[Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz 2019"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2019.06.03"] [Round "2.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2827"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2019.06.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,54,10,14,16,30,10,41,25,30,0,8,0,0,-9,-8,-24,-16,-26,16,0,0,11,0,0,0,-16,0,0,-13,-18,-4,-25,-34,-34,-12,-37,0,-227,-222,-422,-421,-694,-673]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 10. Bb3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. b4 Ng8 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nbd2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Bxe3 {½-½ (14) Karjakin,S (2753)-Sargissian,G (2689) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Nh5 11. d4 (11. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rd1h5]} g6 12. Qf3 $14 (12. Nxf7+ Rxf7 13. Bxf7 Qf6 $11)) 11... f5 12. Ng5 Nf6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 13. exf5 Bxf5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 14. Nf7+ {[#]} Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Bxf7 Qd7 16. Bb3 exd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Be3 Bxb2 19. Ra2 Be5 20. f4 Bxb1 21. Qxb1 Bc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3e1]} 22. Rd1 (22. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2c3]} Bd4+ 23. Kh1 $11) 22... Re8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 23. Qd3 Ba5 {And now ...Rxe3! would win.} 24. Re2 Qe7 (24... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 25. Qd2 Qe7 $15) 25. Bc4 $2 {[#]} (25. Qf5 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 25... d5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Bb3 $2 {[#]} (26. Bxd5 {keeps fighting.} Nb4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Qf5 Nfxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5) 26... d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qf5 (27. Bxd4 $142 Qxe2 28. Bxf6 Qxd3 {[#]} 29. Bxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 30. Rxd3) 27... dxe3 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 54%.} 0-1 [Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz 2019"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2019.06.03"] [Round "4.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2705"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.06.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,81,22,0,31,22,29,23,55,52,56,63,50,55,60,50,48,23,54,47,47,37,62,45,48,9,8,0,0,0,8,0,22,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-3,-33,-31,-31,-33,-33,-31,-25,-12,-44,-26,-62,-18,-64,-62,-79,-32,-30,-30,-30,0,-30,0,-32,0,-41,0,-44]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nge7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O h6 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (8... Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Nec3 Rae8 11. b4 e4 12. dxe4 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nxb4 14. Bd2 Nd3 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. Qc2 h5 {½-½ (54) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 Kh7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 {½-½ (11) Stevic,H (2623)-Jovanovic,Z (2553) Sibenik 2011}) 9... Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 {White has an edge.} 11. Bb2 Rae8 12. d4 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Nc3 Nf5 {[%cal Be7f5,Bf5h6,Bh6g4,Bg4h2,Bh2f3][%mdl 32]} 19. Rfe1 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 20. f4 Rd8 21. Kf2 h5 22. Ba1 Nh6 23. Ke2 f5 24. Bf1 Ng4 25. h3 {[#] And now Rxd8 would win.} Nh2 26. Bg2 Nf3 27. Rf1 Kf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 28. Bb2 Rfe8 (28... h4 {is more complex.} 29. g4 fxg4 30. hxg4 Nh2 31. Rg1 g5) 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rd8d2] [#]} 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Nxd1 Bf8 32. Bc3 b6 33. Nb2 a5 34. Na4 Be7 35. Bb2 Ke6 36. Nc3 Bf6 37. Nd1 Be7 38. Nc3 $1 Bf6 39. Nd1 Be7 40. Nc3 $1 Bf6 41. Nd1 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz 2019"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2019.06.03"] [Round "7.5"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2757"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.06.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,64,26,28,57,56,45,52,52,48,65,52,60,40,55,30,39,29,85,90,96,87,138,144,168,170,163,156,183,138,157,136,141,131,333,331,276,-14,-16,-1336,-1265,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29939,-29976,-6677,-6660,-6612,-6470,-687,-675,-667]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 g6 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bg7 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 c6 12. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf1 Qc7 13. Bg5 c5 14. Bxe7 {½-½ (26) Kharitonov,A (2536)-Rodshtein,M (2678) Benasque 2015}) 12... Qc7 13. Bg5 c5 (13... e6 $11) 14. Bxe7 $16 Rfe8 15. d5 $1 Rxe7 (15... c4 $142) 16. d6 $36 {[%mdl 2112] Double Attack. White is in control.} Qd8 (16... Bxe4 17. Qd2) 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. Ng5 Rf8 20. Qb3 {Hoping for Nxf7.} Nxe4 21. Nxf7 {And now Rd7! would win.} Nxf2 $2 (21... Qf6 $16 22. f3 Nxc3) 22. Re1 $1 $18 {[%cal Re1e7]} Qh4 {[#]} 23. Nd6+ $2 (23. Re2 $1 $18 {[%cal Re2f2]} b5 24. Qxb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (24. Rxf2 Qxc4 25. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxb3 $16) 24... Nh3+ 25. gxh3 Bd4+ 26. cxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Rf2 Qxa1+ 28. Bf1) 23... Kh8 $11 {( -> ...Nh3+!)} 24. Nf7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Nxb7 $11 Qf4 25. Nd6 Nh3+ 26. gxh3 Qf2+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Kg1 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kg1 Qf2+) 24... Rxf7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Bxf7 {[#]} Nh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. gxh3 Qg5+ 27. Kf2 {[#]} Qg2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 28. Ke3 Bh6+ 29. Kd3 {[#]} Qd2+ (29... c4+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Kxc4 (30. Qxc4 Qd2#) 30... Ba6+ 31. Qb5 Qc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Pin} 32. Kd3 Qxb5+ 33. Kc2 Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kb3 Qxf7+ 35. Kb2 Bc4 36. Rec1 Qe8 37. a4 Bxc1+ 38. Rxc1 Qxa4 39. Rc2 Bb3 40. c4 Bxc2 41. Kc3 Qb3+ 42. Kd4 Bf5 43. Kd5 Kg7 44. Kc6 Qxc4+ 45. Kb7 Be4+ 46. Kb8 Qc6 47. Kxa7 Qb7#) 30. Kc4 {Black is clearly winning.} Ba6+ 31. Qb5 Bxb5+ (31... Qf4+ $142 32. Kb3 Bxb5) 32. Kxb5 Qd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 53%.} 0-1 [Event "7th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz 2019"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2019.06.03"] [Round "9.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E92"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2019.06.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,86,50,75,69,72,58,63,63,63,56,62,66,75,66,82,83,94,97,111,108,129,129,135,116,333,290,404,399,448,450,401,301,434,410,481,296,405,349,329,307,294,254,604,601,480,0,-11,-6095,-6015,-2491,1137,1120,1001,500,1030,1030,1010,997,920,806,946,806,1966]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 12. O-O Nh6 13. f3 Nf7 14. Bf2 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... g5 15. c5 Ng6 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Nb5 b6 18. g3 Rf7 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxh5 Ne5 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {1-0 (31) Kravets,I (2316)-Rouillon,L (2133) Lvov 1999}) 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b4 {White is slightly better.} Be6 17. Nb3 f5 18. a4 Bh6 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. b5 Qe8 22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Nb4 $2 (24... fxe4 $16 {might work better.} 25. Qxe4 (25. fxe4 Ne7 $16) 25... Ne7) 25. Qc3 $18 Rab8 26. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Rxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Rxa7 fxe4 (28... Rb8 $142 29. Qc7 Rf8) 29. fxe4 Rb8 {If Black can now play ...Nxd5 this consolidates a bit.} 30. Na5 Qe2 31. Re1 Qd3 32. Qc4 {Played: Qc3-c7} 1-0