[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,195,75,66,58,62,57,58,9,12,15,14,7,9,21,18,17,69,71,79,79,80,88,87,88,94,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,90,90,90,90,89,87,89,81,84,79,76,79,86,91,85,79,87,93,89,91,96,96,96,96,133,96,96,96,99,99,98,96,96,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,99,98,98,96,96,81,81,73,88,41,88,88,91,91,92,91,91,91,99,99,104,92,119,119,119,113,119,99,99,99,106,99,106,91,99,99,106,106,99,106,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,0,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,0,8,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nxd5 Ndxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Rc1 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxc6! D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5).} Be6 14. b3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qa5 15. Qe1 Qxa2 16. Nc7 Rac8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Bxe7 Re8 {½-½ (32) Kopylov,D (2348)-Luczak,F (2240) Lazy 2020}) 15. Nxe7+ {White is slightly better.} Nxe7 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bxe7 Rd2 $1 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bf3 Rxa2 ({Black should try} 19... a5 $1 $11) 20. b4 $14 Bf8 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Kg2 h5 23. Ra1 Rdd2 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Rc1 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Bb6 Rb5 28. Be3 Bg7 29. Rd1 Bf6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Rd6 Be5 32. Ra6 Rb2 33. Ra5 Bc3 34. Rc5 Bf6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rb4 37. g5 Bd4 38. Bxd4+ Rxd4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 39. e3 Rc4 40. Re5 Rc1 41. Be4 Re1 42. Rc5 Kf8 43. Rc7 Rd1 44. Bf3 Ra1 45. Rc5 Ke7 46. Kg3 Kd6 47. Rb5 Bc4 48. Rb6+ Ke7 49. Rb4 Be6 50. Bg2 Ra5 51. f4 Ra3 52. Re4 Kf8 53. Re5 Rb3 54. Bf3 Kg7 55. Bc6 Rc3 56. Bb5 Ra3 57. Kf3 Rb3 58. Rc5 Rb4 59. Bd3 Rb3 60. Bc2 Rb4 61. Ra5 Rb2 62. Be4 Rb4 63. Re5 Rb2 64. Bd3 Rb3 65. Bb5 Rb4 66. Rc5 Kf8 67. Bc6 Rc4 68. Rxc4 Bxc4 {KB-KB} 69. Ke4 Ke7 70. Ke5 Bd3 71. Be4 Be2 72. Bd5 Bd3 73. Kd4 Be2 74. e4 Bd1 75. e5 Ba4 76. Bc4 Bd1 77. Bd3 Bg4 78. Be4 Bh3 79. Ke3 Bc8 80. Kf3 Bd7 81. Kg3 Bc8 82. Bf3 Bf5 83. Bg4 (83. Bd5 $16) 83... Bb1 (83... Bxg4 $1 $11 84. Kxg4 Ke6) 84. Bh3 Bc2 85. Kf2 Bb1 86. Ke3 Bc2 87. Kd4 Bb1 88. Bg4 Bc2 89. Bf3 Ba4 90. f5 (90. Ke3 $16) 90... gxf5 $11 {The position is equal.} 91. Ke3 Kf8 92. Kf4 Bc2 93. Bc6 Kg7 94. Bd7 Kg6 95. Be8 Kg7 96. Bd7 Kg6 97. Be8 {[#] White threatens e6 and mate.} Kg7 98. Bd7 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,74,24,20,23,47,0,12,1,6,10,9,12,20,16,22,12,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,-8,-11,-11,-22,-18,-15,-15,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 {7.Rc1 is vanishing. D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5.} Bg7 {[#]} 8. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nge2 Nxe2 11. Bxe2 Bd7 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 {½-½ (55) Vallejo Pons,F (2698)-Tari,A (2625) chess.com INT 2019}) 8... cxd5 {The position is equal.} 9. exd5 O-O 10. Bc4 a6 11. a4 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nge2 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. O-O Rad8 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 17. Qc2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rd2 Qc6 20. Ne4 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Bb6 22. Rc4 Rd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. b3 Rc8 25. Rd1 e5 26. Kf1 Rc2 27. Rd2 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. Rc2 Rxb3 30. Rc7 h5 31. Rd7 Kf8 32. f3 $1 b5 33. Nf6 bxa4 {[#] And now ...Rb6 would win.} 34. Nh7+ Ke8 (34... Kg8 $5 35. Nf6+ $8 Kf8 36. Nh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 $11) 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Ke8 (36... Kg8 $5 37. Nf6+ $8 Kf8 $11) 37. Nf6+ Kf8 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,74,12,25,28,35,0,0,0,0,-14,-15,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 {D66: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Main Line (7 Rc1 c6 8 Bd3).} b4 14. Bxf6 {was the old line (14.Na4).} Nxf6 {The position is equal.} 15. Ne4 c5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Nd4 $1 Bd5 {[#]} 19. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Nb5 Qxa2 20. e4 Bc6 21. Nd6 Rc7 22. e5 Qd5 23. f4 Be7 24. Rfd1 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 {1-0 (25) Jensen,E-Pedersen,E Aarhus 1959}) 19... a6 20. Bxa6 Rxc5 21. Nb3 Bxb3 $1 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. axb3 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxb2 26. g3 g6 27. Bc4 Bf6 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. h4 h5 30. Kg2 Qc7 (30... Qd6 {is interesting.} 31. Qa8 Qe7 32. Bb5 Bc3 33. Bc4 Qd7) 31. Qe4 (31. Bb5 {is more complex.} Qe7 32. Qa8 Bc3 33. Bc4 Qd7 34. Qe4) 31... Qe5 (31... Bc3 {seems wilder.} 32. Qa8 Qc5 33. Qe4 Qd6 34. Qa8 Qd2) 32. Qxe5 Bxe5 $11 {KB-KB} 33. Bd3 Bc3 34. Bc4 Bb2 35. Bd3 Bc3 36. Bc4 Bb2 37. Bd3 Bc3 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,97,87,34,35,58,33,65,56,71,36,36,25,19,19,45,33,54,27,51,37,40,20,24,21,25,16,24,20,27,22,27,11,14,12,25,18,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,0,-9]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 7...Qxd1. Played by Alireza Firouzja in June 2020.} 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Nbd7 10. Nc3 {[#]} Ke8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Nb3 Ke7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bb2 Rac8 {½-½ (26) Netolitzky,G (2263)-Rognes,O (2222) ICCF email 2008}) 11. Nd2 {White is slightly better.} Be7 12. Nb3 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. f3 Bd6 15. Be3 Ke7 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Rac1 Rhc8 18. Rc3 Bd8 19. Rfc1 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Kf2 Bb7 23. g4 h6 24. h4 Bc7 25. a3 Ne8 {The position is equal.} 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nd6 28. Bf1 f5 29. gxf6+ gxf6 30. Nd2 f5 31. e5 Nxe5 32. Bxb6 Bxb6+ 33. Nxb6 f4 34. Na4 a5 35. Nc5 Bd5 36. Be2 Nc6 37. Nb1 e5 38. Nc3 Bf7 39. Bd3 Nd4 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Bc4 42. Bxc4 Nxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} 43. Nd3 Kd6 44. Ne4+ Kc6 45. Nc3 Kb6 46. Nd5+ Kc6 47. Nc3 Kb6 48. Nd5+ Kc6 49. Nc3 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,85,0,17,10,12,12,14,19,17,25,24,17,35,31,29,37,37,20,14,4,6,9,19,0,0,-10,25,33,18,6,6,6,6,6,12,8,6,9,15,6,20,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,11,5,8,0,5,0,15,11,15,8,8,11,20,10,29,29,26,-1,-1,-3,0,0,0,-5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rc1 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} h6 10. a3 a5 11. e3 Re8 {[#]} 12. Be1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 a4 13. b4 Ne4 14. c5 Bf6 15. Nc3 e5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (70) Ding,L (2811)-Alekseenko,K (2671) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 12... Bf8 13. Nbd2 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Bf1 Ba6 16. Nb3 a4 17. Na5 Qb6 18. Qd1 Rec8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Ne4 {Threatening ...Rxc1.} 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Qc2 Nd6 23. Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} Nc4 24. Nb4 Nf6 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Bb4 Bc7 27. Nfe5 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Bxd7 29. Nc5 Be8 30. Bg2 Bd6 31. Nd3 Bb8 32. Qc3 Qd8 33. Nc5 Bc6 34. Na6 Bc7 35. Nxc7 Qxc7 36. b3 axb3 37. Qxb3 Qa7 38. Bf1 Qa4 (38... f6 {seems wilder.} 39. Be2 Be8 40. Qb1 Qa4 41. Qd3 Nb2) 39. Qxa4 bxa4 40. Bxc4 dxc4 {The position is equal.} 41. Kf1 Kh7 42. Ke2 g5 43. Kd2 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,19,44,2,1,-35,2,-15,10,-8,-1,-6,22,33,58,80,105,96,104,48,43,56,174,165,210,189,152,166,214,224,202,216,206,123,215,210,265,259,29996,247,448,166,1187,299,287,278,271,266,379,370,411,400,767,760,744,741,649,552,547,528]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 (5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. Nd2 g5 9. Be3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba3 11. Rb1 f5 12. g3 Bd6 13. Rg1 O-O {0-1 (33) Carlsen,M (2863)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com INT 2020}) 5... h6 6. Bd2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} O-O {[#]} 7. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb5 Be7 12. Rc1 c6 13. Nc3 Bd6 {0-1 (44) Gilevich,A (2362)-Rambaldi,F (2444) Bratto 2014}) 7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 {The position is equal.} Ne4 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 b6 11. g5 hxg5 12. h4 $1 g4 {[#]} 13. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e4][%mdl 512]} f5 (13... Nxg5 14. hxg5) 14. Bg2 (14. O-O-O $16) 14... bxc5 $14 15. O-O-O {Black must now prevent cxd5.} Nxg5 {Black is on the road to losing.} (15... Nc6 $1 $14) 16. hxg5 $18 (16. cxd5 Ne4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 16... Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. cxd5 Nb6 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Qd2 ({White should try} 21. Ka1 $18) 21... Qg6 (21... Qxd2 $16 22. Rxd2 (22. Bxd2 Rc8 $16) 22... Re8) 22. Qd6 f4+ 23. Ka1 {aiming for Rh4.} Rf8 $2 {[#]} (23... Re8 $18 24. Qxf4 Nd5) 24. Qe5 $2 (24. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] mates} Kxh8 25. Qxf8+ Bg8 26. Rh1+ Qh7 27. Bxg7#) 24... g3 $2 (24... Na4 25. Ba5 Qf6 26. Qxf6 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxf6 27. Rd8+ Kf7) 25. fxg3 $2 (25. Rh5 {Strongly threatening Rg5.} Nd7 {[#]} 26. Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd7 27. Rg5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} gxf2 28. Qxg7+ {[%mdl 64] X-Ray Attack} (28. Rxg6 $2 {gets mated.} f1=Q+ 29. Be1 Qxe1#) 28... Qxg7 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rxd7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rg2+ Kh7 33. Rxf2) 25... Nc4 $2 (25... fxg3 26. Rdg1 (26. Qxc5 g2 $16) 26... g2) 26. Qh5 $2 (26. Qxc5 {Rh8+! would kill now.} Rc8 27. Qe7) 26... Qxh5 27. Rxh5 Ne3 28. Rg1 {Hoping for gxf4.} Bf5 (28... Rf5 $142) 29. b3 fxg3 30. Rxg3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg3g7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bg4 (30... Nc2+ $142 31. Kb2 Nd4) 31. Rxc5 {White is clearly winning.} ({Not} 31. Rxe3 Bxh5 32. Re5 g6 $14) 31... Rf1+ 32. Kb2 Nd1+ 33. Ka3 Nxc3 34. Rxg4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,124,16,16,17,6,0,22,-18,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-43,-8,-14,0,-5,-12,-9,-11,-43,-35,-37,-33,-45,-43,-76,-64,-72,-86,-196,-197,-265,-267,-260,-273,-347,-224,-234,-185,-132,0,-145,-30,-175,-175,-175,-175,-175,-175,-427,-427,-402,-409,-427,-427,-466,-461,-554,-554,-1709,-1524,-12832,-12833,-12831,-12834,-12834,-12834,-12833,-12833,-12833,-12835,-12841,-12836,-12839,-12838,-12838,-12838,-12838,-12838,-12838,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12841,-12842,-12844,-12843,-12845,-12844,-12847,-12847,-12849,-12848,-12850,-12850,-12850,-12850,-12851,-27999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Re1 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3.} Re8 12. Bc2 {[#]} Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Ng3 Bb7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Qg3 Na5 18. Ba4 Bh4 {½-½ (49) Tudor,V (2279)-Legemaat,G (2380) ICCF email 2015}) 13. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7] The position is equal.} g6 14. Qg3 Bg7 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Be4 Nce7 17. h4 Bd7 18. h5 Bc6 19. h6 Bh8 ({But not} 19... Bxd4 $6 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Rad1 $16) 20. Qh4 f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 21. Bxd5 Nf5 22. Qh3 {Threatens to win with Bxc6.} exd5 23. Bf4 Nxd4 24. Be3 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Qxb2 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 26. Nd4 (26. Bd4 $17 Qc2 27. Bc3) 26... f5 $19 27. Rab1 (27. Nxc6 {was necessary.} bxc6 28. Rac1) 27... Qxa3 ({Less strong is} 27... Bxd4 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 29. Bd2 $15) 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Qf3 Re7 30. Rec1 Qd3 31. Qf4 Qe4 (31... Be5 $17 32. Qa4 Re6) 32. Qd6 (32. Rb8+ $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Re8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Qd6) 32... Qe6 (32... Rae8 $17 {...d4 is the strong threat.} 33. Rb8 d4 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8) 33. Rxc6 {[#] This costs White the game.} (33. Rb8+ $1 $11 Rxb8 34. Qxb8+ Re8 35. Qxa7) 33... Qxd6 $1 34. Rxd6 a5 35. Rxd5 {[#]} a4 $1 36. Bc5 $2 (36. Rd3) 36... Re5 37. Rxe5 Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Ba3 Bf4 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Rb7 {intending Rg7+.} Bxh6 40. Kf1 Bf8 41. Bxf8 Kxf8 42. Rxh7 {KR-KR} Ra6 43. Ke2 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 44. Rh1 Ke7 45. Kd2 Kf6 46. Kc2 a2 47. Kb2 Ke5 48. Ka1 g5 49. Re1+ Kd4 50. Rd1+ Ke4 51. Re1+ Kf4 52. Re3 Ra5 53. Rf3+ Ke4 54. Re3+ Kd4 55. Re8 Kd3 56. f3 f4 57. Re4 Rc5 58. g3 fxg3 59. Rg4 Ke3 60. Rxg3 Kf4 61. Rh3 Rc3 62. Kxa2 {[#]} g4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,16,39,-35,20,-37,-31,-21,-29,-31,-32,-43,-31,-45,-37,-24,-26,-38,-6,-50,-13,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-206,-210,-216,86,-212,-216,-227,-212,-208,-191,-231,-154,-156,-88,-254,-202,-274,-256,-333,-300,-371,-365,-345,-295,-289,-278,-356,-350,-1082,-997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} (6. e4 $14) 6... h6 ({Black should play} 6... a6 $15) 7. Bh4 (7. Bxf6 $1 $11 Qxf6 8. e3) 7... Bb4 8. e3 {Black is slightly better.} b5 {[#]} 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 {1-0 (22) Gomez Guardo,L (1768)-Henao Ortiz,C (1747) Medellin 2015}) 9... c6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Qb6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Nxe5 {[#]} 15. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc7 {And now ...a6 would win.} (15... Bxa5 16. Nd6+) 16. a6 Bc8 17. Bg3 O-O $1 {Hoping for ...f5.} 18. b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c4]} f5 19. Qb2 fxe4 20. Bxe5 c3 21. Bxc3 Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...b4 is the strong threat. Black is more active.} 22. h3 $2 (22. Qc2 $11) 22... b4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 23. Bd2 {[#]} Bh2+ $1 24. Kh1 {aiming for g3.} Be5 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 25. Qc2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 {[#]} Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5a1]} ({Resist} 26... Rxf2 27. Be1 $17) 27. Rf1 c5 28. Bc1 Qd6 (28... Rb8 $142 {White must now prevent ...Qc3.} 29. Bb2 Qd5) 29. Qc4 $2 (29. Qxe4 $17 Qd5 30. Qc2) 29... Bd7 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Kg1 Rad8 32. Bb2 Bc8 {Strongly threatening ...Bxa6!} 33. Ra1 Rd2 34. Bc1 Rd5 35. Ra2 Qd6 36. Rc2 $2 {[#]} (36. Qc2) 36... Bxa6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,126,19,13,0,15,0,3,0,27,0,7,0,0,0,0,13,13,8,13,8,14,15,10,10,15,5,21,18,27,14,44,42,61,43,55,31,25,11,25,0,54,46,46,61,39,0,2,0,27,28,33,35,51,44,98,93,98,98,148,144,181,206,183,149,272,264,264,171,184,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,1060,794,1916,1531,1897,1725,1682,989,476,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb3 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3 .} e6 10. h4 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Ba3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Rad1 Bc6 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {½-½ (41) Tukmakov,V (2560)-Sideif Sade,F (2320) Tashkent 1980}) 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Qd2 (12. e4 $5 {[%cal Re4d5]} Nde7 13. Qc1 $11) 12... a5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a4 15. N3d2 Nd4 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bd7 18. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} Bc6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Qe5 21. Nc4 Qf6 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Qg5 Kg7 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qe3 Bc6 (27... Qe6 $11) 28. Ng4 $14 Qe6 29. Qd4+ f6 30. Rd3 Bd7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 31. f3 Rc4 (31... Bb5 {feels hotter.} 32. Qxd5 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Qb6+ 34. Re3 h5) 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Bxg4 34. fxg4 Rxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} (34... Rc2 $14) 35. Kf2 Rc4 36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. Rxb7 Rc1 38. Rb4 Rb1 39. g4 f5 (39... Kg7 $16 40. Rxa4 Rxb2 41. Ra7+ Kh6) 40. gxf5 $18 (40. Rxa4 fxg4 41. Rxg4 Rxb2 $16) 40... gxf5 41. Ke3 ({Don't take} 41. Rxa4 $6 Rxb2 42. Ra7 Rb3 $16) 41... Kh5 42. Rxa4 (42. Kf4 $18) 42... Rxb2 $16 43. Rb4 Ra2 44. a4 h6 45. Kf4 Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Rc2 $16 46. e4 (46. Kxf5 Rc4 $16) 46... fxe4) 46. e3 $18 Ra3 47. Rb6+ Kh5 48. Ra6 Rb3 49. Rd6 Ra3 {[#]} 50. Kxf5 $2 (50. Rd4 $1 $18 {Hoping for Ke5.} Ra2 51. Ke5 (51. Kxf5 Rxa4 52. Rf4 Ra5+ 53. Ke6 Ra6+ 54. Ke7 Kg6 $16)) 50... Rxa4 $11 {The position is equal.} 51. e4 {And now e5 would win.} Ra1 52. e5 {Threatens to win with Rd4.} Rf1+ 53. Ke4 Kxh4 54. Rxh6+ Kg5 55. Ra6 (55. Rc6 {keeps more tension.}) 55... Rb1 56. Rf6 Ra1 57. Rf2 {[#] Black must now prevent Rg2+.} Ra4+ 58. Kd5 Ra5+ 59. Kd6 Ra6+ 60. Kc7 Re6 61. Re2 {aiming for Kd7.} Kf5 62. Kd7 {Intending Rf2+ and mate.} Rxe5 63. Rxe5+ Kxe5 {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,86,18,19,8,14,9,14,0,0,0,0,-10,-5,-18,4,-22,-11,-12,0,-20,-14,-31,-27,-24,-23,-24,-9,-25,0,-29,-13,-16,9,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-71,-63,-99,-79,-150,-110,-110,-109,-306,-308,-302,-295]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 7...0-0. Played by Wesley So in May 2020.} 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} (8. a4 {feels hotter.} a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 b6 11. Nh4) 8... Bxe3 9. Nxe3 Nc5 10. h4 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Nc4 Nd4 13. Nfd2 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. c3 Ne6 16. Nb3 Qe7 {0-1 (37) Poetz,F (2427)-Schreiner,P (2440) Austria 2014}) 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Qc3 b6 14. O-O-O Kb7 15. h5 a5 16. Nh4 Qf7 (16... Bf7 {keeps more tension.} 17. Nhf5 Qf8 18. a4 g6 19. Ng3 Qe7) 17. Nhf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Ne6 19. Kb2 g6 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. f3 (21. Rh2 $11) 21... Qe7 22. a4 Ne2 23. Qe1 Nf4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qd2 Ne6 26. g3 Rh7 27. Rxh7 Qxh7 28. Ng4 Rh8 29. Qg2 Qg7 (29... Qe7 {seems wilder.} 30. Qf2 Qf8 31. Rf1 Rh3 32. Re1 Rh5) 30. Rh1 Rh5 31. Rxh5 gxh5 32. Ne3 Nd4 33. Qf2 Qe7 34. c3 Ne6 35. Nf5 Qd7 36. d4 exd4 37. cxd4 Ng7 38. g4 (38. Nxg7 $11 Qxg7 39. f4) 38... Nxf5 $17 39. gxf5 h4 40. d5 (40. Qxh4 $142 Qxd4+ 41. Kc2) 40... Qh7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...cxd5.} ({Of course not} 40... cxd5 $6 41. Qxh4 dxe4 42. Qxe4+ Qc6 43. Qe7 $11) 41. dxc6+ Kxc6 42. Kc3 $2 (42. Qc2+ $17 Kb7 43. e5) 42... h3 $19 {White must now prevent ...h2.} 43. Qh2 Qh5 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,-4,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,-11,2,6,43,37,35,19,60,48,44,0,0,10,0,-37,-41,-86,-44,-63,-62,-61,-50,-66,-21,-16,-25,-12,-42,-128,-15,-18,-13,-64,-50,-233,-231,-212,-206,-581,-545,-520,-521,-478,-211,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Bb2 e5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack.} Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Nbc6 9. d3 h6 10. Nd2 {[#]} f5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. a3 Qd7 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Ba3 a5 15. Rb1 e4 16. Na4 Ra6 17. Nxe4 {½-½ (56) Kramnik,V (2800)-Gelfand,B (2695) Moscow 2018}) 11. a3 a5 12. e3 g5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. gxf4 Ng6 18. Kh1 b6 19. b4 Ra7 ({Reject} 19... cxb4 20. axb4 gxf4 21. exf4 $11) 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. d4 Ba6 22. Rg1 c4 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Bf1 ({White should play} 24. e4 $15) 24... c3 (24... Qe7 $1 $17 {Black wants to play ...c3.} 25. Rg3 c3 26. Bxa6 Rxa6) 25. Bxa6 $11 Rxa6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b6,Bb6b2][%mdl 32]} 26. Nf1 (26. Nb1 $11) 26... Rb6 27. Ng3 $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (27. Qd3 $1 $15) 27... Qa8 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra8d5]} 28. e4 fxe4 29. Nf1 $2 (29. Ne2 {nothing else works.} Rf2 30. Rxg5) 29... Rf3 30. Rxg5 Rb2 {Threatens to win with ...Qh8!} 31. Ne3 {aiming for Qg1.} Qf8 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} ({But not} 31... Rxe3 $2 32. Qh5 $18) (31... Qd8 $142 32. Rg4 Qh8 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 32. Qa4 $2 {[#]} (32. Qg1 $19 Qf6 33. Rc1) 32... Rxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 33. Kg1 {[#]} (33. Kxh2 Qf4+) 33... Rg3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 34. Kxh2 (34. Rxg3 Qf2#) 34... Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kh1 Rh3# {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,68,14,17,22,4,32,16,19,29,29,28,44,0,25,20,43,-3,0,0,0,0,-9,-25,-31,-43,-24,-35,-39,-45,-8,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} Ng6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 c6 {[#]} 15. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Qf3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Re8 18. Qg4 Qd6 19. Be3 Re6 20. Nf3 Rae8 21. Bd2 {0-1 (83) Leon Hoyos,M (2490)-Quesada Perez,Y (2619) Saint Louis 2017}) 15... h6 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Qc2 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxe6!} Nh4 {...Nxf3+ is the strong threat.} 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Ne2 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Bc3 Qc4 {[#] Hoping for ...d4.} 24. Qd2 {The position is equal.} d4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rbc8 27. Rec1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 {KB-KB} 30. a5 Bd7 31. Bc3 Bc6 32. Bd4 Bd7 33. Bc3 Bc6 34. Bd4 Bd7 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,103,15,14,19,35,31,28,27,27,31,34,31,30,28,30,25,30,25,28,15,15,10,19,7,9,9,15,15,14,16,12,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 (4... c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O Bd7 14. e4 b5 15. Ne3 Qb6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Be8 18. a3 a5 19. Qd3 Ra7 {½-½ (41) Giri,A (2764)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 {White has an edge.} Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 {[#]} Rfb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rab8 14. a4 Rfe8 15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Nb6 17. b4 Ra8 18. a5 Nc8 19. b5 axb5 20. Nxb5 {1-0 (48) Carlsen,M (2863)-Caruana,F (2835) chess24.com INT 2020}) 14. a4 a5 {The position is equal.} 15. Rfc1 g6 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Nf4 Nd6 19. Qa3 Bf5 20. Rab1 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Nf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Rc2 Nfe4 (23... Kg7 {is more complex.} 24. Rbc1 h6 25. Qb3 Rh8 26. Qa3 Rhc8) 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Nd3 Nd6 27. h4 Kg7 28. g3 Nc4 29. Re1 h5 30. b3 Nd6 31. Rb1 Kf6 32. Nc5 Kg7 33. Rc3 Ne4 34. Nxe4 Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 Re7 37. Rcb3 Ra7 38. a5 Rxa5 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Rxb7 {KR-KR} c5 41. dxc5 Rxc5 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Rd7 Ke6 44. Rd8 Rc2 45. Kf3 Ra2 46. Re8+ Kf6 47. Rb8 Ke6 48. Rb6+ Ke7 49. Rb4 Ke6 50. Rb6+ Ke7 51. Rb4 Ke6 52. Rb6+ {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,91,27,48,21,20,25,18,2,10,0,-6,-5,-5,0,7,6,4,1,8,0,13,12,14,13,25,6,8,3,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2 e5 9. Ng3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 11. h3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qe2 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b5 15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. c4 b4 19. Bc2 Bf8 20. f3 Qc7 21. b3 Bc5 {0-1 (31) Mujunen,M (2058)-Halmeenmaki,T (2169) Finland 2018}) 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. a4 Bf8 17. Nf1 {[%cal Bg3f1,Bf1h2,Bh2f3][%mdl 32]} Nd7 18. Bc4 Nc5 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Nh2 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nf3 a5 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. b3 Red8 25. h4 f6 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 Ne6 28. Qc3 Qb4 29. Qe3 {The position is equal.} Qc5 30. Qe2 Kf7 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Ke7 34. Qd3 b5 35. c3 $1 Qb6 36. Nd2 Qc5 37. Kf1 Qa3 38. axb5 cxb5 39. Qxb5 Qc1+ 40. Ke2 {[#] Black must now prevent Qb7+.} Qxc3 {( -> ...Nd4+)} 41. Qb7+ Kf8 {Hoping for ...Nd4+.} 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qa7+ Kf8 44. Qb8+ Kg7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nd4+.} 45. Qa7+ Kf8 {aiming for ...Nd4+.} 46. Qb8+ {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,96,19,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,-10,-23,0,0,0,0,5,8,18,0,0,-13,0,0,0,-24,230,225,226,217,488,484,388,0,0,0,0,0,106,109,105,108,114,100,319,142,237,240,443,445,639,639,639,619,501,106,105,97,95,16,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} Bb7 12. Rfd1 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 12.Rac1. Played by Fabiano Caruana in June 2020.} Rc8 13. Rac1 e6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. h4 Na5 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ {[#]} Qxc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Bxc8 20. h5 Nc6 21. h6 Bf8 22. Bb5 a6 23. Ba4 b5 24. Bb3 Bb7 25. d5 exd5 26. Bxd5 {1-0 (42) Caruana,F (2835)-So,W (2770) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 20. h5 Nc4 21. Qc1 b5 22. h6 Bf8 23. Qf4 a6 24. Ng3 {With the idea Nh5!} Nd6 25. e5 (25. Nh5 $5 gxh5 26. e5 $11) 25... Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Ne8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 26. Bxf5 $1 $18 exf5 27. Nh5 $1 gxh5 $2 (27... Kh8 {keeps fighting.} 28. Nf6 Qc4) 28. Bf6 {White threatens Qg5+ and mate.} Bb4 {[#]} 29. d5 $2 ({White must play} 29. a3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra3b4][%mdl 512]} Be1 (29... Bxa3 30. Qg3+) 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc6 34. Qxh7 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2) 29... Bxd5 $11 {aiming for ...Qc3.} 30. Qxb4 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qc4 {[#]} (31... Bxa2 $2 32. Qd4 $18) (31... Qxh6 $11 {remains equal.} 32. Qd6 Qf4+ 33. Kh1 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kh1 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 32. Qd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2g5][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kf8 33. f3 {Threatens to win with Qa5.} (33. Qg5 Qg4 $15) 33... Ke8 34. Qa5 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Ra5d8]} Qc8 $2 (34... Kd7 $16) 35. Qa3 (35. Qb6 $18 {has better winning chances. White wants to mate with Qd6.} Bb7 36. Qe3) 35... Qc7 (35... Qe6 $16 {was worth a try.} 36. Qa5 Kd7 37. Qd8+ Kc6) 36. Qxa6 $18 Bc6 $2 (36... Qb8 37. Qa5 Be6) 37. Qa3 Kd7 (37... Bd5 $142 38. Qb4 Bc4) 38. Qf8 Bd5 39. Qg8 Qc4 40. Qd8+ $2 (40. Qxh7 $18 Qf4+ 41. Kh3 Bxf3 42. Qxf7+ (42. gxf3 Qxf3+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qf2+ 46. Kh3 Qf3+ 47. Kh2 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qg4+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Ke2 Qe4+ 51. Kd2 Qd4+ 52. Kc2 Qc4+ 53. Kd2 Qd4+ 54. Ke2 Qc4+ 55. Kf3 Qg4+ 56. Ke3 Qe4+ 57. Kf2 Qd4+ 58. Kg3 Qd3+ 59. Kh4 Qe4+ 60. Kh3 Qf3+ $11) 42... Kc6 43. Qe8+ (43. gxf3 Qxf3+ 44. Kh2 Qf2+ 45. Kh1 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh3 Qf3+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 43... Kc5 44. Qf8+ (44. gxf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kh2 Qf2+ 46. Kh1 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh3 Qf3+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 44... Kb6 45. Bd8+ (45. gxf3 Qxf3+ 46. Kh2 Qe2+ 47. Kh1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kh3 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 Qe2+ 51. Kg1 Qe3+ 52. Kf1 Qd3+ 53. Ke1 Qb1+ 54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55. Kg3 Qd3+ 56. Kf2 Qd4+ 57. Ke2 Qe4+ 58. Kf2 Qd4+ 59. Kf3 Qd3+ 60. Kg2 Qe2+ 61. Kh3 Qf3+ $11) 45... Kc6 46. Qd6+ (46. gxf3 Qxf3+ 47. Kh2 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qxe5+ 49. Kh4 Qf4+ 50. Kh3 Qf3+ 51. Kh2 Qe2+ 52. Kh3 Qf3+ 53. Kh2 Qe2+ 54. Kg3 Qe3+ 55. Kh4 Qf4+ 56. Kh3 Qf3+ $11) 46... Kb7 47. Qb6+ (47. gxf3 Qxf3+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh1 Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Qe2+ 51. Kg3 Qe3+ 52. Kh4 Qf4+ 53. Kh3 Qg4+ 54. Kh2 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 55. Kg3 Qe3+ 56. Kh4 Qf4+ 57. Kh3 Qg4+ 58. Kh2 Qe2+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 47... Ka8 48. Qa6+ (48. gxf3 Qxf3+ 49. Kh2 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kg3 Qg4+ 53. Kh2 Qf4+ 54. Kh3 Qf3+ 55. Kh2 Qf4+ 56. Kg2 Qg4+ 57. Kf2 Qf4+ 58. Kg1 Qg4+ 59. Kf1 Qc4+ 60. Kf2 Qf4+ 61. Kg1 Qg4+ 62. Kh1 Qe4+ 63. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 48... Kb8 49. Qd6+ (49. gxf3 Qxf3+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qe1+ 52. Kh2 Qf2+ 53. Kh3 Qe3+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 55. Kh1 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Qe2+ 57. Kh3 Qg4+ 58. Kh2 Qe2+ 59. Kh3 Qg4+ 60. Kh2 Qe2+ $11) 49... Kb7 50. Qb6+ (50. gxf3 Qxf3+ 51. Kh2 Qe2+ 52. Kg3 Qe3+ 53. Kh4 Qf4+ 54. Kh3 Qg4+ 55. Kh2 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Kg3 Qe3+ 57. Kg2 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 58. Kh3 Qg4+ 59. Kh2 Qe2+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 50... Ka8 51. Qa6+ (51. gxf3 Qxf3+ 52. Kh2 Qf4+ 53. Kh3 Qf3+ 54. Kh2 Qf4+ 55. Kh1 Qe4+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 51... Kb8 52. Qd6+ (52. gxf3 Qxf3+ 53. Kh2 Qe2+ 54. Kh3 Qg4+ 55. Kh2 Qe2+ 56. Kh3 Qg4+ 57. Kh2 Qe2+ $11) 52... Kb7) 40... Kc6 $16 41. Qc8+ Kb6 42. Qxf5 (42. Bd8+ $16 Ka7 43. Qxf5) 42... Be6 $1 $11 {[%cal Re6f5] The position is equal.} 43. Qxh5 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kh1 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 {Qh4 is the strong threat.} Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kh2 {next Qh4 is good for White.} Qf4+ {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,87,20,29,91,85,92,85,95,95,106,74,83,82,93,84,69,77,72,86,77,79,85,86,95,54,83,45,52,33,59,16,49,42,45,50,56,60,54,47,83,52,81,66,63,58,131,130,186,151,147,77,175,161,279,201,317,283,560,219,534,531,503,475,816,645,931,855]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Bd7 {is recently more successful than 11...a5. Played by Alexander Grischuk in May 2020.} 12. Bf4 Nh5 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4.} (12... h6 $11) 13. Be3 $16 c6 14. Qc2 {[#]} a5 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc8 15. Kh2 Ne6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nde2 a6 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Na4 c5 20. Nac3 Nf6 {1-0 (36) Jablonicky,F (2222)-Likavska,B (1887) Brezova pod Bradlom 2009}) 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qd2 a4 17. Nde2 Be6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Ra5 20. Rc1 Bf8 21. Rd4 Raa8 22. g4 Nf6 23. f4 Nfd7 24. Nd1 {aiming for f5.} f6 $1 25. Nf2 Bf7 26. h4 h6 27. Ng3 g5 $1 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Bxg5 Ne5 {[#] Hoping for ...Ne6.} 31. Be3 Red8 32. Nf5 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 ({Of course not} 33. Nxd4 Nxc4 34. Bg5 Nxb2 $15) 33... Re8 ({Black should play} 33... Ncd7 $1 $14) 34. Rc3 Ng6 (34... Ncd7 $16 35. c5 Bxa2) 35. b3 Nf4 36. Bf1 (36. Bf3 $142) 36... Nce6 (36... axb3 $16 37. axb3 Nxe4) 37. Be3 a3 (37... Bb4 $142 38. Rc2 Bc5) 38. e5 Rd8 (38... Bb4 $142 39. Rc1 Bc5) 39. Ne4 $18 Rd1 $2 (39... Be8 40. Ned6 Ng6) 40. Nf6+ Kh8 {[#] ...Ne2+ is the strong threat.} 41. Rc2 {White is clearly winning.} Nh3+ 42. Kg2 Neg5 (42... Nhf4+ $142 43. Kg1 Nh3+ 44. Kh2 Rxf1 45. Kxh3 Bg6) 43. Rc1 Rd8 44. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,32,3,15,0,16,-5,0,-48,-40,-65,229,-53,-18,-26,39,-57,-45,-245,-247,-237,-230,-270,-276,-267,-278]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. Nbd2 {[#] B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d5 7. b3 e5 8. Nf1 Nf6 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5 Bg6 13. Qe1 d4 {½-½ (62) Atui,A-Jafet,C Monte Libano 2012}) 7. Nh4 Ne7 8. f4 {The position is equal.} exf4 9. O-O $1 h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (9... g5 $15 {stays ahead.} 10. Nhf3 h6) 10. b3 $2 ({White has to play} 10. Nc4 $1 $18 g5 11. e5 (11. Nf5 Nxf5 12. exf5 Bg7 $17)) 10... g5 {...Bg7 is the strong threat.} 11. Bb2 $1 {Black must now prevent Nc4.} Rg8 ({Black should play} 11... Rh7 $1 $11 12. Nc4 d5) 12. Nf5 (12. Nc4 $1 $14 Ng6 13. Nxg6 Rxg6 14. e5) 12... d5 $15 13. Qh5 $2 (13. Nxe7 $1 $15 Qxe7 14. Re1) 13... Bxf5 $19 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Rfe1+ Ne3 16. Nf1 {[#]} d4 $1 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 45%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,118,10,36,27,40,37,27,25,22,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,23,22,29,21,21,15,14,15,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,7,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,90,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc4 {White has an edge.} Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 {next e5 is good for White.} Ne5 11. Bf4 Bd6 $1 {[#] ...Nxf3+ is the strong threat.} 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 {[#]} 14. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Kh1 Qf4 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. f3 Rac8 17. Bb3 Bc6 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 {½-½ (31) Melkumyan,H (2642)-Berkes,F (2661) Heraklion 2017}) 14... Qc5+ 15. Kh1 e5 16. f5 b5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Ba6 (20. Kh2 {feels hotter.} Qb4 21. Bd3 h6 22. Rfe1 Qb6 23. Bc4) 20... Qb6 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Kh2 h6 23. Rcd1 Rd4 24. Rf3 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. Qd7 Qc6 28. Qxa7 e4 29. Rf4 Qd6 30. Qe3 Rc4 31. Kg1 Qe5 32. Rf2 Kh7 33. Re2 f6 34. b3 Rd4 35. Re1 Qd5 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 Qd5 38. a3 Rd3 39. Qxe4 Qxb3 40. a4 Qc3 41. Kh1 Rd8 42. Rb1 Rd3 43. Qg4 {[#] White wants to mate with Qg6+.} Rg3 44. Qf4 Re3 45. Kh2 Qd3 46. Rb7 {Threatens to win with a5.} Qc3 (46... h5 $1 $11) 47. Rb5 (47. a5 $16 {Hoping for a6.} Qc5 48. Qc7 Qe5+ 49. Qxe5 Rxe5 50. a6 Rxf5 51. Kg3) 47... Re1 {The position is equal.} 48. a5 Ra1 49. Rb7 Rxa5 50. Rc7 ({Reject} 50. Qg4 Qe5+ 51. Qg3 Qxg3+ 52. Kxg3 Rxf5 $17) 50... Rc5 51. Rxc5 Qxc5 {KQ-KQ} 52. g4 Qc3 53. Qe4 Qd2+ 54. Kg3 h5 55. Qe8 hxg4 56. Qg6+ Kg8 57. Qe8+ Kh7 58. Qg6+ Kg8 59. Qe8+ Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 98%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,9,10,11,13,8,14,22,13,-8,-9,-20,-31,-36,-17,-29,-8,-69,-69,-86,-79,-70,-56,-58,-37,-56,-44,-59,-38,-36,-27,-41,-47,-87,-83,-83,-85,-122,-116,-221,-210,-225,-216,-243,-158,-141,-109,-144,-145,-154,-157,-118,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-280,627,625]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 (5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Qc4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qxc4 Bxc4 15. Rac1 Bxa2 16. Bxc6 Rab8 17. Bxa7 {½-½ (17) Svidler,P (2747)-Anand,V (2786) Zuerich 2017}) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 {A08: King's Indian Attack.} Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5] The position is equal.} e6 9. Be3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} O-O {[#]} 10. Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Ne5 11. Bd4 Nc4 12. Rb1 Re8 13. f4 Qc7 14. g4 Bd7 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {0-1 (39) Todts,B-Hekhuis,J (2173) Vlissingen 2004}) 10... Re8 11. Nb5 b6 12. Ba3 Ba6 13. c4 ({White should try} 13. Nd6 $1 $11) 13... Ne5 $15 14. Nd6 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nxc4 15. Nxe8 Nxe8 16. Rc1 Nxb2 17. Bxb2 Bxb2 18. Rc2 Bg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 19. Qc1 Nd6 20. Rd1 Bb7 21. Qf4 a5 22. Nd2 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 23. Rdc1 b4 24. Rc5 (24. Nb3 $17) 24... e5 $19 25. Qe3 Nf5 26. Qb3 {[%cal Rg2d5]} e4 27. e3 Bf8 $1 28. Rc7 {[%cal Bc5c7,Bc7d7,Bd7e7][%mdl 32] [#]} a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 29. Qc2 Nd6 30. Bh3 Ba6 (30... Qb8 $17 31. Rd7 Ra6) 31. Qc6 $1 $11 Nb5 32. Rd7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qe8 {And now ...Rc8 would win.} 33. Qxd5 Nc3 34. Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} bxc3 {[#]} 35. Nxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Rxf7 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and White stays safe.} Qxf7 36. Be6) 35... Be7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... c2 $19 36. Rc7 Bg7) 36. Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Quite a comeback for White. Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 81%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,-21,0,-14,-23,-18,-21,-15,-28,-20,-19,-38,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,-23,0,-30,-29,-80,0,0,0,-15,-11,-15,-12,-16,-15,-14,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,0,9,0,30,0,0,0,63,16,26,25,69,60,152,165,260,100,125,129,129,151,345,345,344,344,358,348,346,351,331,339,490,488,496,508,1744,1689,1595,1446,3148,3006,2440,1989,8280,6656,29967,29968,29966,29969,29963,29961,29964,29959,29965,29958,29981,29982,29986,29987,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. g3 fxg3 6. hxg3 {C34: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3: 3...Nf6 and 3...d6.} Bg7 $1 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} Nf6 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bg1 Nc6 11. O-O-O O-O {[#]} 12. Nh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 a6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bd3 b5 15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Rf1 Ng6 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 {½-½ (49) Nightingale,D (2506)-Marczell,P (2559) ICCF email 2009}) 12... Nxh2 13. Rxh2 Bg4 14. Re1 Ne7 15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Be3 (16. d5 $11 {remains equal.}) 16... Ng6 (16... f5 $17 17. exf5 Rae8 18. Bxb7 c6) 17. Reh1 $11 c6 18. Rxh6 Bxh6 19. Rxh6 Kg7 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Be3 Rh8 22. b3 Rxh6 23. Bxh6+ Kh7 24. Bf1 Bh3 25. Be2 Re8 26. Kb2 b5 27. Bd3 Qg4 ({Black should play} 27... Bg4 $11) 28. Be3 (28. e5 $5 f5 29. Bf4 (29. exd6 Qxd4 30. Qh2 Kxh6 $17) 29... Nxf4 30. gxf4 $14) 28... b4 29. Nd1 Qxg3 30. Qxb4 Bg4 {[#]} (30... Re7 $14) 31. e5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} f5 (31... Rg8 $142) (31... dxe5 32. Qb7+) 32. Qxd6 $2 (32. Bg5 $18 {Qb7+ is the strong threat.} Bxd1 33. Qb7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 34. Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (34. Bc4+ d5 $11)) 32... Bxd1 33. Bxf5 {Intending Qd7+! and mate.} Rg8 34. Bd2 Bg4 $2 {[#] Now Black is done in.} (34... Qh2 $16 35. Bb4 a5 36. Bxa5 Qf4) 35. Qe7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg7 36. Qg5 {And now e6 would win.} Qh2 {aiming for ...Bxf5.} 37. Bxg4 {Strongly threatening Bf5.} Ne7 38. Qh5+ Qxh5 39. Bxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KB} Rg2 (39... Nf5 {was worth a try.} 40. Bc3 Kg8) 40. Bb4 Nd5 41. Bf3 Rf2 (41... Rg7 $142 42. Bc5 Kg6) 42. Bxd5 cxd5 {KR-KB} 43. Bc5 a6 44. b4 Kg6 45. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Kf5 46. b5 axb5 47. axb5 {White mates.} Ke6 48. b6 Kd7 49. Kb3 Kc6 50. c4 dxc4+ 51. Kxc4 Rf4 52. e6 Re4 53. e7 Kd7 54. b7 Kc7 {[#]} 55. Bd6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxb7 (55... Kxd6 56. b8=Q+) 56. Be5 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,82,47,74,74,25,28,34,25,24,42,41,28,0,0,0,0,0,64,62,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-12,-16,-14,-46,-22,-45,-42,-68,-55,-203,-203,-253,-228,-258,-233,-439,-466,-597,-503,-706,-712,-875,-856,-1187,-971,-1115,-1038,-1329,-1254,-2435,-2341]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. O-O Nc6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nf6 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6.} 13. Qe3 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ng4 14. Qc3+ f6 15. Na3 e5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Nb5 Bf5 18. Qc7 Rf7 19. Bd5 Rc8 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Nxa7 {1-0 (45) Enders,P (2448)-Weichelt,J (2073) Radebeul 2016}) 14. Qxb6 axb6 {White is slightly better.} 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Nb5 Ra5 19. Nd4 Bd5 (19... Bd7 $1 $11) 20. a4 e5 21. b4 (21. Bxd5 $14 Rxd5 22. Nb5) 21... Raa8 $11 22. Nb5 e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 23. Bg2 Rc4 24. Rfb1 Bc6 $1 25. Na3 Rc3 26. a5 bxa5 27. b5 Bd5 28. b6 a4 29. Nb5 Rb3 {Threatens to win with ...Rb8.} 30. Nc7 Rb8 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Bc6.} 31. Rd1 {White does not recover from this.} ({White should try} 31. Nxd5 $15 Rxb1+ 32. Rxb1 Nxd5 33. Ra1) 31... Bc6 $19 32. g4 h6 (32... R3xb6 33. g5 $19) 33. h4 Nxg4 ({But not} 33... R8xb6 34. g5 $19) 34. Rd6 $2 (34. Nd5 {was the only chance.}) 34... R8xb6 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Bf1 a3 36. h5 gxh5 37. e3 Ne5 38. Kh2 Rb2 39. Kg3 {[#]} h4+ $1 40. Kf4 (40. Kxh4 Rb1) 40... Ng6+ 41. Kg4 Rxf2 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,158,-39,-39,-31,-33,-34,-31,-28,-34,-32,-30,-35,-16,-39,-23,-34,-24,-38,-9,-9,0,-20,0,-9,-9,-12,-12,-22,-18,-54,0,-2,-11,-14,0,-12,2,-7,-2,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,22,15,14,23,23,22,20,21,18,43,0,0,-29,-55,-33,-42,-43,-7,-7,-6,-6,-6,-7,-4,-7,-7,-7,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-7,0,-7,-7,-7,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-12837,-12837,-12837,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12851,-27999,-27999,-27999,-27999,-27999,-27999,-27999,-27999,-27999,-27996,-27994,-27995,-27995,-27996,-27995]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O e5 7. Nc3 Be6 8. d3 Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bc3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} f6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Nd2 {Black is slightly better.} Be6 {[#]} 14. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nc4 Rab8 15. Qb3 Nb4 16. Rfc1 b6 17. Qd1 Rfd8 18. h4 Nc6 19. Kh2 Nd4 20. b3 {1-0 (93) Abramovic,B (2457)-Brenjo,S (2482) Palic 2014}) 14... Rab8 15. Qa4 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Kf8 17. Kf1 Rc7 (17... Kf7 {keeps more tension.} 18. Nc4 Kg8 19. Kg1 Qd8 20. Rd1 Qf8) 18. Nc4 Nd4 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Ra3 Nb5 21. Ra2 Be6 22. Raa1 Nd4 {White should prevent ...Nb3.} 23. Nd2 Rbc8 24. e3 Nb3 (24... Nb5 $15) 25. Nxb3 $11 Bxb3 26. Ke2 Bd6 27. Bd2 Ke7 28. Rc3 Be6 29. Rac1 c4 30. dxc4 Bxc4+ 31. Ke1 b5 32. axb6 axb6 33. Ra1 Bb4 34. Rc2 Bxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Bb3 36. Rxc7+ Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 37. Be4 h6 38. Ra6 b5 39. Rb6 Bc4 40. h4 Rd7+ 41. Ke1 Rd6 42. Bc6 Kd8 43. Ra6 $1 Kc7 44. Bb7 $1 Rxa6 (44... Rd3 {is interesting.