[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Black "Moradi, Amirmasoud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,140,18,21,11,11,4,19,12,15,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-45,-37,-54,-54,-60,-45,-46,0,-69,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-3,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-14,-12,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-22,-33,-145,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qb3 a5 13. Qxb6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nxb6 14. Ne5 {[#]} Bh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf5 15. g4 Bg6 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. g5 Be7 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bd2 Bd6 {0-1 (66) Zickus,S (2315)-Portisch,L (2513) Warsaw 2008}) 15. Nd3 a4 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bd6 Rfd8 18. Ba3 Bg6 19. Red1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Be7 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Nd5 24. a3 Nb6 25. Kd2 Ra5 26. Kc2 Rb5 27. Bf1 Rbd5 28. Rdd1 g6 29. Rab1 Nc8 30. f4 b5 31. b3 axb3+ 32. Kxb3 Nb6 33. Re1 Ra8 34. Re5 Ra4 35. Bg2 (35. Rxd5 $11 exd5 36. Re1) 35... Rxe5 ({Better is} 35... Rd6 $15) 36. fxe5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc4 37. Ra1 Ke7 38. Ra2 Kd7 39. Bf1 Na5+ 40. Kc2 Ke7 41. Bd3 f6 42. exf6+ Kxf6 43. Ra1 Ke7 44. h4 Kd6 45. Kb2 e5 46. dxe5+ Kxe5 47. Re1+ Kf6 48. Re4 Rxe4 49. Bxe4 $11 {KB-KN} Ke5 50. Bf3 Nc4+ 51. Ka2 Kd6 52. Be4 Ne3 53. Kb3 Nf1 54. Kb4 Nxg3 55. Bf3 (55. Bd3 $15) 55... h5 (55... Nf5 $17 56. c4 Nxh4) 56. c4 {The position is equal.} bxc4 57. a4 Nf5 58. a5 Nxh4 59. a6 {[#] And now a7 would win.} Kc7 60. a7 Kb7 61. Bxc6+ Kxa7 {White must now prevent ...Kb6.} 62. Kxc4 Kb6 63. Kd5 Kc7 {[#] Hoping for ...g5.} 64. Bb5 Nf5 {...Ng3 is the strong threat.} 65. Ke5 h4 {aiming for ...h3.} 66. Bf1 Ne7 67. Ke6 Kd8 68. Kf6 Kd7 69. Kg5 Ke6 70. Kxh4 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aminikiasari, Amer"]
[Black "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,68,0,0,0,0,28,14,0,0,0,0,-10,-13,0,-45,0,-14,-14,-25,-32,-28,-36,-33,-24,-42,0,0,0,-15,-21,-19,0,-124,-128,-112,-117,-140,-136,-136,-89,-89,-84,-135,-135,-140,-96,-134,-79,-153,-136,-74,0,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nbd2 Nc6 {D04: Colle System} 9. c3 (9. c4 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 cxd4 12. exd4 Bg4 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 {½-½ (31) Pakleza,Z (2497)-Duda,J (2724) Zgierz 2018}) 9... f5 10. Qc2 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 11. cxd4 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qd1 e6 14. Rc1 {0-1 (94) Cabrera Ortega,A (1758)-Cruz Pino,A Las Palmas 2009}) 12. Rac1 Rc8 {Threatens to win with ...Nxd4.} 13. Qb1 Qd6 14. Bb5 Bd7 (14... Nxd2 {is interesting.} 15. Nxd2 f4 16. Bxc6 fxe3 17. fxe3 Rxf1+ 18. Nxf1 Rxc6 19. Qd3 Ra6) 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxe4 (16. Rfd1 {looks sharper.} f4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 fxe3 19. fxe3 Bh6 20. Rc3) 16... dxe4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qe6 19. Bd4 a5 20. Rc5 g5 21. Qd1 f4 22. Qh5 f3 23. g4 (23. Qxg5+ $11 Kh8 24. g3) 23... h6 $17 24. Rfc1 a4 25. bxa4 Be8 26. Qh3 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 h5 28. Qf1 ({White should try} 28. a5) 28... Qxg4+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 29. Kh1 e6 30. Qg1 Qf5 (30... Bxa4 $142 31. Rc1 Ra8 32. Qxg4 hxg4) 31. a5 (31. h4 $142) 31... h4 $1 32. Rc7 Bh5 (32... Bb5 $1 $17) 33. Qc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33. Rxb7 $11 g4 34. Rb1) 33... Qh3 $1 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3g2]} 34. Qg1 {[#]} g4 $1 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"]
[Black "Thing, Bibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,45,22,2,0,12,42,31,35,30,62,61,137,133,125,120,129,121,125,129,149,146,157,155,305,314,339,344,490,460,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Qd7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. e3 O-O-O 10. Nc3 Nd5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bd2 h5 12. b3 $1 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} Bb4 $146 {[#]} ({Black should play} 12... cxb3 $14 13. Nxd5 exd5) ({Predecessor:} 12... cxb3 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qxb3 Ne7 15. Rab1 c6 16. Rfc1 Kb8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bg2 g6 20. d5 Rc8 21. Bf4+ Ka8 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Rd1 {1-0 (23) Firouzja,A (2558)-Gholami Orimi,M (2299) Bushehr 2018}) 13. Nxd5 $1 $16 exd5 14. bxc4 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne7 16. Rfc1 h4 17. cxd5 hxg3 18. hxg3 ({Much less strong is} 18. fxg3 $6 Nxd5 19. Rc5 Qe6 $16) 18... Nxd5 (18... Rh6 $16 {was worth a try.} 19. Rab1 Rb6) 19. Rc5 $18 Ne7 20. Qa5 Kb8 {[#]} (20... Qd6 $142 21. Qxa7 Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6) 21. Bxb7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Intending Rb1 and mate.} Kxb7 (21... Rh6 $18 22. Rac1 Rb6) 22. Rb1+ Ka8 {[#]} 23. Qxa7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance. Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Darini, Pouria"]
[Black "Khademi, Mohammad Miran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,100,33,46,26,52,40,31,29,35,46,84,91,86,87,84,70,137,124,129,125,202,167,214,118,117,100,105,109,129,39,49,37,38,33,104,91,84,87,96,41,71,29,29,29,23,29,78,66,59,33,34,38,33,31,57,27,49,20,18,20,55,29,23,29,73,54,52,0,58,-39,-38,-47,-50,-81,-88,-426,-422,-427,-417,-483,-468,-493,-380,-876,-866,-828,-722,-817,-827,-29997,-1105]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} f5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O {White is slightly better.} Bd6 10. Qb3 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qd7 11. Kh1 Ne7 12. c4 O-O 13. c5 Bf4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Kh8 16. Bxf4 dxe4 {1-0 (29) Satyapragyan,S (2403)-Ramaswamy,A (2239) Dubai 2006}) 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 {Hoping for f3.} c6 13. Bc2 b5 (13... Nc5 $1 $14 14. Qb4 Qb6) 14. a4 $16 bxa4 15. Qxa4 Nc5 (15... O-O $16 16. f3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bg5 Bd7 $16) 16... Qb6+ 17. Qd4 c5) 16. Qb4 Ne6 17. Qd6 ({Better is} 17. Nb3 $18) 17... f4 18. Re1 {Strongly threatening h3.} Kf7 19. Nb3 Bf5 {[#]} 20. Bxf5 (20. Bd1 $1 $16) 20... Qxd6 $14 21. exd6 Nxf5 22. Ra6 Rhc8 (22... Rhd8 $1 $14) 23. Na5 {aiming for d7.} Nxd6 24. Nxc6 {Ne5+ is the strong threat.} Nc4 {Threatening ...Nc5.} 25. b3 (25. Ne7 $16 Nc5 26. Nxc8 Nxa6 27. Re7+ Kf6 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Nxa7) 25... Nb6 26. Ne5+ ({But not} 26. Nxa7 Rxc3 27. Rxb6 Rxa7 $11) 26... Kg8 27. Bd2 Nc5 28. Ra3 Ne4 29. Bxf4 Nxc3 30. Be3 d4 31. Bd2 Rc7 32. Nd3 Rac8 33. Kf1 Nbd5 34. Rea1 Rb8 35. g3 Rf7 36. Kg2 Rbb7 37. Re1 h5 38. Ne5 Rfe7 39. f4 (39. Nc6 $14 Rxe1 40. Bxe1) 39... Rec7 ({Black should try} 39... Nf6 $11) 40. Ng6 (40. Nf3 $1 $14) 40... Nf6 $15 41. Kf3 Nb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 42. Ra6 Rc2 43. Ba5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Rd1 $17 {is more resistant.}) 43... Nc7 $19 44. Rxf6 {[#] Threatening mate with Rf8+.} gxf6 45. Ke4 Kf7 46. f5 {intending Kd3.} Rxb3 47. Kxd4 $2 (47. Bxc7 Rxc7 48. Kxd4) 47... Nb5+ 48. Kd5 Rd3+ 49. Ke4 Ra3 {( -> ...Nd6+)} 50. Bd8 Rd2 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 59%.} (50... Nd6+ $142 51. Kd4 Rc4+ 52. Kd5 Rd3#) 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Lomsadze, Davit"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,50,18,16,31,0,10,6,0,0,30,29,35,-1,34,20,91,-4,34,44,64,0,-39,-40,-40,-37,49,-2,77,0,0,0,68,-912,-895]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 b6 8. Re1 e6 9. Bf1 Bb7 10. h3 Nc6 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Nc4 Re8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 {1-0 (70) Tunik,G (2388)-Sturua,Z (2548) Sabadell 2017}) 11... exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Bg5 Re8 $1 15. a5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 (16... Bc3 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. axb6 ({White should try} 17. Qd2 $16) 17... cxb6 (17... h6 {is interesting.} 18. Bd2 Nxd5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. bxc7 Qc8) 18. c4 h6 19. Bxe7 ({Better is} 19. Be3 $14) 19... Rxe7 $15 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxb6 Qc7 (21... Bc8 $15) 22. Qb3 (22. c5 $14) 22... Ra7 {[#]} (22... Bc8 $1 $11) 23. Qe3 (23. c5 $1 $16) 23... Ra8 $11 24. c5 dxc5 ({Black should play} 24... Bxd5 $11 25. cxd6 Qd8) 25. d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Qb3 $14 Ra7 {[#]} 26. Rxg6 $3 {[%mdl 512]}) 25... Qxb6 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 25%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Soozankar, A.M."]
