[Event "80e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 2020"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2020.02.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,100,6,4,8,2,13,8,0,0,2,16,2,2,1,6,15,0,0,-16,13,0,0,0,4,6,7,-16,-30,-64,-60,-76,-65,-71,-79,-81,-77,-108,-108,-110,-87,-100,-96,-92,-97,-150,-147,-126,-42,-57,-74,-46,-45,-43,-58,-81,0,0,-8,-103,-58,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 6...b6. Played by Liren Ding in November 2019.} 7. Bg5 dxc4 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 (9. Nf3 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd2 Qe4 15. dxc5 Nc6 16. Qc3 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Kg7 18. Nd2 Qg6 19. h4 Rac8 20. Rh3 Kf8 21. h5 Qh6 {1-0 (64) Karpov,A (2626)-Timman,J (2578) Platja d'Aro 2017}) 9... Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 {Hoping for e5.} h6 13. Bh4 Qc8 14. f3 c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] next ...cxd4 is good for Black. Black fights for an advantage.} 15. Ne2 {[#]} Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qa6+ 17. Qe2 Qa4 18. Kf2 Rfc8 19. Rd2 Qa5 20. Rhd1 Qh5 21. Bg3 Ne5 {1-0 (51) Ivanov,S (2536)-Grandelius,N (2525) Stockholm 2011}) 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Rfc8 19. Nc3 Ne5 20. Ke2 Nh5 21. Bg3 Nc4 22. Nd1 b5 23. Rf1 Rd8 24. Rd3 Rac8 25. Rf2 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 26. exf5 exf5 27. f4 Nf6 28. Rff3 (28. Rxd8+ $142 Rxd8 29. Ke1) 28... Re8+ $17 29. Kf1 Ne4 (29... Rcd8 $17 30. Kg1 Ne4 31. Rxd8 Rxd8) 30. Be1 $1 $15 Rcd8 31. Rh3 a6 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Ne3 Rd3 (33... Nxb2 $17 34. Nxf5 Nc4) 34. Nxc4 $11 bxc4 35. Bc3 (35. Ke2 $11 {remains equal.}) 35... Rxh3 (35... Rd1+ {is interesting.} 36. Ke2 Rc1 37. Ke3 Nxc3 38. bxc3 Rxc3+ 39. Kd4 Rc2) 36. gxh3 Nxc3 (36... Kf7 $15) 37. bxc3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KP-KP. The position is equal.} g5 38. fxg5 $1 hxg5 39. Kf2 {[#] And now Kg3 would win.} Kf7 (39... Kh7 $5 40. Kg3 $8 Kg6 $11) 40. Kg3 $1 {aiming for h4.} Kg6 (40... Ke6 $5 41. h4 $8 gxh4+ 42. Kxh4 Ke5 $11) 41. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5] Black must now prevent hxg5.} g4 $1 42. Kf4 Kh5 43. Kxf5 Kxh4 $11 {K3P-K3P} 44. a4 a5 45. Kf4 Kh3 46. Kf5 Kh4 $1 47. Ke4 Kh3 48. Kf4 Kh4 $1 49. Kf5 Kh3 50. Kf4 Kh4 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "80e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 2020"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2020.02.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,94,-4,27,16,15,0,13,-13,-14,-20,30,-16,-7,-6,1,-39,-36,-35,-35,-36,-43,-36,-18,-27,-38,-37,-28,-26,-19,-19,-26,-20,-16,-11,-15,-14,-9,-69,-23,-37,-2,-4,-5,-5,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 h6 {6...d5 gains popularity.} 7. Nbd2 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Re1 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nb3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Qb6 13. Bd2 b4 14. a3 a5 15. axb4 axb4 {0-1 (34) Dahl,I (2105)-Lalic,S (2300) Farum 1991}) 10. e4 d6 11. b3 (11. d5 $5) 11... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4a2][%mdl 32]} 12. Bb2 Nb4 13. Bf1 {next a3 is good for White.} Rc8 {Threatens to win with ...Nc2.} 14. Rc1 Rxc1 15. Qxc1 Nxa2 16. Qb1 Qa5 17. Qd3 Nb4 18. Qxb5 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 a6 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. e5 Nd7 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 dxe5 24. dxe5 ({White should play} 24. Nxe5 $11 Nxe5 25. dxe5) 24... Nc5 25. Ba3 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 {Strongly threatening Nfd4.The position is equal.} Bxf3 {[#]} 27. Bxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (27... Nxa6 28. Bxe7) 28. Nd4 {Black must now prevent Bxb4.} Nxa6 (28... Bd5 {is more complex.} 29. Be2 g5 30. Kf1 Nc6 31. Bxe7+ Nxe7 32. Bf3 Bxf3 33. Nxf3 Nc6) 29. Bxe7+ Kxe7 30. Nxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Nb4 31. Nd4 Kd7 32. f4 Nc6 33. Nc2 Ne7 34. Kf2 Kc6 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. Kd3 Nf5 37. g4 Nh4 38. Ne3+ Kc5 39. Ke4 g6 40. f5 (40. Nf1 {is interesting.