} 45. Bf3 Rb3 46. Ra7+ Kd6 47. Bd1 Rxb2 48. Rxg7 b4) 45. Bxa6 $15 {KB-KB} Kb6 (45... Kc6 $5 46. Bc8 $8 Kc5 $11) 46. Bc8 Kc5 47. Kd2 Kb4 48. Bf5 Kb3 49. Kc1 Be2 50. Bc2+ Kc4 51. Kd2 Bf3 52. Bd3+ Kc5 53. Kc3 b4+ 54. Kd2 Bd5 55. Ke2 Bc4 {[#] aiming for ...e4.} 56. Kd2 Bxd3 57. Kxd3 $11 {KP-KP} Kd5 58. b3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (58. e4+ $11 Kc5 59. h5) 58... e4+ $1 $19 59. Ke2 h5 $2 (59... Ke5 $19 60. h5 Kf5) 60. Kf1 $1 $11 Ke5 {...Kf5 is the strong threat.} 61. Kg2 $1 Kf5 {Hoping for ...Kg4.} 62. Kh3 g5 (62... g6 $5) 63. g4+ Kg6 64. Kg3 hxg4 65. Kxg4 f5+ 66. Kg3 Kh5 67. hxg5 Kxg5 68. f3 exf3 $1 69. Kxf3 {KPP-KPP} Kg6 70. Ke2 Kf6 71. Kd3 Ke5 72. Kc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72. Kc2 $11) 72... Ke4 73. Kxb4 {Black mates.} Kxe3 {KP-KP} 74. Kc5 f4 75. b4 f3 76. b5 f2 77. b6 f1=Q {( -> ...Qa6)} 78. b7 Qf8+ 79. Kc6 Qb8 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,87,10,14,15,21,16,20,0,18,0,0,0,29,32,21,12,54,58,46,49,46,52,47,43,81,81,89,93,116,109,106,110,96,110,114,119,162,155,163,155,155,155,155,72,143,85,93,87,84,45,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Ng3 Re8 11. d5 {E29: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...0-0 6 e3 c5 7 Bd3 Nc6.} e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. f3 Nf6 15. e4 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd7 16. Rb1 Ne5 17. Be2 Qc7 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bd3 Nb6 20. f5 f6 21. Rf4 Ba6 {1-0 (48) Davidov,A (2379)-Dushin,A (2418) ICCF email 2005}) 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bb5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for Qxd5. White has some pressure.} Rd8 {[#]} 19. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Qxd5.} Be6 (19... Qxg5 20. Qxd8+) 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Rfd1 Bb3 22. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Bxc5 Nxc3 25. Bf1 a5 {[#]} 26. Bb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6d8]} Ra8 {[#]} 27. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c3]} Na2 28. Rc7 a4 29. Bd3 h6 30. Be4 Rb8 31. Ba5 (31. g4 $142) 31... g6 (31... Be6 $142) 32. g4 ({White should play} 32. Bd2) 32... Be6 $16 33. Bc2 Nc1 34. Bxa4 Ra8 35. Rxc1 {aiming for Rc5.} (35. Bb4 {with more complications.} Rxa4 36. Rxc1 Ra6 37. Kf2 f5 38. Kg3) 35... Rxa5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. The position is equal.} 36. Bc6 Rxa3 37. Kf2 g5 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. h4 Ra5 40. Be4 Kf6 41. Rc6 Kg7 42. Rc1 Kf6 43. Rc6 Kg7 44. Rc1 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,69,-8,-5,-35,-11,-59,-22,-25,25,20,67,62,72,77,124,84,73,64,314,313,293,308,343,357,356,359,367,356,347,353,330,339,535,521,524,539,537,537,523,522,503,0,535,452,99,99,29973,29951,5160,2477,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 {8.h4 is the fancy move.} Ba6 9. h4 {C45: Scotch Game.} (9. b3 g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rfe8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Na3 c6 19. Nc2 a5 20. Rd1 Kf8 {½-½ (82) Nepomniachtchi,I (2732)-Ding,L (2783) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 9... f6 10. Rh3 fxe5 11. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e7] The position is equal.} Nf6 12. Re3 d6 13. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3c6] [#]} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb7 14. Rb3 O-O-O 15. g3 d5 16. Qf5+ Kb8 17. cxd5 Ka8 18. dxc6 Bxc6 {0-1 (66) Szczesny,D-Polaczek,R Belgium 1988}) 14. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1a4] And now Qa4 would win.} d5 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. cxd5 cxd5 $2 (16... O-O-O $1 $14) 17. Bxf6 $1 $18 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bb5+ $1 ({Don't go for} 19. Qxd5 $2 Bb4+ 20. Rc3 (20. Kd1 $2 Rd8 $19) 20... Bxc3+ $19) 19... Bc6 20. Rxe4+ Be7 {Threatens to win with ...0-0!} 21. Qd5 $1 Rd8 22. Bxc6+ (22. Qxc6+ Qxc6 23. Bxc6+ Kf7 $16) 22... Kf8 23. Qc4 $1 Bd6 (23... Qxb2 $142 24. Rc1 g6) 24. Rd1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3f3,Bf3f7][%mdl 32] Rd3 is the strong threat.} g6 25. Rd3 {Black must now prevent Rf3!} Kg7 26. Rf3 Qxb2 27. Rf7+ $1 Kh6 {aiming for ...Rhf8.} 28. g4 $2 (28. Kf1 $18 {Hoping for g4.} Bf4 29. Rfxf4 Rd1+ 30. Re1) 28... Qb1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Qa1+ $11 29. Ke2 Bb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. g5+ Kh5) 29. Ke2 {White threatens Qd4 and mate.} Bb4 {[#] ( -> ...Qd1+)} 30. Rd4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} ({But not} 30. g5+ $6 Kh5 $11) 30... Rhe8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Qb2+ $16 31. Ke3 Bd2+ 32. Kd3 Rxd4+ 33. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 34. Kxd4 g5) 31. Kf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qh1+ {[#]} 32. Kg3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatening mate with g5+.} Qg1+ {[#]} 33. Kh3 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Re3+ 34. fxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Bf3 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,142,0,2,-15,-8,-24,-14,-4,0,-17,-3,-21,0,0,17,-12,16,20,20,18,23,12,38,31,27,33,76,70,56,82,75,16,47,8,16,7,24,0,0,0,0,0,86,86,91,86,85,87,137,141,208,112,120,120,110,113,107,120,120,119,115,112,114,112,120,115,118,113,122,112,137,120,213,222,221,200,199,176,176,169,188,145,148,144,164,77,83,84,83,73,97,8,8,8,20,8,8,0,31,6,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,3,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,-8,-8]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} Bd6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 f5 10. d3 Kh8 11. O-O {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. Rb1 b6 13. Nd2 Qe8 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. e3 Rc8 16. a4 Na5 17. Nxa5 bxa5 {1-0 (47) Gurevich,M (2643)-Han,H (2221) Izmir 2006}) 12. Bb2 Qe8 13. Nd2 b6 14. e3 Bb7 15. Rae1 Na5 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. f4 exf4 18. exf4 Qh5 19. Nf3 Rbb8 20. c4 Rfe8 21. Qc3 (21. Qa4 $16) 21... Bf8 22. Kg2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} c5 $1 23. Ne5 Rbd8 24. h3 {Strongly threatening g4.} Kg8 25. Qc2 Qh6 26. Qa4 Rc8 (26... Qd6 $11) 27. Qd7 $16 {[%mdl 64] Threatens to win with Qf7+. Double Attack} Qe6 28. Qxa7 Red8 {[#]} 29. Qa6 $1 Nc6 {next ...Nxe5 is good for Black.} 30. Qxb6 Rb8 (30... Qd6 $16 {might work better.} 31. Re2 g6) 31. Qxc6 (31. Nxc6 $18 Rxb6 32. Rxe6 Rxb2+ 33. Rf2 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxd3 35. a4) 31... Rxb2+ 32. Rf2 Qxc6+ 33. Nxc6 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Ra1 Rd6 36. Ne5 Ra6 37. a4 Bd6 38. Kf3 Kf8 39. g4 fxg4+ 40. Nxg4 Kf7 41. Ke4 Bc7 (41... g6 $16 42. f5 gxf5+ 43. Kxf5 Bc7) 42. Ne5+ $18 Ke6 43. f5+ Ke7 44. a5 Kf6 45. Nd7+ Kf7 46. Rb1 {Rb7 is the strong threat.} Ke7 47. Nxc5 Rxa5 48. Nd3 (48. Kd5 $18 {is more deadly.}) 48... g6 $16 49. fxg6 hxg6 50. c5 Ke6 {[#]} 51. Rg1 ({White should try} 51. Kd4 $1 $16) 51... Ra4+ $11 52. Ke3 Kf5 53. Rf1+ Ke6 54. Rg1 Kf5 55. Rb1 Re4+ {The position is equal.} 56. Kf3 Rh4 57. Rf1 Ke6 58. Kg2 g5 59. Re1+ Kd7 60. Nf2 Kc6 61. Rc1 Rd4 62. Rc2 Ba5 63. Kf3 Rf4+ 64. Ke3 Rh4 65. Kf3 Bb4 66. Ne4 Rxh3+ 67. Kg2 g4 68. Nf2 {[#]} Rc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 69. Rxc3 Bxc3 70. Nxg4 Kxc5 71. Nf6 Bxf6 {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,82,0,0,-11,0,-19,-21,-29,-27,-23,-10,-28,-31,-30,-28,-40,-39,-31,-29,-102,-72,-92,-65,-60,-21,-22,-23,-24,-22,-23,-18,-40,-33,-43,-36,-42,-36,-28,-49,-35,-32,-41,-13,-64,-59,-81,-19,-68,-72,-148,-148,-148,-125,-148,-148,-148,-148,-165,0,0,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d6 6. Re1 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a3 {[#] A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. Rb1 Be6 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Nc4 Qd7 13. Ne3 Ng4 14. Ncd5 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Qf7 {1-0 (28) Telljohann,S (2408)-Vettel,M (2289) Germany 2004}) 10. h3 b5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Ne2 Qd7 14. Kh2 d5 15. Nc3 Rac8 16. Bg5 {Hoping for Bxf6.} dxe4 17. Ndxe4 (17. dxe4 $11 b4 18. Ne2) 17... Nxe4 $17 18. dxe4 f5 19. Nd5 {And now Ne7+ would win.} Bxd5 (19... Rce8 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 20. c3 fxe4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 21. cxd4 cxd4 22. Ne7+ (22. Nb6 $2 Qd6 $17) 22... Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Rxf2 $17) 20. exd5 {Black should prevent c3.} c4 21. Be3 c3 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. b4 f4 24. Qd3 fxg3+ 25. fxg3 Rf2 {...Qxd5 is the strong threat.} 26. Re2 $1 {[%cal Re2f2]} Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Re8 28. Be4 $1 Be5 {Threatening ...Qd6.} 29. Qg2 ({White should try} 29. Re1 $11) 29... Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 30. Re1 Qd8 (30... Qe7 $17) 31. Re2 Qg5 32. Qf3 {[#]} (32. Bd3 $142 Rxe2 33. Bxe2) 32... h5 $1 $17 33. Kg2 h4 34. Bd3 Rxe2+ ({But not} 34... Qxg3+ $6 35. Qxg3 Rxe2+ 36. Qf2 $11) 35. Bxe2 hxg3 36. Qe4 Kg7 $2 ({Better is} 36... Qf5 $19 {( -> ...Qf2+)} 37. Qxf5 gxf5) 37. Qxd4+ $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qf6 (37... Be5 $11 38. Qe4 Qf5 39. Qxf5 gxf5) 38. Qxf6+ $1 $14 Kxf6 39. Bg4 $1 Ke5 40. Bc8 Kxd5 41. Bxa6 ({White should play} 41. Bb7+ $1 $14 Kc4 42. h4) 41... Kc6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,84,15,-5,-15,-5,-33,-35,-21,0,0,0,0,0,-2,5,6,17,0,0,-25,31,-3,15,12,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,4,22,19,22,-15,-14,-16,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5] D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} Bb7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 {Black is slightly better.} c5 {[#]} (10... b4 {feels hotter.} 11. Ne4 c5 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. dxc5 Qxd3 14. Bxd3 Nd7) 11. axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Qb1 b4 14. Ne4 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 b3+ 16. Nd2 Bxc5 17. Ke2 {0-1 (26) Tunik,G (2404)-Ponkratov,P (2595) Kazan 2016}) 11... axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Qxb5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 15. f3 O-O 16. Qa4 h6 (16... Qb8 $11) 17. Bh4 Nc5 18. Qxa8 Rxa8 19. Be2 g5 20. Bf2 Ra1+ 21. Nd1 Nd5 22. O-O Rb1 23. Bc4 Bf6 24. Ba2 Rc1 25. Ne2 Rc2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 26. Nd4 Rc1 {And now ...Ba6 would win.} 27. Nb3 (27. Nc3 $5 {[%cal Rf1c1]} Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 $11) 27... Nxb3 28. Bxb3 Ba6 29. Re1 Nb4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nd3.} 30. Nc3 $1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Nd3 {The position is equal.} 32. Bd2 Nxb2 33. Ne4 Bg7 34. Bc3 Bxc3 35. Nxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Nd3 36. Bc2 Ne5 37. Kf2 Bd3 38. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 39. Ke2 Ne5 40. Ne4 Kg7 41. f4 gxf4 42. exf4 Ng6 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,118,23,22,23,10,12,20,33,29,39,20,0,0,-52,-60,-66,-36,-96,-115,-100,-98,-98,-99,-98,-98,-107,-100,-91,-68,-79,-72,-92,-91,-91,-92,-91,-90,-74,-58,-70,-54,-62,-59,-61,-62,-62,-63,-96,-84,-95,-85,-94,-82,-111,-111,-118,-118,-118,-93,-93,-94,-134,-134,-143,-141,-193,-193,-197,-172,-170,-142,-196,-205,-194,-141,-243,-242,-237,-224,-325,-219,-307,-205,-201,-195,-192,0,-127,-116,-1009,-1045,-1007,-968,-901,-836,-1018,-953,-1045,-1014,-883,-860,-4714,-4710,-5073,-5047]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. Nf4 Nc5 9. h4 {A86: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: Unusual lines and 5 Nh3.} e5 10. dxe6 Nxe6 11. Nxe6 {The position is equal.} Bxe6 12. Bxb7 Rb8 {[#]} 13. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd5 Qd7 14. O-O c6 15. Bxe6+ Qxe6 16. Qd3 Ng4 17. b3 Ne5 18. Qe3 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 {0-1 (34) Ruckschloss,K (2202)-Komora,A (2294) Slovakia 2019}) 13... Bxc4 14. Qa4 ({White should try} 14. b3 $11 Nh5 15. Bb2) 14... d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 15. O-O Ne4 16. Nxe4 (16. Rd1 $15) 16... fxe4 $17 17. Qc2 Qe8 18. b3 Bxe2 $1 19. Qxe2 Bxa1 20. Ba3 Bd4 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 {[#]} 22. Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 ({Weaker is} 22... dxe4 23. Qc4+ Qf7 24. Qxd4 $16) 23. Rd1 Qxg3+ 24. Kf1 {[#]} Qh3+ $1 25. Bg2 Qxh4 {aiming for ...Rf8!} 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Qf3 Bg7 28. Qg3 Qe7 29. Re1 Qc5 30. Bc4 Rf8 31. Kg2 Bd4 {[%cal Rf8f2]} 32. f3 Kg7 33. Qh4 {Threatening mate with Re7+.} Bf6 34. Qg4 Rd8 35. Qe6 Qg5+ 36. Qg4 h5 (36... Qa5 {is more complex.} 37. Qe6 Rd2+ 38. Re2 Rxe2+ 39. Bxe2 Qg5+) 37. Qxg5 Bxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. a4 Bf4 39. a5 Kf6 40. a6 (40. Re6+ $17 {was called for.} Kg5 41. Kf1) 40... Be5 $19 41. Re3 Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rd4 43. Re1 (43. Rc2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 43... g5 44. Re3 Rh4 (44... Rd2+ $19 45. Re2 Rd1) 45. Rd3 (45. Re2 $17) 45... Rh2+ 46. Kg1 Rb2 47. Rd7 (47. Kf1 $142) 47... h4 48. Rh7 (48. Rf7+ {was forced.} Kg6 49. Re7) 48... Kf5 {White must now prevent ...Kf4.} 49. Rf7+ Kg6 {And now ...h3 would win.} 50. Re7 Kf5 ({Better is} 50... Bd4+ $19 51. Kh1 Rf2) 51. Rf7+ $1 $17 {[#]} Bf6 $1 52. Rxc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (52. Bd5 $17) 52... Bd4+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 53. Kf1 h3 54. Rh7 Rf2+ 55. Ke1 h2 56. Be2 Rg2 57. Kd2 Be5 58. f4 Kg6 59. Rh3 Bxf4+ {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,78,34,24,33,38,33,25,32,50,44,31,55,55,55,61,55,52,49,66,66,64,66,66,77,67,66,54,68,41,41,44,40,35,52,53,40,22,23,32,95,70,100,91,152,152,152,152,154,160,223,216,216,93,93,69,262,262,262,262,160,0,262,0,262,0,270]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 ({But not} 8. Kxd2 d5 $17) 8... d5 {C64: Ruy Lopez: Classical Defence (3...Bc5) except 4 0-0 Nf6.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 {White has an edge.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6 14. Ne5 Bd5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 Qxd4 17. b3 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rfd8) 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Rfd8 20. g3 g6 21. Re7 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd6 24. Qe3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} a5 25. Qe5 (25. h4 {is more complex.} Rd8 26. Re5 a4 27. bxa4 Qc6+ 28. Kh2) 25... Qc6+ 26. Qe4 Qxe4+ (26... Qd6 $14) 27. Rxe4 {KR-KR} Rd8 28. Rc4 Rd2 {[#]} ({Better is} 28... Rd7) 29. a4 $1 $16 ({Don't play} 29. Rxc7 $6 Rxa2 30. Ra7 Ra3 $11) 29... Rd3 30. Rxc7 Rxb3 31. Rc5 Ra3 (31... Kg7 $16 32. Rxa5 Kf6 33. Ra6+ Ke7) 32. Rxa5 $18 h5 33. h4 (33. Ra8+ $18 {has better winning chances.} Kg7 34. a5) 33... Kg7 34. Ra6 Kf8 $2 ({Black should try} 34... f6 $14 35. Ra7+ Kh6) 35. a5 Kg7 36. Ra8 Kf6 {[#]} 37. Ra6+ (37. Ra7 $1 $16) 37... Kg7 $1 38. Ra8 Kf6 39. Ra6+ Kg7 $1 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 74%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,18,18,16,37,35,32,35,35,38,33,30,48,42,45,31,26,23,27,11,6,10,14,10,11,0,0,0,28,23,72,65,109,111,116,112,103,116,198,179,193,192,283,202,209,170,179,178,172,170,170,170,170,170,193,147,147,150,151,143,149,152,469,456,457,446]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Nd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Bxa3 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4.} 11. Qxc3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bxc4 O-O {[#]} 14. d5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14. O-O Bb7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Nd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. b4 a6 20. Qa3 {½-½ (34) Tomashevsky,E (2706)-Predke,A (2650) Izhevsk 2019}) 14... e5 15. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} a5 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. b3 Qb6 18. Ra2 Rfc8 19. e4 Rc5 20. Rfa1 Qd8 21. b4 axb4 22. Rxa8 ({Much less strong is} 22. Qxb4 $6 Rb8 $14) 22... Bxa8 23. Qxb4 h6 (23... f5 $16) 24. Ra6 Nf6 25. Bf1 Kh7 (25... Qc8 {was called for.} 26. Rb6 (26. Rxd6 Rc1 $16) 26... Nd7) 26. Ra7 Rc8 27. Rxf7 Rb8 28. Qa3 {[#] Hoping for Qa7.} Rb7 29. Rxb7 Bxb7 30. Nc4 Ne8 31. Qa7 Qc7 32. Na5 Bc8 33. Qxc7 Nxc7 34. Nc4 Ne8 35. Nb6 Bg4 $2 (35... Bb7 $16 36. Be2 Kg6) 36. f3 $18 Bh5 37. Nc8 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,75,17,15,15,14,15,18,10,18,15,11,11,16,18,5,13,16,4,5,22,35,34,28,39,21,23,21,30,34,52,60,53,49,69,79,74,80,210,220,307,293,270,279,475,468,472,462,437,399,429,376,602,525,439,183,487,462,880,872,851,841,789,756,733,730,6179,5520]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 {6...h6 gains popularity. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6 {The position is equal.} 9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 Rfe8 {[#]} 17. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qc2 Qb5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. d5 Ba5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Red1 h5 22. h4 Bb6 23. Bg5 {½-½ (36) Kadric,D (2522)-Tan,J (2481) Paracin 2018}) 17... c5 18. Rad1 c4 19. Qc2 Ba5 20. Re2 $1 b5 21. d5 Rac8 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Ndf5 h5 {[#] Now Black is done in.} (23... g6 $16) 24. Bd4 $1 $18 {Threatens to win with Qc1.} g6 25. f4 gxf5 26. Nxf5 Nxe4 $2 (26... a3 27. bxa3 (27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Nh6+ Kh8 $16) 27... Neg4) 27. Nh6+ {[%mdl 64] Zwischenzug} ({Weaker is} 27. Rxe4 Qxf5 28. fxe5 Qh7 $16) (27. Qxe4 $2 Ng6 $19) (27. fxe5 Qxf5 28. Rxe4 Qh7 $16) 27... Kh7 {Strongly threatening ...Nd3.} 28. fxe5 ({Wrong is} 28. Rxe4 $2 Nd3 $19) 28... dxe5 29. Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Worse is} 29. Rxe4 exd4 30. Rxe8+ d3 $11) 29... Kxh6 30. Bxe5 f5 $2 (30... Bd8 31. Qf3 Bg5) 31. Qf4+ Kh7 32. Rf1 (32. Qf3 $142 Qf7 33. d6) 32... Bc7 $2 (32... c3) 33. Rfe1 {Hoping for Bxc7.White is clearly winning.} Bxe5 (33... Rxe5 $142 34. Rxe5 Re8 35. Rxe8 Bxf4 36. R8e7+ Qxe7 37. Rxe7+ Kg6) 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Rf8 36. Re6 {Threatening mate with Qh6+.} Qg7 37. d6 Rf7 {[#]} 38. d7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,131,49,62,58,87,15,15,20,11,25,30,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-4,-10,0,-17,-16,-13,-25,-33,-26,-47,-59,-32,0,-110,-110,-91,-101,-91,-133,-102,-36,-58,-60,-82,-43,-36,-55,-36,-64,-66,-56,-57,-57,-58,0,-74,-99,-108,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Kg1 {D88: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: 10 Be3 cxd4 11 cxd4.} Rc8 17. dxe5 (17. d5 $16) 17... Bxe5 $11 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {[#]} 19. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rb1 b6 20. Rc1 Kf7 21. Bf4 Ke6 22. Bxe5 Kxe5 23. Rc7 Rd2 24. Kf1 Rxa2 25. Re7+ Kf6 26. Rxa7 h6 {½-½ (26) Jussupow,A (2605)-Braun,A (2491) Pulvermuehle 2006}) 19... Nc6 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd4 22. Bh6 Rxe4 23. Rf1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf1f8]} Re8 24. h3 Ne5 25. Kh2 Nf7 26. Bf4 Re2 27. a3 Re4 28. Bd2 Ne5 29. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf1f8]} Nf7 30. Bd2 Ne5 31. Bb4 Nc6 32. Bf8 Nd8 33. Bc5 {And now Rf8+ would win.} b6 34. Bd6 {Threatens to win with Rf8+.} Ne6 35. Rc1 Rd4 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Bb8 Rd7 38. Be5 Rd8 39. Rc6 Rd3 40. Bb2 Ke7 41. Rc8 Rd2 42. Bc1 Rd8 43. Rc4 Rd5 44. Be3 Kd7 45. h4 (45. Ra4 $11) 45... Rd3 $17 46. Bc1 Rd4 47. Rxd4+ Nxd4 {KB-KN} 48. Bb2 Ne2 (48... Ne6 $1 $17) 49. g3 {Black must now prevent Kg2.} Ke6 50. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2f2] [#] aiming for Kf2.} Kd5 $1 51. Kf3 Nd4+ 52. Ke3 Ne6 53. h5 a5 54. Kd3 Nc5+ 55. Ke3 Kc4 (55... b5 $15 56. Bf6 Kc4) 56. Bf6 {[#]} (56. Kf4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 56... b5 $1 57. Kf4 b4 ({Black should try} 57... Ne6+ $17 58. Ke3 Nc7) 58. axb4 $11 {The position is equal.} axb4 {...Kd3 is the strong threat.} 59. Ba1 b3 60. hxg6 hxg6 61. Kg5 Ne4+ 62. Kxg6 Nxg3 63. g5 Ne4 64. Kf5 Nxg5 65. Kxg5 b2 66. Bxb2 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,82,16,18,11,25,25,16,2,10,3,4,4,22,20,15,0,26,24,25,26,22,22,35,3,8,8,6,6,0,0,8,12,6,10,31,1,17,9,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ (5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c4 13. h4 g4 14. h5 Nbd7 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. Qc1 Nb6 17. Bxh6 Na4 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. f3 {1-0 (39) Carlsen,M (2870)-Anand,V (2757) Kolkata 2019}) 5... Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 7.Bd2. Played by Magnus Carlsen in July 2020. D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Re8 8. Bd2 Bf8 9. a3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nxd5 {[#]} 13. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qh4 15. O-O-O g6 16. Be4 Bg7 17. Qa4 Qe7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. h4 {0-1 (36) Navara,D (2703)-Grischuk,A (2764) Hamburg 2019}) 13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f3]} 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Rd1 (17. Qf4 {with more complications.} Bd6 18. Bc4 Bxf4 19. Bxd5 c6 20. Be4) 17... Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxa4 19. Bxb7 Bxd1 20. Bxa8 Bg4 21. Bc6 Rd8 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rd8d1] [#]} 22. f3 Be6 23. Bd4 a6 {The position is equal.} 24. Kf2 g6 25. Rc1 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Ke2 a5 $1 28. a4 Kh6 29. Rc5 Rb8 30. Kf2 Rxb2+ 31. Kg3 Rb6 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 {KR-KR} Rb4 34. Rxa5 c5 35. Rxc5 Rxa4 36. e4 Kg7 37. Rc7 Ra5 38. Rd7 Rb5 39. Rc7 Ra5 40. Rd7 Rb5 41. Rc7 Ra5 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,96,21,4,10,10,43,20,47,47,51,46,48,50,50,47,50,31,47,16,26,22,24,22,26,28,23,22,168,175,166,154,157,157,158,163,164,145,180,180,178,175,172,146,146,151,200,220,213,206,201,217,216,224,225,207,210,210,221,215,270,263,279,277,270,272,349,335,311,285,338,336,333,341,366,356,501,495,486,479,485,388,374,374,415,390,350,0,8]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} 7. O-O Bc5 8. Rd1 d4 9. e5 {[#]} Nfd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... dxc3 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. d4 Bd6 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Be3 f5 {1-0 (40) Wagner,D (2581)-Srihari,L (2414) chess.com INT 2020}) 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. d3 {Black must now prevent Bh6!} Bh4 13. Qf4 c5 14. Nd6 Be7 15. Nxb7 Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b7]} 16. Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nc6 17. Nc4 Ndxe5 18. Qg3 Bf6 (18... Rad8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 19. Bf4 $18 Rad8 20. Kh1 {Threatens to win with Bf3.} Kh8 21. Bf3 {[#] Hoping for Bxc6.} g5 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Bxc6 ({But not} 23. Qxg5 $6 f6 $16) 23... Bf6 24. Re1 Qxc6 25. Nxe5 Qb7 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Nxf3 ({Resist} 27. gxf3 Bg7 $16) 27... c4 28. dxc4 d3 29. cxd3 Rxd3 30. Rab1 a5 31. b3 Kg7 32. Red1 Rfd8 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Rc1 Bd8 35. Kg1 Bc7 36. Kf1 e5 37. Ke2 e4 38. Nd2 f5 39. Rd1 Bb6 40. g4 Kf6 41. gxf5 Kxf5 42. Nxe4 Rxd1 (42... Rxh3 $142 43. Nd6+ Kg4) 43. Ng3+ Kf4 44. Kxd1 Bxf2 45. Nh5+ Kg5 46. Ke2 Bb6 47. Ng3 Kf4 48. Nh5+ $2 {[#]} (48. Nh1 $18) 48... Kg5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,107,0,-5,-1,0,12,16,18,28,18,19,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-24,0,7,15,0,35,32,21,31,29,25,12,25,20,8,17,-16,-14,-50,-56,-72,-65,-72,-67,-149,-156,-168,-168,-152,-150,-151,-146,-184,-135,-193,-150,-166,-97,-508,-134,-216,-200,-206,-206,-203,-33,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1635,-721,-12841,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 c6 6. Nc3 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 7. h3 O-O 8. Bf4 g6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. g4 Be6 $1 {[#]} 13. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be2 Qxb3 14. Nxb3 a5 15. Rc1 a4 16. Nd2 a3 17. b3 Bb4 18. Bh6 Rfc8 19. Kd1 {0-1 (28) Korchagin,O (1957)-Bracker,A (2227) Riga 2019}) 13... Qxb3 14. Nxb3 a5 15. Nd2 a4 16. a3 b5 17. f3 Nb6 18. Ke2 Ra7 19. Bc2 Rfa8 20. Rhc1 b4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Bd3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. e4 a3 25. bxa3 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. Ndb1 Rb3 28. Bh6 Ne8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 29. Rc2 f5 30. Bd2 fxe4 31. fxe4 h5 32. Ra2 (32. Kd1 $15) 32... hxg4 $17 33. hxg4 Bxg4+ 34. Ke3 Bf8 35. Kf4 Be6 36. Kg5 Kf7 37. Kh4 (37. Ra6 $17) 37... Nd6 38. Ra7+ Rb7 (38... Nb7 $19 39. Kg3 Be7) 39. Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Rxb7+ $17 {nothing else works.} Nxb7 40. Nd1) 39... Nb5 $2 (39... Rxb1 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] and Black stays clearly on top.} 40. Nxb1 Nxe4) 40. d5 (40. Ne2 $17) 40... cxd5 $19 41. exd5 Bf5 42. Nxb5 Be7+ $2 ({Much less strong is} 42... Bxb1 43. Nd6+ Bxd6 44. Rxd6 $17) ({Black should play} 42... Rxb5 $19 43. Ra7+ Kg8) 43. Bg5 $1 $15 {Threatens to win with N1c3.} Bxg5+ 44. Kxg5 {Hoping for Nd6+.} Rxb5 {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KRB-KRN} 45. Ra7+ Ke8 46. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b5]} Rb3 47. Ne2 Rb2 (47... Re3 $5 48. Nd4 $8 Re5 49. Nxf5 Rxf5+ 50. Kxg6 Rxd5 $11) 48. Nf4 c3 49. Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Ne6 $11) 49... c2 $19 50. Nxg6 Kd8 $2 ({Better is} 50... Be4 $19 51. Ne5 Rb1) 51. d6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Bxg6 52. Kxg6 {[#]} Rb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Rxc2 Rxd6+ 54. Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,63,-7,-12,-19,-47,-48,-49,-37,-52,-53,-52,-50,-54,-33,-28,-22,-35,-41,-39,-35,-22,-14,-27,-32,-37,0,-30,11,1,217,237,236,229,223,227,646,230,241,245,365,375,520,529,508,517,525,491,918,913,883,897]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Be6 {[#]} 8. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} 9. Nxd5 Qd8 $1 10. Ne3 Rc8 {Black is slightly better.} 11. b3 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O {[#]} 13. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe1 Qd7 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Nd4 16. Kh1 f5 17. Rc1 Bb8 18. Qf2 b6 19. Nc2 Nxc2 20. Rxc2 {½-½ (25) Dizdarevic,E (2527)-Tukmakov,V (2582) Solin/Split 2000}) 13... b5 14. Nd5 a6 15. e3 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nb4 17. Be4 Nxa2 18. Ra1 Nb4 19. Bc3 a5 (19... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 20. Bb7 Rb8 $15) 20. Qe2 Qb6 21. f4 Rfe8 $2 {[#] Now Black is done in.} (21... Rce8 $1 $11) 22. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 {And now ...f6 would win.} 24. fxe5 g6 $2 (24... Rc7) 25. Qf3 $2 (25. Qh3 {White wants to mate with e6!} Bxe5 {[#]} 26. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxf7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rf1+ Qf6 29. Rxf6+ Bxf6 30. Bxf6) 25... f5 (25... Bxe5 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Rf4 Qf6 28. Rxf6 Rf8 29. Qxg6 Bxf6 30. Bxf6+ Rxf6 31. Qxf6+) 26. exd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Re4 (26... Qxd6 $142 27. Qb7 (27. Rxa5 Nd5 $18) 27... Qc7 28. Qxb5 Nd5) 27. Qg2 {Black must now prevent Qh3.} Nd5 28. d3 {d7 is the strong threat.White is clearly winning.} Nxc3 29. dxe4 Nxe4 30. g4 c4 (30... Nxd6 $142 31. gxf5 Qb7) 31. gxf5 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,80,-12,-12,-9,-12,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-5,12,14,14,12,17,15,15,11,2,10,2,14,21,25,34,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,9,10,10,10,11,10,15,19,19,18,20,17,17,39,32,56,56,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-8,0,0,0,-5,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} 7. e3 Na5 8. Nd2 Bb4 {[#]} 9. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxc4 Qd5 10. Bxf6 Nxc4 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Qb3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Rxg7 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Rxg2 {0-1 (49) Hoang,T (2364)-Pratyusha,B (2294) Hyderabad 2018}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 b6 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. Ke2 Ke8 22. Rac1 Rd5 23. Nf3 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke7 25. g3 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Rd5 27. Rc4 Kf6 28. Ne1 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rc1 e5 31. Nd3 Bd6 32. f3 (32. Rc6 $5 {[%cal Rd3b4]} Ke7 33. Rb6 $14) 32... e4 {The position is equal.} 33. fxe4 fxe4 34. Nf2 Ke5 35. Rc8 f5 36. Re8+ Kf6 37. Rd8 Ke6 38. Re8+ Kf6 39. Rd8 Ke6 40. Re8+ Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,19,27,15,20,18,16,4,9,-12,0,-13,-13,-48,-19,-27,-13,-46,-8,-24,0,-23,-29,-23,-1,-12,2,3,17,12,25,27,24,29,29,20,33,20,29,-35,-47,-53,-46,-40,-47,-24,-30,-41,-66,-54,0,-42,-20,-24,-39,-63,-63,-61,-56,-130,-119,-29989,0,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Bg4 {6...Be6 is a critical line. Played by Anish Giri in June 2020.} 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} (8. Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Rhe8 14. Kb1 b6 15. h4 Kb7 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc5 18. hxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870) Chennai 2013}) 8... Nd7 9. Be3 (9. O-O {seems wilder.} f6 10. c3 Nf8 11. b4 Be7 12. Ne3) 9... f6 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Kb1 {[#]} Kb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf7 13. Nfd2 Kb8 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 f5 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Qf1 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 {½-½ (44) Sundararajan,K (2456)-Eden,J (2293) Paris 2016}) 13. Ncd2 Bb6 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. g4 Bf7 16. Nfd2 Nf8 17. f4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Ng6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rdf1 Be6 21. Qg3 Rhf8 22. Ne3 Qc5 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Nf5 (24. Qe1 $11) 24... Bxa2+ $15 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 25. Kxa2 Qa5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Kb1 {And now Nc4 would win.} Qxd2 27. h4 Rf7 28. h5 Nf4 29. g5 {g6 is the strong threat.} a5 (29... b5 $1 $15) 30. Ne3 Qb4 31. Nc4 a4 32. g6 hxg6 33. hxg6 Rf6 $1 ({Of course not} 33... Rf8 $6 34. Qg5 $14) 34. Rh8+ ({White should try} 34. Qg5 $15 Nxg6 35. Nxe5) 34... Ka7 $1 $17 35. Qg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Wrong is} 35. Nxe5 $2 a3 $19) (35. Rh2 $17) 35... Nxg6 $2 (35... Qe1+ {mates} 36. Ka2 {[#]} Nxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qe2 Nc1+ 38. Ka3 Qxe2 39. b3 Qxc2 40. Rh3 c5 41. Kxa4 Ka6 42. Na3 Qa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Rh8 Qxb3#) 36. Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Qg1+ $11 c5 37. Rc8) 36... Qe1+ {Black mates.} 37. Ka2 Rf1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Re1a1]} 38. Ka3 c5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,27,32,35,31,32,28,8,19,17,16,9,33,14,26,0,10,0,24,12,15,0,18,25,72,34,35,39,31,14,37,40,37,-11,18,-19,-11,-120,-28,-27,-17,-18,10,-29,-34,-28,-27,-31,-27,-39,-33,-208,-191,-174,-126,-126,-108,-164,0,-96,-81,-102,-3,-176,-176,-183,-170,-155,733,721,658,45,46,60,321,340,336,337,334,312,320,314,410,410,397,391,377,0,373,0,368,0,377]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} Bd7 7. e4 e5 8. dxe6 {White has an edge.} fxe6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Be3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxe4 17. Bh6 Rf7 {1-0 (48) Chatalbashev,B (2541)-Shirazi,K (2385) Lille 2015}) 12. b3 a6 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. h3 Nf7 15. Qd2 c5 16. Nf3 h6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qc2 g5 19. Rcd1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qe7 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Bd3 Nh5 22. g3 (22. b4 $5) 22... Rad8 {next ...Nd6 is good for Black.} 23. Qe2 (23. Be2 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... Nf6 (23... Qb7 $1 $17 24. Nfd2 Qe7) 24. Nfd2 $11 Nd6 25. Nxd6 $1 Rxd6 26. Bc2 (26. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]}) 26... Qb7 27. f3 Rfd8 28. Bf2 e4 29. fxe4 {With the idea e5.} e5 30. Nf3 $2 (30. g4 $15) 30... Nxe4 $19 {Hoping for ...Nc3.} 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Be1 Rf6 33. Qd3 (33. Nh2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 33... Rd6 $2 (33... Nd6 $19 34. Qh7+ Kf8) 34. Qe3 (34. Qe2 $11) 34... Rd8 35. h4 g4 (35... gxh4 $1 $17 36. gxh4 Rd6) 36. Nxe5 $2 (36. Nh2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 36... Bxe5 37. Qxh6 Bd4+ 38. Kh2 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxe4.} Bg7 $2 (38... Nf6 $1 $17 39. Rxf6 Bxf6 40. Qxf6 Re8 41. Qg6+ Qg7 42. Qxc6 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kg1 Rxe1+ 44. Kf2 Re7 45. Qc8+ Qf8+ 46. Qxf8+ Kxf8) 39. Qe6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 {[#]} 40. Rf7 $2 (40. Rf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5h5] White wants to mate with Rh5+.} Be8 41. Rd5 (41. Qxe4 Qxe4 42. Bxe4 Rd1 $14)) 40... Rd6 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd6e6]} 41. Qf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Qxf7 $1 $14 42. Qxf7 Nd2) 42. Qh5+ $18 ({And not} 42. Rxb7 Rxf5 43. Rxb6 Rf1 $17) 42... Rh6 43. Rxb7 {Rb8+ would kill now.} Rxh5 {[#]} 44. Rb8+ $1 ({Weaker is} 44. Rxb6 Be8 $11) 44... Kh7 45. Rxb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ba8 46. Rxa6 Bb7 47. Ra7 Bc6 48. Ra6 ({Resist} 48. Bc3 Rf5 $18) 48... Bb7 49. Ra7 Bc6 {intending ...Kg8.} 50. Ra6 Bb7 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 62%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,70,18,13,17,8,14,11,5,8,45,27,39,26,35,20,36,33,35,36,44,36,48,25,33,29,32,23,35,17,31,-12,-12,-12,-8,-4,-11,-22,-22,-16,-18,-20,-26,-37,-8,-52,-50,-49,-14,-71,-74,-1165,-1145,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29992,-29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. h3 a5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 8...a6 at the moment. Played by Magnus Carlsen in May 2020. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 11. Nf1 Nb8 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. Ng3 Re8 {[#]} 14. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nh2 c6 15. Nf5 d5 16. Qf3 Bf8 17. Ng4 Kh7 18. Be3 Nxg4 19. hxg4 g6 20. Ng3 {1-0 (87) Kollars,D (2503)-Thybo,J (2449) Stroebeck 2017}) 14... Bb6 15. Bd2 c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. c4 Ba5 19. Re2 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qa5 21. Nf5 Rad8 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd5 Nxe4 25. Qc2 Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 26. Nc3 a3 27. bxa3 Qxa3 28. Rb1 Rd7 29. Rb6 Qa5 30. Rb5 Qc7 31. Na4 (31. a4 $11 {remains equal.}) 31... Qd8 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rd1+.} 32. Nxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (32. Nc3 $17) 32... Rd1+ $19 33. Kh2 {[#]} Ng4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 34. Kg3 {[#]} (34. hxg4 Qh4#) 34... Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Nd7+ Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,77,31,31,8,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,18,7,12,2,100,80,142,142,256,76,76,86,85,67,67,44,37,23,123,-27,13,8,6,4,20,0,27,16,83,75,116,61,166,163,155,144,177,70,50,47,47,8,59,47,97,57,72,0,0,0,146,123,807,826,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5.} O-O 8. h4 c5 9. h5 {The position is equal.} Nc6 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Qe3 {Black should prevent Qf4.} Qd6 {[#]} 13. Qg5 $146 {Strongly threatening Qh4.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qh3 Nh6 16. Qg3 e5 17. d3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qe7 19. Bd6 Qf6 20. e5 Re8 21. Be2 Qd8 22. Qh4 f6 23. Qc4+ {1-0 (23) Dubov,D (2699)-Svidler,P (2723) chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Qe6 (13... Rd8 $11) 14. Qh4 $16 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh4h7]} Rd8 (14... f6 $142) 15. Bb5 $1 {d4! is the strong threat.} (15. Ng5 Qxa2 16. Rb2 Qa1 $19) 15... Rd6 (15... Ne5 $16 {was called for.}) 16. Ng5 $2 (16. d4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qxa2 17. Qh7+ (17. Rb2 Qa1 $18) 17... Kf8 18. O-O) 16... Qxa2 17. Rb2 Qa1 {[#]} 18. O-O $1 {Black must now prevent Bc4.} Ba6 $1 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. f4 Rf6 (20... Qd3 $1 $11) 21. Nh7 ({Better is} 21. d4 $16) 21... Qd3 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Re3 Qc4 (24... Qa6 {is interesting.} 25. Qg4 c4 26. Rh3 Qa1 27. Qd1 Rd3) 25. Qe1 Qe6 (25... Bh6 $11) 26. d3 Rd7 27. Rf2 (27. Rh3 $16) 27... Bf8 (27... b5 $14) 28. f5 $18 Qd6 29. Rh3 {And now fxg6 would win.} Ne5 {[#]} 30. Bf4 (30. Rd2 $1 $18) 30... g5 $1 $14 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Rc2 Bd6 ({Black should try} 32... b5 $11) 33. Qe2 Kf8 34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. Qh5 (35. Qf2 $16) 35... Qg3 $11 {[%cal Rg3e1]} 36. Rf2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Bf4 (36... Qe5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37. Qh6 $16 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh6f8]} Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rd8 $16 38. Rxd8 Kxd8) 38. Rc8 $18 {[%cal Rh6f6]} Rc7 39. Qxf6+ {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,89,18,15,66,56,89,87,75,55,64,64,54,62,56,62,57,57,57,56,56,63,51,59,52,33,28,36,30,27,76,75,124,120,144,112,135,119,358,355,332,104,153,76,83,83,104,105,124,34,61,0,0,0,50,0,4,0,23,-7,-3,-14,0,-77,0,0,0,-119,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Na6 12. Ne5 Qc8 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations.} (12... Re8 $11) 13. Bg5 $14 Rd8 14. e3 h6 {White is better.} 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 {[#]} 16. Nd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qh5 Qe6 17. Nd3 c6 18. b4 Nc7 19. a4 Qe7 20. Rb1 Bc8 21. Rfc1 g6 22. Qd1 {1-0 (59) Irwanto,S (2452)-Van den Doel,E (2579) Turin 2006}) 16... Qd7 17. b4 c6 18. a4 Nc7 19. Qb3 Ne6 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Qb1 Rc7 22. h4 g6 23. a5 bxa5 24. bxa5 Ba6 25. Na4 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rb7 27. Qc2 Rb5 28. Bh3 Be7 29. Rc3 ({Don't take} 29. Qxc6 Rxa5 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 $14) 29... Rxa5 $2 (29... Rc8 $16) 30. Rxc6 $18 {Bxe6 is the strong threat.} Bd6 {[#]} 31. Kg2 $2 (31. Rxd6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd6 32. Bxe6) 31... Kg7 {[#]} 32. Nb2 (32. h5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 32... Qe7 33. Nd3 Nf8 {[%cal Be6f8,Bf8h7,Bh7f6][%mdl 32]} 34. Nc5 Rb8 35. Qe2 (35. Bg4 $16) 35... Nh7 36. Nd7 ({Better is} 36. h5 $14) 36... Rd8 $11 37. Nc5 Nf6 (37... Rb8 {keeps more tension.}) 38. Kg1 (38. Bg4 $5) 38... Rb8 39. Bg2 Rab5 40. Nd3 a5 41. Ra6 R8b6 42. Ra8 {[#]} (42. Rxb6 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rxb6 43. Nc5) 42... Rb8 (42... Qb7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb7a8]} 43. Rcc8 a4) 43. Ra6 R8b6 44. Ra8 {[#]} (44. Rxb6 $11 Rxb6 45. Nc5) 44... Rb8 (44... Qb7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb7a8]} 45. Rac8 Rb1) 45. Ra6 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,126,9,13,0,19,20,20,25,28,25,26,19,32,25,33,33,31,17,16,20,44,42,46,43,52,49,58,57,63,18,29,28,35,35,33,-6,0,-7,-14,-25,-33,-27,-25,-27,-27,-108,-33,-15,0,0,0,0,137,173,97,157,131,137,325,354,352,351,338,329,314,316,306,300,268,314,269,256,226,219,218,200,181,40,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-800,-782,-807,-810,-704,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,818,-12843,-12843]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Bd3 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} b5 10. a3 c4 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 11. Be2 {The position is equal.} Nb6 12. O-O Bd7 {[#]} 13. Bd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Kh1 g6 14. Na2 Qc7 15. c3 a5 16. Ng5 a4 17. Rae1 Na5 18. Nc1 h6 19. Nh3 O-O-O 20. Bd1 Rdg8 21. Bc2 Nb3 22. Qe2 Kb7 23. Rf3 Qc8 24. Ref1 {½-½ (24) Lodi,L (1991)-Fur,K (1870) Hungary 2009}) 13... g6 14. h3 Qc7 15. Bf2 h6 16. Ne2 a5 17. c3 O-O-O 18. Bh4 (18. Bc2 {seems wilder.} Rdg8 19. Bg3 Kb7 20. Rab1 Ra8 21. Bh4) 18... Bxh4 19. Nxh4 Kb7 20. Nf3 Ra8 21. Bc2 Qd8 22. g4 Qe7 23. Ng3 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. f5 gxf5 {Black wants to play ...Ra2.} 27. gxf5 Ra2 28. Qc1 $1 bxc3 29. bxc3 Qa3 30. Bb1 (30. Qxa3 $11 Rxa3 31. Ne2) 30... Qxc1 (30... Rb2 $1 $17 31. fxe6 fxe6) 31. Rxc1 $15 Rb2 32. f6 Na4 33. Bh7 Na5 (33... Be8 $11) 34. Bg6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg6f7]} Nb3 (34... Be8 $18) 35. Re1 $1 Be8 36. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5d6]} fxg6 $2 (36... exf5 $2 37. e6 $18) (36... Kc6 $16 {was called for.} 37. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} fxg6 38. Nxe8 Kd7) 37. Nd6+ $18 Kc7 38. Nxe8+ Kd7 39. Nd6 g5 ({Not} 39... Nxc3 $2 40. f7 $18) 40. Nf5 $1 {Black must now prevent f7.} Ke8 ({Wrong is} 40... exf5 $2 41. e6+ Ke8 42. Ne5 $18) 41. Nxh6 Nxc3 42. Nxg5 Nxd4 43. f7+ Ke7 44. Ra1 {Intending Ra7+ and mate.} Nce2+ 45. Kf2 {White threatens Ra7+ and mate.} Nf4+ {[#]} 46. Kg3 ({White has to play} 46. Kf1 $1 $18 {White wants to mate with Ra7+.} Nc6 47. Ng8+ Kf8 48. Nf6) 46... Ng6 $1 $14 47. Ra7+ Kd8 {And now ...c3 would win.} 48. Ra8+ Kc7 {...c3 is the strong threat.} 49. Rg8 Ne2+ 50. Kf2 Nef4+ 51. Ke3 c3 52. Nxe6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Rxg6 $15 Nxg6 53. Nxe6+ Kd7 54. Nf4 d4+ 55. Ke4) 52... Nxe6 $19 53. Rxg6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} d4+ 54. Ke4 {[#]} Re2+ $2 (54... c2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 55. Rg1 Rb1) 55. Kf3 $1 $11 ({But not} 55. Kf5 $2 Nf8 $19) 55... Re3+ 56. Kg4 Nf8 57. Rg8 $1 {[%cal Rg8f8]} Nd7 58. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e3]} c2 59. Nxe3 c1=Q 60. Nd5+ Kb7 61. e6 Qd1+ 62. Kg5 Qd2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... Qc1+ $11 63. Kg4 Qd1+ 64. Kg5 Qg1+ 65. Kf5 Qf1+ 66. Nf4 Qb1+ 67. Kg5 Qg1+ 68. Kh6 Qe3 69. exd7 Qxf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 70. Kg7 Qg5+ 71. Kh7 Qf5+ 72. Kg7 Qxd7) 63. Kg6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (63. Nf4 $18 Nc5 64. Rg6) 63... Qg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Both players deserved the win here. Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,122,29,23,28,14,23,31,25,8,12,10,19,29,21,13,9,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,76,62,544,532,523,327,314,332,327,325,313,333,341,337,331,331,333,330,329,332,340,326,318,245,268,202,184,152,169,156,142,8,14,0,159,41,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29968,-29958,-29976,-29977,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29986,-29983,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 9. Nf3 Bg4 {With the idea ...Bxf3.} 10. d5 Bxf3 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. O-O-O c6 14. Qc3 f6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 15. f4 Nf7 $1 16. d6 exd6 17. h4 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... d5 18. h5 Qe7 19. exd5 Qe4 20. Rh4 cxd5 21. Bd3 Qf3 22. Qd2 Nd6 23. hxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (36) Biedermann,T (2450)-Chesakov,L (2466) ICCF email 2018}) 18. Qg3 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. exd5 Rad8 20. h5 Qc5+ ({Much weaker is} 20... cxd5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bd3 $16) 21. Kb1 {Hoping for hxg6.