[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,131,20,14,20,18,15,21,17,16,6,14,11,12,8,9,16,15,13,16,0,60,57,63,54,71,43,86,82,89,72,82,64,75,83,87,79,77,12,17,0,0,0,15,4,2,3,93,96,95,96,158,156,374,381,373,357,393,368,336,347,518,475,509,504,495,297,293,297,287,255,837,837,837,831,804,782,733,711,2018,1859,2468,1752,1886,1887,1728,1695,12841,12842,12847,12847,27999,27997,27997,27997,27994,27996,27993,27997,27996,27996,27997,27997,27998,27998,27999,27999,27997,27997,27998,27997,27998,27998,27996,27996,27997,27996,27997,27997,27998,27998]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Bd7 9. Qc2 {Black should prevent Nb5.} e6 10. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Be7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Nh5 13. Be5 (13. Bxh7 Nxf4 14. exf4 g6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 $17) 13... f6 14. Bg3 {14.Bf4 is not played anymore.} (14. Bxh7 fxe5 15. Bg6+ (15. Qg6+ Kf8 $17) 15... Kf8 16. dxe5 Kg8 $17) 14... f5 15. Be5 Nf6 16. h3 {[%cal Og2g4] [#]} Qa5 $146 (16... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 16... O-O 17. Bh2 Ne4 18. O-O Rc8 19. Rfc1 Be8 20. Qd1 Bh5 21. Be2 Kh8 22. Rc2 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (131) Xiong,J (2709)-Lazavik,D (2440) Chess.com INT 2021}) 17. O-O {[%cal Og2g4]} Nxe5 18. Nxe5 (18. dxe5 $6 Ne4 $11) 18... a6 19. Rfc1 {White is more active.} Bd6 (19... Qd8 $14) 20. Nxd7 $16 Nxd7 {[#]} 21. Bxf5 $1 exf5 22. Qxf5 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} 23. e4 $1 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Be7 24. e5 ({Not} 24. exd5 O-O 25. Qc2 Rf7 $17) (24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Qd8 $11) 24... Ne4 25. Qe6 (25. b4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Qd8 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Qxe4) 25... Ng5 $1 $11 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Nxd5 {Strongly threatening Nc7+.} Bd8 28. Nc7+ Bxc7 29. Rxc7 {With the idea d5.} O-O (29... Ne6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 30. Rxb7 Rd8) 30. d5 $1 $36 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 2080] White has strong initiative.} ({Don't do} 30. Rxb7 Rad8 $14) 30... Rad8 31. h4 $1 {aiming for Re1.} Ne4 {[#]} (31... Nf7 $142) 32. d6 $1 Nxf2 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (32... b5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 33. d7 $18 Kf7 34. Rf1 (34. Kxf2 Ke6+ 35. Ke3 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. Rd1+ Ke6 $18) 34... Ke6 {[%cal Of2h3]} 35. Rxf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} b5 (36... b6 $142 37. Rb7 b5) 37. Ke3 ({Less strong is} 37. Rc6+ Kxe5 38. Rxa6 Rxd7 $16) 37... Kxe5 38. Ra7 Kd5 39. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Kc5 {Hoping for ...Kb6.} 40. Rxa6 {Threatens to win with b4+.} Rxd7 {[#]} 41. h5 {To avoid g6} Rd5 $2 (41... Kd5 42. Ra5 Kc6) 42. b4+ Kc4 43. Rc6+ Kb3 44. Rc5 Rd7 45. Rxb5 Kxa3 46. Ke4 Kb3 47. Rd5 Rb7 48. b5 Kc4 49. Re5 g6 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Re6 Kxb5 52. Rxg6 {White mates.} Kc5 53. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Rb1 54. Ra6 Rg1 55. Kf5 Kd5 56. g5 Rf1+ 57. Kg6 Rg1 58. Kf6 Rf1+ 59. Kg7 Ke5 60. g6 Rb1 61. Kh7 Rh1+ 62. Kg8 Rg1 63. g7 Rh1 64. Kf7 Rf1+ 65. Kg6 Rg1+ 66. Kh7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.27 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 6. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:29]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:12:49]} 10. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:06:49]} 11. Nde4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:07:40]} 12. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 14. h5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 15. Nxh7 {[%emt 0:16:06]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} f6 {[%emt 0:26:54]} 17. a3 {[%emt 0:09:34]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 18. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. Bd2 {[%emt 0:46:58]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 20. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:17:41]} 23. O-O {[%emt 0:04:24]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 25. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rdd8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 26. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 27. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 28. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 29. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 30. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:04:29]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 32. Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 33. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 34. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 35. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 36. Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 37. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38. h6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hilby, Craig"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,91,10,16,0,0,0,20,15,23,10,10,22,18,0,18,19,52,18,41,40,30,22,16,-46,2,-24,-26,-27,-34,-26,-25,-66,-131,-135,-112,-91,-122,-183,-181,-235,-42,-59,-43,-57,-47,-79,-44,-79,6,8,8,8,8,-757,-757,-757,-735,-1172,-1172,-1151,-1139,-1053,-1047,-998,-900,-867,-574,-6098,-6091,-5588,-2408,-29978,-29979,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. h3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Be6 {The modern move.} 9. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} O-O 10. g5 {The position is equal.} Nh5 11. h4 Nd7 {[#]} 12. Bh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Ng3 16. Qg2 Nxh1 17. Qxh1 Nc6 18. h5 {0-1 (25) Katranov,M-Schmidtmann,S (1039) Mureck 2013}) 12... Rc8 13. Nd5 {Prevents Nb6.} Re8 14. c3 Nc5 15. Ng1 g6 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. a4 Qd8 18. b4 (18. Rd1 $11) 18... Nd7 (18... Bxd5 $15 19. exd5 Nd7) 19. Qd3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 {And now Bd2 would win.} exf4 22. Qxb7 (22. e5 $1 $11 {is superior.}) 22... Rc7 $1 $15 23. Qxa6 Ne5 $1 24. Ne2 f3 25. Ng3 (25. Nf4 $17 Rxc3 26. Nd5) 25... Rxc3 $19 {Hoping for ...Nd3+.} 26. O-O {[#]} (26. Qb5 $142 h6 27. h5) 26... Nd3 $2 ({Better is} 26... Bxg5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qa5 (27. hxg5 $2 Qxg5 28. Qb5 Rf8 $19) 27... Qxa5 28. bxa5 Bxh4) 27. Qb5 Nf4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 28. Bd7 Rf8 29. a5 d5 {Threatens to win with ...Qc7.} 30. a6 {[#]} Ne2+ (30... Qc7 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Nd3.} 31. exd5 Ne2+ 32. Nxe2 fxe2) 31. Nxe2 $11 fxe2 32. Rfe1 {aiming for a7.} Bxg5 $1 33. a7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} ({Much weaker is} 33. Qxe2 Bxh4 34. Bg4 Qc7 $17) ({Avoid the trap} 33. exd5 $2 Bf4 34. Qxe2 Qxd7 $19) (33. Rxe2 $11 Bf4 34. Qxd5 (34. a7 $2 Qxh4 35. Rea2 d4 $19) 34... Qxh4 35. e5) 33... Bf4 $19 34. Qxe2 Qxd7 35. a8=Q Qh3 36. f3 Rxa8 37. Rxa8+ Kg7 38. Qg2 Qxh4 39. Raa1 Qh5 40. Rad1 Rxf3 {( -> ...Rg3)} 41. Rxd5 g5 {...Rg3 is the strong threat.} 42. Qb2+ Kg6 {Black mates.} 43. Re2 Qg4+ 44. Rg2 Be3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 45. Kh1 Rh3+ 46. Rh2 Qg1# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.77/Black=0.18 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,14,34,33,19,29,39,34,27,33,28,31,31,17,24,18,21,27,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Bg7 7. O-O a6 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. d3 b5 10. axb6 $1 Nxb6 11. Qd2 a5 12. Qg5 {[#]} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nfd7 13. Qh4 Nb8 14. Bh6 Nc6 15. Nd5 f6 16. c3 Be6 17. Ne3 Bf7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (61) Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)-Pichot,A (2630) chess24.com INT 2021}) 13. Qh4 Nc7 14. Bh6 {[%cal Od3d4] The position is equal.} e5 $1 {[#] Inhibits d4. Hoping for ...Qxh4.} 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ra2 a4 18. Rfa1 {[%cal Rc3a4]} Bd7 19. Kf1 Ne6 20. Nd2 Nd4 21. Bd1 Be6 {To avoid Nd5} 22. Ra3 {[%cal Rc3a4]} Rdb8 {[%cal Bd8b8,Bb8b7,Bb7b2,Bb2c2][%mdl 32]} 23. Ke1 h5 24. h4 Rb7 25. Nxa4 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Nxa4 27. Rxa4 Rxb2 28. Ra6 Nxc2+ 29. Bxc2 Rxc2 30. Rxd6 c4 31. Nxc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Vivekananthan, Anish"]
