[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Rakhimzhan, Alen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,115,12,22,22,21,21,26,26,40,1,42,37,28,34,37,16,25,37,32,36,30,33,23,43,59,33,28,22,27,27,35,16,15,16,29,27,35,35,41,45,47,37,48,25,59,61,52,36,65,32,54,0,0,0,0,0,2,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,0,0,0,103,0,0,0,50,0,0,0,78,42,74,64,63,47,77,60,59,0,34,34,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Nd2 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} (8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Nd2 b5 11. c5 b4 12. Na4 Bb5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. a3 a5 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. e3 Bf8 17. f4 g6 18. Bf3 {½-½ (32) Wang,H (2726)-Pridorozhni,A (2599) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 8... Ba6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. e4 {White has an edge.} Rc8 11. Re1 (11. e5 {is interesting.} Ne8 12. Ne2 Nc7 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. a3) 11... dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Bb4 15. Re2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 {1-0 (53) Polajzer,D (2271)-Traunwieser,G (2138) Aschach 2017}) 14... c5 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. Rb1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b2,Bb2e2,Be2e3][%mdl 32]} Bc3 19. Re3 Bd4 20. Rd3 Qf6 21. Rf3 Qe7 22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Rce8 24. Re3 Qc7 25. Rbe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Bb7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 28. Qd6 Qa6 29. a4 Qb7 30. h4 h5 31. Qe5 g6 32. Qf6 ({White should try} 32. Qe7 $14 Qa8 33. a5) 32... Qd7 $11 33. Qf3 Rd8 34. Kg2 Qg4 35. Qf6 Qd4 36. Re5 Rf8 37. Qe7 Rd8 38. a5 Kg7 39. Re4 Rd7 40. Qe8 Qd6 $1 41. a6 Qc7 {[#]} (41... Rd8 $11 42. Qe7 Qc6) 42. Kh2 (42. Re5 $1 $16) 42... Qd6 43. Kg1 Rc7 44. Qb8 Qc6 45. Re8 Qd7 (45... Rd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 46. Qe5+ f6 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Re8+ Kf7) 46. Rg8+ Kh7 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Qf8+ Kf6 49. Rg8 Qd4 50. Qh6 ({White should play} 50. Qa8 $14) 50... Qe5 51. Rd8 {Strongly threatening Qh8+.} Re7 52. Rd3 Qe1+ {The position is equal.} 53. Kg2 Qe4+ $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 54. Rf3+ Ke6 55. Qh8 f5 56. Qg8+ Kf6 57. Qf8+ Ke6 58. Qg8+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Serikbay, Chingiz"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,0,0,-15,8,0,10,-37,33,40,36,12,53,59,71,77,87,95,121,93,89,96,98,94,88,91,86,95,83,80,121,100,103,102,111,100,110,107,112,110,133,127,127,127,316,299,311,313,287,311,300,296,325,322,318,303,380,374,338,348,428,421,843,839,829,824,5728,3605]} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Be2 (5. h3 e5 6. Bh2 Ne7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Rc1 g5 12. b4 Ng6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 a5 {½-½ (56) Grachev,B (2654)-Fedoseev,V (2731) Sochi 2017}) 5... e5 6. Bg3 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} Qe7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. c4 {The position is equal.} O-O (8... Ne4 $1 $15) 9. Nc3 $14 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b6 10. Nb5 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd6 {1-0 (31) Memeti,K (2194)-Vidaich,S (1893) Belgium 2013}) 10. Rc1 c6 11. h3 Ne8 12. b4 Nc7 13. c5 Ne8 14. b5 dxc5 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Na4 Qd5 20. Rxc5 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Be6 22. Rxc6 Bxa2 23. Nc5 {Threatens to win with Nd7.} Ng7 24. Ra6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Be6 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Bc4 Nc5 $2 {[#]} (26... Rae8 $16 27. Rdd6 (27. Rxa7 Rd8 $16) 27... Kg7 28. Rxa7 Kf6) 27. Rxg6+ $18 Kh7 28. Rc6 Rfc8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} a5 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. Bd5 Kf6 33. f4 Ke7 34. e4 Kd6 35. Ba2 {White is clearly winning.} Rb8 (35... Rf8 $142 36. e5+ Kc6) 36. e5+ Kc6 37. f5 Rb2 38. f6 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Sisabayev, Kuanysh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,93,51,61,60,82,76,79,60,111,108,152,111,113,103,115,114,106,0,92,83,85,85,85,85,152,152,189,185,187,193,212,188,178,178,178,177,201,149,196,175,187,184,184,189,216,199,224,174,177,178,274,267,271,267,394,376,363,339,457,255,469,407,633,457,2972,2900,2100,2058,1452,1056,29971,29965]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. b4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} Qd6 14. b5 Bd7 15. bxc6 {[#] White is better.