[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,-3,0,-14,-18,-27,-19,-16,-12,-16,-2,-2,0,-30,0,-8,0,-16,-21,-33,-29,-38,-29,-45,-10,-82,-54,-54,-62,-64,-56,-105,-104,-93,-75,-71,-70,-90,-83,-84,-77,-88,-52,-121,-78,-75,-27,-89,-91,-83,-100,-103,-43]} 1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 {A02: Bird's Opening.} d5 7. Qe1 O-O 8. a4 {[#] The position is equal.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c5 9. Na3 e6 10. Rb1 Qe7 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. h3 Nc6 13. g4 d4 14. Nc4 Nd5 {½-½ (61) Freiberger,J (2222)-Pfreundt,J (2394) Werther 2018}) 9. c3 Nd7 10. d4 Na5 11. b4 Nc4 12. e3 c5 13. Rf2 Rc8 14. Rc2 Nf6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Ne5 {[#] And now Nxc4 would win.} Nd6 17. Rb2 (17. Nd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 17... Ba6 18. Nd2 Nfe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Ng4 Qa5 {[#] White must now prevent ...cxd4.} 21. Bd2 Bc4 22. Nf2 Nd6 23. Qb1 Qa6 24. g4 e6 25. Be1 f5 26. h3 ({White should play} 26. g5 $15) 26... h6 27. Qd1 g5 28. dxc5 (28. fxg5 $1 $11 hxg5 29. gxf5) 28... Rxc5 $17 {Black is better.} 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Rab1 Ne4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.12} (30... Nf7 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,153,23,28,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-18,-15,-59,0,-41,0,0,53,-123,-129,-132,-102,-107,-91,-97,-86,-92,-91,-96,-89,-87,-21,-97,-9,-371,-312,-556,-549,-541,-537,-620,-618,-616,-615,-861,-314,-288,-287,-280,-278,-233,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-44,-44,-44,-8,-29,0,-43,0,-35,-42,-35,-8,-15,-7,-7,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-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]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Rc1 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation.} Ne4 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bh4 Qxa2 $1 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Be2 Na4 $1 13. O-O Bxc3 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 14. bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxe2 {[#]} 16. Qa3 $146 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Ra3e7]} ({Predecessor:} 16. f3 Qd3 17. Qe1 exf3 18. Rxf3 f6 19. Rc3 Qg6 20. e4 O-O 21. e5 f5 22. Be7 {½-½ (42) Basso,P (2600)-Czerw,D (2286) Skalica 2020}) 16... f6 17. f3 c5 $1 18. Qxc5 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 exf3 20. Rce1 $1 {[%cal Re1e3]} fxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qd2+ (21... Qh6 $5 {[%cal Rh6h4]} 22. Bg3 a5 $11) 22. Kg1 Bd7 ({Black should play} 22... Qd3 $11) 23. Re4 $2 (23. Qd6 $14 O-O-O 24. Bg3) 23... Qh6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh6g6] Threatens to win with ...Qg6+.} 24. Bg3 Kf7 25. d5 e5 $1 26. Qc7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rhd8 27. Rxe5 Kg8 28. Re7 Bh3 29. Rfe1 Qg6 (29... Qg5 $17 30. Qf4 Qg6) 30. d6 (30. Qxb7 $11 {remains equal.} Rdb8 31. Qc7) 30... h5 (30... b6 $1 $17 31. Qc6 h6) 31. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Qxb7 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rab8 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. R1xe4) 31... h4 $19 32. Rg1 (32. R1e3) 32... Bg4 {aiming for ...Bf3+.} ({Not} 32... hxg3 33. Rxg3 Bg4 34. h3 $15) 33. Qxb7 {And now Be1 would win.} hxg3 34. Rxg3 {intending h3.} Rab8 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. h3 {[#]} Rb1+ $2 (36... Rxd6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rb7 (37. Qxd6 Bf3+) 37... Rxd5 38. Rxb8+ Kh7 39. cxd5 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kh2 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ 43. Rg2 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Kg1 Bxh3) 37. Kh2 Rb2+ 38. Rg2 Rxg2+ 39. Qxg2 {[#]} Rxd6 $2 (39... f5 $1 $19 40. c5 Qh6) 40. Qxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd2+ 41. Kg3 $1 Qd3+ 42. Kh4 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rg4g7]} Qh7+ 43. Kg3 {White threatens Re8+ and mate.} Rd3+ 44. Kh2 {Re8+ would kill now.} Rd2+ (44... Rd8 {with more complications.} 45. Re2 g5 46. h4 a5 47. Rf2 a4) 45. Kg3 Rd3+ (45... Rd8 {looks sharper.} 46. Re4 a5 47. c5 a4 48. Kg2 Qh6) 46. Kh2 {White wants to mate with Re8+.} Rd8 47. Re2 a5 (47... g6 {with more complications.} 48. Qe6 Qc7+ 49. Kg2 Qf4 50. Qg4 Qd4) 48. c5 {The position is equal.} g6 49. Qf4 Qf7 50. Qh6+ Kg8 {Hoping for ...g5.} 51. Rg2 {[%cal Rg2g6]} Qc7+ 52. Rg3 g5 {( -> ...Rd2+)} 53. Qg6+ Qg7 54. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $11 {KR-KR} 55. Ra3 Ra8 {White should prevent ...Kf7.} 56. c6 Kg6 57. Kg3 a4 58. c7 Rc8 59. Rxa4 Rxc7 {next ...f5 is good for Black.} 60. h4 $1 Rc3+ 61. Kg2 f5 {...g4 is the strong threat.} 62. hxg5 Kxg5 63. Kf2 Rh3 64. Kg2 Rb3 65. Kf2 f4 66. Ra8 Rb5 67. Rg8+ Kf5 68. Rf8+ Ke4 {Threatening ...Rb2+.} 69. Re8+ Re5 (69... Kf5 {is interesting.} 70. Rf8+) 70. Rxe5+ Kxe5 {KP-K} 71. Kf3 Kf5 (71... Kd4 {keeps more tension.} 72. Ke2 f3+ 73. Kf2 Kc4 74. Ke1 Kb3) 72. Kf2 Ke4 73. Ke2 f3+ 74. Kf2 Kf4 75. Kf1 Ke3 76. Ke1 f2+ 77. Kf1 Kf3 {And White is the lucky defender.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.25} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,74,17,50,-72,0,-52,-45,-72,-36,-204,-193,-175,-16,-23,-38,-39,0,22,0,-391,-378,-389,-371,-377,-385,-391,-385,-385,-386,-344,-376,-377,-371,-353,-301,-284,-303,-338,-338,-303,-286,-992,-984,-972,-973,-959,-957,-1203,-1156,-2015,-1806,-5025,-4772,-5153,-5141,-5133,-5133,-29988,-29989,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 {Tsesarsky,I} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O c6 6. Ba4 Qa5 7. d3 Bb4 {[#]} 8. Bg5 $146 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} (8. Nxd4 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} exd4 9. e5 dxc3 10. exf6) ({Predecessor:} 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. cxb3 Be7 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. h3 d6 13. d4 Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Bg5 Nd7 {1-0 (52) Gallagher,J (2545)-Mitkov,N (2475) Pula 1997 CBM 057 Extra [Tsesarsky,I]}) 8... d6 (8... Nxf3+ $17 9. Qxf3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 (10. Bxf6 $2 Bxb2 11. Rab1 Bd4 $19) 10... Qxa4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qxf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf8 13. Qxe5+ Kd8) 9. Nd2 (9. Bxf6 $11 gxf6 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Qxa4 12. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 13. Nxa8) 9... Bxc3 $15 10. bxc3 {Black is slightly better.} Ne6 11. Nc4 $2 Qxa4 $19 12. Nxd6+ Kd7 $2 ({Better is} 12... Ke7 $19 13. Nf5+ Kf8 14. Bxf6 gxf6) 13. Nxf7 $11 Nxg5 14. Nxh8 Ke7 ({Black should play} 14... Qa5 $15 15. Qd2 Ne6) 15. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g5]} exf4 {White must now prevent ...Bg4.} 16. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (16. e5 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Ng4 17. Rb1) 16... Ne6 $1 $19 17. e5 Ng8 18. d4 {[#] next Qd3 is good for White.} Qc4 19. Qf3 Nh6 20. Qe4 Bd7 21. Qxh7 {[#]} Rxh8 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qxh8 Qxc3 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 23. Rad1 Qxc2 {aiming for ...f3.} 24. Qb8 Nf5 {[%mdl 64] ( -> ...Ne3!). Double Attack} 25. Qxb7 Ne3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rc2g2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Not} 25... Nxh4 26. Qb4+ c5 27. Qd2 $17) 26. Qb4+ c5 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rc2g2]} 27. Rd2 (27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 Nxd4 30. Kf2) 27... cxb4 28. Rxc2 Nxc2 29. d5 Ned4 30. Rf2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 31. Kh1 a4 32. e6 Be8 33. Rxf4 b3 34. axb3 axb3 35. Rg4 b2 {Black mates.} 36. Rxg7+ Kd6 37. Rb7 Nb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.57/Black=0.18} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,100,-19,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-2,-33,-34,-20,-22,-28,-28,-27,-39,-41,-30,-2,45,57,195,183,184,179,175,143,301,282,410,401,771,517,703,660,1014,976,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29965,154,230,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 e6 7. Be3 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7.} Nge7 8. h4 h5 9. Nge2 Nd4 10. Qd2 Nec6 11. f4 a6 12. O-O {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Rae1 Bd7 14. Kh2 Qe7 15. Ng1 Bf6 16. Bf2 O-O-O 17. Nh3 Qg7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. fxg5 {½-½ (30) Stutz,R (1830)-Ranker,K (1925) Bayerisch Eisenstein 2014}) 13. Rae1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1e2,Be2f2][%mdl 32]} O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Bg7 ({Better is} 17... Bd7 $14) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 20. Rf6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qd8 $2 {[#]} (20... Qc7 $16 {is a better defense.} 21. Ne4 Qe5) 21. Ref2 $1 $18 Ra7 (21... Qc7 {was worth a try.} 22. Qg5 e5) 22. Ne4 Qd4 (22... e5 $142 23. Qg5 (23. Rxc6 Bb7 $16) (23. Nxc5 Bf5 $16) 23... Qe7) 23. Qg5 a5 24. g4 Rh8 25. Qf4 {[%cal Rf6f7]} hxg4 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf7+ Kh6 28. Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 29. Qc7+ $2 (29. h5 {mates} Qxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rxh5 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Nd6+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 36. Ne8 Rh1+ 37. Kxh1 g5 38. Qg7#) 29... Kh6 $16 30. Kh2 $2 ({Not} 30. Qxa5 Qxd3 31. Qe1 Kg7 $11) (30. Qf7 $18 g3 31. Nxg3 (31. Qf4+ Kh7 $18)) 30... e5 $11 {White must now prevent ...g3+!The position is equal.} 31. Qf7 g3+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 32. Kxg3 Qxd3+ 33. Qf3 Qxf3+ 34. Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf5 35. Nxc5 Rd8 36. Nb7 Rb8 37. Nd6 Rxb2 38. Nxf5+ gxf5 39. Rxf5 Rxa2 40. Rxe5 {KR-KR} a4 41. Re6+ Kh5 42. Rxc6 Rc2 43. Rc5+ Kh6 44. Kg4 a3 45. Rc6+ Kh7 46. Kh5 a2 47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Ra7 Rxc4 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.38} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} e5 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,183,0,14,14,9,9,39,0,7,-53,-5,-14,-18,-16,-9,-16,-17,-22,-26,-31,-33,-31,-23,-22,0,14,37,22,32,-3,167,166,169,169,169,167,167,168,181,153,160,157,155,143,141,154,165,157,209,212,282,279,754,520,543,519,864,853,788,268,268,257,268,252,263,256,247,136,135,136,136,136,137,118,118,118,148,118,118,118,115,98,99,99,118,118,118,118,118,93,91,88,95,46,41,52,77,77,51,22,22,22,41,22,108,100,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,379,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,160,160,160,160,160,160,160,200,188,298,282,311,184,499,392,504,499,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12844,12835,12835,12846,12846,12847,12843,12843,12843,12845,12845]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. cxd5 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} Nxd5 7. Bc4 N5b6 {[#]} (7... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 8. Qb1 (8. Qf5 Qf6 $11) 8... Nb6 $11) 8. Bd3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bb3 Bd6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. h4 Nd5 11. a3 h6 12. d3 N5f6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bd2 {1-0 (54) Bauer,C (2550)-Kosteniuk,A (2459) Biel 2002}) 8... g6 9. h4 ({White should try} 9. Be2 $11) 9... Bg7 10. h5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Nc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} 11. Be2 Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 13. h6 Bf6 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxg4 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Nf4+ 17. Kf1 $1 Qg5 (17... Qd3+ {keeps more tension.