[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Jaeel Atharva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,80,21,21,23,21,23,34,8,27,19,45,24,29,24,47,22,54,54,54,54,108,108,108,108,108,106,112,104,106,95,124,119,165,136,147,135,159,132,198,193,201,193,195,185,194,175,195,192,193,174,495,501,494,491,512,518,835,834,29987,29988,29989,29986,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qf6 8. Qg3 Bd6 9. d3 Ne7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} 10. h4 h5 11. Qh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Qg6 12. Qh3 f6 13. Be3 Qf7 14. O-O-O Ng6 15. g4 Nf8 16. g5 Ne6 17. g6 {½-½ (27) Korneev,O (2587)-Miton,K (2628) Elgoibar 2007}) 11... Bc5 {White has an edge.} 12. Be3 (12. Rf1 {seems wilder.} Ng6 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. g3 f6 15. Bd2) 12... Qd6 (12... Bxe3 {is interesting.} 13. Qxe3 b6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. g3 c5) 13. O-O-O Ng6 14. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Bxe3+ 15. fxe3 Qd7 16. Qf3 O-O-O 17. Ng3 Qe6 18. Kb1 Qg4 (18... Kb8 $14) 19. Nf5 $16 Qxf3 20. gxf3 {[%cal Bg2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Rh7 21. Rhg1 Kd7 22. Kc1 Ke6 23. Kd2 Kf6 24. f4 c5 25. Rg5 Rg8 26. Rf1 Ke6 27. Ng3 Ke7 (27... exf4 $16 {was called for.} 28. exf4 (28. Nxh5 fxe3+ 29. Kxe3 b6 $14) 28... Nxh4) 28. fxe5 $18 Nxh4 29. Nxh5 Ng6 30. d4 Rgh8 {[#]} 31. Ng3 $1 cxd4 32. exd4 Rh2+ 33. Kc1 c6 $2 (33... R8h7 {is tougher.} 34. d5 Ke8) 34. d5 cxd5 35. exd5 Rc8 36. c3 Rc5 {[#]} (36... Rf8 $142 37. Nf5+ Kd8) 37. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb5 (37... fxe6 38. d6+) 38. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White mates.} Ke8 39. Ne4 Rbxb2 40. Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 41. Rd7# {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Ashutosh, Kumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,59,23,28,28,26,25,32,27,41,38,40,0,31,12,196,202,214,202,256,268,245,256,246,250,322,308,454,448,439,329,318,314,518,518,491,502,613,610,593,478]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. c4 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 {LiveBook: 90 Games} 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Qc2 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qa5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Ne6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Qxe6 {1-0 (40) Malakhov,V (2699)-Navara,D (2718) Bol 2014}) 15. Rac1 Ne6 16. Nb3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxe4 $2 {[#]} (17... f5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 18. Bh6 $1 $18 d5 19. f3 ({Don't do} 19. Bxf8 $6 Rxf8 20. cxd5 Qxc3 $16) 19... Bf5 20. cxd5 {[%cal Bc4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Qxc3 21. Rxc3 ({But not} 21. bxc3 $6 Ng7) 21... Ng7 22. g4 Bc8 23. Rc7 e6 (23... Re8 $142 24. Rfc1 a5) 24. d6 Rd8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rd1 Bd7 $2 (26... b6 {was called for.} 27. d7 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} a5) 27. Nc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. White is clearly winning.} Bc8 28. d7 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} Kf6 29. Ne4+ Kg7 30. g5 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chanda, Sandipan"]
[Black "Kishan, Gangolli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,61,28,23,28,19,37,42,32,8,6,2,5,12,10,22,5,20,25,17,0,14,51,52,60,52,45,41,120,134,146,145,137,137,147,117,206,202,451,447,493,515,535,519,548,533]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} (9. Rc1 f5 10. O-O d6 11. Be1 Nd7 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 e5 15. Qc2 e4 16. fxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 fxe4 {½-½ (51) Peralta,F (2582)-Guerra Mendez,J (2534) Barcelona 2018}) 9... Bxe4 10. d5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} exd5 11. Qd4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rd4g7] [#] White has an edge.} Qf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 ({Much worse is} 13. Bxf6 dxc4 14. Ne5 Re8 $15) 13... Re8 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxf6 Re6 16. Bc3 Rc6 17. b3 $146 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} b5 18. O-O-O bxc4 19. b4 Re6 20. Rd4 c6 21. f3 exf3 22. gxf3 d5 (22... Rxe3 $14 23. Rxc4 Kf8) 23. e4 $16 Nd7 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Nb6 26. Ra5 Rg6 (26... f6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 27. Rd1 $18 h6 $2 {[#]} (27... Kf8 {was necessary.} 28. Bd4 Kg8) 28. Rxa7 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Re8 ({Inferior is} 28... Rxa7 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rh8#) 29. a4 Rg2 30. Ra6 Rg6 31. f4 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Venkatesh, M.R."]
[Black "Sharma, Shashi Pal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,41,35,63,35,49,52,82,58,51,41,83,93,90,95,151,112,208,166,176,162,210,213,375,366,466,458,459,444,684,670,915,903,880,856,812,726,710,709,742,735,988,979,972,931,981,678,673,648,662,658,1102,1088,1144,1138,1353,421]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Re8 {C87: Closed Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines after 6 Re1 d6} (10... d5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Ng5 Rad8 17. g3 Bd6 18. a4 Ne7 19. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (31) Muzychuk,A (2549)-Batsiashvili,N (2500) Germany 2015}) 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. h3 Bh5 {White is slightly better.} 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Bg5 Bxe4 18. dxe4 {1-0 (55) Gramignani,R-O'Siochru,D Haifa 1976}) 15. Nh4 d5 16. Qf3 {Hoping for g5.} ({Much weaker is} 16. g5 $6 Qxh3 17. gxf6 Qxh4 $11) 16... dxe4 ({Black should play} 16... Red8) 17. dxe4 $16 Qd8 (17... Red8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 18. g5 $18 Nd7 19. Nxg6 hxg6 {[#]} 20. Bb3 $1 Qe7 $2 (20... Re7 {was necessary.} 21. Bd5 Na5) 21. Bd5 Ndb8 22. h4 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 23. h5 Rd6 (23... Qe8 $142 24. hxg6 Rxd5) 24. hxg6 {[%cal Rd5f7]} Rxg6 25. Qh5 Re6 26. g6 fxg6 27. Qxg6 Nd8 28. Bg5 Qd7 29. Qf5 c6 30. Bb3 {[#] And now Bxd8 would win.} c5 31. Rad1 Bd6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Rd1 Qxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Nbc6 35. Bh5 Ra7 36. Bg6 Rd7 37. Bh7+ {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna. V"]
[Black "Soni, Krishan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,99,8,34,21,48,17,15,18,23,20,34,0,25,0,21,29,33,19,24,19,19,19,22,22,46,32,35,50,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-39,-56,14,18,45,49,44,53,52,56,43,41,58,41,41,41,83,58,62,50,143,143,143,143,282,268,517,494,663,581,680,651,763,735,664,581,1337,1311,1608,1545,2386,2205,29973,29974,29974,29975,29969,29972,29973,29974,29968,5081]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Bg4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. h3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nd4 {The position is equal.} Bd7 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qg4 Bf6 13. Bd3 h5 14. Qg3 Qd7 15. O-O-O {0-1 (35) Bogar,A (2295)-Pacsay,L (2265) Hungary 1994}) 11... O-O 12. h4 Qc8 13. Qg3 Re8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg3g7] [#]} Bf8 16. c4 c5 17. Bc3 Bf5 18. f3 Qe6 19. h5 h6 20. Rh4 (20. Qf2 $14) 20... c6 $11 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. cxd3 d5 23. Rg4 $36 {[%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} f6 24. Rg6 Kh8 $1 25. Qg4 Qxg4 (25... Qf7 $1 $15) 26. Rxg4 d4 27. Bd2 Re5 28. Rh1 Rae8 29. Re4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kg8 31. Rf1 Kf7 32. b3 g6 33. hxg6+ Kxg6 34. g4 Re6 (34... Be7 $14) 35. Rf5 $16 Re5 36. Bf4 Rxf5 (36... Re8 $16 37. Rh5 Kf7) 37. exf5+ {KB-KB} ({And not} 37. gxf5+ Kh5 $11) 37... Kh7 $2 (37... Kf7 {was called for.} 38. Kb2 Ke8) 38. Kb2 $18 h5 39. gxh5 Bh6 40. Bd6 Be3 41. Bxc5 a6 42. Be7 Bg5 43. b4 Kh6 44. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kxh5 45. b5 cxb5 46. cxb5 {White mates.} axb5 47. a5 Bf4 48. a6 Bb8 49. Bxf6 Kg4 {[#]} 50. Be5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Priyanka, Kumari"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[BlackElo "2597"] [BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. g4 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. h4 Rc8 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Nd4 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Be4 Nb6 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nf5 exf5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxg5 23. hxg5 fxg4 24. fxg4 Rc4 25. Rh4 Re8 26. b3 Rce4 27. Rd3 Re3 28. Rd6 R3e6 29. Rd3 Re1+ 30. Kb2 R1e2 31. Rdh3 Rc8 32. Rxh7 Rcxc2+ 33. Kb1 Kf8 34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. Re3+ Rxe3 36. Kxc2 Re2+ 37. Kc3 Rxa2 38. Rg8 g6 39. Ra8 Rg2 40. Ra7+ Kf8 41. Rxa6 Rxg4 42. Rb6 Rxg5 43. Kb4 Rf5 44. Rxb5 Rxb5+ 45. Kxb5 g5 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurung, Rahul"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[BlackElo "2589"] [BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. c3 Re8 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qf6 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qb1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxf3 20. Nd2 Qf5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. a3 Nc6 24. Bd5 Re2 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 f5 27. h4 f4 28. Bh2 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. Kf3 Rxb2 31. Kg4 Rf6 32. Rxf6 Kxf6 33. hxg5+ hxg5 34. Bg1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Soham Kamotra"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[BlackElo "2565"] [BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 d6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. e4 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. f3 c6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5 fxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. Bg5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 h6 19. Bc1 Qd4 20. Bf3 h5 21. Kg2 Kh7 22. h3 Ne3+ 23. Bxe3 Qxe3 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Bxe2 Bd7 26. Rf1 Bg7 27. Rf7 Re8 28. Nxe5 Kg8 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nxd7 Rd8 31. Bb5 a6 32. Ba4 b5 33. Nxb5 Rxd7 34. Na3 Rd8 35. Nc4 Kf6 36. Bd1 Ng8 37. Be2 Nh6 38. Na5 Nf7 39. Nc6 Ra8 40. b4 Ng5 41. Bd3 Re8 42. e5+ dxe5 43. Bxa6 e4 44. h4 Nf7 45. a4 Nd6 46. Be2 Nf5 47. Kf2 Ne7 48. Nxe7 Kxe7 49. Ke3 Kd6 50. Kd4 Re5 51. a5 g5 52. a6 Rxd5+ 53. Kxe4 Re5+ 54. Kd3 Kc7 55. Bf3 Kb6 56. Kd4 Rb5 57. Ke3 gxh4 58. gxh4 Rxb4 59. Bxh5 Rxh4 60. Be2 Kc5 61. Bf3 Ra4 62. Be2 Kd5 63. Bd3 Ra3 64. Ke2 Kd4 65. Bb5 Ra5 66. Bd7 Rxa6 67. Kf3 Rf6+ 68. Kg4 Ke5 69. Kg5 Rf7 70. Be8 Rg7+ 71. Kh6 Kf6 72. Bc6 Rc7 73. Bd5 Rc5 74. Bb7 Rb5 75. Bf3 Rb3 76. Bg4 Rb2 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Singh, Soram Rahul"]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 a5 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Qd7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nc6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Qa7 Ng6 18. Rd1 Ne4 19. Bd3 d5 20. c5 e5 21. cxb6 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Nh4 23. Bxe4 Qh3 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shahil Dey"]
[Black "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[BlackElo "2527"] [BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. Nf3 b4 6. Nd5 Bb7 7. Nxb4 Bxe4 8. c3 a5 9. Nc2 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 d5 12. b3 O-O 13. Ba3 Re8 14. O-O e6 15. Ne3 Ne4 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Ng4 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Ne5 Qe7 22. Rac1 Nxe5 23. fxe5 c5 24. Rfe1 Rac8 25. Rc2 Qa7 26. Rec1 Rf7 27. Rd1 Rfc7 28. Rb2 cxd4 29. cxd4 Rc3 30. Qf4 Rf8 31. Qg4 Rf5 32. Qe2 Rxe5 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Rf5 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qxe6 Qc7 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qc1+ 39. Ke2 Qc2+ 40. Ke1 Qb1+ 41. Ke2 Qxa2+ 42. Ke1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Qd3+ 44. Ke1 Qe3+ 45. Kf1 Qf4+ 46. Ke1 e3 47. Qd7+ Kh6 48. Qh3+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Rajesh, V A V"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,19,47,14,79,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games. E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (9. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Bxf3 10. Bxf3 $14 (10. exf3 Nd4 $11)) (9. d5 Na5 10. Nfd2 a6 11. h3 Bf5 12. e4 Bd7 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Nc3 Rab8 15. Kh2 h5 16. f4 h4 17. g4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Nxg4+ {½-½ (45) Blomqvist,E (2502)-Panjwani,R (2444) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Qc8 (9... Ne8 $11) 10. Re1 (10. d5 $16) {Predecessor:} 10... Rb8 $146 11. a3 b5 12. cxb5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Rc1 Qf5 15. Bxd4 Bh3 16. Bc6 Ng4 17. Nf3 e5 18. Bxa7 e4 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. Qxd6 Rf8 21. Rc5 Bd4 22. Qxd4 {1-0 (22) Dusper,H (2184)-Nemeth,S (2097) Harkany 2001} *

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Rajesh, V A V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,63,67,3,67,-48,-56,-56,-50,-61,0,0,0,0,-11,-22,0,0,-9,-8,0,-16,0,0,0,0,2,0,38,0,89,93,106,110,172,163,432,417,494,494,485,486,1304,1263,29963,29959,29980,29981,29989,29967]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games. E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (9. d5 $1 $14 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 (10. exf3 Nd4 $11)) (9. d5 Na5 10. Nfd2 a6 11. h3 Bf5 12. e4 Bd7 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Nc3 Rab8 15. Kh2 h5 16. f4 h4 17. g4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Nxg4+ {½-½ (45) Blomqvist,E (2502)-Panjwani,R (2444) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Qc8 (9... cxd4 $11 10. Nxd4 Qd7) 10. Re1 (10. d5 $14 Nb4 11. a3) 10... Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rb8 11. a3 b5 12. cxb5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Rc1 Qf5 15. Bxd4 Bh3 16. Bc6 Ng4 17. Nf3 e5 18. Bxa7 e4 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. Qxd6 Rf8 21. Rc5 Bd4 22. Qxd4 {1-0 (22) Dusper,H (2184)-Nemeth,S (2097) Harkany 2001}) 11. Nf1 {Black is slightly better.} Bxf3 12. exf3 cxd4 13. f4 e5 14. fxe5 $1 dxe5 15. Ba3 Nc7 {Black wants to play ...Re8.} 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. b4 Nxb4 ({Of course not} 17... Qxb4 $6 18. Rb1 $16) 18. Rb1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b7,Bb7a7][%mdl 32]} Nxa2 {[#] Hoping for ...Nc3.} 19. Rxb7 Nc3 20. Qa1 Ne6 21. Rxa7 Rd8 {With the idea ...e4!} 22. Qa5 Nc5 (22... Qc5 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. Bd5 $16 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Bf6 {[#]} (24... Qd6 $16) 25. Nd2 $1 $18 Nd3 $2 (25... Rc8 26. Rb1 e4) 26. Rb1 {[%cal Be1b1,Bb1b7,Bb7g7][%mdl 32]} Be7 27. Rbb7 Bb4 28. Qb5 Qh6 (28... Bxd2 $142 29. Qxd3 Bg5) 29. Qxd3 Qxd2 30. Qf3 {White mates.} f5 31. Rg7+ Kf8 32. Rxh7 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Satyapragyan, Swayangsu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,50,51,45,0,0,0,0,0,36,44,43,31,37,0,20,0,50,54,43,50,67,75,75,75,71,66,77,59,201,213,29,237,222,193,192,192,190,190,185,180,248,287,252,210,289,263,293,297,284,233,300,274,302,257,491,524,591,496,568,403,787,787,787,786,784,783]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Qd2 {LiveBook: 29 Games} d6 {B39: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...Ng4} (10... O-O 11. Nb5 Qh4 12. Bd3 d5 13. Bg5 Qg4 14. f3 Qd7 15. Nxd4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 exd4 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rac1 Be6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. c5 Rfd8 21. Rfe1 Rac8 22. b4 Qd7 {½-½ (22) Obregon,C (2531)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2592) Asuncion 2015}) 11. Nb5 Nxb5 12. cxb5 Be6 {The position is equal.} 13. b3 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O f5 16. Rad1 f4 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 fxe3 19. Rxe6 {0-1 (38) Mede,I (2213)-Bakos,B (2234) Hungary 2005}) 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Kb2 O-O 18. Bc4 e4+ 19. Ka3 Rfe8 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Rd7 b6 22. Rhd1 Bf6 23. b4 a6 {[#]} (23... Re5 $14) 24. bxa6 $1 $18 Rxa6+ 25. Kb3 b5 26. Rb7 Ra8 27. Rxb5 Rea6 {Hoping for ...Ra3+.} 28. a4 Rxa4 {[#]} 29. Rb8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 (29... Rxb8 $142 30. Kxa4 Kf8) 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Be5 32. b6 Kf6 33. Kc4 Ke6 34. g3 Ra2 35. Rd2 Ra1 36. Kb5 Rb1+ $2 (36... Bd6 37. Rb2 Kd7) 37. Kc6 f6 38. Rd5 g5 39. b7 Rb2 {[#]} (39... Rxb7 $142 40. Rxe5+ Kxe5) 40. Rxe5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} fxe5 (40... Kxe5 41. Bb6) 41. Bb6 Rc2+ 42. Bc5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Ritviz, Parab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,101,29,35,24,13,11,11,12,15,0,14,14,13,10,21,10,10,11,15,5,22,12,31,14,75,70,74,75,84,80,60,65,67,65,64,60,93,95,92,92,90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,17,8,31,8,6,6,33,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,5,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. a5 O-O 10. d3 Rb8 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} (10... Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 h6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Nfd2 g6 17. Ba4 Qb7 18. Qf3 Nh7 {1-0 (92) Karjakin,S (2760)-Sevian,S (2634) Douglas 2018}) 11. Nbd2 h6 12. h3 Be6 {LiveBook: 8 Games. White has an edge.} 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Nh5 15. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nc4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qe8 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Qg6 19. Bd2 Na7 20. Qe2 Nb5 {1-0 (45) Onder,E (2245)-Amartsev,P (1771) LSS email 2011}) 15... Qe8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nc4 Rb5 18. Be3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bc5 20. Rb1 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxb5.} Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rc5 22. Qf1 Nf4 23. Kh2 Qg6 (23... Qe7 $11) 24. g3 {Strongly threatening Ncd2.} Nh5 25. Ncd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rxa5 26. Qc4 Qe8 27. Kg2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kh7 28. Nb3 Rb5 29. Ra1 Nb8 30. Ra5 Nf6 31. Rxb5 Qxb5 32. Qxe6 (32. Qxb5 $16 axb5 33. Nxe5) 32... Nbd7 $11 33. c4 Qb6 34. Qe7 Qd6 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Nfd2 Rb8 37. Rd3 Rb6 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ke3 Kf7 40. Rc3 Ke6 41. Rc2 g5 {The position is equal.} 42. Ra2 Ne8 43. Ra5 Nc7 44. c5 Rc6 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 45. cxd6 Rc3+ 46. Ke2 Kxd6 47. Ra2 Nb6 48. Ra1 Ke6 49. Ra5 Kd6 50. Ra1 Ke6 51. Ra5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Black "Gusain, Himal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,91,8,1,24,2,15,-4,0,-6,0,-8,75,71,64,65,61,64,68,69,69,37,61,58,109,114,101,53,100,97,96,19,37,44,39,28,19,39,107,102,143,39,39,39,37,42,106,108,121,110,213,195,257,251,563,557,529,551,545,539,682,682,627,612,1272,1268,1230,1214,1083,1085,1077,593]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Bd2 {LiveBook: 13 Games. B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} (12. Na4 Qa5 13. Re2 h5 14. Qf4 g5 15. Bd2 gxf4 16. Bxa5 h4 17. Bd2 Bg5 18. f3 a5 19. Rae1 Rh5 {½-½ (43) Yu,Y (2743)-Grachev,B (2645) Antalya 2017}) 12... Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c5 13. Na4 Bb7 14. c4 d4 15. b3 a5 16. Qe2 h5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Nb2 Kg7 {0-1 (36) Klimov,S (2493)-Alekseev,E (2614) St Petersburg 2017}) 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. Na4 {The position is equal.} c5 15. c4 d4 16. b3 g6 (16... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Bh6+ $1 $16 Kg8 18. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bf8 19. Bf4 Be7 20. h5 Kf8 21. Nb2 Ke8 22. Be4 g5 (22... Bxe4 $14 23. Rxe4 g5) 23. Bd2 ({And not} 23. Bxg5 Rg8 $17) 23... h6 24. Nd3 Rg8 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. b4 ({White should try} 26. f4 $16) 26... cxb4 {[#]} 27. Bxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxb4 28. Rab1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b4]} a5 {[#] And now ...Qc7 would win.} 29. a3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke7 ({Better is} 29... Rc8 $14) (29... Bxa3 30. Rxb7) 30. axb4 axb4 31. Rxb4 (31. Nxb4 $16 Qc7 32. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31... Qc6 $14 32. Qg4 Rgd8 33. Qxd4 Ra3 (33... Ke8 $14) 34. Reb1 $16 Ke8 35. Rb5 Ra4 (35... Rc8 $16) 36. Nb4 $18 {[%cal Bd3b4,Bb4d5,Bd5c7][%mdl 32]} Qa8 (36... Qc7 $142 37. Qe4 Rda8) 37. Qd6 {Strongly threatening Nc6.} Nf8 $2 {[#]} (37... Nf6 {is a better chance.} 38. Nd5 Rxd6 39. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (39. Nxf6+ Ke7 $11) 39... Ke7 40. exd6+ (40. Nxa8 Rxa8 41. exd6+ Kxd6 $18) 40... Kxd6 41. Nxa8 Rxa8 42. Rb6+ Ke5) 38. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f6][%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Rxd6 (38... exd5 39. Rb8) 39. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 40. Nxa8 Rd2 41. Rb8+ Ke7 {intending ...Nd7.} 42. Nb6 Ra5 43. Nc8+ Kd7 44. R1b7+ Kc6 45. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kc5 46. Rc7+ {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Black "Rathnakaran, K.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,68,7,18,43,33,54,60,70,53,55,31,50,20,68,28,47,8,18,-11,33,35,37,23,31,7,29,37,51,39,37,45,35,6,20,0,0,-36,-35,-24,-25,-24,-22,-50,-60,-601,-578,-662,-618,-1270,-1207,-1161,-1124,-1340,-1191]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. a4 {B06: Modern Defence} (6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nb6 14. Ra5 f5 15. Nxe5 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Qc7 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Bxc6 Ba6 19. Rxa6 Qxa6 20. Bxa8 Kh8 21. Qd5 Nf6 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 {½-½ (24) Ponomariov,R (2764)-Efimenko,Z (2706) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 6... e5 7. h3 Ngf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O {LiveBook: 19 Games} Nh5 10. Re1 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. Qd2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Nf6 14. f4 Ned7 15. Bf3 Qc7 {1-0 (36) Cocozza,M (2345)-Castrogiovanni,C Napoli 1992}) 11. Qd2 g5 12. Bf1 Qf6 13. Rad1 Nf4 14. Nh2 Qg6 15. d5 c5 16. b4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6c5][%mdl 32]} 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. f3 h5 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Ne8 22. Bb5 {Strongly threatening Bc6.} a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 23. Bc6 Ra7 24. Rb8 Nf6 25. a5 Qh6 26. Na4 Qh4 27. Nb6 Bxg4 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Bxf4 $1 exf4 30. fxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Qf2 $15 Bh3 31. Qxh4 gxh4 32. Nf1) 30... Nxg4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Kf1 Bd4 $1 {( -> ...Qf3+)} ({Inferior is} 32... Qf3+ 33. Qf2 $11) 33. Qg2 {[#]} Qh5 $1 {And now ...f3 would win.} 34. Bd7 {[#]} Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anurag, Mhamal"]
[Black "Saravana, Krishnan P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,127,27,29,0,0,9,16,-18,-12,-18,-20,-83,-92,-100,-60,-60,-70,-59,-49,-62,-58,-58,-42,-63,-20,-14,18,-17,-18,-12,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-11,-14,0,0,0,-19,-8,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-58,-50,-53,-54,-57,0,-84,-80,-72,-87,-82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,387,376,370,365,377,332,378,345,353,312,579,233,544,553,536,513,467,396,401,377,567,512,568,518,658,658,641,641,778,699,955,947,936,944,1436,1423,1381,1383,2012,1791,5112,2639,2192,2112,29985,29986]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. e5 Nd5 {LiveBook: 44 Games. B06: Modern Defence} (6... dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Re1 a5 12. a3 b5 13. Ba2 Qb6 14. c4 Nc7 15. Nf1 b4 16. Ng3 b3 17. Bb1 {0-1 (41) Kovalenko,I (2668)-Anton Guijarro,D (2627) Almaty 2016}) 7. Nc3 (7. exd6 {looks sharper.} Qxd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Rd1) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 d5 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd3 c5 10. Bb5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 cxd4 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rb1 O-O 14. e6 {1-0 (25) Szelag,M (2501)-Oliwa,M (2415) Poland 2013}) 10... Nc6 11. Ba3 (11. a4 $11) 11... Qa5 $17 12. Bb2 Bg4 {White must now prevent ...cxd4.} 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qxf3 Qa4 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Bc1 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Bf4 Rfe8 20. Bd6 cxd4 21. cxd4 Re4 22. Bc5 f5 {[%cal Rg7d4]} 23. c3 Rae8 24. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qa5 25. Qg3 {[#]} Be5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Qh3 $1 (26. dxe5 Qxc5) 26... Bf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 27. h5 Qc7 28. Qh2 Qf7 29. Rab1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b7,Bb7g7][%mdl 32]} Bg5 30. Qd6 R4e6 31. Qg3 Bd8 32. Bd6 ({White should try} 32. Rb8 $11) 32... g5 $1 $15 {And now ...f4 would win.} 33. Be5 Qxh5 34. Rb7 Rh6 (34... f4 $15 35. Qh2 (35. Rg7+ $2 Kf8 $19) 35... Qxh2+ 36. Kxh2 R6e7) 35. f4 {[#]} (35. Qh3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... g4 $1 $17 36. Rg7+ Kf8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bh4.} 37. Rg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf7 (37... Bxg5 $17 38. fxg5 Rhe6 39. Rxf5+ Kg8) 38. Bg7+ Qxg7 $1 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Qd3 Re4 41. Qa6 {Qc8 is the strong threat.} Bb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Bh4 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 42. Qb7+ $18 Kg8 43. Qc8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 44. Qxf5 g3 45. Qg4+ Rg6 46. Qd7+ Kh6 $2 (46... Kh8 47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Qb7+ Kg8 49. Qc8+ Kf7 50. Qd7+ Re7) 47. Qh3+ Kg7 48. f5 Rf6 {If only Black now had time for ...Bc7....} 49. Qxg3+ Kf7 {If Black can now play ...Rxd4 this consolidates a bit.} 50. Qh3 h6 51. g4 Kg8 (51... c5 {was worth a try.} 52. dxc5 Bxc5+ 53. Kg2 Kg7) 52. Qh4 Kg7 53. Re1 c5 54. Rxe4 dxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 55. d5 c4+ 56. Kf1 Kf7 57. Qh1 e3 58. Qe4 Kf8 59. Qxc4 Ke7 60. Ke2 Kd7 61. Qb5+ Kd6 62. c4 Bd4 63. Kd3 Ba1 64. Qb8+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthikeyan, P.."]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,84,-13,-13,-13,0,0,-14,0,1,2,18,18,18,16,22,22,22,16,23,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,10,9,5,4,12,5,4,5,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-839,-820,-844,-841,-831,-800,-1119,-956,-9769,-6683,-6675,-6668,-12828,-6631]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. O-O c6 8. d3 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 13. c4 Be6 14. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Rfc1 b6 17. Qb2 Rbc8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (42) Tan,Z (2495)-Javakhishvili,L (2487) Chengdu 2016}) 14... dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Rab1 b6 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. a4 Rec8 21. Rb4 Rc5 22. f3 Nf8 23. Kf2 Ne6 24. Rfb1 Nd4 25. Rc4 Rac8 26. f4 f6 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Nc4 Kf7 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. g4 Rc8 32. Rf1 Rh8 33. Rf2 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 34. Ke4 hxg4 35. Nxe5 Rh4 {Hoping for ...g3+.} 36. Ng6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Kf4 $11) 36... g3+ $1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Nf4+ {[#]} Rxf4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Rxf4 (38. Kxf4 gxf2) 38... Nxe2 39. hxg3 Nxf4 40. Kxf4 Kd5 41. Ke3 a6 42. g4 g5 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thipsay, Praveen M"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[BlackElo "2591"] [BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Rxf5 Qa5 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Rxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5 Rxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. c4 Qd6 22. Rf1 b5 23. b3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Re8 25. Qf2 Kg7 26. Qxa7 f5 27. Bxf5 Nxf5 28. Rxf5 Qg6 29. Rf1 Rc8 30. c5 e4 31. c6 Rg8 32. Qe7 h5 33. c7 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Raahul V S"]
[Black "Stany, G.A."]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,11,22,35,-7]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. h4 h5 {LiveBook: 26 Games} (5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 h6 7. e4 Bg7 8. d4 c5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. d5 e6 13. c4 {0-1 (46) Mareco,S (2649)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Batumi 2018}) 6. Qa4+ {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} {Predecessor:} c6 $146 7. Qd4 Rg8 8. Qa4 Nb6 9. Qc2 Bg7 10. d3 c5 11. Be3 Na6 12. g3 Bf5 13. Qd2 {1-0 (34) Hauchard,A (2527)-Cornette,M (2202) France 2001} *

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Raahul V S"]
