[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nava, Roderick"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,25,10,25,24,33,24,31,25,29,29,26,0,0,0,12,27,22,20,36,38,72,43,36,32,78,67,79,77,126,129,120,124,158,66,104,100,99,121,116,117,181,177,218,217,266,52,69,60,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-269]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d4 8. cxd4 Nxd4 9. c3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 {Black should prevent d4.} Be6 {C29: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 f4} (10... c6 11. d4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ke2 c5 17. Kd3 Be7 18. Rf1 {½-½ (28) Cranbourne,C (2418)-Webb,S (2662) IECG email 1995}) 11. d4 Qd5 12. Bd3 $146 {aiming for Be4.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Ke2 g5 16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 c5 18. Ke3 {0-1 (26) Booij,R-Lodewijk,G Netherlands 1980}) 12... Qxf3 {White has an edge.} 13. gxf3 O-O-O 14. f4 g6 15. Be3 Ba3 16. Kd2 Rd7 17. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} gxf5 18. Raf1 c5 19. Bxf5 b6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rf6 cxd4 22. cxd4 Re8 23. Kd3 Rg7 24. Rg1 Rxg1 25. Bxg1 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kd7 {[#]} 26. Ke4 (26. Be3 $1 $16) 26... Rg8 27. Rf7+ Kc6 28. Be3 ({Don't play} 28. Rxa7 $6 Rxg1 29. Rxa3 Rg4+ 30. Ke3 Kd5 $11) 28... Rg4+ 29. Kf3 Rh4 (29... h5 $16 {was called for.}) 30. Bf4 $18 ({Don't do} 30. Rxa7 $6 Rh3+ 31. Ke4 Bf8 $16) 30... Rh3+ 31. Bg3 a5 {[#]} 32. Ke4 $2 ({White has to play} 32. Rf6 $1 $18) 32... Rh6 $1 $14 33. Bf4 Rh4 {Threatens to win with ...Bc1.} 34. Kf3 ({White should try} 34. d5+ $14 exd5+ 35. Kf3 Rh3+ 36. Kg4) 34... Bb4 {The position is equal.} 35. Kg3 Be1+ 36. Kf3 Bb4 $1 37. Kg3 Be1+ 38. Kf3 Bb4 $1 39. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 41%. . An unexpected result.} (39. Kg3 $11 {and White is okay.} Be1+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Rahul Srivatshav P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,86,20,16,22,14,9,0,9,18,20,8,12,7,41,35,140,131,155,147,161,130,234,234,247,227,231,237,233,209,264,231,279,171,171,171,171,171,171,167,329,314,329,323,320,309,423,414,440,432,559,556,518,485,809,581,567,554,533,395,378,369,381,362,387,364,379,356,692,617,5598]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Qa5 10. a3 Nd7 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 11. h3 (11. b4 Qd8 12. Qb3 Ndf6 13. Rfd1 a5 14. b5 dxc4 15. Nxc4 a4 16. Qb4 Nd5 17. Qe1 cxb5 18. Nce5 {0-1 (34) Ponkratov,P (2607)-Mamedov,R (2688) Tallinn 2016}) 11... h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b5 12. b4 Qd8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. g4 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Be6 16. Nb3 f5 17. Bc1 fxg4 18. hxg4 {½-½ (47) Panchanathan,M (2506)-Balakrishnan,P (2394) Piscataway 2016}) 12. Rc1 Rfe8 {The position is equal.} 13. e3 Rac8 14. Re1 e6 15. Nb1 dxc4 16. Nfd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Ng5 (16... c3 $14 17. Nxc3 Nxd2) 17. h4 $16 Nh3+ 18. Bxh3 $1 Bxh3 19. Kh2 Qf5 {[#]} (19... Bg4 $16 20. f3 Bf5) 20. e4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4f5]} Qxf2+ 21. Kxh3 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6g4,Bg4f2][%mdl 32]} 22. Re2 Ng4 23. Nxc4 {Hoping for Nd6.} Red8 24. e5 Qf3 25. Nd6 Rxd6 26. exd6 Nf2+ {[#]} 27. Rxf2 $1 Qxf2 28. Qc2 Qf3 $2 {[#]} (28... Qxc2 {might work better.} 29. Rxc2 Rd8) 29. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2f3,Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} Qg4+ 30. Kg2 Qe2+ 31. Kh1 Bh6 32. Ne4 Qf3+ 33. Kh2 Bxc1 34. Bxc1 f6 35. d7 Rf8 (35... Rd8 $142 36. Nxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack, Remove Defender} Qxf6) 36. Nc5 Kf7 {Now ...Rd8 and Black clings on.} 37. Nxb7 Ke7 38. d8=Q+ ({Weaker is} 38. Qc5+ Kxd7 39. Qd6+ Kc8 $16) 38... Rxd8 39. Nxd8 Kxd8 40. Bf4 Kd7 41. a4 a5 42. Kg1 Qg4 $2 (42... e5) 43. Kg2 Ke8 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Hoang, Canh Huan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,81,-14,-11,-11,-8,-16,-4,-3,-6,-7,-8,-6,1,0,2,0,12,15,20,20,15,11,15,13,20,22,23,34,109,103,116,98,141,153,183,180,200,186,164,89,98,98,95,94,96,101,94,94,93,95,97,85,114,114,143,148,241,232,199,134,29990,29991]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O h6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. a3 a5 11. Ra2 Bh7 12. Qa1 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} Re8 (12... Ne8 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. b4 Nc7 15. Nb3 axb4 16. axb4 dxc4 17. dxc4 Qe7 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nc5 b6 {1-0 (34) Almasi,Z (2689)-Antal,G (2553) Budapest 2018}) 13. Rb1 Bd6 14. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qb6 17. h3 Bg6 18. Rab2 $146 Qc5 19. b4 axb4 20. Rxb4 Rxa3 21. Rxb7 Ra2 22. Nb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qf8 23. c5 Rd8 24. Rc1 Nd7 (24... Ra4 $14) 25. Qc7 $1 $16 Nb8 26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Qe5 Ra4 28. h4 $1 Na6 29. Bh3 {aiming for h5.} Re8 30. Nxc6 (30. h5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Bf5 31. Nxf5 exf5 32. Qd6 (32. Qxf5 Nb4 $18)) 30... Nxc5 31. Rc7 f6 32. Qe3 Qd6 {[#]} 33. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Rxc5 Bf7 {[#]} 36. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ra1+ (36... exd5 37. Qxe7) 37. Kh2 e5 38. Rd7 Qb4 (38... Qe8 $16 {is a better defense.} 39. Qc5 Ra8) 39. Rd8+ $18 Kh7 {[#]} 40. Bf5+ (40. h5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Intending Bf5+ and mate.} Bxh5 41. Bf5+ Bg6 42. Qf3) 40... Bg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... g6 $16) 41. Qf3 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,85,12,29,27,0,8,8,8,17,18,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-52,-34,-64,0,0,0,-5,43,22,111,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,108,10,153,45,51,66,57,45,37,0,57,60,51,56,94,102,81,97,86,97,81,41,41,41,41,41,55,0,166,40,23,43,43,32]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 8. Be3 e5 9. h3 b6 10. Nh2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nf8 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Be6 13. Rf2 h6 14. Qd2 g5 15. Raf1 {½-½ (115) Caruana,F (2832)-Carlsen,M (2835) London 2018}) 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne5 14. Qh5 Be6 15. Rae1 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 O-O-O 17. a3 Qd7 18. Rd1 f5 (18... Rhf8 $15) 19. exf5 $11 Bxf5 20. Ne4 Bg6 21. Qe2 {Nf6 is the strong threat.} Rhe8 (21... Qe6 $1 $11) 22. b4 (22. Nf6 $16 Bxf6 23. Rxf6) 22... cxb4 23. axb4 Kb7 24. Nf3 Nxf3 25. Qxf3 {Threatens to win with Nd6+.} Rf8 26. Qe2 Ka8 {[#]} (26... Rfe8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Nd6 $1 $16 Bc3 {[#]} (27... g4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. b5 (28. Rxf8 $1 $16 {Qe6! would kill now.} Rxf8 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Bxb4 31. Qf8+ Be8 32. Qxe8+ Qxe8 33. Nxe8) 28... Bb4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rb4d6]} ({Don't go for} 28... cxb5 $2 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rf1 $18) 29. bxc6 Qxc6 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Qe6 Bf5 (31... Bh5 $11 32. Qxh6 Bxd6 33. Bxd6 Rf2 34. Qh8+ Be8) 32. Qxh6 Bxd6 $1 33. Rf1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Bd7 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Qxf8+ Kb7 36. Qe7 a5 37. Kh2 Ka6 38. c4 Bf5 39. Qd8 a4 40. d4 ({Better is} 40. Bf2 $14) 40... a3 $2 (40... Qxc4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 41. d5 g4) 41. d5 ({Stronger than} 41. Qxg5 a2 $17) (41. Qf8 $18) 41... Qxc4 42. Qa8+ Kb5 43. Qxa3 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,142,26,27,30,35,27,22,33,100,87,96,66,98,64,110,104,141,121,118,50,64,43,63,48,53,-25,127,147,143,122,141,52,52,48,106,102,108,16,31,42,90,58,69,70,84,8,126,104,95,76,104,18,37,41,31,20,18,0,69,0,0,0,0,0,0,-106,-90,-96,-94,-109,-98,-212,-209,-167,-214,-323,-319,-621,-625,-1587,-1583,-1684,-1477,-1664,-1555,-978,-2164,-1921,-1415,-2139,-1300,-5215,-5796,-1044,-4063,-5922,-5857,-5436,-5145,-5403,-4591,-2681,-711,-711,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2279,-1653,-5988,-6077,-29961,-29965,-29975,-6326,-4894,-4650,-29983,-29973,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. a3 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. f3 a6 14. N5d4 Re8 15. Qf2 Ne5 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Kb1 a5 18. Bb5 a4 {½-½ (76) Amonatov,F (2620)-Korobov,A (2692) Doha 2016}) 9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. O-O-O {The position is equal.