} 18. Qxd3 Nxd3 19. Be2 O-O-O 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21. Ke2 Rhd8) 18. Bf3 Qf6 19. Ne2 O-O-O $2 (19... Nxe2 $11 {and Black is okay.} 20. Kxe2 O-O-O) 20. d4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Rxd4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. b3 Kb8 25. Qd3 Bc7 26. Be2 Rd8 27. Qf3 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Qd4 (28... Qe7 $16 {was called for.} 29. g3 Nd7) 29. g3 Nd7 30. Qxf7 {Qe8+ would kill now.} Bxg3 $2 (30... Qxd1+ $2 31. Kg2 $18) (30... Bb6 31. Kg2 Nf6) 31. Be2 ({Less strong is} 31. fxg3 Qxd1+ 32. Kg2 Qe2+ 33. Qf2 Qxe4+ 34. Qf3 Qe6 $16) 31... Be5 32. Rh3 a6 (32... Qa1+ $142 33. Kg2 Qd4 34. Qxh7 Qxe4+ 35. Bf3 Qf5) 33. Rd3 Qxe4 34. Qf3 $2 (34. f3 Qh4 35. Rxd7) 34... Qxf3 35. Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} ({Not} 35. Bxf3 Kc7 $16) 35... Nf6 36. Re3 Bf4 37. Re6 Nd5 38. Bf3 ({Only move:} 38. Re8+ $1 $18 Ka7 39. Bc4) 38... Nc7 $16 39. Re7 Bxh6 40. Rxh7 Bf4 41. Ke2 Ka7 42. Bg4 a5 43. Kf3 g5 44. Bc8 Kb8 45. Bd7 Nb5 46. Be8 Nc3 47. a4 Nb1 48. Bf7 Nd2+ 49. Kg4 Ne4 {Threatens to win with ...Nf6+.} 50. Rh8+ Ka7 51. f3 Nd6 {[%cal Rd6f7]} 52. Be6 Kb6 53. Ra8 Bd2 54. Kh5 Kc5 $1 55. Kg6 Kb4 56. Kf6 Bf4 (56... b5 $11) 57. Ke7 $1 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} b5 (57... Bh2 $16 {was necessary.}) 58. Ra6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra6c6]} bxa4 59. bxa4 Kxa4 60. Rxc6 Nb5 61. Bd7 Ka3 62. Rc4 {aiming for Rxf4.} Nc7 63. Ra4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb3 64. Rxa5 {And now Kd8 would win.} Kc4 65. Bc6 Kd4 66. Kf6 Ke3 67. Kf5 Kf2 68. Ra3 Kg3 69. Ra2 Be3 70. Ke4 Bf4 71. Bd7 Kh4 $2 (71... Bd6 72. Rd2 Bf4) 72. Ra3 (72. Rg2 $142) 72... Kg3 73. Ra1 Kg2 74. Ra7 Kf2 75. Ra5 Kg2 76. Bg4 Ne8 77. Kd5 Kg3 {intending ...Nf6+.} 78. Ke6 $1 Nd6 {[#]} 79. Rc5 $1 Nb7 80. Rf5 Bd2 (80... Kf2 {keeps fighting.} 81. Rd5 Be3) 81. Rb5 Nd8+ 82. Kd5 (82. Kd7 $142 Nf7 83. Bh5) 82... Nf7 $2 (82... Bf4 83. Bh5 Kh4) 83. Rb6 Bf4 {[#] If only Black now had time for ...Ne5....} 84. Re6 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Kh4 (84... Kf2 $142 85. Bh5 g4 86. fxg4 (86. Bxf7 g3 $11) 86... Ng5) 85. Rf6 Nd8 86. Rh6+ Kg3 87. Rh3+ Kf2 88. Rh7 Be3 89. Rd7 Bb6 90. Ke4 Kg3 91. Kf5 Nc6 92. Rd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.18} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,90,15,17,20,17,0,0,0,0,4,9,23,26,45,49,35,33,27,30,37,15,3,24,39,-10,-8,-71,-59,-66,-74,-69,-44,-43,-51,-50,-47,-33,-13,-16,-12,-49,0,-264,-276,-232,-247,-269,-270,-360,-327,-316,-226,-226,-226,-502,-502,-511,-496,-616,-529,-848,-830,-1066,-1070,-1017,-922,-12837,-422,-416,-405,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 {B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line.} 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Na5 {The position is equal.} 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Ba4 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rf8 14. e5 Ne8 15. e6 f5 16. b4 Rc8 17. Ncb5 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bd4 a6 {0-1 (25) Kratochvil,V (2213)-Zwardon,V (2466) Prague 2019}) 14. Qb5 Bc8 15. Nc6 Nxc6 16. Qxc6 Rb8 17. Nd5 Rf8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 (19. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Ne5 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21. Nxc7 $11) 19... Nc5 {[#] ...Bd7 is the strong threat.} 20. Bxc5 (20. Bb3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... bxc5 $17 21. Bb3 Kh8 $1 22. Qa4 f5 23. exf5 $1 Bxf5 24. c3 Bd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 25. Qxa7 c4 (25... Bh6 {keeps more tension.} 26. Rab1 e6 27. Nc7 Qc8 28. Rxd6 Rb7) 26. Bxc4 Rxb2 27. Rab1 (27. Rf1 {looks sharper.} e6 28. Nb4 Bxc3 29. Nd3 Rb8 30. Rac1) 27... Rbxf2 {Hoping for ...Qc8.} (27... Rfxf2 {is interesting.} 28. Rxb2 Rxb2 29. a4 Be5 30. Bb5 Bf5) 28. Qxf2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Black converts the advantage convincingly.} (28. Rb7 $11 {and White is okay.} Bxh3 29. gxh3) 28... Rxf2 $19 29. Kxf2 Qc8 30. Kg1 Be5 ({Inferior is} 30... Qxc4 31. Rb8+ Bf8 32. Rxf8+ Kg7 33. Rf2 $11) 31. Bf1 Ba4 32. Rd2 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Bc6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} ({Much less strong is} 33... Bxc3 34. Rc1 $17) 34. Rb8+ $2 (34. Nxe7 Qxc3 35. Nxc6 Qxd2 36. a4) 34... Kg7 35. Rc8 e6 36. Rc7+ Kh6 37. Rd3 exd5 38. Rf3 d4 39. cxd4 Bxd4 40. Rff7 {[#]} Kg5 (40... Qa3 $142 $1 {[%cal Ra3h3]} 41. Rxh7+ (41. Rxc6 Qe3) 41... Kg5 42. Rce7 Bf2 43. Kh2 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 Qf4 45. Re1 Bxe1 46. Be2 Qc1 47. h4+ Bxh4+ 48. Kh2 Bf2 49. Bd1 Qxd1 50. Rh8 Qg1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Kh3 Bxg2#) 41. h4+ Kxh4 {( -> ...Qe5)} 42. Rxh7+ (42. Rxc6 $19 Qxc6 43. Rf4+ Kg5 44. Rxd4) 42... Kg5 {Black mates.} 43. Rcf7 Qc3 44. Re7 Qc1 45. Rhf7 Kg4 {[%cal Rc1h6] Weighted Error Value: White=0.76/Black=0.22} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,102,39,26,41,32,33,41,38,50,56,17,33,11,12,0,28,24,32,34,35,29,36,0,0,-22,-17,-12,-8,-16,0,-37,-30,-32,-33,-32,-33,-33,0,-31,-38,-32,-35,-87,-52,-273,-243,-260,-240,-626,-626,-626,-626,-611,-610,-619,-612,-604,-581,-515,-440,-342,-11,-11,-11,-12,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 c5 {[#] White is slightly better.} 14. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. g3 Be5 16. Qe2 c4 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. Qd2 cxb3 19. axb3 Rfd8 20. Ne2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 {½-½ (43) Sundararajan,K (2420)-Schroeder,J (2550) Caleta 2017}) 14... Rc8 15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qh5 {[%cal Ra4c5]} f5 (17... c4 {looks sharper.} 18. Bd4 cxb3 19. axb3 Bxb3 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg5+ Kh8) 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. g3 Bf7 20. Qe2 Rc6 21. h4 Rfc8 22. Nc3 c4 23. Nd5 Qe8 {And now ...cxb3 would win.} 24. Qd2 ({Much weaker is} 24. Rxc4 Bh5 $17) 24... Bh5 25. Qd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7]} Bf8 {aiming for ...cxb3.} 26. Rd2 {[%cal Rc1c4]} cxb3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. axb3 Bf7 (28... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Rh5f7]} 29. Qe5 Bf7 $15) 29. Qa4 Rd6 30. Qxe8 Bxe8 31. Ba3 (31. Be5 $15 Rd7 32. Ba1) 31... Rd7 (31... Rxd5 {seems wilder.} 32. Rxd5 Bxa3 33. Ra5 Be7 34. Rxa6 Kf7) 32. Bxf8 (32. Bb2 $1 $15) 32... Kxf8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Rd4 Bf7 34. Nb4 (34. Nf4 Rxd4 35. exd4) 34... Rxd4 $19 35. exd4 {KB-KN} a5 36. Nc6 Bxb3 37. Nxa5 Bd5 38. Kf1 {If only White now had time for Ke2....} Kf7 39. Ke2 Kf6 40. Kd2 {[#] White hopes to continue with Kc3.} h6 $2 ({Better is} 40... g5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 41. h5 f4) 41. Kc3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} g5 42. hxg5+ hxg5 {White must now prevent ...f4.} (42... Kxg5 $5 43. Nc4 $8 f4 $11) 43. Nc4 Bxc4 44. Kxc4 f4 45. gxf4 {K3P-KPP} g4 (45... gxf4 $5 46. d5 $8 Ke5 $11) 46. d5 {Kd4 would kill now.} e3 $1 {[%cal Re3f2]} 47. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e3]} (47. fxe3 g3) 47... exf2 48. Ke2 g3 {( -> ...Kf5)} 49. Kf1 Kf5 (49... Ke7 $5 50. f5 $8 Ke8 $11) 50. Kg2 Kg6 {Strongly threatening ...Kf5.} (50... Kxf4 $5 51. d6 $8 Ke3 $11) 51. d6 {Threatening mate with d7.} Kf6 {White happily takes the draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.24/Black=0.21} (51... Kf7 $5 52. f5 $8 Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,190,20,28,25,23,22,19,18,29,13,24,0,17,0,0,0,2,0,20,-8,-10,-35,0,-19,-16,-19,-20,-32,13,13,14,11,11,18,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,10,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-87,-88,-96,-94,-97,-96,-178,-178,-235,-251,-264,-248,-292,-318,-430,-397,-360,-348,-362,-354,-396,-292,-404,-397,-452,-404,-397,-397,-396,-396,-396,-392,-374,-365,-396,-397,-526,-530,-554,-412,-397,-397,-397,-397,-418,-396,-506,-458,-453,-449,-431,-390,-381,-373,-587,-580,-591,-558,-594,-594,-583,-561,-588,-588,-553,-511,-506,-486,-558,-541,-536,-546,-583,-573,-548,-541,-530,-521,-877,-846,-785,-649,-931,-926,-893,-891,-846,-831,-1322,-1212,-1308,-1122,-1045,-1020,-965,-960,-6589,-5591,-5591,-990,-29944,-11821,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d4 {The position is equal. 8.a3 is the hot move.} Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. a3 exd4 11. exd4 Ne7 12. b4 c6 {[#]} 13. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 Be6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bf5 16. g4 Bh7 17. Kh2 Ng6 18. f4 Rc8 19. Qe1 {0-1 (36) Karttunen,M (2437)-Filippov,A (2615) Tromsoe 2014}) 13... Be6 14. Bf4 Bb8 15. Qd2 Ned5 16. Kh2 a5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rfb1 Bc7 19. cxd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. bxa5 Qc7 22. Nf4 ({Better is} 22. Bxd5 $14 Bxd5 23. Rb6) 22... Nxf4 $11 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Rfd8 25. Rxb7 Rxd4 26. Rb4 Rd2 27. Bxc6 Rxa5 28. Be4 {Threatening mate with Rb8+.} (28. Kg2 {seems wilder.} Rc5 29. Be4 f5 30. Bf3 Rcc2 31. Re1) 28... f5 (28... Rxf2+ $2 29. Kg3 $18) 29. Bf3 Rxf2+ 30. Kg3 Rd2 31. a4 Rc5 32. Re1 {[#]} (32. Rb6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bd7 33. a5) 32... Rc3 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bd5. White is on the road to losing.} 33. Rxe6 {[#] aiming for Re1.} Rdd3 $1 34. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Bh5.} Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 35. Rb5 {[#]} (35. Re2 $17 {might work better.}) 35... Rg3+ $1 $19 ({But not} 35... Rxh3 36. a5 $15) ({Resist} 35... Rxf4 36. a5 $17) 36. Kf2 (36. Kh1 $142) 36... Rcf3+ ({Much less strong is} 36... Rxh3 37. Kg2 $17) 37. Ke2 Rxf4 38. a5 Rxh3 39. a6 Ra3 40. Rd6 Rfa4 41. Rxf5 Rxa6 42. Rd7 Rg6 43. Rff7 Raa6 44. Rb7 Rae6+ 45. Kd3 Ref6 46. Rfe7 Rg1 47. Kd2 Kh7 48. Re5 Rf2+ 49. Kd3 Rg3+ 50. Kd4 Rf4+ 51. Kd5 Kg6 52. Re6+ Rf6 53. Ree7 Kh7 54. Ra7 h5 55. Ra8 Rd3+ 56. Kc4 Rd1 57. Raa7 Rc6+ 58. Kb5 Rg6 59. Kc5 (59. Re5 $142 Rh1 60. Rd7) 59... Rg2 60. Kc4 Rd8 61. Kc3 Kh6 62. Re4 Rg6 63. Rc7 Rgd6 64. Ree7 Rd3+ 65. Kb4 R8d4+ 66. Kb5 Rg4 67. Rc6+ g6 68. Rc2 Rd8 69. Rcc7 Rgd4 70. Rh7+ Kg5 71. Rhf7 Rd1 72. Rce7 Rb1+ 73. Kc4 Rc1+ 74. Kb3 Rb8+ 75. Ka2 Rc2+ 76. Ka1 Rc5 {[%cal Rc5a5]} 77. Ra7 Rbb5 78. Rad7 Rb4 {[%cal Rc5a5]} 79. Ra7 h4 80. Ra3 Rc1+ 81. Ka2 Rf4 (81... Rc2+ $142 82. Ka1 Kg4) 82. Ra5+ Rf5 83. Raxf5+ gxf5 {KR-KR. Black mates.} 84. Rg7+ Kf4 85. Kb2 Rh1 86. Kc2 h3 87. Rh7 Kg3 88. Rg7+ Kf3 89. Rh7 f4 90. Rd7 h2 91. Rd3+ Kg4 92. Rd2 {[#]} Rc1+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Decoy, Clearance, Promotion} 93. Kxc1 h1=Q+ 94. Kc2 Qc6+ 95. Kb2 f3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.11} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,57,6,-2,21,21,37,35,47,39,39,52,79,74,108,102,95,99,152,125,121,76,86,88,82,28,90,83,117,94,195,120,365,254,270,244,330,338,456,416,693,716,1004,1002,1053,960,929,923]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 8. Bg3 Bf5 9. e3 {[#]} Ne4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qb6 10. Qc1 Nbd7 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Be5 f6 13. Nh4 Ng7 14. Nxf5 fxe5 15. Nxg7+ Bxg7 {1-0 (40) Abreu Delgado,A (2457)-Graif,W (2156) New York 2018}) 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Be6 12. Qb3 b5 13. Ne5 Bg7 {...Bxe5 is the strong threat.