[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,99,0,14,0,50,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,6,11,0,0,0,0,-3,-9,-11,122,129,103,101,107,112,129,70,108,65,152,146,191,196,195,181,183,186,219,212,284,291,279,253,502,501,763,760,966,1107,1043,1003,973,712,1793,1640,2532,2077,12840,29951,5065,2148]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bb3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. h3 Bf5 15. Re1 Re8 16. Qd2 {D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6} (16. g4 Bg6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Qf4 Re8 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd8 23. Rd4 Qc7 {1-0 (43) Radjabov,T (2751)-Sargissian,G (2691) Batumi 2018}) 16... a5 17. a3 Qd6 18. Re3 {The position is equal.} Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Rc5 Be4 22. Nd2 a4 23. Ba2 Qb6 24. Qc3 Rd8 {1-0 (45) Murtazin,B (2425)-Proleiko,J (2226) Moscow 2017}) 20. Re1 Nd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Ne5 Be6 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. Na4 $36 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3,Bd3f4,Bf4d5][%mdl 2080] Black is under pressure.} Qd6 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Qb5 Qc7 27. Ncd3 Bf5 28. Nf4 Be4 29. f3 Bxe5 (29... Bh4 $11 30. Rf1 (30. fxe4 Bxe1 31. Nxd5 Qc1 $17) 30... Bh7) 30. dxe5 $16 Bf5 31. Nxd5 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Nc3 (33. Ne3 $16 Be6 34. Rd1) 33... Kf8 34. Kf2 g5 (34... Rd2+ $14 35. Re2 Rd3) 35. Rd1 Rc7 36. Rd5 b6 37. Ke3 Be6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxc3+!} 38. Rd6 Rb7 39. Kd4 Ke7 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 f6 $2 {[#]} (41... b5 {is a better defense.} 42. Nd5+ Bxd5) 42. Nd5+ $18 Bxd5 (42... Kf7 $142 43. Nxf6 b5) 43. Kxd5 fxe5 44. Rxh6 {KR-KR} Rd7+ 45. Kxe5 Rd2 46. g4 Rf2 47. Kf5 Rxf3+ 48. Kxg5 Rb3 49. Rxb6 Rxh3 50. Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:12:10]} e5 {[%emt 0:12:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 13. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 15. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 16. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 17. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 18. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 19. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 20. d4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 21. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 22. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 23. Rde1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 26. b3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 28. Ref2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 33. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 35. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 36. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 37. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 38. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 41. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 42. Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 43. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 44. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 45. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 46. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Rxc7+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 48. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 49. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 50. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 51. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 52. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 53. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 54. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 55. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 56. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 57. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,56,0,10,21,21,32,16,18,6,35,26,26,17,24,15,22,25,15,13,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nd7 {E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0} 15. Bf4 {Black must now prevent Ng6!} Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Qc5 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 b6 22. c5 Ba6 {[#]} 23. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. c6) 23... Rfd8 {The position is equal.} 24. Rb1 Bc4 25. cxb6 Rxb6 26. Rb4 Bxa2 27. Ra5 Bd5 28. Bxd5 {[#] Hoping for Bb7.} exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,80,18,10,19,23,18,12,13,19,8,8,20,13,12,19,34,21,11,0,0,-12,0,-43,-25,-63,-17,-72,-87,-149,-154,-235,-226,-230,-227,-301,-300,-350,-325,-370,-348,-593,-570,-585,-578,-537,-407,-677,-669,-909,-387,-387,-393,-360,-204,-383,-422,-471,-412,-503,-284,-258,-218,-203,-211,-237,-224]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. h3 Qd7 (14... Bc5 15. b4 Bf8 16. a4 b5 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 {1-0 (59) Amin,B (2710)-Fedoseev,V (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 15. Nh4 Bc5 16. Nhf5 Bf8 17. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. a3 Rad8 18. b4 b5 19. a4 Kh8 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 {0-1 (44) Odeev,H (2408)-Khusenkhojaev,M (2455) Ashkhabad 2017}) 17... Rad8 18. Qd2 Be6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Bxh6 Nh7 $1 {next ...f5 is good for Black.} 21. d4 (21. Bxf8 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Rxf8 22. Qh6) 21... f5 $17 {White must now prevent ...f4.} (21... exd4 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qh6 $16) 22. Rad1 (22. Bxf8 $142 Rxf8 23. Qh6) 22... f4 (22... exd4 $6 23. Bxf8 Nxf8 24. Nh5 $11) 23. Bxf8 (23. Bxf4 $17 {might work better.} exf4 24. Qxf4) 23... Rxf8 $19 ({Don't do} 23... Nxf8 24. Nh5 $17) 24. Ne4 Qg7 {[%cal Re5d4]} 25. Kh2 exd4 ({Not} 25... Bxa2 26. b3 $17) 26. Nc5 Bd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rg7g2]} ({Don't play} 26... Bxa2 27. Be4 $19) 27. Be4 {Now Bxd5+ and White clings on.} Bxe4 28. Rxe4 $2 (28. Nxe4 {was forced.} Rf5 29. b4) 28... dxc3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 29. Qc2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 cxb2 31. Ne6 (31. Qb3+ $142 Rf7 32. Nd3) 31... Qg6 32. f3 Ng5 (32... Nf6 $142 33. Nxf4 Qh6) 33. Nxg5 Qxg5 34. Qb3+ Rf7 (34... Kh7 $142 35. Qc2 Kh6 36. Qxb2 Rd8) 35. Qxb2 $2 {[#]} (35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Qxb2+ Qf6 37. Qxb7) 35... Rg7 36. Re2 b6 37. Qc2 Ne7 38. Qxc7 Nf5 39. Qxb6 Ne3 40. Qe6+ Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,64,23,36,22,31,22,13,0,0,0,0,-23,-20,-33,-21,-29,-37,-33,28,-50,-62,-82,-74,-247,-247,-247,-247,-247,-247,-475,-203,-193,-201,-347,-341,-343,-194,-181,-160,-184,-170,-160,-189,-186,-185,-1235,-992]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Rd1 b5 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nb4 11. a4 {D28: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 Qe2 with early ...Nc6} bxa4 12. Nc3 Bxc5 (12... Nxd3 13. Rxd3 Bd7 14. Qc2 Qxc5 15. Rxa4 Be7 16. e4 O-O 17. Be3 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qb4 {0-1 (35) Sokolov,I (2589)-Van Foreest,J (2629) Amstelveen 2017}) 13. Nxa4 {[#] The position is equal.} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxd3 14. Rxd3 Be7 15. Rc3 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qb5 17. Rc4 e5 18. Nc3 Qb8 19. e4 {½-½ (35) Schepers,H (2395)-Raedeker,B (2527) ICCF corr 1999}) 14. Bb1 O-O 15. e4 Bb7 16. Bg5 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. e5 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc5.} Qb5 ({Better is} 18... Bxf3 $15 19. gxf3 Rac8) 19. Qe1 ({White should try} 19. Qe3 $1 $11 Nfd5 20. Nc3 Nxe3 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxe7) 19... Bxf3 $1 $15 20. gxf3 {Hoping for Nc3.} Nfd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 21. Nc3 $2 (21. Bxe7 $17 Nxe7 22. Nc3) 21... Nxc3 $19 22. Bxe7 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 23. Kg2 Nxc1 24. Bxd8 $2 (24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Bxb4) 24... Rxd8 (24... Ncd3 $142 25. Bxd3 Nxd3) 25. Qxc1 Qxe5 26. Ra3 (26. Qc4 $142 Qd6 27. Be4) 26... Nd5 {aiming for ...Nf4+.} 27. Ra4 g6 (27... g5 $142 {And now ...Nf4+ would win.} 28. Rg4 h6) 28. Ba2 Ne7 29. Rxa6 Rb8 30. Qc3 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Rc8 32. Qe3 $2 (32. Ra5 Qf4 33. Rc5) 32... Qb5+ {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,71,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Be7 5. O-O b6 6. b3 Bb7 7. c4 Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxc3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} c5 12. Qe2 (12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 {½-½ (51) Savon,V (2429)-Shalimov,V (2406) Kharkov 2000}) 12... cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Rfd1 {[#] Hoping for Bxh7+!} (15. Ba6 {is interesting.} Be4 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bd3 Bd5 18. Bc4) 15... Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qf6 16. Ba6 Be4 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Nd2 Ba8 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. Ng3 Qf6 22. Ne4 Qg6 {½-½ (22) Denoth,M (2240)-Ernst,R (2235) Switzerland 1996}) 16. Ba6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. g3 g6 19. Kg2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bc4 Kg7 23. h4 h5 24. Qb7 Qe7 25. Qc6 Qd6 26. Qb7 Qe7 27. Qe4 a5 28. a4 Qf6 29. Bb5 Qb2 30. Bc4 Qf6 31. Bb5 Qb2 32. Qd3 Bb4 33. Bc4 Be1 34. Qf1 Bb4 35. Qd1 Qd2 36. Qxd2 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,10,10,10,12,0,3,2,27,12,15,12,45,6,39,-80,-84,-73,155,165,278,272,310,325,325,114,139,14,21,16,17,22,121,111,104,107,281,0,0,0,120,124,389,0,0,0,380,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e4 Qd6 9. h3 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 {0-1 (43) Topalov,V (2761)-Anand,V (2770) Leuven 2016}) 7. dxe4 Nxe4 8. e3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bd3 d5 11. Rd1 (11. O-O-O $5 {[%cal Rd2e1]}) 11... Bg4 12. Bc3 (12. Bc1 $14 {stays ahead.} Ng5 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. gxf3) 12... Bxf3 $17 13. gxf3 Ng5 $2 (13... Nxc3 $17 {keeps the pressure on.} 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 $2 Kxh7 16. Rxd5 Qe7 $17) 15... Qh4 16. cxd5 Rxe3+ 17. Kf1 Qh3+ 18. Kg1 Rxf3 19. dxc6 Rf4) 14. cxd5 $16 Nxf3+ (14... Ne5 $142) 15. Kf1 $18 Nce5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 {[#]} 17. Be4 $2 (17. h4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win.}) 17... Qh4 $16 18. Bxf3 (18. Bxe5 $16 Qh3+ 19. Ke2 Nxe5 20. Kd2) 18... Nxf3 $11 19. Qf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc4+ 20. Qd3 Qg4 (20... Qh4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. h3 $16 Qh5 22. Qc4 Nh2+ $2 {[#]} (22... Ne5 $16 23. Qe2 Qh7) 23. Ke1 $2 (23. Kg2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg2h2]} Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qxd1+ 25. Kxh2) 23... Nf3+ $11 24. Kf1 {Threatens to win with Qg4.} Ne5 (24... Nh2+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 25. Kg2 (25. Ke1 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 $16) 25... Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qxd1+ 27. Kxh2 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qh5) 25. Qe2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Nf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Qh6 $16 {might work better.} 26. h4 Rad8) 26. Qc4 $2 ({White has to play} 26. e4 $18) 26... Ne5 $11 27. Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Bxe5 $11 Qxd1+ 28. Kg2) 27... Nf3 $18 28. Qc4 $2 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 30%.} (28. e4 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:12:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:12:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 10. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 12. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 17. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 18. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 19. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 20. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 23. b4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 25. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 27. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 29. e6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. exf7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxf7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 31. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 32. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 33. Qxd6 Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 35. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. Kf2 Bb5 39. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Re6+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 40. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 41. d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. g3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. f4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 46. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 48. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. d6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kb6 50. Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 51. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 52. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 53. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 54. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 55. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 57. Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 58. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 59. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 60. g4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 61. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 62. g5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 63. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 64. Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 65. Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 66. g6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 67. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 68. