[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,120,-9,-18,-17,-7,-39,-49,-53,-43,-79,-46,-47,-47,-39,-51,-39,-30,-91,-60,-64,-53,-111,-60,-91,-88,-91,-80,-78,-51,-62,-41,-199,-203,-211,-202,-212,-192,-192,-192,-210,-192,-187,-190,-286,0,-93,0,-300,-281,-315,-314,-313,-295,-308,-309,-310,-304,-283,-288,-358,-358,-356,-339,-323,-334,-340,-323,-376,-381,-383,-378,-531,-501,-604,-601,-1105,-29969,-5281,-54,-60,-53,-60,0,0,0,-79,-65,-80,-29978,-137,0,0,0,-135,-121,-233,0,0,0,0,0,-75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3 Qh4+ 4. Ke2 Qd8 (4... d5 5. Nxd5 Bg4+ 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxc7+ Kd8 8. Nxa8 Ne5 9. Qe1 Nxf3 10. Qxh4+ Nxh4+ 11. Ke1 f3 12. g3 Nf6 13. d3 Bc5 14. gxh4 {1-0 (23) Rapport,R (2718)-Bromberger,S (2526) Austria 2014}) 5. d4 Nf6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 5... d5 6. Nxd5 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Nf3 g5 9. Kf2 Be7 10. Bd2 g4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Bc3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 {0-1 (34) Wannow,T-Holzgrewe,F Germany 1999}) 6. Bxf4 {C33: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nc3 and 3 Bc4} Bb4 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 {Black should prevent e5.Black is slightly better.} d6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Kf2 c5 12. h3 Re8 13. Qd3 (13. Qd2 $11) 13... b6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. g3 (15. e5 $15 dxe5 16. dxe5) 15... Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} (15... Nd7 $17 16. Kg2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qg6) 16. Bg2 Rac8 {And now ...cxd4 would win.} 17. a3 Nb8 18. Re3 Nd7 19. Rf1 Qe7 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 20. Kg1 $2 (20. Rfe1 $15) 20... Bxe4 $19 21. Qe2 d5 22. Nh4 g6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qg4 Nf6 25. Qg5 Nh5 $1 26. Qg4 (26. Qxe7 {is the only way for White.} Rxe7 27. d5) 26... Nf6 $2 (26... Ng7 $19 {has better winning chances. White must now prevent ...cxd4.} 27. Qe2 Qd6) 27. Qg5 $17 Nh5 $2 (27... cxd4 $1 $17 28. Nf5 Qd8 29. cxd4 Rxc2) 28. Qg4 $1 $19 Ng7 {[%cal Bh5g7,Bg7e6,Be6g5,Bg5f3][%mdl 32]} 29. Qe2 cxd4 30. cxd4 f5 31. Ng2 Qd6 32. c3 Qxa3 33. Qd2 Ne6 34. g4 Ng5 35. gxf5 Nf3+ 36. Rexf3 exf3 37. Rxf3 Rf8 38. Nh4 Qe7 39. Qf2 Qg5+ 40. Rg3 (40. Kh2 {was necessary.}) 40... Qc1+ (40... Qxh4 41. Rxg6+ hxg6 42. Qxh4 $15) 41. Kg2 {intending Nxg6!} Rxc3 42. Nxg6 Rxg3+ 43. Qxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qd2+ $2 (43... Qc6+ $1 $19 44. d5 Qxd5+ 45. Kg1 Qd4+ 46. Kh2 Qb2+ 47. Kh1 hxg6 48. Qxg6+ Qg7 49. Qe6+ Kh7) 44. Kh1 $15 Qd1+ $1 45. Kg2 Qe2+ (45... Qc2+ $1 $15 46. Kg1 Rxf5 47. Ne7+ Kf7 48. Nxf5 Qxf5 49. Qc7+ Kg6 50. Qxa7 Qg5+ 51. Kf1 Qf4+ 52. Kg2 Qd2+ 53. Kf3 Qxd4) 46. Kg1 $11 {Threatens to win with Nf4+.} Qd1+ (46... hxg6 $11 47. Qxg6+ Kh8 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Qg6+ Kh8 50. Qh6+ Kg8 51. Qg6+) 47. Kg2 $1 $17 Qc2+ $1 (47... hxg6 48. Qxg6+ Kh8 49. Qh6+ Kg8 50. Qg6+ Kh8 51. Qh6+ Kg8 52. Qg6+ $11) 48. Kg1 Qb1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Rxf5 $17 49. Nh4+ Kf7 50. Nxf5 Qxf5 51. Qc7+ Kg6 52. Qxa7 Qg5+ 53. Kh2 Qf4+ 54. Kg2 Qxd4) 49. Kh2 Qb2+ (49... hxg6 $6 50. Qxg6+ Kh8 51. Qh5+ Kg8 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. Qg6+ $11) (49... Rxf5 $6 50. Nh4+ Kf7 51. Qc7+ Kf6 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg8 54. Qe6+ Rf7 55. Qe8+ Kg7 56. Qe5+ Kh6 57. Qe3+ Kh5 58. Qe2+ Kg5 59. Qg2+ Kf6 60. Qf3+ Ke7 61. Qb7+ Kf8 62. Qa8+ Ke7 63. Qb7+ Kf8 64. Qa8+ Ke7 65. Qb7+ $11) (49... Qa2+ $1 $17 50. Kh1 Re8 51. Ne5+ Kh8) 50. Kh1 $11 Qb1+ (50... hxg6 $11 51. Qxg6+ Kh8 52. Qh6+ Kg8 53. Qg6+ Kh8 54. Qh6+ Kg8 55. Qg6+) 51. Kh2 $17 {[#]} Qa2+ $1 ({Reject} 51... hxg6 $6 52. Qxg6+ Kh8 53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. Qg6+ Kh8 55. Qh5+ Kg8 56. Qg6+ $11) (51... Rxf5 $6 52. Nh4+ Kf7 53. Qc7+ Kf6 54. Qd8+ Kf7 55. Qd7+ Kf6 56. Qd6+ Kg5 57. Qe7+ Kh6 58. Qe6+ Kg5 59. Qe7+ Kh6 60. Qe6+ Kg5 61. Qe7+ $11) 52. Kg1 {[#]} (52. Kh1 $17) 52... Qa1+ $2 ({Stronger than} 52... hxg6 53. Qxg6+ Kh8 54. Qh6+ Kg8 55. Qg6+ Kh8 56. Qh6+ Kg8 57. Qg6+ $11) ({Black should try} 52... Re8 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Qb1+.} 53. Ne5+ Kh8) 53. Kh2 $11 Qb2+ 54. Kh1 Qc1+ (54... Re8 $5 55. Ne5+ $8 Kf8 $11) 55. Kh2 (55. Kg2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 55... Qd2+ ({Much worse is} 55... hxg6 56. Qxg6+ Kh8 57. Qh5+ Kg8 58. Qg6+ Kh8 59. Qh5+ Kg8 60. Qg6+ $11) (55... Rf7 $17 56. Nh4+ Kf8 57. Qb8+ Ke7 58. Qxa7+ Kf6 59. Qxb6+ Kg7) 56. Kh1 $1 {The position is equal.} Qd1+ 57. Kh2 Qe2+ 58. Kg1 $1 {Nf4+ is the strong threat.} Qd1+ 59. Kh2 Qd2+ 60. Kh1 $1 Qd1+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,124,16,5,19,18,30,4,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,9,72,76,84,35,35,35,35,35,47,45,39,45,41,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,5,0,14,0,0,0,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 {LiveBook: 23 Games. E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. e3 Qa5 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ndxc5 14. Nd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 {0-1 (48) So,W (2812)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris 2017}) 7... Nbd7 (7... Ne4 $5) 8. e3 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c5 9. Be2 c4 10. O-O Nb6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. a4 Bf5 14. Qb2 Qe7 {1-0 (43) Andreikin,D (2718)-Bruzon Batista,L (2677) Havana 2015}) 9. Bd3 {White has an edge.} (9. Be2 {seems wilder.} Nf8 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bg3 c6 12. h3) 9... c5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 c4 12. Bc2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 14. Nd2 b5 15. a4 Ba6 (15... Nb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. axb5 $16 Bxb5 17. O-O Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 18. Qa5 a6 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Bg3 ({Reject} 21. Nxc4 Nxf4 22. exf4 Rxd4 $15) 21... Rc8 22. Bd6 c3 23. bxc3 Nxc3 24. Kh1 f5 25. h3 Rc6 26. Bc5 Nd5 {The position is equal.} 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 f4 29. exf4 Nxf4 30. Rca4 Nd3 31. Kg1 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxa6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rce5 34. Re1 e3 35. f3 h6 36. h4 Kh7 37. Ra3 R8e7 38. g3 g5 39. h5 R5e6 (39... g4 $5 40. fxg4 Re4 $11) 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Re2 Re5 42. Kh3 R5e6 43. Kg4 Kf6 44. Rb3 Re8 45. Rb7 R8e7 46. Rb5 Re5 47. Rb3 R5e6 48. Ra3 Re8 49. Ra7 {Threatens to win with Rh7.} R8e7 50. Rxe7 (50. Ra4 {keeps more tension.} Rd7 51. f4 gxf4 52. Rxf4+ Kg7 53. Kf3) 50... Rxe7 {KR-KR} 51. f4 gxf4 52. Kxf4 Re5 53. g4 Re8 54. Rxe3 Rxe3 55. Kxe3 {KPP-KP} Ke5 56. Kf3 Ke6 57. Ke4 Kf6 58. Kf4 {[#] Ke3 is the strong threat.} Ke6 59. g5 hxg5+ 60. Kxg5 {Kg6 would kill now.} Kf7 61. h6 Kg8 62. Kg6 (62. h7+ $5 Kxh7 $11) 62... Kh8 63. h7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 65%, Black = 71%.} (63. Kf5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,125,18,92,35,40,43,42,39,42,42,46,30,43,29,56,19,41,47,42,-4,26,10,57,11,29,0,0,-4,14,8,49,33,24,20,15,-16,-23,-25,-21,-119,-93,-93,-104,-97,-25,-16,-18,-113,-122,-120,-116,-162,-141,-135,-127,-105,-108,-121,-116,-134,-82,-75,-20,-87,0,-11,0,0,16,20,26,0,22,0,0,-955,-944,-1254,-1238,-1191,-1108,-878,-855,-1136,-521,-535,-533,-593,-564,-532,-529,-516,11,-517,29,22,84,41,58,31,82,0,77,89,116,110,120,126,116,117,215,233,188,0,16,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. a3 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 {LiveBook: 12 Games. B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} (6... Nc6 $11) (6... Na6 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. O-O b5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bxb5 dxe5 12. Bxd7 Bxd7 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 {1-0 (40) Gajewski,G (2654)-Onischuk,V (2612) Berlin 2015}) 7. Be2 (7. h3 $16 Bxf3 8. Qxf3) 7... Nc6 $14 8. d5 Nb8 {White is slightly better.} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 ({Much weaker is} 10. gxf3 Nh5 $15) 10... c6 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Nbd7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 {½-½ (34) De Francesco,K (2283)-Mainka,R (2510) Bad Woerishofen 2010}) 11... Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bd4 Nb6 14. b3 Qc7 15. Ra2 Rfe8 (15... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 16. dxe6 fxe6 $11) 16. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Ne2 e5 19. dxe6 $1 Rxe6 20. Nc3 Rce8 21. Ra4 R6e7 22. Kh1 Nf8 23. g3 Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 24. Bf2 Nd7 25. Qd2 (25. Rc4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Qxa5 26. b4) 25... Nec5 26. Rd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 f5 (27... Ne6 $17 28. Qb4 h6) 28. exf5 $11 gxf5 29. g4 (29. b4 $1 $11 Ne6 30. Qd3) 29... Ne6 $17 ({Wrong is} 29... Qxa5 $2 30. gxf5 (30. b4 Ne6 $16) 30... Rg7 31. b4 $18) 30. Qb4 d5 31. Bg3 Ng7 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. g5 Ne4 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. Be2 c5 (35... e3 $142 36. Qc5 Re4) 36. Qc3 Qc6 ({Black should try} 36... Rd7 $17 37. Kg1 Ne6) 37. h4 (37. Bc4+ $11 Kh8 38. Qf6) 37... Ne6 (37... Rd7 $17 {Threatens to win with ...e3+.} 38. Kg1 e3) 38. Bc4 $11 e3+ 39. Kh2 Qe4 {Hoping for ...Rd7.} 40. Re1 Qd4 41. Qxe3 {aiming for Qe5.} (41. Rxe3 $5 {[%cal Rc3d4]} Qxc3 42. Rxc3 $11) 41... Kf8 42. Qf3 Qd2+ $1 43. Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Qf2 $11 Nd4 44. Qxd2 Nf3+ 45. Kg2 Nxd2 46. Rxe7 Kxe7 47. Bd3) 43... Nd4 $19 44. Qd5 Rxe2+ 45. Kh3 R2e6 46. Qxc5+ Kg8 47. c3 Nc6 48. Qxf5 Qd7 49. g6 {[#] If only White now had time for Qf7+!...} hxg6 $1 50. Qxg6+ Kf8 51. Qf5+ Qf7 $2 ({Black should play} 51... Ke7 $19 52. Qc5+ Kd8 53. Bxe6 Rxe6) 52. Qxf7+ $11 Kxf7 53. f5 Nd8 (53... Kf6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 54. Bxe6 Nd8) 54. fxe6+ Nxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KB} 55. Bd5 Re7 (55... Rd8 $14 56. c4 (56. Bxb7 Nc5 $14) 56... Kf6) 56. c4 (56. Be5 $1 $16) 56... Kg6 (56... Kf6 $11) 57. Kg4 Nd4 58. h5+ Kh7 59. Bd6 Rg7+ 60. Kf4 Nxb3 {[#]} (60... Rg1 $16) 61. Be4+ $1 $18 Kg8 {[#]} 62. Bd5+ $2 ({White has to play} 62. h6 $1 $18 Rd7 63. Bb4) 62... Kh7 $11 63. Be4+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 30%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,73,68,43,50,47,147,152,167,129,179,171,156,143,204,203,289,300,287,301,297,302,297,290,284,285,291,290,311,309,315,306,546,544,506,409,545,244,260,232,232,211,363,134,29991,-912,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,731,29995,29996,29996,29996,29998,29997,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. f4 (5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. b4 a6 8. Nbd2 Nxe5 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Ne5 Ngf6 11. c4 a5 12. Nb3 axb4 13. Qb5 Be7 {0-1 (53) Topalov,V (2760)-Nakamura,H (2779) London 2016}) 5... e6 6. Be3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} d4 7. Bf2 Bxc5 8. Nd2 Nge7 9. a3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nd5 10. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qf3 g5 11. g3 gxf4 12. gxf4 Ne3 {1-0 (53) Petr,M (2486)-Arkell,K (2424) Dundee 2017}) 10... Qa5+ ({Better is} 10... Be7 $14) 11. b4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Ncxb4 12. axb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qb2 14. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1b2]} Qb4+ (14... Qxc1+ $16 15. Rxc1 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Nxf4+ 17. Kf3 Nd5 18. Bb5+ (18. Bxd4 O-O $16) 18... Bd7) 15. Kd1 $18 Nc3+ (15... O-O {might work better.} 16. Nxc5 Qxc5) 16. Nxc3 dxc3 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. Bb5+ Bd7 19. Bxd7+ (19. Bxc5 Bxb5 20. Nf3 Bf1 $18) 19... Kxd7 20. Bxc5 ({Weaker is} 20. Rxb7+ Kc6 $11) 20... Qxc5 21. Ke2 ({Don't play} 21. Rxb7+ $6 Kc6 $16) 21... Qc4+ 22. Kf2 b5 23. Nf3 a5 $2 (23... Rhd8 {was worth a try.} 24. Qe3 Ke8) 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. Qe3 b4 {[#]} 26. Qb6 (26. f5 $142 $1) 26... Rhb8 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Rd4 Qa2 $2 (28... Qb5 {is a better defense.}) 29. Kg3 $2 (29. Ra1 $18 {has better winning chances.} Qxc2+ 30. Kf1) 29... Qxb1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Qxc2 $16 30. Ra1 Qg6+ 31. Kf2 Qc2+ 32. Kf1 Qb2 33. Rxa5 c2) 30. Qd7+ $1 Kf8 31. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd7f7]} Qe1+ 32. Kh3 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd7f7]} Kg8 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Rd7 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rf7g7] White mates.} ({Avoid the trap} 34. Re4 $2 Qf2 $19) 34... Rg8 35. Qh5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 36. Qg6 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rg6h7]} Qe3+ 37. g3 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,121,-3,-7,58,0,50,55,43,55,40,36,40,39,95,90,95,84,107,112,120,86,110,126,141,135,136,140,159,152,168,156,164,166,153,153,146,122,120,121,120,110,186,197,214,183,196,160,314,184,205,200,200,136,164,141,150,147,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,147,158,158,151,153,627,573,558,556,29965,29966,29966,29968,29968,29969,29969,29970,29970,29971,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29974,29976,29976,29977,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29987,29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 {LiveBook: 13 Games. The position is equal.} e5 $146 ({Black should try} 11... Be7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. e5 Nh5 13. a3 g6 14. Nf1 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rxe5 {0-1 (34) Sedlak,N (2537)-So,W (2782) Baku 2016}) 12. dxe5 (12. dxc5 $14 Bxc5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. O-O) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 dxe4 15. Bb5 Bc7 16. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qe7 (16... Qd3 $14) 17. Bxe8 $16 Rxe8 18. Ne3 $1 Qe6 19. O-O Qc6 20. f5 Bxg3 21. hxg3 h6 22. Rd2 Qc7 23. Qf2 Ba6 24. c4 b5 25. b3 bxc4 26. bxc4 h5 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Kh7 29. Rd6 Bb7 30. Kf2 Rc8 (30... Kh6 $16) 31. Rh4 $18 Kg8 32. Rh1 Bc6 33. Rhd1 {Rd8+ is the strong threat.} Rc7 $2 (33... Kf8 $16 {was worth a try.} 34. Ke2 Ke7) 34. Rd8+ (34. g4 $142) 34... Kh7 35. g4 Kh6 36. gxh5 Kxh5 37. Rb8 Kg5 38. Rdd8 {Threatens to win with Rdc8.} Bd7 39. Nd5 Nxd5 40. cxd5 Bxf5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRB} 41. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c7]} Rc6 42. Rb7 Ra6 43. Rxf7 {And now Rdf8 would win.} Rxa2+ 44. Kg3 g6 $2 {[#]} (44... Ra3+ $16 45. Kh2 g6) 45. d7 $1 $18 {Threatening mate with Rxf5+.} Ra3+ 46. Kh2 Rd3 {[#]} 47. Rxf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} gxf5 {KR-KR} (47... Kxf5 48. Rf8+) 48. Rg8+ Kf4 49. d8=Q Rxd8 50. Rxd8 {KR-KP} Ke3 51. Rc8 Kd4 52. Kg3 c4 53. Kf2 c3 54. Ke2 f4 55. Rf8 Ke5 56. Kd1 a5 57. Kc2 Kd4 58. Rxf4 a4 59. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} a3 60. g5 a2 61. Rf1 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,8,7,0,25,23,22,-41,-46,-54,28,33,32,23,40,39,85,88,100,66,95,72,68,68,64,67,111,111,111,106,111,111,111,82,116,111,126,104,101,96,96,77,75,72,78,0,0,-39,0,0,0,-54,0,0,671,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Qb3 $146 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} ({Predecessor:} 6. b5 Nf6 7. Bg2 a6 8. f4 axb5 9. cxb5 c6 10. O-O Be7 11. bxc6 Nxc6 {0-1 (40) Rapport,R (2729)-Caruana,F (2813) Germany 2017}) 6... a5 7. b5 Nd7 8. Bg2 (8. f4 $11) 8... Nc5 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc5b3]} 9. Qc2 h5 ({Black should try} 9... d3 $15 10. Qd1 Qd4) 10. d3 $11 h4 11. f4 Nh6 12. Nd2 a4 13. Ba3 Ra7 14. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Be7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 O-O 18. b6 cxb6 19. Rxb6 Ng4 20. O-O Nf6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Qb2 (22. gxh4 Nd5 $17) 22... Nd7 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Qxb7 Qd8 25. Qb2 Nc5 {[#]} 26. Qc2 $1 Qa5 27. Rc1 ({Better is} 27. Rb1 $16) 27... Rb8 28. Qe2 h3 29. f5 exf5 30. Bd5 (30. Qe5 $11 Qb6 31. Rd1 (31. Qxf5 Qf6 $11) (31. Qxd4 Qb2 $11)) 30... Qc3 (30... Qb6 $15 31. Rd1 Qf6) 31. Rd1 {[#] And now Qe7 would win.} Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Rf8 $11) 32. Qe5 $2 (32. Qh5 $18 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rh5f7]} Rb7 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Bxb7 Nxb7 35. Qxg7) 32... Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e5] The position is equal.} 33. Qd6+ Kg8 {( -> ...Re1+)} 34. Rf1 ({Not} 34. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 35. Rf1 Ne6 $19) 34... Nxd3 {Threatens to win with ...Qe1!} 35. Qd7 Rf8 36. Qxf5 Nb4 37. Bxf7+ Rxf7 38. Qc8+ Rf8 39. Qe6+ Rf7 40. Qe8+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "294"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,294,11,-21,-14,-23,-25,-48,0,-5,-12,-18,-6,-48,-21,-15,-7,-9,0,-25,9,0,0,-6,8,-42,0,0,0,0,0,-39,83,-178,0,0,19,22,27,20,33,-100,-85,-391,-356,-347,-204,-197,-205,-200,-202,-188,-97,-268,-20,-20,-31,-31,-44,-31,-31,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,12,156,0,20,0,20,20,20,20,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29949,29949,29948,29948,29948,29943,29951,12683,11355,10348,9979,9802,9644,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7947,7868,7814,0,7732,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O d5 (5... Nc6 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Rc1 d6 12. Nb5 Ne8 13. Qd2 a6 14. Nc3 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Nd8 16. Ne4 e5 17. Bg5 {1-0 (54) Aronian,L (2792)-Carlsen,M (2855) Paris 2016}) 6. b3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Bc5 7. Bb2 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nc6 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 Qe7 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. e4 e5 13. Qd3 d4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. c3 dxc3 {1-0 (69) Burmakin,V (2535)-Khegay,D (2485) Pavlodar 2016}) 8. Nxd4 {Black has an edge.} e5 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 13. e3 $1 h5 14. h4 Be6 {[#]} 15. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Qe2 cxb3 (17... Rad8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d3]} 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 18. axb3 Bxb3 19. Ra5 Bb4 20. Rg5 (20. Rf5 $5 {[%cal Rb2f6]}) 20... c5 (20... Bd5 $1 $15) 21. Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Nd2 $16 Bxd2 22. Qxd2) 21... Qxe4 $2 (21... Nxe4 $19 22. Rxg7+ Kf8) 22. Bxf6 $1 $11 Bd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re4h1]} 23. f3 $1 Qxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Bxg7 (25. Rxg7+ $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Kf8 26. Rh7) 25... Kh7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 26. Nc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Rxd5 $17 Kxg7 27. Nd2) 26... Bxf3 $19 27. Bf6 Bg4 (27... Rd3 $142 28. Kf2 Re8) 28. Nd5 Rxg3+ 29. Kh2 Rh3+ 30. Kg2 Re8 ({Avoid the trap} 30... Rxh4 $2 31. Bg7 $18) (30... Rg8 $19 31. Rxh5+ Bxh5+ 32. Kxh3 Bg4+ 33. Kh2 Be6) 31. Nf4 $2 (31. Be5 $17 Rf3 32. Nf6+ Rxf6 33. Bxf6) 31... Rf3 $2 ({Resist} 31... Rxh4 32. Rgxc5 Bxc5 33. Rxc5 $19) (31... Bd2 $19 32. Nxh3 Bxc1 33. Rxc5 Re2+ 34. Kf1 Be3) 32. Rg7+ $11 Kh6 33. Rxf7 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rf6g5]} Rxf4 34. Bg5+ Kg6 35. Rxf4 Re2+ (35... Re6 {is interesting.} 36. Rcf1 Bc3 37. Rf8 Bg7 38. R8f7 Be2) 36. Rf2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} a5 38. Be3 a4 39. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 40. Rxc5 {KR-KB} Be6 41. Rg5+ Kh6 $1 42. Ra5 Bb3 43. Ke3 Kg6 44. Kf4 Bd1 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46. Ke5 Bb3 (46... a3 $5 47. Rxa3 Be2 48. Ra7+ Ke8 $18) 47. Rf6+ Ke7 48. Ra6 (48. Rf1 {is interesting.} a3 49. Re1 a2 50. Kd4+ Be6 51. Rf1) 48... Kf7 49. Kf5 (49. Rd6 {feels hotter.} a3 50. Ra6 a2 51. Ra7+ Ke8 52. Kf4) 49... Bc2+ (49... a3 $5) 50. Ke5 Bb3 (50... a3 $5 51. Rxa3 Bd1 $18) 51. Ra5 Bc2 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. Kf4 Kf6 54. Ra6+ Ke7 55. Ke5 (55. Kg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h5]} Bd1 56. Rc6 $18) 55... Kd7 (55... a3 $5 56. Ra7+ Kd8 57. Rxa3 Ke7 58. Ra7+ Ke8 $18) 56. Kd4 Ke7 57. Kc3 Bb3 58. Rh6 Bd1 59. Kd2 Bb3 (59... Bg4 $11 {remains equal.} 60. Ra6 Bd7) 60. Kc3 $2 (60. Rxh5 $16 Kf6 61. Kc3) 60... Bf7 61. Ra6 Bb3 62. Ra5 Bd1 63. Kd2 Bg4 64. Rxa4 Kf6 65. Ke3 Ke5 (65... Bd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1a4]} 66. Ra1 Bg4 $18) 66. Ra5+ Ke6 67. Kf4 Bd1 68. Ra6+ Kd5 69. Kf5 Bg4+ 70. Kg5 Be2 71. Ra8 Bg4 72. Re8 Kd6 73. Kf6 Kd5 74. Re3 Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74... Kd6 $11 75. Re5 Bf3) 75. Re5 Bf3 76. Kf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f4]} Bg4+ 77. Kf4 Kd3 78. Rd5+ (78. Rg5 $142 Be2 79. Rg3+ Kc4 80. Rg2 Bf1 81. Rc2+ Kd5 82. Kg5 Ke6 83. Kxh5) 78... Kc4 $18 79. Ke5 Bf3 80. Rd8 Bg4 81. Kf4 $2 ({White should play} 81. Rg8 $18 Kc5 82. Rg6) 81... Kc5 $1 $11 82. Kg5 Kc6 83. Kf6 Kc7 84. Rd4 (84. Rd5 $5 {[%cal Rf6g6]} Kc6 85. Rg5 $18) 84... Kc6 85. Ke5 Be2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (85... Bh3 $11 86. Rd6+ Kc7) 86. Rd6+ $18 Kc7 {[#]} 87. Kd5 $2 ({White must play} 87. Ke6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6d5]} Bc4+ 88. Ke5) 87... Bf3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (87... Bg4 $11 88. Kc5 Be2) 88. Kc5 $2 ({White has to play} 88. Ke6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6e5]} Bc6 89. Rd3) 88... Bg4 $11 {The position is equal.} 89. Rd4 Be2 90. Re4 Bg4 91. Re7+ Kd8 92. Kd6 Bd1 $1 93. Re3 Bg4 94. Re5 Bd1 $1 95. Rc5 (95. Re4 {is more complex.} Bg4 96. Re7) 95... Bg4 96. Ra5 Ke8 97. Ra7 Kf8 98. Ke5 Ke8 99. Kf6 Kd8 100. Rh7 Ke8 101. Ke5 Kf8 102. Kd6 (102. Rh6 {is more complex.} Ke7 103. Rh7+ Kf8) 102... Ke8 103. Re7+ Kf8 104. Re3 Kf7 105. Ke5 {Ra3 is the strong threat.} Ke7 106. Rd3 Be2 107. Rd2 Bg4 108. Kf4 Ke6 109. Kg5 Ke5 110. Rd8 Ke6 111. Re8+ Kd7 112. Re5 Kd6 113. Kf6 {Hoping for Ra5.} Bd1 114. Re6+ Kd5 115. Re8 Bg4 116. Rd8+ Kc6 117. Kg5 (117. Rd1 $5 Bxd1 118. Ke5 $19) 117... Kc7 (117... Bd1 $5 118. Rxd1 Kc5 119. Kxh5 Kc4 120. Kg6 Kc3 121. h5 Kb4 122. h6 Kc4) 118. Rd5 (118. Rd1 $5 Bxd1 119. Kf4 $19) 118... Kc6 (118... Bd1 $5 119. Rxd1 Kb6 120. Kxh5 Kc5 121. Kg4 Kc4 122. h5 Kc3 123. h6 Kc4) 119. Rd4 (119. Rd1 $5 Bxd1 120. Kf4 $19) 119... Kc5 (119... Bd1 $5 120. Rxd1 Kc5 121. Kxh5 Kc4 122. Kg4 Kb3 123. h5 Kc2 124. Rh1 Kd3) 120. Rd2 Kc6 (120... Bd1 $5 121. Rxd1 Kb5 122. Kxh5 Kb4 123. Kg4 Kc3 124. Rd8 Kb3 125. h5 Kb4) 121. Kg6 (121. Rd1 $5 Bxd1 122. Kf6 $19) 121... Kc5 (121... Bd1 $5 122. Rxd1 Kc5 123. Kxh5 Kb4 124. Kg6 Kc4 125. h5 Kc3 126. h6 Kb3) 122. Rd8 {aiming for Kg5.} (122. Rd1 $5 Bxd1 123. Kg5 $19) 122... Kc6 (122... Bd1 $5 123. Rxd1 Kb4 124. Kxh5 Kc3 125. Kg4 Kc2 126. Rd7 Kb3 127. h5 Kc4) 123. Rf8 {And now Kg5 would win.} (123. Rd1 $5 Bxd1 124. Kf6 $19) 123... Kd7 124. Kf6 {Threatens to win with Ra8.} Bf3 125. Ke5 (125. Rf7+ {is interesting.}) 125... Bg4 (125... Bd1 {seems wilder.}) 126. Rf6 Be2 127. Rd6+ (127. Rf1 $5 Bxf1 128. Kf6 $19) 127... Ke7 128. Rd4 (128. Rd1 $5 Bxd1 129. Kf4 $19) 128... Bg4 (128... Bd1 $5 129. Rxd1 Kf7 130. Rd7+ Ke8 131. Ke6 Kf8 132. Kf6 Kg8 133. Rd8+ Kh7 134. Rf8 Kh6 135. Rh8#) 129. Rd5 (129. Rxg4 $5 hxg4 130. Kf4 $11) 129... Bf3 (129... Bd1 $5 130. Rxd1 Kf7 131. Rd7+ Ke8 132. Ke6 Kf8 133. Kf6 Kg8 134. Rd8+ Kh7 135. Rf8 Kh6 136. Rh8#) 130. Ra5 {Strongly threatening Ra7+.} (130. Rd1 {with more complications.}) 130... Bg4 131. Ra7+ Ke8 132. Kd6 {Black must now prevent Rb7.} Bf3 133. Re7+ Kf8 134. Ke6 {White wants to mate with Rf7+.} (134. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1f1]} Bg4 $18) 134... Bd1 135. Kf6 Bg4 136. Re5 Bf3 137. Re3 Bg4 138. Kg6 (138. Re1 {keeps more tension.}) 138... Bd1 139. Kf6 {Rd3 would kill now.} Kg8 140. Re8+ (140. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1d1]} Ba4 $18) 140... Kh7 141. Kg5 Kg7 142. Re7+ (142. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1d1]} Bg4 $18) 142... Kf8 143. Kf6 {Threatening mate with Rd7.} (143. Re1 {feels hotter.}) 143... Bg4 144. Re5 Kg8 145. Re8+ Kh7 146. Rd8 Bf3 (146... Bd1 $5 147. Rxd1 Kh6 148. Rd8 Kh7 149. Rf8 Kh6 150. Rh8#) 147. Rd7+ (147. Rd1 $5 Bxd1 148. Kf7 Bb3+ 149. Kf6 $19) 147... Kh6 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,175,-22,-22,-34,-25,-41,-12,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-11,-10,-10,-14,-4,-16,22,14,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-14,-6,-8,-5,-20,0,0,0,-10,11,6,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,6,6,5,4,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,0,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Bg7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (5... Nd7 6. Be2 f5 7. O-O Nf6 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. d4 Be6 13. cxd5 cxd5 {½-½ (44) Hinks Edwards,T (2396)-Votava,J (2521) Czech Republic 2016}) 6. d4 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} O-O 7. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bd3 f5 8. Nbd2 f4 9. exf4 Re8+ 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. a3 {½-½ (44) Jedynak,R (2412)-Lagowski,P (2415) Dzwirzyno 2004}) 7... Be6 (7... c5 $5) 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. O-O f5 10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} Qe7 (10... Nc5 $5) 11. Ne2 Nf6 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. c4 Rac8 14. Nf4 c5 15. Qe2 dxc4 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Rxc4 Ne4 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Ng5 Qe7 {White should prevent ...b5.