[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2 Qa6 9. Qf3 Ne7 10. O-O c5 11. c3 Nf5 12. g3 Nc6 13. Nb3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Be7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Bc3 g6 17. Nf4 O-O 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Qd1 a5 20. a4 Nb4 21. Rg1 Kg7 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Rh8 24. h5 Kf8 25. Nxg6+ fxg6 26. Qxg6 Nd3 27. Nc5 Rxc5 28. dxc5 Qxc5 29. Bd2 Bd8 30. Be3 Nxf2+ 31. Bxf2 Qxf2 32. Rg4 Qf3+ 33. Kh2 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Qxe5 36. Rf1 Bf6 37. Kh1 Rxh5+ 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shen, Christopher"]
[Black "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,165,19,27,26,21,22,20,11,20,20,25,21,24,20,24,19,33,25,18,20,24,18,30,8,31,24,47,26,44,23,23,20,28,23,35,28,56,47,51,42,50,54,45,54,78,79,92,71,79,58,66,52,52,52,52,52,64,59,83,83,77,77,77,77,96,97,92,92,97,69,81,81,85,79,136,95,153,153,153,153,153,153,140,124,197,197,287,287,287,287,287,287,287,287,251,215,358,361,345,317,377,200,200,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-29965,-29950,-29976,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-7,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 (5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh4 a5 13. O-O-O Bb4 {1-0 (40) So,W (2767)-Demchenko,A (2655) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 5... Nf6 6. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Bd6 7. Bg5 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Re8 {½-½ (44) Avramidou,A (2260)-Cvitan,E (2009) Batumi 2018}) 12. O-O Re8 13. Rae1 Be6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ng3 Rac8 16. Nce2 Rc7 17. Nf4 Qd8 18. h3 Nc8 {[%cal Bb6c8,Bc8d6,Bd6e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} 19. Rc1 Nd6 20. Rfe1 Rce7 21. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Bc8 22. b4 Nfe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. a4 Ng5 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Bd7 27. bxc6 Bxc6 28. Rb1 Ne6 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Rec1 Qg5 31. Qe2 h5 32. Rc5 Qh4 33. Rb6 Qxd4 34. exd4 Rxe2 35. Bxe2 Rxe2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 36. Rc3 Rd2 37. Rb4 f6 38. g3 Kf7 39. Re3 g5 40. h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 Kg6 (41... Rc2 $142) 42. Kg2 Rd1 ({Black should try} 42... Rc2) 43. Rf3 $16 Rd2 44. Rf4 Rd3 45. Rb2 Kf7 46. Re2 Bd7 {[#]} (46... Bb5 $16 {might work better.} 47. Rb2 Bc6) 47. Re3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3d3]} Rxe3 (47... Bb5 $142 48. Ref3 Rxf3 49. Rxf3 Be2) 48. fxe3 {KR-KB} Bb5 49. Rf2 Bc4 50. Rb2 b5 51. Kg3 Ke6 52. Kf4 Bd3 (52... Ke7 $142 53. Rb1 Kd7) 53. Rb3 Bc4 54. Ra3 Kd6 55. Kf5 (55. Ra6+ $142 Kc7 56. Rxf6) 55... Kc6 56. Kxf6 $2 (56. Ra6+ $18 Kb7 57. Rxf6) 56... b4 $11 57. Ra1 Bd3 {aiming for ...b3.} 58. Ra4 Kb5 59. Ra8 b3 {And now ...Kb4 would win.} 60. Rb8+ Kc4 61. Ke5 Be4 62. Rc8+ Kd3 (62... Kb4 $5 63. Rb8+ $8 Ka3 $11) 63. Rb8 Kc2 {White must now prevent ...b2.} (63... Kc3 $5 64. Rc8+ $8 Kb4 65. Rb8+ Kc3 66. Rc8+ Kd2 $11) 64. Rc8+ Kb1 65. Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65. Kf6 $11) 65... b2 66. Kf4 {[#]} Kc2 $2 (66... Kc1 $1 {mates} 67. Kg5 b1=Q 68. Rxb1+ Bxb1 69. Kxh5 Kd2 70. Kg4 Kxe3 71. h5 Kxd4 72. Kf4 Bh7 73. Kf3 Kc3 74. Kf4 d4 75. Ke5 d3 76. Kf6 d2 77. Kg7 Be4 78. Kf6 d1=Q 79. Ke6 Qxh5 80. Kf6 Qe8 81. Kg5 Qe5+ 82. Kg4 Qf6 83. Kg3 Qg5+ 84. Kf2 Kd2 85. Kf1 Qg2#) 67. Kg5 {The position is equal.} Bf3 68. Rc8+ Kd2 (68... Kb3 $5 69. Rb8+ $8 Kc2 70. Rc8+ Kd3 $11) 69. Rb8 Kc2 (69... Kc3 $5 70. Rc8+ $8 Kd3 $11) 70. Rc8+ Kb1 (70... Kb3 $5 71. Rb8+ $8 Ka2 72. Ra8+ Kb1 $11) 71. Rb8 Be2 72. Rb7 Kc2 73. Kf4 Bd3 74. Kg5 $1 Be2 75. Kf4 Bc4 76. Rxb2+ $1 Kxb2 77. e4 $1 dxe4 78. Kxe4 {KB-KPP} Kc3 (78... Kb3 $5 79. d5 $8 Be2 $11) 79. d5 Be2 {Strongly threatening ...Kc4.} (79... Kb4 $5 80. d6 $8 Be6 $11) 80. d6 {Hoping for d7.} Bg4 {...Kc4 is the strong threat.} 81. Kf4 Kd4 {( -> ...Kd5)} (81... Kb4 $5 82. Kg5 $8 Bh3 $11) 82. Kg5 Ke5 {[#]} 83. d7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zhou, Liran"]
[Black "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,59,9,10,19,55,13,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,-43,-55,-38,-92,-83,-83,-96,-129,-104,-172,-158,-172,-164,-214,186,173,205,0,0,0,485,492,486,467,29993,29994,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 b4 8. Na4 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} Qa5 (8... Nf6 9. c4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nf5 g6 13. Ne3 Bc6 14. b3 Bxa4 15. bxa4 Nc5 {1-0 (63) Andreikin,D (2710)-Khismatullin,D (2634) Satka 2018}) 9. b3 Nf6 10. O-O {The position is equal.} Bxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Re1 Nf6 $1 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Qf3 Ra7 15. h3 d5 {1-0 (52) Guseinov,G (2607)-Moroz,A (2506) Cappelle-la-Grande 2006}) 13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. Re5 Qd8 16. Qf3 Nd5 17. Rae1 Be7 18. Qg4 (18. R5e4 $15) 18... O-O $17 19. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7]} Bf6 20. Rh5 Qe7 21. Re4 (21. Bg5 $17) 21... a5 22. Rc4 Rfc8 23. Nc5 Kh8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23... Nb6 $19 24. Re4 g6) 24. Qh3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 1024] Strongly threatening Bxg7+! White has strong compensation.} Kg8 ({Avoid the trap} 24... gxh6 $2 25. Rxh6 Kg8 26. Rxh7 $18) 25. Rg4 $2 (25. Bc1 $18) 25... g6 $1 $11 26. Ne4 {Bd2 is the strong threat.} Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Nc3 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 27. Be3 Nxe4 28. Rxh7 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Kxf2 Bg7) 27. Bd2 {Played: Bh6-g5} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,81,37,32,35,33,39,25,34,31,29,22,22,41,104,95,152,129,164,146,268,261,328,337,325,323,473,468,469,464,444,423,1405,1378,1238,1088,5113,1216,1111,814,789,773,789,768,767,767,722,753,718,695,783,724,787,741,828,820,2266,2252,1647,1001,969,954,29987,29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nf3 Re8 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation} 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qc2 h6 {White has an edge.} 14. Bh4 $1 Ng4 {[%cal Rd6h2]} 15. h3 Ngf6 {[#]} 16. Rce1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (45) Tomashevsky,E (2758)-Nguyen,N (2634) Baku 2015}) 16... g5 ({Black should try} 16... Kh8 $14) 17. Bg3 $1 $16 Bxg3 ({Black should play} 17... Kg7) 18. fxg3 Qxg3 19. e4 {Threatens to win with e5.} dxe4 {[#]} (19... Nh5 $16) 20. Bc4 $1 $18 {Hoping for Nd2.} Qd6 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Nxe4 (22... Kg7 $142 23. Re3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5) 23. Qxe4 {aiming for Nxg5!} Kg7 {[#]} 24. Nxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf6 (24... hxg5 25. Rxf7+) 25. Qh4 Bg4 (25... hxg5 $142 26. Qxg5+ Kf8 27. Qxf6 Qxf6 28. Rxf6 b5) 26. Nxf7 Qxd4+ {[#]} 27. Kh1 {Played: Kg1-h2} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Martin Del Campo C., Roberto"]
