[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,108,11,12,13,21,25,38,18,0,0,33,39,34,31,35,32,43,30,47,33,26,22,58,52,60,55,57,54,53,64,70,56,57,45,55,40,63,35,64,18,50,17,14,16,21,20,50,49,34,45,35,35,47,14,46,36,30,62,82,83,94,89,76,60,67,64,68,26,26,21,82,82,86,82,73,75,74,79,74,48,45,16,16,16,21,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 {D27: Angenommenes Damengambit (Hauptvariante 7.e4, 7.a4)} (7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 b5 9. e5 bxc4 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Bd7 12. Re1 Bb5 13. Nce5 Be7 14. a4 Bd7 15. Bg5 {½-½ (45) Grischuk,A (2782)-Caruana,F (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... Nbd7 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 8. Nc3 b6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8... Qc7 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Be7 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. e4 O-O 14. Bf4 {0-1 (48) Melkumyan,H (2653)-Paehtz,E (2459) Douglas 2016}) 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Be3 Bc5 12. f3 O-O 13. Qe1 Rc8 14. Qf2 b5 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Bd6 18. Nb3 {[%cal Bd4b3,Bb3a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} Bc6 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Na5 Ba8 21. Nc4 Bc5 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 23. Na4 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb4 25. Qa3 h6 26. Kf1 {[%cal Bg1f1,Bf1f2,Bf2e3][%mdl 32]} (26. Ncb6 $5 Qxa3 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. bxa3 Nxb6 29. Nxb6 $14) 26... g5 27. Rc3 (27. Ncb6 $5 Qxa3 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. bxa3 Nxb6 30. Nxb6 $16) 27... a5 28. Qxb4 axb4 29. Rcc1 Kf8 30. Na5 Ke7 31. Kf2 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Ne8 33. Ke3 Nd6 34. Nc5 Rc8 35. Nab3 f5 {[#]} 36. Nxd7 $1 Rxc1 37. Nxc1 Kxd7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLS-KLS} 38. Nd3 fxe4 39. fxe4 {[%cal Bf3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Ke7 40. e5 Nf5+ 41. Kf2 Nd4 (41... b3 $1 $11) 42. Bd1 b3 43. Nb4 Bd5 {[#]} 44. g3 $1 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Bc4 45. Ke3 Nf5+ 46. Ke4 Kd7 $1 47. g4 (47. Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]}) 47... Ne7 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 48. Kd4 Bf1 49. Bxb3 Be2 $1 50. h3 Bf1 51. Nd3 Nc6+ 52. Kc5 {Schwarz muss nun La4 beachten.} Bxd3 53. Ba4 Be4 {Und ...Kc7 würde nun gewinnen.} 54. Kb6 $1 Bd5 {Precision: Weiß = 67%, Schwarz = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,61,9,10,4,10,1,8,-3,1,-3,17,19,10,9,9,9,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-2,-13,-11,0,0,-3,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Be7 7. Nc3 (7. O-O O-O 8. d4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 a5 12. Nbd2 Na6 13. Qb1 Nf6 14. Ng5 {1-0 (14) Yu,Y (2749)-Xu,X (2536) Beijing 2017}) 7... O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games. The position is equal.} 8. d4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. O-O Rc8 $146 14. Bb2 a5 15. a3 Bf8 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 b5 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. Bd4 f6 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. Nb1 Be7 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke1 Ke8 27. Rc6 Rd6 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Rc6 Rd6 30. Rc8+ Rd8 31. Rc6 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,87,2,21,0,0,6,41,31,44,3,28,30,31,28,41,45,41,28,29,29,24,18,5,0,13,20,50,50,41,37,47,43,54,27,36,25,14,0,0,-93,-92,-88,-79,-72,-93,-77,-51,-66,-99,-114,0,0,0,0,0,-70,-72,-46,-8,-41,-48,-47,-50,-94,-95,-96,-49,-56,-35,-27,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 (5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. Nf4 e6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bd7 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Ne5 17. Bxb7 {½-½ (28) Aronian,L (2799)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis 2017}) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 {A08: King's Indian Attack} Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 d4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Na4 O-O 11. c3 {[%cal Rc3d4]} dxc3 12. Nxc3 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7) 13. Be3 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Qf2 Bf8 19. h3 Bb4 20. Rac1 Rd3 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Bf1 Rd8 24. a3 Be7 25. g4 Kg7 26. Kh2 h6 27. h4 Nd4 28. g5 (28. Kh1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28... hxg5 $17 29. hxg5 Nh7 $1 {[%cal Rh7g5]} 30. Bh3 {[#]} Qb3 $1 31. f4 Nc6 {aiming for ...exf4.} 32. Nd5 exf4 33. Bxf4 Bxg5 (33... Nxg5 $17 34. Rc3 (34. Bxg5 Bxg5 35. Qc2 Qxc2+ 36. Rxc2 Nd4 $17) 34... Qb5) 34. Bxg5 $11 Nxg5 35. Qf6+ Kh6 36. Bg2 (36. Rc3 $1 $11 Qxb2+ 37. Bg2) 36... Nh7 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh7f6][%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 37. Qxf7 Rf8 38. Qc7 {Black must now prevent Rc3.} Qxb2 39. Rh1 Qf2 $1 40. Kh3 {White threatens Kg4+ and mate.} Rf7 41. Qg3 Qb2 42. Ne3 $1 Nf6 {...Nh5 is the strong threat.} 43. Bf3 $1 {Hoping for Rg1.} Kh7 {[#] And now ...Kh8 would win.} ({Not} 43... Rh7 $2 {[#]} 44. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 45. exf5 $18) 44. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 52%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,55,15,14,15,6,11,19,14,18,47,46,40,48,31,15,29,13,45,0,0,13,10,0,0,0,14,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. Bc6 Bf6 15. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd2 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qc6 18. b3 {1-0 (64) Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)-Aronian,L (2799) Tbilisi 2017}) 18. Rfe1 h6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 c5 21. h3 c4 22. Qb4 Qb7 23. Rea1 ({Much weaker is} 23. Rxd6 Be7 $17) 23... cxd3 {The position is equal.} 24. cxd3 d5 25. Ra7 Qc6 26. R7a6 Qb7 27. Ra7 Qc6 28. R7a6 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,60,22,25,30,26,33,24,45,35,74,20,30,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-12,-12,0,0,2,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,12]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3 Qc7 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Qe7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. gxf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. e3 Nf8 16. Na4 {½-½ (51) Grandelius,N (2649)-Carlsen,M (2851) Stavanger 2016}) 9. d4 b6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. e4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb8 16. Qe2 {1-0 (39) Andersen,M (2464)-Meijers,V (2478) Korbach 2012}) 14. e4 {[#] Hoping for e5.} cxd4 15. Nxd4 {aiming for e5!} Qc7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Qd2 (17. f4 $16) 17... Qb8 $1 $11 18. Qe2 b5 19. a3 g6 20. Qe3 Rfd8 21. h3 Ba8 22. Nde2 Kg7 23. b3 h5 24. Rd2 {The position is equal.} Qb6 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. e5 Nfd7 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. f4 Nc5 30. Nd4 Rd8 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,61,18,18,8,16,14,17,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,-4,-6,-10,-8,-9,0,0,0,-7,0,-6,0,-7,0,-12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 {C84: Spanische Partie (Mittelgambit)} 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. Bc6 Bf6 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 15. a4 Rb8 {[%cal Bc8b8,Bb8b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} (15... Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd2 Qc6 18. b3 {1-0 (64) Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)-Aronian,L (2799) Tbilisi 2017}) 16. h3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra7 Rb6 18. Bd5 {1-0 (36) Kashlinskaya,A (2433)-Guseva,M (2352) Bilbao 2014}) 16... Be6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qd2 Rb6 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 b4 21. b3 Rb5 22. Ra4 Qb8 23. Re1 Qb6 24. Re4 Qc5 25. g4 g6 26. Kg2 Bg7 27. Re7 Bf6 28. Re4 Bg7 29. Re7 Bf6 30. Re2 Bg7 31. Re7 {Precision: Weiß = 66%, Schwarz = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,93,-8,-53,12,20,56,0,138,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,77,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 15. g4 {B78: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 0-0-0 Rc8} (15. Bh6 a5 16. a4 Qb6 17. g4 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxf3 19. Nxf3 Nxe4 20. Qd3 Nxc3+ 21. Kc1 Bxh6+ 22. Ng5 Bg7 {½-½ (58) Karjakin,S (2771)-Carlsen,M (2881) Dubai 2014}) 15... hxg4 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Na5 ({Black should play} 17... Qc8 $1 $15) 18. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. h5 Nxh5 19. f5 Nxb3 20. Nxb3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Qc7 22. fxg6 fxg6 {0-1 (69) Misiano,F (2265)-Cacciola,A (2118) Lugano 2015}) 18... exf6 19. Bd5 {[#]} (19. f5 $1 $14) 19... Nc6 {[#]} (19... f5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 20. exf5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. fxg6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qf6) 20. Nxc6 (20. Ndb5 $1 $16) 20... bxc6 {[#]} 21. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 22. Qxd6 Rxc3 23. Qxd7+ Qxd7 24. Rxd7+ Ke6 25. Rxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rf3 26. Rxg6 Rxf4 {Strongly threatening ...Kf7.} 27. Rg1 Rxe4 28. R6xg4 Rxg4 29. Rxg4 {KR-KR} f5 (29... Kf5 $5 30. Rg1 $8 Rh8 $14) 30. Ra4 Rg8 {[%cal Rg8g1]} 31. b3 Rg4 32. Rxa7 f4 33. Kc1 f3 34. Kd2 Rxh4 (34... Re4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 35. Ra4 Re2+ 36. Kd3 Kf5) 35. Ra8 ({White should try} 35. Ke3 $16) 35... Rh2+ $1 ({Reject} 35... Rf4 $6 36. Ke1 $16) 36. Kd3 Kf5 37. a4 Kg4 {The position is equal.} 38. a5 {And now a6 would win.