} 20. Rfc1 b5 21. R4c2 b4 22. Nh3 Bc3 23. Nf4 Ne4 24. Qa6 Nc5 25. Qb5 Qe5 26. Ne2 {[%cal Re2c3]} (26. h4 {is more complex.} Kg7 27. h5 Nd3 28. Qxe5+ Nxe5 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Nd5) 26... Nd3 (26... Rb8 {seems wilder.} 27. Qc4 Nd3 28. Rd1 Nb2 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qc6 Nd1) 27. Qxe5 Nxe5 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 bxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Bf1 Rd2 31. Rxc3 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Ne1+ 33. Kg1 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Ne1+ 35. Kg1 Rxa2 36. h3 (36. Bg2 $5) 36... Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nd2 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4.} 38. Bd3 Ra3 39. Rc2 Ne4 40. Bxe4 fxe4 {KR-KR} 41. Rc7 Rxb3 42. Rxa7 h5 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 f5 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Kg3 Rb5 47. Rc7 Kf8 48. Rc2 Ke7 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. Rc6+ Ke7 51. Rc2 Ke6 52. Ra2 Rc5 53. Kg5 Rb5 54. Rc2 Ra5 55. Rb2 Rc5 56. Rb6+ (56. f3 $5) 56... Ke7 57. Rb2 Ke6 58. Kg6 Ra5 59. Rb6+ Ke7 60. Rf6 Ra2 61. Rxf5 Ke6 62. Rf4 Ke5 63. Kg5 Ra1 64. Rf5+ Ke6 65. Kf4 {[#] Strongly threatening Re5+.} Ra2 66. Kg5 Ra1 67. Kg4 Ra2 68. Rf4 Ke5 69. Rf8 Rb2 70. Re8+ Kd6 71. Rxe4 {[#] Hoping for f4.} Rxf2 72. Kg5 Kd7 73. Rf4 Re2 74. Re4 Rf2 75. Re5 Kd6 76. Re8 $1 Kd7 77. Re4 Rf1 78. Re5 Rf2 79. e4 Rf1 80. Rf5 Re1 81. Re5 Rf1 82. Kg6 Rf4 83. Kg5 Rf1 84. Ra5 Ke6 85. Ra2 Ke5 86. Ra5+ Kxe4 87. Ra4+ Ke5 88. Ra5+ {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,-35,-17,-28,32,12,15,6,20,26,35,48,48,51,37,40,46,32,32,33,54,37,52,38,76,43,69,69,88,33,80,65,115,81,104,88,105,72,91,57,96,86,81,93,85,99,81,66,283,274,270,227,391,420,383,418,416,411,526,586,598,585,576,562,568,555,537,493,29979,29980,1873,1294,29991,694]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 (4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 c6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. a4 c5 11. a5 c4 12. Qe2 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 {1-0 (45) Carlsen,M (2855)-Giri,A (2785) Bilbao 2016}) 4... Bxb1 5. Rxb1 Bb4+ 6. Ke2 {[#] Hoping for c5. D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bd6 ({Better is} 6... dxc4 $11 7. Qc2 Ne7) 7. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nh3 Bxf4 8. Nxf4 c6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Na6 {1-0 (38) Atkins,R (2093)-Buttell,D (1768) Reading 2017}) 7... Bxf4 8. gxf4 {The position is equal.} Nf6 9. Qb3 b6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7g6][%mdl 32]} 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rhc1 Nce7 14. Ne5 Ng6 15. Nd3 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Qc4 Ra7 18. Rc2 Nde7 19. Bh1 (19. Rbc1 $16) 19... Qd6 20. Rd1 h6 21. Kd2 {[%cal Be2d2,Bd2c1,Bc1b1][%mdl 32]} Rc8 22. Kc1 c6 23. Qb4 Qd8 24. Be4 Ra5 25. Bf3 Nh4 26. Be2 Nhg6 27. Kb1 Nd5 28. Qe1 Rb5 $2 {[#]} (28... Ra7 $14) 29. Ne5 $18 Nxe5 30. dxe5 ({Not} 30. fxe5 Ra5 $14) 30... Qe8 $2 (30... Rc5 {was worth a try.} 31. Rxc5 bxc5) 31. Bxb5 cxb5 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 33. Qd2 Qb7 34. e4 Ne7 35. f3 Ng6 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} (37. Rd7 Qa6 $18) 37... Nxe5 38. fxe6 Nxf3 (38... fxe6 $18 39. Qd6 Ng6 40. Qxe6 Qc7) 39. e7 Qxe4+ 40. Ka1 Nd4 41. Qxd4 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 25%.} ({Weaker is} 41. e8=Q Nc2+ 42. Kb1 Nxa3+ 43. Ka1 Nc2+ 44. Kb1 Na3+ 45. Ka1 Nc2+ 46. Ka2 (46. Kb1 Na3+ $11) 46... Qc4+ 47. Kb1 Na3+ 48. bxa3 Qb3+ 49. Kc1 Qc3+ 50. Kb1 Qb3+ 51. Kc1 Qc3+ 52. Kb1 Qb3+ $11) (41. Rxd4 $142 Qf3 42. e8=Q b4 43. Qg8+ Kg6 44. Qxb6+ Kh5 45. Qb5+ Kg6 46. Qb6+ Kh5 47. Qb5+ Kg6 48. Qb6+) 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,94,0,6,0,10,-26,3,-27,0,0,0,-51,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,0,16,0,15,-27,71,-29,0,0,0,-23,-12,-60,7,0,22,-75,0,-85,-53,-62,-25,-27,-27,-21,-26,-37,7,12,18,14,64,61,60,55,66,59,64,22,80,37,62,46,48,60,58,53,53,9,47,0,56,0,43]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qc7 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 11. Rfd1 {B83: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2, lines without ...a6} (11. f4) 11... Bd7 12. f3 Na5 13. Qe1 $146 (13. Nb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3a5]} Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Bf4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd3 Rac8 14. Ndb5 axb5 15. axb5 Nc4 16. Bc1 Rfd8 17. Ra4 Nb6 18. Ra7 Qb8 19. Ra1 d5 20. b3 Bd6 21. g3 Be5 22. Na4 Bxa1 23. Nxb6 Rc3 24. Nxd7 Rxd3 {0-1 (24) Pehal,L-Bures,V (2175) Czechia 2004}) 13... Rac8 14. Kh1 Rfe8 15. Bf1 (15. Qg3 $11) 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. a5 Qb4 18. Nb3 h6 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qf2 Nf6 21. Bb6 e5 (21... d5 $5) 22. Qd2 Qc4 (22... Bb5 $5) 23. Bf2 {[#]} Be6 {[#]} (23... d5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 24. exd5 (24. Nxd5 Nxd5) 24... Bb4) 24. Bh4 ({Better is} 24. Nc5 $1 $16) 24... Red8 (24... Rcd8 $5 {[%cal Rf6e4]}) 25. Qe1 Qc6 26. Rac1 Qe8 27. Bf2 Rc6 (27... d5 $15 28. exd5 Nxd5) 28. Nd5 $11 Rdc8 {...Bxd5 is the strong threat.} 29. Na1 (29. Nb6 $11) 29... Bd8 (29... Bxd5 $1 $17 30. exd5 Rc4) 30. Qb4 (30. Nxf6+ $11 Bxf6 31. b3) 30... Bxd5 $1 $17 31. exd5 Rc4 32. Qxb7 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3] Hoping for ...exf3.} 33. Re1 ({Wrong is} 33. Qxa6 $2 exf3 34. Rd3 fxg2+ 35. Kg1 Qd7 $19) 33... Bxa5 34. c3 Qb5 35. Qxb5 axb5 36. Nb3 Bd8 37. Nd2 Ra4 38. Nxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 Bf6 40. Rce1 Kh7 (40... Ra2 $11 {remains equal.}) 41. Bg3 Ra2 42. Rb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rc5 43. Bxd6 Rxd5 44. Bf4 Be7 45. Rbe4 Bf6 46. Rb4 Be7 47. Rbe4 Bf6 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,80,23,10,18,0,19,20,89,15,37,33,51,26,35,24,39,35,24,47,37,11,137,132,172,175,174,181,193,90,91,87,81,-66,37,-46,-41,-45,-66,-139,0,-118,-97,-165,-164,-158,-158,-158,-168,-155,-162,-195,-192,-366,-359,-601,-599,-782,-715,-665,-687,-814,-891]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. a3 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (9. Be2 b5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bb7 12. Nd1 f6 13. c3 Rc8 14. Bd3 Na5 15. Qe2 fxe5 16. fxe5 cxd4 17. cxd4 {1-0 (38) Grischuk,A (2761)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris 2017}) 9... b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an edge.} O-O 12. Kh1 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Be2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 {1-0 (49) So,W (2667)-Gomez,J (2538) Mashhad 2011}) 13. Qf2 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Rc8 (13... c4 $11 14. Be2 Qe8) 14. Rg1 (14. dxc5 $16 {b4 is the strong threat.} d4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4) 14... b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. g4 g6 17. gxf5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rxf5 19. Ne2 Rf7 20. h4 Kh8 (20... c4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. h5 $16 gxh5 22. Qh2 $1 Qf8 23. Qxh5 c4 24. Ng5 (24. Ng3 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 24... Bxg5 25. Rxg5 cxd3 26. Nc3 {[#]} ({White should play} 26. Ng3 $16) 26... Nb6 (26... Nc5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 27. f5 ({Better is} 27. Rag1 $1 $14) 27... Rxf5 $15 ({Much weaker is} 27... exf5 $6 28. Rag1 $16) 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 (28... exf5 $2 {perishes.} 29. Bh6 $18) 29. Bg5 {[#]} (29. Qxf5 $15 exf5 30. Bg5) 29... Rf8 ({Black should try} 29... Nd7 $1 $17 30. Qh4 Rf8) 30. Qh4 (30. Qh6 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Nd7 {[#]} 31. Bf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf6 32. exf6 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg3+ 34. Kh1) 30... Qf3+ $17 31. Kg1 (31. Kh2 $17 {might work better.}) 31... Nd7 32. Kh2 Qf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 34. Kg3 Rxb2 35. Rf1 Kg7 36. Na4 $2 (36. Rd1) 36... Rc2 $19 37. Bf6+ $2 (37. Nc5 Nxc5 38. dxc5) 37... Kg6 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Kf4 Nxf6 39. exf6 d2 40. f7 Rc1 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,53,17,21,18,22,19,17,19,22,16,20,16,16,18,16,18,39,57,60,23,24,14,14,14,24,27,29,27,46,41,42,43,60,45,43,31,41,48,40,48,44,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Be3 Bd6 7. h3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe2 Re8 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Kb1 Na4 13. Nc4 b5 14. Nxd6 cxd6 {0-1 (36) Yu,Y (2753)-Grischuk,A (2761) Jiayuguan 2017}) (6. h3 Be6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Ng5 Qe7 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Qg4 Qg6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Ng3 Nf8 13. Nf5 Ne6 {½-½ (49) Anand,V (2779)-Nakamura,H (2779) Saint Louis 2016}) 6... Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 8. h3 {The position is equal.} Bh5 9. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} a5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 axb4 13. Bg5 f6 {[%cal Rb4a3]} 14. axb4 Rxa1 $146 15. Qxa1 Bd6 16. Qa8+ Qd8 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Ra1 {[#] Ra8+ is the strong threat.} Ke7 19. Bd2 Bf7 20. Ne3 {Strongly threatening Nf5+.} g6 21. g5 {White is slightly better.} fxg5 22. Nxg5 b6 23. Kg2 Be6 24. h4 Nf6 25. Bc3 Rf8 26. Nf3 Nd7 27. Ng5 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,102,0,28,25,27,27,30,27,26,22,32,17,38,19,35,34,45,39,31,33,47,20,22,34,34,12,16,16,16,19,17,0,17,8,13,13,14,14,7,0,0,-12,0,0,37,0,0,0,0,-37,-37,-37,-47,-90,-100,-116,-116,-116,-116,-125,-125,-132,-132,-160,-153,-1350,-1308,-1252,-1162,-1005,-325,-1157,-1118,-844,-817,-2140,-1900,-5269,-1680,-3991,-3000,-29978,-29978,-29975,-29974,-29979,-29961]} 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. a4 b6 {LiveBook: 14 Games. B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} (9... Nc6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd2 d5 13. exd5 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 {½-½ (54) Ponomariov,R (2706)-Gelfand,B (2734) Almaty 2016}) 10. Nd5 Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. O-O Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Qd1 Rc8 15. Re1 h6 16. Bh3 Rc7 17. Be3 Bc6 18. Qd3 Qa8 19. b4 Bb7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 {½-½ (44) Ragnarsson,D (2276)-Zakhartsov,V (2453) Moscow 2017}) 11. Qxd5 Qc7 {White has an edge.} 12. Nc3 ({Of course not} 12. Qxa8 Bb7 $17) 12... Bb7 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. O-O Nc5 15. Qc4 Rfc8 16. Be3 Bf8 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Bh3 Rcb8 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qe2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qh5 Re8 25. Bf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 26. Qg4 {Threatens to win with Nf6+.} Kh8 27. h4 Rd8 28. h5 c4 (28... Be7 $5) 29. Ne3 Qc7 30. Nd5 Qa7 31. Ne3 (31. Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 $14) 31... Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qd4 (32... Qb8 {is interesting.} 33. c3 Bc5 34. Nd5 Kg8 35. Kg2 Qa7) 33. c3 (33. Qa1 {keeps more tension.} Qb6 34. Nd5 Qd8 35. Ne3 Kg8 36. Qa6) 33... Qxd1+ 34. Nxd1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Be7 35. Kf1 Bg5 $1 36. Ne3 {[#]} Bxe3 $1 37. fxe3 $17 {KB-KB} Kg8 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Bh3 {[#]} Kf6 $1 41. g4 $2 (41. Bc8 $17) 41... Kg5 $19 42. Kg3 Bxe4 43. Bf1 f5 44. gxf5 $2 (44. Be2) 44... Kxh5 45. Bh3 Bc6 46. e4 Bxe4 47. f6 gxf6 48. Bd7 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 49. Bxb5 f4+ {Black mates.} 50. Kf2 Bd5 51. Bd7 Kg5 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,136,54,101,74,106,80,85,66,113,111,119,35,36,39,39,33,31,0,0,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-4,0,0,2,-35,-6,-6,-6,-60,-28,-68,-42,-42,-42,-102,-98,-251,-248,-381,-385,-696,-622,-480,-475,-434,-440,-1383,-404,-404,-350,-353,-343,-297,-212,-308,-308,-302,-302,-299,-281,-263,-190,-219,-157,-178,-181,-205,-83,-83,-83,-83,-85,-95,-76,-170,-150,-291,-288,-433,-384,-583,-569,-545,-540,-493,-454,-250,-200,-29966,-29958,-29972,-29973,-4746,-2242,-6095,-7208,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29988,-29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. Rb1 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (10. Re1 Ne8 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. a3 Nh5 13. b4 b6 14. Rb1 h6 15. Bd2 f5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qd1 f4 {1-0 (45) Parligras,M (2599)-Romanov,E (2641) Gjakova 2016}) 10... h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nh5 11. b4 Nf4 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 b6 14. Ba4 Ba6 15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qe7 17. Re1 a6 {1-0 (35) Labib,I (2426)-El Ghazali,Y (2261) Cairo 2013}) 11. Re1 Nh7 12. Qc2 {White is better.} Kh8 13. Bd2 b6 14. b4 (14. Qc1 $16) 14... cxb4 $14 15. Nb5 Nc5 {Threatens to win with ...a6.} 16. Bxb4 f5 17. Rbd1 f4 18. a4 (18. Be2 {is interesting.} h5 19. Rb1 g5 20. Nh2 a6 21. Nc3) 18... a5 (18... h5 {keeps more tension.} 19. Be2 g5 20. Nh2 Nf6 21. f3 a6) 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Be2 h5 21. Rb1 Bf6 22. Rb3 Rg8 23. Nh2 Rg7 24. Reb1 Rb8 25. Nc3 Rb4 26. Na2 Ra7 (26... Rxa4 $6 27. Rb8 $16) 27. Nc3 Bd7 28. Nb5 Ra6 29. R3b2 ({White should play} 29. Nf3 $11) 29... Qf8 30. Qd1 Ng5 {[%cal Bh7g5,Bg5h3,Bh3f4][%mdl 32]} 31. Bd3 Bd8 32. f3 (32. Qc2 $15) 32... Qf6 33. Be2 $2 {[#]} (33. Nf1 $17) 33... Bxh3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 34. gxh3 (34. Nc3 $142) 34... Nxh3+ 35. Kg2 $2 (35. Kf1 Qg5 36. Ke1 Qg3+ 37. Kd2 Qxh2 38. Kc3) 35... Qg5+ (35... Qh4 36. Bd3 $17) 36. Ng4 hxg4 37. fxg4 {Threatening Qh1.} Qh4 {( -> ...Qg3+)} 38. Qd3 (38. Rb3 $142 f3+ 39. Bxf3) 38... f3+ (38... Rxb2 $142 39. Rxb2 Nf2) 39. Qxf3 Nf4+ 40. Kg1 Kg7 ({Not} 40... Rxa4 41. Bd3 $19) 41. Bf1 Bg5 {And now ...Ra8 would win.} 42. Nc7 (42. Na3 $142 Rab6 43. Rh2 Rxb1 44. Rxh4) 42... Ra7 43. Ne6+ Nxe6 44. dxe6 Bf4 45. Qh3 Qxh3 46. Bxh3 Re7 ({Inferior is} 46... Rxa4 47. Rb7+ Rxb7 48. Rxb7+ Kf8 49. Rb8+ Ke7 50. Rb7+ Kf8 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Rb7+ Kf8 $11) 47. g5 Bxg5 48. Kf2 Bd2 (48... Rxa4 $19 {has better winning chances.} 49. Rd1 Rxc4 50. Rxd6 Rxe4) 49. Ke2 $17 Bc3 ({Worse is} 49... Rxc4 50. Kxd2 Rxe4 51. Rb7 $16) 50. Rxb4 cxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 51. Kd3 Bd4 52. Kc2 (52. c5 $17 dxc5 53. Kc4) 52... Re8 53. Rf1 {[#]} (53. c5 $17 Rc8 54. Rf1 Rxc5+ 55. Kb1) 53... Rf8 $1 $19 54. Rxf8 (54. Rh1 {is a better defense.}) 54... Kxf8 {KB-KB} 55. Kb3 (55. c5 {was the only chance.} Bxc5 56. Kb3) 55... Bb6 56. Kc2 Bd8 57. Kb3 Ke7 58. Bg4 (58. Kc2 {might work better.} Kf6 59. e7 Kxe7 60. c5) 58... Kf6 59. Bh3 $2 (59. e7 $19 Kxe7 60. c5) 59... Kg5 60. c5 dxc5 61. Kc4 Kf4 62. Bg2 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 63. Kxc5 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 64. Bf1 Ke3 65. Bc4 b2 66. Ba2 g4 67. Kd6 g3 68. Kd7 Bf6 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,109,24,-2,0,0,0,-20,0,-25,16,37,7,16,52,53,31,44,37,9,71,-11,-14,-58,0,0,-5,-102,-101,-107,-107,-104,-104,-104,-107,-106,-104,-101,-104,-104,-66,-114,-113,-116,-113,-106,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} 7. Qb3 Qe7 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. Rd1 Rb8 10. g3 Qd8 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O b5 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Ne4 Qa5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bf6 17. Qd6 {1-0 (58) Akobian,V (2645)-Shankland,S (2666) Saint Louis 2017}) 8. a3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} g6 9. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} Bg7 {The position is equal.} 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O {[%cal Re4d5]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nd7 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 {1-0 (40) Can,E (2462)-Grishchenko,S (2489) Moscow 2012}) 12. cxd5 {And now Nb5 would win.} cxd4 13. Nb5 {Threatens to win with d6.} exd5 14. exd5 Na6 15. Rfe1 Qd8 16. Rac1 ({Much weaker is} 16. Nbxd4 Nc5 $15) 16... b6 (16... Qb6 $11) 17. Nfxd4 ({Better is} 17. Bc4 $16) 17... Nc5 $11 18. Qc2 (18. Rxc5 $5 bxc5 19. Nc6 $11) 18... Bxd4 (18... Bb7 $15 19. Nf3 Bxb2) 19. Nxd4 {Strongly threatening Bxg6.} Qxd5 20. Be4 (20. Qc4 $11 Bb7 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Bb5) 20... Qxd4 $17 21. Rcd1 Qf6 22. Bxa8 {aiming for Bf3.} Bf5 23. Be4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 26. a4 Qb3 (26... Qf6 {looks sharper.} 27. g3 Rc8 28. Rd7 a5 29. Rd4 Rc1+) 27. Qd4 Rc8 28. h3 Qc4 29. Qd7 Qc6 (29... a5 $17 30. g3 Kg7) 30. Qxa7 $11 Ra8 31. Qe7 h5 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ {KQ-KQ} Kg7 34. Qd4+ Qf6 35. Qb4 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. g3 Qf6 38. Kg2 Qc6+ 39. Kf1 {[#]} (39. Kh2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39... Kf6 (39... Qh1+ $1 $17 40. Ke2 Qxh3) 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. Qb3+ Ke7 42. Qb4+ Kd7 43. Qd4+ Kc8 44. Ke3 Kb7 45. Kf4 Ka6 46. Qb4 Qf6+ (46... g5+ $5 47. Kf5 (47. Kxg5 Qc5+ 48. Qxc5 bxc5 $11) 47... Qg6+ 48. Ke5 Qe6+ 49. Kd4 Qd7+ 50. Ke4 Qc6+ 51. Kf5 g4 52. hxg4 Qe6+ 53. Kg5 Qxg4+ 54. Qxg4 hxg4 55. Kxg4 Ka5 $19) 47. Ke3 Qe6+ 48. Kd3 Qd5+ 49. Kc3 Qf3+ 50. Kc4 Qe2+ 51. Kd5 Qe6+ 52. Kd4 Qd7+ 53. Ke5 Qf5+ 54. Kd6 Kb7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rf5e6]} 55. Qb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55. Qe1 $11) 55... Qe6# {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,44,-34,-29,-85,-21,-8,-2,-57,-51,-53,-61,-87,-90,-142,-131,-194,-187,-273,-278,-269,-269,-272,-269,-663,-658]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} Ba6 11. Re1 Ndb4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Bc3 (12. Bf1 $1 $11) (12. Bf1 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 cxd4 14. a3 Nd5 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rc8 17. Nd2 Nc3 {½-½ (59) Malakhov,V (2707)-Bu,X (2702) Sochi 2009}) 12... Nd3 $146 (12... Rc8 $17 13. Bf1 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 cxd4 15. exd4 Nd5) ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Na3 Nd3 17. Red1 e5 {0-1 (27) Dordzhieva,D (2230)-Smirnov,P (2595) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 13. Re2 $1 $11 cxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. exd4 $11 Ndb4 15. Rd2) 14... Nxd4 $15 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Re3 Nb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 17. Bxb4 ({White should try} 17. Re1) 17... Bxb4 $17 {[%cal Be7b4,Bb4c5,Bc5d4,Bd4f2][%mdl 32]} 18. a3 {[#]} (18. Bf1 $17 {was necessary.} Bxf1 19. Kxf1) 18... Bc5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5d4][%mdl 512]} 19. Re4 (19. Ra2 $142) (19. dxc5 Qxd1+) 19... f5 20. Re1 Bxd4 21. Ra2 e5 22. Nd2 $2 {[#]} (22. Rd2) 22... Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 27%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,50,-21,0,-28,-10,-26,-18,-35,0,0,5,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxe5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (12. Bb2 Nb3 13. Rb1 f6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc4 16. Qc1 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Rb8 18. Rfc1 Qd4 19. Nd5 Bd6 20. Qxd4 exd4 21. Nxc7 {1-0 (60) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Swiercz,D (2647) chess.com INT 2017}) 12... Bf6 13. f4 Nb3 14. Be3 Nxa1 15. Qxa1 Nd5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (15... Bxe5 $5 16. fxe5 Nd5 $11) 16. Bf2 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qd7 18. Rb1 a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Rad8 19. a4 b6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (31) Shitrit,K (2140)-Geisler,R ICCF email 2006}) 19. Ne4 b6 $1 20. Nd2 Ra5 21. Qb2 {The position is equal.} Ne7 22. Qb4 Nd5 23. Qb2 Ne7 24. Qb4 Nd5 25. Qb2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,141,-1,10,9,14,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,10,28,0,25,0,36,0,52,0,65,8,65,47,49,43,72,66,74,42,74,31,72,64,72,55,72,27,24,22,35,23,63,53,59,56,293,313,276,18,35,0,35,29,82,0,98,99,94,98,158,139,162,125,132,125,125,125,125,75,125,113,125,125,125,58,139,39,112,103,125,37,103,101,182,62,64,32,32,32,32,32,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,0,39,39,98,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,31,31,34,34,34,34,34,34,38,45]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 (4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. b3 Nf5 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nfxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Ne4 e5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. Bc3 Bd7 18. Qd5 Bc6 19. Qc5 Qb6 20. Qxb6 {½-½ (20) Svidler,P (2749)-Gelfand,B (2728) Geneve 2017}) 4... h5 5. d4 $146 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 5. h3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nge2 Nh6 8. e4 e5 9. a3 f5 10. d3 h4 11. exf5 gxf5 {1-0 (31) Webster,A (2330)-Ward,C (2440) Plymouth 1992}) 5... h4 6. Nc3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 7. d5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Ne5 9. Nf3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 d6 11. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} h3 12. g5 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rh4 14. e4 e5 (14... Qa6 $11) 15. Rg1 ({Better is} 15. O-O $14) 15... Ne7 (15... Bd7 $11) 16. Qb3 (16. Qb1 $14) 16... Qc7 (16... Qa6 $11) 17. Qc2 $14 Bd7 18. Be2 Nc8 19. a4 a5 20. f3 Nb6 21. Kf2 O-O-O 22. Qb3 Kb8 23. Rg3 Rdh8 24. Kg1 Ka7 25. Kh1 Be8 26. Rgg1 Bd7 27. Rab1 Be8 (27... Bxa4 $6 28. Qa3 $16) (27... Nxa4 $6 28. Ra1 $16) 28. Rb2 {Black must now prevent Rgb1.} Nd7 $2 ({Don't play} 28... Nxa4 $6 29. Ra2 $16) ({Don't blunder} 28... Bxa4 $2 29. Qa2 $18) (28... Nc8 $14) 29. Rgb1 $18 {[%cal Rb3b7]} b6 30. Rg1 $2 (30. Qb5 $1 $18) 30... Qd8 $11 31. Rbb1 Rf4 32. Qc2 ({Don't take} 32. Bxf4 $6 exf4 33. Qa2 Ne5 $16) 32... Rhh4 (32... Rfh4 $11) 33. Be1 (33. Be3 $16) 33... f6 (33... Rh7 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. Bxh4 $16 Rxh4 35. gxf6 Qxf6 (35... Nxf6 $142 36. Qd2 Rh7) 36. Qd2 Qf4 37. Qxf4 exf4 38. Rb2 Kb7 39. Rgb1 Kc7 40. Kg1 Rh5 41. Kf2 Rg5 42. Bf1 {Threatens to win with e5.} Rh5 43. Ke1 (43. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5e6] e6 is the strong threat.} dxe5 44. Bd3) 43... Rh4 {[#]} (43... g5 $14) 44. Kd1 (44. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5e6]} dxe5 45. Bd3) 44... Rh5 ({Black should play} 44... g5 $1 $14) 45. Kd2 Rh4 46. Ke2 ({White should try} 46. e5 $16 {And now e6 would win.} dxe5 47. Bd3) 46... Rh5 (46... g5 $14) 47. Kf2 Rh4 {[#]} (47... g5 $16 {was called for.} 48. Be2 Rh7) 48. Be2 (48. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5e6] Hoping for e6.} dxe5 49. Bd3) 48... Rh5 $1 $14 49. Rg1 {aiming for Ra1.} Ne5 50. Ra2 Bd7 51. Raa1 Be8 52. Ke1 Bd7 53. Kd2 Be8 54. Kc2 Bd7 55. Kb3 Kd8 56. Kb2 Kc7 57. Kb3 Kd8 58. Raf1 Kc7 59. Rg4 (59. Rb1 $16) 59... Bxg4 60. fxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rh7 {Strongly threatening ...Rf7.} 61. Rxf4 Rf7 62. Rxf7+ Nxf7 {KB-KN} 63. Kc2 Kd7 64. Bf1 Ng5 65. Kd3 Ke7 66. Ke3 Kf6 67. Kf4 {White is slightly better.} Nf7 68. Bxh3 g5+ 69. Kg3 Ne5 70. Bf1 Ng6 $1 71. Be2 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,94,23,31,37,45,109,115,286,195,234,-19,-22,-36,-17,-18,-32,-14,-34,-17,-8,-28,-37,-27,-10,-108,-131,-145,-116,-116,0,0,36,26,296,297,314,298,518,496,691,781,749,733,656,547,534,706,680,689,658,641,809,818,738,222,193,190,635,222,695,228,256,77,138,92,171,11,202,179,12838,12839,12839,12838,12838,12839,12839,12839,12840,12840,12841,12837,29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. a3 (5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. b4 a6 8. Nbd2 Nxe5 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Ne5 Ngf6 11. c4 a5 12. Nb3 axb4 13. Qb5 Be7 {0-1 (53) Topalov,V (2760)-Nakamura,H (2779) London 2016}) 5... Nxe5 6. b4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nf6 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Nf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an edge.} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e6 9. Bb5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd7 {1-0 (47) Henriquez Villagra,C (2538)-Arkell,K (2408) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. Nc3 d4 (9... Be6 $14) 10. Nb5 $16 {[%cal Rf3d4]} e5 $2 (10... Bg7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. O-O-O $2 ({White must play} 12. Nbxd4 $1 $18 Bg7 13. O-O-O (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rd1 Qe7 $18)) 12... Bh6+ $11 13. Kb1 {[%cal Rb5d4] Threatens to win with Nbxd4.} O-O 14. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxf3 $1 15. Qxf3 a5 16. Bc4 $1 axb4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Nd6 Nc6 19. Rhe1 ({Much weaker is} 19. Nxb7 Qc7 $15) (19. h4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19... Bg7 $1 $17 20. g4 {Threatening g5.} Qe7 21. c3 {[%cal Rc3d4]} dxc3 (21... Qc7 $17) 22. Qxc3 $11 Ra5 {[#]} 23. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Nd7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) (23... exf4 24. Rxe7) 24. Bxf7+ $1 $18 ({Stronger than} 24. fxe5 Nd7 $14) 24... Qxf7 25. Qxc5 Nd7 $2 (25... Qe6 26. fxe5 Nd7) 26. Qb5 Qxf4 27. Rf1 {Qb3+ is the strong threat.