[Black "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,74,6,6,13,-10,-15,-22,-22,-9,-13,-20,-10,-25,-22,-14,-26,-27,-37,-31,-20,-14,0,-11,-11,-10,-11,-10,0,-9,0,-16,-16,-16,-16,-20,0,0,0,-24,-24,-225,-190,-377,-371,-427,-420,-406,-407,-449,-391,-334,-395,-373,-374,-658,-627,-672,-689,-662,-636,-5002,-2823,-2122,-2112,-29996,-350]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Re1 e6 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (6... Nf6 7. c3 e6 8. d3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. h3 Qb7 12. Nf1 Rfd8 13. Ng3 Rac8 14. Qe2 h6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 {0-1 (54) Rapport,R (2709)-Oparin,G (2562) Moscow 2015}) 7. c4 Ne5 8. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 Nxc4 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Na5 11. b3 Nc6 12. Qd2 a6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Ba3 {0-1 (31) Gyrgenova,E-Irinchinov,V (1996) Ulan Ude 2012}) 8... Ne7 {The position is equal.} 9. Nc3 N7c6 10. a3 g6 11. h3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg7 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Be3 f5 15. Qd2 Bd4 16. Ne2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 e5 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. f3 Rab8 20. Rac1 a5 21. Nc3 Nd4 22. Qe4 Qe6 23. a4 Kg7 24. Nd5 Qd7 25. Nc3 $2 (25. Qg4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rbd8 26. Qxd7+ Rxd7 27. Re4) 25... Rf4 $19 26. Qd5 $2 {[#]} (26. Qe3 {only move.}) 26... Nxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance} 27. gxf3 {Strongly threatening Ne4.} Rd4 28. Kg2 Rxd5 29. cxd5 b5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Nxb5 Qxb5 {[%mdl 4160] [#] Endgame Double Attack. KQ-KRR} 32. f4 $2 (32. Re2) 32... exf4 33. Rc4 Qxb2+ 34. Kf3 Qd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Rce4 Qxd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kxf4 g5+ {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Shen, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,68,25,39,31,45,42,44,29,35,15,10,0,17,10,17,0,43,0,0,-41,-22,-39,-42,-50,-50,-50,-37,-109,-103,-175,-175,-231,-237,-243,-168,-243,-243,-227,-230,-297,-296,-296,-290,-312,-307,-312,-297,-29966,-29969,-5285,-5285]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. O-O-O {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} Ne7 12. a3 O-O 13. Rhf1 {White is slightly better.} (13. Qh5 f6 14. Rhf1 Rf7 15. g4 b4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. e5 f5 18. Rg1 Rc8 {0-1 (53) Saric,I (2669)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Riadh 2017}) 13... f5 14. g4 d5 15. exf5 exf5 16. Rde1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. gxf5 Nxf5 17. Qg4 Bc8 18. Rfe1 g6 {½-½ (77) Sreeves,C (2406)-Ladva,O (2532) Riga 2017}) 16... Rae8 17. Na2 d4 18. Qd1 Qd7 19. Rg1 fxg4 20. Rxg4 Nf5 21. Rg5 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 {Black must now prevent Qe5.} Re8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 23. Qg1 (23. Qd1 $15 Be4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Kb1) 23... Be4 $17 24. Nb4 (24. Bxe4 $17 Rxe4 25. Qh1) 24... Bxb4 $1 $19 25. axb4 (25. Bxb4 $142 Bxd3 26. cxd3) 25... Bxd3 26. cxd3 Qe6 {Hoping for ...Qa2.} 27. Kb1 (27. Qg4 $142 g6 28. Kb1) 27... Qe2 28. Qg2 {intending Qd5+.} Qxd3+ 29. Ka1 Rd8 30. Qc6 Qxd2 31. Rxf5 Qe1+ (31... Qxb4 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Rd5 $17) ({Less strong is} 31... Qxh2 32. Qc7 $17) 32. Ka2 d3 ({Weaker is} 32... Qxb4 33. Rd5 $17) 33. Re5 $2 {[#]} (33. Qb6 $19 Qe8 34. Re5) 33... Qxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 34. fxe5 d2 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C., Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,92,20,20,25,40,28,72,70,61,65,86,35,39,0,1,16,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-15,-26,-22,-153,-141,-145,-131,-142,-147,-142,-150,-142,158,-82,-82,-237,-244,-435,-431,-431,-458,-444,-429,-435,-424,-458,-464,-477,-460,-441,-441,-433,-430,-393,-378,-29967,-29971,-29966,-29968,-6121,-5502,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2 a6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. a4 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} (11. Nd2 b5 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nce4 c4 16. b4 Nb7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 f6 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Nc3 Nd8 22. Qd2 Nf7 23. Qd4 {0-1 (72) Pantsulaia,L (2607)-Belyakov,B (2487) Doha 2016}) 11... Bd7 12. Nd2 b5 13. axb5 {White is better.} axb5 14. cxb5 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 ({White should play} 15. Ra3 $16 {Threatens to win with Qa1.} Bd7 16. Qc2) 15... Rxb5 $14 16. Bc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Ra3 Rb8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (82) Terhuven,P (2123)-Syrov,A (2252) Willingen 2018}) 16... Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc2 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 19. Ra3 Rb8 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 20. Qc3+ Kg8 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 21. Qe3 Ne5 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 22. Ra4 (22. Be4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 22... Nxb3 $17 23. Rh4 h5 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f5] And now ...Nf5 would win.} 26. Be4 {[#]} Qa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Qd8 $1 $17 27. Kg2 Rb4) 27. Bd3 $2 {[#]} (27. Qg5 $16 {and life is bright. Hoping for Bxg6!} Nxe2+ 28. Kg2) 27... Rb3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...Nf5. Black is really pushing.} 28. Qe4 $2 (28. Qxe7 $17 {was called for.} Rxd3 29. Rf4 Nxe2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 30. Qxe2) 28... Qd2 $19 29. Rf4 $2 {[#]} (29. Qxe7 Rxd3 30. exd3 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nxh4+ 32. gxh4) 29... Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 30. exd3 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Kg2 Nxf4+ 32. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rb4 33. Qxe7 Qxf4 {( -> ...Qg4+)} 34. h3 Kg7 35. Re1 {[#]} Rd4 {Played: Rb4-b2} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Black "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-6,-14,-9,-8,-8,-8,-9,0,-10,-5,0,-7,5,-25,0,0,10,-12,4,8,11,10,12,0,0,0,11,-10,-4,-9,-7,-10,-15,-20,-14,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. a3 c6 4. d4 (4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. e3 O-O 7. d3 exd3 8. Bxd3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 {½-½ (55) Milov,V (2638)-Fressinet,L (2625) Cannes 2006}) 4... exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} Be7 7. Bf4 dxc4 8. Qxc4 O-O $146 (8... Qb6 {looks sharper.} 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qf5 11. Nc3 Be6) ({Predecessor:} 8... Na6 9. e4 Be6 10. Qe2 {1-0 (44) Lehtinen,H (2408)-Sisatto,O (2258) Finland 2012}) 9. e3 Qb6 10. Qa2 Be6 11. Qb1 c5 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Nxf4 16. exf4 Bf6 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. g3 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qf5 Rad8 24. Rad1 Kg8 25. h4 b6 26. Rfe1 Rd6 27. Rxd6 {The position is equal.} Qxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 28. Qe4 Rd8 29. h5 (29. Qb7 {feels hotter.} a5 30. Re7 Qf6 31. h5 Kf8 32. Rd7) 29... Qd5 (29... Qd2 {with more complications.} 30. b3 Qd3 31. Qa4 Kh7 32. Qxa7 Qxb3 33. Qb7 Rd4) 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Re7 f6 33. Rxa7 {Black should prevent Rb7.} Rd2 34. b4 cxb4 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Black "Zhou, Liran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. f3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 32. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 33. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. a3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 39. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. b4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 41. b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 42. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 43. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 44. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 46. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 47. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 48. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,40,17,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 $146 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} 12. Nxd7 (12. Rc1 {keeps more tension.} Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Be3) 12... Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. d5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 {Strongly threatening dxe6.} Bxd5 ({But not} 15... exd5 16. Bd3 $16) 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Bxc4 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 {[#] ...Qd8 is the strong threat.} 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Zhou, Liran"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} e5 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Bxf7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Bg8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shen, Christopher"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 1:30:30]} d5 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. e3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. h3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} N4c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. b3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxa2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Ndc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 32. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 33. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38. Nxe8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke7 41. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 42. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 43. Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 44. Ne8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. Nc7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 46. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 47. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 48. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 49. Qxf2 Nxf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 50. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 51. b4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 52. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 53. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 54. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 55. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 56. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 57. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 58. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 59. h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 60. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 61. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 62. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 63. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 64. Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 65. Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 66. Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 67. Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 68. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 69. h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 70. f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 71. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Black "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,89,16,16,16,22,13,15,33,22,29,9,12,14,10,10,52,40,70,46,68,62,68,47,54,47,77,69,129,124,126,126,126,119,121,106,110,107,111,101,261,141,144,104,238,246,285,285,285,285,270,270,270,263,266,266,259,259,259,250,252,231,256,239,520,523,456,351,2292,2458,5114,6821,29985,29986,29986,29987,29989,29989,29987,29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. O-O a6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Rd8 16. Rac1 Nce4 17. Bb4 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 {1-0 (69) Grischuk,A (2771)-Topalov,V (2740) Shamkir 2019}) 9. a4 b6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxe7 Bxe7 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 {1-0 (65) Potkin,V (2621)-Adly,A (2594) Dubai 2014}) 11... exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Ba2 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qc8 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Rfc1 Qe6 19. Rc7 Bd6 (19... Rfb8 $14) 20. Rxb7 $16 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxb6 d4 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 {Strongly threatening exd4.} dxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 25. Qe2 {Threatens to win with a5.} Rb8 $2 {[#]} (25... exf2+ $16 {was worth a try.} 26. Qxf2 Qa5) 26. Qxe3 (26. a5 $1 $18) 26... Qxb2 27. Qc1 Qb6 (27... Qxc1+ $16 28. Rxc1 Kf8) 28. a5 $18 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Qa6 {[#]} 29. Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b8]} Qb7 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 {KR-KR} 31. a6 Ra7 32. Kf1 Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Kd3 Kd6 35. Kc4 Kc6 36. Kb4 Kb6 37. Ra2 g5 $2 (37... g6 {might work better.} 38. h4 f5) 38. g4 f6 39. h3 h5 $2 (39... Kc7 40. Kb5 Kb8) 40. gxh5 Kc7 41. Kb5 Kb8 42. Kb6 {White mates.} Re7 43. Rc2 Re8 44. Rc6 Rf8 45. h6 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Martin Del Campo C., Roberto"]
[Black "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,72,47,29,-8,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,25,23,31,-8,0,0,9,0,13,-10,-11,-11,12,0,5,8,6,1,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. Ng5 Bf5 7. e6 fxe6 8. Bh5+ {B05: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3 Bg4} g6 9. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Nf6 {[#] Hoping for ...Be4.} 10. gxf5 Nxh5 11. fxg6 hxg6 12. Nxe6 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} Ng7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Na6 14. d5 Nf6 15. Qd3 Rg8 16. dxc6 {1-0 (30) Sisniega,M (2455)-Fernandez Garcia,J (2445) Salamanca 1987}) 14. Nxf8 (14. b4 $5 Qb6 15. Nf4 $11 (15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Bh6 Rg8 $11)) 14... Rxf8 {The position is equal.} 15. Bh6 Qf5 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf5f2] [#]} 16. Qe2 Rf7 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Ne4 {Nxd6+ is the strong threat.} Qf4 (18... Kd7 {with more complications.} 19. O-O-O Na6 20. Kb1 Rh8 21. h4 Nc7) 19. Qe3 Qxe3+ 20. fxe3 Nd7 21. Ng5 {Strongly threatening Ne6.} Nf8 22. e4 Kd7 23. Ke2 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. Rag1 Rh8 26. h4 Rh5 27. Rg4 Kf7 28. Rf1+ Ke8 29. Rfg1 Rgh7 30. Rxg6 Rxh4 31. R6g4 Kd7 32. Rxh4 Rxh4 33. Kd3 Rh3+ 34. Kd2 Rh2+ 35. Kd3 Rh3+ 36. Kd2 Rh2+ {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} c5 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Ncxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Red8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. a3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 27. h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a2+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} 28. Kxa2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 1:30:30]} d5 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Rfa1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 32. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 33. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. Rxh8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38. h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 39. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. h6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 41. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 42. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 43. h7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 44. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 46. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 47. Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 48. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 49. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 50. g4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 51. g5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 52. g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 53. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 54. g7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 55. Rxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 56. g8=Q {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re7 57. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Black "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,32,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (7... Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe3+ Be7 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Bc3 Qf5 17. Qg3 Qg6 18. Qc7 Bd5 19. Qxe7 {½-½ (41) Inarkiev,E (2682)-Vitiugov,N (2728) Izhevsk 2019}) 8. Nxe5 Nd6 $1 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bg5 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxf7!} Nf5 $1 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qf3+ $1 Kg6 $1 ({Not} 13... Kg8 $2 14. Ra3 $18) 14. Qg4+ Kf7 {[#] And now ...Rf8 would win.} 15. Qf3+ Kg6 $1 {Hoping for ...Nf5.} ({Don't blunder} 15... Kg8 $2 16. Ra3 $18) 16. Qg4+ {[#]} Kf7 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C., Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} d6 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. a4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. f3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. g4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 32. b3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 33. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. g5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 1:30:30]} d5 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ndxb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. a3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. a4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rbc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shen, Christopher"]
[Black "Zhou, Liran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 32. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 33. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Martin Del Campo C., Roberto"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,65,56,49,27,25,34,20,31,31,27,25,20,27,44,32,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,60,60,81,81,81,81,91,85,85,85,85,85,88,87,88,88,258,252]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nf5 d5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Re1 f6 13. f3 Ng5 $1 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 14. exf6 (14. b3 Qf7 15. Bxg5 fxg5 16. Nc3 Qg6 17. Na4 g4 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Re2 {½-½ (54) Rosito,J (2424)-Szmetan,J (2401) Buenos Aires 2004}) 14... Qxf6 15. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32] aiming for Nxd5!} Rb8 {The position is equal.} 16. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. b3 Bh3 18. Qe2 Rb4 19. Kh1 Qf6 20. Na4 Bc8 21. Qe7 {½-½ (50) Vatunen,M-Marjamaeki,K Finland 1975}) 16... Re8 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qd4 Bf5 19. c4 Qe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rxe3 21. Nd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bg6 23. Nxc6 Rxb2 24. cxd5 Bf7 25. a4 Kf8 26. Re7 Bxd5 27. Rxc7 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Nb4 Bf7 30. Nxa6 Rxa4 31. Nc5 Ra2+ 32. Kg3 {Threatens to win with Nd7+.} Rb2 $2 {[#]} (32... Re2 $16 {was called for.}) 33. Nd7+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Black "Shen, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,54,54,74,81,83,64,60,63,93,104,120,-1,0,0,0,0,-1,-41,-33,-69,-61,-463,-463,-463,-463,-776,-774,-944,-944,-892,-866,-6812,-6760,-3103,-3080,-29990,-617]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Be4 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} Qd8 (11... Qd7 12. Be3 b6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. O-O Bb7 15. c3 Rad8 16. Rde1 Qc8 17. Qc2 Ba6 18. Rf2 e6 19. Qa4 Ne7 {1-0 (51) Deac,B (2594)-Issa,R (2388) Batumi 2018}) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O {White is slightly better.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6 14. Kh1 c4 15. Re1 Be6 16. a4 Bd5 17. Ra3 a5 18. Re3 e6 {1-0 (49) Alikulov,E (2418)-Aliyev,R (2070) Moscow 2015}) 14. b3 Qa5 15. c4 ({White should play} 15. Bd2 $16 Qb5 16. c4) 15... Rxb3 $1 $11 16. axb3 Qxa1 17. Be3 Qa3 18. Nd2 Rd8 19. Rd1 Bf5 20. Nb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 20. Nf1 $15 Rxd1 21. Qxd1) 20... Rxd1+ $19 21. Qxd1 {[#]} Qa1 $1 22. Qd8+ (22. Bxc5 $142 Qxb1 23. Qxb1 Bxb1 24. Bxe7) 22... Bf8 23. Bxc5 Qxb1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kf2 Qc2+ 25. Kg1 Be4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rc2g2] [#]} 26. Kf1 Bd3+ 27. Kg1 Qc1+ (27... Qd1+ $142 28. Kf2 Qe2+ 29. Kg3 Be4 30. Bf2 Qf1 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 32. Bc5 Qxg2+ 33. Kh4 Bf5 34. Bxe7+ Kxe7 35. h3 Qxh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kg5 h6#) 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Zhou, Liran"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,76,35,14,27,12,43,21,21,27,34,15,30,-38,-42,-38,-24,-41,-30,-37,-25,-25,-35,-48,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-45,0,0,0,0,0,-26,0,-77,-29,-68,-71,-76,0,0,0,0,0,-184,-185,-168,-83,-347,-302,-272,-234,-344,-283,-395,-334,-588,-622,-686,-673,-915,-838]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 9. Ne2 (9. Be3 h6 10. Ne2 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. c4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Ne6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg4 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {½-½ (58) Svidler,P (2756)-Carlsen,M (2839) Porto Carras 2018}) 9... h5 (9... f5 $5) 10. Be3 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Kb1 Be6 13. Nf4 (13. c4 $11) 13... Bxf4 $15 14. Bxf4 b5 15. f3 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qd5 16. b3 {0-1 (41) Utiatskaja,I (2246)-Mozharov,M (2549) Moscow 2019}) 16. h3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 17. b3 h4 18. Rhg1 Ng6 19. Bc1 a4 20. b4 $1 Ne7 21. g3 Bc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. gxh4 