[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 11. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 13. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 14. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:46]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 16. Qf2 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 17. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 18. Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. Ra3 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 21. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. Nbxd5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 23. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 24. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 25. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. gxf3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 27. a5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 28. Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 31. a6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 32. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 33. axb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 35. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 36. Qxa8+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,77,8,8,13,16,16,16,14,15,15,10,10,11,12,10,13,17,11,9,9,10,11,13,10,18,18,18,18,17,17,66,64,65,65,71,70,68,29,33,31,78,76,164,76,321,345,643,472,273,641,639,580,566,538,1673,1356]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb2 Bd7 {½-½ (35) Ding,L (2805)-So,W (2754) Stavanger 2019}) 12... Bd7 13. Bb2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15. Nb5 {The position is equal.} b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. c5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 24. Kf3 Nc6 25. Ke3 Kf8 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Kxd4 {KB-KN} Ke7 28. Kc4 Kd6 29. Kb5 Kc7 30. g4 Nf6 $1 31. Be3 Nd7 32. h4 f5 {[#]} (32... e5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 33. g5 (33. gxf5 $1 $18 {has better winning chances.} exf5 34. Bd4) 33... g6 $2 (33... e5 $16 {was called for.}) 34. f4 $18 Kb7 {If Black can now play ...Kc7 this consolidates a bit.} 35. a4 Kc7 36. Bf2 Kb7 {White is clearly winning.} 37. Bd4 Kc7 {[#] Black hopes to continue with ...Kb7.} 38. Bf6 $1 h6 {[#]} 39. Bd8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,98,9,0,0,-1,0,-21,-21,-21,-12,-43,47,43,32,34,39,-8,25,-50,-41,-46,0,-88,-60,-80,-79,-79,-80,-184,-86,-97,-91,-110,-114,-169,-63,-192,-206,-206,-208,-189,-200,-285,-298,-351,-148,-145,-150,-229,-260,-288,-311,-299,-305,-500,-498,-435,-38,-389,-404,-748,-223,-1156,-990,-809,-593,-1403,-1295,-2069,-776,-1301,-2037,-6295,-1709,-5933,-5750,-1606,-1320,-1589,-849,-1075,0,-1369,-1378,-29985,-29986,-29989,-29990,-29993,-29991]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 e4 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (6... Bc5 7. b4 Nxb4 8. Nxb4 Bxb4 9. Nxe5 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nf3 {½-½ (44) Giri,A (2779)-Karjakin,S (2750) Saint Louis 2019}) 7. Nh4 d6 {Strongly threatening ...g5.} 8. O-O g5 {The position is equal.} 9. d4 $1 h6 (9... gxh4 $2 10. Bg5 $18) 10. Be3 gxh4 $146 (10... Ba5 $15) ({Predecessor:} 10... Ba5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. a3 gxh4 13. b4 Bf5 14. bxa5 {0-1 (31) Gagliardi,V (2127)-Scuderi,D (2281) ICCF email 2016}) 11. Bxh6 $14 Nxd5 $1 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Qd3 ({Better is} 14. Qa4 $11) 14... Qd7 $1 $15 15. Kh1 Nf5 16. Bg5 {[#]} (16. Bf4 $11) 16... f6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 17. Bxh4 (17. Bxf6 Qh7) 17... Qh7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Rxe4! is the strong threat. Keeping White busy.} ({Much weaker is} 17... Nxh4 18. gxh4 Qh3 19. a3 $11 (19. Bh7+ Kh8 $11)) 18. Rg1 Bd7 19. Qf3 (19. f3 $17) 19... Rxe4 (19... Kf7 $1 $19 20. Bd3 Rh8) 20. Qxe4 Re8 21. Qd3 Kf7 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 22. Rad1 (22. g4 $17 Qxh4 23. gxf5) 22... Qh5 ({Black should try} 22... Ba5 $19 23. Rg2 Qg6) 23. f3 (23. g4 $15 Qxh4 24. gxf5) 23... Ne3 $19 24. Rc1 Ba5 $1 25. b4 Bb6 26. b5 (26. Rc3 {was necessary.}) 26... Kg7 27. a4 {[#]} Qxd5 (27... Bg4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4f3][%mdl 512] and Black stays clearly on top.} 28. Qd2 (28. fxg4 Qxd5+) 28... Qxd5) 28. g4 $17 c6 $1 29. g5 (29. Bf2 $17 Qxd4 30. Rcd1 Qxd3 31. Rxd3) 29... f5 $19 30. Bf2 {And now bxc6 would win.} f4 ({Not} 30... Bxd4 31. Rgd1 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) (30... Qxd4 31. Qxd4+ Bxd4 32. Rgd1 $15) 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Qa6 $2 (32. a5 Qxa5 33. Bxe3 Rxe3 34. Qd1) 32... Bc8 33. Qd3 c5 $2 (33... Ng4 $19 34. Be1 Nxh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 34. a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Qb5 $1 $15 Rh8 35. dxc5 dxc5 36. Qb2+ Qd4 37. Qc3) 34... c4 35. Qa3 (35. Qd2 $142 Bxa5 36. Qa2) 35... Bxd4 $2 (35... Ng4 36. Rxg4 Bxg4) 36. Rgd1 $2 (36. Qa4 Re7 37. g6) 36... Nxd1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 37. Rxd1 Bc5 38. Qa4 Qe6 39. Bxc5 dxc5 (39... Qxe2 $142 40. Qa1+ Kg8 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 40. Re1 {[#]} Bb7 $1 {( -> ...Bxf3+!)} 41. Kg2 Bc6 (41... Qg4+ $142 42. Kf2 Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kg2 {[#]} Bxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Kxf3 Re3+ 45. Kg2 f3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. exf3 Qxe1 47. Qd7+ Kg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Qd6+ Re6) 42. Qc2 Qe3 43. Qf5 Qe5 44. Qg4 Qd4 {aiming for ...Bd7.} 45. Qf5 Qe5 46. Qg4 $1 c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...c2.} 47. h4 c2 {Black mates.} 48. Kh3 Qd4 49. Kg2 Bd7 {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,15,4,4,13,8,16,8,20,0,0,-2,0,0,14,10,7,17,20,14,20,15,28,0,0,-6,-11,-9,-9,-13,-3,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-136,-112,-106,-132,-132,-134,-138,-139,-124,-81,-200,-154,-251,-198,-195,-206,-751,-716,-29990,-29991,-29991,-6548,-2616,-1869,-6150,-6120,-5473,-4989]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 (5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nb5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bc8 11. Nb3 Nb6 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Bf4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nc4 15. Nd5 Nxb2 16. Rdc1 Bf5 17. Nc5 Nc4 18. e4 Bg4 {1-0 (29) Vachier Lagrave,M (2774)-Wei,Y (2721) chess.com INT 2019}) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 {A08: King's Indian Attack} Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5] The position is equal.} e6 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Bc5 Qd7 13. Qc1 Rb8 14. Rd1 b6 15. axb6 axb6 {0-1 (50) Kraus,T (2426)-Langner,L (2366) Pardubice 2016}) 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} d4 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. a6 b6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxc6 {And now Bxf6 would win.} Bxg5 18. Bxe8 Qxe8 19. h4 Bh6 {Threatening ...Rc8.} 20. c3 ({White should try} 20. e4 $11 dxe3 21. fxe3) 20... Rc8 (20... dxc3 $15 21. e4 cxb2) 21. Nd2 $11 e4 {Strongly threatening ...e3.} 22. Nf1 ({Wrong is} 22. cxd4 $2 e3 $19) 22... dxc3 23. bxc3 e3 24. Qa4 (24. f3 $11) 24... Bd7 $17 25. Qd4 {[%cal Rf1e3]} exf2+ 26. Qxf2 Rxc3 27. Rad1 Bf8 28. Qf4 Bc6 {Played: Bd7-b5} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,109,21,11,18,22,17,1,9,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-32,-6,0,0,-16,0,0,5,-5,14,8,0,0,41,15,27,0,0,0,20,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-14,-15,-13,-14,-14,-14,-14,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8... a6 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. b3 Re8 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2882)-So,W (2776) Saint Louis 2019}) 9. a4 a5 10. Na3 Ne7 11. Bb3 c6 12. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. d4 Ng6 14. d5 Re8 15. Bc2 {0-1 (29) Maiwald,J (2474)-Tomashevsky,E (2701) Rijeka 2010}) 12... Bc7 13. Qc2 d5 14. Rad1 Ng6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nb5 Bf5 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Qc1 Rfe8 19. d4 e4 20. Ne5 $1 Rad8 21. Nxg6 Bxg6 22. Bf4 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 23. Ba2 Kh7 24. Be5 Nd7 25. Bxd5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Rxe5 27. c4 Re7 28. Qe3 Qc7 29. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Rde8 {Threatens to win with ...exf3.} 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4+ (31. Qf2 {looks sharper.} Kg8 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. b3) 31... Rxe4 32. Qxe4+ Rxe4 33. Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Qc6 34. Rd5 Qxa4 35. Kh2 Qc2 36. Rf4 Qxb2 37. Rxa5 f6 38. Rb5 Qd2 39. Rf1 Qd3 40. Rfb1 Qxc4 41. Rxb7 h5 42. Kh1 Kh6 43. Rd7 h4 44. Rd6 Qf4 (44... Kh7 {with more complications.} 45. Rbd1 Kg6 46. R6d4 Qe2 47. R4d2 Qc4) 45. Rbd1 g5 46. R6d3 Kg6 47. Rf3 Qe5 48. Rdf1 f5 (48... Qd6 {feels hotter.} 49. Kg1 Qb6+ 50. R1f2 Kg7 51. Rxf6 Qxf6 52. Rxf6 Kxf6 53. Kf2 Kg6) 49. Rxf5 Qxf5 50. Rxf5 Kxf5 {KPP-KPP} 51. Kg1 g4 52. hxg4+ Kxg4 53. Kh2 Kg5 54. g3 hxg3+ 55. Kxg3 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,23,20,19,20,0,26,15,25,0,12,0,-10,-8,-26,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-5,-5,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-13,-20,-7,-15,-4,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,5,0,0,0,11,0,11]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 (5... c5 6. dxc5 Ne4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. O-O Nxc5 9. Nc3 d6 10. b3 Ne6 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Bb2 d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (27) Mamedyarov,S (2774)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Zagreb 2019}) 6. O-O {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Bb7 7. Qc2 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. e4 N5f6 12. Nc3 c5 13. d5 {1-0 (25) Quintiliano Pinto,R (2455)-De Borba,G (2064) Caioba 2019}) 8. b4 {White has an edge.} Qe7 9. a4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 13. Nb3 Ra7 14. a5 Be4 15. Qc3 Rfa8 16. Nfd2 Bc6 17. Ra3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Rfa1 Qg5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} (19... c5 {is interesting.} 20. f3 Bc6 21. axb6 Rxa3 22. Rxa3 Rxa3 23. Bxa3 Nxb6 24. Qa5 Na4) 20. Bf1 (20. g3 {seems wilder.