[Black "Stany, G.A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,79,22,35,-7,8,11,22,8,23,9,20,2,15,20,18,0,0,-19,32767,-29,0,-37,-36,-45,-41,-34,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,81,-108,-89,-94,32767,32767,32767,32767,-40,-50,-59,-380,-445,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-738] [BlackElo "2509"] [BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. h4 h5 {LiveBook: 26 Games} (5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 h6 7. e4 Bg7 8. d4 c5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. d5 e6 13. c4 {0-1 (46) Mareco,S (2649)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Batumi 2018}) 6. Qa4+ {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} Nc6 ({Predecessor:} 6... c6 $146 7. Qd4 Rg8 8. Qa4 Nb6 9. Qc2 Bg7 10. d3 c5 11. Be3 Na6 12. g3 Bf5 13. Qd2 {1-0 (34) Hauchard,A (2527)-Cornette,M (2202) France 2001}) 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Qxc6+ bxc6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bg2 Be6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. b3 c5 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Kd7 17. O-O Rhc8 18. d4 c4 19. Rc1 a5 20. Rbc2 Rb4 21. Kf1 Kd6 22. Ke1 cxb3 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. axb3 Bb7 25. e3 Rxb3 26. Ra1 Ba6 27. Rxa5 Rb1+ 28. Kd2 Bc4 29. e4 Rb2+ 30. Kc3 Rxf2 31. exd5 Be2 32. Bh1 Rf1 33. Kd2 Bf3 34. Ra6+ Kxd5 35. Ra5+ Kxd4 36. Bxf3 Rxf3 37. Ra7 e5 38. Ke2 e4 39. Ra4+ Ke5 40. Ra5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rahul Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna. V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,-2,32,47,44,31,65,58,75,64,78,42,41,25,41,29,53,51,74,83,75,53,81,54,61,60,73,91,98,60,82,57,58,58,92,81,81,46,37,0,11,0,0,0,0,-9,-10,-12,0,0,0,-45,-45,-98,-102,-130,-124,-128,-106,-106,-106,-112,-112,-152,-112,-120,-108,-105,-83,-185,-207,-345,-342,-364,-353,-369,-279,-279,-264,-263,-215,-220,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 (5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 a6 11. b3 b5 12. c5 Be4 13. Qa5 Nb8 14. Bg5 {½-½ (31) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Sargissian,G (2691) Batumi 2018}) 5... Nbd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (5... c5 {keeps more tension.} 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Nf3 O-O) 6. a3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} Bxc3+ $1 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Nf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Ne2 Re8 10. O-O c5 11. d5 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 {0-1 (40) Zahedifar,A (2083)-Vaishali,R (2062) Hamedan 2018}) 9. Ne2 Ng6 10. O-O Nh5 11. f4 (11. f3 {looks sharper.} O-O 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Ng3) 11... Nhxf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Rae1 b6 16. Qf2 f6 17. h4 Ne7 18. h5 h6 19. Bf4 Qe8 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. d5 Bc8 22. Bc2 Kh8 23. Kh2 Qd7 24. Qd3 {And now e5! would win.} Qg4 25. Bd1 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Bg4 27. Re3 (27. Bxg4 {feels hotter.} Qxg4 28. Qd1 Qd7 29. a4 Rfe8 30. Re3) 27... Qxh5 28. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3h5]} Bxd1 29. Rxh5 Bxh5 30. Qh3 Bg6 31. g4 (31. Re1 $15) 31... Ng8 $17 32. e5 fxe5 33. Bd2 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Rf8+ 35. Ke2 Kh7 36. Bg5 Bb1 37. Qh1 Ba2 38. Kd3 Rf2 39. Be3 (39. Bd2 $17) 39... Rb2 $19 40. Bd2 (40. Bg5 $142) 40... Bb1+ 41. Ke3 Bg6 42. Qh4 b5 43. cxb5 Nf6 ({Don't take} 43... Rxb5 44. Ke2 $17) 44. c4 Rb3+ 45. Ke2 Ne4 $2 {[#]} ({Worse is} 45... Rxa3 46. Bxh6 Bd3+ 47. Ke1 $11) (45... Bd3+ $19 46. Kd1 Ne4) 46. Bxh6 $11 {The position is equal.} gxh6 47. Qe7+ Kg8 {aiming for ...h5.} 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qxc7+ Kf6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Kg5.} 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qc7+ Kf6 {Threatens to win with ...Kg5.} 52. Qd8+ Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,119,19,23,25,25,25,12,16,17,32,23,27,19,16,22,14,35,22,33,27,30,30,49,57,57,41,39,52,43,0,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,29958,0,8,0,29945,6737,29971,29968,29968,29969,29969,29970,29970,29971,29973,29974,29972,29952,29976,29977]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} Be6 8. Qa3 Nc6 (8... O-O 9. e3 N8d7 10. Rd1 c6 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Qe8 {1-0 (32) Duda,J (2739)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Batumi 2018}) 9. e3 a5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 12. Qc5 Nd5 13. Be5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 {Strongly threatening Bxg7.} Bd5 15. O-O $146 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qd5 18. Kg2 Rfb8 19. Rfd1 Qe6 $1 20. h3 Rb5 21. f4 a4 22. Rac1 c5 23. a3 Qc6+ 24. Kg3 h5 25. h4 Rab8 26. Rd2 Rb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 27. Qxc5 Qe6 28. f3 Rxb2 29. Qxc7 Kg7 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 31. Rc2 Rb1 32. Rc1 Rb3 33. Qc5 Qd7 {...Qd2 is the strong threat.} 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. exd4 {KR-KR} e6 36. d5 exd5 37. Rd1 Rxa3 38. Rxd5 Kf8 39. Ra5 Ra1 {[#]} 40. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 41. Kf4 Ra3 42. Ra7 {White wants to play Kg5.} Kg8 $1 43. Kg5 {Threatens to win with Kf6.} Rxf3 44. Kf6 Re3 $1 45. Rxa4 f4 $1 46. Ra8+ Kh7 47. Rf8 f3 {White must now prevent ...f2.} 48. Rxf7+ Kg8 49. Rg7+ Kf8 $1 50. Rh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50... Ke8 $11 51. e6 (51. Rxh5 Re4 $11) 51... Kd8 52. Rxh5 Re4 53. Rh8+ Kc7) 51. Rg7+ $2 (51. Rxh5 {mates} Re4 52. Rg5+ Kf8 53. Rf5 Ke8 54. h5 (54. Rxf3 Rxh4 55. Ke6 Ra4 $11) 54... Rh4 55. Kg5 (55. Rxf3 Rxh5 56. Ke6 Rh1 $11) 55... Rh3 56. Kg4) 51... Kf8 $1 52. Rh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Rb7 $11 Ke8 53. Ke6) 52... Kg8 53. Rxh5 Re4 54. Rg5+ {White mates.} Kf8 55. Rf5 Ke8 56. h5 Rh4 57. Kg5 Rh2 58. Rxf3 Ke7 59. Rf5 Rh1 60. Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna. V"]
[Black "Jubin Jimmy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,103,19,48,40,35,37,42,39,53,53,51,54,71,50,72,67,54,57,92,-7,-12,-12,-14,-14,35,14,64,72,67,57,60,66,134,118,143,144,131,93,109,100,100,100,95,90,100,62,162,105,101,104,118,97,79,100,75,62,111,89,131,92,273,260,259,255,749,750,749,766,1280,1276,1258,1271,1339,1354,4948,4948,1770,1771,29988,29989,29989,29990,29992,29992,29992,29993]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. d3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qxd2+ {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. N1xd2 e3 12. fxe3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbd7 13. h3 Kd8 {½-½ (66) Zhigalko,A (2603)-Petrosian,T (2645) Legnica 2013}) 13. h3 Na6 14. Kf2 Bf5 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. c5 Re7 17. Nc4 Be4 18. Bf3 $1 Nb4 19. a3 (19. Nd6 $16) 19... Bxf3 $11 20. Kxf3 Nbd5 21. Rhd1 Rae8 {[%cal Re7e3]} 22. Rd3 Nd7 23. Kf2 $1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Na5 $1 Rf5+ (25... R8e7 $14) 26. Ke1 $16 Nxe3 27. Nxb7 {Black must now prevent Nd6.} Ng2+ 28. Kd2 Rf2 29. Rd8 {[%cal Rd8e8]} Rfxe2+ 30. Kc3 Kf8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Na5 Kd7 (32... Re3+ $14 33. Kc4 Re4+ 34. Kb3 Re6) 33. Rd1+ $18 Kc7 {[#]} 34. Rd6 $1 Re3+ 35. Kd2 Rxg3 36. Rxc6+ Kb8 37. Nc4 {And now Nd6 would win.} Kb7 {[#]} 38. Rd6 $1 Nf4 39. b4 Rg2+ $2 (39... Kc7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 40. Ke3 Ne6 41. Rd7+ Kc6 $2 (41... Kb8 42. Rxf7 Rg3+ 43. Kd2 Rg2+ 44. Ke1 a6) 42. Ne5+ Kb5 43. Rxa7 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Ra7a5]} Nxc5 44. Ra5+ {[%mdl 64] Zwischenzug} Kb6 45. Rxc5 {KRN-KR} Rg3+ 46. Kd4 Rxh3 47. Nc4+ Kb7 48. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32] Intending Nd6+ and mate.} Rh1 49. Nd6+ {White mates.} Ka7 50. Rc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb8 51. b6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rc7c8]} Rd1+ 52. Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stany, G.A."]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,161,17,45,26,30,23,31,35,73,31,52,32,57,40,54,40,60,39,68,42,50,26,25,25,41,35,32,46,89,0,0,-25,-14,-37,0,-24,22,0,64,-475,66,58,52,49,67,66,62,0,228,8,110,110,110,110,110,109,98,107,216,208,422,275,280,265,267,266,257,270,268,266,259,212,465,271,236,202,679,665,29944,29951,29947,4137,29936,12834,12847,29938,11902,29939,29937,12833,12850,12762,29937,12614,12450,11895,29972,10102,12704,11862,11979,10255,5093,2972,11884,10816,12422,12545,12422,6431,5979,6181,5413,3363,1468,1383,29950,29953,29964,29964,29972,29973,29972,29974,29978,29979,29979,29979]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. Ne3 Rfe8 16. b3 Nc6 17. Bb2 Bf8 18. Rc1 Qb7 {LiveBook: 7 Games. C99: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4 Qc7 12 Nbd2 cxd4} 19. d5 (19. a3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. f3 Ng6 22. Ndf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 d5 24. b4 dxe4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bxe4 Qb6+ 27. Qd4 Qxd4+ 28. Nxd4 Rcd8 29. Nf5 Rd2 30. Rcd1 Ra2 31. Ra1 Rd2 32. Red1 Red8 {½-½ (32) Repp,H (2494)-Matei,C (2576) ICCF email 2009}) 19... Ne7 20. Kh2 g6 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 20... Ng6 21. g3 Be7 22. Ba3 h5 23. Bb4 Qb6 24. Qd2 Bd8 {½-½ (37) Kudr,R (2230)-Kratochvil,J (2296) ICCF email 2012}) 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. g4 Bg7 23. Rg1 Rf8 24. Bd3 Ne8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. a4 f6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qb4 Bd7 29. Kg2 Qd8 30. Kf1 ({Don't go for} 30. Bxb5 $2 Qb8 $19) 30... f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. exf5 (32. Rxg7+ $1 $16 Kxg7 33. exf5) 32... Nxf5 $11 33. Ke2 Nxe3 34. fxe3 Qf6 35. Rg3 (35. Qe4 $5 {[%cal Re4h7]} Qh6 36. Qh4 Qxh4 37. Nxh4 $11) 35... Qh6 36. Ng5 Qf6 (36... Kh8 $11) 37. Bxh7+ $14 Kh8 {( -> ...Qf1+)} 38. Qe1 Bh6 39. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6]} Qf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Bg6 Qxd5 {...b4 is the strong threat.} 41. Qb4 (41. Qd2 $14 Qxb3 42. Bxe5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 43. Qxd7 Qc4+ 44. Qd3) 41... Bc6 $2 (41... Bf5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 42. Bxe8 $2 (42. Nd2 $1 $18) 42... Bxe8 (42... Qxe4 $11 43. Qxe4 Bxe4 44. Bxb5 Ra8) 43. Qxd6 $40 {[%cal Rd6h6][%mdl 192] Double Attack. White is out for blood.} Bh5+ 44. Ke1 {[%cal Rd6h6]} Qxd6 45. Nxd6 Kh7 46. Bxe5 Rd8 (46... Rf3 $16 {was called for.}) 47. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4f6] Black must now prevent Nf6+.} Rd1+ 48. Kf2 {White threatens Nf6+ and mate.} Bg6 49. Nf6+ Kg7 50. Ng4+ Kh7 {[#]} 51. h4 $1 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bf7 52. Nf6+ Kh8 53. h5 Rh1 $2 (53... Rd2+ 54. Ke1 Rd8) 54. b4 (54. Nd7+ $142 Kh7 55. e4) 54... Bg7 55. Kg2 Rh4 $2 (55... Rb1 56. h6 Bd5+ 57. Nxd5 Bxe5) 56. Rg4 Rxg4+ 57. Nxg4 Bxh5 58. Kg3 (58. Bxg7+ $142 Kxg7 59. Kg3 Kf8 60. Nf6 Bg6 61. Kf4 Bf7 62. Ke5 Ke7 63. Nd5+ Kd7 64. Nc3) 58... Bxe5+ 59. Nxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kg7 60. Kf4 (60. Nc6 $18 Be2 61. Kf4) 60... Kf6 61. Ke4 Ke6 62. Kd4 (62. Nd3 $142 Bg6+ 63. Kd4 Kd6 64. Nc5 Be8 65. Ne4+ Ke6 66. Ng3 Bg6 67. Ne4) 62... Kd6 63. Nd3 Be2 64. Nf4 Bc4 65. e4 Bf1 66. Nd3 (66. e5+ $142 Kc6 67. Ke4 Kd7 68. Kf5 Bc4 69. Kf6 Ba2 70. e6+ Kd6 71. e7) 66... Ke6 67. Ke3 Kd6 68. Ne1 Ke6 69. Kf4 Kf6 70. Nf3 Ke6 71. Nd4+ Kf6 72. Nb3 Bc4 73. Nd2 Be2 {[#]} 74. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3e2]} Bh5 75. Nf3 Bg6 76. Kf4 {White mates.} Be8 77. Nd4 Bd7 78. e5+ {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Ke7 79. Ke4 Be8 80. Kd5 Bf7+ 81. e6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stany, G.A."]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen M"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,21,16,17]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 {LiveBook: 6679 Games} {Predecessor:} Nd7 $146 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 Nb7 15. b3 a5 16. Rb1 c4 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. a4 Qc7 19. axb5 Nb6 20. Be3 {0-1 (58) Hou,Y (2680)-Caruana,F (2811) Wijk aan Zee 2018} *

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Swapnil, S Dhopade"]
[Black "Nayak Rajesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,79,47,44,31,37,37,53,46,91,47,114,50,83,65,89,75,147,135,128,131,137,145,154,155,210,202,252,262,295,189,254,0,318,308,346,193,673,683,667,660,688,676,672,660,638,373,418,372,370,374,476,479,1061,1062,1283,1258,1244,609,987,788,962,948,903,921]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. Nc3 Ngxe5 {LiveBook: 19 Games. A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} 10. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rb1 c6 12. h3 f5 13. e3 d5 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. Bd4 Rad8 17. Qb2 Rf7 18. Nf4 Bc8 {½-½ (45) Sargissian,G (2657)-Naiditsch,A (2702) Heraklio 2017}) 10... Re8 11. Nd5 Bd7 {White is slightly better.} 12. Qd2 Be6 13. c4 Rb8 (13... Nxf3+ $14 14. exf3 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Ne5) 14. Rbc1 (14. Ng5 $16) 14... h6 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bc3 b6 (16... Nd7 $142) 17. Qb2 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 {[%cal Be2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 19. Qxc3 {aiming for Nf6+.} Ne5 20. f4 Nd7 {[#]} (20... Bxd5 $16 21. cxd5 (21. Bxd5 Nd7 $16) 21... Ng4 22. Qxc7 Kg7 23. Qc3+ Nf6) 21. Nb4 $1 $18 Qc8 22. Nc6 Ra8 23. Qf3 Kf8 (23... Kg7 {might work better.} 24. Ne7 Rxe7) 24. Qc3 {[%cal Rc3h8]} Kg8 25. Re1 Nb8 26. Qf6 (26. Nd4 $142 Nd7 27. Re3) 26... Qd7 $2 (26... Nxc6 27. Bxc6 Qd8) 27. Nd4 c6 28. Nxe6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 31. Qxb6 Qd7 32. Rd1 a5 33. Bf3 a4 34. b4 {White is clearly winning.} d5 (34... Qa7 $142 35. Qxa7 Rxa7 36. Rxd6 Rc7) 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. Rxd5 Qa7 37. Rd6 (37. Qf6 $142 Na6 38. Rd6) 37... Nd7 38. Qb5 Rd8 39. Qd3 Qc7 40. a3 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vignesh, N R"]
[Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,99,48,50,50,51,37,47,45,35,38,62,18,41,41,41,41,55,44,55,30,38,24,36,21,28,19,27,23,29,35,37,20,32,37,96,62,59,53,116,14,5,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,14,19,29,80,106,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} a6 14. Rab1 Rab8 15. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Nd7 16. b4 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} Qd8 (16... Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qd8 18. Rbc1 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Ra8 21. f4 f6 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. Kh1 Rd8 {½-½ (39) Yakovich,Y (2570)-Malakhov,V (2691) Sochi 2006}) 17. Nd5 Bxd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 18. exd5 {White is slightly better.} b6 19. f4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Ra8 22. Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Qd3 Ra2 23. Bd1 Rca8 24. Bb3 R2a3 25. Re1 Nf6 26. h3 Nd7 27. Bc1 R3a7 28. Bb2 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Nf6 30. Rbe2 {½-½ (30) Sorcinelli,A (2110)-Knoeppel,B (1893) LSS email 2013}) 22... Rcb8 23. Rb3 Nf6 24. Bf3 Ra6 25. h3 Rba8 26. Rc2 Nd7 27. Kh2 h5 28. Bd4 Qf8 29. Bxg7 Qxg7 {[#]} 30. Bxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ra3 ({Avoid the trap} 30... gxh5 $2 31. Rg3 $18) 31. Rxa3 Rxa3 32. Bg4 Nf6 33. Bf3 Nh5 (33... Nd7 $14) 34. Bxh5 gxh5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Qf2 Qf6 {[#]} ({Better is} 35... Qg6 $1 $14) 36. Re2 (36. c5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5b6]} dxc5 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Rxc5) 36... h4 37. Re4 {Black must now prevent f5.} Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g3]} 38. Re3 Rxe3 $1 39. Qxe3 $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. KQ-KQ} Qf6 40. Qf3 Kg7 41. Qg4+ Kh6 42. b5 Kh7 $1 43. Qf3 Kh6 44. Qe3 Kh5 45. Kh1 Qa1+ $1 46. Kh2 {aiming for Qe2+.} Qf6 $1 47. Kg1 Qa1+ 48. Kf2 Qa2+ 49. Kg1 (49. Qe2+ $16 Qxe2+ 50. Kxe2) 49... Qa1+ 50. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laxman, R.R."]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,50,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,-6,17,10,16,16,14,17,27,35,32,31,28,10,6,0,20,12,8,0,4,0,0]} 1. Nf3 b6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Bd3 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} dxc4 9. Bxc4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Nd5 10. Bh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 {½-½ (14) Meduna,E (2490)-Hort,V (2590) Biel 1982}) 10... c5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. d5 exd5 $1 18. Bxd5 Qf6 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. e4 Qe7 21. Qb5 h6 {The position is equal.} 22. Qb2 Na5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qd4 Nc6 25. Qa4 Na5 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,66,19,20,0,20,0,0,0,7,7,6,-5,0,-11,-2,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} c6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Qf3 Rb8 (12... Be6 13. Rfe1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qb8 15. Qxb8 Raxb8 16. Na4 Nd7 17. b3 c5 {½-½ (35) Nakamura,H (2777)-So,W (2780) Saint Louis 2018}) 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 {LiveBook: 10 Games. The position is equal.} 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Rfe8 17. Qg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. c4 d4 {½-½ (58) Schneider,I (2489)-Schreiner,P (2439) Austria 2013}) 17... Qxg3 18. Nxg3 c5 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Bf5 g6 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 24. Ne2 Nb6 25. Rd1 a5 26. h4 Ke7 27. Nf4 Rd8 28. c3 h5 29. Ke2 Kf6 30. g3 Kf5 31. Nd3 Rc8 32. Nf4 Rd8 33. Nd3 Rc8 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rathnakaran, K.."]
[Black "Anurag, Mhamal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,70,12,2,12,0,22,20,15,25,31,-3,-10,-37,-40,-54,-17,-60,-33,-103,-41,-127,-112,-163,-150,-130,-144,-213,-208,-306,-258,-266,-269,-322,-252,-431,-431,-425,-432,-382,-406,-435,-266,-613,-596,-596,-505,-532,-530,-521,-529,-527,-529,-576,-589,-583,-558,-662,-614]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 8. d3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. O-O Re8 11. Rd1 Bf8 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 g6 14. d4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 exd4 17. cxd4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 {1-0 (32) Tiviakov,S (2640)-Sagalchik,G (2550) New York 1998}) 9. Nbd2 dxe4 {The position is equal.} 10. dxe4 Nh5 11. g3 O-O 12. h4 Nf6 13. Ng5 Bg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 14. f3 Bd7 15. Nf1 b4 16. Ne3 a5 (16... Nh5 $17 17. Nf1 h6) 17. f4 (17. Ba4 $15) 17... a4 $17 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} 18. a3 (18. O-O $17) 18... bxc3 $19 19. bxc3 Bc5 20. f5 {[#]} (20. Nd5 $17) 20... Na5 $1 21. Ng4 (21. Rb1 {might work better.}) 21... Nb3 22. Bxb3 axb3 23. Nxe5 Bd6 24. Ngxf7 $2 (24. Bf4 {only move.} Bxe5 25. Bxe5) 24... Rxf7 25. Nxf7 Bxg3+ ({Less strong is} 25... Kxf7 26. e5 $17) 26. Kf1 Kxf7 27. Rg1 Bd6 28. Bg5 $2 (28. e5 Bxf5 29. Rg5 (29. exd6 $2 Qxd6 30. Qf3 Bd3+ 31. Kf2 Re8 $19)) 28... Qe7 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. Re1 {[#] intending e5.} Qxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Qxe4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 b2 32. Re1 Bxf5 33. Kg2 Rxa3 34. Rgf1 Kg6 35. Bd8 {Strongly threatening h5+!} h5 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ritviz, Parab"]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,103,36,28,0,27,12,32,17,11,13,45,47,41,58,51,29,36,29,29,36,39,42,33,35,40,24,20,23,25,8,45,11,12,8,16,8,35,27,17,32,35,3,4,3,12,3,55,1,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44,44,71,71,71,71,71,71,72,0,72,0,77,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Bf5 {LiveBook: 50 Games} 10. Qc2 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Ne1 e6 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. Bh2 Qh4 16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Rfxe1 Bh6 18. Nb3 Rac8 {½-½ (47) Socko,M (2468)-Gunina,V (2507) Tbilisi 2018}) 10... Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qf5 13. Qxf5 gxf5 14. Rfe1 Ne4 15. Nf1 Rac8 16. Rad1 Na5 17. Re2 {0-1 (54) Elayyash,R (1830)-Hristov,P (2015) Sunny Beach 2010}) 12. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qf5 (13... Qd8 {feels hotter.} 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. a4 e6 16. a5 Nh5) 14. Qxf5 gxf5 15. Nd3 Na5 16. f3 Nh5 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Rfd8 21. Rfe1 e6 22. g4 Rd5 23. Re2 Rc6 24. Rae1 Ra6 25. a3 Rb6 26. Rg2 Kf8 27. h4 fxg4 28. fxg4 h5 29. g5 Rf5 30. Rf2 Kg8 31. Ree2 a6 (31... Rbb5 $11) 32. Bc7 (32. a4 $1 $14) 32... Rxf2 $11 33. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb5 34. Kf3 Kh7 35. Ke4 Rf5 36. Bf4 Kg6 37. Rd2 Rd5 38. Rg2 b5 39. Rg1 a5 40. Bc7 Rf5 41. Ke3 Bf8 42. Bg3 Be7 43. Ke4 Bd8 44. Bf4 Be7 45. Bg3 Rd5 46. Be5 Bd6 47. Bxd6 Rxd6 48. Rf1 Rd5 49. Rf6+ Kg7 50. Rf1 Kg6 $1 51. Rf6+ Kg7 52. Rf1 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 69%.} (52. Ke3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Surendran N"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, P.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,75,17,8,64,62,60,54,82,45,52,49,62,7,-11,-12,-8,-30,-25,-35,-39,-37,-42,-86,-86,-104,-87,-108,-108,-111,-98,-116,-110,-128,-125,-129,-118,-131,-107,-111,-103,-121,-121,-137,-137,-172,-141,-143,-140,-196,-197,-202,-187,-196,-197,-233,-237,-616,-612,-598,-598,-605,-598,-587,-512,-504,-500,-646]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Nc3 {LiveBook: 53 Games. E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} (6. Bf4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. e3 c6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rd8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. cxd5 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 cxd5 {½-½ (60) Dreev,A (2647)-Bocharov,D (2576) Sochi 2017}) 6... O-O (6... Bb7 $11) 7. e4 $14 d6 8. Qc2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. h3 c6 10. e5 Ne8 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Bg5 Nef6 13. Rd1 h6 {½-½ (37) Chiburdanidze,M (2516)-Zhao,X (2508) Istanbul 2009}) 8... Nfd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 9. Be3 c5 10. d5 Bf6 11. dxe6 (11. Bd3 $14) 11... fxe6 $11 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. Nb5 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Rd8 $1 16. Be2 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Nc6 17. O-O Rd7 18. Kh1 Bb7 19. Rg1 a6 20. Nc3 Nd4 21. Na4 Qd8 22. Rg2 d5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Nc3 {[#]} dxe4 $1 26. Nxe4 Kh8 27. Ng5 Qf6 28. Ne4 Qe5 29. Qc2 (29. Qg5 $17 Qxg5 30. Rxg5) 29... Rf8 $19 30. b3 Re7 31. Rdg1 g6 32. a4 {[#]} Bxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rg5 $2 {[#]} (33. Rxf2 Bxe4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 34. Qd2) (33. Nxf2 Qxe2) 33... Qxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 34. fxe4 (34. Qxe4 Bxe4) 34... Bxe4+ 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Bd3 Re3 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. Bc2 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Saravana, Krishnan P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,123,27,15,70,22,25,15,36,22,60,61,48,54,58,52,58,57,69,62,62,60,62,52,60,47,44,32,23,17,16,21,14,18,19,10,6,0,14,0,0,-10,-8,-23,-18,-26,-23,-67,-75,-151,-160,-172,-174,-189,-162,-146,-58,-58,-58,-69,-58,-58,-58,-59,-59,-91,-98,-94,-83,-79,-90,-110,-105,-127,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-17,-18,-16,-16,-16,-24,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} (9. h4 e6 10. f3 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Nef4 Nc8 {½-½ (41) Nakamura,H (2763)-Bu,X (2712) Batumi 2018}) 9... h6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Nbd5 12. Qb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rb8 ({Black should try} 12... Nb4 $11 13. Nxb4 Qb6 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 13. O-O e6 14. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rd1 Bd6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Rac1 Re8 {1-0 (61) Huang,Q (2394)-Pham,L (2349) Ningbo 2011}) 14... Be7 15. Rd1 (15. e4 {keeps more tension.} Nb4 16. Ne2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd7 18. Qb3) 15... Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. e4 Nfd7 18. b3 Bg5 19. Ba3 Be7 20. Bb2 {[%cal Ba3b2,Bb2c3,Bc3e1][%mdl 32]} f6 21. Ne2 Kf7 22. Bc3 Ra8 23. Rac1 Rhc8 24. Be1 c5 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Rc2 Nd7 29. Rdc1 b6 30. Bf2 g5 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Ke2 Rd8 33. Rd1 Rd7 34. g3 Rad8 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 35. Rcd2 (35. f4 $142) 35... Bb4 $17 36. f4 Bxd2 37. Rxd2 Ke8 38. Be3 Nf7 (38... Ng4 $17 39. Nxe6 Rxd2+ 40. Bxd2 Rd7) 39. Nxe6 $15 Rxd2+ 40. Bxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Rc8 41. Nd4 Kd7 42. Kd3 Nd6 43. e5 fxe5 44. fxe5 Nb7 45. Ke4 {[#]} Nd8 $1 46. Kf5 Nc6 47. Nxc6 Rxc6 $17 {KR-KB} (47... Kxc6 $17 48. h4 Rf8+ 49. Kg6 Kd5 50. hxg5 hxg5) 48. h4 $11 Rc2 49. Be3 Rc3 50. Bxb6 Rxg3 51. hxg5 Rxg5+ 52. Kf6 Rg3 {[#] aiming for ...h5.} 53. Bxa5 Rxb3 54. Kg6 Rh3 {Strongly threatening ...h5.} 55. Bd2 h5 {And now ...h4 would win.} 56. Kf5 Rg3 57. e6+ {The position is equal.} Ke8 58. a5 Rd3 59. Bg5 Rd4 60. a6 $1 Ra4 {Hoping for ...h4.} 61. a7 $1 Rxa7 {Threatens to win with ...Ra4.} 62. Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Stany, G.A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,-20,1,49,49,89,77,72,84,72,24,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,78,61,84,76,108,24,39,46,59,71,67,63,93,93,83,81,92,89,97,87,104,107,112,105,202,208,241,247,208,187,244,242,258,262,386,397,389,387,544,533,565,228]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Qb3 c5 6. d4 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} Nb6 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 Bg7 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nb5 {[#] LiveBook: 7 Games. Black must now prevent Nc7+.} Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Nc7 Nc6 12. Nxa8 Qxa8 13. Rc1 f5 14. e5 Nd5 {½-½ (66) Navara,D (2729)-Wei,Y (2675) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 11. Rd1 {[%cal Rb5d4]} Nc4 12. Bxc4 $1 Bxc4 13. Nbxd4 {Hoping for Nf5.} Qc8 14. Rc1 {[#] Strongly threatening Qa4+.} O-O $1 15. Ne2 b5 $1 16. b3 Nc5 $1 17. bxc4 Bb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2a3]} 18. Qe3 {Threatens to win with Rc2.} Bxc1 (18... Rd8 $1 $11 19. cxb5 Nd3+ 20. Qxd3 Bxc1) 19. Nxc1 $16 bxc4 20. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rd8 21. Qa3 ({White should try} 21. Be5 $16 f6 22. Bc3) 21... Qc6 $11 22. Be3 Nxe4 23. Qxe7 Re8 24. Qa3 a5 25. Ne2 Qd6 26. Qc1 Rac8 27. Rd1 Qb4 28. a3 Qa4 29. Rd4 Rcd8 30. h4 Rxd4 (30... Qb3 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 31. Bxd4 $18 ({Don't take} 31. Nfxd4 $6 Nf6 $16) 31... Qb5 32. Nc3 Nxc3 33. Qxc3 Qb1+ (33... Qd5 {was necessary.} 34. Bh8 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. Kh1 Qf8) 34. Kh2 Qd3 {intending ...Qxc3.} 35. Qxa5 h6 (35... Qf5 $142 36. Qd2 Qd7) 36. Qb5 Qe4 37. Qxc4 g5 (37... Qf4+ $142 38. Kg1 Ra8) 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qc1 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 40%.} (39. Qb5 $142) 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Laxman, R.R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,7,3,-18,-12,-29,0,-23,9,-3,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,15,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,20,19,27,18,25,18,35,11,54,49,127,116,236,245,257,227,550,663,646,631]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Bb6 8. Ba4 O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games} 9. Qe2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bb3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxe4 15. dxe4 {½-½ (44) So,W (2778)-Karjakin,S (2782) Paris 2018}) 9... h6 10. Bb3 d6 11. h3 Be6 12. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Bxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. Re1 c6 15. Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Bc5 17. Qf3 Bf8 18. h4 Re6 19. h5 a6 20. Nf5 Kh8 21. b4 Qd7 22. Be3 Rd8 23. Bb6 Rc8 24. Rad1 Qe8 25. g3 c5 (25... g6 {looks sharper.} 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Nh4 Bg7 28. Qg2 Kg8) 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 ({Black should play} 26... dxe4 $1 $14 27. dxe4 Bxc5) 27. exd5 $16 ({Of course not} 27. bxc5 $6 Rxc5 28. c4 dxc4 $11) 27... e4 (27... Bxf2+ $16 {keeps fighting.} 28. Kxf2 Rb6) 28. dxe4 $18 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxf2+ $2 {[#]} (29... Qxe4 {is more resistant.} 30. Qxe4 Nxe4) 30. Qxf2 Qxe4 31. Nd6 $1 {[%csl LRb7,LRc8,LRe4,LRf7] Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,85,59,68,70,64,79,62,97,97,165,94,95,74,189,93,150,132,136,132,199,211,218,234,247,252,304,327,329,318,403,408,396,416,415,413,399,408,374,364,432,425,433,425,431,400,414,397,427,429,416,410,460,400,473,462,666,666,666,666,663,659,626,639,906,900]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. a5 Bc8 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} (12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bc4 d5 18. Bb3 Bg5 19. g3 h6 20. h4 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 {½-½ (64) Stellwagen,D (2503)-Timman,J (2576) Enschede 2004}) 13. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bc4 Bf6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Bxb4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxb4 {½-½ (29) Goloshchapov,A (2455)-Kholmov,R (2465) Orel 1997}) 13... h6 14. Bd2 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 15. Ra4 b3 {[#]} (15... Bb7 $16) 16. cxb3 ({But not} 16. Bxb3 $6 Nc5 $16) (16. c3 $1 $18) 16... Nc5 $16 17. Ra3 Kh8 (17... Bg4 $16 {was necessary.}) 18. Be3 (18. Qc1 $18) 18... Ne6 ({Black should play} 18... Bg4) 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 (20... Ncxd4 $16 21. Bxd4 Nxd4) 21. Bf1 $18 Bb7 22. b4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 ({Resist} 23. Qxd4 $6 f5) 23... Ng6 24. Qc1 {[#] White threatens Qxh6+ and mate.} Bg5 25. Qxc7 Qxc7 26. Nxc7 Bd2 27. Rd1 Bxb4 28. Ra4 Bc5 29. Bc3 Bc6 30. Raa1 Bxe4 31. Nxa6 Rbc8 32. Nxc5 dxc5 33. a6 Ba8 34. g3 f6 35. Rd7 Bc6 36. Rd6 Ne7 37. Re6 Rf7 38. Rae1 {White is clearly winning.} Rc7 (38... Nd5 $142 39. Ba5 Rff8) 39. Ba5 Rd7 40. Bb6 Bd5 41. a7 Kh7 42. Bg2 Bxg2 43. Kxg2 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anurag, Mhamal"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,158,14,15,27,0,28,4,0,0,12,24,16,13,39,20,34,35,46,27,19,30,58,55,98,41,31,36,39,21,93,104,91,100,95,99,102,90,209,205,238,228,222,215,224,218,220,218,272,256,241,241,282,294,285,289,391,390,369,224,226,222,225,222,214,193,178,165,172,189,434,423,402,379,439,434,476,472,533,517,753,438,743,266,278,266,262,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,-14,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,0,0,0,-28,-28,-28,-28,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-60,-63,-64,-52,-60,-52,-60,-60,-60,0,-70,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 c5 6. a3 {LiveBook: 23 Games. A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} (6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Rc1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. b3 Be5 16. Ba5 Qa6 17. Bc7 Qxa4 18. bxa4 Bxc7 19. Rxc7 Rfc8 20. Rxe7 Rab8 21. Bxb7 {1-0 (40) McShane,L (2697)-Maze,S (2550) Germany 2014}) 6... e6 7. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nce7 11. Rc1 b6 12. b4 cxb4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. axb4 a5 15. d4 Nxb4 16. Bxb4 axb4 {½-½ (40) Raicevic,I (2335)-Marinkovic,I (2470) Cetinje 1990}) 7... Qe7 8. Nh3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. Rb1 a5 11. Qc1 Ne8 12. Bh6 Nc7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nf4 Bd7 15. e3 Rfc8 16. Rd1 Ne8 17. d4 (17. b3 $16) 17... cxd4 $14 18. exd4 a4 $1 19. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ne5 (19... Na5 $1 $11) 20. dxe6 $16 fxe6 21. Bxb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Qe3 Nf6 {[#]} (23... Kg8 $16) 24. c5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5d6][%mdl 512]} Nfg4 (24... Rxc5 25. Rxd6) 25. Qe2 Rxc5 {[#]} 26. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c5,Bc3e4,Be4d6,Bd6b5,Bb5d4,Bd4e6][%mdl 32]} Rc6 27. h3 Nf6 28. Nxd6 $1 Ra5 29. Nb5 Rb6 30. Nd4 ({Weaker is} 30. Qxe5 Raxb5 31. Rd5 Rxd5 $16) 30... Nf7 {Now ...e5 and Black clings on.} 31. Ndxe6+ ({But not} 31. Nfxe6+ Kg8 $18) 31... Kg8 32. Qc4 Rb8 33. Re1 Re5 34. Qc3 Nd5 35. Nxd5 Qxe6 36. Nf4 Qb3 37. Rxe5 Qxc3 {[#]} 38. Re8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Kg7 (38... Rxe8 39. bxc3) 39. Rxb8 Qc2 $2 (39... Qc6 {is a better defense.}) 40. Re1 Ng5 {intending ...Nf3+.} 41. Re3 Qc6 42. Rb4 Kh6 43. Rd4 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qxb2 45. Rdd3 Nf7 (45... Qb7+ $142 46. f3 Nf7) 46. h4 $2 (46. Re7) 46... Ne5 47. Rd5 Ng4 {[#]} 48. Rf3 $2 (48. Re2 $1 $18 {[%cal Re2b2]} Qxa3 49. h5) 48... Qb7 $1 $11 49. Kg1 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Rd4.} Qb7 51. h5 Nf6 52. Rdd3 {hxg6 is the strong threat.} g5 53. Rd6 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 54. Rxf6+ Kg5 55. Ne6+ Kxh5 56. R6f5+ Kh6 57. Rf6+ Kh5 58. Nf4+ Kg5 59. Nh3+ Kh5 $1 60. R6f5+ Kh6 61. Rf6+ Kh5 $1 62. Ng1 (62. R6f5+ {keeps more tension.}) 62... gxf3+ 63. Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} Kg4 64. Kh2 Qb2 65. Rf4+ Kh5 66. Rf3 Kg4 67. Rf4+ Kh5 68. g4+ Kg6 69. Rf3 Kg5 70. Nh3+ Kxg4 71. Rf4+ Kh5 72. Rxa4 Qb3 73. Rf4 Qxa3 74. Kg2 Kg6 75. Kh2 h6 76. Kg2 Qc1 77. Kh2 Qd1 78. Kg2 Qc1 79. Kh2 $1 Qd1 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 44%.} (79... Qc7 $15 80. Kg2 Qb7+ 81. f3 Qb2+ 82. Kg3 Qe5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karthikeyan, P.."]