} 14. Qc2 Qb6 ({Black should play} 14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7) 15. f4 Nd7 16. O-O Nxe5 17. fxe5 O-O 18. Kh2 (18. a4 $16) 18... c5 (18... f6 $11) 19. Qd1 $16 ({Reject} 19. Nxb5 $6 Rac8 $11) 19... c4 {[#]} 20. Bc2 Rfd8 {[#]} (20... g4 $16 {was called for.}) 21. Qh5 (21. Bb1 $1 $18) 21... Kf8 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (21... Rac8 $16) 22. Bg6 {[%cal Rg6f7]} Rd7 23. Rf2 Kg8 24. Bc2 a6 25. Raf1 Kf8 (25... a5 $142 26. Rf6 Ra6 27. Rxh6 Bxh6) 26. e4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Raa7 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Bg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.56} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,51,1,6,-13,26,-8,16,0,19,0,0,0,10,7,31,24,17,20,18,11,21,1,18,0,11,0,62,31,34,-22,27,-8,-16,0,-6,-29,20,20,40,2,2,6,4,2]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} (6. Nf3 {seems wilder.} Ne7 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3) 6... Bb6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bd3 a5 9. b5 a4 10. O-O Nd7 11. c4 Nc5 12. Nc3 {[#]} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. Bg5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nf5 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rac1 Ba5 {1-0 (32) Decoster,F (2294)-Vanstreels,L (2117) Belgium 2020}) 13. Bxc4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Ba5 15. Bd2 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Be3 Bxc3 ({Black should play} 17... Nb3 $11) 18. Rxc3 (18. Bxc5 $5 Bb2 19. Rb1 (19. Bxb6 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxf3 $17) 19... bxc5 20. Rxb2 $14) 18... Rc8 19. Ba2 ({White should try} 19. Ne1 $14) 19... Bd5 (19... Nf5 {looks sharper.} 20. Bxc5 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rxc5 22. Rf4 Rxb5 23. Rxa4 O-O) 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 bxc5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 $11 {KRN-KRN} 23. Rc1 Kd7 24. Rxc5 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Kxc8 26. Nd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,75,20,0,0,0,-5,-5,0,-10,-2,-9,-4,-11,23,27,24,17,33,25,35,33,33,30,20,31,48,37,30,25,46,25,31,22,9,11,30,-2,46,38,83,78,169,166,174,166,170,167,202,206,277,206,399,377,384,381,454,435,564,555,605,595,980,966,4962,4810]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nd2 d6 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3.} 8. Nf1 Rb8 9. Ne3 a6 {The position is equal.} 10. Ned5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 O-O 12. O-O Ne7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5+ Kh8 16. a3 f5 17. b4 b6 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. e3 Bb7 20. Qf3 Rfe8 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 {1-0 (41) Kosten,A (2458)-Varnam,L (2107) Torquay 2013}) 15. b4 b5 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. a4 cxb4 18. Bxb4 Bxd5 (18... bxa4 $6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qxa4 $16) 19. cxd5 bxa4 20. Ba3 Rfc8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Qc2 Rb3 23. Ra1 h5 24. Qc4 f5 (24... e4 $5) 25. e4 fxe4 26. dxe4 Rb6 (26... Bf8 $16) 27. Bc1 $18 a5 28. Bd2 ({Inferior is} 28. Rxa4 Rb1 $15) (28. Qxa4 Qxa4 29. Rxa4 Rb1 $11) 28... Rb2 29. Bc3 Rb3 30. Bxa5 Bh6 31. Bf1 ({Much less strong is} 31. Rxa4 $6 Rb1+ 32. Bf1 Rc1 $18) 31... h4 $2 {[#]} (31... Kh7 32. Qxa4 Qxa4 33. Rxa4 Ng8) 32. Qxa4 Qxa4 33. Rxa4 Bf8 34. Bc7 {White is clearly winning.} hxg3 35. hxg3 Rb7 36. Bxd6 Nxd5 37. Ra8 ({Less strong is} 37. exd5 Bxd6 38. Ra6 Rd7 $16) 37... Ne7 38. Bc4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.32} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,172,12,15,11,-17,0,-10,-8,-13,-12,-22,-22,-25,-27,-30,-29,-44,-42,-49,-22,-35,-29,-35,-6,-6,-6,-6,-14,-8,-6,-6,-9,-11,0,-37,-31,-37,-26,-31,-22,-64,-62,-110,-124,-118,-112,-142,-106,-179,-93,-110,-97,-63,-72,-63,-86,-64,-71,-69,-67,-91,-35,-57,-35,-35,-35,-345,-315,-341,-322,-269,-168,-457,-425,-439,-429,-361,-87,-77,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5.} 12. Nf3 O-O {[#]} 13. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. c3 Rac8 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Bc1 b5 19. a4 {½-½ (40) Zozulia,A (2314)-Aakanksha,H (2297) Mumbai 2018}) 13... b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. c3 Rfd8 17. Be2 Bd5 18. a3 Bb3 19. Rd2 Kf8 20. Bd1 Bc4 21. Re1 b5 22. Be2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke1 a6 27. f3 f5 28. Nb3 Bb6 29. Rd2 Rg8 30. g3 f4 31. g4 h5 32. h3 f5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 33. gxf5 Be3 {...Rg1+ is the strong threat.} 34. Rh2 (34. Rd1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 34... Rg1+ ({Resist} 34... exf5 35. Nd2 $17) (34... e5 $19 35. Nd2 Bxd2+ 36. Rxd2 Rg3) 35. Ke2 $17 e5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 36. Kd3 Kf6 37. Ke4 Re1 {Hoping for ...Bg1+.} 38. Rg2 Bf2+ 39. Kd5 Bg3 40. a4 Kxf5 (40... bxa4 $17 41. Nd2 Kxf5) 41. axb5 $15 axb5 42. Nd2 $1 Re3 43. Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({White must play} 43. c4 $1 $15 bxc4 44. Kxc4) 43... Kg5 $1 $19 ({Less strong is} 43... Be1 44. Ne4 $15) 44. Kxb5 Kh4 45. Rg1 Re2 46. Rd1 (46. Ne4 Rxb2+ 47. Kc5) 46... Kxh3 47. c4 {next c5 is good for White.} Be1 48. Ne4 Rxb2+ $2 (48... Kg2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 49. Ng5 Bh4) 49. Kc6 $17 {[#]} Bg3 (49... Re2 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Kg2.} 50. c5 Kg2) 50. Kd5 $11 {The position is equal.} Kg2 {aiming for ...h4.} 51. c5 h4 52. c6 Rb8 {Strongly threatening ...h3.} 53. Nd6 ({Much weaker is} 53. Kxe5 Kxf3 54. c7 Rc8 $17) 53... h3 54. c7 Rf8 55. Ke4 h2 56. c8=Q Rxc8 57. Nxc8 h1=Q (57... Bf2 {is more complex.} 58. Ne7 Bc5 59. Rd2+ Bf2 60. Rd1) 58. Rxh1 Kxh1 {KB-KN} 59. Ne7 Bh4 60. Ng6 Bg5 61. Nxe5 Kg2 62. Kf5 Be7 63. Kg4 Kf2 64. Nd3+ Ke3 65. Nxf4 Bd6 66. Nh5 Kd4 67. Ng7 {Threatening mate with Nf5+.} Bb8 68. Nf5+ Kd5 69. Kg5 Ke6 70. Nh6 Bc7 71. Ng4 Bb8 72. Nf2 Bc7 73. Nd3 Bd6 74. Nf4+ (74. f4 {with more complications.} Kf7 75. Kf5 Ke8 76. Nf2 Kd7 77. Ne4) 74... Bxf4+ 75. Kxf4 {White threatens Kg5 and mate. KP-K} Kf6 76. Ke4 $1 {[%cal Re4f4]} Ke6 77. f4 (77. Kd4 {looks sharper.} Kf5 78. Kc3 Kf4 79. Kc2 Kxf3 80. Kc3) 77... Kf6 78. f5 (78. Ke3 {seems wilder.} Kf7 79. Kd4 Ke6 80. Kd3 Ke7 81. Ke2) 78... Kf7 79. Ke5 Ke7 80. Kf4 (80. f6+ {keeps more tension.} Kf7 81. Kf5 Kf8 82. Kf4 Kf7 83. Kg5) 80... Kf6 81. Kg4 (81. Ke4 {feels hotter.}) 81... Kf7 82. Kg5 $1 Kg7 83. f6+ Kf7 84. Kf5 Kf8 85. Ke6 {f7 would kill now.} Ke8 86. f7+ Kf8 87. Kf6 {White happily takes the draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.24/Black=0.16} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,85,12,27,21,23,13,40,32,47,32,37,43,35,29,35,30,27,32,27,18,15,14,54,55,63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,-8,69,73,72,81,89,85,141,135,140,138,134,129,133,142,142,150,185,174,185,185,185,177,254,250,396,367,924,868,1043,1022]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O b6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. e3 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White.} Bb7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. d4 {White is slightly better.} c5 {[#]} 12. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. f4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Bh3 g6 17. d5 Nf8 18. Ng4 f6 19. Nxf6+ Kf7 20. f5 {1-0 (20) Sequeira,J (2245)-Espirito Santo,L Mangualde 1982}) 12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. Rfd1 {Strongly threatening dxc5.} Qc7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Qg4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg4g7]} Bf8 20. e5 (20. Bf1 $14) 20... Bxg2 $11 21. Kxg2 Red8 22. Ne4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 c4 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Nf6+! White has the initiative.} Nd5 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. bxc4 {And now Bc3 would win.} Qxb2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Ng5 {[#]} Qb7 29. cxd5 $14 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 31. Nh3 $1 Bb4 (31... g6 $142) 32. Nf4 $16 Bc3 33. Nxd5 Bxe5 {[#]} 34. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 35. Nc6 Bc3 36. Nxa7 Ke7 {[#]} 37. Kf3 $1 Kd7 38. Ke4 Be1 39. f3 g6 (39... Ke6 $142 40. Nb5 Bf2 41. Nd4+ Kd7) 40. Kd5 $18 h5 (40... Bf2 {might work better.}) 41. Nc6 g5 $2 (41... f6 42. Nb8+ Kc8) 42. g4 h4 43. h3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.23} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,-9,-9,-9,-14,-8,16,3,12,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,14,0,0,1,0,0,7,0,46,46,46,46,46,44,58,42,46,46,46,46,61,61,68,59,75,83,118,118,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Bxf4 7. exf4 Nc6 8. a3 {[#] The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... a6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O Qd6 11. Rfe1 Nh5 12. Ne5 g6 13. Bxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qe7 15. Nxc6 {1-0 (42) Secrieru,I (2007)-Glavan,P ICCF email 2009}) 9. h4 b6 10. h5 Ne7 11. Ne5 c5 12. g4 Nd7 (12... Ne8 {with more complications.} 13. g5 f6 14. gxf6 Nxf6 15. Rg1 c4) 13. Bb5 Qc7 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. h6 {[#] Hoping for hxg7.} g6 16. Qd2 c4 17. g5 b5 18. Ne2 Nf5 19. Ng4 Bc6 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Ng3 Ne7 22. Qe3 Bb7 23. O-O Ra7 24. Rfe1 Bc8 25. c3 {White is better.} a4 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27. fxe5 Rc7 28. Re3 Ra7 29. Rf3 Nc6 30. Rf4 Rc7 31. Re1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,31,31,25,31,8,60,-16,16,-14,0,-14,-14,-12,0,-37,0,-19,7,0,22,24,45,0,0,0,49,48,49,52,42,45,48,36,115,82,98,91,105,97,103,74,73,-52,-53,-58,-56,-127,-121,-119,-116,-129,-141,-148,-148,-162,-151,-156,-104,-104,-104,-106,-106,-99,-51,-51,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-51,-51,-81,-78,-81,-81,-155,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 c6 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 {B06: Modern Defence.} Nh6 {[#]} 7. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O f6 10. Re1 Nf7 11. Nf1 e5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Bc1 {0-1 (55) Gempe,A (2105)-Olbrich,M (2285) Braunfels 1996}) 7... f6 (7... O-O $11) 8. Nbd2 (8. c4 $14) 8... Nf7 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nb3 (12. h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} e4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. O-O-O $11) 12... Nc6 13. Rd1 e4 14. Ng5 Nfe5 15. Nc5 {Threatens to win with Nce6.} Ng4 16. Nce6 (16. Qb3 {keeps more tension.} Ne7 17. Nce6 Bxe6 18. Nxe6 Qd6 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Be2) 16... Bxe6 17. Nxe6 Qd6 18. Nxf8 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rxf8 20. Qb3 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} 21. Rh3 Qf6 (21... h5 $14) 22. Kd2 $16 Qf2+ 23. Kc1 Kh8 24. h5 ({Reject} 24. Qxb7 $6 Nf5 $14) 24... gxh5 25. Kb1 ({Don't blunder} 25. Rxh5 $2 Qxe3+ 26. Kb1 Rxf1 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) ({But not} 25. Qxb7 $6 Nf5 $11) 25... Nf5 26. Qc2 (26. Qxd5 $16 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Qxe3 28. Bc4) 26... Qxc2+ $15 27. Kxc2 Bh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 28. Kd2 {[#]} (28. Rxd5 $15 Nxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Bxe3 30. Bc4) 28... Nxe3 $1 $17 29. Rxe3 {aiming for Ke2.