[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,91,24,0,0,-6,15,0,0,0,0,-39,20,-4,16,17,29,29,40,23,22,10,16,10,20,11,12,4,21,20,63,58,59,69,110,116,120,107,96,109,119,88,105,119,106,110,138,109,123,104,106,114,119,100,110,122,154,149,157,142,216,221,1054,1026,29965,29969,29969,29969,29949,11646,5257,1702,1363,766,1316,1210,1169,1167,1155,1152,29963,5281,29982,29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 (6. Nbd2 {is more complex.} Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Nd7 9. Nc4) 6... O-O {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bg5 {[#]} Qe7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Re8 9. h3 c5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. O-O h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb8 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2837)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 9. h3 Re8 10. g4 Qe6 ({Better is} 10... h6 $15 11. Be3 a5) 11. Nh4 $11 Nd7 12. Nf5 Nc5 13. h4 Bf8 14. h5 f6 15. Be3 Qf7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 b5 {Strongly threatening ...Bxf5.} 18. Qf3 Ne6 19. Be3 Bb7 20. O-O-O b4 21. Na4 c5 {[#] White leaves nothing to chance now.} 22. h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g7] Black must now prevent hxg7.} g6 {[#] ...Bc6 is the strong threat.} 23. Ng7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg7 (23... Nxg7 24. hxg7) 24. hxg7 {And now Rh2 would win.} c4 {[#]} 25. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b7]} Nxc5 26. Bxc5 cxd3 27. cxd3 a5 28. Bf8 Rxf8 29. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 30. Kb1 Qd7 31. Rc1 a4 32. Qe3 Rf7 33. Rc4 b3 34. a3 Qxg4 (34... Ba6 $16) 35. Rxa4 $18 f5 $2 (35... Qd7 36. Rb4 c5 37. Rxb3 c4 38. dxc4 f5) 36. Rd4 fxe4 37. Rd8+ {[%mdl 64] Zwischenzug} Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 39. Qc5+ Ke8 40. Qxc7 (40. Qe5+ $142 Kd8 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Rxh7+ Ke6 43. Qe8+ Kd6 44. Qd8+ Ke5 45. Qxc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd4 46. Qc3+ Kd5 47. Qxb3+ Kd4 48. Rxb7) 40... Bc8 41. Qe5+ Kd8 42. Qh8+ Kc7 43. Rxh7+ Kc6 44. Qc3+ Kd6 45. Qd4+ (45. Qc7+ $142 Kd5 46. Qd8+ Ke5 47. d4+ Kf4 48. Rh4 Qxh4 49. Qxh4+ Kf3 50. Qf6+ Bf5 51. d5) 45... Ke6 46. dxe4 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,119,20,22,14,4,4,11,12,0,13,13,13,13,5,16,27,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-41,-59,-54,-104,0,-50,-65,-61,-22,-89,-64,-86,-57,-57,-54,-32,-5,-7,-6,-5,60,44,121,130,132,116,123,114,110,87,236,198,203,192,254,250,340,322,452,446,545,541,500,527,644,649,635,634,614,489,739,793,790,788,738,691,750,755,728,676,647,643,768,758,775,738,978,958,926,880,4698,2635,29981,29982,29982,29983,29986,29987,29987,29988,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d4 {The position is equal.} cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2d4][%mdl 32]} c5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Be3 Qb4 {[#]} 15. Nc2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ng5 18. Kg2 Ne6 19. Rad1 Rfc8 20. b4 Rab8 21. Nc2 {½-½ (21) Svidler,P (2719)-Dubov,D (2676) Hamburg 2019}) 15... Qxb2 16. Ncd4 Be4 ({Wrong is} 16... Nxe5 $2 17. Nxe5 f4 18. Rb1 $18) 17. Re2 Qb7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Bf4 e6 20. Rd2 Bd5 21. h4 h6 ({Better is} 21... Qb4 $17 22. Qc2 Rc7) 22. Bg3 (22. h5 $5 g5 23. Nxf5 gxf4 24. Rb1 $11) 22... Rfe8 23. a4 a6 24. Rd3 (24. h5 $11 g5 25. Rb1) 24... Rc7 25. Qd2 Be4 26. Rdc3 Qd5 27. Qe3 Bf8 {[%cal Rf8c5]} 28. c6 dxc6 29. Nxc6 Bxf3 (29... Ba3 $11 30. Ne7+ Rexe7 31. Rxc7 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd7) 30. gxf3 $14 Qa2 (30... Ba3 $14 31. R1c2 Rd7) 31. Qb6 $16 Rd7 32. Qxa6 Ba3 33. Rf1 g5 34. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} g4 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (34... gxf4 $16 35. Bxf4 Kh7) 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 Ra8 (36... Nd8 $142 37. Ra1 Rc7) 37. Ra1 $18 Rd3 38. Kg2 Ra6 (38... Nd8 $142 39. a5 Bf8 40. Nxd8 Rdxd8) 39. h5 Bb2 40. Ra2 Rc3 41. Ne7+ Kf8 42. Ng6+ Kg7 43. Rxc3 Bxc3 44. Bh4 Bb4 (44... Ra7 $142 45. f3 gxf3+ 46. Kxf3 Kg8) 45. Bf6+ Kg8 46. Rc2 {[#] Hoping for Rc8+.} Ra8 47. Rc6 Nd8 48. Rc7 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rc7g7]} Nf7 49. Rc4 Ba5 50. Rc6 Re8 51. f3 Rb8 52. fxg4 Rb2+ 53. Kf3 Rb3+ 54. Ke2 fxg4 55. Rc8+ Kh7 56. Nf8+ {White mates.} Kg8 57. Nxe6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kh7 58. Nf8+ Kg8 59. Ng6+ Kh7 60. e6 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,6,0,3,6,12,11,0,20,10,9,7,8,12,8,9,19,4,22,31,55,49,36,37,47,29,68,67,82,83,84,70,84,50,101,103,135,123,141,133,141,135,311,335,552,538,689,254,422,418,491,492,560,567,561,573,552,537,932,697]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} Bc5 {6...Bc5 scores better than 6...Bxc3+.} 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 {The position is equal.} Bg4 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Be2 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. O-O Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qg5 16. Rae1 Nb8 17. d4 Nc6 18. dxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (49) Nakamura,H (2746)-Sevian,S (2642) Saint Louis 2019}) 12. O-O Qf6 13. Ne1 {Black should prevent f3.} Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. f4 c5 17. Nf3 Qxf4 {[#]} 18. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe5 {[#]} (18... cxd4 19. Rxf4) 19. Nb5 $1 {Black must now prevent d4!} O-O 20. Rae1 g6 21. Qf2 Kg7 (21... Qg5 $14) 22. Re3 $16 Ra4 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. d4 ({Much less strong is} 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Qc2 Raa8 $14) 24... Kh7 25. Ref3 Kg8 $2 {[#] This move loses the game for Black.} (25... Raa8 $16 26. Qf4 Kg8 27. Nxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} f6) 26. Nc3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc3a4]} Raa8 $2 (26... b5 27. e5 (27. Nxb5 cxd4 28. Qxd4 Ne5 $18) (27. cxb5 Rxa3 28. dxc5 Ne5 $16) 27... dxe5) 27. Nd5 Qh4 28. Rf4 $2 (28. Qh6) 28... Qd8 $2 (28... Qg5 29. Nc7 Rab8) 29. Qf2 f6 {[#]} 30. Qg3 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Kh7 {[#]} 31. e5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} dxe5 32. dxe5 Nxe5 33. Rxf6 Re8 {[#]} 34. Rf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,101,15,12,43,0,3,1,52,47,47,40,41,43,38,25,81,81,85,69,95,116,113,82,142,65,92,72,149,157,164,134,163,122,140,136,166,167,166,83,93,79,75,90,142,115,99,54,57,-16,-5,-11,-13,-12,-2,-79,81,-41,-47,-68,-8,-15,-14,-241,-235,-300,-246,-561,-545,-539,-210,-508,-35,-100,-115,-97,-39,-85,-8,-43,37,30,159,150,372,372,352,316,1411,1386]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O Qc7 {D05: Colle System with ...e6.} 9. c4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd7 (10... b6 $11) 11. Re1 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rad8 12. c5 Bf4 13. g3 Bh6 14. a3 {½-½ (14) Huber,F (2007)-Khamenya,V (1770) Bayerisch Eisenstein 2018}) 12. c5 Bf4 13. g3 Bh6 14. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} g6 (14... a5 $1 $11) 15. b4 $16 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. b5 Ne7 18. a4 Be8 (18... Ra8 $142) 19. Rc2 (19. Bc3 $16) 19... Nf5 20. Qe2 Qb8 (20... a6 $142) 21. Bc3 h5 22. Ra1 h4 23. a5 (23. Nxh4 $6 Nxh4 24. gxh4 Nh5 $14) 23... hxg3 24. hxg3 Nh5 {With the idea ...Nfxg3!} 25. Nf1 Nf6 26. Rb1 (26. a6 $18) 26... Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Qxe4 a6 (28... Qc7 $142) 29. bxa6 Bc6 30. Qe2 {Hoping for Rcb2.} Qa8 31. Ne3 (31. Rb6 $14) 31... bxa6 32. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Rxd5 34. Bxg7 (34. Be5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... Rh5 $2 (34... Kxg7 $17 35. Rd2 Rh5) 35. Nh2 (35. g4 $16 Rh7 36. Rc3 Kxg7 37. Kg2) 35... Kxg7 $15 (35... Be4 36. Bb2 $16) 36. f3 Rch8 (36... Bb5 $15) 37. Rb6 $11 Qd8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 38. Rd2 $2 (38. Qc3+ $11 f6 39. Rd2 (39. Rxc6 $2 Qd1+ 40. Kf2 Rxh2+ 41. Ke3 Rxc2 $19)) 38... Qf6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6a1] ( -> ...Qa1+)} 39. Rbb2 (39. Rxc6 {leads to mate.} Qa1+ 40. Rd1 Qxd1+ 41. Qe1 Qxe1+ 42. Nf1 Rh1+ 43. Kg2 Qxf1#) 39... Rh3 40. f4 $2 (40. Qf4 Qc3 41. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 42. Rxd4) 40... R8h5 41. Ng4 Rh1+ 42. Kf2 {[#]} g5 $2 (42... R5h4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 43. gxh4 Qxh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Qg3 Rf1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 45. Kxf1 Qxg3) 43. Qe5 (43. Ke2 $1 $15 Bb5+ 44. Kf3 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} (44. Rxb5 Qa1 $17)) 43... Qxe5 $17 44. Nxe5 {[#]} Bd5 (44... Bb5 $1 $17 45. Rxb5 gxf4) 45. Ke3 R5h3 ({Black should try} 45... gxf4+ $17 46. gxf4 f6) 46. Kd4 {Black must now prevent c6.} Rxg3 ({Black should play} 46... gxf4 $15 47. gxf4 f6) 47. c6 $14 f6 ({Not} 47... gxf4 $2 48. c7 $18) (47... Bxc6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 48. Nxc6 gxf4) 48. Rb7+ $1 $16 Kh6 $2 (48... Kg8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 49. fxg5+ $18 fxg5 50. Kc5 Re3 $2 (50... Rc3+ 51. Kd6 Bxc6 52. Nxc6 Rcc1) 51. Ng4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Quite a comeback for White. Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,88,0,0,0,6,0,10,0,12,19,21,12,18,12,4,0,18,-31,-38,-42,-39,-38,-37,-29,-41,-47,-36,-37,-48,-44,-37,-41,-50,-50,-63,-43,-35,-26,-19,-60,0,0,0,-10,0,0,10,0,0,0,1,15,22,0,16,0,141,36,61,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,8,5,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3.} Nbd7 11. Nec3 Nb6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Ba3 Rfc8 16. Bb4 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... a5 17. Nxb5 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Bxd6 Nc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Nxd6 22. Nxd6 a4 {½-½ (73) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Shenzhen 2018}) 17. Rfd1 a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 18. Bxd6 b4 19. Nb5 Nc4 $1 20. bxc4 Bxc4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 21. Qe3 {a4 is the strong threat.} Qxb5 22. a3 bxa3 23. Bxa3 Be6 24. Bf1 Qc6 25. Rd2 h6 26. h4 $1 Bd8 27. c4 a4 28. c5 Rab8 (28... Be7 $15) 29. Rd6 $11 Qe8 30. Qd2 Be7 31. Rb6 Qf8 {Strongly threatening ...Rxb6.} 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Qc2 Bb3 34. Qc3 Qc8 35. Bc4 Qc7 36. Bd5 Bf6 {[#]} (36... Bxd5 $11 {remains equal.} 37. exd5 e4) 37. Rb1 ({White should try} 37. c6 $1 $16) 37... Be7 $14 38. Bxb3 (38. Rc1 $14) 38... Rxb3 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Rxb3 axb3 40. Qxb3 {Threatening Qc4.} Bxc5 41. Qc2 Bd6 42. Qxc7 Bxc7 43. h5 Bb6 44. Kg2 Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,126,43,-8,1,6,12,0,0,0,1,-14,0,0,0,-6,8,-46,-21,-35,-40,-45,-42,-75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,-9,-10,-9,-23,-18,-19,-12,0,0,0,-58,-57,-119,-85,-55,-62,-66,-50,-157,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,95,0,0,0,89,0,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-275,-262,-214,0,-366,-369,-29997,-900,-5368,-5368,-5264,-825,-730,-683,-5197,-2110,-5214,-5214,-5191,-4714,-5179,-5120,-5097,-5065,-4996,-4531,-4133,-1802,-5097,-4606]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 {7.Rb1 is a critical line.} (7. Nf3 $14) 7... g6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4] [#] The position is equal.} 10. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Ne7 15. Bd3 Qd6 16. Rfe1 {½-½ (37) Fridman,D (2626)-Melkumyan,H (2642) Heraklion 2017}) 10... b6 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nd2 (14. dxc5 $11 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. f4) 14... Rd8 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 15. Rc1 O-O 16. h5 g5 17. f4 gxf4 (17... Qe7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 18. Nc4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 21. Rg4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kh8) 18. Rxf4 $11 Ne7 19. Rg4 {aiming for Bxh6.} Nf5 20. Bf2 Kh8 21. Bf3 Rg8 22. a4 Rc8 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Rc8 27. Qf1 (27. Qf4 $11) 27... Qc6 $15 28. Rf4 (28. Nh4 $15) 28... Kg8 29. Nh4 Ne7 30. Be1 $1 Qxa4 31. Kh2 (31. Bd2 $1 $15) 31... Qd1 $2 ({Black should try} 31... Nd5 $17 {Hoping for ...Bxe5!} 32. Rxf7 Qxd4) 32. Rxf7 $11 Nf5 33. Rxf5 exf5 34. Qxf5 Rf8 35. Qe6+ Rf7 36. Nf3 Qc2 (36... b5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37. Qe8+ (37. Bg3 $16) 37... Rf8 38. Qe6+ Rf7 (38... Kh7 $11) 39. Qe8+ (39. Bg3 $16) 39... Rf8 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Nh4 Rf1 42. Bg3 Qd1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rf1h1]} 43. Qg6+ Kg8 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rf1h1]} 44. Qe8+ Bf8 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rf1h1]} 45. Qe6+ Kh7 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rf1h1]} 46. Qg6+ $1 Kh8 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rf1h1]} 47. Kh3 Qxd4 {And now ...Rh1+ would win.} 48. Nf3 Rh1+ 49. Bh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Nh2 $11) 49... Qf4 $1 $19 50. e6 Bd6 $2 (50... a5 $19 {White must now prevent ...a4.} 51. Qe8 Qf6) 51. Qe8+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. g3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qf8 52. Kg2) 51... Qf8 ({Resist} 51... Kg7 52. Qd7+ Kh8 53. Qe8+ Qf8 54. Qxf8+ Bxf8 55. Kg4 $19) 52. Qd7 $2 (52. Qxf8+ $19 Bxf8 53. Kg4) 52... Bxh2 (52... Qf5+ $142 53. g4 Qxf3+ 54. Kh4 Rxh2#) 53. Nxh2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN. Black is clearly winning.} Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 54. Kg3 Qe5+ (54... Qg5+ $142 55. Kf2 Rxh2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Qc8+ Qg8 57. Qc3+ Qg7) 55. Kf3 Qf6+ ({Stronger than} 55... Qxh2 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qg6+ Kh8 58. Qxh6+ Kg8 59. Qg6+ Kh8 60. e7 $11) 56. Kg3 {intending e7.} Qg7+ (56... Qg5+ $142 57. Kf2 Rxh2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 58. Qc8+ Qg8 59. Qc3+ Qg7 60. Qc8+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 57. Ng4 Qxd7 58. exd7 {KR-KN} Rd1 59. Ne5 Kg7 60. Kf3 a5 61. Ke4 Rd6 62. Nc4 Rxd7 63. Nxb6 Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,43,10,16,12,17,14,20,27,16,0,10,0,26,-20,-7,-2,0,0,143,148,427,383,758,762,747,722,29988,29989,29991,29980,5465,5078]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 {Recently 9...Nf6 got a lot of attention.} 10. h4 {The position is equal.} d5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rde1 Nf6 {[#]} 13. Ng5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qf4 Be6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Bxc3 {½-½ (33) Nakamura,H (2729)-Kramnik,V (2790) Moscow 2010}) 13... c5 14. c4 h6 {Hoping for ...b5.} 15. cxd5 c4 ({Don't blunder} 15... hxg5 $2 16. hxg5 Nxd5 17. Bh7+ Kf8 18. Be4 $18) (15... Qxd5 $11 16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Qxd5 Nxd5) 16. Bxc4 $16 {[#] Nxf7! is the strong threat.} hxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs Black the game.