[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,14,16,17,17,23,19,22,20,20,30,8,16,17,6,-16,66,66,136,110,84,86,112,92,119,110,114,127,122,114,106,89,93,63,61,54,54,57,57,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,68,72,70,55,332,313,291,277,319,317,412,412,404,412,401,412,388,379,966,948,652,636,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29997,29998,29998,2351]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Qxe7 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qc3 {The position is equal.} Ne5 9. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. g3 d6 10. Bg2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. Bxh3 {1-0 (65) Dubov,D (2703)-Erdos,V (2612) Skopje 2019}) 9... d6 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxe5 {[#] Bg3 is the strong threat.} dxe5 (12... Ne4 $11 13. Ng6 Nxc3 14. Nxe7 Kxe7) 13. Bg3 $14 Nd7 (13... O-O $14) 14. h4 g4 15. c5 h5 16. Rc1 c6 17. Bd3 O-O 18. O-O Re8 19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. Bb1 Nd5 21. Qc2 {Qh7+ would kill now.} (21. Qb3 {is interesting.} a5 22. Qa4 e4 23. Bd6 Qe6 24. a3) 21... e4 $1 22. Rd4 f5 $1 23. a3 Be6 24. Rcd1 Rad8 25. Ba2 Rd7 26. b4 a6 27. a4 Red8 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 29... Ra8 $14) 30. Rd6 Bxa2 31. Qxa2+ (31. bxc6 Rxd6 32. Qxa2+ (32. cxd6 Qe6 $16) (32. Bxd6 Qf7 $14) 32... Rd5 $18) 31... Qf7 32. Qa5 Rxd6 33. cxd6 ({Less strong is} 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. cxd6 cxb5 $18) 33... Qd7 34. bxc6 bxc6 35. Rb1 {Hoping for Rb7!} Rf8 36. Qc7 Rf7 $2 (36... Rc8 37. Qa5 Rf8) 37. Rb8+ $18 Kh7 38. Be5 Nd5 39. Rh8+ {White mates.} Kg6 40. Qb8 Nf6 41. Bxf6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} Kxf6 42. Rh6+ Ke5 43. Qh8+ {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 45%.} (43. Qb2+ $142 Kd5 44. Qd4#) 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,141,13,22,-10,20,2,20,16,31,34,37,37,47,31,71,20,20,19,83,32,105,40,58,18,70,54,105,95,133,126,184,181,182,179,193,194,197,183,172,129,136,135,184,181,196,181,169,131,299,273,626,625,827,817,970,191,353,-13,236,248,229,229,227,238,257,265,251,245,247,232,359,218,180,-31,47,0,0,0,0,-4,305,312,312,302,306,304,297,291,639,405,616,400,521,547,589,581,711,715,759,720,861,865,920,871,884,908,1220,1158,1195,1235,1966,1834,1923,1872,2615,2503,5181,1677,1917,1529,5918,5263,4100,3739,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29980,29981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 6. Qe2 $146 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nd2 Qd8 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. h4 c5 11. e5 Qb6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 {0-1 (22) Bosiocic,M (2624)-Duda,J (2717) Katowice 2017}) 6... dxe4 7. Qxe4 Bd6 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} g6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. O-O-O (12. O-O $16) 12... Nf6 $11 13. Qe2 c5 (13... b6 $11) 14. Kb1 (14. Nxd6 $16 Qxd6 15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. dxe5) 14... cxd4 (14... Bf4 $14) 15. Nxd4 (15. Nxd6 $16 Qxd6 16. Bc2 (16. Nxd4 Bd7 $11)) 15... Bc7 16. Rde1 Kg7 (16... Qc5 $11) 17. g3 Rd8 (17... Qc5 $14) 18. f4 $16 Qc5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 (19... a5 $16) 20. fxe5 $18 (20. Qxe5 $6 b6 $11) 20... Nd5 {Black wants to play ...Nxc3+.} 21. Qf2 Qe7 22. h4 Bd7 23. h5 g5 24. Qe2 Rac8 25. Ka1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} a5 26. Rhf1 a4 27. c4 ({Don't take} 27. Qe4 $6 Rh8 $16) 27... Nb4 28. Bb1 $1 {Black must now prevent Rf6.} a3 $2 (28... Rh8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. Rf6 Nc6) 29. bxa3 Na6 $2 (29... Bc6) 30. Rf6 Rh8 31. Ref1 Be8 {[#]} 32. Qf2 $2 (32. Nxe6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 (32... fxe6 33. Qe4) 33. Nxg5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance} hxg5 34. e6) 32... Nc5 $2 (32... Rxc4 33. Nb5 (33. Bd3 Rc7 $14) 33... Rc7 34. Nxc7 Nxc7) 33. Qc2 $2 (33. Nb5 $18) 33... Rd8 $2 (33... Nd7 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 34. Nb5 Nd7 35. Qc3 {Strongly threatening Nd6.} Qc5 {[#]} 36. Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6b7]} Nxf6 37. exf6+ Kf8 38. Nxb7 Qd4 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 39. Rf3 Qxc3+ 40. Rxc3 Rd1 41. a4 $2 ({White should play} 41. Rb3 $18) 41... Bc6 ({Worse is} 41... Bxa4 42. Ra3 $18) ({Black should try} 41... Rf1 $1 $15) 42. Nc5 (42. Rb3 $14) 42... Rf1 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf1f6]} 43. Rb3 {Threatening mate with Rb8+.} Rxf6 {And now ...Ke7 would win.} 44. Rb6 Bxa4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Bg2 $11 {and Black is okay.} 45. Nd7+ Kg7 46. Nxf6 Kxf6) 45. Nxa4 $18 Kg7 46. c5 Rf3 47. Rb3 Rf1 48. Kb2 Rd8 $2 (48... Ra8) 49. Bc2 Rf2 (49... Rc8 $142 50. Be4 Rf2+ 51. Ka3 f5) 50. Rc3 Rb8+ 51. Ka3 Rc8 52. c6 Rc7 53. Kb4 f5 54. Kb5 f4 55. gxf4 Rxf4 56. Kb6 Rc8 57. Kb7 Rcf8 58. Nb6 g4 59. c7 R4f7 60. a4 Kf6 61. a5 Rg8 62. a6 g3 63. Be4 (63. Rf3+ $142 Ke7 64. c8=Q Rxc8 65. Nxc8+ Ke8+ 66. Rxf7 Kxf7 67. Be4) 63... Ke5 64. Bg2 Kd4 65. Rc2 Kd3 66. Rc6 Rf2 67. c8=Q {White mates.} Rxc8 68. Rxc8 Rxg2 69. a7 Ra2 70. Rg8 g2 71. a8=Q {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,78,29,43,5,22,0,0,0,33,35,22,28,29,20,39,36,35,24,31,18,47,36,50,53,35,26,26,18,36,28,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-37,-29,-145,-143,-145,-145,-240,-69,-70,-75,-66,-64,-241,-249,-326,-341,-330,-339,-316,-264,-615,-626,-620,-587,-810,-777,-923,-856]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. a4 f5 14. Ba3 e4 15. Qc2 b6 {1-0 (23) Kuzubov,Y (2638)-Onischuk,V (2614) Lvov 2016}) 8... Bf5 9. Bb2 exd4 10. exd4 {The position is equal.} Ne4 11. Nd5 Re8 12. Re1 a5 13. a3 Ne7 $146 {With the idea ...Nxd5.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc5) 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Qd2 Ng4 17. d5 Nxe3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxe3 Ng8 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21. Re1 Bd7 22. h3 Qf6 23. Kh2 b6 24. Re4 Re8 25. Rf4 Qa1 26. g4 h6 27. g5 (27. Bc2 $11) 27... hxg5 $17 28. Nxg5 Nf6 29. Kg2 {[#]} (29. Nf3 $17) 29... Qe1 $2 (29... Re1 $1 $19 {[%cal Re1g1]} 30. Nf3 Rh1) 30. Qb2 $15 Qe5 31. Qxe5 dxe5 32. Rh4 $2 (32. Rf3 $1 $15) 32... Nh5 $19 33. Be2 f6 34. Ne4 Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 35. Kf3 g5 ({Weaker is} 35... Nxh3 36. Kg3 $17) 36. Rh7+ $2 (36. Rg4) 36... Kxh7 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Nxf6+ Kg7 38. Nxd7 Nxe2 39. Kxe2 Rd8 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,69,20,19,20,0,8,15,36,22,40,13,14,14,19,16,20,14,11,0,0,0,10,-14,7,-10,77,76,79,77,77,85,43,17,20,22,37,61,129,133,139,128,210,181,372,374,247,256,494,492,5293,4894,2380,677,1096,1069,998,582,29996,29997]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 a6 {The position is equal.} 10. a4 Qc7 {With the idea ...cxd4.} 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Ba3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 {½-½ (33) Akobian,V (2625)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2019}) 11... b6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd7 15. Bb2 {1-0 (43) Liu,Z (2098)-Gu,T (2201) Qinhuangdao 2019}) 15. Rb3 Na5 16. Rb2 Nc6 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Bb2 Rac8 (18... Nb4 $11 19. Bb1 Rac8) 19. d5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nb4 20. Bb1 exd5 {[#]} 21. e5 $1 g6 22. Re1 {[#]} (22. e6 $5 f6 23. Re1 $11) 22... d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. e6 (23. Bxd4 Bxf3) 23... f6 24. Nxd4 Nc6 {[#]} (24... Qf4 $1 $14) 25. Nf5 $1 {aiming for Rd7.} Rxd2 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 (26... Nxe7 $16 27. Qxd2 Rd8) 27. Qxd2 $18 Kg7 $2 (27... Rd8 28. Qe3 b5 29. axb5 axb5) 28. Qf4 Rf8 29. h4 Bc8 $2 {[#]} (29... Qb4 {might work better.} 30. Qxb4 Nxb4) 30. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ne5 (30... Nd8 $142 31. hxg6 Nxe6) (30... gxh5 31. Qe4) 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32. Qxe5+ (32. h6+ $142 Kg8 33. Qxe5 Bxe6 34. Ba2 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 32... Kh6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Qh2+ Kg5 35. Qg3+ {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,8,19,0,7,0,0,5,6,-21,0,0,-4,-69,-60,-63,-51,-46,-43,-40,-20,-85,-76,-99,-79,-119,-55,-75,-74,-61,-63,-65,-56,-80,-10,-15,0,0,0,-5,66,51,113,27,37,33,47,58,61,63,55,15,47,17,12,27,35,29,52,20,91,97,108,99,104,106,177,118,218,158,158,151,149,90,103,115,87,88,130,66,153,14,43,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} (6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Rc1 Nd4 12. Ne4 c6 13. b4 Bg4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nc5 Rb8 16. Nb3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 g6 18. Nc5 Nd5 19. Qb3 {½-½ (35) Laznicka,V (2670)-Vidit,S (2711) Prague 2019}) 6... Bc5 7. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 f6 11. Na4 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Be6 13. Qc2 Qd6 14. b3 Bd5 15. Bb2 b6 16. e3 Qe6 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {½-½ (83) Oleniak,W (1806)-Maliszewski,J (1773) Police 2016}) 7... O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 9. Nb5 Bd6 (9... Na6 {seems wilder.} 10. Nf3 f6 11. a3 c6 12. Nc3 Be6) 10. h4 Nc6 11. Bxc6 (11. Nxd6 $11 cxd6 12. Nf3) 11... bxc6 $15 12. Nc3 {[%cal Bb5c3,Bc3d1,Bd1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} a5 13. Nf3 a4 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rg1 {[#]} (15. Ne4 $11 {remains equal.}) 15... f5 $1 $17 16. Nd1 c5 17. Ne3 Be6 (17... e4 $17 18. dxe4 fxe4) 18. Bc3 $15 Nd7 19. Nd2 Qe7 20. Ndc4 Qf7 21. f4 {[%cal Rc3e5]} Bxc4 ({Black should play} 21... Kh7 $17) 22. Nxc4 $11 e4 23. Rd1 Ra6 24. Kf2 Bf8 (24... Nb6 $11) 25. e3 $14 Rae6 (25... Nb6 $14 26. Nxb6 (26. Ne5 Qxa2 27. g4 a3 $14) 26... cxb6) 26. Qe2 (26. Qxa4 $16 Nb6 27. Qb5) 26... exd3 27. Qxd3 Re4 28. Qxd7 Qxc4 29. Rge1 $1 a3 30. Rd2 R4e6 31. Qd5 (31. Be5 {is more complex.} Qxa2 32. bxa3 Qxa3 33. Qxc7 R6e7 34. Qc6) 31... Qxd5 32. Rxd5 axb2 33. Bxb2 Ra6 34. a3 c4 (34... Rb8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 35. Re2 g6) 35. Rxf5 $16 Rb8 36. Re2 Rb3 37. Rc2 c3 (37... g6 $16 {was worth a try.} 38. Rd5 Rc6) 38. Bc1 ({Better is} 38. Bxc3 $18 Raxa3 39. Bb2) 38... Rb1 (38... g6 $16 39. Rd5 Rc6) 39. Kf3 Rc6 40. Rd5 Ra1 41. Rd3 (41. Ra5 $142) 41... Bxa3 42. Bxa3 Rxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 43. e4 Kf7 44. e5 (44. Rd7+ $16 Kf8 45. e5) 44... h5 (44... g6 $1 $14) 45. f5 (45. Rd7+ $16 Kf8 46. Ke4) 45... Rc5 46. Ke4 Raa5 {The position is equal.} 47. e6+ Kf6 48. Rd7 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rd7f7] [#]} Rxf5 {Threatening ...Ra4+.} 49. Rf7+ Kxe6 50. Rxc7 Rfe5+ {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 34%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 12,110,-23,-25,-8,-9,-8,-1,-10,-4,-12,-28,-32,-25,-15,-25,0,-39,-29,-33,0,0,-7,-7,-7,-2,-8,-69,-69,-58,-39,-68,-61,-64,-47,-56,-37,-39,-50,-77,-4,-11,0,0,0,-59,-35,-58,-64,-178,-159,-819,-814,-1030,-1006,-951,-774,-791,-784,-733,-741,-740,-691,-792,-628,-1012,-985,-983,-868,-793,-778,-755,-481,-654,-487,-479,-349,-466,-420,-705,-676,-641,-564,-1060,-1056,-1056,-1045,-1029,-996,-5373,0,-853,0,-830,0,-1322,0,-826,0,-688,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Be7 {A08: King's Indian Attack} 8. Na3 Be6 (8... O-O 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Nfd2 Nb6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 f5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 f4 15. a5 {1-0 (33) Ding,L (2791)-Karjakin,S (2782) Stavanger 2018}) 9. Ng5 Bg4 {The position is equal.} 10. f3 Bh5 11. h4 Nd7 12. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nh3 f6 13. Nf2 O-O 14. Bh3 Bf7 15. Bd2 {0-1 (29) Ost Hansen,J-Hansen,C (2505) Naestved 1985}) 12... O-O 13. Qe1 Re8 14. Nh3 f6 15. f4 b6 16. f5 a6 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. b3 {[#]} ({Better is} 19. g4 $11) (19. axb5 axb5) 19... c4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Black has some pressure.} 20. bxc4 Bxa3 (20... b4 {looks sharper.} 21. Nb1 Qb6 22. Ra2 Nc5 23. g4 Reb8) 21. Rxa3 bxc4 22. dxc4 Rb8 23. Nf2 Qe7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 24. Ra1 Qf7 25. g4 Rb2 (25... Qxc4 $17 26. Qd1 Rb2) 26. Qc1 $11 Reb8 27. Nd3 R2b7 28. c5 (28. g5 $11) 28... Qc4 $15 29. g5 Nxc5 30. Qe1 (30. Nxc5 $15 Qxc5 31. Rf2) 30... Qxc2 $19 31. Nxc5 $2 {[#]} (31. Rc1 $17 Nxd3 32. Rxc2 Nxe1 33. Bxe1) 31... Rb1 $1 (31... Qxc5 32. gxf6 d3+ 33. Qe3 $17) 32. Nd3 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Rb1 34. Rxb1 Qxb1 35. Kf1 a5 36. Rg3 Kh8 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Nc5 Qc2 39. Nd7 Qc4+ ({Not} 39... Qxe4 $2 {[#]} 40. Rg8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg8 41. Nxf6+ Kf7 42. Nxe4 $18) 40. Kg1 Qf7 41. Nb6 d3 42. Rxd3 Qh5 {Threatens to win with ...Qe2.} 43. Nd5 {If only White now had time for Bf2....} Kg7 44. Rc3 Qd1 45. Kf2 (45. Rxc6 $142 Qxe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kh2 Qxh4+ 47. Kg1) 45... Nd4 46. Rc7+ Kf8 {Strongly threatening ...Qe2+.} 47. Nc3 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 Qg4+ 49. Kf1 Qh3+ 50. Kf2 Qf3+ (50... Qxh4+ $142 51. Kf1 Qh1+ 52. Kf2 Nc2 53. Rc8+ Kf7) 51. Kg1 Qg4+ 52. Kf1 Qh3+ (52... Ke8 $142 53. Bf2 Qh3+ 54. Ke1 Qd3 55. Bxd4 exd4) 53. Kf2 $1 Qf3+ 54. Kg1 Qg4+ 55. Kf1 Qh3+ $2 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 62%.} (55... Ke8 $19 56. Bf2 Qh3+ 57. Ke1 Qd3 58. Bxd4 exd4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 13,111,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,-91,-55,-40,-34,-40,-25,-27,0,0,21,32,25,36,18,8,10,0,0,0,0,-23,55,50,73,64,59,42,30,35,43,41,31,35,157,146,1146,1135,963,1027,1147,1063,985,846,1347,1188,1581,1517,1459,1344,5097,6207,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29980,29981,29981,29982,29985,29985,29985,29985,29985,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29993,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 8. Nf3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. f3 (12. O-O $11) (12. h4 Nxe5 13. Be2 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. f3 Qh5 {1-0 (36) Vallejo Pons,F (2707)-So,W (2780) Leon 2018}) 12... Bxc3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bc5 13. Nce2 Bb4+ {1-0 (44) Monell Camarasa,D (2259)-Trepat Herranz,J (2281) Lleida 2012}) 13. bxc3 Nec5 14. g4 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qg6 ({Of course not} 15... Nxe5 $6 16. Qe2 $16) 16. Qxg6 hxg6 (16... fxg6 {is interesting.} 17. Nxe6 Nxe5 18. Nxf8 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxf4 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Ke3 g5) 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Kf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nc5 19. Rhd1 Bd7 20. Kg3 Rfc8 21. Rab1 b6 22. Ne2 Ne6 ({Black should try} 22... Na4 $11) 23. Rxd5 $14 Bc6 24. Rd6 Bb7 25. Be3 Ba6 26. Nd4 Rxc3 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rb3 Rac8 ({Better is} 28... Rcc8 $14) 29. Rxe6 $16 Bc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Kf7 $16 30. Rd6 Rxb3 31. axb3 Rc7) 30. Rxc3 $18 Bxe6 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 32. Kh4 Kf7 33. Kg5 Bb7 34. f4 Be4 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 b5 37. Bxa7 b4 38. Bc5 {White mates.} Bd5 39. Bxb4 Bxa2 40. h4 Bd5 41. h5 Bc6 42. e6+ Kg8 43. Bc3 Be8 {[#]} 44. h6 {Played: Bc3xg7} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. O-O Qc7 8. Be3 b6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 f5 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Qe2 h6 16. Nf3 f4 17. Bd2 g5 18. Bc3 Ng6 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 g4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. c3 c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Nd6 Kh8 26. Nf5 Rxf5 27. exf5 Nh4 28. f6 Qxf6 29. Ra6 Qg7 30. Rxh6+ Qxh6 31. Qe5+ Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nxh4 a5 34. Ra1 a4 35. Ra3 Kf6 36. Kf1 Ke5 37. Ke1 Kd5 38. f3 Bh5 39. Kd2 Be8 40. Kc1 Kc4 41. Nf5 Ra6 42. Ng7 Bg6 43. Kd2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,80,29,12,53,18,33,19,20,-19,-13,-17,7,-10,-11,-14,-12,-7,-1,-39,-25,-66,-42,-50,-66,-56,-52,-51,-64,-88,-88,-131,-130,-172,-108,-111,-112,-106,-99,-102,-102,-102,-105,-96,-109,-113,-104,-118,-63,-105,-94,-94,-26,-20,-40,-84,-84,-72,-67,-135,-84,-140,-84,-92,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 {Threatens to win with axb5.