} Rf2+ 30. Be2 {Rh1 is the strong threat.} Rxg2 31. Rh1 Rg3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 32. Rxh5 Bxe3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Ke1 {[#]} Rg5 (33... Rg1+ $142 $1 34. Bf1 d4 35. cxd4 Bxd4) 34. Rxg5 Bxg5 {KB-KB} 35. Bg4 Bf6 36. Bc8 d4 37. Bxb7 e3 38. cxd4 Bxd4 39. b4 Kg7 40. a4 Kf6 41. b5 Kg5 42. a5 Kf4 43. b6 ({White should try} 43. Ke2) 43... Bxb6 $2 ({Better is} 43... axb6 $17 44. axb6 h5) 44. axb6 $11 {The position is equal.} axb6 $17 {KB-K3P} 45. Bc6 h5 46. Ke2 h4 {And now ...h3 would win.} 47. Bd7 Ke4 48. Bc6+ Kd4 {White must now prevent ...h3.} (48... Kf4 $5 49. Bd7 $8 h3 50. Bxh3 Kg5 $11) 49. Bd7 $1 {White happily takes the draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.16} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,82,24,12,0,7,-8,-4,-31,-28,-36,-27,-27,-18,-18,-20,-37,-33,-31,-13,-13,-22,-25,-21,-19,-8,-30,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-17,-14,-121,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-356,-356,-2195,-2460,-1364,-1302,-29993,-29994,-29994,-5197]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 11. Be3 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6.} Bd6 {[#]} 12. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 Nce7 13. Ne4 Bf4 14. Qd2 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bc7 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Qd3 Ng6 18. h4 f5 {1-0 (42) Lyell,M (2132)-Kantorik,M (2390) Teplice 2010}) 12... Nce7 13. Rac1 {The position is equal.} b6 14. Ne4 Bf4 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Bb1 Nf5 17. Nc5 bxc5 (17... Nfxe3 $2 18. Nxb7 Qe7 19. fxe3 $18) 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Qxb7 {aiming for Qe4.} Nxd4 20. Qe4 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Re4h7]} Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qd6 22. Rc4 e5 (22... Nd5 {keeps more tension.} 23. Qd3 g6 24. Rec1 Rab8 25. b3 Rb5) 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Re1 {Strongly threatening Qxf4!} Qd6 25. Rd1 Qb6 (25... Qa6 {is more complex.} 26. Rxc5 Rfd8 27. h4 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qb7) 26. Qe4 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Re4h7]} Ng6 27. h4 {h5 is the strong threat.} Rad8 ({But not} 27... Qxb2 $2 28. h5 $18) 28. Rcc1 (28. Bc2 $11) 28... f5 (28... Qxb2 $17 29. Re1 f5 30. Qc4+ Kh7 31. Qxc5 e4 32. Qxa7 Nxh4) 29. Qc4+ $11 Kh8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. g3 $1 e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 32. Qxc5 Qf6 33. Rd1 Qxb2 34. h5 Qe2 35. Rd5 Qxh5 {And now ...Qg4 would win.} (35... Rb8 $5 36. Bc2 $8 f4 $1 $11) 36. Bxe4 Re8 37. Qc2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} Ne5 $19 {Hoping for ...Nf3+.} ({Don't go for} 37... Rxe4 $2 {[#]} 38. Qxe4 $3 {[%mdl 512]} fxe4 39. Rxh5 $18) 38. f4 $2 (38. Kg2) 38... Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 Qxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Qg2 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Re2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.69/Black=0.06} (41... Qh5+ $142 42. Qh3 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kg1 Qxh3 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Rh8+ Kxh8 46. a4 Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,52,78,30,41,-18,8,20,34,39,30,15,16,20,35,10,40,47,37,40,83,55,78,64,97,61,79,75,109,107,164,170,206,195,300,299,433,439,502,516,637,520,595,564,780,767,3547,3430,29970,3325,5393,692,2642,0,2243,0,1722,708,6270,763,5389,729,770,770,770,762,762,755,755,738,693,693,691,683]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 {6...dxc6 is the hot move.} 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bd3 {B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines.} Bg7 9. f4 (9. Bf4 $14) 9... d5 10. O-O {The position is equal.} Nh6 11. Na4 O-O 12. Be3 f6 13. exf6 {[#]} Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... exf6 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. Nc5 Re8 16. Bd4 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Nf5 18. Bf2 Nd6 19. Rfe1 Bh6 {1-0 (43) Mekhitarian,K (2511)-Utiyama,M (2126) Maringa 2012}) 14. c3 Nf5 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bd4 Qd6 17. Qd2 Rab8 18. Rf2 {Black is now going downhill.} Rb5 19. b4 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 20. Nc5 Rbb8 21. Re1 Rbe8 (21... Qd8 $16) 22. Be5 $18 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Qb8 (23... Qc7 $142 24. Qd4 Bc8) 24. e6 (24. bxa5 Qa7 $16) 24... Be4 (24... Qd6 $142 25. Nd7 axb4 26. cxb4 (26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. cxb4 Ra8 $16) 26... d4) 25. Nd7 ({Weaker is} 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. bxa5 (26. Rxe4 Rd8 $16) 26... Qe5 $16) 25... Rxf2 26. Qxf2 Qd8 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. bxa5 {[%cal Bb4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rg8 29. a6 Qa5 30. Qxe7 {Qf6+ would kill now.} Qxa2 31. Qf6+ Rg7 32. Qf8+ (32. Qg5 $142 Qxa6 33. Qd8+ Rg8 34. e7 Qa7+ 35. Kh1) 32... Rg8 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ra2g2]} 33. Qf6+ Rg7 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ra2g2]} 34. Qf8+ Rg8 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ra2g2]} 35. Qf2 (35. Qf1 $142 Bf5 36. e7 $1) 35... Qxa6 36. Qf6+ Rg7 37. Qd8+ (37. Ne5 $142 Qb6+ 38. Kh1) 37... Rg8 38. e7 Qa7+ 39. Kh1 Qf2 {[#]} 40. Qxg8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Promotion} Kxg8 41. e8=Q+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ ({Not} 42. Rg1 Bxg2+ 43. Rxg2 Qf1+ 44. Rg1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Rg2 Qf1+ 46. Rg1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Rg2 Qf1+ $11) 42... Kh6 {[%cal Rf2e1] [#]} 43. Qf8+ $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.53/Black=0.66} ({Inferior is} 43. Rg1 Bxg2+ 44. Rxg2 Qf1+ 45. Rg1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Rg2 Qf1+ 47. Rg1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Rg2 Qf1+ $11) 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,105,2,8,4,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,16,0,18,-36,26,34,30,37,41,38,36,0,17,12,5,18,26,0,-8,0,0,0,2,8,29,18,37,41,50,44,41,35,43,39,40,30,35,0,27,-96,-91,-183,-177,-167,-21,-145,-93,-86,-72,-63,-68,-66,-34,-75,10,-75,-74,-79,-77,-118,-77,-81,-93,-111,-93,-70,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,184,31,31,38,39,54,1823,1821,5193,5072]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6.} O-O 7. c4 bxc4 8. bxc4 {The position is equal.} d6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Qc2 e6 {[#]} 12. Nb3 $146 ({White should play} 12. Rab1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rab1 c5 13. e3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qc7 15. Ba3 Rfc8 16. Rb3 Bc6 17. Qd3 Ba4 18. Rbb1 {½-½ (58) Meier,G (2628)-Globus,O (2399) Tornelo INT 2020}) 12... Ne4 (12... Be4 $15 13. Qd2 Re8) 13. Ne1 $11 f5 14. Nd3 Qe7 15. Rab1 Rfc8 16. Ba3 Ba8 17. e3 Qe8 18. c5 Ndf6 19. f3 Qa4 20. Bc1 Ng5 21. Bd2 Nf7 22. Rfc1 Qe8 23. Na5 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 e5 25. c6 e4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Nb4 d5 28. Rf1 Qe6 29. Qc5 Ng5 30. Qxa7 (30. Qb5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30... Nf3+ $1 $17 31. Rxf3 (31. Bxf3 $17 exf3 32. Rxf3) 31... exf3 $19 32. Bxf3 Qf5 ({Better is} 32... Bf8 $19 33. Kg2 Ne4) 33. Kg2 (33. Qa6 $11) 33... Ne4 (33... Rf8 $142 {( -> ...Ne4)} 34. Qc5 Ne4 35. Qxd5+ Qxd5 36. Nxd5 Nxd2) 34. g4 $17 Qg5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 35. Qa6 Re8 36. Qe2 Bf8 {White must now prevent ...h5.} (36... h5 {looks sharper.} 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Bf8 39. Be1 Bxb4 40. Bxb4 Kg7) 37. Be1 Nf6 {[#]} (37... Bxb4 $17 38. Bxb4 h5) 38. h4 (38. Nxd5 $1 $11 Nxd5 39. Qc4) 38... Qxe3 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40. Bd2 Ra3 (40... Bxb4 {is more complex.} 41. Bxb4 Ne4 42. a3 Rd3 43. Be2 Rg3+) 41. Nxd5 {[#]} Rxf3 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 42. Kxf3 Nxd5 43. Ke4 Nb4 ({Black should try} 43... Nf6+ $15 44. Kd3 Kf7) 44. d5 $11 Nxa2 45. Kd4 Nb4 46. Kc4 Nc2 47. Kb5 Kf7 48. Nb7 Bg7 $2 {[#]} (48... Na3+ $11 49. Ka6 Nc4) 49. Ka6 $2 (49. Bf4 $1 $18) 49... Be5 $1 $14 50. Ka7 Bxb7 ({Avoid the trap} 50... h5 $2 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Kxa8 $18) 51. cxb7 c6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (51... c5 $14) 52. Bc3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bc7 (52... Nd4 53. Bxd4) 53. dxc6 {Quite a comeback for White.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.27/Black=0.25} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,85,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,71,73,164,125,210,206,204,208,195,220,224,161,172,176,162,182,178,66,67,68,83,56,80,67,26,25,173,154,465,30,31,31,33,36,41,0,0,-14,-12,-67,-67,-67,-67,-76,-28,-31,-54,-54,-32,-14]} 1. d4 {Stohl,I} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 13...Nbd7.} 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Re1 Ne4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 18. c5 {[#]} Bc6 $146 (18... Rfb8 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 18... f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bc4 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nf6 24. h3 Qc6 {0-1 (39) Sadler,M (2650)-Krasenkow,M (2660) Germany 1998 GER-chT [Stohl,I]}) 19. e4 $1 $16 e5 (19... Rfd8 $16) 20. Bc4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} (20. d5 $6 Nxc5 21. dxc6 Rfd8 $11) 20... exd4 (20... Bb7 $16) 21. Qxd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7]} Nf6 22. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Rad8 23. Qh4 Ne4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 {aiming for c6.} Qxc5 26. Rc1 {e6 is the strong threat.} Qb6 27. Bd5 (27. g3 $18) 27... a4 $14 28. Bd4 Qg6 {Threatens to win with ...Qxe4.} 29. Qf3 b3 30. h4 h5 31. Bb2 Qg4 {[#]} (31... Rd7 $1 $11) 32. Qd3 $1 $18 Rc8 $2 (32... Kh8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 33. Rc4 $2 (33. Rxc8 $18 Qxc8 34. e6 fxe6 {[#]} 35. Qg6 $1) 33... Rxc4 $11 34. Bxc4 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c4]} 35. Bb5 Qb4 $1 {White must now prevent ...a3.} 36. Qd7 (36. e6 $5 {[%cal Re6f7]} Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kh2 Qxe6 38. Bxa4 $16) 36... Ra8 {Hoping for ...a3.} 37. Bc6 Rf8 {And now ...a3 would win.} 38. e6 ({Better is} 38. Bxa4 $11 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. e6 (40. Qd4 $2 Qxd4 41. Bxd4 Rd8 $19)) 38... Qe1+ $15 39. Kh2 {exf7+ would kill now.} Qxe6 40. Qd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg4 (40... Qf6 $5 41. Qxf6 gxf6 $17) 41. Qxg4 ({Much worse is} 41. Qxa4 Qxa4 42. Bxa4 Ra8 $17) ({Wrong is} 41. Bxa4 $2 Qxd4 42. Bxd4 Rb8 $19) 41... hxg4 42. Bxa4 {next Be5 is good for White.} Rb8 43. Kg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.32/Black=0.28} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,31,-20,7,-1,0,-8,-11,-8,0,-2,0,0,-4,-39,0,-18,-10,-14,-15,-30,0,0,0,-19]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. d4 fxe4 6. Nxe5 {C40: Latvian and Elephant Gambits.} Nf6 {[#]} 7. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f3 Qe8 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd3 {0-1 (52) Nilsson,J (2224)-Rozman,L (2343) chess.com INT 2020}) 7... Qe7 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bc4 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. O-O (11. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 12. Qh5+ Kd7 13. O-O $11) 11... O-O 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. c3 Rh6 15. Ng3 e3 {[#] And now ...Bxg3 would win.} 16. Qb3 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,0,10,0,4,0,3,-10,0,-83,-85,-80,-76,-80,-50,-64,-65,-60,-52,-60,-64,-63,-65,-62,-38,-41,-28,-39,0,-52,-52,-119,-76,-95,-107,-97,-106,-97,-91,-118,-90,-87,-85,-126,-139,-123,-118,-131,-133,-165,-162,-162,-143,-143,-137,-145,-147,-151,-127,-164,-180,-172,-54,-55,-59,-62,-52,-58,-73,-46,-60,-160,-70,-102,13,13,29,13,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-21,0,-233,-233,-223,-80,-363,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nh4 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White.} Bg4 {[#]} 7. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 a5 9. O-O a4 10. f4 Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. d3 Na6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. cxd5 exd5 {0-1 (42) McNab,C (2455)-Howell,D (2634) England 2013}) 7... Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 {[#]} (9. a3 $11) 9... Ne4 $1 $17 10. Nf3 (10. d3 Bb4+) 10... Bg6 11. d3 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 O-O-O 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. e4 Qa5 16. a3 h5 17. b4 Qc7 18. g5 Qf4 19. O-O-O (19. b5 $11 c5 20. h4) 19... Qxf2 20. d4 (20. h4 $15) 20... Kb8 (20... h4 {keeps more tension.} 21. Bd3 Qe3 22. Rde1 Qxg5 23. Rhg1 Qe7) 21. Bd3 Qe3 22. Kb1 Qxg5 23. Nc4 Rc8 24. h4 Qd8 25. d5 e5 ({But not} 25... cxd5 $6 26. exd5 exd5 27. Bxg6 $11) 26. d6 f6 27. Bf1 Bf7 28. Bh3 Qe8 29. Rhg1 Be6 30. Bf5 Rg8 31. Bh7 g6 {Hoping for ...Rg7.} 32. Bxg8 Bxg8 33. Rd3 Qe6 34. Rc3 Bf7 $1 35. Bc1 Bxd6 (35... c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5b4]} 36. Ne3 Qxd6) 36. Nxd6 $15 Qxd6 37. Be3 Qe6 38. Rd1 Nb6 39. Bxb6 axb6 40. Rcd3 ({Better is} 40. Kc1 $15) 40... f5 ({Black should play} 40... Qg4 $1 $17 41. Kb2 f5) 41. Rd6 {[#]} Qb3+ (41... Qe7 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Bd5!} 42. exf5 Bd5 43. Rxg6 Qxh4) 42. Qxb3 $11 Bxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 43. Rg1 Bc4 44. Rgxg6 fxe4 {Threatens to win with ...e3.} 45. Rg7 e3 {White must now prevent ...e2.} 46. Rdd7 Ba6 {And now ...e2 would win.} 47. Rge7 e2 48. Rxe5 {White wants to play Rde7.} Rf8 {aiming for ...Rf1+.} 49. Rde7 $2 (49. Kc2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 49... Rf4 $19 50. Kc2 {[#]} Rxh4 (50... Rc4+ $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 51. Kd2 Rxh4) 51. Kd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Re8+ $17 {might work better.} Ka7 52. a4) 51... Bc4 $2 (51... Rh1 $19 52. a4 Bc4) 52. Re4 $11 Rxe4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.23} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,117,7,8,-3,0,-8,0,0,0,-9,8,-22,-14,-15,0,-4,0,-4,0,-11,-12,-50,-50,-47,-45,-48,-48,-41,-49,-58,-16,-25,-32,-28,-25,-23,-43,-84,-96,-81,-83,-85,-87,-88,-84,-66,-50,-44,-41,-66,-7,-35,-34,-100,-12,-36,-8,-27,0,-4,0,0,0,0,45,44,98,91,96,81,104,89,221,138,166,164,155,158,162,162,183,175,252,167,396,397,433,435,502,464,435,363,516,433,783,743,2155,1871,1677,722,1645,1627,29989,29990,29992,29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. a3 a6 6. Bc4 Bc5 7. d3 d6 {The main line 7...d6 scores better than 7...h6.} 8. h3 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} Be6 9. Nd5 {[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} h6 10. b4 {The position is equal.} Ba7 {[#]} 11. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b5 axb5 12. Bxb5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Be6 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Bxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (59) Tveten,P (1526)-Thjomoe,H (1888) Drammen 2018}) 11... Nd4 12. Ne3 O-O 13. O-O Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Ne6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Qd2 Nh7 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 (18. Bxd4 Nhg5 $17) 18... Bxd4 19. Bxd4 d5 20. Na5 dxe4 21. Rad1 Qxd4 (21... b6 {looks sharper.} 22. Nc4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qe7 24. Ne3 Nf6) 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 b6 24. Nb3 f5 25. Re3 Nf6 26. Rc3 Re7 27. Rc6 Rf8 28. a4 f4 29. Kf1 f3 30. gxf3 exf3 31. Nd2 Ne8 (31... Nh5 $15) 32. Rc3 Ref7 33. Rdd3 (33. Rcc4 $15) 33... Nd6 (33... Rf4 $17 34. Rb3 Rh4 35. Rxf3 Rxf3 36. Nxf3 Rxh3) 34. Kg1 Re8 {With the idea ...Re1+.} 35. Rxf3 Rfe7 36. Rc6 Re1+ 37. Kg2 R8e7 38. a5 Rd1 39. Rd3 bxa5 ({Black should play} 39... Nf5 $14) 40. bxa5 $16 Rc1 41. Nb3 (41. Rxa6 $6 Rxc2 42. Ra8+ Kh7 $11) 41... Rb1 42. Rxa6 {And now Ra8+ would win.} Re2 {Loses the game.} (42... Nf5 $16 {was called for.}) 43. Nd4 Ree1 44. Rc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rg1+ 45. Kf3 Nf7 46. Re3 ({Weaker is} 46. Rxc7 Ne5+ 47. Ke4 Nxd3 $11) 46... Ng5+ 47. Ke2 Ra1 (47... Rbd1 $142 48. Nf3 Nxf3 49. Kxf3 Ra1) 48. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} ({Much less strong is} 48. Rxc7 $6 Rge1+ 49. Kd3 Rxe3+ 50. fxe3 (50. Kxe3 Rxa5 51. h4 Re5+ 52. Kd2 Ne4+ 53. Ke3 Ng5+ 54. Kd2 Ne4+ 55. Ke2 g5 $16) 50... Rxa5 $16) 48... Ra4 $2 {[#]} (48... Rge1+ {is a better defense.} 49. Kd3 Red1+ 50. Kc3 Ra4) 49. Nb3 $18 Rh1 50. Nc5 Raa1 51. Rxc7 Nxh3 52. a7 Kh7 (52... Nf4+ $142 53. Kf3 Nd5 54. Rc8+ Kh7) 53. Ne6 Rhe1+ (53... h5 $142 54. Rxh3 Rhe1+ 55. Kd3 Rxe6 56. Rxh5+ Kg6) 54. Kd2 Red1+ 55. Kc3 Nxf2 56. Rxg7+ Kh8 57. Rb7 Rd6 {[#]} 58. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f8]} Ne4+ (58... Nd1+ 59. Kb4) 59. Kb2 {[%cal Rf3f8] Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.41} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,53,0,0,25,6,14,6,25,32,48,37,34,0,31,-6,53,50,45,46,66,43,48,29,62,50,63,39,32,38,37,31,20,0,0,0,0,0,5,7]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. O-O Qe7 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} 10. Qe2 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. b4 Bd6 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. Nh4 g6 15. Nc4 Nh5 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Rad1 {1-0 (42) Haakert,J (2312)-Buerckner,G (2044) Germany 2018}) 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Nh4 Rad8 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Kh1 Bh3 15. Nef5 Bxf5 ({Black should play} 15... Bxg2+ $1 $11 16. Nxg2 Be7) 16. Nxf5 $14 Ne7 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. a4 a6 19. b4 c6 20. a5 Bb8 21. Nc4 Nc8 22. Be3 Ba7 23. Bxa7 Nxa7 24. f4 {The position is equal.} Nd7 25. Rf3 Nb5 26. Raf1 Nd6 27. Nxd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,115,-11,0,0,17,10,14,8,16,15,14,8,8,16,9,9,35,37,38,43,43,43,70,65,66,70,72,75,90,90,125,128,117,120,134,133,128,121,178,178,170,170,176,194,161,178,171,122,113,118,118,97,95,91,100,92,137,102,122,109,235,247,289,289,318,318,317,161,300,219,336,0,296,0,331,310,295,294,291,291,264,257,219,20,21,20,20,23,23,8,8,8,8,0,9,0,23,23,30,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 {C45: Scotch Game.} Bb7 11. Nc3 Nxd5 12. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Qd7 {[#]} 13. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Bd6 15. Qh5 Nf6 16. Qb5 Bc6 17. Qf5 Qxf5 18. Bxf5 Rab8 19. b3 {0-1 (31) Yip,C (2412)-Lagno,K (2552) Saint Louis 2020}) 13... Rad8 14. Rfe1 Nxc3 15. Qxb7 Na4 {[#]} 16. Bf4 $1 {aiming for Rad1.} Nxb2 (16... Nc5 17. Qxc7) 17. Qxb2 Bf6 {[#]} 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qc2+ Qd3 20. Rac1 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rfe8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 22. Kf1 Kg6 23. Rxc7 a5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Rc4 Rd8 26. Ke2 Rd5 27. Bd2 Bd8 (27... Re5+ $16 28. Kd1 Rh5) 28. Rg4+ $18 Kh7 29. Bc3 f6 30. Rd4 Rc5 {[#]} 31. Kd3 $1 ({Resist} 31. Rxd8 Rxc3 32. f3 Kg6 $16) 31... Bb6 32. Rd7 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Rg5 33. g3 Kg6 34. Bd4 (34. f3 {is interesting.} Rf5 35. Ke2 Bg1 36. Rd3 Kf7 37. h4) 34... Bxd4 35. Rxd4 $16 {KR-KR} Rb5 36. Ra4 f5 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. h4 g6 {[#]} (38... Kg6 $16 39. f3 Kh6) 39. Kf4 $1 $18 Rc5 40. f3 Rb5 41. Rc4 Rb6 42. a3 (42. a4 $142) 42... Rd6 (42... Rb3 $142) 43. Ke3 Rd5 (43... Re6+ {was called for.} 44. Kf4 Rd6) 44. Kf4 Rd6 45. Ke3 Rd5 $1 46. Rc6+ Kg7 47. g4 fxg4 48. fxg4 Rb5 49. Rc3 Kh6 50. Kd4 $2 ({White should try} 50. Ke4 $18) 50... Rb1 $1 $11 51. Ke5 Re1+ 52. Kf4 Rf1+ 53. Kg3 Rg1+ 54. Kf3 {Threatens to win with Rc6.} Rh1 {Strongly threatening ...Rh3+.} 55. Kg3 {Hoping for Rc6.} Rg1+ 56. Kf4 {Rc6 is the strong threat.} Rf1+ $1 57. Rf3 Rh1 58. Rc3 {Black escapes into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,14,31,47]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 {[#]} {Predecessor:} 8. Be3 $146 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2.} e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. b4 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. c5 Ng6 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nb5 Nf6 16. Rc1 Rf7 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Nxa7 Bd7 19. Bb5 {0-1 (77) Ivanchuk,V (2678)-Firouzja,A (2728) Europe Echecs INT 2020} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,94,35,0,28,31,43,41,50,61,83,0,5,11,0,0,10,4,25,0,190,184,236,155,170,186,175,177,196,0,0,0,0,-83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,37,0,7,0,8,-12,0,0,0,0,0,8,50,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,72,60,102,-859,-876,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. Bd3 O-O-O {B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6.} (13... b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 14. Na4 Qa5 $11) 14. Rhe1 Kb7 15. g4 Rc8 {[#] White is slightly better.} 16. g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Rc4 21. Qg2 f6 22. Nd2 {1-0 (40) Hector,J (2493)-Haubro,M (2374) Gothenburg 2019}) 16... Rhd8 17. Bf1 (17. gxf6 $16 Bxf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5) 17... b4 $11 {[#]} 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Ne5 {[%cal Re5f3]} 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Nd4 Qc5 $2 (21... Rg8 $11 22. h4 Bg4) 22. Nb3 $18 Qa7 (22... Qc7 $142 23. Qxb4+ Ka7) 23. Qxb4+ Ka8 24. h4 Rc7 25. Qa3 h6 26. Bg2 $2 (26. Bxa6 hxg5 27. Rf1 Bg4 $15) ({White should play} 26. gxh6 $18 Rh8 27. Rxe5 $3 {[%mdl 576] Pin} (27. Qxa6 Rxh6 28. Qxa7+ Kxa7 $11) (27. Bxa6 Qb6 $14)) 26... hxg5 $11 27. hxg5 Bg4 28. Rd3 (28. Na5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxd1 29. Rxd1) 28... Bf5 (28... Bxg5 $17 29. Bf3 Bf5) 29. Rc3 Rxc3 (29... Bxg5 $6 30. Rc6 $16) 30. bxc3 Bxg5 31. Be4 Bc8 32. Rf1 Bf4 33. Bd3 Bb7 ({Better is} 33... Qb6 $11) 34. Ka1 Qb6 ({Don't go for} 34... Bxd5 $2 35. Qa5 $18) 35. c4 Rb8 36. Qa4 e4 37. Bxe4 Be5+ 38. Kb1 Qe3 39. Bd3 {Black must now prevent c5.} Bh8 40. Qa3 Qe5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 41. Kc1 {And now c5 would win.} Qe3+ 42. Kb1 {Strongly threatening c5.} Qe5 $1 43. Kc1 {aiming for c5.} Re8 {[#]} (43... Bc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 44. c5 $1 $16 Qc3 45. Rd1 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45. Kd1 $16 Re5 46. Bxa6 (46. c6 Bc8 $18) 46... Rxd5+ 47. Kc1 Qb2+ 48. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 49. Kxb2 Bxa6 50. Rf6 (50. Rxf7 dxc5 51. Rc7 Bc4 $18)) 45... Re1 $1 $19 {( -> ...Bf6)} 46. cxd6 Bf6 47. Bxa6 Bg5+ {Black used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.60/Black=0.23} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,20,6,14,10,16,25,22,0,10]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. a3 a6 6. Bc4 Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. Be3 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. O-O O-O {[#] A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.02} {Predecessor:} 11. Qe1 $146 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qg3 Qd7 14. Rf2 Rf7 15. Raf1 Raf8 16. Qh3 Nh7 17. Ne2 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Ng6 20. Qg4 Nf4 21. Ng3 g5 22. h4 Nf6 {0-1 (21) Movsesian,S (2647)-Gumularz,S (2516) Tornelo INT 2020} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,88,31,35,23,33,24,30,10,7,0,0,0,8,0,10,-6,13,36,61,52,65,54,70,40,76,89,67,56,75,64,68,47,70,66,61,54,47,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,14,0,23,22,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qf3 {7.Ndb5 is a critical line. B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} a6 8. O-O-O b5 9. Nxc6 {White has an edge.} Qxc6 10. e5 {[#] Black must now prevent Qxc6.} Qxf3 11. gxf3 {[#]} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nh5 12. Bd3 f5 13. f4 Bb7 14. Rhg1 g6 15. Be2 Bh6 16. Rd4 Bc6 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (63) Borisek,J (2576)-Klein,D (2501) chess.com INT 2018}) 12. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nd5 13. Bc5 Bb7 14. Bc4 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Bc6 16. Rhg1 ({Reject} 16. Bxa6 $6 Nc7 $11) 16... Nb6 17. Be2 O-O 18. Nxa6 Nd5 19. Rg4 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 {[#] And now ...Nf4 would win.} 21. Nxb4 Nxb4 22. Rxb4 Rxa2 23. Rb8+ Kf7 24. Kb1 Ra7 25. b4 {b5 is the strong threat.} Ke7 26. Rg1 g6 27. Rg3 h5 28. Bd3 h4 29. Rg4 Rxf3 30. b5 Rb7 {The position is equal.} 31. Rxb7 Bxb7 32. Rxh4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g5 33. Rc4 Rxf2 34. Rc7 Bf3 35. b6 Rxh2 36. b7 Rh8 {Hoping for ...Kd6.} 37. Ba6 g4 {Threatens to win with ...g3.} 38. Rc8 Bxb7 39. Rxh8 Bxa6 {KR-KB} 40. Rg8 Be2 41. Kc1 Kf7 42. Rg5 Kf6 43. Rg8 Kf7 44. Rg5 Kf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,158,47,48,41,88,9,10,13,15,4,36,47,61,60,91,17,24,0,0,-67,-65,-74,-82,-89,-89,-163,-128,-119,-125,-217,-214,-224,-229,-279,-269,-270,-258,-254,-252,-253,-258,-237,-235,-245,-228,-213,-214,-212,-210,-194,-193,-241,-235,-231,-222,-221,-222,-221,-156,-148,-158,-177,-133,-150,-150,-159,-142,-354,-363,-354,-359,-341,-341,-400,-389,-438,-392,-414,-402,-371,-298,-363,-355,-364,-350,-347,-356,-342,-337,-322,-345,-327,-328,-330,-319,-308,-303,-338,-320,-323,-313,-265,-295,-479,-482,-543,-586,-551,-544,-487,-464,-637,-741,-765,-852,-792,-798,-531,-782,-692,-637,-945,-906,-966,-980,-882,-860,-980,-980,-1227,-1227,-1202,-934,-980,-980,-980,-980,-980,-980,-1227,-1227,-1227,-980,-980,-980,-29983,-29984]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bb3 b4 7. Na4 cxd5 8. a3 {B06: Modern Defence.} Nc6 {[#]} 9. Be3 $146 (9. Nc5 $16) ({Predecessor:} 9. Ne2 Na5 10. Ba2 bxa3 11. b3 Nh6 12. Bxa3 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. c3 Rd8 {1-0 (48) Hosseinzadeh,N (2205)-Mahjoob,M (2419) Tabriz 2013}) 9... bxa3 $11 10. Rxa3 {The position is equal.} Nh6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. Bf4 f6 14. h4 (14. O-O $16) 14... Na5 15. Ba2 Nc4 16. Nc5 ({Better is} 16. Bxc4 $11 dxc4 17. O-O) 16... Nxa3 $15 17. bxa3 e6 18. Qa4 Qe8 19. Qa5 (19. Bb3 $17) 19... Qc6 20. O-O Nd6 21. Nd2 (21. Re1 $17 Nc4 22. Qc7 Qxc7 23. Bxc7) 21... Nb7 $19 22. Nxb7 Bxb7 23. Nb3 Ba6 24. Ra1 Bc4 25. Qb4 {intending Na5.} Qb6 26. Nc5 Bxa2 27. Rxa2 e5 28. Be3 Rf7 29. Rb2 Qxb4 30. axb4 f5 31. dxe5 Bxe5 32. Bd4 Re8 33. Rd2 Rfe7 {Strongly threatening ...Bf4.} 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 35. g3 R8e7 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Kf3 h6 38. Rd4 Rc7 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Nd3 $2 {Loses the game.} (40. Rd1 $17 {might work better.}) 40... Re4 41. Rxd5 Rxc3 42. Nf4 g5 ({Not} 42... Rxb4 43. Nxg6+ Kf6 44. Rd6+ Kg7 45. Ne7 $17) 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Nh3 Kf6 45. Rd6+ Re6 46. Rd8 Rc7 47. Rf8+ {[#]} Kg6 $1 48. Rg8+ Rg7 49. Rc8 Rb6 50. Rc4 Re7 51. g4 Re4 52. gxf5+ Kxf5 53. Rc5+ Re5 54. Rc4 Reb5 55. Kg3 g4 56. Rf4+ Ke5 57. Rxg4 Rxb4 58. Nf4 $2 (58. Rg7) 58... Kd4 59. Rg7 a5 60. Rd7+ Kc4 61. Nd5 Rb3+ 62. Kf4 Rb7 63. Ne3+ Kc3 64. Nd1+ Kc2 65. Ne3+ Kb1 66. Rd1+ Ka2 67. Ke5 a4 68. Nc4 Rf3 69. Rd2+ Kb1 70. Rd4 Kc1 71. Na5 Rb5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 72. Ke4 Ra3 73. Nc6 Rc3 74. Nb4 Kb1 75. Nd5 Rcc5 76. Ne3 a3 77. Nc4 Ka2 78. f4 Kb3 79. Nd6 Rb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.08} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,39,29,32,69,4,27,28,28,28,55,20,20,14,24,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Ba6 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} 11. Be2 (11. Bd2 $14) 11... Qb6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 {White has an edge.} 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 f5 15. Nf2 a5 16. c4 Nb4 {The position is equal.} 17. Bd2 {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Be7 18. Rhc1 Kf7 19. Nd3 Rhb8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Kd2 g5 22. g3 Rg8 23. Kc2 gxf4 24. Nxf4 Ra5 {0-1 (44) Kopp,P-Hess,R Germany 1979}) 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Nd3 Be7 20. Rhc1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,132,-33,-7,0,5,5,6,8,0,0,0,8,4,4,27,0,-1,0,21,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-1,-7,0,33,43,59,59,59,59,171,161,129,59,59,58,58,58,58,28,89,74,74,77,97,89,82,0,92,94,85,82,327,167,249,59,331,16,16,0,0,0,0,-2,-3,-10,-12,-387,-377,-374,-367,-364,-346,-429,-410,-5129,-5122,-5122,-514,-472,0,-410,-402,-391,-382,-500,-519,-519,-517,-500,-477,-371,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Na3 Bxa3 5. bxa3 a6 6. Bg2 {[#] A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Qxc4 Nc6 9. Bb2 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. d3 Be6 12. Qh4 Bg4 {1-0 (41) Moskalenko,A (2515)-Pantzar,M (2424) chess.com INT 2020}) 7. d3 Bb7 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. dxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rfb8 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nc6 {aiming for Bxf6.} Rb6 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Rfd1 Ndc5 18. Ne7+ Kf8 19. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Na4 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. fxe4 c5 22. Rd7 c4 23. Rc7 Rd6 24. Nc6 $1 Rd2 25. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1f7]} Rxe2+ ({Black should try} 25... Rf8 $1 $14) 26. Kh3 $1 $18 Rf8 27. Ne5 (27. Rf4 $1 $16 h5 28. Nd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 27... Nc3 $14 28. Nxf7 Nxe4 {[#]} 29. Nh6+ $1 Kxh6 30. Rxf8 {a4! is the strong threat.} Rxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} (30... Kg6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 31. Rg8+ Kf5) 31. Kg4 {Strongly threatening h4.} Kg6 32. Rg8+ Kf6 33. Kf4 Nc3 {Hoping for ...Nd5+.} 34. Rf8+ (34. Rxh7 Nd5+ 35. Ke4 Nc3+ 36. Kf4 (36. Kd4 Ne2+ 37. Ke3 c3 $11) 36... Nd5+ 37. Ke4 Nc3+ 38. Kf4 $11 (38. Kd4 Ne2+ 39. Ke3 c3 $11)) 34... Kg6 35. Ke5 Re2+ 36. Kd6 Nb1 $2 (36... Rxh2 $16 37. Kxe6 Re2+ 38. Kd6 h5) 37. Rf3 (37. h4 $142) 37... c3 (37... Nd2 $142 38. Rf4 c3) 38. Rc8 $2 (38. Ke7 $1 $18 Rxh2 39. Rc5 (39. Kxe6 Re2+ 40. Kd5 c2 $16)) 38... Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... c2 $14) 39. h3 $2 (39. Ke7 $1 $18 Re5 40. Rf7+ Kh6 41. Rf6+ Kh5 42. Rf4) 39... Nd2 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd2f3]} 40. Rf4 Nc4+ 41. Ke7 {Black must now prevent g4.} c2 42. Rf1 {[#]} Rf2 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 43. Rxf2 {Intending Rxc4! and mate.} (43. Rc1 Rf7+) 43... c1=Q 44. Rc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Rf7+ $11 Kh6 45. Rc5) 44... Qa1 $1 $19 ({Stronger than} 44... Qxa3 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Rf8+ Kg7 47. Rf7+ Kh8 48. Rf8+ Kg7 49. Rf7+ $11) 45. Rf7+ Kg6 46. h4 Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5f7]} ({Weaker is} 46... Qxa3 47. h5+ Kh6 48. Rf6+ Kg7 49. h6+ Kh8 50. Rf8#) 47. h5+ Kxh5 48. Kxe6 (48. Rf4 $142 Kh6 49. Kxe6) 48... Qa2+ 49. Rd5 {[#]} Kg6 $1 50. Rf4 {[#]} Nd3 (50... Nd7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Rg4+ Kh6 52. Rh4+ Kg7) 51. Rf6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Rg4+ $11 Kh6 52. Rgg5) 51... Kg7 52. Rf7+ Kg8 {And now ...Nc5+ would win.} 53. Rc7 {intending Rc8+.} h6 54. Rc8+ Kg7 55. Rc7+ Kg6 56. Rc6 Qb3 $2 (56... Qxa3 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Nb4.} 57. Rxb5 Qa4) 57. Kd6 $11 {The position is equal.} Kg7 (57... Nc1 {feels hotter.} 58. Kc7+ Kf7 59. Rd7+ Ke8 60. Rd8+ Kf7) 58. Rc7+ Kf6 (58... Kg6 $5 59. Rc6 $8 Qxa3+ 60. Kc7+ Kf7 61. Rd7+ Ke8 62. Rd8+ Kf7 63. Rd7+ Ke8 64. Rd8+ Kf7 65. Rd7+ $11) 59. Rc6 $1 Kf7 (59... h5 {is interesting.} 60. Kc7+ Ke7 61. Rd7+ Ke8 62. Rd8+ Ke7) 60. Rc7+ Kg8 (60... Kf6 $5 61. Rc6 $8 Kg6 $11) 61. Rc8+ Kg7 (61... Kf7 $5 62. Rc7+ $8 Kg8 63. Rc8+ Kg7 64. Rc7+ Kg6 $11) 62. Rc7+ Kf6 (62... Kg6 $5 63. Rc6 $8 Qxa3+ 64. Kc7+ Kf7 65. Rd7+ Ke8 66. Rd8+ Kf7 67. Rd7+ Ke8 68. Rd8+ Kf7 69. Rd7+ $11) 63. Rc6 $1 Kf7 64. Rc7+ Kf8 (64... Kg8 $5 65. Rc8+ $8 Kh7 66. Rc7+ Kg8 $11) 65. Rc8+ $1 Kg7 (65... Kf7 $5 66. Rc7+ $8 $11) 66. Rc7+ Kf6 {What a fight!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.51/Black=0.46} (66... Kg6 $5 67. Rc6 $8 Qxa3+ 68. Kc7+ Kf7 69. Rd7+ Ke8 70. Rd8+ Kf7 71. Rd7+ Ke8 72. Rd8+ Kf7 73. Rd7+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Black "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,62,-9,-4,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,46,38,70,71,70,40,48,44,56,42,43,43,66,5,435,432,436,436,408,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5695,-5297,-1907,-587]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bxf5 {8.Be2 is a critical line.} gxf5 9. Bf4 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} e6 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bg7 {[#]} 13. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd2 Rg8 14. Nf3 Ne4 15. O-O Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qe7 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Qd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd7+ {1-0 (49) Socko,B (2599)-Eljanov,P (2717) Berlin 2015}) 13... fxg4 14. hxg4 {g5 is the strong threat.} O-O-O 15. Na3 Ne8 16. Bg3 e5 17. dxe5 {aiming for Nb5.} Qxg4 18. Rh4 Qg5 19. Nb5 (19. c4 $1 $14 Nc7 20. cxd5) 19... Kb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Bxe5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 20. Nxa7+ Kc7 21. Bxe5+ Qxe5+ 22. Kf1 Nd6 23. Nb5+ Kc8) 20. Qa4 $18 a6 21. e6+ Ka8 22. Rg4 $2 (22. Qa5 $18 {White threatens Qb6 and mate.} Rd6 23. exf7 (23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. exf7 Nf5 $16) (23. Bxd6 Qxh4 24. Bc5 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qh5+ 26. Ke1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qh5+ 28. f3 Be5 $14)) 22... Qh6 $11 {And now ...Qh1+ would win.} 23. exf7 {Hoping for Kd1.