[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "RUS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 10,98,27,19,16,15,26,-22,-18,-13,0,-41,-10,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-13,16,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,59,60,82,86,81,22,103,14,91,64,87,91,88,91,91,85,81,89,94,93,143,105,120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 7. O-O g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Kh1 Nc5 11. Be3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 b5 {[#]} 13. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe1 Bd7 14. Qh4 b4 15. Nd1 Rc8 16. f5 e6 17. Bg5 exf5 18. exf5 h6 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 {0-1 (45) Samsonkin,A (2428)-Petrosian,T (2601) Moscow 2019}) 13... Bg4 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. f5 e5 16. Nc2 d5 {Hoping for ...d4.} 17. Bg5 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} d4 18. Ne2 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ng3 Bg5 21. Qe1 Bh4 (21... Qd8 $11) 22. h3 $14 Rac8 {[#]} 23. Nb4 $1 gxf5 {aiming for ...f4.} 24. exf5 (24. hxg4 $16 f4 25. Nh5 Qxg4 26. Qd1 Qxd1 27. Raxd1) 24... a5 (24... f6 $1 $11 25. hxg4 a5) 25. hxg4 ({White should play} 25. Qxe5 $16 {Strongly threatening Rf4!} Rce8 26. Qf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Pin} Bxg3 27. Qxg4+ Kh7 28. Qxg3 axb4 29. Rae1) 25... axb4 (25... f6 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Ne4 Bxe1 27. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 28. Nxd7 Rfd8 {White must now prevent ...Bg3.} 29. f6+ ({Don't play} 29. Nxe5 $6 Bg3 $11) 29... Kh7 30. Raxe1 ({Much worse is} 30. Nxe5 Bg3 $11) 30... Rxd7 31. Rxe5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc2 32. Re7 ({Much weaker is} 32. Rxb5 $6 Rxb2 33. Rf4 Kg6 $11) 32... Rdc7 {[#]} 33. Rf4 (33. Rf5 $1 $16) 33... Kg6 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxd4 {KR-KR} b3 36. axb3 Rc2 37. Rb4 Rxb2 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. d4 Rd3 40. Kg1 Rd2 41. Kh2 Rd3 42. Rxb5 Rxd4 43. Kh3 Kxf6 44. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Kg6 45. Rb8 Rd3+ 46. Kh2 Rb3 47. b5 Kg5 48. b6 Kxg4 49. b7 {And now Rg8+ would win.} Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "RUS"]

{[%evp 21,77,51,64,55,66,61,62,62,72,60,63,63,77,32,82,55,63,49,75,66,121,110,229,139,132,120,128,115,204,204,213,214,214,214,201,214,290,249,284,280,364,364,545,515,559,544,785,785,722,791,766,797,792,789,703,591,29996,29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rac1 Nbd7 12. b3 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3.} b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. f3 {White is slightly better.} Rac8 15. Qf2 Qb8 16. Bf1 Rfd8 17. Kh1 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Ba8 18. Rc2 Re8 19. Qd2 {½-½ (19) Malinovsky,K (2309)-Pisk,P (2319) Olomouc 2005}) 18. h3 Ba8 19. b4 Ne5 20. Na4 Ned7 {[#]} (20... b5 $14 21. cxb5 d5) 21. Nb3 $1 $16 b5 (21... Rc6 $16) 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Re8 (24... Rf8 $16) 25. Bxa6 $18 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 d5 {[#]} 27. b5 $1 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32] aiming for Bc7.} Qd6 28. Bc5 Qd8 29. b6 Qb8 30. e5 Nd7 31. f4 g5 (31... d4 {is a better defense.} 32. Bxd4 Nxb6 33. Bxb6 Bxg2+ 34. Kh2 Bd5) 32. Bd4 gxf4 33. Bb5 Nxe5 34. Bxe5 Bxe5 35. Bxe8 Qxe8 36. Qe2 Qb8 37. Nc5 {Nd7 is the strong threat.} Bd6 {[#]} 38. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb6 (38... fxe6 39. Qxe6+) 39. Rc8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "237"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 9,236,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,12,-11,0,12,0,-47,0,0,0,-20,-4,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,12,21,16,25,0,0,0,0,0,32,0,58,62,61,64,57,52,52,54,61,59,66,52,61,51,59,42,53,34,40,35,39,8,21,13,31,19,33,33,33,33,49,35,56,40,40,33,40,41,48,44,53,59,78,78,83,72,71,44,44,34,35,35,50,31,39,11,13,13,14,12,31,31,31,31,31,31,71,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,66,66,67,66,54,54,54,54,54,76,50,100,109,202,203,203,202,198,183,168,30,30,30,30,28,28,28,28,28,28,27,28,28,28,29,29,8,8,8,27,27,27,27,27,19,19,19,28,28,52,52,59,59,12790,10072,12790,12790,12790,12790,12218,482,482,482,8263,482,12790,12790,12790,12790,12790,482,12790,12790,12778,12764,12785,11517,29968,29956,10031,9909,29979,9912,9391,0,29979,29980,29980,29979,29981,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29971,29978,29979,29979,29980,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29995,29996,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Re1 {The position is equal.} Ng6 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 {[#]} Bb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h6 14. Bb3 a5 15. d4 exd4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nxd4 a4 19. Be3 Ne5 {1-0 (38) Shankland,S (2705)-Ding,L (2811) chess.com INT 2019}) 14. Bc2 h6 15. Bd2 Bc7 16. d4 exd4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qe5 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Kf1 Ne5 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Ndf5 Qf8 24. Qh5 Bxf5 (24... Nc4 $11 25. Bxh6 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Qe8+ 27. Kf1 Bxg3 28. Nxg3 gxh6 29. Qxh6 Nce3+ 30. fxe3 Nxe3+ 31. Kg1 Nxc2) 25. Nxf5 $14 Ng6 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. g3 Nf6 28. Qf3 Qd8 29. Bc1 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Nxd5 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. h4 Ne5 33. Bb3 (33. Be4 {looks sharper.} Nf6 34. Bg2 h5 35. b3 g6 36. Ba3+) 33... Ne7 34. Nxe7 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 35. h5 Nd7 36. Bd1 Nf6 37. Kd3 Bb6 38. f4 g6 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. Ke2 Nd5 41. Kf3 h5 42. Bd2 Kf6 43. c4 Ne7 44. Bc3+ Ke6 45. b4 Nf5 46. c5 Bc7 47. Bb3+ Ke7 48. Bc4 b6 49. a4 bxc5 50. bxc5 Ke8 51. a5 Bd8 52. Bd3 Be7 53. Bb4 Bf6 54. a6 {aiming for Ba5.} Be7 55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Ne3+ 57. Kf3 Nd5 58. Bxg6+ Kf8 59. Ba3 Nc7 60. Bd3 Ne6 61. Bc4 Nxc5 62. Bc1 Nd7 63. Ke4 Bc5 64. Kf5 Ke7 65. Bb2 Be3 66. Be2 Nb6 67. Bf3 c5 68. Bf6+ Kf7 (68... Kd7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 69. Bh5+ $18 Kf8 70. Be5 c4 71. Ke4 Bc5 72. f5 ({White should play} 72. Be2 $18) 72... Nd7 $1 $11 73. Bc3 {[#] Threatens to win with Kd5.} Be7 74. Be2 Nc5+ 75. Ke5 Nxa6 76. Bxc4 Nc5 77. Bd2 Nd7+ 78. Ke6 Nc5+ 79. Kd5 Kg7 80. Be2 Kf6 81. Bg4 Nd7 82. Bc3+ Kg5 83. Bh3 {[#] Strongly threatening Ke6.} Bf6 84. Bd2+ Kh4 85. Bf1 {Black must now prevent Ke6.} Bg5 86. Bb4 Nf6+ 87. Ke6 Ne4 88. Bd3 Ng3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White leaves nothing to chance now.} (88... Bd2 $14 89. Bxd2 (89. Bxe4 Bxb4 90. Bf3 Bc3 $11) 89... Nxd2) 89. f6 $18 Bxf6 90. Kxf6 Kg4 91. Ke5 Kf3 92. Ba6 (92. Bc5 $142 a5 93. Bb5) 92... Ne2 93. Bd2 Ng3 (93... Ng1 $142 94. Bg5 Kg4) 94. Bg5 Ne4 (94... Kf2 $142 95. Be7 Ne2 96. Bc5+ Kf3 97. Bxa7 Nc3) 95. Bb7 Kg4 96. Be3 Ng3 97. Bf2 (97. Ba6 $142 Kf3 98. Bxa7) 97... a5 (97... Nf5 $142 98. Bxa7 Ng3) 98. Bc6 a4 99. Bxa4 Kf3 100. Bd4 Kg4 101. Bd1+ Kg5 102. Be3+ Kg6 103. Bc2+ (103. Ke6 $142 Nh5 104. Bc2+ Kg7 105. Be4 Kf8 106. Bc5+ Kg7 107. Bd6 Kh6 108. Kf5 Ng7+ 109. Kg4) 103... Kf7 104. Bd1 Kg6 $1 105. Ke6 {White mates.} Nh5 106. Bc2+ Kg7 107. Ke7 Ng3 108. Bd3 Nh5 109. Bg5 Ng3 110. Ke6 Nh5 111. Kf5 Kf7 112. Bc4+ Kg7 113. Bh4 Kh6 114. Bf7 Ng7+ 115. Kg4 Kh7 116. Kg5 Kh8 117. Kg6 Ne6 118. Bf6+ Ng7 119. Bxg7# {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 79%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "RUS"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]

{[%evp 9,95,-6,-2,-5,1,1,0,0,-2,1,5,-1,28,23,29,29,29,29,50,39,41,23,25,27,25,30,25,23,30,22,26,12,23,23,21,14,24,30,52,36,54,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,34,43,36,102,104,654,652,650,645,623,604,855,853,873,859,963,975,955,973,953,877,962,960,946,964,961,956,942,692,1132,1131,1187,1184,1173,1152,5727,5422,5306,5306]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 {The position is equal.} b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 {[#]} 13. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qf4 Qb8 14. Qe3 d6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Rcd3 Rd7 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. b4 {1-0 (31) Von Herman,U (2395)-Janz,F (2337) Luebeck 2011}) 13... Qe7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. e4 Rac8 16. Rd1 d6 17. b3 Ne5 18. Nd4 a6 19. Re3 Qc7 20. h3 h6 21. Qb2 Qc5 22. a4 Kf8 23. Kh2 a5 24. Qe2 Nc6 25. Red3 {And now Nb5 would win.} Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rc7 27. Qd2 {[%cal Rd4d6]} Rcd7 28. Rd3 Ke7 29. f4 Bc6 30. Rf1 g5 (30... Kf8 $14) 31. fxg5 $16 hxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (31... Qxg5 $16 32. Qf2 Rf8) 32. Rd5 $3 $18 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Bxd5 33. Qxg5+ (33. cxd5 Rg8 $17) 33... Kf8 34. cxd5 ({Weaker is} 34. exd5 Re7 $18) 34... Re7 35. e5 Rc8 36. Rf4 dxe5 37. Rc4 {Black must now prevent d6.} exd5 38. Qh6+ Ke8 39. Rxc5 Rxc5 40. Qxb6 Rec7 {[#]} 41. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc2+ (41... Rxd5 42. Qxc7) 42. Bg2 e4 43. Qb5+ R7c6 44. h4 Kf8 45. Qb8+ Ke7 46. Kh3 f5 47. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re6 48. Qxf5 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 11,82,16,21,18,27,16,16,23,27,18,30,27,29,22,33,26,27,30,42,41,45,53,53,45,53,53,55,55,55,55,54,55,55,45,47,20,102,102,100,98,109,103,116,116,116,116,135,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,38,38,38,38,38,38,38,38,0,38,0,38,0,38]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 {7.Be2 is a critical line. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 {[#]} 12. Rc1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 Bf6 13. O-O Be4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd4 Ne6 16. Rc1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rac8 {½-½ (18) So,W (2760)-Nakamura,H (2741) Kolkata 2019}) 12... Ne6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bf6 {next ...Bxe5 is good for Black.} 15. O-O Bxe5 16. Nxe5 d4 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. exd4 Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 {Threatens to win with Nc4.} Rxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 21. Rd7 Rb5 $1 22. Rc2 (22. Rcc7 {is more complex.} Rxb2 23. g3 Rf8 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Rxb7 Ra8 26. g4) 22... a5 23. g3 (23. Rcc7 $5 {[%cal Rd7f7]} Rxb2 24. g3 $14) 23... g6 {[#]} (23... b6 $11) 24. Rcc7 $1 $16 Rf5 25. Rxb7 h5 26. h4 Rc8 {White should prevent ...Rc1+.} 27. Rd2 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rc1 29. a4 Rc4 {[#]} 30. b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Rc3 31. Re2 Rcf3 32. Ra2 Rc3 33. b4 axb4 34. Rxb4 Ra5 35. Rd2 Ra3 36. Rdd4 Ra7 37. Rf4 Kg8 38. Kf1 Ra2 39. Kg2 Ra3 40. Kf1 Ra2 41. Kg2 Ra3 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "CHN"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 12,73,5,0,4,14,22,31,20,14,25,17,27,31,32,40,30,18,16,16,16,19,28,30,33,33,54,44,38,31,66,30,43,17,27,23,22,11,11,12,14,23,8,2,14,0,0,0,0,1,95,95,95,7,7,7,7,7,26,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 6...b6 at the moment. Played by Liren Ding in November 2019.} 7. Bg5 dxc4 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} 8. Qxc4 h6 9. Bh4 b6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. Qxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 15. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. e3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Na5 18. Ke2 Rac8 19. b4 Nb7 20. Rb1 a5 21. b5 {½-½ (72) Morozevich,A (2675)-Navara,D (2737) Biel 2017}) 15... Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Na5 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. Ke2 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rd7 Nc4 21. Rc1 Nxb2 22. Rc2 Na4 23. Rxa7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. Rb2 Ra6 27. Ne4 Nd5 28. Ra2 c4 {Threatening ...f5.} 29. Kd2 f5 30. Nc3 Nxc3 (30... Kf8 $11) 31. Kxc3 {KR-KR} Ra4 {[#]} 32. Kb2 (32. Kd4 $1 $16) 32... Kf8 33. Ra1 Ke7 34. Rd1 Ra6 35. Rd2 c3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 36. Kxc3 Rxa3+ 37. Kb2 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "CHN"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 21,79,44,41,37,66,33,50,39,52,47,69,0,12,-13,163,168,162,162,185,164,174,178,525,509,493,399,395,409,404,393,377,402,397,389,415,388,433,404,538,404,423,433,600,522,417,388,862,791,1948,1911,1615,1522,1569,1510,29985,29986,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7.} g4 {[#]} 13. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nh4 Nc6 14. c5 Be6 15. Qa4 Qd4 16. Qb5 a6 17. Qxb7 Qxc5 18. Na4 Qd6 19. Rfc1 Nd4 20. Bf1 Rfc8 21. Kh1 Nf7 22. Rc5 Nd8 23. Qb4 Nc2 {0-1 (23) Gruenberg,H (2377)-Cuenca Jimenez,J (2476) Germany 2014}) 13... Qxd1 14. Rxd1 {White is slightly better.} c6 15. c5 Nf7 16. Bc4 (16. Nc2 $14) 16... Na6 $11 17. Na4 Rb8 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (17... Nc7 $1 $11) 18. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e5]} gxf3 19. Nxf3 Bg4 20. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Bxf3 21. Rxf3 {Hoping for Rd7.} Nc7 $2 (21... Rbd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8) 22. Rd7 Nb5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Rfxf7 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 ({Not} 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 $16) 25... Kh8 {[#]} 26. Bxb5 $1 cxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Nc3 b4 28. Nd5 a5 29. Kh2 h6 30. h4 h5 31. b3 Kh7 32. Kh3 Rc8 33. Ne7 Rc7 $2 (33... Rf8 34. Rxf8 Bxf8) 34. g4 hxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Rd7 36. h5 Rd2 37. Nf5 Rg2+ {[#]} 38. Kf3 $1 {White mates.} Rxa2 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 40. h6 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 13,77,20,20,8,18,25,39,11,12,11,11,11,11,10,6,8,10,12,21,7,8,14,10,14,17,0,0,0,0,0,19,31,26,30,27,20,39,0,15,8,9,12,15,11,79,89,98,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-24,-25,-8,-8,0,-27,0,-6,0,-20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 {White is slightly better. Recently 10.Ne5 got a lot of attention.} Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 a6 13. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Qd6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nb6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Bd7 20. Ne1 Ra8 21. Qc2 Ra3 {½-½ (45) Wojtaszek,R (2749)-Vitiugov,N (2709) Shenzhen 2018}) 16. Ra1 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 c5 18. Qa3 b6 19. Qa8 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Qb4 22. Nxd5 Qxd4 23. Bf3 Kg7 $1 24. Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qc5 25. Rc1 Re6 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27. Nxc7 Re5 28. Bg4 {Threatening f4.} h5 (28... Kf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. f4 $16 Re3 {[#]} 30. Bf3 (30. Bh3 $1 $16) 30... Nc5 $11 31. Nd5 Rb3 32. Nxb6 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Rd1 Bf5 34. Bc6 Nxf4 35. Na4 Rb4 36. Nc3 Rb3 37. Na4 $1 Rb4 38. Nc3 Rb3 39. Na4 $1 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 18,63,18,18,22,20,16,18,13,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-12,-12,-11,-15,-15,-11,-12,6,0,16,10,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. Nd5 {[#] Threatens to win with Qe4.} d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Be5 {[#]} 17. Bc4 $146 {Black must now prevent Nxc7+.} ({Predecessor:} 17. f4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Ba3 19. Qa5 Bc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qxc5 Qd6 22. Qxd6 cxd6 23. Ne7+ Kf7 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxb7+ Rc7 26. Rb2 f5 27. Bd3 {½-½ (27) Andreikin,D (2733)-Jakovenko,D (2712) Poikovsky 2016}) 17... Kh8 18. f4 Bxb2 19. Rb1 c6 20. Rxb2 {And now Nc3 would win.} cxd5 21. Bxd5 Nc7 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Qb1 Nd5 24. Bxa7 Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b1]} 25. Qe1 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Bxb7 27. Qxc3 Qa8 28. Bd4 Qxa2 ({Of course not} 28... Bxg2 $6 {[#]} 29. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qxg2 $16) 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. cxb3 Kg8 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. f5 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World "]
[BlackTeam "CHN"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 13,128,12,9,14,12,7,7,11,17,18,25,24,27,16,35,35,35,30,43,43,43,30,30,30,30,30,29,29,45,30,30,29,30,30,29,29,29,22,22,22,22,22,29,0,29,0,0,0,0,-149,-140,-129,-129,-130,-104,-272,-102,-281,-275,-252,-170,-164,-161,-175,-118,-229,-178,-239,-140,-132,-132,-141,-139,-312,-317,-295,-287,-296,-285,-443,-441,-470,-470,-467,-436,-443,-443,-443,-432,-345,-49,-72,-45,-178,-162,-464,-487,-741,-289,-894,-859,-29973,-29974,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29973,-29973,-29967,-29965,-29982,-29983,-29986,-29982,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 8. a3 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} Bg7 9. b4 {is now more promising than 9.Rb1.} Nge7 10. Rb1 {The position is equal.} O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Nd5 f5 {[#]} 13. b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 b6 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. a4 g5 16. Ne1 Na5 17. Bd2 Nec6 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Nc2 {½-½ (30) Mihalik,A (2206)-Farkas,T (2317) Budapest 2019}) 13... Nd8 14. Nh4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Kh7 16. exf5 g5 17. Nf3 Qxf5 18. Qb3 Nf7 {[%cal Bd8f7,Bf7h8,Bh8g6,Bg6e7,Be7f5,Bf5d4,Bd4c2][%mdl 32]} 19. Nd2 Nh8 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. Be3 Ng6 22. f3 Rad8 23. Qc4 Kh8 24. a4 Qf7 25. a5 Ne7 26. Nc3 Nf5 27. Bd2 Nd4 28. Be3 Nc2 29. Qe4 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 e4 31. Qd2 {[#]} (31. fxe4 $11 Qc7 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. b6) 31... e3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Black has strong initiative.} 32. Qc2 (32. Qxe3 Bd4) 32... Be5 33. g3 Rde8 34. Kg2 $2 (34. Ne2 $17 {was necessary.}) 34... Kg8 $2 (34... Bxc3 $1 $19 35. Qxc3+ Kg8) 35. Rbe1 $2 (35. Ne2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 35... Bxc3 $1 $19 36. Qxc3 Qxd5 37. Qc4 Rf5 38. Re2 Kf8 (38... Kg7 $19 39. g4 Rfe5) 39. Qc3 (39. g4 $17 {keeps fighting.} Rfe5 40. a6) 39... Kf7 40. Qc2 (40. Qc4 $142) 40... g4 (40... h5 $19 41. Qc4 Kg6) 41. Qc4 $17 Qxc4 ({Much worse is} 41... gxf3+ $6 42. Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg6 43. Qg4+ Rg5 44. Qf4 $11) 42. dxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} h5 43. f4 $2 (43. b6 $17) 43... d5 $19 44. cxd5 Rxd5 45. Rc1 Re4 46. Rc3 (46. h4 $142) 46... c4 47. Rcxe3 Rxe3 48. Rxe3 Rxb5 {KR-KR} 49. Rc3 Rxa5 50. Rxc4 {intending Rc7+.} Ra2+ 51. Kg1 Rb2 $2 (51... b5 $19 52. Rb4 a6) 52. Rc5 $15 Kg6 {White must now prevent ...b6.} 53. Rg5+ (53. Ra5 $1 $15) 53... Kh6 $1 $19 54. Rg8 $2 (54. Rc5) 54... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 55. f5 (55. Rh8+ $142 Kg6 56. Ra8) 55... Rb5 $2 (55... Rb6 {Strongly threatening ...a4.} 56. Ra8 Ra6) 56. Rg6+ $2 (56. f6 Rf5 57. Rb8) 56... Kh7 57. Rg5 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a3] Black mates.} 58. Rxh5+ Kg8 59. Rg5+ Kf7 60. Rxg4 Ra5 61. Rd4 a3 62. Rd1 a2 63. Ra1 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 64. g4 b4 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "RUS"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 21,72,0,15,8,0,0,0,0,41,45,74,59,183,124,208,170,245,240,279,262,342,245,241,69,218,104,117,112,147,12,135,87,116,15,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 Rfe8 12. e4 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 f5 15. Qc2 c5 16. d5 $1 {aiming for Bd3.} exd5 {[#]} (16... Qf7 $14) 17. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bd3 Qf7 18. Bxf5 Nf8 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Re8 23. Qd3 {½-½ (29) Adler,J (2340)-Pelletier,Y (2245) Switzerland 1993}) 17... Qf7 (17... Nf6 $16) 18. Bc4 Rxe1+ ({Don't blunder} 18... Bxd5 $2 19. Ng5 $18) (18... Qh5 $142 19. Bb5 Red8) 19. Rxe1 b5 20. Bxb5 {Black must now prevent Re6.} Bxd5 21. Rd1 {Strongly threatening Rxd5!} Nb6 22. Ne5 $2 ({White must play} 22. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Qh5 23. Nf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 22... Qe6 {[#]} (22... Bxe5 $1 $14 23. Bxe5 Rc8) 23. f4 (23. Nd7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd7b6]} Kh8 24. Qc3 (24. Nxc5 Qh6 $16)) 23... Rd8 24. Bd3 Rf8 {[#]} 25. Qc3 (25. g4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 25... Qh6 (25... Bxe5 $11 26. Qxe5 (26. fxe5 f4 $14) 26... Qxe5 27. fxe5 (27. Bxe5 c4 $14) 27... c4 28. bxc4 Bxc4) 26. Qd2 Be7 27. Bc4 (27. Qf2 $16) 27... Bxc4 $11 {The position is equal.} 28. Nxc4 Rd8 29. Qe2 {Rxd8+ would kill now.} Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qxf4 31. Nxb6 axb6 32. Qd5+ Kf8 33. Qa8+ Kf7 {And now ...Qe3+ would win.} 34. Qd5+ Kf8 35. Qa8+ Kf7 {...Qe3+ is the strong threat.} 36. Qd5+ Kf8 {Black defended with fortune. Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 30%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "IND"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 16,84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,1,5,3,12,9,50,-20,-6,-14,0,0,0,0,10,11,22,0,0,0,0,0,19,-21,-15,-42,-47,-94,-88,-99,-85,-86,-18,-8,40,47,56,74,76,68,103,101,110,-916,-912,-936,-925,-904,0,-908,15,20,42,-153,-170,-172,0,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 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 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 9...Bxc3. Played by Magnus Carlsen in January 2020. C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Bd6 {[#] The position is equal.} 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Bd7 13. b4 a5 14. exd5 Rxe1+ 15. Bxe1 axb4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rb1 {½-½ (25) Karjakin,S (2754)-So,W (2760) Bucharest 2019}) 12... d4 13. Na4 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Qf3 (16. Qd2 $14) 16... g5 $11 17. Bg3 c4 18. Bxc4 Bxe4 19. Qd1 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qd6 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. Nb2 Ba8 23. Bd3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Qd2 Qd5 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd5g2]} 26. f3 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 27. Rf1 gxf3 28. Rxf3 Qh5 (28... Ng4 $17 {aiming for ...Qh5.} 29. Bf5 (29. Bc4 $2 Qh5 $19) 29... Ne3) 29. Rf5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Qg4 (29... Qg6 $5 {[%cal Rg6g3]}) 30. Qf2 Re6 31. Rf4 Qg5 32. Nc4 Kg8 33. Bf5 Re7 34. Rxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Nd2 $16) 34... Qc1+ $1 $19 35. Kh2 Re1 $1 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re1h1]} 36. g4 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 {[#] Hoping for Rd8+.} Kg7 $2 (37... Qg5 $1 $19 {[%csl Gg5,Gh1][%cal Rf6h5][%mdl 512]} 38. Qe2 Kg7) 38. Ne3 $11 {Bd3 is the strong threat.} Re1 39. Rd3 $2 (39. Rd2 $14 {stays ahead.}) 39... Be4 $17 40. Rc3 Qa1 $2 (40... Kg8 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Bxf5.} 41. Bc8 {[#]} Bd3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin}) 41. Rxc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Qd2 $11) 41... Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Qf4 Rxe3+ {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "CHN"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 11,79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,16,16,14,16,17,19,27,26,20,16,14,24,10,14,10,10,10,10,14,20,7,7,7,7,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 $1 7. Nf3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} c5 $1 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3 15. exd7 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bxd7 {[#] Hoping for ...Ba4.} 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Bxa1 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxc8 Bxd4 21. Kg2 Qxe5 22. Bxb7 Rb8 {[#]} 23. Rh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Rb1 Kg7 24. Qd3 Qf6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Qg4+ Kf8 27. Bf3 Qg6 28. Qxd4 Qxb1 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qe5+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qe5+ {½-½ (32) Leko,P (2732)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726) Tashkent 2012}) 23... h5 24. Rh4 Kg7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 25. Re4 Qf5 26. Qd2 {[#]} Qxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qxf2 Bxf2 28. Kxf2 {And now Bd5 would win.} Rxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 29. Ra4 $1 Kg6 30. Kf3 Kg5 31. Ra5+ f5 32. Ra4 Rc7 33. Kg2 Rd7 34. Kf3 Rf7 35. Ra5 Rc7 36. Ra4 Rc3+ 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Kf3 Rc3+ 39. Kg2 Rc7 40. Kf3 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "276"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 14,276,20,6,21,11,11,10,29,27,27,14,17,16,19,17,15,15,18,11,27,24,8,14,25,19,31,31,38,38,30,22,30,29,31,30,34,18,38,39,70,63,65,54,77,77,76,66,68,72,56,37,41,35,35,35,88,53,35,35,35,35,35,27,93,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-180,-179,-165,-159,-144,-144,-259,-187,-189,-180,-386,-386,-433,-433,-425,-425,-410,-352,-329,-61,-294,-264,-273,-283,-411,-410,-392,-412,-412,-409,-389,-196,-385,-350,-531,-521,-859,-839,-29969,-29964,-29966,-29964,-7756,-5093,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29969,-29967,-29977,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29980,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Rxc7 Bd8 18. Bd6 Bxc7 19. Bxf8 a5 20. Bb1 Be5 21. b3 Bg4 22. Bc5 Rc8 23. Bb6 Nxa2 24. Bxa2 Rc2 25. Nf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rxa2 {1-0 (69) Nepomniachtchi,I (2774)-Nakamura,H (2743) Saint Louis 2019}) 7. c5 {7.Be2 injects fresh life into this line. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} c6 8. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 h6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qb2 Qb7 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Ra8 19. Qb2 {[#]} Nh5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 19... Bd8 20. Ra1 bxc5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. bxc5 Qa6 23. Qa2 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Bxa5 25. Na2 Ne4 26. Nc1 f6 {½-½ (44) Moiseenko,A (2709)-Sargissian,G (2676) Warsaw 2013}) 20. Bh2 Bd8 21. Ra1 Nhf6 22. g4 Ne8 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qa2 Qb7 25. Qa4 b5 26. Qa1 Bc7 27. Bxc7 Nxc7 28. Qa5 f6 29. Ne2 Kf7 30. Nc1 g5 31. Nd3 Ke7 32. Nd2 Kd8 33. Nb3 (33. f4 {is more complex.} Nf8 34. e4 Ng6 35. f5 exf5 36. exf5 Nh4 37. Nb3) 33... Qa6 34. f4 Qxa5 (34... Nf8 $14) 35. Nxa5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} (35. bxa5 {looks sharper.} Na6 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kg2 Nf8 38. f5) 35... Nb8 36. Kf2 Ne8 37. Kg3 Kc7 38. h4 Nd7 (38... gxh4+ $1 $11 39. Kxh4 Ng7) 39. Nb3 ({White should play} 39. h5 $16) 39... gxh4+ $11 40. Kxh4 {Strongly threatening Kh5.} Ng7 $1 41. Nd2 Nf8 42. Nf3 Ng6+ 43. Kg3 Kd8 44. Nh4 Ne7 45. Kf3 Ke8 46. Nc1 Kf7 47. Nb3 h5 48. Na5 hxg4+ 49. Kxg4 Ne8 50. f5 Nc7 51. fxe6+ Kxe6 52. Ng2 $1 Ne8 53. Nf4+ Kd7 54. Nh5 Kc7 55. Nb3 Kd7 56. Nc1 Ke6 57. Nf4+ Kf7 58. Nb3 Ng7 59. Na5 Ngf5 60. Kf3 Nh4+ 61. Kg3 Nhf5+ 62. Kf2 Ng7 63. Nb7 Ke8 64. Kf3 Kd7 65. Na5 Nef5 66. Kf2 Ne7 67. Kf3 Nef5 68. Nb3 Nh4+ 69. Kf2 Nhf5 70. Nd2 Ke7 71. Nf3 Kf7 72. Nh2 Ke7 73. Ng4 Kf7 74. Kf3 Nh4+ 75. Ke2 Nhf5 76. Nf2 Ng3+ 77. Kf3 N3f5 78. Nd1 Nh4+ 79. Kf2 Nhf5 80. Nc3 Ne8 81. Kf3 Nc7 82. Nce2 Na6 83. Nd3 Nc7 84. Nec1 Ne6 85. Nb3 Ke8 86. Nf2 Kf7 87. Na5 Nd8 88. Ng4 Kg6 89. Nf2 Kf7 90. Nd3 Kg6 91. Nf4+ Kf7 92. Ng2 Kg6 93. Kf4 Ne6+ 94. Kg4 Nh6+ 95. Kf3 {And now Nf4+ would win.} Nd8 $1 96. Nf4+ Kf5 97. Nh5 Kg6 98. Ng3 Nhf7 99. e4 Ng5+ 100. Ke3 dxe4 101. Nxe4 Nge6 102. Nc3 Nc7 103. Kf4 Na6 104. Na2 Nc7 105. Ke4 f5+ 106. Ke5 $2 {White is on the road to losing.} (106. Kf4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 106... Nf7+ $19 107. Kf4 Nd5+ $1 108. Kf3 Nd8 109. Kg3 (109. Nc1 $17) 109... Kh5 110. Kf3 Kg5 111. Kg3 $2 (111. Nb3 {was necessary.}) 111... f4+ 112. Kf3 Kf5 113. Nc1 Nxb4 114. Ne2 Nd5 115. Nc1 Nc7 $2 (115... Ne7 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Ne6.