[Black "Posthuma, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:05:50]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:02:54]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 9. Bh1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 11. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:09]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:03:35]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 13. fxg3 {[%emt 0:07:27]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:23:29]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:07:12]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:14:07]} 15. Nd5 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:12:14]} 16. e3 {[%emt 0:14:33]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:04:22]} 17. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 18. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 19. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Rbd1 {[%emt 0:14:20]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 21. Bc3 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 22. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 23. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:17]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 25. Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 26. b5 {[%emt 0:03:24]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 27. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 28. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 29. e4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} axb5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 30. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Ne1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 32. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:11]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 33. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 34. a4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rbh8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 35. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 36. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 37. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rah8 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 38. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 39. Rg2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 40. a5 {[%emt 0:03:08]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 41. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxa5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 42. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 43. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 44. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 45. Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 47. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 48. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 49. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Posthuma, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,137,47,50,46,41,45,37,55,46,50,41,43,61,47,49,63,47,26,40,35,43,36,38,23,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-61,-65,-69,-63,-44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,137,33,153,157,153,0,0,0,0,-8,53,2,2,-168,-168,-168,-158,-168,-160,-9336,-2411,-6925,-5697,-6111,-836,-673,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-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]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. f4 Nh6 6. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Bg4 7. Bd3 e6 8. Be3 {White is slightly better.} d4 9. Bf2 Bxc5 10. h3 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 $1 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bb4 13. Rd1 Qxa2 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Rxd2 Nf5 $1 {[%cal Of5e3] [#]} 16. Rdd1 $146 {Ra1 is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 16. b3 O-O 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Kh2 a4 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Bxd4 Qa3 21. e6 Nxd4 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxd4 axb3 {½-½ (57) Balshaw,A (2454)-Genga,S (2427) ICCF email 2018}) 16... O-O 17. Ra1 Qxb2 18. Rfb1 Qc3 19. Be1 Qc5 20. Rxb7 Rab8 21. Rab1 Rxb7 22. Rxb7 {Threatens to win with Rb5.} Rc8 23. Kh2 (23. Qh5 g6 24. Qg5 Qd5 $15) 23... a5 24. Qh5 (24. Rb5 $11 Qa3 25. Rb3) 24... g6 $15 25. Qg5 Qd5 26. Rb5 Qd8 (26... Qd7 $15 27. Bxa5 Nce7) 27. Qxd8+ $11 Rxd8 28. Be4 Rc8 29. Rc5 Nfe7 30. Bh4 a4 31. Rc4 a3 32. Ra4 Kf8 33. Rxa3 Nb4 34. Ra7 Ned5 35. Rd7 Kg7 36. g4 Rc5 (36... Nxf4 $11 {remains equal.} 37. Bf6+ Kf8) 37. Rb7 (37. f5 $16 {Threatening mate with f6+.} gxf5 38. gxf5 exf5 39. Bxf5) 37... Rxc2+ (37... Rc4 $14) 38. Bxc2 $16 Nxc2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KNN} 39. f5 $2 (39. Rb3 $1 $16) 39... gxf5 $11 40. gxf5 d3 41. Bg5 {Hoping for fxe6.} Nd4 ({Black should try} 41... Nce3 $11 42. Bxe3 Nxe3 43. fxe6 d2) 42. fxe6 (42. Bc1 $1 $14) 42... Nf3+ {Pair of Knights!} 43. Kg3 $2 (43. Kh1 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Nxg5 44. Rd7) 43... Nxg5 $19 44. Rd7 Ne4+ 45. Kh4 Nec3 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 46. Rxf7+ $2 (46. e7 $17 Nxe7 47. Rxd3) 46... Kg8 (46... Kg6 $142 47. Rf2 Ne4 48. Rg2+ Kh6) 47. Rf2 Ne4 48. Rf3 d2 (48... Ne7 $142 49. Rxd3 Ng6+ 50. Kh5 Nf4+ 51. Kh6 Nxd3) 49. Rd3 {[#]} Nf4 $2 (49... Ne3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Ng2+)} 50. e7 (50. Rd8+ $2 Kg7 $19) (50. Rxe3 d1=Q) 50... Kf7 $1 51. e8=B+ Kxe8) 50. Rd8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg7 51. e7 ({Avoid the trap} 51. Rd7+ $2 Kh6 52. Kg4 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Rxd3 Nf2+ 54. Kg3 Nxd3 $19) 51... Ng6+ 52. Kg4 $1 Nxe7 53. Kf4 Nc5 54. Rxd2 Ne6+ 55. Kg4 Kf7 56. Rf2+ Kg7 57. Rf6 Nf8 58. Rb6 Nfg6 59. Rb5 Kf7 60. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Ke6 61. Rb6+ Kxe5 62. h5 Nf4 63. Rb7 Nfd5 64. Kg5 Ke6 65. Rb1 Kf7 66. Rf1+ Kg8 67. h6 $1 Ng6 68. Rd1 Nge7 69. Rf1 {Never resign too early!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.44/Black=0.40} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Vivekananthan, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,138,44,40,31,22,25,27,18,20,26,41,29,42,42,45,19,17,15,15,10,17,12,43,35,41,40,57,55,48,52,66,54,118,111,114,110,110,107,130,132,129,129,137,104,125,125,125,125,139,98,94,94,91,91,114,92,90,79,125,12,58,39,39,39,306,259,493,502,723,621,703,702,555,479,1201,1118,1017,1017,1224,1173,6419,6419,5046,3520,2832,2077,815,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bf5 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5,Be5f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} Nb6 10. Bb5 {White has an edge.} Bxd3 11. Re1 Bxb5 12. axb5 Ne7 13. Nxe5 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f6 14. Nef3 Ng6 15. b4 Be7 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. c4 c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bb2 Qc8 {1-0 (29) Munshi,A (2117)-Brett,A (2112) England 2018}) 14. Ndc4 (14. Nef3 {looks sharper.} Re8 15. Ne4 Ned5 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. b3) 14... Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 f6 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Kf1 Nbc8 20. Nd4 Kf7 21. Bf4 Rd7 22. Ke2 c6 (22... g5 $14 23. Be3 Nd5) 23. bxc6 $16 {White is more active.} Nxc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Be3 Rb7 26. b4 Ke6 27. Kd3 Nb6 28. c4 {To avoid Nd5} Rd7+ 29. Kc3 Rb7 30. Ra6 Kd7 31. Kd4 (31. Kb3 $142) 31... Kc8 32. Kc5 Rc7 33. Bf4 Rd7 34. Kxc6 {Strongly threatening Kb5.} Nxc4 35. b5 Re7 (35... h6 $142) 36. Kc5 (36. Ra4 $16 Nb2 37. Bd6 $1) 36... Ne5 (36... Kb7 $1 $11) 37. Kd6 Rd7+ 38. Ke6 {aiming for Be3.} Rb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Black should play} 38... Nf7 $1 $14) 39. Be3 $1 $18 Kb8 $2 (39... Nf7 40. Rxa7 Nd8+ 41. Kd5 (41. Kd6 Nf7+ 42. Ke6 Nd8+ 43. Kd5 Rxa7 $18) 41... Rxa7 42. Bxa7 Kd7) 40. b6 axb6 41. Rxb6 Rxb6+ 42. Bxb6 {KB-KN} Kc8 43. Bd4 Nc6 (43... Nd3 $142 44. Kf7 g6 45. Kxf6 Kd8) 44. Bc3 Nd8+ 45. Ke7 h5 46. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} h4 47. f5 Nc6+ 48. Kf7 Kd7 49. Kxg7 Ne7 50. Kxf6 $2 ({Better is} 50. Bd2 $18 Nxf5+ 51. Kxf6) 50... Nd5+ $11 {The position is equal.} 51. Kg5 h3 52. Bd4 hxg2 53. h4 Ke7 54. h5 Kf7 55. h6 Nf6 $1 56. Kf4 Kg8 57. Kg5 Kf7 58. Bg1 Ne4+ 59. Kf4 Nf6 60. Kf3 Kg8 61. Be3 Kh7 62. Kxg2 {Kf3 is the strong threat.} Ng4 {[%csl LRe3,LRh6]} 63. Kf3 Nxe3 64. Kxe3 {Intending Kd4 and mate.} Kxh6 {KP-K} 65. Kf4 {White threatens Ke5 and mate.} Kg7 66. Kg5 Kf7 67. f6 Kf8 68. Kg6 {White wants to mate with f7.} Kg8 69. f7+ Kf8 70. Kf6 {White really could win this.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.24 (precise) /Black=0.24 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,48,27,34,32,28,19,31,21,28,23,25,20,29,28,18,33,29,10,8,1,8,0,0,0,19,16,22,22,31,0,0,-6,-6,-13,-6,-17,-16,-20,-25,-30,-12]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bf4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Nf6 7. e3 (7. Rc1 {feels hotter.} Bd6 8. Be5 Be6 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3) 7... Bd6 8. Bxd6 {White is slightly better.} (8. Be5 {is more complex.} c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. h3) 8... Qxd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. h3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 11. a3 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Rad8 14. b4 Ne7 15. Rfb1 b5 16. Rc1 c6 {1-0 (33) Saravanan,A (101)-Bains Gillespie,J (1280) Coventry 2015}) 12. Bd3 {Inhibits Bf5.} g6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Rac1 c6 15. Na4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nf5 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Nd6 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Re2 Re7 21. Rce1 Rae8 22. e4 dxe4 23. Ndxe4 Ndxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Hilby, Craig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,28,15,31,4,8,1,21,25,34,28,29]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 cxd5 11. a3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O (12... c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5c4]} 13. c4 Ba6 $11) 13. Be3 Re8 14. Kd2 Ne4+ {[#] Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.13 (very precise)} {Predecessor:} 15. Bxe4 $146 Rxe4 16. Rab1 a6 17. Rb4 Bd7 18. Rhb1 Rxb4 19. Rxb4 Bb5 20. Bf4 c5 21. Rb1 {½-½ (31) Mamedov,R (2684)-Mamedyarov,S (2762) Novi Sad 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,8,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,20,19,19,32,30,20,22,22,37,22,24,26,23,29,3,32,29,24,23,31,14,20,22,22,5,12,10,8,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} exf3 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. gxf3 g6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 9...Kc7 at the moment.