} Rd8 (11... Re8 $14) 12. Rd6 $16 Qc7 13. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 14. Qg4+ Kf8 15. Qh4 {[%mdl 1024] [#] White has strong compensation.} Ke7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... d6 16. Qxf6 Be6 {½-½ (41) Kanmazalp,O (2437)-Kurajica,B (2529) Izmir 2016}) 16. f4 d6 (16... d5 $2 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Bc4 $18) 17. Be2 (17. fxe5 $16 Nxe5 18. Be2) 17... Qb6 $14 18. Kb1 {Threatens to win with Rf1.} Qe3 19. fxe5 $1 dxe5 20. Rf1 (20. Bb5 $1 $14 Qg5 21. Qf2) 20... Rd6 $2 (20... Qg5 $11 21. Qxg5 fxg5) 21. Bc4 $16 a5 22. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e3]} (22. Qxh7 Be6 $15) 22... Qb6 23. Bg5 (23. Qxh7 Be6 $15) ({White should play} 23. Bd5 $16) 23... Nd8 $1 $14 ({Wrong is} 23... fxg5 $2 24. Rxf7+ Ke8 25. Qxh7 $18) 24. Bh6 Bd7 (24... Ke8 $14) 25. Bd5 Rc8 26. Bd2 (26. Bg7 $16) 26... Qa6 $11 27. Rf2 b6 {With the idea ...Bc6.} 28. Bc3 ({Of course not} 28. Qxh7 $6 Be6 $11) 28... Rxc3 $1 29. bxc3 b5 30. Nc5 (30. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4g5] Hoping for g5.} h6 31. Nc5 (31. Qxh6 Qb6 $14)) 30... Qc8 (30... Qb6 $11 31. Nd3 b4) 31. Nxd7 $16 Qxd7 32. g4 {Black must now prevent g5.} h6 33. Qxh6 (33. Rf3 $16) 33... Qxg4 $11 34. Qe3 Ne6 $1 35. Kb2 {And now Qa7+ would win.} Nf4 $1 36. Ba2 Qd7 (36... Qg1 $1 $11) 37. Qc5 (37. h4 $1 $14) 37... Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 38. Qa7+ Rd7 39. Qxa5 Qxe4 40. Qb4+ (40. Qb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40... Qxb4+ $17 41. cxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} f5 {[#]} 42. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa4 43. Ka3 (43. b5 $17) 43... Kf6 $19 44. b5 Ne6 $1 45. Kb4 (45. Rf1 $142 Nd4 46. b6) 45... e4 46. Bxe6 $2 (46. Rf1 Ke5 47. b6) 46... Kxe6 {KR-KR} 47. Re2 Ke5 48. c4 f4 49. c5 f3 50. Rf2 Kf4 51. c6 Rc7 52. Kc5 e3 53. b6 {[#]} Rxc6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 54. Kxc6 exf2 {KP-KP} 55. b7 f1=Q 56. b8=Q+ {KQ-KQ} Ke3 57. Qe5+ Kd2 58. Qa5+ Kc1 (58... Kd1 $142 59. Qxa4+ Ke1 60. Qa1+ Kf2) 59. Qc3+ {[#]} Kd1 $2 ({Better is} 59... Kb1 $1 $19 {( -> ...Qc1)} 60. Qb4+ Kc1 61. Qc3+ Kd1 62. Qa1+ Ke2 63. Qe5+ Kd2 64. Qa5+ Kd1 65. Qxa4+ Ke1) 60. Qa1+ $1 $11 Ke2 61. Qe5+ Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Kd1 $11 62. Qa1+ Ke2 63. Qe5+ Kd2 64. Qa5+ Kd1 65. Qxa4+ Ke1 66. Qh4+ Qf2) 62. Qg3+ $19 Ke3 63. Qe5+ $1 Kd2 64. Qa5+ {[#]} Kd1 $1 65. Qxa4+ Ke1 66. h4 Qd3 67. Qa5+ Kf1 (67... Kd1 $142 68. Qa1+ Kd2 69. Qa7 Qc4+ 70. Kd7 Ke2 71. Qb7 Qd3+ 72. Ke7 f2 73. Qb2+ Kf3 74. Qf6+ Kg3 75. Qxf7 Qa3+ 76. Ke8 Qa8+ 77. Kd7 Qa7+ 78. Ke8 Qxf7+ 79. Kxf7 f1=Q+ 80. Ke8 Kxh4 81. Kd7 Qb5+ 82. Kd6 Kg5 83. Kc7 Kf5 84. Kc8 Kf6 85. Kc7 Ke6 86. Kc8 Kd6 87. Kd8 Qd7#) 68. h5 f2 69. Qg5 Ke1 {Black mates.} 70. Qe5+ Kd1 71. Qa1+ Kd2 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Dang, Hoang Son"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 3. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 4. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:20]} 6. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:08:00]} 7. Bd2 {[%emt 0:05:23]} g6 {[%emt 0:08:37]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:06:20]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:49]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:05:45]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 10. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 11. Bb5 {[%emt 0:07:55]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 13. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 14. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:06:33]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 17. Rfxd1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:37]} 18. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:10:22]} 19. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 20. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} axb6 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 21. a3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 22. Rcd3 {[%emt 0:07:05]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 23. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Na7 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 24. Ba4 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 25. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:29]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 26. Bd1 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 27. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 28. Be2 {[%emt 0:09:39]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 29. Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:02:41]} 30. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 32. Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 33. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. g3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 35. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 36. f4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 37. Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 38. Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 39. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 40. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ne3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 43. fxe5+ {[%emt 0:02:06]} Kxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 45. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} f3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 46. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:36] Kd4+} 0-1

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Chanda, Sandipan"]
[Black "Pham, Chuong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,109,24,24,21,18,29,23,22,15,0,-30,-28,-22,-27,-49,-45,-48,-46,-83,-68,-88,-46,-47,-30,-37,-30,-35,-30,-38,-39,-27,-13,-20,-13,-9,0,-15,-15,-15,-2,-10,7,17,15,0,7,0,49,41,148,145,226,213,214,202,185,158,231,218,217,210,208,209,201,189,218,207,460,462,450,404,370,474,463,447,909,364,380,367,363,363,2553,2453,29972,29973,29970,29972,29971,29972,29970,29971,29973,29970,29970,6015]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 h6 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Nb6 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. O-O a5 13. a3 Qe7 14. Rab1 b6 15. Na4 Bb7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 {0-1 (40) Sandipan,C (2566)-Zhou,J (2597) Sanya 2017}) 12. b4 Qd6 13. Rb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Nfe2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Nc3 g6 {And now ...Bf5 would win.} 18. Qa4 Rd8 19. O-O h5 20. b5 Bf5 21. Rb2 h4 22. h3 Kg7 23. Qb4 Qe6 24. b6 a6 25. Na4 Rab8 26. Qc3 Re8 27. Nc5 Qf6 28. f3 Rec8 {[#] aiming for ...Rxc5!} 29. Rc1 Be6 30. a4 Rc6 31. a5 Kg8 (31... Rxc5 $5 32. dxc5 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Rc8 $11) 32. Rd2 Qg5 (32... Rxc5 $14 33. dxc5 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 Rc8) 33. e4 $16 Qf4 {[#]} (33... Qe7 $16 {is a better defense.} 34. Qe3 Qd6) 34. Re1 $1 $18 Rd6 35. Rde2 Qg5 36. Kh1 Kh7 (36... Qf4 $16 37. Nxe6 Rxe6) 37. Qb4 {Nxb7! is the strong threat.} Qf4 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. exd5 Rxe2 40. Rxe2 Qxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 41. Re4 Qd1+ $2 (41... Qxd5 {was worth a try.} 42. Rxh4+ Kg7 43. Qc3+ (43. Qxc4 Rd8 $16) 43... f6) 42. Kh2 Qxd5 43. Rxh4+ Kg7 44. Qc3+ f6 45. Rxc4 {Threatens to win with Rc7+.} Rf8 (45... Qe5+ $142 46. Qxe5 fxe5 47. Rc7+ Kf6) 46. Rd4 (46. Rc7+ $142 Rf7 47. h4) 46... Qe6 47. Qc7+ Rf7 48. Qb8 Re7 $2 (48... g5 49. f4 Qf5) 49. Re4 Qd7 50. Rxe7+ {White mates.} ({Weaker is} 50. Rh4 Re8 $16) 50... Qxe7 51. Qc7 Kf8 52. Qxe7+ Kxe7 53. h4 f5 54. g4 f4 55. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 38%.} (55. Kg1 $142 Kf6 56. Kf2 Kg7 57. Ke2 Kf6 58. Kd3 Kf7 59. Kc4 Kf6 60. Kd5) 1-0

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,74,-14,39,37,22,29,30,33,24,29,44,0,0,-77,-43,-27,-47,-42,-46,-27,-41,-45,-45,-55,-52,-145,-150,-122,-123,-136,-141,-133,-18,-89,-79,-84,-86,-131,-125,-119,-114,-168,-167,-172,-150,-154,-111,-122,-104,-345,-367,-404,-404,-378,-373,-689,-665,-595,-577]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 b5 9. g4 Nb6 (9... h6 $11) 10. a4 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} Nc4 11. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 12. g5 {White has an edge.} Nd7 13. f4 Bb7 14. O-O Nc5 {[#]} 15. f5 $146 (15. Qg2 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 15. Qg2 g6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qg4 h6 {0-1 (29) Anand,V (2769)-Kasparov,G (2851) Kopavogur 2000}) 15... e5 16. Nde2 $1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. b3 Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 21. Rfd1 (21. Rad1 $15) 21... cxb3 $17 22. cxb3 Qxd5 $1 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Be7 (24... g6 $1 $17 25. Rf1 gxf5 26. Rxf5 h6) 25. Rc1 (25. b4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Kd7 26. Rcd1 Kc6 $1 27. Kf2 Rhb8 28. R5d3 Rb7 29. Bc1 (29. Rc1+ $17 Kd7 30. Rcc3) 29... Rab8 $1 $19 30. Rh3 Rxb3 31. Rxh7 Bf8 32. f6 gxf6 33. gxf6 $2 {[#]} (33. Rxf7 $17 fxg5 34. Bxg5) 33... d5 $1 34. Rxf7 Bc5+ 35. Kg2 {[#]} Rc3 $1 36. h4 $2 (36. Bg5 Rb2+ 37. Kh1) 36... Rc2+ 37. Kh3 Rb1 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Xu, Yi"]
