[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,3,5,8,19,16,16,20,17,0,19,28,14,15,26,0,18,8,40,-14,0,-31,-26,-139,-133,-158,-141,-137,-139,-181,-183,-258,-193,-199,-182,-296,-306,-349,-344,-531,-347,-753,-753,-1186,-1152,-1308,-1290,-1829,-1784,-1915,-1804,-29967,-12812,-2110,-1095,-1033,-1012,-1253,-1222,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29993,-29994]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 {[%cal Bf8b4,Bb4a5,Ba5c7][%mdl 32]} 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} Bc7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4 {The position is equal.} d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 e4 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1) 12... Nc6 13. Nf4 Be6 14. g4 (14. Be2 $14) 14... Rac8 15. g5 Ne8 16. g6 (16. Rc1 $11) 16... hxg6 $17 17. Rg1 Qd7 18. h4 Nf6 19. h5 Bg4 20. Rxg4 (20. Be2 {only move.} gxh5 21. Nxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh5 22. Bxh5) 20... Qxg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. hxg6 {[#]} (22. Nxd5 $142 gxh5 23. b5) 22... Ne7 $1 $19 ({And not} 22... fxg6 23. Bh3 $14) 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 {Strongly threatening ...Rc2.} 24. Kd2 (24. Bh3 {was worth a try.} Rc2 25. Bxg4) 24... g5 25. Nh3 $2 (25. Bh3 gxf4 26. Bxg4) 25... Kg6 26. f4 Nf5 27. Be2 Ngxe3 {White must now prevent ...Rc2+.} 28. Bc3 Rh8 29. Nxg5 Rh2 30. Rg1 Kf6 31. b5 Rxc3 32. Kxc3 Rxe2 33. Nh7+ Ke7 34. Rg6 Rc2+ {Black mates.} 35. Kb4 Rc4+ 36. Ka5 Nxd4 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,69,24,30,14,14,11,22,32,27,28,72,65,92,88,97,101,107,107,114,112,124,97,156,156,178,163,293,133,124,131,216,211,329,335,328,218,457,446,462,469,466,447,442,222,363,383,364,377,665,645,836,824,830,792,783,735,984,944,5414,5397]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 $1 7. f4 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} (7. Be3 {keeps more tension.} Be7 8. f4 d6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O) 7... a6 8. Nd4 Nxd4 (8... Nge7 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Nb3 Ng6 12. Qd2 d6 13. h4 h5 14. Be2 Be7 {1-0 (36) Aronian,L (2765)-Korobov,A (2698) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} b5 10. Be3 Ne7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb4 13. h4 Ba5 14. b3 Qc7 {0-1 (48) Riefer,A (1791)-Gutt,O (1960) Troisdorf 2009}) 13. g4 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rb8 15. g5 Na5 16. b3 Bd7 (16... Be7 $142) 17. f5 $16 Qb7 18. Qf2 Nc4 (18... b4 $142) 19. Bc1 (19. bxc4 $18 {and the rest is easy.} bxc4+ 20. Kc1) 19... Ne5 20. Bh3 Qc7 (20... Rc8 $16) 21. Ne2 $18 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2d4,Bd4f5,Bf5e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Bc6 (21... Be7 {was necessary.} 22. Nf4 O-O) 22. Nd4 Bxe4 23. Rhe1 Bxf5 $2 (23... exf5 24. Nxf5 (24. Bxf5 Bb7 $18) 24... Bxf5 25. Bxf5 (25. Qxf5 Be7 $14) 25... Be7) 24. Bxf5 ({Not} 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Bxf5 (25. Qxf5 Rd8 $16) 25... Be7 $14) 24... exf5 25. Nxf5 g6 26. Ne3 Bg7 27. Ba3 (27. Nd5 $142 Qa5 28. Rxe5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe5 29. Bb2 Bxb2 30. Kxb2) 27... O-O {[#]} (27... b4 $142) 28. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c7]} ({Worse is} 28. Bxd6 Qc3 $11) 28... Qd8 {[#]} 29. Bxd6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Qxg5 $2 (29... Qxd6 30. Nf6+ Qxf6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 31. gxf6 Ng4) 30. h4 {White is clearly winning.} Ng4 31. Qg3 ({Weaker is} 31. hxg5 Nxf2 32. Rd2 (32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Rd2 Nh3 $16) 32... Nh3 $16) 31... Qh5 32. Bxb8 Nh6 33. Be5 Nf5 34. Qc3 {Threatens to win with Bxg7.} Bxe5 35. Qxe5 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,68,5,-1,34,34,22,45,68,22,56,50,41,40,115,105,111,87,208,201,186,35,37,32,41,43,41,0,0,0,0,-14,-17,-17,-18,-415,-450,-442,-441,-397,-416,-443,-391,-417,-441,-508,-492,-29988,-1421,-1662,-1495]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rad1 h6 11. Bh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (11... Ne4 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 {0-1 (41) Gerasimenyk,M (2188)-Antipov,M (2511) Warsaw 2013}) 12. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bg3 Qc7 17. Qh5 Bc5 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Ng5 {1-0 (48) Torres Tur,J (2064)-Aguilo Pons,F (1914) Palma de Mallorca 2012}) 12... b5 13. f4 b4 {White is slightly better.} 14. f5 (14. dxc5 {keeps more tension.} Nxc5 15. cxb4 Nxd3 16. Nxd3 Bc6 17. Nf3) 14... exf5 15. Bxf5 bxc3 16. bxc3 {And now Rb1 would win.} Nxe5 ({Black should play} 16... cxd4 $14 17. exd4 (17. cxd4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 $11) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 (18. Qxe5 Re8 $11) 18... Nh7) 17. dxe5 $16 Nd7 18. Bg3 Nb6 (18... Bc6 $16) 19. Ne4 $1 $18 Bc8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxf5.} 20. Nd6 $2 (20. Nf6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. exf6) 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh5) 20... Bxd6 $1 $14 21. exd6 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qd7 23. Rdf1 Rae8 24. Rh5 Nc4 25. Bf4 f5 26. Qd3 Qe6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 27. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. g4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 27... Nb2 $19 28. Qxd5 {d7 is the strong threat.} Nxd1 29. Qxd1 Rb8 30. h3 Rb2 31. Qf3 Rxa2 32. Qb7 Rd2 33. Qxa6 (33. Rh4 $19 a5 34. Kh2) 33... Qg6 (33... Qe4 $142 34. Qf1 Rb8 35. d7 Rb1 36. d8=R+ Rxd8 37. Qxb1 Qxb1+ 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Bxh6 gxh6 40. Rxh6 Qe5+ 41. Kg1 Qxe3+ 42. Kh1 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. g3 Qf2#) 34. Qc4+ Kh7 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,52,54,48,75,64,71,60,72,44,59,33,33,35,48,36,65,67,77,60,73,66,83,81,85,87,69,56,71,61,89,44,47,8,11,10,9,-22,0,-42,0,0,239,216,239,248,391,301,291,295,412,406,416,393,711,330,1254,1239,1407,1406]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bf5 (4... dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 {½-½ (60) Giri,A (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) chess.com INT 2018}) 5. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} e6 6. Bd3 {Threatens to win with Bxf5. B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} Bg6 7. O-O $146 {Hoping for d5.} ({Predecessor:} 7. d5 Bh5 8. g4 Bxg4 9. Rg1 Bh5 10. Rg5 g6 11. Rxh5 gxh5 12. dxe6 h6 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Nd4 Qe8 15. Qxh5+ Ke7 16. Bg5+ hxg5 17. Qxg5+ {1-0 (17) Van Daatselaar,J (2122)-Etmans,M (1921) ICCF email 2009}) 7... d5 8. Ne2 {White is better.} c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nf4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nge7 13. Nh5 Qb6 14. Be3 Nf5 {[#]} 15. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Nfe7 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Rc3 O-O-O 18. a3 Kb8 19. b4 Nc8 20. Rac1 a6 $1 21. Nd2 Qb5 22. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nb6 23. h3 Rc8 24. Kg2 Be7 25. Qd1 f6 $2 (25... g6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 26. Nf6 Bxf6 27. exf6 Ka8) 26. Nxg7 $18 fxe5 27. Nxe6 Bf6 (27... e4 {was necessary.} 28. Nb3 Bd6) 28. Nf3 e4 {[#]} 29. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe5 (29... Nxe5 30. Rxc8+) 30. dxe5 Nc4 31. a4 Qxb4 $2 (31... Nxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Qxb4 33. Qxd5 Ne7 34. Rxc8+ Kxc8) 32. Qxd5 (32. Bc5 $142 Qa5 33. Qxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 32... N6xe5 $2 (32... Ne7 33. Qxe4 Nxe3+ 34. Qxe3 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qe4+ 36. Kh2 Nc6) 33. Bf4 {White threatens Rxc4 and mate.} Ka7 34. Bxe5 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,38,36,40,60,67,55,14,68,66,40,43,41,50,62,54,72,69,86,77,115,100,125,98,175,24,189,187,227,227,219,187,187,187,189,192,235,239,232,175,187,197,237,16,28,16,16,22,23,4,7,14,58,2,6,-7,-8,-166,-153,-767]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. dxc5 (5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. g3 O-O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (43) Jussupow,A (2583)-Karjakin,S (2678) Amsterdam 2007}) 5... a5 6. Bb5 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} e6 7. b4 Bd7 8. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} b6 $146 ({Black should play} 8... axb4 $11 9. Bxc6 Bxc6) ({Predecessor:} 8... axb4 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. cxb4 b6 11. a4 bxc5 12. b5 Bb7 {0-1 (48) Ingham,H (1849)-Dijksterhuis,R (1958) Vale 2018}) 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nd4 Qd7 $1 11. cxb6 axb4 12. O-O $1 Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ra4d1]} 13. Qf3 e5 14. Nf5 Bc2 15. Ng3 {And now cxb4 would win.} h5 16. Rc1 Bd3 (16... Bg6 $16) 17. cxb4 $2 (17. h4 $18) 17... Bd6 $2 (17... h4 $1 $11) 18. Nc3 $18 Bxb4 19. e4 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 dxe4 21. Qf5 O-O 22. Bxe5 {Threatens to win with Qg5.} Ra5 {Strongly threatening ...Qxf5.} 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Bc7 h4 25. Nf1 Re8 {[#] intending ...Re6.} 26. Ne3 $2 (26. a4 $1 $18) 26... Re6 $1 $11 27. b7 Rb5 28. a4 Rxb7 29. a5 Ra6 30. h3 Kh7 31. Nd5 (31. Ra4 $14) 31... Rb5 32. Ne3 Nc5 {aiming for ...Nb3.} 33. Bb6 $2 (33. Rd1 $11) 33... Nb3 $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 34. Ra3 $2 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 48%.} (34. Rab1 $17) 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,105,-6,-6,-10,-9,-4,0,-6,0,2,7,5,22,19,17,17,23,27,38,35,43,30,19,13,22,21,19,0,37,27,38,40,25,27,57,57,61,51,159,147,148,134,241,241,371,368,341,303,516,512,511,508,424,318,584,503,578,552,614,598,576,533,539,525,521,519,537,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29984,-29985,-29985,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 (5. d4 e4 6. Nd2 f5 7. Nb1 c6 8. Nxe7 Nxe7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Be6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. b3 d5 13. a4 a5 {1-0 (41) Inarkiev,E (2727)-Bologan,V (2640) Poikovsky 2017}) 5... Nf6 6. Nxe7 $146 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} ({Predecessor:} 6. d3 Nxd5 7. cxd5 c6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O cxd5 11. exd5 Nd7 12. Be3 {1-0 (35) Rosina,G (1476)-Howes,T (1385) Chessfriend.com 2005}) 6... Qxe7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be2 Bg4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Bg4 Nc5 13. g3 a6 14. Qd2 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Rfc1 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Be2 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Bf1 Qf7 21. Re1 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3f5]} Re5 ({Black should play} 23... Rf7 $14) 24. Rxe5 $16 dxe5 25. Qg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qf7 (25... Qa1+ $16 {is a better defense.} 26. Bf1 Ne6 27. Qxe5 Kf7) 26. b4 $18 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nd7 {[#]} (26... Nb7 $142 27. Qxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 28. Qxb5 Nd6) 27. Qd8+ $1 Nf8 28. Bg2 Qf6 $2 (28... e4 29. Bxe4 Kh8) 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Qxc7 h5 31. h4 Kh7 $2 (31... g5 32. hxg5 Qxg5) 32. Be4+ Kg8 33. Qb8 g5 34. hxg5 Qxg5 {If only Black now had time for ...h4....} 35. Bd5+ Kg7 36. Qb7+ Kh6 {intending ...h4.} 37. Qxb5 h4 38. Kh2 $2 ({Better is} 38. Qa6+ $18 Kg7 39. Qb7+ Kh6 40. Qc8) 38... hxg3+ $11 39. fxg3 Qd2+ 40. Bg2 {Black must now prevent Qc6+.} Ng6 41. Qa6 e4 {aiming for ...e3.} 42. dxe4 d3 43. Qd6 Qe2 44. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. Qd7 $11) 44... d2 45. g5+ Kxg5 $2 (45... Kh5 {mates} 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kf3 Nh4+ 48. Kf4 Nxg2+ 49. Ke5 d1=Q 50. Qh6+ Kg4 51. Qe6+ Kg3 52. Qd5 Qc3+ 53. Kd6 Qxb4+ 54. Kc7 Qe7+ 55. Kb8 Qa4 56. Qd3+ Kh4 57. g6 Qae8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 58. Qd8 Q8xd8#) 46. Qg3+ {The position is equal.