} Bb7 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (8... Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qb1 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Ra3 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {0-1 (33) Lagarde,M (2612)-Jones,G (2698) Reykjavik 2019}) 9. d3 h6 10. Re1 O-O {The position is equal.} 11. axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 {0-1 (14) Roux,P (2474)-Bowyer,K (2416) ICCF email 2004}) 11... axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nh4 Na5 14. Nf5 {And now Ba2 would win.} Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Bc6 16. Na3 Bd7 {Strongly threatening ...Bxf5.} 17. Ne3 Qb8 18. Qd1 b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 19. Nac4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qa7 21. Qf3 Rb8 22. Bd2 Qa2 23. h3 Rb1 (23... Bxe3 $1 $19 24. Bxe3 Rb1) 24. Rxb1 $17 Qxb1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Nf1 Bb5 26. Bxh6 Bxc4 ({Much weaker is} 26... gxh6 $6 27. Qxf6 Qe1 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qh4 $11) 27. dxc4 Qxe4 ({Of course not} 27... Nxe4 $6 28. Qg4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 28. Bg5 Qxf3 ({Don't play} 28... Qxc4 $6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Ng3 $11) 29. gxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Nd7 30. Bd8 Nb6 (30... c6 $17 31. Nd2 f6) 31. Nd2 Na8 32. Nb3 f6 ({Black should play} 32... Bb6 $17 33. Bg5 f6) 33. Nxc5 $11 dxc5 {KB-KN} 34. Be7 Nb6 35. Bxc5 Nxc4 36. Kf1 {[#]} (36. Kg2 $15) 36... Kf7 (36... g5 $142 $1) 37. Ke2 {[#]} ({White should try} 37. h4) 37... Ke6 (37... g5 $142 $1) 38. h4 $17 {Black is better.} g6 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. Be7 f5 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,115,23,23,23,26,23,23,22,22,23,62,58,64,16,26,13,67,68,65,63,63,63,63,52,73,50,50,57,54,50,50,16,17,9,7,6,29,12,17,10,58,58,58,51,51,47,48,48,46,46,46,46,48,58,56,48,50,36,36,36,68,39,50,36,45,36,273,260,234,59,59,57,57,52,52,52,52,52,69,70,353,0,48,0,0,0,29989,29990,29994,29995]} 1. d4 (1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. d4 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1 Nb4 15. Bd2 Na6 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Ba5 Rd7 18. Ke2 f5 19. Ng5 fxe4 20. Rhd1 Bh6 21. h4 Rb7 22. Rd4 Rb2+ {½-½ (41) Mchedlishvili,M (2631)-Volokitin,A (2682) Warsaw 2013}) 1... 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 Qa5 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Kxd2 Nc6 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1 Nb4 15. Bd2 Na6 16. Bg5 Kf8 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Nd2 h6 19. Be3 f5 20. f3 e6 21. d6 Ke8 22. Rc7 Rd7 {½-½ (46) Saiyn,Z (2394)-Tabatabaei,M (2482) Doha 2015}) 12... Rd8 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Bd2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Na6 16. Bg5 Kf8 17. Bxa6 {White has an edge.} bxa6 18. O-O Rb8 19. Rc7 Rd7 20. Rc6 Rdb7 21. Bf4 Ra8 (21... Bd7 $11) 22. Rfc1 $14 ({Reject} 22. Rxa6 $6 Rb4 $11) 22... Bd7 23. Rc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Ke8 25. h3 h6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. a3 Rd8 30. d6 exd6 31. Bf4 g5 32. Be3 Rd7 33. Rc6 Kf7 34. Rxa6 Bd3 35. Ra4 a6 36. h4 d5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rd4 Bc4 39. Bxg5 Rb7 40. Rf4+ Ke6 41. g4 Rb3 42. Bh4 Rxa3 43. g5 Ra1+ 44. Kh2 {Threatens to win with g6.} d4 $1 45. g6 Bd5 $1 46. f3 {Black must now prevent g7.} d3 $2 ({Better is} 46... Rc1 $14) 47. g7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg7g8]} Ke5 {[#]} 48. Bg3 $2 ({White must play} 48. Rf8 $1 $18 Ra2+ 49. Kg3) 48... Ra2+ $14 49. Kh3 d2 $1 50. Rf7+ Kd4 51. g8=Q {White threatens Rf4+ and mate.} d1=Q 52. Qg7+ Kd3 53. Qg6+ Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Black should play} 53... Kd2 $1 $14) 54. Qf6+ $2 (54. Qd6 $1 $18 {And now Rf4+ would win.} a5 55. Qxd5+ Kxd5 56. Rd7+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Kc6 57. Rxd1) 54... Kd3 {Strongly threatening ...Qh1+.} (54... Kc4 $5 {[%cal Rd5f7]} 55. Rf8 Qxf3 56. Qxf3 Bxf3 $11) 55. Qf5+ Kc4 56. Rc7+ Kb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Kb4 $11) 57. Qd7+ Kb4 58. Qd6+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 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 "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,7,12,4,29,0,0,0,0,7,0,8,13,20,31,-16,-20,-71,-75,-112,-108,-141,-129,-245,-265,-302,-305,-355,-367,-369,-354,-329,-354,-387,-325,-305,-240,-306,-230,-372,-297,-254,-254,-254,-254,-229,-232,-221,-214,-215,-205,-283,-271,-274,-245,-239,-97,-170,-163,-162,-147,-155,-143,-136,-124,-122,-99,-104,-70,-58,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-7,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Rb1 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. e4 Bb7 9. a3 d6 10. Rb1 e6 11. b4 Rb8 {½-½ (11) Stevic,H (2586)-Saric,I (2691) Bjelovar 2019}) 6... e6 7. a3 d5 8. Bg5 dxc4 9. dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Ng4 12. Ne4 f5 13. h3 fxe4 14. hxg4 {1-0 (28) Sergeev,V (2438)-Blahynka,M (2210) Brno 2014}) 9... Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bd7 11. Nb5 {Hoping for Nc7+.} Ke7 $1 12. Nd6 h6 13. Bf4 (13. Bxf6+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxf6 14. Nxb7) 13... g5 $17 14. Be3 {[#]} b6 $1 15. h4 g4 16. b4 (16. h5 $17) 16... cxb4 $19 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Bxa8 {White wants to play Bb7.} Nc2+ 19. Kd2 Nxe3 20. Kxe3 Rxa8 21. f3 Bc6 22. Nb5 Nd7 23. Kf2 Ne5 24. Rc1 (24. Na3 {keeps fighting.}) 24... gxf3 25. Nxf3 Bxf3 26. exf3 Nd3+ 27. Ke3 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} a6 29. Nc3 Rc8 30. Ne4 f5 31. Nd2 Be5 32. Rb1 b5 ({Don't do} 32... Bxg3 33. Rxb6 a5 34. f4) (32... Bd6 $19 {has better winning chances.} 33. Kd3 Bc5) 33. cxb5 (33. f4 $17 Bg7 34. cxb5 Rc3+ 35. Ke2 axb5 36. Rxb5) 33... axb5 34. g4 Rc3+ 35. Ke2 Bf4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rc2.} 36. Nb3 fxg4 37. fxg4 e5 38. Na5 e4 {Threatens to win with ...Rc2+.} 39. Rb4 Rc2+ 40. Kd1 {The position is equal.} Rc1+ 41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Kd1 Rc1+ {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,142,20,23,18,27,19,19,20,18,4,51,44,44,36,35,38,76,65,74,59,82,76,110,108,113,118,118,115,120,118,106,106,126,122,132,130,141,103,98,105,107,118,101,97,197,106,164,115,115,89,195,180,171,189,177,169,162,90,80,20,68,61,90,90,90,90,90,90,107,97,93,68,106,106,126,100,6070,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,11,19,19,33,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,206,12,4622,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 (9... Bxa2 $2 10. b3 $18) 10. h4 h6 (10... Bxa2 $2 11. b3 $18) 11. Nd4 Nxd4 ({Wrong is} 11... Bxa2 $2 12. b3 $18) 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. c4 c5 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. Qe3 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rde8 16. Kb1 Bf6 {½-½ (31) Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Wang,Y (2752) Medias 2010}) 16. hxg5 $1 hxg5 17. Be2 Rge8 18. b3 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 {...Bd6 would now be nice for Black.} 20. Bf3 Bd6 21. Qxg5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qe6 23. Kb1 Be7 24. Qf4 Bd6 25. Qa4 {Threatens to win with Rhe1.} Bb8 26. Rdg1 Qd7 27. Qc4 Qd5 28. Qg4+ $1 f5 29. Qh5 Rg8 (29... Rf8 $16) 30. Re1 (30. Bf6 $18) 30... Bf4 (30... Rgf8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 31. Bf6 Rd7 32. Kb2 b6 {[#]} (32... b5 $16) 33. Re8+ $1 $18 Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kb7 35. Rh8 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Re8c8]} Ka6 {Hoping for ...Qd1.