Qxh3 24. Rdf1 Qf5 25. Qe4 (25. Rg2 $11) 25... Qh7 26. Rg2 Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 27. Qc2 Ne3 (27... Qh5 $17) 28. Bxe3 $1 $11 Rxe3 29. Rfg1 g6 30. a3 $2 {[#]} (30. Qf5 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qxh4 31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Qg8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 35. Qxa8 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Qxe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kc2) 30... Qh5 $19 (30... Rxf3 31. Qe4 $15) 31. Kb2 Rae8 ({Resist} 31... Rxf3 32. Qe2 $15) (31... Qxf3 $19 32. Rf2 Qh5) 32. Kb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Rf1 $17) 32... Kg7 33. Kb2 R8e6 ({Weaker is} 33... Rxf3 34. Qxa4 Qxh4 35. Qc2 $17) 34. Kb1 (34. Rf1 $142 Qxh4 35. Rff2) 34... Kf8 ({Stronger than} 34... Qxh4 35. Rxg6+ Kf8 36. R6g2 $11) 35. d5 Qxd5 36. h5 $2 {[#]} (36. f4) 36... Qxh5 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Qd1 Qxf3 38. Qd8+ Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Black "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,37,6,5,-8,-2,-8,3,-9,-12,-10,0,-22,-22,-25,17,0,6,7,3,10,11,-10,3,0,16,-11,-14,-19,-19,-22]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 (4... b6 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qc7 10. c5 bxc5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. g3 Ne5 {0-1 (34) Firouzja,A (2702)-Ding,L (2811) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 5. cxd5 exd5 6. b3 $146 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} ({Predecessor:} 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qb3 a6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. Bd2 c6 12. Ne2 {1-0 (32) Benning,M (1531)-Nadrowski,J (1643) Dortmund 2011}) 6... c6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. d4 O-O 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Qc2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c8,Bc8e7][%mdl 32]} 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. O-O {The position is equal.} Nc8 13. Rae1 Ne7 14. f3 Be6 15. b4 Rc8 16. Nb3 b6 17. Qf2 Ne8 18. Rd1 f5 19. Ne2 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Black "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,41,3,10,13,5,43,51,63,56,70,70,55,62,71,31,281,266,278,247,338,341,341,333,552,553,561,554,1165,1101,29976,29977,29972,29961]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O c5 6. c3 a6 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (6... Na6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nb4 16. a3 Nc6 17. Ne4 {½-½ (44) Georgiev,K (2581)-Ponkratov,P (2644) Mali Losinj 2019}) 7. a4 Qb6 8. dxc5 Qxc5 {White is slightly better.} 9. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 b4 10. Nb3 Qc8 11. cxb4 Bxb4 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Bd5 14. Rfc1 Nc6 15. Ne5 {1-0 (34) Jovanovic,S (2312)-Jovic,A (2389) Belgrade 2007}) 9... Qc8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Na3 Qxc3 $2 ({Black should play} 12... Bc6 $14) 13. Nxb5 $18 Qc6 {[#]} 14. Qa4 $1 {Bf4 is the strong threat.} Nd5 15. Nfd4 Qa6 16. Qc2 {aiming for Bxd5.} Bc6 $2 (16... Nc6 17. Bxd5 Nxd4) 17. Bxd5 {Hoping for Nc7+.} Bxb5 18. Qc7 Nc6 19. Bxc6 dxc6 20. Nxb5 cxb5 21. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} g6 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. f3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. c3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ndxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. b3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,114,-27,-27,-27,-24,-33,-27,-27,-27,-25,-18,-22,-22,-42,-34,-34,-36,-38,-31,-25,-10,-16,-6,-11,0,-17,-5,-20,-5,-21,0,-18,-15,-10,-10,-14,-10,-18,-10,-26,-28,-23,-14,-51,-49,-52,-49,-87,-79,-164,-79,-90,-74,-78,-88,-120,-91,-116,-40,-1108,-1150,-1157,-1157,-1050,-1115,-1004,-570,-506,-352,-360,-354,-355,-355,-346,-344,-376,-376,-418,-408,-393,-365,-421,-428,-423,-406,-442,-427,-450,-460,-518,-490,-505,-448,-528,-523,-554,-554,-554,-552,-1003,-970,-972,-947,-5399,-674,-649,-579]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nc3 (4. c3 Bf5 5. Nd2 e6 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Ngf3 c4 8. Qd1 Nf6 9. Be2 Be7 10. h3 h6 11. O-O b5 12. a4 {½-½ (52) Matuszewski,M (2518)-Wojtaszek,R (2739) Katowice 2019}) 4... a6 5. dxc5 e5 6. Bg3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Be6 7. Nf3 f6 8. Na4 {Black has an edge.} Bxc5 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Be2 Nge7 12. h3 $146 O-O 13. O-O Rad8 14. Bh2 Ng6 15. a4 Nce7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Qa3 Nf5 18. Rfd1 Nd6 19. Bf1 Ne4 20. Qb3 Rd7 21. Qc2 Nd6 22. a5 Qe8 23. Nd2 Qf7 24. b3 Rc8 25. Qb2 Nh4 26. Ra4 Qh5 27. Rc1 Rcd8 28. Kh1 {[#]} Ne4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White is under strong pressure.} 29. Nb1 (29. Nxe4 $17 dxe4 30. Qe2) 29... Qg5 (29... g5 $19 {is more deadly.} 30. Bg3 g4) 30. Qe2 d4 31. cxd4 exd4 {...d3 is the strong threat.} 32. Bf4 d3 33. Qe1 Qg6 (33... Qf5 $17 {Threatens to win with ...d2.} 34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Qxd2 Ng6) 34. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34. Nd2 $15 Nxd2 35. Qxd2) 34... Nxg2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Bxg2 d2 36. Nxd2 Rxd2 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rg6g2]} ({Not} 36... Nxd2 37. Rd4 $17) 37. Qf1 Nf2+ 38. Kh2 Bxh3 39. Rd4 R2xd4 40. exd4 Qxg2+ 41. Qxg2 Bxg2 42. Bc7 Rxd4 43. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd3 44. Rc3 Nb4 45. Bb6 Rd2+ 46. Kg3 Nc6 47. b4 {White hopes to continue with b5!} Rd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 48. Rc4 Kf7 49. Kf4 h5 50. Kg3 Rf5 51. Rc1 g5 52. Rd1 Ne5 53. Rf1 h4+ {Played: Rf5-f4} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 1:30:30]} d5 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. h3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shen, Christopher"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C., Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,109,0,9,19,24,-2,42,46,41,-7,10,0,40,37,41,10,33,17,27,14,27,0,0,0,2,0,-8,-9,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-2,32,33,43,40,25,28,12,14,26,8,89,97,92,55,55,47,47,47,45,53,37,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 f5 6. e4 Nh6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Rb1 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} Qd7 11. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f3 Nf7 12. b4 Ne7 13. b5 {½-½ (13) Semcesen,D (2460)-Gleizerov,E (2566) Stockholm 2009}) 11... Kh8 12. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Ng8 13. b4 Nd8 14. exf5 gxf5 15. b5 c6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ndc3 Nf7 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Rb4 Ng4 20. Rfb1 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Nd8 22. d4 a5 23. Ra4 Qa7 24. Kh1 Bd7 25. d5 cxd5 26. Nb5 Qc5 27. Qxd5 Bc6 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Nc7 Rab8 31. Rb5 Rfd8 32. Nc3 ({Don't blunder} 32. Rxc5 $2 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 {[#]} Rb2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 32... e4 (32... f4 $11) 33. N3d5 $16 Ne5 34. Raxa5 {aiming for Ne6.} (34. Kg2 {is interesting.} Bf8 35. Kh3 Bh6 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. Ne6) 34... Nxc4 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rxc5 Nxe3 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 37. Nxe3 Bd4 38. Rb5 Rxb5 {The position is equal.} 39. Nxb5 Bxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 40. a4 {Hoping for a5.} Bb6 $1 41. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Nd6.} Kg7 42. Nc3 Kf7 43. Nd5 Bd8 44. Nb4 Ke6 45. Kf2 Bb6+ 46. Ke2 Kd6 47. Nc2 Kd5 48. Ne3+ Bxe3 49. Kxe3 {K3P-K3P} h5 50. h3 Kc4 51. g4 fxg4 52. hxg4 hxg4 {( -> ...g3)} 53. Kxe4 Kb4 54. Kf4 Kxa4 55. Kxg4 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Zhou, Liran"]