} Qb4 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Nf6 31. Qd6 Qe4+ 32. Qd3 Qa4 33. Rxb7 Nb4 34. Rxb4 $2 (34. Qd8+ Ng8 35. Rc7) 34... Qxb4 35. Rc1 {And now Rc8+ would win.} e4 $2 (35... Qb7 36. Qd8+ Ng8) 36. Qd4 $2 (36. Rc8+ Ng8 37. Rxg8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg8 38. Qd5+ Kf8 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kf8 41. Qxg7+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Qf8 43. Qxf8+ Kxf8 44. Kc2) 36... Qb8 $2 (36... Qxd4 37. Bxd4 h5 38. Rc8+ Kh7) 37. Qe5 $2 (37. Rc6) 37... Qd8 38. Qb5 $2 (38. g5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Qd3+ 39. Ka2 Qa6+ 40. Kb3 Qb7+ 41. Kc2) 38... h6 (38... h5 $142) 39. Qb7 {aiming for Rc8.} Qd3+ {[#]} (39... Kh7 $16 {was necessary.}) 40. Ka1 $2 (40. Ka2 $1 $18 {Intending Rc8+ and mate.} Qd5+ 41. Qxd5 Nxd5 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Bc1) 40... Ne8 $2 {[#]} (40... e3 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 41. Rc8 $1 $36 {[%csl Gb2,LRe8,LRg7][%cal Rb7g7][%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qa3+ $2 (41... Qd1+ 42. Ka2 Qa4+ 43. Ba3 Kh7) 42. Kb1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rb7g7]} Qd3+ 43. Ka2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rb7g7]} Kh7 44. Rxe8 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rb7g7]} Qc4+ 45. Qb3 Qa6+ 46. Kb1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rb3g8]} Qf1+ 47. Bc1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rb3g8]} Qe2 48. Qg8# {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,114,-9,-8,-9,0,-16,-1,-16,-2,-16,0,-34,0,-25,-31,-30,0,0,0,0,13,28,53,50,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-3,-3,-9,-6,-4,-6,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,2,97,8,8,8,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. c3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bb7 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Bxd6 (10. O-O Nd7 11. c4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 g6 13. Rac1 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (63) Artemiev,V (2653)-Grandelius,N (2643) Doha 2016}) 10... cxd6 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. a4 a6 13. Ne1 e5 14. f3 Qg5 {1-0 (32) Zhukova,N (2440)-Geldyeva,M (2220) Doha 2016}) 12... Ndf6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 (13... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8c2]} 14. Qa4 Bxd5 $11) 14. Rac1 Qe8 15. Bc4 Rc8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...b5.} 16. Qd3 Qc6 (16... Bxc4 {is more complex.} 17. Rxc4 Qb5 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 b5) 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qa6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 f4 21. h3 ({Better is} 21. Qxa7 $14 fxe3 22. fxe3) 21... fxe3 $11 22. fxe3 Qg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 23. Qe2 Nd5 24. Ne4 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26. Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd5 27. Nc8 Rf4 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 {KN-KN} a6 31. Ke2 Ke8 32. Nd6+ Ke7 33. Nc4 $1 b5 34. Ne5 Kd6 35. Nd3 a5 36. Nc5 a4 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Nd3 Kc4 40. Ne5+ Kd5 41. Nd3 g5 42. b3 Kd6 43. bxa4 bxa4 44. Nc5 a3 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Na4 Nh5 {White must now prevent ...Nf4+.} 47. Nc3+ Kc6 48. Ke4 Nf4 49. h4 h6 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. g4 {Hoping for Ke5.} Nh3 {[#]} (51... Kd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 52. Nb1 (52. Ke5 $1 $16) 52... Nf2+ {The position is equal.} 53. Kf3 Nd1 54. Nxa3 Nc3 55. Nc2 Nxa2 56. Ke4 Kd6 57. Ne3 Nc3+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,62,13,0,14,8,0,3,0,0,0,-20,-10,-11,-11,-11,-12,-27,-11,-16,-23,-51,-57,-56,-48,-68,-68,-90,-88,-85,-93,-89,-62,-67,-58,-204,-200,-280,-260,-497,-494,-489,-466]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 dxe4 9. O-O {C45: Scotch Game} O-O 10. Nd2 Bb6 (10... Bxd4 11. Nxe4 Qg6 12. cxd4 Be6 13. Nc3 Rad8 14. Rc1 Bg4 15. Qb3 b6 16. Rfe1 Na5 17. Qa3 Rd7 18. Bf4 Be6 19. d5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc7 {½-½ (69) Van Foreest,J (2615)-Fressinet,L (2676) Douglas 2016}) 11. Nxe4 Qg6 12. Re1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rd8 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qa4 Be6 {[#]} 15. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qh5 {½-½ (28) Nedev,T (2506)-Mitkov,N (2520) Struga 2010}) 15... h6 16. Qb5 a6 17. Qa4 Ne5 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Nc5 bxc5 20. Rxe5 Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 21. Qf4 Rxb2 22. Rxc5 Rd8 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. a4 Rdd2 26. Rf1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rc6 (28. Be4 $1 $15) 28... Kg7 $19 {...Bc4 is the strong threat.} 29. Rc7 {[#]} Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4f1]} 30. Re1 $2 (30. Rc1) 30... Rxf2 31. Bc6 Rfc2 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,82,12,27,16,20,19,26,31,31,25,27,19,19,23,33,24,20,23,64,57,60,49,54,43,50,24,88,78,103,92,170,155,152,150,144,165,126,110,135,60,101,8,9,4,9,-231,-236,-233,-229,-230,-247,-338,-331,-335,-326,-391,-380,-391,-377,-433,-431,-429,-428]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Be6 {LiveBook: 10 Games. C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} (11... Nc6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Bb3 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nc5 {½-½ (54) Carlsen,M (2850)-Svidler,P (2727) Berlin 2015}) 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 {The position is equal.} 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Bf4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Rc1 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 {1-0 (64) Gandev,P (2140)-Tsenov,F (1762) Sofia 2012}) 16... Nd7 17. b3 Bf6 18. Rb1 Bc3 19. Re3 b4 20. Nf1 c4 21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Qb6 23. Nd4 Rfe8 (23... c3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Qd1 Nb7) 24. Ng3 $16 Rac8 25. h4 c3 (25... h6 $16) 26. Qd1 $18 f6 27. a3 bxa3 28. Ra1 Qb4 29. Nde2 Ne5 {[%cal Bd7e5,Be5c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32] [#]} 30. f3 (30. h5 $1 $16) 30... Rb8 31. Qd4 (31. h5 $16) 31... Nxb3 $11 32. Qxb4 Rxb4 33. Rxa3 $2 (33. Bxb3 $1 $11 Rxb3 34. Nc1) 33... Nc4 $1 $19 {[%csl LRa3,LRe3]} 34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35. Bxb3 Nxe3 36. Nxc3 Rb8 37. Ba4 Be8 38. Bxe8 Rxe8 39. Kf2 Nc4 40. Nf5 g6 41. Nd4 Rb8 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,121,64,145,111,163,52,145,128,137,44,115,115,117,79,161,157,202,151,157,147,140,129,218,213,222,187,200,210,208,194,251,250,309,266,277,277,322,287,267,326,300,232,224,226,217,215,212,103,108,104,148,151,184,148,260,252,239,202,362,362,316,335,313,286,1570,1564,11434,11975,4499,2220,1339,1196,1255,1149,1144,1095,1076,1000,29954,29957,29958,29961,29961,29960,29962,29963,29965,29964,29967,29968,29970,29971,29970,29970,29969,29971,29972,29973,29972,29971,29973,29974,29973,29974,29965,29969,29982,6605,29983,29984,29984,29985,29984,29985]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 (5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 exd6 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Ne7 12. Qd2 {1-0 (58) So,W (2812)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2732) Leuven 2017}) 5... Bg7 ({Black should play} 5... dxe5 $14 6. Nxe5 e6) 6. Ng5 $146 {B06: Modern Defence} ({Predecessor:} 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. h3 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nd4 9. Qd3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O {1-0 (84) Sabbatini,G (2086)-Migliorini,R (1980) SEMI email 2002}) 6... d5 (6... O-O $16) 7. Be2 (7. Qf3 $18 dxc4 8. Qxf7+ Kd7 9. g4 (9. Qxc4 Qg8 $16)) 7... h6 ({Black should try} 7... f6 $1 $14) 8. Nf3 {White is clearly better.} c5 9. O-O (9. h3 $16) 9... Nc6 ({Better is} 9... cxd4 $14 10. c3 (10. Nxd4 Bxe5 11. Bxh5 gxh5 $11) (10. Qxd4 Nc6 $11) 10... d3 11. Qxd3 Nc6) 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} f6 (11... cxd4 $16 {is a better defense.} 12. cxd4 f6) 12. Nh4 $18 Qe8 {[#]} 13. Nxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg6 14. Bxh5 Qh7 15. exf6 Rxf6 (15... Bxf6 $16 16. dxc5 Bf5) 16. dxc5 Be6 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. Nf3 Rg8 19. Bg4 Bf7 (19... Bxg4 $142 20. hxg4 Bf8) 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 h5 23. Bxh5 Rxf2 24. Rg5 (24. Kxf2 Bxe5 25. Bxf7 Qxf7+ 26. Kg1 (26. Qf3 Rf8 $18) 26... Bg3 $18) 24... Rf8 {and the idea ...Bxh5 leaves Black hopeful.} 25. Be3 Bxh5 26. Qxh5 Rxb2 27. Qg4 Qe4 {[#]} 28. Qxe4 ({Don't take} 28. Rxg7 $6 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Rxa2 $14) (28. Qg3 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Rf7 29. Rd1 (29. Rh5+ Kg8 $18)) 28... dxe4 $16 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 4128] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd2 31. d5 e3 {[#]} (31... Rg8 $16 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8) 32. Re1 $1 $18 e2 {aiming for ...Rd1.} 33. Re5 Rd1 $2 (33... Rd8 {was called for.} 34. c6 (34. Rxe7 R8xd5 35. R7xe2 Rxe2 $18) (34. R5xe2 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Rxd5 $18) 34... bxc6 35. dxc6 Rc8 36. R5xe2 (36. R1xe2 Rxe2 37. Rxe2 Rxc6 $18) 36... Rxe2 37. Rxe2 Rxc6 38. Rxe7 Ra6) 34. R5xe2 Rxd5 35. Rxe7 Rxc5 36. Rxb7 Rc2 $2 (36... Ra8 37. Ree7 a6 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rbg7+ Kf8) 37. Ree7 {Threatening mate with Rh7+.} Rd8 38. Rxa7 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rc2 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rag7+ Kf8 42. Rh8+ Kxg7 43. Rxd8 Rxa2 {KR-KR} 44. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kg6 45. Rd5 Ra3 46. g3 Rc3 47. Kh3 Rc4 48. Ra5 Rb4 49. h5+ Kf6 50. g4 Rb1 51. Rf5+ Kg7 52. Kh4 Kh6 53. Rf6+ Kg7 54. Ra6 Rb5 55. h6+ Kh7 56. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Rb1 57. Ra7+ Kg6 58. Rg7+ Kf5 59. h7 {White mates.} Rh1+ 60. Kg3 Rh5 61. g6 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,124,7,0,8,8,9,0,8,-11,-7,-11,-3,-7,0,-26,-17,-18,1,0,0,10,33,25,34,31,43,39,43,53,287,6,18,10,70,72,82,64,79,72,96,91,72,39,53,33,53,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-55,-56,-51,-97,-42,-30,0,-231,-224,-214,0,-337,-229,-309,-282,-261,-254,-12833,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12840,-12845,-12845]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Re1 c6 (10... b6 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Qf3 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Re8 14. Re3 h6 15. Bf1 Bg5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. d4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 {½-½ (48) Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Ponomariov,R (2712) Huaian 2016}) 11. b3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. Ba3 is the strong threat.} Ne8 {The position is equal.} 12. Ba3 d6 $1 13. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Bb2 {½-½ (16) Skawinski,A (2300)-Borsos,B (2239) Krakow 2012}) 13... Be6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Qe4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} g6 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Qf3 a5 18. Ba3 Rd8 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. c4 h6 21. Bf1 Qd7 22. h3 b5 23. d4 b4 24. Bc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} f5 $2 {[#]} (24... Rc8 $14) 25. Ng3 $2 (25. Nc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5d7][%mdl 512]} dxc5 26. dxc5) 25... Bf7 26. h4 Nf6 (26... h5 $1 $11) 27. h5 $14 d5 28. hxg6 Bxg6 29. Bf4 Qf7 30. Be5 Ne4 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qf4 Qf6 33. f3 (33. cxd5 $14 cxd5 34. Bd3) 33... Nxg3 34. Qxg3 f4 35. Qf2 Rfe8 36. cxd5 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Rxd5 38. Bc4 Rxd4 39. Qe2 (39. Re7+ $5 Qxe7 40. Qxd4+ Qf6 41. Qd7+ Bf7 42. Qc7 $11) 39... Rd8 (39... Rd7 {is interesting.} 40. Qe5 Qxe5 41. Rxe5 Ra7 42. Kf2 Bc2) 40. Qe5 Qxe5 41. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra8 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. Re6+ Kg5 44. Rxc6 Bb1 45. Rc5+ Kf6 46. Rc6+ (46. Rd5 $11) 46... Ke5 $1 $15 47. Re6+ Kd4 48. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1b1] [#]} Bc2 (48... Bh7 $1 $17) 49. Kf2 a4 {White must now prevent ...axb3.} 50. Re7 $2 (50. Rc1 $1 $11 Kc3 51. bxa4 Kxc4 52. Rxc2+ Kd3 53. Rb2) 50... axb3 51. axb3 Ra3 $2 ({Black should play} 51... Ra2 $19 {And now ...Bxb3+ would win.} 52. Ke1 Kc3) 52. Rb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. g3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 52... Kc3 53. g3 fxg3+ ({Don't play} 53... Bxb3 54. Bxb3 fxg3+ 55. Kxg3 $19) 54. Kxg3 Bxb3 55. Bxb3 $2 (55. Bb5) 55... Rxb3 $2 $19 {KR-KR} ({Better is} 55... Kxb3 $19 56. Rb6 h5) 56. f4 $11 Rb1 {Strongly threatening ...b3.} 57. f5 Rf1 58. Kg4 b3 59. Rc7+ Kb2 {Hoping for ...Ka2.} 60. Rc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (60. Rh7 $11) 60... h5+ $1 $19 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 544] Black is clearly winning.} 61. Kg5 {[#]} (61. Kxh5 Rxf5+) 61... h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h3][%mdl 512]} 62. f6 (62. Kxh4 Rxf5) 62... h3 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,68,19,21,21,21,28,27,26,22,23,22,22,19,0,15,0,18,-14,-9,-44,-50,-62,-57,-85,-84,-75,-85,-147,-129,-147,-147,-115,-107,-112,-133,-399,-381,-795,-789,-785,-835,-828,-828,-828,-828,-824,-826,-741,-672,-1171,-1171,-1151,-1141,-1119,-1102]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. cxd5 (9. dxe4 dxe4 10. e3 Bg4 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ {0-1 (35) Topalov,V (2749)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris 2017}) 9... exd3 $1 10. O-O cxd5 11. exd3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Nf3 {½-½ (69) Lenderman,A (2593)-Karavade,E (2421) Douglas 2016}) 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Nf3 (14. b4 $5 Nxb4 15. Rxe7+ Kxe7 16. Ba3 $14) 14... O-O 15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} h6 19. Bf4 a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 20. Rb1 Bd6 21. d4 (21. bxa3 $142 Rfc8 22. Nb5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5) 21... Rac8 $17 22. Bf1 Qc6 23. Nb5 {Threatens to win with Rxe6!} Bxe5 24. dxe5 Ne4 25. Na7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. Nd4 $17 {was worth a try.} Qc7 26. f3) 25... Qc2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc2f2]} 26. Nxc8 $2 (26. Be2 Rc4 27. bxa3) 26... Qxf2+ {Black is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 26... Rxc8 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. bxa3 $17) (26... Qxc8 27. Be3 $14) 27. Kh1 Rxc8 28. Qe2 Rc2 29. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 30. Kg1 axb2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...d4.} 31. Be3 Bf5 {...Nh3+ is the strong threat.} 32. Bd4 Nh3+ 33. Bxh3 Rc1+ ({Not} 33... Bxh3 34. Rxb2 Rc4 35. Rd2 $17) 34. Kf2 Bxb1 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,52,0,0,39,33,25,4,25,20,79,68,104,-27,-7,-94,-88,-92,115,-98,-84,-112,0,-175,-179,-356,-349,-465,-294,-331,-311,-301,-278,-261,-268,-256,-278,-364,-360,-1237,-1208,-5094,-2368]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bb4+ 7. Kd1 $1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} O-O (7... Bd6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. c5 Bf8 11. Qc2 c6 12. b4 a6 13. Bd3 Nd7 {½-½ (40) So,W (2822)-Wojtaszek,R (2745) Shamkir 2017}) 8. c5 {Black must now prevent a3.White is slightly better.} c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ke2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Qb3 Qa5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Qxb4 Qxb4 14. axb4 Nxf2+ {1-0 (25) Kovacevic,S (2325)-Fortuny Profitos,J (1715) Balaguer 2011}) 10... Ba5 (10... Re8 $1 $11) 11. g4 $16 g6 12. Qg1 (12. h4 $1 $16) 12... b6 $11 13. h4 (13. cxb6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxb6 14. Rb1) 13... bxc5 $17 14. h5 Bc7 $2 {[#]} (14... cxd4 $1 $17 {and life is bright.} 15. exd4 Bc7) 15. Bg5 $2 (15. g5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6] is forced if you want to stay better.} Nxh5 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Qg4) 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 ({Black should play} 16... c5 $17 17. Nc6 Qe8) 17. hxg6 $2 (17. Qh2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rb8 18. b3) 17... fxg6 $19 18. Nxe6 $2 (18. Bc2 Qc8 19. f4 Qa6+ 20. Kd1 Nfxg4 21. Nxe6) 18... Qb8 19. Qb1 Rf7 20. Bf4 Nfxg4 21. f3 Nxd3 22. Bxc7 Qe8 {...Ndf2 is the strong threat.} ({Don't do} 22... Rxc7 23. Nxc7 Nde5 24. fxg4 $17) 23. Qxd3 Qxe6 24. Bg3 Re8 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 25. Bf2 $2 {[#]} (25. fxg4 Qxg4+ 26. Kd2 Qxg3 27. Raf1) 25... Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Raf1 (26. Kxf3 Ne5+) 26... Ref8 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 40%.} (26... Nxf2 $142 27. Rxf2 Rxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 Re5 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Rf3 Rg5+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33. Ke3 {[#]} d4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Kxd4 Rd5+ 35. Ke3 Qd2+ 36. Ke4 Qd4#) 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,0,0,-2,7,0,44,6,37,28,24,27,76,74,104,106,105,95,177,176,172,176,179,177,177,173,179,172,184,175,177,186,212,170,162,175,186,145,187,204,207,171,210,148,139,135,147,127,131,120,151,137,171,160,154,163,231,126,134,133,140,143,141,133,175,139,222,222,215,215,215,209,195,155,584,584,812,810,803,759,759,747,2026,1737,5306,3610,29960,11762,29958,29964,29973,29973,29975,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Na6 4. Qd4 Qa5+ 5. c3 (5. Nc3 Nxc5 6. Bd2 Ne6 7. Qh4 g5 8. Qg3 d5 9. e4 d4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {½-½ (60) Rapport,R (2691)-Giri,A (2734) Wijk aan Zee 2014}) 5... Qxc5 6. e3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} e6 7. Nd2 b6 8. Nb3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc4 d5 9. Ne5 Nb8 10. Qa4+ Nfd7 11. Nd3 {0-1 (59) Ernst,R-Bartels,F Germany 1988}) 8... Qc6 9. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e5,Be5c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} Nc5 10. Ne5 Qb7 11. Nc4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} d5 {Strongly threatening ...Nxb3.} 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Nce4 (13... Qc6 $16 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. Qxc5 (15. Nxc5 O-O $14) 15... Qxc5 16. Nxc5 Ke7) 14. Ba3 $1 $18 Qc7 15. f3 e5 16. Qa4+ ({But not} 16. Qb4 $6 a5 $14) 16... Bd7 17. Qb4 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rb4e7]} Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Bc6 21. O-O-O Nd7 22. Ba3 Nb6 23. e4 {Black must now prevent exd5.} dxe4 24. Rd6 Bd7 25. fxe4 O-O 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Bd3 Ke7 29. Kc2 a5 30. b3 Nc5 31. Rd1 Rb8 32. Bc4 Nxe4 (32... Rc8 $142 33. Bd5 g6) 33. Re1 ({White has to play} 33. Rd5 $18 Kf6 34. Rxa5) 33... f5 $16 {[#]} 34. Bd3 $1 Rf8 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rxe4 {KR-KR} Rf2+ 37. Kd3 Rxa2 (37... Ke6 $16) 38. Rxe5+ $18 Kd6 {[#]} 39. Re2 $1 {[%cal Re2a2]} Ra1 40. Kc4 g5 41. Rd2+ Ke6 $2 (41... Kc7 $16 42. Rf2 h6 43. Rf7+ Kd8 44. Rf8+ Kc7 45. Rf7+ Kc8) 42. Kb5 Rb1 43. b4 axb4 44. cxb4 {[%cal Bc3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} h5 45. Kc5 g4 46. g3 Kf5 47. Re2 Kg5 48. b5 h4 49. gxh4+ {White mates.} Kxh4 50. b6 Kh3 51. Kc6 Rc1+ 52. Kd7 Rd1+ 53. Kc7 Rc1+ 54. Kb8 Rh1 55. b7 Ra1 56. Rb2 Rf1 57. Ka7 Rf7 58. Ka8 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,77,37,28,44,33,32,38,34,33,43,16,32,5,5,0,1,-19,0,-14,-16,-16,-12,-12,0,-11,52,42,37,35,41,60,63,30,70,21,40,28,40,0,194,185,194,176,138,154,550,566,552,550,989,983,929,885,1608,1051,1263,775,1850,1770,1537,1434,29989,29990,29996,29997]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. O-O Bxf3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (6... e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 11. a3 Rfd8 12. c4 Rac8 13. Qc2 a6 14. Rfe1 e5 15. e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nf8 17. c5 Bxc5 18. Bxe5 Ne6 19. Qb2 {0-1 (60) Adly,A (2684)-Vladimirov,Y (2589) Pavlodar 2015}) 7. exf3 e6 8. f4 {LiveBook: 11 Games} g6 {White has an edge.} 9. d3 Bg7 10. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. Nf3 a5 12. a3 Qc7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Ne8 13. Ne5 Nd6 14. Rb1 Nf5 15. Re1 Re8 16. Qd2 {1-0 (45) Brunelliere,P (2294)-Boudre,J (2397) Val d'Isere 2002}) 13. Ne5 Ne8 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 14. Re1 Nd6 15. c4 Rfd8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. d4 a4 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. b4 Nxe5 ({Black should play} 19... Qa7 $11) 20. dxe5 $14 {[#] Strongly threatening Bd4.} Nc4 21. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qc7 22. Rc3 b5 23. g4 Rac8 24. Bf1 Qd7 25. Rg3 Bh6 26. f5 exf5 $2 (26... Bg5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 27. gxf5 $18 Qxf5 28. Bh3 Qf4 29. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 1056] White has strong compensation.} f5 $2 (29... Re8 $16) 30. e7 Re8 31. Bg2 {[%cal Rg2d5] [#]} Qd6 32. Bc5 Rxc5 33. bxc5 Qf6 34. Bxd5+ Kg7 35. Bxc4 f4 36. Re6 Qb2 37. Rd3 bxc4 38. Rd8 c3 39. Qd4+ {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,111,22,29,18,30,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-22,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,7,0,12,0,14,1,59,0,4,0,0,0,0,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-82,0,-50,0,-82,-82,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-82,-89,-89,-97,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne6 11. Qh4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nc3 h5 (13... Bf6 14. Bg5 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 Bf5 16. Nce4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxh4 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. g3 Bf6 21. Nxf6 Kxf6 22. Rad1 Rhd8 23. f4 {½-½ (23) Kasimdzhanov,R (2691)-Gelfand,B (2743) Tashkent 2016}) 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Ne4 Qc7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 16. Bc3 f6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Rd8 19. Ba5 $146 Rd3 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Kf7 22. Nd4 (22. b3 {looks sharper.} c5 23. Ne1 Bb7 24. Nc3 Bc6 25. f3) 22... Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Be6 24. b3 Bf8 25. Nc5 Bf5 26. Rd1 Ke8 27. Na6 Rc8 28. Bb4 c5 29. Ba5 $1 ({Much worse is} 29. Nxc5 a5 $17) 29... e5 30. Nc7+ Kf7 31. Nb5 Ra8 32. Kf1 a6 33. Nd6+ Ke6 (33... Bxd6 $1 $11 34. Rxd6 Bb1) 34. Nb7 ({Better is} 34. Nxf5 $14 Kxf5 35. Rd7) 34... Be7 35. Nd8+ Bxd8 $1 36. Bxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb1 37. Bc7 (37. Rd2 $11) 37... Bxa2 $17 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rb6 a5 40. Bd6+ Kf7 41. Bxc5 a4 {[#] ...a3 is the strong threat.} 42. bxa4 Bxc4+ 43. Kg1 Rxa4 44. Rb7+ Ke6 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Rb7+ $1 Ke6 47. Rb6+ Kf5 {Black is better.} 48. Rb4 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Bd5 50. Rb6 Rc1 51. Be3 Rc2 (51... Rc3 {seems wilder.} 52. Rd6 Bf7 53. Bb6 g5 54. Be3 Ra3) 52. Rb4 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 53. Ra4 g4 54. Ra5 Be4 55. Rc5 Ra2 56. Rc8 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-4,5,14,20,-11,21,35,41,-4,-9,-8,-7,-30,-4,-55,-52,-66,-21,-33,0,-17,15,15,27,9,10,0,29,-51,-47,-46,-41,-82,-82,-74,-67,-71,-43,-52,-16,-16,-16,-24,0,0,0,-20,-24,-25,-4,-5,0,0,0,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,-1,-1,-1,-16,-14,-14,0,0,0,-6,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 (4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 c6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. a4 c5 11. a5 c4 12. Qe2 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 {1-0 (45) Carlsen,M (2855)-Giri,A (2785) Bilbao 2016}) 4... Bxb1 5. Qxb1 Bb4+ 6. Kd1 $1 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bd6 7. Bg3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... f5 8. cxd5 Bxg3 9. hxg3 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Nh3 Nge7 {0-1 (37) Saghy,K (1807)-Pal,B (1808) Hungary 2008}) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nf3 c5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Ke2 (11. Bxc6+ $5 bxc6 12. Qc2 $11) 11... O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 ({Of course not} 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. dxc5 (14. Ng5 f5 $15) 14... Qxc5 $15) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nb5 Be7 16. Nc3 ({White should play} 16. Rhd1 $11) 16... Nb4 $15 17. Qe4 Qb6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qa6+.} (17... c4 $5) 18. Qc4 $1 Bf6 (18... Nd5 {looks sharper.} 19. Rhb1 Rfd8 20. Kf1 Rd7 21. a3 Rad8) 19. Rhd1 Bxc3 (19... Nd5 $5 20. Rab1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qa5 $11) 20. bxc3 Nd5 21. Kf1 Qa5 22. Be5 Rfd8 23. Qg4 (23. Kg1 $11) 23... Qa6+ 24. c4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} f6 25. Bg3 Nc3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Kg1 Qc6 28. h4 Qe4 (28... Qd7 {is more complex.} 29. f3 h6 30. Kh2 Kh8 31. Be1 Nd1) 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Rb1 Rd2 31. Rb8+ Kf7 32. Rb7+ Kg6 33. Rxa7 h5 34. a4 {The position is equal.