[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,72,34,22,29,22,31,25,33,12,0,17,97,92,72,70,91,99,86,69,82,51,52,41,92,13,19,15,21,16,17,22,78,0,0,-3,16,-8,-13,-106,-107,-433,-420,-421,-396,-1333,-1329,-4886,-3217,-6295,-6195,-5365,-826,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 ({Predecessor:} 1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. O-O exd5 8. cxd5 d6 {½-½ (48) Klein,D (2491)-Bok,B (2620) Belgium 2017}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 $146 (2... g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 {½-½ (29) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Svidler,P (2763) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 h6 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} (10... Bf5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd2 Bc8 14. Nc4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Re1 a5 18. Qc2 {½-½ (29) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Svidler,P (2763) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 11. Re1 g5 12. Bd2 Bf5 {White has an edge.} 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 Qb6 (14... Bg6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... h5 15. Bf4 a6 16. a4 Qc7 17. Nf1 Bg6 18. Nd2 {½-½ (48) Klein,D (2491)-Bok,B (2620) Belgium 2017}) 15. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Bg6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 f5 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. h5 {And now Na4 would win.} Bh7 (20... Bf7 $14) 21. g4 (21. Rac1 $16) 21... e4 $11 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Bf4 Nf6 24. d6 Kh7 (24... Qc6 $11) 25. Qd2 (25. Rad1 $16) 25... Qc6 26. Rad1 Rad8 27. Nd5 Nxh5 {Threatens to win with ...Bd4.} 28. Bh2 (28. Qc1 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28... Bd4 $1 $17 29. Ne7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Ne3 $17 {is a better chance.} Rg8 30. Qe2 (30. Nxf5 $2 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 e3+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qxh2 $19)) 29... Rxe7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 30. dxe7 Rg8 {( -> ...Qg6)} 31. e8=Q $2 (31. Re3 Qg6 32. Bg3 Nxg3 33. fxg3 Qxg3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 34. Rde1) 31... Qxe8 (31... Rxe8 $2 32. Kh1 $19) 32. Kh1 {[#]} Rxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Kxg2 Qg6+ 34. Bg3 Bg4 (34... Qg4 $142 35. Rh1 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 35. Qc1 Bf3+ 36. Kh2 Nxg3 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,138,0,0,0,10,-16,-9,-10,-12,-37,-39,-41,-30,-26,-34,-35,0,0,30,0,1,0,0,-8,-10,-53,-50,-51,-54,-50,-42,-47,-35,-56,-37,-67,-57,-64,-56,-50,-59,-58,-49,-59,-16,-20,-13,-63,-69,-72,-62,-63,-62,-73,-62,-70,-75,-124,-108,-110,-83,-99,-107,-100,-95,-99,-60,-58,-35,-68,-41,-143,-70,-114,-99,-109,-89,-74,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-54,-54,-54,-12,-20,0,-7,0,0,-19,-144,-47,-184,-181,-2933,-2921,-2033,-2007,-1436,-1372,-5081,-5073,-3749,-4762,-4770,-3785,-2308,-1256,-29975,-29975,-29973,-29975,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994]} 1. c4 (1. Nf3 c5 {0-1 (41) Maghsoodloo,P (2688)-Mamedov,R (2703) St Petersburg 2018}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 (2... g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 {0-1 (41) Maghsoodloo,P (2688)-Mamedov,R (2703) St Petersburg 2018}) 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. d4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nf5 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Bb2 d5 15. c5 Ba6 16. Re1 bxc5 17. dxc5 d4 18. Qa4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 {0-1 (41) Maghsoodloo,P (2688)-Mamedov,R (2703) St Petersburg 2018}) 6... d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nge7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qc1 d5 {1-0 (35) Goganov,A (2590)-Bronnikova,E (2257) Izhevsk 2014}) 7. Bg5 Nge7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Qc1 d4 10. Na4 b6 ({Predecessor:} 10... f6 11. Bd2 b6 {1-0 (35) Goganov,A (2590)-Bronnikova,E (2257) Izhevsk 2014}) 11. a3 f6 12. Bd2 Qd6 ({Better is} 12... Qd7 $15) ({Predecessor:} 12... a5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 {1-0 (35) Goganov,A (2590)-Bronnikova,E (2257) Izhevsk 2014}) 13. b4 $11 Rb8 ({Reject} 13... cxb4 $6 14. axb4 Rb8 15. b5 $16) 14. Rb1 Bd7 $1 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Rb1 Rxb1+ 19. Qxb1 Nd8 20. Qb3 Bf8 21. h4 Qc6 22. Qb8 Nc8 23. Nb2 {Ne5 is the strong threat.} Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Ne1 Nc6 26. Nc2 Na5 27. Na1 $1 Bd6 28. a4 Bc7 29. Bxa5 bxa5 30. Nb3 Bb6 31. e3 e5 32. Bd5+ Kf8 33. e4 Ke7 34. Kg2 Kd6 35. Bb7 Ne7 36. f3 f5 37. Ba6 h6 38. Bb5 Be6 39. Nd1 Nc6 40. Nb2 ({White should play} 40. exf5 $15 gxf5 41. Nf2) 40... Nb4 (40... f4 $1 $17 41. Kf2 Bd8) 41. Nd2 Ke7 42. Kf2 Kf7 43. Nb3 h5 44. f4 $1 fxe4 45. dxe4 exf4 46. gxf4 Bg4 47. Nc1 Bc7 48. Kg3 Bc8 49. Nbd3 Bd6 50. Nxb4 cxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 51. Nb3 d3 {White must now prevent ...Bc5!} 52. Kf3 {[#]} (52. c5 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} d2 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 53. Nxd2 Bxc5 54. Nc4) 52... Be7 (52... Bg4+ $1 $17 53. Ke3 {[#]} d2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Nxd2 Bc5+ 55. Kd3 Bd1) 53. Nxa5 (53. c5 $1 $15) 53... Bxh4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Be1.} 54. Nc6 $2 (54. Ke3) 54... d2 55. Ke2 Be1 {( -> ...Bg4+)} 56. Ne5+ Kg7 57. a5 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 58. Ba4 b2 59. Bc2 h4 60. f5 h3 61. Ng4 gxf5 {Black mates.} 62. exf5 Ba6 63. f6+ Kf7 64. Bd3 Bc8 65. Nh2 Kxf6 66. Kd1 Ba6 67. Ng4+ Kg5 68. Ne5 Kf4 69. c5 Kxe5 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,95,21,16,22,15,16,16,16,11,7,18,25,24,18,28,20,18,51,38,58,33,97,66,78,81,75,77,172,163,197,158,252,265,234,243,214,165,265,264,254,222,279,261,336,254,374,298,428,412,404,381,308,115,526,518,916,620,572,310,687,688,666,681,677,672,590,666,656,658,635,620,625,624,6283,6211,29978,1375]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 (3... Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 Re8 {½-½ (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Naiditsch,A (2721) Douglas 2018}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. Bc2 h6 {½-½ (65) Sethuraman,S (2640)-Belov,V (2614) Berlin 2015}) 11. Ng3 b5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 12. Bc2 (12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. a4 b4 15. d4 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. c4 Nxe5 18. cxd5 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ 20. Kf1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxd5 22. Qe4 Qd1+ 23. Qe1 Qd5 24. Qe4 Qd1+ 25. Qe1 {½-½ (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Naiditsch,A (2721) Douglas 2018}) 12... d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 {The position is equal.} 14. d4 Bg4 15. Bb3 Qd7 {Black wants to play ...exd4.} 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 exd4 {[#]} 18. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} d3 (18... gxh6 19. Qxf6) 19. Bg5 Nh7 $1 (19... d2 $6 20. Red1 $16) 20. Bf4 {And now Bd5 would win.} (20. Be7 $5 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxc6 $11) 20... Na5 ({Better is} 20... Rxe1+ $14 21. Rxe1 Rd8) 21. Bd5 Rxe1+ $1 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. Be4 $1 Nc4 {[#]} (23... Nf6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 24. b3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Nb2 {Threatens to win with ...d2.} 25. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nf6 {[#]} (25... Ng5 $16 26. Bxg5 d2 27. Bxd2 Qxd2) 26. Bc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d7]} Qd6 27. Nf5 Qc5 28. Bb7 a5 {[#]} (28... Re8 $142 29. Rxe8 (29. Bxa6 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Qe5 $17) 29... Nxe8) 29. Nh6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} gxh6 30. Qxf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rd6 31. Qf3 c6 32. Re8 Rg6 (32... Qd5 $142 33. Qxd5 cxd5) 33. h4 Qd6 (33... Qd5 $142 34. Qxd5 cxd5 35. Bxd5 Kg7) 34. Bc8 Qd5 {...Qxf3 is the strong threat.} 35. Qh3 Qh5 {White must now prevent ...Qd1+.} 36. g4 $2 (36. Kh2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top. aiming for Bf5.} Nd1 37. Bf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nxf2 38. Bxg6 fxg6 39. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 40. Qd7+ (40. Qxc6 Ng4+ 41. Kg3 Nf6 $18) 40... Kg8 41. Kg1 Qd1+ 42. Be1 (42. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 43. Kf3 Qd1+ 44. Kg3 d2 $18)) 36... Qd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... f5 $16 {is tougher.} 37. Be6+ Kg7) 37. h5 Rf6 {[#]} (37... Rg5 $142 38. Qe3 Qd6) 38. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 39. h6 {Intending h7+ and mate.} Qd6 $2 (39... Kh7) 40. h7+ Kh8 41. Bf5 Rh6 42. Qg3 Qxg3+ 43. fxg3 Kg7 {[#]} 44. Rxf8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf8 45. Bxg5 Rh5 {Hoping for ...Kg7.} 46. g4 Rxg5 47. h8=Q+ Ke7 48. Qh2 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 41%.} (48. Qe5+ $142 Kf8 49. Qd6+ Kg7 50. Qd4+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 52. Qxg5+ Kf8 53. Qh6+ Ke7 54. Qh4+ Kf8 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Qe5+ Kf8 57. Qd6+ Kg7 58. g5) 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:43]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} e6 {[%emt 0:08:52]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} b5 {[%emt 0:09:09]} 8. Bc2 {[%emt 0:04:29]} c4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 11. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:09:50]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 13. e5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:07:20]} 14. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:14:21]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:11:14]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:07:33]} 16. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 17. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:13:51]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 18. Bxa4+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 19. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:58]} 20. Ra5 {[%emt 0:08:10]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 21. Nf1 {[%emt 0:09:31]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 22. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:02:18]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 24. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:57]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 25. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 26. Rea1 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 27. Rc5 {[%emt 0:05:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 28. Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 29. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 30. fxe4 {[%emt 0:08:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. Ke1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 32. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 33. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 34. Raa5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 35. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:01:46]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 37. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 38. c4 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 39. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Kxe8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. hxg5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 42. g3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} fxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 43. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 45. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 7. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. Bxc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 9. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qxg2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 10. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 13. Rg1 {[%emt 0:15:10]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:10:18]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:08:01]} 15. Ke2 {[%emt 0:06:29]} Re8 {[%emt 0:10:52]} 16. Rgd1 {[%emt 0:26:18]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 17. Bd6 {[%emt 0:11:09]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 18. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 19. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} g4 {[%emt 0:07:45]} 20. Rg1 {[%emt 0:02:36]} h5 {[%emt 0:06:37]} 21. h3 {[%emt 0:04:25]} gxh3 {[%emt 0:08:31]} 22. e4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} e5 {[%emt 0:14:07]} 23. d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 24. b4 {[%emt 0:08:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 25. b5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 26. d6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 27. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 28. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 29. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 30. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 31. f3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 32. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} exf3+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} 33. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 34. b6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 35. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 36. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 0-1