} Rxd5 {[%cal Rd5d1]} 22. Rc1 Qd4 {[#]} (22... Qb4 $11 {remains equal.} 23. Bd3 g5) 23. Bc4 $1 $16 Rc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Rdd8 $1 $14) 24. hxg6 $18 hxg6 25. Rhd1 Rxc4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Rg1 Nh8 28. f5 g5 29. f4 Nf7 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Qc7 g4 32. Qxb7 Rfd8 33. Qxc6 R8d6 34. Qf3 Ne5 35. Qe3 Kf6 36. Qh6+ Kxf5 37. Qf8+ Kg5 38. Qe7+ (38. a4 $16) 38... Kf4 $11 39. Qf8+ (39. a4 $11) 39... Kg5 $16 40. Qg8+ ({Better is} 40. Rg2 $16) 40... Kf4 $1 $14 41. Qb3 ({But not} 41. Qf8+ $6 Kg5 $16) (41. a4 $5) 41... Rd3 42. Qb4+ R3d4 43. Qb3 Nf3 44. Rf1 Kg3 45. Qe3 Rd3 46. Qf2+ Kf4 47. Qxa7 {a4 is the strong threat.} Rd1+ 48. Rxd1 Rxd1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} 49. Kc2 Rd2+ 50. Kc3 {aiming for Qc7+.} g3 {And now ...g2 would win.} 51. Qf7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Qb8+ $11 Kg4 52. Qg8+ Kf4 53. Qb8+ Kg4 54. Qc8+ Kf4 55. Qb8+) 51... Ke3 {Black mates.} 52. Qe7+ Kf2 53. Qc5+ Rd4 54. Qf5 g2 55. Qc2+ Rd2 56. Qg6 g1=Q 57. Qxg1+ Kxg1 58. a4 Rd8 59. a5 Ne5 60. b4 Nc6 61. a6 Rb8 {Never resign too early! Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,87,16,20,33,34,29,39,36,21,48,48,48,32,47,47,51,42,47,47,47,47,55,55,55,40,49,53,65,70,61,49,99,99,95,81,108,99,141,80,80,73,77,79,83,77,75,71,84,63,75,20,51,43,52,15,15,15,22,22,29,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,3]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 e6 10. Qc2 exd5 11. cxd5 Bd7 {E66: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 Nc6 8 d5.} 12. b3 b5 {With the idea ...b4.} 13. Bb2 Rc8 {White is slightly better.} 14. Nce4 {[#]} Nb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. e4 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Rac1 g5 20. Nf1 c4 {1-0 (54) Drazic,S (2426)-Topalov,A (2251) Novi Sad 2015}) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. a4 {axb5 is the strong threat.} b4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nc4 Qg7 19. a5 {[#] Threatens to win with a6.} a6 $1 20. Nb6 Rc7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Qc4 Ra8 23. e4 Qd4 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Ra4 $1 Rc7 {[#]} 26. Rd1 $1 Rc3 27. Rxd4 ({Much worse is} 27. Rxb4 $6 Nxa5 28. Rb6 (28. Rbxd4 Nxb3 29. Ra4 Nc5 $11) 28... Nxb3 $11) 27... Nc5 28. Raxb4 Nxb3 29. Rdc4 (29. Rd1 $142) 29... Rxc4 $16 30. Rxc4 {And now Rc6 would win.} Nxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Rc7 Kf8 32. f4 Nb3 33. e5 a5 34. exd6 {Black must now prevent d7.} Rd8 $1 35. Rc6 ({White should play} 35. Kf2 $16) 35... Nd4 36. Ra6 Nb5 37. Rxa5 Nxd6 38. Ra6 Ke7 39. Ra7+ Rd7 40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 {The position is equal.} 41. Kf2 Nc4 42. Ke2 Kd6 43. Kd3 Kc5 44. Bf3 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,49,0,28,0,45,45,57,23,50,17,46,50,64,54,41,45,41,45,41,41,38,33,41,37,34,33,33,40,33,33,61,58,68,68,142,20,20,20,20,20,22,12,26,25,19,0,0,0,21,0,12,0,7]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 $1 10. Bd2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 10.f4 at the moment. A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 11. O-O-O $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} a4 12. Na1 $1 O-O 13. Nc2 Bc5 14. f4 Nc6 $1 15. Be3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qa5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd2 a3 18. Nxa3 Rxa3 19. bxa3 Qxa3+ 20. Kb1 e5 21. Bd3 Bg4 {1-0 (53) Gelfand,B (2684)-Tregubov,P (2588) Moscow 2019}) 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qe3 e5 18. f5 Qxe3+ 19. Nxe3 Nd4 20. g4 Bd7 21. g5 Nh5 22. Nc2 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 Bc6 24. Rg1 Kf8 25. Kd2 Ke7 26. Ke3 Nf4 27. Ne2 Nxe2 28. Bxe2 h6 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Rg7 Rg8 {[#]} ({Better is} 30... Rh8 $1 $14) 31. Rdg1 (31. Rh7 $1 $16) 31... Rxg7 $11 32. Rxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rh8 $1 33. Bh5 Be8 $1 34. h4 Kf6 35. Rg1 Bc6 36. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Ke7 37. Rg1 Kf6 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. Rg1 Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,14,0,15,27,10,16,12,-4,-7,-25,-18,-50,-52,-60,-63,-70,-72,-101,-98,-97,-87,-93,13,-92,-102,-93,-95,-91,-91,-98,-100,-90,-102,-89,-82,-84,-54,-57,-59,-65,-60,-74,-24,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 9.a3.} cxd4 10. exd4 Bd7 {[#] D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3 .} 11. Qe4 $1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7][%mdl 512]} g6 12. Bh6 Re8 {[#]} 13. Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rac1 Bf6 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qf4 Bh8 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qf6 18. Qc7 Qd8 19. Qf4 Qf6 20. Qc7 Qd8 21. Qf4 Qf6 {½-½ (21) Svidler,P (2727)-Wei,Y (2734) Baku 2015}) 13... exd5 14. Qf4 Qb8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bd8 $1 17. Qb4 a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 18. Qb3 Qxe5 19. Rae1 Qxe1 20. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 21. Bf1 {[#]} Re6 $1 22. Qxd5 Bc6 23. Qd2 Bf6 24. h3 a4 25. Bc4 Rd8 26. Qc1 Re4 27. b3 Rde8 28. Bd2 axb3 29. Bxb3 Bd4 30. Bc3 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Rf4 32. f3 {The position is equal.} h5 33. Qd2 Rf5 34. Qd4 Rfe5 35. Kh2 R8e7 36. h4 Re8 37. Kg3 Rf5 38. Qd6 {Black must now prevent Qxg6+.} Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. Qd6 {Qxg6+ is the strong threat.} Kg7 41. Qd4+ Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,55,33,13,27,-1,0,0,28,0,0,-41,-34,-34,-22,-54,-65,-77,-52,-73,-54,-114,-71,-89,-81,-230,-212,-208,-120,-405,-211,-333,-183,-164,-179,-163,-39,-39,428,420,29983,29984,29984,29985,29989,1713]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 (7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. a4 Rb7 14. axb5 axb5 15. O-O {½-½ (32) Nepomniachtchi,I (2775)-Giri,A (2779) Paris 2019}) 7... Be7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 8. f4 O-O {[#]} 9. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 b5 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Bd3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Qd7 13. O-O d5 14. exd5 b4 15. Ne4 Bxd5 {½-½ (29) Pommerenke,K (1480)-Schamber,D (1548) Magdeburg 2014}) 9... exf4 {The position is equal.} 10. Bxf4 d5 11. e5 Nfd7 $1 12. Qxd5 Bh4+ 13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Bg2 Ncxe5 15. Raf1 Ng6 16. Bd2 ({White should try} 16. Be3 $15) 16... Rb8 $17 17. Kd1 b5 {...Bb7 is the strong threat.} 18. Qh5 (18. Qd4 $17 {might work better.}) 18... Nde5 19. Kc1 Nc4 (19... b4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 20. Nd5 Be6) 20. Be4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Rd1 $17 {was called for.}) 20... Be6 (20... Nxd2 $142 21. Nxd2 b4) 21. Rd1 (21. Bf4 $142 b4 22. Bxb8 bxc3 23. Ba7 (23. bxc3 $2 Qe7 $19) 23... cxb2+ 24. Kb1) 21... Nxd2 (21... b4 $142 22. Na4 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Bxa2) 22. Nxd2 $19 {aiming for Nf3.} Bg5 23. h4 Bf6 (23... Be3 $19 {And now ...Qd4 would win.} 24. Rhe1 Qd4) 24. Nf3 $15 Qa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Qc8 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxg6 fxg6) 25. Ng5 $18 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7]} Rfc8 (25... h6 $18) 26. Qxh7+ {White mates.} Kf8 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 {[#]} 28. Bxg6 {What a bad dream for Black. Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 43%.} (28. Rhf1 $142 $1 Nf4 29. Rxf4 Qc7 30. Rdf1 Qxf4+ 31. Rxf4 Ke7 {[#]} 32. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf6 33. g5+ Ke7 34. Qxg7+ Kd6 35. h5) 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,63,15,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,22,25,12,36,43,22,0,0,0,0,0,34,22,49,50,46,35,54,31,65,52,100,94,149,121,166,166,160,135,257,247,599,612,598,548,1128,1126,1116,1098,1624,1562]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 Nc6 {7...d4 is the modern continuation.} 8. Bf4 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6.} d4 9. Na4 $1 Nd7 10. a3 {The position is equal.} e5 11. Bg5 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Be7 a5 15. c5 Re8 16. Bd6 Qd8 17. Nd2 Bf8 {0-1 (40) Grischuk,A (2775)-Anand,V (2767) Stavanger 2019}) 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. b4 Qe7 14. bxc5 f5 15. e3 dxe3 $1 16. Bxe3 f4 17. Bd2 g5 18. Re1 {Strongly threatening gxf4.} g4 {aiming for ...fxg3.} 19. Nh4 f3 20. Bf1 Qf7 21. Be3 Nf6 22. Nc3 {[%cal Ba4c3,Bc3b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Rd8 23. Nb5 Bf8 ({Black should play} 23... Qh5) 24. Qc1 $16 a6 {[#]} 25. Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6f7][%mdl 512]} Bxd6 26. cxd6 Rxd6 {[#]} (26... Be6 $16) 27. d4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4e5][%mdl 512]} Nxd4 $2 (27... exd4 {is a better chance.} 28. Bf4 Rd8) 28. Bxd4 {White is clearly winning.} exd4 29. Qf4 Qc7 {[#] If Black can now play ...b5 this consolidates a bit.} 30. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc6 (30... Qxc5 31. Rac1) 31. Bc4+ Kf8 32. Re5 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,0,14,-1,2,0,17,3,13,-16,-10,-10,-14,-14,-8,-75,-60,-50,-56,-75,-72,-68,-70,-127,-125,-111,-62,-96,-96,-87,-58,-93,0,-7,96,46,57,14,31,25,26,29,51,51,49,47,47,44,52,50,46,35,34,37,34,15,34,14,14,16,21,12,12,14,11,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. Nbd2 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} e5 7. O-O {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nf6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nc4 d6 10. Nh4 g6 11. f4 exf4 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Nfxe5 {0-1 (48) Jimenez Lopez,A (2123)-Antoli Royo,J (2414) Badajoz 2013}) 8. Nc4 f6 9. Bd2 d5 10. Ba5 Qb8 11. Ne3 Be6 12. b4 (12. Nd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 12... d4 $17 13. Nc4 cxb4 14. a3 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. Nfd2 Nc6 16. axb4 (16. f4 $1 $15) 16... cxb4 17. f4 exf4 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Qh5+ Bf7 (20... g6 $17 21. Qe2 Bh6 22. Bxb4 a5) 21. Qf3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf3c6]} Be7 (21... Bd6 $11 22. Qc6+ Ke7) 22. Qc6+ Kf8 23. Nf3 {[#] Nxe5! is the strong threat.} Qe8 (23... Be8 {is interesting.} 24. Qe4 Bg6 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Be8) 24. Nxe5 Qxc6 25. Nxc6 g5 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27. Bxb4+ Kf6 28. Ra6+ Kg7 29. Be7 {[#] Threatens to win with Bf6+.} Rhc8 30. Bxg5 Rxc2 31. Bh6+ Kh8 $1 32. Rxf4 Bd5 33. Rg4 {And now Bg7+ would win.} Rg8 {The position is equal.} 34. Bg5 {Threatening mate with Bf6+.} Rg6 35. Bf6+ (35. Rxa7 $2 h6 $19) 35... Kg8 $1 36. Rxg6+ hxg6 37. Bxd4 Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxh2 39. Rxg6+ Kf7 40. Rg7+ Ke6 41. Rxa7 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,95,21,-13,-9,-15,-6,-9,0,-3,-8,-12,36,37,34,25,81,7,7,10,7,11,16,25,27,7,43,25,64,35,35,41,40,45,52,39,101,98,98,94,91,52,38,0,85,89,87,81,93,101,232,236,208,211,201,261,303,197,689,679,685,666,795,795,763,281,283,274,287,272,287,287,421,272,272,256,272,272,604,272,272,272,1172,476,29961,29942,5452,2053]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 Bc5 {C45: Scotch Game.} 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 {The position is equal.} 9. Nb3 Bb6 {[#]} 10. c4 $146 {Strongly threatening c5.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qf3 d6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Kh1 Qh4 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. Bxg3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 {0-1 (31) Carrasco Martinez,J (2391)-Silva Lucena,C (2217) Seville 2020}) 10... a5 ({But not} 10... Nxe4 $6 11. c5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 11. c5 Ba7 12. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} d5 (12... Ng4 $11) 13. Nxa5 (13. e5 $16 Ng4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bf4) 13... dxe4 $11 14. Be2 Qd5 15. Be3 {Threatening Bc4.} Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxa5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. b4 Ra8 18. a4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qg5 19. Ra3 Nd5 20. Rg3 Qe5 21. Rd1 f6 22. a5 Nf4 ({Black should play} 22... Kh8 $14) 23. Bf1 $1 $16 Bf5 24. Bd4 Qd6 25. Qc3 Kh8 26. a6 Red8 (26... Bc8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. Qa1 Bxa6) 27. Rd2 $1 c5 28. Be3 ({Of course not} 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. bxc5 Nd3 $15) 28... Nd3 29. b5 Qb6 {[#] Now Black is done in.} (29... Qe7 $16) 30. f3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3e4] Hoping for fxe4.} Qxb5 31. fxe4 Bxe4 {[#]} 32. Bh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g7][%mdl 512]} Bg6 {And now ...c4 would win.} (32... gxh6 33. Qxf6#) 33. Bxd3 c4 $2 (33... Rxd3 34. Rdxd3 Qxa6 35. Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. Rxc7 Qa1+ 38. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 39. Kf2 Ra2+ 40. Kg1 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kf1 Ra1+ 43. Kf2) 34. Bxc4 Qb1+ 35. Bf1 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Rxa6 {[#]} 37. Qxc7 $2 (37. Rxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 (37... Qxg6 38. Bxa6) 38. Qh3+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 40. Qxa6) 37... Ra8 38. Ra3 Rg8 39. Be3 h6 40. h3 Kh7 (40... Qd1 $142 41. Qf4 Qb1) 41. Bf2 Rf8 42. Rg3 Ra8 {Now ...Ra1 and Black clings on.} 43. Bd4 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Kh8 $2 (43... Rf8 44. Ra3 Rf7) 44. Qc3 (44. Kh2 $142) 44... Kh7 45. Re3 Ra2 $2 (45... Re8 46. Rxe8 Bxe8 47. Qd3+ Bg6 48. Qxb1 Bxb1) 46. Bxf6 (46. Re7 $142) 46... Rc2 {[#]} (46... Ra7 $18 47. Re1 Qc2) 47. Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb6+ 48. Qd4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,37,29,42,33,31,29,9,37,30,21,23,18,18,33,49,111,106,102,81,153,145,154,145,153,139,193,68,48,0,122,106,566,22,361,72,475,467,1115,1092,5335,3265]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. e4 {A60: Modern Benoni: Early Divergences.} Nxe4 7. Bg2 Nd6 8. Nf3 {White has an edge.} Be7 9. O-O {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Re1 {And now Qe2 would win.} Bb7 12. Nc3 b4 (12... Nc7 $14) 13. Bxd6 $1 $16 Bxd6 14. Ne4 Qc7 (14... Be7 $142) 15. Nfg5 {aiming for Nxh7!} h6 16. Qh5 $1 {[#]} Be5 $146 {Strongly threatening ...Rae8.} (16... Bxd5 $2 17. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 18. Nxd5 $18) ({Predecessor:} 16... Rae8 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Qxh6 fxg5 19. Qxg5+ Kh8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Be4 f5 22. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxf5 {1-0 (29) Duzhakov,I (2424)-Davtyan,A (2275) Moscow 2017}) 17. d6 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd6c7][%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Qb6 (17... Qd8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 18. Nxf7 (18. Bf1 $1 $18) 18... Rxf7 $14 ({Don't blunder} 18... Bxb2 $2 19. Neg5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 19. Qxe5 (19. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Raf8 20. Qxe5 $15) 19... c4 (19... Raf8 $11) 20. Bf1 $16 Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20... Bxe4 $16 {is tougher.} 21. Qxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rc8) 21. Rac1 $2 ({Only move:} 21. Bxc4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc4 22. Qe8+ Kh7 23. Ng5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 24. Qxf7) 21... c3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21... Bxe4 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 22. Qxe4 Rxf2) 22. bxc3 $2 (22. Bc4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.} Rxc4 23. Qe8+ Kh7 24. Qxf7 Rxe4 25. Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (25. Qxd7 Nc5 $15) 25... Kh8 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxd6 28. bxc3) 22... Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Bxe4 $16 {is a better chance.} 23. Qxe4 Qxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kh1 Nc5) 23. cxb4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nxe4 (23... Ne6 $142 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8) 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,80,31,8,22,20,25,6,27,12,25,22,21,24,29,23,19,18,18,14,19,19,18,18,29,19,22,25,25,18,18,18,19,18,19,12,10,20,33,30,61,18,19,20,12,11,14,0,10,2,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. h3 Re8 (10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nh5 13. Ra2 Nf4 14. Nc4 b5 15. Bxf4 bxc4 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne7 19. c4 Qb8 20. Qd2 Qb7 21. Ne1 Rad8 22. b5 Ng6 23. Nd3 axb5 24. cxb5 Ra8 25. Nb4 Nf4 26. Nc6 {1-0 (44) Anand,V (2756)-Kramnik,V (2753) Amsterdam 2019}) 11. b4 $1 {The main line 11.b4 scores better than 11.Nf1.} Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Be3 d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc7 Qxd3 {[#]} 20. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Qxb7 Qd8 21. Red1 Qb8 22. Qxb8+ Rxb8 23. f3 Rxb4 24. Ne3 g6 25. a5 Rb5 26. Rdb1 {½-½ (53) Giri,A (2779)-Aronian,L (2765) Saint Louis 2019}) 20... Qb3 21. Qxb7 Ree8 $1 22. a5 Reb8 23. Qc7 Qxb4 24. Ng3 Rb7 25. Qxe5 Rb5 26. Qf4 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f4] The position is equal.} 27. Nxh5 Rxh5 28. Re3 Rxa5 29. Rg3 {Hoping for Qxh6.} Rg5 30. Rgd3 {Black must now prevent Rd8+.} Qb8 31. Qxb8+ Rxb8 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kh7 34. Ra8 Re5 35. Rxa6 Rxe4 36. g3 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Re7 38. h4 h5 39. Rb6 g6 40. Ra6 Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,173,10,21,31,15,16,11,20,14,23,10,18,23,24,5,15,6,22,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,31,25,20,30,41,9,9,12,13,0,0,0,20,25,27,26,95,97,90,97,94,76,85,78,84,56,58,18,72,55,53,54,57,57,69,69,69,61,65,61,80,70,135,77,87,65,64,56,84,55,79,79,79,76,72,67,60,38,43,43,43,43,43,42,43,33,35,15,35,8,8,0,8,8,27,0,25,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,21,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 9. Nf3 Bg4 {White should prevent ...Bxf3.} 10. d5 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxg7.} Bxf3 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. O-O-O c6 14. Qc3 f6 15. f4 Nf7 16. d6 exd6 17. h4 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... d5 18. h5 Qe7 19. exd5 Qe4 20. Rh4 cxd5 21. Bd3 Qf3 22. Qd2 Nd6 23. hxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (36) Biedermann,T (2450)-Chesakov,L (2466) ICCF email 2018}) 18. Qg3 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. h5 Rac8+ 21. Kb1 Rfe8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bd3 f5 $1 24. Rdg1 Qf6 25. Qf3 Rh8 (25... Re6 {keeps more tension.} 26. Rh3 Rce8 27. Qxd5 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kc2 Re7) 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Qxd5 Rd8 (27... Rh2 $11) 28. Qxf5 $1 $16 Qxf5 29. Bxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd6 30. Be4 b6 31. Kc2 Rf6 32. Kd3 Nd6 33. Rg5 Kf7 (33... Nxe4 $11 {remains equal.} 34. Kxe4 Rc6) 34. Rd5 Ke7 35. Re5+ Kd7 36. Ke2 Rxf4 37. Bxg6 Nc4 38. Rb5 Kc6 39. Rb3 a5 40. Bd3 {And now Bxc4 would win.} Ne5 {[#]} (40... Nd6 $14) 41. Ba6 ({Better is} 41. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3f4]} Nxd3 42. Rc3+ (42. Rxd3 Rh4 $16) 42... Kb5 43. Rxd3) 41... Rh4 42. Rc3+ Kd6 43. a3 Nc6 44. Rg3 Nd4+ 45. Kd2 b5 46. Bc8 Rh8 47. Bg4 Rf8 48. Rd3 Ke5 49. Ke3 Nc2+ 50. Ke2 Nd4+ 51. Kf1 b4 52. axb4 axb4 53. Bd1 Ra8 54. Kg2 Ra2 55. Re3+ Kf4 56. Bf3 {Hoping for Re4+.} Kf5 57. b3 Ra5 58. Be2 Re5 {Threatens to win with ...Rxe3.The position is equal.} 59. Bc4 Rxe3 60. fxe3 $11 {KB-KN} Nc6 61. Bd3+ Ke5 62. Kf3 Na5 63. Bc2 Nb7 64. Bh7 Nc5 65. Bg8 Nd3 66. Bh7 Nc5 67. Bc2 Nb7 68. Ke2 Nc5 69. Kd2 Kd5 70. Ke1 Ke5 71. Ke2 Kd5 72. Kf3 Ke5 73. Kf2 Kd5 74. Kg2 Ke5 75. Kf3 Ne6 76. Bd3 $1 Nc5 77. Bc4 Ne4 78. Ke2 Nc5 79. Kf3 Ne4 80. Bg8 $1 Nf6 81. Bf7 Ne4 {aiming for ...Ng5+.} 82. Ke2 Nc5 83. Bg8 Ke4 84. Bh7+ Ke5 85. Bc2 Kd5 86. Kf2 Ke5 87. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,11,3,11,0,16,16,22,24,21,17,6,22,17,5,8,13,9,8,8,7,29,24,41,36,39,0,12,10,23,17,41,46,112,102,92,81,127,118,198,184,191,173,344,336,338,324,316,0,8,0,0,0,20,16,20,15,20,14,16,6,8,8,8,9]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 {9.Be2 is better than 9.Bd3.} O-O 10. O-O a6 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} 11. Ng5 Be7 12. e4 {[#] And now e5 would win.} Ne8 13. Nf3 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nef6 16. a4 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bb7 18. Rd1 {[#]} c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Nf6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Nh4 c4 22. Nf5 Re8 23. b3 Bxd5 24. bxc4 Qc8 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. c5 Bc6 27. Bf1 Rd7 28. Re1 h6 29. h3 Qc7 30. Qc3 {½-½ (30) Harabor,M (2373)-Lovakovic,F (2381) ICCF email 2018}) 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. d6 Bf6 21. Be3 {Threatens to win with Ne6!} Ne5 22. Nf5 (22. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nd3 23. Nf5 $16 (23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Qc7 Qxc7 $15)) 22... Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 23. Bf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Kh8 24. Ne7 Qd7 25. Nd5 Qxd6 (25... Bd8 $14) 26. Nb6 $16 Qb8 {aiming for ...Ng4!} 27. h3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} (27. Nxa8 Ng4 $11) 27... b4 28. Rac1 ({Much weaker is} 28. Nxc4 $6 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 a5 $11) 28... b3 (28... Bf3 $16 {is a better defense.}) 29. Qf5 $18 Bc8 30. Qf4 Be6 $2 (30... Ng6 {keeps fighting.} 31. Qe4 (31. Qxc4 Be6 $16) 31... Bxb2) 31. Nxa8 Qxa8 {[#]} 32. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Qb8 33. Re1 $2 (33. Qe4 $18) 33... Nf3+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Qxf3 Bxd4 35. Rxc4 Bxb2 36. Rb1 Bxc4 37. Bxc4 Bd4 {White must now prevent ...b2.} 38. Rxb3 Qe8 39. Bxa6 Qxa4 40. Bf1 g6 41. Rb7 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,74,0,0,0,0,-5,20,20,21,14,30,21,19,11,39,29,78,86,94,81,86,85,110,78,112,92,84,7,0,-68,-58,-108,-35,-31,-28,-86,-43,-52,-87,-100,-55,-166,-152,-141,-48,-189,-164,-208,-184,-210,-201,-197,-183,-172,-181,-166,-152,-608,-599]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 $1 10. Bd2 {is more profitable than 10.f4 at the moment. A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} O-O 11. Bg2 a5 12. f4 {Hoping for Be3.The position is equal.} Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O {Strongly threatening Nb5.} Bxc3 15. bxc3 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a4 16. Nd4 Na5 17. c5 Qxc5 18. Rfd1 Qc4 19. Qf3 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bf1 Qxc3 {0-1 (35) Harsha,B (2509)-Kozak,A (2503) chess.com INT 2020}) 16. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} b6 17. g4 Ba6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Rf3 Ne7 20. Rh3 $1 {And now Qh5 would win.} Rfc8 ({Don't go for} 20... Bxc4 $2 21. Qh5 $18) 21. Qh5 Nf8 22. f6 ({White should play} 22. Nd2 $16) 22... Neg6 $1 $11 23. fxg7 (23. Bf3 $11) 23... Kxg7 $15 24. c5 bxc5 (24... dxc5 $17 25. Nc1 Kg8) 25. Nd2 Rab8 26. Nf1 (26. Bf1 $11 Bxf1 27. Rxf1) 26... Bxf1 $1 $17 27. Rxf1 Rb2 28. Rg3 Rcb8 29. Rgf3 (29. Qh6+ $15 Kg8 30. h4) 29... Rb1 30. h4 Ne6 (30... R8b2 $17 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kh2 Kg8) 31. Qh6+ {[#]} ({Not} 31. Rxb1 $2 Rxb1+ 32. Kh2 Ngf4 $19) (31. Bh3 $1 $15) 31... Kg8 $1 $19 32. h5 Ngf4 33. g6 fxg6 34. hxg6 Qg7 35. gxh7+ {[#]} Kh8 $1 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg7g2][%mdl 512]} 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Bh3 $2 {[#]} (37. R3f2 $17) 37... Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,103,5,4,0,20,13,24,15,12,6,14,3,4,12,19,5,5,12,25,5,20,20,21,23,21,24,144,144,137,134,135,137,128,142,282,278,260,232,392,413,371,366,479,479,625,622,428,414,419,431,680,642,647,572,639,616,600,600,5285,279,5206,5057,2885,2359,29974,29974,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bg5 e6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6.} Bh5 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 {White has an edge.} Rc8 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a6 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. Rd1 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qf3 Nf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 {1-0 (41) Simonov,V (2315)-Grjasev,D Arkhangelsk 1996}) 16. Bg3 Bb4 17. Rc1 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Ne4 19. Rcc2 Re8 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Bh2 Re6 {White stays focused until the end.} (22... Qa5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. f3 $16 Nd6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qa4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qd7 26. Qb4 Nc8 (26... Nf7 $16 27. b3 Kg7) 27. Qb8 $18 Kf7 28. Be5 Kg8 $2 (28... h5 29. Qb3 Kg6) 29. b4 Kf7 30. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ke7 31. a5 Kd8 32. a6 Ke8 33. Kh2 Kf7 34. Qb7 Ke8 (34... Ke7 $142 35. Bf6+ Ke8) 35. g4 Ne7 36. Qb8+ Nc8 37. Kg3 Kd8 38. Qb7 Nd6 39. Qxd7+ Kxd7 40. Bxd6 Kxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KP-KP} 41. f4 Ke7 42. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5] White mates.} Kf6 43. hxg5+ hxg5 44. fxg5+ Kxg5 45. Kf3 Kg6 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. g5+ Kg6 {[#]} 48. Ke5 $1 {[%cal Re5e6]} Kxg5 49. Kxe6 Kf4 50. Kd6 Ke4 51. Kxc6 Kxd4 {[#]} 52. b5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 54%.} ({Weaker is} 52. Kb7 Kc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,98,14,11,32,27,37,18,21,11,45,11,4,6,25,20,19,22,20,36,47,42,63,71,73,64,64,45,79,22,18,1,54,53,74,50,70,33,25,8,15,13,24,28,25,18,28,12,5,4,7,2,44,47,52,49,94,27,77,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,31,100,0,262,250,233,0,0,0,189,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 7. Be3 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. Nd2 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. a4 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Bf3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qd7 {1-0 (27) Mamedjarova,T (2280)-Andreasen,J (1992) Reykjavik 2013}) 10. f4 d5 11. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 {[%cal Rg6f4]} 13. g3 e5 14. fxe5 Ncxe5 15. Qb3 Qd8 16. Rxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nf2 Kh8 19. Rd1 (19. Re1 $16) 19... Bc5 $11 20. Be2 Bb6 (20... b6 $1 $11) 21. Nc2 $14 Be6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. c4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Ne7 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Nd4 Bd7 $1 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Nf5 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 d4 30. a3 Bc6 31. Bg4 Ne3 32. Rxd4 g6 33. h3 (33. Bh3 $16) 33... Re8 {[#]} 34. Bd7 (34. Nd3 $1 $16) 34... Rd8 $11 35. Rd3 {Hoping for Bxc6.} Rxd7 36. Rxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd4 37. b3 Rxf4 38. Nd3 Rd4 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. Ne5 Bh1 41. Re1 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Bg2 43. h4 Rb2 44. b4 h5 (44... Bc6 $1 $14) 45. b5 (45. Nd7 $16) 45... Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Rd2 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 46. Nd7+ $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf7 47. Ne5+ ({Don't take} 47. Nxb6 $6 Bc6) 47... Kf6 48. Nd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 49. Ne5+ $2 ({Better is} 49. a4 $18) 49... Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,-4,1,3,8,4,15,0,-17,0,-3,-19,-11,-12,-7,-14,0,0,53,47,66,56,65,57,68,41,35,19,93,75,119,124,212,186,182,183,29993,29994,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 {E50: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3.} d6 {6...d6 is better than 6...b6.} 7. Bd3 e5 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 8. e4 {The position is equal.} exd4 9. cxd4 Re8 10. O-O Nxe4 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Rxe8+ {[#]} Nxe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qxe8 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Qa4 h6 15. Re1 Qf8 16. Bh4 a6 17. h3 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 {½-½ (51) Suihko,K-Wawer,T ICCF email 2018}) 13. Bg5 f6 (13... Nf6 $11) 14. Bd2 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} c6 17. a4 Nc7 18. d5 c5 (18... Na6 $11) 19. Nh4 $16 Na6 20. Bf5 Nb4 (20... Bd7 $16) 21. Qe4 $18 Bd7 22. Re3 Bxa4 $2 {[#]} (22... Rc8 $18 23. Bc3 Rc7) 23. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Kf7 (23... Nxh7 24. Qe6+) 24. Nf5 Nxh7 {[#]} 25. Nh6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,81,21,19,46,37,53,36,64,59,59,71,82,86,89,56,57,47,93,77,88,89,132,101,118,71,289,65,156,157,157,125,119,103,129,129,257,202,469,431,423,425,479,315,329,329,327,195,327,324,312,308,302,264,295,236,29958,29946,6729,6641,5908,5800,4798,2102]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Qb8 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 12. h4 {aiming for h5.} h5 13. Be3 b6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Be2 Be7 15. g3 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... f5 16. O-O-O f4 17. gxf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rde1 a6 20. Na3 Qd8 21. c5 O-O {1-0 (36) Coche,W-Becker,G corr 1998}) 16. Nc3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. O-O {[%cal Rc3b5]} O-O 19. Bxh5 (19. Bxb5 $6 Bh3 $11) 19... Bd8 20. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bf5 21. Nxd6 Be7 22. Bc5 Bh3 $2 (22... Ra4 $16 {was worth a try.} 23. Nxf5 Rxb4 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. Bxb4 Re8) 23. Bxg6 $2 (23. Rfc1 $18) 23... fxg6 {[#]} (23... Ra4 $14 24. Nf5 (24. Qxb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Bxc5 $16) 24... Bxf5) 24. Ne4 $1 $16 ({Resist} 24. Nxb5 $6 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Bxf1 $14) 24... Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 ({Don't play} 26. Kxf1 $6 Qb7 $11) 26... Qc8 27. Qxb5 Qg4 (27... Qc2 $16 28. Ng5 Rfb8) 28. Qc4 {And now Nf6+! would win.} Rf4 $2 (28... Qc8 29. Qe2 Rxa2) 29. d6+ $18 Kh8 {[#]} 30. Qd5 $1 Raf8 31. d7 Rxe4 32. d8=Q Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kh7 34. Qd1 Qf5 35. Qd3 Qg4 36. h5 Kh6 37. Qd2+ g5 $2 (37... Qg5 $18 38. Qc2 Rd4 39. hxg6 Qxg6 40. Qc1+ Kh7) 38. Qd6+ Kxh5 39. Kg2 {White is clearly winning.} Qf5 40. Rh1+ Rh4 41. Qd1+ {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,111,12,6,10,13,17,9,19,22,34,26,27,15,18,2,17,14,45,35,35,35,39,33,48,32,108,112,89,68,107,70,84,66,138,138,138,139,142,145,167,94,94,87,94,44,39,45,68,75,65,64,59,57,60,54,59,47,54,54,47,49,56,32,32,32,39,39,40,31,32,32,32,32,32,31,32,31,32,32,33,32,32,31,31,31,31,31,31,0,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nb8 {9...Na5 is a critical line. C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Ba2 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 12. Re1 h6 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Nh4 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... c6 16. Ng6 d5 17. Nxf8 Nxf8 18. b4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qf6 21. Bb2 Ng6 {0-1 (39) Gavrilov,A (2438)-Smikovski,I (2497) St Petersburg 2001}) 16. Nhf5 dxe4 17. dxe4 c5 $1 18. Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bxd6 $1 19. Qxd6 c4 20. b3 Rc8 ({Black should try} 20... cxb3 $14 21. Bxb3 Rc8) 21. bxc4 $16 bxc4 22. Rb1 Re6 23. Qd1 (23. Qd2 {looks sharper.} Rb6 24. Rxb6 Qxb6 25. Qc3 Nc5 26. Qxe5 Qa5 27. Re2) 23... Rb6 24. Rxb6 (24. Rb4 {keeps more tension.} Rxb4 25. axb4 a5 26. b5 Qb6 27. Nf5) 24... Nxb6 ({Better is} 24... Qxb6 $14 25. Kh2 Nf8) 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Be3 Na4 {[#]} 27. f3 $1 c3 28. Ne2 (28. Nf5 $18) 28... Bc6 29. Bb3 Bb5 30. Kf2 Ne8 31. Rc1 Nd6 32. Bxa4 Bxa4 33. Nxc3 Bc6 34. Rd1 Rd7 35. Bc5 Nc4 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 37. Ke2 f6 38. Nd5 Bb5 $1 39. Kf2 Ba4 40. c3 Kf7 41. h4 h5 42. Ke2 a5 43. Kf2 Bc2 44. Ne3 Bd3 45. Nf5 g6 46. Ne3 Nxe3 47. Kxe3 {KB-KB} Bc4 48. g4 Ke6 49. Bb6 a4 $1 50. Bd8 Ba6 51. Kf2 Bd3 52. Ke3 Ba6 53. Ba5 {White is slightly better.} Bb5 54. Bb4 Ba6 55. Bf8 Bb5 56. Bb4 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,90,12,14,14,14,15,23,1,1,-50,-57,-65,-3,0,0,-22,-4,-8,0,0,0,-9,-22,-42,-52,-75,-59,-86,-82,-89,-99,-97,-85,-103,0,-93,-5,-2,-4,0,0,-4,-3,-2,-2,-2,-2,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-7,-16,-8,-12,-32,-32,-44,-47,-35,-36,-33,-14,-14,-14,-14,-15,-15,-20,-15,-14,-65,-64,-62,-51,-57,0,-14,0,-70,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} d5 7. cxd5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 7.0-0 at the moment.} Nxd5 8. Nc3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 {[#]} 9. Qc2 $146 (9. O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Nc7 10. Rc1 Na6 11. e3 Nab4 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd7 14. a3 Nd5 15. Ne4 b6 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. h4 h6 {0-1 (86) Spoelman,W (2588)-Van der Werf,M (2396) Netherlands 2020}) 9... Ndb4 $15 10. Qd1 b6 (10... e5 $15) 11. a3 $11 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. d4 Bb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qb1 Qb5 17. b4 Qxe2 18. Re1 Qd3 19. Qc1 Rac8 {Strongly threatening ...Nxb4.} 20. Qf4 Bd6 21. Qh4 Be7 ({Better is} 21... Qf5 $17 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxb7 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qxf3) 22. Qh3 (22. Qf4 $1 $11) 22... Nb8 {[#]} (22... Qc4 $17) 23. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf3 (23... fxe6 24. Qxe6+) 24. Rxe7 Bxg2 $1 25. Qg4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg4g7]} Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g4]} 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Kxg2 Rc2 28. Bc1 Nc6 29. Re1 $1 f6 30. Be3 Ne5 31. Rec1 Rdc8 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Rd1 Nc4 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rd3 Ra2 36. Bc1 $1 b5 37. h4 a6 38. Rc3 Kg8 39. g4 Kf7 40. Kg3 Ke6 41. Rd3 (41. f3 $11) 41... Ra1 $1 $15 {[%cal Ra1c1]} 42. Rc3 $1 Kd5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Kd4.} 43. Rd3+ $1 Ke6 44. Rc3 $1 Kd5 (44... Rb1 $11) 45. Rd3+ $1 Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 85%.} (45... Ke4 $15 46. Rd1 Ne5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,99,0,20,16,14,3,14,2,0,0,0,0,4,0,41,34,31,38,44,50,33,46,37,0,0,0,0,0,89,92,93,102,110,109,114,111,108,80,94,86,112,105,158,158,129,156,156,156,156,156,156,155,231,130,121,121,227,103,191,195,298,298,298,298,298,298,298,229,5732,5764,12830,658,865,834,12837,12838,12837,12838,12839,12836,12846,12847,12847,12847,12848,12848,12850,12849]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 {[#]} 13. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. e4 Be6 14. Ba3 Qa5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qf3 Qa5 18. Ne4 b6 19. Rab1 {1-0 (81) Lysenko,M (2243)-Bodnaruk,A (2419) Sochi 2019}) 13... Bf5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qc7 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. Rb1 b6 18. Qf3 Rac8 19. Rb5 e6 20. Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2112] Deflection. White is pushing.} Rxd6 (20... Nxd4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 21. cxd4 Rxd6) 21. Bxd6 $16 Qxd6 22. Rxb6 Nxd4 23. Rxd6 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxc3 25. Rd8+ Bf8 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Be4 Bxe4+ ({Black should try} 27... a3) 28. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rc2 29. Rd7 $1 g5 30. Rxe6 Bc5 31. Re5 {Threatens to win with Rf5.} Kf6 32. Rdd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c5]} Bxf2 (32... Rxf2+ $16 33. Kh3 Be7) 33. Kf3 (33. Rf5+ $18 Ke6 34. Rde5+ Kd6 35. Kf1) 33... Rxa2 34. Rxg5 a3 {[#]} (34... Bb6 $16) 35. Rdf5+ (35. h4 $1 $18) 35... Ke6 {[#]} (35... Ke7 $16 {might work better.}) 36. Ra5 $1 $18 Bg1 (36... f6 $142 37. Rh5 Kf7 38. Rxh7+ Kg6) 37. Ra6+ Ke7 38. h4 Bd4 39. Kg4 Ra1 40. Rb5 Bb2 $2 (40... Kf8 41. h5 h6 42. Rxh6 Rc1) 41. Kh5 {White is clearly winning.} Re1 42. g4 (42. Rb7+ $142 Kf8 43. Kh6 Re6+ 44. Rxe6 fxe6 45. Ra7) 42... Re6 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Rxe6 fxe6 {KR-KB} 45. Ra7 Ke8 46. g5 Kd8 47. Kh6 e5 48. Kxh7 e4 49. g6 {White threatens g7 and mate.} e3 {[#]} 50. Rxa3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,164,7,13,6,10,8,0,10,8,11,31,45,46,18,15,20,29,15,16,12,22,12,30,6,3,3,3,3,3,2,6,5,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,5,7,0,24,16,20,7,10,11,14,0,14,13,8,0,0,0,6,6,12,12,22,0,6,3,3,0,8,8,8,8,11,8,8,8,8,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} Rhd8 {[#]} 14. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nc4 Ke8 15. d3 b6 16. Rc1 Kf8 17. Ne3 Nd4 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 {½-½ (89) Mirzoyan,D (2350)-Pranav,A (2024) Moscow 2018}) 14... Ke8 15. Ke2 g6 16. Nc4 b5 17. Bxc6+ Rxc6 18. Ne5 Rcd6 19. Rhd1 Nd5 20. a4 f6 21. Nf3 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rb6 23. Rxa7 Rxb3 24. Ba3 e5 25. Rc1 Nb4 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. Rc2 Rdb8 28. Ne1 Rb2 {The position is equal.} 29. Ra2 (29. e4 {looks sharper.} R8b4 30. f3 h5 31. Ra1 Rb1 32. Ra8+) 29... Rxa2 30. Rxa2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} c4 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. e4 Bd8 33. Ra2 c3 34. dxc3 Rxc3 35. Nc2 f5 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Nb4 Rc4 38. Nd5 Rc5 39. Ne3 f4 40. Nf5 fxg3 41. hxg3 Rc6 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. Ra4 Bb6 45. Ra6 Rc4+ 46. Kd3 Rb4 47. Ne3 {Hoping for Nc4.} Kf7 48. Nd5 Rd4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 49. Ke2 Rxd5 50. Rxb6 {KR-KR} Ra5 51. Kf3 Ra2 52. Rh6 Kg7 53. Re6 Ra5 54. Ke4 Ra2 55. f3 Re2+ 56. Kd3 Re1 57. Kd2 Rg1 58. g4 h5 59. gxh5 Rg5 60. h6+ Kh7 61. Kd3 Rf5 62. Ke3 Rf7 63. Ra6 Rf4 64. Re6 Rf7 65. Kf2 e4 66. Rxe4 {Black should prevent Rh4.} Kxh6 67. Rg4 Ra7 68. Kg3 Ra3 69. Rg8 Kh7 70. Rg5 Kh6 71. Rg4 Rb3 72. Kg2 Ra3 73. Rg8 Kh7 74. Rg5 Kh6 75. f4 Rb3 76. Kf2 Ra3 77. Rg8 Rb3 78. Ke2 Ra3 79. Rg1 Rb3 80. f5 Rb5 81. f6 Re5+ 82. Kd3 Rf5 {Accuracy: White = 99%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,57,20,13,25,8,34,14,31,1,14,7,23,7,66,0,17,22,16,18,20,5,28,37,45,19,30,-22,-16,-18,0,-12,0,-14,-20,-35,0,0,478,434,595,555,705,674,954,921,1747,1267]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 {D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6.} 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 10. e4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 {Hoping for e5.} Bc6 12. Qe3 Qb8 {[#]} (12... a6 $11) 13. f4 $146 (13. e5 $14 Nd7 14. Qg3) ({Predecessor:} 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qg3 a6 15. Re1 g6 16. Bf4 Bg7 17. b4 Nb6 18. Bb3 O-O 19. Rad1 {1-0 (34) Gyimesi,Z (2584)-Lipka,J (2409) Austria 2009}) 13... Be7 14. e5 Ng4 15. Qe2 h5 16. Bb5 g6 17. h3 Nh6 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. g4 (19. Be3 $142) 19... Qb4 $11 20. a5 Rd8 21. Ra4 Qb3 22. Re4 Bb4 23. a6 Bc5+ 24. Kg2 $1 Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24... Bb6 $11) 25. f5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} gxf5 26. Bg5+ Ke8 27. Bxd8 fxe4 28. Bf6 Rg8 29. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,97,4,4,0,6,0,10,0,7,7,7,0,0,11,14,7,7,7,7,7,14,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,49,9,20,36,40,0,56,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,42,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.} Nd7 {The main line 11...Nd7 scores better than 11...Bxd5.} 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. c3 {[#]} Qc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Be7 17. Ne1 Rf6 18. Nd3 Rcf8 19. Kh1 Qc6 20. f3 Rh6 21. Nf2 Rg6 22. Rad1 b5 {½-½ (72) Giri,A (2780)-Duda,J (2730) chess.com INT 2019}) 17. Ne1 Bd8 18. Nd3 b5 19. f3 a5 20. a3 Rc7 21. Rad1 Rcf7 22. Kh1 g5 23. Nf2 h5 24. Rd3 Be7 25. g4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 {Hoping for Nh6+.} Rh7 27. Kg2 Qe8 28. h3 Qh5 29. Rh1 Qe8 30. Nf2 Kh8 (30... Qc6 $11) 31. Ra1 (31. b4 $14) 31... Qc6 32. Ng4 Kg7 33. Rd2 Rfh8 34. Rh1 Bd8 35. Qd1 Bc7 {The position is equal.} 36. Rd3 Kg6 37. Qd2 a4 (37... Rh5 {with more complications.} 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. Rxd6 Qxd6 40. Qxd6 Bxd6 41. Rxd6 Rxh3 42. Rb6 Rh1) 38. Rd1 Rxh3 39. Rxd6 Bxd6 40. Qxd6 Qxd6 41. Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kf8 43. Rb7 Rh1 44. Rxb5 Rd1 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Rb8+ {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,117,26,31,27,28,33,28,21,27,22,27,17,14,-26,-12,-43,-25,-32,-17,-20,-25,-42,-17,-26,-12,-33,-21,-43,-37,-36,-8,-14,0,-63,-12,-69,-9,-32,0,0,0,-2,0,-25,0,0,0,-2,-18,-4,-18,-1,-14,-29,-35,-387,-385,-382,-367,-371,-376,-361,-331,-330,-314,-516,-391,-468,-436,-633,-645,-645,-99,-636,-625,-647,-645,-574,-212,-449,0,0,802,708,639,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxh4 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Nxh4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} Qxh4 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. a3 {White has an edge.} Nb6 {[#]} 17. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. b4 Nc8 19. a4 Nd6 20. Rfc1 a6 21. Qc5 Rac8 22. h3 Red8 23. Ng3 {½-½ (29) Martin Sanchez,C (2445)-Szczepanski,Z (2524) ICCF email 2015}) 17... Be6 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Nc3 Rad8 21. Rfe1 Qg5 22. f3 f5 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Qf2 Qf8 25. e4 a5 26. Qb2 fxe4 27. fxe4 Bg4 28. Rd2 $1 axb4 29. axb4 (29. Qxb4 $11 Qxb4 30. axb4) 29... Qf4 (29... b5 $15) 30. Rf2 ({White should play} 30. b5 $1 $11) 30... Qg5 (30... Qd6 $15 31. Rd2 Rf8) 31. Qd2 $11 Qxd2 (31... Qg6 {is interesting.} 32. Rf4 b5 33. Ref1 Be6 34. d5 Bg8) 32. Rxd2 Ra8 33. h3 Bh5 34. e5 Bg6 35. d5 Ra3 36. d6 Rxc3 37. e6 $1 Rd3 38. Rxd3 cxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 39. e7 $1 Bf5 {aiming for ...Kg8.} 40. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Rf1 $1 $15 Bd7 41. Kf2) 40... Bd7 $19 41. Kf2 Kg8 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Kxd3 {intending Kd4.} Kf6 44. Kd4 b6 $1 45. Re2 $2 (45. b5 Ra8 46. Re2) 45... Ra8 46. Re1 g5 47. Re2 (47. Kc4 $142 Be8 48. b5) 47... Be8 48. Kc4 Ra4 $2 (48... Ra7 $19 49. Re3 Bf7+ 50. Kd4 c5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Ke4 cxb4) 49. Kb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. d7 $17 Bxd7 50. e8=Q Bxe8 51. Rxe8) 49... Ra7 50. Re3 b5 51. Re1 Kg7 $2 (51... Ra8 52. Re4 Kf7) 52. Kc3 $2 (52. Rf1 {was forced.} Bf7+ 53. Kc3) 52... Rd7 $2 (52... Ra3+ $19 53. Kd4 Kf7) 53. Re6 $1 $11 Bf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Ra7 $11 54. Kd4 Ra8) 54. Kd4 $18 Be8 {[#]} 55. Kc5 $2 ({White must play} 55. Ke5 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Rf6.} Ra7 56. Rf6) 55... Ra7 $11 {The position is equal.} 56. Kb6 Rd7 57. Kc5 Ra7 58. Kb6 Rd7 59. Kc5 {White used his chance. Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 14. Bb3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 15. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 16. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 19. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,114,8,31,28,39,30,29,25,25,17,22,17,19,12,21,21,21,20,14,16,23,22,9,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-36,-39,-37,-37,-37,-37,0,-37,0,-37,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nbd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Bf3 Bg4 11. Bxg4 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6.