} e5 35. a5 Ra2 36. Kh2 Nd2 37. a6 Nxc4 38. Rc7 Rxa6 {With the idea ...Ra5.} 39. Rxc5 Nd2 40. Rc1 Ra3 41. Rd1 Ne4 (41... Rd3 $5 {[%cal Rd2f3]} 42. Kh3 Kf5 $15) 42. Re1 Kf7 43. f3 Nxg3 44. Kxg3 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,72,18,4,-27,-27,-37,18,-21,22,10,51,39,45,49,54,42,80,85,82,86,83,83,129,118,125,108,94,88,127,82,78,18,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-56,-42,-71,-73,-147,-95,-117,-115,-255,-266,-291,-266,-300,-235,-547,-547]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 {LiveBook: 380 Games} 9. h4 $146 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Qe4 Qxc5 16. e3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 {½-½ (46) So,W (2770)-Nakamura,H (2787) Bilbao 2016}) 9... Bb7 10. Bg5 Qd5 (10... Nbd7 $15) 11. Rc1 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 12. Qxd5 (12. Bxf6 $5 Qxc4 13. Rxc4 Nxf6 14. Ne5 $11) 12... Bxd5 13. Ne5 c5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 {[#]} 16. f3 $1 Rab8 17. e4 Ba2 18. Rc2 Bb1 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bb5 Nh5 22. g4 Nf4 23. Kf2 (23. Rh2 $16) 23... f6 $1 $11 {[#] And now ...Rd2+ would win.} 24. Nc6 Rd2+ 25. Ke3 Rxb2 {[%cal Rf4g2]} 26. Kxf4 Rxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Rd1 h6 28. h5 Rb3 {Strongly threatening ...e5+.} 29. e5 ({Better is} 29. Rd8+ $11 Kh7 30. e5) 29... Bd3 $15 30. a4 c4 31. Nxa7 (31. Rc1 $142) 31... Ra3 (31... Be2 $142 32. Rd8+ Kh7) 32. Nb5 Rxa4 33. Ke3 (33. Nc3 $17 {is a better defense.} Ra3 34. Rc1) 33... fxe5 $19 34. Nd6 Ra3 {Hoping for ...Bc2+.} 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Nb5 $2 (36. Nb7 {is tougher.}) 36... Rb3 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,111,40,38,27,37,22,29,23,26,28,38,39,44,59,62,35,73,50,55,31,57,59,102,25,18,25,56,46,60,47,52,29,48,43,29,20,28,17,29,35,24,22,114,118,124,107,134,127,243,221,275,286,284,278,344,335,425,417,488,413,539,514,472,393,525,501,501,501,500,490,508,501,567,567,545,495,927,982,997,946,12818,11851,5281,2116,6597,8916,12822,2419,12837,12836,12837,12839,12839,12840]} 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 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 78 Games} 11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qc2 Nce7 14. Nbd2 f6 15. Nf1 {½-½ (37) Shankland,S (2666)-So,W (2822) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Rd8 17. Bb2 Bc8 18. Qd2 Qf8 19. Rd1 b6 20. Bd3 Nce7 21. Ng5 (21. g4 $16) 21... Ng6 $11 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bf4.} 22. g3 Be7 23. Ne4 Nd6 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Ne3 Re8 27. Qc2 Bf3 28. Rc1 Ba3 29. c5 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 bxc5 (30... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Rxc5 $16 Qd6 32. Qc3 h6 33. Rxc7 Rd8 (33... Ne7 $16 {might work better.}) 34. Rc8 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Ne7 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Bxa6 Nc6 37. d5 Ne7 38. Bc4 Qd6 39. Qd4 Bh5 40. Kg2 Bg6 41. Bd3 f5 42. Nc4 {White is clearly winning.} Qxd5+ 43. Qxd5+ Nxd5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 44. Ne5 Kh7 45. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nb4 46. a5 Be8 47. Bxf5+ g6 (47... Kg8 $142 48. Kf3 Kf8) 48. Bd7 Bxd7 49. Nxd7 {KN-KN} Na6 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kd5 Ke7 53. Ne5 (53. Kc6 $142 Nb4+ 54. Kb5) 53... Kf6 54. Nd3 Ke7 55. Kc6 Kd8 56. Kb7 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,93,0,0,17,14,-33,-14,-40,-32,-75,-37,-37,-29,-34,-58,-98,-81,-88,-81,-85,-76,-95,-60,-85,-51,-54,-62,-81,-85,-74,-51,-78,-79,-53,-23,-30,-38,-40,8,10,36,34,81,89,79,71,100,95,158,160,208,97,248,239,194,195,244,0,0,0,302,246,581,581,581,566,29990,29991,29991,29989,29989,29990,29990,5152,29993,29994,29994,29995,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} d6 (7... O-O 8. Be2 Qc7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Be3 b5 13. Rac1 b4 14. Nb1 c5 {0-1 (61) Anand,V (2779)-Ivanchuk,V (2747) Doha 2016}) 8. Be2 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. O-O {The position is equal.} Bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nc5 11. Bf3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. g3 Re8 {0-1 (51) Kantans,T (2449)-Miezis,N (2515) Vilnius 2014}) 10. Qxc3 Nxe4 (10... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. Nb3 Nxe4 $11) 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 (12... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 13. Nf3 h6 $15) 13. Bh4 e5 14. Nf5 Nc6 15. Ne3 Nd4 16. Qd1 g5 17. Bg3 Be6 18. Bd3 Nd7 {Hoping for ...f5.} 19. Nc2 {next Nxd4 is good for White.} Nxc2 20. Bxc2 Qe7 ({Of course not} 20... Bxc4 $6 21. Qxd6 Nf6 22. Rfd1 $11) 21. b3 f5 {White must now prevent ...f4.} 22. f3 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Qd2 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} 25. Rfd1 Nd5 26. Bd3 Rab8 27. a4 bxa4 28. bxa4 Nf4 29. Bf1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} d5 30. Re1 Qd6 31. a5 $1 d4 ({Black should try} 31... Bc8) 32. a6 $16 {Strongly threatening Bxf4.} Ra8 33. a7 (33. Bxf4 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} gxf4 34. Qe2) 33... Rfe8 $2 (33... d3 $16) 34. Ra6 $18 Qc7 35. Bxf4 gxf4 36. Rxe6 $2 (36. Rc1 $18 Qd7 37. Qa5) 36... Rxe6 $11 37. Qa2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Qf7 $11 38. Rxe5 Rxe5) 38. Bc4 ({Don't go for} 38. Rxe5 $2 d3+ 39. Kh1 Rxa7 $3 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 38... Kf7 $2 (38... Kg7 {is a better chance.}) 39. Rxe5 $1 $18 ({Worse is} 39. Bxe6+ Qxe6 40. Qa5 Qd7 $11) 39... d3+ 40. Kf1 Qd4 41. Rxe6 Kg7 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. Rf7+ Kg5 44. h4+ (44. Qa5 $142 Qf6 {[#]} 45. h4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg6 46. h5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg5 47. Rxf6 Kxf6 48. Qb6+ Ke7 49. Qc7+ Ke8 50. Be6 Rxa7 51. Qxa7 d2 52. Qf7+ Kd8 53. Qd7#) 44... Kh5 45. Rxf5+ {White mates.} Kg6 46. Qa6+ Kg7 47. Rf7+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,56,0,0,-7,0,2,8,0,58,44,70,31,28,41,39,30,38,12,25,10,0,4,12,0,0,0,100,0,0,-18,20,14,12,9,12,0,11,0,14,0,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (9... Bf6 10. Re1 b6 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Qf3 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Re8 14. Re3 h6 15. Bf1 Bg5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. d4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 {½-½ (48) Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Ponomariov,R (2712) Huaian 2016}) 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 d5 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Ne2 Bg6 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf1 {½-½ (46) Speijer,A-Schlechter,C Hamburg 1910}) 11... Re8 12. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6]} Nxe4 ({Black should try} 12... Rf8 $11) 13. Qxe4 $14 g6 14. b3 d5 15. Qe5 {Ba3! is the strong threat.} Bf5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bf6.} 16. Bb2 $1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Re5h8]} ({Reject} 16. Bxf5 Bf6 $15) 16... f6 17. Qe3 {aiming for Bxf5.} (17. Qc3 {feels hotter.} Bxd3 18. Qxd3 c6 19. Qf3 Qd6 20. Rad1) 17... Qd7 18. Qf3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Kf7 20. Re3 c6 21. Rae1 Bd6 {[#]} (21... Bc5 $11) 22. g3 (22. Qd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd4f6]} Qf5 23. Qh4) 22... Rxe3 $11 {The position is equal.} 23. Qxe3 Bf8 24. d3 (24. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4f6]} Bg7 25. c4 $11) 24... Qe7 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. Qe3 Qe7 27. Qd2 (27. Qc1 $5 {[%cal Re1e7]} Qd6 28. Qe3 $14) 27... Qd6 28. Qe3 Qe7 {Precision: White = 12%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,65,0,0,0,17,14,12,10,48,0,34,32,29,41,42,35,50,41,89,85,103,102,108,108,241,233,228,247,554,491,491,470,447,452,466,454,442,404,461,452,437,441,483,477,458,440,919,919,29972,29974,29966,12441]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. Bh4 g5 {LiveBook: 58 Games} 9. Bg3 a6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 Ba7 12. d4 g4 13. dxe5 Nh5 14. Nd4 Nxg3 15. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 {½-½ (26) Sutovsky,E (2655)-Zhou,J (2566) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007}) 11... Ba7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} c5 16. Ne2 Bh5 {[#]} 17. c4 $1 Bg6 {[#]} 18. f4 $1 Rae8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 19. Nc3 gxf4 (19... Nh5 $16 {was called for.}) 20. Bxf4 $18 Kh7 {[#]} 21. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe4 $2 (21... Kxh6 22. Rxf6 Kg7) 22. Ndxe4 {Hoping for Nf6+.} Kxh6 23. Qd2+ Kg7 24. Nf6 Qd8 25. Nxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rae1 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 c6 28. Ne2 d5 29. Nf4 Bb8 30. Nxg6 fxg6 (30... Kxg6 $142 31. Qf2 f6 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Qxc5 Be5) 31. Qe6 {Rf7+ would kill now.} Qg5 32. Qf7+ Kh6 33. Qf8+ {Precision: White = 95%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,123,14,2,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,4,0,-7,0,0,-7,-6,-4,-70,-6,-111,0,-9,98,32,28,27,38,36,62,71,72,37,65,71,130,134,131,133,177,176,183,183,170,170,211,185,218,213,401,341,288,85,93,72,72,14,464,207,162,0,418,77,158,85,106,85,85,177,171,0,26,0,296,22,23,22,556,541,525,448,315,22,2496,2135,29945,29954,12835,7498,12833,12258,7498,6992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} 10. Ne3 d5 11. O-O f6 12. c3 Nf5 13. Bc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (13. b4 Qc7 14. b5 fxe5 15. Ba3 Rf6 16. Nb4 e4 17. bxc6 Rh6 18. h3 Nh4 19. Nbxd5 Qe5 20. cxb7 Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 exf3 22. bxa8=Q {1-0 (22) Morozevich,A (2760)-Svidler,P (2769) Thessaloniki 2013}) 13... Qe7 14. f4 Nxe3 15. dxe3 Bf5 16. a4 {[#]} Bc7 $146 {[%cal Rf6e5]} ({Predecessor:} 16... a5 17. b3 {1-0 (36) Kornev,A (2565)-Nielsen,P (2653) Warsaw 2005}) 17. b3 {Threatens to win with Ba3.} fxe5 18. Ba3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nxe5 Bxc2 $1 21. Qxc2 Nf7 $1 22. Ng4 h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 23. Nf2 Qxe3 24. g3 Rae8 25. Qg6 (25. c4 $11) 25... Qf3 (25... Qxc3 $15 26. Qxh5 Nd6) 26. Rae1 (26. Nd3 $11 Qe3+ 27. Nf2) 26... Rxe1 (26... Qxc3 $17 27. Nd3 h4 28. gxh4 Qxb3) 27. Rxe1 $11 Nh6 (27... Qxc3 $11 28. Re7 Qxb3) 28. Qd3 (28. Qe6+ $1 $16 Kh7 29. Re3) 28... Qxd3 $14 29. Nxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nf5 30. a5 Kf7 31. Ne5+ Kg8 32. b4 Re8 33. Kf2 a6 (33... Nh6 $142) 34. Nd7 $16 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 {KN-KN} Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Nc5 Nd6 38. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4][%mdl 32]} Kf6 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 g5 $2 (40... g6 41. Kf2 Kg7) 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. f5+ $2 (42. Kg3 $1 $18) 42... Kf6 43. Ke3 Nc4+ 44. Kd4 ({Better is} 44. Kf2 $16) 44... Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44... Ne5 $11) 45. Nd7+ (45. c4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 45... Ke7 $18 46. Nc5 $2 (46. Ne5 $1) 46... Kf6 {[#]} 47. Kd3 $2 (47. c4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 47... Ke5 (47... Ke7 $142) 48. Ke3 $16 {[%cal Rc5d7]} Kf6 49. Kd4 Nb5+ 50. Kd3 Nd6 51. Ke3 (51. Nd7+ $18 Ke7 52. Nc5) 51... Nc4+ $1 $11 52. Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Ke2 $11 Nd6 53. Kd3) 52... Nd6 $18 53. Ne6 $2 (53. Nd3 $18 {Strongly threatening Kc5.} Ke7 54. Ne5) 53... Ne4 $11 54. Nd8 Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54... Nf2 $1 $11) 55. Kc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Ne4+ 56. Kb6 Nxc3 {[#] aiming for ...d4.} 57. Nxb7 $2 (57. Ne6 $1 $18) 57... Na2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Ne4 $11 58. Nc5 (58. Kxc6 d4 $11) 58... Nxc5 59. Kxc5 Kf7) 58. Kxa6 Nxb4+ 59. Kb6 d4 60. Nc5 {White is clearly winning.} d3 {[#]} 61. Nxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd3 62. a6 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,68,11,14,2,-46,-31,-41,-39,-21,-20,-50,0,0,4,-15,30,8,40,38,45,47,43,46,145,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62,45,44,64,65,17,28,39,39,39,22,35,59,58,51,51,51,44,55,29,36,24,16,18,21,-666,-666]} 1. c4 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. e3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 d5 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. e3 Bg4 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ {0-1 (35) Topalov,V (2749)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris 2017}) 6... d5 7. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bg4 8. f3 {The position is equal.} (8. Qb3 {keeps more tension.} Bc5 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. cxd5 Bxd4 11. exd4 Bf3 12. O-O) 8... exf3 9. Bxf3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} dxc4 11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {1-0 (38) Heberla,B (2557)-Sadzikowski,D (2478) Trzcianka 2014}) 11... cxb3 (11... c5 $15 12. Nde2 cxb3) 12. O-O $11 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5g6][%mdl 32]} 13. axb3 Bb4 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Nf5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5f3]} 16. Qf4 Ng6 17. Qc4 {Nxg7! is the strong threat.} Rad8 {[#]} ({Black should play} 17... Ne8 $14) 18. Na4 ({White must play} 18. Nxg7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd2 (18... Kxg7 19. Na4) 19. Nf5) 18... Qb5 {aiming for ...Qxc4.} 19. Bxf6 Qxc4 20. bxc4 {[%cal Bb3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} gxf6 21. d4 Rfe8 (21... b6 $11) 22. c5 $1 $14 Rd5 23. Rab1 Bd2 24. Rb3 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 {Strongly threatening Rf3.} Bxe3+ 26. Kf1 Bxd4 27. Rxb7 Re3 28. Rxa7 Kg7 29. Rd7 Re4 30. Rd8 Be3 31. Nc3 Rc4 32. Nd1 Bxc5 33. Rf3 Bb6 34. Rc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Rb8 $11 Bd4 35. Ne3 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Bxe3 37. Kxe3) 34... Rxc3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,61,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,114,110,117,0,0,0,6,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,11,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (10... Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Nf6 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Be7 14. c6 Bc8 15. Qe2 Bb4 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nf3 a5 18. a4 {1-0 (49) Nakamura,H (2785)-So,W (2812) Paris 2017}) 11. Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11. b4 $5) 11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Bxg2 16. f3 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 c5 18. Bg2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 {½-½ (29) Tolonen,L (2345)-Veingold,A (2475) Finland 1998}) 13. dxe5 Bb4 14. Qc2 h6 (14... dxc4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Bxh7+ Kh8) 15. cxd5 $16 Bxd5 16. e4 (16. Qxc7 $16 Qd8 17. Rfd1) 16... Bb7 $11 {The position is equal.} 17. Qxc7 Rfd8 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. Rcd1 Rd7 {Strongly threatening ...Rad8.} 20. Bb5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 {[#] Black must now prevent Rd7.} Bxe4 22. Rd7 (22. Ba6 {keeps more tension.} Bd5 23. f3 Rd8 24. Kf2 Rd7 25. Ke2) 22... Rd8 (22... a6 {with more complications.} 23. Be2 Bc5 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. f3 Bc2) 23. Rxd8+ ({Don't blunder} 23. Rxe7 $2 Rd1+ 24. Bf1 Bd3 $19) 23... Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 24. Kf1 (24. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Bd5 25. Ba3 $11) 24... Be7 25. f3 Bd5 26. Bd4 g6 27. Ke2 h5 28. Bd3 Kf8 29. Bb5 Kg8 30. Bd3 Kf8 31. Bb5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,79,27,75,31,27,0,-10,-27,-9,-18,-18,-81,-83,-86,-79,-87,-49,-64,-49,-89,0,-4,0,0,20,22,19,20,55,55,53,62,62,0,66,75,712,0,3,1,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Be7 {LiveBook: 5 Games. B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3} (11... Rc8 12. Be3 Qc4 13. Qf2 h5 14. h3 Nc5 15. e5 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rad1 dxe5 19. fxe5 {½-½ (57) Popov,I (2609)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2716) Tyumen 2012}) 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. fxe5 Bc5 14. Rd1 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Neg4 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. Qc6+ Qxc6 18. Bxc6+ Ke7 19. Nce2 {½-½ (26) Almagro Llamas,P (2472)-Vazquez Igarza,R (2558) Madrid 2011}) 13... Qxb7 14. fxe5 Bc5 15. Be3 (15. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 16. Ne4 $15) 15... Nd5 $1 16. Bf2 {[#]} (16. Nxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxd5 17. c3) 16... Nxc3 $1 $17 ({But not} 16... Nf4 $6 17. Qg4 $11) 17. bxc3 O-O 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. Bg3 Rc8 20. Rf3 Bxd4 ({Better is} 20... Be7 $17 21. Nb3 Nc5) 21. cxd4 $11 Qd5 22. c3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bh4 b4 25. Be7 bxc3 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27. Qd3 (27. Rd3 $14) 27... Rc4 ({Black should play} 27... h6 $11) 28. Raf1 $14 c2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Rc7 $16) 29. Rc1 $2 (29. Rxf7 $18 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf7f8]} Rc8 {[#]} 30. Qxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Rxd4 {The position is equal.} 30. Qxc2 {aiming for Rcf1.} Qxe5 31. h3 h6 32. Qc8 Rd2 33. Rff1 Qd5 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd5g2]} 34. Qc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 $11 {KRR-KRN} f5 36. Ra1 Kf7 37. Ra7+ Rd7 38. Rxd7+ Nxd7 39. Kg1 Kf6 40. Kf2 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,105,4,14,5,8,3,12,0,20,9,4,-14,16,0,15,10,19,21,17,-14,34,16,23,30,30,29,67,22,79,71,130,135,149,107,161,166,148,149,143,143,177,155,179,175,291,217,207,195,208,200,205,202,274,172,147,166,185,33,149,109,245,244,232,163,230,188,200,120,160,141,497,404,1585,1565,29978,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29969,-29970,-29965,-29966,-6095,-5097,-29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. h3 Bb4 {LiveBook: 6 Games. D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} (7... Nb6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Qd6 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Rxf5 {1-0 (48) Riazantsev,A (2671)-Inarkiev,E (2664) Sochi 2015}) 8. Nd2 Nf8 9. e3 Ng6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Bf5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Be2 Ng6 12. Bh2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14. f3 Rfe8 15. O-O {1-0 (47) Savchenko,S (2504)-Toubal,H (1938) Zeralda 2014}) 10. Bh2 Bf5 11. g4 (11. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Ba5 12. Rc1 $14) 11... Be6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 15. bxc3 f5 16. f3 Qe7 {With the idea ...fxg4.} 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. Bg3 Nb6 19. a4 Kh8 20. a5 Nc8 (20... Nc4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Rab1 Nd6 (21... Kg8 $142) 22. Qh2 $16 Bc8 23. Rbe1 ({Of course not} 23. Bxd6 $6 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Qxd3 $11) 23... Rd8 {[#]} (23... Rf6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 24. h4 $1 $36 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 2080] And now h5 would win. Keeping Black busy.} Qe6 25. h5 Ne7 26. g5 Nc4 27. Bf4 Nxa5 28. Bc7 b6 (28... Nc4 $142 29. Bxc4 dxc4) 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Kh1 Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. e4 Qf7 33. h6 b5 34. hxg7+ Qxg7 35. f4 $2 (35. Qc7 $18 Rf8 36. Ra1) 35... b4 (35... c5 $14) 36. cxb4 Rxd4 (36... Be6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 37. exf5 Bxf5 38. Nf3 Rd3 (38... Rd8 {was necessary.} 39. Ne5 Ng6) 39. Kg1 c3 40. Nh4 Qd4+ {[#]} 41. Qf2 $1 Rg3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Be4 $16 {is tougher.}) 42. Ng2 Qd3 (42... Rxg2+ $142 43. Kxg2 Qd7) 43. Rxe7 Bh3 44. Re3 $2 (44. Re8+ {mates} Kg7 45. Qxa7+ Kg6 46. Rg8+ Kh5 47. Qf7+ Qg6 48. Rxg6 Rxg2+ 49. Kh1 hxg6 50. f5 Rxg5 51. Qh7+ Kg4 52. Rg1+ Kf4 53. Rxg5 Bxf5 54. Rg1) 44... Rxg2+ $11 45. Qxg2 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 46. Qf2 Qd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f1]} 47. Re1 {Hoping for Qe3.} c2 48. Kh2 Bd7 49. f5 Bxf5 {Threatens to win with ...Qh3+.} 50. Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Qf4 $11 Qh3+ 51. Kg1) 50... Qd6+ 51. Rg3 c1=Q 52. Qxf5 Qcf4 53. Qc8+ {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 27%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,132,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,60,54,58,49,39,51,62,62,108,96,196,108,114,105,95,95,150,150,150,143,150,140,129,130,150,143,157,157,150,143,143,143,143,143,184,185,189,182,234,234,345,333,306,297,272,150,349,347,348,343,346,335,345,309,299,301,327,0,271,0,343,238,211,118,333,301,290,294,527,531,531,485,429,262,236,-16,-14,-47,-12,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (10. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Bb6 11. Rb1 $11) 10... Bh5 11. Bg5 b5 12. Na5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 14. Nb3 $146 Bb6 15. c4 c5 16. g4 Bg6 {aiming for ...Red8.} 17. Qe2 $1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Re6 19. Nc1 bxc4 20. dxc4 Rd6 {[%cal Rd6d1]} 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Qe3 Ba5 ({Better is} 22... Qc6 $11) 23. Nb3 $14 Bb6 24. Nfd2 $1 a5 25. a4 Qc6 26. Ra1 Rd6 27. f3 Qd7 (27... Kg7 $16) 28. Qe2 (28. h4 $1 $18) 28... Rd3 $16 29. Kf2 {[%cal Bg1f2,Bf2e1,Be1d1,Bd1c2][%mdl 32]} h5 30. Ra3 hxg4 (30... Bh7 $142) 31. hxg4 Kf8 32. Ke1 Rd6 33. Nc1 Ke7 34. Kd1 Qd8 35. Kc2 Qh8 36. Rd3 Rd4 37. Ncb3 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Qe8 39. Nb1 Qxa4 40. Nc3 Qc6 41. Nd2 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} a4 (41... Qd7 $142 42. Nd5+ Kf8) 42. Qd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Qe8 {[#]} (42... Qxd5 $142 43. cxd5 Ba7) 43. Qb7 $1 Kf8 44. Nd5 a3 45. b3 ({Less strong is} 45. Nxb6 a2 $14) (45. bxa3 Qa4+ 46. Kb2 Qd1 $16) (45. Qa6 $18) 45... Qd8 $2 (45... Ba5 $16 {was called for.}) 46. Qa6 Kg7 47. Qxa3 Qh8 48. Qa6 Qd8 49. Nb1 Qb8 50. Kb2 Qd8 51. Kc2 Qb8 $1 52. Nd2 Qd8 53. Qb7 Ba5 54. Qc6 ({White should try} 54. Qb5 $18 Qa8 55. Qxc5 Bxd2 56. Kxd2) 54... Bb6 $2 (54... Qd6 $16 {was worth a try.} 55. Qxd6 cxd6) 55. Nf1 Ba5 56. Qxc5 Be1 $2 (56... Qa8 {was necessary.} 57. Qe7 c6 58. Qxf6+ Kh7) 57. Qc6 Bh4 58. Nd2 Bg5 59. Nb1 Qh8 {[#] And now ...Qh2+ would win.} 60. Qxc7 $2 (60. b4 $1 $18) 60... Qh2+ $11 61. Kc3 Qg1 (61... Qa2 $5 {[%cal Ra2b1]} 62. f4 exf4 63. Nxf4 (63. Nd2 $2 Qa1+ 64. Kb4 Qe1 $19) 63... Bxf4 64. Qxf4 Qxb1 $19) 62. Na3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Kb2 $11) 62... Qe1+ {Black mates.} 63. Kb2 Bc1+ 64. Kb1 Bxa3+ 65. Kc2 Qe2+ 66. Kc3 Qxf3+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,125,33,37,4,15,11,18,6,13,15,14,-14,-12,-10,51,45,27,47,49,50,41,0,0,0,0,0,79,108,104,88,124,97,121,112,104,91,93,88,82,82,90,62,64,35,83,11,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,65,65,65,72,73,68,31,66,0,30,17,42,33,43,48,81,72,166,158,157,156,171,163,152,39,39,39,40,0,33,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,275,275,281,272,232,0,0,0,227,0,0,0,5061,7223,5110,5073,5583,5401,5089,5089,5085,5081]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nec6 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 a6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Ne1 b5 14. f4 Bg6 15. g4 {0-1 (48) Inarkiev,E (2727)-Hammer,J (2621) Moscow 2017}) 6... Nd7 {LiveBook: 60 Games} 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 {The position is equal.} Nxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nd4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Nb3 Nd7 11. Nbd4 Be4 12. Ng5 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bg6 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qg4 {0-1 (50) Ceschia,I (2235)-Levin,F (2497) Forni di Sopra 2013}) 10... Bg6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Nd3 ({Black should try} 12... Nd7 $11) 13. Nf3 $14 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 Be7 15. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qb6 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bb5 O-O (18... Kd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Bxc6 $16 Bd3 20. Rfe1 Rc8 21. Qd1 {aiming for Bd7.} Bg5 22. Bd7 Rc7 23. Qxd3 Bxc1 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc4 26. a4 Qc7 27. Qh3 Qxe5 28. Qe3 ({White should play} 28. Kf1 $16) 28... Re4 $1 $11 {[%cal Re4e3]} 29. Qd2 Re2 30. Qd1 Qf4 31. f3 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qg5 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rg5g2]} 33. Qf1 Qe3 ({Wrong is} 33... Rxg2 $2 34. f4 $18) (33... Rf2 $11 34. Qg1 Rxg2 35. Qxa7 Qxc1+ 36. Kxg2 Qc2+ 37. Kg3 Qg6+ 38. Kf4 Qf6+ 39. Kg3 Qg5+ 40. Kf2 Qd2+ 41. Kg3 Qg5+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+) 34. a5 Rb2 35. Qg1 Qxg1+ 36. Kxg1 $14 {KR-KR} Kf7 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Rd1 (38. c4 $14) 38... a6 39. h4 Ke5 40. g3 Kd6 41. f4 h5 42. Rd3 e5 (42... Rc2 $16) 43. fxe5+ $18 Kxe5 44. Ke1 Ke4 45. Rd4+ Ke5 46. Kd1 ({Better is} 46. Rd2 $16 Rb3 47. Re2+ Kd6 48. Kd2) 46... Rg2 $14 47. Rd3 Ke4 $1 {[%cal Re4d3]} 48. Rd4+ (48. Rd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2g2]} Rxg3 49. Kc2 $14) 48... Ke5 49. b5 axb5 50. Rb4 Rxg3 51. Kc2 Rg1 52. Rxb5 Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52... g5 $11) 53. Kb2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb2a1]} Ra4 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kb2 $2 (55. c4 $18) 55... Ra4 $11 56. Kb3 $2 (56. Rb7 $11) 56... Ra1 $1 $18 57. Kb2 $2 (57. c4 $18) 57... Ra4 $11 58. Kb3 Rxh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Ra1 $11) 59. a6 $18 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Rh1 60. Ka2 Rh2+ 61. Rb2 Rh4 62. Ka3 Rc4 {[#]} 63. a7 $1 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,117,21,12,12,41,20,45,0,0,-8,6,14,9,8,39,13,40,35,50,54,53,55,42,17,18,20,30,31,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-129,-133,-125,-126,-126,-122,-134,-134,-197,-191,-183,-185,-200,-179,-197,-204,-204,-195,-197,-179,-181,-159,-150,-100,-100,-100,-617,-658,-631,-614,-612,-527,-596,-524,-366,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-5097,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Bxc6+ {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 14. Qd1 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Ne7 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. Re4 Rb5 {½-½ (31) Aronian,L (2792)-So,W (2770) Paris 2016}) 15. Nxc5 Bb7 16. Nxb7 (16. Ne5 {is interesting.