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 69. g7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 70. Bxa2 Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 71. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,113,16,13,4,41,25,10,14,44,40,40,17,26,33,55,56,58,62,58,58,52,43,65,17,34,32,23,45,42,26,25,15,31,33,38,32,41,45,40,40,27,28,52,56,55,58,84,85,87,87,87,87,91,87,89,88,118,79,80,75,78,68,72,75,82,48,69,69,106,69,145,151,200,194,289,220,565,497,741,738,895,739,755,755,673,647,877,806,798,780,778,742,702,616,527,496,818,820,880,832,675,664,29980,29981,29984,29983]} 1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. d3 c6 (3... a5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 f6 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 Qd7 10. Nbd2 Be7 {½-½ (50) Fedoseev,V (2719)-Jumabayev,R (2602) St Petersburg 2018}) 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Bc7 6. Bg5 d5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. e4 Be6 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. exd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (44) Moussard,J (2442)-Favarel,A (2363) Nancy 2013}) 6. Bg5 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} h6 7. Bh4 Re8 8. e3 {The position is equal.} Bf8 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. d4 Qc7 12. Rc1 a6 13. h3 b6 14. Bg3 Bb7 15. b4 Rad8 16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qc2 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qa5 21. Qa4 Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Ra4 26. Rb1 Rd7 27. Rb3 f6 28. Kh2 Kf7 29. f3 Re7 30. e4 Rd4 31. Bf4 Rd1 32. h4 Ra1 33. Rd3 Ra2 34. h5 Rb2 35. a4 Rb4 36. Ra3 Rb1 37. e5 fxe5 38. Bxe5 Bc8 39. Bd6 Reb7 ({Black should try} 39... Rd7 $14 40. Rd3 Rb4) 40. Rxc6 $16 Bd7 41. Rxa6 R1b2 (41... R7b6 {was worth a try.} 42. Rxb6 Rxb6) 42. Be5 Re2 $2 {[#]} (42... R2b6 43. Ra8 Re6) 43. f4 $18 Rc2 (43... Bf5 $142 44. Rg3 Kg8 45. Rxh6 Re3) 44. Rg3 Ke8 45. Ra8+ Rc8 46. Rxc8+ Bxc8 47. Rxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb3 48. Rh7 Rb6 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. a5 Ra6 51. Bc3 Rc6 52. Bd4 Bb7 (52... Ke7 $142 53. Kg3 Bf5) 53. Rh7+ Kc8 54. Be5 Rc2 55. Rg7 Ra2 56. Rc7+ Kb8 57. Rc2+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,63,26,31,19,81,73,85,85,76,45,88,100,88,72,89,85,131,97,74,82,100,116,118,79,96,88,93,75,124,99,191,179,467,465,522,274,259,272,268,236,265,245,365,377,387,381,359,365,385,349,406,413,510,495]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 d5 7. cxd5 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 c5 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 g6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Be4 Qd7 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Bb4 19. Red1 Na5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 {1-0 (57) Anton Guijarro,D (2650)-Banikas,H (2568) Doha 2016}) 7... Nxd5 (7... exd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 8. Nc3 Nbd7) 8. e4 $16 Nb4 {[#]} 9. Bb5+ $1 {White is better.} c6 10. Be2 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. a3 N4a6 12. Nc3 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nc7 {½-½ (23) Laszlo,J (2331)-Vartsaba,A (2053) Nyiregyhaza 2008}) 11. a3 N4a6 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Nc3 Nc7 14. Be2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bf4 (17. Qc2 {is interesting.} e5 18. Be3 h5 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. Nd5) 17... Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Ne8 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. Bf3 Nd7 (20... Rg8 $16) 21. Ne2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Ba4 $2 {[#]} (21... Nc5 {keeps fighting.} 22. b4 Ba4) 22. b3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bb5 (22... Bxb3 23. Rxd7) 23. a4 Bxe2 24. Rxd7 ({Much less strong is} 24. Bxe2 $6 Nc5 $16) 24... Bxf3 25. gxf3 {aiming for Rxa7!} Bc5 26. Be3 Bxe3 (26... g6 {was called for.} 27. Bh6+ (27. Bxc5+ bxc5 28. Rxc5 Kg7 $16) 27... Ke8) 27. fxe3 {KRR-KRR} g5 28. Rcc7 Kg7 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30. Rg7+ Kh6 31. Rge7 Rae8 32. Rxa7 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,85,42,31,35,33,40,40,13,17,25,18,17,0,49,24,22,9,25,34,37,18,37,24,39,6,14,7,7,-12,0,-2,0,5,50,48,104,105,105,105,105,105,105,105,91,66,62,14,12,16,14,10,26,28,405,45,60,11,12,4,4,6,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 cxd4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 {White is slightly better.} 11. b3 a6 12. Rfd1 Qa5 13. Rdc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rac1 Rb8 14. a3 Qxa3 15. Ra1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 {½-½ (28) Gelfand,B (2743)-Ponomariov,R (2709) Tashkent 2016}) 13... Nc6 14. e3 Ba3 15. Rd1 Bb4 16. Nde2 Qc7 17. a3 Be7 18. Ne4 Na5 19. Rab1 d6 20. h4 Rd8 21. N2c3 Rb8 22. Rdc1 b6 23. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bb7 24. Nd5 Qd7 ({Black should play} 24... exd5 $14 25. cxd5 Qd7) 25. Nxb6 $16 Qc7 26. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c7]} exd5 27. cxd5 Qb6 {[#]} 28. b4 $1 Bxd5 {And now ...Nc4! would win.} 29. bxa5 Qxa5 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Be6 32. Nf3 d5 33. a4 Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Ba3 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 34. a5 $2 ({Only move:} 34. Rxb8 $1 $18 Rxb8 35. Rc7) 34... Bb4 35. Nd4 Bxa5 {The position is equal.} 36. Bxd5 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Bc3 38. Rb7 Bxd4 39. exd4 Be6 40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Rb6 Kf7 42. Rxa6 Rxd4 43. Ra2 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:12:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:12:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 13. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 15. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. e4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 20. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Rce1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 22. g3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 23. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Red8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 24. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. Rc3 Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 26. b4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 28. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} R1d7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. e5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 32. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 33. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 34. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 35. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 36. e6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 37. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 38. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 39. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 41. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 42. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 43. Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 44. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 45. f4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 46. g4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 48. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 49. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 50. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,139,35,37,28,28,41,37,56,40,42,34,37,40,60,48,72,16,18,0,8,0,0,-17,-18,-56,-68,-64,-62,-56,-61,-47,-33,-45,-8,-40,-32,-32,-32,-97,-13,-12,-14,-62,-66,-117,-93,-131,-127,-160,-136,-126,-97,-98,-25,-23,-9,-54,-60,-84,-86,-131,-129,-131,-72,-107,-102,-143,-115,-180,-112,-173,-163,-163,-164,-203,-203,-283,-293,-281,-282,-278,-274,-360,-366,-397,-400,-602,-600,-593,-586,-612,-595,-717,-738,-729,-725,-650,-239,-213,-8,-14,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. O-O Qa5 9. e3 d6 {A39: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} 10. Bd2 (10. h3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Rfc8 12. Rd1 a6 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 {½-½ (41) Ding,L (2778)-Bacrot,E (2718) Liaocheng 2018}) 10... Bd7 11. b3 Rfc8 {White is slightly better.} 12. Rc1 Rab8 13. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bc3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. exd4 e6 18. Qd2 {½-½ (54) Zaltsman,V-Sunye Neto,J (2360) Lone Pine 1978}) 13... Bxc6 14. e4 Qa3 15. Rc2 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] [#]} 16. Bc1 (16. c5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qa5 (16... Qxc5 17. Nd5) 17. Re1) 16... Qa5 $11 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Be3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qd2 b4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bc3 23. Qc1 $1 Bb5 {Strongly threatening ...Bd3.} 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Bh3 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Qa5 27. Bd2 {[#]} (27. Rc1 $15) 27... Qa3 ({Black should try} 27... Be2 $1 $17 {[%cal Re2d1]} 28. Re1 Bf3) 28. Bc1 Qa6 29. Bd2 Be2 30. Re1 (30. Rc1 $15) 30... Bf3 31. Qc7 Ra8 32. Bg2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Qxa2 34. Qb7 Rf8 (34... Kg7 $17 35. Qxb4 Rc8) 35. Qxb4 Qa8 36. Qc4 Rc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 37. Qd3 Rc5 38. Be3 Rxd5 39. Qe4 e6 (39... Ra5 $142 40. Qxa8+ Rxa8) 40. Rc1 h5 41. h4 Qb7 42. Qf3 (42. b4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 42... Bg7 (42... Rb5 $19 43. Qxb7 Rxb7) 43. Bg5 (43. Rc4 $17) 43... Rb5 44. Qxb7 Rxb7 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 45. Rb1 Bc3 46. Kf3 f6 47. Be3 d5 48. Ke2 e5 49. Kd3 d4 50. Bc1 Kf7 51. f4 (51. Ba3 $142 Be1 52. Ke2) 51... Ke6 52. fxe5 fxe5 53. Ke4 Rf7 54. Bg5 Rf2 55. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Re2+ 56. Kd3 Rg2 $2 (56... Re1 57. Rxe1 Bxe1) 57. Kc4 Ra2 $2 ({But not} 57... Rxg3 58. Rf1 $17) (57... e4 $19 {aiming for ...Rc2.} 58. Be3 dxe3 59. Kxc3 Rxg3) 58. b5 $11 {The position is equal.} Ra8 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 59. b6 Kd6 60. b7 Rb8 61. Kd3 Kc6 62. Bf6 Rxb7 63. Rxb7 Kxb7 64. Bxe5 {KB-KB} Kc6 {And now ...Kd5 would win.} 65. Bxd4 Be1 66. Be5 Kd5 67. Bf4 Bb4 68. Bb8 Bc5 69. Bf4 Ke6 70. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,61,0,0,0,0,-21,-24,-28,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,245,247,508,125,433,433,433,433,433,424,535,527,743,732,1169,1191,29991,791,29991,29992,29993,29994,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O Ne7 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (7... a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. d5 Bg4 14. b3 Ba5 15. Re3 {½-½ (37) Vitiugov,N (2730)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Satka 2018}) 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 {LiveBook: 37 Games} 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Nc6 14. a5 Nxa5 15. d5 $1 {[#] Hoping for b4.} c5 $146 16. b3 Bc7 17. Bb2 b5 18. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bg6 19. Nh4 Nxe4 $2 (19... Re8 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 20. Nxg6 $18 Nxd2 $2 (20... Nxf2 21. Ne7+ Qxe7 22. Rxe7 Nxd1 23. Rxc7 (23. Rxd1 Bd8 $16) 23... Nxb2 24. Rxa5 Nd1) 21. Nxf8 $2 (21. Ne7+ $18 {is the precise move to win.} Kh8 22. Qxd2) 21... Naxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Qxf8 $16 {is more resistant.} 22. Qxd2 Nxb3) 22. Ne6 fxe6 23. dxe6 Qe7 24. Bg2 Rf8 25. Rxa6 c4 26. Bc3 Nc5 27. Ra7 Ndb3 {[#]} 28. Qd5 (28. Rxc7 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc7 29. e7 Qb8 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Qg5 Ne6 32. Rxe6 Nd4 33. Bxd4 Rg8 {[#]} 34. Qxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg7 35. e8=Q+ Qxe8 36. Rxe8#) 28... Kh8 {[#]} 29. Rxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Qxc7 30. e7 {[%cal Re7f8]} Re8 31. Qf7 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,143,28,41,59,-26,-23,-73,-57,-59,-30,-60,-65,-82,-76,-72,-78,-80,-68,-88,-87,-92,-81,-83,-78,-69,-71,-63,-74,-71,-73,-93,-80,-75,-56,-65,-66,-144,-63,-69,-67,-73,-69,-128,-127,-126,-132,-159,-109,-109,-113,-112,-107,-117,-113,-117,-53,-166,-164,-163,-161,-169,-162,-166,-163,-182,-64,-70,-69,-169,-164,-268,-256,-245,-193,-198,-195,-198,-198,-491,-199,-185,-158,-158,-158,-158,-158,-158,-158,-158,-158,-158,-158,-158,-158,-158,-158,-147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc5 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6} 9. e3 $146 (9. Ndb5 $14 O-O 10. Nc7) ({Predecessor:} 9. Ndb5 O-O 10. Be3 Qxc4 11. Rc1 Qb4 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. a3 Qa5 14. N3b5 Ng4 15. Bc5 Bxb2 16. Rc4 {1-0 (44) Dubov,D (2536)-Dominguez Perez,L (2730) Sochi 2012}) 9... Qxc4 $11 10. Ndb5 O-O {Black is better.} 11. b3 Qg4 12. Bb2 d6 13. Bf3 Qh3 14. Bg2 Qh5 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Ba3 Nf6 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. N7d5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 {Black should prevent Rxc6!} Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Kf8 22. h3 h5 23. f4 Be6 24. Kf2 Red8 25. Rc2 {[#]} (25. Rd2 $15) 25... Na5 (25... Nd4 $1 $17 26. Rxc8 Rxc8) 26. Nc7 Bf5 27. Rcc1 Bd7 28. b4 (28. Rd2 $15) 28... Nc6 $17 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6b8,Bb8d7][%mdl 32]} 29. Nd5 Nb8 30. Re1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. b5 Nd7 34. Bb4 Nc5 (34... b6 $17 35. Bc3 Bxc3 36. Nxc3 Nc5) 35. b6 {[#]} ({White should try} 35. Bxc5 $1 $15 dxc5 36. b6) 35... axb6 $1 $19 36. Nxb6 {Hoping for Bxc5.} Nd3+ 37. Ke2 Bxh3 $1 ({But not} 37... Nxb4 38. Nxc8 Nxa2 39. Bxb7 $17) 38. Bxh3 Nxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 39. a3 Nc2 (39... Nc6 $19 40. Bc8 Na5) 40. a4 $1 $15 e6 41. Bg2 (41. Nc8 $1 $15) 41... d5 $19 42. e4 (42. Nc8 {is a better defense.}) 42... Bd4 43. Nc8 {intending Kd3.} Ne3 44. Bh1 dxe4 45. Bxe4 Nd5 {aiming for ...Nc3+.} 46. a5 $2 (46. Nd6) 46... Bc3 (46... Nc3+ $142 47. Kf3 Nxe4 48. Kxe4 Bc5) 47. Nb6 Nxb6 48. axb6 {KB-KB} Bd4 49. Bxb7 Bxb6 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. Kxg4 f5+ 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Ba6 Bc7 55. Bb5 Bxf4 ({Black should play} 55... e5 $17 56. fxe5+ Bxe5) 56. Kxf4 $17 {KB-K3P. The position is equal.