[Black "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,49,38,43,14,49,32,74,10,9,10,16,16,82,78,173,189,334,330,343,330,367,357,373,378,355,359,812,806,1509,1543,1431,1227,1634,302,1625,1603,29986,1617,29967,1586]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 f6 7. h3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} O-O 8. Bd3 fxe5 9. fxe5 (9. dxe5 $16 Na6 10. g4) 9... c5 $11 10. dxc5 Nf7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. O-O Nf7 12. Bb5 e6 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Qe2 Qxc5+ 15. Be3 {1-0 (49) Areshchenko,A (2709)-Iordachescu,V (2582) Legnica 2013}) 11. Bf4 e6 (11... Nc6 $11) 12. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qe7 (12... Nc6 $16) 13. h4 $18 Nd7 (13... h6 {was worth a try.} 14. g3 (14. Bxg6 Nh8 $17 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack}) 14... Qxc5) 14. h5 g5 15. h6 $1 Bxh6 16. Be3 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 {[#]} 18. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c5][%mdl 512]} Qa5+ $2 (18... dxe4 19. Qxe4 Rd8) 19. c3 dxe4 20. Qxe4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} Rd8 {[#]} 21. Rxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd3 (21... Nxh6 22. Qxh7+) 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 {And now ...Rxf3 would win.} 23. Rf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh7f7]} Rd7 24. Qh8+ Ke7 {[#]} 25. Qg8 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 38%.} (25. Rxf7+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 26. Nxg5+ Kg6 27. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh5 28. Nxe6 Qd8 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Qxd8) 1-0

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Setyaki, Azarya Jodi"]
[Black "Nasanjargal, Urtnasan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,85,35,32,35,48,9,61,58,64,0,14,16,10,-17,52,19,14,9,12,24,33,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,7,6,10,9,9,10,62,53,78,46,46,35,42,11,12,15,16,17,12,12,22,10,174,172,285,285,277,277,277,258,251,251,251,251,8402,8339,8164,105]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Qc7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Kb1 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} O-O-O 12. f5 Qb6 $146 (12... Ne5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Kb8 13. Bc4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Be7 15. Bb3 Qc5 16. Qd3 h5 17. Ne2 Rdg8 18. Nf4 Qe5 {½-½ (32) Rhodes,J (2448)-Kribben,M (2651) ICCF email 2010}) 13. Nxc6 $14 {White is slightly better.} Bxc6 14. Qf4 {fxe6 is the strong threat.} (14. Bc4 $5 {[%cal Rf5e6]}) 14... d5 {White must now prevent ...Bd6.} 15. fxe6 {[%cal Re4d5][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Ba3 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rb6b2]} 16. b3 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qb4 (16... Qa5 $11 17. Qxf6 dxe4) 17. Qxf6 d4 $1 18. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5b4]} Bxd5 19. exd5 Rxd5 {( -> ...Qc3!)} 20. Qf3 (20. Qxh8+ Rd8 $19) ({Not} 20. exf7 $2 Qc3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 20... fxe6 {Hoping for ...d3!} 21. Bc4 Rd6 22. Rhe1 Re8 23. c3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} (23. Qf7 {gets mated.} Qc3 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qxe8+ Kc7 25. Qe7+ Kc6 26. Bd5+ exd5 27. Qe8+ Kb6 28. Qd8+ Rxd8 29. Re6+ Kc5 30. Rc6+ Kxc6 31. h4 Qb2#) 23... dxc3 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxc3 Rd8 {Threatens to win with ...Bb4.} 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kb8 (27... Rd2 $11) 28. Rxe6 Rc8 29. Re1 b5 30. Bd3 h6 31. g4 Rc3 32. Rd1 Be7 33. Bf5 Rh3 34. Rd2 Bb4 35. Re2 {And now g5! would win.} Bd6 $2 {[#]} (35... Kc7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 36. g5 $1 $18 Rxh2 (36... Rh5 {was called for.}) 37. Rxh2 Bxh2 38. gxh6 {KB-KB} b4 39. Kc2 Kc7 40. Kd3 a5 41. Kc4 {White wants to mate with Kd5.} Be5 $2 (41... Kc6 42. h7 Be5) 42. Kd5 Bh8 43. Ke4 $2 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 55%.} (43. Ke6 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Kc6 44. Kf7) 1-0

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Black "Nguyen, Dang Hong Phuc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,11,10,5,20,32,5,-12,-24,-22,-7,-14,-19,-50,5,0,-10,-22,0,0,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,104,103,105,116,253,240,243,59,54,14,93,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,10,21,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,311,310,535,532,1948,1772,1619,1581]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Nd5 (5... Nh7 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 d6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Bc4 Bd7 {½-½ (65) Fier,A (2540)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2623) Curitiba 2019}) 6. c4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Nb6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. Qe4 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qe3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 {½-½ (34) Danilov,I (2367)-Itkis,B (2447) Predeal 2006}) 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Be3 {Threatens to win with c5.} Nd7 ({Black should try} 11... Bb4+ $15 12. Nc3 Na4) 12. Nc3 $11 Nf6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4 17. O-O-O Qe7 18. g4 Bd7 19. Ne4 Rc8 (19... e5 $11 20. h3 O-O-O) 20. Bc3 $16 e5 21. fxe5 Be3+ (21... Bxc3 $16 22. Nd6+ (22. Qxc3 O-O $11) 22... Kf8 23. Nxc8 (23. Qxc3 Rc7 $14) (23. bxc3 Rd8 $15) 23... Bxb2+ 24. Qxb2 Bxc8) 22. Kb1 $18 {Strongly threatening e6!} O-O 23. Qd3 $2 (23. Nd6 $1 $18) 23... Bf4 $1 $14 (23... Bxg4 24. Qxe3 Bxd1 25. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 26. Qe4 $18) 24. Nd6 ({Worse is} 24. Qxd7 Rcd8 $17) (24. Nf6+ $5 gxf6 25. exf6 $16) 24... Rb8 (24... Rcd8 $11) 25. Re1 (25. Bg2 $16) 25... Bxe5 $11 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 {[%cal Re1e5]} g6 28. Qf3 Rfe8 29. Bg2 Qc7 30. h4 Rbd8 31. Rhf1 Bd4 32. Bxd4 Nxd4 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Qd3 Ne6 35. Qc3 b6 36. Bd5 Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36... Nf4 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 37. Qf6 $1 $18 Qd7 $2 (37... b5 {keeps fighting.} 38. h5 (38. cxb5 Qd6 $18) 38... gxh5 39. gxh5 Qg3 40. Bxe6 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} (40. cxb5 Rd7 $18) 40... Rxe6 41. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8) 38. h5 {White is clearly winning.} gxh5 39. gxh5 {Threatening mate with Rg1+.} Re8 40. Qxh6 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Pham, Le Thao Nguyen"]
[Black "Nguyen, Duc Hoa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,179,0,-14,51,6,36,41,30,6,38,36,38,37,49,31,37,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-6,12,0,0,0,2,0,12,-16,-13,-16,0,0,0,0,45,56,90,91,91,31,29,35,30,31,51,12,18,8,77,18,39,8,11,8,8,8,8,9,226,219,176,163,411,396,370,227,227,222,99,22,30,33,35,42,51,8,57,8,8,8,8,8,59,59,166,60,29957,12838,29958,29957,29958,29961,29961,29961,29963,29951,8248,56,65,56,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,63,85,91,91,98,183,61,63,63,63,64,2133,64,89,8,69,102,103,91,12847,5562,29948,29950,29960,29961,29956,29952,6078,1775,1440,1317,2681,1994,5409,2564,1479,1250,823,703,29971,29972,29972,29973,29972,29973,29973,29974,29973,29975,29975,29975,29971,29976,29971,29970]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3 Ne7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8... h6 $11) (8... b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 Nh5 13. h4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Bc5 16. N2f3 f5 {½-½ (45) Esipenko,A (2593)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. O-O b6 10. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f4 Nf5 {0-1 (11) Benjumea Rave,J (1748)-Sierra Mejia,J (2096) Medellin 2017}) 10... Bxg3 {White is slightly better.