} Nxg4 12. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 13. d6 {White has an edge.} exd6 14. O-O Qd7 15. Nb5 Nc8 16. Rac1 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Ne8 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Nc3 Nc7 19. Qxb7 Ra7 20. Qb3 Ne6 21. Be3 Ne7 22. d5 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 {1-0 (63) Lyell,M (2210)-Adams,N (2277) Budapest 2010}) 17. Nc7 Ra7 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 h6 21. h4 Rd8 22. Qe4 Ne7 23. b3 Re8 24. Rc2 {[%cal Bc1c2,Bc2e2,Be2e8][%mdl 32]} Raa8 25. Rce2 Rac8 26. d5 Bc3 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Nxd2 Nf5 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kg7 31. Nf3 Qb7 32. R8e2 (32. g4 {seems wilder.} Qxd5 33. R1e4 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 d5 35. Rd8) 32... Qxd5 33. Rd2 Qc5 34. Red1 h5 35. Rd5 Qc2 36. R5d2 Qe4 37. Re1 Qf4 38. Red1 Qe4 39. Rd3 Nxh4 40. Nxh4 Qxh4 41. Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Qg4 42. R6d4 Qe6 43. g3 Qe2 44. R1d2 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe5 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qe5 48. f3 Qe3 49. R4d3 Qe1 50. Rf2 Qe6 51. Rd4 Qe3 52. Re4 Qd3 53. Rfe2 Qd1 54. Re1 Qd2+ 55. R1e2 Qd1 56. Re1 Qd2+ 57. R1e2 Qd1 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,57,39,37,0,0,0,33,0,54,31,102,86,81,56,173,164,172,165,149,124,134,129,131,133,131,139,132,128,137,122,406,403,395,402,375,390,423,423,423,423,423,423,660,666]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O-O {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} (9. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Bxc3 10. Bxc3 $11) 9... d5 10. e5 Nd7 (10... Bxc3 $5 11. Bxc3 Ne4 $11) 11. f4 {White is slightly better.} a6 ({Black should try} 11... a5 $11) 12. Qh5 {[#]} Rd8 $146 (12... a5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Qh6 Rd8 16. h4 Qf8 17. Qg5 Be7 18. Qg3 h5 {1-0 (48) Doggers,P (2215)-Bruno,F (2419) Triesen 2014}) 13. Bd3 Nf8 14. Rhf1 Be7 (14... a5 $1 $14) 15. Rf3 $1 $18 f5 16. g4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} g6 17. Qh3 d4 {[#]} 18. Ne2 $1 a5 {[#]} 19. a4 $1 Nb4 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Bb5 {[%cal Re2d4]} Bd7 22. Rxd4 Bxb5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (22... Qe1+ $16 {was called for.} 23. Rd1 Qb4) 23. Rxb4 fxg4 24. Qxg4 (24. Rxb5 gxh3 25. Rxb7 Rd7 $18) 24... Bxe2 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rd8d1]} 25. Rd4 Bc5 26. Rxd8 {White is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 26. Nxc5 Rxd4 27. Nd3 Rc8 $14) 26... Rxd8 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rd8d1]} 27. Kb1 Rd1+ 28. Ka2 Rg1 (28... Bb6 $142 29. Qh3 Bxf3) 29. Qh3 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,90,40,20,29,2,4,4,5,4,0,0,0,0,16,17,12,11,22,11,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 f6 {C82: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 without 9...Be7.} 17. Rc1 fxe5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne7 20. Bc5 {[#]} Rf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Rf7 21. d6 cxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Nd5 24. Bxa4 bxa4 {½-½ (24) Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Grischuk,A (2732) Rethymno 2003}) 21. Qe2 Rb8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rf4 25. Qe2 Rd4 26. Rfd1 {[#] And now Rxd4 would win.} Qd6 27. Rxd4 exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 28. g3 h6 29. Qg4 Rd8 30. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} Qxd5 31. Qxd5+ Rxd5 32. Rxc7 {KR-KR} Rd2 33. b4 axb3 34. axb3 {Threatens to win with Rc5.} Rd3 35. Rb7 Rxb3 36. Kg2 g5 37. Kh3 Rf3 38. Kg2 Rb3 39. f3 b4 40. h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 Rb1 42. Kg3 b3 43. Kg4 b2 {[#] aiming for ...Rg1+.} 44. Kh5 $1 Rf1 45. Rxb2 Rxf3 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "237"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,237,14,19,12,-6,0,0,10,15,12,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,15,-24,-30,-34,-15,-54,-22,-10,-12,-14,-16,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-43,-85,-77,-68,-76,-82,-75,-103,-95,-112,-135,-119,-118,-101,0,0,0,-37,105,124,339,332,317,294,648,77,125,22,22,23,21,24,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-70,-72,-124,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-70,-64,-64,-59,-59,-59,-64,-59,-83,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,0,-70,0,-64,-64,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-58,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-58,-64,-64,-64,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-71,-71,-71,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. h4 Nf6 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7.} 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1 d5 {[#] The position is equal.} 9. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b3 b6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Nh3 Qd7 13. Qc1 d4 14. Na4 Ne7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 {0-1 (36) Pedersen,H (2120)-Abildlund,J (2091) Ringsted 2002}) 9... Nxd5 10. Ne4 b6 11. h5 Bb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Kf1 Rfd8 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Rxh6 Kg7 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. Rxh8 Rxh8 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Ncxb4 21. Qb2+ $1 f6 22. g4 $1 a5 23. g5 Rc8 24. gxf6+ Nxf6 25. Neg5 Bxf3 $1 26. Nxf3 Rc2 27. Qa1 Qd6 28. Nd4 Rc5 29. Nf3 Qf4 30. Kg1 g5 31. e3 {[#]} Qd6 (31... Qf5 $1 $17 32. Nd4 Qe5) 32. d4 $11 Rc2 33. d5 Rc5 {[#]} ({Much weaker is} 33... Qxd5 $6 34. Nd4 $14) (33... Nbxd5 $15 34. Rd1 Qb4) 34. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4e5] Threatens to win with e5.} Qf4 $2 (34... e5 $16) 35. Nd4 $18 ({Weaker is} 35. dxe6 g4 $11) 35... Kg6 36. Nxe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qh4 $2 (36... Qg4 37. Nxc5 bxc5 38. Qxa5 Nd3) 37. Qd4 $2 (37. Nxc5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} bxc5 38. Rb3) 37... Rc2 $16 38. Qxb6 (38. Rf1 $16) 38... Nd3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc2f2]} 39. Rf1 {Qb7 is the strong threat.} Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 40. Nxf4+ Qxf4 41. Qe6 (41. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]} Qd2 42. Qe3 Qxe3 43. Rxe3 $14) 41... Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg6 43. Qe6 Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. Qf8 a4 46. d6 Rd2 47. e5 Qxe5 48. Qa8 (48. Bc6 $11) 48... Qf4 $15 49. Qf3 (49. Bf3 $142) 49... Rxd6 (49... Qxd6 $17 {Hoping for ...a3.} 50. Qe3 a3 51. Be4+ Kh6) 50. Qxf4 gxf4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 51. Ra1 Ra6 52. Ra3 Nd7 53. Bf1 Ra5 54. Bd3+ Kf6 55. Bc2 Nb6 56. Kg2 Rc5 57. Ra2 Rc4 58. Kf3 Rb4 59. Kg4 Ke5 60. f3 Rd4 61. Ra3 Nc4 62. Rxa4 Ne3+ 63. Kg5 Nxc2 $15 {KRN-KR} 64. Ra5+ Ke6 {White must now prevent ...Ne1.} 65. Ra6+ Ke5 {Strongly threatening ...Rd5.} 66. Ra5+ Ke6 (66... Kd6 $1 $15 67. Rf5 Ra4 68. Rf6+ Kc5) 67. Rf5 (67. Ra6+ $1 $11 Kd5 68. Rf6) 67... Rd1 68. Rf6+ Ke5 {( -> ...Rg1+)} 69. Rf5+ Kd4 70. Kxf4 Ne3 71. Ra5 Nd5+ 72. Kg3 Nc3 73. Ra8 Rg1+ 74. Kf2 Rg7 75. Rd8+ Nd5 76. Re8 Nf6 77. Re6 Rf7 78. Re1 Ng4+ 79. Ke2 Re7+ 80. Kf1 Ne3+ 81. Kf2 Kd3 82. Ra1 Nc2 83. Rd1+ Kc3 84. Rd8 Nd4 85. Ra8 Rf7 86. Ra3+ Kc4 87. Re3 Kd5 88. Ra3 Nc6 89. Ke3 Ke5 90. Rc3 Ne7 {aiming for ...Nd5+.} 91. f4+ Kd6 92. Ke4 Nd5 93. Rf3 Ke6 94. f5+ Kd6 95. Rf2 Re7+ 96. Kf3 Re3+ 97. Kg4 Ke5 98. Rf3 Nf6+ 99. Kg3 Re2 (99... Ne4+ {looks sharper.} 100. Kg4 Re2 101. Rf1 Rh2 102. Ra1 Rg2+) 100. Rf1 Ne4+ 101. Kf3 Rh2 102. Ra1 Rh3+ {Black is better.} ({Much worse is} 102... Kxf5 103. Ra5+ Kf6 104. Kxe4 $11) 103. Kg2 {And now Ra5+ would win.} Rg3+ 104. Kf1 Kxf5 105. Ke2 Ke5 106. Ra8 Nd6 107. Rd8 Ra3 108. Kd2 Nf5 109. Rd3 Ra2+ 110. Kc3 Nd6 111. Kb3 Ra8 112. Rd1 Rb8+ 113. Kc3 Ne4+ 114. Kc4 Rc8+ 115. Kb4 Nc3 116. Rh1 Kd4 117. Rh4+ Ne4 118. Kb5 Rc1 119. Kb6 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,84,5,21,23,18,10,12,12,12,5,19,11,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,15,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} a4 9. Qd1 {The position is equal.} cxd5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. e3 {[#]} Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qa7 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfc8 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Ne4 18. a3 e5 {½-½ (53) Alekseev,E (2620)-Antipov,M (2549) Moscow 2019}) 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Bf1 Qa7 15. h3 h6 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Rec1 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 e6 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Bxa4 Nxd4 $1 21. exd4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxd7.} Bxa4 22. Nxa4 Qxa4 23. Rc7 Rd7 24. b3 Qb5 25. Rac1 {[#] And now R1c5 would win.} Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qb6 27. Qf4 Rf8 {Threatening ...e5!} 28. Rc5 Qb4 29. Kg2 Qa3 30. Rb5 Qxa2 31. Rxb7 Qa6 32. Rb8 Qa7 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Ne5 Bd6 35. Qf6 Bxe5 36. Qxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qb6 37. Qe3 Qb4 38. h4 h5 39. Qd3 Kg7 40. Qe3 Kg8 41. Qd3 Kg7 42. Qe3 Kg8 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,88,13,7,12,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,4,8,8,7,6,8,6,8,6,4,7,6,2,2,8,11,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,12,16,0,0,0,0,0,14,9,9,9,24,12,14,10,22,8,16,0,4,0,14,-7,-5,-8,-9,-10,0,-23,-10,-16,-15,-24,-32,-41,0,-8,0,-22,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 c5 {[#] E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} 9. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Bxd2 Ne4 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc3 dxc4 13. Bxb7 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nxb7 15. Nxc4 Nc6 16. b4 {½-½ (40) Ipatov,A (2648)-Sokolov,A (2528) Drancy 2016}) 9... Bxd5 10. Ndf3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bxg2 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Kxg2 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Bd2 Kf8 21. f4 f5 22. Kf3 Kf7 23. Rc2 Nf6 24. Nc1 Rd7 25. Nd3 {[#] aiming for Ne5+.} Bd6 26. Bb4 {Threatening Bxd6.} Rc7 27. Rxc7+ Bxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 28. Bc3 Nd7 29. a4 a6 30. e4 g6 31. Bd4 Bd6 32. Ke3 Ke8 33. b3 Kd8 34. Kf3 Kc7 35. g4 Kc6 36. gxf5 exf5 37. h3 Nf8 38. Be5 Ne6 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 {KN-KN} 40. b4 Nd4+ 41. Ke3 Nc2+ 42. Kf3 Nd4+ 43. Ke3 Nc2+ 44. Kf3 Nd4+ {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,51,16,9,20,6,12,12,24,7,5,9,14,7,25,11,51,47,70,58,79,69,88,83,62,81,260,259,265,244,233,233,247,218,219,211,215,205]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 {D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6.} 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 {The position is equal.} 12. Bb3 Ncb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Qg4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxd5.} Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 15. Qg3 {[#] White wants to play Bh6!} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Be8 16. h4 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bc6 18. Rac1 Nh5 19. Qe3 f6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Bf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 {1-0 (68) Ivanchuk,V (2764)-Delchev,A (2622) Belfort 2012}) 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Be6 $1 19. Bh6 $1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} Nh5 20. Qf3 {Hoping for Be3.} Bg5 $2 {This costs Black the game.} (20... gxh6 $16 {is a better defense.} 21. Nf4 (21. Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxh5 Qg5 $11) 21... Qb6 22. Qxh5 Bf6) 21. Nf4 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} (21. Qxh5 Bxh6 22. Nf4 Qf6 $11) 21... Qf6 22. Bxg5 ({Not} 22. Nxh5 Qxh6 23. Ng3 b6 $11) (22. Qxh5 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 $11) 22... Qxe5 {White is clearly better.} 23. Qxh5 h6 24. h4 {And now Re1 would win.} Kg8 25. Re1 Qf5 26. g4 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 80%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,80,25,17,20,16,22,18,13,14,18,18,22,12,14,10,10,10,14,10,15,21,13,7,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-1,0,-1,0,0,0,-3,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {The position is equal. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Qe3 Nd6 16. Qg3 Bh4 17. Qf3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxd6.} Bg5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxf5 Bxd2 {[#]} 20. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Qd3) 20... g6 21. Qe5 {[#] And now Qxd6 would win.} (21. Qf3 {feels hotter.} Bh6 22. g3 c6 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Qe2) 21... Bf4 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Re1 Kf8 24. g3 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {KB-KB} 26. Bg2 c6 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 f5 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. b3 Be7 31. h3 Bd6 32. c4 b6 33. cxd5+ cxd5 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 g5 36. Bf3 a5 37. a4 h6 38. Bg2 Bf4 39. Bf3 Bd6 40. Bg2 Bf4 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,82,25,27,31,35,32,30,33,29,22,36,24,27,28,30,14,17,12,19,8,7,7,7,7,10,0,12,-13,-16,-195,-192,-179,-193,-191,-187,-495,-488,-495,-495,-600,-591,-628,-611,-602,-598,-595,-589,-593,-599,-962,-956,-2067,-1979,-2482,-2282,-29981,-29982,-29977,-6499]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxh4 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Nxh4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} Qxh4 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Rab1 {White has an edge.} a5 {[#]} 17. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. a3 Nb6 18. Ne2 Be6 19. Nf4 Nc8 20. Rbe1 Nd6 21. f3 Qf6 22. g4 Nc4 23. Qf2 {½-½ (38) Telepnev,I (2499)-Kishkin,S (2457) ICCF email 2017}) 17... Kg8 18. Rfc1 Qd6 19. a3 g6 20. h3 Kg7 21. Qc3 h5 22. Ra1 Qf6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Qg5 25. Kf1 Nf6 26. Qc2 Qh4 {Strongly threatening ...Bxh3!} 27. Nb6 $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (27. Qe2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 27... Rxa1 $19 28. Rxa1 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. gxh3 Qxh3+ 30. Ke1 $2 (30. Ke2 {was the crucial defense.}) 30... Qh1+ 31. Bf1 h4 32. Ke2 Ng4 33. Re1 h3 34. Qc1 Qh2 35. Kd3 Nxf2+ 36. Kc3 Qc7 37. Na4 h2 38. Bg2 Qg3 39. Bh1 Nxh1 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 40. Rxh1 Rxe3+ 41. Kc2 Re2+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 96%.} (41... Qg2+ $142 42. Kb1 Rb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Ka1 Ra3+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection, Promotion} 44. Qxa3 Qxh1+ 45. Ka2 Qf1 46. Nb2 h1=Q 47. Qd3 Qa1+ 48. Kb3 Qhe1 49. Qc2 Qe3+ 50. Qc3 Qe2 51. b5 Qxb5+ 52. Kc2 Qe2+ 53. Qd2 {[#]} Qxb2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 54. Kxb2 Qxd2+ 55. Kb3 Kh6 56. Ka3 Qc2 57. Kb4 f5 58. Ka5 Qb1 59. Ka4 Qb2 60. Ka5 Qb5#) 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,81,31,0,6,-13,-12,-18,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-103,-113,-257,-85,-100,-87,-92,-82,-81,-86,-74,-38,-73,-64,-221,-237,-211,-229,-272,-74,-73,-76,-81,-61,-61,-62,-293,-293,-270,-264,-262,-206,-217,-209,-215,-204,-205,-214,-214,-206,-203,-202,-195,-191,-222,-214,-226,-215,-188,-191,-250,-254,-29997,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} c5 {6...dxc4 gains popularity. D83: Grünfeld: 4 Bf4 Bg7 5 e3 0-0.} 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 a5 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. An interesting side line.} 9. Nf3 a4 {[#]} 10. Qc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxa4 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Bc4 Na5 13. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. Bd5 {1-0 (42) Mikhalchishin,A (2480)-Bagirov,V (2545) Frunze 1979}) 10... Na6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. a3 b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 13. Nxb5 Rc8 14. Qd3 (14. Qxa4 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Nxd5 15. Be5) 14... Nxd5 $17 15. Bg3 (15. Bg5 $17) 15... Bf5 $2 (15... Ndb4 $19 16. axb4 Nxb4) 16. Qd1 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Rc2 19. Nc3 Nac7 20. Nxa4 Ne6 (20... Bxd4 $6 21. Bd1 $11) 21. Nc3 $2 (21. Bd1 $1 $15 Nxd4 22. Nf3) 21... Ndf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4g2]} ({Much less strong is} 21... Nxc3 22. bxc3 Rxc3 23. Nf3 $17) 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. g3 {[#]} Nd3+ $2 (23... Ng2+ $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 24. Kf1 Bh3) 24. Bxd3 $17 Bxd3 25. Nd5 Rxb2 ({Inferior is} 25... Bxd4 26. Nb4 $16) 26. Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4d3]} Bb5 27. Rb1 $2 {Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} (27. O-O-O $1 $15 Bxd4 {[#]} 28. Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 27... Rc8 $19 ({Resist} 27... Bxd4 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 29. Nb1 $19) 28. Kd1 Bxd4 29. Re1 e6 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc8c1]} 31. Nb1 Bd4 32. f4 Kg7 33. Kd2 Rd8 {aiming for ...Bf2+.} 34. Kc1 Ba4 35. Re2 h5 36. Nd2 Rc8+ 37. Kb1 Rc3 38. Re4 Bf6 39. Nc4 (39. Rc4 {was necessary.}) 39... Rf3 {( -> ...Rf1+)} 40. Re2 $2 (40. Ne5 $19 Rxa3 41. Kb2 Rb3+ 42. Kc1) 40... Rf1+ 41. Ka2 Ra1# {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,90,20,19,18,32,20,22,16,22,16,26,22,28,24,23,0,2,-1,15,-25,-9,-30,-22,-12,-15,-41,-60,-60,-42,-100,25,21,25,0,0,-60,0,0,0,0,0,0,75,67,76,63,63,69,71,72,87,28,55,19,53,20,79,33,73,33,33,37,73,56,189,158,283,279,275,165,118,97,287,284,278,-43,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 {The main line 11.b4 scores better than 11.Nf1.} Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 (13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 Rd8 16. Bb2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6 20. Rxd6 cxd6 {0-1 (52) Anand,V (2757)-Giri,A (2776) Kolkata 2019}) 13... Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32] [#]} 14. d4 $146 {Threatening d5.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. c4 c5 16. b5 Bb6 17. Ne3 Nf4 18. Kh2 Re8 19. g3 Ne6 20. Nf5 {1-0 (40) Giri,A (2764)-Petrosyan,M (2607) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 14... Ng6 15. c4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 18. f3 Nh5 19. Nf1 Ngf4 {aiming for ...Rg6!} 20. Ra2 {[#]} ({Better is} 20. Kh1 $15) 20... Rg6 (20... f5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5e4][%mdl 512]} 21. Ne3 (21. exf5 Rxe1) 21... fxe4) 21. Kh1 $11 Qe6 22. g4 Nf6 23. Kh2 ({White should try} 23. Ng3 $11) 23... h5 (23... Qxc4 $15 24. Qd2 Nd3) 24. Ne3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rh6+ 26. Kg1 Rh3 (26... Nh3+ $11 {remains equal.} 27. Kg2 Nf4+ 28. Kg1 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 Nf4+ 30. Kg1) 27. Rh2 $16 Nd7 28. Nd5 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 Nxd5 $1 30. cxd5 Qe7 31. Kg2 (31. Kg3 $16) 31... Ne5 32. Rh1 Ng6 33. Qd2 f6 (33... c6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34. Rc1 Rd8 35. Bf2 Kf7 36. Bg3 Rd7 37. Qd4 b6 (37... Qe8 $14) 38. Qd3 Ne5 (38... b5 $16 39. axb5 axb5 40. Qxb5 Ne5) 39. Qxa6 $18 Nxg4 40. fxg4 Qxe4+ {[#]} 41. Kh2 $1 Rd8 $2 (41... Qxb4 $16 42. Qc4 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 Re7) 42. Rxc7+ Kg6 {White must now prevent ...Rh8+.} 43. Kg1 $2 ({Wrong is} 43. Qxb6 $2 Rh8+ 44. Kg1 Rh1+ 45. Kf2 Ra1 $19) ({White has to play} 43. Rc8 $18 Rxc8 44. Qxc8 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qxd5+ 47. Kh2 Qd2+ 48. Kh3 Qh6+ 49. Kg2 Qd2+ 50. Bf2) 43... Rh8 {[%mdl 1024] ( -> ...Qf3). Black has compensation.} 44. Kf2 $1 Qd4+ 45. Kg2 {And now Qc4 would win.} Qe4+ {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 54%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,148,12,12,39,28,34,3,37,33,31,13,31,16,37,-6,0,-15,-12,-20,-16,-64,-62,-102,-91,-90,-87,-92,-94,-145,-119,-136,-108,-109,-76,-66,-64,-64,-38,-70,-66,-104,-47,-87,-95,-97,-104,-96,-36,-105,-70,-189,-186,-193,-193,-202,-193,-193,-193,-192,-190,-189,-190,-210,-210,-210,0,-210,-179,-210,-193,-210,-162,-210,-179,-210,-205,-205,-205,-227,-227,-225,-210,-203,-196,-196,-196,-192,-196,-203,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-206,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-223,-223,-223,-226,-223,-223,-278,-225,-288,-288,-307,-288,-283,-280,-288,-285,-344,-226,-229,-15,-16,0,0,543,0,0,0,1085,1008,6070,5393,5210,5093,5318,0,0,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 {The modern move. E11: Bogo-Indian.} (6... d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e4]}) 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. Nb1 {[%cal Bd2b1,Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} d5 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. A promising side line.} 9. Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 {[#]} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nc3 c5 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Bf4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 {0-1 (46) Mirzoyan,D (2350)-Repka,C (2524) Batumi 2018}) 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Neg5 c5 13. Be3 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Qc7 15. Rd1 b6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. h4 (19. g3 $142 Qc7 20. Qe2) 19... Qc7 20. Rh3 Bb7 21. Re1 Rbd8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bd2 h6 24. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3f6] Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Rfe8 25. Kg1 Rd7 (25... Qc7 $17 26. Ne4 Qd7) 26. Nf3 Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 27. Ne5 Bxe5 $1 28. Bxe5 Red8 ({Black should play} 28... Ng4 $1 $17 29. Bc3 Qb8) 29. Bc3 (29. Bxf6 $1 $15 gxf6 30. Rg3+ Kf8 31. Qh7) 29... Qc7 30. Qc1 {[#]} (30. Qe2 $1 $15) 30... Ne4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Rf3 (31. Rxe4 Rd1+) 31... Nxc3 32. Qxc3 Rd4 33. g3 R8d7 34. b3 Qc6 35. Rfe3 a5 36. a4 Qd6 37. Qc2 Qc6 $2 (37... g6 $19 38. Re4 Rd2) 38. Qe2 $2 (38. Qc3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 38... R7d6 39. Qh5 Qd7 40. Qf3 Qd8 41. Kh2 Rd2 42. R1e2 Rxe2 43. Qxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd2 44. Qe1 h5 45. Rf3 g6 46. Qe4 Rd4 47. Qb7 Rd7 48. Qc6 Kg7 49. Kg2 Rd6 50. Qb7 Qd7 51. Qe4 f6 52. Re3 e5 53. Kh2 Rd2 54. Re2 {intending Rxd2.} Rd4 55. Qa8 Rd3 56. Rb2 f5 57. Qb8 Qd6 58. Qb7+ Kh6 59. Qc8 {[%cal Rc8h8]} Qf6 60. Qc7 f4 61. Re2 fxg3+ 62. fxg3 e4 ({Don't take} 62... Rxb3 63. Qb8 $19) 63. Qb8 Rxb3 64. Qe8 e3 65. Kg2 Rc3 $2 (65... Qd4 $1 $19 {And now ...Ra3 would win.} 66. Qf8+ Kh7 67. Qf7+ Qg7) 66. Rxe3 $11 Rxc4 67. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f6]} Qg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67... Qd4 $11 68. Qf8+ Qg7) 68. Qe3+ $2 ({White should try} 68. Rf8 $18 {White wants to mate with Rh8+.} Qb7+ 69. Kg1 Rc1+ 70. Kf2 Rc2+ 71. Ke3 Rc3+ 72. Kd2 Qg2+ 73. Kxc3 Qxg3+ 74. Kc4 Qxh4+ 75. Kb5) 68... Kh7 {aiming for ...Qd7.} 69. Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6c4]} Rc2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69... Qd4 $11 70. Rf4 Qb2+ 71. Rf2 Qd4) 70. Kh3 $18 Kh6 71. Qe3+ $1 Kh7 {[#]} 72. Qe8 $1 Kh6 73. Qe3+ $2 (73. Rf8 $18 {Threatening mate with Rh8+.} Kh7 74. Rf7) 73... Kh7 $11 {( -> ...Qd7+)} 74. Qb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74. Qe6 $11 Qd4 75. Rf4 Qxf4 76. gxf4 Rc3+ 77. Kg2 Rc2+ 78. Kf3 Rc3+ 79. Ke2 Rc2+ {[#]} 80. Kd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 74... Qd7+ {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,132,4,4,5,5,9,12,9,14,3,10,10,6,0,20,15,33,21,30,6,26,4,22,16,27,16,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-4,-9,-10,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-24,0,0,0,-4,0,-5,0,-5,0,-33,-12,-4,-3,-24,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,12,8,8,5,6,5,6,6,5,0,12,14,14,7,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 $1 {12...Bb7 is better than 12...Bd7.} 13. d5 Nb8 14. c4 {C93: Closed Ruy Lopez: Smyslov Variation.} c6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Nf1 Nbd7 17. Be3 Rec8 18. Bd3 bxc4 19. bxc4 {[#]} cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... a5 20. Rc1 Ba6 21. Ng3 Rab8 22. Qd2 a4 23. Red1 a3 24. Ne1 h5 25. Nf1 g6 {½-½ (51) Cumming,D (2280)-Prorocic,B (1889) ICCF email 2016}) 20. cxd5 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. N1d2 Nd7 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Nc4 Rcb8 25. Bf1 Bc8 26. Rc1 {Strongly threatening Ncxe5.} Nc5 27. Nfd2 Bd7 28. h4 a5 29. Re3 a4 30. Be2 Qd8 31. g3 Rb7 32. Bg4 Bb5 33. Kg2 Rab8 34. Qf3 Be7 35. Rec3 Ba6 36. R1c2 Rb4 37. Bh3 R4b7 38. Kh2 Rb4 39. Kg2 R4b7 40. Nf1 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rb2 42. Ne3 Rxc2 43. Rxc2 {The position is equal.} Rb4 44. Nc4 Bf8 45. h5 Qb8 46. Bf5 Rb1 47. Nd2 Rb2 48. Qc3 Rxc2 49. Qxc2 Be7 50. Nc4 Qb4 51. Bg4 g6 52. Be2 Kg7 53. Kf1 Qb8 54. Na5 a3 55. Nc4 Qb4 56. hxg6 fxg6 57. Qc1 (57. Kg1 {looks sharper.} Kf7 58. Kg2 h5 59. Bf1 Na4 60. Qd3) 57... Nxe4 58. Qxa3 Qxa3 (58... Qb7 {seems wilder.} 59. Qd3 Nc5 60. Qd1 Qa8 61. a3 h5) 59. Nxa3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Nc3 60. Bc4 Bd8 61. Bb3 Bb6 62. Nc4 Bc5 63. Kg2 Nxd5 {[#]} 64. Nxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Nb7.} Nf4+ (64... Bxd6 65. Bxd5) 65. gxf4 Bxd6 66. fxe5 Bxe5 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,104,14,6,27,9,18,15,13,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-144,-108,-296,-26,-28,0,-29970,-686]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.} 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bf3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 f5 $1 18. Qb3 Bf7 {[#]} 19. d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. c4 e4 20. Be2 f4 21. Bd2 Rf8 22. Qh3 Rce8 23. Bc3 Bd6 24. Bg4 Be5 25. Bd7 {½-½ (53) Cruzado Duenas,C (2563)-Murray,T (2555) ICCF email 2017}) 19... Bxb3 20. dxc7 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {[#] Hoping for Rd7.} Be6 22. Bxb7 Rxc7 23. Bf3 Kf7 24. g3 g5 25. Bh5+ Kf6 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 e4 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Be2 c4 30. Bb6 Rc8 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. Bh5+ Kf8 33. Bd4 Rc7 34. c3 Rd7 35. Be2 Kf7 36. h4 Rb7 37. Rg1 {Black must now prevent Rg7+.} Bf6 38. Bb6 Rb8 39. h5 Bd5 40. h6 Ke6 41. Bh5 Kd6 42. Rd1 {aiming for Bf7.} Kc6 43. Rg1 Be6 44. Bd4 Bxd4+ 45. Kxd4 Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatens to win with ...Kd6. KRB-KRB} 46. Ke5 Bd7 47. Rh1 Rg2 48. Bf7 Kc5 49. Bd5 (49. Rd1 $11 Bc6 50. Be6) 49... Rg3 $17 50. Bf7 $2 (50. Rc1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 50... e3 $2 ({Better is} 50... Rxc3 $19 {Strongly threatening ...e3.} 51. Bg8 e3) 51. Re1 $11 Rh3 (51... Ba4 $5 {[%cal Ra4c2]} 52. Kxf5 Bc2+ 53. Kf6 Be4 $11) 52. Rxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52. Be6 $11 Bxe6 53. Kxe6) 52... Rxe3+ {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,113,10,18,18,20,23,22,20,15,15,20,20,12,24,21,12,20,21,23,23,18,17,17,10,11,13,10,21,25,14,8,4,20,-23,-44,-32,-25,-52,-18,-79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,0,-10,0,14,0,0,0,7,22,20,0,68,76,145,163,159,27,20,23,111,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,195,189,239,17,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-235,-59,-29971,-29973,-29991,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 {The position is equal.} h6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Re8 11. b4 $1 {11.b4 is better than 11.Nf1.} Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Rd8 17. b5 Ne7 18. c4 d4 19. Nd5 Ng6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 20. Rab1 axb5 {[#]} 21. axb5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 21. Rxb5 c6 22. Nb6 Qe7 23. Rbb1 Nh5 24. g3 Rf6 25. Qd1 Ngf4 26. gxf4 Nxf4 27. Kh2 {½-½ (45) So,W (2763)-Harikrishna,P (2734) Riga 2019}) 21... Nxd5 22. cxd5 Rf6 23. Qd1 $1 Ra8 24. Kh2 Ra5 25. b6 (25. g3 $11) 25... cxb6 (25... c6 $1 $17 26. Qd2 Ra8 27. dxc6 Rxc6) 26. g3 $11 Ra3 27. Qe2 Rc3 28. Rb2 b5 29. Reb1 Rc5 30. Kg2 Ra6 31. h4 (31. Rc2 $14 Qc8 32. Rxc5 Qxc5 33. Qb2) 31... Qg4 32. Kh2 Rf6 33. Ne1 Qd7 34. h5 Nf8 35. Nf3 Qe8 36. Kg2 Ra6 (36... Rb6 $11) 37. Nh4 $1 $14 g6 ({Black should try} 37... Rb6) 38. hxg6 $16 fxg6 39. f4 (39. Qd2 $1 $16) 39... exf4 $11 40. gxf4 g5 (40... Rc3 $11 {remains equal.}) 41. fxg5 (41. Qg4 $16) 41... Ng6 42. Qg4 Nxh4+ $1 43. Qxh4 {Black must now prevent Kh1.} Rg6 44. Kh1 Rc3 $2 (44... Qc8 $11 {and Black is okay.} 45. Rg2 Rc1+ 46. Rxc1 Qxc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Rg1 Qe3) 45. gxh6 $18 Rxd3 {[#]} 46. h7+ $2 (46. Rg2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg2g6]} Rxg2 47. Kxg2) 46... Kh8 $11 {Threatens to win with ...Rdg3.} 47. Rf2 {White wants to mate with Rbf1.} Qc8 48. Rf5 Rc3 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1+.} 49. Rbf1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatening mate with Rf8+. White is up to no good.} Rc1 {aiming for ...Rxf1+.} 50. Qf4 Rxf1+ 51. Qxf1 {Hoping for Rf8+.} Kxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 52. Rh5+ Kg8 {( -> ...Qg4!)} 53. Rf5 $2 {[#]} (53. Qf4 $1 $11) 53... d3 $2 (53... b4 $1 $19 {And now ...d3 would win.} 54. d6 Qe6) 54. d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Qf4 $15) 54... d2 55. Kh2 Qc2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Qd8 {and life is good for Black.} 56. Rf6 Qxf6 57. Qxf6 Rxf6 58. e5 Rg6 59. d7 d1=Q 60. d8=Q+ Qxd8 61. Kh3 Qd7+ 62. Kh4 Qh7#) 56. Rf8+ Kg7 57. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Both players deserved the win here. Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 68%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,60,13,12,13,18,55,54,32,27,36,19,37,35,66,14,25,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-7,-11,0,-70,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,18]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Na3 g6 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Bg7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O {[#] B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 13. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. d4 Bg4 14. Be4 Rad8 15. h3 Be6 16. Re1 Bd5 17. Bg5 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Rd7 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Nb5 {½-½ (34) Sveshnikov,E (2570)-Rytshagov,M (2525) Aaland-Stockholm 1997}) 13... Qc7 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 {White is slightly better.} 15. d4 Qc7 16. Re1 b5 17. Bg5 e6 18. Be4 (18. Qd2 $14) 18... Bb7 $11 19. Qd3 f5 20. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 21. h4 a5 22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 a4 24. c5 Qd5 25. Ra3 Bc6 26. Qe3 (26. Bf4 $11) 26... Rfe8 (26... Rfb8 $1 $15) 27. Bh6 {The position is equal.} Bf6 28. Bg5 Bg7 {aiming for ...e5!} 29. Bh6 Bf6 30. Bg5 Bg7 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,17,33,30,28,29,36,26,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-37,-45,-47,-78,-60,-89,-89,-78,-96,-98,-91,-148,-75,-116,-116,-172,-131,-120,-124,-123,-121,-122,-127,-118,-95,-108,-110,-139,-106,-132,-138,-131,-112,-118,-109,-133,-100,-100,-100,-112,-94]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nb6 7. Be3 Bb4 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 {[#]} 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ne5 Qe7 10. a4 a5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 {1-0 (31) Wojtaszek,R (2729)-Heberla,B (2541) Poland 2016}) 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ba4 11. Qb1 Bc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 12. Nd2 $1 Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4c3]} 13. Qc2 b5 $1 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. f3 h6 17. Qc1 a5 18. Nf1 Rfd8 19. Ng3 Be8 20. d5 (20. Bf4 $142) 20... Nd7 ({Black should play} 20... exd5 21. Nf5 Qe6) 21. Bf1 Ndc5 22. e5 (22. Rd2 $17) 22... Rxd5 23. Nf5 exf5 24. Rxd5 Ne6 25. Bf2 Bc6 26. Rd2 f4 27. Rdd1 Qg5 28. Kh1 Qf5 29. h3 Re8 30. Rd2 Qg5 31. Qc2 Qe7 32. Qc1 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Kh2 Qe7 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,75,2,0,0,11,29,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,6,4,26,22,18,10,10,10,10,6,13,0,14,0,0,0,4,3,3,0,0,4,25,25,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 {6...Bc5 is the fancy move. Played by Anish Giri in July 2020.} 7. e4 O-O {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} 8. Nf3 Qa5 {Threatening ...Nxe4.} (8... Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. Bd3 Rad8 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Re1 Bd6 16. Nb5 Bf4 17. Rc2 a6 18. Nbd4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf3 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 d6 22. b4 Qa8 23. Qe2 Rc8 {½-½ (36) Svidler,P (2729)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Sochi 2015}) 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qg6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qb3 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bf6 18. Qxb7 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qc5 20. Rad1 Rab8 21. Qc7 Rfc8 22. Qf4 Qxc3 23. Rd6 h6 {½-½ (38) Bu,X (2676)-Timofeev,A (2690) Ningbo 2010}) 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qa4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc8 21. h3 h6 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nd4 Nxd4 {The position is equal.} 26. Bxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} f6 27. f3 Kf7 28. Kf2 Ke6 29. Ke3 Kd5 30. Kd3 a6 31. a4 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. b3 Be7 34. Be3 Bf8 35. Bd2 Be7 36. Be3 Bf8 37. Bd2 Be7 38. Be3 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,122,25,19,16,16,10,13,14,13,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,7,5,8,7,0,0,0,4,0,58,59,61,19,36,25,53,15,69,18,65,60,72,73,133,139,129,0,127,109,189,0,0,0,0,0,20,22,164,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-4,-197,-177,-483,-463,-422,-455,-422,-422,-422,-422,-584,-592,-1241,-902,-1212,-1175,-914,-483,-483,-483,-485,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 $1 {8.Re1 scores better than 8.Nbd2. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} a5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxb5 14. axb5 Re8 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. h3 {[#]} Re5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... c6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qc2 Rab8 21. Re2 Re6 22. Rae1 Rbe8 {½-½ (104) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Karjakin,S (2782) Leuven 2018}) 17. c4 c6 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Qf3 Bb4 ({Reject} 21... Qxb2 $6 22. Bc3 $16) 22. Be3 Qa6 ({Black should play} 22... Bc5 $11) 23. Rec1 $14 Rae8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 24. Bd4 R5e6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 25. Nf5 Kh7 $1 26. Rc2 Qb7 (26... Qc8 $11) 27. Rd1 (27. Re2 $1 $14) 27... Qc7 28. Re2 Bc5 29. Bc3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} ({But not} 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Qf4 Qb6 $11) 29... Bb4 (29... Qb8 $142) 30. Bxb4 $1 $16 axb4 {[#]} 31. Qg3 ({White must play} 31. Qd3 $1 $16) 31... g6 (31... Nh5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 32. Qf3 g6) 32. Nxd6 Nxe4 (32... Nh5 $16 {might work better.} 33. Qh2 (33. Nxe8 Nxg3 34. Nxc7 Nxe2+ 35. Kf1 Rxe4 $16) 33... R8e7) 33. Rxe4 $2 ({White has to play} 33. Nxe8 $18 Nxg3 34. Rxe6 (34. Nxc7 Nxe2+ 35. Kf1 Re4 $16)) 33... Rxd6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 34. Rxd6 Rxe4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. c5 Re2 36. b3 Rc2 (36... Qe7 $11) 37. Rxg6 $2 (37. Qe5 $18) 37... Qxg3 38. Rxg3 Rxc5 $18 {KR-KR} 39. Rg4 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 c5 41. Rf4 Kg6 42. Re4 $2 (42. g4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 42... Kf5 $19 43. f3 $2 (43. Re7 {is a better chance.}) 43... Rc3 44. g4+ {[#]} Kf6 $1 (44... Kg6 $2 45. Re5 $19) 45. Rf4+ Ke6 46. Rf5 Kd6 47. Rxf7 Rxb3 48. h4 c4 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Ra3 51. g6 Ra8 {White must now prevent ...c3.} 52. Rb7 Rg8 $2 (52... b3 $19 53. f4 Rc8 54. Rb6+ Kd5) 53. f4 $11 {The position is equal.} Kc5 54. f5 {aiming for g7.} c3 55. g7 {Strongly threatening f6.} Kc6 {Hoping for ...c2.} 56. Rxb4 {Threatens to win with f6.} Rxg7 {And now ...Kd5 would win.} 57. Rc4+ Kd5 58. Rxc3 Rf7 59. Rf3 Ke4 60. Kg3 Rxf5 61. Rxf5 Kxf5 {Never resign too early! Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,92,0,-1,0,0,-2,0,0,-2,0,0,-1,-69,20,0,0,12,3,7,15,0,0,0,0,3,19,-17,-14,-22,-19,-33,-16,-31,0,-42,-43,-51,-45,-52,-56,-43,-8,-10,0,-2,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-26,-26,-26,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-20,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bg4 9. c3 Nf6 {[#]} 10. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Na3 Ne8 13. c4 Bf8 14. Nc2 Be6 15. b3 Nb4 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 {½-½ (94) Rapport,R (2731)-Shankland,S (2725) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 10... O-O-O 11. h3 ({White should try} 11. Re1 $11) 11... Bd7 (11... Bxf3 $1 $15 12. Bxf3 Bh6) 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Bf1 f6 15. Be3 Nd6 16. Nxd6+ Rxd6 17. b4 Kb8 18. Nd2 Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8f7,Bf7d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 19. Nb3 Nf7 20. Nc5 Bc8 $1 21. h4 Bh6 22. f4 Rdd8 23. a4 Rhe8 24. a5 Nd6 25. Rad1 b6 (25... Re7 {with more complications.} 26. Bb5 Bg4 27. Rd3 b6 28. Nb3 Bd7) 26. axb6 cxb6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...exf4.} 27. Na6+ Bxa6 28. Bxa6 Nxe4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re8 32. Bb5 Re7 33. fxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 fxe5 {KB-KB} 35. Bc4 Bd2 36. Bg8 h6 37. c4 Bxb4 38. Bh7 g5 39. hxg5 {The position is equal.} hxg5 40. Kf2 Kc7 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Ke4 Be1 43. g4 Bd2 44. Bg8 Bf4 45. Bf7 Kc5 46. Bg8 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,121,0,-10,0,0,6,2,43,5,15,0,0,0,27,-15,-11,-33,-30,-24,-21,-49,-41,-46,-27,-38,-53,-47,-47,-53,-47,-43,-44,-60,-48,-42,-46,-47,-14,-18,-35,-19,-4,-4,-4,-6,-6,-9,0,0,0,-6,-6,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 dxc4 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Nd5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line. D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines.} 12. Bg3 Bb4 {[#]} 13. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd3 Nce7 14. Ng5 Nf5 15. f4 h6 16. Nf3 Qa5 17. Rac1 Bd6 18. Ne5 Nb4 19. Qe4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qb6 21. Kh2 Nc6 22. d5 Na5 {1-0 (24) Arkhipov,V-Pinigin,V (2068) Omsk 2008}) 13... Nce7 14. Qb3 a5 15. Bh4 f6 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. Re2 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Rc8 18. Rcc2 Kh8 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Bd3 Rfd8 21. h3 Be8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. b3 Nf5 27. Bb8 Kg8 28. Na7 Bd7 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. Nxb5 g5 {The position is equal.} 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 h5 33. Kd3 Kg6 34. g3 Kf7 35. Nd2 Bxd2 36. Kxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Ke7 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Nh4 39. Bg3 Kd7 40. Ke2 Ng6 41. f3 Ngf4+ 42. Kd2 f5 43. Na3 fxg4 44. fxg4 Nf6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ne4+.} 45. Ke3 Nxg4+ 46. Kf3 Nh6 47. Bxf4 gxf4 48. Kxf4 {KN-KN} Nf5 49. Ke5 Ne7 50. Nc4 Nc6+ 51. Ke4 Kc7 52. Ne3 Kd6 53. Nc4+ Kc7 54. d5 exd5+ 55. Kxd5 b6 56. Ke4 Nb4 57. Kd4 Nc6+ 58. Kc3 Nb4 59. Kd4 Nc6+ 60. Kc3 Nb4 61. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,91,25,7,22,30,41,13,20,30,31,24,37,38,39,36,33,39,41,29,39,43,56,47,43,43,47,38,55,41,43,27,29,27,48,39,71,70,68,50,56,37,60,65,60,6,13,12,35,33,40,18,20,13,63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-83,0,0,0,0,260,0,0,0,1243,285,351,337,907,904,829,797,647,639]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 {Nowadays more popular than 6...d5. E11: Bogo-Indian.} 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. Nb1 d5 {The position is equal.} 9. Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 {[#]} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nc3 c5 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Bf4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 {0-1 (46) Mirzoyan,D (2350)-Repka,C (2524) Batumi 2018}) 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O b6 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. b4 Be4 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Bb2 Rd8 21. Rd2 Nf8 22. h4 Ng6 23. h5 Ne7 $1 24. d5 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Nf5 26. Qf4 $1 exd5 27. Bd3 (27. c5 $14) 27... Nh6 $1 $11 28. c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Ba6 30. Bxa6 Qxa6 31. Nd4 Re8 32. f3 (32. Nb5 $14 Re4 33. Nxc7 Rxf4 34. Nxa6) 32... c6 33. Kh2 Rac8 34. Rb3 Qa5 35. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2b2][%mdl 32]} f6 36. Rb7 {And now Qg3! would win.} Re5 ({But not} 36... Qxa3 $2 37. Qg3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 37. Qh4 (37. Qg3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxh5+ 38. Kg1) 37... Qd2 (37... Qxa3 $17 38. Re1 Qxc5) 38. Rc2 Qd3 (38... Qd1 $5 39. Rcb2 $8 Rce8 $11) 39. Rcb2 {aiming for Nxc6!} Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Avoid the trap} 39... Qxa3 $2 40. Qh3 $18) (39... Kh8 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 40. Nxf5 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} (40. Qg4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Nxf5 would kill now.} Qxd4 41. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 42. Rbb7 Qxg4 43. Rxh7+ Kg8 44. fxg4) 40... Qxf5 41. h6 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... gxh6 $11 42. Qg3+ Qg5) 42. Rg7+ $2 (42. Qg4 Qf4+ {[#]} 43. Kh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg4+ 44. Kxg4 f5+ 45. Kxg5 f4+ 46. Kxf4) 42... Kh8 43. Qg4 Qf4+ $2 (43... Qxg4 44. fxg4 Rg8) 44. g3 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qxg4 45. fxg4 {White threatens Rbb7 and mate.} Rg8 46. Rxa7 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 76%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,93,10,13,19,19,29,32,33,36,38,33,26,28,54,52,43,45,49,49,74,50,84,58,65,65,82,61,76,65,70,66,66,64,60,58,85,81,99,95,101,77,68,88,68,43,108,77,49,45,136,136,204,107,103,95,224,226,231,225,213,210,218,206,493,506,488,79,5502,2707]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 {White is slightly better.} 17. Bb1 a5 $1 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 Bd7 20. Bd2 axb4 21. axb4 {[#]} Qb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Nc7 22. Bd3 Ra4 23. Qc2 Qb8 24. Bc3 Rc8 25. Qb2 Na8 26. Nd2 Nb6 27. Ne2 Be7 {½-½ (38) Brodsky,M (2559)-Rogovski,V (2474) Noyabrsk 2003}) 22. Bd3 Be7 23. Qe2 Rc8 24. Nh4 g6 $1 25. h3 ({Much weaker is} 25. Bxh6 Ng4 $15) 25... Kg7 26. Nf3 Bd8 27. Kh2 Bb6 28. Rf1 Nc7 29. Nh4 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Nce8 31. f4 exf4 32. Bxf4 Bd4 33. Rf1 Be5 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Qb2 {aiming for Nf3.