} 10. b3 Bg7 {[%cal Of6d5]} 11. Bb2 Ke7 12. Ne4 b6 {[#]} 13. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bg2 Bf5 14. Nxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxf6+ Kxf6 16. f4 Rac8 17. Ke2 Ke7 18. h4 b5 19. Rac1 {0-1 (41) Ladva,O (2423)-Belov,V (2614) Berlin 2015}) 13... Bf5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. h4 (15. Be2 {with more complications.} h5 16. h4 Rhd8 17. Kc2 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Kc3) 15... Rhd8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. h5 Ne8 {[#] And now ...Bxb2+ would win.} 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. f4 Nf5 {The position is equal.} 21. Ne4 Nd6 22. Nc3 a6 23. Bg2 b5 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Nd5+ Bxd5 26. Bxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne8 27. Rd1 Nc7 28. Bb7 Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1 {KB-KN} Kd6 30. Kd2 a5 31. Kd3 Nd5 32. Bxd5 Kxd5 {KP-KP} 33. e4+ Kc6 34. Kc3 Kb6 35. Kd3 $1 Kc7 36. Kc2 Kb7 37. Kd2 Ka6 38. Kc3 Ka7 39. Kc2 Kb7 40. Kd2 Kc7 41. Kc2 Kb6 {[#] White must now prevent ...b4.} 42. Kd3 Ka6 43. Kc3 Ka7 44. Kc2 Kb7 {A balanced but interesting game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,102,18,12,8,9,12,16,23,20,10,31,18,32,30,23,0,32,27,24,12,26,15,32,4,16,0,15,24,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-16,-15,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12850,-12850]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 {[%cal Oc5f2]} 8. Bc4 {The position is equal.} Qd8 9. b4 Bd6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Ne4 Be6 {[#]} 13. Bxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Qf6 16. Be3 b6 17. Rad1 {½-½ (18) Duarte,E (1754)-Da Silva,R Macae 2015}) 13... Rxe6 14. a4 $1 a5 15. b5 Nb8 16. Nfd2 Nbd7 17. Qf3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb3 ({Avoid the trap} 19. Qxb7 $2 e4 20. Nb3 (20. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Ra7 $19) (20. dxe4 $2 Ra7 $19) 20... Ra7 $1 21. Nxc5 Rxb7 22. Nxb7 Qd5 23. Nxa5 exd3 $19) 19... e4 20. dxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 {[%cal Re6e1]} 22. Rxe6 Nxe6 23. Be3 b6 24. Rd1 Qf8 25. g3 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qe4 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qb3 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ g6 31. Qh4 h5 32. Qf6 Kg8 33. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rf6h8]} Qd5+ (33... Kf8 {keeps more tension.} 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Bf6+ Kd6 36. Qe8 Qd5+) 34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for Ke3. KB-KN} f5 $1 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. c4 {[%cal Oc4c5]} Ke7 38. h4 {[%cal Oc4c5]} Kd6 {Inhibits c5+.} 39. Kd3 g5 40. hxg5 Nxg5 41. c5+ bxc5 42. Be3 Ne4 43. Kc4 {Strongly threatening f3.} Kd7 44. Bxc5 f4 45. b6 {And now b7 would win.} ({Don't blunder} 45. gxf4 $2 Nxc5 46. Kxc5 h4 $19) 45... cxb6 46. Bxb6 Kc6 47. Bxa5 Nxf2 48. gxf4 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Kd4 $11) 48... h4 $19 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 49. f5 h3 50. f6 {[#]} Ne4 $1 51. f7 Nd6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hilby, Craig"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,31,31,37,33,32,42,21,30,33,45,20,19,30,30,14,33,17,10,4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations.} 9. Ne3 ({Don't play} 9. Qd5 Bb7 10. Ne3 Nf6 $11) 9... Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. c3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Be6 16. Bc2 {[#]  Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} {Predecessor:} Ne7 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,72,41,31,35,27,27,26,29,22,21,23,33,33,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,193,183,181,186,320,304,460,442,580,563,518,560,558,555,755,751,765,624,620,628,600,624,601,579,666,575,653,655,662,612,775,729,947,943,935,926,892,812,927]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 {C58: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 sidelines.} 9. Nf3 (9. Qh5 g6 10. Nxf7 gxh5 $17) 9... Bd6 10. O-O O-O {White has an edge.} 11. Re1 f5 {Hoping for ...e4. is the new trend.} 12. Nxe5 {Strongly threatening Bf1.} Qf6 $1 (12... Qh4 13. Bf1 $18) 13. Nf3 g5 $1 14. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Nf4 15. Bf1 {d4 is the strong threat.} g4 16. d4 {Threatens to win with Ne5.} gxf3 17. Qxf3 Ng6 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} (17... Qxd4 18. Rd1 Nh3+ 19. gxh3 $16) (17... Ne6 $1 $11) 18. c5 $36 {[%mdl 3072] White has strong compensation. White has strong initiative.} Bc7 {[#]} 19. b4 $1 Nb7 {[#]} (19... Qxd4 {was necessary.} 20. bxa5 Rb8) 20. Qb3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Bc4+ Kg7 21. Bb2 h6 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Rab1 Kh7 24. d5 Be5 25. Rxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. dxc6 Nxc5 28. bxc5 {1-0 (37) Melkumyan,H (2663)-Selbes,T (2235) Chess.com INT 2020}) 20... Kg7 (20... Rf7 $142 21. Bc4 Bd7) 21. Bb2 {White is clearly winning.} ({Stronger than} 21. Qh3 f4 22. Qa3 Bd7 $11) 21... f4 22. d5 Be5 {[#]} 23. Rxe5 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe5 24. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} ({Less strong is} 24. dxc6 Nd8 25. Nd2 Bf5 $18) 24... Bf5 {[%cal Ob7c5]} 25. Re1 Rae8 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Nf3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Rxd5 28. Bxf6+ Rxf6 29. Bc4 Rd7 30. h3 Nd8 31. Ne5 Re7 32. Qc3 h5 33. a4 Be4 34. Qd4 {[%csl LRd8,LRe4]} Bd5 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. c6 f3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.39} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vivekananthan, Anish"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,47,23,20,36,34,38,27,48,-2,0,0,0,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,18,22,22,15,18,26,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bb2 c6 7. c4 Bf5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} 8. a4 a5 9. b5 cxb5 {White has an edge.} 10. cxb5 (10. axb5 $14 dxc4 11. Nxc4) 10... Nbd7 $11 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32] [#]} 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rc1 Rxc1 15. Qxc1 Qc8 16. Be2 Nd6 17. Ba3 {½-½ (34) Gordeeva,V (1593)-Bartholdus,D (1423) Kranenburg 2009}) 11... Rc8 12. Qb3 Bc2 13. Qa2 Nb6 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. O-O Ne4 16. Rfc1 $1 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Nxb2 18. Qxb2 Qb6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 {The position is equal.} 20. Rc1 Rc7 21. g3 e6 22. Nd2 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Posthuma, Joshua"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-12,-8,-8,-8,-14,-6,-20,-20,-29,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-67,-44,-61,-44,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-85,-92,-85,-85,-85,-85,-70,-85,-70,-70,-70,-85,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 c5 10. Nxc5 {10.Nxc5 was played by the boomers.} Nxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} h6 13. Bh4 b6 14. Qe2 {Be4 is the strong threat. The position is equal.} Bb7 {To avoid Be4} 15. Rad1 {[%cal Od3h7] [#]} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc7 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Kh1 Rd4 18. Bg3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qf3 Rd8 21. Nd7 Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 {1-0 (59) Gelashvili,T (2605)-Bagaturov,G (2447) Antakya 2010}) 16. Qxf3 {aiming for Be4.} Qe7 $1 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Be2 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 {Prevents Rd2.} Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} f5 23. Kf1 Bd4 24. b3 Kg7 25. Bh5 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 26. Ke2 Kf6 27. h3 a5 28. Kf3 e4+ 29. Ke2 f4 30. Kf1 Ke6 31. Ke2 f6 32. Bg6 Ke5 33. f3 f5 (33... e3 $5 {[%cal Rd4b2]}) 34. Bh7 Bc5 35. a4 {[#]} (35. Kd1 $15) 35... Kd4 $1 $17 36. Bxf5 {[#]} e3 37. Bd7 Kc3 38. Bb5 Kxb3 39. Kd3 Kb2 40. Ba6 Kc1 {( -> ...Kd1)} 41. Ke2 Kc2 42. Bb5 Kc3 43. Ba6 Bb4 44. Bb5 Kd4 45. Ba6 Ke5 46. Bb5 Kf6 47. Kf1 Kg5 48. Bd7 Kh4 49. Bb5 Kg3 50. Bd7 Bc5 51. Bb5 Bb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} (51... Kh4 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,124,19,16,42,40,38,37,23,24,26,30,17,16,36,25,37,19,16,0,14,-19,-16,-18,-18,-11,-11,-12,-13,-17,-3,-23,-23,-144,-125,-127,-124,-140,-137,-127,-131,-136,-127,-112,-82,-131,-135,-136,-127,-161,-99,-109,-34,-50,-20,-17,-17,-19,-15,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 {8.Rc1 injects fresh life into this line.} Bb4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation.} 10. bxc3 Ba3 11. Rb1 b6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. O-O Bxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. c4 {[%cal Oc4c5]} h6 16. Bh4 Bd6 {[#]} 17. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qc2 Qh5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. c5 Bb8 20. cxb6 axb6 21. e4 Rfe8 22. Qa4 b5 23. Qa6 {½-½ (47) Indjic,A (2620)-Dreev,A (2670) St Petersburg 2018}) 17... Bc7 (17... bxc5 $2 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rfd1 $18) 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Rc2 Bd6 21. Nd2 Bf8 22. Bg3 Qa6 23. Nc4 c5 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 24. d5 (24. Rcb2 $11) 24... exd5 $17 25. Qxd5 Nf6 26. Qf5 b5 27. Ne5 g6 28. Qf3 Bg7 29. h3 c4 30. e4 (30. Bh4 $142) 30... Qa4 31. Rbc1 {[%cal Oe5f7]} Qa3 32. Rb1 Rc5 (32... Qc5 $1 $19 33. Rcb2 Qd4) 33. Ng4 {[#]} Qxf3 (33... Qa4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4c2]} 34. Nxf6+ Bxf6) 34. gxf3 $15 Rd8 35. Bf4 $1 Nxg4 36. hxg4 Rd3 37. Kg2 g5 38. Be3 {The position is equal.} Bd4 39. Bxd4 Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 40. Rb4 Rd3 41. a4 bxa4 {aiming for ...a3.} 42. Rcxc4 Rxc4 43. Rxc4 {KR-KR} a3 44. Ra4 f6 45. Ra7 Kf8 46. Kg3 Ke8 {Strongly threatening ...Kd8.} 47. Ra6 Ke7 48. Kg2 Rc3 49. Kg3 Rb3 50. Kg2 Rd3 51. Kg3 $1 Rc3 52. Kg2 Rd3 53. Kg3 $1 Kf7 54. Kg2 Rc3 55. Kg3 Rb3 56. Kg2 Rd3 57. Kg3 Rc3 58. Kg2 Rd3 59. Kg3 $1 Ke7 60. Kg2 Rc3 61. Kg3 Rd3 62. Kg2 Rc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Posthuma, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,69,8,7,4,4,8,6,0,0,20,12,20,16,37,16,28,-26,39,43,34,-4,-10,-2,-5,1,0,0,0,0,57,56,57,59,58,37,46,47,72,56,75,86,97,91,95,100,133,124,135,121,232,178,200,152,151,152,230,231,293,293,419,400]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Bf4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} 7. d5 Re8 8. g3 Nh5 {[#] The position is equal.} 9. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Bf6 10. Rc1 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bg2 exd5 15. cxd5 {1-0 (71) Rallabandi,P (2488)-Lemutov,I (2388) ICCF email 2020}) 9... Bf6 10. Bg2 exd5 11. cxd5 Ba6 {[#] ...Bxc3 is the strong threat.} 12. e3 $1 c5 13. dxc6 ({Better is} 13. h4) 13... Nxc6 ({Black should play} 13... dxc6 $11 14. Bf1 g6) 14. Qa4 $14 Bd3 {[%cal Ob6b5]} 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Kg2 d5 19. Rhd1 d4 (19... Nf6 $11) 20. Bc1 {[%cal Re3d4]} d3 21. Qb5 Nf6 22. Rxd3 Qe7 23. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2e1,Be1c3][%mdl 32]} Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Be1 h5 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Qb7+ 28. f3 Bd6 29. Bc3 h4 (29... Qd5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 30. Qxd5 Nxd5) 30. gxh4 Be7 31. Qe5 Qd7 32. Nf2 Bf8 (32... Ne8 $16 33. Qf4 Qc7 34. Qxc7 Nxc7) 33. e4 $18 Bc5 34. Ng4 Ne8 {[#]} (34... Be7 $142 35. h5 Qe6) 35. Qxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.27 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Vivekananthan, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 7. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:08:12]} a5 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:37]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:12:04]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 11. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:07:27]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:41]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:16:45]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:20:16]} exf4 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 14. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 16. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,59,0,-5,0,0,8,8,1,8,16,0,0,0,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-10,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. f5 Nd4 {C27: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nxe4.} 7. Nf3 c6 8. Nxd4 $1 exd4 9. Ne2 d5 10. exd5 {[#]} cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxf5 11. O-O Bg4 12. Bg5 b5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bb3 Qe7 15. Rf2 Qe3 16. Qf1 O-O-O 17. dxc6 Bd6 18. Kh1 Rde8 19. Nf4 Re5 20. a4 b4 {1-0 (20) Cermak,F-Gaertner CServe email 1991}) 11. Bb3 a5 (11... Bxf5 $11 12. O-O Qd7) 12. Ba4+ (12. a4 $1 $14 {was preferrable.}) 12... Bd7 $11 {The position is equal.} 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg5 Qc6 16. Nf4 Rfe8 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Re1 {[%cal Oe1e7] [#] Black must now prevent Rxe7!} h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qf3 Re5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 23. Qf2 Re8 24. a4 b6 25. Rf1 Qf6 26. Qf4 Re2 27. Rf2 $1 Re1+ 28. Rf1 Re2 29. Rf2 $1 Re1+ 30. Rf1 {An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Black "Hilby, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,73,52,0,3,0,12,21,17,23,50,65,69,58,61,76,75,59,61,55,75,87,76,45,131,126,133,152,182,160,154,162,176,169,229,187,199,189,233,174,159,170,170,164,276,267,217,272,372,364,403,416,482,469,662,652,623,488,456,433]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 (9. a4 $14) 9... O-O $11 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 {The position is equal.} 12. dxe5 {12.Bg5 is not played anymore.} Nxe5 13. Bxb6 {Be3 is the strong threat.} cxb6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nd4 Nxe4 16. Bd5 {[%csl LRa8,LRe4]} Nxd2 17. Qxd2 {And now f4 would win.} Nc4 $1 18. Qc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing. White is more active.} Rc8 {[#]} 19. f4 $146 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening f5.} ({Predecessor:} 19. b3 Na5 20. f4 h6 21. f5 Bh7 22. Qf4 Qc7 23. b4 Nc4 24. g5 Ne5 25. gxh6 Qxc3 26. hxg7 {1-0 (34) Knoll,H (2436)-Hipfl,W (2217) ICCF email 2015}) 19... Qh4 {[#] White stays focused until the end.} (19... h6 $1 $14) 20. f5 $1 $16 Qxh3 {[#]} 21. Qf4 Qe3+ 22. Rf2 Rc5 {aiming for ...Qxf4.} 23. Bxc4 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Qxf4 24. Rxf4 bxc4 (24... Rxc4 $142 25. Raf1 (25. fxg6 hxg6 26. a3 Re8 $16) 25... Rcc8) 25. Re1 Re5 26. Kf2 Rfe8 ({Not} 26... Rxe1 27. Kxe1 h6 28. fxg6 $16) (26... h6 $142) 27. Nf3 Rxe1 28. Nxe1 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} b5 (29... Re4 {keeps fighting.} 30. Rd5 Rxg4) 30. Rd5 Re6 31. Nc2 Kf8 32. Nb4 Rh6 33. Kg3 {Inhibits Rh2.} Re6 34. Nxa6 {White is clearly winning.} b4 (34... Re3+ $142 35. Kf4 Rh3 36. Rxb5 h6 37. Rb8+ Ke7) 35. Nxb4 Re2 36. Rxd6 {Threatens to win with Rd8+.} Rxb2 37. Rc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.28 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hilby, Craig"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,106,12,12,0,-4,0,-14,-32,-4,-58,-18,-20,0,0,16,0,12,14,34,46,46,37,137,135,135,158,127,41,83,79,77,39,36,35,37,52,46,12,12,16,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-70,-66,-63,-72,-66,-66,-66,-73,-70,-66,-74,-73,-12833,-12834,-12834,-12835,-12835,-12835,-12836,-12836,-12834,-12832,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12840,-12843,-12840,-12840,-12840,-12840,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8. Bg5 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e4 {The position is equal.} Bb7 11. Rd1 (11. d5 $11) 11... Nd7 12. d5 c4 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Be2 $1 {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bg7 15. O-O Nc5 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 Rc8 18. Qa2 f5 19. dxe6 Bxc3 20. exf7+ Kf8 21. exf5 {0-1 (38) Zhukova,N (2476)-Yilmaz,M (2531) Nakhchivan 2013}) 15. O-O Rg8 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Rc8 ({Black should try} 17... Be7 $14) 18. a4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} b4 19. a5 $1 Qd6 {[%cal Oc5f2]} 20. Bc4 (20. Kh1 $16) 20... Qf4 (20... bxc3 $2 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Rxd6 Bxd6 23. Qxb7 $18) (20... Ne5 $14 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. dxe6 Rg5 23. exf7+ Kf8) 21. Ne2 (21. dxe6 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 (22. Kh1 $2 Ne5 $19) 22... Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qxf3+ 24. Kg1 Ne5 25. exf7+ Kf8 $17) 21... Qxe4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} (21... Qg4 $2 22. Ng3 e5 23. Ne1 $16) 22. dxe6 $1 Rxg2+ $1 23. Kxg2 {Chess con chili.} Qxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Bxf3+ {A strong pair of Bishops.} 25. Kg3 (25. Kxf3 $5 {[%cal Re6d7]} Ne5+ 26. Kg2 Nxc4 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Rd7+ Ke6 29. Rxh7 $14) 25... Ne5 (25... fxe6 $2 26. Bxe6 $1 (26. Bxa6 Ra8 $14) 26... Bc6 27. Rfe1 $18) 26. Bxa6 Ra8 27. exf7+ ({Reject} 27. Bb5+ Ke7 28. Rd7+ Nxd7 29. exd7 Rxa5 $1 $17) 27... Kxf7 {( -> ...Rg8+)} 28. Bc4+ $1 Nxc4 29. Kxf3 Rxa5 30. Kg2 b3 $1 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 31. Nd4 ({Better is} 31. Rd7+ $11 Ke6 32. Rxh7) 31... b2 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Threatens to win with ...Bxd4. Black has compensation.} 32. Nb3 {[#]} Ra2 {[%cal Oc4e3] ...Ne3+! is the strong threat.} 33. Kg1 ({Don't blunder} 33. Nxc5 $2 Ne3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Kf3 Nxf1 35. Rxf1 Ra1 $19) 33... Bd6 34. Rd4 Ra4 35. Nd2 {[#]} Nxd2 36. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Be5 37. Rb1 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Kg2 $17) 37... Ra1 $19 38. Rdd1 Ke6 39. Kf1 Rxb1 40. Rxb1 {[#] KR-KB} Kd5 $1 41. Ke2 Kc4 42. Kd2 Kb3 43. h3 Bf4+ 44. Kd3 f5 45. h4 h5 46. Kd4 Kc2 $2 (46... Bc1 $19 47. Ke5 f4) 47. Rxb2+ $1 $11 Kxb2 {KB-KPP} 48. Kd5 $1 Bd2 {aiming for ...f4.} 49. f4 $1 Be1 50. Ke5 Bxh4 51. Kxf5 {Mate.} Bd8 52. Ke4 Kc2 53. Kf3 Kd2 {[%mdl 32768] Quite a comeback for Black.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.25 (precise) /Black=0.17 (very precise) . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Black "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,80,20,12,21,35,21,16,19,25,32,35,34,28,31,32,21,0,0,0,33,25,36,0,0,0,0,-33,-33,-44,-31,-27,-37,-84,-39,-37,-19,-19,-25,-33,-27,-33,-37,-29,-30,-41,-50,-68,-23,-23,-18,-18,-9,-33,-19,-20,-26,-28,-10,-114,-114,-114,-114,-112,-97,-97,-24,-21,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 a5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} 7. b5 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Ba3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd4 Ne5 {[%cal Oe5d3] [#]} 12. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 exd3 14. O-O e5 15. Nb3 e4 16. c6 bxc6 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Rc1 {1-0 (36) Salinas Herrera,P (2509)-Tokman,A (2316) Chess.com INT 2021}) 12... Re8 {[%cal Oe5d3]} 13. b6 Bg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. h3 Be6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qd5 Qc6 18. Bb2 {[#]} Red8 $1 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. a3 (21. Be2 $15 {is more appropriate.}) 21... Rdc8 (21... Rac8 $17) 22. Rd1 $15 Ne5 23. Rd5 Kf6 24. Be2 e6 25. Rd4 Rxc5 26. Kd2 Rac8 {[%cal Re5c4]} 27. Kc3 Rb5 {To avoid Rb1} 28. Rxe4 Rxb6 (28... a4 $15 {is superior.}) 29. Rd1 $11 a4 30. Kc2 Rb3 31. f4 Nc6 32. Rd3 Na5 33. Rxb3 Nxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Re5 (34. Kc3 $11) 34... Nc5 $17 35. g4 h6 36. h4 Ke7 {And now ...f6 would win.} 37. g5 {[#]} hxg5 (37... b6 $1 $17 {...Rh8 is the strong threat.} 38. Bd3 (38. gxh6 $2 f6 $19) 38... Rh8) 38. Rxg5 $11 b5 {The position is equal.} 39. h5 gxh5 40. Rxh5 bxc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vivekananthan, Anish"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,45,14,27,19,43,40,35,30,28,12,23,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,5,0,19,13,20,14,23,25,21,6,14,0,-10,-11,0,0,0,-4]} 1. d4 {RR} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Nd5 9. Rc1 ({Much worse is} 9. Bxc4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. Ke2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 O-O $15) 9... N7b6 $1 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O {[#]} Bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxf4 12. exf4 Qf6 13. g3 Rd8 14. a3 Be7 15. Na4 h5 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Rxc4 h4 18. Rxc7 {½-½ (57) Swayams,M (2444)-Ider,B (2464) Sautron 2015 CBM 169 Extra [RR]}) 12. bxc3 Nxf4 13. exf4 Qd5 14. Re1 O-O 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bf1 Qd6 17. Ne5 c5 18. Rcd1 Rad8 19. f5 {The position is equal.} exf5 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Be4 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Posthuma, Joshua"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,87,24,33,14,14,14,10,14,14,13,12,10,9,14,6,6,14,14,38,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,18,42,42,46,45,44,34,41,28,115,108,109,108,110,110,135,0,382,393,29968,29969,29968,29969,29961,29968,29973,529,945,0,29971,29974,12798,29987,29990,741,29991,714,29994,29994,29994,29994,29995,29996,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 b5 $1 9. b3 {The position is equal.} cxb3 10. Qxb3 c6 11. O-O {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} O-O 12. Rfc1 Bb7 13. Qb2 Qe7 14. Ne5 {[#]} a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd5 15. Nb3 f6 16. Nd3 Nb6 17. Nbc5 Bc8 18. e3 Re8 19. Qe2 Ra7 20. Be4 Qf7 {1-0 (52) Boensch,U (2523)-Landa,K (2613) Germany 2009}) 15. Ndf3 Nd5 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 f6 19. Ne1 Rad8 20. Nd3 Rfe8 21. Rac1 Qd6 22. e3 Ne7 {[%cal Oe6e5]} 23. Nb4 {[%cal Rb4c6]} Rc8 24. h4 Kf7 25. Qe2 Kg8 26. Be4 Nd5 (26... Red8 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Qh5 $16 {White is more active.} f5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qxf5 Rxe3 {[#] Hoping for ...Rf8.} 30. Nxd5 Rxa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Ree8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 31. Re1 $18 {White wants to mate with Ne7+. The board is on fire.} Rf8 $2 (31... g6 $18 32. Ne7+ Qxe7 33. Qxc8+ Bxc8 34. Rxe7 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Bg4 36. Rxc6 Ra2) 32. Ne7+ Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Rxf5 34. Rxf5 {[%cal Re7e8] KRR-KRB} g6 35. Re8+ (35. Rff7 $142 Bc8 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Reg7+ Kf8 39. Ra7 Kg8 40. Rag7+ Kf8 41. Ra7) 35... Kg7 36. Re7+ (36. Rf4 $18 g5 37. hxg5 Ra1+ 38. Kh2) 36... Kg8 37. Rff7 Bc8 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Ref7+ Ke8 40. Ra7 (40. Kg2 $142 Be6 41. Ra7 (41. Re7+ Kf8 $16) 41... Bd5+ 42. Kh2 c5 43. Rge7+ Kf8 44. Rec7 Bf7 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Rg7+ Kf8 47. Rgb7 Re3 48. fxe3 cxd4 49. Rb8#) 40... Ra1+ 41. Kg2 {[%cal Rg7g8] White mates.} Kf8 42. Rxh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 43. Rhc7 {[%csl LRc6,LRc8][%cal Rc7c8]} Be6 44. Ra8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.49/Black=0.50} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,0,15,14,11,18,10,10,28,28,27,24,22,31,29,27,25,26,26,16,19,19,24,28,30,25,19,2,22,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,3,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-10,-21,-13,-25,-32,-34,-24,-22,-20,-20,-23,-27,-2,-7,-7,-7,-7,-52,-48,-56,-17,-18,-5,-5,-3,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 a6 9. Be2 Qc7 10. Rd1 {[#]} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. a5 Rd8 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bg5 Ngf6 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 {0-1 (62) Deac,B (2627)-Aronian,L (2781) Bucharest 2021}) 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qc4 Qxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Bd3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. f3 Ke7 18. Ne2 Ne8 19. b3 a5 20. Ng3 Nd6 21. Nf1 f5 22. Nd2 Bc6 23. Re1 {[%cal Bd1e1,Be1f1,Bf1f3][%mdl 32]} fxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Rf8 26. Rf1 Rf6 27. Rae1 Rc8 28. Re3 Rcf8 29. g3 Rc8 30. Rff3 Rcf8 31. Kg2 b6 32. h4 Nb7 33. c3 Nd6 34. Kf2 Rxf3+ 35. Rxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc8 36. Bc2 b5 37. Ke2 bxa4 38. bxa4 Nb7 39. Kd2 Nc5 40. Rf1 Rb8 41. Kc1 (41. Rd1 $11) 41... Rd8 $1 $15 42. Rf3 Rg8 43. Rf1 {The position is equal.} h6 44. Kd2 g5 45. hxg5 Rxg5 46. Rh1 Rxg3 47. Rxh6 Rg2+ 48. Kc1 Rg3 49. Kd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,83,29,26,16,16,28,25,11,16,8,17,13,13,13,13,2,6,0,7,6,8,0,10,8,15,12,30,29,99,86,202,200,225,231,210,218,204,155,189,147,204,164,160,126,153,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,2092,2014,1729,1941,1696,1728,1636,1563,29976,6191]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nb6 14. Na5 {Black must now prevent Nc6.} Qc7 {[%cal Oh5f4] To avoid Nc6} 15. Nd5 {Prevents Nf4. White has an edge.} Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 {[%cal Of5c2]} 17. Nc6 f6 18. h4 Ng3 19. Rh2 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 fxg5 21. hxg5 Bg6 22. b3 Rae8 23. Kb2 Bd8 24. Rhf2 Qd7 25. Ra1 {[#]} Qh3 $146 (25... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 25... a5 26. Re1 a4 27. f4 exf4 28. Rxf4 h5 29. gxh6 Rxf4 30. Bxf4 Bf6+ 31. c3 Rxe1 32. Qxe1 {½-½ (45) Yloenen,O (2489)-Martynov,A (2376) ICCF email 2014}) 26. a4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] White is more active.} b4 {[#]} (26... Rxf3 $16 {was called for.} 27. Rxf3 Qxf3) 27. a5 $1 $18 ({And not} 27. Qxb4 Rxf3 28. Rxf3 (28. Qxd6 Rxf2 29. Bxf2 Bxc2 $11) 28... Qxf3 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 $14) 27... Rxf3 28. Rxf3 Qxf3 29. Nxb4 Be4 30. c4 Rf8 31. Nc6 ({Weaker is} 31. Nxa6 Qg3 32. Nc5 dxc5 $15) (31. Bb6 $18) 31... Qg3 (31... Re8 $16) 32. Re1 Bg6 {[%cal Od8g5]} 33. Re2 Qg4 34. Rf2 $2 ({Better is} 34. Ka3 $16) 34... Rxf2 $11 35. Qxf2 Bxg5 36. Bxg5 Qxg5 37. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5d6][%mdl 32]} e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (37... h5 $11) 38. cxd6 $18 e3 39. Qf3 {Threatening mate with Ne7+.} Bf5 40. Ne7+ Kf7 41. Nxf5 e2 {[#]} 42. Nd4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19 (very precise) /Black=0.50} (42. Qxe2 $142 $1 Qxf5 43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. d7 Qf4 45. d8=Q Qd4+ 46. Ka2 Qd2+ 47. Ka3 Qc1+ 48. Kb4 Qd2+ 49. Kc5 Qc3+ 50. Kb6 Qd4+ 51. Kxa6) 1-0

