[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tologontegin, Semetey"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,88,16,9,22,0,0,-15,3,-16,-16,-18,-24,-27,-19,-21,-11,-8,1,0,22,4,5,12,14,20,39,-48,0,0,0,-40,-29,-26,-10,-62,-39,-47,-39,-337,-337,-429,-414,-450,-447,-405,-419,-449,-436,-449,-414,-413,-412,-402,-417,-384,-391,-693,-683,-687,-666,-694,-691,-835,-825,-783,-768,-1614,-940,-1204,-1125,-29990,-2637]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. h3 c6 7. Nc3 Nb8 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O b6 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} (10... Re8 11. Bh2 a5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 dxe4 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 Rd8 18. Rad1 {0-1 (50) Melkumyan,H (2670)-Amin,B (2710) St Petersburg 2018}) 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf3 c5 {The position is equal.} 13. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Be5 Rfd8 15. Qe2 e6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. a4 a6 18. a5 {0-1 (43) Kvan,A (2091)-Grigoryan,A (2581) Pavlodar 2012}) 13... e6 14. a4 a6 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Ne2 cxd4 18. exd4 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rc6 21. Nf4 Bh6 {Threatening ...Nd7.} 22. Ra1 (22. Qe3 $1 $14) 22... Rdc8 23. c3 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Ne2 a5 26. Bf4 (26. Qb5 $11) 26... Bxf4 $15 27. Nxf4 Qg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 28. Ne2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. g3 $15) 28... e3 $19 29. f3 {[#]} Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. bxc3 {aiming for Qb5.} Bxf3 $1 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg5g2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Nf4 {Strongly threatening Rf1.} Bxd1 ({Weaker is} 31... Qxf4 32. Rf1 $17) 32. Rxd1 {Threatens to win with Rf1.} Qxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Qc2 Rc4 {Played: Qf4-g3} 0-1

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,21,29,17,28,20,18,10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Nh4 Be6 9. b3 d5 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb2 (11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. e3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Be4 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Bh3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 {½-½ (54) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Rakhmanov,A (2653) Riadh 2017}) {Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 $146 12. e3 Bg4 13. Bf3 Bh3 14. Bg2 Qd7 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qe2 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 {0-1 (65) Nguyen,T (2529)-Timman,J (2549) Prague 2019} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mezentsev, Ivan"]
[Black "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,47,6,6,5,22,22,16,24,41,13,14,11,23,9,41,5,4,0,0,0,7,7,0,0,3,13,21,16,16,22,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,33]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. b3 (5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nb5 Ne5 14. b3 f6 15. Bb2 a6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. a4 Bb4 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Red1 Rad8 {0-1 (56) Bu,X (2729)-Rapport,R (2736) Hengshui 2019}) 5... d5 6. Bb2 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} a6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. d4 Re8 11. Rc1 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rfd1 dxc4 {½-½ (13) Askarov,M (2561)-Azarov,S (2571) Kazan 2007}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 exf3 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qg5 17. Bc3 c5 18. Rce1 Rad8 19. Re2 Qg6 20. d5 Be5 21. dxe6 Bxc3 22. exd7 Rxd7 23. Nb1 Bf6 24. Qxf5 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Simantsev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,103,17,24,20,32,19,40,39,62,43,49,17,19,10,7,0,0,0,0,-92,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,55,65,58,0,0,0,0,0,70,13,67,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. a3 h6 14. Nbd2 Bf8 15. Bc2 Nb8 16. b3 Nbd7 17. Bb2 {C93: Closed Ruy Lopez: Smyslov Variation} Nb6 (17... c6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qc2 Nh5 20. Bf1 Nf4 21. b4 Rc8 22. c4 exd4 23. Bxd4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 c5 {1-0 (64) Jakovenko,D (2748)-Oparin,G (2609) Satka 2018}) 18. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor (3):} 18. a4 bxa4 19. bxa4 a5 20. Bd3 Bc6 21. Bb5 Bd7 22. Qc2 Qc8 23. Bxd7 Nfxd7 24. Ba3 Qa6 {1-0 (67) Mandviwala,P (2280)-Mostowik,D (2165) ICCF email 2014}) 18... Qd7 19. Qc2 {White is slightly better.} c5 20. d5 Qc7 21. Bf1 c4 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Bc1 a5 24. Nb1 Nfd7 25. Be3 {[#]} (25. Nh4 $11) 25... Nc5 ({Black should play} 25... f5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 26. exf5 Nxd5) 26. Nbd2 $11 Ba6 27. Reb1 Rab8 28. g3 Rb7 29. h4 Reb8 30. Ne1 Nb3 31. Nxb3 cxb3 32. Rxb3 Bxf1 33. Rxb6 $1 Rxb6 34. Bxb6 Rxb6 35. Kxf1 Qc4+ $1 36. Qd3 Qxd3+ (36... Qc5 $11) 37. Nxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb3 38. Rc1 ({White should try} 38. Ke1 $14) 38... Rxa3 39. Ke2 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 a4 (40... h5 $11) 41. c4 ({Better is} 41. Nb4 $14 Ra3 42. Kd3) 41... a3 (41... h5 $11) 42. Rc3 (42. c5 $14 dxc5 43. Nxe5) 42... Ra1 {The position is equal.} 43. Kd2 Be7 44. Ne1 Bd8 45. Nc2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rf1 {Strongly threatening ...Ba5.} 46. Ke2 Rc1 47. Rxa3 Rxc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Kd3 Rxf2 {aiming for ...Rf3+.} 49. Ra8 Kf8 {And now ...Ke7 would win.} 50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Kf3 Rc2 {Hoping for ...Ke8.} 52. Rxd8+ {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Isanzhulov, Arystan"]
[Black "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,55,44,27,40,50,36,32,261,235,304,222,225,73,74,96,206,197,206,196,379,380,347,110,468,479,1072,624,686,682,673,667,5250,5223,4902,4882]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 Nc5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 {C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} (12... c5 13. Nxe4 cxd4 14. Ng3 c5 15. f5 Qb6 16. Qf3 O-O-O 17. Qxd5 Bb5 18. Qxf7 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Qb7 20. Bf4 {½-½ (32) Suarez Gomez,J (2469)-Cori Quispe,K (2487) Gijon 2018}) 13. bxc3 O-O 14. f5 Re8 $2 {[#]} (14... c5 $14) 15. Qg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. e6 fxe6 16. fxe6 Bc8 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Bh6 Qe7 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. Nf5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qxc3 22. Re3 gxh6 23. Rxc3 Bxc3 24. Qg3 Bf6 25. Nxh6 Bg7 26. Rf7 Bxh6 27. Qe5+ {1-0 (27) Xia,J (2269)-Picco,R (2024) Mantova 2012}) 15... Bf8 16. e6 c5 17. exd7 $2 (17. exf7+ $18 Kxf7 18. Ne6) 17... Re4 $16 18. Rf4 Rxf4 (18... cxd4 $16 19. Rxe4 dxe4) 19. Bxf4 $18 {Black must now prevent f6.} ({Inferior is} 19. Qxf4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd7 $15) 19... cxd4 20. f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g7]} d3 $2 (20... Qxf6 21. Bxc7 d3) 21. Re1 Qxf6 {[#]} 22. cxd3 $2 (22. Re8 $1 $18 {[%cal Re8a8] and the rest is easy.} Qb6+ 23. Kf1) 22... h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Qc6 $16 {is more resistant.}) 23. Qg5 {Qxf6 is the strong threat.White is clearly winning.} Qxc3 (23... Rd8 $142 24. Qxf6 gxf6) 24. Bg3 Qc5+ {[#]} 25. d4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Qxd4+ 26. Bf2 f6 27. Bxd4 fxg5 {[#]} 28. Re8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,54,44,50,24,14,12,2,25,18,-6,-12,-15,-23,-58,-58,-72,-76,-339,-313,-392,-263,-278,-278,-271,-270,-435,-436,-680,-357,-670,-677,-648,-664,-585,-346,-29988,-29989,-29992,-29991,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1 Be7 9. Na3 {C74: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 f5} (9. Bc2 Bxc2 10. Qxc2 Nf6 11. d4 e4 12. Ng5 d5 13. f3 h6 14. Nh3 O-O 15. Nd2 exf3 16. Nxf3 Rf7 17. Nf2 Bd6 18. Bd2 Qf8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Ng4 {½-½ (52) Fressinet,L (2657)-Stevic,H (2616) Heraklio 2017}) 9... Nf6 10. Re3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bc2 Bxc2 11. Nxc2 Qd7 12. d4 e4 13. d5 exf3 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. Qd3 d5 {½-½ (60) Ter Sahakyan,S (2480)-Pavlidis,A (2266) Herceg Novi 2008}) 10... Bf5 11. d4 {The position is equal.} O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxe5 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Re1 {[#]} Bg4 $1 16. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (16. Qc4 $17 Bxf3 17. gxf3) 16... Bh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4f2]} 17. Rf1 dxe5 {aiming for ...Bxf2+!} 18. Nxc6 Qd6 19. Nc4 Qc5 {[%cal Rf8f2]} 20. N4xe5 $2 (20. Be3 {was worth a try.} Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qxc6 22. Nxe5) 20... Rxf2 21. Nd4 (21. Be3 $142 Nxe3 22. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1) 21... Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 {[#]} Ne3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack, Decoy} 23. Bxe3 {Threatening mate with Nf7+.} Qxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Nc2 Bf5 {And now ...Bxc2 would win.} 25. Bd4 $2 (25. Qf7 $19 Bxc2 26. Bd4 Qf5+ 27. Qxf5 Bxf5 28. g3 Bh3+ 29. Kf2 Rf8+ 30. Ke2) 25... Qxh2 {[%cal Rf5d3] Black mates.} 26. Ne1 Rf8 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 27. Ke2 Re8+ {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Igambergenov, Alibek"]