} 116. Nd3 Ne6) 116. Nd3 $2 (116. Na2 $1 $15) 116... Nce6 117. Nb3 {[#]} Ng5+ $1 118. Kf2 {[#]} (118. Ke2 {only move.}) 118... Ke4 $1 {[%cal Re4d3]} 119. Nb4 Nge6 120. d5 cxd5 121. c6 {and the idea Nc5+! leaves White hopeful.} Ke5 (121... Nc7 $142 122. Ke2 Nde6) 122. Na5 $2 (122. Kf3) 122... Nc7 123. Kf3 (123. Ke2 $142) 123... Nde6 124. Nd3+ Kd4 125. Nxf4 Nxf4 126. Kxf4 {KN-KN} Kc3 127. Nb7 b4 128. Nc5 Kc4 {Black mates.} 129. Na4 Kb5 130. Nb2 Kxc6 131. Ke5 Kc5 132. Na4+ Kc4 133. Kd6 d4 134. Kxc7 d3 135. Kb6 d2 136. Nb2+ Kb3 137. Nd1 Kc2 138. Ne3+ Kc1 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 16,111,17,17,3,11,12,0,0,20,9,0,12,14,0,0,14,11,35,6,23,0,0,0,17,7,15,8,14,12,25,35,47,1,10,7,7,9,83,80,80,80,80,80,220,57,57,51,51,51,61,57,57,57,57,50,57,61,88,88,88,88,238,238,238,238,224,218,744,664,868,868,868,677,543,536,1911,1754,1633,1505,1466,1366,3975,2874,12459,11002,29966,29966,11972,7671,29969,29970,29961,29969,29971,29971,29961,29967]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc2 d6 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 10. Qd2 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} a5 11. b3 {[#]} Bf5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb4 12. Bb2 Nxc2 13. Qxc2 Bf5 14. Qc1 c6 15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxe4 {½-½ (36) Matlakov,M (2700)-Artemiev,V (2709) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. Ne3 Be4 {Black wants to play ...Bxg2.} 13. Bb2 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Nb4 (16... Nce5 {looks sharper.} 17. Qd4 a4 18. b4 f5 19. Rfd1 c6) 17. Ngf4 Nxd5 18. cxd5 (18. Nxd5 {keeps more tension.} a4 19. Rfd1 c6 20. Nc3 axb3 21. axb3 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Qf6 23. Qb2) 18... Qf6 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. f3 Qe5 21. e4 b5 22. Rac1 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Rfe1 (24. Ne6 $5 Nxe6 25. dxe6 $14) 24... b4 25. Qd4 Qf7 26. Ne6 Nxe6 (26... Rac8 $11) 27. dxe6 $16 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd4g7]} Qe5 (29... Qe1+ $16 {keeps fighting.} 30. Kg2 Qe2+ 31. Kh3 Qe5 32. Qxe5 dxe5) 30. Qxe5 $2 ({Only move:} 30. Qh4 $18 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32. Kh3 Qf1+ 33. Kg4 h5+ 34. Kg5 Qxf3 35. Kxg6 Qd3+ 36. Kxh5 Qe2+ 37. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 38. Kxg4) 30... dxe5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 31. Rc5 a4 32. Rxe5 axb3 33. axb3 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. Re3 Rb2+ 36. Kh3 h5 {[#] White stays focused until the end.} 37. g4 $1 hxg4+ 38. fxg4 g5 (38... Kg7 $16) 39. Kg3 Rb1 40. h3 Kf7 41. Kf3 Rf1+ $2 {[#]} (41... Rc1 42. Rd3 Ke6) 42. Ke4 $1 Ke6 43. Kd4+ Kd6 44. Kc4 Rf4+ 45. Kb5 Rd4 46. Re8 Rf4 47. Rg8 Rf3 48. Kxb4 Rxh3 49. Rxg5 Rh1 50. Kb5 Rg1 51. b4 Rb1 52. Rg8 Rb2 53. g5 {White mates.} Ke6 54. g6 Kf6 55. Kc5 Rc2+ 56. Kb6 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "IND"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 16,53,19,17,17,12,14,8,14,14,9,0,0,0,0,2,79,64,75,75,102,79,110,78,85,87,102,110,120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc5 12. Nb5 Rd8 {[#]} 13. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 a6 14. Nbd4 e5 15. a3 Bxa3 16. Nc6 bxc6 17. bxa3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Qxc6 {½-½ (50) Kolpak,S (2328)-Van der Plas,R (2324) ICCF email 2016}) 13... Ba5 14. a3 {b4 is the strong threat.} Ne4 15. Bd3 Nd6 {[#]} (15... Ng5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Nxd6 $1 $16 Rxd6 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Be4 a6 19. b4 Bb6 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Ne5 f5 22. Qh5 (22. Bf3 $16) 22... fxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} 23. Qf7+ Kh7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qg5.} 24. Qg6+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Qe7.} 25. Qf7+ Kh7 {And now ...Qg5 would win.} 26. Qg6+ Kg8 {aiming for ...Qe7.} 27. Qf7+ {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "CHN"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 13,61,12,7,7,18,5,20,0,0,0,19,0,11,-27,100,0,0,0,16,15,34,25,24,14,23,14,14,14,14,15,24,15,18,16,20,21,23,23,23,23,23,6,6,4,7,0,4,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 {9...Nf6 is the modern continuation.} 10. h4 Re8 11. Bd3 d5 12. h5 Nc5 {[#]} 13. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h6 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 g6 15. c4 Bf8 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. Rxd5 f6 19. Nd4 {½-½ (36) Greig,S (2186)-Slyusar,V (2194) ICCF email 2018}) 13... Bg4 {[#]} (13... h6 $11) 14. Bxc5 ({White should try} 14. Bxh7+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 15. h6) 14... Bxc5 $11 15. Qf4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rh4 Bxf2 19. Rf4 Be3 20. Rxf6 Re5 21. Rdf1 Rf8 22. R6f5 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} h6 24. c4 Rd8 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 cxd5 {KB-KB} 27. g4 Kf8 {The position is equal.} 28. Bf5 Ke7 29. Bd3 a5 30. a4 b6 31. Bf5 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "RUS"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 25,67,-20,-10,-15,0,-44,18,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-72,-81,-71,-79,-73,-67,-109,-18,-18,-18,-18,-17,-17,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. d5 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 Bxa1 11. Qxa1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. O-O {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Qb6 15. Qa1 Bd7 ({Better is} 15... Rd8 $15) 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Ra1g7]} f6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qb2 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... b5 20. g3 a6 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Bd1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ {½-½ (23) Thew,B (2136)-Devine,G (2141) ICCF email 2016}) 20. Rc1 Qf4 21. Qa3 (21. Rc4 $11 {remains equal.}) 21... Qxe4 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Bf3 {[#]} Qe5 $1 23. Qa6 Qf4 24. Rc4 {[#]} Qf5 (24... Qd2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd2e1]} 25. h3 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Bf5) 25. h3 $11 {The position is equal.} Qb1+ 26. Kh2 Bb5 27. Qb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7a8]} Bxc4 28. Qxa8+ Kf7 29. Qh8 Qf5 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "CHN"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 15,86,40,33,15,8,16,28,33,29,19,27,19,45,7,7,7,8,4,15,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,-5,-10,-19,-154,-154,-127,-129,-145,-142,-129,-120,-119,-92,-195,-63,-79,-86,-62,-68,-65,-64,-65,-65,-65,-64,-76,-11,-12,-22,-35,-6,-113,-95,-200,-201,-1309,-1017,-12834,-7312,-12837,-12838,-12837,-12834,-12833,-6387]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d5 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Rd2e4] is currently scoring better than 9.c4. Played by Peter Svidler in April 2020. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd6 $1 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. Bxf5 {White has an edge.} Nxf5 12. Qd3 g6 {[#]} 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Re8 15. Bf4 c6 16. Re2 Bf6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 {½-½ (59) Antolak,J (2249)-Zatonskih,A (2420) Wroclaw 2019}) 13... Re8 14. Re2 Bd6 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Re1 Qf8 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Ne5 Rd8 {[%cal Ba8d8,Bd8d7,Bd7e7][%mdl 32]} 19. Ne3 c6 20. N3g4 {Nxd7 is the strong threat.} f6 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Re6 Ne4 {Hoping for ...Kf7.} 23. f3 {[#]} (23. Qh3 $11) 23... Kf7 $1 $17 24. fxe4 Kxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 25. Qh3 f5 ({But not} 25... dxe4 $6 26. Ne5+ f5 27. Nxd7 $11) 26. Ne5 Re7 ({Reject} 26... dxe4 $6 27. Nxd7 Kxd7 28. Qxh7+ Kd8 29. Qxg6 $11 (29. Qxb7 Qh6 $11)) 27. exd5+ cxd5 28. Qa3 (28. Qc3 $17) 28... Qb8 (28... Qh6 $19 {And now ...Qc1+ would win.} 29. Qc3 Qc1+ 30. Kf2 Kf6) 29. Qe3 $15 {[#] aiming for Nc6+.} Kf6 $1 30. Qh6 Rxe5 31. dxe5+ Qxe5 {[%cal Re5e1] KQ-KQ} 32. h4 Qe7 33. c3 b6 34. a4 Ke6 (34... Ke5 $17 {Threatening ...Ke4.} 35. Kf2 d4 36. cxd4+ Kxd4 37. Qd2+ Kc5 38. Qc3+ Kd5 39. Qb3+ Ke5 40. Qc3+ Ke6 41. Qc4+ Ke5 42. Qc3+ Ke6 43. Qc4+ Kf6) 35. h5 $11 Kf6 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Qh8+ (37. Kf2 $11) 37... Kg5 $17 38. Kh2 (38. Kf2 $17) 38... Qe4 $19 39. Qd8+ $2 (39. Qg7) 39... Kg4 {( -> ...Qf4+). Black is clearly winning.} 40. Qf6 g5 41. Qh6 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qh4+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "IND"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 9,133,12,14,17,15,5,9,0,24,-20,0,-10,43,47,54,54,156,90,90,68,80,81,70,62,80,27,97,92,91,85,93,97,95,93,93,28,67,75,93,86,110,95,112,86,87,93,100,76,80,57,101,96,90,85,82,91,106,115,112,102,116,116,118,112,113,113,114,113,112,112,124,136,211,192,211,211,208,192,175,189,264,264,264,264,264,264,245,245,244,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,224,200,141,14,14,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nfd2 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4.} h5 7. h4 Ng4 8. Ke1 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... g6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 Bg7 11. f3 Nge5 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nc3 b5 14. axb6 axb6 {1-0 (75) Antipov,M (2549)-Wojtaszek,R (2725) Moscow 2019}) 9. Nb3 a5 {Hoping for ...a4.} 10. a4 Na6 ({Black should try} 10... f5 $11) 11. f3 $14 Nf6 12. Be3 Nb4 (12... Nd7 $14) 13. Na3 (13. Kd1 $142 $1) 13... Be6 $16 14. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 15. Bxc5 Nd7 16. Be3 f6 17. Kf2 ({White should play} 17. Rd1 $16) 17... Ke7 (17... f5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Be2 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 b6 20. Rd2 Nc5 21. Bxc5+ bxc5 22. Rad1 (22. Rxd8 $1 $16 Rxd8 23. Rd1) 22... Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Na6 24. Bc4 Bd7 25. Rd3 Nc7 26. Rb3 Ne8 27. Rc3 Nd6 28. Bb3 Nb7 29. Nc4 Be6 30. Ne3 Bd7 31. g3 Rb8 32. Ke2 Rh8 33. Bc4 Ra8 34. f4 Nd6 35. Bd3 $1 Nb7 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Nc4 Bg4+ 38. Ke1 Ke6 39. Ne3 Bh3 40. Bc4+ Ke7 (40... Kf6 $16) 41. Be2 $18 g6 42. Nc4 $1 Ke6 43. Rb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3b7]} Nd6 44. Rb6 Nxc4 (44... Rc8 $142 45. Nxa5 Bg2) 45. Bxc4+ Kd6 {[#]} 46. Rxc6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Kxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame} 47. Bd5+ Kd6 48. Bxa8 {KB-KB} Bd7 49. Bd5 $2 (49. b3 $18) 49... Bxa4 $16 {[#]} 50. Bf7 $1 g5 51. Kd2 gxh4 52. gxh4 Bc6 53. Ke3 Ke7 (53... Ba4 $16) 54. Bxh5 $18 Kf6 55. Kf3 ({Better is} 55. Kd3 $16) 55... Ba4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 56. b3 Bc6 57. Ke3 c4 $1 58. Bd1 cxb3 59. cxb3 Kg6 60. Kd3 Kh6 61. Bf3 Bb5+ 62. Kc3 Ba6 63. Bg4 Bb7 64. Bf3 Ba6 65. Bd1 Bb5 66. Bg4 Bc6 67. Bf3 {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "CHN"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 23,77,12,21,21,17,16,11,24,42,30,62,28,47,55,164,52,75,75,88,72,206,203,262,246,270,251,342,335,368,365,598,587,646,607,698,690,659,577,582,534,606,545,546,542,707,698,707,620,846,836,1604,1606,29990,29991,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 $1 {12.Qc1 is better than 12.Qd1.} h6 13. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bxf6 14. Rd1 Nc6 15. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Bh7 16. Nb3 {[#]} Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qe7 17. e3 Nb4 18. Ne1 Rab8 19. e4 g5 20. Qc4 Rfd8 21. e5 Bg7 22. Rdc1 Bf5 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 {½-½ (30) Tienhoven,R (2403)-Smirnovs,A (2375) ICCF email 2017}) 17. Ne1 c6 18. a5 Qe7 {[#]} ({Black should try} 18... b6 $14) 19. f4 ({Better is} 19. e4 $1 $18) 19... g5 20. e4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Rad8 {[#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (21... Rfd8 $16) 22. Qc3 $1 $18 Kh8 23. Nc5 Rg8 24. Kh1 ({Much less strong is} 24. Qxb4 $6 Bxe4 25. Kh1 Bxg2+ 26. Nxg2 Qd6 $18) 24... Nd5 25. exd5 exd5 26. Nf3 Rxg2 $2 (26... Rg7 {was worth a try.} 27. Re1 Qc7) 27. Kxg2 Qe2+ 28. Kh1 Be4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Ng1 Qf2 31. Rf1 Qh4 32. Rad1 Qh5 33. Qe3 Re8 34. Ne2 Qxa5 35. Nc3 Qb4 36. Nxe4 c5 37. f5 Bg7 38. f6 Bf8 39. Rg1 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Adhiban, B.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "IND"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 15,109,-3,6,-7,-6,-61,-56,-50,-3,-12,0,0,0,0,3,-5,0,0,11,13,29,14,0,0,0,0,0,-39,25,10,39,36,45,23,22,26,21,27,25,24,24,19,24,21,18,4,13,15,84,84,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,-12,0,0,0,-49,0,0,0,0,582,570,668,651,630,606,3054,2070,5346,5110,29985,29986,29985,29985,29996,29997,29998,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e5 9. cxd5 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} cxd5 10. Be2 (10. Nb5 $11 Bb4+ 11. Bc3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3) 10... e4 $1 $15 {[%cal Re4f3]} 11. Nd2 {Black is slightly better.} Nb8 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc5 {[#]} Qd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Qd6 Qf5 17. h3 Rd8 18. Qc7 Ne8 19. Qg3 a5 20. O-O Nb4 {½-½ (55) Postny,E (2575)-Buhmann,R (2589) Berlin 2018}) 15. h3 Be6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. Qb5 Rfd8 19. Bf1 Ne8 20. Rc5 Nd6 21. Qa4 b6 (21... a6 $15) 22. Rc3 Na5 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24. a4 Rxc3 25. Bxc3 Rc8 26. Bb4 Rc2 27. Bxd6 {[#] b4 is the strong threat.} Rxd2 28. Rc1 Nxb3 29. Rc7 Be6 {White should prevent ...Rd1.} 30. Rxa7 {Ra8+ would kill now.} h5 {Threatening ...Rd1.} 31. Bb5 h4 (31... Rd1+ $11 {remains equal.} 32. Kh2 Nd2) 32. Be7 $16 f6 33. Bd8 (33. Rb7 $14) 33... Nc1 $11 34. Bxb6 {Strongly threatening Re7.} Nd3 35. Re7 Bf5 36. Bc6 Kf8 (36... Rd1+ $11 37. Kh2 Nxf2) 37. Rc7 ({White should try} 37. Bc5 $1 $14) 37... Rd1+ 38. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Bc5+.} Nxf2 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rd1h1]} 39. g4 Be6 40. Ba5 Nd3 41. Bb5 Rb1 42. Rc2 g5 43. Bc3 Kf7 44. Ra2 f5 45. gxf5 Bxf5 46. Bc6 {aiming for a5.} Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Rc1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 47. Bxd5+ Be6 48. Bxe6+ Kxe6) 47. a5 $18 g4 48. hxg4 Bxg4 49. a6 Nb4 50. a7 Nxa2 {[#]} 51. Bxd5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Kf6 (51... Kxd5 52. a8=Q+) 52. a8=Q {White mates.} Bf3 53. Qf8+ Kg6 54. Bf7+ Kg5 55. Qg7+ {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 68%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "IND"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 17,53,16,13,10,19,11,16,5,15,14,66,58,157,165,185,241,162,96,241,199,225,187,187,190,193,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nd2 {is the legacy move (9.Nc3).} O-O 10. e4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} e5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. cxd5 exd4 13. Ne4 Be5 (13... Qe7 $11) 14. Bg5 $14 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Black should play} 14... Qb6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14... Qb6 15. d6 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 g6 17. Be7 Rfc8 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qg5 Nd7 20. Bf5 Rc5 {½-½ (66) Demianjuk,A (2312)-Baraeva,M (2170) Voronezh 2011}) 15. Bxf6 $1 $16 Nxf6 16. Qf5 {White wants to mate with Nxf6+.} Re8 17. Nxf6+ (17. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e5]} g6 18. fxe5 gxf5 19. Nxf6+ Kg7 20. Nxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxf5) 17... Qxf6 (17... Bxf6 $16 18. Qh7+ Kf8) 18. Qh7+ $18 Kf8 19. f4 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Qxf4 {[#]} 21. Qh8+ $2 (21. d6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd6 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Re1+ Kd7 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bb5+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Kc7 26. Qxe8) 21... Ke7 $11 {The position is equal.} 22. Re1+ {[#]} Kf6 $1 23. Rxe8 {Hoping for Bf1.} Qc1+ 24. Kh2 Qf4+ 25. Kg1 {Bf1 is the strong threat.} Qc1+ 26. Kh2 {Strongly threatening d6.} Qf4+ 27. Kg1 {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "RUS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 10,87,18,16,12,8,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-4,-10,-8,-9,-9,-9,0,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,10,0,0,0,14,14,14,14,14,14,16,19,19,16,20,4,22,14,14,7,7,7,7,7,7,6,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,-94,0,0,7,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. h3 Bd6 9. Nge2 O-O {[#]} 10. Bxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. g4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Bh7 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nf4 Na6 16. Qb3 {1-0 (55) Marusenko,P (2154)-Wilson,M (1817) Cardiff 2019}) 10... Qxd6 11. Nf4 Re8 {Threatens to win with ...Qxf4.} 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rac1 Qb4 17. Rc3 a4 18. a3 Qb6 19. Rfc1 Nf6 20. Nd3 Bxd3 21. Bxd3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 23. b4 axb3 24. Qb2 Ra7 25. Rxb3 Qc7 26. a4 Re7 27. Rb4 h5 28. Rb1 g6 29. h4 Rd7 30. g3 Qd8 31. Qe2 Qe7 32. Qf3 Qd6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Qe2 Qe6 35. Qc2 Qe7 36. Qe2 {[#]} (36. R1b2 $11 {remains equal.}) 36... Qe4+ ({Better is} 36... Rxa4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rxa4 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Qf3 Qxb1) 37. Qf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxf3+ 38. Kxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re7 39. Rb6 Kf6 40. a5 Rxa5 41. Rxb7 Rxb7 42. Rxb7 Ra2 43. Rc7 Rc2 44. Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 20,89,19,21,32,31,35,0,9,0,120,99,125,99,91,90,98,94,92,98,166,154,169,170,149,157,166,106,175,102,88,71,77,77,153,126,110,76,88,16,14,0,24,32,93,84,77,59,60,58,200,212,365,365,510,495,509,500,477,446,421,395,501,351,556,528,5035,697,697,695,848,640]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 (10... Nd7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Bh6 cxd4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxd4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 exd4 16. Nxd4 b6 17. Ke3 Nc5 18. Rhd1 Bb7 19. f3 Rad8 20. Bb5 Rc8 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. axb3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 {½-½ (23) Ding,L (2811)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2776) chess.com INT 2019}) 11. d5 b5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 12. Bxc5 Rc8 {[#]} 13. Bd4 $146 {Strongly threatening Bxg7.} ({But not} 13. Bxe7 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Rxc3 $17) (13. Bb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Qc7 14. Nd4 $16 (14. Bxb5 a5 $11)) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bb4 Qc7 14. Nd4 a5 15. Ba3 b4 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. c4 a4 18. Be2 a3 19. Ba1 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 {1-0 (80) Esipenko,A (2624)-Jones,G (2688) Douglas 2019}) 13... Bxf3 $1 {The position is equal.} 14. Bxg7 Bxe4 (14... Bxg2 $1 $11 15. Bxg2 Kxg7) 15. Bh6 $1 $16 {Qd4 is the strong threat.} Qb6 16. f3 Bf5 17. g4 Bd7 18. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Be8 19. h5 f6 (19... Nd7 $16) 20. hxg6 $18 Bxg6 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Bxb5 Nd7 23. Kf2 ({White should try} 23. Be2 $18) 23... Rab8 {[#]} (23... Ne5 $16) 24. Be2 (24. Bxd7 $1 $18 Qxd7 25. c4) 24... Qa3 $16 25. Bd4 {Threatens to win with c4.} Rb2 26. Qe3 Ne5 (26... Qd6 $142) 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Qxe5 {Black must now prevent Qe6+.} Qd6 29. Qxd6 ({White should play} 29. Qe3 $16) 29... exd6 $11 30. Rhe1 {aiming for Kg3.} Re8 {Hoping for ...Bd3.} 31. Rcd1 Rc8 (31... Rxa2 $14 32. f4 h5) 32. Kg3 $16 Rxc3 33. a4 a5 34. Bf1 Rb4 {[#] Now Black is done in.} (34... Rbb3 $14) 35. Re6 $1 $18 Rxa4 $2 (35... Rb8 36. Rxd6 Rf8) 36. Rxd6 Raa3 37. Rf6 Kg7 {[#]} 38. d6 $3 {[%mdl 512] White threatens d7! and mate.} Rc8 39. d7 Rd8 40. Re6 Rb3 41. Re5 Rb7 (41... a4 $142 42. Rc5 Be4) 42. Bb5 {White is clearly winning.} Bc2 43. Rd2 (43. Re8 $142 Rbb8 44. Rc1) 43... Bg6 44. Re8 Rbb8 45. Rde2 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 13,94,9,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,16,16,0,12,0,4,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,4,3,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 {7.Be2 deserves study. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} Nh5 {The position is equal.} 8. Be2 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 $1 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O {[#]} Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Qc7 15. g3 bxc5 16. bxc5 f6 17. Re1 e5 18. Bd3 g5 {½-½ (48) Grischuk,A (2766)-Karjakin,S (2782) Paris 2018}) 13. Qc2 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Ra7 15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 Qa8 17. Nc1 Rb8 18. Nd3 Ra2 19. Qd1 bxc5 20. bxc5 Rxb1 21. Qxb1 Bf6 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Ra4 24. Qb2 Ra2 25. Qb1 Ra4 26. Nde5 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Bd8 28. g3 Ra3 29. Kg2 Bc7 30. Rc1 Qa6 31. Qc2 Ra2 32. Qd1 Qa3 33. Rb1 Qe3 34. Qf1 Qc3 35. Rb7 Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1f1]} 36. Qe2 Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e2]} 37. Rb2 Ba5 38. g4 Qxe2 39. Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Black should prevent Rb2. KRB-KRN} Bc3 40. Re3 Rc1 41. Rd3 f6 42. Kg3 Rc2 43. Rd1 Kf7 44. Rb1 Bb2 45. Rd1 Bc3 46. Rb1 Bb2 47. Rd1 Bc3 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 9,111,-22,-17,-17,-29,-39,-9,-36,-27,-21,-22,-14,-16,-31,-29,-28,-28,-27,-35,-32,-23,-31,-36,-46,-39,-52,-58,-49,-44,-41,-30,-80,-20,-20,5,6,21,7,9,-31,0,-18,7,3,7,-99,-99,-149,-102,-318,6,14,14,14,22,0,15,-2,-5,-12,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,599,492,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12846,12846,12847,12847,12847,12848,12848,12849,12849]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. c4 d4 4. exd4 cxd4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} Nf6 7. Bc2 Bg4 8. Ba4 {[#] The position is equal.} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e5 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. Qxb7 Qc8 11. Qxc8+ Rxc8 12. gxf3 Nd7 13. d3 Nc5 14. Bxc6+ Rxc6 {0-1 (32) Tutov,N (1436)-Santos,M (1498) LSS email 2011}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 e5 11. Re1 {Nxe5 is the strong threat.} Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. a3 a5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Rxe7 Qd6 19. Re2 Nc5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 ({Better is} 20... Bxe4 $17 21. dxe4 a4) 21. dxe4 $11 Rfe8 22. f3 a4 23. c5 Qxc5 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Rc1 c5 26. Rc4 f6 27. Qc1 (27. Rxa4 $11 Rxa4 28. Qxa4) 27... Ra5 $1 $17 28. Rec2 f5 29. Rxc5 $2 (29. exf5 $17 {was necessary.} Bf7 30. Rd2 (30. Rxc5 d3 $17)) 29... Rxc5 $2 ({Black should play} 29... d3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3c2]} 30. Bc7 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 (31. Bxb6 $2 {loses.} Rxc2 32. Qd1 fxe4 $19) 31... Qa7) 30. Rxc5 $11 fxe4 31. fxe4 d3 {White must now prevent ...Rc8.} 32. Be3 Qe6 33. Rc7 Qxe4 34. Bd2 h6 35. Qc5 {aiming for Qa7.} Bf7 {Hoping for ...Bd5.} 36. Bc3 Qg6 {And now ...d2! would win.} 37. Re7 Rxe7 38. Qxe7 Kh7 39. Qe5 Be8 40. Kf2 Bf7 41. g4 Bb3 42. Ke3 Bc2 43. Kd2 Bb3 44. Ke3 Bc2 45. Kd2 Bb3 46. Qe7 Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Bc4 $11) 47. b4 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} axb3 {[#]} (47... h5 $142 48. g5 Bb3) 48. Bb2 $1 h5 {[#]} 49. g5 $1 h4 50. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kg8 51. a5 Kh7 {[#]} 52. a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6a7][%mdl 512]} Bd1 (52... Qxa6 53. Qxg7#) 53. Kxd1 {Intending Kd2 and mate.} d2 54. Qxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Promotion} Qxg7 55. Bxg7 Kxg7 56. Kxd2 {Quite a comeback for White. Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 77%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 14,49,20,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,10,14,16,8,10,-28,60,61,62,38,96,91,121,101,110,96,88,101,101,91,113,103,110,104,307,210]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 9. d3 Nc6 10. Qb5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Qb6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qc4 {[#]} Qb4 $146 {[%cal Rd5c3]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Qh4 Bd7 14. Bf4 f6 15. Rab1 Qa6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qd6 {½-½ (42) Almasi,Z (2682)-Piorun,K (2634) Germany 2019}) 12. Ne4 Qxc4 13. dxc4 Nb6 14. Rb1 Nxc4 15. b3 N4e5 (15... Nb6 $11) 16. Nxe5 $1 $14 ({Reject} 16. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 17. exf3 e5 $11) 16... Bxe5 17. Bh6 Rd8 (17... Bg7 $1 $14 18. Bxg7 Kxg7) 18. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rb8 19. Nxc5 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxc6.} Bc7 20. Bg5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Kg7 22. Ne4 Be5 23. Nd6 h6 24. Be3 Nb4 $2 {[#]} (24... a5 $16) 25. Bxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 15,82,16,30,27,41,8,12,16,15,18,39,14,1,22,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,10,10,0,16,22,47,0,6,7,8,8,11,12,12,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,41,13,35,11,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. g3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. e4 b5 14. Be2 {[#]} ({Wrong is} 14. Nxg6 $2 bxc4 15. Qxc4 hxg6 $19) 14... Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qa7 15. Be3 e5 16. Qd1 Rd8 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. d5 Qb8 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 {0-1 (26) Iskusnyh,S (2457)-Romanov,E (2589) Tomsk 2009}) 15. e5 Ng8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Be3 Nh6 18. g4 c5 19. d5 Nxe5 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. a4 O-O 23. O-O c4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Rab8 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Rc2 (27. Bxc4 $2 Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Rxf3 $19) 27... Rbd8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. Bxc5 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Kg2 Rb8 32. Ra1 Nd3 33. Kg3 Kh7 34. Bxd3 Rxd3 35. Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rbb3 36. Rf1 (36. Rc3 $5) 36... Rxb2 {The position is equal.} 37. Re4 Rdd2 38. h4 Rg2+ 39. Kf4 Rh2 40. Rxe6 Rxh4 41. Rfe1 Rh3 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 30,120,24,9,4,8,16,11,13,17,18,16,14,17,31,35,21,20,21,16,23,16,16,16,16,17,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,14,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 exd4 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4.} 17. cxd4 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxb5 Rf8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe5 Nd5 25. Bc4 Re8 {The position is equal.} 26. Nd3 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Nb6 28. Ba2 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Ne2 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 30... Nb3 31. Nd3 Nb6 32. Bf4 Nc4 33. Nec1 Nd4 34. b3 Na5 35. Nc5 f5 36. Kf1 Kf7 {1-0 (71) Stefansson,H (2502)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2582) Batumi 2018}) 31. g4 Kf7 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Kg2 Ke6 34. Kf3 Be5 35. h4 Bf6 36. h5 Be5 37. Kg2 Bf6 38. Kf3 Be5 39. Kg2 Bf6 40. Kg3 Be5+ 41. Kf3 Bg7 42. Kg3 Be5+ 43. f4 Bg7 44. Nf3 Nb3 45. Ng5+ Ke7 46. Nxh7 Nxc1 47. Nxc1 {[#] Nd3 is the strong threat.} Bxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 48. Nd3 Bg7 49. Ng5 Nf6 50. Kh4 Nd5 51. Nf3 {[#] And now Kg5 would win.} Bh6 52. Nfe5 Kf6 53. Ng6 Kf7 54. Kg3 Nf6 55. Nde5+ Ke6 56. Kh4 Nd5 57. Nd3 Kf7 58. Nge5+ Kf6 59. Nd7+ Ke7 60. N7e5 Kf6 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "RUS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 21,63,0,11,-6,14,0,11,11,10,11,11,4,13,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-6,0,-6,0,0,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. exd5 cxd5 10. Qf3 c6 11. Bg5 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 12. Ne2 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} Bd6 13. b3 Be5 14. Rae1 h6 {[#]} 15. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bh4 Qd6 16. Bg3 Re8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Nxf4 g5 21. Ne2 {0-1 (52) Keosidi,K (2409)-Gavrilov,A (2512) Krasnoyarsk 2007}) 15... Bg4 16. Qe3 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qa5 18. h3 Rbe8 19. Qc1 Bd7 20. a3 c5 21. c3 Qb6 22. b4 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 23. Qd2 axb4 24. axb4 Rb8 {[%cal Rc5b4]} 25. Re5 cxb4 26. cxb4 Qd6 27. Rfe1 Kh8 28. Bf5 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Qxb4 30. Qxb4 Rxb4 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 10,123,14,0,18,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,0,0,0,0,211,212,195,138,164,165,167,159,192,216,239,220,445,434,577,586,582,583,573,562,500,83,189,185,167,167,164,102,188,168,268,271,230,89,243,54,66,87,96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,-76,-71,-64,-29,-23,-21,-29,-14,-22,-27,-22,0,0,0,-65,-52,-180,-184,-240,-247,-229,-128,-127,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 e4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. d3 Ng4 13. e4 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. exf5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ne3 16. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Rf2 Rae8 18. Raf1 Ne7 19. Qa4 Bc6 20. Qxa7 {½-½ (20) Kragten,J (2336)-Bergmanolson,M (2284) ICCF email 2016}) 16. Bf4 Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re3c2]} 17. Bxe3 $1 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Rxf5 19. d4 Raf8 20. Rae1 Qf4 $2 (20... Na5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 21. Bd3 $18 R5f6 22. Re4 (22. Qb1 $18 Na5 23. Ne5) 22... Qd6 $16 {[#]} 23. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6][%mdl 512]} Qd5 (23... bxc5 24. Qb3+) 24. Qe2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for Bc4. White has strong initiative.} Na5 25. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Qh5 26. d5 c6 $2 (26... d6 27. Re7 Bc8) 27. Re5 $18 Qg4 28. h3 Qg3 29. d6 Ba6 {With the idea ...Nb7.} 30. Qe4 {White wants to mate with Qh7+.} g6 {next ...Nb7 is good for Black.} 31. Re7 $2 (31. Nd2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Rf5 32. Rfxf5 gxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. Qxf5) 31... Nb7 (31... bxc5 $16 32. Rxd7 Bc8 33. Rxa7 Qxd6) 32. Qe3 Qf4 33. Qxf4 Rxf4 34. Bxg6 (34. Rfe1 $18) 34... Nxc5 (34... Bxc4 $16 {was worth a try.} 35. Rc1 Bf7) 35. Rfe1 Bxc4 (35... R8f6 {might work better.} 36. Bh7+ Kh8) 36. Ne5 $1 {Threatening mate with Bh7+.} Kh8 37. Rh7+ (37. Nxd7 Nxd7 38. Rxd7 Rf1+ 39. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 40. Kh2 Rd1 $14) 37... Kg8 38. Ng4 $2 {[#]} ({Only move:} 38. Re3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3g3]} R8f6 39. Re7 Rxg6 40. Nxg6) 38... Rxg4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} 39. hxg4 Be6 40. g5 (40. Rxh6 $16 Rf4 41. g5) 40... hxg5 $11 41. Re5 Rf6 ({Not} 41... Bxa2 $2 42. Rxg5 Rf2 43. Bf5+ Kf8 44. Bxd7 $18) 42. Bc2 g4 43. Reh5 {White threatens Rh8+ and mate.} Bd5 44. Rg5+ Kf8 45. Rxg4 Rxd6 46. Rf4+ (46. Rh8+ $11 Kf7 47. Rh7+ Kf8 48. Rh8+ Kf7 49. Rh7+ Kf8) 46... Ke8 $17 47. a4 Re6 48. Kg1 Re1+ 49. Kf2 Ra1 {Strongly threatening ...Ra2.} 50. Bg6+ $1 Kd8 51. g4 Ra3 52. g5 Ne6 53. Rg4 (53. Rff7 $11 Nc5 54. Rf4) 53... Rf3+ $15 54. Kg1 {[#]} (54. Ke1 $15) 54... Nf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4g6]} 55. Bh5 (55. Rh6 {was called for.}) 55... Ne2+ 56. Kh2 Rf1 (56... Rf2+ $19 57. Kh3 Nf4+ 58. Kh4 Nxh5 59. Kxh5 Bf3) 57. Rg2 {[#]} Bxg2 (57... Nf4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4g2]} 58. Rh8+ Kc7) 58. Kxg2 $11 {The position is equal.} Rf5 59. Bxe2 {Threatens to win with Rg7.} Rxg5+ 60. Kf2 Rd5 61. Ke3 Kc7 62. Bd3 {White used his chance. Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 10,111,27,0,0,0,26,1,8,17,35,40,52,34,41,53,82,73,78,85,84,88,115,115,123,115,113,148,282,313,302,311,300,301,296,289,257,230,325,321,351,346,365,365,380,379,435,440,1011,402,396,399,375,376,432,191,187,189,180,176,280,245,309,300,296,273,426,440,494,127,127,127,127,127,127,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 7. Nc3 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 8. Bd2 (8. O-O $5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 10. Rb1 $11) 8... b5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nf6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 {[#]} O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qe7 16. a4 e5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. f4 O-O 20. d5 Re8 21. Kh1 exf4 22. gxf4 {1-0 (33) Dimitrijeski,B (2241)-Mascaro March,P (2385) Palma de Mallorca 2013}) 16. Rfb1 $1 Qe7 17. a4 c6 {[#]} 18. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with dxc6.} Rhg8 (18... e5 $16 19. Qh6 (19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bh3+ Kc7 $16) 19... Rd6) (18... cxd5 19. axb5) 19. dxc6 $1 $18 ({And not} 19. Qxh7 Rh8 $15) 19... Bxc6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxb5 Rg5 22. Rxg5 fxg5 23. Qxh7 e5 (23... Qb7 $142 24. Re1 f6) 24. Qf5+ Kc7 25. Bf1 f6 26. Bxc4 Qc5 27. Bf1 Qxc3 28. Ra7+ Kb6 (28... Kb8 $142 29. Rf7 Qd4 30. Qxf6 Rc8) 29. Ra6+ (29. Qh7 $142 Bd7 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Qxd7) 29... Kb7 30. Qxf6 Rd1 {...Rxf1+ is the strong threat.} 31. Qe7+ Kb8 {With the idea ...Rxf1+.} 32. Rxc6 (32. Qf8+ $142 Kb7 33. Qa8+ Kc7 34. Ra7+ Kb6 35. Qb8+ Kc5 36. Qf8+ Kb6 37. Qb8+ Kc5 38. Qf8+ Kb6 39. Qb8+) 32... Qxc6 33. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Kb7 {intending ...Qc4.} 34. Kg2 Re1 (34... Rd2 $142 35. Kg1 g4 36. Qe7+ Rd7 37. Qb4+ Qb6) 35. Bd3 ({Weaker is} 35. Qxg5 Qxe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe2 $16) 35... Qc1 36. Qd5+ Kc7 37. e5 Qc6 (37... g4 $142 38. Qd6+ Kb7 39. Qe7+ Ka8 40. Qd8+ Kb7 41. Qe7+ Ka8 42. Qe8+ Kb7 43. Qb5+ Kc7 44. Qa5+ Kb8 45. Qb4+ Kc7 46. Qxg4 Rg1+ 47. Kh3 Qh6+ 48. Qh4 Qe6+ 49. g4 Qxe5) 38. Qxc6+ Kxc6 {KR-KB} 39. Kf3 $2 (39. f4 $18 {is the precise move to win.} gxf4 40. gxf4) 39... Rxe5 $16 {[#]} 40. Kg4 $1 Kd6 {[#]} 41. Bf5 $1 Re2 42. f3 (42. Kxg5 $16 {Hoping for h4.} Rxf2 43. h4) 42... Rf2 {The position is equal.} 43. Be4 Rxh2 44. Kxg5 Rg2 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. g4 Kf6 47. Bf5 Rg1 48. Ke3 Re1+ 49. Kf2 Rh1 (49... Ra1 {keeps more tension.} 50. f4 Ra4 51. Ke3 Ra3+ 52. Bd3 Ke6) 50. f4 $1 Rh3 51. Be4 Ra3 52. Bf3 Ra2+ 53. Kg3 Ra3 54. Kf2 Ra4 55. Kg3 $1 Ra3 56. Kf2 {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 23,97,6,17,18,25,8,58,61,82,79,65,62,59,14,47,43,43,43,43,41,37,37,35,37,82,79,80,80,86,58,58,58,146,139,108,108,104,93,101,79,185,186,179,161,220,200,201,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Re1 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7.} Qd7 14. a4 Bf5 (14... b4 {looks sharper.} 15. Nf1 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rae8 17. Bg5 Bc5) 15. Bxf5 {White is slightly better.} Qxf5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 $1 Rxa8 {[#]} 18. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Nf1 Qd7 19. Bg5 Rd8 20. Ng3 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nh5 Qf5 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qb3 {½-½ (68) Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Wei,Y (2736) Moscow 2019}) 18... Bd6 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qd7 21. Bg5 Ne4 22. Bh4 Bc5 23. f3 Nd6 24. Re7 Qc6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nf5.} 25. Bf2 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 ({But not} 26. Qxd4 $2 Nf5 $19) 26... Nf5 27. Re5 Qd7 (27... Nxd4 $14 28. Qxd4 Ra1+ 29. Kf2 Rb1) 28. Bc5 $16 c6 29. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nh4 30. Re7 Qd8 {Black wants to play ...Qf8.} 31. Qe2 Ng6 (31... Qf8 $16) 32. Qe6+ $18 Kh8 33. Rf7 {[#] And now Bd4! would win.} Qe8 (33... Ra1+ $142 34. Kg2 Qg8) 34. Qxe8+ Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Kf2 $2 (35. Bd4 $18 Re7 36. Bxg7+ Kg8 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. Bd4) 35... Ne5 $11 {The position is equal.} 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Bxe7 {KB-KN} Nd3+ 38. Ke3 Nxb2 39. Kd4 Kg8 40. Kc5 Na4+ 41. Kxc6 {Bb4 is the strong threat.} Nxc3 {Strongly threatening ...d4.} 42. Bb4 d4 {aiming for ...Nb1.} 43. Kc5 Ne2 44. Kxb5 Ng1 45. f4 Nf3 {Hoping for ...d3.} 46. Kc4 Nxh2 47. g5 Kf7 48. Kxd4 h6 49. gxh6 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 12,67,25,12,12,0,0,6,2,6,0,0,12,9,9,15,38,31,27,31,33,29,38,38,54,41,59,21,21,17,26,25,33,20,21,8,8,7,22,3,3,3,4,8,9,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,0,3,0,3,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 7.c5. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nb6 {[#] Hoping for ...Qxd4.} 12. Bb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qxd4 13. Nxd4 {[#]} Nbd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. a5 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Bc7 Bf6 19. Bd6 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 {½-½ (32) Georgiev,K (2671)-Berkes,F (2682) Skopje 2012}) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Rfc1 Bf6 17. Rc7 Re8 18. a5 Re7 19. Rc5 Be6 20. Rac1 Bxd4 21. exd4 Rd8 22. Rc7 Kf8 {The position is equal.} 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bd2 {[#] Black must now prevent Bb4.} Kf7 25. Bb4 Rxc7 26. Rxc7+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd7 27. Rc8 g5 28. f3 h5 29. Kf2 Bf5 30. Rf8+ Kg6 31. Rg8+ Kf7 32. Rf8+ Kg6 33. Rg8+ Kf7 34. Rf8+ {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 20,88,22,0,8,0,0,0,0,-41,-35,-118,-120,-114,-116,-147,-154,-154,-146,-147,-141,-153,-119,-143,-130,-126,-127,-128,-85,-140,-126,-123,-125,-165,-148,-171,-112,-264,-275,-352,-358,-351,-358,-391,-351,-352,-294,-320,-280,-333,-330,-327,-290,-537,-281,-237,-208,-210,-114,-355,-318,-572,-506,-568,-555,-1741,-1481,-29983,-29984,-29982,-5900]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nb3 {White wants to play e5!} Qd8 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7.} 12. Kb1 Be7 13. g4 g5 {[#] The position is equal.} 14. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f5 Ne5 15. Be2 Qb6 16. Rhf1 O-O-O 17. Qe1 Kb8 18. Qg3 Rc8 19. Rd4 Rc7 20. Nd1 Rhc8 21. Ne3 Ka8 22. Rfd1 Rc6 23. c4 Be8 24. R4d2 Bf6 25. Nd4 Nd3 26. Rxd3 {1-0 (26) Rijnaarts,S (2321)-Schiffer,K (2248) Germany 2012}) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5 (15. fxg5 $15 hxg5 16. Ne4) 15... Nxe5 $17 16. Qd4 Qc7 17. Bg2 O-O-O 18. Qa7 {next Qa8+ is good for White.} Bc6 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Qf2 Bd6 21. Rdf1 Rd7 22. Ne4 Bf4 23. Nf6 Re7 24. Nh5 (24. Nd2 $142) 24... Be5 25. Nf6 Rd8 26. Qe3 Kb8 27. a3 Bf4 (27... Na5 $19 {aiming for ...Nc4.} 28. Nxa5 Qxa5) 28. Qh3 $2 {[#]} (28. Qe2 $17) 28... Ne5 $19 29. Nh5 Nc4 30. Nxf4 gxf4 31. Qxh6 e5 32. Rd1 Red7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 ({Much less strong is} 33... Qxd7 34. h3 $19) 34. Qf8+ Rd8 35. Qb4 Rc8 36. Rc1 $2 (36. h4 Ne3 37. h5) 36... f3 37. Nd2 Nxd2+ 38. Qxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} e4 39. Re1 $2 (39. Qe3 $17 Re8 40. Rh1) 39... Re8 40. Qf2 $2 (40. Qe3) 40... Qf4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...e3.} 41. Qd4 Qxg4 42. Qf2 Qg2 43. Qb6 f2 44. Qd6+ Ka8 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 12,61,13,14,13,13,14,7,15,12,19,8,23,22,23,28,19,23,52,50,50,55,48,48,55,54,61,16,27,11,4,10,16,28,15,-10,0,0,0,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 7.c5. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Ng5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Qe8 14. Nxf8 Bxf8 15. Bd6 Bb7 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. a4 b4 {½-½ (36) Wojtaszek,R (2725)-Andreikin,D (2724) Jerusalem 2019}) 12. Nge4 Be7 13. a4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxb7 Qc8 18. Qb3 $1 Ra7 19. Qa2 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bf6 $1 21. Rfc1 Qa8 22. a5 Rc8 23. Bf1 {[#] And now Rxc8+ would win.} Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bb5 25. Rb1 (25. Bc7 {seems wilder.} Bd8 26. Bb6 Rb7 27. Bxb5 axb5 28. Bxd8 Qxd8 29. a6) 25... Bd8 (25... e5 {is interesting.} 26. Bg3 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rb7 28. Rc1 Rb5) 26. Bxb5 {The position is equal.} axb5 27. Rxb5 Rxa5 28. Qxa5 Qxa5 (28... Bxa5 $5 29. Rb8+ $8 {[#]} Qxb8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Bxb8 Bb4 $11) 29. Rxa5 Bxa5 30. g4 Bd8 31. h3 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 18,107,31,31,27,20,28,35,40,40,52,52,55,55,55,49,54,56,65,62,73,73,73,73,81,45,99,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,48,153,153,153,153,153,153,153,144,144,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,0,62,0,62,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 {is now debated instead of 12.g3.} f5 13. g3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nf6 15. Nf4 Nh5 16. Kd2 Nxf4 17. exf4 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Ke7 18. Be2 h5 19. Rae1 Kd6 20. Bd3 Rae8 21. Re3 Rxe3 22. fxe3 a5 23. a3 b6 {0-1 (62) Goryachkina,A (2578)-Ju,W (2584) Shanghai/Vladivostok 2020}) 18. Be2 {Strongly threatening h5.} h5 19. Rae1 Kd7 20. Bd3 Rae8 21. Re5 f6 (21... Rxe5 $14 22. fxe5 f4) 22. Re3 (22. Rxe8 {is interesting.} Kxe8 23. Rg1 Kf7 24. Kc3 Re8 25. a3) 22... Rxe3 23. fxe3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ke6 24. Rg1 Bf7 25. Be2 Ke7 26. Kc3 Ra8 27. Bd3 Ke6 28. Rg7 b5 29. Be2 Rg8 (29... b4+ $14 30. Kd3 a4) 30. Rxg8 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Bxg8 31. Bxh5 {Threatens to win with b4. KB-KB} Bf7 32. Bd1 Ke7 33. b4 a4 34. Kb2 ({White should try} 34. Kd2 $16) 34... Kf8 $1 $11 35. Kc3 Kg7 36. Kd2 Kh6 $1 37. Ke1 Be8 (37... Bh5 $11) 38. a3 $16 Bh5 {[#]} 39. Bc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2f5]} Bg6 {[#]} 40. Kf2 $1 Kh5 41. Kg3 Kh6 42. Bd3 Kh5 43. Bf1 Bf7 44. Bh3 Be6 45. Bg2 Bd7 46. Bf3+ Kh6 47. h5 (47. Kg2 $16) 47... Be8 48. Kh4 Bd7 49. Be2 Be6 50. Bd3 Kg7 51. Bc2 Kh6 52. Bd3 Kg7 $1 53. Bc2 Kh6 54. Bd3 {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 91%.} (54. Bd1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 16,96,22,16,28,34,26,22,33,23,33,29,25,33,27,30,29,14,18,20,25,22,17,-16,-16,-28,0,-10,-10,-22,-10,-30,-27,-29,-21,-41,-22,-31,-22,-46,-46,-45,0,-42,-46,-63,-55,-61,-58,-61,-21,-77,-77,-77,-70,-83,-78,-70,-70,-148,-146,-143,-136,-137,-95,-97,-95,-104,-76,-242,-258,-221,-227,-622,-622,-612,-608,-6107,-1564,-29995,-1022,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 h6 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 10. Re1 Be6 11. cxd5 cxd5 {The position is equal.} 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bd5 14. Qg4 Qd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Nc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rfd8 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Red1 Ng6 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Ne4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bb8 23. Nc5 b6 {1-0 (51) Abdusattorov,N (2644)-Sadhwani,R (2522) Moscow 2020}) 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Nf6 21. Nb3 b6 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. a3 Rd6 24. Re4 Rad8 25. Kf1 a5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 26. a4 g5 27. Rc4 Kg7 28. Re1 Kg6 29. Nd2 Nb4 30. Nb3 Nd3 31. Re2 Nf4 $1 32. Re1 Rf6 33. Nd2 {[#]} (33. Rd1 $11) 33... Nd3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd3e1][%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 34. Rb1 Rf4 35. Rc6+ Kg7 36. Rxb6 Rdxd4 37. b3 {[#]} (37. b4 $15) 37... Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Ke2 (38. Kxf2 Rxd2+) 38... Rh4 39. Nf1 Nd3 40. Rb5 Nf4+ 41. Kf2 Rd3 42. Re5 $2 {This costs White the game.} (42. Rxa5 $17 Rh3 43. Kg1) 42... Rc3 $19 43. Rxa5 Rh3 44. Rb5 $2 (44. Re5) 44... Rhxf3+ 45. Kg1 Rc2 46. Rb6 Rff2 47. a5 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Nh3 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 13,93,13,13,8,12,7,11,2,10,12,9,12,8,8,6,6,29,14,33,25,39,10,13,7,7,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,44,40,56,47,75,72,81,81,81,81,83,84,84,80,80,82,96,87,87,80,90,89,90,90,90,0,75,75,85,66,78,68,88,76,112,112,107,32,122,111,112,119,401,393,379,371,520,479,739,719]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 {7.Be2 is more advanced technology. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} Nh5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 {The position is equal.} a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Qa8 {[#] ...axb4 is the strong threat.} 15. b5 cxb5 $1 16. Qxb5 Ra7 $1 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 17. Ne5 ({Of course not} 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Qd3 (18. Qxb6 Rb8 $17) 18... Rc8 $15) (17. c6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d7]} Nb8 18. Rfc1 $11 (18. Qxb6 Nxc6 19. Qb5 Rc8 $15) (18. Ne5 Bf6 $11)) 17... Nxe5 18. cxb6 {[#]} Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Rb7 20. Na4 Qb8 21. Rfb1 Bd8 22. Qxa5 Qd6 23. Rb3 Rb8 24. Rab1 Bf6 {1-0 (35) Ticleanu,S (2049)-Splichal,J (2035) ICCF email 2017}) 19. bxa7 Qxa7 20. Ne2 Rb8 21. Qa4 g6 22. Ra2 Qb6 23. g3 Kg7 24. Rc1 Bf6 25. Qd1 Nb2 26. Qc2 Nc4 27. a4 Qb3 28. Qxb3 Rxb3 29. Rd1 h5 30. h4 Nd6 31. Rc1 Nc4 32. Kg2 Rb4 33. Rd1 Nd6 34. Rdd2 Nc4 35. Rd1 Nd6 $1 36. Kf1 Nc4 37. Rc1 Rb3 38. Ke1 Rb4 39. Raa1 Nd6 40. Rcb1 {Black must now prevent Rxb4.} Rc4 41. Ra2 ({White should try} 41. Rb6 $16 Nf5 42. Rb7) 41... Nf5 (41... Bxd4 $14 42. Nxd4 Rxd4) 42. Rb5 Bd8 43. Rb7 Nxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs Black the game.} (43... Kf8 $16) 44. Nxd4 $18 Rxd4 45. Rc2 Kf6 (45... Rc4 $142 46. Rxc4 dxc4) 46. Ke2 Rxa4 (46... Re4+ $142 47. Kf3 Rb4 48. Rxb4 axb4) 47. Rc8 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 68%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 22,65,20,13,21,20,22,20,28,18,23,23,16,19,28,20,23,16,13,12,27,19,19,9,21,22,55,9,9,16,9,9,20,9,9,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6,Be6g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32]} 7. e3 Nc7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} 13. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} Ng7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Bf5 16. b5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rfc1 Qd6 21. Qc2 {[#]} Rfb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Ra6 22. Na4 Rfa8 23. Nc5 Ra2 24. Rb2 Ra1 25. g3 Qe7 26. Kg2 Nd6 27. Nd2 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 {1-0 (80) Dimitrov,V (2387)-Vaibhav,A (1957) Backi Petrovac 2016}) 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Na4 Rb4 24. Nc5 Rc4 {The position is equal.} 25. Qb1 (25. Qd1 {seems wilder.} Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Ng7 27. Nd3 Ne6 28. g3) 25... Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 h5 27. h3 Ng7 28. Nd3 Ne6 29. Nd2 Kg7 30. Nb3 Qb8 31. Nbc5 Nxc5 32. Nxc5 h4 33. Nd7 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 23,175,16,18,22,16,16,14,12,9,12,8,4,17,8,21,0,10,14,14,18,36,13,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-46,-46,-60,-60,-77,-60,-77,-77,-96,-77,-102,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-18,-26,0,-66,-26,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,0,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,0,0,0,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 $1 {12.Qc1 is better than 12.Qd1.} h6 13. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 a5 16. Qc3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Ne5 c6 19. e4 {[#]} Bxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Rc8 20. Ng4 c5 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. e5 Qe7 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Rcd8 25. Bc4 Nc6 {0-1 (51) Adams,M (2761)-Harikrishna,P (2758) Shenzhen 2017}) 20. dxe5 Qb6 21. Rd6 Na6 22. Rfd1 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. R1d4 $1 Rfc8 25. Bf1 b5 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Bxb5 Rab8 28. Ba6 Nxa6 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame Strongly threatening ...Rc1+. KRR-KRR} 30. Ra7 ({But not} 30. Rxa5 $2 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Rcc2 $19) 30... Rb5 31. Rdd7 Rf8 32. Rd4 Rxe5 33. Ra4 Rb8 34. R7xa5 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 {KR-KR} Rb4 36. h4 Rxe4 37. Kg2 g6 38. Rb5 Kg7 39. Ra5 Rd4 40. Ra7 Kf6 41. Ra8 Kf5 42. Rh8 h5 43. Ra8 e5 44. Ra5 Rd2 45. Rb5 Ra2 46. Rc5 f6 47. Rb5 Ra4 48. Rc5 g5 (48... Rb4 $17) 49. hxg5 Kxg5 50. Rb5 (50. f4+ $11 Kf5 51. fxe5) 50... Re4 51. Rb8 Rg4 52. Kf3 Ra4 53. Rg8+ Kf5 54. Rh8 Ra3+ 55. Kg2 Kg6 56. Rg8+ Kh7 57. Rb8 Ra2 58. Re8 Kg6 59. Rg8+ Kf5 60. Rh8 Kg6 61. Rg8+ Kh7 62. Re8 Rb2 63. Rf8 Kg7 64. Re8 Rb4 65. Kf3 Ra4 66. Rb8 Kg6 67. Rg8+ Kf5 68. Rh8 e4+ 69. Kg2 Kg6 70. Rg8+ Kf7 71. Rh8 Ra5 72. Kf1 Rf5 73. Ke2 Re5 74. Ke3 Kg7 75. Ra8 Kg6 76. Kf4 Rf5+ 77. Kxe4 {[#] Threatens to win with Rg8+.} Rxf2 78. Rg8+ Kh6 79. Rh8+ Kg6 80. Rg8+ Kh7 81. Ra8 Rf1 82. Rb8 f5+ 83. Ke3 {The position is equal.} Kg6 84. Rg8+ Kh7 85. Ra8 Kg6 86. Rg8+ Kh7 87. Ra8 Kg6 88. Rg8+ {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PER"]

{[%evp 11,75,25,32,27,32,31,33,32,19,27,25,23,42,30,58,45,41,41,41,41,43,26,79,27,41,52,53,37,59,25,34,32,8,26,21,-77,33,45,121,116,270,279,266,21,15,18,16,21,18,13,270,262,263,197,186,182,187,180,166,170,145,122,121,122,135,125]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Nxc6 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} bxc6 8. Qd3 Nf6 9. Qg3 {White is slightly better.} Qxg3 10. hxg3 d5 11. g4 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. Rh3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Rb3 Rd7 17. O-O-O f6 {½-½ (94) Hameister,R (2421)-Dedina,M (2354) ICCF email 2017}) 12. Bd2 d4 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 c5 16. Nc4 Ke7 (16... a5 $11) 17. Bf3 (17. Na5 $16) 17... Rb8 18. O-O-O Nb6 19. Na5 {Hoping for Nc6+.} Bd7 20. g5 Na4 $1 21. Bb7 Kd8 22. Rd3 Kc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b6] aiming for ...Kb6.} 23. Rf3 {[#]} (23. Rb3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23... Be8 (23... Kb6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6a5]} 24. Rxf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Be8 25. Nc4+ Ka7 26. Rxg7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7+ Kxb7 28. Nd6+ Kc6) 24. Rb3 $1 $14 c4 (24... Bb5 $14 25. Be4 h6) 25. Rb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nc5 $2 (25... h6 $16 {was necessary.}) 26. Rxc4 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb6 27. Bc6 $2 (27. Bf3 $18) 27... Bxc6 $11 28. Nxc6 Kxc6 29. b4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Rb5 30. Rh4 {Strongly threatening a4.} Rhb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Kb6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 31. Rhxd4 $18 ({Not} 31. bxc5 Rb1+ 32. Kd2 Rf1 $14) (31. Rxc5+ Rxc5 32. bxc5 Kxc5 $14) 31... a5 {[%cal Rb5b4]} 32. a3 ({Resist} 32. bxc5 $6 Rb4 $16) 32... axb4 33. axb4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Kc7 34. Rxc5+ Rxc5 35. bxc5 Kc6 36. Rd6+ Kxc5 37. Rd7 h6 38. gxh6 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 65%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 10,154,33,21,18,21,32,26,31,21,32,27,30,22,25,18,13,17,47,44,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-21,-37,-35,-26,-27,-50,-60,-50,-78,-78,-7,-13,0,0,14,15,18,18,20,25,19,0,12,-27,-25,-43,40,36,48,37,85,16,16,17,89,89,89,89,89,89,105,121,139,133,139,135,160,160,158,138,124,25,13,17,108,97,118,29,57,33,29,8,55,61,74,44,47,38,34,23,29,18,36,26,34,0,15,0,35,0,0,0,42,8,10,14,17,14,82,91,79,88,139,49,47,12,33,0,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nxd4 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6.} 7. Qxd4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 8. Bg2 Bb7 {White has an edge.} 9. O-O Ne7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Qd1 b4 12. Nd5 Bc5 {[#]} 13. Qg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nf4 O-O 14. Nd3 Ba7 15. a5 Nxa5 16. Nxb4 Nc6 17. Nd3 Qc7 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Ra3 Rac8 20. Rb3 {0-1 (62) Polivanov,A (2351)-Anapolsky,S (2413) Alushta 2002}) 13... O-O {[#]} 14. Bh6 $1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 512]} Bd4 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Be5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 17. f4 Bf6 $1 18. e5 exd5 19. exf6 Qxf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Bg5 Qxc3 21. Qxd7 Rab8 22. Rac1 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe6 (23... h6 $17 24. Bh4 Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6) 24. Qxd5 $11 Qxd5 25. Bxd5 Nd4 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. f5 h6 28. Be3 Rd8 29. Rc4 Rbd7 30. f6 g5 31. h4 gxh4 (31... Rd5 $15) 32. Rf4 $14 Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6f4]} 33. Rxh4 {Rcg4+ is the strong threat.} Nf8 34. Bxh6 (34. Rxh6 $16 Rd6 35. Kg2) 34... Ng6 $11 35. Rhe4 Rd6 (35... Rd1+ $1 $11 36. Kg2 R8d6) 36. Kg2 $16 Rb8 37. Bg5 Rd5 {[#]} 38. Be3 $1 Rb2+ 39. Kh3 Rh5+ 40. Kg4 Rd5 {...Ne5+ would now be nice for Black.} 41. Bd4 Rd2 42. Bc3 R2d3 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Rc7 (44. Re2 $16 {Threatening mate with Rh2+.} Rd8 45. Rc7) 44... Kh6 $11 {Hoping for ...Rg5+.} 45. Kh3 Rf3 (45... Rg5 $11 46. Be1 Ne5) 46. Kg2 Rfd3 47. Be1 ({Better is} 47. Kf2 $16) 47... Rd7 48. Rxd7 (48. Rc8 {seems wilder.} Rd8 49. Rcc4 R8d5 50. Bc3 Rg5 51. g4) 48... Rxd7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 49. Rc4 {next Rc6 is good for White.} Rd6 (49... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5c4]} 50. Re4 Nd3 $14) 50. Bc3 Kg5 51. Rc7 Rd3 52. Kf2 Kf5 53. Rc5+ Ke4 54. Rc4+ Kd5 55. Rc7 Ke4 56. Ba1 Rd1 57. Bc3 Rd3 58. Rc6 Kd5 59. Rc8 Ke4 60. Re8+ Kf5 61. Re3 Rd1 62. Ke2 Rb1 (62... Rd5 $11) 63. Kd3 $16 Rb8 64. Kc4 Rc8+ {[#]} (64... Nf8 $142) 65. Kd5 (65. Kb4 $1 $16) 65... Nf8 $1 $14 66. Re5+ Kg6 $1 67. Re3 Nd7 68. Rf3 Nb6+ {The position is equal.} 69. Kd6 Nxa4 70. Bd4 Rd8+ 71. Ke5 {Strongly threatening Ra3.} Rb8 72. Rf4 {And now Rg4+ would win.} Rb5+ 73. Kd6 Nb6 74. Rg4+ Kf5 75. Rf4+ Kg6 76. Rg4+ Kf5 77. Rf4+ Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 13,58,37,37,35,37,29,38,38,31,41,33,39,40,29,29,-17,-8,-37,-46,-75,-71,-235,-266,-460,-391,-532,-532,-518,-507,-505,-506,-824,-810,-849,-841,-845,-845,-843,-839,-1043,-1040,-1918,-1810,-2035,-1345,-2039,-1830]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8. b4 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4.} Bb6 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] [#] Threatens to win with a5.} a6 10. Bxc6+ {White is slightly better.} bxc6 11. a5 Ba7 12. Bb2 {[%cal Rf3d4][%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nf6 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Qc2 Re8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black has some pressure.} 15. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Ba3 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Qb5 18. Qc4 Ng4 19. Qxb5 axb5 20. Bb2 c5 21. bxc5 {1-0 (42) De Ruiter,D (2268)-De Strycker,N (2302) Haarlem 2019}) 15... Rb8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Ndc4 $2 {White does not recover from this.} (17. Nd3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 17... Rxb4 $19 18. Qd2 $2 (18. Bc1 {keeps fighting.}) 18... c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32] White must now prevent ...Bb5.} 19. Bxd4 {Strongly threatening Bc3.} Rxc4 {Black is clearly winning.} 20. Ba1 {[#]} Rd4 $1 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Qf4 (22. Nxd7 $142 Qxd7 23. f3) 22... Bb5 23. Rfe1 Qd6 24. Nd3 Qxf4 25. Nxf4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. Nd5 d3 28. Nxc7 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 14,166,38,40,36,35,38,12,25,22,29,0,-10,-6,11,-10,0,0,10,0,5,-62,-41,-54,-58,-61,-52,-78,-41,-53,26,0,0,0,49,49,45,40,61,29,29,0,0,0,0,0,17,19,23,0,24,25,134,114,114,127,135,0,85,86,83,0,0,-22,-2,0,-7,-187,77,-14,-12,-12,-16,-15,-30,-25,0,0,0,0,24,24,37,41,41,41,42,43,107,32,32,32,32,25,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,8,36,32,32,32,32,32,25,25,32,8,20,8,32,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 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 h5 $1 {9...h5 is better than 9...h6.