} e5+ 57. Kf3 e4+ 58. Kf4 g5+ 59. Ke3 Ke5 60. Bd7 g4 {And now ...g3 would win.} 61. Kf2 $1 Kf4 62. Bc8 Kg5 {White must now prevent ...f4.} 63. Bb7 Kf6 (63... Kh4 $5 64. Kg2 $8 e3 $11) 64. Bc8 Ke5 65. Bd7 Kf4 66. Bc8 g3+ 67. Kg2 Kg4 68. Bd7 Kf4 {[#]} 69. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf5 (69... e3 $5 70. Bd3 $8 e2 71. Bxe2 Kg5 72. Kxg3 $18) 70. Kxg3 Ke5 (70... e3 $5 71. Kf3 $8 Ke6 $11) 71. Kf2 Kd4 {( -> ...Kd3)} 72. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,143,20,25,12,12,9,8,16,20,24,20,46,27,22,2,8,8,18,0,31,22,28,1,10,7,31,28,19,29,33,20,53,5,24,8,22,21,30,33,52,35,33,0,42,0,0,0,0,2,25,0,8,2,1,8,6,-112,-116,-122,-122,-122,-124,-156,-79,-79,-79,-87,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,47,47,47,0,81,81,81,81,81,81,98,81,98,10,98,0,31,31,81,34,79,30,30,14,30,14,14,0,30,30,30,30,101,101,110,14,110,110,110,110,11877,12165,5481,5600,29961,29959,6709,6095,29968,29969,29967,29970,29983,29983,29988,29989,29990,29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. Ba4 (8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. d5 Bg4 14. b3 Ba5 15. Re3 {½-½ (37) Vitiugov,N (2730)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Satka 2018}) 8... b5 9. Bc2 Bb6 {The position is equal.} 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Re2 Ne7 12. h3 Nf6 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3 h6 16. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Be3 c5 17. c4 {0-1 (59) Barbier,A (1853)-Hoare,A (2017) Bhubaneswar 2016}) 16... c5 17. a4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Be6 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. d5 Bd7 23. Bd3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nf4 25. Bf1 Rc2 26. Rec1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 (27. Qxc1 {keeps more tension.} Qb8 28. Ra6 Rc8 29. Qe3 Qc7 30. Qa3) 27... Qb8 28. Ne2 (28. Ra1 {with more complications.} Rc8 29. Ra6 Qc7 30. Qa3 Ne8 31. Ra7) 28... Nxe2+ 29. Bxe2 Rc8 30. Ra1 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4c3][%mdl 32]} 31. Nd2 Bb5 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 Qc7 34. b3 (34. Qb5 $11) 34... Qc3 $17 35. Qxc3 bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 36. Nc4 Nxe4 {Strongly threatening ...Nc5.} 37. Rc1 Rb8 (37... Kf8 $142 38. Ne3 Ke7) 38. f3 Nd2 39. Rxc3 Nxb3 ({Black should try} 39... Rc8 $1 $17) 40. Nxd6 $11 Nd4 41. Rc7 Rd8 42. Nxf7 Rxd5 43. Re7 Nf5 44. Rxe5 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Kxf7 (45... Nh4 $11 {remains equal.} 46. Re4 Nxf3+ 47. Kg3 Kxf7 48. Kxf3 Rf1+ 49. Ke3 Ra1) 46. Rxf5+ {KR-KR} Kg6 47. g4 Rd3 48. Kg3 Ra3 49. Re5 Rb3 50. Kf2 (50. h4 $16) 50... Ra3 (50... Rb2+ $1 $11 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Rf5+ Ke6) 51. Re3 (51. h4 $16) 51... Ra2+ 52. Kg3 Ra4 53. f4 Kh7 54. f5 Kg8 55. Kf3 Rb4 56. Re4 Rb3+ 57. Re3 Rb4 58. Rc3 Ra4 59. Kg3 Rb4 (59... g6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 60. Kh4 $16 Kh7 {[#]} 61. Rc7 (61. Kh5 $1 $16) 61... Kg8 (61... Rb3 $11) 62. Kh5 Rb6 63. Re7 Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (63... Kh7 $16 64. Re3 Ra6) 64. Re6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6a6]} Ra8 65. Kg6 Rb8 66. Rc6 Rd8 67. h4 Rb8 68. g5 {White mates.} hxg5 69. hxg5 Kh8 70. Re6 Rg8 71. Kf7 Ra8 72. Re8+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,96,36,43,39,50,63,65,88,92,77,89,103,95,113,45,40,45,46,51,48,48,97,101,151,149,159,41,44,40,43,11,27,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-75,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-8,-8,89,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-212,-187,-804,-804,-804,-804,-783,-768,-720,-482,-475,-348]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 Na6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. a3 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} Nb6 (11... f6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. b3 Bh6 14. f3 Be3 15. Bf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 f5 17. Rb1 Qd8 18. h4 Nd7 {½-½ (40) Karjakin,S (2772)-Nakamura,H (2772) Shamkir 2014 CBM 160 [Krasenkow,M]}) 12. b3 Bd7 13. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} Nc5 {[#]} 14. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qc2 f5 15. b4 Nca4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 f4 18. Bh4 h6 {1-0 (35) Piorun,K (2665)-Georgiadis,N (2473) Germany 2017}) 14... f5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nca4 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bh4 (19. Be3 $16) 19... g5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 20. Bg3 f4 21. Bh2 h5 22. f3 Rf6 23. Ra1 c6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Nxd6 (25. Na7 $16 Rc7 26. Rxa4 Nxa4 27. Qxa4) 25... Rxd6 26. c5 Rg6 27. cxb6 (27. Rfc1 {is more complex.} Rd8 28. cxb6 Nxb6 29. Kf1 Nc8 30. Bg1) 27... Nxb6 28. Nb3 g4 29. fxg4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Bxg4 31. Nc5 (31. Bxg4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxg4 32. Ra6) 31... Bf8 ({Black should try} 31... Bxe2 $17 32. Qxe2 Qf7) 32. Qb3+ (32. Bxg4 $14 Rxg4 33. Ra7) 32... Qf7 $11 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Ra7+ Kg8 35. Bxg4 Rxg4 36. Rc1 Rd8 37. Rc2 Bxc5+ 38. bxc5 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Nd7 40. g3 Rd3 {[%cal Rf4g3]} 41. gxf4 exf4 42. Rb2 Kf7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ke6.} 43. Rbb7 $2 (43. Ke2 $11 {and White is okay.} Re3+ 44. Kf2) 43... Ke6 $19 {And now ...f3 would win.} 44. Rxd7 $2 (44. Ke2 Re3+ 45. Kf1) 44... Rxd7 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Rxd7 Kxd7 46. Kf3 {[#]} Rg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5c5]} 47. Bxf4 Rxc5 48. Ke2 Rc3 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,202,10,8,16,10,22,16,31,0,8,1,0,0,0,-20,0,0,12,-18,22,-24,-8,-52,0,-2,6,17,0,-24,-3,-25,-25,-26,-11,-3,-11,-9,0,-78,-37,-233,-179,-150,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,7,3,6,0,3,0,4,0,2,3,3,0,3,3,3,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,4,0,4,4,4,4,5,8,6,0,12,4,4,4,12,4,13,4,15,0,15,0,15,0,0,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,88,88,85,81,81,81,79,87,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,0,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,0,44,0,44,0,44,0,44,0,52,59,59]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 {The position is equal.} 10. d4 Ng6 11. Re1 c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 12. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. d5 c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. Nf1 Bd7 15. Be3 {0-1 (67) Balogh,C (2657)-So,W (2760) Baku 2015}) 12... dxe5 13. Bc2 b5 14. Nf1 h6 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. g3 Qc7 17. Kh2 Rad8 18. a4 Bc6 19. axb5 axb5 20. b3 Bb6 21. Bb2 Qb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 22. N3d2 Rd7 23. Red1 Rfd8 24. f3 Nh5 25. Ne3 (25. c4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bc7 26. Ne3) 25... c4 (25... Nxg3 $5 26. Kxg3 Nf4 $11) 26. Ndf1 $2 ({Of course not} 26. bxc4 Nxg3 27. Kxg3 Nf4 $19) (26. Ng2 $1 $15) 26... cxb3 27. Bxb3 {[#]} Nf6 $2 (27... Nxg3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Kxg3 (28. Nxg3 $2 Nf4 $19) 28... Nf4) 28. Nf5 Bc5 29. N1e3 Qb6 30. Ng4 Nxg4+ 31. hxg4 Ne7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rd1 Qd8 34. Kh3 Kf8 35. Bc1 (35. Rxd7 {is interesting.