[Black "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,45,6,10,0,17,10,20,-16,37,6,6,0,0,0,0,-12,23,29,33,38,28,0,5,0,30,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. h4 {D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5} (6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qxd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Kd2 Be6 15. Rhc1 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Rxc1 17. Kxc1 Rc8+ 18. Kd2 Bd5 19. e4 Bc4 20. Rc1 b5 {½-½ (48) So,W (2780)-Wei,Y (2729) chess.com INT 2018}) 6... c5 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. c4 Qd6 {1-0 (38) Swiercz,D (2627)-Drozdowski,K (2426) Warsaw 2012}) 13. h5 Bb7 (13... gxh5 $11 14. Re1 Bg4) 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. c4 Qd7 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 18. d5 {[#] Strongly threatening c5.} Na5 19. Bh6 Bf6 20. Bg5 Bg7 21. Bh6 Bf6 22. Bg5 Bg7 23. Bh6 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Srihari, L R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,73,-1,0,15,15,33,27,25,18,34,8,18,8,94,58,93,66,65,12,187,196,237,204,224,155,167,153,298,283,288,283,293,243,295,297,293,292,329,357,355,343,349,341,385,375,370,373,358,341,519,522,481,453,750,750,1070,1070,1023,1025,965,957]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bg3 Ne7 5. e3 c5 6. c3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nbc6 7. Nbd2 (7. Bd3 h6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Nf5 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Qd3 {1-0 (52) Carlsen,M (2832)-Topalov,V (2749) Paris 2017}) 7... b6 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bb7 9. Qe2 h6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 {½-½ (53) Grachev,B (2668)-Najer,E (2646) Moscow 2014}) 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. f4 Bb7 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bf2 Kf7 (13... Qc8 $11) 14. Qe2 c4 15. Bc2 b5 $1 16. Rg1 (16. g4 $14) 16... Ke8 $2 {[#]} (16... b4 $11) 17. g4 $18 g6 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Bh4 {Black must now prevent Nd4.} Kd7 {[#]} 20. Rg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg6 (20... Qa5 $16 21. Rxh6 b4) 21. Bxd8 Rfxd8 22. O-O-O Nge7 23. Nd2 Kc7 24. Qh5 Rh8 25. Rg1 Bc8 26. Rg7 Bd7 27. Qh4 Rae8 28. Bd1 Rhg8 29. Qxh6 Rxg7 30. Qxg7 Rg8 31. Qf7 Rg1 (31... Be8 {was worth a try.} 32. Qh7 (32. Qxe6 Rg6 $15) 32... a6) 32. Nf3 {White is clearly winning.} Rh1 33. Qg7 b4 (33... d4 $142 34. Nxd4 Nxd4 35. Qxe7 Nc6 36. Qd6+ Kc8) 34. Qg2 b3 35. a3 (35. Qxh1 $2 {too greedy.} bxa2 36. Nd2 Na5 $19) 35... Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Be8 37. Qg5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rahul Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Swapnil, S Dhopade"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,115,0,0,0,0,-22,8,18,9,16,9,23,21,11,14,6,15,0,0,-18,-18,-10,-14,-43,-48,-41,-29,-43,-33,-45,-43,-47,-39,-47,-41,-65,-58,-58,-71,-63,-64,-70,-68,-70,-58,-61,-64,-66,-42,-48,-40,-81,-66,-52,-45,-70,-64,-60,-66,-69,-58,-427,-427,-416,-399,-308,-300,-818,-821,-753,-649,-354,-354,-385,-354,-898,-891,-711,-354,-354,-354,-702,-354,-29967,-29963,-12835,-7,-7,0,-354,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-354,-354,-354,-354,-354]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bb5+ {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nc6 7. Ngf3 (7. Bg3 Bxg3 8. hxg3 Qd6 9. g4 e5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Ngf3 Qe7 12. g5 Ne4 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 {0-1 (31) Naiditsch,A (2705)-Inarkiev,E (2689) Riadh 2017}) 7... Bxf4 8. exf4 Qb6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Re1 Bc4 14. Nc5 Qxb2 {1-0 (40) Sulskis,S (2521)-Meskovs,N (2479) Liepaja 2017}) 10... O-O 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rfc1 Qb6 15. Qd4 Bd7 16. Nb3 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Nxc1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Ne4 21. Nd4 f6 22. Nd3 Kf7 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 Kd6 25. Ke3 Nc5 26. Ne2 e5 27. fxe5+ fxe5 28. f3 d4+ 29. Kd2 Bf5 30. Nf2 Kd5 31. Nc1 Kc4 32. h4 h6 33. g3 e4 34. fxe4 Bxe4 35. Ne2 Bb1 36. b3+ Kd5 37. Nf4+ Ke5 38. N4d3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. b4 $1 $15 Na4 39. a3) 38... Nxd3 $1 $19 39. Nxd3+ {KB-KN} Ke4 40. Nc1 Kf3 41. a4 $2 (41. Ne2 Bxa2 42. h5) 41... Kxg3 42. h5 Kg4 43. Ne2 Kxh5 44. Nxd4 Kg4 45. Ke3 $2 (45. b4 h5 46. Ke3) 45... h5 46. b4 h4 (46... Ba2 $142 47. Kf2 g5) 47. a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 {intending a6.} h3 {aiming for ...h2.} 49. Nf3 $2 {[#]} (49. Kf2 $19 Bd3 50. a6 Bxa6 51. Kg1) 49... Ba2 50. Kf2 Kf4 $2 ({Black should play} 50... Bd5 $19 51. Ne5+ Kf5) 51. Ng1 $1 $11 Kg4 52. Ne2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Nf3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 52... Bd5 $2 (52... Bc4 $19 {( -> ...Bxe2)} 53. Ng3 g6) 53. Kg1 $1 Bc4 54. Nc3 $1 g5 55. Kh2 Bd3 {Hoping for ...Kh4.} 56. a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Nd1 $1 $11 Kh4 57. Nf2) 56... Bxa6 $19 57. Ne4 Bc8 58. Ng3 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 57%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Neelash, Saha"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna. V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,38,3,10,13,14,7,17,-52,-54,-47,0,-20,0,-28,-21,-28,-28,-12,-11,-8,-14,-75,-71,-376,-381,-364,-373,-427,-391,-595,-588]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 (4... c5 5. e4 cxd4 6. e5 g5 7. Bg3 Nd5 8. h4 Nc6 9. hxg5 Qxg5 10. Ngf3 Qd8 11. Bc4 d6 12. Bxd5 exd5 {1-0 (27) Vitiugov,N (2734)-Hou,Y (2658) Belokurikha 2018}) 5. e4 d5 6. e5 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Nfd7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Qg4 $146 ({White should try} 8. Ngf3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8. c3 c5 9. Ngf3 Nc6 10. Nb3 g5 11. h3 a5 12. Bb5 a4 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (68) Van Assendelft,F (2350)-Cupid,K (2197) Port of Spain 2016}) 8... O-O $1 $15 9. Ngf3 f6 10. Qh4 Nc6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 11. exf6 (11. Bb5 {looks sharper.} Qb4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. O-O) 11... Rxf6 12. O-O-O e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Re1 (15. Qg3 $11) 15... Bf5 $17 {[%cal Bc8f5,Bf5c2,Bc2e4][%mdl 32]} 16. Nb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (16. Qg3 $17 {is tougher.} Re6 17. f4) 16... Bxc2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Qd4 (17. Kxc2 Rc6+) 17... Be4 $1 18. f3 Rc6+ 19. Kd2 (19. Kd1 $142 Rd8 20. Re2 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 19... Rd8 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ritviz, Parab"]
[Black "Akash G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,72,-12,-34,16,23,65,43,37,18,25,15,112,46,33,2,60,45,38,41,34,36,58,56,40,56,58,52,49,57,46,56,60,64,58,35,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. Kh1 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b8,Bb8c6][%mdl 32] B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 11. b4 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Nb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Rb1 Nb8 14. c3 Nc6 15. h3 Be6 16. a4 Rac8 17. Qe1 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. dxc3 {½-½ (39) Adams,M (2680)-Anand,V (2765) Groningen 1997}) 12. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qb6 {White has an edge.} 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Qe1 Bd7 15. a5 Qa7 {[#]} (15... Qd8 $11) 16. c3 (16. f5 $1 $16) 16... Nc6 $14 17. Bc4 Rac8 (17... e6 $11) 18. d3 dxc3 19. Nxc3 e6 $1 20. Na4 Nxa5 21. Be3 Bd4 $1 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. bxa5 {[%mdl 64] Black must now prevent Rb4. Discovered Attack} Bxa4 24. Rb4 Bc6 $1 {[#]} 25. Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd3 (25... fxe6 26. Rxd4) 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rf3 Qc2 28. Rc3 Qa2 {The position is equal.} 29. Rd3 Re8 {Hoping for ...Bxe4!} 30. Rxd6 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 $11 {[%cal Re4e1] KQR-KQR} 32. Rd8+ Kg7 {[%cal Re4e1]} 33. Qc3+ Kh6 34. Qh3+ Kg7 {[%cal Re4e1]} 35. Qc3+ Kh6 {( -> ...Qb1+)} 36. Qh3+ Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girinath, P.D.S."]
[Black "Vignesh, N R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,63,16,79,32,41,35,41,44,54,59,123,10,10,11,22,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,14,4,8,2,1,1,1,2,2,3,18,18,33,18,18,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. c4 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (11. Rxe5 e6 12. c4 Bd6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 Be5 15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rb1 Rhe8 {½-½ (44) Shomoev,A (2568)-Gabuzyan,H (2534) Moscow 2014}) 11... e6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Be7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (13... h6 $11 14. Bh4 exd5) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 Bd6 16. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qh6 f5 18. Nb5 exd5 19. Rxd5 {½-½ (41) Chernov,V (2434)-Partzsch,L (2107) Frankenthal 2015}) 16... Qe7 17. Rad1 $1 Rd7 {[#]} (17... Bc7 $14) 18. Qh6 ({White should try} 18. Qf3 $1 $16) 18... f5 $11 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Qg7 Rhd8 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} b6 23. Kf1 Rd6 24. Ke2 Kd7 25. dxe6+ fxe6 26. Rxd6+ Kxd6 {KR-KR} 27. Re3 Rg8 28. Rd3+ Ke5 29. g3 Rg7 30. Ke3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 31. Rd8 h4 $1 32. b3 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Black "Rajesh, V A V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[BlackElo "2402"] [BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 d3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f4 Bc6 14. Bc2 Nd7 15. e5 g6 16. exd6 Bxg5 17. dxc7 Qe7 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. Nf3 Qc5+ 20. Qd4 Rac8 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Nd4 Rxc7 23. Rf6 Bb7 24. Re1 Rd8 25. a3 Bd5 26. Rb6 Kf8 27. Rf6 Kg7 28. Rf2 Rcd7 29. Rd2 Bb3 30. Rde2 Bxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,76,6,55,50,55,53,56,56,62,63,109,56,54,44,52,29,35,18,49,29,45,34,51,31,63,21,29,29,25,12,9,15,55,16,22,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-12,-18,-12,-10,-10,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bf4 Rb8 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} 9. Rc1 h6 10. d5 Na5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. b3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Nd5 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5 {[#]} 15. Nxe5 $146 (15. Be3 $16) ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 Be6 {1-0 (51) Zhou,J (2607)-Zhao,J (2589) Xinghua 2013}) 15... dxe5 $14 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Nb4 Qc8 18. Kh2 f5 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Be3 Nd4 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. e3 Bxd5 24. cxd5 dxe3 25. Qxe3 f4 26. Qe2 Qd6 {The position is equal.} 27. Rce1 Rf7 28. Qd3 {[#] Strongly threatening Re6.} Be5 29. Re4 Rc8 {Black wants to play ...Rc3.} 30. Kh1 fxg3 31. fxg3 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Kg7 33. Qe1 Bxg3 34. Rxe7+ Kf8 35. Re6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Bxe1 36. Rxd6 Rc1 37. Rf6+ Kg7 38. Rf1 Bd2 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna. V"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,76,-25,-39,-27,-35,-11,-11,-16,-22,-23,-25,0,0,13,0,26,35,49,27,20,28,16,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,2,8,6,12,6,6,28,31,46,44,29,14,21,0,0,0,0,0,8,16,9,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Ng3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} g6 {Black is slightly better.} 13. a3 Re8 14. Bb4 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bc3 {[#]} Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... a5 17. Bb5 Qb6 18. Qa4 Bxg3 19. Bxd7 {½-½ (28) Kunin,V (2551)-Le,Q (2739) Tbilisi 2017}) 17. b4 Ne4 18. Ba1 cxb4 19. axb4 Nef6 ({But not} 19... Bxb4 $2 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qd4 $18) 20. Qa4 Qb6 21. Bc3 Bc6 22. Qa5 Qxa5 23. bxa5 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Bb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Ra1 b4 26. Bd4 Ra6 27. Nd2 Rc8 28. Nb3 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 29. Rfc1 Rc4 30. e4 Bh6 31. Rd1 Nc7 {The position is equal.} 32. exd5 Nxd5 33. Ne4 {Threatens to win with Nec5.} Nc3 34. Re1 {[#] Strongly threatening Nec5.} Bg7 35. Nec5 Ra8 36. Bxg7 Nxc5 37. Nd2 Kxg7 38. Nxc4 Nb3 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stany, G.A."]
[Black "Girinath, P.D.S."]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,18,31,33]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} d6 9. O-O Nge7 {LiveBook: 39 Games} {Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 $146 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Nd5 a5 14. a4 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nb4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {½-½ (32) Shirov,A (2713)-Svidler,P (2735) Monte Carlo 2005} *

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stany, G.A."]
[Black "Girinath, P.D.S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,17,27,28,29,27,15,12,12,7,7,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,35,35,37,35,39,31,39,31,61,59,78,53,86,75,79,71,56,66,133,133,135,119,112,102,158,180,164,156,330,324,312,317,348,256,29976,0,29977,29978,29978,29979,29983,29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} d6 9. O-O Nge7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7g6,Bg6e5][%mdl 32]} 10. Kh1 (10. Qe2 e5 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qd2 Bd7 {½-½ (89) Sjugirov,S (2673)-Karthikeyan,M (2578) Moscow 2017}) 10... e5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. f4 exf4 $1 12. Bxf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nge5 14. Be2 O-O 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Nd5 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... a5 17. a4 f6 18. Rac1 Bc5 19. Bf2 b6 {½-½ (19) Panchanathan,M (2486)-Yudasin,L (2550) Parsippany 2007}) 17. Rac1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 18. Rfd1 a4 19. Na1 Bc5 20. Nc2 Kh8 21. b4 axb3 22. axb3 {[%cal Ba2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Ra2 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 {Strongly threatening b4.} Bxd5 25. exd5 Ne7 26. Rf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} N7g6 27. b4 Bb6 28. Nd4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 f5 ({Black should try} 29... Qe7 $14) 30. c5 $16 Qe7 31. Bh5 {aiming for Bxg6.} f4 32. Be1 ({Much worse is} 32. Bxf4 $6 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Nxf4 $11) 32... Qg5 ({Black should play} 32... f3 33. Bg3 (33. gxf3 Nf4 $16) 33... fxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Rxf1 35. Kxf1 dxc5 36. bxc5 Qg5) 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Bd2 {[%cal Rf1f4]} Qg4 $2 {[#]} (34... Ng4 $16) 35. h3 ({Weaker is} 35. cxd6 f3 $18) 35... Qe2 36. Rxf4 Rxf4 37. Qxf4 Nc4 $2 (37... Qd3 $18 38. cxd6 Nd7 39. Qh4+ Kg8) 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rf8g7] White mates.} Ne5 40. cxd6 {[%cal Bc5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Qe3 {[#]} 41. d7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anurag, Mhamal"]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,67,9,-4,-2,-4,0,-3,14,0,16,20,15,21,17,17,25,29,31,0,0,0,27,-39,14,0,0,0,8,-22,-20,-105,-93,-107,-89,-313,-314,-309,-331,-356,0,-281,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,807,783,1074,1091,1066,1031]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. h3 (4. O-O Ngf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Nxe4 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd6 {½-½ (10) Sargissian,G (2680)-Korobov,A (2664) Abu Dhabi 2018}) 4... Bh5 5. Nc3 c6 6. d3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} e6 7. O-O Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bd6 8. Qe1 e5 9. e4 d4 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 f6 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. exf5 {½-½ (29) Sulayev,D (2007)-Stigar,P (2190) Berlin 2018}) 8. e4 {The position is equal.} Ngf6 9. g4 Bg6 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 10. e5 Ng8 11. Ne2 h5 12. Nf4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Bh7 14. b4 Bb6 15. c4 Qe7 16. b5 (16. cxd5 $11 cxd5 17. Bd2) 16... Nh6 (16... dxc4 $15 17. bxc6 bxc6) 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. g5 Nf5 20. g6 (20. Qa4 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... Bxg6 $17 ({Don't play} 20... fxg6 $6 21. Qa4 $14) 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Qa4 $2 (22. d4 $17) 22... Nd4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 23. Nxd4 Qh4 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh4h2]} 24. f4 {[#]} Qh2+ $1 25. Kf2 {[#]} Rh3 $2 (25... Rc8 $1 $19 {And now ...Bxd4+ would win.} 26. Be3 Rh3) 26. Rb1 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb1b6] Threatens to win with Rxb6!} Qg3+ 27. Kg1 Qh2+ 28. Kf2 {Rxb6! is the strong threat.} Rc8 {[#]} 29. Rxb6 $1 Qg3+ $1 (29... axb6 $2 {is the wrong capture.} 30. Ne2 $18) 30. Kg1 Qh2+ 31. Kf2 axb6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qg3+ $11 32. Kg1 Qh2+ 33. Kf2) 32. Ne2 $18 {White is clearly winning.} b5 33. Qa6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rc2 34. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vignesh, N R"]
[Black "Ritviz, Parab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,61,35,56,101,78,87,91,77,73,66,52,43,-4,6,23,9,7,23,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} (12... Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 Bb4 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 dxc4 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Bd6 {0-1 (76) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Qc7 18. Nb5 Nc5 19. Qf3 Qb8 20. b4 a6 $146 21. Nc3 Qb7 22. Qg4 Ne4 {[#] ...h5 is the strong threat.} 23. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7]} Ng5 $1 24. Bxg5 Bxg5 25. Ne4 Be7 $1 {The position is equal.} 26. Rd4 {[#] aiming for Nf6+.} Rfd8 27. Rad1 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 h6 29. h4 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Qc6 31. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akash G"]
[Black "Rahul Srivatshav P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,88,40,26,52,50,49,58,68,50,60,54,53,59,72,80,73,14,14,14,14,12,27,16,16,16,19,16,16,10,15,10,11,20,33,-10,10,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29988]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. Qh4 Qe6+ 8. Be2 Qg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bf5 11. b3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} a5 12. Bb2 a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. O-O-O a4 14. Nd4 {1-0 (36) Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Salem,A (2633) Moscow 2017}) 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. f4 {[#] aiming for f5.} e6 16. g4 {Threatens to win with f5.} Bc5 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5 (18. gxf5 $16 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxf5 20. Rdf1 (20. Bxg7 Rg8 $11)) 18... Bxf5 $11 19. gxf5 axb3 20. axb3 Ba3 21. Bxa3 Rxa3 22. Kb2 Ra5 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke7 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. d4 g6 27. Bd3 Kd6 {The position is equal.} 28. Ra1 Re8 29. Rf1 Re3 30. Bc4 Rg3 31. Bxf7 Rxg2 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Be8 Ke7 34. Bxd7 Kxd7 {KR-KR} 35. Rf7+ Kc8 36. Rg7 g5 37. b4 g4 38. b5 cxb5 39. Rg5 b4 40. Kb3 g3 41. Rc5+ Kd7 {[#] ...Rg1 is the strong threat.} 42. Kxb4 b6 43. Rg5 Rxc2 44. Rxg3 Rc4+ $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 59%. . An unexpected result.} (44... Ke6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Black "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,61,45,50,55,45,39,44,78,87,81,51,64,56,53,52,51,48,46,29,66,68,95,108,141,154,204,235,244,254,226,233,246,154,151,152,161,167,204,210,1283,1291]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Bd6 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. Qh4 {LiveBook: 19 Games} c5 (12... h6 13. Bd2 c5 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Rhe1 Bc6 16. Bc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {1-0 (42) McShane,L (2644)-Howell,D (2702) Llandudno 2017}) 13. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O Bc6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Re1 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 {0-1 (34) Karner,C (2310)-Kilgus,G (2413) Austria 2017}) 13... Bf8 14. O-O Nd5 15. c4 Nb4 16. Be4 Bc6 17. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qb7 18. Bxc6+ Nxc6 19. Qg3 Rd8 20. b3 Rd3 21. Be3 g6 22. Rad1 Bd6 23. Qh4 Be7 {[#]} 24. Qh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g7]} Qd7 25. Rxd3 Qxd3 26. Qg7 Rf8 27. Qxh7 Bf6 28. Qh3 Nd4 {[#]} 29. Bxd4 $1 cxd4 30. Qg3 {Strongly threatening Qb8+.} Kd7 $2 (30... Rh8 31. Qb8+ Ke7 32. Qb4+ (32. Qxa7+ Kf8 $18) 32... Ke8) 31. Ne5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check). Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rathnakaran, K.."]