} (16... Qc7 $16 17. Qd3 Bd6) 17. hxg5 $18 Ne4 $2 (17... Bf5 18. gxf6 Bxf6) 18. Qd1 {White wants to mate with Qh5.} Bxg5 19. Qh5 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh5h8]} Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh5h8]} f5 21. d6+ Be6 22. Qh7+ {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,101,36,20,9,25,13,16,12,25,14,31,24,22,28,42,20,53,49,50,46,48,31,59,54,70,50,62,46,49,67,60,42,125,124,158,160,150,153,211,211,221,183,183,157,183,183,183,174,258,256,258,215,366,351,937,907,1251,1251,1251,1251,1248,1232,830,703,1177,1170,1162,1104,846,566,6348,5830,7499,6311,7514,6982,4893,2631,11491,29940,4702,2379,29972,29973,29973,29974,29962,29960,5189,4718]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qc2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} O-O 9. e4 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.} e5 $1 10. Be3 {The position is equal.} Qc7 11. h3 exd4 12. Bxd4 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Nbd2 a6 15. a4 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Rad1 h6 18. Bc3 Nc5 {½-½ (40) Glatzel,H (2274)-Klochan,P (2335) ICCF email 2016}) 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. e5 Nh7 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Re5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Ng5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Rae1 Re7 {[#]} (22... Rad8 $14) 23. f4 $1 $16 ({Resist} 23. Bxe6 $6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 $14) 23... Qh4 24. f5 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Bxc4 (25... Qxc4 $16 26. Qxc4 Bxc4 27. Rxe7 Bxa2 28. Rxb7 Bd5) 26. Rxe7 $18 Bd5 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Kh7 29. Qe2 {[%cal Re2h5]} Qh4 30. Qg4 Qxg4 (30... Bxa2 $142 31. Re7 b5) 31. hxg4 Bxa2 {KR-KB} 32. Re7 b5 $2 (32... a6 33. Rxb7 Bc4) 33. Rxa7 Bd5 $2 (33... Bc4 34. Rb7 Kh6) 34. b4 f6 35. Rd7 Kg8 36. Kg1 Kf8 37. Kf2 Be4 38. Rc7 Bd5 39. g3 Kg8 40. Ke3 Bg2 41. Rd7 Bh3 42. Kf3 Bf1 43. Rd6 Bc4 44. Ke3 Bb3 45. Rxc6 Kh7 46. Rc5 Ba4 47. Kd4 g6 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. fxg6 Bb3 50. Kc5 Bc4 51. Rb7 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,76,10,18,15,16,13,9,4,4,0,22,18,20,27,33,12,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-2,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,3,0,3,0,3]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d1,Bd1e3][%mdl 32]} dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} Bxc5 10. Ne3 c3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Be7 {[#]} 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O Rb8 14. Nc2 e5 15. Ne3 Re8 16. Nc4 Bf8 17. Rd1 e4 18. Nb4 b6 19. Bf4 {½-½ (60) Firouzja,A (2470)-Idani,P (2576) Teheran 2017}) 13... Rb8 14. a5 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Bd7 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Rab3 {With the idea Bxc6.} Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc7 22. f3 h6 23. Kf2 g6 24. Rb4 {The position is equal.} b6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. Rxb6 Rxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. g4 Kg7 {[#] And now ...Rxe3! would win.} 29. Rb7 Rc5 30. h4 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 {KR-KR} 32. Ra7 h5 33. g5 Rb5 34. Rc7 Ra5 35. Rd7 Rc5 36. Ra7 Rb5 37. Rd7 Rc5 38. Ra7 Rb5 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,77,19,22,18,23,16,20,10,24,6,35,8,19,-27,19,0,0,0,0,-43,-22,-37,0,0,26,4,164,143,180,175,159,154,177,133,150,119,206,221,225,141,541,498,549,543,539,533,465,208,172,0,885,852,939,932,940,924,903,0,937,924,942,880,918,904,904,871,777,584]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} h6 8. a4 O-O 9. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Ne7 10. Nf1 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Ng3 Bb6 {[#]} 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Be6 17. Bc2 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Ndf4 19. Re4 Qxd4 20. cxd4 Nxg2 21. Kxg2 {1-0 (31) Grandelius,N (2694)-Erdos,V (2612) Skopje 2019}) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 $1 16. gxf3 d5 17. e5 $1 Nh7 18. f4 Qh4 $2 (18... Nh4 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 19. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5h4]} Qxh3 {And now ...Ba5 would win.} 20. Bc2 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. Ra3 f5 23. Kg2 Rae8 (23... Qe7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 24. Rb3 Qd8 25. Qh5 Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Ba5 $16) 26. Qxf5 Ne4 27. Qg6 Bxd4 {Black wants to play ...Rxe5!} 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Rg3 (29. Bxe4 $142 Qd7 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Bg6+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} (31. Rg3 Rg8 $18) 31... Ke6 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Qg6+ Kd5 34. f3) 29... Qd7 {Threatening ...Rxe5!} 30. Qxh6 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] White attacks.} (30. Bxe4 $6 Rf7 $11) (30. Be3 $18 Bxe3 31. e6) 30... Rf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Rxe5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Be3 (31. fxe5 Rxf2+) 31... Bxe3 32. fxe3 Ref5) 31. Bb3 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rh6g7][%mdl 512]} Kf8 32. Qh8+ ({Weaker is} 32. Qh7 Rxe5 33. Bxf7 (33. fxe5 Rxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kh1 Rf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kh2 Rf2+ 36. Kh1 Rf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kh2 Rf2+ 38. Kh1 $11) (33. Qh8+ Ke7 $14) 33... Qxf7 $16) 32... Ke7 33. Qh4+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qh5 {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 36. Rg6 ({Less strong is} 36. Bxf7 Qxf7 37. Qh7 Rxe5 $16) 36... Rxe5 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Bxf7 ({Inferior is} 38. fxe5 Rxf2+ 39. Kg3 Rf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kg2 Rf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kg3 Rf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kh2 (42. Kg2 Rf2+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 42... Bxe5+ 43. Kg2 Rxb3 $11) 38... Rc5 39. Be6 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,83,5,14,4,19,9,10,0,14,0,9,9,6,7,21,4,24,14,10,2,12,0,0,0,3,4,4,0,45,43,67,75,61,53,76,71,74,78,108,113,123,106,195,185,191,201,257,250,319,318,368,366,444,436,793,773,809,786,949,937,951,937,1350,889,856,795,1167,1172,1136,1087,29981,29982,29998,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Be2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} c5 8. O-O Bb7 9. b4 {The position is equal.} c4 10. Ne5 Nbd7 {[#]} 11. Bf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 a6 13. Ra2 Ne8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bf3 Nd6 16. Qb1 f5 17. g3 {0-1 (68) Maksimovic,M (2178)-Andrijevic,M (2348) Belgrade 2011}) 11... Qc8 12. a4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bh6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Bf4 Bg7 16. e4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 ({Of course not} 18. exd5 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Bxd5 $17) 18... Bxe5 19. exd5 Qc7 20. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rac8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Nf1 h5 23. Ne3 {White stays focused until the end.} Qd6 24. Be2 Qf6 25. Rac1 h4 26. Bxc4 Bd6 (26... hxg3 $16 {was worth a try.} 27. fxg3 (27. hxg3 Qg5 $16) 27... Qg5) 27. Rd4 $18 hxg3 28. hxg3 ({Don't take} 28. fxg3 Qf3 $16) 28... Re8 29. Qd2 Qg5 30. Bb5 Red8 {[#]} 31. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 32. dxc6 Bxg3 (32... Bf8 $142 33. Rd7 Rxd7 34. Qxd7 Qd8 35. Qxd8 Rxd8) 33. fxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Ng2 Re8 35. b5 Qe5 36. Rd5 Qe7 37. Rd7 Qc5+ 38. Qf2 Qc4 39. Rf1 {[%cal Bc1f1,Bf1f6,Bf6g6][%mdl 32]} Rf8 40. Qd4 Qe6 41. Rf6 Qe2 {[#]} 42. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,132,15,23,13,18,20,17,0,6,0,0,0,0,-4,2,-6,0,-1,-12,-33,-29,-34,-35,-46,-33,-67,-70,-85,-54,-85,-89,-80,-83,-92,-85,-85,-81,-109,-111,-102,-99,-155,-152,-215,-206,-292,-246,-274,-197,-197,-200,-189,-200,-195,-196,-196,-196,-200,-192,-200,-200,-204,-196,-212,-212,-283,-283,-320,-320,-319,-312,-312,-312,-344,-344,-341,-333,-326,-304,-305,-285,-386,-381,-353,-316,-588,-566,-612,-589,-562,-577,-506,-464,-479,-472,-445,-425,-404,-347,-295,-207,-946,-785,-5548,-5758,-2297,-1773,-5085,-1458,-1230,-15,-80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} (6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 h6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h3 Nb6 12. Nb3 f5 13. e5 Be7 14. Qc2 f4 15. Nc5 {½-½ (47) Firouzja,A (2728)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020}) 6... Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 {is the new trend.} 8. Bd2 Nf8 {[#]} 9. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nh4 g6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Ne6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. g3 b6 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 {½-½ (51) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Be7 10. Nh4 g6 11. O-O Ne6 12. g3 O-O 13. Ng2 b6 14. Kh1 c5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. c3 Qd7 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Rad1 cxb4 20. axb4 c5 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. f3 Nxd3 23. Nb2 {[%cal Rd1d3]} Qh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...Nxb2. Keeping White busy.} 24. Nxd3 {Threatens to win with Bc1.} Qxh6 25. Qa2 (25. Ne3 $142) 25... a5 $17 26. Nb2 (26. Rfe1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 26... Qf8 27. Qe6 (27. Ne3 $142) 27... Bc5 28. Na4 Bc8 29. Qc4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Kg7 31. Nxc5 Qxc5 ({But not} 31... bxc5 32. Ne3 $15) 32. Qxc5 bxc5 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Ra1 Ra7 34. Ne3 Be6 35. Kg1 a4 36. Ra3 f5 37. Kf2 f4 38. Nd1 Bb3 39. Ke1 Bxd1 40. Kxd1 {KR-KR} c4 41. g4 g5 42. Kc2 Ra6 43. Kb1 Rb6+ 44. Kc2 {[#]} Rh6 $1 45. Rxa4 Rxh2+ 46. Kd1 Rf2 47. Ra7+ $2 (47. Rxc4 Rxf3 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Kd2) 47... Kg6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. Ra7+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Kd7 51. Ra7+ Kc6 52. Ra6+ {[#]} Kb5 $1 53. Re6 Ka4 54. Rxe5 h6 ({Weaker is} 54... Rxf3 55. Rxg5 Kb3 56. Rh5 $17) 55. Re6 $2 (55. Rc5) 55... Kb3 56. Rxh6 Rxf3 57. Rg6 Rd3+ 58. Ke2 Kxc3 (58... Rxc3 $142 59. Rxg5 Re3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 60. Kd1 f3 61. Rb5+ Kc3) 59. Rxg5 Re3+ $2 (59... f3+ $19 60. Kf2 Kd4) 60. Kf2 $11 Rxe4 (60... Kd4 $17 {White must now prevent ...c3.} 61. Rg8 c3) 61. Rg8 {The position is equal.} Kd3 (61... Re3 $5 62. g5 $8 Rg3 $17) 62. g5 c3 {( -> ...c2)} 63. Rd8+ Kc2 64. Kf3 Re7 65. Kxf4 Rg7 66. Rc8 Kb2 {Whites escaped into a draw. Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,95,14,29,29,19,17,15,-43,39,43,37,37,41,48,54,33,51,48,63,0,27,29,24,32,37,17,21,20,51,8,6,8,3,8,12,8,11,5,9,0,0,0,10,0,28,-9,0,0,64,0,54,42,52,51,44,33,41,8,15,0,48,54,42,43,28,9,10,10,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 (5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Rc8 13. b4 Qe7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qb3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {0-1 (55) Ding,L (2777)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 5... a5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} b6 8. Ne5 Ra7 {[#]} 9. O-O $146 ({Don't play} 9. Qxc4 Ba6 $15) (9. Bxb4 $11 axb4 10. Qxc4) ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. Qxc4 Qd6 11. Nd3 Ba6 12. Qxb4 Bxd3 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. exd3 d5 15. Nd2 {1-0 (25) Rozum,I (2573)-Khismatullin,D (2639) Sochi 2017}) 9... Bxd2 (9... Qxd4 $15 10. Bf4 Bd6) 10. Qxd2 $14 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Nc3 Qa8 15. d5 (15. Qf4 $14) 15... exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rbb8 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Qe4 Nb4 20. Rxd8+ (20. Qe7 {with more complications.} Nd5 21. Qe5 h6 22. a3 Rbc8 23. Qe4) 20... Rxd8 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 22. a3 Na6 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. f3 a4 25. Kf2 f6 26. g4 Kf7 27. h4 Ke6 28. h5 g6 29. Ne3 gxh5 (29... Rb8 $11) 30. gxh5 ({White should try} 30. Nd5 $14 Ra7 31. Nf4+ (31. gxh5 Rb7 $14) 31... Ke7 32. Nxh5 (32. gxh5 c6 $11)) 30... Rg8 (30... Ra5 $11) 31. Nd5 Rg7 32. Nf4+ $1 Ke7 33. h6 Rf7 34. Nd5+ Ke6 35. Nf4+ Ke7 $1 36. e4 c6 37. Ke3 Nd7 38. Ne2 {Hoping for Nd4.} f5 $1 {The position is equal.} 39. Nd4 fxe4 40. fxe4 Ne5 41. Nf5+ Kf6 42. Rd6+ Kg5 43. Kd4 Kf4 44. Ng7 Nf3+ 45. Kc3 Ne5 46. Kd4 Nf3+ 47. Kc3 Ne5 48. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,41,-7,14,26,17,12,28,28,18,13,28,16,53,27,112,119,108,75,231,249,278,260,509,458,29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 c5 9. a3 Nc6 10. dxc5 {D05: Colle System with ...e6.} bxc5 11. c4 a5 12. cxd5 {White has an edge.} exd5 13. Qc2 a4 {[#]} 14. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. bxa4 c4 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bh3 Qa5 17. Bc3 Qa6 18. Qb2 Ne8 19. Rab1 Nd6 20. Bg7 Rfb8 21. Bh6 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qf6 Rad8 {Litvinov,A (2025)-Ibanez Salazar,V (1958) ICCF email 2017}) 14... axb3 15. Nxb3 Qb6 (15... c4 $11 16. Bxc4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Bxa3) 16. Bxf6 $1 $16 gxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 $2 {[#] This costs Black the game.} (17... Kg7 $16) 18. Nh4 $1 $18 Ne5 19. Nf5 Rxa3 $2 (19... Qe6 {might work better.} 20. f4 (20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 $16) 20... Ng6) 20. Qe2 {White wants to mate with Qh5.} Ra4 ({And not} 20... Qxb3 21. Qh5 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Bg6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8#) (20... Rg8 $18 21. Bxg8 Qe6) 21. Qh5 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,103,0,16,3,16,22,23,0,0,-4,4,-10,0,0,0,0,6,-7,0,-10,12,-15,-21,-21,-12,-30,-33,-32,-29,-29,0,0,0,-38,-31,-33,-24,-66,-63,-85,-80,-128,-132,-132,-134,-133,-132,-133,-131,-131,-133,-137,-97,-151,-138,-120,-130,-156,-38,-50,-31,-31,-34,-41,-31,-30,-33,-162,-8,-21,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Bf5 6. c3 {D04: Colle System.} e6 {[#]} 7. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. g4 Be4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Bb5 a6 12. Nxd7 Qxb5 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qxb5+ axb5 {½-½ (32) Khurtsilava,I (2233)-Nikolova,A (2303) Konya 2014}) 7... Bg4 8. Be2 {White has an edge.} (8. Ndf3 {with more complications.