[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 9,65,35,30,26,38,13,35,-27,32,39,33,39,23,27,61,56,59,62,107,118,127,66,70,71,89,0,62,63,60,69,123,127,127,133,188,165,245,248,501,495,454,0,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,76,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 f5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. d4 Qe7 (4... Nd7 5. e3 Ngf6 6. Nf3 e4 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Be2 a6 10. h4 g6 11. d5 Ne5 12. dxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (29) Mamedyarov,S (2759)-Lagarde,M (2523) Rhodes 2013}) 5. Nc3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 e4 8. d5 c5 9. Nh3 g6 10. Nf4 Bg7 11. h4 O-O 12. Qd2 {1-0 (29) McNab,C (2490)-Welling,G (2400) Isle of Man 1993}) 6. e3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. Nf3 ({White should try} 8. Be2 $14) 8... e4 (8... exd4 $11 9. Nxd4 f4) 9. Ng5 $14 c6 10. Be2 Na6 11. Qd2 f4 12. d5 fxe3 13. fxe3 cxd5 14. O-O (14. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxb2 $15) (14. cxd5 $6 O-O $14) 14... Nc7 {...h6 would now be nice for Black.} 15. Nxd5 (15. cxd5 $16 O-O 16. Rf4) 15... Ncxd5 16. cxd5 {aiming for Bb5+.} O-O 17. Bc4 ({White should play} 17. Rad1 $16) 17... h6 (17... Bf5 $11) 18. Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bxe6 $1 19. dxe6 Ng4 {[#]} ({Better is} 19... Rad8 $14) 20. Bxg7 $1 $16 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Kh7 (21... Rf6 $16 22. Rf4 (22. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Ne5 $16) 22... h5) 22. h5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Qh4 (22... gxh5 $142 23. Qxe4+ Kg7 24. Qd4+ Kh7) 23. Qxd6 gxh5 $2 (23... Nf2 24. Qc7+ (24. hxg6+ Kxg6 25. Qh2 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Ng4+ 27. Kg3 Rxf1 $11) 24... Kh8 25. Qe5+ Rf6) 24. Qc7+ ({Not} 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Qxf8 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2+ 28. Ke1 Qg1+ 29. Kd2 Qxa1 $11) 24... Kh8 {[#]} 25. Bd5 $2 ({White must play} 25. e7 $1 $18 {[%cal Re7f8]} Rfe8 26. Rf7) 25... Nf2 (25... Rac8 $11 26. e7 Rfe8 27. Rf8+ Rxf8 28. exf8=R+ Rxf8 29. Qc3+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Nxf6 31. Bxb7 Rd8) 26. Qe5+ (26. Qh2 $14 Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2) 26... Rf6 $1 $11 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rh4h1]} 27. Qh2 Qg5 {White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxd5 (29... Qf6+ $1 $11 30. Qf4 Qb2+ 31. Kg1 (31. Kg3 $2 Rg8+ 32. Kh4 Rg4+ 33. Qxg4 hxg4 $19) 31... Qxa1+ 32. Kh2 Qg7) 30. e7 (30. Qf4 $16 Qxe6 31. Rd1) 30... Qd2+ {The position is equal.} 31. Kg1 {Intending Qe5+ and mate.} Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 {Threatening mate with Qe5+.} Qg5 33. Re1 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 23,90,45,65,56,70,61,61,54,62,81,104,86,101,52,58,60,75,71,87,71,89,70,91,83,76,53,75,57,70,74,72,73,77,42,92,110,92,77,85,70,93,91,93,93,83,52,79,22,51,0,7,-305,-323,-318,-318,-300,-299,-425,-433,-427,-419,-579,-571,-589,-580,-557,-553,-1438,-514]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (9... Bb5 10. Nfe5 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. c3 Bf6 14. Rd1 a5 15. a4 g6 16. Bc2 Bg7 17. g3 {0-1 (41) Alekseev,E (2642)-Pridorozhni,A (2563) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 10. Na5 Bd5 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxb7 Qb6 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rb1 a5 17. b3 {½-½ (47) Pazos Porta,A (2325)-Mascaro March,P (2387) Linares 2017}) 13... Qc7 14. b4 Rac8 15. Rad1 b6 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Ra8 18. c5 Nd5 19. Rc1 bxc5 20. dxc5 Bf6 21. Be4 Ne5 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. Na5 {[%cal Bb3a5,Ba5c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32] And now f4 would win.} Rac8 24. Re2 (24. Rcd1 {looks sharper.} Ng6 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Qa3 Rd7 27. Nd6) 24... Ng6 25. Nc4 Bh4 26. Qf3 Bg5 27. Nd6 {Strongly threatening Bxg5.} Rc7 28. a3 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Qg5 30. Rcd1 Rb8 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Nc4 Rd8 33. Rd4 Rcd7 34. Nd6 Qf6 35. Qg3 (35. Qh3 $16) 35... Ra8 36. Rh4 {Hoping for Qh3.} g5 37. Rg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Ne4 $11 Qf5 38. Qxg5) 37... Nc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3e2]} 38. Qd3 Nxd1 39. Qxd1 a5 40. h3 (40. Qc1 $142) 40... axb4 41. Rxb4 Qc3 42. Qh5 Qxa3 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Rc4 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. g3 Qd5 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 52%.} (45... Qe1 $142 46. Qf3 Ra2) 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Antal, Tibor Kende"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 14,77,10,23,47,37,47,36,57,64,58,41,40,27,60,62,50,62,98,101,77,49,92,96,106,104,114,97,110,88,85,82,79,86,100,93,107,105,123,129,160,158,224,229,262,253,288,250,292,284,327,320,583,416,797,243,608,395,631,430,638,639,730,709,714,688]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 {LiveBook: 15 Games. B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Qe2 Ra8 15. Bc4 O-O {1-0 (46) Anand,V (2794)-Esserman,M (2453) Douglas 2017}) 8... b6 9. Bg5 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Nbd7 $1 10. Nd2 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Ne3 Rfe8 15. Bc4 Rac8 {½-½ (31) Badev,K (2320)-Vasilev,N (2305) Sofia 2016}) 13... O-O 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Nc5 {[#]} 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rab8 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. c3 g6 21. Qg4 {Strongly threatening Qxg6+.} Kg7 22. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} h5 23. Qf3 Ne6 24. a5 b5 25. Nb6 Bg5 26. g3 h4 27. Rd3 Rh8 (27... Re8 $16 {might work better.} 28. Qg4 Qe7) 28. Qg4 $18 hxg3 29. fxg3 Qe7 30. Rf1 Rbf8 31. Rdf3 Bd2 32. h4 Bh6 $2 (32... Qe8 33. R1f2 Bh6) 33. Kg2 Bd2 {[#]} (33... Bf4 $142 34. Bb3 (34. gxf4 Rxh4 35. Bxe6 Rxg4+ 36. Bxg4 Qh4 $16) 34... Rh6) 34. R1f2 $2 (34. Nc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd8 (34... Rxc8 35. Rxf7+) 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qxe6+ Kg7 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. Ne7) 34... Bc1 $2 (34... Be1 35. Re2 Bxg3) 35. Bb3 Bh6 (35... Bf4 $142 36. Nd5 (36. gxf4 Rxh4 37. Bxe6 Rxg4+ 38. Bxg4 Qb7 $16) 36... Qd8 37. gxf4 Qxh4 38. Qxh4 Rxh4) 36. Nd5 {White is clearly winning.} Qd7 (36... Qd8 $142 37. Rf6 Bc1) 37. Rf6 Bc1 38. Nb6 Nf4+ 39. R6xf4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Norowitz, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 9,97,41,53,61,84,89,125,58,130,119,139,113,146,118,145,141,156,143,158,97,80,86,105,106,112,104,108,93,95,104,95,95,95,95,94,89,107,89,105,88,89,76,90,60,85,60,81,40,37,30,119,99,112,116,118,114,115,116,120,101,115,115,115,115,187,187,171,175,216,204,210,184,179,168,210,210,210,194,454,446,1038,868,818,818,709,680,29948,29944,6820,6477]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. e3 (4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bg5 Na6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. a4 b4 13. a5 Qc7 14. Rfc1 bxc3 15. bxc3 Rfc8 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {1-0 (55) Georgiev,K (2623)-Fedorchuk,S (2648) Riadh 2017}) 4... c5 5. Bxb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 a6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. a4 d6 11. Ne1 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 {0-1 (46) Burmakin,V (2520)-Yuffa,D (2515) Pontevedra 2017}) 5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Ne4 7. Rb1 cxd4 8. Nxd4 (8. exd4 $16 Be7 9. O-O) 8... Bb4 ({Black should try} 8... a6 $14 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d5) 9. O-O $16 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. f3 Nf6 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 ({White should play} 14. Rb3) 14... dxc6 15. Bc4 Nd5 16. Rb3 {[%cal Bb1b3,Bb3a3,Ba3a5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 17. Bd3 e5 18. e4 Be6 19. Ra3 Qc5+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Rxf2 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bd5 23. Ra5 Rad8 24. Bd3 Rf7 25. Be2 Bc4 26. Kg2 Rd5 27. Ra3 $1 a5 28. Be3 Bxe2 29. Bxb6 Ba6 (29... Rd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 30. Ra4 Rb7 31. Bxa5 Ra7 {...Bb7 is the strong threat.} 32. c4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Raxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. c3 Rdc5 35. Rxc5 Rxc5 {KR-KR} 36. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rxc3 {[#]} (36... Kf7 $16 {might work better.}) 37. Ra2 $1 $18 Rb3 38. a5 Kf7 39. a6 {Black must now prevent a7.} Rb8 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke3 ({Don't take} 41. a7 $6 Ra8 $14) 41... Kd6 42. a7 Ra8 43. Ke4 Kc7 $2 (43... Ke6 {keeps fighting.} 44. h3 Kd6) 44. Kxe5 Kb6 (44... Re8+ $142 45. Kd4 Kb7) 45. Kd6 Rd8+ 46. Ke7 Ra8 47. Kd7 c5 {[#]} 48. Rb2+ $1 Ka6 49. Kc7 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua"]
[Black "Pigott, John C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 20,81,26,23,38,0,0,-45,-43,-39,-37,-60,-58,-58,-66,-63,-63,-55,-21,-27,-13,-18,-8,-85,-79,-62,-70,-62,-42,-46,-34,-81,-72,-58,-41,-41,-41,-47,-13,-149,-7,-14,75,-110,177,170,310,310,310,310,358,318,391,385,1451,1435,2647,2891,3462,2747,29986,29987,29990,29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 {D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6} Be6 (10... e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Qc2 c6 13. b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxc4 {½-½ (50) Le,Q (2737)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Huaian 2017}) 11. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a5 12. Nb3 {White is slightly better.} Bc4 13. Re1 e5 14. d5 {[#]} e4 $146 {[%mdl 512]} ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne7 15. e4 c6 16. Nc5 cxd5 17. exd5 Nexd5 18. Nxb7 Qd7 19. Nc5 Qc6 20. N5a4 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 e4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Re8 24. Bf3 Qxa4 {0-1 (24) Houska,J (2388)-Mikhalevski,V (2571) Caleta 2015}) 15. Nd2 (15. Nxe4 Bxd5) 15... Bxc3 $1 16. dxc6 Bxd2 $1 17. Bxd2 bxc6 18. Rc1 Qd5 19. Bc3 Bb3 20. Qg4 Na4 21. Bf6 (21. Qf4 $1 $11) 21... Re6 22. Qh4 c5 23. g4 Raa6 24. g5 h5 25. Qf4 Rad6 26. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} exf3 27. Bxf3 Qd2 {...Rxf6! is the strong threat.} 28. Rb1 c4 {Threatening ...c3.} 29. Bd4 (29. Rf1 $1 $11) 29... Bc2 ({Black should try} 29... c3 $1 $17 30. bxc3 Nxc3 31. Rxb3 Qxe1+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ 33. Kh3 Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Qxd4 Qxd4 35. exd4 Ne2 36. Bxe2 Rxe2) 30. Rbc1 $11 Rd7 {[#]} (30... Re7 $11) 31. Bg2 $2 {[#]} (31. Rf1 $1 $16 {is forced if you want to stay better. And now Bc6! would win.} Rxd4 32. Qxd4) 31... Rdd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... c3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc3b2] keeps the pressure on.} 32. bxc3 Nxc3 33. Bxc3 (33. Qf2 $2 Rxd4 34. Rxc2 Qxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Ra4 $19) 33... Qxc3) 32. Rf1 $40 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf4f7][%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Bf5 (32... Re7 $142) 33. Rxc4 c5 34. Be5 ({Not} 34. Rxa4 cxd4 35. e4 Qxf4 $11) 34... Nb6 35. Rxc5 Rd7 36. Bd4 Rd8 $2 (36... Rxd4 37. Qxd4 Qxe3+ 38. Qxe3 Rxe3 39. Rxa5 Nc4) 37. Rxf5 gxf5 38. Qxf5 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf5f7]} Rf8 39. Be4 Rxe4 40. Qxe4 Nc8 41. Qe5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bjorn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 40,65,8,5,6,3,4,4,5,6,6,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 Nf6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 O-O 8. Bd2 d6 9. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e1,Be1c2][%mdl 32]} Bd7 10. O-O Ne8 11. Ne1 Nc7 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. Rxb4 b5 17. cxb5 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6} Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Rxb5 Bxb5 20. Qb3 Bd7 21. Rb1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} (21. Qb7 Qc8 22. Qa7 Rd8 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Bxf6 exf6 {1-0 (89) Kovalenko,I (2684)-Borisek,J (2565) chess.com INT 2017}) 21... Qc8 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Qb7 Qxb7 24. Bxb7 Bg4 25. f3 Be6 26. Kf2 Rb8 27. Rc7 Bd4+ 28. Be3 Bxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Kf8 30. f4 $146 Ke8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Kd8.} 31. Bf3 Rc8 32. Ra7 h5 33. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 21,111,-4,14,-26,-37,-41,8,-12,19,21,9,-20,-16,-18,-20,-70,-63,-44,-45,-82,-35,-30,-26,-28,-30,-22,-35,-27,-9,-9,-9,-9,38,40,77,56,50,61,56,34,93,93,95,85,114,134,147,135,179,181,184,194,189,152,205,168,218,209,221,218,227,224,198,203,227,229,225,217,211,196,241,217,315,229,333,319,777,746,729,700,652,889,799,777,1191,1191,1211,1122,1647,1878,29963,11456]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} (9... Neg4 10. O-O Rb8 11. b4 axb5 12. Nxb5 Kd8 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bf4 d6 15. Qb3 Bd7 16. a4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Qxb5 19. axb5 {½-½ (56) Grandelius,N (2653)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2794) Germany 2018}) 10. Na3 Bc5 11. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Nc2 Qc7 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 d6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Qb3 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 Neg4 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 {½-½ (41) Drozdowski,K (2475)-Stukopin,A (2558) Brownsville 2016}) 13... Nh5 (13... Be7 {feels hotter.} 14. Rfd1 d6 15. Ne3 Ng6 16. Bg5 b5) 14. Be3 (14. Bxe5 $5 Qxe5 15. Nb4 $11) 14... f5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Na3 b6 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Qb3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qa4 Ra7 21. Nab5 Raa8 22. Nd6 $1 Ne8 23. Nxe8 Rfxe8 24. Qb3 Qc6 25. Rd4 Ra7 26. Rfd1 Nf7 27. Qa4 Re7 28. Qxc6 dxc6 29. Na4 Rab7 30. c5 bxc5 {[#]} (30... e5 $14 31. R4d2 b5) 31. Rc4 $1 $16 Rb4 {[#]} 32. Rdc1 $1 Reb7 33. b3 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb5 35. Nxc5 ({Don't do} 35. Rxc5 $6 Nd8 $16) 35... Ne5 36. Rc2 Kf7 37. Nxa6 Rd5 (37... Ra5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 38. Nb4 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Ra1 40. Rc5 (40. Nxc6 $6 Nxc6 41. Rxc6 Rxa2 $16) 40... Kf6 41. f4 Ng4 42. h3 ({Don't play} 42. Nxc6 $6 Rxa2 43. h3 Rxe2+ 44. Kf1 Rc2 $16) 42... Ne3+ 43. Kf3 Nd5 44. Nxd5+ ({Stronger than} 44. Nxc6 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Ne3+ 46. Kh2 Rf2+ 47. Kh1 Rxe2 $11) 44... cxd5 $18 {KR-KR} 45. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} g5 46. a5 h5 (46... Ra3 $142 47. Rb5 Ra2 48. fxg5+ Kxg5) 47. b4 Ra3+ (47... g4+ $142 48. hxg4 hxg4+ 49. Kf2 Ra2) 48. Kf2 h4 $2 (48... gxf4 49. gxf4 Ke7) 49. fxg5+ Kxg5 50. gxh4+ Kxh4 51. Rc6 Ra4 52. Rb6 f4 53. a6 e5 54. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} e4 55. Rd6 Ra2 56. b6 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Fenil, Shah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 17,103,14,22,26,26,6,8,-14,-4,-43,-25,-14,-18,-29,-10,-16,-12,-30,-12,-18,-10,-10,-12,-3,0,0,-7,-60,0,0,14,14,8,0,0,0,43,43,43,43,43,43,51,44,53,53,53,53,53,52,52,52,54,52,52,52,52,52,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O h5 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} (8... d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Na4 Be7 12. c4 Rb8 13. b3 c5 14. Nc3 O-O 15. g4 Ne5 16. g5 Nc6 17. f4 {0-1 (55) Kryvoruchko,Y (2689)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Riadh 2017}) 9. Nf3 Bc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bf4 d6 {White has an edge.} 11. Qe2 Ng4 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 Nge5 13. Be3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Bg2 {0-1 (50) Wantiez,F (2329)-Malakhatko,V (2525) Cappelle-la-Grande 2016}) 12... Bd7 13. Nb1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. c3 Ba7 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nc4 22. Rf2 (22. Nxc4 $11 Rxc4 23. a5) 22... Rc7 ({Black should try} 22... Nxb2 $15 23. Nb3 Nxa4 24. Nxc5 Nxc5) 23. e5 $11 d5 24. Nf3 Ne3 25. Nd4 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 g6 27. a5 Ke7 28. Kf3 Rc5 29. Ke3 Rhc8 30. Ra3 Rc4 31. Rf1 Ra4 32. Rxa4 Bxa4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Ra1 Bd7 34. Ra3 Rc5 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kf8 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. b3 (38. Ra1 $14) 38... Rc8 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Ra1 Rh8 40. Nf3 Rh3 41. Ke2 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. c4 (42. cxd4 Bc6) 42... d3+ 43. Kf2 Bc6 44. Nd2 f5 45. exf6+ Kxf6 {[#] aiming for ...e5.} 46. Re1 $1 g5 47. fxg5+ Kxg5 48. Rxe6 Rh2+ 49. Ke1 Rh1+ 50. Kf2 Rh2+ 51. Ke1 Rh1+ 52. Kf2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Bewersdorff, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 13,85,0,0,-30,-31,-22,14,0,0,0,11,7,19,26,23,31,26,16,13,16,16,-9,64,68,72,27,81,63,91,88,130,66,137,117,185,131,133,103,104,110,107,109,123,120,140,121,251,256,243,137,203,201,229,181,187,182,241,222,234,207,206,172,179,147,161,119,111,119,187,170,504,496,833,823]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. Qb3 Qb6 {LiveBook: 397 Games} 8. Bd2 $146 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qd1 dxc4 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Nc5 Qc8 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. Qxc4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Ncd3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 {1-0 (36) Nakamura,H (2787)-Kramnik,V (2800) Moscow 2018}) 8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 Be6 10. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Bf5 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Qa3 Qd8 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Nh4 {[#] Bxc7 is the strong threat.} Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bg4 17. e4 Be2 (17... c5 $11) 18. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ba6 19. Nf3 Nb5 (19... c5 $11 {remains equal.}) 20. Qb3 Qa5 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. Nd2 (22. e5 $16) 22... Qa3 (22... e5 $14 23. dxe5 Nc7) 23. e5 $16 Rc8 (23... h5 $16 24. Be4 Kh7) 24. Ne4 (24. Qxa3 $18 Nxa3 25. c4) 24... b6 25. h4 Qxb3 26. axb3 Bb7 27. b4 h6 28. Be3 Rcd8 29. Red1 f6 (29... Nc7 $16) 30. c4 Nc7 31. f4 (31. exf6 $18 exf6 32. Nc3) 31... fxe5 (31... Ba8 $16 {was necessary.} 32. Kh2 a6) 32. dxe5 $18 ({But not} 32. fxe5 a6 $16) 32... Ne6 33. Ra1 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 {Hoping for Rd7.} Rd8 (34... Bc8 {was called for.} 35. Ra1 g5) 35. Ra1 Ra8 36. Nc3 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. b5 ({And not} 38. fxg5 Bxe5 39. Ra3 Nd4 $11) 38... Nd8 39. Ne4 gxf4 40. gxf4 c5 (40... Bh6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 41. Ng3 c5) 41. Rd1 a6 $2 (41... Kf8 42. Kf2 Rb8) 42. bxa6 Bxa6 {[#]} (42... Bc6 $142 43. a7 Bh6) 43. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 55%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cornette, Deimante"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 22,80,18,18,18,10,35,20,10,-30,-26,-32,-12,-25,-23,-24,-28,-101,-107,-97,-108,-118,-85,-85,-54,-92,-29,-34,-27,-39,-40,-25,0,0,0,0,7,-33,-31,-24,-22,-45,-18,-24,-20,-19,-15,-39,-51,-58,-22,-39,-31,-56,-58,-216,-223,-471,-479,-476,-491]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Be7 7. d3 O-O {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 8. h3 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 16 Games} Bd7 13. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 Ne6 {½-½ (31) Kobalia,M (2596)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Sochi 2017}) 13... Re8 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Bb2 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 16. Rb1 Be5 17. Qd2 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 18. Rbd1 Qg6 19. Kf1 {[#]} (19. Kh1 $11) 19... a4 $1 $17 20. b4 Ne6 21. Nde2 a3 22. Bc1 Reb8 23. Kg1 {With the idea f4.} Nf8 (23... Qf6 $17) 24. Kh1 $11 Qe6 25. f4 Bf6 26. c5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Bh4 (26... Qc4 {keeps more tension.} 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Rf1 Qxb4 29. Rf3 Qa5) 27. Rf1 Rxb4 {[%cal Bb8b4,Bb4c4,Bc4c5,Bc5a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Qxd6 (29. Rf3 {looks sharper.} c5 30. Rd3 Bc6 31. Rxd6 Qc8 32. Qe3) 29... Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Be7 31. Rdd1 Rc4 32. Rf3 Be8 33. Rd4 Rc5 34. Nb1 Ne6 35. Rd2 Rca5 36. Rdd3 Ra4 37. Bxa3 c5 {Hoping for ...Bb5.} 38. Bc1 $2 {[#]} (38. Nec3 $15) 38... Bb5 $1 $19 ({Resist} 38... Rxa2 39. Nec3 $17) ({Don't play} 38... Rxe4 39. Nbc3 $17) 39. Rd2 $2 (39. Nbc3 Bxd3 40. Rxd3) 39... Bxe2 $1 40. Rxe2 Nd4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 17,75,24,13,6,0,0,0,4,10,5,11,0,31,-12,-12,-25,-22,-18,-25,-52,-44,-33,-44,-35,-22,-30,-40,-22,-24,-29,-21,-34,-10,-16,-8,-27,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-20,-9,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Be3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. Qe3 Nh5 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Bf1 b6 15. a4 Bb7 16. a5 f5 17. f3 fxe4 18. fxe4 {0-1 (29) Pomes Marcet,J (2378)-Strikovic,A (2520) Ortiguera 2003}) 10... Qe7 11. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Rad1 h5 13. Nb3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Kh7 15. Qc5 Bf6 16. Qxe7 Bxe7 {1-0 (31) Heedt,T-Stoeber,M (2235) Cologne 1994}) 11... Nh5 12. g3 Bh3 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Na3 Kh8 15. Rad1 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Qf2 {[#] Black must now prevent Bc5.} b6 18. f4 Bg4 19. Be2 exf4 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Qe7 23. Kf2 Re8 24. Qd2 Qc5+ 25. Kg2 Qc6+ 26. Kf2 Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 27. Bf1 $1 {The position is equal.} Qc5+ 28. Kf3 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Bxf1 30. Qxf1 Qd5+ 31. Kf2 Bxc3 (31... Qxa2 {with more complications.} 32. Qe2 Qf7 33. Qd3 h5 34. Nb5 f4) 32. bxc3 Qxa2+ 33. Qe2 Qxa3 34. Qe5+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Qc5+.} 35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kg6 37. Qe6+ Kg7 {Hoping for ...Qd6.} 38. Qe5+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 16,89,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,7,16,32,0,0,-2,-12,-20,-14,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,17,29,14,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,22,209,213,430,249,249,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bf4 Qc7 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} (7... Qb6 8. Nd2 Qxb2 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. Qg4 Na5 11. Be2 Qb2 12. O-O Qxc2 13. Qf3 Qa4 14. Rab1 a6 15. Rfd1 {1-0 (27) Amin,B (2693)-Gordievsky,D (2622) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 8. Qe2 h6 9. O-O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} a6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be4 Bb7 13. Bxc6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Bg3 d5 15. exd6 Bxd6 {½-½ (25) Podvoysky,E (2199)-Dolgov,I (2389) LSS email 2012}) 13... Bxc6 14. Ne4 Qb7 15. Rd4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Bc5 17. Bg3 O-O 18. Bh4 d5 19. exd6 $1 Bxd6 20. Rd1 Be7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Red4 Rfd8 23. g3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 26. h4 Qd5 27. b3 f5 28. Qe3 Qd6 29. Kb2 e5 30. b4 Kf7 31. Qe2 Kf6 {[#]} 32. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd5 (32... bxa4 33. Qxc4) 33. a5 f4 34. Qg4 Qe6 35. Qf3 g5 $2 {[#]} (35... Qd6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 36. Qh5 $18 Kf5 $2 (36... Ke7 {was called for.} 37. hxg5 hxg5) 37. hxg5 (37. g4+ $142 Ke4 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qxg5) 37... hxg5 38. Qh3+ $2 (38. g4+ $18 Kf6 39. Qh6+ Ke7 40. Qxg5+ Kf7 41. f3) 38... g4 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Qh7+ Qg6 40. Qd7+ Kg5 41. Qd8+ Qf6 42. Qg8+ Kf5 43. Qc8+ Qe6 44. Qf8+ Ke4 45. Qa8+ {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bick, Gabriel"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 14,60,19,2,12,10,17,12,25,0,0,-13,-13,-13,-15,-35,-1,-4,-3,-20,0,-30,-14,-31,-23,-75,-75,-72,-73,-76,-81,-81,-75,-75,-82,-76,-68,-85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 Rd8 16. exd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (63) Carlsen,M (2834)-Kramnik,V (2787) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 {LiveBook: 27 Games} Bd7 9. a4 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Na7 14. Bc4 Nc6 {½-½ (14) Antoniewski,R (2540)-Predojevic,B (2640) Austria 2017}) 10. Re1 c6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Bb3 d5 14. e5 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 15. Re2 Nc7 16. Nf1 Ne6 17. Ng3 Ng6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 18. Nh5 Nh4 19. Nf6+ (19. Ne1 $11) 19... gxf6 $17 20. Nxh4 fxe5 21. Nf5 e4 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe6 {[#] Intending Qg4+ and mate.} Kh8 $1 (23... fxe6 24. Qg4+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qg4+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qg4+ $16) 24. Qg4 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg4g7]} Rg8 25. Qxe4 {[#] Bxd7 is the strong threat.} Bxe6 (25... Rg6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg6e6]} 26. Bxd7 (26. Bxf7 $2 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Rf6 $19) 26... Qxd7) 26. Qe5+ $11 {The position is equal.} f6 27. Qxe6 Rg6 (27... Re8 $5 28. Qf7 $8 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qf8 $11) 28. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Rg8 {Threatens to win with ...Re8.} ({Don't play} 28... Qxd4 $6 29. Nxg6+ hxg6 30. Be3 $16) 29. Nf5 Rg6 (29... Re8 $5 30. Qf7 $8 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Qf8 $11) 30. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Rg8 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 69%.} ({Reject} 30... Qxd4 $6 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. Be3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 23,80,26,16,0,10,0,14,3,37,30,39,36,37,46,39,10,25,-25,0,-60,-39,-127,-93,-97,-97,-97,-97,-80,-97,-78,-76,-283,-146,-141,-140,-145,-149,-148,-140,-147,-153,-160,-96,-112,-104,-265,-171,-265,-272,-261,-243,-315,-274,-448,-458,-453,-439,-648,-631]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. Bf1 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. a3 Rfd8 16. b4 Ne5 17. Bg3 Ng6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. f5 Nge5 21. fxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (73) Spraggett,K (2586)-Ivanov,J (2409) Seville 2010}) 14. a3 Ne5 15. Rc1 Qc7 16. b4 Qb8 17. h3 Bd8 18. Bh2 Bc7 19. f4 Ng6 20. Nf3 Qa8 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 21. Bd3 (21. Nd2 $11) 21... Red8 $15 22. Nd2 (22. Qe2 $15) 22... d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 23. e5 {[#]} dxc4 $1 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. exf6 Bxg2 26. Qe2 Bxh3 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 27. Qf3 $2 (27. b5 $17 {was forced.}) 27... Qxf3 ({Black should try} 27... Rxd2 $19 28. Qxh3 Rcd8) 28. Nxf3 $17 gxf6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 29. Ne4 {[#]} b5 $1 30. Nxf6+ Kg7 31. Ne4 Rd3 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 32. Rc3 Rcd8 (32... Bb6+ $142 33. Kh1 Rcd8 34. Rxd3 Rxd3) 33. Re3 {Threatening Rexd3.} Rd1+ 34. Re1 $2 (34. Kf2 $17) 34... Bf5 35. Nc5 (35. Ng3 {was worth a try.}) 35... Rxe1+ $19 36. Nxe1 Rd1 37. Bg3 Bd8 38. Nxa6 $2 (38. Kg2 {is a better defense.}) 38... Bf6 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Rf3 {Now Nc7 and White clings on.} Bd4+ 40. Kh2 (40. Kg2 $142 Be4 41. Nc5) 40... Be4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 13,92,0,0,-24,-16,-17,0,-7,0,-2,0,-2,0,4,12,-20,-24,-14,-17,-24,-20,-64,-55,-55,-67,-62,-55,-67,-59,-71,-60,-63,-50,-65,-50,-64,-58,-60,-58,-65,-64,-60,-41,-81,-87,-98,-63,-77,-70,-97,-91,-92,-82,-91,-71,-75,-33,-34,-34,-33,-53,-51,-30,-30,-14,-14,0,-30,-30,-30,-16,-17,-14,-20,-14,-18,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Ne4 7. Rc1 (7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. g3 g5 10. Be3 f5 11. Bg2 f4 12. gxf4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 gxf4 {0-1 (21) Svidler,P (2768)-Mamedyarov,S (2804) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7c8,Bc8d6][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 15 Games} 8. g3 Bf5 9. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qb3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Qa2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 {0-1 (30) Glud,J (2531)-Hammer,J (2677) Helsingor 2015}) 9... O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Ne7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 c6 15. Rfe1 Nc8 16. Ne5 Nd6 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. g4 Be6 20. h3 f6 21. Nd3 Bf7 22. e3 Nc4 23. Re2 h5 24. Bf3 hxg4 25. hxg4 g5 26. Nb4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Re7 28. Kg3 Nd6 29. Ree1 Rae8 30. Kg2 Bg6 31. Be2 Be4+ 32. Kg3 Rh8 33. Nxc6 bxc6 34. Rxc6 Nc4 {...Kg6 is the strong threat.} 35. f3 $1 Bg6 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. Rxc4 Bf7 38. Rc6 b5 39. e4 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Rec1 (40. axb4 Rb8) 40... bxa3 41. bxa3 Ra8 42. R1c3 {The position is equal.} Rea7 43. Rb6 $1 Rxa3 44. Rcc6 Ra1 45. Rxf6 {[#] Hoping for Rf5.} R8a2 {And now ...Rg1+ would win.} 46. Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g5]} Rg1+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Unuk, Laura"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 23,64,6,2,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,5,61,55,64,62,62,50,64,0,0,0,0,-146,-45,-38,-36,-35,0,-1185,-1119,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nxe4 {LiveBook: 10 Games. A89: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 Nc6} 13. Ne2 (13. Qc1 e5 14. Be3 Nd6 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 b6 20. Qc4 {1-0 (29) Simutowe,A (2421)-Nakamura,H (2647) Cherry Hill 2007}) 13... Bf5 14. Nd4 e5 {The position is equal.} 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Be3 Nd6 17. Qe2 f4 18. Bc5 b6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Be4 {½-½ (39) Garcia Vicente,N (2265)-Oms Fuentes,L (2165) Pontevedra 2004}) 16... exf4 17. Bf3 Qh4 18. Re1 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bc3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 20. Re6 Rf7 (20... Kh8 $11) 21. Qd3 $14 Bf6 22. Rxb7 {aiming for d6.} Qh3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rg7+.} 23. Qe2 {And now d6 would win.} Kh8 24. Re8+ (24. Rb1 $14) 24... Rxe8 $11 25. Qxe8+ Kg7 26. Bg2 {[#]} (26. Rb8 Qxf3 27. Qe1 (27. Qg8+ $2 Kh6 $19) 27... Kh6 $19) (26. Qe2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 26... Qg4 ({Black should try} 26... Qh5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh5d1] ...Qd1+ is the strong threat.} 27. Qe1 Re7) 27. h3 $1 $15 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Qd1+ 28. Bf1 $1 Re7 29. Qb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Qc8 $11 Re1 30. Qxc7+ (30. Rxc7+ Be7 $11) 30... Be7 31. Qxe7+ Rxe7 32. Rxe7+ Kg6 33. Rxa7) 29... Kh6 $19 {( -> ...Rg7+)} 30. Qb1 Rg7+ {Black mates.} 31. Kh2 Qd2 32. Bg2 f3 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 65%.} (32... Qxf2 $2 33. Qf1 $19) 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cummings, David H."]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 19,92,54,63,44,48,39,68,29,37,30,41,36,28,0,77,75,65,65,58,37,29,10,143,133,259,-28,-54,-56,-17,-21,-26,-28,-20,-22,0,0,0,-17,-14,-26,-26,-25,-25,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-10,-9,-18,-22,-32,-56,-43,-18,0,0,0,0,53,66,76,0,0,0,83,0,0,0,77,0,0]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb8 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nxc6 $146 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. e5 Ne8 15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Kb1 a6 {1-0 (41) Karpov,A (2725)-Adams,M (2630) Dos Hermanas 1993}) 11... Bxc6 12. Bf4 Qb7 13. e5 {White is slightly better.} Nh5 14. Be3 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 a6 {[#]} (16... Bxe3 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Qxe3 Qc7) 17. Bxc5 $1 $16 bxc5 18. Rhe1 Rab8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 d5 (20... Qc7 $11) 21. cxd5 Rfd8 (21... c4 $16 {is a better defense.}) 22. Qc2 $2 {[#]} (22. dxe6 $18 Qb6 23. Qc3) 22... exd5 $11 23. Bf5 Qc7 24. g4 Kh8 25. Kb1 d4 26. Be6 Nd5 27. Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 28. Re6 Rdd8 29. Qe2 Qf7 30. Re7 Qg6+ 31. Ka1 h6 32. Qe5 d3 33. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} c4 34. h5 Qg5 35. Qxg5 hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 36. Re4 Rbc8 37. Re5 Re8 38. Rxg5 Re2 39. Rd5 $1 Rc2 40. b3 c3 (40... cxb3 $1 $11 41. axb3 Rf2) 41. R5xd3 $14 {g5 is the strong threat.} Kh7 $1 42. Kb1 Rb2+ $1 43. Ka1 {aiming for Rxc3!} Rc2 44. Kb1 (44. Re1 $16) 44... Rb2+ $11 45. Ka1 ({Better is} 45. Kc1 $11 Rxa2 46. Rd8) 45... Rc2 $16 46. Re3 (46. f4 $16) 46... Rd8 $1 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Midoux, Sebastien"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 23,120,23,19,11,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-22,-46,-35,-31,-30,-63,-61,-66,-24,-26,-24,-23,-31,-33,-29,-66,-35,-41,-42,-68,-40,-63,-60,-63,-53,-65,0,-61,-62,-50,-38,-43,-47,-150,-156,-162,-91,-100,-108,-103,-77,-74,-41,-66,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-21,-67,-40,-64,-32,-78,-81,-80,-80,-77,-77,-77,-66,-72,-32,-114,-91,-237,-235,-234,-218,-212,-165,-173,-131,-503,-501,-495,-449,-1660,-1770,-2842,-2393,-1697,-1667]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Nf3 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. c4 O-O {[#]} 14. cxd5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. exd5) 14... cxd5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bc2 Qf6 17. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} (17. Rad1 {NOTEXT} g6 18. Bb3 Rae8 19. Qd3 Qxb2 20. Qa6) 17... g6 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rab8 20. Bb3 a5 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 (21... a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 22. Re7 Bc8 23. Bxd5 Rxb2 $15) 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Re1 Kf8 24. g3 Bg5 25. Bxd5 Bf6 26. Nf3 Rxb2 27. Rd1 a4 28. Ne1 Bb5 29. Nd3 Rc2 30. Nb4 Rb2 31. Nd3 Re2 32. Nf4 Rc2 33. h4 Kg7 34. Ng2 (34. Rb1 $15 Bb2 35. Rd1) 34... Be2 $17 35. Rb1 {[#]} Bb2 ({Black should play} 35... Rd2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd2d5]} 36. Ne3 Bd4) 36. Nf4 Ba6 37. Rd1 Ba3 38. Nd3 h5 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. Ne1 Re2 41. Nf3 Bc5 42. Rd2 $1 Rxd2 43. Nxd2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening Ne4+. KBB-KBN} Ke7 44. f3 f6 45. g4 Bb4 46. Ne4 hxg4 47. fxg4 f5 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Ng5 Kd6 50. Bf7 Ke5 51. Nf3+ (51. a3 $1 $15 Bb7+ 52. Kh3 Bxa3 53. Be8) 51... Ke4 52. Be8 {[#]} (52. a3 $17 Bxa3 53. Be8) 52... a3 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Ke3.} 53. Bc6+ Ke3 {White must now prevent ...Bc4.} 54. Bd5 Bf8 55. h5 Bd3 56. Ng5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Ne5 $17 {is tougher.}) 56... Be2 {Black is clearly winning.} 57. Nf3 {If White can now play Nh4 this consolidates a bit.} f4 58. Bc6 (58. h6 $142 Bxh6 59. Ne1) 58... Bc4 59. Ne1 Kd2 60. Nf3+ Kc3 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 37%, Black = 68%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kantorik, Marian"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 12,92,42,28,61,33,33,35,44,33,40,30,47,42,38,42,43,35,47,20,39,24,41,21,26,23,50,-7,-7,-42,-50,-102,-114,-123,-106,-99,-91,-95,-106,-131,-72,-58,-66,-85,-85,-106,-106,-106,-106,-176,-128,-128,-120,-178,-163,-156,-151,-138,-138,-302,-283,-354,-324,-304,-322,-464,-464,-468,-463,-653,-601,-916,-907,-808,-750,-1668,-1125,-1338,-1253,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12843]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. f3 Nbd7 {B06: Modern Defence} (6... c6 7. Qd2 h5 8. Bd3 a5 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 e5 12. Bc4 Nb4 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. Bh6 {½-½ (70) Radjabov,T (2745)-Nakamura,H (2775) Stavanger 2013}) 7. Qd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} b6 8. Bh6 Bxh6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Qxh6 e5 10. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Nge2 O-O-O 13. d5 a5 14. b4 axb4 {1-0 (30) Bersamina,P (2325)-Zhou,G (2206) Bangkok 2014}) 10... Qe7 11. Bc4 Qf8 12. Qe3 (12. Qd2 {keeps more tension.} h5 13. Nge2 Qh6 14. Qxh6 Rxh6 15. a5) 12... h5 13. h4 Qh6 14. Qxh6 Rxh6 15. Nge2 Ke7 16. Kd2 Bb7 17. Rag1 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Kc1 ({White should try} 19. Ng3 $14) 19... Rhh8 20. b3 Rhb8 21. Nd5+ (21. Bd3 $15) 21... Bxd5 $1 $17 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kb2 b4 (25... Nb6 $142 26. Rd1 Ra5) 26. Ra1 f5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. c4 Nc5 29. Nc1 Kf6 30. g3 (30. Kc2 $17 {was called for.}) 30... Ra3 31. Rh2 Ra7 32. Rh1 {[#]} (32. Kc2 $17) 32... g5 $1 $19 33. hxg5+ Kxg5 34. Kc2 e4 35. fxe4 $2 (35. Rf1 $17 {only move.}) 35... Nxe4 36. Rh3 Ra8 37. Nd3 Ra2+ 38. Kb1 (38. Kc1 $142 Ra1+ 39. Kb2) 38... Rg2 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. c5 dxc5 40. d6 (40. Nf4 $142 Rg1+ 41. Kc2) 40... Nxd6 41. Nxc5 Ne4 42. Ne6+ Kg4 43. Rh4+ Kxg3 44. Rxh5 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 45. Re5 Re2 {[#] ( -> ...Nc3+)} 46. Kc1 f3 {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Black "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 20,85,56,46,46,44,45,37,49,21,87,56,56,56,67,51,53,33,46,23,28,27,28,-13,25,0,8,0,19,-12,0,-137,-130,-137,-130,-114,-135,-113,-15,-11,-11,-21,-16,-16,0,0,0,-73,-39,-89,-6,-133,-131,-235,-220,-217,-178,-179,361,361,570,489,639,637,620,617,1082,1079]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. a4 Na6 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (11... exd5 12. cxd5 b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bh2 Nh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nd2 h5 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. f3 Ba6 19. Ne3 Nh7 20. Kg2 {0-1 (61) Mitkov,M (2401)-Drenchev,P (2517) Tivat 2011}) 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Nh5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nb4 14. Bb1 b6 15. Ra3 a6 16. g4 exd5 17. exd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 {1-0 (76) Danner,G (2355)-Koerholz,L (2255) Dortmund 1992}) 14. Be3 Qf6 (14... Nb4 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. Bf1 e5 16. g3 Nb4 17. Nh2 Qe7 18. Rc1 Kh7 19. Kg2 Rf8 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Ng4 Nd7 22. Qd2 {[%cal Re3h6]} f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nxh6 Qf6 {[%cal Rg7h6]} 25. Nxf5 ({Much worse is} 25. Nb5 Bxh6 26. Bxh6 Qxh6 $17) (25. Ng4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qg6 26. Rh1 (26. Nh2 $2 f4 $19)) 25... Qxf5 $17 26. Nb5 Nf6 27. g4 Qg6 $1 28. Nxd6 Nxg4 (28... b6 $17 29. Nxc8 Raxc8) 29. hxg4 $11 Qxd6 30. Rh1+ Kg8 31. Rh5 Rf6 32. Rch1 Rg6 $1 33. f3 (33. R1h4 $11) 33... e4 34. Bf4 Qf8 ({Better is} 34... Qa6 $1 $17 {And now ...exf3+ would win.} 35. Kg3 exf3 36. Bxf3 Bd7) 35. Kg3 (35. R1h4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... Bf5 $1 $17 36. fxe4 (36. d6 $17 {was called for.}) 36... Bxe4 $19 37. Rf1 Re8 38. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32] [#] aiming for d7.} Bd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Qf7 $1 $19 {avoids the disaster. White must now prevent ...Qe6.} 39. Rxc5 Nc6) 39. d7 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Be5.} Rd8 (39... Rf6 $142) 40. Bc7 {White is clearly winning.} Qxf1 41. Bxf1 Rxd7 42. Qf4 Bc2 {Hoping for ...Rf7.} 43. Be5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,87,14,25,4,12,-31,-41,-39,-34,-38,-29,-29,-19,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,5,31,6,29,32,16,17,22,24,98,36,25,24,28,9,8,8,19,4,3,0,91,74,98,74,250,235,219,197,222,234,224,201,245,264,206,242,626,645,675,661,630,553,646,585,585,585,585,585,585,585,12829,12830,12835,12829]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. a4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 c5 8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 e6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. a5 Be7 12. dxc5 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 {1-0 (46) Fedorchuk,S (2633)-Narciso Dublan,M (2467) Linares 2017}) 6... Nc6 7. h3 Bf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. d3 {White has an edge.} h6 9. g4 Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bh7 10. Bf4 e6 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. O-O-O {0-1 (39) Tsaruk,M (2045)-Nikolova,A (2331) Albena 2016}) 10. Bf4 e6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. Qe2 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 O-O 15. f4 b5 16. Bb3 Nd7 17. Qe3 c5 18. O-O Qb6 19. f5 exf5 {And now ...Rae8 would win.} 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. gxf5 Bh7 {[#]} (21... Bh5 $11) 22. Qf4 (22. axb5 $1 $16 {f6! is the strong threat.} axb5 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxf7) 22... Qxf4 $14 23. Rxf4 {aiming for axb5.} Rfd8 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Re1 Ra7 26. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rb7 27. a5 Re8 (27... f6 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Rxe8+ $16 Kxe8 29. f6 (29. Ba2 {looks sharper.} Kf8 30. b4 Rb8 31. bxc5 Nxc5 32. Nb4) 29... gxf6 $2 (29... Kf8 $16 {might work better.}) 30. Nxf6+ $18 Nxf6 31. Rxf6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} c4 32. dxc4 bxc4 33. Ba4+ ({Much less strong is} 33. Bxc4 $6 Rxb2 34. Ke3 (34. Bxf7+ Ke7 $11) (34. Rxh6 Rxc2+ 35. Ke3 Rxc4 $11) 34... Bg6) 33... Ke7 {[#]} 34. Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b7]} ({Weaker is} 34. Rxa6 Rxb2 35. Rxh6 Bf5 $16) ({Less strong is} 34. Rxh6 Rb4 $16) 34... Rxb6 35. axb6 $18 {[%cal Ba5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32] KB-KB} Kd6 $2 (35... Kd8 36. c3 Be4) 36. Ke3 {White is clearly winning.} Bf5 37. Kd4 Be6 38. c3 f6 39. b7 Kc7 {[#]} 40. Bc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6f3][%mdl 512]} a5 (40... Kxc6 41. b8=Q) 41. Bf3 Bf7 42. Kc5 h5 43. Kb5 f5 44. Kc5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,103,-39,-40,-62,-47,-56,-33,-30,-12,-53,-57,-65,-1,-10,30,30,29,27,35,20,21,0,0,-27,16,0,76,67,72,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-36,-33,-32,-13,-12,-25,-7,-18,-29,-27,-50,-53,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-39,-99,0,0,0,0,167,4,149,190,400,400,400,400,397,388,635,627,721,721,851,854,806,795,758,614,620,576,562,499,710,690]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be6 (4... Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. d3 Be6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nd2 a5 9. a3 Qd7 10. h3 d4 11. e4 g6 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 {½-½ (42) Kamsky,G (2762)-Grischuk,A (2764) Beijing 2012}) 5. d3 Qd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 6. a3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} f6 7. Nd2 Bc5 8. e3 {Black is slightly better.} Nge7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... a5 9. h3 Nge7 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Kg1 {½-½ (49) Van Delft,M (2418)-Pedersen,C (2392) Germany 2007}) 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qe2 h5 (10... Bb6 $15) 11. b4 $11 Bd6 12. c4 dxc4 13. dxc4 {[#] Black must now prevent c5.} Nf5 14. c5 Be7 15. Rc1 a6 16. Be4 Rd8 17. Ngf3 Kf7 (17... g5 $11) 18. Nc4 $16 {aiming for Bxc6.} Kg7 19. Rg1 (19. O-O $16) 19... Qc8 $11 20. Nh4 Nxh4 21. gxh4 Bf5 22. Qc2 Kf7 23. Ke2 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Bc3 Rhg8 27. h3 Rxg1 28. Rxg1 a5 29. b5 Na7 30. Bxa5 Bxc5 31. Bxc7 Rc8 32. b6 Nb5 33. Rc1 {Strongly threatening Nxe5+!} Bxa3 34. Nxa3 Nxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Rc3 Ra8 $1 36. Kd1 Ke6 37. Kc1 ({White should play} 37. Ke1 $15) 37... Ra6 ({Black should try} 37... Kd5 $17) 38. Rc5 Ra4 39. Kb2 Kd7 $2 (39... Ra5 $11 40. Rc3 Nb5) 40. f4 $2 (40. Kb3 $18 Ra6 41. f4) 40... exf4 (40... Ra5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 41. Rc1 (41. Rxa5 Nc4+ 42. Kc3 Nxa5 $11) 41... Nb5) 41. Kb3 $16 ({Of course not} 41. Bxf4 $6 Nc4+ 42. Kb3 Nxb6 $11) ({Much weaker is} 41. exf4 $6 Ra5 $11) 41... Ra8 $2 (41... Ra6) 42. Bxf4 $18 Ke6 43. Kb4 Ra6 44. Rc7 Kd5 $2 (44... Nc2+ 45. Rxc2 Rxb6+ 46. Ka3 Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kg6) 45. Rd7+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke4 46. Rxb7 Nc2+ 47. Kb5 Ra1 48. Re7+ Kd5 49. b7 Rb1+ 50. Ka4 Kc4 {[%cal Rb1a1]} 51. Rc7+ Kd3 {[#]} (51... Kd5 $142 52. Rxc2 Rxb7 53. Rd2+ Ke6) 52. b8=Q $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 46%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,53,21,18,46,58,99,95,91,104,96,97,103,80,91,74,79,70,65,71,103,111,234,249,302,304,298,269,281,285,664,664,1006,1010,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 10. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] [#] LiveBook: 3 Games} f5 11. g4 {[%cal Rg4f5]} c4 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bc2 Nc5 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Nf3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Rg1 Qe8 15. Qh6 Qf7 16. Nf3 Kh8 17. Qh3 {1-0 (30) Oliva Castaneda,K (2497)-Gutierrez Olivares,D (2352) Barbera del Valles 2017}) 14... Be6 15. Rg1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Qe8 16. Qxe8 Raxe8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. b4 cxb3 19. axb3 {[%cal Ba2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Kh8 {[#]} (19... a6 $16) 20. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4c5]} ({Weaker is} 20. Rxa7 Ra8 $16) 20... Ne4 21. e6 (21. Rxa7 Ra8 $16) 21... Bc8 22. Ba4 ({But not} 22. Rxa7 Bh4 $16) 22... Rd8 23. Be5 Ng5 $2 (23... Rg8 24. Nxf5 Bf6) 24. f4 Nxe6 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Bxg7+ Kg8 27. Bd4+ {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,62,18,18,23,31,30,33,30,30,20,35,31,28,29,31,29,37,28,19,18,20,13,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. e3 Qd7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. O-O Rd8 10. Qe2 e5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Qxc4 exd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. Rxd4 Rxd4 17. exd4 Nd5 $146 18. Bd2 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd6 20. Ba5 Rb8 21. b4 {The position is equal.} f5 22. a3 Kf7 23. Rc1 Ke6 $1 24. Rxc6 Kd5 25. Ra6 Rb7 $1 26. Kf1 Kc4 {[#] Hoping for ...Kb5.} 27. Rc6+ Kd5 28. Ra6 Kc4 {White must now prevent ...Kb5.} 29. Rc6+ Kd5 30. Ra6 Kc4 {[#] aiming for ...Kb5.} 31. Rc6+ Kd5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,79,11,21,29,30,0,44,22,22,20,20,20,32,22,96,99,107,43,50,23,49,32,65,72,66,72,65,71,225,235,222,216,344,345,311,320,803,712,676,654,735,734,695,693,905,885,1527,1313,1306,1288,1173,972,2894,1927]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Nf3 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 Nb6 {A67: Modern Benoni: Taimanov Variation} 13. f5 N8d7 14. Bg5 Bf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 15. h4 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Qd2 c4 18. Bc2 c3 19. bxc3 bxc3 20. Nxc3 {0-1 (61) L'Ami,A (2348)-Hillarp Persson,T (2529) St Clement Bay 2016}) 16. Qd2 (16. Qc1 {is more complex.} Bxg5 17. hxg5 b4 18. Ne2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Qf4) 16... Ne5 (16... gxf5 {is interesting.} 17. exf5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 f6 19. Bh6 Kh8) 17. fxg6 (17. Nxe5 {keeps more tension.} Bxg5 18. hxg5 Rxe5 19. a3 gxf5 20. exf5 Nxd5 21. Be4) 17... fxg6 18. Nxe5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qxg5 20. hxg5 {[#] Nf7 is the strong threat.} dxe5 (20... Rxe5 $11 21. Rf6 Bg4) 21. Rf6 $16 Rb8 22. Be2 ({Better is} 22. b3 $16) 22... Bd7 $14 23. Raf1 Rf8 24. Nd1 Kg7 25. Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rxf6 26. Rxf6 h6 27. Bg4 Bxg4 $2 {[#]} (27... hxg5 $16 28. Rd6 Rh8+ 29. Kg1 Bxg4) 28. Nxg4 $18 hxg5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Rc6 Rh8+ (29... Rb7 $142 30. Nxe5 Nd7) 30. Kg1 $18 Rh4 31. Nf2 ({And not} 31. Nxe5 Rxe4 32. Rxg6+ Kh7 $11) 31... Na4 $2 (31... Nc4 32. b3 (32. Rxc5 Rf4 $16) 32... Ne3 33. Rc7+ (33. Rxc5 Rf4 $16) 33... Kf6) 32. g3 {White is clearly winning.} Rh8 33. b3 Nc3 34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. d6 Ne2+ 36. Kg2 Nd4 37. Ng4 Ne6 38. Re7 Nd8 39. Nxe5 Rh6 40. Nd7+ {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,88,26,33,16,32,14,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,-33,-40,-39,-31,-43,-41,-45,-26,-41,-25,-25,-26,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-68,-55,-55,-52,-63,-51,-75,-75,-75,-23,-59,-56,-75,-56,-233,-224,-243,-242,-227,-215,-200,-197,-274,-247,-525,-518,-470,-506,-794,-775]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 e6 8. b3 d5 9. Ba3 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} Re8 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bf3 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rad8 14. Qc2 h5 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Nf4 Ne4 {1-0 (73) Kovalenko,I (2700)-Shabalov,A (2522) Berlin 2015}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bg4 f5 17. Be2 b5 18. Qc2 Rec8 19. f4 exf3 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 c6 22. Bb4 Qd5 23. Qc5 Bf8 (23... Qe4 {is more complex.} 24. Be1 a5 25. Bg3 a4 26. b4 Bf8) 24. Qxd5+ cxd5 25. Bc5 Rc6 26. b4 h5 27. a4 bxa4 28. Ra1 Bh6 29. Rxa4 Re8 30. Kf2 Re4 31. g3 h4 32. Ra3 Kf7 33. Kg2 Kf6 34. gxh4 Rxh4 (34... Rce6 $1 $17) 35. Rc3 {And now Be7+! would win.} Kf7 36. Rb3 Re4 37. Rh3 $2 {[#]} (37. Kf2 $15) 37... g5 $1 $19 38. Rf3 {[#]} Kg6 $1 39. h3 g4 40. hxg4 fxg4 41. Rg3 (41. Rf2 {is a better defense.}) 41... Rce6 42. Kf2 $2 (42. b5 {was called for.} axb5 43. Rxb5) 42... Kf5 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Ba7 Bg5 44. b5 (44. Bb8 $142 Bh4 45. Be5) 44... Bh4 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,114,3,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-18,-18,-23,-29,-32,-50,-48,-56,-41,-48,-45,-34,-56,-52,-41,-44,-14,-20,-13,-86,-85,-152,-141,-120,-103,-97,-83,-77,-65,-110,-106,-129,-45,-62,-56,-54,-56,-53,-28,-35,-13,-33,-33,-33,-33,-124,-103,-87,-62,-167,-167,-209,-202,-219,-210,-210,-190,-339,-227,-451,-445,-444,-443,-447,-431,-441,-435,-409,-397,-679,-637,-1368,-1312,-2199,-2240,-5185,-4414]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Ba2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} 10. Qe2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 11. Rd1 (11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Be3 Qb6 15. Rad1 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. b4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 {1-0 (26) Moiseenko,A (2657)-Halkias,S (2585) Doha 2016}) 11... Qc7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rac1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qb6 {[#]} 14. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be1 Bc6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne5 Rac8 {½-½ (42) Bernasek,J (2512)-Nun,J (2343) Czech Republic 2016}) 14... Nxc5 15. b4 Nce4 16. Be1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. f3 Bd5 20. Bf2 Bxa2 21. Qxa2 Nd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5b6,Bb6c4,Bc4a3][%mdl 32]} 22. Qb3 Bf6 23. Ne2 {[%cal Bd4e2,Be2f4,Bf4d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32] [#] Threatens to win with Rxc8.} Qb7 24. e4 Nb6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nf4 Nc4 27. Nd3 Rd8 28. Nc5 Qc8 29. Rxd8+ (29. g3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... Qxd8 $17 30. Nxa6 (30. g3 $142) 30... Qd2 {( -> ...Qc1+)} 31. Qb1 Nxa3 32. Qe1 Qc2 33. e5 Bg5 34. h4 Bd2 35. Qa1 Qd3 (35... Nc4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Bc3.} 36. Nc7 Qa4) 36. Nc5 Qc3 37. Qxc3 Bxc3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 38. Nd3 Nc4 39. f4 h5 40. Bc5 Kh7 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Bf8 (42. Kf3 $15) 42... f6 43. exf6 gxf6 44. Bc5 (44. Nc1 $1 $15) 44... Kf5 $19 45. Nc1 {[#]} Kg4 $1 46. Ne2 Bd2 47. g3 e5 48. Be7 (48. fxe5 {is the only way for White.} fxe5 49. Ng1) 48... Kf5 ({Resist} 48... exf4 49. gxf4 f5 50. Bc5 $19) 49. Kf3 $2 (49. fxe5 {is a better defense.} fxe5 50. Ng1) 49... Nb6 50. fxe5 fxe5 51. g4+ hxg4+ 52. Kg2 Nd5 53. Ng3+ Ke6 54. Bc5 $2 (54. Ne4 Be1 55. Kf1) 54... Bxb4 {Black is clearly winning.} 55. Bxb4 Nxb4 56. Ne4 Nd5 57. Kg3 Nf6 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,18,12,12,2,8,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-10,-22,-9,-13,2,-18,-17,-15,-10,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-103,-104,-109,-114,-419,-389,-371,-106,-351,-296,-287,-263,-348,-251,-251,-251,-388,-313,-289,-254,-432,-416,-452,-470]} 1. a3 h6 (1... g6 2. h4 h5 3. e4 c5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Ng5 e6 8. d3 Nge7 9. Ba2 Nd4 10. Ne2 {1-0 (34) Carlsen,M (2834)-Holm,K (2436) chess.com INT 2018}) 2. c4 c6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 2... b6 3. d4 a5 4. Qd3 a4 5. f4 g5 6. f5 c5 {½-½ (6) Paetzold,O (1963)-Gaiter,W (1668) IECC email 2000}) 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} (8. Qb3 {NOTEXT} Na5 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. h3) 8... Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 e6 10. h3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Rc8 13. b4 Bd6 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Nc5 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 b6 18. Rc3 Ne7 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Nd3 Qb7 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Ne5 b5 25. Qa5 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 27. g3 Kh7 28. Kh2 Kg6 29. Kg2 e5 30. Qd8 exd4 31. exd4 Qe6 32. Qa8 Kf5 33. Qa7 {[#]} (33. Qf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 33... Ke4 $1 $17 34. Qc5 {[#]} Kd3 $1 35. Qc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. a4 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 35... Qe4+ $19 36. Kg1 Qe2 $2 (36... Qxd4 $19 {has better winning chances.} 37. Kg2 Qc3 38. Qd1+ Kc4 39. Qg4+ Kb3 40. Qd1+ Kxa3 41. Qxd5 Kxb4 42. Qxf7 a5 43. Qf8+ Kb3) 37. Qb1+ $2 (37. a4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 37... Qc2 38. Qe1 Kc4 ({Weaker is} 38... Kxd4 39. Qe3+ Kc4 40. Qf4+ Kb3 41. Qxf7 $17) 39. Qe8 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qf5 41. Qe3 (41. Kg1 $142) 41... Qe4 {Strongly threatening ...Qxe3.} 42. Qc1+ Kb3 43. Qa1 $2 (43. Qc5 {was the only chance.}) 43... Qc2 44. Kg1 Qc3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Shailesh, Dravid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,8,10,0,21,18,26,12,25,17,34,37,44,19,25,26,29,29,24,14,29,29,27,20,7,16,21,11,15,26,51,51,62,60,57,56,112,120,125,122,128,102,242,244,260,251,297,287,269,165,152,191,374,231,249,241,293,288,312,299,332,270,490,493,494,489,927,922,889,768,890,781,1057,1053,1210,1203,1182,1151,1007,745]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 e6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (5... a6 6. Bc4 Qa5 7. Ra3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d3 Qc7 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 {½-½ (58) Adams,M (2715)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) London 2017}) 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a5 a6 10. Be2 e5 11. Qe3 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. Bd3 Nbd7 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Nbd7 19. Bc4 Nb6 {½-½ (19) Jones,G (2671)-Gupta,A (2607) Reykjavik 2017}) 9... a6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} Bb7 13. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4d6]} d5 14. exd5 ({Don't play} 14. Nxb6 e5 $15) 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bf4 Qb7 17. Ne3 $36 {[%cal Re3d5][%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bc6 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Nc5 20. a5 Ne4 21. Qb4 b5 22. c4 f5 ({Black should play} 22... Rab8 $14) 23. cxb5 $16 axb5 24. f3 Nf6 25. Qd6 f4 (25... Qa7 $16 {was called for.} 26. Qd4 (26. Qxe6+ Kh8 $11) 26... Qb7) 26. Qxf4 $18 ({Not} 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 $16) 26... Nd5 27. Qd4 e5 28. Qc5 {[%cal Re3d5]} ({And not} 28. Qxe5 Rfe8 $11) 28... Nf4 29. Rd2 e4 30. fxe4 Bxe4 $2 {[#]} (30... Nxe2+ {was necessary.} 31. Rxe2 Bxe4) 31. Bf1 Rac8 32. Qxb5 Qe7 33. g3 Ng6 34. Qd7 Qf6 {[#] aiming for ...Ne5.} 35. Qd4 Ne5 $2 (35... Qe7 36. Nc4 Ba8) 36. Qxe4 {White is clearly winning.} Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Rce8 (37... Nxd2 $142 38. Qd5+ Kh8) 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Re2 Re5 40. Qb7 Qe6 41. Bg2 Nd4 42. Qb4 Rd8 43. Rd2 Rxe3 44. Rxd4 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,118,18,14,52,16,12,9,16,10,12,13,11,9,6,5,10,9,20,6,27,8,16,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-399,-385,-361,-340,-420,-420,-396,-337,-339,-331,-335,-322,-307,-240,-500,-469,-447,-443,-558,-530,-564,-561,-548,-548,-518,-518,-859,-803,-29981,-29982,-29979,-29979,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Nf3 b6 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack} 9. Bb5+ {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd7 10. Qe2 (10. a4 {is interesting.} a6 11. Be2 Bc6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qd2) 10... O-O {The position is equal.} 11. O-O Bxb5 12. Qxb5 c6 13. Qc4 Qd8 {[#]} 14. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a4 Qd5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Qxd5 cxd5 {½-½ (33) Mastrovasilis,D (2608)-Tomczak,J (2561) Wroclaw 2014}) 14... Qd5 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. c4 Qa5 17. a3 Qf5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Rd3 Rac8 20. Red1 b5 21. b3 bxc4 22. bxc4 h6 23. h3 Qa5 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rb8 27. Qe4 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Re1 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 {KQ-KQ} c5 31. f4 h5 32. h4 Qb6 33. Qd3 Qc7 34. Kh3 g6 35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Kh2 Qa5 37. Qe3 Qd8 38. g3 Qb6 39. Kg2 a5 40. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. Qd3 $11) 40... Qb1+ $19 41. Kf2 Qa2+ 42. Qe2 Qxa3 43. f5 exf5 44. e6 fxe6 45. Qxe6 Qb2+ 46. Kg1 Qf6 47. Qd7+ $2 (47. Qe8 {is the only way for White.}) 47... Qf7 48. Qb5 Qa7 49. Qa4 Qc7 50. Kg2 f4 51. gxf4 Qxf4 52. Qd7+ Qf7 53. Qd6 (53. Qc6 $142 Qxc4 54. Qc7+ Kh6 55. Qd8 Qe2+ 56. Kh3) 53... Qa7 {[#] ...a4 is the strong threat.} 54. Kg3 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 55. Kf4 a3 56. Kg5 Qf7 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf7f5]} 57. Qc7 a2 58. Qe5+ Kh7 59. Qg7+ Qxg7 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cornette, Deimante"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,60,28,36,36,44,46,35,41,29,32,0,-4,-5,0,0,-12,-36,-9,-8,-9,-25,-33,-31,-18,-18,-18,-33,-33,-31,0,0,0,0,-3,-13,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Bb4 9. Bd3 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 {LiveBook: 65 Games} d5 13. e5 (13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Bd4 Ne4 {1-0 (57) Carlsen,M (2834)-Matlakov,M (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 13... Ne4 14. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a5]} Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 {[#]} 16. Nd2 $146 (16. Na5 {is interesting.