[Black "Kreisl, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,14,-17,2,-15,-11,-7,-20,-4,1,-174,0,0,38,0,34,41,34,43,212,204,214,253,236,171,167,157,214,214,211,211,211,207,215,212,208,184,233,69,77,79,83,83,99,92,106,101,107,107,108,85,85,81,81,66,66,42,42,8,11,11,44,51,52,52,59,54]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. exd6 O-O 8. Be3 exd6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Qa5 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} 11. a3 (11. Kb1 Nf6 12. h3 b5 13. Bxb5 Nb4 14. a3 Bf5 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Bd3 Rab8 17. Na2 Nd5 18. Ka1 Rfc8 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Qd3 b3 {0-1 (20) Danielian,E (2413)-Motylev,A (2669) Batumi 2018}) 11... Nf6 12. Bc4 Bg4 {With the idea ...cxd4.The position is equal.} 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qf2 $2 {[#]} (14. Rhe1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 14... Bxf3 $2 (14... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5c4][%mdl 512]} 15. Bxb5 (15. Nxb5 Rab8) 15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 Qxb5) 15. Qxf3 $11 Rac8 $146 (15... Nd4 $5 16. Qxb7 (16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Nh5 $14) 16... Ng4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Rxd4 {1-0 (45) Schaefer,M (2430)-Schlemermeyer,W (2335) Germany 1993}) 16. Nb5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Rc6 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 18... Nh5 $14 19. Re4 (19. Qxb7 Rc7 $11) 19... Nf6) 19. Bb3 $1 $18 Qc7 20. Rhd1 b5 21. g4 {Threatens to win with g5.} a5 22. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 (22... bxa4 $16 {was necessary.} 23. Bxa4 (23. Rxa4 Rb8 $16) 23... Rb6) 23. axb5 Rxc2+ 24. Kb1 {Black must now prevent b6.} a4 {[#]} 25. Rd8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd8 (25... Qxd8 26. Rxd8+) 26. Rxd8+ ({But not} 26. Bxc2 $6 Rb8 $16) 26... Qxd8 27. Bxc2 Nd5 28. Bxa4 $2 (28. Bc5 $18) 28... Nxe3 $14 29. Qxe3 Bd4 30. Qe4 Kf8 31. Bb3 Qd6 32. f5 gxf5 33. Qxf5 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rf5f7]} Qg6 34. Qxg6 (34. Bc2 {seems wilder.} Qxf5 35. Bxf5 h6 36. Ka2 Ke7 37. Kb3) 34... fxg6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 35. Kc2 Ke7 36. Kd3 Bxb2 37. Ke4 Kd6 38. g5 Bc1 39. h4 h6 40. h5 {White is slightly better.} gxh5 41. g6 {Threatening mate with g7.} Bb2 42. Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Black "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:07:10]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} exf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} 8. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:10]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 10. h4 {[%emt 0:03:08]} h5 {[%emt 0:06:51]} 11. Bh6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 13. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:39]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:44]} 14. f3 {[%emt 0:09:32]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 15. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:08:39]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:10:13]} 16. Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 17. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 18. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 19. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} b4 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 20. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:09:57]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 21. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 22. d5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 23. g4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 24. h5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 25. Rh1 {[%emt 0:11:37]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:08:25]} 26. Bh6+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 27. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 28. gxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 29. Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:05:28]} 30. Qxg6+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Re1 {[%emt 0:08:22]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 33. g5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 34. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:08:39]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 35. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:02:21]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 36. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 37. Bh4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 38. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Kc1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 40. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 42. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 43. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 44. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 45. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 46. b3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 47. Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 48. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 49. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a4 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 50. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 51. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 52. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 53. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 54. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Na7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 55. Kxb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nc6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 56. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Na7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 57. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 58. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 59. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 60. a3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Li, Bo"]
[Black "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,31,42,32,34,20,33,25,26,14,28,10,33,22,22,20,22,31,32,30,17,10,32,12,12,8,14,5,17,19,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,-7,-14,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-71,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Bxc4 {aiming for Ne5. D25: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3: sidelines and 4...Bg4} e6 7. O-O (7. a5 a6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Nb3 Nbd7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (45) Bluebaum,M (2631)-Anand,V (2776) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 7... Bb7 8. Qe2 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Ba6 Qc8 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 O-O {[#]} 14. Nc4 $146 Rac8 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Nfd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Rfd8 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 (20. Na5 {seems wilder.} Qd5 21. Qb5 g6 22. h3 a6 23. Qb6) 20... Rxc5 21. e4 Rd4 22. f3 Rc7 23. Rfd1 Rcd7 24. g3 Bg5 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Rd1 Qd7 27. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Kg2 h6 29. f4 Be7 30. Qe3 Qd7 31. Qd2 Qc6 32. Qd3 g5 33. Ne5 Qc5 34. Qd7 {[#] Intending Qe8+ and mate.} Kf8 35. Qd1 Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3e4]} 36. Qf3 Qd2+ 37. Qf2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Qd6 38. Qf3 f6 39. Nc4 Qd4 40. Qe3 Qd1 41. Qf3 Qc2+ 42. Kh3 {[#]} (42. Kf1 $11) 42... f5 (42... Kg7 $1 $17) 43. fxg5 {The position is equal.} hxg5 44. exf5 exf5 45. Ne3 Qxb3 46. Qxf5+ Qf7 {Strongly threatening ...Qxf5+.} 47. Qc8+ $1 Qe8 48. Qf5+ Qf7 {White must now prevent ...Qxf5+.} 49. Qc8+ $1 Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Qh5+.} 50. Nf5+ Kf6 {And now ...Qh5+ would win.} 51. Kg4 Qe6 52. Qh8+ Kf7 53. Qh5+ Kf8 54. Qh8+ Kf7 55. Qh5+ Kf8 {( -> ...Qe2+)} 56. Qh8+ {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Black "Khademi, Mohammad Miran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,35,74,62,50,51,51,46,84,89,102,50,55,63,59,30,36,29,39,0,14,4,1,0,0,0,121,128,222,240,229,230,245,200,193,202,246,206,187,204,423,422,396,164,335,338,377,365,685,681,675,674,645,647,625,615,29986]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 (5... Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nce7 9. a4 h5 10. a5 a6 11. b4 Bh6 12. Qd2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qg5 h4 16. Bh5+ {0-1 (41) Ni,H (2646)-Lu,S (2562) China 2013}) 6. Be3 {B06: Modern Defence} Nc6 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} Bxf3 9. Bxf3 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qd7 10. Be2 a6 11. d5 Nd8 12. Bh6 O-O 13. h4 f6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (27) Tajane,G (1722)-Satawase,A (1472) Nasik 2018}) 10. Bh6 ({White should play} 10. h4 $16) 10... Bxh6 $1 $14 11. Qxh6 Qd6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Qf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} O-O-O $1 14. Qxf7 Rdf8 15. Qg7 h5 $1 16. exd5 exd5 17. Rhe1 Kd8 (17... Kb8 $11) 18. c4 $1 $16 Qf5 (18... a6 $16 {was called for.}) 19. Bxd5 $1 $18 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 {And now Bxc6 would win.} Nf5 21. g3 Nxg7 22. gxf4 {aiming for Bxc6.} Rf6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. d5 Rxc4 $2 {[#]} (24... Rf6 25. Nxc7 Kxc7) 25. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c7]} c6 26. Re7 (26. Nc7 $142) 26... Nf5 $2 (26... cxb5 27. Rxg7 Rf8) 27. Rxb7 {Strongly threatening d7.} cxb5 {[#]} 28. d7 $1 {White threatens Rb8+ and mate.} Nd4 $2 (28... Rd4) 29. Rb8+ {White is clearly winning.} Kxd7 30. Rxh8 Ke6 31. b3 Rb4 32. a3 Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gholami Orimi, Mahdi"]
[Black "Rastbod, Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 {[%emt 0:09:45]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:47]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:04:42]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:02:51]} 7. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:07:29]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:01:53]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:11]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 14. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. h3 {[%emt 0:11:36]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:08:51]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Kg2 {[%emt 0:14:17]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 18. Ba4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:25:21]} 19. Nh4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} f4 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 20. Bc2 {[%emt 0:13:05]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:07:25]} 21. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} fxe3 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 23. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 24. Qg3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 26. a4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 27. Ba3 {[%emt 0:06:22]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 28. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 29. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 30. Qxg5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Rxc3+ {[%emt 0:01:19]} 31. f3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 32. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 33. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 34. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qg2+ {[%emt 0:02:42]} 35. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 36. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bagheri, Maziar"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,137,27,23,27,38,35,53,52,53,31,47,44,64,45,45,25,47,16,47,47,47,48,50,40,77,64,79,79,81,79,77,79,80,58,97,72,125,131,113,65,170,168,175,43,156,37,54,11,125,0,0,0,101,72,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-141,-133,-354,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,-36,-48,-50,-97,-97,-90,-90,-90,-27,-27,-20,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 c5 11. Be3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. f4 h5 16. e3 g5 {0-1 (39) Fedoseev,V (2731)-Rodshtein,M (2695) Tbilisi 2017}) 9... Qc8 10. Qd2 h6 11. Be3 {White is slightly better.