kh3 Kh6 73. Rxa5 Rc4 74. Ra3) 71... Rhg4+ 72. Kh2 a4 73. Bh7 h4 (73... Rb4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 74. Rg6+ (74. Re6 $16) 74... Kh5 $11 75. Re6 a3 76. Bf5 Rg5 77. Be4 {Strongly threatening Bf3+.} Ra5 78. Bf3+ Kg5 {...a2 is the strong threat.} 79. Re2 Rd3 80. Rc2 {[#]} (80. Na2 $15) 80... Rxc3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Deflection, Promotion} 81. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} a2 82. Rc1 a1=Q 83. Rxa1 Rxa1 {KR-KB} 84. Bc6 Kf4 85. Bb7 Rc1 86. Bd5 Rc2 87. Be6 Rc3 88. Bd7 Rg3 89. Bh3 Ke3 90. Kg1 Ke2 91. Bc8 Ra3 92. Bg4+ Ke3 93. Kh2 Kf2 (93... Kf4 $19 94. Bf3 Ra1) 94. Bf3 $1 $15 Ra1 {Threatens to win with ...Ke3.} 95. Bb7 Ra7 (95... Ke3 $5 96. g3 $8 Ra7 $11) 96. Bd5 Ke3 {Hoping for ...Kf4.} 97. Bc6 ({White should try} 97. Kh3 $15) 97... Kf4 $19 98. Bd5 Ra3 99. Be6 Rg3 100. Bh3 $1 Ke3 101. Kg1 $1 Rg7 {Black is clearly better.} 102. Be6 Re7 103. Bh3 Rc7 104. Be6 Rc6 105. Bd7 Rd6 106. Bc8 Rd8 107. Be6 Rd6 $2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 68%.} ({Better is} 107... Kf4 $19 108. Kh2 Rd3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,102,37,25,42,37,35,24,18,20,18,20,22,19,27,27,27,18,22,22,47,48,50,48,61,54,52,22,36,20,20,17,14,7,15,15,15,0,0,0,10,4,7,4,2,0,0,-9,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-16,-14,-17,-57,-26,-87,-85,-92,-91,-83,-78,-184,-160,-229,-234,-223,-218,-231,-233,-223,-223,-375,-375,-375,-375,-375,-375,-375,-375,-563,-546,-1469,-1218,-5933,-5052,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne5 Nd7 {White has an edge.} 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 O-O 12. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. f4 f6 14. Ng4 f5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 {½-½ (33) Ponomariov,R (2682)-Gelfand,B (2719) Hengshui 2019}) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qd7 14. f4 f5 15. a4 (15. Qxb7 $2 Rfb8 $19) 15... b6 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 c6 18. c4 Qe6 19. Rac1 Kf7 20. Bf2 dxc4 21. dxc4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qh5+ (23. Qc2 {seems wilder.} c5 24. Re1 Kg8 25. Qc3 Qh6 26. Qf3) 23... Kg8 24. h3 g6 25. Qf3 c5 26. Qc3 Qc6 27. a5 Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 28. Qe3 Rd4 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. g3 g5 31. fxg5 Bxg5 32. Rb1 bxa5 33. Rb5 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 34. Rxc5 (34. Ra5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... Bd2 $17 {And now ...a5 would win.} 35. Rc8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kf7 36. Rc7+ Ke6 {Threatens to win with ...a5.} 37. Rc6+ (37. Bxa7 $17 {keeps fighting.} Kxe5 38. Bb8) 37... Kxe5 $19 {aiming for ...a5.} 38. Bxa7 (38. Rc5+ $17 {was worth a try.} Ke6 39. Rc6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Ke5 40. Rc5+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kf7 42. Ra6 Rxc4 43. Bxa7) 38... a3 39. Rc5+ Ke6 {( -> ...Be3+)} 40. Rc6+ {[#]} Kd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 41. Ra6 Bb4 ({And not} 41... Rxc4 42. Rxa3 Ke6 43. Kg2 $11) 42. c5 $2 (42. Kf2 {was called for.}) 42... Re2 43. c6+ Kc7 44. Bd4 {If only White now had time for Kf1....} a2 45. Kf1 Rc2 46. g4 (46. Be5+ $142 Bd6 47. Ra7+ Kb6 48. Rxa2 Rxa2 49. Bxd6 Kxc6 50. Bb8) 46... f4 47. g5 f3 48. h4 Bd6 49. h5 Bg3 {[%cal Rc2c1] Black mates.} 50. Bb6+ Kd6 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 51. Be3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,60,0,8,0,11,0,0,-4,10,9,2,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,6,6,7,0,0,7,7,7,0,2,6,7,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Nd7 (11... f5 12. f4 a6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nc4 b6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Be3 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf6 18. Bd4 Bd7 19. Kh1 Re8 20. c3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 {½-½ (52) Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Carlsen,M (2861) Abidjan 2019}) 12. Kh1 a6 13. Na3 Nc5 14. Nc4 a5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... b6 17. Ra3 f5 18. Rg3 g6 {½-½ (35) De Smet,K (2186)-Hanen,B (2374) ICCF email 2011}) 17. Bd3 b6 {The position is equal.} 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Nxb6 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Qxb6 21. Qxe7 Bxd3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rfe8.} 22. Qe6+ Kh8 {White must now prevent ...Rfe8.} 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 Bxf1 25. Bxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bc4 26. Be7 Bxd5 27. Rd1 Bb3 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Bxd8 Bxa4 30. Bxa5 Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,91,40,8,37,13,34,16,8,11,34,38,31,11,18,4,24,20,22,25,13,7,37,9,8,4,3,5,14,4,12,14,7,16,16,0,26,21,30,23,20,19,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-13,-4,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 {[#] Hoping for axb5.} Bb7 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 9. d3 h6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ng3 d5 14. d4 exd4 15. e5 Ne4 16. cxd4 Bb4 17. Re2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (59) Smirin,I (2639)-Blagojevic,D (2513) Heraklio 2007}) 12... Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nf1 Bc8 (14... d5 {is interesting.} 15. Qf3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qd6 17. Bc2 Ra8) 15. h3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nf3 b4 18. Ng3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ng6 20. d4 Bb6 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Nd2 exd4 23. cxd4 e5 24. Nf3 Qf6 (24... Rxf3 $5 25. Qxf3 (25. gxf3 exd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 $11) 25... exd4 $11) 25. Nf5 Ne7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Rc1 Rf7 28. d5 Bxe3 {The position is equal.} 29. Rxe3 Nc5 30. Qe2 Rff8 31. Rec3 Rb4 32. Rc4 Rfb8 (32... Rb3 {looks sharper.} 33. Nd2 Ra3 34. R4c3 Ra2 35. R3c2 Rfa8) 33. g3 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Qe8 35. Kg2 Rb7 36. Nh4 Qf7 37. Nf5 Kh7 38. h4 Nd7 39. Qc2 Nc5 40. Qe2 Nd7 41. Qc2 Nc5 42. Ne3 Nb3 43. Qd1 Nd4 44. Nc2 Rb2 45. Rc3 h5 46. Qd3 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,56,7,15,7,12,35,50,21,6,17,31,10,21,-38,-37,-32,-22,-22,-22,-38,-31,-31,-12,-43,-39,-52,18,18,34,61,53,-28,29,35,117,123,119,20,122,132,139,0,91,0,127,0,74]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Be7 8. e3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 9. a4 {White is slightly better.} (9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. O-O Nxe5 {½-½ (27) Vidit,S (2711)-Vitiugov,N (2726) Prague 2019}) 9... b4 $1 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O Ba6 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. Bg2 e5 {1-0 (30) Rodshtein,M (2609)-Negi,P (2615) Biel 2010}) 11. b3 Ba6 12. Bc1 (12. Bxc6 $11 Rc8 13. Bb5) 12... Rc8 $15 13. Bb2 c5 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. O-O cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Ne4 Nc3 ({Black should try} 18... Nxe4 $15 19. Bxe4 Nb6) 19. Qg4 $40 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 128] [#] Black needs to defend precisely.} Ne2+ 20. Qxe2 Nxb3 21. Bb2 (21. Rfd1 $1 $14) 21... Nxc1 (21... f5 $142 22. Rc2 Qc7) 22. Rxc1 e5 ({Better is} 22... Rxc4 $14 23. Rxc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qd7) 23. Bxe5 $16 Qd7 {[#] ...Qe6 is the strong threat.} 24. Bd4 (24. Ned2 $16) 24... Rfd8 (24... b3 $11) 25. Bf1 Bb7 26. Bg2 Ba6 $1 {aiming for ...Qe6.} 27. Bf1 Bb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 28. Bg2 (28. Ned2 $142) 28... Ba6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,65,-6,0,8,9,0,0,6,9,6,4,2,20,30,21,25,18,19,14,6,8,15,16,9,25,6,0,0,0,0,52,-23,-14,-77,-86,-101,-75,-90,0,0,0,-6,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 a5 (9... c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne1 Bd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nc2 Ne6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {½-½ (30) Eljanov,P (2703)-Radjabov,T (2751) Batumi 2018}) 10. Ne5 a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. Ndf3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bd6 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Ng4 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {0-1 (52) Gibicar,D (1965)-Donchenko,A (2094) Ditzingen 2010}) 11. bxa4 Qe8 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Bb2 {Rfc1 is the strong threat.} Bd6 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 14. Rfc1 {[%cal Re5c6]} Nd8 15. a5 Rxa5 16. a4 Ra7 17. e3 Ne6 18. h4 Qa8 19. Ndf3 Re8 20. Bf1 c5 (20... Rd8 $11) 21. Bb5 (21. a5 $1 $14) 21... Re7 $11 22. dxc5 (22. Nd2 $11) 22... bxc5 $17 23. Qd1 h6 24. a5 Nd8 ({Inferior is} 24... Rxa5 {[#]} 25. Nc6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) (24... Nc7 $17 25. Be2 Qe8) 25. a6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] The position is equal. White fights for an advantage.} Bxa6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d6]} dxc4 28. Qxd6 $1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Qxf3 30. Qxe7 Ne4 $1 31. Qxd8+ Kh7 32. Rf1 Nxg3 $1 33. fxg3 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,51,21,15,25,12,30,18,24,26,28,18,17,22,11,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,8,20,8,0,21,16,8,0,0,0,13,0,22,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 Bd7 9. O-O O-O {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 10. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rb1 Re8 11. d5 Na5 12. e4 Bxb5 13. Rxb5 b6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Qe2 c6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Rd1 {1-0 (33) Inarkiev,E (2693)-Najer,E (2670) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Qh4 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. g3 Qh6 12. Bd3 Rae8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. f4 f5 {[#] And now ...exf4 would win.} 15. Bc4+ Kh8 {White must now prevent ...exf4.} 16. dxe5 Rd8 $1 {The position is equal.} 17. Nf2 $1 Na5 18. Bd3 Bb5 {Threatens to win with ...Rxd3!