} b5 17. Bd4 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. O-O) 16... Nxd2 $1 17. Kxd2 Bd7 18. Bb6 Bc6 19. Ke3 f6 20. Rhf1 O-O 21. g3 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 25. Kd4 Ba4 26. Kxc4 {The position is equal.} Bxc2 27. Kc5 Ke7 28. Bc7 Kd7 29. Kb6 Be4 30. Bd6 Bc6 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Adhiban, B.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,120,24,28,3,12,0,0,-27,-3,-45,-44,-56,-41,-48,-41,-52,-81,-38,-34,-56,-50,-36,0,-2,33,-6,-10,-17,-14,-22,0,-4,-2,-12,0,-12,-16,-12,-20,-20,-18,-32,-16,-76,-76,-75,-82,-83,-83,-81,-81,-83,-80,-86,-88,-108,-83,-134,-125,-436,-436,-436,-436,-436,-436,-436,-404,-400,-370,-360,-300,-360,-361,-359,-339,-265,-206,-339,-432,-432,-432,-429,-414,-364,-199,-192,-192,-407,-407,-192,-192,-400,-400,-225,-202,-188,-188,-218,-187,-952,-725,-1923,-617,-1923,-1729,-29967,-29967,-29982,-29983]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bd3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} g6 7. c3 Bh6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 8. Bc2 {White has an edge.} Ne5 9. h3 O-O 10. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Na3 b5 11. d4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxc1 13. Raxc1 {½-½ (65) Soffer,R (2475)-Sjugirov,S (2660) St Petersburg 2016}) 10... Nh5 {Threatens to win with ...Nf4.} 11. d4 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Nf4 13. Qe3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 e5 $1 15. Rd1 Qg5 {Strongly threatening ...Nxh3+.} 16. Kh2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ne6 18. Qe3 Qf6 {[%cal Re6d4]} (18... exd4 $6 19. Qxg5 Nxg5 20. Rxd4 $16) 19. d5 Nd4 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Nc3 Bb5 22. Rac1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Rfc8 24. Ne2 Nxe2 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf4+ 27. g3 Qc1 28. Qd2 (28. Kg2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28... Qxd2 $17 29. Rxd2 {KR-KR} Rc4 30. Re2 f5 31. f3 Kf7 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. h4 h5 34. Kh3 a5 35. Re3 ({White should play} 35. Kg2) 35... b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 36. Rc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. a3 $17 {is more resistant.}) 36... Rxc3 $19 37. bxc3 fxe4 38. fxe4 {KP-KP} b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 39. cxb4 axb4 40. Kg2 {[#]} Ke7 $1 {[%cal Re7d8]} 41. Kf3 Kd7 42. Ke3 {[#]} Kc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b6] And now ...Kb6 would win.} 43. Kd3 {aiming for Kc4.} Kb6 44. Kc4 Ka5 45. Kb3 Kb5 46. a3 bxa3 47. Kxa3 Kc4 48. Ka4 Kd4 (48... Kd3 $142 49. Kb5 Kxe4) 49. Kb5 Kxe4 50. Kc6 Kf3 {Hoping for ...e4.} 51. Kxd6 {K3P-K3P} e4 {White must now prevent ...e3.} 52. Kc5 $2 (52. Kc6) 52... e3 {...e2 is the strong threat.} 53. d6 e2 ({Resist} 53... Kxg3 54. d7) 54. d7 e1=Q {( -> ...Qe7+)} 55. d8=Q {intending Qf6+.} Qe5+ ({Don't take} 55... Kxg3 56. Qg5+ Kh3 57. Qxg6 $17) ({But not} 55... Qxg3 56. Qd5+ Kg4 57. Qe4+ Qf4 58. Qxg6+ Kxh4 59. Kb6) 56. Kc4 $2 (56. Kc6) 56... Kxg3 57. Kd3 Kh3 (57... Qf4 $142 58. Kc2 Kh3 59. Qd3+ Qg3) 58. Kd2 Qf4+ 59. Ke2 Qxh4 60. Qd5 Qg4+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Norowitz, Yaacov"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,43,46,113,127,357,363,366,360,374,386,351,268,249,-485,-462,-461,-454,-435,164,160,155,151,143,145,143,0,0,0,0,0,0,-377,-376,-467,-463,-796,-765,-727,-735,-690,-484,-796,-662,-29997,-16]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 d5 4. Bf4 {[%cal Bc1f4,Bf4e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc2 Nh5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6... g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Qb3 c4 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. g4 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc8 14. Bf3 {½-½ (53) Boruchovsky,A (2542)-Reshef,O (2467) Israel 2018}) 7. Be5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} f6 8. dxc5 Qxc5 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd4 Qd6 10. b4 Qc7 11. c4 e5 12. cxd5 {And now Bb2 would win.} exd4 13. Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nbd2 Bxb4 14. dxc6 dxe3 15. fxe3 Qxc6 16. Qb3 Bxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Be6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 b5 20. Qxb5 {½-½ (20) Ottesen,S (2327)-Roy Laguens,A (2336) ICCF email 2015}) 13... Bxb4+ 14. Kd1 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Bg4+ (14... Bf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5c2]} 15. Qc4 (15. Nxf5 O-O-O $15) (15. Qxf5 Nxd4 16. Qe4+ Qe5 $15) 15... O-O-O 16. dxc6 (16. Nxf5 $2 Rxd5+ 17. Qxd5 Rd8 $19) 16... Qxc6 17. Qxc6+ (17. Qxb4 Rxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Rd8 $15) 17... bxc6 $11) 15. Kc1 Qe5 ({Black should play} 15... O-O-O $14 16. dxc6 Rxd4 17. cxb7+ (17. exd4 Qf4+ 18. Nd2 Qxd4 $11) 17... Kxb7 18. Qxc7+ Kxc7 19. exd4 Re8) 16. dxc6 $16 bxc6 $2 (16... Rc8 $16 {was necessary.}) 17. Qxc6+ $18 Kf7 18. Qc4+ Be6 19. Qxb4 Rab8 20. Qa3 Rhd8 {White must now prevent ...Rxd4.} 21. Be2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Qxa7+ $18 {is the narrow road to win.} Rd7 22. Qa4) 21... Rxd4 22. Bxh5+ ({Worse is} 22. exd4 Rc8+ 23. Kd1 Qxd4+ 24. Qd3 Qxa1 $19) 22... g6 $1 23. exd4 Qxd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23... Rc8+ $19 {avoids the disaster.} 24. Kd2 Qxd4+ 25. Qd3 Qxa1) 24. Bd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1c2]} (24. Nc3 $2 Rc8 $19) 24... Rc8+ 25. Bc2 Bf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rc8c2]} 26. Qb3+ Kg7 27. Na3 ({Much worse is} 27. Qb7+ $6 Kh6 $11) (27. Rd1 $16 Qf4+ 28. Nd2) 27... Qxa1+ $11 28. Qb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1a1]} Qd4 {Strongly threatening ...Qf4+.} 29. Qb7+ Kh6 {Hoping for ...Qf4+.} 30. Kb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Rd1 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Qf4+ 31. Rd2 (31. Kb1 $2 Rb8 $19)) 30... Qe5 $1 $19 31. Qxa7 {Qe3+ is the strong threat.} Rb8+ 32. Kc1 (32. Qxb8 $142 Qxb8+ 33. Ka1) 32... Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Rd8+ 34. Ke2 Re8+ 35. Kf3 (35. Kd2 $142 Rd8+ 36. Ke2 Qxh1 37. Qa4) 35... Qc3+ (35... Qxh1 $2 36. Qd4 $19) 36. Kf4 Qe5+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 64%, Black = 51%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fenil, Shah"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,90,11,5,22,17,45,9,25,22,32,22,19,17,21,22,33,19,36,18,20,3,15,0,8,-10,34,22,32,28,41,22,23,30,40,23,18,16,16,16,16,6,13,0,0,0,14,0,12,2,12,9,9,0,0,-102,-53,-74,-58,-315,-286,-243,-148,-147,-97,-113,-94,-226,-221,-615,-610,-576,-638,-615,-595,-769,-764,-2283,-2016,-2012,-1959]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 7. Be3 {LiveBook: 15 Games} (7. O-O Be6 8. Nd5 h6 9. c3 Qd7 10. Re1 Rae8 11. d4 Bg4 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 g6 14. Nd5 Kg7 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxh6+ Kxh6 17. Qxf6 {1-0 (53) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Wang,H (2709) Riadh 2017}) 7... Ng4 8. Bd2 Nd4 {The position is equal.} 9. h3 Nf6 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne2 c5 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. O-O Ne5 {1-0 (32) Bisguier,A (2244)-Bury,M Parsippany 2008}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Ba2 Kh8 14. O-O f5 15. f4 Bd7 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. Rb1 a5 18. e5 d5 19. c3 Be6 20. a4 Rfd8 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Bxb3 dxc3 23. Bxc3 c5 24. Rbc1 Kg8 25. d4 b6 26. Rcd1 Kf7 27. Rd2 g6 28. Bd1 c4 29. g4 Rf8 30. Kg2 Ke8 31. Kg3 Kd7 32. b3 Rac8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 33. Rf3 (33. bxc4 $11 {remains equal.} Rxc4 34. Bb2) 33... g5 {[#] And now ...gxf4+ would win.} 34. fxg5 cxb3 {Threatens to win with ...fxg4.} ({Much worse is} 34... Bxg5 35. Rb2 $11) 35. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. gxf5 $15 Rxf5 36. Rxf5 Bxf5 37. Bb2) 35... fxg4 $19 36. Re3 h6 37. gxh6 {[#]} Rh8 $1 {[%cal Rh8h6]} 38. Rh2 Rxh6 {aiming for ...Rch8.} 39. Bxb3 (39. Bd2 $17 {only move.} Rch8 40. Rxb3 Rxh4 41. Rxh4 Bxh4+ 42. Kg2) 39... Rch8 {[%cal Rh6h4]} 40. h5 $2 (40. Bd2) 40... Rxh5 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Rxh5 Rxh5 42. Kg2 Bg5 43. Rd3 Bf5 44. Bd1 Be4+ 45. Kf2 Rh2+ {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Unuk, Laura"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,146,27,18,-23,-21,-47,-54,-33,-19,-29,-18,-25,-31,-28,0,-25,8,-95,-97,-97,-98,-113,-97,-97,-101,-97,-104,-120,-119,-122,-94,-87,-81,-135,-116,-163,-162,-153,0,-210,-135,-122,-121,-200,-203,-195,-168,-320,-319,-300,-304,-290,-280,-379,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,4,2,-127,-117,-200,-116,-104,-108,-106,-117,-116,-110,-162,-164,-164,-154,-135,-118,-150,-152,-338,-301,-270,-290,-300,-333,-356,-353,-325,-310,-1163,-1008,-1014,-498,-326,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12850,-12850,-12850,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-29955,-12851,-29968,-12851,-29980,-12851,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29978,-29984,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 {LiveBook: 15 Games. White has an edge.} 10. Na3 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 10. e4 Nb4 11. Qc3 c5 12. a3 N4c6 13. d5 Na5 14. Nbd2 Ba6 15. Ne5 {½-½ (31) Gelfand,B (2737)-Hammer,J (2632) Heraklio 2017}) 10... c3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. e4 (11. bxc3 Qxa3) 11... cxb2 12. Qxb2 Nb4 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rd8 15. Rac1 N8a6 16. Nac4 f6 17. Ng4 (17. a3 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 17... c5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 18. a3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Nd4 21. Nge3 Qf7 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Rac8 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 24. Rd1 Rc5 25. Qg4 (25. a4 $142) 25... Kh8 26. Nf5 Qf8 (26... Bxd5 $2 27. Ncd6 $18) 27. Nfe3 Qf7 $2 (27... Bc8 $17 28. Qd4 Nc7) 28. Re1 $2 (28. Nf5 $1 $11) 28... g6 29. Qf4 {With the idea Nd6.} Qf8 30. Nd2 (30. Nb2 $17) 30... Nc7 $19 {[%cal Rc7d5]} 31. Nb3 Rc3 {[%cal Rb7d5]} (31... Nxd5 32. Nxd5 Rcxd5 33. Bxd5 $17) 32. Nd4 $2 (32. Qa4) 32... Nxd5 (32... Bxd5 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Qd2 $19) 33. Nxd5 Bxd5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Ne6 Qf7 $2 (35... g5 $19 36. Qe4 Qd6) 36. Qb8+ $11 Qg8 37. Nf8 Re5 (37... Rxa3 $2 38. Nxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 39. Re8 $18) 38. Rd1 $1 Kg7 39. Rd7+ Kh6 40. Rxh7+ {[#]} (40. Qd6 $11 {remains equal.} Rd3 41. Qxd3 Qxf8 42. Qd2+ (42. Rxa7 Re7 $11) 42... g5 43. Rxa7) 40... Kg5 $1 $17 41. Qd6 {[#]} ({Wrong is} 41. f4+ $2 Kg4 $19) (41. Qd8 $17 {was called for.} Rc1+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Qxd5 Rxd5 44. Rxa7) 41... Rc1+ ({Black should play} 41... Qd5 $1 $19 {( -> ...Re1#)} 42. Qxd5 (42. f4+ $2 Kg4 $19) 42... Rxd5 43. Rxa7 Kf5) 42. Kg2 {Qd2+ would kill now.} Qd5+ 43. Qxd5 Rxd5 44. Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rc2 45. Nh7+ (45. h4+ $17 Kf5 46. Ra4) 45... Kf5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rdd2.} 46. g4+ Ke5 47. Re7+ Kd6 48. Rf7 f5 49. Kg3 $2 (49. Rf6+ $17 Kc5 50. Rxg6) 49... fxg4 50. Rf6+ Kc5 51. Nf8 Rd6 52. Ne6+ Kd5 53. Nf4+ Kc6 54. Rxg6 $2 (54. Rf8 Kb5 55. Ng2) 54... Rxg6 55. Nxg6 {KR-KN} b5 (55... Ra2 $142 56. Kxg4 b5) 56. Kxg4 Rxf2 $2 (56... Rc3 $19 {And now ...Kd5 would win.} 57. h4 Rxa3) 57. h4 $1 $11 Kd6 {Strongly threatening ...Ra2.} 58. h5 Ke6 {Hoping for ...Ra2.} 59. Nf4+ Kf7 {...Ra2 is the strong threat.} 60. Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60. Nd5 $11) 60... Rf3 $19 61. Ke4 Rxa3 62. Nd3 Rc3 63. Kd4 Rc4+ 64. Kd5 Kg7 65. Nc5 Kh6 66. Ne4 Rc2 67. Ng3 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 68. Nf5+ Kxh5 69. Nd4 {Black mates.} Rc3 70. Ne2 Rc8 71. Kd4 b3 72. Nf4+ Kg4 73. Nd3 Rc2 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Foisor, Sabina-Francesca"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,114,29,25,38,0,0,0,3,-1,0,-19,-18,-75,-84,-85,-93,-97,-88,-95,-91,-111,-113,-135,-120,-111,-121,-108,-113,-110,-110,-121,-116,-122,-24,-38,-25,-31,-5,-45,0,0,8,-32,0,-6,0,0,0,-178,-171,-177,-185,-171,0,0,0,-175,461,0,0,0,0,-16,-18,-18,-16,-29,-31,-102,-109,-271,-179,-530,-499,-527,-432,-520,-554,-386,-386,-386,-343,-2085,-2106,-1328,-1289,-29967,-29968,-29965,-29965,-29972,-29968,-29973,-29969,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 9. a3 (9. Bd3 {feels hotter.} dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. O-O Qg6 12. Rfd1) (9. Rc1 Rd8 10. h4 e5 11. cxd5 Rxd5 12. dxe5 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Nxe5 14. Qe8+ Kh7 15. Ng5+ Kg6 16. f4 hxg5 17. fxe5 {1-0 (112) Li,C (2732)-Le,Q (2737) Riadh 2017}) 9... Bxc3+ $1 10. bxc3 Bd7 {Strongly threatening ...Nxd4.The position is equal.} 11. Qc2 Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rfc8 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Ne5 Be8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 c5 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. cxd4 {½-½ (25) Jarmula,L (2466)-Zubarev,A (2508) Krakow 2016}) 12. Rc1 Na5 13. c5 (13. cxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} exd5 14. Bd3) 13... b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 14. Ne5 Be8 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Be2 Qe7 17. a4 Qa3 18. Bh5 Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. O-O Qxa4 21. Qe2 Ra5 22. f4 Bc6 23. e4 Bxe4 {[#]} (23... Qa2 $17 24. Qxa2 Rxa2) 24. Bxf7+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 25. Qxe4 Qd7 26. Rce1 g6 27. Qe2 b5 28. Qe3 h5 29. Qe5 Ra2 {aiming for ...b4!} 30. Qg5 b4 31. d5 $2 (31. f5 $11 {and White is okay.} exf5 32. Re5 bxc3 33. Rfxf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 34. Qxh5+ Kg7 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kh8) 31... Qxd5 $19 32. f5 gxf5 33. Qxh5+ Kf6 $2 (33... Kf8 $1 $19 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rd5g2]} 34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Qg5+ Kf7 36. Qh5+ Kf8 37. Qh6+ Ke8 38. Qg6+ Kd7 39. cxb4 c3) 34. Qh6+ $11 Kf7 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rd5g2]} 35. Qh7+ $2 {[#]} (35. Qh5+ $1 $11 Kf8 36. Qh6+ Ke7 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. Qh5+) 35... Kf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Kf8 $1 $19 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rd5g2] avoids the disaster.} 36. Rf3 Rd7 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. cxb4 Qd4+ 39. Qxd4 Rxd4) 36. Qh6+ $2 ({White has to play} 36. Rf3 $18 Rd7 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Rg3+ Kf8 39. Rg6 Rxg2+ 40. Rxg2 bxc3 41. Qf6+ Rf7 42. Qxc3) 36... Ke7 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rd5g2]} 37. Qg5+ $1 Ke8 38. cxb4 Rd6 {White must now prevent ...Qd4+.} 39. Rxf5 Rxg2+ 40. Qxg2 Qxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 41. Rf1 {[#]} (41. Qg7 $15 Qf4 42. Qxc7 Qg4+ 43. Kh1) 41... Qd5 $1 $17 42. Qg8+ $2 (42. Qg7 $17 Qd4+ 43. Qxd4 Rxd4 44. Kg2) 42... Kd7 $19 43. b5 $2 (43. Rf7+ {nothing else works.} Kc6 44. Qa8+ Kb6 45. Qb8+ Qb7 46. Qxb7+ Kxb7 47. Kf2) 43... Qc5+ 44. Kh1 {[%cal Rf1f7]} Qxb5 45. Rf7+ Kc6 46. Qe8+ Kc5 47. Rxc7+ Kb4 48. Qf8 $2 (48. Qxb5+ Kxb5 49. Kg2) 48... Qd5+ 49. Kg1 Kb3 {( -> ...Qg5+)} 50. Rb7+ Kc2 {Black mates.} 51. Qf2+ Qd2 52. h4 Rd4 53. Rf7 Qxf2+ 54. Rxf2+ Kb3 55. h5 c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 56. Kg2 c2 57. Rf1 Rd1 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,33,-39,0,-12,0,-10,0,0,24,28,38,32,16,17,14,13,20,16,20,17,31,-47,-11,0,42,40,76,60,67,-67,-70,-66,-69,-75,-73,-81,-72,-101,-88,-260,-233,-366,-369,-339,-366,-356,-361,-356,-327,-400,-331,-590,-606,-29981,-29982,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qf3 e6 8. Be2 {B95: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6, unusual White 7th moves} (8. O-O-O Qc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. Rhe1 Ne5 11. Qg3 b4 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. exd5 Bb7 15. f4 O-O-O 16. fxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (75) Salem,A (2642)-Andriasian,Z (2585) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Qc7 9. a4 b6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Qg3 {The position is equal.} Bb7 11. f3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O {[#]} Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rac8) 14. Rfd1 Kh8 15. Bf1 Rg8 16. Rd2 (16. a5 $14) 16... Ne5 (16... g5 $5) 17. Nb3 g5 {next ...g4 is good for Black.} 18. Qf2 Nfd7 19. Bd4 Bc6 20. Nc1 Bf6 21. Nd3 g4 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Be3 gxf3 $1 24. Qxf3 {Strongly threatening Rxd7!} Rg6 {[%cal Bg8g6,Bg6f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 25. Rad1 Be7 26. Nb5 (26. Qxf7 $14 Nc5 27. Qf3) 26... axb5 27. axb5 Rf6 28. Qe2 Nc5 {...Be8 is the strong threat.} 29. bxc6 Qxc6 30. Qh5 ({Better is} 30. g3 $14) 30... Nxe4 $15 31. Bd3 Rf5 32. Bxe4 $1 Qxe4 (32... Rxh5 $2 {loses.} 33. Bxc6 Rc8 34. Bf3 $18) 33. Qe2 {[#]} b5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White is under strong pressure.} 34. h3 (34. Qxb5 Qxe3+) 34... Rg8 35. Rd3 $2 (35. Kh2 $17 {was necessary.}) 35... Bh4 36. R1d2 {[#]} (36. Rf1 {was the only chance.}) 36... Bf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qxf2 (37. Bxf2 Qxg2#) 37... Rxf2 38. Rxf2 f5 39. Bc5 Rc8 40. b4 Ra8 41. Rfd2 $2 (41. Re3 Qd5 42. Rd3) 41... Ra1+ $19 42. Kh2 {intending Rd8+.} Qf4+ {Black mates.} 43. g3 Qf1 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rf1h1]} 44. Rd8+ Kg7 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rf1h1]} 45. R2d7+ Kh6 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,105,0,0,16,11,3,6,0,-41,-47,-47,-47,-46,-52,-50,-50,-40,-56,-199,-193,-206,-198,-205,-205,-290,-268,-346,-269,-252,-220,-226,-188,-254,-146,-241,-239,-229,-94,-93,-102,-166,-98,-97,-91,-73,-56,-60,-56,-54,-53,-60,-56,-52,-8,-7,-8,-8,-8,-44,-37,-55,-41,-66,-53,-44,-30,-29,-8,-8,-4,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bg7 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} (9... Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. a4 a6 14. Qb1 h5 15. axb5 h4 16. Bxc4 hxg3 17. fxg3 cxd4 18. bxa6 {1-0 (65) Nakamura,H (2787)-Gelfand,B (2695) Moscow 2018}) 10. e5 Nh5 11. Ne4 {Black must now prevent Nd6+.} O-O $1 12. Nfxg5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 hxg5 14. Qc2 {White wants to mate with Nf6+!} f5 15. exf6 $1 Rxf6 16. Nxf6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxg5 Rf5 17. Nf3 {0-1 (37) Henrichs,T (2469)-Fier,A (2560) Maastricht 2011}) 16... Qxf6 17. O-O-O (17. a4 $1 $15 Nd7 18. Qh7+ (18. axb5 cxb5 19. Qe4 Nb6 $17) 18... Kf8 19. Ra3 Qxd4 20. Rf3+ Ke7 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Qg6) 17... Nd7 $19 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. f4 Ke7 ({Not} 19... gxf4 20. Rdf1 $15) 20. Rh5 (20. Qe4 {was necessary.}) 20... gxf4 21. Rh4 Nf8 22. Qh5 Qf5 ({Stronger than} 22... fxg3 23. Rf1 $18) 23. Qf3 Bd7 24. Qa3+ (24. Rh5 $142 Qf6 25. gxf4) 24... c5 (24... Kf7 $19 25. Bh5+ Kg8) 25. dxc5 (25. Rh5 $17 Qf6 26. Rxc5) 25... Bc6 26. Bf3 Bxf3 (26... c3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3b2] and Black stays clearly on top.} 27. bxc3 Bxf3 28. c6+ Kf7 29. Rxf4 Bh6 30. gxf3 Bxf4+ 31. gxf4 Qxf4+ 32. Kb2 Qh2+ 33. Kb3 a5) 27. Qxf3 $17 {[#]} Rb8 $1 ({Of course not} 27... Rd8 $6 28. Qb7+ Nd7 29. c6 $11) 28. Qc6 (28. Qxf4 $17 Rc8 29. Qxf5 exf5 30. Rd5) 28... Qe5 ({Black should try} 28... Be5 $19 29. g4 Qf6) 29. Qd6+ Qxd6 30. cxd6+ Kf7 31. gxf4 Nd7 32. Rh5 a6 33. g4 Rc8 34. f5 Ne5 35. Rh7 {d7 is the strong threat.} exf5 36. gxf5 {And now d7 would win.} Kg8 37. Rh2 Rd8 38. Rd5 Kf7 39. Rh7 {next Rxe5 is good for White.} Nd3+ 40. Kb1 Rd7 41. b3 Kf6 42. a4 {The position is equal.} Nb4 43. Rd4 Nc6 44. Rg4 {Strongly threatening Rg6+.} Ne5 {[#]} 45. Rgxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg7 46. Rxg7 Kxg7 47. axb5 $1 axb5 {Threatens to win with ...Kf6.} 48. bxc4 bxc4 $11 {KN-KPP} 49. Kc2 Kf7 {aiming for ...Ke8.} 50. Kc3 Kf6 51. Kd4 Kxf5 {[#]} 52. d7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd7 {( -> ...Ne5)} 53. Kxc4 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,138,20,29,10,14,-60,-60,-60,-48,-56,-50,-110,-105,-103,-46,-76,-61,-55,-68,-79,-63,-89,-71,-81,-77,-105,-97,-80,-40,-52,-49,-49,-49,-50,-50,-52,-52,-62,-60,-62,-38,-37,-23,-50,-52,-48,-43,-50,0,-52,-45,-56,0,-70,-46,-18,0,0,2,-17,0,0,8,9,10,0,9,9,43,-52,-51,-40,0,-187,-94,-91,-78,-100,-100,-115,-115,-139,-127,-141,-150,-225,-145,-258,-243,-336,-356,-339,-353,-420,-402,-402,-393,-416,-400,-406,-395,-404,-401,-436,-460,-452,-454,-428,-437,-437,-418,-717,-679,-714,-654,-1502,-1444,-1783,-1893,-1834,-1758,-2741,-2574]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. O-O Nge7 6. d4 exd4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} 7. Nxd4 (7. cxd4 d5 8. Bxc6+ Nxc6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. Bxc7 Rac8 14. Bg3 Na5 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qa3 Bc6 18. Qc5 b6 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 {0-1 (65) Meier,G (2647)-Carlsen,M (2834) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... O-O 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Bb6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. c4 {And now c5! would win.} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 f5 13. Nc3 d6 14. Rad1 fxe4 {½-½ (33) Akkuzin,A-Ivanov,V (2041) RCCA corr 2002}) 11. h3 (11. Nxc6 $11 bxc6 12. Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc6 13. Qd5+ Rf7 14. Qxc6) 11... Nxd4 $15 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nd2 (14. Nc3 $15) 14... f5 $17 15. Ba4 f4 (15... fxe4 $17 16. Bb3 Ng6 17. Nxe4 Qh4) 16. Bb3 Kh8 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Qf6 19. Rc3 Bf7 20. Nh2 Ra5 21. Re1 Bh5 22. Qd2 Rg5 23. Bd1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Qg6 25. f3 h5 26. Qf2 Qf6 27. Kf1 Rc5 28. a3 Ra8 29. Kg1 Ne5 30. Qd4 Qf7 31. Rdc1 Nc6 32. Qf2 Rca5 33. Rd1 (33. Nf1 $11) 33... Ne5 $15 34. Qc2 Ra4 ({Better is} 34... g5 $15) 35. Rd5 (35. Rc1 $1 $11) 35... g6 36. Nf1 Kh7 37. Nd2 Qf6 {Black wants to play ...c6.} 38. Nb1 Qh4 39. Rd1 Qg3 40. b3 R4a5 41. Qf2 (41. a4 {keeps more tension.} Rf8 42. Qf2 g5 43. Rc2 Rf7 44. Nc3) 41... Qxf2+ (41... g5 {is interesting.} 42. Rc2 Rf8 43. a4 Rf7 44. Nc3 g4) 42. Kxf2 g5 43. b4 ({White should try} 43. a4 $14) 43... Ra4 44. Rd5 Re8 45. Rb5 $2 {[#]} (45. h4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 45... Ra7 (45... c6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 46. Rxb6 Rb8) 46. Rd5 Kg6 47. Rc1 Kf7 48. Ke2 Ke6 49. Rd2 Raa8 50. Nc3 c6 ({Don't play} 50... Nxc4 51. Rd4 $15) 51. Nb1 (51. a4 $17) 51... Rh8 52. Kd1 (52. Rdd1 $17) 52... g4 $19 53. hxg4 hxg4 54. fxg4 Rag8 ({Much less strong is} 54... Nxg4 55. Kc2 $19) 55. c5 dxc5 56. bxc5 Rh1+ 57. Kc2 Rxc1+ 58. Kxc1 bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 59. Nc3 Nc4 60. Rc2 Nxa3 61. Rf2 Ke5 62. Na4 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 63. Nb6 c3 64. Nd7+ (64. Na4 $142) 64... Kd6 {Black is clearly winning.} 65. Nf6 Rh8 {( -> ...Rh1+)} 66. Nh5 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 67. Rxf4 b4 68. Rf3 Nb5 69. Rf4 b3 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ragnarsson, Dagur"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,0,-36,-25,-10,-15,-31,-34,-87,-2,-3,18,0,8,0,-5,-8,-16,-14,26,30,117,108,110,99,110,118,125,106,116,112,137,74,72,-63,-48,-137,-131,-269,-290,-383,-394,-446,-377,-371,-304,-656,-597,-622,-608,-599,-506,-757,-738,-708,-689,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12838,-12835,-29979,-29980,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} e6 7. Nfg1 (7. g3 c5 8. Bg2 Bd7 9. O-O Bb5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. c3 Rc8 12. Be3 Bc4 13. Qc2 {½-½ (48) Naiditsch,A (2702)-Bartel,M (2613) Germany 2017}) 7... f6 8. f3 Ng5 9. h4 Nf7 10. f4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. a3 $146 ({Better is} 13. Be3 $15) ({Predecessor:} 13. g3) 13... O-O-O (13... Be7 $17) 14. b4 $11 c4 15. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} h5 16. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qc7 17. Ng3 Be7 18. Be2 fxe5 19. dxe5 Nfxe5 (19... Rdf8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. fxe5 $16 Nxe5 21. O-O Rdf8 {Strongly threatening ...Nxf3+.} 22. Ng5 Nd3 23. Rxf8+ $1 ({Reject} 23. Nxh5 $6 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 (24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxc1 g6 $17) 24... Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 g6 $11) 23... Rxf8 {[#]} 24. Nf1 $1 ({Stronger than} 24. Nxh5 Nxc1 25. Qxc1 (25. Rxc1 g6 $17) 25... Qe5 $15) 24... Nxc1 25. Rxc1 (25. Qxc1 $142 Qe5 26. Ra2 (26. Bxh5 d4 $16)) 25... Qf4 26. Bf3 (26. Qe1 $16) 26... Qxh4 $15 27. Nh7 {[#]} (27. Nh3 $15) 27... Rf7 $1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] ...Qf4 is the strong threat. Black has strong compensation.} 28. g3 (28. Qc2 $17) 28... Qh3 $19 29. Qe2 g6 30. Qe3 a6 (30... Rxh7 $2 31. Qxa7 Rf7 32. a6 $17) 31. b5 {intending bxa6.} Bxb5 (31... Rxh7 $2 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Qa7 $17) 32. Ng5 $2 (32. Bg2 Qf5 33. Nd2 Rxh7 34. Rf1) 32... Bxg5 $1 33. Qxg5 Rxf3 34. Qxg6 Qg4 35. Qh6 d4 36. Qh8+ Kd7 37. Qh7+ Kd6 38. Qxb7 Rxg3+ 39. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kf1 Qf4+ 41. Ke2 d3+ {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,18,19,1,18,15,33,26,30,22,70,43,48,43,45,50,46,55,49,53,60,61,95,86,94,87,108,102,101,101,98,99,97,90,97,102,97,101,102,84,81,75,80,84,87,76,86,76,174,174,174,180,168,170,288,288,274,265,284,308,253,235,633,614,1311,1301,1308,1213]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 e6 9. Qc2 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (9. Nc3 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e4 O-O 12. exd5 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Bd4 Bg4 17. Qd3 Bf8 18. a3 Bh5 {½-½ (51) Sharif,M (2363)-Hamdouchi,H (2586) Chartres 2017}) 9... Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Be3 Qa6 11. Nd2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bc5 Qc6 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. Bxe7 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Kxe7 16. Nc3 Rac8 {0-1 (56) Bator,R (2425)-Wedberg,T (2455) Stockholm 1995}) 11... O-O 12. Bd4 Rd8 13. Rfd1 c5 14. cxd5 cxd4 {[#]} 15. d6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd6e7][%mdl 2560] White is pushing.} Bb7 (15... Qxd6 16. Bxa8) 16. dxe7 Rdc8 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. exd3 Rc7 19. Nb3 Rb8 20. Bxb7 Rbxb7 21. Nxd4 Rxb2 22. Rab1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 {Rb8+ would kill now.} Rxe7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 24. Nc6 Re8 25. Nxa7 Kf8 26. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ra8 27. Rb7 $1 Ne8 28. a5 Nd6 {[#]} 29. Rc7 $1 Ke8 30. Nc6 Ra6 31. Kg2 g6 32. g4 Nb5 (32... h6 $16) 33. Rc8+ $18 Kd7 34. Nb8+ Kxc8 35. Nxa6 {KN-KN} Kb7 (35... Nd4 $142) 36. Nc5+ Kc6 {[#]} 37. Ne4 $1 h6 38. Nf6 Nd6 39. Kg3 g5 $2 (39... Nb7 40. Ng8 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5) 40. f4 {White is clearly winning.} Kb5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Ne4 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,53,26,29,97,87,85,69,88,103,145,134,136,141,145,138,145,163,139,132,580,554,572,384,566,562,566,469,666,670,706,705,1004,687,643,644,4684,3839]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Nf3 Nxd5 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit} 10. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 22 Games} Qg6 $146 (10... Nf6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... e6 11. O-O Be7 12. e4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 O-O 14. Ne5 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Re1 d4 17. Bd2 Ba6 18. Qb3 Ra7 19. Nc4 Qf6 20. Re5 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Nd7 22. Bg5 {1-0 (22) Markus,R (2644)-Djukic,N (2519) Heraklio 2017}) 11. O-O $1 $16 e6 {White is better.} 12. a5 Nc7 13. e4 {Bf4 is the strong threat.} Nxb5 14. Nxb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5d6,Bd6f5,Bf5g3][%mdl 32]} Na6 15. Re1 $1 f6 16. Nh4 Qf7 {[#]} 17. Qb3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Nf5! would win. White is on the roll.} Bc6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rb8.} 18. Nf5 $1 Qh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... Bxb5 $16 {is a better chance.} 19. Qxb5 Be7) 19. Nbd6+ $18 Kd8 20. Qb6+ Nc7 21. Bf4 {White is clearly winning.} exf5 22. Nxf5 Rc8 (22... Ke8 $142 23. Bxc7 g6 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Kf7) 23. Rad1 Ke8 24. Bxc7 g6 25. Ng3 Qg4 26. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32] aiming for e6!} Qb4 27. e6 {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,69,50,51,2,15,12,21,0,0,0,22,14,62,54,245,237,238,229,242,231,201,181,225,230,376,305,304,297,294,290,323,339,845,839,918,935,973,567,702,656,571,164,852,592,1293,1281,1229,1200,29989,5273,1885,1788]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Re1 c6 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Re8 {LiveBook: 54 Games. C41: Philidor Defence} 11. Bb3 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nh4 Nf8 13. Qf3 Bb4 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rd3 Kh8 16. Red1 Ng6 17. Nxg6+ fxg6 18. Bb6 {1-0 (41) Kobalia,M (2628)-Halkias,S (2585) Tallinn 2016}) 11... exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. Nh4 Nf8 13. Qf3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ne6 15. Be3 Ng5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Nf5 {0-1 (71) Preotu,R (2452)-Gerzhoy,L (2419) Guelph 2015}) 12. Bxd4 Nf8 {The position is equal.} 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 $2 ({Black should try} 16... cxd5 $14 17. Nf3 Ng6) 17. Nf5 $18 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Bg5 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. Nxg7 Qg6 21. Ra3 Kh7 (21... c5 {is a better defense.