[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,0,0,17,0,47,31,50,31,72,33,16,0,0,-7,0,-11,-9,-21,0,0,0,-49,-26,-91,-85,-97,-45,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-76,-12,-11,-14,-28,0,-69,-68,-891,-846,-1413,-1073,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5} 11. Kf2 Rd8 (11... Nfd7 12. Rb1 Rd8 13. Rb5 Qxa3 14. Ne2 a6 15. Rb4 Qa5 16. Rd4 Nc6 17. Rd6 Nxc5 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {½-½ (26) Yu,Y (2753)-Ponomariov,R (2699) Danzhou 2017}) 12. Qb3 Nfd7 {White is slightly better.} 13. Rd1 Rf8 {[#]} 14. Nh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bb5 Qc7 15. Ne2 Nxc5 16. Qc4 b6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qd3 {½-½ (56) Sandipan,C (2637)-Friedel,J (2527) Chalkis 2010}) 14... Qc7 $1 15. Bb5 Nxc5 16. Qc4 b6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qd3 Qa5 19. e5 h6 20. Bc4 (20. Nf4 {is interesting.} a6 21. Bc4 Ra7 22. Qe3 Rd7 23. Nh5) 20... Ba6 21. Bxa6 (21. Qe4 $11) 21... Nxa6 $17 22. Qc4 Rad8 (22... Nc7 $17 23. Nf4 Nb5) 23. Nf4 Nc7 (23... Nb8 $1 $15) 24. a4 $11 Nd5 (24... Na8 {looks sharper.} 25. Nh5 Qc7 26. Qf4 Kh8 27. Rd6 c4) 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 28. Rd1 c4 29. e6 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Qe2 Qb4 32. Rd4 Rc8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qb6.} 33. Qe6 Qc5 34. Qd5 Qb6 35. a5 (35. Qd7 $11 Qb8 36. Rd1) 35... Qb2+ ({Black should play} 35... Qc7 $17 36. Qd7 Qc5) 36. Rd2 Qb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...c3. Black has some pressure.} 37. Rd4 Qb2+ 38. Kg3 ({Better is} 38. Rd2 $11 Qb4 39. Rd4) 38... c3 $15 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 39. Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Qe5 $15) 39... Qb8+ $1 $19 40. f4 c2 {Hoping for ...Qb3+.} 41. Qe6 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 34%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,60,19,9,13,7,27,20,29,24,36,36,18,24,28,22,25,24,16,0,23,0,0,0,0,-45,-22,-56,-60,-77,-77,-133,-139,-272,-146,-151,-150,-182,0,-294,-185,-331,-333,-851,-854,-1385,-1377,-5219,-3239,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Bf4 Bf5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Ngf3 Ne4 11. O-O f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf1 g5 14. Bh2 Qd7 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 {1-0 (35) Caruana,F (2828)-Shankland,S (2725) chess.com INT 2019}) 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Re1 e5 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Be3 h6 16. Qb3 Kh7 17. Rad1 d4 18. cxd4 exd4 {Threatens to win with ...Bd5.} 19. Bc1 ({But not} 19. Qxb7 Bd5 $17) 19... Bd5 20. Qa3 (20. Qxb7 $2 a6 $17) 20... Qf6 21. b4 (21. Rf1 $142) 21... Rae8 $17 22. Bb2 {[#]} (22. Bb5 $17) 22... Qf4 (22... Re4 $1 $19 23. Bb5 Ne5 24. Rxe4 Bxe4) 23. Bc1 {[#]} Qf7 $1 24. Bb2 {intending b5.} Re4 $2 ({Not} 24... Bxa2 25. b5 $11) (24... Ne5 $19 {And now ...Qf5 would win.} 25. Rf1 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxa2) 25. Bf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. b5 $11 {and White is okay.} Ne5 26. Bxd4) 25... Rf4 {[%cal Rd5f3,Be4f4,Bf4f2,Bf2g2][%mdl 32]} 26. b5 (26. Rd3 {keeps fighting.}) 26... Bxf3 $19 27. bxc6 $2 (27. gxf3 Rxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Qd6 Rxf2 29. bxc6 Rxb2 30. Qg3) 27... Bxd1 28. Re7 Qf6 29. cxb7 Rxf2 30. Bc4 {[#]} Rxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Clearance. Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,97,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-13,-26,-29,-32,11,-17,-10,-19,-15,-16,18,15,19,10,7,0,6,6,37,19,21,31,24,10,96,97,107,106,113,107,136,20,206,206,211,210,266,266,260,273,270,231,290,285,619,635,619,641,634,644,630,627,626,626,570,471,700,619,381,381,708,612,5591,381,2410,381,4594,381,6140,6077]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 9. Na4 (9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3 d5 17. cxd5 {1-0 (47) Ivanchuk,V (2708)-Saric,I (2685) Mali Losinj 2018}) 9... Qd8 10. Nbc3 Nxc4 {The position is equal.} 11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O d5 12. b3 Nd6 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Nc5 {0-1 (44) Lederer,Y (2259)-Macieja,B (2530) Chicago 2017}) 11... Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Nb6 Rb8 $1 16. O-O Bc5 17. Rfd1+ Ke7 18. Nca4 Bxb6 19. Nxb6 Nd7 20. Nc4 b6 21. Rac1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rd8 22. b4 a5 23. b5 f6 24. Bc6 Nf8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Rd1+ Kc7 (26... Ke7 $11) 27. Rd6 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} h6 28. a4 Ng6 29. Be8 Ne7 30. Bf7 (30. e4 $16) 30... Bd7 $2 (30... Nf5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 31. Rc6+ Kd8) 31. Bxe6 $18 Be8 32. e4 Nc8 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 35. Ra6 Rd4 36. Nxa5 Rxa4 $2 (36... Rb4 37. Kg2 Bd7) 37. b6+ Kb8 38. b7 {Ra8+ would kill now.} Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Kxb7 {KR-KB} 40. Rc5 Bc6 41. f3 Kc7 42. Ra5 Kd6 (42... Kb6 $142) 43. Ra7 Bd7 44. h4 h5 $2 (44... g6 45. Kf2 h5) 45. Kf2 g5 {[#]} 46. Ra8 $2 (46. g4 $1 Be8 (46... hxg4 47. h5) 47. gxh5 Bxh5 48. Rh7) 46... Ke7 $2 {[#]} (46... gxh4 47. gxh4 Ke7) 47. Rh8 $2 (47. g4 $1 Bc6 (47... hxg4 48. h5) 48. Ra7+ Kf8 49. gxh5 gxh4 50. Ra6) 47... Be8 $2 (47... gxh4 48. gxh4 Be8) 48. Ke3 $2 (48. g4 hxg4 49. h5 gxf3 50. h6) 48... Kf7 $2 (48... gxh4 49. gxh4 Bg6) 49. hxg5 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,93,0,0,21,39,33,26,41,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,-15,-22,-83,-83,-93,-81,-92,-11,-53,-3,-18,-14,-13,-10,-15,-20,-36,-8,-16,-8,-17,-20,-65,-58,-111,-98,-97,-84,-73,0,-86,-87,-103,-96,-106,-111,-105,-76,-66,-40,-128,-131,-123,-141,-132,-133,-123,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Kb1 Nxe4 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} (14... c5 15. g4 Nxg4 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Ne5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nc3 Rad8 21. Rhg1 Kh8 22. Rg6 {½-½ (38) Saric,I (2662)-Nisipeanu,L (2672) Heraklio 2017}) 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 {White has an edge.} 17. c4 (17. Ne5 $14) 17... Qe4+ 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Be3 f5 20. g3 (20. Rhe1 {keeps more tension.} Bd6 21. g3 Nf6 22. Rh1 Ng4 23. Rhg1) 20... Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Rhf1 $146 (22. Rh2 $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 22. Rh2) 22... Rad8 $17 23. Ne5 {[#]} Rd6 $1 24. g4 Rfd8 ({Black should try} 24... fxg4 $17 25. Nxg4 Rf4) 25. f3 $11 Ng3 26. Rg1 Ne2 27. Rg2 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. gxf5 Nxf5 {...Rd1+ is the strong threat.} 30. Rxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd1+ 31. Kc2 Re1 32. f4 Re4 33. h6 (33. Kc3 $15) 33... Nxh6 $17 34. Rg6 Nf5 35. Rxe6 Kh7 (35... Rxf4 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4+.} 36. Re8+ Kh7) 36. Re8 (36. Nf3 $11 Rxe6 37. Ng5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 38. Nxe6) 36... Rxf4 37. Kc3 Re4 38. Kd3 Re3+ 39. Kd2 g5 40. Re6 {[#]} g4 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#] Strongly threatening ...Re4.} 41. Re7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (41. Nxg4 Rxe6) 41... Kg8 (41... Nxe7 42. Kxe3) 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Re7+ Nxe7 44. Kxe3 Nf5+ (44... g3 $17 45. Kf3 Nf5) 45. Kf4 $11 {The position is equal.} Nd6 46. c5 Nf7 47. Nxg4 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,113,0,0,0,-15,30,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-53,-34,-27,-32,-31,-43,-45,26,14,29,17,17,17,17,20,16,19,19,20,14,10,14,10,10,10,17,16,46,10,10,10,14,13,10,17,10,10,10,0,12,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,18,18,1139,961,2534,2059,6312,1372,6617,6103,1748,1497]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 9. Na4 (9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3 d5 17. cxd5 {1-0 (47) Ivanchuk,V (2708)-Saric,I (2685) Mali Losinj 2018}) 9... Qd8 10. Nbc3 Nxc4 {The position is equal.} 11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O d5 12. b3 Nd6 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Nc5 {0-1 (44) Lederer,Y (2259)-Macieja,B (2530) Chicago 2017}) 11... Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Qd4 (13. O-O $11) 13... Nc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rf4d6]} d5 16. e4 Be7 (16... a5 $15) 17. Nb6 $11 c5 18. Qa4+ Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7a4]} 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5+ Kc6 24. Rf5 f6 25. Be3 g6 26. Rf4 Rhb8 27. Ke2 Rb4 28. Rc1 Rxf4 29. Bxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 30. Rc4 f5 31. Be3 h5 32. h4 Bd6 33. Kd3 Rd8 34. Kc2 Re8 35. Kb2 Re5 36. Ka3 Kb5 37. Kb2 Rd5 38. Kc2 Kc6 39. Rc3 Re5 40. Rd3 {[#] Rxd6+! is the strong threat.} Re4 41. Rc3 Re6 42. Rc4 Re8 43. a3 Re6 44. Bxc5 (44. Kd2 {feels hotter.} Kd5 45. a4 Re8 46. Ke2 Re7 47. Rc1) 44... Bxc5 {KRB-KR} 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Kb5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 47. Rxc5+ Kxb4 {KR-KR} 48. Rc7 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Kd3 Rxf2 {Hoping for ...Rf3+.} 50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Kf3 Ra2 52. Rc6 Kb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... g5 $11) 53. Rxg6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Ra5 54. Kf4 Kc4 55. Rf6 (55. Rg5 $142 Ra4 56. Rxh5 Kd3+ 57. Kxf5) 55... Kd3 56. Rxf5 Ra4+ 57. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,74,12,13,16,-8,-5,-8,-8,-10,-5,-14,-2,-18,0,0,13,7,18,0,5,0,31,0,65,0,0,0,0,-29,0,-39,-31,-31,0,0,0,0,189,0,0,0,0,0,5106,3375,1483,2010,1654,1599,1222,1215,964,868,29975,29976,29982,29983,29983]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 {The position is equal.} 13. e3 Na6 {[#]} 14. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rac1 Nb4 15. Rfd1 Ra6 16. Qe2 Nbd5 17. Nb5 Ne7 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 {½-½ (26) Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Dominguez Perez,L (2723) Varadero 2016}) 14... Nb4 15. Qe2 b6 16. Rg1 Qc8 17. Ne5 Bxg2+ 18. Rxg2 c5 19. Rag1 g6 20. Nb5 Qb7 (20... cxd4 $11 21. Nxd4 Nd7) 21. h4 (21. dxc5 $1 $14 bxc5 22. b3) 21... cxd4 $11 22. Nxd4 Kh8 $1 23. Ndf3 Rac8 24. Nd4 Rfd8 25. Kh2 Rxd4 26. exd4 Rc2 27. Qe3 Qc7 $2 {[#]} (27... Kg7 $11) 28. f5 $2 (28. Qf3 $1 $18) 28... exf5 29. Qh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Qf8+. White fights for an advantage.} Ng8 30. Qf8 f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Nd3 $11) 31. Rxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Demolition} hxg6 32. Rxg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf8g8]} Rxf2+ 33. Kh3 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf8g8]} Rf3+ 34. Nxf3 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf8g8]} Qh7 35. Rxf6 {[%mdl 64] Intending Ne5 and mate. Double Attack} Nd5 36. Rxf5 Ne3 37. Rg5 Qd7+ {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:12:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:12:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 10. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 11. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 13. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 18. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 19. Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 20. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 22. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 23. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Rfxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 29. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 30. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. g4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 32. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 33. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. a4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 37. e4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 38. e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. e4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. e6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 41. g5+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 42. exf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 43. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 44. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 45. a5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 46. a6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 47. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 49. h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 50. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 51. Rxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 52. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 53. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 54. a7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 55. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,88,29,29,32,25,27,25,25,37,29,27,15,21,20,29,18,32,32,29,19,26,33,45,40,41,41,22,20,26,29,28,15,19,20,34,6,109,90,100,125,113,75,349,364,357,372,506,491,614,630,568,460,444,444,348,260,700,692,689,621,1431,1366,1927,2012,1460,1589,1789,5708,4698,2932,6079,5055,29980,29980,29980,29980,29975]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 {White has an edge.} Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. h4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qa5 14. a3 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 {[#]} f5 $146 17. c5 Rd8 18. Kc3 e5 19. b4 exd4+ 20. exd4 Nf8 $1 21. Bc4 Ke7 22. Rad1 Ne6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 (24. Rxd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e5]} Nf4 25. Re5+ Kf8 26. b5 $11) 24... Rd7 (24... b6 $11) 25. Bxe6 $1 $16 Kxe6 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 27. Rd1+ $1 Kc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27... Ke8 $16 {might work better.}) 28. Rd6 $1 $18 Rxh4 29. Rxg6 Rf4 {[#]} 30. b5 $1 ({Not} 30. Rxg7+ Kc6 $16) 30... Rxf2 31. Rxg7+ Kc8 32. Rf7 Rg2 33. Rxf5 e3 34. a4 Kc7 $2 (34... Kd7 35. Rf7+ Kc8) 35. Kd3 e2 36. Kd2 Kc8 37. Rf8+ Kc7 38. Rf7+ Kc8 39. Rg7 Kb8 40. g6 Kc8 41. c6 bxc6 42. bxc6 a5 43. Rg8+ Kc7 44. g7 Rg6 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,96,12,10,2,8,-6,23,29,24,2,2,6,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,-42,-38,-46,-56,-46,-57,-39,-85,-80,-91,-65,-66,-68,-142,-80,-116,-116,-118,-108,-113,-96,-160,-64,-196,-133,-431,-425,-416,-407,-376,-365,-497,-475,-475,-475,-460,-452,-576,-561,-584,-570,-536,-516,-520,-520,-29977,-29977,-29971,-1379,-1190,-1368,-1377,-1168,-1521,-1453,-29984,-1541,-2418,-1968]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} (11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 g6 21. Nd4 Ng7 22. Nb5 {½-½ (54) Mamedyarov,S (2820)-Ding,L (2804) Batumi 2018}) 11... b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 {White has an edge.} Nxa6 {[#]} 14. h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qb1 Qe7 16. O-O h6 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Qc5 {0-1 (35) Aleksandrov,A (2525)-Akhmadeev,V (2395) Kstovo 1994}) 14... h6 $1 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Ne5 Nb4 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Qc2 {[%cal Re5c6]} (19. Rxc6 {is more complex.} Rxc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. d5 Qd6 22. Rd1) 19... Nxe5 20. Qxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Kh7 22. dxe5 Qxe5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 23. Ra8 a5 ({Much weaker is} 23... Qxh5 $6 24. Rxa7 Kg6 25. Re3 $11) 24. Ra6 Qb5 25. Ra7 Qxh5 26. Rc1 (26. a3 $15) 26... Kg6 (26... Qe2 $142 $1 {[%cal Re2a2]} 27. Rcc7 Qxa2 28. Rxf7 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 b5) 27. Rb7 Qe2 28. Rxb6 Qxa2 29. Ra6 a4 30. f3 (30. g3 $142) 30... h5 ({Black should try} 30... Qe2 $17 31. Rac6 a3) 31. Rc5 ({White should play} 31. Kh2 $1 $15) 31... h4 (31... Kh6 $19 32. Rca5 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qb8+ 34. Kg1 g5 35. Rxa4 g4) 32. Rca5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. Kh2 $17) 32... h3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 33. gxh3 {[#]} Qe2 $1 34. Rxa4 Qxf3 35. R6a5 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Qxh3+ 37. Kf2 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 e5 39. Ra7 Qf4+ 40. Ke2 Kh6 41. Rb4 g5 42. Kd3 (42. Ra6+ $19 Kh5 43. Ra1) 42... Qf3+ 43. Kd2 g4 (43... Qf2+ $142 44. Kd1 Qxa7 45. Rb3 g4 46. Kc1 Qf2 47. Rd3 g3 48. Rd6+ Kg7 49. Rd2 {[#]} g2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Rxf2 g1=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Kb2 Qxf2+ 52. Kc3 Qd4+ 53. Kc2 Qxe4+ 54. Kd2 f5 55. Kc3 f4 56. Kb3 f3 57. Ka3 f2 58. Ka2 Qb4 59. Ka1 f1=Q+ 60. Ka2 Qfb1#) 44. Rbb7 f6 45. Rh7+ Kg5 46. Rhg7+ Kf4 47. Rg6 Kxe4 (47... Qe3+ $142 48. Kc2 Qxa7 49. Kc3 Qf7 50. Rh6 g3 51. Rh4+ Kf3 52. Rh3 Qc7+ 53. Kb4 Qb7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 54. Ka3 Qe7+ 55. Kb2 Qb4+ 56. Kc1 Qxe4 57. Kb2 Kg4 58. Rh6 Qe2+ 59. Kc3 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 60. Kc4 Qxh6 61. Kd5 g2 62. Kd6 g1=Q 63. Kd7 f5 64. Kd8 Qa7 65. Ke8 Qh8#) 48. Ra4+ Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,81,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,14,22,22,27,22,46,45,35,0,0,-14,-14,-41,0,0,0,0,67,0,5,23,12,4,7,0,8,13,55,35,34,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,70,13,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 {[%cal Rf3e5] A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} exd4 8. Nxd4 Ne4 9. Qd3 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qxd2+ (10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qe7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc3 O-O 14. c5 a5 {1-0 (36) Duda,J (2738)-Svidler,P (2737) St Petersburg 2018}) 11. Qxd2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 d6 13. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nb5 Kd8 14. Kc3 a6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 {½-½ (15) Flores,D (2543)-Fedorchuk,S (2603) Lorca 2007}) 13... bxc6 14. c5 a5 15. Kc3 Be6 16. Be2 Kd7 17. Rhd1 Bd5 18. g3 Rhe8 ({Black should try} 18... Ke7 $11) 19. Rd4 (19. cxd6 $1 $14 cxd6 20. Rxd5 cxd5 21. Bb5+ Ke6 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. b4) 19... Re4 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 21. Rd1 Bd5 22. a3 Rb8 23. Rd4 dxc5 24. Ra4 $1 Ra8 25. Kc2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kd6 26. Bd3 f5 27. h4 g6 {[#]} 28. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke5 (28... gxh5 29. Rf4) 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rh4 Rd8 31. Be2 Be4+ 32. Kc3 g5 33. Rh7 Kd6 34. Rh6+ Kd7 ({Better is} 34... Ke7 $1 $11) 35. f3 (35. g4 $1 $14) 35... Bd5 {The position is equal.} 36. Rg6 Re8 37. Kd2 Rb8 38. Kc2 Re8 39. Kd2 Rb8 40. Kc2 Re8 41. Kd2 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,91,16,10,12,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62,58,62,69,66,0,0,0,13,27,36,0,29,0,0,0,188,188,185,186,1079,962,1076,925,548,489,483,351,686,667,543,347,984,896,1031,1004,984,755,685,213,1178,1265,29981,29982,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 15. Bb3 Re8 16. d5 (16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 g6 21. Nd4 Ng7 22. Nb5 {½-½ (54) Mamedyarov,S (2820)-Ding,L (2804) Batumi 2018}) 16... exd5 {The position is equal.