[Black "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,150,32,26,14,10,31,15,30,3,6,5,13,-2,3,-799,271,2,2975,-12,-13,-14,-16,-22,-15,-16,-16,-26,-30,-37,-37,-25,-33,-33,-16,-117,-117,-112,-108,-108,-108,-106,-101,-96,-99,-102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-1102,-1102,-1058,-1047,-874,-931,-952,-945,-864,-864,-699,-585,-263,-14,-5077,-89,-89,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-21,-21,-29,-29,-29977,-8,-8,0,-29977,-29978,-29976,-29977,-29979,-29980,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29989,-29989,-29989,-29988,-29996,-29997,-29997,-5525]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Nge7 8. d4 exd4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} 9. cxd4 Na5 (9... d6 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. h3 {1-0 (86) Nakamura,H (2761)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2773) Abidjan 2019}) 10. Bc2 d6 {The position is equal.} 11. h3 O-O 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qd5 $146 {[%mdl 8192]} (14. Bg5 $11 Qc7 15. Qc1) ({Predecessor:} 14. Qxd8) 14... Qd7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (14... Nxd5 $19 15. Nxd5 Nc4) 15. Qxd7 $2 ({But not} 15. Qxc5 $6 Qa7 $16) (15. Qxa8 $18 Nac6 16. Rd1) 15... Bxd7 {Played: Rf8-e8} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,111,0,0,0,9,2,4,17,28,8,30,31,25,29,35,20,48,16,17,4,44,51,41,44,66,15,58,52,87,85,117,22,22,22,68,69,88,91,96,96,101,100,107,100,104,93,115,110,116,91,113,113,115,80,113,115,113,63,118,114,117,93,106,86,120,131,90,0,107,108,111,110,110,110,114,116,115,8,117,114,117,93,86,60,81,59,93,52,74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Nbd7 7. c4 bxc4 8. bxc4 dxc4 9. Na3 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} c3 10. Nb5 Bb4 11. Qb3 a5 12. Nxc3 c5 13. a3 c4 14. Qb2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Bxc3 $1 15. Qxc3 Qc8 {[#]} 16. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bf4 O-O {0-1 (52) Huebner,R (2604)-Kramnik,V (2777) Brissago 2004}) 16... O-O 17. Rfc1 Nb6 18. Rab1 Ra6 19. Rb5 Be4 20. Ne1 (20. Bf1 $14) 20... Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Ne4 22. Qc2 Qa8 23. Bxa5 ({White should try} 23. Bf4 $16) 23... Rxa5 $11 24. Rxb6 Rc8 25. Rb4 $1 Rxa3 26. Rxc4 Rc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. Qb2 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 h6 30. Nf4 Qa2 31. f3 Nf6 {With the idea ...g5.} 32. Kf2 Qa4 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qc3 Qa2 35. Qc7 Kg8 36. Nd3 {Ne5 is the strong threat.} Qd5 (36... Qa1 $14) 37. Qc5 Qb7 38. Ne5 Nd5 39. Qc6 Qa7 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qc5 ({White should play} 41. Qc2+ $16 Kg8 42. Qb2) 41... Qb7 (41... Qa1 $1 $11) 42. Qc2+ $16 Kg8 43. h4 Qb4 44. Qc8+ Kh7 {[#]} 45. Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b4]} ({Of course not} 45. Nxf7 $6 Qxd4+ 46. Kf1 (46. Kg2 Qd2 $11) 46... Qd1+ 47. Kf2 Qd4+ 48. Kg2 Qd2 $11) 45... Qb7 46. Qa4 (46. Qc2+ $16 Kg8 47. e4) 46... Nf6 (46... Qb1 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 47. Qc2+ Kg8 48. g4 Nd5 49. Qa4 {Hoping for Qe8+.} Qe7 50. Kg3 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Qd7 ({Better is} 52. Kf2 $16) 52... Qf6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Nd7 Qxd4 55. Qf8+ Kg6 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 56. Qg8+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Martin Del Campo C., Roberto"]
[Black "Zhou, Liran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,76,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,103,93,87,49,67,64,162,58,100,0,0,-2,-10,0,0,0,0,-61,0,-156,-134,-305,-305,-367,-108,-506,-434,-423,-395,-402,-332,-656,-623,-780,-774,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 g5 12. e5 gxh4 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. f5 {B99: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7 8 Qf3 Qc7 9 0-0-0 Nbd7} e5 15. Nde2 $1 Bd7 16. Be4 $1 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bc6 18. N2c3 Rc8 19. Qe2 {[#]} b5 $146 (19... Bxe4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 20. Nxe4 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Nxd6+ Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rg8) ({Predecessor:} 19... Rg8 20. Rhe1 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qc6 {0-1 (40) Grabarczyk,B (2380)-Kempinski,R (2533) Polanica Zdroj 1999}) 20. f6 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Bf8 21. a3 Rd8 22. Nd5 Qb7 (22... Bxd5 $1 $14 23. Rxd5 Qc4) 23. Nec3 (23. Nc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5b7]} Qc8 24. Rhe1) 23... a5 {[#]} 24. b4 (24. Rd4 $1 $16) 24... axb4 25. axb4 Rg8 26. Rhe1 Rc8 27. Kb2 Rg5 28. Qe4 (28. h3 $11) 28... h5 ({Better is} 28... Kd8 $15) 29. Re2 $2 (29. h3 $11) 29... Rg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 30. Qf5 $2 {[#]} (30. Qe3 $17) 30... Bd7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd7f5]} 31. Qxh5 {If only White now had time for h3....} Rgc4 $2 (31... Be6 $19 {has better winning chances. Hoping for ...Qc6.} 32. Qh7 Qc6) 32. Qh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Re4 $17 {nothing else works.}) 32... Be6 {Played: Bd7-g4} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Black "Shen, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,66,16,5,10,12,0,0,18,15,19,0,-8,-9,-15,-3,0,-17,11,19,16,11,13,12,29,40,30,35,61,27,25,35,28,35,23,29,34,8,36,40,41,25,33,31,67,68,68,45,68,32,39,12,16,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 b4 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 7. Ne2 d5 8. O-O (8. e5 Nc6 9. f4 Nh6 10. Nf2 Nf5 11. O-O Qb6 12. c3 Be7 13. g4 Nh4 14. Bh1 {0-1 (35) Yu,Y (2738)-Khismatullin,D (2639) Moscow 2017}) 8... dxe4 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. c3 Nf6 13. Qc2 Be7 {0-1 (36) Busnel,L (1884)-Julien,J (2072) Angers 2018}) 11... Bxe4 12. dxe4 Nc6 (12... Qc8 {seems wilder.} 13. c3 a5 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. a3 bxa3 16. bxa3 Be7) 13. c3 Qxd1 (13... Qa5 {feels hotter.} 14. cxb4 Qxb4 15. Be3 Be7 16. Rc1 Ne5) 14. Rxd1 Be7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rac1 {Threatening cxb4.} Rfc8 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. f4 h6 19. b3 a5 20. Rc4 Nd8 21. Rdc1 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Kf8 23. Bc5 Ke8 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. e5 Kd7 26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Kxc8 {KN-KN} 28. Kf2 Kc7 29. Ke3 Kb6 30. Ke4 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 31. Nxc6 Kxc6 32. Kd4 Kb5 33. Kd3 Kc5 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,77,6,24,0,41,0,0,0,29,38,54,21,23,32,23,35,19,0,12,0,12,20,25,34,28,29,37,32,45,35,39,39,42,37,25,8,12,14,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,20,28,27,43,60,61,62,27,16,18,18,0,6,0,23,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. e4 Qf6 9. d5 Bc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rf6f2]} 10. Nf3 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} Qg6 11. Bd3 (11. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Qxe4+ 12. Be2 $11) 11... Qxg2 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rg2f2][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 12. Rf1 {The position is equal.} a5 13. Qe2 $1 Na6 {[#]} 14. Rg1 $146 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} ({Predecessor:} 14. h4 O-O-O 15. Rg1 Qh3 16. Bd2 f6 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. Rh1 Qg4 19. h5 Nc5 20. Rdg1 Nb3+ 21. Kd1 {1-0 (21) Krasenkow,M (2663)-Landenbergue,C (2404) Saint Vincent 2005}) 14... Qh3 15. Rg3 Qh5 16. Rg5 Qh3 $1 17. Rg3 Qh5 18. Rg5 Qh3 $1 19. Rxg7 O-O-O 20. Bf4 Rhg8 21. Rg3 Qh5 22. O-O-O f6 23. Rdg1 Rg6 24. Qf1 Rdg8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qxf3!} 25. Be2 Rxg3 26. Rxg3 Qf7 27. Bd3 Bf8 28. Qg2 Rxg3 29. fxg3 ({Don't play} 29. Bxg3 Nc5 $17) 29... Nc5 30. Bc2 a4 31. Be3 Ba6 32. Nd2 Kb8 33. Qf3 Qg7 34. Bd4 Be7 35. h4 Qh6 36. Be3 Qg7 37. Bd4 Qh6 38. Be3 Qg7 39. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Black "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,71,41,33,25,25,32,32,18,9,16,24,27,8,20,11,27,0,14,-21,4,9,57,27,129,54,108,69,138,138,211,208,230,195,185,95,233,222,241,243,214,200,200,139,189,165,348,350,501,310,512,442,471,385,700,685,666,644,732,741,946,929,1091,962]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O Nf6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 7. Nd5 Be7 8. c3 O-O {White is slightly better.} 9. a4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Nd2 {½-½ (54) Nevednichy,V (2575)-Horvath,P (2457) Senden 2003}) 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. Be3 Nc6 15. dxc5 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 {[#]} (16... dxc5 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Bd5 Qc7) 17. Bd5 ({Better is} 17. Qc2 $1 $16) 17... Ne5 (17... dxc5 $14 18. Be4 Rf6) 18. Be4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rf8 (18... Rf6 $1 $14) 19. Qd5 $16 {Hoping for cxd6.} Bxf3 (19... Nc6 $16 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxd6 Bxd6) 20. gxf3 $18 Bg5 21. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 ({White should try} 22. Kh1 $18 {And now Qg6 would win.} Qb8 23. a5) 22... Nd2 (22... Nh4+ $16 23. Kh1 Qe8) 23. Bxd2 ({Weaker is} 23. Bxb7 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 Bxe3 $17) 23... Qxd6 24. cxd6 Bxd2 25. Rfd1 ({Not} 25. Bxb7 Rad8 $14) 25... Bg5 26. a5 Rab8 27. Ra3 Rfd8 $2 {[#]} (27... Rbe8) 28. d7 Bf4 (28... g6 $142 29. Rad3 Bf6) 29. Rb3 Bc7 $2 (29... g5 30. Rc3 Kg7) 30. Rb5 Kg8 31. Bxb7 Kf7 $2 (31... a6) 32. a6 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 33. Rbd5 Rf8 34. Re1+ Kf7 35. Rf5+ Kg8 36. Bd5+ {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 1:30:30]} e6 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. g3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc8 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. b4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nfg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. e3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Qxf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. h3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 32. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 33. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Shen, Christopher"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Bd6 {[%emt 1:33:00]} 7. g4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be7 $18 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Qxh2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rhg8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxh3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Bxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 32. d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 33. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 39. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 41. e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 42. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 43. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 44. a3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 46. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 47. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 48. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 49. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 50. Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 51. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 52. Na7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 53. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 54. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 55. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 56. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 57. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 58. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 59. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 60. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 61. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 62. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 63. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 64. Nd2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 65. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 66. b3+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 67. a4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 68. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 69. b4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 70. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 71. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 72. b5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 73. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 74. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 75. a5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 76. b6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 77. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 78. a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 79. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 80. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 81. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 82. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 83. b7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Zhou, Liran"]