}) 22. Nh5 Ne6 23. Rb3 b5 24. axb5 a4 25. Rd3 c5 $2 (25... cxb5 26. Be5 d4 27. Bxd4 Rd8) 26. Be5 d4 27. b6 Qe4 28. Bg3 Ra6 {[#]} 29. h4 $1 Bd8 (29... Bxh4 30. Bxh4) 30. Bc7 $2 (30. Rf3) 30... Bxh4 $2 (30... Nxc7 31. bxc7 Bxc7) 31. Rh3 {Rxh4! is the strong threat.} Be7 32. b7 Qxb7 33. Qd3+ Kh8 {[#]} 34. Be5+ (34. Nf6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg2+ (34... Bxf6 35. Rxh6+) 35. Kxg2 Nf4+ 36. Bxf4 Rxf6 37. Bxh6 Kg8 38. Qc4+ Kh7 39. Bf8+ Kg6 40. Qg8+ Kf5 41. Rh5+ Kf4 42. Qg5+ Ke4 43. Qe5#) 34... Kg8 35. Qg6+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-11,-21,-19,-29,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Nf1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Ne3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Be2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 {½-½ (37) Nakamura,H (2787)-Svidler,P (2760) Moscow 2018}) 9... Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Ne5 Qc7 {[%cal Rc6e5] LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Ndf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 Ne7 13. Qf3 Nf5 14. Bf2 Bf8 15. O-O Nd6 16. Qh3 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 {0-1 (67) Novik,M (2482)-Bellaiche,A (2463) Jerusalem 2017}) 12... Ne4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. O-O f6 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ne5 {The position is equal.} c4 18. Be2 b5 19. b3 Rec8 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Rb1 Be8 22. Rb4 Rab8 23. Rfb1 Rb6 24. g4 g6 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Kh1 Rxb4 27. Rxb4 Kh8 28. Rb1 Bc6 29. f4 Rg8 30. Bf3 Be8 31. Qf2 Qg7 32. Rb8 Nb5 33. Bh5 $1 Nd6 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Bxe8 Nxe8 36. Qb2 Qc7 37. a4 Kg7 38. Qg2+ Kf8 $1 39. Qg5 {Qh6+ is the strong threat.} Qg7 40. Qd8 {Black should prevent Nd7+.} Qc7 41. Qh4 {[#] Threatens to win with Qh6+.} Qe7 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Nc6 Qd7 44. Ne5 Qe7 45. Nc6 Qd7 46. Ne5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,91,10,18,14,28,27,25,23,18,0,15,0,7,0,12,8,10,0,0,-8,9,9,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-19,-20,-21,-19,-17,-8,-10,-8,-10,-3,-7,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 (5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qb8 {½-½ (36) Karjakin,S (2753)-Wei,Y (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qa4 e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qxc4 h6 12. Rfd1 a6 13. a4 {[#] The position is equal.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Be3 Be6 16. Qh4 Bb3 17. Rd2 {1-0 (36) Ju,W (2567)-Dzagnidze,N (2522) Riadh 2017}) 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. Ne1 Rab8 16. a5 c6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Be3 Nxa5 19. Qa2 {Strongly threatening Bc5.} Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 21. Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd5 $1 (21... Bxc5 22. Rxd7) 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Be6 $1 {...Rfc8 is the strong threat.} 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 (24... Bxa2 $2 {perishes.} 25. Rxd7 Rfc8 26. Re7 $18) 25. Bxd6 Bxa2 26. Nd3 e4 27. Nb4 Be6 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. Nxa6 Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. e3 Bg4 31. Nc5 Bf3 32. Na4 Rd2 33. Nc3 h5 34. Nb5 Rb2 35. Nd4 g6 36. h4 Kg7 37. Kf1 Ra2 38. Ke1 Bg4 39. Rc2 Ra1+ 40. Kd2 Rf1 41. Kc3 Kf6 42. Kc4 Ke5 43. Kc5 Bd7 44. Kc4 Be6+ 45. Kb5 Kd6 46. Rc6+ {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,134,9,23,3,7,0,0,-16,23,10,29,9,11,0,0,0,0,4,12,-16,0,-9,-18,-16,0,0,0,5,64,69,64,58,57,49,26,0,17,0,17,-12,-14,-28,-7,-25,27,-52,-67,-59,-94,-85,-37,-72,-38,-54,-46,-47,37,-126,-114,-127,-93,-91,-88,-105,-56,-160,-155,-143,-125,-210,-210,-210,-210,-210,-210,-210,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. cxd5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} exd5 8. d4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 9. Rc1 {White has an edge.} (9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 c5 13. Ba6 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc7 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Ne5 Ne6 18. Bd3 Bf8 19. h4 {½-½ (37) Grischuk,A (2772)-Bacrot,E (2725) Riadh 2017}) 9... Nbd7 10. g3 Re8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... c6 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qe2 Rae8 14. Rc2 Ng4 15. Nh4 Nh6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Ba3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. Qd1 Re7 20. Qc1 Qxc1 21. Rfxc1 c5 {½-½ (21) Mera Cedeno,A (2376)-Bagirov,R (2471) Istanbul 2000}) 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. O-O a6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Ne2 c6 15. Nf4 Rac8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. a4 Ba6 18. Qb1 Ne4 {...Nxf2! is the strong threat.} 19. Rc2 Rc7 20. Qc1 Nb8 {[%cal Bd7b8,Bb8a6,Ba6b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Ne5 Bb7 (21... h6 $11) 22. Bxe4 $1 $14 dxe4 23. Nc4 Na6 24. Nxb6 Nb4 25. Re2 Ba6 26. Nc4 Bc8 27. f3 exf3 28. Rf2 Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black wants to play ...Bxf4. Black fights for an advantage.} 29. Ba3 g5 ({Black should play} 29... Rcc8) 30. Nxd6 (30. Nh5 $11 Bg4 31. e4 Bxh5 32. e5 Bxe5 33. dxe5) 30... Qxd6 $15 31. Bxb4 axb4 ({Inferior is} 31... Qxb4 32. Nh5 $16) 32. Nd3 {[%cal Bf4d3,Bd3e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} g4 33. Ne5 f6 34. Nc4 Qd8 35. Qd2 Qe7 ({Better is} 35... Rb7 $15) 36. d5 $2 (36. e4 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Bxe4 37. Qf4) 36... cxd5 $17 37. Nb6 Be4 38. Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Qxd5+ Qe6 $1 40. Qxe6+ ({White should try} 40. e4 $1 $15) 40... Rxe6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 41. Rd4 {[#]} h5 $1 42. Rxb4 (42. h3 $17 {was called for.} Rc1+ 43. Rf1 f2+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kxf2 $2 Rc2+ 45. Ke1 Rxe3+ 46. Kd1 Ra2 $19) 44... gxh3+ 45. Kxf2 Rc2+ 46. Kf3) 42... Rxe3 $19 43. Rc4 {[#]} Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d1]} 44. Rc1 Rxb3 45. Ra2 Kf7 $2 (45... Ra7 $19 {White must now prevent ...Ra5.} 46. a5 Ra6) 46. a5 $15 Ra7 47. a6 Rb6 48. Rca1 Re6 49. Kf2 Kg6 50. h4 Re5 51. Kf1 Re6 52. Kf2 Kf7 53. Kf1 Ke7 (53... Rb6 $17) 54. Re1 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Re5 55. Ra5 Kd6 56. Rexe5 fxe5 {KR-KR} 57. Kf2 Kc6 58. Rxe5 Rxa6 59. Rxh5 {Threatening mate with Rh6+.} Ra2+ 60. Kf1 Rg2 61. Rg5 Rxg3 62. h5 Rh3 {Strongly threatening ...g3.} 63. Rxg4 Rxh5 64. Kf2 Rf5 65. Rg3 Kd5 66. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 67. Kxf3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,88,47,42,35,42,41,37,24,26,37,54,37,43,49,62,43,50,13,14,5,16,13,18,0,43,31,30,31,25,-12,18,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-29,-36,-35,-60,-23,-57,-59,-63,-68,-89,-39,-50,-54,-60,-67,-200,-205,-426,-417,-422,-414,-459,-456,-455,-452,-419,-433,-507,-489,-477,-488,-533,-533,-531,-531]} 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nxe4 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bxc6 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6} Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ {White is slightly better.} Kxd8 12. Nxe5 Be8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Ndc4 Be7 16. Na5 Rb8 {½-½ (51) Albornoz Cabrera,C (2493)-Friedel,J (2561) Merida 2017}) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6+ gxf6 15. Ng4 Be7 16. Na3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Kc8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Nc4 a5 21. a4 Ra6 22. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Rc6 23. Nce3 Rd6 24. b4 Rg8 25. b5 Rd7 26. c4 c6 27. Nf4 (27. Rc1 {with more complications.} Kb8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Nf4 Rd4 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. g3) 27... Bb6 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 (29... Kxd7 {feels hotter.} 30. Rc1 Bc5 31. Ned5 Be7 32. Nb6+ Kd8) 30. Rc1 Bd4 31. Rd1 Bc5 32. Nh5 Rg6 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxe3.} 33. Ng3 Kc7 34. Ne4 Bb4 {And now ...f5 would win.} 35. h4 (35. Ng3 $15) 35... f5 $19 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 36. h5 $2 {[#]} (36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. Nxf5) 36... Re6 37. Nd2 f4 38. Nc2 Rd6 39. Nxb4 axb4 {[%cal Ba5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32] KRB-KRN} 40. Kf1 Bf5 41. c5 {Black is clearly winning.} Rd5 42. Ke1 Bc2 43. Rc1 Re5+ 44. Kf1 b3 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,126,38,47,52,56,28,70,57,60,53,57,57,62,44,33,32,66,37,32,29,38,33,33,33,33,40,48,35,47,49,49,53,51,51,51,51,53,51,60,52,44,48,46,57,104,108,116,121,108,117,231,70,102,84,98,102,143,125,149,114,150,135,140,115,115,114,184,175,341,146,291,291,299,254,712,712,712,712,712,698,697,697,625,587,29964,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 8. Rc1 b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Bb7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qb3 Rc8 12. Nc4 Ba8 13. Qa4 a5 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qd6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Rxc6 {½-½ (49) Bluebaum,M (2640)-L'Ami,E (2634) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 11... N5f6 12. Qd3 Be4 13. Qa3 Qb8 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 c5 $1 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. Nc4 Qd5 20. dxc5 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Rxc5 22. Nd6 Ra5 23. a3 g5 24. h3 Rd8 25. g4 {Hoping for Ne4.} Nd7 26. e3 {Nb7 is the strong threat.} Rc5 27. Ne4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} h6 29. Rc7 Ne5+ 30. Ke2 a5 31. b3 Kg7 32. Rb7 $1 Nd7 33. Nd2 a4 34. bxa4 Ne5 (34... Nc5 $16 {was worth a try.} 35. Rxb6 Nxa4) 35. Rc7 $2 (35. Rxb6 $18 {And now Rb5 would win.} Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 Nc4+ 37. Kd3 Nxb6 38. a5) 35... Ra8 36. Nc4 Nxc4 37. Rxc4 $16 {KR-KR} Rd8 38. Rd4 Rc8 39. Kd3 Rc1 40. Rb4 Rc6 41. Rc4 Rd6+ 42. Kc3 h5 (42... f5 $16 {is a better defense.} 43. Rc8 Kf6) 43. gxh5 Kh6 $2 (43... f5 44. Kb4 Rd2) 44. h4 (44. Kb4 $18) 44... Kxh5 (44... f6 $16 45. Kb4 Rd2) 45. hxg5 $18 Kxg5 46. Kb4 Rd2 $2 (46... e5 47. Kb5 Kf5) 47. f4+ Kf5 {[#]} 48. Kb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b6]} Rd3 49. Kxb6 Rxe3 {[#]} 50. a5 $1 Rxa3 51. a6 Rb3+ 52. Ka5 $2 (52. Kc6 {mates} e5 53. Ra4 Rb8 54. a7 Rc8+ 55. Kb7 Rd8 56. fxe5 Kxe5 57. Ra5+ Kd6 58. a8=R Rd7+ 59. Kb6) 52... Rb8 $11 {The position is equal.} 53. a7 Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ra8a7]} 54. Ka6 e5 $1 55. fxe5 Kxe5 56. Kb7 (56. Rc7 {seems wilder.} f5 57. Rf7 f4 58. Re7+ Kd5 59. Rd7+) 56... Rxa7+ $1 57. Kxa7 {KR-KP} f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 58. Kb6 f4 59. Rc8 Kd4 60. Rf8 Ke3 61. Kc5 f3 62. Kc4 f2 63. Rxf2 Kxf2 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,60,50,55,46,65,85,52,67,53,64,71,116,80,95,87,94,93,127,127,119,127,127,120,123,87,119,65,65,65,65,65,87,35,35,35,35,34,34,20,34,0,37,0,45]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Bxe2 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} 10. Qxe2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 11. f4 Ne8 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. c5 Nc7 14. cxd6 exd6 15. Nde4 dxe5 16. dxe5 b4 17. Na4 {½-½ (41) Werner,D (2315)-Chernyshov,K (2544) Budapest 2006}) 12. a4 Nc7 13. a5 Rb8 14. e5 f5 15. c5 d5 16. Nf3 Ne6 17. Qf2 (17. Qe1 {NOTEXT} Nc7 18. b4 e6 19. Qg3 Qe8 20. Qh4) 17... Rf7 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. fxg5 {Hoping for e6.} Nf8 20. Ne2 Ne6 21. Qh4 Qd7 22. Nf4 (22. Rf3 $16) 22... Nxf4 $14 23. Bxf4 {[#] Strongly threatening e6!} e6 24. Ra3 Bf8 {[%cal Bg7f8,Bf8e7,Be7d8][%mdl 32]} 25. b4 ({White should play} 25. Qe1 $16) 25... Be7 26. Qh3 Rbf8 27. Rg3 Rg7 28. Qh6 Bd8 29. Qh3 Be7 30. Qh6 Bd8 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Bewersdorff, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,41,14,0,0,43,41,101,93,98,96,96,89,106,97,88,25,44,40,55,23,31,30,333,331,545,560]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d6 8. O-O {C63: Ruy Lopez: Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence} (8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qe8 11. h3 a6 12. Ba4 Nh5 13. g3 Kh8 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. a3 h6 17. Nh4 {1-0 (47) Bortnyk,O (2610)-Khachiyan,M (2522) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Rb8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... O-O 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qa6 Nh5 14. Ne1 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 {½-½ (50) Medvegy,Z (2295)-Lehmann,Z (2280) Budapest 1997}) 11. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} O-O ({Black should play} 11... b6 $14) 12. b5 $16 Ne7 13. Qc4+ Kh8 14. Ng5 Be8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 (16. Qb3 $16) 16... Ng6 $1 $11 17. Bg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qe7 18. Qd4 Ne5 19. Qxa7 Nxd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Bh5 $11) 20. Qxb8 $18 Nc5 $2 {[#]} (20... Bh5 {keeps fighting.}) 21. b6 $1 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,23,20,21,27,10,16,3,18,14,32,25,26,6,16,12,45,31,33,4,20,0,7,-8,12,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,6,-13,0,-27,-13,-30,-19,-19,-18,-70,-15,-56,-56,-56,-34,-27,-18,-29,-20,-19,-19,-18,-10,-9,0,0,0,0,-4,-104,-103,-79,-56,-187,-189,-179,-178,-171,-185,-127,-53,-538,-527,-584,-573,-879,-829,-5469,-2440,-29978,-29977,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 4. Nc3 (4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rc8 13. Qa4 Re8 14. O-O e5 {0-1 (57) Le,Q (2737)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 4... c4 5. e4 e6 6. e5 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nfd7 7. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qh5 Qb6 8. Rd1 Qxb2 9. Nxd5 g6 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxe6+ fxe6 {1-0 (36) Nguyen Luu,T (2013)-Ewald,P (1907) Berlin 2006}) 7... Nc6 8. f4 {[#]The position is equal.} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 9. a3 (9. Nxb5 Rb8) 9... b4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Be2 f5 13. O-O Nb6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Kh2 Be8 16. Rg1 Be7 17. Qd2 a5 18. Bf2 a4 19. Nd1 Rb8 20. Ne3 Kh8 21. g3 Rb7 22. Rg2 Qb8 23. c3 a3 24. bxa3 Na4 25. Ra2 (25. Be1 $11) 25... Na5 (25... Rb3 $15 26. Nd1 Na7) 26. Rc2 Nb2 27. Nd1 {[%cal Rc2b2]} Nd3 (27... Nb3 {seems wilder.} 28. Qe3 Na4 29. Ra2 Na5 30. Rg1 Kg8) 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Qxd3 Bb5 30. Qe3 $1 Nc4 31. Qe1 Ba4 32. Rc1 Bxa3 33. Ra1 Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 34. Rxb1 Qxb1 35. Rg1 (35. Ne3 $11 Qxe1 36. Nxe1) 35... Qd3 $17 36. Ne3 Rb8 {Strongly threatening ...Rb2.} 37. Qf1 (37. g4 $1 $15) 37... Qxc3 $19 38. Qe1 {[#]} Qd3 $1 39. Qf1 {[#]} Qb3 $1 40. Qe2 Be7 (40... h6 $17 {...Qb2 is the strong threat.} 41. Nh4 Qc3) 41. Ng2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White should play} 41. Ra1 $15) 41... Qa3 42. Ng5 Rb2 43. Qh5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7]} Bxg5 44. Qxg5 h6 45. Qg6 Rxf2 46. Qxe6 Ne3 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,61,-19,-25,0,6,4,-27,-27,-31,-17,-21,-4,-79,-65,-73,-73,-60,-60,-73,-68,-65,-31,-150,-143,-141,-128,-143,-34,-36,13,-145,-65,-69,-51,-65,-66,-63,32,52,140,145,579,534,572,524,532,563,526,508,1431,1426]} 1. e4 e6 2. c3 d5 (2... Nf6 3. d3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. d4 d5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qg4 Re8 14. Nd2 a5 15. Nf3 b4 16. h4 {½-½ (37) Zvjaginsev,V (2659)-Timofeev,A (2665) Taganrog 2011}) 3. Bd3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} Nd7 7. Bb5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Be7 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Qb6 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. b3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Bb2 {½-½ (28) Kendiova,E-Janosova,K Vrutky 2005}) 9... a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. a5 Qb7 12. c4 (12. b3 $11) 12... O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} ({Of course not} 12... dxc4 $6 13. Na3 $11) 13. Re1 cxd4 14. cxd5 c5 15. d6 Bd8 16. Nbd2 Qd5 17. Qb3 (17. b4 $1 $15) 17... Rb8 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Ra4 {[#]} g5 (19... Bb7 $1 $17 20. Ra3 Ba8) 20. h3 $1 $15 h5 {White must now prevent ...Re8.} 21. Ra3 $2 {[#]} (21. b4 $1 $11) 21... Kh7 (21... Re8 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...g4.} 22. Nxg5 Rxe5) 22. Nf1 $1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3h5,Bh5f6][%mdl 32]} Rg8 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Bf6 (24... Nf6 $15 25. d7 Nxd7) 25. Ng3 $14 h4 (25... Kg6 $1 $14) 26. Nh5 Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Bd8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 27. Nxf6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nxf6 28. Ne5+ Kf5 29. Re7 {Threatening mate with Rf3+.} Be6 30. Nc6 {aiming for Rf3+.} Rbe8 (30... Nh5 $142 31. d7 Rbd8) 31. Rf3+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bick, Gabriel"]
[Black "Giacomini, Hector"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,47,14,18,13,8,18,13,14,8,14,7,6,4,383,375,364,381,558,538,668,617,591,586,884,864,1365,1288,29978,29979,6519,6012,1955,1366,2001,1915,2051,1895]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 (5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bd2 a5 13. c3 {1-0 (33) McShane,L (2640)-Rausis,I (2632) Katowice 2017}) 5... Bxc5 6. b4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bf8 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3g5,Bg5e6,Be6c5,Bc5b7][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 5 Games} a5 8. b5 {The position is equal.} Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ng6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 {1-0 (51) Cumbers,P (2040)-Walsh,C (2204) West Bromwich 2003}) 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Qf3. White fights for an advantage.} g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (12... h6 $11 {and Black is okay.} 13. Nh7 (13. Qh5 g6 $15) (13. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 14. Be3 g6 $19) 13... Nc5) 13. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rf3f7]} Nf5 14. Bxf5 $1 exf5 (14... Qe7 $142 15. Bd3 Bg7) 15. e6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qf6 17. Nc5+ Be7 18. Nxb7 Ne5 19. Qxd5 Ng4 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Qxa8+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 22. Ne8+ Rxe8 23. Qxe8 Bc5 24. Qd7+ {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kvetny, Mark"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,200,20,43,8,50,45,30,35,58,50,47,50,43,35,64,62,53,43,65,49,51,48,66,45,73,40,38,35,35,22,29,28,29,25,36,39,34,26,34,32,44,39,52,43,56,41,68,62,63,63,59,58,58,58,62,62,59,50,75,75,89,63,64,25,18,0,58,22,20,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Bg4 11. h3 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} Bh5 12. Be2 Re8 13. Bb2 a6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 14. Nh4 Re5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bf3 Ne7 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Red8 {1-0 (48) Aleksandrov,A (2574)-Sanal,V (2474) Doha 2016}) 15. Na4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bd4 $1 17. Nf3 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Re7 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. Rac1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2d2][%mdl 32]} Rd8 21. Nc5 {[%cal Ba4c5,Bc5d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} Ne4 22. Nd3 h6 23. Nf4 Nf6 24. Ne2 Rc8 25. Rc2 Rec7 26. Rdc1 Qd8 27. Rd2 Ne7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Nfd4 Ne4 30. Rc2 Qd7 31. Qc1 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Qd8 33. f3 Nf6 34. Qc5 b6 35. Qc2 g6 36. Nc6 Qd6 37. Nxe7+ Qxe7 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qc3 a5 40. Kf2 Qa3 41. Qd2 Kf8 42. Qd4 Qd6 43. Nc3 Ke7 44. Na4 Nd7 $1 45. Nc3 Ke6 ({Black should try} 45... Nf6 $11) 46. Ne2 Qe5 {The position is equal.} 47. Nf4+ (47. Qd3 {with more complications.} Qb2 48. Kg1 Qa1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. f4) 47... Kd6 48. Nd3 (48. Qd2 {feels hotter.} Nc5 49. b4 axb4 50. Qxb4 Kc6 51. Qd2) 48... Qxd4 49. exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} f6 50. g4 Nf8 51. Ke3 g5 52. f4 Ng6 53. f5 Ne7 54. Ne1 h5 55. Kd3 Kc6 56. Nc2 h4 57. Na3 Nc8 58. Nb1 Nd6 59. Nc3 b5 60. a4 bxa4 61. bxa4 Nc4 62. Ke2 Nb6 63. Kd3 Nc8 64. Ke2 Ne7 65. Ke3 Ng8 66. Ke2 Nh6 67. Kf3 Nf7 68. Ke2 Nd6 69. Ke3 Nc8 70. Ke2 Na7 71. Kd3 Kd6 72. Ke3 Nc6 73. Nb5+ Kd7 74. Nc3 Nb4 75. Kd2 Kc6 76. Nb5 Na6 77. Nc3 Nc7 78. Kd3 Na8 79. Kd2 Nc7 80. Kd3 Ne8 81. Ke2 Nd6 82. Ke3 Nf7 83. Ke2 Nd8 84. Ke3 Kd6 85. Nb5+ Kd7 86. Nc3 Kc6 87. Kd3 Nb7 88. Kd2 Nd6 89. Ke3 Nc4+ 90. Kd3 Na3 91. Kd2 Kd6 92. Kd3 Nc4 93. Nb5+ Kd7 {Hoping for ...Nb2+.} 94. Nc3 Kc6 95. Ke2 Nb2 96. Kd2 Kd6 97. Nb5+ Kd7 98. Nc3 Kc6 99. Kc2 Nc4 100. Kd3 Nd6 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,82,39,28,21,20,22,29,40,42,39,36,47,37,61,48,51,39,50,46,37,50,135,89,88,76,86,100,87,99,144,0,0,-2,0,-12,-23,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 c5 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} 8. d5 {LiveBook: 24 Games} e6 (8... b5 9. e4 bxc4 10. Rd1 d6 11. Na3 Nbd7 12. Nxc4 Ng4 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Rab1 Nge5 15. Nfxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (42) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Artemiev,V (2691) Riadh 2017}) 9. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32]} exd5 10. exd5 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15. h3 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 {½-½ (42) Savchenko,S (2479)-Thorsteinsson,S (2190) Runavik 2017}) 11. Nc3 d6 12. Bf4 Nc7 13. a4 Na6 14. Qd2 Nb4 15. Rae1 a6 16. Ng5 Nh5 17. Be3 $1 h6 (17... Bc8 $14) 18. Nf3 Kh7 19. g4 Nf6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Bc8 {[#]} 22. Ne4 (22. Qf4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4h4]} Kg8 23. Ne4) 22... Nxe4 $1 $11 23. Rxe4 f6 24. Rfe1 {Hoping for Re7.} Ra7 ({Don't play} 24... fxg5 25. Nxg5+ Kg8 26. Ne6 $17) 25. Bf4 Bf5 26. Re6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e6] With the idea ...Rxe6.} 28. Bh3 Rxe6 29. Bxe6 Qf8 30. Qc3 Bh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6f4]} 31. Bxh6 Qxh6 32. Qxf6 {The position is equal.} Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f4]} 34. Ng5+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Kh6 35. h4 {[#] Threatening mate with Qh8+.} Qxb2 36. Qf8+ Qg7 37. Qxd6 Qf6 38. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6]} Qd4 39. Qf8+ Qg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7f8]} 40. Qd6 {Threatens to win with Qg3.} Qe5 41. Qf8+ Qg7 $1 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cummings, David H"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,93,6,2,53,51,35,40,54,58,46,60,68,22,20,20,17,18,33,32,69,69,70,64,64,54,64,75,85,83,80,74,96,29,91,80,116,119,199,192,152,66,253,168,245,243,236,84,85,89,95,97,104,97,108,97,109,70,70,67,67,67,101,100,97,99,166,166,101,58,58,65,65,60,64,64,75,70,70,70,70,43,43,43,43,43]} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qxd4 {LiveBook: 23 Games. A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} Nc5 $146 (6... Bb4+ $11 7. Kd1 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6) ({Predecessor:} 6... Bb4+ 7. Kd1 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bh6 Nc6 10. Qe3+ Kf7 11. c5 d5 12. cxd6 cxd6 {1-0 (59) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Aronian,L (2805) Riadh 2017}) 7. Bg5 $14 Ne6 $1 {[%cal Bc5e6,Be6d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32]} 8. Bxd8 Nxd4 9. Bf6 $1 Nxf3+ $1 10. gxf3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 (11. Nd2 {looks sharper.} O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Ne4 Nc6 14. f4) 11... O-O 12. O-O-O Bxc3 $1 13. bxc3 Na6 14. h4 h5 15. Rg1 Re8 16. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} d6 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Rxd6 Bg4 19. f3 Bxf3 20. Bd4 $1 {aiming for f5.} Re1+ 21. Kb2 (21. Kd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2e1]} Ra1 22. c5) 21... Bg4 (21... Nc7 $11) 22. Bg2 $16 Re2+ 23. Ka3 Nc7 (23... Rxg2 $16 {is a better defense.} 24. Rxg2 Nc7) 24. Bxb7 $18 Rb8 25. Bd5 (25. Rb1 $16) 25... Ne6 $2 ({Black should try} 25... Nxd5 $14 26. cxd5 Bf5) 26. c5 ({Less strong is} 26. Bxa7 Rc8 $16) 26... Nxf4 {[#]} (26... Kf8 $142 27. Bc4 Re4) 27. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b8][%mdl 512]} Rbe8 {[#]} ({Weaker is} 27... Rxb1 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Kh7 30. Rh8#) 28. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 $16 29. Rf6+ Kg8 {And now ...Be6 would win.} 30. Rxf4 Be6 31. Rf2 Bd5 32. Rb2 R2e6 {( -> ...Ra6+)} 33. Rb4 (33. Ka4 {feels hotter.} Ra6+ 34. Kb5 Ra3 35. Kb4 Ra6 36. c4) 33... Re2 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 $14 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re2a2][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Bc6 {[#]} 36. Rb8+ $1 Kf7 37. Rc8 Re6 (37... Bb7 $16 {was called for.} 38. Rh8 Bg2) 38. Rc7+ $18 Ke8 39. Rxa7 Re4 40. Bf6 Rxc4 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. Re5 Re4 43. Rxe4 Bxe4 {White is slightly better.} 44. Kb4 {Strongly threatening Kb5.} Ke8 45. a4 {Threatens to win with Kb5.} Kd7 46. a5 {Hoping for Kb5.} Bd3 47. Kc3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,116,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,36,7,23,-18,-26,-32,-33,-35,-45,-127,-135,-136,-123,-126,-139,-136,-127,-119,-31,-79,-74,-73,-76,-75,-80,-80,-82,-72,-76,-72,-82,-86,-70,-101,-75,-58,-35,-32,-33,-41,-33,-36,-39,-36,-33,-20,-28,-29,-14,-34,-31,-29,-48,-58,-23,-60,-57,-58,0,-1,0,-54,0,-11,-4,-87,-67,-123,-116,-182,-179,-153,-123,-139,-150,-158,-177,-161,0,-66,-71,-241,-231,-220,-63,-250,-229,-220,-212,-308,-191,-187,-191,-675,-654]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 {A23: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 c6} e4 7. Bg5 (7. Nh3 Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. f3 exf3 11. Rxf3 h6 12. Qf1 Nbd7 {½-½ (50) Aronian,L (2785)-Anand,V (2779) Doha 2016}) 7... Bb4 8. Rc1 O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Nge2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O Bg4 {0-1 (28) Niemi,M (2219)-Richter,M (2412) Stockholm 2010}) 10... Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 b6 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Qa3 Bc4 $1 14. b3 Bd3 {And now ...Rc8 would win.} 15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Qc1 (16. Ne2 $15) 16... Rxc3 $17 17. Qxc3 Qc8 18. Qd2 Qa6 19. Be2 Rc8 20. Bd1 Bb1 ({Black should try} 20... Bf1 $17 21. Ne2 Bg2) 21. a4 Qd3 22. Qxd3 exd3 23. f3 Bc2 24. Nh3 Bxd1 25. Kxd1 Rc2 26. Rf1 Rb2 {Hoping for ...Rb1+.} ({Don't play} 26... Rxh2 $6 27. Nf2 $11) 27. Kc1 Rxb3 28. Rd1 Rc3+ 29. Kd2 Rc2+ 30. Kxd3 Rxh2 31. Ng1 Ra2 32. Ne2 Rxa4 33. Nc3 Ra5 34. Bd6 h5 35. Bb4 Ra6 36. e4 dxe4+ 37. fxe4 Ng4 {aiming for ...Nf2+.} 38. Rf1 g6 39. Re1 {[#]} b5 $1 40. e5 (40. Nxb5 Rb6) 40... Rb6 (40... Nh6 $15) 41. Nd5 Ra6 (41... Rb7 $11) 42. Nc3 $15 Rb6 43. Nd5 Rb7 44. Bc3 (44. Ne7+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Kg7 45. Nc8) 44... Kh7 45. Rf1 (45. Bb4 $15) 45... Nf8 $17 46. Nf4 (46. Bb4 $17 Ne6 47. Bd6) 46... b4 $19 47. Bb2 Ne6 48. d5 {[#]} Nc5+ $1 49. Kd4 Nb3+ 50. Kd3 Nc5+ (50... a5 $19 51. Re1 g5 52. Nxh5 Kg6) 51. Kd4 $15 Na4 52. Ba1 $2 {[#]} (52. Nd3 $17) 52... b3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb3b2]} 53. Nd3 Kg8 $2 ({Better is} 53... Nh6 $19 {White must now prevent ...Nf5+.} 54. d6 b2 55. Bxb2 Nxb2) 54. e6 $2 (54. d6 $1 $15) 54... fxe6 55. dxe6 b2 56. Nxb2 (56. Bxb2 {is the only way for White.} Nxb2 57. Rb1) 56... Nxb2 57. Rb1 Rb4+ 58. Kd5 $2 (58. Kc3 Re4 59. Rxb2) 58... Nd3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grant, David J"]
[Black "Cornette, Deimante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,0,15,-11,0,0,10,-35,-20,-24,-12,-22,11,-24,12,-14,0,-2,-1,-33,-32,-63,-56,-62,-50,-21,-48,-74,-70,-177,-95,-89,-92,-139,-115,-143,-117,-81,-95,-232,-189,-291,-292,-281,-197,-197,-184,-181,-196,-172,-104,-107,-127,-118,-128,-189,-187,-258,-257,-379,-377,-504,-504,-502,-501,-489,-489,-488,-505,-529,-524,-550,-480,-596,-602,-827,-816,-790,-805,-817,-807,-727,-770,-776,-820,-757]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} Nge7 7. c3 d6 {LiveBook: 44 Games} 8. Qe1 {The position is equal.} (8. Be3 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a3 d5 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. e5 f6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 {1-0 (48) Kovalev,V (2639)-Demchenko,A (2660) Riadh 2017}) 8... b5 $146 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... O-O 9. Qh4 f5 10. Na3 Rb8 11. Nc2 b5 12. a3 a5 13. Be3 b4 14. axb4 axb4 {0-1 (27) Beukema,J (2170)-Liang,A (2465) Vlissingen 2016}) 9. Qf2 O-O 10. Qh4 f5 11. Be3 b4 12. Nbd2 ({Much worse is} 12. Ng5 h6 $17) 12... a5 13. Rab1 Qc7 14. Rbc1 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd8 16. g4 Nf7 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. fxg5 Bb7 19. Rf3 Rf7 20. Rh3 Bh8 21. Bd1 (21. gxf5 $15 exf5 22. Bf4) 21... a4 (21... fxe4 $19 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Raf8) 22. gxf5 $17 exf5 23. Be2 d5 24. Bf4 Be5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf3 (26. Bf1 $17) 26... Qe6 $19 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 27. e5 (27. d4 $142 fxe4 28. Ne5) 27... f4 28. d4 Bc8 29. Bf1 Nf5 30. Qxf4 Nxd4 $1 31. Nxd4 Qxh3 {[#]} ({And not} 31... cxd4 32. Qxd4 Ba6 33. Bg2 $11) (31... Rxf4 $19 32. Nxe6 Bxe6) 32. Qxf7+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 33. Bxh3 Bxh3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Nb5 (34. Ne2 $17) 34... Rb8 35. c4 (35. Nc7 $142) 35... d4 36. Rb1 (36. Kf2 {keeps fighting.}) 36... Ke7 37. Kf2 Be6 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Rc1 Rf8+ 39. Kg3 Rf5 40. h4 Rxe5 41. Kf4 Re2 42. a3 Re3 43. Nc7 Rxa3 44. Re1 Re3 45. Ra1 a3 46. Nb5 Bxc4 47. Nxa3 Bd3 48. Rd1 Kd6 49. Rd2 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Henrik"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,66,0,47,-21,-12,-52,-44,-38,-44,-45,-37,-71,-49,-51,-33,-56,-8,-41,-42,-40,-22,-18,-20,-60,-60,-41,-52,-55,-37,-124,-115,-113,-102,-100,-118,-107,-120,-139,-141,-189,-166,-172,-154,-283,-282,-287,-287]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bg5 Be7 {LiveBook: 41 Games} 12. Bb5 $146 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} (12. Re1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Rfe1 Nb4 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxe6 Rc7 17. d5 Rd7 18. d6 Rxd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd6 Bxd6 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {½-½ (90) Shomoev,A (2579)-Inarkiev,E (2695) Nizhnij Novgorod 2013}) 12... a6 $11 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 {Black is slightly better.} Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rac1 Ba8 19. Qe2 ({Don't play} 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne2 e5 $17) 19... b4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxd4 23. Qxa6 Qe7 24. Qe2 Rd6 25. Rc6 {[#]} ({White should try} 25. g3 $15) 25... Bxf2+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Kxf2 (26. Qxf2 Rxd1+) 26... Rxc6 27. Bxc6 {aiming for Be4.} Qc5+ 28. Qe3 Qxc6 29. Rd2 h6 30. a3 bxa3 31. Qxa3 Rb8 32. Qd3 (32. Qc3 $17 Qa4 33. Rd4) 32... Rb5 $19 33. h3 Qb6+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sikkel, Dirk"]