} 17. exd5 Nc5 18. d6 Bxf3 $1 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. gxf3 {aiming for d7.} Qd7 21. Re1 {Re7 is the strong threat.} Re8 $146 (21... Ne6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 21... Ne6 22. f4 {½-½ (49) Jaeckel,C (2394)-Kveinys,V (2131) ICCF email 2011}) 22. Rxe8+ $14 Qxe8 23. Qg5 {Black must now prevent Qe7.} Kf8 $1 ({Don't go for} 23... Nxb3 $2 24. Qe7 $18 (24. axb3 Kf8 $14)) 24. Kg2 ({White should play} 24. Qd5 $14) 24... Qd7 $11 25. Qd5 {White wants to play Qa8+.} Nxb3 26. axb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} f6 27. f4 g6 28. f3 a5 29. Qd4 Qe6 $2 {[#]} (29... Qd8 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 30. Kf2 $1 $18 ({Weaker is} 30. Qxb6 Qe2+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe2+ 33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Kg4 Qe6+ 35. Kh4 Qe1+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 37. Kh4 Qxf3 $11) 30... Ke8 31. Qxb6 Qd5 $2 (31... Kd7) 32. Ke3 Qd1 33. Qb5+ Kf8 34. Qd3 Qe1+ 35. Kd4 Qb4+ $2 {[#]} (35... a4 36. bxa4 Qb4+ 37. Kd5 Qb7+ 38. Kc5 Qa7+ 39. Kb4 Qb6+ 40. Qb5 (40. Ka3 Qc5+ 41. Ka2 Qf2+ 42. Ka3 Qc5+ 43. Kb3 Qb6+ 44. Qb5 Qxd6 $16) 40... Qd4+ 41. Kb3 Qxd6) 36. Kd5 $1 ({Not} 36. Ke3 Ke8 $16) 36... Qb7+ 37. Kc5 Qa7+ $2 (37... a4 38. bxa4 Qa7+ 39. Kb5 Qb7+ 40. Ka5 Qa7+ 41. Kb4 Qb6+ 42. Ka3 Qc5+ 43. Kb3 Qb6+ 44. Qb5 Qxd6) 38. Kb5 Qb7+ 39. Kxa5 Qa7+ 40. Kb4 Qb6+ 41. Ka3 $2 (41. Qb5 Qd4+ 42. Ka5 Qxd6 43. Qb4 Qxb4+ 44. Kxb4) 41... Qc5+ $2 (41... Qa7+ 42. Kb4 Qb6+ 43. Ka4 Qc6+ 44. Ka5 Qa8+ 45. Kb4 Qc6) 42. b4 Qc1+ 43. Kb3 {White mates.} Ke8 44. Qe4+ Kf8 45. Qe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 46. Qd8+ {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,167,14,6,6,39,0,13,0,0,0,4,0,20,-119,-10,-65,-56,-64,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,-23,-22,-58,-49,-56,-51,-62,-62,-62,-62,-63,-61,-75,-61,-61,-61,-83,-77,-88,-84,-91,-93,-99,-102,-107,-112,-139,-95,-161,-121,-136,-135,-136,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-99,-99,0,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-116,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-120,-121,-121,-120,-113,-106,-121,-119,-201,-122,-125,-125,-207,0,-113,0,-106,0,-136,-99,-120,-112,-113,-113,-113,-99,-113,0,-187,-99,-99,-91,-203,-203,-192,-170,-632,-620,-584,-427,-427,-411,-332,0,-408,-422,-420,-390,-490,-472,-449,-161,-164,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} exd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. exd4 d5 10. Bg5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. c5 Qd7 {½-½ (37) Berkes,F (2541)-Sitnikov,A (2218) Oropesa del Mar 2001}) 10... dxc4 11. bxc4 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Qd2 (14. Rc1 $11) 14... f5 (14... Nxe3 $17 15. fxe3 g4) 15. h3 ({Better is} 15. d5 $1 $11 Nxe3 16. fxe3) 15... Nxe3 $15 16. fxe3 f4 (16... g4 $15 17. hxg4 fxg4) 17. Rad1 $11 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. exf4 Bxf3 $1 20. Rxf3 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Rf2 Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 23. Bg4 Nxf4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rae8 {aiming for ...Re1+.} 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Bh5 {Threatens to win with Rf5+.} Re1+ 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. Bg4 Be5 31. Re2 Kf6 32. Rd2 Bd6 33. Rb2 b6 34. Rd2 Ke5 35. Bf3 (35. Bd1 $17) 35... a5 36. Rd5+ Kf6 37. Rd2 a4 38. Ke3 Bb4 39. Re2 a3 40. Kd3 Rc1 41. Rc2 Rb1 42. Re2 Bd6 43. Kc2 Rb2+ 44. Kd3 Rb1 45. Kc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2b1]} Ra1 46. Kb3 Kg5 47. Bd5 h5 48. Rf2 Rb1+ 49. Kc3 Be5+ 50. Kd3 h4 51. Re2 Bd6 52. Kc2 Ra1 53. Kb3 Kf4 54. Re4+ Kg3 55. Re2 Rb1+ 56. Kc2 Rf1 57. Kb3 Bc5 58. Rd2 (58. Kc2 $17) 58... Rb1+ 59. Kc2 Ra1 60. Kb3 (60. Kd3 $17) 60... Bd6 (60... Re1 $1 $19 61. Kc3 Be3) 61. Re2 $1 $17 Rb1+ 62. Kc2 Rf1 63. Kb3 $1 Kh2 64. Kc2 Bc5 65. Kb3 Rb1+ 66. Kc2 Ra1 67. Kb3 Kg3 (67... Rf1 $17 68. Rd2 Rb1+ 69. Kc2 Ra1) 68. Rd2 $1 $19 {[#]} Rg1 ({Black should try} 68... Re1 $1 $19 69. Kc2 Bb4 70. Rd3+ Kf4 71. Rf3+ Ke5) 69. Re2 Bf2 70. Re7 {[#]} (70. Re6 $17) 70... Rb1+ $1 71. Kc3 Rb2 {Hoping for ...Bc5.} 72. Rxc7 $2 (72. c5) 72... Bc5 73. Rg7+ Kf4 74. Rf7+ Kg4 75. Rg7+ Kf4 76. Rf7+ $1 Ke5 77. Rh7 Rxa2 {White must now prevent ...Rb2.} 78. Rh5+ Kf6 79. Rxh4 Rf2 $2 (79... Ra1 {...Rb1 is the strong threat.} 80. Kc2 Rg1) 80. Rh1 a2 $2 (80... Rb2 $19 {And now ...Bb4+ would win.} 81. Be4 Bb4+ 82. Kd4 a2) 81. Ra1 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Ke5 {( -> ...Bd4+)} (81... Bd6 $5 82. Kb3 $8 Ke5 $11) 82. Kb3 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 83. Rxa2 (83. cxb5 Kxd5) 83... bxc4+ 84. Bxc4 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,118,0,0,0,0,-7,-16,-34,-32,-66,-79,-109,-108,-108,-72,-197,-196,-188,-187,-183,-195,-194,-191,-210,-139,-212,-199,-287,-285,-404,-412,-395,-188,-206,-114,-140,-125,-102,-63,-94,-108,-110,-104,-178,-174,-155,-73,-105,-99,-105,-98,-116,-120,-312,-313,-369,-354,-416,-403,-362,-362,-1200,-1177,-1241,-983,-1457,-757,-743,-689,-750,-622,-588,-576,-518,-302,-772,-687,-1205,-1164,-813,-615,-607,-583,-598,-589,-558,-539,-546,-179,-450,-442,-852,-698,-518,-356,-337,-330,-390,-370,-6107,-845,-29962,-754,-1985,-1319]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Rc1 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (9. Be2 Ngf6 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. Bxh5 g6 15. Nxe4 Rxh5 16. Ng3 Rxh4 17. Rxh4 Qxh4 {½-½ (52) Navara,D (2741)-Harikrishna,P (2739) Linares 2018}) 9... Nf8 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 Ne6 11. Bg4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nh6 13. f5 Qd7 14. Qf3 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 h5 16. Qf3 Bh7 17. Nxh5 {1-0 (40) Shadunts,K (1845)-Emanuel,Y (2088) St Petersburg 2017}) 10... h5 11. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Qb6 12. Nxd5 Qxb3 13. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 $1 14. axb3 Rc8 15. d5 (15. Na6 $17 bxa6 16. Bxa6) 15... Bb4+ $19 ({Not} 15... Rxc7 16. d6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 16. Kd1 {Threatens to win with dxc6+.} Rxc7 17. Bxc7 Kxc7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bc4 Ne6 20. Ke2 (20. Ne2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 20... Nf6 21. f4 (21. f3 $142) 21... Re8 22. Kf3 (22. Bxe6 {might work better.