} 19. Qc2 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Qc6 21. Nb2 Nc4 22. Qe2 Na3 23. Nd1 Nc4 24. Nb2 Na3 25. Nd1 Nc4 26. Nb2 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,120,-1,-7,-1,8,12,27,23,29,21,20,-15,-7,-11,-11,-24,-26,-29,-42,-31,-11,-11,-6,-12,-10,-6,0,-15,-12,-12,0,0,-1,-43,-32,-24,-24,-46,-55,-40,-35,-39,-22,-61,-61,-61,-60,-95,-80,-65,-70,-81,-76,-87,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Qb3 (5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. f3 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. fxe4 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 dxc3 14. fxg7 {½-½ (40) McShane,L (2647)-Anand,V (2783) Germany 2018}) 5... d5 6. Nc3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3 $1 {White has an edge.} Qxd4 9. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 Bf5 10. Rd1 Qe5 11. f4 {0-1 (48) Haessel,D (2225)-Reeve,J (2237) Edmonton 2005}) 9... Qb4 10. Bd2 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bf5 12. g4 Bxg4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 g6 15. Bc3 Rg8 16. b4 a6 17. e3 Bg7 18. Ne2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Ra7 20. Bxg7 Rxg7 21. Rhc1 Rc7 22. h4 Kd8 23. h5 Kc8 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rd1 Rge7 26. f3 Re6 27. Rh1 Kb7 28. Rh6 Rf7 29. Rah1 Ree7 30. Rc1 Kb6 31. Rh2 Re6 (31... Rc7 $17) 32. Rch1 $11 {The position is equal.} Nd7 33. Rxh7 Rxh7 34. Rxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 35. Rh4 Nxe4 (35... g5 $5 36. Rh6 $8 g4 $11) 36. fxe4 {KR-KR} c5 (36... g5 $5 37. Rg4 $8 Re5 $11) 37. bxc5+ Kxc5 38. Kd3 $1 g5 39. Rg4 Rg6 40. Kc3 a5 41. b4+ axb4+ 42. Kc2 Kc4 43. e5+ Kd5 44. Rxb4 g4 {[#] ...g3 is the strong threat.} 45. Rxb5+ Ke4 {White must now prevent ...g3.} 46. Rb4+ Kxe3 47. e6 Kf3 (47... g3 $5 48. e7 $8 Re6 $11) 48. Rb3+ Kf2 49. Rb4 Kf3 50. Rb3+ Kf4 51. Rb4+ Kf5 52. Rb5+ Kxe6 {Strongly threatening ...g3.} 53. Kd3 g3 {aiming for ...g2.} 54. Rb6+ Kf5 55. Rxg6 Kxg6 {KP-K} 56. Ke2 Kg5 (56... g2 $5 57. Kf2 $8 Kh7 $11) 57. Kf3 Kh4 58. Kg2 Kg4 59. Kg1 Kh3 {( -> ...g2)} 60. Kh1 g2+ {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,33,29,19,22,22,14,9,18,16,20,25,16,18,24,11,16,21,21,16,16,13,22,4,14,12,12,0,15,7,13,4,29,9,30,33,50,28,25,25,25,27,35,15,20,11,25,16]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bf5 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Rd2e4,Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32] C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd6 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Nf1 {The position is equal.} c6 12. Qd3 Nd6 13. Bf4 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 14. Ne3 Nc7 {[#]} 15. Re2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. g3 Re8 {½-½ (30) Anand,V (2773)-Vidit,S (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 15... Ne6 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. b3 Nc7 20. c4 Bb4 21. Ra1 f6 22. a3 Be7 23. Rae1 Bd8 24. Kg2 Re6 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Rc1 Rc6 27. Rec2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Re8 29. Qc5 a6 $1 30. a4 Re6 31. Qb4 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,-12,-13,-21,-19,-16,-19,-20,-21,-14,-23,-20,-20,-19,-11,-27,-15,-17,0,-13,0,0,-2,-14,0,-22,-27,-21,-20,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Be2 Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. O-O Be6 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 {0-1 (37) Milov,V (2669)-Svidler,P (2723) Gibraltar 2009}) 10. Bxc3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 11. O-O a4 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Nd2 Na5 14. f4 Nb3 15. Nxb3 Bxb3 16. Qe1 Re8 17. Qg3 {[%cal Rf4e5]} exf4 18. Qxf4 Bxc3 {The position is equal.} 19. Rxc3 Qe7 (19... Ra5 {seems wilder.} 20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Rxe3 22. Rf2 Rae5) 20. Bd1 Bxd1 21. Rxc7 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxb7 Rexd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 26. Rb4 Rd2 27. h4 Kg7 28. Kh2 h5 29. Kg3 f6 30. Kf3 g5 31. hxg5 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,62,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-3,-7,-6,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Rb1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 {The position is equal.} 13. Qxd4 {D75: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...c5} (13. Be3 Qc4 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Rfc1 Rad8 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rxc4 Bxc4 18. Bxa7 b5 19. Bc6 Bxa2 20. Rxb5 Bc4 {½-½ (50) Shankland,S (2671)-So,W (2786) Saint Louis 2018}) 13... Bxd4 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bxc8 Rbxc8 17. Rfc1 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bb6 18. Kg2 f6 {½-½ (18) Ftacnik,L (2595)-Lalic,B (2585) Pula 1997}) 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ (19... Rb8 {looks sharper.} 20. Rc4 Rb1+ 21. Kg2 Bb6 22. Bc1 Kf7) 20. Bxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kf7 21. e4 Ke6 22. Kf1 Kd6 23. Ke2 Kc6 24. f3 e6 25. Kd3 Bc5 26. Kc4 f5 27. g4 fxe4 28. fxe4 a6 29. h3 Bb6 30. Bf4 Bc5 31. Bc1 Bb6 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "60/7200:0"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. c3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 12. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 14. Ncb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 15. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:12:20]} 16. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 17. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 18. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 19. O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} Be7 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 20. Bc4 {[%emt 0:10:15]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:17:11]} 21. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 22. cxb4 {[%emt 0:05:36]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} 24. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. Qc3 {[%emt 0:11:38]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 26. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 27. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:40:56]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:07:32]} 30. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Re8 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 33. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:09:40]} 34. h5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 35. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 36. Rd3 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 37. Rd4 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 39. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 40. Qg3 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 41. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 42. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 43. Kg2 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,71,22,45,45,45,40,43,43,27,30,47,44,39,39,47,44,48,52,52,48,64,16,12,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 g6 14. g3 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Bg7 15. h5 Ne7 16. Nce3 {White is slightly better.} Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 (17... Bb7 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Qd3 Bg5 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Bf3 Rc5 22. Ne3 Rc6 23. Nd5 Rc5 24. Ne3 Rc6 25. Nd5 Rc5 {½-½ (25) Mueller,G (2575)-Moll,R (2603) GER email 2015}) 18. Bh3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Bh6 20. Bf1 Kg7 21. Rd1 Rb6 {½-½ (37) Enkalo,M (2341)-Voiculescu,C (2483) ICCF email 2015}) 20. c4 Qc7 21. O-O Rb6 22. b3 Rd8 23. a4 bxa3 $1 {The position is equal.} 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rxa3 Qc5 26. Rfa1 Qxd5 27. cxd5 Bh6 28. Rxa6 Rxb3 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Rxa8+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf8 31. Bd7 Rb4 32. Ra4 Rb2 33. Ra7 {Threatening Be8.} Be7 34. Bc6 Kf8 35. Rb7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,61,4,0,0,-3,12,17,15,17,8,14,9,2,8,10,11,0,3,0,6,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 {The position is equal.} O-O {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 (10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 cxd5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qd3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 {½-½ (45) Carlsen,M (2861)-Nakamura,H (2761) Abidjan 2019}) 10... Bh5 $1 11. dxc6 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxh7+!} Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Bf4 Qxc6 {[#]} 15. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Bg3 {½-½ (32) Nikolaidis,I (2544)-Melkumyan,H (2660) Batumi 2018}) 15... Bg6 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Be5 Nd5 19. a3 Qa4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qd3 Rd7 22. h3 Rad8 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. cxb3 Rb8 25. Rc5 Rxb3 26. Rxa5 f6 27. Bg3 Ne3 28. Bf4 Nc2 29. Rc1 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Nxa3 31. Rxc7 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,42,28,27,24,23,26,24,35,46,60,57,61,57,63,64,45,76,48,45,37,36,0,38,13,17,10,13,0,44,13,193,178,169,81,72,77,260,241,247,248,258,258,258,258,258,258,258,258,258,258,267,225]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 {D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5)} 10. h4 (10. Rd1 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. Nh3 e4 13. fxe4 Ne5 14. Nf2 f5 15. Bc5 Rf7 16. Be2 f4 17. Bf3 {½-½ (25) Aronian,L (2805)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) London 2017}) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4][%mdl 32] White has an edge.} 12. h5 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 13. hxg6 fxg6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 14. O-O-O $1 Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. d6 e4 17. fxe4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nf3.} Ng4 $146 18. Bg5 Qe8 {aiming for ...Bxc3.} 19. Nf3 $1 Rf7 (19... Rxc3 $5 20. bxc3 Qxe4+ 21. Bd3 Qc6 $11) 20. Qe1 Rc5 (20... Bxc3 $5 21. bxc3 Na4 $11) 21. Bd2 Be6 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Bxc3.} 22. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bxe5 (22... Na4 $5 {[%cal Ra4c3]} 23. b3 Nxe5 $15) 23. Bd3 $1 Na4 $2 (23... Bg7 $11) 24. Nxe5 $18 Rxe5 25. Qh4 (25. Qg3 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 25... Rh5 $16 26. Qg3 $1 (26. Qe1 $2 Rxh1 27. Qxh1 Nf2 $19) 26... Nxc3+ $2 (26... Rxh1 $16 {was called for.} 27. Rxh1 Nc5) 27. Bxc3 $18 Qa4 {[#]} (27... Rxh1 $6 28. Rxh1 Rf8 29. b3) 28. d7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd5 (28... Qxd7 29. Rxh5) 29. Bc2 {White has a decisive advantage.