[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Rapid 2019-E"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,85,12,7,6,0,0,0,0,0,5,-23,22,4,54,53,67,66,64,47,63,17,20,3,28,26,22,0,0,0,37,48,43,45,40,50,76,64,105,35,25,52,62,60,60,59,50,25,25,24,25,23,39,36,46,51,182,172,463,454,459,466,452,467,467,465,445,430,530,529,480,432,760,667]} 1. d4 {Borwell} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2 {LiveBook: 8 Games. D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Na6 9. a3 (9. e4 Nb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Qd1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nbd5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. O-O O-O {½-½ (34) Ivanchuk,V (2728)-Kramnik,V (2803) Tbilisi 2017}) 9... Nc7 10. e4 {The position is equal.} dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ncd5 12. g3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. f4 g6 15. Bd3 Bf7 {½-½ (35) Borwell,A-Giulian,P Scotland 1990 Corr Nr. 1 [Borwell]}) 12. Qb3 b6 13. Bc4 Ned5 14. O-O Be7 15. h3 Be6 16. Qc2 Qd7 $1 17. Rac1 {Threatening Bd3.} O-O-O $1 18. Rfe1 Kb7 19. b4 Rhe8 20. Qb3 b5 21. Bf1 Nb6 (21... Nxb4 $5 {[%cal Re6b3]} 22. Qb2 Nbd5 $11) 22. Qc2 Bd5 23. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ne6 24. Bg3 Na4 25. Rcd1 Qc8 26. Ned2 ({White should play} 26. Nc5+ $1 $16 Naxc5 27. dxc5) 26... g6 $1 $14 27. Nb3 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Nfd2 f5 30. Nc4 Bxc4 ({Much weaker is} 30... bxc4 31. Na5+ Ka8 32. Qxa4 $16) 31. Na5+ $1 Kb8 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf1.} 32. Nxc4 bxc4 33. Qxa4 Nxd4 34. Bxc4 f4 {[#]} (34... Red8 $14) 35. b5 $1 $18 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent Rxe8.} c5 $2 {[#]} (35... Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 f3) 36. b6 $1 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Ra4a7][%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Rxe1+ (36... axb6 37. Rxe8) 37. Rxe1 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Ra4a7]} axb6 ({Stronger than} 37... Rxb6 38. Re8) 38. Re8 ({Weaker is} 38. Re7 Nc6 $18) 38... Rd8 39. Re7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ra4a7]} Nc6 40. Re6 Na5 41. Rxb6+ Nb7 42. Be2 Qc7 (42... Rd6 $142) 43. Qa6 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Rapid 2019-E"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,124,45,27,42,34,40,35,29,28,19,22,46,45,35,39,65,24,24,23,36,36,36,31,66,22,22,17,23,20,17,15,26,0,12,16,24,12,17,5,14,4,7,7,22,25,23,29,23,25,28,29,47,21,11,12,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,12,12,17,0,0,0,52,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-12836,-516,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29982]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a5 h6 {C41: Philidor Defence} (8... Qc7 9. Re1 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. Be3 Nf8 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Ba4 Red8 14. Qd3 Ng6 15. b4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (30) Guseinov,G (2664)-Maslak,K (2555) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne5 11. Bb3 Re8 12. a6 Bf8 13. axb7 Bxb7 14. Nf5 Bc8 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (103) Kunin,V (2531)-Jovanovic,Z (2534) Balatonszarszo 2017}) 11. Qf3 Ncxe4 12. Nxe4 {[#] aiming for Bd3.} Nxe4 13. Qxe4 {Black must now prevent Bd3.} d5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 (15. Qxe7 {looks sharper.} Qxd4 16. Re1 Bf5 17. c3 Qc4 18. Qxb7 Rfb8 19. Qe7) 15... cxd5 16. Rd1 a6 17. c3 Bd7 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Rd2 Rfe8 20. Ne2 Bc6 21. Nf4 Rcd8 22. Rad1 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Ba4 23. Re1 Bc6 24. g3 Bf6 25. Red1 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Ba4 26. Ra1 Bc6 27. Bb6 Rd7 28. Ng2 Re4 29. f3 Re8 30. Kf2 Bg5 31. Be3 Bd8 32. h4 Kh7 33. Nf4 Bc7 34. Ne2 Bb5 {Threatens to win with ...Rde7.} (34... Bd6 {keeps more tension.} 35. Bb6 h5 36. Nd4 f6 37. Rh1 Kg6) 35. Bf4 (35. Nd4 {with more complications.} Bc6 36. Nxc6 bxc6 37. Bc5 g5 38. h5) 35... Rxe2+ 36. Rxe2 Bxf4 37. gxf4 {And now Rd2 would win.