} d6 12. Rac1 Qb7 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. b4 Nf6 15. h3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a6 16. a4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 {½-½ (34) Molina,R (2424)-Mekhitarian,K (2566) Joao Pessoa 2013}) 16. Bf1 a6 17. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a5 $1 Nd5 20. Ne1 g5 21. f3 Bg6 22. Bf2 f5 23. e3 O-O 24. Nd3 Qa7 25. Re1 f4 ({Better is} 25... Rde8) 26. gxf4 Bxd3 27. Bxd3 {aiming for fxg5.} gxf4 (27... c5 $1 $14) 28. e4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4d5]} ({Inferior is} 28. Bxb5 fxe3 29. Rxe3 Nxe3 $11) 28... Ne3 29. Bxb5 (29. d5 $1 $18) 29... Bxd4 (29... c5 $1 $14) 30. Kh1 (30. Bc6 $16) 30... c5 $1 $14 31. Rg1+ Kh7 {[#]} (31... Kh8 $11) 32. Bd3 (32. e5 $1 $16 Bxe5 33. Bxe3 fxe3 34. Qxe3) 32... e5 $11 33. b5 Qd7 (33... Rg8 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. Kh2 $16 Rg8 35. b6 (35. Qe2 $16) 35... Rxg1 $11 36. Rxg1 {Threatens to win with Qa2.} c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 37. Bb1 Qb5 38. Kh1 Rg8 (38... Qd7 $5 39. Kh2 $8 Rg8 $11) 39. Rxg8 Kxg8 40. Qc1 (40. Ba2 $11 Kh7 41. Bxe3 fxe3 42. Qe2 Qxa5 43. b7) 40... Kh7 {And now ...c3 would win.} 41. Ba2 $2 {[#]} (41. Bc2 $17 {was the only chance.}) 41... Qxa5 $2 (41... c3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3c2] Hoping for ...c2.} 42. Qg1 d5) 42. b7 Qb4 43. Qb1 Qxb1+ 44. Bxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Ba7 45. Be1 Kg6 46. Bb4 Bb8 47. Ba2 Kg5 48. Kh2 Kf6 49. Kh1 Ke6 50. Bd2 d5 51. Bxe3 fxe3 $17 {KB-KB} 52. Kg2 c3 (52... d4 $17) 53. exd5+ $11 Kd6 {( -> ...c2)} 54. Bb3 {The position is equal.} Kc5 55. Kf1 Kb4 56. Bc2 Ka3 57. Ke2 Kb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2c2]} 58. Bd3 c2 59. Bxc2 $1 Kxc2 60. Kxe3 {KB-KP} Kc3 61. h4 h5 (61... Kc4 $5 62. Ke4 $8 h5 $11) 62. Ke4 Kc4 63. Kf5 Kxd5 {Strongly threatening ...Kd4. KB-K3P} 64. Kg5 Ke6 65. Kg6 Bd6 66. Kg5 Bc7 67. Kg6 Bd6 68. Kxh5 Kf6 (68... Kf5 $5) 69. Kh6 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Black "Wallner, Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,59,35,27,39,38,43,40,58,48,45,35,47,34,43,43,60,23,16,33,35,1,30,25,43,32,465,462,904,919,910,450,910,905]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c6 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Qc7 {White is slightly better.} 18. Qd2 Kh7 {[#]} 19. axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bb3 exd4 20. cxd4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxh6 Bxh6 23. Ng5+ Bxg5 24. Qxg5 {1-0 (32) Navara,D (2734)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Huaian 2016}) 19... axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bb3 exd4 22. Bxd4 ({Much weaker is} 22. Nxd4 Nc5 $11) ({Reject} 22. Qxd4 c5 $11) 22... Ne5 23. Qe2 Qb7 24. Be3 c5 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... c4 $14) 27. Bxf7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 {[#]} (27... Nxg3 $142 28. Qxb7 (28. fxg3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Re7 $11) 28... Bxb7) 28. Bxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Decoy} Kxg6 29. Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 {[#] aiming for ...Nxg3.} 30. Bxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rastbod, Ali"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,106,0,0,0,4,-3,0,0,20,19,6,0,-7,-6,0,-4,-8,-20,-12,-10,9,-53,-56,-56,-21,-56,-52,-70,0,0,0,0,70,81,77,24,121,133,115,0,0,0,7,7,0,-127,-33,-35,-34,-58,-65,-112,-1,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,29,29,17,-277,-283,-275,-271,-274,-272,-266,-277,-253,-233,-383,-243,-468,-379,-529,-487,-1000,-908,-1536,-1364,-29969,-29970,-29969,-29965,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29976]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} d6 8. g3 Nh5 (8... Kh8 9. d3 Ng8 10. Nh4 Nge7 11. Bg2 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nf3 Nfe7 14. O-O h6 {1-0 (71) So,W (2765)-Harikrishna,P (2729) Kolkata 2018}) 9. Nh4 {The position is equal.} Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne7 10. Be2 Nf6 11. d3 Ng6 12. Ng2 Bh3 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Rg1 {½-½ (31) Gajewski,G (2641)-Volokitin,A (2638) Saint-Quentin 2014}) 10. Nf5 Ne6 11. Bg2 g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 12. Ne3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nxf5 Qf6 {aiming for ...Ned4.} 15. g4 $1 Ng7 {[%cal Rg7f5]} 16. Be4 ({White should try} 16. Rg1 $11) 16... Nxf5 $15 17. gxf5 Kh8 18. Rg1 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 e4 (19... Qxf5 $15 20. Qxf5 Rxf5) 20. d4 $1 $11 Qxf5 21. Be3 b5 (21... Na5 $11) 22. O-O-O $14 bxc4 23. Rg5 ({Better is} 23. Qa4 $16 Ne7 24. d5) 23... Qf3 (23... Qf6 $1 $11) 24. Qa4 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Ne7 25. Qd7 ({White has to play} 25. d5 $1 $16 Ng6 26. Qxc4) 25... Rab8 $11 26. Re1 Qf6 {Hoping for ...Rb6.} 27. Reg1 Ng6 28. R5g4 {[#]} ({Much worse is} 28. Rh5 Rf7 $15) (28. Qxc7 $11 {keeps the balance.} d5 29. Rxd5) 28... Qf5 ({Resist} 28... Rf7 29. Qc6 $15) (28... d5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Qxd5 Qa6 30. Qxe4 Qxa2) 29. Qxf5 $15 Rxf5 30. Rxe4 Rfb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b1] ( -> ...Rb1+)} 31. Kd1 d5 (31... Rb1+ $17 32. Bc1 d5) 32. Reg4 $11 Rb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 33. h4 Rxa2 34. h5 Ne7 35. Rg5 Rb1+ 36. Bc1 Rxf2 37. Re5 Ra2 38. Rg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. Rge1 $11 {and White is okay.} Ng8 39. Rxd5) 38... Raa1 $1 $19 39. Rxe7 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rxc1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 40. Kd2 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rd1+ 41. Kc2 {[%cal Re7e8]} Re1 42. Rxe1 Rxe1 {KR-KR} 43. h6 (43. Kb2 {might work better.}) 43... Re6 44. Rg7 $2 (44. Rh3 {was necessary.}) 44... c6 45. Rxa7 {White threatens Ra8+ and mate.} Rxh6 46. Rc7 (46. Kd2 $142 Re6 47. Rf7) 46... Re6 47. Kb2 h5 48. Ka3 h4 {Black mates.} 49. Rf7 h3 50. Rf2 Rh6 51. Rh2 Kg7 52. Kb4 Kf6 53. Kc5 Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kreisl, Robert"]
[Black "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 2. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 3. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} exf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 6. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 9. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:02:44]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 13. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 15. b5 {[%emt 0:12:21]} Na5 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 16. Bd1 {[%emt 0:06:11]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 17. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:31]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:17:46]} 18. Na4 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 20. Bg4 {[%emt 0:12:34]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:24:19]} 21. b6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 25. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. e4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. f3 {[%emt 0:02:51]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 28. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 29. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:05:48]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 30. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 31. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 32. Kd3 Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 33. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Kd3 {[%emt 0:13:47]} Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"]
[Black "Bagheri, Maziar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,52,-35,-3,-3,18,-47,-37,-39,-15,-32,-22,-73,-50,-99,-93,-167,-170,-130,-45,-406,-406,-499,-501,-575,-556,-823,-822,-816,-812,-805,-787,-1547,-1143]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. a4 Ba7 (8... a5 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. axb5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Nf1 Bc4 16. Ng3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Qf3 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Re6 22. Rf4 {½-½ (22) Giri,A (2783)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 12. Nf1 f5 13. Bxh6 ({Better is} 13. Bg5 $11 Qe8 14. N1d2) 13... gxh6 $15 14. exf5 Bxf5 {aiming for ...d5.} 15. Bd5 $146 Qf6 16. N1h2 (16. Qd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16... Bd7 {[%cal Bf5d7,Bd7c6,Bc6f3][%mdl 32]} 17. Qb3 Ne7 18. d4 (18. Qxb7 $17 {is a better defense.} Qg7 19. Nh4) 18... Nxd5 $19 19. Qxd5 {[%cal Rf3e5] [#]} Qg7 (19... Bc6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 20. Qb3 Qg7) 20. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Qxb7 $15 Bxh3 21. g3) 20... Bc6 ({Weaker is} 20... Rg8 21. Rg1 $15) 21. Qe6 Rf6 {Black is clearly winning.} (21... exd4 $2 22. cxd4 Bxd4 23. Qb3 $19) 22. Qc4 Rg8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg7g2]} 23. Ng4 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Bxf3+ 25. Kh2 h5 26. Ne3 Qg5 {Precision: White = 16%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Black "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,116,11,21,10,15,2,10,3,0,0,26,14,27,0,0,-7,-4,-9,-9,-12,-14,-5,-11,-16,-7,-12,0,12,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-56,-62,-61,-55,-140,-116,-116,-120,-118,-118,-166,-176,-163,-97,-95,0,-175,-168,-154,-177,-194,-173,-201,-191,-256,-195,-186,-183,-200,-193,-207,-187,-244,-237,-244,-240,-373,-357,-475,-453,-399,-346,-256,-296,-351,-344,-339,-337,-1508,-1477,-5713,-5613,-29949,-12652,-29962,-29963,-29963,-29964,-29965,-29965,-29974,-29974,-29977,-29978,-29981,-29982]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Nbd2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d8,Bd8f7][%mdl 32]} 9. Re1 e5 {Threatening ...e4.} 10. e4 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3} (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 f4 12. h3 fxg3 13. fxg3 Nh5 14. Kh2 Be6 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Rad1 a6 17. Nc4 b5 {0-1 (32) Donchenko,A (2577)-Marin,M (2580) Medias 2015}) 10... f4 $1 11. d5 Nd8 12. gxf4 {Black should prevent Nc4.The position is equal.} Nh5 13. fxe5 {aiming for Nc4.} Nf4 14. Re3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bh1 Bg4 15. Nc4 Nh3+ 16. Kf1 b5 17. exd6 bxc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. dxc7 {1-0 (35) Matjushin,O (2146)-Sivuk,V (2422) Odessa 2011}) 14... Nf7 15. Nc4 {e6 is the strong threat.} Bg4 $1 16. Qf1 {Threatens to win with e6.} Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Re1 Rf7 20. Bh3 Kg7 21. Be6 Rf8 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bh3 Qe7 24. Ree3 Rf7 25. Be6 Rf6 26. Kh1 (26. Bh3 $11) 26... Raf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Nxd5! Black fights for an advantage.} 27. Qd1 Qd6 28. Qg1 (28. Re1 $15) 28... Nxd5 ({Much worse is} 28... Nxe6 $6 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. dxe6 $11) 29. Rxf6 Nxf6 ({But not} 29... Nxe3 $6 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. fxe3 $11) 30. Bc4 Qd2 31. Re2 Qf4 32. Qg3 Qc1+ (32... Nxe4 $19 33. Qxf4 Rxf4) 33. Qg1 $17 Qf4 (33... Qb2 $17) 34. Qg3 $1 $19 Nxe4 35. Qxf4 Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. f3 Nc3 38. Re3 (38. Rd2 $142) 38... Nd1 39. Re1 {[#]} Rd4 $1 40. Bd3 Nc3 41. Kg3 a5 ({Don't take} 41... Nxa2 42. Ra1 $17) 42. a4 (42. h4 {might work better.}) 42... c6 43. Rf1 Nd5 44. Rc1 (44. Kf2 $142) 44... Nf4 45. Bf1 Rd2 46. c3 Rg2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} 47. Bxg2 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Kh4 Nxc1 {KB-KN} 49. b4 Ne2 50. bxa5 $2 (50. Bf1 Nxc3 51. bxa5) 50... g5+ 51. Kh3 Nf4+ 52. Kg3 Nxg2 53. Kxg2 {KP-KP} Kf5 {Black mates.