[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.02.06"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2491"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2019.02.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,95,21,16,22,15,16,16,16,11,7,18,25,24,18,28,20,18,51,38,58,33,97,66,78,81,75,77,172,163,197,158,252,265,234,243,214,165,265,264,254,222,279,261,336,254,374,298,428,412,404,381,308,115,526,518,916,620,572,310,687,688,666,681,677,672,590,666,656,658,635,620,625,624,6283,6211,29978,1375]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 (3... Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 Re8 {½-½ (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Naiditsch,A (2721) Douglas 2018}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. Bc2 h6 {½-½ (65) Sethuraman,S (2640)-Belov,V (2614) Berlin 2015}) 11. Ng3 b5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 12. Bc2 (12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. a4 b4 15. d4 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. c4 Nxe5 18. cxd5 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ 20. Kf1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxd5 22. Qe4 Qd1+ 23. Qe1 Qd5 24. Qe4 Qd1+ 25. Qe1 {½-½ (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Naiditsch,A (2721) Douglas 2018}) 12... d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 {The position is equal.} 14. d4 Bg4 15. Bb3 Qd7 {Black wants to play ...exd4.} 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 exd4 {[#]} 18. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} d3 (18... gxh6 19. Qxf6) 19. Bg5 Nh7 $1 (19... d2 $6 20. Red1 $16) 20. Bf4 {And now Bd5 would win.} (20. Be7 $5 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxc6 $11) 20... Na5 ({Better is} 20... Rxe1+ $14 21. Rxe1 Rd8) 21. Bd5 Rxe1+ $1 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. Be4 $1 Nc4 {[#]} (23... Nf6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 24. b3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Nb2 {Threatens to win with ...d2.} 25. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nf6 {[#]} (25... Ng5 $16 26. Bxg5 d2 27. Bxd2 Qxd2) 26. Bc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d7]} Qd6 27. Nf5 Qc5 28. Bb7 a5 {[#]} (28... Re8 $142 29. Rxe8 (29. Bxa6 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Qe5 $17) 29... Nxe8) 29. Nh6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} gxh6 30. Qxf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rd6 31. Qf3 c6 32. Re8 Rg6 (32... Qd5 $142 33. Qxd5 cxd5) 33. h4 Qd6 (33... Qd5 $142 34. Qxd5 cxd5 35. Bxd5 Kg7) 34. Bc8 Qd5 {...Qxf3 is the strong threat.} 35. Qh3 Qh5 {White must now prevent ...Qd1+.} 36. g4 $2 (36. Kh2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top. aiming for Bf5.} Nd1 37. Bf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nxf2 38. Bxg6 fxg6 39. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 40. Qd7+ (40. Qxc6 Ng4+ 41. Kg3 Nf6 $18) 40... Kg8 41. Kg1 Qd1+ 42. Be1 (42. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 43. Kf3 Qd1+ 44. Kg3 d2 $18)) 36... Qd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... f5 $16 {is tougher.} 37. Be6+ Kg7) 37. h5 Rf6 {[#]} (37... Rg5 $142 38. Qe3 Qd6) 38. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 39. h6 {Intending h7+ and mate.} Qd6 $2 (39... Kh7) 40. h7+ Kh8 41. Bf5 Rh6 42. Qg3 Qxg3+ 43. fxg3 Kg7 {[#]} 44. Rxf8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf8 45. Bxg5 Rh5 {Hoping for ...Kg7.} 46. g4 Rxg5 47. h8=Q+ Ke7 48. Qh2 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 41%.} (48. Qe5+ $142 Kf8 49. Qd6+ Kg7 50. Qd4+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 52. Qxg5+ Kf8 53. Qh6+ Ke7 54. Qh4+ Kf8 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Qe5+ Kf8 57. Qd6+ Kg7 58. g5) 1-0 [Event "Cairns Cup 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.02.08"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2471"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.02.