[Black "Serikbay, Chingiz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,63,-20,0,16,32,200,200,215,157,309,262,265,270,239,250,254,246,327,310,375,346,366,358,427,388,506,472,585,587,694,661,677,677,663,647]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. O-O Re8 12. Rfe1 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. f3 exf3 15. Bxf3 Ng4 16. Nf1 Ng6 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (16... Qg5 17. e4 Ne6 18. Rad1 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Nxh2 20. Nxh2 Bxh2+ 21. Kf1 Be5 22. Rd3 Be6 23. Ne2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxc4 {½-½ (37) Gelfand,B (2692)-Anand,V (2769) Monte Carlo 2000}) 17. e4 c5 $146 {[#]} ({Better is} 17... Qg5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 17... Nh4 18. e5 Bb4 19. Be4 g6 20. Ng3 Bd7 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Bc1 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Rf1 {1-0 (46) Mithil,A (2216)-Saptarshi,R (2418) Chennai 2017}) 18. e5 $18 Bb8 {White is clearly better.} 19. e6 f5 $2 (19... Bxe6 $16 20. Bxg4 cxd4) 20. Qxf5 Nh6 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5 Be5 23. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4b2,Bb2d3][%mdl 32]} Bxb2 24. Nxb2 Rb8 25. Nd3 Nf5 26. Bd5 Nd4 27. Re4 Nxe6 28. Rae1 {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 29. Ng3 Rd8 30. Ne5+ Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Re8 32. Ne4 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Moisseyenko, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,114,0,18,18,0,7,4,-23,-12,-4,-1,-7,-2,-24,-14,-40,0,-13,-8,-65,-20,-24,-32,-43,-28,-44,-25,-22,-19,-26,-27,-27,-28,-30,-9,-14,0,-18,-9,-45,-61,-122,-64,-60,-65,-95,-88,-83,26,-65,-64,-65,-65,-65,-65,-66,-72,-39,0,0,76,87,223,222,212,211,222,194,242,189,220,137,241,114,114,102,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Ne1 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Qe2 {[#]} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qa5 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. Nf3 exd4 16. cxd4 Be4 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bf6 {½-½ (55) Torbin,K (2427)-Najer,E (2606) Togliatti 2003}) 14. a4 Nf6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Qb2 Qd7 17. Nc2 Bh3 18. Rfb1 Rab8 19. c4 (19. Bxe7 $11 Rxe7 20. Qc1) 19... h5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Qb4 Rbe8 22. Qa5 Qg4 23. Ne1 b6 24. Qd2 h4 25. a5 hxg3 26. fxg3 Bxg2 27. Nxg2 Nh7 28. axb6 Ng5 {aiming for ...Nf3+.} 29. Ne1 axb6 30. Rxb6 (30. Qd1 $15 Nf3+ 31. Kg2) 30... Re6 (30... Qf3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg5h3]} 31. Ng2 Re6) 31. Rb2 Rf6 32. Qg2 Rf5 33. Kh1 Re6 (33... Nh3 $1 $17) 34. Rf2 (34. Qe2 $11 Nf3 35. Nxf3 exf3 36. Qd3) 34... Rxf2 $15 35. Qxf2 Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f2]} 36. Qg2 $1 Nh3 {[%mdl 1024] Threatens to win with ...Rf2. Black has compensation.} 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ra2 Kg6 39. Rd2 Rf3 (39... Qf5 $11 {remains equal.}) 40. Qe2 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] Pin} ({Of course not} 40. Nxf3 exf3 41. Qf1 Qe4 $11) 40... f5 (40... Nf2+ $16 41. Kg2 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Rf6) 41. Nxf3 $18 exf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 42. Qd3 $1 Ng5 43. Rc2 Ne4 44. Qf1 Kf6 45. Kg1 g5 {[#]} (45... Ng5 $16) 46. c5 (46. d5 $1 $18) 46... f4 $16 {[#]} 47. Rf2 $1 Nxf2 48. Qxf2 (48. Kxf2 $14 fxg3+ 49. hxg3) 48... fxg3 $11 {The position is equal.} 49. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 50. hxg3 $16 {Black must now prevent g4. KP-KP} g4 51. e4 Ke6 52. Kf2 Kf6 53. d5 cxd5 54. exd5 Ke5 55. c6 {c7 would kill now.