} Bh5 9. h3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qb3) 8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qc7 10. Nb3 Nbd7 11. g3 Be7 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. O-O a5 14. Nc1 Qa6 15. Qxa6 Rxa6 16. a4 Ne4 17. Ng2 g5 18. Be3 h5 19. Nd3 h4 20. f3 Nd6 21. Bf2 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 22. Rfd1 Rb6 23. Ra2 hxg3 24. hxg3 Bd6 25. Ne3 {[#]} Bxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Nxc4 (26. Bxg3 Nxe3) 26... Bxf2+ ({Don't play} 26... dxc4 $6 27. Bxg3 cxd3 28. Rxd3 $11) 27. Nxf2 dxc4 28. Ng4 Ke7 29. Ne3 Rc6 30. Ra3 Nf6 31. b3 ({White should play} 31. d5 Rc5 32. dxe6) 31... Nd5 $17 32. Nxd5+ exd5 33. bxc4 Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} (33... dxc4 $17 {...Rch6 is the strong threat.} 34. Re1+ Re6) 34. Rb1 $15 Rhc8 35. Rxb7+ Ke6 36. Ra2 f6 37. Re2+ Kf5 38. Rb5 {[#]} ({Only move:} 38. Rd7 $15) 38... Rxc3 $2 (38... Rd8 $1 $19 39. Kg2 Rxc3) 39. Rxd5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kf4 40. Rxa5 Rxf3 {Threatening ...Rc1+.} 41. Rc5 Rxc5 42. dxc5 {Black must now prevent Rc2. KR-KR} Rc3 43. a5 Rxc5 (43... Rg3+ {feels hotter.} 44. Kf1 Ra3 45. c6 Rxa5 46. Rc2 Ra8) 44. Ra2 Rc7 45. a6 Ra7 46. Kg2 Ke5 47. Kf3 Kd5 48. Kg4 Kc5 49. Kf5 Kb5 50. Kxf6 Rxa6+ 51. Rxa6 Kxa6 52. Kxg5 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,121,18,12,22,19,28,24,11,14,18,2,25,30,35,17,17,20,21,0,8,0,0,0,0,-22,-16,-19,-14,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-12,-8,-1,-4,0,-35,0,0,4,0,11,-10,-15,-65,-70,-76,-72,-75,-69,-69,-70,-71,-18,-21,-10,-14,-18,-16,-12,-12,-14,-26,-41,-93,-93,-86,-54,-152,-108,-91,-112,-131,-129,-212,-212,-256,-249,-232,-12,-10,-11,-14,0,0,0,0,23,25,20,10,10,11,15,0,0,0,5,0,0,-5,-6,-4,-6,-6,-5,-5,0,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 {seems to push 7...d6 aside. C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 8. Bg3 d6 9. a4 Na5 {White has an edge.} 10. Ba2 c5 11. h3 Nc6 12. c3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. Na3 Qc7 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Nc2 Bd8 17. Nh4 Kh7 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 {½-½ (46) Bruedigam,M (2394)-Jahncke,G (2359) Germany 2019}) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Na3 Qe8 15. Rb1 Nh5 16. Bh2 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 d5 20. b5 dxe4 21. dxe4 Rd8 22. Qb3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Nc4 Rxe4 25. Qf3 Qg6 26. Nd2 Rh4 27. Qxb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bd6 28. Kh1 Qf5 29. Rb3 d3 $1 {( -> ...Rxh3+!)} 30. Qf3 Qe5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re5h2]} 31. g3 Rf8 32. Qg2 Rxa4 {And now ...Qe2 would win.} 33. Rxd3 Bb4 (33... Bc7 $17) 34. Qe4 $11 Qxb5 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rd5 Qa6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 37. Qxa6 Rxa6 38. Nc4 Ra2 39. Kg1 ({Better is} 39. Ne5 $15 Rfxf2 40. Rxf2 Rxf2 41. Nd3 Rf1+ 42. Kg2) 39... a5 $17 40. Ne5 {Ng6+ is the strong threat.} Kh7 41. Nc6 (41. Nd3 $1 $15) 41... Bc3 42. Rc5 Bd2 $1 43. Nd4 {[#]} a4 $1 44. Rc7 (44. Rd1 $17) 44... Ba5 $19 45. Rb7 {Now Ne6 and White clings on.} Rf6 46. g4 {[#]} Rb6 $2 (46... Bc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3d4]} 47. Nf5 Ra6) 47. Ra7 $11 Bc3 48. Nf5 $1 Bf6 49. Rd1 a3 50. Rd3 Ra1+ 51. Kg2 a2 52. Rda3 {The position is equal.} Rb2 {[#]} 53. R3a6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Rxf6.} Kh8 54. Ra8+ Kh7 {[#]} 55. R8a7 $1 {[%mdl 512] White threatens Rxf6 and mate.} Kh8 56. h4 Rb4 57. Nxh6 {Strongly threatening g5.} Rab1 ({Of course not} 57... Bxh4 $6 58. Ra8+ Kh7 59. Nf7 $16) 58. Nf7+ Kg8 59. Rxa2 {Threatens to win with g5.} Rxg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 60. Kf3 Rxh4 61. Nd6 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,22,0,25,7,19,9,28,12,22,0,6,0,0,0,0,-20,10,0,0,10,16,0,27,19,26,-20,58,35,47,47,41,45,48,47,63,41,91,116,125,58,49,44,46,45,56,45,65,51,97,60,60,50,43,10,46,49,67,67,67,68,68,0,68,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 {is cutting edge theory.} Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. Kh2 Kf8 {[#]} 18. Re4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Rb1 b6 19. Rb4 Re8 20. Ra4 a5 21. Bd2 c5 22. Rf4 Rh5 23. Rf3 Kg8 24. Bc1 {½-½ (40) Nepomniachtchi,I (2774)-Grischuk,A (2777) Ekaterinburg 2020}) 18... Bd5 19. Ra4 Rg6 20. Bc1 b5 21. Ra6 Re8 22. a4 bxa4 (22... Rxe5 $11 23. axb5 Nd6) 23. Rxa4 (23. c4 {with more complications.} Bxc4 24. Rxa4 Bb5 25. Rxa7 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Nf3) 23... f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. c4 Bxg2 $1 26. Kxg2 fxg5 27. Rxa7 Rg7 28. Ra5 Rf7 29. Rd3 ({White should play} 29. Bxg5 $16 Re2 30. Rd2) 29... Re2 $14 30. Rf3 Nd6 $1 31. Bxg5 Rxf3 32. Kxf3 Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. c5 Nc4 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Bf4 Nb2 36. Be3 {Threatening Ra2.} Nd3 37. Rc8 Ke6 38. Rxc7 Kf5 {[%cal Rd3e1]} 39. Rf7+ Kg6 40. Rc7 Kf5 {[%cal Rd3e1]} 41. Rh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41. Kg2 $14) 41... Ne1# {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,101,35,22,39,39,34,35,27,17,27,37,20,25,42,40,54,4,30,23,93,110,124,70,66,70,97,86,79,73,108,94,93,55,58,53,80,65,70,70,87,81,139,122,158,162,335,316,365,199,310,320,338,351,337,329,349,348,341,340,322,304,279,270,264,196,264,257,345,336,391,360,369,356,388,369,353,344,552,543,635,635,1091,1091,926,621,895,862,29975,29976,29977,29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. a3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Bxc3+ {White is slightly better.} 10. bxc3 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. O-O h5 14. h3 O-O-O 15. Bh2 g4 16. h4 Qxh4 {½-½ (64) Morrow,W (2510)-Tonisson,P (2401) ICCF email 2016}) 11. f3 Nxg3 (11... Nxc3 $2 12. Qc2 $18) 12. hxg3 Qd6 13. g4 h4 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Nh3 Qg3+ (15... Bd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Kf1 $16 Rg8 17. Qb3 (17. e4 $16) 17... Qd6 $14 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Qe7 20. Nf2 Kf8 21. Qc3 Bd7 22. e4 Rd8 23. Rd1 b6 24. Kg1 Na5 25. Ba2 {Black is now going downhill.} Ba4 26. Rd2 c5 {[#]} (26... Rg6 $142) 27. d5 $1 $16 c4 {[#]} 28. e5 $1 (28. Bxc4 $2 Rc8 $19) 28... Re8 $2 (28... Qc5 {was necessary.}) 29. Ne4 $18 Rg6 30. Kf2 (30. f4 $142) 30... Nb7 (30... Bd7 $142) 31. d6 (31. Bxc4 Qxe5 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 $14) 31... Qxe5 32. d7 ({Inferior is} 32. Bxc4 Qxc3 33. Nxc3 Rxd6 $17) (32. Qxc4 Qf4 $15) 32... Bxd7 {And now ...Bc6 would win.} 33. Qxe5 ({Resist} 33. Rxd7 $6 Qxc3 34. Nxc3 Rd6 $18) 33... Rxe5 34. Rxd7 Nc5 35. Nxc5 (35. Rxa7 Nxe4+ 36. fxe4 Rxe4 $14) 35... Rxc5 36. Rc1 b5 37. Bb1 Ra6 38. Rc3 Ke8 (38... Re6 $142 39. Re3 (39. Rxa7 Rd5 $18) 39... a5 40. Rxe6 fxe6) 39. Rb7 Rd5 40. Ke3 Re6+ 41. Be4 a6 {[#]} 42. a4 $1 Kf8 (42... bxa4 43. Rxc4) 43. Ra3 bxa4 44. Rxa4 c3 $2 (44... Rd3+ 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46. Kg1 c3) 45. Rc4 Rd2 46. Rxc3 Rxg2 47. Rcc7 Rf6 48. Rb8+ Kg7 49. Rc5 Rh6 50. Rxg5+ Kf6 51. Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,101,0,0,-14,22,0,19,20,10,-6,10,7,51,62,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,12,16,16,66,64,72,56,64,61,66,68,112,98,112,71,60,63,81,77,77,80,83,80,81,80,93,75,88,81,81,89,97,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,55,51,386,377,355,325,416,380,411,9,37,3,12,0,0,0,14,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 {[#]} 11. h4 $146 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. Rfc1 Nb6 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Ne5 {½-½ (18) Gareyev,T (2636)-Bruzon Batista,L (2694) Las Vegas 2014}) 11... Nb6 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. O-O-O Qe6 14. Kb1 Ne4 15. Qc2 $1 Bb4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. h5 {aiming for hxg6.} (17. Qxe4 f6 $17) 17... g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4][%mdl 64] Decoy} 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Rh4 fxg5 20. Rxe4 O-O $1 21. Ng6 $1 Qf7 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Re5 h6 ({Of course not} 23... Qxh5 $6 24. f4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 24. g4 Bd6 25. Rf5 Qe6 26. e4 Re8 27. f3 Bf4 28. Rd3 Nc4 29. Qc3 Nd6 {[#]} 30. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 31. Rf6 Be5 32. Rg6+ Kh7 33. Qc2 c5 34. Re6 Qc7 35. Rxe8 Nxe8 {[#]} 36. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c7][%mdl 64] Decoy} Nxd6 37. Rd5 $1 $36 {[%csl LRc5,LRe5][%mdl 2112] Double Attack. White is really pushing.} Nf7 38. Rxc5 Qb6 39. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] Rb5 is the strong threat.} a6 40. a5 Qe6 41. Rd5 Kg7 42. Qc5 Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 42... Kf6 $14) 43. Rd7 $18 Bxb2 44. Rxb7 Bc3 45. Kc2 Be1 {[#]} 46. Qd5 $2 (46. Rb8 $1 $18 {Threatening mate with Qf8+.} Qd6 47. Qxd6 Nxd6 48. Rb6) 46... Qxf3 $11 47. Qe5+ Kg8 {The position is equal.} 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,0,2,5,5,0,17,0,5,7,4,0,1,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O {The position is equal.} 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. h3 Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bc2 c6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bc7 13. Nf1 d5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 16. Re3 Bxc2 $1 17. Qxc2 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rae1 Re7 $1 {[#]} 20. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Ng3 Rae8 21. Qf5 Qxf5 22. Nxf5 Re6 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. N5h4 Nxh4 25. Nxh4 g6 26. Nf3 f6 27. Nh4 Kf7 28. Kf1 f5 29. Nxg6 Kxg6 30. f4 Kf6 31. fxe5+ {½-½ (31) Giri,A (2797)-Andreikin,D (2737) Tbilisi 2015}) 20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd2 Rae8 23. Nf3 g6 (23... Bd6 {looks sharper.} 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Kf1 g6) 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 27. h4 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Kg7 29. g3 Kf6 30. Kg2 Ke5 {Black wants to play ...Qe4+.} 31. Qb3 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,48,-16,-19,-26,0,-22,0,-6,0,-21,0,-12,0,-14,-14,-22,-11,-2,16,-37,10,-9,7,11,11,-26,-39,-38,-35,-49,0,0,0,-41,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 e5 9. Nbd2 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous.} Re8 10. a3 a5 11. a4 {The position is equal.} b6 {[#]} 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qb1 d5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bd1 Ne7 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Qa2 {½-½ (64) Votava,J (2524)-Baldauf,M (2420) Austria 2016}) 12... d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Bh4 Nf4 16. Bf1 Ba6 17. Qc2 (17. Qb3 $11) 17... h6 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Ne4 Bb7 21. Ng3 Nf4 {White must now prevent ...g5.} 22. Ne4 Nh5 23. Ng3 Nf4 {And now ...g5 would win.} 24. Ne4 Nh5 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,67,19,18,0,21,17,12,12,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,9,48,52,57,-9,35,35,13,-16,-41,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 $1 {The main line 8.a4 scores better than 8.Qxc4.} Bd7 9. Bg5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bc6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 $1 Qe5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 ({But not} 16... bxa4 $2 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Qxc4 $18) 17. Bxe4 Ra7 {[#]} 18. axb5 $146 (18. Bxh7+ Kh8 $11) ({Better is} 18. Nf3 $1 $14 Qh5 19. axb5) ({Predecessor:} 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rd5 g6 21. Re1 Qxe1+ 22. Nxe1 c6 23. Rd6 Be5 24. Bxg6 Bxd6 {1-0 (33) Jacobson,B (2418)-Khamrakulov,D (2500) New York 2019}) 18... Qc5 (18... g6 {is more complex.} 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rxa6 Nxa6 21. Nc6 Qb5) 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. Bxc6 ({Much weaker is} 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 $17) (20. bxc6 {looks sharper.} Rb8 21. Bd5 Raa8 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Rb4 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Rb6 26. Bc4) 20... axb5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxa1.} 21. Rxa7 {Strongly threatening Ra6.} Qxa7 {The position is equal.} 22. Bxb5 Qa2 {And now ...c3! would win.} (22... g6 {is interesting.} 23. Qxc4 c5 24. Rd7 Qa1+ 25. Kg2 Bd4) 23. Bxc4 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Rd7 Be5 26. f4 Bd6 27. Kg2 g6 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. h3 h5 30. h4 Kf6 31. Bd5 Kg7 32. Bc4 Kf6 33. Bd5 Kg7 34. Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,109,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,6,6,11,15,197,198,207,207,208,208,210,210,210,210,210,210,204,207,210,202,202,183,214,202,212,215,215,215,215,212,217,217,222,209,253,227,306,281,297,275,358,330,420,387,447,442,433,412,402,400,385,371,333,108,108,82,75,8,431,312,4129,4137,4137,4137,4137,4137,29983,29984,29983,29981]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn.} 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 {The position is equal.} 16. Bh5+ g6 17. Ne4 O-O 18. O-O Bg7 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Bf3 {[#]} Ra7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Qe7 21. Qa5 Qa7+ 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Rxb6 a5 25. Rb7 Rd8 26. g4 Bc8 {0-1 (46) Carbonnel,P (2229)-Froehlich,P (2440) Germany 2000}) 21. Rb8 Rd7 22. Qa5 Qd8 $2 (22... Bh6 $11) 23. Qxd8+ $1 $18 Rxd8 24. Bg4 $1 {Black must now prevent Rxc8!} Kf7 {[#]} 25. Rxc8 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 26. Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 27. Nxc8 Bf8 28. Bf3 Kf5 29. Bxc6 e4 30. Kf2 Bc5+ 31. Ke2 Kf4 32. a4 a5 33. Kd2 Bb4+ 34. c3 Bc5 35. Ke2 Kf5 36. g3 Ke5 37. Kd2 Bg1 {[#]} 38. h3 $1 Bf2 39. Bb7 Bc5 40. Kc2 h5 41. Kb3 g5 42. Kc4 Bf2 43. g4 h4 44. Ne7 Kf4 45. Nc6 Kg3 46. Nxa5 Kxh3 {[#]} 47. Nb3 $2 ({Weaker is} 47. Bxe4 Kxg4 48. Kd3 Kf4 $16) (47. Nc6 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy. Threatens to win with a5.} Kxg4 48. a5) 47... Kxg4 $16 48. a5 {And now Nd4 would win.} Ba7 49. Nd4 (49. Bxe4 $16 {Hoping for Kd3.} Kf4 50. Kd3) 49... h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... e5 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 50. Ne6 (50. Bxe4 Kf4 $17) 50... Kf5) 50. Bxe4 $18 e5 $2 (50... Kf4 51. Nxe6+ Kxe4 52. Nxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke5 53. Nxh3 Be3) 51. Ne2 Kh4 52. Kd5 g4 53. c4 g3 {[#]} 54. Nxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg3 55. c5 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,88,26,21,35,35,26,18,31,21,28,6,21,0,0,22,34,12,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-25,-33,-33,-28,0,-10,-24,-37,-11,0,-20,-27,-8,-8,-2,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,-10,-12,0,-31,-36,-42,-42,-44,-44,-47,-49,-50,-57,-57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bf5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 9. O-O-O Qd7 $1 {9...Qd7 is better than 9...0-0.