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,61,18,36,18,18,10,14,9,18,0,0,-2,-6,-12,-10,-14,-14,-14,-7,-5,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,-11,0,0,-3,-13,0,0,0,-29,0,0,0,-29,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Be7 7. Re1 Nd6 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 8. c3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Bc2 c6 10. d4 Bf5 11. Bxf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 Na6 13. Nbd2 Nc7 {½-½ (46) So,W (2786)-Caruana,F (2804) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... Nxf5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. Nf1 Nd7 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Be5 Ng4 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Re2 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Nf6 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qd2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Kg7 26. Qe3 Ne4 27. Ne5 Qe6 28. Qf4 Qf6 29. Qe3 Qe6 30. Qf4 Qf6 31. Qe3 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Cairns Cup 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.02.10"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Sebag, Marie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2476"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2019.02.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,59,22,20,25,4,19,-15,27,2,0,-14,21,19,28,-14,-25,-42,28,0,12,0,12,-45,-47,-57,-11,-37,-20,-43,0,0,93,92,353,-134,334,287,346,325,1123,597,1189,1166,1160,1148,29994,29995,29995,29995,29998,29999]} 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... g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. Be2 Nge5 13. h4 gxh4 14. Bxh4 {0-1 (35) Alekseenko,K (2638)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. g4 b5 8. g5 Nfd7 {The position is equal.} 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. f4 Nc6 11. h4 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b4 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Rh3 a5 {½-½ (40) Bartel,M (2653)-Zubov,A (2612) Gjakova 2016}) 12. Qg4 b4 13. Ne2 Nc4 ({Black should try} 13... a5 $1 $15) 14. O-O a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 15. c3 e5 16. fxe5 (16. Qg3 $11) 16... dxe5 $15 17. Qf3 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf3f7]} Qc7 18. cxb4 Nxb4 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 19. Nc3 a4 20. Nb5 Qd7 (20... Qb6+ $11 21. Kh2 Qxb5 22. Qxf7+ Kd8) 21. Bh3 $16 Qxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Qe7 $16 22. Nd2 Ba6 23. Nxc4 Bxb5) 22. Qxf7+ $18 Kd8 {[#] ...Nd6 is the strong threat.} 23. g6 $1 {Bg5+ would kill now.} h6 {[#]} 24. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White threatens Bg5+ and mate.} gxh6 $2 (24... Be7) 25. Rad1+ Nd5 26. g7 Bxg7 27. Qxg7 {Intending Rf7 and mate.} axb3 28. Rf7 {White mates.} Qc5+ 29. Kh2 Ke8 {[#]} 30. Rf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 45%.} 1-0 [Event "Cairns Cup 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.02.12"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2466"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "175"] [EventDate "2019.02.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,175,35,22,18,0,-8,-11,-1,-30,-24,-22,-25,0,19,19,24,22,6,10,14,19,14,18,25,33,34,33,34,23,34,26,53,49,63,53,53,53,53,47,53,52,53,53,63,63,63,49,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,64,63,63,73,56,63,39,63,63,63,63,79,79,64,37,79,26,26,26,26,26,29,22,22,22,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,30,30,8,8,30,0,0,0,412,308,426,420,395,403,402,352,1171,1086,1164,1061,1129,1080,1072,1022,1031,950,1041,924,2327,1399,2527,2177,6873,5505,29972,29975,29980,29981,29980,29982,29982,29977,29977,29978,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29988,29989,29989,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O exd4 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 Bc5 {The position is equal.