} Rfc8 17. b4 Nxb4 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Bg3) 16... Rxb7 17. b3 Rd8 18. Bd2 Ne7 19. Rc1 Nf5 20. Bg5 Rdb8 {[%cal Rf5d4]} (20... Rf8 {is more complex.} 21. Rc4 Rd7 22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Qc1 Qb6) 21. Rc4 Rb4 22. Rxb4 Rxb4 23. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e6]} e5 24. Qe2 {[%cal Rf3e5]} h6 25. Bd2 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Bc3 (27. Be3 $5 {[%cal Re3d4]} Rxd5 28. g3 $11) 27... Rxd5 28. h3 h5 29. b4 Qc6 30. Qb2 {[%cal Rc3e5]} Kh7 31. a3 ({Reject} 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Qf6 $17) 31... a6 32. Bxe5 (32. Qb3 $11) 32... Rxe5 $17 33. Rxe5 Qf6 $1 34. Rxh5+ gxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame} 35. Qc2+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Qa1+.} 36. Qc8+ (36. Qd3 $17) 36... Bf8 $19 37. Qc1 h4 38. Qd1 Qf4 39. Qc2 Bd6 40. Kf1 Kg7 41. Ke2 Be5 42. Qd3 Bd4 43. Qf3 Qxf3+ 44. Kxf3 $17 {KB-KP} Bc3 45. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Ke4 $17) 45... hxg3 $19 46. fxg3 Kf6 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. g4 Be1 $1 49. Kd4 Bf2+ $2 (49... Kd6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd6c6] ...Kc6 is the strong threat.} 50. Ke4 Ke6) 50. Ke4 $11 Kf6 {Hoping for ...Be1.} 51. a4 Kg5 (51... Be1 $5 52. b5 $8 axb5 53. axb5 Bf2 $11) 52. b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52. Kd5 $11) 52... axb5 $2 ({Better is} 52... a5 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Bg1.} 53. Ke5 f6+ 54. Ke6 Be3) 53. axb5 $19 {KB-K3P. The position is equal.} Bb6 54. Ke5 Bc7+ 55. Kd5 Kh4 56. Kc6 Ba5 (56... Be5 $5 {[%cal Rh4h3]} 57. Kd7 f6 $11) 57. Kd7 $1 ({But not} 57. b6 $2 {[#]} Bxb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Kd7 f6 $19) 57... Kxh3 58. Ke7 Kxg4 {( -> ...f5)} 59. Kxf7 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,114,15,21,20,14,13,25,14,41,41,39,39,47,29,58,63,50,54,50,62,100,100,104,98,100,106,128,102,106,101,106,91,87,62,41,4,79,79,76,77,62,76,111,-14,-20,-20,-16,-34,-27,-29,-21,-18,-33,-28,-18,-87,-73,-78,-77,-84,-87,-87,-87,-217,-217,-204,-192,-330,-301,-535,-527,-535,-535,-664,-684,-689,-689,-651,-676,-796,-805,-948,-956,-1397,-1384,-1369,-1287,-1128,-1223,-848,-777]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32] C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} Bc5 12. a5 (12. Qe2 Qe7 13. h3 Rd8 14. Nc4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. Be3 Rxe4 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Na5 Rxe3 19. Qxb7 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 {1-0 (26) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Aronian,L (2785) Doha 2016}) 12... Be6 (12... h6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Bc4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Nf3 Bc5 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Nd2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 {½-½ (57) Leko,P (2678)-Harikrishna,P (2737) Biel 2017}) 13. Qe2 Qe7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 14. Bc4 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd7 15. Nb3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Rd1 Bd6 {1-0 (70) Shevchenko,K (2359)-Esipenko,A (2384) Porto Carras 2015}) 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. Nxd4 Bxc4 $1 ({But not} 17... Rxd4 $6 18. Bxa6 Rxe4 19. Be3 $16) 18. Nf5 Qe6 ({Much worse is} 18... Bxe2 19. Nxe7+ Kf8 20. Nc6 $16) 19. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ne8 20. b3 Bb5 21. Qg3 Rd7 22. Be3 g6 23. Bc5 Nf6 {[%cal Be8f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4,Bf4e2][%mdl 32]} 24. Bxb4 Nh5 25. Qh4 Nf4 26. Ne3 Rd4 27. Qe7 Qxe7 28. Bxe7 Rxe4 29. f3 Rd4 30. Rad1 Ne2+ (30... Re8 $11 31. Bf6 Re6) 31. Kf2 $16 {Black must now prevent c4.} Nc3 32. Rxd4 exd4 33. Ng4 f5 34. Nh6+ (34. Nf6+ $16 Kg7 35. g4) 34... Kg7 $11 35. Bg5 {aiming for Re7+.} Re8 36. Rxe8 Bxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 37. g4 Bd7 {...fxg4 is the strong threat.} 38. h4 Nd5 39. Ke2 $1 c5 40. Kd2 (40. Kd3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 40... Be6 $1 $17 41. Kd3 Nb4+ $1 42. Kd2 {[#]} Nc6 $1 43. Bf4 Nxa5 44. g5 {[#]} (44. Bd6 $17 {was worth a try.}) 44... Nb7 $1 $19 45. Be5+ Kf8 46. f4 (46. Bf6 $142) 46... Ke7 47. c3 $2 (47. Bg7 {keeps fighting.}) 47... dxc3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 48. Kxc3 Nd6 49. Bf6+ Kd7 50. Be5 Ne4+ 51. Kc2 Kc6 52. Kb2 Kb5 53. Ka3 Nd2 54. Bc3 Nf3 55. Kb2 Nxh4 56. Kc2 Nf3 57. Bb2 Nd4+ {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,64,25,36,17,43,0,0,0,31,30,142,145,135,126,110,109,112,105,132,137,190,100,103,43,61,57,79,0,0,0,20,-26,0,0,0,-4,0,-4,-5,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. g5 Nb6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. h4 N8d7 12. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. Nde2 Be7 14. b3 {½-½ (55) Adams,M (2742)-Ragger,M (2695) Germany 2016}) 12... Rc8 13. O-O-O d5 (13... Ne5 {seems wilder.} 14. f4 Nec4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qd3 Qb6) 14. exd5 $1 b4 (14... Nxd5 $11 15. Nxd5 Bxd5) 15. axb4 $16 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 (16. Bxa6 $6 Bxh1 17. Nxe6 (17. Rxh1 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qa8 $11) (17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Rxh1 Qa8 $15) 17... fxe6 $11) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxa6 Bxb4 18. Qe2 (18. c3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3+ 20. Kb1 Qa5 $15) 18... O-O {[#] White must now prevent ...Qa5.} 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Nb3 (20. Kb1 $18) 20... Qc6 21. Rxd5 (21. g6 $16) 21... exd5 $14 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. Bc5 ({White should play} 23. Bd2 $16 Bxd2+ 24. Qxd2 (24. Rxd2 Nc4 $17)) 23... Bxc5 $11 24. Qxe5 {And now Qc3 would win.} Bxf2 25. Qxd5 (25. Nd4 {with more complications.} f6 26. Nxc6 fxe5 27. Rxd5 Bxh4 28. Rxe5 Rf1+ 29. Kd2) 25... Qxd5 (25... Qa4 {feels hotter.} 26. h5 Qg4 27. g6 hxg6 28. hxg6 Qxg6 29. Qc4 Qb6) 26. Rxd5 {The position is equal.} Bxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. c4 f5 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Nc5 Rc8 30. b4 Be7 31. Kd2 Bxc5 32. bxc5 ({Don't go for} 32. Rxc5 $2 Rxc5 33. bxc5 Kf7 $19) 32... Kf7 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,118,32,31,12,19,16,28,0,46,35,55,45,66,51,50,50,105,102,211,218,279,263,262,175,242,-66,228,200,363,372,294,0,3,5,19,0,25,-326,-348,-399,-394,-385,-380,-381,-364,-456,-460,-457,-448,-600,-603,-590,-587,-595,-588,-570,-516,-494,-498,-670,-663,-660,-657,-679,-690,-610,-504,-575,-448,-462,-454,-402,-395,-581,-579,-587,-587,-577,-572,-807,-587,-807,-772,-539,-538,-5471,-5461,-5461,-5453,-5439,-5422,-5331,-5165,-4833,-1645]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 14. Qd1 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne7 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. Re4 Rb5 {½-½ (31) Aronian,L (2792)-So,W (2770) Paris 2016}) 15. Nxc5 Bb7 16. Bg5 Ba8 17. Qd2 Rb5 18. Rac1 Nb4 19. a4 Rb6 $1 20. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qd8 (20... Qe7 $14) 21. Ne5 $16 {Hoping for Ned7.} Na2 (21... Nd5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 22. Rcd1 $1 $18 Qd5 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd5g2]} 23. f3 Rd8 24. Qf2 Rb4 (24... Rc8 $142 25. Qd2 Nb4) 25. Re4 $2 {[#]} ({White should try} 25. Ne4 $18 Rxd4 26. Ng4 Rxd1 27. Nef6+ Kf8 28. Nxd5 R8xd5 29. Kf1) 25... h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Qxc5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512] keeps the upper hand.} 26. dxc5 Rxd1+ 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rxf4) 26. h4 Qxc5 $2 (26... a5 27. Qd2 Bf8 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Rbxd4) 27. dxc5 Rxd1+ 28. Re1 $2 (28. Kh2 $18 {Black must now prevent c6.} Bxe4 29. fxe4 Rxe4 {[#]} 30. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... Rxe1+ $11 29. Qxe1 Rxf4 30. c6 {aiming for Qa5.} Nb4 31. Qe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. c7 $11 {and White is okay.} Bb7 32. Qc3 Bxe5 33. Qxe5) 31... Nd5 $19 (31... Nxc6 32. Nxc6 Rxa4 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Qc1 $11) ({Don't blunder} 31... Rxh4 $2 32. c7 $18) 32. Qxa7 Bxe5 33. Qxa8+ Kg7 34. a5 Rb4 35. a6 Rxb2 36. a7 {intending c7.} Ra2 {( -> ...Bg3)} 37. Qb7 Bd4+ 38. Kh2 Rxa7 39. Qb3 Be5+ 40. g3 Ra6 41. f4 {Qc4 is the strong threat.} Bc7 42. Qc4 Ra3 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Qc5 Rc3 45. Qb5 Ne7 46. h5 Rxc6 47. hxg6 Rc2+ 48. Kh3 {White wants to mate with Qe8+.} Nxg6 49. Qb3 (49. Qe8+ {keeps fighting.} Nf8 50. Qa8) 49... Rc5 {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Qb4 Bd6 51. Qd4 Rd5 52. Qc4 h5 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qc3+ Kh7 55. Qf6 Rf5 56. Qd4 Be7 57. Qd7 h4 58. gxh4 Rxf4 59. h5 Rh4+ {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,30,16,23,22,17,13,7,9,30,-1,26,37,24,18,13,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,19]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 6. a4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} a5 7. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. c4 dxc4 8. Qc2 Nb6 9. e4 O-O 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. b3 {0-1 (45) Giri,A (2771)-Nakamura,H (2785) Stavanger 2017}) 7... O-O 8. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5a7][%mdl 32]} c5 9. Nb5 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. c3 Rc8 12. Na7 Ra8 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Na7 Ra8 15. Nb5 Rc8 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,75,20,0,0,0,18,24,20,20,27,28,31,18,24,25,4,0,32,27,44,31,76,64,89,93,93,48,54,29,86,59,105,64,154,97,114,104,118,132,188,151,166,159,168,101,108,23,192,-209,195,169,283,275,283,276,256,262,273,172,375,384,29974,29975]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games} (8. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nb4 9. Nc3 $14) 8... exd4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {White has an edge.} 11. Bf3 (11. Nc3 Rb8 {0-1 (30) Nielsen,P (2700)-Svidler,P (2734) Copenhagen 2010}) 11... Bd7 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. h3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qd2 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 {½-½ (50) Nikolaev,N (2305)-Ovod,E (2404) Tula 2001}) 13... c5 14. Qd2 h5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 (16. Nb5 $5) 16... a6 17. Qc1 Be6 18. Ne2 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Be2 Qf6 {[#]} (21... f5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Bxh5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rh8 (22... gxh5 23. Nxh5+) 23. Be2 g5 (23... Bd7 $14) 24. Nxe6+ ({Better is} 24. Nh5+ Rxh5 25. Bxh5) 24... fxe6 25. f4 gxf4 26. exf4 Nc6 (26... Ng6 $16) 27. Rd3 Nd4 28. Rg3+ Kf7 29. Bd3 (29. Bg4 $18) 29... Rbg8 30. Rg5 ({White should play} 30. Qe3 $16) 30... e5 $2 (30... Rxh3 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 31. gxh3 (31. Rxg8 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Nxe1 $17) 31... Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nxe1 33. Rxg8 (33. Qxe1 Rxg5 34. fxg5 Qf3+ 35. Kh2 Qxd3 $14) 33... Nxd3) 31. Rf1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31. Re4 $18) 31... Ke7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... e4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4d3][%mdl 512] and all is fine.} 32. Qe3 (32. Rxg8 $2 Rxg8 33. Qe3 exd3 $19) (32. Bxe4 Ne2+) 32... exd3 33. Qxd3 Rb8) 32. Qe3 Kd7 (32... Qh6 $142 33. Rg3 Rxg3 34. Qxg3 exf4 35. Qxf4 (35. Rxf4 Kd8 $16) 35... Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Nc6) 33. Rxg8 $18 Rxg8 34. fxe5 Qxe5 35. Rf7+ Ke6 36. Qf2 Qg5 $2 (36... Rg3 37. Bf1 (37. Rxc7 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Rg7 $11) 37... a5) 37. Rxc7 {Qf7+ would kill now.} Qc1+ $2 (37... Rg7 $18) 38. Kh2 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,58,-43,-43,-52,-38,-8,-34,-35,-41,-41,-99,-96,-94,-88,-113,-124,-126,-129,-191,-173,-238,-231,-231,-232,-236,-235,-232,-204,-235,-189,-238,-239,-331,-311,-509,-500,-553,-554,-525,-504,-679,-670,-829,-829]} 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bb4 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8. Qf4 {C22: Centre Game} Bxc3 9. Bxc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rxe4 10. Qg3 {Black is slightly better.} d5 {White must now prevent ...d4.} 11. f3 Re6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Re8 12. Ne2 a5 13. Nf4 Nb4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. a3 Bf5 16. axb4 axb4 17. Nxd5 Ra1+ 18. Kd2 Qxb2 19. Qxc7 Rxd1+ {0-1 (19) Nepomniachtchi,I (2732)-Carlsen,M (2832) Leuven 2017}) 12. Ne2 Rd6 13. Qf4 {[#]} (13. Nd4 $15) 13... d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Nxd4 (14. Bxd4 Nd5) 14... Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 (15... Nxf4 $2 {perishes.} 16. Nxd8 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 $18) 16. Rxd5 cxd5 17. Be5 {[#]} (17. Qd4 $17 f6 18. Bd3) 17... Re6 $1 $19 18. Qg3 (18. Bd3 $142) 18... Rg6 19. Qf2 Ba6 20. f4 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Qe7 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. a3 c5 24. h3 Re6 25. Kb1 $2 (25. Qg3 {keeps fighting.} f6 26. Bc3) 25... d4 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Qf1 Kh8 27. Qc4 Re8 28. Qb3 f6 29. Bb8 Rb6 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,110,0,0,5,3,16,11,11,18,6,15,0,16,-5,26,1,3,2,4,0,1,0,7,-23,16,0,10,25,22,25,19,0,7,4,7,7,7,7,7,0,7,0,31,0,39,0,0,0,0,-216,-204,-289,-285,-285,-293,-290,-281,-289,-291,-338,-333,-338,-339,-344,-320,-345,-329,-375,-374,-427,-365,-445,-442,-427,-427,-537,-508,-448,-437,-552,-527,-903,-544,-1283,-1207,-5938,-5941,-6420,-4903,-4145,-3216,-29981,-29981]} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 (9... Qc7 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. h4 e5 14. h5 h6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 {0-1 (45) Navara,D (2737)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. O-O b6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Be3 (11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Re1 {1-0 (31) Svidler,P (2749)-Hou,Y (2666) Geneve 2017}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. d5 exd5 $146 16. exd5 Ne5 (16... Nb4 {looks sharper.} 17. Bb3 Bd6 18. Rd4 Ba6 19. Qd2 Nc2) 17. Bb3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bd6 19. h4 Qc3 20. h5 h6 21. Rd4 Rce8 22. Rg4 Bc8 23. Rc4 Qe5 {aiming for ...Qh2+.} 24. Bf4 Qf6 25. Bc2 {Strongly threatening Qd3.} Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Qd6 27. Rd1 Bd7 28. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} f5 29. g3 Re5 30. Bb3 Rfe8 31. Kg2 Kh8 32. Rc1 a5 33. Qc4 a4 34. Bxa4 $2 {[#]} (34. Qc7 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qxc7 35. Rxc7) 34... Re4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4c4]} ({Worse is} 34... Rxd5 35. Bxd7 Qxd7 36. Qc6 $14) 35. Qc7 (35. Qa6 {was necessary.} Rxf4 36. gxf4 Qxd5+ 37. Kg1 Qxa2 38. Bxd7 Qxa6 39. Bxe8) 35... Qxc7 36. Rxc7 Bxa4 37. Rxf5 Rd4 38. Rff7 {[#]} Rg8 $1 ({Less strong is} 38... Rxd5 39. Rxg7 Bc2 40. g4 $17) 39. Rb7 Rxd5 40. Rxb6 Be8 ({Don't take} 40... Rxh5 41. Ra7 $19) 41. Rf4 Bxh5 42. a4 Ra8 43. Rfb4 Rda5 44. R6b5 Bg6 45. Rc4 Rxa4 46. Rxa4 Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 47. Rb2 Ra3 48. f3 Rd3 49. g4 Bf7 50. Kg3 Bd5 51. Rb8+ Kh7 52. Rf8 g5 53. Rf6 Kg7 54. Rf5 Bc6 55. Kf2 Rd5 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,53,38,35,76,69,69,69,69,70,70,64,62,61,100,108,110,100,110,110,110,75,93,62,62,70,60,21,66,0,64,0,69,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 a6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Nb6 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (12... Nc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bxa6 Rxb2 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Bd8 20. Rab1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 {1-0 (49) Zvjaginsev,V (2650)-Amonatov,F (2569) Moscow 2004}) 13. Bxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bb3 Be6 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. c4 Nd7 20. b3 {1-0 (65) Jansa,V (2450)-Lazic,D (2200) Kragujevac 1977}) 13... Qxb6 14. a5 Qc7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 17. Nc4 Kh8 18. c3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Bg5 20. Nb6 Bg4 21. f3 Be6 22. g3 h5 23. h4 Bh6 24. Nc4 Bc8 25. Nb6 Be6 26. Nc4 Bc8 27. Nb6 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 55%.} ({White should try} 27. Kg2 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,64,42,54,54,60,40,50,35,33,41,32,18,14,22,17,16,19,16,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-4,-34,-45,-51,-61,-90,-87,-164,-178,-293,-303,-279,-286,-471,-455]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Nd7 9. Be3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Nb6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} f5 12. Bxb6 (12. h3 {is interesting.} fxe4 13. Nxe4 d5 14. Ng3 Bf6 15. Qe2) 12... cxb6 13. exf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd5 g5 14. h3 g4 15. hxg4 fxg4 16. Nh2 Bg5 {0-1 (46) Caruana,F (2721)-Kortschnoj,V (2544) Caleta 2011}) 13... Bxf5 14. d4 (14. Qe2 {looks sharper.} Bg4 15. Qe4 Qd7 16. Qe3 b5 17. d4) 14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qd7 17. Ne4 {[%cal Bd2e4,Be4c3,Bc3d5][%mdl 32]} Rae8 18. Nc3 b5 19. Qd2 h6 20. Nd5 Bg5 21. f4 Bh4 22. g3 {And now Rxe8 would win.} Bd8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 a5 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qe3 (26. h4 {with more complications.} Qe4 27. Nc3 Qf3 28. Qe1 Bd7 29. Qf2) 26... Qxe3+ 27. Nxe3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bb1 28. Be6 Bb6 29. Nf5 {[#]} (29. b4 $17 {might work better.}) 29... d5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Kf2 {[#]} (30. b4 $142) (30. Bxd5 Bxf5) 30... g6 $1 ({Weaker is} 30... Bxa2 31. Ke3 $11) 31. Nd6 Bxd4+ 32. Kf3 $2 (32. Ke1 Bxa2 33. Nxb5 Bxb2 34. Kd2) 32... Bxa2 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,66,8,8,0,-4,-6,0,0,-3,0,-11,-3,-6,0,-51,-43,-204,-203,-261,-261,-318,-323,-382,-375,-587,-580,-536,-547,-527,-309,-327,-333,-313,-320,-336,-314,-452,-453,-406,-431,-646,-639,-1113,-1100,-1593,-1589,-1533,-1510,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6][%mdl 32]} 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Be3 Bd6 7. h3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe2 Re8 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Kb1 Na4 13. Nc4 b5 14. Nxd6 cxd6 {0-1 (36) Yu,Y (2753)-Grischuk,A (2761) Jiayuguan 2017}) 6... O-O 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nc4 Re8 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} a5 (10... Nf8 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 a4 13. Nf5 b4 {½-½ (43) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. a4 Bb6 12. O-O Nf8 13. Qe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfd1 Ng6 {1-0 (57) Firouzja,A (2465)-Bindrich,F (2590) Moscow 2017}) 13... b4 14. h3 Ng6 15. b3 Qf6 16. Nc4 (16. Qd1 $11) 16... Bxh3 $15 {...Nh4 is the strong threat.} 17. Bg5 $2 (17. Nxb6 $15 cxb6 18. Bg5) 17... Qe6 $19 18. gxh3 Qxh3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qg3+.} 19. Qe2 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6g5][%mdl 32]} 20. Nxb6 Qg4+ ({Don't play} 20... cxb6 21. Nh4 $19) ({Not} 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 Qh4 22. f4 $19) 21. Kh2 (21. Kh1 {is the only way for White.} hxg5 22. Qd1 (22. Nxa8 $2 Nf4 $19) 22... cxb6 23. Nh2) 21... hxg5 22. Rg1 Qh5+ 23. Kg3 Nf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh5h3]} (23... cxb6 $2 24. Qe3 $19) 24. Qf1 {Strongly threatening Rh1.} cxb6 25. Rh1 Qg6 26. Nd2 Qf6 27. f3 (27. Qd1 {was worth a try.}) 27... g6 28. Qf2 Kg7 29. Nc4 (29. Rh2 $142 b5 30. Rah1) 29... Rh8 30. Nxb6 {[#]} Qe6 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rh3+)} 31. Qf1 Rxh1 32. Qxh1 Rh8 33. Qg1 Ne2+ {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,113,12,12,8,17,0,0,0,2,-5,0,-6,18,26,21,18,35,21,48,3,35,25,61,51,56,34,30,35,98,94,78,83,90,95,201,196,212,176,254,251,258,206,220,236,201,225,227,212,213,204,429,429,598,602,558,575,549,542,773,410,394,381,367,319,672,669,672,657,765,761,762,758,737,729,652,646,725,704,1988,2008,1570,1351,1554,1554,1494,1391,12792,6614,6839,6498,6079,6079,3351,2850,2808,2450,29973,6187,29979,29980,29987,29987,29989,29990,29991,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 c5 (4... Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Bh2 e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. Qd2 Nf8 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Ne2 Qg5 16. Qd3 Qd5 {½-½ (68) Nakamura,H (2767)-Aronian,L (2797) Saint Louis 2014}) 5. c3 Nbd7 6. h3 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O {The position is equal.} b6 9. Bh2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. e4 e5 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. a4 a6 14. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. d5 Nh5 15. Bf1 Rab8 16. Nc4 Bc8 17. Nfd2 Bh6 18. Qc2 Nf8 19. Bd3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Nf1 {½-½ (21) Wang,R (2496)-Ruck,R (2472) Gyula 2000}) 14... dxe5 15. Qb3 Nh5 16. Rad1 Nf4 17. Bc4 Re7 18. Nf1 Nf6 {[#]} (18... Rf8 $14) 19. Ng5 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Bxf4.} b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qxb5 {Black must now prevent Bxf4.} ({Much worse is} 21. Bxb5 $6 Rb8 $11) 21... h6 (21... Rb8 $16) 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 (23... Kh7 {was called for.}) 24. e5 $18 Ba6 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Qxc5 Ne8 27. e6 Qc7 28. Qxc7 Nxc7 29. Rd7 Ne8 $2 (29... Rc8 {was necessary.} 30. Rd6 Re8) 30. Ra1 Bf6 {If only Black now had time for ...Bb7....} 31. Ra3 Be5 32. Nd2 Nf6 33. Rf7 Bd6 34. Rxf6 Bxa3 35. bxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bd3 36. Rxf4 Bf5 $2 (36... Re8 37. Rd4 Bf5) 37. e7 Re8 38. g4 Bd7 39. Rf8+ Rxf8 40. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 {KB-KN} 41. Kg2 Ke7 42. Kg3 Kd6 43. Kf4 Kd5 44. h4 Ba4 45. Nf3 Bc2 46. g5 h5 47. Ke3 Bb1 {[#]} 48. c4+ $1 Kc5 (48... Kxc4 49. Nd2+) 49. Ne5 Bf5 50. f4 Bb1 51. Kd2 Kd4 52. a4 Ke4 53. Nxg6 Kf5 54. Ne7+ {White mates.} Kg4 55. g6 Kxh4 56. f5 Ba2 57. Kc3 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,91,25,0,0,0,0,0,31,16,44,61,76,71,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65,65,65,56,58,58,100,79,77,74,100,79,121,119,308,301,303,286,410,406,453,175,367,268,277,259,504,487,4610,4553,29947,6095,6079,6079]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Qd6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} 13. Re1 Rae8 14. Nd2 c5 15. Ne4 Qc6 16. c4 Nb6 17. cxb5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} axb5 18. Qf3 c4 19. dxc4 {[#]} Qg6 $146 {Strongly threatening ...Bb4.} (19... bxc4 $5 20. Bc2 $8 f5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 19... bxc4 20. Bc2 {½-½ (44) Svidler,P (2749)-Muzychuk,A (2580) Caleta 2012}) 20. Bd2 ({Of course not} 20. cxb5 Bb4 $15) 20... bxc4 21. Bc2 Nd5 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Ng5 (23. Ba4 $14 Rc8 24. Qh5) 23... Bxg5 $11 24. Qf5 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rf5h7]} g6 25. Qxg5 {Be4 is the strong threat.} Qxb2 {And now ...c3 would win.} 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rb1 Qxc2 28. Rxb7 Qe4 $1 {aiming for ...c3.} 29. Rd7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} c3 ({Better is} 29... f5 $1 $11) 30. Qxd5 $14 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 cxd2 32. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Re1+ 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. Kg3 h5 35. Kf4 Kf6 36. h4 Ke6 $2 {[#]} (36... Re6 $16) 37. Kg5 $1 $18 Re5+ {[#]} 38. Kh6 $1 Kf5 (38... Ra5 $142 39. Kg7 Ra6) 39. g3 Ra5 40. Kg7 $2 (40. Rd4) 40... Ra7 $2 (40... g5 {might work better.}) 41. Rd4 f6+ 42. Kh6 {Hoping for Rf4+.