[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,87,25,38,31,36,46,30,10,23,-13,0,-1,9,-20,-17,-11,-11,-8,-16,-20,-10,-13,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-7,0,-22,-29,-34,-38,-66,-74,-94,-88,-94,-94,-95,-45,-95,-96,-96,-74,-70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Nd2 Nc5 10. b3 Bd7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 c6 13. O-O Qb8 14. a3 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} cxd5 15. cxd5 Rc8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ncxe4!} 16. Bxf6 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Qb2 Nh7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Nxa4 Rxa4 20. b5 Qa7 21. Nc4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 {1-0 (34) Flores,D (2553)-Quiroga,F (2339) La Plata 2008}) 16... Bxf6 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 a4 19. Qd1 {White wants to play b4.} axb3 20. Nxb3 Bg5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Rb1 Qd8 23. Qb3 Rac8 24. Na7 R8c7 25. Qb6 Rd7 26. Qxd8+ Bxd8 27. Rfc1 Bb6 28. Nb5 f5 29. Rxc5 (29. Kf1 {seems wilder.} fxe4 30. Rxc5 Bxc5 31. Nc3 Bxa3 32. Ra1) 29... Bxc5 30. exf5 gxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. g3 Kf7 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. f3 h5 34. a4 b6 35. Ra1 Rg7 36. Kg2 Rg8 37. Rc1 Ra8 (37... Re8 $15) 38. Rc4 {The position is equal.} Re8 39. Nc7 Rg8 40. Ne6 Ra8 41. Rh4 (41. Nc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7a8]} Ra7 42. Ne6 $11) 41... Be3 42. Rc4 Bc5 (42... b5 $5 43. axb5 Ra2+ 44. Kh1 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kh1 Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Ra2+ $15) 43. Rh4 Be3 44. Rc4 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,96,-22,10,-33,31,-20,-27,-27,-27,-27,0,-27,-18,-184,0,-25,13,-33,-33,-28,-24,-58,-50,-47,16,12,21,22,47,36,28,-175,-182,-208,-224,-264,-189,-206,0,-193,-191,-195,-173,-199,-193,-265,-276,-287,-292,-291,-275,-293,-282,-284,-268,-306,-296,-279,-110,-106,-107,-204,-201,-204,-97,-105,-100,-96,-87,-558,-549,-919,-856,-1019,-1081,-1085,-1020,-1228,-1092,-946,-856,-1575,-1447,-5197,-5089,-5509,-5509,-4829,-4222]} 1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 (5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Rxh8+ Bxh8 11. Qe2 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Qxe5 {1-0 (35) Navara,D (2734)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Huaian 2016}) 5... Nc6 6. Ng5 {Black must now prevent e6. B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} Bh6 (6... e6 $15 7. Ne4 Bg7) 7. e6 (7. Bc4 $14) 7... Bxg5 $11 8. Bxh8 {Black has an edge.} f6 9. Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h4 Bf4 10. c4 Ndb4 11. a3 Qc7 12. exd7+ Bxd7 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. axb4 {½-½ (88) Ferluga,S (1419)-Van Esbroeck,J (1418) LSS email 2010}) 9... dxe6 10. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Bf4 11. g3 $2 (11. h5 $1 $11 Kf7 12. Bh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (12. hxg6+ hxg6 13. Bh8 Qd6 $11)) 11... Be5 $2 ({Better is} 11... Kf7 $19 {Hoping for ...Be5.} 12. h5 Kxg7 13. gxf4 Nxf4 14. hxg6 hxg6) 12. c3 (12. h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Ne3 13. dxe3 (13. fxe3 $2 Bxg3+ 14. Ke2 Qd5 $19) 13... Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Bxa1 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rh8+ Kd7 17. Bd3 $11) 12... Ndb4 13. Be2 (13. d4 $2 Nxd4 14. Be2 (14. cxb4 $2 Qd5 $19) (14. cxd4 $2 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 $19) 14... Ndc2+ 15. Kf1 Qxd1+ 16. Bxd1 Nxa1 $19) 13... Nd3+ $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 14. Kf1 $1 (14. Bxd3 $2 Qxd3 15. Rg1 Bc7 $17) 14... b6 15. h5 g5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 16. h6 Bb7 ({Don't play} 16... Qd5 $6 17. Bh5+ (17. Bf3 Qd6 $14) 17... Kd8 18. Bf3 $14) ({Black should try} 16... Ba6 $15) 17. Na3 Qd7 18. Bh5+ Kd8 19. Qe2 $1 Ba6 20. Bf3 $2 (20. Nc4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 20... Ne1 $1 $19 {[%cal Bd3e1,Be1f3,Bf3d2][%mdl 32]} 21. Qxa6 Nxf3 22. d4 cxd4 23. Qd3 Qd5 24. c4 $2 {[#]} ({Much weaker is} 24. Ke2 g4 $17) (24. Qxh7 $11 Nd2+ 25. Kg1) 24... Qe4 $1 {[%cal Re4d3][%mdl 512]} 25. Qxe4 Nd2+ 26. Kg2 Nxe4 27. f4 (27. Rhf1 $142) 27... gxf4 28. gxf4 Bxf4 29. Kf3 Bd6 30. Kxe4 {Nb5 is the strong threat.} Bxa3 31. Raf1 Kd7 32. Bxf6 exf6 33. Rxf6 {With the idea Rf7+.} Rg8 $2 (33... Rf8 $19 34. Rxf8 Bxf8) 34. Rf7+ $17 Kd6 {Threatens to win with ...Rg4+.} 35. Rg7 (35. Rxh7 $17 Rg4+ 36. Kf3 Ne5+ 37. Kf2) 35... Rh8 $19 36. Rf1 {If only White now had time for Rff7....} Kc5 (36... Bb4 $19 37. Rff7 Ne5 38. Rxa7 d3) 37. Rff7 Bc1 {And now ...d3 would win.} 38. Rxh7 Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...d3.} 39. a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Rf1 $17 {is tougher.} Bg5 40. Rg1) 39... d3 {[%cal Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 40. Rd7 {[#]} d2 $1 41. Rxd8 Nxd8 42. Rd7 {[#]} Nf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. h7 (43. Rxf7 d1=Q) 43... Kc6 ({Don't go for} 43... Nd6+ $2 {[#]} 44. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd6 45. h8=Q $18) 44. Rd3 Ng5+ 45. Ke5 Nxh7 46. Kxe6 Ng5+ 47. Ke7 Bxa3+ 48. Kf6 Bc1 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,12,22,19,46,17,22,29,29,27,34,34,37,32,56,12,56,0,7,-35,11,0,56,45,42,50,64,65,66,32,64,50,66,58,58,41,27,-27,36,25,115,29,29,31,28,33,17,28,184,166,207,160,183,160,184,0,373,370,1116,1120,1124,1131,1112,1079,29989,29990,29990,29991,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 (3... d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. O-O Qxc5 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nc7 {½-½ (42) Naiditsch,A (2702)-Carlsen,M (2838) Karlsruhe 2017}) 4. d5 Qa5 5. Qd2 d6 6. e4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} a6 7. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bh6 b5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (61) Chueca Forcen,A (2351)-Duran,X (2288) Barcelona 2017}) 7... h6 8. Nge2 {The position is equal.} b5 9. Ng3 (9. Nb1 $5 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Qd8 10. a4 $11) 9... Nbd7 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. h3 (13. Qc1 $14) 13... h5 14. a3 Nfd7 (14... h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 15. Nh1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 $11) 15. Rfb1 Nc4 (15... Bxc3 $11 16. bxc3 Ne5) 16. Bxc4 $1 $14 bxc4 17. Nge2 Qc7 18. Bg5 Ne5 19. Nd1 a5 20. Ne3 Ba6 21. Nc3 Nd7 22. f4 Bd4 23. Ne2 ({White should play} 23. Kh1) 23... Qb6 ({But not} 23... Bxb2 $2 24. Rxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb2 25. Qc3 $18) (23... f6 $11 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 h4) 24. c3 Bf6 {[#]} (24... Bg7 $1 $11) 25. h4 (25. Bxf6 $1 $16 Nxf6 26. e5) 25... Bg7 $11 {Hoping for ...f6.} 26. f5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ne5 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Nf4 Bc8 $2 {[#]} (28... O-O $11 {and Black is okay.}) 29. Ne6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6g7]} Bxe6 30. dxe6 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} Qc6 31. Nd5 Rb7 32. Rd1 $2 (32. Rf1 $18) 32... Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Qc8 $1 $11) 33. b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb3 $2 (33... O-O 34. bxc4 Ne5 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7) 34. Bxe7 Bh6 35. Bg5 Bg7 36. Rf1 Rb2 {[#]} 37. Qxb2 $3 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Nxb2 38. Rf7 Bxc3 39. Raf1 Bd4+ 40. Kh1 Qxd5 41. exd5 Nd3 42. Rc7 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,80,44,38,50,52,39,37,43,47,51,42,47,58,51,54,66,70,61,56,70,73,69,37,45,41,39,29,47,22,34,34,31,15,30,32,35,32,25,20,52,52,52,48,35,19,49,51,47,17,45,38,39,0,38,37,37,14,12,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nh6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nf5 7. c3 Nd6 8. Re1 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} (8. Ne5 c6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bh3 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nd3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxe5 {0-1 (76) Meier,G (2654)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758) Berlin 2015}) 8... b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bb7 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {½-½ (51) Bauduin,E (2228)-Sielecki,C (2402) Belgium 2013}) 14... h6 15. Bf4 e6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. c4 Rd8 18. Be5 c5 19. b3 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32]} 20. Rd3 cxd4 21. Bxg7 ({Much worse is} 21. Bxd4 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bxd4 $15) 21... Nxg7 22. Qd2 h5 23. Rxd4 Nf5 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rd1 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re8 28. Be4 Re7 29. Kf1 (29. Bxf5 $5 exf5 30. Kf1 $11) 29... Kg7 30. Bxf5 exf5 {KR-KR} 31. Rd6 Kf8 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rd6 Kf8 34. Rd4 Ke8 35. b4 Re6 {The position is equal.} 36. h4 Ke7 37. Rd3 Re4 38. Ra3 a5 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. Rxa5 Rxc4 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paikidze, Nazi"]
[Black "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,102,25,32,4,30,22,95,24,25,12,29,31,28,1,18,0,0,14,52,56,56,69,60,60,63,12,15,4,11,-7,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,21,20,74,-54,-53,-358,-344,-343,-319,-422,-312,-427,-427,-391,-163,-171,-170,-163,-171,-170,-162,-194,-170,-240,-233,-241,-233,-299,-290,-287,-263,-367,-286,-279,-283,-267,-250,-299,-292,-439,-393,-395,-363,-361,-320,-308,-314,-311,-304,-320,-290]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} (7... e5 8. a3 Bd6 9. f3 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Ba2 b5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Ng3 Nf5 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 {½-½ (48) Rakhmanov,A (2670)-Parligras,M (2605) Barcelona 2017}) 8. O-O e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Qb3 (9. Bxf7+ $5 Rxf7 10. dxe5 $11) 9... Qe7 {The position is equal.} 10. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bd2 c6 12. Qc2 Bc7 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Bb4 Qd8 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 {0-1 (40) Soreghy,J-Tompa,J Hungary 1975}) 10... g6 (10... Ba5 $11) 11. a3 (11. f4 $16 e4 12. Ngxe4) 11... Bd6 $11 12. Nb5 Nb6 (12... e4 {feels hotter.} 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. d5 Nfd7) 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bd2 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 {Black must now prevent Bb4.} Qe6 (16... Be6 $5 {[%cal Re6c4]} 17. Qh4 Nd5 $11) 17. Qh4 Bd7 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 ({Much weaker is} 19. Qxf4 $6 Nd5 $11) 19... Nd5 20. Rd4 (20. Rf2 $14) 20... f5 21. e4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Qb6 $1 {[%csl LRb2,LRd4][%cal Rb6d4]} 23. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh4h7,Be4g5,Bg5f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} h5 24. Kh1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Qxb2 25. Rg1 Rf5 26. Nf3 Bc6 27. Qg3 Kh7 {[#]} (27... Ne7 $11 {keeps the balance.} 28. Rd3 Raf8) 28. Rxd5 ({White should play} 28. Bc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1b2]} Qb6 29. Nh4) 28... Bxd5 $15 29. Bc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Nh4 $15 Qf6 30. Nxf5 Qxf5 31. Re1) 29... Qb6 $19 ({Not} 29... Qxa3 30. Nh4 $11) 30. Bd4 Qc6 31. Ne5 Qf6 32. Qc3 {If White can now play Ng4 this consolidates a bit.} Re8 33. Ng4 Qc6 (33... Qh4 $142 34. Ne3 Rf4 35. Nxd5 Rxd4) 34. Qxc6 Bxc6 35. Nf6+ {[#]} Rxf6 $1 36. Bxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re3 37. Rd1 Rxa3 38. h4 (38. Ra1 {is a better defense.} Re3 39. Kg1) 38... Ra2 39. Rd8 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rd8h8] [#]} g5 $1 40. hxg5 Rxg2 {Threatens to win with ...Kg6.} 41. Rc8 {Rxc6! is the strong threat.} Bd5 42. Rd8 Rxg5+ 43. Kh2 Rg2+ 44. Kh3 Rd2 45. Ra8 Kg6 46. Be5 (46. Be7 {was necessary.}) 46... Rd3+ 47. Kh2 Kf5 48. Bc7 a6 49. Rf8+ {Black has a decisive advantage.} Kg4 50. Rf4+ Kg5 51. Rf2 h4 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,73,58,79,84,102,73,82,79,86,71,91,62,62,58,57,67,90,90,106,53,68,19,34,20,55,14,87,100,156,161,219,219,416,408,391,402,402,401,397,168,167,189,139,177,587,216,1008,956]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. a4 {A59: Benko/Volga Gambit: White castles by hand} Ra6 13. Qc2 (13. Re1 Qa8 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Ra3 Ne8 16. Qc2 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Rxc7 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qxc7 bxa3 20. Bxa3 Rxa4 21. Qxd7 {0-1 (37) Vallejo Pons,F (2711)-Tregubov,P (2585) Tallinn 2016}) 13... Qa8 14. Ra3 Rc8 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 15. Rd1 Ng4 {[#]} 16. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. h3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nf6 19. b3 Nfd7 {1-0 (28) Atalik,S (2562)-Mariano,N (2318) Kuala Lumpur 2014}) 16... Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 c4 19. Bxe5 (19. b4 {feels hotter.} Nd3 20. Rb1 f5 21. b5 Ra5 22. b6) 19... cxb3 20. Qxb3 Bxe5 21. Nb5 Qb7 22. Rd2 Raa8 23. Qd3 (23. Rc2 $16) 23... Qa6 $14 24. Re2 Rc5 25. Raa2 h5 26. Rec2 Rac8 (26... Rxc2 $11 27. Qxc2 Qa5) 27. Qb3 $16 Qb6 ({Better is} 27... g5) 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 (28... Rxc5 $142 29. Nd4 Qa6) 29. a5 $18 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} h4 $2 {[#]} (29... Rb8 {was called for.}) 30. a6 Qc1 {intending ...h3+.} 31. Qd3 Kg7 32. a7 Ra8 33. Qe2 (33. gxh4 $142 {aiming for h3.} g5 34. h5) 33... h3+ 34. Kxh3 Qg1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...f5.} 35. f4 Bf6 $2 (35... Bd4 {is tougher.} 36. Kg4 Bxa7) 36. Kg4 $2 (36. Qf2 Qc1 37. Kg2) 36... g5 $2 (36... Bd4 37. e5 dxe5 38. Nxd4 (38. fxe5 Bxa7 39. Qd3 f6 $16) 38... exd4) 37. e5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,79,29,14,0,0,-14,22,-25,-19,-19,-19,-19,-26,-22,-7,-14,0,-42,10,10,10,12,12,12,6,6,6,18,16,12,8,10,14,15,21,16,45,37,56,56,56,56,130,141,133,133,138,139,774,753,1195,1161,1412,842,963,953,953,949,942,927]} 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 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. d4 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bb6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxe5 {[#]} (13. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4a5]} g4 14. Nh4 $11) 13... g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... dxe5 14. Nxe5 Ba6 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 {½-½ (47) Kasimdzhanov,R (2700)-Bok,B (2591) Rosmalen 2014}) 14. Nd4 dxe5 15. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qf6+ 17. Kg1 $1 Qxc6 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. c4 Be6 (19... Qb6+ $15 20. Rf2 f5) 20. b3 $1 $11 Qc5+ 21. Kh2 Rbd8 22. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32] next Nd5 is good for White.} c6 23. Na4 Qe7 24. Qe3 Kg7 25. Rad1 h5 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Bc8 28. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} f6 29. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kf7 30. b5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ke7 31. a5 $1 {aiming for b6.} ({Worse is} 31. bxc6 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rd8 $17) 31... Be6 (31... cxb5 $1 $14 32. cxb5 Bd7) 32. b6 {Hoping for b7.} ({And not} 32. bxc6 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rc8 $15) 32... Bxc4 {[#]} 33. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Rc1 Bb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Be2 $16) 35. b7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} f5 {[#]} 36. Rd1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb8 (36... Rxd1 37. b8=Q) 37. exf5 e4 38. Rd7+ Kf6 39. Nxe4+ Kxf5 40. Nc5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Black "Paikidze, Nazi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,105,17,25,0,23,20,31,37,46,6,33,-9,-10,0,-6,-8,107,88,86,23,20,12,49,49,49,44,66,72,41,41,119,119,126,119,119,119,119,119,120,119,119,119,120,120,172,165,165,164,164,156,267,254,386,346,558,558,551,544,544,0,514,0,536,536,529,529,513,513,1560,1511,1332,1235,691,735,12793,3392,29956,29953,12850,12848,29952,29955,29965,29966,29955,29936,29971,29971]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 c6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd2 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. c5 f5 16. Nc4 Ng5 17. Nd6 Be6 18. Rab1 Rad8 {1-0 (45) Andersen,M (2474)-Cukrowski,F (2320) Stockholm 2016}) 11... a5 12. a3 h6 13. Bh4 {White is slightly better.} Nh7 14. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f3 f5 15. Bf2 Nhf6 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. c5 Nbd5 18. Bc4 Kh8 {1-0 (34) Schindlbeck,T (2052)-Bender,A (1912) Naumburg 2010}) 14... f5 {Strongly threatening ...g5.} 15. f3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Qb6 (17... e4 $11) 18. c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qxb4 {[#]} 19. Be7 (19. Nce4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxc5 21. Be1 (21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 e4 $11)) 19... e4 $1 $11 20. Bxf8 Qxc3 (20... Ndxf8 {feels hotter.} 21. Ra8 Bxc3 22. Nb1 exf3 23. gxf3 Be6) 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Ra8 Nhxf8 23. Nb3 exf3 24. gxf3 Bb4 (24... Kg7 $14) 25. Rxc8 {Hoping for Bc4+.} Bxc5 26. Bc4+ Kg7 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KNN} 28. Rc7+ $1 Nfd7 29. Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7]} Nxe6 30. Rxd7+ {KR-KN} Kf6 31. Rxb7 g5 (31... f4 $16 32. exf4 Nxf4) 32. Kf2 c5 33. Rh7 Kg6 34. Rh8 h5 {[#]} (34... f4 $16 35. Ke2 Kg7) 35. h4 $1 $18 f4 {[#]} (35... gxh4 $142 36. f4 Nc7 37. Rg8+ Kf6) 36. hxg5 $1 Kxg5 $2 (36... fxe3+ {keeps fighting.} 37. Kxe3 Kxg5) 37. e4 Kg6 38. Kg2 Kg5 {Now ...Kg6 and Black clings on.} 39. Kf2 Kg6 $1 40. Kg2 Kg5 $1 41. Rh7 Kg6 42. Rd7 Kf6 43. Rd5 h4 (43... c4 $142 44. Rd6 Ke7) 44. Kh3 Nd4 45. Kg4 Nb3 46. Kxf4 c4 47. Rd6+ Ke7 48. Rc6 Nd2 49. Ke3 Kd7 50. Rc5 {White mates.} Nf1+ 51. Kf2 Ng3 52. Rxc4 Kd6 53. Rc8 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,62,58,43,48,43,68,37,42,39,37,26,23,34,31,27,19,15,30,-24,72,70,76,63,131,80,133,63,54,46,47,0,5,0,18,16,51,21,25,-48,112,130,162,158,253,253,418,111,109,103,145,95,115,115,175,102,970,952,1308,202,195,201,609,612,1216,1210,1212,1208,1300,535]} 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Qb3 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} (6. Nc3 Be6 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. a3 Bf7 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd3 g6 11. h4 h5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qb6 {1-0 (60) Nisipeanu,L (2686)-Potapov,P (2482) Pardubice 2014}) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Ne2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Be6 Nb6 11. Bxc8 Rxc8 12. O-O Qf7 13. Qc2 Qe6 {½-½ (26) Lazarev-Savon,V Kiev 1963}) 8... Qe7 9. Nbc3 Nd7 10. Be6 Nb6 11. Bxc8 Rxc8 12. O-O-O Qf7 13. Qc2 g6 14. h4 ({White should play} 14. h3) 14... Qe6 (14... h5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. h5 $16 Kf7 16. Kb1 Nc4 (16... Rcd8 $14) 17. Ka1 (17. Qb3 $142) 17... b5 (17... Nb6 $142) 18. Nc1 ({White should try} 18. d5 $16 cxd5 19. Nd4 (19. Rxd5 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qxd5 $15)) 18... Kg7 19. Nd3 a5 20. Rh4 g5 21. h6+ Kf7 22. Rhh1 a4 23. e4 Rhe8 ({Much worse is} 23... fxe4 $6 24. Nxe4 Bc7 25. Nec5 $16) 24. Rde1 (24. exf5 $11 Qxf5 25. Nxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 24... a3 $2 (24... Kg8 $15) 25. b3 Nb2 26. exf5 $1 Qxf5 (26... Qd7 $16) 27. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4d6]} Bb8 $2 {[#]} (27... Rxe4 {was called for.} 28. Rxe4 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Qg6) 28. Nxb2 $2 (28. Ne5+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.} Kg8 (28... Bxe5 29. Nd6+) 29. g4) 28... axb2+ $16 29. Kxb2 {Hoping for Nd6+!} Qg6 30. Re2 Red8 31. Qc5 Rd7 (31... Rd5 $16 32. Qb6 Kg8) 32. Rd1 (32. Rhe1 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Nxg5+!} f5 33. Ng3) 32... Qxh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Rcd8 $16) 33. Qf5 $18 Rcd8 {[#]} 34. Rde1 $2 (34. Rh1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd5 {[#]} (34... Qxh1 35. Nxf6) 35. Nxg5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (35. Rxh6 Rxf5 36. Rxh7+ Kg6 $16) 35... Qxg5 36. Qxh7+ Qg7 37. Re7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe7 38. Qxg7+ Ke6 39. Re1+ Re5 40. dxe5 Bxe5+ 41. Kb1) 34... Qg6 35. Nxg5+ $1 Qxg5 $2 (35... Kg8 36. Qxg6+ hxg6) 36. Qxh7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 {[#]} 37. Re8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qxe8+ {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,84,7,22,0,17,-11,0,-14,-10,-7,0,-12,0,0,0,0,5,0,6,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-10,-8,0,0,-23,-30,-25,-22,-43,-40,-106,-90,-439,-428,-442,-435,-532,-535,-534,-304,-316,-312,-309,-320,-334,-335,-329,-284,-315,-314,-339,-304,-343,-329,-376,-376]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} O-O (9... Na5 10. Ba2 bxa4 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 c5 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. Bc2 c4 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxa4 {½-½ (55) Topalov,V (2741)-Harikrishna,P (2755) Shamkir 2017}) 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Nc6 13. Nf1 Re8 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 (15. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ne3 $11) 15... Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Be6 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. h3 d5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 {1-0 (32) Bogdanovich,S (2581)-Sanal,V (2487) Moscow 2015}) 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. h3 Reb8 (18... c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4b3]} 19. Bc2 (19. dxc4 Na5 $11) 19... cxd3 20. Bxd3 Na5 $11) 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc2 Ne7 21. Kh2 Ng6 22. g3 Qd7 23. Bc1 Qc6 24. Qe2 Re8 25. Nd2 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Qf3 Rad8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra7 Re7 30. Ra5 {[#]} ({White should try} 30. Rxe7 $15 Ndxe7 31. Qe2) 30... e4 $1 $36 {[%cal Re4f3][%mdl 2560] Black is in control.} 31. Nxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. dxe4 $17 {nothing else works.} Ne5 32. Qg2 Nxe3 33. Rxe3) 31... Ne5 $1 $19 {[%csl LRd3,LRf3]} 32. Qg2 Nxd3 33. Rd1 Nxe3 34. Bxe3 Qxe4 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxb5 c4 37. b3 cxb3 38. Rxb3 Ree8 39. Rb5 f6 40. Bb6 Rb8 41. c4 Ne5 42. Ba7 Ra8 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,40,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-18,-22,-17,-77,-96,-82,-75,-135,-118,-270,-239,-719,-718,-920,-906,-865,-858,-841,-285,-832,-835]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Ne4 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} (7... Qa5 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5 15. Bg5 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Qd8 17. h4 h6 18. g4 Bd7 19. Ne4 f5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Ne7+ Kh7 22. Nxf5 gxf5 {1-0 (52) Riazantsev,A (2671)-Kulaots,K (2556) Tallinn 2016}) 8. Rc1 Nd7 9. cxd5 Qa5 {[%cal Re4c3] The position is equal.} 10. Nd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc5 12. e4 $146 (12. Qc2 $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 Na4 13. c4 Nc3 14. Nb3 Qb4 15. Qd2 Nxa2 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 {½-½ (66) Nadirashvili,S (2151)-Dounis,A (2298) Athens 2012}) 12... Bxc3 $17 13. f3 Bd7 14. Kf2 (14. Be3 $142) 14... f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5e4][%mdl 32]} 15. e5 $2 {[#]} (15. Nc4 $17 {was necessary.} Qxa2+ 16. Qc2 Qxc2+ 17. Rxc2) 15... Ne4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. fxe4 $2 (16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. d6) 16... fxe4 $19 17. Nc4 Rxf4+ 18. Kg3 {[#]} Qc5 $1 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rc5f2][%mdl 512]} 19. h3 Qf2+ 20. Kh2 Rf3 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,88,22,18,14,0,0,-4,9,0,6,0,0,-3,0,-11,-16,-20,-14,-15,-13,-31,-21,-31,-20,-29,-19,-49,-25,-36,-34,-43,-32,-47,-47,-47,-31,-47,-37,-47,0,-37,0,-28,-33,-31,-29,-38,0,-39,0,-44,-47,-91,-65,-117,-96,-96,-86,-81,-83,-101,-100,-100,-85,-108,-99,-391,-376,-367,-360,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-62]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. d4 g6 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. b4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Qc7 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. c4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} (8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 d6 12. c4 Nbd7 13. Nd4 Rac8 {½-½ (21) Grachev,B (2683)-Zvjaginsev,V (2659) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 8... a5 9. b5 O-O 10. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 {½-½ (35) Amin,A (2244)-Abdel Razik,K (2418) Cairo 2015}) 10... d6 11. Rc1 Nbd7 (11... a4 $5) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qb6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. f3 Bd7 18. Kd2 f5 19. g3 Rfc8 20. Bg2 a4 21. Rc3 Kf6 22. Rhc1 a3 23. f4 Ra4 24. Rb1 Rca8 25. b6 R4a6 26. Rb4 Ra4 27. Rb1 R4a6 28. Bf3 h6 29. Rb4 Ra4 30. Rb1 R4a6 31. Rb4 Ra4 32. Rb1 g5 33. Nc6 Be8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 34. Nb4 (34. Ne5 $15) 34... Bf7 35. Nd3 Ne4+ 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. fxg5+ hxg5 38. Nb4 {[#]} R8a5 $1 39. Rc7 {[#]} Rb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b4]} 40. Rf1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Kc3 $17 {was the only defense.} Bxd5 41. Nxd5+ Rxd5 42. Kc2) 40... Kg6 $19 41. Rxe7 Raxb4 42. Rfxf7 $2 (42. Rexf7 $19 Rb2+ 43. Kc1) 42... Rb2+ {Black mates.} 43. Kc1 Rb1+ 44. Kc2 R5b2+ {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,80,20,22,14,11,6,21,5,21,0,5,0,0,-1,0,-1,-8,-5,35,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. f3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Bh5 11. Rc1 Bg6 12. Na4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Nfd3 {[#]} Rac8 $146 18. Rc3 Ne8 19. Na4 Na7 20. Rfc1 Nd6 21. Nb6 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 h6 23. Ne5 (23. Qc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7e7]} Qf6 24. a4 $14) 23... Nac8 {The position is equal.} (23... Nab5 {is more complex.} 24. Qe1 Nf5 25. g4 Nh4 26. Qf2 Nd6) 24. Nxc8 (24. Na4 {is interesting.} Qg5 25. Qe1 Qe7 26. Qa5 Qg5 27. f4) 24... Rxc8 25. Qe1 Qe8 26. b3 Nf5 27. Kf2 Qd8 28. g3 Nd6 29. Nd3 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Qa5 31. Qc2 g6 32. Ke2 Kg7 33. Qd2 Qd8 34. Qb4 h5 35. Ne5 Nb5 36. a4 Nd6 37. Qc5 Nf5 38. Qc3 Qb6 39. Nd3 Nd6 40. Qb4 Qxb4 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,111,43,54,39,75,83,72,77,70,64,152,149,154,168,233,228,220,140,142,145,172,124,125,109,112,100,107,100,100,103,108,106,102,110,112,102,122,124,134,122,181,167,163,130,170,165,161,169,189,184,186,189,163,177,203,187,195,128,127,121,122,115,345,279,500,501,504,482,583,578,942,916,920,906,842,830,1060,1199,1315,1300,1174,1143,5920,4987,6422,6422,6422,6422,6422,6422,6422,6422,5497,4998]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. Bb5 fxe5 8. dxe5 Be7 {C04: French Tarrasch: 3...Nc6} 9. Nd4 (9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qe8 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Ng3 a5 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Bf1 Nd8 15. Qc2 Bb5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 {1-0 (36) Boguslavsky,O (2435)-Ponkratov,P (2595) Germany 2017}) 9... Nxd4 10. cxd4 O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games. White is slightly better.} 11. Qg4 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rf7 12. Bd3 c5 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. Qh5 g6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ {0-1 (27) Pettersen,J (2013)-Mu,K (2302) Hastings 2014}) 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. Qxd5 cxd4 14. O-O (14. Qxd4 Bc5 $17) 14... Qc7 (14... a6 $14 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8) 15. Nf3 $1 $16 ({Much less strong is} 15. Qxd4 $6 Nxe5 16. Qc3 Qxc3 $14) 15... a6 16. Be2 Bc5 (16... d3 $142) 17. Qe4 $18 {Black must now prevent Ng5.} Qc6 18. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Ba7 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Bf4 Nc5 22. Bb1 Ne6 23. Bd2 Bd7 24. Be4 Nc5 25. Bd5 Be6 26. Bxe6 Nxe6 27. Rfd1 Rac8 28. Rac1 Kg8 29. Kf1 h6 (29... Bb8 $16 30. Ke2 Bc7) 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. Ne1 $1 d3 33. Rd1 Rd5 {[#]} 34. Bc3 $1 Nc5 35. f4 g5 {[#]} 36. g3 $1 gxf4 37. gxf4 Ne6 38. Ng2 ({Worse is} 38. Nxd3 Nxf4 39. Nf2 Kf7 $11) ({White should play} 38. Rxd3 $18 Nxf4 39. Rg3+ Kh7 40. Rf3) 38... Ng7 $16 39. Ke1 Nf5 40. Kd2 Nd4 $2 (40... Kf7 $16 {was necessary.} 41. Rf1 Ke6) 41. Kxd3 Nf3+ $2 (41... Nf5+ 42. Ke2 Rxd1 43. Kxd1 Bg1) 42. Kc2 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rxd1 43. Kxd1 Nxh2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 44. Ke2 h5 45. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Bc5 46. e6 Ng4 47. f6 b5 48. Nf4 b4 49. f7+ ({And not} 49. e7 Kf7 $11) 49... Kh7 {[#]} 50. Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bd6 (50... Bxd4 51. e7) 51. Nd3 Nh6 52. Bc5 Bxc5 53. Nxc5 Kg7 54. Nd7 Nxf7 55. exf7 Kxf7 56. Nb8 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paikidze, Nazi"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,100,12,34,-3,0,-2,6,-12,-31,-45,-10,-1,8,-14,0,0,32,-32,-25,-35,-19,-18,10,-21,33,30,39,28,39,21,42,37,93,76,173,159,297,179,194,184,181,178,179,116,180,133,190,185,223,76,66,61,66,64,66,69,84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-27,-33,-21,-21,-28,-137,-121,-569,-554,-531,-458,-1001,-1000,-663,-800,-1866,-1802,-6266,-6279,-6179,-6132,-29993,-29994]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 20 Games. A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (6... e6 7. O-O c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Na4 c4 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Rc1 b5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe4 {1-0 (37) Carlsen,M (2838)-Salem,A (2652) chess.com INT 2017}) 7. d3 Re8 8. cxd5 Nxd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Qxd5 9. O-O Qa5 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 e5 13. a3 {1-0 (42) Faqiry,R (1983)-Guenzler,R (1928) Germany 2013}) 9. d4 Ndb4 10. O-O Bf5 11. Na3 Be4 12. e3 a5 13. Nc4 a4 14. Ne1 (14. bxa4 $14 Bd3 15. Qb3) 14... Bxg2 $15 15. Nxg2 {[%cal Be1g2,Bg2f4,Bf4d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} b5 {...axb3 is the strong threat.} 16. Na3 Qd5 17. Qe2 Rab8 (17... axb3 $6 18. Nxb5 Qd7 19. axb3 $14) (17... Reb8 $11) 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Rfd1 axb3 20. axb3 Nd5 21. Nd3 Qh3 (21... e5 $14) 22. Rac1 $16 Rb6 (22... Ncb4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 23. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nf6 (23... Ndb4 $16 24. Nxb4 Nxb4 25. Rxc7 (25. Nxb5 Qd7 $16) 25... Na6) 24. Nf4 Qd7 25. d5 ({Don't take} 25. Nxb5 $6 Reb8 $16) 25... Nb4 26. Nc2 Nxc2 27. Qxc2 ({White should try} 27. Rxc2 $18 Ra8 28. Nd3) 27... g5 (27... Bh6 $16) 28. Bxf6 gxf4 (28... Bxf6 $16 29. Nd3 Rc8) 29. Bxg7 Qh3 {( -> ...f3)} 30. Qc3 (30. Rd3 $1 $18 Kxg7 31. gxf4) 30... b4 $16 31. Qf3 Kxg7 32. Rxc7 Rh6 33. Qg2 {Threatens to win with Qxh3.} Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5d1]} 34. f3 (34. Rcc1 $16) 34... fxg3 $11 35. hxg3 Ra8 36. Rc2 ({Don't go for} 36. Rxe7 $2 Ra2 $3 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 36... Ra3 37. Rb2 Rg6 38. g4 Qe5 39. Qd2 (39. Qf2 $5 {[%cal Rf2d4]}) 39... Qg3+ 40. Qg2 Qf4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 41. Kf2 $1 Qe5 42. Kf1 {[#]} (42. Ke3 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 42... h5 $1 $17 43. Rf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. g5 $17 {is tougher.}) 43... Ra1 $19 44. Rfd2 hxg4 45. fxg4 (45. f4 $142 Qxf4+ 46. Ke2) 45... Rxd1+ 46. Rxd1 {KQR-KQR} Qf4+ 47. Qf2 Qxg4 48. Qd4+ Rf6+ 49. Ke1 {[#]} Qg2 $1 50. d6 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 45%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Black "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,80,69,59,48,44,48,42,42,35,44,41,60,24,163,177,158,149,185,162,177,161,238,241,228,224,268,254,271,302,288,232,352,349,330,336,331,159,160,160,160,156,162,160,129,66,66,56,56,0,0,1,7,7,7,8,61,62,102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 b5 2. e4 a6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O c5 6. c3 d5 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} (6... Nf6 7. Re1 Qc7 8. a4 c4 9. Bc2 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 h6 13. b4 cxb3 14. Bxb3 Nd7 15. axb5 axb5 {0-1 (65) Kasparov,G (2812)-Short,N (2698) Leuven 2011}) 7. exd5 Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qxd5 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Ngf6 10. c4 bxc4 11. Bxc4 Qh5 12. h3 Bd6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 {0-1 (45) Tobisch,J-Schmidt,D Nuremberg 1999}) 8. Bg5 Nf6 {White is slightly better.} 9. a4 c4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 (11... Qb8 $11) 12. dxe5 $18 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. exf6 {And now Bg3 would win.} gxh4 {[#]} 15. Bf3 $1 Qxf6 (15... Rc8 $142 16. axb5 axb5) 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. axb5 (17. Qxd5 $6 Rd8 $16) 17... Qf5 18. Re1+ (18. Rxa6 $6 Rxa6 19. bxa6 Bc5 $18) 18... Kd7 {Threatening ...Bc5.} 19. Nd2 (19. bxa6 Bc5 $16) 19... Bc5 20. Nf3 (20. bxa6 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 Bxe1 $17) 20... Rae8 (20... Rhe8 $142 21. Rxe8 (21. Rxa6 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Rxa6 $14) 21... Kxe8 22. bxa6 Kf8) 21. Rxe8 (21. Rxa6 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Re8 $14) 21... Rxe8 22. bxa6 {Threatens to win with Qa4+.} Kc7 {[#]} 23. Nd4 (23. h3 $1 $18) 23... Qe4 $16 24. h3 Bxd4 25. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rg8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Re4g2]} 26. f3 Qe3+ 27. Kf1 (27. Kh1 $16) 27... Kb8 $14 28. Ra5 Qg5 29. Qe2 (29. a7+ $1 $14 Ka8 30. Qc2) 29... Ka7 $11 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Ra1 {Strongly threatening Qa4.} Qe3 32. Qf5 {Threatening mate with Qd7+.} Qe6 (32... Qd3+ $11 33. Qxd3 cxd3) 33. Qh5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Rb8 34. Qxh4 (34. Re1 $16 Qxa6 35. Kg1 (35. Qxf7+ Rb7 $11) (35. Qxd5 c3+ 36. Kg1 cxb2 $11)) 34... Rxb2 $11 {( -> ...Qe2+). The position is equal.} 35. Re1 Qd6 36. Re7+ Kxa6 37. Rxf7 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 {Black must now prevent Rf6.} Rb2+ 39. Kf1 {Rf6 is the strong threat.} Rb1+ 40. Kf2 {aiming for Rf6.} Rb2+ {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,152,44,58,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-21,-21,-8,-14,-31,-21,-93,-104,-96,-82,-82,-89,-89,-81,-86,-95,-95,-81,-95,-59,-73,-60,-49,-37,-120,-120,-141,-101,-102,-100,-106,-102,-158,-177,-171,-156,-216,-216,-356,-350,-354,-335,-387,-360,-395,-385,-405,-393,-396,-389,-390,-378,-347,-325,-448,-445,-451,-452,-446,-454,-460,-459,-501,-485,-602,-595,-587,-577,-704,-714,-766,-762,-754,-752,-741,-713,-695,-712,-810,-621,-945,-941,-4890,-500,-512,-507,-489,-499,-495,-476,-623,-618,-602,-603,-592,-577,-545,-523,-536,-523,-603,-412,-525,-523,-490,-502,-519,-517,-533,-415,-507,-505,-514,-510,-518,-496,-621,-614,-784,-734,-704,-614,-1853,-1781]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 exd5 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nh3 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} Qa5 {LiveBook: 27 Games} (11... Rb8 12. Nf2 Qc7 13. Be2 c4 14. O-O b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 Ne5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. f4 Neg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 {1-0 (33) Miton,K (2612)-Kantans,T (2513) Tallinn 2016}) 12. Nd1 (12. Be2 $14) 12... Qxd2+ $11 13. Bxd2 {The position is equal.} Ne5 $146 {aiming for ...Bxh3.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Be2 Nh5 15. g4 Nhf6 16. Bc3 Ne5 17. Nf4 Nfd7 18. Ne3 Rb8 19. a5 Nf8 20. h4 Bd7 {½-½ (20) Kunicki,M (2026)-Worek,J (2210) Polanica Zdroj 2001}) 14. Nhf2 Bd7 15. a5 Bb5 16. Ne3 Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5f4,Bf4e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]} 17. Rc1 f5 {With the idea ...Nf4.} 18. exf5 (18. b3 $1 $11) 18... gxf5 $17 19. b3 Nf4 20. Kd1 Rae8 21. Kc2 Bxf1 22. Rcxf1 Ne2 23. Rb1 Nd4+ 24. Kd1 Bf6 25. f4 Ng6 {[%cal Be5g6,Bg6e7,Be7d5][%mdl 32]} 26. g3 Ne7 27. b4 {[#]} ({White should try} 27. Bc3 $1 $15) 27... Nb5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 28. Rc1 Bd4 {...Bxe3 is the strong threat.} 29. bxc5 dxc5 30. Nd3 Rd8 31. Kc2 ({White should play} 31. Ke2) 31... Nxd5 32. Nc4 Nf6 33. h3 (33. Rce1 $17) 33... Ne4 $19 34. g4 (34. Be1 $142) 34... Bg7 35. Be3 Nd4+ 36. Kb1 Nb3 37. Rcd1 {Now Kc2 and White clings on.} Nc3+ 38. Kc2 Nxd1 39. Rxd1 Nd4+ 40. Kb1 Nb5 41. Kc2 Bd4 42. gxf5 Bxe3 43. Nxe3 Nd4+ 44. Kc3 Nxf5 45. Rg1+ Kh8 46. Nc4 Nd4 {White must now prevent ...Ne2+.} 47. Re1 Nb5+ 48. Kc2 Rd4 49. Nce5 c4 50. Nc5 Rfxf4 51. Ng4 Rd8 52. Re7 Rfd4 {( -> ...Rd2+)} 53. Ne4 R4d7 54. Re5 c3 55. Ngf6 Rc7 {Strongly threatening ...Nd4+.} 56. Nc5 Nd4+ (56... Rd2+ $142 57. Kc1 Nd4) 57. Kxc3 {[#]} Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Nfe4 (58. Rxe6 Rxc5+) 58... Nxc5 59. Nxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Kg7 60. Kb3 Kf6 61. Rh5 Kg6 62. Re5 Rd6 63. h4 b6 64. Rg5+ Kf7 65. Rf5+ Kg8 66. Ne4 Rd3+ 67. Kb2 bxa5 68. Rxa5 Rd4 69. Nf6+ Kf8 70. h5 Ra7 {Black is clearly winning.