} 36. Qe2+ ({White should try} 36. a3 $18) 36... Kb7 $16 37. a4 (37. Rh5 $16) 37... Qd6 38. Bc3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Re7 {[#]} 39. Qc4 $1 Be5 40. Rf8 Bxc3+ 41. Qxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd5 42. f4 Ka6 43. a5 bxa5 44. Rf6+ Kb5 45. Ka3 {White threatens Qf3! and mate.} Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Qd4 $16 46. Qxd4 cxd4) 46. Qh3 $2 ({White should play} 46. Qe5 $18 {Qb8+ would kill now.} Qxe5 47. c4+ (47. fxe5 c4 $16) 47... Rxc4 48. bxc4+ (48. fxe5 Rf4 $17) 48... Kxc4 49. fxe5) 46... Qd1 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd1a1]} 47. Qc3 {aiming for Qb2.} a4 48. Rxf5 Qc1+ $1 49. Qb2 Qxb2+ 50. Kxb2 axb3 51. Kxb3 {KR-KR} Rb4+ 52. Kc3 Rc4+ 53. Kd3 Rd4+ 54. Ke3 Rc4 55. Kd2 Rd4+ 56. Ke2 Re4+ 57. Kd2 Rd4+ 58. Kc1 a5 59. Rf8 Re4 60. f5 Re1+ (60... Re2 $11) 61. Kb2 (61. Kd2 $16 Re7 62. f6 Rd7+ 63. Ke3) 61... Rf1 62. Rb8+ Kc6 63. Rf8 Rxf2 64. f6 a4 65. Ka3 Kb7 $2 (65... Kd5 $11) 66. c4 $2 (66. Kxa4 $18 c4 67. Kb5) 66... Rf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Rf3+ $11 67. Kxa4 Kc6) 67. f7 $2 (67. Kxa4 $18 {And now Kb5 would win.} Rxc4+ 68. Kb5) 67... Ka7 {The position is equal.} 68. Kxa4 Rxc4+ 69. Kb5 Rf4 70. Kxc5 Kb7 71. Kd6 {Ke6 is the strong threat.} Rf1 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,53,15,15,15,15,19,9,9,9,9,6,10,0,0,-7,2,-57,29,14,72,67,64,69,54,53,57,50,218,133,100,37,37,19,19,0,0,-329,694,688,692,716,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Qd2 Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a4 13. Ng3 Qa5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nh4 {0-1 (44) Dominguez Perez,L (2750)-Vidit,S (2707) Hengshui 2019}) 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. d4 (14. Ba4 $11) 14... Bb6 (14... exd4 $15 15. Nxd4 Qb6) 15. Qc2 Ng6 (15... exd4 $11 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd4) 16. Be3 $16 c6 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Qd2 d5 19. Bxh6 {Hoping for exd5.} dxe4 $2 (19... gxh6 $2 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Qxh6 $18) (19... exd4 $14 20. cxd4 Bxd4) 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 (21. Bxe4 $16 {aiming for Qg5.} exd4 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. cxd4) 21... Bd5 $14 ({Avoid the trap} 21... gxh6 $2 22. Qxh6 Bd5 23. Rg4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} (23. Nxe5 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rd6 $16)) 22. Rg4 e4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 23. Nh4 exd3 24. Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Nxg6 $11 fxg6 25. Rxg6) 24... Be6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Re2 $19 25. Qxd3 Qa6) 25. Bxg7 $18 Bxf5 {[#]} 26. Qh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White threatens Bf6 and mate.} Re6 {[#]} 27. Bh8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,91,-1,11,0,-1,-4,0,-2,0,-6,4,9,7,4,5,0,10,8,6,16,12,10,8,13,14,0,0,0,3,7,16,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-26,-27,-25,0,0,0,-29,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Bd2 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. a3 a5 11. Bd2 Qe6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Bc3 Nd4 14. e3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bd6 16. Qh5 c6 {1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2845)-Giri,A (2797) Shamkir 2019}) 9... Nf6 10. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Na4 Bd6 12. a3 Qe7 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qd7 {1-0 (33) Balleer,D (2006)-Oppel,D (1503) GER email 2011}) 10... Bb6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Bc3 e4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be5 Re8 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Bxc7 Rxa2 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Nd2 21. Rf2 {Hoping for e4.} Rxb2 22. e4 Be6 23. Be5 Rb5 {[#] And now ...Nb3 would win.} 24. Rxd2 {Strongly threatening Bc7.} Rxe5 25. Rxc6 Rb5 26. f4 g6 27. e5 Kg7 28. Be4 Rb4 29. Bf3 Ra8 30. Kf2 Ra2 31. Rxa2 Bxa2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Bg4 h5 33. Bd7 Rb2+ 34. Ke3 Rxh2 35. Rc7 Kf8 36. Rc8+ Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Rg2.} 37. Rc7 Kf8 38. f5 {The position is equal.} gxf5 39. Bxf5 Be6 (39... Bd5 {with more complications.} 40. Kf4 Rg2 41. Rc1 Rb2 42. Kg5 Kg7) 40. Bxe6 fxe6 {KR-KR} 41. Rb7 Rb2 42. Kf4 Rf2+ 43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kf4 Rf2+ 45. Ke4 Re2+ 46. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,84,8,22,8,45,35,38,29,36,32,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-16,-26,-32,-27,0,-50,-36,-30,-32,-32,-31,-21,-29,-23,-25,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-6,6,-8,-8,-3,-4,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-41,-38,-47,-4,-4,-4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nh4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. b4 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Bf4 h6 13. h3 g5 14. Be3 Ne4 {½-½ (41) Grachev,B (2673)-Rublevsky,S (2698) Sochi 2015}) 7... Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. h4 Qb4 13. c5 a5 14. Qc2 a4 {½-½ (35) Szczepanski,Z (2417)-Hrubaru,M (2066) LSS email 2010}) 9... Qa6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 (11. O-O $1 $14) 11... b6 $11 12. exd5 exd5 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Bf1 b5 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. Qc2 Qa7 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. Be3 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxb5 Qb6 (22... Qb7 $5 {[%cal Rb7b5]} 23. Bd3 Ng4 $11) 23. Bd3 $1 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxb2 25. a4 Qc2 26. Nf4 g5 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. Nd3 Ne4 29. a5 Nc5 30. Nb4 Rb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2b4]} 31. Nc6 Ra6 32. Nd4 Nb3 33. Nxb3 Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. Ra2 Rb5 35. Rfa1 d4 36. Kf1 Re5 37. Ra4 d3 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Rd5 40. Ke1 d2+ 41. Kd1 g6 (41... Re6 $5 42. a6 $8 Re1+ 43. Kc2 d1=Q+ 44. Rxd1 Rexd1 $15) 42. R1a2 Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O a6 6. a3 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Ba2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Ne2 f5 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. b4 f4 18. Bh2 cxb4 19. axb4 Kh8 20. c3 Rad8 21. Kh1 Bf5 22. Ned4 Rfe8 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. d4 Qf7 25. Bb1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Bg1 Rxe1 28. Nxe1 Nce7 29. Qd3 Qe6 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Qxe5 33. f3 Qe1 34. Bc2 Kg7 35. c4 dxc4 36. Qxc4 Nh4 37. Qd4+ Kf7 38. Bb3+ Ke8 39. Qd6 Nhf5 40. Qb8+ Kd7 41. Qxb7+ Kd8 42. Bc4 Nc8 43. Bxa6 Ncd6 44. Qa8+ Ke7 45. Bd3 Ne3 46. Qa7+ Ke6 47. Qa2+ Kd7 48. b5 Qd1 49. Be2 Qe1 50. Bd3 Qd1 51. Qe2 Qc1 52. Kh2 h5 53. Bf2 Kc7 54. Qe1 Qc5 55. Kg1 Kb6 56. Qa1 Nxb5 57. Qb2 Kc6 58. Qxb5+ Qxb5 59. Bxb5+ Kxb5 60. Bxe3 fxe3 61. Kf1 Kc4 62. Ke2 Kd4 63. g3 Kd5 64. Kxe3 Ke5 65. f4+ Kf5 66. Kf3 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,194,0,7,0,0,-22,-20,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-18,-26,56,0,0,0,0,-28,5,0,26,-113,-79,-110,-63,-98,-100,-98,-106,-197,-203,-202,-172,-338,-193,-185,-162,-145,-145,-143,-60,-62,-63,-77,-83,-96,-83,-97,-97,-223,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-316,0,0,0,0,59,43,51,74,138,21,24,-27,429,339,320,271,588,588,588,580,496,486,445,438,5052,5052,5052,5052,5052,5052,1000,0,0,0,256,257,258,258,261,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. d3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} d6 8. Be2 e4 (8... Ne8 9. O-O f5 10. c5 d5 11. c4 e4 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Qb3 exd3 14. Bf3 Na6 {1-0 (44) Ding,L (2805)-Karjakin,S (2752) Abidjan 