} 54. Kg3 c5 55. c4 h6 56. h3 h5 57. a6 bxa6 58. a5 e4 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Li, Bo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,72,7,31,33,33,27,33,27,26,31,48,25,36,33,31,19,50,37,30,25,57,60,53,51,87,74,116,104,104,29,43,34,77,87,94,47,73,47,64,22,36,0,0,0,0,-15,-16,-22,-18,-65,-70,-29,-35,-286,-270,-320,-312,-639,-633,-1170,-1165]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nc6 (7... e5 {with more complications.} 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qf3 Nbd7) 8. Nxc6 {B93: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 f4} (8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. Nd1 Nd7 13. Be3 Bb7 14. c4 a5 15. Nf2 Qb8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rd2 h6 18. Rfd1 {0-1 (41) Rios Parra,A (2313)-Munoz Galvez,J (2330) Manizales 2017}) 8... bxc6 9. O-O g6 10. Qf3 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Nd1 Qa5 14. a3 Rb8 15. c3 Qc7 {0-1 (40) Estrin,Y-Shmit,A Barnaul 1969}) 11... Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd1 {[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1b2,Bb2c4][%mdl 32]} Bxb2 14. Nxb2 Qa7+ 15. Kh1 Qd4 16. Nc4 Nc5 17. Rad1 Qc3 18. f5 Nd7 19. Qf4 a5 20. Qh4 {aiming for fxg6.} Qf6 {[#]} 21. Qxf6 (21. Qe1 $1 $16) 21... Nxf6 $11 22. e5 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Bb7 24. Bc4 {fxg6 is the strong threat.} Nd5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rf3 Kg7 $1 27. Bf1 a4 28. c4 Nf6 29. Rfd3 axb3 30. Rxb3 Ne4 {[#] And now ...Nf2+ would win.} 31. Rd7 Bc8 32. Rxe7 Nd2 33. Rb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Rg3 $15 Kf6 34. Nxc6) 33... Nxf1 $19 34. Rf2 {[%cal Re5f7]} Ne3 35. Nxf7 $2 (35. Rexf7+ Rxf7 36. Rxf7+ Kh6 37. Rf2) 35... Nf5 36. Ne5+ Nxe7 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Sibashvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Atakhan, Abtin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,67,9,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,9,0,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,30,30,30,37,37,39,38]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. O-O {E75: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation: 6...c5 7 d5 e6} Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qe3 {The position is equal.} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd7 15. Rab1 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... a5 17. b3 Qb4 18. Qc1 Bd4 {1-0 (33) Jankovic,A (2582)-Arsovic,G (2392) Sarajevo 2017}) 17. Rfe1 Bd4 18. b3 a6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 Ne5 21. Kf1 {[#] Hoping for Bf6.} Qb8 22. Bd1 b5 23. f4 Nd7 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qe2 Qxe2+ (25... Qc8 {looks sharper.} 26. g4 Nf6 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Bh4 Qb7) 26. Bxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} f6 27. Bh4 b4 $1 28. g4 Kf7 29. Bd3 Nb6 30. Ke2 Nc8 31. Bg3 Ne7 32. h3 Kg7 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Bh4 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 98%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Black "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,142,1,-8,33,31,27,25,61,54,69,52,44,48,42,9,45,50,60,31,43,34,48,38,77,45,56,56,47,0,178,154,256,258,400,327,465,187,177,192,192,122,102,34,55,35,38,27,52,28,8,0,0,-56,-32,-42,0,-6,0,-44,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-217,0,0,0,0,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-9,-8,-8,0,-9,-8,-8,-8,-10,-10,-210,-180,-178,-175,-193,-208,-266,-183,-186,-186,-170,-172,-275,-190,-275,0,-257,-212,-284,-251,-372,-338,-1848,-1612,-29975,-29975,-6311,-6140]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. g3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Bxc3 8. bxc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qf6 $146 {White should prevent ...e4!} ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Bg2 Bg4 10. h3 Bf5 11. O-O Qd7 12. Kh2 h6 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Rb1 {1-0 (46) Dervishi,E (2552)-Araz,B (2368) Riadh 2017}) 9. Bg2 {White is slightly better.} O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. c4 Nb6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. f4 {Strongly threatening f5.} exf4 16. Bxf4 Rae8 17. Nf3 f5 {Hoping for ...fxg4.} 18. g5 Qc5+ 19. Kh2 Bh5 20. Qd2 $1 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Nd4 $2 (21... Ne5 $1 $11) 22. Re3 $18 Rd8 (22... Re7 $16 23. Rae1 (23. Bxb7 c6 $11) 23... Rd7) 23. Rae1 ({Not} 23. Bxb7 c6 $14) 23... Qa3 (23... Rd7 $142 24. Qc1 (24. Bxb7 c6 $14) 24... Nc6) 24. Qf2 Nc8 (24... Nc6 $142 25. Re6 (25. Bxc7 Rd7 $18) 25... Rd7 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Rxc6 Qxa2 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Bxc7 Qa4) 25. Bd5+ (25. Bxc7 $142 Rd7 26. Re8) 25... Rxd5 26. cxd5 Qxa2 27. Re8 (27. Re5 $18 Qxc2 28. Qxc2 Nxc2 29. Rc1) 27... Qxd5 $16 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Kg3 Qd7 $1 30. Be5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nc6 $1 31. Qc5+ N8e7 32. Bf4 b6 33. Qe3 (33. Qc4 $11) 33... Kf7 34. h4 a5 35. c3 Nd5 36. Qf3 Nce7 37. Be5 Ng6 38. h5 Nxe5 39. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Ne7 $1 40. d4 c6 (40... a4 $11) 41. Kg2 (41. Qf4 $14) 41... b5 42. h6 g6 43. Qg3 Nd5 44. Kh2 a4 45. c4 bxc4 {And now ...c3 would win.} 46. Qa3 $2 (46. Rxd5 $1 $11 cxd5 47. Qe5) 46... Nf4 $2 ({Black should play} 46... Qd8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd8g5]} 47. Qxa4 Qxg5 48. Qa7+ Ne7) 47. Qb4 {Qb8 is the strong threat.} Ne6 48. Qxc4 Qd6 49. Qa6 Qxd4 50. Qb7+ Kf8 51. Qc8+ Nd8 52. Qc7 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc7g7]} Qf2+ 53. Kh1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc7g7]} Qf1+ 54. Kh2 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc7g7]} Qf2+ 55. Kh1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc7g7]} Qh4+ 56. Kg1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc7g7]} Qxg5+ 57. Kf1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc7g7]} Nf7 {aiming for ...Qf4+.} 58. Qb8+ $2 (58. Re6 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qd8 59. Qxc6 Nxh6 60. Rd6) 58... Qd8 $19 59. Qb4+ Qd6 60. Rc5 Nxh6 61. Qc3 Nf7 62. Rxc6 Qe5 $1 63. Qb4+ Kg7 64. Rc8 (64. Ra6 $142) 64... Qd6 65. Qc3+ (65. Qxd6 {was worth a try.} Nxd6 66. Rc7+ Nf7 67. Ra7) 65... Qe5 66. Qb4 $1 {[#]} h5 $1 67. Qf8+ {[#]} Kf6 $1 68. Rc6+ (68. Qb4 $142) 68... Kg5 69. Qxf7 $2 (69. Qb4 h4 70. Qd2+ Kh5 71. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 72. Kxe2) 69... Qf4+ 70. Kg1 Qg3+ 71. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 48%, Black = 54%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Li, Bo"]
[Black "Bagheri, Maziar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,96,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-9,-13,-20,-20,-21,-19,13,3,13,12,17,16,24,10,11,8,10,11,12,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,20,-11,-8,-4,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,-63,-48,-99,-93,-374,-329,-837,-841,-795,-788,-764,-729,-1459,-1216,-1524,-1253,-1202,-1061]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 b6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 61 Games} 14. Bd3 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 c5 16. Qc7 Rab8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. b4 Ne4 20. Rac1 e5 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 {½-½ (33) Pohlig,B (2467)-Mahling,T (2514) Remote email 2012}) 14... Nf6 15. Qh4 c5 16. d5 {The position is equal.} exd5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. cxd5 Be5 $146 (20... a6 {looks sharper.} 21. a4 Rad8 22. Bc4 f5 23. Nh4 f4) ({Predecessor:} 20... Bxd5) 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bc4 Rd8 23. Rd2 Rd6 24. g3 Kf8 25. f4 Re7 26. Kf2 Bc8 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bg4 29. Be2 Bf5 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke3 Rd8 32. Bh5 Bc8 33. a3 f5 34. b4 f6 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Bf3 Kd6 37. Rb2 Re8+ 38. Kd2 Ba6 39. Rb1 c4 {And now ...c3+! would win.} 40. Bg2 ({White should play} 40. Bh5 $11 Re4 41. Rb8) 40... Kc5 $15 {...c3+! is the strong threat.} 41. Rd1 {[#]} (41. Bh3 $15) 41... Bb5 $1 $17 42. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42. d6 $17 {was called for.}) 42... Kd4 $1 $19 {aiming for ...c3+!} 43. Rc3 $2 {[#]} (43. Rd1 Ba4 44. Rc1) 43... Re2+ $3 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 44. Kxe2 Kxc3 45. Ke3 Kb2 {Hoping for ...c3.} 46. Bh3 Bd7 47. Bf1 c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 48. Bd3 c2 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.04"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Black "Rastbod, Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 24,63,39,41,54,41,56,48,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,0,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-3,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-2]} 1. h4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.04"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Atakhan, Abtin"]
[Black "Kreisl, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,89,27,18,49,6,35,18,25,15,17,17,46,46,42,37,49,41,79,77,80,58,70,70,61,77,70,47,59,41,45,43,50,52,69,75,64,0,0,1,124,142,125,97,93,103,141,130,129,129,152,157,167,144,421,422,420,412,395,399,561,547,510,551,535,519,726,678,773,764,811,805,772,769,879,847,977,977]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 Re8 8. f3 c6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 cxd5 13. Be3 dxe4 14. Nb5 Qf6 15. Nc7 Rd8 16. Bg5 Rxd2 17. Bxf6 {½-½ (72) Lenderman,A (2618)-So,W (2773) Saint Louis 2016}) 7... Re8 8. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} c6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bc2 d6 10. h3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Na6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Bh2 Be5 14. Nf3 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qf6 {1-0 (35) Bonin,J (2343)-Wojtkiewicz,A (2536) New York 2005}) 11. Be3 Nc5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 12. Qf3 a5 13. Rad1 {Threatens to win with Nxc6!} Qe7 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 14. Rfe1 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Nf6 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 16. Bg5 {[%cal Be3g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3h2][%mdl 32]} h6 17. Bh4 Qf8 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Bh2 {And now Nxc6! would win.} Be5 20. Qd2 g5 21. Nf3 Nf4 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Qe7 24. Qe3 a4 25. Red2 (25. Qa3 $14) 25... Nxe4 $11 26. Re2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Strongly threatening Bxe5. White has the initiative.} (26. Nxe5 $2 Nxd2 27. Nxf7 Qxe3 $19) 26... f5 (26... Bxh2+ $11 27. Kxh2 Bf5) 27. Bxe5 $16 dxe5 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Qf6 30. Nxe5 Bf5 31. Qe3 Re7 {Hoping for ...Rae8.} 32. Rde1 {aiming for Ng4.} Rae8 33. Qc3 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Re6 $16 34. c5 Bb1) 34. Nd7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd7 35. Qxf6+ ({But not} 35. Rxe8 Qxc3 36. bxc3 Kf6 $18) 35... Kxf6 36. Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd2 (36... h5 {was called for.} 37. Rf8+ Kg6) 37. g4 {White is clearly winning.} Bd7 38. Rf8+ Kg7 39. Rb8 Kf6 40. Rxb7 c5 41. Rc7 Rd3 42. Re3 Rd2 43. Kg2 Rd1 44. Rxc5 Rd2 45. Rd5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.04"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gholami Orimi, Mahdi"]