} Kh6 (46... Qg4 $5 47. Bf3 $8 Qxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Ne5 $14) 47. Qh3+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kf6 (48... Kh6 $5 49. Qh3+ $8 Kg7 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qh3+ $11) 49. Qf5+ Kg7 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qh3+ Kg5 52. Qf5+ Kh6 53. Qh3+ {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,38,49,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,0,12,0,0,-19,-33,-29,-23,-18,-27,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-38,-8,-15,-20,-18,0,-8,-4,-16,-4,-4,76,-358,-270,-343,-327,-610,-594,-1410,-1293,-29987,-29988,-29991,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992]} 1. d4 {Sumets,A} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 8. Qb3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 9. Ne5 $146 (9. Qxb7 $14 O-O 10. Be5) ({Predecessor:} 9. Qxb7 O-O 10. Bg3 Rc8 11. Bd3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Qd6 13. Qa6 Rb8 14. Nb3 Rb6 15. Qa4 {1-0 (25) Eljanov,P (2707)-Hammer,J (2629) Palma de Mallorca 2017 CBM 182 [Sumets,A]}) 9... Qc7 {[%cal Rc6e5] The position is equal.} 10. Nxg4 Bxf4 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Nf3 O-O-O {[%cal Be8c8,Bc8b8,Bb8a7][%mdl 32]} 13. g3 Bd6 14. O-O-O Kb8 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Bd3 a6 18. Qe2 Ka7 19. Rc1 b5 20. Nd2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. b3 Ba3 23. Rc2 Rb8 24. Ka1 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Rhc8 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Rb1 Rb5 27. Qf3 f5 28. Rxb5 axb5 29. Nb1 Bd6 30. a4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Qa5 31. d5 {White wants to play dxe6.} b4 32. cxb4 $1 Qxb4 (32... Bxb4 $11 33. dxe6 fxe6) 33. Qc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Rb2 $16 {is forced if you want to stay better.} Qa5 34. dxe6) 33... Qc5 34. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2c4]} exd5 {[%cal Be6d5,Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32] ...d4 is the strong threat.} 35. Nf3 $2 {[#]} (35. Kb1) 35... d4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qb2 (36. Qxd4 Qxd4+) 36... d3 37. Rc3 Rb8 {Black mates.} 38. Qa2 Rb4 39. Qd2 Rxa4+ 40. Kb1 Qb5+ {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,54,63,58,75,60,79,51,97,33,44,25,58,19,56,4,8,-33,47,45,87,89,521,514,520,519,490,330,345,221,231,234,224,233,216,220,210,187,370,370,360,350,636,501,1329,1304,1997,1934,1582,1544,29991,29991,29991,29989,29996,29994,29994,29995,29995,-112]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} (6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nf1 O-O 10. Ng3 c5 11. Be3 e5 12. Qd2 exd4 13. cxd4 {½-½ (83) Alekseev,E (2622)-Fedoseev,V (2731) Sochi 2017}) 6... d6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 {White is better.} h6 9. d5 $146 (9. Qd2 $16) ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd2 a6 10. b4 Ne7 11. Rab1 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 {½-½ (38) Erwich,F (2365)-Goudriaan,E (2250) Hoogeveen 2011}) 9... Bxc3 $1 $14 10. bxc3 e5 11. Qd2 g5 12. a4 (12. Rfd1 $14) 12... a5 $11 13. c5 dxc5 (13... Nxc5 $15 14. Bxc5 bxc5) 14. Bb5 $14 {Nxe5 is the strong threat.} f6 15. Qe2 Ne7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (15... Qe7 $16) 16. Nxe5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxe5 17. Qh5+ Kf8 {White must now prevent ...Nf6.} 18. Bxg5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Kg7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 {Threatens to win with ...Nf8.} 21. Bxd7 {[%cal Rd7f5]} Rhg8 22. Bf5+ Kh8 23. Qh5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Qf6 $2 (23... Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5) 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Rg5 $2 (25... Qg5 26. Qxg5 Rxg5) 26. Qh4 Kg7 (26... Qg7 $142 27. g3 Ba6) 27. Be6 Qxc3 28. Raf1 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 {Rf7+ would kill now.} Rh8 30. Rf7+ {White mates.} Kg6 31. Rxc7 Ba6 32. Bf7+ Kg7 33. Bh5+ Kg8 {[#]} 34. Rf8+ $1 {[%mdl 33344] Decoy. Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 30%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,83,43,41,51,44,35,23,20,8,8,9,7,0,8,0,12,15,9,10,19,-7,0,0,0,-20,-10,-50,-16,-70,-35,-27,-23,-32,-3,-18,22,10,145,144,190,200,250,261,244,252,263,240,361,250,652,480,476,475,448,417,395,98,98,99,107,89,237,237,245,230,586,584,1338,1300,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 (10. O-O Ne5 11. Kh1 Nf6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. f4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 O-O 15. Be3 b5 16. a5 {1-0 (48) Aronian,L (2764)-Caruana,F (2816) Paris 2018}) 10... Nf6 {White has an edge.} 11. N1d2 Ne5 12. a5 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 {[#]} 14. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bb5 16. Rac1 {½-½ (72) Negi,P (2590)-David,A (2565) Paris 2009}) 14... Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Bc6 16. Bd3 e5 (16... Nxe4 $2 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Bb6 $18) 17. Nd2 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Rad1 d4 21. Nf3 (21. c3 $11) 21... Bf8 22. c3 dxc3 23. Bxa6 Qg4 24. Bd3 cxb2 (24... Bb4 $5 {[%cal Rc3b2]}) 25. h3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh3g4][%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qh5 (25... Qd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Qxb2 $16 Nd7 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. Qxb5 Nxb6 29. axb6 (29. Qxb6 $6 Re7 $16) 29... Re7 {[#]} 30. Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e7]} Rae8 (30... Qh6 {was necessary.} 31. Rxe7 (31. Nxe5 Qf4 $16) 31... Bxe7) 31. Rc1 g5 $2 (31... Qh6 32. Rcc7 Ra8) 32. Rcc7 g4 33. hxg4 Qxg4 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 $2 (35. Qd5 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 35... Bxe7 36. Qxe5 Qd7 {Black wants to play ...Qd1+.} 37. Nd4 Bd8 {[#]} (37... Qd6 $16 38. Qxd6 Bxd6) 38. g3 $1 $18 f6 39. Qc5 Kf7 $2 (39... Kg7 {is tougher.