[Black "Karthikeyan, P.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,109,4,8,-25,-30,-35,-27,-62,-22,-44,-43,-58,13,24,21,10,12,0,8,-54,-46,-59,-54,-62,-75,-94,-88,-140,-133,-162,-160,-164,-161,-288,-306,-303,-215,-283,-289,-379,-370,-444,-205,-205,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-127,-117,-116,-100,-94,-115,-103,-108,-116,-108,-115,-116,-86,-96,-102,-75,-77,-100,-116,-283,-283,-279,-246,-220,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 {LiveBook: 50 Games} 6. g4 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} (6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 e6 8. Bf1 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Nd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg2 {0-1 (100) Kalezic,B (2448)-Korobov,A (2685) Batumi 2018}) 6... Bg6 7. Qe2 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nc6 8. Bc2 e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Nh4 Qc7 12. Nf1 O-O-O 13. f4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 {0-1 (29) Schantl,P-Klocker,H Austria 1993}) 8. h4 {Black has an edge.} d5 (8... Nxg4 9. h5 $16) 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 ({Black should try} 10... a6 $15 11. Ba4 (11. Nxc6 Qc7 $17) 11... b5 12. Nxc6 Qc7 13. exd5 Be4) 11. exd5 $11 Nxd5 12. d3 Bd6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. h5 (14. Nxg6 $11 hxg6 15. Nd2) 14... Bxe5 $15 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. c4 Nf6 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Be3 (18. Bd2 $142) 18... Bd4 $17 19. g5 Nh5 $1 20. Bxd4 {[#]} Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 21. Qf3 (21. Qd2 $142 Rad8 22. Ne2 (22. Be3 $2 Nxd3+ 23. Kf1 Nxf2 $19) 22... cxd4 23. O-O-O) 21... cxd4 $19 22. Ne4 Qa5+ 23. Kf1 Rab8 24. Rh4 e5 25. Qh1 Nh5 (25... Rxb2 $142 26. Rxh7 Qa3 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 26. Kg2 Rxb2 ({Better is} 26... Qc7 $19 27. b3 Rf4) 27. Rxh5 $17 gxh5 28. Qxh5 Qc7 (28... Rxa2 $6 29. Rh1 $11) 29. Rh1 g6 30. Qh3 Rf5 ({Don't play} 30... Rxa2 $6 31. Nf6+ Rxf6 32. gxf6 $14) 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rxh7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Kf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Rh7+ Ke6 37. Ne4 Rf7 ({Reject} 37... Rxa2 38. Nc5+ Kd6 39. Ne4+ Ke6 40. Nc5+ Kd6 41. Ne4+ Ke6 $11) 38. Rh8 Rf4 39. Kg3 $2 (39. Rc8 $17) 39... Rxa2 $19 40. Re8+ Kd7 41. Rxe5 {[#]} Rf5 $2 (41... Rf7 $1 $19 42. Nc5+ Kc7) 42. Nf6+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kd6 43. Rxf5 gxf5 {KR-KN} 44. g6 {[%cal Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Rb2 45. g7 Rb8 46. Kf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5]} a5 47. Kxf5 a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a3] ...a3 is the strong threat.} 48. Ne4+ Ke7 49. Kg6 $1 ({Wrong is} 49. Nf6 $2 a3 $19) 49... a3 {White must now prevent ...a2.} 50. f4 $1 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with f5.} a2 51. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f6]} a1=Q 52. f6+ Ke6 {Hoping for ...Qf1.} 53. Ng5+ Ke5 {Strongly threatening ...Qf1.} 54. f7 Qa8 {And now ...c5 would win.} 55. Nf3+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saravana, Krishnan P."]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,15,12,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 8. h3 {LiveBook: 29 Games} {Predecessor:} Nd4 $146 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 c5 11. O-O Rb8 12. Bc2 b5 13. b3 Ne8 14. Ng3 Bh4 15. a4 bxc4 16. bxc4 {0-1 (31) Potapov,P (2515)-Bocharov,I (2563) Sochi 2018} *

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saravana, Krishnan P."]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,63,22,10,109,91,99,17,14,13,34,28,35,14,19,6,11,-12,-21,-32,13,8,22,-32,-40,-41,-30,-30,-18,-27,-2,-18,-27,-41,-24,-29,0,-2,0,-14,-4,-18,-12,-24,-18,-25,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 8. h3 Nd7 9. Be3 {LiveBook: 18 Games} Nc5 (9... Bf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) (9... Bf6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nb6 13. Qd3 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 {0-1 (62) Piorun,K (2609)-Dubov,D (2661) Berlin 2015}) 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 (11. Bxc5 $1 $16 {Ba3 is the strong threat.} dxc5 12. Nxe5) 11... exd4 $11 12. Nxd4 Bf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qd2 Re8 $146 15. f3 a5 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. Kh1 Qb4 18. b3 Ne6 19. Rc1 (19. Nde2 $11) 19... Bxd4 $15 20. Bxd4 a4 21. Be3 axb3 22. axb3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Ra1 Qb4 25. Qc2 Be6 26. Ne2 Bd7 27. Nf4 Qc5 28. Qc3 Qg5 {[#] aiming for ...Rxa1.} 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Ne2 c5 31. Ra1 Rxa1+ 32. Qxa1 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Srijit Paul"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 40,58,-27,-19,-18,-30,-35,-14,-42,-87,-126,-397,-417,-777,-777,-746,-738,-876,-873,-810,-727]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Na5 9. Bb3 b5 10. f3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Be7 12. g4 O-O 13. Kb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15. g5 b4 16. Na4 Nc5 17. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6g7][%mdl 32]} Bd7 18. h5 {B89: Sicilian: Velimirovic Attack} Bxa4 19. bxa4 Nxa4 20. g6 Bf6 21. h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. hxg7 is the strong threat.} fxg6 {Strongly threatening ...Rfe8.} 22. hxg7 (22. Nxe6 Qc3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 22... Rfb8 {White must now prevent ...Nxb2.} (22... Rfe8 23. Qh2 Qxg7 24. Qxd6 Rad8 25. Qc6 Qd7 {0-1 (64) Nepomniachtchi,I (2502)-Czarnota,P (2461) Herceg Novi 2005}) 23. Qh2 $146 (23. Nxe6 $2 Nc3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Kc1 Nxe2+ $19) ({Predecessor:} 23. f4 Nxb2 24. Kxb2 Qc3+ 25. Kc1 b3 {½-½ (67) Alikulov,E (2177)-Lebedev,B (2169) Tashkent 2010}) 23... h5 $1 {Hoping for ...Nxb2!} 24. Rdg1 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c2]} 25. cxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. Nxb3 $17 Nc3+ 26. Kc1 (26. Ka1 Rxb3 27. Bb6 Qxb6 28. Qxh5 gxh5 29. Rg5 Bxg5 30. cxb3 Qa5#)) 25... Nc3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Kc2 ({Don't play} 26. bxc3 Qxc3 27. Rg2 Qxe3) (26. Kc1 $142 Nd5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 27. Qc2 Qxc2+ 28. Nxc2 Nxe3 29. Nxe3 Kxg7 30. Kc2) 26... Nd5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 27. Kb1 Nxe3 28. Rxg6 Bxd4 29. Rc1 {[#]} Qxc1+ $1 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Black "Venkatesh, M.R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,95,-32,0,0,0,0,-15,-14,-9,-31,11,-38,-42,-35,-9,-5,-18,-82,-95,-127,-120,-133,-71,-79,-76,-94,-85,-73,-87,-106,-98,-104,-111,-85,-89,-100,-107,-166,-163,-228,-106,-286,-264,-416,-391,-467,-376,-361,-352,-408,-413,-449,-368,-567,-563,-563,-545,-534,-524,-515,-504,-437,-258,-262,-243,-177,-167,-170,-147,-158,362,371,518,493,618,647,623,627,616,615,608,593,847,799,2957,2735]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. Bd3 h6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (6... c5 $5) (6... dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nd7 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxh6 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bd4 16. Bxb7 Bxb7 17. Rxb7 {1-0 (34) Bu,X (2711)-Gupta,A (2627) Liaocheng 2017}) 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. exd5 $1 Re8+ {The position is equal.} 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Kf1 Bf5 11. Nb3 Be4 12. c4 Nd7 13. Qd2 b5 14. cxb5 Bxd5 {0-1 (47) Jaksland,T (2240)-Ostergaard,J (2310) Espergarde 1995}) 10... Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 11. Qd2 Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Nc4 would win. Black is pushing.} 12. Nc1 f5 13. O-O Nxd5 14. c4 (14. Bb5 $11 {keeps the balance.} c6 15. Ba4) 14... Nf6 $17 15. Bd3 Ne4 16. Qc2 c5 ({Black should play} 16... Ng5 {...Nxf3+ is the strong threat.} 17. Nxg5 Qxg5) 17. d5 Qf6 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. Ne2 Re7 20. a3 Rae8 21. Nd2 Nd6 22. Nc3 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 23. Rfc1 b6 24. Rd1 (24. b4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 24... h4 $19 25. h3 (25. Nf3 $142) 25... Kh8 (25... g5 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 26. Kh1 g4) 26. Rdc1 $2 (26. Nb5 $17) 26... g5 $1 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 27. Bf1 (27. Kf1 {was called for.}) 27... g4 28. Kh1 Bh6 29. Rd1 Qg7 30. hxg4 fxg4 31. Bd3 h3 32. Nde4 (32. Rg1 {was worth a try.} Qf6 33. Nf1) 32... Nf5 {Strongly threatening ...Nd4.} 33. Rg1 {If White can now play Ne2 this consolidates a bit.} Nd4 34. Qd1 f5 35. Nd6 Rf8 36. Ndb5 Qh7 (36... hxg2+ $142 37. Kxg2 g3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Ne2 Be3 {( -> ...hxg2+)} 39. g3 Bxf2 {Threatens to win with ...Qh6.} 40. Rf1 {[#]} Bxg3 $2 (40... Rxe2 $1 $17 {stays on course.} 41. Qxe2 Bxg3 42. Qxg4 fxg4 43. Rxf8+ Kg7 44. Bxh7 Kxf8) 41. Nxg3 $18 Qg6 {intending ...Qg5.} 42. Bc2 {White is clearly winning.} Qg7 43. Bxf5 Ref7 {[%cal Rd7f5]} 44. Bxd7 Rxf1+ 45. Nxf1 Qxd7 46. Qxd4+ Kh7 47. Ne3 Qe8 48. Rg1 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,53,31,33,27,45,-25,-2,-45,85,65,76,70,80,87,85,93,173,131,175,161,247,264,266,268,363,172,184,183,169,173,151,131,285,269,934,933,896,910]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 8. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 9. h5 Be6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} 10. Qa4 Qa5 11. Qf4 ({White should play} 11. Qxa5 $14 Nxa5 12. Ng5) 11... O-O-O $146 {And now ...Bxc3! would win.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf5 12. g4 Bxc3 13. dxc3 Qxc3+ {1-0 (33) Shimanov,A (2639)-Mchedlishvili,M (2640) Nakhchivan 2013}) 12. O-O h6 (12... Rd5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 13. hxg6 $16 fxg6 14. Qe4 Bf5 15. Qc4 $1 g5 16. a4 $1 Bf6 (16... Qb6 $16) 17. Ba3 $1 $18 Qc7 18. Qxc5 e5 (18... e6 $142 19. d4 Rh7) 19. d3 $1 h5 20. Rfb1 h4 {[#]} 21. Nd2 (21. Nd4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be7 (21... Nxd4 22. Qxc7+) 22. Qb5) 21... hxg3 22. fxg3 Be7 23. Qc4 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 {[%cal Ba1a3,Ba3b3,Bb3b7][%mdl 32] Hoping for Rxb7!} e4 $2 {[#]} (24... Rh6 $16) 25. Rab3 $1 {[%cal Rb3b7]} Qxg3 $2 (25... b6 26. Rb5 (26. dxe4 Bh3 $16) (26. Nxe4 Rdf8 $18) 26... Rhf8 27. Nxe4 Na5) 26. Nf1 Qc7 27. Rxb7 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,145,27,28,35,30,60,41,57,41,41,40,48,43,45,14,36,37,33,37,58,16,76,40,84,45,80,54,70,63,73,59,57,58,61,62,67,38,32,19,30,30,76,77,89,69,73,43,87,42,44,35,45,25,52,49,53,51,60,58,56,57,57,49,49,53,55,37,43,33,40,37,37,29,50,36,88,82,256,248,483,483,483,483,483,483,670,670,1822,670,670,670,5033,5023,4618,4622,1382,670,5106,5106,5106,0,5106,5106,5097,670,5097,5057,29983,29984,29984,29985,29984,29968,29973,29974,29974,29975,29995,29996,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Bd6 10. Be2 a6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. O-O Qe7 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} 13. Rc1 {LiveBook: 13 Games} a5 14. Nb5 axb4 {White has an edge.} 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rb1 Qe7 {[#]} 19. Qd2 $146 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} ({Predecessor:} 19. Rb5 Rfd8 20. Nd4 {½-½ (92) So,W (2773)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis 2016}) 19... Ra7 20. Bd3 Rfa8 21. Bc2 Ra3 22. Nh4 {[%cal Bf3h4,Bh4f5,Bf5d4,Bd4b5,Bb5c3][%mdl 32]} Ne5 (22... Qd7 $11) 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Nd4 (24. Ng3 {is more complex.} Qc7 25. Rbc1 Kh8 26. Bb1 Qd8 27. Rfd1) 24... Nc6 25. Nb5 Ra2 26. Nc3 R2a3 27. Rfd1 Rd8 28. Nb5 Raa8 29. Qd3 f5 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Qf3 Qg5 32. Nd4 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Ra2 34. Bb3 Ra5 35. Rbd1 Rb5 36. R1d3 ({Don't play} 36. Bxd5 Rdxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 $11) 36... Qf6 37. h3 Qe5 38. Qd1 Kf8 39. g3 Kg8 40. Kg2 Rc5 41. Qh5 {aiming for Qg5+.} Qg7 42. Qh4 Rd7 43. Rd2 h6 44. Qf4 Qg5 45. Qf3 Kg7 46. Ba2 Qf6 47. Kh2 Qe5 48. Bb3 Kh7 49. Qh5 Rdc7 {[#]} ({Better is} 49... Qf6 $14) 50. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 $2 (50... f6 $16) 51. Bxe6 $18 Qxe6 $2 (51... f4 52. Qxe5 (52. Bxf7 Qxh5 53. Bxh5 fxg3+ 54. fxg3 Rxh5 $11) 52... Rxe5) 52. Rd6 f4 53. Qh4 fxg3+ 54. Kg2 gxf2 55. Rxe6 fxe6 56. Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rf5 57. Rxf2 Rcf7 58. Rb2 Rg7+ 59. Kh2 Re7 60. Rg2 b5 61. Re2 Kg6 62. Rg2+ Kh7 $1 63. h4 {Threatening mate with Qg4.} Rg7 64. Rf2 (64. Rxg7+ $142 Kxg7 65. Qxe6) 64... Rgf7 65. Rb2 Kg7 66. Rg2+ {White mates.} Kf6 67. Qd4+ Ke7 68. Qb4+ Kf6 69. Qc3+ Ke7 70. Qc7+ Kf6 71. Qd8+ Ke5 72. Re2+ Kf4 73. Qd4+ {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 Qe8 10. Qb3 Nd8 11. Be3 Qg6 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Qa2 Ng4 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Rc8 17. b5 Nf7 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. h3 Qh5 21. R3e2 Bg5 22. Rc2 Rcd8 23. b6 Ra8 24. Qb3 Bd8 25. a5 a6 26. Ne3 Nh6 27. Rec1 Qf7 28. Qa4 Qe7 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8 Nf7 31. Rb8 Kf8 32. h4 g6 33. g3 Nh8 34. Kg2 Nf7 35. Ng4 h6 36. h5 gxh5 37. Ne3 Nh8 38. Nh4 Bxb6 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Qxe8+ Kxe8 41. axb6 Kd7 42. Nc4 Kc6 43. Kf3 Nf7 44. Ng6 Kb5 45. Ke3 a5 46. Kd2 Kb4 47. Kc2 a4 48. Kb2 d5 49. exd5 exd5 50. Ncxe5 Nd6 51. Ne7 a3+ 52. Ka2 Nb5 53. Nxd5+ Kc5 54. Ne3 Kxb6 55. f4 Kc5 56. f5 Kd4 57. f6 Nc7 58. Ng6 Ne6 59. Nf4 Nf8 60. Ned5 Ke5 61. Kxa3 Nd7 62. f7 Kf5 63. Kb4 Nf8 64. Kc5 b5 65. Kd6 b4 66. Ke7 b3 67. Kxf8 b2 68. Nc3 h4 69. Kg7 hxg3 70. f8=Q+ Kg4 71. Nfe2 b1=Q 72. Qf4+ Kh3 73. Qxg3# 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Black "Rajesh, V A V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,111,35,58,64,56,97,90,126,106,91,84,95,87,85,122,97,18,6,16,22,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,16,14,22,14,39,39,39,32,37,33,33,29,41,41,41,41,56,75,68,72,187,156,195,195,202,186,270,289,250,257,458,343,473,462,458,448,591,586,593,560,585,582,585,585,574,544,527,540,507,463,629,620,560,556]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 {D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5)} (9... Qd6 10. Kb1 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15. h4 e6 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 exd5 {½-½ (35) Aronian,L (2809)-Svidler,P (2749) Geneva 2017}) 10. e5 Nb4 11. Nh3 Be6 12. Kb1 {LiveBook: 52 Games} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd7 13. Nf4 Rfd8 14. h4 Bf7 15. g4 c5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Bd4 Na4 18. Bb5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxd2 {0-1 (19) Vrolijk,L (2419)-Nihal,S (2551) Leiden 2018}) 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Bc4 15. h5 g5 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxf1.} 16. h6 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 {Bxb6 is the strong threat.} Bxf1 19. Bxb6 ({Much worse is} 19. Rxf1 $6 gxf4 20. Bxb6 axb6 $11) ({White should try} 19. Ne6 $16 Nc4 20. Rxf1 Nxe3 21. Re1) 19... axb6 $11 20. Rxf1 gxf4 21. a3 Na6 22. Rd7 Nc5 23. Rxe7 {[#] Black must now prevent b4.} Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. Ne2 Nd3 26. Rd1 Nxe5 27. Nxf4 Re8 28. Kc2 Kf8 29. a4 Nf7 30. Rd4 Nxh6 31. Rb4 Nf7 32. Rxb6 Nd6 33. Rb4 Re1 34. Rd4 Ke7 35. b3 Nf7 36. Rd2 Ne5 37. Kc3 b6 38. Re2 Rxe2 39. Nxe2 $16 {KN-KN} Kd6 (39... c5 $16) 40. Nd4 $18 f4 41. Ne2 Ng6 42. Kd4 b5 (42... Nh4 {is a better defense.}) 43. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} c5+ 44. Ke4 b4 $2 (44... c4) 45. a6 Kc6 46. a7 {White is clearly winning.} Kb7 47. Kd5 c4 48. Kxc4 Kxa7 49. Kxb4 Kb6 50. Kc4 Kc6 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Ke4 Ne5 53. Nxf4 Nd7 54. Nd3 Ke6 55. b4 {aiming for Nc5+.} Nf6+ 56. Kd4 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna. V"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,118,0,14,10,12,2,3,-7,21,0,4,8,0,-7,-8,-13,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,16,16,0,0,0,28,16,17,9,18,16,19,10,7,0,0,0,0,-2,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-10,0,0,-12,0,-10,0,-19,0,0,0,-24,-6,-8,-7,-13,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-14,0,0,0,-13,0,-7,0,-13,-13,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. Ne5 dxc4 8. Nxc4 Be6 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 9. Ne5 Bd5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 10. Nf3 (10. Nc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Rd1 Qxb3 14. axb3 Rfc8 15. f4 c5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 {1-0 (24) Kramnik,V (2787)-Svidler,P (2768) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10... c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Qd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. e4 Be6 16. Be3 Bg4 {1-0 (29) Grigoryan,K (2571)-Swiercz,D (2654) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. dxc5 Na6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Qc1 Nxc5 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. Bh6 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qe3 Rfd8 21. a3 h6 22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qa4 24. Rdc1 Rd5 25. Rc7 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Rc1 b6 28. Nd3 Rd8 29. Qe5 Qb7+ 30. f3 {Threatens to win with Rc7.} Rd6 {With the idea ...Re6.} 31. Kf2 Qd7 32. Nf4 g5 33. Nh5+ Kg6 34. Nxf6 exf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Qc3 Kg7 36. Qc8 Qa4 {Strongly threatening ...Qd4+.} 37. Qc4 Qe8 38. Qb4 Qd7 39. Qc3 Qh3 40. Kg1 Qd7 41. Kf2 Qh3 42. Kg1 h5 43. Qe3 Qd7 44. Kf2 Qh3 {[#] Hoping for ...Re6.} 45. Kg1 Rd5 46. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Qd7 47. Kf2 Re5 48. Qd3 Qh3 49. Kg1 Qe6 50. Kf2 Qh3 51. Kg1 Qe6 52. Kf2 h4 53. gxh4 Qh3 54. Kg1 Qxh4 55. Kg2 Re8 56. Rc4 Qe1 57. Re4 Rxe4 58. Qxe4 a5 59. a4 Qd2 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stany, G.A."]
[Black "Anurag, Mhamal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,107,11,34,35,52,-12,46,41,58,62,47,28,41,20,35,41,51,42,50,33,43,35,39,22,31,33,60,64,64,62,73,65,104,99,120,104,99,104,98,69,72,58,63,59,78,42,44,41,44,38,47,48,48,43,36,36,41,37,41,45,44,47,49,41,62,53,112,66,150,133,221,153,175,174,347,327,812,789,1160,1010,1133,866,5620,5285,4570,4133]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3g4][%mdl 32]} Ne7 {LiveBook: 8 Games. C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (12... exd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. d5 Ne5 15. axb5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 axb5 17. Rb1 Qd7 18. Nc2 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Nb4 Qc5 21. Nd3 {1-0 (48) Hou,Y (2635)-Dzagnidze,N (2507) Novi Sad 2016}) 13. Bc2 Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... c6 14. h4 c5 15. d5 Nb6 16. Be3 b4 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Bd3 {1-0 (43) Raivio,P (2439)-Maurer,S (2371) ICCF email 2007}) 14. Bd3 (14. Be3 $14) 14... c6 (14... d5 $11) 15. Nc2 $14 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6a8,Ba8c7,Bc7e6,Be6g5,Bg5f3][%mdl 32]} 16. b3 Re8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Nxa8 19. Ne3 Nc7 20. Ng4 Ne6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 21. Bf1 Be7 22. Ne3 Ng5 23. Nf5 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Nh4 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Qd3 Ng6 27. Rd1 exd4 28. Qxd4 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxd6 {[#] Hoping for Rd8+.} Re8 31. Rd7 Bc8 32. Rc7 Be6 33. Rxc6 Bxb3 34. Be3 Ne5 35. Rc5 Bc4 36. Bxc4 Nxc4 37. Rxb5 Nxe3 38. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} g6 39. Kf2 Rc8 40. Rb3 Kg7 41. Ke2 Kf6 42. Kd3 Rd8+ 43. Kc2 Rc8 44. Rb4 Rc7 (44... Ra8 $14) 45. Rd4 Ke5 {[#]} ({Better is} 45... Ra7 $14) 46. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Ra7 (46... f5 $16 47. Kc3 Ke6) 47. Kb3 f5 48. c5 g5 $2 (48... f4 {was worth a try.}) 49. g3 Ra1 $2 (49... Ra8 50. Kc4 Rc8) 50. c6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rb1+ 51. Kc4 Rc1+ 52. Kb5 Rc3 53. Rc4 Rb3+ 54. Ka4 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stany, G.A."]
[Black "Anurag, Mhamal"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 5,5,33]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Predecessor:} Nf6 $146 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. a4 b4 15. d4 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. c4 Nxe5 18. cxd5 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ 20. Kf1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxd5 22. Qe4 Qd1+ 23. Qe1 Qd5 24. Qe4 Qd1+ 25. Qe1 {½-½ (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Naiditsch,A (2721) Douglas 2018} *

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karthikeyan, P.."]
[Black "Viani Antonio Dcunha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,59,56,19,29,14,27,26,32,25,54,53,55,22,37,8,31,3,43,37,47,7,6,0,4,15,20,-6,0,-8,0,-1,0,-11,-6,-18,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. h3 Nc6 12. dxe5 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} (12. d5 Ne7 13. Bh2 a6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. a3 Nf7 16. Bd3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qb8 {0-1 (38) Volkov,S (2627)-Belyakov,B (2486) Taganrog 2018}) 12... dxe5 13. Qd5+ {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nf7 14. Rd1 {White has an edge.} Qe8 15. O-O Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 f5 18. Qc5 f4 19. Bh2 c6 {0-1 (36) Alexandre Bisquert,F (2194)-Ventura Monfort,S (2258) ICCF email 2014}) 16. Qa5 b6 17. Qa3 c6 18. c5 {[#] Threatens to win with cxb6.} b5 19. Qa5 Nd8 20. b4 Nb7 21. Qa3 $1 a5 22. Qb2 {Threatening a4.} a4 {The position is equal.} 23. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2a3][%mdl 32]} Be6 24. Nc2 Qf7 25. Na3 Rfd8 26. Rfe1 Bf8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Nc8 30. Qd2 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thipsay, Praveen M"]
[Black "Vignesh N R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,105,16,8,28,48,36,41,57,46,48,38,39,33,41,-49,-50,-38,-55,-147,-154,-157,-154,-163,-154,-167,-63,-67,-57,-52,-56,-111,-74,-72,-75,-87,-87,-87,-78,-71,-71,-92,17,21,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,282,302,295,297,360,351,390,61,79,68,72,57,72,66,62,65,343,318,303,165,649,637,724,719,717,714,683,650,5185,4134,6079,5959,2297,2297,4133,2152,1358,1110,29994,29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. a4 {LiveBook: 20 Games} Qc7 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nc4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Ned2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc8 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. c3 Nd7 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 {½-½ (26) Moussard,J (2559)-Prithu,G (2436) Biel 2018}) 9. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3g4][%mdl 32]} Be6 10. Nf1 Nbd7 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. Ne3 Nd4 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Be7 14. Ncd5 Qd8 15. Bd2 O-O {½-½ (42) Okara,A (2271)-Maurer,J (2205) Pardubice 2006}) 11. Ne3 Rc8 12. O-O g6 13. Ng4 Bg7 14. Be3 (14. Bf3 $14) 14... Nxe4 $15 15. Nxe4 d5 16. f4 (16. Nxe5 $15 Qxe5 17. Ng3) 16... dxe4 $17 17. fxe5 Rd8 $1 18. Qd6 Qxd6 $1 ({And not} 18... Qxc2 19. Rad1 $11) 19. exd6 Bxg4 ({Weaker is} 19... Bxb2 20. Rab1 $11) (19... f5 $19 20. Nf2 O-O) 20. Bxg4 $15 Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5g4]} 21. Be2 Rxd6 22. a5 (22. Rf4 $15) 22... Rc6 23. c3 O-O 24. Ra4 f5 25. Rb4 Rf7 26. Rd1 Bf8 27. Rd8 Kh7 (27... Kg7 $1 $17 28. Rbd4 Be7) 28. Rxf8 $1 $11 Rxf8 29. Rxb7+ Rf7 30. Rb8 f4 31. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Re7 32. Ra8 g5 33. Bxa6 {And now Be2 would win.} Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rd6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 34. Bb5 $18 Rcc7 35. a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6a7]} Nd6 36. Be2 Nf5 {[#]} 37. a7 $2 ({Not} 37. Rh8+ Kg6 $16) (37. Bb6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6c7]} f3 38. gxf3) 37... Nxd4 $14 {[#]} 38. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 39. a8=Q+ Kg7 40. cxd4 {Hoping for Qa4.} Rc1+ $1 41. Kf2 {Qd8 is the strong threat.} Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41... g4 $1 $14 42. Bxg4 e3+ 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Rd2+ 45. Kc3 Rc7+ 46. Kb3 e2 47. Bxe2 Rxe2) 42. Qa3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra3e7]} Rb7 43. b3 (43. Ke1 $142) 43... e3+ $2 (43... g4) 44. Ke1 Rbc7 {If only Black now had time for ...Rc1+....} 45. Bc4 Rxg2 46. Qa8 Rxc4 47. bxc4 {[%cal Bb3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Rxh2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KR} 48. c5 g4 49. Qc8 Rh1+ 50. Ke2 Rh2+ 51. Kd3 Rd2+ 52. Ke4 Rf2 53. Kf5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rahul Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Nitin, S.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,52,43,22,40,42,44,22,20,23,57,71,60,-16,-22,-35,-7,-38,0,-4,-12,-82,-71,-179,-186,-287,-272,-450,-424,-709,-697,-1454,-1468,-1804,-1707]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} (11. Be3 Rb8 12. b3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. b4 Ne6 15. Nb3 Qc8 16. Kh2 b5 17. c5 Nd8 18. Rad1 Nc6 19. a3 Ne5 {½-½ (53) Matlakov,M (2718)-Adhiban,B (2655) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 11... Ne5 12. b3 $1 Bd7 13. Rd1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. f4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd4 Qd8 18. e5 dxe5 {0-1 (51) Di Benedetto,D (2137)-Federovski,A (1937) Novi Sad 2016}) 13... Qc8 14. Kh2 c5 15. Nde2 b5 16. cxb5 (16. Rxd6 $2 Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Bxh3 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Ne1+ 19. Kh2 Qxh3+ 20. Kxh3 Nxc2 $19) (16. Bg5 $14) 16... axb5 $11 {And now ...b4 would win.} 17. Bg5 ({But not} 17. Rxd6 $2 Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Bxh3 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Ne1+ 20. Kh2 Qxh3+ 21. Kxh3 Nxc2 $19) 17... Ra6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 18. Nf4 {[#]} Nfg4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. hxg4 {Nfd5 is the strong threat.} Nxg4+ 20. Kh1 (20. Kg1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... h6 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 21. Bh4 {[#]} (21. Bxh6 $17 Bxh6 22. Ncd5) 21... g5 $1 $19 22. Nh5 (22. Ncd5 {was called for.} gxh4 23. Rac1) 22... Bd4 23. f3 $2 (23. f4 gxh4 24. Nd5) 23... Ne3 {Black is clearly winning.} (23... gxh4 24. fxg4 Bxg4 25. Nd5 $16 (25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 $14)) (23... Nf2+ 24. Kh2 $19) 24. Qd2 (24. Qb2 $142 Bh3 25. Rxd4 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 cxd4 27. Nxb5) 24... Bh3 {[%cal Bd7h3,Bh3g2,Bg2f3][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 24... gxh4 25. Ne2 $17) 25. Kh2 Bxg2 26. g4 Bxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rathnakaran, K.."]