} 11. hxg3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rb8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rfd1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Ba6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Re1 Rd6 19. Bc2 f6 20. Rd1 Nd5 21. Rd2 g6 22. Be4 Kf7 23. g4 h6 24. b3 Ke7 25. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nc3 26. Bxg6 Bb7 27. Rc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c3]} Be4 28. Rxc3 (28. Bxe4 $1 $16 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Nxe4 30. Ng1) 28... Rd1+ $14 29. Kh2 Bxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Re3 Kd6 31. Kg3 a5 32. Re2 Bd3 (32... Rc1 $11) 33. Rb2 (33. Rd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2d1]} Rxd2 34. Nxd2) 33... a4 34. bxa4 Bxc4 35. Rd2+ Rxd2 36. Nxd2 $11 {KB-KN} Bd5 37. Kf4 {And now Ne4+ would win.} Kc6 $2 (37... Bxg2 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 38. f3 Bh1) 38. Ne4 $18 Bxa2 39. Nxf6 c4 $2 (39... Bb3 {was worth a try.} 40. Ke5 Bxa4) 40. Ke3 Kc5 41. Ne4+ Kb4 42. Kd2 $1 {Strongly threatening Nc3.} Bb1 (42... e5 $18 43. a5 Kxa5) 43. Nc3 (43. Nd6 $1 $16) 43... Bh7 $11 44. f4 Bg6 45. g3 Bh7 46. Ne2 {With the idea a5!} Be4 $1 47. Nd4 c3+ 48. Kc1 Bd5 49. f5 e5 (49... exf5 $1 $11 50. gxf5 Kxa4) 50. Ne2 $1 $14 Bc4 {[#]} (50... Bb3 $14) 51. f6 (51. a5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 51... Bf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (51... Bb3 $14) 52. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxa5 53. Nxc3 Kb6 {[#]} 54. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h6][%mdl 512]} h5 {[#]} (54... hxg5 55. Ne4) 55. Nd5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kc6 (55... Bxd5 56. g6) 56. Ne7+ Kd6 57. Nf5+ $2 (57. g6 $18 Be8 58. Nf5+ Ke6 59. f7 Bxf7 60. gxf7 Kxf7 61. Ne3) 57... Ke6 58. Ng7+ Kd5 59. Kd2 Ke4 60. Ke2 $1 Bg6 61. Kf2 $1 {Black must now prevent Ne6.} Kd5 $1 62. Nf5 Ke6 63. Nh4 Be8 64. Kg2 Bc6+ 65. Kh3 {Hoping for Nf5!} Bd7 {[#]} (65... Kf7 $16 {was necessary.} 66. Ng2 Be4) 66. Ng2 (66. Kh2 $1 $18) 66... Kf5 67. Kh4 Be8 $1 68. Ne3+ Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68... Ke6 $14 69. g4 hxg4 70. Kxg4 Bf7) 69. Nc4 $2 (69. g4 $18 hxg4 70. Kxg4) 69... Kd5 70. Nb6+ (70. g4 $16 hxg4 71. Ne3+ (71. Kxg4 Kxc4 72. Kf5 Kd5 $11) 71... Ke6 72. Kxg4) 70... Kd4 (70... Ke6 $11) 71. Nc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8d6]} e4 {[#] ...e3 is the strong threat.} 72. Ne7 $1 {aiming for g6.} e3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72... Ke5 $16) 73. g6 $18 e2 74. f7 Bd7 75. f8=Q e1=Q 76. g7 Be6 77. Qf4+ (77. Qf3 $142 Qe4+ 78. Qxe4+ Kxe4 79. g8=Q Bxg8 80. Nxg8) 77... Kc3 78. Qf6+ Kb4 79. Qd4+ Kb3 80. g8=Q Qh1+ 81. Kg5 {Qb8+ would kill now.} Bxg8 82. Nxg8 h4 83. gxh4 {White mates.} Qg2+ 84. Qg4 Qd5+ 85. Kh6 Qd6+ 86. Qg6 Qf4+ 87. Qg5 Qf8+ 88. Kh7 Qf7+ 89. Kh8 Ka4 90. h5 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Chu, Wei Chao"]
[Black "Pascua, Haridas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,85,48,48,111,82,97,96,98,84,115,103,114,60,62,72,66,70,65,68,58,56,55,51,68,68,83,54,59,45,95,93,116,123,116,108,114,74,64,54,43,26,31,20,530,512,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,240,228,233,223,4950,4870,2566,1807,1582,1484]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. d5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} c5 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (10... cxd5 $14 11. cxd5 (11. exd5 Nc5 $11) 11... a6) (10... cxd5 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Nd2 a5 14. Nc4 Ncxe4 15. f3 Bd7 16. a4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Nc5 18. Nb6 {1-0 (42) Lenderman,A (2617)-Ivanchuk,V (2731) Tsaghkadzor 2015 CBM 166 [Pavlovic,M]}) 11. a3 a6 12. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rb1 b6 13. Ne1 Ne8 14. Be3 f5 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. b4 Nef6 18. Qa4 {1-0 (59) Mucha,M (2088)-Rogala,R (2037) Rewal 2010}) 12... b6 {White is better.} 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Rab1 Ng8 15. bxc5 ({White should play} 15. Rb3 $16) 15... Nxc5 $14 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Qa4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bf6 21. Bd2 Bd8 22. Bc3 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rb2 Qc8 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. dxc6 Be4 27. c7 (27. Rb8 {is interesting.} Kg7 28. Rb7+ Kf6 29. Rd7 Be7 30. Ra7) 27... Bxc7 28. Ng5 Nf6 29. Ne6 Rc8 $1 30. f4 Bb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Kg8 $11) 31. fxe5 $18 dxe5 $2 ({Better is} 31... Nd7 $18 32. Ng5 Bc6 33. exd6+ Kg8) 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Bxe5 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Rb6 35. Nxc5 ({Don't play} 35. Bxf6+ Kg8 $17) 35... Kg8 36. Nxe4 Nxe4+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KB} 37. Ke3 Nc5 38. Kd4 Ne6+ $2 (38... Re6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 39. Kd5 $18 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kf7 40. c5 Rb3 $2 (40... Rb1 41. Kd6 (41. Bxa6 Rd1+ 42. Kc6 Rc1 $16) (41. Bg4 Nd8 $14) 41... Rb8) 41. Bc4 {White is clearly winning.} Rb1 {[#]} 42. Kd6 $1 Rd1+ {[#]} 43. Bd5 $1 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Taher, Yoseph Theolifus"]
[Black "Krishna Teja, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,0,0,0,4,-6,0,0,-3,0,-3,-10,11,13,16,7,12,14,4,9,22,20,33,24,49,43,53,45,60,0,0,0,0,-9,-7,-6,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. h4 Bg6 10. g4 e6 11. h5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 h6 13. O-O-O {0-1 (50) Jobava,B (2646)-Nisipeanu,L (2657) Spilimbergo 2018}) 6... Nc6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 e6 10. O-O Rc8 11. c3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bd6 12. Nd3 O-O 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (56) Boguszlavszkij,J (2240)-Kislik,E (2320) Hungary 2011}) 13... b5 14. Nc5 {[#] Hoping for Nb7.} Bxc5 15. dxc5 Ne4 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. b3 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 19. bxc4 ({White should play} 19. f3 $1 $14) 19... exd4 $11 {The position is equal.} 20. Qxd4 Rxc5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nf4 Rc4 23. Qxd5 Nxc3 24. Qe5 Qd4 25. g3 g6 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Ne2 Nxe2+ 28. Rxe2 Ra8 29. Rb1 b4 30. Reb2 Kg7 31. Rxb4 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari"]
[Black "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,81,6,16,12,62,74,80,80,63,84,117,128,123,73,89,24,22,0,0,0,0,0,39,41,31,32,37,25,41,49,51,50,52,47,58,27,25,27,32,22,27,25,25,20,305,305,390,0,62,14,24,22,26,11,11,0,2,1,1,0,7,7,7,7,14,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} Bg4 (10... f6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. h3 fxe5 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Nc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4+ Kh8 17. Qe6 Rf5 {½-½ (64) Vidit,S (2707)-Gelfand,B (2695) Poikovsky 2018}) 11. Nbd2 $1 Qb6 12. h3 {White is better.} Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Nd4 Rfc8 17. g4 Kh8 {½-½ (35) Shehzad,S (1972)-Soural,J (2213) Prague 2018}) 15... Qb6 16. b4 (16. Re3 $16) 16... Nf5 $11 17. Qb3 e6 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. a4 a6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 d4 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nxd4 Rd8 25. Be3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qa5 26. Qe2 Bxe5 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Bg5 Rd5 {[#] And now ...Nf5 would win.} 29. Bxe7 {Strongly threatening Rb1.} Qxb5 30. Qf3 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rf3f8]} Qe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Qb8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 31. Bf6 $18 Qb5 32. h4 $2 ({Only move:} 32. Bxe5 $18 Rxe5 33. Qa8+ Kf7 34. Ra1) 32... Bd6 (32... Qb4 $11 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxe5 (34. Qa8+ Kf7 $11) 34... Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kh2 Qxe5+ 36. g3 h5) 33. Qe4 (33. Bc3 {looks sharper.} Rf5 34. Qa8+ Bf8 35. Qc8 Qb6 36. Qxe6+ Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Bc5 38. Be1) 33... Qd7 34. Bc3 Be7 35. g3 Rd1 {The position is equal.} 36. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd5 38. Qf4 Qf5 {With the idea ...Qxf4.} 39. Qd4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rd4g7] [#]} Kf7 40. Kg1 h5 41. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim"]