} 40. Nf5+ Kf7 41. Qc4+ Qe6) 40. Qc4+ Kg7 41. Ne6+ Kg6 42. Nf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,71,17,0,4,2,14,-7,-7,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,28,21,-37,-38,-54,-8,-3,0,0,18,0,12,28,13,0,0,-76,-70,-69,-72,-112,-84,-110,-69,-116,-115,-122,-103,-102,-84,-108,-117,-113,-110,-189,-162,-139,-164,-159,-166,-179,1179,1157]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3 h5 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (8... Nd7 9. Bd3 h5 10. gxh5 Ngf6 11. h6 g6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Nf3 b4 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxh6 {½-½ (41) Bindrich,F (2600)-Michalik,P (2564) Austria 2018}) 9. gxh5 Nf6 10. h6 g6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Be5 Rxh6 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Bh2 Ng7 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Nf3 {1-0 (49) Nenezic,M (2424)-Pavlovic,G (2389) Kraljevo 2014}) 11... Nh5 12. Bh2 Rxh6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. e4 Rh8 15. exd5 cxd5 16. O-O-O (16. Nb5 $1 $11) 16... Rc8 $15 17. Kb1 Bb4 18. Rc1 $1 Qa5 19. Bd3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ng7 21. Ka1 Kf8 (21... Rxh3 $2 22. Bd6 $18) 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. Rhe1 {[#]} (23. Rb1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nb6 24. Bd6+ Kg8 25. Bc5) 23... Bxd3 $1 $17 24. Qxd3 {Hoping for Bd6+.} Nf5 25. Bf4 Rh4 26. Bd2 Kg8 27. Rg1 {[#]} Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ra6d3]} 28. Qf3 Nf6 29. Bf4 Kf8 30. Be5 Ne4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Rge1 (32. Qd1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 32... f6 33. Bf4 Rce8 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Be3 Qd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... Kg7 $19 36. c4 Nxe3 37. cxd5 Qd3 38. fxe3 Rxd4) 36. Bh6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,124,41,54,35,34,32,38,16,29,0,26,17,27,10,25,24,32,45,50,50,114,104,96,104,93,66,95,81,164,107,145,-7,0,-45,-50,-50,12,15,17,33,33,52,172,191,126,55,54,-320,-304,-472,-325,-343,-117,-242,-147,-141,-156,-297,-66,-407,-422,-406,-412,-360,-366,-607,-603,-597,-593,-503,-505,-1564,-411,-525,0,0,0,-407,-354,-495,0,-366,-366,-337,0,-244,29977,-4,0,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29980,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Kb1 {B66: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 h6} Qc7 12. h4 b5 (12... h5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. f4 Rb8 18. f5 Qb7 19. b3 {½-½ (49) Efimenko,Z (2689)-Korobov,A (2678) Kiev 2012}) 13. Nxc6 {White is slightly better.} Bxc6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Ne2 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. g4 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rc8 18. Qg2 g6 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 {1-0 (43) Munoz Santana,J (2328)-Sanchez,V (2210) Havana 2008}) 18. g5 {[%cal Rg5h6]} h5 19. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ng4 (19... Nc4 $14 20. Qf2 Qb6) 20. f5 $16 e5 21. Ne2 Bc6 22. Nc3 Qb7 23. Rhe1 O-O (23... Bd8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 24. Bg1 (24. Be2 $18) 24... Bd8 25. Be2 $2 ({White should try} 25. Ne2 $1 $16) 25... Ba5 $1 $11 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. f6 b4 (27... Rfc8 $15 28. Ka1 (28. Qxd6 Bxc3 29. bxc3 b4 $11) 28... Bxc3 29. bxc3 b4 30. Qxd6 bxc3) 28. Nd5 {Ne7+ is the strong threat.} b3 29. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} (29. Qxa5 bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Bxd5 $19) 29... Kh7 30. c3 $1 (30. Qxa5 $2 bxc2+ 31. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 32. Rxe4 (32. Kd2 Qxb2+ 33. Ke3 Rb3+ 34. axb3 Qxb3+ 35. Qc3 Qxc3+ 36. Ke2 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kd2 Qd3+ 38. Kc1 Qc3#) 32... Qxe4+ 33. Kc1 Rfc8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Nxc8 Rxc8+ 35. Qc3 Rxc3+ 36. bxc3 gxf6 $19) 30... bxa2+ (30... Bxe4+ $14 31. Ka1 Rfe8) 31. Ka1 $18 Bxe4 32. h5 (32. Ba7 $16) 32... gxf6 $14 33. g6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. gxf6 $14 {was forced to keep a grip.} g3 34. Ba7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxa7 35. Rxe4) 33... fxg6 $19 34. Nxg6 (34. hxg6+ $142 Kg7 35. b4) 34... Rfd8 35. b4 {[#]} Bc7 $2 (35... Bxb4 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 36. cxb4 Qxb4 37. Qxb4 Rxb4) 36. Qxa2 (36. Ba7 $17 Ra8 37. Qxa2) 36... Rd7 {Strongly threatening ...Rg7.} (36... d5 37. Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} f5 38. Re2 $18) 37. Qe6 Rg7 ({Of course not} 37... Qc6 $6 38. Ne7 $11 (38. Rxe4 Qxc3+ 39. Kb1 Rxb4+ 40. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 41. Kc2 Qa4+ 42. Kb2 Rg7 $11)) 38. Qxf6 (38. Rf1 $17 Qb5 39. Rxf6 Qa4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kb2 Qc2+ 41. Ka3 Qxc3+ 42. Qb3 Qxb3+ 43. Kxb3) 38... Qc6 $2 (38... a5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 39. Nf8+ Rxf8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qxf8 axb4 41. Rxe4 Qxe4) 39. Rxe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Kb2 $1 $15 Qa4 40. Rxe4 Qxd1 41. Qf5 Qd2+ 42. Kb1) 39... Qxe4 (39... Qa4+ $2 40. Kb2 $19) 40. Nf8+ {[#]} Rxf8 $1 41. Qxf8 Qc2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Rb1 $2 (42. Qf1 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Ka2) 42... Qxc3+ 43. Rb2 Qc1+ 44. Ka2 {intending Qf5+.} Qc4+ 45. Kb1 (45. Ka3 $142 Rf7 46. Qe8) 45... Qe4+ (45... Rf7 $142 46. Qxf7+ Qxf7) 46. Ka2 d5 $2 {[#]} (46... Qd5+ $19 47. Rb3 Rf7) 47. h6 $1 $11 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf8g7][%mdl 512]} Rd7 ({Don't go for} 47... Kxh6 $2 48. Qf6+ Kh7 49. Rh2+ Kg8 50. Bc5 $18) 48. Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Qe8 $11 {and White is okay.} Qc4+ 49. Ka3 Qc3+ 50. Ka2) 48... Qc4+ 49. Kb1 Qe4+ 50. Ka2 d4 51. Rf2 {Hoping for Be7.} Qd5+ 52. Kb2 e4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52... Qe6 $19 53. Rf6 Qg8 54. Qxg8+ Kxg8 55. Rg6+ Kh7 56. Rxg4 Kxh6) 53. Rf5 $2 (53. Be7 $1 {mates} Be5 54. Rf7+ Qxf7 55. Qxf7+ Kxh6 56. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 57. Qxd7 d3+ 58. Kb3) 53... Be5 {( -> ...d3+)} 54. Rg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Qe8 $11 g3 55. Rxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 54... d3+ {Black mates.