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,45,27,21,47,10,0,4,7,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,-3,21,2,12,0,39,38,38,38,42,42,41,41,41,43,41,42,43,-49,39,36]} 1. Nf3 {Schulz,Andre} d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3 .} 7. a4 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nd6 {The position is equal.} 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nxc4 Bf5 11. Qc3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Rd1 Na6 13. b3 Be4 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. Rac1 c5 16. Nfe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc7 {1-0 (34) Bachmann,A (2601)-Morozevich,A (2695) Barcelona 2015 CBM 170 [Schulz,Andre]}) 12. Nxd6 exd6 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. a5 Qa6 15. Qd2 Nc6 (15... Re8 $5 {[%cal Re8e2]}) 16. Bh6 $1 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 cxd4 19. Ra4 Qxe2 20. Rxd4 Qxb2 21. Rh4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rh6h7] [#]} Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. a6 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Posthuma, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,127,40,28,53,21,24,16,39,31,36,30,19,-13,0,-54,-68,-78,-71,-67,-66,-69,-50,-82,-70,-122,-120,-123,-113,-150,-143,-160,-144,-139,-143,-148,-152,-137,-143,-139,-135,-204,-198,-200,-183,-302,-298,-301,-300,-298,-222,-214,-159,-156,-157,-215,-149,-149,-149,-392,-378,-572,-370,-714,-694,-688,-681,-734,-367,-708,-575,-835,-761,-694,-649,-614,-570,-607,-391,-1034,-391,-391,-385,-258,-258,-2445,-694,-694,-694,-694,-694,-694,-694,-694,-694,-604,-391,-366,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 {The main line 9.Qd2 scores better than 9.Be2.} a5 {[#] B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System.} 10. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. e5 Ne8 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Qxd6 exd6 15. Bxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rxd6 Be6 17. Rb6 {0-1 (28) Steenbergen,P (1957)-Deberdt,J (2054) Belgium 2016}) 10... a4 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Be6 13. Rac1 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 14. f4 Nc5 15. f5 ({White should try} 15. Kh1 $11) 15... Nxd3 $15 16. Qxd3 Qc5+ 17. Be3 Bxc4 18. Qd2 Qe5 19. Rf2 O-O 20. Bh6 (20. Rd1 $15) 20... Rfc8 $17 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 (21... Qxg7 $6 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23. b3 $11) 22. a3 f6 23. Qe3 d5 24. Rd1 {[%cal Rc3d5] Inhibits d4.} dxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 Rd8 27. Re1 Kf7 28. Rc2 (28. fxg6+ $17 hxg6 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Ne4) 28... b5 $19 (28... gxf5 29. Rxc4 b5 30. Rc7 fxe4 31. Rxe4 $17) 29. Nd2 Rac8 30. Rec1 (30. Nxc4 $142 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. Re4) 30... gxf5 31. Nxc4 bxc4 (31... Rxc4 32. Rxc4 bxc4 33. Rxc4 $17) 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rd2 34. Rxa4 Rxb2 35. Ra7 (35. Rf4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 35... Ra2 36. a4 f4 37. a5 $2 (37. h4 $17 {might work better.}) 37... h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32] And now ...h4 would win.} 38. a6 (38. h4 {is a better defense.} Ke6 39. a6) 38... Ke6 {Hoping for ...h4.} 39. Kf1 $2 (39. h4 Kd6 40. Ra8) 39... h4 40. Kg1 Kd6 41. Ra8 Ke5 42. Rh8 $2 (42. Re8 e6 43. Rh8) 42... Ke4 43. Rxh4 e5 44. Rh7 Rxa6 45. Rb7 Kd3 46. Rb3+ Kc4 47. Rf3 (47. Rb1 e4 48. Kf2) 47... e4 $2 (47... Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 Ra1+ 50. Kf2 e4 51. Rxf4 Kd3 52. Rxf6 e3+ 53. Kg3 e2 54. Rd6+ Kc4) 48. Rxf4 {[#]} Kd3 49. Rf1 e3 50. Rd1+ $2 (50. Rb1) 50... Kc2 (50... Ke2 $142 51. Rd5 Ra1+ 52. Kh2 Rd1) 51. Re1 {[#]} Kd2 52. Kf1 Ra5 53. g4 {To avoid Rf5+} Ra4 54. Re2+ Kd3 {...Ke4 is the strong threat.} 55. Re1 Rf4+ 56. Kg2 Kd2 $2 ({Black should play} 56... e2 $19 {( -> ...Kd2)} 57. Rb1 Kc2) 57. Ra1 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc4 (57... e2 $5 58. Ra2+ Kd3 59. Ra3+ Kd4 60. Ra4+ Kc5 61. Ra5+ Kd6 62. Ra6+ Kd7 63. Ra7+ (63. Ra1 f5 $11) 63... Ke6 64. Ra6+ Kf7 65. Ra7+ (65. Ra1 Kg6 $11) 65... Ke6 66. Ra6+ Ke5 67. Ra5+ Kd6 68. Ra6+ Kd7 69. Ra7+ (69. Ra1 f5 $11) 69... Ke6 $11) 58. Kf3 {aiming for Ra2+.} Rc2 {Prevents Ra2.} 59. h4 e2 60. Kf2 {Inhibits e1Q+. Threatens to win with Re1.} Rc4 {[%cal Oc4a4]} 61. Ra2+ Kd3 62. Ra3+ Kd2 63. Ra2+ Kd3 64. Ra3+ {Black had all chances to win.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.61/Black=0.50} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Black "Vivekananthan, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,41,13,25,8,11,10,15,17,12,9,11,19,9,0,4,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,-16,-24,-19,0,-44,-44,-54]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. c3 {The position is equal.} Bb6 9. Nc4 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Re1 Be6 $1 15. Qf3 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... c6 16. Qg3 f6 17. Bh6 Qd7 18. a4 Kh8 19. Be3 b5 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rad1 {½-½ (22) Frotscher,T (2388)-Simal Moreira,L (2402) ICCF email 2019}) 16. Bh4 c6 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. h3 b5 19. Bb3 Rfe8 20. a3 (20. Rad1 $11 {was preferrable.}) 20... Nf4 $15 21. Bxe6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Hilby, Craig"]
[Black "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,35,0,0,0,11,0,0,-6,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,0,0,0,0,38,25]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 6. Qf4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} e6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Nxd3 9. cxd3 Ne7 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Qg3 Be7 {Prevents h4.} 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. Nxg6 fxg6 {[#]} 15. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 a6 16. a3 Rc8 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qb6 20. b4 Bb5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1-0 (60) Asadli,V (2578)-Pantzar,M (2423) Chess.com INT 2021}) 15... Rc8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qb6 18. Qe3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,16,12,9,16,0,12,0,-16,-14,3,12,4,10,15,10,24,0,0,0,0,0,24,12,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,25,11,18,13,0,21,-17,-17,-17,-16,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,16,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. Nc3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4.} g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. h3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 8.0-0.} O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd7 13. Rd1 Rac8 14. Bd2 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra6 d5 17. Bc3 b4 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 {½-½ (50) Demchenko,A (2632)-Bocharov,D (2528) Khanty-Mansiysk 2020}) 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. b3 Qc5 15. c4 b5 (15... Qxe3 {seems wilder.} 16. Bxe3 h6 17. Rfd1 Kf7 18. Ne1 b6) 16. axb5 axb5 17. cxb5 Qxb5 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 e5 21. Qd1 Nf6 22. f3 {The position is equal.} Ra2 23. Be3 d5 24. Rf2 (24. b4 $5 {[%cal Re3c5]}) 24... Rxf2 25. Bxf2 dxe4 26. b4 exf3 27. Qxf3 Nd5 28. Qb3 Rf4 {[%cal Rf4b4]} 29. Bc5 e6 30. Re1 e4 31. Qb2 {Black must now prevent Qe5.} Rf5 {Prevents Qe5.} 32. Rxe4 Nxb4 $1 33. Qxb4 ({Wrong is} 33. Bxb4 $2 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Rf2 35. Qxf2 Qxf2 $19) 33... Qxc5+ 34. Qxc5 Rxc5 {A balanced but interesting game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vivekananthan, Anish"]
[Black "Hilby, Craig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,25,3,2,12,11,0,0,22]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 11. Be2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Nc6 {[#]} 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Re8 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. N2f3 Bf8 17. Rac1 Ne4 18. Qb5 Qb6 19. Qxd5 {1-0 (54) Milanovic,D (2491)-Sarenac,D (2293) Kragujevac 2013}) 12... Bg4 13. Bb2 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Posthuma, Joshua"]
[Black "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,51,0,-4,0,6,-14,68,64,59,55,61,63,54,59,64,58,104,112,181,139,142,111,110,114,96,116,118,134,135,153,286,281,272,257,883,862,772,424,708,694,29988,29989,29991,376]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4.} Bb4+ 7. N1c3 {7.Bd2 injects fresh life into this line.} a6 ({But not} 7... d5 8. cxd5 a6 9. dxc6 $14) (7... d6 $11) 8. Nd6+ $14 {White is slightly better.} Ke7 9. Nf5+ Kf8 {White must now prevent ...d5.} 10. Ne3 {[#] Prevents d5.} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne4 11. Ned5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bc5 13. Bg2 d6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Be6 16. O-O Ke7 {1-0 (36) Kamsky,G (2744)-Le,Q (2693) Amsterdam 2012}) 11. Bg2 Be6 12. O-O Bxc3 (12... h5 $14 {deserves consideration.}) 13. bxc3 $16 Ke7 {[#]} (13... Qc7 $16) 14. Ba3 (14. Rb1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb1b7]} Qc7 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 (16. Rxf4 Rhd8 $16)) 14... Qc7 15. c5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} d5 16. Nxd5+ Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rhd8 19. Qe4 {White is more active.} g6 (19... h6 $16 20. Rab1 Rab8) 20. Qh4+ $18 Ke6 21. f4 {[%cal Of4f5] aiming for f5+!} e4 $2 (21... Qe7 22. Qh3+ (22. Qxh7 $2 Rh8 $19) 22... f5) 22. f5+ gxf5 23. Qh6+ f6 {[#]} (23... Kd7 $142 24. Qxh7 Kc8 25. Qxf5+ Kb8) 24. Rxf5 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf5 (24... Kd7 25. Rxf6) 25. Rf1+ Ke6 26. Qxf6+ $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28 (precise) /Black=0.66} (26. Rxf6+ {mates} Kd5 27. Qd2+ Kc4 28. Qc2 Rd1+ 29. Qxd1 Kxc3 {[#]} 30. Rf3+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kc4 31. Qb3+ Kd4 32. e3+ Ke5 33. Bb2+ Nd4 34. exd4#) 1-0