} (29. Qb8+ Rf8 $11) 29... Qxd7 ({Don't blunder} 29... Rxd1+ $2 30. Rxd1 Qxa2+ 31. Kc1 $18) 30. Bb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d5]} Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qc8 {[#]} 32. Qh4 $1 {Rd8+ would kill now.} ({Not} 32. Bxe6 Qxe6 33. Rd8+ Rf8 $16) 32... Nf6 {[#]} 33. Rd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxb3 34. Rxf6 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,135,13,15,0,33,39,35,25,48,20,30,10,22,28,64,68,207,173,281,175,243,150,226,218,237,220,253,221,224,229,245,212,447,620,574,508,591,568,1442,610,614,579,1490,372,335,341,316,117,117,112,111,111,116,115,116,116,99,71,62,44,33,34,95,68,60,75,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,5,-3,-7,-3,-4,-10,-10,-10,-10,-24,-24,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-8,-41,-41,-128,-16,-28,-25,-42,0,0,0,-42]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Re1 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Bxg2 c5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxb2 {½-½ (37) Karjakin,S (2773)-Anand,V (2768) Saint Louis 2018}) 12... Nxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc5 13. h3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bh5 15. Qb1 Bg6 16. Qc1 a5 17. Nf1 Qd7 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. N1h2 d4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 {1-0 (73) Nikolova,A (2334)-Olsarova,T (2296) Germany 2014}) 13. Bxd2 Qd7 14. h3 {White is slightly better.} Bh5 15. a4 b4 16. a5 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rfd8 18. Rc1 Bxf3 (18... Bg5 $14) 19. Qxf3 $18 Na7 (19... Bf8 $142 20. e6 fxe6) 20. Bc2 g6 (20... Qe8 $142 21. e6 f6) 21. Qg3 Qe6 (21... Qe8 $16 22. e6 f6 23. Qxc7 Nb5) 22. Bd1 d4 23. Bd2 $1 c5 24. Bg4 Qa2 25. e6 f6 26. Bf5 {Black must now prevent Bxg6!} Qxb2 $2 (26... Kh8 {was necessary.}) 27. Rc2 Qb8 {And now ...Qxg3 would win.} 28. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4b8]} Qb4 {[#]} 29. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Bf5+ would kill now.} Qxe1+ (29... hxg6 30. Qxg6+) 30. Kh2 {White wants to mate with Bf5+.} Rd5 31. Rc1 (31. Be4+ Kh8 $16) 31... Rg5 32. Qf3 $2 ({Not} 32. Rxe1 Rxg3 33. Be4 Ra3 $17) (32. Bf7+ Kg7 33. Bxg5 (33. Rxe1 Rxg3 34. Bxg3 Nc6 $17)) 32... Qxe6 33. Qxa8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 {aiming for ...Bd6.} 34. Bd3 $2 ({Less strong is} 34. Qxa7 hxg6 35. Qb6 (35. Bxg5 fxg5 36. Rd1 Kf7 $16) 35... Qe2 $14) (34. Be4 $18) 34... Qd5 $16 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. Bxa6 c4 37. Bxc4 Rxa5 38. Bd3 Nb5 39. Rc6 Nc3 40. g4 Nd5 41. Bd6 Ra7 (41... Nb4 $14 42. Bxb4 Bxb4) 42. Be4 Rd7 43. Bg3 Nb4 44. Rc1 ({White should try} 44. Rc7 $16 Rxc7 45. Bxc7) 44... d3 $11 {Threatens to win with ...d2.} 45. Bf5 d2 46. Rd1 Rd4 47. f4 $1 Na2 {Hoping for ...Nc3.} 48. Bf2 Rd8 (48... Rd5 $5 49. Be3 $8 Bb4 $14) 49. Be3 $1 Bb4 {Black wants to play ...Re8.} 50. Kg2 Nc1 51. Kf3 Nb3 52. Bc2 Nd4+ 53. Bxd4 $1 Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 54. Ke3 Rc4 55. Bd3 Rc1 56. Ke2 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 57. gxh5 Kh6 58. Bg6 Ba5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 59. Be8 Rc7 {...Re7+ is the strong threat.} 60. Bg6 Re7+ 61. Kd3 Re1 62. Kc2 Re3 63. h4 (63. Ra1 $5 {[%cal Ra1a5]} Re1 64. Rd1 $15) 63... Re1 64. Bf7 {[#]} ({White should play} 64. Rxd2 $15 Bxd2 65. Kxd2) 64... Kg7 (64... Re4 $1 $17 65. Ra1 Bb4) 65. Bg6 Bb4 66. Bd3 Re3 (66... Kh6 $5 {[%cal Rh6h5]} 67. Bg6 Ba5 $17) 67. Rb1 Re1 {Strongly threatening ...Rxb1.} 68. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,6,12,4,13,-40,-20,-31,-11,-10,-10,-28,-14,-30,-6,-6,-3,-5,-6,-21,-20,-28,31,25,16,29,38,9,34,44,48,20,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 e5 6. d3 f6 7. a3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (7. g4 Nh6 8. g5 Nf7 9. gxf6 Qxf6 10. Be3 Nd8 11. Nbd2 Ne6 12. Nc4 Nd4 13. Ncxe5 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Qxb2 {0-1 (37) Short,N (2690)-Ivanchuk,V (2739) Reggio Emilia 2011}) 7... Nh6 8. b4 $146 (8. Be3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8. Bd2 Nf7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O g5 12. Nh2 h5 13. b4 O-O-O 14. Be3 Be7 {1-0 (52) Haapasalo,J (2185)-Holmsten,A (2425) Espoo 1998}) 8... Nf7 9. c3 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 10. bxc5 Bxc5 11. d4 Bd6 12. a4 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 b5 15. axb5 (15. Nbd2 {is interesting.} Be6 16. Qc2 Rfb8 17. Bb2 Kg7 18. Rec1) 15... cxb5 16. Ba3 b4 {[#]} (16... Bb7 $11) 17. Bxb4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Bxb4 (17... axb4 18. Rxa8) 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Ra4 {[%cal Ba1a4,Ba4c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} Qb6 20. Nc3 Bd7 21. Rc4 Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6c4] The position is equal.} 22. Na4 Qb5 23. Rc3 Qb4 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Qc2 Rfc8 27. Ree3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rb8 29. Nc5 Rc8 30. Qc1 Bf7 31. Kh2 Rc6 32. f3 Kg7 33. Rc2 Qd4 34. Nb7 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 {Strongly threatening Qc7.} Qb6 36. Nc5 Qb4 37. Nd7 Qd6 38. Nc5 Qd4 39. Nb7 {aiming for Qc7.