2019}) 9. dxe4 Re8 10. Nd2 Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. f3 b6 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. O-O Nce5 {½-½ (39) Teeriaho,T (2345)-Kaan,J (2206) ICCF email 2015}) 11. h3 Qh4 12. g3 Qh6 $1 13. Ba3 b6 14. f4 Nf6 (14... Nxe3 $6 15. Qd3 $16) (14... Na5 $11) 15. Bf3 (15. O-O-O $14) 15... Bb7 $11 16. O-O-O Na5 17. g4 Nd7 (17... Nxe4 $5 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxc4 $15 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 18. g5 Qe6 19. f5 (19. Bg4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qe7 20. Rhe1) 19... Qe5 20. Rhg1 Nc5 21. Rg4 Bc6 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qd3 (23. Re1 $17) 23... Qa3+ 24. Kb1 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Ka1 $2 ({Don't blunder} 25. cxb5 $2 Rab8 $19) (25. Qc2) 25... Rab8 (25... b4 $142 26. Qc2 bxc3) 26. Qc2 $19 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 bxc4 28. Qc1 Qxc1+ (28... Qa5 $17 29. Rd4 Rb6) 29. Rxc1 $15 g6 30. f6 Re5 31. Rb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kxb1 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} h5 33. Rg2 (33. gxh6 $17 Re6 34. Rf4) 33... Bxe4+ $2 (33... Kf8 $19 34. Kc1 Ke8) 34. Bxe4 $11 Rxe4 $19 {KR-KR} 35. Rb2 $1 Kf8 36. Rb8+ Re8 37. Rb7 Rxe3 38. Rxa7 Ke8 39. Ra8+ Kd7 40. Rf8 Rxh3 41. Rxf7+ {[#]} Ke6 $1 42. Re7+ $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kd5 43. a4 h4 (43... Rxc3 44. Rxc7 Kd4 45. a5 $14) 44. a5 (44. Rxc7 $16 {Hoping for a5.} Rxc3 45. a5) 44... Kc6 $1 $11 ({But not} 44... Rxc3 $2 45. a6 $18) 45. Rg7 (45. a6 $142 Kb6 46. a7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxa7 47. Rxc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb6 48. Rg7) 45... Rxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Rg3 $11) 46. Rxg6 $18 {And now f7 would win.} Rf3 47. Rh6 h3 $2 {[#]} (47... Rf5 {is tougher.}) 48. Rxh3 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxh3 {KR-K3P} 49. f7 Rf3 50. g6 Kb5 51. g7 Rxf7 (51... Rf1+ $142 52. Kc2 Rf2+ 53. Kc3 Rf3+ 54. Kd2 Rf2+ 55. Kc3 Rf3+ 56. Kd2 Rf2+ 57. Kd1 Rf1+ 58. Kc2 Rf2+ 59. Kd1 Rf1+ 60. Kd2 Rf2+) 52. g8=Q {KQ-KR} Rf1+ 53. Kc2 Rf2+ 54. Kc3 Rf3+ 55. Kd4 $2 (55. Kd2 $18 {White wants to mate with Qd5+.} Rd3+ 56. Kc2) 55... Rd3+ $11 56. Ke4 {Black must now prevent Qa8.} d5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (56... Kxa5 $11 57. Qb8 Ka4) 57. Ke5 $1 $18 {Qa8 is the strong threat.} Kxa5 {[#]} 58. Qb8 $1 Ka4 59. Qxc7 $2 (59. Qb2 $18) 59... Kb3 $11 {The position is equal.} 60. Qb6+ Kc2 61. Qf2+ Kb3 62. Qb6+ Kc2 63. Qf2+ Kd1 64. Qf5 Kd2 65. Qf4+ Kd1 66. Qg4+ $1 Kd2 67. Qg2+ Kd1 68. Qg1+ Kd2 69. Qf2+ Kd1 70. Qg1+ Kd2 71. Qh2+ Kd1 72. Qh5+ (72. Qg1+ {keeps more tension.}) 72... Kd2 73. Qh6+ Kd1 74. Qa6 Kd2 75. Qa2+ Kd1 76. Qb1+ Kd2 77. Qb2+ Kd1 78. Qa1+ Kd2 79. Qb2+ Kd1 80. Qb1+ Kd2 81. Qb2+ Kd1 82. Kd6 c3 83. Qb3+ Kd2 84. Qb4 Kd1 85. Qg4+ Kd2 86. Qg2+ Kd1 87. Qf1+ Kd2 88. Qf2+ Kd1 89. Qf5 Kd2 90. Qf4+ Kd1 91. Qg4+ Kd2 92. Qb4 Kd1 93. Qb1+ Kd2 94. Qb4 Kd1 95. Qb5 Kd2 96. Qa5 Kd1 97. Qb5 Kd2 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,74,20,7,16,17,8,0,6,3,9,-18,-20,-21,-18,-26,27,22,32,36,94,92,92,6,5,6,32,33,36,18,19,5,20,3,17,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-9,-9,-28,-16,-15,-16,-42,-39,-33,-13,-58,-58,-63,-22,-29,-29,-71,-75,-201,-54,-65,-52,-102,-96,-170,-162]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} 7. Nxd4 h6 8. Bh4 d5 {The position is equal.} 9. e3 (9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 {½-½ (45) Harikrishna,P (2743)-Kramnik,V (2779) Batumi 2018}) 9... e5 10. Nf3 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. exd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Re8+ $146 (12... g5 $142 13. Bg3 Nc6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8) ({Predecessor:} 12... g5 13. Bg3 Re8+ 14. Be2 {½-½ (73) Melkumyan,H (2647)-Kuzubov,Y (2656) Martuni 2014}) 13. Be2 $1 $11 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 (14... Ne4 $14) 15. Bxf6 $16 gxf6 16. Nc2 ({White should try} 16. Ndb5 $16) 16... Bxc3+ $1 $11 17. bxc3 Ne5 {Black wants to play ...Nd3+.} 18. Ne3 Be6 19. O-O Rac8 {[%cal Re5c4]} 20. Rfd1 Rc5 21. Rd4 Rec8 22. h3 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rd7 R5c7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. a3 Be6 27. f4 Rc5 28. g4 f5 29. Kf2 Kg7 30. Kf3 Kf6 31. a4 b6 32. c4 Ra5 33. Rd1 Rxa4 34. Rd8 (34. Rd4 $17) 34... Ra3 ({Better is} 34... fxg4+ $19 35. hxg4 Bxc4 36. Nxc4 Rxc4) 35. Ke2 $1 $15 Ra2+ 36. Kd3 Rh2 37. gxf5 (37. Ra8 $17) 37... Bxf5+ {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. a4 Rb8 14. b4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nc6 16. Nf1 Qf6 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Ne3 h5 19. Bb3 c6 20. axb5 axb5 21. d4 g4 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nh4 Qg5 24. O-O O-O 25. Rad1 Ra8 26. Kh2 Ra3 27. Qb2 Ra7 28. Rd6 Kg7 29. c4 Bc7 30. f4 gxf3 31. Rd3 fxg2 32. Kxg2 f6 33. c5 Rd8 34. Rxd8 Bxd8 35. Qe2 Ra3 36. Qd3 Bc7 37. Nef5+ Nxf5 38. Nxf5+ Kf8 39. Qc2 Qg4 40. Rf3 Bxf5 41. Rxf5 h4 42. Rxf6+ Kg7 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Qf2 Qxg3+ 45. Qxg3+ hxg3 46. Be6 Bd8 47. Kh3 Bg5 48. Rc7 Bf4 49. Rxc6 Kg5 50. Bf7 Bd2 51. Rg6+ Kf4 52. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a3 Bd6 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Nc5 15. Ba2 Ne6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. h4 Rae8 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Bc5 21. c3 Qf7 22. Qd2 a4 23. Qc2 e4 24. Qxa4 b5 25. Qc2 Kh8 26. b4 Ba7 27. c4 bxc4 28. dxc4 Nf6 29. c5 Qc7 30. g3 Bb8 31. Rad1 Qc8 32. Qd2 f4 33. Bxf4 Qh3 34. f3 exf3 35. Qh2 Qxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Ng4+ 37. Kh1 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Nxd1 39. Rxd1 Bxf4 40. gxf4 Re2 41. Bc4 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 Rxf4 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Bg8+ Kh6 45. Bd5 g5 46. hxg5+ Kxg5 47. Bxc6 Rc2 48. Rd3 Kg4 0-1

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,92,-10,3,-7,-2,-10,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,10,17,19,19,25,20,14,25,18,11,12,27,10,16,0,293,286,289,271,273,293,347,358,337,31,27,0,42,0,91,81,85,79,59,36,96,99,82,80,45,37,71,0,37,14,57,55,374,379,347,332,523,522,483,483,495,185,186,189,182,171,129,181,145,96,153,107,29999]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} d6 8. d3 Bg4 (8... a6 9. h3 b5 10. Kh2 bxc4 11. dxc4 Nd4 12. Qd3 a5 13. Be3 Nxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd7 15. Rad1 {½-½ (61) Klekowski,M (2506)-Wojtaszek,R (2724) Chorzow 2019}) 9. Kh1 {The position is equal.} Bxe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd7 10. a3 a5 11. f3 Be6 12. b3 Nd4 13. Rb1 f5 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Ne2 {0-1 (41) Schweber,S-Szmetan,J Buenos Aires 1973}) 10. Qxe2 Nd4 11. Qd1 c6 12. f4 h6 13. Na4 Bb4 14. a3 Ba5 15. Be3 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Nc3 Bb6 18. Rc1 a6 19. Bh3 Re8 20. g4 {aiming for g5.} Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... exf4 $11 21. Bxf4 Ne6) 21. Bxb6 $18 Qxb6 {[#]} 22. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 23. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 24. fxg5 Nh7 25. Qg4 $2 ({Stronger than} 25. Qh5 Qe3 $11) (25. g6 $1 $18 {Qh5 is the strong threat.} Nf6 26. Qe1) 25... Qe3 $14 26. h4 Rf8 {White must now prevent ...Rf4.} 27. g6 Rxf1+ (27... Nf6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 28. Qxe6+ Kh8) 28. Rxf1 $16 Nf8 29. h5 Qxd3 30. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Qg5.} Qd2+ ({Black should play} 30... Qe3 $1 $14) 31. Rf2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qe3 32. Nd1 Qc1 33. Qf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Qg5+ 34. Kf1 (34. Kh3 $16 {Qf7+ would kill now.