} Bxe2 38. Kxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} d4 39. c4 Kg6 40. Rg1+ Kf5 41. Rxg7 d3+ $1 42. Kd2 Kxf4 43. Rh7 Kxf3 44. Rxh6 f5 45. Rg6 Rd4 46. h5 Rxc4 47. h6 Ke4 48. Re6+ Kd5 49. h7 Rh4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 50. Re7 Kd4 51. Rd7+ Ke4 52. Re7+ Kd4 53. Rd7+ (53. Rxb7 $11 Rh2+ 54. Kd1) 53... Ke4 $14 54. Rxb7 (54. Kc3 $14 f4 55. Rxb7) 54... Rh2+ $11 55. Kd1 f4 56. b4 f3 {Strongly threatening ...f2.} 57. b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Re7+ $11 Kd4 58. Rf7) 57... axb5 (57... f2 $142 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 58. Rf7 Ke3 59. Re7+ Kd4) 58. a6 (58. Rf7 $19 f2 59. Rxf2 Rxh7 60. Rf8) 58... f2 {[%cal Rf2f1] Black mates.} 59. Re7+ Kd4 60. Rf7 {[#]} Rxh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 61. Rxf2 (61. Rxh7 f1=Q+) 61... Kc3 62. Rf1 Rh6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Rapid 2019-E"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,141,14,17,9,15,17,10,10,16,21,20,11,15,25,10,0,68,79,151,46,47,48,53,66,113,100,93,93,95,95,93,93,93,93,93,70,70,70,130,76,108,95,125,125,125,95,95,96,96,96,123,123,123,123,133,133,162,162,325,131,116,116,110,0,325,318,310,309,303,193,193,193,283,278,270,268,243,181,257,173,173,173,173,173,173,119,173,181,286,282,279,271,268,219,327,283,268,268,8889,864,1196,228,29979,29980,29983,29982,29983,29969,29976,29966,29987,29985,29985,29986,29986,29985,29985,29986,29986,29986,29986,29987,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. a3 a6 10. cxd5 {D63: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Rc1} (10. c5 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd4 Nxe5 15. Be2 Qg5 16. g3 Qe7 17. O-O Bh3 {1-0 (71) Shankland,S (2671)-Zherebukh,Y (2640) Saint Louis 2018}) 10... cxd5 11. Bd3 b5 12. O-O {The position is equal.} Bb7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bb1 Qd7 15. f4 Rfc8 16. f5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 {1-0 (27) Kotov,A-Rabinovich,P Moscow 1935}) 14... Nc4 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. a4 b4 (16... Nd7 $11 17. Bxe7 Qxe7) 17. Bxf6 $14 gxf6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 17... Bxf6 18. Ne4 dxe4 19. Bxc4 a5) 18. Ne4 (18. Nxd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd5 (18... Bxd5 19. Bxc4) 19. e4) 18... Nxb2 {[#]} 19. Nxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 20. Qxb2 Qd6 21. Nc5 Rxc5 22. Qxb4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Rc6 23. Qxb7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qa3 25. Qb1 Qxa4 26. g3 a5 27. Rc7 Qa3 ({Black should try} 27... Qb4 $14) 28. Qd1 (28. Bh7+ $142 Kh8 29. Bc2) 28... Bg7 29. Ra7 Qc3 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Qb1 {aiming for Bh7+.} Qb4 32. Bh7+ Kf8 33. Qd3 {Qa6 is the strong threat.} Qb6 34. Ra6 Qb4 35. Qd1 Rb8 36. Qf3 {Black must now prevent Rxe6.} Rb6 {[#]} 37. Bg6 $1 $40 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf3f7][%mdl 640] White attacks with force.} f6 $2 (37... f5 38. Qe2 Qb1 39. Ra8+ (39. Rxa5 Rb2 $18) 39... Ke7 40. Ra7+ (40. Rxa5 Rb7 $18) 40... Kf8) 38. Ra8+ (38. Qe2 $1 $18) 38... Rb8 $16 39. Ra7 {Hoping for Qg4.} Rb7 {[#]} 40. Ra6 $2 (40. Rxb7 $1 $16 Qxb7 41. Qd1) 40... Rb6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6a6] [#]} 41. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2c2]} Kg8 42. Ra7 Rb7 43. Qa6 Rxa7 44. Qxa7 {Threatens to win with Qf7+.} Kh8 (44... Qd6 $142 45. h4 f5 46. Bf7+ Kf8) 45. Qd7 e5 46. dxe5 fxe5 47. Qxd5 a4 48. Qd8+ Qf8 49. Qa5 a3 50. Be4 Bf6 51. Bd5 Bg7 (51... Kg7 $16 {might work better.} 52. Qc7+ Qe7) 52. Qa4 Qd6 (52... Bf6 $142 53. Qd7 Be7) 53. Qe8+ Qf8 54. Qe6 Bf6 55. h4 Bg7 (55... Kg7 $142 56. h5 Kh7) 56. Kh3 Bf6 57. Kg4 Bg7 $2 (57... Qg7+ 58. Kf5 Be7) 58. Kh5 (58. f4 $142 exf4 59. gxf4 (59. exf4 Bf6 $18)) 58... Bf6 59. Kg6 $2 (59. f4 exf4 60. gxf4) 59... Bg7 $2 (59... Qg7+ $18 60. Kf5 Be7) 60. e4 {White mates.