} 71. Rf5 Kg7 72. Kc3 Rh4 73. Nd5 Rf7 74. Re5 Rf3+ 75. Kd2 Rh2+ 76. Ke1 Ra3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,30,34,35,33,33,61,53,66,53,64,70,70,36,38,37,63,37,44,45,35,35,56,56,112,120,124,109,131,128,134,146,139,122,233,207,278,271,309,317,307,287,346,325,412,412,583,583,533,509,721,554,975,911,1125,949]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 (5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O h6 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. e3 Ne7 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Nde4 Ng6 14. Rc1 c6 15. c5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. Nd6 Bd7 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 {0-1 (44) Grischuk,A (2754)-Carlsen,M (2857) chess.com INT 2016}) 5... d6 6. Nf3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} Ba7 7. d4 Nf6 8. dxe5 {White is slightly better.} Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. b3 c6 12. Ba3 Kc7 13. Rd1 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening Bd6+.} ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O-O) 13... Rd8 14. Rxd8 Kxd8 15. h3 Kc7 16. g4 $36 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4f5][%mdl 2080] White is pushing.} h6 {[#]} (16... Be6 $14) 17. Bf8 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf8g7]} Ne8 18. Ke2 Be6 19. Be4 Rd8 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Nd6 (21... Rd7 $16 22. Ne4 f6) 22. Bxd6+ $18 ({Much less strong is} 22. Bxg7 $6 Re8 $16) 22... Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. Rg1 g5 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Kf3 b5 26. c5 Rd5 27. Rc1 Kd8 (27... h5 $142 28. Nxg5 Bxc5 29. Nxf7 Ba3) 28. Kg4 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 29. Kh5 Rd8 30. Kxh6 Rh8+ 31. Kg7 Rxh3 32. Rd1 {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,72,38,35,0,21,9,37,27,26,18,12,7,14,-50,-44,-34,-31,-29,-41,-139,-97,-88,-63,-88,-58,-69,13,-31,-7,-17,-4,-20,-15,-26,-21,-47,-20,-40,-26,-84,-32,-93,-89,-204,-195,-264,-276,-317,-314,-310,-314,-307,-299,-1036,-1013,-6207,-6299,-4982,-3395,-29992,-29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. d5 {C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6} (7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Qf3 h6 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. O-O {1-0 (36) Sutovsky,E (2650)-Rodshtein,M (2701) Poikovsky 2017}) 7... Nce7 {LiveBook: 25 Games} 8. Bc2 Bg7 9. c4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Nf1 h6 13. h3 Qe8 14. g4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 {½-½ (50) Fernandes,J (1787)-Dantas,C (2191) Famalicao 2016}) 9... h6 10. Nc3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nh4 {White wants to play Nxf5!} Nf6 13. f4 ({White should play} 13. b3 $11) 13... e4 $15 14. Be3 O-O 15. O-O $1 b5 16. b3 (16. Bb3 $15) 16... bxc4 17. bxc4 c5 {White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 18. h3 Nh7 19. Qe1 Bf6 ({Black should try} 19... Bxc3 $15 20. Qxc3 Nxd5) 20. Rc1 Kh8 (20... Bxc3 $5 21. Qxc3 Nxd5 $15) 21. Kh1 Rg8 22. Rg1 Rb8 23. Bb3 Qe8 24. g3 Qf7 (24... Bxh4 $5 25. gxh4 Qh5 $15) 25. Kh2 Rg7 26. Ng2 (26. Bd2 $11) 26... Ng5 (26... Rbg8 $1 $17 27. Ne2 Rb8) 27. fxg5 (27. Nh4 $15) 27... hxg5 $17 28. Ne2 {[#]} (28. Rb1 $17 {was called for.}) 28... Ng6 $1 $19 {[%cal Be7g6,Bg6e5,Be5f3][%mdl 1056] Black has strong compensation.} 29. Nef4 {[#]} (29. Rf1 $142 Ne5 30. Ng1) 29... Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5f3]} (29... gxf4 30. Nxf4 Ne5 31. Bd1 $17) 30. Bd1 Rb2 (30... gxf4 31. Nxf4 Rb2+ 32. Rg2 $15) 31. Kh1 ({Don't play} 31. Nh5 Rh7 $19) 31... Nf3 ({Less strong is} 31... gxf4 32. Nxf4 Rxa2 33. Rb1 $17) 32. Bxf3 exf3 {[%cal Be4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} ({Stronger than} 32... gxf4 33. Nxf4 exf3 34. Qf1 $11) 33. Ne6 $2 (33. Qf1 fxg2+ 34. Rxg2) 33... Bxe6 34. dxe6 Qh5 {[%cal Rh5h3]} 35. Nh4 gxh4 36. gxh4 f2 {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paikidze, Nazi"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,26,21,12,-40,-32,-43,-33,-100,-104,-130,-123,-165,-139,-146,-139,-181,-161,-151,-168,-175,-185,-218,-217,-218,-211,-314,-303,-429,-304,-310,-286,-392,-391,-386,-383,-391,-391,-357,-295,-297,-291,-303,-299,-296,-295,-310,-293,-285,-280,-325,-308,-317,-294,-302,-282,-283,-278,-304,-291,-310,-296,-432,-447,-434,-433]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Nge2 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ng6 10. O-O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} h6 (10... O-O 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. f3 b5 13. g4 b4 14. Na4 Ba6 15. Nf4 Bb5 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Rhe1 Bxc5 18. dxc5 {1-0 (50) Morozevich,A (2755)-Savchenko,B (2583) Moscow 2007}) 11. Bxg6 (11. Bxf6 $11 Qxf6 12. e4) 11... hxg5 $15 12. Bd3 {Black is slightly better.} Be6 13. h4 $146 (13. h3 $15) ({Predecessor:} 13. f3 Qa5 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. d5 Bd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 {1-0 (45) Bae,T (2175)-Ferkingstad,S (2075) Gausdal 1998}) 13... gxh4 $17 14. Nf4 Bd7 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qd7 17. Qc2 Bxf4 18. exf4 O-O-O 19. Qd3 Rde8 20. Rde1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qg4 22. g3 (22. Qh3 {is a better defense.}) 22... h3 $19 {[%cal Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 23. Qd1 (23. Rh1 $142) 23... h2 {[#] And now ...Qxd1+ would win.} 24. Rh1 {Now Qxg4+ and White clings on.} g5 25. Qxg4+ Nxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Nd1 gxf4 27. gxf4 Rh3 28. Kd2 Rf3 29. Ke2 Rxf4 30. f3 Nh6 ({Inferior is} 30... Rxd4 31. fxg4 Re4+ 32. Kd2 $11) 31. Rxh2 Nf5 32. Nf2 Nxd4+ 33. Ke3 {[#]} Rh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rg2 (34. Rxh4 Nf5+) 34... Nf5+ 35. Ke2 Rc4 36. Rg8+ Kd7 {aiming for ...Rc2+.} 37. Kd2 Rh4 38. Ng4 Nd6 39. b3 Rh1 40. Ke3 (40. Rg5 $142) 40... Ra1 41. Ne5+ Ke6 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,165,-14,0,20,20,16,13,30,36,37,32,27,0,75,81,87,82,90,92,101,35,108,98,76,86,108,108,116,92,89,88,265,254,232,241,368,349,310,175,162,147,168,156,333,335,397,327,325,329,329,329,327,329,314,327,319,319,302,301,295,295,295,283,290,291,282,275,269,232,211,64,64,53,60,60,70,87,249,201,249,250,393,393,400,400,415,5,435,340,347,340,374,340,1177,350,12826,347,12829,12830,12830,335,12830,335,12832,12831,12832,12831,12832,12833,12825,335,12828,335,5816,335,12835,12836,12836,12837,12837,12837,12839,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12844,12845,12845,12846,12846,12847,12850,29975,12851,29978,12851,29979,12851,29980,12851,29980,12851,29981,12851,29981,12851,29980,12851,29984]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Qa4 Bg7 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 8. Ng5 e6 9. Nge4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bf8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nb6 10. Qb5 c4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qxc4 e5 14. Qc2 Be6 {0-1 (35) So,W (2779)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2731) Saint Louis 2015}) 10. d3 Be7 11. Bh6 Nb6 12. Qd1 Nd4 $1 13. O-O Nf5 14. Qc1 f6 (14... Nxh6 $11 15. Qxh6 f5) 15. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nd4 16. b4 cxb4 17. Bxd4 $1 {Nb5 is the strong threat.} bxc3 18. Bxc3 (18. Qxc3 $16 {[%cal Re4f6]} O-O 19. Rfc1) 18... Na4 ({Black should try} 18... O-O $14) 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. Bh6 Kf7 21. Qf4 Nb6 22. Rfc1 Qb8 23. Qf3 Nd5 $2 (23... Rc8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 24. Ng5+ $18 Ke8 25. e4 Nf4 (25... Nb6 $142) 26. gxf4 ({Less strong is} 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4 fxg5 $16) 26... fxg5 27. Bxg5 ({Don't do} 27. fxg5 $6 Bd6 $18) (27. Rab1 $142) 27... Bxg5 28. fxg5 Rf8 {[#]} 29. Qg3 $1 e5 $2 (29... Qf4 $16 30. Rc7 b6) 30. Rc5 Rf4 31. Rac1 b6 32. Rc7 {Strongly threatening Bh3.} Qd8 33. Bh3 Bxh3 34. Qxh3 {Qe6+ would kill now.} Qxg5+ 35. Kh1 Qg4 36. Qxg4 ({Not} 36. Rxh7 Qxh3 37. Rxh3 Rf7 $16) 36... Rxg4 37. Rxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rf4 38. Kg2 Rf7 39. Rh8+ Rf8 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {KR-KR} 41. Rc7 Rd8 42. Rxa7 Rxd3 {[#]} 43. Rb7 ({Better is} 43. h4 $1 $18) 43... Rd4 $1 $14 44. Rxb6 Rxe4 45. Ra6 Kg7 46. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent a5.} Rf4 $2 (46... g5 $16 47. a5 Rg4+ 48. Kf3 Rf4+ 49. Ke2 Re4+ 50. Kd3 Rd4+ 51. Ke3 Rd8) 47. Ra7+ Kh6 48. Ra8 Kg7 (48... Rf7 $142 49. a5 Rf4) 49. a5 $18 Ra4 50. a6 Ra3 51. f3 $2 (51. a7 $18) 51... Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Ra2+ $11 52. Kg1 Ra1+ 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Rxh2) 52. a7 Kg7 53. Kf2 Kh7 54. Ke2 Kg7 $2 (54... Ra2+ 55. Kd3 Ra5) 55. Kd2 $2 (55. h4 Kh7 56. Kd2) 55... Kh7 $2 (55... Ra2+ 56. Kc3 g5) 56. Kc2 $2 (56. h4 Kg7 57. Kc2) 56... Kg7 $2 (56... g5 57. Kb2 Ra4) 57. Kb2 Ra6 58. Kb3 $2 (58. h4 Ra5 59. Kc3) 58... Kh7 $2 (58... g5 59. h3 Kh7) 59. Kb4 $2 (59. h4 Kg7 60. Kb4) 59... Kg7 $2 (59... g5 60. Kc4 Ra5) 60. Kb5 Ra2 61. Kb6 Rb2+ 62. Kc6 Ra2 63. Kd6 $2 (63. h4 Ra1 64. Kd5) 63... Ra5 $2 (63... g5 64. h3 Ra5) 64. Ke6 $2 (64. h4 Kh7 65. Kc6) 64... Kh7 $2 (64... g5 65. Kf5 e4+ 66. Kxe4 Ra3) 65. Kf6 $2 (65. h3 Ra6+ 66. Kxe5) 65... Ra6+ $2 (65... Ra3 66. Kxe5 g5) 66. Kxe5 Kg7 67. Kf4 Ra4+ 68. Kg3 Kh7 69. h4 Kg7 70. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Ra3+ 71. Kg4 Ra5 {[#]} 72. h5 $1 gxh5+ (72... Rxh5 73. Re8) 73. Kh4 Kh7 {[#]} 74. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f6][%mdl 512]} Ra4+ (74... Rxf5 75. Rd8) 75. Kxh5 Ra5 76. Kg4 Ra4+ 77. Kf3 (77. Kg5 $18 Ra5 78. Kf6) 77... Ra3+ 78. Ke4 Ra4+ 79. Kd3 Ra3+ 80. Kc4 Ra4+ 81. Kb3 Ra6 82. Kb4 (82. f6 $18 Kg6 83. Rg8+ Kf7 84. a8=Q Rxa8 85. Rxa8 Kxf6 86. Ra5 Kg6 87. Kc4) 82... Rb6+ 83. Ka5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,75,11,4,10,18,41,27,28,13,16,27,22,26,32,19,18,23,29,20,32,32,34,-34,-36,-30,-20,-24,-21,-14,0,-60,-57,-114,-109,-141,-139,-152,-54,-53,-31,-37,-25,-31,-38,-34,-35,-34,-28,-30,-19,-19,-23,-24,-17,-63,0,0,0,-502,-494,-494,-487,-12835,-12835,-1864]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Qe2 {LiveBook: 16 Games} Bb4+ {C45: Scotch Game} ({Of course not} 7... Nxe4 $6 8. f3 $16) (7... Be7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nb3 c5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Qe4 g6 17. Bf4 {1-0 (30) Najer,E (2679)-Inarkiev,E (2727) Poikovsky 2017}) 8. Bd2 Qe7 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 9. exd5 $146 {[#] And now Bxb4 would win.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. c3 Qe7 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. O-O-O O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Bc2 {1-0 (31) Comp Hitech-Blokhuis,E (2305) The Hague 1991}) 9... Bxd2+ {White has an edge.} 10. Nxd2 cxd5 11. O-O-O Qxe2 12. Bxe2 Be6 13. Nb3 Ke7 14. Rhe1 Kd6 15. c4 c6 16. c5+ Kc7 17. Bd3 (17. Ba6 $14) 17... Nd7 $15 18. Rd2 Rhb8 19. Bxh7 a5 20. Bg6 Rh8 (20... Re8 $5 {[%cal Rf7g6]} 21. Rde2 Rh8 $11) 21. Nd4 (21. f4 $11) 21... Rxh2 22. f3 (22. f4 $15) 22... Rh6 $17 23. Bf5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Nxc5 24. Rc2 Kd6 (24... Bxf5 $17 25. Rxc5 Bd7) 25. Kb1 $15 Rh4 26. g4 g6 27. Bxe6 Nxe6 28. Nxc6 Rc8 29. Ne5 Rxc2 30. Kxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rh2+ 31. Kc3 f6 32. Nd3 g5 33. a4 d4+ ({Black should play} 33... Rh7 $15) 34. Kc4 $11 Rc2+ 35. Kb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35. Kb3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rc8 36. Rh1) 35... Nc5 $1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Nxc5 Rxb2+ (36... Rxc5+ $2 37. Kb6 $19) 37. Kxa5 (37. Kc4 $142 Rb4+ 38. Kd3 Kxc5 39. f4 gxf4 40. Re4) 37... Kxc5 38. Re8 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Paikidze, Nazi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,68,15,28,44,31,36,36,39,33,35,61,47,48,54,90,83,88,121,115,126,160,121,128,163,177,175,161,164,223,226,220,118,129,75,47,32,20,29,0,31,155,-54,-87,-129,-106,-242,-250,-223,418,370,29994,29995,29997,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Bd2 Ngf6 8. g4 h6 9. O-O-O {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Qb6 10. h4 Ne5 11. Qe2 {White is slightly better.} d4 (11... Nexg4 $6 12. e5 $16) 12. Nb1 $1 c5 13. f4 Nc6 14. Bh3 Nd7 {[#]} 15. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. g5 c4 16. g6 O-O-O 17. gxf7 {1-0 (47) Lu,S (2614)-Andreikin,D (2743) Moscow 2016}) 15... Qa6 {Strongly threatening ...c4.