[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 1,1,15]} 1. d4 {Predecessor:} d5 $146 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Nd2 c4 7. Qc2 Nh5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Be2 Ng7 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. Qc1 e6 {1-0 (41) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2812) Leuven 2017} 1-0

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,57,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Na6 13. Nh4 {[%cal Bf3h4,Bh4g2,Bg2f4][%mdl 32] A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Qd7 14. dxc5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Nxc5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} 17. b4 Na6 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Nf4 Nc7 {[#]} 20. Rxd8 $146 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 21. Rc1 Rd7 22. f3 (22. Nd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3e5]}) 22... e5 23. Nd3 f6 24. a4 Kf7 25. Kf2 Ne6 26. Rc8 Rd8 27. Rc3 Rd7 28. Rc8 Rd8 29. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,72,-5,0,-8,-14,-10,9,0,0,-32,-10,-15,-15,-12,-12,-20,-7,-21,-9,-16,-5,-4,-6,-22,-20,-18,-1,-14,-8,-22,12,-4,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Bc4 c6 9. Bb3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (9. Qf3 d6 10. h3 Ne8 11. Ne2 Bb6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 Qe7 15. Kh1 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qg4 Nf6 {½-½ (20) Teran Alvarez,I (2422)-Arizmendi Martinez,J (2577) Linares 2013}) 9... a5 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxc3.} 10. a4 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d6 11. Ne2 Bb6 12. c3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Be3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qg5 18. f4 Qg6 19. Qd2 Bf5 {½-½ (19) Lundin,E-Michel,P Vienna 1951}) 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qe1 {Threatening Nxd5.} Be6 (12... Nf4 {feels hotter.} 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Qd2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Bf5) 13. Nxd5 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 ({But not} 13... cxd5 $6 14. c3 $14) 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 ({Of course not} 14... cxd5 15. c3 $14) 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Be3 Rfe8 ({Wrong is} 16... Bxb2 $2 17. c4 $18) 17. Rfe1 Re6 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. b3 Qc3 20. Rad1 Rd5 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf8 (22... e4 $5) 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. h4 e4 25. Red1 exd3 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 {KR-KR} Re5 28. f3 b5 29. c4 bxa4 30. bxa4 h5 31. Kf2 g6 32. Rd4 Re6 33. Rd3 Re5 34. Rd4 Re6 35. Rd3 Re5 36. Rd4 Re6 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,51,0,0,0,0,0,34,15,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bf1 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 (15. Nd4 dxc4 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Rd1 cxb3 20. axb3 Qb8 {½-½ (30) Svidler,P (2755)-Gelfand,B (2724) Moscow 2017}) 15... Bxe5 16. cxd5 cxd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. And now ...Rc8 would win.} 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Qb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd2 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Re7 22. Rc1 Rec7 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 g6 {½-½ (25) Lauber,A (2444)-Perunovic,M (2627) Warsaw 2016}) 18... d4 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} (18... Bxh2+ $5 19. Kxh2 Ng4+ 20. Kg3 Qg5 $16) 19. h3 {[#]} ({Don't blunder} 19. Nxd4 $2 Ng4 $19) 19... Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. hxg4 (20. Qf5 $1 $14 dxe3 21. Qxg4 exf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rc2+ 23. Kg1 Rxb2 {[#]} 24. Nd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 20... Qh4 $11 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh4h2] The position is equal.} 21. f4 dxe3 22. Rxe3 Bxf4 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 23. Rh3 Qxh3 24. gxh3 Be3+ 25. Kh2 Bf4+ 26. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,56,-12,0,-31,-25,-2,-11,-39,-27,-41,-13,-34,-36,-75,-31,-19,-22,-25,-27,-40,-41,-40,-33,-150,-157,-168,-166,-154,-141,-300,-307,-722,-741,-730,-686,-733,-694,-877,-896]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c7][%mdl 32]} 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bc4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 h6 12. h3 g5 13. Ng3 g4 14. Nh4 h5 15. d3 gxh3 {0-1 (15) Artemiev,V (2663)-Alekseev,E (2636) Sochi 2016}) 8... O-O 9. d3 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (10... d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 11. exd6 exd6 $14) 11. a3 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne6 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. h4 h5 {0-1 (65) Dzhumaev,M (2498)-Venkatesh,M (2392) Chennai 2004}) 12. exd6 exd6 13. Ba2 Qd7 14. Qd2 Rae8 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bh6 Kh8 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. b4 Qd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 21. Ne2 (21. Rb1 $15) 21... Qb2 $17 22. Bc4 b5 ({Don't do} 22... Qxa3 23. b5 $17) 23. Bb3 Qxa3 24. Ng3 $2 (24. bxc5 $17 Qxc5 25. Ng3) 24... Qxb4 $19 25. Nf5+ $2 (25. Qxb4 cxb4 26. Ra1) 25... gxf5 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Qg5+ Kf8 {[%cal Rb4e1] [#]} 27. Qh6+ Ke7 {[%cal Rb4e1]} 28. Rxe5+ Kd7 {Precision: White = 13%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,88,20,15,21,4,41,43,59,12,22,0,0,0,27,-54,-41,-31,-17,-22,85,0,5,-47,-54,-78,-90,-76,-78,-80,-63,-102,-86,-130,-110,-154,-102,-121,-87,-241,-231,-396,-350,-357,-383,-370,-280,-317,-303,-305,-299,-255,0,-249,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 e6 6. a3 a5 7. e4 Nge7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. d3 b6 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 11. Be3 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ba6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Kh1 f5 14. b3 Nd4 15. Bf2 Nxe2 16. Nxe2 fxe4 17. dxe4 b5 18. Qc2 {1-0 (52) Hamdouchi,H (2591)-Botta,G (2270) Zuerich 2010}) 12. d4 a4 {White is slightly better.} 13. d5 Ne5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nf4 Bc8 16. Qe2 (16. Bh3 $11) 16... N7c6 $1 $15 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rd8 (18... Na5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. Rbc1 (19. Nxd6 Ba6 $15) 19... Rd8) 19. Rbc1 ({White should try} 19. Nh3 $1 $16) 19... Na5 20. Rc2 (20. Nh3 $11) 20... Bd7 21. Bh3 g5 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 {[#]} 23. Bxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg5 ({Don't play} 23... Bf6 $6 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Nc7 $14) 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bf5 {[#] Black should prevent f4.} Qh6 $1 26. Rd5 Nb3 (26... Nec6 $142 27. Qd1 Nb3 28. Nxd6 Rf8) 27. Qd1 $17 Nd4 28. Rc3 $2 (28. Nxd4 $17 cxd4 29. f4) 28... Nec6 $19 29. Bxh7 $2 (29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Rc2) 29... Qxh7 30. Rh5 Bh6 31. g4 Kg7 32. g5 Qxe4 33. Re3 Qf4 34. Rxh6 {Strongly threatening Qh5.} Ne5 $2 ({Better is} 34... Qxg5+ $19 35. Rg3 Kxh6 36. Rxg5 Kxg5 37. Qc1+ Kg6) 35. Qh5 $2 (35. Nxd4 $11 {and White stays safe.} cxd4 {[#]} 36. Qh5 $3 {[%mdl 512]}) 35... Rh8 $2 (35... Ndf3+ $19 36. Kf1 Qf5) 36. Nxd4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} cxd4 {[#]} 37. Rxe5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] White is up to no good.} Qxe5 (37... dxe5 38. Qg6+) 38. Qg6+ Kf8 {aiming for ...Rg8.} 39. Rxh8+ Qxh8 40. Qf5+ Ke7 (40... Kg7 $5 41. Qf6+ $8 Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kg7 45. Qf6+ $11) 41. Qe4+ Kf7 {White must now prevent ...Re8.} (41... Qe5 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 42. Qxa8 Qxg5+ 43. Kh1 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qxc4 $11) 42. Qf5+ Ke7 43. Qe4+ Kf7 {Threatens to win with ...Re8.} (43... Qe5 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 44. Qb7+ Ke6 45. Qxa8 Qxg5+ 46. Kh1 Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qg5+ 48. Kf3 Qh5+ 49. Kg2 Qg4+ 50. Kf1 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52. Kf1 Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) 44. Qf5+ Ke7 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 55%.} (44... Kg7 $5 45. Qf6+ $8 Kg8 46. Qe6+ Kf8 47. Qf5+ Kg7 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ Kg7 50. Qf6+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,115,26,23,27,27,31,32,35,34,35,39,33,23,28,0,6,10,11,7,16,-22,-16,-39,14,-11,-12,-11,-8,-11,0,0,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,97,90,93,85,92,90,93,90,91,90,90,90,90,90,90,71,90,26,101,101,101,101,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,23,23,23,23,-85,-90,-89,-78,-62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 h6 (4... Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e3 a6 8. Rc1 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. f4 f5 11. h4 h5 12. Nf3 e6 13. Na4 f6 {½-½ (39) Grischuk,A (2761)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris 2017}) 5. Bh4 Qb6 6. Nc3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} e6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. e3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White has an edge.} Be7 9. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nh5 {1-0 (60) Ostojic,N (2430)-Ozen,D (2165) Belgrade 2016}) 9... Bxh4 10. Nxh4 Nf6 11. Bd3 Qd8 12. Nf3 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 Rc8 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. Qa4 Nxc3 (18... f6 $15 19. Ng4 Nd6) 19. bxc3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qa3 Qd7 22. Rab1 Rc7 {[#]} (22... Rfd8 $11) 23. Bh7+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 24. Qxf8 Bb5 25. Qa3 Bd3 26. Rb4 Qc8 27. Qb2 Be4 28. h3 Qa6 29. Qd2 Qc8 30. Kh2 Rc6 31. Qe2 Qc7 32. Rb3 Rc4 33. Qb2 Rc6 34. Qa3 Rc4 35. Rb2 (35. Rb4 $16) 35... h5 (35... g5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. Rb4 Rc6 37. Qb2 g6 38. Qd2 Kg7 39. Qe1 Kg8 40. Rb3 Rc4 41. Qf2 Qe7 42. Kg1 Qc7 43. Qe1 Ra4 44. Qd2 Rc4 45. Rb4 Rc6 46. Qb2 Bd3 {[#]} 47. Kh2 ({White should play} 47. a4 $1 $16) 47... a5 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 48. Rb3 Bc4 49. Kg1 (49. Ra3 $11) 49... Bxb3 $17 50. Qxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc4 51. Kf2 Rxd4 (51... Qc6 $15) 52. cxd4 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxc1 53. Qxb6 $15 {KQ-KQ} Qd2+ 54. Kf3 Qxa2 55. Qb8+ Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Qc4.} 56. Qe5+ Kg8 57. Qb8+ Kg7 {aiming for ...Qc4.} 58. Qe5+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,37,25,17,34,38,28,37,25,29,22,32,40,34,43,43,36,47,45,29,53,48,45,43,54,46,39,42,52,52,41,36,44,38,44,45,52,35,47,40,52,49,50,49,53,54,49,51,43,50,71,60,70,64,54,60,56,18,18,18,18,15,26,18,18,14,31,12,28,19,28,4,20,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 Nce4 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Bb2 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qc1 Qa6 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Nfd4 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. a4 {1-0 (60) Aronian,L (2780)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger 2015}) 10. b4 Nce4 11. Bb2 {White has an edge.} Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qb3 Ng4 14. h3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Re8 18. a3 a6 19. Qd4 Re4 20. Qc5 Re8 21. Qc7 Re7 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc2 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Rd1 Rdd7 26. g4 h6 27. Rc8+ Rd8 28. Rc5 Red7 29. Ke2 Ne4 30. Rc2 Re7 31. a4 Re6 32. Nd4 Re7 33. h4 Nd6 34. Rc5 Ne4 35. Rcc1 Nd6 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Re5 38. Rh1 Nf5 39. Nxf5 Rxf5 40. Rc5 Rf6 41. Rh4 Ke7 42. a5 Rd7 43. Rc8 Rd8 44. Rc7+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,130,22,24,24,30,16,37,36,30,31,33,29,42,37,30,45,30,33,56,34,39,42,45,6,6,9,5,0,0,-14,-13,-20,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-8,-8,-21,-15,-15,-15,-23,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Nd7 13. Na4 f5 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} (13... Rc8 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15. Bxb6 Qd7 16. Re1 f5 17. Qd3 f4 18. Rad1 Bb5 19. Qd2 e5 20. f3 Kh8 21. b3 fxg3 22. hxg3 {0-1 (105) Demchenko,A (2592)-Gupta,A (2633) Olongapo City 2015}) 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15. Bxb6 Qd7 16. Qd3 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 18. Qxe4 Bd8 19. Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bxd8 Raxd8 20. f4 Rc8 21. Rfd1 {½-½ (41) Guidici,G (2369)-Solari,A (2373) ICCF email 2004}) 19... Bf6 20. Rad1 d5 21. Qe3 Qc6 22. c3 Rae8 23. f4 Qb5 24. Bc5 Rf7 {[%cal Bf8f7,Bf7c7,Bc7c8][%mdl 32]} 25. b4 Rc7 26. Rf3 Qc4 27. Re1 Rcc8 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Kf7 30. f5 (30. Rde3 {feels hotter.} g6 31. Kg2 h5 32. h3 Rcd8 33. R1e2) 30... exf5 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Rxd5 Bxc3 33. Rxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf6 34. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rd8 35. g5 Bc3 36. Rf4 Rd2 37. Rc4 Ba1 38. Bb6 Ke7 39. Rh4 Kf7 40. Re4 Rd7 41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Be3 Rd5 (42... Kf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 43. Rf4+ Ke6 $11) 43. Kf3 {The position is equal.} Be5 44. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Kf5 45. h5 Rd3 46. Rh4 Rb3 47. Ke2 Ke6 48. h6 {[#] Strongly threatening g6!} g6 49. Bd2 Kd5 50. Kd1 Rb2 (50... Bg3 $5 {[%cal Rg3h4]} 51. Rg4 Bd6 $15) 51. Rg4 Ra2 52. Rh4 Rb2 53. Rg4 Rb3 54. Kc2 Rf3 55. Rg1 Rf2 56. Kd3 Bd6 57. Rb1 Rf3+ 58. Ke2 Rf7 59. b5 axb5 60. Rxb5+ Kc4 61. Rb1 Re7+ 62. Kf3 Rf7+ 63. Ke4 Re7+ 64. Kf3 Rf7+ 65. Ke4 Re7+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,94,10,18,0,2,0,0,0,23,17,26,28,28,23,27,13,18,14,14,12,19,22,36,29,45,13,10,4,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Bf4 $146 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 e5 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qd6 18. Rc5 Qd4 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Be6 21. Rc1 Rd7 22. f4 g6 23. Bf3 Rad8 24. Kf2 b6 25. b4 {½-½ (25) Nielsen,P (2475)-Hansen,L (2545) Denmark 1994}) 12... f6 13. Rac1 Bb6 $1 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3+ Be6 19. Qa4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 h6 22. b3 Kh8 23. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} Rd8 {The position is equal.} 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. h4 ({Not} 25. Bxb7 $2 Bh3 $19) 25... Bd5 26. e4 (26. Qg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4d1]} Bxg2 27. Kxg2 $11) 26... Bc6 27. Qxa7 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qc2 29. b4 Kh7 30. a3 Bxe4 31. Qc5 {Black must now prevent Qxc2.} Qb1 32. a4 (32. Qc4 {with more complications.} Bd3 33. Qe6 Be4 34. Qg4 Bf5 35. Qf3) 32... Bxg2 $1 33. Kxg2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qe4+ 34. Kh2 f5 35. Qe3 {[#] Strongly threatening Qxe4.} Qxb4 36. Qxe5 Qb1 37. a5 h5 38. Qe2 g6 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qf6 Kh7 41. Qf7+ Kh6 42. Qg8 {[%cal Rg8h8] [#]} (42. Qf8+ {keeps more tension.} Kh7 43. Qc5 Qe4 44. Qc7+ Kh6 45. Qd7) 42... Qb2 43. Kg2 Qe5 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qf7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh6 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,79,-15,0,0,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-11,0,-70,-67,-113,-113,-126,-93,-73,0,-8,0,-82,51,53,185,172,178,179,179,150,172,132,178,162,272,267,255,272,272,270,269,264,247,243,322,310,438,356,576,567,2756,2267,1215,4143,4132,4132,2410,1927]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (6... c5 7. Na3 Nd5 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Ne3 Bb7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. e4 Bb7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Qe2 {1-0 (58) Aronian,L (2774)-Naiditsch,A (2702) Karlsruhe 2017}) 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 Bxa3 9. Rxa3 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d3 cxd3 11. Rxd3 Nbd5 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Bd2 {0-1 (43) Vishnu,P (2340)-Van den Doel,E (2574) Leiden 2011}) 10... e5 11. Nxe5 Qd4 12. Qc3 Qxc3 13. Rxc3 Be6 14. d4 Nxa4 15. Ra3 b5 16. f4 Nb6 17. g4 ({White should play} 17. Ra1 $11) 17... Nxg4 $15 ({Of course not} 17... Bxg4 $6 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. e5 $11) 18. f5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bd7 20. Rg3 Bc6 (20... b4 $17) 21. Bh6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh6g7]} g6 22. Rg5 (22. h4 $11) 22... c3 (22... Na4 $17 23. Bxf8 Rxf8) 23. bxc3 $14 Nc4 ({Black should try} 23... Nd7 $14) 24. fxg6 fxg6 {aiming for ...Rxf1+.} 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 {[#]} 26. e6 $1 Be8 {[#]} 27. Rd1 $1 {Rc5 is the strong threat.} Rf6 28. Rd8 Kf8 (28... Rxe6 $142 29. Rxb5 Nd6) 29. Rxb5 $1 $18 Ke7 30. Rbb8 Bc6 31. Rdc8 Rxe6 {intending ...Kd6.} 32. Rxc7+ Kd6 33. Rxh7 a4 34. Ra7 Kc5 {[#]} (34... Re5 {was worth a try.} 35. Rg8 Re6) 35. e5 $1 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Bxg2 $2 (35... Nxe5 36. Ra5+ Kc4 37. Bxc6 Nxc6) 36. Kxg2 {White is clearly winning.} a3 37. Rc7+ Rc6 38. Rxc6+ Kxc6 39. Rc8+ Kd5 {[#]} 40. e6 $1 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,108,19,39,30,26,29,27,25,2,29,29,27,18,12,18,25,21,11,0,0,-57,41,26,39,43,73,43,68,83,68,64,99,96,87,75,89,84,96,96,95,84,111,76,76,71,76,76,91,84,89,76,103,76,84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games. aiming for Bxf6.} Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4g5][%mdl 512]} 16. cxd5 (16. Ncxe4 dxe4) (16. Ncxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb6 18. Rb1 {½-½ (28) Ding,L (2760)-Nakamura,H (2785) Sharjah 2017}) 16... Nxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Nb5 $1 18. Ne4 Nd6 $146 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. e4 $1 Rec8 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. O-O Qc4 23. Qf3 Bxa3 24. h4 (24. Rb1 $11) 24... Rf8 (24... a5 $15) 25. h5 $14 f6 26. Ra1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bd6 27. Qf5 {Strongly threatening Qe6+.} Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rfxc8 29. Rfb1 b6 30. Kf1 Bc5 31. Ke2 Rc7 32. Ra6 Rb8 33. Rba1 Rbb7 34. f4 Bd6 35. fxe5 Bxe5 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Rc1 Ke7 38. c4 Kd7 39. Be3 Rc8 40. Rb1 Rcc7 41. c5 ({White should try} 41. g4 $16) 41... bxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} 42. Rxb7 c4+ 43. Ke2 Rxb7 44. Rxa7 Rxa7 45. Bxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KB-KB} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Bc5 (46. exf5 Kd6) 46... fxe4 47. Ke3 c3 {...Bf6 is the strong threat.} 48. Kxe4 c2 49. Ba3 $1 Bf6 {And now ...Bg5 would win.