[Black "Wang, Shixu B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,93,15,6,16,16,14,16,10,-6,0,-2,2,-5,0,-14,-19,-33,10,-25,1,-31,-29,-43,-40,-35,-11,-77,-65,-84,-79,-124,-120,-143,-33,-128,-51,-40,-14,-8,-8,-33,-28,-81,-53,-61,-61,-59,-10,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,210,150,535,406,2377,1602,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29975,29973,29975]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Ne7 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (7... a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. d5 Bg4 14. b3 Ba5 15. Re3 {½-½ (37) Vitiugov,N (2730)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Satka 2018}) 8. Re1 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 {The position is equal.} 10. Nf1 Bb6 11. Ng3 d5 12. h3 h6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Be6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 {½-½ (33) Zajic,M (2482)-Mastrovasilis,A (2536) Porto Rio 2015}) 14... Be6 15. Rb1 a6 16. Bb3 Qd7 17. c4 Bc7 18. a4 Rad8 19. c5 (19. cxd5 $11 {remains equal.} cxd5 20. a5) 19... Nf4 $17 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. exd5 Nxd5 ({Much worse is} 21... fxg3 $6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. d4 $11) 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 ({Better is} 22... Qxd5 $17 23. Ne2 Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 23. Ne4 {[#]} (23. Rxe8+ $1 $15 Rxe8 24. Ne4) 23... f5 (23... Be6 $1 $17 24. Rbd1 Qd5) 24. Ned2 $15 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Qd1 g5 27. d4 (27. Nc4 $11) 27... Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 g4 29. Ne5 Qg7 {Threatens to win with ...gxh3.} 30. hxg4 fxg4 31. Ndc4 g3 32. Nd6 gxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Bd8 34. Qe2 h5 35. Kf1 Qg5 36. Nf3 Qg6 37. Nxb7 Bf6 38. Nd6 Bxf3 $2 (38... Kh7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 39. gxf3 $18 Kg7 $2 (39... Kh7 $16) 40. Qg2 Qxg2+ (40... Bg5 $142 41. Ne4 Bd8) 41. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kf8 42. b5 {White mates.} axb5 43. axb5 cxb5 44. Nxb5 Ke7 45. d5 Kd8 46. c6 Be5 47. d6 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Li, Yankai"]
[Black "Fenil, Shah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,112,31,6,22,11,15,0,10,8,19,0,7,7,39,40,40,48,40,50,52,45,30,38,44,37,47,43,48,51,67,12,112,112,113,113,113,114,113,1,165,90,129,128,146,131,273,273,374,97,93,96,106,102,102,84,155,78,70,65,79,8,151,49,42,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,114,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (7... a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Ba5 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nbd2 Nbd7 16. Nb3 Ba7 17. Qf4 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Bxb6 19. Rac1 Qe8 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 {½-½ (75) Ding,L (2813)-Radjabov,T (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. Qxc4 Bb7 9. Nc3 c5 10. dxc5 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxc5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Qh4 Qe7 14. e4 h6 15. Bc1 {½-½ (108) Antic,D (2478)-Livaic,L (2358) Skopje 2016}) 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Qxc5 13. Qxc5 Nxc5 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. b4 Na6 18. a3 f6 19. Nf3 Nc7 20. Ne4 Ned5 21. Rc6 (21. Nd4 $14) 21... a5 (21... Rfd8 $11) 22. Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} axb4 23. e4 bxa3 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Ra1 (25. Nd4 $1 $16) 25... a2 $2 (25... Rfd8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 26. Rc2 (26. Nd4 $1 $18) 26... Nb4 27. Rc4 Nd5 28. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e6]} e5 (28... Rfd8 $16 29. N6b5 Ra5) 29. Ne6 $18 Rfb8 30. Nc7 $2 (30. Rc2 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 30... Nxc7 $16 31. Rxc7 b5 32. Rc2 $1 Ra6 33. Ne4 Ra4 (33... f5 $142) 34. Nd2 (34. Re2 $142 $1) 34... Rba8 35. Nb3 b4 36. Nc1 (36. Rb2 $1 $16) 36... Kf7 {[#]} (36... Ra3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37. Raxa2 ({White should play} 37. Rb2 $1 $16) 37... Rxa2 $14 38. Rxa2 (38. Nxa2 {keeps more tension.} b3 39. Rc7+ Kg6 40. Nc3 Rb8 41. Nb1) 38... Rxa2 39. Nxa2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KP} b3 40. Nc3 {next Kf3 is good for White.} Ke6 41. Kf3 f5 42. Ke3 {Threatening Kd3.} Kd6 {[#]} (42... f4+ $11 {remains equal.} 43. Ke4 (43. gxf4 b2 $16) 43... fxg3 44. fxg3 (44. hxg3 h5 $11) 44... b2) 43. f4 ({Better is} 43. Kd3 $1 $16) 43... exf4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 44. gxf4 h6 45. Kd4 g5 46. Kc4 b2 47. Kb3 gxf4 {White must now prevent ...f3.} 48. Kxb2 {And now Kc2 would win. KN-K3P} f3 49. Nd1 Ke5 50. Kc3 {Strongly threatening Nf2.} f2 $1 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 51. Nxf2 {KN-KPP} Kf4 $1 52. Kd4 {Nd3+ is the strong threat.} Kf3 53. Ke5 {Hoping for Nd3.} Kxf2 54. Kxf5 Kf3 55. h4 {Threatening mate with h5.} h5 56. Kg5 Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Vo, Thi Kim Phung"]
[Black "Zhao, Yuanhe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,35,47,0,-5,-27,-22,-43,-1,-6,-14,-23,-15,-28,-20,-14,0,-32,-34,-34,-6,-69,-29,-87,-72,-81,-83,-74,-44,-44,-43,-47,-47,-48,-42,-50,-47,-46,-43,-58,-59,-65,-62,-69,-47,-43,-41,-61,-52,-41,-33,-41,-45,-87,-10,-11,-12,-19,-7,-18,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-3,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. cxd5 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qxd5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Qb3 Be6 9. Qxd5 {D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5} (9. e3 $14) 9... Bxd5 $11 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e3 c5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O a6 13. Be2 h6 14. Bh4 cxd4 15. cxd4 g5 16. Bg3 O-O 17. a4 Rfc8 18. a5 Na7 19. Rac1 Nc6 20. Ra1 Na7 21. Rac1 Nc6 22. Ra1 Na7 {½-½ (22) Tilicheev,V (2408)-Ninov,V (2304) Sunny Beach 2015}) 10... c5 11. e3 h6 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Bb5 O-O 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Rac8 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne5 Rc3 18. Rfb1 (18. f3 $11) 18... Rfc8 19. a4 {[#]} (19. f3 $11) 19... g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Bg3 Bxe5 (21... f6 {is more complex.} 22. Nd7 Be4 23. Re1 Bf5 24. Nc5 b6) 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bg3 Be4 24. Rd1 a5 25. d5 Kf7 26. d6 exd6 27. Bxd6 R3c4 28. Bg3 Bc6 29. Rdb1 Kg6 30. f3 g4 31. e4 gxf3 32. gxf3 f5 33. exf5+ Kxf5 34. Be1 Rc2 ({Better is} 34... Bxf3 $17 {...Rc2 is the strong threat.} 35. Bd2 Bc6 36. Rf1+ Kg6) 35. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c2] The position is equal.} Rg8+ 36. Kf1 Rh2 37. Ra3 Kf6 {[#] And now ...Bd7 would win.} 38. Rc4 Rh1+ 39. Kf2 Rh2+ 40. Kf1 Rh1+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Black "Saravana, Krishnan P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,107,-20,-18,-17,4,7,13,-31,-36,-31,-30,-37,7,-4,9,12,6,8,16,12,12,14,6,-5,9,0,18,15,18,0,48,12,13,23,22,22,19,20,17,25,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,-1,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,10,10,10,10,10,10,20,20,20,19,19,11,19,0,547,518,1018,1026,898,881,2551,0,1891,1882,1773,1773,1644,1598,2556,2066,29962,29967,29977,29978,29980,29980,29980,29981]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 Re8 6. e4 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} (6. Bd2 c6 7. Nf3 d5 8. O-O h6 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 cxd5 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Qa6 {1-0 (45) Gashimov,V (2746)-Topalov,V (2775) Monte Carlo 2011}) 6... c6 7. Nge2 d5 8. O-O {[%cal Re4d5] The position is equal.} dxc4 9. dxc4 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bf8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3 a5 13. Be3 Nc5 {½-½ (74) Henneberg,I (2057)-Thinius,M (2389) Bad Zwesten 2004}) 10. b3 $1 Qc8 11. Qc2 Bh3 12. f3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nbd7 14. a3 Bf8 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Qc1 Rd8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Na4 Be7 19. Ra2 Nb6 20. Nc5 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Nbd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxd7 (25. Qb2 {is interesting.} Qd3 26. Bxa7 Nd7 27. Nc1 Qd1 28. Qc3) 25... Nxd7 26. Bxa7 Bxa3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 27. Be3 Kf8 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Ke1 Nc5 30. Bxc5+ $1 Bxc5 {KB-KN} 31. Nc1 Kd6 32. Nd3 Bd4 33. Ke2 g6 34. f4 f6 35. Kf3 b5 36. f5 bxc4 37. bxc4 Bc3 38. h4 Bd2 39. fxg6 hxg6 40. g4 Ke6 41. Nc5+ Kf7 42. h5 Bh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42... Bb4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 43. Nd7 Be7) 43. Nb7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb7d8]} gxh5 (43... Bf8 $142 44. Nd8+ Ke8 45. Nxc6 Kd7) 44. gxh5 Ke6 45. Nd8+ Kd7 46. Nb7 $2 ({Only move:} 46. Nf7 $18 Bg7 47. h6) 46... Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Ke6 $11) 47. Kg4 Ke6 48. Nc5+ Kf7 49. Kf5 Kg7 50. Nd7 Bg5 {[#]} 51. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Be3 (51... fxe5 52. Kxg5) 52. Nxc6 Kh6 53. Nd8 Kxh5 54. Ne6 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Huang, Renjie"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,140,4,0,0,15,-5,-6,-16,-17,-3,-4,-14,-7,0,0,0,0,-7,-1,0,-8,-7,15,0,29,0,31,20,46,19,29,18,22,19,26,12,119,128,126,90,97,95,152,91,120,81,85,85,85,83,77,70,75,70,70,70,70,70,74,70,70,70,79,70,79,77,112,70,70,70,70,70,73,70,70,70,70,70,168,153,243,243,243,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,33,32,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qf3 {B86: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, without early ...b5} (8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 b5 10. f5 e5 11. Nde2 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nh5 Rxc3 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. bxc3 Bxe4 18. Bd5 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rc8 {1-0 (48) Kasimdzhanov,R (2704)-Grischuk,A (2774) Berlin 2015}) 8... Qc7 9. Be2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} Ne8 13. Rad1 Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Kh8 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 {½-½ (31) Shchebenyuk,M (2284)-Giobbi,C (2278) ICCF email 2002}) 14. Be3 Nc6 15. f4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Rxd4 Qc5 18. Qf2 Rc8 19. Rfd1 e5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} bxa4 22. Rxa4 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 23. Qd4 Qg5 24. Bxa6 (24. Rb4 {is more complex.} Rc7 25. Bf3 Rd7 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Re8 28. Rb6) 24... Rxc3 (24... Bxa6 $11 {remains equal.} 25. Rxa6 Ng4) 25. bxc3 $16 ({Resist} 25. Qxc3 $6 Nxe4 26. Qf3 Nc3 $14) 25... Bxe4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg5g2]} 26. Qd2 Qc5+ 27. Rd4 d5 {[#]} (27... h6 $142) 28. Bd3 (28. Bf1 $142 $1) 28... h5 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Qe3 Nxc3 31. Re1 Rc8 32. Rd3 Qa5 33. Qe5 Qc5+ ({Don't blunder} 33... Ne4 $2 34. Rxe4 Rxc2 35. Rxd5 $18) 34. Qd4 {Hoping for Re8+!} Ne4 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 36. c4 Rxc4 37. Rxd5 Nf6 38. Rde5 Kh7 39. Re7 Kg6 40. Ra7 Ng4 41. h3 Nh6 $1 42. Ree7 Rc2 43. Rec7 (43. Red7 {feels hotter.} Rb2 44. Rdb7 Rc2 45. Re7 Kf6 46. Re4) 43... Rxc7 44. Rxc7 {KR-KN} h4 45. Kf2 Kg5 ({Black should play} 45... Kf5 $14 46. Ke3 g5) 46. Kf3 g6 {[#]} (46... Kf5 $16 47. Rc5+ Kf6) 47. Ke4 $1 $18 Kf6 48. Kf4 $2 ({White should try} 48. Rc6+ $18 Kg7 49. Kf4) 48... g5+ $1 $14 49. Ke4 Kg6 50. Ke5 f6+ 51. Ke6 Nf5 52. Rd7 Ng7+ 53. Kd5 Nh5 54. Ke4 Ng3+ 55. Kf3 Nf5 56. Ra7 Nh6 57. Ke4 Nf5 58. Ra2 Ng3+ 59. Kd5 Nh5 60. Ke6 (60. Kd4 $14) 60... Nf4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 61. Kd6 g4 62. hxg4 {aiming for Ra5.} Kg5 63. Ke7 Kxg4 64. Kxf6 {Ke5 is the strong threat.} Kg3 65. Ra3+ Kg4 66. Ra4 {White wants to mate with Ke5.} Kg3 67. Kg5 Nxg2 68. Ra3+ Kf2 69. Kg4 {And now Ra2+ would win.} Ne3+ 70. Kxh4 {Strongly threatening Kg5.} Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Nguyen, Van Huy"]
[Black "Tran, Minh Thang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,67,29,36,12,31,37,32,47,45,19,35,10,3,0,0,0,0,0,12,6,19,12,9,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,11,11,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Na3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Nce5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Nxe5 (12... Nb4 13. Qc4 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 f6 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rb8 19. Rfd1 b5 {1-0 (42) Wojtaszek,R (2637)-Abasov,N (2505) Warsaw 2009}) 13. Nxe5 Bd4 14. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ba7 15. b3 Qc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. Bb2 b6 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Nxd7 {1-0 (33) Crombleholme,A-Evans,R England 1989}) 15. Bf4 h6 16. Rac1 b6 $1 {The position is equal.} 17. Qb1 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bb7 19. Ne5 Bb4 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Rc4 a5 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Rfd8 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 27. Rc4 Rd8 $1 28. Nc6 Nxc6 29. Rxc6 {KR-KR} Rd4 30. Rxb6 Rxa4 31. Kg2 Ra2 32. Kf3 a4 33. h4 h5 34. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Laxman, R.R."]
[Black "Mithil, Ajgaonkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,177,62,52,78,71,74,64,77,75,75,0,77,68,73,57,49,48,72,70,84,73,70,74,68,72,64,64,68,66,75,48,39,41,43,42,58,33,135,131,135,77,77,71,93,87,100,104,96,67,89,58,69,13,30,21,39,0,0,0,29,31,43,0,4,10,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,6,725,717,29982,2376,2366,2220,1391,264,252,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,952,962,763,785,1000,1002,1000,83,69,76,69,90,81,0,0,0,0,0,64,64,64,64,303,6,60,60,62,60,59,60,60,59,104,59,59,58,69,54,54,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,56,52,59,49,59,52,117,124,162,155,5202,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Bf4 Ba8 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} 14. Qc2 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Re8 15. c5 Nf6 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Be4 g6 18. Bh6 Qc7 19. h4 bxc5 20. h5 cxd4 21. Nxf7 {1-0 (52) Krasenkow,M (2585)-Swicarz,M (2308) Lubniewice 2003}) 15. Ne5 Nh5 {White is slightly better.} 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bf4 Nh5 $1 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. Bf3 Nf6 20. Bf4 Qc7 21. Qc3 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 {Threatening ...Bxf3.} 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 {[#]} 25. Ng6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Black is under pressure.} Qd7 (25... fxg6 26. Bxd6) 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Be5 Ne4 28. Qe3 Qc6 29. Qf3 Rc8 30. Re1 f5 (30... Ng5 $14 31. Qxc6 Rxc6) 31. Rd1 $16 Qe8 32. Qd3 (32. Qb3 $142 $1) 32... Ng5 33. Qe3 Nf7 34. Bc3 Qc6 35. b3 h6 36. f4 Re8 37. Be5 Kh7 38. Qc3 (38. Bb2 $14) 38... Rg8 39. Kf2 g5 40. Qf3 (40. Qe3 {feels hotter.} a5 41. a4 Re8 42. fxg5 Nxg5 43. Rd3) 40... Nxe5 41. fxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qc8 (41... Qa6 {with more complications.} 42. Qe2 Qb7 43. Kg1 Rg7 44. Qe3 Qc8) 42. Rd6 Rg7 43. Qd1 Rf7 44. Qd3 Kg7 45. Qf3 f4 {Threatens to win with ...fxg3+.} 46. g4 Rd7 47. Qd3 Rxd6 48. exd6 {KQ-KQ} Qd7 49. b4 cxb4 50. c5 Kf6 51. Qd4+ e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Kf7 $11) 52. Qd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3f5] Black must now prevent Qf5+!} Qa4 53. Qf5+ (53. d7 $142 Qxa2+ 54. Kg1 Qa1+ 55. Kg2 f3+ 56. Kxf3 e4+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 57. Kxe4 Qh1+ 58. Ke3 Qg1+ 59. Kf3 Qh1+ 60. Kg3 Qe1+ 61. Kg2) 53... Kg7 54. Qxe5+ Kg6 55. Qe6+ $2 (55. Qe4+ Kg7 56. Qd4+ Kf7 57. Qc4+ Kf6 58. c6) 55... Kg7 56. Qc4 $2 (56. Qe7+ $18 Kg6 57. Qe6+ Kg7 58. Qe5+ Kg6 59. Qe4+ Kg7 60. Qd4+ Kf8 61. Qf6+ Kg8 62. Qg6+ Kf8 63. Qxh6+ Kg8 64. Qxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 65. Qe7+ Kg6 66. Qe4+ Kf7 67. Qxf4+ Kg8 68. Qc4+ Kg7 69. Qd4+ Kh6 70. d7 Qxa2+ 71. Kg3) 56... Qd1 $11 57. Qxb4 {And now Qc3+ would win.} Qc2+ 58. Ke1 {Hoping for Qd4+.} Qc1+ 59. Ke2 Qc2+ 60. Qd2 f3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Qxc5 $11 61. d7 Qb5+ 62. Qd3 Qb2+ 63. Kf1 Qa1+ 64. Kf2 Qb2+ 65. Ke1 Qc1+ 66. Qd1 Qe3+ 67. Kf1 Qh3+ 68. Kg1 Qe3+ 69. Kh1 Qe4+ 70. Kg1 Qe3+ 71. Kh1 Qe4+ 72. Kg1 Qe3+) 61. Ke3 $18 Qxc5+ 62. Kxf3 Qc6+ 63. Kg3 Kf6 64. d7 $2 (64. Qd4+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Ke6 65. d7 Qc7+ 66. Kf3 Qxd7 67. Qxd7+ Kxd7 68. Ke4) 64... Qc7+ $16 65. Kf3 Qc6+ 66. Kf2 Qb6+ 67. Qe3 ({White should play} 67. Ke2 $16 Qe6+ 68. Kf3 Qc6+ 69. Kf2 Qb6+ 70. Kf3 Qc6+) 67... Qb2+ $11 68. Kg3 Qb8+ 69. Kh3 Qc7 (69... Qd6 $11) 70. Qd4+ $14 Ke7 71. d8=Q+ Qxd8 72. Qxa7+ $2 (72. Qxd8+ $18 Kxd8 73. Kg3) 72... Kf6 (72... Kf8 $11) 73. Qh7 Ke5 $1 74. Kg3 Qd6 75. Qf5+ Kd4+ 76. Kg2 Kc3 77. Qf2 {Qg3+ is the strong threat.} Kb4 78. Qb2+ Ka4 79. Qb3+ Ka5 80. h3 (80. Qc3+ {seems wilder.} Kb5 81. Kh3 Ka4 82. Qc4+ Ka5 83. Qe2) 80... Qd2+ 81. Kf3 Qf4+ 82. Ke2 Qh2+ 83. Kd1 Qh1+ 84. Kc2 Qh2+ 85. Kb1 Qh1+ 86. Kb2 Qh2+ {[#]} (86... Qg2+ $14 87. Ka3 Qe4) 87. Qc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2h2]} Qb8+ {[#]} 88. Kc1 $1 Qe5 $2 (88... Qg3 $16) 89. Qd1 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 45%. . Loss on time!?} ({Only move:} 89. Qf5 $18 Qb5 90. Qxb5+ Kxb5 91. Kd2) 1-0