[Black "Akash G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,82,-5,-4,-23,-8,-14,0,-23,0,-38,-38,-47,-38,-70,-60,-64,-54,-96,-91,-87,-87,-83,-86,-92,-50,-145,-105,-102,-19,-104,-24,-72,-71,-72,-73,-74,-67,-104,-104,-104,-104,-111,-104,-104,-104,-109,-33,-85,-86,-112,-106,-72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-24,-24]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. Qe2 Qc7 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} (7... e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. d4 Be7 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 h6 14. Nf3 b6 15. Nbd2 {½-½ (29) Safarli,E (2676)-Kryakvin,D (2595) Hoogeveen 2018}) 8. Bb5 e6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O a6 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. Re1 b6 12. d4 a5 13. Nbd2 Ba6 14. Qd1 Bd3 15. Nf1 {½-½ (42) Chekhov,S (2443)-Bukavshin,I (2504) Sochi 2012}) 9... a6 10. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 11. O-O b6 12. d4 a5 13. Rd1 Ba6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 14. Qe3 Be7 15. Nbd2 O-O 16. b3 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bb2 Rae8 19. c4 Qc7 20. Qd3 (20. Rab1 $15) 20... cxd4 $17 21. Nxd4 e5 (21... Nc5 $17 22. Qe2 Qf4) 22. Qg3 {[#]} (22. Nb5 $11 Qc6 23. Na7) 22... Bd8 ({Don't play} 22... dxc4 $6 23. Nxc4 Kh8 24. Nf5 $14) (22... Nc5 $1 $17 {White should prevent ...Qd7.} 23. b4 axb4 24. cxd5 Nd3) 23. N4f3 d4 24. Re1 Bb7 {...Re6 is the strong threat.} 25. h4 Qc6 26. Ba3 {[#]} Nc5 $1 {White must now prevent ...Bc7.} 27. Rxe5 Bc7 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 28. Rxe8 Bxg3 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. fxg3 Kg8 (30... Qg6 $17 {aiming for ...Qc2.} 31. Nxd4 Qxg3) 31. Re1 (31. Bb2 $15) 31... h6 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Re7 Qf6 (33... Ba8 $17) 34. Bxc5 $1 $11 Bxf3 $1 35. Nxf3 {Hoping for Ba3.} bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} 36. Re5 Qc6 37. Rd5 a4 38. bxa4 Qxa4 39. Rxc5 d3 40. Rd5 Qxc4 41. Rd8 Qa6 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ritviz, Parab"]
[Black "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nxd4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} cxd4 7. Ne2 Bc5 8. Bb3 (8. d3 Ne7 {Predecessor:} 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O Kh8 (10... b5 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. Qh5 Rc8 13. Bd2 Kh8 14. a4 b4 15. Rac1 a5 16. e5 Qe8 17. f4 {½-½ (17) Solak,D (2514)-Georgiev,V (2552) Ljubljana 2003}) 11. Ng3 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Bf4 {1-0 (61) Najer,E (2653)-Moiseenko,A (2707) Dubai 2014}) 8... Ne7 9. c3 $146 Nc6 $1 10. d3 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Qf3 Re8 15. Re1 dxc3 16. h3 Bd4 ({Black should try} 16... Nd4 $19 17. Qd1 Qh4) 17. Rb1 Qb6 18. bxc3 Ne5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Ne2 Bc7 21. Bc2 (21. Be3 $17 {was worth a try.} Qc6 22. Bd2) 21... Qd6 22. Bf4 Qc6 23. Bd2 Bd7 24. Bb3 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qf6 26. Bxd5 Bc6 27. Bxc7 {[#]} Bxd5 (27... Qxf3 $1 $17 28. Bxf3 Bxf3) 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Nf4 (29. Rb2 $1 $11) 29... Bc6 (29... Bxa2 $17 30. Ra1 Bb3) 30. Bb6 Re5 31. Bd4 Rf5 32. Be3 Rb5 33. Rc1 Rb2 34. a3 Rb3 35. Bc5 Rc8 36. Be7 Rc7 37. Bxf6 Rxa3 38. c4 a5 39. d4 {[#]} a4 (39... Bb5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] remains equal.}) 40. d5 Bd7 41. c5 $11 (41. Nh5 $16 Bf5 42. d6) 41... Rb3 42. d6 Rc8 43. Nd5 Kf8 44. Bg5 Kg7 45. Nb6 Rxc5 46. Rxc5 Rxb6 47. Be7 h6 48. Ra5 f6 49. Kf1 Rb3 50. Ke2 Kf7 51. f4 Rb2+ 52. Kd3 Rxg2 53. Kc3 Rf2 54. Ra7 Bc6 55. Ra8 Rxf4 56. Rh8 Rf3+ 57. Kc2 a3 58. Rxh6 Rf2+ 59. Kb3 Rf3+ 60. Kc2 a2 61. Kb2 Rf2+ 62. Ka1 Bd5 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,168,0,8,22,33,43,147,141,151,89,94,84,89,87,88,83,135,140,175,158,147,135,132,125,129,86,95,44,47,39,37,30,75,76,100,100,100,95,98,83,102,107,114,89,104,95,113,102,92,100,104,104,104,104,106,104,104,104,105,91,89,94,123,87,118,0,59,59,80,51,58,63,77,58,58,51,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,25,25,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,21,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,21,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,8]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 f5 6. d3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (6. O-O Nf6 7. Rb1 O-O 8. b4 d6 9. b5 Ne7 10. Qb3 h6 11. c5+ Kh8 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Ba3 g5 14. d3 Ng6 15. Nd2 Ne8 16. Qb4 Rf7 {1-0 (41) Kovalenko,I (2700)-Piorun,K (2609) Berlin 2015}) 6... h6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 7. Nh4 Nge7 8. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f5] White is slightly better.} O-O (8... d6 $14) 9. exf5 $16 gxf5 10. f4 $146 ({White should try} 10. Qh5) ({Predecessor:} 10. Qh5 Kh7 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Be4 d5 13. cxd5 Ncd4 {0-1 (78) Khulan,E (1848)-Anu,B (2010) Ulaanbaatar 2013}) 10... d6 11. O-O Nd4 12. Be3 Kh7 13. Qd2 Nec6 ({Better is} 13... c6) 14. Nd5 a5 15. Rab1 Be6 16. b3 Qd7 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bxd4 (19. Rf2 $16) 19... Nxd4 $14 20. Qxa5 Rf7 21. Nf3 b6 22. Qd2 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nxf3 24. Rxf3 Kh8 25. Rbf1 Ref8 26. Qb4 Rf6 27. Qc4 Qd6 28. Rc1 R8f7 29. b4 Bf8 30. a3 f4 31. Qe4 fxg3 32. Rc6 Qe7 33. hxg3 Rxc6 34. dxc6 Rxf3 35. Bxf3 Qg5 36. Kg2 Bd6 37. Kh3 Kg7 {[#]} 38. Kg2 ({White should play} 38. a4 $1 $16) 38... Qg6 (38... Kh8 $1 $11) 39. Qe3 Qg5 40. Qe1 (40. Qxg5+ {with more complications.} hxg5 41. Bd1 Kf6 42. Kf3 Bf8 43. Ke4) 40... h5 41. Qe4 Qg6 42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 43. Bd5 Kg5 44. Kf3 h4 45. gxh4+ Kxh4 46. Ke4 Kg5 47. Be6 Kf6 48. Kd5 Bf8 49. Bc8 Bh6 50. Kc4 Ke7 51. Bd7 Kd6 52. Kb5 Bc1 53. a4 Bd2 54. a5 bxa5 55. bxa5 Bc3 {The position is equal.} 56. Bf5 Bd4 57. Be4 Bc3 58. Bf3 Bd4 59. Ka6 {[#] Hoping for Kb7.} Bc3 $1 60. Kb5 Bd4 61. Kc4 Bf2 62. Kb5 Bd4 63. Kc4 Bf2 64. Be4 Be1 65. Kb5 Bc3 66. Bh1 Bd4 67. Kc4 Bf2 68. Bg2 Be1 69. Kb5 Bc3 70. Bh3 Bd4 71. Bc8 Bc3 72. Bb7 Bd4 73. Kc4 Bf2 74. Kb4 Be1+ 75. Kb5 Bc3 76. a6 {Strongly threatening a7.} Bd4 77. Kc4 Ba7 78. Kc3 Kd5 79. Kd2 Kd4 80. Ke2 e4 81. dxe4 Kxe4 82. Kd2 Kd4 83. Kc2 Kc4 84. Kd2 Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Stany, G.A."]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,24,36,29,36]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rd1 {LiveBook: 39 Games} Qe7 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} (12... a5 13. O-O Qe7 14. e5 Nh5 15. Bxh5 Qh4 16. Qe2 Qxf4 17. g3 Qg5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxe5 20. Rxd7 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Bd4 23. Kg2 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qe4+ 25. Kg1 Qb1+ 26. Kg2 {½-½ (26) Vitiugov,N (2616)-Tiviakov,S (2645) Bornholm 2008}) {Predecessor:} 13. e5 $146 Nh5 14. Bxh5 Qh4 15. Bg3 Qxh5 16. b4 Be7 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rd4 f6 19. Qd1 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 {½-½ (50) Baranowski,T (2334)-Kochan,I (2272) ICCF email 2015} *

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Stany, G.A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,105,34,23,37,31,25,26,26,27,24,25,39,22,30,32,43,39,68,60,64,11,11,11,11,5,80,6,66,56,89,62,85,77,111,96,98,93,94,61,74,54,62,58,58,61,60,74,86,85,77,45,60,59,86,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,164,69,85,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rd1 {LiveBook: 39 Games} Qe7 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} (12... a5 13. O-O Qe7 14. e5 Nh5 15. Bxh5 Qh4 16. Qe2 Qxf4 17. g3 Qg5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxe5 20. Rxd7 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Bd4 23. Kg2 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qe4+ 25. Kg1 Qb1+ 26. Kg2 {½-½ (26) Vitiugov,N (2616)-Tiviakov,S (2645) Bornholm 2008}) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 {[#] e5 is the strong threat.} e5 {White has an edge.} 15. O-O g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rac8 16. Bd3 a5 17. Kh1 g5 18. Bg3 Kg7 19. Qd2 Nh5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 {1-0 (65) Lembeck,K-Warzecha,H (2221) ICCF 2016}) 16. Bg3 d6 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. Bd3 a5 19. f3 Bd7 20. Be1 Be6 21. Qe2 (21. Bf2 $14) 21... Nh5 $1 $11 22. g3 Bh3 $1 23. Nd5 Qd8 (23... Qe6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Rf2 (24. Bd2 $16) 24... Nf6 (24... Bxf2 $11 25. Bxf2 Rb8) 25. Ne3 $14 Be6 26. Bd2 Qc7 27. Rff1 Bh3 28. Rfe1 Be6 29. Rc1 a4 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. exd5 Bh3 32. g4 $1 {Threatens to win with Bf5.} f5 33. Bxf5 Rxf5 34. gxf5 {Hoping for f4.} Qf7 35. Be3 Bxf5 36. Rg1 Kh7 37. Rg2 Bg6 38. h4 (38. Rf2 $16) 38... e4 $1 $11 {[%cal Re4f3]} 39. fxe4 Bxe4 {And now ...Bxe3 would win.} 40. Bxc5 Bxg2+ 41. Kxg2 bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 42. Rf1 Qg7 43. h5 Rf8 44. Rxf8 Qxf8 {KQ-KQ} 45. Qc2+ Kg7 46. Qg6+ Kh8 47. Qe6 Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kf6 49. Qe6+ Kg7 50. Qd7+ Kf6 51. Qxa4 g4 (51... Qf7 $11) 52. Qb3 (52. Qd1 $18 {aiming for Qf1+.} Kg5 53. Qe2) 52... Qe8 {[#]} 53. Qc3+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 54%.} (53. Qd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd3g6]} Qxh5 54. Qe3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,106,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,2,-10,-20,-16,0,-28,-1,-21,-20,-101,41,-79,-72,-83,-64,-210,-202,-199,-198,-210,-150,-147,-152,-150,-156,-147,-150,-163,0,-135,0,-173,-171,-167,-164,-166,-158,-174,-172,-180,-169,-181,-185,-168,-119,-119,-116,-144,-113,-135,-131,-141,-147,-129,-121,-161,-169,-156,-164,-183,-183,-204,-193,-216,-204,-221,-214,-222,-214,-209,-196,-195,-122,-137,-74,-73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 7. d3 (7. e4 O-O 8. g3 h6 9. Bg2 Be6 10. d3 Qc8 11. h3 Ne7 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qxf5 {½-½ (28) So,W (2776)-Sevian,S (2634) Douglas 2018}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 {LiveBook: 10 Games} h6 9. O-O Qe7 10. e4 Nh7 11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Re1 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd7 14. Nh4 {½-½ (40) Pantzar,M (2241)-Brynell,S (2415) Vasteras 2017}) 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Nh4 {Hoping for Bf1.} Rf6 16. d4 (16. Bf3 $11 Rxf3 17. Nxf3) 16... g5 (16... exd4 $17 17. Bd2 Qd7) 17. Ng2 (17. Bf3 $14 {was forced to keep a grip.} gxh4 18. Bxc6) 17... Raf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Qa4 ({White should play} 19. Bd3 $15) 19... exd4 $19 20. cxd4 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 {Threatens to win with Qc2.} Qxe2 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 ({Much less strong is} 23... Rxf6 24. Rf1 $17) 24. Re1 Qd2 25. Rd1 Qe2 26. Re1 Qd2 {...Ng4 is the strong threat.} 27. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d2] [#]} Qb2 $1 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. axb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne4 30. f4 a5 31. Rd3 Re8 32. fxg5 hxg5 ({Don't play} 32... Nxg5 33. Nf4 $17) 33. Ne3 Nf6 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. Rd1 Rf8 {And now ...Nd5+ would win.} 37. Re1 Nd7+ 38. Kg2 Ne5 39. Nd5 Rf7 40. h3 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Nc3 (41. cxb5 Kxd5) 41... bxc4 42. bxc4 Kd7 43. Ne4 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4h3][%mdl 32]} 44. c5 d5 45. Nc3 Nd3 46. Rd1 gxh3+ ({Don't take} 46... Nxc5 47. Rxd5+ Kc6 48. hxg4 $17) 47. Kh2 Rf3 (47... Nb2 $19 48. Rxd5+ Kc6) 48. Nxd5 $17 {Strongly threatening Nf4.} Kc6 (48... Nxc5 $142 {aiming for ...Rd3.} 49. Kxh3 a4) 49. Nxc7 Nxc5 (49... Kxc7 $17 50. Ra1 Nf2 51. Rxa5 Kc6) 50. Rc1 $11 {Black must now prevent Ne6.The position is equal.} Rf5 51. Ne6 Re5 52. Nxc5 Rxc5 53. Ra1 Kb5 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 37,181,28,58,60,57,29,29,27,55,25,23,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,63,65,70,67,68,27,60,0,109,129,108,106,86,95,118,100,99,-80,-9,-36,-22,-25,-30,-30,-25,-33,-15,-29,-14,-51,-16,-31,0,0,0,1,0,0,77,61,213,209,257,68,67,18,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 Nh5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C99: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4 Qc7 12 Nbd2 cxd4} (19... g6 20. Bd2 Qb7 21. Nf1 Nh5 22. Ng3 Ng7 23. Qb3 Bd8 24. Bd3 a4 25. Qb2 f6 26. Be3 f5 27. Bh6 {1-0 (81) Sutovsky,E (2657)-Howell,D (2606) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) 20. Bd2 Nf4 21. bxa5 Nc5 {White has an edge.} 22. Bb4 Qa7 23. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qa8 25. Ra2 Nxd5 26. Rd2 Nf6 27. Qe2 {1-0 (39) Packroff,H-Hebel,E GER email 2010}) 23... Bd8 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qd2 Qa6 26. Ra3 Rb8 27. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qc8 (27... Bc7 $11) 28. h4 $14 Bg4 29. Nh2 $1 Bd7 30. g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Nh5 31. Nc4 ({White should play} 31. Qc3 $14) 31... Nxe4 (31... Nf6 $1 $11) 32. Bxe4 $16 Qxc4 33. Bxd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rxb1+ 34. Bxb1 Re8 35. Bd3 Qc8 36. Bc2 $2 (36. Nf1 $16 {stays on course.}) 36... Nf6 (36... Bxa5 $1 $17 37. Qd1 Bb6 38. Bxa4 (38. Bxh7+ Kxh7 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 $17) 38... Nf6) 37. Bb4 ({Reject} 37. Bxa4 Bxa4 38. Rxa4 Qd7 $17) 37... Qc4 38. d6 $1 (38. Bxa4 $2 Bxa4 39. Rxa4 Nxd5 $19) 38... Ne4 39. Bxe4 $1 Qxe4 40. Re3 Qc6 41. Nf3 Qb5 42. Qe1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} f6 43. Qd2 Be6 44. Qc3 Rf8 45. Ne1 Rf7 46. Nd3 Rd7 (46... Bh3 $11) 47. f4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Ra7 $2 ({Better is} 47... a3 $1 $14) 48. fxe5 $18 Bxa5 49. exf6 $2 (49. Bxa5 $18 Rxa5 50. exf6) 49... Bb6 $1 $14 {[%cal Rb6e3]} 50. Bc5 a3 $1 {[%cal Ra3a2] The position is equal.} 51. Rxe6 a2 52. Re1 Bxc5+ 53. Nxc5 a1=Q 54. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 55. Qxa1 {[#] White wants to mate with Qa8+.} Qxc5+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 56. Kg2 Qd5+ 57. Kh2 Qd2+ 58. Kh3 {Threatening mate with Qa8+.} Qxd6 59. Qa2+ Kf8 60. fxg7+ Kxg7 61. Qe2 Qd5 62. Qg4+ Kh6 {[%cal Rd5h1]} 63. Qf4+ Kg6 {( -> ...Qh1+)} 64. Qe3 Qh1+ 65. Kg4 h5+ 66. Kf4 Qf1+ 67. Ke5 {Qg5+ is the strong threat.} Qb5+ 68. Ke4 Qc4+ 69. Ke5 Qb5+ 70. Kd6 Qb4+ 71. Ke6 Qc4+ 72. Kd7 Qd5+ 73. Kc7 Qc4+ 74. Kd7 Qd5+ 75. Ke7 {Black must now prevent Qe6+.} Qb7+ 76. Kd6 {aiming for Qg5+.} Qb4+ 77. Kc7 Qc4+ 78. Kd8 {And now Qg5+ would win.} Qd5+ 79. Ke8 Qc6+ 80. Ke7 Qc7+ 81. Ke6 Qc6+ 82. Ke5 {Hoping for Qe4+.} Qb5+ 83. Ke4 Qc4+ 84. Kf3 {Strongly threatening Qe4+.} Qf1+ 85. Qf2 Qxf2+ 86. Kxf2 {KPP-KP} Kf6 87. Ke3 {Threatens to win with Kf4.} Ke5 88. Kf3 $1 Kf5 89. g4+ hxg4+ 90. Kg3 Kg6 91. Kxg4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anurag, Mhamal"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,103,47,25,35,16,25,33,42,0,12,0,0,0,0,-15,22,0,20,16,43,5,0,16,18,25,16,0,9,24,35,0,0,0,45,29,91,83,76,85,104,59,91,97,71,44,77,33,33,33,81,83,101,112,129,123,164,164,235,261,224,235,248,259,273,268,689,662,638,621,718,725,706,692,664,640,990,915,1217,1142,29966,29967,29968,29969,29969,29968,29968,29969]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. O-O Bc5 (7... Qb6 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Qf4 d4 10. Nb1 Qc5 11. Bd1 Bd6 12. Qg5 Qxg5 13. Bxg5 h6 14. Bc1 {1-0 (72) Fedoseev,V (2718)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2683) Riadh 2017}) 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Qg3 O-O 10. Bf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Kh8 11. Bf3 Re8 12. Rad1 Nf8 13. d4 Be7 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxe4 {½-½ (46) Kollars,D (2536)-Petrosyan,M (2581) Manavgat 2018}) 11. Rad1 Kh8 12. d4 Ba7 13. e5 Ng8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Bb8 17. Be3 axb4 18. axb4 Qb6 19. Bd3 Qxb4 20. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4g6][%mdl 32]} Qe7 21. Rb1 b5 22. Bg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} f6 23. Qh4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh4h7] [#]} Nh6 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Nf4 Rg8 26. Qxh6 {Hoping for Ng6+.} fxe5 (26... Qf7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Ng6+ $1 $16 Rxg6 28. Bxg6 Bc7 29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. Bd3 Rg8 31. Rfe1 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nxe1 33. Rxe1 Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Rxg7 35. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb6 36. f4 Bf2 {[#]} 37. g4 $1 ({Don't play} 37. Rxc6 $6 Bg3 $14) 37... Rc7 (37... Rf7 {keeps fighting.} 38. Rxc6 Rxf4) 38. Kg2 $18 Bd4 39. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Kg7 40. g5 b4 41. h5 c5 $2 (41... Kf8 42. Kf3 Bb2) 42. h6+ Kf8 {intending ...c4.} 43. Rb6 c4 44. Rb8+ Ke7 45. Bxh7 b3 46. cxb3 c3 47. Bc2 Ra7 48. g6 Ra2 49. g7 {White mates.} Rxc2+ 50. Kg3 Rc1 51. g8=Q Rg1+ 52. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Swapnil, S Dhopade"]
[Black "Viani Antonio Dcunha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,69,85,57,106,104,96,96,102,105,119,104,109,112,105,108,95,101,207,169,159,169,156,168,162,150,342,321,450,440,487,530,536,522,856,856,816,838,822,820,847,848,841,833,821,811,751,717,935,921]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd2 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Nge2 {LiveBook: 17 Games} (12. Qc2 {is more complex.} Qb6 13. Nf3 e6 14. O-O exd5 15. exd5 Bb7 16. Bc4) 12... Bxb5 {E74: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation: 6...c5} (12... Nbd7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Qc2 Qb4 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. b3 c4 17. Rab1 h5 18. h3 Raa8 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 {1-0 (65) Lalith,B (2587)-Fressinet,L (2672) Doha 2016}) 13. Nxb5 Qb6 14. Nec3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32] White is better.} 15. O-O c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd7 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. b3 Rac8 20. Be3 {1-0 (37) Tratar,M (2494)-Stajner,S (2330) Slovenia 2013}) 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. a5 Qb7 18. Ra4 Nc5 19. Rxc4 {Threatens to win with b4.} Nfxe4 (19... Nb3 $16) 20. Nxe4 Qxb5 21. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nd3 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bg5 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} Qxd5 $2 {[#]} (23... Rb8 $16) 24. Rd1 $1 $18 ({Weaker is} 24. Bxe7 Re8 $14) 24... Rc4 (24... f5 {was called for.}) 25. Rxd3 {White is clearly winning.} ({Wrong is} 25. Qxd3 $2 Rd4 $19) 25... Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 {[%cal Re4e1][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Bd2 Rc4 {If only Black now had time for ...Kf8....} 28. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rc2 29. Kf1 Ra2 30. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} f5 31. Be3 Kf7 32. a7 f4 33. b6 fxe3 34. fxe3 d5 35. b7 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krishna C R G"]
[Black "Raahul V S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,89,11,23,31,-21,-19,-31,-16,-19,-18,-12,-20,-50,-54,-77,-78,-82,-82,-82,-82,-89,-87,-89,-82,-97,-37,-46,-47,-41,-46,-87,-64,-90,-87,-81,-66,-57,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-2,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29980,29981]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 O-O {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3} (6... c5 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Bf4 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd6 15. Qd4 Be6 16. Rfc1 {½-½ (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-So,W (2778) Leuven 2018}) 7. Nxc4 Be6 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. O-O {LiveBook: 12 Games} Rc8 11. Rc1 (11. Nce5 $14) 11... cxd4 $1 $11 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {[#]} 15. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Na5 Rd2 16. Rxc8+ Bxc8 17. Nc6 Rxe2 {½-½ (71) Dzagnidze,N (2507)-Ushenina,A (2453) Novi Sad 2016}) 15... Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Bxg7 {Black must now prevent Bd4.} Nxe3 18. fxe3 {Hoping for Bd4.} Kxg7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 19. Be4 a5 20. Bd3 b4 21. Rb1 f5 ({Black should play} 21... Rc3 $17) 22. e4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Kf6 24. Kf2 Ke5 25. Ke3 $1 Rc3+ 26. Bd3 {[#]} Bf5 $1 27. Rf1 Kd6 (27... e6 $15) 28. Kd2 $11 Bxd3 29. exd3 {[#] KR-KR} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. bxa4 Ra3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Kc2 Kc5 32. Rf7 Rxa2+ 33. Kb3 Ra3+ 34. Kb2 e5 35. Rxh7 Rxd3 36. Rc7+ Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Kb6 $11 37. Re7 Re3) 37. Rd7+ {White mates.} Ke3 38. Rxd3+ Kxd3 {[#] K3P-K3P} 39. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a6]} e4 40. a6 e3 41. a7 e2 42. a8=Q e1=Q 43. Qd5+ Ke2 44. Qe4+ Kf1 45. Qxe1+ {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[BlackElo "2550"] [BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. Bf4 Qd7 8. Qd2 b6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Bb7 11. O-O-O Na6 12. d5 O-O-O 13. Bb5 Qd6 14. Qh3+ Kb8 15. Nd4 Nb4 16. Nc6+ Bxc6 17. dxc6 Qf4+ 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. fxe3 a6 20. Bc4 Nxc6 21. Bxa6 Ng4 22. Bb5 Kb7 23. Rde1 Nce5 24. h3 Nf6 25. g4 Ne8 26. Be2 Ng7 27. a4 c5 28. Rd1 e6 29. b3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 h5 31. Ne4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Kc7 33. a5 bxa5 34. Nxc5 Rh2 35. Re1 Ne8 36. Ne4 Rg2 37. Kb2 Nd6 38. Nf6 Rf2 39. g5 Nf5 40. Ne4 Rg2 41. Bf1 Rg1 42. Ra1 Nxe3 43. Bd3 Nxd3+ 44. cxd3 Rg2+ 45. Kc3 Kb6 46. Re1 Nf5 47. Rh1 Ng3 48. Nxg3 Rxg3 49. Rf1 Rxg5 50. Rxf7 Kc6 51. Re7 Kd6 52. Ra7 Rd5 53. d4 g5 54. Kc4 Rf5 55. Rg7 e5 56. Rg6+ Ke7 57. d5 Kf7 58. Ra6 g4 59. Rxa5 g3 60. Ra1 Rf4+ 61. Kc5 g2 62. Rg1 Rf2 63. Kc4 Ke7 64. Kd3 Kd6 65. Ke3 Rb2 66. Ke4 Rc2 67. Kd3 Ra2 68. Ke4 Rb2 69. Ra1 Re2+ 70. Kf3 Rd2 71. Ke4 Rd4+ 72. Kf3 Rf4+ 73. Kxg2 Kxd5 74. Rf1 Rb4 75. Rd1+ Ke4 76. Re1+ Kf4 77. Rf1+ Kg4 78. Re1 e4 79. Kf2 Kf4 80. Re3 Ke5 81. Ke2 Kd4 82. Rh3 Rb8 83. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akash G"]