} (49... Bd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6a3]} 50. Bb2 Bc5 $11) 50. Kd3 Be7 51. Bb2 Bf6 52. Ba3 Be7 53. Bb2 Bf6 54. Ba3 Be7 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,93,25,21,20,20,20,22,23,31,32,38,37,50,39,106,25,31,31,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-9,18,-4,-16,-31,15,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,8,6,4,6,8,2,2,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Bb4 8. O-O O-O {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} 9. Qd3 d6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Be3 b5 13. Rac1 b4 14. Nb1 c5 {0-1 (61) Anand,V (2779)-Ivanchuk,V (2747) Doha 2016}) 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qg3 Nc5 12. f3 e5 13. Nc2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. Rab1 Qa5 16. Nb4 Na4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Rxb7 Rfb8 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. Qe1 {½-½ (22) Kuerten,D (2086)-Pohjosmaki,R (2252) ICCF email 2009}) 11... Ne5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. a3 Na5 (15... Bxc3 $14 16. Bxc3 (16. Rxc3 h6 $14) 16... e5) 16. Na1 (16. Nxa5 $16 Bxa5 17. b4) 16... Bc5 $11 17. Qg3 {[#] Black must now prevent b4.} Bd4 18. Nc2 (18. Bh6 $5 {[%cal Rg3g7]} Ne8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 $11) 18... Be5 19. f4 Bxc3 $1 20. Bxc3 e5 $1 21. Bd3 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Qb6+ ({Much weaker is} 21... Nxc4 $6 22. fxe5 Nh5 23. Qf3 $16) (21... Nh5 {is interesting.} 22. Qh4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 exf4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qg5+ Kh8) 22. Kh1 (22. Qe3 {feels hotter.} Qd8 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 25. h3) 22... Nxc4 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxe5 Ba4 26. Nb4 (26. b3 $5 Bxb3 27. Nd4 $11) 26... Qe6 27. Qg3 Qg4 {White should prevent ...Qxg3.} (27... Bb5 {with more complications.} 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Nd5 Qe6 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. Rd1 Bb5) 28. Bxf6 {The position is equal.} Rxc1 29. Rxc1 (29. Qxg4 $2 {is a self mate.} Rxf1#) 29... Qxg3 30. hxg3 {[#] Hoping for Be7.} gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Rc7 Rb8 32. Kg1 Kg7 33. Kf2 a5 34. Nd5 Bc6 35. g4 Rd8 36. Ke3 Bxd5 37. exd5 Rxd5 38. Rxb7 {KR-KR} Rg5 39. Kf4 h5 40. gxh5 {Strongly threatening g4.} Rxg2 41. Rb5 a4 42. Rb4 (42. b3 $5 {[%cal Rb3a4]}) 42... Kh6 43. Kf3 Rh2 44. Rxa4 Rxb2 45. Ra5 f5 46. Rxf5 {Threatens to win with a4.} Rb3+ 47. Ke4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-23,-26,-25,-26,-3,-3,-11,-11,-8,-14,-13,-15,14,12,15,8,17,0,0,6,5,5,0,0,0,0,1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 {C45: Scotch Game} a5 8. a4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nd4 11. Qd3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nxb3 12. cxb3 c6 13. O-O-O {Black must now prevent e5.} d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 {[#]} g5 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxd5.} 16. Bg3 ({Much worse is} 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bg3 (17. Qd6 Qxb3 18. Rd3 Qxa4 $17) 17... Bg4 $15) 16... Be6 {[%cal Rd8d5]} 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Qb5 Rac8+ 19. Kb1 {The position is equal.} Qxb5 20. Bxb5 Bxb3 21. Rd6 Ne4 22. Rxh6 Rc2 23. Bd3 $1 {[%csl LRc2,LRe4]} Nxg3 24. hxg3 Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d3]} 25. R6h5 {[%cal Rh5g5] [#]} Kg7 26. Rxg5+ Kf6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 27. Rf5+ Kg7 $1 {Hoping for ...Rd8.} 28. Rg5+ Kf6 29. Rf5+ Kg7 $1 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,80,6,0,6,-1,8,0,40,16,30,28,54,39,24,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-6,0,-4,-7,0,-18,-15,-43,-6,-98,-87,-189,-204,-1053,-718,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29981,-29983,-29983,-29982,-29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Ng4 7. Rf1 Nf6 8. c3 d6 9. Nbd2 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (10. Bb3 Be6 11. Ba4 Qb8 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Ba7 14. b3 Nd7 15. Bb2 a4 16. c4 {½-½ (40) Anand,V (2776)-Aronian,L (2795) Moscow 2016}) 10... Ng4 {[%cal Bf6g4,Bg4h6,Bh6f5][%mdl 32]} 11. Re2 Kh8 {The position is equal.} 12. h3 Nh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 f5 15. Kg1 f4 16. Qe1 g5 17. d4 {0-1 (30) Waechter,N (1754)-Benzen,M (1927) Germany 2014}) 13. Nf1 f5 $1 14. Bg5 (14. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 15. exf5 $11) 14... Qe8 15. d4 Bb6 16. exf5 (16. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 17. exf5 $14) 16... Nxf5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. Qd2 h6 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 ({Reject} 21... Rxf5 $6 22. Be3 $16) 22. Be3 Rad8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 23. Qe1 Bd3 24. Ng3 Qg6 25. Bxb6 Qxb6 26. Rd2 {[#] Strongly threatening Rad1.} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qxe4 Qxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. Rb1 Qxa2 {Black wants to play ...b6.} 31. Qxb7 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32] aiming for ...a3.} 32. Kh2 (32. Rb4 $11) 32... a3 $17 33. Rb4 (33. Qb3 $17 Qxb3 34. Rxb3) 33... Qxf2 $19 34. Qxc7 $2 (34. Ra4) 34... Rd1 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 35. Qe5 Qg1+ {Black mates.} 36. Kg3 Rd3+ 37. Kh4 Qf2+ ({Avoid the trap} 37... Qxg2 $2 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Qg6 {[#]} 40. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 41. Qxg6 $18) 38. g3 {[#]} Rxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Qxg3 g5+ 40. Kg4 {[#]} h5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 30%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,127,11,25,22,14,16,3,4,12,22,17,11,5,9,16,6,4,7,0,0,0,0,2,6,6,18,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,26,0,0,0,0,10,0,-8,18,24,12,15,139,125,135,135,131,105,100,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,47,47,47,47,39,44,47,8,16,8,17,12,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,20,8,24,8,8,8,8,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} b4 9. Nfd2 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. b3 (12. Be3 $5 {[%cal Re3c5]} Qh5 13. Nbd2 $11) 12... Ba6 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rad8 ({Don't blunder} 14... Ng4 $2 15. Ne4 $18) 15. Rac1 Nb6 {[#]} 16. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {½-½ (30) Aronian,L (2797)-Nakamura,H (2767) Saint Louis 2014}) 16... Bxe2 17. Re1 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Bd3 19. Rcc1 $1 Bg6 20. Ndf3 Be4 21. a5 Nc8 $1 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rd3 24. Re3 (24. Rc2 $5 {[%cal Rf3d4]}) 24... Rd1+ 25. Re1 Rd3 26. Rec1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nd6 27. Nd4 (27. Rc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7e7]} Nf5 28. Nh4 Nxh4 29. Rxe7 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 $15) 27... Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Re1 Bf6 (29... Ne4 $1 $11 30. Nf5 Bc5 31. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 dxe4) 30. Rxd6 $16 {Hoping for Kf1.} Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. a6 Rd3 33. Re3 ({White should try} 33. Re7 $16) 33... Rxe3 $1 $14 34. fxe3 {KR-KR} Rc8 35. Rd7 h5 36. Rxa7 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Ra1 $1 38. Kf3 ({Don't play} 38. Ra8+ $6 Kh7 $16) 38... Rf1+ $1 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. Kd3 Rd1+ $1 41. Kc2 Ra1 42. Kb2 Ra5 43. Rb7 (43. h3 {keeps more tension.} Kh7 44. Kc2 Ra3 45. Rxf7 Rxa6 46. Rf4) 43... Rxa6 44. Rxb4 Re6 45. Rh4 g6 46. b4 Kf8 47. Kc3 Ke7 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. e4 Re5 50. Rf4 {[#] Strongly threatening Rf6+.} Ke6 {next ...g5 is good for Black.} 51. exd5+ Rxd5+ 52. Kc3 g5 {The position is equal.} 53. Re4+ Kd6 54. Re8 (54. Rd4 $5 {[%cal Rc3c4]} f5 55. Kc4 Rxd4+ 56. Kxd4 $11) 54... Rf5 55. Rh8 h4 56. gxh4 Rf3+ 57. Kc4 Rf4+ 58. Kb5 Rxh4 59. Rxh4 gxh4 $11 {KPP-KPP} 60. Ka6 Kc7 $1 61. Ka7 {[#] b5 is the strong threat.} Kc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 62. Ka6 {Black must now prevent b5+.} Kc7 63. Ka7 {Threatens to win with b5.} Kc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b5] ( -> ...Kb5)} 64. Ka6 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,69,18,15,59,59,66,56,68,66,75,64,64,16,18,29,34,21,24,0,0,0,30,3,27,9,23,23,85,71,185,158,211,191,347,220,215,211,271,263,702,664,671,669,901,802,770,483]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 Nd7 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 13. Qd2 {[#] LiveBook: 12 Games} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Kh7 14. e4 Nb6 15. Rad1 a5 16. h4 a4 17. Rfe1 {1-0 (39) Mamedyarov,S (2756)-Van Wely,L (2679) Bastia 2010}) 14. Rfd1 Ba6 {White is slightly better.} 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. e4 Rac8 17. Na4 ({Of course not} 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Na4 Qb5 $11) 17... Qb5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Qe2 20. Qc1 {[#] Hoping for Bf1.} Qh5 $1 21. a3 g5 22. Be3 $1 Bb5 23. Rd2 Rb8 24. Qc2 Bf8 25. Rc3 Bc4 (25... Rb6 $11) 26. h3 $16 Rb6 (26... Qg6 $16) 27. b3 $18 Ba6 (27... Bb5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 28. Rxc6 dxe4 $2 {[#]} (28... Rxc6 29. Qxc6 Rd6) 29. Rxb6 ({Weaker is} 29. Qxe4 Bb7 $15) 29... axb6 30. Qxe4 Rc8 31. Kh2 Bd6 $2 (31... g4 32. Qxg4+ Qxg4 33. hxg4 Bb5) 32. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5e6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Bb7 33. Qa4 Rc1 34. Qe8+ Bf8 35. dxe6 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,0,13,-19,-22,-15,-14,-5,-4,-4,-4,-3,-16,-25,-17,-18,-15,-29,-15,-20,-14,-18,-11,-14,0,-19,-20,-19,-18,-22,-22,-22,-18,-25,-14,-18,-11,-17,-8,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. O-O {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} (6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Bf5 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. Ne5 c6 13. d3 Qf6 14. Bf4 Rfe8 15. Qd2 h6 16. Bg3 Re7 {1-0 (57) Duda,J (2658)-Leko,P (2707) Berlin 2015}) 6... O-O 7. h3 d6 8. d3 c6 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bb3 a5 {[#] And now ...Bxc3 would win.