} Qxd7 36. Kg2 Nxf5 37. gxf5 Qd6 38. Bc1) 35... Nxf5 36. gxf5 Rxd1 37. Bxd1 Qd6 38. Bb3 Ba3 39. Be3 Bc5 40. Qd1 Ke7 41. Bd2 Bd7 42. Kg2 Bc6 43. Qc2 f6 44. Be1 Kd8 45. Kf1 Kc7 46. Ke2 Kb6 47. Be6 Kc7 48. Qa2 Kb6 49. Bd2 Kc7 50. Bg8 Kb6 51. Qf7 Qe7 52. Qb3 Qd6 53. Bf7 Qe7 54. Be6 Qd6 55. Qa2 Kc7 56. Bf7 Kb7 57. Bd5 Bxd5 58. exd5 (58. Qxd5+ $11 Qxd5 59. exd5) 58... e4 (58... Bb6 $1 $15) 59. Bf4 exf3+ 60. Kxf3 Qd7 61. g4 h5 62. Qd2 $1 hxg4+ 63. Kxg4 g6 64. Qd3 Kb6 65. Qe4 (65. Bg3 {keeps more tension.} Ka5 66. Bh4 Be7 67. Qe4 gxf5+ 68. Qxf5 Qc7 69. Qe6) 65... b4 (65... Ka5 $11 {remains equal.}) 66. cxb4 $16 gxf5+ 67. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 68. Kxf5 Bxb4 69. Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kb5 (69... Bf8 $16 70. d6 Bxd6) 70. Ke6 $18 Kc4 {[#]} 71. Bd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6b4] Bxb4 would kill now.} Be1 72. Ba3 {Strongly threatening Be7.} Bg3 73. Bb2 Kc5 74. Be5 Bh4 75. d6 {Threatens to win with d7.} Kc6 76. d7 {And now Bb8 would win.} Bd8 77. Bd6 Ba5 78. Ke7 Bb6 79. Ba3 Kd5 80. Bc1 Ba5 81. Bf4 Bb6 82. Bg5 Ba5 {[#]} 83. Ke8 $2 (83. Bd2 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bb6 (83... Bxd2 84. d8=Q+) 84. Bg5) 83... Ke6 $1 $14 84. Bd8 Be1 85. Bc7 Bh4 86. Bb6 Bg5 87. Bc5 Bh4 88. Bb6 Bg5 89. Bd8 Bd2 90. Bh4 Ba5 91. Bf2 {Black must now prevent Be1!} Bc7 92. Bc5 {Be7 is the strong threat.} Ba5 93. Ba7 Bc7 {[#]} 94. Bb8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ba5 (94... Bxb8 95. d8=Q) 95. Bf4 {Hoping for Bd2!} Bb6 96. Bg5 Ba5 97. Bd8 Be1 98. Bc7 Bh4 99. Bb6 Bg5 100. Bc5 Bh4 101. Be3 {aiming for Bf4.} Bf6 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,215,32,50,47,65,65,59,66,76,61,52,54,75,69,68,48,69,31,40,17,12,0,0,0,0,-12,-15,-14,0,-16,0,-24,-8,-17,-8,-72,-35,-33,-35,-33,-31,-24,-31,-22,-22,-47,-7,-93,-95,-91,-31,-41,-13,-8,-7,-8,79,64,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,93,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-77,-77,-77,-77,-89,0,-183,0,-659,0,-164,0,-677,-164,-644,-656,-613,-584,-29979,-210,-29966,-29967,-29968,-29968,-29967,-29969,-29966,-29970,-29970,-29971,-29971,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29970,-29970,-29999]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 6. Qd2 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} h6 (6... b5 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 e5 9. O-O-O exd4 10. Rxd4 Be6 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Rd2 Ne5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 {½-½ (60) Zhigalko,S (2669)-Tarlev,K (2596) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016}) 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 {White is slightly better.} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c5 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. g4 b5 11. e5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxe5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 b4 15. Nb1 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Qxg5+ {0-1 (16) Dequenne,S (1615)-Klein,J (2040) Dudelange 1997}) 9. a4 b4 10. Nd1 a5 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. Nf2 Qc8 $1 14. O-O Nb6 15. Rfe1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. d5 c5 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd4 Qc8 20. Nb5 h5 21. Bd4 O-O 22. Nd1 (22. Nd3 $11) 22... Rb8 23. Ne3 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rxb5 {Threatens to win with ...e5.} 25. c4 Rb3 26. Rxa5 Bh6 27. Qc2 Qb7 {With the idea ...Qb4.} 28. Nd5 (28. Nf1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28... Nxd5 $17 29. exd5 Qb4 (29... Rc8 $1 $17) 30. Rea1 Be3+ 31. Bxe3 Rxe3 32. Rb5 $1 $132 {[%cal Rb5b4][%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Re1+ (32... Qc3 $1 $11 33. Qxc3 Rxc3) 33. Kf2 $16 Qxb5 $1 34. Rxe1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} ({White should play} 34. cxb5 $14 Rxa1 35. b6) 34... Qc5+ $11 35. Kg3 Re8 36. Re4 Qa3 37. Qe2 Kf8 38. h4 Qc3 39. Kh3 Qf6 40. Qe3 Ra8 41. Qh6+ Ke8 42. Qd2 Ra1 43. Kg3 Rb1 44. Qa2 Ra1 45. Qe2 Kf8 46. Qd2 Rh1 47. Qh6+ Ke8 48. Qd2 Rb1 49. Qa2 Ra1 50. Qe2 Ra8 51. Qe3 Kf8 52. Qh6+ Ke8 53. Qe3 Rc8 54. Qa7 Kf8 55. Qe3 Rc5 56. Qh6+ Kg8 57. Qe3 Rc7 58. Qb6 Rc8 59. Qb7 Re8 60. Qb6 Qc3 {[#]} (60... Rc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 61. Qc7 (61. Rxe7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe7 62. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 63. Qxe7) 61... Kf8 62. Qb6 Rc8 63. Qb7 Re8 64. Qb6 Qa1 65. Qe3 Qf6 66. Qh6+ Qg7 67. Qe3 Qf6 68. Qh6+ Kg8 69. Qe3 Kg7 70. Qe2 Kf8 71. Qe3 Rc8 72. Qh6+ Ke8 73. Qe3 Rc7 74. Qb6 Rc5 75. Qb8+ Kd7 76. Qb7+ Kd8 77. Qb8+ Rc8 78. Qb6+ Ke8 79. Qb5+ Kf8 80. Qb7 Re8 81. Qb6 Ra8 82. Qe3 Ra2 83. Qh6+ Kg8 84. Qe3 (84. Qc1 $11) 84... Qb2 $17 85. Qg1 Kf8 86. Kh3 Qd2 (86... f6 $17) 87. Qf1 $2 (87. Rd4 $1 $11 Qc3 88. Re4) 87... Rc2 $2 (87... f5 $19 88. Re1 Rc2) 88. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (88. Rd4 $11 Qxd4 89. Qe1) 88... Rb2 $2 (88... f5 $19 89. Re1 g5 90. hxg5 Qxg5+ 91. Kh2 h4) 89. Kh3 $2 (89. Qg1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 89... Rc2 $2 (89... f5 $19 90. Re1 Rc2) 90. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (90. Qd1 $11) 90... g5 $2 (90... f5 91. Rf4 Qe3) 91. hxg5 $2 (91. Qg1) 91... Qxg5+ $19 92. Kh2 f5 93. Rd4 {[#]} Kf7 $2 (93... h4 $1 94. Rg4 fxg4 95. fxg4+ Kg7 96. Qf5 Qxf5 97. gxf5 Rc3 98. Kh1 Rxc4 99. Kh2 Rc3 100. Kg1 Kf6 101. Kf2 Rc2+ 102. Kf3 Kxf5 103. g4+ Ke5 104. Ke3 h3 105. Kd3 Rc8 106. Ke3 h2 107. Ke2 h1=Q 108. Kd2 Qxd5+ 109. Ke1 Rc2 110. g5 Qh1#) 94. Kh3 $2 (94. f4 $19 Qg4 95. Kg1) 94... f4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg5g3]} 95. Kh2 Qg3+ 96. Kh1 h4 97. Re4 h3 98. Re2 hxg2+ 99. Rxg2 Qh4+ $2 (99... Qxg2+ {mates} 100. Qxg2 Rxg2 101. Kxg2 Kf6 102. Kh3 Ke5 103. Kg4 Kd4 104. Kxf4 Kxc4 105. Ke4 Kc5 106. f4 Kc4 107. f5 Kc5 108. Kf3 Kxd5 109. Kf4 Kd4 110. Kf3 Kd3 111. Kf4 d5 112. Kg3 Ke3 113. Kg4 d4 114. Kg5 d3 115. Kg6 Ke4 116. Kf7 Kxf5 117. Ke8 Ke6 118. Kd8 d2 119. Kc7 d1=Q 120. Kc6 Qd6+ 121. Kb5 Kd5 122. Ka4 Kc4 123. Ka5 e5 124. Ka4 Qb4#) 100. Kg1 $11 Rxg2+ 101. Qxg2 {KQ-KQ} Qe1+ 102. Kh2 Kf6 103. Qg4 Qf2+ 104. Kh1 {And now Qe6+ would win.} Qf1+ 105. Kh2 {Hoping for Qe6+.} Qe2+ 106. Kh3 Qe5 107. Kh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (107. Kg2 $11) 107... Qe1+ $1 108. Kh3 Qh1# {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,86,18,6,8,7,12,12,14,21,28,-19,-17,-20,-33,-8,-12,-77,7,-83,-85,-93,-86,-108,-123,-85,-39,-365,-364,-373,-380,-373,-366,-340,-343,-618,-369,-479,-442,-1455,-1424,-6487,-6299,-1910,-363,-361,-364,-347,-323,-316,-275,-289,-260,-318,-306,-317,-313,-537,-530,-591,-617,-604,-605,-566,-559,-582,-572,-633,-616,-908,-828,-858,-856,-1390,-1351,-1455,-1421]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. Ba4 (8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. d5 Bg4 14. b3 Ba5 15. Re3 {½-½ (37) Vitiugov,N (2730)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Satka 2018}) 8... Ne7 9. d4 exd4 {The position is equal.