} Ng8 ({Black should play} 35... Nh7 $14) 36. Nf3 (36. Ra1 {keeps more tension.} f6 37. Qf2 Rc7 38. Be2 Kh7 39. Nf3) 36... f6 37. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nd6 (37... Qd6 $1 $14) 38. Nb3 $16 Nb7 {[#]} (38... Rc7 $16 39. Nc5 Ra7) 39. Rc1 ({White must play} 39. Ra1 $1 $18) 39... Rxc1 40. Qxc1 Ne7 (40... Nd6 $16 {was called for.} 41. Nc5 Qa7) 41. Nc5 $18 Be8 42. Ne6+ Kh7 43. Qf1 Ng8 44. Bxb5 Nd6 $2 {[#]} (44... Bf7 45. Bd7 Nd6) 45. Bxe8 Nxe8 46. Qa6 $2 (46. Qc4 $18 {Qc6 is the strong threat.} Ne7 47. Qc5) 46... Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Qxb4 $16 47. Nf1 Qe7) 47. Qc6 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,203,0,0,9,0,15,-79,-5,-11,6,0,44,0,81,68,62,93,74,71,103,104,120,118,185,183,266,209,358,266,249,229,223,223,213,214,230,227,276,247,339,339,339,281,375,377,375,332,336,303,297,292,389,385,433,433,397,425,427,407,413,414,366,282,275,279,285,285,285,285,285,278,278,276,270,270,263,256,184,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,0,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-59,-59,-59,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-20,-9,-9,-9,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-27,-20,0,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. f3 b5 {B86: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, without early ...b5.} 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O (11. a3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 11... Be7 (11... Bd7 $17) 12. g4 $11 b4 13. Na4 $1 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. Qxb4 Rb8 15. Qc3 O-O 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 {1-0 (60) Lipien,W (2066)-Daniel,D (1879) Poland 2013}) 14. Qxb4 (14. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Nfd7 15. Qxb4 $14) 14... Nxa4 (14... Bd7 $1 $11) 15. Qxa4 Bd7 16. Qc4 Qb7 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ba4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Rab8 (19... Rac8 $16) 20. Nc6 $1 $18 Qxb2+ 21. Kd2 Rfe8 (21... Bd8 $142 22. Nxb8 Qxb8) 22. Nxb8 Qxb8 23. Rb1 (23. Qxa6 d5 $14) 23... Qd8 24. Rhg1 (24. Qxa6 Bxg5 25. Rhg1 Bxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Qc7 $11) 24... d5 25. Kc1 $1 g6 26. Rb7 Ng7 27. Kb1 Qc8 28. Qxa6 e5 29. Qa7 (29. exd5 Nf5) 29... Bf8 30. Rxf7 d4 31. Bc1 Ne6 {and the idea ...d3 leaves Black hopeful.} 32. Qb7 ({Not} 32. Rxh7 Bg7 $18) 32... Qc4 33. Rxh7 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rb7f7]} Nc5 34. Rc7 d3 35. Qd5+ Qxd5 36. exd5 Rb8+ 37. Ka1 e4 {Hoping for ...Bd6.} 38. Be3 Na6 39. Rc4 ({Stronger than} 39. fxe4 Nxc7 40. cxd3 Bg7+ 41. d4 Re8 $11) 39... Nb4 40. cxd3 $1 exd3 {[#]} 41. Bd4 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 41. Ba7 $2 Nc2+ 42. Rxc2 Bg7+ 43. Rb2 Bxb2+ 44. Kb1 Rb7 $19) 41... Nc2+ 42. Rxc2 dxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} 43. Rc1 $1 Rb5 44. Rxc2 Rxd5 45. Bf6 Ba3 46. Rc8+ Kf7 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 47. Kb1 $2 (47. Rb8 $18) 47... Rd1+ $15 48. Kc2 Rc1+ 49. Kb3 Rxc8 50. Kxa3 {KR-KB} Ke6 51. f4 Ra8+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 52. Kb2 Rb8+ 53. Kc3 Ra8 54. Kb3 Rb8+ 55. Kc3 Ra8 56. Kb2 Rb8+ 57. Ka1 (57. Kc2 $11) 57... Rb7 58. Be5 Rh7 59. Kb2 Rxh2+ 60. Kb3 Kd5 61. a4 Kc5 {aiming for ...Rh3+.} 62. a5 Kb5 {Strongly threatening ...Rh3+.} 63. Kc3 Ra2 64. Bc7 (64. Kd3 $11) 64... Ra4 $17 65. Kd3 Kc6 66. Be5 Kd5 (66... Rxa5 $17 67. Ke4 Ra4+ 68. Kd3 Kd5) 67. Bc7 $11 Kc6 (67... Ra3+ $11 68. Kd2 Kc6) 68. Be5 $1 $17 Rxa5 69. Ke4 Ra4+ 70. Kf3 Kd5 71. Bc7 Ra3+ 72. Kg4 Ke4 73. Bd6 Rf3 74. Bc7 Rf1 {Threatens to win with ...Rg1+.} 75. Kg3 Rg1+ 76. Kf2 Rc1 (76... Rb1 {is interesting.} 77. Be5 Rc1 78. Bb8 Rc2+ 79. Kg3 Rc4) 77. Be5 Rb1 78. Ke2 Rb3 79. Kf2 Rf3+ 80. Ke2 Rh3 {...Rh2+ is the strong threat.} 81. Kf2 Rh2+ 82. Kg3 Re2 83. Bc7 Re3+ 84. Kf2 Rf3+ 85. Kg2 Ke3 86. Be5 Ke2 87. Bd6 Rf2+ 88. Kg3 Rf1 89. Kg2 Rf2+ (89... Rc1 $17 90. Bb8 Rc4) 90. Kg3 $11 {The position is equal.} Kf1 91. Be5 Rg2+ 92. Kf3 Re2 93. Bd4 Rd2 94. Ke3 Re2+ 95. Kf3 Ra2 {[#]} 96. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 97. Kf4 Ra4 98. Kxf5 Rxd4 99. g6 Rd8 100. g7 Rg8 101. Kg6 Rxg7+ 102. Kxg7 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,86,20,22,8,20,10,13,13,6,6,13,4,5,0,14,14,45,27,28,20,39,15,16,15,20,0,14,0,22,2,20,4,37,30,36,37,41,35,35,37,37,16,9,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,12,8,8,0,0,0,63,65,64,16,17,0,0,0,0,0,67,0,12,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4a5][%mdl 32] C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 7...0-0. Played by Wesley So in May 2020.} 8. c3 Nb6 9. b4 Bd6 10. Na5 O-O 11. Be3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... f5 12. a3 Qe8 13. O-O fxe4 14. dxe4 Bg4 15. Qb3+ Be6 16. Qd1 Bg4 17. Qb3+ Be6 18. Qd1 Bg4 19. Qb3+ Be6 20. Qd1 Bg4 21. Qb3+ Be6 {½-½ (21) Lombeck,G-Woznica,M (2348) ICCF email 2017}) 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. d4 Qd7 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Nac4 Ng6 17. a4 Qf7 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. b5 Be6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rfb1 Rf8 22. Qe2 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Qe3 Rff8 26. Rb4 Rab8 27. Rab1 Qc7 28. h3 h6 29. Qd3 Kh7 30. Nf1 a5 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Ne3 Kh8 34. c4 Qb6 35. Rb1 Qd4 36. Qc2 Rf8 (36... Rd7 $11) 37. Rd1 $14 Qc5 38. Qd3 Rd8 39. Rb1 Qd4 40. Qc2 Rf8 41. Rd1 ({White should play} 41. Rb7 $11) 41... Qc5 42. Qd3 (42. Qb3 $14) 42... Rd8 $11 43. Rb1 Qd4 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,105,-11,14,-2,2,0,0,0,0,-9,-3,-8,-6,0,0,0,16,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,50,57,52,48,47,47,51,59,54,56,49,47,76,68,75,54,141,138,161,154,141,112,122,86,84,85,83,81,87,62,69,66,63,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,11,12,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O {D05: Colle System with ...e6.} Bg7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. c4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Be5 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Nf5+ gxf5 21. Qxd5 {1-0 (45) Zita,F-Trapl,J Prague 1963}) 15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Bc6 19. Qa3 Ba4 20. Nb3 {And now Ba6 would win.} Ne4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nfd4 Nxd4 23. exd4 e5 24. Qb2 f6 ({Black should try} 24... Ng5 $14) 25. Re1 $16 Bxb3 26. axb3 {[%cal Ba2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} exd4 27. Qxd4 {aiming for Ba6.} Qe5 28. Qxe5 fxe5 {[#]} 29. b4 $1 Rc7 30. Bd3 Rb8 31. Bxe4 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} dxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. Rc4 Rcb7 33. Ra1 (33. Rcxe4 $14 Rxb4 34. Rxe5) 33... Rxb4 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxa7+ {KR-KR} Kf6 {[%cal Rb4b1] [#]} 36. Kf1 h5 37. c6 Rc4 38. c7 h4 39. Ra4 Rxc7 40. Rxe4 g5 41. h3 Kf5 42. f3 $1 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 $1 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Ra1 46. Rb4 Re1 47. Rc4 e4 48. fxe4+ Rxe4 (48... Kf4 {is more complex.} 49. Rc5 Rxe4 50. Rc8 Rb4 51. Rf8+ Ke4) 49. Rc5+ Kg6 50. Rc6+ Kf5 51. Rc5+ Kg6 52. Rc6+ Kf5 53. Rc5+ {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,126,16,19,19,19,11,29,24,38,14,15,7,14,10,9,17,13,24,36,22,22,0,35,34,24,29,15,15,31,40,20,26,50,35,86,38,37,29,60,8,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-74,-74,-81,-87,-89,-81,-81,-81,-92,-89,-82,-78,-79,-89,-104,-112,-116,-112,-100,-112,-99,-92,-92,-92,-127,-134,-131,-122,-173,-30,-45,-28,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-5,0,-126,-36,-128,-139,-1510,-1417,-1487,-1406,-12850,-27992,-27993,-27993,-27994,-27994,-27995,-27995,-27998,-27998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Nd2 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} Nf8 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bxe7 {[#] White has an edge.} Qxe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rxe7 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Rfc1 Bg4 16. Ne5 N8d7 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Bf5 Ngf6 19. b4 a6 {½-½ (46) Mai,H (1839)-Berger,F (1699) Bad Wildungen 2000}) 14. Rae1 Ne6 15. f4 Nf6 16. Nf3 c5 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Ne5 Bc6 19. Bf5 Rad8 20. g4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bxe4 Qd6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 24. f5 Ng5 {Threatens to win with ...Nh3+.} 25. Bg2 Rb8 26. Qf4 Qe7 ({Black should play} 26... Qf6 $14) 27. b3 cxd4 28. f6 Qb4 29. fxg7 (29. Qxd4 $14 c5 30. Qxb4 Rxb4 31. h3) 29... dxe3 $11 30. h4 e2 31. Qxb4 Rxb4 32. Rf2 Ne6 {White must now prevent ...Nd4.} 33. Rexe2 (33. Rfxe2 $11 Rxg4 34. Re4) 33... Rxg4 $17 34. Kh2 Rxh4+ 35. Kg3 Rh5 36. Bxc6 Rc8 37. Bd7 Rc3+ 38. Kg2 Rg5+ ({Don't play} 38... Nxg7 $6 39. Re7 $11) ({Much worse is} 38... Kxg7 $6 39. Bxe6 Rg5+ 40. Kh2 $11) 39. Kf1 Nd4 40. Re4 Nf3 41. Bg4 Ne5 42. Bf5 Rc1+ 43. Re1 Rxe1+ 44. Kxe1 Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 45. b4 h5 46. b5 Rg3 47. a4 (47. Kf1 $17) 47... Nf3+ (47... h4 $19 {Hoping for ...h3.} 48. Kf1 Ra3) 48. Kf1 $11 Rg1+ 49. Ke2 Nd4+ 50. Ke3 Nb3 51. Bc2 Na5 52. Rf5 Rg3+ 53. Kd4 h4 54. Rh5 Rg4+ 55. Kd5 (55. Be4 $11) 55... Rc4 (55... Nc4 $17 {And now ...Ne3+ would win.} 56. Kc5 Nb6) 56. Be4 (56. Rg5+ $15 Kh6 57. Rg2) 56... Rxa4 $17 57. Rxh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs White the game.} (57. Rh7+ $17 Kg8 58. Rh6) 57... f5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Rf4 (58. Bxf5 Rxh4) 58... fxe4 59. Rxe4 Rxe4 60. Kxe4 {Black mates.} Kf6 {( -> ...Ke6)} 61. Kd5 {[#]} Ke7 $1 {[%cal Re7d8]} 62. Kc5 Kd7 63. b6 a6 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-16,-20,-20,-23,-23,-26,-25,-22,-22,-19,-16,-16,-16,-24,-22,-38,-24,-38,-21,-39,-36,-44,-19,-24,-23,-67,-56,-102,-87,-104,-79,-89,-70,-89,-39,-109,-19,-36,-29,-288,-288,-286,-289,-504,-462,-428,-405,-419,-403,-365,-375]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 a5 8. b5 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6.} e4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxg7 {The position is equal.} Kxg7 11. O-O Qf6 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. f3 Nec5 14. Nc3 Nb6 {[#]} 15. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qe5 17. Nc2 {½-½ (17) Shcherbakov,R (2570)-Mortensen,E (2445) Hastings 1993}) 15... Be6 16. Nxe6+ Qxe6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Bf1 Qf6 19. Rac1 Re7 20. e4 Rae8 21. Nd1 a4 22. Nf2 h5 23. Re3 Kg8 24. Rce1 Qe6 25. Qc3 Qe5 26. Qc1 Qd4 27. Rd1 Qg7 28. g3 f5 29. Nh3 fxe4 30. f4 Nd3 31. Bxd3 exd3 32. Rexd3 Nd7 33. b6 (33. Ng5 $15) 33... Nc5 ({Better is} 33... Nxb6 $17 34. c5 dxc5 35. Qxc5 Re2) 34. Rd5 Ne4 $36 {[%cal Bc5e4,Be4f2,Bf2h3][%mdl 2080] Threatens to win with ...Nc3. Black is more active.} 35. Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs White the game.} (35. R5d3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 35... c6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc6d5]} ({Weaker is} 35... cxb6 36. Qc2 $15) 36. Rd3 {[#]} Nf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rde3 $2 (37. Rxe7 {is the only way for White.} Nxh3+ 38. Kg2 Qxe7 39. Qd1) (37. Kxf2 Rxe1) 37... Nxh3+ 38. Kg2 Rxe3 39. Rxe3 Rxe3 40. Qxe3 Qd7 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,44,18,12,10,21,10,7,6,8,19,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,-18,-29,-25,-17,-25,76,70,27,28,108,125,1491]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 $1 {The main line 8.Re1 scores better than 8.Nbd2. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 {The position is equal.} Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxb5 14. axb5 Re8 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. h3 {[#]} Re5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... c6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qc2 Rab8 21. Re2 Re6 22. Rae1 Rbe8 {½-½ (104) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Karjakin,S (2782) Leuven 2018}) 17. f4 (17. c4 {looks sharper.} c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Qc2) 17... Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Rxb5 19. Ra3 d5 (19... Ne8 $11) 20. e5 $16 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. f5 (21. Nxe4 dxe4) 21... Nxg3 (21... Qh4 $11 22. Nxe4 dxe4) 22. Rxg3 {Strongly threatening Bxh6.} Bc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 64%.} (22... Bxf5 $16 23. Bxh6 Bg6) 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,110,27,16,24,12,26,24,31,16,40,11,16,9,32,30,29,27,34,12,29,9,15,0,0,0,45,18,21,14,25,0,0,0,-5,-2,0,-41,-42,-59,-32,-11,-37,-162,-161,-295,-278,-284,-258,-252,-240,-243,-225,-265,-253,-268,-270,-286,-284,-286,-283,-339,-331,-364,-364,-364,-364,-356,-356,-326,-326,-490,-486,-471,-372,-359,-346,-516,-504,-429,-464,-2061,-1550,-4149,-4149,-4137,-4137,-4129,-4129,-4149,-4149,-11881,-4084,-7491,-9417,-4797,-4149,-4141,-4137,-1281,-1029]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 {White has an edge.} 10. Qc2 Nbd7 {[#]} 11. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Kb1 Qb8 14. h4 g5 15. Be1 g4 16. e4 gxf3 17. gxf3 {½-½ (42) Giri,A (2763)-Caruana,F (2842) Ekaterinburg 2020}) 11... cxd5 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. O-O Bd6 15. f4 a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rc6 18. a5 Qa7 19. Na4 Rac8 20. Rc3 Qb8 21. Rfc1 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 g5 24. Qc1 gxf4 25. exf4 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. g3 (26. fxg5 Bxh2+) 26... Qa7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 27. Nb6 {Loses the game.} ({White should try} 27. Be3 $15 gxf4 28. gxf4) 27... Nxb6 $19 28. fxg5 (28. axb6 {was the only chance.} Qxb6 29. Bc3) 28... Nbd7 29. Bc3 Ne8 30. g6 fxg6 31. Bxg6 Ng7 32. Qg5 Qb8 33. Kg2 Nf8 34. Bd3 Qc7 35. h4 Qe7 36. Qxe7 Bxe7 37. Kh3 Nf5 38. Kg4 Bd6 39. Bxf5 exf5+ 40. Kxf5 Bxg3 41. h5 (41. Kf6 {was the only defense.} Bxh4+ 42. Ke5) 41... Kf7 42. h6 Bd6 43. Bd2 Bc7 44. Bb4 (44. Bc3 {might work better.}) 44... Ne6 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Bc3 {And now h7 would win.} Nd8 46. b4 (46. h7 $142 Kg7 47. Bd2) 46... Bd6 47. h7 Kg7 48. Bd2 Kxh7 49. Bg5 Nc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 50. Ke6 Bxb4 51. Kxd5 Bxa5 52. Kc5 Kg6 53. Bh4 Kf7 54. d5 Ne7 55. Bg5 Nf5 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,94,4,14,5,7,10,6,5,4,-8,4,4,4,5,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-12,-15,-6,-8,-6,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 dxc4 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 {The position is equal.} 16. Rd1 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} (16. Rf4 {is more complex.} O-O 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Be6 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bf3) 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 18. Kf1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 18. Bg5 O-O 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd7 Rad8 21. Rxb7 f5 22. Rc7 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Kf1 {½-½ (47) Checa,N (2506)-So,W (2762) chess.com INT 2019}) 18... Kf7 19. Ke2 Rhd8 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Kxe3 e5 22. f3 Ke6 23. Rac1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc8 25. Rd3 Rc4 26. b3 Rb4 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. fxe4 {KR-KR} a5 29. h4 h5 30. g3 b6 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. Ke3 g5 33. Kf3 g4+ 34. Ke3 Ke6 35. Rc3 b5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Ke3 Rc5 (38... Rb4 {is interesting.} 39. Kd3 Ke6 40. Ke3 Kd7 41. Kd3 Kd6) 39. Rxc5 Kxc5 {KP-KP} 40. Kd3 Kb4 41. Kc2 a4 42. bxa4 Kxa4 {K3P-K3P} 43. Kc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c4] [#] Intending Kc4 and mate.} Kb5 44. Kb3 $1 Kc5 45. Kc3 Kb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c5]} 46. Kb3 $1 Kc5 {[#] ( -> ...Kd4)} 47. Kc3 Kb5 $1 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,137,16,25,26,22,4,23,14,21,16,14,22,20,8,10,15,30,27,18,20,33,34,55,24,25,29,24,0,28,22,50,18,14,0,0,0,0,0,17,17,28,14,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,18,0,0,0,10,18,18,18,35,18,20,25,59,27,26,57,26,51,67,4,7,0,0,-43,-43,-57,-43,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-168,-132,-189,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1335,1254,1234,1191,1376,1396,1224,1106]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32] White has an edge.} Re8 11. b4 $1 {11.b4 is better than 11.Nf1.} Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 Ne7 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. Ng3 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... d5 17. c4 c6 18. Nf5 Rd8 19. Rb3 Qe8 20. g3 Ne7 21. N3h4 Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Bb8 {½-½ (30) Nihal,S (2610)-Tomashevsky,E (2702) Konya 2019}) 17. c4 Ree8 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Nf5 Ne7 20. Ng3 (20. Nxe7+ {feels hotter.} Rxe7 21. b5 Ree8 22. Qb3 d5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Nxe5 Qf5 26. Nf3) 20... Ng6 21. Rbd1 d5 22. Bc3 Bb8 23. c5 Bc7 24. Nf5 Nf4 25. Bb2 d4 26. Bc1 Ne6 27. a5 Kh7 28. Nd2 g6 29. Ng3 h5 30. Nc4 h4 31. Nf1 Nh5 32. Nh2 Nef4 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. Rg1 Rg8 35. Rde1 g5 36. Qd1 {[#] And now g3 would win.} Nf6 37. Bxf4 gxf4 38. Qf3 Rg6 39. g3 hxg3 40. fxg3 fxg3 41. Rxg3 Rdg8 42. Rxg6 (42. Qf5 $1 $14) 42... fxg6 $11 43. Rg1 Nh5 44. Rf1 Nf4 45. Qg3 Rf8 46. Rf3 Nh5 47. Qf2 Rxf3 (47... Kg7 {is more complex.} 48. Rxf8 Qxf8 49. Qh4 Qf6 50. Qg4 Nf4) 48. Nxf3 Nf4 49. Qf1 Kg7 50. Kh2 Bb8 51. Ne1 Qg5 52. Ng2 Nxg2 53. Qxg2 Qf4+ 54. Qg3 Qf1 55. h4 Bc7 56. Qg2 Qf4+ 57. Kh3 Bd8 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rf4h4]} 58. Qg3 {Black must now prevent Qxf4.} Qf1+ 59. Kh2 Qe2+ 60. Qg2 $2 {[#]} (60. Kg1 $11) 60... Qh5 $1 $19 61. Qg3 (61. Qh3 $17) 61... Qe2+ $2 (61... Bxh4 $19 62. Qh3 Qe2+ 63. Qg2 Bf2) 62. Kh3 Qf1+ 63. Kg4 Qd1+ 64. Qf3 Qg1+ 65. Kh3 Bxh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Qe1 $11) 66. Kxh4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qh2+ 67. Kg4 Qh5+ 68. Kg3 Qg5+ 69. Kh3 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 91%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,0,2,0,3,-11,17,14,29,29,43,33,44,33,58,31,45,42,29,31,22,32,48,57,54,37,47,21,37,11,15,0,16,0,0,0,2,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,1,9,0,40,16,43,32,75,46,60,45,41,0,87,80,232,-156,137,-663,-666]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 5. e3 b6 {[#]} 6. Be2 $146 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+).} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bg3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Nd2 h5 11. h4 Na5 12. e4 d6 13. Bd3 c5 14. d5 e5 15. f3 Bc8 {½-½ (44) Winants,L (2515)-Sokolov,A (2566) France 2001}) 6... Bb7 7. Bf3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 {The position is equal.} Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. O-O (12. Ng6 {keeps more tension.} Qb4+ 13. Nc3 Re8 14. a3 Qxc4 15. Ne5) 12... Qe8 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc3 d6 15. Nd3 Nbd7 16. Rae1 Qf7 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 e5 19. d5 Qg6 20. Nb5 Rfc8 21. Nb4 a6 22. Nc6 {Ne7+ is the strong threat.} Kh8 23. Nc3 Rf8 24. b4 Rf7 25. Rf3 Raf8 26. Ref1 Nb8 27. Nxb8 Rxb8 28. Qa4 Ra8 {[#]} 29. c5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Strongly threatening cxd6. Decoy} bxc5 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rb8 32. Rg3 Qh7 33. Rf5 Rbf8 (33... Qg8 $11) 34. Rgf3 Qg6 $2 (34... Qg8 $16) 35. Qxc5 $2 {[#]} ({Resist} 35. Qxa6 $6 Re7) (35. Rxe5 $18 {Threatens to win with Ref5.} h5 36. Qxa6) 35... Rb8 $2 (35... Nxe4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] stays on course.} 36. Qxf8+ (36. Nxe4 Rxf5) 36... Rxf8 37. Rxf8+ Kh7 38. Nxe4 Qxe4) 36. Qf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36. Qa7 $16 Rb2 37. Rg3) 36... Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,10,32,36,42,35,43,25,25,19,18,9,16,0,0,0,6,12,14,12,12,12,12,7,9,12,13,13,14,13,21,21,21,21,33,0,0,0,0,0,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,0,41,0,41,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. d3 (3. d4 e6 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. a4 b4 9. a5 Qd8 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxa8 {½-½ (32) Ding,L (2813)-Carlsen,M (2835) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 3... e6 4. e4 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... d6 5. a4 b4 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. a5 Be7 9. c3 bxc3 10. a6 Bc6 11. Nxc3 Nbd7 12. Re1 O-O 13. d4 d5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. exd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (38) Balog,I (2537)-Zubov,A (2619) Arad 2015}) 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6.} Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Nfe5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 c5 13. b3 Qd5+ 14. Qf3 Qxf3+ 15. Kxf3 Nd5 16. Bb2 f6 17. Ng4 Nc6 18. Nge3 Kf7 19. Kg2 Rfd8 20. Rae1 h5 21. f4 f5 22. Ne5+ (22. h4 {seems wilder.} Bf6 23. Nd1 Bd4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Ne5+) 22... Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Nxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Rd5 25. h4 Bf6 26. Rfe1 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Re8 27. Kf3 Re7 28. R1e2 Re8 29. Re1 Re7 30. R1e2 Re8 31. Re1 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,106,34,4,0,16,2,0,17,0,25,-18,-40,-39,-12,-26,-22,-19,-17,-20,-19,-22,0,-163,-160,-174,-172,-152,-171,-164,-155,-155,-155,-153,-160,-155,-157,-155,-159,-168,-138,-152,-156,-141,-112,-138,-123,-131,-120,-121,-104,-115,-104,-115,-32,-158,-139,-139,-134,-123,-33,-34,0,-99,-53,-54,-56,-56,-56,-128,-20,-72,-23,-165,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,585,0,0,0,564,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 8. Be3 Be6 (8... Nbd7 9. a4 Nf8 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. a5 O-O 15. O-O Nh5 16. Rfd1 Nhf4 17. Qf1 {1-0 (25) Anand,V (2785)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730) Dubai 2014}) 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. g4 Nb6 {[#]} 11. Bxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 Rc8 13. Rg1 Nc4 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Kb1 b5 17. Rc1 {½-½ (68) Motylev,A (2690)-Wojtaszek,R (2704) Rogaska Slatina 2011}) 11... Qxb6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 h6 14. Bh3 $1 hxg5 15. hxg5 {Strongly threatening Bxe6.} O-O-O {[#]} 16. g6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rdf8 (16... fxg6 17. Bxe6) 17. Qg2 $2 {[#]} (17. gxf7 $11 Rxf7 18. Qxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf7 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Rxh8) 17... Bh4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Bxh3 would win. Keeping White busy.} 18. O-O-O Qxf2 19. Qxf2 Bxf2 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxh8 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Rxh8 23. Rxd6 Kc7 24. Rd1 Rh6 25. Na5 Nb6 26. Rf1 Bf4 (26... Rxg6 27. Rf7+ Nd7 28. a4 $17) 27. Rg1 Nc8 28. a4 Nd6 29. Nb3 Be3 30. Rg2 Nc4 31. Ka2 Rh4 32. Re2 Bd4 ({Black should try} 32... Rg4 $17 33. Na5 Nxa5 34. Rxe3 Rxg6) 33. Nc1 ({White should play} 33. Nb1 $1 $15) 33... Rg4 34. Nd3 Rxg6 35. Nb1 Rg4 (35... Rg3 $17 36. Rh2 Kd6) 36. c3 $15 Rg3 37. Nd2 (37. cxd4 $11 Rxd3 38. Rc2) 37... Nxd2 ({Reject} 37... Rxd3 $6 38. Nxc4 b5 39. Na3 $11) (37... Nb6 {is more complex.} 38. Nc1 Bc5 39. a5 Nd7 40. Kb1 g5) 38. Rxd2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Be3 39. Rd1 Rg4 40. Rf1 (40. b4 $15) 40... Bf4 ({But not} 40... Rxe4 $6 41. Re1 $11) (40... g5 $17 41. Rf7+ Kb8) 41. Nc5 (41. b4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41... Rg6 (41... Kc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6c5]} 42. Nxe6 g5 $15) 42. a5 {[#]} (42. b4 $11) 42... Kc6 $2 (42... Rh6 $1 $19 43. Kb3 g5) 43. b4 $1 $11 Rg3 44. Kb3 g5 45. Rd1 Rg2 46. Rd8 {Hoping for Rc8+.} g4 47. Rc8+ Kd6 48. Re8 g3 49. Rxe6+ Kc7 50. Re7+ Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Kd8 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 51. Rxb7 Rd2) 51. Re6+ $2 (51. Rxb7 $18 Re2 52. Rb6+ Kc7 53. Nxa6+ (53. Rxa6 g2 $11) 53... Kd8 54. Rg6) 51... Kc7 52. Re7+ Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Kd8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 53. Rxb7 Rd2) 53. Re6+ $2 ({White must play} 53. Rxb7 $18 {Rb6+ is the strong threat.} Re2 54. Rb6+ Kc7 55. Nxa6+ (55. Rxa6 g2 $11) 55... Kd8 56. Rg6) 53... Kc7 {What a bad dream for Black. Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,88,22,14,13,13,13,13,16,13,8,1,13,13,15,9,19,6,8,0,16,0,11,0,8,0,0,6,14,16,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-40,0,0,0,-7,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2.} 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Be1 Qd7 20. Rac1 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Rc7 21. Rc2 Rfc8 22. Rdc1 h6 23. e3 Bf8 24. h3 b5 25. Ne2 Nc4 26. b3 Na3 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 {1-0 (49) Wojtaszek,R (2728)-L'Ami,E (2623) Germany 2019}) 21. Rc2 Rc7 22. Rdc1 Rfc8 23. e3 g6 24. Ne2 Kg7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. h4 Nfe4 28. Qd1 Nf6 29. Nf4 Nf5 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. Qc1 Qd7 32. Qc2 Qb7 33. Bf3 Qb8 34. Qe2 Qc7 35. Kg2 Qc4 36. b3 {The position is equal.} Qc7 37. Qd2 a5 38. Qc3 Qd7 39. a4 Ne7 40. Qc2 Nc6 41. Be2 Ne4 42. Bf3 Nf6 43. Be2 Ne4 44. Bf3 Nf6 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,23,25,23,53,18,42,18,31,28,24,12,14,22,27,29,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,132,125,123,137,130,390,393,504,395,375,373,356,320,478,352,340,326,380,414,389,406,391,385,587,603,587,583,810,753,889,872,1338,1535,1512,1459,1458,1365,29975,29976,29976,29973,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Nd2 {White is slightly better.} Nd5 9. Bg3 N7b6 $1 10. a3 Ba5 $1 11. Rc1 O-O {[#]} 12. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Bb7 14. Bd3 a6 15. Nxc7 Rc8 16. Rc5 Nxc7 17. Rxa5 Bxg2 18. Rg1 {1-0 (30) Valles,M (2350)-Heberla,B (2558) Porto 2015}) 12... Bb7 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 {aiming for b4.} Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Be4 17. Qh5 Bf5 18. Ke2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bb6 (18... Qd7 $11) 19. Be5 $16 Bg6 {[#]} 20. Qg4 $1 Qe8 {[#]} 21. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5] h5 is the strong threat.} f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now Black is done in.} (21... Qc6 $16 22. Bd3 Qd7) 22. Qf3 $18 f4 23. exf4 {Hoping for h5!} Rf5 24. Kf1 Rd8 25. Bd3 Rh5 (25... Rd7 $142 26. Bxf5 Bxf5) 26. Bxg6 hxg6 {[#]} 27. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb5+ (27... Kxg7 28. Qxh5) 28. c4 Qf5 29. Bf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d8]} Rf8 30. Rg5 Rxf6 (30... Rxg5 {is a better defense.} 31. hxg5 Rxf6) 31. Rxf5 Rhxf5 32. c5 Ba5 33. Rc2 c6 34. Qxc6 Rxf4 35. Qa8+ Rf8 36. Qxa7 Bd8 37. c6 Bf6 38. c7 {White mates.} Bxd4 39. Qa6 Bxf2 40. Qxe6+ Kh7 41. c8=Q {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,75,0,0,0,-6,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,-9,-15,-15,-16,-12,-9,4,5,14,0,4,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,41,34,34,41,44,44,51,47,52,57,167,163,167,162,167,167,166,162,175,179,194,194,378,379,378,370,378,372]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 c6 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. h3 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3.} Bxf3 9. Qxf3 a5 10. b5 {The position is equal.} a4 11. Rc1 Qa5 (11... a3 $5 12. Ba1 $8 Qa5 $11) 12. Bd3 cxb5 (12... a3 $5 13. Ba1 $8 cxb5 14. cxb5 (14. cxd5 b4 $15) 14... Nbd7 $11) 13. cxb5 Nbd7 14. O-O {[#] Strongly threatening Ba3.} e6 $146 (14... a3 $5 15. Ba1 $8 e6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... a3 15. Ba1 Nb6 16. Nb1 Rfc8 17. Bc3 Qa4 18. Bd2 e6 19. Nc3 Qa7 20. Nb1 Ne8 {½-½ (50) Skytte,R (2426)-Ruck,R (2570) Legnica 2013}) 15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 a3 17. Ba1 Qd8 18. Nb1 Bf8 19. Bc3 Nb6 20. Qd1 Nc4 21. Ba1 {[%cal Rd3c4]} Nb6 22. Nd2 Ne8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bc3 Qd7 25. Ba5 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Na4 27. Qc2 Nb2 28. Bf1 Nd6 29. Qb3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nbc4 ({Black should play} 29... Nc8 $14) 30. Nxc4 $18 dxc4 31. Bxc4 ({Don't take} 31. Qxa3 $6 Qxb5 32. Bb4 Qc6 $11) 31... Qc8 32. Bd3 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Nf5 34. Qc2 Bd6+ 35. g3 Nxg3 $2 {[#]} (35... Qb2 36. Bc3 Qxc2 37. Bxc2 Ne7) 36. Qxc1 {White is winning.} Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nxc1 38. Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 81%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,51,0,-10,-31,-15,-37,-32,-26,0,-30,29,31,25,22,29,26,42,34,341,331,444,457,410,389,570,468,734,711,962,959,948,932,1443,1425]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} Qb6 12. a4 a6 13. e5 {Black is slightly better.} Nd5 14. Nde4 c5 ({Black should play} 14... O-O-O) 15. Nxd5 $11 Bxd5 16. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} cxd4 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bh5 {[#] e6! is the strong threat.} Nc5 $146 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... Be7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 18... Bg7 19. e6 O-O 20. exd7 Rad8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qf3 Rxd7 23. Bg4 Rdd8 24. h4 Qf6 25. hxg5 Qxf3 26. Bxf3 {0-1 (45) Del Rio de Angelis,S (2506)-Korneev,O (2565) Evora 2007}) 19. Qxd4 $18 Qe6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nb3.} 20. Bg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e6]} Nb3 {[#]} 21. Qd1 $1 Qc6 (21... Qb6 $142 22. e6 (22. Qxd5 Rd8 $11) (22. Bd7+ Kxd7 23. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 $11) 22... Be7) 22. axb5 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece. White is clearly winning.} Qxb5 (22... axb5 $142 23. Rxa8+ Qxa8) 23. e6 {Hoping for exf7+.} fxe6 24. Bxe6 Ra7 25. Bxd5 Nxa1 26. Qf3 {White took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,67,9,33,0,79,75,87,94,102,24,29,47,30,32,28,27,119,126,109,127,201,193,200,188,255,251,261,265,263,256,261,262,294,200,186,199,211,211,211,211,206,193,211,211,235,236,227,233,244,244,263,263,260,245,256,260,382,372]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Ng5 {Threatens to win with f5. C30: King's Gambit Declined.} Bf2+ (7... h6 $11 8. f5 (8. Nxf7 Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 9. g3 Bf2+ 10. Kd2 Be3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 11. Ke1 Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 13. Ke1 Qh3 $11) (8. Bxf7+ Kf8 $11) 8... hxg5 9. Qxg4 f6) 8. Kf1 $16 exf4 9. Bxf7+ {White is better.} ({Inferior is} 9. Nxf7 Qh4 $17) 9... Kf8 10. Ne6+ (10. Be6 $1 $16 Qxg5 11. Qxg4 Qxg4 12. Bxg4) 10... Bxe6 $1 $11 11. Bxe6 Ne3+ $1 12. Bxe3 $1 Bxe3 {[#]} 13. Qh5 $146 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rh5f7][%mdl 2048] White has good play.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd5 Bd4 14. c3 Bf6 15. Nxf4 Ne5 16. Bd5 c6 17. Ne6+ {1-0 (17) Hortensius,L (2033)-Moser,E Fermo 2009}) 13... Ne5 {White stays focused until the end.} (13... Qf6 $11 14. Bb3 g6 15. Qh6+ Qg7 16. Qxg7+ Kxg7) 14. Nd5 $16 c6 15. Nxe3 Qf6 {[#]} (15... fxe3 $16 {was worth a try.} 16. Ke2 Ke7) 16. Ke2 $1 $18 {Black must now prevent Bb3.} Qxe6 ({Wrong is} 16... fxe3 $2 17. Rhf1 $18) 17. Rhf1 Qf6 {[#]} (17... f3+ {is a better defense.} 18. gxf3 d5) 18. Rxf4 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf4 19. Rf1 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Re8 21. Kg1 Nf7 22. Qg4 {Qd7 is the strong threat.} g6 23. Nc4 Re7 24. Qf4 Re6 25. Na5 Kg7 26. Nxb7 Rb8 {[#]} 27. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5e6]} Re7 28. Nb3 Ne5 29. h3 c5 30. Qd2 Rf8 31. d4 cxd4 32. Qxd4 ({Much less strong is} 32. Nxd4 $6 Nf7 $16) 32... Rf6 33. Nd2 g5 (33... Nc6 {was called for.} 34. Qd5 Ne5) 34. Nf1 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,11,0,24,31,27,38,43,33,32,31,31,14,17,0,31,35,33,35,44,38,45,34,55,33,54,61,58,48,51,42,42,42,42,35,42,42,42,27,42,10,0,0,1,0,0,0,12,16,25,25,27,0,0,0,0,0,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxf6 {A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5.} exf6 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. d4 Bg7 9. Nc3 f5 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 {[#]} 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nce2 O-O 13. c3 Rfe8 14. O-O Rad8 15. Nc2 Qc7 16. Rfd1 a6 17. h3 Bh6 18. Ne1 {½-½ (59) Zmokly,A (2469)-Buse,D (2442) ICCF corr 2002}) 12... O-O (12... Nxd4 $15 13. exd4 O-O) 13. Nde2 $11 Ne7 14. Nf4 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Rac8 16. Qb2 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qc3 18. Qa3 Qc5 19. Qb2 Qc3 20. Qb1 Rc5 21. Rfd1 Rfc8 22. Rd4 R5c6 23. h4 h5 24. g3 a6 25. a4 Kh7 26. Qa2 Kg8 27. Ne2 Qa5 28. Qb2 Qc7 {[%cal Rc6c2]} 29. Rd2 Rc5 30. Qf6 Rc6 31. Qg5 Kh7 32. Nd4 Rc5 33. Rcd1 Qd6 34. Kg2 (34. c4 {with more complications.} f6 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. exf4 dxc4 37. Re1) 34... Ng8 35. Qf4 (35. Rc1 {looks sharper.} Qb6 36. f3 R5c7 37. Re1 Qd6 38. Qf4) 35... Qxf4 36. exf4 Ne7 37. Re1 R8c7 38. Nf3 Nc6 39. Re8 Nb4 40. c4 dxc4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...c3.} 41. bxc4 (41. Rdd8 {is interesting.} Rd5 42. Ng5+ Kg7 43. Rg8+ Kf6 44. Rde8) 41... Nc6 {The position is equal.} 42. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 43. fxe5 {Rdd8 is the strong threat.} Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8e8]} ({Not} 43... Rxc4 $2 44. Rdd8 $18) 44. Re7 R8c7 45. Re8 {[#] Hoping for Rdd8.} Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8e8]} ({Don't go for} 45... Rxc4 $2 46. Rdd8 $18) 46. Re7 R8c7 47. Re8 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,-10,0,0,0,-2,0,0,5,0,0,-3,6,-10,0,-11,0,-21,0,0,0,-23,-16,-73,-74,-101,-99,-113,-104,-97,-100,-102,-47,-70,-22,-60,-49,-35,-32,-48,185,-147,-151,-222,-239,-195,-111,-203,-215,-279,-262,-247,-262,-345,-152,-129,30,34,39,25,40,22,24,31,104,48,39,5,45,28,12839,1411,1642,1645,1372,911,12835,12835,12841,12842,12843,12843,12843,12843,12845,12845]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} Re8 9. Rc1 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} dxc4 10. bxc4 {The position is equal.} e5 11. d4 {[#]} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. c5 Bb8 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Ne5 Qd8 17. Bc4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rxe5 {1-0 (24) Speck,S (1980)-Edel,F (1525) Goch 2011}) 12. exd4 Nf8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rcd1 Qa5 16. d5 Rad8 17. Nd4 {Black must now prevent Bxh5.} Bxe2 18. Ncxe2 (18. Ndxe2 $11 Be5 19. dxc6) 18... cxd5 $17 19. Nb3 Qxa2 20. Nec1 Qa6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. cxd5 Ng6 (22... Qb5 $17 23. Nd4 Qxd5) 23. Nd4 $15 Re5 24. Nf3 Rh5 25. Ne2 Qa5 26. Qe4 Qc7 $2 (26... Kf8 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 27. g3 $2 (27. Qg4 $18 Qe7 28. Qxh5 Qxe2 29. Rfe1) 27... Qd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 28. h4 (28. Qg4 $17 {was necessary.} Rxh3 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Nc3) 28... Re8 $19 29. Qc4 f5 ({Black should play} 29... Qh3 $19 30. Rd4 Rhe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Nxe5 Nxe5) 30. Rfe1 {[#]} (30. Nc3 $17) 30... f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Nc3 (31. Nxf4 Rxe1+) 31... Rxe1+ ({Less strong is} 31... fxg3 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Qg4 $17) 32. Rxe1 fxg3 33. Ne4 gxf2+ (33... Rf5 $19 {is more deadly.} 34. Nxd6 Rxf3) 34. Kxf2 $17 Rf5 $2 (34... Be7 $17 35. d6 Bxh4+ 36. Nxh4 Rxh4 37. Nf6+ Kg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Nxd7 Rxc4) 35. Nxd6 $11 Rxf3+ $1 36. Kxf3 Qxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 37. Re8+ Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Ne5+.} 38. Qd4+ Kh6 ({Black should try} 38... f6 $14) 39. Rg8 (39. Kg2 $16) 39... f6 $14 40. Re8 {[%mdl 1024] aiming for Re6! White has compensation.} Ne5+ 41. Kg2 {Re6! is the strong threat.} Qa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Kg7 $11) 42. Qf4+ (42. Rxe5 $142 fxe5 43. Qd2+ Kg6 44. d6) 42... Kg6 $18 {[#]} 43. Qg3+ $1 Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 {KR-KN} Nf7 45. Kf4 Nd6 46. Re6 Nc4 47. d6 Nb6 {[#]} 48. h5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh5 49. Kf5 {What a bad dream for Black. Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,131,14,14,9,14,16,14,18,18,18,14,16,23,29,12,12,12,15,9,13,15,34,34,24,18,22,16,21,19,22,7,10,4,7,3,6,0,0,2,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,7,20,22,16,0,8,8,8,8,111,31,157,133,187,204,410,393,357,421,368,411,396,381,257,92,1020,958,1009,953,958,708,852,991,938,817,806,766,696,0,1058,1011,1186,1095,29977,29978,29988,29977,29975,29975,29981,29982,29982,29983,29986,29987,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White.} 11. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} Bf6 12. Qd2 Nxd4 {The position is equal.} 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Rfd1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qe7 16. Nc4 {[#]} Nb4 $146 {White must now prevent ...Bxg2.} ({Predecessor:} 16... Rfd8 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Bf3 Nb4 19. Qb2 f6 20. a3 Na6 21. Nd3 e5 22. Bg2 Rac8 {1-0 (73) Moriarty,A (2217)-Salzmann,S (2336) ICCF email 2018}) 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rab8 20. a3 Nc6 21. Rd3 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Ne5 23. R3d2 Kf8 24. h3 Rd7 25. f4 Nc6 26. Rd3 b6 27. Nb5 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ke7 29. Kf2 Rc8 30. Ke3 a6 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Ne4 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 {KN-KN} f5 34. Ng5 h6 35. Nf3 Kd6 36. e4 Ne7 37. Ne5 b5 38. Kd4 fxe4 39. Kxe4 Nd5 40. Kd4 Nf6 41. Nd3 Nd7 {[#]} (41... Nh5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. b4 {Black is on the road to losing.} (42. Nf2 $1 $16) 42... Nb8 (42... g6 $1 $14) 43. Nc5 $16 h5 (43... Nd7 $16) 44. Ke4 g6 $2 (44... Nc6 {keeps fighting.} 45. Nxa6 Ne7) 45. g4 $18 hxg4 46. hxg4 Ke7 {[#]} 47. Nd3 $1 Nd7 48. Ne5 {Strongly threatening Nxd7.} Nf6+ 49. Kf3 $2 (49. Kd4 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 49... Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... g5 $16) 50. Nxg6+ Kf6 51. Ne5 Nc3 52. g5+ Kg7 53. Nc6 Kf7 54. Kg4 Nd5 55. Ne5+ Kg7 56. Nc6 $2 (56. Nd3 $18 {aiming for Nc5.} Ne3+ 57. Kf3) 56... Ne3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Kf7 $11 57. Nb8 Nc7) 57. Kf3 Nc2 58. Nd8 e5 59. f5 {White mates.} Nxa3 60. Nc6 Nc4 61. Ke4 Kh7 62. Nxe5 Nd6+ 63. Kf4 Nb7 64. g6+ Kh6 65. Nf7+ Kg7 66. Kg5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 71%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,119,39,38,36,24,35,16,27,22,68,58,60,61,40,48,62,56,72,29,52,49,53,45,62,57,85,74,68,71,60,64,85,85,85,85,85,84,94,91,116,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,0,85,85,85,85,92,54,54,54,75,16,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} 9. Qc3 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory.} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. Nbd2 Qb6 11. a4 a5 12. e4 Nfd7 13. Qa3 b4 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Rd1 Na6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 {1-0 (52) Esen,B (2453)-Meddeb,A (2128) Sousse 2007}) 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Nxc6 Qd7 13. Bxd5 {[#] aiming for Bg5.} Rac8 14. Qb3 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Be3 Bxd4 17. Rd1 Rd6 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Nc3 Nc7 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxb5 Nxb5 22. Qxb5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc8 23. Qb7 Rc2 24. Qxe7 Kg7 25. Rb1 a5 26. a4 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 (27. Rc1 {feels hotter.} Rc2 28. Rxc2 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qxc2 30. Qe5+) 27... Qxb2 {KQ-KQ} 28. Qe4 Qb4 29. Qc2 h5 30. h4 Kg8 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. e3 Kg8 33. Ke2 Kg7 34. Qc6 Qb2+ 35. Kf3 Qb4 36. Qd7 {Black must now prevent Qd4+.} Qb3 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. Kg2 Qb7+ 39. Kf1 Qb1+ {[#]} 40. Ke2 $1 Qc2+ 41. Kf3 Qb3 $1 42. Qe4 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qb3 44. g4 hxg4 45. Qxg4 Qd5+ 46. Qf3 ({White should play} 46. Kg3 $16) 46... Qc4 $11 47. h5 g5 $1 {The position is equal.} 48. Qf5+ Kh6 49. e4 (49. Kf3 {is interesting.} Qxa4 50. Qf6+ Kxh5 51. Qxf7+ Kh6 52. Qe6+) 49... Qe6 50. Qxe6+ fxe6 51. Kg3 Kxh5 {K3P-K3P} 52. f4 Kg6 53. Kg4 gxf4 54. Kxf4 {KPP-KPP} Kf6 55. e5+ Kg6 56. Kg4 Kh6 $1 57. Kh4 $1 Kg6 {Strongly threatening ...Kf5.} 58. Kg4 Kh6 $1 59. Kh4 $1 Kg6 {And now ...Kf5 would win.} 60. Kg4 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,95,31,0,27,0,0,0,-8,-15,8,16,28,28,6,-34,11,8,9,-35,-25,-56,0,0,-7,-27,-2,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,27,20,23,21,17,11,12,17,17,17,11,12,72,-58,62,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 8. g4 (8. Be3 Nbd7 9. a4 Nf8 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. a5 O-O 15. O-O Nh5 16. Rfd1 Nhf4 17. Qf1 Bg5 18. Ra4 Qe7 19. Nc4 Rcd8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. Ne3 Bh6 22. Nf5 Qg5 23. g3 d5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxf5 {1-0 (25) Anand,V (2785)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730) Dubai 2014}) 8... h6 9. Qf3 b5 10. Be3 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. O-O-O Nd7 {[#]} 14. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd3 a5 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Bf5 Re8 17. h4 Nf8 18. g5 h5 19. g6 fxg6 20. Be4 {1-0 (39) He,A (2337)-Preotu,R (2487) chess.com INT 2020}) 14... a5 15. Ne4 a4 16. h4 b3 17. a3 $1 bxc2 18. Rd2 $1 Rb8 19. Rg1 $1 Nf6 20. g5 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 g6 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Qxa4 Ra8 24. Qc4 Rc8 25. Qa6 Ra8 26. Qb6 Qxb6 $1 27. Bxb6 hxg5 28. hxg5 Rfb8 29. Be3 $1 {[#]} Rxa3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. bxa3 Rb1+ 31. Kxc2 Rxg1 32. a4 Bd8 33. Bxf5 gxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Rd1 Rg4 35. Rb1 Kg7 36. Rb8 Ba5 37. Kb3 f4 38. Ba7 {White wants to play Rb5.} e4 39. Bd4+ Kg6 40. Ra8 Bd2 41. Kc2 e3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...f3.} 42. Kd3 {Strongly threatening a5.} Be1 ({Black should try} 42... exf2 $11 43. Bxf2 Rg2) 43. fxe3 (43. Rg8+ $1 $14 Kf5 44. fxe3 fxe3 45. g6 (45. Bxe3 Rxa4 46. Rf8 Kg6 $11) (45. Kxe3 Bf2+ 46. Kxf2 Rxd4 $11) 45... Rxg6 46. Rxg6 fxg6 47. Bxe3) 43... f3 {The position is equal.} 44. Rg8+ Kh5 $1 45. Rf8 Kg6 46. Rg8+ Kh5 $1 47. Rf8 Kg6 48. Rg8+ {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,103,13,7,14,16,20,22,24,40,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,3,6,4,4,14,10,0,33,26,54,33,36,31,38,39,38,37,130,114,131,153,227,226,331,208,351,350,325,237,222,222,503,501,525,510,496,483,700,688,662,0,679,628,1131,1124,1513,1481,29985,29986,29986,29987,29986,5457,5106,4851,2773,2271,9181,6081,6008,5165]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5g4,Bg4f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bg2 Ng4 15. e3 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bb7 16. Bb2 Rc8 17. Nc3 Bd6 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. f3 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Na4 Qe7 {½-½ (39) Peng,X (2459)-Jakovenko,D (2719) China 2019}) 16. Nd2 h4 17. h3 Nf6 18. gxh4 Ne4 19. Nf3 ({Not} 19. Bxe4 $2 fxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 $17) 19... Bd7 20. Be1 Be8 21. Ne5 Bxh4 22. f3 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Nd6 24. f4 Rf6 25. Rac1 Nf7 (25... a4 $5) 26. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} b5 27. Kh2 a4 28. Rg1 axb3 29. axb3 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rg6 {White stays focused until the end.} (30... Ra3 $14) 31. c5 Ra3 32. Qf2 Qa8 {[#]} (32... Rh6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 Kf8) 33. Rc2 $1 $18 {[%cal Bc1c2,Bc2b2,Bb2b7,Bb7c7][%mdl 32]} Bd7 (33... Rh6 {might work better.} 34. Rb1 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Qxa1) 34. Rb2 {Threatens to win with Rgb1.} Qd8 (34... Qa7 $142 35. Rgb1 Bc8) 35. Rgb1 Ra8 36. Rb7 Rh6 37. Qb2 {Rb8 is the strong threat.} Kf8 $2 (37... Rh8 {was necessary.} 38. Ra1 Rxa1 39. Qxa1 Be8) 38. Ra1 {And now Rxd7! would win.} Rxa1 39. Qxa1 Rh8 40. Qa7 Ke7 (40... Be8 $142 41. Rb8 Qe7) 41. Rc7 Ke8 42. Rb7 Ke7 43. Bf1 g6 {[#]} 44. Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Bxc6.} cxb5 45. c6 {[%cal Rb7d7][%mdl 64] Pin} Kf6 46. Rxd7 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rd7f7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf8 47. Ne5 Nh6 48. Rf7+ (48. Rh7 $142 Rxh7 49. Qxh7 Qg7 50. Qxg7+ Kxg7 51. c7 Nf7 52. c8=Q Nxe5 53. dxe5) 48... Qxf7 {White is clearly winning.} 49. Nxf7 Nxf7 50. Qd7 Rd8 {[#]} 51. Qxd8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Nxd8 52. c7 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,98,9,29,28,37,44,41,40,68,63,72,57,117,97,126,121,129,119,112,127,103,93,103,102,99,116,153,127,153,141,192,172,180,143,149,144,152,145,144,171,153,117,110,106,127,126,128,112,112,112,112,112,111,111,109,96,102,43,42,29,29,31,162,150,156,158,224,224,224,224,224,221,233,225,289,268,374,252,254,0,187,-310,-299,-615,-662,-692,-691]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 (7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d6 9. d5 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 e5 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Nd7 13. Nb3 f5 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 a4 16. c6 axb3 17. cxb7 Rb8 18. Qxb3 {½-½ (42) Gelfand,B (2695)-Kramnik,V (2800) Moscow 2018}) 7... Qc8 8. Nc3 {8.Nc3 is better than 8.Bg5. E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7.} Bb4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} 9. Bd2 {[#]} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Rc1 d6 12. d5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 a5 14. Bh3 Qe8 15. Nd4 e5 {0-1 (45) Daurbekov,M (2063)-Chekletsov,I (2372) Moscow 2020}) 10. d5 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 11. e4 Nc5 12. Qc2 exd5 (12... a5 $14) 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 a5 16. Nf3 Re8 {[%cal Re8e4]} 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qd8 19. d6 cxd6 20. Bxa8 dxe5 21. Bc6 Re7 (21... Re6 $16) 22. Rad1 $18 Qc7 23. Bg2 g6 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Qd8 e4 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Nd3 28. Re2 exf3 29. Bxf3 Nc1 30. Re5 Nxa2 31. Rb5 Nd7 32. Rbd5 Nc5 33. Rd6 Nb4 34. Rxb6 Ncd3 35. Rd2 (35. Rb1 $16) 35... Rc1+ $1 $14 36. Kg2 Ne1+ 37. Kf2 {Threatens to win with Be2.} Ned3+ (37... Nbd3+ $1 $14 38. Ke2 Nxf3 39. Kxf3 (39. Rxd3 Nxh2 40. Rb5 Rg1 $14) 39... Ne5+ 40. Kf2 Ng4+ 41. Ke2 Nxh2) 38. Ke3 $18 Re1+ 39. Kd4 Ne5 (39... Re8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 40. Be2 f6 41. Rb7+ Kh6 {[#]} 42. Kc5 $1 Rh1 43. Bb5 Rc1+ 44. Kb6 a4 45. Ka5 Nbc6+ {[#]} 46. Kb6 $2 (46. Ka6 $1 $18) 46... Rb1 $2 (46... Nb4 $11 47. Rd4 Nbc6) 47. Kc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Rg2 $18 Nd4 48. Ra7 (48. Bxa4 Nd3 $16)) 47... Na5 $19 48. Ra7 $2 (48. Ba6 Nxb7+ 49. Bxb7) 48... Nb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Kb4 {Rf2 is the strong threat.} Nxd2 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,80,16,13,0,0,0,0,-3,-6,0,-6,-45,-18,-17,-13,-27,-23,-27,-29,-28,-17,-47,-41,-39,-40,-45,-37,-46,-38,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-1,0,-1,0,-8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Be3 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5).} Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Qb3 e6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32] [#]} 14. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. h3 h5 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. Rac1 a5 18. Bf4 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. e4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rxe4 {0-1 (55) Dubov,D (2661)-Bu,X (2695) Ningbo 2015}) 14... Qa5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. e3 c5 17. Bd6 c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b3]} 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. Bxb4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Rb8 21. e4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Re2 {The position is equal.} Bxd4 25. Bd6 Rbd8 26. cxd4 {[#] aiming for Bc5.} Rxd6 27. Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf7 28. Ra4 a6 29. Re5 Red8 30. Rea5 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxa6 {KR-KR} Kf6 33. h4 Rd2 34. Kf1 h6 35. Ra5 g5 36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. Kg2 Rb2 38. Kf1 Rd2 39. Kg2 Rb2 40. Kf1 Rd2 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,84,0,0,0,10,0,0,-3,6,-16,10,4,11,6,12,16,13,15,36,42,60,28,25,34,63,67,110,108,102,112,103,106,112,110,114,105,137,0,68,82,136,131,220,216,368,115,91,68,71,56,69,65,65,54,90,79,118,108,110,125,118,100,155,150,264,264,262,240,238,0,193,0,215,0,178]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. a4 {[#]} Bc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Qd3 Bc6 12. Be3 a5 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. b3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Ne6 {1-0 (68) Alekseev,E (2616)-Li,C (2732) Riadh 2017}) 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. a5 Ne6 16. Rfd1 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 f5 18. e5 f4 19. f3 Rf5 20. Bb6 Qf8 21. exd6 exd6 22. Qd3 Ng5 23. Qxd6 Qh6 {[#]} 24. Rd3 (24. Rd2 $1 $16) 24... Nf7 (24... Re8 $11 25. Rf1 Qh4) 25. Qd4 Rh5 {[#]} (25... Re8 $142) 26. h3 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Ne4.} Ng5 (26... Re8 $16) 27. Qf6 $18 Nxh3+ $2 (27... Rf8 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ (29. Bxd8 Nf7 $18) 29... Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8) 28. Kf1 $2 (28. gxh3 $18 {and the rest is easy. Hoping for Qe6+.} Re8 29. Rd8 Qg5+ 30. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 31. Kf2) 28... Ng5 $16 29. Rd8+ ({Not} 29. Qxf4 $2 Rh1+ 30. Ke2 (30. Bg1 $2 Rxg1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 31. Kxg1 Nh3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 32. gxh3 Qxf4 $19) 30... Rxa1 $19) (29. Re1 {looks sharper.} Rh1+ 30. Bg1 Rf8 31. Rd8 Nf7 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Re7) 29... Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Qf8 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 32. b4 Ne6 33. Rd1 Kf7 34. b5 axb5 35. cxb5 Bxb5+ 36. Nxb5 Rxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Rd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 (37... Kg8 $16 {might work better.}) 38. Rxb7 $18 {aiming for Bd8+!} Rb1+ 39. Ke2 {Black must now prevent Bd8+!} Rb2+ 40. Kf1 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 {And now Bd8+! would win.} Rb2+ 42. Kf1 Rb1+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,82,22,42,0,36,-24,19,21,23,29,46,-52,-58,-53,-61,-215,-201,-212,-215,-209,-219,-225,-214,-214,-196,-204,-191,-370,-332,-336,-371,-371,-341,-340,-351,-348,-358,-316,-344,-321,-392,-357,-330,-311,-334,-1098,-1083,-1035,-947,-944,-938,-914,-893,-1277,-797,-779,-752,-6250,-6264,-6002,-6018,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29986,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. a3 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} b5 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] An interesting side line.} 9. e5 $146 (9. Nxc6 $14 dxc6 10. Qg3 Qxg3 11. hxg3) ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. e5 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng8 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nd2 {1-0 (37) Costa,L (1959)-Hubert,C (1341) Wuerzburg 2019}) 9... Nxd4 (9... Bb7 $5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 10. Nxc6 (10. exf6 Nxd4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 11. Qd1 Nf5 $17) 10... Bxc6 $11) 10. Bxd4 {The position is equal.} Bb7 11. Qg3 Nd5 12. Ne4 (12. Bd3 $14) 12... Qxc2 $15 13. Bd3 Qa4 14. b4 $2 {[#] White does not recover from this.} (14. Bc5 $15 Nb4 15. Bxb4 Bxb4+ {[%mdl 64] Pin} 16. Ke2) 14... Bxb4+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 15. axb4 Qxb4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 16. Bc3 Nxc3 17. Nd6+ Kf8 {Hoping for ...Ne4+.} 18. O-O Bc6 $1 19. Rac1 f5 20. Qg5 $2 (20. Rfe1 {was called for.} Nd5 21. Be2) 20... Qd4 $1 {[%csl LRd3,LRe5][%cal Rd4d3][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. Rfe1 {White wants to play Bxf5!} Qxd3 22. Qh5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rh5f7]} g6 23. Qg5 {Intending Qf6+ and mate.} Kg8 $1 24. Qe7 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re7f7]} Rf8 25. Ne8 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Re7g7]} Rf7 26. Nf6+ Kg7 $1 27. Nh5+ {[#]} Kh6 $1 28. Qxf7 Kxh5 29. Re3 $2 (29. Qg7 Ne2+ {[#]} 30. Rxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe2 31. Qxh8) 29... Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kf1 {[#]} Bxg2+ $1 31. Ke1 (31. Kxg2 Qd5+) 31... Nxc1 32. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 33. Kd2 Nxe5 34. Qg7 Nf3+ 35. Ke3 Rc8 36. Qxh7+ Kg5 37. Qe7+ Kg4 {Black mates.} 38. h3+ Bxh3 39. Qd6 Rc3+ 40. Ke2 {[#]} Bf1+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 41. Kxf1 Rc1+ {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,146,-6,-2,-26,-12,-22,-16,-16,-14,-22,-19,-27,-18,-51,-25,-51,0,-33,0,0,43,42,35,0,57,59,68,70,63,51,162,50,56,54,45,17,20,0,0,-22,135,87,81,86,166,71,80,34,76,80,107,99,182,169,196,116,106,129,217,71,97,68,77,60,208,96,106,111,645,640,638,638,575,296,572,230,212,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,66,66,133,66,66,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,8,123,8,123,123,123,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 (4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. a3 a5 7. b3 Bxc5 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bb5 Qe7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 e5 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Qe2 f6 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Bd3 Bc5 19. Kh1 Nd4 20. Qe4 g6 {0-1 (45) Kramnik,V (2811)-Gelfand,B (2724) Zuerich 2017}) 4... e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 {D04: Colle System.} axb4 7. cxb4 b6 $1 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. a4 bxc5 11. b5 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O (12... g5 $15) 13. O-O Bc7 14. Nbd2 {[#]} c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Re8 15. Qc2 Bb6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 c4 18. Bc3 e5 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Nf3 Ba5 {0-1 (36) Evans,G (2233)-Bunyan,H (1891) IECG email 2000}) 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bc3 (16. N2f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Nd3 17. Nc6 Nxb2 18. Qc2 $11) 16... Nfd7 (16... Nd3 $11) 17. f4 $14 Nd3 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. a5 e5 (19... Bd6 $14) 20. Kh1 (20. e4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 21. Nxe4 (21. Nxc4 exf4 22. Qg4 f6 $14)) 20... exf4 21. exf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Nxf4 {[#]} 23. Qg4 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 512]} Ne6 24. Re1 d4 $2 (24... Ndc5 $1 $11 25. Bxg7 f5) 25. Nxd4 Nf6 26. Qg3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 1152] White has strong compensation. White wants a kill.} Qd7 (26... Rd8 $16 {might work better.}) 27. Nf5 (27. Nc6 $18 {has better winning chances.} Nd5 28. Nxc4 Nxc3 29. Qxc3) 27... Qd3 $16 28. Ne7+ $1 Kh8 29. b6 Qxg3 30. hxg3 Nc5 (30... Rfe8 $16) 31. Nxc4 $18 Nb7 32. Bxf6 ({Better is} 32. g4 $18) 32... gxf6 $16 33. Ra1 {Strongly threatening a6.} Nc5 (33... Ra6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 34. Rb1 (34. Nd5 $18) 34... Nb7 35. Rb5 {Threatens to win with Nd5.} Rfe8 36. Nd5 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Ra1 38. Nc7 ({Don't play} 38. Nxf6 $6 Ra4 $11) 38... R8xa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rc8 $16) 39. Nxa5 Rxa5 40. Rxa5 Nxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 41. Ne8 Nb7 $2 (41... f5 42. Nd6 Kg7) 42. Kh3 (42. g4 $142 Kg8 43. Kg3 (43. Nxf6+ Kg7 $18)) 42... f5 $18 {[#]} 43. g4 $2 (43. Kh4 $1 $18) 43... fxg4+ $1 $11 44. Kxg4 Kg8 45. Nf6+ Kg7 46. Nd5 Nd6 (46... f6 $11) 47. Kf4 $14 {And now Ke5 would win.} f6 48. Nc3 (48. Ke3 $16) 48... Kf7 49. Ne4 (49. Nb5 $1 $14 Nb7 50. Ke4) 49... Nb7 $11 50. Kf5 Ke7 51. Nxf6 Nd6+ 52. Kg5 (52. Ke5 $5 {[%cal Re5d5]} Nc4+ 53. Kf4 Nxb6 54. Nxh7 $14) 52... Nf7+ 53. Kf4 Kd6 $1 54. Nxh7 Kc6 55. Ng5 (55. b7 $5 Kxb7 56. Ng5 $16) 55... Nh6 56. Nf3 {Kg5 is the strong threat.} Kxb6 57. Kg5 Nf7+ 58. Kf6 Nd6 59. g4 {aiming for Ke6.} Kc5 {[#]} (59... Kc6 $11) 60. Nd2 ({White must play} 60. Ke6 $1 $16 Ne8 61. Ke7) 60... Kd5 (60... Kd4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 61. g5 $16 Ne8+ 62. Kg6 (62. Ke7 $16 Ng7 63. g6) 62... Ke5 $11 {The position is equal.} 63. Nf3+ Kf4 64. Nd4 Nd6 $1 65. Ne6+ Ke5 66. Nc5 {White wants to play Kh7.} Kd5 67. Nd7 {next Kh7 is good for White.} Ke6 68. Nf8+ Ke7 69. Kg7 Nf7 70. Ng6+ Ke8 71. Kg8 Nxg5 72. Ne5 Ne6 73. Nd7 Kxd7 {Black defended with fortune. Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,109,24,19,22,22,29,18,15,5,43,41,29,0,0,0,8,4,14,17,37,10,18,-13,-13,-12,0,-17,-5,-14,-4,-7,-2,-3,0,-9,10,10,7,10,4,6,26,2,12,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-10,-53,-19,-31,-14,-87,-86,-62,-13,-18,-12,-15,0,-77,-76,-65,-95,-102,-95,-150,-139,-139,-141,-281,-114,-104,-106,-145,-143,-146,-140,-175,-152,-156,-85,-347,-123,-235,-43,-50,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4.} 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. a4 e6 9. Nf3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rad1 Na6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qb1 Bb7 {½-½ (39) Turczynski,M (2150)-Tritt,M (2075) ICCF email 2018}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 (11. e4 $5) 11... Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. b3 O-O 17. Bb2 Ra8 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Bd3 Rad8 20. Ne2 e5 21. Ng3 {Strongly threatening Nf5.} g6 22. Qe2 Na5 23. Bxe5 Nxb3 24. Rb1 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Qxe5 25. Rxb3 Rd7 26. Rfb1 Rff7 27. Qb2 Ng4 {White must now prevent ...Bxe3!} 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. Be2 Kg7 30. Kf1 h5 31. Bf3 Kh6 (31... b6 $5 32. Rd1 Nxf3 33. gxf3 h4 $17) 32. Ke2 b6 33. Rd1 (33. h4 $11) 33... h4 $17 34. Nf1 d4 (34... h3 $5) 35. exd4 Bxd4 36. Ne3 h3 37. Rb4 (37. Bg4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 39. Kg3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nxe3 40. Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 41. Rxe5 Rxd1 42. Kxh3) 37... hxg2 38. Bxg2 Rf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Bxe3. Black is really pushing.} 39. Rb3 Rdf7 40. Rf1 (40. Bd5 $142 Rxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Ke1 Bxe3 42. Rxe3 Rf1+ 43. Kd2 R7f2+ 44. Kc1) 40... Bc5 41. a5 bxa5 42. Rb7 (42. Rb8 $17) 42... a4 (42... Rxb7 $19 43. Bxb7 Rb4 44. Bxa6 Rb2+ 45. Kd1 a4) 43. Rxf7 Rxf7 44. Bd5 Rf4 45. Rb1 a3 46. Rb8 Ra4 47. Ba2 Bxe3 ({Black should play} 47... Rd4 {And now ...Nd3 would win.} 48. Rc8 Bb4) 48. fxe3 $2 {[%mdl 12288] Endgame KRB-KRN} (48. Kxe3 $17 Ng4+ 49. Ke2) 48... Rh4 $2 (48... Nc6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 49. Rb1 Rh4) 49. h3 {[#]} (49. Kf1 $17) 49... Kg7 $2 (49... Nc6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc6b8]} 50. Rb3 Ra4) 50. Rb3 $15 Rxh3 {Threatens to win with ...Rh2+.} 51. Rxa3 {The position is equal.} Rh2+ 52. Kf1 Ng4 53. Be6 Nf6 54. Rxa6 Rh5 55. Ke2 {Whites escaped into a draw. Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,10,6,0,0,-19,8,13,12,16,6,0,0,0,30,32,227,225,225,218,216,216,431,418,420,404,346,376,343,208,670,659,909,902,805,354,356,331,331,331,331,331,331,331,404,379,487,474,508,508,500,497,496,462,754,748,706,684,869,862,814,803,6295,6406]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d6 6. c3 {[#] A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack.} Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d3 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ne3 h6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxe8 Qxe8 17. dxc5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 {½-½ (35) Clavijo Usuga,J-Davydenko,A (2173) Moscow 2008}) 7. d4 f5 8. dxe5 {The position is equal.} dxe5 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Be6 11. Re1 {aiming for Bxc6+.} Qd7 12. Qa4 Bd5 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} ({Black should play} 12... Be7 $14) 13. Bxd5 $1 $18 Qxd5 14. Nc4 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rd7 $2 (15... Re8 16. Rad1 Qf7) 16. Rad1 Qe6 {[#]} 17. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd1 ({Much worse is} 17... Nxe5 {[#]} 18. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b5 19. Rxe6 $18) 18. Qxd1 {Nxc6 is the strong threat.} Ne7 19. Nd3 ({Weaker is} 19. c4 h6 $16) 19... Qd6 $2 (19... Qd7 20. Qb3 (20. Nxc5 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Nc6 $18) 20... Nc6) 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. Qe8+ Kc7 22. Nf4 (22. Bf4 $142 Nxf4 23. Nxf4) 22... Qd7 23. Nxg6 Qxe8 24. Rxe8 hxg6 25. Be7 Bxe7 26. Rxh8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} c4 27. Kf1 b5 28. Ke2 {White is clearly winning.} a5 29. Re8 Bf6 30. Re6 Kb7 31. Kd2 a4 (31... Bg5+ $142 32. f4 Bf6) 32. a3 Kc7 33. h4 Kb7 34. Ke3 Kc7 35. f3 b4 {[#]} 36. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,0,25,11,17,0,14,-2,2,0,45,28,8,8,39,22,44,10,10,16,23,11,15,14,20,5,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,22,0,27,0,75,3,12,0,0,0,11,5,5,0,35,5,538,525]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 {[#] A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4.} Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. a3 b6 10. h4 Bb7 11. Ng5 g6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Nce4 h5 {0-1 (29) Ganguly,S (2635)-Aryan,C (2585) chess.com INT 2020}) 7. Qb1 Be7 8. b3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. Bb2 a6 10. a3 Nc6 11. Ne4 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bd3 ({Not} 15. Bxg7 Rg8 $17) 15... O-O 16. Qc2 b5 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Rac1 Bd6 19. e4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qb2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qf6 23. Re1 {[#] And now e5 would win.} e5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qb1 g6 26. a4 Bg4 27. Be4 Kg7 28. h3 Bd7 29. axb5 Bxb5 30. Rc1 Qe7 31. Qc2 Rb8 32. Re1 Qd7 33. Bd5 Rc8 34. Qe4 {Hoping for Nxd4!} Qe7 {[#]} (34... Qf5 $11) 35. h4 (35. Nxd4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Ne6+.} exd4 36. Qxe7+ Bxe7 37. Rxe7+ Kf6 38. Rxh7) 35... Qf6 $11 36. Qg4 ({Reject} 36. Nxe5 Re8 $17) 36... Qf5 37. Qg3 Rc5 38. Be4 Qf6 39. h5 Be8 40. Nh4 Qf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... a5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 41. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 73%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,0,-7,8,9,14,21,-15,-7,-32,-16,-32,-21,-58,0,-68,-25,-57,21,-43,11,10,10,-27,-2,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,27,27,29,115,8,9,0,142,141,131,119,102,0,272,258,1043,1016,1010,1010,893,888,804,714,29975,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29981,29982,29982,29982,29985,29986,29986,29987,29991,29992,29992,29993,29994,29995,29995,29993,29995,29994,29994,29995,29996,29995,29995,29993,29996,29987]} 1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} e5 7. e3 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 {The position is equal.} (8. dxc3 {seems wilder.} Bf5 9. Nd2 Bd3 10. Bxd3 Qxd3 11. Qe2) 8... Bd6 {[#]} 9. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bb5 Qe7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. d3 Ba6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Ba5 Rd7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nc4 {1-0 (48) Maghsoodloo,P (2664)-Vidit,S (2718) Douglas 2019}) 9... Qe7 10. h4 h6 11. Qc2 Bd7 (11... e4 $15 12. Ng1 O-O) 12. d3 (12. Bd5 $11) 12... O-O-O 13. O-O-O g5 (13... Kb8 $15) 14. Kb1 ({Better is} 14. d4 $11) 14... Kb8 ({Black should try} 14... g4 $15 15. Nd2 Kb8) 15. hxg5 $11 hxg5 16. Nd2 f5 17. g4 f4 18. Rxh8 Rxh8 19. Ne4 Bxg4 20. Rg1 {[%cal Bd1g1,Bg1g5,Bg5d5][%mdl 32]} Bf5 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxg5 Bc8 (22... Rf8 $1 $11) 23. Kb2 (23. exf4 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Qc1.} Nd4 24. Qc1 (24. fxe5 Qe7 $15)) 23... Rh2 24. exf4 Nd4 {[#]} (24... a6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Qd2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} ({Stronger than} 25. fxe5 Qe7 $17) 25... exf4 {[#]} 26. Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5d6]} Qf8 27. b4 (27. Bxd4 $16 cxd4 28. Rxd4) 27... b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black is now going downhill.} (27... Nf3 $11 28. Qe2 cxb4 29. Be5+ Nxe5 30. Qxe5+ Ka8) 28. bxc5 $18 bxc5 $2 (28... Nc6 29. Rd6 Rh6 30. Rxh6 Qxh6) 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Rb5+ Bb7 31. Bd5 Rh7 32. Qb4 Qc8 33. Rxb7+ {White mates.} Rxb7 34. Qxb7+ Qxb7+ 35. Bxb7 Kxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame K3P-K3P} 36. Kb3 Kb6 37. Kc4 Ka5 38. Kxd4 {K3P-KPP} Kb4 39. Ke4 a5 40. d4 a4 41. d5 Ka3 42. d6 Kxa2 {KPP-KPP} 43. d7 a3 44. d8=Q Kb2 45. Qd4+ Kb1 46. Qd3+ Kb2 47. Qd2+ Kb1 48. Qd1+ Kb2 49. Qe2+ Kb1 50. Kxf4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,111,19,14,20,30,21,32,37,38,35,31,30,33,47,67,74,97,10,22,27,104,86,125,137,143,76,85,83,77,60,104,51,70,0,11,23,18,-35,-31,-65,-41,-129,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,41,41,41,49,49,49,16,0,84,90,151,151,158,8,98,82,68,87,77,0,0,-247,152,161,254,283,275,247,229,8,8,8,16,21,37,38,83,12,39,13]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Be7 $1 15. g3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation. The old main line.} O-O 16. h4 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... a5 17. a4 Qc8 18. Bb5 Qc7 19. g4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Rac8 22. Nd4 d5 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 {1-0 (45) Dambrauskas,V (2437)-Avotins,M (2400) ICCF email 2017}) 17. Bd3 ({White should play} 17. g4 $16) 17... a5 $11 {Threatening ...a4.} 18. a4 Nb4 (18... Nb6 $11) 19. Bb5 $16 d5 20. c3 Nc6 21. Bxf6 (21. g4 $142 $1) 21... Bxf6 22. Qxd5 Rad8 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Rdg1 (24. Rxd8 $16 Nxd8 25. g4) 24... Rh8 $14 25. Ka2 (25. g4 $14) 25... Ne7 (25... Na7 $5 {[%cal Ra7b5]}) 26. g4 hxg4 27. Rxg4 (27. h5 $11) 27... Rh5 $15 28. Qc4 Qb6 29. f4 (29. Qe4 $15) 29... Nf5 (29... Nd5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5e3]} 30. fxe5 Rxe5) 30. fxe5 $11 Bxe5 {...Ne3 is the strong threat.} 31. Rg5 Rdh8 {White must now prevent ...Rxg5.} 32. Qd5 Bf6 33. Rxh5 Rxh5 34. Be2 $1 {[%cal Re2h5]} Rxh4 35. Rxh4 Bxh4 36. Nxa5 Qf2 (36... Ne3 $5 {[%cal Re3d5]} 37. Qd4+ Qxd4 38. cxd4 b6 $11) 37. Bc4 Ne3 38. Qxb7 Nd1 39. Qb3 Qd2 {And now ...Bf6 would win.} 40. Kb1 Bf6 (40... Qe1 $11 41. Ka2 Qd2) 41. Qc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2d2]} ({Of course not} 41. Bxf7 $6 Qe1 $11) 41... Qe1 (41... Bxc3 $142 42. Qxd2 (42. Nb3 Qe1 $14) 42... Bxd2) 42. Ka2 $1 g5 {intending ...g4.} 43. Nb3 (43. Be2 $16 Ne3 44. Qd3) 43... g4 (43... Bxc3 $1 $11 44. bxc3 Nxc3+ 45. Kb2 Nxa4+ 46. Ka3 Qc3) 44. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} g3 {aiming for ...Ne3.} 45. a6 {Threatens to win with a7.} Ne3 46. Qe4 ({White should try} 46. Qe2 $16 Qxe2 47. Bxe2) 46... g2 $11 47. Qb7 $2 (47. Bd3 $11 {and White is okay.} Qh4 48. Qxe3 Qa4+ 49. Kb1 Qxb3 50. Qg1) 47... Nxc4 $2 (47... g1=Q $19 48. Qxf7+ Kh6 49. Qxf6+ Qg6 50. Qf8+ Kh5 51. Qh8+ Kg4 52. Qd4+ Kh3) 48. Qxg2+ $16 Kh6 {[#]} (48... Kh7 $142 49. Qb7 Nd6) 49. a7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Nb6 {[#]} 50. Qc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6f6]} Qe6 51. a8=Q $2 (51. Qxe6 $18 fxe6 52. c4 {[%mdl 64] Promotion}) 51... Nxa8 $11 52. Qxa8 Be7 53. Qh1+ Kg7 54. Qg2+ Kf8 55. Qa8+ (55. Qc2 $16) 55... Kg7 56. Qb7 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 62%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,46,14,18,-10,-9,-19,-5,-16,-16,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,7,0,0,-17,0,0,0,-29,-26,-15,-14,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-79,-71]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qd3 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} b6 {[#]} 7. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qd5+ 11. f3 Qxc4 12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. e3 Nb4 14. Nc3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. a3 Nc2 17. Ra2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. b4 Nxe3+ 20. Nxe3 {1-0 (20) Mejias Robles,F (1935)-Fernandez Aransay,F (1786) Collado Villalba 2019}) 7... Nxd5 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Ba6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Nc3 c5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. e3 Bb7 15. h4 h6 16. h5 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6g5][%mdl 32]} 17. dxc5 Rc8 18. Qa4 (18. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rc5c6]}) 18... bxc5 19. Qxa7 Re7 20. Qa3 Ne6 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 d4 23. e4 (23. Rac1 $11) 23... Ng5 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,113,17,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-50,-36,-33,-38,-29,-39,-32,-94,-125,-96,-89,-91,-81,-79,-81,-96,-83,-98,-80,-71,-57,-74,-76,-60,-72,-116,-37,-38,-34,-73,-70,-82,-77,-87,-64,-90,-85,-100,-98,-112,-109,-160,-133,-116,-43,-36,-49,-41,-52,-52,-52,-62,-29,-34,-23,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qb3 {[#] A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... c6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. d3 h6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nbd7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Qc4 Bb6 {1-0 (30) Milenkovic,S (2179)-Rilak,S (2089) Serbia 2007}) 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. d4 exd4 $1 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Qc4 Qd7 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Ne4 ({Not} 13. Qxc6 $2 Qxc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc3 $19) (13. O-O $15) 13... Nb6 $17 14. Qd3 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 {[#]} Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ra6d3][%mdl 512]} 16. Qxa6 Qxd4 17. Qd3 Qxb2 18. Qb1 Bxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Qe5 20. Nf3 Qc3+ 21. Kf1 Rfe8 22. e3 Qf6 ({Black should play} 22... Nd5 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Nxe3+!} 23. Qc1 Qd3+ 24. Kg1 Rab8 25. Qxc6 Red8) 23. Kg2 $15 c5 24. Qc2 c4 25. Rhd1 Rad8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 26. Rac1 Qc6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. e4 Qe6 29. Rd1 Rd6 30. a4 (30. Kf1 $142) 30... Rxd1 31. Qxd1 {White threatens Qd8+ and mate.} Qd6 (31... Qd7 $17 32. Qxd7 Nxd7) 32. Qxd6 $1 cxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 33. a5 Na4 34. Nd4 Nc5 35. Kf3 a6 36. Ke3 Kf8 37. Nc6 c3 38. Nb4 {The position is equal.} Ke8 39. Kd4 Kd7 40. f3 {[#]} c2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Nxc2 Nb3+ 42. Kd5 Nxa5 43. Nb4 Nb3 44. Nxa6 Nd2 45. f4 Nf1 46. Nb8+ Kc7 47. Na6+ Kd7 48. Nb8+ Ke8 49. Kxd6 Nxh2 50. Nc6 h5 {Black wants to play ...Nf1.} 51. Nd4 Nf1 52. Ne2 g6 53. e5 Ne3 54. Nd4 Nf1 55. Ne2 Ne3 56. Nd4 Nf1 57. Ne2 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,84,10,0,0,0,16,12,12,13,12,10,10,22,25,10,7,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,5,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 15. Bb3 h6 16. Re3 Nf6 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 {Threatening d6.} Qd6 19. Nh4 Rfe8 $1 20. Nf5 Qd7 {The position is equal.} 21. Rf3 {Black must now prevent Nxh6+!} Bxd5 $1 {[#]} 22. Nxh6+ $146 {[%mdl 512]} ({Predecessor:} 22. Bxd5 Rc5 23. Nxh6+ Kf8 24. Qb4 a5 25. Qb1 Rxd5 26. Rf1 Qb5 27. h3 Qxb1 28. Rxb1 Re6 29. Nf5 g6 30. Ne3 Rd4 31. Rc1 Nd7 32. Rc8+ Re8 33. Rc7 b5 {½-½ (33) Eljanov,P (2663)-Keymer,V (2506) Douglas 2019}) 22... gxh6 23. Rxf6 Qe7 {...Bxb3 is the strong threat.} 24. Rf4 ({Don't blunder} 24. Rxh6 $2 Bxb3 25. Rf1 (25. axb3 $2 Rcd8 $19) 25... Bc2 $19) 24... Bxb3 $1 25. axb3 Qe2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 26. g3 (26. Qxe2 {seems wilder.} Rxe2 27. g3 Rce8 28. Rd7 R8e7 29. Rd8+) 26... Qxd2 27. Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for Rd7. KRR-KRR} Rcd8 28. Ra2 Rd7 29. Rfa4 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. Rxa7 (31. Rg4+ {keeps more tension.} Kh7 32. b4 Rbd1 33. h4 R1d5 34. Ra3) 31... Rxa7 32. Rxa7 Rxb3 {KR-KR} 33. g4 Kg7 34. f3 Rb5 35. Kg3 h5 36. h3 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rb3 38. Rb7 Kg6 39. Kf4 Rb4+ 40. Kg3 Rb3 41. Kf4 Rb4+ 42. Kg3 f5 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,90,0,0,0,0,-12,35,26,22,17,39,35,54,31,62,52,69,57,45,62,87,87,89,97,152,153,143,151,165,143,156,148,139,140,141,132,122,114,80,64,35,55,45,81,54,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,-112,-106,-206,-214,-329,-322,-308,-315,-6191,-904,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} Nbd7 {[#]} 8. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. Ne1 f5 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Nd3 Qf6 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Nfe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 {½-½ (42) Wojtaszek,R (2719)-Kashlinskaya,A (2494) chess.com INT 2020}) 8... c5 9. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} exd5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 {Nb5 is the strong threat.} a6 13. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} c4 14. Ne5 Nb6 15. b3 Bb4 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. e4 a5 {[#]} (17... Ng4 $142) 18. Nb5 $1 $16 Nh5 19. Be3 ({Reject} 19. Nxc4 $6 Nxf4 20. Nxb6 (20. gxf4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Bg4 $15) 20... Qxb6 $11) 19... Bd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. a4 Nf6 22. d5 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Nc3 Qxa4 26. Nxa4 {And now d6 would win.} b5 27. Nb6 Rd8 28. Bf4 (28. Kg2 $14) 28... Bd6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd6f4]} 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Nc8 Rd7 $1 31. d6 c3 $1 32. Rd5 b4 $1 33. Nb6 Rd8 34. d7 Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6b6]} 35. Na4 Rc6 36. Nc5 {Hoping for Re5.} Rc7 37. Re5 {Threatens to win with Re8+.} Kh7 38. Ra1 (38. Rc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 38... a4 39. Rxa4 {[#]} (39. Nxa4 $17 {was worth a try.} c2 40. Ree1 (40. Nc5 $2 Rcxd7 41. Nxd7 b3 $19)) 39... c2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 40. Ra1 (40. Nb3 $142 Rdxd7 41. Ra2) 40... Rdxd7 41. Nxd7 Rxd7 42. Rc5 $2 (42. Ree1 b3 43. Rab1) 42... b3 (42... Rd1+ $142 43. Kg2 b3) 43. Rf1 Rd1 {Black mates.} 44. Kg2 Rxf1 45. Kxf1 b2 {What a bad dream for White. Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,113,25,25,37,34,21,35,29,22,17,20,12,13,8,18,5,8,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,3,4,4,5,5,18,4,14,4,32,26,72,43,56,8,140,116,116,111,88,8,157,166,242,91,329,331,353,353,353,353,353,346,359,385,706,690,875,1708,1329,1290,1531,1262,2872,2626,29975,29974,7212,6149,29983,29984,29984,29985,29986,29987,29987,29987,29986,29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd2 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Ke7 {now scores much better than the old 11...Nbd7. Played by David Anton Guijarro in July 2020.} 12. Nb3 Nbd7 13. Nxc5 {White is slightly better.} Nxc5 14. f3 {[#]} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rhd8 15. e4 Nd3 16. Rd1 Nxc1 17. Raxc1 Nd7 18. Kf2 g5 19. Ke3 Ne5 20. b3 Rac8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 {0-1 (40) Laznicka,V (2648)-Vallejo Pons,F (2704) Moscow 2019}) 15. Nd1 a5 16. e4 Ba6 17. Be3 Rhc8 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rc1 Rac6 20. Nf2 Nfd7 21. b3 f6 22. Rfd1 Nb7 23. Nd3 Nd6 24. Nb2 Rc3 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Ke2 $1 Nb5 27. Na4 {[#]} Nd4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Kf1 (28. Rxd4 Rxe3+) 28... Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kd6 31. Be3 Nec6 32. Bf2 e5 33. Ke1 g5 34. Kd2 h5 35. Kd3 h4 (35... Ne6 $1 $11) 36. Kc4 $16 h3 37. gxh3 Nxf3 38. Kb5 (38. Bc5+ $16 Kc7 39. Nb6) 38... Ncd4+ ({Don't play} 38... Nxh2 $6 39. Nb6 $16) (38... Nd2 $11 {remains equal.} 39. Bc5+ Kc7) 39. Kxa5 Nc2 (39... Nd2 {keeps fighting.}) 40. Nb6 $2 (40. Bc5+ $18 Kd7 41. Bxb4) 40... Kc6 $2 {This costs Black the game.} (40... Ke6 $16) 41. Nd5 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nd2 42. Nxf6 Kd6 43. h4 gxh4 44. Bxh4 Ke6 {intending ...Nf3.} 45. Bg5 Nb1 $2 (45... Nxe4 46. Nxe4 Kf5) 46. Nd5 Nc3 47. Nxc3 bxc3 {KB-KN} 48. h4 Kf7 49. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Nd4 50. Kb4 Ne2 51. a5 c2 52. Bd2 Ng3 53. a6 {White mates.} Nxe4 54. Bc1 Nf6 55. a7 Nd5+ 56. Kc5 Nc7 57. Kc6 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,138,24,13,6,18,13,16,21,5,2,10,16,6,4,49,49,81,71,77,47,43,41,70,65,167,78,112,104,134,143,167,150,131,151,136,111,147,148,233,224,233,226,176,137,147,93,275,0,89,0,155,159,293,295,265,306,302,84,84,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,0,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,43,43,43,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} (11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Bb3 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nc5 {½-½ (54) Carlsen,M (2850)-Svidler,P (2727) Berlin 2015}) 11... Nd7 {[#]} 12. dxc5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 Bf6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Rc1 Re8 17. Ng3 g6 18. d5 Nb4 {1-0 (58) McShane,L (2671)-Howell,D (2663) London 2016}) 12... dxc5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. b3 Qc7 15. Nf1 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Ne3 g6 18. h4 Nc6 19. h5 b4 20. c4 {Hoping for Nd5.} Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 ({Much weaker is} 21... Rxd4 22. Bb2 $16) ({Better is} 21... cxd4 $14 22. Nd5 Qc5) 22. Nd5 (22. Ng4 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 22... Nxd5 23. exd5 Bf6 24. Bd3 Qd7 25. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bg7 26. Bg5 Re8 27. Qf4 Bf8 28. Bf6 Rxe1+ (28... a5 $16 {is a better defense.} 29. Qg5 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Re8 31. Rxe8 Qxe8) 29. Rxe1 $18 Re8 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Kf1 Bc8 32. Be5 (32. f3 $142) 32... Qd8 $2 (32... Qe7 $16) 33. Bf6 $2 (33. d6 $18) 33... Qd6 (33... Qe8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34. Qg5 (34. Qh4 $16) 34... h6 $2 {[#]} (34... Qh2 $1 $11) 35. Qh4 $1 $16 Bg7 (35... Kh7 $16 36. Bg5 Qd7) 36. Be7 $18 Qe5 {Black wants to play ...Bf5.} 37. hxg6 Bf5 38. gxf7+ $2 (38. Bxf5 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qxf5 39. g3 (39. Bxc5 Qb1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Ke2 Qxa2+ 41. Kf1 Qb1+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Ke1 Qc3+ 44. Kf1 Qa1+ 45. Ke2 Qb2+ 46. Kf1 Qb1+ 47. Ke2 Qc2+ 48. Ke1 Qc1+ 49. Ke2 Qc2+ $17)) 38... Kxf7 $16 {[#]} 39. Qh5+ $1 Kxe7 40. Qxf5 Qxf5 41. Bxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Be5 42. g3 a5 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Bd3 Bd6 45. Kh3 Kg5 46. f4+ Kf6 47. Kg4 Bc7 48. Kh4 Bd6 49. Kg4 Bc7 50. Kf3 Bd6 51. Ke4 Kg6 52. Be2 Kf6 53. Bh5 Bf8 54. Bg4 Bd6 55. Kd3 Bf8 56. Kc2 Kg6 57. Kb2 h5 58. Bd7 h4 59. gxh4 Kh5 {The position is equal.} 60. Kc2 Kxh4 61. Kd3 Kg3 62. f5 Kf4 63. f6 Ke5 64. f7 Kf4 65. Be6 Bd6 66. Bd7 Bf8 67. Be6 Bd6 68. Ke2 Kg3 69. Kd3 {aiming for Ke4.} Kf4 {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,76,1,0,0,13,7,0,0,0,-5,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-4,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3.} 7. Nxd4 h6 8. Bh4 d5 $1 {The main line 8...d5 scores better than 8...Nc6.} 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 {next dxe6 is good for White.} Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Qc2 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 {[#] Hoping for Bc4.} Ne4 14. Qc2 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Nxg3+ 16. hxg3 {The position is equal.} Kg7 $1 17. f4 $1 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bd7 18. b4 Qxb4 19. fxg5 Rc8 20. gxh6+ Kh8 21. Qxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rxc8+ Kh7 23. Nf3 f6 {1-0 (33) Carlsen,M (2863)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2020}) 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Kf2 $1 Rd8 {Threatens to win with ...Rd2+.} 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Qf5 22. Qd6 Qd5 23. Qa3 a5 24. Qc3+ {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Bc4 (25. Qxe5+ Qxe5) 25... Qd6 26. fxe5 Qb4 27. Qd4 Be6 28. Bxe6 {Bc4 is the strong threat.} Qxd4 29. exd4 {Black must now prevent Bc4.} fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 30. Rc1 Ra6 31. g4 Rb6 32. b3 Rxb3 33. Rxc6 Rd3 34. Rxe6 Rxd4 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Re6+ Kg7 37. Re7+ Kg6 38. Re6+ Kg7 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,76,52,50,31,23,31,26,0,25,0,50,41,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-52,-39,-42,-52,-23,-48,-23,-32,-134,-103,-102,-107,-721,-698,-721,-717,-698,-703,-700,-693,-636,-565]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4 h6 16. g4 Qc7 17. g5 h5 18. Qe1 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0.} Nf4 19. Bd6 Qb6 20. Bc5 {White has an edge.} Qc7 21. c4 Bd5 22. Bd6 Qb6 23. Bc5 ({Don't play} 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rh2 dxe4 $15) 23... Qc7 24. Rh2 Bxe4 25. Bd6 Qc8 26. Qxe4 c5 $1 27. b4 Bf8 28. bxc5 (28. b5 $11) 28... Qa6 $1 $15 29. Rb2 ({Don't go for} 29. Bxe5 $2 Bg7 $19) 29... Qa3 30. Kb1 ({Don't blunder} 30. Bxe5 $2 Bg7 $19) 30... Bxd6 31. cxd6 {[#] And now d7 would win.} Rab8 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Ra3b2]} 32. Rb7 (32. Qc2 $1 $15) 32... Red8 33. c5 Qxc5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Hoping for ...Nd5! Black goes for the king.} 34. d7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] White does not recover from this.} (34. Rb3 $17) 34... Nd5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 35. Qxd5 (35. Rxd5 Rxb7+) 35... Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxb7+ 37. Kc2 Rdxd7 38. Rxe5 Rd4 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,97,0,0,-5,16,4,31,27,23,14,29,16,20,20,18,25,38,22,16,35,23,0,33,33,42,41,41,42,72,48,67,71,86,74,74,80,70,83,85,91,87,98,66,28,22,25,25,22,21,0,31,8,13,0,0,0,13,4,16,18,34,26,17,8,156,156,358,345,570,568,708,662,632,621,609,573,558,508,495,166,12800,6613,5261,5189,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 (5... Ne7 6. b3 d6 7. e5 Ng6 8. h4 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 c4 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Qf3 Qd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Nxe5 f6 {½-½ (22) Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727) Moscow 2012}) 6. O-O Ne7 7. h4 $5 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 7.Ng5. Played by Fabiano Caruana in June 2020. A promising side line. B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} e5 8. h5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... d6 9. Nh2 Ng8 10. f4 Nf6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. h6 Be6 13. hxg7 Bxg7 14. Bg5 Nd7 {1-0 (50) Caruana,F (2835)-Carlsen,M (2863) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 9. Nh2 {White is slightly better.} d6 $1 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 g5 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3g7]} O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Qc3+ f6 17. Nd2 Rf7 18. Rf2 Raf8 19. Raf1 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qb8 21. b3 d5 22. Nb2 Qb4 23. Na4 Qxc3 24. Nxc3 f5 {[#]} 25. Na4 $1 c4 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. bxc4 (27. e5 {is more complex.} cxd3 28. e6 Rf6 29. cxd3 d4 30. Re2) 27... dxe4 28. dxe4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 (30. Nxf2 {seems wilder.} Nf5 31. Re1 Ba6 32. c5 Ng3 33. Re7+) 30... Rd8 31. Nf1 Rd4 32. Nfg3 Be6 33. c5 Bxa2 34. c3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Be6 36. Nd6 {[#] Strongly threatening Re2.} Re1 37. c4 Nc8 (37... a5 $11) 38. Ngf5+ $16 Bxf5 $2 {Loses the game.} (38... Kh7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 39. Nd4 Ne7) 39. Nxf5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kh7 $2 (39... Kh8 {might work better.} 40. Rd2 Re8 41. Nxh6 a5) 40. Rd2 $18 Re5 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Nxh6+ Kf8 43. Ng4 Re7 44. Rd1 Re4 45. Rf1+ $2 (45. Kh3 {aiming for h6.} Ne7 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. h6) 45... Kg7 $2 (45... Rf4 46. Rxf4+ gxf4) 46. h6+ Kg6 47. Rf6+ Kh5 48. h7 Re8 49. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,188,35,26,20,35,27,28,20,19,13,8,12,42,30,34,29,29,32,60,49,52,45,51,50,71,70,70,70,70,68,72,77,93,79,79,85,86,70,94,102,96,104,100,102,87,111,113,87,131,77,72,-47,-54,-54,-56,-43,-45,-56,-48,-49,-55,-85,-101,-159,-140,-174,-199,-152,-177,-29952,-29955,-29948,-2833,-1756,-177,-2644,-2000,-255,-255,-29960,-29961,-29957,-29959,-12829,-12796,-6295,-333,-333,-324,-305,-137,-139,-137,-137,-137,-137,-137,-154,-137,-229,-209,-202,-209,-211,-158,-158,-158,-470,-198,-213,-137,-137,-131,-131,-13,-130,-130,-131,-131,-131,-130,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,0,-8,-8,-71,-58,-131,-130,-130,-67,-137,-137,-137,-137,-137,-130,-137,-137,-29990,-29991,-29991,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. e3 {[#]} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Nxd4 7. exd4 a5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. dxc3 a4 10. Qc2 h6 11. Be2 d6 12. h3 {1-0 (36) Van Foreest,J (2682)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com INT 2020}) 5. Nb5 Qd8 $1 6. d3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Nd4 {White has an edge.} Bb4 9. Qb3 Nxd4 10. exd4 Qe7 11. dxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Be3 Bxc3+ $1 13. Qxc3 d5 14. f3 Qe7 15. c5 O-O 16. O-O-O Re8 17. Re1 Bf5 18. g4 Bg6 19. h4 h5 20. g5 $1 Nd7 21. Bh3 Nf8 22. Bd2 Qd8 23. b3 b6 24. Kb2 a5 25. a4 Ne6 26. Re5 bxc5 27. dxc5 Rb8 28. Rhe1 Rb4 29. Bxe6 (29. f4 $142 Be4 30. Qe3) 29... fxe6 $16 30. Rxe6 (30. Qe3 $16 Rxh4 31. Rxe6) 30... Rxe6 $15 31. Rxe6 d4 32. Qc1 {[#]} Rxb3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 33. Kxb3 Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Ka3 ({Don't go for} 34. Qc4 $2 Bc2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kb2 Qxc4 $19) 34... Qxe6 35. Qb2 Qe5 36. Bxa5 ({White should try} 36. Qb5) 36... Qxc5+ $17 37. Bb4 Qe5 $1 38. Qc1 Qd5 39. Qxc7 $2 (39. Kb2 $19) 39... Qxf3+ 40. Kb2 Qf2+ 41. Ka3 Qxh4 $2 (41... Qe3+ 42. Kb2 Qe2+ 43. Kc1 Qf1+ 44. Kb2 Qb1+ 45. Ka3 Qa1+ 46. Kb3 Bf7+ 47. Kc2 Qxa4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Kd3 Qb3+ 49. Bc3 Qd1+ 50. Ke4 Qg4+ 51. Kd3 Bg6+ 52. Kc4 dxc3+ 53. Kxc3 Qxh4) 42. a5 $2 (42. Bd2) 42... Qh3+ $19 43. Kb2 Qg2+ 44. Ka3 $2 (44. Kb3 $19) 44... Qf3+ $1 45. Kb2 Qe2+ 46. Kc1 h4 47. a6 Qxa6 $2 (47... Qa2 48. Ba5 d3) 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qxd4 Qf1+ (49... Qe2 $19 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re2c2] is more deadly.