[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz 2019"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2019.06.03"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2747"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2019.06.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,41,23,35,36,27,26,14,21,17,28,22,26,5,16,14,17,19,10,9,22,10,7,0,21,2,0,0,25,20,37,19]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 Nh5 {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines} (7... h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 c5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc3 Qd5 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. g4 Rfd8 20. c3 {1-0 (47) Andreikin,D (2713)-Dreev,A (2668) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 8. Nxh5 (8. Ne2 {is interesting.} Bf5 9. c4 e6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bd3) 8... Bxh5 9. c3 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 10. Be2 e6 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxh4 14. Qc2 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 {½-½ (31) Rushbrooke,R (1909)-Brown,T (2063) Llandudno 2017}) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 h6 14. Nf3 Qa5 15. a3 Qf5 16. g3 Nf6 17. O-O-O Qe4 18. Rde1 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 h5 20. Bg5 Ng4 21. Bxe7 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz 2019"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2019.06.03"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2019.06.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,94,-13,-29,-22,-23,0,-10,-20,-25,-12,-45,-41,-36,-37,-33,11,22,22,11,18,20,22,8,33,0,48,51,46,43,57,46,66,66,58,47,46,45,119,45,121,59,126,104,164,162,160,84,102,85,124,118,96,50,124,108,136,131,122,109,358,355,340,348,391,393,689,679,872,707,950,949,873,846,1866,687,1888,570,1733,1722,2477,2259,2397,2366,29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Bd6 {A08: King's Indian Attack} (7... Be7 8. Na3 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}) 8. Na3 Be6 9. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Ndc4 Na5 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. f4 Nc6 13. f5 Bd7 14. g4 Ne8 15. g5 {1-0 (67) Hagesaether,E (2166)-Hoel,H Oslo 2003}) 9... Bg4 {The position is equal.} 10. f3 Bh5 11. h4 h6 12. Nh3 Nd7 13. Nf2 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Bh3 Qe7 16. Kg2 O-O-O 17. Bd2 Kb8 18. Qe2 Nf8 19. Rh1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Bg4. White is pushing.} Ne6 20. Bg4 Bg6 21. Bf5 Rdg8 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Kxh1 Bc7 (24... Nf8 $14) 25. Nc4 (25. Bxg6 $16 {Black must now prevent Bf5.} fxg6 26. Nc4) 25... a6 (25... Bh5 $14) 26. Kg2 (26. Bxg6 $16 {Bh7 is the strong threat.} fxg6 27. a5) 26... Ka7 (26... Nf8 $14) 27. Qe1 b5 (27... Nf8 $16 {might work better.}) 28. axb5 $1 $18 axb5 29. Na3 (29. Qa1+ $142 Kb7 30. Na3) 29... Kb6 $16 30. Qh1 Bxf5 31. exf5 Ng7 32. Qh7 f6 ({Black should play} 32... Ne8 $1 $14) 33. Ne4 Ne8 34. Qg8 $1 Nd6 {[#]} 35. Qb3 $1 {And now Nxd6 would win.} Na7 $2 {[#]} (35... b4 $16) 36. Nc4+ $1 $18 Nxc4 37. dxc4 b4 38. c3 Nc6 $2 (38... Bd6 39. g4 Nc6 40. cxb4 cxb4) 39. cxb4 cxb4 40. c5+ Kb5 41. Qd3+ Ka5 42. Qc4 Qd7 43. g4 (43. Nxf6 $142 Qc8 44. Nd5) 43... Qd8 44. Qe6 (44. Qa2+ $142 Kb5 45. b3) 44... Na7 45. Nxf6 e4 46. Nxe4 Qh8 47. Nd6 {[%cal Re6a2]} Nc6 48. Qa2# {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 22%.} 1-0 [Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz 2019"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2019.06.03"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2827"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "2019.06.