} Kd6 56. Ke3 Kc7 57. Kf2 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Kairbekova, Amina"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,159,49,38,50,6,24,11,7,-26,-16,-19,36,-5,0,-10,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,81,75,269,267,248,120,122,113,317,356,343,349,340,353,349,332,339,342,319,304,307,307,359,333,355,320,366,358,369,368,368,366,366,359,355,341,350,357,355,289,295,0,358,0,289,297,333,294,348,347,335,327,352,341,347,345,337,255,352,334,466,0,294,0,477,470,464,462,460,300,266,260,275,260,260,253,231,177,177,174,177,177,177,177,219,177,220,220,211,177,177,14,14,14,39,39,39,39,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,16]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O Be7 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (9... d6 10. f4 b5 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Be7 14. g4 h6 15. Ng3 Nd7 16. Qf2 Na5 17. Bd4 {0-1 (24) Janik,I (2422)-Azarov,S (2582) Katowice 2017}) 10. h3 b5 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 d6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. a3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Rc8 16. Qg3 Qd7 17. f5 O-O {1-0 (29) Hjornevik,K (2427)-Sterud,E (2288) ICCF email 2005}) 11... b4 12. Nb1 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2e4][%mdl 32]} d5 13. N1d2 e5 (13... Bb7 $11) 14. f4 (14. exd5 {feels hotter.} Nxd5 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Nc5) 14... dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qb6+ 18. Kh2 O-O 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Be3 Qc7+ 21. Bf4 Qb6 22. Be3 Qb7 23. Nbc5 Qc8 $1 24. Qg3 {Threatens to win with Bh6!} Rd8 25. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} Qb8 (25... Bf8 $11) 26. Rf4 $16 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} Bf8 $2 (26... g6 $16) 27. Nxe6 $18 fxe6 28. Raf1 (28. Nf6+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kh8 29. Ne8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf4 30. Bxf4 Rxe8 31. Re1) 28... Nd4 $16 {...Nf5 is the strong threat.} 29. Bg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Nf5 $2 (29... Ne2 $16 30. Bxd8 Qxf4 31. Qxf4 (31. Rxf4 Nxg3 32. Kxg3 Rxd8 $11) 31... Nxf4) 30. Bxd8 $18 Qxd8 31. Qb3 Qd5 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. Rxf5 dxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 34. Re1 Re8 35. Re3 g6 36. Rd5 Bh6 37. Re2 Bg7 38. b3 Be5+ 39. g3 Re6 40. Kg2 Bc3 41. Rd7 e3 42. Kf3 Bd2 43. Rc7 Rf6+ 44. Ke4 Re6+ 45. Kd3 Rd6+ 46. Ke4 Re6+ $1 47. Kd3 Rd6+ $1 {[#]} 48. Kc4 $1 Rf6 49. Re7 Rc6+ 50. Kd5 Rc8 51. Re6 a5 52. Rc6 Rf8 53. Ke4 Kg7 54. Ra6 Rf5 55. Ra7+ Kf6 56. Ra6+ Kg7 $1 57. Ra7+ $2 (57. Kd4) 57... Kf6 58. Rxh7 Rc5 59. Ra7 Rxc2 60. Ra6+ Kf7 61. Rxa5 Rc3 62. Rb5 Rxb3 63. a5 Ra3 64. Kd4 b3 65. Kc4 b2 66. Rxb2 {Black must now prevent Rb7+.} Rxa5 67. Kd3 Ra1 68. Ke4 Rf1 69. Rb7+ Kf6 70. Rb6+ Kf7 71. Rxe3 $2 (71. h4 $18) 71... Bxe3 $11 72. Kxe3 $18 {KR-KR} Rh1 73. h4 Rf1 74. Rb2 {Hoping for Rf2+.} Kg7 75. Rf2 Rxf2 {The position is equal.} 76. Kxf2 g5 $1 77. h5 g4 $1 78. Ke3 {White wants to mate with Kf4.} Kh6 79. Kf4 Kxh5 80. Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Rakhimzhan, Alen"]
[Black "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,142,17,29,-45,-49,-76,-70,-231,-235,-220,-221,-271,-261,-347,-307,-315,-272,-285,-281,-295,-311,-293,-255,-236,-145,-144,-29,-41,-7,-112,-93,-100,-100,-124,-125,-139,-120,-152,-160,-171,-177,-160,-57,-85,-36,-70,-58,-55,-65,-75,-40,-35,-43,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 {And now ...Qa5 would win.} 10. Be5 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} ({White should play} 10. e3 $11) (10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nb3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Nxc3 17. Bd3 Ke7 {½-½ (37) Duda,J (2739)-Karjakin,S (2760) Batumi 2018}) 10... O-O $1 $15 {aiming for ...Nc6.} 11. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Nxe5 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Qa4 Bxc5 15. Nc3 Rc8 16. Nf3 Nxf3 17. gxf3 Qf6 18. Rxd5 {½-½ (40) Michenka,J (2353)-Pacher,M (2402) Ostrava 2012}) 11... Nc6 12. Bg3 $2 (12. a3 $15 Bxc3+ 13. Bxc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3) 12... Nxc3 $19 ({Much less strong is} 12... Nxc5 13. O-O-O $17) 13. bxc3 Qf6 14. Rc1 Bxc5 15. Bf2 Bf5 16. Qa4 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Rfe8 18. g4 Bd7 19. Kg2 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Qd1 (20. Qxb5 Ne5) 20... Rad8 21. h4 Ne7 (21... d4 $17 22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. hxg5 Qxg5) 22. hxg5 $11 hxg5 23. Qd4 (23. Rh5 $11) 23... Qxd4 $17 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. Re1 Rc2 26. Kg3 Rxa2 27. Nh3 f6 28. f4 Ra3+ 29. e3 {[#]} Ng6 ({Better is} 29... f5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 30. Nxg5 fxg4) 30. fxg5 $15 fxg5 31. Nxg5 Raxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 33. Kf2 Re7 34. Bg2 Nf4 35. Bf3 Rg7 (35... Kg7 $15) 36. Ke3 $11 {The position is equal.