} Rh1 39. Rg8+ Kf4 $1 40. Rf8+ Kg3 41. Rg8+ Kf4 42. Rf8+ Kg3 43. b4 f2 44. Kd4 f1=Q 45. Rxf1 Rxf1 46. Kc5 Rc1 47. Kxc6 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,53,44,77,75,72,78,91,71,75,77,83,81,88,90,83,89,108,108,108,108,108,116,104,103,116,83,95,76,79,31,35,0,0,-20,0,14,0,0,53,0,0,0,70,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d6 (3... e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Ng3 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Be2 Qe8 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15. Bh6 Qe5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Rd1 {1-0 (49) So,W (2778)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2720) Dortmund 2015}) 4. e4 e5 5. Ne2 c5 6. d5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... h5 7. h4 Bh6 8. Bxh6 Rxh6 9. Qd2 Rh8 10. Nbc3 Na6 11. Nc1 {1-0 (39) Grischuk,A (2779)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 7. Nbc3 a6 8. a4 {White is better.} Nh5 9. g3 Bg7 10. h4 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. g4 fxg4 13. fxg4 {[%cal Bf3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nf4 {[#]} 14. g5 $1 O-O 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. N2g3 Bd7 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Bd2 {[#] aiming for Ba5.} Nc8 19. Nh5 Bf5 20. Neg3 (20. Nef6 $5) 20... Qd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Bg4 is the strong threat. Black is pushing.} 21. Nxg7 Qxg7 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Qb3 Na7 (23... Rf8 $11) 24. Qb6 Nc8 25. Qb3 Na7 26. Qb6 (26. O-O-O $14) 26... Nc8 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc8b6]} 27. Qb3 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,95,10,11,3,11,26,31,20,43,8,17,4,12,-10,0,-14,0,0,0,0,18,0,13,16,22,16,22,10,9,10,10,5,12,5,9,9,8,8,16,13,16,10,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,2,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,2,8,0,7,4,2,2,8,8,8,4,8,8,10,17,8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Bf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Qc2 a6 {Threatening ...b5.} 12. a4 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd5 13. Ne4 Bg4 {½-½ (21) Svidler,P (2745)-Eljanov,P (2741) Germany 2016}) 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 {The position is equal.} 15. dxe4 Be6 16. Be2 f6 17. a5 Rfd8 18. Bc1 Qf7 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Rfb1 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Nd2 Qe6 23. Kf1 Na7 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. Qa2 Kf7 26. Ke2 (26. Nc4 {is interesting.} Rd3 27. Qb3 g6 28. Ke2 Rd8 29. f3) 26... Raa8 27. Qxe6+ Kxe6 28. Nc4 c6 29. Nb6 Rab8 30. Rd1 c5 31. Rxd8 (31. Nd5 {looks sharper.} cxb4 32. cxb4 Rbc8 33. Rab1 Rc2+ 34. Rd2) 31... Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Nd5 cxb4 33. cxb4 {[%cal Bc3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 34. Kd3 f5 35. f3 Bd6 36. Rb1 h5 37. Ne3 g6 38. b5 fxe4+ 39. fxe4 {bxa6 is the strong threat.} Bc7 $1 40. Nd5 Bxa5 41. Ra1 Bd8 42. bxa6 bxa6 43. Rxa6+ Kf7 44. Ra7+ Ke8 45. Rh7 Rc6 46. g3 Rc1 47. Rh8+ Kd7 48. Rh7+ {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,59,21,41,37,41,33,47,49,58,40,47,48,59,58,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,58,56,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-7]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 {1-0 (86) Karjakin,S (2781)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris 2017}) 8... h6 9. Nbd2 g5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. b4 $146 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf1 g4 11. N3d2 h5 12. Nb3 g3 13. Nxg3 Bg4 14. Qc2 h4 {0-1 (45) Oparin,G (2605)-Matlakov,M (2730) Sochi 2017}) 10... Nh5 {[#] And now ...g4 would win.} 11. Nb3 {Hoping for b5.} g4 {...Qf6 is the strong threat.} 12. b5 gxf3 13. Qxf3 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rf3f7]} (13. bxc6 b5 $11) 13... Qf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. d4 ({White should try} 16. Na5 $14) 16... Be6 $11 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Be3 exd4 19. Bxd4 e5 (19... Bxd4 $11 20. cxd4 (20. Nxd4 Kd7 $11) 20... Rb8) 20. Bxa7 $14 Rxa7 21. Na5 (21. f4 $5) 21... Kd7 {The position is equal.} 22. Rab1 Raa8 23. f3 Rab8 24. Kf2 h5 25. h4 Rhf8 26. Ke3 Rg8 27. Kf2 Rgf8 28. Ke3 Rg8 29. Kf2 Rgf8 30. Ke3 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2874"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,62,0,-13,17,-20,-6,-7,0,-23,-22,-11,16,0,0,-19,5,-25,-32,-35,-44,-38,-53,-52,-56,-68,-48,-58,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,5,7,6,0,4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxc4 Bc5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. b3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe7 10. Nfe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bb6 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Nc4 {½-½ (67) Melkumyan,H (2642)-Grachev,B (2654) Tbilisi 2017}) 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Nd3 Bb6 15. Bc7 Re8 16. Qc2 e5 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. a4 ({Reject} 18. Bxe5 Bf5 $17) 18... Bg4 19. Bxb6 (19. Bxb7 $2 Rac8 $17) 19... axb6 20. h3 Rac8 21. Qd2 Be6 (21... Bh5 $15) 22. Nxe5 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxb3 24. Nf3 {[%cal Be5f3,Bf3d4,Bd4f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} Bxa4 25. Nxd4 Ne6 26. Nf5 Qf6 27. Ne3 Qd4 28. Qa2 {[#] Rc4 is the strong threat.} Nc5 {aiming for ...Rxe3.} 29. Rc4 Bb3 30. Rxd4 Bxa2 31. Rb4 Re6 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,61,0,14,25,20,31,27,22,20,18,12,41,31,44,43,43,45,52,35,37,34,41,41,43,6,8,8,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-12,-9,-7,-20,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 30 Games} d5 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Qa4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qxc6 Bxh3 16. Rfd1 Qg5 17. Bf1 Bg4 18. Rd5 {1-0 (59) Vishnu,P (2538)-Thybo,J (2464) Lund 2017}) 11. exd5 Bxc3 $1 12. bxc3 cxd5 {White has an edge.} 13. Bg5 $146 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} ({Predecessor:} 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qc6 15. Re1 e4 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Qd4 Rfd8 18. Qe5 Bg4 19. Bf1 Nd7 20. Qb5 Rdc8 21. Bd4 {1-0 (34) Melao,H (2200)-Druon,R (2208) ICCF corr 2000}) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Bxf6 Qxc4 16. Bxe5 Bf5 17. Bd4 Rfe8 18. Qc1 h6 19. Qf4 Bg6 20. Qg3 Kh7 21. h4 {[#] h5! is the strong threat.} f6 22. Rfd1 Re7 23. Rd2 Rae8 {The position is equal.} 24. f3 Re2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. a3 Qb3 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qxa3 29. c4 Qd3 30. Bxa7 Qxc4 31. Bf2 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,65,4,0,0,0,13,10,8,0,9,0,12,18,12,5,15,0,0,-33,-36,-30,-26,-52,-29,-22,-22,-26,-25,-26,-26,-20,-27,-27,-31,-32,-33,-32,-27,-24,-14,-96,0,0,0,-28,-23,-25,-20,-252]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Na3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} c6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxa3 11. bxa3 Nd6 12. c5 Nc4 13. Rxc4 dxc4 14. Qc2 h6 15. Qxc4 b6 {1-0 (43) Aronian,L (2780)-Giri,A (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 11. Rc2 a5 12. Qc1 Bf6 13. Rd1 g5 14. Nb1 Rf7 15. Nc3 Rg7 16. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]} Nd6 17. b3 dxc4 18. Na4 cxb3 19. axb3 Nb5 20. Nd3 Qe8 21. Ne5 f4 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Nxd4 $1 ({Don't play} 23... Nxe5 $6 24. dxe5 Be7 25. Rcd2 $16) 24. Rxd4 Nxe5 25. Rd1 Qg6 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rg6g2] [#]} 26. Bg3 h5 {Hoping for ...h4.} 27. Nb6 Rb8 $1 28. Rcd2 Nf7 {White must now prevent ...h4.} 29. Qc5 (29. Qc2 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxc2 30. Rxc2) 29... e5 (29... h4 $17 30. Qxa5 hxg3 31. hxg3 Qf5) 30. Qc4 $11 {[#] aiming for Rd8+.} ({But not} 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Qb6 h4 $17) 30... Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...h4!} 31. h4 Bf5 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 32. Nd7 Rbg8 {And now ...Be7 would win.} 33. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 58%, Black = 56%. . An unexpected result.} (33. Nxf6 $11 Qxf6 34. Qc5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,61,20,18,3,8,14,16,18,14,23,-17,-8,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-2,-4,-1,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,8,8,5,12,2,29,29]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nde7 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Nb5 a4 14. c4 axb3 15. axb3 Nd6 16. Ra1 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Nxb5 18. cxb5 {½-½ (31) Carlsen,M (2827)-Vidit,S (2702) Douglas 2017}) 11... Re8 {The position is equal.} 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nf5 14. b5 Ncd4 {[#]} 15. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 {0-1 (44) Bachmann,A (2649)-Henrichs,T (2471) Biel 2016}) 15... Ra7 16. Nde4 h6 17. Nd5 Ra5 ({Not} 17... Qxd5 $2 {[#]} 18. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 19. Bxd5 $18) 18. c4 $1 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nb6 Qc7 21. Bd2 Ra2 22. Nc3 Ra6 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne2 Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Nd4 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Bc3 Ra2 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Qb6 30. Qa4 Nb3 31. Be4 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,115,22,9,15,-18,-17,-14,-14,-9,-10,-8,0,0,14,22,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,10,20,25,22,42,31,40,34,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-77,-84,-77,-84,-69,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 {LiveBook: 12 Games. B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. a5 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. d3 Be6 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Bd2 {½-½ (42) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... Qa5 7. Ra3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3 e6 9. Bf4 b4 10. Ne2 h6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nc4 {1-0 (75) Grabner,J (2233)-Sueess,F (2265) ICCF email 2013}) 7... e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d3 Qc7 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 $1 Nxb6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. Bf4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 {aiming for Nb5!