} bxc6 $146 (15... Bxc6 $14 16. Ne5 Nf6) ({Predecessor:} 15... Bxc6 16. Rfc1 Nf6 17. Ne5 Ne6 18. a4 Rc7 19. Qb2 g6 20. Be2 Be8 {½-½ (48) Anton Guijarro,D (2678)-Henriquez Villagra,C (2562) Linares 2019}) 16. Na4 Ng6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Qc5 Qe6 20. Qc2 ({White should play} 20. Qb4 $16) 20... Nf6 (20... Qd6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. Rfc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Ne4 22. Nc5 ({Not} 22. Nxc6 $2 Rc7 $19) 22... Nxc5 23. Qxc5 f6 (23... Rb7 $142) 24. Nxc6 $16 Rc7 {[%cal Rc7c6]} 25. Nd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8e6][%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Rxc5 26. Nxe6 Ra5 27. Nc7 Rc8 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. Rc7 Rb8 30. Rc2 Rb4 31. h4 Rc4 32. Rb2 Kh7 33. Rb8 g5 34. hxg5 f5 35. Kh2 Kg6 36. Rb7 Rc2 (36... Ra3 $142 37. Rd7 Kxg5 38. Rxg7+ Kf6) 37. Kg3 Ra3 38. Rb3 Raxa2 (38... Ra4 {was necessary.} 39. f4 Rd2) 39. Rxa2 Rxa2 {KR-KR} 40. f4 Ra5 41. Rb7 (41. Kf3 $142) 41... a6 $2 (41... Ra1 42. Rd7 a5 43. Rxd5 a4) 42. Rd7 Kh7 (42... Ra1 $142 43. Rxd5 Re1) 43. Kh4 Ra3 (43... Ra1 $142 44. Rxd5 g6 45. Rd7+ Kg8) 44. Kh5 {White wants to mate with g6+.} Kg8 {[#]} 45. Kg6 $1 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Kf8 46. Rxd5 Rxe3 47. Rxf5+ {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Moisseyenko, Ilya"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,125,39,27,32,43,46,51,18,23,9,18,20,22,12,64,67,75,70,71,83,77,70,195,203,191,16,16,16,17,17,17,14,21,16,44,36,56,56,61,44,41,13,99,99,118,109,91,87,68,61,147,147,189,189,188,177,165,164,244,252,237,184,203,183,240,159,257,239,246,222,255,256,258,266,264,253,254,250,478,468,425,405,528,524,520,515,554,534,702,676,888,810,1356,1262,1383,1565,1609,1267,1468,1486,1705,1852,1778,1697,2046,1854,5110,4958,5704,4136,29982,29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 ({Predecessor:} 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. dxc5 N6d7 {1-0 (86) Zakhartsov,V (2580)-Mihajlovskij,S (2476) Voronezh 2008}) 2... g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 Nb6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} c5 $146 (9... g5 10. Bg3 c5 11. d5 e6 12. d6 Nd5 13. h4 g4 14. Ne5 Qxd6 15. e4 f5 16. exf5 Bxe5 {1-0 (33) Morozevich,A (2747)-Shirov,A (2720) Pamplona 2006}) 10. dxc5 {[#] Qxd8 is the strong threat.} N6d7 11. e3 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 12. Bb5 Nxc5 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 Bf5 (14... Qb6 $11) 15. Qd5 $14 Qxd5 16. Nxd5 e6 17. Bxc6 exd5 18. Bxd5 Rad8 (18... Rac8 $14) 19. Rxc5 $18 b6 20. Rc4 $2 (20. Rb5 $18 Bd3 21. Bc6) 20... Rxd5 $11 21. Ra4 {Played: e3-e4} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Black "Dauletova, Gulmira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,106,-18,-18,-29,0,0,0,0,-10,-17,-9,-41,-36,-30,0,-15,11,3,5,8,20,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,10,7,17,14,10,16,15,7,7,9,7,7,22,7,7,7,32,24,65,57,95,23,101,80,142,22,41,51,45,11,397,394,384,100,230,213,217,199,235,246,674,668,667,667,662,654,820,600,788,770,710,622,754,750,29953,10128,29971,29967,29949,5610,29977,29976,29984,29984,29987,29987,29994]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. a3 (4. e3 e5 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Ngf6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nc3 c6 9. e4 d4 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. Ng3 {1-0 (40) Maris,I (2399)-Reinderman,D (2583) Dieren 2019}) 4... Ngf6 5. e3 a5 6. b5 {A00: Irregular Openings} e6 (6... e5 $5) 7. c4 c5 8. bxc6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be2 Bd6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 {1-0 (29) Sobh,H (1827)-Gorti,A (2261) Philadelphia 2017}) 8... bxc6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Qxf6 {seems wilder.