} Ne6 37. Nxe6 Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Kf4 Rf7+ 39. Ke5 Rxf3 40. Kxe6 {KR-KR} b4 41. Kxd5 a5 42. Kc4 Rc3+ 43. Kb5 Ra3 44. d5 Kf7 45. g5 b3 46. Rf1+ Ke8 47. g6 (47. Rb1 {is more complex.} a4 48. Kb4 Ra2 49. g6 Rg2 50. Kxa4 Rxg6 51. Ka5) 47... b2 48. Rb1 Rg3 49. Rxb2 {Kc6 is the strong threat.} Rxg6 50. Kc5 Kd7 51. Rb7+ Kd8 52. Ra7 Rh6 53. Rxa5 Rg6 54. Ra8+ Kd7 55. Ra7+ Kd8 56. Rh7 Rf6 57. Rh5 Kd7 58. Rh1 Rg6 59. Ra1 Rh6 60. Ra7+ Kd8 61. Rb7 Rg6 (61... Rf6 {seems wilder.} 62. d6 Rf1 63. Rb8+ Kd7 64. Rb7+ Kd8) 62. Rb6 (62. Rb1 {with more complications.} Kd7 63. Rb7+ Kc8 64. Re7 Kd8 65. Rh7) 62... Rxb6 63. Kxb6 {KP-K} Kd7 64. Kc5 Kc7 65. d6+ Kd7 66. Kd5 Kd8 67. Ke6 Ke8 68. Ke5 {Threatening mate with Ke6.} Kd7 69. Kd5 $1 Kd8 70. Kc6 {White wants to mate with d7.} Kc8 71. d7+ Kd8 72. Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Bekturov, Tamerlan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,0,0,0,-15,-6,-10,-6,12,17,10,8,16,29,51,33,29,0,73,77,60,41,44,48,25,35,212,209,290,298,236,97,85,70,70,68,74,40,48,25,28,24,41,29,42,8,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-94,-70,-209,-61,-77,-94,-73,-19,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. e3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6. e4 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Qxd4 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bxc4 h6 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {½-½ (56) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Harikrishna,P (2729) Kolkata 2018}) 6... b5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bb7 9. b3 c3 10. Nb1 a6 11. Nxc3 Nbd7 12. b4 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 {1-0 (76) Girya,O (2461)-Solozhenkina,E (2330) Antalya 2019}) 9. b3 cxb3 10. Nxb3 Bb7 11. Nc5 Bc6 12. Qc2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qd5 13. Bf4 Ra7 (13... Nbd7 $11) 14. f3 $16 Nh5 15. Be5 (15. e4 $5 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qxd4 16. Rd1 $16) 15... f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 {And now a4 would win.} f5 $2 {[#]} (17... Nd7 $14) 18. a4 $1 $18 bxa4 19. Bc4 Qd6 20. Kf2 (20. Nxe6 $18 Qxg3+ 21. Kf1) 20... Bd5 $16 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxa4+ c6 $1 23. Rab1 O-O 24. Nd3 Nd7 25. Rhc1 Rc8 26. Qa3 {[#] Hoping for Nf4.} e5 27. dxe5 Nxe5 28. Nf4 Qf7 29. Rc5 Re8 30. Rbc1 Rd7 {Strongly threatening ...g5.} 31. R5c3 (31. Kf1 $11) 31... Rd2+ $17 32. Kg1 (32. Kf1 $15) 32... Qa2 (32... g5 $19 33. Nh3 g4 34. fxg4 Qd5) 33. Qb3+ Qxb3 34. Rxb3 Red8 ({Black should try} 34... g5 $17 35. Nh5 Re6) 35. Ra3 $11 {The position is equal.} Nd3 36. Rxc6 Nxf4 37. gxf4 Re2 38. Rcxa6 Rdd2 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Baimurzin, Aitkazy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,14,15,12,28,27,37,18,18,16,22,18,40,20,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,33,25,22,22,39,37,52,-34,0,-20,215,0,283,296,275,281,277,226,215,206,180,197,213,166,340,330,341,331,513,517]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 d6 6. e4 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} Nd7 7. a4 b4 8. a5 {White is slightly better.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. a6 Bc6 10. c3 bxc3 11. Nxc3 {0-1 (43) Bologan,V (2686)-Ivanchuk,V (2764) Warsaw 2010}) 9. Nbd2 Ngf6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Re1 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nfxe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 O-O 16. Bf4 Qb7+ 17. Qf3 Rfd8 18. Qxb7 Rxb7 19. a6 Rbd7 20. Bg5 b3 21. cxb3 ({White should play} 21. c3 $1 $14) 21... Rxd3 22. Na5 (22. b4 {looks sharper.} cxb4 23. Be3 R3d7 24. Rb5 Nd5 25. Rb7) 22... R8d5 $2 {[#]} (22... Rc8 $11) 23. Rxd5 $2 (23. Nc6 $18 Rd7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rxc5) 23... Rxd5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Nxd5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 24. Bxe7 Nxe7) 24. Nc6 $18 Rd7 25. Ra5 Bf8 26. Rb5 Rc7 {[#]} 27. Na5 $1 Nd5 28. Rb7 f6 29. Bd2 Be7 $2 (29... g5 30. Bc3 g4 31. Bxf6 Rf7) 30. Nc4 Rc6 31. Rxa7 Nc7 (31... Kf8 $142 32. Ba5 g5) 32. Na5 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Sisabayev, Kuanysh"]