} Qb6 40. Nc5 Qb4 41. Nd7 Qd6 42. Nc5 Qd4 43. Nb7 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,-19,-4,-23,0,-42,-37,-25,7,11,19,14,15,13,14,-2,0,3,20,18,39,53,51,42,88,61,59,68,92,92,97,102,90,90,124,124,124,124,124,121,128,123,130,124,122,121,138,137,138,138,178,170,184,193,189,172,242,235,277,272,365,391,366,377,392,390,419,422,490,490,490,489,489,294,489,485,485,485,5077,2171]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 $1 6. Be2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} b4 (6... e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 b4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Ba6 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rxc4 {½-½ (39) Salem,A (2672)-Shankland,S (2725) chess.com INT 2019}) 7. e5 bxc3 8. exf6 {Black is slightly better.} exf6 {Strongly threatening ...Bb4.} 9. bxc3 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qa5 10. O-O Be6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nb6 {0-1 (33) Drozdov,S (2241)-Beinoras,M (2404) Lithuania 2014}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Re8 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nxc4 Bc7 14. Bf3 {Black should prevent Rxe8+.} Ba6 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. Ba3 Nc4 17. Qd3 Rxe3 $1 18. Rxe3 Nxe3 19. Qxa6 Nc2 20. Rd1 {Black must now prevent Bc5.} Nxa3 21. Qxa3 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. c4 $1 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 24. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Be7 25. Kf1 f5 {[#]} 26. Ke2 $1 g5 {next ...g4 is good for Black.} 27. h3 Kg7 28. Kd3 Kg6 29. Rb1 h5 30. Rb7 Bf6 {[#]} 31. Rd7 $1 (31. Rxa7 $6 g4 $16) 31... g4 32. Bd1 Kg5 (32... gxh3 $142 33. gxh3 Bh4) 33. Ba4 $18 (33. Rxf7 Rd8 $11) 33... f4 {Now ...f3 and Black clings on.} 34. f3 (34. Rxf7 f3 $11) (34. Rxa7 Rd8 $11) 34... Re8 35. fxg4 (35. Rxa7 gxh3 36. gxh3 Rd8 $14) (35. Rxf7 gxh3 36. gxh3 Re3+ 37. Kc4 Rxf3 $16) 35... hxg4 36. hxg4 ({Inferior is} 36. Rxa7 Re3+ 37. Kc4 gxh3 $14) ({Stronger than} 36. Rxf7 Rd8 $11) ({Less strong is} 36. Bxc6 f3 $16) 36... Re6 37. Bd1 Re3+ 38. Kc4 a5 39. Bf3 Ra3 {Black hopes to continue with ...Ra4+.} 40. Bxc6 Rxa2 41. Be4 a4 $2 (41... Ra4+ 42. Kd3 Ra3+ 43. Kc2 Re3) 42. c6 {White is clearly winning.} Ra1 43. c7 a3 (43... Rc1+ $142 44. Kb4 Bxd4) 44. Kb3 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,0,-6,-22,-10,0,-8,-15,-14,-12,-13,-27,-25,-24,-16,-22,2,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,-9,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-4,-4,-4,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-18,-10,0,-7,0,-83,-16,-389,-392,-763,-696,-683,-382,-382,-382,-824,-822,-29986,-29987,-29993,-29993]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. Qc2 $146 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} ({Predecessor:} 6. f3 a5 7. Nh3 a4 8. Nf2 Be6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c6 11. f4 Nb6 {½-½ (63) Carlsen,M (2845)-Anand,V (2774) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 6... O-O 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Ng5 {The position is equal.} Bd7 9. f3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 10. Nh3 a4 11. Nf2 Nc6 12. Be2 Na5 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Nc6 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Nd1 Ne7 17. O-O c6 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Qd2 h6 20. Be3 Nf6 21. Nf2 d5 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Bc5 (23. Bd3 {feels hotter.} b6 24. Qe2 Rfd8 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Nd7 27. Rd1) 23... b6 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. c4 Bc6 28. Qe3 Ra2 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Nd7 31. Bd3 f5 32. Bc2 $1 e4 33. fxe4 Ne5 34. Bd1 {[#]} (34. Qxb6 fxe4 35. Qe3 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Ng5 $19) (34. Rf1 $11 {remains equal.}) 34... fxe4 ({Better is} 34... Bb7 $1 $17) 35. Be2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35. Ng4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 35... Nf3+ $1 $19 36. Bxf3 $2 (36. Kh1 Qg5 37. Qxb6) 36... Rxf3 37. Qxb6 Qf6 38. Rd1 e3 {( -> ...Rxg3+!)} 39. Ng4 $2 (39. Qd8+ Qxd8 40. Rxd8+ Kh7 41. Kf1) 39... Qe6 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Ne5 {[#]} e2 {Played: Qe6-h3} 0-1

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,40,15,12,25,25,27,13,15,21,21,17,29,8,21,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7... a5 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 {½-½ (43) Giri,A (2797)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Nh5 12. Ra2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Qf6 13. Kh2 Nf4 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 {0-1 (62) Illingworth,M (2506)-Sangma,R (2325) Abu Dhabi 2017}) 12... Qf6 {The position is equal.} 13. Na3 Ne7 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Be3 Nf4 16. Kh2 Qg6 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg6g2] [#]} 17. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Qh6 18. Nf3 Qg6 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg6g2]} 19. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Qh6 20. Nf3 Qg6 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,11,11,11,6,7,8,16,12,-2,-6,-12,17,0,17,18,30,41,41,39,56,27,21,4,16,24,16,12,20,15,29,28,27,27,18,20,26,20,39,39,35,36,65,65,64,18,20,21,21,21,21,21,22,22,14,14,15,4,12,0,23,12,12,5,12,12,6,8,8,6,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nd2 Bd7 (8... c3 9. bxc3 Qd5 10. Ngf3 Qxc5 11. Ba4 Bg7 12. Ne4 Qa5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 {½-½ (42) Vitiugov,N (2719)-Le,Q (2714) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. Ngf3 c3 10. bxc3 Bxc5 (10... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 $11) 11. O-O O-O $146 (11... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. Nd4 Be7 13. Rb1 {1-0 (25) Langrock,H (2405)-Fodor,T (2511) Germany 2017}) 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Nd4 Be7 14. Qh5 f5 15. e4 {[%cal Re4f5]} Qf4 16. Rfd1 Qg4 ({Much weaker is} 16... fxe4 $6 17. g3 $16) 17. Qxg4+ fxg4 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne5 c5 21. Ndc6 Bxc6 $1 22. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf6 24. e5 Bg5 25. g3 a5 26. h4 Bh6 $1 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Rd7 Ke8 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rc7 Bd2 31. c4 h5 32. Ke2 Bc3 33. Kd3 Be1 34. Ke2 Bc3 35. f3 gxf3+ {The position is equal.} 36. Kxf3 a4 37. g4 Kg7 38. gxh5 Rh8 39. Kg4 Rg8 $1 40. Rd7 {[#] Threatens to win with Kg5.} Kh6+ 41. Kf3 Rg1 42. Nd8 Kxh5 43. Rxf7 Bxe5 (43... Rd1 $5 44. Rh7+ $8 Kg6 $11) 44. Ra7 Rf1+ 45. Ke2 Rf4 46. Rxa4 Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,61,47,30,37,37,44,41,48,51,45,40,47,47,43,6,17,6,20,7,22,6,8,13,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 {C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and 9 Nbd2} (13... Bc5 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Nfg5 Qd5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. axb5 a5 18. b4 a4 19. Be3 Qxe5 20. Nc3 Ne6 21. Bxb6 Qxc3 {½-½ (31) Kramnik,V (2777)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 14. axb5 Nxf3+ ({Reject} 14... axb5 $6 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nxd4 $16) 15. Nxf3 axb5 {White is slightly better.} 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 {[#] Hoping for Qg4.} h6 19. e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bh4 g5 20. e6 O-O 21. Bg3 {1-0 (57) Witzschel,P (2380)-Milanollo,M (2305) ICCF email 2014}) 19... fxe6 {The position is equal.} 20. Qh5+ Kf8 21. Bf4 Qd5 22. Qe2 {With the idea Rd1.} Bd6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 23. Rd1 Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e2]} 24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. Bxd6+ cxd6 26. Rxd6 $11 {[#] Threatens to win with Rd8+. KR-KR} Ke7 27. Rc6 Rb8 28. Rxc4 Rxb2 {( -> ...Rb1+)} 29. g3 h5 30. h4 g6 31. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,111,24,14,33,15,22,13,13,14,12,3,4,13,28,13,35,31,36,18,42,17,24,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-8,-10,-30,-34,-46,-55,-56,-47,-43,-24,-37,0,0,0,-14,-21,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-25,-82,0,-14,-16,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29974,-154,-192,-176,-33,-101,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. O-O Qc7 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 8. a3 (8. Be3 b6 9. a3 Nf6 10. b4 c4 11. Nbd2 cxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. a4 {1-0 (58) Lomasov,S (2553)-Gelfand,B (2673) Moscow 2018}) 8... Nf6 9. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 O-O 11. Bb2 Nh5 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Ng5 Nf4 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 {1-0 (68) Mrdja,M (2368)-Sgnaolin,D (2118) Robecchetto 2002}) 9... c4 10. Nc3 cxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Bc5 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Rd2 Be6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Kg7 19. R8d3 (19. R8d6 {is more complex.} Qb6 20. b4 a5 21. Rb1 Qc7 22. Rdd1) 19... h6 20. b4 a5 21. Re3 Nd7 22. Na4 b5 23. Nb2 c5 24. c3 c4 25. Rd2 axb4 26. axb4 Nf6 27. Nd1 Bd7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 28. Nh2 Qa7 29. h4 Bc6 30. f3 $1 Bd7 31. Nf1 Be6 32. Kh2 Nh5 33. g3 g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Nf2 g4 36. Nxg4 Bxg4 37. fxg4 Nf6 38. Kg2 Nxg4 39. Rf3 (39. Ree2 $11) 39... Qa8 (39... Qa1 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra1e1]} 40. Ne3 Qe1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Nf5+ Kf6 42. Nd4+ Kg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 40. Re2 Kg6 41. Rf5 f6 (41... Nf6 $15 42. Rxe5 Qa1) 42. Nh2 $11 Nh6 43. Rf1 Kg7 44. Rd1 Qa3 45. Rd7+ Kg6 46. Nf3 Qxc3 47. Nh4+ Kh5 48. Rh7 Qd3 49. Re1 {Hoping for Nf5.} c3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Qd2+ $11 50. Kh3 Qf2) 50. Nf3 $2 (50. Nf5 $1 {mates} Qd2+ 51. Kf3 Qd3+ 52. Kf2 Qd2+ 53. Re2 Qd4+ 54. Nxd4 exd4 55. Ke1) 50... Qc2+ $1 $17 51. Kh3 {[#]} Kg6 ({Don't do} 51... Qf2 52. Nh4 $17) ({Black should try} 51... Qb3 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...c2.