} 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 O-O) 12. Nc3 Ke7 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rb8 15. a4 Rb2 16. Rb1 Qb8 17. Nb5 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 Bb4 19. Qd1 Nc5 20. O-O Rc8 21. g3 Qb7 22. d4 Nd7 23. Be2 f5 24. Bd3 Nf6 25. Qf3 Qb8 26. Kg2 Rc6 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Qd1 Nd7 29. Na3 Qd6 30. Nc2 $1 Rc3 31. Bb5 (31. Rb2 $16) 31... Nb6 (31... Nf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Ne1 Nc4 (32... Kf8 $142) 33. Nd3 (33. Qh5 $16) 33... Na3 34. Rb2 {Ne5 is the strong threat.} Nc4 $1 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxd3.} 35. Rc2 Qb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Rxc2 $1 $11 36. Qxc2 Qc7) 36. Rxc3 $18 Bxc3 37. Qb3 $2 (37. Qh5 $18) 37... Bxd4 (37... Qc7 $16) 38. exd4 Qxd4 39. Nf4 Qe4+ 40. Kh3 e5 $2 {[#]} (40... h6 41. f3 Qd4) 41. Nxd5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd5 42. Qxc4 Qd6 43. Qc6 Qd4 44. Kg2 f4 45. Qc7+ Kf8 46. Qxa5 Qd5+ 47. Kg1 f3 48. Qb4+ Kg7 49. Bf1 e4 50. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Qe5 51. Qb6 {White mates.} f5 52. a6 f4 53. a7 e3 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bekturov, Tamerlan"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,71,5,8,-19,13,-2,-7,-19,-12,-9,0,0,4,-6,-4,-25,-19,-27,-20,-19,-20,-20,21,21,18,6,27,33,47,0,0,-17,-21,-26,135,150,76,29,39,19,8,11,42,31,49,0,0,0,0,3,6,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfc1 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (11. Rfe1 Nh5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bf4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Bb4 16. Red1 Qd6 17. Nf1 dxc4 18. a3 Ba5 {0-1 (35) Wang,H (2724)-Aronian,L (2783) Shanghai 2010}) 11... Nh5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Ne1 {[#]} Nhf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f5 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. f4 Qe8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 {0-1 (63) Zarkua,D (2397)-Nyback,T (2656) Aix les Bains 2011}) 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Nd3 Nhf6 17. Bf4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Nb3 Ba6 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Qa4 Ra5 23. Qd1 {b4 is the strong threat.} Bxc4 24. b3 Ba6 25. b4 Ra3 26. Qd2 Bc4 $2 {[#]} (26... Bb5 $11) 27. Qb2 $16 Ra6 (27... Ra4 $142) 28. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} (28. Rxc4 $5 dxc4 29. Bb7 $11) 28... b5 29. axb5 $1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Qd7 31. Be5 Rc8 32. Bxf6 gxf6 {The position is equal.} 33. Qxf6 {With the idea Qg5+.} Bxe2 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 $1 36. Qg5+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zhukenov, Aituar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,63,28,30,57,60,49,42,36,42,54,27,46,0,0,0,93,94,151,82,135,135,170,156,213,210,218,165,245,239,266,230,340,269,243,264,693,687,852,841,937,954,941,966,966,923,917,897]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Qe7 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Be2 Ne8 {White is slightly better.} 13. O-O Ne5 14. Re1 f5 15. Bh2 Rb8 {[#]} 16. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. a5 g5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nc4 {1-0 (48) Riazantsev,A (2645)-Shukh,N (2467) Skolkovo 2019}) 16... g5 {[#]} (16... b5 $11) 17. Bxa6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} f4 (17... g4 $142) (17... bxa6 18. Qxb8) 18. f3 (18. exf4 $142 gxf4 19. Bf1) 18... Qf7 (18... Nf6 $142) 19. Kh1 Qg6 20. a5 Nc7 (20... g4 $16) 21. Bf1 $18 Bf5 22. Nde4 Bxh3 (22... Bxe4 $142 23. Nxe4 Na6 24. exf4 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4) 23. exf4 (23. gxh3 Nxf3 24. Re2 Nxh2) 23... gxf4 24. Qb6 Bg4 (24... Ne8 $142 25. a6 Bd7) 25. Qxd6 (25. Qxc7 Nxf3 26. Qxd6 Nxe1 $18) (25. fxg4 Nxg4 26. Be2 (26. Qxd6 Qh5 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Re8+ Nxe8 30. g3 Qxh2#) 26... Nxh2 $14) 25... Qh5 {...Nxf3! is the strong threat.} 26. Nd2 ({Don't do} 26. Qxc7 $6 Nxf3 27. gxf3 Bxf3+ 28. Bg2 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Be5) 26... Rf5 $2 (26... Na6 27. Qxe5 (27. fxg4 Nxg4 28. Nf3 Bd4 $16) 27... Bxe5 28. fxg4 Qxg4) 27. Qxc7 {White is clearly winning.} Rbf8 28. Qxc5 Qh6 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. fxg4 f3 31. g3 (31. Nxf3 {gets mated.