} 10. b3 Nge7 11. Bb2 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Nf5 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nb5 Re8 {[#]} 14. Nfxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 Kh8 15. Re1 {½-½ (60) Golod,V (2582)-Horvath,G (2431) Fuegen 2006}) 14... Nfxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qe7 18. e3 Qe5 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Rfe1 Be6 21. Rac1 Qc5 22. Bd5 c6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Red1 Ra8 25. Qc3 Qe5 26. Qc2 Qc5 27. Rd4 Rd8 28. Rcd1 Rd7 29. Rh4 g6 30. Rhd4 Kg7 31. Qc3 Rde7 32. h4 h5 33. Qd2 {[%cal Rd4d6]} Rd7 34. Qb2 Rde7 35. Qc2 Rd7 36. Kh1 f5 37. Qc3 Kh7 38. Kg2 Kg8 39. a3 Kh7 40. R4d3 (40. b4 {seems wilder.} axb4 41. axb4 Qe5 42. Qd2 Rd8 43. Qd3) 40... Qa7 41. Qd4 ({White should play} 41. b4 $16) 41... Qxd4 $11 42. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} b6 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 c5 46. bxc5 bxc5 47. Rd5 Re4 48. Rxc5 (48. Rc1 {looks sharper.} Kf6 49. Rd3 Ke7 50. Rb3 Ra7 51. Rb6) 48... dxc5 49. Rxd7+ {KR-KR} Kf6 50. Rd6+ Kf7 51. Ke2 {Strongly threatening Kd3.} Rxc4 52. Rd2 Ke6 53. Ra2 Rc1 54. Kd2 Rf1 55. Kd3 Rc1 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. e4 fxe4+ 58. Kxe4 Re1+ 59. Kf4 Re2 60. f3 Rd2 61. Kg5 {Hoping for Rf6+.} c4 62. Rf6+ Ke7 63. Rxg6 {aiming for Rc6.} Rd5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63... Kd7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 64. Ra6 (64. Kxh5 $2 Rd5+ 65. Kg4 c3 $19) 64... c3) 64. Kf4 $18 Rc5 {And now ...c3 would win.} 65. Rg5 Rc8 66. Rxh5 c3 67. Re5+ Kf6 $2 (67... Kd6 68. Re1 Rf8+ 69. Ke3 Kd5) 68. Re1 c2 69. Rc1 Rc4+ 70. Ke3 Rc3+ {[#]} 71. Ke4 $1 Kg6 72. g4 Kh6 73. f4 Rc4+ 74. Ke5 Rc3 75. f5 Rc4 76. g5+ Kh5 77. f6 {White mates.} Kg6 {[#]} 78. h5+ $1 Kxg5 (78... Kxh5 79. f7) 79. f7 Rc5+ 80. Kd6 Rf5 81. Ke6 Rf2 {[#]} 82. Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Rxc2 83. f8=Q {KQ-KR} Re2+ 84. Kd5 Rd2+ 85. Ke4 Re2+ 86. Kd3 Re6 87. Qg8+ Kf5 88. Qc8 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 47%.} 1-0 [Event "Cairns Cup 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.02.14"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2468"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2019.02.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,84,0,-9,0,0,0,-4,0,0,6,-1,-5,-18,-5,-5,-5,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-9,-3,-77,-81,-131,-125,-118,-115,-183,-39,-271,-246,-298,-278,-288,-287,-410,-411,-367,-168,-170,-150,-162,-42,-38,-23,-45,-36,-25,0,-88,-34,-64,-72,-57,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 8. Kf1 Nd3 9. Qe2 Nxc1 10. Rxc1 e6 11. e5 Nc6 12. h4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd7 13. Rh3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6 14. Bb5 h6 15. Kg1 {0-1 (35) Erdos,V (2585)-Svidler,P (2745) Germany 2017}) 14. Kg1 Qb6 15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Qe3 {[%cal Ra4c5]} c4 18. Bd1 Kb8 {White should prevent ...Nb4.} 19. a3 $1 Qb5 20. Rg3 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Qf4+ e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 23. Qxf6 Be7 24. Qf7 (24. Qg6 $1 $11) 24... Rhf8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf8f7]} 25. Qh5 {[#]} Bf5 $1 26. Qxh6 e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 27. Nc3 (27. Nh2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 27... Qc5 ({Better is} 27... Qb6 $19 28. Nh2 Rh8) 28. Ng5 $2 (28. Nh2 $1 $15) 28... Rh8 29. Ngxe4 {Strongly threatening Qxh8.} Rxh6 30. Nxc5 Rxh4 (30... Bxc5 31. Rg5 $17) 31. b4 (31. N3e4 $142 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Bf3) 31... Rdh8 $19 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh4h1]} 32. Kf1 {If White can now play Ne2 this consolidates a bit.} Bxc5 (32... Rh1+ $142 33. Ke2 Re8) 33. bxc5 Bd3+ 34. Rxd3 {[#]} cxd3 (34... Rh1+ $1 $19 35. Ke2 Re8+ 36. Ne4 Rxe4+ 37. Kf3 Ree1) 35. f3 $15 Rc4 36. Kf2 Rxc5 37. Rb1 Rh1 38. Ke3 (38. Bc2 $11) 38... Ra5 ({Black should play} 38... Rg5 $17 39. g4 Re5+ 40. Kxd3 Ree1) 39. a4 Rg5 40. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rh3 (40... Re5+ $15 41. Kxd3 Ree1) 41. Ne4 $11 Rg7 42. g5 Rf7 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2