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Be7 {[%emt 0:48:12]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:39]} 10. e5 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 11. c3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:05:53]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:08:44]} 13. Nf1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:04:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:11:24]} 15. h4 {[%emt 0:15:13]} a4 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 16. N1h2 {[%emt 0:08:43]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 17. Ne1 {[%emt 0:02:45]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 18. h5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 19. a3 {[%emt 0:06:54]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 20. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:05:45]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. d4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 22. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 24. Ne3 {[%emt 0:09:57]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 26. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:05:49]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 28. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 30. Rd2 {[%emt 0:10:45]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 31. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 32. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 33. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 35. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 37. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:05:35]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 38. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. f5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 40. fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ng6+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 42. Qf4 {[%emt 0:07:26]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 43. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qc1 {[%emt 0:11:09]} 45. Nf8+ {[%emt 0:06:55]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 46. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:11:51]} 47. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 48. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qxf3+ {[%emt 0:01:19]} 49. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Kg4 {[%emt 0:05:26]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 51. Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 52. g4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 53. Nxg7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 54. g5 {[%emt 0:04:34]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 55. h6 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 56. Kg6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 57. Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 58. h7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 59. Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 60. e6+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 61. Nh5+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 62. Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 63. Ng3+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 64. Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 65. h8=Q {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rxh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 66. Kxh8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 67. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 68. Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,82,27,15,14,0,13,16,21,5,13,0,-2,-9,0,-6,0,-22,0,0,0,-2,0,-40,-39,-86,-12,-88,-88,-83,-87,-100,-84,-77,-73,-81,-9,-9,0,-9,0,-46,-12,-14,-18,-21,-11,-105,-104,-124,-122,-121,-108,-222,-111,-129,-111,-120,-28,-25,13,-9,-10,-55,-57,-78,0,0,0,-74,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 (5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 {1-0 (64) Wei,Y (2738)-Yu,Y (2753) Danzhou 2017}) 5... Be7 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bb4+ {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 8. Kf1 {Threatens to win with cxd5.} Be7 (8... O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 Nf6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. h4 Nb6 13. Bg5 Nfxd5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Re1 {1-0 (64) Wei,Y (2738)-Yu,Y (2753) Danzhou 2017}) 9. cxd5 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Qxc7 Nc6 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Bxd7 14. Be3 O-O 15. a3 {½-½ (25) Molnar,L (2250)-Antal,J (2165) Hungary 1995}) 10. Nc3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qe2 Bf5 13. Bc4 Qe4 14. Be3 O-O 15. Ne5 {Bd3 is the strong threat.} Be6 16. Bd3 Qh4 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Bf4 c6 (18... Nc6 $17) 19. Qe5 (19. h4 $11) 19... Qxe5 $17 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Nd4 Nc5 22. Be2 Rfd8 23. Be3 Rd5 (23... Bd5 $17) 24. f4 $11 Rad8 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Bf3 Rd3 27. Kf2 Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. b3 (29. Rhd1 $11) 29... Ne6 $17 30. f5 {[#]} Rd2+ $1 31. Kg3 Nd4 32. Kf4 {[#]} (32. f6 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 32... g6 (32... Nc2 $1 $19 {And now ...R8d4+ would win.} 33. Rac1 R8d4+ 34. Kg3 Ne3) 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. h4 Nf5 (34... Kf8 $17 35. g4 Ke7) 35. h5 $11 Kg7 36. Kg5 Nd4 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Kg4 Nf5 (38... Rd7 $17) 39. Kg5 Nd4 (39... a5 $11) 40. Kg4 $1 $17 Nf5 ({Black should try} 40... Nc2 $17 41. Rac1 Re8) 41. Kg5 $11 Nd4 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,74,2,2,3,8,10,11,15,9,17,7,18,18,18,8,10,0,17,19,31,10,18,-29,-27,-45,-45,-45,-48,-47,-50,-60,-41,-50,-26,-63,-45,-57,0,0,0,0,0,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. 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 c5 13. h3 (13. a4 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. g3 Qd7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Kg2 {½-½ (39) Giri,A (2780)-Ding,L (2816) Shenzhen 2018}) 13... Be6 14. Nf4 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Nd7 16. Rc1 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Re8 17. b4 a5 18. Re1 {½-½ (44) Portych,V (2081)-Jirku,J (2334) ICCF email 2016}) 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Rc2 Bf6 19. Nh5 Be5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qd2 g6 22. Ng3 Qd6 23. Rec1 Rc6 24. Qg5 f6 25. Qg4 Kf7 26. f4 exf4 27. Ne2 Rfc8 (27... Nd7 $1 $15) 28. Nxf4 $11 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. dxc4 Rxc4 (30... Nxc4 $5 {[%cal Rd4d3]} 31. Qh4 Kg7 $15) 31. Rxc4 {The position is equal.} Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Nxc4 33. Qc8 Ne3 34. Qb7+ Kg8 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qb7+ Kg8 37. Qc8+ Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,65,48,60,60,57,61,64,67,51,51,97,100,80,60,75,24,51,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,20,19,19,2,2,10,8,6,6,6,7,7,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 e5 14. Ne1 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} Rb6 (14... Nd8 15. Nd3 Nf7 16. f3 Rb6 17. Qc4 Rc6 18. Qa2 Rc3 19. Ne1 c5 20. Nc4 cxb4 21. axb4 Qe6 22. Nxd6 Qxa2 23. Rxa2 Nxd6 {½-½ (49) Kozul,Z (2631)-Stevic,H (2601) Valpovo 2017}) 15. Qe2 Qe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rbb8 16. Nc4 {1-0 (60) Grego,L (2306)-Campoy Moreno,A (2316) ICCF email 2011}) 16. Nc4 {White is slightly better.} Rbb8 17. Bg5 Be7 ({Predecessor:} 17... h6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Qc2 Ne7 20. Nd3 Ng6 21. f3 Nf4 22. Nxf4 Rxf4 {1-0 (60) Grego,L (2306)-Campoy Moreno,A (2316) ICCF email 2011}) 18. Rc1 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. bxa5 Rb3 20. Nd3 (20. Bxf6 $16 gxf6 21. f4) 20... Rc3 $11 21. Rxc3 (21. Ndb2 $14) 21... dxc3 {The position is equal.} 22. Nc1 Bc5 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Ne3 Nd4 25. Qd3 Bxa3 26. Ne2 Qa6 27. Qxa6 Rxa6 28. Nxc3 Rxa5 29. Ra1 Bb4 30. Rxa5 Bxa5 31. Ncd5 c6 32. Nc4 cxd5 33. Nxa5 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. b3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 5. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:57]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:02:08]} b5 {[%emt 0:26:55]} 10. Ne5 {[%emt 0:07:46]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:08:18]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 12. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:26:22]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 13. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:08:12]} 14. Ba1 {[%emt 0:03:44]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:19:51]} 15. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 16. Re1 {[%emt 0:13:46]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 17. c5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} f5 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 18. Be2 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 19. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 20. Rb1 {[%emt 0:07:04]} Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 21. Qxb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 22. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} f4 {[%emt 0:11:44]} 23. dxe5 {[%emt 0:05:59]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. exf4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 27. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Re4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 30. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 32. Qc1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 34. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 36. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Re4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 37. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 38. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 39. Rxb8+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qxb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qd4 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 42. a4 {[%emt 0:09:32]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 43. g4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 44. h5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 45. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 46. Qg4 {[%emt 0:06:27]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 47. h6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 48. Qg7+ {[%emt 0:04:13]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 49. Qxh7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 50. Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 51. h7 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 52. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 53. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 54. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:01:17]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 55. Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,76,37,5,14,0,27,12,25,25,19,12,15,18,9,0,0,0,3,0,0,3,1,-10,-18,-57,-20,-39,-30,-56,-40,-108,-100,-88,-37,-47,-43,-41,-37,-49,-13,-233,-235,-251,-228,-239,-218,-248,-194,-182,-180,-722,-625,-714,-685,-2084,-2116,-2053,-1983,-1856,-1741,-5872,-5489]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Ng4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nf1 exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxe3 13. Nxe3 Rb8 14. Bd5 Bg4 15. Nxg4 {1-0 (15) Polgar,J (2708)-Topalov,V (2769) Bilbao 2007}) 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. h3 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 cxd4 17. Nd5 Nc4 18. Nxb6 ({Much worse is} 18. Nxd4 Nxb2 19. Qd2 Nc4 $17) 18... Qxb6 19. b3 Ne5 {[%cal Bc4e5,Be5c6,Bc6d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32]} 20. Rc1 b4 21. Bb1 a5 22. Nxd4 Bxh3 $1 23. Nc6 (23. gxh3 $15 Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} 24. Qxd4 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Kg2 Nxd4 26. Bd3) 23... Nxc6 $17 24. Qxd6 Ra6 (24... Rac8 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rfd8.} 25. gxh3 Rfd8) 25. gxh3 $15 Rd8 26. Qg3 Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 27. e5 Qb5 {White must now prevent ...Ne2+.} 28. Rc4 $2 {[#]} (28. Bd3 $11 Nf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rc7) 28... Qd5 $1 $19 29. Qg2 {aiming for Qxd5.} Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kh1 {[#]} Qxe5 $1 31. Rec1 {Rc8 is the strong threat.} Qe2 {And now ...Rd1+ would win.} 32. Rc8 Rad6 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 33. Rxd8+ $2 (33. Qg4) 33... Rxd8 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Qf1 Qe5 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Re5h2]} 35. Qg2 Qf4 36. Rf1 Rd2 37. Rg1 g5 38. Rf1 Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,61,18,36,18,18,10,14,9,18,0,0,-2,-6,-12,-10,-14,-14,-14,-7,-5,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,-11,0,0,-3,-13,0,0,0,-29,0,0,0,-29,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Be7 7. Re1 Nd6 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 8. c3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Bc2 c6 10. d4 Bf5 11. Bxf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 Na6 13. Nbd2 Nc7 {½-½ (46) So,W (2786)-Caruana,F (2804) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... Nxf5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. Nf1 Nd7 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Be5 Ng4 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Re2 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Nf6 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qd2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Kg7 26. Qe3 Ne4 27. Ne5 Qe6 28. Qf4 Qf6 29. Qe3 Qe6 30. Qf4 Qf6 31. Qe3 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,49,26,33,56,23,31,27,47,41,54,42,47,42,64,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} 11. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Nf4 h5 16. g3 Rc7 17. Bd3 Kd8 18. c3 {½-½ (41) Anand,V (2776)-Carlsen,M (2843) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 11... Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Bxc3 {White has an edge.} 13. bxc3 Rc8 14. Rd3 (14. Kb2 {looks sharper.} f6 15. e5 Rc6 16. Qd4 Qb6+ 17. Qxb6 Rxb6+ 18. Ka3) 14... Qe7 15. Kb2 Rc6 16. Qxe7+ (16. Qb4 $14) 16... Kxe7 $11 {The position is equal.} 17. e5 Rhc8 18. Re3 Rb6+ 19. Kc1 Bb5 20. Bxb5 Rxb5 21. Rd1 Ra5 22. Kb2 Rb5+ 23. Kc1 Ra5 24. Kb2 Rb5+ 25. Kc1 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,103,36,33,52,30,31,24,35,18,51,40,52,52,47,35,60,55,63,54,76,77,75,76,85,80,72,47,71,70,73,73,92,79,79,0,106,0,81,61,62,61,62,62,75,62,65,40,45,61,131,141,173,77,82,81,91,95,89,69,188,171,183,177,177,164,184,162,454,468,558,552,550,536,576,579,548,533,831,843,835,816,1144,1132,1122,1093]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} 12. Qc2 Ne8 13. Be2 {[#]} a6 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc7 14. Bd2 f5 15. f4 Nf6 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Bd3 Kh8 18. b3 Rae8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 {1-0 (52) Mchedlishvili,M (2624)-Grischuk,A (2726) Mainz 2007}) 14. Bd2 Be5 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh2 f5 17. Bd3 Ng7 18. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g1,Bg1f3][%mdl 32]} Bf6 19. Ng1 Qb6 20. Rab1 Rae8 21. Nf3 Re7 22. a3 Rfe8 23. b4 Qc7 24. Rfe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rc8 26. Rb1 Re8 27. Re1 Rc8 $1 28. Rb1 Re8 29. Be1 Nh5 30. g3 cxb4 31. axb4 a5 32. bxa5 Nc5 33. Kg2 Re3 34. Rd1 Ne4 (34... Re8 $14) 35. Bxe4 $16 Rxe4 {[#]} 36. Rc1 (36. c5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 36... Qe7 {[#] aiming for ...Re2+.} 37. Bf2 $1 Re2 {[#]} 38. Qd3 $1 {And now c5! would win.} Qe4 39. Rd1 Ra2 (39... h6 $14) 40. Qxe4 $18 fxe4 41. Nd2 e3 42. Bxe3 Bc3 43. Kf3 {Strongly threatening Ne4.} Bxa5 $2 (43... Nf6 {might work better.} 44. Ne4 Nxe4) 44. Ne4 {White is clearly winning.} Ra3 45. g4 Ng7 46. Nxd6 Bb6 47. Re1 Rb3 48. Ne4 h5 49. c5 Bd8 50. Ra1 Be7 51. Ra8+ Kf7 52. Nd6+ {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,139,8,8,11,16,28,25,13,32,21,21,29,22,25,33,39,95,112,163,142,258,162,294,274,327,147,161,144,163,162,156,150,162,162,169,133,166,156,160,125,130,121,285,290,274,0,236,183,269,89,178,61,49,56,94,0,0,0,0,0,50,43,164,137,155,106,107,99,83,109,101,117,205,177,181,106,134,34,180,180,180,180,188,186,180,180,180,173,223,198,198,198,271,267,354,351,368,357,381,361,304,275,597,588,701,716,696,683,649,591,29979,29980,29980,802,29984,29981,29988,29987,29989,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29996,29993,29993,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 (5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. a4 Nf6 10. a5 Be7 11. c4 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Be3 Qb7 15. h3 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rfb1 a5 18. b3 Ra6 19. Ra2 Bd7 20. Rba1 {½-½ (20) Wang,H (2730)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg 2018}) 5... Ngf6 6. c3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 {White has an edge.} c4 9. b3 Rc8 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Na3 Qc7 12. Rb1 Ba8 $146 (12... e6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12... d5) 13. Rb4 $16 Nb6 (13... d5 $16 {might work better.}) 14. d3 $18 a5 (14... cxd3 $16 {was worth a try.} 15. Bxd3 (15. Qxd3 a5 $16) 15... a5 16. Bb5+ Bc6 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6) 15. Rb1 e5 (15... cxd3 $142 16. Bxd3 e5) 16. d4 Be7 17. d5 (17. Nb5 $18 Qb8 18. Ba3) 17... O-O 18. Be3 Nbxd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. a4 f5 22. Rbd1 Qe6 23. Bc1 Qg6 24. Bb1 Nb6 25. Ba3 {[%cal Ra3d6]} Rf6 $2 (25... Nd5 $16 {is a better defense.} 26. Bc1 Bb7) 26. Nh4 Qg5 27. Nf3 (27. Nxd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 (28. Bxd6 Qxh4 29. Bxe5 Rg6 $16) 28... Qxh4 $16) 27... Qg6 28. Rfe1 Nxa4 (28... Nd5 $142 29. Bc1 Rff8) 29. h3 $2 (29. Nh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Qg5 30. g3 (30. Nxd6 Bxd6 31. Bxd6 Qxh4 $14) (30. Bxd6 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 Bxd6 $16)) 29... Bf8 (29... e4 $16 30. Nfd4 Qf7) 30. Kh2 (30. Bc2 $18 Nc5 31. Qxc4+ Kh8 32. Qe2) 30... e4 $14 31. Nfd4 d5 {And now ...Bxa3 would win.} 32. Qa2 (32. Bxf8 $16 Rfxf8 33. Qa2) 32... Nc5 $11 33. Ne2 Qg5 34. Bc1 f4 35. Nxf4 $1 (35. Qxa5 $2 Ra6 $19) 35... Rxf4 {[#]} (35... Qe5 $14) 36. g3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2112] Pin. Black is under strong pressure.} Ne6 37. gxf4 Nxf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg5g2]} 38. Rg1 Qe5 39. Bxf4 (39. Qxa5 e3 $17) 39... Qxf4+ 40. Rg3 Bc5 (40... Qb8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 41. Nd4 Bd6 42. Kg2 (42. Kg1 $18) 42... Qf6 43. Qxa5 ({White should play} 43. Rf1 $16) 43... Bxg3 (43... Rf8 $14 44. Qa2 Bc6) 44. fxg3 Rf8 {[#] ...Qf2+ is the strong threat.} 45. Qa2 $1 Bb7 46. Qe2 Bc8 47. Qe3 Bd7 48. Bc2 h5 49. Re1 h4 50. Bd1 hxg3 (50... Qg6 $142) 51. Qxg3 Qh6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxh3+!} 52. Bg4 Bxg4 53. hxg4 ({Weaker is} 53. Qxg4 Rf4 $16) 53... Qd2+ 54. Re2 Qd1 {intending ...Qf1+.} 55. Qe1 Qa4 $2 (55... Qd3 56. g5 g6) 56. Rf2 Rxf2+ 57. Qxf2 ({Less strong is} 57. Kxf2 Qd7 $18) 57... Qd1 58. g5 g6 59. Qf4 Qb1 60. Qf6 Qb2+ 61. Kg3 (61. Kh3 $142 Qb7 62. Qxg6+ Qg7 63. Qf5 Qf7 64. Kg4 Qe8 65. g6 e3 66. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 67. Ne6+ Kf6 68. Qf5+ Ke7 69. g7) 61... Qxc3+ 62. Kf4 {White mates.} Kh7 63. Qf7+ Kh8 64. Qf8+ Kh7 65. Qh6+ Kg8 66. Qxg6+ Kh8 67. Qf6+ Kg8 68. g6 Qd2+ 69. Ke5 Qh2+ 70. Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,94,0,0,0,0,18,22,10,0,-8,-23,0,-27,0,0,0,-88,-30,-19,0,0,0,0,0,-7,3,-16,-19,-106,-87,-89,-100,-94,-76,-98,-129,-140,-27,-104,-118,-123,-92,-92,-93,-129,-129,-133,-141,-127,-122,-123,-117,-190,-129,-113,-122,-128,-109,-243,-235,-233,-209,-237,-159,-116,-62,-57,-48,-77,-51,-109,-94,-109,-109,-97,-89,-147,-82,-2113,-1933]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Bd2 Rb8 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (9... Bg4 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 cxd5 14. Qf4 Be6 15. b4 c6 16. a4 Qb8 17. Qh4 {½-½ (38) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Svidler,P (2737) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. Re1 Ng4 {And now ...Qh4 would win.} 11. h3 Ne5 {The position is equal.} 12. Bf1 d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ng6 13. a3 Be7 14. Rb1 Be6 15. Qh5 d4 16. Na4 f5 17. b4 fxe4 {0-1 (41) Molander,R (2353)-Hebden,M (2521) Cork 2005}) 13. Nb1 Bc5 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Bc1 Qh4 16. Qf3 (16. g3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qf6 17. Qh5) 16... Ne5 (16... Be6 $17 17. a4 f5) 17. Qf4 $11 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 18. Qg3 h5 19. b3 Re8 20. Bf4 Bb4 21. Rd1 (21. c3 {is more complex.} dxc3 22. Nxc3 h4 23. Qe3 Bc5 24. Qe2) 21... Ng6 22. Nd2 (22. Bd2 $11) 22... h4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 23. Qf3 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Bd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6f4]} 25. Qf3 Qe5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re5h2]} 26. Bc4 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Be6 28. Ke2 Bb4 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. Nc4 {[#] Threatens to win with Rh1.} Rbe8 $1 31. Rh1 Rxe4+ 32. Kd3 Qf4 33. Qxf4 Rxf4 34. f3 (34. Raf1 $17) 34... Bc3 (34... c5 $19 35. Rhg1 Rf6) 35. Raf1 Rf6 36. Rhg1 Rg6 37. Rf2 (37. f4 $17) 37... Rge6 $19 38. f4 f6 39. Rf3 c5 40. g3 hxg3 (40... Re2 $17 41. gxh4 R8e7) 41. Rfxg3 $15 R8e7 42. R3g2 Kh7 43. a4 ({White should try} 43. Rg4 $15) 43... Re1 44. f5 Bb4 45. Rxe1 Rxe1 46. Re2 {[#]} (46. a5 $142) 46... Rh1 (46... Rxe2 $142 $1 47. Kxe2 Kh6) 47. Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. a5 $17) 47... Rd1+ {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,117,10,33,20,16,31,27,39,24,26,33,21,24,36,34,56,51,95,55,47,47,45,44,45,49,60,31,27,31,27,19,23,12,35,12,11,26,15,7,18,-13,18,0,10,-15,-25,-12,-14,-10,-18,-27,0,-14,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,10,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,543,534,519,518,494,466,391,334,297,212,242,207,190,201,187,185,177,174,136,129,205,0,10,10,240,235,386,386,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (6... Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. Bxh5 g6 15. Nxe4 Rxh5 16. Ng3 Rxh4 17. Rxh4 Qxh4 {½-½ (52) Navara,D (2741)-Harikrishna,P (2739) Linares 2018}) 7. Qf3 Bxf4 8. Qxf4 Qf6 {White has an edge.} 9. Qc7 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd7 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Nf5 13. b4 Qd6 14. Qxd6 Nxd6 {½-½ (40) Ushenina,A (2495)-Guo,Q (2452) China 2014}) 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. O-O b6 13. Rac1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qb7 Nb4 16. a3 Rfb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 17. Qc7 Na6 18. Qg3 (18. Qd7 {is interesting.} Nf8 19. Qh3 Ng6 20. Rc2 Rd8 21. Rfc1) 18... Rd8 19. b4 Rac8 20. b5 Nc7 {[%cal Ba6c7,Bc7e8,Be8f6][%mdl 32]} 21. bxc6 Ne8 22. h4 Qxc6 23. h5 Ne7 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Ne2 h6 26. a4 Nf6 27. Qh4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. g4 Nc6 31. f3 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Nd7 33. Qe7 Qc2 34. e6 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh7 36. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nc5 37. Qe8 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 {Nf5 would kill now.} Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Qf2 $11) 40. Qg6+ $18 Kh8 41. Ne6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rg6g7]} Ng5+ 42. Nxg5 hxg5 43. Qxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qd1 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qf8 d4 46. Qf5+ Kh8 47. exd4 {aiming for d5.} Qh1+ 48. Kg3 {Hoping for Qe5.} Qg1+ 49. Kh4 Qxd4 (49... Qf2+ $16 {might work better.} 50. Kg5 Qxd4) 50. Qf8+ $2 ({White should play} 50. f4 $1 $18) 50... Kh7 $11 51. f4 {White wants to play Qf5+.} a6 $2 (51... Qd5 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 52. Qf5+ $18 Kh8 $2 (52... Kg8 53. h6 gxh6) 53. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} Qxa4 $2 {[#]} (53... Qd1 $18 54. Qe8+ Kh7 55. Qe4+ Kh8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qe4+ Kh8) 54. Qb8+ $1 {White mates.} Kh7 {[#]} 55. g5 $1 g6 56. Qc7+ Kg8 57. hxg6 Qa2 58. Qh7+ Kf8 59. g7+ {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,102,24,10,14,25,32,22,22,-31,-31,-31,-11,-31,-33,-29,-29,-41,-42,-31,-31,-55,-41,-53,-60,-60,-70,-75,-81,-66,-62,-79,-68,-101,-75,-68,-48,-50,-49,-97,-93,-129,-128,-129,-125,-156,-14,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44,0,12,-6,-18,-83,-75,-208,-235,-225,-175,-197,-202,-260,-257,-251,-236,-517,-408,-370,-323,-691,-664,-1000,-956,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. O-O Bc5 (7... Qb6 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Qf4 d4 10. Nb1 Qc5 11. Bd1 Bd6 12. Qg5 Qxg5 13. Bxg5 h6 14. Bc1 {1-0 (72) Fedoseev,V (2718)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2683) Riadh 2017}) 8. Qg3 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. e5 $146 (9. d3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Kh1 Ne8 11. f4 f5 12. Na4 Be7 13. c4 d4 14. b3 {0-1 (40) Zhang,X (2318)-Girya,O (2481) China 2018}) 9... Nfd7 $1 $15 10. Kh1 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. d3 Nbd7 13. Be3 Qe7 {White must now prevent ...d4.} 14. d4 Bb4 15. Bd3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qh4 Bd6 18. Bd4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Rae8 20. Qg5 a6 21. g3 Nd7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Kg2 Rfe8 (23... Nc5 {seems wilder.} 24. Rad1 Ne6 25. Bb6 Rfe8 26. Ne2 g6) 24. f4 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rad1 d4 27. b4 Nd7 (27... dxc3 $17 28. bxc5 Re3) 28. Ne4 $11 Nb6 29. Rf2 Nd5 {And now ...Ne3+ would win.} 30. Rb1 h5 31. a3 Nf6 32. Re1 Nxe4 33. Rfe2 {[%cal Re2e4][%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Kf7 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. dxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} b6 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Rc1 Kd6 38. Rc4 c5 39. bxc5+ (39. h4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 39... bxc5 $17 40. Ra4 (40. f5 $17) 40... Ra8 $19 41. Ke2 Kc6 42. Kd3 {[#]} a5 $1 43. Kc4 Kb6 44. Kd3 g6 45. h4 $2 (45. Rc4 Rb8 46. Rc1) 45... Kc6 46. Kc4 Ra7 47. e5 $2 (47. Kd3) 47... Ra8 48. Kd3 {If White can now play Kc4 this consolidates a bit.} Kd5 49. Kc2 c4 {Black mates.} 50. e6 Kc5 51. e7 Kb5 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece. Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-1,-9,7,1,57,44,49,45,35,1,31,2,14,-51,-9,-164,-163,-162,-127,-119,-122,-308,-319,-332,-337,-540,-530,-506,-503,-591,-592,-578,-550,-543,-567,-499,-354,-363,-362,-348,-335,-310,-265,-310,-310,-294,-299,-294,-241,-179,-181,-131,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-126,-14,-14,-21,-206,-206,-200,-199,-206,-199,-191,-175,-358,-352,-352,-336,-588,-141,-588,-588,-566,-566,-554,-538,-475,-468]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nb5 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 7. Nf3 c6 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Nc7 9. Bd3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ng4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O {0-1 (55) Matlakov,M (2691)-Chigaev,M (2551) Sochi 2016}) 10. Qd2 Ne6 11. Be5 c5 12. Ng5 Ng4 (12... Qa5 $11) 13. Bxg7 $14 Kxg7 14. f3 Nf6 15. O-O-O Qa5 (15... c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 16. Be2 Rb8 $11) 16. g4 c4 (16... cxd4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. gxh5 $16) 17. Be2 (17. Bf5 $11) 17... b5 $1 $36 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 2080] White should prevent ...hxg4. Black has good play.} 18. gxh5 $2 (18. e4 $1 $11) 18... b4 $19 (18... Nxh5 19. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 $16) 19. h6+ Kh8 {...Rb8 is the strong threat.} 20. Nb1 Rb8 $1 21. c3 $2 (21. a3 $17) 21... Qxa2 22. cxb4 Nxg5 $1 23. hxg5 $2 (23. Nc3 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Bf5+ 25. e4 Ngxe4 26. Rxa1 Nxd2+ 27. Kxd2) 23... Bf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Ra2b1]} 24. Qc3 a5 25. e4 axb4 26. Bxc4 {[#]} Qxb1+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Kxb1 bxc3 28. Rh2 Nh7 (28... dxc4 $2 29. gxf6 Bd7 30. fxe7 $19) 29. Bxd5 Be6 ({Not} 29... Nxg5 30. exf5 Rfd8 31. Bc6 $17) 30. f4 Bxd5 31. exd5 Rfd8 32. Rc2 cxb2 ({But not} 32... Rxd5 33. Rxc3 Nf8 34. Rc7 $19) 33. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 34. Kxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Kg8 35. Ra1 Nf8 ({Much less strong is} 35... Rxd5 36. Ra8+ Nf8 37. h7+ Kxh7 38. Rxf8 $17) 36. Kc3 Nd7 (36... f6 $17 {Threatens to win with ...fxg5.} 37. Kc4 Kf7) 37. Ra6 $1 $11 Nf8 38. Kc4 Nd7 39. Kd3 f6 40. Ra7 (40. d6 $11 {remains equal.} Kf7 41. dxe7 Kxe7 42. Ra7) 40... Kf7 ({Black should play} 40... fxg5 $1 $17 41. fxg5 Kf7) 41. d6 $1 exd6 42. Ke4 $2 (42. f5 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 42... fxg5 $1 $19 43. fxg5 {With the idea Kd5.} Ke6 $1 44. d5+ Ke7 45. Kd4 Rc8 46. Ra1 $2 {[#]} (46. Rb7) 46... Ne5 $1 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Rh7 $2 (48. Ra6 Rd8 49. Ke4) 48... Rc4+ 49. Ke3 {[#]} Nf7 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Rg7 Rg4 51. Rxg6 {Threatening h7.} Rxg5 52. Rf6 Rxd5 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,62,58,49,79,12,0,22,14,0,33,22,30,0,39,22,26,3,9,-25,-15,-18,-15,-17,4,0,9,5,5,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3 c5 8. O-O Bg4 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} 9. e5 $146 (9. d5 $16) ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Rad1 Nc7 11. Rfe1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 Ne6 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Nd5 {1-0 (41) Tran,T (2524)-Manik,M (2410) Bhopal 2018}) 9... dxe5 $11 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc7 13. Qa4 Nb6 14. Qb3 {Black must now prevent Rad1.} Ne6 15. a4 Rb8 16. a5 Nd7 17. Rfd1 {[#] Hoping for Qa4.The position is equal.} Bxe5 18. Rd5 Qe8 19. Qa4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nf6 21. Rd2 Qxa4 22. Rxa4 Rfc8 23. Ra1 Ne8 24. Bd5 Nd6 25. Re1 b6 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Ra2 a6 28. Ra5 Nb7 29. Raa1 Nd6 30. Ra5 Nb7 31. Raa1 Nd6 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,107,6,7,0,0,10,25,0,0,-33,-15,-23,-31,-31,-57,-72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,212,213,197,185,184,64,66,72,161,173,172,175,164,0,422,0,0,0,37,0,254,250,239,231,245,227,229,226,274,244,240,240,229,223,254,235,232,227,243,243,315,317,329,335,316,325,314,300,372,328,435,401,410,400,462,468,470,440,551,542]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. h3 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} Nxb3 13. axb3 e6 {[%cal Rb6d5]} 14. d6 {White has an edge.} Bd7 {[#]} 15. Nd4 $146 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5c7][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Bc5 e5 18. b4 Kh8 19. b5 Bd7 {1-0 (40) Potkin,V (2642)-Alekseev,E (2677) Tyumen 2012}) 15... Qf6 16. Ndb5 a6 17. Nc7 {Black must now prevent Be3.} Rad8 18. Ra5 h6 (18... Qh4 $1 $17 19. Be3 Nc8) 19. Ne4 $11 Qh4 20. f3 $1 {Strongly threatening Be3.} f5 21. Nc5 $1 Qb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a5]} 22. Qd2 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Bxc5 24. Qxh6 Rf6 $2 ({Avoid the trap} 24... Bxd6 $2 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Nxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (24... Qxa5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 25. Qxg6+ Kh8) 25. Bd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd2b4][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qd4 26. Bc3 Qd3 27. Raa1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} ({White must play} 27. Rxc5 $18 Qxf1+ 28. Kh2) 27... Rdf8 $1 $14 ({Wrong is} 27... Bd4 $2 28. Rfd1 $18) 28. Qh4 $1 Kg7 {[#]} (28... Qxd6 $16 {might work better.} 29. Bxf6 Qxc7) 29. Rad1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd1d3]} Qc2 {[#] And now ...f4 would win.} 30. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Qd3 31. Rcd1 $2 (31. Rfd1 $18 Qe3 32. Re1) 31... Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qc2 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 32. Rde1 $2 (32. Rfe1 $18 Qf2 33. Qf4) 32... Qd3 $11 33. Rd1 Qc2 {Threatens to win with ...f4.} 34. Rc1 Qxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Qd3 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 35. Rfd1 Qe3) 35. Bxf6+ $18 Rxf6 36. Rxc5 {aiming for Re1.} Qd3 37. Rcc1 Qxd6 {Black wants to play ...Bc6.} 38. Rfd1 Qe7 39. Qf2 e5 40. Qc5 Qxc5 41. Rxc5 Rc6 42. Rxc6 Bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Nd8 Bd5 {[#]} 45. Nxb7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} e4 (45... Bxb7 46. Rd6+) 46. fxe4 fxe4 47. Nc5 Ke5 48. Nxa6 e3 49. Nb4 Bc4 50. Kg1 e2 51. Re1 Ke4 {intending ...Ke3.} 52. Kf2 {White is clearly winning.} Nd7 {[#]} 53. b3 $1 Bb5 (53... Bxb3 54. Rxe2+) 54. Na2 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,90,15,6,14,22,15,9,8,18,-17,-16,-11,-16,-17,-18,-41,-21,-33,-31,-36,4,-36,-6,-20,-7,-8,0,-22,-26,-37,-12,-74,-8,-60,-26,-142,-134,-139,-141,-148,-134,-117,-96,-184,-169,-170,-187,-181,-179,-173,-109,-171,-103,-207,-197,-256,-264,-471,-463,-604,-592,-1016,-1010,-1334,-1010,-957,-541,-943,-942,-804,-769,-772,-762,-746,-671,-1161,-1018,-29978,-29979,-29973,-29974,-29986,-29982]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 g6 6. Bb5+ {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (6. c3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qe2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nc5 {1-0 (42) Duda,J (2731)-Moranda,W (2601) Poland 2018}) 6... Nbd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. c3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. f4 Ne4 10. Bd3 Ndf6 11. Nd2 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd6) 12. Ndf3 e6 13. Qe1 Nd6 14. Be2 b5 15. h3 Qc7 16. b3 Be4 17. Ba3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Nfe4 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Kh2 (20. c4 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... a5 (20... Qa5 $17 21. Bxd6 Nxd6) 21. Bd3 (21. c4 $11) 21... Qa7 22. Rc2 {[#]} (22. c4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4a3][%mdl 512]} 23. cxb4 Rxc2 ({And not} 23... Qxd4 24. Nc6 $16) 24. Bxc2 axb4 ({Don't do} 24... Qxd4 25. bxa5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 $15) 25. Bxb4 Qxa2 26. Bd3 {[#]} (26. Bxe4 $17 {was worth a try.} Nxe4 27. Qc1) 26... Qb2 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Ra1.} 27. Bxd6 Nxd6 28. Qb4 Bf8 29. Qb6 Qd2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} ({Black should play} 29... Ra2 $19 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rb2g2]} 30. Bf1 Qd2) 30. Bf1 (30. Ba6 $17) 30... h5 ({Better is} 30... Ra2 $19 31. f5 exf5) 31. Qc6 (31. Ba6 $17) 31... Ra1 32. Qd7 (32. Qb6 $142) 32... Qxd4 33. Nc6 $2 (33. Qd8 Rc1 34. Nd7) 33... Qf6 34. b4 Ne4 35. Bd3 h4 {Threatens to win with ...Ng3.} 36. Qc7 Ng3 37. Rxg3 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Ra3 39. Ne5 Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6f4]} 40. Qc1 Kg7 41. Qe3 Rb3 42. b5 Rb4 {[%cal Rh6f4]} 43. Ng4 Bxf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black mates.} 44. Kf3 Qc3 45. Qe2 e5 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,59,22,20,25,4,19,-15,27,2,0,-14,21,19,28,-14,-25,-42,28,0,12,0,12,-45,-47,-57,-11,-37,-20,-43,0,0,93,92,353,-134,334,287,346,325,1123,597,1189,1166,1160,1148,29994,29995,29995,29995,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. Be2 Nge5 13. h4 gxh4 14. Bxh4 {0-1 (35) Alekseenko,K (2638)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. g4 b5 8. g5 Nfd7 {The position is equal.