} 10. h3 (10. Bc4 Be6 11. Qe2 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qe6 13. Rd5 O-O 14. Rhd1 Rfe8 15. Qb5 Rab8 16. Kb1 a6 17. Qa4 Bf6 18. a3 h6 {0-1 (47) Firouzja,A (2723)-Yu,Y (2738) Moscow 2019}) 10... O-O 11. Kb1 Rae8 12. Rg1 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd8 13. Be2 Bg6 14. Bf4 Re4 15. g4 Rfe8 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Qd5 Qc6 18. Qxc6 Nxc6 19. Nd2 R4e7 20. Bf3 h6 21. a3 Re6 22. Bd5 Re5 {½-½ (22) Betker,J (2448)-Lins,T (2453) GER email 2015}) 13. g4 Be4 14. Be2 Bd8 15. h4 b5 16. Ng5 (16. Rg3 $14) 16... Bxg5 $1 $11 17. hxg5 Ne5 18. Rg3 Qc6 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qe2 Rb8 22. Bc1 Rb5 {[#] ...Rfb8 is the strong threat.} 23. Rd4 d5 24. Re3 $1 {[%cal Re3e4]} Rfb8 25. Rexe4 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxb2+ 27. Bxb2 {Black must now prevent a4.} Qb5 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb5b2]} 28. Kc1 {Strongly threatening Ba3.} Qxb2+ {[%mdl 4160] [#] Endgame Double Attack. KQR-KQR} 29. Kd2 Rd8+ 30. Ke1 {Threatening mate with Re8+.} Qxc3+ 31. Kf2 {White threatens Re8+ and mate.} g6 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ $15 {KQ-KQ} Kg7 34. Qe4 h6 35. gxh6+ Kxh6 36. Qh1+ Kg7 37. Qe4 $1 c5 (37... Kf8 $15) 38. g5 $11 {The position is equal.} Qd4+ 39. Kf3 {Hoping for Qxd4+.} Qd1+ 40. Qe2 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qg1+ 42. Kf3 Qh1+ 43. Kg3 Qg1+ 44. Kf3 Qh1+ {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,50,14,24,7,7,11,70,48,45,43,39,52,44,29,25,13,29,17,20,25,25,21,39,21,17,16,74,68,79,-580,-563,-576,-575,-751,-742]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. dxc5 Bc6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Bd5 10. Qc2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Be4 11. Qc1 {[#]} Nd5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Black should play} 11... Bxc5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 12. Nc3 (12. Bxc5 Rc8 $11) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qb6) ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng4 12. b4 a5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 axb4 15. Bxb4 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Rc8 17. Qc4 Bxc5 18. Qxe6+ {½-½ (41) Ding,L (2769)-Aronian,L (2794) Berlin 2018}) 12. c6 {White is slightly better.} bxc6 13. O-O Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd5 15. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} Be7 16. Qf4 e5 17. Qf5 O-O 18. Rfd1 ({Not} 18. Nxe5 $2 Be6 $19) 18... Qc7 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Nc4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} e4 21. Ne3 Bxa2 (21... Nc5 $11 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 cxd5) 22. Qxe4 $16 Nf6 23. Rxd8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({And not} 23. Rxc6 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Qd7 $17) (23. Qxc6 $16 {and life is bright.} Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Qxc6 25. Rxc6) 23... Nxe4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Nd4 Qb6 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,121,0,4,9,0,-5,11,0,5,10,10,7,8,15,22,22,19,16,30,28,29,15,21,20,16,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,94,106,91,91,98,67,208,210,202,191,193,195,192,197,178,189,185,81,81,89,89,86,128,105,235,216,212,230,230,216,208,224,213,213,214,181,166,148,369,374,422,415,422,420,762,730,1685,1641,1647,1478,1303,1206]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. h3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nc3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} c6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Re1 {The position is equal.} Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Nf8 14. Ne2 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ng6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. c3 Re8 20. Ne5 Bc8 21. Qc2 Qd8 22. Re1 Nd7 {½-½ (27) Dunks,P (1975)-Webster,R (2266) ICCF email 2018}) 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Qb6 17. b3 Bd7 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Ne5 Bc8 20. Re1 Qc7 21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Re7 23. Nfg6 Nxg6 24. Nxg6 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Qe3 Nd6 27. Qe5 {Ne7+ is the strong threat.} Qd7 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 Nxc8 30. Qb8 g6 31. Qf4 Kg7 32. Qe5+ f6 33. Qb8 b5 34. Bd3 Ne7 35. Qf4 c5 (35... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} cxd4 {[#]} 37. Bxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 (37... Qxb5 38. Qxe7+) 38. Qb7 Qb4 ({Black should try} 38... Qe5 $14) 39. Qxa7 $18 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. g3 h5 {[#]} 42. h4 $1 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Kg1 (44. Qd7 $18) 44... h4 $16 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Qd7 Kf6 47. Bd3 Qg5+ (47... Nd5 $16) 48. Kf1 $18 Qc1+ 49. Ke2 Qb2+ {[#]} 50. Kf3 $1 {Black must now prevent Qd6+.} Qc3 51. Qd6+ Kf7 52. Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke6 53. Qe4+ Kd6 54. Kg4 {Threatens to win with Qf4+.} Qc8+ $2 (54... Nc6 $16 {was necessary.}) 55. Kxh4 Qh8+ 56. Kg3 Nd5 57. a3 Nc3 (57... Qb8 $142 58. Bc4 Qg8+ 59. Qg4 Qh8) 58. Qg6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kc7 59. Qh7+ Qxh7 60. Bxh7 Kd6 61. Bd3 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,87,4,8,-13,-8,-12,-12,-7,-11,-4,-7,-14,-25,-20,0,0,31,10,37,18,23,9,63,37,30,0,38,16,37,30,126,43,41,42,39,36,54,42,200,179,185,210,290,277,265,256,395,410,389,385,479,518,550,547,542,536,530,525,905,894,918,871,904,904,873,653,1197,1262,1160,1226,1073,1432,1462,1273,1498,1465,1274,1221]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 e6 7. Bf4 {7.Bd2 gains popularity. A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3.} Nge7 8. h4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} h6 9. Qc1 {The position is equal.} e5 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Rb1 Rc8 {[#]} 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxc5 Nd4 16. Qb4 Nxe2+ 17. Kh2 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 {1-0 (50) Domogaev,S (2454)-Viktorov,A (2510) Dubna 2015}) 12... f5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 d5 15. c5 e4 16. Nh2 h5 (16... Nd4 $11) 17. Nb5 {Hoping for Nd6+.} O-O 18. Nd6 {Threatens to win with b5.} Rc7 19. Bf4 b6 20. O-O Qd7 (20... Bd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. Qd2 (21. Rd1 $16) 21... bxc5 $14 22. bxc5 a5 23. Rfc1 Ra7 24. e3 exd3 $2 {[#] Now Black is done in.} ({Black should play} 24... Nb4 $14) 25. Nf3 a4 26. Nb5 ({Worse is} 26. Qxd3 a3 $11) 26... Rb7 27. Qxd3 Ra8 28. Ng5 Rxb5 (28... Ra5 {was necessary.} 29. Bd6 Kh8 30. Nxe6 Qxe6) 29. Qxb5 $18 ({Not} 29. Rxb5 a3 $18) 29... a3 30. Bd6 a2 {[#]} 31. Ra1 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Bf6 (31... Bxa1 32. Rxa1) 32. Qb3 Bxg5 33. hxg5 d4 34. Qb2 Kh7 35. Bxe7 Qxe7 36. Bxc6 Rc8 37. Bf3 dxe3 38. Qf6 exf2+ 39. Kxf2 Qxf6 40. gxf6 Kg8 41. c6 Rc7 42. Be2 Kf7 43. Rc5 Kxf6 44. Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,96,42,34,41,45,46,39,39,39,39,41,41,48,23,41,29,41,42,33,33,40,40,40,40,29,30,59,57,145,142,122,133,144,138,160,28,28,32,30,35,30,29,43,8,8,12,47,8,8,8,8,8,24,34,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 (2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Ne1 e5 9. Bxg4 Nxg4 10. Ke2 f6 11. Nc4 h5 12. Nd3 Nh6 13. Be3 Nf7 14. Rhd1 h4 15. h3 g5 16. a4 b6 17. f3 Be7 {1-0 (44) Wei,Y (2732)-Firouzja,A (2728) chess.com INT 2020}) 2... d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} e5 5. dxe5 Bc5 {Strongly threatening ...Bf2+.} 6. Na4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Qa5+ 7. c3 Bxg1 8. Rxg1 {White is slightly better.} dxe4 9. Bf4 Ne7 10. b4 Qd5 11. Nc5 {[#]} Qxd1+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng6 12. Bg3 Nd7 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 Ke7 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Nxb7 h5 17. h4 Rhc8 {1-0 (45) Gorovykh,E (2391)-Saulespurens,V (2384) Riga 2009}) 12. Rxd1 Nd5 13. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} h6 14. fxe4 hxg5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Rxd5 Ke7 17. Bc4 Nc6 18. Rf1 Be6 {[#]} (18... Rxh2 $14 19. Rd7+ Bxd7 20. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 21. Rxd7 Nxe5 22. Rxg7 Nxc4 23. Rg8+ Kf7 24. Rxa8 b6) 19. Rd7+ $1 $16 Bxd7 20. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 21. Nxd7 Rh4 22. Rxg7 ({White should try} 22. Bb3 $16) 22... Rxc4 $11 23. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kf8 24. Rg8+ Kf7 $1 25. Rxa8 Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Ng4 Rc1+ 27. Ke2 Ra1 28. Ke3 {Threatens to win with b5.} Rxa2 29. b5 Ne7 30. b6 Nd5+ 31. Ke4 Nxb6 32. Rb8 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 33. Rc8 Ke6 ({Of course not} 33... Rxg2 $6 34. Kf5 $16) 34. Re8+ Kf7 35. Rc8 {And now Kf5 would win.} Ke6 ({But not} 35... Rxg2 $6 36. Kf5 $16) 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Rh8 Nf8 38. g3 a5 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Rg8+ Kxh6 41. Rxf8 {KR-KR} Re2+ 42. Kd5 a4 43. Ra8 b5 44. e6 Kg6 45. Kd6 {Hoping for e7.} Rd2+ 46. Ke5 Re2+ 47. Kd6 {aiming for e7.} Rd2+ 48. Ke5 {e7 is the strong threat.} Re2+ {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,13,27,9,13,12,12,0,22,6,18,7,33,4,1,0,9,16,4,5,7,7,4,0,30,26,31,15,13,19,24,0,30,0,39,0,0,0,0,-65,-70,-72,-85,-69,-67,-125,-66,-75,-40,-41,-27,-31,-26,-62,-54,-57,-8,-33,-2,-9,0,0,-2,-4,-2,-2,-7,-4,-4,-5,-4,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 {is cutting edge theory.} 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. b4 {[#]} (10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bf8 12. Re1 Nb6 13. b3 Be6 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qf7 {½-½ (75) So,W (2770)-Karjakin,S (2752) chess.com INT 2020}) 10... Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. Be3 Nf8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. f3 b6 {½-½ (31) Firnhaber,I (2480)-Panitevsky,I (2516) ICCF email 2018}) 11. a4 Nb6 12. Na5 c5 13. bxc5 Bxc5 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bf8 16. Re1 c6 (16... f5 {looks sharper.} 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nxb7 Qd5) 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qe7 19. Ra1 Be6 20. Nb3 Bf7 21. Qc2 Rad8 22. Qc3 Nc4 23. h3 b6 24. d5 (24. a5 $11) 24... cxd5 $15 25. exd5 Ne5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. a5 {[#]} (27. Rad1 $15) 27... Bxd5 ({Black should try} 27... b5 $1 $17 28. Qc5 Rxd5 29. Qxe7 Rxe7) 28. Re3 Qg5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rg5g2]} 29. Rg3 Qf6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Re3 h6 32. Nd2 Re7 (32... Rf8 {feels hotter.} 33. f3 b5 34. Rb1 Qb6 35. Nc4 Bxc4 36. Qxc4+ bxc4 37. Rxb6 Rd1+) 33. Rae1 Rde8 (33... b5 {with more complications.} 34. Qa5 Rdd7 35. Ne4 Qc6 36. Qb4 Bc4) 34. Ne4 {The position is equal.} Qc6 35. Qxc6 Bxc6 36. Nd6 Rd8 37. Nc4 b5 38. Nxe5 Be8 39. Re4 Kh7 40. f4 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,87,27,5,29,3,6,0,9,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,3,-23,-25,-34,3,0,28,27,32,-5,0,0,0,-177,-131,-316,-312,-304,-287,-480,-444,-270,0,0,0,-29,-33,-53,-33,-62,-59,-35,-26,-117,-118,-114,-33,-44,-40,-40,-23,-27,-21,-22,-15,-29,-8,-26,-8,-8,-10,-10,0,0,8,8,730,727,659,644,29996,3540,29997,29998]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a5 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 7. a4 Bd6 8. Be2 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. O-O {[#]} dxc4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Re8 10. Rd1 h6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 c5 14. b3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. g3 Rad8 {½-½ (18) Dreev,A (2677)-Motylev,A (2640) Moscow 2019}) 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Ba2 Qe7 12. h3 Bb4 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 c5 (14... Rd8 {looks sharper.} 15. f3 Bd7 16. f4 Ng6 17. Bb1 Nf8) 15. Ndb5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. e4 Nh5 18. Ne2 g5 19. Be3 $2 (19. Bd2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 19... g4 $1 $19 {aiming for ...gxh3.} 20. Ng3 $2 (20. Kh1 $17) 20... Qh4 $1 21. Nxh5 Qxh5 22. f4 $2 (22. Nc7 Rf6 23. Nxa8 gxh3 24. f4 hxg2 25. Qxg2+ Rg6 26. fxe5 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qe2+ 28. Bf2) 22... gxf3 23. Nc7 fxg2 $2 (23... Rf6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6g6]} 24. Nxa8 Rg6 25. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 26. Kh1 Qe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 24. Qxg2+ $11 Kh8 $1 25. Nxe6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rg2g7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} (25. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rc7a8]} Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qxf3 27. Nxa8 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 $11) 25... Rg8 26. Bg5 {[#]} Rxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qxg5 ({Much worse is} 27. Nxg5 Rg8 $17) 27... Qxg5+ 28. Nxg5 Rg8 29. h4 (29. Rf5 $11 Rxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} 30. Rxg5 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Kf2 Nxg5 32. e5) 29... h6 $17 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 30. Rf5 {[#]} Nd3 (30... Nc4 $1 $17 31. Kf2 hxg5 32. hxg5 Nxb2 33. Rh1+ Kg7) 31. b3 $15 hxg5 32. hxg5 Kg7 33. Rd1 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. bxc4 Nc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Re5 Rc8 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Rd8 Nxa4 {...Nb6 is the strong threat.} 38. Ree8 Nc5 ({Inferior is} 38... Rxc4 39. Rd7+ Be7 40. Rdxe7+ Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kh5 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Kf4 Rf3+ 44. Kxf3 Kh4 45. Rh7#) 39. Kf3 a4 40. Kg4 {Hoping for Rg8+.} a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Rd7 $11 41. Rxd7+ Nxd7) 41. Rg8+ $18 Kf7 42. Kf5 {g6+ would kill now.} Nd7 {Threatens to win with ...Rc5+.} 43. g6+ Ke7 44. e5 {What a bad dream for Black. Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 74%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,20,13,12,25,25,21,15,25,17,22,25,36,33,33,36,39,32,31,19,23,31,40,29,35,33,16,27,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,-19,0,-17,0,-26,14,7,29,15,85,66,112,89,95,64,100,54,236,223,177,164,209,137,225,224,222,232,230,222,368,315,329,304]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4d6]} d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bf4 Qb7 17. Nd6 {[#]} Bxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qa7 18. Ra3 Bf6 19. Qb4 Ne5 20. c4 Bc6 21. Nb5 Qb7 22. Nd6 Qa7 23. Nb5 Qb7 24. Nd6 {½-½ (24) Kapnisis,S (2465)-Baenziger,F (2366) Anogia 2019}) 18. Bxd6 Rfc8 19. Ra3 Qc6 $1 20. Rg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rd4g7] [#]} g6 21. Bf4 {aiming for Bh6.} Qxc2 22. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rd4g7]} f6 23. Re1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Qe4 24. Qd1 {Threatens to win with Bf3.} Qc2 25. Qd4 Qe4 26. Qd1 {And now Bf3 would win.