[Black "Sharbaf, Mohsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,134,65,56,60,62,64,65,60,104,91,91,91,91,91,95,96,88,77,78,78,80,70,73,67,100,93,104,60,43,36,33,53,35,22,27,-8,-7,-20,-20,-35,-30,-281,-268,-258,-222,-289,-279,-272,-278,-266,-254,-225,-190,-410,-392,-436,-425,-514,-507,-489,-344,-341,-341,-323,-310,-291,198,199,181,211,207,207,193,191,340,345,540,524,508,506,528,454,522,522,509,489,1156,951,2332,2625,2625,2529,2625,2371,2121,2198,1513,1175,1787,2006,1719,1887,3556,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,103]} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bd3 (5. a4 g6 6. f4 Nd7 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. O-O exf4 11. Bxf4 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe7 {1-0 (44) Akobian,V (2653)-Gonzalez,R (2483) ICC INT 2014}) 5... b5 6. a4 $146 {A44: Semi-Benoni} ({Predecessor:} 6. a3 Nd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. b3 Ngf6 9. O-O Nb6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. h3 Nbxd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (27) Narraway,C-Lacoursiere,D Canada 1952}) 6... b4 7. Nb1 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} Be7 8. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 9. Nbd2 Bg5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne7 12. h4 Bh6 13. Nc4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 a5 15. Kd2 Qc7 16. Rh3 Nd7 17. Qg4 g6 18. Rf3 Rf8 19. h5 f5 20. Qg5 Nf6 $1 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. exf5 e4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 23. Re3 gxf5 24. f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Nfxd5 ({Resist} 24... exd3 25. Re6 $17) 25. Rxe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. fxe4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Nxe3 26. Nxe3) 25... fxe4 $19 26. Bxe4 Rf4 ({Less strong is} 26... Qc6 27. Ne3 $15) 27. Qh5+ Kd7 28. Qh3+ Kc6 29. Qe6 {[#]} Rxe4 $1 30. Qxe4 Rf8 31. g3 $2 (31. Rh1 {is a better defense.}) 31... Nf5 32. Rd1 Nxg3 33. Qe6 Nf4 34. Qh6 Rf5 35. Kc1 Rd5 36. Rxd5 Nxd5 37. Qe6 Qe7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Qd8 $19 38. Kb1 Ne7 39. Nxa5+ Kc7) 38. Qc8+ $1 $18 Nc7 {[%cal Re7e1]} 39. Nxa5+ Kd5 {[%cal Re7e1]} ({Not} 39... Kb6 $2 40. Qb7+ Kxa5 41. Qa7+ Na6 42. Qxe7 $18) 40. Qg8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qe6 41. Qxg3 Qe3+ (41... Qe5 {might work better.} 42. f4 Qe4) 42. Kb1 Ne6 {[#]} (42... Ne8 {was necessary.} 43. Qg8+ Qe6) 43. Qxd6+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} Kxd6 44. Nc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd5 45. Nxe3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Ke5 46. Ng2 c4 47. c3 b3 (47... Nc5 $142 48. a5 bxc3 49. bxc3 Kd5 50. Ne3+ Kc6 51. Nxc4 Kb5) 48. Ne3 Kf4 49. Nxc4 Nc5 50. a5 Kxf3 51. Kc1 Ke4 52. Kd2 Kd5 53. Ne3+ Kc6 54. c4 Na4 {[#]} 55. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5b6]} Nxb2 {[#]} 56. Kc3 $2 (56. Nb6 $1 $18 Kc5 57. Kc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nd1+ 58. Kxb3) 56... Nxc4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 57. Kxc4 {Nb4+ would kill now. KN-KP} b2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 58. Nc3 Kb7 59. Kb5 {Strongly threatening Kc4.} Ka7 60. Ka4 {Hoping for Kb3.} Ka6 61. Nb1 {And now Nc3 would win.} Ka7 62. Na3 Ka6 63. Nb1 Ka7 64. Nd2 {Black must now prevent Nb1.} Ka6 65. Kb4 {Ka4 is the strong threat.} Ka7 66. Kb5 Kb7 67. Ka4 {Threatens to win with Kb3.} Kc6 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 49%.} (67... Ka6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 68. Kb4 Kb7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.04"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Aminikiasari, Amer"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,72,0,0,-18,0,-22,-33,-35,-47,-79,-75,-74,-66,-66,-66,-73,-62,-85,-85,-101,-101,-101,-101,-97,-94,-97,-83,-100,-100,-96,-80,-86,-89,-89,-82,-89,-82,-90,-97,-96,-79,-80,-70,-70,-71,-141,-126,-114,-120,-149,-125,-126,-127,-364,-358,-390,-407,-375,-364,-445,-442,-429,-428]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. d4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (7. e4 d6 8. g3 Kh8 9. d3 Ng8 10. Nh4 Nge7 11. Bg2 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nf3 Nfe7 14. O-O h6 {1-0 (71) So,W (2765)-Harikrishna,P (2729) Kolkata 2018}) 7... d6 8. Ba3 Re8 9. Be2 {Black is slightly better.} Bg4 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 b6 12. h3 {½-½ (60) Urban,H (2180)-Mihok,L (2205) Germany 2001}) 10... e4 11. Ne1 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 b6 13. Nc2 Na5 14. Bb4 {[#]} Nb7 $1 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Ba3 Qc8 17. Bb2 Na5 18. Na3 Qc6 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Rac1 a6 21. h3 Re7 22. Rd2 Rec7 23. Qd1 Qe8 24. Rdc2 Qe6 25. Qe2 h5 26. Kh2 h4 27. Kg1 Kh7 28. Kf1 ({Better is} 28. Rd2) 28... g5 $17 29. Ke1 Kg6 30. Kd2 Nh5 31. d5 Qe5 32. Rf1 $2 {[#]} (32. Re1 $17) 32... Qh2 $1 $19 33. Rcc1 Qxg2 34. Rh1 Qf3 35. Qxf3 exf3 36. Kd3 Nf6 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Black "Atakhan, Abtin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,53,7,12,8,18,0,22,12,21,16,23,28,28,19,42,50,134,145,162,162,156,142,464,466,438,412,759,753,743,750,745,739,1175,626,1451,1416]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Kh1 a6 11. f4 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} b5 12. Bf3 {aiming for e5.} Rc8 13. Nd5 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 14. exd5 Na5 15. Qe2 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nc4 16. c3 Re8 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Rae1 Qc5 {0-1 (72) Conquest,S (2505)-Kveinys,A (2510) Germany 1995}) 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Rad1 b4 ({Black should play} 17... Nc4 $14) 18. f5 $16 Qc5 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. b3 $1 ({Don't do} 20. Qxa6 $6 Ra8 $14) 20... e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20... Nxd5 $16 21. Bxd5 Qxd5) 21. Ne6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6c5][%mdl 512]} fxe6 {[#]} 22. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 (22... Qxc2 $142 23. Rd2 (23. Qxa6 Bxf6 24. Qxa5 e4 $16) 23... Qc7) 23. Be4 {White is clearly winning.} Rf8 24. Qg4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qa7 25. Bxg6 {[%mdl 64] Intending Bf7+! and mate. Discovered Attack} Qe7 26. Bf5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kh8 27. Qh5+ {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bagheri, Maziar"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,33,31,37,50,47,54,51,43,27,38,44,51,23,24,-78,-65,-59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-45,-44,-81,-68,-706,-697,-692,-689,-705,-675,-658,-344,-541,-541,-534,-529,-661,-654,-5775,-5691,-4918,-4898,-29994,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 (4... Nf6 5. Nh4 Bb4 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be4 12. f3 Qg5 {½-½ (42) Wojtaszek,R (2733)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2757) Dortmund 2018}) 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} Nf6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nxc6 {White is slightly better.} Bxc3+ $1 9. bxc3 bxc6 10. f3 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qd7 11. Be2 Rfe8 12. O-O h5 13. Rd1 dxc4 {1-0 (32) Ortiz,K (1822)-Dlamini,T (1362) Batumi 2018}) 11. Be2 e4 12. Qxc6 {[#]} (12. f4 $1 $11) 12... exf3 $1 $17 13. gxf3 Ne4 (13... Re8 $1 $15) 14. h4 $1 $11 Nxc3 15. cxd5 Nxe2 16. Kxe2 Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b6,Bb6a6][%mdl 32]} 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Rac1 Rb6 19. Qa4 {And now Rxc7! would win.} Bd7 20. Qxa7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Qc2 $15) 20... Bb5+ $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 21. Kf2 Qxd5 22. Rc5 Qxa2+ 23. Kg3 Ra6 24. Qxc7 (24. Qb7 {was the only defense.} Rb6 25. Qxc7 Rg6+ 26. Rg5 Qxa3 27. Qc1) 24... Rg6+ ({Worse is} 24... Rxa3 25. Rxb5 Raxe3 26. Rb8 $15) 25. Rg5 Qxa3 26. Rb1 Qxe3 27. Rbxb5 Qg1+ 28. Kh3 Qf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Kh2 Re2+ 30. Kg3 Qg2+ {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Black "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,28,0,16]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ $146 Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sharbaf, Mohsen"]
[Black "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,116,-14,-11,-15,-22,-22,-8,-32,-14,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-38,-75,-53,-51,-60,-52,-53,-55,-36,-68,-44,-42,-44,-55,0,-5,-8,-58,-62,-64,-75,-106,-100,-100,-100,-101,-93,-91,-81,-127,-42,-157,-156,-153,-153,-148,-143,-138,-138,-163,-166,-143,-149,-199,-204,-227,-212,-341,-356,-343,-269,-258,-250,-291,-281,-392,-327,-536,-490,-583,-579,-572,-529,-580,-545,-963,-948,-787,-1192,-1201,-950,-1261,-1220,-29971,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29971,-29974,-29980,-29981,-29983,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29987,-29988]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. a3 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (7. d4 Ne4 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. c4 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 cxd4 12. exd4 Bg4 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 {½-½ (31) Pakleza,Z (2497)-Duda,J (2724) Zgierz 2018}) 7... Nc6 8. Ne5 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. d4 {½-½ (31) Bosnjak,P (2099)-Kennemann,R (1841) Split 2012}) 9. f4 {The position is equal.} d4 10. Bf3 Qc7 (10... Ne8 {keeps more tension.} 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Re1 Nd6 13. a4 Nf5) 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. exd4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Rfd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be5 Nd5 {White must now prevent ...Qb6+.} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc1 Qf6 18. Nc3 Nxf4 {Hoping for ...Qg5.} 19. Qe1 Qg5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg5g2]} 20. Qe4 $1 e5 21. h4 Qe7 (21... Qh5 $15 22. Rf2 Rd4 23. Qxb7 Rad8) 22. Rae1 {Qxf4! is the strong threat.} Qc5+ 23. Qe3 (23. d4 $5 Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxe5 $11) 23... Rac8 {And now ...Rxd2 would win.} 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. b4 Rc4 26. Rf2 f6 27. Re4 Rdc8 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Kf1 Ne6 ({Black should try} 29... Nh5 $17 30. Rf3 e4) 30. g3 (30. Nd5 $1 $15) 30... Nd4 31. Nd5 Nf5 $1 (31... Rxc2 32. Nxf6 Nf5 33. Ne8+ Kh6 34. g4 $15) 32. Ne3 Nxe3+ 33. dxe3 {[#] KR-KR} Kf7 $1 34. h5 Rc3 35. Rd2 {[#]} Ke6 $1 ({Resist} 35... Rxa3 36. Rd7+ Ke6 37. Rxb7 $15) 36. Ke2 gxh5 37. Kf3 Kf5 ({Much less strong is} 37... Rxa3 38. Rh2 $17) 38. a4 (38. Rd7 {might work better.}) 38... e4+ $19 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Ke2 f5 41. b5 b6 42. Rd8 Rxc2+ 43. Kf1 $2 (43. Ke1) 43... Ra2 44. Rh8 Rxa4 45. Rxh7 Ra5 46. Kg2 Kf6 47. Kh3 Rxb5 48. Rxa7 Rb3 49. Rb7 Rxe3 50. Rxb6+ Kg5 51. Rb8 f4 {Black mates.} 52. Rb5+ Kf6 53. Rb6+ Ke5 54. Rb5+ Kd4 55. Rb4+ Kc5 56. Ra4 Rxg3+ 57. Kh4 e3 58. Kxh5 e2 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Naderi, M.sadegh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,85,30,19,16,37,29,45,35,29,22,32,17,13,28,18,15,27,0,37,28,43,37,45,1,6,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,137,35,81,102,73,79,89,56,49,47,93,89,75,83,118,124,214,207,200,209,217,216,219,219,219,197,328,334,365,329,329,329,337,306,397,373,376,381,1172,1135]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} h5 10. O-O (10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O h4 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Nxf4 {½-½ (121) Savchenko,B (2562)-Nakamura,H (2746) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... h4 11. h3 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Rae1 Bc7 14. Nf4 Be6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bh7+) 16... c5 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qxh4 cxd4 19. Bb5 Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2]} 20. g3 dxc3 21. Bf4 Nxf4 22. Bxe8 Ne6 23. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qf8 (23... Qe7 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Ba4 Ng5) 24. Ba4 (24. Bd7 $16 Ng5 25. Qc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 24... g5 25. Qh5 {Black must now prevent Bc2.} cxb2 26. Bc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh5h7]} Qg7 27. Rd7 {Threatens to win with Bf5.} Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Bf5 Nc6 30. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d7]} Ne7 {[#]} 31. Bb1 $1 f5 (31... Nc6 $16) 32. Rd7 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qe5 33. Qxg5+ Kf8 {[#]} 34. Qe3 $1 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Bxg3 36. Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Be5 (36... Nd5 $142 37. Kg2 (37. Rxb2 Nxe3 38. Rb5 f4 $18) 37... Be5) 37. Rxa7 f4 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. exf4 Bxf4 40. Ra5 Nc6 41. Rb5 Be5 42. Kg2 {And now Rc5 would win.} Kf8 $2 (42... Bd4 43. a4 Kf6) 43. Rc5 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Moradi, Amirmasoud"]