[Black "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,41,37,45,43,29,61,50,64,47,69,73,74,64,70,29,33,-13,-2,-21,37,4,72,72,60,20,18,26,37,36,40,0,37,27,52,-19,-29,-67,52,0,37,59,89,29,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-11,-29,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,-56,-54,-76,-67,-595,-575,-673,-634,-1066,-1018,-1570,-1584,-5710,-5281,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Nge2 {B06: Modern Defence} e6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} a6 9. a4 h6 10. O-O Ne7 11. h3 Rb8 12. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 {1-0 (34) Arutinian,D (2584)-Rhein,K (2164) Palma de Mallorca 2008}) 12... h5 13. Ng3 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nc6 (14... c5 $11) 15. f3 e5 {[#]} (15... Qh4 16. Kf2 $16) (15... Nb4 $11) 16. d5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nd4 17. Nce2 {[%cal Re2d4]} Nxe2+ ({But not} 17... Qh4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Kf2 $16) 18. Qxe2 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Qe3 (20. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2h6]} Rh8 21. Kf2 $14) 20... Rh8 21. Kf2 a5 22. g5 (22. Rh1 $14 Qf6 23. Rxh8+ Qxh8 24. Rh1) 22... c6 $11 23. Rh1 Rf8 (23... Rxh1 $15 24. Rxh1 Qc7) 24. Rad1 (24. Bf1 $14) 24... Nc5 25. b3 Kd7 26. Rh7 ({White should try} 26. dxc6+ $16 Bxc6 27. Bf1) 26... Qe7 27. c4 Rh8 28. Rdh1 Rxh7 29. Rxh7 Kc7 30. Ne2 Rf8 31. Bh3 Kb8 32. Bg4 Qd8 33. Kg3 f5 34. gxf6 $1 Qxf6 35. Kg2 Rh8 36. Rxh8+ Qxh8 37. Qc3 (37. dxc6 $11 Bxc6 38. Qd2) 37... Qh6 $1 $15 38. Ng3 Kc7 39. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Nh1 $15) 39... axb4 $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} 40. Qxb4 Nd3 41. Qb1 Qd2+ 42. Kh1 Ne1 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Rd2g2]} 43. Bh3 Nxf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rd2h2]} 44. Nf1 Qf2 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C., Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,153,86,58,82,37,50,22,45,30,35,31,34,22,33,20,32,20,20,31,30,17,11,4,62,57,79,25,42,18,16,27,25,-19,22,0,27,23,60,0,87,25,43,-6,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-11,-14,-10,0,-28,-1,-65,-49,-83,-9,-12,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,8,8,18,-14,29,0,91,88,93,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,18,18,50,0,2,0,50,50,63,56,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,0,99,0,99,99,99,99,899,706,916,908,885,0,99,0,825,800,800,104,717,0,0,0,694,617,1120,880,29972,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29976,29977]} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Bb5+ Nd7 5. a4 Be7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Ne8 9. Be2 Nc7 $146 {A44: Semi-Benoni} ({Predecessor:} 9... g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. Nd2 f5 12. a5 a6 13. Nc4 f4 14. Bg4 Nf6 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. f3 Rf7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (18) Campora,D (2535)-Zhao,Z (2487) Seville 2008}) 10. g3 b6 11. Kh1 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 12. Nd2 Nfe8 13. Nc4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. f4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qh3 18. Be3 exf4 $1 19. Rxf4 Rxf4 (19... Na6 $11) 20. Bxf4 $14 g5 21. Be3 (21. Bd2 $16) 21... Nf6 $11 22. Re1 Rf8 {[#] Hoping for ...Ng4.} 23. Bg1 Rf7 24. Qd2 {Black must now prevent Rxe7!} h6 25. Ne3 Nce8 26. Qg2 Qd7 27. Rf1 (27. g4 $14) 27... Ng7 (27... Ng4 $11) 28. Qf3 (28. g4 $16) 28... Rf8 29. Nf5 (29. Qd1 {keeps more tension.} h5 30. Qd3 Ng4 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Nxg4 Qxg4 33. Kg2) 29... Nxf5 30. Qxf5 Qxf5 31. Rxf5 a6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rf1 Rb8 34. Rb1 Rc8 35. Kf3 Kg6 36. Ke2 (36. Re1 $11 g4+ 37. Ke2) 36... Bf8 37. Kd3 Bg7 (37... Re8 $17) 38. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e6] With the idea Re6.} Kf7 39. h3 Rd8 40. g4 h5 41. gxh5 Nxh5 42. Be3 Bxc3 43. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re8 44. Rg1 Nf6 45. c4 ({Much weaker is} 45. Rxg5 c4+ 46. Ke2 Ne4 $15) (45. Bxg5 $5 {[%cal Rg1f1]} Nxd5 46. Rf1+ Kg6 47. h4 $11) 45... Ne4 (45... Rh8 $11 {remains equal.}) 46. Rg4 $16 Nc3 47. Bxc5 ({Much worse is} 47. Rxg5 $6 Nxa4 48. Rg4 b5 $11) ({Better is} 47. Bxg5 $16 Nxa4 48. Rf4+ Kg7 49. Rf6) 47... bxc5 $11 48. Kxc3 $16 {KR-KR} Re3+ 49. Kb2 Rxh3 50. Rxg5 Rh4 51. Kb3 Rh3+ 52. Kb2 Rh4 53. Kb3 Rh3+ 54. c3 Rh4 55. Rg1 Re4 56. Rh1 Kg7 57. a5 Re2 58. Rf1 Re4 59. Rh1 Re2 $1 60. Rf1 Re4 $1 61. Rf2 Re1 62. Kc2 Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... Rg1 $16) 63. Kd3 $18 Rd1+ 64. Ke4 Re1+ {[#]} 65. Kd3 $2 (65. Kf5 $1 $18 Re5+ 66. Kf4) 65... Rd1+ $1 $16 66. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66. Ke2 $16 Rh1 67. Kd3) 66... Re1+ $1 $18 67. Kf5 Re5+ 68. Kf4 {And now Rb2 would win.} Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68... Kf6 $16) 69. Kf5 $2 (69. Rh2 $18 {Threatens to win with Rb2.} Rf1+ 70. Kg5) 69... Re5+ $1 $11 70. Kf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (70. Kg4 $11) 70... Re1 $1 $18 71. Rb2 Ra1 72. Kf5 Rxa5 73. Ke6 {White mates.} Ra4 74. Kxd6 Rxc4 75. Kc7 Rxc3 76. d6 Kf6 77. Re2 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. h3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Black "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,79,-14,-6,-6,-8,32,32,32,24,17,0,0,17,25,22,24,22,16,34,36,-34,0,-65,6,-43,-43,-64,-74,-80,-81,-75,-35,-35,-23,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,38,45,16,12,14,8,25,12,16,9,22,0,0,0,0,0,52,55,52,47,37,0,37,0,27,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4] C01: French: Exchange Variation} 7. Be3 Nd5 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Ndb5 Bd7 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc6 {½-½ (14) Alekseev,E (2635)-Stupak,K (2561) St Petersburg 2019}) 8. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 {White is slightly better.} 9. Nbc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5c7][%mdl 32]} Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qxh2 {...cxd4 is the strong threat.} 11. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4h2]} Qh3 12. Nb5 f6 $1 13. Nc7+ Kf7 14. Nxa8 {And now d5 would win.} cxd4 15. Bg3 $146 (15. Nc7 $14) 15... h5 16. Qd3 (16. Nxd4 $11 Bb4+ 17. c3) 16... e5 (16... h4 $1 $15 17. O-O-O hxg3 18. Rxg3 Qf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc5) 17. Qb3+ Qe6 18. Nc7 Qxb3 19. axb3 (19. cxb3 $2 {too greedy.} Bb4+ 20. Kf1 Bh3+ 21. Rg2 h4 $19) 19... h4 20. Bh2 g5 21. c3 Bf5 22. b4 Nxb4 23. cxb4 Bxb4+ 24. Kd1 $1 {Strongly threatening Nd5.} Rc8 25. Rc1 d3 26. Nd5 dxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Rxc1 (27... Bc5 {with more complications.} 28. Rgd1 Bd4 29. Ne3 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Be4) 28. Rxc1 Bd6 29. f3 Bd7 30. Ne3 Ke6 31. Nc4 Bb5 32. b3 a6 33. Rd1 Be7 34. Bg1 Bc6 35. Bb6 Bd5 (35... h3 $11) 36. Kf2 $14 Bc6 37. Re1 Bb4 38. Rd1 Be7 39. Re1 Bb4 40. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Black "Zhou, Liran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Black "Shen, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,41,12,8,18,19,27,21,4,26,1,19,-3,0,-14,20,0,0,0,0,0,8,10,14,-11,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,14,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Ngf3 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Nf6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 9. b3 (9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-O 11. c3 b6 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Nb3 {0-1 (54) Demchenko,A (2679)-Vitiugov,N (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... a6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb2 Be7 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. c4 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. b4 {0-1 (36) Vasquez Schroder,R (2505)-Bayo Milagro,A (2279) Utebo 2018}) 11... Nc5 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nf3 Nce4 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Bc4 Nce4 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Fall-IM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Martin Del Campo C., Roberto"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} c5 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. f4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