} Qh1+ 24. Kd2 Qxa1 25. Kc2 d4 {[%mdl 64] Promotion} 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. fxe8=Q Rhxe8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} (27... Rdxe8 28. Nc7+ Ka7 29. Qxd4+ b6 30. Nxe8 $18) 28. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Ka7 {( -> ...Re2+)} 29. Nb5+ $1 Kb6 (29... Ka8 30. Nc7+ Ka7 31. Nb5+ Kb6 32. Bc7+ Kc6 33. Qc4+ Bc5 34. Na7+ Kxc7 35. Qxc5+ Kb8 36. Nc6+ Kc8 37. Ne5+ Kb8 38. Nc6+ Kc8 39. Ne5+ Kb8 40. Nc6+) 30. Nxd4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Bc7+ $11 Kc6 31. Qc4+ Bc5 32. Na7+ Kxc7 33. Qxc5+ Kd7 34. Qd4+ Ke6 35. Qg4+ Kf6 36. Qf4+ Kg7 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Qg5+ Kh8) 30... Re2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Kd3 Qxb2 {Black used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.42} (31... Qf1 $142 32. Qb4+ Ka7 33. Qc5+ Ka8) 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,68,0,-6,0,-7,0,-33,-44,-56,-69,-59,-66,-77,-61,-68,-63,-229,-218,-290,-76,-350,-340,-414,-407,-406,-420,-518,-511,-654,-656,-655,-649,-649,-649,-823,-842,-870,-883,-811,-807,-769,-755,-900,-873,-1237,-1203,-1095,-1095,-1084,-1078,-1046,-1046,-1006,-988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Bb6 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Ne4 {[#]} f5 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Qh5 Qd6 15. Nxb7 Qxa3 16. Bxc6 Bxb7 17. Bxb7 Rad8 {1-0 (60) Maksimov,O (2219)-Kocheev,A (2315) chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. Qh5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 {Hoping for ...Bxg2.} 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. c4 $2 (16. Rae1 $15) 16... Bf7 $19 17. Qh3 g5 $2 (17... e4 $19 {is more deadly.} 18. Nd2 {[#]} Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Kh1 e3) 18. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Rab1 $17 {was called for.}) 18... e4 {...fxg4 is the strong threat.} 19. dxe4 fxe4 20. Nd2 {[#]} Bxf2+ {[%mdl 512]} 21. Kh1 (21. Rxf2 Qxa1+) 21... e3 {Black is clearly winning.} 22. Bc5 exd2 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 23. Bxf2 {and the idea Bg1 leaves White hopeful.} Bxc4 {Strongly threatening ...Rad8.} 24. Bg1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qe6 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. c4 Kh7 28. Qb3 Qe2 29. c5 Re7 30. h3 Nd4 31. Qb1+ Kg7 32. Qa1 {[#]} Qxd1 $3 {[%mdl 576] Clearance} 33. Qxd1 Re1 34. Qxd2 {[#]} Rxg1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy. Black took control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.86/Black=0.18} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,155,29,29,28,28,28,31,23,40,44,38,43,37,24,18,30,69,64,70,66,66,68,65,66,65,85,89,82,112,104,139,138,136,112,114,81,91,97,103,80,117,77,85,73,83,77,75,83,109,54,54,55,48,0,0,0,59,56,56,49,172,171,392,104,96,62,62,62,59,33,26,20,62,56,88,28,23,22,20,17,17,20,27,20,52,52,55,52,52,52,54,29,29,0,29,29,29,29,41,41,58,66,46,8,8,0,66,29,29,16,24,24,73,73,102,102,102,102,454,375,1108,1100,747,0,202,83,889,648,1477,1412,1016,1164,1136,968,6629,4499,29969,29970,29987,29988]} 1. Nf3 {Hecht,H} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} Nxe5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O {White is slightly better.} Rc8 13. Nb5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bb8 {[#]} 15. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd4 a6 16. Nc3 Qd6 17. g3 Qe5 18. Ne2 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Bg2 {1-0 (68) Jussupow,A (2636)-Mastrovasilis,D (2384) Corfu 1999 CBM 074 [Hecht,H]}) 15... a6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. e4 Rcd8 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qd3 Ba7 21. Rad1 Kh8 22. Kg2 d4 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qc4 {[%cal Rb2d4]} ({Worse is} 25. Bxd4 Rd8 $1 $15) 25... Rd8 26. Qb4 Nd5 27. Qa5 h6 28. a4 Nf6 29. Rd3 Nd5 30. Qd2 Nf6 31. Qf4 b5 32. a5 b4 33. Qh4 (33. Rd1 $16) 33... Qf5 34. Rd1 {[%cal Rb2d4,Bd3d1,Bd1e1,Be1e6][%mdl 32]} Kh7 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 35. g4 ({Don't go for} 35. Bxd4 $2 g5 $1 $19) 35... Qxa5 36. Re1 Qg5 (36... Qc5 $11) 37. Qxg5 $14 hxg5 38. Re6 Rc8 (38... a5 $14) 39. Rxa6 $18 Rc2 $2 {[#]} (39... Rc7 {keeps fighting.} 40. Be2 Nd7) 40. Ba1 $2 (40. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.} Rxb2 41. Be4+ Kg8 42. Bd5+ Kh7 43. Be4+ Kg8 44. Rc6) 40... Rc7 $16 41. h4 gxh4 42. g5 Nd7 43. Be4+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kg8 44. Rd6 Bc5 45. Rd5 Nb6 46. Rd8+ (46. Rf5 $16) 46... Kf7 $11 47. Bxd4 {Strongly threatening Kh3.} Ke7 48. Bxc5+ Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 49. Rb8 Rxg5+ 50. Kh3 Re5 51. Rb7+ Kf8 52. f3 Nd5 53. Kxh4 {Black must now prevent Rb5.} Nf6 54. Rb8+ Kf7 55. Rb7+ Ke6 56. Rb6+ Kf7 57. Rxb4 (57. Bb7 {keeps more tension.} g5+ 58. Kg3 Nd5 59. Rb5 Ke6 60. Bc6) 57... Nxe4 58. Rxe4 {KR-KR} Rd5 59. Kg4 Kf6 60. Re2 Rd4+ 61. Re4 (61. Kg3 $11) 61... Rd5 $14 62. Kf4 Rd3 63. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rd1 64. Rc4 Rb1 65. Rc6+ Kf7 66. Rb6 Rb3 67. b5 Rb4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67... Ke8 $16 {is more resistant.}) 68. Ke5 Rb1 $2 (68... g5 69. Rb7+ Ke8) 69. Rb7+ $18 Kg6 70. Rb6+ $2 (70. f4 $18 {aiming for f5+.} Re1+ 71. Kd6 Rd1+ 72. Ke6 Re1+ 73. Kd7) 70... Kh5 $2 (70... Kf7 $1 $11) 71. f4 (71. Kd5 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 71... Re1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (71... g6 $16) 72. Kf5 Rg1 73. Rc6 g6+ 74. Kf6 Rf1 75. Rc5+ Kh6 76. f5 Kh5 77. b6 g5 78. Rb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.20} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,103,17,19,15,16,16,24,19,4,0,0,0,58,58,84,81,72,85,82,86,71,80,124,110,123,112,119,117,173,148,191,186,167,182,240,262,209,210,995,986,1443,29977,29977,3039,5924,6024,1642,3272,6031,5755,5018,5010,1381,0,583,613,586,559,672,597,590,593,555,156,140,134,154,149,142,6,252,265,393,266,585,545,474,410,416,409,405,364,335,268,633,41,39,0,490,0,39,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 {White has an edge.} Nh5 11. Be5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 11.Bg5.} f6 12. Bg3 Nxg3 (12... Bb4 $11) 13. hxg3 $14 g6 14. Bd3 {Bxg6+! is the strong threat.} f5 15. g4 Nc6 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. g4 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Qf6 18. gxf5 {[#]} O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bb4 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qf3 22. Rh6 Ke7 23. a3 Bc5 24. Ne4 {1-0 (24) Artemiev,V (2554)-Lei,T (2320) Chongqing 2013}) 19. Ne5 Nb4 20. Qe2 exf5 (20... Nxd3+ $16 21. Qxd3 Bd6) 21. Rc1 $18 Kb8 22. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 (23. Nxb5 $6 Nc6 $14) 23... Bd6 (23... Qe6 $142 24. Qa5 Be7) 24. Nd7+ (24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Nc6+ Ka8 $15) 24... Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Qg6 (25... Rd8 26. Qb5 (26. Qxh7 Nd3+ 27. Kd2 Nxc1 $16) 26... a6) 26. Nb5 Bh2 27. Rxh2 Qg1+ 28. Ke2 (28. Kd2 $142 Qxh2 29. Rc7 Qxf2+ 30. Kc3 Qc2+ 31. Kxb4 Qxb2+ 32. Kc5 Qc2+ 33. Kd6) 28... Qxc1 29. Qd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ka8 30. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb8 31. Nxd5+ Ka8 32. Nc7+ Kb8 33. Nd5+ (33. Ne8+ $142 Kc8 34. Qe6+ Kd8 35. Qf6+ Kd7 36. Qf7+ (36. Qxh8 Qc2+ 37. Kf3 Qe4+ 38. Ke2 Qd3+ 39. Kf3 Qe4+ 40. Ke2 Qd3+ 41. Kf3 Qe4+ $11) 36... Kd8 37. Nf6 (37. Qxb7 Qc2+ 38. Kf3 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Rg8+ 40. Ng7 Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kh1 Qxg7 $11) (37. Qxf5 Rxe8 38. Qa5+ Qc7 $14) (37. Rxh7 Rxh7 38. Qxh7 Qc2+ 39. Kf1 Nd3 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack})) 33... Ka8 34. Nxb4 Qxb2+ 35. Kf3 Qb1 {White must now prevent ...Qd1+.} 36. Rh4 Qd1+ 37. Kf4 Qg1 38. Kxf5 $2 (38. Nd3 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 38... Qxf2+ $16 39. Rf4 Qxe3 {Hoping for ...Qh3+.} 40. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c7] White threatens Nc7+ and mate.} Qh3+ {[#]} 41. Rg4 ({Better is} 41. Kf6 $1 $16 {White wants to mate with Nc7+.} Qh6+ 42. Ke5 Re8+ 43. Ne7) 41... a6 $2 {[#]} (41... Qh5+ $1 $11 42. Kf4 Qh2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Rg3 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Ke4 (44. Rf3 Qh2+ 45. Rg3 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Ke4 Re8+ 47. Kd3 Qe2+ 48. Kc3 Rc8+ 49. Kb4 Qc4+ 50. Ka3 Qc1+ 51. Ka4 Qc2+ 52. Ka3 Qc1+ 53. Ka4 Qc2+ 54. Rb3 Rc6 $14) 44... Re8+ 45. Kd3 Qe2+ 46. Kc3 Rc8+ 47. Kb4 Qc4+ 48. Ka3 Qc1+ 49. Ka4 Qc2+ 50. Ka3 Qc1+ 51. Ka4 Qc2+ 52. Ka5 Qxa2+ 53. Ra3 Qd2+ 54. Nb4 Qc1) 42. Nf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4h3]} ({Inferior is} 42. Nb6+ Ka7 $11) 42... Qf1 (42... Qc3 {might work better.} 43. Rg7 h5) 43. Rg7 h5 $2 (43... Qb1+ {is tougher.} 44. Ke5 h5) 44. Qb4 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rb4b7]} Rb8 45. Rf7 h4 46. Qb3 Qf2 47. d5 Qc5 48. a4 Ka7 $2 (48... Qd4 49. Qd3 Qb6) 49. Ne6 $2 (49. Ke5 $18 {aiming for Ne6.} Qc1 50. Ne6) 49... Qf2+ $14 50. Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Kg6 $14 Rg8+ 51. Ng7 Qg3+ 52. Qxg3 hxg3 53. Rf3) 50... Qc5 $1 $18 51. Ne6 (51. Ke5 $18) 51... Qf2+ $14 52. Nf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.42} (52. Kg6 $5 {[%cal Rf7f2]} Rg8+ 53. Rg7 Qg2+ 54. Kf6 Qf2+ 55. Ke7 Rxg7+ 56. Nxg7 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,159,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,13,19,12,20,0,17,9,8,0,38,0,0,-47,-46,-71,-29,-30,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,10,3,10,-72,-64,-73,-64,-78,303,-70,-52,-51,0,-302,-306,-413,-415,-461,-416,-352,-221,-220,-231,-231,-231,-231,-231,-237,-209,-218,-229,-229,-197,-252,-237,-313,-313,-354,-348,-353,-310,-304,-295,-391,-390,-536,-536,-536,-536,-536,-532,-536,-535,-510,-490,-452,-561,-631,-535,-652,-615,-744,-738,-723,-716,-704,-698,-677,-657,-2033,-1979,-1445,-1445,-1302,-1209,-4971,-4971,-10068,-10051,-29960,-12114,-29969,-29971,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29974,-29968]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bf1 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. g3 {The position is equal.} Rc8 16. Qb1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4 18. Rc1 Ne5 19. Bh3 Rcd8 {[#]} 20. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Red1 Bc5 21. Bg2 g6 22. h3 h5 23. Rd2 Bb4 24. Rdc2 Nd3 25. Rd1 Nxb2 26. Qxb2 {1-0 (46) Sasikiran,K (2684)-Brkic,A (2530) Sibenik 2008}) 20... Ne4 21. f3 Nf6 22. Red1 (22. a3 $5 Bxa3 23. Bxa3 Qxa3 24. Ncb5 $11) 22... Ba6 23. a3 Bc5 24. Kh1 Bxd4 25. exd4 Ng6 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Qc2 h5 28. h4 Qd6 29. Qf2 Ne7 30. Bh3 Bd3 31. Re3 Bf5 {[#]} 32. Nb5 $1 Qd7 33. Bf1 Rc8 34. Qe1 Be6 35. a4 a6 {Hoping for ...Nf5.} 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Nc3 (37. Na3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37... Nf5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf5e3][%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 38. Bxa6 Ra8 39. Bb5 Qc7 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Qd6 $17 {keeps the pressure on.} 40. Re5 Nxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 40. Re5 (40. Rxe6 $18 Qxg3 41. Qxg3 Nxg3+ 42. Kg2 fxe6 43. Kxg3) 40... Nxd4 $15 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kg2 {[#]} Ne4 42. Rxe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] White is now going downhill.