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Nandhidhaa, P V"]
[Black "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,128,-20,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-10,-79,-39,-70,-70,-78,-79,-71,-62,-65,-72,-128,-125,-102,-89,-123,-132,-143,-66,-83,-33,-59,41,35,51,-9,141,87,73,7,17,13,31,28,49,0,80,-11,0,0,0,0,167,129,230,209,270,97,95,101,93,95,81,96,87,87,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-132,-133,-132,-139,-150,-157,-197,-129,-113,0,-178,-184,-177,-135,-213,-205,-288,-298,-322,-250,-333,-180,-180,-175,-349,-267,-862,-862,-845,-802,-689,-783,-891,-870,-1382,-1305,-29972,-29974,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. e4 c5 7. e5 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Nfd7 8. Re1 Be7 9. c3 {The position is equal.} (9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 h6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. c3 Rdg8 14. d4 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Kb8 18. a3 Qd8 19. b4 Qf8 20. Rc1 Qh6 21. Qa4 {1-0 (53) Kozul,Z (2613)-Kosteniuk,A (2555) Tallinn 2016}) 9... Nc6 10. Qe2 g5 11. Na3 $146 (11. Be3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 h5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 O-O-O 15. Nf1 Rdg8 16. a3 Nf8 17. d4 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Ng3 e5 21. Nh5 Nd7 22. Nh2 {½-½ (30) Caglar,S (2184)-Ziegenfuss,A (1969) Porto Carras 2018}) 11... g4 $17 12. Nd2 Ndxe5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Ng6 15. Qxg4 h5 16. Qf3 (16. Qd1 $142) 16... Nxd4 17. Qd3 Nc6 18. Nb3 Qd7 19. Be3 Nge5 (19... O-O-O $17 20. Nd4 Nb4) 20. Qe2 $15 O-O-O 21. Rac1 Bxa3 ({Better is} 21... Ng6 $15) 22. bxa3 $14 Nc4 23. Bf4 (23. Bg5 $1 $14) 23... e5 (23... h4 $1 $11) 24. Bg5 (24. Bxe5 $142 N6xe5 25. Qxe5) 24... Rdg8 $16 25. h4 (25. Red1 $1 $16 Rxg5 26. Rxc4) 25... Rg6 $11 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Bxd2 {Qxe5 is the strong threat.} f6 28. Qd3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} e4 (28... Rg4 $11) 29. Qb3 ({White should try} 29. Qb5 $16) 29... Kb8 30. Bf4+ Ne5 31. Red1 {Strongly threatening Bxe4!} d4 $2 (31... Rg4 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 32. Bxe4 Rxf4 33. gxf4 Rg8+ 34. Bg2 Qg4) 32. Qb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Ka8 (32... Rd8 $16) 33. Rxd4 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf5 34. Bxe5 $2 (34. Qd2 $18 {is more deadly. Threatening mate with Rd8+.} Rgg8 35. Rc7 Nf3+ 36. Bxf3 exf3 37. Rxb7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxb7 38. Qe3) 34... fxe5 $16 {[#]} 35. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4 36. Qc2 Rg4 {[#]} 37. Re1 $1 {[%cal Rg2e4]} Kb8 38. Bxe4 Qf6 39. Rc1 ({White should play} 39. Rd1 $16 {Intending Rd7 and mate.} Rc8 40. Qe2) 39... Qd6 $1 $11 40. Bf3 Rd4 41. Qf5 {aiming for Rc6.} Rf8 42. Qxh5 Qf6 {And now ...Rd2 would win.} 43. Rc2 Rh8 $1 {[%cal Rh8h5]} 44. Qg5 (44. Rc6 $1 $11 Qg7 45. Qf5) 44... Qxg5 $17 45. hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rg8 46. Be2 Rxg5 47. Bb5 Rg8 (47... e4 $19 48. a4 Rc5) 48. Re2 Rg5 (48... Rd1+ $17 49. Kh2 Rg5) 49. a4 $2 (49. Rc2 $1 $11) 49... Kb7 $19 50. Rc2 Rg6 51. a5 (51. Kg2 $17) 51... bxa5 52. Rc5 (52. Kf1 $142) 52... e4 53. Re5 Kb6 54. Bf1 Rf6 (54... Rc6 $142 55. Rb5+ Kc7) 55. Rb5+ Kc7 {Threatens to win with ...e3!} 56. Rc5+ $2 (56. Rxa5 Kb7 57. Rb5+ Rb6 58. g4) 56... Kd8 {Hoping for ...e3!} 57. Bh3 $2 (57. Rxa5 e3 58. f4) 57... Rd1+ 58. Kg2 Rd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 59. Bf5 e3 60. g4 Rxa2 61. Re5 exf2 62. g5 Rd6 {Black mates.} 63. Bg4 Rdd2 64. g6 Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Tu, Hoang Thong"]
[Black "Kulkarni, Rakesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,2,14,13,10,15,18,-4,18,-31,-23,-11,48,-39,-38,-38,-34,-34,-35,-32,-32,-32,-30,-30,-29,-32,-29,-36,-36,-47,-44,-47,-42,-214,-209,-189,-210,-207,-199,-198,-190,-187,-184,-186,-187,-207,-202,-200,-206,-224,-241,-322,-322,-322,-322,-538,-488,-518,-489,-653,-618,-823,-797,-811,-786,-1624,-1624,-1049,-798]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. Ne2 (4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bf5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Nc4 h5 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. dxe4 Bxe4 {0-1 (47) Nakamura,H (2786)-Caruana,F (2802) chess.com INT 2017}) 4... Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Be7 8. c4 d6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. h3 c5 11. Qf4 Bg6 {½-½ (41) Sabol,M (2299)-Kalivoda,J (2192) Czechia 2002}) 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} c5 9. Qh4 Be6 10. O-O-O Qc7 (10... Be7 $11) 11. Ne2 (11. g4 $14) 11... Be7 $15 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 12. Nf4 Ne4 13. Qh5 O-O-O $1 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Rxd5 Nxf2 16. Rg1 $1 {And now Bc4 would win.} Bxd5 17. Qxd5 {Qf5+ is the strong threat.} Rd8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 18. Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Rxd7 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rd7d1]} 20. Bc4 ({Much worse is} 20. Bxg7 Rd1+ 21. Kb2 Bg5 $19) 20... Bg5 $1 21. Bxg7 $2 {[#]} ({White should play} 21. Kb1 $15) 21... b5 $1 $19 ({Stronger than} 21... Bxe3+ 22. Kb1 $11) 22. Be2 f6 23. Bf8 Bxe3+ 24. Kb2 Rf7 25. Bd6 Kd7 26. Bg3 {[#]} Nd3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 27. Bxd3 (27. cxd3 Bxg1) 27... Bxg1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 28. a4 Kc6 29. a5 Bd4+ 30. c3 Be5 31. Be4+ Kd6 32. Bxe5+ $2 (32. Bh4 {keeps fighting.}) 32... Kxe5 {KR-KB. Black is clearly winning.} 33. Bf3 Kf4 34. Kc2 Ke3 35. Bd5 Rd7 36. c4 b4 37. Bc6 Rd2+ 38. Kc1 Ra2 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Nouri, Alekhine"]
[Black "Le, Quang Long"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,110,15,20,30,0,37,0,0,-45,-35,-76,-63,-111,-56,-36,15,41,13,0,0,0,0,-126,-104,-126,-119,-128,-55,-55,-55,-55,-41,-39,-1,-9,0,-4,59,54,50,46,45,51,52,0,7,7,38,47,116,-7,0,-16,13,9,20,0,0,0,21,-28,-28,-28,-22,-27,-29,-32,-36,-75,-35,-106,-36,-109,-96,-105,-88,-101,-107,-93,-61,-70,-87,-343,-341,-332,-306,-487,-447,-533,-532,-510,-423,-29980,-29981,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Nbd2 Qc7 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8... Bh7 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. Qd2 Nc4 12. Qc3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Ng6 14. Qe1 Be7 15. c4 O-O 16. cxd5 exd5 {½-½ (70) Le Roux,J (2572)-Sumets,A (2595) Belgium 2016}) 9. c4 g5 10. c5 Bg7 {The position is equal.} 11. Ne1 O-O-O 12. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qa4 Kb8 13. Rc1 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. f4 {0-1 (30) Melendez Fierro,J (2330)-Garcia Palermo,C (2455) Zaragoza 1993}) 12... f6 13. g4 Bg6 ({Black should try} 13... gxf4 $17 14. Bxf4 fxe5) 14. Ng2 $15 gxf4 (14... Rdg8 $15) 15. Nxf4 $11 Bf7 16. Nd3 {Hoping for exf6.} Rdf8 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qa4 (18. Rxf6 $11 Nxf6 19. Bf4) 18... Bg5 $17 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Ng6 (20... Bg6 $17 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8) 21. Rf2 $15 Kb8 22. Raf1 Be8 23. Rxf8 Ndxf8 24. Nf3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Rg8 25. Qb4 Nf4 (25... h5 $11) 26. Nxf4 $14 Qxf4 27. Ne5 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Rf2 Ng6 {Threatens to win with ...Rf8.} 29. Nxg6 (29. Qc3 $1 $14 Qxc3 30. bxc3) 29... Bxg6 30. Qc3 Qg5 31. Qg3+ Kc8 {[#]} (31... Ka8 $14) 32. Qf4 (32. h4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Qc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Rf1) 32... Qxf4 $11 33. Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} b6 34. b4 Kd7 35. Rf3 bxc5 36. bxc5 a5 37. Ra3 e5 38. dxe5 Ke6 39. Rxa5 Kxe5 40. Ra6 Rc8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 41. Ra4 Bc2 42. Rb4 ({White should play} 42. Ra3 $15) 42... Ra8 ({Better is} 42... d4 $17 {aiming for ...d3.} 43. Bf3 Be4 44. Bxe4 Kxe4) 43. Rb2 (43. Rb6 $1 $15) 43... Be4 $17 44. h4 Kd4 45. Kf2 Kxc5 46. Ke3 Ra3+ 47. Kf4 Kd4 48. g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Rb4+ $17 Kc5 49. Rb2) 48... hxg5+ $19 49. hxg5 c5 50. Bh5 (50. Rd2+ {was called for.} Kc3 51. Rd1) 50... c4 51. g6 {[#]} c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b2]} 52. Rb4+ Kd3 {Strongly threatening ...c2.} 53. g7 (53. Rb1 $19 c2 54. Rg1) 53... c2 {Black mates.} 54. Ke5 c1=Q 55. Rd4+ Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Nitin, S.."]