} 50. Bd2 Qf1+ 51. Kb2 h3) 50. Kd2 $17 Qg2+ 51. Ke1 Qg3+ (51... Qxg5 $2 52. Bd2) 52. Qf2 Qe5+ 53. Qe2 Qxg5 54. Be7 (54. Bd2 $17 {keeps fighting.} Qd5 55. Bf4) 54... Qg3+ 55. Qf2 Qe5+ 56. Qe2 Qc3+ 57. Qd2 Qf3 58. Qf2 $2 (58. Bd6 $17) 58... Qe4+ (58... Qh1+ $142 59. Ke2 Bh5+ 60. Ke3 Qh3+ 61. Kf4 Qg4+ 62. Ke5 h3) 59. Qe2 $19 {intending Qxe4.} Qb7 60. Kf2 h3 {( -> ...h2)} 61. Kg3 Qh1 (61... Qd7 $17 62. Bg5 Qf5) 62. Bc5 (62. Kh4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 62... Qd5 $17 63. Be3 Qe6 64. Qf2 Bf5 65. Kh2 Qe4 66. Bf4 Be6 67. Qh4+ Kg8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Re4g2]} 68. Qf2 Kh7 (68... Bf5 $17 69. Qa2+ Be6) 69. Qh4+ $1 $11 Kg6 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Re4g2]} 70. Qg3+ (70. Qg5+ $11 {remains equal.} Kf7 71. Qh5+ Ke7 72. Qc5+ Kf7 73. Qh5+ Qg6 74. Qxg6+ Kxg6 75. Be5) 70... Kf7 $1 $17 71. Qf2 (71. Be5 $15) 71... Ke8 72. Bg3 {[#]} g5 (72... Qd5 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...g5.} 73. Qe2 Kf7) 73. Qb2 (73. Bb8 $15) 73... Kf7 {White must now prevent ...Bd5.} 74. Qf2+ Kg6 75. Qf1 Bd7 {...Be6 is the strong threat.} 76. Qf2 Bc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Re4h1]} 77. Kxh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (77. Qg1 $17) 77... Qh1+ 78. Bh2 {[#]} Bd7+ $2 (78... Qd1 $1 {mates} 79. Bg3 Bd5 80. Bh4 Qh1+ 81. Kg4 Be6+ 82. Qf5+ Bxf5+ 83. Kg3 Qe1+ 84. Kh2 gxh4 85. Kg2 Be4+ 86. Kh3 Qg3#) 79. Kg3 $11 {The position is equal.} Qe4 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Re4g4]} 80. Qf3 Qe1+ 81. Kg2 Qd2+ 82. Kg1 Qc1+ 83. Qf1 Qe3+ 84. Qf2 Qc1+ 85. Qf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1c1]} Qe3+ 86. Qf2 Qe4 {And now ...Bc6 would win.} 87. Qg2 Qd3 {Hoping for ...Qb1+.} 88. Bg3 Be6 {aiming for ...Bd5.} 89. Be1 Bd5 90. Qg3 Qe4 91. Bd2 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 92. Be3 Qd1+ 93. Kf2 Qc2+ 94. Ke1 Qb1+ {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,110,-9,0,-4,6,0,32,33,71,43,33,35,34,40,46,28,49,48,29,44,43,27,39,51,39,8,37,12,18,4,6,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,51,0,0,0,-13,-8,29,-40,6,-147,-147,-561,-565,-605,-606,-585,0,0,0,-118,-118,-127,-105,-102,-113,-101,-56,-70,-57,-77,-71,-70,0,-180,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-188,-188,-188,-188,-188,-188,-431,-285,-779,-772,-882,-831,-5123,-5123,-4989,-4896]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. Bd2 {is currently scoring better than 8.0-0. Played by Yangyi Yu in March 2020. E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3.} b6 9. Rc1 {[#]} Bd6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Bf8 10. O-O c5 11. b3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Qf3 Rad8 15. dxc5 bxc5 {½-½ (28) Meskovs,N (2550)-Kovalev,V (2674) Puhajarve 2019}) 10. Nb5 $1 {White is slightly better.} c5 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bc3 Nbd7 14. O-O Ne5 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Nexd7 17. Ng3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Rc2 Rd8 20. Rd2 Nf8 21. Qf3 Qe6 22. h3 Ng6 23. Rfd1 h6 24. Qg3 Rd7 25. b3 Kh7 26. Bb2 f5 27. Kh2 f4 28. exf4 Rxf4 (28... Nxf4 $11 29. Ba3 c4 30. bxc4 Rxc4) 29. Qe3 (29. Qc3 $14) 29... Qc6 $1 $11 30. Qd3 d4 31. Rc1 Qd6 {White must now prevent ...Rf3+.} 32. Kg1 (32. g3 $11 Rf6 33. Ba3) 32... Rdf7 33. Ba3 $2 (33. b4 $11 cxb4 34. Bxd4) 33... R4f5 $17 34. Rdc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Qe4 $17 {is a better chance.}) 34... Nf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4d3]} 35. Qe4 {[%cal Ra3c5]} Qg6 36. Kh1 {[#]} Rg5 $2 ({Black should play} 36... Re7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qf3 (37. Qxe7 Qxg2#) 37... Ne2 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 38. Rxe2 Rxf3 39. Rxe7 Rxf2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 37. Qxg6+ $11 Rxg6 38. f3 {[#]} (38. Bxc5 $11 Nd3 39. Bxd4 Nxc1 40. Rxc1) 38... d3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd3c2]} 39. Rf2 Re7 {And now ...Re2 would win.} 40. Bxc5 Re2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 41. Rd1 Rc6 ({But not} 41... Rxg2 $6 42. Rxg2 Nxg2 43. Rxd3 $11) 42. Bxa7 Ra6 43. Bd4 Raxa2 44. Kg1 Ne6 ({Black should try} 44... Rac2 $15) 45. Bb6 $2 (45. Be3 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 45... Ra6 $19 46. Rxd3 Re1+ 47. Kh2 {Threatens to win with Be3.} Rxb6 48. Rc2 Rb1 49. h4 Kg6 50. Rcc3 Rb2 {...Nf4 is the strong threat.} 51. Kg3 $2 (51. Rc4) 51... Kf6 52. Re3 $2 (52. Rc4) 52... g5 {Black is clearly winning.} 53. hxg5+ hxg5 54. Rc8 Nf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rb2g2]} 55. Rf8+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,-18,-3,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-15,-12,-9,-30,-4,-1,-13,-18,-3,-2,0,-16,-16,-17,0,0,0,6,3,3,3,7,35,29,32,3,45,6,30,22,24,21,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 b5 6. cxb5 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} a6 {[#]} 7. b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bg2 axb5 8. O-O Bb7 9. d4 exd4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 c5 12. dxc6 dxc6 13. Nxd4 {1-0 (21) Gordon,S (2520)-Congiu,M (2194) Barcelona 2019}) 7... cxb6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. d3 d6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ne7 14. d4 b5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd6 Ng6 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nec3 Ne8 20. a4 Nd6 21. h4 Bg4 22. Rfc1 h5 23. Bf1 Rac8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd3 Nc4 26. Nxb5 (26. b4 {is more complex.} Nxe3 27. Bxb5 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Rb8 29. Bc6) 26... Nxb2 {The position is equal.} 27. Bf1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ (29. Ra1 {is interesting.} Rc6 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Ra7 Rc1 32. Kg2) 29... Bxc8 30. Be2 Bg4 31. Bxg4 hxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} 32. Nd6 Nd3 33. h5 Nh8 34. h6 gxh6 35. Nf5 Kh7 36. Nf6+ $1 Kg6 37. Nxg4 h5 38. Nf2 Nxf2 (38... Nc5 {seems wilder.} 39. Kg2 f6 40. Kh3 Kg5 41. Nd6 Ne6) 39. Kxf2 {KN-KN} f6 40. Kf3 Nf7 41. Kg2 Ng5 42. Nd6 Kg7 43. g4 hxg4 44. Kg3 {[#]} Nxe4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Nxe4 {KN-K3P} f5 46. Nf2 f4+ 47. exf4 exf4+ 48. Kxf4 g3 49. Kf3 gxf2 50. Kxf2 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,6,2,6,5,10,11,11,11,11,11,21,12,12,12,13,12,12,13,22,22,25,25,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4.} Bb4+ 7. N1c3 d6 $1 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Be6 $1 10. Bg2 Bxc4 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bxf6 {[#]} Qxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... gxf6 14. O-O Be6 15. e3 f5 16. Qh5 Kh8 17. Nd5 Rg8 18. b4 e4 19. Rfd1 Ne5 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 {½-½ (30) Cardelli,G (2357)-Verhoef,H (2443) ICCF email 2016}) 14. Ne4 Qe6 {[#] And now ...Nd4 would win.} 15. Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Qxc4 16. Nxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qa2 {White must now prevent ...Rcd8.} 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. O-O {With the idea Qd7.} Qxb2 19. Qd7 Rd8 20. Qc7 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 22. Rb1 g6 23. Rxb6 Rd1+ 24. Bf1 Ra1 25. Rxb7 Rxa3 26. e3 Ra7 27. Rb6 Ne7 28. g4 Kg7 29. Kg2 g5 30. Bd3 Ng6 31. Rb5 Kf6 32. Be4 (32. Rb4 {is more complex.} h6 33. Bc4 Ne7 34. Rb6+ Kg7 35. Kf3) 32... Ra4 {The position is equal.} 33. Bxg6 (33. Bf3 {is interesting.} Nh4+ 34. Kg3 Nxf3 35. Kxf3 Ra2 36. Rc5) 33... hxg6 {KR-KR} 34. h3 Ke6 35. Rb6+ Ke7 36. Rb7+ Ke6 37. Rb6+ $1 Ke7 38. Rb7+ Ke6 39. Rb6+ {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,91,12,20,20,19,-6,-8,-3,0,0,23,16,24,18,10,23,85,82,92,83,87,54,60,54,62,56,64,90,69,87,79,46,77,12,21,-93,-100,-106,-87,-89,-95,-144,-110,-115,-119,-142,-130,-135,-134,-125,-129,-137,-124,-132,-132,-133,-131,-126,-91,-83,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} Nbd7 {[#]} 8. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. Ne1 f5 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Nd3 Qf6 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Nfe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 {½-½ (42) Wojtaszek,R (2719)-Kashlinskaya,A (2494) chess.com INT 2020}) 8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 c5 10. O-O b5 11. Qxb5 Rb8 12. Qa4 Rxb2 13. Qxa7 Bb7 (13... cxd4 $11 14. Qxd4 Rb8) 14. Bc3 $16 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Rxb6 16. a4 Ra8 17. Rc1 Rba6 18. a5 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne4 21. Be1 Nec5 {Threatening ...Bf6.} 22. Nd2 (22. Ra3 $16) 22... Bf6 $11 23. N2f3 {[#]} (23. e3 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... e5 $1 $17 24. Nb5 {[#]} Nb3 $1 {[%csl LRa1,LRa5,LRc1][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Rd1 Nxa1 26. Nc7 Nf8 27. Rxa1 {Hoping for e4.} e4 $1 {[%csl LRa1,LRf3]} 28. Ra4 {Nh2 is the strong threat.} exf3+ 29. Kxf3 Ne6 30. Nxa8 Rxa8 31. e3 Bd8 32. Ra2 Kf8 33. Ke4 Nc5+ 34. Kd5 Nd3 35. Bc3 Bxa5 (35... Bf6 $17 36. Kc4 Bxc3 37. Kxc3 Ne5) 36. Bxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatens to win with Kd4. KRB-KRN. The position is equal.} Ke8 $1 {White should prevent ...Nb4+.} 37. Kc6 Nb4+ 38. Kb7 {Strongly threatening Ra3.} Nxa2 39. Kxa8 $11 {KB-KN} Nc1 $1 40. Kb7 Nd3 41. Kc6 Nxf2 42. Kd5 Ng4 43. Ke4 Kd7 44. Bc3 g6 45. Kf4 h5 46. e4 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,84,20,22,41,45,60,26,40,35,62,55,66,56,55,43,73,32,59,25,152,31,157,156,136,0,0,0,25,0,0,3,46,43,57,60,207,223,224,211,196,26,12,0,0,0,0,-18,-20,-19,-20,-32,0,-58,-16,-10,-8,-46,-23,-50,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-218,-160,-339,-344,-331,-304,-290,-295,-1123,-1077,-12836,-12835]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Qa5 {A32: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6.} 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. a3 Nc6 {White has an edge.} 9. e3 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... f5 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bg2 Qb6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. O-O d6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. c5 Nxd4 16. exd4 {1-0 (41) Andreikin,D (2737)-Ponkratov,P (2607) Tallinn 2016}) 10. Be2 h4 11. O-O f5 12. b4 Qe5 13. Rc1 Rg8 14. c5 (14. Nf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Qg7 15. g3 $11) 14... Bh6 (14... d5 $11) 15. Bf3 (15. Nf3 $16 Qg7 16. Ne1 (16. Nxh4 Bg5 $11)) 15... f4 ({Black should try} 15... d5 $1 $14) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qd4 (17. Ne4 $16) 17... Qxd4 $11 18. exd4 h3 19. Rfe1 Kd8 20. Ne4 Kc7 (20... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 21. Nd6 Kc7 $15) 21. Nd6 ({But not} 21. Nf6 Rh8 $11) 21... f6 22. a4 Rb8 (22... f5 $1 $14) 23. b5 $1 $18 axb5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Ra1 $2 (25. d5 $1 $18) 25... Bf8 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf8d6]} 26. Ne8+ Kd8 27. Nxf6 Rg6 28. Ng4 (28. Nh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5f4]}) 28... Bg7 {aiming for ...Bb7.} 29. Ne5 Bxe5 $1 30. Rxe5 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 31. g3 (31. Rh5 $1 $11) 31... fxg3 32. hxg3 b3 33. Rb1 Rf6 34. Be4 {[#]} h2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kg2 $1 (35. Kxh2 Rxf2+) 35... Rh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 36. Kh1 $1 Rb4 {Strongly threatening ...b2.} 37. d5 $2 (37. g4 $15) 37... b2 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rc4.} 38. f3 $2 {[#]} (38. dxe6 $17 dxe6 39. f3) 38... Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4c1] ( -> ...Rc1+)} 39. Bd3 {[#]} Rc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d3]} ({Not} 39... Rxc5 40. Ree1 $19) 40. Bf1 Rxf3 41. Bg2 $2 (41. g4) 41... Rf2 42. Re3 {[#]} Rxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512] What a fight! Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,127,7,0,16,0,0,-14,-15,-13,-13,-14,-6,-7,-4,-37,-34,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,25,19,19,13,56,45,109,110,91,54,61,27,27,17,52,35,37,37,37,37,35,35,34,27,33,35,37,34,39,37,50,49,59,59,77,78,77,75,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,77,67,67,67,122,97,192,194,205,196,252,252,250,245,310,239,241,241,238,144,337,337,337,337,337,337,330,327,317,316,288,289,449,411,883,831,6845,6126,5642,5531,4132,1995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Qb6 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Qc1 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4] The position is equal.} 9. c3 Nh5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Re1 Rfc8 15. Qb1 Nb4 16. Rc1 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 Rc8 {½-½ (51) Henke,S-Jung,R DESC email 2008}) 12. Bg3 (12. dxc5 {is more complex.} Qxc5 13. Nd4 gxh4 14. Bxh5 e5 15. N4b3) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. Qe3 Bg7 19. Qxc5 b6 20. Qa3 f5 21. Rad1 Bd7 ({Better is} 21... Qg6 $14) 22. Rd6 Qe8 23. Bh5 Qe7 24. Ne3 (24. Ne5 $5 Be8 25. Bxe8 Rfxe8 26. Nc6 $11) 24... Be6 25. Bd1 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxe6!} f4 26. Rxe6 Qxa3 (26... Qxe6 $2 {perishes.} 27. Bb3 $18) 27. bxa3 {Hoping for Nd5.} fxe3 28. fxe3 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf8 30. Ke2 Rc8 31. Bb3 Rxc3 32. Rxe4 Rc5 33. Re6 Re5 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. Rg6 Kf8 36. g4 Rc5 37. a4 Re5 38. Kd3 Rc5 39. Bc4 Re5 40. Rc6 Rc5 41. Rd6 Ke7 42. Rg6 Kf8 43. e4 Rc7 44. a5 bxa5 45. Ra6 Ke7 (45... Rd7+ $14 46. Bd5 Rc7) 46. e5 $1 $16 Kf8 (46... a4 $16) 47. Rxa5 $18 Ke7 48. Bb3 Rb7 (48... Bf8 $142 49. Ke4 Ke8) 49. Ke4 Bf8 50. Kf5 Rc7 51. Ra6 Ke8 52. Kg6 Rb7 53. Re6+ Kd8 $2 {This costs Black the game.} (53... Be7 $16 54. Kxh6 Rb4) 54. Rf6 Be7 55. Kxh6 Rb5 56. Rf5 Rb4 57. e6 Rxg4 58. Rd5+ Ke8 59. Kg6 Rf4 (59... a6 $142 60. g3 Rb4) 60. Ra5 Kf8 (60... Rd4 $142 61. Rxa7 Bc5) 61. Rxa7 {White is clearly winning.} Rf6+ 62. Kh7 {[#] Threatening mate with Ra8+.} Bd6 63. Rf7+ Rxf7+ 64. exf7 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,70,40,43,20,32,32,19,25,29,39,27,26,20,22,20,27,25,28,18,20,22,14,30,30,32,30,28,32,32,31,31,31,31,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,27,27,27,27,30,24,156,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} a5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Ne4 Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Nxb5 15. axb5 exd4 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bg6 19. Bf4 Rfc8 {[#]} 20. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. b3 c5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. c4 a4 23. bxa4 c5 24. Nb5 Rxa4 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Rac1 {½-½ (32) Harikrishna,P (2730)-Vidit,S (2711) Prague 2019}) 20... a4 21. Re7 Nc4 22. b3 ({Of course not} 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Bxc7 Nxb2 $17) 22... axb3 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nxb3 Rc8 25. Rxc7 ({Wrong is} 25. Bxc7 $2 Kf8 $19) 25... Rxc7 26. Bxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} b6 27. Kf1 Bd3+ 28. Ke1 Kf8 29. h4 Ke7 30. f3 Kd7 {[#]} (30... f6 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Bg3 $2 (31. Bxb6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Nc5+.} Nxb6 32. Nc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc7 33. Nxd3) 31... Na3 {The position is equal.} 32. Bf2 Kc7 33. Bg3+ Kd7 34. Bf2 Kc7 35. Bg3+ Kd7 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,94,16,14,14,10,10,3,2,5,5,4,14,8,15,18,6,-19,0,0,0,-37,-29,-42,-36,-29,-33,-20,-17,-36,0,-75,-82,-88,-72,-82,-19,-56,-6,-31,-37,-50,-41,-36,-43,-152,-155,-360,-356,-467,-460,-514,-472,-508,-497,-526,-520,-492,-447,-422,-102,-104,-106,-105,-104,-103,-108,-122,-108,-108,-110,-109,-49,-51,-50,-653,-538,-29987,-12844]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Re1 d6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Ba4 b5 {The position is equal.} 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 {[#]} Qxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxd5 15. h3 Bc5 16. b4 Bf8 17. a4 g6 18. h4 Be6 19. h5 g5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 {1-0 (35) Oratovsky,M (2499)-Gonzalez Perez,A (2492) Catalunya 2014}) 15. Be3 Bb6 16. h3 Qd6 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Bxe3 19. fxe3 bxc3 20. bxc3 e4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. dxe4 Qg3 23. Kh1 Rab8 24. Ba4 (24. Qe2 $11 Rb2 25. Reb1 Rxb1+ 26. Rxb1) 24... Red8 $17 (24... Rb2 $6 25. Re2 $16) 25. Qe2 Nxa5 26. Nd4 Rd6 (26... Nc4 $17 27. Qf3 (27. Nxe6 Rd2 $17) 27... Qxf3 28. gxf3 Rb6) 27. Qf3 Qg5 28. Qf4 (28. Reb1 $5 {[%cal Rb1b8]} Rdb6 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. Bc2 $11 (30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. Rf1 Qe7 $15)) 28... Nc4 29. Bb3 {[#]} Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. cxd4 {Hoping for Ba2.} Rxb3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 31. d5 ({White has to play} 31. Qxg5 $15 hxg5 32. Rxa6) 31... Bd7 32. Rac1 $2 (32. Qxg5 $17 hxg5 33. Rxa6) 32... Bb5 $19 ({Don't play} 32... Rxe3 33. Qxg5 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 $19) 33. h4 Qe7 34. Rc2 Rb4 35. Rec1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 36. Kg1 a4 37. e5 Nxe5 38. Rxc7 Qxc7 $2 ({Not} 38... Rxf4 39. Rxe7 Rc4 40. Rxc4 $17) (38... Qd6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 39. Rc8+ Kh7) 39. Rxc7 $17 Rxf4 40. exf4 Nc4 41. Rb7 {[#]} Be8 $1 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. g4 a3 {...Ba4 is the strong threat.} 44. Ra7 Bb5 (44... f6 $17 45. Kf3 h5 46. gxh5 Bxh5+ 47. Ke4 Nd6+ 48. Ke3 Be8) 45. Kf3 $15 Nb6 46. d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Rxa3 $15 Nxd5 47. f5) 46... Ba4 $19 {aiming for ...a2.} 47. Rb7 {Threatens to win with Rb8+.} Bc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,135,15,2,28,18,17,-47,-51,-54,-60,-62,25,38,124,0,0,0,22,-65,-61,-128,219,208,491,471,472,-12,-17,-35,-21,-19,-26,-23,-23,-29,-25,-32,-30,-103,-103,-97,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,8,0,20,0,0,0,106,0,30,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,203,248,0,0,0,5579,2370,29940,72,67,0,29956,29957,29936,11634,4641,4627]} 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 7. Qc2 b6 {[#]} 8. g4 $146 (8. d4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8. Rg1 Bb7 9. g4 c5 10. g5 Ne4 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nxe4 Nb4 13. Qc3 d4 14. exd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 {1-0 (31) Jakubowski,K (2526)-Tokranovs,D (2348) Katowice 2017}) 8... Nxg4 $15 {Black is slightly better.} 9. Rg1 Nf6 10. O-O-O c5 (10... Bb7 $15) 11. d4 $11 cxd4 (11... Nc6 $14) 12. Rxd4 (12. Nxd4 $16 g6 13. Bg2) 12... Nc6 13. Rh4 g6 14. Ng5 (14. Bd3 $1 $11) 14... Nb4 $15 15. Qb1 dxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (15... Ne8 $1 $17 16. Rh5 Ng7 17. Rxh7 Bxg5 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nxd5+ Kh7 20. Nxb4 Bb7) 16. Bxc4 $18 {Black must now prevent Nxh7!} Qe8 $2 (16... Ba6 {was necessary.}) 17. Nce4 Nbd5 18. Bxd5 $2 ({Better is} 18. Rh6 $18) 18... exd5 $11 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Qc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. Qc2 Qxf6 22. Qb2 Qxb2+ 23. Kxb2 h5 24. Nf3 (24. Rd4 $11) 24... Bg4 $17 25. Ne5 Rfe8 ({Black should try} 25... g5 $17 26. Rh3 Bxh3 27. Rxg5+ Kh8 28. Rxh5+ Kg7 29. Rxh3 Rg8) 26. Nxg4 $11 {aiming for Nf6+.} hxg4 27. Rhxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kg7 28. Rd1 Re5 29. h4 Rh8 30. a4 a5 31. Kc3 Rc8+ 32. Kd3 Rf5 33. Rd2 Kf6 34. b4 Ke6 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Rb2 Rc5 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Rd4 Rh5 39. Kf3 Kg7 (39... Rf5+ $11 40. Kg3 Rc1) 40. Rf4 (40. Kg3 $1 $14) 40... Rc4 41. Rb5 {Threatens to win with Rxc4.} Rxf4+ 42. exf4 Rxh4 43. Rxd5 {KR-KR} Rh3+ 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. Rxa5 Kh6 46. f3 Ra2+ 47. Kg3 f6 48. Ra7 Ra3 49. Ra6 {Ra8 is the strong threat.} Ra2 50. Ra8 Ra3 51. a5 Ra2 52. a6 Kg7 (52... f5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 53. Kg4 (53. f5 $1 $16) 53... Ra4 54. Ra7+ Kh6 $1 55. Kg3 Ra3 56. Kf2 {Hoping for Ra8.} Ra4 57. Ke3 Ra3+ 58. Ke4 {Strongly threatening Ra8.} Ra4+ 59. Ke3 $2 (59. Kd5 $11 Rxf4 60. Kc5) 59... Ra3+ $18 60. Ke2 Ra2+ 61. Kd3 $2 (61. Kd1 $18) 61... Ra3+ $1 $11 62. Kc4 {And now Ra8 would win.} Ra4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... Rxf3 $11 63. Ra8 Ra3) 63. Kb5 $18 Rxf4 {[#]} 64. Rc7 $2 (64. Ra8 $1 {mates} Rf5+ 65. Kb4 Rf4+ 66. Ka5 Rf5+ 67. Kb4 Rf4+ 68. Kb5 Rf5+ 69. Kb4) 64... Rxf3 $16 65. Rc4 (65. Rc5 $1 $14) 65... Rb3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (65... Rd3 $11) 66. Rb4 $1 Re3 67. a7 Re8 68. Ka6 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,108,22,24,27,26,19,30,41,0,21,0,24,27,36,26,25,28,29,18,65,60,51,43,67,51,45,45,53,27,59,54,83,50,64,14,15,-24,-18,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-28,-97,-76,-76,-64,-66,-78,-104,-111,-148,-148,-176,-154,-176,-131,-173,-177,-181,-180,-183,-182,-158,-85,-85,-85,-162,-159,-159,-159,-159,-159,-159,-159,-161,-14,-22,-14,-14,-14,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 e6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} 7. Be3 Qxb3 8. axb3 a6 {White has an edge.} 9. Bd4 Nbd7 10. Bc3 Bd6 11. Nh4 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. b4 e5 14. Na3 Ke7 15. Nc2 Rad8 16. h3 Rhe8 17. b3 e4 18. dxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (53) Gordievsky,D (2603)-Gagare,S (2495) Moscow 2019}) 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 $1 14. Nd2 Ke7 15. O-O Bf4 16. e3 Bd6 17. g5 Ne8 18. Nxg6+ hxg6 19. b4 Rc8 20. f4 f6 21. Nf3 Bb8 22. b3 Nd6 23. Rae1 Nf5 24. Rf2 Ba7 25. c5 Bb8 26. e4 dxe4 27. dxe4 Nh4 28. gxf6+ gxf6 29. Nd2 (29. e5 $11 fxe5 30. fxe5) 29... g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 30. fxg5 Bg3 $1 {Hoping for ...Rcg8.} 31. gxf6+ (31. Bxf6+ $2 Nxf6 32. gxf6+ Kf7 $17) 31... Kf7 32. Nc4 {aiming for Rd2.} Rcg8 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 33. Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 34. Rfe2 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Nh2+ $1 (35... Nxe1 36. f7 $17) 36. Kg1 {And now f7 would win.} Bxe1 37. Bxe1 Rxh3 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} 38. Nxb7 {[#]} Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5d3] Threatens to win with ...Nd3.} (38... Nxf6 39. Na5 $17) 39. Nd8 Rh6 (39... Rg4 $142 {...Nd3 is the strong threat.} 40. Nxe6+ Kf7) 40. Nxe6+ $17 Kf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Ng7 (41. Nd4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 41... Nhf3+ ({Worse is} 41... Kxf6 42. Nf5 $11) 42. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 43. Kf2 {[#]} Ne5 $1 ({Much less strong is} 43... Nd4 44. Rd2 $15) 44. Bc3 Kxf6 45. Nf5 Rh2+ ({Black should play} 45... Rh3 $19 46. Re3 Rh2+ 47. Kf1 Ke6) 46. Ke3 {The position is equal.} Rxe2+ 47. Kxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Rg2+ 48. Ke3 Ke6 (48... Rg1 {with more complications.} 49. Nd4 Rg3+ 50. Kd2 Kf7 51. Ne2 Rd3+) 49. Bxe5 Kxe5 {KR-KN} 50. Nd4 Rg6 51. Nf3+ Ke6 52. Nd4+ Ke5 53. Nf3+ Ke6 54. Nd4+ Ke5 {Whites escaped into a draw. Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,92,23,24,10,25,30,31,0,53,47,52,-70,-76,-117,-112,-108,-64,-74,-66,-85,-85,-97,-105,-139,-137,-151,-147,-358,-350,-461,-454,-469,-468,-460,-435,-786,-768,-723,-689,-654,-598,-587,-585,-564,-512,-525,-524,-516,-512,-609,-604,-595,-569,-580,-577,-562,-562,-591,-590,-610,-619,-680,-688,-726,-733,-710,-714,-873,-856,-877,-879,-885,-883,-932,-909,-861,-850]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. g4 {B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3.} Nxd4 11. Qxd4 {Strongly threatening g5.} e5 {[#]} 12. Qd3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd1 exf4 13. Bxf4 Qb6 14. g5 Qxb2 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Rb1 Qa3 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Rb3 {½-½ (33) Baroin,B (2246)-Portych,V (2235) ICCF email 2018}) 12... Nxg4 (12... Bxg4 $11 13. Bxg4 Nxg4) 13. Nd5 $14 Bh4+ 14. Ke2 (14. Kd2 $14 Qc6 15. f5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3) 14... Qc6 $15 15. Rag1 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 g6 17. f5 $1 Bd7 18. Rd1 O-O-O 19. c4 Qb6 20. Rd2 Bc6 21. Qc3 Rhg8 22. b4 $2 {Loses the game.} (22. b3 $17) 22... gxf5 $19 23. Nxf5 Qf2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Kd1 Ba4+ 25. Kc1 Bg5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 26. Bh5 (26. Ne7+ $142 Kb8 27. Nxg8 Bxd2+ 28. Qxd2 Qxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Rg1) 26... Bf4 {[%mdl 64] Threatens to win with ...Rg2. Pin} 27. Ng3 Kb8 28. Bd1 Bc6 29. Bc2 f5 30. Rhd1 fxe4 31. Kb2 Bxd2 ({Weaker is} 31... Bxg3 32. Rxf2 Bxf2 33. b5 $17) 32. Rxd2 Qf3 33. b5 Qxc3+ 34. Kxc3 e3 35. Re2 axb5 36. cxb5 Bxb5 37. Rxe3 Rg7 38. Kb4 Bc6 39. Bb3 Rg4+ 40. Ka3 Rh4 41. Re2 Rf8 42. Bc2 {[#]} e4 $1 43. Kb2 (43. Bxe4 Bxe4) 43... d5 44. Kc3 Kc7 45. Kd4 {[#]} e3+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 46. Kxe3 Re8+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,44,23,24,22,22,22,22,29,-18,-35,-56,-53,-55,-52,-53,-57,-114,-108,-140,-115,-196,-175,-254,-228,-226,-245,-285,-271,-374,-390,-822,-804]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 {7...Be7 is the modern continuation. Played by Jan Krzysztof Duda in February 2020.} 8. Bg2 Be7 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack.} 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 11. Nf3 b5 {[#]} 12. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. b3 d5 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. exd5 {1-0 (48) Narayanan,S (2529)-Vidit,S (2707) Xingtai 2019}) 12... Bb7 13. O-O-O Na5 14. b3 Rc8 15. Kb1 {[#]} (15. Nd4 $15) 15... Qc7 $1 $17 16. Ne2 Bxe4 {[%cal Rc7c2]} 17. Rc1 (17. Ne1 $17 Nf6 18. Ng3 Bxg2 19. Nxg2) 17... d5 18. Ng3 (18. Bd4 {was called for.}) 18... Ba3 19. Bd4 O-O 20. g5 {If White can now play gxh6 this consolidates a bit.} Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 ({Weaker is} 21... Bxc5 22. gxh6 Ba3 23. hxg7 $17) 22. gxh6 $2 {[#]} (22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qxa5 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 exf3 25. Bxf3) 22... Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] White did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,91,43,47,43,53,32,64,56,54,54,43,47,72,70,89,27,34,25,26,0,35,22,31,6,25,28,35,40,35,37,38,14,20,31,35,9,16,0,25,25,26,28,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-4,-18,-16,-22,-8,-4,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,-28,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} Re8 13. g4 Bf8 14. g5 {White is slightly better.} Nfd7 15. h4 Nc6 16. b3 {[#]} Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rac8 17. Nde2 Ba8 18. h5 Qb8 19. g6 b5 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. cxb5 axb5 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 {0-1 (48) Teske,H (2514)-Simantsev,M (2454) Teplice 2013}) 17. h5 Qb8 18. g6 (18. Qg4 $16) 18... hxg6 $11 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Re3 Rd7 23. Rg3 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g3]} 24. Rg4 Rf7 25. Be3 Qb7 26. Qd3 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rxg6 b4 29. Ne2 {aiming for Nd4.} e5 30. Rg5 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Nd4 (32. Nxf4 {keeps more tension.} Rxf4 33. Qc4+ d5 34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 dxe4 36. Bf1) 32... Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Qxe4 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Nf3 Be7 36. Rb5 Bf6 37. Rc6 Ra7 38. Rc2 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Kh3 d5 41. Kg4 Ra6 42. Rd2 Rd6 43. Rb8 Ra6 44. Rb5 Rd6 45. Rb8 Ra6 46. Rb5 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,136,23,28,25,33,33,14,14,13,13,11,14,11,11,11,18,18,45,45,45,43,41,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,34,37,33,33,33,43,31,34,34,33,20,20,24,24,24,24,18,18,18,35,35,41,26,41,41,41,41,48,48,48,48,75,52,52,41,41,41,55,54,54,0,59,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,0,49,0,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,0,48,0,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,0,48,0,48,0,48]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d1,Bd1e3][%mdl 32]} Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Na5 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Bf3 {[#]} Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bf6 18. a4 Nb6 19. Be3 c4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Nxa4 22. Bxa7 Rc7 23. Be3 Rdc8 {½-½ (41) Radjabov,T (2726)-Gelfand,B (2748) Tashkent 2014}) 18. Bxb4 $1 cxb4 19. Nc6 Bg5 20. Rc5 h6 $1 21. h4 Bf6 22. Rfc1 Rd2 23. R5c2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Kf8 25. Nxb4 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bc3 27. Kf1 f5 28. Ne3 Ke7 29. Bd5 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Bc4 Bb7 32. g4 f4 33. Nd1 Bf6 34. f3 Kd6 35. Nf2 a5 36. Ke1 Bc3+ 37. Kd1 Ke7 38. Kc2 Bd4 39. Nd1 Bc5 40. Nc3 Kf6 41. Kd3 Ke5 42. Bb5 Bd5 43. Nb1 Bb4 44. Nc3 Bc5 45. Be8 Bb4 46. Na4 Bb7 {next ...Ba6+ is good for Black.} 47. Bb5 Kd6 48. Nc3 Ke5 49. Bc4 (49. Nd1 {is interesting.} Ba3 50. Kc4 Bb4 51. Nf2 Bd5+ 52. Kd3) 49... Bc6 50. Bb5 (50. Ba6 {seems wilder.} Be7 51. Nb1 Kd5 52. Nd2 Kc5 53. e4) 50... Bxc3 (50... Bb7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 51. Bxc6 $11 {KB-KB} Bb4 52. Kc4 Kd6 53. Be4 Kc7 54. Kb5 Be1 55. a3 Bd2 56. b4 axb4 57. axb4 Kd6 58. Kc4 Be1 59. Bd3 Bd2 60. Kb5 Be1 61. Kc4 Bd2 62. Be4 Be1 63. b5 Bf2 64. Bc6 Bb6 65. Kd3 Ke5 66. Kc4 Kd6 67. Kd3 Ke5 68. Kc4 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 10. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 14. d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 16. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 17. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 18. Red1 {[%emt 0:03:57]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 20. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:03:13]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 21. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 23. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qa2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 24. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 28. Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. d6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} exd6 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 31. Qxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 33. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 34. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,22,21,10,21,6,18,16,12,0,12,0,17,22,19,12,17,13,22,0,48,-12,-22,-33,0,0,0,0,0,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,25,15,12,13,12,0,0,-162,-139,-157,53,61,64,70,72,10,80,81,76,74,56,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,37,37,118,15,15,15,15,15,15,22,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 (4... Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Be7 8. Na3 Be6 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 Bc8 11. f4 Ng4 12. Nf3 exf4 13. gxf4 f5 14. e5 O-O 15. h3 Nh6 16. Nc4 Be6 {0-1 (40) Ding,L (2791)-Anand,V (2760) Stavanger 2018}) 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 {A08: King's Indian Attack.} Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5] The position is equal.} e6 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 d4 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. a6 b6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxc6 Bxg5 18. Bxe8 Qxe8 {0-1 (37) Artemiev,V (2731)-Anand,V (2757) Bucharest 2019}) 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Bf4 a6 15. h4 ({White should try} 15. Be3 $14) 15... e5 16. Bd2 d4 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nbxd7 Bxd7 22. Nxa6 Ra8 23. Nc5 Bh3 24. e4 Bf8 25. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} f5 26. f3 Bxc5 27. bxc5 $2 (27. Kh2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} fxe4 28. Kxh3) 27... fxe4 $1 $19 28. fxe4 {[#]} Rf8 $2 (28... g5 $1 $17 29. hxg5 Rf8) 29. Bxh6 $14 Rf3 30. Qg5 {And now Rd3 would win.} Qd7 31. a6 Qg4 (31... Bg4 $11 32. Rd3 (32. Qxe5 Kxh6 33. Rdb1 Rff8 $16) 32... Rf7) 32. Qxg4 $16 Bxg4 33. Bg5 {Black must now prevent Rdb1.} Rxg3+ 34. Kh2 (34. Kf2 $5 {[%cal Rf2g3]} Rc3 35. Rdb1 Rf8+ 36. Ke1 $16) 34... Rh3+ $1 35. Kg2 {Hoping for Rdb1.} Bxd1 36. Kxh3 Bxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 37. Bf6 Ra7 38. Bxe5 {Bb8 is the strong threat.} Bd3 {[#]} (38... d3 $1 $14 39. Bb8 Rxa6 40. Rxa6 d2) 39. Bxd4 ({White should play} 39. Ra4 $1 $16) 39... Rxa6 40. Rxa6 Bxa6 $16 {KB-KB} 41. Kg4 Bd3 42. Kf4 Kg8 43. Ke5 {White is slightly better.} Kf7 44. Bf2 Bc2 45. Be3 Bd3 46. Bg5 Bc2 47. Bf4 Bb1 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,89,34,29,18,28,22,22,22,20,30,26,24,24,35,10,10,13,10,6,11,9,11,7,7,7,8,1,7,6,16,0,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,33,38,36,19,18,10,10,12,8,0,12,4,15,0,0,0,4,0,45,62,66,9,10,9,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5 c3 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6.} 9. Nb5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 {[#] Strongly threatening Qxd8.} Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bf5 14. Bxg7 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Kxg7 16. Nd4 {[#] Threatens to win with g4!} Nd6 $1 17. Nxf5+ gxf5 18. Rac1 {[#]} Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Rac8 19. Kf1 b6 20. Ke1 Kf6 21. e3 h6 22. Bf1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 {½-½ (42) Malakhov,V (2691)-Matlakov,M (2704) Sochi 2018}) 19. e3 Kf6 20. Kf1 a5 21. Ke2 a4 22. a3 (22. h3 {keeps more tension.} Rab8 23. g4 b5 24. f4 b4 25. Bd5) 22... Rxc1 (22... Rab8 {is more complex.} 23. h4 h6 24. Bf3 Nc4 25. Rc2 b5) 23. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra5 24. Rc2 Rb5 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Kc1 Nc5 27. Bf1 Ra5 28. Kd1 Ne4 29. Ke1 Nd6 30. Rc7 Rd5 31. Bc4 Re5 (31... Nxc4 {keeps more tension.} 32. Rxc4 Rb5 33. Rxa4 Rxb2 34. Rh4 Kg6) 32. Bd3 h6 33. Ke2 Rd5 34. Bc4 Ra5 35. Bd3 Ra8 36. Rc5 Rd8 37. Rd5 (37. h3 $14) 37... Rc8 {The position is equal.} 38. Rd4 b5 39. Rh4 Kg7 40. g4 fxg4 41. Rxg4+ Kf6 42. Rf4+ Kg7 43. Rg4+ Kf6 44. Rf4+ Kg7 45. Rg4+ {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,123,15,16,15,15,9,0,7,10,11,12,22,0,0,-14,18,17,18,16,22,10,10,10,12,13,11,14,6,3,10,23,6,12,10,0,54,50,60,52,54,48,52,52,47,47,58,58,60,59,73,66,102,116,109,116,97,97,87,85,86,83,118,116,143,125,190,178,315,285,382,388,934,475,1341,1187,1093,941,1283,1242,1309,1210,1132,984,1022,452,29955,10484,29970,29971,29972,29973,29972,29974,29974,29975,29975,29975,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29983,29988,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 {7.Qc2 injects fresh life into this line. Played by Magnus Carlsen in July 2020.} dxc4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 e5 {The position is equal.} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c6 13. f4 Bc7 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Rae1 Bb6 16. Na4 Bc7 17. e4 Ng4 18. Bc1 b5 {0-1 (25) Souleidis,G (2401)-Cornette,M (2586) chess.com INT 2017}) 13. f4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 ({Of course not} 14. bxc3 Bf5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 14... Bb7 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Rae1 Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Be5 Nd6 19. e4 Qe7 20. Rd1 f6 (20... Nb7 {is interesting.} 21. Rfe1 Qc5+ 22. Qf2 Rad8 23. Bd4 Qh5) 21. Bxd6 $1 cxd6 22. Rd4 Rac8 23. Qd3 Rc6 ({Black should play} 23... Qc7 $11) 24. h3 $14 h6 25. Kh2 Kh8 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Rd2 Re6 28. a3 Qe7 29. Rc2 Rc5 30. b4 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} b5 {White now steadily converts the win.} 32. Qc6 Qe8 {[#]} 33. Qxe8+ $1 Rxe8 $16 {KR-KR} 34. Kg3 ({But not} 34. Rxd6 $6 Rxe4 35. f5 h5 $11) 34... Kh7 35. Rxd6 Rxe4 {Black wants to play ...Re3+.} 36. Kf3 Re7 37. Rd5 Rb7 38. Ke4 Rb6 {[#]} (38... Re7+ $16 {was worth a try.} 39. Kd4 Re2) 39. Kd4 $1 $18 Ra6 (39... Kg6 $142 40. f5+ Kh7) 40. Rxb5 Rxa3 41. Ra5 Rg3 $2 (41... Rb3 42. Kc4 (42. Rxa7 Rxb4+ 43. Ke3 Kg6 $11) 42... Rb2 43. Rxa7 Rxg2) 42. Rxa7 Rxg2 (42... Rb3 $142 43. Kc4 Rb2) 43. b5 Rb2 44. Kc5 Rc2+ 45. Kd5 Rd2+ 46. Kc6 Rc2+ 47. Kb7 Rc4 48. f5 (48. Ra5 $142 Rc3 49. b6 Rxh3 50. Kc6 Rc3+ 51. Rc5) 48... Rc5 (48... h5 $18 49. Ra3 Kh6) 49. b6 Rxf5 50. Kc6 {White mates.} Rf3 51. Ra5 Rc3+ 52. Rc5 Re3 53. b7 Re8 54. Kd7 Rb8 55. Kc7 Rf8 56. b8=Q Rxb8 57. Kxb8 {KR-K3P} g5 58. Kc7 Kg6 59. Kd6 f5 60. Ke5 f4 61. Ke4 Kh5 62. Rc6 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,10,10,8,2,0,8,3,12,-2,0,-7,0,-6,0,-24,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-5,-5,0,-5,-7,-4,-4,-4,-5,-15,-12,-12,-8,-8,-8,-20,-20,-27,0,0,0,-16,-21,-204,-189,-573,-565,-552,-541,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Ba4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} O-O {[#]} 7. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O Nxf3+ 8. Nxf3 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bb3 Qd6 11. Qe2 {½-½ (11) Freeman,M (2296)-Barkov,K (2370) ICCF email 2018}) 7... Nxf3+ 8. Nxf3 {The position is equal.} d5 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Rfe1 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. Red1 Rde8 21. Kf1 g6 22. Rd2 Kg7 23. Rad1 h5 24. Ne3 Ne4 25. Rd3 Rb6 26. Nc4 Rc6 27. Ne3 Ra6 (27... Rf6 $5 28. f3 $8 Nc5 $11) 28. a3 Rf6 29. f3 Nc5 30. Rd5 Na4 31. Nc4 Rc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 32. R1d4 Rce6 {Threatens to win with ...Re1+.} 33. Rd2 a6 34. Kf2 R8e7 35. h4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 36. g3 Nc5 37. Rd8 $2 {[#] White does not recover from this.} (37. Rc2 $11) 37... Nb3 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...b5.} 38. Rc2 $2 (38. Rd1) 38... b5 39. Nd2 Re2+ 40. Kf1 Re1+ {Black mates.} 41. Kg2 R7e2+ 42. Kh3 Rh1# {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,92,36,10,13,13,13,0,8,0,0,-31,-29,-52,-37,-57,-56,-57,-46,-49,-27,-28,-26,-34,-10,-22,-22,-31,-37,-17,-22,-74,-51,-64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-168,-156,-142,-143,-135,-135,-135,-135,-174,-100,-101,-81,-81,-81,-81,-16,-16,-15,-15,-13,-13,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 8. Qc2 {is now debated instead of 8.Bg5.} Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b5 $1 10. a4 c6 11. e4 Na6 12. b3 Nb4 13. Qc3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 Ba6 15. Rfc1 {[#]} bxa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qb6 16. Qb1 e5 17. Nb3 exd4 18. Nbxd4 h6 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Qe4 bxa4 21. Nxc6 Rac8 {0-1 (53) Dogan,A (2176)-Yaver,F (2077) Antalya 2017}) 16. Rxa4 Bb5 17. Ra3 e5 18. dxe5 Nd3 19. Rc3 Nxe5 $1 20. Nxe5 Qxd2 21. Nf3 (21. Qb1 $1 $11) 21... Qd7 22. Ne5 Qd4 ({Black should try} 22... Qb7 $15) 23. Nxc6 $11 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rab8 25. Qc4 Rb1+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 26. Bf1 Qd1 {White must now prevent ...Nxe4!} 27. Kg2 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qd3 $2 (28. Rc8 $11 {and White is okay.}) (28. Qxe4 Qxf1+) 28... Nd2 $19 ({Don't do} 28... Qe1 29. Ra2 $17) 29. Rd6 Qxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Nxf1 ({But not} 30... Rxf1 $6 31. Rxd2 Rc1 32. Rxa5 $11) 31. Rxa5 Re1 32. h4 {[#]} h6 (32... h5 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rc8.} 33. Rxh5 Rb8) 33. Rd7 $17 Rb8 {...Rb2 is the strong threat.} 34. Raa7 Nxg3 35. Kxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb3+ ({Better is} 35... Rg1+ $17 36. Kh2 Rbb1) 36. f3 $11 {The position is equal.} Rg1+ 37. Kf2 Rg6 {Threatens to win with ...Rf6.} 38. Rxf7 Rb5 39. Rf4 Kh7 40. Rg4 Rxg4 41. fxg4 {KR-KR} Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 Rb4+ 44. Kg3 Rb3+ 45. Kf4 Rb4+ 46. Kg3 Rb3+ {White happily takes the draw. Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "229"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,229,4,5,33,29,47,-25,-22,-12,0,-19,0,0,54,33,36,50,31,12,20,25,225,225,214,222,212,224,217,219,220,230,248,279,421,405,418,418,386,152,156,136,133,86,84,75,125,127,180,185,187,177,180,184,187,180,169,159,244,250,273,235,261,256,249,204,297,104,104,104,108,97,144,108,166,150,150,134,214,212,241,237,366,81,610,133,141,126,199,81,94,102,129,85,112,51,141,132,186,177,235,12,12,12,15,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. f3 h5 {B86: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, without early ...b5.} 10. Qd2 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Qf2 b5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Rc1 Nfd7 15. Qg3 Bf6 16. Rhd1 Ne5 17. Ndxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 {1-0 (40) Kersic,M (2109)-Kabadayi,S (1514) Sarajevo 2018}) 11. O-O-O (11. a3 $14) 11... Bd7 $11 {Black has an edge.} 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. a3 Qb7 14. Rhe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Be7 (14... Rc8 $11) 15. Bg5 $14 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 O-O $2 (18... Kf8 $11) 19. Nd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5e7][%mdl 64] Pin} Nxb3 20. Qxb4 (20. Nxb4 Nxd2+ 21. Bxd2 Rfc8 $11) 20... Bxb4 21. Nxf6+ (21. Nxb4 $6 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 a5 $16) 21... gxf6 22. Bxf6 Kh7 {Strongly threatening ...Nd2+.} 23. Nxb3 Bc6 24. Rd4 (24. Rxh5+ Kg6) 24... Rfb8 (24... Rab8 {was worth a try.} 25. g4 Rg8 26. Rxh5+ Kg6) 25. Rf4 Kh6 {intending ...Bd6.} 26. Rg5 {Threatening mate with Rh4!} Be1 27. h4 $2 (27. g4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Rb4 28. Rxh5+ Kg6 29. Rg5+ Kh6 30. Rh5+ Kg6 31. Rg5+ Kh6 32. Rxb4 Bxb4 33. Nd4) 27... Rg8 $16 28. Nd4 Bd5 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 30. Bg5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg6 31. Ne2 $1 Bd2 {[#]} (31... Ba8 $16 32. b3 Bf2) 32. Rf6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg7 33. Rh6 $1 Bxg5 34. hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} e5 35. Ng3 Kf8 36. Rxh5 ({Stronger than} 36. Nxh5 Rxg5 37. Rd6 Bc4 $11) 36... Ke7 (36... f6 $16 37. Kc1 fxg5) 37. b3 a5 38. Nf5+ Kd7 39. Ne3 Be6 40. g3 Rb8 (40... f6 $142 41. gxf6 Rxg3) 41. Rh4 $2 (41. Kc1 $18) 41... Bxb3 $16 42. Kc1 Be6 43. Ra4 Rb5 44. Kd2 Rc5 (44... Kc6 $16 45. f4 exf4 46. gxf4 Rb4 47. Rxb4 (47. Rxa5 Rxf4 48. Kd3 Kd6 $14) 47... axb4) 45. c4 $18 Ke7 46. Kc3 Bd7 (46... f6 $16 {might work better.}) 47. Ra1 a4 48. Nd5+ Kd6 (48... Kf8 $142 49. Nf6 Be6 50. Rxa4 Kg7) 49. Nb6 $2 (49. Nf6 $18 {has better winning chances.} Bc6 50. Kb4 Bxf3 51. Ne8+ (51. Rxa4 Rc8 $14) 51... Kc6 52. Rxa4) 49... Bc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49... Be6 $16) 50. Nxa4 $2 (50. Nc8+ $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kd7 51. Kb4 Rxc4+ 52. Kxc4 Kxc8 53. f4) 50... Ra5 $16 51. Kb4 Ra7 (51... Ra8 $16) 52. Rd1+ (52. f4 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 52... Ke7 53. Nb6 {aiming for Nc8+.