} Ng2 41. Ng3 Kc6 42. Ne2 Kc5 43. Nc3) 40... gxf5+ 41. gxf5 exf5+ 42. Nxf5 Nxf5 43. Kxf5 {KPP-KPP} Kd5 44. h4 {[#] White wants to mate with h5.} h5 45. Kf6 Ke4 46. Kxf7 {e6 would kill now.} Kxe5 {( -> ...Kf5)} 47. Kg6 Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "80e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 2020"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2020.02.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,115,22,31,40,41,42,45,39,29,43,28,47,24,32,31,46,46,45,48,39,40,36,9,12,10,15,6,7,6,8,6,1,6,10,13,15,14,39,27,46,44,76,68,79,29,22,22,29,12,8,0,5,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,20,20,20,28,12,65,65,65,56,55,70,162,173,294,292,447,447,414,347,325,337,320,321,305,297,244,92,820,787,663,465,663,322,831,681,1490,1474,1259,1179]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. O-O d5 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3).} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Na6 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] White is slightly better. An interesting side line.} 12. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rac1 c6 13. a3 Re8 14. b4 Nc7 15. e3 Bd6 16. Nd3 Re6 17. a4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 {1-0 (39) Andersson,U (2545)-Garcia Martinez,S (2435) Polanica Zdroj 1978}) 12... c6 13. e4 Nc7 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qd6 18. Nd3 Rfe8 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. Nxb4 Kf8 21. f4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. Kf2 Nb5 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. g4 Kd6 26. Nc2 f6 27. Ne3 g6 28. h4 Nc7 29. f5 Bc8 30. Bf3 gxf5 31. gxf5 Rg8 32. a4 Bd7 33. b3 Rg7 34. Be2 a5 35. Kf3 Re7 36. Bd3 b5 37. Ra1 bxa4 38. bxa4 Na8 39. Ng4 Rf7 40. h5 Nb6 41. Bc2 Be8 ({Black should play} 41... Nc8 $11) 42. Kf4 $14 Rf8 43. Re1 Bd7 44. h6 Nc4 ({Black should try} 44... Nc8 $1 $14) 45. Bd3 $1 $18 Bc8 (45... Rf7 {was worth a try.} 46. Bxc4 dxc4) 46. Rc1 Nb6 (46... Ba6 {was called for.} 47. Rb1 Bc8) 47. Bb5 {Rc6+ is the strong threat.} Bd7 48. Rb1 Nxa4 {Strongly threatening ...Nc3.} 49. Bxd7 $1 Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 50. Rb7+ Kc6 51. Rxh7 Nc3 52. Re7 $2 (52. Ra7 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 52... a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs Black the game.} (52... Ne4 $16) 53. h7 a3 54. Ra7 a2 {[#]} (54... Ne2+ $142 55. Ke3 Re8+ 56. Kd3 Nf4+ 57. Kc2 Ne2) 55. Ra3 (55. Nxf6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rh8 (55... Rxf6 56. h8=Q) 56. Kg5) 55... Kb5 $2 (55... Ne2+ 56. Ke3 Re8+ 57. Kd3 Nf4+ 58. Kc2 Nh5) 56. Nxf6 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Kb4 {[#]} 57. Rxa2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Nxa2 58. Ng8 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "80e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 2020"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2020.02.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,72,29,36,30,0,-8,-29,3,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-66,-66,-99,-55,-174,-77,-107,-94,-183,-133,-158,-139,-128,-70,-129,-123,-114,-85,-123,-127,-127,-115,-126,-125,-152,-141,-137,-153,-405,-411,-397,-399,-384,-382,-1326,-1288,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 d4 {C02: French: Advance Variation.} 11. Bf3 Ne7 {[#]} 12. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Bh5 O-O-O 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qg4 Kb8 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. Nf3 d3 18. Be3 {1-0 (34) Gibson,C (1926)-Birkin,M (2050) England 2015}) 12... Nc6 {Black has an edge.} 13. Bxc6 (13. Be4 $11) 13... Bxc6 $15 14. b5 Be4 15. Re1 Bg6 ({Not} 15... Qxe5 $2 16. Qe2 $18) 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Qf3 a6 18. Bb2 (18. a4 $15) 18... Rf8 (18... axb5 $19 {is more deadly. Strongly threatening ...Ra4.