} Qd8 61. Qf7 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf7g7]} Qf8 62. Qxf8+ Bxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 63. h5 Bg7 64. Kf7 Kh7 65. Bc4 Kh8 66. Bb3 Kh7 67. Ba2 Kh8 68. f3 Kh7 69. f4 exf4 70. gxf4 Bb2 71. e5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Rapid 2019-E"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,156,46,46,42,13,13,-31,0,0,2,-4,0,0,-8,0,0,-2,-5,-21,0,-42,-35,-40,-44,-45,-38,-51,-41,-50,-51,-47,-50,-59,-56,-76,-81,-86,-64,-107,-95,-119,-120,-118,-102,-119,-104,-95,-82,-82,-83,-92,-93,-83,-75,-88,-104,-136,-37,-183,-171,-207,-216,-198,-166,-327,-397,-371,-375,-408,-397,-413,-406,-392,-366,-466,-459,-459,-444,-462,-461,-446,-377,-332,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a5 h6 9. Re1 Re8 {C41: Philidor Defence} 10. d5 (10. h3 Bf8 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qe7 14. b3 Nc5 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Bd5 Rac8 17. Ba3 {1-0 (42) Gundavaa,B (2516)-Bologan,V (2672) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 10... b5 11. Bb3 cxd5 {Black is slightly better.} (11... Nc5 {is more complex.} 12. dxc6 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Qc7 14. Qd3 a6) 12. Nxd5 Bb7 13. a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nb4 a6 14. Bd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Rc8 16. b3 Qc7 17. Bb2 {0-1 (29) Mrva,M (2471)-Stocek,J (2545) Slovakia 2003}) 13... Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Rb8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nd2 Rec8 18. Rec1 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} 19. Qd3 Ng4 20. Nf1 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 Bg5 22. c3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rb6 24. Qd3 Qc4 25. Rd1 Rcc6 26. g3 Rxa6 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Kg2 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kf8 30. Rd5 Rb6 $1 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Ke7 33. Kf3 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 34. h4 Rc6 35. Rd1 a5 36. h5 Rc5 (36... a4 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...a3!} 37. Rd3 g6 38. hxg6 fxg6) 37. Kg4 {[#]} (37. f5 $1 $15) 37... Ke6 $1 $19 38. Rd2 {[#]} a4 $1 39. Rd1 Rc4 40. Re1 $2 (40. Kf3) 40... b4 41. cxb4 Rxb4 42. Re2 f6 43. Kf3 f5 44. e5 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 dxe5 46. Rxe5+ Kf6 47. Ra5 Rxb2+ 48. Kg3 Rb3+ 49. Kh4 Rb1 $2 (49... Rb4 $19 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Re5+ Kd6 52. Rxf5 Rb1) 50. Ra6+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kf7 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Rxa4 Rh1+ 53. Kg3 Rxh5 54. Ra6+ Kd5 55. Ra5+ Kd4 56. Ra4+ Kd3 57. Ra3+ Kc4 58. Ra4+ Kb5 59. Ra1 g6 60. Rc1 Kb6 61. Ra1 g5 62. fxg5 hxg5 {Strongly threatening ...Rh8.} 63. Rf1 g4 64. Kf4 Kc5 65. Rd1 Kc4 66. Rd8 Kc3 67. Rd7 Kc2 68. Rd8 Rh7 {...Rg7 is the strong threat.} 69. Kxf5 Rg7 70. Kf6 g3 71. Kxg7 {Threatening mate with Kf6. KR-KP} g2 72. Rc8+ Kd2 (72... Kd1 $5 73. Rd8+ $8 Ke2 74. Re8+ Kf2 75. Rf8+ Kg3 $11) 73. Rd8+ Ke2 (73... Kc2 $5 74. Rc8+ $8 Kd2 75. Rd8+ Ke2 76. Re8+ Kf2 77. Rf8+ Ke2 78. Re8+ Kf1 79. Rf8+ Ke2 80. Re8+ $11) 74. Re8+ Kf2 75. Rf8+ $1 Kg3 76. Rf6 g1=Q 77. Rg6+ Kf2 78. Rxg1 Kxg1 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Rapid 2019-E"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:02:03]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} 13. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 15. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. b5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 17. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 18. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 19. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 20. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 23. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 24. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 25. Qa2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 26. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 27. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 28. Bxd6+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. d5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 31. f3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} exf3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 32. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. e4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 34. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 35. Rxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 37. Rf7+ Kc8 38. Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Rxc7+ {[%emt 0:02:07]} Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 40. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} 42. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 48. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 49. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d2 50. Rd1 Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 51. h4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 53. h5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 54. h6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 55. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 56. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 57. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 59. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 61. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 62. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 63. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 64. b6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 65. b7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 66. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 67. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 68. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 69. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 70. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 71. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 72. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 73. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Rapid 2019-E"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 2. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} exd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 13. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nac5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 15. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 16. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 17. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ned7 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 18. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 19. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 20. f3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 21. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 23. f4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 24. g3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 25. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 27. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 28. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 29. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 35. g4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Ne3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 37. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 39. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 43. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. h3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 45. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Rapid 2019-E"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,178,31,39,30,43,51,43,29,30,31,34,31,25,0,0,-9,-9,0,0,-8,3,-52,-54,-54,-50,-69,-66,-110,-57,-130,-14,-10,0,0,34,33,11,-26,3,-18,-24,-24,6,-91,-77,-106,-58,-56,0,-138,-138,-127,-125,-131,-71,-121,-122,-115,-115,-147,-144,-120,-75,-78,-35,-47,-41,-36,-29,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nc6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qa4 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Rd2 Rfe8 17. Rcd1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxa2 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 {½-½ (76) Guichard,P (2378)-Zhao,X (2485) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Be5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Qe8 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bc6 16. b4 Be7 17. Rd3 Rd8 {1-0 (65) Baron,M-Marquardt,G (2227) ICCF email 2016}) 12... Nc6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bc7 Rd7 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Na4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Ba7 18. c5 Kf8 19. Rc4 (19. a3 $11) 19... Rd8 20. Rh4 h6 21. Rc1 e5 22. Bc4 Bf5 (22... f6 $17) 23. Re1 (23. a3 $15) 23... e4 (23... f6 $1 $17 24. Bb3 Rac8) 24. Rf4 $11 g6 25. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f5]} Bb8 26. Rxf5 gxf5 27. Nxf5 (27. Nb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6a8]} Ne5 28. b3 $14 (28. Nxa8 Nxc4 29. b3 Ba7 $14)) 27... Be5 28. Rxe4 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Rg4 (30. f4 $11 Bd4 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Nxh6) 30... h5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 31. Re4 Nd4 32. Ne3 {And now Rxe5 would win.} Re1 (32... Rd2 $15 33. f4 Bf6 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8) 33. Nc3 {[#]} (33. Bd5 $1 $11 Bg7 34. Rxe8+ (34. Bxb7 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Ne6 $11) 34... Kxe8 35. Bxb7) 33... Nc6 $1 $17 34. Rh4 Bxc3 $1 35. bxc3 {[#]} Re5 ({Better is} 35... Ne5 $1 36. c6 Nxc4 37. Rxc4 bxc6) 36. Rf4 Nd8 37. c6 bxc6 38. Bxa6 Ne6 {aiming for ...Ra5.} 39. Rh4 Rc1 40. Be2 Rxc3 41. Bxh5 Ra5 42. a4 Rd3 43. Bf3 Rd4 44. Bxc6 {The position is equal.} Rxh4+ 45. gxh4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Nd4 46. Bd7 Ra7 47. Bb5 Nxb5 48. axb5 {KR-KN} Rb7 49. g4 Rxb5 50. Kg3 f6 51. Nf5 Rb4 52. f3 Kf7 53. h5 Ra4 54. Nd6+ Kg7 55. Ne4 Rb4 56. Kf4 Rb5 57. Nd6 Ra5 58. Kg3 Ra4 59. f4 Ra3+ 60. Kg2 Rb3 61. Nf5+ Kh7 62. Kf2 Ra3 63. Ne3 Ra4 64. Kf3 Kg7 65. Nf5+ Kh7 66. Nd6 Kg7 67. Ke3 Rb4 68. Nf5+ Kh7 69. Nd4 Kh6 70. Nf5+ Kh7 71. Nd6 Kg7 72. Ne8+ Kf7 73. Nc7 Kg7 74. Nd5 Ra4 75. Kf3 Rd4 76. Ne3 {Intending Nf5+ and mate.} Ra4 77. Nf5+ Kh7 78. g5 fxg5 79. fxg5 Ra6 80. Ke4 Rb6 81. Ke5 Ra6 82. Nd6 Rb6 83. Ke6 Ra6 84. Ke7 Ra7+ 85. Kf8 Ra5 86. g6+ Kh6 87. g7 Ra8+ 88. Ne8 Rxe8+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 89. Kxe8 Kxg7 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Rapid 2019-E"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,58,24,30,23,32,28,23,24,40,36,37,33,56,22,47,40,35,30,26,15,31,18,18,8,38,39,40,39,34,3,19,8,18,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-23,0,-77,-64,-871,-847]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nf3 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d5 {White has an edge.} (8. Bd3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 Be6 12. a3 Re8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Ne4 Nf6 15. Be3 Bd5 16. Rad1 a5 17. Ne5 a4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bc4 {½-½ (54) Dai,C (2430)-Bai,J (2594) Tianjin 2018}) 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Nfd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. O-O a5 11. Be3 Nc5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nfd7 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Rae1 Re8 {1-0 (56) Zaksaite,S (2192)-Kaunas,K (2189) Palanga 2014}) 10. O-O Na6 11. a3 Re8 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Rc1 Nac5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Re8 18. Qd2 a5 19. Be2 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. Rfe1 Ra3 22. Bf1 h6 23. g3 Ne5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nf3+.} 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. f4 Ng6 26. Bd3 Rea8 27. Rc2 Rb3 {Black wants to play ...Raa3.} 28. Bxg6 (28. Bf2 $11) 28... fxg6 $17 29. Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Bf2 $15) 29... Rxa2 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Rapid 2019-E"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,98,-13,-17,-14,0,-9,17,9,17,14,43,18,29,32,83,83,65,62,95,70,63,79,69,75,76,31,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,10,16,16,29,0,5,0,24,6,83,89,85,68,68,84,63,0,0,0,-20,-45,-45,-45,-16,-23,0,-45,-20,-264,-37,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-188,-188,-188,-188,-1017,-1050,-971,-797,-604,-530,-520,-314,-4725,-4681,-4725,-3979,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 (5. b4 a5 6. Qb3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. cxb6 Qxb6 9. b5 Nbd7 10. e3 Nc5 11. Qd1 Na4 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O {0-1 (51) So,W (2812)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris 2017}) 5... Be7 6. g3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} O-O 7. Bg2 a5 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Na6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 c3 11. bxc3 Nxc5 12. Rb1 a4 {1-0 (32) Dehaybe,A (1844)-Migliorini,R (1856) LSS email 2010}) 10... Nd5 11. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} f6 ({Black should try} 11... Bxc5 $14 12. Nxc4 b5) 12. e4 $16 Ndb4 13. e5 Nd3 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxc4 Naxc5 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Nb6 Rad8 {And now ...Bc6 would win.} 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. b3 a4 22. bxa4 Nxa4 23. Rd2 b5 24. h4 h6 (24... Nc3 $5 25. Qe3 $8 h6 $11) 25. Qe3 e5 26. h5 Qf5 (26... Nab2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. Qe2 Nc4) 27. Nh4 Qf6 28. Bh3 Rd4 29. Nf5 R4d5 30. Rc2 (30. Qa7 $14 R5d7 31. Qa5) 30... Nac5 $11 31. Rb1 b4 32. Rxb4 Nxb4 33. Rxc5 {Black must now prevent Qb3.} Rxc5 ({But not} 33... Nxa2 $2 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Qb3 $18) 34. Qxc5 Nd3 (34... Nxa2 $2 35. Qc4+ Kh7 36. Qxa2 $18) 35. Qc7 Kh8 36. Qe7 $2 {[#]} (36. Bg2 $1 $11) 36... Ra8 $2 ({Black should play} 36... Nxf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Bf1 (37. Kxf2 $2 Qb6+ 38. Kf3 Qc6+ 39. Ke3 Qc3+ 40. Ke4 Qc4+ 41. Kf3 Qc6+ 42. Ke3 Qc3+ 43. Ke4 Qc4+ 44. Kf3 Qc6+ $19) 37... Ne4 38. Qxf6 Nxf6) 37. Qxf6 gxf6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 38. Bf1 e4 39. Nd6 f5 40. f3 (40. Nxf5 $17 {might work better.} Rxa2 41. f4) 40... Rxa2 $19 41. fxe4 {[#]} Ne1 $1 {[%cal Re1f3] ( -> ...Nf3+)} 42. Bc4 $2 (42. Bh3) 42... Nf3+ 43. Kf1 Nd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Ke1 Nxc4 45. Nxc4 fxe4 46. Nd2 $2 (46. Nd6) 46... Ra3 47. Nf1 Kg7 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. Nd2 Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Rapid 2019-E"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.19"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,90,43,33,40,10,21,20,26,20,43,43,56,43,39,39,48,13,18,-23,45,0,0,0,5,-16,-20,-16,-24,-15,-9,-12,0,-11,0,-14,0,-37,0,-19,-8,-45,32,0,0,-8,-9,-40,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,-53,-16,-238,-181,-465,-462,-445,-449,-813,-357,-1318,-1310,-1310,-1310,-1233,-1226,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29989,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 Be7 9. c4 O-O {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4 {The position is equal.} 12. Qc2 Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Rad1 axb3 14. axb3 Qb8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Be4 {0-1 (60) Rozentalis,E (2619)-Hillarp Persson,T (2513) Malmo/Copenhagen 2004}) 13. Nxf3 c6 14. Bc3 axb3 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Ne5 g6 17. f4 b5 (17... c5 $11) 18. Qe2 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 c5 21. Kh1 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bc5 23. Bc3 Rb8 24. Rd1 Bf8 25. Bc2 {Black must now prevent Nxd7.} Ra8 26. h3 Bg7 27. Kh2 Nc5 28. Bd4 Nh5 ({Black should play} 28... Nfd7 $15) 29. Qf3 Rc8 30. g3 Nf6 31. Qe3 Ncd7 32. Bd3 Ra8 33. Rd2 Bf8 34. Bf1 Ra3 35. Qe1 ({Better is} 35. Rd3 $11 Ra6 36. Qe2) 35... Qa5 36. Qe2 $2 {[#]} (36. Nxd7 $11 Nxd7 37. Qd1) 36... Ne4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2624] Deflection. Black is in control.} 37. Qxe4 $2 (37. Rb2 Nxg3 38. Qf2 Nxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Nxe5 40. Bxe5) 37... Qxd2+ 38. Bg2 Bg7 39. Nxd7 (39. h4 $142) 39... Qxd4 (39... Bxd4 $142 40. Qb1 h5 41. Qb8+ Kh7) 40. Qb7 $2 (40. Qxd4 Bxd4 41. Bc6) 40... h5 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Nf8+ Kh6 {( -> ...Qc3)} 43. g4 hxg4 {Black mates.