} 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Ng3 g6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. h3 f5 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Kb1 b5 {[#]} 17. Be2 $146 ({White should try} 17. g4 $11 fxg4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Be4) ({Predecessor:} 17. g4 fxg4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Bf4 Bg5 20. Be5 f6 21. f4 gxf3 22. Nxf3 fxe5 23. Bxg6 {1-0 (34) Mamedov,R (2701)-Tikkanen,H (2510) Astana 2019}) 17... Qc7 {White must now prevent ...f4.} (17... Bd6 $5 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 18. Nf3 Bd5 $15) 18. Nb3 Bd5 19. Rhg1 Bd6 20. g3 Be4 21. Bd3 Rad8 (21... Bf3 $1 $15) 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Nc5 (26. g4 $5) 26... Re7 $1 27. g4 fxg4 28. hxg4 h4 29. g5 Qf4 30. Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qf5 31. Ne5 Qxc2+ (31... Rxe5 {feels hotter.} 32. dxe5 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qxg5 34. Rh1 Ne6) 32. Kxc2 Rd6 (32... c5 $1 $11) 33. Rg4 c5 34. Rxh4 cxd4 35. cxd4 ({White should play} 35. Rhxd4 $16 Ra6 36. f4) 35... Rc7+ (35... Ne6 $11) 36. Kb1 $16 Ne6 {[#]} 37. Rdh1 (37. f4 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Rdh1.} Kg7 38. Ng4) 37... Nxg5 $11 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. f4 Ne4 $1 40. Ng4 $2 {[#]} (40. R8h7+ $1 $11 Kf6 41. Rd1) 40... Nd2+ $2 (40... Nf6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 41. Nxf6 Kxf6) 41. Ka1 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh1h7]} Rc1+ $1 42. Rxc1 {Threatening mate with Rch1.} Kxh8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 43. Rc7 Kg7 44. Ne5 Rxd4 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. b3 a5 47. Rf6 Ne4 48. Rxg6+ Kf8 49. Rg2 Nc3 50. Kb2 b4 (50... Nd1+ $14 51. Kc1 Nc3) 51. Nc6 (51. a4 $16) 51... Rxf4 $14 52. Nxa5 Nd1+ 53. Kc1 Nc3 54. Nc6 Rf1+ 55. Kc2 Nxa2 56. Kb2 Nc3 57. Nxb4 Nb5 58. Re2 Rf3 59. Rd2 Ke8 60. Nc6 Rf6 61. Nd4 Nc7 62. Kc3 Rd6 63. b4 Kd7 64. Kc4 Nd5 65. b5 Ne3+ {The position is equal.} 66. Kc3 Nd5+ 67. Kb3 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} Nb6 68. Rd3 Kc7 69. Kc3 Nd5+ 70. Kc4 Nb6+ 71. Kb4 Kb7 72. Kc3 Nd5+ 73. Kd2 Nb4 74. Rb3 Rxd4+ $11 {KRN-KR} 75. Kc3 Rd3+ (75... Rh4 {is more complex.} 76. Rxb4 Rxb4 77. Kxb4 Kb6 78. Kc4 Ka7) 76. Kxb4 Rxb3+ 77. Kxb3 {KP-K} Kb6 78. Kb4 Kb7 79. Kc5 Kc7 80. b6+ Kb7 81. Kb5 Kb8 82. Kc6 {b7 would kill now.} Kc8 83. b7+ Kb8 84. Kb6 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 21,75,9,11,14,16,17,21,17,13,0,0,0,-11,-14,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-24,-38,-38,-46,-38,-45,-38,-38,0,-45,0,-38,0,-38]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Ndf6 {10...f5 is not played anymore.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Re8 13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. Rac1 {[#]} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... g6) 15. Qxc3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne4 17. Nf3 a5 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. a4 g6 20. h3 Kg7 21. Rc5 Qd8 22. Rcc1 Qb6 23. Qc3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Rb1 Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. b3 f5 28. f3 Re6 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. h4 Ke7 31. Rbd1 Kd6 32. Rd3 b6 33. g3 Rae8 34. Red1 Rf8 35. R3d2 Rfe8 36. Rd3 Rf8 37. R3d2 Rfe8 38. Rd3 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 13,94,2,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-24,-22,-22,-31,-22,-14,-18,-19,-23,-30,-18,-64,-61,-120,-112,-114,-114,-112,-104,-100,-83,-75,-73,-83,-81,-84,-81,-82,-82,-86,-83,-112,-91,-97,-97,-91,-102,-138,-92,-131,-94,-135,-132,-132,-59,-174,-145,-94,-30,-29,-60,-64,-55,-92,-61,-166,-26,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-29,-1797,-1719,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} Be6 $1 {8...Be6 is better than 8...c4.} 9. Na3 {Strongly threatening Nb5.} Bxb3 10. axb3 {The position is equal.} Qd3 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. Qxd3 Rxd3 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. bxc4 e6 {[#]} 15. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Re1 Be7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 a6 18. Kf1 O-O 19. Ke2 Rfd8 20. Re3 R3d6 21. d3 {½-½ (27) Sveshnikov,E (2512)-Gallagher,J (2543) Mallorca 2004}) 15... Be7 16. Ne1 Rd7 17. Nf3 e5 18. d4 (18. Kf1 $15) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Bd2 O-O 21. b4 Bxb4 22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. Rxa7 Nc6 24. Ra3 f6 25. Kf1 Rfd8 26. Ke2 g5 27. h3 Kf7 28. g4 Kg6 29. h4 gxh4 30. Rh1 Re7+ 31. Kd2 Ne5 32. Nxe5+ fxe5 33. Rxh4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRR} Rf8 (33... e4 $1 $17 34. Rah3 Ra8 35. Rh6+ Kg5) 34. Ke2 (34. f3 $15) 34... e4 35. Rah3 Ref7 (35... b6 $17 {And now ...Ra7 would win.} 36. g5 Rf5 37. Rh6+ Kxg5) 36. Rh6+ $11 Kg5 37. R6h5+ $1 Kf4 38. g5 d3+ 39. Ke1 {[#]} ({Better is} 39. Kd2 $15) 39... Ra8 ({Black should try} 39... Rf5 $1 $19 {...Ke5 is the strong threat.} 40. Rxh7 Kxg5 41. R3h5+ Kf6 42. R5h6+ Ke5) 40. R3h4+ Kf5 {[#]} 41. g6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxg6 {Hoping for ...Ra1+.} 42. Rh6+ Kf5 43. R6h5+ Kf6 {Threatens to win with ...Ra1+.} 44. Rh6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (44. Rxe4 $11 Rd7 45. Rf4+ Kg6 46. Rd5 Rxd5 47. cxd5) 44... Ke5 $19 45. R4h5+ Kd4 {Black mates.} 46. Rd6+ Kc3 {[%cal Ra8a1]} 47. Kf1 Rg7 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 25,71,19,0,-94,-106,-110,-89,-93,-91,-85,-76,-91,-89,-84,-77,-93,-67,-60,-54,-60,-43,-82,-75,-95,-41,-27,-14,-18,-31,-19,-4,-17,-10,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Bh6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} (14. Bxc6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxc6 15. Bh6) 14... Qxd4 $17 15. Qg3 Bd6 (15... Bf6 {is more complex.} 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Bc7 Be5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxc6 Qxg3 20. hxg3 bxc6 21. Ne4 Nc4) 16. Bxg7 {White wants to mate with Be5+.Black is better.} Bxg3 17. Bxd4 {Bxc6 is the strong threat.} Bxh2+ $1 18. Kxh2 {Strongly threatening Bxc6.} Nxd4 19. Bd3 f5 {[#]} 20. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. a4 a5 21. Nb5 Rad8 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bb5 Kf7 24. Rac1 Nd5 25. Rfe1 Ke7 26. Bc4 {1-0 (41) Meijers,V (2488)-Saravanan,V (2356) Groningen 2009}) 20... Rf6 21. Re3 Rh6+ 22. Kg1 Kf7 23. Ne2 Rd8 24. Rc1 Nxe2+ ({Black should play} 24... Nc6 $17 25. Bb5 Nd5) 25. Bxe2 $15 Rd2 {Hoping for ...Nd5.} 26. Bf3 $1 ({But not} 26. Rc7+ Kf6 $17) 26... Rxb2 27. Ra3 a6 {next ...Nc4! is good for Black.The position is equal.} 28. Bxb7 {[#]} Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Ra4 (29. Rxc4 Rb1+) 29... Nd2 30. Ba8 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Rxa6 Rf6 33. Rf1 h5 34. Ra3 Rf5 35. Re3 Rxa2 36. Rxe4 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 14,74,6,4,48,31,22,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,-47,-37,-97,-25,-98,-91,-86,-64,-77,-55,-186,-150,-120,-70,-178,-174,-185,-162,-164,-75,-150,-138,-159,-156,-168,-159,-212,-238,-227,-227,-219,-78,-74,-74,-107,-64,-64,-64,-445,-441,-435,-430,-379,-64,-56,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O Qh4 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Rb1 Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 11. dxe5 Bc5 {[#]} 12. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 c5 14. Be2 b6 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qb7 Qa4 17. Bd3 Qxa2 18. Rbe1 {½-½ (100) Kapengut,A-Karasev,V Leningrad 1971}) 12... b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 13. Be3 {Hoping for Bxc5.} Be6 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. Rb5 c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 16. Bf1 (16. Bf5 $15) 16... Rab8 (16... c6 $17 17. Rb7 Qg5) 17. Reb1 (17. Rxd5 $11 Bxd5 18. Qxd5) 17... Rb6 18. a4 Rfb8 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. g3 (20. R1b4 $15) 20... h6 21. R1b4 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Rxb6 (22. Rb1 $15) (22. Rxc5 Rxb4) 22... axb6 $19 23. Rb1 Qa7 24. Ra1 Rd8 (24... Qa5 $19 {is more deadly.} 25. Qe1 Ra8) 25. Bg2 (25. Qd2 $142) 25... d4 $17 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. Qd2 Qc7 28. a5 (28. Qe1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 28... bxa5 $1 $19 29. Qxa5 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} d3 (30... Bf5 $1 $19 31. Ra2 c3) 31. cxd3 $17 cxd3 32. Bf3 d2 33. Bd1 Rb8 {...Rb1! is the strong threat.} 34. Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Kf1 $15) 34... Rc8 $1 $19 35. Kf1 {[#]} Bc4+ $1 ({Less strong is} 35... Rc1 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Ke2 $17) 36. Kg1 {[#] Now Ra5 and White clings on.} Bd5 $2 ({Black should try} 36... Bb3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Kg2 (37. Bxb3 Rc1+) 37... Bd5+ 38. f3 Rc1) 37. Ra5 $15 Be4 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 53%. . Loss on time!?} (37... Be6 $5 {[%cal Rc8c1]} 38. Kf1 Rc1 $17) 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 13,175,8,13,12,13,13,15,15,14,14,16,0,0,0,9,0,16,15,21,14,20,0,16,11,27,25,40,39,83,33,77,24,40,40,41,44,54,35,53,57,77,72,72,35,37,49,52,16,35,35,83,83,85,83,83,83,79,20,62,41,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,86,85,76,70,68,75,75,74,68,49,65,56,68,69,71,71,76,76,76,76,77,76,78,62,71,66,71,72,83,110,103,97,96,96,104,112,99,99,108,40,42,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,127,8,798,620,594,599,348,482,551,285,305,68,60,66,71,75,81,105,121,60,592,1279,1240,0,0,0,29966,29967,29974,29975,29974,29976,29975,29973]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O {[#] The position is equal.} Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. N2f3 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qc1 Qa5 16. Qb2 Ne4 17. Rac1 Bg4 18. h3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 {0-1 (80) Nihal,S (2620)-Dubov,D (2699) chess.com INT 2020}) 11. Qxd4 a6 12. Be2 Re8 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. h3 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nc3 16. Bxc3 $1 Qxc3 17. Rc1 Qf6 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Qb2 20. Nf3 Qxa2 21. Qd7 Bf8 22. Qxb7 ({White should try} 22. Qxd5 $16 {Hoping for Ng5.} Red8 23. Qxb7) 22... Rab8 23. Qc6 Qxb3 24. Qxa6 Qb6 25. Qa2 Rbd8 26. Rfd1 Qe6 27. Rc2 Rd7 28. Qa4 Red8 29. Nd4 Qe4 30. Rdc1 g6 31. Qb5 Rd6 32. Rc8 Kg7 33. Qb2 Rxc8 34. Rxc8 {Threatening mate with Nf5+!} Rf6 35. Rd8 (35. Nb5 $16 Qb4 36. Qxb4 Bxb4 37. Nc7) 35... Bc5 36. Nf3 Be7 37. Rd7 Qe6 38. Rb7 Bd6 39. Ng5 Qe5 40. Qxe5 Bxe5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 41. Rd7 h6 42. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} ({Worse is} 42. Rxd5 Rf5 $17) 42... Bd6 43. Nd4 Kf8 44. Nb5 Bb4 45. Rxd5 Be1 46. f3 Re6 47. Rd3 Bg3 48. Kf1 Rb6 49. Rd5 Rc6 50. Ke2 Rc1 51. Rd1 Rc2+ 52. Rd2 Rc1 53. Kd3 Be5 54. Ke4 (54. f4 {with more complications.} Rb1 55. Kc4 Bf6 56. Ra2 h5 57. Nd4) 54... Bf6 55. Nd4 Bxd4 56. exd4 {KR-KR} Ke7 57. Ra2 h5 58. Kd5 Rd1 59. Re2+ Kd7 60. Ke5 {Strongly threatening Kf6.} Ke7 61. f4 (61. Rc2 $16) 61... Rf1 $1 $14 62. h4 f6+ $1 63. Kd5+ Kd7 $1 64. g3 Ra1 65. Rb2 Ra5+ 66. Kc4 Kc6 67. d5+ Kc7 $1 68. Re2 {Threatens to win with Re7+.} Ra4+ 69. Kb5 Ra3 70. Re6 {And now g4 would win.} Rxg3 71. Rxf6 Rg1 (71... Kd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 72. Ra6 (72. Kc5 $1 $16) 72... Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72... Rg4 $11) 73. Kc5 $18 Rc1+ 74. Kd4 Rd1+ 75. Ke5 $1 Re1+ 76. Kf6 Rg1 77. Ra7+ $2 ({Better is} 77. Ra8 $18) 77... Kd6 $14 78. Rg7 Rg4 $1 79. Rxg6 {Black must now prevent Kf5+.} Rxf4+ 80. Kg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke5 81. d6 (81. Rb6 $16) 81... Rd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (81... Rf8 $14) 82. Kxh5 $18 Kf5 83. Kh6 $2 (83. Rg5+ $18 Ke6 84. Rg8) 83... Rxh4+ $11 84. Kg7 Ra4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (84... Ke5 $11) 85. Rh6 $1 {White mates.} Kg5 {[#]} 86. Re6 $1 Kf5 87. Kf7 Rh4 88. Re1 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 81%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 19,89,25,33,25,17,20,78,75,85,71,89,97,91,91,83,83,86,82,91,85,93,80,77,83,91,86,94,88,104,103,104,95,103,85,75,79,89,65,72,65,95,77,71,90,79,71,70,32,46,56,53,14,46,2,8,0,67,60,77,0,0,0,0,8,117,119,224,219,287,0,29982,29955]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6.} h6 12. Bh4 {[#]} Ne4 $146 (12... Rc8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Qa4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 {½-½ (26) Wulf von Moers,J-Carl,M Kropp 1993}) 13. Bxe7 $16 {White is better.} Qxe7 14. Nxd5 Qd6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Nb4 Qd6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Ba4 Rab8 19. Qc2 Ng5 20. Rad1 Ne6 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Rxb2 23. a3 Rb6 24. d5 Nd8 25. Ba4 Nb7 26. h4 Nd6 27. Rd4 Rfb8 28. Bc6 Ra6 29. Rd3 Rab6 30. Re1 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Kh2 Rb2 33. Kg3 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kf3 Kf8 36. g4 Ke7 37. Ke3 f6 (37... Kf6 $11) 38. Kd4 $14 Nf7 39. Rh3 ({White should play} 39. f3 $16) 39... Ne5 $11 40. f3 Rc2 41. Bb5 a5 (41... Ra2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. a4 $16 Kd6 {[#]} (42... Rc1 $16 43. Rh7+ Kd6) 43. Rh6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh6f6]} Nxf3+ 44. Kd3 $2 (44. Ke4 $18 Nh2 45. Rxf6+ Ke7 46. Re6+ Kf7 47. Kf5) 44... Nd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Ne1+ $11 45. Ke3 Ng2+ 46. Kf3 Nh4+ 47. Ke3 Ng2+ 48. Kf3 Nh4+ 49. Ke3 Ng2+) 45. Kxc2 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 21,77,-8,-8,0,0,0,4,0,73,81,72,54,80,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-93,-104,-97,-95,-100,-81,-190,-174,-307,-45,-45,-45,-48,-50,-52,-52,-56,-45,-44,12,0,756,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nxd5 {D44: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik System.} cxd5 13. Ne1 Qb6 14. Bh5 {[#]} Be7 $146 (14... Bg7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... Bg7 15. h4 Rg8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Qg4 Bh6 18. f4 O-O-O 19. f5 Rg7 20. Nc2 Rh8 21. Bxf7 Rxf7 22. fxe6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 {1-0 (27) Salem,A (2617)-Fedoseev,V (2670) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 15. f4 $16 O-O-O 16. fxg5 Bxg5 17. Nc2 ({Better is} 17. Rxf7 $16 Be3+ 18. Bf2 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2) 17... f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. h4 Ne4 20. Be5 $1 Bxh4 {Strongly threatening ...Rhf8.} 21. Qg4 Bg5 22. Rf7 Rhg8 23. Qh3 (23. Rc7+ $11 {remains equal.} Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Kxc7 25. Qxe6) 23... Rd7 $17 24. Raf1 Be7 $1 25. Rh7 Ng5 26. Qg4 (26. Qg3 $17) 26... Bd6 $19 27. Bf7 (27. Rff7 $142 Bxe5 28. Rxd7 Nxh7 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 29. Qxg8+ Kxd7 30. Qxh7+ Kc8 31. Qg8+ Kc7 32. Kf1 Bxd4 33. Nxd4 Qxd4 34. Qf7+ Kb8 35. Qf8+ Bc8 36. Qd6+ Kb7 37. Qe7+ Ka8 38. Qf8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd3+ 39. Kf2 Qd4+ 40. Kf1 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qf5+ 42. Qxf5 exf5 43. Ke3) 27... Rgd8 $2 ({Black should try} 27... Rxf7 $19 28. Rfxf7 Bxe5) 28. Bxe6 $15 Nxe6 29. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 30. Rf7+ Be7 {And now ...Re8 would win.} 31. Ne3 Rf8 32. Rh7 $1 {Black must now prevent Nf5.} Qa5 (32... Kd8 $15 33. Rxh6 Bc8 34. Nxd5 Qb7 35. Nxe7 Qxe7) 33. Nf5 Qe1+ ({But not} 33... Qxa2 $2 {[#]} 34. Qh4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 34. Kh2 {[#]} Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender. The position is equal.} 35. Qxf5 Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kg1 {Hoping for Bf6!} Qe1+ $1 37. Kh2 {White wants to mate with Qf6!} Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kg1 {aiming for Bf6!} Qe1+ $1 39. Kh2 {Quite a comeback for White. Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 14,33,27,23,27,24,44,0,36,6,20,18,10,6,90,112,463,450,495,493,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Qd2 O-O {The position is equal.} 11. f4 e6 {[#]} 12. Nf3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bxb5 exd5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Be2 d4 18. e5 {½-½ (30) Giri,A (2763)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2767) Ekaterinburg 2020}) 12... exd5 {[#]} 13. Bc4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White has good play.} Be6 (13... Nc6 $11 {remains equal.}) (13... dxc4 14. Qxd6) 14. O-O $1 $16 ({Don't play} 14. exd5 $6 Bf5 $11) ({Much worse is} 14. Bxd5 $6 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 $11) 14... d4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (14... Nd7 $16) 15. f5 $1 $18 Bxc4 {[#]} 16. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d6]} Qd7 {[#]} (16... Bxf1 $18 17. exd6 Ba6 18. cxd4 cxd4) 17. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 9,92,10,24,10,8,1,7,2,8,-2,0,-15,0,-12,-15,-18,-16,-16,-2,-29,-24,-31,-21,-64,-60,-54,-40,-31,-23,0,24,-20,-18,-26,-26,-26,-24,-23,-21,-26,-36,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-105,-81,-81,-101,-131,-59,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-103,-138,-138,-306,-265,-254,-62,-386,-408,-533,-533,-520,-507,-1244,-1218,-29980,-69,-29981,-29981]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} Ne7 7. h3 Bh5 8. b3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Bb2 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. e4 Qc7 11. d4 e5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. g4 Bg6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Re1 Qc7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 {1-0 (65) Istratescu,A (2628)-Korpa,B (2417) Graz 2015}) 10. a4 c5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nc6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e4 d4 15. f4 g5 16. f5 Bf4 17. Nc4 e5 18. Bc1 Ra6 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Qf2 (20. h4 $5) 20... Nb4 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. h4 $1 g5 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. g5 Nb6 25. Bf3 Nxc4 26. bxc4 Rb6 27. Rfb1 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rh8 29. Bg4 Kf8 30. Rb3 Ke8 31. Kf3 Kd8 32. Rh1 Qe8 ({Black should play} 32... Kc7 $17 33. Ra3 Rd6) 33. Ra1 (33. Rbb1 $15) 33... Kc7 $17 34. Kg2 Kb8 35. Kf3 Rc6 36. Rbb1 Rc7 37. Rh1 Rch7 38. Rh2 Qc6 39. h5 $2 (39. Kg2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 39... gxh5 $19 40. Bf5 Rg7 $2 (40... Rf7 $19 {Hoping for ...Rxf5.} 41. Bh3 h4) 41. g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41. Qh4 $1 $15) 41... Rf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8f5] White must now prevent ...Rxf5.} 42. Rxh5 {[#]} Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 43. Rxf5 {And now Rg1 would win.} Qxg6 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rg6g4]} 44. Qh2 {[#]} (44. Ke2 $142 Nxc2 45. Rh1) 44... Nxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Rh1 (45. Qxc2 Qg3+) 45... Qg4+ 46. Kf2 Nb4 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 13. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:05:43]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 17. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 18. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 19. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 20. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 21. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 9,71,0,19,19,26,31,31,30,40,41,20,12,12,-8,15,19,10,12,17,5,21,21,214,219,204,207,238,232,237,231,261,263,254,237,397,415,408,416,416,416,416,416,416,416,413,407,416,416,390,397,401,364,413,411,436,427,962,948,716,876,729,691,2232,1650]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Bxb5 5. cxb5 Nf6 6. Nc3 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 {[#]} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc7 14. a4 Qb8 15. a5 Rec8 16. a6 Nxe4 17. Nd5 Rxc1 18. Bxc1 Bxd4 19. Nxe7+ Kg7 20. Qxe4 Rc4 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Qxc4 Bc5 23. Qc3+ f6 24. b4 {1-0 (24) David,A (2585)-Georgiev,K (2627) Padova 2015}) 14. Nb3 Nb6 15. Na5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} d5 $2 {Loses the game.} (15... Rc7 $11) 16. e5 $18 ({Don't do} 16. Nxb7 $6 Qe7 $16) 16... Nfd7 17. Nxb7 Qh4 18. Nd6 Bxe5 19. g3 Qf6 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. f4 Bb8 $2 (21... Bc7 {was worth a try.} 22. a4 Qd8) 22. Bxb6 Nxb6 {[#]} 23. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 (23... Nxd5 24. Rxc8+) 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 26. Qxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qb6+ 27. Kg2 Qxb5 {next ...Qe2+ is good for Black.} 28. Qc3+ Kg8 {With the idea ...Qe2+.} 29. Rd2 Bd6 {[#]} 30. Qb3 $1 Qa6 31. Qxd5 Be7 32. f5 {White is clearly winning.} Bf6 (32... g5 $142 33. Qe4 Qf6) 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Rf2 Kg7 35. Qf3 Qe6 36. Qxf6+ {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 16,105,0,-9,-8,-29,0,-26,-25,-35,-30,-44,-16,-30,0,0,0,0,28,22,29,0,0,0,10,14,20,13,17,10,10,11,17,17,73,82,148,156,177,175,188,179,160,175,188,128,147,141,149,143,243,239,236,234,231,197,252,245,234,150,163,158,139,89,316,311,307,321,305,308,554,498,609,440,440,440,440,377,874,865,783,440,440,440,440,440,440,440,440,436,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. a3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6.} 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 a5 {[#] Black has an edge.} 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qd7 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Nb3 {1-0 (52) Amin,B (2631)-Gajewski,G (2644) Reykjavik 2013}) 12... b4 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Rc1 Re8 15. d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Nc4 {Threatens to win with Nxd6!} Nxe4 19. dxc5 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Na2 20. Nxd6 Nxd6 21. Rc2 $1 Bf5 (21... Nb4 $6 22. Rd2 $16) 22. Rxa2 {Hoping for Rd2.} Nc4 $1 23. Qxd8 Rbxd8 24. c6 Rc8 {[#]} (24... Nxe3 $11 25. Rxe3 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Rxe3 27. fxe3 Kf8) 25. Nd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Ne5 {[#]} (25... Nxe3 $142 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. fxe3 Be6) 26. g4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rg4f5][%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nd3 27. Rb1 Be6 28. Rc2 Nb4 29. Rc5 Ba2 30. Rf1 ({Better is} 30. Rd1 $18) 30... Bf8 {...Rxe3 is the strong threat.} 31. Rxa5 Nxc6 32. Rb5 Ne5 (32... Bg7 $16) 33. Ra1 $18 Bc4 34. Nxc4 Nxc4 35. Bd4 Red8 (35... Na3 $142) 36. Bf6 Rd6 37. g5 hxg5 38. Bxg5 Na3 39. Rb3 ({Not} 39. Rxa3 Rd1+ 40. Bf1 Bxa3 $11) 39... f6 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (39... Nc2 $16 {is a better defense.} 40. Rc1 Rc5) 40. Be3 ({Don't play} 40. Rbxa3 $6 fxg5 41. a5 Rcd8 $18) 40... Nc2 41. Rc1 Rc4 42. Bf1 Rc8 $2 (42... Rcc6 {might work better.} 43. Bb5 Nd4 44. Rxc6 Nxc6 45. Bc4+ Kh7 46. Rb7+ Kh8) 43. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rdc6 44. Bb6 Nb4 45. Rxc6 Rxc6 46. a6 Rc1 $2 (46... Nxa6 47. Bxa6 Bc5 48. Bxc5 Rxc5) 47. a7 Ra1 48. Rxb4 {[%mdl 64] Promotion} Bxb4 49. Kg2 Bd6 50. Bc4+ Kg7 51. Bd5 Bc7 {[#]} 52. Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be5 (52... Rxa7 $18 53. Bxa7 Be5) 53. Bxa1 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 25,75,25,18,18,41,49,39,22,27,19,18,9,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Nxc6 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 bxc6 14. Bd4 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} c5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Rfe1 Rb8 {[#]} 19. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. b3 Qf6 20. Ne2 Re7 21. Qa5 Rbe8 22. Ng3 h5 23. Nf1 Qe6 24. Ne3 Kh7 25. b4 cxb4 26. Qxb4 {1-0 (67) Ubilava,E (2540)-Ubach Miralda,M (2300) Terrassa 1996}) 19... Qh4 {The position is equal.} 20. b3 Qd4+ 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 dxe5 23. Rd2 a5 24. Nd5 Rb7 25. Re3 a4 26. bxa4 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rb4 28. Rexe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 30. a5 Ra4 31. Rc5 Rxa2 32. h4 h5 33. Kh2 Kf8 34. Kg3 Ra4 35. Kh3 c6 36. g3 Ke7 {next ...Kd6 is good for Black.} 37. Rxc6 Rxa5 38. g4 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 21,99,31,46,0,11,11,11,11,10,19,21,22,34,34,33,38,40,35,26,26,75,68,77,76,100,31,36,27,25,17,52,41,102,30,38,34,101,101,101,116,127,105,105,105,241,216,216,216,242,228,199,191,241,186,504,487,691,654,609,577,727,705,817,818,1660,1625,1553,1209,1164,1020,1934,1941,1834,1788,1560,1483,29974,29974,6613,5954]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. Bf4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} Ke7 13. Bxd6+ Kxd6 14. Kd2 {The position is equal.} Rb8 15. e4 b6 16. Rhc1 Bb7 {[#]} 17. Rc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. f4 Kd7 18. Ke3 Rbc8 19. d5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 exd5 21. Bh3+ Kd8 22. e5 Re8 23. Kd4 {½-½ (39) Schneider Zinner,H (2155)-Detter,P (2260) Austria 1996}) 17... Rhc8 18. Ra3 a5 19. Rb1 Ba6 20. Rab3 Kc7 21. a4 Bc4 22. R3b2 b5 23. axb5 (23. Rc1 $16 Kb6 24. Rbc2) 23... Kb6 $14 24. Ra1 Rc7 25. f4 f6 26. Ke3 e5 ({Black should try} 26... h6 $14) 27. d5 (27. fxe5 $16 fxe5 28. dxe5) 27... Rc5 $11 28. Rc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bxb5 (28... Rbc8 $14) 29. Rxc5 $16 Kxc5 30. Rxa5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kb6 31. Ra2 Rc8 32. Rb2 {[#] Threatens to win with Bf1.} Ka5 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (32... Rc1 $16) 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Bf3 g6 35. Bg4 Rc3+ 36. Kf2 {d6 is the strong threat.} h5 37. Be2 Bxe2 $2 (37... Ba4 {is more resistant.} 38. h4 Rc2) 38. Kxe2 $18 {KR-KR} ({Weaker is} 38. Rxe2 Kb6 $16) 38... Rc4 (38... g5 $142 39. Rb8 Ka6) 39. Kd3 Rd4+ 40. Ke3 Rd1 41. Rd2 Re1+ 42. Kf2 Rc1 43. d6 {[#] Threatening mate with d7.} Rc8 44. Rd5+ Kb6 45. Rxe5 Rf8+ 46. Ke3 Kc6 47. Re6 g5 48. e5 Kd5 49. Re7 g4 50. d7 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 18,138,35,31,33,23,26,19,42,38,56,58,62,44,51,47,60,47,54,52,60,52,59,49,58,42,46,0,0,-48,-51,-56,-40,-95,-97,-95,-82,-106,-95,-101,-111,-186,-189,-195,-196,-189,-198,-329,-322,-332,-327,-316,-324,-311,-266,-316,-258,-262,-249,-266,-261,-256,-216,-220,-213,-217,-212,-198,-179,-170,-164,-162,-106,-129,-100,-231,-211,-211,-120,-115,-71,-117,-18,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-139,-136,-403,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-104,-107,-126,-107,-128,-145,-124,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Be2 {12.Ne2 is becoming the main line.} f5 13. Nf3 {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd6 14. g3 Nf6 15. Nh4 Ne4 16. Bd3 Be7 17. Ne2 Bxh4 18. gxh4 Bh5 19. Nf4 Bf3 {½-½ (31) Coco,C (2433)-Calzolari,G (2510) Italy 1999}) 14. O-O a5 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. g3 Ke7 17. Ne2 Kf6 18. Nf4 a4 19. Rac1 Nd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 20. Rc2 Nf8 21. Ng2 Ne6 22. Nfh4 f4 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. gxf4 Rag8 25. Kh1 ({White should try} 25. Rb1 $15) 25... g5 $17 26. fxg5+ Nxg5 27. f3 Ke6 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 28. Re2 Kd7 29. e4 (29. Rc2 $17) 29... Rh5 $1 $19 30. e5 Bc7 31. f4 Ne4 32. f5 (32. Re3 $142) 32... Rg4 33. Rf3 Rgxh4 (33... Rhxh4 34. Nxh4 Rxh4 35. Rg2 $19) 34. Nxh4 Rxh4 35. Rg2 Rh7 36. b3 c5 37. e6+ Ke7 ({Much less strong is} 37... fxe6 38. f6 $19) 38. dxc5 fxe6 39. fxe6 Kxe6 ({Don't do} 39... Nxc5 40. Rf7+ Rxf7 41. exf7 $17) 40. Rg6+ Ke5 41. c6 bxc6 42. Rxc6 Bd6 43. bxa4 Ra7 44. Rc2 Rxa4 (44... d4 $1 $19 45. Rb2 Rxa4) 45. h4 $17 Rc4 46. Re2 (46. Rb2 $17) 46... d4 $1 $19 47. Kg2 Rc7 (47... Kd5 $1 $19 48. Rb2 Rc7) 48. h5 $17 Rh7 49. Rh3 {[#]} Kd5 (49... Kf5 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rg7+.} 50. h6 Bf4 51. Rh5+ Bg5 52. Rxe4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Kxe4 53. Rxg5 Rxh6) 50. h6 $11 Nf6 51. a4 Ng4 52. a5 Nxh6 {Strongly threatening ...Rg7+.} 53. Rh5+ Kc4 54. Rc2+ (54. a6 $11 {remains equal.}) 54... Kd3 $17 55. Rc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Ra2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 55... Bf4 $2 ({Better is} 55... Rg7+ $19 56. Kf1 Rf7+ 57. Kg2 Bf4 58. Rh3+ Ke4 59. Rhxh6 Bxh6 60. Rxh6 d3) 56. Rf6 $11 Be3 {Hoping for ...Rg7+.