} 55. Ka3 {[#]} Bb2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 56. Kxb2 Qxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 57. Qe8 Qf5 58. Bd6 Rxd6 59. Qe7+ Kxh6 60. Qxd6+ Kg5 61. Qg3 Qf4 62. Qg1 e3 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 43%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,62,30,24,46,5,27,27,26,35,29,34,35,46,65,74,76,59,68,63,70,70,70,73,68,60,71,63,88,90,153,129,153,152,150,118,147,100,106,93,148,141,139,131,138,127,139,133,129,132,181,161,157,159,164]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 Nf6 4. Nxc4 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be6 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} 7. b3 Bd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bxc4 8. bxc4 e5 9. O-O e4 10. Ng5 Qd4 11. Rb1 h6 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Bb2 Qxd2 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 {1-0 (32) Rohde,M (2550)-Comp Fidelity Mach 4 Cambridge 1991}) 8. O-O g6 {White has an edge.} 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Rc1 b6 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[#]} 14. d4 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Ne5.} Qd6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} (14... cxd4 15. Nd2) 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rad8 17. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d6]} Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nb4 (19... Rd8 $142 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8) 20. a4 ({Much worse is} 20. Nxc5 $6 Nxa2 21. Nd7 Nc3 $14) 20... Rc8 21. Rd7 a6 22. Rb7 Kf8 23. e3 Be5 24. Bf1 f5 ({Black should try} 24... Rc7 25. Rb6 Kg7) 25. Ng5 $16 h6 26. Ne6+ Kf7 27. Bc4 Kf6 28. Rb6 Bd6 29. a5 Rb8 {[#]White is clearly better.} 30. Nxc5 $1 {Nd7+ is the strong threat.} Rxb6 31. Nd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 68%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,182,0,8,0,8,0,-2,0,44,57,60,54,52,62,65,60,111,15,13,27,8,15,52,7,0,-28,20,0,0,0,-7,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,55,55,60,32,38,9,70,42,45,41,43,12,12,12,12,12,13,23,31,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-5,0,-8,-8,-35,-39,-62,-14,-14,-14,-20,0,-8,8,8,14,14,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,14,14,14,14,14,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,0,22,0,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Nf8 12. Rae1 Bd6 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (39) Aronian,L (2767)-Caruana,F (2822) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rae1 Nf8 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qf4 Qe7 15. Qg3 Nh5 {0-1 (25) Popenko,P-Mikushin,A ICCF email 2013}) 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Re1 f5 13. d5 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qg5 {[#]} (14... Qf6 $14) 15. g3 (15. dxc6 $1 $16 Nxc6 16. Qd5+ Kh8 {[#]} 17. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf4 18. Nd6) 15... Qf6 $11 16. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Nd7 17. fxe4 Ne5 18. Kg2 Bd7 19. exf5 Bxf5 (19... Qxf5 $5 {[%cal Rg7g5]} 20. Qh5 Qxh5 21. Nxh5 cxd5 $15) 20. Ne4 Qh6 21. Qh5 Qxh5 22. Nxh5 Bxe4+ 23. Rxe4 cxd5 24. Re2 Nc4 25. Rae1 Rxe2+ 26. Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf7 27. c3 Rd8 28. Rf2+ Kg8 29. Nf4 Rd6 30. a4 g6 31. b3 Ne3+ 32. Kf3 Nf5 (32... Nd1 $11 33. Rc2 g5) 33. g4 $14 Ne7 34. Rd2 Kf7 35. c4 {[%cal Rf4d5]} d4 ({Black should try} 35... Rf6 $11 36. h4 dxc4 37. bxc4 Rb6) 36. c5 Rf6 37. Ke4 Nc6 38. b4 Nxb4 39. Rxd4 Na6 $1 40. Rd7+ Ke8 41. Rxh7 Nxc5+ 42. Ke5 Ra6 43. Nd5 Nd7+ 44. Kf4 Rxa4+ 45. Kg3 Nc5 46. Nf6+ Kd8 47. h4 b5 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Ra6 50. Rh8+ Ke7 51. Nd5+ Kf7 52. Rb8 Ra3+ 53. Kf4 a6 54. h6 Rh3 55. Rc8 Ne6+ 56. Ke5 Rxh6 57. Rc6 {The position is equal.} Rh5+ 58. Kd6 $1 Rh6 59. Ke5 $1 {White wants to play Nf4.} a5 60. Nf4 {[%cal Rc6e6]} Nxf4 61. Rxh6 $11 {KR-KN} Ng6+ 62. Kd4 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 63. Rh5 a4 64. Rb5 b3 65. Rb4 Nf4 66. Rxa4 Ne6+ 67. Kc3 Kf6 68. Ra5 Ke7 69. Kxb3 Kd6 70. Kc4 Kc6 71. Ra6+ Kd7 72. Rb6 Ke7 73. Kd5 Nc7+ 74. Ke5 Kd7 75. Rd6+ Ke7 76. Rd1 {aiming for Rh1.} Ne6 77. Rd2 (77. Rh1 {seems wilder.} Nf8 78. Rh6 Nd7+ 79. Kf5 Nf8 80. Rf6) 77... Nc7 78. Rd6 {Strongly threatening Rd4.} Ne8 79. Re6+ Kd7 80. Rh6 {Threatens to win with Ra6.} Nc7 81. Kd4 {And now Ke5 would win.} Ne6+ 82. Ke4 Nc7 83. Ke5 {Rd6+ is the strong threat.} Nb5 84. Rb6 Nc7 $1 85. Rd6+ Ke7 86. Rc6 (86. Rd3 {is interesting.} Ne8 87. Rd1 Nc7 88. Rd2 Ne8 89. Rb2) 86... Kd7 87. Rc5 {Black must now prevent Rc2.} Ne8 88. Rd5+ Ke7 89. Ra5 {Hoping for Ra7+.} Nc7 90. Ra7 Kd7 91. Rxc7+ Kxc7 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,91,0,22,-17,-20,-18,-17,-15,30,30,31,29,35,31,32,22,29,30,51,16,22,0,25,41,43,13,23,28,18,26,53,36,88,73,74,64,70,70,70,51,104,99,104,98,117,108,100,84,202,184,184,189,224,220,237,170,246,238,233,186,174,183,185,179,183,170,230,229,229,230,297,240,244,0,287,286,299,87,291,311,1320,1259,1300,1295]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a3 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} ({Avoid the trap} 6. Nxe5 $2 a4 $19) (6. a4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bg5 dxe4 9. dxe4 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Nc4 Bc7 {½-½ (30) Karjakin,S (2760)-Wei,Y (2739) Medias 2017}) 6... a4 7. Ba2 Bd6 8. Nc3 {[%cal Re4d5] The position is equal.} dxe4 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Ncxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. Qf3 Bxe4 13. dxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qxe4 Nd7 {½-½ (36) Neelotpal,D (2485)-Shivananda,B (2358) Nagpur 2012}) 13... Nd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Rad1 Ne6 17. Bc3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. g3 c5 20. Bc4 Qd7 (20... Ra5 $14) 21. Qd3 Ra5 22. f4 b5 23. Bd5 Bb8 24. c4 dxc3 (24... Kh8 $14) 25. Qxc3 $16 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ra6 26. e5 Qe7 27. Kg2 c4 28. Qf3 Ra7 (28... Ba7 $16 {might work better.}) 29. Rfe1 Kh8 {[#]} 30. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7]} fxe6 31. Rxe6 Qc5 32. Be4 Re7 (32... c3 $142) 33. Rd5 $18 Qc7 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Rxb5 c3 36. Rb7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Qe6 37. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Qa2+ (37... Rd8 $142 38. Qe2 Bd6) 38. Kh3 {Qg4 is the strong threat.