} fxe6 23. Rhd1) 22... Ng4 {( -> ...Nd4+!)} 23. Bxe6 fxe6 (23... Rxe6 $142 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Re6e3]} 24. e4 Bxe4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 25. Nxe4 f5) 24. Rc4 c5 (24... Bd2 $19 25. Nf1 Ba5) 25. Ne4 Bxe4+ $1 26. Rxe4 e5 27. Rc1 {Hoping for Rxb4.} Kd6 28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. fxe5 (29. g3 $17) 29... Nxe5+ 30. Ke2 Rf8 (30... Ba5 $142 31. Ra4 Bb6) 31. Rf4 Rxf4 32. exf4 Nc6 33. Rd3 Nd4+ 34. Ke3 $2 (34. Kf2 $17 {was necessary.}) 34... Kf5 35. Rd1 a5 36. g3 g6 37. Kf2 Ke4 ({Weaker is} 37... Nxb3 38. Rd5+ Ke6 39. Re5+ Kf6 40. Re4 $17) 38. g4 $2 (38. Kg2 Ke3 39. Kh3) 38... hxg4 39. Kg3 Kf5 40. Rd3 Ne2+ 41. Kf2 Nxf4 42. Rd8 Ne6 43. Rd5+ Kf4 {White must now prevent ...g3+.} 44. Rd6 Ke5 45. Ra6 $2 (45. Rd7) 45... Kf5 46. Rd6 Nd4 47. Rd5+ Kf6 48. Rd6+ Kg7 49. Rd7+ Kh6 50. Kg3 Nxb3 51. Kxg4 Nd4 $2 (51... c4 {...Nc1 is the strong threat.} 52. Rf7 Bc5) 52. Rc7 $2 (52. Rd6 {was called for.}) 52... Nf5 53. h5 (53. Kf4 $142 Nxh4 54. Rc8) 53... Ne3+ 54. Kf3 Nd5 55. Rd7 Nf6 56. Rd6 Nxh5 57. b3 $2 (57. Kg4) 57... Ng7 58. Kg4 {[#]} Nf5 (58... c4 $142 $1 59. Rd8 (59. bxc4 Bxd6) 59... Ne6 60. Rc8 cxb3 61. Rc1 a4 62. Rg1 a3 63. Ra1 a2 64. Kf3 b2 65. Rxa2 Ng5+ 66. Kg3 b1=Q 67. Rh2+ Kg7 68. Re2 Qg1+ 69. Kh4 Be1+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 70. Rxe1 Qf2+ 71. Kg4 Qf3+ 72. Kxg5 Qg3#) 59. Rd7 Nd4 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,89,8,14,11,0,0,0,15,4,56,56,61,59,133,81,83,85,90,73,154,156,162,183,184,143,268,254,259,250,259,259,260,260,386,383,486,447,494,360,352,320,354,338,367,276,272,272,322,280,426,37,27,43,39,0,0,0,39,0,164,172,239,224,354,340,282,199,191,191,279,283,1631,529,510,518]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} f6 (6... Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Re1 {1-0 (29) Anand,V (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 a5 9. b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nd7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 $146 {[%cal Rf6e5]} ({Predecessor:} 10... fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O e5 16. c4 d4 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Re1 Re8 19. Re4 Bf5 {½-½ (19) Skogheim,O (1992)-Vinke,D (2166) Drammen 2018}) 11. exf6 Ngxf6 12. c4 Bc5 (12... O-O $11) 13. Bd3 $14 O-O 14. O-O Nb6 (14... Bd6 $14) 15. Rc1 (15. Qc2 $142) 15... Qe7 $16 16. a4 Bd7 17. cxd5 Nbxd5 {[#]} (17... Nfxd5 $142 18. Ne5 (18. Qc2 Rac8 $16) 18... Be8) 18. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c5]} Rac8 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd2 Nb4 (20... Rxc1 $16 {was called for.} 21. Rxc1 b6) 21. Rxc5 $18 Qxc5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 {[#]} 23. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 24. Qxd7 Rxf3 (24... Qd5 $142 25. Rd1 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Nd5) 25. gxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qf5 26. Qd4 Qxf3 27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qg3 Qe4 29. f3 Qe3+ 30. Qf2 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Nd3 32. Qg3 Qe3 (32... Qd5 {might work better.} 33. Rg1 Qd7 34. Qb8+ Kh7) 33. Rg1 $2 (33. Qb8+ $18 Kh7 34. Qxb7 Nf2+ 35. Kg2) 33... Nf2+ $14 34. Kg2 Nd3 35. Kh1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg3g7]} Nf2+ 36. Kg2 Nd3 37. Rf1 Qe2+ $2 (37... Nf4+ $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 38. Kh1 Qd4) 38. Kg1 $18 Qe3+ (38... b6 $142 39. h3 Qe3+ 40. Kh1 Qe2) 39. Kh1 Qe2 (39... b6 {was worth a try.} 40. f4 Qd4) 40. Qg2 Qe3 41. h3 Nf4 42. Qg3 Qe2 (42... b6 $142 43. Qf2 Qd3) 43. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg3g7]} ({Not} 43. Qxf4 Qxf1+ 44. Kh2 Qf2+ 45. Kh1 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 b6 $11) 43... Nh5 $2 (43... Qe5 44. Qg5 Qxg5 45. Rxg5 Nd5) 44. Qg4 (44. Qb8+ $142 Kf7 45. Qxb7+ Kf6 46. Qe4 Qxe4 47. fxe4) 44... Qe5 45. Qg5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,116,7,0,-6,-88,-103,-90,-21,-44,-23,-111,-110,-138,-126,-220,-100,-106,-89,-101,-112,-108,-45,-73,-45,-55,-64,-55,0,-48,-33,-50,-65,-77,-66,-90,0,0,-19,-32,-24,-44,-47,-50,58,50,62,-21,-18,-18,-18,-18,-28,-15,8,8,8,8,12,0,433,500,810,708,1287,1190,1124,854,2124,1731,11192,11560,7564,7520,6735,6457,2507,1073,6221,5509,29942,29955,29955,29950,29970,29971,29975,29976,29977,29974,5505,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Ngf6 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd6 (11... Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. Bxh5 g6 15. Nxe4 Rxh5 16. Ng3 Rxh4 17. Rxh4 Qxh4 {½-½ (52) Navara,D (2741)-Harikrishna,P (2739) Linares 2018}) 12. f4 $146 {[#]} (12. Bf4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qb8 13. Qd2) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rh3 Qb6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Kf1 Rfe8 15. Kg1 Rac8 16. Bf3 Ng4 {½-½ (48) Portisch,L-Geller,E Portoroz 1973}) 12... Qb6 $1 $17 13. Qd2 {[#]} O-O-O (13... Ne4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4d2]} 14. Ngxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4) 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. a3 (15. O-O $11 {remains equal.}) 15... Rde8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. b4 (17. Kf2 $17) 17... Re7 (17... Ng4 $19 {is more deadly.} 18. Nf1 Qd8 19. Bxg4 hxg4) 18. O-O Rhe8 19. Rf3 Ng4 {[%cal Re7e3]} 20. Nf1 Qd8 (20... Bf5 $17 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 a6) 21. b5 Bxa3 (21... Be4 $5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 $15) 22. Ra1 Bb4 23. bxc6 bxc6 (23... Be4 $15 24. Qa2 bxc6 25. Nxe4 dxe4) 24. Qb2 a5 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 25. f5 Bh7 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 26. Na2 Rb7 27. Nxb4 Rxb4 (27... axb4 $17 28. Qb3 (28. Qa2 $2 b3 $17) 28... Qd6) 28. Qc3 $11 Qb6 29. Bd1 g6 30. Nd2 gxf5 31. Nb3 $1 f4 (31... Kc7 $15) 32. Nxa5 $14 Kc7 $1 {[%cal Re8e3]} 33. Nxc6 (33. Rxf4 $14 Bg6 34. Bxg4 hxg4 35. Rff1) 33... Rc4 $11 34. Ra7+ $1 {[#]} Qxa7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Nxa7 Rxc3 36. Nb5+ Kc6 37. Nxc3 {And now Ba4+ would win.} Rxe3 38. Rxe3 fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} ({Of course not} 38... Nxe3 39. Bxh5 Nf5 40. Bxf7 $16) 39. Kf1 {aiming for Bxg4.} Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Bd3+ $11 {and Black stays safe.