} h5 21. axb6 Rxa3 22. Rxa3 Nxb6 23. Nd2) 20... bxa5 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Qxa5 Qxa5 24. Nxa5 c5 25. f3 Ba8 26. Kf2 f5 27. Nb3 Bc6 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Nb3 Kf7 30. Ba3 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Bf8 31. Be2 Be7 32. h3 Bc6 33. g4 Ba4 34. Nc1 Bh4+ 35. Kg2 Bg5 36. f4 Be7 37. Kf2 Nf6 38. Bf3 Bc2 39. dxc5 dxc5 40. Ke2 Ne4 41. Nd3 Bb3 42. Ne5+ Ke8 43. Kd3 Nf2+ 44. Ke2 Ne4 45. Kd3 Nf2+ 46. Ke2 Ne4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,108,27,18,10,13,15,12,9,22,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,1,-6,-5,-8,-5,-14,-14,-13,-13,-159,-13,-31,-27,-14,-10,-28,-25,-38,-6,-68,-34,-43,-10,-6,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-29,8,8,8,8,14,0,0,0,18,14,29,29,32,29,51,44,54,54,54,41,89,88,89,93,106,97,113,66,74,74,74,73,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,175,175,175,175,175,175,175]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. a4 a5 10. Kh1 b6 11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 f6 12. Nh4 Bf8 13. Nf5 Nc5 {0-1 (49) Yu,Y (2736)-Karjakin,S (2753) Heixiazi 2015}) 11... f6 12. Ng1 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Qd2 (17. Qc1 $11) 17... Bb4 (17... Bxc4 $1 $17 18. bxc4 Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin}) 18. Qc1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nf4 Bc3 21. Rb1 Rac8 22. Nb2 (22. Ne3 $11) 22... Bd4 {Strongly threatening ...Be3.} 23. Nc4 Re7 24. Qd2 Rce8 25. Rbe1 h6 26. Nxg6 Bxg6 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Re1 Bf7 (28... Qf5 $5 {[%cal Rb6b5]} 29. Qc1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 {[#]} Bc3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 c5 31. Qe3 Rxe5 32. Bxe5 c6 33. h3 Kh7 34. Kg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bg6 35. Bc3 Bh5 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. g4 Bf7 38. Qe5 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Re5g7]} Bd5 39. Kf2 Qf7+ 40. Ke1 Bg2 41. h4 Kh7 42. Qf5+ (42. g5 {looks sharper.} hxg5 43. hxg5 Bd5 44. Kd2 Kg6 45. Kc1) 42... Qxf5 43. gxf5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kg8 44. Be5 b5 45. c4 bxa4 46. bxa4 Kf7 47. Bc3 Bh3 48. f6 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Bxa5 Kxf6 51. Bd8+ Ke6 (51... Kg6 $1 $14) 52. Bxg5 $18 {White is clearly better.} Kd7 53. Be3 Kc7 54. Bxc5 Kb7 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,95,-3,-4,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-6,-19,-21,-7,-16,-17,-26,-13,-12,-13,-16,20,0,9,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,-29,0,-16,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,-14,68,71,69,68,69,68,68,67,66,45,57,35,31,45,39,28,43,39,34,7,13,21,44,29,94,8,30,6,6,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g3 a5 (5... Qc7 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. b5 Ne7 9. e3 Ng6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 Rb8 12. d3 {½-½ (25) Aronian,L (2758)-Matlakov,M (2716) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 6. b5 $146 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} ({Predecessor:} 6. bxc5 Nc6 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O Bxc5 9. d3 O-O 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Nfd2 Qe7 12. Qc1 {1-0 (45) Sakaev,K (2649)-Heberla,B (2509) Plovdiv 2008}) 6... Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. a4 Ra7 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. e3 b6 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Bc6 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Rxd7 16. e4 Ng6 17. Ng2 Rf8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Ne8 20. Rf3 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. Qf1 g6 23. Kh1 Ng7 24. e5 Be7 25. Ne4 {[%cal Bd2e4,Be4g3,Bg3e2][%mdl 32]} f5 26. Rh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qg4 27. Ng3 h5 ({Black should try} 27... Bh4 $11) 28. Ne2 $14 {[#] aiming for Rg3.} h4 29. Bc1 Ne6 30. Rf3 Bd8 31. Bd2 Rg7 32. Qf2 Qh5 33. Rf1 g5 34. fxg5 Bxg5 35. Rxf5 Rxf5 36. Qxf5 Qe8 37. Be1 Qa8+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Rxf3 Be7 (39... Nf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 40. Rf2 (40. Nf4 $16 Rf7 41. Bd2) 40... Rg5 $11 41. Rg2 {Black must now prevent Rxg5+.} Kf7 {The position is equal.} 42. Rxg5 Bxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 43. Kg2 {Kf3 is the strong threat.} Kg6 $1 44. Kf3 {[#] Threatens to win with Ke4.} Kf5 45. h3 Bd8 ({Don't play} 45... Kxe5 $6 46. Kg4 $16) 46. Bd2 Bg5 (46... Kxe5 $6 47. Kg4 $16) 47. Be1 Bd8 ({But not} 47... Kxe5 $6 48. Kg4 $16) 48. Bd2 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,135,37,36,41,41,42,38,42,37,23,25,28,27,28,43,42,41,13,15,14,44,0,14,0,0,0,45,-14,44,56,69,61,64,61,110,64,78,64,105,95,120,114,117,8,30,8,11,23,74,54,51,49,50,0,0,0,0,0,65,18,9,6,7,6,11,15,78,66,98,9,9,6,24,26,32,21,16,18,37,37,51,20,21,0,0,0,0,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. a3 Be7 (4... Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e3 e5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nge7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 exd4 12. exd4 {1-0 (58) Riazantsev,A (2666)-Popov,I (2609) Sochi 2017}) 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Nf6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} b6 9. Bd3 dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bb7 10. h3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb5 c5 13. O-O {½-½ (42) Kostadinov,T (2217)-Spassov,L (2379) Varna 2011}) 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 a4 15. e4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Be5 Ra5 (17... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 18. Bg3 Qd7 $11) 18. Rfd1 ({Better is} 18. h3 $14) 18... Qd7 (18... f6 $11 19. Bg3 Qd7) 19. h3 $14 Bd6 20. Qe3 {g4 is the strong threat.} Qe7 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Rdb1 Qc7 $1 23. Nd2 Ra7 24. e5 {And now Be2 would win.} dxe5 25. dxe5 Ra5 26. Re1 ({Worse is} 26. Qxb6 Qxb6 27. Rxb6 Bxg2 $15) (26. Rxb6 $16 {Black must now prevent Nc4.} Qxe5 27. Qxe5 (27. Rxb7 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Rd5 $16) 27... Rxe5 28. Rxb7) 26... Rd8 {[#] aiming for ...Rad5.} 27. Bf1 Rc5 28. c4 g6 (28... h6 $11) 29. Rab1 Ng7 30. g4 $1 Ne8 31. Bg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Kg7 33. Rb4 Qd7 (33... b5 $11) 34. Re2 Qc6+ 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Nc7 37. Rxa4 b5 (37... Rd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 38. cxb5 $16 Rxb5 {[#]} 39. Rc4 ({White should try} 39. Ra7 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra7c7]} Rc5 40. Rb2) 39... Nd5 $11 40. a4 Rb3 41. Ra2 h6 42. h4 Ra8 43. Nd2 Rd3 44. a5 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kf1 Nf4 47. a6 Rh8 {[%cal Rh8h1]} 48. Rxf4 gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 49. Ke2 Rd5 50. Nc4 {Hoping for a7.} Rb5 51. Kf3 Rb3+ 52. Ke4 {The position is equal.} Rb4 53. Kd3 $1 Rc8 54. Nd6 Ra8 55. Kc3 Rb6 56. a7 f6 57. Kc4 fxe5 58. Kc5 Rb1 59. Nb5 {White wants to play Nc7.} Rc1+ 60. Kb6 e4 61. Nc7 Rc8 62. Nxe6+ Kf6 63. Nxf4 Rb1+ 64. Ka6 Ke5 65. Ng2 Rc6+ 66. Ka5 Rc5+ 67. Ka6 Rc6+ 68. Ka5 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,81,-6,0,0,0,0,-1,-8,0,-8,-15,-17,-14,-43,-31,-37,-37,-52,-46,-31,-29,-70,-71,-94,-50,-95,-111,-104,-70,-106,-101,-110,-14,-16,-16,-20,-2,-9,-6,-7,10,9,12,12,12,11,14,0,0,0,14,14,14,8,8,8,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 f5 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. a3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Qe7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. h3 (12. b4 Bd7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Na4 Rad8 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Bc4 Kg7 17. Rab1 Ne4 {½-½ (50) Korobov,A (2715)-Leko,P (2737) Kiev 2013}) 12... g6 13. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Ba2 Kg7 16. Na4 Ne4 {½-½ (27) Engwall,C (2258)-Viberg,J (2162) ICCF email 2012}) 13... Bd7 14. Rab1 b5 15. Ba2 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 16. Qb2 Ra7 17. Rfd1 axb4 18. axb4 Rfa8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 19. d5 c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b4]} 20. bxc5 Bxc5 {aiming for ...b4.} 21. Bb3 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Nfd4 Qe5 {White must now prevent ...Qh2+.} 24. g3 Ne4 ({Reject} 24... Nxd5 $6 25. Qd2 $11) (24... Ba4 $17) 25. Nc6 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxb2 26. Rxb2 Ra1 {[#] Hoping for ...Rxd1+.} 27. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 28. Kg2 Nc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rc2 Bxc6 31. dxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb4 32. Kf3 Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Kd3 Ba5 35. h4 Rd1+ 36. Kc4 Kd6 37. Kb5 Rb1 38. Kxa5 Rxb3 39. Ka4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b3]} Rb6 40. Rxc3 {Strongly threatening c7.} Rxc6 41. Kb3 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,76,14,28,3,10,6,25,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-31,-7,-58,-66,-55,-53,-101,-100,-102,-112,-104,-104,-109,-112,-127,-116,-136,-135,-135,-114,-118,-106,-140,-145,-173,-174,-321,-139,-199,-198,-197,-153,-227,-202,-239,-237,-209,-173,-193,-188,-195,-218,-200,-150,-802,-787,-5585,-3061,-1307,-1069]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Nh4 {White has an edge.} Nc5 12. Bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qd7 15. Qf3 d5 16. Bg5 d4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (41) Sjugirov,S (2663)-Sarana,A (2618) Khanty-Mansiysk 2018}) 12... Rxc5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. g3 O-O 15. Ng2 (15. Qd3 $11) 15... Bd8 $15 16. Qd3 Ba5 17. Rad1 Rd8 $1 18. Re3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 b5 20. Qe2 Qc6 21. Qe1 h6 22. f3 Rc8 23. Rdd3 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. h4 a5 26. Kh2 Qc5 27. g4 (27. Re2 {might work better.}) 27... b4 (27... d5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5e4] and Black stays clearly on top. ...dxe4 is the strong threat.} 28. exd5 e4) 28. g5 {[#]} (28. Qg3 $17) 28... hxg5 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...g4.} 29. hxg5 {[#]} Nh5 $1 30. Rd5 (30. cxb4 $17 {was called for.} axb4 31. Re2) 30... Qc7 31. cxb4 axb4 (31... Rxc2 32. Re2) 32. Re2 g6 ({Don't take} 32... Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Qxc2 34. Rd2) 33. Ne3 Kg7 {Played: Nh5-f4} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,126,29,22,21,19,16,32,10,10,10,13,10,39,38,29,24,28,28,31,29,38,23,37,34,44,22,24,8,11,8,18,17,25,12,14,12,12,0,0,-35,-37,-29,-14,-20,-19,-17,33,33,28,35,41,30,50,8,8,0,22,0,0,0,0,-3,-6,-25,-25,-29,-29,-297,-297,-566,-297,-1230,-1197,-1147,-1149,-701,-400,-29962,-29960,-29970,-29972,-29968,-29968,-29969,-7413,-29969,-29970,-29972,-29973,-29972,-6187,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29974,-29975,-29969,-29970,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29993,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Ne4 9. e3 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} Nd7 10. Qe2 a5 11. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qb6 13. Rfc1 Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rfc8 14. h3 Be4 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nf6 17. Rab1 Qa6 18. a4 {½-½ (31) Meier,G (2648)-Paehtz,E (2459) Douglas 2016}) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Be1 Ne4 17. g4 Be6 18. h3 f6 19. Nd3 Bf7 20. Nc5 Nd6 21. Rd1 Qa7 22. Rac1 b6 23. Na4 Rac8 24. Bf1 b5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nc5 e5 27. Qd2 b4 28. Rc1 Bh6 29. Qb2 exd4 30. Qxd4 Bg7 {[#] And now ...f5 would win.