} 52. Nh4 Qg8) 52. Rc7 $15 {[#]} Nf7 (52... Qf2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf2f3]} 53. Nh4+ (53. Rxc3 $2 Kh5 $19) 53... Kh5) 53. Nh4+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg7 54. Nf5+ Kg6 55. Nh4+ Kg7 56. Nf5+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,7,11,13,4,8,12,8,16,16,1,6,0,27,6,11,10,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,3,0,4,4,4,5,12,15,15,9,33,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rae8 16. O-O Kh8 17. a4 Bg6 {1-0 (41) Jones,G (2682)-Jakovenko,D (2735) St Petersburg 2018}) 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. Rae1 Nc4 19. Bc1 Rae8 20. Be2 {Threatens to win with Bxc4.} Re6 21. Bd3 g6 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Nd6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Qd1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 c5 27. dxc5 Bxc5 28. Bd2 b6 29. Qe2 Kf7 30. Be1 Qf4 31. Kf1 Ne4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ng3+.} 32. Qg4 Qxg4 33. hxg4 Be7 34. Ke2 Nc5 35. Bc2 Bf6 36. Bd2 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,117,13,37,10,14,18,15,10,22,11,10,11,2,0,6,5,8,6,20,0,6,0,15,15,15,-22,-45,-44,-41,-35,-29,-59,-7,-11,-13,-8,-14,-16,-29,-33,-15,-43,-45,-50,-38,-39,-39,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-2,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (6. bxc3 {feels hotter.} e6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2) 6... Qc7 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Qc2 {1-0 (35) So,W (2754)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) Abidjan 2019}) 9... O-O 10. Qf3 Rd8 11. Qg3 Bd6 12. f4 b6 13. Qf2 Bf8 14. Be2 Ba6 15. O-O Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc6 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Re8 19. Rae1 Rad8 20. Nf3 f6 (20... Rd5 $15) 21. Qc4+ $11 Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bf4 Ne7 24. g4 Nd5 25. Bd2 c4 26. Rxe8 Bc5+ 27. Kg2 Rxe8 28. Re1 Be3 29. a4 {The position is equal.} a6 30. Bxe3 Nxe3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Kg3 h5 32. gxh5 Re7 33. Kf2 Nxf5 34. Rd1 Rb7 35. Rd5 Ke6 36. Rd8 b5 37. Ra8 bxa4 38. Rxa6+ Kf7 39. Rxa4 Rxb2+ 40. Ke1 Ne3 41. Nd2 Rc2 42. Nxc4 Nf5 43. Ra5 Rxc3 44. Rxf5 {[#] And now Nd2 would win.} Rxc4 {KR-KR} 45. Kf2 Rc3 46. Ra5 Rh3 47. Kg2 Re3 48. Ra8 Re5 49. Rh8 Re8 50. Rxe8 Kxe8 {KPP-KPP} 51. Kf3 Kf7 52. Ke4 Kg8 53. Kf5 Kh7 54. Kf4 Kh6 55. Kg4 f5+ 56. Kxf5 Kxh5 57. h4 Kxh4 {[#] ( -> ...g5)} 58. Kg6 Kg4 59. Kxg7 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,59,-4,0,10,0,12,19,18,20,16,6,4,4,12,18,12,16,31,25,30,39,39,34,53,56,54,59,64,27,71,50,60,60,61,77,90,93,138,144,176,167,142,141,231,233,209,193]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 (10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 cxd5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qd3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 {½-½ (45) Carlsen,M (2861)-Nakamura,H (2761) Abidjan 2019}) 10... Bh5 $1 {The position is equal.} 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc1 cxd5 13. Kh1 c6 14. Ne2 Bg6 15. Nf4 Rae8 16. Nxg6 fxg6 {½-½ (38) Dappiano,A (2310)-Altini,N (2426) Gallipoli 2018}) 12... Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qxb2 14. dxc6 Bg6 15. Kh1 Qd4 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Qe5 18. Bc4 Rad8 19. Rd7 Rxd7 20. cxd7 Rd8 21. Rd1 Kf8 22. c3 Ba3 23. Rd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qe7 24. Bb5 $1 Bd6 25. c4 {Black must now prevent c5.} (25. Nxd6 $6 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Rxd7 $11) 25... a6 {[#]} 26. Ba4 $1 {White is clearly better.} ({Don't play} 26. Bxa6 $6 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 (27. fxe4 c6 $11) 27... Rxd7 $14) 26... Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. fxe4 f6 (28... Rb8 $16 {was worth a try.} 29. g3 Be7) 29. Ra5 $18 Rb8 {[#] ( -> ...Rb1+)} 30. g3 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,61,8,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-8,-8,-8,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,16,21,5,8,1,13,9,9,9,13,9,22,8,8,8,8,7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nd2 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. Ngf3 a5 9. O-O {The position is equal.} a4 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 10. bxa4 (10. e3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb5 Ra5 15. Qxb7 Nc5 16. Qb4 Nd3 17. Qd2 {0-1 (69) So,W (2792)-Ding,L (2771) Tbilisi 2017}) 10... Qa5 11. Qb3 Qxa4 12. Qxb7 Nbd7 {[#] And now ...Rab8 would win.} 13. Qb3 Rfb8 14. cxd5 cxd5 ({But not} 14... Rxb3 $6 15. axb3 Qxa1 16. Rxa1 $16) 15. Qxa4 Rxa4 16. Bc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nb3 Rba8 17. Nc1 Rb8 18. Nb3 Rba8 19. Nc1 Rb8 20. Nb3 Rba8 {½-½ (20) Blohberger,F (2355)-Karavade,E (2384) Zadar 2017}) 16... e6 17. h3 h5 18. Nh4 Rba8 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rfb1 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 (21. e3 {with more complications.} Ne4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bf1 Bf8 24. Be2) 21... Rxa2 22. Rb2 Rxb2 (22... Ra7 {seems wilder.} 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Be1 Bf6 25. e3 Ra1) 23. Bxb2 Ne4 24. Nxe4 (24. Nf3 {feels hotter.} Nb6 25. Ba3 Nc4 26. Bb4 h4 27. g4) 24... fxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 25. e3 Kh7 26. Bf1 Bf8 27. Bc3 Kg6 28. Ba5 Be7 29. Bc7 Nf6 30. Bb5 Nh7 31. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