[Black "Arellano, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,38,25,45,37,26,37,35,36,25,16,37,31,43,48,58,53,56,46,79,13,17,0,24,0,27,18,59,0,25]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bf4 {C62: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence} (7. O-O Be7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Re1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bxb5 11. Nxb5 Nd7 12. Qc4 a6 13. Nc3 Bf6 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Qb4 b6 16. Rad1 Re8 17. b3 Be5 18. Be3 a5 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Bg5 {½-½ (59) Navara,D (2740)-Andriasian,Z (2585) Katowice 2017}) 7... Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bxb5 11. Nxb5 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nh5 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Kb1 Nf4 14. h4 Bf6 {½-½ (27) Kwiatkowski,A (1868)-Wrabel,A (1931) Warsaw 2006}) 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Bf6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Qe2 ({Better is} 15. Bxe5 $16 Bxe5 16. f4) 15... c6 $11 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bd2 Qe6 18. Kb1 Nc4 19. Bc3 (19. Bc1 $14) 19... f5 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 28%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Chandratreya Prachiti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,9,37,-41,88,94,94,88,93,83,82,72,77,85,82,84,83,62,106,106,104,94,108,91,116,115,100,121,118,115,120,115,115,123,178,191,188,186,239,231,387,370,359,368,456,423,456,440,479,482,471,455,602,654,732,712,747,658,739,714,904,904,1250,932,2706,1957,7037,6920,5937,5909,5712,5485,29990,29991]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Bd3 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} ({White should play} 8. Qxg7 $14 Rg8 9. Qxh7) (8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. Qd3 Ndf5 16. Rd2 Rc8 17. g3 Ne3 18. Ne4 Rxc2+ 19. Rxc2 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 {½-½ (31) Giri,A (2752)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 8... dxc3 (8... Qa5 $15 {stays ahead.} 9. Ne2 Nd7) 9. Qxg7 $16 Rg8 10. Qxh7 {White is better.} Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 {0-0 is the strong threat.} Bd7 ({Avoid the trap} 12... Rxg2 $2 13. Bg3 $18) 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. O-O Rdf8 15. Rfe1 Be8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ng6 16. h4 Rh8 17. Qg7 Nce7 {1-0 (56) Rauzer,V-Rabinovich,I Leningrad 1936}) 16. Qh6 Rh8 17. Qe3 Rfg8 18. Qc5 Qa5 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. Bh4 Ng6 21. Bf6 Rh5 {White should prevent ...Nf4.} 22. g3 Nf8 23. h4 Nh7 (23... Nd7 $16) 24. Bxh7 $18 Rxh7 25. Re3 Rg4 (25... Bc6 {was worth a try.} 26. Ng5 (26. Rxc3 Nc4 $16) 26... Rxg5) 26. Rxc3+ Rc4 $2 {[#]} (26... Bc6 27. Rd1 Nc4) 27. Rxc4+ $1 Nxc4 28. g4 Nb6 29. Kg2 Nd7 30. Kg3 Nxf6 31. exf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kc7 32. Ne5 Kd6 33. f4 Ba4 34. c3 Bc2 35. h5 Be4 36. Ra2 b6 37. Rh2 Kc7 38. g5 Kd8 39. g6 fxg6 40. hxg6 Bxg6 41. Nxg6 Rf7 42. Rh8+ Kd7 43. Ne5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Duong, The Anh"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,44,-31,-35,-132,0,0,0,-67,-85,-147,-168,-157,-164,-210,-197,-179,-182,-352,-318,-751,-404,-786,-766,-833,-480,-479,-472,-677,-674,-674,-664,-666,-665,-659,-658,-633,-626]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 (5. exd4 Nc6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qh5 e6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. h4 Qe7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Rh3 O-O-O 13. Re3 {½-½ (39) Rapport,R (2707)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 5... Nc6 6. Qh4 {[#] D01: Veresov Opening} (6. Bb5 $15) 6... e6 (6... Ne4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4c3][%mdl 512]} 7. Nxe4 dxe4) 7. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O-O Be7 8. e4 d4 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. Nb5 Ndxe5 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 {½-½ (57) Bui,V (2480)-Zeng,C (2350) Olongapo City 2010}) 7... Be7 8. e4 ({White should try} 8. O-O-O $11) 8... dxe4 $15 9. Nxe4 (9. Nd2 $142) 9... Nxe4 $17 10. Bxe7 {[#]} Qa5+ $1 ({Not} 10... Qxe7 11. Qxe4 f5 12. Qa4 $11) 11. c3 Nxc3 $1 12. Bg5 {aiming for Bd2.} Ne4+ $1 ({Stronger than} 12... Nxa2+ 13. Bd2 $16) 13. Kd1 $2 (13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2) 13... Qd5+ $19 14. Bd2 $2 (14. Ke2 h6 15. Rd1) 14... O-O 15. Rc1 (15. Ke1 $142 Nxd2 16. Nxd2) 15... Ne5 {Hoping for ...Nxf3.Black is clearly winning.} 16. Qh5 Nxf3 {[%csl Ge4,Gf3][%cal Rd5d2]} 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. gxf3 (18. Be3 $142 Ne5 19. Ke1) 18... Nxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Ke2 Nxh1 20. Bg2 Re8+ 21. Kf1 Bf5 22. Bxh1 Rac8 {Accuracy: White = 11%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Priyanka Nutakki"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,104,0,-28,-28,-20,-37,-41,-22,-73,-81,-84,-58,-104,-101,-104,-95,-96,-102,-108,-87,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-166,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-124,-141,-141,-141,-147,-141,-141,-160,-141,-155,-141,-156,-141,-163,-162,-156,-156,-162,-137,-137,-137,-137,-137,-137,-137,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29976,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qc5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Qxc6 {LiveBook: 10 Games. A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} Qa5 15. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. a4 Rd8 19. Qe1 Bc4 20. a5 Qb3 21. Rd2 e6 {0-1 (48) Prasanna Raghuram,R (2424)-Smirnov,P (2588) Mumbai 2015}) 15... Bf5 16. e4 {Black is slightly better.} Rfc8 17. Qd2 (17. Qe2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Be6 18. Rd1) 17... Qxd2 $17 18. Bxd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. a4 a5 22. Be2 Rb4 23. Bb5 Rxe4 24. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb3 26. f3 Rb4 ({Worse is} 26... Bxa4 27. fxe4 Bxb5 28. Rc5 $16) 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. Ra8 Bxa4 29. Bf1 Bc6 30. Rxa5 e6 31. Kf2 Bd5 32. Ra7 h5 33. Rc7 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 34. Rc2 f5 35. Rd2 Kf6 36. Be2 Rb1 37. Bd1 Ra1 38. Be2 g4 39. Bd1 Kg5 40. Be2 Rh1 41. Rd1 Rxd1 42. Bxd1 gxf3 43. gxf3 {KB-KB} Kf4 44. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. Be2 $17) 44... e5 {Black mates.} 45. Be2 Bb3 46. Bb5 Bd1 47. Bc6 e4 48. fxe4 fxe4 {[%cal Bf5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 49. Bd5 Bf3 50. Be6 e3+ 51. Kf1 Kg3 52. Bc4 Kxh4 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "9th HDBank Open 2019"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Xu, Minghui"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,59,91,26,26,9,13,22,28,24,29,35,48,31,42,29,40,29,33,35,47,44,39,32,25,24,29,25,27,4,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-3,-3,-3,-3,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 {[#]} 6. d5 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (6. e5 $1 $16) 6... Qe7 $11 (6... exd5 7. exd5 Qe7+ 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Bd2 d6 10. O-O-O Ng4 11. Be1 Nd7 12. Ng3 Ndf6 13. h3 Ne5 {1-0 (35) Zhou,J (2597)-Wei,Y (2743) Shenzhen 2017}) 7. dxe6 Qxe6 8. f3 Nc6 9. Bd2 Nd4 10. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd1 O-O 11. Nge2 Bb7 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Bxe4 14. Bxb4 Bxf3+ {1-0 (37) Finegold,B (2481)-Sukandar,I (2423) Saint Louis 2017}) 10... Ba6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 b5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 14. Ne2 $1 ({Reject} 14. Bxd4 bxc4 15. Qe3 cxd4 $17) 14... bxc4 15. Nxd4 cxd3 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 d5 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 {The position is equal.} 20. exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} c4 21. Rd4 exd5 22. Rxd5 Rb8 23. Rd2 Rfb6 {[#] ...c3 is the strong threat.} 24. Ke2 Rxb2 25. Rc1 Re8+ 26. Kd1 Rb3 27. Rxc4 Rxa3 28. Rc7 h6 29. g3 Ra1+ 30. Kc2 Ra2+ 31. Kd1 Ra1+ 32. Kc2 Ree1 33. Rdd7 Rac1+ 34. Kd3 Rcd1+ 35. Kc4 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 {KR-KR} Rc1+ 37. Kb4 Rh1 38. Rxa7 Rxh2 39. g4 Rh3 40. Ra3 Kf7 41. Kc4 Kf6 42. Kd4 Kg5 43. Ke4 Kh4 44. Kf5 g5 45. Kg6 Kg3 46. f4+ Kxg4 47. Rxh3 Kxh3 48. fxg5 hxg5 49. Kxg5 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