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,146,38,40,22,22,23,19,10,18,10,18,16,14,8,41,32,39,43,26,30,45,8,10,15,14,11,53,53,67,60,67,60,72,82,86,47,47,47,50,50,116,122,135,68,104,69,74,77,61,88,194,182,375,417,410,393,366,177,233,206,738,738,578,522,533,158,283,156,207,218,234,202,201,189,201,204,409,210,218,218,218,218,236,128,157,0,329,0,157,102,157,148,221,58,58,58,58,58,51,0,0,0,53,60,60,-527,-371,-29969,-29971,-29970,-1094,-1414,-1414,-660,-588,-588,-580,-29970,-29970,-29969,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29965,-5110,-29978,-29979,-29978,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29984,-29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4f6][%mdl 32]} g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Nh6 {[%cal Bg4h6,Bh6f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 8. Ne4 b6 9. d3 {The position is equal.} Nf5 10. a4 {[%cal Oa4a5]} a5 11. O-O Bg7 12. Re1 Nd4 {[#]} 13. Nf6+ $1 Kf8 14. Ne4 h6 15. Bf4 Kg8 {[#]} 16. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. b3 Bf5 17. Bh2 Ra7 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Rb1 Rd7 20. f4 Kh7 21. Bg3 Qc7 22. Bf2 {1-0 (46) Conde Poderoso,A (2333)-Silva Filho,A (2250) ICCF email 2016}) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Be6 18. c4 Qd7 (18... Qd4 $11 {is superior.}) 19. Bd2 $14 Kh7 (19... Bxe5 20. Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bh2+ 21. Kxh2 $16) 20. Bc3 Rhf8 21. Re3 Qc7 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Qg3 (23. g4 {is more complex.} Kg8 24. Qg3 Bd5 25. Nd2 Be6 26. f4) 23... Bf5 24. f4 Bxe4 25. dxe4 Qc8 (25... e6 $14) 26. Rf1 $16 Qe6 27. f5 (27. b3 $16) 27... Qxc4 $14 28. f6 $1 exf6 29. exf6 Bh8 30. e5 $36 {[%cal Oe5e6][%mdl 3072] White has compensation. White is in control.} Qe6 (30... Qxa4 $2 31. e6 Rc8 32. e7 $18) (30... Rfe8 $16) 31. Re4 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Rh4.} g5 {Inhibits Rh4.} (31... Rg8) 32. Rg4 Rg8 33. Qf3 Rg6 34. Qe4 (34. h4 $142) 34... b5 (34... Qd5 $142) 35. h4 $1 (35. Bxa5 Ra8 36. Bb6 Rxa4 $14) 35... gxh4 (35... b4 $2 36. h5 $1 $18) (35... Qd5) 36. Rxg6 fxg6 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Bxa5 $2 (38. Qb7+ $18 Rd7 39. Qc8) 38... Rd7 (38... Rf8 $16) 39. Qf4 (39. Qxh4 $6 Qxe5 40. f7 Qe3+ 41. Qf2 Qxf2+ 42. Rxf2 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Be5+ 44. g3 Bg7 $16) ({Better is} 39. Be1 $18) 39... b4 (39... Rf7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 40. Bd2 Bg7 41. Qxh4 Bf8) 40. f7 $1 (40. Qxh4 Qxe5 41. f7 Bg7 $11) 40... Bg7 41. f8=Q Bxf8 42. Qxf8 Qxe5 43. Bd8 {White wants to mate with Bf6.} Qe6 (43... Qd4+ 44. Kh1 h3) 44. Bf6 (44. Bxh4 $142 {Hoping for Bf6.} c4 45. Qxb4) 44... g5 45. Qxc5 {White threatens Qc2+ and mate.} Qe4 {To avoid Qc2} 46. Be5 {Threatens to win with Qc8.} (46. Qf8 h3 47. gxh3 (47. Qh8+ $2 Kg6 $19) 47... Qe3+ 48. Kh1 Qxh3+ 49. Kg1 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Qh3+ 51. Kg1 Qg3+ 52. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 46... Kg6 {[%cal Oh4h3]} 47. Bd6 (47. Qc8 Re7 $18) ({White has to play} 47. Rf6+ $1 $18 Kh5 48. Bd6) 47... Qd3 48. Be5 (48. Bf8 $1 $16 {Intending Qb6+ and mate.} Qd4+ 49. Qxd4 Rxd4 50. b3) 48... Qe4 $1 {[%cal Oh4h3] [#]} 49. Bd6 (49. Qc8 $1 $18 {is more deadly. Threatening mate with Qe8+.} Re7 50. Rf6+ Kh5 51. Rxh6+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh6 52. Qf8+ Rg7 53. Qxg7+ Kh5 54. Qh8+ Kg4 55. Kh2) 49... Qd3 $1 $16 {[#]} 50. Be7 (50. Be5 Qe4 $18) (50. Bf8 $142 $1 {And now Qb6+ would win.} Qd4+ 51. Qxd4 Rxd4 52. b3) 50... Kh5 ({Black should play} 50... Qe4) 51. Bf8 ({Don't go for} 51. Qxb4 $2 Qe3+ 52. Kh1 Rxe7 $19) 51... h3 (51... Qd4+ $16 52. Qxd4 Rxd4) 52. Rf3 $2 (52. Qb6 $18 Qd4+ 53. Qxd4 Rxd4 54. gxh3) 52... Qd1+ $14 53. Kh2 {[%cal Og2g4]} ({Don't blunder} 53. Rf1 $2 h2+ 54. Kxh2 Qxf1 $19) 53... hxg2 54. Rh3+ Kg4 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rd1h1]} 55. Qc4+ Kf5 $1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rg2g1]} 56. Qc5+ (56. Kxg2 $2 {leads to mate.} Rd2+ 57. Kg3 Qg1+ 58. Kf3 Qf2#) 56... Kg4 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rd1h1] The board is on fire.} 57. Rg3+ Kh5 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rd1h1]} 58. Rxg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (58. Qg1 $1 $14 {stays ahead.} Qxg1+ 59. Kxg1) 58... Rd4 $1 $19 {( -> ...Rh4+)} 59. Qe5 $2 (59. Bd6 $19 Rh4+ 60. Kg3 Qd3+ 61. Kf2) 59... Rh4+ 60. Kg3 Qg4+ (60... Qd3+ $142 61. Kf2 Rf4+ 62. Qxf4 gxf4 63. Bc5 Qd2+ 64. Kg1 Qc1+ 65. Kh2 Qxc5 66. Rd2 Qe3 67. Rc2 Qg3+ 68. Kh1 f3 69. b3 Kg4 70. Rf2 Kh3 71. Re2 Qf4 72. Rc2 f2 73. Rc3+ bxc3 74. b4 f1=Q#) 61. Kf2 Qf4+ 62. Qxf4 Rxf4+ 63. Kg3 {aiming for Rh2+.} Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 64. Rh2+ Kg6 65. Rd2 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 66. Rd4 h4+ 67. Kg2 Rf4 68. Rd6+ Kh5 {Black mates.} 69. Rd3 Kg4 70. b3 h3+ 71. Kg1 Rf3 72. Rd4+ Kg3 73. Rd2 h2+ {Never resign too early!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.31} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,7,0,0,2,33,17,17,13,18,13,18,12,20,21,50,47,46,55,57,28,65,61,69,56,56,52,71,52,98,75,80,72,87,61,210,195,190,201,480,195,229,233,587,594,564,576,560,541,700,698,1259,1269,5293,1880,1616,1560]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Bf4 c5 6. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32] E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd3 {The position is equal.} Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nb5 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd6+.} O-O {[%cal Od7d5]} 12. Nd6 Rab8 (12... Nf4 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Nxb7 $16) 13. e3 Nf6 14. Be2 {[#]} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfd8 15. O-O Ne8 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. Rfd1 Rc7 18. b4 h6 19. g3 Nf6 20. Rac1 Rdc8 {½-½ (48) Morrow,W (2506)-Papenfuss,I (2480) GER email 2019}) 15. Nxb7 Rxb7 16. O-O Nf6 17. Rfd1 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. Qb1 Na5 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Rc1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Qb8 23. Qc2 Nb7 24. Nd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4c6,Bc6e7][%mdl 32]} Nd6 (24... Ne7 $1 $14) 25. Ba6 Qd8 26. g3 {White is more active.} g6 27. Nc6 Qg5 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (27... Qc7 $1 $14) 28. h4 $18 Qg4 29. Be2 Qh3 (29... Qe4 {was worth a try.} 30. Nxa7 Rd8 31. Qxe4 Nxe4) 30. Bf1 (30. e4 $142) 30... Qg4 31. Bg2 (31. Nxa7 Nxe3 32. Qd3 (32. fxe3 Qxg3+ 33. Bg2 Qxe3+ 34. Kh2 Nf5 $11) 32... Nef5 $14) 31... Nxe3 (31... Nf6 32. Nxa7 Qf5 33. Qxf5 exf5) 32. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Zwischenzug. White is clearly winning.} ({Not} 32. fxe3 Qxg3 33. Qf2 (33. Nxa7 Qxe3+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 33... Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 a5 $18) 32... Kg7 33. Qc3+ ({Less strong is} 33. fxe3 Qxg3 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rd8 $16) 33... f6 34. Qxe3 Rf7 35. Nc6 Rc7 36. Bf3 Qf5 37. Nd4 {[%csl LRc7,LRe6,LRf5]} Rxc1+ 38. Qxc1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.47} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 10,96,18,24,33,27,25,8,25,0,0,0,0,-17,-4,-15,-4,-14,-18,-13,-3,-49,-39,-45,-31,-41,-28,-36,-39,-46,-46,-52,-23,-30,-34,-106,-77,-62,-69,-72,-38,-208,-121,-125,-114,-140,-130,-173,-170,-169,-171,-169,-104,-663,-663,-638,-585,-713,-710,-713,-713,-713,-548,-533,-507,-500,-500,-500,-500,-648,-595,-750,-678,-962,-962,-933,-918,-906,-884,-1378,-1322,-1002,-804,-903,-894,-1366,-1334,-3225,-1952]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Re1 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. h3 c5 10. d4 Bb7 {[#]} 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 d5 12. exd5 e4 13. Ne5 Qxd5 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Qb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxb3 17. axb3 {½-½ (24) Marek,M (2283)-Plat,V (2451) Ostrava 2015}) 11... c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 12. c4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nd7 14. Nc3 a5 15. g4 (15. Nd2 $11 {was preferrable.}) 15... Ba6 $15 16. Ne2 c4 17. Be3 Qb8 18. Qc1 Rc8 19. Ng3 Nc5 (19... Qb4 {is more complex.} 20. Qc3 g6 21. Rec1 Rab8 22. Rab1 Bd8) 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. h4 (22. Rb1 $15) 22... Qc7 23. Qc3 Rb8 24. Rac1 a4 (24... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Ra6c8]}) 25. Rc2 $2 {[#]} (25. Kg2 $15) 25... g6 ({Black should try} 25... Rb3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb3c3][%mdl 512]} 26. axb3 cxb3 27. Qxc5 dxc5) 26. Ne3 $17 {[#]} Rb3 $3 {[%mdl 512] To avoid Qa3} 27. axb3 (27. Qd2 Rd3) 27... cxb3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 28. Rcc1 (28. Qb4 $17 {keeps fighting.} bxc2 29. Rc1) 28... Rxc3 $19 29. Rxc3 Qa5 30. g5 Be7 (30... a3 31. Rxb3 axb2 32. Rxb2 $16) ({Better is} 30... h5 $19 {White must now prevent ...Qb4.} 31. Nd2 Qb4) 31. Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31. Rec1 $17) 31... Qxc3 $3 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 32. bxc3 {Hoping for Nd2.} b2 {Strongly threatening ...a3.} 33. Ne3 {Nd2 is the strong threat.} a3 {And now ...a2 would win.} 34. Nc2 a2 35. Nd2 Bd3 36. Nb4 b1=Q {[%mdl 64] Promotion} 37. Nxb1 axb1=Q ({Worse is} 37... axb1=B 38. f3 $15) 38. Rxb1 Bxb1 39. f3 f5 40. gxf6 Bxf6 41. Kf2 Bxh4+ 42. Ke2 Bg5 43. c4 Kf8 44. Na6 Ba2 45. Kd3 Be7 46. Nb4 Bb3 47. Kc3 Bd1 48. c5 dxc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.61/Black=0.16 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 12,58,24,12,18,11,16,22,18,10,25,22,23,18,23,18,28,29,35,16,25,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,-8,0,-18,6,-50,0,-9,-17,-41,-11,-32,-28,-39,-14]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bd6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 {The position is equal.