} 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. f4 Nc6 11. h4 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b4 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Rh3 a5 {½-½ (40) Bartel,M (2653)-Zubov,A (2612) Gjakova 2016}) 12. Qg4 b4 13. Ne2 Nc4 ({Black should try} 13... a5 $1 $15) 14. O-O a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 15. c3 e5 16. fxe5 (16. Qg3 $11) 16... dxe5 $15 17. Qf3 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf3f7]} Qc7 18. cxb4 Nxb4 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 19. Nc3 a4 20. Nb5 Qd7 (20... Qb6+ $11 21. Kh2 Qxb5 22. Qxf7+ Kd8) 21. Bh3 $16 Qxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Qe7 $16 22. Nd2 Ba6 23. Nxc4 Bxb5) 22. Qxf7+ $18 Kd8 {[#] ...Nd6 is the strong threat.} 23. g6 $1 {Bg5+ would kill now.} h6 {[#]} 24. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White threatens Bg5+ and mate.} gxh6 $2 (24... Be7) 25. Rad1+ Nd5 26. g7 Bxg7 27. Qxg7 {Intending Rf7 and mate.} axb3 28. Rf7 {White mates.} Qc5+ 29. Kh2 Ke8 {[#]} 30. Rf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,13,53,2,6,0,19,7,20,16,16,13,45,7,20,-20,27,27,33,22,25,25,27,25,50,-8,-12,-20,-22,-48,-41,-55,-51,-109,-109,-103,-110,-101,-100,-141,-140,-155,-131,-132,-124,-143,-125,-129,-123,-139,-124,-166,-112,-157,-116,-119,-116,-137,-163,-161,-152,-151,-156,-132,-83,-89,-83,-100,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c6 (5... Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. h3 Rfd8 14. a4 Rac8 15. a5 h6 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. c4 Rc8 20. Qb3 Qc6 {½-½ (51) Nepomniachtchi,I (2768)-Inarkiev,E (2690) Satka 2018}) 6. Qb3 $146 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} ({White should play} 6. a4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 6. e3 Nf6 7. a4 O-O 8. a5 c5 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Qa2 Nf6 13. dxc5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 {½-½ (57) Petrosyan,M (2565)-Alonso Rosell,A (2524) Sitges 2018}) 6... Nf6 $11 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nf3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7b8,Bb8c6,Bc6e5][%mdl 32]} 13. O-O b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. e4 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Qe7 17. e5 (17. a4 $14) 17... Nb8 18. Nd2 c5 19. Qb2 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Ne4 {[#]} (21. d5 $15 exd5 22. Bd3) 21... Nxe5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 22. dxe5 {Hoping for Nd6.} Rxd1 23. Rxd1 {aiming for Nd6.} Bxe4 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. Bf1 h6 26. Qb4 Qb7 27. f3 Bd5 28. h3 Qc7 {White must now prevent ...Qc1.} 29. Ba6 Rb8 30. Kh2 {[#]} Rf8 (30... b5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qd4 (31. Bxb5 a6) 31... g5) 31. Bd3 Qc5 32. Qxc5 bxc5 {[%cal Bb6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 4128] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Kg3 Rb8 34. Rd7 c4 35. Bc2 a6 36. h4 g6 37. Rc7 Kf8 38. Ba4 Rb7 (38... Rb2 $17 {next ...Re2 is good for Black.} 39. Bd7 Rb3 40. Rc8+ Kg7) 39. Rxb7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Bxb7 {KB-KB} 40. Kf4 Ke7 41. Ke3 f6 42. Kd4 Bd5 43. Bd1 g5 44. g3 fxe5+ 45. Kxe5 c3 {Threatens to win with ...gxh4.} 46. f4 gxh4 47. gxh4 a5 48. Bc2 Bc6 49. Kd4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,82,0,14,0,7,12,15,-6,14,-69,44,38,35,41,54,49,58,49,51,59,57,0,0,0,0,0,28,0,43,0,0,0,75,39,39,45,161,171,248,256,292,135,177,126,124,125,125,125,125,125,132,133,148,148,147,84,143,36,36,0,38,0,42,0,62]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg5 15. Kb1 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Rc8 17. h4 Nf6 18. Qd3 Qc7 {1-0 (32) Aronian,L (2767)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Na5 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bd8 18. Nc6 Nxd5 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxb5+ Qxb5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 {½-½ (27) Kazantsev,R (2339)-Glukhovtsev,S (2346) ICCF email 2010}) 13... Rb8 14. Nc1 (14. Nd5 $11 Bxd5 15. exd5) 14... Qc6 (14... b4 $15 15. axb4 Rxb4) 15. Nd5 $14 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qb7 17. Na2 Bd8 18. Nb4 Ba5 19. Bg5 Rc8 20. Bxf6 ({White should try} 20. Bd3 $14) 20... Nxf6 $11 21. Bd3 Bxb4 22. axb4 Qb6 (22... Qxd5 $6 23. Qg5 $16) 23. Rhe1 O-O 24. g4 hxg4 25. fxg4 {[%cal Bf3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rce8 (25... Nxg4 $2 26. Qg5 $16) (25... Qd4 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Bf5 e4 27. g5 Nh5 (27... e3 $14 28. Qg2 Nh5) 28. Bxe4 $18 g6 (28... Ng3 {was worth a try.}) 29. Bf3 Ng7 {[#]} 30. Bg4 (30. h5 $1 $18) 30... Qa7 31. b3 (31. h5 $18 {Hoping for Rxe8.} gxh5 32. Rh1) 31... Rxe1 $16 32. Rxe1 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8 34. Kb2 Qg1 35. Qf4 Nc7 36. Bf3 {aiming for h5.} ({Of course not} 36. Qxd6 $6 Qd4+ 37. Kb1 Nxd5 $11) 36... Qf2 {[#]} 37. Qg4 (37. h5 $142 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6] Black must now prevent hxg6.} gxh5 38. Qf5 (38. Qxd6 Qxf3 39. Qxc7 Qxd5 $11)) 37... Kf8 (37... Kg7 $142) 38. Qe4 ({Better is} 38. h5 $16 gxh5 39. Qf4 (39. Qxh5 Qd4+ 40. Kb1 Nxd5 $11)) 38... Qd2 $14 39. Bg2 Kg8 40. Bf3 Kf8 $1 41. Bg2 Kg8 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,66,33,22,22,58,68,57,50,60,-26,-20,-15,6,6,21,21,26,21,22,24,18,8,10,0,0,-35,-21,-70,0,-12,-14,-14,-14,-14,-13,-23,-30,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,95,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7g6][%mdl 32]} 10. e3 {E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0} (10. b4 {is interesting.} Nh5 11. Bc1 Be7 12. e4 Qc7 13. Be2) (10. b4 Nh5 11. Bc1 Be7 12. e4 a6 13. Be2 Qc7 14. O-O Nf6 15. g3 Rac8 16. Rfe1 d6 17. Bf4 Nd7 {½-½ (56) Miljkovic,M (2478)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Struga 2018}) 10... Re8 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O {White is slightly better.} h6 13. Bd6 $146 (13. h3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nh7 {1-0 (43) Forintos,G (2490)-Rigo,J Budapest 1976}) 13... Bxd6 $11 14. Rxd6 Ne7 15. e4 Ng6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. e5 Ng4 18. Rxd7 Qb8 19. R7d4 (19. Ne4 {is more complex.} N4xe5 20. Rxb7 Qxb7 21. Nd6 Qc7 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qe4) 19... N4xe5 20. Ne4 {Black should prevent Nd6.} Rcd8 21. Nd6 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 e5 (22... Rf8 $1 $15) 23. R4d2 Re6 24. Nxb7 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 {[#] Hoping for Nd8.} Qxb7 26. Qd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf4 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Rxa7 Rd6 {[#] aiming for ...Rd2.} 30. Ke1 Ng2+ 31. Kf1 Nf4 {And now ...Rd2 would win.The position is equal.} 32. Ke1 Ng2+ 33. Kf1 Nf4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,175,35,22,18,0,-8,-11,-1,-30,-24,-22,-25,0,19,19,24,22,6,10,14,19,14,18,25,33,34,33,34,23,34,26,53,49,63,53,53,53,53,47,53,52,53,53,63,63,63,49,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,64,63,63,73,56,63,39,63,63,63,63,79,79,64,37,79,26,26,26,26,26,29,22,22,22,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,30,30,8,8,30,0,0,0,412,308,426,420,395,403,402,352,1171,1086,1164,1061,1129,1080,1072,1022,1031,950,1041,924,2327,1399,2527,2177,6873,5505,29972,29975,29980,29981,29980,29982,29982,29977,29977,29978,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29988,29989,29989,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O exd4 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 Bc5 {The position is equal.} 10. b3 Nge7 11. Bb2 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Nf5 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nb5 Re8 {[#]} 14. Nfxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 Kh8 15. Re1 {½-½ (60) Golod,V (2582)-Horvath,G (2431) Fuegen 2006}) 14... Nfxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qe7 18. e3 Qe5 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Rfe1 Be6 21. Rac1 Qc5 22. Bd5 c6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Red1 Ra8 25. Qc3 Qe5 26. Qc2 Qc5 27. Rd4 Rd8 28. Rcd1 Rd7 29. Rh4 g6 30. Rhd4 Kg7 31. Qc3 Rde7 32. h4 h5 33. Qd2 {[%cal Rd4d6]} Rd7 34. Qb2 Rde7 35. Qc2 Rd7 36. Kh1 f5 37. Qc3 Kh7 38. Kg2 Kg8 39. a3 Kh7 40. R4d3 (40. b4 {seems wilder.} axb4 41. axb4 Qe5 42. Qd2 Rd8 43. Qd3) 40... Qa7 41. Qd4 ({White should play} 41. b4 $16) 41... Qxd4 $11 42. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} b6 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 c5 46. bxc5 bxc5 47. Rd5 Re4 48. Rxc5 (48. Rc1 {looks sharper.} Kf6 49. Rd3 Ke7 50. Rb3 Ra7 51. Rb6) 48... dxc5 49. Rxd7+ {KR-KR} Kf6 50. Rd6+ Kf7 51. Ke2 {Strongly threatening Kd3.} Rxc4 52. Rd2 Ke6 53. Ra2 Rc1 54. Kd2 Rf1 55. Kd3 Rc1 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. e4 fxe4+ 58. Kxe4 Re1+ 59. Kf4 Re2 60. f3 Rd2 61. Kg5 {Hoping for Rf6+.} c4 62. Rf6+ Ke7 63. Rxg6 {aiming for Rc6.} Rd5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63... Kd7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 64. Ra6 (64. Kxh5 $2 Rd5+ 65. Kg4 c3 $19) 64... c3) 64. Kf4 $18 Rc5 {And now ...c3 would win.} 65. Rg5 Rc8 66. Rxh5 c3 67. Re5+ Kf6 $2 (67... Kd6 68. Re1 Rf8+ 69. Ke3 Kd5) 68. Re1 c2 69. Rc1 Rc4+ 70. Ke3 Rc3+ {[#]} 71. Ke4 $1 Kg6 72. g4 Kh6 73. f4 Rc4+ 74. Ke5 Rc3 75. f5 Rc4 76. g5+ Kh5 77. f6 {White mates.} Kg6 {[#]} 78. h5+ $1 Kxg5 (78... Kxh5 79. f7) 79. f7 Rc5+ 80. Kd6 Rf5 81. Ke6 Rf2 {[#]} 82. Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Rxc2 83. f8=Q {KQ-KR} Re2+ 84. Kd5 Rd2+ 85. Ke4 Re2+ 86. Kd3 Re6 87. Qg8+ Kf5 88. Qc8 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,157,20,27,15,20,22,17,19,17,0,0,0,0,2,22,21,14,14,42,4,43,0,0,0,15,15,25,21,26,0,5,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,34,16,31,0,0,16,6,0,9,4,25,9,18,9,21,28,29,21,39,0,25,25,23,20,20,20,21,0,15,0,24,0,25,-19,-28,-27,-10,-11,-7,-25,-21,-114,-73,-66,-64,-84,-73,-92,-92,-92,-66,-66,-75,-155,-179,-169,-160,-179,-210,-247,-240,-245,-248,-237,-235,-347,-332,-291,-226,-198,-46,-62,0,0,0,0,0,0,677,356,29983,29984,29984,0,0,0,29983,29984,29989,29990,29991,29992,29992,29991,29992,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29991,29994,29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32] C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd7 12. Nf1 {The position is equal.} h6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Rab8 16. Nh2 Ne7 17. Nhg4 {[#]} Nh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nxg4 18. hxg4 {½-½ (49) Adams,M (2729)-Grischuk,A (2715) Moscow 2007}) 18. d4 Ng6 19. Nf5 h5 20. Nh2 Ng5 21. f3 Ne6 22. h4 Qb5 23. Qxb5 (23. Qc2 {seems wilder.} Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. d5 Nc5 26. Nf1) 23... axb5 24. a3 Ngf8 25. Nf1 Ra8 26. Rd2 g6 27. N5e3 Kg7 28. Red1 Ra4 29. Nc2 f6 30. Nfe3 Kf7 31. g3 Raa8 32. Kf2 Red8 33. Nb4 Re8 34. Nbd5 c6 {White must now prevent ...exd4.} 35. Nb4 {Strongly threatening d5.} Ng7 36. Nbc2 Ke7 37. Nb4 Red8 38. c4 bxc4 39. Nxc4 Ne8 40. Nb6 Ra5 41. Nc4 Raa8 42. Nb6 Ra5 43. Nc4 Raa8 44. f4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} exd4 45. Rxd4 Ne6 46. R4d2 f5 47. e5 {[%cal Re5d6]} d5 48. Ne3 (48. Nb6 $11) 48... Nc5 49. Kg2 Nc7 50. Rc2 Ne4 51. Nf1 Ne6 52. Rcc1 Rd7 53. Nd2 Rad8 54. Nd3 (54. Nc2 $142) 54... c5 $1 $17 55. Nf2 b5 56. Nf3 Rb7 57. Ng5 N4xg5 58. fxg5 c4 59. Nh3 b4 60. axb4 (60. Rc2 {was worth a try.}) 60... Rxb4 $19 61. Rd2 d4 62. Nf4 Nc5 $2 (62... Nxf4+ $19 63. gxf4 d3) 63. Ra1 $1 $15 (63. Nxg6+ $2 Kf7 $19) 63... Rb7 ({Black should play} 63... d3 $15 64. Ra7+ Ke8) 64. Rc2 $1 $11 (64. Nxg6+ $2 Kf7 $19) 64... d3 65. Rxc4 (65. Nxg6+ $2 Kf7 $19) 65... Rxb2+ 66. Kf3 Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... d2 $11) 67. Rc7+ Ke8 $2 {[#]} (67... Rd7 $18 68. Rxd7+ (68. Nxg6+ Kd8 $18) 68... Kxd7 69. e6+ (69. Nxd3 Rb3 $11) (69. Nxg6 d2 $17) 69... Kc6 70. Ra6+ (70. Nxd3 Rb3 $18) 70... Kc7 71. Ra7+ (71. Nxg6 d2 $11) 71... Kc6) 68. Raa7 $1 Nd2+ 69. Kg2 Ne4+ 70. Kf3 Nd2+ $1 {[#]} 71. Kf2 $1 {White mates.} Nc4+ 72. Kg1 Rb1+ 73. Kh2 Rb6 74. Re7+ Kf8 75. Rf7+ Kg8 76. Rg7+ Kh8 77. Rh7+ Kg8 78. Rag7+ Kf8 79. e6 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.12"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,143,-1,-5,8,-4,-6,-10,-17,-52,-16,-25,-16,-26,-19,-49,-27,-79,-63,-55,-70,-58,-26,-41,-25,-26,-33,-30,-25,-31,-27,-24,-29,-22,-18,-33,-9,-25,-26,-25,0,0,0,-17,-7,-61,-54,-60,-52,-50,-61,-78,-26,-114,20,20,19,20,278,265,257,-422,-412,-1549,2419,533,585,622,571,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,229,117,230,229,287,301,209,456,446,456,442,418,418,473,524,486,846,835,7191,6590,29978,29978,29978,29979,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29988,29989,29987,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29992,29997,29996]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Ba6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 8. Qe2 (8. c4 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. a3 h6 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 e5 15. e4 {½-½ (68) Korobov,A (2699)-L'Ami,E (2643) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8... Bxd3 9. cxd3 c5 {The position is equal.