[Black "Antal, Tibor Kende"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,48,28,18,-86,-80,-67,-87,-147,-128,-139,-129,-122,-133,-136,-129,-137,-90,-129,-87,-103,-61,-126,-128,-161,-147,-339,-344,-637,-635]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c4,Bc4e4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 26 Games. B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (11... a6 12. a4 e6 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Re1 {½-½ (15) Naiditsch,A (2711)-Li,C (2721) Deizisau 2015}) 12. Qd2 $146 (12. b3 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Qd8 13. Nde2 Nd7 {½-½ (13) Kovalev,A (2513)-Kulaots,K (2565) Kaunas 2016}) 12... Nxd4 $17 13. Bxd4 Rxc4 {Threatens to win with ...Nxe4!Black is slightly better.} 14. Bxa7 (14. Rfe1 $142) 14... b5 15. Be3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Rac1 Qe6 18. b3 f5 19. g3 d5 20. Qd3 b4 21. Rfd1 ({Better is} 21. Rc5 $15) 21... f4 22. Bxf4 Bd4 23. Rc2 $2 {[#]} (23. Qxd4 $17 Rxd4 24. Rxd4) 23... Qxh3 $19 24. Qf1 $2 (24. Be3 Rf3 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. Bxd4) 24... Qg4 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,0,0,-22,-16,-21,8,4,12,10,6,-7,-7,-7,33,37,29,25,31,6,7,0,0,9,13,16,14,13,37,19,54,49,59,52,68,43,68,67,103,117,212,214,220,210,218,211,212,219,421,428,418,391,758,723,29978,29979,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29996,29997,29999]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. e5 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} Nd7 (6... c4 7. Bc2 Nd7 8. Re1 g5 9. d4 cxd3 10. Bxd3 h6 11. Bb5 Bg7 12. c4 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (39) Pancevski,F (2485)-Kozul,Z (2630) Skopje 2015}) 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6 {The position is equal.} bxc6 9. d3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nf1 a4 {0-1 (39) Pinter,E (2358)-Schwarhofer,C (2310) Austria 2014}) 11... f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Qd6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Re2 Be7 19. Be5 Qb5 20. Qg4 $36 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 2048] [#] White has some pressure.} Rf7 21. Rd1 Bf8 22. Qh3 {Threatens to win with Ng5.} Be7 23. Qg3 d4 24. h4 h6 (24... Bb7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 25. Nh2 $18 h5 26. Qg6 c4 27. dxc4 (27. Bxd4 Qf5) 27... Qxc4 28. Rc2 ({Don't take} 28. Qxh5 $6 d3 $16) 28... Qd5 $2 (28... Qb5) 29. Nf3 Bb7 30. Rxd4 Qxa2 $2 (30... Qb5 31. a4 (31. Qxh5 $2 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Rf5 $19) 31... Qe8) 31. Rc7 {Intending Ng5 and mate.} Qa1+ 32. Kh2 {White mates.} Bxf3 33. Rf4 Raf8 {[#]} 34. Rc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf6 (34... Rxc8 35. Qxf7+) 35. Rxf6 Bxf6 36. Bxf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg6g7]} Rxc8 37. Qxg7# {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,60,13,12,12,28,33,40,24,34,3,38,5,13,-11,14,21,19,19,41,0,12,0,0,-4,5,5,5,0,0,0,0,2,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} Be7 11. Bf4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (11. Ne2 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Be3 Be7 14. a4 h5 15. a5 h4 16. Nd4 Rh5 17. a6 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Rd5 {½-½ (59) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-So,W (2812) Paris 2017}) 11... h5 12. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne4 Be6 13. Nfg5 Rh6 14. g3 Rg6 15. h4 Bd5 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Rd3 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bxc7 {½-½ (47) Mista,A (2584)-Abdumalik,Z (2382) Warsaw 2016}) 12... Bd7 13. b3 {White is slightly better.} Rd8 14. h4 Bc8 15. Ne4 Be6 16. Neg5 Rxd1+ (16... Bxg5 $5 17. Nxg5 (17. Bxg5 Rd7 $14) 17... Nd4 $14) 17. Rxd1 Rh6 18. c4 Rg6 19. Kh2 Bc8 {The position is equal.} 20. e6 f6 21. Ne4 Bxe6 22. Bxc7 Rh6 23. Nd4 (23. Bb8 {with more complications.} a6 24. Nd4 Bc8 25. c5 g5 26. Bd6) 23... Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rh8 25. Bd6 Kf7 26. c5 b5 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Nd6 a5 29. Re4 Kd7 30. Rd4 Ke7 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,149,39,23,5,25,4,14,11,6,12,15,6,15,0,0,-6,0,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-16,-25,-29,-72,-60,-185,-116,-124,-106,-116,-116,-111,-120,-131,-125,-145,-137,-140,-147,-148,-147,-177,-178,-177,-96,-96,-96,-96,-81,-125,-125,-125,-52,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-303,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Nfd7 14. Nb3 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Nxb3 {E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3} (15... a4 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Bd4 Be6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd4 h5 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Nd5 Qd7 22. Nf4 f6 23. h4 {½-½ (39) Hamarat,T (2604)-Acevedo Villalba,A (2549) ICCF email 2012}) 16. axb3 Nc5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 17. f4 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... h5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. e5 Bf5 20. Ne4 h4 21. g4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 g5 23. Bh7+ {½-½ (66) Rantanen,M-Cobo Arteaga,E Varna 1962}) 18. Bf2 Rad8 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. bxa4 c5 21. b3 Bc6 22. h4 b6 23. h5 Qb7 24. Re2 Rd7 25. Be1 gxh5 {[%cal Bg6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 26. Bc3 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4][%mdl 512]} 27. Bxg7 (27. exf5 Rxe2) 27... Rxg7 28. Rxd6 Bxe4 ({Resist} 28... Rxg3 29. e5 $17) 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Re3 h4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 31. Rd5 ({White should try} 31. Qe2 $15) 31... Qf7 (31... hxg3 32. Rxe4 Rf8 33. Qd3 $11) (31... Qc8 $1 $19 32. Qg2 Qg4) 32. Rxe4 $17 Rxg3+ 33. Kh2 Rf8 {White must now prevent ...Qg6.} 34. Qe2 Qf6 ({Reject} 34... Rxb3 $6 35. Rg5+ Kh8 36. Qc2 $11) 35. Rd3 Rg7 36. Rde3 Kh8 37. Qf2 Rg4 38. f5 Qd6+ 39. Kh3 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KQR-KQR} Qd3+ (40... Rxf5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Qb2+ (41. Qxf5 Qg3#) 41... Kg8 42. Rg4+ Kf7 43. Qg7+ Ke8 44. Re4+ Kd8) 41. Re3 $17 Qxf5+ 42. Qxf5 Rxf5 43. Kxh4 {[#] KR-KR} Kg7 $1 44. Kg4 Kf6 (44... Kg6 $17 45. Re4 Rf6) 45. Re8 $1 $15 {[%cal Re8f8] And now Rf8+ would win.} h5+ ({Better is} 45... Re5 $15 46. Rf8+ Kg6 47. Rg8+ Kf7) 46. Kh4 $11 Re5 47. Rf8+ $1 Ke7 48. Rb8 Re6 49. Kxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Kg5 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 49... Kd7 $2 (49... Kf6 $19 {aiming for ...Rd6.} 50. Kg4 Ke5) 50. Kg4 $1 {The position is equal.} Kc7 51. Rf8 $1 Re3 52. Rf3 Re4+ 53. Kf5 Re8 54. Rg3 Re1 55. Rg7+ Kc6 56. Rg6+ Kc7 57. Rg3 Kc6 58. Kf4 Re8 59. Re3 Rf8+ 60. Ke4 Re8+ 61. Kf3 Rf8+ 62. Ke2 Rh8 63. Re6+ Kc7 64. Kd3 Rh3+ 65. Re3 Rh4 66. Re7+ Kc6 67. Re6+ Kc7 68. Re3 Kc6 69. Rg3 Kc7 70. Ke3 Kc6 71. Rg6+ Kc7 72. Rg7+ Kc6 73. Rg6+ Kc7 74. Rg7+ Kc6 75. Rg6+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,110,6,27,22,9,0,11,0,20,19,4,-68,-75,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-59,-68,-78,-84,-72,-48,-47,-68,-12,-47,-50,-50,-43,-46,-22,-60,-53,-52,-51,-72,-44,-47,-34,-27,-28,-70,-45,-41,-20,-34,-11,-82,10,-3,15,-34,-4,-49,-42,-86,-62,-67,-31,-33,-27,-112,-112,-118,-113,-141,-141,-132,-139,-137,-137,-139,-130,-135,-141,-118,-133,-238,-218,-219,-138,-153,-139,-299,-201,-517,-169,-2680,-465,-1142,-1017,-5639,-2630,-12833,-12836,-12835,-12836,-12835,-12829,-7565,-6620]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Be7 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg3 f5 (5... Nxg3 6. hxg3 h6 7. c4 d5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qc2 Bf6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 {1-0 (62) Naiditsch,A (2705)-Fedorchuk,S (2648) Riadh 2017}) 6. Nbd2 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} O-O 7. Bd3 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 8. Qe2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. c3 g6 9. Qe2 b6 {0-1 (55) Richters,A (1949)-Schroer,K (1987) Germany 2013}) 8... Nd7 9. O-O-O c5 10. h3 (10. Kb1 $11) 10... Nxg3 $15 11. fxg3 d5 {White must now prevent ...c4.} 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. g4 $1 Bf6 {Hoping for ...Qa5.} 14. Nb3 Ne4 {Strongly threatening ...Ng3.} 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Nbd4 Ng3 (17... Qb6 $15) 18. Rg1 (18. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Qb8 19. Rg1 $15) 18... a6 19. Qb4 Re8 20. Rge1 b5 21. Nb3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nfd4 Be7 (23... Ra7 {is more complex.} 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Rc7 26. b4 g6) 24. Qd2 $1 Qc4 25. Kb1 a5 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Nxe2 Rd8 28. Nf4 Kf7 29. Nd4 {[#]} (29. Rxd8 $11 Bxd8 30. Rd1) 29... Bd7 ({Black should play} 29... b4 $1 $17) 30. Rf1 g6 31. g3 (31. g4 $5) 31... Ra6 32. h4 (32. g4 $5) 32... Rd6 33. Rf2 Bf6 34. Rfd2 Bc8 35. c3 Ba6 36. Kc2 (36. b3 $11 {remains equal.}) 36... b4 $17 37. cxb4 axb4 38. Nb3 Rxd2+ 39. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 40. Nxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} Be7 41. Nb3 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6g5][%mdl 32]} 42. Nd4 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Nfe2 (44. Nd5 $17 Bc5 45. Nc6) 44... Kg6 $19 45. Kd2 Bc4 46. b3 Bd3 47. Ke1 $2 (47. Nc6 $17 Bd6 48. Ned4) 47... Bc5 {And now ...Bxe2 would win.} 48. Kd2 $2 (48. g4 {is more resistant.} fxg4 49. Kf2) 48... Kf6 $2 (48... Bxe2 49. Ne6 {[#]} Bxe3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Kxe3 Bd3) 49. g4 $2 (49. Nc6) 49... fxg4 (49... Bxd4 $142 50. Nxd4 fxg4) 50. Ng3 (50. Nc6 $142 Bd6 51. Ke1) 50... Bd6 51. Nde2 Bxe2 52. Nxe2 g3 53. Ke1 Kf5 54. Kf1 Kg4 55. Kg2 {[#]} Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 32%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,87,23,38,41,44,-10,-8,-7,0,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,-17,36,30,42,64,77,53,74,74,72,64,60,43,99,112,110,97,106,120,147,110,137,83,152,144,178,186,179,169,245,247,468,448,275,272,330,237,585,585,1015,997,29979,29971,29986,29987,29987,29988,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O (9... Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Bd4 Ne4 {1-0 (57) Carlsen,M (2834)-Matlakov,M (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10. a3 Be7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. h3 d6 12. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1f4,Bf4c4][%mdl 32]} (12. g4 $14) 12... Nxd4 $11 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 exf4 15. Rxf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd4 Be6 16. Qxf4 {½-½ (39) Schippers,M (2220)-Hendriks,W (2407) Dieren 2016}) 15... Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 {aiming for Bd4.} Nd7 18. Rc4 Qd8 19. Rb4 Qc7 20. Bf5 a5 (20... Bf6 $11) 21. Rb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Ne5 22. Bb6 Qc4 23. a4 (23. Bd3 $5 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxd3 25. cxd3 $14) 23... Bf6 24. b3 (24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 g6 $17) 24... Qh4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nf3+!} 25. Rf1 g6 26. Bf2 Qh5 (26... Bg5 $14) 27. Bd3 $16 Bg5 28. Qe2 Qh6 29. Rxb7 f5 30. Bd4 Bf6 31. Kh1 (31. Bc3 $142) 31... f4 (31... Rae8 $142) 32. Qe4 Bg7 33. Be2 {[%cal Bd3e2,Be2b5,Bb5d7,Bd7e6][%mdl 32]} Rae8 34. Bb5 Rc8 (34... Rd8 {was worth a try.} 35. Rf3 Qg5) 35. Bd7 $18 Rcd8 $2 {[#]} (35... Nxd7 {keeps fighting.} 36. Qe6+ (36. Rxd7 Bxd4 37. Qxd4 f3 $15) 36... Kh8 37. Bxg7+ Qxg7) 36. Be6+ Kh8 37. Rf3 g5 38. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5,Bc5d6][%mdl 32] Hoping for c5.} Rde8 $2 (38... Rb8 39. Rxb8 Rxb8) 39. c5 Rxe6 40. dxe6 {[%cal Bd5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} g4 41. e7 {White mates.} Rg8 42. Rxf4 gxh3 43. g3 Qh5 44. cxd6 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,82,50,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,-14,-41,-132,-121,-144,-162,-343,-335,-357,-137,-129,-138,-131,-119,-113,-8,-89,-81,-91,-77,-93,-63,-103,-73,-71,-61,-74,-19,-19,-19,-19,-15,-20,0,0,0,-19,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. e4 e5 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 (14. g3 b4 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Na4 c5 17. Nxc5 Rc8 18. Bf3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxc5 {½-½ (55) Le,Q (2703)-Zherebukh,Y (2614) Lubbock 2013}) 14... Ng6 15. g3 Re8 16. Bg5 Be5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 17. Be3 b4 18. Na4 Nxe4 $1 19. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rac1 c5 20. Nxc5 {1-0 (20) Saharinen,P (2074)-Novak,M (2229) ICCF email 2008}) 19... Qc7 20. Rac1 Nc3 21. Nxc3 bxc3 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. bxc3 Qe6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 24. Qa4 (24. Rb1 $15 Qc6 25. Rxb7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb7 26. Rb1) 24... Ne5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 25. Qf4 h6 $1 ({Don't play} 25... Qxa2 26. Rd2 $11) 26. Rd2 $2 (26. Rb1 {is a better defense.} Bc6 27. g4) 26... g5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 27. Qa4 {[#]} Qh3 $2 (27... Qf5 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 28. Rb2 Bd5) 28. f3 $17 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Bxf3 30. Bd4 Re6 (30... Re7 $17 31. Qc4 Rae8) 31. Qb5 (31. Rf1 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 31... Rae8 32. Qf1 Qh5 {aiming for ...Re2.} 33. h3 g4 34. Rh2 Qg5 {Strongly threatening ...gxh3.} 35. hxg4 Qxg4 36. Qh3 $1 {[#]} Re1+ (36... Qg6 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Re1+.} 37. Rb2 f5) 37. Rxe1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Re2+ 39. Kg1 $1 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Re2+ 41. Kg1 $1 {Threatening Qxg4+.} Re1+ {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,80,0,6,0,0,-18,-6,-6,-6,-6,-5,-5,-5,-25,-19,-19,-29,-32,-27,-26,-26,-26,-26,-27,-24,-29,-25,-26,-6,-17,-21,-31,-42,-34,-31,-35,-8,-47,-47,-29,-16,-27,0,-170,-165,-142,-121,-125,-110,-122,-44,-44,-44,-44,-52,-98,-52,-67,-90,-70,-67,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qa5+ 7. Bd2 (7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Nf3 Qa6 11. Qd1 Be7 12. g3 c5 {½-½ (67) Nakamura,H (2787)-Artemiev,V (2697) Moscow 2018}) 7... Qa6 8. e6 Qxd3 9. exf7+ Kxf7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 10. cxd3 Nd7 11. Nh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf3 g6 12. Nc3 Nh6 {0-1 (56) Kollars,D (2501)-Can,E (2605) Rome 2017}) 11... e5 12. Ng5+ Kg6 13. Nc3 exd4 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Kf1 Bd6 16. Nxd4 Nh6 17. Rh3 Rhf8 18. Nde6 Rf6 19. Re1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 Bxc5 22. Rf3 Nf5 23. g3 Nd4 24. Rxf6+ gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 25. Nh3 Ne6 26. Bd2 Kf5 (26... Bd6 {looks sharper.} 27. b3 c5 28. Ng1 Nd4 29. Be3 Nc6) 27. Nf4 Nxf4 28. Bxf4 $15 {KB-KB} Bd4 29. b3 b5 30. Ke2 $2 {[#]} (30. f3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 30... Kg4 $1 $19 31. Bb8 a6 32. Bc7 Bb2 33. Bd6 {[#]} Bc1 (33... f5 $1 $17) 34. Kd1 Bh6 35. Ke2 f5 36. f3+ $1 Kh3 37. d4 Kg2 38. b4 Bc1 39. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Be5 $15) 39... Bxf4 40. gxf4 Kg3 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Kvetny, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,101,47,54,39,39,39,39,39,39,16,55,53,73,74,60,54,48,0,53,48,102,112,212,205,196,196,189,169,245,237,248,246,310,303,316,309,338,354,343,314,320,320,324,319,345,325,384,385,349,293,379,375,398,406,381,396,404,397,508,331,456,456,414,408,402,384,400,378,556,525,594,587,558,502,804,793,754,744,808,752,848,779]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Be6 8. Bxf6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nge2 Nb6 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nf4 Nc8 13. f3 h5 14. h4 Bd6 15. Nce2 Bd7 {1-0 (54) Giri,A (2762)-Zvjaginsev,V (2643) Antalya 2017}) 12... h5 13. h4 Bd6 14. g3 Nc8 15. f3 f5 16. Kf2 Kd7 17. b4 a6 18. Na4 Kc7 19. Rab1 b6 ({Black should try} 19... b5 $11 20. Nc5 Nb6) 20. Rhc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Kb7 {[#]} ({Better is} 20... Rh6 $14) 21. Nc5+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} bxc5 (21... Kc7 $16) 22. bxc5+ $18 Kc7 23. cxd6+ Nxd6 24. Nf4 Ra7 (24... Nc4 $142 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Rxc4 Rab8) 25. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rh6 26. Rb2 Nc8 27. a5 Ne7 28. Rb6 Bc8 29. Be2 Bb7 30. Rb2 Bc8 31. Nd3 Rh8 32. Rb6 Bb7 33. Nc5 Nc8 34. Rcb1 {[%cal Rb6b7]} ({Not} 34. Rxb7+ Rxb7 35. Nxb7 Kxb7 $18) ({Don't take} 34. Nxb7 Nxb6 35. axb6+ Kxb6 $18) 34... Nd6 35. Bxa6 Bxa6 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Nxa6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kd7 38. Rb6 Ra8 39. Nb8+ Ke6 40. Nxc6 Nc4 41. Rb5 Nd6 42. Rb8 Ra6 43. Rb6 Ra8 44. Ne5 Rxa5 (44... f6 $142 45. Nc6 Nc4) 45. Nxf7 {White is clearly winning.} Ra2+ 46. Kf1 Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Ra2+ (47... Kxf7 $142 48. Rxd6 Ra2+ 49. Kh3 Rf2) 48. Kh3 Kxf7 49. Rxd6 Rf2 50. Rxd5 Rxf3 51. Kg2 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Bick, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,73,13,7,39,23,24,25,39,36,40,26,27,23,27,17,97,91,100,49,47,47,49,47,48,46,53,46,61,52,72,68,70,39,45,24,24,24,25,22,20,0,0,-5,15,13,255,253,326,341,477,471,865,846]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e1,Be1d3][%mdl 32]} c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1 Be6 9. b3 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Be3 a5 12. Bd4 Na6 13. Nd3 b5 14. a3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Nxb4 Rxb4 {0-1 (57) Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. e3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf5 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rc1 e6 15. h3 {½-½ (15) Turov,M (2630)-Markowski,T (2611) Dresden 2011}) 13. Bb2 Bh3 14. Rc1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qf5 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Na4 Rac8 18. Rc2 b6 {[#]} (18... Nd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Rfc1 $1 $16 Nb8 20. Ba3 (20. Rc7 $16) 20... Rxc2 $14 21. Qxc2 Ne8 22. Nc3 {[%cal Ba4c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} Qd7 23. Ne2 Qb7 24. h4 e6 25. Nef4 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Ne5 {Threatens to win with h5.} Nd7 28. Nf3 Ndf6 29. h5 $36 {[%cal Rh5g6][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nd6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rh1 Rc8 32. Qb1 Kg7 33. Ne5 {Black must now prevent Nxe6+.} Nf5 $2 (33... Nde4 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 34. g4 $18 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Ne7 35. Qg1 {And now Qh2 would win.} Rg8 36. g5 Ne4 {[#]} (36... Nh5 $142 37. Nxh5+ gxh5 38. Rxh5 Qc8 39. Rh7+ Kf8) 37. Rh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 68%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Cummings, David H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,61,-7,-7,-11,0,0,12,-2,41,43,64,54,57,43,56,40,71,74,101,108,127,87,83,87,87,87,101,64,62,60,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-10,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 (5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. a4 bxc5 9. b5 c4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bd2 Qa5 {0-1 (33) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 5... Bxc5 6. b4 {D04: Colle System} Be7 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 9. Nbd2 O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Be2 Nc5 11. O-O Nfe4 $146 {Black wants to play ...Na4.} ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. c4 Bb7 {1-0 (48) Kunin,V (2531)-Drnovsek,G (2421) Balatonszarszo 2017}) 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. c4 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. cxd5 Nc3 16. Qc2 {Strongly threatening Bd3.} Nxd5 17. Bd3 Qh6 18. Be4 Bd7 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qc5 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Qg6 {[#] ...Bh3 is the strong threat.} 22. Kh1 Rac8 23. Qa7 b6 24. Rfc1 (24. Rac1 $14 Qd6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. h3) 24... Qd6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 25. h3 Rc4 26. a4 Rdc8 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28. Qxb6 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. bxc6 R7xc6 31. Rcb1 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,67,12,33,6,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-5,-3,-3,-6,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} 10. Nd2 O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games} (10... b6 {keeps more tension.} 11. f3 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. a3 Rhe8) (10... c5 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. f3 Be6 13. O-O-O b6 14. g4 Nd7 15. h3 Ne5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nf3 {0-1 (34) Guseinov,G (2645)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 11. O-O Rad8 {The position is equal.} 12. Qe3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rfe8 13. f3 Bc8 14. Qf2 b6 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. h3 Qc5 17. Rfe1 {1-0 (34) Salgado Lopez,I (2605)-Arnaudov,P (2459) Skopje 2014}) 13. h3 Bc8 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Qh6 c5 16. Nf3 {[#] Threatens to win with e5.} Rfe8 17. Ng5 {e5 is the strong threat.} Qf8 18. Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. e5 h6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. exf6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 {With the idea Re7+.} Kxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. f3 Rd2 (23... g5 {looks sharper.} 24. Kf2 Bc6 25. b3 a5 26. Rd1 Rd4) 24. Re2 Rxe2 (24... Rd7 {with more complications.} 25. Re8 Bc6 26. Rf8+ Ke5 27. Re8+ Kf6) 25. Nxe2 {KB-KN} Bc8 26. Kf2 Bf5 27. c4 c6 28. Nc3 Bd3 29. b3 g5 30. Ke3 Bf1 31. Kf2 Bd3 32. Ke3 Bf1 33. Kf2 Bd3 34. Ke3 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Midoux, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,69,-4,-9,43,28,41,35,33,29,33,17,60,61,81,35,69,38,34,52,154,94,110,0,0,0,0,0,99,89,97,103,563,643,778,753,2090,1859,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. d5 N8d7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 {LiveBook: 33 Games} Nf6 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} ({Black should try} 13... Nc5 $11) (13... Nc5 14. Rd1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Nc8 16. Be3 a6 17. b4 Nd6 18. Na4 Nc4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 b5 21. Nc5 {1-0 (68) Li,C (2750)-Ipatov,A (2619) Doha 2015}) 14. Re1 $14 Nc8 15. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe2 a6 16. a4 Nd6 17. Qxe7 Qb6 18. a5 Qxb3 19. Qxd6 Rfd8 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. Rxa3 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 {½-½ (33) Van de Plassche,B (2275)-Arkell,K (2460) Copenhagen 1993}) 15... a6 {White is slightly better.} 16. Re2 Nd6 17. g4 Qd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Be5 h5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 20. Qg3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Nh7 (21... Rc8 $14) 22. f3 ({Don't do} 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f3 Rh8 $16) ({White should play} 22. f4) 22... Bxe5 $16 23. Rxe5 (23. Qxe5 $16 f6 24. Qg3) 23... Kg7 $11 24. R1e2 Rh8 25. Qe1 $36 {[%cal Re5e7][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nf6 (25... Qd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Rxe7 $16 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Qc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27... Re8 $16 28. Rxe8 (28. Rxd7 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Nxd7 $14) 28... Qxe8 29. Qxe8 Nfxe8) 28. Qe5 $1 $18 Qc5+ 29. Kg2 {[%cal Bg1g2,Bg2h2,Bh2h3,Bh3h4,Bh4g5][%mdl 32]} Kf8 30. Qxf6 Rh2+ 31. Kxh2 {White mates.} Qf2+ 32. Kh3 Qf1+ 33. Kh4 Qh1+ 34. Kg5 Qc1+ 35. f4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Black "Der Manuelian, Haik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,111,0,0,9,6,22,19,25,13,31,18,22,0,18,0,69,56,63,29,16,10,39,16,16,29,18,32,22,25,45,41,72,92,90,96,106,96,118,95,132,103,104,88,99,77,78,68,77,0,87,77,81,50,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,87,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,6,123,27,27,27,27,27,31,32,29978,29977]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nc6 (8... b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. f4 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 f5 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Rf2 Rcd8 18. Rd2 Qe6 19. Qe2 Bc6 20. Rcd1 Rd7 {½-½ (64) Potkin,V (2574)-Inarkiev,E (2689) Riadh 2017}) 9. Bb5 Bg4 10. Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. dxc5 d4 11. exd4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxd4 13. Qd1 Nxb5 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Nxb5 Bxc5 {1-0 (65) Jishitha,D (2140)-Hari,S (1735) Mumbai 2018}) 10... bxc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qe7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Qd4 Rfc8 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17. Red1 Rab8 18. Qh4 Re8 (18... Qe8 $11) 19. Na4 {And now Bxf6 would win.} Rbc8 20. Qg5 Bg6 21. Nh4 Ba3 (21... Qe6 {seems wilder.} 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qh4 Ba3) 22. Nf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Bxb2 24. Nxb2 Ne4 25. Nd3 Qd6 26. b4 Ra8 27. Qf4 Qe6 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 g6 30. Qd4 Qd6 31. Qc3 Rab8 32. a3 Rb6 33. Rc1 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Re6 34. Ra5 Qd7 35. Rc5 (35. Rd1 $16) 35... Rd6 (35... Qd6 $11 {remains equal.}) 36. Qd4 Rb5 37. g4 Rxc5 38. Rxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} ({Reject} 38. Qxc5 h5 $11) 38... Re6 {[#]} 39. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb5 40. Rxd5 Qc6 41. Rd8+ Re8 42. Rxe8+ Qxe8 43. Qxa7 $16 {KQ-KQ} h6 44. Qc5 Qa8 45. Qe7 Qd5 46. Qb4 Qc6 47. e4 Kg7 48. Qd4+ Kg8 49. Qe3 g5 50. Kg2 Qc4 51. h4 (51. Qf3 $14) 51... f6 (51... gxh4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 52. Kh3 Qf1+ 53. Kxh4 Qg2) 52. h5 (52. Qf3 $16) 52... b4 $1 $11 53. axb4 Qxb4 54. Qf3 Qd4 55. Qf5 Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55... Kf8 $14) 56. Qd5+ $1 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,62,16,12,16,10,17,24,31,33,30,33,0,2,0,8,0,0,-13,0,-16,-9,-14,-15,-12,-9,-12,-8,-22,-8,-6,-6,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,0,-9,-8,-16,-23]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32] C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd6 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nf1 c6 12. Qd3 g6 13. Ng3 {[#]} Nd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 {½-½ (33) Dervishi,E (2552)-Ni,H (2671) Riadh 2017}) 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Re2 {White wants to play Rae1.} Re8 {The position is equal.} 16. Rae1 {[#] aiming for Bxd6.} Bf8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. c3 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Re8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Qe2 Qxe2 (23... Qd7 {feels hotter.} 24. f3 h5 25. Qd3 Kf7 26. h4 Be7) 24. Nxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kf7 25. f3 h5 26. Kf2 g5 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 28. g3 Ke6 29. h3 c5 30. g4 h4 31. Ke3 c4 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cornette, Deimante"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,101,-5,-4,-6,-14,-2,0,7,-4,0,-18,18,0,17,-26,-21,-26,-17,-16,-12,-12,-13,-12,-12,-24,-17,-6,0,-23,0,-12,-9,-9,0,0,0,-25,-35,-28,-25,-25,-30,-42,-36,-52,-2,-11,-18,-33,-16,-17,-2,-2,-2,-20,0,-2,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 {B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} (9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc8 11. g4 a5 12. g5 Ne8 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Kb1 b5 15. Qxb5 Nb4 16. c3 Bd7 {½-½ (26) Oleksienko,M (2615)-Vovk,A (2634) Zhitomir 2017}) 9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O-O {LiveBook: 27 Games} O-O-O $1 14. Bb5 Kc7 15. Rhe1 Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a6 16. Bf1 f5 {0-1 (36) Alka,D (2019)-Meenakshi,S (2289) Visakhapatnam 2006}) 16. Rf1 b6 17. Rd2 f5 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Rxd8 (19. f4 {feels hotter.} Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Be1) 19... Rxd8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. a4 g5 22. a5 bxa5 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Na6+ Kb7 25. Nc5+ Kc7 26. Na6+ Kb7 27. Nc5+ Kb6 28. Bc4 f4 29. Bf2 Kc7 30. Ne6+ Bxe6 31. Bxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Kd6 32. Bf5 h6 33. Be4 Bb6 34. Be1 Nd8 35. Kd2 Ne6 36. Ke2 Nc5 37. Bg6 {The position is equal.} Na4 38. b3 Nc5 39. Bc3 Ke6 40. Be8 Kf5 41. Bc6 Ke6 42. Be8 Bc7 43. Be1 Ke7 44. Bc6 Kd6 45. Be8 Bb6 46. Bc3 Ke6 47. Bc6 Kf5 48. Be8 Bc7 49. h3 Bb6 50. Bc6 Ke6 51. Be8 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,80,23,12,13,-12,-9,-41,-39,-27,-40,-73,-45,-62,-10,-47,-39,-48,21,0,0,0,102,85,77,47,36,41,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,29,30,45,6,10,-156,-150,-166,-164,-155,-41,-44,6,6,6,6,9,13,23,22,33,13,17]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} d6 7. O-O Ba7 (7... O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 Rd8 16. exd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (63) Carlsen,M (2834)-Kramnik,V (2787) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 8. Na3 h6 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 26 Games} Bb8 11. h3 Ne7 12. Re1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Nh4 d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Bc5 c6 {0-1 (37) Vokhidov,S (2366)-Sengupta,D (2570) St Petersburg 2016}) 12... c6 13. Ba2 Ng6 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. g3 d5 (15... Bxh3 $15 16. Ng5 Nhf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. gxf4 hxg5) 16. Nh2 Nf6 17. h4 dxe4 ({Black should try} 17... Re8 $15) 18. dxe4 $11 Nxe4 19. Rad1 Qf6 (19... Qc7 $11) 20. Bb6 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nd6 21. Ne3 e4 22. Qh5 Ne5 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Nhg4 {[%cal Bh2g4,Bg4e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} Qg6 $1 25. Qxg6 Nxg6 26. Bc5 Nf5 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Ne3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Bc8 29. Nc4 Bg4 30. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e4]} Bf5 31. Nb6 Ba7 32. Bb1 $2 (32. g4 $1 $11 Be6 33. Nxa8 Bxc5 34. Nc7 Bxd4 35. Nxe8 Bxa2 36. cxd4) 32... Ne5 $17 {aiming for ...Nf3+.} 33. Re3 {[#]} Bxb6 $1 34. Bxb6 {[#]} Ng4 (34... Be6 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Nf3+.} 35. Bxe4 Nc4 36. Rxc4 Bxc4) 35. Re1 $15 e3 36. f3 Bxb1 37. Rxg4 e2 38. Kf2 Bd3 39. Rd4 Bf5 40. Rxe2 Rxe2+ {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Antal, Tibor Kende"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,51,55,60,45,74,52,122,132,256,270,568,555,596,540,552,545,609,595,581,579,675,670,676,659,677,664,684,684,936,935]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 9. c4 h6 (9... b5 10. Na3 Qb6 11. Be3 Qb7 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Bb4 {1-0 (48) Miton,K (2596)-Najer,E (2693) Czech Republic 2018}) 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Be7 12. b3 O-O {LiveBook: 12 Games} 13. Ba3 Be6 14. Rfd1 {[%cal Ra3d6]} Qb6 (14... Qa5 $14) 15. a5 $16 Qxb3 $146 (15... Qxa5 $16 16. Bxd6 Qd8 17. Nxe5 Re8) ({Predecessor:} 15... Qa7 16. Nxe5 b5 {1-0 (24) Klinova,M (2289)-Haussernot,C (2169) Antalya 2017}) 16. Nd2 $18 Qxd1+ $2 {[#]} (16... Bxc4 {is a better defense.} 17. Nxb3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rc6) 17. Rxd1 {White is clearly winning.} Rc7 18. Na4 Rd8 19. Nb6 Nd7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Nc5 22. Rb1 Rdd7 23. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Ne6 24. Ne3 Nd4 25. Rb6 Rc6 26. Nf5 {Precision: White = 92%, Black =  6%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fenil, Shah"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,86,-22,-37,-40,-29,-37,-27,-17,-33,-4,-18,-8,-49,25,-48,-23,-11,0,-38,47,0,0,-24,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,0,-230,-56,-76,-26,-245,-225,-214,-223,-344,-329,-337,-324,-357,-313,-428,-428,-535,-489,-1089,-1115,-1101,-1096,-1068,-1010,-1200,-1211]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Ngf3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Qb6 (6... e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rc8 13. Qa4 Re8 14. O-O e5 {0-1 (57) Le,Q (2737)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 7. Qb3 c4 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. a3 b5 10. Rc1 {LiveBook: 8 Games} h6 11. h3 g5 12. Bh2 Nd7 $146 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 12... Bg7) 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg2 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6e5][%mdl 32]} 15. e4 e6 (15... dxe4 $15 16. Ng1 h5) 16. Ng1 (16. exd5 $11 exd5 17. O-O) 16... Nb6 17. Ne2 O-O-O 18. f4 e5 (18... dxe4 $15 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Be7) 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Bg1 Na4 21. exd5 {[#] Black must now prevent f5.} Ne7 22. f5 Bf7 23. Rc2 Nxd5 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Bf2 Rd7 26. O-O Rhd8 27. Bf3 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Rb1 Nf6 31. Be3 $2 {[#]} (31. Ng3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 31... Bd5 $2 ({Black should play} 31... Rd3 $19 32. Kf2 e4) 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. b4 $2 (33. Ng3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 33... cxb3 $19 34. Rxb3 c4 35. Rb4 (35. Rb1 $142) 35... Rd1+ 36. Kf2 R8d5 37. Kf3 Kc7 ({Resist} 37... R1d3 38. Nc1 $19) 38. Ng3 Kc6 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Ne2 R5d3 40. Kf2 (40. Rxa4 $142 bxa4 41. Nc1) 40... Ne4+ 41. Kf3 Naxc3 42. Nxc3 Nxc3 43. f6 Re1 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,98,-5,-4,0,-14,12,8,30,14,11,8,119,69,56,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-10,-14,-13,-13,-13,-14,-12,-9,-4,0,-7,-33,-23,-40,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-2,-73,-76,-78,-33,-116,-114,-107,-56,-154,-141,-150,-163,-174,-163,-195,-191,-172,-196,-198,-191,-192,-181,-434,-164,-439,-439,-431,-431,-364,-403,-610,-601,-573,-441,-863,-868,-5275,-10058,-6721,-5600,-4627,-4626]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nh3 Bd6 10. d3 O-O {C59: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 5 Bb5+ c6 6 dxc6 bxc6 7 Be2} 11. O-O Nd5 12. Kh1 Bxh3 {The position is equal.} 13. gxh3 Qh4 14. Rg1 Bc5 $146 (14... f5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... e4 15. Qf1 f5 16. Bd2 Nb7 17. Nc3 Rae8 18. Qg2 {0-1 (26) Veinger,I (2605)-Letic,S (2360) Yugoslavia 1998}) 15. Bd2 Nb7 16. Qf1 ({White should play} 16. Rg4 $14 Qxf2 17. Bxh6) 16... Qxf2 $11 ({Reject} 16... Bxf2 17. Rg4 $16) 17. Qxf2 Bxf2 18. Rg2 Be3 19. c4 Bxd2 20. cxd5 Bc1 21. Bf3 ({Of course not} 21. dxc6 Bxb2 22. cxb7 Rab8 $17) 21... cxd5 {aiming for ...Nc5.} 22. Nc3 Bg5 23. Bxd5 Rab8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 24. Ne4 Rfd8 25. Bc4 Nd6 26. Nxg5 hxg5 27. Bb3 e4 28. dxe4 Nxe4 29. Re1 (29. Rf1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... Nd2 $17 30. Bc2 g6 31. b3 (31. Rd1 $15 Nf3 32. Bb3) 31... Rbc8 32. Bb1 Kg7 ({Better is} 32... Rd5 $17 33. Rd1 Rcd8) 33. Rf2 (33. Rd1 $1 $15) 33... Rc7 34. Kg2 Rd4 35. Rfe2 a5 36. Be4 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Nxe4 38. Rxe4 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Rxa2 40. Re5 $2 (40. Re7 {was necessary.}) 40... Kh6 $2 (40... f5 41. Rb5 Kh6) 41. Re7 $2 (41. Re8) 41... f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 42. Ra7 Ra3 43. Kg2 {[#]} f4 $1 ({Weaker is} 43... Rxb3 44. Rxa5 Rb2+ 45. Kg1 $19) 44. Ra8 (44. Kf3 $142 Rxb3+ 45. Kg4) 44... Ra2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Kg1 {[#]} g4 $1 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4h3][%mdl 544]} 46. b4 (46. hxg4 $142 Kg5 47. Ra6) 46... gxh3 47. Rxa5 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Rb2 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 49. Kg1 g5 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kumar, Nikhil"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,82,-8,-8,-10,-4,-18,-9,-16,-16,-14,0,-18,-10,-54,-51,-74,-73,-71,-62,-63,-54,-76,-65,-146,-156,-167,-163,-254,-251,-255,-161,-160,-141,-219,-214,-215,-214,-212,-209,-250,-252,-245,-233,-364,-354,-829,-816,-807,-808,-786,-759,-768,-757,-1158,-1158,-1127,-1120,-29982,-29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. a3 Bd5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 11. Nbd2 Bc6 12. O-O Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} 13. Bh2 (13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. Bh2 b5 15. Bf1 e5 16. e4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 {0-1 (54) Morozevich,A (2722)-Grischuk,A (2777) Loo 2014}) 13... b5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 14. Bd3 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfd8 15. e4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Rfe1 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 cxd4 19. cxd4 {½-½ (49) Costa Trillo,V (2281)-Kazoks,A (2368) ICCF email 2015}) 15. e4 Na4 16. Rab1 Rfd8 17. Bc2 Ne8 18. Rfe1 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. c4 f6 21. g4 h6 22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. Bb3+ Kh7 24. g5 (24. h4 $15) 24... hxg5 $17 25. Bxe5 Rxd2 $1 ({Weaker is} 25... fxe5 26. Nxg5+ Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kh7 28. Ng5+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kh7 30. Ng5+ $11) 26. Bxf6 {[#]} (26. Nxd2 {is a better defense.} fxe5 27. Bc4) 26... Rd3 $1 $19 ({Don't play} 26... Nxf6 27. Nxd2 Nh5 28. e5 $17) 27. Nxg5+ Kh8 28. Bxg7+ Nxg7 29. Bd5 (29. Nf7+ $17 Kg8 30. Ba2) 29... Nh5 30. Bxb7 {[#]} Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 31. Bd5 Nf4 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Bd3 34. Rd1 (34. Re1 {was worth a try.} Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Rxb2 36. Kf3) 34... Nxb2 {And now ...Ne2+ would win.} 35. Rd2 $2 (35. Re1 Ne2+ 36. Kf2) 35... Nxd5 36. exd5 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 37. Nf7+ Kg7 38. Ne5 c3 39. Rf2 Rf8 40. d6 c2 41. Nxd3 Rxf2 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 87%.} ({Not} 41... Nxd3 42. Rxc2 Ne5 43. a4 $17) 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Antal, Tibor Kende"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,67,18,27,34,47,40,41,43,20,43,44,57,58,68,66,105,96,96,110,101,97,86,87,77,65,89,100,102,109,106,75,102,102,144,104,111,119,162,172,172,164,162,175,341,354,343,344,743,714,826,821,784,769,1449,1421]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. d3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Nbd7 8. Qc2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qa6 12. Re1 Be7 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bg4 {½-½ (41) Ibermax (2560)-Rodo (2668) playchess.com INT 2007}) 9. Qxc4 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Bg2 O-O 14. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} c5 {[#]} 15. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b6]} Nxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bg5 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6b7,Bb7a5][%mdl 32]} 20. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nd6 21. a4 b6 22. Bd5 Nb7 23. Bc3 Bd6 24. e3 Na5 25. f4 Kh8 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. d4 Bd6 28. Qf5 {[#] Threatens to win with Be4.} Rbe8 $2 (28... Qc8 29. Qxc8 Rbxc8 30. Bxf7 Nc6) 29. Bxa5 $18 bxa5 30. Rb7 Qd8 $2 (30... Qc8 31. Qxc8 (31. Rxf7 Qxf5 32. R1xf5 g6 $18) 31... Rxc8) 31. Rd7 {White is clearly winning.} Qb8 32. Rb1 Qc8 33. Bb7 Qb8 34. Be4 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,54,-23,19,19,18,22,32,29,46,36,48,49,50,41,46,50,52,53,81,68,93,96,358,378,375,350,362,358,377,372,375,379,414,400,427,425,408,414,507,492,575,542,571]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nc7 8. Be2 Bf5 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. O-O e6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nfxg5 h6 15. Nh3 {½-½ (77) Salem,A (2638)-Jobava,B (2690) Riadh 2017}) 6... e6 7. O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. a4 {The position is equal.} b4 9. e5 bxc3 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Ne5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Nb6 {0-1 (60) Le,T (1981)-Hoang,X (2072) Bac Giang 2014}) 12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 $1 14. Rxd1 {Threatens to win with Rd6.} Nd7 15. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nb6 {[#]} 16. Rd6 $1 O-O 17. Bf3 Nc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Nd5 $16) 18. Rxc6 $18 Bb7 {[#]} 19. Rxc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Raxc8 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Ba6 Rb3 22. Ba3 Rd8 23. Bb4 Rd2 {intending ...Rbb2.} 24. Bxc4 Rbb2 25. Bf1 h5 26. a5 a6 27. Bc5 g6 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Mohota, Nisha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,77,23,12,9,7,14,14,11,15,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,0,6,0,0,-11,-8,-15,0,0,0,-19,96,97,122,155,900,871,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,496,29984,29985,29978,29980,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29991]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 {[%cal Bb2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Ba6 11. Qd2 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Rb8 12. a4 Qd6 13. Qa5 Rb6 14. e4 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games. Black must now prevent e5.} (14. Rd1 Nd5 15. e4 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bf4 Nd3 18. Bxc7 Rb2 {0-1 (59) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2650)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) chess.com INT 2018}) 14... Qb4 15. Qxb4 Rxb4 16. Ba3 Rxa4 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Rfc1 Ra3 19. Bf1 $146 Nxe4 20. Bxc4 Bb5 21. Rc2 Nc3 22. Rac1 Nd5 $1 23. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 24. Re1 Ra4 25. Rc3 Rxd4 26. Rce3 $1 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Re3e8]} g5 27. Re7 Rd2 28. Rxc7 Rxa2 {[#]} (28... d4 $11) 29. Ree7 $1 $16 {[%cal Re7f7]} Ra1+ 30. Kg2 f5 $2 (30... Kg7 $16) 31. h4 $18 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} c5 32. Rxh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 33. h5 Ra6 34. Rcg7+ Kf8 35. Rb7 {[%cal Rh7h8] White mates.} Kg8 36. h6 Rg6 37. Rhe7 Kf8 38. h7 Rh6 39. Rg7 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,81,52,54,18,31,0,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,-47,0,0,39,54,37,43,112,75,114,110,181,189,197,157,318,309,292,329,323,318,314,270,262,283,302,316,392,317,385,356,356,354,332,332,354,347,350,343,470,470,470,470,5365,5365,1722,1681,1259,732]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 b5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. e5 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. a3 Qc5 13. Be3 Qe5 14. Bf4 Qh5 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Qd2 O-O {1-0 (60) Radjabov,T (2742)-Artemiev,V (2692) Tbilisi 2017}) 9... Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. a4 b4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bf1 Bc5 15. c3 Qb6 16. Qe2 O-O {½-½ (52) Ripari,M (2324)-Flores,D (2494) Mar del Plata 2006}) 13... h6 14. Rc1 Bc5 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rc8 17. Qg3 g5 18. Re4 Bd4 19. Rxd4 $1 Nxd4 20. Bxb4 Qb7 ({Better is} 20... Qb6 $14 21. Bc3 Nb3) 21. Ba3 $1 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qb3 22. Qe3 Nf5 {[#]} (22... Nc6 $16 {was called for.}) 23. Qd2 $1 $18 Ne7 24. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qxa4 $2 (24... Rd8 $16) 25. Bc2 Qc6 {[#]} 26. Qb4 $1 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rb4e7]} O-O 27. Qxe7 Qxc4 28. Bb1 {[%cal Bc2b1,Bb1e4,Be4f3][%mdl 32]} ({Worse is} 28. Qxd7 Qxc2 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 $17) 28... Qe2 {[%cal Re2d1]} 29. Qxd7 Rc7 30. Qd6 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rd6f8]} Re8 31. h3 Kg7 32. Be4 Rec8 33. Bf3 Qb5 34. Bb4 a5 35. Bc3 a4 36. Rd4 Rxc3 37. bxc3 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc3 38. Rb4 Qa5 (38... Qd3 $142 39. Qxd3 Rxd3 40. Rxa4 Rb3) 39. Rb8 {White threatens Qf8+ and mate.} Qc5 40. Qd8 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rd8g8]} Rc1+ 41. Bd1 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,39,15,29,17,28,22,22,22,22,22,17,0,29,26,75,60,229,226,307,291,29988,29989,29989,29988,29988,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} 7. bxc3 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 {LiveBook: 37 Games. The position is equal.} 9. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 Qc7 13. Bb2 c5 14. d5 {1-0 (35) So,W (2755)-Zhou,J (2580) Las Vegas 2014}) 9... O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. O-O Bf6 {[#] Hoping for ...g6.} 15. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qxa2 $2 ({Black should play} 15... Qh5 $1 $14 16. Be4 Bc6) 16. Qf5 $18 Bxf3 ({Avoid the trap} 16... Qxb2 $2 17. Qh3 $18) 17. gxf3 Qxb2 $2 (17... Qc4 $18) 18. Qh5 {White mates.} Bg5 19. Be4+ Bh6 20. Rd6 ({Weaker is} 20. Bxa8 Qxc3 21. Rd6 Nd7 $16) 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,187,9,29,23,17,2,0,-6,0,-16,-19,-18,-20,-34,-35,-62,0,0,0,-17,-12,-36,-17,-18,0,-21,-14,-22,26,16,20,2,71,72,90,102,99,29,38,0,0,-42,0,-85,-39,-68,0,-91,64,-367,-366,-336,-340,-397,-83,-63,-22,-131,-129,-133,-117,-112,-122,-247,-252,-283,-72,-72,-72,-65,-65,-68,-81,-86,-81,-81,-102,-98,-90,-78,-84,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-76,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12827,-12827,-12827,-12828,-12828,-12829,-12829,-12822,-12822,-12822,-7259,-2527,-12836,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-49,-104,-104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 (5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qb8 {½-½ (36) Karjakin,S (2753)-Wei,Y (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6. Bg2 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} c6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bc1 Qe7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bb2 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. Qc1 b6 12. Ba3 Bb7 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 {½-½ (21) Nguyen,V (2413)-Goganov,A (2621) Ho Chi Minh City 2017}) 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Rc1 a5 13. Ne1 b5 14. c5 Bc7 15. Nd3 b4 16. f3 Nxd2 (16... Nc3 $15 17. Bxc3 bxc3) 17. Qxd2 $11 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Nf2 Nh5 20. Nh3 Nf6 21. e3 Rae8 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. a3 Rfb8 24. Nf2 Qd8 (24... Qf7 $11) 25. e4 $16 a4 26. axb4 ({Of course not} 26. bxa4 $6 b3 $11) 26... axb3 27. exf5 (27. Bh3 $16) 27... exf5 $11 28. Qe3 f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 29. gxf4 Bb5 30. Ng4 (30. Rxa8 $11 Rxa8 31. Bf1) 30... Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Qd7 (31... Nxg4 $1 $15 32. fxg4 Qe8) 32. Bh3 (32. Nxf6+ $11 {keeps the balance.} gxf6 33. Qxb3) 32... Re8 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 32... Nxg4 $1 $17 33. Bxg4 Qe8 34. Qe6+ Kh8) 33. Qxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Ra8 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512] was the only good move.} Kf7 (33... Rxa8 34. Nxf6+) 34. Qxe8+ (34. Rxe8 Nxg4 35. Ra8 Nxe3 $14) 34... Qxe8 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. Ne5) 33... Nxg4 $1 $19 34. fxg4 Bxf4 35. Qf3 Qc7 $2 (35... g5 $19 36. Bf1 Re3) 36. Bf1 $17 Bxh2+ (36... Rf8 $5 {[%cal Rf4h2]} 37. Qg2 Bxf1 38. Rxf1 Bxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Kh1 Bf4 $17) 37. Kh1 (37. Kg2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 37... Rf8 38. Qg2 Bxf1 39. Rxf1 Bf4 $1 40. b5 (40. Qe2 $17) 40... Qe7 $19 {( -> ...Qh4+)} 41. g5 Qxg5 $2 ({Less strong is} 41... Bxg5 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Qf3+ Qf7 44. Qh3 $17) (41... Rf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5g5] and Black stays clearly on top.} 42. Qg4 Qe4+ 43. Qg2 Be3 44. Rxf5 Qxf5 45. bxc6 Bf4) 42. Qxg5 $17 Bxg5 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. Rg1 Be3 44. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e3]} Bf2 45. Re6 cxb5 46. Rd6 Be3 47. c6 Rf1+ 48. Kg2 Rf2+ 49. Kh3 Rxb2 $15 {KRB-KR} 50. c7 Rc2 51. Rd8+ Kf7 52. c8=Q Rxc8 53. Rxc8 Bxd4 $11 {KR-KB} (53... b4 $17 54. Rb8 Kf6 55. Rxb4 Kf5) 54. Rb8 Ke6 55. Kg4 Bf6 {aiming for ...g6.} 56. Rxb5 Ke5 57. Rb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Rb1 $11) 57... d4 $1 $19 58. Kf3 Kf5 $1 59. Rb5+ Be5 $1 60. Rb1 h5 61. Rh1 g6 62. Rh4 Kg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 63. Rh1 {[#]} Kf5 $2 (63... h4 $1 $19 64. Ra1 Kf5) 64. Rh4 $1 $11 Bf6 65. Rf4+ $1 Ke5 66. Re4+ Kf5 67. Rf4+ Ke5 68. Re4+ Kd5 {And now ...g5 would win.} 69. Rf4 Be5 70. Rh4 {[#]} Bd6 ({Better is} 70... Bg7 $1 $17 71. Rf4 Be5) 71. Rh1 {The position is equal.} Ke5 72. Rh4 Kd5 73. Rh1 Be7 74. Re1 Bf6 75. Kf4 d3 {Hoping for ...Kc4.} 76. Ke3 Kc4 (76... d2 {feels hotter.} 77. Kxd2) 77. Rc1+ Bc3 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 78. Rh1 Bd4+ 79. Kd2 Bc3+ 80. Kd1 Bf6 81. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1f6]} Bd4 82. Kd2 $1 Bc3+ 83. Ke3 Bd4+ (83... d2 $5 84. Ke2 $8 h4 $11) 84. Kd2 Be5 {White must now prevent ...g5.} (84... h4 $5) 85. Rf3 Bc3+ 86. Ke3 Bg7 (86... d2 $5 87. Ke2 $8 Be5 $11) 87. Kd2 Bc3+ 88. Ke3 Bb4 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 89. Rg3 Bc5+ 90. Kd2 Bb4+ 91. Ke3 Bc5+ 92. Kd2 Bb4+ 93. Ke3 Bc5+ 94. Ke4 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Cornette, Deimante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,71,15,11,0,0,0,14,-30,-13,-39,-34,-68,-65,-73,-80,-122,-97,-87,-88,-87,-26,-20,-19,-24,0,0,0,0,0,-79,-9,-14,-8,-10,-8,-41,-52,-51,-43,-44,-47,-51,-56,-119,-78,-651,-627,-679,-653,-646,-625,-2428,-2173,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29999]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 e6 7. e4 Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} (9. e5 d4 10. c4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 b6 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Qe2 Nf5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Rb8 17. Bg5 Qc7 {1-0 (39) Nakamura,H (2775)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2707) Dubai 2014}) 9... b6 10. Na3 Bb7 11. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Rc8 12. Rd1 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Qe2 Rc7 14. e5 Qd7 15. Nc2 Na5 16. Nd2 Rd8 {0-1 (35) Szymczak,R (2062)-Chalupnik,M (2210) Jastrzebia Gora 2015}) 13. Be3 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Bxd4 ({Not} 14. cxd4 $2 cxd4 15. Qe2 dxe3 $17) 14... cxd4 15. c4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Rfd8 {Strongly threatening ...d3.} 17. Qd3 Qxa4 (17... e5 $17 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nc6) 18. Nb5 $11 Qb4 {Hoping for ...a6.} 19. Rxa7 Rd7 20. b3 ({Wrong is} 20. Nfxd4 $2 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 {[#]} Bxe4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 20... Nc6 {[%cal Be7c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 21. Ra4 Qc5 22. Kh1 (22. e5 $11) 22... Ra8 ({Black should play} 22... e5 $17) 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. e5 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Nb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 25. Qd2 {[%cal Rf3d4]} d3 26. Ng5 h6 {...Bxg2+ is the strong threat.} 27. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 28. Bxe4 Bf8 29. Kg2 (29. h3 $15) 29... Nc2 {aiming for ...Ne3+.} 30. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Kh1 $17) 30... f5 $19 31. Ba8 Qc8 32. Bd5 exd5 {[%cal Be6d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 33. e6 {[#]} dxc4 $1 {( -> ...Qc6+)} 34. exd7 Qc6+ {Black mates.} 35. Kf2 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Qh1# {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,71,-8,-2,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,-17,0,-33,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-9,-17,0,0,0,0,26,35,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Be3 Bd7 {A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3} 10. Qd2 (10. Rc1 Ng4 11. Bd2 c6 12. h3 Nf6 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Bh6 Nce4 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 {½-½ (74) Erdos,V (2628)-Duda,J (2707) Linares 2017}) 10... Ng4 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. h3 Nf6 $1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. Qe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rad1 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc1 c6 16. Bh6 cxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. cxd5 e5 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc7 b6 21. Ng5 {1-0 (21) Marin,M (2581)-Petrisor,A (2413) Calimanesti 2014}) 13... Nfe4 14. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 15. Nd2 Bxb2 16. Rab1 Bg7 17. Nb3 b6 18. h4 Nxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Bxe4 a4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Rbc1 Qf7 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Kg2 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Rfa8 26. Rh1 Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ra3e3]} 27. Bd3 e5 {The position is equal.} 28. Rh4 Ra1 29. Rxa1 Rxa1 30. Be4 Ra4 31. Bc2 Ra2 32. Bb1 Ra1 33. Be4 Ra4 34. Bc2 Ra2 35. Bb1 Ra1 36. Be4 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,12,15,7,16,22,29,23,35,28,28,8,54,29,83,55,62,34,58,42,53,0,4,15,17,0,13,0,0,0,18,-9,0,0,0,-29,0,0,0,0,12,10,8,-35,22,0,48,45,22,0,0,-697,-697,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b5 3. e4 (3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. e3 d6 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qd1 Rac8 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {½-½ (41) Meier,G (2647)-Lenic,L (2662) chess.com INT 2018}) 3... Bb7 4. Bxb5 Bxe4 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 {White has an edge.} Bb7 9. Re1 Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d6 10. Ba4 Nbd7 {0-1 (25) Rezan,S (2307)-Goloshchapov,A (2526) Zadar 2000}) 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Ba4 Ne7 (11... Na5 $11 {remains equal.}) 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qd3 f5 15. Nh4 g5 16. Ng2 {[#] And now f3 would win.} g4 17. Bd1 Ng6 18. b4 Ng5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Ba4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rf7 22. c5 c6 23. b5 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Raf8 25. Ra2 f4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 26. Kg1 fxg3 (26... h5 $15) 27. hxg3 Rf3 28. Qe4 R8f7 29. a4 Qf6 {[%cal Rf3f2]} 30. Ree2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. c6 $11 Rxf2 31. c7 Rxa2 32. Rf1 Qxf1+ 33. Bxf1) 30... Rxg3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 31. fxg3 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Qh3+ {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,93,62,64,81,77,79,66,88,64,70,87,102,93,97,102,127,110,189,175,162,124,125,120,135,99,147,121,116,119,109,135,221,214,224,216,230,241,204,135,146,106,502,337,394,396,439,439,439,437,397,422,429,402,414,414,403,393,437,404,596,584,545,524,588,587,1094,887,2158,1800,29985,29986,29977,1616]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 cxd4 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} (7... Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. Bg5 h3 13. Ne3 hxg2 14. Nxg2 exd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Ngf4 Re8 17. h4 Ned7 {1-0 (37) Matlakov,M (2730)-Can,E (2604) Heraklio 2017}) 8. Nxd4 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c6][%mdl 32]} 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rac1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. b4 Qb8 15. a4 $146 Ne5 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Nb3 Nd7 18. a5 e6 19. Nc3 {[%cal Bd5c3,Bc3a2,Ba2b4][%mdl 32]} bxa5 (19... Red8 $16 {was called for.}) 20. b5 $18 ({Stronger than} 20. Qxd6 axb4 21. Qxb8 Rxb8 $11) (20. bxa5 $6 Nc5 $14) (20. Nxa5 $6 Nxa5 21. bxa5 Be5 $14) 20... Nce5 21. Nxa5 Nb6 {[%cal Re5c4]} 22. Na2 Bf8 23. Nb4 Qc7 24. f4 Ned7 25. Bf3 Nc5 26. Qc2 d5 (26... Ba8 $16) 27. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 28. e5 $1 Nc4 29. Nxc4 ({But not} 29. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 30. Nxc4 Bxf3 $16) 29... dxc4 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. Qxc4 a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Na4 $16 32. Qd5 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 (33. Qxb7 Rxd1+ 34. Kf2 Bxb4 $15) 33... Rb8) 32. b6 Qxb6 33. Nd5 Qb3 34. Qxb3 Nxb3 35. Rb1 Nc5 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nxe8+ Rxe8 38. Rd5 Ne6 39. Rb7 Ra8 40. Rdd7 a5 (40... Nd8 $142 41. Ra7 Rxa7 42. Rxa7 g5 43. fxg5 Ba3 44. Rxa6 Bb2) 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Rf6 Ng7 43. g4 Bb4 44. Rff7 Ne6 45. f5 Nd8 46. Rg7+ Kf8 47. Rxh7 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 31%.} (47. Rbc7 $142 gxf5 48. gxf5 Rc8 49. Rxc8 Kxg7 50. Rxd8 Kf7 51. Rd7+ Ke8 52. Rxh7) 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,38,17,0,15,16,0,0,0,-36,0,0,0,-33,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. b5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (11. d3 Nd4 12. Bb2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ne4 Bd5 15. Bc3 Rf7 16. Bh5 Rf8 17. Bf3 Rf7 18. Bh5 Rf8 19. Bf3 {½-½ (19) Svidler,P (2765)-Matlakov,M (2735) St Petersburg 2017}) 11... Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qc8 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. d4 Bf5 {[#]} 16. Qb3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne4 exd4 17. exd4 Rxd4 {½-½ (76) Shimanov,A (2642)-Sevian,S (2585) Saint Louis 2017}) 16... Be6 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Qb3+ Be6 19. Qc2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,65,18,27,-34,-36,-35,-23,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,65,65,70,67,82,94,89,81,357,345,342,351,351,336,345,304,755,738,738,591,548,487,502,502]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (14. f3 Bf8 15. a3 Nb6 16. b4 cxb3 17. Nxb3 Qa6 18. Nc5 Qc4 19. Rfc1 h6 20. Bf6 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Be5 {½-½ (35) Jankovic,A (2591)-Alekseev,E (2632) Tallinn 2016}) 14... Bxc3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 $11 Qxc3 16. bxc3) 15... dxe4 $15 16. Bh4 {Black is slightly better.} Qd5 17. Rfe1 $146 {[%cal Re1e4]} ({Predecessor:} 17. Rae1 b5 18. Nxe4 Bb7 19. f3 Kg7 20. Qd2 f6 {1-0 (42) Danielsen,H-Heyken,E (2350) Brondby 1985}) 17... f5 18. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} e3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Re6.} 19. Bg5 e2 20. a4 b6 21. Nb1 {[%cal Bd2b1,Bb1a3,Ba3b5][%mdl 32]} Ba6 ({Better is} 21... Nf8 $11) 22. Rxe2 $14 Kf7 23. Na3 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Re8 25. Qd2 Bb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Nf6 $16) 26. Nb5 $18 Qc6 {intending ...a6.} 27. Nxa7 Qd5 28. Nb5 {[#] Hoping for Nc7.} Qc6 29. Qf4 Re2 $2 (29... Kg8 30. Qg3 Re6) 30. Kf1 {White is clearly winning.} Re6 31. Rd1 Nf6 32. Bxf6 Rxf6 33. d5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,120,6,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,-12,4,-12,-9,-16,-2,-38,-35,-42,-35,-100,-77,-123,-123,-123,-122,-127,-122,-118,-126,-119,-122,-129,-133,-138,-129,-125,-109,-152,-111,-128,-116,-151,-136,-223,-214,-240,-230,-235,-225,-225,-203,-189,-207,-206,-199,-214,-164,-231,-206,-205,-204,-185,-176,-186,-65,-64,-65,-65,-52,-61,-67,-62,-67,-117,0,0,0,-14,-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,-12,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. g3 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (7. Bd3 Bc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Qg3 h5 13. f4 h4 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. Rae1 {0-1 (33) Karttunen,M (2455)-Andreikin,D (2737) Tallinn 2016}) 7... Nc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Be7 11. f4 h6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. g4 Nh7 {1-0 (28) Amanov,Z (2374)-Charbonneau,P (2517) Saint Louis 2012}) 8... Bxc6 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Qh5 (12. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Bb6 13. a4 $14) 12... Bd4 13. Bd6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Qh4 f6 16. Rfe1 Rf7 17. Bh3 (17. a4 $15) 17... Bb7 18. Re3 Rc4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bf1 g5 21. Qh5 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. a4 Qc5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rd1 Kg7 26. Qe2 Bc6 27. Qd2 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 28. Rb1 Re7 29. Rb4 (29. Qd3 $17) 29... Re6 $19 30. Bg2 Rd6 31. Qe1 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Bf1 (32. Bxe4 Re6) 32... h5 33. c4 bxc4 34. Rxc4 Qd5 35. Qe3 Qd2 36. h4 (36. c3 {was necessary.}) 36... Qxe3 37. fxe3 gxh4 $1 38. gxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd2 $1 39. Rc5 {[#]} Kh6 (39... Bd5 $1 $19 40. Ba6 Be6) 40. c4 $15 Ra2 {Threatens to win with ...Kg6.} 41. Rf5 $1 Kg6 42. Rf2 Ra1 43. Rg2+ Kh7 44. Kf2 {[#]} d5 (44... d6 $1 $17 45. Rg1 Ba4) 45. cxd5 $11 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 46. Be2 Kh6 47. Kg3 Be6 48. Rf2 Kg6 49. Rf4 f5 (49... Ra4 {is more complex.} 50. Bb5 Ra3 51. Rxe4 Kf5 52. Bc6 Rb3) 50. Rf2 Bf7 51. Bf1 Kf6 {White must now prevent ...Ke5.} 52. Kf4 Re1 53. Bg2 Be6 54. Rb2 Rc1 55. Rf2 Rc7 56. Rb2 Rg7 {[%csl Ge6,Gf5,Gh5][%cal Rg7g4]} 57. Bh3 Rg1 {Hoping for ...Rh1.} 58. Bg2 Rc1 59. Rf2 Bb3 60. Rb2 Be6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,69,-8,-5,-3,-3,31,15,58,54,68,48,56,58,58,59,59,60,60,60,114,63,76,75,75,74,80,65,66,70,84,79,82,73,80,72,75,75,76,50,50,50,50,50,76,50,43,43,86,67,1858,1447,29991,29992,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. d4 {LiveBook: 6 Games. C29: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 f4} c5 (7... O-O 8. Bd3 f6 9. Qh5 g6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qxg6+ Kh8 12. Qh6+ Kg8 13. Qg6+ {½-½ (13) Brunello,M (2377)-Warakomska,A (2268) Balatonszarszo 2017}) 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. cxd4 {White is slightly better.} Qa5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Qh4 11. c3 Bg4 12. Qe3 Ba5 13. Ba3 Nc6 14. Rc1 O-O-O {0-1 (72) Burchert,W (2165)-Heimrath,R (2256) Bad Wiessee 2009}) 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Rd1 Bxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Nc6 13. Ne2 Nb4 14. O-O O-O 15. Ng3 Qb6 {[#]} (15... Nxd3 $14 16. Rxd3 g6) 16. c3 (16. Bf5 $1 $16) 16... Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Qg6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Re3 Qg5 20. Nh5 Rac8 21. Nf4 Be6 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. Rg3 {Strongly threatening Nh5.} Kh8 24. Rf3 Rc7 25. Qg3 Rg8 26. Kh2 b5 27. Qe1 Rgc8 28. Rg3 (28. Qf2 $5 {[%cal Rf4e6]}) 28... Rc4 29. Rff3 b4 30. Nh5 bxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... g6 $14 31. Nf6 Kg7) 31. Rxg7 $18 {[#] White threatens Qc1 and mate.} Rxd4 32. Qe3 {White mates.} Bg4 33. Qh6 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rh6h7]} Qxe5+ 34. Rg3 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rh6h7]} Bf5 35. Nf6 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,64,39,24,77,14,31,10,31,10,30,0,29,19,21,-16,-19,-29,-29,-37,-5,-18,-7,-8,19,-26,-24,-102,-110,-111,-111,-96,-110,-165,-152,-155,-155,-175,-162,-205,-222,-260,-223,-417,-434,-531,-425]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 h6 10. Qc1 Kh7 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} 11. Rd1 {LiveBook: 9 Games} (11. d4 Bg4 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd4 Nac4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 Nd6 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Rac1 {1-0 (73) Khalifman,A (2617)-Yeletsky,I (2340) St Petersburg 2016}) 11... Be6 (11... e5 $11 {remains equal.}) 12. Ne4 (12. Bc5 $16) 12... Qc8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd5 13. Nc5 Qc8 14. Bd2 Nd8 15. e4 Nf6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bh3 Rd8 18. Bc3 {1-0 (51) Meyers,M (2096)-Zimmermann,C (2073) Magdeburg 2014}) 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. a3 a5 15. Bd2 Bd5 16. Bc3 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} 17. b4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nc5 c6 20. Rab1 {[#] And now bxa5 would win.} a4 21. Rdc1 Qc7 22. Qd1 Qe7 23. b5 (23. Qc2 $11) 23... Ra5 $17 24. bxc6 Rxc5 25. Rxb6 {aiming for cxb7.} bxc6 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6b5][%mdl 32]} 26. Ra1 (26. Nd2 $17) 26... Rb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 27. Rxb5 cxb5 28. Nd2 {[#]} Be6 $1 ({Don't take} 28... Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rc8 30. Nb1 $17) 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. Rb4 Qc7 31. Nb1 $2 (31. Rb1) 31... Bb3 32. Qe1 Qc2 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,126,12,13,-7,0,-12,8,-35,7,7,22,22,22,22,22,0,11,9,22,11,18,23,21,28,29,35,39,6,12,14,31,13,28,0,49,8,45,14,18,18,55,7,9,-12,-13,-13,-13,-18,-12,-15,-10,-25,-7,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,14,19,8,14,15,19,17,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,-9,-16,-84,-68,-145,-157,-107,-48,-54,-55,-85,-91,-233,-227,-351,-351,-376,-345,-427,-427,-629,-607,-596,-593]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Ngf6 6. c4 c6 7. h3 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} (7. O-O h6 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Qc2 a6 12. Qb1 Rad8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 {½-½ (84) Jumabayev,R (2606)-Bruzon Batista,L (2659) Berlin 2015}) 7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bg2 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. O-O a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. d3 Rfd8 12. Nd2 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 a5 {½-½ (29) Stohl,I (2551)-Schandorff,L (2534) Germany 2006}) 11. a4 Re8 12. e3 Nc5 13. d4 Nce4 14. Qc2 Bb4 15. Kh2 Qb8 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd6 19. Rfb1 Re7 20. b4 axb4 21. Qxb4 (21. Rxb4 {with more complications.} h5 22. Qb2 Ra7 23. Kg1 Qc7 24. h4) 21... Qxb4 22. Rxb4 Ra5 23. Rab1 Ra7 24. f4 Kf8 25. g4 Rd7 26. g5 Ng8 27. c5 h5 28. gxh6 Nxh6 29. e4 dxe4 30. Bxe4 g6 31. Kg3 Ng8 32. Kf2 Nf6 33. Bf3 Ke8 34. Ke3 Kd8 35. a5 Kc8 36. Ra4 Rc7 37. h4 Ng8 38. h5 gxh5 39. Bxh5 Ne7 40. Bf3 Rd7 41. Rh1 Rd8 42. Rh7 Rf8 43. Be4 Ra8 44. Ra1 Kd7 45. Kd2 Ra7 46. Kc3 Ke8 47. Kb4 Rg8 48. Rah1 Ra8 49. R7h3 Kd7 50. Bf3 Rg6 51. Be4 Rg4 52. Rh4 Rag8 53. a6 (53. Kc4 $11) 53... bxa6 $17 54. Ka5 {[#]} ({White should play} 54. Rxg4 $1 $15 Rxg4 55. Rf1) 54... Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3a3]} 55. R1h3 Rxh3 56. Rxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rg4 57. Rf3 $1 f5 58. Bc2 (58. Bd3 $17) 58... Nd5 $19 59. Rb3 (59. Bb3 $142 Nxf4 60. Kb6) 59... Rxf4 60. Rb7+ Kc8 61. Rh7 Rxd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 62. Ba4 (62. Bb3 $142 f4 63. Rh3) 62... Rc4 63. Rh8+ Kb7 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Black "Risting, Eivind Olav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,0,14,8,116,124,119,118,124,114,118,69,95,93,93,62,66,57,94,95,91,90,100,92,110,82,171,168,167,157,166,175,172,163,162,167,197,199,190,191,230,222,255,253,250,252,256,234,238,208,202,197,202,204,252,241,251,249,333,283,339,334,444,459]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 a6 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack} 9. Qe2 (9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Qd5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bc4 Qd6 14. d5 e5 15. Rhe1 e4 16. Nd4 {1-0 (40) Carlsen,M (2832)-Grischuk,A (2750) chess.com INT 2017}) 9... Qd6 10. O-O-O Nd7 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} 11. d5 Bf6 $146 (11... e5 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... e5 12. Qe3 e4 13. Nd4 Nb6 14. Be2 Nxd5 15. Nxf5 Nxe3 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. fxe3 {1-0 (57) Safarli,E (2691)-Battaglini,G (2426) London 2016}) 12. dxe6 $16 Qxe6 13. Nd5 Qxe2 14. Bxe2 Bd8 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Rhe1+ Kf8 17. Ne3 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 ({Don't play} 18. cxd3 $6 Be6 $11) 18... Be7 19. Nd4 f4 20. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bd6 21. Rc3 c5 22. Nb3 Rg8 (22... Be6 $16) 23. Nb6 $18 Rb8 24. Nxc5 Kg7 25. Rd1 Be7 26. Ncd7 Bxd7 27. Rxd7 Bg5 {intending ...f3+.} 28. Kd1 Bf6 29. Rb3 Rbd8 30. Ke2 Bd4 31. Rxd8 ({Much less strong is} 31. Rxb7 $6 Rge8+ 32. Kf3 Bxb6 $16) 31... Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. c3 Bf6 33. Rb4 Rd6 34. Nc4 Re6+ 35. Kf3 b5 {[#] Hoping for ...Be7.} 36. Nd2 Re1 37. a4 ({Don't take} 37. Kxf4 $6 Ra1 $16) 37... bxa4 38. Rxa4 Rd1 39. Ne4 Be7 {If Black can now play ...f5 this consolidates a bit.} 40. Kxf4 Rb1 41. b4 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,86,-13,-24,22,-25,-11,-10,0,0,0,-50,-16,-28,-30,-23,-10,-31,-18,-88,-65,-55,-72,-73,-28,-37,-31,-19,32,-45,-29,-125,-124,-884,-860,-3382,-3686,-1613,-5527,-2442,-2279,-1453,-659,-715,-712,-1528,-697,-5157,-5078,-1902,-1902,-1902,-1902,-1902,-1902,-1187,-1124]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Nd7 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} (13... Bb7 14. Qg3 Rad8 15. Rae1 Qd7 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qg3 {½-½ (24) Andreikin,D (2712)-Grischuk,A (2772) Huaian 2017}) 14. Qg3 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rae1 {LiveBook: 16 Games} Rae8 18. Re3 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... g6 19. Qh4 Qd8 20. Rh3 Nh5 21. Qf2 f5 22. exf5 exf5 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Re8 25. Qd4 Qf6 {½-½ (25) Abreu Delgado,A (2455)-Dimitrov,V (2438) Pedrido 2003}) 19. Qh4 Qe7 20. Rh3 {[#] And now fxe5 would win.} h6 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Qg3 {aiming for Rxh6.} Kh8 23. Qe3 Nh7 24. a4 bxa4 25. Nd5 (25. Nxa4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Ng5 26. Rh5) 25... Bxd5 26. exd5 e4 27. Bxa6 Qe5 28. Bb5 Rb8 29. c4 Qxb2 (29... Nf6 $11) 30. Bxa4 ({White should play} 30. Qc3 $14 Qxc3 31. Rxc3) 30... f5 31. Qf4 (31. Qc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 31... Ra8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 32. Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Bb3 $17) 32... Ra1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Kg1 Rfa8 34. Re3 R8a2 (34... Rxf1+ $142 35. Qxf1 Qd4) 35. Re2 Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 Qxe2 (36... Qd4+ $142 37. Rf2 Ra1 38. Qxa1 Qxa1+ 39. Rf1 Qa7+ 40. Kh1 Qxd7) 37. Qxe2 Rxe2 38. c5 Rc2 39. c6 e3 {[%cal Rc2c1] [#]} 40. Kf1 Nf6 41. d6 Ne4 {( -> ...Nc3)} 42. Bxf5 Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Nxd6 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,92,38,40,30,30,37,33,45,49,-7,-2,-35,-30,-37,-31,-30,-23,-29,-19,-95,-93,-96,-97,-84,-93,-110,-48,-50,-39,-52,-37,-39,-34,-36,-39,-41,-34,-41,-26,-75,-77,-80,-47,-41,-37,-42,-21,-54,-53,-96,-100,-102,-93,-102,-55,-34,-13,-91,-75,-144,-120,-142,-169,-363,-394,-399,-393,-343,-314,-421,-407,-865,-810,-29988,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 Bg4 8. O-O Na6 9. Ne1 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} (9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. Be2 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Rad1 Na8 15. Qc2 Qa5 16. Ra1 Rfe8 {1-0 (46) Wojtaszek,R (2715)-Lenic,L (2659) Dubai 2014}) 9... Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nd3 {White is slightly better.} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e6 12. Bg5 exd5 13. exd5 h6 14. Bh4 Qd7 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Qf3 Nh7 {0-1 (30) Helmer,J (2260)-Bogdan,D (2467) Baile Tusnad 2005}) 12. cxb5 a6 13. bxa6 Qc8 14. Ne1 (14. a7 $14) 14... Qxa6 $11 15. Qxa6 (15. Qc2 {is interesting.} e6 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Nd3) 15... Rxa6 16. Nc2 Rb8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 17. Re1 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 18. Re3 Ne5 19. b3 (19. Rh3 $11) 19... Ng4 $17 20. Rh3 f5 21. exf5 Nxd5 22. Bb2 {[#]} Bxc3 ({Black should try} 22... Nf4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4h3]} 23. Rf3 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 {[#]} Nxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Rxf2 Nxc3) 23. Bxc3 $15 gxf5 24. Rd3 Nf4 25. Rd2 Kf7 26. f3 Nf6 $1 27. Ne3 e6 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29. Rad1 d5 30. g3 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Ng5 $1 32. Rc1 Rb5 33. Re1 Nf7 34. Nd1 Rba5 35. Nc3 d4 36. Na4 Rxa4 37. bxa4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Black should prevent Rc1. KRR-KRN} Ne5 38. Rc1 (38. a5 $1 $11) 38... Nd7 39. Rb2 (39. f4 $142) 39... e5 40. Rb7 Ke6 41. Rxd7 $2 (41. a3) 41... Kxd7 $19 42. Rxc5 {KR-KR} Kd6 43. Rc4 Rb6 44. a3 Rb2+ 45. Kg1 (45. Kf1 $142 Rxh2 46. Rb4) 45... d3 {( -> ...d2)} 46. Kf1 Rb1+ {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Povah, Nigel E"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,13,15,-1,4,6,16,11,11,-12,-18,-6,0,-10,-7,-16,-2,-6,0,-29,-4,-13,-12,-40,-33,-45,-37,-79,-57,-45,-47,-47,0,-11,-17,1,28,-91,-100,-120,-56,-89,0,-22,-2,0,3,-68,-46,-69,-25,-36,-20,-33,10,-37,-43,-85,-88,-101,-71,-108,-114,-119,-116,-156,-139,-192,-181,-499,-497,-347,-142,-471,-285,-427,-448,-652,-637,-1427,-1005,-29984,-658,-655,-654]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 (3... Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Ndc4 Bc7 14. dxc5 b5 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. cxd6 {1-0 (46) Bosiocic,M (2624)-Ragger,M (2657) Katowice 2017}) 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. b3 c5 6. c3 $146 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bb2 Nge7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Ne5 Qa5 10. Ndf3 Nb4 11. Be2 f6 12. Nd3 Nxd3 13. Bxd3 {½-½ (49) Ivanova Skripova,T (2095)-Roschina,T (2315) St Petersburg 1996}) 6... Nd7 7. O-O Ne7 8. Ba3 {The position is equal.} b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Rb8 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. Re1 $1 Qc7 14. Qc2 Rbc8 15. c4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 cxd4 $1 17. Bxd4 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 18. Bb2 f5 19. Bd3 Nc6 {White must now prevent ...Nb4.} 20. Bf1 Nc5 21. a3 Ne6 {Black wants to play ...e4.} 22. b4 $1 Bb7 23. Nb3 (23. c5 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... e4 $17 24. Nfd2 Ncd4 (24... Ne5 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Nd3!} 25. c5 Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Bxg7 Nxe1 27. Rxe1 Qxg7) 25. Qb1 Be5 (25... Qf4 $17 26. c5 Bd5 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Nxd4) 26. h3 Qg7 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Ba1 (28. c5 $11) 28... Qh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 29. Rcd1 $1 {With the idea c5!} Qf4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf4h2]} 30. g3 Qg5 31. Bg2 $1 Red8 {[#]} 32. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for Nc4.} Bd5 {[%cal Bb7d5,Bd5f7,Bf7c4,Bc4d3][%mdl 32]} (32... bxc5 33. Nb3) 33. cxb6 axb6 34. Nf1 Bf7 35. h4 Qf6 36. Ne3 h5 37. Nf1 Kh7 38. a4 (38. Ne3 $17) 38... Bc4 {aiming for ...Bd3.} 39. Ne3 $2 (39. Rd2) 39... Bd3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3b1]} 40. Qa2 Rd7 (40... f4 $19 {has better winning chances.} 41. Nd5 Qf8 42. Rxe4 (42. gxf4 $2 Rc2 $19) 42... Rc2 43. Rxe5 Rxa2 44. Bxd4 Bc4) 41. Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. f4 $17 {is more resistant.} Ne2+ 42. Kh2 Bxa1 43. Rxa1) 41... Qd6 42. Bxd4 (42. Ne3 $142) 42... Bxd4 43. Nf4 (43. Ne3 $142 Rcc7 44. Bh3) 43... Rc2 44. Qb3 Bxf2+ 45. Kh2 {[#]} Bxe1 (45... Bxg3+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Kxg3 g5 47. hxg5 {[#]} h4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Kh2 Qxf4+ 49. Kh1 Rxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Kxg2 Qg3+ 51. Kh1 Qh3+ 52. Kg1 Rg7 53. Qf7 Rxf7 54. Rd2 Qg3+ 55. Rg2 Qxe1+ 56. Kh2 Kg6 57. a5 Bf1 58. Ra2 Rd7 59. Kh1 Bc4+ 60. Kh2 Qg3+ 61. Kh1 Rd1#) 46. Rxe1 Rc4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 36%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,216,13,11,8,6,0,10,3,3,-5,9,6,30,22,51,20,67,37,61,54,57,57,59,36,39,39,47,0,14,13,20,0,0,-5,0,-74,-72,-73,-69,-70,-57,-68,-62,-123,-73,-154,-161,-188,-174,-181,-165,-195,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,12,4,5,72,72,72,72,72,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,20,25,28,21,20,21,64,64,90,90,90,4,30,20,68,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,8,8,20,20,20,20,20,0,20,0,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,8,8,0,20,20,20,20,20,20,8,0,20,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,20,20,20,16,20,16,20,0,20,0,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,0,13,0,14,14,20,8,20,20,20,8,8,8,8,0,16,14,14,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 {E40: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein (4 e3): Unusual Black 4th moves} 7. a4 O-O 8. Nf3 b6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 9. a5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O c5 12. Ne5 Re8 13. a5 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 {1-0 (39) Caruana,F (2805)-Hou,Y (2676) Dortmund 2015}) 9... Ba6 10. axb6 axb6 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nd2 e5 14. Bb2 c5 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bf1 Qb7 17. Qb3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 f5 20. Ra3 Qc7 21. d5 Nf6 22. Rea1 Bb7 23. f3 (23. Bc1 {NOTEXT} Rxa3 24. Rxa3 Rb8 25. Bd2 g6 26. Be1) 23... Rxa3 24. Rxa3 exf3 25. Qxf5 (25. gxf3 $11 e4 26. f4) 25... fxg2 $17 26. Bxg2 Bc8 {[%cal Bb7c8,Bc8g4,Bg4e2,Be2c4][%mdl 32]} 27. Qg5 Bg4 28. Ra1 Be2 29. Bh3 (29. e4 $15) 29... Kh8 30. Be6 ({White should try} 30. Re1 Bxc4 31. e4) 30... e4 31. Bc1 Qb7 32. Ra2 Bxc4 33. Rf2 b5 $2 (33... Bxd5 34. Rxf6 Qe7 35. Bxd5 $11) (33... Nxd5 $2 34. Rf7 $18) (33... Rd8 $19 {[%cal Rc4d5]} 34. Bb2 h6) 34. Ba3 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra3c5]} Qe7 {[#]} (34... Bxd5 $6 35. Rxf6 Qe7 36. Bxd5 $14 (36. Bxc5 $2 Qxf6 37. Qxf6 gxf6 $19)) 35. Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc5 36. Rxf6 $1 Qe7 $1 37. Rf5 {White wants to mate with Qxe7.} Qxg5+ $1 38. Rxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g6 39. Rg4 Bd3 (39... Kg7 $11) 40. Rf4 Rd8 41. h4 Kg7 {[#]} 42. Kh2 (42. Rf7+ $1 $16 Kh6 43. Rd7 Rxd7 44. Bxd7) 42... Bc4 43. Rxe4 Kf6 $1 44. Rd4 Ke5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} 45. e4 Ra8 46. Bh3 Ra2+ 47. Bg2 h6 (47... Bf1 $6 48. d6 $16) 48. Kg3 Ra6 49. Bf3 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Kg4 (51. Rd2 $16) 51... Ra1 52. Rd2 Rg1+ 53. Bg2 {Strongly threatening d6.} Bf1 {The position is equal.} 54. d6 Bxg2 {KRB-KR} 55. d7 Bxe4+ 56. Kh5 Rh1+ $1 57. Kxg5 Rg1+ 58. Kh6 Rg6+ 59. Kh5 Rg8 60. d8=Q Rxd8 61. Rxd8 {Threatens to win with Kg4. KR-KB} Kf4 62. Rb8 Bd3 63. Re8 Be4 64. Re7 Bd3 65. Kh6 Be4 66. Kg7 {Black must now prevent Rd7.} Ke3 $1 67. Kf6 Kd3 68. Ke5 {Hoping for Rd7+.} Bg2 69. Rg7 ({Resist} 69. Rc7 $6 Bh1 $16) 69... Bf1 70. Rc7 Bg2 71. Kd6 Kc2 72. Ke5 {And now Kd4 would win.} Kd3 73. Rc8 Bf1 74. Kd6 Bg2 75. Rc5 Kc2 76. Ke5 {Kd4 is the strong threat.} Kd3 77. Kf4 Bf1 78. Kf3 Be2+ 79. Kf4 Bf1 80. Rc7 Bg2 81. Rg7 Bh1 82. Rh7 Bg2 83. Rg7 ({Don't play} 83. Rc7 $6 Bf1 $16) 83... Bh1 84. Rg1 Bb7 85. Rg3+ Kc4 86. Rg7 Bh1 87. Rc7+ Kd3 88. Rc5 Bg2 89. Rg5 Bh1 90. Rh5 Bg2 91. Rg5 ({Don't do} 91. Rc5 $6 Bh3 $16) 91... Bh1 92. Rc5 Bg2 93. Kg3 Be4 94. Kg4 Bg2 95. Kf5 Bf3 96. Rc8 Bg2 {( -> ...Bh3+)} 97. Ke5 (97. Kf4 {NOTEXT} Bf1 98. Ke5 Bh3 99. Rb8 Kc4 100. Ke4) 97... Bf1 98. Rc6 Bg2 99. Rg6 Bh1 100. Rg1 Bb7 101. Rg3+ Kc4 102. Rg7 Bf3 103. Kf4 Bh1 104. Rh7 Bg2 105. Kg3 Bd5 106. Rd7 Bg8 107. Rd8 Bf7 108. Rf8 Be6 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Bick, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,125,5,5,15,1,0,2,23,4,56,47,50,37,41,39,60,48,52,54,40,49,48,38,48,39,94,91,91,91,91,91,95,91,95,94,95,95,104,77,95,62,62,64,90,79,76,76,118,118,118,118,118,82,118,118,105,73,118,105,120,118,120,0,99,87,129,81,83,0,103,53,53,55,259,216,366,352,360,370,357,327,419,391,435,436,484,464,569,524,818,771,789,750,708,695,879,929,895,865,841,845,761,706,601,436,1895,1026,29997,12842,29994,2316,12841,12841,29985,29986,29986,12846]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. h4 g6 5. Nd2 Nxg5 6. hxg5 {LiveBook: 13 Games. A45: Trompowsky Attack} d6 7. e3 Bg7 8. c3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. Ngf3 Ne5 ({Better is} 9... Kf8 $11) (9... a6 10. a4 b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. e4 O-O {1-0 (46) Rapport,R (2716)-Boruchovsky,A (2517) Caleta 2015}) 10. Nxe5 $14 Bxe5 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qa4 {1-0 (46) Feldbacher,H (1970)-Uhlmann,H (2028) Bayern 2012}) 11... Bd7 12. Bb5 Bg7 13. Nc4 h6 14. gxh6 Rxh6 15. Rxh6 Bxh6 16. Qg4 Rb8 17. Ke2 a6 (17... Bg7 $14) 18. Bxd7+ $16 Qxd7 19. Qh4 Bg7 20. Nb6 Qf5 {And now ...Qc2+ would win.} 21. e4 Qe5 22. Qg4 Rd8 23. Rh1 {[%cal Ba1h1,Bh1h3,Bh3e3][%mdl 32]} e6 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Rh3 {Nc4 is the strong threat.} Kg8 26. a5 exd5 27. exd5 Bf6 28. Re3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qg5 {[#]} 29. Qxg5 $1 Bxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Re4 Bf6 31. Nc4 Kg7 32. g3 Kf8 33. Ke2 Kg7 34. f4 Kf8 35. Kf3 Kg7 36. Ke2 Kf8 $1 37. Kd3 Kg7 38. Re1 Kf8 39. Re4 Kg7 40. b4 cxb4 41. cxb4 Kf8 $2 {[#]} (41... g5 $14) 42. Nb6 $1 $18 Be7 (42... g5 {was necessary.} 43. Rc4 Kg7) 43. Rc4 Ke8 44. Rc7 Rb8 45. Rc1 Bf6 46. Rc2 Be7 47. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Kd8 48. g5 Bf8 49. Ke4 Bg7 50. f5 gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 Be5 52. Rc4 Ba1 53. g6 fxg6+ 54. Kxg6 Ke7 55. Rc7+ Kd8 56. Rd7+ Ke8 57. Rh7 Kd8 (57... Bd4 $142 58. Nd7 Rc8 59. Nf6+ Bxf6) 58. Kf7 {White threatens Kf8 and mate.} Bc3 59. Rh4 (59. Kf8 $142 Bg7+ 60. Rxg7 Rc8 61. Rd7#) 59... Be1 60. Rc4 (60. Re4 $142 Bh4 61. Rxh4 Kc7 62. Rc4+ Kd8 63. Re4 Ra8 64. Re7 Rb8 65. Rd7#) 60... Bg3 61. Ke6 Bh2 62. Rg4 Be5 63. Nd7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,53,40,36,55,-7,51,60,49,47,70,57,133,0,25,0,908,935,905,902,966,965,29991,29992,29992,29990]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15. d5 b4 16. Na4 Qa6 {D44: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik System} 17. b3 ({White should try} 17. a3 $14 Bxd5 18. Bxd5) (17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. Qf3 Rxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxf3 21. e7 Bxe7 22. fxe7 Rh8+ 23. Bh4 Rxh4+ 24. gxh4 Qf4+ 25. Kh3 Qf3+ 26. Kh2 Qf4+ 27. Kh3 Qf3+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Kh3 Qf3+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ {½-½ (30) Jobava,B (2690)-Miroshnichenko,E (2606) chess.com INT 2018}) 17... exd5 $146 (17... c3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 17... c3 18. a3 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Ne5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. axb4 Qb5 22. Qc2 Rxd5 23. Qxc3 Rd3 24. Qxc5+ Qxc5 {0-1 (34) Gromovs,S (2365)-Bentivegna,F (2340) Amantea 2010}) 18. a3 $14 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32] axb4 is the strong threat.} (18. Bxd5 Ne5 $17) 18... d4 $1 {White is slightly better.} 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. axb4 {Strongly threatening Qg4.} c3 {[#]} (20... Ne5 $14 21. f4 Nc6) 21. Bf4 (21. Qg4 $1 $16) 21... Bh6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh6f4]} ({But not} 21... Qxb4 $6 {[#]} 22. Nxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb7 23. Na4 $16) ({Much worse is} 21... Nxf6 $6 22. Bg5 $14) 22. Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Be3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Qc6 $11 23. bxc5 Bg5) 23. Nxc5 $18 Nxc5 24. bxc5 (24. Bxc5 Rxh2 25. Qg4+ Kb8 $15) 24... Qe4 25. Rxa7 Rdg8 26. Qa1 Qc6 27. Rc7+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Thorgeirsson, Jon Kristinn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,53,18,-15,33,21,61,60,55,50,55,48,64,66,122,122,129,135,156,141,160,123,129,122,200,163,206,196,192,182,245,242,225,223,270,234,382,355,752,739]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 72 Games} Qa5 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} (9... Qb6 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Ne8 13. gxh5 Bxh4 14. h6 g6 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Qd2 Qd8 17. Bxf6 Nexf6 {0-1 (43) Neiksans,A (2559)-Savchenko,B (2599) Wroclaw 2014}) 10. a3 Rfd8 11. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 Rac8 12. Rfc1 Qb6 13. b4 c5 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bg6 16. b5 Qc7 17. Qc3 {½-½ (40) Siebrecht,S (2315)-Kemna,G Germany 1996}) 11... Bg6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 b5 14. b4 Qa6 (14... Qa4 $14 15. Qxa4 bxa4) 15. c5 $16 Qc8 16. Nb3 Re8 17. e4 Bd8 18. Bc3 e5 19. exd5 cxd5 (19... Nxd5 $16 20. Rfe1 Bf6) 20. a4 $18 Qc6 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Rfb1 a5 (22... Nf8 {keeps fighting.} 23. Ra3 Ne6 24. Bxe5 Qxb4) 23. d4 ({But not} 23. bxa5 $6 Nxc5 24. Bxe5 Qxd3 $16) ({Weaker is} 23. Nxa5 Bxa5 24. bxa5 (24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. bxa5 Qxc5 $14) 24... Qxc5 $14) 23... a4 24. Nd2 exd4 25. Bxd4 Re2 (25... Ne5 $142 26. Bf1 Qd7 27. Bxe5 Rxe5) 26. Bf1 Ne4 $2 {[#]} (26... Nf8 27. Qd1 Rxd2 28. Bxb5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rb8 30. Bxa4 Rxb4) 27. Nxe4 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 11%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Adhiban, B.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,61,22,17,36,4,12,12,14,16,7,17,49,49,53,22,43,26,24,3,27,27,20,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Ndf3 {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6)} Ne4 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Nd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bxf4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Nd7 13. Qa4 a6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nfe5 Nef6 {0-1 (74) Roiz,M (2652)-Poluljahov,A (2505) Sochi 2012}) 13. gxf4 Nd7 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 c5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b3 Nf6 19. e3 Rac8 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Qb7 22. Bxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 23. Rc2 Rc7 24. Rdc1 Rdc8 25. Qd3 g6 26. f3 Qb6 27. Kf2 Qe6 28. Qb5 {[%cal Rc2c5]} Qe7 29. Qd3 Qe6 30. Qb5 {[%cal Rc2c5]} Qe7 31. Qd3 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,91,25,30,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,10,0,39,36,29,31,32,30,34,34,76,68,58,58,73,76,134,131,199,201,202,216,205,201,219,206,210,195,202,202,210,191,257,253,299,299,299,152,188,191,317,212,470,350,785,775,549,189,272,260,333,333,404,414,409,403,476,428,572,530,838,822]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]} h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Rd1 Be6 {[%cal Bc8e6,Be6d5,Bd5e4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} (11... Be7 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. Ne2 Be6 15. b3 a5 16. a4 Rd8 17. Bg5 Bd5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 {1-0 (49) Vachier Lagrave,M (2793)-Nakamura,H (2781) Caleta 2018}) 12. Ne2 Bd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. b3 Rd8 14. Bb2 a6 15. Nd2 h4 16. c4 Bc8 17. Ne4 Rh6 18. Nf4 Bf8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {0-1 (66) Alikulov,E (2232)-Begmuratov,A (2241) Novbahor 2012}) 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 15. b3 h4 16. Nf5 Be4 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Rd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bxc2 19. Bg5+ Ke6 20. Rc1 Bg6 21. Bxh4 a5 22. Bg5 a4 23. b4 a3 {[#]} (23... Rhe8 $142) 24. f4 $1 $16 f6 (24... Rh7 $16 {was called for.