} 57. Kf3 Ra7 {And now ...Nf7 would win.} 58. a6 Nf7 {...Ng5+ is the strong threat.} 59. Rb5 (59. Ra5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 59... Ng5+ $17 60. Kg4 Ne4 61. Rg6 Ra8 62. Ra5 {[#]} Ke2 (62... Bd2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd2a5]} 63. Ra3+ Bc3) 63. Ra2+ $11 {The position is equal.} Nd2 64. a7 d3 65. Re6 Kf2 66. Rd6 Rxa7 67. Rxa7 Bxa7 68. Rxd3 Be3 69. Rxe3 Kxe3 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 18,57,14,8,8,10,0,4,6,8,32,31,33,21,20,25,28,28,36,26,24,30,38,39,33,22,66,68,66,62,68,2,3,6,63,70,63,0,69,0,35,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. b3 exd4 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 {[#]} Qe7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nh4 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Kh1 Ng6 20. Rd3 Be5 21. Rfd1 Rxd3 22. Bxd3 Qe7 23. Bf1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. b4 {½-½ (25) Siigur,J (2422)-Walter,G (2452) ICCF email 2016}) 13. Bb2 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. Rd2 Qe7 17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Qb1 Qe5 19. Qb2 a5 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. h3 b5 22. Bd3 Bb7 23. Ne2 c5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxf3.} 24. Ng3 (24. Bxb5 $14 Reb8 25. Nc3) 24... Bxf3 $1 $11 25. gxf3 Qe6 ({Black should try} 25... Nh4 $11 26. Be2 h6) 26. Bf5 $14 Qe7 {Threatening ...Nh4.} 27. Bd3 (27. Ne4 $5) 27... Qe6 {[#] aiming for ...Nh4.} (27... Nh4 $5 28. Be2 $8 h6 $11) 28. Bf5 Qe7 $1 {With the idea ...Nh4.} 29. Bd3 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 88%.} (29. Ne4 $5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 13,222,33,56,19,19,19,19,19,19,23,28,25,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-32,-47,-45,-83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44,-358,-357,-353,-320,-392,-384,-329,0,0,0,-386,-389,-398,-393,-386,-384,-378,-379,-376,-347,-374,-324,-394,-324,-324,-304,-313,-304,-301,-311,-268,-279,-264,-87,-85,-86,-82,-67,-67,-51,-47,-47,-130,-101,-121,-61,-55,-55,-85,-37,-37,-37,-122,-56,-58,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-37,-8,-8,0,-37,-37,-38,-38,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-8,-13,-13,-163,-163,-208,-208,-208,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-163,-568,-568,-550,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-210,-211,-211,-216,-216,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-208,-216,-208,-8352,-7546,-3058,-1401,-29940,-12851,-4717,-29939,-1761,-1761,-29961,-29963,-29968,-29971,-29970,-29971,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29976,-29976,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29976,-29978,-29975,-29975,-29974,-29976,-29982,-29980,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29981,-29984,-29985,-29995,-29986,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 8. Na4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Qa5+ 9. c3 {[%cal Rd4c5]} cxd4 {9...c4 is the modern continuation.} 10. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc5 Qc7 {[#]} 14. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxc5 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Rxc5 Qd7 19. Qb3 Be4 20. Rfc1 {½-½ (55) Vachier Lagrave,M (2765)-So,W (2788) Shamkir 2015}) 14... h5 15. gxh5 Bf5 16. Qb3 O-O-O 17. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Nc6 18. a5 Nxd4 ({Better is} 18... Bxc5 $17 19. Bxc5 Qxe5) 19. cxd4 $11 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. O-O Kb8 22. Rfc1 Qe7 23. a6 {Threatens to win with axb7.} b6 $1 24. Rc6 $1 Be4 25. f3 Rxh5 26. fxe4 Rxh4 27. Bf3 Rh3 ({But not} 27... dxe4 $6 28. Bg2 $16) 28. exd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Rc3 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 28... Qg5+ $1 $19 29. Kf1 Qf4 $1 30. Ra3 Rh1+ $1 31. Ke2 Rh2+ 32. Kf1 {Rxb6+! would kill now.} Rh1+ $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 33. Ke2 {White threatens Rxb6+! and mate.} Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kd3 Rxd5+ 35. Bxd5 Rh3+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 36. Kc2 {Intending Qxb6+! and mate.} Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Qe2+ ({Not} 37... Qxd5 38. Rbc3 $19) 38. Kb1 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 39. Ra3 d4 40. Rc2 Qb5 41. Rd2 Qf1+ 42. Ka2 Qc4+ 43. Kb1 g5 44. Rf3 g4 $2 (44... Qd5 $19 {has better winning chances.} 45. Rfd3 Qf5) 45. Rf4 $17 g3 {Hoping for ...f5.} 46. Rdxd4 Qe6 47. Rg4 b5 48. Rg8+ Kc7 49. Rdg4 (49. Rd3 $1 $15) 49... Qxa6 50. Rxg3 {[#]} Qe6 (50... b4 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Qf1+.} 51. R8g4 Qe6) 51. Rc3+ $15 Kb7 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 52. Rgg3 b4 53. Rce3 Qf5+ 54. Ka2 {[#]} (54. Rd3 $15) 54... Qd5+ (54... Kc6 $1 $17 55. Rd3 a5) 55. b3 a5 (55... Qd2+ $15 56. Kb1 Qd1+ 57. Kb2 Kc6) 56. Rd3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd3d5]} Qc6 57. Rgf3 Qc2+ 58. Ka1 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 59. Rfe3 (59. Rxf5 Qxd3) 59... Qc1+ 60. Ka2 Qc2+ (60... Qc5 {is interesting.} 61. Re2 f4 62. Red2 Kc6 63. Rd4 Qe5) 61. Ka1 Qc7 {Strongly threatening ...f4.} (61... Qh2 {is more complex.} 62. Re7+ Kc6 63. Re6+ Kc5 64. Re8 Qg1+) 62. Kb1 f4 63. Rh3 (63. Re2 $15) 63... Qe7 64. Kc2 Qe2+ 65. Kc1 Qe4 66. Kd2 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 67. bxa4 Kb6 68. Rhf3 Ka5 69. Rf1 Qg2+ 70. Ke1 {[#]} Qc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 71. Rff3 Kxa4 $2 ({Black should play} 71... Qc4 $19 72. Kd2 Kxa4) 72. Rd4 $1 Qc1+ 73. Rd1 {White is now going downhill.} (73. Ke2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 73... Qc5 $19 74. Kf1 Qc4+ 75. Kg1 Qg8+ 76. Kf1 Qg4 77. Kf2 Qh4+ 78. Kg2 Qg5+ 79. Kf2 Qe5 {...b3 is the strong threat.} 80. Rf1 $2 (80. Rdd3) 80... b3 81. Kg1 Qd4+ $2 (81... Qc5+ 82. Kg2 b2 83. Rxf4+ Ka3 84. R4f3+ Ka2) 82. Kh2 Qh8+ 83. Kg1 Qg7+ 84. Kh2 Qh7+ 85. Kg1 Qg6+ 86. Kh2 b2 87. Rxf4+ Kb3 88. R4f3+ Ka2 89. R3f2 Qh7+ 90. Kg1 Qd3 {And now ...Ka3 would win.} 91. Kh2 $2 (91. Kg2) 91... Ka3 92. Rf7 Qd6+ (92... Qe4 $142 93. R7f3+ Ka4) 93. Kg2 Qd5+ 94. R7f3+ Ka2 95. R1f2 Ka1 96. Kg3 Qd6+ {Black mates.} 97. Kg2 b1=Q 98. Rf1 {[#]} Qxf1+ $1 99. Kxf1 {KQ-KR} (99. Rxf1+ Kb2) 99... Kb2 100. Ke2 Kc2 101. Re3 Qd5 102. Kf2 Qf5+ 103. Ke2 Qg4+ 104. Rf3 Qe4+ 105. Kf2 Kd2 106. Ra3 Qd5 107. Rg3 Qe5 108. Kf3 Qf5+ 109. Kg2 Ke2 110. Kg1 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 111. Kh1 Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 9,106,-7,-12,-10,0,-16,0,-26,0,-4,16,9,9,10,12,6,10,9,12,0,0,-17,-14,-15,-21,-22,-19,-29,-15,-52,-52,-54,-58,-60,-58,-72,-72,-71,-75,-76,-67,-70,-60,-62,-63,-64,-52,-59,-60,-71,-64,-66,-60,-62,-62,-69,-70,-60,-54,-64,-43,-85,-37,-56,-33,-85,-37,-153,-148,-138,-138,-183,-163,-175,0,-171,-159,-152,-162,-176,-163,-195,-167,-6287,-6199,-6279,-6140,-6203,-6237,-6187,-6156,-5645,-5617,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. e3 h6 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 {A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5.} Be7 7. h3 Bh7 8. g4 {The position is equal.} c5 {[#]} 9. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. g5 hxg5 10. Nxg5 Bg6 11. Rg1 Rh6 12. h4 Nc6 13. Be2 Qa5 14. h5 Bxh5 15. Bxh5 Nxh5 {0-1 (37) Jadoul,M (2350)-Boidman,Y (2408) Belgium 2004}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bg2 d4 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc4 Rad8 14. Qf3 Nd5 15. exd4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nb4 17. Bc3 Nxc2 18. Rad1 $1 Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} ({Don't go for} 18... Bxd3 $2 19. Ne5 $18) 19. Qe3 Bf6 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rfe1 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 b6 ({Much weaker is} 24... Rxd3 $6 25. Rxd3 Bxd3 26. Bxb7 $11) 25. Be4 Rc8 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. Re4 Rd5 28. Ra4 Rc7 29. Kg2 Kg6 30. Rd2 Rcd7 31. f4 Kf6 32. d4 g5 33. fxg5+ hxg5 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. Rc4 f6 36. a4 R5d6 37. Ke3 (37. Rd3 $15) 37... f5 38. Rcc2 (38. Rd3 $15) 38... Rh7 $17 39. Rh2 Rh4 40. Rcg2 Kf6 41. Rf2 Kg6 42. Rfg2 a5 43. Rh1 Rh8 44. Rhh2 Rc6 45. Kd3 Rhc8 {White must now prevent ...Rc3+.} 46. Rc2 $2 {[#]} (46. Re2) 46... Rxc2 $1 $19 47. Rxc2 Rxc2 48. Kxc2 {KP-KP} Kf6 49. Kd3 {[#]} Ke7 $1 {[%cal Re7d6]} 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. Kf2 fxg4 {Black mates.} 52. hxg4 Kd5 53. Ke3 e5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 9,87,-12,2,0,13,14,26,20,41,38,24,31,51,51,50,50,54,56,51,56,81,70,70,68,91,83,89,80,95,75,78,86,103,87,110,87,165,138,160,149,166,159,158,162,136,125,158,178,179,179,172,179,186,186,245,202,202,202,202,202,620,603,627,589,627,627,566,551,551,549,552,188,6230,6270,6195,5595,5716,5408,5197,3963]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4.} Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Ne1 {White has an edge.} e5 {[#]} 9. Bxg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. f3 Be6 10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 O-O-O 12. Ke2 Ne8 13. Nd3 f6 14. Be3 Nd6 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 {½-½ (36) Ryan,J (2293)-Gomez Jurado,L (2221) Barcelona 2020}) 9... Nxg4 10. Ke2 f6 11. Nc4 h5 12. Nd3 Nh6 13. Be3 Nf7 14. Rhd1 h4 15. h3 g5 16. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} b6 17. f3 Be7 18. Bf2 Nd8 19. Ne3 Ne6 20. Nf5 c5 21. a5 b5 22. a6 Rb8 (22... b4 $16 {is a better defense.}) 23. b4 $18 c4 24. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5e6]} Ndxc5 25. bxc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 {[#]} 27. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c6] Threatens to win with Rc6.} Kf7 28. Rd5 Ne6 29. Rd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 30. Rxa7 b4 31. Rd7 Rb6 (31... Nd4+ {might work better.} 32. Nxd4 exd4) 32. Rb7 Rxb7 33. axb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb8 {[#]} 34. Nd6 $1 Nd4+ $2 (34... b3 35. cxb3 cxb3) 35. Kd1 b3 36. cxb3 cxb3 37. Kc1 Nc6 38. Ra6 Nd8 39. Rb6 Kg7 40. Rxb3 $2 (40. Kb2 {aiming for Kc3.} Kf8 41. Kxb3) 40... Nf7 $2 (40... Kf8 41. Rc3 Nxb7) 41. Nxf7 {White is clearly winning.} Kxf7 42. Kc2 Ke6 43. Kc3 Kd6 44. Kc4 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 66%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adhiban, B.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 11,71,12,15,19,21,10,16,7,-3,-5,-4,-19,0,0,-8,-6,0,-37,-24,-27,88,95,61,78,87,89,93,89,115,113,115,120,126,116,140,109,256,234,293,287,370,345,566,507,553,503,535,528,685,568,743,568,891,878,818,708,695,529,689,696,1216,1194]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 ({Reject} 6... bxc6 7. Nxe5 Nxe4 8. Qe2 $16) 7. d3 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} Qe7 {7...Nd7 gains popularity. Played by Pentala Harikrishna in November 2019.} 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 {[#]} 11. a3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 f6 12. Qe2 g5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Ne3 Ne6 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. Qe3 c5 17. Rab1 {½-½ (31) Almasi,Z (2702)-Fressinet,L (2649) Batumi 2018}) 11... O-O-O 12. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bd4 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 g5 (15... Kb8 $11) 16. Bxg5 $16 f6 17. Bh4 Rhg8 18. Qe2 Na4 19. Rb3 Rdf8 20. Qe3 Kb8 21. Kh2 Ka8 22. c4 Nb6 23. Bg3 f5 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (23... Bxf3 $16 24. Qxf3 Nd7) 24. Nxe5 $18 fxe4 25. dxe4 Qe6 26. c5 Nc8 $2 (26... Nc4 27. Nxc4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxc4) 27. Rd3 {White is clearly winning.} Ne7 28. Re1 Ka7 29. a4 Be8 30. Rd8 h5 31. h4 Qf6 {[#] Now ...Nf5 and Black clings on.} 32. b5 $1 cxb5 (32... axb5 33. axb5) 33. axb5 Bxb5 34. c6+ b6 {[#]} 35. Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Threatening mate with Qxb6+! Double Attack, Discovered Attack} Rxg3 36. Qxg3 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 11,65,11,10,12,28,0,13,12,30,11,15,21,13,0,0,0,8,0,11,0,0,0,27,22,25,0,0,0,8,6,9,0,5,4,4,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 {7.f3 gains popularity. B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nc6 8. f3 {[#]} Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qb6 9. a3 e5 10. Nf5 Qd8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Qd2 h5 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 Bg7 {1-0 (28) Swiercz,D (2667)-Gabuzyan,H (2613) Chicago 2019}) 9. Bxd4 Bh6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. O-O Qa5 13. c4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Qe1 Qxe1 16. Rfxe1 Rfc8 17. b3 d5 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 18. cxd5 Bxd5 {The position is equal.} 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Kf2 Bc6 21. Bf6 Bg7 {[#] Hoping for ...Rxe1.} 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Ke3 Rd6 26. h4 h6 27. b4 Kf6 28. a3 Ke7 29. Rc3 Re6+ 30. Kd2 Rd6 31. Ke3 Re6+ 32. Kd2 Rd6 33. Ke3 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 21,103,20,12,12,35,25,54,31,47,46,54,52,47,49,37,47,45,45,42,43,91,80,71,83,97,79,78,77,70,78,75,70,70,70,74,66,66,80,72,80,73,66,67,66,81,87,85,17,24,17,47,25,50,8,8,0,8,-257,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. e3 Nd7 12. Qe2 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6.} c5 13. Rac1 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Bh3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Rb8 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Rc2 d5 {1-0 (55) Valdes Romero,L (2387)-Chon,Y (2025) Baku 2016}) 14. Rfd1 {White is slightly better.} a5 15. Bh3 b6 16. Ng5 Bb7 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 a4 19. e4 axb3 20. axb3 Nf6 21. f4 h6 22. Nf3 e5 23. dxe6 {aiming for e5.} Nxe4 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Re3 Rfe8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nc3!} 26. Re1 Qg7 27. Qd3 {[%cal Re3e4]} Ra1 28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1a1]} Qg7 30. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Nf6 31. Re6 Rxe6 $1 32. Bxe6+ Kh7 33. Qxd6 Ne4 34. Nxe4 (34. Qd3 $16 Qa1+ 35. Nf1) 34... Bxe4 $11 35. Qd2 Qf6 36. Qd7+ Qg7 37. Bg4 (37. Qxg7+ {feels hotter.} Kxg7 38. Bd7 Bc2 39. Ba4 g5 40. fxg5 hxg5 41. Kf1) 37... Bc2 38. Kf2 (38. Qe6 {is more complex.} Qd4+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 41. Kf2) 38... Bxb3 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 40. Be2 {The position is equal.} Kf6 41. Ke3 Ba4 42. h4 h5 43. g4 hxg4 44. Bxg4 Be8 45. Ke4 Bc6+ 46. Ke3 b5 47. cxb5 Bxb5 48. h5 gxh5 49. Bxh5 c4 50. Kd4 Kf5 51. Be2 Kxf4 52. Bxc4 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,139,16,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,6,12,-3,0,0,8,0,0,0,11,5,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,39,46,45,47,46,44,0,0,0,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,60,78,73,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,60,60,60,60,60,78,78,86,79,229,79,79,49,49,0,0,0,41,41,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,41,12837,12838,12838,12838,12843,12839,12849,12849,12850,12850,12850,27999,12851,27999,12851,27999,12851,12851,12851,27999,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,27999,12851,27999,12851,27997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 {D71: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 3 g3 d5 sidelines and 5 cxd5 (without Nf3).} Nxd5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. e3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qc2 {[#]} N8d7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. O-O Qe7 14. Bg2 Na6 15. e4 Rad8 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {0-1 (32) Neckar,L (2337)-Chmiel,P (2256) Czechia 2009}) 11. O-O e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Qe4 Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qd4 Re8 18. Ba3 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Nc4 20. Bc5 Nb2 21. Rfc1 Nd3 22. Rc3 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 a4 24. d5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Be4 (25... Rab8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Bxe4 $16 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. Rb1 Re7 28. Kf1 h5 29. h4 Kg7 30. Ke2 Ra6 31. Rb4 Rd7 32. Rcc4 a3 33. Ra4 Rb6 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2+.} 34. Rc2 $1 Rb1 35. Rxa3 Rdd1 36. Rac3 Re1+ 37. Kf3 Rb6 38. Rc7 Ra1 39. Rd7 Ra6 40. Rdd2 Ra4 41. Rb2 b5 42. e4 (42. Re2 {feels hotter.} Kf6 43. Rec2 Kg7 44. Rd2 Kf6 45. Rbc2) 42... Re1 43. Re2 Rxe2 44. Rxe2 $14 {KR-KR} Ra3+ 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. Rc2 Ke6 {[#]} (46... Ra4 $16) 47. f3 (47. Kg5 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 47... Kf6 48. e5+ Ke6 49. Rc6+ Ke7 50. Rb6 Rxa2 51. Rxb5 Kf8 52. e6 Ra6 53. Rb8+ Ke7 54. exf7 Kxf7 55. Kg5 {Hoping for Kh6.} Ra5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Black is on the road to losing.} (55... Ra3 $14) 56. Kh6 $1 $18 Ra3 57. Rb7+ Kf8 58. Rg7 Rxf3 59. Rxg6 Rf5 {[#]} 60. Rg5 $1 Rf6+ 61. Kxh5 Kf7 62. Kg4 Ra6 63. Rf5+ Kg6 64. h5+ Kh6 65. Kh4 Ra1 66. Rf6+ Kg7 67. Rb6 Ra5 68. g4 Rc5 69. Rb7+ Kf6 {[#]} 70. g5+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 85%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 20,112,10,1,14,8,24,16,29,9,40,0,0,-26,-19,-25,-8,-51,-50,-89,-73,-79,-89,-81,-85,-64,-71,-74,-22,-29,-22,-22,-18,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Re1 Bh7 10. e4 a5 11. a3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5d7,Bd7f6][%mdl 32] A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} 12. Qe2 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Bh3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Rad8 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. Bg2 Nb8 19. c4 {1-0 (52) Fedoseev,V (2724)-Shankland,S (2725) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Ng4 Ncd7 16. h3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. d4 b4 19. a4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd5 23. Rd3 Rfd8 (23... Rc8 $17) 24. Red1 $1 $11 Bf6 25. Bc1 $1 {The position is equal.} Bg5 26. Bxg5 Rxg5 27. c4 bxc3 28. Rxc3 Rgd5 29. Rdc1 Qb7 30. Rxc6 Qxb3 31. Rc8 Qb6 32. R1c5 Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd8 34. Qa8 Rxc8 35. Qxc8+ {KQ-KQ} Kh7 36. Qd7 Kg6 37. h4 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qd5 40. Qa7 Kf6 41. Qb6 Kf5 42. Qc7 Kg6 ({Of course not} 42... Qxd4 $6 43. Qxf7+ Qf6 44. Qh5+ g5 45. Kg2 $16) 43. Qa7 Kf6 44. Qb6 g5 45. hxg5+ hxg5 46. Qc7 Kg6 47. Qc2+ Qf5 48. Qc7 Qb1+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qb4 52. Qd7 Qc4 53. Qb5 Qd5+ 54. Qxd5 exd5 55. g4 $1 f5 56. f3 f4 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 10,75,18,12,20,15,28,10,18,20,20,15,19,9,18,16,13,0,11,11,5,9,19,0,12,8,15,13,11,11,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,17,7,14,4,4,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nge7 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Bf5 {The position is equal.} 9. Ne2 Bd6 {[#]} 10. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Re1 Qd7 11. c3 Ng6 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Ng3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Rae8 15. Bd2 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 {½-½ (65) Goncharov,I (2384)-Arounopoulos,S (2281) ICCF email 2011}) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Ng6 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Rae1 Rae8 14. Ng3 Bxg3 15. fxg3 a6 16. g4 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Qf5 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Qd8 20. Ng5 Qe8 21. Bg3 h6 22. Nf3 Nce7 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Qe2 Nc8 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Nf8 27. Nf3 f6 28. Ne1 Nd6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Nd3 Ne6 31. Qh5 Qd7 32. Qf5 Qd6 33. h4 c6 34. Kf2 Qe7 35. g3 Qf7 36. Qg4 g6 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Qxf4 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 14,106,14,22,22,6,20,11,37,27,49,59,35,45,32,54,41,11,15,12,9,0,0,0,0,0,6,-31,-14,-25,-24,-30,-33,-28,-24,-30,0,0,0,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-87,-80,-88,-67,-81,-35,-85,-73,-95,-95,-173,-179,-231,-231,-231,-231,-205,-190,-217,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 {is cutting edge theory.} 8. Nc3 b5 {D28: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 Qe2 with early ...Nc6.} 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Bxf6 {[#]} Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... gxf6 13. Be4 b4 14. d5 Na5 15. d6 Qxd6 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Qd2 Qb7 21. Qf4 f5 22. Ng3 Nc6 23. Qh6 a5 24. Nh5 Nd8 25. Ne5 Bf8 26. Qg5 {1-0 (26) Pulpan,J (2400)-Rigopoulos Tsigkos,A (2117) Katowice 2017}) 13. d5 Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 14. Bxb5+ $1 Kf8 15. Bc4 (15. Bc6 $5 Nxc6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 $14) 15... Nxd5 16. Ne4 g6 17. Rac1 Kg7 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Qe5 Rhd8 21. Kf1 a5 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Nd2 Nb4 24. f3 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 26. Nb3 (26. Ke2 $11 Rdd8 27. Ke3) 26... Rxd1+ $17 27. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} Bd5 $1 28. Rd4 Bxb3 29. axb3 {KR-KR} Rb8 30. Rd3 e5 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Kd1 f5 33. Kc2 e4 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Rd4 (35. Rh3 $17) 35... Ke5 $19 36. Ra4 (36. Rd7 {was worth a try.}) 36... Rb5 37. Kd2 Kf4 ({Not} 37... Rxb3 38. Rxa5+ Kf4 39. Kc2 $15) 38. Ke2 Rxb3 39. g3+ {[#]} Ke5 $2 (39... Kf5 $1 $19 40. Rxa5+ Kg4) 40. Rxa5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kd4 41. Ra4+ Ke5 42. Ra5+ Kf6 43. Ra2 Kf5 44. Kf2 h5 45. h3 h4 46. Ra5+ Kf6 47. gxh4 Rxh3 48. b4 Rxh4 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. Rg5 Rh3+ 51. Kxe4 Rh4+ 52. Ke3 Rxb4 53. Rxg6+ Kf5 {And White is the lucky defender. Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 17,90,27,18,27,37,25,31,37,30,32,34,40,129,138,143,132,166,114,111,115,114,98,126,117,134,106,110,105,113,113,129,129,125,127,135,124,129,115,123,82,106,18,27,43,28,0,0,0,0,0,148,137,129,139,222,220,226,85,87,9,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...e4.} 10. dxe5 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} Nxe5 11. Be2 {11.h3 is the fancy move.} Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 {White is slightly better.} Be5 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qd2 {[#]} Qe7 $146 (14... Ne4 $14 15. Nxe4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 dxe4) ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 dxe4 17. Be2 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. b4 h6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 {½-½ (32) Radjabov,T (2751)-Cheparinov,I (2696) Sofia 2008}) 15. Nxd5 $16 Nxd5 16. Bxe5 (16. Bxd5 $2 Rad8 $19) 16... Rfd8 17. Bd4 (17. Bxg7 $18 {Strongly threatening Bb2.} Kxg7 18. Bxd5) 17... Be4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Rac1 Nf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Re4g2] [#]} 20. f3 Qd5 21. Rfd1 Ne6 22. Qc2 {Black must now prevent Bf6!} Qg5 23. f4 Qe7 24. Bb2 h6 25. h3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. f5 Ng5 29. Qc3 (29. Bd4 $16) 29... Qd1+ $11 30. Kh2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3g7]} f6 $1 31. Qd4 Qe1 32. Qd5+ Kh7 33. Bd4 h5 (33... b6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34. Bxa7 $16 ({Much worse is} 34. Qxb7 $6 h4 $11) 34... h4 35. Bb8 ({Don't play} 35. Qxb7 $6 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 $11) 35... Qxe3 (35... b5 $16 36. a3 (36. Qxb5 Ne4 $11) 36... Qxe3 37. Qxb5 Ne4) 36. Qxb7 $18 Qf2 37. Qd5 (37. a3 $18) 37... Qxa2 $16 38. Bf4 (38. Qd1 $16) 38... Qf2 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Bd2 Nxh3 $1 {( -> ...Qg3+)} 40. Qf3 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Qxd2 41. Kxh3 Qb4 42. Qe3 Qb5 43. Qf3 Qb4 44. Qe3 Qb5 45. Qf3 Qb4 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 9,125,15,18,17,42,30,72,18,15,16,11,9,13,6,10,0,0,0,4,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,4,8,28,25,57,58,70,75,86,86,86,69,86,50,75,47,80,82,74,74,85,0,35,0,43,39,39,42,85,82,89,86,87,92,86,97,95,97,246,246,242,231,486,362,281,139,421,421,546,494,614,600,546,282,535,463,1063,775,1708,1681,1583,1385,29944,29949,29941,29943,29948,29941,29944,4864,29962,29965,29965,29966,29969,29970,29968,29970,29969,29966,29975,29976,29978,29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (5... Bf5 6. f3 Nb6 7. e4 Nxa4 8. Qxa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. d5 b6 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Rd2 c6 14. Ne2 e6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Qa3 Ne5 17. Nc3 b5 18. Qa6 b4 {½-½ (65) Nakamura,H (2754)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2775) Zagreb 2019}) 6. dxe5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. Nf3 (8. a3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2) 8... Nc6 $11 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qf4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ra5 13. e3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5+ Rxe5 16. Rc1 Rc5 17. Rxc5 bxc5 18. Bc4 Ke7 {½-½ (26) Li,B (2396)-Tiglon,B (2368) Orlando 2019}) 13. e3 Ra5 14. Be2 Nxe5 15. O-O Bg4 16. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c6 19. Rd4 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rb5 22. b4 Rf5 23. Qd1 c5 24. Rd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qf6 25. f4 $1 cxb4 26. axb4 {Hoping for g4.} Qc3 27. Kf2 {Rd8+ is the strong threat.} Rf6 28. Qe1 Qb2+ 29. Rd2 Qe5 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Qd2 Qa1 32. h4 (32. Qd4 $16 Qxd4 33. Rxd4) 32... Rc6 33. Kg3 Qc3 34. Qd4+ Qxd4 35. Rxd4 $14 {KR-KR} h5 36. Kf3 Rc1 37. Rd6 Rc6 {[#]} 38. Rd5 $1 Rc4 39. Rb5 Rc6 40. f5 f6 (40... gxf5 $16 {was necessary.} 41. Rxf5 Rc4) 41. fxg6 $18 Kxg6 42. e4 Re6 $2 (42... Rc1 43. Rxb6 Rf1+ 44. Ke3 Re1+ 45. Kf4 Rf1+ 46. Kg3 Re1) 43. g3 Rc6 44. Ke3 (44. g4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 44... Rc3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs Black the game.} (44... Rd6 $16 45. Ke2 Kh6) 45. Kf4 Rc6 {[#]} 46. g4 $1 hxg4 47. Kxg4 Re6 48. Kf3 Rc6 $2 (48... Re8 {was called for.} 49. Rxb6 Re7) 49. Kf4 Re6 (49... Kf7 $142 50. Kf5 Rc1 51. Rxb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf1+ 52. Kg4 Re1) 50. h5+ Kh6 51. Rd5 Rc6 52. Kf5 Rc4 53. b5 Rb4 54. Kxf6 Rxe4 55. Re5 Rc4 56. Ke7 Kh7 57. Re6 {White mates.} Rc5 58. Rxb6 Rxh5 59. Rxb7 Kg6 60. Rb8 Kf5 61. Kd6 Ke4 62. b6 Kd4 63. Rd8 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 9,124,0,0,-6,-8,-8,-4,0,-6,-4,-14,-24,-24,-24,-17,-18,-26,-20,-18,-26,-9,0,0,0,0,-2,-8,-10,4,4,10,5,12,0,5,5,1,0,9,4,21,20,19,18,13,6,59,55,28,28,62,66,50,66,60,56,56,43,68,29,45,0,0,6,16,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,11,11,7,11,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1041,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg7 6. d4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8. d5 a6 {And now ...Qa5+ would win.} 9. Bd3 Nb4 {[#]} 10. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bc4 e6 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. O-O b5 13. Bb3 Qd3 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Nc3 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 {0-1 (43) Shuvalova,P (2212)-Nechaev,O (2329) Sochi 2015}) 10... Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 d6 12. O-O e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Nc3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5 f5 18. f3 $1 fxe4 19. fxe4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd6 21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Rad1 h6 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Bb6 Kh7 26. a4 Rf8 27. a5 Rdf7 (27... Rf4 $11) 28. Rc1 $14 Re8 29. Re4 Rf4 30. Qd3 Rf7 31. b4 Rd7 32. h3 h5 33. Rec4 Bh6 34. Rf1 Bf4 35. Re4 Rc8 $1 36. g3 Bh6 37. Bc5 Qxd5 38. Qxd5 Rxd5 39. Rf7+ Kg8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 40. Rxb7 Bf8 $1 41. Bxf8 Rxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Kh2 e4 44. Rb6 Kg7 45. Rxa6 Rff3 46. Re6 Rxg3 47. a6 Rxh3+ 48. Kg1 Ra3 49. b5 Rhb3 50. Rb6 h4 51. Rb7+ Kh6 52. a7 ({Of course not} 52. Rxe4 Rb1+ 53. Kf2 h3 $17) 52... Rg3+ 53. Rg2 {Black must now prevent Rxg3.