[Black "Bizhigitov, Zhangir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,177,24,39,31,50,18,97,70,62,-30,-33,-20,21,-18,33,-78,-81,-76,-35,-64,-18,-56,0,-53,-54,-75,-38,-135,-31,-152,-62,-56,-58,-70,-56,-157,-116,-230,-105,-107,-71,-89,-53,-53,-53,-214,-216,-215,-222,-212,-220,-194,-212,-213,-209,-524,-526,-505,-416,-362,-208,-300,-196,-194,-100,-100,-90,-206,-223,-210,-212,-197,-95,-95,-93,-106,-73,-73,-75,-75,-20,-75,-76,-82,-89,-134,-134,-134,-134,-128,-110,-111,-111,-149,-143,-155,-155,-228,-149,-228,-225,-225,-162,-162,-162,-162,-162,-170,-170,-225,-225,-225,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,0,-18,-18,-18,-18,-37,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-20,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Ne8 9. O-O f5 10. Be3 {E72: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 g3} Nef6 11. Qd2 Qe8 $146 (11... f4 $11 12. gxf4 Ng4) ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng4 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Ngxf6 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qg5+ Kh8 16. Qxf5 Nxd5 17. Qd3 N5f6 {½-½ (41) Lehtosaari,K (1978)-Pitzl,K (2008) Vienna 2015}) 12. Nb5 {White is better.} Qd8 13. Bg5 (13. exf5 $14 a6 14. Na7) 13... a6 $11 14. Nbc3 Qe8 (14... f4 $5) 15. b4 Nh5 ({Better is} 15... f4 $11) 16. f3 (16. exf5 $1 $14 {stays ahead.} gxf5 17. f3) 16... f4 $1 $17 17. g4 Nhf6 (17... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 18. Bh4 (18. gxh5 hxg5 19. hxg6 Nf6 $17) 18... Nhf6 $11) 18. Nc1 Rf7 19. Bh4 h6 (19... h5 $1 $15) 20. Nb3 (20. Bf2 $11) 20... g5 $15 21. Bf2 h5 $1 22. h3 (22. Qe2 $1 $15) 22... Nf8 ({Black should try} 22... Nxg4 $17 23. hxg4 (23. fxg4 hxg4 24. Rad1 Nf6 $15) 23... hxg4) 23. Qd3 (23. Qe2 $15) 23... Ng6 (23... Nxg4 $17 24. fxg4 (24. hxg4 hxg4 25. fxg4 Bxg4 $15) 24... hxg4 25. hxg4 Bxg4) 24. Nd2 Bf8 25. Rfc1 Rh7 26. Ne2 (26. Qe2 $15) 26... Bd7 27. Nf1 (27. a3 $17) 27... Qf7 (27... hxg4 $19 {has better winning chances.} 28. hxg4 Be7) 28. Nh2 $17 Qg7 29. Kf1 Be7 30. Ke1 Rf8 31. Kd2 $2 (31. Bf1 $15) 31... hxg4 $1 $19 32. fxg4 {[#]} Nxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Nxg4 {Threatens to win with Qf3.} f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g2][%mdl 64] Deflection} 34. Bxf3 Rxh3 35. Bg3 Nh4 $1 36. Bh1 $2 (36. Rf1) 36... Bxg4 37. Rf1 Rxf1 38. Rxf1 Ng6 (38... Bxe2 $142 39. Kxe2 g4) 39. Bg2 (39. Bf3 $142 Bd7 40. Bg2) 39... Bxe2 40. Kxe2 Nf4+ (40... Rh7 $19 41. Qc2 Nf4+ 42. Kd1 g4) 41. Rxf4 $17 {And now Rf5 would win.} Rxg3 (41... gxf4 $6 42. Bxh3 fxg3 43. Qf3 $11) 42. Qxg3 (42. Rf8+ $17 {was the only defense.} Kxf8 43. Qxg3) 42... exf4 $19 43. Qg4 Qb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Kf1 Qc1+ (44... Qxa2 45. Qe6+ Kf8 46. Qh6+ Kg8 47. Qg6+ Kf8 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Qg6+ Kf8 50. Qh6+ $11) (44... Qa1+ $1 $19 45. Kf2 Qd4+ 46. Kf1 Qxc4+ 47. Kg1 Qd4+ 48. Kh2 Qh8+ 49. Bh3 Qb2+ 50. Bg2 Qe5) 45. Kf2 $17 Qd2+ ({Don't play} 45... Qxc4 $6 46. Qe6+ Kf8 47. Qh6+ Kg8 48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. Qh6+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ $11) 46. Kf1 Qd3+ ({But not} 46... Qxa2 $6 47. Qe6+ Kf8 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Qg6+ Kf8 50. Qh6+ Kg8 51. Qg6+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ $11) 47. Kg1 Qe3+ ({Reject} 47... Qxc4 48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. Qh6+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kf8 51. Qh6+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ $11) 48. Kh2 Bf6 (48... Kg7 $17 49. Qh3 Qxh3+ 50. Kxh3 Kf6) 49. Qc8+ (49. c5 $11) 49... Kg7 {...Qg3+ is the strong threat.} 50. Qd7+ Kh6 {Hoping for ...Qg3+.} 51. Qh3+ Qxh3+ 52. Kxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Bc3 53. b5 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 54. Kg4 Kg6 55. Bh3 Kf6 56. Bg2 b6 57. Bf3 (57. a4 $17) 57... Bd2 58. Kh5 {[#]} (58. a4 $17 {was called for.}) 58... a4 $1 $19 59. Kg4 a3 60. Kh5 Ke5 61. Kxg5 Kd4 62. Kf5 Kxc4 63. Be2+ (63. e5 $142 dxe5 64. Ke4) 63... Kd4 64. Bf3 {[#] and the idea Kg4 leaves White hopeful.} Ke3 $2 (64... Kc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3b2] aiming for ...Kb2.} 65. e5 dxe5) 65. Kg4 $11 Bc3 66. Bg2 Be5 67. Bf3 Kd2 68. Bg2 $1 Ke2 69. Bf3+ Kf2 70. Bd1 Ke3 71. Bf3 Bb2 72. Bg2 Bc1 73. Bf3 Kd4 74. Bg2 $1 Be3 75. Kf3 Kc5 76. Bf1 $1 Kb4 77. Be2 Kc3 78. Bf1 Kc2 79. Be2 Kb1 80. Bc4 Kb2 81. Kg2 Kc3 82. Be2 Bd4 83. Kf3 Be5 84. Bf1 {The position is equal.} Kc2 (84... Kb2 $5 85. Bc4 $8 Kc3 $11) 85. Be2 Kd2 86. Bf1 Ke1 87. Bc4 Kd1 88. Be2+ Kd2 89. Bf1 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Dauletova, Gulmira"]