} 25. Kf2 Bf5) 25. exf6 $18 gxf6 26. Re1+ Kf7 27. Rd7+ Kg8 28. Bxf6 Rh7 29. Rd2 Bf7 30. Re3 Bd5 31. Rdd3 Ra4 (31... Kf7 {keeps fighting.}) 32. Rxa3 Rxb4 33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Be5 (34. Re7+ $18 Kxf6 35. Rxh7) 34... Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rd1 (35... Rc1 {is a better defense.} 36. Re2 Rd1 37. Bxc7 Bc4) 36. Rc8 ({Inferior is} 36. Bxc7 Rd2 $11) 36... Kg6 $2 (36... Ke6 37. Rd8 (37. Bxc7+ Kd7 $11) 37... Kf5) 37. Rf8 Rf7 $2 (37... Bf7 38. a4 Rd7) 38. Rg8+ Kf5 39. Rg5+ (39. Bc3 $142 Rc1 40. Bb2) 39... Ke6 40. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bxa2 41. h5 Bb1 42. g4 Rh7 43. Bc3+ Kf7 44. Rge5 {[#] White threatens Re7+ and mate.White is clearly winning.} Rd7 45. f5 b5 46. Kg3 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,89,7,8,3,8,0,11,0,0,0,1,4,5,0,23,27,25,18,25,30,24,21,72,64,91,72,109,95,86,96,92,107,110,87,90,80,85,63,64,13,64,21,47,22,42,28,26,26,26,23,23,26,45,14,12,10,10,22,17,15,72,64,64,68,73,0,34,0,56,57,40,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Na6 6. c3 c5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. a3 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. b4 {The position is equal.} d6 12. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Nfd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qb6 15. e3 Be7 {0-1 (42) Telljohann,S (2415)-Fedorchuk,S (2662) Aix les Bains 2011}) 12... Qb6 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15. Rfc1 Nb8 16. Nb3 Be4 17. Nfd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Nd7 (20... a6 $11) 21. a4 $36 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 2080] White is more active.} Rxc1 22. Nxc1 e5 23. axb5 exd4 24. Rxa7 Ne5+ {[#]} 25. Ke2 $1 dxe3 26. fxe3 {Threatens to win with b6.} ({Resist} 26. Kxe3 Rb8 $14) (26. Ne4 {looks sharper.} Rb8 27. f4 Nc4 28. Rc7 Na3 29. Nxd6 Nxb5 30. Nxb5 Rxb5 31. Rc4) 26... Rb8 27. Ne4 Rxb5 28. Nxf6+ ({Don't play} 28. Nxd6 $6 Rxb4 29. Nd3 Nxd3 $11) (28. Na2 {with more complications.} Rb6 29. Nec3 Nc6 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Nd5) 28... gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Ra4 ({White should try} 29. Na2 $14) 29... Kg7 (29... Nc4 $11) 30. Nd3 Kg6 31. h3 Rb8 32. Nf4+ Kf5 33. Nd5 Ke6 34. Ra5 f5 35. Nf4+ Kd7 36. Ra7+ Kc6 37. Ra6+ Kd7 $1 38. Nd5 Ke6 39. Ra5 Nc4 (39... Rc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40. Rb5 Rc8 41. Nf4+ Kf6 42. Nd5+ Ke6 43. Nf4+ Kf6 44. Rd5 Ra8 45. Nh5+ {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "285"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,285,14,18,-4,33,31,57,52,49,50,62,62,92,90,106,71,69,65,57,34,44,45,62,46,66,37,65,3,21,8,53,64,84,0,20,13,38,-63,-50,-73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,14,14,9,14,40,33,53,87,96,0,0,-38,-38,-56,-64,-337,-39,-39,-39,-39,-38,-39,-39,-39,-37,-37,-37,-37,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-20,-20,-33,-33,-33,-32,-33,-8,-8,-8,-8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,54,47,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,47,54,47,54,47,63,47,63,63,63,0,63,0,62,61,61,61,63,63,63,0,8,7,7,0,8,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. g3 Bd7 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} 8. Bg2 Bc6 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 9. f3 d5 10. Nh3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nbd7 12. e4 Nb6 13. Qc3 a5 14. O-O Bb5 15. Rd1 {1-0 (51) L'Ami,E (2594)-Eljanov,P (2675) Wijk aan Zee 2007}) 11. O-O Bb7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5 d4 15. Qc2 Na6 16. c6 Rc8 17. Rad1 Rxc6 18. Qa4 Qe7 19. Qxd4 Qxe2 20. Rfe1 Qc2 21. Re7 (21. Be5 $14) 21... Nc5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc5e6]} 22. Qd2 Qa4 23. b4 Ncd7 24. Ng5 (24. Rxd7 $16 Nxd7 25. Qxd7) 24... Rc2 25. Qe1 Qxa3 26. Ne4 (26. Bf1 $14) 26... Bc6 $15 27. Nf2 Nd5 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 27... Bxf3 $2 28. Re3 $18) ({Black should play} 27... Bb5 $17) 28. Rxd5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 29. Rxd7 Bc6 ({Of course not} 29... Bxf3 30. Bf1 $11) 30. Rd3 Qa2 31. Rd2 Re8 32. Ne4 f5 33. Qd1 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 a5 35. Bf1 Bd5 36. bxa5 bxa5 {[#]} 37. Bd3 (37. Qc1 $1 $16) 37... a4 38. Bxf5 a3 39. Qa4 {[%cal Ra4e8]} Bf7 $1 40. Qd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 40. Bd3 $15 Qb2 41. Bc4) 40... Qb2 $2 (40... Qd5 $19 41. Qc3 Qxf5 42. Qxa3 Qb5) 41. Qxb2 $15 axb2 42. Kf2 Bg6 43. Bxg6 hxg6 44. Nb1 $1 Rc8 45. Be5 $1 Rc2+ 46. Ke3 Rxh2 47. Kd3 g5 48. Kc3 Kf7 49. Bd4 Rg2 50. g4 Rg3 51. Kxb2 Rxf3 52. Nd2 Rd3 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} (52... Rf4 {is more complex.} 53. Kc3 Rxg4 54. Kd3 Kg6 55. Ke3 Rf4) 53. Bc3 Rg3 54. Nc4 Rg2+ 55. Kc1 g6 56. Ne3 Re2 57. Bd4 Ke6 58. Kd1 Ra2 (58... Rh2 {is interesting.} 59. Ke1 Ra2 60. Kf1 Rd2 61. Bh8 Ra2) 59. Ke1 Rh2 60. Bc3 Ra2 61. Nd1 Rg2 62. Nf2 Rg3 63. Bd2 Ke5 64. Ke2 Ke6 65. Ba5 Ra3 66. Bd8 Rg3 67. Bb6 Kd5 68. Bc7 Ra3 69. Bd8 Ra2+ 70. Kf3 Ra3+ 71. Kg2 $1 Ke5 72. Bxg5 Rb3 73. Bc1 Ke6 74. Bd2 Ra3 75. Kf1 Kd5 76. Ke2 Ra2 77. Ke3 Ra4 78. Kf3 Ra2 79. Be3 Ke6 80. Kf4 Ra5 81. Nd3 Ra3 82. Nf2 (82. Ke4 {feels hotter.} Kf6 83. Nc5 Kg7 84. Bd4+ Kf7 85. Kf4) 82... Ra5 $1 83. Kf3 (83. Bd4 $14) 83... Ra4 (83... Ra2 $11) 84. Nd3 $14 Kf7 85. Bc1 Kg8 86. Bb2 Rc4 87. Bc1 ({White should try} 87. Bf6 $14) 87... Rc3 {The position is equal.} 88. Ke3 Rc4 89. Kf3 {Threatening Be3.} Rc3 90. Ke3 Rc4 91. g5 Ra4 92. Ne5 Ra1 93. Bd2 Kg7 94. Ke4 Rd1 95. Bc3 Kh7 96. Bd4 Rd2 97. Kd5 Rd1 98. Nc6 Rc1 99. Bf6 (99. Nb4 {is interesting.} Kg8 100. Nd3 Rb1 101. Ke4 Kf7 102. Ne5+) 99... Kg8 100. Ne5 Rd1+ 101. Ke6 Re1 102. Be7 Kg7 103. Kd7 Rd1+ 104. Bd6 Rg1 105. Nf3 Rf1 106. Nd4 Kf7 107. Ne6 Re1 108. Nd8+ Kg7 109. Bc7 (109. Nc6 {seems wilder.} Rc1 110. Bf4 Rd1+ 111. Ke6 Re1+ 112. Be5+) 109... Kg8 110. Nc6 Kf7 111. Be5 (111. Nb4 {with more complications.} Rd1+ 112. Kc6 Rc1+ 113. Kd6 Rd1+ 114. Kc6) 111... Rg1 112. Bf6 Rd1+ 113. Bd4 Rd2 114. Kd6 Rd1 115. Kd5 Rf1 116. Ne5+ Kg7 117. Bc3 {Bb2 is the strong threat.} Rc1 118. Bd4 {Nd3+ would kill now.} Rd1 119. Ng4+ Kg8 120. Nf2 Re1 121. Ne4 Kf7 122. Nd6+ Kg8 123. Be5 Rg1 124. Bf6 Re1 125. Nc4 {And now Ne5 would win.} Rc1 126. Ne5 Rd1+ 127. Ke4 Re1+ 128. Kd3 Kh7 129. Kd4 Rd1+ 130. Kc5 Rd2 131. Kc6 Rd1 132. Nf7 Kg8 133. Nd6 Kf8 134. Kd7 Re1 135. Nc4 {aiming for Ne5.} Kg8 136. Kd6 Rc1 137. Ne3 {Strongly threatening Ng4.} Kf7 138. Kd5 Re1 139. Ng4 {Black must now prevent Ne5+.} Rd1+ 140. Bd4 {Hoping for Ne5+.} Kg8 141. Ke5 {Threatens to win with Kd5.} Kf7 142. Nh6+ Kg7 143. Ke4+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Shailesh, Dravid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,104,16,2,15,10,13,16,12,4,11,8,13,20,25,19,31,18,22,17,22,10,34,35,31,38,40,33,44,40,98,82,99,103,141,72,123,64,57,-64,-68,-77,-78,-100,-102,-169,-175,-197,-197,-194,-186,-179,403,403,392,366,394,390,394,392,382,277,372,382,483,422,4827,1551,29967,29968,29968,29968,29968,29968,29975,29976,29974,29978,29978,29979,29979,29979,29981,29981,29982,29983,29983]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. c4 dxc4 10. bxc4 Qb6 11. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Nc3 Na4 15. Rab1 Nxb2 16. Rxb2 Nc6 17. e3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Be6 19. Bxb7 {½-½ (65) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Wang,H (2709) Huaian 2017}) 11... Nc6 12. c5 Qa6 13. Nd2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rab8 17. Be5 Rb4 18. Rfc1 Nd5 {1-0 (37) Ju,W (2596)-Stefanova,A (2512) China 2017}) 13... Rd8 14. e3 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qc4 Qa5 17. N2b3 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 a6 21. N5d4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bc6 23. Na5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Ne4 ({Black should try} 24... Nd5 $14) 25. Nxb7 $16 Rd7 26. Rab1 Rcc7 27. Na5 (27. Rbc1 $142) 27... Bxd4 {[#]} (27... Nxc5 $142 28. Rb8+ Bf8) 28. exd4 ({Better is} 28. c6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc6d7]} Rd5 29. Rb7) 28... Nc3 $14 29. Rb8+ ({White has to play} 29. c6 $1 $14 Rd5 30. Rb7) 29... Kg7 $15 30. Rd2 Rxc5 $1 31. dxc5 Rxd2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. a3 (32. Nc4 $17 Rxa2 33. c6) 32... Ne4 $19 33. c6 {[#] c7 is the strong threat.} Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 {Threatens to win with Rb4.} Rc2 (34... Rxf4 35. c7 $18) 35. Rb6 Ra2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Nc3 $19 {avoids the disaster. And now ...Ne2+ would win.} 36. Rb4 Nb5) 36. c7 $18 Rc2 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Nxc6 {KN-KN} Nd6 {With the idea ...Nc8.} 39. Nxe7 Kf6 40. c8=Q Nxc8 41. Nxc8 {KN-KP} Kf5 42. Nd6+ Kxf4 (42... Ke6 $142) 43. Nxf7 {KN-K3P} h5 44. Kg2 {White mates.} g5 45. Nd8 Ke5 46. Kg3 Kd5 47. Nf7 Kc4 48. Nxg5 a5 49. Ne4 Kb3 50. Nc5+ Kc4 51. Nb7 a4 52. Kh4 Kd5 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Der Manuelian, Haik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,51,21,30,27,13,87,85,74,83,165,170,138,173,159,144,134,146,203,193,195,180,190,166,246,224,267,246,354,165,103,125,307,180,180,167,1175,1155]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. f3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Rc1 Ngf6 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 Bd6 12. Nge2 Qb6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. Be2 Rac8 {0-1 (49) Kuzubov,Y (2689)-Bacrot,E (2718) Germany 2018}) 8... Ngf6 9. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} Bg6 10. h4 {[#] Threatens to win with h5.White has an edge.} h5 (10... h6 $1 $11) 11. g5 $16 Nh7 12. Bg3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Qd2 Nhf8 13. Bh3 Ne6 14. Bh2 Nb6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Qc1 Bd3 17. f5 Nxg5 18. hxg5 Bxg5 19. Nf4 Bxf4 {0-1 (19) Legky,N (2330)-Klovans,J Erevan (Armenia) 1980}) 12... Bf5 (12... Nb6 $16) 13. Nf4 $18 Nhf8 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. Be2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Bxe2 (16... Qb6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 17. Qxe2 (17. Kxe2 Nb6 $14) 17... Ne6 18. Nxe6 ({But not} 18. Nxh5 $6 g6 $14) 18... fxe6 19. Qc4 Nf8 (19... O-O $142 20. Qxe6+ Kh7) 20. Be5 Rg8 21. O-O-O Bd6 (21... Qb6 $142 22. a3 Qa6 23. Qxa6 bxa6) 22. Qe2 (22. Rhf1 $142) 22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qa5 $2 (23... Qe7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 24. Qxh5+ (24. Rhf1 $142) 24... g6 25. Qf3 {Strongly threatening Rhf1.} Nh7 $2 {[#]} (25... Rg7 26. Qf6 (26. Rhf1 Nd7 $16) 26... Rf7) 26. Rd7 $3 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 70%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,105,12,8,0,11,7,27,18,12,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,20,32,27,27,32,26,0,79,64,58,48,50,41,58,29,87,70,72,46,38,45,37,34,46,31,44,34,90,90,89,68,89,89,224,125,175,145,418,155,111,0,445,440,625,599,910,875,29990,29991,29991,29992,29995,569,29989,29990,29997,29998,29998,29998,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 (5... Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Qb6 11. Qa4 Ngf6 12. Rb1 Qc7 {0-1 (39) Matlakov,M (2718)-Giri,A (2752) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6. Bxf3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} e5 7. d3 Ngf6 8. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nd2 Qc7 {½-½ (55) Praggnanandhaa,R (2515)-Mkrtchian,L (2378) Caleta 2018}) 8... Bc5 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Qe2 Rfe8 13. a4 a5 14. Nf3 Bf8 15. Nh4 g6 16. b3 Nc5 17. Bb2 Bg7 18. Qc4 b6 19. Rae1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1e2,Be2d2,Bd2d1][%mdl 32]} Rad8 20. Re2 Rd7 21. Nf3 Rdd8 22. Rfe1 Nfd7 23. Rd2 Bh6 24. Rdd1 Bg7 25. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 26. Ng5 Nf8 (26... Nf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Ba3 $16 Nb7 28. Bh3 Rbd8 $1 29. h5 Bf6 30. Nf3 Ne6 (30... gxh5 $11 31. Qe2 Ng6) 31. Rxd8 Nbxd8 32. c3 Nb7 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Nexd8 35. Qa6 Kg7 36. Bg4 Nc5 ({Black should play} 36... c5 $14) 37. Bxc5 $1 bxc5 38. Kg2 Be7 39. Nd2 Qd6 {[#]} (39... Nb7 $16 {might work better.}) 40. Qa7 (40. Nc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Qd3 41. Qxa5 Qxe4+ 42. Bf3) 40... Bf6 41. Qd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Qxd7 $16 42. Bxd7 Kf8 43. hxg6 fxg6) 42. Qc8 $2 (42. Nc4 $18) 42... Qd6 43. Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Nc4 $16 Qd3 44. Qc7 (44. Nxa5 Qxe4+ 45. Bf3 Qc2 $11)) 43... Qb8 $1 $18 44. Nc4 Qxb3 (44... gxh5 $142 45. Nd6 (45. Bxh5 Qxb3 46. Nd6 Qe6 $18) 45... hxg4 46. Ne8+ Kf8) 45. Nd6 {aiming for Ne8+.} Bg5 46. Qe8 Bf6 {[#]} 47. h6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh6 48. Qf8+ Kg5 {[#]} 49. Ne8 (49. Nf5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bh8 (49... gxf5 50. Qg8+) 50. Qh6+ Kf6 51. Qh4+ g5 52. Qh6#) 49... Qb8 50. Qxc5 {White mates.} Kxg4 51. Qe3 {[%cal Re8f6]} Bh8 52. f3+ Kh5 53. g4+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,102,30,27,60,30,95,48,134,145,137,143,136,141,247,239,245,225,232,235,289,287,319,291,307,301,345,338,452,447,467,456,645,627,545,329,316,260,265,270,262,252,287,264,337,343,319,300,296,249,448,448,421,425,522,482,463,355,313,312,304,292,330,313,291,220,274,222,515,479,964,961,952,949,935,933,933,930,882,652,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29996,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 150 Games} a6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (9... dxe5 10. dxe5 a6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Be3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nd7 14. Ng5 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Ncxe5 16. f4 h6 17. fxe5 hxg5 {½-½ (116) Pourramezanali,A (2522)-Shanava,K (2545) Mersin 2016}) 10. Be2 (10. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 11. O-O $14) 10... Bf5 (10... e6 $11 {remains equal.}) 11. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bc8 13. e6 Qc7 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. Qb3 a5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Ne6 {1-0 (41) Horvath,T (2395)-Somogyi,I (2255) Hungary 1998}) 11... Bd7 {[#]} (11... Bc8 $14) 12. e6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re6d7][%mdl 512]} Bxe6 ({Avoid the trap} 12... fxe6 $2 13. Bh5+ g6 {[#]} 14. Nxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 13. d5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 g5 (14... Bxd5 $16 15. Qxd5 e6) 15. Nf3 $18 (15. Bxg5 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qxd5 $17) 15... h6 16. O-O Bg7 17. Be3 {aiming for Bb6.} Rc8 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Qa4 O-O 20. h4 gxh4 21. Qxh4 Bf5 22. Rad1 Bg6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 (23... e6 $142 24. Qg3 d5 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6 Rf6) 24. Rxd3 f5 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. g3 f4 27. gxf4 Qe8 {Black hopes to continue with ...Rg8.} 28. Nh2 Bxb2 {Hoping for ...Rg8+.} 29. Kh1 Rg8 {...Qg6 is the strong threat.} 30. Qe6 {[%cal Re6h6]} Qh5 31. Rd5 Qh4 32. Qf5 Nb4 $2 (32... Rbf8 33. Qh5 Qxh5 34. Rxh5 Bd4) 33. Qh5 Qxh5 34. Rxh5 Nxa2 35. f5 Rg7 36. Rxh6+ Rh7 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Nd5 b5 39. Nf3 ({Resist} 39. Nxe7 Re8 $18) 39... b4 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Nd4 a5 $2 (41... b3 42. Nxe7 Bc3) 42. Rh1 Rh8 {[#]} (42... Re8 $142 43. f6+ exf6 44. Nf5+ Kg8 45. Nxd6 Rd8) 43. f6+ $1 exf6 44. Nf5+ Kg6 45. Nde7+ Kf7 46. Rxh8 a4 47. Nc6 {Nd8+ would kill now.} a3 48. Nd8+ {White mates.} Kg6 49. Ne7+ Kg7 50. Rg8+ Kh7 51. Ne6 {[%cal Re6f8]} f5 52. Nf8# {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cornette, Deimante"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,64,0,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bb3 (11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Be5 15. c3 h6 16. Nf3 Bxc3 {1-0 (51) Mamedov,R (2709)-Le,Q (2737) Huaian 2017}) 11... Bd6 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 {LiveBook: 9 Games. The position is equal.} Bd7 14. Bg5 O-O-O 15. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3c3][%mdl 32]} h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rd3 $146 Kb8 18. Rc3 Qa5 $1 19. Qxf6 Qg5 20. Qxf7 {Hoping for g3.} Rhf8 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 (21... Qe5 $5 22. f4 $8 Bc5+ 23. Nxc5 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Bb5 $11) 22. Qxe6 {[#] Strongly threatening g3.} Bc5 $1 {( -> ...Rxf2!)} 23. Qe1 {Rd3 is the strong threat.} Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rd2+ 26. Kf3 Qxg2+ 27. Ke3 $1 Qg5+ 28. Kf3 Qf5+ 29. Kg3 Qg6+ 30. Kf3 Qh5+ 31. Ke3 Qg5+ 32. Kf3 Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,94,0,16,-17,-8,-25,0,-27,-19,-45,-35,-39,-43,-55,-40,-71,-62,-91,-20,-34,-22,-67,3,0,9,19,36,52,58,29,45,13,16,19,60,27,24,35,27,17,59,25,20,22,36,28,19,12,45,-13,-17,-8,-8,-5,-3,-11,-19,-4,-6,-31,-9,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,33,45,20,0,29,0,641,0,0,-84,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} (8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 c5 12. Be1 cxd4 13. exd4 Ne4 14. Nb5 Be7 15. Rc1 a6 16. Rc7 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bc8 {0-1 (43) Esipenko,A (2564)-Yu,Y (2751) Riadh 2017}) 8... a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ng4 Be7 14. Ne5 {½-½ (14) Gretarsson,H (2571)-Xu,Y (2465) Reykjavik 2017}) 9... c5 10. Be2 {The position is equal.} Be6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qc2 c4 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. Qa4 Bd6 16. Ne2 Bxe5 ({Black should try} 16... Ne4 $17 17. Bb4 b5) 17. dxe5 $11 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 18. Bc3 ({Don't play} 18. Qxa6 Ra8 $17) 18... Qc7 (18... Ng6 $15) 19. Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ng6 20. Rcd1 Ndxe5 21. Bxd5 Nd3 22. Be4 Nc5 23. Ng3 Ne5 24. Bd4 Ned7 25. Qc3 f6 26. Bf5 b5 27. b3 cxb3 28. Bxe6+ (28. Bxc5 $5 Nxc5 29. Bxe6+ Nxe6 30. Qxb3 $11) 28... Nxe6 29. Qxb3 Rfe8 30. Nf5 g6 31. Ng3 Kg7 32. Ne4 ({White should play} 32. Ba1 $14) 32... Nxd4 33. Rxd4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd6.} Rxe4 34. Rxe4 {Re7+ is the strong threat.} Nc5 $1 {[%csl LRb3,LRe4]} 35. Qc2 {Hoping for Rc1.} Nxe4 36. Qxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd7 37. h3 Rc4 38. Qb1 Qd2 39. Rd1 Qc2 40. Qb3 b4 41. Rd7+ Kh6 42. Ra7 Qe2 43. Kh2 f5 44. a3 a5 45. Rxa5 bxa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45... Rc2 $11 46. Qxb4 Qxf2 47. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 48. exf4 Rc4) 46. Qxa3 $2 ({White has to play} 46. Ra7 $1 $18 Rh4 47. f3) 46... Qxf2 47. Qb3 (47. Ra7 $11 Rc2 48. Qf8+ Kg5 49. Qd8+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Kg5 51. Qd8+ Kh6 52. Qf8+) 47... Qe2 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 36%.} (47... Rc2 $17 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rf2g2]} 48. Qd5 Re2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Antal, Tibor Kende"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,128,17,17,19,8,47,30,46,25,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,45,50,48,33,27,22,37,-1,-20,-56,-20,-38,0,0,48,19,18,-62,-61,-71,-71,-79,-80,-108,-137,-120,-94,-156,-155,-137,-131,-141,-125,-175,-95,-184,-152,-157,-144,-143,-100,-153,-149,-149,0,-122,0,-163,-140,-146,-143,-238,-203,-202,-199,-232,-235,-233,-224,-219,-220,-216,-184,-187,-186,-195,-162,-229,-237,-229,-237,-247,-160,-689,-670,-638,-655,-617,-575,-981,-892,-770,-679,-29972,-29974,-29973,-29974,-29971,-29966,-29974,-29974,-29980,-5197,-29981,-29982,-29993,-29985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 Bb7 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 8. Bxd5 (8. O-O d6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qe2 Ng6 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 {½-½ (59) Wang,H (2709)-Andreikin,D (2712) Huaian 2017}) 8... Bxd5 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb7 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. Re1 Ne7 15. Qe2 {0-1 (45) Vaibhav,K (1899)-Sriram,J (2457) New Delhi 2008}) 11. d5 Bb4 12. Bg5 Qb8 13. Nb5 {Strongly threatening d6.} Bxd5 14. Qa4 Bb7 $1 15. Rfd1 Bc5 16. b4 Nxb4 (16... Bxb4 $15 17. Bd2 Bf8) 17. Nd6+ $14 Bxd6 $1 18. Rxd6 Nc6 19. Rad1 h6 20. Qh4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc7 21. Qh5 Rf8 22. Bh4 g5 23. Bg3 O-O-O {Threatens to win with ...Ne7.} 24. Qxh6 g4 25. Nd2 (25. Nd4 $11 Nxd4 26. R6xd4) 25... Ne7 $15 26. Qf4 Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 27. Rd3 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 28. f3 gxf3 29. Nxf3 {Black must now prevent Rc1.} Kb8 30. Bh4 (30. Bf2 $142) 30... Nxh4 $17 31. Qxh4 Rg8 32. Qf4 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Bc6 (33... Bd5 $19 34. Rc1 {[#]} Rg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 34. R3d2 (34. Ng5 $17) 34... Rg7 35. Nd4 Bb7 36. Nf3 Qc6 37. Rd6 (37. h4 $142) 37... Qc2 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rc2g2]} 38. R6d2 Qc6 39. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c6]} Qc2 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rc2g2]} 40. R6d2 Qg6 41. Qf6 Rdg8 {And now ...Qxf6 would win.} 42. Rf1 (42. Qxg6 $17 Rxg6 43. Rxd7) 42... Qxf6 43. exf6 Rg6 44. h4 Rxf6 45. Rxd7 Rg4 46. Rd8+ Kc7 47. Rh8 Bxf3 48. gxf3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rg3 49. f4 Rg4 50. f5 (50. Kh2 $142) 50... Rxf5 51. Rxf5 exf5 {KR-KR} 52. h5 Kc6 53. h6 $2 (53. Kh2 $17) 53... Kb5 54. Rh7 Rg6 55. Kh2 a5 56. Kh3 f4 57. Kh4 f3 58. Kh5 Rf6 59. Kg5 {[#]} f2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Kxf6 f1=Q+ 61. Kg7 Qf5 62. Rh8 Qg6+ 63. Kf8 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 64. h7 f4 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,46,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nd7 7. Nf4 {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines} Ngf6 8. Bc4 e5 (8... Qc7 9. O-O e6 10. c3 Bd6 11. Qf3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb3 O-O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 e4 17. Qe2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rxh2 19. Rfd1 Rdh8 20. Qxa7 e3 21. Qxe3 Ng4 {0-1 (21) Zherebukh,Y (2605)-Nakamura,H (2793) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Be3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxe2) 13... Bc5 14. O-O-O Rh4 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. h3 Kf8 17. Bf3 Re8 18. Rhe1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Rf4 20. Ne2 Rh4 21. Nc3 Rf4 22. Ne2 Rh4 23. Nc3 Rf4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,84,0,0,0,0,-24,0,-8,-2,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qe2 Be7 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} 11. Kh1 (11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. e5 Nd7 15. Na4 g6 16. c4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Rc1 {1-0 (44) Sutovsky,E (2673)-Pichot,A (2552) Caleta 2018}) 11... c5 12. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} Bb7 13. Bb2 O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} 14. Rae1 {[#] aiming for exd5.} c4 15. bxc4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 {f5 is the strong threat.} Rac8 $146 19. Rf3 Qxc4 20. Qe5 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Re5g7]} f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} ({Don't go for} 20... Bf6 $2 {[#]} 21. Qxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc3 22. Bxc3 $18) 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Rxc2 23. Rxe7 {Black must now prevent Rb3.} Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 24. h4 Rxa2 25. Rg3 g6 26. h5 Rf7 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. f5 g5 30. Rh3 {Reh8 would kill now.} Ra4 31. Reh8 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh3h7]} Rh4 $1 32. R8xh4 gxh4 33. Rxh4 {KR-KR} Ra7 34. Rg4+ Kf7 35. Ra4 a5 36. Kh2 Ke7 37. g4 Kd6 38. Kg3 Kc5 39. g5 fxg5 40. Kg4 $1 Kb5 41. Ra1 a4 42. Kxg5 Kb4 {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bisby, Daniel L"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,82,14,31,0,0,-15,4,4,28,-14,41,11,64,-77,-47,-97,34,-18,-21,-35,-22,-21,-22,-18,-25,-67,-72,-77,-52,-79,-84,-95,-48,-39,0,-28,-35,-97,-93,-193,-192,-194,-190,-195,-195,-264,-285,-289,-280,-363,-344,-332,-77,-229,-98,-295,-270,-472,-449,-439,-440,-632,-587,-622,-628,-613,-595,-762,-738,-1835,-1727]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 6. e4 c5 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 22 Games. A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (7... Be7 8. a4 b4 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. c3 O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 a5 13. e5 {½-½ (13) Stevic,H (2596)-Palac,M (2581) Opatija 2015}) 8. h3 Be7 9. Nh2 d5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qb6 10. b3 O-O 11. a4 a6 12. Bb2 Ne8 13. Ng4 {½-½ (22) Egger,T (2233)-Pribyl,J (2374) Bayern 2006}) 10. Qe2 d4 11. f4 e5 (11... Nb6 $11) 12. Ndf3 Qc7 ({Better is} 12... exf4 $11 13. Bxf4 Nh5) 13. f5 (13. fxe5 $14 {stays ahead.} Nxe5 14. Bf4) 13... h6 14. g4 g5 (14... c4 $17 15. a4 b4) 15. a4 ({White should play} 15. fxg6 $1 $14 fxg6 16. Nh4) 15... a6 $11 16. Bd2 c4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. h4 gxh4 20. Ra1 Bb7 21. Be1 Rg8 22. Nxh4 cxd3 23. cxd3 Qd8 24. Kf1 b4 25. Bf3 (25. N4f3 $15) 25... Qb6 $17 26. Bd2 (26. Qd1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 26... Nc5 27. Ng2 Ba6 28. Ne1 Nfd7 29. g5 (29. Kg2 $142) 29... Bxg5 $19 ({Don't do} 29... hxg5 30. Ng4 $19) 30. Bxg5 Rxg5 31. Ng4 h5 32. Nf2 Nf6 $2 (32... Nb3 $19 33. Rd1 Qh6) 33. Qc2 $2 (33. Qd2 $17 {was called for.} Rg3 34. Qh6) 33... h4 (33... Ke7 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. aiming for ...Rg3.} 34. Rc1 Nfd7) 34. Rc1 $2 (34. Qc1 $17 Rg7 35. Qh6) 34... Nfd7 {And now ...Qh6 would win.} 35. Bg4 $2 {[#]} (35. Ng4) 35... Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 36. Nxe4 Rxg4 37. Qe2 (37. Qc6 $142 Qxc6 38. Rxc6 Rxe4 39. Rxa6) 37... Rf4+ 38. Kg1 {and the idea Ng2 leaves White hopeful.} Qh6 39. Rc7 h3 40. Nf3 Qg7+ 41. Kh2 {[#]} Rxe4 $1 {Precision: White = 11%, Black = 37%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kumar, Nikhil"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,60,27,3,17,14,14,8,15,16,20,0,21,20,22,4,23,22,29,18,25,15,38,20,43,24,58,39,30,8,6,5,41,34,61,58,66,47,50,50,59,62,61,0,9,0,66,0,12]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O b6 6. c4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Bb7 7. Nc3 e6 (7... d6 8. b4 e5 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. Bb2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Na6 14. a3 Qh4 15. g3 Qxc4 {0-1 (64) Sargissian,G (2672)-Rapport,R (2707) Riadh 2017}) 8. b3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White has an edge.} Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nc6 {1-0 (85) Abramov,L-Simagin,V Moscow (Russia) 1958}) 10... d6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Bf3 (14. Rfe1 {with more complications.} Rfe8 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nc3 Rad8 17. Nb5) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. h3 Ra7 18. Re2 a4 19. b4 c6 20. a3 b5 21. cxb5 cxb5 22. Qd3 Rb8 23. d5 {dxe6 is the strong threat.} e5 {[#] Hoping for ...e4.} 24. e4 Qe8 25. Rc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nb6 26. Bc1 Nc4 27. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Nb6 28. Nf3 ({White should play} 28. Rc6 $14) 28... Nc4 $11 29. Nd2 (29. Be3 $11 Rc7 30. Rdc1) 29... Nb6 $1 $14 30. Nf3 (30. Rc6 $14) 30... Nc4 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mohota, Nisha"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,104,0,3,16,25,36,-13,52,0,0,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,-59,-60,-60,-118,-121,-133,-136,-116,-122,-125,-130,-120,-120,-218,-217,-235,-242,-254,-211,-368,-264,-264,-257,-251,-250,-377,-260,-325,-337,-397,-366,-397,-389,-387,-383,-347,-329,-597,-591,-917,-875,-865,-835,-1377,-1353,-1292,-1101,-1289,-1260,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29979,-29980]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. exd6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} Bxd6 12. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxc3 13. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Ne7 14. Ne5 Nd5 $146 (14... Rc8 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Rc8 15. Bd2 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 {½-½ (16) Pavasovic,D (2593)-Cvitan,O (2481) Sibenik 2005}) 15. Bd2 ({White should play} 15. Rd3 $14) 15... Rc8 $11 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c6,Bc6g6][%mdl 32]} 16. Qf3 (16. Qg4 $11 f5 17. Qf3 Bxe5 18. Bxd5 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Rf7 21. Kg1) 16... Bxe5 $1 $15 17. Bxd5 {[#]} Bxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Kxh2 exd5 19. Qxd5 Rc6 20. Rh1 (20. Kg1 $15) 20... Rg6 $17 21. Kg1 Bc6 22. Qxd8 Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Rxd8 24. Rh4 Rg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] ( -> ...Bb5+). White is under strong pressure.} 25. f4 (25. c4 $17) 25... Rg2 $19 26. Be1 Rc2 27. Rh5 f6 {Strongly threatening ...Re8.} 28. Rc5 $2 (28. Kg1 {was called for.}) 28... Bf3 29. Bf2 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Be1 (31. Re1 {was worth a try.}) 31... Bxa2 32. Rd1 Bd5 33. Ra1 Ra2 34. Rxa2 Bxa2 {KB-KB} 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Kd3 b5 37. Ke4 $2 (37. c4) 37... Ke6 38. f5+ Kd6 39. Bg3+ Kc6 40. Bb8 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 41. Ba7 Bb1+ 42. Kf4 b4 43. cxb4 axb4 {Black mates.} 44. Bc5 b3 45. Ba3 Kd5 46. Bb2 h5 47. Ba1 h4 48. Kg4 Bxf5+ 49. Kxh4 Ke4 50. Kg3 Kd3 51. Kf4 Bd7 52. d5 Kc2 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