} Bb7 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Raa1 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Nxe4 Bxe5 21. Qh5 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qb7 24. Ree1 (24. Rh4 $11 h6 25. b3) 24... Qxb2 $17 25. Qxc5 Rc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} (25... Qxc2 $6 26. Rxa6 h6 27. Ra7 $11) 26. Qa3 Qxa3 ({Much worse is} 26... Qxc2 $6 27. Rec1 $11) 27. Rxa3 Rxc4 28. Rxa6 Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. g4 Rb8 30. Rea1 Rcc8 31. Ra7 g6 32. Kh2 Rc4 33. R1a4 Rxa4 34. Rxa4 {KR-KR} Rb5 35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Ra7 h5 37. gxh5 Rxh5 38. Kf3 $1 Rf5+ 39. Ke3 Rb5 40. g4 Rb3+ 41. Kf4 Rb4+ 42. Kg3 g5 43. f3 Kg6 44. Rc7 Rb6 45. Ra7 Rd6 46. Rc7 f5 47. gxf5+ exf5 48. Rc2 Rd3 49. Kf2 Ra3 50. Rb2 $1 Kh5 51. Kg2 Kh4 52. Rb4+ f4 53. Rb2 $1 g4 54. fxg4 {The position is equal.} Kxg4 55. Kf2 Rh3 {[#] ( -> ...Rh2+)} 56. Kg2 f3+ 57. Kg1 Kg3 58. Rg2+ fxg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 73%, Black = 65%.} (58... Kf4 59. Ra2 Rg3+ 60. Kf1 Rg8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,84,21,13,20,26,13,37,39,37,38,31,36,29,29,32,36,33,20,25,11,18,18,8,25,56,67,54,57,58,48,49,49,56,51,59,50,70,60,75,72,83,82,85,90,89,27,59,7,14,12,12,14,16,9,17,14,10,12,18,16,12,19,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Ne7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7... a5 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. Nf1 Qa7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. a4 Ng6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 {½-½ (47) So,W (2810)-Ding,L (2777) Tbilisi 2017}) 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 $146 {[#] Hoping for a5.} ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 Ng6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Be3 c6 12. Nbd2 Bc7 13. c4 Nh5 14. Bf1 Nhf4 15. Qb3 {½-½ (88) Sethuraman,S (2658)-Sevian,S (2589) Stockholm 2016}) 9... c6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Rf1 {And now a5 would win.} dxe5 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13. h3 Nf6 14. Nxe5 Nxe4 15. Re1 Nd6 16. Bb3 Re8 17. Nf3 Nd5 18. Rd1 {[%cal Be1d1,Bd1d5,Bd5e5][%mdl 32]} Ne4 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Re5 Nf6 22. Re1 Bc7 23. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2b4][%mdl 32]} a6 24. Nc2 Nd5 25. c4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. b3 Rad8 28. Rad1 Kf8 29. Nb4 ({Better is} 29. Nfd4 $16) 29... Bc7 {[#] ...Ba5 is the strong threat.} 30. Nd3 (30. Nd5 $14 Bxd5 31. Rxe8+ (31. Rxd5 Rxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Rxd5 $11) 31... Kxe8 32. cxd5) 30... Bf5 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Re1+ Kf8 33. Nc5 Bc8 $1 34. Kf1 Ba5 {Strongly threatening ...b6.} 35. Re3 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Rb1 $1 37. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rb2+ 38. Kf1 Bf5 {The position is equal.} 39. Nd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re3e8]} Rb1+ 40. Ke2 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re3e8]} Rb2+ 41. Kf1 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re3e8]} Rb1+ 42. Ke2 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re3e8]} Rb2+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,62,-35,-33,-38,-41,-60,-37,-33,-30,-45,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-8,-20,-20,-30,-30,-30,-30,-29,-29,-29,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. c4 d4 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Bxa3 e5 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} (7... Nf6 8. d3 e5 9. Bxf8 Kxf8 10. Nbd2 h6 11. O-O g6 12. Qa4 Kg7 13. Rfb1 Re8 14. Ne1 Qc7 15. Qb5 {0-1 (67) Pantsulaia,L (2601)-Korobov,A (2675) Baku 2016}) 8. Bxf8 Kxf8 9. d3 g6 10. O-O Kg7 11. Nbd2 Nf6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. Qb3 h6 13. Qb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfb1 Re8 14. Ne1 Re7 15. Nc2 {0-1 (31) Marholev,D (2383)-Nikolov,M (2550) Panagyurishte 2012}) 13... Re8 14. Ra3 Re7 15. e3 dxe3 (15... Bf5 {looks sharper.} 16. exd4 exd4 17. Nh4 Bg4 18. f3 Bc8) 16. fxe3 Bg4 17. d4 {Threatens to win with d5.} Bxf3 $1 18. Nxf3 exd4 $1 19. exd4 {[%cal Be3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent d5.} Qd6 20. d5 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. d6 {[#] Strongly threatening Raf3.} Rd8 24. Rxa7 Rxd6 25. Rxb7 Rd7 26. Rb6 Ng4 27. Bh3 h5 28. Bxg4 hxg4 {Black has an edge.} 29. Rb2 Rc5 30. Rc2 Rd4 31. Rf4 Rxf4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,61,18,17,0,33,25,34,11,9,13,44,26,43,26,41,36,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,5,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-22,-22]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 (11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Qd6 13. Re1 Rae8 14. Nd2 c5 15. Ne4 Qc6 16. c4 Nb6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qf3 c4 19. dxc4 Qg6 20. Bd2 bxc4 {1-0 (46) Navara,D (2737)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... Qd7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. a4 (12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Nf6 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Be3 Re7 17. d4 {1-0 (47) Anand,V (2770)-Aronian,L (2830) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 12... Rae8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rad8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Nf4 16. Qg4 Nxg2 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Rxb5 Bc6 19. Rba5 Nf4 20. Ne4 {0-1 (20) Guliyev,N (2557)-Ragger,M (2651) Wroclaw 2014}) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Nf6 16. Nf1 Bd6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Be3 Qf5 19. Qe2 Qg6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg6g2] [#] The position is equal.} 20. f3 Bd5 21. c4 Be6 22. c5 Bxb3 (22... Bxc5 {feels hotter.} 23. Bxc5 Bxb3 24. Qd2 h6 25. Bf2 Nh5) 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Qd2 h6 25. Bf2 Rc8 26. Ne3 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Kh2 Qg5 29. Be3 Qf5 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,64,37,18,20,22,23,21,25,9,9,7,10,16,17,16,19,9,14,10,23,14,48,46,43,36,48,48,48,48,48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Bd7 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} (9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Na4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Qh5 14. f3 Bh3 15. g4 Qh6 16. Rd1 g5 17. Bc1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {0-1 (50) Carlsen,M (2855)-Nakamura,H (2787) Bilbao 2016}) 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Nd5 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 b5 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Re3 Rc8 17. c3 {½-½ (72) Zaitsev,I (2450)-Frog,I (2410) Moscow 1997}) 12. c4 (12. a4 {seems wilder.} Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Rfc1) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Rfc1 Qa5 18. h4 h5 19. c5 dxc5 20. Rxc5 Rac8 21. b4 Qb6 22. Rac1 Qd6 23. f4 Ra8 {The position is equal.} 24. Rc7 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc5 Ra8 27. Qe5 Ra7 28. Rc3 f6 29. Qe3 Ra8 30. Qc5 Rc8 31. Qxd6 exd6 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,84,35,37,31,45,26,24,29,-25,-33,-21,-37,-12,-5,-89,-87,-81,-83,-80,-78,-91,-68,-68,-75,-95,-85,-76,-77,-80,-44,-102,-108,-164,-174,-187,-195,-259,-262,-279,-275,-313,-320,-293,-310,-366,-358,-333,-283,-270,-238,-681,-591,-637,-638,-628,-617,-768,-619,-649,-644,-644,-614,-631,-639,-627,-624]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} (7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 Be5 16. Nd1 Ke7 17. c3 Rcg8 18. Ne3 Rg5 19. Qh3 {0-1 (47) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... Ne5 8. Qg3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bg1 {LiveBook: 21 Games. Black must now prevent e5.} h5 12. e5 {aiming for h3.} b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 13. Na4 Nd5 14. Nb3 (14. Be2 $142) 14... Bb7 $1 $11 {[#]} 15. Nac5 $146 Bc6 $1 16. Ne4 f5 17. h3 (17. exf6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} gxf6 18. h3 Nxf4 19. Qe1) 17... h4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 18. Qe1 fxe4 19. hxg4 Nxf4 20. Rxh4 Rxh4 21. Qxh4 {And now Qg5 would win.} Qxe5 {...e3 is the strong threat.} 22. Bd4 Ng6 {[%cal Bf4g6,Bg6e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 23. Qh3 {[#]} Qg5+ $1 24. Kb1 Bd5 25. Bg1 (25. Nd2 $15) 25... Be7 26. g3 (26. Be3 $17 Qh4 27. Qxh4 Nxh4 28. Nc5) 26... Ne5 $19 27. Be2 {[#]} Nf3 $1 28. Bxf3 (28. Bb6 {is a better defense.}) 28... exf3 29. Bd4 Kf7 30. Nc1 d6 31. Nd3 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 32. Bf2 Be6 33. Nxb4 e4 ({Don't do} 33... Bxg4 34. Qf1 $19) 34. Qh1 Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...a5.} ({Don't take} 34... Qxg4 35. Nc6 $19) ({Much less strong is} 34... Bxg4 35. Qe1 $17) 35. Nxa6 $2 (35. c3) 35... Qa5 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Qh5+ Qxh5 37. gxh5 Bg5 38. Re1 Bc4 39. Nb4 Re8 40. Re3 Bxe3 41. Bxe3 Re5 42. g4 {[#]} Rg5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 33%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,136,9,18,26,19,23,25,19,29,20,30,28,25,0,2,6,34,17,30,25,26,31,32,22,41,39,47,50,41,27,42,27,46,46,44,44,36,35,43,42,35,32,30,34,57,28,36,30,33,39,61,69,57,49,52,50,93,88,77,77,55,59,77,77,77,79,75,79,70,70,75,76,80,74,88,62,55,48,50,22,53,47,54,16,33,31,25,25,21,26,25,31,84,66,102,107,129,96,170,170,151,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,113,79,35,35,35,35,36,37,43,44,33,36,0,0,0,0,0,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 f6 12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Kh1 Qd7 {0-1 (45) Caruana,F (2802)-Nakamura,H (2786) chess.com INT 2017}) 5... Nd4 6. Nxd4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nd2 {White has an edge.} c6 9. Ba4 h6 10. Bh4 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O d5 12. Kh1 Bc7 {0-1 (31) Schiavon Vendramin,C (1758)-Vicente,C (1500) Altinopolis 2013}) 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ne3 Bb6 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Bg4 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. O-O O-O 18. Be1 Qe7 19. h3 Be6 20. Qe2 Bxb3 21. Qxh5 Bc2 22. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2c2]} Ba4 23. b3 Bb5 24. a4 Ba6 25. b4 b6 26. c4 Bb7 27. a5 f6 28. d4 Qh7 29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Qxe4 31. cxd6 exd4 32. Qc4+ Kg7 33. a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b7]} Bc8 34. Qxd4 Qxd4 35. exd4 Rb8 36. Bf2 Rf7 37. d5 cxd5 38. Rfc1 d4 39. Bxd4 {Hoping for Rc7.} Bf5 40. Rc7 Rd8 41. Bc5 ({Don't play} 41. Rxa7 Rxd6 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 $16) 41... Rdd7 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. Kf2 Be4 44. g4 f5 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Ra5 Bc2 47. Rb5 Ke6 48. Rb2 f4+ 49. Kd4 Bd1 50. Rb8 f3 (50... h5 $14) 51. Ke3 Kd5 {[#]} 52. Ba3 $1 Be2 {[#]} 53. Rh8 $1 Kc4 (53... Bxa6 $16 {is a better defense.} 54. Rxh6 Bf1) 54. Rxh6 $18 Kb3 55. Bc5 Kc4 56. Bd4 Kd5 57. Rg6 Rxd6 58. Rxg5+ Ke6 {intending ...Rxd4.} 59. Bxa7 {aiming for Rg6+.} Rxa6 60. Bc5 Ra2 61. Kf4 f2 $1 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 62. Re5+ Kf7 $1 63. Rf5+ Kg8 64. Bxf2 {Bd4 is the strong threat.} Bf1 $1 65. Kg3 {Black must now prevent Re5.} Ra3+ 66. Rf3 Rxf3+ {The position is equal.} 67. Kxf3 Bxh3 68. Kf4 Bxg4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,50,25,41,38,25,23,29,-24,-39,-118,-116,-115,-35,-14,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 {D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5)} 10. Rd1 (10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 12. h5 Nb4 13. hxg6 Bf5 14. gxh7+ Kh8 15. Rd1 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 {½-½ (96) Giri,A (2793)-Caruana,F (2794) Moscow 2016}) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. Nh3 e4 13. fxe4 Ne5 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games. Threatens to win with ...Bxh3.} 14. Nf2 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32] [#]} 15. Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. b3 Bd7 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Bd4 {½-½ (36) Heimann,A (2548)-Mikhalevski,V (2536) Lingen 2015}) 15... Rf7 16. Be2 (16. b3 $142) 16... f4 $11 17. Bf3 ({White should play} 17. O-O $15 Nbc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qe2) 17... Nbc4 $17 18. Qe2 b6 (18... Qh4 $17 19. O-O b6) 19. Bd4 $15 Ne3 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxe3 fxe3 21. Qxe3 Qf8 {[%cal Re5f3]} 22. Be2 Bh6 23. Qd4 Bg7 $1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 24. Qe3 Bh6 25. Qd4 Bg7 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,77,-9,7,0,3,-20,-8,-8,-2,14,-5,-16,-8,-16,0,-21,-21,-45,-37,-38,-48,-40,-37,-77,-57,-73,0,-39,-43,-43,-37,-40,-47,-45,-37,-31,-8,-14,-33,-24,0,0,2,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,36,40,200,153,153,166,1026,1026,978,893,616,185,477,471]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. Bxc6 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. Be3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Ne2 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c5 10. Ng3 Nb8 11. Nf5 Nc6 12. g4 Be6 13. Ng5 a5 {½-½ (41) So,W (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. g4 Nc5 11. Ng3 Ne6 12. Nf5 c5 13. h4 a5 14. h5 Ra6 15. Qd2 Nd4 16. Rh3 Bf8 17. O-O-O Be6 18. Kb1 f6 19. c3 {[%cal Re3d4]} Nxf3 20. Rxf3 c4 (20... h6 $1 $17) 21. Qc2 cxd3 22. Rxd3 Qc8 23. g5 fxg5 24. Bxg5 Bf7 25. h6 gxh6 26. Bc1 Qe6 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Re6a2]} 27. b3 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b3][%mdl 512]} 28. c4 (28. bxa4 Rea8) 28... axb3 29. axb3 Qc6 {White must now prevent ...Rea8.} 30. Rg3+ Kh8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 31. Rd1 b5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 32. c5 b4 33. Bb2 {Hoping for Rd8!} Bg6 $2 {[#]} (33... Bxc5 $2 34. Rd8 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (33... Qxc5 $14 34. Qxc5 Bxc5) 34. Rd5 $1 $18 (34. f4 Bxc5 35. Qc4 (35. Bxe5+ $2 Rxe5 36. Rd8+ Re8 $17) (35. fxe5 Bf8 $16) 35... Bf8) 34... Qb5 (34... Bxf5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5+ Bg7 37. Rxg7 $18) 35. Rg1 ({Reject} 35. Rxe5 $6 Qf1+ 36. Qc1 Qxc1+ 37. Kxc1 Rxe5 $11) 35... c6 $2 (35... Kg8 36. Qd2 (36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Bxe5 Bxc5 $16) (36. Bxe5 c6 $17) 36... Rae6) 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Bxe5+ Kg8 38. Bd4 $2 (38. Bb2) 38... Kf7 $2 (38... Ra7 39. Nd6 Qa6) 39. Nh4 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,60,-15,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-4,-4,-4,-6,-8,-7,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-5,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} (8. dxc5 O-O 9. e3 Be6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Ndxc5 15. Nd4 Rc8 {1-0 (41) Kasparov,G (2812)-Le,Q (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Nge2 Qb6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Bg4 16. f3 {[#]} Bd7 $146 17. Qd2 Bb5 18. Rfe1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc8 22. b3 b6 23. h3 a5 24. Qe3 a4 25. bxa4 Rc4 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Qe5 {The position is equal.} Rxd4 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Rb2 Rxa4 30. Rxb6 Rxa2 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 34,64,45,24,26,27,51,35,32,30,32,7,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,15,17,0,0,0,9]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} 15. Nc5 (15. Bc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 c5 18. Rhe1 e6 19. Qe4 Ba6 20. Bxe6 Bb7 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qxh2 {½-½ (41) Caruana,F (2803)-Nakamura,H (2799) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 15... Rd8 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Qc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h5 19. g3 Nd5 20. Qc4 e6 21. Rhe1 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Nb6 22. Qc3 {½-½ (48) Muzychuk,A (2587)-Cmilyte,V (2528) Eilat 2012}) 22. Nd3 Nb6 {[%cal Bd5b6,Bb6d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 23. Qc5 Rd6 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. Qc3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Nc5 28. Qc3 Rd8 29. a3 Qd6 30. Bc4 Na4 31. Qe3 Nb6 32. Be2 Qe7 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,72,32,30,25,31,31,32,20,30,30,25,6,7,6,7,10,22,20,19,15,25,27,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 {LiveBook: 10 Games. White is slightly better.} 13. Qxb7 Qd7 14. Qxd7 $1 (14. Qxa8 $2 {perishes.} Na4 $19) 14... Nxd7 15. c5 {[#]} Bxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Nxh2 Ne4 {[#]} 17. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. f3 {½-½ (53) Svidler,P (2728)-Ivanchuk,V (2750) Morelia/Linares 2007}) 17... Ng3 18. Bf4 Nf5 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. g4 Ne7 22. Rd3 Nf8 23. Rb3 Ne6 {The position is equal.} 24. Be3 Ng6 25. Kf2 Ngf4 26. Rb7 Kf8 27. Nf1 Re7 28. Rb8+ Re8 29. Rb7 Re7 30. Rb8+ Re8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Bxf4 Nxf4 $11 {KN-KN} 33. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3f4]} Ng2+ 34. Kf2 Nf4 35. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3f4]} Ng2+ 36. Kf2 Nf4 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,75,8,18,26,28,21,22,21,13,37,22,18,82,99,88,-15,-18,-20,0,17,121,23,13,12,12,14,22,20,22,22,17,0,0,0,49,-143,-143,-137,-137,-95,-123,-164,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} Bc5 12. a5 Be6 13. Bxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Bc4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. Nxd4 Bxc4 18. Nf5 Qe6 {0-1 (57) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 13... fxe6 14. Qe2 Ng4 15. Rf1 Bxf2+ (15... Nd4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 16. Qc4 (16. Nxd4 Rxf2 17. Rxf2 Qxd4 $17) 16... Qd6) 16. Rxf2 $16 {Hoping for Rf1.} Nd4 17. Qc4 (17. Qd3 $1 $16) 17... Nxf2 $11 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qg4 {[#]} (19... Qf4 $11) 20. h3 (20. Qd3 $1 $16) 20... Qg3 21. Qd3 $1 {[#]} ({Don't blunder} 21. Nxd4 $2 Rf2 $19) 21... Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Nxf3 Rf8 $1 23. Nxd4 Qe1+ $1 24. Kh2 Rf1 25. Qxf1 $1 Qxf1 26. Nf3 ({But not} 26. Nxe6 Qc4 $17) 26... c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} (26... Qc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4e4]}) 27. b3 $2 (27. Nxe5 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Qe1 28. Nf3 Qxe4 29. Bd2) 27... Qd1 $17 28. Bb2 Qxc2 29. Bxe5 Qxb3 30. Rf1 {[#]} h6 $2 (30... Qc2 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...b3.} 31. Kg3 c4) 31. Rf2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} c4 {aiming for ...c3.} 32. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d8] Threatening Rd8+.} c3 33. Rd8+ Kf7 $1 {And now ...c2 would win.} 34. Rc8 Qb1 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Rc8+ Kf7 (36... Kd7 $5 37. Rc7+ $8 Ke8 $11) 37. Rc7+ Ke8 38. Rc8+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,40,33,27,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,26,0,25,33,33,0,0,0,25,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 9. Bg5 Qg6 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} h6 12. h5 Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. c5 Nxc5 15. Bb5+ {1-0 (32) Adhiban,B (2671)-Wei,Y (2740) Hoogeveen 2017}) 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Ba3 15. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qd6 16. Nh4 {aiming for Nf5.} O-O 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Ng3 Qh4 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,145,10,9,7,0,4,-13,-24,-22,7,20,0,0,0,0,27,19,41,46,26,56,61,22,50,22,44,44,44,45,46,42,37,38,81,79,80,80,81,79,85,81,82,74,84,64,80,72,75,78,82,79,175,133,230,226,230,227,210,214,218,182,233,231,236,230,226,226,312,312,271,256,12835,12832,12833,12832,12834,12835,12835,12835,12835,12835,12836,12828,12837,12835,12834,12834,12834,12832,12833,12832,12833,12834,12829,492,419,419,396,389,12836,12835,321,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Bb7 {C45: Scotch Game} (8... a5 9. c4 Ba6 10. Nd2 Nb4 11. Nf3 c5 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 a4 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qe3 axb3 16. Bd3 {0-1 (28) Morozevich,A (2676)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Sochi 2017}) 9. c4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nb6 10. Rh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 Qe6 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Ba6 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Qd2 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Be3 {0-1 (60) Francisco,R (2273)-Agrest,I (2273) chess.com INT 2017}) 10... Qe6 11. f4 O-O-O 12. a4 d5 13. a5 Nxc4 14. b3 Bb4+ 15. Kf2 Nxa5 {Threatens to win with ...c5.