} 19. cxb5 Ra4) 19. Qg4 Kf7 20. Ne4 (20. a4 $17) 20... Bf5 ({Stronger than} 20... Qxe5 21. Nxc5 Qf5 22. Qxf5+ (22. Qxd4 Qxc5 23. Qxg7+ Ke8 $17) 22... Bxf5 23. Bxd4 $11) 21. Qg3 Kg8 22. Nd6 Qd7 (22... axb5 $17 23. cxb5 b6) 23. Nxf5 ({White should try} 23. a4 $15) 23... Rxf5 $17 24. a4 Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 25. Qd3 Qf7 26. Re2 Rf8 {[%cal Rf5f2]} 27. f3 Bf4 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. Ba3 Qc7 30. g3 $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (30. Bc1 $17) 30... Be3+ $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 31. Rxe3 dxe3 32. f4 g5 33. Re1 $2 (33. Qxe3 gxf4 34. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 35. Bxc5) 33... gxf4 34. gxf4 Qg7+ {Black mates.} 35. Kh1 Rxf4 36. Rg1 Rg4 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "80e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 2020"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2020.02.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,83,1,4,11,17,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,-12,0,0,23,24,35,2,6,4,4,13,94,82,134,9,219,215,214,216,208,189,555,555,593,593,593,515,546,562,580,351,420,424,553,414,556,531,556,554,547,537,562,554,540,518]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 c5 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. cxd5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations.} Nxd5 15. a3 b5 16. e4 {The position is equal.} N5b6 {[#]} 17. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qe2 a6 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qe3 h6 20. Red1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qb8 22. Bd4 Ba8 23. b4 {½-½ (23) Thew,B (2136)-Olano Aizpurua,J (2205) ICCF email 2016}) 17... bxa4 18. bxa4 a5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Nb6 21. Rc1 c4 22. Bc3 Bb4 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nd7 25. Qa4 Qe7 (25... Nf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Qb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5b7]} Nf6 {[#]} (26... b3 $142) 27. d5 (27. Ne5 $1 $16) 27... Qd7 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} (27... c3 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 28. Qxb4 $18 exd5 29. Ne5 Qc7 {[#]} 30. exd5 $1 Nxd5 $2 (30... Bxd5 {is tougher.} 31. Bxd5 Nxd5) 31. Qb5 Rcd8 32. Rxc4 Qe7 33. Nd3 Qa3 34. Qxb7 Qxd3 35. Ra4 Nc3 36. Raa1 Rd7 37. Qb6 Rd6 38. Qe3 {White is clearly winning.} Qxe3 39. Rxe3 Nb5 40. a6 Na7 41. Re7 Nc8 42. Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "80e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 2020"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2020.02.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,84,45,37,43,58,67,26,45,0,22,0,0,-28,0,-13,0,-13,0,-33,-15,-21,-23,-26,-29,-26,-12,-84,-80,-84,-86,-91,-73,-140,-142,-129,-133,-132,-139,-250,-247,-245,-232,-239,-233,-205,-152,-152,-152,-151,-151,-152,-144,-144,-144,-144,-144,-133,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 O-O 13. Re1 Rd8 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack.} 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Ne4 a5 {[#] White has an edge.} 16. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. c4 Ba6 17. a3 Nb6 18. b3 a4 19. Bb2 axb3 20. Qg4 e5 21. Nd2 Rxd2 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 {0-1 (59) Melnikov,S (2063)-Kharlov,A (2532) Samara 2011}) 16... Ba6 17. Qh5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 (18... Nf6 {is more complex.} 19. Qf3 h6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rd2) 19. Nf3 Rab8 20. b3 Nb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 21. Rec1 Rd5 22. Qg4 {And now a3 would win.} Rbd8 {Hoping for ...Nxc2!} 23. Qe4 {Threatens to win with a3.} c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5d4,Bd4e3][%mdl 32]} 24. a3 {Black must now prevent c4.} Nc6 25. Qe3 (25. Qe1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Nd4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd4e2]} 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Qd2 Rc5 28. Be4 (28. Rab1 $142) 28... Rc3 29. Re1 Bb7 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. Re3 (31. Reb1 $17 {was called for.