} Qc2 27. Qa1 Ne5 28. h4 Nf7 (28... b5 $5) 29. Be3 Nd6 30. Bxb6 Qc6 (30... Ne4 $11 31. Bd3 Qd2 32. Bxe4 Bxe4) 31. a5 $16 Nf5 32. Rc3 Qb7 33. f3 Nxh4 34. b4 e5 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} ({Better is} 34... Rxc3 $1 $14 35. Qxc3 Qb8) 35. Rec1 $18 Rxc3 36. Qxc3 Nf5 37. Qc7 Nd4 {[#]} (37... Qxc7 $16 38. Rxc7 Nd6 39. Bxa6 Rxa6) 38. Bxd4 $1 Qxc7 39. Rxc7 exd4 40. Rd7 Bc6 (40... Be6 {is a better defense.} 41. Rxd4 Kf7) 41. Rxd4 Kf7 42. Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,87,8,9,9,10,4,13,14,23,10,6,10,22,18,21,16,43,35,34,0,30,37,34,9,23,21,52,53,53,54,60,56,74,0,14,18,50,0,0,0,77,71,60,52,62,49,60,50,63,37,52,2,2,2,8,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,2,2,2,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 (10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 c6 16. a5 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bg2 Rfe8 19. Red1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Ra4 Qd6 22. h3 h6 {½-½ (65) Ding,L (2791)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Nxf6 13. a5 Bd6 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... e5 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 exd4 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd4 Qe7 21. Rc1 c6 22. Rcd1 Rad8 {½-½ (36) Cramling,P (2450)-Padmini,R (2324) Riadh 2017}) 17. Qc6 e5 18. Nde4 exd4 19. Rxd4 {[%cal Re4d6]} Be5 20. Rd3 (20. Rd2 {keeps more tension.} Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rfe8 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. Qf3) 20... Qe8 (20... Nxe4 {feels hotter.} 21. Qxe4 Rae8 22. Rad1 c5 23. Rd7 Qe6) 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qf3 (22. Qxc7 {is more complex.} b4 23. Re3 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. Na4) 22... c5 23. Rad1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 b4 25. cxb4 cxb4 26. Rd6 $1 Qa4 {[#]} 27. Qg4 ({White should try} 27. Qd5 $1 $16) 27... Qxa5 28. Rxh6 {Threatens to win with Rh5.} Rad8 29. Rb1 Qd5+ 30. e4 Qd7 (30... Qd3 $11 31. Rxb4 Rc8) 31. Qxd7 $16 Rxd7 32. Rxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Black must now prevent Ra4. KRR-KRR} Rd4 33. e5 Rb8 34. Rb3 g5 35. Ra7 Re4 36. Rf3 Rxe5 {The position is equal.} 37. Rfxf7 {With the idea Rg7+.} Reb5 $1 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rag7+ Kf8 41. Rc7 {[%cal Rh7h8] [#]} Kg8 42. Rcg7+ Kf8 43. Rf7+ Kg8 $1 44. Rfg7+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,89,23,12,11,21,27,29,29,29,26,36,31,39,25,39,33,60,14,14,13,16,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,9,9,9,8,8,10,11,12,8,11,8,8,8,8,8,13,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 {White has an edge.} exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Rc1 {[#] Hoping for Bxf6.} Rc8 {Threatens to win with ...Nd3+!The position is equal.} 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rc2 {[#]} d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Ne4 17. O-O Qe5 18. Qc1 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Ng5 20. Be2 Ne6 21. Bd3 g6 22. Rc1 Rd8 {½-½ (33) Vorobiov,E (2592)-Grover,S (2411) Kavala 2010}) 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Nb3 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 20. O-O Nxd4 21. Bxb7 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 22. Rd1 Ne6 $1 23. Bd5 Rxb2 24. g3 Nf8 25. Rd4 Rc2 26. Rc4 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 {KB-KN} Nd7 28. f4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 f5 31. Kd4 Kd6 32. Bd3 g6 33. Be2 Nf6 34. Bf3 Ng4 35. h3 Nf6 36. Kc4 Nh5 37. Bxh5 gxh5 {KP-KP} 38. Kd4 h4 39. gxh4 {[#] h5 is the strong threat.} h5 $1 40. a4 a5 $1 41. Kc4 Kc6 $1 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Kc4 Kc6 $1 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Kc4 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,93,19,39,10,16,17,14,9,13,9,13,20,18,10,11,9,21,8,15,15,12,18,27,13,10,14,47,21,43,50,43,41,45,48,41,30,91,18,18,0,0,0,0,0,20,20,24,26,36,41,26,22,35,0,1,0,128,128,128,128,128,128,128,128,128,104,129,129,129,129,551,0,129,0,480,144,1280,1390,959,535]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 {seems to push 7...d6 aside.} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} cxd4 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Nxd5 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 12. Nxd4 {And now Bxd5 would win.} Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Nc6 Nc5 15. Qc4 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rfd8 {[#]} 19. Qg4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 19. f3 h6 {½-½ (19) Giri,A (2769)-Yu,Y (2738) Moscow 2019}) 19... f5 20. Qb4 Rd5 21. Red1 Qd7 22. Rxd5 Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 23. f3 Qxa2 24. Qb5 h6 25. b4 Qb3 (25... Qa3 $11 26. Bf4 g5) 26. Bxc5 (26. Bf2 $1 $16) 26... bxc5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. Qd7 Rb8 $1 {Hoping for ...Qe3.} 28. bxc5 {c6 is the strong threat.} Qe3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Qd1 {Strongly threatening c6.} Kh7 30. Rc2 Rc8 31. c6 {Black must now prevent Qd7.} Qb3 $1 {White should prevent ...Rxc6.} 32. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} a5 33. Rc5 {aiming for Qd7.} Qb4 34. Qd6 Rc7 $1 35. g4 a4 (35... fxg4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 36. Qe5 gxf3+ 37. exf3 Qd2+ 38. Kg3 Qd1) 36. gxf5 (36. Qxc7 $6 Qxc5 37. Qd7 Qc4 $11) 36... exf5 37. Qe5 ({But not} 37. Qxc7 $6 Qxc5 38. Qb7 Qd5 $11) 37... a3 {Black wants to play ...a2.} 38. Qxf5+ g6 39. Qe5 Qb6 40. Rc2 h5 41. h4 Qa7 42. Qd6 Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42... Qa5 $16 {is a better chance.} 43. Ra2 Ra7) 43. Qe5 $2 (43. Rc3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc3a3]} Qb6 44. Qxa3 (44. Rxa3 Qxc6 45. Qf8+ Kh7 $16)) 43... Kh7 44. Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Rd2 $16 {Intending Rd8 and mate.} Re7 45. Qd6) 44... Kh6 $1 $18 {[#]} 45. Ra2 $2 (45. Rc3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc3a3] is the precise move to win.} Qb6 46. Qxa3 (46. Rxa3 Qxc6 47. Qf8+ Kh7 $16)) 45... Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Qb6 $16 46. Rxa3 (46. Qxa3 Qxc6 47. Qf8+ Kh7 $16) 46... Qxc6 47. Qf8+ Kh7) 46. e4 Qc7 47. Qf6 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,-18,8,-4,9,0,6,1,12,18,8,6,163,164,172,170,167,166,170,172,170,177,170,166,168,163,165,177,164,148,167,150,295,299,296,296,304,304,292,292,296,278,446,429,460,447,828,821,821,791,647,617,593,593,587,586,932,920,1145,1144,1070,859,863,755,747,737,29945,10313,29971,29972,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 d5 6. Bf4 {[%cal Re4d5] [#] C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines .} dxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nb4 7. Qe2 dxe4 8. a3 Nbd5 9. O-O-O c6 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 {½-½ (31) Ovsejevitsch,S (2591)-Jahncke,G (2325) Lueneburg 2019}) 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8. Bxc7 {The position is equal.} Bb4 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Bb5 Bxc3 $2 (10... Bg4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 11. Rd8+ $18 ({Not} 11. bxc3 O-O $11) 11... Ke7 12. Rxh8 Be5 {[#]} 13. Bxc6 $1 ({Inferior is} 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 Ng6 $15) 13... Bxc7 14. Ba4 a6 15. Ne2 b5 16. Bb3 Bb6 17. Rf1 Bb7 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. c3 Ng4 20. Nd4 Nxh2 (20... g6 $16 {is a better defense.} 21. h3 Ne5) 21. Rh1 Bc7 22. Nf5+ Kf6 23. Ne3 Bf4 24. g3 Bxe3+ 25. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Ng4 $2 (25... Nf3 26. Rxh7 Bc6) 26. Rf1+ Kg6 27. Rxf7 Nxe3 (27... Bc6 $142 28. Ra7 Kf5 29. Rxa6 Bd7) 28. Ra7 Bd5 29. Rxa6+ Kf5 30. Kd2 Nf1+ 31. Ke1 Bxb3 32. Kxf1 {KR-KB} Bc4+ 33. Kf2 h5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 Bd3 36. Rd4 g5 37. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 {[#]} 39. b5 $1 {White mates.} Kf4 {[#]} (39... Bxb5 40. Rd5+) 40. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} exd3 41. b6 {Black got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,17,15,20,57,30,23,0,16,8,20,-11,-20,-22,0,0,0,-13,-3,-36,9,6,10,13,193,214,203,208,204,189,332,203,220,226,225,225,207,200,235,235,235,235,235,235,270,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,194,633,633,627,625,599,599,760,745,877,874,849,845,911,888,1097,1087,1231,1140,1392,1644,2141,2065,6601,5604,29967,10777,29967,29938,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29985,29984,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Na6 7. e4 c5 {[#]} 8. d5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Qd3 Nb4 11. Qb1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be3 Bb4 14. e5 {1-0 (31) Heikkila,I-Molarius,R Finland 1979}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 {Threatens to win with Bf4.} Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 {...b5 is the strong threat.} 14. a4 g5 (14... a6 {seems wilder.} 15. Qd3 Bg4 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. h3 Bh5) 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ncxd5 $2 {[#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (16... Nfxd5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 17. Nxd5 Be6) 17. Nxd5 $18 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 {Black must now prevent Ne5!} Rxe2 19. Rad1 Re7 (19... g4 {is a better defense.}) 20. Ne5 ({Not} 20. Qxb7 Qc8 $11) ({And not} 20. Qxc5 Qf8 $11) 20... Be8 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 23. Rb8 Re7 24. a5 Kg7 25. Rc1 a6 26. Rxc5 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Bc6 {If only Black now had time for ...Re2....} 28. g4 Re2 29. Kg3 Rd2 30. b4 Rd3+ 31. f3 Rd2 32. Rc8 Rd7 $2 (32... Rb2 33. Rb8 Rb1) 33. R8xc6 bxc6 34. Rxc6 {KR-KR} Rd4 35. Rb6 f6 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Ke3 Rb2 38. Kd4 Kf7 39. Kc4 Rc2+ 40. Kb3 Rxg2 41. Rxa6 Rf2 42. Rc6 h5 43. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rxf3+ 44. Kb2 Rd3 45. a7 {[#] Threatening mate with Rc7+.} Rd8 46. Ra6 {White mates.} Ra8 47. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} hxg4 48. b6 g3 49. Ra1 g2 50. Rg1 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,86,16,6,11,8,7,0,6,39,48,37,31,30,31,54,56,64,61,77,80,79,70,83,84,87,78,66,4,30,33,84,84,95,88,92,81,81,83,83,70,96,66,68,66,74,73,72,75,191,192,196,196,188,126,127,127,127,127,112,127,127,127,126,7,6,4,4,4,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nf3 b6 9. Ne5 {E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4.} Nd5 $1 10. Nc6 Qc7 11. e4 Qxc6 (11... N5f6 $5 {[%cal Rc7c6]} 12. d5 Bd6 $11) 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Nf6 $1 14. Bg5 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} cxd4 15. Bxf6 $1 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Be6 {[#]} 17. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qe2 f6 18. O-O b5 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Rcd1 Kf7 21. Rxd5 Qa7 22. Re1 Re8 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. Rd6 a5 26. Rexe6 {1-0 (26) Casale,M-Poupinel,M France 1995}) 17... Rc8 18. O-O $1 Bb4 $1 19. Qe2 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Qd7 21. Qxa6 (21. Rxc8+ $14 Qxc8 22. Bxd5) 21... Rxc3 22. bxc3 O-O (22... Qc6 $14) 23. Qxb6 $16 Qa4 24. Qb3 Ra8 25. Rb1 {And now Qxa4 would win.} Qxb3 26. axb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra3 27. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32] Hoping for b5.} Rxc3 28. b5 {Threatens to win with b6.} Kf8 29. b6 {Black must now prevent b7.} Rc8 30. b7 Rb8 31. Bf1 Ke7 (31... Bf5 $16 32. Rb3 Ke7) 32. Ba6 $1 $18 d4 33. Kf1 $1 Bd5 {[#]} 34. Ke2 (34. Rc1 $1 $18) 34... Kd6 35. Kd3 Kc7 {[%cal Rd5b7] [#]} 36. Rc1+ $1 (36. Kxd4 $6 Bxb7 37. Rxb7+ Rxb7 $11) 36... Kb6 37. Rc8 ({Of course not} 37. Kxd4 $6 Bc6 $11) 37... Ka7 38. Kxd4 Bxb7 39. Bxb7 (39. Rxb8 $16 Kxb8 40. Bd3) 39... Kxb7 $16 {KR-KR. The position is equal.} 40. Rc3 Rc8 41. Rf3 Rc7 42. Re3 Kc6 43. Re8 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,85,15,18,19,26,29,31,31,31,27,22,18,25,54,113,120,122,116,127,108,139,132,135,119,167,166,181,136,118,67,71,70,81,79,81,58,70,58,68,52,103,99,84,39,205,200,295,295,289,245,360,360,362,356,348,348,341,335,291,286,306,261,426,286,338,334,29997,29998]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 d6 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Qh5 d5 10. a3 Bf8 11. Bd3 $5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7][%mdl 4] A promising side line. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} e4 12. cxd5 {Strongly threatening Bc2.} exd3 13. dxc6 {White is slightly better.} bxc6 14. b4 a5 15. Bb2 Re4 16. Nd4 {[#]} Qd5 $146 (16... Rg4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 16... Rg4 17. Nxc6 Qd7 18. b5 Rxg2 19. h4 Rg6 20. Rc1 a4 21. Qf3 Qg4 22. Qxg4 Bxg4 {½-½ (35) Lanzani,P (1891)-Besozzi,F ICCF email 2008}) 17. Qxd5 $16 cxd5 18. f3 Re8 19. Nb5 Re7 20. Bxf6 Rd7 21. Kf2 Ba6 22. Nd4 Bc4 23. Rhb1 Ra6 {[#]} 24. Be5 (24. Bh4 $1 $16) 24... f6 25. b5 Rb6 26. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent a4. White is really pushing.} a4 27. g4 Bc5 28. h4 Kf7 29. Kg3 (29. g5 {feels hotter.} Ke8 30. gxf6 Rxf6 31. Be5 Rh6 32. Nf5) 29... Bxd4 (29... Ke8 $14) 30. exd4 Bxb5 31. Rb4 Re7 $2 {[#] This costs Black the game.} ({Black should try} 31... c6 $1 $14) 32. Rab1 $1 $18 Bc4 (32... Bc6 $142 33. Rxb6 cxb6 34. Rxb6 Re6) 33. Rxb6 cxb6 34. Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb3 (34... Kg7 $142 35. Bd6 Rf7) 35. Bd6 Rd7 36. f4 f5 37. g5 (37. gxf5 Kf6 $16) 37... Bd1 38. Bc5 Kg7 39. Kf2 Rd8 40. Rb7+ Kg6 $2 (40... Kg8 {was called for.} 41. Bb4 Bh5) 41. Re7 Rb8 42. Re6+ Kh5 $2 (42... Kg7 $18 43. Re5 Rb7 44. Rxd5 (44. Rxf5 Rf7 $18) 44... Be2) 43. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,21,19,23,27,10,18,11,33,22,31,24,37,35,45,22,24,5,19,11,9,0,0,-11,-11,-14,-9,-12,-7,-6,-6,-4,-14,-10,-6,-9,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-13,-13,-10,-13,-15,-37,-28,-10,-10,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,-21]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 (4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 Re8 11. Bd3 d5 12. h5 Nc5 13. Kb1 Bg4 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Qf4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 {½-½ (31) Wei,Y (2732)-Aronian,L (2773) chess.com INT 2020}) 4... Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32] C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nf6 7. b3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} c6 (7... Be6 {is interesting.} 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. f3 O-O-O) 8. Bb2 Qxe2+ (8... Bf5 {with more complications.} 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Nbd7 11. Rde1 O-O-O) 9. Nxe2 Be7 {[#]} 10. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. f3 h5 11. h4 Na6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Nef4 Rde8 15. Bh3 Bd8 16. Rde1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 {½-½ (63) Fedoseev,V (2719)-Tregubov,P (2592) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Nf5 Bf8 $1 14. Rxe8 Nxe8 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Ng3 Nxd3+ 17. Bxd3 g6 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Ne4 d5 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. Bxf6 Bc5 22. f3 Kf8 23. c3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 25. h4 Bd6 26. g4 h5 27. gxh5 gxh5 28. Kd1 Bh3 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. Bd4 a6 31. b4 {The position is equal.