} Rh3 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 54. Rg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54. Rc2 $11) 54... Kh5 $2 ({Better is} 54... Ra1+ $1 $19 55. Kg2 Re3) 55. Rxe4 {b6 is the strong threat.The position is equal.} Rag3+ 56. Kf1 Rh1+ 57. Ke2 Rh2+ 58. Kd1 Ra3 {[%cal Ra3a1] [#]} 59. Rxh4+ $1 Rxh4 (59... Kxh4 $5 60. Rh7+ $8 Kg4 61. Rxh2 Rxa7 $11) 60. Rh7+ Kg5 61. Rxh4 Rxa7 (61... Kxh4 $5 62. b6 $8 g5 $18) 62. Rb4 Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 11,95,-14,6,2,7,-24,-28,-18,16,11,23,12,27,0,16,4,27,-12,0,-2,-7,-28,-19,-18,-18,-26,7,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,27,18,60,28,31,29,36,31,20,20,20,20,20,12,22,0,23,27,27,19,4,10,25,0,0,0,16,0,27,27,27,27,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 (6... g5 {feels hotter.} 7. Nxe4 gxf4 8. Nc3 fxe3 9. fxe3 Rg8) 7. Nxe4 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5.} Bxe4 8. Bd3 Bxf4 9. exf4 {[#] Black has an edge.} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qd6 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Qd2 f6 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Nd2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 {½-½ (29) Krivosheev,V (2159)-Zuev,A (2052) Uljanovsk 2007}) 10. Qxf3 g6 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O Qd6 13. Rhe1 Nc6 14. Bb5 O-O-O 15. Re3 Ne7 16. Ra3 Kb8 17. g3 Rc8 18. Qc3 c6 19. Bd3 {next Qa5 is good for White.} Rc7 20. b4 Nc8 21. Kd2 Qd7 22. Re1 Nd6 23. Rb3 Kc8 24. a4 Kd8 25. a5 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra3 Ke7 28. Ra6 Rb8 29. Ke2 Nb5 30. Qa1 Kf6 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Qb2 Ra7 33. Rxa7 Qxa7 34. Ra1 Qc7 35. Kg1 Nd6 36. Qc3 Rd8 37. Ra6 Qb7 38. Qe1 Kg8 39. Qe5 Nc4 {The position is equal.} 40. Bxc4 dxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 41. Ra1 Ra8 42. Rxa8+ Qxa8 {KQ-KQ} 43. Qd6 Qa4 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ Kg8 48. Qb8+ {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 18,73,53,51,66,62,74,51,52,56,76,63,79,70,85,74,74,61,64,73,69,68,51,68,101,67,96,95,89,90,91,91,97,85,82,80,91,19,21,41,181,181,181,181,181,181,180,180,175,182,185,181,722,712,723,710,687,659]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Nh5 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1.} 11. Nd2 {[#]} Rxa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf4 12. c5 f5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Nc4 fxe4 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Nxe4 Nh4 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Ne3 {1-0 (53) Gofshtein,L (2513)-Stellwagen,D (2384) Hoogeveen 2001}) 12. Nb3 Ra8 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Qxh5 b6 15. a4 Ng6 16. a5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qf3 bxa5 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Nxa5 Qg5 21. Ne2 Be5 {[#]} 22. h3 $1 Bd7 23. Nb3 Ra8 24. Nbd4 Kh8 25. Rb1 h6 26. Kh1 Kh7 27. Nc6 (27. Rg1 $16) 27... Bxc6 $1 $11 28. dxc6 Ra2 {Loses the game.} (28... Kg7 $14) 29. g3 $18 fxg3 {And now ...Rxe2! would win.} 30. Qxf7+ Qg7 31. Qf5+ Qg6 32. Nxg3 {Strongly threatening Rb7!} Qxf5 33. Nxf5 {aiming for Rb7.} Ra6 {[#]} 34. Ne7 $1 {Hoping for Rb7.} Kg7 $2 (34... Bf6) 35. Rb7 {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 36. Rxc7 d5 37. Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 74%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 9,150,20,22,9,13,10,11,8,12,11,19,11,20,23,19,0,-13,-22,0,-14,-1,-12,0,-42,-11,-22,-21,-33,0,0,0,-37,-32,-31,-20,-67,-58,-37,-22,-45,-51,-43,-47,-45,-13,-19,-21,-21,-10,-10,-5,-7,-11,-12,-7,-12,-12,-45,-28,-28,-27,-53,-45,-75,-35,-36,-28,-40,-22,-45,-44,-45,-38,-43,-47,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 7. Nc4 f6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 7...0-0. Played by Alireza Firouzja in March 2020.} 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bf8 12. Re1 (12. Qb3 {keeps more tension.} Kh8 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Na5 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Be3) 12... Nb6 {[#]} 13. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. h3 Be6 15. a3 Bf7 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Re3 {½-½ (44) Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-So,W (2760) Kolkata 2019}) 13... Be6 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qf7 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 17. Na5 Bc8 18. Nc4 Be6 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 19. Na5 Bc8 20. Nc4 c5 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Qe3 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qg6 24. f3 Qh5 25. Qe2 Bd6 26. g4 Qh3 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Be5 29. Bc3 c6 30. Ne2 Bc7 31. h4 Kf7 32. h5 b5 33. Ng3 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Be6 35. Nf5 Ra8 36. Rd2 Bf4 37. Rc2 g6 38. Ng3 c5 39. Ne2 Bd6 40. hxg6+ hxg6 41. Be1 b4 42. Bg3 Ke7 43. Bxd6+ {The position is equal.} Kxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 44. Nf4 Bf7 45. Nd3 b6 46. f4 Ke7 47. g5 Be6 48. Kf3 Rh8 49. gxf6+ Kxf6 50. Nf2 Rd8 51. Ng4+ Bxg4+ 52. Kxg4 {KR-KR} Rd1 53. e5+ Ke6 54. Rg2 b5 55. Kg5 Rf1 {Threatening ...c4.} 56. Rc2 Rg1+ 57. Kh6 Rg4 58. Rxc5 {[#] Black must now prevent Rc6+.} Rxf4 59. Rxb5 Rg4 60. Ra5 Rg2 61. Kg7 Rg3 62. Kh7 Rg2 (62... g5 {is interesting.} 63. Rb5 Rg2 64. Kg6 g4 65. Rxb4 Rxa2 66. Rxg4) 63. Kh6 Rg3 64. Ra4 Rg2 65. Ra5 Rg3 66. Kg7 Rg2 67. Kh7 Rg3 (67... Rg4 {is more complex.} 68. Kg7 Rg2) 68. Ra4 Rg2 69. Rxb4 {a4 is the strong threat.} Rxa2 70. Re4 Ra5 71. Kxg6 (71. Re2 {keeps more tension.} Rb5 72. Kxg6) 71... Rxe5 72. Rxe5+ Kxe5 73. Kh7 Kd4 74. b4 Kc4 75. Kh8 Kxb4 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 13,67,0,1,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,8,11,11,0,0,1,-4,-7,64,51,63,58,72,27,75,78,160,145,301,275,348,343,352,357,373,346,491,484,500,508,489,447,6813,6797,29988,29989,29989,29987,29987,29988,29990,29991,29996,29997,29997,-121]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. cxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Qb3 c6 13. f3 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} a5 {Threatens to win with ...axb4.} 14. Rb1 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... axb4 15. axb4 b5 16. e4 Qb6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qd2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 {0-1 (59) Flear,G (2445)-Cornette,M (2548) Saint Affrique 2019}) 15. e4 Nb6 ({Black should try} 15... axb4 $11 16. axb4 Nb6) 16. e5 $1 $14 Nfd7 17. f4 Nc4 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Qd1 Nb8 (19... Kh8 $142) 20. f5 Na6 $2 {This costs Black the game.} (20... Qd8 $16) 21. Bxc4 $18 dxc4 22. Qg4 Red8 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 23. Be3 axb4 24. axb4 Nxb4 {[#]} (24... Nc7 {is a better defense.} 25. e6 f6) 25. Rxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ra3 ({Not} 25... Bxb4 26. Nh5 $18) 26. Nge4 Rxc3 27. Nxc3 Bxb4 (27... Qa5 $142 28. e6 Qxb4) 28. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7]} g6 29. fxg6 {White mates.} hxg6 30. e6 Qxd4 31. Ne4 Qd3 32. exf7+ Kh7 33. Ng5+ Kh8 {[#]} 34. Bg7+ $1 {[%mdl 33344] Decoy. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 54%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 15,119,4,0,-1,0,0,0,-29,-20,-26,-25,-35,-29,-46,-19,-43,-64,-64,-56,-70,-70,-81,-84,-76,11,27,47,44,39,36,72,62,54,43,49,47,59,62,60,72,75,51,62,42,47,22,20,14,25,8,34,20,68,68,54,51,75,14,16,13,16,11,18,12,62,58,61,27,84,84,84,84,216,216,216,216,216,209,208,201,208,208,208,182,182,182,467,458,454,447,389,371,29967,29968,29966,29967,29968,29970,29974,29974,29974,29972,29971,29969,29987,29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. Bxd5 Bxd5 9. f4 {C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6.} f6 10. fxe5 Nxe5 {[#]} 11. Nf4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] The position is equal. An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Nf4 Qf7 13. c3 Bd6 14. d4 O-O-O 15. Qa4 a6 16. dxe5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 fxe5 {½-½ (79) Mons,L (2554)-Ragger,M (2701) Austria 2019}) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. c4 Bf7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qd4+.} 14. Rb1 b6 15. Qe1 Re8 {White must now prevent ...Nf3+!} 16. Qg3 Qd7 17. h3 Qa4 18. Rb3 Qxa2 19. Ne2 {Strongly threatening Ra3.} Qa4 ({Avoid the trap} 19... Qxc2 $2 20. Nd4 $18) ({Better is} 19... Bg6 $17 {...Nxd3 is the strong threat.} 20. Nd4 Qa5) 20. Rxf6 $1 $11 Qd7 21. Rf2 Ng6 22. Bb2 Qd6 23. Qxd6 ({But not} 23. Qf3 Be6 $11) 23... cxd6 24. Ng3 Be6 25. Nh5 Ne5 26. Rb5 Bf7 27. Ng3 Bg6 28. Rd5 Rad8 29. Bc3 h6 30. Rf1 Nc6 31. h4 Rf8 32. Re1 Bf7 (32... Rf4 {is interesting.} 33. Nh5 Rf7 34. Rb5 Rdd7 35. Ng3 Rf4) 33. Rb5 Rfe8 34. Rxe8+ $1 Bxe8 35. Nf5 Rd7 36. Rd5 (36. g4 $16) 36... Ne7 37. Nxe7+ Rxe7 38. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ba4 39. Bb4 Rf7 40. c3 Rd7 41. c5 bxc5 (41... Rxd6 $11 42. cxd6 a5) 42. Rxd7 $16 Bxd7 43. Bxc5 $11 {KB-KB} a5 {This move loses the game for Black.} (43... Bf5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 44. Kf2 $18 Kf7 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. c4 Bc6 {[#]} 47. g3 $1 Bg2 48. Bf8 Kf7 49. Ba3 Bf1 50. Kd4 g5 $2 (50... Ke6 {was worth a try.} 51. Kc3 h5) 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Kc3 Ke6 53. d4 g4 $2 (53... Kd7 $18 54. d5 a4) 54. Bc1 {White mates.} a4 55. d5+ Kd6 56. Kd4 Bg2 57. c5+ Kc7 58. Ke5 Bf3 59. Ke6 Bg2 60. d6+ {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PER"]

{[%evp 24,61,20,20,19,27,21,18,43,51,40,47,52,14,74,59,58,47,76,21,41,0,0,0,43,45,73,71,181,188,185,173,225,272,574,555,557,379,759,737]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b3 a5 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2 g6 {The position is equal.} 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Qe7 {[#]} 18. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qd3 Bb7 19. Rfd1 Rbd8 20. a3 bxa3 21. Nxa3 f5 22. Nb5 Nb4 23. Qe2 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 {1-0 (38) Balogh,C (2616)-Mamedov,R (2566) Moscow 2007}) 18... Be6 (18... Nd8 $11) 19. Rad1 f6 20. Rd3 Nd8 21. Rfd1 (21. f4 $16) 21... Nb7 22. h4 Rfd8 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Ne3 Rd7 25. f4 Rbd8 (25... Kh8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 26. f5 $18 Bg8 27. fxg6 {[#] Threatens to win with Nf5+.} hxg6 (27... Be6 $142 28. gxh7 Nc5) 28. Ng4 Bh7 $2 (28... Kh8 {is a better chance.} 29. Rf3 Qg7 30. Nxf6 Rf7) 29. Rf3 Rf8 30. Qh6+ Kh8 $2 {[#]} (30... Kg8 31. Rdf1 Qg7 32. Nxf6+ Rxf6 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7) 31. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin. Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 14,72,8,3,9,10,8,12,4,-2,40,49,31,22,43,52,40,27,73,68,77,85,70,9,11,11,11,12,13,9,6,9,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-3,-41,-35,-29,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. f4 c5 {[#]} 12. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c3 O-O 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Bc7 16. Nd2 Bb6 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Kh1 {1-0 (25) Wiedenkeller,M (2260)-Schneider,L (2450) Skien 1980}) 12... Bxc5 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 17. c3 Bd6 18. O-O (18. g3 $1 $14) 18... Bxf4 $11 19. Nd4 Bc7 20. Nxe6 Rfe8 {[#] And now ...Qd6 would win.} 21. Nxc7 Qxc7 22. Qf2 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 23. Rae1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Qh4 (25. Qf2 {feels hotter.} Qc5 26. h3 Re3 27. Ba6 Re7 28. Bd3) 25... Re3 26. Qd4 Qc5 27. Qxc5 bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Rd1 Kf7 29. h3 c4 30. Bf1 Re7 31. g4 {The position is equal.} h6 32. Bg2 Re2 33. Bxd5+ Nxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxb2 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. Rxa7 Rc2 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 18,75,-14,-13,-15,-2,0,-4,0,0,-4,-22,-22,-31,-18,-42,-18,-35,-27,-42,-16,-22,-14,-13,-6,-9,-4,-10,0,0,-3,-6,0,-18,-11,-30,-6,-31,-6,-6,-6,-5,-4,-4,0,-2,0,-4,-4,-6,-4,-6,-4,-7,0,-6,0,-14,0,-14]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 10...Nxd2. B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Qe2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qb6 14. Bg5 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Re8 15. b3 h6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Rec1 Rac8 18. Qd2 g5 19. h4 g4 20. Nh2 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 {1-0 (53) Woong,Z (2146)-Hill,A (2219) London 2018}) 15. exf6 exf6 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. h3 Rfe8 18. Qd2 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Qc3 Bd7 22. Nd2 Qc6 (22... Bf8 {keeps more tension.} 23. Nb3 h5 24. Nc5 Qc6 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Bb8 a6) 23. Qxc6 Bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 24. Bb8 a6 25. f4 Kf7 26. Kf2 Ke6 27. Ke3 Bf8 28. Nb3 {The position is equal.} Kd7 29. Ba7 Bd6 30. Nc5+ Bxc5 31. Bxc5 {KB-KB} h5 32. h4 Ke6 33. g3 Bb5 34. a3 Kf5 35. Be7 Ke6 36. Bc5 Kf5 37. Be7 Ke6 38. Bc5 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 21,77,26,25,20,26,20,31,0,3,5,6,9,15,17,14,12,12,11,13,9,13,14,15,11,14,2,8,2,5,0,0,-7,-7,-7,25,16,16,25,33,0,45,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,6,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,18,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 a6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 {10...Ba7 is vanishing.} 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32] D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Bd7 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. Ng5 {White is slightly better.} Be8 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Bd4 Bc6 20. Nc5 Bd5 21. Nd7 f6 22. Nb6 {[#]} Bb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Bc6 23. f3 Kf7 24. e4 Ke8 25. Bc4 Bd6 26. Kf2 Bc7 27. g3 e5 28. Bc5 Nf7 {½-½ (129) Goryachkina,A (2579)-Cramling,P (2470) Lausanne 2020}) 23. Nc8 Bf8 24. Bb6 Nc6 25. Bf3 Bd5 26. e4 Bb3 27. e5 Bd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 29. e6 g6 30. g4 Kg7 (30... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5g4]}) 31. f4 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g4] The position is equal.} 32. g5 Be7 $1 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Ke3 Ke8 35. h4 Bf8 36. Kd3 Be7 37. Ke3 Bf8 38. Kd3 Be7 39. Ke3 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 12,119,26,16,15,15,26,12,16,16,22,7,6,2,8,10,7,0,0,0,6,0,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,-17,9,11,8,16,20,18,15,0,25,0,22,20,29,0,0,0,14,14,14,16,24,0,0,0,18,11,14,7,11,18,18,14,20,-20,32,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Kd2 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c8][%mdl 32]} 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Nf3 Qxb3 12. axb3 {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Rhc1 Bb4 14. Kc2 Bh5 15. h3 Ke7 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Rag8 18. Rg1 Bxd3+ 19. Kxd3 {0-1 (24) Schreiber,K-Tomkovich,V ICCF corr 1981}) 13. Nh4 Kd7 14. f4 {[#] Strongly threatening f5.} Bxd3 15. Kxd3 Bb4 16. Rhe1 Nc8 17. e4 dxe4+ 18. Rxe4 Nd6 19. Re2 a5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. Nf5 Kc7 24. Rf1 Kb6 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. Nc2 Rg8 27. Rf2 Kc7 28. Re2 Bd6 29. g3 Rd8 30. Ne3 Bc5 31. Nf5 Rd5 32. Ke4 Bf8 33. g4 Rd8 34. Kd3 Bd6 35. Re4 Rg8 36. h3 Rd8 37. h4 Rg8 38. Nh6 Rg7 (38... Rg6 $11 39. g5 fxg5 40. fxg5 f6) 39. g5 fxg5 {The position is equal.} 40. fxg5 f6 $1 41. Nf5 Rg6 42. Ne7 Bxe7 43. Rxe7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. KR-KR} Kd6 44. gxf6 (44. Rxb7 {is more complex.} fxg5 45. hxg5 Rxg5 46. Rxh7 Rg3+ 47. Kc4) 44... Rxf6 45. Rxb7 Rh6 46. Ra7 Rxh4 47. Rxa5 Rh2 48. Kc3 Rh3+ 49. Kc4 Rh2 50. Rf5 Rc2+ 51. Kb4 Rxb2 52. Rh5 Rc2 53. Rxh7 Rc1 54. Rh5 Rc2 55. Rc5 Rxc5 56. dxc5+ Kd5 57. Ka5 {White threatens Kb6 and mate.} Kxc5 58. b4+ Kc4 59. Kb6 Kxb4 {( -> ...c5)} 60. Kxc6 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 24,59,27,13,15,10,29,-77,16,24,10,21,26,11,24,13,18,17,13,16,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rh4h2] [#] D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...g6.Black is better.} 16. Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h5]} Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 b6 19. Rd1 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Be3 Be7 {[%cal Rf6d5] [#]} 22. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Rd3 Nxd5 23. Rad1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bxf7 {½-½ (41) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Topalov,V (2741) Shamkir 2017}) 22... Bb4 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Bxd5 25. Nc4 Rfe8 26. f3 Kg8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Kf2 Rc8 29. Ne3 Bxb3 30. axb3 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 15,155,0,0,-29,11,12,4,0,26,34,47,30,74,68,79,71,70,64,129,74,53,-8,-14,-64,-67,-62,-62,-58,-59,-58,-66,-59,-63,-79,-71,-77,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-12,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-65,0,0,0,-62,0,-122,-129,-150,-138,-141,-140,-95,0,-12,-16,-16,-17,-37,-38,-31,0,-9,22,22,35,41,196,196,428,419,436,427,510,485,657,505,370,220,207,145,424,418,645,619,594,577,570,161,161,163,164,164,164,0,0,0,164,30,493,482,539,412,5626,5624,2892,2400,2024,1731,29972,29973,29973,29973,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29982,29983,29986,29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 {The position is equal.} g6 12. e4 {[#]} Ngf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... dxe4 13. Ngxe4 Ngf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Nb6 16. Qe3+ Kd7 17. Be5 Re8 18. Qh3+ Re6 {1-0 (43) Vitiugov,N (2720)-Tan,Z (2502) Caleta 2019}) 13. e5 Nh7 14. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7]} Ndf8 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Be5 Rg8 (16... Nf6 $1 $14) 17. f4 (17. O-O-O $142 $1) 17... Bxh4 $16 18. f5 (18. O-O $14 Bxg3 19. Qxg3) 18... Bxg3+ $1 $11 19. Bxg3 Qg5 $1 20. O-O Nf6 21. Bf4 Qg4 $1 (21... Qxf5 $2 22. Qe3 $18) 22. Nd1 Re8 $1 (22... gxf5 23. Ne3 $16) ({Of course not} 22... Qxf5 $6 23. Qb3 $14) 23. Ne3 {[#]} Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 24. Bxe3 (24. Qxe3 gxf5) 24... gxf5 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg4g2]} 25. Qc2 Ne6 (25... Ke6 $1 $17 26. Rf4 Qh3) 26. Rxf5 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Rxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Ke6 30. Raf1 Rg6 31. Re1+ Kd6 32. Rf5 d4 33. Ra5 a6 34. Rd1 Rg4 35. Rf5 Ke6 36. Rdf1 Rg6 37. R5f4 (37. b4 $11) 37... Ke5 38. Rf5+ Ke6 39. R5f4 Ke5 (39... c5 $15) 40. a4 (40. Rf5+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Ke6) 40... Nd5 $17 41. Rf5+ Ke4 42. Rxh5 Ne3 43. Rf2 d3 (43... Kd3 $17) 44. Rh4+ Rg4 45. Rh7 b5 46. Rh6 Nc4 {Hoping for ...d2.} 47. Rxc6 Ke3 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 48. axb5 axb5 49. Re6+ Kd4 {Strongly threatening ...d2.} 50. Re8 d2 $2 (50... b4 $1 $14) 51. Rd8+ $18 Kc5 $2 (51... Ke3 {was worth a try.}) 52. b3 Na5 53. Rf3 Rb4 54. Rxd2 Nxb3 55. Rc2+ Rc4 56. Rf5+ (56. Rxc4+ $142 Kxc4 57. Kf2) 56... Kd6 57. Ra2 {aiming for Ra6+.} ({Weaker is} 57. Rxb5 Rxc2 58. Rxb3 Ke5 $11) 57... Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Nc5 $16 58. Rd2+ Kc7 59. Rf7+ Kb6 60. Rd6+ Ka5 61. Ra7+ Kb4) 58. Ra6+ Rc6 (58... Nc6 $142 59. Rxb5 Kc7) 59. Rf6+ Kd5 {intending ...Rxa6.} 60. Rfxc6 Nxc6 {KR-KN} 61. Rb6 $2 (61. Kf2 {And now g4 would win.} Kc5 62. Ke3) 61... Kc5 62. Rb7 b4 63. Kf2 Na5 64. Rb8 $2 (64. Rc7+ $1 $18 Kd4 65. Ke2) 64... Nc6 $11 65. Rb7 $2 (65. Re8 $11 b3 66. Re2) 65... Na5 $18 {[#]} 66. Ra7 ({Only move:} 66. Rc7+ $1 $18 Kd4 67. Ke2) 66... Nc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (66... Nc4 $1 $11) 67. Ra1 $1 b3 68. Rc1+ Kb5 (68... Kd5 $142 69. Ke2 Ne5) 69. Ke3 Ne7 70. Kd2 Nd5 71. Rc8 Nf4 72. g4 {White mates.} Ne6 73. Kc3 Nc5 74. Kb2 Kb4 75. g5 Nd3+ 76. Kb1 Ne5 77. Re8 Nf3 78. g6 {What a bad dream for Black. Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 10,71,33,28,37,33,30,33,35,31,41,28,43,33,47,40,33,20,20,22,35,25,36,-4,54,8,21,26,103,117,117,111,103,102,105,77,119,96,108,107,113,104,96,80,105,-16,0,-29,0,-36,141,141,100,109,117,91,253,261,239,258,258,252,29977,29976]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. h3 c6 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3.} 7. Ng3 e5 {aiming for ...exd4.} 8. d5 a5 {White is slightly better.} 9. Be2 Na6 10. Be3 {[#]} cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rac1 a4 14. Bh6 cxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exd5 Qb6 {0-1 (34) Papadopoulos,N (2205)-Pancevski,F (2498) Thessaloniki 2018}) 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Nf1 a4 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. O-O Ne8 16. Qc2 Qc7 (16... Nd6 $11) 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. Nc4 Ra5 (18... Nxc4 $11 {remains equal.} 19. Bxc4 Ra5) 19. Nxa5 $16 Qxa5 20. b3 a3 21. Qd2 h5 22. Na4 Qa7 23. Qe3 $1 b6 24. Nc3 Kh7 25. g4 Bh6 26. g5 Bg7 27. f4 (27. h4 $1 $16) 27... exf4 $11 28. Qxf4 Qb8 29. Qg3 Re8 $2 {[#]} (29... b5 $15 {stays ahead.}) 30. Rf6 $1 $16 Bxf6 31. gxf6 b5 32. Bxh5 $1 Nxe4 $2 {[#] Now Black is done in.} ({Wrong is} 32... b4 $2 {[#]} 33. Bxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Qh6 $18) (32... Nf5 $16 {was worth a try.} 33. Qxb8 Rxb8) 33. Bxg6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 34. Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 35. Nxe4 Qe5 $2 (35... Rxe4 $18 36. f7+ (36. Qxe4 Qg3+ 37. Qg2 Qe3+ 38. Qf2 Qg5+ 39. Qg2 Qe3+ 40. Qf2 Qg5+ 41. Qg2 Qe3+ $18) 36... Kxf7 37. Qxe4 Qg3+ 38. Qg2 Qd6 39. Qf3+ Bf5) 36. Qh6 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 18,138,6,-11,-5,-14,-1,-11,0,-20,-25,-45,-37,-44,-50,-53,-34,-53,-41,-53,-53,-53,-65,-63,-58,-70,-64,-72,-69,-64,-31,-34,-30,-21,-18,-18,-16,-19,-19,-30,-22,-19,-29,-29,-29,-71,-53,-114,-92,-112,-119,-182,-168,-220,-221,-333,-325,-335,-315,-338,-338,-266,-172,-324,-321,-304,-315,-310,-214,-306,-305,-593,-592,-595,-560,-626,-588,-1026,-1022,-784,-435,-587,-370,-367,-144,-144,-144,-144,-144,-5095,-146,-143,-147,-143,-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]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Nb5 Qd8 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bf4 Ne4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ke7 {[#]} 13. Nbd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. O-O Bd7 15. Nbd4 Rhd8 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Nb3 Ng4 18. Rfe1 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 {0-1 (40) Pierrot,J (2422)-Alonso,S (2489) Mar del Plata 2009}) 13... Bd7 14. Nxc6+ Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Be2 e5 17. Nb3 Rac8 18. Bf3 Nd6 19. O-O-O Be6 20. Bd5 b6 21. Bxe6 Kxe6 22. Rd3 Ne4 23. Rhd1 a5 24. a4 h5 25. Rd7 Rc6 26. Ra7 Nd6 27. Nd2 Rhc8 28. Kc2 R6c7 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 30. Kd3 f5 31. Ke2 g5 32. h3 (32. g3 $15) 32... h4 33. e4 fxe4 34. Rf1 {[#]} (34. Ra1 $17) 34... g4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 35. hxg4 (35. Rf8 $142) 35... Rg7 36. Rh1 (36. Rf2 $142) 36... Rxg4 37. Rh2 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Nf1 (38. Kxe3 Rxa4) 38... Rxa4 39. Nxe3 Rf4 40. Kd3 $2 {[#]} (40. Rh3 {only move.}) 40... Rf2 $1 {( -> ...e4+)} 41. c4 Rf4 ({Resist} 41... Rxb2 42. Rxh4 a4 43. Rh6+ Kd7 44. Rh3 $19) 42. b3 Rd4+ 43. Kc2 {[#]} (43. Ke2 {might work better.}) 43... a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Rh3 $2 (44. bxa4 Nxc4 45. Nxc4 Rxc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kb3) 44... axb3+ 45. Kxb3 Rd3+ 46. Kb4 e4 47. Nd5 Rxh3 48. gxh3 {KN-KN} Ke5 {aiming for ...Kd4.} 49. Kc3 b5 50. Ne7 {intending Ng6+.} bxc4 $2 (50... Kf4 $1 $19 51. Nd5+ Kg3) 51. Ng6+ $17 Kd5 52. Nxh4 Nb5+ 53. Kc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Kd2 $17) 53... Nd4+ $2 (53... e3 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 54. Ng2 Ke4) 54. Kc3 {[#]} Ne2+ $1 55. Kd2 {[#]} Nf4 (55... Ng3 $1 $17 56. Ng2 Kd4) 56. Nf5 $11 {The position is equal.} Kc5 (56... Ke5 $5 57. Ne3 $8 Nxh3 $11) 57. h4 Kb4 {[#]} 58. Ke3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} c3 {Strongly threatening ...Ng2+.} 59. Nd4 Kc4 {Threatens to win with ...Kd5.} (59... Ng2+ {looks sharper.} 60. Kxe4 Nxh4 61. Kd3 Ng2 62. Nc6+ Kb3) 60. Kxe4 Nd5 61. Nc2 Nf6+ 62. Kf5 Nh5 63. Kg4 Nf6+ 64. Kf5 Ng8 65. h5 Kd3 66. Na3 c2 {[#]} 67. Nxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc2 68. Kg5 Kd3 69. h6 Nxh6 $1 {Whites escaped into a draw. Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 23,60,0,3,6,3,2,10,7,15,13,13,8,4,11,5,9,0,0,12,2,0,0,11,11,11,12,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7.} Qxd5 $1 {The main line 13...Qxd5 scores better than 13...exf3.} 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Bxg2 c5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxb2 {[#]} 22. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. h3 Be2 23. Bd5 g5 24. Ra2 Rxa2 25. Bxa2 Re8 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxg5+ Kf7 28. Rf5+ {½-½ (44) Fedorchuk,S (2621)-Inarkiev,E (2693) Mali Losinj 2019}) 22... Rfb8 23. Bf1 Be2 24. Rac1 {[#] White threatens Rc8+ and mate.} g6 (24... Kf8 {feels hotter.} 25. Bxe2 Rxe2 26. Rc6 Ra8 27. R1c5 g6) 25. Bxe2 (25. e6 $5 fxe6 26. Bxe2 Rxe2 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kf7 29. Rc6 $11) 25... Rxe2 {The position is equal.} 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ $11 {KR-KR} Kg7 28. Rc6 Rxe5 29. Rxa6 g5 30. Kg2 h5 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 13,61,7,12,6,9,0,26,11,10,8,16,14,19,17,17,12,16,16,16,25,47,52,54,56,193,16,18,19,43,38,95,87,82,80,81,72,70,33,31,25,88,16,12,16,16,20,14,19,18,9]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 {7.Be2 gains popularity. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} Nh5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nxf4 9. exf4 c6 10. O-O {White has an edge.} b6 11. b4 a5 12. a3 $1 Qc7 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 {14.Re1 is not played anymore.} Rxa6 15. Qe2 Ra7 16. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 bxc5 ({Black should try} 18... e5 $1 $14) 19. bxc5 $2 {[#]} ({White must play} 19. fxe6 $18 cxd4 20. exd7 Qxd7 21. Na2 (21. Nxd4 Bxb4 22. Qb2 Bc5 $18)) 19... e5 $1 $11 20. dxe5 Bxc5 21. Na4 {e6 is the strong threat.} Re8 (21... Be7 $14) 22. Nxc5 $16 Nxc5 {[#]} 23. Qe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Nd4 Ne4 24. e6 c5 25. Qb5 Rf8 26. Nc6 fxe6 27. Ra7 Qd6 28. Qb7 Qc7 29. Qb5 {1-0 (29) Kempinski,R (2580)-Neverov,V (2489) Legnica 2013}) 23... Ne4 24. Ra7 Qb8 25. Qa3 h6 26. Kg2 c5 {[#]} (26... Qb1 $11) 27. Rd7 (27. Qa1 $1 $16) 27... Rd8 {The position is equal.} 28. e6 fxe6 $1 29. fxe6 Re8 30. Rxd5 {Strongly threatening Qd3.} Rxe6 31. Qd3 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 10,131,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,15,16,5,11,9,10,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,-6,-72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,57,60,56,37,41,34,46,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,91,91,91,91,91,63,80,76,100,83,86,0,39,47,59,59,45,164,177,193,436,433,426,418,339,137,405,405,405,405,397,398,850,1011,1214,1209,1191,1152,1101,658,11585,6095,29949,12672,29952,29957,29965,29965,29976,29977,29979,29979,29978,29979,29978,29971,29969,29971,29966,29972,29973,29974,29974,29974,29975,29976,29977,29978,29986,29978,29978,29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 {The position is equal.} 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 10.Nf3. Played by Fabiano Caruana in March 2020.} Re8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. d6 Bf8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5c7,Bc7d5][%mdl 32] [#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Re6 16. Bf4 a6 17. Nc7 Re4 18. Bh2 Rc8 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Bd3 Nxh2 22. Bxe4 Nxf1 23. Qxf1 Bxd6 {1-0 (34) Caruana,F (2842)-Alekseenko,K (2698) Ekaterinburg 2020}) 16. Bf4 a6 17. Nc7 Re4 18. Bg3 Bxf3 ({Black should try} 18... Nb6 $1 $17) 19. Bxf3 $11 ({Much weaker is} 19. Rxf3 Rd4 $17) 19... Rd4 20. Qe1 $1 Bxd6 21. Nd5 $1 Bxg3 22. Qxg3 Kh8 23. Rad1 Qf8 (23... Rc8 $11) 24. Rxd4 $14 cxd4 25. b4 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Nf6 27. Qe5 Nxd5 28. cxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for Rxf7! KQR-KQR} f6 29. Qxd4 {Black must now prevent d6.