} 16. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2b4]} c5 {White must now prevent ...Nc6.} 17. Rxa5 Bxa5 18. Bxa5 Qf5 19. Nc3 Qxf4+ 20. Kg1 {next Nb5 is good for White.} Rhe8 21. Nb5 {aiming for Rf3.} a6 22. Rf3 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxc7 Ree8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Na3 Rd7 27. Bd3 {Bf5 is the strong threat.} Kd8 28. Bxh7 g6 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rf6 Ke7 31. Rb6 Rc7 32. Nc2 a5 33. Ne3 c4 (33... Bc6 $16 {might work better.}) 34. Bc2 Bc6 (34... cxb3 $16 35. Bxb3 Kd8 36. Nxd5 (36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. Nxd5 Ra7 $16) 36... Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Bc6) 35. bxc4 $18 dxc4 36. Ra6 (36. Nxc4 Bxg2 37. Ne3 Rc3 $14) 36... a4 37. Bxa4 Be4 38. Ra5 Ke6 (38... f5 $142 39. Nxf5+ Ke6) 39. Rxh5 c3 40. Bb3+ Kd6 {[#] intending ...c2.} 41. Bc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2e4]} Bxc2 42. Nxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Ke6 43. Kf2 f5 $2 (43... Rd7) 44. Rh3 Ke5 45. Rd3 Kf4 46. Rd4+ Kg5 47. Kf3 Rc8 48. Ra4 Rc7 49. Ra8 Kf6 50. Ra6+ Kg5 51. Nd4 Rc4 52. Ne6+ Kf6 53. Nf4+ Ke5 54. Nd3+ Kd5 55. Ra2 (55. Ra5+ $142 Kd6 56. Ke2) 55... Kd4 56. Nc1 c2 57. Ra5 {Threatening mate with Ne2+.} Rc3+ $2 (57... Kc3 58. Ne2+ (58. Rxf5 Kd2 $18) 58... Kd2 59. Rxf5 Rc3+ 60. Kf2 (60. Nxc3 c1=Q $11) 60... Rd3) 58. Kf4 Rc8 {[#]} 59. Rxf5 $2 (59. Ra3 $1 $18) 59... Re8 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 60. Rf7 {Hoping for Rc7.} Re1 61. Rd7+ Kc3 62. Rc7+ Kd2 63. Nb3+ Kd3 64. Nc5+ Kd4 65. Nb3+ Kd3 66. Nc5+ Kd4 67. Nb3+ Kd3 68. g4 Rf1+ 69. Kg5 Rb1 70. Nc5+ Ke3 71. Nb3 {And now Rc3+ would win.} Kd3 $1 72. Nc5+ Ke3 73. Nb3 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,171,18,16,16,8,34,41,29,16,17,20,27,38,40,19,26,15,8,6,11,10,14,5,12,0,0,4,4,4,10,0,14,5,6,0,10,0,17,10,19,16,33,29,51,34,37,36,45,43,35,36,35,0,0,-87,-72,-73,-73,-87,-87,-95,-76,-85,-76,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-85,-100,-100,-100,-85,-85,-85,-100,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-107,-107,-107,-107,-107,-107,-107,-100,-85,0,-113,-85,-107,-85,-113,-113,-113,-100,-100,-85,-85,-85,-113,-113,-113,-113,-118,-85,-85,-85,-118,-118,-155,-173,-579,-462,-29961,-29962,-29960,-29962,-29958,-29960,-7200,-5171,-29963,-29958,-29966,-29965,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nxd4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (10... Rb8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nb3 {½-½ (13) Grischuk,A (2783)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Tbilisi 2017}) 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. a5 Rc8 {White is slightly better.} 13. Rfd1 Qc7 {[#]} 14. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. Bd4 {½-½ (17) Movsesian,S (2659)-Korobov,A (2680) Czechia 2015}) 14... Rfe8 15. Ra3 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Rd2 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 b5 22. axb6 Nxb6 23. Rxa6 Nxd5 24. c3 Nc7 25. Rb6 d5 26. Rb7 e6 27. Rd3 Na8 28. Rd4 Rc7 29. Rdb4 Kg7 30. f4 Ree7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Rb8 Ra7 33. b4 Nc7 34. b5 Ra8 35. Rb7 Ne8 36. c4 (36. b6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36... Nd6 37. Rc7 dxc4 38. Bxc4 Ra1+ $1 39. Kf2 Rc1 40. b6 {Hoping for Bd3.} Nxc4 $17 {KRN-KR} 41. b7 Rb1 42. Rxc4 {Rc7 is the strong threat.} Rxb7 {KR-KR} 43. Ra4 h6 44. Ra5 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Rb3+ 46. Kf2 Rd3 47. h4 Rd5 48. Ra7 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. fxg5 Rxg5 51. g3 Kg6 52. Kf3 Rf5+ 53. Kg2 Rb5 54. Re7 e5 55. Kf2 f6 56. Re8 Kf5 57. Rf8 Rb3 58. Kg2 Rb2+ 59. Kf3 Rb3+ 60. Kg2 $1 Ke6 61. Kf2 Ra3 62. Re8+ Kf5 63. Rf8 Ra7 64. Kf3 Rg7 65. Re8 Kg5 66. Re6 Rg8 67. Re7 Kf5 68. Rh7 Ra8 69. Rh5+ Kg6 70. Rh4 f5 71. Rb4 Kg5 72. Rb7 $2 (72. Kg2) 72... e4+ $19 73. Ke3 (73. Kg2 $19 Ra2+ 74. Kh3) 73... Ra3+ 74. Kf2 Ra2+ $1 75. Ke3 {[#]} Kg4 $1 76. Rg7+ Kh3 77. Rg5 Ra3+ {Black mates.} 78. Kf2 Rf3+ 79. Ke1 Kg2 80. Ke2 Rf2+ 81. Ke3 Kf1 82. g4 Rf3+ 83. Kd4 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%cal Re3e2]} 84. Rxf5 Rxf5 85. Kxe3 Rf8 86. Kd4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,115,0,-17,0,-56,0,-14,0,-104,0,-159,-145,-149,-84,-128,30,40,35,31,11,33,96,-45,-55,-45,-47,-61,-83,-51,-34,-105,-77,-123,-120,-123,-137,-133,-106,-117,-64,-52,-42,-84,-27,-35,-20,-27,-20,-27,0,0,0,-12,-12,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,32,63,0,35,31,29,45,53,34,49,33,31,31,31,34,38,40,213,204,564,564,522,539,558,564,549,539,690,652,618,606]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3 Re8 {A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5} (8... Bg4 9. Qc2 d4 10. e4 Rc8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Nd4 14. cxd4 Qxd4+ 15. Kg2 Qxa1 16. Be3 {1-0 (33) Kamsky,G (2676)-Antipov,M (2582) Bastia 2017}) 9. Nh4 (9. Qc2 $11) 9... b6 10. e4 dxe4 {The position is equal.} 11. Qa4 $146 (11. dxe4 $11 {remains equal.} Qxd1 12. Rxd1) ({Predecessor:} 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 e5 13. Nb5 Bg4 14. Rd6 Rac8 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Rd5 {0-1 (59) Van Dooren,D (2335)-Abbasov,F (2519) Cappelle-la-Grande 2008}) 11... Qxd3 $17 {aiming for ...Na5.} 12. Qxc6 $2 (12. Rd1 $1 $11 Qe2 13. Bf1) 12... Bd7 13. Qc7 Ng4 (13... Rec8 $142 $1 {[%cal Rc8c7]} 14. Qe5 Bc6 15. Qxe7 Re8) 14. Re1 Bd4+ $2 (14... Rac8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc8c7]} 15. Qxa7 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 (16. cxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Be3 Nxe3 $15) 16... Nf2+ 17. Kg1 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Kg1 Nh3+ 20. Kh1 Nf2+) 15. cxd4 $11 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3d4]} (16. Kh1 {is a self mate.} Nf2+ 17. Kg1 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Qg1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Rxg1 Nf2#) 16... Nxe3 17. Qe5 $1 f5 {[#]} (17... Nxg2+ $14 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Nxg2 Bc6) 18. Bh3 (18. Nf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf3d4][%mdl 512]} Qd3 (18... exf3 19. Bxf3) 19. Bh3) 18... Nc2+ $15 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxe4 fxe4 21. Bxd7 Red8 22. Ba4 {[#]} (22. Bg4 $15) 22... e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Re1 (23. fxe5 g5) 23... exf4 {Strongly threatening ...g5.} 24. gxf4 a6 25. Bd1 b5 26. Nb1 Nf5 ({Black should try} 26... Ra7 $17 27. Kf2 Re7) 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. Kf2 Kf7 (28... Rd3 $17 29. Be2 Rh3) 29. Be2 $11 Rd6 {Threatening ...Ke7.} 30. h4 c4 31. a4 Rc8 32. axb5 axb5 33. Na3 Rd5 34. Rc1 Rdc5 35. Nc2 Ra8 {White must now prevent ...Ra2.} 36. Ne3 Rac8 37. h5 Ke6 38. h6 Kf6 39. Ra1 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 40. Ra6+ Ke7 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Ke1 b3 43. Rb7 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ke6 44. Rb6+ (44. Rb4 $14) 44... Ke7 (44... Kd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7c7]}) 45. Rb4 {[%cal Re2c4]} R8c6 46. Bxc4 Rxh6 47. Rxb3 Kd8 48. Rb8+ Kc7 49. Rf8 Rh3 50. Nd5+ Kb7 51. Rf7+ Kb8 $2 (51... Kc6 $14 52. Rf6+ Kb7) 52. b3 $18 {Hoping for Nb4.} Rh2 $2 (52... Rc6 {is more resistant.} 53. Rxf5 Rg6 54. Rf8+ Kb7 55. Rf7+ Kb8) 53. Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a6] White is clearly winning.} Kc8 {[#]} 54. Na6 $1 {[%cal Ra6c5]} Rc6 {[#]} 55. Rf8+ $1 Kb7 56. Bd5 Kxa6 {[%cal Rc6c1]} 57. Bxc6 Kb6 58. Bd7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,90,11,8,33,38,21,46,33,28,29,33,43,55,59,37,16,11,17,11,12,11,6,19,36,37,22,25,30,22,34,30,72,61,69,9,14,5,16,6,10,24,34,27,27,20,36,31,45,49,49,60,60,49,80,35,92,47,47,16,68,30,30,30,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 {D37: Damengambit (5.Lf4)} 11. Nd2 {zielt auf Sb3 ab.} e5 12. Bg5 {[#] Und weiter mit Sb3 wäre nett.} Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c2][%mdl 512] Weiß steht etwas besser.} 13. Qb1 (13. exd4 exd4+) 13... Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 $1 15. Qxd3 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4g5]} ({Falsch wäre} 15... e4 $2 16. Qb1 $18) 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. b4 {[#]} Qd8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 17... Qa6 18. bxc5 {1-0 (34) Aronian,L (2801)-Inarkiev,E (2683) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 18. bxc5 {[#] Und h4 würde nun gewinnen.} Nde6 19. O-O {Weiss will Sb3 spielen.} Nxc5 20. Qb1 Rc8 21. f4 exf4 22. exf4 Nge4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Rde1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rb8 26. Qb5 (26. h3 $14) 26... Nd7 $11 27. h3 Nf6 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDT} 29. Kh2 Qd6 30. Qf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat Initiative.} b6 31. c5 bxc5 32. Rc1 Kh8 33. Rxc5 Rg8 34. Rd5 Qb6 35. Rd7 Qc6 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rc6g2]} 36. Rd2 ({Doch nicht} 36. g4 Re8 $11) 36... Re8 ({Lieber} 36... Rg6 $14) 37. Qh5 Qe4 38. Qh4 Qf5 (38... Kg7 $11) 39. Rb2 Re4 40. Qg3 {jetzt Tb8+ und aus.} Qg6 41. Qf2 {Droht stark Tb8+.} Qf5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rb3 Qxf4+ 44. Rg3+ $1 Kf8 $1 45. Qxa7 Qe5 {Precision: Weiß = 67%, Schwarz = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,60,0,7,0,0,0,9,9,9,0,10,7,18,4,8,0,12,8,1,0,0,-4,-7,-10,6,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-23,-14,-40,-29,-40,-11,-12,-12,-12,-6,-10,0,-3,0,-10,-12,-11,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3e4][%mdl 32] C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} O-O (8... Bb6 9. Nf1 Ng4 10. d4 exd4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Ng3 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Ba5+ 15. Kf1 Nc4 {0-1 (41) Caruana,F (2807)-Najer,E (2707) Tbilisi 2017}) 9. Nf1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 {...Nf4 is the strong threat.