} Qe6+ 39. Qg4 Qf6 40. Qh5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh5h7]} Qe6+ 41. Qg4 Qf6 $1 42. c4 Bd6 43. Qf3 $2 (43. Kg2 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 43... Qh6+ $2 (43... Qe6+ $16 44. Qg4 Qxg4+ 45. Kxg4 g6) 44. Kg2 Bc5 $2 (44... Qe6 45. Rb6 Rb8 46. Rxb8+ Bxb8) 45. Rb5 Qd6 46. Qh5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,71,14,0,7,9,26,17,32,8,86,75,119,99,272,266,273,269,254,267,348,321,343,324,346,332,347,346,331,344,334,345,340,276,308,192,135,0,319,325,554,556,529,495,716,702,891,889,1597,1597,1510,1493,1487,1040,1024,1003,1278,1233,1339,1279]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 b5 8. Nf4 Qb6 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 9. Be2 a5 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 b4 11. O-O Be7 12. Nh5 O-O 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Ne1 g6 16. Nf4 {1-0 (46) Harikrishna,P (2680)-Malakhatko,V (2529) Biel 2013}) 10. Be3 Ba6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 a4 13. Rc1 Na5 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. Qe2 Be7 16. h4 {½-½ (74) Gallien,F (2213)-Shemeakin,A (2299) Pardubice 2013}) 11. O-O h6 (11... Be7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 12. Rc1 O-O-O 13. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} c4 $2 {[#]} (13... bxa4 $16 {was called for.} 14. Bxa6+ (14. Qxa4 c4 $14) 14... Qxa6) 14. b3 $1 $18 Ba3 {[#]} 15. axb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc1 (15... Bxb5 16. Ra1) 16. bxc6 Bxe3 17. cxd7+ Rxd7 18. fxe3 g5 19. Nh5 cxb3 20. Bxa6+ Qxa6 21. Qxb3 Rb7 22. Qa3 Kb8 23. Nf6 Rc8 24. Qd6+ Ka7 25. e4 (25. Ra1 $16) 25... Rc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Qe2 $1 $11) 26. Qa3 Qb5 $2 (26... Qe2 {keeps fighting.} 27. Qxa5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ra6 28. Qc5+ Kb8) 27. exd5 {White is clearly winning.} exd5 28. Ra1 Ka6 (28... Ra6 $142 29. Qa2 Qc4 30. Nxd5 Qxa2 31. Rxa2 Rd7) 29. h3 Rbc7 30. Ne8 Ra7 31. Nd6 Qb6 32. Qa2 Rac7 33. Qe2+ Ka7 34. Nb5+ Kb7 35. Nxc7 Kxc7 36. Qa2 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,12,12,1,0,-4,12,-7,-5,-7,-3,-33,-18,-69,-55,-100,-39,-41,-43,-105,-111,-91,-103,-89,-97,-94,-83,-94,-100,-106,-99,-110,-109,-117,-52,-70,-80,-125,-116,-105,-87,-135,-146,-140,-129,-135,-133,-144,-140,-129,-125,-137,-112,-153,-149,-178,-162,-749,-738]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 (5... Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 d6 8. g3 exd5 9. cxd5 c5 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O c4 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Nd3 14. b3 Nxc1 15. Rfxc1 cxb3 {½-½ (74) Caruana,F (2822)-So,W (2780) Saint Louis 2018}) 6. a3 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} d5 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Re8 11. cxd5 (11. Be2 $11) 11... exd5 $15 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 Nf8 13. O-O {0-1 (52) Socko,M (2486)-Sukandar,I (2372) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 12... Nf8 (12... Nb6 $17) 13. b5 Ng4 14. Be2 (14. Nce2 $15) 14... Qh4 {aiming for ...Nxe3!} ({Inferior is} 14... Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Qg5 16. Qd2 $16) 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Qd2 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Qg5 18. O-O Qxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Na4 Rc8 (21... Rb8 $17 22. Rf2 h6) 22. Nc5 Ne6 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rb8 25. Bc3 Nxc5 26. dxc5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be6 27. Re2 {[#]} Rb1+ $1 28. Kf2 h5 29. Rb2 Rc1 30. Bd4 Rc4 31. Ke3 {[#]} Ra4 $1 32. Rb3 Kh7 33. Bb2 $2 {[#]} (33. Rb7) 33... d4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,72,6,14,14,11,15,14,9,10,11,5,11,-4,0,-5,38,0,0,-19,0,-3,-11,-27,-6,-16,14,15,12,9,28,15,0,-81,-66,-98,-95,-127,-119,-111,-112,-136,-135,-122,-45,-35,-16,-59,-61,-112,-115,-180,-166,-123,-72,-131,-132,-118,-44,-329,-223,-1907,-1839]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 {E53: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line (4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5 7 0-0)} 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 10. Be2 Ne6 11. O-O a6 12. Qb3 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. Nd4 Bc5 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Qc2 {½-½ (77) Ivanchuk,V (2732)-Wei,Y (2740) Hoogeveen 2017}) 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Be1 (14. Nxd5 $14 Nxd5 15. Ba5) 14... Bb7 $11 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. a3 Re8 18. Bf3 Nfe4 19. Rac1 Qg5 20. Qe2 Rcd8 21. g3 Be5 22. Bg2 (22. Qc2 $11 {remains equal.}) 22... Bxd4 $1 $17 23. Rxd4 Nb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 24. Rcd1 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc5 26. Qd1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6d4]} 27. Rd3 {[%cal Rc3d5] [#]} Nc7 (27... d4 $1 $17 28. Bxb7 (28. exd4 Bxg2) 28... dxc3 29. Bxc3 Nc5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8) 28. Ne2 $15 h6 29. Bc3 Ne6 30. b4 {[#]} ({Better is} 30. Ba5 $15) 30... d4 $1 $17 31. Bxb7 (31. h4 $17 Qh5 32. Nxd4 Qxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Bxg2 34. Kxg2) (31. Bxd4 Bxg2) 31... dxc3 $19 32. Nxc3 Qf5 (32... Rxd3 $142 33. Qxd3 Rd8) 33. Nd5 {[#]} (33. Bd5 $142) 33... Kh8 $1 $17 34. Bxa6 Ng5 ({Black should try} 34... Rb8 $17 35. h4 Red8) 35. Bb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White must play} 35. Nf4 $1 $15 Rxd3 36. Qxd3 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Qxd3+ 38. Nxd3) 35... Nf3+ ({Resist} 35... Nh3+ 36. Kg2 $19) 36. Kh1 $2 (36. Kf1) 36... Qh3 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,68,29,29,24,22,26,21,20,29,0,37,10,16,0,36,31,52,49,52,39,77,72,44,38,86,51,58,59,56,24,26,0,106,0,0,0,0,-59,-59,-60,-60,-67,-18,-20,-11,-10,-14,-9,-17,-48,0,0,0,-45,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 (9... Bxa2 $2 10. b3 $18) 10. h4 h6 (10... Bxa2 $2 11. b3 $18) 11. Nd4 {The position is equal.} Nxd4 ({Don't play} 11... Bxa2 $6 12. b3 $18) 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. Kb1 O-O-O {[#]} 14. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qe3 Rde8 15. c4 a6 16. Qc3 g6 {½-½ (31) Wang,H (2690)-Wang,Y (2706) China 2017}) 14... Qc6 15. Qc3 ({Weaker is} 15. Bxa7 b6 $19) 15... g6 16. Be2 ({But not} 16. Bxa7 b6 $11) 16... h5 17. b3 Bg4 18. Bxg4+ hxg4 19. g3 a6 20. h5 gxh5 21. Rxh5 d5 22. Re1 Bg5 23. c5 Rde8 (23... Qg6 $11 24. Reh1 Rde8) 24. Reh1 ({Better is} 24. Rxe8+ $16 Qxe8 25. Bf6 Bxf6 26. Qxf6) 24... Qg6 $11 25. a4 Re2 26. Rh8 (26. Rh7 $11) 26... Rxh8 $15 27. Rxh8+ Kd7 28. Rb8 Bd2 (28... Qe4 $5 {[%cal Re4h1]} 29. Qd3 Re1+ 30. Kb2 Qxd3 31. cxd3 Re2+ 32. Ka1 Kc6 $15) 29. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e2]} Qxd3 30. cxd3 Be1 31. Rf8 Ke7 32. Rc8 Kd7 33. Rf8 Ke7 34. Rc8 Kd7 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,86,0,0,0,0,0,25,25,22,21,12,7,0,0,26,28,27,38,25,8,11,0,14,13,38,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,-3,0,0,0,8,10,9,-247,-232,-385,-382,-406,-399,-403,-402,-411,-385,-509,-504,-512,-511,-481,-454,-533,-545,-824,-818,-977,-783,-726,0,-989,-975,-1008,-982,-1359,-1332,-1306,-1306,-1263,-1263,-1184,-1156]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} cxd4 7. Nxd4 exd5 (7... O-O 8. Bg5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Nbc6 13. g3 b6 {½-½ (41) Svidler,P (2760)-Anand,V (2776) Moscow 2018}) 8. Bf4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Rd1 h6 10. Bh4 Qa5 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Be6 13. Nb3 Qb4 {½-½ (94) Rustemov,A (2565)-Ubilava,E (2521) Olite 2006}) 8... O-O 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 Nxd4 11. exd4 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qd7 16. Rfe1 g6 17. Rac1 Kg7 18. Qa4 (18. Qb4 {keeps more tension.} h5 19. a3 Rh8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nc3) 18... Rxc3 19. Qxd7 Rxc1 20. Qxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne8 22. Bb5 Nd6 23. Bd7 Rf6 24. g4 {next g5 is good for White.} g5 25. f3 Kf8 26. Bc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26. Kf2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 26... Ke8 $1 $19 27. Rc7 $2 (27. Kf2) 27... Kd8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Rxh7 Kxc8 {KRN-KR} 29. Kf2 Nf7 30. Ke3 Kd7 31. g3 Ke7 32. Rh1 Rh6 33. Rc1 Kd7 34. f4 Rh2 35. f5 Rxb2 36. Rh1 Ke7 37. Rc1 Kd7 38. Rh1 $1 Rxa2 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Rh7 Ke7 40. Rg7 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 exf5 42. gxf5 Kf6 43. Rh7 g4 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,122,12,0,0,0,14,0,2,0,23,25,52,4,6,14,61,56,44,40,66,62,77,28,49,46,44,45,50,42,46,47,46,44,55,43,43,43,43,45,113,77,87,85,102,70,87,50,99,0,27,24,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-18,-6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,347,360,530,530,530,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,423]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. c3 h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Be6 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 12. Bc2 d5 (12... Bb6 13. b3 b4 14. Bb2 bxc3 15. Bxc3 d5 16. a3 a5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 {½-½ (42) Jobava,B (2664)-Prohaszka,P (2602) Abu Dhabi 2015}) 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Be6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Qe7 18. a4 Rad8 19. Qe2 {½-½ (65) Rockmann,J (1785)-Schneider,J (1644) Oberhof 2013}) 14... Bf8 15. a4 g6 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Bc4 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Nd2 Be6 21. Bd3 Rab8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qe2 Bd7 $1 24. Nb3 Nd8 $1 25. Be3 Ne6 26. g3 c6 27. Ra7 Ra8 28. Rea1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Qd6 (29... Rc8 $14) 30. h4 Rc8 31. Bc2 Be8 32. h5 g5 $1 33. Qf3 Qd8 34. Na5 ({White should play} 34. Nc5 $16) 34... Rc7 35. Bb6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Skewer} Qb8 36. Ra6 Qc8 37. Bxc7 Qxa6 38. Bd6 c5 39. Be7 Qa7 40. Bd6 Qb6 41. Qd3 cxb4 42. Bxb4 Bf8 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 (43... Nxf8 $5 44. Nb3 $8 Kg7 $11) 44. Nb3 Qd8 45. Qe3 Qc7 46. Bd1 Qc4 47. Nd2 Qc5 48. Qd3 b4 49. cxb4 Qxb4 50. Nf3 f6 51. Bb3 Nd4 52. Nxd4 Qxd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... exd4 $11 53. Bd5 Bxh5) 53. Qa6 $18 Qd8 (53... Bxh5 $142 54. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8) 54. Qe6 Bxh5 {[#] and if ...Kg7 works, Black does fine.} 55. Qg8+ $2 (55. g4 $1 $18 Be8 56. Bd5) 55... Ke7 $11 {aiming for ...Qxg8.The position is equal.} 56. Qg7+ Kd6 57. Qxh6 Bf3 58. Bd5 Kc5 59. Qg7 {Qa7+ is the strong threat.} Qa5 60. Qe7+ Kd4 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 61. Kh2 Qa1 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 45%. . Loss on time!?} (61... f5 $11) 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,96,17,17,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-2,-44,-6,-26,-8,-48,-20,-29,-21,-38,-32,-60,-39,-66,-73,-131,-72,-62,-38,-45,-32,-46,-41,-39,-22,-59,-37,-37,-10,-50,-41,-35,-8,-135,-146,-137,-141,-133,-55,-55,-47,-191,-131,-178,-12,-185,-200,-200,-180,-189,-202,-297,-308,-989,-970,-1307,-885,-1430,-1129,-1122,-1101,-1253,-844,-2759,-2738]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. O-O a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. exd4 Qe8 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 {½-½ (53) Grischuk,A (2783)-Radjabov,T (2713) Beijing 2013}) 12. Rad1 Nxf4 13. exf4 Nf6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Qd2 (16. Bxd5 $5 exd5 17. Qg4 $11) 16... Rc8 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Ng3 g6 20. Ne5 Nd5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bb4.} 21. Nd3 Qh4 {[%cal Rd5f4]} 22. Ne2 Rfd8 23. h3 a5 24. Qc1 (24. Bxd5 $142 Bxd5 25. Qe3) 24... Bf8 (24... Nb4 $142 25. Nxb4 Bxb4) 25. Nc3 $17 Bg7 26. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 27. Ne5 $1 Bb7 28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Ne4 Rf8 30. Rc1 Bd5 31. Rc3 Qb4 32. b3 h6 33. Rec1 {[#]} (33. Nd2 $11) 33... c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4][%mdl 512]} 34. Qd3 (34. dxc5 Qxe4) 34... Rcd8 35. Nd2 cxd4 ({Black should play} 35... g5 $17 36. Ndc4 gxf4) 36. Rc7 $15 Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 37. Ndf3 (37. Qxd4 $15 g5 38. g3) 37... Ba8 (37... Bxf3 $1 $19 38. Qxf3 Bxe5) 38. R7c4 {[%cal Rd3d4]} Qa3 $2 (38... Bxf3 $1 $19 39. Nxf3 Qxf4) 39. R1c2 $2 (39. Nxd4 $11 Bd5 40. R4c3) 39... Bd5 $19 40. Rxd4 Qxb3 41. Rc3 Qa2 42. h4 (42. Kh2 $142) 42... Rc8 43. h5 $2 (43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. Qd1) 43... Qa1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Kh2 Qxc3 45. Qe2 gxh5 46. Rd3 Qb4 47. Nd4 Qe7 {And now ...Qh4+ would win.