} Be7 32. Bf2 Ke6 33. Bc2 Bf5 34. Bb3 Bd6 35. a4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. d3 Be5 38. Be1 Bf6 39. Ba2 Be5 40. Bb3 Bf6 41. Ba2 Be5 42. Bb3 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. d5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. c4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 15. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 17. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 18. a3 {[%emt 0:04:04]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 19. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} exd5 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 20. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 21. Bc7 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 22. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rxf2+ {[%emt 0:02:13]} 23. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 24. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 25. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 26. d6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc3+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 27. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Rxb1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxh1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Ng3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Ree1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 30. Nxh1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rxh1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 32. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 35. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,0,0,18,13,9,10,15,20,36,9,23,29,36,36,40,28,37,42,31,0,35,0,14,21,50,40,35,0,0,4,0,-141,-136,-114,-33,-33,-35,-35,-32,-37,8,0,18,14,37,0,0,0,0,0,257,297,609,548,410,473,29965,29966,29966,29965,29967,29966,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4.} fxe6 11. Ng5 Nb6 12. Nxe6 {The position is equal.} Bxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. Be3 Qd6 15. Qxd6 exd6 16. h4 Nc6 17. O-O-O {[#]} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... h5 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. g4 Rae8 20. gxh5 gxh5 21. Rhg1 Nf5 22. Rg5 Nxe3 23. Rxh5+ Kg8 {1-0 (42) Krylov,M (2490)-Kurnosov,I (2648) Moscow 2012}) 18. Ne4 h6 19. d5 Ne7 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. g3 Nf5 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. Rhe1 b3 24. Kb1 bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 a5 26. f4 a4 27. Rc1 b5 28. Nxd6 b4 29. Rc8 (29. Nc4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... b3+ 30. Kb1 {[#]} a3 ({Black should play} 30... Nc2 $1 $17 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8) 31. bxa3 $15 Rfxc8 32. Bxc8 {Strongly threatening Re8+.} (32. Nxc8 $2 {too greedy.} Nb5 $19) 32... Nc2 33. Re5 $1 Ra5 34. Be6 Nxa3+ 35. Kb2 $1 {[#] And now Nf7+ would win.} Nb5 36. Nf7+ Kh7 {...Nd4 is the strong threat.} 37. Kxb3 {Hoping for Kb4.} Bxe5 38. fxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Black must now prevent Kb4. KRN-KBN} Nd4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Nc7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 39. Kb4 $18 Ra7 $2 (39... Ra8 40. Bd7 Kg7) 40. Nd8 Ra8 41. Kc4 Rxd8 (41... Nf3 $18) 42. Kxd4 {White mates.} Kg7 43. d6 Kf8 44. Bd5 Ke8 45. Bc6+ Kf7 46. Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 72%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,53,24,31,24,36,31,55,37,43,49,63,20,54,0,0,0,29,18,67,17,56,35,60,59,64,64,64,90,88,84,129,100,124,116,120,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-38,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 {C41: Philidor Defence.} Re8 8. O-O c6 9. h3 {White is slightly better.} Bf8 10. g4 h6 11. a4 a5 12. Nde2 ({White should play} 12. Re1 $14) 12... Na6 $11 13. Ng3 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nb4 14. Be3 d5 15. exd5 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. c3 Ra6 19. Bd4 Rg6 {1-0 (53) Bachmann,A (2533)-Haddouche,M (2429) Istanbul 2012}) 14. Be3 Qb6 15. Bd4 Nh7 16. b3 Bd7 17. f4 Rad8 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. f5 Nf6 21. g5 hxg5 22. Qxg5 Ncd7 {[#]} 23. Rf4 (23. Kh1 $1 $16) 23... Nh7 24. Qh5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for Rh4. White is not keeping still} Nhf6 25. Qg5 Nh7 $1 {[%cal Rh7g5]} 26. Qh5 {Rh4 is the strong threat.} Nhf6 27. Qg5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,52,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,9,0,4,15,6,10,12,8,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bc4 Na5 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} 14. Bb3 h5 15. O-O Nxb3 16. axb3 e5 17. Bg5 Qd6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 18. d5 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 (21. Nxc1 {is interesting.} f5 22. Ne2 f4 23. Ra2 b6 24. Nc1) 21... a5 {The position is equal.} 22. Ra1 b6 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Bg5 Bg7 25. Be3 Bf6 26. Bg5 Bg7 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,109,19,12,18,1,20,15,3,17,35,27,28,15,54,65,62,74,72,67,75,86,121,58,53,68,46,39,49,37,69,66,81,17,28,24,114,101,116,108,127,127,134,129,131,126,131,128,127,123,139,121,132,121,138,138,173,170,190,190,190,190,290,265,341,341,341,341,341,341,521,341,360,346,376,352,552,550,597,622,622,598,573,523,738,718,708,717,659,470,772,754,762,764,758,713,839,839]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 d5 8. b4 {8.cxd5 is the modern continuation.} Nbd7 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3.} 9. Bb2 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Ne5 e6 13. Nb5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Ng4 {1-0 (28) Toma,K (2301)-Mareckova,M (2107) Szklarska Poreba 2013}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 {The position is equal.} 11. b5 Nb6 12. cxd5 Nfxd5 13. Qc1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a6 {[#]} 18. bxa6 (18. a5 $1 $16) 18... Bxa6 $14 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. a5 Nd7 21. Nd2 Rca8 {[%cal Ra6a5]} 22. Nc4 Nf6 23. h3 (23. Nb6 $16 Rd8 24. h3) 23... R8a7 $11 24. Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nd7 (24... Ne4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 25. Qd3 Qc6) 25. Nxd7 $16 {Black is on the road to losing.} Qxd7 26. Qxc5 Ra8 27. Qb4 Qd6 28. Rc5 Kg7 29. Qc3+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 31. g4 Rd8 32. Ra2 h6 33. Kg2 Rd1 34. Rb5 e6 35. h4 g5 36. h5 Kg7 37. Kf3 Kf6 (37... Rc1 $142 38. Kg2 Rc3) 38. Rb7 $18 Rd8 39. Rb6 Ra7 40. a6 Rd1 41. Ke4 Rd5 (41... Rdd7 $142 42. f4 Rd5) 42. Ra4 Re5+ 43. Kd3 Rd5+ 44. Kc3 Rd1 (44... Rc7+ $142 45. Kb3 Rd1) 45. Rb7 {White is clearly winning.} Ra8 46. a7 Rc8+ 47. Kb2 Rd2+ 48. Kb3 {[#] Rb8 is the strong threat.} Rd3+ 49. Ka2 Rd2+ 50. Rb2 Rdd8 51. Ka3 Rd3+ (51... Ra8 $142 52. Rb7 Rd1) 52. Rb3 Rd1 53. Kb4 ({Stronger than} 53. Rb8 Ra1+ 54. Kb2 Rxa4 $11) 53... Ra8 54. Kb5 Ke7 55. Kc6 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,84,12,5,27,7,21,1,26,7,16,16,26,8,18,16,18,16,29,13,21,25,14,0,0,-35,4,8,31,8,3,-16,-16,-21,-21,-4,-14,-60,-50,-43,-38,-37,-38,-37,-37,-37,-45,-65,-29,-53,-52,-99,-110,-101,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 g6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 {[#]} Qe7+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 Ne7 11. Qb3 b6 12. Bg5 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Nbd2 h6 {0-1 (39) Gvetadze,S (2331)-Gaponenko,I (2430) Kusadasi 2006}) 9. Be2 $1 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bd3 b6 12. Re1 Qf8 13. Rxe8 Qxe8 14. c4 Bb7 15. Nc3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 16. d5 Nc5 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Qf1 Nfe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rb1 c6 {White must now prevent ...cxd5.} 21. Ba4 b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Bc2 Bb7 24. Qd3 Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 25. Bg5 h6 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nd4 Re8 29. Rd1 a6 30. b4 Bxd5 31. Nxb5 {[#]} Qc6 ({But not} 31... Qxb5 32. Qxb5 axb5 33. Rxd5 $11) (31... Be4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4d3]} 32. Qxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxb5 33. Bxe4 Rd8 34. Qxd8+ Bxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7) 32. Nxd6 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxd6 33. Bb3 Qxb4 {aiming for ...Bxb3.} 34. Bxd5 {Qxg6+ is the strong threat.} Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36. Qf1 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} a5 38. a4 Bc3 39. Bc4 Kg7 40. Bb5 f5 41. Bc4 Kf6 42. Bb5 Bb4 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,110,5,15,4,29,19,15,19,22,0,22,9,0,6,41,22,4,15,18,-9,-9,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,8,52,49,68,14,26,12,12,14,12,12,12,12,16,12,14,17,8,-8,-8,-13,-2,-19,-17,-20,-24,-25,-9,-49,-39,-38,-41,-51,-45,-51,-47,-47,-47,-42,-40,-55,-40,-59,-60,-58,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-16,0,-24,-34,-38,0,-39,0,0,0,-38,-33,-52,-4,-8,0,-29977,-29978,-29973,-29971]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. h3 {C41: Philidor Defence.} Nbd7 {[#]} 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Kh1 Nc5 10. Qf3 Nxd3 11. cxd3 c6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Nd7 14. d4 g6 15. Qf3 Bf6 {½-½ (50) Lopez Martinez,J (2540)-Khenkin,I (2644) Budva 2009}) 9... a5 10. f4 {The position is equal.} Nc5 11. Qf3 Bf8 12. Re1 d5 {...dxe4 is the strong threat.} 13. e5 Nfe4 14. Be3 {[%cal Rc3e4]} ({Don't go for} 14. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 15. Rxe4 f5 $19) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. c4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Bb4 18. Red1 dxc4 19. dxc4 Bc3 20. Ra3 Bxd4 (20... Bb4 {is interesting.} 21. Raa1) 21. Bxd4 Qe7 22. c5 $1 Bc6 23. Qf2 ({White should try} 23. Qg4 $14) 23... Rad8 $11 24. Rd2 f5 25. exf6 Qe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kf2 Re4 28. Be3 Rxd2+ 29. Bxd2 gxf6 30. Bxa5 Rxf4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Ke3 Re4+ 32. Kd3 Re7 33. g4 Kf7 34. Bc3 Bg2 35. h4 Re4 36. c6 {Hoping for Ra2.} Rxg4 37. cxb7 Bxb7 38. Be1 $1 f5 39. Rc3 c6 40. a5 Ke6 41. Kd2 Rd4+ 42. Rd3 Ra4 43. Re3+ Kf7 44. Kc2 f4 45. Re5 Ba6 46. Kb3 Ra1 47. Bc3 Rb1+ 48. Kc2 Rf1 (48... Rb5 {feels hotter.} 49. Kd2 f3 50. Rxb5 cxb5 51. Ke3 Bb7) 49. Kd2 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Rf1+ 51. Kd2 Rf3 52. Rh5 Rd3+ 53. Kc2 f3 {aiming for ...Rxc3+!} 54. Rh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54. Rxh7+ $11 Kg6 55. Rg7+ Kh5 56. Be1) 54... Rxc3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 55. Kxc3 f2 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,76,34,25,18,8,21,11,12,11,21,0,9,-16,-10,-10,0,-8,14,-33,32,12,39,45,77,79,79,97,158,167,225,139,231,236,389,138,151,147,136,141,148,135,165,125,128,75,113,32,40,12,16,4,2,5,18,4,15,15,62,39,62,0,62,0,62,0,56]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4).} 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. d4 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 {aiming for Ng5.} Rd8 {[#]} 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h4 Qf5 14. Qxf5 exf5 15. h5 Nd7 16. Nh4 Be4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. g4 Nf6 19. g5 Nxh5 20. gxh6 {½-½ (60) Docx,S (2444)-Fontaine,Q (2313) Charleroi 2018}) 13... Nd7 14. a4 e5 15. Ra2 exd4 (15... e4 $15 16. Rxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Re8) 16. cxd4 $14 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bb4 17. Re3 Nc5 18. Qe2 Ne6 {Black wants to play ...Bxf3.} 19. d5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd5e6][%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nf8 {[#]} (19... Ng5 $142) 20. Bb2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb2f6]} Qf5 (20... Qg6 {was necessary.} 21. Ra1 Bc5) 21. Re4 Re8 (21... a5 $16) 22. Nh4 $18 ({Resist} 22. Rxe8 $6 Qb1+ 23. Bf1 Rxe8) 22... Qh7 $2 (22... Qd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7) 23. Ra1 $2 (23. Rxe8 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rxe8 24. Qxe8 Qb1+ 25. Bf1 Qxa2 {[#]} 26. Qe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 23... Rxe4 $16 24. Bxe4 g6 25. Bc2 a5 26. Rd1 Bc5 27. Rd3 Bc8 28. Qe5 (28. Qe8 $142) 28... Bd6 29. Qf6 (29. Qe8 $16) 29... Bh3 $14 30. Re3 Nd7 31. Qf3 {Hoping for g4.} h5 $1 32. Qd1 Qh6 33. Nf3 Bg4 34. Kg2 Bc5 35. Re1 Bb4 36. Re3 Bc5 37. Re1 Bb4 $1 38. Re3 Bc5 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,90,4,12,5,6,7,6,9,0,4,14,11,11,7,7,3,6,6,6,8,12,0,13,0,0,0,29,32,29,38,37,0,0,-8,-8,-64,-61,-126,-126,-126,-126,-175,-180,-239,-242,-238,-225,-429,-421,-473,-462,-489,-412,-476,-467,-487,-456,-997,-989,-968,-715,-951,-940,-884,-883,-1154,-1135,-1134,-1104,-882,-724,-700,-687,-634,-603,-1137,-1003,-581,-642]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 {The position is equal.} a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Qa8 $5 {[%mdl 4] aiming for ...axb4. An interesting side line.} 15. b5 cxb5 $1 16. Qxb5 Ra7 $1 {[%cal Rb6c5] [#]} 17. c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. cxb6 Nc4 19. bxa7 Qxa7 20. Ne2 Rb8 21. Qa4 g6 22. Ra2 Qb6 23. g3 {1-0 (47) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Radjabov,T (2765) chess.com INT 2020}) 17... Nb8 $1 18. Rfc1 {Black must now prevent Na4.} Rc7 19. Ne5 Bd6 {[%cal Rb8c6]} 20. Na4 Qa6 21. Qxa6 Nxa6 22. g3 Bxe5 23. fxe5 b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 24. Nc5 ({White should try} 24. Nc3 $11 Rb8 25. Rcb1) 24... Rxc6 $15 25. Nb7 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} (25. Nxa6 $15 Rxa6 26. Rab1) 25... Rxc1+ $17 26. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRN-KRN} a4 $1 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 27. Rc6 {[#]} Ra8 $1 28. Rb6 {[#]} (28. Nd6 {keeps fighting.} b4 29. Nb5) 28... b4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4a3][%mdl 512]} 29. axb4 Kf8 30. Rb5 $2 (30. Nc5 a3 31. Nb3) 30... a3 31. Ra5 Nc7 32. Nc5 a2 {Hoping for ...Rxa5.