} Rxf3 32. Qg1 {[#]} Rxf1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rxf1 Rxf1 34. g3 Qf6 35. Kg2 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kh3 Rxg1 37. Ne4 Rh1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. b4 Qxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. a6 Qf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Kh4 Rxh2+ 41. Kg5 Qf6#) 31... Bxg3 32. Qg1 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Kenzhalin, Nursultan"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,120,20,21,20,21,21,46,53,47,45,74,72,74,70,87,78,90,54,65,68,74,52,61,45,58,57,55,56,65,28,49,50,60,42,57,26,51,29,57,20,57,56,64,62,52,0,47,46,50,52,69,69,63,29,61,53,49,48,64,0,0,0,0,-36,-5,-28,-20,-39,-20,-29,-23,-45,-20,-59,-61,-88,-33,-78,-53,-77,-38,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,-400,-400,-29970,-29968,-29969,-5122,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-466]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8. Nc3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Ne7 (8... Nf6 9. g4 c6 10. g5 Ng8 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. h4 h5 13. Kb1 g6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 {1-0 (46) Moiseenko,A (2692)-Antipov,M (2569) Berlin 2015}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rfe1 Nb4 13. Bb1 c5 14. Ne2 a5 15. h4 Qd6 {½-½ (24) Hoffmann,S (2067)-Hess,C (2295) Leipzig 2008}) 12... Qd6 13. Rac1 Kh8 14. Bb1 Rac8 15. f4 Na5 16. b3 c6 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. Kg2 Nb7 19. Ng1 {[%cal Be2g1,Bg1f3,Bf3h4][%mdl 32]} Nd6 20. Nf3 f6 21. Qd3 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rd3h7]} Ng6 22. Kg1 Rfe8 23. Nh4 Nf8 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. f5 Nb5 26. Qd3 Na3 27. Ng2 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Re3 ({White should try} 29. Ne3 $14) 29... Re7 30. Qd1 Nb5 31. Qd2 Nd6 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Ne3 Kf7 34. Qc3 Qd7 35. Bd3 g6 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 36. fxg6+ (36. Qc2 $14) 36... hxg6 $11 37. f3 Ne6 38. Bf1 Ng5 39. Bg2 Nb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 40. Qd2 Ne6 41. Nc2 Qe7 {White should prevent ...Nbxd4!} 42. Kf2 a5 43. f4 f5 44. Qd3 {White wants to play Bxd5!} Nd6 (44... Na3 $17 {And now ...Nxc2 would win.} 45. Nxa3 Qxa3) 45. h4 Qf6 46. Bf3 Kg7 47. Kg2 Ne4 {Played: Qf6xh4} 0-1

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Black "Kembayev, Bakhytzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,127,41,50,54,65,54,47,42,74,82,86,71,106,106,102,102,100,6,16,0,0,-10,-10,-7,-5,-6,-5,-33,-40,-27,-26,-33,0,-34,0,-34,0,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-38,-31,-16,-31,-25,-23,-5,-31,-31,-86,0,-1,-8,-8,154,155,313,313,309,312,288,141,495,458,426,419,559,77,76,70,70,39,38,38,31,8,20,2,79,79,86,86,95,80,131,131,643,616,540,475,428,367,2607,2550,1771,1715,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29986,29987]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. d4 c6 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. e4 h6 12. e5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} Ne8 13. Be3 Nc7 {[#]} 14. Ne1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd2 Re8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. a3 Ba6 17. Ne2 Bf8 18. Nf4 Nb5 19. Bf1 Nb8 {1-0 (39) Maletin,P (2543)-Bragin,A (2250) Tomsk 2006}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qg4 (19. Bxd5 $16 Bxd5 20. Rxd5) 19... f5 $11 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rac1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 $1 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Rd7 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Rf7 26. Rd6 Rf8 27. Rd7 Rf7 (27... Bc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8d7]} 28. Rxa7 Bh3 $15) 28. Rd6 Rf8 29. Ng2 Rc8 30. Be3 Rc2 31. Rd7 Rxa2 32. Rxb7 Ra1+ 33. Ne1 $1 Rxe1+ $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. Rxa7 Rxb3 36. Ra6 b5 37. Bxh6 (37. Re6 $15) 37... Rb2 (37... b4 $17 38. Bf4 Rb1) 38. Be3 $11 b4 39. g4 {aiming for g5.} b3 $2 (39... Kf7 $11) 40. g5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Bc3 $2 (40... Ra2 $16 {was called for.} 41. Rb6 Bc3 42. Rxb3 Bd2) 41. g6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra6a8]} Kf8 {...Ke8 is the strong threat.} 42. Re6 $1 {Intending Bc5+ and mate.} Bb4 43. Rxe4 (43. Bg5 $1 $18 Be1 44. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 45. Kg1) 43... Bd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Be7 $16) 44. Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6d6]} Be7 45. Rb6 {Threatens to win with Rb8+.} Bf6 46. h4 $2 (46. Bc5+ $18 {is the precise move to win.