} 10. cxd4 Ba7 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Ng6 12. Re1 b5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Nf1 d5 15. e5 Ne4 {½-½ (49) Dionisi,T (2377)-Touzane,O (2325) Saint-Quentin 2014}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 $1 13. Bc2 Nc6 ({Reject} 13... Bxd4 $6 14. g4 $16) 14. g4 {[#]} (14. Nb3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14... Bg6 ({Black should play} 14... Nxg4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] And now ...Nf6 would win.} 15. hxg4 Bxg4) 15. Nf1 {[#]} (15. d5 $11 Nb4 16. Bb1) 15... d5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 16. e5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 18. Be3 f6 {aiming for ...fxe5.} (18... f5 {seems wilder.} 19. gxf5 Rxf5 20. Qe2 Rf7 21. Ng3 h6) 19. Rad1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 19. N1d2 $1 $15) 19... fxe5 $19 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 {Black must now prevent Bxa7.} Nxf2 $1 22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23. Qc5 $2 (23. Qxf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2) 23... Nxd1 24. Qxa7 Nf2 25. Qe3 (25. Qxf2 $142 Rxf2 26. Kxf2) 25... Qh4 26. Qg3 Nxh3+ 27. Kh2 Qxg3+ $2 (27... Rf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxh3 Qxe1) 28. Kxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ng5 29. Nd2 Re8 30. b4 {[#]} Ne4+ $1 31. Nxe4 {Threatens to win with Nc5.} Rxe5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} ({Weaker is} 31... dxe4 32. Kf4 $17) 32. Rc1 Rxe4 33. Rxc7 Rxb4 {KR-KR} 34. g5 $2 (34. Rc5) 34... b5 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Rd7 Ra4 36. Rxd5 Kf7 37. Rd6 Rxa2 38. Kf4 Ra4+ 39. Kf5 Ke7 40. Rb6 Kd7 41. Rb7+ Kc6 42. Rxg7 Rh4 43. Rf7 b4 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,148,32,25,53,10,13,14,15,15,16,18,14,20,32,14,12,6,11,17,60,50,52,43,46,53,108,37,163,47,70,15,26,43,25,0,23,0,0,7,32,32,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,34,37,45,143,127,120,44,46,33,55,52,98,133,136,113,262,64,64,77,116,128,163,49,35,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-11,-22,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-150,-6,-46,0,-350,-345,-634,-23,-14,0,-69,-66,-160,-182,-187,-62,-60,0,0,0,-64,-69,-106,-106,-106,-106,-104,-97,-506,-487,-926,-927,-737,-715,-463,-357,-29985,-12840,-4610,-4597]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. e3 d6 {A39: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} 10. Nxc6 (10. Bd2 {seems wilder.} Qc7 11. b3 Bg4 12. Nde2 Qd7 13. e4) (10. h3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Rfc8 12. Rd1 a6 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 {½-½ (41) Ding,L (2778)-Bacrot,E (2718) Liaocheng 2018}) 10... bxc6 11. Bd2 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 12. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2d2][%mdl 32]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rb8 13. b3 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. e4 Nc5 17. Be3 {0-1 (42) Ammann,W (2231)-Pikula,D (2480) Biel 1999}) 13. b3 Nd7 14. e4 Ne5 15. Rc2 Nd3 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Be3 Be6 18. f4 Na6 19. Rfc1 Nb4 20. Rd2 Bd7 (20... Rab8 $1 $14) 21. h3 (21. c5 $16) 21... Rab8 (21... Bxc3 $14 22. Rxc3 c5) 22. Kh2 (22. c5 $1 $18) 22... c5 {[#]} 23. a3 (23. e5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 23... Bxc3 $11 24. Rxc3 Nc6 25. Qd1 Be6 26. g4 f6 27. a4 Bf7 28. h4 Rb6 29. g5 fxg5 30. hxg5 Be6 31. Rcd3 Nd4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Qb8 34. Rd3 Rb4 35. Bd2 Qb6 (35... Rb7 $14) 36. Bxb4 Qxb4 37. Qf3 (37. Kg3 $16) 37... Qe1 $14 38. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3e1]} Qc1 39. Re3 Qd2 40. e5 Bf5 41. exd6 Qxd6 (41... exd6 $16 42. Qe1 Qxe1 43. Bd5+ (43. Rxe1 Rb8 $16) 43... Kh8 44. Rxe1 h5) 42. Bd5+ $2 (42. Re5 $18) 42... e6 43. Bg2 Qd2 44. Qe1 Qb2 45. Qc3 (45. Rf3 $18) 45... Qf2 46. Qe5 Rd8 47. Re2 Qh4+ 48. Kg1 Rd1+ 49. Bf1 Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Rg2 Qf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 51. Qb8+ Kf7 52. Qa7+ Kf8 53. Qc5+ Ke8 54. Qc8+ Rd8 55. Qc5 {[#]} (55. Qc7 $11) 55... Qxf4 (55... Be4 $1 $17 {Black wants to play ...Bc6.} 56. Qe5 Rd1 57. Qxe6+ Kd8 58. Qg8+ Kc7 59. Qg7+ Kc6 60. Qf6+ Kb7 61. Qf7+ Ka6 62. Qe6+ Bc6) 56. Qf2 Qc1 57. c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Qg3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 57... Rd1 $19 {...Bd3 is the strong threat.} 58. Rg3 $2 (58. Qe2 Qxc5+ 59. Rf2) 58... Rd2 $2 (58... Bd3 $19 {[%cal Rd1f1]} 59. Rxd3 Rxd3) 59. Qe3 $1 $11 Rc2 60. Qxc1 (60. Qd4 $11) 60... Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 61. b4 ({Better is} 61. Kf2 $15) 61... axb4 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bc2.} 62. Rb3 {[#]} Rxc5 (62... Bc2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc2b3]} 63. Rxb4 Bd3 64. Rb8+ Ke7 65. Rb7+ Kd8 66. Rb8+ Kc7) 63. Rxb4 $15 Rc1 ({Black should try} 63... Bc2 $15 64. Bb5+ Kd8) 64. Kf2 $11 Ra1 65. Rb8+ (65. Rb7 $11) 65... Ke7 $15 66. Rb7+ Kd6 67. Bb5 Ke5 68. Rxh7 Kf4 69. Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69. Rh4+ $17 {is tougher.} Kxg5 70. Rb4) 69... Ra2+ $19 70. Ke1 (70. Kf1 $142 e5 71. Re8) 70... Ke3 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 71. Kf1 Be4 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 72. Kg1 Ra1+ 73. Kh2 $2 (73. Bf1 $19 Bf5 74. a5) 73... Kf2 (73... Rh1+ $142 74. Kg3 Rg1+ 75. Kh3 e5 76. Rf7 Bf3 77. Rd7 e4 78. Rd8 Rxg5 79. Rd6 Rg1 80. Bd7 g5 81. a5 g4+ 82. Bxg4 Rxg4 83. Rb6 Rg5 84. Kh4 Rxa5 85. Kg3 Rg5+ 86. Kh4 Kf4 87. Rf6+ Rf5 88. Rxf5+ Kxf5 89. Kg3 Kg5 90. Kf2 Kf4 91. Kf1 e3 92. Ke1 Kg4 93. Kf1 Kg3 94. Ke1 e2 95. Kd2 Kf2 96. Kc3 e1=Q+ 97. Kc4 Qa5 98. Kb3 Bd5+ 99. Kb2 Qd2+ 100. Kb1 Bb3 101. Ka1 Qc1#) 74. Rf7+ Bf3 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,16,11,26,26,23,6,38,-12,-10,-7,-8,-8,-18,-69,-4,-24,-8,-29,0,-66,-66,-81,32,35,25,26,19,-30,123,104,192,184,210,206,237,228,250,237,241,193,204,204,200,200,183,139,137,82,81,58,179,167,180,174,170,0,43,-144,-148,-147,-134,-141,-150,-145,-127,-597,-589,-670,-669,-647,-650,-708,-685,-800,-781,-2815,-2426,-29999,-199,-226,-214,-183,0,-167,0,-175]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. Ba4 {LiveBook: 101 Games} (8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. d5 Bg4 14. b3 Ba5 15. Re3 {½-½ (37) Vitiugov,N (2730)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Satka 2018}) 8... Ne7 9. d4 exd4 {White has an edge.} 10. cxd4 Ba7 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Ng6 12. Re1 b5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Nf1 d5 15. e5 Ne4 {½-½ (49) Dionisi,T (2377)-Touzane,O (2325) Saint-Quentin 2014}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 $1 13. Bc2 Nc6 ({Don't play} 13... Bxd4 $6 14. g4 $16) 14. g4 ({White should try} 14. e5 $11 dxe5 15. dxe5) 14... Bg6 (14... Nxg4 $1 $15 15. hxg4 Bxg4) 15. d5 $11 Nb8 16. b3 c6 17. Bb2 (17. Ba3 $11) 17... cxd5 $15 18. exd5 Bxc2 (18... Nxd5 $17 {White must now prevent ...Nf4.} 19. Nc4 Nf4) 19. Qxc2 $14 Nbd7 20. Qf5 Rc8 21. Nc4 Rc5 $2 (21... b5 $1 $11 22. Ne3 (22. Nxd6 Bxf2+ 23. Kf1 Bxe1 $15) 22... Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rc5) 22. Rad1 $16 Bb8 (22... Rc8 $16) 23. Ba3 b5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Ncd2 g6 26. Qg5 Bc7 27. Re3 Bb6 28. Nd4 Ncd7 29. N2f3 Qa8 30. Re7 Bd8 31. Ree1 (31. Nc6 $142) 31... Nxd5 32. Qh6 Bf6 (32... Nc3 $14) 33. Ng5 $18 Bxg5 34. Qxg5 Ne5 {[#]} 35. Qh4 $2 (35. Qd2 $1 $18) 35... Rc8 36. Rc1 $2 (36. g5 $14) 36... Rxc1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 37. Rxc1 Nf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Ra8g2]} 38. Qg3 Qe4 39. Rd1 Ned3 40. Kh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Rxd3 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Nxd3 41. Qe3 Qxe3 42. fxe3) 40... Qxd4 $19 41. Qe3 Qd5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 42. f3 Kg7 43. Kg3 g5 44. Rd2 Qc5 45. Rxd3 Nxd3 46. Qxd3 Qe5+ $2 (46... Qg1# {mates}) 47. Kg2 Qb2+ 48. Kg3 Qe5+ (48... Qxa2 49. Qd4+ f6 50. Qa7+ Kg6 51. Qe3 $11) 49. Kg2 Qb2+ 50. Kg3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:12:08]} d6 {[%emt 0:12:08]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. h3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. f4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 8. e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 13. c3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. a4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 15. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 16. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 17. f5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 18. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 20. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 21. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 24. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 25. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 26. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 27. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 28. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Rfe2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 33. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 35. Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 37. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 40. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 41. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 42. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 43. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 44. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 45. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 46. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 48. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 49. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 50. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 51. Kh1 Kf6 52. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 53. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 54. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 55. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 57. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 58. g3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 59. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 60. h4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 61. b4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 62. Qxb4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 63. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 64. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 65. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Blitz 2019-D"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,213,-3,4,14,11,16,85,87,96,94,82,90,92,78,81,97,102,72,71,63,57,76,106,37,60,53,66,65,75,25,57,33,80,71,75,63,69,66,51,28,57,52,55,43,39,30,86,88,83,75,75,0,111,111,106,93,62,53,54,61,91,91,123,95,100,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,-439,-465,-447,-472,-459,-456,-461,0,-419,-419,-487,-512,-654,-647,-651,-611,-1123,-1080,-1040,-989,-29999,-1009,-29969,-5762,-29962,-12821,-5435,-589,-589,-589,-589,-581,-567,-424,-434,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Bh6 7. f4 e5 (7... Nf6 $11) 8. Nb5 $1 $16 {White is better.} Bxf4 9. Qxd6 Qxd6 10. Nxd6+ Kf8 11. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bc4 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 {½-½ (58) Li,C (2724)-Sarana,A (2587) Qinhuangdao 2018}) 11... Nge7 12. Nf3 Kg7 13. g3 Be3 14. Nc4 Bh6 15. Ncxe5 Re8 16. Bb2 (16. Kf2 $16) 16... f6 $1 $14 17. Nc4 {[%cal Be5c4,Bc4d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Nf5 18. Bd3 b5 19. Ncd2 Nd6 20. O-O a6 21. Rfe1 Nf7 22. a4 Rb8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nf1 Nfe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Kf2 Rb7 (27... Kg8 $11) 28. Ne3 $16 Rbe7 29. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rf7 30. Ne3 (30. c4 $16) 30... Bb7 (30... Rfe7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. Ng4 Rh5 32. Nxh6 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Rxh6 34. Bxb5 Rh5 35. Bd3 f5 36. exf5 gxf5 {[#]} 37. Bc4 ({White should play} 37. Kf2 $1 $16) 37... Rd7 $11 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. Ra5 Rg7 40. Kf2 Rh2+ 41. Ke3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Kf1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rh1+ 42. Kf2 Rh2+ 43. Kf1 Rh1+ 44. Kf2 Rh2+) 41... Re7+ $19 42. Kd4 Rxe1 43. Rxf5+ Kg7 44. Rg5+ Kf6 45. Rf5+ Ke7 46. Ra5 Kd6 47. Ra7 Re7 48. b4 Rg2 49. c4 Rxg3 50. c5+ Kc7 51. Bb5 Rg4+ (51... Re4# $142) 52. Kc3 Kb8 (52... Re3+ $142 53. Kd2 Rh3 54. Be2 Rd4+ 55. Kc1 Rxb4 56. Ra2 Rh1+ 57. Kd2 Rh2 58. Kd3 Re4 59. Rd2 {[#]} Rexe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Rxe2 Ba6+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 61. Ke4 Bxe2 62. Ke3 h5 63. Kd4 h4 64. Ke5 h3 65. Kd5 Rg2 66. Kd4 h2 67. Ke4 h1=Q 68. Ke5 Qh4 69. Kd5 Bc4+ 70. Ke5 Re2+ 71. Kf5 Bd3#) 53. Ra1 Re3+ 54. Kd2 Rxb4 55. Kxe3 Rxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 56. Rc1 Kc7 57. Rc2 Bc8 58. Kf4 Bd7 $2 (58... h5 $19 59. Kg5 Bg4) 59. Rh2 $11 {The position is equal.} Rb4+ (59... Rxc5 $2 60. Rxh7 Kd6 61. Rg7 $19) 60. Ke5 Rc4 61. Rxh7 Rxc5+ (61... Kc6 {seems wilder.} 62. Rh6+ Kb5 63. c6 Bc8 64. Rh8 Ba6) 62. Kf4 Kd6 63. Rh6+ Be6 64. Rh8 Rc4+ 65. Kg3 Ke5 66. Rf8 Rb4 67. Rf1 Bf5 68. Re1+ Be4 69. Re3 Kf5 70. Rc3 Ke5 71. Re3 Ra4 72. Rc3 Kd4 73. Rb3 Bd5 74. Rb2 Ra3+ 75. Kf4 Rf3+ 76. Kg4 Be4 77. Rb4+ Ke5 78. Rb5+ Kd6 79. Rb6+ Kc5 80. Rb8 Rf7 {And now ...Rf1 would win.} 81. Rd8 Bd5 {Strongly threatening ...Kd4.} 82. Kg5 Kd4 83. Kg4 Ke5 84. Re8+ Be6+ 85. Kg3 $1 Rf6 86. Rb8 Rg6+ 87. Kf2 Bd5 88. Rb4 Be4 89. Rb8 Rg2+ 90. Ke3 Rg3+ (90... Bc2 {keeps more tension.} 91. Rb5+ Kf6 92. Rb6+ Kf7 93. Rb7+ Kf8) 91. Kf2 Ra3 92. Rb2 Kf4 93. Rd2 Bd3 94. Ke1 Kf3 95. Rf2+ Ke4 96. Rb2 Kd4 97. Kd2 Bc4 {White must now prevent ...Re3.} 98. Rc2 Rh3 99. Rb2 Bb3 {Threatens to win with ...Rh2+.} 100. Kc1 Rh1+ (100... Kc3 $2 101. Rc2+ Kb4 102. Rf2 $19) 101. Kd2 Kc4 {...Rh2+ is the strong threat.} 102. Ke3 Kc3 103. Rg2 Bc2 {Hoping for ...Rh4.} 104. Rg7 Re1+ 105. Kf4 Bd3 106. Rc7+ Bc4 {aiming for ...Kd4.} 107. Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