} Ke5 $2 (42... g5 43. a4 Ra8) 43. Rf4 Rxa2 (43... g5 $142 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Kxg5 Rh7) 44. Kxg6 Ra6 45. Rf5+ Ke4 46. Rxf6 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,107,8,12,2,8,-8,11,0,23,16,46,29,48,13,27,3,32,30,35,0,9,0,73,-25,-25,-75,-75,-84,-37,-33,-33,-35,0,-104,-17,-24,-27,-20,-22,-32,-26,-55,-45,-54,-64,-66,-4,-11,0,-133,0,-98,0,-208,-26,-242,-229,-282,-197,-259,0,-239,-85,-109,-106,-89,-70,-177,-177,-262,-263,-252,0,0,0,-346,-54,-375,-352,-452,-248,-454,-479,-729,-446,-360,0,-406,0,-344,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} (8. h3 e5 9. f4 Nd4 10. f5 b5 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 d5 13. g4 dxe4 14. Ng3 Rb8 15. g5 e3 16. gxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (29) Jobava,B (2707)-Carlsen,M (2832) Leuven 2017}) 8... Rb8 9. Rb1 b6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. b4 Nf8 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. f4 Ne6 {1-0 (53) Predojevic,B (2652)-Fercec,N (2478) Banja Vrucica 2009}) 10... Bb7 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Ba8 14. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 15. g4 e6 16. f5 (16. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Qe7 17. Nbc3 $11) 16... Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Nb5 exf5 $1 19. gxf5 Ne5 (19... Nf6 $11) 20. Nbxd4 ({Don't play} 20. Nexd4 d5 $15) (20. Nxa7 $16 Rc7 21. Nb5) 20... d5 $11 21. Qf4 dxe4 22. dxe4 Qc7 23. f6 Bf8 24. Rb3 Nc4 {Strongly threatening ...Qxf4.} 25. Rc3 (25. Qxc7 $11 Rxc7 26. Nb5) 25... a6 (25... Qxf4 $17 26. Nxf4 a5) 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Nf4 b5 28. Nd5 Rcc8 29. Rd3 Bd6 30. Nb3 Bxd5 ({Much worse is} 30... Nxa3 $6 31. Nb6 $16) 31. exd5 Re5 (31... Kf8 $15) 32. Nc5 $1 a5 33. Rfd1 (33. Nb7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33... a4 (33... Nb2 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...axb4.} 34. Nb7 Nxd1 35. Rxd1 Rxc2 36. Nxd6 Rg5) 34. Rf1 {[#]} (34. Rc3 $11 {remains equal.}) 34... Rce8 (34... Nxa3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] ...Re2 is the strong threat.} 35. Nd7 (35. Rxa3 $2 Rxc5 36. c3 Rc8 $19) 35... Nxc2 36. Nxe5 Bxe5) 35. Rdf3 $2 (35. Nb7 $11) 35... h5 $2 (35... Nd2 $19 36. Nb7 Nxf3+ 37. Bxf3 Bc7) 36. Nd3 $2 (36. Nb7 $1 $11) 36... Re2 $19 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 37. R3f2 R2e3 38. Rf3 (38. Ra1 {keeps fighting.}) 38... Re2 $2 ({Black should play} 38... Nxa3 $19 39. Rc1 Nc4 40. Rxe3 Rxe3) 39. R1f2 $2 (39. R3f2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 39... Kh7 $2 (39... Rxf2 $19 {is more deadly.} 40. Kxf2 Nxa3) 40. Bf1 R2e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 41. Nc5 Re1 42. Kg2 (42. Nb7 $1 $15) 42... Ne3+ 43. Kh1 (43. Kg1 $142 Re5 44. Nd3 Rg5+ 45. Kh1 Rxf1+ 46. Rxf1 Nxf1 47. Rxf1) 43... Nxd5 44. Rd3 R8e5 $2 (44... Bxc5 $1 $19 45. bxc5 Ne3) 45. Nd7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd7e5]} Rg5 {aiming for ...h4.} 46. Rff3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. h4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rg4 47. Rxd5) 46... Bc7 $2 ({Better is} 46... h4 $19 47. Nc5 Bg3) 47. Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Only move:} 47. h4 $15 Nxb4 48. hxg5 Nxd3 49. cxd3) 47... h4 $19 48. Rd4 Bg3 (48... Ne3 $142 {( -> ...Rf5)} 49. Rxh4+ Kg8) 49. Nd3 $2 (49. Ne4 Re5 50. Nd2) 49... Ra1 50. Re4 (50. c4 $142 bxc4 51. Rxc4) 50... Rxa3 51. Re7 {[#]} Kg8 $2 (51... Rf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5f3]} 52. Rxf7+ Kh6) 52. Re8+ $11 Kh7 {Hoping for ...Ra1.} 53. Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53. Re7 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 53... Ra1 $2 (53... Rf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5f3]} 54. Rxf7+ Kh6 55. Rxf5 gxf5) 54. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 31%, Black = 29%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,76,0,2,41,37,43,9,6,2,3,17,72,59,89,46,108,53,146,120,123,122,110,63,144,144,147,139,118,131,145,134,116,93,110,0,0,-25,-30,-164,-30,-30,-34,-30,-29,-231,-36,-29,23,-13,-15,-100,-99,-160,-160,-247,-41,-37,-32,-33,-36,-134,-39,-33,-35,-101,-93]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Nc6 7. Ne5 {LiveBook: 23 Games} Bf5 (7... Bd7 {is interesting.} 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 e6) (7... e6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na4 Bd6 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 Qd6 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5+ {½-½ (68) Nisipeanu,L (2683)-Bluebaum,M (2642) Dortmund 2017}) 8. g4 {White is slightly better.} Nxe5 9. gxf5 Nc6 10. Qd3 g6 11. O-O-O Bg7 (11... gxf5 $11 {remains equal.} 12. Qxf5 e6) 12. h4 Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qa5 13. a3 {1-0 (32) Hector,J (2524)-Andersen,M (2477) Vaxjo 2013}) 13. Qe2 gxf5 (13... Rc8 $1 $14) 14. Rg1 (14. Bh3 $16) 14... Rg8 (14... Kf8 $14) 15. Bh3 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qd7 16. Be5 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Kf8 17. Qf3 Bh6+ ({Black should play} 17... Ng4 $1 $14) 18. Kb1 Ng4 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nxd5 Rd8 21. Nb6 Qe6 22. Bc7 ({But not} 22. d5 $6 Ngxe5 23. Qh5 Rxg1 $11) 22... Rxd4 23. c3 (23. Rxd4 $16 Nxd4 24. Qxb7) 23... Rxd1+ $1 $11 24. Qxd1 Rg6 $1 25. Nd7+ (25. Bg3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 25... Kg7 ({Better is} 25... Ke8 $19 26. Bxg4 Qxd7 27. Qxd7+ Kxd7 28. Bxf5+ Kxc7 29. Bxg6 hxg6) 26. Nc5 Qc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 27. Nd3 Kf8 {And now ...Ne3! would win.} 28. h5 $2 {[#]} (28. Bg3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 28... Rg8 $2 (28... Ne3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re3d1][%mdl 512]} 29. fxe3 Rxg1 30. Qxg1 Qxd3+ 31. Ka1 Bxe3) 29. Re1 $15 Bg5 (29... Qd5 $142) 30. Qf3 (30. Bxg4 $5 Qxg4 31. f3 $11) 30... e6 31. Rd1 (31. Bf1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31... Be7 $17 32. Bf4 (32. Bf1 $142) 32... Qe4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 33. Bg2 {[#]} (33. Qxe4 $17 {is a better defense.} fxe4 34. f3) 33... Qxf3 $2 (33... Nxf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Qxe4 (34. Qxf2 Rxg2) 34... Nxe4) 34. Bxf3 $15 Nf6 35. Bh6+ Ke8 36. Nb4 {[#]} (36. Bf4 $15) 36... Ne4 (36... Bxb4 $1 $17 37. axb4 Ng4 38. Bxc6+ bxc6) 37. Nxc6 bxc6 38. Rd4 ({White should try} 38. Be3 $15) 38... Bg5 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 43%, Black = 31%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,103,41,30,57,48,46,42,47,43,52,25,48,47,62,67,64,64,66,56,83,73,78,67,50,38,43,40,35,27,27,27,32,26,31,26,33,32,30,14,14,14,14,14,16,14,14,9,25,22,14,0,7,7,8,0,14,7,8,0,0,-8,-4,-3,104,112,193,185,176,192,170,171,170,162,154,154,106,100,150,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,14,874,874,810,810]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nd7 (4... e6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. f4 c6 9. O-O Bg7 10. d4 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. c4 a4 {0-1 (71) Artemiev,V (2662)-Leko,P (2723) Moscow 2014}) 5. f4 e6 6. g3 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} Ngf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} c5 9. c4 O-O 10. d3 Rb8 11. Nd2 b5 12. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1) 12... a6 13. Nf3 bxc4 14. bxc4 d4 15. Bc1 {[%cal Bb2c1,Bc1d2,Bd2a5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 16. Bd2 g6 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. Ba5 Qa7 $1 19. Rfe1 Bc7 20. Bd2 Rb2 21. Bc1 Rb4 22. Qc2 Rfb8 23. Ba3 R4b6 24. Qa4 Bd6 25. h3 Qc7 26. Rac1 Kg7 27. Qc2 Ng8 {[%cal Bf6g8,Bg8e7,Be7c6][%mdl 32]} 28. Ng5 h6 29. Ne4 Ne7 30. h4 h5 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. Qa4 Nc6 33. Ne4 Nd7 34. Ng5 Nf8 35. Rcd1 Nb4 36. Bxb4 cxb4 37. Qc2 Be7 38. Qb2 Bf6 (38... Bc5 $11) 39. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] c5 is the strong threat. White has strong initiative.} Nd7 (39... Nh7 $16 {was called for.}) 40. c5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Nxc5 41. Nxf6 Kxf6 42. Qxd4+ Ke7 43. Rc1 Rb5 44. f5 gxf5 45. Qg7 Qd8 {[#]} 46. Qg5+ (46. Bc6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc6b5]} Ra5 47. Bf3) 46... Kf8 $11 {Hoping for ...Qxg5.} 47. Qxh5 Qf6 48. Bf1 Na4 49. d4 Rd5 50. Rc7 {And now Bc4 would win.} Rxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50... Nb6 $11) 51. Rxf7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf7 52. Qh8+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,86,32,31,-2,12,12,8,10,7,16,12,1,0,0,12,-41,0,0,0,-22,-5,-47,-20,-28,-28,-37,-35,-33,-35,-34,-31,-31,-25,-23,-21,-34,-36,-35,-9,-16,-6,-14,-9,-35,0,-32,-29,-25,-25,-69,-78,-205,-200,-260,-248,-354,-374,-408,-220,-1018,-1018,-965,-908,-29976,-29977,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29992,-29983]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Bd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 10. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. c4 Bc7 13. Qe4 f5 14. Qe7 Be6 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Bb2 {½-½ (59) Hausner,I (2408)-Dovzik,J (2394) Bratislava 2004}) 10... Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7d5][%mdl 32]} 11. Qc2 Re8 {The position is equal.} 12. Nd2 Nc7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Ne4 Bf8 15. Bd2 f5 16. Ng3 (16. Ng5 $11) 16... Nd5 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Nf1 Bd6 19. h3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Nd2 Bd5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. c4 Be6 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Qa4 a6 27. Qb4 {Threatens to win with d5!} Bb8 28. Be2 Qc7 29. b3 g5 30. Qd2 f6 {And now ...g4 would win.} 31. g3 {aiming for Nxg5!} f4 32. g4 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5g4][%mdl 32]} 33. Qd3 hxg4 34. Nxg5 {[#]} (34. hxg4 $17 {might work better.} Bxg4 35. Nh2 Bxe2 36. Qxe2) 34... Bc8 $1 $19 35. Ne4 f3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 36. Bxf3 (36. Nxf6+ $142 Kf8 37. Bxf3 gxf3 38. Qxf3 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qxh3+ 40. Qxh3 Bxh3+ 41. Ke2) 36... gxf3 37. Nxf6+ Kh8 (37... Kg7 $142 {( -> ...Qh2+)} 38. Qh7+ Kxf6 39. Qh6+ Kf5 40. Qh5+ Ke4 41. Qg6+ Bf5 42. Re1+ Kxd4 43. Qf6+ Kc5 44. Qxf5+ Kb6 45. Qxf3 Ka7) 38. Kf1 $2 (38. Qxf3 Qh2+ 39. Kf1) 38... Bxh3+ 39. Ke1 Qe7+ 40. Kd2 Qxf6 {Black mates.} 41. Kc1 Bf4+ 42. Kb2 {[#]} Rxd4 $1 43. Qc3 (43. Qxd4 Be5) 43... Rd2+ {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,126,-50,-43,-41,-60,-47,-64,-47,-62,-54,-58,-50,-72,-70,-78,-53,-51,-41,-57,-57,-42,-45,-33,-7,-29,-10,-27,-22,-34,-48,-37,-39,-71,0,0,0,-7,-5,-16,-19,-24,0,-7,0,-16,0,0,0,0,128,125,125,0,0,0,0,-82,-80,-131,0,-14,-16,-28,-13,-29,0,-6,215,182,221,225,230,221,243,243,260,252,354,333,372,363,355,347,365,365,345,333,383,370,532,380,462,462,467,472,5539,543,580,548,29964,29965,29962,29963,29972,29973,29961]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. h4 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Rfc8 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 13. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Rec1 Qb6 16. Nd2 Rc7 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. a3 a5 19. h5 Ba6 20. h6 {1-0 (57) Sale,S (2395)-Kravtsiv,M (2583) Petrovac 2015}) 13... b4 14. N1h2 Qd8 {Black is slightly better.} 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd2 a5 18. h5 c4 19. Nd4 Nc6 20. Nhf3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 cxd3 22. cxd3 Ba6 23. Rad1 Nc5 24. Qe3 Qg5 25. f4 Qxh5 26. Rd2 Qg6 {[%cal Ra6d3]} 27. Red1 Bxd3 (27... Rab8 $17) 28. Rxd3 $11 Nxd3 29. f5 exf5 30. Qxd3 Re8 31. Re1 Rad8 32. Nxf5 Re6 33. Bh3 Qg5 34. Kh2 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Re4 {Rg4 is the strong threat.} (35. Nxd4 Rxe5) 35... g6 (35... Qc1 $11 36. Nxg7 Rc6) 36. Nh4 $1 $16 Rc6 37. Nf3 (37. e6 $16 f5 38. Re1) 37... Qc1 $11 {Threatens to win with ...Qc2+.} 38. Re2 {Hoping for e6.} Qc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 39. Qxc4 (39. Ne1 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 39... Rxc4 $17 40. e6 {[#]} (40. Rd2 $142) 40... Rc7 (40... d3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd3e2]} 41. Rd2 Rc2) 41. exf7+ (41. Nxd4 $5 Rxd4 42. e7 Rxe7 43. Rxe7 $11) 41... Kxf7 42. Ne5+ Kg7 {White must now prevent ...d3.} 43. Nd3 Kf7 44. Rf2+ Kg7 $2 {[#]} (44... Kg8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 45. Nf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e6]} Re7 46. Ne6+ Rxe6 47. Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} d3 {next ...d2 is good for Black.} 48. Rd2 Rd4 49. b3 Re4 (49... a4 $142 50. Bc4 (50. bxa4 Re4 $11) 50... Kf6) 50. Bc4 Kf6 51. Bxd3 Rd4 52. Rf2+ Kg5 53. Rf3 h5 54. Kg2 Rd6 55. Kf2 Re6 (55... Rd4 {was called for.} 56. Ke3 Rg4) 56. Bc4 Re5 57. Rd3 Rf5+ 58. Kg2 Kf6 (58... h4 $142 59. gxh4+ Kxh4 60. Rd4+ Kg5) 59. Rd6+ (59. Rf3 $142 g5 60. Rd3) 59... Kg7 60. Rd5 Rxd5 61. Bxd5 {White mates.} Kf6 62. Kf3 g5 63. Ke4 h4 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,8,15,-24,11,16,50,39,63,41,92,75,105,97,113,83,83,87,95,93,92,80,108,103,151,99,122,118,117,110,110,102,106,111,142,115,121,81,128,81,81,88,97,90,91,91,107,107,107,107,107,66,66,72,1125,995,1310,1274,1190,1106,1917,1192,1326,1334,12825,12824,29954,29953,29951,29951,12847,12846,11010,9566]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 {LiveBook: 381 Games} 9. h4 $146 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rc2 c4 16. e3 Bb5 {½-½ (33) So,W (2810)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... c5 (9... Ba6 $5 {[%cal Ra6c4]} 10. Qc2 Nbd7 $11) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. h5 {White is slightly better.} h6 12. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g5] Strongly threatening g5.} Qd5 ({Black should play} 12... Ba6 $14 13. Qxc5 Bb7) 13. Qxd5 (13. Qc2 {keeps more tension.} Nc6 14. Rg1 Ne4 15. g5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Rc1) 13... Nxd5 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 {Black must now prevent h6.} f6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Bd7 20. Rh4 ({White should try} 20. Bd3) 20... Rfb8 21. b4 a6 22. Rd4 Bb5 23. Bg2 Re8 24. f4 f5 25. Bf3 Kh7 26. Bc3 Re7 27. Kd2 Rd8 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rdxd5 Rxd5+ 30. Rxd5 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 32. Ke3 g6 33. h6 Kxh6 34. Kd4 {Hoping for Kc5.} Kh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Kg7 $16) 35. Kc5 $18 Kg4 36. Bd2 Kf3 37. Kb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6a6]} Bb5 {[#]} 38. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 544]} Bf1 (38... Bxa4 39. Kxa6) 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Kxf2 41. Kc6 Ke2 {[#]} 42. Bc1 $1 Kd1 43. Ba3 Kd2 44. Be7 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,91,-16,-37,0,0,9,6,7,-17,-7,-4,21,8,46,25,48,43,89,56,70,67,57,66,86,98,172,164,181,81,137,137,123,20,20,19,29,20,25,33,49,29,58,60,77,82,115,106,121,130,134,128,134,131,132,127,119,91,85,80,65,16,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,4,3,3,3]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... Be7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bg3 Na5 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. d4 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 exd4 15. cxd4 {1-0 (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-So,W (2812) Paris 2017}) 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3 d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bb5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Bb7 {[#]} 14. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qe2) 14... Re8 15. O-O Bf8 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Bh4 c4 18. Nd2 g5 19. Bg3 d5 20. exd5 {[#] aiming for dxc4.} Nxd5 21. dxc4 Nf4 (21... Nxe3 $16 22. Rxe3 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4) 22. cxb5 $18 axb5 23. Be4 (23. b4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 23... Nd3 (23... b4 $142) 24. Bxd3 $16 Qxd3 25. Nb3 (25. Ng4 $16 {Nf6+ is the strong threat.} Qf5 26. b4 (26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Bxe5 Nc6 $16) (26. Bxe5 Re6 $16) (26. Nxe5 b4 $16)) 25... Qxd1 $11 26. Raxd1 Nxb3 27. axb3 {With the idea Ng4.} f6 28. f3 Kf7 29. Bf2 Ke6 30. Nc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Kf7 31. b4 Bc6 32. Bc5 Bg7 33. Ne3 Kg6 34. Kf2 h5 35. Rd6 Bf8 36. Rd2 Bh6 37. Ra1 g4 38. Ra6 {[#] And now Rd6 would win.} Re6 39. Rd1 f5 (39... Bxe3+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 40. Kxe3 Bxf3) 40. Rd6 (40. c4 $16 {Strongly threatening cxb5.} Bxe3+ 41. Bxe3 (41. Kxe3 f4+ 42. Kf2 Kf5 $14)) 40... Bxe3+ {The position is equal.} 41. Kxe3 f4+ 42. Kf2 Rxd6 43. Bxd6 Kf5 44. Rb6 Ke6 45. Rb8 Rxb8 46. Bxb8 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,85,28,13,21,21,20,13,22,16,18,8,40,40,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,7,0,14,0,20,15,12,0,8,-22,10,17,9,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-11,0,-4,0,-5,0,-7,-5,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-9,-9,0,-4,0,-18,0,-6]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4c2,Bc2d3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. d4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (10. Re1 d4 11. a4 Be6 12. Nf1 b4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nd2 c5 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Be3 Rfd8 {1-0 (50) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Aronian,L (2793) Leuven 2017}) 10... exd4 11. e5 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 12. Bxd3 Ng4 13. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nb3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bg5 Rf7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 {1-0 (39) Porreca,G-Musolino,P corr 1972}) 13... f6 $1 14. exf6 Nxf6 (14... Bxf6 {with more complications.} 15. Re1 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nb3 c6) 15. h3 Bd6 16. Re1 (16. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5]}) 16... Re8 {The position is equal.} 17. Qd1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bd7 19. Nb3 Qf8 20. Be3 Re8 21. Qd1 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Qf3 Kh8 25. Bf5 Qe7 {[#] ( -> ...Qe1+!)} 26. Be3 Rf8 (26... Qe5 $5 {[%cal Rd7f5]} 27. Bxd7 Nxd7 $15) 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Re1 (28. Nc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d7]} Qc6 29. Nd3 $11) 28... Ne4 29. Qg4 Qf7 {[%cal Re4f2]} 30. Rf1 h5 31. Qe2 Qg6 32. Rd1 c6 33. Nd4 Bb8 34. Re1 (34. a4 $5) 34... Kg8 35. Nf3 Qd6 36. Kf1 Qf6 37. Bd4 Qf5 38. Kg1 Bd6 39. Be3 Qg6 40. Nd4 (40. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Qe8 41. Nf3 $11) 40... Bb8 41. Nf3 Bd6 42. Nd4 Bb8 43. Nf3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,107,21,7,26,24,32,25,36,43,43,33,39,0,0,0,0,0,39,0,0,0,48,45,116,128,124,100,122,127,97,105,274,279,279,264,358,350,331,174,170,165,166,0,235,141,151,0,275,269,536,529,476,428,456,452,433,399,391,351,367,361,392,392,496,464,466,452,479,475,494,494,584,425,434,428,431,432,461,391,506,487,971,923,1232,1198]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bf4 c6 9. Nc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nf8 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} (13... Bb4 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Nb1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ng4 17. a3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. h3 Nf6 20. e3 Ne4 21. Nd2 {1-0 (57) Sumets,A (2598)-Miralles,G (2472) Rhodes 2013}) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ne5 Nd5 {White has an edge.} 16. Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bxe4 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Qa4 a5 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Bxd5 {½-½ (30) Vincent,T (2101)-Khedkar,J (1857) Winnipeg 2003}) 16... Ne6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bf8 19. Nc3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rc7 21. Kh1 {[%cal Bg1h1,Bh1g2,Bg2f2][%mdl 32]} h5 22. Rf1 h4 (22... Bd6 {feels hotter.} 23. Nc4 Bf8 24. h4 g6 25. Ne5 Bg7) 23. gxh4 $1 Qxh4 {[#]} (23... Bd6 $14) 24. Nb5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb5c7][%mdl 2560] White is really pushing.} cxb5 25. Rxc7 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qe4+ 27. Rf3 Bd6 $2 (27... f6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 28. Rcxf7 $18 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Qg6+ 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. e4 (31. Rxa7 Rc2+ 32. Ke1 Qg1+ 33. Rf1 Rc1+ 34. Kd2 Qxf1 $11) (31. R7f5 $142) 31... Qh6 32. Kg2 Qg6+ 33. Kf2 $2 (33. Kh1 $1 $18) 33... Rc4 $2 (33... Qh6 $11 34. Kg1 Qg6+ 35. Kf2) 34. Qd3 ({Inferior is} 34. Rxa7 Qxe4 35. Qe3 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Qg4+ 37. Kf1 Qg2+ 38. Ke1 Qh1+ 39. Rf1 Qc6 $11) 34... Qh5 {[#]} 35. Kg2 $2 ({Only move:} 35. Kg1 $1 $16) 35... Qg4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... Qg5+ $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 36. Kf2 Qxe5) 36. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g4]} Qxe4+ $2 (36... Qh4 {was called for.} 37. Rf6 Qxf6 38. Qxc4 (38. exf6 Nf4+ 39. Kf2 Nxd3+ 40. Rxd3 Rc2+ 41. Ke3 Rxh2 $11) 38... Qxe5) 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Re2+ 39. Kf1 Rxe5 40. Kf2 Rf5+ 41. Rf3 Rd5 42. Ke3 Nc5 43. Rg3 Ne6 44. Rb7 Re5+ 45. Kd2 Rh5 46. h3 Rd5+ 47. Kc1 Rd6 48. a3 Kh7 49. Re7 Kh6 50. Kb1 g5 51. Ka2 Kh5 52. Rb3 {White is clearly winning.} Nd4 (52... Nf4 $142 53. Rh7+ Kg6) 53. Rd3 Kg6 54. Re4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,79,7,6,8,0,0,0,9,0,-2,-39,-36,-77,-65,-197,-19,-8,-12,-12,-13,-16,-11,-19,85,43,133,142,123,137,124,35,34,35,45,41,46,32,39,45,42,42,42,44,37,44,37,8,8,8,15,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Bf1 b5 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} (8... O-O 9. d4 Qc7 10. h3 cxd4 11. cxd4 b5 12. a3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ng5 Qb6 17. Qg4 {1-0 (38) Harikrishna,P (2737)-Donchenko,A (2568) Germany 2016}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. e6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. a4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 N5b6 15. Qg4 O-O 16. e6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 fxe6 {1-0 (39) Belov,V (2561)-Khismatullin,D (2613) Zvenigorod 2008}) 13... fxe6 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Qf3 Rf8 16. Qh3 (16. Qg3 $15) 16... h6 $2 ({Black should try} 16... Rxf2 $19 17. Kxf2 Bd4+ 18. Kf3 Qd6) 17. Nxe6 $11 Nxe6 18. Qxe6 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} b4 (20... Rc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} O-O-O {[#]} ({Better is} 21... Bd5 $1 $14) 22. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5e6] Ne6 is the strong threat.} Bd4 23. Be3 {Threatens to win with Bxd4.} Bxb2 {[#]} 24. Ne6 ({But not} 24. Nxa6 $6 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Bxa6 $11) (24. Rab1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb1b2]} Bc3 25. Rec1 (25. Nxa6 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Bxa6 $11)) 24... Bxa1 $14 25. Rxa1 Nd5 26. Bxh6 Rf6 27. Rc1+ Nc3 28. Nxd8 Kxd8 29. a3 a5 30. axb4 axb4 31. Bd2 Rc6 32. h4 Bc8 {The position is equal.} 33. f3 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 34. g4 e4 35. h5 gxh5 36. gxh5 exf3 37. Bd3 Ne2+ 38. Bxe2 $1 Rxc1+ 39. Bxc1 fxe2 40. Kf2 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,61,13,20,0,20,6,25,13,41,19,41,18,37,0,26,37,36,45,62,0,95,33,44,43,142,158,138,141,166,125,147,144,150,136,142,148,143,141,183,150,147,135,210,217,193,203,677,669,29978,29979]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Bf5 {LiveBook: 32 Games} (7... Qc7 8. O-O Bf5 9. Re1 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bg7 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc2 e6 13. Ne3 Rab8 14. a4 Na5 15. Ra3 Rfc8 {0-1 (67) Artemiev,V (2653)-Riazantsev,A (2671) Doha 2016}) 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Qc7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 a6 12. Nce1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Nd4 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 {½-½ (19) Lupu,M (2480)-Spraggett,K (2530) Andorra 1996}) 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Na3 Nf4 14. Bf1 a6 15. Qd2 Ne6 16. Rac1 ({Better is} 16. Nh4 $14) 16... Qa5 {[#]} (16... Be4 $11) 17. Bh6 (17. Nh4 $1 $16) 17... b5 18. Nh4 b4 (18... Bxh6 $14 19. Qxh6 Ng7) 19. Nxf5 $16 gxf5 20. cxb4 Qb6 21. b5 ({Worse is} 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Bxg7 (22. Qg5 Rf7 $15) 22... Kxg7 $11) 21... axb5 22. Nxb5 Ncxd4 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxh6.} 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3 {Black must now prevent Rcd1.} Rc8 25. Qg3+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxc1.} 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qe5+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Kg8 (27... f6 $16 28. Qxd5 Rd8) 28. Nxd4 $18 ({Don't take} 28. Qxd5 $6 Nxb5 29. Qxb5 (29. Bxb5 Rc5 $14) 29... Qxb5 $16) 28... Qxd4 29. Qxf5 {Rxe6 is the strong threat.} Qxb2 $2 (29... Rc6 30. Re3 (30. Bd3 Qxb2 31. a4 Rc5 $18) 30... h6) 30. Rxe6 $1 Rc1 31. Rxe7 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,56,-15,-11,0,0,0,-9,-21,-22,-22,-11,-39,0,7,5,-17,-5,-14,-8,-32,-27,-35,-22,-20,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5h3,Bh3f4][%mdl 32] D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} Nxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Nh3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 12. Nf4 e6 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rb1 Na5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qc7 16. Qd3 Rd8 {1-0 (57) Adly,A (2601)-Ahmad,A (2353) Doha 2011}) 13... dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bd7 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Ne5 17. Bxb7 Bg4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Be3 g5 20. Ng2 $1 Rd7 21. Ba6 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Bxc3 23. Rac1 {The position is equal.