} 16. Kb1 b5 17. g5 $1 c4 18. dxc4 {[%cal Bd3c4,Bc4b5][%mdl 32]} Bxa3 19. cxb5 ({But not} 19. bxa3 $2 bxc4 20. Ka1 d3 $17) 19... Qb6 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Qc4 Nc5 (21... Rb8 {might work better.}) 22. bxa3 $18 Rb8 23. Bf1 (23. a4 $18) 23... Nxe4 $16 24. Kc1 (24. f5 $142) 24... Ne7 25. Bb4 Rg8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Nf2.} 26. Be2 Nf2 27. Bc5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Qb7 ({Black should play} 27... Qc7 $1 $14 28. f5 Nxf5) 28. Rhf1 $2 (28. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Nxf5 29. Rhg1 Rxg1 30. Rxg1) 28... Nxd1 $15 29. Rxd1 Rc8 $1 {White must now prevent ...Qc7.} 30. Qxd4 (30. b6 $17 {was necessary.} axb6 31. Qa4+ Kf8 32. Bxd4) 30... Qc7 $19 31. Bf3 {and if Qd6 works, White does fine.} f5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't capture} 31... Qxc5 $2 32. Bc6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc6 33. Qxc5 $18) (31... Nf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5d4] avoids the disaster.} 32. Qb4 Qxc5 33. Bc6+ Rxc6 34. bxc6 Qb6) 32. Qf6 Qxf4+ $2 (32... Qxc5 $18 33. Bh5+ {[#]} Rg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Bxg6+ Nxg6 35. Qxg6+ Ke7 36. Qh7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Ke7 38. Qh7+ Ke8 39. Qd7+ Kf8 40. Qd6+ Kf7 41. Qxc5 Rxc5 42. Rd7+ Ke8) 33. Kb1 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rf6e7] White mates.} Rxc5 34. Bh5+ Ng6 35. Rd8# {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,52,6,-17,-2,-8,-7,-23,38,37,33,0,0,0,162,152,155,158,220,218,230,220,193,219,209,61,423,385,629,629,629,629,629,629,629,629,629,616,29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 {[%cal Bf1d3,Bd3e4,Be4f5,Bf5e6][%mdl 32]} dxe4 8. Nxe4 Qxd4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 9. O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} (9. c3 $5 {[%cal Rc3d4]} Qd5 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Be4 $14 (11. Qxf6 Qxg2 12. Rf1 Rg8 $11)) (9. c3 Qd8 10. O-O Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Qd3 Be5 14. Bxh7 Nd7 15. Be4 O-O-O 16. Qf3 {½-½ (44) Mamedov,R (2655)-Eljanov,P (2765) Shamkir 2016}) 9... Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 11. Bf4 {[%cal Bc1f4,Bf4d6,Bd6c5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 $146 ({Don't blunder} 11... Qxb2 $2 12. Rab1 $18) (11... Qb6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Qf6 12. Rad1 {½-½ (32) Drus,M (1451)-Hall,D (1656) LSS email 2012}) 12. Rad1 $14 Qf6 13. Rfe1 Nc5 14. Qg3 {Bg5 is the strong threat.} Qxb2 $2 (14... Be7 $11) 15. Bf5 $1 $18 Qxa2 16. Bd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c5]} Qa5 (16... Qb2 $16 {might work better.}) 17. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 {[#]} 18. Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Be7 {[#] aiming for ...0-0.} 20. Rde1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} ({White has to play} 20. Re5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5c5]} Qb4 21. c3 (21. Qxg7 Rf8 $16)) 20... O-O $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 20... g6 $14) 21. Rxe7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rg3g7]} Rf7 $2 (21... g6 22. Qb3+ (22. Rxb7 Rce8 $16) 22... Qd5) 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qb3+ Kf8 {[#]} 24. Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6c8]} Rd8 25. Re5 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Re6e8]} Qd6 {Hoping for ...Qxe6.} 27. Qe8# {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,5,0,2,25,0,10,1,-7,-13,24,27,34,28,38,17,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,-34,-50,-55,-54,-28,-35,-27,-29,-14,-26,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,8,5,5,5,5,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-99,-33,-64,-11,-170,-189,-186,-59,-179,-49,-280,-279,-264,-253,-254,-260,-644,-842,-835,-753,-717,-842,-822,-789,-769,-756,-753,-606,-1890,-1578,-29969,-29970,-29957,-7649,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 e6 {LiveBook: 98 Games} 6. Nf3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bxc5 (6... Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 f5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Be2 Nf6 {1-0 (35) Vitiugov,N (2726)-Zhigalko,S (2671) Doha 2016}) 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} c3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Bb5 $146 (10. Nd4 $5) ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nd4 a6 13. Rb1 Bd7 {½-½ (58) Lomasov,S (2344)-Meskovs,N (2515) Moscow 2016}) 10... Be7 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. Qh5 a6 13. Nxc6 (13. Bxc6+ $5 bxc6 14. Rb1 $14) 13... axb5 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rfd1 Qe5 17. Qxe5 fxe5 18. c4 Ra3 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Rab1 Ba6 21. Nf3 Kf6 22. h4 h6 23. Rd7 Rxa2 24. Nd2 Ra4 25. f3 Rxh4 26. Ne4+ Kg6 27. g3 Rxe4 28. fxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rc8 29. Rb2 Rc3 30. Rf2 f6 31. Rd8 Bd3 32. Rf8 f5 33. exf5+ exf5 {[%cal Be6f5,Bf5g4][%mdl 32]} 34. g4 (34. Rd2 $11) 34... Rc1+ $17 ({Stronger than} 34... fxg4 35. Rg8+ Kh7 36. Rxg4 $16) 35. Kh2 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} fxg4 {Hoping for ...Kg5.} 36. Kg3 $2 {[#]} (36. Rd8 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Bc4 37. Kg3) 36... Kg5 $1 $19 37. Re8 Rc5 ({Black should try} 37... Rg1+ $19 38. Rg2 Rxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Kf5) 38. Rg8+ (38. Rff8 $1 $15) 38... Bg6 39. e4 $2 ({Only move:} 39. Rd2 $1 $15 Rc6 40. Rd5) 39... Rc3+ 40. Kg2 {[#] Rf5+ is the strong threat.} Kh5 41. Re2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 42. Rg7 $2 (42. Re1 Rc4 43. Rh1+ Kg5 44. Rd1) 42... b4 43. Re7 b3 44. Rxe5+ Kh4 45. Rb5 h5 46. Rb4 Bf7 47. Rf2 Bc4 48. e5 Bd5+ 49. Kg1 Kg3 50. e6 Re3 (50... h4 $142 51. e7 Re3 52. Kf1 Rxe7 53. Rd2 Bf3 54. Rxb3 h3 55. Rd8 h2 56. Rh8 Rb7 57. Rxb7 Bxb7 58. Rh7 Bg2+ 59. Ke2 h1=Q 60. Rf7 Qb1 61. Ke3 Qe4+ 62. Kd2 Qd4+ 63. Kc1 Qc3+ 64. Kb1 Qb3+ 65. Kc1 Be4 66. Kd2 Qc2+ 67. Ke1 Bf3 68. Rxf3+ gxf3 69. Kf1 Qf2#) 51. Rb6 h4 52. e7 Rxe7 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,151,12,5,8,11,-8,14,14,24,-7,-11,-26,-8,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-18,0,0,-6,0,43,0,54,54,53,54,67,14,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,-90,-79,-37,-37,0,-27,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,35,53,58,178,170,161,177,148,161,445,445,424,355,368,368,350,343,445,445,445,445,445,438,438,447,462,437,465,446,441,432,415,353,653,595,1462,1144,12832,12831,12829,12832,12833,12833,12833,12834,12834,12835,12835,12835,12836,12836,12836,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} c5 {LiveBook: 90 Games} 7. Nc3 Bc6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Nxc6 Nxc4 13. Nxd8 Rxd8 {0-1 (58) Ding,L (2766)-Sargissian,G (2702) Huaian 2016}) 10... Nd5 11. Qg4 g6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. d4 h5 14. Qf4 c4 15. h4 b5 16. a4 a6 17. Bd2 b4 18. a5 Rb8 19. Rfc1 Rb5 (19... c3 $11 20. bxc3 b3) 20. Ng5 $14 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxg5 22. Bxg5 ({White should try} 22. hxg5 $14 h4 23. Bf1) 22... Nb8 $1 $11 23. Bf6 Rf8 24. Bf1 Kd7 $1 25. Rxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5d4]} 27. Bxd5 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Bg5 Rc8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 29. Rd1 Rc2 $1 30. Rd3 Nc6 31. Rb3 Ke8 32. Kg2 Rc4 33. Rf3 Nxd4 34. Rd3 {aiming for b3.} b3 $1 35. Bf6 Ra4 36. e6 Nc6 37. Rxd5 fxe6 38. Rd6 Kf7 (38... Rc4 $14) 39. Bc3 $1 $18 ({Not} 39. Rxc6 Kxf6 40. Rxa6 Ra2 $11) 39... Rc4 40. Rd7+ $1 Ke8 {[#]} 41. Rb7 $1 Nd4 $2 (41... Rc5 42. Rxb3 Nxa5) 42. Bxd4 Rxd4 43. Rxb3 {KR-KR} Ra4 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. b4 Ra3 46. Rb6 Rb3 47. Rxa6 Rxb4 48. Rb6 Ra4 49. Rb5 Kf6 50. f4 Ra2+ 51. Kf1 Ra3 52. Rg5 Kg7 53. Ke2 Kh6 $2 (53... e5 54. Rxe5 Rxg3) 54. Kd2 e5 55. Rxe5 Rxg3 56. Kc2 Rf3 57. a6 Ra3 58. Re6 Kg7 59. Rc6 Ra4 60. Kb3 Rxf4 61. a7 {White threatens Rc7+ and mate.} Rf8 62. Ra6 Ra8 {[#]} 63. Kb4 $2 ({White has to play} 63. Ra5 $1 $18 Kf7 64. Kc4) 63... g5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 64. hxg5 (64. Kc5 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} gxh4 65. Kd5 $11) 64... h4 65. Kb5 h3 66. Kb6 h2 67. Ra1 Re8 $1 68. Rh1 Re6+ 69. Ka5 (69. Kb5 Re5+ 70. Kb4 Re4+ 71. Kb5 Re5+ 72. Kc4 Ra5) 69... Re5+ 70. Kb4 Re4+ 71. Kb3 Re3+ 72. Kb2 Re8 $1 73. Rxh2 (73. g6 $5 Kxg6 74. Kc3 $11 (74. Rxh2 Ra8 $11)) 73... Ra8 74. g6 Kxg6 75. Rh3 Rxa7 76. Ra3 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,66,22,32,37,36,38,51,55,44,35,29,20,27,38,31,0,25,10,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,13,8,8,16,14,18,14,10,15,16,6,6]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7d5][%mdl 32]} 8. Qb3 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} (8. Rc1 Bf5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5 Rfc8 14. Kd2 Nc5 15. dxc5 Rxa2 {½-½ (37) Stephan,J (2555)-Wilczek,T (2592) ICCF email 2011}) 8... Nc7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ncd5 11. Be5 Nb6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Bf5 14. h3 Ne4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rac1 {1-0 (55) Ciciotti,A (2388)-Packroff,H (2286) ICCF email 2010}) 12... Be6 13. Qc2 Bc4 14. O-O Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nbd7 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Rfc1 Nh5 (19... c5 $5) 20. Nc5 (20. Nc3 {feels hotter.} Qb6 21. Bh4 e5 22. Na4 Qc7 23. d5) 20... Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Nf6 23. Rc2 Ne4 24. Bf4 Rd8 25. Ne1 g5 26. Bc7 Rd7 27. Ba5 e5 28. f3 Nd6 (28... Rd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5a5]}) 29. dxe5 Nf5 30. e4 Ne7 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Bxd2 h6 $1 33. Bc3 {Black should prevent Rd1.} Rd8 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,80,8,10,33,29,33,27,40,30,39,-4,-14,-6,0,-8,-11,-14,0,-33,-33,-41,-13,-20,-22,-37,-44,-48,-18,-19,-22,-21,-3,-11,-6,-7,-8,-61,-14,-18,-19,-18,-18,-18,-18,-22,-20,-31,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 (5... d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. e3 Bc5 8. d3 Bxd4 9. exd4 Qxd4 10. dxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 O-O 12. f3 c5 13. Be3 b6 14. Nc3 Nc6 {½-½ (52) Dubov,D (2660)-Bologan,V (2640) Poikovsky 2017}) 6. e3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} d5 7. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb4 8. cxd5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qc2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. b4 Nd3 13. c5 Qd8 {½-½ (25) Kolbus,D (2303)-Ashton,A (2270) Port Erin 2004}) 8... cxd5 9. Qb3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qxb6 (15. Qc2 {is interesting.} Bg4 16. Bb2 Qb5 17. Bf1 Qg5 18. Bg2) 15... axb6 16. Bb2 Bd5 17. a4 Nd7 18. Bd4 Ra5 19. Bc3 Ra7 20. O-O Rfa8 21. d3 exd3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxg2.} 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rfd1 Nc5 24. Bd4 ({Better is} 24. Rab1 $11) 24... Nb3 25. Rab1 Nxd4 26. exd4 Rxa4 27. Rxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra1 28. Rdb3 Rxb1+ 29. Rxb1 {KR-KR} Rb8 (29... Ra4 {seems wilder.} 30. Rxb6 g5 31. Kf1 Rxd4 32. Ke2 Kg7) 30. Rb5 {The position is equal.} f6 31. Kf1 $1 Kf7 32. Rxd5 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 33. Ke2 b4 {[#] aiming for ...b3.} 34. Kd2 b3 35. Kc1 Ke6 36. Rc5 b2+ 37. Kb1 Kd6 38. Rc2 Rb4 39. Rxb2 Rxd4 40. Rb7 Rd1+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,64,36,43,23,29,31,66,13,68,66,68,88,89,28,41,25,12,22,32,-95,-97,-161,-177,-360,-378,-378,-364,-365,-376,-414,-421,-433,-419,-411,-404,-454,-454,-446,-443,-452,-448,-492,-508,-505,-486,-589,-569,-613,-615,-585,-599,-650,-648,-653,-640]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Ne5 (7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Rb8 9. Be2 d6 10. Qg3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Ba7 Ra8 13. Be3 b5 14. f4 Bb7 15. fxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 {1-0 (42) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Adhiban,B (2666) Doha 2016}) 8. Qg3 h5 9. f4 (9. Bf4 $14 d6 10. Bg5) 9... Nc4 (9... h4 $11 10. Qh3 Ng6) 10. Bxc4 $14 Qxc4 11. O-O-O h4 12. Qh3 (12. Qf2 $16) 12... b5 $11 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Rhe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f5 Rc8 {½-½ (27) Kollars,D (2500)-Soumya,S (2375) Caleta 2017}) 14... Rc8 15. Nb3 {[#]} (15. e5 $14 {stays ahead.}) 15... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 16. Na4 (16. Nd2 $17 Qc7 17. Ne2) 16... Bxe4 $19 17. Nb6 $2 (17. Rc1 {was necessary.} Qc6 18. Nb6) 17... Qxc2+ 18. Ka1 {aiming for Rc1.} Bxg2 19. Qg4 {[#] Rc1 is the strong threat.} Nf6 20. Qe2 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Bf3 22. Nxc8 Bxe2 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Rxd6 Nd5 25. Bc5 Rh5 26. Nd4 Bd3 27. a3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 28. Ka2 Bc4+ 29. Kb1 Nxf4 30. axb4 Nd3 31. b3 Nxc5 32. bxc4 axb4 {Precision: White = 15%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paikidze, Nazi"]