} 11. a3 Be6 12. Bxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne2 Ba7 13. c3 d5 14. Ng3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Bxd1 {1-0 (55) Fernandes,A (2440)-Fernandez Garcia,J (2475) Bucaramanga 1992}) 12... fxe6 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Kh2 Nf4 16. Qg4 Rf6 {[#] ...Rg6 is the strong threat.} 17. g3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nh5 19. Rf3 Qf7 20. Kg2 Rf8 {[%cal Rf6f3]} 21. Raf1 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Nf6 23. Nb1 d5 24. Nd2 (24. exd5 {is interesting.} cxd5 25. Nc3 Qc7 26. d4 b5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. Qf4) 24... dxe4 (24... Qc7 {seems wilder.} 25. Qe2 Qb6 26. Rb1 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Nd5) 25. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KP-KP} h5 29. Kf3 Ke7 30. g4 Kf6 31. Kg3 hxg4 32. Kxg4 Kg6 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 b5 35. c3 Kh6 $1 36. Kh4 Kg6 37. Kg4 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,76,13,7,18,22,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,-15,-14,-4,-8,-20,-16,-38,-39,-43,-43,-49,-52,-55,-45,-45,-57,-57,-52,-61,-52,-76,-45,-61,-56,-56,-60,-81,-71,-124,-97,-86,-89,-107,-104,-96,-83,-162,-166,-174,-149,-628,-607,-856,-800,-1663,-1594,-1607,-1576]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 h6 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. a4 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nc4 Ne7 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening ...c6.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb8 13. Bxd7 Nbxd7 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. b3 {1-0 (39) Kramnik,V (2789)-Anand,V (2775) Leuven 2017}) 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Ng6 16. Qb3 b6 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Qd1 Qe6 19. Nfd2 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Re4 f5 22. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Nf4 24. Ndf3 c5 25. h4 Qd5 (25... Qf6 $5 {[%cal Rf4d3]} 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Nd5 $15) 26. Qd2 Nh5 {[%cal Bf4h5,Bh5f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} (26... g5 $5) 27. d4 cxd4 28. cxd4 Nf6 29. b4 (29. Qc2 $142) 29... Ne4 30. Qb2 Rc8 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. h5 Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 33. Qc1 (33. Qc2 $17 {was called for.}) 33... Qa2 $19 34. Rf1 Rec8 35. Qf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Nc6 $17 Rc7 36. Nfe5) 35... Rb1 {( -> ...Qxf2+). Black is clearly winning.} 36. Nh2 Nd2 37. Ng6 Nxf1 38. Nxf1 {[#]} Rxf1+ $1 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,93,16,23,17,21,16,12,17,16,14,27,5,11,14,14,12,11,-2,0,0,4,17,10,10,20,0,11,11,33,10,16,7,20,0,16,0,15,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,11,5,5,6,12,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. Nc3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qd7 14. d5 (14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Re2 d5 17. Qd3 Rae8 {½-½ (40) Predke,A (2550)-Zvjaginsev,V (2677) Kolomna 2016}) 14... Na5 15. Qd3 Rae8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rfe8 16. Bf4 f6 17. Re6 Bf8 {½-½ (38) Zhuravlev,K-Shubin,V (2129) ICCF email 2010}) 16. Be3 b6 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. h3 Bd6 19. Nf3 h6 20. c4 Nb7 {[%cal Ba5b7,Bb7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 21. Re2 Nc5 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. Rae1 Qa4 {The position is equal.} 24. Qc3 Ne4 25. Qb3 Nc5 26. Qc3 Ne4 27. Qb3 Nc5 28. Bxc5 Qxb3 29. axb3 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Ne5 a5 (31... Ra8 {feels hotter.} 32. Nc6 a5 33. Kf1 g5 34. Ra2 Bd6) 32. Nd7 Ra8 33. Nxc5 bxc5 {KR-KR} 34. Ra2 Kf8 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Ke2 Kd6 37. Kd3 c6 38. dxc6 Kxc6 39. g4 Rd8+ 40. Kc3 Rd4 41. Rxa5 Rf4 $1 42. Kd3 Rxf2 43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kf4 Rf2+ 45. Ke4 Re2+ 46. Kf4 Rf2+ (46... Rh2 $5 {[%cal Rh2h3]}) 47. Ke4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,127,49,12,20,17,19,18,8,0,18,12,19,14,18,24,20,37,16,26,22,19,91,90,85,69,104,0,0,0,0,0,111,27,29,18,29,35,46,28,26,28,51,54,43,29,107,112,112,108,118,118,118,118,118,118,124,118,118,118,120,117,118,117,118,117,118,117,118,118,118,118,119,117,117,117,117,112,134,118,132,112,112,0,133,112,112,104,104,104,104,104,118,129,261,261,431,424,424,424,531,516,447,447,572,444,774,759,721,705,5099,5099,5099,5092,5092,5092,5069,5069]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. c4 Bb4+ {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 8. Kf1 (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Re1 f5 15. Qc2 {0-1 (33) Caruana,F (2727)-Giri,A (2714) Reggio Emilia 2011}) 8... O-O 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qb3 c5 10. cxd5 Bf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 Nd6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. h5 Bxd3+ 15. Qxd3 {½-½ (65) Kudela,S (2456)-Bobykin,K (2336) ICCF email 2011}) 9... Be7 {The position is equal.} 10. cxd5 Nf6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. h4 Nb6 13. Bg5 Nfxd5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Re1 Re8 (15... hxg5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. hxg5 $18) 16. Ne5 {White wants to play Bxh6.} Bxg5 (16... Bf6 $1 $11) 17. hxg5 $16 Qxg5 18. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 19. Nxd5 (19. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4g5]} Qd8 20. Qb3) 19... Nxd5 $11 20. Qc5+ Ne7 21. Re3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black must now prevent Rf3. White mounts an attack.} Bf5 (21... Be6 $11) 22. Rh5 ({Better is} 22. Bxf5 $1 $16 Qxf5 23. Rh5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 22... Qxh5 {[#]} 23. Nd7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd7 24. Qxh5 Rad8 25. Qc5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bc6 26. Bc2 a6 27. Bb3 Rd6 28. Qh5 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rh5f7]} Nd5 (28... Rg6 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Rxe8+ $16 Kxe8 30. Qg4 g6 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 32. Qc8+ Ke7 33. Qxc7+ Kf6 34. Qf4+ Kg7 35. f3 a5 36. b3 h5 37. Kf2 Rb5 38. Qe3 Rd5 39. Ke1 Rf5 40. Qe7 Rd5 41. Qc7 Rf5 42. Qh2 Bd7 43. Kd2 Be6 44. Kc3 Bd5 45. b4 Bc6 46. Kb3 Bd5+ 47. Kc3 Bc6 $1 48. Qh4 axb4+ 49. Kxb4 Rd5 50. Kc4 Rf5 51. Qd8 Bb5+ {[#]} 52. Kb4 $1 {Hoping for g4.} Bf1 (52... Bc6 $16 53. Kc3 Rb5) 53. g4 $18 Rb5+ $2 (53... Rxf3 {keeps fighting.} 54. gxh5 Rd3 55. hxg6 Kxg6) 54. Kc3 {White is clearly winning.} hxg4 55. a4 Rf5 56. fxg4 Rf3+ 57. Kb4 Rf4 58. Kc5 Bg2 (58... Rxg4 $142 59. Qe7 Ba6) 59. Qg5 Re4 60. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Rxa4 61. Qe5+ Kf8 62. Qh8+ Ke7 63. d6+ Kd7 64. Qb8 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,25,46,46,38,34,68,39,61,62,72,76,79,66,77,68,69,68,74,70,87,65,88,58,108,104,101,84,107,109,102,89,102,117,137,129,119,52,52,0,0,11,9,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 c6 {LiveBook: 67 Games} 8. Rd1 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} (8. Nf3 e5 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bf3 Re8 12. Rfe1 Qb6 13. Rad1 Nfd7 14. Be3 a5 15. h3 a4 16. Qc2 Qb4 17. a3 Qa5 18. Be2 Nb6 {½-½ (54) Granda Zuniga,J (2667)-Pichot,A (2523) Bilbao 2015}) 8... Nc7 9. Bf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nf3 d5 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. exd5 cxd5 12. c5 Re8 13. O-O h5 14. h3 Kh7 15. Rfe1 Bf5 {½-½ (36) Krizsany,L (2445)-Radnai,A (2313) Hungary 2013}) 9... Be6 10. b3 {White is slightly better.} Qc8 11. h3 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Nge2 b4 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. O-O Bd7 17. Nb2 Bb5 18. Rfd1 Nd7 {[#]} 19. Bxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe7 20. Rxc7 Qd8 21. Rc2 ({Reject} 21. Rxa7 $6 Qb6 $11) 21... Re8 22. Nc4 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 23. Ng3 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Ne4 (25. Bxd5 $16 Qxd5 26. Nf1) 25... Re7 $14 26. Ne5 (26. a3 $14) 26... f5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf5e4][%mdl 2048] The position is equal. Black has good play.} 27. Nc5 {[#] Hoping for Na6!} Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d1]} 28. Re1 Qd6 {[%cal Rg7e5]} 29. Na4 Bxa4 30. bxa4 {Black must now prevent Nc6.} Rbe8 {[%cal Rg7e5]} 31. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Bxe5 32. dxe5 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. a6 Ra5 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxa7 Rxa2 39. Rb7 Rxa6 40. Rxb4 Re6 41. Rc4 Nb5 42. g3 Rd6 43. Kf1 Nd4 44. Kg2 Nxf3 45. Kxf3 Rd3+ 46. Kg2 Rd6 47. Kf3 Rd3+ 48. Kg2 Rd6 49. Kf3 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,104,0,0,-11,-12,-25,-11,-17,-36,-42,4,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-1,-8,-54,-41,-69,-13,-20,-13,-13,-15,-18,-20,-18,-12,-53,-53,-54,-54,-56,-35,-46,-45,-71,-78,-88,-79,-121,-121,-123,-123,-122,-78,-78,-69,-70,-70,-70,-66,-66,-54,-52,-53,-184,-184,-177,-179,-178,-133,-181,-181,-215,-215,-220,-222,-209,-208,-276,-276,-281,-272,-266,-274,-383,-381,-370,-350,-342,-325,-479,-479,-539,-534,-1157,-1152]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2d4,Bd4f3,Bf3g5][%mdl 32]} dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 {LiveBook: 105 Games. E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} (7... e5 8. a3 Bd6 9. f3 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Ba2 b5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Ng3 Nf5 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 {½-½ (48) Rakhmanov,A (2670)-Parligras,M (2605) Barcelona 2017}) 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 {Black has an edge.