} 48. Rg3 Qh4+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 38%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,75,0,0,0,0,2,0,52,53,103,101,83,42,44,39,39,39,39,35,30,37,38,43,38,28,29,42,84,80,84,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,60,58,77,53,104,91,91,91,104,104,112,98,126,121,135,135,135,133,159,161,246,246,246,246,29973,29964]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxc4 Bc5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 d3 $146 ({Black should try} 10... Qc7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... Rb8 11. Nfe5 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qf4 {½-½ (52) Short,N (2697)-Turner,M (2521) England 2012}) 11. e3 $14 Rb8 12. Rc1 b6 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 $1 14. Nxe5 {[#] aiming for Nc6.} Bb7 $1 15. Qxd3 Qxd3 16. Nxd3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rfd8 19. Rcd1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 h5 21. Bf3 Be7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Rd7 a5 24. Bxh5 g6 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Rb7 Rd2 27. a4 Bd8 (27... Bc3 $14) 28. Bc6 {Be8 is the strong threat.} Kf8 29. Bb5 Rd6 30. h4 Bf6 31. Kf1 Bc3 32. g4 Bf6 33. h5 gxh5 34. gxh5 Bg5 35. Ke2 Bf6 (35... e5 {is a better defense.} 36. Kf3 f5) 36. h6 $18 Kg8 37. Bd3 Bd8 $2 {[#]} (37... Kf8 $18 38. Rb8+ Rd8 39. Rxb6 Bc3) 38. h7+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,70,29,3,20,19,54,44,37,24,28,12,27,8,39,17,75,67,53,43,31,45,54,47,66,-37,-28,-69,-79,-94,-100,-256,-79,-197,-201,-340,-273,-404,-373,-501,-484,-517,-512,-754,-648,-882,-722,-1282,-1246,-1214,-1092,-1071,-1054,-29962,-12849,-29987,-5514,-29988,-29986,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29993]} 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 Nc6 8. g5 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Rh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f4 Be7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Bg2 {½-½ (24) Cvak,R (2337)-Marchisotti,M (2341) ICCF email 2017}) 11... Qc7 12. h5 Nce5 (12... Be7 $11) 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nd4 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. b4 (17. Bd2 $14) 17... cxb3 $1 $15 18. cxb3 e5 19. Nf5 {[#]} Kb8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} ({Don't play} 19... Nxb3 $6 20. Rb1 $11) 20. Rb1 $2 (20. b4 $17 Nb3 21. Rb1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1) 20... g6 $2 (20... Qc8 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 21. fxe5 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Decoy} 22. Nxe4 Qxf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 21. hxg6 (21. b4 $17 {was necessary.} Nxe4 22. Nxe4 gxf5 23. Rc3) 21... fxg6 $19 22. Ne3 (22. Ng3 $142) 22... Nxe4 23. Ned5 (23. Ncd5 $142 Qc8 24. Rh4 exf4 25. Rxf4) 23... Qd7 24. Rd3 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Bg7 26. Kd1 Rhe8 27. Qd2 e4 28. Rd4 e3 29. Qd3 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 {[#]} e2+ $1 31. Ke1 (31. Nxe2 Qh3) 31... Qh3 {( -> ...Qh1+)} 32. Nxe2 Re4 (32... Rc8 $142 33. a4 Rc2 34. Qxd6+ Ka8 35. Kd1 Rec8 36. Qd2 Bf3 37. Ke1 Rxd2 38. Bxd2 Qg2 39. Ng3 Qxg3+ 40. Kf1 Qg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Ke1 Qg1#) 33. Qb6 Rde8 {Black mates.} 34. Qxd6+ Ka8 35. Rb2 Qh1+ {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,-3,18,-5,4,-12,-13,-25,0,0,0,4,3,-10,15,14,25,26,35,0,0,0,334,362,402,414,362,101,103,90,91,41,262,25,23,-81,-68,-74,-73,-77,0,-160,-174,-184,-193,-182,-179,-271,-254,-29990,-29991,-29992,-1360,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 (4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. c4 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. O-O d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Rab1 a6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rd2 Rfe8 15. e4 Rbd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {1-0 (51) Nakamura,H (2746)-Duda,J (2738) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... e6 5. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 6. Nbd2 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. d4 {The position is equal.} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. c4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. cxd5 Nxe5 {0-1 (29) Zilahi,G (2005)-Bodrogi,L (2085) Budapest 2004}) 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O-O a5 15. Nf3 {And now h4 would win.} a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (15... Re8 $1 $11) 16. h4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4h5]} Re8 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Bd3 $2 (18. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5f6] and the rest is easy.} gxf5 19. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg5+ 20. hxg5) 18... axb3 $16 19. axb3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qd7 $2 (20... d4 $14) 21. Bc3 $2 ({White must play} 21. g4 $1 $18) 21... Qe7 $1 $11 22. Rh4 (22. Qh3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... Qc5 $17 23. Bb2 {Threatens to win with f5!} Ra2 {White must now prevent ...Rea8.} 24. f5 Qe3+ (24... gxf5 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Bb5.} 25. g4 {[#]} Rxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. gxf5 (26. Kxb2 $2 {too greedy.} Ra8 $17) 26... Rxc2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Bxc2 exf5) 25. Kb1 $2 (25. Rd2 $1 $11 gxf5 26. g6 Qxh6 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxh6) 25... Rxb2+ $1 26. Kxb2 {Intending f6 and mate.} Qxe5+ 27. c3 {f6 would kill now.} exf5 28. Rhh1 (28. Rb4 {was necessary.}) 28... d4 $19 29. c4 $2 (29. Rhe1 $19 dxc3+ 30. Kc2) 29... Qa5 30. Rc1 Qd2+ (30... Ra8 $142 31. Qg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxh7+ Nxh7 33. Kc2 Qc3+ 34. Kd1 Qxd3+ 35. Ke1 Ra2 36. Rc2 Rxc2 37. b4 Qe2#) 31. Bc2 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 Ra8 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