[Black "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,98,57,31,43,29,43,45,56,19,45,-21,0,-16,-16,-31,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-37,-36,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-12,-66,-35,-98,-98,-64,-80,-85,-111,-81,-66,-170,-165,-180,-167,-181,-158,-165,-163,-182,-169,-201,-200,-202,-175,-261,-216,-216,-217,-311,-253,-353,-251,-504,-504,-474,-229,-747,-739,-747,-735,-731,-722,-722,-722,-942,-932,-935,-904,-935,-909,-2513,-2452]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. c4 Na6 9. Nc3 e5 {A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 c6 {White is slightly better.} (11... fxe4 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. Qb1 Nc5 14. Ngxe4 Bf5 15. Ba3 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Rf7 17. Re1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 {½-½ (67) Gupta,A (2643)-Smirin,I (2657) New Delhi 2012}) 12. exf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 f4 13. Ba3 fxg3 14. fxg3 Rf7 15. h3 Nh5 16. Kh2 Nc7 17. Ne2 {½-½ (47) Tarasova,V (2275)-Sychev,K (2389) St Petersburg 2011}) 12... Bxf5 13. Qe2 (13. Ba3 $14) 13... Nb4 (13... e4 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 14. Nh4 Nd7 $11) 14. Ne1 e4 15. h3 $1 h5 16. Rd1 Qe6 17. a3 Na6 {[%cal Bb4a6,Ba6c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 18. Kh2 Nc5 19. Qe3 Nxb3 20. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qxb3 Nc5 23. Qc3+ (23. Qb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} b6 24. f4 $11) 23... Qf6 24. Qe3 ({White should play} 24. Qb4 $11 b6 25. a4) 24... b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 25. Qd4 (25. Nf3 $15) 25... Rad8 $17 26. Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxc6 Rd1 {Threatens to win with ...Nd3.} 29. Bg2 (29. Rg1 $1 $15) 29... Ra1 $19 30. Nf3 Rxa3 31. Nd4 Bd3 32. Rc1 Ra2 33. Kg1 Rb2 34. Nb5 a6 35. Nc7 a5 36. Re1 (36. Bc6 $142) 36... Bxc4 37. Ne8+ Kg5 38. h4+ {[#]} (38. Nd6 $142 Bb3 39. h4+ Kh6 40. Bc6) 38... Kh6 $1 39. Bf3 Rd2 40. Bc6 $2 (40. Re7 Rd7 41. Rxd7 Nxd7 42. Nd6) 40... Re2 41. Rc1 Bb3 (41... Re6 $142 42. Rxc4 Rxc6) 42. Rc3 $2 (42. Nc7) 42... Re6 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Bb5 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 44. Rc1 a3 45. f3 a2 46. g4 hxg4 47. fxg4 g5 48. h5 Re4 49. Kf2 {[#]} Rxe8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 24%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,128,0,0,0,0,-11,21,7,24,30,37,14,14,15,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,-85,-17,-51,-49,-53,-48,-48,-37,-49,-42,-31,-8,-19,0,-8,-5,-3,0,0,0,-6,-8,-12,-8,-9,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-9,-8,-9,0,0,0,-5,-5,-7,-5,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32] E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} Nf8 12. Bc2 Ng6 13. e4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 {[#]} 15. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd3 g6 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. h3 Rad8 18. Be5 Qc8 {½-½ (60) Sadorra,J (2546)-Onischuk,A (2676) Dallas 2012}) 15... dxe4 16. fxe4 Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 17. Rf3 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e5 f6 20. Rh3 g6 21. Rg3 (21. Bb3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qe6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Nxd5) 21... Kh8 (21... fxe5 $17 22. d5 Nf6 23. dxc6 Rad8) 22. b3 Bg8 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Qd2 Rad8 25. b4 Qg7 26. Rd1 Be6 27. h3 {The position is equal.} Nd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Re3 Re6 30. Rxe6 Bxe6 31. Qe3 (31. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1e6]} Bc4 32. Re4 $11) 31... Qf6 32. Rd2 {Black must now prevent Rf2.} Bg8 33. Bd1 Kg7 34. Bf3 Bd5 35. Bg4 Bc4 36. Bf3 Bd5 37. Bg4 Bc4 38. Bf3 Rd7 39. Qc3 Bd5 (39... Be6 {with more complications.} 40. Qe3 Bf7 41. Rd1 a6 42. Qc3 Be6) 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 41. Qe3 a6 42. Kh1 Rd7 43. Rd1 Re7 44. Qg3 Qe6 45. Qc3 Kg8 46. Qc5 Qe2 47. Qc1 Re3 48. d5 cxd5 (48... Rc3 $5 49. Qxc3 Qxd1+ 50. Kh2 Qxd5 $17) 49. Kh2 ({Reject} 49. Rxd5 Rxh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. gxh3 Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Qxd5 $17) 49... Rf3 50. Re1 ({Don't play} 50. Rxd5 {[#]} Rxh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Kxh3 Qe6+ 52. Kh2 Qxd5 $17) 50... Qf2 51. Re7 Rf7 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53. Qxb7 Qf4+ 54. Kh1 Rxe7 55. Qxe7+ {KQ-KQ} Kh6 56. a4 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...d3.} 57. Qe2 Qc1+ 58. Kh2 Qc7+ 59. Kg1 Qd6 60. b5 axb5 61. axb5 d3 62. Qd2+ Kg7 63. Kh1 Qd4 64. b6 Qxb6 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,137,-4,0,-4,50,50,51,46,53,50,52,49,41,25,37,14,32,0,89,88,88,87,86,90,84,89,89,64,90,59,78,-7,-16,-31,-42,-35,-14,-22,-22,-14,-21,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-42,-43,-50,-44,-43,-35,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,366,356,337,264,432,425,588,572,792,581,29958,5583,29965,29967,29962,29968,29966,29965,29969,29970,29971,29972,29972,29972,29972,29971,29971,29972,29971,29969,29968,29967,29969,29970,29969,29971,29971,29972,29971,29968,29970,29972,29969,29972,29978,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 6. d3 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} g6 ({Better is} 6... e5 $11) 7. e5 $14 (7. Ne2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 e5 10. Ng3 h5 11. Nd2 h4 12. Ne2 g5 {1-0 (41) Morozevich,A (2731)-Moiseenko,A (2707) Dubai 2014}) 7... dxe5 8. Bxe5 {White is slightly better.} Qd5 9. Nf3 Bg4 {Hoping for ...Bxf3.} 10. Nbd2 $146 (10. Nc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qxe5+ 11. Nxe5 Bxd1 12. Rxd1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 Qxe5+ 11. Nxe5 Bxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd5 {1-0 (51) Gelashvili,T (2621)-Padmini,R (2319) Dubai 2010}) 10... Bh6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. O-O Nh5 (12... Bxf3 $5 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 $11) 13. h3 Bc8 (13... Bxf3 $1 $11 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 f6) 14. Ne3 $16 Qd8 15. Ng4 {[%cal Rg4h6]} Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd2 {Qh6+ would kill now.} f6 18. Rae1 e5 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Ngxe5 (20. Qe3 $16) 20... fxe5 $11 21. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh6h7]} Qc7 {[#]} 22. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qg7 (22... Qxe5 23. Qxh7#) 23. Qxg7+ Nxg7 24. Rxc5 Rf5 25. Ne4 Rxc5 26. Nxc5 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Bxe6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Re5 a5 30. Rc5 Ra6 31. a4 Ke7 32. f3 Kd6 33. d4 Bf5 (33... Kc7 $15) 34. Kf2 $11 Ra8 35. Ke3 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Be6 38. Rg5 Bf7 39. f4 Rh8 40. Rxa5 Rh3+ 41. Kd2 Rh2+ 42. Kc1 Bd5 43. c4 Be4 44. Re5 Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Bf3 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 45. Re3 $18 Kc7 {intending ...Kb6.} 46. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rf2 $2 {[#]} (46... g5 47. fxg5 Kd7) 47. d5 $1 Bxb3 48. Rxb3 Rxf4 {KR-KR} 49. Kb2 Rxg4 50. a6 cxd5 51. cxd5 {White mates.} ({Worse is} 51. a7 Rg2+ 52. Kb1 (52. Ka3 Rg1 $11) 52... Rg1+ 53. Kb2 Rg2+ 54. Kb1 (54. Ka3 Rg1 $11) 54... Rg1+ 55. Ka2 Rg2+ 56. Ka1 (56. Ka3 Rg1 $11) 56... Rg1+ 57. Ka2 Rg2+ 58. Kb1 $11 (58. Ka3 Rg1 $11)) 51... Rg2+ 52. Ka3 Rg1 53. Ka4 Ra1+ 54. Ra3 Rd1 55. Kb4 Kb8 56. Kc5 g5 57. Ra4 Rc1+ 58. Kd6 Ka7 59. Ke5 Re1+ 60. Kf5 Rd1 61. Ke6 Re1+ 62. Kd7 Rg1 63. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} g4 64. Ra5 g3 65. Ra3 Rg2 66. Rc3 Kb6 67. Kc8 Rd2 68. d7 g2 69. Rc1 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,79,0,0,0,-6,0,1,0,0,0,0,27,22,39,27,29,10,0,0,27,-10,0,0,28,0,31,48,69,66,53,59,58,55,79,0,0,-10,20,18,20,33,215,207,221,227,366,355,388,386,422,412,408,397,471,465,466,455,436,423,662,662,649,631,625,604]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qc2 exd4 12. cxd4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Be3 {½-½ (40) Anand,V (2794)-Caruana,F (2762) Moscow 2016}) 6... O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 Re8 9. Re1 {LiveBook: 11 Games} a5 10. Nf1 Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rb8 11. Ng3 h6 12. a4 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (39) Anurag,M (2393)-Sangma,R (2285) Nagpur 2015}) 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 (11... Qh4 $5 {[%cal Rh4f2]} 12. d4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Rxe5 $11) 12. d4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qd1 {[#] And now f4 would win.} Qf6 15. Bd2 Qg6 16. Kh2 {Black must now prevent f4.} Bb7 17. f3 f5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Qe2 Bd5 20. Qd3 (20. Ne3 $5 {[%cal Re3f5]} Qg3+ 21. Kh1 $11) 20... c4 21. Qd4 c3 22. bxc3 Raf8 23. Qg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qf7 24. Ne3 Re5 25. c4 ({Better is} 25. Nxd5 $16 Rxd5 26. Rad1) 25... Be6 $11 26. Qd4 c5 27. Qh4 {[#] Bc3 is the strong threat.} Nf4 $1 {aiming for ...Rh5.} 28. Qg3 Bxh3 $2 (28... Nh5 $14 29. Qh4 Nf4) 29. gxh3 $18 {[%cal Bg2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32]} Rh5 30. h4 Qf6 (30... Ng6 $142 31. Ng2 Qxf3 32. Qxf3 (32. Bxa5 Ne5 $16) 32... Rxf3 33. Re8+ (33. Bxa5 Nxh4 34. Nxh4 Rxh4+ 35. Kg2 Ra3 $16) 33... Kf7) 31. Ng2 ({Not} 31. Bxa5 $2 Rxh4+ 32. Kg1 Rh3 $19) 31... Ne2 32. Qg4 ({Much less strong is} 32. Rxe2 Qxa1 33. Bf4 (33. Bxa5 g6 $18) 33... Qf6 $18) 32... Rf5 {and the idea ...Nd4 leaves Black hopeful.} 33. f4 Nd4 34. Bc3 h5 35. Qg3 {White is clearly winning.} Qf7 36. Bxd4 cxd4 37. Rad1 Qf6 (37... Qxc4 $142 38. Qb3 Qxb3 39. axb3 Rc8) 38. Re4 {[%cal Be1e4,Be4d4,Bd4c4][%mdl 32]} d5 39. Rexd4 dxc4 40. Rxc4 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Paikidze, Nazi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,101,11,14,15,17,17,17,25,23,19,18,16,18,19,16,16,21,13,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,22,0,0,-1,9,2,5,-5,-3,-13,12,-8,-9,-13,20,21,82,73,109,89,148,154,158,164,159,159,159,158,172,160,242,227,246,233,323,603,603,602,600,582,556,556,549,508,732,722,649,599,9296,5514,29960,29963,29963,29963,12799,12797,29980,29981,29988,29989,29989,29990,29989,29984]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Kxe7 9. O-O Rd8 10. d4 {The position is equal.} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. Nd2 Kf8 12. c3 Bf5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Ng3 Bg6 {0-1 (69) Karjakin,S (2785)-Nakamura,H (2779) Doha 2016}) 11. c3 Kf8 12. Re1 g5 13. Bf1 Nd7 14. Bd2 Re8 15. c4 Be4 16. Bc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Kg7 18. c5 Bc7 19. Bc4 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Re4 f5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Bd3 Kg6 24. Bc2 (24. h4 $5) 24... b5 25. cxb6 (25. d5 $5) 25... Nxb6 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bf4 {[#]} (27... Bd6 $11) 28. b3 $1 $16 Nd5 29. bxa4 Bb8 (29... Kf6 $142) 30. a5 Ba7 31. Ba4 Nf4 32. Bxc6 {Hoping for d5.} Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nxd4 34. Bd5 Nc2 (34... f4 $16 {is a better defense.} 35. Bc3 Kf6) 35. Bd2 $18 Nxa3 36. Be3 Nb5 37. Bxa7 Nxa7 {KB-KN} 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. Kd3 Ke5 40. Kc4 Kd6 41. Bxf7 h6 42. Bd5 Nc8 43. f4 gxf4 44. Bb7 Ne7 45. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kc7 46. Kc5 f3 47. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} f4 48. h5 {White mates.} Ng8 49. Bxf3 Nf6 50. a7 Nd7+ 51. Kd4 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,113,0,3,18,8,7,-27,-25,-38,-29,-19,-31,-40,-34,-44,-40,-83,-56,-57,-52,-95,-23,-106,-42,-41,-32,-43,-35,-80,-66,-93,-47,-108,-79,-107,-77,-246,-233,-253,-237,-291,-303,-304,-279,-263,-67,-73,-68,-69,-69,-61,-60,-180,98,99,210,67,82,76,81,74,58,82,457,445,384,0,0,0,0,-69,-59,-252,-230,-540,-14,-14,-20,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Qd2 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} (11. Re1 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Bg5 Ndf6 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Qc7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Neg5 Qb6 {½-½ (29) Vallejo Pons,F (2711)-Ponomariov,R (2709) Tallinn 2016}) 11... Ng4 12. Rfe1 a6 13. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 14. Rab1 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nge5 15. h3 b6 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Nh2 f6 18. h4 Nf7 19. Bf4 g5 20. hxg5 fxg5 {1-0 (35) Bernasek,J (2464)-Vesselovsky,S (2362) Czechia 2011}) 15. e4 Nc4 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. h3 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Kh2 c4 21. a5 $1 Rac8 22. Na4 Nd3 (22... Bxa4 $1 $17 23. Qxa4 Nd3) 23. Re2 (23. Nb6 $11 Nxe1 24. Rxe1) 23... Nb4 (23... Bxa4 $17 24. Qxa4 f5) 24. Qd1 $15 {next Nb6 is good for White.} Rc7 25. Be3 Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 26. Nc3 f5 27. f4 fxe4 28. Bb6 ({White should play} 28. Nxe4 $15 Bf5 29. Ng5) 28... Rcc8 $17 29. Nxe4 Bf5 30. Ng5 $2 {[#]} (30. Qc2 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 30... Nxf4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 31. gxf4 {aiming for Ne6.} Bxb1 32. Ne6 Qf5 33. Qa4 Bd3 34. Rf2 Rxe6 $2 (34... Qf7 $19 35. Qb4 Qe7) 35. dxe6 $15 Qxe6 36. Bxb7 Rf8 37. Qc6 $1 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Qg2 (38. Bxa6 $15 Be5 39. Qg2 (39. fxe5 $2 Qxe5+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Rxf2+ 42. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 43. Qg2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qe5 $17) 39... Bxf4+ 40. Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) (38. fxg5 Qe5+) 38... Qg6 $2 ({Better is} 38... Rf5 $1 $19 39. Bxa6 d5) 39. Bxa6 $16 Rxf4 (39... gxf4 $16 {is a better defense.} 40. Bb7 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Rb8 42. Bd5+ Kh8) 40. Qd5+ (40. Qa8+ Kf7 $14) ({White must play} 40. Rxf4 $18 {Threatening mate with Qa8+.} gxf4 41. Bb7 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2) 40... Kf8 $14 ({Of course not} 40... Qf7 $6 41. Bb7 $16) 41. Qa8+ $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kf7 {And now ...Qf5 would win.} (41... Qe8 $2 42. Rxf4+ gxf4 43. Qxe8+ Kxe8 44. Bb7 $18) 42. Qb7+ Ke6 43. Qc8+ $1 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Ke7 $16) 44. Qd7 $18 {Hoping for Qe7+.} Qf6 {[#]} 45. Qb5+ $2 (45. Kg1 $1 $18 Bf5 46. Qc7) 45... d5 $11 46. Bc7+ Kd4 47. Qb6+ (47. Rg2 $1 $11) 47... Ke4 $1 $15 ({Not} 47... Qxb6 $2 48. Rxf4+ Ke3 49. axb6 $18 (49. Bxb6+ Kxf4 50. Bb7 Bxb2 $15)) 48. Bxf4 $2 ({White has to play} 48. Rg2 $1 $15) 48... gxf4 $19 49. Bc8 $2 {[#]} (49. Qxf6 {nothing else works.} Bxf6 50. Kg2) 49... f3 $2 (49... Qxb6 $1 $19 50. axb6 f3) 50. Qxf6 $11 {The position is equal.} Bxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 51. Bg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} Be2 52. a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6a7] a7 is the strong threat.} Be5+ 53. Kh1 {Strongly threatening a7.} Bb8 54. Rxe2+ fxe2 55. Bxe2 Ke3 56. Bg4 d4 57. Be6 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,93,8,-60,-44,-69,-46,-60,-53,-73,-31,-37,-39,-83,-44,-42,-39,-47,-42,-48,-32,-22,-31,-35,-25,-58,-54,-54,0,0,0,13,26,16,18,18,47,42,67,66,67,66,76,35,32,0,58,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,2,2,2,2,2,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,0,10,0,10,0,10,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. d3 {LiveBook: 14 Games. A23: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 c6} (7. Nxd5 $11 Nd4 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Qd1) (7. Nxd5 Nd4 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Qd1 Qc7 10. Kf1 Be6 11. b3 O-O-O 12. d3 Kb8 13. Bb2 Bh6 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bb5 17. Ne1 Qb6 18. Rd1 Rhg8 19. Bc1 Nd6 20. Kg1 f5 {½-½ (20) Bezold,M (2502)-Erdos,V (2585) Germany 2017}) 7... Be6 8. Bg5 Bb4 9. a3 {Black is slightly better.} Ba5 10. Kf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kf1 Nd4 12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. Nf3 Nxf3 14. Bxf3 Rc8 {1-0 (61) Voiska,M (2354)-Botvinnik,I (2187) Bled 2002}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qd7 12. Nf3 O-O (12... Nh5 {is interesting.} 13. Qb5 O-O 14. Be3 h6 15. Rb1 Nf6) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Kg1 Kh8 15. h3 Rg8 16. Kh2 f5 17. Rab1 b6 18. c4 dxc4 19. dxc4 e4 (19... Rac8 $15) 20. Qc3+ $11 Rg7 $1 21. Rhd1 Qc7 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rag8 {next ...f4 is good for Black.} 24. e3 h5 25. h4 $1 Kh7 {[%cal Rg7g3] [#] ( -> ...Rxg3)} 26. Kg1 Rg4 27. Rd2 R4g6 ({Of course not} 27... Qxc4 $6 28. Qxc4 Bxc4 29. Bh3 $16) 28. Rd4 Rg4 29. a4 (29. Rb5 {with more complications.} a6 30. Rbd5 R4g6 31. Rd6 Qc5 32. a4) 29... Qe5 $1 {The position is equal.} 30. Rd3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Rc8 {[#]} 32. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rgg8 (32... bxa5 33. Rb5) 33. axb6 axb6 34. Bf1 Rc6 35. Be2 Kg6 36. Rcb3 Rb8 37. Rb4 f6 38. R1b2 (38. Ra1 {is interesting.} Rd8 39. Kf1 Rdd6 40. Ra7 Rd2 41. Rb7) 38... Rbc8 39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40. Rxb6 Bxc4 41. Bxc4 Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 42. Kg2 Rc2 43. Rd6 Rc1 44. Rb6 Rc2 45. Rd6 Rc1 46. Rb6 Rc2 47. Rd6 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,70,12,12,7,30,0,29,0,92,37,41,37,37,18,46,29,73,47,82,82,82,80,104,100,107,83,115,11,11,3,6,4,12,8,22,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,12]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. Nc4 {[#] A72: Modern Benoni: Classical: Lines with Bg5} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nf6 15. a4 b6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. O-O a6 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. Ne3 Qe7 20. Bd3 h5 21. e5 dxe5 {1-0 (58) Wang,Y (2716)-Ding,L (2749) Danzhou 2015}) 15. O-O Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b4,Bb4e4][%mdl 32]} 16. Ne3 {White has an edge.} b5 (16... a6 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. Bxb5 (17. Nxb5 $16 {Strongly threatening Nf5.} Ne5 18. Qd2) 17... a6 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Qc2 Rb4 20. Rac1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rfb8 21. b3 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Bb5 24. Rfc1 {Threatens to win with f3.} Rxe4 25. Nf5 Rb6 {[#]} 26. Nxh6+ ({White should try} 26. a4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Bd7 27. a5 (27. Nxh6+ Kg7 $17) 27... Bxf5 28. axb6) 26... Kg7 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Nf5+ Kf6 29. Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} a5 30. f4 a4 31. Kf2 axb3 32. axb3 Ra6 33. Kf3 Ra3 34. Rb1 Kg6 35. Rb2 Bd3 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,88,44,54,25,55,57,116,110,112,118,115,116,114,115,130,127,133,133,142,123,125,125,125,125,125,117,118,118,118,118,118,118,120,113,118,114,118,116,123,120,116,103,105,104,101,91,111,29,35,16,12,0,24,18,56,0,0,0,0,-714,0,0,0,-47,-42,-50,-26,-28,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Ngf6 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 8. O-O e5 (8... e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Nf1 Rfc8 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Bd3 b4 16. Be3 Ng4 {½-½ (67) Kobalia,M (2628)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Tallinn 2016}) 9. d4 Be7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. d5 c4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. a4 O-O 13. Na3 Qb6 (13... Qb8 $14) 14. Be3 $16 Nc5 15. Nd2 Nfd7 $146 16. b4 cxb3 17. Nxb3 Rfc8 18. axb5 Qd8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. f3 axb5 21. Nxb5 Ba6 22. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4b5][%mdl 32]} Bxb5 23. cxb5 Rab8 24. Rdb1 Bg5 25. Bf2 Qc7 26. Bd3 {[%cal Bc2d3,Bd3f1,Bf1h3][%mdl 32]} Bd8 27. Qd1 Qe7 28. Bf1 Bb6 29. g3 g6 30. Bh3 Rc7 31. Ra2 Kg7 32. Qd2 Ra7 33. Rxa7 Qxa7 34. Kh1 (34. Bf1 $16) 34... Qa4 $11 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nxe4!} 35. Bxc5 Bxc5 36. Bd7 (36. Bf1 {seems wilder.} Bb6 37. Rc1 Ra8 38. Qc3 Qa2 39. Qc2) 36... Qa7 37. Bc6 Qe7 38. Qd3 (38. Kg2 $14) 38... h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 39. Qd2 h4 40. Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. g4 $11) 40... Qd8 $2 (40... Qxd7 $19 41. gxh4 Qh3) 41. Bc6 Qe7 42. f4 hxg3 43. hxg3 exf4 44. Qxf4 f5 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,178,27,13,41,27,31,19,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-37,-30,-27,-30,-24,-25,0,-65,-58,-67,-65,-63,-68,-75,-60,-85,-87,-72,-60,-85,-66,-90,-84,-72,-74,-131,-54,-100,-94,-90,-80,-87,-84,-91,-88,-91,-78,-74,-67,-79,-67,-62,-27,-28,-30,-29,-32,-40,-33,-31,0,-2,-2,-4,-2,-6,-8,-14,-4,-5,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-15,-444,-436,-345,-423,-411,-393,-372,-365,-1035,-900,-1450,-1216,-2257,-2365,-1970,-1828,-1738,-1482,-2457,-1972,-2479,-2176,-12838,-12838,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12839,-12841,-12841]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (8... h6 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. h3 b5 11. O-O Nd7 12. b3 Bb7 13. Be3 Rfe8 14. Qd2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxb5 Red8 17. Nd4 Ne4 {½-½ (25) Tiviakov,S (2591)-Safarli,E (2664) Nakhchivan 2016}) 9. Ne2 {LiveBook: 184 Games} h5 (9... f5 $5) 10. Be3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32] White has an edge.} 11. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Kb1 Be6 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 b5 15. Be4 Bd5 16. Rhe1 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 {0-1 (52) Abrahamyan,T (2364)-Krush,I (2444) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... Nb6 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Bd2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 15. Kb1 Qa5 16. Bh7+ (16. d5 $5) 16... Kf8 17. Bf5 {Threatens to win with Bxc8.} Bxf5 18. Nxf5 g6 19. Nh4 Re6 20. Qb3 (20. g3 $11 Bd6 21. f4) 20... Re2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 21. Rhf1 Rae8 22. Nf3 Qf5+ 23. Ka1 Qg4 24. Ng1 R2e7 25. g3 {Hoping for h3.} Bd6 26. Qc2 Qe6 27. Qd3 c5 28. d5 Qg4 29. Kb1 ({White should try} 29. c4) 29... f5 (29... c4 $17 30. Qc2 Kg7) 30. h3 Qa4 31. Nf3 Re2 {...c4 is the strong threat.} 32. Ng1 R2e4 33. Nf3 b5 34. Qc2 Qa6 35. Rfe1 Qb7 36. Qd2 Kg7 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Ng5 Qd7 39. Qe3 $1 Qf5 40. h4 Re5 41. Kc1 Rxd5 (41... Kg8 {feels hotter.} 42. Re1 Rxd5 43. Nxe4 Re5 44. b3 Be7) 42. Rxd5 Qxd5 43. Nxe4 Be7 44. a3 Qe5 45. Qf3 a5 46. Kc2 a4 47. Qd3 f6 48. f4 Qe6 49. Nd2 c4 50. Qe4 Qxe4+ 51. Nxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kf7 (51... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 52. Ng5 Kf6 $11) 52. Kd2 Ke6 {And now ...Kf5 would win.} 53. Ke3 Bd8 54. Kf3 Bb6 55. Nd2 Bd8 56. Ne4 Be7 57. Ke3 Kf5 58. Kf3 $1 Bf8 59. Ke3 Kg4 60. Kf2 Be7 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 61. Kg2 Kf5 62. Kf3 Bf8 63. Ke3 Ke6 64. Kf3 Kf7 65. Ke3 Be7 66. Kf3 Ke8 (66... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 67. Ng5+ Bxg5 68. hxg5 Ke8 $11) 67. Ke3 {next Kd4 is good for White.} Kd7 68. Kf3 Kc6 (68... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 69. Nd2 Ke6 $11) 69. Ke3 Kd5 70. Kf3 $1 Bd8 (70... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 71. Nd2 Bf6 $11) 71. Ke3 $1 Ke6 72. Kf3 Bc7 73. Ke3 Kf5 74. Kf3 Bb8 75. Ke3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (75. Nd2 $11) 75... Kg4 $1 $19 76. Kf2 {[#]} Ba7+ $1 77. Kg2 Be3 78. Nd6 Bc1 79. Nxb5 $2 (79. Nf7 Kf5 80. Nd6+ Ke6 81. Nxb5) 79... Bxb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 80. Kf2 Kh3 81. Kf3 f5 82. Kf2 Kh2 83. Kf3 Kg1 84. Ke2 Kg2 85. Kd2 Kxg3 86. Kc2 Kxh4 87. Nd6 Kg3 88. Nxc4 h4 89. Nd2 Bxa3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paikidze, Nazi"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,61,52,54,66,76,72,107,127,187,182,260,176,185,163,135,0,0,7,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,5,0,8,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. dxe6 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6} Bxe6 11. Bf4 (11. b3 Na6 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. b4 Ne6 16. b5 Nc5 17. bxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (63) Wang,Y (2720)-Mamedyarov,S (2765) Beijing 2014}) 11... Rd8 12. c5 $1 {White is better.} Ne8 {[#]} (12... Na6 $16) 13. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Bf7 (13... Qc8 {is a better defense.}) 14. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxf7 Qxf7 15. cxd6 Nd7 16. e4 Ne5 17. exf5 gxf5 {0-1 (31) Capek,I (2180)-Kholmov,R (2445) Decin 1995}) 14... Qd7 15. cxd6 {Black must now prevent Nc7.