}) 31... dxe3 $19 32. Qxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} e2 {Strongly threatening ...Rd1+.} 33. Re1 Rd1 {aiming for ...Qc7!} 34. f4 Qb6+ 35. Kg2 {[#]} Rxe1 $1 36. Qxe1 $17 {KQ-KQ} Qe3 37. b4 axb4 ({But not} 37... Qxa3 $6 38. bxa5 Qe3 39. a6 $11) 38. axb4 g5 39. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} gxf4 40. gxf4 {[#]} h5 ({Black should play} 40... Qe4+ $1 $17 41. Kf2 Qxf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kxe2 Qe5+ 43. Kd2 Qxb5) 41. b6 $1 $11 h4 {( -> ...h3+)} 42. h3 Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "80e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 2020"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2020.02.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,22,30,30,18,19,21,-11,-10,-31,4,-65,-22,-10,-21,-12,0,-12,-10,-29,-29,-10,-21,-39,-6,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-26,-34,-31,-27,-23,-24,-32,-29,-31,-60,-64,-140,-75,-456]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O (5. Na3 b5 6. O-O e6 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 Bb7 9. Bb2 a6 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Qc2 c5 12. e4 Be7 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. f4 O-O 15. Rae1 Rad8 {0-1 (44) Timman,J (2578)-Karpov,A (2626) Platja d'Aro 2017}) 5... b5 6. d3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} cxd3 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Qb3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rb3f7] [#]The position is equal.} e6 9. Rd1 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 (9... Bd6 {seems wilder.} 10. Nxd3 Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. Bg5 Qc7) ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd6 10. Nxd3 Qc7 11. a4 a6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. axb5 O-O 15. Qa3 Rc8 {½-½ (24) Dvirnyy,D (2485)-Lobanov,S (2526) Skopje 2018}) 10. Rxd3 (10. Nxd7 $11 Nxd7 11. Qxd3) 10... Qc8 (10... Qb6 {with more complications.} 11. Be3 c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Rd1 Be7) 11. Nxd7 $1 Nxd7 12. Be3 a6 13. a4 Be7 14. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} O-O 15. axb5 $1 axb5 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bc5 Qc7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nc5 Rfd8 21. e4 Nb6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qc2 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 24. b4 $1 e5 25. Bf1 Bc8 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 Bh3 28. Qc3 Rd4 29. f3 (29. Re1 $15) 29... Qd6 (29... Qd8 $142 30. Re1 Rd2) 30. Nb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 78%.} (30. Kf2 $17) 0-1

[Event "80e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 2020"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2020.02.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,94,10,26,4,31,29,56,55,61,53,51,10,52,25,45,34,44,25,16,13,30,34,76,62,72,0,55,11,31,7,6,14,10,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,6,74,80,130,112,310,306,426,240,269,257,273,268,294,197,284,268,287,185,582,570,510,394,350,250,163,83,83,0,0,0,99,0,0,0,102]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bf4 d5 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nc3 c6 10. Rc1 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} Nxe5 (10... Nh5 {is more complex.} 11. Bd2 Nhf6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. e3 f5) 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} cxd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 {[#]} Bd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bxc5 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. h4 Rab8 19. h5 Qb7 20. h6 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 {1-0 (38) Adnani,M (2448)-Salama,T (1769) Riadh 2017}) 15. h4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qg4 {Bh6! is the strong threat.