[Black "Gholami Orimi, Mahdi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,101,13,0,13,15,0,0,2,27,15,0,0,-11,0,-74,-69,-71,-63,-47,-59,-363,-57,-49,-63,-59,-78,-48,-74,-83,-57,-82,-62,-57,-65,-68,-55,-70,-58,-67,-22,-45,1,-20,-14,-8,53,-75,-30,-123,-109,-135,-132,-127,-76,-298,-129,-116,-122,-129,0,-239,-251,-237,-240,-251,-252,-234,-243,-244,-244,-232,-195,-293,-297,-410,-407,-452,-442,-791,-784,-916,-892,-29977,-29978,-29987,-29987,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Be7 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 9. Qe2 (9. Re1 O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Ba3 h6 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. a3 {½-½ (43) Maghsoodloo,P (2688)-Le,Q (2714) Makati 2018}) 9... Nd7 10. Na3 O-O {The position is equal.} 11. Nc2 e5 12. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Nb4 Bd6 {0-1 (71) Gual Pascual,A (2388)-Lopez Martinez,J (2552) Sitges 2016}) 12... Nxb4 13. Nxb4 Bxb4 14. Nxe5 (14. Rb1 $11 Qa5 15. Ng5) 14... Qe7 $1 $17 {[%cal Re7e5]} 15. f4 f6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf6e5][%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Ng6+ hxg6 18. Qg4 {[%cal Rg4h4] [#]} Rf7 $1 19. Qxg6 (19. Bxf7 Qxf7) 19... Kg8 20. Rb1 {Threatens to win with Rxb4.} Bd6 21. Bb2 {Black must now prevent Rfe1.} Nf8 22. Qxf7+ Qxf7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxd4 b6 25. Rfc1 Ne6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 26. Be3 Ba6 27. d4 Rd8 28. f5 Ng5 29. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Bc7 (29... bxc5 $11 30. dxc5 Bc7) 30. d5 (30. Rb3 $1 $14 Be2 31. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 30... bxc5 31. Bxc5 (31. Rxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bb6 32. Rc3 Rxd5 33. Bxb6 axb6 34. h4) 31... Rxd5 {And now ...Rd2 would win.} 32. Bxa7 Be5 33. Rd1 Ra5 (33... Nf3+ $142 34. Kg2 Nd2) 34. h4 $2 (34. Rd7+ $17 {was called for.} Kg8 35. Be3) 34... Ne4 (34... Nf3+ $19 35. Kf2 Rxa2+ 36. Kxf3 Be2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Ke4 Rxa7) 35. Rd7+ Kg8 $1 36. Bb8 Nc3 ({Wrong is} 36... Rxa2 $2 37. Bxe5 Kh7 38. Rd8 $18) (36... Bxg3 $6 37. Rb4 $15) ({Black should play} 36... Nxg3 $17 {aiming for ...Bd4+!} 37. Bxe5 Rxe5) 37. Rb3 $2 (37. Rb4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 37... Ne2+ $19 (37... Rxa2 $2 38. Bxe5 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 $18) 38. Kh1 Bc4 ({But not} 38... Rxa2 $2 39. Bxe5 fxe5 40. f6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 39. Re3 Bxb8 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rxb8 {Black should prevent g4.} Rxf5 ({Don't play} 41... Rxa2 42. g4) 42. Rd8 {[#]} Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6] Strongly threatening ...Bc6+.} 43. Rc8 (43. Rd6 $142) 43... Rf2 44. a3 Bd7 45. Rc7 Bh3 {( -> ...Bg2+)} 46. g4 (46. Rxe2 $142 Rxe2 47. Rc4) 46... Bxg4 47. Rce7 f5 48. R7e5 f4 {Black mates.} 49. Rd3 f3 50. Rg5 Ng3+ 51. Kg1 Rg2# {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Black "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,121,8,13,13,20,0,0,-8,4,-16,-22,-22,-13,-14,-27,-20,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,41,50,52,36,35,46,83,88,87,66,70,67,127,127,118,121,220,233,233,228,226,207,207,209,209,233,233,230,215,216,222,200,205,184,292,292,267,254,499,593,575,552,451,0,329,292,302,317,889,903,879,878,800,778,688,711,1111,1034,1223,1105,1349,1020,1566,1547,5177,2998,29975,29976,29975,29977,29977,29978,29976,29977,29982,29983]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Be3 Be6 {LiveBook: 131 Games} 11. d4 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. e3 Qd7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Bc4 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Rad1 b5 {0-1 (42) Potkin,V (2597)-Yu,Y (2764) St Petersburg 2018}) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 {The position is equal.} c6 14. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rad1 Bb3 16. Rc1 a4 17. Ne4 Ra5 18. Nd2 Rb5 19. Nxb3 Rxb3 {½-½ (42) Ryska,J (2123)-Pavlicek,M (2325) ICCF email 2014}) 14... Bb3 15. Qd3 Bc2 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Qf2 c5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Rc8 20. Qa7 Re8 21. Rfc1 Qd2 22. Qxb7 Ne3 23. Bf3 Rxc3 (23... Bf5 $11) 24. bxc3 $14 {[#] Black must now prevent Qb5.} Bd1 25. Rxd1 $1 Nxd1 26. Qb5 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Qe3+ 27. Kg2 Nxc3 28. Qxa5 Nxe2 29. Bc6 Rc8 (29... Rb8 $1 $14) 30. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} g6 {[#]} 31. Qa6 $1 Qe6 (31... Rxc6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 32. Qxc6 Nxf4+ 33. Kf1 Qd3+ 34. Kg1 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Nd3) 32. Rxe2 $18 Qxc6+ 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 34. a4 Ra6 35. Ra2 Ra5 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. Ke4 Ke7 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. Kc4 Kc6 40. Kb4 Kb6 (40... Rd5 $142 41. Rb2 Rd7) 41. Rd2 {aiming for Rd6+.} Rf5 42. Rd7 h5 $2 (42... Kc6 43. Re7 Kb6) 43. h4 Kc6 44. Re7 Kb6 45. Rd7 Kc6 46. Ra7 Kb6 47. Re7 Kc6 $2 (47... Rd5 48. Rxf7 Rd4+ 49. Kc3 Rxa4 50. Rf6+ Kc5) 48. a5 Rb5+ 49. Ka4 Rd5 50. Rxf7 Rd4+ 51. Kb3 Kb5 52. Kc3 Ra4 53. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Ra3+ 54. Kd4 Rxg3 55. f6 g5 56. hxg5 Rxg5 57. Rg7 {White mates.} Rf5 58. f7 Ka6 59. Ke4 Rf1 60. Ke5 Kxa5 61. Rg5 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Black "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,77,21,25,21,26,27,50,25,45,43,63,74,97,97,86,89,93,86,190,101,109,93,93,80,92,36,43,45,26,0,147,163,206,225,330,324,304,275,267,207,676,658,628,561,534,475,492,485,470,459,504,490,508,503,569,594,679,685,1229,1198,2526,1346]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} Bb7 11. a4 (11. Nf1 Nb8 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. a4 c6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. h3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 {0-1 (65) McShane,L (2640)-Howell,D (2676) London 2017}) 11... Re8 12. Nb3 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b4 13. c4 Nd7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. f3 f5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Bxb3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Qe1 Bd4+ 23. Be3 Qg5 {0-1 (23) Kather,Y (2101)-Thakur,A (2325) Innsbruck 2018}) 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. d4 e4 17. Ng5 h6 (17... Nf6 $16) 18. Nh3 (18. d5 $18 Nce5 19. Ne6) 18... Nf6 $16 19. Nf4 Ne7 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. Na5 ({Better is} 21. Nc1 $16) 21... Bd5 $1 $14 22. Nxd5 Nexd5 23. Bxh6 Kh7 (23... Bxh6 $11 {remains equal.} 24. Qxh6 Kf7) 24. Bg5 $16 Rg8 25. Bb3 f4 (25... c6 {keeps fighting.} 26. Rec1 Rge8) 26. Bxf6 $18 Nxf6 27. Bxg8+ Rxg8 28. Qxf4 d5 $2 {[#]} (28... Bh6 29. Qh4 (29. Qxf6 Bg5 $11) 29... Qf5) 29. axb5 {White is clearly winning.} axb5 30. Nb3 Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} 31. Nc5 Nxf4 32. Nxd7 Nd3 33. Re2 Rd8 34. Nc5 Nxc5 35. dxc5 Rb8 36. Ra7 b4 37. cxb4 c6 38. Re3 d4 39. Rxe4 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gholami Orimi, Mahdi"]
[Black "Bagheri, Maziar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,155,0,0,43,43,50,51,54,41,47,39,43,43,38,34,56,-33,-18,-37,-41,-33,-10,-27,-18,-52,-10,0,0,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,14,1,26,-63,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-79,-75,-183,-200,-184,-91,-137,-8,-89,-41,-129,0,-67,0,-90,-76,-109,-118,-148,-143,-139,-128,-547,121,127,121,114,107,0,180,-225,59,70,54,59,193,27,227,131,131,131,131,131,131,134,134,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,39,41,43,43,63,8,29957,29949,11633,12672,7997,6122,7531,6783,2825,4129,6542,5051,29974,29975,29970,29975,29983,29984,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 b5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} (11... dxc4 12. bxc4 Bxc4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Ne4 b5 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 f6 18. a4 Qxd6 19. Ba3 Qc7 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 {½-½ (40) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2636)-Stefansson,H (2502) Tegernsee 2018}) 12. c5 b4 13. Na4 Bb5 {White is slightly better.} 14. a3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... bxa3 15. Rxa3 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 e5 18. Rxa7 e4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxc5 {0-1 (34) Santos,A (2327)-Rego,P (2134) Lisbon 2012}) 15. axb4 axb4 16. Ne1 Qc7 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. exd3 (18. Qxd3 $14 Ra8 19. f3) 18... Qb7 $15 19. Re1 Bd8 20. Re2 Bc7 21. f4 Rfe8 22. Rf1 Nf8 23. Bh3 Ng6 24. Qd2 Re7 25. Qe1 Rce8 26. Bc1 Qb5 27. Rf3 h5 28. Rfe3 Kf8 29. Ra2 Rb8 30. Qd1 Ree8 31. Re5 (31. f5 $11 exf5 32. Bxf5) 31... Bxe5 (31... Nxe5 32. fxe5 Nh7 33. Rf2 $11) (31... Ne7 $15) 32. fxe5 Ng4 33. Bf1 Ra8 34. h3 Nh6 35. Qxh5 Nf5 36. Rf2 (36. Qh7 $11) 36... Kg8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 37. Qg4 (37. Qf3 $17 {only move.}) 37... Rxa4 $1 $19 38. bxa4 Qxa4 39. Bb2 b3 (39... Ra8 $17 {Hoping for ...Qb3.} 40. Qf3 Nh8) 40. Qg5 (40. Qf3 $11) 40... Qa5 41. Re2 (41. g4 $15 Ng3 42. h4) 41... Qd8 (41... Ra8 $1 $17 42. h4 Qa2) 42. Qg4 (42. Qxd8 $11 Rxd8 43. Kf2) 42... Re7 (42... Qe7 $15) 43. h4 (43. Qg5 $1 $11) 43... Ra7 $1 $17 44. h5 Nf8 {[%cal Bg6f8,Bf8h7,Bh7g5,Bg5f3][%mdl 32]} 45. Qf4 Ra2 46. Rf2 Nh7 47. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Bc3 $17 {is tougher.}) 47... Qg5 $2 (47... Qh4 $19 {...Ng5 is the strong threat.} 48. Rh2 Qg5) 48. Qxg5 $16 Nxg5 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Bc1 (50. Rxf5 $2 Rxb2 51. Rxg5 Ra2 $19) (50. Kg2 $1 $16) 50... f4 $2 (50... Ne6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 51. Rb2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Avoid the trap} 51. Bxf4 $2 Nf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Rxf3 (52. Kg2 $2 Nh4+ 53. Kg1 Rxf2 $19) 52... b2 $19) (51. Rxf4 $2 Ra1 $17) (51. Rxa2 $1 $18 {is the narrow road to win.} bxa2 52. Bb2) 51... Nf3+ $2 (51... Ra1 $19 52. Rxb3 (52. Bd2 $2 Nf3+ 53. Kf2 Nxd2 $19) 52... Rxc1) 52. Kf2 $14 Nxd4 53. Bh3 Kf8 {[#]} (53... Ra5 $1 $14) 54. Bg4 $2 (54. Bd7 $1 $18) 54... g5 $2 {[#]} (54... g6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 55. Rxa2 ({White should try} 55. h6 $1 $18) 55... bxa2 $16 56. Bb2 Nb3 57. d4 a1=Q 58. Bxa1 Nxa1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 59. Bd1 ({Better is} 59. Bd7 $16) 59... g4 $1 $14 60. Ba4 {Threatens to win with h6.} Kg7 61. Bxc6 Nb3 62. Bxd5 Nxd4 63. c6 {Strongly threatening c7.} Nb5 64. Bc4 Nc7 65. Be2 (65. Ke2 $14) 65... f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... g3+ $11 66. Kf3 Kh6) 66. exf6+ Kxf6 67. Bxg4 Kg5 68. Bf3 Ne6 69. Ke1 Kf6 70. Kd2 Ke7 71. Kc3 Ng5 72. h6 {White mates.} Kd6 73. Kb4 Nh7 74. Kb5 Kc7 75. Be4 Ng5 76. h7 Nf7 77. Bg6 Nh8 78. Bh5 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Li, Bo"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,179,29,26,70,61,72,72,50,-17,16,8,19,24,41,3,36,43,45,16,19,23,18,9,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-2,8,-6,-5,-5,25,-4,44,26,26,25,62,36,43,0,56,56,56,56,56,56,89,83,73,93,106,99,99,85,62,16,16,16,19,16,74,74,74,74,72,28,35,35,35,35,26,20,29,3,66,66,625,620,582,576,439,206,358,291,282,259,715,682,683,672,632,581,486,445,1202,498,470,388,12834,12843,12515,12515,12515,585,12515,7191,5549,1469,29958,29961,29965,29966,29965,29966,29968,29969,29969,29970,29971,29971,29972,29973,29976,29974,29975,29976,29976,29977,29978,29979,29980,29981,29981,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29979,29980,29980,29979,29982,29983,29983,29983,29983,29984,29984,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qa4 Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 $1 d3 {E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} 13. exd3 Qxd3 14. Ne5 Qf5 {[#] White is better.