} 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. Nxg3 Nbd7 12. O-O {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf8 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Ne6 15. b5 cxb5 16. axb5 a5 17. Na4 b6 18. Rc1 Nf8 19. Rc6 Rb8 20. Bf5 Be6 {½-½ (20) Zaja,I (2446)-Loncar,R (2353) Hum na Sutli 2017}) 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. b3 Re7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rae8 18. Bb1 g6 19. Ne2 Kg7 20. Nf4 h5 21. h3 Nbd7 22. Nd3 a5 23. Qd2 Ra8 24. f3 Rae8 25. Nf2 ({White should try} 25. f4 $11) 25... b6 (25... Qb4 $15 26. Rc3 h4) 26. Qc3 c5 27. dxc5 Nxc5 {[%cal Od5d4]} 28. Rcd1 Qe5 29. Qd2 Kg8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} (29... Qg5 $5 {[%cal Re7e3]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 9,81,16,24,5,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,7,0,5,0,0,9,6,-4,6,6,5,0,5,6,7,-22,0,0,7,-47,-47,-236,-230,-229,-231,-296,-291,-294,-238,-298,-296,-335,-326,-433,-436,-1208,-1206,-2058,-572,-558,-548,-29988,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29989,-1067,-2372,-3039,-29980,-29981,-29984,-29985,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O e6 6. d3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} a6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. h3 Qc7 10. Rb1 b6 11. a3 Bb7 {[#]} 12. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bh2 Nfd7 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 Nb8 17. Qh5 Bf6 18. Qf3 {0-1 (39) Ozen,D (2429)-Dobrovoljc,V (2331) Vienna 2019}) 12... Rad8 13. Qe2 Ne5 14. Rfc1 Nfd7 15. b4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Ne5 17. Qe3 Bf6 18. Rb3 Bc6 (18... Ng6 $5 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 19. Bg3 h5 $11) 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. bxc5 (20. Ne2 $11) 20... bxc5 $15 21. Qxc5 $2 {Loses the game.} e5 $1 $19 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} ({Worse is} 21... dxc5 22. Bxc7 Rd7 23. Bf4 Rxd3 24. Rb6 $15) 22. Qb6 {[#]} Qd7 23. Qxa6 {Black must now prevent Rb7.} exf4 24. Rb7 Qc8 25. Nd5 Nd4 {...Ne2+ is the strong threat.} 26. Rcb1 f3 27. Qa7 Qe6 {Strongly threatening ...fxg2.} 28. g4 (28. Qa5 $142 Bg5 29. a4) 28... Be5 {( -> ...Qh6)} 29. Rb8 h5 (29... Nc6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qb6 $19) (29... Qh6 $142 30. Rxd8 Rxd8) 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Qxb8+ Kh7 33. Qd8 Bf6 (33... Qh6 $142 34. Ne3 Qf4 35. Kf1 Qh2 36. Ke1 {[#]} Nc2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Nxc2 Bf4 38. Ne3 Bxe3 39. Qh8+ Kxh8 40. Kd1 Qxf2 41. gxh5 Qe2#) 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Kf1 hxg4 {Black mates.} 36. hxg4 Qxg4 37. Qxf6 Qg2+ 38. Ke1 Qg1+ 39. Kd2 Qxf2+ 40. Kc3 Qe1+ 41. Kxd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.08/Black=0.42} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Hilby, Craig"]
[Black "Posthuma, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 9,59,35,40,53,42,44,20,14,16,18,16,12,16,17,18,15,27,29,37,38,50,45,57,44,58,60,60,60,60,54,58,48,51,14,13,15,24,16,16,14,14,18,14,19,14,14,25,16,20,0,25,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 Bg4 6. c3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} e6 7. Be3 {7.b4 is vanishing.} a6 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 $1 9. h3 Nxf3+ 10. Nxf3 ({Of course not} 10. gxf3 Bh5 $11) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 12. Bd3 {To avoid Ne4} Nd7 13. b4 {[#]} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be7 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Rac1 Be5 17. a4 O-O 18. f4 Bc7 19. Qf3 g6 {½-½ (43) Broadway,D (2300)-David Bordier,C (2325) ICCF email 2017}) 14. Qe2 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qd7 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Qb3 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Rfd1 Rad8 $1 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Rc1 Kf8 25. c6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Bxb4 27. Rxa6 Bc5 28. Bxc5+ Rxc5 29. Ra7 g5 30. g3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Black "Vivekananthan, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 9,65,0,4,6,8,-4,0,0,4,0,0,0,-8,0,19,8,17,6,14,14,9,19,20,20,22,20,20,16,25,21,31,0,20,18,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,-16]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} b6 7. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Bxf4 8. exf4 c5 9. h5 Qd6 10. h6 {aiming for hxg7.} g6 11. g3 {[#]} Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. a3 a5 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qd1 Rab8 15. Bd3 b5 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. cxd4 {0-1 (67) Yurtseven,M (2400)-Yilmazyerli,M (2413) Antalya 2021}) 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Kf1 Nd7 15. Kg2 c4 16. b3 b5 17. a4 a6 18. Rhb1 Rfb8 19. Ne5 {Threatens to win with axb5.} f6 20. Ng4 Kf7 21. Qf3 Kg8 22. Nf1 cxb3 23. a5 (23. Rxb3 bxa4 24. Rxb8+ Rxb8 $15) 23... b4 24. Rxb3 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Kf7 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 {The position is equal.} 27. Rc1 Nb5 28. Qe3 Re8 29. Nd2 Qb8 30. Nf3 Nd6 31. Nd2 ({Much weaker is} 31. Rc6 Nc4 32. Qc3 Qb7 33. Rxc4 (33. Rc5 $2 Nxc5 34. dxc5 Qb2 $19) 33... dxc4 34. Qxc4 Rc8 $17) 31... Nb5 32. Nf3 Nd6 33. Nd2 {An even fight not without its subleties.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} ({But not} 33. Rc6 Nc4 34. Qc3 Qb7 35. Rxc4 (35. Rc5 $2 Nxc5 36. dxc5 Qb2 $19) 35... dxc4 36. Qxc4 Rc8 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vivekananthan, Anish"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Posthuma, Joshua"]
[Black "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,38,26,25,17,26,36,42,30,21,16,38,22,39,25,46,23,37,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-15]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Ne5 Bf5 {[#]} 13. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Na4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 f6 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Kf7 19. Nc5 {½-½ (28) Fier,A (2561)-Grachev,B (2626) Moscow 2019}) 13... Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Na4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 {aiming for Nb6.} Qc7 {Inhibits Nb6.} 17. Nc5 Nf5 18. a4 Nd6 19. f3 Qe7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} (19... a5 $5 {[%cal Rb7b6]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Hilby, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,41,36,28,39,32,31,36,37,28,26,63,58,0,0,0,115,116,167,166,460,468,452,410,607,566,884,884,900,881]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Rc8 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} 9. c4 e6 10. Nc3 Bd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qd3 {[%cal Od4f5] [#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. f4 Rfd8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Ne8 {0-1 (48) Rublevsky,S (2686)-Kharlov,A (2604) chessassistantclub.com INT 2004}) 12. b3 {[%cal Od4f5]} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5c4][%mdl 32] [#]} 13. Bb2 (13. Nf5 $1 $14) 13... bxc4 $11 14. Qg3 {[%cal Od4f5] Threatens to win with Nf5!} Nf6 {[#]} (14... Ne7 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. Nf5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] Deflection. White is much more active.} exf5 (15... g6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 16. Nd5 $18 Qa5 (16... Nxd5 17. exd5+ Be6) 17. Nxf6+ Kd8 18. bxc4 f4 (18... gxf6 $142 19. Bxf6+ Kc7 20. Bxh8 fxe4) 19. Qxf4 {White is clearly winning.} Be7 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. e5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.81} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,62,16,14,12,17,-9,22,20,29,34,57,52,68,64,52,45,70,33,52,0,0,-35,-23,-31,-27,-25,-26,-33,-10,-43,-35,-101,-33,-29,-29,-27,0,0,0,0,4,3,2,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4.} b5 $1 9. Qd3 Bb7 (9... c5 $5) 10. e5 $1 Nd5 {[%cal Oc7c5]} 11. O-O Nd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 $1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rf6 {[#]} 15. Bg4 $146 {White is more active.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Qh3 Nf8 16. a4 Bd5 17. Qg3 Qd6 18. Ba3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 h6 20. Nh3 bxa4 21. Bxe7 {1-0 (70) Ni,H (2662)-Kovchan,A (2554) Biel 2011}) 15... Nf8 {[%cal Oe6e5]} 16. a4 ({Better is} 16. Ne4 $14) 16... e5 $1 $11 ({Don't do} 16... Qd5 17. Bf3 Rxf3 18. Qxf3 $16 (18. Nxf3 e5 $11)) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 {Chess con chili.} Bxa8 19. Qxb5 exd4 20. cxd4 h6 {Strongly threatening ...Rb6.} 21. Nh3 Qxd4 22. Qe2 {[#]} (22. Be2 $15) 22... Qe4 (22... h5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 23. Be3 Qa4) 23. Qxe4 $15 Bxe4 24. Re1 Bf5 (24... Rc6 {seems wilder.} 25. Bd2 Rc4 26. Nf4 Kf7 27. Bd1 Bc2) 25. Bxf5 {The position is equal.} Rxf5 26. Rxe7 Rd5 {[#] ( -> ...Rd1+)} 27. Kf1 Rd1+ 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Ne6 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Be3 g5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte GM-A MLK 2022"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2022.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,16,42,35,46]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Qc7 {[#] B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} {Predecessor:} 9. h3 $146 Na6 10. Bf4 Nb4 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Qd8 13. Bc4 Bf5 14. Re2 Re8 15. Bb3 Rc8 16. Ng5 {0-1 (70) Nguyen,T (2569)-Deac,B (2625) Chess.com INT 2020} 1/2-1/2