} Rc7 24. Ne1 Ba5 25. Nxf3 Bxf3+ 26. Kg1 Rd8 27. Rxc7 Bxc7 28. Rc1 Bb6 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,86,-3,0,-10,4,-61,-11,-8,-24,-44,-39,-85,-81,-113,-72,-176,-167,-157,-163,-152,-152,-160,-150,-175,-133,-130,-98,-119,-94,-119,-101,-92,-110,-233,-231,-224,-224,-248,-218,-273,-270,-275,-267,-257,-260,-339,-331,-338,-314,-464,-470,-457,-461,-466,-446,-530,-539,-506,-506,-735,-735,-720,-699,-625,-610,-604,-595,-579,-559,-685,-492,-955,-955]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} d4 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 9. Rd1 (9. a3 a5 10. Rd1 e5 11. Nc3 Bxc5 12. Nd5 h6 13. Bd2 a4 14. Bb4 Nxb4 15. axb4 Nxd5 16. bxc5 {1-0 (34) So,W (2808)-Wojtaszek,R (2750) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 9... e5 10. Bg5 $146 (10. Nc3 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Nc3 Bxc5 11. a3 a5 12. b3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nh4 Qb6 15. Na4 d3 16. Rxd3 Bxf2+ {0-1 (49) Michelman,P (2285)-Bokar,J (2577) ICCF email 2005}) 10... Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} (10... Bxc5 11. Nc3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) (10... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Re7g5]} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a3 a5 13. Nbd2 Nxc5 14. Ne1 Bg4 15. Bf3 {[#]} (15. Bxc6 $17 bxc6 16. b4) 15... d3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3c2][%mdl 512]} 16. exd3 (16. Nxd3 Nd4) 16... Nd4 17. Qb1 Nxf3+ 18. Ndxf3 Nb3 19. Ra2 Rad8 20. a4 Qf6 21. Ra3 Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} ({Much less strong is} 21... Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Nc5 23. Kg2 $11) 22. Nxd4 {Nb5 is the strong threat.} Bxd1 ({Much weaker is} 22... exd4 $6 23. Rd2 $11) ({Of course not} 22... Rxd4 $6 23. Nc2 $11) 23. Qxd1 {aiming for Nb5.} Rxd4 24. Qe2 {[#]} (24. Nc2 $17 {keeps fighting.} Rdd8 25. Qd2) 24... e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. dxe4 Qc6 26. e5 Rxc4 27. Re3 Rxa4 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Qc4 30. Nd3 Qd5 31. Re7 Rd4 32. Ne1 (32. Re5 {was necessary.} Qf3 33. Ne1 Qxe2 34. Rxe2) 32... Rd2 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Qg4 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rg4g7]} Qd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rd1 36. Re7 Rd2 37. Ra7 Rdxf2 38. Nd3 Rd2 39. Nc5 Re8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 40. Kf1 Rxb2 41. Rxa5 Rxh2 42. Nd3 Rb8 43. Nf2 (43. Kg1 $142 Rc2 44. Nf2) 43... Rb1+ {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,103,0,0,-22,0,0,0,0,-1,-12,-18,-50,-46,-129,-139,-178,-175,-175,-175,-170,-174,-174,-176,-210,-194,-186,-190,-182,-175,-258,-258,-252,-232,-224,-208,-202,-243,-222,-235,-235,-257,-227,-165,-165,-166,-233,-224,-323,-165,-166,-151,-151,-100,-107,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} f5 (12... Re8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ng3 Bf7 17. d4 Nc4 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (43) Carlsen,M (2855)-Aronian,L (2792) Leuven 2016}) 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7 $1 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 15. Bd2 a6 (15... e4 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 16. Qe2 a6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11) 16. Bxc6 $1 {[#]} Qxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... bxc6 17. Re2 Rae8 18. Rae1 Na4 19. b4 Nb2 {½-½ (57) Bocharov,D (2609)-Geller,J (2544) Sochi 2012}) 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. c4 Na4 19. Bc1 Rad8 20. Nf1 (20. Rd1 $15) 20... Nc5 $17 21. Bg5 Rb8 ({Don't do} 21... Nxd3 22. Re3 $15) 22. b3 Nxd3 23. Re2 e4 24. Rd1 Rbe8 25. f3 exf3 26. Rxe8 f2+ 27. Kh1 Rxe8 28. Be3 {[#]} (28. Rxd3 $142 Re1 29. g3 Rxf1+ 30. Kg2) 28... f4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 29. Rxd3 fxe3 ({Not} 29... Rxe3 30. Rxe3 fxe3 31. Nxe3 $17) 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kf7 32. g4 Bc5 33. Nf1 Kf6 34. Kg2 Ke5 35. Kf3 Bd4 36. Ng3 (36. Nh2 {was worth a try.}) 36... g6 37. Nf1 (37. h4 {keeps fighting.}) 37... Kf6 (37... Kd6 $142 38. Nd2 Kc5) 38. Ng3 Kg5 39. Nf1 Kh4 (39... Bc5 $142 40. Nd2 Kf6 41. Ne4+ Ke5 42. Nxf2 Bxf2 43. Kxf2 Kd4) 40. Kg2 $17 {[#]} Be5 ({Black should try} 40... c5 $1 $17 41. Nd2 Kg5 42. Ne4+ Kf4 43. Nxf2 Bxf2 44. Kxf2 g5) 41. Nd2 $11 {[%cal Rd2f3] The position is equal.} f1=Q+ 42. Nxf1 Bf4 43. Nh2 Bxh2 44. Kxh2 {KP-KP} c5 45. Kg2 h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Kh2 Kg5 48. Kg3 h4+ 49. Kf3 {Black must now prevent Ke4.} Kf5 50. Ke3 Ke5 $1 51. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Kf5 52. Ke3 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,104,35,3,25,14,30,37,33,35,44,27,23,0,0,-5,0,-17,-8,-8,23,15,23,-24,-23,-22,-24,-22,65,-114,33,25,26,7,20,8,6,7,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6h5,Bh5g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32]} 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg5 {[%cal Bf4g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 6. Bh4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} g5 7. Nfd2 (7. Bg3 Nd7 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 Ndf6 10. Be2 c6 11. Qc2 a6 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 {0-1 (93) Bindrich,F (2590)-Kozul,Z (2613) Doha 2016}) 7... Ng7 8. Bg3 Nf5 9. c3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bg7 10. Bd3 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nd7 12. g4 Nf6 13. f3 {½-½ (57) Nemcova,K (2359)-Krush,I (2444) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Qf3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 (13. Qxg3 {is more complex.} f5 14. h4 g4 15. f3 Nf6 16. O-O-O) 13... a6 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Nc2 b5 16. Qe2 c5 17. f4 d5 {[#] ...c4 is the strong threat.} 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. e4 b4 20. cxb4 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 O-O ({Black should play} 21... gxf4 $11 22. gxf4 Qf6) 22. exd5 $2 {[#]} (22. e5 $14 {stays ahead.}) 22... Qxd5 (22... Qf6 $1 $17 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rf6b2]} 23. Nc4 exd5 24. Qxd5 Be6 25. fxg5 Qg6) 23. Qxd5 $14 exd5 24. Nf3 a5 25. Rxd5 axb4 26. fxg5 h5 (26... Bb7 $5 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 27. Rb5 hxg5 $14) 27. Ncd4 Bb7 28. Rd6 Rfc8+ 29. Kd2 $1 Rd8 (29... Bxf3 $5 30. Nxf3 (30. gxf3 Rd8 $17) 30... Ra8 $11) 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Ke3 Re8+ 32. Kf2 Ra8 33. a3 bxa3 34. bxa3 Rxa3 35. Rxh5 Ra2+ 36. Kg1 Bxd4+ 37. Nxd4 Rxg2+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. Kf1 Rxg3 39. Kf2 Rg4 40. Ke3 Re4+ 41. Kd3 Re5 42. Rh2 Rxg5 43. Rb2 Bd5 44. Ke3 Re5+ 45. Kf2 Kg7 46. Rb5 f6 47. Ra5 Kg6 48. Ne2 Rf5+ 49. Ke3 Re5+ 50. Kf2 {The position is equal.} Kg5 51. Nc3 Be6 52. Rxe5+ fxe5 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,53,0,6,-28,-22,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,27,29,48,25,41,14,30,20,27,6,7,6,26,29,29,20,70,0,0,0,81,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 $1 {LiveBook: 381 Games} 9. h4 $146 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rc2 c4 16. e3 Bb5 {½-½ (33) So,W (2810)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne5 {The position is equal.} h6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 14. Rh3 f5 15. Rd1 Kh7 16. Qc1 Bd5 17. Rc3 c6 18. g3 a5 19. e3 Rac8 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Bc4 {Strongly threatening Bxd5.} Rfc8 23. Rdc2 Be4 24. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] And now Bxe4 would win. Black is under pressure.} Bf3 25. Be2 (25. e4 $5) 25... Be4 26. Bd3 {Black must now prevent Bxe4.} Bf3 {[#]} 27. Be2 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 31%.} (27. e4 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,77,-19,-14,-20,-24,-59,-54,-59,-59,-79,-82,-91,-82,-97,-88,-84,-79,-123,-21,-139,-28,-28,60,66,54,54,48,52,68,65,56,35,29,0,68,20,46,41,37,0,0,-9,-10,-74,-74,-81,0,-4,0,0,0,-14,-12,-39,-37,-60,-57,-56,-33,-46,425,411,575,567,562,557]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 (4... Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nc4 e4 8. d4 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2 Bb4+ 13. Bc3 {1-0 (34) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Anand,V (2786) Stavanger 2017}) 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} dxc6 7. Ng3 h5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Bg4 9. Nge2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. f3 exf3 10. gxf3 h4 11. Nf1 Bh5 12. Qe2 {½-½ (63) Granda Zuniga,J (2652)-Naroditsky,D (2622) Benasque 2015}) 9... Qd7 10. h3 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg6 $1 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. O-O-O Rhe8 15. Qf1 Ng4 (15... Bxg3 $17 16. fxg3 Bf5) 16. Kb1 (16. Nce2 $1 $11) 16... f6 (16... Bxg3 $1 $17 17. fxg3 f6) 17. Nce2 $1 $11 Bf7 (17... a5 $11) 18. f3 $1 $14 {[%cal Rf3g4]} exf3 19. gxf3 Nh6 20. Rg1 Be5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. e4 Qa3 (23... Ra5 $11 24. Nge2 g5) 24. Nge2 g5 $1 25. hxg5 fxg5 {Threatens to win with ...Ra5.} 26. Ng2 a5 27. f4 (27. d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Rb5 28. Rd2 $11) 27... Rc5 {( -> ...Rxc2!)} 28. Ne3 (28. Nc1 $1 $11) 28... a4 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra4b3][%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 29. Nc1 ({Don't go for} 29. fxg5 $2 axb3 30. axb3 Bxb3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... axb3 ({Better is} 29... g4 $17 {White must now prevent ...axb3.} 30. d3 axb3 31. cxb3 {[#]} Rxc1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Rxc1 Bxb3) 30. cxb3 $11 {[#]} Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Nc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2a3]} (31. Nxg4 Rxc1+) 31... Qa7 32. fxg5 Bg6 {...Rxc2! is the strong threat.} 33. Qe2 Rxg5 34. d3 Qc5 35. Rdf1 Qe7 36. Ne3 Rc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... b6 $15) 37. Nxg4 $18 hxg4 38. Qxg4+ Kb8 39. Qxg6 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,106,0,0,0,7,0,0,-52,-24,-21,0,-8,-2,-54,0,-9,-7,-20,-25,-21,-29,-25,0,-10,3,-116,-108,-135,-137,-162,-55,-213,-64,-197,-197,-183,-131,-145,-136,-122,-139,-141,-129,-183,-181,-179,-114,-110,-105,-112,-114,-112,-107,-124,-103,-156,-156,-156,-156,-156,-156,-166,-33,-33,-33,-39,-33,-39,-39,-43,-58,-853,-699,-689,-589,-437,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-29982,-29982,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29986]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 8. Bd2 (8. Na4 Bc5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Nd4 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bb6 13. Bg2 Ba5 14. d4 Bg4 15. Qc2 {1-0 (30) Swiercz,D (2637)-Zhigalko,S (2648) Kocaeli 2017}) 8... a5 9. Rc1 Re8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 10. a3 Bc5 11. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 e4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. e3 Re8 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Kh2 a4 {0-1 (43) Marino,F (1887)-Guerra,A (2229) Casaleone 2009}) 11... Ba7 12. c5 (12. Bc3 $11) 12... e4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 {[%cal Rd6c5]} 14. Be3 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 (15. Bxc5 $11 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. e3) 15... Bxc5 (15... Rxe3 {feels hotter.} 16. fxe3 Bxc5 17. Rc3 Qe7 18. Qd3 Bd7) 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qxd8 Nxd8 18. Rxc5 Rxe2 19. Rxc7 Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 20. Rc4 Bd7 21. Nd4 (21. Rb1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21... Rxb2 $17 22. Rfc1 Rd8 23. Nf5 Bb5 ({Better is} 23... b5 $19 24. R4c2 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Kf8) 24. R4c3 $2 (24. Rc8 $15) 24... Bd3 (24... Rdd2 $1 $19 25. Bxb7 g6) 25. Ne7+ (25. Ne3 $1 $15 Bg6 26. Nc4) 25... Kf8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf8e7]} 26. Nd5 Bb5 (26... Nd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4e2]} 27. Rc8 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Ke8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8) 27. Rc8 Bc6 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Ne3 Rb3 30. Nc4 (30. Bxc6 $17 Nxc6 31. a4) 30... Bxg2 31. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} b5 (31... a4 $1 $19 32. Rd1 Ne6) 32. Nxa5 $17 Rxa3 33. Nc6 Nxc6 34. Rxc6 {KR-KR} Ke7 35. Rb6 Rb3 36. g4 ({White should play} 36. Kf1) 36... b4 37. h4 Rb2 38. Kg3 b3 39. g5 {[#]} hxg5 (39... h5 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rb1.} 40. Kf3 Rb1) 40. hxg5 $15 Rb1 {aiming for ...Kd7.} 41. Kf4 Kd7 42. Rb7+ Kc6 43. Rb8 Kc5 {Threatens to win with ...Kc4.} 44. Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. Rb7 $15) 44... Kc4 $1 $19 45. Rc8+ Kd3 46. Rb8 Rb2 $2 (46... Kc2 $19 47. Rc8+ Kd3 48. Rd8+ Ke2) 47. f4 $15 Rb1 {...Kc4 is the strong threat.} 48. Rb7 b2 {And now ...Kc3 would win.} 49. Rxf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Rb8 $15 Kc4 50. Rc8+ Kb3 51. Rb8+ Kc3 52. Rc8+ Kb3 53. Rb8+ Kc3 54. Rc8+ Kb3) 49... Rc1 {Black mates.} 50. Rb7 b1=Q 51. Rxb1 Rxb1 52. Kg6 Ke4 53. Kxg7 Kf5 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,155,9,8,19,20,9,1,0,18,0,6,21,4,18,16,36,21,74,28,36,27,19,10,30,0,44,45,57,0,62,56,74,72,64,63,81,64,57,61,68,54,71,24,28,32,28,0,0,0,4,0,6,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-198,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6e5][%mdl 32]} 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Ne7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Bd3 {LiveBook: 32 Games} (10. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4a5]} c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nbd2 $11) 10... c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 11. Be3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Na3 Qe7 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 {0-1 (34) Fressinet,L (2687)-Kramnik,V (2812) Paris 2016}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Nc3 Rc8 16. Bf1 h6 17. Nd4 Bd7 (17... Ba5 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Rc1 Re8 19. a3 a6 20. Nc2 Be6 (20... Ba5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c3]}) 21. Nd4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. f3 (23. Qd3 $14 Bxd4 24. Bxd4) 23... Rc8 (23... d5 $11) 24. Qd2 $14 Nd7 25. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rxe6 27. Nd5 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Nf6 29. Rc3 Kh7 ({Wrong is} 29... Nxd5 $2 30. Rc8 $18) 30. Nxf6+ (30. Ne3 {looks sharper.} Re7 31. Rd3 Rc7 32. Qd2 Rc6 33. g3) 30... Qxf6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 31. Qd2 Re5 32. Rd3 Rb5 33. b4 Rb6 34. Qc3 Qg5 35. Rd5 Rc6 36. Rxg5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc3g7]} Rxc3 $11 {KR-KR} 37. Rd5 Rxa3 38. Rxd6 b5 39. Rb6 f6 40. h4 h5 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Rb7 Ra4 43. Ra7 Rxb4 44. Rxa6 Rb2+ 45. Kg3 b4 46. Rb6 b3 47. Rb7 Rb1 48. Kf4 Kh7 49. Rb5 Kg8 50. Rb7 Kh7 51. Kg3 Kg6 52. Kf4 $1 Rb2 53. Kg3 Rb1 54. Kf4 b2 55. Kg3 Kh7 56. Kh2 Kg8 57. Kg3 g5 58. hxg5 fxg5 59. e5 Kf8 60. Kh2 h4 (60... Ke8 $5 {[%cal Rh5h4]} 61. g3 Kd8 $11) 61. Rb6 Ke7 {...Kd7 is the strong threat.} (61... h3 $5) 62. e6 Kf6 (62... h3 $5) 63. Rb5 Kxe6 64. Rb8 Kd5 (64... h3 $5 65. gxh3 Ke5 $19) 65. Rb7 Kc4 {aiming for ...Kc3.} (65... h3 $5 66. gxh3 Kc4 $19) 66. Rb8 Kc3 (66... h3 $5 67. gxh3 Kc3 68. Rc8+ Kd2 $19) 67. Rc8+ $1 Kd3 68. Rd8+ Ke3 69. Rb8 $2 {[#]} (69. Re8+ $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kd4 70. Rb8) 69... Kf2 $2 (69... g4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4g3][%mdl 512] White must now prevent ...g3+.} 70. Rb3+ (70. fxg4 Kf4) 70... Kd2 71. fxg4 Kc2) 70. Rb5 {The position is equal.} h3 71. gxh3 Kxf3 {And now ...Ke3 would win.} 72. Rb3+ Ke4 {Strongly threatening ...Kd5.} 73. Kg2 Kd4 {Threatens to win with ...Kc4.} (73... g4 $5 74. hxg4 Kd5 $11) 74. Rb8 Kc3 (74... g4 $5 75. hxg4 Ke5 $11) 75. Rc8+ $1 Kd3 76. Rd8+ Kc3 77. Rc8+ Kd3 78. Rd8+ {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,162,59,69,37,40,45,37,32,38,34,50,34,59,58,57,54,55,14,7,7,10,9,65,54,83,81,109,95,91,-59,-52,-52,-66,-60,-61,-63,-68,-76,-81,-84,-73,-127,-131,-140,-81,-99,-83,-75,-9,-359,-350,-357,-285,-363,-359,-345,-344,-346,-339,-294,-167,-196,-171,-193,-141,-195,-195,-203,-198,-197,-166,-155,-96,-129,-96,-153,-62,-153,-137,-139,0,-132,-62,-94,-58,-63,-58,-58,-15,-15,-12,-16,-8,-8,0,-16,-16,-53,-25,-83,-90,-81,-28,-54,-72,-215,-235,-251,-205,-5730,-5730,-2664,-1826,-1471,-1325,-11867,-8708,-4606,-297,-315,-338,-315,-315,-200,-8,-3143,-227,-29976,-29975,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29978,-29978,-29977,-29977,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5 Na5 9. b3 c5 10. dxc6 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (10. Bb2 a6 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Qc2 b5 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Nd1 e5 15. e4 bxc4 16. bxc4 Bd7 17. Bc3 Ng4 18. f3 Nh6 19. Nf2 f5 20. f4 fxe4 21. Nfxe4 {1-0 (43) Bok,B (2592)-Markovic,M (2459) Baku 2016}) 10... bxc6 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 13. Rad1 $146 (13. h3 Be6 14. Rab1 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qc2 Rxb2 17. Rxb2 Nxb2 {0-1 (71) Navara,D (2737)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) ({Predecessor:} 13. Rac1 h6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. h3 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Ba3 Nb7 {½-½ (41) Stangl,M (2375)-Hernandez,G (2300) Tunja 1989}) 13... Rfd8 14. h3 Be6 15. Ba1 Nb7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Kh2 Nc5 18. e4 a5 19. Nc2 Be6 (19... e5 $11) 20. f4 $14 a4 21. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Na6 22. b5 $1 Nc5 23. Nb4 (23. bxc6 $16 Bxc4 24. Rfe1) 23... Bxc4 $15 24. Nxc6 {aiming for e5.} Bxb5 25. Nxd8 Bxf1 26. Bxf1 {e5 is the strong threat.} Rxd8 27. e5 Nfe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Qd4 ({White should play} 29. Qg2 Nc5 30. exd6 exd6 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qb2+ Kg8 33. Qd4) 29... Qc2+ $17 30. Bg2 d5 (30... Rc8 $142 {White must now prevent ...e6.} 31. Qd3 Nf2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2) 31. Qb6 Rc8 32. Rxd5 Qxa2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} (32... h5 $17 33. Qb2 Qxb2 34. Bxb2 Rc2 35. Rd8+ Kh7) 33. Rd8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Qb7 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Re8 34. Bd4) 33... Rxd8 $19 34. Qxd8+ Bf8 35. Qd4 Nd2 {( -> ...Nf3+)} 36. Qb2 Qxb2 37. Bxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} e6 38. Bc3 Nc4 (38... Nb1 $142 39. Ba1 a3) 39. Be4 a3 40. Bb1 Bc5 (40... Ne3 $19 41. Ba2 h5) 41. Kg2 (41. Ba2 $17 {was necessary.} Ne3 42. Be1) 41... Ne3+ 42. Kf3 Nd5 43. Ba1 Bb4 44. Ba2 Ne7 (44... Kf8 $142 45. Bd4 Ke8) 45. g4 h5 46. Ke4 (46. Bd4 $142) 46... Kg7 (46... Bd2 $17 47. Bd4 Nc6) 47. Bb3 (47. Bd4 $15) 47... Bd2 48. Bd4 Bb4 (48... Bc1 $17 49. Bc5 Nd5) 49. Be3 {[#]} (49. Ba1 $1 $11) 49... Kf8 (49... Nd5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Kf3 (50. Bxd5 exd5+) 50... Nxe3 51. Kxe3 hxg4 52. hxg4 g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 50. Bf2 Nc6 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. gxf5 exf5+ 53. Kxf5 Kg7 54. Ba2 Bc3 {And now ...Nb4 would win.} 55. Bc5 Bb4 56. Be3 Be7 57. e6 f6 (57... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4a2]} 58. Bd4+ Kh6 $17) 58. Bd2 (58. Bd5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Nb4 59. Bb3) 58... Bd6 59. Bc3 Ne7+ 60. Ke4 Kg6 61. Bb1 (61. Bd2 $17) 61... f5+ 62. Kd4 Kf6 63. Ba2 $2 (63. Kd3+ Kxe6 64. Ba2+ Nd5 65. Bg7) 63... Be5+ 64. Kd3 Bxc3 65. Kxc3 {KB-KN} Ng6 66. Kb4 Nf4 67. h4 Ng6 $2 (67... Ng2 68. Kxa3 f4) 68. Kxa3 Nxh4 69. Kb4 {[#]} Ng6 $1 70. Kc5 Ne7 $2 ({Better is} 70... Kg5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 71. Kd4 Kf6) 71. Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (71. Kd4 $11 Ng6 72. Ke3) 71... f4 $2 (71... h4 72. Bc4 f4) 72. Bc4 $2 (72. Bd5 $19 Nxd5 73. Kxd5) 72... f3 {[%cal Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 73. Kd7 Nf5 74. Bd3 f2 75. Bf1 h4 76. Bh3 Ne7 77. Kd6 {[#]} Ng6 $1 78. Kd7 Nf8+ 79. Kd6 {[#]} Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 80. Bf1 (80. Bxe6 f1=Q) 80... Nf4 81. Kc5 h3 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,76,36,29,45,-2,14,-6,0,-10,0,-4,85,19,26,15,16,-106,60,-18,0,-39,-38,-29,-8,-78,-70,-85,-69,-72,-85,-91,-83,-101,-103,-114,-120,-123,-91,-153,-131,-158,-136,-151,-102,-178,-197,-304,-280,-318,-334,-820,-720,-685,-532,-1422,-1415,-1329,-1428,-1336,-1327,-1228,-1220,-1093,-1093,-1086,-1086,-1079,-1060]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 b5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bg5 {LiveBook: 13 Games. B28: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 a6 (O'Kelly Variation)} (6. Bd3 d6 7. Bg5 g6 8. Nd5 Bg7 9. c3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 e6 12. Nb4 Nf6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. h4 {½-½ (33) Antipov,M (2586)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2671) Dubai 2017}) 6... Qc7 7. Qd2 e6 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Nc6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 f6 11. Bh4 Ne7 12. Bg3 e5 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. exf5 Qc6 {1-0 (54) Zocher,M-Osmanodja,B Sebnitz 2002}) 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. O-O Ne7 {[#]} (10... h6 $11 11. Be3 Nf6) 11. Rfe1 (11. a4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4b5]} b4 12. Na2) 11... Ng6 12. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} b4 13. Nd5 (13. Na2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13... h6 $2 ({Black should try} 13... f6 $17 14. Nxf6+ (14. Bf4 Kf7 $17) 14... gxf6 15. Bxf6 Rg8) 14. Bf4 (14. Be3 $1 $14) 14... Nxf4 15. Qxf4 {Strongly threatening Nc7+.} Bd6 16. Qg4 Be5 17. Rab1 (17. a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 17... Qd6 $17 (17... exd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Rbd1 $14) 18. Ne3 Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 Be5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Re3 h5 23. Qe2 g5 24. b3 (24. Qd2 $142) 24... Ke7 25. Rd1 h4 26. Kg1 h3 27. g3 (27. Rxh3 $17 {was necessary.} Rxh3 28. gxh3) 27... h2+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 28. Kg2 (28. Kh1 {is the only way for White.}) 28... f5 {Hoping for ...f4.} 29. Qd2 a5 30. Be2 $2 {[#]} (30. Kh1) 30... h1=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 31. Rxh1 Bxe4+ 32. Bf3 Rxh1 33. Kxh1 Bxf3+ (33... Qa1+ $2 34. Kg2 $17) 34. Rxf3 {KQR-KQR} Rh8+ 35. Kg2 Qa1 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Ra1h1]} 36. Qxg5+ Ke8 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Ra1h1]} 37. Qg6+ Kd8 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Ra1h1]} 38. Qg5+ Kc8 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,39,17,28,0,26,-16,-27,-31,-7,0,-7,0,24,14,20,0,0,0,10,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3 Re8 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 b6 11. h3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. Nh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. d5 Nc5 13. Nd2 Nfd7 14. Nc4 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 e4 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 {1-0 (56) Carlsen,M (2881)-Guseinov,G (2613) Dubai 2014}) 12... Rb8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rb1 Nc4 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. Qd3 (17. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Rf1c4]} d5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Nxb2 21. Qe4 $11) 17... Ne5 {The position is equal.} 18. Qd2 Nc4 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,105,8,21,23,35,0,-2,-3,25,34,43,11,13,22,28,13,29,4,12,0,1,-10,-10,-31,-31,-45,-16,-34,-38,-56,-28,-133,-50,-147,-135,-145,-125,-122,-120,-113,-108,-119,-128,-125,-121,-139,-139,-142,-130,-151,-148,-156,-140,-156,-120,-166,-116,-143,-143,-165,-136,-236,-156,-229,-131,-129,-122,-125,0,-148,-141,-125,-64,-65,-27,-55,356,239,525,519,668,661,1304,1250,1760,1758,1658,1635,1618,1040,979,929,954,939]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 7. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 {White has an edge.} 9. d3 Bb6 10. b4 e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. b5 Nd4 13. a4 a6 14. a5 {1-0 (50) Gelfand,B (2729)-Inarkiev,E (2702) Nazran 2017}) 11. Ng5 Qd4 12. Be3 Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bxe3 (13... Bg4 14. h3 {½-½ (34) Nakamura,H (2792)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017}) 14. fxe3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Rac1 c6 17. Nc5 (17. d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Ng4 18. h3 $14) 17... Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 18. e4 b6 19. Na4 Bb7 (19... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7d4]} 20. e3 Ba6 $11) 20. d4 Rad8 21. h3 Ne5 22. e3 (22. Qc3 $11 Ng6 23. Nb2) 22... c5 (22... Ba6 $1 $17 23. Rfd1 Nc4) 23. Qc3 ({Better is} 23. Rfd1 $1 $15) 23... Ng6 $1 $17 24. d5 Ne5 25. Nb2 Ba6 26. Rf4 f6 27. Kh2 Rfe8 28. a4 Nf7 29. Nd1 Nd6 30. Nf2 Bc8 31. Qb2 Bd7 32. Qa2 h6 33. Nd3 Kh8 34. Rcf1 Bc8 35. R1f2 Ba6 36. Nb2 Qe5 37. Qb3 (37. Qa3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 37... Re7 38. Qc2 (38. Qa3 $17) 38... Rc7 (38... Rf8 $1 $19 39. Rh4 g5 40. Rxh6+ Kg7) 39. Nd1 Bc8 40. Nb2 {With the idea Nd3.