} 11. Ng3 f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg4 12. h3 Nf4 13. hxg4 Nxd3+ 14. Ke2 Nxf2 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Rf1 e4 17. Ng5 e3 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. Kxe3 {1-0 (20) Degraeve,J (2542)-Mounier,E (2092) Bastia 1999}) 12. O-O Be6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bf7 17. Re1 Re8 18. Be3 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Bc2 c5 22. Qh4 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh4h7] [#]} Bg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rad1 Rxe1+ (24... Nb6 {seems wilder.} 25. Ne4 Rad8 26. b3 Qd3 27. f3 Qc2) 25. Rxe1 {The position is equal.} Re8 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Qg4 Kf7 28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Ne4 Qf5 30. Qe2 c4 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,118,30,33,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,-12,-25,-17,0,0,0,-11,-12,-25,-13,-41,-20,-28,-33,-24,-17,-42,-31,-51,-51,-51,-51,-64,-59,-85,-74,-54,-57,-54,-54,-50,-53,-81,-81,-88,-81,-80,-80,-74,-80,-112,-91,-112,-117,-116,-96,-99,-91,-95,-95,-95,-93,-93,-93,-132,-133,-135,-130,-133,-144,-130,-137,-155,-128]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 {B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7} 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. Bg2 {LiveBook: 11 Games} (14. h4 Nc5 15. Bd3 h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. Rhg1 {½-½ (31) Giri,A (2762)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 14... g5 15. h4 gxf4 16. g5 Ne5 17. Qxf4 {[#]} hxg5 $146 18. hxg5 Rxh1 $1 19. Rxh1 Nfd7 $1 20. Kb1 O-O-O 21. Rh3 Kb8 22. Be3 Rg8 {[%cal Bd8g8,Bg8g7,Bg7h7][%mdl 32]} 23. Rg3 Rg7 24. Bh3 {And now Bxe6! would win.} Rh7 25. Qf2 Nc5 26. Bg2 Qc8 27. Bc1 Bd8 28. Nf3 Ng6 (28... Nxe4 $2 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Nxe5 $18) (28... Bxe4 $2 29. Nxe5 Bxg2 30. Nxf7 $18) 29. Nd4 Ne5 30. Nf3 Ng6 ({Don't go for} 30... Nxe4 $2 31. Nxe4 Bxe4 32. Nxe5 $18) (30... Bxe4 $2 31. Nxe5 Bxg2 32. Nxf7 $18) 31. Nd4 Bb6 32. Be3 Ne5 33. b3 Rh4 34. Nde2 Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 35. Bd4 Ncd7 36. Bxb6 Qxb6 ({Much weaker is} 36... Nxb6 $6 37. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc5 38. Nbd4 $16 (38. Qxc5 dxc5 39. Nd6 Bc6 $11)) 37. Qxb6 Nxb6 38. Nd4 Ng6 39. Kc1 Nd7 40. Kd2 Nf4 {Hoping for ...Rh2.} 41. Ke3 Nxg2+ 42. Rxg2 Rh3+ 43. Kd2 Ne5 44. Nde2 Nf3+ 45. Kc1 Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g2]} 46. Rg1 Ng6 47. Kd2 Kc7 48. Nd4 Kd7 49. Rf1 Ke7 50. Rg1 Ne5 51. Rg2 Ba8 52. Nde2 Nf3+ 53. Kc1 Rh1+ 54. Kb2 Nh4 55. Rg4 {[#]} Ng6 $1 56. Nf4 {[#]} Nxf4 $1 57. Rxf4 Rg1 58. Rh4 Rxg5 59. Kc1 d5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,13,20,17,3,-24,-18,-29,0,-8,-7,-8,9,0,33,0,11,7,54,52,54,62,56,12,26,0,0,-29,-18,-18,-30,-24,-16,-43,0,0,0,-24,14,8,13,10,10,10,10,11,8,14,3,18,9,15,134,133,147,170,200,184,246,249,224,0,161,171,375,354]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 (4... Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 Nd7 9. Bd3 g6 10. h4 Bf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. h5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qf6 14. Rc1 Qxc3 15. Rxc3 {½-½ (46) Khismatullin,D (2628)-Fedoseev,V (2733) Sochi 2017}) 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} O-O 7. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. d4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 cxd4 15. exd4 Bf4 16. e5 Qh4 17. f3 Rad8 18. Rae1 {0-1 (39) Dordzhieva,D (2272)-Girya,O (2459) Sochi 2015}) 7... Nxg4 8. Rg1 {The position is equal.} f5 9. cxd5 e5 10. h3 Nf6 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Qf3 (12. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 13. dxe6 $11) 12... Kh8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. Qxb7 Nbd7 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. Qg2 Nb6 18. Be2 a5 19. Bb5 Rad8 20. Qg5 g6 21. Qh6 {Black should prevent Rxg6.} Ng8 22. Qg5 Nf6 23. Rd1 (23. Qh6 $5 {[%cal Rg1g6]}) 23... e4 24. Qh6 Rg8 $1 25. Ne2 $1 Be5 26. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 27. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g6]} g5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 28. Rxg5 Rxg5 29. Qxg5 {[#] Black must now prevent Nh5.} Rg8 30. Qh6 Rg7 (30... Rg1+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 31. Bf1 Nbd7) 31. Bc4 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Qb2 33. Ke2 a4 (33... Qb6 {might work better.} 34. Rb1 Qxb1 35. Qxf6 h6 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Rf7 38. Qe8+ Rf8 39. Qe6+ Kh7) 34. Ne6 $18 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rh6g7]} Rf7 35. Nf4 Rg7 $1 {[#]} 36. a3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ne8 $2 (36... Qb6 {was called for.} 37. Rb1 Qxb1 38. Qxf6 h6 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Rf7 41. Qe8+ Rf8 42. Qe6+ (42. Qxa4 Qh1 $11) 42... Kh7 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qe6+ (44. Qxc7 Qh1 $14) 44... Kh7 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qh6+ Kg8 47. Qg5+ Kh7 48. Qh4+ Kg8 49. Qg5+ Kh7 50. Qh5+ Kg8 51. Qg5+) (36... Qxa3 37. Qxf6) 37. Qc6 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,80,8,10,12,10,22,12,0,25,29,35,28,29,23,30,12,25,23,18,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-8,-12,0,0,8,0,109,41,29,42,41,5,16,16,29,24,88,66,68,0,0,0,0,-22,-22,-63,-61,-65,-65,-268,-285,-264,-281,-279,-268,-271,-270,-283,-278]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 d5 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} Nf6 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. a3 Rc8 {[#]} 16. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qb1 Qb6 17. b4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Be3 Qc7 {½-½ (49) Safarli,E (2620)-Mammadov,Z (2442) Baku 2012}) 16... a6 17. Qc1 Re8 18. Rfe1 Bf8 19. Bf4 b5 20. Qd2 b4 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Ne5 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 a5 24. Qf3 Bb4 {[#]} (24... Qe7 $11) 25. Re3 (25. Bxh6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc3 (25... gxh6 26. Ne4) 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. bxc3) 25... Bxc3 $14 26. bxc3 Ba4 27. Ra1 Bc2 $1 28. h3 Bf5 29. g4 Bh7 (29... Bg6 $11 {remains equal.}) 30. c4 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} 31. Nc6 (31. c5 $1 $14) 31... Qf6 $1 $11 {Hoping for ...g5.} 32. Nxa5 Nb6 33. c5 Rxc5 $1 34. dxc5 Qxa1+ 35. Kh2 Qxa5 36. Qc6 $2 ({White must play} 36. cxb6 $15 Qxb6 37. Rc3) 36... Qa4 $19 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 37. Qxa4 Nxa4 38. c6 {If only White now had time for Rb3....} Nb6 39. c7 f6 {...e5 is the strong threat.} 40. Rb3 {[#]} Nc8 $1 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,53,4,-5,-6,25,25,20,20,34,17,24,0,5,0,2,5,24,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-18]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 {C54: Italienische Partie (Hauptvariante)} a6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Ne4 Ba7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... Bb6 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Bxb6 Nxb6 15. Bb3 Nd5 {½-½ (29) Vachier Lagrave,M (2794)-Leko,P (2679) Germany 2017}) 13. b4 Kh8 14. Bd2 Nce7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 c6 17. Ng3 Be8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 19. c4 Bc5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxe7 {[#] Droht stark Lh6!} Bc5 24. Rc7 Bb6 25. Re7 Bc5 26. Rc7 Bb6 27. Re7 {Precision: Weiß = 74%, Schwarz = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,112,0,4,10,11,16,15,22,22,22,22,22,15,21,18,22,28,21,25,47,21,20,0,33,36,43,13,18,13,13,20,27,13,13,13,14,13,19,0,16,17,17,25,21,21,18,16,17,17,19,17,47,21,21,19,18,28,32,8,10,8,8,8,8,8,12,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,-8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 {E08: Katalanisch} Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nhf6 17. e3 Qb8 18. Bf1 Rc8 {[#]} 19. a4 $146 h6 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. a5 Bc6 22. axb6 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Nxb6 24. Qa3 Rc7 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Qb4 (26. Qa5 {is interesting.} Nd7 27. Nd3 Nf6 28. b3 Ne4 29. Bg2) 26... Nd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7b8,Bb8c6][%mdl 32]} 27. Qxb8 Nxb8 28. Nd3 Rb7 29. Ra2 Nc6 30. Nc5 Rb6 31. b3 Kf8 32. Ba6 Nb4 33. Ra3 Nxa6 34. Nxa6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} Bb5 35. Nc5 a6 36. f4 Ke7 37. Kf2 f6 38. g4 Rc6 39. Ra2 g5 40. Rc2 Rc8 41. Kg3 gxf4+ 42. exf4 e5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 43. fxe5 fxe5 44. dxe5 d4 {[#] Und weiter mit ...d3 wäre nett.} 45. Rc1 Rd8 46. Nb7 Rd5 47. Rc5 Ke6 {...d3 ist eine echte Drohung.} 48. Kf4 {[#] Und Ke4 würde nun gewinnen.} d3 49. Rxd5 Kxd5 {KL-KS} 50. Ke3 Kxe5 51. h4 d2 52. Kxd2 Kf4 53. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h6]} hxg5 54. hxg5 Kxg5 55. Nc5 Kf6 56. Nxa6 Ke5 {Precision: Weiß = 67%, Schwarz = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,85,0,0,24,16,36,35,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,7,22,0,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nd7 {E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0} 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 {White is slightly better.} 17. Rfe1 {The position is equal.} Rb8 18. Rad1 Bxe5 $1 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 b6 21. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6d7][%mdl 32] [#] With the idea c6.} Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... f6 22. cxb6 axb6 {1-0 (55) Navara,D (2730)-Caruana,F (2787) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 22. c6 {next c7 is good for White.} Rbc8 23. Rd7 Rfd8 24. Re4 Rxd7 25. cxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 26. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a6]} Bb5 27. Rxa7 Kf8 28. Bf1 Bxd7 29. Rb7 e5 30. Bc4 b5 31. Bxb5 Be6 $1 32. c4 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rc1 34. a4 {Threatens to win with a5.} Bxc4 {[#] And now ...Bd5+ would win.} 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 {KR-KR} 36. a5 {Hoping for a6.