} 40. Ke1 f5) 40. Bxg4 $1 $18 hxg4 {KB-KN} 41. Ke2 g3 42. Kxe3 Bg6 43. Kf4 Bh5 44. Kxg3 f6 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. g4 Bg6 47. Ne2 Bd3 48. Ke3 (48. Kf3 $142 Kd6 49. Nc1) 48... Bc2 49. Nf4+ Kd6 50. g5 fxg5 51. hxg5 Bf5 52. Kf3 Kc6 53. Kg3 Bb1 54. Kg4 Kb5 55. g6 $2 (55. Ne6 $18 Kc6 56. Kh5) 55... Bxg6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 56. Nxg6 {Threatening mate with Kf5.} Kc4 57. Nf4 {White wants to mate with Ne6.} Kxd4 58. Nxd5 Kxd5 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,19,21,7,13,13,29,22,16,25,11,0,0,-34,1,0,124,33,36,29,50,58,89,66,107,102,106,86,102,25,58,35,41,-64,283,283,263,279,267,258,287,285,344,350,612,613,612,614,595,562,619,575,644,593,637,637,828,850,679,537,777,778,758,751,740,201,1785,1744,5097]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} f6 (6... Ne7 {is interesting.} 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bd7) (6... Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Re1 {1-0 (29) Anand,V (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 {White has an edge.} a5 9. b5 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O e5 16. c4 d4 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Re1 Re8 19. Re4 Bf5 {½-½ (19) Skogheim,O (1992)-Vinke,D (2166) Drammen 2018}) 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ng4 (12... Nf7 $11) 13. exf6 (13. Nd4 $16 Nxf2 14. Rxf2) 13... Bxf6 $14 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. c4 a4 16. Rc1 Kh8 17. h3 Nge5 18. Re1 Ng6 19. Nf1 ({Better is} 19. Bd3 $16) 19... e5 {[#] And now ...e4 would win.} 20. Ne3 e4 21. Ng4 ({White must play} 21. Nxd5 $14 Qf7 22. Nd2) 21... exf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Qf7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 22. Qxd5 (22. Ng5 Qe7 $17) 22... Qxd5 23. cxd5 exf3 24. Bxf3 Ra5) 22. Nxf6 $18 fxe2 23. Rxe2 Nxf6 24. cxd5 Nf4 25. Rd2 Ne4 26. Rd4 Bf5 $2 (26... Nd6 27. Qd2 Ng6) 27. f3 Nxh3+ 28. gxh3 Nd6 29. b6 Rf6 30. h4 Raf8 31. Kh2 Bc8 32. Rxa4 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 34. Ra8 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Rf8 36. a4 Kg8 37. a5 $2 (37. Rc7) 37... Re8 $2 {[#]} (37... Bd7 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 38. a6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa6 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,95,6,4,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,27,44,36,64,49,70,54,67,65,59,66,55,54,54,25,16,12,24,22,25,20,23,14,15,25,32,29,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-59,0,0,0,0,0,0,279,279,279,279,271,272,272,272,272,262,499,527,575,569,577,566,1639,1425,2014,5712,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5} 11. Kf2 Nfd7 12. Ne2 Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 13. Nd4 Bd7 {[#]} 14. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Qb1 Nba6 15. Be2 Ba4 16. Ra2 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Qc7 18. Rb2 Qxh2 {0-1 (37) Morozevich,A (2715)-Fedorchuk,S (2665) Pamplona 2010}) 14... Qc7 15. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rd8 16. Qb1 e5 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nbd7 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. Qb4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 b6 $1 22. Bxc5 (22. g3 {is more complex.} h6 23. Kg2 Rc8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rb1) 22... bxc5 23. Qa3 Rb8 24. Bc4 h6 25. Rd2 g5 26. h3 Kg7 27. Kg3 h5 28. Rd1 Kg6 29. h4 (29. Kh2 $14) 29... gxh4+ $11 30. Kxh4 Qe7 31. Kh3 h4 32. Qa4 Rd8 33. Rb1 (33. Kh2 $11) 33... Nh5 (33... Nh7 $15 34. Kh2 Qf6) 34. Qc6+ Rd6 (34... Kh7 $5 35. Rb7 $8 Qg5 36. Rxf7+ Kh8 $11) 35. Rb7 Nf4+ 36. Kh2 Rxc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Qd8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 37. Qxc5 (37. Bxf7+ Kh6 $11) 37... Rd2 38. Bxf7+ Kh6 39. Qc6+ Rd6) 37. Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd6 38. Rxe5 ({Inferior is} 38. Bxf7+ Kf6 $11) (38. Rxa7 Rd2 $14) 38... Rd2 {[#]} 39. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh6 {[#] Black wants to play ...h3.} (39... Kxf7 40. Rf5+) 40. Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f4]} (40. Rxc5 h3 $11) 40... Nxg2 {...Ne3+ is the strong threat.} 41. Kh3 ({And not} 41. Rxc5 Nf4+ 42. Kh1 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Rd2+ 44. Kh1 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Rd2+ $11) 41... Ne1 $2 (41... Rf2 42. Rf6+ Kg5 43. Rf5+ Kh6 44. Rf6+ Kg5 45. Rf5+ Kh6) 42. Kxh4 $18 Rd3 43. Kg4 Rxc3 44. Bd5 Nc2 {Threatening ...Ne3+.} 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Kg5 Nd4 47. Rf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 48. Kh6 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,79,8,22,26,15,25,4,14,42,47,41,27,7,7,7,7,5,5,5,6,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,5,8,7,7,27,27,26,25,25,25,27,29,35,28,43,38,43,21,22,13,21,22,26,0,0,0,28,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 c5 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 15. g4 Nxg4 16. Qe2 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 17. Ne5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 f5 $1 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Rdg1 {Bxh6 is the strong threat.} (20. Nc3 Rad8 21. Rhg1 Kh8 22. Rg6 {½-½ (38) Saric,I (2662)-Nisipeanu,L (2672) Heraklio 2017}) 20... Nxe4 21. Qxe4 {[#] Rxg7+! would kill now.} Bf6 $1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rb6b2]} (21... Rxf2 {[#]} 22. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Rg1+ Bg5 26. Bxg5) 22. b3 c4 23. Bxh6 cxb3 24. axb3 Rf7 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 25. Bc1 Qxf2 26. Bb2 ({Not} 26. Qxe6 $2 Qd4 $19) 26... Bxb2 27. Kxb2 {aiming for h6.} Qf5 28. Qe2 {White wants to play Rf1.} Qf2 (28... Raf8 {keeps more tension.} 29. Rg6 Rf6 30. Rg2 Qc5 31. Rd1 Qe7) 29. Qxe6 {And now h6 would win.} Qf6+ $146 30. Qxf6 Rxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 31. Rg5 Kh7 32. Rd1 {Black must now prevent Rd7.} Rf7 33. Rd6 Rc8 34. c4 Re8 35. Ka3 Re3 36. Rgd5 Rff3 37. Rb5 Re7 38. Rbd5 Ree3 39. Rb5 Re7 40. Rbd5 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,10,15,17,24,23,27,25,36,39,21,8,10,9,7,14,7,8,30,-10,-6,-159,-172,-172,-165,-169,-179,-172,-35,-36,0,-216,-229,-435,-460,-462,-444,-479,-52,-61,-46,-49,-56,-137,-16,-196,-174,-183,-178,-170,0,0,264,0,95,0,131,116,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O {White has an edge.