} (30... Rc7 $5 31. Bd2 $8 Bg5 $11) 31. Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd4 $1 (31... Bxe6 32. Qxa7) 32. Rxc8+ Nxc8 33. Nxd4 Ne7 34. Bb5 f5 35. f3 f4 36. Kf2 Bxd4 37. exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} g5 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. h4 h6 40. Bd7 Be8 41. Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Bxe8 $11 {and White is okay.} Kxe8 42. Kd3) 41... Kg7 $19 42. hxg5 $2 (42. Bd2 {only move.}) 42... hxg5 43. Bf5 $2 (43. Bd2) 43... Nxf5 44. gxf5 {KB-KB} Bb5+ 45. Kd1 Kf6 46. a3 (46. Bd2 $19 Kxf5 47. Ke1) 46... bxa3 {[%cal Bb4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 47. Bxa5 a2 48. Bc3 Kxf5 49. Ke1 Ba6 (49... Bd3 $142 50. b4 Ke6 51. Kd2 {[#]} Be4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Ke2 Bg6 53. b5 Bh5 54. Kd2 Bxf3 55. b6 Kd7 56. b7 Kc7 57. Kc2 Kxb7 58. Kb2 Kb6 59. Kxa2 Kb5 60. Ka3 Kc4 61. Ba5 Kxd4 62. Bd8 g4 63. Kb4 g3 64. Bb6+ Ke4 65. Kc3 Be2 66. Bg1 f3 67. Kd2 Ba6 68. Ke1 f2+ 69. Bxf2 gxf2+ 70. Kxf2 d4 71. Ke1 Ke3 72. Kd1 d3 73. Kc1 d2+ 74. Kc2 Be2 75. Kb3 d1=Q+ 76. Kb4 Kd4 77. Ka5 Qb1 78. Ka4 Bc4 79. Ka5 Qb5#) 50. Kf2 Bd3 51. Bb2 Bc2 52. b4 Bd3 53. Bc3 Ke6 {Black mates.} 54. Ke1 Kd7 55. Kd2 Bg6 56. b5 Bh5 57. Kc2 Bxf3 58. Kb2 Be2 59. b6 Bc4 60. Bb4 Kc6 61. Be7 g4 62. Bg5 f3 63. Bh4 Kxb6 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,71,12,18,21,18,11,43,8,39,0,4,0,6,0,6,0,0,-16,103,93,67,99,45,-12,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,31,25,34,77,77,72,77,122,122,117,105,479,469]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 $146 (8... h6 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Ra2 f5 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (40) Ding,L (2813)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 9. h3 Kh8 (9... Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be6 16. Bc2 Qf6 17. Ng3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 {½-½ (42) Caruana,F (2795)-So,W (2773) Saint Louis 2016}) 10. d4 {White is slightly better.} Ng8 11. b4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxb4 13. a5 f6 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. Ne2 d5 {[#]} (15... c5 $11) 16. exd5 $1 $16 Nbxd5 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Ng3 ({White should try} 18. Qb3 $14) 18... Bd7 $11 19. Qb3 $1 Bc6 20. Re4 b5 21. axb6 $1 Nxb6 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxa6 Bd5 25. Qc3 Rd8 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Qc5 {And now Re7 would win.} Qc6 28. Qe7 Qd7 29. Nh4 Bf7 30. Bb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Bd5 32. Nh5 Nc8 33. Rxg7 Bxd4 {[#]} 34. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3h7]} Bg8 35. Nf5 Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... c5 $16 {is a better chance.}) 36. Nxd4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,109,14,13,7,14,0,20,7,7,8,16,0,11,9,1,6,12,16,14,11,18,7,28,14,23,25,25,29,24,21,29,23,18,16,24,24,29,29,45,27,39,22,21,25,22,22,30,23,22,14,9,9,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Bb6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ne7 9. d4 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bf1 Re8 12. a4 d5 13. dxe5 {[#]} Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rxe4 Rd1 17. Re1 Rxe1 18. Nxe1 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Bd6 a5 21. Nf3 {½-½ (21) Smirin,I (2669)-Schroeder,J (2541) London 2016}) 14. exd5 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Rxe1 16. Qxe1 {next dxc6 is good for White.} Qxd5 17. c4 Qe6 18. a5 Bc5 19. Bd2 a6 20. Bc3 Qxe1 21. Rxe1 Bd7 22. Bd3 Rd8 23. Bc2 Be6 24. b3 h6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Re2 Ng8 27. Rd2 (27. Ne5 {is more complex.} Bc8 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Bd4 Ne7 30. Bb6) 27... Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Nf6 29. Nf3 Ne8 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Nf5 {The position is equal.} h5 32. Ng3 g6 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Ke2 Bf5 35. Bd3 Nc7 36. Nf6 Bxd3+ 37. Kxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ne6 38. g3 Nc5+ 39. Kc2 Bxf6 40. Bxf6 {KB-KN} Ne4 41. Bd4 Ng5 42. h4 Ne6 43. Bf6 Nc5 44. b4 Nd7 45. Bd4 Ke7 46. Kd3 Kd6 47. Be3 c5 48. b5 Ne5+ 49. Kc3 Ng4 50. Bf4+ Ke6 51. f3 Nh2 52. Be3 Kd6 53. Bf4+ Ke6 54. Be3 Kd6 55. Bf4+ {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,15,7,14,9,9,8,17,12,21,8,24,8,22,14,11,22,17,11,4,14,7,9,104,94,105,97,148,107,106,106,102,45,50,47,58,46,55,23,62,11,52,33,105,86,93,89,96,90,80,81,104,103,130,111,167,135,172,174,166,175,171,158,209,172,201,221,295,301,277,280,304,292,299,220,222,41,39,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,4,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8... a6 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. b3 Re8 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2882)-So,W (2776) Saint Louis 2019}) 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 c6 12. d4 Ng6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Nf1 d5 {[#]} 15. Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ng3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {½-½ (76) Amin,B (2710)-Sychev,K (2537) St Petersburg 2018}) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qh5 g6 (18... Qd5 $11) 19. Qxh6 $16 {Strongly threatening Bg5.} Rxe5 {[#]} 20. Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3e4]} Qe8 ({Better is} 20... Bc5) 21. Bf4 Re6 22. Rad1 Bd7 23. Be3 (23. Bg5 $16 e3 24. Bxe3 (24. fxe3 Bc5 $14)) 23... c5 $1 $14 24. b3 Bc6 25. c4 Rd8 26. Ne2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Rd7 27. Qg5 (27. h4 $14) 27... Qe7 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 (28... Qxd7 $14 29. Nc3 (29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Qd2 $17) 29... Qd3) 29. Rd1 Qxg5 30. Bxg5 Bc6 31. Be3 Kf8 32. Nc3 f5 33. h4 Ke8 34. g3 Re5 (34... Kf8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 35. Kf1 Bc7 36. Bf4 Re7 {White should prevent ...Bxf4.} 37. Bxc7 Rxc7 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. Ke2 Ke7 (38... Rg7 $16 39. Ke3 Rg8) 39. Ke3 Ke6 {intending ...Ke5.} 40. Ne2 Ke5 41. Nf4 Rg7 {[#]} 42. Rd8 $1 g5 43. hxg5 Rxg5 44. Ra8 Kd6 45. Rxa5 $2 (45. Rh8 $18) 45... Rg8 $14 46. Ne2 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 47. Nf4 {aiming for Rxc5!} Rh8 48. Ne2 Rd8 49. Nf4 {Hoping for Rxc5!} Rh8 50. Ne2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,145,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-16,-12,-13,13,13,26,8,25,-10,0,-38,40,29,42,25,41,35,41,34,65,70,59,54,89,86,102,92,144,133,181,189,321,320,301,302,287,297,485,190,205,198,207,139,172,135,131,100,155,145,259,95,95,104,243,29,1069,175,622,612,617,611,614,529,577,385,375,375,360,360,314,352,347,329,311,297,1395,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59,0,79,33,128,128,278,271,281,269,204,0,97,10,354,343,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12847,12847,12848,12848]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} a5 7. Nh3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... a4 8. Nf2 Be6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c6 11. f4 Nb6 {½-½ (63) Carlsen,M (2845)-Anand,V (2774) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 8. Nf2 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bc2 h6 14. f4 b5 (14... exf4 $1 $15 15. gxf4 Bf5) 15. cxb5 $14 cxb5 16. f5 (16. Qxb5 exf4 17. Bxf4 (17. gxf4 Bc4 $15) 17... Rab8 $15) 16... Bc4 17. Qd2 b4 $1 18. b3 (18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qxb4 Bxa2 $15) 18... Ba6 19. c4 Qa7 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. g4 Bb7 22. h4 $1 d5 (22... a4 $142) 23. g5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5h6]} hxg5 24. hxg5 Nxe4 (24... dxc4 {is a better defense.} 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. bxc4 Qxc4) 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qh3 e3 27. Bxe3 Rad8 $2 (27... Qc6 28. Rd5 a4) 28. f6 $2 (28. g6 fxg6 29. Bg5 (29. fxg6 Nf8 $15) 29... Rb8 $11) (28. Ng4) 28... Qc6 $18 29. Rd5 Nxf6 30. gxf6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Qxf6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rf1 Qg6+ ({Black should try} 32... a4 33. Rc1 (33. bxa4 Qc6 $16) 33... Qc6) 33. Kh2 $1 $16 Rd6 (33... Qc2 $16 34. Qh4 Rd7) 34. Rg1 $2 (34. c5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5d6] and the rest is easy.} Re6 35. Rd1) 34... Qc2 35. Qh4 Qf5 (35... Qh7 $16 36. Qxh7+ Kxh7) 36. c5 $2 (36. Rg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5f5]} Qf3 37. Rg3) 36... Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Rg6 $11) 37. Rg5 $2 (37. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Qxf2+ 38. Bxf2) 37... Qe6 $2 (37... Qb1 38. Rg1 (38. Rxe5 Bc6 $16) 38... Qh7 39. Qxh7+ Kxh7) 38. Rh5 $18 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rh5h8]} (38. Ng4 Rf1 $11) 38... Kf8 {intending ...Qd5.} 39. Bg5 Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 40. Rh8+ Ke7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 41. Bxf6+ gxf6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 42. Rg8 Qxc5 43. Rg4 Bd5 44. Rg1 Qc2 45. Rd1 Bf3 46. Rd3 e4 $2 {[#]} (46... Bc6 47. Re3 Ke6) 47. Re3 $2 (47. Rd5 Ke6 $18) (47. Rxf3 $1 $18 exf3 48. Qe4+ Qxe4 49. Nxe4) 47... Qd2 $11 48. Rxe4+ Bxe4 49. Qxe4+ Kf8 $1 50. Qa8+ Ke7 $1 51. Qe4+ Kf8 $1 52. Qa8+ (52. Kg1 {seems wilder.} Qxa2 53. Qc4 Kg7 54. Nd3 a4 55. Qg4+) 52... Ke7 $1 53. Qa7+ Kf8 54. Qb8+ Kg7 55. Qg3+ Kf8 56. Kh3 {Hoping for Ne4.} Qxa2 57. Ne4 Qa1 {...Qh1+ is the strong threat.} 58. Qd6+ Kg7 {And now ...Qh1+ would win.} 59. Ng3 ({Don't take} 59. Qg3+ Kh6 $16) 59... Qe5 ({Much worse is} 59... Qc3 $6 60. Kh4 $16) 60. Qd3 Qe6+ ({Black should play} 60... Qc3 $11 61. Qxc3 bxc3) 61. Kh4 (61. Kg2 $14 Kh6 62. Nf5+ Kg5 63. Ne3) 61... Qe1 (61... a4 $11) 62. Kg4 {Threatens to win with Nh5+.} Qg1 (62... Qe6+ $14 63. Kf3 Kh6) 63. Kf3 $16 Qc5 (63... Qa1 $16 {might work better.} 64. Nf5+ (64. Nh5+ Kh6 $16) 64... Kg8) 64. Nf5+ $18 Kg6 65. Ne3+ Kg7 66. Nf5+ (66. Qc4 $18 {has better winning chances.} Qe5 67. Qd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 66... Kg6 $16 67. Nd6+ (67. Ne7+ $16 Kg7 68. Nf5+) 67... Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (67... f5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 68. Ne8+ $1 $18 Kf8 $2 (68... Kh8 69. Nxf6 Kg7) 69. Qd6+ {White is clearly winning.} Qxd6 70. Nxd6 Ke7 71. Nc4 Ke6 72. Nxa5 Kd5 73. Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,10,22,-4,14,19,23,0,33,-10,37,37,29,30,31,39,48,33,47,35,39,35,29,27,34,44,58,65,77,60,60,56,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-213,-115,-113,-120,-120,-151,-420,-21,0,-20,-46,0,-4,0,-26,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (6. e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 7. d3 $11) (6. e5 Nd5 7. O-O d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Rd1 Nc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (66) Vachier Lagrave,M (2774)-Yu,Y (2763) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 6... O-O 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 {White has an edge.} Nc7 9. b3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... f6 10. Bb2 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (51) Nivala,T (2199)-Demidov,J (1921) Jyvaskyla 2014}) 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 {aiming for Bxb7.} Bxg2 15. Kxg2 f6 16. Rd3 fxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb7+ 18. f3 Na6 19. Nc3 Nb4 20. Rd2 Bg5 21. Ne4 (21. Rdd1 $14) 21... Bxd2 $11 22. Qxd2 Nc6 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. Bc3 Ne7 25. Qg5 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg5g7]} Ng6 26. Rd1 $1 Qc6 27. Qg4 Qc5 28. f4 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 $1 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Qc6 {Strongly threatening ...Qh1+.} 31. h4 $2 (31. Kg1 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 31... Qh1+ (31... e5 $1 $19 32. Kg1 Rf6 33. fxe5 Qf3 34. Qxf3 Rxf3) 32. Kf2 $17 Qh2+ 33. Ke3 {[#]} Qg2 $1 {And now ...Rxf4! would win.} ({Inferior is} 33... Qxa2 34. h5 $14) 34. Qg5 $2 {[#]} (34. Qf3 $17 Qxa2 35. h5) 34... Qc2 $2 ({Black should try} 34... e5 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Qc2.} 35. f5 Qc2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 35. Rd3 $11 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 $1 Qc2+ 37. Ke3 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 $1 Qc2+ {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,79,26,31,15,22,16,16,0,0,-7,12,10,7,19,52,36,33,23,36,34,41,2,9,8,66,51,85,92,397,386,373,369,360,354,346,340,346,340,396,372,393,327,297,242,881,797,5065,5061,12838,29937,1348,1357,1276,1275,1116,1092,29965,29966,29963,29967,29963,29963,29960,29963,29982,29981,29980,12806]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nb3 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Nf5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Nc5 Qc7 17. Rc1 Re8 {½-½ (48) Aronian,L (2758)-Le,Q (2708) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 8... f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d4 {The position is equal.} cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. dxc5 Bb7 13. Na3 Qc7 14. Be3 Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {1-0 (54) Scherer,R (2607)-Neagu,L (2478) ICCF email 2010}) 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Qb7 {aiming for ...Nd3.} 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Nc4 Bd4 ({Black should try} 18... Qb5 $11 19. Rac1 Rad8) 19. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Rxe7! is the strong threat. White is more active.} Qb4 20. Rac1 Bxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... e6 $16 {is a better chance.}) 21. Bd2 $18 Qb5 {[#]} 22. a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b5][%mdl 512]} Bxf2+ (22... Qxa4 23. Qd5+) 23. Qxf2 Qxa4 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 e6 26. Ra5 Qb3 27. Rc7 {Hoping for Qd4.} Qxb2 28. Rxd7 {And now Qh4 would win.} a6 $2 (28... Qb6 29. Raxa7 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Rf7 32. Ra8+ Rf8) 29. Qe3 Rf7 30. Qxe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qb1+ {[#]} 31. Kf2 {Played: Kg1-h2} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,53,14,15,27,3,10,0,12,9,34,17,21,18,22,4,2,0,0,0,8,-37,-43,-48,67,86,96,86,376,369,395,201,414,440,995,1012,1498,1508,1502,1453,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 9. Rd1 (9. Rc1 Rd8 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Be2 e5 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qb2 e4 16. Nd2 {1-0 (47) Ding,L (2805)-Giri,A (2779) Saint Louis 2019}) 9... Rd8 10. Qb3 Qe7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Qg6 11. h3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Bd7 14. Bd3 Qh5 15. a3 Qa5 16. b4 {1-0 (61) Esipenko,A (2593)-Leko,P (2669) Moscow 2018}) 11. a3 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Bd6 13. Bd3 e5 14. d5 Nb8 $1 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 15. g4 Nd7 16. Rg1 Nc5 17. Bb1 b5 18. Nxb5 a5 (18... g6 $1 $15) 19. g5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} h5 {[#]} 20. g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f7] And now gxf7+ would win.} f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Rf8 $16) 21. Ng5 $18 Qf6 22. Nf7 (22. Nxd6 $142 cxd6 23. Qh4 Qxg6 24. Nh3) 22... Ba6 $2 (22... f4) 23. Rg5 (23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. a4 e4 $16) 23... e4 (23... Bxb5 $142 24. Qxb5 Rf8 25. Bxf5 Rxf7) 24. Qe2 Bxb5 25. Qxh5 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rh5h8] [#]} ({Less strong is} 25. Qxb5 f4 $18) 25... Kf8 26. Rxf5 Qxb2 27. Ne5+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,197,21,25,28,33,27,22,29,34,23,26,35,29,27,31,37,34,22,33,35,27,35,46,31,33,10,10,9,14,0,14,0,16,12,24,24,27,20,19,2,9,0,12,0,12,12,14,12,24,24,23,-8,18,0,20,19,21,18,33,29,25,25,25,25,25,35,20,7,35,29,29,29,33,25,54,56,67,67,77,60,61,58,60,25,60,25,25,0,25,25,25,0,25,25,37,41,117,117,117,117,110,109,170,35,35,27,73,33,73,74,143,121,166,58,154,27,33,8,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,0,20,20,20,0,20,0,0,0,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,12,20,20,29968,29968,29968,29968,29968,8,29966,29945,29977,29978,29978,29979]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Qc2 (4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Nd2 Qe6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. e3 Rad8 14. a3 Qg6 15. Qc2 Bb6 16. b4 Bf5 {½-½ (40) Ding,L (2811)-Radjabov,T (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) (4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 Re8 9. b3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 a5 12. a3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. g4 Bg6 15. d4 Bb6 16. dxe5 {½-½ (52) Caruana,F (2818)-Karjakin,S (2750) Saint Louis 2019}) 4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {[#]} 6. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Nxe5 7. Qe4 Nb4 8. Qxe5+ {The position is equal.} Be7 9. Qe4 $1 g6 $146 {And now ...Bf5 would win.} ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. e3 Re8 {1-0 (35) Granda Zuniga,J (2641)-Do Valle Cardoso,L (2143) Florianopolis 2019}) 10. Qb1 $1 O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. e3 Bf5 13. d3 Ne5 {[%cal Re5d3]} 14. e4 Be6 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. O-O Rad8 19. Qc2 c6 20. Kh1 f5 21. Rad1 a5 22. Bf3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf6 24. f4 Bg7 25. Na4 Kh8 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Rb1 Qd6 28. g3 b6 29. Na4 c5 30. h4 Be6 31. Nc3 Bg8 32. Kg2 c4 33. Rbd1 cxd3 34. Rxd3 Qc5 {...Bc4 is the strong threat.} 35. Rfd1 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 b5 37. Qd2 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Nd5 Qc4 40. Bf3 b3 41. Ne3 Qc5 42. Bd5 Bxd5+ 43. Rxd5 Qe7 44. Kh2 Re8 45. Rd3 Qe6 46. Rd8 (46. Qd1 {is more complex.} Rb8 47. Rd6 Qe7 48. Nc4 Bf6 49. Kh3) 46... Qg8 47. Rxe8 (47. Rd6 {feels hotter.} Qf7 48. Rb6 Qg8 49. Qd3 Bxb2 50. Rxb3 Rd8 51. Qc2) 47... Qxe8 48. Nc4 Qe7 49. Qd3 h6 50. Kg2 Qb7+ 51. Qf3 Qe7 52. Kf1 h5 (52... Qe6 $14 53. Qxb3 Qh3+ 54. Ke2 Qg2+ 55. Kd1 Qg1+ 56. Kc2 Qf2+ 57. Nd2 Qa7) 53. Qxb3 $16 Qe4 {[#]} 54. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5f7] Intending Nf7+ and mate.} Kh7 (54... Bxe5 55. fxe5) 55. Qc3 Bf8 (55... Bxe5 $16 {was called for.} 56. fxe5 Qh1+ 57. Kf2 Qh2+ 58. Kf3 Qh1+ 59. Ke3 Qh3) 56. Qd3 (56. Kf2 $18) 56... Qh1+ $14 57. Ke2 Qg2+ 58. Kd1 (58. Ke1 $5 {[%cal Rd3g6]} Qg1+ 59. Ke2 (59. Kd2 Qf2+ 60. Kc3 Qc5+ 61. Kd2 Qf2+ 62. Kd1 Qg1+ 63. Ke2 Qg2+ 64. Kd1 Qg1+ 65. Ke2 Qg2+ $16) 59... Qg2+ 60. Kd1 Qg1+ 61. Ke2 Qg2+ $16) 58... Qg1+ 59. Kc2 Qc5+ (59... Qf2+ $142 60. Kc3 Qc5+ 61. Nc4 Bg7+ 62. Kb3 Kh6) 60. Nc4 Bg7 61. Qe2 (61. b3 $1 $18) 61... Qg1 {[#]} ({Black should try} 61... Qf5+ $14 62. Qd3 Qc5) 62. Qe3 (62. Qf3 $1 $16) 62... Qg2+ $11 63. Kb3 Qd5 {Strongly threatening ...Qb5+.} 64. Qe2 Qb5+ 65. Kc2 Bxb2 66. f5 {Threatens to win with fxg6+.} Bg7 67. fxg6+ Kxg6 68. Qe4+ Qf5 69. Kd3 Qxe4+ 70. Kxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Bc3 71. Ne5+ Kh6 72. Nd3 Kg6 73. Nf4+ Kh6 74. Kf5 Be1 75. Ne2 Bf2 76. Kf6 Be1 77. Kf5 Bf2 78. Kf4 Kg6 79. Ke5 Be1 80. Ke6 Bf2 81. Ke5 Be1 82. Ke4 Bf2 83. Kf3 {aiming for Nf4+.} Be1 84. Nf4+ Kh6 85. Nd5 Kg6 86. Ne3 Bd2 87. Ng2 Kh6 88. Ke4 Kg6 89. Ke5 Ba5 90. Ke6 Bc7 91. Nf4+ Kh6 92. Kf7 Bb8 93. Ne2 Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (93... Bc7 $11) 94. Kf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5]} Kh6 95. Nd4 Bc7 96. Nf5+ Kh7 {intending ...Bd8+.} 97. Kg5 {White mates.} Ba5 98. Kxh5 Be1 99. g4 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,97,-64,0,0,41,0,37,11,2,0,0,-5,30,33,19,33,49,15,37,11,14,16,10,0,0,-12,-13,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,41,0,0,0,0,-50,-49,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. e3 O-O (8... b5 $15) 9. a4 $11 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ne5 Nb3 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. f4 a6 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 {0-1 (67) Shipov,S (2589)-Karjakin,S (2562) bereg.ru Int 2003}) 10. Qe2 e5 11. Qxc4 {White is slightly better.} exd4 12. Nb5 Qa5 13. Nbxd4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qh5 16. Bb2 Bh3 17. b5 c5 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Qh4 {[#] And now Bxf6 would win.} Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qg6 22. Rc1 {Ne5 is the strong threat.} Qd3 23. Bf1 Qb3 24. Be5 Nd5 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qc4 Nb4 27. Nd2 Bxc4 28. Bxc4+ Qxc4 29. Nxc4 Rd8 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 g5 32. Bc7 Rd5 (32... Re8 {is interesting.} 33. f4 Nd5 34. Be5 Ke6 35. Na5 b6) 33. Ba5 Ke6 34. Bxb4 cxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Nd2 (35. Na5 {feels hotter.} Bf6 36. Rc4 Bc3 37. Nb3 b6 38. Nd4+) 35... Rc5 36. Rxc5 Bxc5 $15 {KB-KN} 37. f3 g4 38. f4 Kd5 39. Kd3 a5 (39... a6 $15) 40. Nb3 $11 {The position is equal.} b6 41. Nd2 Be7 42. Nc4 Kc5 43. Nd2 {Black must now prevent Nb3+.} Kd5 44. Nc4 Bd8 45. Nd2 h5 46. Nb3 Bf6 47. Nd2 Bc3 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxd2.} 48. Nb3 Bf6 49. Nd2 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,68,0,0,0,11,14,4,25,23,29,17,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65,63,54,31,81,79,85,31,29,31,37,33,37,10,14,16,12,8,16,-19,-17,-45,-54,-29952,-6160,-6311,-490,-2722,-2550]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bh4 Nbd7 {½-½ (41) Batchuluun,T (2521)-Ulko,J (2422) Voronezh 2014}) 11... Nbd7 12. Rac1 h6 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} 13. Bh4 Rc8 $146 (13... Be7 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Rcd1 a6 16. a4 Qc8 17. Bb3 Bc6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 {½-½ (48) Ivanchuk,V (2733)-Lupulescu,C (2609) Novi Sad 2016}) 14. Bd3 Bxc3 {The position is equal.