} Rd8 30. Re1 h6 (30... Qd6 $11) 31. Re6 $16 {d6 is the strong threat.} Qf7 {Threatens to win with ...Qxe6!} 32. Qe4 Qc7 33. a4 Kg8 34. Re7 Qb6+ 35. Kh1 {White threatens Qg6! and mate.} Qd6 36. a5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} (36. Rxb7 $16 {aiming for Qg4!} Qxd5 37. Qe7 Qd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kh2 Qd6+ 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40. Kg3) 36... f5 37. Qe6+ Qxe6 38. dxe6 $14 {KR-KR} Rd1+ ({Black should play} 38... Rd6 $1 $14) 39. Kh2 $18 Re1 40. Kg3 Re4 $2 (40... g5 {was called for.} 41. h4 (41. Rxb7 Re3+ 42. Kf2 Rxe6 $16) 41... Kf8 42. Rxb7 Rxe6) 41. Rxb7 Rxe6 42. Kf4 g6 {[#]} 43. Kf3 (43. g4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 43... Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (43... g5 $16 {was worth a try.} 44. g3 Kf8) 44. Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6e6]} Re4 45. Rxa6 Rxb4 46. Rxg6 Rb5 $2 (46... Rb3+ 47. Kf2 Rb5) 47. a6 h5 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. Rc6 h4 50. Kg5 Rb2 51. Kxf5 Rf2+ 52. Kg4 Rxg2+ 53. Kxh4 {White mates.} Rg1 54. Kh5 Rg3 55. h4 Kg7 56. Rc7+ Kf6 57. a7 Ra3 58. Kg4 Ra4+ 59. Kf3 Kg6 60. Ke3 Kh5 61. Kd3 Ra1 62. Kd4 Kxh4 63. Kc5 Kg5 64. Kb6 Kf6 65. Kb7 Rb1+ 66. Kc8 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 66%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 15,73,0,39,-20,-18,-14,14,0,0,0,0,0,6,10,9,13,19,0,18,7,27,20,72,73,66,73,94,90,110,102,107,100,162,166,263,225,339,322,407,439,403,405,373,341,371,438,432,420,703,691,783,797,4710,4686,4678,4132,1304,1129,927,902]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Be3 {C15: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Unusual White 4th moves.} (9. Bd3 $14) 9... Nbd7 10. Nf3 {[#]} Nxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... e5 11. Qc4 O-O 12. Be2 Re8 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. Bf3 Bf5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 {½-½ (42) Westphal,W-Woll,W Mecklenburg VP 1993}) 11. Qg3 {The position is equal.} Qxg3 12. hxg3 b6 13. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} O-O 14. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Hoping for axb6. Black is under pressure.} Bb7 15. Ne5 Be4 16. Nd3 Nd5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. c4 Nb4 (18... Nf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Nxb4 $16 cxb4 20. Bd3 Bg6 {Black is on the road to losing.} ({Avoid the trap} 20... Bxg2 $2 21. Rh2 $18) 21. Ke2 Rfc8 22. Rhb1 f5 23. Rxb4 e5 (23... Rc7 $16) 24. Ke3 $18 Rc5 (24... a6 $142 25. Rb7 Rc5) 25. a6 Rd8 (25... e4 $142) 26. Rb5 f4+ 27. gxf4 exf4+ 28. Kxf4 Rc6 29. Ke3 Bf7 30. Rb7 Bxc4 31. Rxa7 Bxd3 (31... Re6+ $142 32. Kd2 Kf8) 32. cxd3 {KRR-KRR. White is clearly winning.} Rc3 33. Rb7 Rcxd3+ 34. Ke2 Rd2+ 35. Ke1 Rc2 36. a7 Re8+ 37. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 11,86,10,16,25,24,24,29,31,22,14,14,1,12,11,7,0,0,-14,-6,-12,-12,-13,-11,-17,0,-12,-7,-12,-5,-4,-6,-6,-9,-12,-9,-11,-22,-25,-1,-18,0,-5,0,-11,-11,-11,-12,-166,-166,-204,-196,-284,-284,-278,-272,-318,-311,-385,-386,-396,-384,-364,-377,-363,-366,-478,-422,-505,-505,-505,-472,-480,-475,-469,-392,-566,-447]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations.} c5 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 {White has an edge.} Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Qb6 {[#]} 13. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nf3 Rfd8 14. e4 Be8 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Rd6 Qa5 18. Rad1 Nf5 19. R6d2 {1-0 (41) Nakamura,H (2761)-Radjabov,T (2759) Moscow 2019}) 13... Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Bc6 16. h3 Rxd4 17. Rxd4 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Bb5 Qd7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qd3 a6 22. Bh4 b5 (22... g5 $5 23. Bg3 $8 Nd7 $11) 23. b3 g5 24. Bg3 Nd7 25. Ne2 Nc5 26. Qd4 Ne4 27. f3 Nxg3 28. Nxg3 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 $2 {This costs White the game.} (29. Nf1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 29... Qc7 $19 30. f4 {[#]} Bc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 31. Qc3 (31. Qd3 {was necessary.}) 31... gxf4 32. Ne4 fxe3+ 33. g3 Bd6 34. Qxe3 Qc2+ 35. Kh1 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qxa2+ 37. Kf3 Be7 38. Qc3 Qb1 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qe8 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Kg7 ({Less strong is} 41... Qxe4 42. Qxf7+ Kh8 43. Qxe7 $15) 42. Qxe7 Qxe4 43. b4 (43. Qc5 $142) 43... Qd4+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 11,137,10,6,0,0,-25,-23,-20,-31,-45,0,-37,-31,-31,-24,-78,-22,-29,-39,-22,-25,-43,-16,-20,0,-54,-37,-45,-11,-66,17,13,42,17,23,25,47,52,57,31,34,23,30,35,53,47,49,49,72,62,91,69,70,53,48,46,65,65,66,46,69,37,35,33,33,38,79,46,43,44,47,55,70,76,287,27,41,0,260,24,31,22,69,58,86,36,69,77,143,144,144,144,141,145,156,166,194,101,188,0,192,183,223,108,108,108,109,60,62,41,106,28,41,41,43,9,89,89,89,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5.} Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qd7 9. Bb5 {Black has an edge.} Nc6 {[#]} 10. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rg1 Rc8 11. Na4 Qd6 12. Bd2 Qxh2 13. Ke2 h5 14. Rac1 h4 15. Qd3 Be7 16. Rh1 {1-0 (39) Istratescu,A (2633)-Graf,F (2378) Deizisau 2012}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Bd6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rc1 (13. Kg2 $11 {remains equal.}) 13... Rfc8 (13... e5 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Qh3+.} 14. Kg2 e4) 14. Kg2 $11 Qe7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qd3 e5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bc3 (18. h4 $11) 18... Qg5+ $15 19. Kf1 Qh4 20. b3 (20. Rg1 $11) 20... Nd7 (20... Qh3+ $15 21. Ke2 Nd7) 21. Qf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Rg1! Black is under pressure.} Qe7 22. Rg1 g6 23. h4 Be5 24. h5 Re8 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Rg3 Qh4 27. Qh3 Qxh3+ 28. Rxh3 Rac8 29. Nc5 Re7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. f4 Nd7 33. Rhh1 Kf6 34. Kf3 Nxc5 35. Rxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ke6 36. Rhc1 Kd6 37. b4 Rb7 38. a3 Rcc7 39. f5 gxf5 40. Kf4 a6 41. Kxf5 Rb5 42. Kf6 Rb8 $2 {[#]} (42... Rc8 $16) 43. Ra5 $2 ({Only move:} 43. e4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 43... Ra7 $11 44. Rac5 $2 (44. e4 $14) 44... Rc7 $18 {[#]} 45. Rh1 $2 (45. e4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 45... Rg8 46. Rh6 Rg2 47. Kf5+ Kd7 48. Rc2 Rc8 49. Rf6 Rg7 (49... Ke7 $142) 50. Rc5 $16 Rh7 51. Kf4 Rh4+ 52. Kf3 Rh7 53. Ke2 Rg7 54. Ra5 (54. Kd3 $18) 54... Ra8 (54... Ke7 $16 {might work better.} 55. Rh6 Rg6 56. Rxg6 fxg6 57. Rxa6 Kd7) 55. Rc5 Rc8 56. Kd3 Rh7 57. Ra5 (57. f4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 57... Ke7 58. Rf4 Ra8 59. a4 Rh6 60. b5 c5 (60... cxb5 $1 $14 61. axb5 Rb6) 61. bxa6 ({White should play} 61. e4 $16) 61... Rhxa6 62. Rxc5 {aiming for Rc7+.} Rxa4 63. Rc7+ Kd6 (63... Ke6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 64. Rfxf7 Ra2 65. Rfd7+ (65. Rc3 $16) 65... Ke6 $11 {The position is equal.} 66. Re7+ Kd6 {...R8a3+ is the strong threat.} 67. Red7+ Ke6 68. Re7+ Kd6 {And now ...R8a3+ would win.} 69. Red7+ {Black defended with fortune. Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 24,65,38,29,38,38,33,18,8,9,7,2,6,6,14,5,9,10,17,23,19,5,7,7,7,7,10,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. cxd4 b5 {D88: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: 10 Be3 cxd4 11 cxd4.} 14. Bxb5 Nxd4 $1 {[#]} 15. Bxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxb5 17. Re1 a6 18. a4 Bd7 19. Bc5 {½-½ (19) Dedina,M (2354)-Schaub,M (2291) ICCF email 2017}) 15... Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qxd7 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. Rb1 Qc6 19. Rdc1 Qd7 20. Qb5 Rfd8 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 24. Rd7 e6 25. Ra7 Rxa7 26. Bxa7 {KB-KB} Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke2 Kd6 29. Kd3 Kc6 30. Kc4 Be5 31. h3 h5 32. a4 Bd6 33. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 13,76,14,15,22,16,19,34,13,30,22,41,0,0,0,35,21,37,1,13,2,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,-18,0,0,0,-24,-27,-49,-49,-43,-43,-55,-29,-50,-49,-54,-41,-78,-78,-78,-68,-71,-69,-72,-69,-302,-84,-78,-56,-82,-6,-14,-1,-47,-14,-24,0,-45,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Bb4 {10...Be7 is setting a new trend.} 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 f5 {[#]} 14. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. O-O Nxg3 15. hxg3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Qe2 h5 18. Ne5 Nc6 19. f4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 {½-½ (33) Stavropoulos,K (2001)-Zherebtsova,A (2203) Rhodes 2019}) 14... Be7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rac1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bd6 19. Bb5 Nc6 20. Rc2 g5 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rfc1 g4 23. Ne1 h5 24. Nd3 h4 25. Nf4 Rf7 26. Na2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qf6 {Threatens to win with ...hxg3.} 28. Rd2 Rh7 29. Nc3 a6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Qc2 Qh6 {aiming for ...h3.} 32. a4 $2 {[#]} (32. Kf1 $15) 32... Rh8 $2 ({Weaker is} 32... hxg3 33. fxg3 Qf8 34. Kf2 $15) (32... h3 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 33. gxh3 Bxf4) 33. Nce2 Qf6 34. b3 Rh6 (34... b5 $17) 35. Rc1 Qh8 36. Qd2 Rh7 37. Qc2 Rh6 38. Qd2 Rh7 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 15,153,28,25,18,25,0,0,7,9,13,13,8,25,41,48,35,32,66,29,31,43,21,116,100,121,19,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,-34,0,-43,-36,-62,-53,-53,-57,-63,-64,-78,-37,-51,-42,-61,-52,-68,-33,-118,-120,-127,-123,-127,-124,-110,-60,-35,-51,-73,-26,-37,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-3,-3,-3,-4,-4,-8,-7,0,-19,-19,-30,-14,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-20,-20,-20,-24,-20,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-11,-11,-11,-20,-20,-20,-20,-24,-24,-24,-24,-28,-16,-20,-20,-24,-24,-24,-16,-28,-16,-28,-18,-18,-18,-18,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} d6 9. a3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} O-O 10. Ne2 Qd7 11. Ng3 Nd8 {[#]} 12. Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ba2 c5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Re1 Rae8 15. c4 Bd8 16. h3 Bb6 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Qd2 bxc4 19. Bxc4 {0-1 (42) Wei,Y (2734)-Yu,Y (2759) Ningbo 2018}) 12... Ne6 13. Ng5 Bd8 14. f4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rxf4 h6 17. Nh3 Kh8 18. Qf3 d5 (18... c5 $1 $11) 19. e5 $16 Nh7 {[#]} 20. d4 (20. Qg3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg3g7]} Rg8 21. d4) 20... Bg5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 21. Qg4 ({But not} 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Rg4 f6 $15) 21... g6 22. Nxh6 $1 Qxg4 23. Nxg4 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Bc8 25. Nf2 c6 26. c3 (26. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5]}) 26... Kg7 27. Bc2 Ng5 28. Re1 Bd7 29. Re3 Rh8 30. Rg3 Ne6 31. N4d3 Rh4 32. Bd1 c5 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. dxc5 Re8 35. Re3 ({White should try} 35. Ng4 $1 $15) 35... d4 $17 36. cxd4 Rxd4 37. b4 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. bxa5 Ra8 39. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3a8]} Rxa5 40. c6 Be6 {Threatens to win with ...Rda4.} 41. Ne4 b4 42. axb4 Rxe5 {And now ...f5 would win.} 43. Rc3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Bc8 44. Ra3 Rxb4 45. Nd6 Be6 46. c7 Rb1+ 47. Kf2 Rc1 48. Ra7 Rec5 49. h3 Kh6 50. Nxf7+ (50. c8=R {with more complications.} Bxc8 51. Nxf7+ Kg7 52. Nd6+ Kf8 53. Nxc8 Rxc8 54. Be4) 50... Bxf7 {[#]} 51. c8=Q $1 {[%mdl 512] Qh8+ would kill now.} Rxc8 52. Rxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} R8c4 53. Kg3 Rc7 (53... Rb1 {feels hotter.} 54. Rf4 Rc5 55. h4 Rb6 56. Rf7 Rc3) 54. Rxc7 Rxc7 {KR-KB} 55. h4 Kg7 56. Kh3 Kf6 57. g3 Rc3 58. Be4 {[#]} Re3 $1 59. Bc6 Kf5 60. Bd7+ Ke5 61. Kg4 Kf6 62. Bc6 Rc3 63. Bb7 Rc4+ 64. Kh3 Ke5 65. Bf3 Kd4 66. Kg2 Ke3 67. Bb7 Rb4 {( -> ...Rb2+)} 68. Bc6 Rb2+ 69. Kg1 Ke2 70. Be4 Rb4 71. Bxg6 {The position is equal.} Kf3 72. Kh2 Kf2 73. Kh3 Rb3 74. Kg4 Rxg3+ 75. Kf5 Rh3 76. h5 Rxh5+ 77. Bxh5 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 15,117,7,16,13,13,0,4,-2,0,-4,-14,-15,-15,-18,-25,-24,0,0,4,11,33,33,33,40,40,35,35,28,129,126,120,109,151,149,149,156,162,158,160,158,146,156,159,170,171,168,175,183,223,217,247,252,252,251,260,254,283,262,376,377,465,463,519,513,502,491,527,458,461,459,515,510,770,763,740,724,697,685,861,819,1127,1060,1778,1739,1568,1558,5527,5618,5658,5410,3360,3154,2429,2319,1629,1333,29970,29969,29972,29973,29978,29977,29976,29980]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 10. c3 Nf8 11. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Be6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Bf1 Bd5 {[#]} 15. Qd1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd2 f5 16. c4 Be6 17. Nf3 f4 18. Bd2 Bf5 19. Qc3 {½-½ (53) Kholmov,R (2465)-Zaitseva,L (2360) Moscow 1997}) 15... Nf4 16. Nd2 Qf5 {[#] Hoping for ...Nxh3+!} 17. Qg4 Be6 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bc7 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Na5 Be6 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} (21... Reb8 $11) 22. Nxb7 $16 Rab8 23. Nc5 Kf8 24. g3 Bd6 25. b4 Re7 26. Bg2 Rc8 27. a3 f5 28. Re2 Rcc7 29. Rae1 Bc8 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Nd3 Bd7 32. Re5 Bd8 33. Ra5 Be8 34. Rxf5 f6 35. Rc5 g5 36. Bf3 Re7 (36... Rc8 $142 37. Rc4 Ke7) 37. Bxc6 $18 Bb6 38. Rf5 Bg6 39. Rxf6+ Kg7 40. Rf3 Bc7 41. Ne5 Bxe5 42. dxe5 Rxe5 43. Re3 Rxe3 (43... Kf6 $142 44. c4 Rxe3 45. fxe3 Ke5) 44. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kf6 45. Kf2 Ke5 46. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bf5 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Be6 49. a5 Bc4 50. Kg3 Bd3 51. Kg4 Kd6 52. Bf3 Ke5 53. Kg5 Bc4 54. h5 Bd3 55. Bc6 Bc4 56. Bd7 {White mates.} Bd3 57. b5 Be4 58. b6 axb6 59. axb6 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 24,62,44,41,60,50,46,37,45,33,39,24,41,29,27,27,64,59,62,54,52,59,45,0,0,0,57,58,88,75,75,75,75,75,69,12,41,12,12,12,14]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. h3 Bh5 {D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7.} 14. Re1 Rc8 15. e3 {[#]} Qa5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. Ne2 Bb4 17. Rf1 Bg6 18. Nf4 Be4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxd5 Qb2 21. Nxb4 Nxb4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1-0 (31) Adamowicz,M (2046)-Zolnierowicz,K (2167) Lazy 2013}) 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 d4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qxd4 Bb4 {[#] And now ...Rd8 would win.} 21. Red1 Rd6 22. Qc4 Rc6 23. Qd4 Rd6 24. Qc4 Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c4]} 25. Qd3 $1 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Qxa2 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 $14 {KQR-KQR} 29. Qc4 (29. Qc3 $14) 29... Rb8 $11 30. Rd7 Qxb3 31. Qxb3 Rxb3 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 31,66,0,18,32,22,-11,-15,-8,0,-40,-40,-27,-50,-31,0,0,0,0,19,22,49,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1 Na5 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rdc8 17. Ke2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} e6 18. Bd2 exd5 19. exd5 b6 {[#]} 20. Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rhe1 Nb7 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 bxc5 24. Rb1 Re8+ 25. Kf1 Bc8 26. Rb8 {½-½ (37) Dijksman,L (2090)-Ledford,S (2021) IECC email 1999}) 20... Re8+ 21. Be3 Ba4 22. Rc7 Rad8 23. Rxa7 Rxd5 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. Bc4 Bb5 26. Rc7 {[#] aiming for Bxb5.} Nd4+ {The position is equal.} 27. Kf1 {And now Nxd4 would win.} Nxf3 28. gxf3 Bxc4+ 29. R1xc4 b5 30. Rc8 Rdd8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rb4 Ra8 33. Rxb5 h5 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 9,78,6,30,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,16,-22,-10,-21,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-14,-9,0,-21,-17,-15,-19,-24,-20,-40,-29,-28,-32,-31,0,0,0,-21,-31,-73,-57,-133,-128,-150,-106,-115,-80,-77,-78,-87,-59,-77,-38,-76,-44,-74,-27,-25,-27,-505,-504,-479,-460]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Nb3 {The position is equal.} Bg4 9. O-O Nd7 {[#]} 10. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nfd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxc5 13. Be3 O-O 14. f4 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. b3 {0-1 (41) Svidler,P (2751)-Laznicka,V (2676) Tromsoe 2014}) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Nd3 Be7 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Qh5 Kg8 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. a3 Qa4 19. c3 a5 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. h3 Nf5 23. Rfe1 Rc4 24. g3 Qc6 25. Qf3 h5 26. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4d5]} g6 27. Rd2 b5 28. Nd3 g5 29. Qg2 (29. Qd1 $15) 29... Kf8 $17 30. Kh2 Ke7 31. Qh1 Rd8 32. Red1 Re4 33. Qg2 Qc4 34. Kg1 Rg8 35. Qh1 Rg6 36. Qg2 {[#]} Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qh1 (37. gxh4 gxh4) 37... g4 {And now ...Nf3+ would win.} 38. gxh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. b3 $1 $11 Qxb3 39. gxh4) 38... gxh3+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 39. Kf1 {[#] aiming for f3.} h2 $1 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 9,60,27,11,3,20,3,0,12,20,10,17,4,3,10,45,39,30,-5,54,52,59,59,67,60,60,37,66,37,75,61,70,75,55,64,75,63,43,4,4,4,8,4,7,-5,-6,-6,-6,-8,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Ne3 Na6 10. Qc2 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Nb4 11. Qb1 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Nbd5 12. Nxe4 Nxe3 {[#]} 13. fxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. dxe3 Bf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. e4 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Bg6 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Bh7 19. Bf4 {1-0 (41) Navara,D (2745)-Balogh,C (2635) Achaea 2016}) 13... Nxe4 ({Better is} 13... Bf5 $11 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6) 14. Qxe4 $14 Qh5 15. Bf3 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. d3 Bf6 18. Rb1 a5 19. Bd2 Be6 20. a3 g5 21. Bc3 g4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Bg2 Ke7 {The position is equal.} 24. O-O Rh5 25. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rb5 26. Rfc1 axb4 27. Rxb4 Rxb4 28. axb4 Ra2 29. b5 Rxe2 30. bxc6 bxc6 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 20,66,0,0,0,0,8,-6,-1,-15,-14,-14,-16,-15,-18,-16,0,-3,0,-8,-14,-33,-39,-77,-60,-56,-50,-61,-42,-117,-116,-204,-204,-325,-333,-313,-306,-337,-327,-327,-310,-370,-396,-562,-533,-29968,-29972,-5413,-534]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. O-O e5 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} 12. Nc2 Nc6 13. Ne3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 14. c4 Rc8 15. Rb1 b6 16. Nd5 Bc5 17. e3 Qd7 18. Bc3 Rfd8 {[#]} 19. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rb2) 19... Bg4 20. Bf3 h5 21. Rbd1 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxb6!} Bxf3 22. Qxf3 {And now Nf6+! would win.} Qg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 23. Kg2 f6 24. h3 ({Better is} 24. e4 $15) 24... Qxc4 $17 25. e4 (25. Rd2 $17) 25... Ne7 $19 26. Ba1 (26. Nxe7+ $142 Bxe7 27. Bd2) 26... Nxd5 ({Don't take} 26... Qxa2 27. Nxe7+ Bxe7 28. Qxh5 $19) 27. exd5 Qxa2 28. Qf5 Rc7 29. g4 h4 30. Kh1 {White hopes to continue with g5.} Rf7 31. Rd3 (31. g5 {was necessary.} Rxd5 32. Qc8+ Bf8 33. Qe6) 31... Rxd5 32. Qe6 {[#]} Qe2 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Qxd5 Qxf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 9,117,16,16,16,16,11,13,20,40,31,39,42,56,48,49,47,57,48,39,43,43,10,17,0,17,-8,-8,-8,-10,-10,38,39,31,31,24,30,43,43,34,5,10,5,9,10,13,0,0,0,43,43,43,43,45,45,59,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,18,18,18,18,18,20,9,25,25,25,18,25,25,25,24,24,24,24,25,25,25,25,25,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nd4 4. d3 e6 5. Be3 e5 6. Nd5 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} Ne7 7. Nec3 d6 8. g3 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... h5 9. h3 Be6 10. Bg2 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bd7 12. Ne4 f5 13. Nd2 g5 14. c3 f4 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. cxd4 cxd4 {1-0 (39) Krzyzanowski,A (2356)-Jankowiak,A (2343) ICCF email 2017}) 9. Nxd5 Be6 10. c3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Bg5 15. Kh1 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Rf2 Qd7 19. h3 $1 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Bxf5 22. Rf1 Rf8 23. Kh2 b6 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. d4 Be6 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Qf3 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Qe6 (28... Qe7 {is more complex.} 29. Bf4 cxd4 30. cxd4 Qe2+ 31. Qg2 Qe6) 29. Qxe6 Nxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 30. d5 Nc7 31. c4 b5 32. b3 bxc4 33. bxc4 Kg8 34. Bf4 Ne8 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. g4 Nc7 38. Ke4 Na8 39. Kd3 Nb6 40. Bg5+ Ke8 41. Kc3 a6 42. Kb3 Kd7 43. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ke8 44. a5 Nd7 45. Kc3 Ne5 46. Bf4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxe5.} Nf7 $1 47. Kd3 g6 48. Ke4 Ke7 49. h4 Kd7 50. h5 Ke7 {The position is equal.} 51. hxg6 hxg6 52. Bg3 Kd7 53. Ke3 Ke8 54. Bf4 Kd7 55. Kd3 Ke8 56. Ke4 Kd7 57. Kd3 Ke8 58. Ke4 Kd7 59. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 12,74,23,6,29,13,30,24,32,30,39,-6,-25,-18,103,101,87,82,85,50,107,41,59,22,21,29,32,32,32,14,15,16,114,114,116,114,122,118,148,144,145,-213,-195,-273,-255,-29984,-29985,-29987,-29988,-29988,-360,-1221,-1221,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. Nbd2 g5 {White has an edge.} 10. Nc4 g4 11. Nfd2 h5 12. Nf1 g3 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory.} (12... h4 $1 $11) 13. Nxg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. hxg3 Bg4 14. Qc2 h4 15. Be3 h3 16. f3 hxg2 17. Qxg2 Bh3 18. Qh2 Rh7 19. Bxa7 Bxf1 {0-1 (31) Rakhmangulova,A (2219)-Bordovsky,V (2351) Mukachevo 2018}) 13... Bg4 14. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rg8 15. Ne3 Qd7 ({Black should play} 15... Bxe3 $1 $14 16. Bxe3 h4) 16. Ngf5 (16. Nef5 $16) 16... Bxe3 $1 $14 17. Rxe3 {White wants to play Nh6.} ({Don't go for} 17. Nxe3 $2 Bf3 $19) 17... Bxf5 18. exf5 O-O-O {[%cal Ba8d8,Bd8g8,Bg8g4,Bg4f4][%mdl 32]} 19. Qe2 d5 20. Ba4 d4 ({Of course not} 20... Qxf5 $6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxe5 $18) 21. Rg3 ({Not} 21. Rxe5 $2 b5 $19) 21... h4 (21... Rxg3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 22. hxg3 dxc3) 22. Rxg8 $16 Rxg8 23. Qf3 b5 24. Bb3 e4 25. dxe4 {Threatens to win with e5!} Ne5 26. Qf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (26. Qh3 $1 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage.}) 26... Rg4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4f4]} 27. Qh6 (27. Qxe5 {might work better.} Rxe4 28. Bf4 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 Qxf5 30. Bxd4) 27... Nf3+ $1 28. Kh1 $2 (28. Kf1 $19 Nxh2+ 29. Kg1) 28... Nxe4 {[%cal Re4f2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Be3 dxe3 30. Qxe3 {[#]} Qd2 $1 31. Qxf3 $2 {[#]} (31. Qxd2 Nfxd2 32. h3 Nxf2+ 33. Kh2 Nxb3 34. axb3) 31... Rf4 $1 32. Qh5 Nxf2+ {Black mates.} 33. Kg1 Qe3 34. Qh8+ Kb7 35. Bd5+ c6 36. Bxc6+ Kc7 37. h3 Nd1+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 13,131,37,20,19,20,22,67,64,61,59,59,25,64,66,77,74,72,64,66,66,70,70,77,66,68,78,79,79,81,72,66,67,61,55,60,52,57,60,88,86,81,79,94,70,62,62,62,62,120,120,134,133,128,129,167,167,152,138,189,189,196,189,233,218,232,208,279,277,256,254,262,256,311,310,310,0,296,296,288,262,258,262,255,247,240,240,255,255,255,244,237,238,308,295,425,407,331,316,5019,5129,1720,1432,1528,1516,1474,1297,1282,1274,889,577,29984,29985,29989,1954,29985,29986,29986,29987,29993,29994]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Bd3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Qe7 9. Ne5 Bb4 10. O-O {White is slightly better.} Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Nf3 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rd8 13. Qc2 h6 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 Bc7 16. Rfd1 dxc4 17. Qxc4 a5 18. h4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 {½-½ (51) Taimanov,M (2495)-Ivanov,S (2465) Leningrad 1989}) 13. Bb1 {a3 is the strong threat.} Ne4 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 Bc7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. Qe2 f5 19. exf6 $1 Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 20. Qh5 Qxh2+ 21. Qxh2 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rxd2 23. Be5 gxf6 24. Bxf6 e5 25. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rd3 26. Bxe5 Be6 27. c5 a5 28. Bd6 Kf7 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Rdb1 Rb3 (30... Rb5 $14) 31. a4 $16 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ra7 32. Rxb3 Bxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. a5 Ke6 34. Bb8 Ra8 35. Rb1 Bc4 (35... Rxb8 $16 36. Rxb3 Rf8) 36. Rxb7 $18 Rxa5 {[#]} 37. Bd6 $1 (37. Rxh7 $6 Rxc5 38. Rh6+ Kf7 $16) 37... Ra2 38. Kg3 ({Weaker is} 38. Rxh7 Rxf2 39. Kg3 Rf7 $16) 38... h5 39. Rh7 Be2 40. Re7+ Kf5 41. Re5+ Kf6 42. Rxe4 Ra8 43. Rf4+ Ke6 44. Re4+ Kf6 $1 45. f3 Ra2 46. Rh4 Kg6 47. Kf4 Bd1 48. g4 hxg4 49. Rxg4+ ({But not} 49. fxg4 $6 Ra4+ 50. Kg3 Rc4 $16) 49... Kf7 50. Kg3 Ra3 51. Re4 Kf6 52. Re8 Bc2 53. Kf4 Ra4+ (53... Bd1 $142 54. Be5+ Kf7) 54. e4 Bd1 55. Rf8+ Ke6 $2 (55... Kg7 56. Rd8 Be2) 56. Kg5 Ra3 57. Re8+ Kd7 58. Re7+ Kd8 59. f4 Rg3+ 60. Kf6 Bc2 61. f5 Rg4 62. e5 Rf4 63. Rg7 (63. Rb7 $142 Bxf5 64. e6 Bxe6+ 65. Kxe6 Re4+ 66. Be5 Rxe5+ 67. Kxe5 Kc8 68. Rh7) 63... Rxf5+ 64. Ke6 {White mates.} Kc8 65. Rc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 66. Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 21,105,35,27,0,0,0,18,18,33,30,22,28,10,22,38,20,27,20,53,53,61,43,50,42,61,53,65,68,76,70,90,76,81,84,83,79,170,155,172,169,153,161,148,79,169,0,395,366,323,275,318,352,481,430,457,398,1163,1145,1071,140,1018,992,917,870,1206,1271,3444,2606,2208,2170,29978,29979,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. a4 {12.Qd3 is more advanced technology. B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} Qc7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qd2 {[#] The position is equal.} Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. Nde2 Qd8 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Nd5 e6 20. Ndc3 Bf8 {½-½ (57) Tiviakov,S (2686)-Ivanchuk,V (2786) Benidorm 2008}) 15. Bxd4 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Nf6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qc5 20. Qxc5 dxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 21. a5 Rfd8 22. Re1 Rd7 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. g4 g5 25. Kg3 Kf6 26. f4 h6 27. h4 gxh4+ 28. Kxh4 e6 (28... Rb8 $16) 29. dxe6 $18 fxe6 {[#]} 30. Re5 $1 Rc8 31. Rae1 Rc6 {[#]} 32. Kh5 (32. g5+ $142 $1 hxg5+ 33. fxg5+ Kf7 34. Kh5) 32... Rd3 (32... Rd2 $16 {keeps fighting.} 33. g5+ (33. Kxh6 Rh2+ 34. Rh5 Rc8 $11) 33... Kf7) 33. Kxh6 $2 (33. g5+ $18 hxg5 34. fxg5+ Kf7 35. R5e3) 33... Rxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rh3+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 34. Rh5 Rc8) 34. g5+ Kf7 {[%cal Rb3h3]} 35. Kh5 Rh3+ 36. Kg4 Rc3 37. Rh1 Rxc4 38. Rh7+ Kg6 $2 (38... Kf8 39. g6 (39. Rxb7 Rb4 $16) 39... Kg8) 39. Re7 Rb4 40. R5xe6+ Rxe6 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} 41. Rxe6+ {KR-KR} Kf7 42. Rf6+ Kg7 43. Rd6 Rb5 44. Rd7+ Kf8 45. g6 c4 46. Rc7 {White mates.} Rxa5 47. f5 Ra1 48. f6 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Rg1+ {[#]} 49. Kf5 $1 {[%cal Rc7c8][%mdl 512]} Rf1+ {[#]} 50. Ke6 $1 {[%cal Rc7c8][%mdl 512]} Re1+ {[#]} 51. Kd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} c3 52. g7+ Kg8 53. Rc8+ {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 18,61,24,18,7,8,40,8,10,12,12,0,0,0,9,0,2,0,9,6,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,-30,-10,-38,-45,-45,-43,-42,-45,-46,-39,-38,-12,-17,-14,-14,0,-23]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Nd4 {[#] And now Nc6 would win.