} Ba6 ({Black should try} 40... c4 $17 41. Nd3 Qe7) 41. Bf1 (41. Nd1 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 41... Bxf1 42. Rxf1 {Threatening Nd3.} Re8 (42... c4 $17 {White must now prevent ...g5.} 43. Nd3 cxd3 44. Qxc7 Rc8) 43. Nd3 $15 Qh5 ({Don't go for} 43... Qe7 $2 44. e5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 44. e5 Nf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Rxe5 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 45. Nxe5 Qxe5) 45. d6 ({Weaker is} 45. exf6 g5 $16) 45... Rd7 $2 {[#]} (45... Rb7 {keeps fighting.}) 46. Rf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5h5] White is clearly winning.} Ng5 47. h4 Qg4 {Threatens to win with ...Qh3+.} 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Nf2 Qh5+ 50. Kg2 Kg8 51. Qc4+ Qf7 52. Qxf7+ Kxf7 53. Ng4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,93,0,-31,-17,-27,-10,-20,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,0,-22,-10,-11,-11,-11,-16,-14,-14,-21,24,24,37,45,76,60,47,31,66,19,26,0,0,0,56,53,46,41,50,48,38,19,67,63,62,53,62,26,120,112,144,168,152,87,81,79,84,82,85,25,50,10,62,8,45,0,37,0,0,0,0,-710,-716,-29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... Be7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bg3 Na5 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. d4 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 exd4 15. cxd4 {1-0 (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-So,W (2812) Paris 2017}) 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3 d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bb5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nh5 11. O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. d4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 {½-½ (53) Macieja,B (2616)-Georgiev,K (2666) Porto Carras 2011}) 11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 a6 (12... c6 $5 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 13. Ba4 b5 $11) 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 c5 15. Re1 Be6 16. d4 Qc7 17. d5 Bd7 18. b3 Nb7 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. a4 c4 {aiming for ...cxb3.} 21. b4 a5 22. axb5 axb4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...b3.} 23. cxb4 (23. b6 $5 Qd8 24. Rxa8 (24. Nxc4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bb5 $11) (24. cxb4 c3 $11) 24... Rxa8 25. Nxc4 $14) 23... Bxb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nb1 (25. Bb3 $5) 25... Qb6 26. Nc3 Ra3 27. Qd2 Bd8 ({Black should play} 27... Bd7 $11) 28. Rb1 $1 $14 Qa6 29. Bd1 $1 Bb6 30. Be2 Bd7 31. Bf1 Ra1 32. Qb2 $1 ({Don't blunder} 32. b5 $2 Qa3 $19) 32... Rxb1 33. Nxb1 Nd8 34. Na3 {[#]} Bb5 (34... c3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Bxa6 (35. Qxc3 Qa7 $11) 35... cxb2) 35. Qc3 Bd4 36. Qc1 Ba7 37. Nxb5 (37. Bxc4 $142 Bxc4 38. Nxc4) 37... Qxb5 $16 38. Qxc4 Qb6 39. Qa2 g6 40. Ne1 (40. Nh2 $16) 40... Kg7 41. Nd3 f5 (41... Qd4 $11) 42. Qc4 (42. exf5 $14 gxf5 43. Qc2) 42... Nf7 43. Kh2 {Black should prevent exf5.} h5 44. Be2 {Hoping for exf5.} fxe4 45. Qxe4 Qd8 46. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. b5 $11) 46... Qb6 $19 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 47. g4 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 38%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,73,22,0,53,31,29,10,52,49,89,77,181,170,171,19,10,16,23,33,33,0,95,92,79,82,93,94,89,81,418,151,151,152,149,149,147,149,153,149,221,223,208,173,158,123,664,656]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. g3 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (13. Bf1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Qb1 d4 19. h3 Ng4 20. hxg4 Qh4 21. f4 dxe3 22. Rxe3 Bxf4 23. Rh3 Qxh3 24. gxh3 Be3+ 25. Kh2 Bf4+ 26. Kg1 {½-½ (26) Wang,H (2698)-Ding,L (2781) Danzhou 2017}) 13... c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf1 {LiveBook: 37 Games. The position is equal.} Nf8 ({Black should try} 15... g6 $11) 16. Bg2 {[#]} Ne6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bb8 17. Nh4 g6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Na4 N8d7 20. Nf3 Rc8 {1-0 (39) Drozdovskij,Y (2627)-Belov,V (2595) Rijeka 2010}) 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nh4 {[%cal Bf3h4,Bh4f5,Bf5h6][%mdl 32]} Bb8 19. Nf5 Qd7 (19... Qf8 $16 {might work better.}) 20. Na4 $1 $18 d4 {Threatens to win with ...Bxg2.} 21. e4 $2 (21. Nxc5 $18 Nxc5 22. Bxd4 (22. Qxc5 Bxg2 23. Nxg7 Re5 $15) 22... Bxg2 23. Bxf6) 21... Rc8 $11 22. Bc1 g6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Nb2 d3 (24... Nf4 $11 25. gxf4 Kxh6) 25. Nxd3 (25. Qc4 {feels hotter.} Nd4 26. Qxd3 Qc6 27. Nc4 Nxe4 28. Ng4) 25... Nd4 26. Qb2 {Black must now prevent Be3.} Bxe4 {[#]} 27. Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc5 28. Rxd4 Rxc1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Bd5 $16 29. Red1 (29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Nf5+ gxf5 $11) 29... Be5) 29. Rxc1 $2 (29. Rxd7 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rxe1+ 30. Bf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1) 29... Be5 $16 30. Rxd7 Bxb2 31. Rxf7+ Kxh6 {[#]} 32. Re1 $1 Bc3 33. Re2 Bd4 {[#]} (33... a5 $16) 34. Bxe4 $1 $18 Rxe4 35. Kf1 {Rxe4 is the strong threat.} Rxe2 36. Kxe2 {And now Kd3 would win.} Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... g5 $16 37. Rc7 Kg6) 37. Rf4 $1 {[%csl LRd4,LRg4] Precision: White = 58%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,94,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-5,1,-48,-14,-6,-8,-39,-33,-30,-14,-19,-16,-18,-21,-20,-20,-20,-22,-74,-62,-67,-65,-71,-1,-1,-6,-8,-8,-8,0,-61,-54,-66,-66,-81,-63,-143,-68,-412,-398,-378,-74,-105,-105,-250,-268,-388,-320,-303,-188,-350,-347,-656,-297,-1093,-514]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 c5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rac1 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Na5 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Ne1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Nb5 Qc8 15. d4 a6 16. Na3 Qc7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rac8 19. Qf3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 {1-0 (78) Demuth,A (2545)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2710) Berlin 2015}) 14... Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Qb7 16. f4 a6 17. Ba1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. d3 Qg6 20. Rb1 Rab8 21. g4 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6g5][%mdl 32]} 22. h4 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. h5 Qe8 25. g5 c4 26. h6 fxg5 27. Bxg7 Qg6 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 28. dxc4 Nxc4 29. Rxd8+ (29. Qg4 $1 $11) 29... Rxd8 $17 30. Rxb5 gxf4 31. exf4 {[#]} Rd2 ({Black should try} 31... Nd6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd6b5]} 32. Rb4 Rc8) 32. f5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Qxf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 33. Rxf5 {[%cal Re2e6]} Rxe2 34. Rf4 Nd6 {And now ...Nf5 would win.} 35. a4 (35. Rf2 $11 Re4 36. Rf4) 35... Nf5 $1 $15 36. Rg4 Kf7 37. Bh8 Ra2 38. Kf1 (38. Be5 $15) 38... Bc5 (38... Bd6 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bh2.} 39. Bg7 e5) 39. Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Be5 $15) 39... Bf2+ $1 $19 40. Kd1 Be3 $2 (40... Bg3 $19 41. a5 Rxg2) 41. Ke1 Bd2+ 42. Kd1 (42. Kf1 $17) 42... Bxh6 43. Ke1 (43. a5 $142) 43... Bd2+ 44. Kd1 h5 45. Rc4 $2 (45. Re4 {only move.}) 45... Bg5 46. Rc7+ $2 (46. Rc2 Rxa4 47. Rb2) 46... Kg6 (46... Kg8 $142 47. Rc8+ Kh7) 47. Ne1 $2 (47. Rc2 Rxa4 48. Re2) 47... Rd2+ {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,109,12,7,11,7,9,12,14,-10,-1,-24,31,23,45,48,54,54,82,84,75,71,125,95,127,132,186,201,245,35,35,35,30,29,147,152,462,306,277,218,203,154,151,166,168,144,191,192,465,488,482,480,470,471,460,460,478,471,1209,1204,1151,820,12835,12835,12833,6514,12840,12839,12841,12841,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12846,12846,12847,12846,12847,12847,12847,12847,12847,12847,12850,29990,12851,29993,12851,29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Ne7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7... a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Qe8 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf4 {1-0 (63) Karjakin,S (2773)-So,W (2810) Saint Louis 2017}) 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 c6 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 12 Games} exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nhf4 15. Bxg6 $146 (15. Bxf4 $5 Nxf4 16. Qd2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15. Bc2) 15... Nxg6 (15... fxg6 $11 16. Bd2 Ne6) 16. Bg5 $14 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Ng3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Kf7 (20... Qd7 $142) 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. Qd3 Bd7 (22... Kg8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 23. Re1 $18 Qb4 24. b3 $2 {[#]} (24. Nh5 $18) 24... Re8 $1 $14 {[%cal Re8e1]} 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Nh5 Qe7 (26... Bd8 $11) 27. Bg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} f5 $2 {[#]} (27... Bc7 $16 28. Qc2 (28. Nxf6+ Kd8 $16) (28. Bxf6 Qe4 $16) 28... b6) 28. Qd2 f4 29. Be5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Qg5 31. Nxf4 Bf5 32. Kh2 Be4 33. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4][%mdl 32]} Bxd4 $2 (33... Bb1 {keeps fighting.} 34. g3 Qe7) 34. Qxd4 $18 Qxf4+ 35. g3 Qc1 36. fxe4 Qc2+ 37. Kg1 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qxa2+ (38... a5 $142 39. Kf3 Qxa2) 39. Qf2 Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 dxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KP} 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Kxe4 Kd6 43. g4 b5 44. h4 a5 45. g5 a4 46. bxa4 bxa4 {KN-K3P} 47. h5 Ke7 48. Nc4 Ke6 49. Na3 c5 50. Nc4 Kf7 51. Kf5 Ke7 52. g6 hxg6+ 53. hxg6 {[%cal Bh5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Kf8 54. Kf6 Kg8 55. g7 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,82,26,25,33,47,59,26,27,26,47,29,38,37,20,10,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,110,106,96,120,152,43,61,0,0,15,75,0,0,0,71,0,100,-30,20,8,10,20,18,0,0,0,29,0,17,29,33,0,8,0,35,0,16]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bh6 {LiveBook: 48 Games} Qb6 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} (11... Rb8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16. Qc4 Qb7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. g4 {½-½ (80) Perunovic,M (2622)-Edouard,R (2636) Berlin 2015}) 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h4 Rb8 15. b3 d4 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Nxe5 19. Nc5 {1-0 (35) Perez Rodriguez,L (2408)-Camino Carrio,N (2121) El Sauzal 2003}) 12... dxe4 {Threatens to win with ...Bxh6.} ({But not} 12... Rb8 13. b3 $15) 13. Bxg7 (13. h5 $5) 13... e3 {White has an edge.} 14. Qe1 Kxg7 15. Na4 (15. h5 $5) 15... Qc7 {Strongly threatening ...Qf4.} 16. Qxe3 h5 17. Bc4 Bf5 18. Rhe1 Qg3 19. Qg5 Qc7 20. Qe3 Qg3 21. Qg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qc7 22. Nc5 Rad8 23. Qe3 Qg3 $2 (23... Rxd1+ $15 24. Rxd1 Qg3) 24. Rxd8 $16 Rxd8 {[#]} 25. Bxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxh4 (25... Kxf7 26. Qxe7+) 26. Bb3 (26. Be6 $16 Nd5 27. Qg1) 26... Nd5 $14 27. Qe5+ (27. Qg1 $14) 27... Qf6 $11 28. Nb7 Rd7 (28... Qxe5 $11 29. Rxe5 Rc8) 29. Nc5 (29. Bxd5 $1 $16 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxb7 31. Bxc6) 29... Rd8 30. Nb7 (30. Qh2 $11) 30... Rd7 $16 {[#]} 31. Nc5 (31. Bxd5 $1 $16 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxb7 33. Bxc6) 31... Rd6 {[#]} (31... Rd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Bxd5 (32. Qxf6+ $1 $16 exf6 33. g3) 32... Rxd5 33. Qe3 ({Don't go for} 33. Qxe7+ $2 Qxe7 34. Rxe7+ Kf6 $19) 33... Kf7 34. a3 a5 35. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 36. Qxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd6 37. Kb1 Rd5 38. Qc4 Kg7 39. Qe4 Kf7 40. Qc4 Kg7 41. Qe4 Kf7 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,96,45,50,56,50,35,39,26,41,33,41,25,35,23,4,0,16,-14,-21,-59,-66,-100,-80,-97,-62,-101,-10,-85,-85,-89,-90,-81,-86,-83,-62,-214,-204,-208,-194,-243,-229,-224,-204,-201,-212,-219,-228,-247,-274,-516,-511,-523,-573,-563,-560,-1029,-977,-806,-945,-945,-853,-793,-776,-1405,-1453,-1626,-1453,-5065,-2164,-29980,-29981,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 g5 9. Be3 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. O-O-O Nfd7 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 12. h4 {aiming for hxg5.} Rg8 $1 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Kb1 b5 {[#]} 15. a3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Bb7 17. g5 Qa5 18. Rh7 O-O-O 19. a3 Kb8 20. Qf2 Rc8 21. Na2 Ka8 {½-½ (21) Kasimdzhanov,R (2681)-Sasikiran,K (2679) Evry 2008}) 15... Bb7 16. Bc1 Rc8 17. Rh3 Ng6 18. Bh1 {With the idea e5.} Nde5 19. Rg3 Be7 20. Na2 Rh8 21. Rc3 Rxc3 22. Nxc3 Qc7 23. Bg2 Qc4 (23... Nf4 $17 24. Qf1 Nxg4) 24. Qxc4 (24. Qe3 $1 $11) 24... bxc4 $17 25. f3 Rh2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 26. Bf1 Nf4 27. Be3 Bd8 28. Rd2 $2 ({Better is} 28. Na4 $15) 28... Rxd2 $19 29. Bxd2 Bb6 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Nce2 d5 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Bg2 {[#]} Nxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Nxf4 {[#]} (34. fxg4 Bxg2) 34... Ne3 $1 (34... Bxd4 35. Nxd5 Ne5 36. Nc7+ Ke7 37. Nxa6 $11) 35. Nde2 $2 (35. c3 {keeps fighting.} Bb7 36. Nc2) 35... Nxg2 36. Nxg2 Bxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} 37. Nef4 Ke7 38. Kc1 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 39. Nh4 Be3+ ({Weaker is} 39... exf4 40. Nxf3 Kd6 41. Kd1 $17) 40. Kb1 Bxf4 41. Nxf3 {KB-KN} Ke6 42. b3 e4 43. Nd4+ Kd5 44. c3 Be5 45. bxc4+ Kxc4 {Black mates.} 46. Nf5 Kxc3 47. Kc1 Kd3 48. Kd1 e3 {Precision: White = 15%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,65,28,6,14,12,23,16,48,0,0,-23,-20,-50,-7,-9,-5,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Bc5 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 9. e3 Bxd4 10. exd4 O-O (10... h6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Rc1 Nd6 14. Nxd5 Nf5 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Nf4 Ncxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 {½-½ (30) Karjakin,S (2767)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2706) Baku 2014}) 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 Qd6 13. Bg3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe7 14. O-O Bf5 15. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bh4 Qd6 16. Re1 {½-½ (33) Szymanski,R (2166)-Spiner,R (1800) ICCF email 2008}) 15... Qd7 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Be5 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Ne4 18. Rc1 Nxe5 (18... Nxc3 {is interesting.} 19. Rxc3 f6 20. Bf4 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nxd4 22. Qd1 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Rd8) 19. dxe5 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Rxe5 20. Nxe4 {Threatens to win with Nc5.} (20. Qd4 {seems wilder.} Rae8 21. Re3 b6 22. Rce1 f6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Kf7 27. Rxe8 Bxe8 28. Bg4) 20... dxe4 (20... Rae8 {with more complications.} 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd2 Kg7) 21. Qxd7 {The position is equal.} Bxd7 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 25. f4 f6 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Kd4 Kd6 29. b4 b6 30. g3 g5 31. Bf3 gxf4 32. gxf4 Bf5 33. Bd5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,78,0,0,29,33,37,36,25,13,6,0,58,59,58,50,56,63,72,70,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nf3 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Rc8 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Qb2 Ng6 16. Rc1 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (47) Carlsen,M (2855)-Topalov,V (2761) Leuven 2016}) 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. exd4 d5 15. b3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc7 (15... g5 $5 16. Bg3 $8 dxc4 17. bxc4 Nd5 $14) 16. Rfe1 Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rfe8 17. Bg3 Qc6 18. f3 Nh5 {1-0 (39) Schoen,A (2481)-Wozniak,K (2351) ICCF email 2006}) 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Rac1 dxc4 19. bxc4 e5 (19... Qf4 $11 20. Bf2 e5) 20. Bf5 $14 exd4 21. Qxd4 Bc6 22. Ne4 {[#] And now Nd6 would win.} Qf4 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Bg3 ({White should try} 24. Qxd7 $14 Qxh4 25. Qb5 (25. Qxa7 Re6 $14)) 24... Nxg3 $11 {The position is equal.} 25. hxg3 Qc7 26. Nd6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Re7 Be6 30. Rxa7 Rc6 31. Ne4 Bxc4 (31... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 32. Nc3 Bxc4 $11) 32. g4 Be6 33. Kf2 Kh7 34. a4 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 Ra2 36. Nd6 Bb3 37. Ra6 Rxa4 38. Rxb6 Be6 39. Ne4 Ra7 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-25,-21,-17,-10,-22,-13,-25,0,-23,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48,58,53,62,204,189,310,302,297,299,287,268,411,419,421,427,551,547,498,475,572,569,550,513,568,552,1294,1235,1462,1434,7023,6550]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 Nf6 6. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} O-O 7. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} dxc4 (7... c6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 a5 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 {1-0 (55) Radjabov,T (2724)-Morozevich,A (2731) Dubai 2014}) 8. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxg3 9. hxg3 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 {0-1 (34) Casagua,M (1985)-Remicio Duque,J (2093) Caqueta 2016}) 9. d5 {[#] Black must now prevent dxe6.} exd5 10. Nxd5 (10. Bxd5 $5 {[%cal Rg3d6]} Bxg3 11. hxg3 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 $11) 10... Bxg3 11. hxg3 Nc6 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. O-O Rad8 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. f3 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxd8.} Qxg3 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. fxg4 Kg8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Qxe4 $40 {[%mdl 4224] Endgame KQR-KQR. White attacks.} h6 24. Qe7 Rc8 25. Rf4 (25. g5 $5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rf7 $14) 25... b6 26. b3 Rg8 27. a4 a6 28. Kf1 Qh2 29. Kf2 Qh1 30. g5 {aiming for gxh6.} Qa1 (30... Qc1 $14) 31. gxh6 $18 Qb2+ (31... gxh6 {is a better defense.} 32. Qf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxf6 Rb8 34. Rxh6+ Kg7) 32. Kf3 gxh6 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rb2g2]} 33. Qf6+ Qxf6 34. Rxf6 {KR-KR} b5 (34... Kh7 $142 35. Rxb6 a5) 35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. Rxa6 {White is clearly winning.} bxa4 37. Rxa4 {Strongly threatening Rg4+.} Rb8 38. Ra5 Rc8 39. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Kf6 40. Kf4 Ke6 41. g5 Kd5 42. b4 {Rxc5+ would kill now.} Rf8+ 43. Kg4 Ke4 44. Rxc5 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,181,23,14,21,33,0,0,1,29,35,27,38,36,27,36,21,34,8,14,7,0,8,10,-58,48,48,48,45,45,41,47,39,52,51,60,62,64,64,133,133,142,144,147,133,141,143,150,150,150,150,179,176,180,166,182,186,197,193,200,193,201,197,220,205,226,239,227,165,230,163,192,155,182,176,250,258,330,289,362,347,313,327,440,440,439,439,600,583,522,623,992,770,791,701,817,729,927,921,904,814,1805,1338,1823,1491,2172,2002,1993,1967,1408,2015,1580,1684,2114,1753,1923,1901,2059,1898,2372,2187,1889,1721,2519,1551,7308,1300,1103,759,6314,545,797,0,2813,2826,2735,0,29969,29966,29972,2621,2068,1382,1638,1249,844,698,1078,691,677,670,1031,677,684,684,29974,29973,12830,7306,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29986,29987,29988,29987,29986,29987,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} Nf6 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 7. Nxc6 (7. Be2 Qa5+ 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. O-O e6 10. c4 Bd6 11. h3 Ne4 12. Qc1 O-O 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 dxc4 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 {1-0 (48) Larino Nieto,D (2491)-Martinez Duany,L (2510) Linares 2017}) 7... bxc6 8. Nd2 {White is slightly better.} e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 e5 {½-½ (56) Kalajzic,I (2113)-Doric,D (2307) Portoroz 2004}) 10... O-O 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf3 Ba6 14. e4 Qb6 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. c5 (17. Bxf6 $11 Bxf6 18. c5 Bxd3 19. cxb6 Bxc2 20. Rxc2) 17... Qb7 (17... Bxd3 $1 $15 18. cxb6 Bxc2 19. Bxf6 (19. Rxc2 Nxe4 20. Ne5 c5 $15) 19... gxf6 20. Rxc2 Bb4) 18. Bxa6 $14 Qxa6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. e5 $1 $36 {[%cal Re5f6][%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Be7 21. Nd4 Rd7 22. f4 Rb7 23. a3 Rcb8 24. Re3 Rb5 (24... Rc7 $14) 25. Rc3 Qc8 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. h3 Qd7 28. Qd2 Qb7 29. Qe3 Qd7 30. Qd4 Qb7 31. Rb1 Qa7 {[%cal Re7c5]} 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 g6 34. Kh2 {[%cal Bg1h2,Bh2h1,Bh1g2,Bg2f3,Bf3e3,Be3d2,Bd2c2][%mdl 32]} Kg7 35. Rcb3 Qb7 36. Qc3 Qb8 37. Kh1 Qb7 38. g4 Qc8 39. Kg2 Kh7 (39... g5 $142 40. fxg5 Bxg5) 40. Kf3 Qd7 41. Ke3 Bh4 {Hoping for ...d4+!} 42. Kd2 Be7 (42... Kg8 $142 43. Qd3 Qa7) 43. Kc2 Qc8 44. Ra1 Qd7 45. Ra4 Rb7 46. Rba3 Bf8 47. Ra8 {[%cal Ba4a8,Ba8b8,Bb8b6][%mdl 32]} Bg7 48. R3a6 Rc7 49. h4 Qe7 50. g5 h5 51. Rb8 Qd7 52. Rbb6 Qc8 53. Kd3 d4 54. Qc2 Bf8 55. Qg2 Be7 56. Qa2 Qd7 57. Rb8 {Raa8 would kill now.} Rb7 58. Rxb7 Qxb7 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 59. Rb6 Qd7 60. Rb8 {White threatens Qa8 and mate.} Bd8 61. Ra8 (61. Qa8 Qd5 $16) 61... Bc7 62. Ra7 Kg7 63. Qc4 Qd8 64. Qxd4 Qb8 65. Ra3 Bd8 66. Qc4 Qb7 67. Kc2 Be7 68. Rd3 (68. Ra1 $142 Bd8 69. Kc3) 68... Qa7 69. Kb2 Qb7 70. Qd4 (70. Ra3 $142 Qd7 71. Qd3) 70... Bf8 71. Qc4 (71. Kb3 $142 Be7 {[#]} 72. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 73. Qd7 Qxd7 74. Rxd7) 71... Be7 72. Ra3 Qd7 73. Kc2 $2 ({Only move:} 73. Qd3 $18 Qb7 74. Kc3) 73... Bf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (73... Qb7 $11 74. Ra6 Bd8) 74. Qd3 Qb7 75. Ra4 (75. Kc3 $142 Be7 76. Ra5 Kf8 77. Qc4 Kg7 78. Qa2 Qc7 79. Ra7 Qd8 80. Qg2 Bxc5 81. bxc5) 75... Be7 76. Kd1 Kf8 77. Ke1 Kg7 78. Kf2 Kf8 79. Kg3 Kg7 80. Kf3 Kf8 81. Ke2 Kg7 82. Kd2 Kf8 83. Kc3 Kg7 84. Ra1 Kf8 85. Ra2 {White mates.} Kg7 86. Qa6 Qd7 87. Rd2 Qc7 88. Qa8 Kh7 89. Kb3 Kg7 90. Kc2 Kh7 91. Qe8 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,71,21,16,20,16,16,21,14,15,5,15,19,19,12,14,14,14,8,14,9,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,6,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32] C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 {LiveBook: 78 Games. The position is equal.} 14. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#] And now ...Be6 would win.} 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 {[#]} 17. g3 $146 Nf6 18. Bh3 Qd7 19. Bd2 Ng4 20. d4 Nf6 21. Re2 Rce8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qf3 g6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qe6 26. Bd2 Kg7 27. Bf1 Ne4 28. Qe2 Kf7 29. c3 Nxd2 30. Qxd2 Bd6 (30... f4 $5) 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Bxe2 Bc7 34. Bd3 Bd6 35. Be2 Bc7 36. Bd3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,90,23,57,36,39,41,47,28,28,28,24,23,33,10,9,10,39,49,42,25,66,39,52,25,93,-11,-6,0,54,-6,-16,-13,-27,-17,-17,-54,-46,-47,-47,-73,-84,-78,-60,-56,-59,-144,-153,-149,-118,-119,-112,-126,-127,-134,-131,-138,-123,-134,-130,-131,-125,-180,-98,-102,-102,-139,-133,-292,-257,-1823,-1688,-29989,-29990,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 {[%cal Bc1f4,Bf4g3,Bg3h4][%mdl 32]} Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Qe8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3} (7... c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. O-O Bf5 13. Rad1 Na6 14. a3 g5 15. Bg3 {½-½ (36) Fressinet,L (2712)-Anton Guijarro,D (2630) Reykjavik 2015}) 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Bh4 $146 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. h3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 Na6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qb3 {0-1 (29) Boer,J-Karacsony,A (2255) Aggtelek 1995}) 9... c6 {White is slightly better.} 10. d5 Na6 11. Nd4 Nf6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Bg3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Kh8 15. Qb3 Qf7 16. Rac1 g5 17. h3 f4 18. Bh2 Qg6 (18... Ncxd5 $11 19. Bc4 e6) 19. Ne6 (19. Qc4 $16 {Strongly threatening Bd3.} Nfe8 20. Bd3) 19... Nxe6 20. dxe6 Qf5 ({Black should play} 20... fxe3 $11 21. fxe3 g4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8) 21. Nb5 (21. exf4 $14 gxf4 22. Rfe1) 21... Bxe6 $11 22. Nd4 Bxb3 23. Nxf5 Bxa2 24. Nxe7 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rcd1 Bc6 27. b4 Rad8 28. b5 Be4 29. Bf3 ({White should try} 29. Bd3 $15 Bg6 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Rc1) 29... Bxf3 $17 30. gxf3 Be5 31. h4 h6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rd2 Kf6 34. Ra2 Ra8 ({Don't take} 34... gxh4 35. Rxa7 Rd7 36. Ra4 $15) 35. Ra4 {[%cal Re3f4]} Ke6 36. Re1 Kd7 37. Kh3 (37. Rc1 $17 {was necessary.}) 37... a6 (37... Kc7 $19 38. exf4 gxf4) 38. bxa6 bxa6 {[%cal Bb7a6,Ba6a5][%mdl 32]} 39. Kg4 {[#]} a5 $1 40. hxg5 $2 (40. Rc1 $17 {was called for.}) 40... hxg5 $19 41. Kxg5 $2 (41. Kh3) 41... Ke6 {( -> ...Rh8)} 42. Bxf4 Rf5+ {Black mates.} 43. Kg6 Rg8+ 44. Kh6 Kf7 {[%cal Rg8h8]} 45. Bxe5 Rg6+ {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