} 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Bg4 12. Be2 h6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Ne1 Bf5 {½-½ (33) Kupsik,N (1827)-Demina,J (2378) St Petersburg 2009}) 11... Bd6 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Ng5 Rc8 {next ...Nd4 is good for Black.} 14. O-O e4 15. Ngxe4 Ne5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Ba2 Be2 $1 $36 {[%cal Re2d3][%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...Bd3. Black has good play.} 18. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Bxf1 (18... Nd3 $1 $15 19. Rfb1 Rfd8) 19. fxe5 $11 Bd3 20. exd6 Bxc2 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Ba4 23. e4 Bc6 24. Bb3 Rce8 25. Bc2 $1 Re6 26. Re1 Rfe8 27. Bf4 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 28. Bg3 h5 $1 29. h4 gxh4 30. Bf4 Rg6 31. Re2 Rg4 32. Rf2 h3 {Threatens to win with ...hxg2.} 33. g3 h4 34. Kh2 hxg3+ 35. Bxg3 Bxe4 36. Kxh3 f5 $1 {...Bxc2 is the strong threat.} 37. Bxe4 (37. d7 $1 $15 Rd8 38. Rd2) 37... Rgxe4 $19 (37... Rexe4 38. Rxf5 Rg7 39. Rc5 $17) 38. Rxf5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd4 39. Rf3 Kg7 40. Rc3 Kf6 $1 41. Rf3+ Ke6 42. Re3+ Kd7 43. Rc3 Rc8 44. Re3 Rh8+ 45. Kg2 Rd2+ 46. Kf3 Rf8+ ({Don't do} 46... Rxb2 47. Re7+ Kd8 48. Rg7 $17) 47. Kg4 Rxb2 48. Re7+ {[#]} Kc6 $1 49. Rc7+ {[#]} Kb6 $1 50. d7 (50. Rc4 {might work better.} Rg8+ 51. Kf4) 50... Rg8+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 51. Kf5 {[#] aiming for Rc8.} Rf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Ke4 (52. Bxf2+ Kxc7) 52... Rg4+ {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 34,70,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,-35,-6,-38,-41,-41,-52,-52,-40,-61,-54,-45,-29,-76,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Re8 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 h6 15. Nh2 c6 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (15... Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 17. Ng4 cxd5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. exd5 g6 20. Be3 Qh4 21. a4 Nxa4 22. Bxa4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 {0-1 (54) Pruijssers,R (2511)-Almasi,Z (2695) Germany 2015}) 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng4 Nc5 18. Bc2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (18. Qf3 $14 Nxb3 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. axb3) 18... Rc8 19. Qf3 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Qf6 21. Be3 Red8 22. Red1 Bd7 23. Nh5 {1-0 (75) Muzyka,Y (2467)-Vayser,V (2428) Russia 2002}) 21. Be3 Bg7 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Qe2 Red8 24. c4 h5 25. b4 Ne6 $1 26. Bb3 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Nf1 Re8 {[%cal Re7e4]} 29. Nd2 Qb7 30. Qd3 {[#]} Kf8 ({Black should play} 30... bxc4 $1 $17 31. Bxc4 Qxb4 32. Bxa6 Rc7) 31. Qg3 $11 {The position is equal.} Rcd8 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Qf4 Be5 34. Qh6+ Bg7 35. Qf4 Be5 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,63,11,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 12. Bd3 (12. Bf4 c6 13. Nd2 Nh4 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Qd3 Rae8 18. h3 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 {½-½ (33) Zhao,J (2616)-Wang,Y (2706) China 2017}) 12... c6 13. Bf4 Bg5 14. Qg4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 16. Qxd6 $146 (16. Qf3 {looks sharper.} g6 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Re3) ({Predecessor:} 16. Qf3 g6 17. Nd2 Bd7 {½-½ (17) Kantans,T (2481)-Reinaldo Castineira,R (2490) Pontevedra 2015}) 16... Nxd6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Kf2 f6 21. Nf1 Kf7 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Kxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Re8+ 25. Kf2 Re7 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Kxe1 {KP-KP} Ke8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke2 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,93,20,4,4,4,22,5,5,5,5,9,10,4,16,7,2,3,12,29,21,14,37,34,40,38,55,45,73,62,75,70,77,95,107,50,94,90,79,79,89,85,89,6,7,10,16,10,14,-11,0,0,0,-17,-21,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-13,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 (7. h3 {looks sharper.} Bb6 8. Nbd2 a6 9. Ba4 Bd7 10. Nc4) 7... a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (7... Ne7 8. Re1 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb6 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 {1-0 (41) Yu,Y (2750)-Potkin,V (2594) Fufeng 2017}) 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 h6 11. Nf1 Nh7 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 f5 14. e5 f4 15. Qc2 {½-½ (22) Krejci,J (2503)-Sorm,D (2354) Lingen 2015}) 10... Re8 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nc4 Qf6 14. Be3 Nf4 (14... Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f3]}) 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. e5 Qh6 (16... Qf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5c2]} 17. Qe4 Be6 $14) 17. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bxd4 18. cxd4 Be6 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. f3 Re6 21. Ne4 Qh5 22. Qd2 Qf5 23. Nc3 (23. Rac1 $16) 23... Rg6 {[#] And now ...Bxf3 would win.} 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rac1 c6 26. Rc5 h5 27. Qc2 ({White should try} 27. Rec1 $16) 27... Qxc2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 28. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb8 29. Kf2 h4 30. h3 Kf8 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Ke1 Kd7 33. Rd3 Re6 34. Ra3 Rb6 35. Kd2 f6 36. exf6 gxf6 37. b3 Kc7 38. Ra5 {Black should prevent Rxd5.} Kb7 39. Rac5 Rb5 40. Rxb5+ axb5 {KR-KR} 41. b4 Re3 42. Rc3 Rxc3 (42... Re8 {feels hotter.} 43. Rc2 Ra8 44. Rb2 Kb6 45. Kc3 Ra3+) 43. Kxc3 Ka8 44. Kb2 Kb8 45. Kc3 Ka8 46. Kb2 Kb8 47. Kc3 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,142,0,10,10,6,6,11,0,11,11,12,12,12,12,14,12,14,13,12,4,13,3,26,21,23,23,43,39,44,41,52,34,43,40,54,54,56,55,69,46,45,50,45,47,52,39,56,50,55,55,52,45,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,61,61,61,62,72,45,45,45,45,39,39,39,45,45,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,59,42,51,22,22,22,50,7,33,6,20,20,20,0,6,0,6,0,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 (5... Bh5 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Rfe8 14. Kh1 Bb4 {1-0 (35) Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 6. Bxf3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Ngf6 7. d3 e5 8. e4 Bc5 (8... dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. Nc4 b6 15. Kg2 h6 16. Rd3 Qe6 17. b3 Bd4 18. c3 Bc5 19. Qd1 Be7 {1-0 (51) Ding,L (2759)-Yu,Y (2750) Shenzhen 2017}) 9. Nc3 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3) 14... h6 15. Be1 Nf6 16. Kg2 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. b4 Bb6 20. Bc3 Bd4 21. Qd3 Qb6 22. Be1 {[#] aiming for c3.} Qd8 23. a4 Bb6 24. Qb3 a6 25. a5 Ba7 26. Qc4 Qd4 27. Qe2 (27. Qxd4 {seems wilder.} Bxd4 28. Kf1 g5 29. c3 Ba7 30. Bd2) 27... Qb2 28. Qd3 Qd4 $1 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Ne8 33. Bg4 Kd8 34. f4 Nf6 35. Bd1 Ke7 36. g4 Nd7 37. g5 hxg5 $1 38. fxg5 Nf8 39. h4 Ne6 40. Bg3 Kd6 41. c3 Bg1 42. Bb3 g6 43. Ke2 Nd8 44. Kf3 Ne6 45. Bc4 Nd8 46. Kg4 Be3 $1 47. Be1 Ne6 48. Kf3 Bf4 49. Bf1 Ke7 50. Bh3 Kd6 {The position is equal.} 51. Ke2 Bc1 52. Kf3 Bf4 53. Bf1 Bc1 54. Bc4 Ke7 55. Ke2 Nf4+ 56. Kd1 Be3 57. Bg3 f6 58. gxf6+ Kxf6 59. Bf1 g5 60. hxg5+ Kxg5 61. Bxf4+ Kxf4 $11 {KB-KB} 62. Bh3 Kxe4 63. Ke2 b6 64. Bg2+ Kf4 65. Bxc6 bxa5 66. bxa5 Ba7 67. Bb7 Bb8 68. Bxa6 Bc7 69. Bd3 Bxa5 70. Bc2 $1 e4 71. Bxe4 Bxc3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,51,0,29,2,4,0,0,-8,16,-23,-26,-13,-31,-26,-29,-30,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-25,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5} 11. Kf2 Nfd7 12. Rb1 Rd8 13. Rb5 Qxa3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Ne2 a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5] [#]} 15. Rb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Ra1 Ne5 17. Rxa5 Rxd1 18. Ng3 {½-½ (50) Mamedyarov,S (2743)-Lupulescu,C (2625) Tromsoe 2014}) 15... Qa5 $1 16. Rd4 Nc6 17. Rd6 Nxc5 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Qd6 Nd7 20. Nd4 Qc5 21. Qg3 {[#] Nxe6! is the strong threat.} (21. Nb5 $5 Qxd6 22. Nxd6 $14) 21... Qe5 22. Bf4 Qc5 23. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} (23. Be3 $5 {[%cal Rd4e6]} Qxc3 24. Be2 $11) 23... Qe5 {Threatens to win with ...Qxg3+.} 24. Bf4 Qc5 {[#] aiming for ...e5.} 25. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} Qe5 {Strongly threatening ...Qxg3+.} 26. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,86,13,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,7,0,0,0,7,7,16,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-7,-6,0,-7,0,0,-58,0,0,-3,-6,-6,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 {[%cal Bb5a4,Ba4c2,Bc2e4][%mdl 32]} Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} Bb6 13. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} d5 {[#]} 14. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf7 Qe7 18. Rxf3 Bg4 19. Bg5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 {1-0 (48) Najer,E (2681)-Jakovenko,D (2731) Sochi 2016}) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Re1 {[#] aiming for Bxh7+!} Bf5 20. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 21. Qe2 {Qe8+! would kill now.