} 33. Nb3 Rxa5 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. bxa5 {KN-KN} Ke7 35. f4 (35. Kf1 $142 Nb5 36. a6) 35... Nb5 36. Kf2 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Na1 (37. Nxd4 a1=Q) 37... Kd7 38. Ke3 Nc6 39. a6 Kc7 40. Kd2 Kb6 41. Kc3 Kxa6 42. Kb3 Kb5 43. Kxa2 Kc4 44. Nb3 Kc3 45. Nc5 Kc2 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,54,0,-3,0,-66,-58,-124,-45,-122,-131,-120,-130,-116,-110,-135,-125,-133,-126,-147,-122,-118,-94,-145,-145,-236,-152,-403,-391,-391,-422,-377,-367,-661,-651]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 e4 6. Ng5 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8. f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nd4 Qh5 {White must now prevent ...Nxd4. A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 13. e3 (13. Nxc6 $11 bxc6 14. e3) 13... Bg4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rg4d1] [#]} 14. Qc2 $146 ({White should try} 14. Qb3 $15) ({Predecessor:} 14. Bf3 Ne5 15. Bxg4 Nexg4 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Qg2 Ne4 18. Rb1 Qd5 19. Rb3 c5 20. Nb5 Nxd2 21. e4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Nd6 Rxd6 24. Rxb7 f6 {0-1 (24) Loos,U (2025)-Feldmann,J (1945) Germany 2011}) 14... Bh3 (14... Ne5 $1 $17 15. Ba3 Bh3) 15. Qd1 (15. Bxh3 $15 Qxh3 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. d3) 15... Qxd1 $17 16. Rxd1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne5 18. Rb1 {[#]} b6 $1 19. Nf3 Nd3 20. Kf1 Rad8 21. Ke2 c5 22. a4 (22. c4 $142) 22... Ne4 23. a5 (23. Bb2 $17) 23... Re6 ({Resist} 23... bxa5 24. Ra1) 24. Rb3 $2 {[#]} (24. axb6 $17 {might work better.} axb6 25. Rg1) 24... g5 $1 $19 25. g4 h5 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ba3 $2 (27. gxh5 g4 28. Nd4 cxd4 29. cxd4 Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Ke1) 27... hxg4 {White got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,133,-5,-4,-5,-4,-10,-11,-13,9,5,18,18,8,17,37,28,33,0,30,-7,-10,-10,-10,-10,-13,-21,-20,-8,-10,-64,-73,-61,-59,-59,-60,-129,-102,-116,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-85,-78,-78,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,0,-27,-27,-27,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,0,0,0,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-27]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Ba5 10. O-O {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6.} Ndb4 11. Qe2 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd3h7] [#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... g6 14. Nf3 f6 15. h3 Bd7 16. a3 Ne7 17. Re1 Rc8 18. b4 Bb6 19. a4 a5 {½-½ (50) Fechner,J (2094)-Skowronek,J (1686) GER email 2013}) 14. Rd1 Qf6 15. Nf3 Bb6 16. Bf4 h6 17. d5 Nb4 18. Qc4 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Be6 21. Qe5 Qf7 22. b3 Rfe8 23. Qb2 (23. Qb5 $11) 23... Bd5 $15 24. Ne5 Qe6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...g5. Black is pushing.} 25. Re1 Be4 26. h3 (26. Nc4 $15) 26... Rad8 {And now ...Bd4 would win.} 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 g5 29. Nd7 gxf4 30. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf7 $1 31. Nxe8 Qxe8 32. Rd6 Qe7 33. Rxh6 {[#] Threatens to win with Rh7+.} Qg5 $1 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg5g2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Rh7+ Ke6 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg5g2]} 35. Qg7 Qxg7 36. Rxg7 Kf6 37. Rh7 f3 38. g3 Bb1 (38... Bc5 $17) 39. Rxb7 $11 Bxa2 40. b4 Bd5 41. Rb8 Be4 42. h4 Bd5 43. Rf8+ Kg6 44. Rb8 Kh5 45. Rf8 Kg4 46. Rf6 Be4 47. Rg6+ Kh5 48. Rg5+ Kh6 49. Rg8 Kh7 50. Re8 Kg7 51. Re6 Kf7 52. Rd6 Bc2 53. Rd7+ Kf6 54. Rd6+ Ke5 55. Rg6 Bb3 56. Rg7 Kf6 57. Rd7 Bf7 58. Rd3 Bh5 59. Rd6+ Kg7 60. Rd7+ Kf6 61. Rd6+ Ke7 62. Rh6 Bf7 63. Rc6 Bd4 64. Rc7+ Kf6 65. Rd7 {The position is equal.} Bb6 66. Rd3 Bh5 67. Rd6+ {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,107,30,0,26,17,16,14,15,17,30,7,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-16,-11,-22,-16,-8,0,0,0,-12,-7,0,0,0,-8,32,50,76,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,30,18,44,8,8,8,8,8,14,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,5,5,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 {now supersedes 15.g4.} Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. g4 hxg3 $1 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bc1 Nxc3 21. Rd3 Na4 22. Rf3 Bd5 23. Rf4 Nb6 24. Ref1 {[%cal Rg5f7] [#]} Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 24... Rg6 25. Rf5 Bc4 26. Re1 Ke7 27. h5 Rh6 28. g4 Rhh8 29. a4 Nxa4 30. Ba3+ c5 {½-½ (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2767)-Grischuk,A (2777) Ekaterinburg 2020}) 25. Nxf7 Rg6 {[#]} 26. R1f3 ({Better is} 26. R1f2 $1 $16) 26... Bxf7 27. h5 {[#]} Rg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Rxf7 {Black must now prevent Kh2.} (28. Rxg4 Bxh5) 28... Rxg3+ $1 29. Rxg3 {e6 would kill now.} Kxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} 30. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe6 31. Rxg7 {White wants to play h6.} Rh8 32. h6 Nd5 33. Kg2 Ne7 34. h7 {aiming for Bb2.} (34. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg7e7]} Nd5 35. Kg3 $16) 34... Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g7] The position is equal.} 35. Rxc7 Ne7 36. Rxb7 a6 (36... a5 {is interesting.} 37. Be3 Rxh7 38. Bc5 Rf7 39. Ra7 Nf5) 37. Ra7 Rxh7 38. Rxa6 Rh4 39. Bd2 Rc4 40. c3 Nd5 41. Kf3 Nxc3 42. Bxc3 Rxc3+ {KR-KR} 43. Ke4 Kd6 44. Kd4 Rc1 45. Ra8 Kc7 46. Rh8 c5+ 47. Kd3 Kb6 48. Rb8+ Ka5 49. Rb3 c4+ 50. Kd2 Rh1 51. Rb4 Rh3 52. Rxc4 Rxa3 53. Rc3 Rxc3 54. Kxc3 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,62,15,8,20,7,0,0,0,-10,8,0,0,-8,0,8,1,3,29,20,39,53,183,37,27,31,68,67,77,71,61,64,58,81,81,23,75,43,48,0,18,0,54,0,17,0,50]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 {[#] aiming for ...Bd5. E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} (10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 a5 12. Rfe1 Bd5 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6 15. Red1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Nb4 17. Qb1 Qb6 18. e3 Rfd8 19. Na2 Nd5 20. Qc2 {1-0 (53) So,W (2760)-Aronian,L (2772) Bucharest 2019}) 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Ne4 {[#]} 14. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Qe7 17. Rfd1 c5 18. Bc3 Rad8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nf4 {½-½ (30) Grabner,H (2315)-Zubov,Y (2346) ICCF email 2015}) 14... Nb6 15. Qd3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxa4 17. Rdc1 $1 c5 18. c4 {Black should prevent Qa3.} Bc6 19. e4 $1 Re8 ({Black should try} 19... f5 $14 20. exf5 Qf6) 20. Ba5 (20. d5 $18 exd5 21. exd5) 20... Bc7 $1 $14 21. d5 $1 exd5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 {Hoping for Bxc7.} Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. dxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 26. Qf5 (26. Bf1 $1 $16) 26... Re6 (26... Qa3 $11 {remains equal.} 27. Rxc5 Re6) 27. Rxc5 (27. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Rf5f7]} Qc7 28. f4 $11 (28. Rxc5 g6 $11)) 27... Qa3 28. Ra5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} (28. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Rf5f7]} Ra7 29. Rxc6 Qa1+ 30. Bf1 $14) 28... Qc3 {White must now prevent ...Rd8.} 29. Rc5 Qa3 30. Ra5 (30. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Rf5f7]} Ra7 31. Nxc6 $11 (31. Rxc6 Qa1+ 32. Bf1 g6 $14)) 30... Qc3 {And now ...Rd8 would win.} 31. Rc5 Qa3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,64,13,24,5,22,29,17,25,22,19,25,22,23,19,27,15,9,7,21,8,18,7,18,12,5,17,21,0,31,0,0,0,24,26,27,14,24,22,33,24,25,10,17,9,34,13,22,4,18,0,14,0,25,0,22]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bg7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rae1 Re8 14. f3 Rc8 {[#]} 15. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nc1 Qb6 16. Qd2 c5 17. Bf2 Qc6 18. dxc5 b6 19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. N1e2 Nc4 21. Qc1 Qb6 22. Nf4 {½-½ (22) Voronin,A (2437)-Mokrys,C (2444) ICCF email 2018}) 15... Nf8 16. Nf4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. h3 Nh5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Kg2 Qd7 21. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} Rce8 22. Nf4 R6e7 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Nd3 Ree8 25. Bh4 Rc8 26. Re2 Nh7 27. Bg3 Ng5 28. Rfe1 Rcd8 29. Nc5 Qc8 30. Nd3 Qd7 31. Nc5 Qc8 32. Nd3 Qd7 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,116,69,29,39,21,42,36,34,41,81,29,30,31,32,39,44,18,14,9,8,5,5,5,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 e5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf5 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack.} 11. Nd5 {was the old line (11.Bh6).} Nc6 12. Bg5 g6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. c3 {[#]} (14. h4 $16) 14... Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f5 15. Nxh5 Rxh5 16. h4 Kf7 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qc4 Na5 20. Qe2 Rc8 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Ne7 Qxg5 23. hxg5 Rxh1+ 24. Kd2 Rxa1 25. Nxc8 Rxa2 26. Kc2 Ra1 27. Qf3+ {1-0 (27) Groszpeter,A (2477)-Sukandar,I (2370) Kecskemet 2013}) 15. h4 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bh6 17. Bf6 Ne7 18. Qd3 Rh7 $1 19. Rd1 {Hoping for Bxe5!} Rd8 $1 {[%cal Ba8d8,Bd8d7,Bd7h7][%mdl 32]} 20. h5 Bf4 21. hxg6 Rxh1+ {The position is equal.} 22. Nxh1 {[#] Strongly threatening g7.} fxg6 23. Ng3 Qe6 24. Qb5+ Rd7 25. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 26. Ne2 Bg5 27. Qd5 Qxd5 (27... Qg4 {is interesting.} 28. Rd3 Bh4 29. c4 Kf8 30. c5 Rf7) 28. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke6 29. Rd3 Rh7 30. Rg3 Rh1+ 31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Nxg1 {KB-KN} d5 33. f3 b5 34. Ke2 dxe4 35. fxe4 Bc1 36. b3 Bb2 37. Kd3 g5 38. Kc2 Ba3 39. b4 a5 40. Kb3 Bc1 $1 41. bxa5 {[#] And now a6 would win.} Be3 42. Ne2 {Threatens to win with Kb4.} Kd6 43. c4 Kc5 44. cxb5 Kxb5 45. Kc3 g4 46. Kd3 Bf2 {aiming for ...g3.} (46... Bc5 {keeps more tension.} 47. a6 Kxa6 48. Kc4 Be3 49. Kd3 Bg5) 47. Nc3+ Kxa5 {White must now prevent ...g3.} 48. Ke2 Bh4 49. Nd5 Ka4 50. Ne3 g3 51. Kf3 Ka3 52. Nc4+ Kxa2 53. Nxe5 Kb3 54. Ng6 Bf6 55. Kxg3 Kc4 56. Kf4 Kd4 57. Kf5 Ke3 58. Kxf6 {Intending e5 and mate.} Kxe4 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 98%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,82,30,39,29,30,35,41,27,30,12,34,22,35,34,33,25,41,35,27,23,27,34,42,39,50,48,36,40,39,12,28,0,0,0,0,-59,-45,-31,-38,-43,-12,-34,-37,-23,-25,-163,-141,-154,-137,-175,-46,-33,-54,-68,-75,-104,-95,-98,-82,-119,-96,-112,-103,-99,-100,-96,-100,-100,-83,-100,-31,-741,-736]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 {C41: Philidor Defence.} Re8 8. O-O c6 9. a4 {White is slightly better.} a5 10. h3 Na6 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Qd2 h6 14. g4 Qb6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. b3 Rad8 {[#]} 17. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Qc7 19. Bh2 Qc8 20. Re2 Na6 21. Qf4 Nb4 22. Red2 Na6 23. Qf3 {½-½ (33) Bresadola,G (2359)-Pavlikov,A (2373) ICCF email 2012}) 17... Bc8 18. Kh2 g6 19. f3 Bg7 20. Qf2 h5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 21. g5 h4 22. Bxh4 Nh5 23. Nce2 ({White should try} 23. Kh1 $11) 23... d5 $15 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. f4 Rdd8 26. Nf3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qc7 28. Nfg1 (28. Ng3 $11 {and White is okay.} Nxg3 29. Bxg3) 28... Ne4 $19 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 29. Qe3 Bf5 30. Bf3 {[#]} Re7 (30... Qb8 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Nc3.} 31. Bxe4 Rxe4) 31. Qc1 $1 $15 Qb6 32. Bxh5 gxh5 33. Rf1 Re6 34. Nf3 Qc5 35. Re1 Nc3 36. Neg1 Na2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 37. Qd2 Qxc2 38. Rxe6 Qxd2+ 39. Nxd2 Bxe6 40. Ne2 Nc3 (40... Bf8 $17 41. Bf2 Bb4) 41. Bf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41. Ng3 $15) 41... Nxe2 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,61,14,16,39,31,28,37,27,12,31,26,30,21,29,26,29,24,34,35,54,36,43,33,23,30,40,7,6,6,13,7,7,7,10,10,26,0,12,0,0,0,8,0,11,11,18,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O {White is slightly better.} 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Ne2 Ne7 {[#]} 13. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g3 Bf6 14. Nf4 Nf5 15. c3 c6 16. Bd3 Nd6 17. Qf3 g6 18. b3 Re8 19. Ba3 {1-0 (29) Malinovsky,K (2478)-Yemelin,V (2546) Czech Republic 2020}) 13... c6 14. Ng3 Nf5 15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {[#] aiming for Qh5!} Bf6 17. Qc2 g6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Re5 Re8 21. Rae1 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Bd7 23. Qe2 Qf8 24. b4 Re8 {The position is equal.} 25. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} f6 26. Re3 b6 27. a5 Kf7 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kxe8 30. axb6 axb6 31. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,0,0,0,25,19,25,29,27,22,17,-4,34,32,47,27,27,25,27,4,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,13,0,20,12,4,8,13,13,16,0,16,-2,88,21,31,-8,-8,-15,-10,-21,158,149,142,147,546,486,889,830,841,823,883,850,1168,1133,29988,29989,29989,5381,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. d3 Rb8 10. Rb1 {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nc7 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. b4 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bc2 e5 {0-1 (43) Liang,A (2575)-Lobanov,S (2535) Manavgat 2018}) 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. a3 e6 13. b4 b6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Bb3 Nfd7 17. Na4 Na8 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nab6 20. Qd2 Bb7 21. Qh6 {Black must now prevent Ng5.} Rfd8 22. Ng5 (22. Rfc1 {with more complications.} Nf6 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. f4 Qf8 25. Qh4) 22... Nf8 $1 23. f4 {aiming for f5.} f6 24. Nf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Bc6 25. Qh4 (25. f5 {feels hotter.} Nbd7 26. Qe3 Re8 27. Qd2 Qa5 28. d4) 25... Qg7 26. Rfe1 Rd7 {[#]} (26... f5 $11 {remains equal.} 27. Rbc1 Re8) 27. Qf2 (27. d4 $1 $16) 27... Rdb7 $11 28. Ba2 f5 29. d4 fxe4 30. Nxe4 {[%cal Bc3e4,Be4f6,Bf6d7][%mdl 96] Double Attack} Na4 $2 (30... Bxe4 $11 31. Rxe4 cxd4) 31. Rxb7 $16 ({Not} 31. Nxd6 $2 Rb2 $19) 31... Rxb7 32. d5 Rb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (32... Bd7 $16) 33. Qh4 $18 exd5 (33... Bb7 $142 34. Qd8 e5 35. fxe5 Bxd5 36. cxd5 Nc3 37. Nxc3 Qd7) 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. cxd5 Bb5 {[#]} 36. Bc4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Bxc4 {[#]} 37. Re8 $1 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Rxf8+!} h5 {[#]} 38. Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Bxd5 (38... Qxd7 39. Qf6+) 39. Rxf8+ (39. Nxf8 $142 Bg8 40. Qg5 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Rh1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 42. Kxh1 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qg7 44. Ne6) 39... Bg8 40. Qd8 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,78,53,32,41,16,29,17,34,22,47,45,64,0,35,0,70,33,22,22,17,43,53,-3,-11,-13,-7,-10,0,6,0,0,0,-51,0,-128,-131,-70,-83,-264,-262,-482,-465,-745,-821,-812,-831,-828,-816,-784,-770,-2559,-2352,-5695,-5679,-29983,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29960,-11575]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 {outshines the older 11.Nd2.} Ne8 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1.} 12. Rb1 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ra8 13. Rb3 Kh8 14. Bd2 Ng8 15. Qc2 b6 16. Ra3 Qe7 17. Re1 Bh6 18. a5 f5 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 {1-0 (44) Milos,G (2563)-Crosa Coll,M (2405) Guarapuava 2006}) 13. Ng5 b6 {The position is equal.