} Ra4 37. Ra7 e4 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. a6 Kf6 40. g4 e3 41. fxe3 {aiming for Kg3.} Rxg4+ 42. Kf3 Ra4 43. a7 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,53,8,0,0,5,0,-11,-12,-12,-13,-31,-7,-12,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 12. Bf4 c6 13. Nd2 Nh4 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Nf3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Qd7 {[#]} 17. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qd3 Rae8 18. h3 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 {½-½ (33) Zhao,J (2616)-Wang,Y (2706) China 2017}) 17... Bxe5 18. Rxe5 f6 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 {The position is equal.} Re8 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Kf7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qe2 Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,106,26,35,30,9,9,6,11,9,9,9,7,2,13,8,8,8,28,27,29,22,29,25,52,52,59,60,70,72,85,70,76,50,46,50,92,59,62,65,65,70,86,51,33,30,45,45,46,53,56,66,54,57,57,57,84,46,80,46,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-128,-143,-146,-133,-157,-150,-152,-141,-191,-185,-300,-257,-293,-287,-639,-637,-606,-604,-882,-887,-802,-834,-1070,-1057,-1023,-846,-29992,-839,-800,-793]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 (4... Nf6 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Qc7 7. e4 d6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nde2 b5 11. a3 O-O 12. g4 Nd7 13. g5 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. h4 Bb7 16. h5 g6 17. f4 {1-0 (37) Sjugirov,S (2650)-Alekseev,E (2622) Sochi 2017}) 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. e3 {LiveBook: 9 Games. A43: Schmid Benoni} d5 7. Qg4 Bf8 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Nf6 9. Qe2 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd7 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 {0-1 (48) Salo,H (2267)-Lehtinen,H (2408) Finland 2013}) 10. Qb5+ Bd7 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. a4 O-O 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 Rac8 18. Bc3 h5 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Nd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2f3,Bf3g5][%mdl 32]} h4 21. Nf3 hxg3 22. hxg3 e4 23. Ng5 Ng6 24. Ra7 Rb8 25. Bd4 {Strongly threatening c4.} Bc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 {[#]} 27. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for cxd5.} Ne7 $1 (27... dxc4 28. Rxd8+) 28. cxd5 Nc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8a7]} 29. Ra4 Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6a4]} 30. Ra3 Nc4 31. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c4]} ({Of course not} 31. Nxe4 $6 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Nxa3 $15) 31... Nd6 32. Rxc5 Ra8 33. Bh3 Re8 {and if ...Re5 works, Black does fine.} 34. Rc7 {Black must now prevent Nxf7.} Kf8 $1 35. b6 (35. Bf1 $16) 35... Re5 $11 36. Ne6+ fxe6 37. dxe6 Nfe8 $1 {[%cal Re8c7]} 38. Rd7 Raa5 39. b4 (39. R1xd6 $11 {remains equal.} Nxd6 40. Rxd6) 39... Rad5 $17 40. Ra1 {[#]} Rb5 $1 41. Ra8 {aiming for Rxd6.} Rxb6 42. Bg4 {[#]} Rd5 $1 43. Kg2 Rxb4 44. Ra1 (44. Kh3 $142) 44... Rbb5 45. Be2 Rb2 46. Bg4 $2 (46. Rh1 Kg8 47. Rd1 Rxd1 48. Bxd1) 46... Rdd2 $19 47. Kh3 {White hopes to continue with Bh5.} Rxf2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rf2h2]} 48. Kh4 Rh2+ 49. Bh3 {[#]} g5+ $1 50. Kh5 (50. Kxg5 Rxh3) 50... Rxh3+ 51. Kg6 Rf2 52. e7+ Kg8 {( -> ...Nf7)} 53. Rxd6 Rh7 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,135,6,-4,20,9,18,3,6,4,0,6,9,-41,-39,-48,7,-25,-14,-21,-24,-28,-20,-29,0,-8,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-7,-5,0,0,0,0,14,14,8,16,8,16,34,40,39,43,54,52,60,54,54,52,60,69,198,153,150,122,121,124,160,181,169,159,159,176,162,76,83,83,91,95,95,95,86,77,92,0,6,37,8,14,207,164,749,680,713,740,742,719,633,563,12837,12838,12838,12839,12839,12839,12841,12842,12842,12843,12841,12838]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (6... Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. b5 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. d4 exd4 15. exd4 Re8 16. Re1 Bf7 17. a4 Bf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 {½-½ (27) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Karjakin,S (2783) chess.com INT 2017}) 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Re8 {The position is equal.} 9. Ng5 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Ne4 Be6 12. Be3 f5 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Bd5 {1-0 (47) Von Wantoch Rekowski,D (2242)-Lochte,T (2170) Munich 2007}) 10. Qb3 {Threatens to win with Be3.} Qe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nd8 (12... Nd4 $15 13. Bxf7+ Kh8) 13. Qc4 Bd4 14. Bg2 h6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Be3 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Bxe3 17. fxe3 e4 18. dxe4 a5 19. a3 Ra6 {[%cal Ba8a6,Ba6b6,Bb6b3][%mdl 32]} 20. Rac1 Rb6 21. Rc2 Be6 22. Qc3 Rb3 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qc1 a4 25. Rc5 Rd7 26. h3 Qd8 27. g4 g6 28. Kh1 Kg7 29. e5 Bd5 30. Kg1 Be6 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Kg1 Rd5 33. Rc4 Ra5 34. Rc2 Bd5 35. Nd4 Nxd4 $1 36. exd4 Rg3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black is fighting back} 37. Rf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf3 38. exf3 c6 39. Kh2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd5 41. Rc4 c5 42. Rxc5 Rxd4 43. Qc3 Qd8 (43... Rd3 $14 44. Qxd3 Qxc5) 44. Rc8 Qb6 45. Re8 g5 46. Re7 Kg8 47. e6 fxe6 48. Qc2 {White wants to mate with Qh7+.} Kf8 49. Rh7 Qc6 {[#]} 50. Qxc6 (50. Rh8+ $1 $18 {has better winning chances.} Ke7 51. Qh7+ Kd6 52. Rd8+ (52. Qxh6 Qc2+ 53. Kg3 Qd1 $15) 52... Kc5 53. Qc2+ Rc4 54. Qd3) 50... bxc6 51. Rxh6 $18 {KR-KR} Kf7 52. Kg3 Rd2 53. Rh7+ Kf6 54. Rb7 Ke5 55. h4 (55. Rg7 $16) 55... gxh4+ $11 56. Kxh4 {And now g5 would win.} Kf4 {[%cal Rd2h2]} 57. Rf7+ Ke3 $2 {[#]} (57... Ke5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 58. Kg3 $1 $18 Rd1 $2 (58... c5) 59. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Rg1+ 60. Kh4 Rg2 61. Rf6 e5 62. g6 Rxb2 63. Kg5 Rg2+ 64. Kh6 Rh2+ 65. Kg7 c5 66. Kf7 c4 67. g7 Rh7 68. Ra6 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,28,27,19,14,14,29,0,0,-17,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-8,-11,-10,-6,-8,-20,-11,-40,-35,-33,-30,-45,-57,-49,-18,-293,-313,-343,-365,-364,-133,-265,-266,-295,-280,-289,-286]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (6. h3 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. a4 Ng6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 {½-½ (44) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... h6 (6... a6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Ba2 Qxd3 13. a5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 {½-½ (33) Anand,V (2786)-So,W (2812) Stavanger 2017}) 7. c3 a5 8. Nbd2 {White has an edge.} d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 14. Qb3 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b6) 15. Nc4 Ng6 16. Rad1 b6 17. Qc2 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. b3 Rad8 20. d4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qa8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd3 Qe7 25. Nc2 Nf4 26. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2f4]} N6d5 27. Kf1 {[#]} Nxc3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] Black attacks.} 28. N4e3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Nxb6 $1 $11 cxb6 29. Qxc3) (28. Qxc3 Qe2+) 28... Ne4 $19 29. Qd4 c5 30. Qd1 Qf6 $2 (30... Qh4 $19 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh4f2] and Black stays clearly on top.} 31. Ng4 {[#]} Nxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. gxh3 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Nc3 34. Nxh6+ gxh6) 31. Ng4 (31. Qd7 $17 Kh7 32. f3 Ng3+ 33. Kf2) 31... Qc3 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 32. Nce3 h5 {And now ...g6 would win.} 33. Nh2 Qb2 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,62,24,18,4,32,30,31,24,12,14,31,26,29,25,39,16,9,24,18,22,43,22,77,24,61,19,44,35,49,37,55,45,56,0,33,0,56]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Qf6 {D37: Damengambit (5.Lf4)} (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6 15. Rb1 d4 16. b5 axb5 17. Rxb5 Bxf3 18. Qb1 Bc7 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. gxf3 Bxf4 21. exf4 Ne7 22. Rh5 Ra5 23. Bf5+ Kg8 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Bf5+ Kg8 26. Bh7+ {½-½ (26) Inarkiev,E (2727)-Nakamura,H (2786) Moscow 2017}) 13. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} h6 14. b5 Nd4 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Partien. Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} 15. h3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rc1 Bb2 17. Rc7 Bxa3 18. Bb1 Bd6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (53) Flores,D (2602)-Onischuk,A (2672) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 15... g5 {[#] zielt auf ...Sxf3+ ab.} 16. Nxd4 gxf4 17. Qf3 Bxd4 18. exd4 Be6 $1 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Re5 Rg8 21. Rae1 Rg7 22. g4 Rag8 $1 {[%cal Rg7g4] [#] Droht ...Txg4+! und aus.} 23. Kf1 $1 Rg5 24. Bc2 {[%cal Bd3c2,Bc2d1,Bd1f3][%mdl 32]} Rc8 (24... Rxe5 $11 25. Rxe5 Rg5) 25. Qd3 (25. Bb3 $16) 25... Kg8 26. Bd1 Kg7 27. Bf3 b6 28. Kg2 Rh8 29. Qd2 Rc8 30. Qd3 Rh8 31. Qd2 Rc8 {Precision: Weiß = 58%, Schwarz = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,38,19,0,9,9,9,9,9,9,18,9,7,12,5,5,6,9,9,6,15,5,23,2,0,0,29,0,25]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 {LiveBook: 42 Games. A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} Bb4 8. Be2 Bd7 9. Ndb5 $146 {Threatens to win with Nc7+.} ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 {½-½ (10) Svidler,P (2763)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 9... e5 10. Bg5 {aiming for Bxf6.} a6 11. a3 axb5 12. axb4 {Strongly threatening Rxa8.} Rxa1 13. Qxa1 dxc4 14. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatening Ne4. White is pushing.} O-O ({But not} 14... Nxb4 $6 15. Rd1 $16) 15. Rd1 {White wants to play Ne4!} Qe7 ({Much weaker is} 15... Nxb4 $6 16. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Nc7 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qe6 19. Nc7 (19. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 {[#]} 20. Nxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf6 21. Rxd7 $11) 19... Qe7 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,125,6,0,0,0,10,0,10,-12,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,-6,0,0,10,1,28,0,41,41,47,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-20,-19,-56,-32,-45,-25,-20,-21,-51,-47,-57,-24,-25,0,0,0,-91,0,-23,36,-18,81,56,56,56,56,63,64,81,81,81,81,81,83,56,115,42,42,42,44,41,41,41,53,42,54,53,54,55,58,20,21,0,22,22,27,-58,0,0,21,21,21,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nde7 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Nb5 a4 14. c4 axb3 15. axb3 Nd6 16. Ra1 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Nxb5 18. cxb5 {½-½ (31) Carlsen,M (2827)-Vidit,S (2702) Douglas 2017}) 11... a4 12. Re4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 h6 13. Re4 f5 14. Rxa4 {0-1 (34) Lorenz,S (2298)-Hector,J (2509) Germany 2000}) 12... Nd5 13. Bd2 Bf5 {...Nxc3 is the strong threat.} 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Qc1 Re8 16. Bh6 f6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. h4 Bg4 19. Nh2 Be6 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Nc3 Qf7 22. Nb5 Nf8 23. c4 Red8 24. Qc2 Rd7 25. Nc3 Bf5 26. Bd5 Rxd5 27. cxd5 Ne7 $1 28. g4 (28. Rbc1 $14) 28... Bd7 $11 29. d4 Nxd5 30. dxe5 {aiming for Nxd5.} Bc6 31. Ne4 fxe5 32. Ng5 Qf6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 33. Rbd1 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5][%mdl 32]} 34. Ne4 Qf7 35. g5 h5 $1 36. Qc4 Re8 37. Nf1 Re7 38. Nfg3 Rd7 39. Nc3 {[#]} (39. Nc5 $11 {remains equal.} Nf4 40. Rc1) 39... Qe6 (39... Nxc3 $1 $17 40. Qxf7+ Rxf7 41. bxc3 Ne6) 40. Rd2 Kf7 ({Better is} 40... b5 $11 41. Qc5 Nxe3 42. Rxd7 Qxd7 43. Qxe3 Ne6) 41. Red1 (41. Nce4 $14) 41... Nxe3 (41... Nxc3 $11 42. Qxe6+ Kxe6 43. bxc3 Rxd2 44. Bxd2 (44. Rxd2 Nd7 $15) 44... Nd7) 42. Rxd7+ (42. Qxe6+ {seems wilder.} Kxe6 43. fxe3 Rxd2 44. Rxd2 Nd7 45. Nge4) 42... Nxd7 43. Qxe6+ Kxe6 44. fxe3 Bf8 45. Nge4 Be7 46. Kf2 Nb6 47. Nd2 Nd7 48. Nc4 {Threatens to win with Na5.} b6 (48... Nc5 $1 $14) 49. Nd2 (49. e4 $16) 49... Nc5 $14 50. Ke2 Bb7 51. e4 Ba6+ 52. Kf3 Bd6 53. Nf1 Bc4 54. Ne3 Bb3 55. Rd2 c6 56. Nf1 Ke7 57. Ng3 Ne6 58. Nge2 b5 59. Nd1 (59. Nc1 $11) 59... Bc5 (59... Nd4+ $1 $15 60. Nxd4 exd4) 60. Ne3 {The position is equal.} Bb6 61. Nc1 Nd4+ 62. Kg3 Be6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nb3.} 63. Rd3 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,64,9,9,6,21,-2,8,-13,-16,-26,-15,-34,-16,-14,-12,-12,-8,-12,-7,-10,-5,-18,0,-25,-10,-11,-12,-20,-10,-22,-4,-6,-2,-8,-7,-14,-10,-93,-14,-18,-7,-39,-8,-6,0,-20,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. a3 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} (7. O-O O-O 8. h3 e6 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 d5 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Nd4 13. exd5 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 exd5 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. g4 {0-1 (57) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) (7. h3 Rb8 8. a4 a6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Be3 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qd2 b4 13. Nd1 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 15. g4 Ra8 {½-½ (38) Caruana,F (2807)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2742) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... Rb8 8. Rb1 O-O 9. O-O b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. b4 a6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. f4 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 15. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd1 Rc8 16. bxc5 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Nxc5 {½-½ (58) Martin Manzano,A-Canteli Martinez,D (2060) Norena 2001}) 15... f5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 e5 18. c3 fxe4 19. dxe4 {[%cal Rc3d4]} Nf6 20. cxd4 Nxe4 21. Qd3 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Qb6 23. Rd1 Kh8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Qd6 Qa7 27. Rd5 (27. Kg2 $11) 27... Rbf7 ({Black should play} 27... exf4 $17 28. Nxf4 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rxg5 Rd7) 28. Qc5 $11 Qb7 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Qe3 {The position is equal.} Rcf7 31. Rdf1 Qc7 32. fxe5 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxf7.} Rxf2 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,134,0,-13,-27,-27,-33,-23,-73,-66,-118,-89,-213,-222,-218,-213,-231,-208,-233,-241,-250,-243,-240,-253,-291,-279,-250,-254,-251,-238,-272,-280,-289,-209,-223,-213,-216,-208,-208,-212,-210,-207,-326,-311,-327,-305,-294,-295,-401,-333,-361,-347,-424,-405,-383,-229,-244,-240,-237,-239,-232,-226,-235,-220,-340,-340,-322,-199,-181,0,-318,-308,-299,-291,-321,-303,-278,-263,-278,-339,-321,-322,-529,-510,-346,-313,-306,0,-329,-235,-212,-23,-144,-144,-144,-144,-154,-141,-12839,-12828,-12842,-12840,-12845,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12850,-29964,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-29973,-12851,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 d6 7. d4 e5 8. dxe5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (8. Nc3 e4 9. Ne1 d5 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Ne3 Re8 12. Ba3 h5 13. h4 Nbd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Na4 Bh6 {½-½ (38) Leko,P (2707)-Swiercz,D (2620) Berlin 2015}) 8... dxe5 {[%cal Bd6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 31 Games} 9. Bb2 (9. Nxe5 $2 Nfd7 $19) 9... e4 10. Qxd8 {Black has an edge.} Rxd8 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Nc3 (12. Bh3 $15) 12... h6 13. Ncxe4 $146 (13. Nh3 $17) ({Predecessor:} 13. Nh3 Rd2 14. Ba3 Nfd7 15. Rfc1 a5 {0-1 (53) Kurka,F (2183)-Mach,P (2265) Czechia 2002}) 13... Nxe4 $19 14. Bxg7 hxg5 15. Be5 Nd7 16. Bc7 Rdc8 17. Ba5 b6 18. Be1 {intending g4.} g4 19. Rd1 {Bxe4 would now be nice for White.} Re8 20. f3 gxf3 21. exf3 Nec5 22. Bc3 Re2 23. g4 Be6 ({Weaker is} 23... Rxa2 24. gxf5 Rc2 25. Ba1 $14) 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 a5 26. h4 f6 27. Rd6 Rc8 28. a3 (28. g5 $142) 28... Kf7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Na4 31. Be1 Nb2 32. Bf1 Ne5 33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5 Bc4 (34... Bd5 $142 {aiming for ...Rb8.} 35. Kg3 Nbc4 36. Bxc4 Nxc4 37. Rd7+ Ke6) 35. Bc3 Bxf1 36. Bxb2 Nd3+ 37. Kxf1 Nxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 38. Rd4 Re8 39. Kf2 (39. Kg2 $142) 39... Re5 40. Rd7+ Re7 41. Rd4 Re5 (41... Ra7 $142 42. Rd6 Ra3 43. Rxc6 Nd3+ 44. Ke2 Ne5) 42. Rd7+ Kf8 43. Rd6 {[#]} Ke7 $1 ({Resist} 43... Rxc5 44. Rxf6+ Kg7 45. Rd6 $19) 44. Rxc6 {[#]} Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Rb6 (45. Rxc5 Nd3+) 45... Nd3+ 46. Ke3 Ne5 47. Rb7+ Ke6 48. Rb6+ $2 (48. Rb3 {only move.}) 48... Rc6 49. Rb3 Rd6 50. Ke4 Rc6 51. Ke3 $1 Ra6 52. Kf2 g5 $2 (52... Ra2+ $19 53. Kg3 Ra5) 53. Kg3 (53. hxg5 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} fxg5 54. Kg3) 53... gxh4+ $17 54. Kxh4 Ra1 55. Rb6+ Kf7 56. Rb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Rb7+ $17 Ke6 57. Rb6+ Kf7 58. Rb7+ Ke6 59. Rb6+) 56... Rg1 57. Kh3 Kg6 58. Kh2 Rd1 59. Kg3 Rd3 60. Rxd3 Nxd3 $19 {KN-KPP} 61. f4 Nc5 62. Kf3 Kf7 63. Kg3 Ke6 64. Kh4 Nd3 $2 (64... Kd5 $19 65. f5 Ne4) 65. f5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Ke5 {Threatens to win with ...Kf4.} 66. g5 fxg5+ 67. Kxg5 Nf4 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,131,12,18,18,-17,0,0,30,28,40,35,34,31,40,20,47,41,58,64,63,63,52,56,55,38,57,48,64,46,57,54,43,42,38,47,58,50,60,50,64,43,57,0,41,25,22,25,61,37,75,57,82,80,97,97,96,98,146,147,208,214,308,273,248,249,372,345,367,364,342,353,352,347,341,335,317,316,385,288,659,612,831,268,325,317,314,317,330,330,290,193,368,321,396,313,526,311,297,0,543,544,603,604,617,549,574,566,540,527,643,564,606,579,12279,5691,8774,11866,2197,2745,29977,29978,29983,29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. c3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 (7... Nxe4 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bf4 a6 10. Na3 axb5 11. Nxb5 Be6 12. Ng5 Bg7 13. Rxe6 O-O {1-0 (50) Dzhumaev,M (2527)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2589) New Delhi 2008}) 8. cxd4 {The position is equal.} Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 {1-0 (22) Bravo Barranco,N (2365)-Montilla Carrillo,E (2230) Sant Boi 1996}) 12... Ne8 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Ba2 Nc4 15. Qd3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. b3 Na5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Na3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 20. Nc2 Nc7 21. Be3 Qb5 22. Qd2 d5 23. e5 Bf5 24. Rec1 Ne6 25. Nce1 Be4 26. Nh2 (26. Bb1 $14) 26... Nb4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bb1 h5 29. Nhf3 Nc6 30. Bc2 Bxc2 31. Qxc2 Rb8 32. Nd3 Bf8 33. Rb1 Ng7 34. Nc5 Nf5 {[#]} (34... Nb4 $16 {was worth a try.} 35. Qd1 e6) 35. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6f7] And now exf7+ would win.} Bg7 (35... f6 $142 36. Nd7 Nb4) 36. exf7+ Kxf7 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 37. Nd7 Ncxd4 (37... Nb4 $142 38. Qc7 Na6 39. Nde5+ Kg8) 38. Nde5+ Bxe5 39. Nxe5+ Ke6 40. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 41. Qxg6+ Kxe5 42. Re1+ (42. Qxh5+ Kd6 $17) 42... Ne2+ 43. Kf1 Kd4 {[#] aiming for ...Nf4+.} 44. Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} e5 $2 (44... Qxb3 45. Qg5 (45. Rxe7 Qd1+ 46. Re1 Qd3+ 47. Qxd3+ Kxd3 $14) 45... Rb7) 45. Qg3 {[%csl Ge2,Gf2][%cal Rg3e3]} e4 46. Qe3+ $2 (46. Ke1 Qb7 47. Rc2) 46... Ke5 47. Kg1 Qxb3 48. Qg5+ Ke6 {Strongly threatening ...Qd1+.} 49. Qg6+ ({Less strong is} 49. Qxh5 Qc3 $18) 49... Kd7 {...Qd1+ is the strong threat.} 50. Rd2 h4 $2 (50... e3 {might work better.} 51. Qf7+ Kd6 52. Qf4+ Ke6 53. fxe3 Qb1+ 54. Kh2 Rg8) 51. Qf5+ Kc6 52. Qf6+ Kc5 $2 (52... Kd7 53. Qxh4 Rb5) 53. Qd4+ Kc6 54. Qf6+ $2 (54. Kh2) 54... Kc5 55. Qxh4 Rb7 56. Qd8 Rb6 57. Qc7+ Rc6 58. Qa5+ Kd6 59. Qd8+ Kc5 60. h4 e3 61. Qe7+ Kb5 62. Qb7+ Rb6 63. Rxd5+ Kc4 64. Qf7 exf2+ 65. Kxf2 Qb2+ 66. Rd2+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