[Black "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,148,44,51,38,31,30,58,27,22,25,29,34,35,-12,43,29,47,40,52,38,48,35,59,0,1,0,68,29,24,0,-6,-18,-6,-12,-10,-18,-7,0,13,14,16,0,29,41,29,29,80,78,80,80,80,80,80,81,69,72,124,100,106,114,114,110,152,136,145,120,121,127,133,75,80,70,75,59,73,61,81,33,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O {LiveBook: 25 Games. B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} 9. c4 (9. Re1 Be6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 a5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Bh4 N7f6 {½-½ (32) Topalov,V (2739)-Ivanchuk,V (2717) Monte Carlo 2002}) 9... Nc7 10. Re1 Bf5 {White has an edge.} 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Be3 Ne6 14. d5 Nec5 15. Bc2 cxd5 16. cxd5 {0-1 (51) Przybylski,W (2320)-Sergeev,V (2449) Mielno 2007}) 11... Ne6 12. d5 Nc5 13. Nc3 cxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxb3 (14... Nba6 $11) 15. axb3 $14 Qc8 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Nb5 Nc6 18. Bf4 Bd7 19. Nd3 (19. Nc3 $14) 19... Bf5 $11 20. Ne5 (20. Rad1 $11) 20... Bd7 $14 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Rad1 Qf5 23. Rd5 (23. Nc7 {is more complex.} Rac8 24. g4 Qa5 25. b4 Qa2 26. Nd5) 23... e5 24. Be3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 a6 26. Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rab8 27. Bb6 f5 28. Kg2 Bf6 29. Bc7 Ra8 30. Red1 Nd4 (30... Be7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. Nxb7 $16 Ra7 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 {Hoping for Nc5.} Rxb7 34. Rxd4 Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 35. Rd2 Rfb8 (35... Rb7 $142) 36. Re7 {Black must now prevent Rdd7.} R3b7 {[#]} 37. Rd8+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Rxd8 38. Rxb7 {KR-KR} Rc8 39. b3 a5 40. Ra7 Rb8 41. c5 Kf8 42. c6 (42. Rxh7 $142 {Threatens to win with Rh8+.} Rxb3 43. c6) 42... Rc8 43. c7 Ke7 44. Kg3 Kd7 45. Rxa5 {[#] And now Rd5+ would win.} Rxc7 46. Rd5+ Ke6 47. Rd2 Rb7 {The position is equal.} 48. Rd3 Rb4 49. f4 Kf6 50. Re3 Rd4 51. Rc3 Rb4 52. Rf3 Rd4 53. Kg2 Rb4 54. Kf1 Re4 55. Kg2 Rb4 56. Kg3 Rd4 57. Rc3 Rb4 58. f3 h6 59. Kf2 Kg7 60. Ke3 Kf6 61. Rd3 Ke6 62. Rc3 Kf6 63. Ke2 Ke6 64. Re3+ Kf6 65. Rc3 Ke6 66. Ke3 Kf6 67. Kf2 Ke6 68. Kg3 Kf6 69. Rd3 Ke6 70. h4 Kf6 71. Rc3 Kg7 72. Rc7+ Kf6 73. Rh7 h5 74. Ra7 Rxb3 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna. V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,111,40,36,48,30,41,38,78,81,80,69,83,-28,-45,-30,-40,-36,-37,-37,-38,-38,-27,-20,-42,-75,-72,-75,-79,-65,-71,-72,-70,-78,-70,-100,-100,-104,-115,-121,-130,-127,-112,-126,-72,-64,-80,-105,-60,-69,-63,-90,-79,-141,-139,-128,-91,-101,0,-69,-83,-75,-59,-82,0,0,293,295,273,266,292,264,270,256,279,285,322,308,277,272,591,589,786,809,770,755,1210,1170,1190,1000,1010,903,4590,4586,4562,4562]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. e4 (7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Ba6 Bxa6 9. Qxa6 Qd8 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. Bg3 c5 13. a4 Qc8 14. Qxc8 Rfxc8 {0-1 (170) Ju,W (2567)-Zhao,X (2477) Huaian 2017}) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Bh2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf8 11. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 a6 12. c3 g6 13. a4 Bh6 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Bf1 Qe7 16. Nc4 Rac8 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. Ncd2 f5 19. Nc4 {½-½ (19) Hammar,B (2199)-Rooze,J (2341) Aalborg 2014}) 11... Nd5 12. c3 g6 13. Ne4 {[%cal Re5d6]} dxe5 14. dxe5 (14. Bxe5 f5 $11) 14... Nc5 15. c4 (15. Nxc5 $16 Bxc5 16. Qd2) 15... Nc3 $11 (15... Nxd3 16. cxd5 Nxb2 17. Qc2 $16) 16. Nf6+ Qxf6 $1 17. exf6 Nxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 e5 20. Bc2 a5 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Re2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Rd8 25. Be3 Ne6 26. Be4 Bc5 27. Bd5 Bxe3 28. fxe3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc5 29. a3 Rd6 30. b4 axb4 (30... Nd7 $142 31. Kg2 axb4 32. axb4 Nxf6) 31. axb4 Nd7 32. b5 Kf8 ({Much weaker is} 32... Rxf6 $6 33. Ra1 $11) 33. Ra1 {White threatens Ra8+ and mate.} Nxf6 34. Bc6 Re6 35. Ra8+ (35. Ra7 $142) 35... Ke7 $1 36. Kf2 Ne4+ 37. Ke2 {aiming for Re8+.} Nf6 (37... Re5 $17 38. Rc8 Kd6) 38. Rc8 ({White should try} 38. Kf2 $1 $11) 38... Kd6 $15 39. Kd3 Re7 40. Kd4 Ke6 (40... Nd7 $17) 41. e4 $11 Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Nh5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 42. Rxc7 $18 Kd6 {[#]} 43. Rb7 $1 Nc5 44. Rxb6 {Threatens to win with Bd5+.} Ne6+ 45. Kc3 Kc5 {[#]} 46. Rb8 $1 Ra7 47. Bd5 Ra3+ 48. Kb2 Rxh3 $2 (48... Ra4 {is more resistant.} 49. Rb7 Kd4 50. Bxe6 (50. Rxf7 Nc5 $16) 50... fxe6) 49. Rc8+ {White is clearly winning.} Kb4 50. Bxe6 {KRB-KR} Rh2+ 51. Kc1 fxe6 52. b6 Kc3 53. Kd1 Rb2 54. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} h5 55. Rd8 h4 56. c6 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Rathnakaran, K.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,67,72,77,71,95,63,72,63,81,72,73,75,104,70,91,47,62,72,75,61,69,60,63,35,33,40,56,51,56,60,66,47,61,59,60,54,197,173,172,71,61,81,79,0,1911,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 b5 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. Bd3 a6 8. a4 {B06: Modern Defence} Bb7 9. O-O Ngf6 (9... b4 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 Ngf6 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Ng3 c4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxc4 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. d5+ {½-½ (18) Fedorchuk,S (2638)-Granda Zuniga,J (2675) LLucmajor 2014}) 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. e5 Ne8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Rfe1 e6 14. exd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne4 Nb6 15. b3 {0-1 (28) Cardani,R (1998)-Fassio,L (2050) Torino 2010}) 14... Nxd6 15. Qf4 Qb8 16. Ne5 Nf5 {With the idea ...f6.} 17. Ne2 Nf6 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nd3 Re8 20. a5 Qd8 21. Ng3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bc8 23. b4 Ra7 24. Qe5 Rd7 25. c3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rd5 26. Qf4 h6 27. Re5 Ng4 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. h3 Qc4 ({Black should play} 29... Nf6 $14) 30. hxg4 $18 Qxd3 31. Qc7 (31. Qe5+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kh7 32. Qc7) 31... Be6 $16 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Kh2 ({Much worse is} 33. Qxc6 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 f4 $11) ({White should try} 33. Qe5+ $16 Kg6 34. Ne2) 33... Bb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Qxc3 $11 34. Nh5+ Kh7) 34. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 45%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (34. Nh5+ $18 Kg6 35. Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 36. Nxd3) 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,60,21,24,20,7,-15,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,-4,-10,14,15,24,15,16,16,36,9,33,6,33,13,15,12,10,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,-6,0,-6,0,-6,-6]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. a3 e6 (5... Nxe5 6. b4 Nf6 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Nf3 g6 9. Nc3 d4 10. Nb5 e5 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. O-O-O Bh6+ {1-0 (48) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Navara,D (2737) Saint Louis 2017}) 6. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb2 Nge7 {LiveBook: 61 Games} 9. c4 Ng6 10. Nc3 $146 {[%cal Rc4d5]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h4 Bc7 12. Qe2 d4 {½-½ (30) Rutkus,R (2250)-Fordham Hall,C (2251) ICCF email 2015}) 10... O-O 11. cxd5 Ncxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 $1 Qh4 14. O-O exd5 15. Nxd5 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Qd3 Be6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qf3 Rxc1 {The position is equal.} 21. Rxc1 Qg5 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 25. b5 Bd7 26. Bd4 Bxb5 27. Bxb6 f6 28. f3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Ke6 30. Bc5 h5 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, P.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,51,22,29,64,64,72,75,68,72,64,64,76,55,75,43,187,188,181,177,227,229,460,479,439,466,473,475,452,416,673,673,1520,1516,29987,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} 9. f3 O-O (9... h5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 a5 13. Bc4 a4 14. a3 Qb7 15. Qd3 d6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {½-½ (68) Quesada Perez,Y (2622)-Cori Tello,J (2664) Saint Louis 2018}) 10. g4 {LiveBook: 264 Games} Nxd4 {White has an edge.} 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Rhf1 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b4 15. Ne4 Bd5 16. Nf6+ Nxf6 17. exf6 {½-½ (47) Deur,Z (2188)-Purgar,I (2126) Dakovo 2015}) 15. f4 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qa5 {[#]} (16... Qb6 $14) 17. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 18. Qd7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bd6 {White must now prevent ...Bg2.} 19. Qxb7 Rb8 $2 (19... Rd8 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. Qxa6 Bxf4+ 22. Kb1 e5) 20. Qe4+ f5 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Qg2 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Rb6 (23... Qb6 $142 24. Nd5 Qg6 25. Qxg6+ Kxg6 26. Nf4+ Kf7 27. Rd7+ Kg8) 24. Rg1 b4 25. Rd5 Rb5 26. Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Akash G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,114,66,61,65,50,50,59,67,28,27,18,34,0,5,14,14,12,19,11,12,0,0,0,45,-6,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,-229,-170,-285,-289,-288,-238,-399,-122,-130,-87,-97,-93,-116,0,-153,-160,-444,-439,-431,-381,-537,-571,-542,-257,-280,-288,-1131,-1069,-5722,-3479,-5256,-5247,-29969,-29968,-12850,-5844,-29983,-29984,-29986,-29987,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qb4+ {E11: Bogo-Indian} 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Nc6 (10... a5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rac1 d6 13. c5 d5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 h6 16. Rfe1 {0-1 (26) Yuffa,D (2527)-Dobrov,V (2522) Moscow 2017}) 11. e3 Qe7 12. O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} d6 13. a3 e5 14. d5 Nd8 15. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rae1 f5 16. f4 {1-0 (49) Burger,H (2101)-Baumert,C (2137) Berlin 2014}) 15... f5 16. Rac1 Nf7 17. c6 {next cxb7 is good for White.} b6 18. f4 a5 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Nb1 Ba6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Rae8 {[%cal Ba8e8,Be8e7,Be7g7][%mdl 32]} 23. Qc3 (23. Na3 $14) 23... Re7 24. Na3 h5 25. h4 g5 26. hxg5 Nxg5 27. b5 Bc8 $1 {Threatening ...Ne4.} 28. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. fxg5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qxg5 29. Qd2) 28... Rg7 29. Rh1 (29. fxg5 {was necessary.} Qxg5 30. Bf3) 29... Ne4+ $19 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Nc4 $2 {[#]} (31. Rh4 {keeps fighting.}) 31... Bg4 $2 (31... Rxg3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] is more deadly.} 32. Rcg1 (32. Kxg3 {leads to mate.} exf4+ 33. Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Qg3 35. Qh8+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxh8 36. Rxh5+ Kg8 37. Ke2 Qg2+ 38. Ke1 fxe3 39. Nxe3 Qg3+ 40. Kd2 Rf2+ 41. Kc3 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kc4 Qd3+ 43. Kb4 Rb2+ 44. Ka4 Qb3#) 32... Rxg1 33. Rxg1+ Bg4) 32. Nd2 $17 Qh6 {[%cal Re5f4]} 33. Rcf1 Qg6 {Threatens to win with ...Bf3.} 34. Rfg1 Bf3 (34... Ra8 $17 {...Ra2 is the strong threat.} 35. Qb2 Ra5) 35. Rh4 $2 {[#]} (35. Nxf3 $11 exf3 36. fxe5) 35... exf4 $1 36. Rxf4 $2 {[#]} (36. exf4 $17 Re8 37. Qe3) 36... h4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4g3][%mdl 512]} 37. Nf1 (37. Rxh4 Bg2+) 37... h3 38. Qa1 (38. Nh2 {was worth a try.} Bg2 39. g4) 38... Rxf4 39. exf4 Bg2 (39... Qh5 $142 {White must now prevent ...h2.} 40. Nh2 {[#]} e3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Ke1 Qxd5 42. Qa8+ Kf7 43. Nxf3 Qxf3 44. Qa2+ Ke7) 40. Qa8+ Kh7 {Hoping for ...e3+!} 41. Qd8 $2 {[#]} (41. Qa3) 41... e3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack, Deflection, Decoy} 42. Nxe3 Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Ke2 h2 44. Rxg2 Qxg2+ 45. Nxg2 Rxg2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KR} 46. Ke3 h1=Q {Black mates.} 47. Qxc7+ Rg7 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 48. Qxd6 Rg3+ 49. Kd4 Qd1+ 50. Ke5 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Kf5 Qd3+ 52. Ke6 Rg6+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 53. Kd7 Rxd6+ 54. Kxd6 Qxb5 55. Kc7 Qxd5 56. Kxb6 Kg6 57. c7 Qa8 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Anurag, Mhamal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,61,56,64,149,150,150,149,206,186,382,402,364,330,310,319,326,321,334,325,350,339,365,344,395,418,406,408,504,466,464,357,371,328,321,191,196,210,790,788,798,797]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Be3 Na6 8. h3 Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 c6 11. Be2 cxd5 12. cxd5 {LiveBook: 24 Games} b5 $146 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} ({Black should play} 12... b6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. g5 Ne8 14. h4 f5 15. Nc4 Rc8 16. a4 fxe4 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Nxe4 Rc8 19. Qb3 Rf4 20. f3 {½-½ (34) Wang,H (2710)-Lin,C (2460) Xinghua 2015}) 13. Bxb5 $16 Rb8 14. a4 h5 (14... Ne8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 15. Nc4 f5) 15. Rg1 Nh7 $2 (15... Qc7 16. f3 Bd7) 16. gxh5 $18 Qh4 17. Qf3 g5 18. Nc4 Nb3 19. Rd1 (19. Nxd6 Nxa1 20. Qd1 Bxh3 $14) 19... Nd4 20. Qg3 Qxh5 {[#] And now ...Nf3+ would win.} 21. Bxd4 $1 ({Not} 21. Nxd6 Nf3+ 22. Kf1 Bxh3+ 23. Rg2 Rfd8 $11) 21... exd4 22. Ne2 ({Weaker is} 22. Qxd6 Bf5 $14) 22... f5 23. Qxd6 Rxb5 24. axb5 fxe4 25. Nxd4 Qf7 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf7f2]} 26. Qg3 Qxd5 27. Nb6 Qc5 28. Nxc8 (28. Qb3+ $142 Kh8 29. Na4) 28... Bxd4 {[#]} 29. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf7 $2 (29... Kg7 30. Rxd4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Qxd4) (29... Qxe7 30. Rxd4) 30. Nc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bf6 31. Qd6 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Black "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,132,44,48,148,158,143,51,28,32,45,0,33,17,12,15,20,-29,20,8,104,99,99,98,98,103,107,101,101,103,100,101,152,137,118,133,398,363,520,497,575,579,1061,1061,1061,1054,1030,826,826,826,826,826,826,788,811,816,816,797,781,763,740,673,637,633,8562,6954,29959,5527,29964,29964,29962,29962,12616,7035,5704,5620,4931,4535,29978,29977,29979,29980,29981,29981,29987,29988,29988,29983,29990,29991,29992,29993,29993,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29993,29993,29994,29994,29994,29994,29994,29994,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (7... a5 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Be3 Na6 14. O-O Ndc5 15. Rfd1 {½-½ (23) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Ding,L (2774) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 8. a4 c6 9. axb5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} cxb5 (9... a5 $14) 10. Ng5 $16 h6 {[#]} 11. Bxa8 ({White should try} 11. h4 $1 $16) 11... hxg5 $14 12. O-O a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... g4 13. Ne4 a5 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. f3 {0-1 (37) Arestanov,T (2245)-Vokhidov,S (2415) Karaganda 2015}) 13. Bg2 Nd5 14. Rd1 {Threatening Ne4.} Be7 15. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nc6 16. b3 Ndb4 17. Qc3 f5 {[#]} (17... e5 $1 $11) 18. Nxg5 $1 $16 ({Much worse is} 18. bxc4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 bxc4 $15) 18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Ne7 22. Rxa5 Nbd5 23. Ra7 f4 (23... Qf6 $142) 24. Qc5 Qf6 {And now ...fxg3 would win.} 25. Rf1 {[%cal Bd1f1,Bf1c1,Bc1c7][%mdl 32]} g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Nf5 $16) 26. e4 $18 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} f3 (26... fxe3 {keeps fighting.} 27. fxe3 Nf5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qxd5+ (29. g4 Qe6 $14) 29... Be6) 27. Bh1 ({Weaker is} 27. exd5 fxg2 28. Kxg2 Nxd5 $16) 27... g4 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Rc1 Qd8 30. Qc2 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rc2h7]} Ne7 31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. Rcxc7 Nf5 33. Ra8 Nd6 34. Rc6 Rd8 {[#]} 35. h3 $1 gxh3 {[#]} 36. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Deflection} Rxd6 37. Rxc8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Kf7 38. Bxf3 Rxd4 39. Rc2 e5 40. Re2 Kf6 41. Kh2 (41. Be4 $142 Kg5 42. Kh2 Rd6 43. Kxh3 Re6 44. Rb2 Ra6 45. Rb7 Kf6 46. Kg4) 41... Rd3 42. Be4 Rd4 43. Kxh3 Rb4 44. Kg4 Rb8 45. Ra2 Rg8+ 46. Kf3 Kg5 47. Ra6 {White mates.} Rf8+ 48. Kg2 Rg8 49. Re6 Kh5 50. Rxe5+ Kh6 51. Re6+ Kh5 52. Kh3 Rf8 53. f4 Rxf4 54. Re5+ Kh6 55. gxf4 Kg7 56. Kg4 Kf6 57. Ra5 Ke6 58. Kg5 Kd6 59. Kg6 Kc7 60. f5 Kb6 61. Ra1 Kc5 62. f6 Kd4 63. f7 Kxe4 64. f8=Q Kd4 65. Qb4+ Kd5 66. Rd1+ Ke6 67. Qd6# {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna. V"]
[Black "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,79,8,9,-7,13,11,31,21,23,20,31,31,25,28,41,29,35,50,32,0,26,12,6,6,30,0,0,-18,-2,-12,90,84,50,47,56,48,68,16,177,170,169,168,164,130,172,180,1072,1059,5289,5265,5197,816,816,816,894,894,870,748,887,887,886,879]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. Nc2 d6 10. Qd2 Bf5 11. Ne3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Bf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. e3 Ne5 17. Qxf5 Nxc4 {1-0 (51) Dubov,D (2701)-Artemiev,V (2697) Moscow 2018}) 7... Re8 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne5 10. b3 d6 11. h3 a6 12. a4 a5 13. Ndb5 Nc6 14. Ra2 Nb4 15. Rd2 Nd7 16. Ba3 c6 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Nde2 Bf8 {½-½ (42) Adly,A (2596)-Haddouche,M (2479) Beirut 2015}) 10. exd4 d6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. h3 Rb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 a6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. a4 b6 16. b4 Bf5 17. g4 Be6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Re7 20. Bf4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qf8 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Rc8 {[#]} (24... Qb4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Nb5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qf8 26. Nxc7 Qa3 $1 27. d6 Qxa4 28. Re1 ({White should try} 28. Be5 $14) 28... Bc6 $2 (28... Ng8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 29. Bxc6 $18 Qxc6 30. Re7 {Strongly threatening Qa2.} Rf8 31. Qd3 ({But not} 31. Nxa6 $6 Qf3 $16) 31... b5 {[#]} 32. Be5 $1 Ne8 $2 (32... a5 33. Qd4 (33. Qxb5 Qxb5 34. Nxb5 Nd5 $14) (33. Nxb5 Nd5 $16) 33... Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. f3 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qa4) 33. Nxe8 {White is clearly winning.} Rxe8 34. Rxe8 Qxe8 35. d7 (35. Bxg7 $142 Qd7 36. Bb2) 35... Qxe5 36. d8=Q b4 37. Qf3 Qe6 38. Qdd5 a5 39. Qxe6 fxe6 40. Qb7 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stany, G.A."]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,77,0,-3,0,16,19,0,55,63,65,103,91,60,66,68,69,29,58,28,134,126,141,165,156,119,199,197,186,179,184,165,206,210,309,299,330,46,306,312,1088,1079,1152,1152,1071,1051,5102,1781,29951,29951,10182,6311,29978,29979,29980,29981,29983,29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 e5 10. Nb3 exf4 11. Rxf4 Be6 12. Qe1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B83: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2, lines without ...a6} (12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Rb4 Qc7 15. a4 Nfd7 16. Nd4 g6 17. Nb5 Qa5 18. c3 a6 19. Na3 Qc7 20. a5 {0-1 (86) Duda,J (2587)-Polgar,J (2685) Budapest 2014}) 12... Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7 13. Qg3 Bf6 14. Rff1 Nde5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb4 18. c3 Na6 19. Nd4 Kh8 {1-0 (38) Tomczak,J (2448)-Panas,P (2226) Polanica Zdroj 2007}) 13. Nd4 Nfd7 14. Qg3 {The position is equal.} Ng6 (14... Bf6 $11) 15. Rff1 $14 Rc8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bg4 Rxf1+ $1 18. Rxf1 Ndf8 $1 19. Qh3 Qd7 $1 20. Bxa7 {Strongly threatening Bd4.} ({Of course not} 20. Qf3 Bf6 $11) 20... Bd8 (20... Bf6 $1 $11) 21. Bd4 $16 Rc4 22. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rc6 23. Qb5 Qe7 (23... Ne5 $16) 24. Nd5 $18 Qd7 25. c3 Ne5 26. Bh3 Ra6 27. Qb3 $1 g5 (27... Neg6 $142 28. Nb4 Ra4) 28. Ne3 ({Not} 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Qd1 Ra8 $16) 28... h5 {[#] Black wants to play ...g4.} 29. Nf5 $2 ({Weaker is} 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Nf5 Bb6+ 31. Kh1 g4 $14) (29. Rxf8+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf8 30. Bxe6) 29... Bf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... g4 $14) 30. Ng3 $1 Qf7 $2 {[#]} (30... Bh8 31. Nxh5 Ra5 32. Bxe5 Rxe5) 31. Nxh5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Qxh5 32. Bxe6+ Nxe6 33. Rxf6 Qg4 34. h3 (34. Rxe6 $142 Kf8 35. Bxe5) 34... Nf3+ 35. Rxf3 Qxe4 36. Re3 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 {White mates.} d5 38. Qxb7 Qf1 39. Rf3 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nitin, S.."]
[Black "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[BlackElo "2490"] [BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bg5 c4 12. Rxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qe6 14. Nc7 Qe7 15. Nd5 Qe6 16. Nc7 Qe7 17. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Laxman, R.R."]
[Black "Chanda, Sandipan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,68,12,34,21,30,15,36,29,32,13,26,29,22,50,35,18,10,9,14,0,0,-8,0,-21,-18,-25,-18,-15,-23,-26,-16,-35,-35,-30,-22,-30,-22,-55,-19,-47,-25,-22,-13,-94,-89,-107,-81,-195,-181,-164,-179,-218,-218,-579,-588,-909,-897,-737,-730]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} e6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3} 7. Bb2 b6 8. c4 Ne4 {The position is equal.} 9. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 a5 11. b5 d6 12. Ne1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nd7 15. Nf4 Qe7 16. d5 {1-0 (61) Bareev,E (2670)-Malaniuk,V (2615) Groningen 1997}) 9... Bb7 10. e3 Qe7 11. b5 Rc8 12. Nfd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} d5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5 15. bxc6 (15. Qb3 {is more complex.} dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd7 18. Rac1) 15... Nxc6 16. Qa3 Nb4 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Rfc1 b5 21. Nb3 Nd5 22. Kf1 Bf8 23. Ke2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 24. Nc5 a4 25. Rab1 ({But not} 25. Nxe6 $2 a3 $19) 25... e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 26. Ba1 b4 27. Nd3 (27. e4 $1 $11 Nc3+ 28. Bxc3 bxc3 29. Rb7) 27... e4 $17 28. Nf4 Nxf4+ (28... Nb6 {looks sharper.} 29. d5 b3 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Kd1 Rc2) 29. exf4 (29. gxf4 $17 a3 30. d5) 29... Rxc1 $19 30. Rxc1 $17 {KRB-KRB} b3 31. axb3 axb3 32. Bc3 $2 (32. Rb1 {is more resistant.}) 32... Ra2+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Ke3 {[#]} Ba3 $1 {[%cal Ra3c1]} 34. Rb1 Rc2 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,61,7,6,17,6,31,25,31,28,34,39,44,10,15,10,10,12,9,10,24,5,4,3,4,3,5,2,2,-13,-8,-8,-6,-9,-1,-7,-3,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (7... Re8 8. c4 c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. e4 h6 11. Bh4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Ncxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bb5 Bf5 15. Bxe8 Qxe8 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Rxe4 Qxd5 {0-1 (31) Artemiev,V (2658)-Mamedyarov,S (2762) Novi Sad 2016}) 8. c4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Rc1 Nce4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. Nb3 Be6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (39) Slipak,S (2439)-Villanueva,M (2429) Villa Martelli 2016}) 9. Bh4 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne5 13. Be2 (13. Bb3 {seems wilder.} a5 14. Rfd1 a4 15. Bc2 Qd6 16. Rac1) 13... Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 14. Rad1 {[#] aiming for Nxc6.} Nxd4 15. exd4 Bf5 16. Qb4 Re8 17. Qxb7 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Bxd7 21. Bd5 Rb4 22. Rfe1 e6 23. Bb3 Ba4 24. Bg3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Rc8 26. d5 exd5 27. Rxd5 Rxb3 28. Red1 h5 29. h3 Bf6 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[BlackElo "2591"] [BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 Qc5 14. Bd3 h5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Rhf1 Bh6 17. Qe1 Qe5 18. Qh4 O-O-O 19. Qxf6 Bg7 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21. g3 h4 22. Ne2 Rdg8 23. Rf3 Rg4 24. Nf4 Kd7 25. c3 Rhg8 26. Bc2 hxg3 27. hxg3 Ke7 28. Rff1 a5 29. a3 Rxg3 30. Ne2 Re3 31. Nd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rg2 33. Rh1 Ree2 34. Rh7+ Kf6 35. e5+ dxe5 36. Rh6+ Kg7 37. Rh7+ Kf6 38. Rh6+ Kg5 39. Rg6+ Kh5 40. Rd6 Re1+ 41. Ka2 Rxc2 42. Rgxe6 Bf3 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rajesh, V A V"]
[Black "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[BlackElo "2527"] [BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"]} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Ne2 exd5 7. exd5 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Nbc3 Ne5 11. b3 Bf5 12. h3 h5 13. Bf4 Re8 14. f3 Nh7 15. Qd2 a6 16. g4 Bd7 17. Bh6 hxg4 18. fxg4 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. N2g3 f6 23. Rf2 b4 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. Re1 Rae8 26. Ne2 f5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Nf4 Kg8 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. dxe6 Qxe6 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Nxd6 Re7 34. Ne4 Nfd7 35. Ng5 Qb6 36. Kh1 Nf6 37. Qe3 Qd6 38. Qf4 Nf7 39. Qxd6 Nxd6 40. Rc1 Re2 41. Rxc5 Rxa2 42. Rc7+ Kh6 43. Nf7+ Nxf7 44. Rxf7 Nh5 45. Rb7 Nf4 46. Be4 Nxh3 47. Rxb4 Nf2+ 48. Kg1 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Thipsay, Praveen M"]
[Black "Krishna C R G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[BlackElo "2464"] [BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bh6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. O-O Ne7 16. Ra2 Rac8 17. Nd1 Bg7 18. Nf2 e5 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. e4 Ng6 21. Qd1 Nf4 22. Bc2 Bb5 23. Re1 Rc3 24. Bb1 Bc4 25. Qd2 Bxa2 26. Bxa2 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Qg6+ 28. Ng4 h5 29. Kh1 hxg4 30. Rg1 Nh3 31. Rg3 Rxf3 32. Qxd5+ Kh7 33. Bc4 Qf6 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,59,0,0,2,32,12,47,-7,4,6,47,5,31,21,43,39,47,43,83,47,84,76,126,119,117,111,120,90,101,111,172,155,159,160,225,203,233,232,245,180,195,154,29983,29983]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5][%mdl 32]} 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8. h4 b6 9. Qb1 h6 10. g4 Bb7 11. Rh3 Nd7 12. g5 h5 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Nd5 {1-0 (24) Nepomniachtchi,I (2768)-Bacrot,E (2678) Batumi 2018}) 8... exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. O-O {The position is equal.} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d4 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Re1 Bf6 {½-½ (52) Lovik,L (2378)-Houska,J (2386) Norway 2016}) 11. Qc2 Be6 (11... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 12. Qb1 Bd7 $14) 12. Rac1 (12. d4 $14) 12... Rac8 13. Qb1 Rfd8 14. h3 Qa5 15. Bc3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Nb4 16. a4 Qb6 17. d4 Nc6 18. Qb2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bf8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e6]} Re8 22. a5 Qd8 23. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} b5 {[#]} (23... a6 $16 {was necessary.}) 24. axb6 $1 $18 axb6 25. b5 Nb8 {[#]} (25... Na7 $16 {might work better.} 26. Rfd1 Rc5) 26. Bd4 $1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Kf7 28. Qc2 g6 29. Qc7+ Be7 $2 (29... Qxc7 $16 30. Rxc7+ Re7 31. Bxb6 Bg7) 30. Qf4+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 12%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chanda, Sandipan"]