} 14. Bd2 Ra8 15. Bf3 Ra6 16. Be2 Ra8 17. Bf3 Bf6 (17... Ra6 $11) 18. Ne6 Bxe6 $1 19. dxe6 {Threatens to win with exf5.} f4 20. Nd5 Ng7 21. a5 ({White should try} 21. Bg4 $14) 21... bxa5 $11 22. Bg4 h5 23. Bh3 g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...g4. Black fights for an advantage.} 24. f3 a4 25. Rb7 a3 26. Bc3 (26. Nxc7 $11 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Nb5) 26... a2 (26... Nxd5 $1 $15 27. cxd5 Rb8) 27. Qc2 {[#]} (27. Ba1 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 27... g4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg4h3][%mdl 512]} 28. fxg4 (28. Nxf6+ $17 Rxf6 29. fxg4) 28... Nxe6 $15 {aiming for ...Ng5.} 29. Ra1 $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (29. Nxf6+ $17 Rxf6 30. gxh5) 29... Nxd5 $19 30. cxd5 $2 (30. exd5 {is the only way for White.} Ng5 31. Qg6+ Bg7 32. Rb2) 30... Ng5 ({Worse is} 30... Nc5 31. Rb2 $11) 31. Rxa2 (31. Bd2 $142 Nxh3+ 32. gxh3) 31... Rxa2 32. Qxa2 Qc8 33. Qa7 Bd8 34. Rb8 Qd7 35. gxh5 Nxh3+ 36. gxh3 Qxh3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Be1 Kh8 {Black mates.} 38. Qf2 Rg8+ 39. Kh1 Qd3 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 89%.} (39... Qxh5 $2 40. Rb3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,82,11,17,23,22,30,-7,32,-2,35,22,23,24,22,0,13,-3,3,-7,8,21,13,-1,0,0,0,0,6,-14,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,-11,-10,-26,-22,-23,-20,-24,-11,-22,-26,-59,-56,-42,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. e3 a6 $1 {The main line 9...a6 scores better than 9...a5. A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 10. Bd2 Ba7 11. Bc3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rb8 12. d4 Ne4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe4 Nxc4 15. Bc2 c6 16. Qd3 f5 17. Qxc4 Be6 {1-0 (41) Tomashevsky,E (2689)-Wang,Y (2736) Sochi 2009}) 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. Kh1 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Bg2 b5 18. b3 Qd7 19. Rce1 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. f4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Bh3 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. f5 Rb7 25. Qe2 Reb8 26. Qf3 Bc5 27. Rd1 Bb4 28. Ba1 $1 Ba3 29. Bc3 h5 30. f6 {next fxg7 is good for White.} g6 31. d4 exd4 32. exd4 Bb2 {White must now prevent ...Bxc3.} (32... Bb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 33. Qe3 Kh7 $11) 33. Qf4 {Qh6! would kill now.The position is equal.} Qc8 $1 ({Weaker is} 33... Bxc3 {[#]} 34. Qh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Rb2+ 36. Kh3 Rh2+ 37. Kxh2 Rb2+ 38. Kh3 Rh2+ 39. Kxh2 c6 40. Qg7#) 34. Ba5 Qg4 35. Qh6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7]} Qe4+ 36. Kg1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7]} Bxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 38. Kh1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7]} Qe4+ 39. Kg1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7]} Qd4+ 40. Kh1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7]} Qe4+ 41. Kg1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7]} Qd4+ {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,40,40,40,35,36,38,58,57,44,27,36,44,42,36,28,27,22,25,31,22,33,24,24,25,18,23,20,16,18,34,152,150,166,155,147,143,141,91,79,101,297,272,299,289,280,281,389,386]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Qxe6+ Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...Ne5. D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4.} 12. Qd5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Nb6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 {The position is equal.} 14. Bf4 Ra7 15. O-O-O Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 16. Be3 {[#]} Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bg4 17. d5 Na5 18. Be2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nac4 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5 22. Be2 c5 23. Re4 Nf7 24. Rd1 Nd6 {½-½ (24) Slivko,V (2257)-Lloyd,G (2259) ICCF email 2014}) 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bd3 {Black must now prevent Be4.} Bf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 {[#]} 20. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd8 (20... Nxe5 21. dxe5) 21. Kb1 Ra8 22. Nd3 Rd6 23. Nf4 Ne6 24. d5 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Rd7 26. Rhe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bf6 27. Re6 Rad8 28. Rxa6 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Rc6 Rd1+ 31. Rc1 Rd4 {[#]} ({Black should play} 31... Rxc1+ $14 32. Bxc1 e5) 32. g3 $1 $16 ({Weaker is} 32. Bxc7 Rd2 $11) 32... Re4 33. Be3 ({Don't play} 33. Rxc7 $6 Re2 $16) 33... e5 34. Rxc7 f4 35. Bb6 Re1+ 36. Kc2 e4 $2 {Now Black is done in.} (36... Re2+ $16 37. Kc1 Bg5) 37. Rf7 $18 ({Much less strong is} 37. gxf4 Kg8 $18) 37... fxg3 38. hxg3 Bg7 39. Be3 Kg8 40. Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 71%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,116,41,32,31,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,35,36,48,50,54,53,58,33,57,14,62,41,50,33,39,27,33,30,77,66,75,73,70,62,59,51,55,46,52,45,106,108,126,35,50,55,66,66,83,58,58,58,48,3,3,3,3,-169,-170,-204,-134,-400,-81,-75,-74,-70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,33,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 11. h3 Bh5 12. g3 Qd7 {White is slightly better.} 13. Kg2 Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 {[#]} 15. Nh2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Qc2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Bf6 17. Bf4 Nd8 18. Be5 Nf7 19. Re2 Re7 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. h4 {½-½ (37) Langeveld,R (2679)-Kribben,M (2665) ICCF email 2017}) 15... Rf7 16. Qg4 Rf5 17. Rae1 Raf8 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Qb5 Qc8 20. Ng4 a6 21. Qb3 Na5 22. Qc2 Nc4 23. Bc1 h5 {[#]} 24. Nh2 $1 c5 25. b3 Na5 {[%cal Bc4a5,Ba5c6,Bc6d4][%mdl 32] With the idea ...cxd4.} 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. Re2 Nc6 28. f4 d4 29. Nf3 {And now cxd4 would win.} Qd7 (29... dxc3 $14 30. Qxc3 Qd7) 30. Rd1 $16 Rd5 31. cxd4 ({White should try} 31. Qe4 $16) 31... Nxd4 $14 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Qe4 Rd8 33. Red2 Qc6 34. Ne5 Re8 $1 35. Nxc6 Rxe4 36. Ne5 g5 37. Nf3 gxf4 38. Bb2 $2 {[#]} (38. Nxd4 $11 {and White is okay.} Rdxd4 39. Rxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 Bxd4 41. Bxf4) 38... Nf5 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rd6.} 39. gxf4 Ne3+ 40. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Kh1 $17 {was the only defense.} Rxd2 41. Nxd2 Rxf4 42. Rg1) 40... Nxd1 $2 (40... Rxd2 $19 {is more deadly.} 41. Nxd2 Nf5+ 42. Kg2 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Re3+ 44. Kg2 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Rd3) 41. Rxd5 $17 Bf2+ 42. Kh2 {aiming for Rd8+.} Nxb2 (42... Rxf4 $15 43. Rxd1 Rxf3) 43. Rd8+ $11 Kf7 {Strongly threatening ...Re2.} 44. Ng5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 45. Nxe4 {Rd2 is the strong threat.} Kxd8 46. Nxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Kd7 47. Kg3 Ke6 $1 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Ke3 b5 {The position is equal.} 50. Kf3 a5 51. Ke3 a4 52. Kf3 axb3 53. axb3 g5 54. fxg5 Kxg5 55. Ke4 Kh4 56. Kf3 Kg5 57. Kg3 Kf5 58. Kf3 Kg5 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,71,2,12,0,9,8,14,8,7,7,7,8,14,20,15,0,12,4,0,0,-6,-8,0,0,0,0,23,16,14,14,8,10,14,13,22,6,6,15,10,0,6,0,0,0,11,3,20,20,35,14,14,8,56,8,10,0,59,0,27,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 $1 {The position is equal.} a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qc2 Qc7 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 15. g3 Rfa8 {[#] And now ...axb4 would win.} 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 Bf6 18. Kg2 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... g6 19. Rfc1 b5 20. Ne2 Ra3 21. Rb3 Qa7 22. Rcb1 Rxb3 23. Qxb3 Qa2 24. Kf1 Qxb3 25. Rxb3 {0-1 (57) Akobian,V (2647)-Kravtsiv,M (2672) Riadh 2017}) 19. h4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Ra3 21. Rb3 Rxb3 22. Qxb3 Qa5 23. Rc1 {next Qb7 is good for White.} Rb8 24. Qa2 Qxa2 25. Nxa2 Rb2 26. Nc3 Kf8 27. Rb1 Rxb1 28. Nxb1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Ke7 29. Na3 Nb8 30. Nc2 Na6 31. Kf1 h5 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Kd3 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd7 35. Kd3 Ke7 36. Ke2 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,74,9,39,29,18,1,31,22,29,31,23,24,31,23,27,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,-26,18,8,16,-48,-65,-45,-54,-78,-71,-72,-72,-79,-83,-77,-75,-75,-71,-76,-72,-82,-46,-111,-100,-70,-79,-141,-149,-470,-458,-466,-439,-499,-490,-459,-449,-818,-817,-787,-777]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nxc6 {B66: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 h6.} bxc6 9. O-O-O {Hoping for e5!} Be7 10. Bxf6 {White is slightly better.} gxf6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Bb3 Qc7 {[#]} 13. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. f4 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Qf2 Bc5 17. Qh4 f5 18. Kb1 d4 19. Na4 {0-1 (73) Ootes,L (2422)-Martorell Aguado,J (2206) Barcelona 2016}) 13... O-O-O 14. Rhf1 d5 15. Qe2 Kb8 16. a3 h5 17. Kb1 h4 18. f5 Rde8 19. Rf3 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qe5 20. exd5 ({White should try} 20. fxe6 $11 fxe6 21. exd5 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 cxd5 23. Nd4) 20... Qxe2 $1 $15 21. Nxe2 {Strongly threatening d6.} exd5 22. c4 {[%cal Rc4d5] [#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Ba4 ({Avoid the trap} 23. Rxd4 $2 c5 $19) 23... c5 24. Rb3 {[#] Bc6 is the strong threat.} Rc8 $1 25. Nf4 Bd6 26. Nd5 Ka7 27. Rh3 Be5 28. Rd2 Rhd8 29. Rxh4 ({Better is} 29. Rc2 $1 $15) 29... Bxd5 $17 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31. Rh7 {[#]} (31. b3 $142) 31... Rc7 $1 32. Be8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (32. b3 $17) 32... Rd8 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Ba4 c4 34. Ka2 d3 35. Rh4 Rb8 36. Re4 {[#]} (36. Rh3 $142) 36... c3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. bxc3 Bxc3 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,71,19,22,25,24,8,9,4,14,4,23,0,0,0,13,16,15,15,18,21,28,5,5,5,7,0,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,2,2,2,-7,0,0,2,-7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Qxe5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Qxc4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxe5 Rfe8 18. Bxc7 Rxe2 19. a4 Rc8 20. Bf4 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Rc2 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 a5 23. Rb1 f6 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Bxb8 Bb3 26. Bc7 Bxa4 27. Bxa5 {½-½ (35) So,W (2776)-Aronian,L (2765) Saint Louis 2019}) 21. Rfe1 (21. Rfd1 {looks sharper.} a6 22. Rd7 Bb3 23. a5 Bc4 24. Rb1) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb3 23. a5 Kf7 24. h4 (24. Bd6 {keeps more tension.} Be6 25. Bb4 Rd8 26. Kf1 Rd7 27. Re4) 24... Rxc3 {The position is equal.} 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 {KB-KB} a6 27. Be3 h5 28. Bb6 g6 29. Be3 f5 30. f4 Bc4 31. Bb6 Bb5 32. Kf2 Ba4 33. Ke3 Bb5 34. Kf2 Ba4 35. Ke3 Bb5 36. Kf2 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,65,27,12,16,4,20,8,11,6,33,33,26,29,32,28,21,24,34,20,20,15,21,-4,-4,-7,-2,-15,-17,-15,-19,-39,-31,-46,0,0,-1,-8,-12,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {Nowadays more popular than 9.Nc3.} Be7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. Nc3 Nh4 {With the idea ...Nxf3+.} 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 $1 14. Ne2 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be7 15. f4 g6 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Rfe1 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Bf5 19. c3 Rd8 20. Red1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 {1-0 (48) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Fakhrutdinov,T (2501) chess.com INT 2020}) 15. Nd4 Bh7 16. f4 Rd8 17. f5 Rd5 18. Bf4 Be7 19. g4 Bc5 20. c3 g6 21. f6 hxg4 22. h4 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. hxg5 (23. Bxg5 Rxe5) 23... Bg6 24. Rfe1 Bf5 (24... Bc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2d1]} 25. Rd2 Bf5 $15) 25. e6 {The position is equal.} fxe6 26. Kg2 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Kf7 28. Bxc7 Rh3 29. Bg3 Rh5 30. Bf4 Rh3 31. Bg3 Rh5 32. Bf4 Rh3 33. Bg3 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,-14,-9,-6,-7,-8,-4,0,0,7,0,-9,-7,-10,0,-42,-12,-51,-14,-26,-17,-20,-21,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-47,-36,-50,0,-21,-17,-27,-13,-41,-20,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-41,-59,-60,-55,-48,-41,-40,-52,-160,-149,-237,-234,-615,-622,-655,-654,-653,-646,-29979,-6397,-5700,-4937,-5681,-4933,-4845,-4810,-2518,-2263,-5293,-783,-697,-703,-893,-881,-833,-821,-744,-558,-760,-675,-606,-578,-544,-538]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} e5 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. h4 {The position is equal.} h6 9. Bc3 f6 {[#]} 10. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne3 Be6 11. h5 g5 12. g4 Qd7 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Qa4 {0-1 (72) Grischuk,A (2771)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 a5 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. a3 b6 16. e3 Rab8 17. Qc2 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Ne1 (18. Qxa4 b5) 18... b5 19. Nd2 Bg4 20. Ndf3 Be6 21. Qb1 Bb3 22. Nc2 Qe6 23. Nd2 Bd5 ({Much weaker is} 23... Rxd3 $6 24. Nb4 $16) 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nc5 Qf7 {Strongly threatening ...Bxg2.} 26. e4 fxe4 (26... Ba2 $5 27. Qa1 $8 fxe4 $11) 27. dxe4 Ba2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 28. Qa1 Bc4 29. Ne3 (29. Na6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b8]}) 29... Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e2] aiming for ...Ne2+.} 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Bh3 {Hoping for Be6.} Rd6 {White must now prevent ...Rb5.} 33. Qa2 {White is on the road to losing.} (33. Nd7 $1 $15 Rb5 34. Qa2) 33... Rb3 $1 $17 34. Nxa4 (34. e5 $17 Bxe5 35. Nxb3 axb3 36. Qb1) 34... d3 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Bd4.} 35. Nc5 $2 {[#]} (35. Rxc4 Qxc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc5 37. Qxb3+ Kh7 38. Rxd3) 35... Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Nxb3 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxg3 {[%cal Rg3h3][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Rd2 Qxh3+ 39. Rh2 {Black is clearly winning.} Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Rg2 cxb3 41. Qxb3+ Kg7 42. Qd1 Qxe4 43. Qe1 Qxe1+ (43... Be3 $142 44. Rd1 d2) 44. Rxe1 Nf5 45. h5 Be3 46. hxg6 d2 47. Rd1 Bg5 48. Rf2 Kxg6 49. a4 Rd4 50. a5 Ra4 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