} Ke8 47. Re6+ Kd8 48. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion}) 46... Bxh4 $16 47. Bd4 Rd2 48. Bc5+ (48. Rb8+ {seems wilder.} Ke7 49. Bxg7 Rxf2+ 50. Kh3 Bf6 51. Rb7+) 48... Ke8 49. Rxb3 Rd5 50. Rb8+ Kd7 51. Be3 {Black must now prevent Rb7+.} Bf6 (51... Ke6 $11 {remains equal.}) 52. Kf3 Rh5 53. Rb6 {Hoping for Rxf6!} Ke7 54. Ra6 Rh1 {[#]} (54... Re5 $142) 55. Ke4 $1 Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Rh5 $16 56. Ra7+ Kd6) 56. Bc5+ $18 Kd7 57. f4 Rd2 58. Bf8 Ke8 $2 (58... Rd4+ 59. Kf3 Ke8) 59. Ra8+ Kd7 60. Ra7+ Ke8 61. Bxg7 {White mates.} Bxg7 62. Rxg7 Kf8 63. Ra7 Kg8 64. f5 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Nukin, Tolegen"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,74,-8,10,6,20,-22,51,51,51,48,47,52,52,54,52,6,24,37,54,20,31,0,14,21,19,-74,-60,-55,-55,-70,-63,-77,-75,-102,-93,-108,-100,-138,-135,-120,-124,-122,-122,-150,-149,-156,-156,-156,-156,-156,-155,-143,-108,-633,-619,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. f4 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O f6 10. Bh3 {B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} (10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. a4 a6 13. Re1 Ndb8 14. Nd1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nf2 Nc6 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Ng4 Be7 {1-0 (31) Pirs,M (2494)-Oskulski,J (2481) ICCF email 2009}) 10... Nb6 11. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bd2 f5 13. a3 d4 14. Ne2 Nd5 15. Qc1 b5 16. Bg2 Qb6 17. c4 Nc7 {1-0 (52) Bonvini,A (1537)-Medina Barrios,L (1415) Cali 2015}) 11... d4 (11... f5 $11) 12. exf6 $14 {White is slightly better.} gxf6 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nf2 $1 Nd5 {With the idea ...Ne3.} 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Qc1 Qc7 17. Bg2 Bd7 18. c3 Rad8 19. a3 Bc8 20. c4 Ne3 $1 21. b4 (21. Bxe3 $11 {keeps the balance.} dxe3 22. Rxe3) 21... Nxg2 22. Kxg2 b6 23. b5 Ne7 24. Nh3 Ng6 25. Re2 Rde8 26. Qf1 Bb7 27. Kg1 {[#] intending Rae1.} Ba8 $1 {Hoping for ...Qb7.} 28. Kf2 e5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 ({But not} 29... Nxe5 $6 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Bh6 $11) 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 ({Reject} 31... Rxe5 $6 32. Bf4 $11) 32. Nf4 Qg7 33. a4 {[#]} Re3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...Rf3+.} 34. Qh3 {[#]} (34. Bxe3 dxe3+) 34... Qb7 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Qf3+)} 35. Qh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Nd5 $17) 35... Rf3+ $19 36. Kg1 {[#]} Rxf4 $1 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rb7h1][%mdl 512]} 37. Qg5+ (37. Bxf4 Qg2#) 37... Kh8 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Black "Kairbekova, Amina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,37,26,37,37,43,35,29,43,0,0,0,12,11,29,28,21,28,39,25,18,21,44,37,41,39,46,26,44,41,43,50,68,21,21,20,27,12,46,28,36,51,76,66,66,66,71,67,70,68,65,5,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-61,-31]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 c5 (4... Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nab8 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Qe4 Na6 {½-½ (45) Movsesian,S (2629)-Caruana,F (2828) chess.com INT 2019}) 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Nc6 11. Re1 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne4 12. Be3 Bf5 13. c3 {1-0 (40) Vavulin,M (2561)-Roselli Mailhe,B (2471) Escaldes 2019}) 12. Bg5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Be6 14. Rd1 h6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. c3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 18. Qd2 a4 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Bf1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. a3 Ra6 24. Re1 Qc5 25. Qf4 Rb6 26. Re2 Bd7 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Re5 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Kf1 (30. Rc5 $14) 30... Kg6 31. Ke1 Rb6 32. Re2 Bf5 33. Re5 Bd7 34. Rd5 Be6 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. Nxb5 $11 {KB-KN} Bd5 37. f3 Kf5 38. Kf2 g5 39. Nd4+ Ke5 40. g4 Be6 41. Ke3 (41. Kg3 $1 $11) 41... Bd7 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Baimurzin, Aitkazy"]