} a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} Nb6 12. Bb5 Bd6 13. Ne4 Na7 14. Ng3 Bg6 $1 15. Nxe5 $2 (15. Ne4 $11) 15... Bxe5 $17 16. Rxe5 {[#]} c6 $146 17. Be3 cxb5 18. axb5 Nd7 (18... Nac8 $19 19. Bc5 Qc7) 19. Rd5 $15 f5 20. b4 $2 (20. Qf3 $11) 20... f4 $19 21. Bc5 $2 (21. Bxa7 fxg3 22. Bd4) 21... fxg3 22. Bxf8 gxf2+ (22... Qxf8 23. Rxd7 gxf2+ 24. Kf1 $19) ({Less strong is} 22... Kxf8 23. Qf3+ Bf7 24. Rxa5 $17) 23. Kf1 Bf7 $2 {[#]} ({Not} 23... Qxf8 24. Rxd7 Re8 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Qd5 $19) (23... Kxf8 $2 24. Rxa5 Qc7 25. Rxd7 $19) (23... Qf6 $19 24. Bc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 b6) 24. Qg4 $1 $15 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 512]} Qxf8 25. Rxd7 Nxb5 26. c4 {[#]} (26. Rxb7 $15 Nxc3 27. Rxa5) 26... Nc3 ({Black should play} 26... Na3 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra3c2][%mdl 512]} 27. Ra2 (27. Rxa3 Qxb4) 27... Qxb4 28. Kxf2 Rf8) 27. Rxa5 $2 (27. Rxb7 $11 {and White is okay.} Rd8 28. Qf3) 27... Rxa5 28. bxa5 Qe8 $1 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Re8e1]} 29. Kxf2 {[#]} h5 $2 ({Better is} 29... Nd1+ $1 $19 30. Kg1 Ne3) 30. Qd4 $11 {Rd8 is the strong threat.} Nd1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Qe2+ $1 $11 31. Kg1 Qe8) 31. Kg1 $2 ({Only move:} 31. Kf3 $1 $18 Qe1 32. Rxb7) 31... Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Nf2 (32... Ne3 $11 33. Qe4 Nf1+ 34. Kg1 Ne3+ 35. Kh2 Nf1+ 36. Kg1 Ne3+ 37. Kh2) 33. Qf4 ({Of course not} 33. Rxb7 $6 Ng4+ 34. hxg4 Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kg1 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kh2 Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kg1 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kh2 $11) 33... Nd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Bg6 $16) 34. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "20"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,113,18,-12,6,22,12,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-2,14,13,19,23,18,16,19,16,28,36,58,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,21,12,19,12,50,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,427,427,428,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,428,99]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O e5 11. Bb2 Be6 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3} (11... Na5 {with more complications.} 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a4 Rc8) (11... Na5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a4 Nc4 15. Ba3 Ng4 16. h3 Nxf2 17. Rxf2 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Qg5 19. Bc1 {½-½ (42) Rakhmanov,A (2543)-Andreikin,D (2625) Dagomys 2009}) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c4 exd4 {The position is equal.} 14. exd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rxc4 {½-½ (51) Milanovic,D (2462)-Arsovic,Z (2421) Bar 2015}) 16... Rc8 17. Bxa7 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rxc4 19. Rab1 Rc7 20. Bb6 Rcf7 21. Rd6 Nd5 22. Rxe6 Nxb6 23. Rexb6 Rxf2 24. Rxb7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra2 25. R7b3 h5 26. h3 Kh7 27. Rc3 h4 28. Rb4 g5 29. Rb7+ Kg6 30. Rc6+ Rf6 31. Rxf6+ Kxf6 $11 {KR-KR} 32. Ra7 Kf5 33. a4 Kf6 34. a5 Kg6 35. a6 {[#] Ra8 is the strong threat.} Kh6 36. Ra8 Kg7 37. a7 Kh7 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Ke1 Kh7 40. Kd1 Kg7 41. Kc1 {[#] Threatens to win with Kb1.} Kh7 42. Kb1 Ra6 43. Kb2 Kg7 44. Kc3 {aiming for Kc4.} Ra4 45. Kd3 {Hoping for Kc3.} Kh7 46. Kc3 Kg7 47. Kb3 Ra6 48. Kb4 Ra2 49. Kc5 {Black must now prevent Kb6.} Kh7 50. Kd5 Kg7 51. Ke5 {Strongly threatening Kf5.} Re2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Kh7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 52. Kf5 Kg7 53. Kxg5 Ra4) 52. Kf5 $18 Rf2+ 53. Ke6 $2 (53. Kxg5 $18 Rxg2+ 54. Kxh4) 53... Re2+ $11 54. Kd7 Rd2+ 55. Ke6 Re2+ 56. Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Kd5 $11 Ra2 57. Kc4) 56... Rf2+ $18 57. Ke4 $2 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 73%.} (57. Kxg5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Rxg2+ 58. Kxh4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,12,20,13,27,21,12,27,25,24,24,25,25,25,21,14,0,0,31,31,29,21,20,10,35,22,34,37,71,69,156,158,147,149,136,146,131,83,84,87,85,79,360,346,358,353,351,359,369,364,362,178,183,184,362,362,354,353,345,324,405,379,380,380,421,421,421,421,421,421]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6. O-O d6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a4 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Qc2 {½-½ (145) Anand,V (2773)-So,W (2765) Kolkata 2018}) 6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O {The position is equal.} a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Na7 (13... f5 {with more complications.} 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Qb3+ Kh8) 14. d4 $146 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nxb5 15. axb5 exd4 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfc8 19. Nf5 {Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Rd8 (19... Re8 $14 20. Bf4 Nd5) 20. Bf4 $16 Nd5 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. c4 Rd7 24. Re5 Bd1 25. Rc5 b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Bb3 $16 {was worth a try.}) 26. Rxc7 $18 Rxc7 27. Bxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb3 {[#]} 28. c5 $1 ({Less strong is} 28. Bxb6 Bxc4 29. Bxa5 Ke8 $16) 28... bxc5 29. b6 Bd5 30. Rd1 (30. Re1 $142) 30... Bc6 {[#]} 31. Re1 $1 {Hoping for Bd6+.} f6 $2 (31... h5 {is a better defense.} 32. Bd6+ Kg8) 32. Bd6+ Kg8 33. Re7 ({Weaker is} 33. Bxc5 Rb8 $16) 33... Rd8 34. Bg3 ({Not} 34. Bxc5 Rb8 $18) 34... Kf8 35. Ra7 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rb1 37. b7 {White is clearly winning.} Bxb7 38. Rxb7 c4 39. Bd6+ {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "22"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,68,0,0,0,-19,0,-22,-15,-14,-19,-12,-11,-22,-23,-30,-12,-40,0,-100,-95,-106,-110,-147,-135,-202,-206,-200,-212,-333,-351,-341,-345,-359,-343,-630,-610,-594,-610,-822,-820,-799,-768,-993,-987,-843,-801,-29964,-29959,-29968,-29968,-29967,-29968,-29961,-4984,-29989,-29990]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 9. c5 Qc6 {aiming for ...Qxe4+.} 10. f3 b6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bd6 {Threatens to win with Nd4.} bxc5 {Threatening ...a5.} 13. a3 Bxc3+ $1 14. bxc3 a5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...Nxe4! White is under pressure.