} g6 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qe8+ Qxe8 25. Rxe8+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kg7 26. Kf1 Kf6 27. Rb8 Ra5 28. Rxb7 Rxa2 29. Ke2 a5 30. Rb6 Ke5 31. Rxc6 Rxb2+ 32. Ke3 a4 33. Ra6 Ra2 34. Ra5+ Kd6 35. Ra7 (35. c4 $11) 35... Ke6 (35... Kc5 $15) 36. c4 a3 37. Ra6+ Kd7 38. c5 Rc2 39. Rxa3 {The position is equal.} Rxc5 40. Ra7+ (40. Kd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Rc2 41. Ke3 $11) 40... Ke6 41. Ra6+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. Ra6+ Kd5 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,118,57,156,164,157,153,143,125,134,167,268,195,208,203,6186,0,6183,6179,29982,29983,29983,0,663,0,29983,12843,29984,29985,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. axb5 axb5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Na3 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 {[#]} Qf6 $146 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxb5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 {Hoping for Na3.} Qc6+ 21. Kh2 Qxb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 22. Qf4 Qxb2 23. Qxc7 Qb4 24. Re4 g6 (24... Qd2 $11 25. Rf4 Qb4) 25. Kg2 (25. c4 $16) 25... h5 ({Black should play} 25... Qb2 $14) 26. c4 $16 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Qc3 27. Qg3 $1 Rd8 28. Re5 Kf8 29. Qf3 {aiming for Qf6.} Rd6 (29... Kg7 $142 30. Re7 Rf8) 30. c5 Ra6 31. Qe4 {And now Re8+ would win.} Rf6 $2 {[#]} (31... Kg7) 32. Re8+ $1 $18 Kg7 {[#]} 33. Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7f8] White threatens Qf8+ and mate.} Rf5 34. Qf8+ Kf6 35. Qe7+ (35. Qh8+ $142 Kg5 36. Re4 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qd2+ 38. Re2 Qf4+ 39. Kg2 h4 40. Qe5+ Qxe5 41. Rxe5+ Kf6 42. Re8) 35... Kg7 36. Qf8+ (36. Rc8 $18 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qd2+ 38. Qe2 Qf4+ 39. Qf3 Qd2+ 40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qg5+ 42. Kh2) 36... Kf6 37. Qh8+ Kg5 38. Re4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh3h4] White mates.} Rxc5 39. f4+ Kf5 40. Re5+ {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,81,36,36,36,36,29,0,0,0,0,0,12,-17,-6,-13,-10,-15,-30,-61,-62,-62,-55,-47,-50,-39,-44,-43,-44,-44,-39,-43,-42,-47,-50,-71,-54,-45,-14,-28,0,-65,-57,-65,-10,-11,-8,-5,21,23,51,50,47,43,321,314,314,289,292,289,278,250]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c6 9. f3 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Bxa6 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} (11. Bd1 b5 12. a3 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Nge2 Qb8 15. O-O Rc8 16. Be3 Be8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Nec3 Bf6 {0-1 (43) Khismatullin,D (2651)-Smirin,I (2655) Poikovsky 2015}) 11... bxa6 12. Nge2 {LiveBook: 12 Games} a5 13. b3 {White is slightly better.} Qb6 14. Be3 Qb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qa6 15. O-O Rab8 16. Rac1 Nh5 17. g4 Nf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Bxf4 {1-0 (44) Gorovets,A (2494)-Remlinger,L (2304) Santa Clara 2014}) 15. O-O Nh5 16. Rfb1 Nf4 17. Qd1 Rfc8 18. a3 Qb7 19. Qd2 f5 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Bd4 Bxd4+ $1 22. Qxd4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rc1 Rc5 25. exf5 Rac8 26. Ne2 Bxf5 27. Re1 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5h4][%mdl 32]} 28. h4 gxh4 29. Nxf4 Rc3 30. Ne2 R3c5 31. Nf4 Kf7 $1 32. Rad1 Bc2 ({Black should play} 32... Rc2 $15) 33. Rd2 $11 Bxb3 34. Re6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rc4 (34... Rxd5 $5 35. Rxd5 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Bxd5 37. Rxd6 Bc6 $11) 35. Nh3 Rd8 36. Ng5+ Kg8 $1 37. Re7 Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37... Rdc8 $14) 38. Nf7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf7d8] White has a decisive advantage.} Rf8 39. Nxd6 Rc3 40. Nb5 Rc5 41. d6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,102,0,0,4,7,5,0,12,11,7,-10,-9,-5,-12,-6,-6,-6,-6,-18,-13,-14,-5,-47,-36,-33,-37,-50,-61,-46,-46,-55,-60,-42,-43,-50,-47,-55,-47,-71,-18,-49,-41,-61,-66,-69,-60,-49,-56,-146,-130,-132,-112,-123,-121,-133,-133,-133,-112,-110,-108,-133,0,-114,-110,-101,0,-106,-100,-147,-92,-218,-202,-333,-333,-276,-236,-279,-164,-272,-250,-248,-226,-557,-508,-1866,-1622]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 18 Games} Bc7 {The position is equal.} 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qd6 13. g3 Bh3 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Bf1 Bg4 16. Be2 {½-½ (55) Eljanov,P (2755)-Wei,Y (2706) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 11... Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2]} 12. g3 Bb6 13. Ba3 Qe5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Nd2 Nxd4 16. exd4 Qxd4 {next ...Bh3 is good for Black.} 17. Nf3 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Ne4 $1 19. Rxd5 Nxf2 20. Rh5 h6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 21. Kg2 Ng4 22. h3 Ne3+ 23. Kh2 Nf5 24. Bd3 g6 25. Bxf5 gxh5 26. Be4 Rb8 27. Nh4 Be6 28. Rc1 Ke7 ({Black should play} 28... Rd8 $17 29. Rc2 Bd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5) 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Re2 Rc3 31. Bxb7 Bc7 32. Bf3 Kf6 33. Kg2 (33. Re1 $15) 33... Kg5 34. Re1 Bd6 35. Re2 Bb8 36. Re1 Bc7 37. Re2 Bd6 38. Re1 Bc8 39. Re2 Be6 40. Re1 $1 Bb8 41. Re2 Bc7 42. Re1 $1 a5 43. Re2 {[#]} Bc8 (43... a4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. bxa4 Ra3) 44. Rd2 {[#]} (44. Kh2 $17) 44... f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 45. Re2 (45. Kh2 $142) 45... f4 46. Re8 {Strongly threatening Rg8+.} fxg3 47. Be4 {[#]} Ba6 ({Not} 47... Kxh4 48. Rxc8 Rc5 49. Bg6 $15) (47... Bd6 $142 $1 48. Nf3+ Kf4) 48. Nf3+ (48. Re6 {might work better.}) 48... Kf4 49. Nd4 {With the idea Ne6+.} Be5 50. Nf3 $2 (50. Ba8 {was the crucial defense.}) 50... Rc1 {( -> ...Bf1+)} 51. Nd2 (51. Rf8+ $142 Kxe4 52. Nxe5 Kxe5 53. Kxg3) 51... Rd1 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,102,14,15,23,23,18,22,32,32,24,17,6,2,7,24,13,9,4,9,10,10,4,0,0,0,0,7,-48,-41,-26,-16,-28,-28,-33,-32,-64,-10,-10,-9,-14,-19,-29,-34,-39,-10,-20,-13,-21,-8,-17,0,0,0,0,0,-159,-159,-159,-159,-157,-157,-186,-156,-162,-26,-26,-26,-80,-22,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 9. Nce2 Rc8 {LiveBook: 24 Games} 10. Re1 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. g4 O-O 14. g5 Ne8 15. h4 g6 16. Be3 Ng7 17. Ne2 Qc7 {½-½ (46) Mariotti,S (2470)-Polugaevsky,L (2635) Manila 1976}) 11. Nf5 d5 12. exd5 Bxf5 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Rxe5+ Be7 {Threatens to win with ...Nc4.} 16. d6 $1 Nc4 17. Rxe7+ Qxe7 18. dxe7 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Rc7 $1 20. Bg5 Be6 21. Re1 h6 22. Bxf6 (22. Bf4 $11 Rxe7 23. Bd6) 22... gxf6 $15 {[%cal Bg7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 23. a4 Kd7 24. f4 f5 $1 25. Re5 Kd6 26. Kf2 Rhc8 (26... Re8 $1 $15) 27. Bh3 $11 f6 28. Ra5 Kxe7 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Rc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Ne2 Kd5 34. Kd3 Rc8 35. b4 a5 36. c3 $2 (36. c4+ $11 Kd6 37. bxa5) 36... Rc4 $17 37. bxa5 Rxa4 38. Nd4 Rxa5 39. g4 Ra2 40. h4 Rh2 ({Black should try} 40... Rf2 $19 41. c4+ Kc5) 41. c4+ $11 Kc5 {White must now prevent ...Rh3+.} 42. Nf5 {[#]} (42. Ne6+ $11 Kd6 43. Ng7) 42... Rh3+ (42... b6 $1 $17 43. h5 Rh3+ 44. Ne3 Rg3) 43. Ke4 $1 {The position is equal.} b6 ({Don't take} 43... Kxc4 44. g5 $17) (43... Rc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3c4]} 44. Ne3 Ra3 $17) 44. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g6]} fxg5 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Kxc4 (46... Rh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g5]} 47. Kf4 Rh8 $11) 47. g6 {aiming for g7.} Rh8 (47... Rh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g5]}) 48. Ke5 Rg8 49. Kf6 Kd3 50. Nd6 {[#]} (50. Kf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7g8]} Rxg6 51. Kxg6 $11) 50... b5 $1 51. Nxb5 Rxg6+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,123,43,30,37,30,47,47,37,33,38,50,47,40,38,0,23,0,52,50,46,56,77,43,125,107,145,139,143,142,156,138,147,133,171,178,171,171,175,162,168,169,174,172,157,168,154,94,108,102,100,90,121,134,136,105,120,92,89,82,150,128,178,96,218,218,218,218,217,217,217,216,199,147,498,491,556,580,615,608,773,772,709,709,714,710,828,828,828,828,843,693,701,701,701,679,679,631,4592,4585]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2 Nhf6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Ne5 Nd7 {½-½ (40) Ponomariov,R (2739)-Malakhov,V (2706) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 7... Nhf6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bd2 Nhf6 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 10. Qc2 g6 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rad1 {LiveBook: 26 Games} b5 {[#]} 15. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. b4 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 {½-½ (34) Fressinet,L (2708)-Malakhov,V (2707) Tromsoe 2013}) 15... a5 16. e4 b4 17. exd5 bxc3 18. dxc6 Nf8 19. bxc3 ({Of course not} 19. Qxc3 Nd5 $15) 19... Bf5 20. Qb3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} a4 21. Qa3 Ne4 (21... Bc2 $11) 22. Be3 $14 Qa5 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. c4 Qxc6 ({Black should play} 24... Nf6 $14) 25. Ng5 {Strongly threatening Nxe4.} e6 {[#]} 26. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h6 (26... Bxg4 27. Nxe4) 27. gxf5 hxg5 {[#]} 28. f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g7][%mdl 512]} Bxf6 (28... Nxf6 29. Bxc6) 29. Qd3 Rad8 30. Bxe4 Qc8 31. Qc3 $1 Bg7 {intending ...f5.} 32. Bg2 f5 {Black hopes to continue with ...f4.} 33. Rcd1 $1 f4 34. Bc1 Qxc5 35. dxc5 Bxc3 36. Bc6 ({Better is} 36. c6) 36... Rxd1 $16 37. Rxd1 Rc8 38. Bxa4 Rxc5 39. Bb5 $1 Rc8 40. a4 e5 41. Rd5 Nh7 42. Rd6 Kg7 (42... Bb4 $142 43. Rxg6+ Kf7) 43. Ba3 $1 Bd4 44. Rc6 (44. a5 $1 $18) 44... Ra8 (44... Rxc6 $16 45. Bxc6 Nf8) 45. Rc7+ $18 Kh6 46. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Nf6 47. Rf7 Ne4 48. c6 $1 Bxf2+ 49. Kg2 ({White should try} 49. Kf1 $18 Bc5 50. Bxc5 Nxc5 51. c7) 49... g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Bc5 $16) 50. c7 {White is clearly winning.} f3+ 51. Kf1 {Black must now prevent Bc6.} g3 {[#]} 52. hxg3 $1 {And now Bc1+ would win.} Bb6 {[#]} 53. Rf8 $1 Nxg3+ 54. Ke1 f2+ 55. Kd1 f1=Q+ 56. Bxf1 Bxc7 57. Rxa8 Nxf1 {KRB-KBN} 58. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ne3+ 59. Ke2 Nd5 60. a6 Bb6 61. Kf3 Nc7 62. Rc8 {Precision: White = 92%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,50,25,31,5,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,14,19,9,14,-8,-8,-13,-16,-22,-20,-10,-21,-26,-28,-58,-67,-61,-60,-78,-39,-49,-12,-77,-75,-72,-63,-108,-111,-308,-312,-325,-324]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. a3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ne3 Nd7 9. a3 Nb6 10. Ba2 Bg5 11. O-O Be6 12. g3 Bxe3 13. Bxe3 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 Qd7 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Nxb4 {½-½ (44) Negi,P (2670)-Moiseenko,A (2676) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 6... O-O 7. Nd2 d6 8. Nf1 {The position is equal.} Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Ne3 Nd7 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 Nb6 13. Rb1 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 {1-0 (59) De Firmian,N (2551)-El Kher,H (2355) Copenhagen 2002}) 12... Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. O-O Bxe3+ 15. Bxe3 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. f4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Qf6 19. b3 exf4 20. Bxf4 {aiming for Bd6.} Rfe8 21. Qf3 (21. Qd5 $11 {remains equal.}) 21... Qg6 $17 22. Rf2 Re7 23. Rd1 Nd4 {[%cal Bc6d4,Bd4e2,Be2c3][%mdl 32]} 24. Qd5 $2 (24. Qg2 $17) 24... Ne2+ $19 25. Kf1 {[#]} Nc3 $1 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 70%.} ({Worse is} 25... Qxc2 {[#]} 26. Be3 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Weaker is} 25... Nxf4 26. gxf4 Rae8 27. Qg5 $17) 0-1

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,73,25,28,29,38,16,20,24,27,28,1,2,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-12,-8,-22,-11,-25,-9,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qd7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Re2 d5 17. Qd3 Rae8 {½-½ (40) Predke,A (2550)-Zvjaginsev,V (2677) Kolomna 2016}) 10... Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rae8 13. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd6 15. Bd2 Rxe1+ 16. Bxe1 Na5 {0-1 (40) Muehlenbruch Guimaraes,H (1626)-Rommell,M (1912) Brazil CXV 2000}) 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd6 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 18. Be3 b6 19. Rb1 Bf4 20. Rb3 Na5 21. Rc3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} c5 23. dxc5 Rxc4 24. Rd3 {[%cal Rd3d8] [#]} g6 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Rb8 Ra4 28. Rxb6 {The position is equal.} Rxa2 29. Ra6 Ra3 30. Kf2 Nc4 31. Rxa3 Nxa3 {KN-KN} 32. Ke2 Nb5 33. Kd3 Kf6 34. Kc4 Nd6+ 35. Kd3 Nb5 36. Kc4 Nd6+ 37. Kd3 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,143,37,0,25,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,-15,52,33,41,32,33,34,53,16,16,16,16,16,17,16,16,9,9,0,10,14,11,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,24,16,0,27,0,15,19,42,29,52,-20,55,36,176,176,177,174,175,175,175,173,176,178,201,199,206,199,202,199,199,199,199,199,199,150,264,264,330,330,330,330,330,330,330,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,224,224,0,224,0,221,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} (9... Qc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nb3 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Bf4 17. Ne2 {0-1 (52) Bacrot,E (2718)-Wang,H (2710) Beijing 2014}) 10. Nc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc6 (10... Bxc3 $5 11. Bxc3 Qg5 $14) 11. Nxb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 Bc5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Kh1 a6 14. f4 b5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Ne4 {1-0 (28) Zakharevich,I (2477)-Ovod,E (2378) St Petersburg 2002}) 11... Qxb4 {The position is equal.} 12. b3 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} Qe7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qe1 Ne5 15. Bg5 Qc5 (15... b6 $11) 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. f3 a6 19. Nd4 (19. Nc3 {feels hotter.} b5 20. Be2 Bb7 21. Rc1 Ng6 22. Rf2) 19... Nxc4 20. bxc4 e5 21. Nb3 {[%cal Bd4b3,Bb3a5,Ba5c6][%mdl 32]} Be6 22. Na5 Rd3 23. Rb1 b5 24. Nc6 Qc7 25. Nb4 Ra3 26. Qc1 Qa5 27. Bd2 Qa4 (27... bxc4 $6 28. Nc2 $16) (27... Bxc4 $2 28. Nd5 $18) 28. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 29. Rb4 Bxc4 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. Rd1 Rxa2 32. Bc3 Re8 33. Rd2 Ra4 34. Qd1 {Strongly threatening Rd8.} Ra3 35. Bb2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ra2 36. Bc3 Ra3 37. Bb2 Ra2 $1 38. Ba1 Ra3 39. Rd8 {Threatens to win with Bxe5.} Bb3 40. Rxe8+ Nxe8 41. Qc1 b4 {[#]} (41... Ra2 $14) 42. Bb2 $1 $18 ({But not} 42. Bxe5 $6 f6 $11) 42... Ra2 {Hoping for ...f6.} 43. Qc6 {[%cal Rc6e8]} ({Inferior is} 43. Bxe5 f6 $15) 43... Ba4 44. Qxa6 Rxb2 45. Qxa4 {[%cal Ra4e8][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} Kf8 46. Qa5 {Qc5+ is the strong threat.} Rd2 47. Qxb4+ Rd6 48. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Kg8 49. Qb5 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Re6 50. f5 Re7 51. Qc5 Kf8 52. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 {[#]} (52... g5 $16 53. fxg6 hxg6) 53. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Nxe4 54. Qd5 ({Less strong is} 54. Qa5 Nd6 $16) 54... Nxg5 55. Qd8+ Re8 56. Qxg5 {KQ-KR} f6 57. Qh5 h6 58. Qg6 Rd8 59. Qh7 Rd4 60. Qh8+ Kf7 61. Qc8 Rf4 62. Kg2 Rd4 63. Kf3 Rf4+ 64. Ke3 Rd4 65. Qe6+ Kf8 66. Qa2 Rf4 67. Qa8+ Kf7 68. Qd5+ Kf8 69. Qd8+ Kf7 70. Qd5+ Kf8 $1 71. Qd8+ Kf7 72. Qd5+ $2 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 70%.} ({White should play} 72. Qa8 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,98,16,14,13,14,15,9,9,0,12,14,21,-11,-7,-15,-4,-13,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,-14,-7,-22,-27,-39,-36,-30,-34,-68,-60,-75,-75,-75,-76,-130,-96,-130,-130,-137,-130,-127,-96,-108,-45,-38,0,-72,-72,-62,-33,-121,-123,-125,-130,-130,-127,-130,-126,-130,-124,-116,-97,-342,-346]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7... a6 8. a4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Ng6 14. d4 Qe7 15. Qb3 Kh8 {½-½ (63) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2812) Stavanger 2017}) 8. a4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 {The position is equal.} 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Qe2 Raf8 15. Nbd2 {0-1 (27) Ticleanu,S (2191)-Voiculescu,C (2101) ICCF email 2007}) 11... Qg6 12. Be3 {Threatening Bxc5.} Bxe3 13. Nxe3 (13. fxe3 {is more complex.} Nd7 14. Ncd2 b6 15. Qb3 Ne7 16. Qb5) 13... Nh5 14. Nh4 Qg5 15. Nf3 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qh6 17. Ng4 Qg5 18. Nf3 Qg6 19. g3 Nf6 {[%cal Bh5f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 20. Nh4 Qe8 21. Kg2 Nd7 22. Nf3 Qg6 23. Qc2 Rf7 24. Rae1 Raf8 25. Ngh2 Nc5 26. Re3 b6 27. Qd1 h6 28. Nh4 Qh7 29. Qc2 d5 $36 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 2080] Black has good play.} 30. N4f3 d4 31. Re2 Qg6 32. Ne1 Rd7 33. Nhf3 Qh5 34. Nh2 Rfd8 35. c4 (35. Ng4 $142) 35... Rf8 36. b3 Rdf7 37. Rd2 Nb4 38. Qb1 Qg5 39. Rb2 Rf6 (39... Qg6 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Nbxd3!} 40. Rd2 Qh5) 40. Qd1 $15 Rg6 41. Nhf3 (41. Rd2 $11) 41... Qh5 $17 42. Rd2 Kh7 43. Rh1 (43. Rb2 $15) 43... Rgf6 44. Rf1 Nc6 $1 45. Rb2 {[#]} Kg8 $1 46. Qe2 Nb4 47. g4 Qe8 {White must now prevent ...Rxf3!} 48. Nxe5 Qd8 49. N5f3 $2 {[#]} (49. h4 $17) 49... Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 60%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,117,0,6,10,5,8,7,0,0,0,18,16,6,0,14,19,29,2,22,0,0,5,39,32,141,125,138,141,134,146,255,254,254,254,270,270,270,270,270,270,270,270,320,320,320,314,299,299,520,520,520,509,546,546,861,878,878,878,878,878,878,878,878,853,853,853,853,847,845,823,757,673,584,580,29978,29979,29979,29980,29979,29980,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29992,29993,29993,29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 a5 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nf4 a4 16. Ba2 Rb8 17. Qh5 c6 18. Ne2 {0-1 (31) Grigoriants,S (2576)-Kravtsiv,M (2653) Minsk 2017}) 15... dxc3 16. bxc3 c6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. d4 c5 (18... a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 19. Bc2 Rac8 $11) 19. Rfe1 Rab8 20. Re3 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. dxc5 {Threatens to win with Ra7.} Ne5 23. Qg3 {Black should prevent cxd6.} dxc5 {White must now prevent ...c4.} 24. Bd5 Rb6 25. f4 Nd7 (25... Ng6 $14) 26. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} b3 27. c4 b2 28. Rb1 Rfb8 {[#]} (28... Kh8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. Re2 Rfb8) 29. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6f7][%mdl 512]} fxe6 {[#]} 30. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6 (30... Rxe6 31. f5) 31. Bxe6+ Rxe6 32. Qd3 Nf6 33. Qc2 Reb6 34. Qf5 Ra8 35. Qxc5 Ra1 36. Qxb6 Rxb1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} 37. Kh2 $1 h6 $2 (37... h5 38. Qb3 Kh8) 38. g4 Kh8 {intending ...Ne4.} 39. g5 hxg5 40. fxg5 Ng8 41. h4 Rc1 42. Qxb2 Rxc4 43. Kg3 Rc7 44. Qd4 Rc6 45. h5 Re6 46. Qd5 Re7 47. Kg4 Kh7 48. Qd3+ Kh8 49. Qd8 Rf7 50. Qc8 Re7 51. Kf5 {White mates.