} 15. Rfe1 $146 ({White should try} 15. Rae1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15. Rae1 Ng4 16. Nxg4 Qxg4 17. Re4 Qf5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rab8 20. Qxa7 {1-0 (31) Pantsulaia,L (2590)-Baryshpolets,A (2540) Tbilisi 2014}) 15... Ng4 16. Nxg4 Qxg4 17. Re4 Qf5 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Re2 Bd4 {[%cal Rf8f2]} 21. Rf1 Rab8 22. Qd7 Rf6 23. Bh3 (23. Rxe6 $14 Rxf2 24. Bd5 (24. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxc4 $11) 24... Re2+ 25. Kh1 Rxe6 26. Qxe6+ (26. Bxe6+ Kh8 $14) 26... Kh8 27. b3) 23... e5 $11 24. Qd5+ Qxd5 25. cxd5 Rbf8 26. Rc2 e4 27. Re2 Bb6 28. Bg2 e3 $1 29. fxe3 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bc5 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. e4 g5 33. h3 (33. Rc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2c5]} Bd6 34. Be2 $16) 33... h5 34. e5 b6 ({Better is} 34... Rf5 $11) 35. Rd2 $14 Be3 36. Rc2 Bd4 37. d6 Bxe5 {[#]} 38. d7 $1 ({Much weaker is} 38. dxe7 Re8 $11) 38... Rd8 {[#]} 39. Bb5 $1 e6 40. Rc8 Bf6 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke4 Ke7 43. b3 a6 44. Bc6 b5 (44... Bb2 $11 {remains equal.}) 45. a4 $16 bxa4 46. Bxa4 Kd6 47. Rc1 Rg8 48. Rd1+ Ke7 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Rb8 51. Kf3 Be5 (51... Rh8 $11) 52. Rc1 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc1c8] Strongly threatening Rc8.} Kd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Rf8+ $14 53. Ke4 Bd6) 53. Re1 $18 Bd6 54. Rxe6 {Hoping for Re8+.} Kc7 55. Rg6 (55. Ke4 $142) 55... Rf8+ $2 (55... Be7 {is a better defense.} 56. Re6 (56. Rxa6 Rb6 $16) 56... Bd8 57. Rxa6 Rb6) 56. Ke2 Be7 57. Rxa6 Rf4 $2 (57... Rb8 58. Re6 Kd8) 58. Ra8 Rxg4 59. Rc8+ Kd6 60. d8=Q+ Bxd8 61. Rxd8+ {KRB-KR} Kc5 (61... Ke5 $142 62. Kf3 Rh4 63. Re8+ Kf6 64. Rf8+ Ke5) 62. Rg8 (62. Kf3 $142 Rg1 63. Rd3) 62... Kb4 63. Kf3 Rg1 $2 (63... Rf4+ 64. Kg3 Rf5) 64. Rb8+ Kc3 65. Bd7 Rf1+ 66. Kg3 Rg1+ 67. Kf2 Rd1 68. Be6 g4 69. Rc8+ {White mates.} Kb4 70. Rc4+ Ka3 71. Rxg4 Rd6 72. Bc4 Kb4 73. Ke3 Kc3 74. Rg8 Rd7 75. Ke4 Kb4 76. Rb8+ Kc3 77. Be6 Rd4+ 78. Ke5 Rh4 79. Rc8+ Kb2 80. Rc4 Rh5+ 81. Kd6 Rb5 82. Re4 Kc3 83. Kc6 Rb8 84. Kc5 Kd3 85. Rh4 Re8 86. Bc4+ Kc3 87. Rh3+ Kb2 88. Bd5 Rc8+ 89. Bc6 Rb8 90. b4 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Daghli, Arash"]
[Black "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,81,53,37,147,133,195,157,272,214,175,175,152,47,37,26,25,22,167,160,131,145,471,447,495,493,424,470,450,424,349,307,864,854,837,826,1225,1194,1179,1124,1338,1337,1246,1276,1191,1161,1833,1868,2533,1877,1658,1610,6195,5273,29985,29983,29976,29978,29983,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Ng3 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. f4 {E41: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...c5 5 Bd3, including Hübner Variation} exf4 12. exf4 b5 (12... Ng6 13. f5 Ne5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Qd2 Nxd3 18. Qxh6 Ne5 19. Rxf6 Rxf6 {1-0 (35) Peralta,F (2580)-Tomazini,Z (2439) Caleta 2019}) 13. cxb5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} c4 (13... a6 $14) 14. Bxc4 $16 Bb7 (14... Nf5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 15. Qd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd3 Qxc3 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Bd4 Nexd5 {0-1 (40) Fabian,G (2344)-Hungaski,R (2451) Mar del Plata 2012}) 15... Rc8 (15... Nexd5 $16 16. Bxd5 Bxd5) 16. Be2 ({Not} 16. Qxa7 Rxc4 17. Qxb7 Rxc3 $16) 16... Nexd5 17. c4 Qb6 18. Rd1 ({White should try} 18. Qxb6 $16 Nxb6 19. Be3) 18... Nc3 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc3d1]} 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rxd6 {Hoping for Bf1.} Nfe4 (20... Nxe2+ $11 21. Nxe2 Rxc4) 21. Rxb6 $18 Nxg3 {[#]} 22. Bg4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} ({Don't play} 22. hxg3 $6 Nxe2+ 23. Kf2 Nxc1 $14) 22... f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Nge2+ $16 {is more resistant.} 23. Kf1 Rb8) 23. Rxb7 fxg4 24. hxg3 Rxc4 {intending ...Ne2+.} 25. Bb2 Re8 26. Bxc3 Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. Rd1 Rc2 $2 (27... h5 28. Kh1 Rc4) 28. Rdd7 Kh8 29. Re7 {[%cal Re7e8] [#]} Ra8 30. Ra7 Rb8 31. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} h5 32. b7 Rb2 33. Kh2 Kh7 34. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rb1 35. a5 Kg6 36. Ra6+ Kh7 37. Rb6 Ra1 38. a6 Ra3 39. Rc7 {White mates.} h4 40. gxh4 g3+ 41. Kh3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Atakhan, Abtin"]
[Black "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,38,-45,0,0,0,-31,-31,-44,-20,-35,-28,-79,0,-20,-13,-22,-20,-45,-27,-43,-46,-53,-48,-89,-12,0,18,0,57,58,57]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. a4 a5 (5... Be6 6. Na3 Bd5 7. Qc2 e5 8. Nxc4 e4 9. Nh4 Na6 10. b3 Bc5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nf5 Re8 13. O-O {1-0 (70) Vallejo Pons,F (2711)-Short,N (2646) Madrid 2016}) 6. Na3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Qd5 7. Qc2 Be6 8. Nh4 {Black is slightly better.} Qd4 9. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nf3 Qc5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Qxd3 Bf5 13. Qb3 {1-0 (47) Morales Quintero,J (1940)-Ramirez Medina,V (2011) Agaete 2014}) 9... Qe4 10. Qc3 (10. Qxe4 $11 {remains equal.} Nxe4 11. Nd4) 10... Nd5 (10... Bd5 $17) 11. Qxc4 (11. Qd4 {seems wilder.} Nf6 12. Qc3) 11... Qxc4 12. Nxc4 Nb4 13. Na3 Nd7 14. O-O Nc5 15. Nd4 Bg4 {Strongly threatening ...e5.} 16. h3 {[#]} Bd7 ({Better is} 16... Bh5 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...e5.} 17. Nc4 O-O-O) 17. Nc4 $11 g6 18. d3 Be6 (18... Bg7 $11 19. Be3 Ne6) 19. Nxe6 $14 Nxe6 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gholami Orimi, Mahdi"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,75,-46,-54,-55,-36,-31,-30,-20,-15,-33,-24,-34,-27,-31,0,-23,-16,-24,-31,-29,-32,-49,-43,-93,-85,-76,-60,-56,-50,-70,-58,-58,-73,-92,-77,-73,-69,-69,-70,-84,-35,-56,-27,-39,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nde5 {A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 (12. b3 Nxc4 13. bxc4 Bxc3 14. Rc1 Bg7 15. c5 Bb7 16. Qa4 a5 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Rb1 {½-½ (30) Erdos,V (2605)-Mamedov,R (2703) Skopje 2018}) 12... c5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. Black is slightly better.} 13. b3 Bd7 14. Qa3 a5 15. Qc1 a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qf6 16. Nd5 Nf3+ 17. Kh1 Qxa1 18. Qxa1 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 {½-½ (90) Cosma,I (2467)-Sekulic,V (2305) Bijeljina 2001}) 16. Bg5 Qb8 17. Rb1 axb3 18. axb3 Nc6 19. Bh6 Nd4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qb2 f6 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. b4 Bxc4 24. bxc5 Qxb2 25. Rxb2 dxc5 26. e5 Rad8 {[#] aiming for ...Ne2+!} 27. exf6+ Rxf6 28. Rdd2 Rb6 (28... Rfd6 {seems wilder.} 29. Rb7 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Rxd2 31. Rxc7+ R8d7) 29. f4 Rdb8 30. Na4 Rxb2 $1 31. Nxb2 Bb5 32. Nd1 Rd8 33. Kf2 Ne6 34. Rxd8 {The position is equal.} Nxd8 35. Nc3 Bc6 36. Bxc6 Nxc6 37. Nd5 Kf7 38. Nxc7 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Black "Li, Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,20,43,-5,12,0,6,0,4,4,59,-18,-23,-90,-93,-94,-3,-3,0,-11,-9,-10,32,25,34,39,107,113,95,109,106,108,107,106,100,104,118,120,118,109,183,183,289,296,386,386,386,386,386,386,386,386,914,881,804,808,1553,1510,1927,1734,4134,4134,29987,29988,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nxd6 6. b3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} (6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bf4 e6 8. Qd2 f6 9. O-O-O e5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nh4 Qa5 12. a3 O-O-O 13. Qe1 Nc4 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 {0-1 (50) Malakhov,V (2707)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) Riga 2013}) 6... Nc6 7. Bb2 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qc7 8. Be2 Bf5 9. a3 Rd8 10. Nbd2 Ne4 11. Qc1 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Nd4 13. Bxd4 Rxd4 {1-0 (44) Skoulakis,C (2091)-Koronas,V (1766) Kallithea 2009}) 8. h3 {The position is equal.} Bh5 9. Be2 Ne4 ({Better is} 9... Qa5+ $11 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 f6) 10. Nbd2 (10. O-O $14) 10... Qa5 $1 $11 11. Bd3 {[#]} (11. c3 $11 Rd8 12. Nd4) 11... Bxf3 $1 $17 12. gxf3 Nxd2 (12... Nc3 $17 13. Qc1 Nd5) 13. Qxd2 $11 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O-O 15. Rae1 Nb4 (15... Rg8 {looks sharper.} 16. Re4 g6 17. h4 Bh6+ 18. Kd1 Bg7) 16. Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nxd3 17. cxd3 e6 (17... f6 $14) 18. Rc1+ $16 Kb8 19. Be5+ Bd6 20. Bxg7 Rhg8 21. Bf6 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Kxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Rh4 h6 24. Bd4 Be7 (24... Kd7 $16) 25. Rg4 $18 Rxg4 (25... Rd8 $142 26. Bxa7 Rd5) 26. fxg4 {KB-KB} ({Not} 26. hxg4 Bg5+ 27. Be3 Bxe3+ 28. Kxe3 (28. fxe3 Kd7 $16) 28... Kd8 $16) 26... a6 27. Ke3 Bf8 28. Ke4 Kd7 29. Bf6 Ke8 30. f4 Kd7 $2 {[#]} (30... a5 31. h4 Bd6) 31. h4 Ke8 32. h5 Kd7 33. g5 Ke8 34. d4 b5 35. d5 hxg5 36. fxg5 {White mates.} exd5+ 37. Kxd5 Kd7 38. h6 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Daghli, Arash"]
[Black "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,120,-4,-8,-19,-8,-25,-32,-33,-26,-22,-22,-30,-24,-28,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,0,0,0,0,-43,-21,-9,-8,-95,-94,-110,-116,-116,-109,-115,-114,-143,-137,-117,-81,-73,-28,-18,-17,-25,-25,-17,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,-42,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-79,0,0,0,-79,-79,-87,-87,-79,-84,-531,-512,-493,-470,-481,-430,-472,-415,-518,-261,-209,0,-225,-104,-131,-84,-562,-552,-1300,-1259,-1479,-1427,-5258,-4152,-29978,-29979]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Be3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qe2 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 e5 12. Nb3 Bb4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Rd1 {½-½ (31) Andriasian,Z (2604)-Martirosyan,H (2607) Yerevan 2019}) 6... Nd5 (6... Be7 {is interesting.} 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. O-O Qc7) 7. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 f6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Ke2 e5 {0-1 (34) Anton Quevedo,A (1943)-Garcia Dorado,A (2129) Madrid 2018}) 7... Nxe3 8. fxe3 {Black is slightly better.} Nd7 9. Nd2 Be7 10. O-O Bg5 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Nc3 O-O ({Much weaker is} 12... Bxe3 $6 13. Nc4 $16) 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rad1 Be7 15. Nc4 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Ne5 (17. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5d6]} Rd8 18. a3 $14) 17... Rb8 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. Ng3 Bd6 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 20. Rfe1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rd3 (21. c3 $11) 21... b4 $1 $17 22. c4 Bxe5 $1 23. dxe5 Qxc4 24. Qd2 Qc7 ({Wrong is} 24... Qxa2 $2 25. Nh5 $18) 25. Rd6 Rb5 $1 26. Qd4 Rc5 27. h3 f6 28. exf6 Nxf6 {aiming for ...Ne8.} 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Kh1 a5 34. Kg1 Kh8 35. Bf3 {Threatens to win with Qxf4.} Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qg5 37. Rc6 e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 38. Qc5 {[%cal Rc5f8]} Qf4+ 39. g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Qxf3 40. Rxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kg1 {[%cal Rc8f8]} Rg8 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. Qxa5 {KQ-KQ} (43. Qd5+ $11 Kf8 44. h4) 43... Qe3+ (43... Qxb2 $17 44. Qd5+ Kf8) 44. Kg2 Qe2+ (44... Qd2+ $11 45. Kf3 Qxb2) 45. Kg1 $17 Qxb2 46. Qd8+ Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kf6 {Hoping for ...Qb1+.} 48. Qd6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Qc6+ $17 {nothing else works.} Kg5 49. Qe6 Qb1+ 50. Kg2) 48... Kf5 $1 $19 49. Qd3+ {[#]} Ke6 $1 50. Qc4+ Kd6 {White must now prevent ...Qd4+.} 51. Qf7 Qd4+ 52. Kf1 Qd3+ 53. Kf2 {[#]} Qd4+ $2 (53... Qd2+ $1 $19 54. Kf1 Qd4) 54. Ke2 $2 (54. Kf1 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 54... Qb2+ (54... e4 $19 {is more deadly. ...Qd3+ is the strong threat.} 55. Qf8+ Kc7 56. Qf7+ Kb6) 55. Ke3 $17 Qc3+ 56. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Ke2 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 56... e4 $19 57. Qf8+ Kd5 58. Qa8+ Kd4 59. Qd8+ Kc4 60. Qg5 Qf6+ {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"]