[Black "Zhakshylykov, Erzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,57,31,3,20,-13,27,27,29,24,41,6,24,29,13,13,28,-39,-35,-75,42,28,68,89,65,53,64,83,69,82,214,215,200,222,193,201,158,191,283,196,660,648,995,961,1396,1393,1310,1281,2560,2461]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... Nbd7 7. Be3 h5 8. a4 g6 9. a5 Bg7 10. Be2 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Qd4 Rb8 14. Bxa6 {½-½ (31) Svidler,P (2729)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2774) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 7. Be3 Nc6 8. f4 Be7 {White has an edge.} 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. g4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. g5 Nd7 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Qh3 $146 ({Better is} 13. a3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. h4 Nc5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Na4 Na7 17. f5 Qc6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bc4 {½-½ (19) Antoms,G (2345)-Neiksans,A (2559) Wroclaw 2014}) 13... b4 $15 14. Nb1 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} Na5 (14... O-O $17) 15. N1d2 $14 Rc8 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rc7c2] [#]} 16. Bd3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 19. g6 Bf6 (19... fxg6 $16 20. Qxe6 Rc7) 20. Nc4 $18 {[#] Hoping for Nxd6+!} ({Stronger than} 20. gxh7 Qd4 $15) 20... d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Rhe1 (22. gxh7 Bxh1 23. Rxh1 Qd4 $17) 22... Ke7 23. gxf7 {Strongly threatening Bf5.} Kxf7 (23... Rhd8 {might work better.} 24. Kb1 (24. Qxh7 Qd4 $16) 24... Qf2 25. Qxh7 Qxf4) 24. f5 Rc6 $2 (24... g6 25. Ne5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} (25. fxe6+ Kg7 $16) 25... Kg7) 25. Ne5+ {White is clearly winning.} Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qd4 27. fxe6+ Ke7 28. Qf5 Rc5 29. Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Zhukenov, Aituar"]
[Black "Balabayeva, Xeniya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,94,14,15,29,22,15,22,18,8,19,-3,43,33,41,36,36,0,35,0,0,-14,-15,-64,-61,-59,-30,-33,-46,-66,-34,-38,-41,-65,-75,-79,-78,-93,-77,-117,-113,-120,-115,-109,-97,-162,-158,-171,-174,-202,-187,-208,-209,-260,-262,-295,-314,-381,-277,-455,-439,-410,-295,-489,-485,-470,-456,-664,-487,-470,-491,-462,-424,-431,-408,-754,-744,-762,-677,-636,-429]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Rb8 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. a3 Be7 {The position is equal.} 12. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qf3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Qe2 Qa5+ {½-½ (14) Karjakin,S (2747)-Radjabov,T (2748) Plovdiv 2010}) 12... f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 13. Nf2 (13. Ng5 {is interesting.} Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Qd4 15. Qf3 Rxb2 16. Rd1) 13... Nc7 (13... Bc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5f2]} 14. Qf3 Ba6 $11) 14. O-O a5 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh6 {And now Qg7 would win.} Kf7 (16... Bf8 $5 {[%cal Rf8h6]} 17. Qh4 Be7 $11) 17. Kh1 Na6 18. Qh3 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxb4 22. Ba3 {Hoping for Bxb4.} Bxa3 23. Qxa3 Qd4 24. Qg3 Qxc4 25. Qh4 {[#]} Qc5 $1 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Qd8+ Qf8 28. Qc7 Rb7 29. Qa5 Kf7 30. h3 (30. Nd3 $17) 30... Rb5 31. Qe1 Bb7 32. Nd1 c5 33. Ne3 Rb4 34. Qc3 Bc6 {Played: Qf8-h6} 0-1

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Nurgaliyev, Sauat"]
[Black "Kenzhalin, Nursultan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,153,56,64,13,52,43,72,46,46,50,50,39,37,0,7,2,29,26,21,17,29,28,37,10,19,17,50,24,12,16,12,0,0,0,0,-13,29,34,26,26,38,0,0,0,25,35,64,-29,-32,-43,-45,-53,-43,-50,-41,-215,-212,-173,-44,-183,-99,-182,-181,-162,-102,-123,-103,-124,-100,-253,-219,-224,-213,-288,-288,-336,-326,-314,-323,-300,-310,-297,-249,-399,-262,-434,-396,-366,-352,-350,-350,-321,-200,-1053,-685,-619,-624,-29964,-29969,-29966,-29954,-29968,-29970,-29965,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29982,-29977,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29985,-29985,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Bg4 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qd3 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (8. h3 $14 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 (9. exf3 d5 $14)) (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. b3 Re8 11. Qc2 e5 12. Be3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd4 15. Rad1 dxe3 16. Nxe3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Qe7 18. Kg2 {½-½ (52) Usmanov,V (2483)-Kamsky,G (2675) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Qc8 9. e4 Bh3 10. Bf4 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 e5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Qxd5+ Kh8 16. Rac1 {1-0 (49) Kanceljak,D (1873)-Hlavac,I (1930) Busevec 2002}) 10... Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Re8 13. h3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Rd2 (18. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 18... Be7 19. Rcd1 ({But not} 19. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 19... Nb6 20. b3 Rxd2 21. Bxd2 Rd8 22. Bg5 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Nbd7 24. Ne3 Nc5 25. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 26. b4 Ne6 27. Qd3 h5 28. c5 b6 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Nc4 (30. a4 $1 $14) 30... b5 $11 31. Na5 h4 32. Qc3 c5 33. bxc5 Qxc5 34. Qd2 $2 (34. Qxc5 $15 Nxc5 35. Nd2) 34... hxg3 $19 35. fxg3 Nd4 (35... b4 $19 36. Nb7 Qc7) 36. Qd3 (36. Nb3 $15 Qc4 37. Nbxd4 exd4 38. e5) 36... Qb4 ({Better is} 36... Qc8 $19 37. Nb3 Nxf3 38. Qxf3 Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kg1 Bd8) 37. Nxd4 (37. Nb3 $17) 37... exd4 ({Not} 37... Qxd4 38. Qxd4 exd4 39. Kf3 $16) ({And not} 37... Qxa5 38. Nxb5 Qxa2+ 39. Kf3 $15) 38. Nb3 Be5 (38... Qa4 $19 39. Qd2 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 39. Kf2 Qa4 40. Qd2 Qc4 41. Na5 $2 (41. Nc1 $17 {was called for.}) 41... Qc7 42. Kf3 Bxg3 43. Nb3 Be5 44. Nxd4 Qd7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 45. Nb3 Qxh3+ 46. Ke2 Qg4+ 47. Kd3 Kg7 48. Qb4 (48. Qe2 $142 Qc8 49. Kd2) 48... Qg2 49. Nd2 $2 (49. Qd2 {was worth a try.} Qg4 50. Qe2) 49... Bf4 {Threatens to win with ...Qxd2+.} 50. Qd4+ Kh7 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg2d2]} 51. Nb3 Qxa2 52. Qd5 Qa7 53. Qxb5 $2 (53. Nd4) 53... Qe3+ 54. Kc2 Qxe4+ 55. Qd3 Qxd3+ {Black mates.} 56. Kxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Bb8 57. Ke4 f5+ 58. Kf3 g5 59. Nd4 Kg6 60. Nc6 Bd6 61. Nd4 g4+ 62. Kg2 Be5 63. Nc2 f4 64. Kf2 Kg5 65. Ne1 Bc7 66. Kg2 Kf5 67. Nd3 Bb6 68. Nb4 Ke4 69. Nc6 f3+ 70. Kg3 Bc7+ 71. Kf2 g3+ 72. Ke1 g2 73. Kf2 Bb6+ 74. Nd4 Bxd4+ 75. Kg3 g1=Q+ 76. Kh4 Kf4 {[%cal Rg1h2]} 77. Kh5 Qg5# {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Almaty Open 2019"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Malygin, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nukin, Tolegen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,57,52,50,58,47,114,61,73,50,65,45,59,39,35,23,59,58,281,282,318,307,287,175,1003,992,966,242,229,233,242,233,234,239,225,199,541,520,710,709,696,697,29998,1301]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. f4 Nbd7 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} (9... Be7 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. b4 O-O 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. g4 e5 15. Nf5 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bf8 17. Bxd6 Ne5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 {½-½ (37) Kryvoruchko,Y (2697)-Romanov,E (2614) Porto Carras 2018}) 10. Qe2 Qc7 (10... g6 $14) 11. Bd2 ({White should try} 11. g4 $1 $16) 11... Be7 $14 {White is slightly better.} 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Rf3 g6 15. Rg3 Kh8 16. f5 $146 {And now fxg6 would win.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Rh3 e5 17. Nf3 Nc5 {0-1 (27) Varga,D (2257)-Lavrik,D (2371) Sibenik 2007}) 16... e5 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 16... Nc5 $14) 17. fxg6 $1 $18 hxg6 18. Rh3+ Nh7 19. Nf3 {Qe3 is the strong threat.} f6 $2 (19... Kg7 20. Bh6+ (20. Qe3 Rh8 $16) 20... Kg8) 20. Nh4 Rg8 21. Qe3 $2 (21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5) 21... Ndf8 22. Qh6 Qd7 23. Rg3 Qe8 24. Be3 Rb8 25. c5 {aiming for Bc4.} bxc5 $2 (25... g5 {is more resistant.}) 26. Bc4 Rg7 {[#]} 27. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rh6g7][%mdl 576] Pin} Rf7 (27... gxf5 28. Qxg7#) 28. Rxg6 Bxe4 {[#]} 29. Nxe4 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 32%.} (29. Rg8+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg8 30. Qg7# {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 1-0