} Na6 ({Not} 15... cxb5 $2 16. Bd5 $18) 16. Nc7 (16. e4 $16) 16... Naxc7 {The position is equal.} 17. dxc7 Nxc7 18. Qxd7 (18. Qa4 {seems wilder.} Ne6 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Nxf7 Qxf7 21. Be3) 18... Rxd7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Bxc7 Rxc7 21. Rfd1 Ke7 22. e3 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Kf1 Rd7 25. Ke2 Kc7 26. b3 Kb6 (26... Bc3 $5 {[%cal Rd7d2]}) 27. Rc1 a5 28. Rc4 Bf8 29. a4 Bb4 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. exd4 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Black "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,103,22,22,21,19,19,22,22,20,25,61,63,58,63,75,58,59,43,56,51,54,38,43,43,45,42,41,38,44,44,54,30,72,73,87,86,106,95,134,134,141,141,132,148,184,183,181,170,179,179,163,155,179,134,195,206,345,345,376,376,425,418,396,386,381,365,938,883,805,765,1709,1562,12829,12829,12840,12834,12843,12843,12845,12845,12846,12846,12848,12847,12847,12848,12848,12849]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. dxe5 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (8. d5 Ne7 9. O-O a6 10. a3 Bc5 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. b4 Ba7 13. e4 h6 14. Be3 f5 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. exf5 Bxf5 {½-½ (51) Nisipeanu,L (2674)-Ponomariov,R (2706) Dortmund 2016}) 8... dxe5 9. O-O Bxc3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Qxc3 {The position is equal.} Qe7 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Rfd1 Bg4 13. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rad1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxe2 19. Bxb7 {½-½ (32) Bolbochan,J-Stahlberg,G Mar del Plata 1943}) 13... Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 Nd4 16. Rd2 c6 17. e3 Ne6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxe5 Qb4 20. Rad1 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxc4 22. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qb4 23. Rd4 Qa3 24. R1d2 Qe7 25. Qa5 c5 26. Rd6 b6 27. Qa4 Rad8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qxa7 Qd1+ {[#]} 31. Bf1 $1 Nd7 32. Qb7 Kh7 33. Kg2 Ne5 34. Qe4 ({Not} 34. Qxb6 Qd5+ 35. Kh2 Nf3+ 36. Kh1 (36. Kg2 Ne5+ 37. Kh2 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Ne1+ 39. Kh2 Nf3+ $11) 36... Ne1+ 37. Kh2 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 (38. Kg2 Ne5+ 39. Kh2 Nf3+ $11) 38... Ne1+ 39. Kh2 Nf3+ $11) 34... Qd6 35. a4 Kh8 (35... f6 $16 {was worth a try.} 36. f4 Qd2+ 37. Kg1 Nf7) 36. h4 $18 f6 {[#]} (36... Kh7 $142 37. Be2 Kg8) 37. Bc4 $1 {White threatens Qa8+ and mate.} Nxc4 38. bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} ({Less strong is} 38. Qxc4 Qd1 $14) 38... Qd7 39. Qxg6 Qxa4 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qd5+ Kh8 $2 (41... Kf8 42. h5 Qb3) 42. g5 {White is clearly winning.} Qe8 43. Kg3 fxg5 44. hxg5 g6 45. e4 Qe7 46. Kg4 Kh7 47. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5g6][%mdl 32]} Qc7 48. f5 b5 49. cxb5 {[%cal Bc4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32] Intending b6! and mate.} c4 50. fxg6+ Kg7 51. b6 Qc8+ 52. Qf5 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Paikidze, Nazi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,223,-12,-14,15,-16,-14,-17,-14,-12,-21,-27,-31,-41,-31,-39,-41,-51,-37,-37,-37,-93,-53,-55,-49,-47,-38,-142,-132,-140,-139,-140,-140,-220,-224,-228,-233,-233,-225,-235,-218,-189,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,18,18,18,20,8,20,20,20,21,25,20,24,23,31,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,14,8,23,8,23,16,31,23,38,31,38,38,53,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,61,52,52,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,52,52,27,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4 Nc6 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 9. Nxe5 (9. Bg5 Qg6 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Qf5 12. Be3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Be7 15. Bd3 {½-½ (57) Vachier Lagrave,M (2819)-Nakamura,H (2791) chess.com INT 2016}) 9... Nxe5 10. Qe2 $1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bf5 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 O-O-O 12. fxe5 Qg6 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Be2 f6 15. O-O fxe5 16. dxe5 {1-0 (33) Ibarra Chami,L (2489)-Adamson,R (2287) Las Vegas 2013}) 11... O-O-O $1 12. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Bxe5 c5 $1 14. Rd1 f6 15. Bf4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Be2 Re8 $36 {[%mdl 3072] Black has compensation. Black has some pressure.} 19. Kf1 (19. Rf1 $15) 19... g5 20. Bc1 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. h3 (21. Bxh5 Bd3+) 21... h4 22. g4 (22. f4 $15) 22... Be4 23. Rh2 Re6 24. f3 {[#]} Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b1]} 25. Kg2 (25. fxe4 $17 Rb1 26. Bd1 Rxc1 27. Rd2) 25... Rb1 $19 26. Rh1 Bc6 27. Rd1 {intending Bd3.} Ra1 28. Kf1 Rxa2 29. f4 Bg2+ $2 (29... Ba4 $19 30. Re1 Rc2 31. fxg5 fxg5 32. Bxg5 Rxc3) 30. Kxg2 $11 {Kf3 is the strong threat.} Rxe2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Kf3 Rh2 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. Bxg5 Rxh3+ 34. Ke4 Rxc3 35. Bf6 Rxc4+ 36. Kd5 Rxg4 {aiming for ...Bf2.} 37. Kxc5 {KRB-KR} h3 38. Rd8+ Kc7 {Hoping for ...Rf4.} 39. Rh8 b6+ 40. Kb5 Rg1 (40... a6+ $5 41. Kxa6 Kc6 42. Rc8+ Kd5 $11) 41. Rxh3 Rb1+ 42. Ka6 Kc6 43. Rh2 Rb5 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rb5a5]} 44. Bc3 Rf5 45. Kxa7 Kc5 46. Ka6 Kc4 47. Be1 b5 48. Rh4+ Kd3 49. Bb4 Re5 50. Ka5 Rd5 51. Rh8 Ke4 52. Rc8 Kd4 53. Bc3+ Kd3 54. Kb4 Ke4 55. Re8+ Kd3 56. Bg7 Rd7 57. Bf8 Rb7 58. Bc5 Kd2 59. Re6 Kd3 60. Bb6 Rh7 61. Re3+ Kd2 62. Kxb5 Rh4 63. Ra3 Re4 64. Bc5 Kc2 65. Rf3 Rg4 66. Bb4 Re4 67. Kc5 Rh4 68. Bc3 Re4 69. Bd4 Re2 70. Kc4 Kd1 71. Ra3 Kc2 ({Better is} 71... Rd2 $11) 72. Be3 $1 $14 Kd1 73. Kd4 Rc2 74. Kd3 {White wants to mate with Ra1+.} Rd2+ $1 75. Ke4 Rc2 76. Kf3 {Threatening mate with Ra1+.} (76. Ra1+ {with more complications.} Ke2 77. Bd4 Rd2 78. Rb1 Ra2 79. Rb2+) 76... Rc8 77. Ra1+ Kc2 78. Ke2 {White threatens Rc1+ and mate.} Rd8 79. Ra5 Rc8 80. Bd4 Rc6 81. Rb5 Rc4 82. Ke3 Ra4 $1 83. Rb2+ Kc1 {The position is equal.} 84. Bc3 Rh4 85. Rd2 Rh3+ 86. Kd4 Rh4+ 87. Kd3 Rh3+ 88. Kc4 Rh7 89. Rg2 Kd1 90. Kb3 Rd7 91. Rh2 Rd8 92. Kc4 Rg8 93. Be5 Re8 94. Bd4 Re2 95. Rh3 Kc2 96. Ra3 Kd1 97. Be3 Rc2+ 98. Kd3 Rd2+ $1 99. Ke4 Rc2 100. Kf3 {Ra1+ would kill now.} Rc8 101. Ra2 {Intending Rd2+ and mate.} (101. Bc1 $5) 101... Rf8+ 102. Bf4 {Black must now prevent Rd2+.} Rd8 103. Bg5 (103. Bc1 $5) 103... Rd5 104. Be3 (104. Bc1 $5) 104... Rd8 105. Ke4 (105. Bc1 $5) 105... Rb8 106. Rd2+ (106. Bg1 {looks sharper.} Rd8 107. Ra1+ Ke2 108. Ke5 Re8+ 109. Kf6) 106... Ke1 107. Rh2 Kd1 108. Kf3 Rd8 109. Ke4 Ra8 110. Bc5 Rd8 111. Bd4 {Threatens to win with Kd3.} Ra8 112. Kd3 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 67%.} (112. Ba1 $5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,21,30,13,32,25,23,9,52,46,39,29,57,64,60,62,79,35,43,45,63,26,53,39,89,43,87,104,118,116,131,110,138,108,113,129,94,38,35,43,43,39,22,33,65,37,75,72,328,327,360,237,301,312,867,816,29973,29974,29977,29977,29978,29979,29991,29986,29992,29987]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b4 d5 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. a4 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} a5 7. b5 O-O 8. Be2 {White has an edge.} Bf5 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Na3 Nbd7 10. Nd4 cxb5 11. Naxb5 dxc4 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. Bxc4 {1-0 (62) Rotstein,A (2514)-Bezler,R (2253) Vaduz 2003}) 9... dxc4 10. Na3 Nd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nxc4 Nb4 13. d4 Nd7 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Qd2 c5 16. Rfd1 Kg8 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Ng5 {Hoping for e4.} cxd4 19. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4f5][%mdl 32]} (19. exd4 $6 f6 $14) 19... d3 20. exf5 (20. Bxd3 $6 Nc5 $11) 20... dxe2 21. Qxe2 Qf4 22. Nh3 Qh6 (22... Qxf5 $2 23. g4 $18 (23. Qxe7 Nd5 $11)) 23. f4 (23. Qxe7 $16 Nd3 24. Rc3) 23... Nf6 $1 $14 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qxe7 Nfd5 26. Qe4 Rad8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nc3!} 27. Rd2 Qh5 28. Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Rfe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Qg4 $16 {was worth a try.} 29. g3 (29. Nxa5 $2 Nxf4 30. Rcd1 Rxd2 $19) 29... Qc8) 29. Ne5 $18 Re7 30. Rcd1 Kg7 {With the idea ...Nc3.} 31. g4 (31. Rxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 $16) 31... Qh4 $2 {[#]} (31... Qh6 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Qh4) 32. Ngxf7 $1 ({Weaker is} 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Nxd5 $11) 32... Nxf4 33. Qxf4 {White mates.} Rxd2 34. Rxd2 g5 35. Qe4 Nc6 36. Qg6+ Kf8 37. Rf2 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,61,14,4,13,-10,-5,-18,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,-33,0,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-35,-25,-25,-6,-66,-57,-57,-6,-6,-6,-14,-14,-15,-15,-16,0,-24,0,-34]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Bh4 b6 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 {1-0 (46) Eljanov,P (2751)-Radjabov,T (2710) Shamkir 2017}) 6... Qe7 7. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (7. Nbd2 {is interesting.} Nd7 8. Nc4 f6 9. Be3 a5 10. O-O) 7... Bxe3 8. fxe3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg4 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rd6 13. Rhf1 Rf8 {0-1 (47) Mladenov,S (2458)-Coenen,M (2251) Belgium 2010}) 9. Nc3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. O-O a5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 c5 13. b3 Ne8 14. Nb2 Nd6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Nbc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 22. g3 g6 23. Kg2 h5 24. h4 (24. Qd3 $11 Qd6 25. Qd5) 24... Kf8 25. Qd3 Qxd3 (25... Ke7 $15) 26. cxd3 $15 {KP-KP} Ke7 27. Kf3 Ke6 28. Kf2 Kd6 29. Kf3 Ke6 30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Kf3 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Chess Classic 2017-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,79,45,45,51,53,68,64,82,77,118,76,145,54,58,24,23,13,23,0,40,0,0,-16,-6,-10,-12,-19,-15,-62,-18,-22,72,67,76,71,223,72,83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,504,504,504,503,500,496,496,494,12845,12845,12845,12846,12846,12841]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 7. a4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... f6 8. Be3 Qd6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. Qd2 Nf7 12. Qa5 Bf8 13. Nfd2 Qd8 14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 {1-0 (54) Zhigalko,S (2679)-Alekseev,E (2673) Lublin 2011}) 8. Be3 Bxb2 {White is slightly better.} 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Rb1 ({Much weaker is} 10. Bxc5 $6 Bxa1 11. Qxa1 f6 $11) 10... b5 11. Qc1 c4 {[#]} (11... b4 $142) 12. Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng4 $14 (12... bxc4 13. Bxh6) 13. hxg4 (13. Bb6 {feels hotter.} Qd7 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Na3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. Qe3) 13... bxc4 14. Bh6 Bc3+ 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. e5 (16. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Bg7 17. Bf4 $14 (17. dxc4 Qd6 $14)) 16... Bg7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 cxd3 19. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d3]} Qb6 20. cxd3 Qb4+ 21. Nd2 $1 {With the idea Qg7.} Ba6 {[#]} (21... Be6 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. O-O $1 $16 Bxd3 23. Rfe1 Qxa4 $2 (23... O-O-O $16 {was worth a try.} 24. Rc1 c5) 24. Qg7 $2 (24. e6 $18 {is more deadly.} f6 25. Qg7) 24... O-O-O 25. Rc1 (25. e6 $16) 25... Qf4 $11 {Threatens to win with ...Rhg8.} 26. e6 $1 Qxd2 27. Rxc6+ Kb7 28. Rec1 {Hoping for Qe5.} Bb5 29. Rc7+ Kb6 {...Qd4 is the strong threat.} 30. exf7 {Strongly threatening Qe5.} Qd4 31. Qh6 Rhf8 32. Rxe7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} a4 {And now ...Qd2 would win.} (32... Qd2 $5 33. Re6+ $8 Ka7 34. Re7+ Ka6 35. Re6+ Kb7 36. Re7+ Kb6 37. Re6+ Kb7 38. Re7+ Kb6 $11) 33. Qg5 Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Bc6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 34. Rxd7 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Bxd7 35. Qe7 Rxf7 36. Qxf7 Bb5 37. Qxh7 Qxg4 (37... Qd6 $142 38. Qg8 Ka7) 38. Qc7+ Ka6 39. Qd6+ Ka5 40. Rc7 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