[Black "Nitin, S.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,73,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,-19,-12,-18,-27,-17,-14,-12,-20,-19,0,0,0,0,2,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Nh4 {E75: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation: 6...c5 7 d5 e6} Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 h6 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qxb2 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 16. Rc1 Bc2 17. O-O Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e2]} (17... Nd7 18. Rf2 Ba4 19. Bd1 Qa3 20. Bxa4 Qxa4 21. f4 Nf6 22. Nf5 {1-0 (22) Kravtsiv,M (2657)-Amin,B (2672) Martuni 2017}) 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. g3 Ba4 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Bd3 $146 (22. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Re2d1]} Qe3+ 23. Kg2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 22. Kf2 b5 23. Rfe1 bxc4 24. Bd1 {1-0 (24) Flear,G (2428)-Thogersen,R (2161) Hastings 2016}) 22... Qe3+ 23. Kg2 Qxd2+ 24. Nxd2 {Ne4 is the strong threat.} Nf6 25. Rfe1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 28. h3 a6 29. g4 b5 30. Kf3 Bd7 31. g5 Ne8 $1 32. h4 f5 33. Nb3 Kf7 34. Na5 Ng7 35. Nc6 {The position is equal.} b4 36. Nb8 Ke7 37. Nxd7 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Black "Stany, G.A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,125,53,70,33,49,32,65,47,26,14,14,10,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,91,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,12,0,12,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nc3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (6. Qc2 Be4 7. Qa4 Bc6 8. Qb3 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Bb7 12. O-O Na6 13. Rd1 Nc5 {½-½ (54) Gordievsky,D (2615)-Rakhmanov,A (2634) Sochi 2018}) 6... Ne4 7. d5 Nxc3 8. Qd4 f6 9. Qxc3 Bg7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. e4 Qe7 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 c5 12. Qd2 e5 13. h4 h5 14. Ng1 d6 15. Bh3 Nd7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Ne2 {½-½ (17) Osipi,J (2165)-Terao,J (2285) Curitiba 2017}) 11... f5 12. Qc2 fxe4 13. Qxe4 {Threatens to win with Bg5.} O-O $1 14. Qe2 Na6 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 {seems wilder.} Rxf4 16. gxf4 Rf8 17. Ne5 exd5 18. Qd2) 15... Qb4 16. dxe6 Qxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxb2 18. exd7 {[#] Strongly threatening Rad1.} Bxa1 ({But not} 18... Bxf3 $2 19. Bxf3 Rxf3 20. Rad1 $18) 19. Rxa1 {aiming for Ne5.} Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rxf3 21. Rd1 Nc5 22. d8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf8 24. Rd1 Ne6 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {KB-KN} 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. g4 h5 30. Bf4 c5 31. h3 Nc6 32. a4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Na5 34. Kd3 Nc6 35. Ke2 Na5 36. Kd3 Nc6 37. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Nd4 38. Ke4 Nc6 39. Bg3 Na5 40. Kd3 Nc6 41. f4 Na5 42. Be1 {Hoping for Bxa5.} Nb7 43. Bc3 Nd8 44. Ke4 Nf7 45. f5+ gxf5+ 46. gxf5+ Kd6 47. Bd2 a6 {[#]} (47... Kc6 $11 {remains equal.}) 48. Bf4+ (48. Bc1 $1 $16) 48... Kc6 {The position is equal.} 49. f6 b5 50. Kf5 bxc4 51. Ke6 Nh8 52. Bd2 Ng6 53. f7 {Bh6 is the strong threat.} Nf8+ 54. Ke7 Nh7 55. Bc3 Kc7 56. Bd2 {And now Bc3 would win.} Kc6 57. a5 {With the idea Bc3.} Kc7 58. Be1 {Black should prevent Bc3.} Kc6 59. Bc3 Kc7 60. Bd2 Kc6 61. Kd8 {next Bc3 is good for White.} c3 62. Bxc3 Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f7]} 63. f8=Q {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Black "Raahul V S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,115,8,16,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-49,52,13,32,-27,0,0,16,16,16,11,22,15,20,14,47,20,13,27,16,16,12,22,19,27,27,25,36,0,0,9,6,0,0,-2,-13,-20,-37,-122,6,0,17,17,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,17,17,16,16,16,16,31,31,36,31,193,193,193,193,193,193,193,197,6785,6785,6572,6566,6458,5540,5357,4753,4510,2474,1661,1485,29961,12850]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qe7 11. h4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O-O a5 13. Kb1 a4 14. Ne2 b5 15. Rdg1 c4 16. h4 f6 17. Ng3 Nb6 18. d4 h5 {1-0 (60) Motylev,A (2677)-Jones,G (2578) Aix les Bains 2011}) 11... Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Rdg1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Ne2 f5 16. Bxg7 {½-½ (16) Ramesh,R (2491)-Venkatesh,M (2438) Visakhapatnam 2006}) 12... Qe6 13. b3 {The position is equal.} Ng4 14. h5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 b5 17. a4 Bd7 (17... b4 $15 18. Nd1 f5) 18. Qe2 Qd6 19. Rd1 (19. Nd1 $14) 19... Rfd8 20. O-O Re8 21. axb5 cxb5 22. d4 $1 cxd4 {[#]} 23. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Hoping for Nf5. Pin} Qc5 (23... exd4 24. Bxd6) 24. Ndxb5 Nf6 25. Qc4 (25. Rxd7 $5 Nxd7 26. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb4 27. Nd5 $11) 25... Rec8 26. Nd6 Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6c4]} 27. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. exd5 Nxd5 30. c4 Nc3 31. Rd3 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 a5 $1 33. Re1 Nd4 34. Nb7 Rc7 {[#]} 35. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb7 (35... exd4 36. Bxc7) 36. Rd3 {[#]} (36. Rd5 $15) 36... a4 (36... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4d3][%mdl 512]} 37. Rxe4 f5) 37. bxa4 $11 Rxa4 38. c5 Rc4 $1 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Rxe5 {Black must now prevent Rf5.} Rc7 $1 41. Rxg5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} hxg5 42. Bxc7 {aiming for Bd6.} Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. Bb6 Rc4 44. g3 Kh6 45. Rd7 f5 46. Rf7 Rc6 47. Bd8 Rc5 $2 (47... Rd6 $14) 48. Bxg5+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Kxg5 49. Rxg7+ {KR-KR} Kh6 50. Rg8 $1 {Strongly threatening f4.} Rc2 {[#]} 51. Kg1 $1 Kxh5 $2 {[#]} (51... Rc7 52. f4 Rf7) 52. f4 $1 Kh6 53. Rg5 Rc5 54. Kg2 Ra5 55. Kh3 Kh7 56. Kh4 Kh6 57. g4 Rb5 58. Rxf5 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anurag, Mhamal"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,126,29,25,13,12,0,12,-2,8,-14,-25,-71,-47,-36,0,0,0,-60,-58,-49,-43,-37,-45,-103,-102,-157,-157,-176,-155,-169,-127,-113,-114,-130,-130,-132,-124,-123,-117,-129,-129,-130,-131,-128,-135,-154,-149,-155,-150,-136,-141,-151,-109,-193,-111,-120,-119,-132,-89,-167,-175,-206,-212,-212,-212,-188,-204,-187,-181,-229,-148,-228,-95,-136,-137,-129,-129,-157,-120,-191,-179,-171,-164,-165,-120,-221,-185,-383,-393,-390,-386,-386,-371,-370,-363,-351,-270,-263,-276,-274,-277,-270,-266,-245,-239,-235,-129,-129,-127,-126,-119,-122,-122]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bd3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} b5 (6... e6 7. a4 b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Na3 O-O 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nc4 d5 {½-½ (31) Amin,B (2709)-Saric,I (2692) Zagreb 2018}) 7. c4 Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bf1 b4 10. a3 e6 11. axb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d3 Bb7 12. Be3 a5 {½-½ (58) Pena Gomez,M (2491)-Makoveev,I (2196) Prague 2018}) 11... cxb4 12. d4 Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd2 (16. Qa4+ $1 $11 Bd7 17. Qa5) 16... a5 $1 $15 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. c5 Bd7 19. c6 (19. Qd3 $15) 19... Qxc6 $17 20. Qd2 {[#]} (20. Qxc6 $142 Bxc6 21. Nxa5 Bxe4 22. Nc4) 20... Qb6 $1 ({Don't play} 20... Nxe4 21. Qe3 $15) 21. Qg5 O-O 22. Qxe5 {[%cal Ra1a5]} Qxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 23. Kxf2 Ng4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kg3 Nxe5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Nxa5 Rc8 27. Rd1 Kf8 28. Rd4 Rc1 29. Ba6 Rc5 30. Nb7 Rc6 31. Bb5 Rb6 32. Bxd7 Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Ba4 g5 34. h4 (34. Bd1 $17) 34... h6 (34... gxh4+ $19 35. Kxh4 b3) 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Kf2 Ra7 37. Bb3 (37. Bb5 $17 {was necessary.}) 37... Ra1 $19 38. Kg3 Rb1 39. Rxb4 Rxb2 {Hoping for ...Nc6.} 40. Rb5 f6 41. Ba4 Re2 42. Rb6 Ke7 43. Bd1 (43. Rb7+ $17 Kf8 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Rb8+ Kg7 47. Rb7+ Kh6 48. Rb6) 43... Rd2 (43... Rxe4 $19 {has better winning chances. ...f5 is the strong threat.} 44. Rb7+ Kd6 45. Rb6+ Kd7 46. Rb7+ Kd6 47. Rb6+ Kd5) 44. Bf3 Rc2 45. Rb7+ Kd6 46. Rb6+ Kd7 47. Bd1 (47. Ra6 $17 {was called for.}) 47... Rc4 48. Bf3 Ra4 49. Rb3 Ke7 50. Rc3 (50. Rb7+ $17 {is a better defense.} Kd6 51. Rb6+ Kd7 52. Rb3) 50... Kd6 51. Rc8 $2 (51. Rb3) 51... Ra3 52. Kf2 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 53. Be2 g3+ 54. Ke1 Nf7 55. Rf8 Ke7 56. Rg8 Ng5 57. e5 Ra1+ 58. Kd2 Kf7 59. Rb8 fxe5 60. Rb3 Rg1 ({Black should play} 60... Kf6 $19 61. Kc2 Ra2+ 62. Kd1 Ne4 63. Rf3+ Kg5) 61. Bf3 $17 {Black is better.} e4 62. Bh5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kf6 63. Rxg3 Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krishna C R G"]
[Black "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,133,14,17,27,20,16,6,24,14,40,14,39,22,25,20,9,20,18,0,0,0,37,4,9,16,29,28,19,0,0,16,3,0,0,0,11,15,23,25,41,41,43,50,110,110,119,82,85,92,89,99,108,106,121,108,106,60,95,86,106,104,102,95,100,76,77,58,62,58,65,60,59,60,121,96,82,88,177,189,180,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,8,17,8,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,26,17,40,8,40,40]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} (7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Qd3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 e5 11. Bg2 Nb6 12. Qe2 exd4 13. exd4+ Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg5 Re8 {½-½ (28) Gledura,B (2621)-Cori Tello,J (2664) Saint Louis 2018}) 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Qe7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. Bd2 Rfd8 {½-½ (36) Gerhards,G (2238)-Laine,P (2304) ICCF email 2008}) 12... b5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Rd1 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Bd2 a6 18. Rac1 c5 19. Ne2 c4 20. Qc2 (20. Bb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4e7]} cxb3 21. Bxe7 bxa2 22. Ra1 $14) 20... Nc5 21. Bb4 Qa7 22. Nd4 {Hoping for Nc6.} Qb6 $1 23. a4 Rfe8 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qb8 26. Nc6 Qc8 27. Nxe5 Rexe5 28. Rd4 Qc7 29. Qd2 Re7 30. Rd1 c3 ({Black should try} 30... Re8 $14) 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Rd6 Qxa5 {[#]} 33. Rxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxa6 34. Qxc3 Qb6 35. Qb4 Re5 36. Rd6 Qc7 37. Qd4 Re8 38. Rc6 Qe5 39. Qxe5 Rxe5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Rb6 Ne8 41. Rb8 Kh7 42. Bc6 Nd6 43. Rd8 Ne4 44. f4 Re7 45. Bxb5 Nf6 ({Better is} 45... f5 $14) 46. Bc4 Ne4 47. Kg2 g5 (47... f5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 48. Bd3 $18 gxf4 {[#]} 49. Kf3 $2 ({Much less strong is} 49. gxf4 g6 $16) ({White should play} 49. Rd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4e4]} f5 50. exf4) 49... fxe3 $1 $11 50. Rd4 f5 51. Bxe4 e2 52. Kxe2 ({Don't blunder} 52. Bxf5+ $2 g6 $19) 52... fxe4 {KR-KR} 53. Ke3 Ra7 54. Rxe4 Ra2 55. h3 Rh2 56. Rh4+ Kg6 57. Kf3 Ra2 58. Rb4 Ra3+ 59. Kf4 Ra1 60. Rb6+ Kh7 61. Re6 Ra3 62. h4 Ra5 63. Re5 Ra3 64. g4 Ra4+ 65. Kf5 Rb4 66. h5 Rb1 (66... g6+ $5 67. hxg6+ Kh6 $14) 67. Kg5 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vignesh, N R"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,67,16,18,25,25,19,50,45,31,15,19,-3,27,0,4,4,6,-7,0,-28,-24,-37,-47,-43,-35,-41,-38,-44,0,0,-6,-2,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,22]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} d6 8. a4 O-O 9. Re1 h6 (9... Kh8 10. d4 h6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd2 Kg8 15. Nf3 {½-½ (31) Anand,V (2771)-Aronian,L (2780) Batumi 2018}) 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 12. Ng3 c6 13. Bb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ba2 Re8 14. d4 Qc7 {1-0 (45) Urazayev,A (2322)-Kiolbasa,O (2253) Warsaw 2017}) 13... Re8 14. d4 $1 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qc2 d5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Ree8 20. f4 Nxe4 $1 21. Nxe4 Nc4 22. Bf2 {[#] And now Nd2 would win.} dxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd7 ({Weaker is} 24... Nxb2 25. Qe2 $16) 25. Qe2 Nd6 26. Nf3 {White wants to play Bxa7.} Bxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Ne4 28. Qb6 Re8 29. Re1 c5 30. Qb3 Qc7 31. Ne5 Nf6 32. Rd1 Re7 33. Qc4 g5 34. fxg5 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akash G"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna. V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,63,15,12,22,30,10,24,25,19,-12,0,-9,0,-24,0,-23,-22,-37,-22,-59,0,-14,-17,-38,-40,-38,-22,-22,-18,-36,-36,-36,-37,-38,0,13,26,22,25,29,31,35,135,118,197,187,157,191,197,97,89,20]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 d4 7. Nb3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Nc6 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 8. c3 {[%cal Rb3d4]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... dxc3 9. bxc3 Nd5 10. c4 Ndb4 11. Bd2 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Rb1 a4 14. Nc1 Nc5 {½-½ (77) Karjakin,S (2760)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2720) Moscow 2010}) 9. cxd4 {White has an edge.} exd4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bd2 {is more complex.} Re8 12. Rc1 Nh7 13. Re1 Nf8 14. Rc4) 11... Bxf6 12. Rc1 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qd6 14. Nc5 Ne7 15. b4 c6 16. a3 Nd5 ({Black should try} 16... b6 $15 17. Ne4 Qd8) 17. Nb3 {[%cal Bc5b3,Bb3d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} Nc7 18. Qb2 Re8 19. Rfe1 Nb5 20. a4 Nc3 21. Nbxd4 Nxa4 22. Qb3 Nb6 23. e3 Nd5 (23... a6 $15) 24. b5 $11 {[%cal Rb5c6]} c5 25. Ne2 Be6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nxe3!} 26. Qa3 Nb4 27. d4 c4 (27... a5 $14) 28. Nd2 $16 Rac8 (28... Qe7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 29. Bxb7 $18 Rc7 {[#]} 30. Bc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rec8 (30... Nxc6 31. Qxd6) 31. Nxc4 (31. d5 $18 {is more deadly.} Qe7 32. dxe6 Nxc6 33. exf7+ (33. Nxc4 Qxa3 34. Nxa3 Ne7 $16) 33... Kxf7 34. Nxc4 Qxa3 35. Nxa3) 31... Qe7 $16 32. Qa1 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 46%.} (32. d5 $16 Nxd5 33. Qxe7 Nxe7 34. Na5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rathnakaran, K.."]
[Black "Venkatesh, M.R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,74,9,0,12,11,20,-32,-21,-33,-29,-50,-43,-63,-8,-65,-50,-38,-45,-83,-65,-98,-88,-98,-98,-98,-98,-79,-77,-93,-103,-212,-108,-108,-123,-148,-141,-120,-146,-127,-116,-463,-466,-523,-538,-484,-515,-437,-480,-707,-702,-968,-614,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Bg5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Nbd2 g5 (9... Qe7 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ne3 g5 12. Bg3 O-O-O 13. Ba4 Nb8 14. Qc2 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nh5 {1-0 (41) Aronian,L (2785)-Adams,M (2748) London 2016}) 10. Bg3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nh5 11. Nxe5 Nxg3 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Ng6+ Kxf7 14. Nxh8+ Qxh8 15. hxg3 Qf6 {0-1 (68) Liang,A (2570)-Khachiyan,M (2525) Saint Louis 2018}) 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng1 (12. Qb3 $11) 12... Qd7 13. a4 Qf7 14. Ne2 h5 {Threatens to win with ...h4.} 15. h4 $1 Ng4 (15... gxh4 $1 $15 16. Rxh4 Ng4) 16. Rf1 (16. Nf3 $11) 16... gxh4 17. Bxh4 Ne7 $40 {[%mdl 128] ...Ng6 is the strong threat. Black attacks.} 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 e5 $1 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 (20... Kxe7 $6 21. Qc2 $11) 21. Qb3 {[#]} O-O-O $1 22. f3 Nf6 23. d5 h4 24. Nc4 {[#]} (24. g4 $17) 24... Nd7 (24... Rdg8 $1 $19 25. Rc1 Nd7) 25. Na5 $17 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Rb3b7]} Nc5 26. Qc4 {b4 would now be nice for White.} Bb6 27. Nxb7 Nxb7 28. Qxa6 Ba5+ 29. Nc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. b4 $17 {nothing else works.} Bxb4+ 30. Kf2 Bc5+ 31. Ke1) 29... Qg5 $19 (29... Kb8 30. b4 $17) 30. Ke2 ({Reject} 30. Qa8+ Kd7) 30... Bb6 (30... Bxc3 31. bxc3 Kd7 32. Qc6+ (32. Qxb7 Rb8 $14) 32... Ke7 33. Qxb7 $16) 31. a5 Qxg2+ (31... Qe3+ 32. Kd1 $15) 32. Kd3 Kb8 {And now ...Nc5+ would win.} ({Weaker is} 32... Ba7 33. Rac1 $17) 33. b4 (33. Qb5 $142 Nxa5 34. Rfd1 Qxf3+ 35. Kc2) 33... Bd4 34. Nb5 Rdf8 35. Qc6 {If only White now had time for a6....} Rxf3+ {Black mates.} 36. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 37. Kc2 Qe2+ {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Srijit Paul"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,78,-20,-38,34,0,-6,-3,-6,16,0,0,0,-2,0,-29,-27,-33,-34,-56,-7,-22,0,0,0,-37,-36,-38,-46,-32,0,0,0,-33,-33,-38,-51,-97,-97,-106,-85,-91,-80,-83,-68,-62,-63,-64,-53,-62,-40,-46,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Kh1 a6 11. f4 Rc8 12. Bf3 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} Nd7 (12... Bc4 13. Rf2 b5 14. Rd2 Qc7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. c3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Qd7 19. a4 Rc4 20. axb5 axb5 {0-1 (44) Danin,A (2606)-Chabanon,J (2479) Cappelle-la-Grande 2014}) 13. Rb1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} a5 $146 ({Better is} 13... Bxc3 $15 14. bxc3 Bc4) ({Predecessor:} 13... Nb6 14. Nd5 Nc4 15. c3 Re8 16. Qe2 b5 17. Rbd1 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Qa7 19. Nc1 Qb8 {1-0 (31) Hurdzan,T (2202)-Zeman,M (2240) Kouty nad Desnou 2018}) 14. Nd5 {White is slightly better.} a4 15. Nd2 f6 16. Bh4 Nd4 17. c3 Nxf3 18. Nxf3 Nb6 19. Bf2 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf7 21. Re1 Qd7 (21... a3 $5) 22. Qd3 e5 (22... Rfe8 {is more complex.} 23. a3 Bh6 24. Be3 Bf8 25. Rbd1 e5) 23. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 24. Rbd1 Bxa2 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Bh6 27. Ra1 Bb3 28. Rb6 Bxf4 29. Nd4 Bd5 30. Rxa4 Ra8 31. b3 Rxa4 32. bxa4 Be5 33. Bg3 Bxd4 34. cxd4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc8 {[#] ( -> ...Rc1+)} 35. Kg1 Kf7 36. Rd6 Be4 37. d5 Rc5 38. Rd7+ Ke8 39. Rxb7 Bxd5 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,88,0,5,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,27,21,28,20,21,-31,-42,-58,-54,-109,-98,-107,-112,-111,-110,-106,-110,-205,-195,-205,-195,-209,-182,-197,-209,-218,-212,-202,-188,-242,-233,-283,-274,-275,-253,-309,-224,-222,-221,-222,-213,-210,-210,-211,-201,-306,-309,-301,-295,-342,-158,-316,-314,-491,-484,-552,-548,-533,-529,-508,-494,-451,-429]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Bg5 Be6 {LiveBook: 476 Games} 10. Rb1 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} (10. Re1 Rc8 11. Bf1 h6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. c3 e5 16. Be3 b6 17. Qc1 Qh4 18. f3 Rfd8 {0-1 (52) Andriasian,Z (2585)-Nakamura,H (2781) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... Rc8 11. Re1 a6 12. Bf1 {The position is equal.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b5 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nc4 16. Qd3 Re8 17. c3 Qb6 18. g3 Ne5 {½-½ (26) Lukin,A (2425)-Petrakov,A (2335) St Petersburg 1994}) 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne5 15. c3 Qd7 16. f4 ({Better is} 16. g3 $11) 16... Nc4 $15 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nd2 ({White should play} 18. g3 $15) 18... Ra4 $17 19. Qb3 Nh5 20. f5 Rg4 21. Be3 gxf5 ({Of course not} 21... Qxf5 22. Qxb7 Be5 23. Qxa6 $15) 22. h3 {[#]} (22. Rbd1 $17) 22... Rg6 $1 $19 23. Qd1 {[#]} Nf6 $1 24. Qf3 e5 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Rbd1 b5 27. Nb3 Qc7 28. Nd4 (28. Kh1 $142) 28... Ne4 29. Ne2 Be5 30. Nf4 Rg3 31. Qh5 Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nh5 Rg6 34. Bf4 Reg8 35. Re2 Ke7 36. Bxe5 (36. Be3 $142) 36... dxe5 37. g4 Rg5 {White must now prevent ...Rxh5.} 38. Rxe4 Rxh5 (38... fxe4 $19 {has better winning chances.} 39. Ng3 h5 40. Nxe4 Rf5) 39. Rxe5 $2 (39. Kf2 $17) 39... Rxh3 {KRR-KRR} 40. Kg2 (40. Rde1 $142 Rxg4+ 41. Kf2 Rf4+ 42. Kg2) 40... Rh4 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Rde1 Rgxg4+ 42. Kf2 Rf4+ 43. Kg2 Rhg4+ 44. Kh3 Re4 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,0,4,17,0,27,8,14,3,0,12,9,1,32,3,27,20,57,43,68,75,66,53,60,56,71,63,116,122,119,106,116,105,129,116,169,91,87,93,118,118,125,129,152,166,197,189,272,278,342,345,345,341,420,419,700,720,666,678,802,769,650,630,608,588,1675,1242]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 g6 6. Be2 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Bg7 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Nc3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nb4 $146 (10... b6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8 {½-½ (48) Demchenko,A (2679)-Sarana,A (2641) Sochi 2018}) 11. Ne1 b6 12. a3 Na6 13. b4 Bb7 14. Rb1 Nc7 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Nd5 Ne5 17. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4d5][%mdl 32]} Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qd7 19. Qb3 {And now f4 would win.} b5 20. Rbc1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bh6 22. Rc2 a6 ({Better is} 22... e6 $14) 23. Bxe5 $1 $16 dxe5 24. Nd3 {aiming for Nc5.} Qd6 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. a4 Bd7 (26... Qb6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 27. axb5 axb5) 27. Nxd7 (27. axb5 $1 $18 Bxb5 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Ra2) 27... Qxd7 28. Rc6 Qa7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Qd4 {[#]} 31. Bf1 $1 Bd2 {[#]} 32. Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d4]} Qa7 (32... Qb6 $142 33. Qb2 Bg5 34. Qxe5 Bf6) 33. Qb2 $18 Bf4 34. b5 Rb8 35. Qc3 Kg7 36. h4 Rb6 (36... Rxb5 $142 37. g3 Bxg3 38. Qxg3 f6) 37. g3 {White is clearly winning.} Bh6 38. Rc7 Qa2 39. Qxe5+ Rf6 40. f4 Qb3 41. Qc3 Qd1 42. e5 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,75,35,31,60,58,99,77,66,77,65,75,60,58,59,61,104,91,101,75,97,94,110,101,109,106,111,94,111,88,145,146,193,182,190,186,198,186,180,169,211,204,233,233,224,229,208,207,275,275,291,263,325,305,444,399,505,500]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 (11... Bxf3 12. Nxd5 Bxd1 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Rxd1 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 O-O-O 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. Rd1 Rd7 {1-0 (36) Morgunov,M (2362)-Schroll,G (2295) Vienna 2018}) 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bb5 {[#] Threatens to win with d5.White is better.} a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qxc6 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. g5 Ng8 19. Bf4 Qe6 {0-1 (19) Zanotti,C (1400)-Della Valle,M (1819) IECG email 2002}) 15. Bf4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 ({Much weaker is} 16. gxf3 O-O $15) 16... O-O 17. Be5 Rfb8 18. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Ne8 19. Na4 f6 20. Bg3 Ba3 21. Rad1 Qd5 22. Qg4 Rd8 23. Re3 Bf8 24. Rc3 Bd6 (24... Bb4 $142) 25. Bxd6 $16 Rxd6 26. Re3 f5 27. Qe2 Nf6 28. Re5 Qf7 29. Rxf5 Re8 30. Re5 (30. Qxa6 c5 $16) 30... Rxe5 31. dxe5 ({Don't take} 31. Qxe5 $6 Re6 $16) 31... Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Nd5 33. Nc5 Qf4 34. Qe1 ({Resist} 34. Nxa6 $6 Qxe5 35. a4 h6 $18) 34... Qd4 35. Nxa6 Qb6 36. Qe2 Kf8 (36... h6 $142 37. g3 Kf7) 37. Qc4 $18 Ke8 38. a4 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Venkatesh, M.R."]
[Black "Nitin, S.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,69,8,4,83,24,35,11,22,16,18,0,8,0,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64,65,73,35,35,50,32,37,68,32,46,55,84,69,77,77,127,125,125,123,435,423]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. a3 d6 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Qc7 (10... Ne5 11. f4 Nc4 12. b3 Nb6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Nxa4 15. Rxa4 Qd7 16. Bb2 {1-0 (41) Hovhannisyan,R (2553)-Andreikin,D (2687) ICC INT 2011}) 11. a4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} bxa4 (11... b4 $11 {remains equal.} 12. Na2 Nc5) 12. Nxa4 (12. Nd5 $16 exd5 13. exd5+ Ne5 14. f4) 12... Be7 $11 13. c4 O-O 14. b3 Nc5 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Ba3 Ba8 (16... Rfc8 $11) 17. Qc2 $146 (17. b4 $14 Ncd7 18. b5) ({Predecessor:} 17. b4 Ncd7 {0-1 (51) Wang,R (2403)-Lu,S (2570) China 2015}) 17... Rfc8 18. Rab1 Qa5 19. Bc1 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Ncxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 d5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qe1+.} 23. Bf4 Rb7 $1 24. Nd2 Bf6 (24... Qd8 $11) 25. N4f3 $14 h6 26. h4 dxc4 27. Nxc4 Qd5 28. Nfd2 Bd4 29. Re1 a5 30. Qa2 e5 {[#]} 31. Be3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} (31. Qxa5 $2 Rb5 $17) ({Stronger than} 31. Nxe5 g5 $17) 31... Bc3 32. Rc1 Bd4 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Re1 Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Rb5 $16 {is tougher.} 35. Qa4 Qh5) 35. Nb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Stany, G.A."]