} ({But not} 14... Nxe4 $6 15. fxe4 Qxe4+ 16. Kf2 $14) 15. e5 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd5 16. Bd3 {0-1 (55) Morozevich,A (2758)-Topalov,V (2771) Zug 2013}) 16. fxe4 (16. Bb5 $1 $11 Qxb5 17. fxe4) 16... Qxe4+ $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. Qe2 Qxh1 18. Nxc5 Bb7 $1 19. Nxb7 (19. O-O-O $17 {keeps fighting.}) 19... Qxb7 $19 20. Bg2 Qb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c3]} 21. Qd3 (21. Rc1 $142 Rb8 22. Qe4) 21... Qb2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Bxa8 {Hoping for Rb1.} Qxa1+ 23. Ke2 Qb2+ 24. Kf3 $2 (24. Kd1) 24... f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Be4 Ne5+ 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Bxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Rf8+ 29. Kg4 Qxh2 30. Qg6+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Rf7 32. Qg5+ Kd6 33. Bd3 {[#]} Qh1 (33... e4 $142 $1 34. Bb5 (34. Bxe4 Qe2+) 34... Qf2 35. Qg6 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kh4 Rf8 37. Qg7 {[#]} Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Qxh8 Qh1+ 39. Kg5 Qxh8 40. a4 Qxc3 41. g4 Qf3 42. Kh5 e3 43. Ba6 e2 44. Bxe2 Qxe2 45. Kg5 Qf3 46. Kh4 Ke5 47. Kh5 Kf6 48. Kh4 Kg6 49. g5 Kf5 50. g6 Qg4#) 34. Qe3 Rg7+ {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,134,15,23,20,38,43,43,33,44,44,62,54,75,43,52,35,48,31,33,31,77,63,98,100,164,62,68,64,69,70,61,56,67,43,63,0,21,11,82,0,20,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,-23,-25,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,8,12,14,-36,-36,-131,-36,-36,-36,-458,-454,-395,-391,-1195,-1155,-1103,-1076,-2662,-2216,-1572,-1508,-2330,-1993,-2037,-1361,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29992,-447]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6. O-O d6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a4 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Qc2 {½-½ (145) Anand,V (2773)-So,W (2765) Kolkata 2018}) 6... h6 7. b4 Be7 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} d6 9. h3 Nb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Nxe5 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bd4 Nb6 15. Na3 Nxd5 {1-0 (34) Raines,D (1060)-Mori,R (714) LSS email 2011}) 10. Re1 c6 11. Bb3 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. d4 Bf8 14. Bb2 g6 15. a5 Bg7 16. Nc4 Qe7 (16... Qc7 $16 {was necessary.}) 17. dxe5 ({White should try} 17. Ba3 $18) 17... Nxe5 $14 18. Nfxe5 ({Much worse is} 18. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxh3 $11) 18... dxe5 19. Nd6 Rd8 {Hoping for ...Be6.} 20. Nxc8 ({Worse is} 20. Bxf7+ Kf8 $17) 20... Raxc8 21. Qf3 c5 22. Red1 (22. Ba3 $14) 22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 c4 (23... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Ba2 (24. Ba4 $16) 24... b5 25. axb6 axb6 26. Bc1 b5 27. Bb1 Rd8 28. Be3 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qd7 30. Qe2 h5 31. Bc2 Kh7 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Bg5 Ne8 34. Qd1 Bh6 35. Bd8 f6 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ke2 Qd6 38. Qxd6 Nxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 39. Bc7 Ne8 40. Bb6 Kf7 41. Bc5 h4 42. g3 Nc7 43. Bd1 Ne6 44. Bb6 Ng5 {White must now prevent ...hxg3.} (44... f5 {with more complications.} 45. gxh4 fxe4 46. Be3 Nf4+ 47. Kd2 Ke6) 45. Be3 $1 Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...hxg3.} 46. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5 {KB-KB} 47. g4 Kh6 48. Bc2 {[#]} (48. Ke1 $1 $15) 48... Bf4 (48... Bc1 $1 $17 49. Kd1 Bb2) 49. Bd1 Kg5 50. Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White has to play} 50. Ke1 $1 $15) 50... Bc1 $19 51. Bd1 Kf4 52. Bc2 $2 (52. Ke1 g5 53. Ke2) 52... Bb2 53. Kd2 Kf3 54. g5 fxg5 55. Bd1+ Kxf2 56. Kc2 Ba1 57. Bg4 Kg3 58. Bf5 gxf5 {Black mates.} 59. exf5 {KB-KP} g4 60. f6 gxh3 {KB-K3P} 61. f7 h2 62. f8=Q h1=Q 63. Qg7+ Kh3 64. Qd7+ {[#]} Kh2 $1 65. Qf5 Qg2+ 66. Kd1 Bxc3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg2d2]} 67. Qd7 {[#]} Qd2+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-C"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "24"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,107,-2,-2,0,0,-2,1,4,11,11,10,0,0,0,0,5,5,-8,0,-6,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-10,26,7,54,16,20,0,3,-13,-13,-13,0,-8,35,0,0,0,5,5,9,5,5,0,10,6,27,27,27,22,22,22,27,42,56,29,72,72,97,97,158,152,131,93,158,151,152,122,185,164,268,322,296,286,603,603,591,589,778,823,1156,1148,3139,2644,2171,1615,29974,29973,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. h3 (4. e3 e6 5. d3 Be7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 O-O 8. g3 a5 9. a4 Bb4+ 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. O-O Qe7 {1-0 (32) Nakamura,H (2746)-Sargissian,G (2689) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. g3 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nbd7 7. f4 Bd6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. a4 c6 11. d3 b5 {1-0 (49) Sahl,B-Bjork,C Muerren 1979}) 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. f4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. c4 d4 12. d3 Qd7 13. Qf3 a5 14. a4 Re7 15. Nd2 Rae8 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Rad1 g6 18. h4 Rd7 19. Bh3 Bf8 20. Re2 Nb4 21. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1h2,Bh2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} (21. Ne4 {looks sharper.} Nxe4 22. dxe4 Qc6 23. Bg2 Rde7 24. e5) 21... Qc6 22. Nh2 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Nc6 24. Rde1 b6 25. f5 gxf5 {[#]} 26. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nb4 (26... exf5 27. Rxe8) 27. Ne5 Rc7 28. Bh3 Bd6 29. Rd1 Kg7 30. Bc1 Na2 (30... h5 {is more complex.} 31. Bf4 Rce7 32. Kh2 Rd8 33. Bg5 Rde8) 31. Rxa2 {aiming for Re2.} Bxe5 32. Re2 Bd6 33. Rde1 h6 34. g4 Nd7 35. Kg2 Nf8 {[#]} 36. h5 $1 Nh7 37. f4 Rce7 ({Black should try} 37... Nf6) 38. g5 $16 f5 39. Kf3 Kh8 (39... Nf8 $142) 40. Bd2 Kg7 41. Rg2 Kh8 (41... Nf8 $16 42. Reg1 Rf7) 42. gxh6 $18 Rg8 (42... Nf6 {was worth a try.} 43. Rg5 Rh7) 43. Rg6 Nf8 44. Rf6 Kh7 $2 {[#]} (44... Rd7 45. Rexe6 Nxe6) 45. Bxf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 46. Rxd6 Rxe1 47. Bxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rg1 48. Bh4 Rh1 49. Be7 Rh3+ 50. Kf2 Rxd3 51. Bxf8 {White mates.} Rxb3 52. Rd7+ Kg8 53. h7+ Kh8 54. Bd6 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