} Nd7 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qxd7 Qxh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kg3 Qxg6+ 38. Kf3) 34... Qe7 (34... Qf4 $5) 35. Ke2 b4 36. a4 Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Rc8 $14) 37. Qf7+ $18 Qxf7 38. Rxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc5 {[#]} (38... Nf6 $142 39. h6 Nh5) 39. Nf2 $1 {Threatening mate with h6!} Rf8 40. Rc7 b3 41. Ng4 $2 (41. a5 {Strongly threatening h6!} Rf6 42. Ke3) 41... Nxe4 {White should prevent ...Ng3+.} 42. h6 Ng3+ 43. Ke1 Nf5 44. hxg7 Nxg7 45. Nh6+ Kh8 {[#]} 46. Ra7 $1 Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Rc8 $16) 47. Rh7# {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,114,10,22,16,29,2,11,-2,6,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,10,0,0,0,13,0,10,0,0,-33,-5,-19,1,-35,-6,-72,-58,-59,-71,-100,-35,-65,-12,-32,-22,-141,-131,-135,-114,-129,-135,-135,-132,-118,-102,-145,-149,-147,-148,-154,-148,-140,-150,-139,-75,-78,-84,-84,-63,-67,-47,-116,-63,-63,-63,-61,-64,-68,-77,-81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,7,7,31,31,31,27,80,0,0,0,9,9,27,27,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Bb7 7. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. b4 Nd7 12. a4 a5 13. b5 {0-1 (54) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... e6 8. b3 d5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Na4 Bc6 18. Nb2 Qb7 19. Bd6 b5 20. c5 (20. Bf4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... Bd5 21. Qa3 Ne4 22. Bf4 Nb8 (22... b4 $17 23. Qxa6 Ndxc5 24. dxc5 Bxb2 25. Qxb7 Bxb7) 23. Ne5 Nc6 (23... f6 $1 $15 24. Ng4 Nc6) 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. f3 (25. Qe3 $11) 25... b4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb4a3][%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 26. Qxa6 Nc3 27. Qxb7 Bxb7 28. Bc4 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Red8 30. Bd6 Bf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8d6]} 31. Be5 {[#]} Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for ...Be7.} 32. Bf6 (32. dxc5 Rxd1+) 32... Ba7 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Kf1 Rxd4 (34... Bxd4 $142 35. Nd3 Bc3) 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 36. Nd3 Bc3 37. Ke2 Kf8 38. Kd1 {[#]} (38. Nc5 $1 $15 Bc6 39. Kd3) 38... Bc6 ({Better is} 38... e5 $1 $17 39. Kc2 e4 40. fxe4 Bxe4) 39. Kc2 $15 Ba4+ 40. Bb3 Bb5 41. a4 Ba6 42. a5 Ke7 (42... Bb5 $17 43. Nc5 Bd4) 43. Nc5 $11 Bb5 $1 44. Ba4 Bd4 {Hoping for ...Bf1.} 45. Bxb5 {Nd3 is the strong threat.} Bxc5 {KB-KB} 46. Kb3 Kd6 47. Kc4 g5 48. Be8 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} f6 49. Bf7 e5 (49... Kd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 50. Kd3 (50. g4 $16) 50... f5 51. Bg8 h6 52. Bh7 e4+ 53. fxe4 fxe4+ 54. Kxe4 Kc6 {The position is equal.} 55. Kf5 Kb5 56. Kg6 Kxa5 57. Kxh6 Be3 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,34,23,22,20,29,20,20,29,23,31,37,40,22,29,10,51,-4,0,3,0,-66,-1,-552,-546]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 {The position is equal.} (9... Bd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 b5 14. Bc2 Rb8 15. Qd2 {½-½ (41) Jakovenko,D (2748)-Tomashevsky,E (2702) Satka 2018}) 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Bb3 c5 15. a3 {0-1 (47) Santos Ruiz,M (2473)-Ponkratov,P (2590) Minsk 2017}) 12... Ne7 13. d4 c5 14. Re1 ({White should play} 14. dxe5 $14 dxe5 15. Nb3) 14... Qc7 15. b4 c4 16. Qc1 (16. a4 $11) 16... d5 (16... f5 $15 17. Bg5 Rae8) 17. Bh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (17. a4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 17... Bxh6 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,72,26,43,45,35,54,27,50,43,168,71,122,57,119,121,122,-153,-152,-147,-129,-181,-181,-184,-184,-175,-183,-232,-229,-209,-196,-189,-188,-220,-158,-138,-162,-223,-203,-268,-212,-230,-213,-213,-213,-204,-206,-206,-206,-176,-173,-215,-214,-192,0,-141,0,-182,-125]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 {D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5)} (9... Qd6 10. Kb1 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15. h4 e6 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 exd5 {½-½ (35) Aronian,L (2809)-Svidler,P (2749) Geneva 2017}) 10. e5 f4 11. Bf2 Nb4 {White has an edge.} 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nh3 Qe8 13. a3 N4d5 14. Ng5 Bh6 15. h4 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Bf5 17. Ne4 {½-½ (61) Harsha,B (2492)-Sutovsky,E (2633) Douglas 2018}) 12... a5 (12... N4d5 $14) 13. h4 (13. axb4 $18 axb4 14. Ne4) 13... Be6 $16 14. Nh3 (14. axb4 $16 axb4 15. Nb1) 14... Na2+ (14... Bb3 $14) 15. Nxa2 Bxa2 16. d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (16. h5 $16) 16... Qxd5 $17 17. Qxd5+ Nxd5 18. Re1 (18. Bd3 $17) 18... Rf5 $19 19. Bd3 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. h5 gxh5 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Nxh7 Rd8 ({But not} 23... Nxh7 24. Bxh7+ Kf7 25. Rxh5 $17) 24. Bc2 Bf7 25. Ng5 Bd4 26. Be1 (26. Bxd4 {keeps fighting.} Rxd4 27. Re1) 26... b6 27. Bh4 Be3+ 28. Kb1 Rd2 {And now ...Bd5 would win.} 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Bxf6 Kxf6 31. Rxh5 Rxg2 {KRB-KRB} 32. Rh6+ Ke5 33. Rh5+ {[#]} Kd6 $1 34. Rh6+ {[#]} Ke5 ({Black should try} 34... e6 $1 $19 35. Bf5 Bd4 36. Rxe6+ Kd5) 35. Rh5+ $1 $17 Kd6 36. Rh6+ $1 Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 48%.} (36... e6 $19 37. Bf5 Bd4 38. Rxe6+ Kd5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,120,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,3,4,7,-39,-32,-22,-23,-8,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,24,24,25,24,24,24,29,11,13,8,16,10,16,0,0,-9,31,0,7,7,6,0,56,56,56,40,44,42,43,29,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,12,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,12,12,12,12,12,4,12,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 8. Nf3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. cxd5 (12. h4 Nxe5 13. Be2 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. f3 Qh5 {1-0 (36) Vallejo Pons,F (2707)-So,W (2780) Leon 2018}) 12... exd5 13. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nec5 15. Be2 Qg6 {½-½ (34) Richter,M (2460)-Luch,M (2429) Germany 2012}) 13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nec5 15. g4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Qh4+ 16. Bg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h4]} Qh6 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. O-O Nxe5 19. Nd4 Qh6 20. Bxh7+ Qxh7 21. Qxh7+ Kxh7 22. Bxe5 Re8 23. Bg3 Bd7 24. Rfe1 Na4 25. Rac1 Rac8 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. Be1 Bd7 28. h4 b6 29. Bd2 Nb2 30. Re1 Re8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 32. Kf2 Bd7 33. h5 f6 34. Kg3 Nc4 35. Bc1 Kg8 36. f4 Nd6 37. Kh4 Nb5 38. Ne2 Be6 39. f5 Bf7 40. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Kf8 (40... Be8 $11) 41. a4 $14 Nc7 42. Nd4 Be8 43. Bf4 Na6 44. Ne6+ (44. a5 $5) 44... Kf7 45. g5 fxg5+ {The position is equal.} 46. Kxg5 {[#] Black must now prevent Be5.} Nc5 47. Nxc5 bxc5 $11 {KB-KB} 48. a5 d4 $1 49. cxd4 cxd4 50. Be5 d3 {[#] Hoping for ...d2.} 51. Bc3 a6 52. Kf4 Bd7 53. Kg5 Bc6 54. Kf4 Bd7 55. Bd2 Kf6 56. Bc3+ Kf7 57. Ke4 Bc8 58. Ke5 Bd7 59. Kf4 Bc8 60. Kg5 Bb7 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. b4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. b5 Nd8 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Rb1 Qf6 15. d4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 g4 17. Nh4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. O-O O-O 20. Kh1 c6 21. f4 d5 22. Bd3 Qg7 23. e5 f5 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Nb3 Be3 26. Rfe1 Ba7 27. a5 Be6 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Re8 30. Rb6 Qf8 31. Qc2 Ra7 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Nxf5 h5 34. Nh4 Rg7 35. f5 Qa3 36. Kh2 Qxa5 37. Rbb1 Qc7 38. e6 Qe7 39. Qc3 Rf8 40. Rb8 c5 41. Qe5 d4 42. Qd5 Kh7 43. Re5 Qf6 44. Ng6 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Ndf3 Na5 12. Qa3 O-O 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb5 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bxe2 20. Qxa7 Ba6 21. b4 Qe8 22. Nc6 g5 23. Be3 Nd6 24. a4 bxc6 25. Qxa6 Nc4 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Bxc6 Qb8 28. Qxc4 Rc8 29. a5 Qc7 30. a6 e6 31. b5 Qa5 32. Kg2 h6 33. d5 exd5 34. Qxd5 Rd8 35. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,117,0,0,0,0,16,0,13,18,13,0,0,6,0,-10,-3,-14,0,0,0,-33,48,8,11,9,19,-12,72,-7,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,9,-28,-35,-27,-23,-18,-26,-108,-74,-74,-77,-77,-77,-77,-72,-77,0,-72,114,114,165,159,181,181,181,174,544,499,598,592,591,591,1720,1693,1954,1959,29951,11914,29956,1368,29982,29956,29972,29969,29980,29981,29981,29982,29980,29981,29981,29979,29981,29982,29984,29985,29985,29985,29987,29988,29988,29986,29986,29978,29978,29977,29990,29991]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. c4 b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qc3 Re8 14. Bd5 {½-½ (80) Laznicka,V (2647)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2689) Riadh 2017}) 8... c5 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd3 h6 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b4 cxb4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Qb5 14. axb4 {½-½ (41) Blomqvist,E (2525)-Dhulipalla,B (2392) Barcelona 2017}) 10... Nc6 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Be4 Qd6 13. Bb2 Be6 14. O-O Rac8 15. f4 Bd5 (15... Rfd8 $15) 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Rcd8 18. Rad1 b6 (18... f6 $11) 19. Qc3 (19. fxe5 $16 Nxe5 20. d4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 (21. Bxd4 f6 $11) (21. exd4 Nc6 $11)) 19... f6 20. b4 (20. fxe5 {seems wilder.} fxe5 21. Bc2 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bg8 23. Be4) 20... cxb4 (20... exf4 {is interesting.} 21. Rxf4 Nd4 22. Bg4 Ne6 23. Rf2 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Nc5) 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Bc4 25. d3 (25. Rf2 {looks sharper.} Nd3 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Rc1 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Rd5 29. Bd4) 25... Nxd3 26. Rxd3 (26. Bc7 {feels hotter.} Rd5 27. Be4 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rd7 29. Rf8+) 26... Bxd3 27. Bxd3 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 a5 29. Bc7 (29. Kf2 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Rd2 30. Bxb6 a4 31. Bc5 {next e4 is good for White.} Rc2 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 32. Bb4 {Black should prevent e4.} Rb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2b4]} 33. Bd6 Rd2 ({Better is} 33... Rb3 $17 34. Bc4 Rxe3) 34. Be7 (34. Bc5 $11) 34... Ra2 $2 (34... Rd7 $17 {stays on course.} 35. Bb4 Rb7) 35. Bc4 $16 Ra1+ (35... Rc2 $16 36. Bd5 Rc3) 36. Kf2 $18 a3 {[#]} 37. Kf3 $1 a2 {White must now prevent ...Rf1+!} 38. Ke4 Rg1 $2 (38... Kh7 39. h3 Kh8) 39. Bxa2 Rxg2 {[#]} 40. Bd5 $1 Rxh2 41. Kf5 Kh7 42. e4 Rf2+ 43. Ke6 g5 44. e5 g4 45. Bh4 Rh2 46. Bg3 {White mates.} Rh3 47. Bf4 Kg7 48. Kd6 Rd3 49. e6 Kf8 50. Bxh6+ Ke8 51. Bf4 g3 {[#]} 52. Bxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd1 (52... Rxg3 53. Bc6+) 53. Ke5 Rc1 54. Bf4 Re1+ 55. Kf6 Kd8 56. Kf7 Re2 57. Bg5+ Kc7 58. e7 Rf2+ 59. Bf6 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,0,0,0,-2,-1,1,-9,3,3,51,58,68,34,45,37,43,9,43,43,33,0,59,-108,-101,-140,31,-126,-39,-46,-37,-211,-212,-200,-204,-216,-194,-201,-202,-210,-174,-175,-173,-266,-157,-192,-77,-77,-77,-77,-79,-102,-8,-8,-8,-8,-4,-4,0,-8,-3,-50,-33,-151,-143,-761,-729,-762,-718]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nd2 (5. Bd3 c6 6. Nd2 Qe7 7. Qf3 g6 8. h3 Nd7 9. g4 h5 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. Rg1 hxg4 12. hxg4 Bd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 {0-1 (59) Duda,J (2737)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... O-O 6. Qf3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} c6 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Ne2 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. g4 Qb6 10. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 Nd7 11. h4 c5 12. b3 Qc7 13. c3 a6 14. g5 Be7 {1-0 (52) Ubezio,M (2182)-Cereda,L (1890) Corsico 2003}) 10... Nd7 11. Nf4 Qc7 12. h4 a5 13. Rdg1 a4 14. a3 c5 15. g5 Bxf4 ({Black should try} 15... c4 $11 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. gxf6 Nxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Qxf6 c3) 16. exf4 $2 (16. Qxf4 $14 Qxf4 17. exf4) 16... f5 $1 $17 (16... cxd4 $2 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. f5 $18) 17. Qe3 {[#]} Rac8 $2 ({Better is} 17... b5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 18. h5 (18. Bxb5 Qb6 $19) 18... b4 19. dxc5 bxa3 20. bxa3 Nxc5) 18. c3 $2 {[#]} (18. Nf3 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 18... cxd4 (18... b5 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} 19. Kb1 (19. Bxb5 $2 Qb6 $19) 19... Nb6 20. dxc5 (20. Bxb5 $2 Bd7 $19 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack}) 20... Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4) 19. Qxd4 $15 Nb8 {Threatens to win with ...Nc6.} 20. Kb1 $2 ({White must play} 20. Bb5 $1 $15 Nc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. h5 (22. Qxa4 c5 $17)) 20... Nc6 $19 21. Qxa4 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3][%mdl 512] aiming for ...dxc3.} 22. Rc1 (22. cxd4 Qxf4) 22... Qxf4 23. Rhd1 Qxh4 24. Nf3 Qxf2 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 (26. Qxd4 $142 Qxd4 27. cxd4) 26... Qe3 (26... Qf3 $19 27. Ka1 g6) 27. Rxc8 $17 Rxc8 {[#]} (27... Bxc8 $19 28. Bc4 f4) 28. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 {Hoping for ...Be6.} 29. Bxf5 Be6 30. Qg4 g6 (30... b5 $17) 31. Bxe6 $11 Qxe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 33. Rd7 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5a4][%mdl 32]} 34. b4 {With the idea Rb7.} Rf8 35. Rb7 Rf5 36. a4 (36. Rb8+ $15 Kf7 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Rxh7) 36... bxa4 $17 37. b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rb8+ $17 Rf8 38. Rb7) 37... Rxg5 $19 38. Ka2 Rg3 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 46%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4 d4 9. Na4 Nd7 10. a3 e5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Be7 a5 15. c5 Re8 16. Bd6 Qd8 17. Nd2 Bf8 18. Nc4 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 Re6 20. f4 Nxc5 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Nxc5 Re7 23. fxe5+ Kg7 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. Rac1 Qxe5 26. Qb2 Bf5 27. Nxb7 Rb8 28. Rc5 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Bxd3 30. exd3 Nxd3 31. Qc2 Nxc5 32. Qxc5 d3 33. Qd6 Qe5 34. Qa3 d2 35. Nxa5 Ra7 36. Nc6 Rxa3 37. Nxe5 Rd8 38. Rd1 Rc3 39. Ng4 Rc1 40. Nf2 Rf8 0-1

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,104,20,10,12,26,-4,0,0,0,4,2,0,10,5,16,13,4,0,0,0,10,0,16,0,0,0,31,23,54,49,72,74,81,79,85,74,82,74,66,72,74,29,105,116,99,104,144,149,164,164,171,172,162,165,208,206,186,132,217,217,243,158,156,156,148,43,52,43,193,168,211,189,211,163,204,215,212,201,341,341,954,971,1063,1004,1264,1244,1113,445,1362,1154,1729,2584,1572]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 f6 8. Ne4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (8. Qf3 e6 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. Nbd6+ Bxd6 11. Nxd6+ Ke7 12. Qg3 Rg8 13. d3 fxe5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Nxe5 d6 {1-0 (49) Grischuk,A (2772)-Korobov,A (2652) Huaian 2017}) 8... f5 9. Nbc3 ({Avoid the trap} 9. Nxc5 $2 Qb6 $19) (9. c4 {with more complications.} Nc7 10. Nxc5 Nxb5 11. cxb5 Qb6 12. d4) 9... Nxc3 10. Nxc3 {The position is equal.} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... g6 11. d3 d5 12. h4 d4 13. Ne2 Qd5 14. Bf4 Qxg2 15. Rg1 Qc6 {0-1 (45) Novoselski,Z (2389)-Milovanovic,S (2203) Paracin 2012}) 11. O-O dxe5 12. Qe2 e6 13. Qxe5 Qd6 14. Qe2 Be7 15. b3 O-O 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Nd1 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Nb2 Rh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rd6h2]} 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 b6 23. a4 Bc6 {[#]} 24. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd8 (24... bxa5 25. Rxc5) 25. axb6 axb6 26. d3 Rd5 27. Nc4 Bb5 (27... b5 $11 {remains equal.} 28. Rxd5 exd5) 28. Rxd5 $16 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Ne3 d4 30. Nxf5 Re6 31. Ra1 Kf7 32. f3 Kf6 33. Ng3 Re7 34. Ne4+ Ke6 35. Ra8 (35. Kf2 $18) 35... Bc6 (35... Kd7 $16 36. Kf2 h6) 36. Ra6 $18 Bxe4 37. Rxb6+ ({Don't take} 37. fxe4 $6 Rb7 $16) 37... Bc6 38. Rxc6+ $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. KR-KR} Kd5 39. Ra6 (39. Rc8 $16) 39... Re2 $14 40. Ra2 {And now c4+ would win.} Kc6 (40... Ke5 $1 $14) 41. h4 $18 h5 42. Kh2 Kb6 43. Kg3 Rd2 44. f4 g6 45. Kf3 Kb7 {[#]} (45... Rd1 $142 46. Ra8 Rf1+ 47. Kg3 Rc1) 46. b4 $1 c4 $2 (46... cxb4 47. Rb2 Kc6 48. Rxb4 Rxc2 49. Rxd4 Ra2) 47. dxc4 {White is clearly winning.} d3 48. Ke3 $1 {[%csl LRd2,LRd3][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxg2 49. Kxd3 Rg4 50. Ra5 (50. b5 $142 Rxh4 51. Ra6) 50... Rxf4 (50... Rxh4 $142 51. Rg5 Rh3+ 52. Ke4 Rc3) 51. Rg5 Rxh4 52. Rxg6 Rh1 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 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 "81"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,25,20,12,21,5,25,30,39,30,39,32,34,47,39,32,49,40,44,38,36,36,45,-25,-8,0,14,0,11,0,31,30,94,79,68,64,65,68,88,105,73,28,86,51,119,71,184,0,0,-101,-80,-182,-162,-172,-157,-156,-105,-215,-127,-199,-199,-268,-292,-319,-276,-319,-303,-282,-248,-218]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 d6 8. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8. Re1 h6 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Ra2 f5 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (40) Ding,L (2813)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8... Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 (9... Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Bb3 Re8 12. d4 h6 13. Bc2 c6 14. Nf1 d5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 {½-½ (34) Anand,V (2770)-Aronian,L (2792) Saint Louis 2016}) 10. b4 {White has an edge.} Ng8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 f5 13. Neg5 Nxc3 14. Qe1 e4 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 {0-1 (32) Rasch,H (2301)-Derichs,R (2307) Germany 2008}) 11. Bb3 f5 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Rxa1 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Ba2 Be6 18. Nb3 (18. c4 $14) 18... Bxb3 $11 19. Bxb3 f4 20. Kh2 Nf6 21. Bb2 Raa8 (21... Ra6 {with more complications.} 22. d4 Rb6 23. Bc1 h6 24. Re2 Rfb8) 22. d4 exd4 (22... Rfb8 $11) 23. Re2 d3 24. Qxd3 {aiming for e5.} Nd7 25. c4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rab8 26. Qc3 Qf6 27. Qc1 Qe6 (27... Ne5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 28. Bxe5 dxe5) 28. Ba4 Nc5 (28... Ne5 $14) 29. Bxc6 Rb6 (29... Nd3 $16 30. Qc3 Nxb2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Qxb2 Qxc4) 30. Bd5 $2 (30. Qc3 $18 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3g7]} Qg6 31. Nd4) 30... Qg6 {Hoping for ...c6.} 31. Bd4 (31. e5 $1 $11 c6 32. Qc2 Qxc2 33. Rxc2 cxd5 34. cxd5) 31... c6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 32. Bxc5 (32. Qc2 $17 {is a better defense.} cxd5 33. exd5) 32... dxc5 $19 33. Qe1 cxd5 34. cxd5 h6 (34... Rb3 $142 35. e5 Rb1) 35. e5 (35. Ne5 $17 Qe8 36. Nf3) 35... Rb3 (35... Rb1 $19 36. Nh4 Qd3) 36. e6 {[#]} (36. d6 $17 Rd3 37. Re4) 36... Rd3 $1 37. Ne5 (37. Rd2 $142 Re3 38. Qf2) 37... Qg3+ 38. Kg1 Rxd5 39. Qxg3 fxg3 40. Ng6+ Kh7 {[#] ( -> ...Rd1+)} 41. Nxf8+ {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 43%. . Loss on time!?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,89,20,11,16,2,29,10,12,3,6,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,56,-29,0,-18,-23,-95,-68,-82,-83,-100,0,-93,-107,-97,-94,-65,-66,-50,22,22,25,48,366,356,387,364,507,479,956,918,1097,1098,1091,1088,1075,1056,1328,1312,1133,951,950,910,866,861,854,833,5712,5712,5711,2303,29965,29964,29969,29970,29972,29972,29975,29974,29974,29970]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Bf5 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} 7. O-O a5 8. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. Rc1 e5 13. d5 Nb4 14. e4 {0-1 (39) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... e5 {The position is equal.} 9. d5 Na6 10. e4 Bd7 11. a3 Nc5 12. b3 c6 13. Rb1 cxd5 14. cxd5 Qc7 15. Re1 Rfc8 (15... a4 $11) 16. f3 (16. a4 $14) 16... Bh6 ({Weaker is} 16... Nd3 17. Bxd3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 $16) 17. Kh1 a4 $1 18. b4 {[#]} (18. Nb5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Bxb5 19. Bxb5) 18... Bxd2 $1 $17 19. Bxd2 Nb3 20. Bg5 Nh5 (20... Kg7 $17 21. Bb5 Qxc3 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. Bxd7 Rc4) 21. Na2 (21. Bb5 $1 $11) 21... Qc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Nc1 f6 24. Nxb3 fxg5 ({Better is} 24... axb3 $15 25. Be3 Rxa3) 25. Na5 $11 Nf4 26. Bf1 Rac8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... b6 $1 $14 27. Nc4 Bb5 28. Nxb6 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Ra6) 27. Nxb7 $18 R8c3 28. Nxd6 Rxa3 29. b5 Rb3 (29... Rac3 $142 30. b6 Bc8) 30. b6 Rcb2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. b7 Rb6 33. g3 Nh3 34. Rc1 Kf8 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. b8=Q Rxb8 37. Rxb8 Kxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 38. Rd8 Kc7 {[#]} 39. Rxd7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd7 40. Bxh3+ {KB-KP} g4 {[#]} 41. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1b5] White mates.} ({Don't blunder} 41. Bxg4+ $2 Kd6 $19) 41... a3 42. Bc4 gxf3 43. Kg1 g5 44. g4 Kd6 45. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,86,0,6,25,-4,4,0,0,0,0,0,9,-53,-51,-119,-104,-167,-168,-179,-167,-391,-194,-244,-207,-221,-210,-218,-206,-262,-260,-429,-232,-229,-224,-240,-242,-381,-259,-272,-163,-158,-162,-165,-163,-173,-143,-168,-156,-185,-173,-204,-192,-190,-151,-285,-293,-296,-264,-337,-135,-98,-52,-52,-52,-65,-34,-37,-42,-52,-28,-28,-28,-28,-7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 $1 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 9. Na3 (9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Bd4 Rb8 16. Qc3 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Qa5 Ne8 19. Qxc7 Nxc7 20. Bxc6 {½-½ (75) Vidit,S (2718)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne4 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Nb5 Bd7 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. Be5 Bxb5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxb5 Qxb5 17. Qb3 c4 18. Qe3 Nf6 19. Rab1 Qa4 20. d6 exd6 21. Nd4 Nbd5 22. Bxd5 {½-½ (22) Troia,E (2304)-Hybl,V (2382) ICCF email 2016}) 10. Bb2 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 11. Nxd4 Be4 12. f3 Bc6 13. e4 (13. e3 $11) 13... Qb6 $15 14. Qb3 {[#]} (14. Rf2 $15) 14... Nxe4 $1 $17 15. Rad1 (15. Qxb6 $17 axb6 16. fxe4 Bxd4+ 17. Bxd4 Rxa3 18. Bh3) 15... Nc5 $19 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nab5 $2 (17. Rd2) 17... Rxa2 (17... Bxb5 $142 18. cxb5 Rxa2) 18. Bc3 Nbd7 19. Rf2 Rxf2 20. Kxf2 Ra8 21. Rd2 Bxb5 22. cxb5 $2 {[#]} (22. Nxb5 Bxc3 23. Nxc3) 22... Nf6 (22... Ra3 $142 23. Bb4 Nd3+ 24. Rxd3 Rxd3) 23. Ne2 e6 24. Bd4 Nd5 {Strongly threatening ...Nb3.} 25. f4 (25. Bxc5 {is a better defense.} bxc5 26. f4) 25... Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Ra2 (26... Nf6 $142 {And now ...Ng4+ would win.} 27. Bf3 Ra2 28. Rd8+ Kg7) 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb2 29. Kf3 Rxb5 30. f5 Rb3+ 31. Kg4 Rd3 32. Re5 Kg7 33. Nf4 Rd6 34. Re7 (34. Re1 $17 {was necessary.}) 34... Kf6 35. Rc7 gxf5+ 36. Kh5 Ne6 (36... Rd2 $19 {is more deadly.} 37. h3 Rd6) 37. Rxb7 $17 Nxf4+ (37... Rc6 {keeps more tension.} 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Rxh7 Rc2 40. Rh6+ Ke5) 38. gxf4 {KR-KR} Kg7 39. Kg5 Rg6+ 40. Kxf5 Rh6 41. Kg5 Rxh2 {Hoping for ...Rb2.} 42. Rxb6 Rg2+ 43. Kf5 Rg6 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