[Black "Dilanyan, Grigor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 {[%emt 0:14:29]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 3. d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:05:18]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:25:52]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:11:01]} 10. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:07:11]} Nxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} axb5 {[%emt 0:10:06]} 14. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxa8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 15. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:17:04]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:08:55]} d5 {[%emt 0:10:53]} 17. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 18. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 19. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 23. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:06:35]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 24. h4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Bagheri, Maziar"]
[Black "Darini, Pouria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,109,43,39,34,0,48,40,32,-2,54,31,43,34,115,143,227,211,226,221,226,214,193,173,169,186,289,298,303,295,273,223,333,319,342,336,357,382,350,215,207,207,299,256,395,368,468,470,470,409,426,425,508,465,433,408,552,557,589,614,591,588,879,807,829,764,939,937,952,948,941,942,912,906,931,904,872,844,691,653,780,695,657,531,581,476,559,561,669,550,782,766]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. d5 Na6 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 12. Ng5 b5 {[#] aiming for ...b4.} (12... c4 $5) 13. h3 Bd7 {[#] White is slightly better.} 14. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd3 c4 15. Be2 Rac8 16. O-O Nc5 17. f4 h6 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Nf3 {1-0 (29) Grischuk,A (2719)-Morozevich,A (2787) Almaty 2008}) 14... b4 (14... c4 $11) 15. e5 (15. Bxa6 $5 Qxa6 16. c4 $11 (16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Bd4 Bxd4 $17)) 15... e6 16. Bc4 Nc7 (16... exd5 $14 17. Qxd5 (17. Bxd5 Rad8 $11) 17... Be6) 17. d6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with cxb4. White is in control.} Nb5 (17... bxc3 $16 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5) 18. cxb4 $18 ({Worse is} 18. Bxc5 bxc3 19. Qd3 Rac8 $17) 18... cxb4 19. O-O Rac8 {[#]} 20. Bxb5 $1 Qxb5 21. Bh6 ({Resist} 21. Bxa7 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 $16) 21... Qd5 22. Qf4 Bxh6 (22... Qxa2 $142 23. Bxg7 Kxg7) 23. Qxh6 {White wants to mate with Ng5.} Rxc1 24. Rxc1 {White threatens Ng5 and mate.} Bc6 25. Qd2 {Qxd5 is the strong threat.} Kg7 (25... Qe4 $142 26. Qd4 Kg7 27. Qxa7 Bb7) 26. Qxb4 Ba8 27. a3 a5 28. Qf4 Bc6 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bd5 (30... Bxf3 $142 31. gxf3 g5) 31. Rc7 h6 (31... Bxf3 {keeps fighting.} 32. gxf3 g5) 32. Nd4 Rb8 33. f3 Kf8 34. Kf2 Ke8 35. Ke3 a4 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Ra7 Rb1 38. Rxa4 {White is clearly winning.} Re1+ 39. Ne2 Ke8 40. Kd2 Rf1 41. Nf4 Bc6 42. Ra6 Bb5 43. Ra8+ Kd7 44. Ra7+ Ke8 45. Re7+ Kf8 46. Rb7 Ba4 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Nd3 Rd1+ 49. Ke3 Bc6 50. Rb6 Be8 51. f4 g5 52. g3 gxf4+ 53. gxf4 Kg6 54. Rb7 Bc6 55. d7 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Atakhan, Abtin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,135,0,30,46,36,14,12,29,35,25,14,26,22,10,35,39,33,20,37,33,38,16,18,21,34,25,29,19,23,15,26,4,19,15,31,31,28,26,23,0,0,0,0,0,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,39,39,39,39,40,40,51,11,11,11,11,11,12,12,12,12,15,9,588,667,1256,1201,859,635,29954,29956,12793,109,29962,1650,29966,29966,29968,29969,29971,29972,29973,29974,29974,1551,29977,29977,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29980,29982,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29982,29980,29981,29986,29987,29991,29992,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d5 9. exd5 {B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line} Na5 $1 10. O-O Nxb3 11. Nxb3 {The position is equal.} b6 12. d6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 exd6 {[#]} 14. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfe1 Bf5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. h3 a6 {½-½ (40) Oparin,G (2616)-Gelfand,B (2725) Moscow 2016}) 14... Bf5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. h3 Rac8 17. a4 a6 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. a5 b5 20. Bxd6 Rc4 21. Nce2 Ne4 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bc1 h6 24. Ra3 b4 25. Re3 f5 26. f3 Ng3 $1 27. Rxe8+ (27. Nxg3 {seems wilder.} Bxd4 28. Nxf5 Bxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Rc7 30. Rd3) 27... Bxe8 28. Nxg3 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 Rxc2 30. Rxd4 {Hoping for Bd2.} Rxc1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Kh2 Rc5 32. Rxb4 {Threatens to win with Rb8.} Rxa5 33. Rb8 Kf7 34. Rb6 Kg7 35. b4 Rd5 36. Rxa6 Rb5 37. Ra5 Kg6 38. Rxb5 (38. Kg1 {feels hotter.} Kf6 39. Kf2 Rxb4 40. Rxf5+ Ke6 41. Ra5) 38... Bxb5 $14 {KB-KN} 39. Kg1 Kf6 40. Kf2 Ke5 41. Ne2 f4 42. Nc3 Bd7 43. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Kd4 $11 44. b6 Bc8) 44. b6 $18 {b7 is the strong threat.} Bc6 {[#]} 45. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g4 (45... Bxe4 46. fxe4) 46. Nc5 gxh3 47. gxh3 Kd6 {[#]} 48. Nd3 $2 (48. Ne4+ $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Ke7 49. h4) 48... Be8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... h4 $16 49. Nxf4 Bd7) 49. Nxf4 (49. h4 $142 Kc6 50. Nxf4 Kxb6 51. Nd5+ Kc5 52. Nf6 Ba4 53. Kg3 Kd6 54. Kf4) 49... Kc6 50. Kg3 Kxb6 51. Ne6 Kc6 52. Ng7 Bf7 53. Kh4 Kd6 54. Nxh5 (54. f4 $142 Ke7 55. Kg5 (55. Nxh5 Be6 $18) 55... h4 56. Nf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (56. Kxh4 Kf6 $11) 56... Kf8 57. Kxh4 Bb3 58. Kg5 Kf7 59. h4) 54... Ke7 {[#]} 55. Kg5 $1 {White mates.} Bb3 56. f4 Kf7 57. h4 Bc2 58. f5 Bb1 59. Nf4 Ba2 60. Nd3 Bb3 61. h5 Kg7 62. Ne5 Bd5 63. Nd7 Bb3 64. h6+ Kh7 65. Nf8+ Kg8 66. h7+ Kh8 67. Kh6 {[%cal Rf8g6]} Bf7 68. f6 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,26,25,45,25,25,13,29,0,-8,-16,0,-14,26,12,40,34,66]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be2 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} Bg4 8. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. d5 Nd4 12. O-O c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Ne2 Qc7 {½-½ (60) Karjakin,S (2773)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2742) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... dxe5 9. dxe5 {White has an edge.} Nh5 10. Be3 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 11. exf6 exf6 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Kf2 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Black "Gholami Orimi, Mahdi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Bagheri, Maziar"]
[Black "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,52,35,48,15,14,0,0,-15,-14,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-3,-8,0,-33,-31,-37,-8,-20,-18,-45,-37,-33,-28]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nd5 11. Qa4 Nb6 12. Qxc6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (12. Qa5 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qf6 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Be7 e5 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Qxa7 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qc6 {0-1 (40) Socko,B (2592)-Aleksandrov,A (2580) Suwalki 2018}) 12... Rb8 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Qxc7 {The position is equal.} Bxg2 15. Qxd8 Rbxd8 16. Kxg2 Rxd4 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Rfc1 Rc8 {0-1 (61) Galyga,Z (2154)-Osipow,N (2216) Chorzow 2008}) 18... Rc8 19. Rab1 h6 20. Bxb6 axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 21. Rc2 Rd6 22. Rb4 c3 23. Rb1 g5 24. Kf3 Rc5 25. Rbc1 Rdc6 26. e4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Li, Bo"]
[Black "Sibashvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,67,0,27,-22,-20,-26,-34,-78,-54,-110,-54,-96,-81,-283,-273,-356,-356,-340,-350,-502,-493,-628,-623,-626,-614,-1026,-574,-1170,-1170,-1145,-1231,-1160,-1165,-1135,-135,-1120,-1122,-1116,-1078,-988,-792,-1302,-1300,-29986,-29973,-29965,-6037,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8. N5c3 Qe7 9. Nd2 e4 10. Qc2 {[%cal Rd2e4] A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} (10. a3 Rd8 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rd1 b5 16. Na5 Bd6 17. h3 h5 {1-0 (27) Granda Zuniga,J (2675)-Santos Ruiz,M (2352) LLucmajor 2014}) 10... Bf5 11. h3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rd8 12. Bc4 h6 13. a3 Nbd7 14. b4 Bb6 15. Qb3 Ne5 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. O-O-O a5 {0-1 (30) Kalmuk,K (1765)-Byrka,J (1832) Polanica Zdroj 2010}) 12. g4 {Black is slightly better.} Bg6 13. Bg2 ({White should try} 13. Be2 $15) 13... Rfe8 (13... Rac8 $17) 14. a3 Rac8 15. g5 $2 {[#]} (15. Qd1 $17 Nb6 16. h4) 15... Nxd5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack, Decoy} 16. Nxd5 Qxg5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. O-O ({Don't blunder} 17. Nf4 $2 Bxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Qd1 Bxf4 $19) 17... Qxd5 18. Qb3 (18. Qd1 {might work better.} Bh5 19. Qb3) 18... Qg5 19. Qxb7 Nf6 20. b4 Bf5 21. Kh1 Qh4 22. Bb2 {White hopes to continue with Bxf6.} Bxh3 {aiming for ...Bf5+.} 23. Bxf6 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 {[#]} Qg4+ $1 25. Kh1 Qh3+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 26. Kg1 Bd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rh3h2]} ({Less strong is} 26... gxf6 27. Nxe4 Qg4+ 28. Ng3 $17) 27. f4 gxf6 28. Nxe4 Qxe3+ 29. Nf2 Kh8 {( -> ...Rg8+)} 30. Kh1 Qxf4 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rf4h2]} 31. Qg2 Rg8 32. Qh3 {[#]} Rc3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 33. Qh5 (33. Qxc3 Qh2#) 33... Rg5 34. Qh6 Qf3# {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Ferdowski Cup 2019"]
[Site "Mashhad"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Soozankar, A.M."]
[Black "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,76,0,0,4,3,0,-20,-6,-29,-27,-23,-33,-45,-50,-46,-36,-45,-40,-46,-5,-26,-11,-37,25,-27,-19,-27,-26,-27,-14,-18,0,0,0,-27,-11,-7,0,0,10,0,0,-127,-124,-224,-220,-245,-233,-246,-175,-319,-321,-872,-820,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Ne2 e6 6. Nbc3 d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 Nec6 11. a3 b6 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 12. b4 Bb7 13. Qd2 Qd7 {The position is equal.} 14. Kh1 (14. f4 f5 15. Bf2 Rae8 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. fxe5 dxc3 20. Qxc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 {0-1 (32) Solak,D (2629)-Djukic,N (2523) Batumi 2018}) 14... f5 15. f4 Rae8 16. Bg1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. e5 Bh6 18. Kg1 Rd8 19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. cxb5 {½-½ (38) Kruimer,W (2053)-Burg,B ICCF email 2013}) 16... Nxe2 17. Nxe2 e5 18. Nc3 exf4 19. gxf4 Nd4 20. Nd5 Bc6 21. Rbe1 (21. Bxd4 $5 Bxd4 22. exf5 $15) 21... Ne6 (21... Kh8 $15) 22. Bh3 ({White should try} 22. exf5 gxf5 23. b5) 22... Nc7 23. b5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Bf2 Kf7 27. Kg2 Qd8 28. a4 Bf6 29. a5 Bh4 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. Be3 (31. axb6 $1 $11 axb6 32. Bg3) 31... bxa5 $17 32. d4 (32. Kf3 $17) 32... Nf6 $19 33. dxc5 {Threatens to win with c6.} Ne4 $1 {[%csl LRc5,LRd2][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 34. Qa2 dxc5 35. Qa3 (35. Kf1 {was called for.}) 35... Qe7 36. Qxa5 $2 {[#]} (36. Kf1 Nd6 37. Qxc5) 36... Ng5 $1 37. Bf2 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kf1 Qd3+ {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