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,140,14,13,14,37,16,19,9,39,0,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,8,9,9,6,8,11,7,10,10,7,12,12,12,12,29,4,12,11,36,17,26,0,5,0,0,0,15,8,9,0,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,87,77,70,40,72,93,81,0,104,94,89,48,97,50,93,57,35,31,81,-85,29,21,117,76,123,36,35,-8,123,120,118,132,125,102,124,116,236,254,254,247,485,474,541,512,501,388,700,662,739,727,758,753,671,-830,-878,-838,-481,-865,-792,-872,-868,-838,-806,-755,-796,-740,-558]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 {The position is equal.} Kh8 10. b4 Ng8 11. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nbd2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Bxe3 {½-½ (14) Karjakin,S (2753)-Sargissian,G (2689) St Petersburg 2018}) 11... Qf6 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 f5 14. Be3 fxe4 15. dxe4 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Nf6 17. a5 h6 18. Nbd2 g5 19. Ne1 Bd7 20. Nc2 Nd8 (20... Kg7 {is more complex.} 21. Ree1 Ne7 22. Ne3 Rab8 23. Rab1 Nh5) 21. Ree1 Ne6 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Ne3 Nh5 24. c4 Nf4 25. Ra3 c6 26. f3 Rad8 27. Kh2 h5 28. Rc3 Kg7 29. Ndf1 Kg6 30. Ng3 h4 {Threatens to win with ...d5.} 31. Ne2 Rf7 32. Kg1 Rfd7 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Rd2 Rf8 36. Rc1 Rfd8 37. Rcd1 Kf6 (37... d5 $11) 38. Nc3 $16 Ke7 39. Na4 Rf8 40. Nb6 Rdd8 41. Ke1 (41. Rb1 $16) 41... Ng6 (41... Nxh3 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 42. gxh3 Rxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 42. Rc1 Nf4 {Threatening ...Nxh3!} 43. Rc3 Rf6 44. Kd1 Rff8 45. Kc2 Kf6 46. Kb2 Ke7 47. Rc1 $2 {[#]} (47. b5 $1 $16 {and life is bright.}) 47... Rf6 ({Better is} 47... Nxh3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 48. gxh3 Rxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Nf5+ Bxf5 50. exf5 Rxh3) 48. Rcd1 $11 Rff8 (48... Nxg2 $1 $11 49. Rxg2 Rxf3) 49. Kc3 Ng6 50. Kb3 ({White should play} 50. b5 $16) 50... Nf4 $14 51. Ka4 {[#]} Ng6 {[#]} (51... Nxh3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] keeps the balance.} 52. gxh3 Rxf3 53. Nf5+ Bxf5 54. exf5 Kf6) 52. b5 $1 $16 Nf4 53. bxa6 bxa6 54. Kb4 c5+ 55. Kc3 Rf6 (55... Rb8 $16) 56. Rb1 $18 Ke8 57. Nbd5 Bxd5 $2 (57... Rf7 58. Rb6 Bc8) 58. cxd5 ({Weaker is} 58. Nxd5 Nxd5+ 59. cxd5 (59. Rxd5 Ke7 $16) (59. exd5 Rf4 $16) 59... Rf7 $18) 58... Kd7 59. Rb7+ Ke8 60. Ra7 Rf7 $2 (60... Rb8 61. Nc4 Rb4 62. Rxa6 Ke7) 61. Rxa6 Rb7 62. Rb6 Rxb6 63. axb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ra8 64. Ra2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Nc4 $18) 64... Rxa2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 65. b7 Ne2+ 66. Kb3 Nc1+ 67. Kc3 Ra3+ 68. Kc2 Rb3 69. Nc4 Kd7 70. Kxc1 Rxb7 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 34%.} 0-1 [Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz 2019"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2019.06.03"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2705"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2019.06.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,52,12,11,25,19,23,21,85,83,80,84,81,81,87,87,93,80,91,83,104,70,74,71,79,69,147,133,153,149,149,146,153,153,232,229,848,826,831,810,1023]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 {D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6} (8... c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bb3 exd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. h3 Nb6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Qf4 Re8 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd8 23. Rd4 Qc7 {1-0 (43) Radjabov,T (2751)-Sargissian,G (2691) Batumi 2018}) 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 (10... Qxd1+ $11 11. Kxd1 b6) 11. b4 $16 a5 12. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} axb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. O-O axb4 14. axb4 b6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bb5 bxc5 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Ne4 Qa7 20. Kh1 Bxd4 {½-½ (20) Flesch,J-Forintos,G Budapest 1966}) 13. axb4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Ke2 Ra3 17. Nb5 Ra4 18. Rhd1 Bd7 19. Rb1 Kf8 {[#]} (19... g5 $1 $14) 20. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Bb8 21. Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Ra3 22. Rb3 Ra8 23. Rb2 e5 (23... Bc7 $16 24. Bb5 Bxb5+ 25. Nxb5 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 Bb8) 24. f5 $18 Ke7 $2 {[#]} (24... Bc7 25. e4 Be8 26. Rxd8 Bxd8) 25. Nd5+ Ke8 26. Nb6 Ra3 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 37%.} 1-0 [Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz 2019"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2019.06.03"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2019.06.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,144,34,29,25,30,41,28,17,22,33,25,33,32,38,16,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,40,-74,-71,-125,-151,-178,0,0,0,-27,-20,-28,-25,-18,-18,-20,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,11,46,43,87,-79,-72,-66,-67,-87,-82,-292,-289,-285,-284,-423,-402,-324,-97,-134,-122,-600,-587,-1929,-1920,-1866,-1561,-1368,-1209,-1174,-1125,-1793,-1556,-29971,-29973,-29974,-1856,-1874,-1755,-1766,-1300,-1908,-1846,-29962,-29963,-29963,-29963,-29963,-29964,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29981,-29974,-29973,-29971,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29986,-29987,-29987,0,-29964,0,-29968,0,-29984,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29988]} 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 Qd6 {D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5)} 10. Kb1 Rd8 {[%cal Rg7d4]} 11. Nb5 Qd7 {White has an edge.} 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15. h4 e6 $1 16. Bg5 (16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 exd5 {½-½ (35) Aronian,L (2809)-Svidler,P (2749) Geneva 2017}) 16... Rd6 17. Bf4 exd5 18. Bxd6 ({Avoid the trap} 18. Nxd5 $2 Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Rxd5 (19. exd5 $2 Bf5+ 20. Bd3 Nbc4 $19) 19... Nxd5 $19) 18... cxd6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} b5 $146 21. Qd2 (21. Rxd6 $14 Be6 22. Qe1) 21... Be6 $17 22. Qxa5 (22. Rxd6 $142 Nb7 23. Rd3) 22... Bxd5 23. exd5 {[#]} b4 $2 ({Black should play} 23... Rc8 $1 $19 {( -> ...Qe3)} 24. Ne2 (24. Qd2 $2 Bh6 $19) 24... Qe3) 24. Ne2 $1 $11 {Hoping for h5.} ({But not} 24. Qxb4 $2 Rb8 $19) 24... Rc8 $1 25. Qxb4 {Qd2 is the strong threat.} (25. Qxa6 {with more complications.} Rc5 26. Qd3 Qe5 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Ba6) 25... Rb8 26. Qd2 Rxb2+ 27. Qxb2 Bxb2 28. Kxb2 Qb5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Kc2 Qa4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kb2 {With the idea Nc3.} Qb4+ 31. Kc2 {Threatening Nc3.} Qa4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kb2 {White wants to play Nc3.} Qd1 33. Nc3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qd2+ 34. Kb3 a5 35. Bc4 $2 (35. Be2 $16 {keeps the pressure on.}) 35... Qxg2 $17 36. Re1 Qxf3 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Ra8 $2 (38. Bb5 $17 {was worth a try.}) 38... Qf4 39. Rxa5 Qxh4 40. Ra8 (40. a4 {is a better defense.} h5 41. Ra6) 40... h5 $19 41. a4 Qf2 $2 (41... Qe1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Strongly threatening ...h4.} 42. Bb5 h4) 42. a5 $17 h4 {White must now prevent ...h3.} 43. a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Re8 $17) 43... h3 44. a7 {Black should prevent Rg8+!} h2 45. Rg8+ Kxg8 46. a8=Q+ Kh7 47. Qa1 Qg1 48. Qa6 h1=Q 49. Qxd6 {[#]} Qe3 $1 50. Qf6 Qhf3 (50... Qb1+ $142 51. Ka4 Qa7+ 52. Ba6 Qb2 53. Qc6 Qd4+ 54. Qc4 Qbxc3 55. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 56. Ka5 Qxd5+ 57. Kb6 Qd4+ 58. Kc6 f5 59. Bc8 Qc4+ 60. Kd7 f4 61. Bb7 Qf7+ 62. Kc8 f3 63. Bc6 {[#]} Qc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 64. Kb7 f2 65. Bg2 Qb5+ 66. Ka7 f1=Q 67. Bxf1 Qxf1 68. Kb6 g5 69. Kc6 g4 70. Kd6 g3 71. Ke7 g2 72. Ke6 g1=Q 73. Kd7 Qf5+ 74. Kd8 Qf7 75. Kc8 Qgg8#) 51. Qxf3 $19 Qxf3 52. Kb4 g5 {Played: Qf3-f4} 0-1