} 15. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Qc7 16. Bg3 Qc6 17. Bb5 Qd5 18. c4 Qh5 19. Bd6 Rfe8 $1 20. c5 {[#] And now c6 would win.} Bc6 ({Better is} 20... a6 $1 $11 21. Ne5 (21. Bxa6 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 bxc5 $11) (21. c6 axb5 22. cxb7 Rxc1 $15) 21... axb5 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23. Nxd7 bxc5 24. dxc5 (24. Nxc5 Bd5 $17) 24... Rcd8) 21. Ba6 $14 Ra8 $1 22. Rfd1 bxc5 23. dxc5 e5 24. Bb5 (24. h3 $16) 24... Bxb5 25. Qxb5 {Hoping for c6.} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 26. Nd4 Ne5 $1 {[%cal Bd7e5,Be5d3,Bd3f2,Bf2h3][%mdl 32]} 27. c6 {Threatens to win with c7.} e3 $1 {[%cal Re3f2]} 28. f3 {Rc5 is the strong threat.} e2 $1 {[%cal Re2d1]} 29. Re1 Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e3]} 30. Kh1 ({Reject} 30. Qxe2 Nxc6 31. Qf2 Nxd4 $15) 30... a6 31. Qb1 {aiming for Rc5.} Nd3 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd3c1][%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 32. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qxd3 $15 Qxc1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 33. Rxc1 e1=Q+ 34. Qf1 Qxf1+ 35. Rxf1) 32... Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nh3+ 34. Kh1 {[#]} Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,157,11,25,26,18,21,45,21,20,17,18,17,32,27,31,24,36,16,64,23,33,19,33,33,74,70,67,68,64,55,72,60,58,50,41,28,92,98,91,53,53,52,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,66,64,64,13,64,64,64,64,82,83,118,109,145,147,186,186,204,161,294,302,283,274,308,302,494,493,454,456,540,389,379,372,371,363,351,0,356,0,303,193,191,185,187,0,121,135,122,116,109,75,383,58,71,24,379,358,1168,1118,814,674,2000,1944,1018,527,575,508,521,501,550,537,739,715,715,634,371,365,1125,1027,29952,7158,1218,844,1087,1087,1087,670,1074,1051,29958,11957,29974,29977,29981,29982,29981,29982,29983,29984,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1 {White is slightly better.} d6 9. h3 Re8 (9... Kh8 10. d4 h6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd2 Kg8 15. Nf3 {½-½ (31) Anand,V (2771)-Aronian,L (2780) Batumi 2018}) 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 d5 13. Qc2 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h6 14. Nf1 d4 {½-½ (64) Giri,A (2782)-Caruana,F (2804) Leuven 2016}) 14. exd5 Nfxd5 15. Nc4 (15. Ng5 {is interesting.} Rc6 16. Nc4 Ng6 17. Nf3 Re6 18. Ncxe5 Qe8 19. d4) 15... Ng6 16. Ncxe5 (16. Nfxe5 $2 Qe8 $19) 16... Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxc3 19. Nxf7 $1 (19. Qxc3 Bd4 $11) 19... Qd5 20. Be3 ({Much worse is} 20. Qxc3 Bd4 $15) 20... Bd4 21. Bxd4 $1 Qxd4 22. Ng5 Re8 (22... Ne2+ $11 23. Kh2 h6) 23. Qb3+ $16 Nd5 24. Rf1 c6 $1 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Qb4 27. Qxb4 Nxb4 28. bxc6 bxc6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. d4 Rd8 30. Ne6 Rd6 31. Re1 (31. Rb1 $14) 31... Kf7 (31... h6 $1 $11) 32. Ng5+ Kg6 33. Nf3 Kf6 34. Kf1 Na6 35. Rc1 Nc7 36. Ke2 Ne6 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Ke4 Nd8 (38... h6 {was worth a try.} 39. Rc4 Ng5+ 40. Nxg5 hxg5) 39. Ne5 $18 g5 40. Ra1 Rf6 41. f3 h6 $2 (41... Rf4+ {was necessary.} 42. Kd3 Ke8) 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. g3 Rd6 44. f4 gxf4 45. gxf4 Ne6 46. Nf3 Nf8 47. Ne5 Ne6 $1 48. Nf3 Nf8 $1 49. f5 {And now Ne5 would win.} Nd7 50. Ra5 $1 Ke7 51. Ra7 (51. Ne5 $18 {Black must now prevent Ra7.} Nf6+ 52. Kf3) 51... Ke8 $1 $16 52. Ne5 Nf6+ {[#]} 53. Ke3 $1 Nd5+ 54. Kd3 Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54... Nf4+ $16 55. Ke3 Nxh3) 55. Ra8+ $2 (55. Nc4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 55... Ke7 56. Ng6+ Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Kd6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 57. Ke4 $18 Nb6 $2 (57... Kg7 58. Nf4 Rf7 59. Nxd5 cxd5+ 60. Ke5 (60. Kxd5 Rxf5+ 61. Ke6 Rf3 $16) 60... Re7+ 61. Kxd5 Re1) 58. Ra7+ Ke8 59. Ne5 Nc8 60. Ra8 Kd8 61. Ng4 Rf8 62. Nxh6 Kc7 {Threatens to win with ...Nd6+.} 63. Kf4 Rd8 64. Ra4 Nb6 65. Ra7+ Kb8 66. Rg7 Rxd4+ 67. Kg5 c5 $2 (67... Nd7 68. Ng4 c5) 68. f6 c4 69. f7 Nd7 70. Rg8+ Kc7 71. f8=Q Nxf8 72. Rxf8 {KRN-KR} Rd3 73. h4 Rg3+ 74. Ng4 Kb6 75. h5 {White mates.} Kb5 76. h6 Rh3 77. Kg6 c3 78. h7 Kb4 79. h8=Q {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,20,20,15,16,27,56,35,39,9,14,0,0,-11,-1,-15,-15,-51,-22,-36,464,461,469,447,715,709,709,721,671,691,1770,1754,1763,1747,2276,2281,1548,1324,29986,29987]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Nf3 Bd6 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} 9. Ne5 O-O (9... Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nd7 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne4 c5 15. f3 c4 16. Kf2 {0-1 (45) Ivanchuk,V (2741)-Inarkiev,E (2669) Astrakhan 2010}) 10. O-O Bb8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. Re1 Bb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Qd6 15. g3 Rd8 16. Qf3 {1-0 (41) Shabala,S (2362)-Afanasjev,A (2008) Alushta 2011}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be5 Nd7 13. Qe2 a5 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. h4 Rd8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qh5 {Black must now prevent Bxg7!} h6 19. Ne4 Qb5 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 20. f4 $1 Qxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20... f6 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 21. Qg6 fxe5 22. fxe5 Nf8 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Nf6+ Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. exf6 Qb7 26. Qe8+ Kh7) 21. Bxg7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 {[#]} 22. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f6] Threatens to win with f6+.} exf5 (22... Ba7 $142) 23. Rxf5 Ne5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 27. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Kf8 30. Ng5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,50,14,0,7,0,8,0,6,0,27,26,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-3,-5,-2,-2,0,-3,-1,-1,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 10. Re1 Rb8 11. a3 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. h3 Bxc2 {1-0 (71) Karjakin,S (2750)-Rapport,R (2747) Saint Louis 2019}) 12. h3 Bd7 13. b4 a5 14. exd5 (14. bxa5 $14 d4 15. Na4) 14... Rxe1+ {The position is equal.} 15. Bxe1 axb4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rb1 {[#] Hoping for Rxb4!} Bc5 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Bd2 h6 21. Qe1 Qa8 22. Bf1 Qa7 23. Bd3 Qb7 24. Bf1 Qa7 25. Bd3 Qb7 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,70,23,26,29,47,47,38,35,36,43,96,80,72,85,210,191,212,205,202,102,99,105,105,49,82,11,11,13,8,13,16,17,8,-199,-185,-175,-179,-167,-182,-448,-433,-429,-424,-418,-411,-278,-239,-1486,-1432]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. b3 e6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. c4 a6 12. Nc3 Ne5 13. Kh1 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc6 14. Nc2 Qb8 15. f3 b6 16. Ne3 Qb7 17. f4 b5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Ncd5 exd5 20. cxd5 Nb8 21. Nf5 g6 22. e5 Ne8 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. e6+ Kxh6 25. f5 f6 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Rd3 {1-0 (27) Muukkonen,K (2416)-Cantelli,A (2331) ICCF email 2012}) 14. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d4,Bd4d3,Bd3g3][%mdl 32]} Nc6 15. f4 {White is slightly better.} Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Rad8 (16... b5 $14) 17. Rd3 $16 Qc6 18. Rg3 h6 (18... Rf8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 19. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6]} dxe5 20. fxe5 Nh7 {[#]} 21. Qh5 ({White should play} 21. Qg4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 512]} Bf8 22. Ba3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 21... Bg5 $16 (21... Ng5 $2 22. h4 $18) 22. Rxf7 {Intending Qg6! and mate.} Rf8 23. Rxf8+ (23. Rgf3 $16 {White threatens Qg6! and mate.} Rxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qg6) 23... Nxf8 24. Ba3 (24. Rf3 $16) 24... Bf4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf4g3]} 25. Rf3 Qe4 $1 {[%cal Re4e1] ( -> ...Qe1+)} 26. Rf1 (26. Nxe4 $2 {leads to mate.} Rd1+ 27. Rf1 Rxf1#) 26... Qxe5 27. Qf3 Ng6 28. Ne4 $2 (28. g3 $11 {and White is okay.} Bg5 29. Bb4) 28... Nh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4f3]} 29. Qg4 ({But not} 29. Qe2 $2 Rd2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Qxe4 30. Qxh4 Rd2 $40 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Re4g2][%mdl 192] Double Attack. White is in trouble.} 31. Qg4 $2 (31. Rg1 {only move.}) 31... h5 32. Qh3 Qe2 {[%cal Re2f1]} 33. Rg1 b6 34. Bb4 {[#]} Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3h3]} ({Don't play} 34... Rxa2 35. Bc3 $17) 35. Qh4 $2 (35. g3 Bd2 36. Bxd2 Rxd2 37. Qg2) 35... g5 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,63,0,0,0,20,0,7,15,10,14,20,0,0,0,38,34,42,32,61,57,51,48,56,36,30,30,42,16,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} f5 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 Na5 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 {½-½ (39) Dominguez Perez,L (2763)-Grischuk,A (2759) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be2 Qd6 14. Qb3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Raf8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. a4 Na5 {½-½ (32) Perez Candelario,M (2591)-Anton Guijarro,D (2656) Las Palmas 2017}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Be2 Ne7 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 c6 18. g4 Ng6 19. f4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Qe7 22. g5 hxg5 {The position is equal.} 23. Qg4 {[#] Strongly threatening Rf5.} Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qf5+ ({Don't play} 25. Bxg5 Qxe5 26. Bf4 Qe7 $17) 25... Qf7 26. Qc8+ Qe8 27. Qxb7 Qe6 28. Kf2 Qf5+ 29. Ke2 Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 30. Bd2 Qe4+ 31. Be3 Qc2+ 32. Bd2 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,77,0,0,-4,14,6,27,24,36,27,40,39,38,35,33,33,33,33,30,33,37,31,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,16,4,0,1,2,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-8,-8,-8,-12,-10,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Qb3 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} Rc8 (13... Nb8 14. a4 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Na6 17. Bf4 Bb4 18. Rc2 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Ne5 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 {½-½ (48) Ding,L (2812)-Karjakin,S (2753) Astana 2019}) 14. Na3 Ba6 15. Nb5 {White has an edge.} Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Nc5 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. dxc5 Rxc7 19. cxb6 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 axb6 {1-0 (59) Lei,T (2497)-Song,Y (2305) China 2019}) 18... Na4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Nd7 22. Ne1 f5 23. e4 dxe4 {The position is equal.} 24. Bf1 {[#] Strongly threatening Bb5.} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Bxb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nab6 26. f3 Bf6 27. Nc2 exf3 28. a4 {[#] And now a5 would win.} a6 29. Bxa6 {aiming for Bb5.} Nxa4 30. Bc4 Kf7 31. Kf2 Nab6 32. Bb3 Ke7 33. Kxf3 Nd5 34. Bc4 g5 35. g4 f4 36. b4 N7b6 37. Bd3 h6 38. b5 Kd7 39. Ba3 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,6,18,12,13,5,8,14,17,12,9,13,10,3,18,14,15,12,38,0,0,0,23,0,0,-11,0,0,0,-11,-12,-108,-106,-103,-118,-107,-107,-117,-109,-177,-177,-358,-391,-360,-318,-792,-629,-675,-640,-5731,-5306,-5632,-5612]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 (5. b4 Be7 6. Bb2 Nxd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. g3 a5 10. b5 a4 11. Bg2 Qe8 12. Nc3 f5 {0-1 (32) Tomashevsky,E (2705)-Saric,I (2695) St Petersburg 2018}) 5... Nxd5 6. dxc5 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Nf6 7. b4 Qe7 8. Bb2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. a3 O-O 9. Bb2 b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Nf3 d6 12. Be2 Bb7 {1-0 (63) Eliseev,A (2300)-Bryzgalin,K (2335) Sochi 1998}) 8... O-O 9. Nf3 d6 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qb3 (14. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Bg6 15. Nh4 $11) 14... a5 15. a3 Rfc8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Rfd1 axb4 18. axb4 Qe6 19. Qc3 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32]} 20. Ba1 {[#]} (20. Qc2 $11) 20... Ra2 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra2e2]} 21. Rc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Nxc4 23. Qa2 Ne4 24. Qa7 {[#]} (24. Re1 $17 {might work better.}) 24... Ncd2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd2f3]} 25. Nd4 $2 (25. Ng5 {was forced.} Qf5 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. f3) 25... Qf6 (25... exd4 $2 26. Qxd4 f6 27. Bxh5 $19) 26. f3 exd4 27. Qxb7 $2 (27. Qxd4 Rc2 28. Qxf6 Nxf6 29. Bd3) 27... Rc2 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Bd3 {[#]} Bxf3 {Played: Qf6-g6} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,49,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,27,27,27,26]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} (9... Ne4 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 f5 13. f4 c5 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. c4 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Qe8 {½-½ (16) Starostits,I (2458)-Strikovic,A (2488) Elgoibar 2018}) 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 {The position is equal.} 12. Bc4 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Rfd8 14. Kf1 Kf8 15. a4 a5 16. Ke2 Rxd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1 19. Kxd1 Ke7 20. Ke2 {½-½ (20) Koerber,T (1891)-Hein,M (1970) Mittelfranken 2008}) 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 19. Ba3+ Be7 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21. Kd2 f6 22. exf6+ gxf6 23. Kc3 c5 24. Bb5 Kd6 25. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,78,0,0,0,-5,-5,20,14,14,5,4,0,17,18,10,17,17,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,5,5,4,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-335,-352,-444,-445,-437,-436,-426,-422,-419,-420,-482,-475,-475,-467,-467,-464]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} (7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Nb6 12. d4 Be6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. dxe5 Bc4 15. Re1 Rxe5 {½-½ (32) Bareev,E (2643)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2657) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 7... Nxe4 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxe5 Re8 10. d4 f6 11. Qb3 fxe5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe4 Qxb3 14. axb3 exd4 15. Re1 Be6 16. cxd4 Nd7 17. Bc2 {½-½ (17) Beecham,C (2496)-Ruefenacht,M (2437) ICCF email 2011}) 9... cxd5 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. Nf4 Nf6 13. Qb3 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Na5 14. Qb5 Bd7 15. Qd3 a6 {White must now prevent ...Bb5.} 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. d3 Bf5 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Bb2 h6 20. Rfe1 Qa5 21. a3 g5 {Played: Nc6-d4} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,33,43,8,20,19,27,15,14,0,44,43,52,52,49,44,45,18,27,16,23,30,53,54,67,65,87,77,120,116,154,144,120,118,135,126,175,131,125,132,318,307,366,359,333,296,340,308,326,290,368,290,318,0,283,247,279,267,246,226,438,431,403,353,449,443,3354,3141]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Bxb8 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 {[#] Black must now prevent Be5.} Rxb8 12. Qa4+ {White has an edge.} Ke7 13. Qd4 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. f3 Nf6 15. e3 Qc7 16. Bd3 Rhc8 17. Ne2 Qxc5 18. Kf2 {½-½ (18) Erdos,V (2608)-Naiditsch,A (2707) Sibenik 2011}) 14. c6 Be6 15. e3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qd6 16. f3 Nc5 17. Ne2 Qxc6 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bb5 Kf8 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. O-O Rg8 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. g4 h5 {[#]} 25. Nf5 $1 ({Don't do} 25. gxh5 $6 Qh3 $14) 25... hxg4 26. fxg4 Qa4 27. h3 Rh8 28. Qh2 {And now Qe5! would win.} Ne6 $2 (28... Rh7 $16 {might work better.}) 29. Nd6 $18 Nf4 30. exf4 Rxd6 31. fxg5 Qc6 32. Rf3 Rh7 33. Rdf1 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 {Threatens to win with g6!} Qc6 35. Kg1 $2 (35. Kg2 $18) 35... Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Qc5+ $11 36. R1f2 Qc6) 36. R1f2 Rg7 37. Rf6 Re6 38. Qf4 {Hoping for g6.} Qxc3 $2 (38... Qe8 {keeps fighting.} 39. Rxe6 Qxe6) 39. Qb8+ ({Less strong is} 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. g6 Qc8 $16) 39... Kh7 40. Rxf7 Reg6 41. Rf8 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rf8h8]} Qe1+ (41... Re7 $142 42. h4 Qd4) 42. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,67,34,40,37,6,15,13,23,8,6,16,24,0,22,16,39,23,63,66,57,62,109,93,123,97,93,80,85,74,68,76,68,68,70,70,70,75,79,81,86,68,83,71,98,98,95,91,95,95,175,172,659,659,666,666,987,972,1391,1333]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 7. Nf1 (7. h3 Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. h4 g4 11. N3h2 d5 12. f3 Ng6 13. fxg4 Nxh4 14. g3 {0-1 (32) Anand,V (2767)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2775) Zagreb 2019}) 7... g4 8. N3d2 d5 {The position is equal.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 f5 $146 (11... Qh4+ {with more complications.} 12. g3 Qe7 13. O-O Be6 14. b4 h5) ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Ne7 14. Ne4 {½-½ (56) Quesada Perez,Y (2582)-Niemann,H (2423) Greensboro 2019}) 12. O-O Bd6 13. d4 Qe7 14. e4 f4 $1 15. Bd5 $1 h5 16. Nc4 Rf8 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 {[%cal Rf1f4]} Be6 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. Rxf4 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} O-O-O 24. Kf2 Rd3 25. Rc1 c5 26. Ke2 c4 27. Be3 Bd7 28. Rf1 Bc6 29. Rf4 a6 (29... a5 $16) 30. Bd4 $18 a5 $2 (30... Bb5 31. e5 Kd7 32. Rf7+ Kc6 33. Rf6+ Kd5) 31. b3 {White is clearly winning.} Bb5 {[#] aiming for ...Rxd4!} 32. Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5b5]} c6 33. a4 Ba6 34. Rxa5 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,87,20,18,25,-2,0,0,0,0,7,-12,18,12,14,3,21,0,2,-18,-20,-21,-8,-15,-19,-16,-16,-8,-8,-41,-48,-34,-6,-12,-10,-60,-19,-43,-35,-47,-9,-23,-25,-28,-24,-42,-40,-37,0,0,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Bd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} (9... Bc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. Bd2 a6 13. e4 Rd8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 g5 17. Bg3 Bxe4 {0-1 (46) Korobov,A (2687)-Yu,Y (2739) Hengshui 2019}) 10. Nb5 Bxb5 11. Bxb5 {a3 is the strong threat.} cxd4 12. Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. exd4 a6 13. Ba4 Qa5 14. Bb3 {½-½ (26) Gligoric,S-Kortschnoj,V Zagreb 1970}) 12... a6 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. a3 Bd6 16. Bd2 Rfd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 17. f4 Bc5 {[#] aiming for ...Qd7.} 18. Rfd1 Nd5 {Hoping for ...Nxf4.} 19. Kh1 Qb6 {[%cal Rc5e3]} 20. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Ne3 21. Bxe3 Bxe3 22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Bf4 24. Qf3 Be5 25. Bc4 h6 26. Bd5 Rd7 27. Rab1 Re8 28. b4 Bf6 29. Re1 Red8 30. Rbd1 Qb5 {[%cal Rd7d5]} 31. Be4 b6 (31... Rxd1 {seems wilder.} 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Bb2 34. f6 Bxf6 35. g3 b6) 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. g3 a5 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Kg2 Qb5 36. Kh3 Qc4 37. Re2 a4 38. Rc2 Qb3 39. Rc7 (39. Kg2 {is more complex.} Kh7 40. Kh3 Kh8 41. Kg2 Kg8 42. Re2) 39... Qxf3 (39... Rd2 {keeps more tension.} 40. Rc8+ Bd8 41. Qxb3 axb3 42. Rb8 b2) 40. Bxf3 {The position is equal.} Bb2 41. Bh5 Rf8 42. Ra7 Bxa3 43. Rxa4 Bc5 44. Ra5 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,104,10,32,26,33,33,24,0,0,0,14,0,17,11,5,5,13,9,0,0,31,33,24,21,31,22,37,4,10,8,14,0,0,0,8,8,10,0,-17,-18,39,31,40,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,28,21,25,25,18,32,37,55,11,11,0,29,29,171,75,105,108,110,100,85,78,78,77,388,388,364,354,335,0,0,-666,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-488]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 $146 {White has an edge.} (10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. h4 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 c5 15. Bg2 f5 16. gxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (57) Nihal,S (2576)-Vitiugov,N (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Bb4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Qe7 13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Kb8 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. a3 Bxc3 (16... Bd6 {looks sharper.} 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Nxg4 19. Bc1 Bc7) 17. Qxc3 Ne8 18. Be1 Nd6 19. Bg3 Ka8 20. Rh2 g5 21. Re2 Rh6 22. Qd3 Re6 23. Bg2 Nb5 24. Bf2 Nd7 25. Qc2 Nf8 26. Ree1 Qf6 ({Better is} 26... Ng6 $11) 27. a4 $14 Nc7 28. e4 Ng6 29. e5 Qe7 30. Bf1 Rh8 31. Qd2 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 32. Bd3 Qf7 33. Bf5 Ree8 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Re1 (36. Bg3 $5 {[%cal Rg3c7]} Ne6 37. Re1 $14) 36... Ne6 37. Bg3 a6 38. Ka2 Nh4 (38... Nef4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 39. Bxe6 (39. Bxh4 $1 $18 {is more deadly.} gxh4 40. Qh6) 39... Rxe6 $16 40. Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Intending Qd8+ and mate. Black is under strong pressure.} Re8 41. Qc7 Qg8 {[#]} 42. Re7 $1 Rxe7 43. Qxe7 Qh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Nxf3 $16 {is a better chance.