} 10. e4 $146 {Hoping for e5.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. exd4 Qe7 12. O-O Nfd7 13. Rac1 f6 14. Nc6 Nxc6 15. Rxc6 Bxg3 16. Rxe6 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 {½-½ (65) Makela,R-Rahikainen,S Helsinki 1994}) 10... Be7 11. O-O Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Nb3 (14. exd5 $11 exd5 15. Nb1) 14... Nb4 15. Ra1 Rfd8 16. Bh4 Kf8 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bxe7+ $1 Kxe7 19. d4 c4 20. Nc1 $1 Rdc8 21. Qd2 h6 22. Ne2 Rab8 23. Rfb1 a5 24. b3 {Threatens to win with bxc4.} Qa6 25. Ne1 Nb6 26. Nc3 Nc6 27. Nc2 Kf8 28. b4 (28. f4 $11) 28... axb4 29. Nxb4 Nxb4 30. Rxb4 Nd7 31. Rab1 Qa3 (31... Rxb4 $17 32. Rxb4 Qa7) 32. Rb7 (32. Nb5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qd3 33. R4b2) 32... Ke7 (32... Rxb7 $17 33. Rxb7 Rb8) 33. Nb5 $11 c3 34. Qc2 (34. Nxa3 $2 {loses.} cxd2 35. Rd1 Rc1 $19) 34... Qa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Qa6 $11 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Nxc3 Qc4 37. Rxb8 Nxb8) 35. Nd6 $18 Rh8 {If only Black now had time for ...Rxb7....} 36. Qe2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't play} 36. R1b5 $6 Rxb7 37. Rxa5 Rb2 $18) (36. h3 $18 {avoids the disaster.}) 36... Rxb7 $19 37. Rxb7 {[#]} (37. Nxb7 $142 Qa4 38. Nd6 Qxd4 39. Nb5) 37... Qa3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37... c2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Qf1 (38. Qxc2 Qe1#) 38... Qc3) 38. g3 (38. Rxd7+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (38... Kxd7 39. Qb5+) 39. Rd8+ Ke7 40. Rxh8 Qc1+ 41. Qf1 Qxf1+ 42. Kxf1) 38... Rb8 39. Rxb8 Nxb8 {[#]} 40. Qh5 $2 (40. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3f7]} Kd8 41. Qxf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 40... Qc1+ $11 41. Kg2 g6 42. Qf3 f5 {...Qb2 is the strong threat.} 43. Nb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nc6 $1 44. Nxc3 Nxd4 45. Qd3 Nc2 {( -> ...Ne1+)} 46. Nxd5+ exd5 47. Qxd5 Ne1+ 48. Kh3 $1 {Black must now prevent Qd6+.} Qg5 $2 (48... Qc7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 49. Qd6+ (49. Qd1 $18) 49... Ke8 (49... Kf7 $16 50. e6+ Kg8 51. Qb8+ Kh7 52. Qc7+ Kg8 53. Qb8+ Kh7 54. Qc7+ Kg8 55. Qb8+) 50. Qd1 $18 f4 51. Qxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qh5+ (51... Qf5+ $142 52. Kg2 f3+ 53. Kg1 Qc2) 52. Kg2 f3+ 53. Kg1 Qh3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3g2]} 54. Qf1 Qd7 55. Qb1 Qc6 {[#]} 56. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening Qb5.} Kf7 (56... Ke7 $142 57. a5 Qa4 58. Qb7+ Ke6 59. Qxf3 Qxa5 60. Qf6+ Kd7 61. Qf7+ Kd8 62. Qxg6 Qe1+ 63. Kg2 Qxe5 64. Qxh6 Qe4+ 65. Kf1 Qh1+ 66. Ke2 Qe4+ 67. Qe3 Qg4+ 68. f3 Qh3 69. Qg5+ Ke8 70. Qe5+ Kf7 71. Qf4+ Ke7 72. Qh4+ Qxh4 73. gxh4 Kd8) (56... Qxa4 57. Qxg6+) 57. a5 h5 58. h4 Qc5 59. Qb7+ {White mates.} Kg8 60. Qa8+ Kh7 61. Qxf3 Qxa5 62. Qf7+ Kh6 63. e6 g5 64. Qf6+ Kh7 65. hxg5 Qe1+ 66. Kh2 h4 67. Qf5+ Kg7 68. gxh4 Qe2 69. Qf6+ Kh7 70. e7 Qh5 {[#]} 71. g6+ $1 Kh6 (71... Qxg6 72. Qxg6+) 72. Qf4+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.12"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,64,3,5,12,13,13,13,15,0,2,2,2,1,-1,2,8,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,20,18,14,14,15,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Bd2 Rb8 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (9... Bg4 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 cxd5 14. Qf4 Be6 15. b4 c6 16. a4 Qb8 17. Qh4 {½-½ (38) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Svidler,P (2737) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. Re1 Ng4 {[#] aiming for ...Qh4.} 11. h3 Ne5 12. Bf4 $146 (12. exd5 {keeps more tension.} Nxd3 13. cxd3 cxd5 14. b3 Be6 15. Na4) ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf1 Ng6 13. a3 Be7 14. Rb1 Be6 15. Qh5 d4 16. Na4 f5 17. b4 fxe4 {0-1 (41) Molander,R (2353)-Hebden,M (2521) Cork 2005}) 12... Bd6 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. exd5 Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 cxd5 16. Qf3 Qg5 17. Re2 Rb6 18. Rae1 Rf6 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Rc6 21. Re5 Rxc3 22. Rxd5 c5 {The position is equal.} 23. Re7 Be6 24. Re5 c4 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxc2 27. Rxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} g6 28. Rf4 f5 29. Rc7 Rf7 30. Rc8+ Rf8 31. Rc7 Rf7 32. Rc8+ Rf8 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,96,10,52,0,0,0,21,19,25,23,27,0,2,2,2,0,4,0,13,-34,-35,-50,-50,-50,-49,-54,-54,-58,-57,-58,-56,-57,-47,-70,-73,-70,-70,-70,-70,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-98,-90,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-36,-98,-69,-69,-69,-98,-83]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qa5 8. Qd2 Nbc6 9. Nf3 f6 10. Bd3 {C19: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 Nf3 and 7 a4} (10. Bb5 $14) (10. Bb5 Bd7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Ba3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Nc5 Rhg8 17. Rfb1 Nf5 18. Qxd5 {1-0 (44) Felgaer,R (2593)-Rustemov,A (2573) Dos Hermanas 2005}) 10... fxe5 $11 11. Nxe5 cxd4 12. Nxc6 {The position is equal.} Nxc6 13. cxd4 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O 15. Ke3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. f3 $146 Bd7 18. Re1 Rae8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 19. Kd2 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening ...Rf2+.} 20. Rxe5 (20. gxf3 Nxf3+) 20... Rxd3+ $1 21. cxd3 Rxe5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 22. Rb1 Bc6 23. Rb4 d4 24. Rxd4 Ra5 25. Bb2 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Bxa4 {KB-KB} 27. Bd4 a6 28. h4 Kf7 29. Kc3 g6 30. Bb6 Ke6 31. Kb4 Bc6 32. g3 Kd5 33. Ka5 Bd7 34. d4 Kc4 35. Bc5 b5 36. Be7 Bc8 37. Bc5 Bb7 38. Be7 Kxd4 39. Bb4 Ke5 40. Bc5 Ke6 (40... Kf5 {feels hotter.} 41. Kb6 Bc8 42. Bd6 Kg4 43. Kc7 Kh3) 41. Bb4 Kf5 42. Bc5 Kg4 43. Bd6 Bc8 44. Bc7 Kf3 45. Bd6 Bb7 (45... Ke4 $17 46. Kb4 Bg4) 46. Bc7 ({Better is} 46. Kb6 $15) 46... Be4 47. Bd6 Bd3 48. Kb4 Be2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,96,20,25,22,20,22,20,30,21,22,24,0,24,22,39,39,29,18,24,26,29,18,29,27,30,27,35,46,26,0,0,0,6,0,6,-6,23,0,0,-39,-29,-90,-52,-47,-39,-28,-30,-38,-9,-25,-22,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-13,-46,-12,-100,-100,-100,-69,-76,-9,-130,-131,-151,-155,-171,-171,-5073,-2235,-2162,-1231,-29977,-29978,-29964,-29943,-5165,-5097]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Qxd7 (7... Nbxd7 8. O-O c4 9. a4 a6 10. a5 Bd6 11. b3 Rc8 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Ba3 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 {½-½ (50) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Nc3 Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rfd8 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rac8 16. Rc1 Bd6 17. Ne2 Rxc1 18. Nxc1 Qf5 19. Ne2 Qh5 20. Ng3 Nxg3 {½-½ (20) Bartos,J (2293)-Medunova,V (2209) Brno 2005}) 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Re1 (14. Nxd5 Qe6 $15) 14... a6 15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qb1 f5 17. a3 Nc6 18. b4 Ba7 19. Rcd1 Qf7 20. b5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Bb8 22. Nc3 h6 23. Qc2 g5 24. g3 Rd7 25. Nd4 (25. Rf1 {seems wilder.} Rc7 26. Qb3 Rd7 27. Qc2) 25... Nxd4 26. Rxd4 (26. exd4 $11 Rc8 27. Qb3) 26... Be5 {Strongly threatening ...Rc8.} 27. Nxe4 Bxd4 ({Don't play} 27... fxe4 28. Rd2 $11) 28. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 29. Bxd4 Rc7 30. Qd2 Re8 31. Rb1 Kh7 32. Rb5 Rec8 33. Bb2 Rc5 34. Rxc5 Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 35. Qd4 Rc4 36. Qe5 Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 37. Qh8+ Kg6 38. h4 (38. Be5 $11) 38... gxh4 $17 39. gxh4 {Hoping for h5+.} f4 40. exf4 $1 Re8 ({But not} 40... Re1+ 41. Kg2 $11) (40... Rxf4 $17 41. Bc1 (41. h5+ Kf5 $17) 41... Rc4) 41. Qc3 (41. h5+ $11 Kf5 42. Qc3) 41... Kh6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 42. Kf1 {[#]} Qg6 $1 43. Qg3 Kh7 44. Be5 $2 {[#]} (44. Qxg6+ Kxg6 45. Kg2) 44... Qb1+ $1 $19 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46. Ke3 {[#]} d4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Kf3 (47. Kxd4 Rd8+) 47... Qd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Kg2 Rg8 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,97,27,20,40,43,42,46,68,69,60,62,72,70,61,55,49,20,32,20,28,18,17,14,16,18,64,59,53,62,62,66,104,95,129,130,132,120,123,120,108,110,100,99,152,140,129,109,138,147,156,157,156,148,242,227,404,397,456,456,451,425,854,0,311,0,855,853,814,803,1187,960,927,912,849,777,1870,1605,1469,1062,5257,2510,1370,1282]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (9... a6 10. a4 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. g4 Qd7 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Qd3 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 Na5 {½-½ (56) Sychev,K (2498)-Popov,I (2599) Moscow 2017}) 10. O-O Qc8 11. Re1 a6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e6 13. Ndf3 Nh5 14. Bh2 Qd8 15. Rc1 Bh6 16. Rc2 Bg7 17. Bf1 Nf6 {1-0 (40) Habada,J (1915)-Majerik,V (2085) Czechia 2006}) 13. dxe5 Ne8 14. Bg5 Qd8 15. Qb3 Nc7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qa7 Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6g5]} 18. Bh4 Rxb2 19. Nb3 g5 20. Bg3 {Threatens to win with Qe3.} Bb5 21. Bf5 Nf4 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Qd4 Bc4 24. Qxf4 e6 25. Qc1 Re2 26. Rxe2 Bxe2 {[#]} 27. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxh7 28. Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Bh5.} 29. Qxe2 Qc7 ({Black should play} 29... Qg5) 30. f4 $16 ({Don't take} 30. Qxa6 $6 Qxc3 31. Rf1 Bxe5 $14) 30... Qxc3 31. Rf1 a5 32. Kh2 a4 {[#]} 33. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3c3]} Qb4 {[#]} 34. Nc1 $1 Rb8 (34... Rc8 $16) 35. Nd3 $18 Qd4 $2 (35... Qe4 36. Qc2 Kh8) 36. Qd1 Rc8 37. Rg3 {Black must now prevent Qg4.} Qe4 38. Qg4 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4g7]} Qg6 (38... Qh7 $142 39. f5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} exf5) 39. Qd1 $2 (39. Qh4 Qh7 40. Qe7) 39... Qe4 $1 40. Qg4 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} (40. Qh5) 40... Qg6 $1 41. Qh4 {White is clearly winning.} Qh7 42. Qe7 Qe4 43. Qf6 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rf6g7]} Qh7 {[#]} 44. Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Nxe6.} Kh8 (44... Rxc5 45. Qd8#) 45. Qxf7 Rxc5 46. Rg5 Rc8 47. Rh5 Qxh5 48. Qxh5+ Kg8 49. Qg6 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,70,12,15,1,9,8,14,16,8,8,6,11,10,0,0,0,13,15,2,10,6,8,27,0,14,18,53,46,75,55,78,81,81,77,231,237,456,440,421,26,389,0,0,0,0,0,0,-88,-92,-92,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Nd1 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (9. a3 {with more complications.} Bb7 10. Bd3 g5 11. fxg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ncxe5 13. h4) 9... cxd4 (9... Be7 {is more complex.} 10. c3 c4 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O b4) 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12. c3 Qb6 13. Nf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe3 b4 14. Bd3 a5 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 {1-0 (38) Inarkiev,E (2686)-Lalic,B (2454) Melilla 2011}) 13... a5 14. Be2 b4 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qe3 bxc3 18. bxc3 O-O 19. Nd3 {[%cal Rd3c5]} Bxd4 20. cxd4 Qa7 21. Rac1 Nb6 22. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f6]} Nc4 23. Rxc4 $1 dxc4 24. f6 $1 {Qg5 would kill now.} gxf6 $2 (24... cxd3 25. Qg5 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Qg4 27. Qxg4 g6 28. Qg5 Kh8 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Rf3 g5 31. Rh3 Rg6 32. Qxh7#) (24... h6 $16 25. fxg7 Kxg7) 25. Nc5 $18 {Strongly threatening Qh6.} (25. exf6 Kh8 $15) 25... Kh8 $2 (25... Rb8 {was necessary.} 26. Qh6 (26. Nxa6 Qxa6 27. h3 Qb7 $11) (26. Rxf6 Rc6 $11) (26. exf6 Kh8 $11) 26... fxe5) 26. Qh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6f8]} Rg8 27. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (27. Nxa6 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxe5 $11) 27... Rg7 28. Rf3 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} ({Weaker is} 28. Nxa6 Qxa6 29. Qd8+ Rg8 $11) (28. Rf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4g4] Intending Rg4 and mate.} h5 29. Qd8+ (29. Nxa6 Qb7 $18) 29... Kh7 30. Rh4 (30. Nxa6 Qb7 $16) 30... Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qa8+ 32. Qxa8 Rxa8 33. Ne4) 28... Qb6 $1 $11 {...Ra8 is the strong threat.} 29. Nxa6 {Black must now prevent h3.} Qxd4+ 30. Rf2 {aiming for h3.} c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c2]} 31. Qf3 ({Don't blunder} 31. Kh1 $2 c2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) (31. Qe7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31... c2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 32. Qc6 {[#]} Rxg2+ (32... Qd1+ $1 $17 33. Rf1 Rg5 34. Qe8+ Rg8 35. Qxf7 (35. Qc6 $2 Rd8 $19) 35... c1=Q 36. Qf6+ Rg7 37. Qf8+ Rg8 38. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg7 39. Qf8+ Rg8 40. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 33. Kxg2 $11 {The position is equal.} Qg4+ 34. Kh1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 {White threatens Qe8+ and mate.} Qg4+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,113,37,14,22,11,22,0,20,0,13,6,29,25,22,12,25,17,32,35,21,28,90,82,112,81,95,112,166,177,174,171,177,178,162,162,239,249,273,265,277,260,235,157,160,156,155,137,117,116,432,430,432,450,416,374,722,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. Be2 Nge5 13. h4 gxh4 14. Bxh4 {0-1 (35) Alekseenko,K (2638)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. g4 h6 8. h4 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... b5 9. Bg2 b4 10. Nd5 Ne5 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. f3 h5 13. g5 fxg5 14. hxg5 {0-1 (54) Mischuk,D (2374)-Alikulov,E (2369) Cheliabinsk 2017}) 9. f3 e6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rg1 b5 12. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nc4 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nd7 15. g6 Be7 (15... Qb6 $11 16. gxf7+ Kxf7) 16. gxf7+ $16 Kxf7 17. a4 (17. Qg2 {is interesting.} Ke8 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nd4 Bh4+ 20. Kd1) 17... Bf6 18. axb5 Nxb2 (18... Ndb6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 19. Bxb2 $18 Bxc3+ 20. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2c3]} Qxd2+ 22. Nxd2 Nc5 {[#]} (22... Kf8 {might work better.} 23. bxa6 Rh4) 23. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Nxe4 24. Bg2 d5 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nd6+ Kf8 27. b6 Rb8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxa6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... g5 $16 {is a better chance.}) 30. c4 $1 $18 Rh2 31. c5 Rc2 32. Rg5 e3 $2 (32... Ke7 33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. Rgxg7 e5 35. Rgf7+ Ke6 36. Rae7+ Kd5) 33. Ra3 $2 (33. Ra7 $18 g6 34. Rh7) 33... Kf7 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Rxe3 {aiming for Re2.} Rh8 $1 {[%cal Rh8h1]} 35. Kd1 Rhh2 $1 {( -> ...Ra2)} ({Don't blunder} 35... Ra2 $2 36. Rge5 $18) 36. Rge5 Rhd2+ 37. Ke1 Rh2 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 38. Re2 Rhxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Rxc5 {KR-KR} 40. Rb2 Rc8 $1 41. Ke2 (41. Kd2 {seems wilder.} Kf6 42. Rb5 Ke7 43. b7 Rb8 44. Rb6) 41... Kf6 $1 42. b7 Rb8 43. Ke3 {Threatens to win with Ke4.} g5 $1 44. fxg5+ Kxg5 45. Kd4 Kf5 46. Rf2+ Kg6 47. Rg2+ Kf6 48. Rb2 Kf5 49. Kc5 e5 50. Kb6 {Kc7 is the strong threat.} e4 51. Kc7 Re8 52. b8=Q Rxb8 53. Rxb8 {White threatens Kd6 and mate.} e3 54. Kd6 Ke4 55. Kc5 {Threatening mate with Kc4.} e2 56. Re8+ Kd3 57. Rxe2 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,84,0,-9,0,0,0,-4,0,0,6,-1,-5,-18,-5,-5,-5,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-9,-3,-77,-81,-131,-125,-118,-115,-183,-39,-271,-246,-298,-278,-288,-287,-410,-411,-367,-168,-170,-150,-162,-42,-38,-23,-45,-36,-25,0,-88,-34,-64,-72,-57,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 8. Kf1 Nd3 9. Qe2 Nxc1 10. Rxc1 e6 11. e5 Nc6 12. h4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd7 13. Rh3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6 14. Bb5 h6 15. Kg1 {0-1 (35) Erdos,V (2585)-Svidler,P (2745) Germany 2017}) 14. Kg1 Qb6 15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Qe3 {[%cal Ra4c5]} c4 18. Bd1 Kb8 {White should prevent ...Nb4.} 19. a3 $1 Qb5 20. Rg3 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Qf4+ e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 23. Qxf6 Be7 24. Qf7 (24. Qg6 $1 $11) 24... Rhf8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf8f7]} 25. Qh5 {[#]} Bf5 $1 26. Qxh6 e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 27. Nc3 (27. Nh2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 27... Qc5 ({Better is} 27... Qb6 $19 28. Nh2 Rh8) 28. Ng5 $2 (28. Nh2 $1 $15) 28... Rh8 29. Ngxe4 {Strongly threatening Qxh8.} Rxh6 30. Nxc5 Rxh4 (30... Bxc5 31. Rg5 $17) 31. b4 (31. N3e4 $142 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Bf3) 31... Rdh8 $19 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh4h1]} 32. Kf1 {If White can now play Ne2 this consolidates a bit.} Bxc5 (32... Rh1+ $142 33. Ke2 Re8) 33. bxc5 Bd3+ 34. Rxd3 {[#]} cxd3 (34... Rh1+ $1 $19 35. Ke2 Re8+ 36. Ne4 Rxe4+ 37. Kf3 Ree1) 35. f3 $15 Rc4 36. Kf2 Rxc5 37. Rb1 Rh1 38. Ke3 (38. Bc2 $11) 38... Ra5 ({Black should play} 38... Rg5 $17 39. g4 Re5+ 40. Kxd3 Ree1) 39. a4 Rg5 40. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rh3 (40... Re5+ $15 41. Kxd3 Ree1) 41. Ne4 $11 Rg7 42. g5 Rf7 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,136,8,41,34,31,0,-7,0,-2,-23,-7,-50,-53,-69,-51,-65,-36,-42,21,-41,-39,-36,-45,-33,21,12,15,17,18,0,46,-13,0,-94,0,-34,-38,-46,-33,-12,-26,-125,-73,-87,0,-97,-105,-120,-122,-96,-23,-106,-73,-74,-35,-48,-51,-45,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-11,-22,-98,-109,-151,-149,-127,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Nc6 5. e4 d5 6. e5 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} Ng8 7. a3 Bxc3+ $1 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qa4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Ne2 Kh8 13. O-O {1-0 (28) Moskalenko,V (2543)-Barsov,A (2546) Sitges 2006}) 9... a6 10. Nh3 Na5 11. Qa4+ c6 $1 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 Qd5 (13... Qc7 $15) 14. Be3 (14. Qa4+ $11 Nc6 15. Qxc4) 14... Qxe5 $15 15. Kf2 {And now Bd4 would win.} Ne7 16. Qa4+ Nec6 (16... Nac6 $15) 17. Bxc4 $11 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O 19. Rhd1 Qc7 20. Rd6 (20. Ng5 $14) 20... Ne7 21. g4 (21. Qe4 $11) 21... Nd5 ({Better is} 21... Bd7 $17) 22. Nf4 Nxe3 23. Kxe3 b5 24. Qd4 Bb7 25. Kd2 {[#]} (25. Nd3 $11) 25... Bxf3 (25... Rac8 $142 $1 26. a4 (26. Rd7 Qc6 $17) 26... e5 27. Qxe5 Rfe8) 26. Rf1 Bc6 ({Reject} 26... Bxg4 $6 27. Rg1 $14) ({Black should try} 26... e5 $17 27. Qxe5 Rae8) 27. Qe5 {[#]} (27. Re1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Rad8 $1 $17 28. Nh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Re5g7]} f6 29. Qxe6+ Qf7 ({Black should play} 29... Kh8 $17 30. Kc1 Rc8) 30. Re1 (30. Qxf7+ $1 $11 Kxf7 31. Rf4) 30... Rxd6+ 31. cxd6 Qxe6 32. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 33. Ke3 Bd5 34. Re7 Bf7 35. Ra7 Bxh5 $1 36. gxh5 Rxd6 $11 {KR-KR} 37. h6 (37. Ra8+ $11 {remains equal.} Kf7 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39. Rxg7) 37... gxh6 $17 38. Ke4 Rc6 39. Kf5 Rxc3 (39... h5 $17 40. h4 Kh8) 40. Ra8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kf7 41. Ra7+ Kf8 {Strongly threatening ...Rf3+.} 42. Rxa6 Ke7 43. Re6+ Kd7 44. Rxf6 Rh3 45. Kg4 Rxh2 46. Rb6 h5+ 47. Kf4 Rf2+ 48. Ke5 Rg2 49. Kf4 Rg4+ 50. Kf5 {[#]} h6 $1 51. Rxh6 Rc4 52. Ke5 $1 h4 53. Kd5 Ke7 54. Ke5 Kf7 {...Kg7 is the strong threat.} 55. Kf5 Ke7 (55... Rc5+ {keeps more tension.} 56. Kg4 Ke7 57. Kxh4 Kd7 58. Kg4 Rc6) 56. Ke5 Kd7 57. Kd5 Kc7 {[#]} 58. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa4 {Threatens to win with ...Rc4.} (58... bxa4 59. Kxc4) 59. Kc5 Kd7 60. Kxb5 Rg4 {aiming for ...Ke8.} 61. Kc5 Ke7 62. Kd5 Kf7 {Hoping for ...Ra4.} 63. Ke5 Kg7 64. Kf5 Ra4 65. Rg6+ Kh7 {( -> ...Ra5+)} 66. Rg4 Ra5+ 67. Kf4 Rh5 68. Rg1 Ra5 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,83,16,12,9,24,24,24,15,21,29,19,30,8,23,15,57,54,72,33,39,39,127,131,137,92,89,82,82,91,84,119,118,90,80,97,94,78,237,74,139,123,208,197,322,18,18,19,20,0,0,0,0,0,37,41,120,181,933,872,29967,6390]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Qd2 {Hoping for Nd5.} b4 {B63: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...Be7 and unusual Black 7th moves} 14. Ne2 e5 15. g4 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nc1 Be6 16. Nb3 Qa4 17. g4 Rfd8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5 Be7 20. Bh3 Bc4 21. Nc1 {1-0 (45) Balogh,C (2398)-Dembo,Y (2346) Budapest 2002}) 15... Be6 {White has an edge.} 16. Nc1 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. Bh3 Bc4 20. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bb5 21. Nd3 $146 (21. a4) 21... Bxd3 22. Qxd3 d5 (22... Ra7 $14) 23. exd5 $16 Bc5 24. Qe4 Bd4 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. d6 $1 Qc5 {[#] aiming for ...d3.} 27. d7 a5 28. Rd1 a4 29. Qxd4 Qa5 30. Rd2 Qc7 $2 {[#]} (30... Qa7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 31. f4 $2 ({But not} 31. Qxb4 $6 Qg3 $16) (31. bxa4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win. Strongly threatening Bf1.} Qc6 32. Bf1) 31... axb3 ({Black should play} 31... Qa7) 32. cxb3 Rab8 (32... Qa7 $16) 33. h5 $18 Qb6 (33... Qc6 $142) 34. Qxb6 $2 (34. Qe5 $18 {Black must now prevent h6!} Qb5 35. Rd5) 34... Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 35. Kb2 h6 36. Rd5 Kf8 $1 37. a3 bxa3+ 38. Kxa3 Ra8+ 39. Kb2 Ke7 (39... Rd8 $1 $14) 40. Re5+ $16 Kd6 $2 (40... Kf8) 41. Re8 $18 Rbb8 42. Rc8 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,57,49,44,41,40,41,21,28,31,33,10,16,20,20,17,12,7,8,16,20,16,20,6,4,5,11,5,7,7,10,7,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} 11. f3 (11. O-O a4 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. f3 Qb4 {½-½ (14) Alekseev,E (2639)-Guseinov,G (2664) St Petersburg 2018}) 11... a4 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Rc2 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Rfc8 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. Kd2 Rxc2+ 18. Kxc2 {½-½ (39) Friedrich,N (2305)-Cebalo,M (2438) Graechen 2013}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 15. cxd5 {[#] Strongly threatening Qxa5.} Rfc8 {Hoping for ...Rxc2.} 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. Kd2 Rxc2+ 18. Kxc2 Bd7 19. Rc1 {next Kd2 is good for White.} e6 20. Rd1 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Rxb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 22. b3 axb3+ 23. axb3 {And now dxe6 would win.} Ra5 24. dxe6 Ra2+ 25. Kc1 {e7 is the strong threat.} Ra1+ 26. Kc2 Ra2+ 27. Kc1 {aiming for e7.} Ra1+ 28. Kc2 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxa1.} Ra2+ 29. Kc1 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,68,33,35,21,25,15,23,-5,12,5,5,8,25,20,38,14,14,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-4,-19,-6,-8,0,-21,-6,-13,0,-8,-14,-6,-20,-35,-14,-20,123,122,118,104,98,28,31,22,25,33,33,23,33,23,26,26,36]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bf4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Re1 Nb4 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb3 c6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. c3 Na6 14. Ng3 Nd6 15. Bc2 Nc7 {½-½ (33) Giri,A (2780)-Yu,Y (2764) Shenzhen 2018}) 7... O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Ne2 Be6 14. b3 Bd5 {0-1 (41) Vuilleumier,A (2307)-Raetsky,A (2453) Lausanne 2005}) 10... d5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Qf3 Nc4 15. Nd1 Qb6 16. c3 c5 17. b3 Nd6 18. Nb2 {[#] And now Na4 would win.} cxd4 19. Na4 Qa5 20. cxd4 Nde4 21. Qe2 Bb4 {White should prevent ...Nc3.} 22. Red1 Rac8 23. Be3 a6 24. a3 Bd6 25. f4 Bd7 26. Nc5 Qc7 ({But not} 26... Nxc5 $6 27. b4 $16) (26... Bb5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Ncxd7 $16 Nxd7 {[#]} 28. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 29. Rdc1 (29. Rac1 $16 Qd8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Qc4 Nxe5 32. fxe5 Bxa3 33. d5) 29... Qd8 $11 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4f7]} Bxe5 32. dxe5 Qxc4 33. bxc4 g5 34. g3 gxf4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,132,16,17,14,16,14,23,0,11,0,0,-35,-36,-28,-9,-25,-17,-12,-11,-19,-19,-18,-18,-35,-38,-46,-39,-33,-3,-37,-39,-45,-45,-48,-28,-62,-29,-33,-52,-78,-71,-92,-94,-108,0,-105,0,-83,-76,-135,-124,-124,-133,-169,-144,-174,-61,-68,-64,-71,-65,-70,-15,-8,19,20,30,10,43,-158,-98,-253,-253,-253,-254,-243,-249,-300,-315,-315,-300,-297,-275,-272,-223,-201,-29,-16,-18,-19,-17,-19,-8,-8,-8,-14,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Nd7 (6... Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Bb2 Bxc4 11. bxc4 O-O 12. a4 a6 13. g3 Nc5 {0-1 (43) Robson,R (2667)-So,W (2765) chess.com INT 2019}) 7. Nc4 Qe7 8. a3 {White has an edge.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 b5 11. Na5 c5 12. O-O Re8 13. Rb1 cxb4 14. axb4 {½-½ (91) Shyam,S (2534)-Leenhouts,K (2486) Dieren 2017}) 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 {[%cal Rc4e5]} f6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Ne3 a4 13. b4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bg4 15. Qe1 c5 16. Nh4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nc8 18. b5 Nd6 19. Ba3 Qd7 20. h3 Be6 21. c4 b6 22. Bb4 c5 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Ba3 Rfd8 25. Qg3 {Strongly threatening Rxf6.} Kh8 26. Qf3 Kg8 (26... Rd7 $17 27. Rfc1 Nb7) 27. Rad1 (27. Qg3 $11 Kh8 28. Rfd1) 27... Nf7 (27... b5 $17 28. c5 Nf7) 28. Qg3 (28. Be7 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Rdc8 29. Qg3) 28... Kh8 $1 $17 29. Rf2 (29. Qf2 $142) 29... Ra7 30. Rfd2 Rad7 31. Nf3 b5 32. cxb5 Qxb5 ({Better is} 32... Qc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3a3]} 33. Bb2 Qb3) 33. d4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rd4d5] Black must now prevent d5.} Bb3 34. Rc1 Qb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 35. Qg4 Nh6 ({Black should play} 35... Rc7 $15 36. Rb1 Re8) 36. Qh4 $11 Bf7 37. Rb2 Qa7 38. Rc6 Ng8 39. Bc5 $2 (39. Kh2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 39... Qa8 $17 40. Rbb6 $2 (40. d5 $17) 40... a3 $19 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 41. Ra6 a2 $1 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 42. Qe1 {[#]} ({Of course not} 42. Rxa8 Rxa8 43. Kh2 a1=Q $19) 42... Rb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7b1]} 43. Nd2 Qb8 44. Rcb6 exd4 45. exd4 Rxb6 46. Rxb6 Qf4 {And now ...Ra8 would win.} 47. Ra6 f5 $2 ({Black should try} 47... Re8 $19 48. Ra7 {[#]} Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank}) 48. d5 $1 $11 fxe4 {The position is equal.} 49. Rxa2 Bxd5 50. Ra7 Ra8 51. Rxa8 Bxa8 52. Nc4 Nf6 53. Bd4 e3 54. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 55. Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ne8 56. g4 Kg8 57. Kf2 Kf7 58. Kg3 Nf6 59. Nc4 Bd5 60. Ne5+ Ke6 61. Kf4 h6 62. Nf3 Kf7 63. Bb2 g5+ 64. Ke3 Nxg4+ 65. hxg4 {Hoping for Ne5+.} Bxf3 66. Kxf3 {Threatens to win with Bc3.} Kg6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,119,85,83,90,105,89,89,95,107,77,81,69,69,64,75,51,50,32,53,30,47,34,29,23,24,-8,0,-19,14,8,32,26,36,0,37,16,18,15,14,10,6,24,42,38,93,97,91,68,68,68,82,81,82,82,82,68,89,85,134,149,357,369,407,369,539,541,499,333,557,510,566,543,557,544,550,544,526,522,1064,1010,1025,941,1163,1114,1254,1204,947,901,2247,2262,2093,1747,29984,29985,29987,29988,29990,29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Nd2 h5 13. a3 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} Bd7 14. Rb1 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe8 15. b4 b6 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Rb3 Rf7 18. f3 Nh6 19. Rb2 g5 20. Bf2 f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 {1-0 (44) Sakaev,K (2647)-Miroshnichenko,E (2548) Panormo 2002}) 15. b4 {White is better.} b6 16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Rb3 Nh6 18. f3 Nf7 19. Bf2 Bh6 20. Rb2 Bg5 21. Qe1 Nc7 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Nb3 Ne8 24. Qa5 f5 25. Bd3 a6 26. Nc3 Qd8 27. Rfb1 Rab8 28. Ne2 (28. Qxa6 $2 Ra8 $19) 28... h4 29. h3 (29. Qxa6 $2 Ra8 $19) 29... Rb6 30. Nbc1 Rxb2 31. Qxd8 Bxd8 32. Rxb2 Ra8 33. Nc3 g5 (33... f4 $14) 34. exf5 $16 Ng7 {[%cal Be8g7,Bg7f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 35. N1e2 Nxf5 36. Ne4 Nd4 37. N2c3 Bc8 38. Be3 Kg7 39. Kf2 Kh6 40. Rb1 Bc7 41. Bd2 Ra7 $2 {[#]} (41... Bd8 $16 42. Nd1 Kg7) 42. Nxg5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg5 43. Ne4 Kg7 (43... Bd8 {might work better.} 44. Rb8 Kg7 45. Nxd6 (45. Bxg5 Bxg5 46. Nxg5 Bf5 $18) (45. Nxg5 Bf5 $16) 45... Rd7) 44. Bxg5 Nf5 45. Rb2 Kg6 $2 {[#]} (45... a5 {is a better defense.} 46. f4 exf4) 46. Bxh4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Nxh4 47. Nxd6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bf5 48. Nxf5 Nxf5 49. g4 Kg5 50. Bxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf4 51. h4 {White wants to mate with Re2.} Bd8 52. h5 Bg5 53. d6 a5 54. Rb8 Ra6 {[#]} 55. h6 $1 Rxd6 (55... Bxh6 56. d7) 56. h7 Bf6 57. Ke2 a4 58. Be4 {White mates.} Kg5 59. Rg8+ Kh4 60. g5 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 5. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:18]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:19:45]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 10. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:16:26]} 11. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:11:24]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 12. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:07:19]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:11:02]} 13. f3 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:14:10]} 14. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:05:57]} e4 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 16. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:26]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 17. Rhf1 {[%emt 0:07:13]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:07:29]} 18. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:10:31]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 19. fxe4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. d5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Raa8 {[%emt 0:10:35]} 21. Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 22. Kb1 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 23. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 24. Qb6 {[%emt 0:06:46]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 25. a3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 26. g3 {[%emt 0:04:44]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 27. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 28. Rfd2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 29. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. c4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 31. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 32. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 33. Rcxc4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 37. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 40. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rd4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:05:10]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 43. a4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:03:41]} 45. Ke1 {[%emt 0:14:54]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:05:05]} 46. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} f3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 47. a5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 48. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:02:33]} 49. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 50. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:06:07]} 51. Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} f2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 53. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke3 0-1

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 13. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:19]} c4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 14. Nf1 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 16. Ng3 {[%emt 0:03:55]} g6 {[%emt 0:08:24]} 17. Bh6 {[%emt 0:05:54]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:12:18]} 18. Kh2 {[%emt 0:10:44]} a5 {[%emt 0:07:08]} 19. Qd2 {[%emt 0:05:12]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 20. Rg1 {[%emt 0:03:39]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:09:13]} 21. bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Be3 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 23. Rab1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 24. Rxb8 {[%emt 0:04:41]} Rxb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 26. Bxb1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 27. Qb2 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 28. Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:15:52]} 29. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:05:08]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 31. c4 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:06:24]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 33. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Qa6 {[%emt 0:04:21]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:10:11]} 36. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:07:24]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 38. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 39. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:40]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 40. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:09:53]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 42. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 43. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:03:15]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:46]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 45. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} g5 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 46. Kh2 {[%emt 0:06:33]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 47. Qa6 {[%emt 0:10:36]} Be7 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 48. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 49. d6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 50. Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 51. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 52. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.15"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,0,15,15,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,17,22,23,-20,38,35,35,42,205,234,222,210,309,296,279,289,252,225,241,239,338,312,588,593,612,611,597,575,1129,1118,1237,1227,1393,268,270,269,266,261,261,224,256,248,254,229,329,312,316,322,445,444,459,459,459,397,452,277,1040,796,29955,29950,29952,29958,11995,6091,29973,29975,29977,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29979,29980,29980,29981,29983,29984]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 {The position is equal.} e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] e5! is the strong threat. White has good play.} Qc7 12. h4 Ne5 $146 (12... b5 $11 13. Qb3 O-O) ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Ne2 Rad8 {0-1 (31) Bu,X (2708)-Gelfand,B (2723) Yerevan 2008}) 13. Qe2 $14 {And now f4 would win.} Nh5 $1 14. Kb1 {aiming for Be3.} Ng6 $2 {[#]} (14... O-O $1 $14) 15. Nb5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5c7][%mdl 512]} cxb5 16. Qxb5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 (16... Qc6 $142) 17. Qxh5 Be5 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Ng6 (20... Nc6 $142) 21. Qf5 {Black must now prevent h5.} Re8 $2 (21... h5 22. Rc8+ Rxc8 23. Qxc8+ Qe8 24. Qxb7 Nxf4) 22. h5 Nh4 23. Qh3 Qxe4+ 24. Ka1 Qc6 {[%cal Rc6c1]} 25. Bd3 Qd5 26. Bc4 Qxh5 27. Qxh4 $2 (27. Rhe1 {Qa3+ would kill now.} Rb8 28. Qd7 g5 29. Re7 Kg7 30. Rxf7+ Kh6 31. Qd6+ Ng6 32. fxg5+ Kxg5 33. Rg1+ Qg4 34. Qf6+ Kh5 35. Be2 Kh6 36. Rh1+ Qh5 37. Rxh5#) 27... Qxh4 28. Rxh4 Rc8 {...b5 would now be nice for Black.} 29. Rhh1 Ke7 30. a3 h6 31. Kb1 Rhd8 32. Bb3 Kf6 (32... Rxc1+ $142 33. Rxc1 Rd7) 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KP} Kf5 36. Bxf7 Kxf4 37. Kd2 b6 38. Ke2 g5 $2 (38... Ke4 39. f3+ Kd4) 39. f3 a5 40. Be8 Ke5 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Bf7+ Kc5 43. Ke4 {White mates.} a4 44. Kf5 Kd4 45. Be8 Ke3 46. Kg4 Kd2 47. Bxa4 Kc1 48. Bc6 Kxb2 49. a4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