} 44. hxg4 g5 45. Qb5 Qxf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Rapid 2019-E"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.19"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,99,-1,0,-12,-3,-24,-7,-13,0,-24,-24,-33,-25,-38,-33,-75,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,-75,-65,-78,-82,-83,-17,-15,-10,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,8,0,0,5,248,252,250,141,217,217,217,217,210,206,205,184,177,165,220,198,200,192,182,145,145,145,145,14,14,8,8,8,8,8,29961,29962,29960,29961,29977,29979,29984,29985,29986,29987,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Bb7 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qb1 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Ng5 g6 11. f4 Ne7 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qh3 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. a3 Qb6 {0-1 (34) Ivanchuk,V (2757)-Aronian,L (2809) London 2013}) 8... h6 9. h4 cxd4 10. exd4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. cxd4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O d6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. a3 f5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 {0-1 (27) Bryce,A (2255)-Emms,J (2400) Eastbourne 1990}) 10... Nd5 11. Nc4 d6 ({Don't go for} 11... hxg5 $2 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. hxg5 $18) 12. a4 f5 ({Avoid the trap} 12... hxg5 $2 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. hxg5 $18) 13. Bd2 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 14. h5 Rc8 ({Black should play} 14... Qe8 $17) 15. Qd1 $11 N7f6 16. Nh4 Ne4 17. Ng6 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 (18. Nxd2 $14 {was the only good move.} Rf6 19. Nf3) 18... Bg5 $17 19. f4 {[#]} Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Nxf4 e5 ({Black should try} 20... Bd5 $1 $17) 21. dxe5 $11 dxe5 22. Nxe5 {0-0 is the strong threat.} Qe7 23. O-O {Threatens to win with Neg6.} Qxe5 24. Rae1 Qc5+ 25. Qe3 Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Bc6 27. Re5 Bxa4 28. Ng6 Rf7 $2 (28... Rfe8 $11) 29. Ra1 $18 Bb3 {[#]} 30. Ra3 (30. Rae1 $1 $18) 30... Bf6 (30... Bd1 $16 {was called for.}) 31. Rxb3 Bxe5 32. Nxe5 Rf6 33. Rb5 Rd8 34. Bc4+ Kh7 35. Ng6 Rd2 (35... Rc6 $142) 36. Re5 Rxg6 37. hxg6+ Kxg6 38. Re2 Rxe2 39. Bxe2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KP} Kf6 40. b4 (40. Kf2 $16) 40... a5 $1 $11 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Bd1 g5 43. Kf2 {And now Ke3 would win.} g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... f4 $11) 44. Ke3 {White mates.} Kg5 45. g3 h5 46. c4 h4 47. gxh4+ Kxh4 48. c5 Kg3 49. c6 f4+ 50. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Kings Rapid 2019-E"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.19"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,88,22,32,-1,0,-1,-13,0,4,-36,0,-21,-16,-134,-140,-166,-156,-148,9,0,7,0,11,11,11,11,11,11,12,9,0,0,0,0,0,-59,-56,-53,-50,-54,-58,-69,-69,-69,-69,-69,-52,-69,-69,-67,-69,-109,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-76,-67,-215,-243,-215,-215,-245,-232,-702,-702,-29977,-29977,-29982,-29983]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... h6 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 c5 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Qb2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e3 Rfd8 {0-1 (55) Koneru,H (2581)-Hou,Y (2673) Beijing 2014}) 9. Bf4 {Threatens to win with a3.} cxd4 10. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} d5 11. Ne5 Ne4 {Hoping for ...f6.} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd3 (13. Bxe4 $11 {keeps the balance.} dxe4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rc1) 13... Be7 14. Qe3 Nd7 {And now ...g5 would win.} 15. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Bf6 $2 (15... g5 $17 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 gxf4 18. Nxf4 Re8) 16. Nxe4 $11 dxe4 17. Rac1 Re8 18. Bc7 exd3 19. Bxd8 Rxe3 20. Bxb7 Rxd8 21. fxe3 Nc5 {...d2 is the strong threat.} 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. exd3 Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. e4 (24. Rf3 $11) 24... Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Kf8 26. Bd5 f6 27. a4 Rd2 28. Bc4 h5 29. Re1 g5 30. h3 Rc2 31. Rf1 Ke7 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 {[#]} Be5 $1 34. Rf5 Rh2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kg1 {Black must now prevent Rxe5+!} Rxh4 36. Be2 Rxe4 37. Bxh5 Ke6 38. Rf1 f5 39. Be8 (39. Kg2 $15) 39... Bd4+ 40. Kg2 Re2+ 41. Kg3 {[#]} Be5+ $1 42. Kh4 $2 (42. Kf3 Rb2 43. Bb5) 42... Kf6 $19 {[%cal Re2h2]} 43. Rf3 Bd4 44. Kh3 Rxe8 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