} 44. Qxf6 Nd2) 44. Bc7 Nxf3 45. Qd7 Nxd4 {[#]} 46. Bd8 $2 ({White has to play} 46. h4 $1 $18) 46... Qxh3 $11 47. Qc8+ Ka7 {Strongly threatening ...Qb3+.} 48. a5 $1 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Rd8b6] The position is equal.} Qb3+ 49. Kb1 $1 {Threatens to win with Bb6+.} Qd3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Qd1+ $11 50. Ka2 Qa4+ 51. Kb1 Qc2+ 52. Ka2 Qa4+ 53. Kb1 Qc2+ 54. Ka2 Qa4+) 50. Ka2 $19 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Rd8b6]} Qc4+ 51. Kb1 $1 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Rd8b6]} Qc2+ 52. Ka2 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Rd8b6]} Qa4+ {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 60%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,139,13,21,21,14,8,13,8,14,13,13,0,10,12,9,0,15,7,2,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,6,-16,4,0,6,8,28,14,8,4,8,12,13,0,37,28,74,39,37,22,33,25,25,21,33,31,28,0,36,36,36,36,36,36,71,28,28,8,8,2,2,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,90,91,91,91,91,91,86,91,337,331,317,315,308,308,146,233,206,0,0,6,1176,587,1776,1712,1662,1639,1531,1193,1374,1321,2016,1931,5089,4349,29954,5126,5218,5106]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} Be6 11. Bxe6 (11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Ra2 f5 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (40) Ding,L (2813)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 11... fxe6 12. Nf1 Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 b6 15. N1d2 d5 {½-½ (32) Cvak,R (2322)-Ferre Perez,A (2118) ICCF email 2016}) 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Ng3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Qf7 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Rab8 18. Rf1 Qd7 19. Nd2 Ne7 20. Ra1 Ng6 21. Ne2 b5 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 22. d4 Nxa4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Rxa5 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf3 Qc6 27. dxe5 {Threatens to win with Nfd4.} Nxe5 28. Nxe5 (28. Ned4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Ra1+ 29. Kh2 $14) 28... dxe5 29. Nc1 Nd7 30. Nd3 Qd6 31. b4 c5 32. bxc5 Nxc5 33. Qe2 Rd8 {[%cal Rc5d3]} 34. Nxc5 Qxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Qg4 Qe7 36. Qh5 Qg5 37. Qe2 Kh7 38. g3 Rb8 $1 39. Qb2 Qe7 40. Kg2 Qc5 41. Qa2 Qc4 42. Qa7 Rf8 43. Qa3 Rf7 44. Qd6 Qa2 45. Rf3 Rxf3 $1 46. Kxf3 $11 {KQ-KQ} Qb3 47. Qc5 Kg6 $1 48. h4 Kf6 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. h5+ Kh7 51. Qc5 Qd1+ (51... b4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 52. Kg2 $16 Qxh5 53. Qxb5 Qg5 54. Qd7 Qg6 55. Qd3 $1 h5 $2 (55... Qf6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 56. c4 $18 h4 57. c5 hxg3 58. fxg3 Qe8 {[#]} 59. Qc3 $1 {And now c6 would win.} Qa4 60. Kf3 $2 ({Resist} 60. Qxe5 $6 Qc4 $16) (60. c6 $18 Qxe4+ 61. Kf2 Qf5+ 62. Ke3 Qg5+ 63. Ke2 Qh5+ 64. Ke3 Qg5+ 65. Ke2 Qh5+ 66. Qf3 Qh2+ 67. Kd3) 60... Qd1+ $11 61. Kf2 {aiming for c6.} Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (61... Qh5 $11) 62. c6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6d7]} Qc7 63. Qc5 Kg6 64. Ke3 Kg5 65. Kd3 Kg4 66. Kc4 Kxg3 67. Kb5 Kf4 68. Qb6 Qd6 69. c7 Qd3+ 70. Kc6 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,66,10,13,20,7,19,10,29,35,35,36,29,25,19,15,66,9,77,82,81,49,56,20,13,-12,0,-131,-133,-131,-130,-125,-136,-129,-129,-127,-134,-125,-130,-133,-116,-921,-904,-850,-847,-825,-822,-29987,-29988,-29988,-12803,-5883,-1883,-1370,-841,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. a4 Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... a5 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bd3 c6 12. Be3 h6 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Qc2 Bc7 15. Rad1 {0-1 (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Alekseev,E (2616) Riadh 2017}) 9. Rf1 Kh8 {The position is equal.} 10. h3 Nh6 11. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] Hoping for a5.} a6 12. Bb3 f5 13. Nbd2 Qf6 (13... Nf7 $11) 14. Ra2 (14. Nc4 $14) 14... a5 (14... Ba7 $11) 15. b5 $16 Nd8 16. Nc4 fxe4 17. dxe4 Bc5 18. Bg5 Qg6 19. Bxd8 (19. Kh1 $1 $11) 19... Bxh3 $1 $17 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2]} 20. Bg5 Bg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 21. Ncd2 Rxf3 $1 22. Nxf3 {Bxh6 is the strong threat.} Rf8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} 23. Nxe5 Qxg5 24. Nxg4 Nxg4 25. Be6 Ne5 $40 {[%mdl 1152] Strongly threatening ...Nf3+. Black has strong compensation. Black is out for blood.} 26. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Bh3 $17) 26... Qh4+ $19 27. Kg1 Rf6 28. Bh3 g5 29. Qd5 g4 30. Qxb7 gxh3 (30... Rf8 $142 31. Kh1 gxh3 32. g3 Qg4 33. f3 Qxg3 34. Qxc7 Rg8 35. Qe7 {[#]} Qg2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 36. Rxg2 hxg2+ 37. Kh2 Nxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion} 38. Rxf3 g1=Q+ 39. Kh3 Qh1#) 31. Qc8+ Kg7 {( -> ...Nf3+!)} 32. Qxh3 {[#]} Qf4 {Played: Ne5-f3} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,63,48,68,68,71,74,75,38,108,102,105,100,92,70,140,61,120,80,81,81,269,250,254,262,251,273,276,277,382,92,89,90,156,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Nxc6 {B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7} (11. Be2) 11... Qxc6 12. f5 Qc5 13. fxe6 {White is better.} Qg5+ (13... fxe6 $14 14. Qxf6 Rg8) 14. Kb1 $16 fxe6 15. Bc4 O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qe5 16. Bb3 Be7 17. Ne2 Rg8 18. Nf4 {½-½ (30) Halwick,F-Raffaele,E (2353) IECC email 2002}) 16. Rhf1 Be7 ({Black should play} 16... Kb8 $14) 17. e5 (17. Ne2 $16) 17... d5 ({Better is} 17... fxe5 $14 18. Ne4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg7) 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bg4 $2 (19... Kb8 $16 20. Nxe7 fxe5) 20. Nxe7+ $18 Kb8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxf6 Qd2 23. a3 $1 Be2 {[#]} 24. Rg1 $2 (24. Rf4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 24... Bd1 $16 25. Ka2 {Qb6 is the strong threat.} Bxc2 {[#]} 26. e6 $2 (26. Qb6 $1 $16 {aiming for Nc6+.} Ka8 27. Rf1) 26... Rd3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. Ka1 {Hoping for Qe5+.} Bb3 28. Rb1 {And now Nc6+! would win.} Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2b1]} 29. Qf8+ Ka7 $1 30. Nc8+ Kb8 31. Ne7+ Ka7 $1 {( -> ...Qxb1+!)} 32. Nc8+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,100,21,21,14,14,16,16,27,27,17,12,12,7,5,0,10,0,6,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-54,-33,-43,-47,-44,-39,-161,-162,-213,-214,-213,-218,-214,-176,-182,-172,-172,-185,-172,-177,-241,-190,-333,-105,-108,-74,-87,-82,-85,0,-62,0,-52,0,-8,-8,-10,-1,-10,-1,-7,-8,-29,-29,-29,0,0,0,0,8,8,16,14,27,16,45,0,41,-6094,-5925]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8... a6 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. b3 Re8 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2882)-So,W (2776) Saint Louis 2019}) (8... a5 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ba4 Bd7 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Re2 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 {0-1 (37) Caruana,F (2818)-Mamedyarov,S (2764) Saint Louis 2019}) 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Ne7 {The position is equal.} 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 c6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 {½-½ (52) Liu,M (2173)-Xiao,Y (2287) Beijing 2017}) 15... Be6 16. Ncd2 Qe7 17. Nf1 Rad8 18. Ng3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qc2 (21. Qb1 $11) 21... exd4 $1 $15 22. Bxd4 Nf4 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 {[#]} (24. Nxe5 $15 Qg5 25. Nf3) 24... Qf7 $1 $19 25. Kh2 (25. c4 {is a better defense.}) 25... Bd5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 ({Less strong is} 26... Qxe8 27. Re1 $11) 27. Ne1 {[#]} Rxe1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Rxe1 {Strongly threatening Ne4.} Nxg2 29. Re4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Nf4 31. Qd4 (31. Qe3 $142) 31... Kh7 32. b4 (32. c4 $142) 32... Nd5 $2 (32... b5 $19 {has better winning chances.} 33. bxa5 Ne6) 33. bxa5 $17 Qf3 {And now ...Nf4 would win.} 34. Ne4 Qf4+ ({Reject} 34... Nf4 $6 {[#]} 35. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 36. Qd7+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Qd7+ Kf8 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kh8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Qe8+ $11) 35. Ng3 {next Qxf4 is good for White.} Qf3 {Hoping for ...Nf4.} 36. Ne4 $1 Qf7 ({Black should play} 36... Qf5 $15) 37. Qe5 ({White should try} 37. Ng3 $11) 37... g5 (37... Qf8 $15) 38. Kg3 Nf4 {Threatens to win with ...Qd7.} 39. Nd6 Qc7 {White must now prevent ...Ng6.} 40. c4 $1 Ng6 41. Qd4 c5 42. Qd3 Qxa5 43. Nxb7 Qa7 44. Qe4 Qxa4 45. Nxc5 Qa3+ 46. Nd3 h5 47. c5 Kh6 48. Kh2 Qc3 49. Qe3 Nh4 50. Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50. Qe6+ $14 Qf6 51. Qxf6+ gxf6 52. c6) 50... Qxe5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender. Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,121,48,16,77,68,71,64,86,61,62,62,73,74,104,62,63,56,59,56,80,63,80,54,54,81,78,36,46,40,83,47,121,122,212,210,262,270,275,158,154,165,159,145,126,132,146,138,144,140,139,121,104,110,165,17,133,127,215,111,155,0,0,0,302,287,293,282,287,267,278,0,0,-1331,-1418,-1255,-1316,-894,-894,-827,-827,-642,-362,-296,0,-612,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Bb4 8. Qd3 b6 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} (8... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 9. a3 $16 Be7 10. Qg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Bb7 11. f4 d6 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Bb2 h5 14. Rac1 Rc8 {1-0 (24) Ragger,M (2652)-Pichot,A (2486) Graz 2015}) 10... d6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Be3 Bb7 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. b4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Ng6 17. Qf2 Rab8 18. Kh1 Ba8 19. Nb3 Nd7 20. c5 bxc5 21. Bxa6 Rd8 22. Bf1 c4 (22... Bc6 $14) 23. Na5 Nge5 (23... Nde5 $16) 24. Ba7 $18 h5 (24... Rbc8 $2 25. Nb5 $18) 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Nxc4 (26. Qd4 $18) 26... Nxc4 $16 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 28. Nd5 exd5 29. Rxc4 dxc4 30. Qa7 Bc6 31. Qc7 Ba4 32. Rc1 Bb5 33. g3 Bf6 (33... Ra8 $16) 34. Rxc4 (34. Qxd6 $18 g6 35. f4) 34... Bxc4 (34... Bd8 $1 $11 35. Qxd6 Bxc4 36. Qxd7 Be6) 35. Qxc4 Ne5 (35... Kf8 $16 {was necessary.}) 36. Qb3 (36. Qc7 $18 Re8 37. b5 Nxf3 38. b6) 36... Nc6 37. Kg2 $2 (37. f4 $16) 37... Nd4 $11 38. Qc4 Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rb6 $1 $11) 39. b5 $18 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32] Hoping for b6.} Ne6 40. b6 {Threatens to win with b7.