} Kh7 52. g6+ Kh8 {[#]} 53. h6 $1 gxh6 54. Qc3+ Rg7 {[#]} 55. Kg4 $1 Ne7 56. Kh5 Kg8 57. Qb3+ ({Not} 57. Qf6 Nxg6 58. Qe6+ (58. Kxh6 Rh7+ 59. Kg5 Ne7 $16) 58... Kh7 $16) 57... Kh8 58. Qb8+ Ng8 59. Qb2 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,58,27,18,20,20,19,20,20,23,21,14,29,3,29,20,43,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 {LiveBook: 27 Games} Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 {White wants to play a3.} Rhd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 16. Rfc1 $146 Bd5 (16... Ke8 {is interesting.} 17. f3 Bd5 18. Nc5 f6 19. a3 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 a5) 17. Nc3 (17. Bc5+ {feels hotter.} Bxc5 18. Nxc5 g5 19. f3 h5 20. Rc2) 17... Bxc3 (17... f6 {with more complications.} 18. Nxd5+ cxd5 19. a3 Bd6 20. Rc2 a5) 18. Rxc3 f6 19. h3 (19. Ra3 {seems wilder.} Kf7 20. b3 a5 21. h3 Rdb8 22. Rd1) 19... a5 {The position is equal.} 20. b3 Kf7 21. Rd1 a4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxd8 Rxa2 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 $11 {KB-KB} Bd5 27. Be3 Bc6 28. Bd2 Bd5 29. Be3 Bc6 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,145,10,12,14,14,19,18,20,6,19,1,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-5,0,-7,-77,-65,-92,-106,-98,-86,-112,-82,-81,-81,-87,-74,-72,-75,-77,-80,-82,-70,-93,-83,-98,-94,-94,-94,-91,-95,-72,-32,-32,-12,-11,-11,-13,-14,-15,-9,-27,-23,-43,-29,-43,-8,-132,-135,-128,-147,-134,-130,-173,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} b4 10. Qd3 Rc8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Nbd2 Nd5 14. Nc4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rc7 {½-½ (40) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Lu,S (2614) Moscow 2016}) 12... Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. Nbd2 Qe7 15. Nc4 Rfd8 (15... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 16. Qd2 Rcd8 $14) 16. Rac1 Ng4 17. Qd2 Be8 18. Qf4 h5 19. e3 e5 20. Qe4 g6 21. h4 {[#]} (21. h3 $11 f5 22. Qb1) 21... Bd7 $1 $17 {[%cal Be8d7,Bd7f5,Bf5e6][%mdl 32]} 22. Nfd2 Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. e4 Nd4 25. Qe3 Ng4 26. Qe1 Be6 27. f3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg4f6,Bf6d7,Bd7b6][%mdl 32]} 28. Rf2 Nd7 29. Bf1 Rc7 30. Ne3 Nb6 31. b3 {[#]} Rxc1 $1 32. Qxc1 a5 33. Ndc4 Qc5 34. Kg2 Nb5 (34... a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 35. Qd1 axb3 36. axb3 Kg7 $15) 35. Qe1 Nc3 36. Nxb6 Qxb6 37. Bc4 Rd4 38. Bxe6 (38. a3 $5) 38... Qxe6 39. Rd2 Qd7 40. Nc4 a4 41. bxa4 Qc7 42. Nb2 (42. Ne3 $11 {remains equal.}) 42... Nxa2 {Strongly threatening ...Qc3.} 43. Qf2 Nc3 44. Rxd4 exd4 45. Qc2 Qa5 $2 (45... Qb6 $19 46. Qd3 Qc5) 46. Nd3 $11 Nxa4 {White must now prevent ...Qb5.} 47. Qc4 Nc3 48. Qxb4 Qa2+ 49. Qb2 Qc4 50. Ne5 Qc7 (50... Qa4 {is interesting.} 51. Nd3 Nd1 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qb1 Ne3+) 51. Nd3 {The position is equal.} Qa7 52. Qd2 Qa4 53. Nf4 Qc4 54. Kf2 Na4 55. Nd5 Nc3 56. Nf4 Kh7 57. Kg2 Qa4 58. e5 Qc4 59. e6 {Hoping for e7.} fxe6 60. Qc2 d3 61. Nxd3 Nd5 62. Qxc4 {White threatens Qe4 and mate.} Ne3+ 63. Kf2 Nxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 64. Nc5 e5 65. Nd7 Kg8 66. Ke2 Kg7 67. Kd3 Nd6 68. Nxe5 {next Ke3 is good for White.} Nf5 69. g4 hxg4 70. fxg4 Nxh4 71. g5 Nf5 72. Nxg6 Kxg6 73. Ke4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,131,20,20,41,11,19,13,23,0,8,0,0,0,4,5,29,10,13,0,0,0,0,-10,-20,-29,30,34,33,34,154,137,127,135,198,208,217,231,226,220,232,227,226,222,231,233,218,199,190,182,183,160,255,240,277,297,295,297,268,277,337,297,328,137,147,143,134,136,112,119,124,12,64,62,83,68,312,304,333,318,320,95,443,299,283,240,245,195,193,176,1135,1263,1191,612,515,460,772,403,616,524,1444,838,29977,29978,29978,29979,29978,29978,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29985]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 8. Qc2 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O {LiveBook: 36 Games} b6 12. b4 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 {0-1 (53) Nyback,T (2644)-Malakhov,V (2692) Budva 2009}) 13. a3 Re8 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 bxc5 17. bxc5 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. Na4 Nc4 21. Bc3 Nf6 22. Rfb1 Ba6 (22... Ne4 $142) 23. Nb6 $11 Rab8 24. e3 Kh7 (24... Ne5 $14) 25. Nxc4 $16 Bxc4 {[#]} 26. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bh8 (26... Nh5 $16) (26... gxf5 27. Qxf5+) 27. Nd6 $18 Rf8 28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Bd4 Nd7 30. Qxc4 Bxd4 31. exd4 Nf6 32. Qa6 Qd7 33. Rd1 (33. Qxa5 $6 Qxd4 34. Rd1 (34. Bxc6 Ng4 $16) 34... Qe5) 33... Nd5 34. Qxa5 Rb2 35. Rab1 Rfb8 (35... Ra2 $16 {might work better.}) 36. Qe1 Qf5 37. Be4 Qe6 38. Rxb2 Rxb2 39. a4 Nf6 40. Bg2 Qb3 41. d5 ({Less strong is} 41. Bxc6 Ng4 $16) (41. Ra1 $18) 41... Nxd5 $16 42. Bxd5 cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 43. c6 d4 44. c7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rc2 45. Rc1 (45. Rxd4 $16 Rxc7 46. a5) 45... d3 (45... Qe6 $11) 46. Rxc2 Qxc2 $14 {KQ-KQ} 47. Qe7 Kg7 $2 {[#]} (47... Qc1+ $14 48. Kg2 Qc6+ 49. f3 Kg7) 48. Qe5+ $1 $18 Kh7 49. Qf4 Kg8 50. Qd6 $2 ({And not} 50. Qxh6 Qb1+ 51. Kg2 Qb7+ 52. Kg1 Qb1+ 53. Kg2 Qb7+ 54. Kg1 Qb1+ $11) (50. h4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 50... d2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Qb1+ $16 {is tougher.} 51. Kg2 Qb7+ 52. f3 d2) 51. Qxd2 Qxd2 52. c8=Q+ {KQ-KQ} Kg7 53. Qa8 h5 54. h3 {a5 is the strong threat.} f5 $2 (54... h4) 55. a5 f4 56. Qa7+ Kh6 {[#]} 57. gxf4 $1 Qd1+ (57... Qe1+ $142 58. Kh2 Qd2) 58. Kg2 Qd5+ 59. Kg3 Qd3+ 60. Qe3 Qd6 61. Qe5 {[%cal Re5h8] White mates.} Qd3+ 62. Kg2 {[%cal Re5h8]} Kh7 63. Qe6 Qd2 64. a6 Qd4 65. Qe7+ Kh6 66. Qe5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,36,22,12,47,27,25,25,26,20,51,18,19,0,45,0,27]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. d5 d6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Ne4 Bd7 14. c3 h6 15. Bd3 Nh4 16. g3 Ng6 17. f4 c6 18. Be3 {½-½ (70) Anand,V (2786)-Kramnik,V (2808) Leuven 2017}) 8. c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5 12. Bf4 {LiveBook: 37 Games} c5 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bf1 Be6 15. Nd2 {½-½ (26) Schneider,L (2420)-Ekstroem,R (2385) Boras 1979}) 14... Be6 15. Nd2 Nh4 16. Bg3 (16. g3 $5 {[%cal Rg3h4]} Ng6 17. Qh5 $14) 16... Nf5 17. Bf4 Nh4 18. Bg3 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,113,0,8,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,20,36,0,93,107,87,94,82,76,108,60,111,112,122,124,130,124,129,135,116,128,154,87,104,112,109,104,141,148,147,122,130,85,122,92,126,104,104,103,126,83,76,75,91,84,110,95,100,92,102,75,75,75,77,75,85,80,78,80,70,81,66,66,68,68,73,0,0,8,8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 h5 11. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. Qd2 g6 14. O-O-O (14. Be2 Bg7 15. O-O b6 16. c4 O-O 17. Rac1 a5 18. Qd1 a4 19. Nd2 Nc5 {0-1 (46) Topalov,V (2749)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris 2017}) 14... Nb6 15. Qa5 Bh6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. f4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Kf8 $146 20. Bd3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rhf1.} Nbxd5 21. Qg5 {Hoping for Rhf1.} Qb6 22. Bxg6 Qe3+ (22... fxg6 $11 23. Rhf1 Kg7) 23. Qxe3 $16 Nxe3 24. Rxd6 Ke7 25. Rd3 Nxg2 26. Rg3 Nf4 ({Black should play} 26... Rhg8 $14 27. Rxg2 Rxg6 28. Re1+ Kd7) 27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Rf3 Nxg6 29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Ref1 Ne5 31. Nc5 b5 {[#]} 32. Nd7 (32. R6f5 $142 $1 {[%cal Rf5e5]} Rhe8 33. Rxh5) 32... Rhe8 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kg6 35. h4 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rf1f6]} Re6 36. R7f4 Rc8 37. R1f2 Re1+ 38. Kd2 Rb1 39. b3 Rh1 40. a4 Rc6 41. axb5 axb5 42. Rg2+ Kh6 43. Re4 Rh3 44. Rb4 Rh1 45. Rf4 Rh3 46. Re4 Rhc3 47. Kd1 Rh3 48. Rd4 Rh1+ 49. Kd2 Rh3 50. b4 Rh1 51. Rd8 {[%cal Rd8h8]} Kh7 52. Rd5 Rxh4 53. Rxb5 Kh6 54. Kd3 (54. Rb8 $16 {[%cal Rb8h8]} Rd4+ 55. Kc1) 54... Rhc4 $11 {The position is equal.} 55. Rb8 {[%cal Rb8h8]} Kh7 56. Rb7+ (56. Rh2 $5 {[%cal Rh2h5]}) 56... Kh6 57. Rb8 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 70%.} (57. Rb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6c6]} Rc3+ 58. Kd4 Rxc2 59. Rxc6+ Rxc6 60. Rg1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Danzhou Super GM 2017"]
[Site "Hainan"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,54,24,25,47,14,6,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,18,19,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-22,0,-5,0,-25,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 h6 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (7... Be6 8. Nd5 a5 9. Ng5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Ba2 a4 13. Kh1 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (45) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Rapport,R (2702) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 8. h3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Re8 9. Nh2 Be6 {The position is equal.} 10. Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Rf8 13. Ng4 Qe8 {½-½ (21) Riccobon,E (2004)-Eder,M (2156) Trieste 2016}) 10... Bxc4 11. dxc4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Bg5 13. Nd5 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Nd4 15. c3 Ne6 16. h4 Kh8 17. Rcd1 Qc8 18. Rfe1 Nf4 19. Qxc8 Raxc8 20. Nxf4 exf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 21. Rd5 g6 22. f3 Kg7 23. Red1 b6 24. Kf2 Kf6 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. Kf2 Kf6 27. Kf1 Kg7 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 33%.} 1/2-1/2