} Bb7 13. Rac1 a6 {[#]} 14. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. f3 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc6 Bf6 19. Bd6 Nc3 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Rxc3 Bxc3 {½-½ (31) Swiercz,D (2646)-Howell,D (2688) Doha 2015}) 14... Rac8 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Be2 Rfe8 {[#] Hoping for ...e5.} 17. Bg3 Bf8 18. Nb3 e5 19. Bh4 h6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Na4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bd5 23. Bd1 Rb8 24. Nd2 a5 25. Rb1 {Threatening bxa5.} axb4 26. axb4 Ne4 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Rb2 b5 29. Nc5 {The position is equal.} Bxc5 30. bxc5 Bd3 31. Bc2 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 12,131,23,9,15,7,13,15,26,19,12,2,26,13,19,18,37,16,14,0,15,14,0,9,4,0,8,8,27,28,41,54,34,14,19,12,13,12,24,26,21,29,79,79,78,77,81,81,83,83,320,83,80,77,78,78,77,79,93,93,102,102,109,91,94,0,110,110,110,94,108,94,96,82,88,91,116,50,206,221,351,325,1926,1795,1460,1227,12837,12837,12838,12838,12839,12839,12839,12840,12842,12841,12845,12845,12850,12845,12845,12845,12847,12846,12849,12847,12850,12850,12850,12851,12851,27999,12851,27999,12851,27999,12851,27999,12851,29980,12851,27999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 a5 {8...Ne7 is the modern continuation. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in April 2020.} 9. Nf1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb5 Bb6 11. Ng3 Ne7 12. h3 Nd7 13. d4 {Threatening d5.} f5 {[#]} 14. dxe5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} (14. Bxd7 $5 Qxd7 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. dxe5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Bd3 Rf8 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Nh2 exd4 19. cxd4 Nf6 20. Ng4 {½-½ (44) So,W (2767)-Nakamura,H (2745) chess.com INT 2020}) 14... Nxe5 15. Nd4 Bc8 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Ngxf5 Bxf5 18. Be3 Bd7 19. f4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxb5 21. fxe5 {Qb3+ is the strong threat.} Bc6 22. Qg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now exd6 would win. White has the initiative.} dxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd7 24. Qg3 {White wants to play Rae1.} Rae8 25. Rae1 {Black must now prevent Rxe8.} Rxe5 26. Rxe5 a4 {[#]} 27. Re6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 (27... Qxe6 28. Qxg7#) 28. Qd3+ $1 Kg8 {[#]} 29. Rxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf5 (29... gxh6 30. Qg6+) 30. Qg3 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg3g7]} Qf1+ 31. Kh2 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg3g7]} Qf4 {[#]} 32. Rg6 $1 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf7 34. Rg5 Kh7 35. b4 a3 36. Ra5 Re7 37. Kf2 Rf7+ 38. Kg3 Re7 $1 39. Rxa3 Re2 40. Ra5 Rxg2+ 41. Kf4 Re2 42. Rh5+ Kg8 43. b5 Re4+ {[#]} 44. Kf5 (44. Kg3 $1 $16 Be8 45. Rg5) 44... g6+ $2 (44... Bd5 $14) 45. Kxg6 $18 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rh5h8]} Be8+ (45... Re6+ $142 46. Kf5 Bd7) 46. Kf5 Bxh5 $2 (46... Re1) 47. Kxe4 {KB-KB} Be2 {[#]} 48. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd1 49. a5 Be2 50. Be5 Bxb5 51. Bxc7 Kf7 52. Kd5 Ke7 53. Kc5 Be2 54. Kb6 Bf3 55. c4 Kd7 56. c5 Kc8 57. h4 Be2 58. Bf4 Bf3 59. a6 bxa6 60. Kxa6 Kd7 61. Kb6 Kc8 62. c6 Bh5 63. Kc5 Bg4 64. Kd6 Kd8 65. c7+ Ke8 {[#]} 66. h5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 79%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 12,105,36,0,20,11,22,0,0,10,13,0,0,-25,-6,-20,0,0,0,-12,15,12,15,16,32,0,44,25,21,29,45,43,42,0,51,47,50,59,60,39,43,36,47,49,68,66,66,66,52,62,66,71,64,50,48,10,39,32,94,94,100,97,291,289,290,277,279,279,290,304,295,275,321,321,520,525,522,518,500,481,560,498,453,425,11365,11444,8419,1764,11365,487,12395,11365,1533,1533,1533,1327]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c4 O-O {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} 8. h3 Nd7 {8...Nd4 gains popularity.} 9. Be3 Bf6 {The position is equal.} 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Nd5 Nc5 {[#]} 12. Bxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bc2 c6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Qg6 16. Kh2 f5 17. b4 Nd7 18. f4 {1-0 (54) Stevic,H (2618)-Kuljasevic,D (2557) Plitvicka Jezera 2013}) 12... exd4 13. b4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 c6 15. Nf4 Bd7 16. Qb3 g6 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. Rab1 Bg7 21. Ne2 Be6 22. Qb2 Qa7 ({Black should try} 22... f5 $11) 23. c5 $14 ({Worse is} 23. Nfxd4 c5 $17) 23... Rad8 24. a4 Rfe8 25. Qa3 Bc8 26. cxd6 Qb8 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Qxd6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Rb6 Bd7 32. Nd2 f5 33. Rb7 {[#] And now Nc4 would win.} Bc8 34. Ra7 Bh6 (34... Rd7 $14 35. Ra8 Rc7) 35. f4 $16 fxe4 36. Nxe4 Rxe4 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} (36... Rde6 $16) 37. dxe4 $18 {Hoping for Ra8.} d3 38. Ra8 dxe2 39. Rxc8+ {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KRR-KRB} Kg7 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 40. Re1 Bxf4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bg3.} 41. Kf2 $1 ({Weaker is} 41. Rxe2 Bg3 $11) 41... h5 42. Kxe2 ({Don't do} 42. Rxe2 Be5 $18) 42... g5 $2 (42... Re6 {was necessary.} 43. Ra1 Rxe4+ 44. Kf3 Rb4 45. Rxc6 Bb8) 43. Rd1 {White is clearly winning.} Re6 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. Kd3 h4 46. Rf8+ Kg6 47. Rff7 c5 (47... Be5 $142 48. Rf5 Bf6) 48. Rg7+ Kf6 49. Rh7 (49. Rdf7+ $142 Ke5 50. Rf5+ Kd6 51. Ra7) 49... Kg6 50. Rdg7+ Kf6 51. Rh6+ Ke5 52. Rxe6+ Kxe6 53. Rg6+ {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 13,55,14,19,10,16,27,10,10,20,29,50,0,0,0,110,112,179,55,51,22,79,77,63,97,71,45,119,69,148,156,200,200,187,195,203,188,187,187,175,168,166,173,393,324]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 {is cutting edge theory.} 10. Bd3 {The position is equal.} c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Bf4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} d5 13. Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Qe2 is the strong threat. White has the initiative.} Bg4 $146 (13... c4 $11 {remains equal.} 14. Be2 (14. Rxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qa5 $15) 14... Bc5) ({Predecessor:} 13... c4 14. Bf1 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Nh3 b5 17. Kb1 Bxh3 18. gxh3 a5 19. Be5 Qb6 {½-½ (33) Broadway,D (2226)-Sneddon,I (2238) ICCF email 2018}) 14. f3 $16 Bd7 {[#]} (14... Bc8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 15. c4 (15. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (15... Nxh7 16. Nxh7) 16. c4) 15... d4 $1 $14 16. h4 Re8 (16... Bc6 $11) 17. g4 $16 Bc6 18. Qh2 Qa5 19. a3 Bf8 (19... b5 $14) 20. Bd2 Qb6 (20... Qd8 $14) 21. Qf4 Bd7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bd6.} 22. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (22... Nxh7 23. Qxf7+) 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 ({Don't take} 24. gxf5 $6 Kg8 $16) 24... Kg8 25. h5 Qc6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. g5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qd7 $2 (27... Kg8 {was worth a try.}) 28. Qg6+ {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 9,50,7,7,0,38,50,37,33,88,88,91,78,102,77,112,106,141,138,169,179,120,129,173,149,130,136,134,125,129,143,348,327,308,303,29994,29995,29995,29996,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Qd6 5. Nbd2 Qh6 6. Qc1 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5.} g5 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Bxg5 {White is slightly better.} Qh5 {[#]} (8... Qb6 $14) 9. Ng1 $1 $16 Bg7 10. c3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. e3 Bxf4 14. exf4 Be6 15. Qe3 O-O-O 16. g3 Rhe8 {½-½ (28) Vlasov,S-Bejnerovich,A St Petersburg 1998}) 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. e3 Bg4 13. Ne2 O-O-O {[#]} 14. b4 $1 cxb4 ({Better is} 14... cxd4 $18 15. cxd4 Kb8) 15. cxb4 {And now Ng3 would win.} Kb8 {[#]} 16. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb5 17. Rb1 Qd5 ({Avoid the trap} 17... Qa6 $2 18. Nf4 $18) 18. Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qe6 19. Na4 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} Ka8 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (19... Qd6 $16) 20. Rxb7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 (20... Kxb7 21. Nc5+) 21. Nc5 Nxd4 $2 {[#]} (21... Rb8 $18) 22. Rxa7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Kxa7 23. Qa3+ Kb6 24. Qb4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc6 25. Qb7+ Kxc5 26. Bb4# {[%mdl 64] Skewer. Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Adhiban, B.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 10,105,11,0,14,-13,17,20,16,6,16,8,18,19,10,22,10,15,14,0,0,-17,-18,-23,-25,-16,-31,-19,-23,-24,-14,-17,-12,-20,-18,-14,-19,-58,-59,-84,-66,-161,-160,-186,-191,-216,-181,-169,-179,-240,-251,-251,-247,-253,-254,-240,-255,-244,0,-200,-210,-263,-178,-194,-149,-205,0,0,0,0,17,25,42,42,42,42,47,44,44,49,53,28,66,68,126,134,344,327,460,415,888,791,1243,1181,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 a5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} 7. a4 c5 8. Na3 {[#]} b6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nb5 Bf5 11. Nh4 cxd4 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. f3 Nf6 {½-½ (14) Slipak,S (2444)-Krysa,L (2422) Resistance/Saenz Pena 2013}) 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Ne1 e6 15. Nc2 c4 16. Qa2 Bc6 17. Nca3 Nc7 18. Nxc7 Rxc7 19. Nb1 b5 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Nd2 a4 22. Bf3 Rb7 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Bf4 Bc6 25. Nb1 ({White should play} 25. Qb1 $15) 25... f6 $19 26. Na3 e5 27. Bc1 Qe6 28. Nc2 Bf8 29. Nb4 (29. e4 $142) 29... Bxb4 30. cxb4 Rxb4 31. Qa3 Rb3 32. Qc5 Rb5 33. Qa3 Rb3 34. Qc5 Rc8 35. Qa7 Rb7 36. Qa6 Kf7 37. Rxa4 (37. Ra3 $17) 37... Bxa4 $2 {[#]} (37... exd4 $19 38. Re1 d3) 38. Qxb7+ $11 Kg6 39. Re1 exd4 40. Qa7 Bc6 41. Qxd4 Qe5 42. Be3 Rb8 43. Qc5 Qe6 44. Bd4 h4 45. f3 h3 46. Kf2 Rb5 (46... h5 $14) 47. Qf8 $16 {Black must now prevent g4.} Qf7 $2 {[#]} (47... Rb7 $16) 48. Qd6 $18 Bb7 (48... Bd7 $142 49. Ra1 Qe6) 49. Ra1 Rb3 (49... h6 $142 50. g4 Kh7) 50. g4 h6 51. Ra5 Kg7 52. Rc5 Kg6 53. Rc7 {Quite a comeback for White. Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 18,92,17,17,22,14,18,15,20,4,15,6,20,0,12,11,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-5,-16,-9,-21,-16,-6,-20,-21,31,-31,10,8,72,72,59,-15,-6,-5,-7,-12,0,0,-2,-14,0,0,0,-33,0,0,0,-181,-152,-478,-477,-480,-472,-477,-459,-422,-417,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29998,-1508]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 {The position is equal.} 13. a4 d5 14. a5 Nd6 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Bg5 {[#]} 17. Qe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nf3 Qd8 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nd3 c6 21. Qd1 Qc7 {½-½ (21) Kovalev,V (2660)-So,W (2765) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 17... Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qd7 19. Nb3 Re8 20. Nc5 Qc8 21. a6 b6 22. Nb7 Ne4 23. Re1 Bd7 24. c4 Nf6 25. Rc1 $1 Bc6 {[#]} (25... dxc4 $11 26. Bxc4 Bc6) 26. c5 ({Better is} 26. Nd6 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} cxd6 27. cxd5) 26... Re4 27. Qg3 $1 Bxb7 {[#]} (27... Re6 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. cxb6 $1 $16 Bxa6 29. Rxc7 ({White should try} 29. bxa7 $14 Bxf1 30. Qxc7) 29... Qe8 $11 {aiming for ...Re1!} 30. Bxa6 Re1+ 31. Bf1 axb6 {Strongly threatening ...Qb5!} 32. Qd3 g6 33. f3 Qa4 34. Kf2 Rd1 35. Qc3 Kg7 36. Bd3 $1 Rh1 37. b3 $2 (37. Rb7 $11 {and White is okay.}) 37... Qa2+ $19 38. Bc2 $2 {White does not recover from this.} (38. Be2 $17) 38... Qa3 {And now ...Qc1 would win.} 39. Qe3 {[#]} Qa1 $1 {[%cal Ra1f1] White must now prevent ...Qf1+.} 40. Kg3 Re1 41. Qc3 Nh5+ 42. Kf2 (42. Kh3 $19 Qc1 43. Bxg6 Qxc3 44. Rxc3 hxg6 45. g3) 42... Rf1+ {Black mates.} 43. Ke3 Qc1+ 44. Qd2 Re1+ 45. Kd3 Nf4+ 46. Kc3 Re3+ {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 85%.} (46... Qa1+ $142 47. Kb4 Qa5#) 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 10,81,0,0,0,-18,-2,-10,-4,-28,-5,-2,2,-50,-45,-47,-53,-55,-72,-83,-94,-92,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,20,18,13,22,16,16,12,16,12,28,26,79,79,65,68,61,45,45,19,90,83,75,86,162,125,233,184,298,304,401,397,395,400,635,612,1281,874,1222,1198]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Qxe5 O-O $1 {C27: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nxe4.} 7. d4 Nc6 8. Qf4 Na5 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd5 Ne8 10. Bf3 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. Nd5 Bd6 12. Qd2 b6 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. Ne3 Re8 15. O-O Bf8 16. c4 g6 {½-½ (43) Caruana,F (2782)-Giri,A (2734) Wijk aan Zee 2014}) 11. a3 ({White should try} 11. Nge2 $11) 11... Bxc3+ $15 12. bxc3 d5 13. Ne2 c6 14. O-O Nc4 15. Ng3 Qf6 ({Black should play} 15... Qa5 $17 16. Rb1 Qxc3) 16. Be2 Qxf4 (16... Qe6 {keeps more tension.} 17. Qh4 h6 18. Bd3 Ned6 19. f3 f6) 17. Bxf4 Ned6 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. a4 b6 20. f3 Rfe8 21. Kf2 f6 22. h4 Re6 23. Rfb1 g6 24. Ne2 Rae8 25. g4 R6e7 26. Ng3 Be6 27. Rh1 Bf7 (27... Bd7 $11) 28. g5 $16 fxg5 29. Bxg5 Rd7 30. h5 Nb2 $1 31. Be2 Be6 (31... gxh5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 32. Bf4 Ndc4) 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. a5 b5 (33... Rh7 $16) 34. Rh6 Kg7 (34... Nf7 $16 {was called for.}) 35. Rah1 $18 Bg8 (35... Rg8 {might work better.} 36. Nh5+ gxh5) 36. Bc1 Nbc4 37. Bd3 Re6 38. Rg1 Rf7 {[#]} (38... Kf8 $142 39. Ne2 Nf7 40. Rhxg6 Rxg6) 39. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Rc7 (39... Rxg6 40. Nh5+) 40. Nh5+ Kf8 41. Rh8 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 18,71,22,22,22,19,18,18,22,13,18,2,4,5,6,14,17,3,3,3,3,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 (9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Re5 {½-½ (21) Harikrishna,P (2724)-Karjakin,S (2754) Jerusalem 2019}) 9... Bf6 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 c6 17. Qe2 (17. Bh6 {feels hotter.} Qd6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qd2 Re8 20. Bf4) 17... Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 Qd7 20. h3 Ng7 21. Be5 Re8 22. Qd3 {[#]} Bxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Bd8 23. Re2 f6 24. Bg3 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Qe6 26. Qxe6+ {½-½ (26) Amin,B (2709)-Bacrot,E (2677) Zagreb 2018}) 23. Rxe5 f6 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe2 Nd6 26. Ne1 Kf7 27. Nd3 Qe7 28. Kf1 Qxe2+ 29. Kxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 g5 32. f3 Ke7 33. Kd2 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd2 Kf7 36. Ke2 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 10. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 12. bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. e3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:56]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:08]} 16. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 17. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:06:24]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 19. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 20. e4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. d5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 23. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 26. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 27. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 28. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 29. Rb3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. h3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 33. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 37. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 40. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 41. h4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 42. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 43. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 45. Nxh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 46. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 47. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 48. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 49. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 51. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 52. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 53. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 54. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 55. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 57. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 58. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 60. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 61. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 62. e5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 63. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 64. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 65. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 66. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 67. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 68. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 69. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 70. Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 71. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 72. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 73. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 74. g4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 75. Nxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 76. Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 77. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 78. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 79. h5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 80. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 81. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 82. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 83. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 84. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 85. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 86. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 87. g5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 88. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 89. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 90. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 91. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bd1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 92. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 93. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 94. h6+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 95. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 96. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 97. Nf8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 98. g6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 99. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 100. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 101. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 9. f4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 10. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} exf4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 12. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 14. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 16. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 17. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 18. e5 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 20. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 21. Rb4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 22. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 23. a4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 24. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 25. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 27. Nc7+ {[%emt 0:01:54]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 28. Nxa6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 30. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:02:11]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 32. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 35. Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 36. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 26,70,25,14,39,14,85,83,69,75,170,178,172,0,0,0,0,0,27,27,15,28,107,0,0,-4,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-23,-24,-22,-5,-35,-29,-33,0,-29,0,-14,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. Bb2 h5 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3.} 15. Rae1 Rc8 (15... h4 $11 16. Nf5 h3) 16. e4 $1 $16 cxd4 {White is better.} 17. cxd4 {[#]} dxe4 $146 (17... g6 $16) ({Predecessor:} 17... h4 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nxh4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Ne5 21. Qg3 Nc4 22. Nxg6 Nxb2 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Nxc8 Qxd4+ {1-0 (30) Golovlev,N (2321)-Kurochkin,V (2152) Ilichevsk 2007}) 18. fxe4 $18 Ne5 19. Qb3 $2 (19. Qd1 $18 Nc4 20. Bc1) 19... Nc4 $11 20. d5 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Qd6 22. e5 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 $1 Nxd5 {[#]} (23... Ng4 $1 $11) 24. Nxh5 ({White must play} 24. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4c5]} Qe7 25. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 24... Re6 25. Qe2 Rf8 ({Wrong is} 25... Qxa3 $2 {[#]} 26. Nxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg6 27. Nf5 $18) 26. Qg4 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg4g7]} Rg6 27. Qf3 Rh6 28. Ng3 $40 {[%mdl 128] aiming for Nf5. White attacks.} Ne7 $1 29. Re4 Qc6 30. Qf2 Qe6 31. Re3 b5 32. Qe2 Qc4 33. Qf2 Qe6 34. Qe2 Qc4 35. Qf2 Qe6 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 12,76,14,16,28,11,10,10,12,0,4,0,0,0,-14,-18,0,0,16,0,0,-14,0,-11,-16,-16,0,-28,0,-15,-9,-12,0,-7,0,-4,-15,-31,-31,-45,-52,-38,0,0,0,0,5,6,5,5,6,8,8,0,0,-29,-16,-6,-15,-8,-11,-43,-39,-38,-36,-38,-21]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 a5 {8...Ne7 is the recent fashion. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in April 2020.} 9. Nf1 a4 {The position is equal.} 10. h3 Ra5 {[#]} 11. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 Bb6 14. Ng3 Qe8 15. Nd2 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nf3 {½-½ (84) Wang,H (2756)-Navara,D (2707) Jerusalem 2019}) 11... Bb6 12. b4 axb3 $1 13. Bxb3 Ra8 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Qc2 Nh7 17. Rad1 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Kh2 Na5 20. Bc1 Qg6 21. dxe5 Nxb3 22. axb3 Rxe5 23. f4 Rea5 24. f5 Qf6 25. Bb2 Ra2 26. Re2 Qe7 27. c4 {Threatening f6!} f6 28. Nh5 Be8 29. Nf4 c6 30. Qb1 {aiming for Bxf6!} R2a6 31. Rd3 {[%cal Bd1d3,Bd3g3,Bg3g6][%mdl 32]} Bf7 32. Rg3 Bc7 33. Ng6 Bxg6 34. Rxg6 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxf6.} d5+ 35. e5 $1 Ra2 {And now ...d4 would win.} ({Not} 35... fxe5 $2 36. f6 $18) (35... Bxe5+ 36. Bxe5 c5 37. Qd3 $18 (37. cxd5 fxe5 38. Re6 Qh4 $16)) 36. cxd5 cxd5 {Black is slightly better.} 37. Re3 Rxb2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} ({Avoid the trap} 37... Bxe5+ $2 38. Bxe5 Kf8 39. Bd4 $18) ({Inferior is} 37... fxe5 38. f6 $16) 38. Qxb2 Bxe5+ {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 10,85,45,46,45,43,52,33,40,19,33,42,46,36,45,54,56,47,58,62,83,86,74,66,122,122,121,97,81,100,133,104,124,84,78,87,80,31,34,31,33,27,27,27,27,27,34,39,33,34,29,34,81,-262,89,83,262,237,235,227,314,307,382,358,325,352,531,514,483,489,667,666,453,629,583,560,607,586]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 {is recently more successful than 6...Nh6. B01: Scandinavian Defence.} 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bf4 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Leaves trodden paths.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. a4 b6 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Qd2 e6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Ne5 Ned5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 {0-1 (76) Mueller,A (1897)-Koepke,C (2134) Playchess.com INT 2020}) 10. d5 Na5 11. Be2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} e6 (11... Bb7 $6 12. b4 $16) 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Be5 Nc6 16. Bh2 Bf5 ({Black should try} 16... Na5 $14) 17. g4 $16 Be6 18. Rad1 Na5 19. Be5 Bc4 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Nb5 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Nc4 23. Nxa7 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 ({But not} 24. Nxe5 Rc7 $17) 24... Rxc2 25. g5 Rxe5 26. Nxe5 {Strongly threatening Rd8+.} Ne8 27. Nac6 {Threatens to win with Rd8.} Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Rd8 Kf8 30. Rd7 Re2 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. Re7 Re1+ $2 {[#]} (32... Ng7 $16 {might work better.}) 33. Kh2 $1 $18 Ng7 34. Nxg6 $1 Ra1 35. Ne5 Rxa2 {[#]} 36. Ng4 $1 Kf8 37. Rb7 Ne6 (37... Rb2 $142 38. h4 Rb4) 38. h4 {White is clearly winning.} Ra4 39. Kg3 Nd4 40. Nh6 Ne2+ 41. Kf3 Nd4+ 42. Kg4 Ne6+ 43. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 10,67,12,15,9,17,15,0,7,8,8,18,25,25,45,37,36,29,13,14,37,35,38,42,39,32,52,52,37,31,45,51,15,23,26,20,44,8,64,62,52,51,173,165,233,204,418,421,1593,1577,6666,3022,29986,29987,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 7. cxd5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Nxd5 {[#]} 8. c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bd2 Nxc5 9. Qc4 O-O 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 exd5 13. Qc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 {0-1 (46) Grybas,G (2028)-Clemente Llamero,R (2157) Ohrid 2017}) 8... Qa5 {[%cal Rd5c3] The position is equal.} 9. Bd2 bxc6 10. g3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Qe4 f6 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Be3 Nb8 18. Rfd1 Ba6 19. Qe6 Bxe2 20. Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ba6 21. Nh4 Bc8 22. Qc4 f5 23. Nf3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} h6 (23... Nd7 $11) 24. Rad1 $14 Kh7 25. h4 Rf6 {[#] This move loses the game for Black.} (25... Na6 $14) 26. Ng5+ $1 $18 hxg5 (26... Kh8 $142) 27. hxg5 Rg6 $2 {[#]} (27... Be6 {was worth a try.} 28. Qe2 Nd7 29. gxf6 Nxf6) 28. Bd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f7][%mdl 512] And now Bf7 would win.} f4 (28... Rxg5 $142 29. Kg2 (29. Qh4+ Kg6 $16) 29... Rh5) (28... cxd5 29. Qxc7) 29. Be4 Bxg5 30. Rd6 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Bf6 31. Kg2 {White mates.} f3+ 32. Kxf3 Bg4+ {[#]} 33. Kg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd1 34. Rxd1 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 11,74,18,16,15,14,17,6,-8,1,-14,-15,-10,7,3,1,0,0,0,0,0,8,-10,-13,-31,-25,-20,0,-27,-19,-25,-9,-9,-3,-7,-7,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} O-O 8. c3 Bf5 9. Bg5 {[#] Bxf5 is the strong threat.} Qd7 10. Qc2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 h6 12. Bh4 {[#]} Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ng6) 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Rae8 15. Nbd2 Nd8 16. Rxe8 (16. Ne5 {with more complications.} Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ne6 18. b4 b6 19. f4) 16... Rxe8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Qa4 19. Qb1 Ne6 20. Ndf3 c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 21. Nc2 {The position is equal.} Qb5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Ncd4 Bxd4 (23... Nxd4 {feels hotter.} 24. Nxd4 Qb6 25. Qc2 Bxd4 26. cxd4 g6) 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qc4 26. Qf5 g6 27. Qe5 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qxb2 29. Qxd5 Qxf2 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. d5 $1 Qb6 32. Qe7 Qb5 33. d6 Qh5+ 34. Kg1 {[#] aiming for d7.} Qc5+ 35. Kh2 Qh5+ 36. Kg1 {Strongly threatening d7.} Qc5+ 37. Kh2 Qh5+ {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