} Qe7 19. b4 h5 20. Qxh5 Bxb4 21. Qf3 (21. Rfd1 $16) 21... Qe6 (21... d4 $11) 22. h5 Bc5 23. Kg2 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Rce1 {[%cal Bc1e1,Be1e2,Be2e4][%mdl 32]} Qf7 26. Qg4 Rf8 27. Re2 d4 28. Rd1 Qd5+ 29. f3 Qf5 (29... Rf5 {looks sharper.} 30. h6 g5 31. Rde1 d3 32. Re8 Kh7) 30. Re4 Qxg4 (30... R8f7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. fxg4 $16 Kf7 32. g5 Re6 $2 (32... Rf5 $16) 33. g6+ $1 $18 Kf6 34. Kf3 (34. Rde1 $142 Rfe8 35. Bg5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxg5 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Kxh5 38. Kf3) 34... Rxe4 35. Kxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re8+ 36. Kf3 $1 Rd8 37. Rd3 Re8 (37... Bb4 $142 38. Ke4 Bc5) 38. g4 Re1 39. Bg3 Rf1+ $2 (39... Re8 40. Bf4 a5) 40. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2f1]} Ra1 41. Bh4+ Ke6 42. Rd2 d3 43. Kf3 (43. Bg3 $1 $18) 43... Rf1+ $16 {[#]} 44. Ke4 ({Better is} 44. Bf2 $1 $16) 44... Rg1 $11 45. Kf3 ({White should try} 45. Kxd3 $11 Rxg4 46. Bf2) 45... Rf1+ $1 $16 {[#]} 46. Ke4 (46. Bf2 $1 $16) 46... Rg1 $11 47. Kf3 (47. Kxd3 $11 Rxg4 48. Bf2) 47... Rf1+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "80e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 2020"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2020.03.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,36,36,23,26,20,34,9,25,14,10,0,17,7,41,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,2,3,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Qc2 {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6).} O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 9. Ba3 Bb7 10. Bxd6 {[#]} cxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qxd6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. Ndxe4 fxe4 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 e5 {0-1 (52) Franco Valencia,B (2159)-Percivaldi,M (2391) Barcelona 2019}) 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Qb2 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Nf6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Nd5 19. R3c2 h6 20. Ne1 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Nb4 22. Qd2 Nd5 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qd2 Nd5 25. Nd3 Rc8 26. f3 Rc7 27. Kf2 Qc8 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. a4 e5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...e4.} 30. Nb4 Nxb4 31. Qxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Kf7 32. Qb5 Kf6 33. Qd5 exd4 34. Qxd4+ Ke6 35. b4 a5 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Qe3+ Kf6 38. Qe8 Qc5+ 39. Kf1 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qc5 41. Qf8+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kf6 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "80e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 2020"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2020.03.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,65,41,18,16,19,26,10,5,7,7,-87,-36,-43,-49,-34,-29,-110,-111,-101,-109,-124,-68,-80,-71,-79,-47,-46,-37,-114,-73,-114,-114,-125,-65,-75,-12,-15,-8,-108,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. dxe5 (7. O-O {keeps more tension.} Nf6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. d5 Ne7 10. c4) 7... Nxe5 {C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6.} 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bxd7+ (9. O-O {feels hotter.} Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nd2 b5 12. Bb3) 9... Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {[#]} 11. f4 $146 (11. Nd2 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Nf6 12. f3 Kc6 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Kxc5 15. b4+ Kc6 16. Nc4 Rhe8 17. Ke2 {1-0 (28) Pietzsch,M (2185)-Farokhi,K (1848) Kiel 2018}) 11... Nf6 (11... Re8 $17 {Strongly threatening ...exf4.} 12. fxe5 Rxe5) 12. fxe5 $15 Nxe4 13. Rf1 Ke6 14. Rf4 (14. Be3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14... Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 15. Rf6+ Kxe5 16. Rxf7 Bd6 (16... Nd3+ $17 17. Kd1 Nxc1) 17. Bh6 Kd5 18. Rf3 Rhe8+ 19. Kf1 Bxh2 20. Na3 (20. c4+ $15 Kc6 21. g3) 20... Bd6 21. Nc2 Ne4 22. Nb4+ Bxb4 (22... Kc5 $17 23. b3 Ng3+ 24. Kg1 Nf5) 23. cxb4 $15 Re5 (23... Nd6 $17) 24. Rd1+ $11 Kc6 25. Bf4 (25. Rc1+ $11 Kb6 26. Be3+ c5 27. Bxc5+ Nxc5 28. bxc5+ Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Kxc5 30. Rf7) 25... Rf5 (25... Re7 $17 26. Rc1+ Kb5) 26. Rc1+ {The position is equal.} Kb5 {White must now prevent ...Raf8.} 27. Rxc7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Raf8 $1 28. Be3 b6 29. Ke2 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Ng3+ 31. Kf2 Ne4+ 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "80e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 2020"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2020.03.01"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,2,8,2,18,15,15,0,18,-2,-6,0,0,0,0,0,7,-3,0,-7,0,0,0,-14,-6,-19,-13,-35,-17,-29,-4,-31,-26,-27,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-5,-11,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Qd3 a6 5. e4 Bb7 6. e5 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} Nd5 {[#] ...Nb4 is the strong threat.} 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nd7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. b3 Nb6 12. Bb2 Bd5 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Qd3 b4 15. a3 O-O 16. axb4 axb4 {1-0 (64) Huebner,R (2609)-Jenni,F (2512) Switzerland 2014}) 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. b3 h6 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Qd2 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Be7 16. h4 Rd8 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Rd3 Qc8 19. Rfd1 Bd5 (19... Qa8 {looks sharper.} 20. exd6 cxd6 21. c4 Rc8 22. Rc1 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rc7) 20. Ne1 (20. Nh2 {is interesting.} Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Qf3 d5 23. Ng4) 20... Bxg2 21. Nxg2 dxe5 22. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rd8 24. Qe4 Rxd3 25. cxd3 Qd8 26. Nf4 Bc5 27. Ne2 Bb6 28. Kg2 Qf8 29. h5 Qa3 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ Kg8 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "80e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 2020"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2020.03.01"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,59,19,0,9,11,12,17,57,35,44,39,40,41,62,55,95,103,99,94,102,112,120,66,61,42,70,0,136,146,146,140,139,141,146,146,149,160,345,354,1091,521,489,479,1258,863]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. b3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Ba3 ({Not} 9. Nxe5 $2 Nfd7 $19) 9... Qxd1 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} 10. Rxd1 Re8 11. Nc3 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 12. Ng5 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 {[#]} 14. b4 $146 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Nge4 Re7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nd6 e4 20. f3 exf3 21. exf3 {½-½ (32) Zysk,R (2400)-Vukic,M (2500) Vienna 1991}) 14... Nb6 15. c5 Nc4 16. b5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb5c6][%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Na5 17. Rd6 Ke7 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rb1 (19. Nce4 $16 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 (20. Nxe4 Be6 $14)) 19... Bd7 20. Rb4 Reb8 21. a3 ({Better is} 21. Ra4 $14 Nb7 22. Rd1) 21... Nb7 (21... h6 $11 {remains equal.} 22. Nge4 Ne8) 22. Bxc6 $16 Nxd6 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. cxd6+ Kxd6 25. Nxf7+ Ke6 26. Ng5+ Kf5 $2 {[#]} (26... Ke7 $16 {was necessary.} 27. Nce4 h6) 27. h4 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening g4+!} Rc8 $2 {[#]} (27... h6) 28. e4+ (28. g4+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg4 29. e4+ Kf6 30. Nd5+ Kg7 31. Rb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 28... Kg4 29. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Ne8 (29... Nxd5 $142 30. exd5+ Kf5) 30. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