[Black "Igambergenov, Alibek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,78,0,-8,0,-18,0,-39,-18,-24,-22,-9,0,-16,35,-2,-11,-24,-16,-25,-2,-60,-57,-76,-72,-110,-82,-86,-86,-115,-125,-125,-125,-414,-407,-416,-423,-375,-378,-381,-380,-377,-347,-345,-331,-560,-567,-559,-558,-568,-568,-552,-553,-635,-625,-727,-622,-788,-713,-702,-691,-723,-712,-2559,-806]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. c3 Bb7 {A08: King's Indian Attack} (9... e6 10. a3 Ba6 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Nb3 Bc4 16. Be3 h6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Nbd2 {0-1 (62) Amonatov,F (2614)-Fridman,D (2633) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Nf1 d4 {Black is slightly better.} 12. e5 Nd5 13. c4 Nc7 14. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h4 Ne6 15. N1h2 {1-0 (59) Mordechai,H (2331)-Iliaguev,N (1926) Jerusalem 2015}) 14... h6 (14... Rb8 $11) 15. h4 Qd7 16. Bd2 Ba8 17. b4 Qf5 18. N1h2 ({White should try} 18. b5 $1 $11 Nb8 19. N1h2) 18... h5 $1 $15 ({Don't play} 18... Nxe5 $6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxh6 $14) 19. bxc5 bxc5 ({Of course not} 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. cxb6 $11) 20. Rab1 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bg5 f6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 23. Bh6 Rfe8 24. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Bxa8 $17 {might work better.} Rxa8 25. Qe2) 24... Bd6 $19 25. Be4 Qh3 26. Qf2 Kh7 27. Bg5 fxg5 28. Nf3 Kg7 29. Nxg5 Qd7 {Played: Qh3-g4} 0-1

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Tologontegin, Semetey"]
[Black "Bizhigitov, Zhangir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,3,28,38,45,33,33,0,-12,0,0,0,-5,-49,-48,-48,-35,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0,139,115,135,110,195,209,295,304,395,414,414,391,451,464,453,439,447,323,324,319,537,492,829,820,1063,660,853,841,1441,1313,1173,1025,29975,29976,29976,29977,29975,29976,29976,6129]} 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 e5 10. e3 Qc7 11. Rc1 {E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7} (11. Qc2 exd4 12. Nxd4 a5 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. h3 {½-½ (14) Ortiz Suarez,I (2609)-Guerra Mendez,J (2516) Barcelona 2013}) 11... Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8h7,Bh7g5,Bg5h3][%mdl 32]} 12. h3 h5 13. Ba3 {White is slightly better.} e4 14. Nd2 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Bf5 15. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. b4 N8h7 17. Qb3 Ng5 {1-0 (40) Leal,J (2054)-Cimer,E (2273) Villa Martelli 2016}) 15... Qd7 16. Kh2 N8h7 17. b5 Ng5 {[%cal Rf5h3]} 18. h4 Nh3 {Hoping for ...Ng4+.} (18... Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4d1]} 19. hxg5 Bxd1 20. gxf6 Bg4 $11) 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Kh1 g5 21. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} d5 {[#]} (21... exf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 22. Qxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bd3) 22. fxe4 $1 $16 dxe4 23. Qe1 Kh8 {[#]} (23... Rab8 $16 24. Nb3 Bg6) 24. Bd6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} gxh4 (24... Ng8 $142 25. Qe2 (25. Ndxe4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 $16 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}) 25... Bh6) (24... Qxd6 25. Rxf5) 25. gxh4 Qxd6 26. Rxf5 Ng4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rd6h2]} 27. Nf1 Qg6 28. Ng3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ngf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qxg3 30. Re2 Qg4 31. Qf1 $1 {[%csl LRf7,LRh3]} Qxh4 $2 (31... Bxd4 32. Bxh3 Qf3+ 33. Bg2 Qxf1+ 34. Bxf1 Bc5) 32. Bxh3 Bh6 (32... Rad8 $142 33. Rh2 Qg3) 33. Rh2 Rg8 34. Bg2 Qg5 35. Nxe4 Qxe3 36. Qf6+ Kh7 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ {White mates.} Kh7 39. Qe7+ Kh8 40. Qe5+ Rg7 41. Rf1 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Zhakshylykov, Erzhan"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,80,25,21,39,29,44,44,37,32,43,17,23,20,26,11,15,6,0,0,0,-25,-24,-21,-26,-105,-58,-52,-63,-52,0,0,41,-23,-15,-25,-50,-37,-39,-156,-165,-164,-162,-146,-138,-145,-150,-126,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-98,-91,-262,-270,-334,-357,-335,-265,-265,-264,-268,-256,-236,-177,-280,-278,-299,-311,-347,-350]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 Ne4 6. Bd3 Nxg3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 7. hxg3 Nd7 (7... c5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Ne7 12. Qd3 h6 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Bb5+ {1-0 (22) Khismatullin,D (2617)-Paravyan,D (2528) Sochi 2016}) 8. c4 dxc4 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bxc4 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bd3 g6 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Nfg5 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 {0-1 (30) Golovnia,A-Zaitsev,A (2401) Sukhumi 2006}) 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Qxc5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Bf3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] ...b4 is the strong threat.