[Black "Krishna C R G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,88,7,0,0,2,0,5,17,39,38,37,41,81,71,81,26,29,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,-143,-118,-203,-203,-330,-329,-312,-302,-472,-472,-915,-895,-960,-917,-933,-874,-1607,-696,-362,0,-1575,-1554,-29973,-29974,-29976,-29976]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2g3,Bg3h5][%mdl 32]} cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bc2 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} Rf7 14. Re1 Nf8 15. a3 (15. Nh5 Qd8 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Nf4 Bd7 19. Nd3 Rc8 20. Be3 Qd8 {½-½ (72) Svane,R (2570)-Sethuraman,S (2623) Moscow 2017}) 15... Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 16. b4 a6 17. Nh5 Qd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qe7 18. Ne5 Qh4 19. f4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bb8 {0-1 (32) Rombaldoni,A (2513)-Bruno,F (2413) Condino 2014}) 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qh4 20. f4 Rc8 21. Be3 Nxb4 22. Bf2 ({Better is} 22. axb4 $16 {aiming for Bf2.} Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qxh5 24. Qd1 Qxd1 25. Raxd1 (25. Rexd1 Ng6 $16)) 22... Qxh5 $1 $11 23. Qxh5 (23. Bh7+ {looks sharper.} Nxh7 24. Qxh5 Nc2 25. g3 Nxa1 26. Rxa1 Ba4 27. Bb6) 23... Nxc2 24. g3 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 Ba4 26. Be3 Bc2 27. Rc1 Rc4 28. Qe2 Rfc7 29. Qd2 $1 Ng6 30. Qa5 Ne7 31. g4 Kh7 32. Kf2 (32. Qb6 $11) 32... R7c6 33. Qd8 {[#]} (33. Qd2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 33... Ng6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg6f4]} 34. Qd7 (34. g5 $142 Nxf4 35. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 36. Kg3) 34... Nxf4 35. Bxf4 Rxf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kg3 {[#]} (36. Ke3 $142 Rxg4 37. Rxc2 Rxc2 38. Qxe6 Rc3+ 39. Kd2) 36... Rxg4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 37. Kxg4 (37. Kf2 $142 Rc3 38. Qxe6 Rf4+ 39. Kg1) 37... Bf5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 38. Kf4 Rxc1 39. Qxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Rc4+ 40. Ke3 Rc3+ (40... d4+ $142 41. Kf3 d3) 41. Kd4 Rc4+ $2 (41... Rxa3 42. Kc5 Ra4) 42. Ke3 d4+ {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 43. Kd2 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 d3 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Black "Akash G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,69,22,20,13,16,20,29,0,53,44,46,31,28,-4,52,52,54,57,67,38,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,27,27,6,6,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. b3 a5 7. c4 d5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Bf5 10. e3 Nxc3 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qe2 e6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. Bh3 (13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Bf1 g5 15. Rac1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 f5 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. cxd5 cxd5 {½-½ (29) Jakovenko,D (2709)-Ding,L (2760) Sharjah 2017}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd7 15. Qe2 f5 16. f3 Re8 17. Rad1 a4 18. Rfe1 axb3 19. axb3 {½-½ (42) Donchenko,A (2523)-Mamedov,R (2652) Doha 2014}) 15. a4 bxc4 (15... b4 $11 16. Bb2 dxc4) 16. bxc4 $14 Na6 17. Rfc1 Nb4 18. Qe2 Qb6 (18... c5 $11) 19. Rab1 Rfb8 20. c5 Qc7 21. Qd2 (21. f4 {looks sharper.} h5 22. Qd2 Rb7 23. Rb2 Bf6 24. Bf1) 21... e5 22. Bxb4 (22. Re1 {keeps more tension.} Re8 23. Red1 Reb8 24. Rb3 h5 25. Rdb1) 22... axb4 23. Rxb4 exd4 24. exd4 Rxb4 25. Qxb4 Qa5 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Bd7 Rxa4 28. Bxc6 Rxd4 29. Bb5 {[#] Strongly threatening c6.} Be5 30. c6 Bc7 $1 {The position is equal.} 31. Ra1 {aiming for Ra7.} Rb4 32. Ra7 {And now Bd3 would win.} Rxb5 33. Rxc7 Rc5 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Gusain, Himal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,56,28,24,-20,-26,-37,-37,-37,-37,-45,-36,-93,-52,-62,-48,-120,-114,-179,-215,-276,-268,-231,-218,-472,-456,-461,-460,-679,-594,-872,-868,-956,-955,-912,-932,-1022,-989,-1071,-983]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 b6 9. Ndf3 {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6)} Bb7 10. Bf4 Ne4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Nd3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. h4 Qe8 13. Rc1 Na6 14. Nd3 Be7 15. Qb3 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Nc7 {0-1 (56) Lysyj,I (2644)-Fedoseev,V (2546) Voronezh 2012}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nde5 b5 14. a4 a6 15. Qc2 (15. Nd2 $15) 15... Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. b3 (17. Rfd1 $15) 17... c3 $17 18. b4 (18. Rad1 $17) 18... a5 $19 19. Rfb1 Qd6 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. axb5 $2 (21. e3) 21... Rxa1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece. Black is clearly winning.} 22. Rxa1 cxb5 {[%cal Bc6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 23. e3 (23. Ne5 $142 Qxd4 24. Nd3) 23... b4 24. Ne5 Bd5 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Qa4 Rc8 27. f3 Bd5 28. Qa7 Qc7 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vignesh, N R"]
[Black "Chanda, Sandipan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. g5 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be3 Be7 11. h4 Nc6 12. Rg1 O-O 13. h5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Be2 f5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Qd2 fxe4 18. Bg4 e5 19. f5 Nd4 20. f6 gxf6 21. Bxd4 f5 22. Bh3 exd4 23. Qxd4 Qe8 24. h6 Qg6 25. Ne2 Bxg5 26. Nf4 Qxh6 27. Ne6 Qh4+ 28. Ke2 Qh5+ 29. Ke1 Qh4+ 30. Ke2 Qh5+ 31. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Black "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,152,56,39,53,37,60,58,100,81,101,101,98,98,111,84,88,73,81,80,80,55,65,0,4,11,4,13,6,8,55,54,64,0,18,0,51,15,108,108,111,108,144,133,108,0,129,0,157,0,177,177,177,175,177,178,191,135,152,132,148,135,136,136,135,135,143,118,110,119,148,137,132,120,120,114,131,103,138,78,78,78,78,79,94,87,94,84,94,84,97,95,93,0,89,87,88,77,87,87,104,100,102,94,105,92,104,92,106,90,106,91,105,97,102,98,94,95,143,127,140,114,97,97,130,70,83,0,131,56,56,56,64,26,60,26,31,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. Be3 Bf5 6. g4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} Bg6 7. Nge2 e6 8. Nf4 {White is slightly better.} Qh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bb4 9. h4 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qd3 Nge7 12. f4 Qd7 {½-½ (41) Pruess,D (2431)-Bonin,J (2351) Tulsa 2008}) 9. h3 Bb4 10. Qd2 $1 Qe7 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb5 f6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Ne2 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 16. Rb1 (16. c3 $14) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Qf7 18. f4 Nge7 19. c3 Ra3 20. Qb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ra7 21. Qd2 (21. Ra1 $14) 21... Kd8 22. Rh2 Kc8 (22... fxe5 $11 23. fxe5 Qf3) 23. Ng1 $1 $14 Rf8 (23... g5 $1 $11 24. exf6 gxf4 25. fxe7 fxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxe7) 24. Rf2 $1 $16 Qg8 25. Kf1 Ra3 26. Qb2 Ra7 27. Qd2 Ra3 $1 28. Qb2 (28. Bd3 $16) 28... Ra8 $2 (28... Ra7 $1 $11) 29. Qd2 $2 ({White should play} 29. Ra1 $16 Rxa1+ 30. Qxa1) 29... Nd8 $2 (29... Ra3 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 30. Kg2 $18 Nf7 31. Nf3 Qh7 32. Bd3 Rh8 33. Ng1 (33. Rh1 $18) 33... Kd7 34. Qe2 Qh4 35. Re1 f5 36. g5 $1 Ra3 37. Qb2 Rha8 38. Bb1 Nd8 39. Nf3 Qh5 40. Bc1 R3a7 41. Qb3 Ndc6 42. Ra2 ({Of course not} 42. b5 $6 Na5 $11) 42... Qh8 43. Ree2 Qb8 44. Be3 (44. Ba3 $142) 44... Rxa2 $16 45. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 46. Qxa2 Qa7 47. Qb2 Nb8 48. Ne1 Nbc6 49. Bd3 Qa4 50. Bc2 Qa8 51. Bd3 ({Better is} 51. Bd1 $16) 51... Na7 (51... Qa4 $11) 52. Qa3 Qe8 53. b5 Qb8 54. Bc1 Nac8 55. Qb4 Qa7 56. Ba3 Qa5 57. Qb3 Ba7 58. Nc2 {Hoping for Bb4.} Nb6 59. Bc5 Ke8 60. Na3 Nd7 61. Bb4 Qb6 62. Nc2 c5 63. bxc6 $1 bxc6 {White should prevent ...c5.} 64. Qa4 Kf7 65. Bd6 Nc8 {[#]} 66. Ba3 $1 Nb8 67. Bc5 (67. Na1 $16) 67... Qb7 68. Ba3 (68. Bb4 $16) 68... Qb1 {[#]} (68... Qb6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 69. Qb4 (69. Kf2 $1 $16) 69... Qxb4 $14 70. Bxb4 Nb6 71. Na1 N8d7 72. Nb3 Na4 $1 73. Ba6 c5 {The position is equal.} 74. dxc5 Naxc5 75. Bxc5 Nxc5 76. Nxc5 Bxc5 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Thipsay, Praveen M"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna. V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,70,6,0,11,5,12,6,18,17,19,11,31,0,8,0,0,-1,63,-79,-64,-144,-136,-116,-81,-95,-95,-112,-53,-100,-107,-116,-116,-152,-143,-215,-215,-327,-336,-335,-302,-522,-489,-584,-579,-1402,-567,-1402,-1389,-1375,-1370,-1330,-1264]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} Be7 (11... Qc7 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nd7 15. Nd2 b5 16. c4 {½-½ (66) Van Foreest,J (2617)-Fedoseev,V (2713) Hoogeveen 2018}) 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. Nd5 {The position is equal.} Rc8 14. c3 Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rc6 15. Qe3 h6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ne1 Nb6 18. b3 d5 {½-½ (51) Dvoirys,S (2566)-Aharon,O (2343) Jerusalem 2015}) 15. Qxd5 b5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Ne1 Nf6 18. Bf3 Rc4 (18... d5 $11 19. exd5 Bc5) 19. Qe2 {[#]} (19. Nc2 $1 $14) 19... d5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd5e4][%mdl 2560] Black has the initiative.} 20. b3 (20. g3 $15) (20. exd5 e4) 20... Rxc3 21. exd5 Bc5 {Hoping for ...e4!} 22. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rcc8 (23... b4 $17 24. Nd3 Bd4) 24. d6 Rcd8 25. Nc2 Bc5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} 26. Qf5 Bxd6 27. Nd4 {[#]} (27. g3 $17) 27... Bxh2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Nc6 (28. Kxh2 {was the only chance.} Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Rc1) 28... Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bc7 {aiming for ...Re8.} 30. b4 $2 (30. Ne7+ {only move.} Kh8 31. Qg5) 30... Qe3 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Qc5 Qf4 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rf4h2]} 32. Ne7+ Kh8 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rf4h2]} 33. Ng6+ hxg6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rf4h2]} 34. Qxf8+ Kh7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rf4h2]} 35. Kg1 Bb6+ {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Srijit Paul"]
[Black "Anurag, Mhamal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,28,12,37,21,113,100,103,63,63,64,68,25,75,76,85,88,95,69,111,105,106,117,267,273,416,416,395,392,408,413,618,593,1643,1532,1324,1286,1284,1179,977,940]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. Qe2 {B88: Sicilian: Sozin Attack} Bd7 10. O-O-O Na5 11. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 12 Games. White has an edge.} Nxb3+ 12. axb3 h5 (12... b5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. g5 $16 Ng4 14. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent Bg1.} Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qc5 {[#]} 16. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. e5 d5 17. g6 fxg6 18. Rhg1 {½-½ (30) Macieja,B (2592)-Sokolov,A (2623) Germany 2005}) 16... Be7 17. h4 g6 18. f5 O-O 19. Rhf1 Rac8 20. Qd3 Kh7 21. Qh3 Qe5 {[#]} (21... Kh8 $16) 22. Nd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 (22... Rce8 $142 23. Nxe7 (23. fxg6+ fxg6 24. Nxe7 Rxf1 $16) 23... Rxe7) 23. fxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} fxg6 24. Qxd7 Rcd8 25. Qxb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxf1 (25... Rde8 $142 26. Qd7 (26. Qxa6 Ra8 $11) 26... Rd8) 26. Rxf1 {Nc6 is the strong threat.White is clearly winning.} Qxe4 27. Rf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 28. Qxe7 {White threatens Rg7+ and mate.} Qxd4 29. Rf1 ({Not} 29. Qxd8+ Kxf7 30. Qd7+ (30. Qxd6 Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Qd4+ 32. Kc1 Qg1+ 33. Kd2 Qd4+ 34. Kc1 $11) 30... Kg8 $14) 29... Ra8 30. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Srijit Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,68,29,12,29,0,0,-6,11,-32,-14,-25,-19,-43,30,26,30,30,30,30,26,-13,-6,0,6,-3,0,-10,-27,-151,-85,-318,-326,-457,-438,-455,-348,-612,-611,-599,-590,-566,-558,-972,-969,-957,-900,-854,-810]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 Be6 (10... a6 11. Nc2 h6 12. Ne3 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Nd5 Rb8 15. Be3 Be6 {½-½ (43) Van Foreest,J (2629)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Riadh 2017}) 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qd7 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 b6 14. Bd2 Rac8 15. Na3 cxb4 16. cxb4 {1-0 (49) Forcen Esteban,D (2536)-Quintin Navarro,A (2380) Utebo 2017}) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne8 ({Not} 16... Nxe4 $2 {[#]} 17. Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf7 18. Rg4 $18) 17. Ra3 d4 (17... Rd8 $15) 18. Rh3 $11 Rf7 19. Na3 ({Of course not} 19. Qh5 g6 $17) 19... Qc6 20. Nc4 ({Much weaker is} 20. Qh5 g6 $15) 20... b6 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} a6 $1 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 23. f5 b5 24. axb5 (24. f6 {is more complex.} Bf8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nd2 c4 27. Qg3) 24... axb5 25. Nd6 (25. f6 $11 Bd8 26. Nd2) 25... Nxd6 $17 26. Qxe6 $2 (26. fxe6 $17 Rff8 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Rh5) 26... Re8 $19 27. exd6 (27. Qb3 $142 c4 28. Qf3) 27... Bxd6 28. Qb3 Rxe4 29. Rf1 $2 (29. Rxe4 Qxe4 30. Qxb5) 29... c4 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Qf3 {intending Rh4!} d3 31. Kh1 {[#] Hoping for Rh4!} Qd5 {And now ...Rxf5! would win.} 32. Rh5 g6 33. Rg5 Rxf5 34. Qxf5 Qxf5 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Krishna C R G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,69,47,66,61,75,82,78,28,58,22,29,33,54,52,45,37,47,42,52,40,49,11,15,38,46,27,72,83,90,88,73,70,34,0,6,-52,94,86,250,242,243,247,266,269,797,681,626,0,533,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O a4 9. a3 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} (9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. a3 Nb6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Ng3 h6 14. Nh5 Bf8 15. Be3 Na5 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Qd1 Nbc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 {½-½ (54) Kosteniuk,A (2541)-Harika,D (2505) Beijing 2014}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Nf3 Na5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Nd2 O-O 16. f4 f5 {1-0 (48) Kolosowski,M (2270)-Sieciechowicz,M (2390) Chotowa 2009}) 14... Bd7 15. Ng3 g6 16. h4 Bc6 17. Rc2 Nbc4 18. Qc1 h6 19. Qf4 b5 20. Ne2 Rb8 21. Nc1 b4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. axb4 Rxb4 {[#]} 24. Na2 $1 Rb3 25. Nc3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 g5 27. Qg4 Kf8 28. Kh2 ({Better is} 28. h5 $11) 28... Rg8 {[#]} (28... Nc6 $15 {stays ahead.} 29. Nxa4 Qb4) 29. Ne4 $1 $16 gxh4 $2 (29... Qd8 $16) 30. Qf4 $18 Rg6 31. Rg1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kg7 32. Nf6 Rd3 $2 (32... Rb8 33. Qxh4 a3) 33. Nh5+ Kh7 34. Nf6+ Kg7 $1 35. Nh5+ $2 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 42%.} (35. Rcc1 $18 Qb7 36. d5 (36. Qxh4 Nb3 $11)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chanda, Sandipan"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,65,6,8,14,-2,44,37,46,36,42,39,32,50,61,57,51,52,86,72,72,68,65,65,77,68,74,77,75,70,68,66,92,85,90,45,41,35,81,88,94,90,91,84,133,122,160,159,150,154,2606,2532]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} 9. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Re8 (9... Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Rc1 Qf6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 {1-0 (47) Rakhmanov,A (2627)-Goganov,A (2576) Ankara 2018}) 10. Be2 Ne4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. b4 d4 13. exd4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 {½-½ (42) Behul,B (2120)-Fabry,R (2255) Slovakia 1997}) 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bd7 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Bf3 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Qb6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Rd1 Red8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 22. g3 Rd6 23. Rc5 h6 24. b4 Qb7 25. e4 Qd7 26. Kg2 Rd3 27. Rxc6 Rxa3 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rc7 Qa4 {[#]} 30. Qc5 $1 Qe8 31. Qa7 Kg6 32. h4 {Rxf7! is the strong threat.} Qf8 $2 {[#]} (32... h5 $16) 33. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 88%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Venkatesh, M.R."]
[Black "Stany, G.A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,113,17,12,12,14,18,24,13,14,19,5,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,12,14,9,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,18,19,18,25,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-110,-106,-99,-104,-147,-140,-147,-152,-164,-132,-141,0,-154,-152,-154,-165,-162,-153,-163,-115,-104,-115,-100,-103,-99,0,0,61,61,61,68,569,535,1282,1190]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. d3 Bg4 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 58 Games} 10. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 a4 12. Qc2 e6 13. e4 Ne8 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. exd5 exd5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. bxa4 {1-0 (66) Dubov,D (2666)-Andreikin,D (2743) ICC INT 2016}) 10... Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qc2 e5 13. Qb2 Qe7 14. Rfc1 f6 15. h3 Be6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bf7 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Rc2 Nc5 20. Rac1 Ne6 21. Nxe6+ Bxe6 22. Nc4 Nc7 23. Nb6 {[%cal Bc4b6,Bb6a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} Ra6 24. Na4 Bf7 25. Rc3 Qe5 26. Nc5 Rb6 27. Qc2 Ne6 {White must now prevent ...Nd4.} 28. Nd3 Qd6 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4.} 29. e3 $1 Nc7 30. Nc5 {White wants to play Rd3.} Ne6 31. Rd3 Qe7 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Ne4 Qe7 34. Qc3 Nc7 {[%cal Be6c7,Bc7a6,Ba6b4][%mdl 32]} 35. Rb1 Rb5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5e5,Be5e7][%mdl 32]} 36. a4 Re5 37. Qd4 Na6 {...c5 is the strong threat.} 38. Nd6 Bd5 {aiming for ...Bxg2.} 39. e4 Qxd6 40. f4 (40. exd5 $11 cxd5 41. f4) 40... Re7 $17 41. exd5 Nb4 42. Rd1 cxd5 43. Rd2 b6 44. Rd1 Re2 45. Bf3 Re7 (45... Re6 $17 46. g4 Qc7) 46. h4 $2 ({White has to play} 46. Bg2 $1 $11) 46... Qc7 47. Rd2 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Rc7 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Bg2 Qe1 51. Qxb6 Rc3 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Re1g3]} 52. Rf2 {[#]} Rxb3 (52... Nd3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd3f2]} 53. Rf3 Qe2 54. Qa7+ Kh6) 53. Rf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rb2 (53... Rxf3 $11 54. Bxf3 Qf1+ 55. Bg2 Qe2) 54. Qc7+ $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kg8 $1 (54... Kh6 55. Qf7 $16) 55. Rc3 {White wants to mate with Qd8+.} Qe6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55... Re2 $1 $14) 56. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5e6][%mdl 512]} Qf7 {With the idea ...Qxc7.} (56... Qxf5+ 57. g4) 57. Qb8+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 66%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,70,-12,-5,-42,-40,-31,-11,-29,-17,-36,-27,-34,-39,-41,-18,-18,-12,-25,-37,-35,-22,-49,-8,-11,-22,-25,-12,-52,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,0,-2,0,-2,-3,-8,-5,-8,-6,-3,-4,-4,-5,0,-7,0,-8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. Nc3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} g6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Qd3 Qe5 13. Nf3 {½-½ (49) Solak,D (2629)-Jovanic,O (2476) Zadar 2011}) 11... Re8 12. Re1 Qb8 13. Nb3 Qb4 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 14. cxd6 cxd6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 15. Bf4 d5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 16. a3 Qc4 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 17. Rc1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qd5 19. Nec5 Bf5 20. Be3 Qxd1 21. Rexd1 Nd5 22. Bd4 $1 Nf4 {[#] ...Ne2+ is the strong threat.} 23. Ra1 Bc2 (23... Rab8 $15 24. Bxg7 Kxg7) 24. Rd2 $11 {The position is equal.} Bxb3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nxb3 Rab8 27. Na5 Re2 28. Rxe2 Nxe2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Kf1 Rxb2 30. Nxc6 a6 31. Ne5 Nc3 32. Nc4 Rc2 33. Ne3 Rb2 34. Nc4 Rc2 35. Ne3 Rb2 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna. V"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,147,16,16,33,18,14,0,0,8,13,-11,-12,-12,-12,-12,-8,-12,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,6,4,12,8,19,4,13,0,0,0,163,161,239,230,297,141,145,145,143,131,129,133,129,127,133,127,149,142,177,101,101,101,93,86,145,145,200,169,208,170,300,294,289,267,314,307,307,307,294,134,275,50,54,33,37,37,37,37,294,285,254,54,54,54,54,19,27,0,54,54,54,54,54,54,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,71,71,71,70,70,70,71,70,70,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. c4 d4 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 7. e3 c5 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nc2 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Bd6 12. Bg5 $146 ({But not} 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb4 $15) ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 e5 13. b4 e4 14. dxe4 d3 15. Ne3 Nxe4 16. c5 {½-½ (74) Efimenko,Z (2643)-Sengupta,D (2596) Warsaw 2017}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. a3 a5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxb4 18. Qa4 Qe7 19. Nfxd4 Nxc2 ({Reject} 19... Nxd3 $6 20. Nf5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) (19... Rd8 {feels hotter.} 20. Nxb4 Bxb4 21. Rb1 Rxd4 22. Qxb4 Qxb4 23. Rxb4 Rxd3 24. Bxb7 Bxb7 25. Rxb7 g5) 20. Nxc2 Bd7 21. Qb3 Bc6 22. d4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 {Black should prevent c5.} Qc7 24. c5 Be7 25. Rb1 Qc6+ 26. Qf3 Qa4 27. Nb4 Qd7 28. Nd3 Qxd4 29. Rxb7 e5 $2 (29... g5 $11) 30. Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Kf8 (30... Rf8 $142) 31. Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d4]} Qc3 32. Qd5 (32. Qe4 $18 f6 33. c6) 32... Qd4 $16 33. Nxe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rd5f7]} Qxd5+ 34. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc8 35. Kf3 Ke8 36. Nd3 Ra8 37. Ke4 Ra2 38. h4 g6 39. h5 (39. Rd4 $18) 39... Ra4+ 40. Ke3 Rc4 41. f4 g5 (41... Bf8 $142) 42. Kf3 gxf4 (42... Bf6 $16 43. Ne5 Rc3+ 44. Ke4 Rxg3) 43. gxf4 $18 Rc2 44. Ke4 $1 Rc4+ (44... Bd8 $142 45. Rd6 f6 46. Re6+ Be7) 45. Rd4 Rc2 46. Kd5 Rh2 47. Ra4 Rxh5+ 48. Ne5 $1 Rh1 49. Ra8+ Bd8 50. c6 $2 (50. Nc4 $1 $18) 50... Rd1+ $14 51. Kc5 Ke7 $1 52. Ra7+ Ke6 53. c7 Be7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Bxc7 $1 $14 54. Rxc7 f6) 54. Kb5 Rb1+ {[#]} 55. Ka6 $2 (55. Kc4 $1 $18 Rc1+ 56. Kd3) 55... Rc1 56. Kb7 {Nc6 is the strong threat.} Rb1+ 57. Ka8 Rc1 58. Kb7 (58. Nc6 $5 Rxc6 {[#]} 59. Ra6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa6+ 60. Kb7 $14) 58... Rb1+ 59. Kc8 {Hoping for Ra6+.} Bd6 $1 60. Kd8 Bxc7+ $1 61. Kxc7 {KRN-KR} Rb4 62. Ra6+ Kf5 63. Nxf7 Kxf4 64. Rxh6 {Threatens to win with Rh4+.} Rb1 65. Rf6+ Ke4 66. Nd6+ Ke5 67. Rh6 Ra1 68. Rh5+ Kd4 69. Kd7 Ra7+ 70. Ke6 {And now Nb5+ would win.} Ra6 71. Rh4+ Kd3 72. Rg4 Ra8 73. Rg3+ Kd4 74. Rg4+ {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 61%.} ({Better is} 74. Rg5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Akash G"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,81,-10,0,20,18,17,26,31,18,75,69,147,130,145,172,154,134,153,143,250,247,257,187,183,171,306,116,115,118,110,114,116,113,108,108,108,94,111,100,115,101,126,137,214,200,192,228,330,336,361,355,816,830,816,816,816,805,756,741,663,547]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O e6 8. f4 Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Bb3 a6 11. f5 Nxd4 {B88: Sicilian: Sozin Attack} 12. Qxd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Kh8 (12... exf5 13. exf5 Bc6 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Qh4 Bf8 18. Bxh6 Re5 19. Bg5 {0-1 (52) Rodriguez Vila,A (2507)-Valerga,D (2490) Villa Martelli 2011}) 13. Bg5 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 14. Rad1 Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b5 15. a3 a5 16. Qd3 Qc5 17. e5 Qxe5 18. Rfe1 Qc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxc3 22. bxc3 {1-0 (82) Van Eijk,S (2355)-Nestorovic,L (2207) Budva 2009}) 15. Rf3 Bc8 (15... b5 $11) 16. Rdf1 $16 Ng4 {[#]} (16... Rde8 $14) 17. e5 $1 (17. Bxe7 $6 Qxe7 18. h3 (18. Rg3 Qh4 $11) 18... Ne5 $14) 17... Nxe5 {[#]} 18. f6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} gxf6 19. Bxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Rg8 (20... Bd7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 21. Rxf7 $1 $18 Rd7 22. Bxe6 Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Qc5 (23... Qd8 $142) 24. Qxc5 $2 (24. Rxh7+ $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Kxh7 25. Qh4+ Kg7 26. Qe7+ (26. Qg3+ Ng6 $16) 26... Kh8 27. Bxg8) 24... dxc5 $16 25. Rf5 {Threatens to win with Bxc8.} Ng4 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 27. h3 Ne3 28. Rf7 b5 29. Ne4 {White wants to mate with Nf6.} Kg8 30. Rf2 Rd8 {Threatening ...Rd1+.} 31. Kh2 (31. Nxc5 $6 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Nf1+ 33. Rxf1 Rxf1 $11) 31... Rd1 {Black wants to play ...Nf1+.} 32. Kg3 ({Much weaker is} 32. Nxc5 $6 Nf1+ 33. Rxf1 Rxf1 $11) 32... Ra1 (32... c4 $16 33. c3 Rb1) 33. Kf4 $18 ({But not} 33. Nxc5 $6 Rxa2 34. c3 h6 $16) 33... Nc4 34. b3 Nb6 (34... Na3 {might work better.} 35. c3 (35. Nxc5 Rxa2 36. Nxa6 Rxc2 $18) 35... c4) 35. Nxc5 Rxa2 36. Ke5 a5 $2 (36... h6 37. Kf6 Ra1) 37. Ne6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf2f8] White is clearly winning.} h6 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Rf7+ Kh8 40. Rb7 Nc8 41. Nd4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,60,26,67,46,58,50,68,65,54,49,64,-19,-25,-7,-8,-33,-24,-18,-10,-25,-10,-10,-16,-8,-4,-14,-15,-17,-11,-13,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 {LiveBook: 144 Games} a5 $146 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nb5 a6 12. Na3 Nd7 13. c4 f5 14. Rc1 Kh8 15. b4 a5 16. c5 axb4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nb5 fxe4 {0-1 (34) Hansen,E (2629)-Carlsen,M (2834) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. d5 Nb4 11. Be2 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 12. f4 c6 13. Qd2 cxd5 14. Nxd5 ({Better is} 14. exd5 $14 Nb6 15. f5) 14... Bxb2 $11 15. Rab1 Bg7 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. Rxb4 Rxa2 18. Bc4 Ra3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bc3.} 19. Rxb7 {The position is equal.} Qc8 20. Rb3 Ra4 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Rb4 Rxb4 23. Qxb4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qc2 25. Qb1 Rc8 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Rc1 Re2 28. Rc8+ Bf8 29. Bc1 f5 30. Kf1 Ra2 31. e5 Ra6 32. exd6 Rxd6 33. Ba3 Re6 34. Kf2 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gusain, Himal"]
[Black "Vignesh, N R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd3 Qc8 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Qe3 Nb6 15. Nd1 e5 16. c4 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rc1 Qa6 19. Bf1 Qb7 20. Qg5 Be6 21. exd5 f6 22. Qh4 Bxd5 23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Rd7 25. Ne3 f5 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Bc4 Kh8 29. Qe5 Qb6+ 30. Kf1 Nf6 31. Rcd1 Ne4 32. Qb2 Rd8 33. Bd3 Qf6 34. Qxf6 Nxf6 35. Bb5 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Re7 37. Bc6 Rc7 38. Rd6 Ng4 39. h3 Ne5 40. Bb5 Kg7 41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Rd2 Rc5 43. Bc4 Nxc4 44. bxc4 f4 45. gxf4 Rxc4 46. Rd7+ Kh6 47. Rxa7 Rxf4 48. Ra3 Kh5 49. Rf3 Ra4 50. a3 Kh4 51. Kf2 Rc4 52. Kg1 Rc2 53. Kh1 h5 54. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rathnakaran, K.."]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,-16,-13,-15,0,-15,-12,-110,-56,-96,-87,-141,-80,-98,-91,-93,-98,-87,-72,-74,-52,-68,-72,-324,-327,-400,-382,-469,-444,-472,-490,-481,-488,-485,-477,-474,-476,-488,-487,-472,-341,-359,-337,-526,-523,-470,-406,-567,-479,-613,-588,-648,-629,-616,-616,-859,-783]} 1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 (5. Qf3 Nb4 6. Na3 Bg7 7. e6 f6 8. c3 N4c6 9. Qe3 dxe6 10. Qxc5 {½-½ (41) Morozevich,A (2665)-Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 5... Nxc3 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 6. dxc3 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} Bg7 7. f4 O-O 8. f5 $146 (8. Qf3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. a3 Nc6 10. O-O-O {0-1 (57) Umudova,N (2220)-Videnova,I (2318) Mexico City 2012}) 8... Nc6 (8... d5 $17 9. exd6 Bxf5) 9. fxg6 $1 $15 hxg6 10. Qd5 (10. Nf3 $142) 10... Qc7 (10... Nxe5 $142 11. Nf3 d6 12. Nxe5 Bxe5) 11. Qxc5 $17 d6 ({Of course not} 11... Bxe5 12. O-O-O $11) 12. Qe3 Nxe5 13. h3 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Bxb5 Bb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 15. Bf1 Qa5 16. O-O-O $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (16. Ne2 $17) 16... Qxa2 $19 {Hoping for ...a5.} 17. Rd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Ra4.} Bc6 $1 18. Ne2 a5 19. c4 {[#]} Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. bxc4 Rab8 21. Qa3 {[#]} Bh6+ $1 22. Nf4 Qxa3 23. Bxa3 e5 $1 {[%csl LRd4,LRf4][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Rxd6 Bxf4+ 25. Kd1 Be4 26. h4 (26. Ke2 {was called for.}) 26... Rb1+ 27. Ke2 Ra1 28. Rh3 Bf5 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. Bb2 Ra2 30. Rb3 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 31. Rb5 a3 32. Bxe5 Re8 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Senior Open 2018"]
[Site "Jammu"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Black "Anurag, Mhamal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,156,48,57,59,58,60,44,40,26,34,17,20,24,20,28,19,14,9,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,25,22,14,10,73,70,70,73,81,81,81,80,133,78,229,231,242,233,227,229,228,236,204,151,311,311,294,200,318,273,287,279,257,230,225,200,200,200,201,179,200,200,377,377,377,377,377,377,377,377,377,377,377,312,377,377,377,377,377,377,377,377,377,377,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,0,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,418,375,375,0,418,0,418,418,418,0,418,0,418,414,418]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 bxc4 5. e4 d6 6. Bxc4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit} O-O 9. Nc3 (9. h3 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nfd7 11. Rb1 Nb6 12. b3 Nxc4 13. bxc4 Qa5 14. Rb3 Qa4 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Nd7 {0-1 (36) Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Ivanchuk,V (2766) Beijing 2012}) 9... Ba6 10. Nb5 {LiveBook: 12 Games. White is slightly better.} Qb6 11. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bc8 12. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Na6 13. Bf4 Nb4 {½-½ (36) Barria Zuniga,D (2419)-Solaesa Navalpotro,L (2227) Madrid 2010}) 12... Qb7 13. Qe2 a6 14. Nc3 Bg4 $1 15. h3 Bxf3 $1 16. Qxf3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 17. Qd1 Ne5 18. Be2 c4 19. f4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Qxd3 Nd7 22. Ra3 Nc5 23. Qe2 Qb4 24. e5 Rfc8 25. Kh1 Nb3 26. Ra4 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Qxa4 (27... Qb3 $11 28. Re1 Rab8) 28. Nxa4 $16 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 dxe5 30. Nb6 Rd8 31. fxe5 e6 (31... Rc5 $142) 32. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} ({White should try} 32. d6) 32... Ra1 $2 (32... Rc2 $16) 33. Qg5 $18 Rf8 34. Nd7 Rxa5 {[#]} 35. dxe6 $1 ({Resist} 35. Nxf8 $6 Rxd5 36. Nxe6 fxe6 $16) 35... fxe6 36. Nxf8 Rxe5 37. Qf4 {Strongly threatening Nd7.} Rd5 $2 (37... Rf5 $16 38. Qc4 Kxf8 39. Qxa6 (39. Qxe6 Rb5 $16) 39... Be5+ 40. g3 Rf2+ 41. Kg1 Rxb2) 38. Nxh7 $1 ({But not} 38. Nxe6 $2 Be5 $19) 38... Kxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 39. Qf7 Rd6 (39... Rb5 {is a better defense.} 40. Qxe6 Rxb2 41. Qxa6 Be5+ 42. Kg1 Bd4+ 43. Kf1 Kg7) 40. Qc7 Rd2 41. b4 Rd4 42. Qa5 e5 43. Qxa6 {[#] Threatens to win with b5.} Rxb4 44. Qe6 Rf4 45. Qe8 Rf8 46. Qe7 Rf4 $2 (46... Rf5 47. h4 Rf4) 47. h4 Rf5 48. Kh3 Rf4 49. g3 Rd4 50. Qe6 Rb4 51. Qc6 Rd4 52. Qc5 Kh6 53. Qc2 Bf6 54. g4 Rf4 55. g5+ Bxg5 56. hxg5+ Kxg5 {KQ-KR} 57. Qc7 Rf3+ 58. Kg2 Rf5 59. Qg7 e4 60. Qe7+ Kh6 61. Kg3 e3 62. Qxe3+ Kg7 63. Qe7+ Kg8 64. Qe8+ Kg7 65. Qe7+ Kg8 $1 66. Kg4 Kh8 67. Qe8+ Kg7 68. Qe3 Kh7 69. Qh3+ Kg7 70. Qh2 Rf7 71. Qb2+ Kh7 72. Kg5 Rf5+ 73. Kg4 Rf7 74. Qh2+ Kg7 75. Qd6 Rf5 76. Qe7+ $2 (76. Qe6 $18) 76... Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (76... Kh8 $11 77. Qe3 Kg7 78. Qe7+ Kh6) 77. Qe3 $2 (77. Qc7 $18) 77... Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (77... Kh7 $11 {and Black is okay.} 78. Qa7+ Kh6 79. Qe3+ Kg7) 78. Qh3 Rf7 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 59%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