} ({Avoid the trap} 42. Rxh5 $2 Nc2 $1 $19) (42. Rxe6 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} fxe6 43. Nxe4 (43. fxe4 Nxb5 44. Nxb5 Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Qf2 Qxe4+ 46. Qf3 Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Qf2 Qe4+ 48. Qf3 Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Qf2 Qe4+ $11) 43... Nxb5 44. Nf2) 42... dxe4 $19 43. Qxe4 Rd8 44. Bf1 Nf5 45. Ne2 Nxg3 46. Be5 Nxe4 47. Bxc7 Rd7 48. Bxb6 Nd2 49. Nd4 Bxb3 (49... Nxb3 50. Nxe6 fxe6 51. a5 $11) 50. Bb5 {[#]} Rd6 {[%cal Rd6b6]} 51. a5 Bc4 {...Rxd4! is the strong threat.} 52. Ba4 (52. Bc6 $142) 52... Ba6 53. Nc6 Nc4 54. Bc7 Rd7 55. Bf4 Rb7 56. Kg3 Rb1 57. Nb8 Bb5 58. Bxb5 Rxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 59. a6 Ra5 60. Bc7 Ra4 61. Kf2 f6 62. Ke2 Ra3 63. f4 g6 64. Kd1 Kf7 65. Kc2 Ke6 66. Kb1 Kd5 67. Kc2 Kd4 {aiming for ...Rc3+.} 68. Nc6+ Kc5 69. Nb8 Kd5 70. Bd8 Kd6 71. Kd1 Rb3 72. a7 Ra3 73. Bxf6 Rxa7 74. Kc2 Ra8 75. Kc3 Rxb8 76. Kxc4 Ke6 {Black mates.} 77. Bg5 Kf5 78. Kd4 Re8 79. Kd3 Re4 80. Bh6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/Black=0.22} 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,83,28,52,41,49,50,68,54,56,56,52,48,53,42,82,52,38,53,116,87,106,16,16,15,15,25,46,15,16,17,17,20,10,10,20,4,14,7,8,11,56,39,27,33,34,25,16,28,44,42,17,0,38,35,44,36,45,42,74,72,65,63,109,70,79,80,79,70,74,0,115,103]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3.} Na6 9. Nge2 c6 10. Ng3 {White is slightly better.} cxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. f3 a4 14. h4 Qa5 15. h5 Rfc8 {[#]} (15... b5 $14) 16. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. g5 Ne8 18. Rb1 Nc7 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Nb5 21. Nge2 Qb4 22. a3 {0-1 (54) Almeida Quintana,O (2550)-Garcia Pantoja,R (2514) Santa Clara 2019}) 16... b5 {[#]} 17. Nd1 (17. hxg6 $1 $16 fxg6 18. g5) 17... Qxd2+ $11 18. Bxd2 Rab8 19. Nf2 Be8 20. Nd3 Nxd3+ 21. Bxd3 Nd7 22. Kf2 Nc5 23. Be2 Bf6 24. Rhc1 Bd7 25. Be3 Bd8 26. Kg2 f6 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rh1 Be7 29. f4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Kg7 31. Bh6+ Kg8 32. Be3 {Black must now prevent g5!} Kg7 33. Bd4 Rh8 34. g5 Rxh1 35. Rxh1 Be8 36. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for gxf6+. White is on the roll.} Nd7 37. Rc7 {Threatens to win with Bg4.} Bd8 38. Rc6 Be7 39. Bg4 {Bxd7 is the strong threat.} Ne5 40. Rc7 Kf8 {[#]} 41. gxf6 (41. Be6 $1 $16) 41... Bxf6 (41... Bd8 $11 42. Bxe5 Bxc7) 42. Be6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,104,10,-14,0,-5,-8,-6,-5,-4,0,-2,0,-1,-3,-11,0,0,0,0,8,-104,-95,-103,-93,-100,-101,-130,-130,-119,-125,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-184,-195,-195,-210,-209,-276,-255,-261,-268,-308,-301,-320,-312,-506,-503,-585,-566,-705,-705,-695,-689,-672,-662,-574,-314,-314,-314,-314,-313,-313,-313,-313,-279,-313,-313,-306,-304,-304,-270,-313,-313,-313,-313,-313,-306,-541,-541,-541,-541,-532,-493,-493,-431,-748,-292,-12837,-12836,-1382,-385]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. Nc3 g6 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} 8. Nd5 Bg7 9. c3 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qb6 {[#]} 12. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 Rfe8 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Rae1 Qa6 15. a3 Qa4 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Bh4 b5 18. Bg3 {0-1 (64) Ganzer,M (1708)-Tassone,R (1917) GER email 2013}) 12... Qa6 13. Bg5 Nf6 (13... Rfe8 {feels hotter.} 14. Rfe1 Nc5 15. a3 h6 16. Bh4 Qc6) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. e5 {[#]} (16. a3 $11) 16... Rc5 $1 $17 {Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} 17. Qd4 (17. Qb3 dxe5) 17... Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxe5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 21. Re1 (21. Qe4 $17 {might work better.}) 21... Qxb2 $19 22. h4 e6 23. h5 {White threatens h6 and mate.} Qd2 24. Rb1 {[#]} b6 $1 25. Qc7 {[#]} Ra8 $1 (25... gxh5 26. Qxa7 Qxc3 27. Qxb6) 26. g3 Qd8 ({Resist} 26... gxh5 27. Ra1 $19) 27. Qf4 Qd3 ({Don't play} 27... gxh5 28. Rb5 $19) 28. Qb4 Rc8 29. Ra1 Qxc3 ({Much less strong is} 29... gxh5 30. Rxa7 Qxc3 31. Qxb6 $19) (29... Rxc3 30. Qf4 $19) 30. Qa4 (30. Qxc3 {is the only way for White.} Rxc3 31. hxg6) 30... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 31. h6 Qd2 32. Qh4 b5 33. Kg2 a4 34. Rb1 Rc2 35. Qf6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g7]} Qxh6 36. Rxb5 {Threatens to win with Rb8+.} Rc8 37. Ra5 Qg7 38. Qf4 Qc3 39. Ra7 Rf8 40. Qxa4 Kg7 41. Qe4 {If only White now had time for Qxe6....} Qf6 42. Ra3 Rd8 43. Rf3 Qd4 44. Qb7 Rd7 45. Qb3 h5 46. Qc2 $2 (46. Rf4 Qc5 47. Qc4 Qxc4 48. Rxc4) 46... h4 47. gxh4 Qxh4 48. Rg3 Qd4 49. Re3 Rd5 50. Re4 (50. Rg3 $142 Rf5 51. Rh3) 50... Qd2 $2 (50... Rg5+ 51. Kf1 Qa1+ 52. Re1 Qa6+ 53. Qe2 Qb7) 51. Qb1 $2 (51. Qxd2 Rxd2 52. Kf3) 51... Rg5+ 52. Kf1 Qc3 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.10} (52... Rh5 53. Rg4 Qc3) 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,29,8,0,45,31,25,24,43,33,33,25,28,14,13,13,8,0,0,0,8,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nc7 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 7. cxd4 d5 8. exd6 exd6 {White has an edge.} 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. Nc3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. Ne4 Na6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Rc1 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 {1-0 (28) Tairova,E (2422)-Girya,O (2335) Dagomys 2009}) 11. Nxe5 Bxe2 {The position is equal.} 12. Qxe2 dxe5 13. Qxe5+ Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Bxe7 15. Nc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} c5 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,51,57,55,62,57,63,66,68,56,90,66,84,80,97,77,173,170,192,214,270,264,552,516,793,782,962,836,1737,1725,6804,6321,29983,1614,1470,1458,1384,1063,2615,1993]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 ({But not} 8. gxf3 Nf5 $15) 8... Qb6 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} 9. Ne2 f6 10. g4 fxe5 {White is slightly better.} 11. fxe5 Na6 {[#] Black is now going downhill.} 12. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c3 Nc7 {½-½ (12) Carmaciu,L (2398)-Sanduleac,V (2386) Mamaia 2015}) 12... Rf8 13. Qc3 e6 14. Be3 c5 (14... Qb4 $16) 15. dxc5 $18 Qc7 16. Nd4 Qxe5 {[#] ...Qg3+ is the strong threat.} 17. O-O-O $1 Rc8 $2 (17... O-O-O 18. c6 bxc6 19. Qxc6+ Nc7) 18. Kb1 {aiming for Bxh6.} Rxc5 (18... Nf7 $142 19. Nxe6 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Bxd5 Ne5 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Bh6+ Ke7 24. Bg5+ Kf8) 19. Qb3 Nc7 20. Rhe1 {And now Nxe6! would win.} Nf7 {[#]} 21. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Qxe6 (21... Rc6 22. Nxc7+) 22. Bxc5 Be5 23. Bxf8 (23. Bxd5 $142 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc6 25. Rexe5+ Nxe5 26. Rxe5+ Kd8 27. Rd5+ Kc7 28. Bxf8) 23... Kxf8 {White is clearly winning.} 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qf6 26. Rf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=1.07} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.31"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 37,99,35,43,34,37,42,73,11,16,5,13,-39,-39,-38,-37,-35,31,39,41,38,22,6,36,29,37,48,42,32,50,42,51,56,56,56,56,77,82,8,8,10,36,54,44,22,27,31,44,77,628,620,855,855,483,527,855,847,847,610,595,595,588,584,29980,29981]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nce3 Bg6 20. Qe2 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} Qd7 21. Rfa1 Qb7 {[#]} 22. R1a3 $146 (22. Qg4 $16 Bh6 23. R4a2) ({Predecessor:} 22. b4 axb4 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. cxb4 Be8 25. R4a3 Bc6 26. Rb3 d5 27. Ba6 Qb6 28. b5 {0-1 (41) Li,R (2417)-Zhang,Z (2634) Manila 2007}) 22... Bh4 23. g3 Bd8 24. Bd3 (24. Ra2 $11) 24... Bxd3 $15 25. Qxd3 Qf7 26. f4 exf4 (26... Qa7 $15) 27. Rxf4 $14 Qg8 28. Rxf8 Qxf8 29. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5f8] [#]} (29. Kg2 {keeps more tension.} Ne5 30. Qe4 Bg5 31. Ng4 Nd7 32. Qf3) 29... Bf6 (29... Qe8 {seems wilder.} 30. Nc4 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Kg8) 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxf6 gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Kf2 Kg8 33. Nf5 d5 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. Kxd4 {KR-KR} Ke6 37. c4 (37. Rxa5 $16 {b4 is the strong threat.} Rxb3 38. Ra7 (38. Rxd5 Rxc3 39. Rb5 Rc2 $11)) 37... dxc4 $11 38. bxc4 {[%cal Bb3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rb2 39. h4 Rg2 40. Kc5 h5 41. Kb6 {aiming for Re3+.} Rb2+ 42. Kc6 Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (42... a4 $16) 43. c5 $1 $18 Kg4 44. Kd7 Rd2+ 45. Kc7 Rc2 46. c6 f5 47. Kb7 Rb2+ 48. Kc8 Rc2 49. c7 Rd2 50. Rc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.62} 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} c5 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.31"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,85,0,0,29,19,15,13,51,36,67,60,64,60,60,34,29,0,-6,-24,12,11,41,17,14,-19,35,25,33,26,38,35,37,41,47,53,64,61,61,70,62,63,51,63,51,0,0,0,114,130,167,162,157,0,75,14,1029,1016,2104,2087,29986,29987,29987,840,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29996,29997,29998,29998,29998,29999]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 {now scores much better than the old 7...e6. D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5.} 8. Bd3 e6 9. f4 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Ne7 {[#]} 11. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd2 Bc6 12. Be1 Nf5 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Qh3 Nd6 15. Bh4 Nfe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 {0-1 (67) Milov,V (2638)-Gurevich,M (2633) Bastia 2006}) 11... Bc6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qh3 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Ne4 15. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qa5 {[#]} 16. Bd2 {Threatens to win with Nxe4.} Qb6 (16... Qd8 17. Be1) 17. Rab1 Ng6 {[%cal Be7g6,Bg6h4,Bh4f3][%mdl 32]} 18. Na4 Bxa4 (18... Qc7 $11 19. Bb4 Rfc8) 19. bxa4 $14 Qc6 20. Bb4 Rfc8 21. a5 Rc7 22. Qg2 Nh4 23. Qb2 Rac8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Bd6 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 $1 Qc2 {aiming for ...Rc3.} ({Avoid the trap} 26... Rd7 $2 27. Rfc1 $18) 27. Bxc7 Rxc7 28. Rf2 (28. g5 $14) 28... Qd3 $1 $11 29. Rc1 h5 30. gxh5 $16 Rc6 31. Rcf1 Qxe3 32. Rg2 $2 ({And not} 32. Qxb7 Rc1 $11) ({Only move:} 32. h6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh6g7] Black must now prevent hxg7.} Rc7 33. hxg7 Qxd4 34. Qxd4 Nxd4 35. Re1) 32... Qd3 (32... Kh7 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Qb1 (33. Qe2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2d3] And now Qxd3 would win.} Qxd4 34. Rg4) 33... Qxd4 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (33... Rc3 $11) 34. h6 $1 $18 ({Weaker is} 34. Qxb7 Qc4 $14) 34... g6 35. Qxb7 Qc4 {[#]} 36. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 {[#]} 37. Rxf3 $1 exf3 (37... Rc7 38. Qb8+) 38. Qxf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rg6g8] KQR-KQR. White mates.} Qf1+ 39. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1,Gh6][%cal Rf7g7]} Qg2+ 40. Rxg2 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rg2g8]} Rc1+ 41. Rg1 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf7g7]} f2+ 43. Kxf2 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf7g7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.55} 1-0