} 17. Qb3 (17. a3 $11) 17... b4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 (19... g6 $15) 20. Bd3 $11 g6 {[#]} 21. Nf3 ({White should play} 21. Bb5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Qc7 (21... Bxb5 22. Qxe6+) 22. Rd1) 21... Qa5 {And now ...Ba4 would win.} 22. Be2 Ba4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 23. Qd3 e5 {aiming for ...e4.} 24. Nd2 (24. e4 $15 Bc2 25. Qa6 Qxa6 26. Bxa6) 24... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4d3]} 25. Qa6 Qxa6 26. Bxa6 Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6a6]} 27. Be2 {[#]} Be5 $1 {[%cal Re5b2]} 28. Nc4 Rxc4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 29. Bxc4 Bxb2 30. Rb1 Bc3+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 31. Kf1 h5 32. a3 $2 {[#]} (32. f3 $17) 32... Rc8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc8c4]} 33. Ba2 Bc2 ({Less strong is} 33... bxa3 34. Rb7+ Kd6 35. Rxa7 $17) 34. axb4 Bd3+ 35. Kg1 Bxb1 36. Bxb1 Bxb4 37. Kh2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 38. Rd1 (38. f3 $142) 38... a4 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 39. Kg1 a3 40. Kf1 Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Simantsev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nurgaliyev, Sauat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,52,16,4,11,25,10,26,29,87,81,98,63,168,140,248,253,214,246,197,264,203,163,345,336,841,821,1222,1275,1268,1268,4104,3871,29990,29991,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} b6 (8... Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bf6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Nd4 Nxc5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxb2 {1-0 (47) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Dominguez Perez,L (2763) Saint Louis 2019}) 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O {White has an edge.} Be6 (10... Bb7 $11) 11. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. h3 Rc8 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (44) Bat,B (2090)-Tarhan,A (1949) Bratislava 2019}) 11... Qc7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 {[#]} (12... Nc6 $14) 13. f4 $1 $18 {And now Nb5 would win.} Bf5 (13... Ne4 $16) 14. g4 Be4 15. g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nh7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 $2 (17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 dxe4) 18. g6 Ng5 $2 (18... Nxe5 19. gxh7+ (19. dxe5 fxg6 20. Qd5+ Kh8 $16) 19... Kh8 20. dxe5 Bg5) 19. gxf7+ Kh7 20. Bb5 {[%cal Rd1h5] [#]} g6 21. Bxd7 Rad8 22. Qg4 {Threatening mate with dxc5.} Qd6 23. dxc5 {White mates.} Qd5 24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Ng4+ Bf6 26. Bxf6+ Kxf7 27. Nh6# {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 12%.} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Balabayeva, Xeniya"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,78,50,29,46,19,37,-9,56,0,0,-46,-40,-25,-4,6,0,-51,-46,-69,-40,-112,-108,-126,-108,-117,-123,-193,-202,-212,-216,-232,-181,-187,-165,-183,-185,-175,-147,-215,-216,-257,-254,-345,-280,-268,-264,-350,-340,-336,-308,-289,-272,-386,-395,-389,-396,-329,-180,-544,-528,-654,-640,-1787,-1772,-1705,-1770,-2276,-2220,-1774,-1672]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 {B06: Modern Defence} 7. Be3 e6 (7... c5 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Bh6 Nbd7 12. h4 Nc5 13. h5 e5 14. hxg6 exd4 15. gxh7+ Kh8 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. h8=Q+ Rxh8 18. Qg5+ {1-0 (18) Aleksandrov,A (2571)-Genba,V (2454) Minsk 2019}) 8. Qd2 h6 (8... Nf6 $11) 9. O-O-O $146 (9. O-O $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 Nf6 10. d5 e5 11. Nh2 Nbd7 12. b4 Qe7 {0-1 (35) Greiner,T (1776)-Sobolevsky,L (2344) Jena 2007}) 9... Nd7 $11 10. Rhg1 Ngf6 (10... b5 $5) 11. e5 Ne4 (11... Ng4 {with more complications.