} Nc5 41. Qd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxa3 42. Qxd6 $2 ({White should try} 42. b7 $18 Nxb7 43. Qxb7) 42... Ra2+ $11 43. Kh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Kf1 $11 Ra1+ 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Ra2+ 47. Kg1 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Ra2+) 43... Ne6 $1 $19 {[%cal Re6g5] ( -> ...Ng5+)} 44. g4 {[#]} Ng5+ $1 45. Kg3 {[#]} h4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Kf4 (46. Kxh4 Nxe4+) 46... Ne6+ 47. Kf5 Nd4+ (47... Ra5+ 48. e5 $11) 48. Kf4 {e5 is the strong threat.} Ne6+ $2 (48... Re2 49. g5 Ne6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Kf5 Rg2) 49. Kf5 {Black must now prevent e5.} Ra5+ $2 ({Better is} 49... Bg5 $19 50. Qb4 Bd2) 50. e5 $11 {The position is equal.} Bxe5 51. Qxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} Nd4+ 52. Ke4 Rxe5+ 53. Kxe5 {KN-KP} Nc6+ 54. Kd6 Na5 55. Kc5 ({Of course not} 55. Kc7 {[#]} f5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 55... Kf8 56. Kb5 Nb7 {aiming for ...Nd8.} 57. Kc6 Nd8+ 58. Kd7 Nb7 59. Kc6 Na5+ 60. Kb5 ({Wrong is} 60. Kc7 $2 Ke7 $19) 60... Nb7 {Strongly threatening ...Nd8.} 61. Kc6 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,77,32,19,31,18,30,23,23,17,17,17,29,17,19,21,18,16,17,9,16,15,14,10,10,10,13,10,10,9,15,8,9,10,7,9,13,9,9,16,14,9,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 c3 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} 9. Nb5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 {White has an edge.} 11. Be3 {[#] aiming for Qxd8.} Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 {The position is equal.} 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 {[#]} 16. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rfc1) 16... Rd8 17. f4 Bg4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rc7 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Kf8 21. Kf2 f6 22. Bd5 Bxh3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rxc7.} 23. Be6 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 f5 25. Bd5 {Threatens to win with Ne6+.} Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 $1 {And now Ne6+ would win.} Rxd4 27. Bxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd2 28. Bf3 Rxb2 29. Rxa7 Bg4 30. Ra8+ Kg7 $1 31. Bxg4 fxg4 {KR-KR} 32. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Ra2 33. a5 h5 34. a6 Kf7 35. a7 Kg7 36. Kf1 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2 38. Ke3 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,98,16,28,16,16,16,27,17,16,16,18,23,17,10,3,12,12,21,14,24,-14,-11,-8,-20,-26,0,-6,0,-17,13,-36,-19,-45,0,-5,-10,-26,45,20,23,19,32,-139,-93,-61,-70,-77,-78,-64,-99,-317,-296,-290,-130,-258,-244,-240,-251,-347,0,0,0,-329,-308,-293,-285,-230,-243,-218,-262,-167,0,0,0,0,0,-590,-587,-5085,-3149,-29977,-29978,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29974]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 b6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 9. a4 a5 10. Nc4 Be6 {White has an edge.} 11. b3 h6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nfd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd2 f5 14. Qe1 O-O 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Ncxe5 {0-1 (51) Xu,Y (2546)-Wen,Y (2602) Hangzhou 2019}) 13... O-O 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qd8 16. Rb1 f5 17. Qe2 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 18. Bd6 {Hoping for Bxe7.} f4 $1 19. e5 Rf7 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. c3 Bd5 22. Rfe1 Nh4 23. Qf2 Ng6 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nf8 ({Black should play} 25... h5 $11) 26. Nc3 Ne6 27. Rbd1 h5 28. Qc2 $2 (28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Ba3 dxc4 $11) (28. Rf1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 28... f3 29. Rf1 g4 30. hxg4 $1 hxg4 {aiming for ...Qh4.} 31. g3 Ng5 {Threatens to win with ...f2+!} 32. Nxd5 $2 (32. Rd2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 32... cxd5 $19 33. Ne3 Nh3+ (33... Ne4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4g3]} 34. e6 Qxd6 35. exf7+ Kxf7) 34. Kh1 {[#]} (34. Kh2 $17) 34... Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e3]} 35. Nxd5 Qh6 36. Rd2 Nf2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} 37. Kg1 Nh3+ 38. Kh1 {[#] Rh2 is the strong threat.} f2 $1 {[%csl Gf7,Gh6][%cal Rh3f4]} ({Much less strong is} 38... Nf2+ 39. Kg1 $19) 39. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Qe4.} Ng5 {[%csl Gg4,Gg5][%cal Rh6h3]} 40. Nf4 Nf3 $40 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh6h2][%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 41. Kxf2 {Black should prevent Ke3.} Qh2+ 42. Ke3 Qxg3 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 42... Nxd2 $19 43. Qxd2 Qxg3+ 44. Ke2 Qxb3) 43. e6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Ng5+ 44. Ke2 {[#]} Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} 45. Qe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45. Qc4 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nxd4+ 46. Rxd4 Bxd4 47. Qxd4 Re8+ 48. Kd2 Qxb3 49. Rg1) (45. Nxe6 Qg2+) 45... Re8 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Nxf4+)} 46. Nxe6 Qxd6 47. d5 Qh2+ {Black mates.} 48. Ke1 Rxf1+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 49. Kxf1 Qxd2 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,101,31,25,27,24,22,33,22,39,9,12,13,22,59,15,14,10,16,3,6,6,25,29,35,16,12,10,11,11,50,0,24,5,43,43,43,45,61,62,61,70,144,157,156,148,367,356,310,119,216,125,125,117,104,114,130,129,129,129,104,57,60,66,75,-97,-29,-18,0,-20,210,199,191,145,297,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Rd1 Qa5 {½-½ (57) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Anand,V (2759) Paris 2018}) 9... Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 {Strongly threatening Nb3.} Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c2] White is slightly better.} 13. Qb1 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} (13. exd4 exd4+ 14. Be2 (14. Ne2 $2 Ng4 $19) 14... dxc3 $17) 13... Bf5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 14. Bd3 Bxd3 $1 15. Qxd3 Ne4 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 15... e4 $2 16. Qb1 $18) 16. Nxd5 ({Reject} 16. exd4 exd4 17. O-O dxc3 $17) 16... Nxg5 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qb3 Rc8 (19... f6 {keeps more tension.} 20. O-O Kh8 21. a4 a5 22. b5 Ne6) 20. O-O Rc6 21. h4 Ne6 22. Nf3 Rd6 23. a4 f6 24. Rfe1 Kh8 25. h5 Rd7 26. a5 Rf8 27. Nh4 b5 {Hoping for ...bxc4.} 28. axb6 $1 axb6 {White should prevent ...b5.} 29. Qa4 $1 Rxd5 (29... Rff7 $14) 30. cxd5 $16 Qxd5 31. Nf3 e4 $2 (31... h6 $16 {might work better.} 32. Nh4 b5) 32. Nxd4 $18 Nxd4 33. Qa3 $2 (33. Qa6 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 33... Rd8 {[#]} (33... h6 $16) 34. Qe3 ({White should play} 34. h6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 34... h6 $16 35. Rc1 $1 ({Not} 35. Qxe4 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Nf3+ 37. gxf3 Rxd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd5 $15) 35... f5 36. Qg3 Ne6 37. Red1 Nd4 38. Kh1 f4 39. Qxf4 {And now Qg4 would win.} Qxh5+ 40. Qh2 Rd5 41. Ra1 $2 {[#]} (41. Rc8+ $16 Kh7 42. Qxh5 Rxh5+ 43. Kg1 Ne2+ 44. Kf1) 41... Kh7 (41... Qe2 $1 $17) 42. Qh3 $1 $11 Qg6 {...Rh5 is the strong threat.} 43. g4 {Threatens to win with Rd2.} e3 $2 (43... Qg5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 44. fxe3 $18 Qe4+ 45. Qg2 Qxe3 $2 {[#]} (45... Qxg2+ $16 {keeps fighting.} 46. Kxg2 Nc2 47. Rxd5 Nxe3+ 48. Kf3 Nxd5) 46. Qxd5 $2 ({Only move:} 46. Re1 $1 $18 {[%cal Re1e3]} Qf3 47. Rad1 Qxg2+ 48. Kxg2) 46... Qh3+ $11 {The position is equal.} 47. Kg1 {Intending Qe4+ and mate.} Qg3+ $1 48. Qg2 Nf3+ 49. Kf1 {Threatening mate with Qc2+.} Nh2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Kg1 $1 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,112,37,15,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-22,-41,0,-7,-1,-22,24,26,31,21,20,23,23,12,8,12,14,-18,0,-8,15,0,0,0,0,0,62,50,74,66,83,83,55,33,36,29,22,11,11,11,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,35,36,33,38,38,38,38,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,36,36,28,53]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 Nb6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 14. Qa5 Rc8 15. c3 Bd8 {The position is equal.} 16. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. g3 Rc7 19. Bh3 h4 20. f4 Re7 21. Bf5 {0-1 (32) Dai,C (2464)-Jakovenko,D (2735) China 2018}) 16... Nbxd5 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. Bg5 O-O 19. g3 Ne7 20. Bg2 Rb8 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. gxf4 Rfd8 24. Nd4 d5 25. Ne2 b5 26. b4 a5 27. Rh3 Kf8 28. Rhd3 Re8 29. Bf3 Nf5 30. Bxh5 Nxh4 (30... Ne3 $11 31. Rc1 Ra8) 31. Rxd5 $14 axb4 32. cxb4 Ng2 33. Rd7 Re7 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Nd4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nc6+.} Kf8 36. Nf5 {Black must now prevent Rd7!} Nxf4 37. Bf3 Rd8 {[#]} (37... Ne6 $11) 38. Rxd8+ $1 $16 Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 39. Bc6 Bb6 40. Kb2 Ne2 41. Bxb5 Nd4 42. Nxd4 Bxd4+ {KB-KB} 43. Kb3 Ke7 44. Kc4 Be3 45. Kd5 Kd8 46. Kc6 Kc8 47. a4 Bd2 48. a5 Kb8 49. Kc5 Be3+ 50. Kc4 Bd2 51. Bd7 Kc7 52. Bf5 Be1 53. Kb5 Bd2 54. Ka4 Kd6 55. b5 Kc5 56. b6 Bc3 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Rapid GCT 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,69,22,34,29,21,28,28,28,36,33,25,22,41,35,26,50,44,4,12,0,22,13,10,8,8,5,14,13,21,14,12,11,14,10,13,15,13,8,9,6,4,4,8,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ ({Of course not} 9... Nxc5 10. b4 $16) 10. Bd2 {E37: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 Qxc3 Ne4} Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 {White has an edge.} dxc4 (12... O-O 13. b4 Qe7 14. Bd3 h6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Nf3 dxc4 17. Qxc4 a6 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qb3 Be8 21. h3 Rd6 {½-½ (21) Parligras,M (2638)-Matlakov,M (2701) Changsha 2019}) 13. Bxc4 (13. O-O-O Qf5 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Ne5 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Rhg1 Nf6 {½-½ (39) Mamedyarov,S (2814)-Karjakin,S (2778) Shamkir 2018}) 13... O-O 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. O-O Bd7 16. b4 Qc7 17. Qb2 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 {½-½ (49) Shishkin,V (2498)-Korennoi,V (2223) Wroclaw 2009}) 15... Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Rd8 17. Nf3 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 18. O-O Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. Ke1 Ne7 22. Ne5 Rxc2 (22... Be8 {keeps more tension.} 23. f4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rc8 25. Rc4 f6) 23. Nxd7+ Rxd7 24. Rxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd5 25. Bf3 Ke7 26. Ke2 b6 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 {KR-KR} 28. Rc7+ Rd7 29. Rc8 Rd5 30. f4 Rb5 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. Rxa7 {Strongly threatening b4.} Rxb2+ 33. Kf3 b5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