} 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Bf4 Ndf6 14. Qe1 Nd5) 12. Nxe4 $1 Bxe4 13. exd6 (13. h4 $11) 13... cxd6 $15 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Qe2 (15. Bxe4 $15 Nxe4 16. Qb4) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. Qb3 O-O 18. g4 (18. Kd2 $17) 18... Nd5 $19 19. h4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Kd2 Qc6 22. Ke2 Ra4 {Hoping for ...Rb4.} 23. c3 Rc8 24. g5 {[#]} (24. Nd2 $17) 24... h5 $1 25. Nd2 e5 26. Nf3 e4 27. Nd2 Ne7 28. Rc1 Nf5 29. d5 Qa6 30. Rh1 Re8 31. Kf1 (31. Rh3 {was worth a try.}) 31... b4+ 32. c4 Ra2 33. Rb1 {[#]} Ra5 (33... Bc3 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Ke2 (34. bxc3 $2 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Rxd2 $19) 34... Rc8) 34. Qxb4 $2 (34. Kg2 {is a better chance.}) 34... Rxd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Ke2 {White wants to play Ra1.} Rd3 36. Nxe4 {[#]} Qc6 {Played: Rd3xe3} 0-1

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Black "Malygin, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,43,31,59,46,111,126,119,112,359,390,475,474,832,829,828,795,773,791,1031,1028,992,982,1420,684,700,689,684,678,708,669]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 c5 9. Nf5 {C62: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence} g6 ({Black should try} 9... Bxf5 $14 10. exf5 (10. Qxf5 g6 $11) 10... Rb8) (9... h6 10. Bf4 Rb8 11. O-O-O g6 12. Ne3 Nh5 13. e5 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Rb4 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Rxd6 {1-0 (45) Sutovsky,E (2700)-Guliev,S (2500) Baku 2011}) 10. Bg5 $16 Bxf5 11. exf5 $146 {[#] Black must now prevent Qc6+.White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxa8+ Qd8 14. Qxa7 Bd6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Qb7 Qh4 {1-0 (28) Sanal,V (2243)-Carasiov,A (1814) Iasi 2011}) 11... Be7 $2 (11... Bg7 $16 {might work better.}) 12. O-O-O $18 O-O 13. Rhe1 {White is clearly winning.} Nd5 (13... h6 $142 14. Bxh6 Rb8 15. fxg6 fxg6 16. Bxf8 Bxf8) 14. Rxe7 ({Weaker is} 14. Rxd5 Bxg5+ 15. Kb1 c6 $15) 14... Nxe7 15. Nd5 f6 16. Nxf6+ Kg7 17. Qc3 Kf7 18. Nxh7 Qd7 19. Qf6+ (19. Bh6 $142 Rg8 20. Re1 Qxf5 21. Qc4+ d5 22. Qxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 19... Kg8 20. Nxf8 ({Less strong is} 20. Qxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxe7 Rxf5 $16) 20... Rxf8 21. Qxe7 Qxf5 22. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Igen, Amir"]
[Black "Isanzhulov, Arystan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,102,53,64,23,34,-7,0,-5,2,0,16,16,20,0,0,-38,-42,-28,0,0,0,-43,-35,-60,-49,-53,-57,-59,-60,-52,-35,-40,0,0,0,-10,-9,-39,-39,-75,-42,-116,-123,-133,-61,-104,-109,-111,-106,-110,-38,-65,-79,-52,-71,-70,-66,-64,-72,-254,-250,-329,-326,-329,-311,-347,-328,-325,-325,-697,-675,-725,-418,-375,-395,-620,-650,-610,-605,-611,-602,-627,-626,-1202,-1193,-1466,-1370,-1333,-1259,-1627,-1543]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Na6 8. e5 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Nac5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qa5 11. Qd4 Nac5 12. Qe3 Ne6 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Na4 Qa6 {½-½ (94) Pedersen,N (2517)-Kruppa,Y (2538) Bucharest 2006}) 11. Bg3 Qb6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Qd4 Re8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nc5 (15... Nf8 $5 {[%cal Rc8f5]} 16. Qd4 c5 $11) 16. Qe3 $1 Bf5 17. Rbd1 Qxb2 18. Qxc5 {Black must now prevent Rd2.} Qxe2 19. Rd2 Qe4 20. Ng5 Qg4 21. Nf3 {Strongly threatening Rd4.} Be6 (21... b6 $5 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 22. Qxc6 Rac8 23. Qxb6 Qxc4 $15) 22. Nd4 $1 Bc8 23. h3 Qg5 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Rd4 g5 26. Nd2 Qe2 27. Nf3 ({Better is} 27. f4 $15) 27... Qxa2 $17 28. Nxg5 h6 ({Black should try} 28... Bf5 $17 29. Rdd1 Qb2) 29. Nf3 a4 30. Rd2 Qb3 31. Rc1 {[#]} Ra6 (31... a3 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra3a2] aiming for ...a2.} 32. Nd4 Qa4) 32. Nd4 Qb6 33. Qa3 Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 34. Re2 c5 35. Nb5 Be6 36. Qxc5 $2 (36. Rb2 $17) 36... Rc6 $19 37. Qd4 Rd8 38. Qe4 Qb4 39. Rec2 Rdc8 40. Nd4 Rxc4 41. Qd3 $2 (41. Rxc4 Rxc4 42. Rb1) 41... Rxc2 42. Rxc2 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 {Hoping for Rxc8+.} Rxc2 {Played: Rc8-d8} 0-1