} Rb7 54. Kc5 Bxf3 55. Rf1 (55. Nc8+ $16 Ke8 56. Nd6+ Ke7 57. Rd3 (57. Nxb7 Bxd1 58. Kb4 Bf3 $14) 57... Rc7+ 58. Kb5) 55... Rc7+ (55... e4 $1 $14) 56. Kb4 Bc6 (56... Bb7 $16 57. c5 e4) 57. Rf6 Bg2 (57... e4 {was necessary.}) 58. Kc3 $2 ({Better is} 58. Kb5 $18) 58... Rc6 $11 {The position is equal.} 59. Rxc6 Bxc6 {KB-KN} 60. c5 Ke6 61. Kd3 Kf5 62. Nc4 e4+ 63. Kd4 Kxg5 64. Ne5 (64. Na5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c6]} Ba8 65. Nc4 $11) 64... Ba4 65. Nxf7+ Kg4 66. Kxe4 Kxg3 67. Ne5 Be8 68. Kd5 Kf4 69. Nc4 Bf7+ 70. Kd4 {Threatens to win with c6.} Be8 71. Nb6 Bc6 72. Nd5+ Kf3 73. Ke5 Ke2 74. Kd6 (74. Ne7 {keeps more tension.} Bb5 75. Ke4 Bd7 76. Ng6 Kd2 77. Ne5) 74... Be8 75. Nc7 Ba4 76. Kd5 Kd3 77. Ne6 Kc3 78. Nd4 Kb4 79. Nc6+ Kc3 80. Ne5 Kb4 81. Kd6 Bb5 82. Nf3 Ba4 83. Nd2 Kc3 84. Ne4+ Kb4 85. Nf6 Kc4 86. Nd5 {White threatens Nb6+ and mate.} Be8 87. Nb6+ Kb5 88. Nc8 Ka6 89. Kd5 $1 Bd7 90. Nd6 Ka7 91. Ne4 (91. c6 {is interesting.} Bh3 92. c7 Kb6 93. c8=Q Bxc8 94. Ke5) 91... Kb7 92. Kd6 Bc6 93. Nc3 Bh1 94. Na2 (94. c6+ $5 Bxc6 95. Ke7 $11) 94... Bg2 95. Nb4 Bh1 96. Kd7 Bg2 97. Nc2 Bh1 98. Nd4 Bg2 99. Kd6 Bh1 100. Nb3 Bg2 101. Na5+ Ka6 102. Nc6 Kb7 103. Nd8+ Kc8 104. Ne6 Kb7 105. Ng5 Bh1 106. Nf7 Bg2 107. Nd8+ Kc8 108. Nc6 Kb7 109. Na5+ Ka6 110. Nc4 Kb7 111. Ne3 Bh1 112. Nf5 (112. c6+ $5 Bxc6 113. Ng4 $11) 112... Bg2 113. c6+ Bxc6 114. Nd4 Ka8 115. Nxc6 {Black defended with fortune. Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,20,33,5,8,0,0,-24,-22,-26,-28,-29,-25,-40,-43,-47,-47,-55,0,-28,-41,-66,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-44,-98,-77,-217,-136,-154,-99,-117,-146,-293,-303,-514,-491,-495,-500,-489,-498,-492,-497,-485,-488,-460,-460,-1034,-1031,-1981,-1041,-1027,-1026,-1016,-970,-929,-929,-880,-870]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O-O {The position is equal.} b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 a5 13. Nd2 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bc8 15. Bd3 Ba6 {[#]} 16. Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne4 a4 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rd3 Qb8 20. h4 Qb5 21. Rhd1 Raa8 22. Bg5 {½-½ (33) Lafarga Santorroman,D (2643)-Nickel,A (2643) ICCF email 2012}) 16... a4 17. h4 b3 (17... Nd7 $15) 18. axb3 axb3 19. Nxb3 Nd7 20. g5 Nb6 21. Na5 {Strongly threatening Nc6.} Be2 22. Qxe2 Rxa5 23. b4 Ra3 {White must now prevent ...Qc7!} 24. Rh3 (24. Qb5 $15 Qc7 25. Kd2 (25. Bxb6 $2 Qc3 $19)) 24... Na4 $17 {aiming for ...Qc7!} 25. Kd2 (25. Qg4 $17) 25... Nc3 ({Not} 25... Qc7 26. Ke1 $15) 26. Qc4 Nxd1 (26... g6 $142 27. Bg4 Nxd1 28. Kxd1 Ra1+ 29. Ke2 Qa8) 27. Kxd1 g6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 28. Bg4 (28. Bd3 $17) 28... h5 $19 29. Bc1 $2 (29. gxh6 f5 30. Bc1 Rxh3 31. Bxh3) 29... Ra1 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Be2 {[#]} Bxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. hxg5 Qxg5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Ra1c1]} 32. Re3 Qg1+ 33. Bf1 Qxf2 34. Qe2 Qf4 35. b5 (35. Qf3 $142 Qxb4 36. Rb3 Qd4+ 37. Rd3 Rxc1+ {[%mdl 64] Clearance} 38. Kxc1 Qa1+ 39. Kd2) 35... Rfa8 36. Qf3 Qd4+ 37. Rd3 {[#]} Qb2 $1 38. Qe3 {[#]} Rxc1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance} 39. Qxc1 {[#]} Ra1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qxa1 Qxa1+ {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,90,53,60,36,44,33,33,34,37,41,39,33,39,39,58,58,58,53,51,21,20,16,25,4,11,8,2,0,0,0,0,0,35,33,29,29,35,29,65,0,0,-14,-17,-20,-19,-27,-16,-46,-37,-34,-37,-78,-8,-16,-16,-15,-8,-47,-43,-49,-46,-44,-44,-150,-145,-232,-222,-287,-277,-567,-536,-541,-547,-526,-537,-29994,-29995,-29995,-695,-29992,-29993,-29996,-29991]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. b3 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6).} g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Bg2 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nbd2 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b4 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. a4 Rae8 15. Re2 e5 16. dxe6 Rxe6 {½-½ (51) Valgmae,T (2226)-Ehlvest,J (2524) Puhajarve 2015}) 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rfe1 Nbd7 13. e4 e6 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nh3 Rae8 18. Nf4 Bh6 19. Qc3 b4 20. Qd3 Bg7 21. f3 Ne5 {[%cal Bd7e5,Be5c6,Bc6d4][%mdl 32]} 22. Qc2 g5 23. Nd3 Nc6 24. Nf1 ({Better is} 24. Qc1 $14) 24... Nd4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd4c2]} 25. Qf2 {And now Ne3 would win.} g4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Nd2 a5 28. Re2 gxf3 29. Bxf3 Bc8 30. Nf4 Qc5 ({Black should try} 30... Ng4 $17 31. Bxg4 Bxg4) 31. Rf1 Bh6 32. Kh1 Kh8 33. Nd3 Qa7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 34. Nf4 Ng4 35. Bxg4 $1 Bxg4 36. Ree1 {[#]} (36. Nd5 $1 $15) 36... f5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 37. exf5 (37. h3 $17 {was worth a try.} Bxf4 38. Qxf4 Bxh3 39. Rf2) 37... Re3 $19 ({Inferior is} 37... Bxf5 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. g4 $11) 38. f6 Qf7 {White must now prevent ...Bxf4.} ({And not} 38... Bxf4 39. Qxf4 Bh5 {[#]} 40. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 39. Nd5 $2 (39. h3 {was the only chance.} Bxf4 40. hxg4 Bxg3 41. Rxe3 Bxf2 42. Rxe8+ Qxe8 43. Rxf2) 39... Re2 40. Rxe2 Rxe2 41. Qxd4 Bh3 42. Qh4 Bg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kg1 Bxd2 (43... Qa7+ $142 44. c5 Qxc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Qd4 Qxd4+ 46. Ne3 Qxe3+ 47. Rf2 Qxf2#) 44. Rf2 {[#]} Qa7 $1 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Ra7f2]} 45. g4 Bxd5 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,95,23,23,44,30,37,20,27,25,33,16,22,26,51,35,38,23,65,18,16,0,11,-33,43,13,44,18,25,29,25,24,32,30,25,19,29,32,44,32,39,16,29,-6,34,18,41,12,35,38,45,45,47,48,40,39,46,20,40,31,48,0,45,14,55,13,12,13,12,6,104,112,99,106,108,110,292,278,351,344,389,385,394,392,1505,1172,1414,1421]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 7. Be2 Be7 8. Nb3 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} (8. c4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Bc6 13. Rac1 f5 14. exf5 Nh4 15. fxe6 Nxg2 16. Nd5 Nxe3 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxe3 dxe6 {½-½ (36) Leko,P (2702)-Gelfand,B (2719) Hengshui 2019}) 8... O-O {The position is equal.} 9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Be3 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. f4 Rf7 14. g3 Nb4 15. Qd2 Na6 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Nb5 Qc8 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (38) Ivanchuk,V (2728)-Moiseenko,A (2649) Izmir 2016}) 12. Rc1 Nf4 13. Bf3 Rad8 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Be2 Qb8 16. Rfd1 d6 ({Better is} 16... f5 $15 17. exf5 Rxf5) 17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. Bf1 h6 19. Ndb5 Nge5 20. f3 Nd7 21. Qf2 ({But not} 21. Nxd6 Nc5 $15) 21... Nf6 22. Kh1 Rd7 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. b3 Ne5 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. h3 Rdd8 27. Rdd1 Ng6 28. Bd3 Ne5 29. Bb1 Ned7 30. Nde2 Qa8 31. Nf4 Qb8 32. Bd3 Ne5 33. Bf1 Be7 34. Qg3 Kh8 35. Qf2 Kg8 36. Rc2 Kh8 (36... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]}) 37. a4 Nc6 38. Rcd2 Nd7 39. Nh5 Nf6 {[#]} (39... g6 $11 {remains equal.} 40. Nf4 Nc5) 40. Nxf6 $1 $16 Bxf6 41. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Be7 42. Qg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Na5 $2 {Now Black is done in.} (42... e5 $16 {was necessary.}) 43. Nxd6 $18 ({And not} 43. Bd4 e5 $11) 43... Bxd6 44. Rxd6 Rxd6 45. Rxd6 ({Weaker is} 45. Qxd6 Qxd6 46. Rxd6 Kg8 $16) 45... Nxb3 {[#]} 46. Bf4 $1 Re8 $2 {[#]} (46... Qc7 47. Rd3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qc6 48. Rxb3 Qxa4) 47. Be5 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg3g7][%mdl 512]} f6 {[#]} 48. Rd7 $1 {[%csl LRb8,LRg7][%mdl 576] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,120,52,44,45,41,41,35,71,49,27,41,52,35,22,12,70,96,100,32,29,36,40,49,48,0,68,-6,-15,-42,-41,-34,-36,-46,-36,-49,-42,-41,-32,-106,-107,-135,-141,-157,-157,-140,-136,-226,-226,-233,-226,-218,-164,-164,-164,-161,-139,-233,-216,-261,-258,-297,-257,-261,-258,-4485,-3446,-4801,-4607,-3127,-3397,-5208,-5699,-2814,-2406,-592,-400,-2997,-2903,-2814,-2708,-2475,0,-1639,-1625,-1475,-400,-5085,-3741,-29962,-2475,-29962,-29966,-29965,-29967,-29967,-29967,-29966,-29968,-29968,-29969,-29964,-29964,-29970,-29968,-29963,-29967,-29947,-5730]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bg4 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. h3 {[#]} Bh5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] White is slightly better. A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bf1 Nb4 14. Re2 Nb6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Rc2 Qd7 {½-½ (47) Tiviakov,S (2673)-Shanava,K (2586) Nakhchivan 2012}) 11. g4 Nxg4 $1 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Be2 {Strongly threatening d5.} Rc8 14. a3 Qd7 (14... d5 $11) 15. d5 $14 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 ({White should try} 16. Bxf3 $16 Nd4 17. Rb1) 16... Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 17. Kh2 Ne5 {( -> ...Nxf3+)} 18. Ng5 Qh4+ 19. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Rh1.} Bf6 {[#]} (19... Rxc1 $11 20. Qxc1 Bh6) 20. Rh1 (20. Nxh7 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Qxh7 (20... Kxh7 21. Rh1) 21. Rh1) 20... Rxc1 $1 $11 21. Rxh4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 {And now f4 would win.} Bxg5 23. Rh3 Rc8 $1 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Nd7 26. Rb1 (26. Kg3 $15) 26... Nc5 $17 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} 27. e5 dxe5 28. a4 Nxa4 29. Rxb7 Nxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. d6 (30. Bc4 $17) 30... exd6 $19 ({Don't take} 30... Nxe2 31. dxe7 Nf4+ 32. Kf3 $17) 31. Ba6 e4 32. Rxa7 e3 33. fxe3 Bxe3 34. Rc7 Bd4 35. Bc4 (35. Rd7 $17) 35... d5 36. Bb3 Kg7 37. Rd7 Kf6 38. Kf3 Be5 39. Bxd5 $2 (39. Rd8) 39... Nxd5 40. Rxd5 {KR-KB} Kf5 41. Rd7 Ke6 42. Ra7 h5 43. Ra6+ Kf5 44. Ra7 f6 45. Rh7 Bc3 46. Rh8 Be1 47. Re8 Bc3 48. Rh8 Kg5 49. Rc8 Be5 50. Rh8 (50. Rg8 $142 Kh6 51. Rf8) 50... Kh4 51. Kg2 g5 (51... Kg4 $142 52. Ra8 f5 53. Ra6 g5 54. Ra5 Bg3 55. Kg1 f4 56. Ra4 h4 57. Kh1 h3 58. Rd4 Bf2 59. Re4 Kg3 60. Re5 g4 61. Rh5 Be1 62. Re5 Bb4 63. Rb5 Be7 64. Rb7 Bh4 65. Rb3+ f3 66. Rd3 Kf4 67. Rd4+ Kf5 68. Rd2 f2 69. Rd1 Bf6 70. Rc1 Bd4 71. Rb1 g3 72. Rb5+ Kg4 73. Rg5+ Kf3 74. Rf5+ Ke2 75. Re5+ Kd1 76. Rf5 g2+ 77. Kh2 f1=Q 78. Kxh3 Qh1+ 79. Kg4 g1=Q+ 80. Kf4 Qh4+ 81. Kf3 Qgh1#) 52. Ra8 Kg4 {Black mates.} 53. Ra4+ Bf4 54. Ra3 h4 55. Rb3 f5 56. Rb4 h3+ 57. Kf2 Kh5 58. Rb5 Kg6 59. Rb6+ Kf7 60. Kf3 Be5 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,97,16,13,32,0,-4,-3,-9,-24,-33,-15,-13,-24,-14,-28,-27,-54,-46,-121,-57,-88,-83,-88,-81,-90,-68,-68,-64,-56,-39,-33,-29,-48,-54,-55,0,0,12,15,41,45,132,115,141,143,199,175,179,47,55,69,296,285,408,420,409,390,489,485,483,466,431,412,602,622,559,598,578,558,1071,1033,1438,1374,12843,12844,12844,12845,12846,0,12841,0,12844,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Be3 h6 {[#] B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} 10. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne2 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. c4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Ne6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg4 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {½-½ (58) Svidler,P (2756)-Carlsen,M (2839) Porto Carras 2018}) 10... Bf4 11. Qe2 c5 {The position is equal.} 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. O-O-O Bxe3+ 14. fxe3 Qxc5 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bc4 ({White should play} 17. Rhe1 $15) 17... Be6 (17... Rxe3 $17 18. Rd8+ Kh7) 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rd3 Rae8 {[%cal Re6e3]} 20. Re1 Qc4 21. b3 Qc5 22. Kb2 Qe5 23. g3 a5 24. Rd4 c5 25. Ra4 Rd6 (25... Qc7 $15) 26. Rc1 $11 Red8 {Hoping for ...Rd2+.} ({Much worse is} 26... Qxe3 $6 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Rxa5 $16) 27. Rc2 Rd3 28. Rxa5 Qe7 (28... Rxe3 $14 29. Qc4 Rc8) 29. e4 Qc7 {[#]} 30. Ra8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} c4 (30... Rxa8 $16 31. Qxd3 Rd8) 31. Rxd8+ $18 Qxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. e5 (32. b4 $18) 32... fxe5 33. Qxe5 {Strongly threatening b4.} Rd1 $2 (33... cxb3 $14 34. axb3 Rd5) 34. Re2 ({Weaker is} 34. bxc4 Qb6+ 35. Qb5 Qg1 $14) 34... Qd3 {[#]} (34... Rd2+ $142 35. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 36. Ka3 cxb3 37. axb3 (37. Kxb3 Qd1+ 38. Kb4 Qb1+ 39. Kc5 Qxa2 $11) 37... f6 38. Qe8+ Kh7) 35. Qe8+ $1 Kh7 36. Qe4+ f5 37. Qxd3 cxd3 {KR-KR} 38. Rf2 Re1 39. Rd2 g5 (39... Re2 $142 40. Kc1 Re1+ 41. Rd1 Re2 42. Rxd3 Rxa2) 40. c4 Kg6 41. c5 f4 42. gxf4 g4 43. Rxd3 Re2+ 44. Kc3 Rxh2 45. c6 Rh1 46. Kc2 Rh2+ 47. Kc3 Rh1 $1 {Black hopes to continue with ...Rc1+.} 48. Kc2 Rh2+ $1 49. Kc3 $2 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 48%.} ({White should try} 49. Rd2 $18 Rh5 50. b4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,101,12,7,15,13,6,39,18,10,3,4,3,18,8,22,8,8,8,20,16,16,12,16,6,12,6,41,46,45,0,24,0,42,48,50,37,37,38,46,10,10,10,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,-1,0,-1,0,-1,0,-1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Nxf6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. a5 {White is slightly better.} Bd5 15. Qd3 c5 {[#]} 16. Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. e4 Bb3 17. Rdc1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. e5 Ne8 21. Ne1 Rc7 22. Ne4 {1-0 (42) Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2557)-Varshini,V (2189) New Delhi 2019}) 16... Nxd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4a2][%mdl 32]} 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rdc1 Qe7 20. Ne1 Nb4 21. Rc4 Bd6 22. Rac1 Rb8 23. Rd1 {[#] Hoping for Rxd6!} Bc5 24. Qc3 Na2 25. Qb3 Nb4 26. Qc3 Na2 $1 {[%cal Ra2c3]} 27. Qe5 b6 28. axb6 Bxb6 29. Nd3 {[#] Threatens to win with Ra1.} a5 $1 30. Rg4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Re5g7]} g5 {White should prevent ...f6.The position is equal.} 31. Rc4 Rbc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qb5 Rb8 {aiming for ...Bxf2+!} 34. e3 Nb4 35. Nxb4 Qxb4 36. Qe5 Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Bc6 Qe7 39. b3 (39. Kg2 {seems wilder.} Qf6 40. Qb5 g4 41. b3 Kg7 42. Qc5) 39... Qf6 40. Qxf6 Bxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Kf3 Bc3 43. Ke2 Bb4 44. f4 Bc3 45. Kf3 Bb4 46. h3 Bc3 47. g4 Bb4 48. Ke2 Bc3 49. Kf3 Bb4 50. Ke2 Bc3 51. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,68,6,-7,20,28,26,29,53,62,93,48,82,50,43,24,61,40,60,0,0,-18,-13,-20,-16,-158,-146,-218,-202,-181,-25,-87,-98,-73,-83,-73,-87,-87,-89,-74,-27,-42,-24,-51,-27,-27,-24,-24,-27,-22,-20,-20,0,0,0,-21,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} c5 8. Bb2 b6 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5.} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. c4 {[#]} cxd4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. cxd5 Bb7 12. Be2 Bxd5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. O-O Bc6 15. Nd4 Ba4 16. Qe1 Re8 {0-1 (61) Korobov,A (2694)-Predke,A (2530) Sochi 2015}) 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Kf2 Qe7 15. Qd2 Na6 16. Bd3 (16. Nb3 $1 $14) 16... Nc5 $11 17. Bb1 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rad8 19. Qe2 (19. Rcc1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19... Nd5 $36 {[%cal Rd5e3][%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 20. e4 (20. Bc1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 20... Nf4 $19 21. Qe3 Bb5 $2 (21... Qg5 $19 22. g3 Nh3+ 23. Ke2 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qxg5 Nxg5) 22. Qxf4 (22. Rxc5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Qxc5 23. Qxf4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Kg3) 22... Bxc4 $17 23. Nf5 Qd7 {Threatens to win with ...Qd2+.} 24. Bxg7 {Strongly threatening Qg4.} Qd2+ ({Don't go for} 24... Nd3+ $2 25. Bxd3 Re6 26. Bxc4 $18) 25. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Kg3 Re6 {aiming for ...Rg6+.} 27. Bc3 Rg6+ 28. Kh4 Rdxg2 {...Kf8 is the strong threat.} 29. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf8 {[%cal Rg6h6]} 30. Nxg6+ hxg6 31. Kh3 Rg5 {The position is equal.} 32. Kh4 Rg2 33. Kh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g2]} Rg5 34. Kh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Rg2 {White happily takes the draw. Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,160,13,26,23,22,12,42,30,27,25,30,6,25,21,37,37,48,46,45,44,55,50,48,49,41,40,75,68,91,77,111,104,99,110,108,107,106,117,102,111,111,41,34,34,33,33,94,115,145,0,0,0,0,0,0,-91,-85,-108,-67,-108,-109,-169,-158,-180,-180,-181,-8,-15,0,-171,0,-17,-22,-18,0,-116,0,-202,0,-902,-229,-226,-225,-221,-202,-195,0,-192,0,-891,0,-146,0,0,0,-274,-267,-411,-409,-370,-289,-433,-315,-373,-253,-408,-398,-343,-273,-473,-472,-417,-316,-278,-279,-299,-294,-545,-140,-544,-517,-774,-760,-1049,-986,-2395,-2127,-5579,-558,-555,0,-2885,0,-506,0,-1993,-1093,-938,0,-1062,0,-639,0,-752,0,-29983,-29984,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29987,-29988]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Bg2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Nf6 7. b4 a6 8. a3 {White is slightly better.} Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 Re8 11. O-O {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. e3 Rad8 15. Qe2 h6 16. Rfd1 a5 17. b5 Na7 {1-0 (39) Heimisson,H (2279)-Skovgaard,T (1954) Helsingor 2019}) 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Re1 Rab8 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bh3 17. Bh1 Nd4 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Bg4 20. Rd5 Qe6 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Bxe2 23. Qd2 Qb6 24. Rh4 g5 25. Re4 ({White should try} 25. Rc4 $1 $16 Bh5 26. h4) 25... Rxe4 $14 26. dxe4 Bg4 27. e5 Be6 (27... Qe6 $14) 28. h4 $16 gxh4 29. Qxh6 ({White must play} 29. gxh4 $16 Bf5 30. Bd5) 29... hxg3 $11 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rb6f2]} 30. Re3 gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 {aiming for Ke1.} Bf5 32. e6 (32. Qxb6 $11 cxb6 33. Rc3) 32... fxe6 $17 33. Qg5+ Kf7 34. Bf3 Qd4 {Threatens to win with ...Rg8.} 35. Bh5+ (35. Qg3 $17 Kf6 36. Qxc7) 35... Kf8 $19 36. Kf1 Rd8 $1 37. Rg3 Qa1+ $2 (37... Rd7 $19 38. Qg8+ Ke7 39. Rg7+ Kf6 40. Qf8+ Ke5 41. Rxd7 Qxd7 42. Qc5+ Kf6 43. Qf8+ Kg5) 38. Kf2 $11 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Qd4+ $2 (38... Qb2+ $11 39. Kf1 Rd5 40. Qg8+ Ke7 41. Rg7+ Kd6 42. Qd8+ Ke5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Qxc7+ Ke4) 39. Kf1 $1 $19 Qa1+ $2 (39... Rd7 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rg7.} 40. Qg8+ Ke7 41. Rg7+ Kf6 42. Rxd7 Qxd7 43. Qf8+ Kg5) 40. Kg2 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Qb2+ 41. Kg1 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Qa1+ 42. Kh2 (42. Kf2 $11 {remains equal.} Qd4+ 43. Kf1) 42... Qb2+ (42... Qd4 $1 $17 43. Qg8+ (43. Rg2 $2 Rd7 $19) 43... Ke7 44. Rg7+ Kf6 45. Rf7+ Ke5 46. Qg7+ Kd5 47. Bf3+ Be4 48. Qxd4+ Kxd4 49. Bxe4 Kxe4 50. Rxc7 Rd3 51. Rxb7 Rxa3) 43. Kh1 $2 (43. Kg1 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qd4+ 44. Kf1) 43... Qb1+ $2 (43... Be4+ $19 44. Kg1 Rd5 45. Qg8+ Ke7 46. Rg7+ Kd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Qf8+ Kc6 48. Be8+ Kb6 49. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 50. Kxf2 a5) 44. Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Kh2 $11 Qb2+ 45. Kg1 Qd4+ 46. Kf1) 44... Qe4+ $2 (44... Be4+ 45. Bf3 Bxf3+ 46. Kh2 Qh7+ 47. Kg3 Rd3 48. Qf6+ Ke8 49. Qxe6+ Kd8 50. Qf6+ Ke8 51. Qe6+ Kd8 52. Qf6+ Kd7 53. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 54. Kxf3 Qd3+ 55. Kf2 Qd4+ 56. Kf1 Qa1+ 57. Kf2 Qb2+ 58. Ke1 Qxa3 59. Rg7+ Ke6) 45. Rg2 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Qe1+ 46. Kh2 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Qe5+ 47. Rg3 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Qb2+ $2 (47... Rd3 $19 {...Rxg3 is the strong threat.} 48. Bf3 b6) 48. Kh1 $2 (48. Kg1 $11 Qd4+ 49. Kf1) 48... Qb1+ $2 (48... Be4+ $19 49. Kg1 Rd5 50. Qg8+ Ke7 51. Rg7+ Kd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Qf8+ Kc6 53. Be8+ Kb6 54. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 55. Kxf2 Bf5) 49. Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Kh2 $11 Qb2+) 49... Qe4+ $2 (49... Be4+ $19 {is more deadly.} 50. Kh2 Qb2+ 51. Rg2 Qxg2+ 52. Qxg2 Bxg2 53. Kxg2 Rd3) 50. Rg2 $17 {[%cal Rg5d8] [#]} Qe1+ (50... Qd4 $1 $17 51. Qg8+ Ke7 52. Rg7+ Kf6 53. Qf7+ Ke5 54. Qxc7+ Rd6) 51. Kh2 $11 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Qe5+ 52. Qg3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] White is on the road to losing.} (52. Rg3 $1 $11 Rd3 53. Bf3) 52... Qxg3+ $19 53. Kxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (53. Rxg3 $142 Rd2+ 54. Kg1) 53... Rd3+ 54. Kf4 Ke7 {Hoping for ...Kf6.} 55. Ke5 (55. Rg7+ $142 Kd6 56. Be8 Rd4+ 57. Ke3) 55... Rd5+ 56. Kf4 Kd6 57. Rg8 $2 (57. Be2 {was worth a try.}) 57... Rd4+ 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Rb8 $2 (59. Be2) 59... Rd3+ 60. Kf2 Rxa3 61. Rxb7 c6 62. Rb6 Be4 63. Be2 $2 (63. Be8) 63... Bd5 $2 (63... Kd4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Ra2.} 64. Bxa6 Rf3+ 65. Ke2 Rg3) 64. Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Rxa6 $17 {nothing else works.} Rb3 65. Ra4) 64... Kd4 65. Rh8 e5 66. Rh4+ e4 67. Rg4 Ra2 68. Ke1 Ke3 (68... Be6 $142 69. Rg6 Ra1+ 70. Kf2 e3+ 71. Kf3 Bd5+ 72. Kf4 Ra2) 69. Rg3+ Kd4 (69... Kf4 $142 70. Rh3 Ke5) 70. Rg4 $1 Ke3 (70... Be6 $142 71. Rg6 Ra1+ 72. Kf2 e3+ 73. Kf3 Bd5+ 74. Kf4 Ra2) 71. Rg3+ {[#]} Kd4 $2 (71... Kf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4g3]} 72. Rh3 Ke5) 72. Rh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72. Rg4 $11 Kc3 73. Rh4) 72... Ra1+ 73. Kf2 Ra2 $2 (73... Ra4 $19 74. Rh6 Rxb4 75. Bxa6 e3+ 76. Kg3 Rb2 77. Rh4+ Be4) 74. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74. Ke1 $11 e3 75. Rh4+ Kc3 76. Bh5) 74... Ra1+ 75. Kf2 Ra2 76. Ke1 Ra1+ $2 (76... e3 $19 {And now ...Ra1+ would win.} 77. Rh4+ Kc3) 77. Bd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (77. Kf2 $11 a5 78. bxa5) 77... e3 {Black mates.} 78. Rh4+ Kd3 79. Rh6 Bf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Ra1d1]} 80. Rd6+ Kc3 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 54%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,106,21,18,32,24,29,17,20,28,16,24,29,27,45,43,53,25,42,0,50,36,39,45,47,20,54,9,56,32,46,16,25,-31,-47,-84,-82,-87,-41,-50,-37,-78,-14,-12,0,-10,-6,-12,-14,-8,0,-12,-16,-43,-43,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-10,111,0,0,-129,0,-106,-110,-250,-248,-552,-533,-893,-866,-6536,-807,-781,0,-875,-818,-5002,-3169,-29983,-29984,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 7. Be2 Be7 8. Nb3 (8. c4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Bc6 13. Rac1 f5 14. exf5 Nh4 15. fxe6 Nxg2 16. Nd5 Nxe3 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxe3 dxe6 {½-½ (36) Leko,P (2702)-Gelfand,B (2719) Hengshui 2019}) 8... O-O {The position is equal.} 9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Be3 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. f4 Rf7 14. g3 Nb4 15. Qd2 Na6 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Nb5 Qc8 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (38) Ivanchuk,V (2728)-Moiseenko,A (2649) Izmir 2016}) 12. f4 Rad8 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. Qd2 d6 15. g3 Rfe8 16. Bf3 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Bf2 Be7 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Nd2 Bf6 21. a3 (21. Bg2 $11) 21... Nd4 $15 22. Qe3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qa8 24. Qe2 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Nf6 (25... f5 $1 $17) 26. Re1 $11 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 27. e5 Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Be3 Rd7 30. Kf2 Red8 31. Rec1 Rd3 32. b4 Rxc3 (32... R8d7 $15) 33. Rxc3 Rd3 34. Qc2 h6 35. b5 Qd8 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. a4 f6 38. c5 bxc5 39. Rxc5 Qe8 (39... f5 $11) 40. Ke1 (40. exf6 $1 $16 gxf6 41. Rc7) 40... Rd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 41. Qe2 {[#]} (41. Rc3 $11) 41... Qe7 ({Black should try} 41... fxe5 $1 $17 42. fxe5 Ra3) 42. Kf2 (42. exf6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxf6 43. Rc1) 42... fxe5 $17 43. Rxe5 (43. fxe5 $17 Ra3 44. Rc1) 43... Bd5 $19 44. a5 $2 (44. Qc2 {is more resistant.} Qb4 45. Bc5 Rf3+ 46. Kg2) 44... Qb4 45. g4 Rb3 46. Kg3 Rb2 (46... Qa3 $142 47. Kf2 Rb2 48. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 49. Kg3 Qe2) 47. Qd1 {[#]} Rb3 $2 (47... Qc3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Qd4 Qe1+ 49. Bf2 Qe2) 48. Qc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Qe2 $11 Qa3 49. Kf2) 48... Rc3 49. Qd2 Qb3 50. Kf2 {[#]} Rc2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 51. b6 Rxd2+ 52. Bxd2 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 53. Ke1 Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,109,41,33,19,23,19,30,13,23,4,23,12,22,33,59,50,57,29,65,60,50,43,69,63,69,69,66,85,124,122,127,127,130,122,124,121,135,135,143,133,136,136,143,126,133,133,133,133,197,107,130,118,122,77,152,152,264,239,259,259,266,270,270,14,14,14,14,72,463,345,717,672,738,647,895,873,622,462,2010,1836,1655,1506,4618,4614,2964,2700,2462,2264,29976,29977,5808,5542]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 {D18: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3.} Nbd7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. a5 {[#] White has an edge.} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rad8 14. Bd2 c5 15. Qb3 Nb8 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rc7 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. g3 Bd6 23. h4 Nxa5 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Bxa5 {½-½ (25) Korobov,A (2648)-Romanov,E (2599) Moscow 2010}) 14. Bd2 Rfd8 15. Be1 Bd6 16. g3 b5 17. axb6 $1 axb6 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Bf1 b5 20. Bg2 b4 21. Na4 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxb4 Nxa4 24. Qxa4 {Ba5 is the strong threat.} Bxb4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxb4 Rc8 27. h4 Nd5 28. Qd4 Rb8 29. Bxd5 exd5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. b4 Qe7 31. Qc5 Qb7 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qb5 34. Qe5 (34. Rd1 $18) 34... Rc4 35. Qb2 f6 36. Qa3 Kh7 (36... d4 $142) 37. Qa5 Qxa5 (37... Qb7 $16 {was necessary.} 38. b5 d4) 38. bxa5 {KR-KR} Ra4 39. Rb5 d4 40. exd4 Rxd4 41. a6 $2 {[#]} ({White should play} 41. Kf1 $18) 41... Ra4 $11 42. Rb6 {Black must now prevent Kf1.} Kh6 $1 43. Kf1 {Strongly threatening g4.} Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (43... g5 $16 {is more resistant.}) 44. g4 $1 $18 Ra4 $2 (44... Kh7 45. Kg2 g5) 45. f3 Ra2 46. Ke1 g5 47. h5 Kh7 48. Kd1 Kh6 (48... g6 $142 49. Rxf6 gxh5) 49. Kc1 Kh7 50. Kb1 Ra3 51. Kb2 Ra5 52. Kb3 Ra1 53. Kb4 Rb1+ 54. Kc5 Rc1+ 55. Kb5 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,84,18,22,22,21,14,29,26,35,18,19,20,21,21,21,19,19,19,35,29,47,45,33,3,45,52,37,39,75,40,101,95,100,111,166,167,162,152,392,389,363,283,258,248,227,228,477,453,352,166,152,127,177,187,180,174,138,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 $1 {8.Re1 scores better than 8.Nbd2. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} O-O 9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. Nf1 {White has an edge.} Re8 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} a5 {[#]} 15. b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rb1 axb4 16. cxb4 d5 17. b5 Nd4 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Re4 {½-½ (29) Giri,A (2771)-Anand,V (2786) Leuven 2017}) 15... Ne7 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. g3 d5 18. c4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} c6 (18... d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 19. Nf5 Nd7 $11) 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rac1 Re7 21. Qb3 {[%cal Re4d5]} Rd7 (21... dxe4 $14 22. dxe4 Rc7) 22. exd5 $16 Nxd5 23. Nc4 f6 (23... Nf6 $16) 24. d4 $18 {[%cal Rd4e5]} exd4 25. Nxd4 {And now Ne3 would win.} Nf8 $2 (25... Kh8 $16) 26. Rcd1 Kh7 27. Nc6 Qc7 28. N6xa5 Ng6 29. h4 Rxa5 $2 (29... Kh8 30. Rd4 Nge7) 30. Nxa5 Qxa5 {[#]} 31. Qd3 (31. Qc2 $142 $1 {h5 is the strong threat.} Nb4 32. Qb1) 31... Nb6 32. Qb1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 {White wants to mate with h5.} h5 34. Rd4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qc3 {[#]} 35. Rd6 (35. Rd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd3c3]} Qe5 36. Qd1) 35... Nc4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc4d6][%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.The position is equal.} ({Wrong is} 35... Nxa4 $2 36. Qd1 $18) 36. Rd3 Qe5 37. Rd7 b6 38. Qd1 Qf5 {aiming for ...Nce5.} 39. Qd3 Qh3 {Threatens to win with ...Nce5.} 40. Qd1 Qf5 {Strongly threatening ...Nce5.} 41. Qd3 Qe6 {Black wants to play ...Nce5!} 42. Qd1 Qf5 {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,129,14,26,23,20,26,29,8,40,12,18,4,21,20,39,39,33,21,30,24,19,17,56,44,61,63,68,42,35,56,56,39,136,68,154,162,151,142,151,147,154,150,147,151,136,127,216,220,214,213,208,211,253,237,260,208,251,245,246,257,261,196,259,247,251,143,267,176,176,172,125,159,219,214,274,272,262,255,254,238,714,779,737,727,681,661,533,526,641,617,733,812,966,931,1695,1281,29965,29965,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29972,29972,29973,29969,29974,29973,29975,29975,29976,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 8. a4 O-O {The main line 8...0-0 scores better than 8...h6.} 9. h3 {White has an edge.} Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 c6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Kh8 17. Qb3 {[#]} Nge7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Ngf4 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. Re4 Qd6 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qe3 Ng6 22. Re8 Bf5 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 {1-0 (31) Fressinet,L (2662)-Saeed,I (2312) Sharjah 2017}) 18. Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rb8 19. Ne6 Bxe6 $1 20. Rxe6 Nc7 21. Re2 Nf5 (21... Ned5 $14) 22. Rd1 ({Better is} 22. Bf4 $1 $16) 22... Nd5 (22... b5 $14 23. Bd3 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4) 23. Bxd5 $1 $16 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Nd6 26. Bf4 Rbd8 27. Re7 Ne4 28. Rc1 Bb8 (28... Rfe8 $16 29. Rf7 (29. Rxb7 Bb8 $16) 29... Bb8 30. Bxb8 Rxb8) 29. Bxb8 $18 Rxb8 30. Rcc7 Rg8 31. Nh4 ({Don't do} 31. Rxb7 $6 Rbc8 $16) 31... Nd6 32. Rcd7 Nc8 33. Re6 Na7 34. Nf5 ({Don't play} 34. Rxd5 $6 Rgd8 $16) 34... Nc6 35. Rxd5 Rge8 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 37. Rd7 g6 38. Ne3 (38. Nd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6e8]} Re1+ 39. Kg2) 38... Re4 (38... Re7 $16 39. Rd6 Kg7) 39. Nd5 Rxd4 40. Nxf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rd7h7]} Rxd7 41. Nxd7 {KN-KN} b5 (41... Nb4 $16 42. Ne5 Kg7) 42. Nc5 Nb4 43. axb5 axb5 44. f4 Nd5 45. Nd3 $1 h5 $2 (45... Kg7 46. Kg2 Kf6) 46. g5 Kg7 47. Kf2 Kf7 48. Kf3 Ke6 49. Ke4 Ne7 50. Ne5 Kd6 51. b4 Nd5 52. Nxg6 Nxb4 53. f5 Nd5 54. f6 {White mates.} Nxf6+ 55. gxf6 {KN-KPP} Ke6 56. Nf4+ Kxf6 57. Nxh5+ {KN-KP} Kg5 58. Nf4 Kh4 {[#]} 59. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f2]} b4 {[#]} 60. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2h2]} b3 61. Nd3 Kh5 62. Kg3 Kg5 63. h4+ Kf5 64. Kf3 Ke6 65. Nc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,102,16,9,0,8,13,12,4,8,12,15,10,12,22,9,35,10,2,0,1,-9,-8,-7,0,0,8,7,53,52,49,54,64,56,61,44,39,40,35,28,52,55,51,37,100,101,93,108,101,99,120,110,128,25,21,19,16,14,14,14,14,12,18,12,9,9,22,17,16,5,14,5,16,6,9,10,16,10,7,5,5,5,5,5,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 Bc5 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. d3 exd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 {[#]} 12. Nce2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Qh5 14. Nce2 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. f3 c5 18. Ne2 {1-0 (45) Svidler,P (2723)-Vidit,S (2726) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12... Bb6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Bd2 Qc5 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 {Black wants to play ...Bxd4.} 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bg6 20. Neg3 Nc5 21. Qc4 Ne6 22. Bc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Qa4 Nc5 25. Qc2 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qd8 (26... Bxf5 $14 27. Nxf5 Ne8) 27. Qxd8+ $16 Bxd8 28. Bd4 Bb6 {[#]} 29. Nd6 $1 Nfd7 30. b4 Nd3 31. Bc3 ({Don't play} 31. Nxb7 Nxb4 32. a3 Bxd4 $14) ({Better is} 31. a3 $16) 31... Nc1 $1 $11 32. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Nxa2 33. Nxb7 c5 34. bxc5 Nxc5 35. Na5 Nc1 36. Nf5 Bxf5 37. gxf5 N1b3 38. Nxb3 Nxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 39. Bc3 a5 40. Bd5 Nc5 41. Kf1 Bd8 42. Ke2 g6 43. fxg6 hxg6 44. f4 Kf8 45. e4 Ne6 46. Kf3 a4 47. f5 gxf5 48. exf5 Ng5+ 49. Kg4 {Bb4+ is the strong threat.} Nh7 50. h4 Nf6+ 51. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,134,19,26,16,37,26,22,22,29,27,45,40,80,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,50,52,54,54,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-52,-60,-66,-66,-68,-67,-75,-75,-62,-70,-64,-75,-62,-63,-87,-79,-114,-113,-113,-113,-130,-129,-131,-91,-72,-75,-110,-110,-110,-83,-106,-104,-110,-106,-106,-90,-116,-80,-81,-81,-88,-8,-39,-12,-22,-10,-90,-63,-63,-62,-460,-457,-406,-377,-529,-513,-474,-420,-464,-436,-620,-620,-1038,-985,-879,-777,-587,-579,-552,-514,-4943,-4622,-7185,-6191,-4943,-4943]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 11...Na5. Played by Ian Nepomniachtchi in May 2020.} 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} Rfd8 14. Bd3 Be8 {[%cal Rc5d4] [#]} 15. d5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfc1 e6 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. f4 a6 18. e5 Qa5 19. Qe3 Qa4 20. dxc5 h6 21. Bf6 {½-½ (31) Peralta,F (2572)-Abdumalik,Z (2457) Vienna 2019}) 15... Ne5 16. c4 a6 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. f4 (18. Nf4 $16) 18... Nxd3 $11 19. Qxd3 b5 20. cxb5 Bxb5 21. Qd2 c4 {[#] ...c3 is the strong threat.} 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. e5 f6 24. d6 exd6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Nd5 Qf7 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Bd4 Qf5 29. Ba1 {Hoping for Qc3.} Qd3 {[#]} 30. Qf2 (30. Qb2 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} c3 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 31. Rxc3 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2) 30... Bc6 $15 31. Qa7 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Ra7g7]} Rb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7a7]} 32. Rxb7 Bxb7 33. Qd4 Qxd4+ 34. Bxd4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc8 35. Kf2 Be4 36. g4 Kf7 37. Ke3 Bd3 38. Kd2 Ke6 39. Re1+ Kd5 40. Bf6 Rf8 41. g5 Rb8 42. Kc3 a5 43. h4 Rb7 44. Re7 Rb1 45. Ra7 Rc1+ 46. Kb2 Rc2+ 47. Ka3 Ke4 48. Rxa5 d5 ({Resist} 48... Kxf4 49. Rd5 $15) 49. Ra7 Kxf4 50. Rxh7 Kg4 ({Better is} 50... Rh2 $17 51. Re7 Kf3) 51. Ra7 Be4 52. Kb4 Rc1 53. Rc7 (53. Ra3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 53... Kxh4 54. a4 Rb1+ 55. Kc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (55. Ka3 $1 $15) 55... Rb3 $19 56. Kd6 Ra3 57. Ke5 (57. Kc5 $142 Rxa4 58. Rh7+ Kg3 59. Kb5) 57... Kg4 58. Be7 Rxa4 59. Rc8 Ra7 {Black is clearly winning.} 60. Bf6 (60. Bb4 $142) 60... Ra3 61. Kd6 Kf3 62. Rh8 Ke2 63. Rh2+ Kd1 64. Kc5 Rb3 ({Weaker is} 64... c3 65. Kb4 $15) 65. Rf2 (65. Rb2 $142) 65... c3 66. Rf1+ Ke2 67. Rc1 c2 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,113,8,28,30,47,39,46,37,41,41,59,56,56,53,46,57,56,40,56,25,42,25,28,25,25,22,25,27,33,22,20,20,17,20,20,18,21,14,34,30,29,15,14,14,15,14,22,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 {[#] D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Qd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... c5 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. c4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nbd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Rac8 {0-1 (24) Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Huaian 2016}) 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nxc4 {White is slightly better.} b6 10. f3 c5 11. e4 Qc6 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Be2 Qc7 15. O-O Nc6 16. Qa4 Na5 17. Rfe1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Red1 cxd4 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. cxd4 Rdc8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Kd3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 {The position is equal.} 27. Bxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Ne8 28. a4 Kd7 29. g4 a6 30. Bf4 f6 31. h4 Nd6 32. h5 g6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Kc3 f5 35. Kd3 fxe4+ 36. fxe4 Nf7 37. Kc4 e5 38. dxe5 Ke6 39. Kd4 Nd8 40. Kc3 Nc6 41. Be3 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Bf4 Nxe5 44. g5 Nc6 45. Bg3 Kd7 46. Bf2 Nd8 47. Bb6 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxd8.} Ne6 48. Kb4 Kc6 49. Be3 Nc7 50. Kc3 Na6 51. Kd4 Nc5 52. Ke5 b4 53. Kf6 b3 54. Bd4 Nxe4+ 55. Kxg6 Nxg5 56. Kxg5 b2 57. Bxb2 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,176,-15,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,-11,-7,0,0,14,-14,0,-38,-27,-25,-29,-62,-56,-54,-50,-107,-110,-144,-143,-134,-139,-139,-147,-146,-138,-168,-142,-129,-140,-138,-123,-132,-124,-126,-134,-122,-116,-123,-102,-99,-103,-120,-67,-85,-83,-150,-142,-140,-120,-183,-188,-158,-149,-177,-175,-158,-157,-163,-117,-128,-133,-125,-123,-120,0,-18,0,-112,0,-104,-70,-85,-47,-70,-14,-51,0,0,-8,-361,-383,-344,0,-5,0,-601,-649,-554,-608,-1112,-1091,-854,-712,-1989,-1633,-1511,-1204,-2670,-2935,-1862,-1547,-1700,-1620,-1272,-722,-6917,-2955,-2425,-972,-2154,-6813,-3154,-3362,-12841,-12842,-12837,0,-341,-341,-12840,-12839,-12842,-12835,-12835,-12835,-12831,-2222,-12843,-12842,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12841,-12835,-12829,-12833,-12836,-12832,-12843,-12838,-12838,-12839,-12839,-12837,-12837,-12838,-12841,-12842,-12842,-12841,-12841,-12842]} 1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. h4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 {[#]} 6. h5 $146 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves.} ({Predecessor:} 6. d3 d5 7. Ba2 h6 8. Qf3 d4 9. Nce2 Nbc6 10. Qg3 e5 11. f4 Qd6 12. Nf3 {½-½ (46) Bezgodov,A (2482)-Bologan,V (2672) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 6... d5 7. Ba2 d4 8. Nce2 {The position is equal.} d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e2]} 9. cxd3 Qxd3 10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. Bb1 Qd6 12. d3 b6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Bg4 15. h6 Bf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 16. Ba2 Rd8 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Bc4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 (19. Rc1 $15) 19... cxd4 $17 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 {[#]} Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qa4 (22. Nxg5 Bxd1) 22... Bxf3 $1 23. gxf3 Qf6 24. Rh3 Rxd5 25. exd5 Qf5 $1 {[%csl LRd3,LRh3][%cal Rf5h3][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Rg3 Bf4 (26... Bxh6 27. Ke2 $15) 27. Rg4 Qxd3 {[#]} 28. Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 29. Rd1 Qxf3 30. Qxd4 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rd4g7]} Qh1+ $1 ({Much less strong is} 30... Re8+ 31. Kd2 $11) 31. Kd2 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rd4g7]} Qxh6 32. d6 Rd8 (32... f3+ $17 33. Kc2 Rd8) 33. Qf6 $15 Qf8 34. Kc2 (34. Ke2 $142 Qe8+ 35. Kf3) 34... Qe8 35. Kb1 Rd7 36. Ka1 (36. Qxf4 $17 {keeps fighting.} Qe6 37. Qd4) 36... Qe6 $19 37. Qxf4 Kg7 38. Qd2 h5 39. Qc3+ Kh7 40. Qd4 Qg4 41. f4 Qe6 42. a4 Kg8 43. Rd3 Qe1+ (43... f6 $17 44. Rd1 Kh7) 44. Ka2 $11 Qe6+ ({Better is} 44... Kh7 $11) 45. Ka1 $1 $17 Kh7 (45... Rd8 $17 46. d7 a6) 46. b3 (46. Rd1 $11) 46... f6 47. Ka2 Kg7 48. Rd2 Kf7 (48... Kh6 $15) 49. Qc3 h4 (49... Qe8 $15) 50. Qc6 $11 Kg7 51. f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Qc8 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 51... Qxf5 $19 52. Re2 Kh6 $2 (52... a5 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...h3.} 53. Re7+ Rxe7 54. dxe7 Qf2+ 55. Ka3 Qd4 56. e8=N+ Kf7) 53. Re7 $11 Rd8 {And now ...Qc5 would win.} 54. Qc1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black continues to play with concentration.} (54. d7 $11) 54... g5 $19 55. Qd2 h3 56. d7 Kg6 57. Kb2 g4 {Strongly threatening ...g3.} 58. Ka2 a6 59. Kb2 b5 60. b4 bxa4 61. Ka3 g3 62. Re3 g2 63. Rg3+ Kf7 $1 ({Inferior is} 63... Kh7 64. Qd4 $11) 64. Qa2+ Qe6 65. Qc2 f5 {White must now prevent ...a5.} 66. Qb2 Qf6 67. Qa2+ Ke7 68. Re3+ Kf8 69. Rg3 Rxd7 $2 ({Black should try} 69... h2 $19 70. Rg8+ Ke7 71. Qe2+ Kxd7 72. Qd1+ {[#]} Kc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 73. Qc1+ Qc6 74. Qf4+ Kb7 75. Rxd8 Qc3+ 76. Kxa4 Qc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 77. Qf3+ Qc6+ 78. Qxc6+ Kxc6 79. Rc8+ Kb7 80. Rf8 g1=Q 81. Rf7+ Kc6 82. Rh7 h1=Q 83. Rxh1 Qxh1 84. b5+ axb5+ 85. Ka3 Qc1+ 86. Ka2 Kc5 87. Kb3 b4 88. Ka2 Kb5 89. Kb3 Qb1#) 70. Qg8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (70. Rg8+ $1 $11 Ke7 71. Qe2+ Qe6 72. Re8+ Kxe8 73. Qxe6+ Kd8 74. Qf6+ Kc7 75. Qe5+ Rd6 76. Qc5+ Kd7 77. Qxf5+ Kc7 78. Qf7+ Kd8 79. Qf8+ Kd7 80. Qf7+ Kc6 81. Qe8+ Kd5 82. Qh5+ Kd4 83. Qg4+ Ke5 84. Qg3+ Ke4 85. Qg4+ Kd5 86. Qf5+ Kd4 87. Qg4+ Ke5 88. Qh5+ Kf6 89. Qh6+ Ke5 90. Qg5+ Ke6 91. Kxa4) 70... Ke7 71. Re3+ $2 (71. Rg7+ Qxg7 {[%mdl 64] Deflection, Promotion} 72. Qxg7+ Ke6 73. Qh6+ Kd5 74. Qe3) 71... Kd6 {( -> ...Qa1+). Black is clearly winning.} 72. Qb8+ Kd5 {[%cal Rf6a1]} 73. Qg8+ Kd4 74. Re1 Rg7 75. Qb8 g1=Q 76. Rxg1 Rxg1 77. Qa7+ Ke4 {[%cal Rg1a1]} 78. Qxg1 {KQ-KQ} Qc3+ 79. Kxa4 Qe3 80. Qh1+ Kf4 81. Qf1+ Kg4 82. Qxa6 h2 83. Qg6+ Qg5 84. Qc6 Qf4 85. Qg2+ Kh4 86. Ka5 Qe5+ 87. Kb6 Qd4+ 88. Kb5 Qg1 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,151,19,16,0,0,-2,0,-12,-16,-13,-12,-20,-12,-54,-43,-22,-10,-11,-15,-14,-11,-8,-6,-11,-11,-18,-18,-20,-28,-38,0,-57,-26,-36,7,3,18,5,12,0,4,7,7,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,46,8,10,0,0,0,12,0,18,18,18,18,22,27,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-351,-351,-351,-351,-351,-351,-351,-351,-12472,-12775,-12741,-12068,-8886,-29941,-12812,-29939,-12787,-10137,-5633,-5459,-6075,-5920,-6010,-5487,-4839,-3530,-1454,-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,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bg4 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.} O-O 11. O-O Be7 {[#]} 12. Bxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. c3 Qc7 15. Nd2 g6 16. a4 Kg7 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Qd3 Bg5 {0-1 (66) Silhan,P (2016)-Plasek,Z (2016) Rakovnik 2014}) 12... fxe6 13. Qg4 Rf6 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. Nec1 Qc6 17. Qe2 a5 18. Nd3 b5 19. Nd2 Bd8 20. c3 Bb6 21. g3 Raf8 {And now ...Nc5 would win.} 22. Kg2 R6f7 23. a3 Nf6 24. f4 (24. f3 $11) 24... exf4 $15 25. Nxf4 Re8 26. Nh5 Bd8 27. h4 Nxh5 28. Rxf7 Nf6 29. Rxf6 Bxf6 30. Nf3 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. cxb4 Rb8 33. Nd4 Qb7 34. Nxe6 Qxb4 35. Kh3 Re8 36. Qg4 Qxb2 37. Rxd6 Qa1 {[%cal Ra1h1]} 38. Qf3 Qe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Qb3 $1 {Intending Ng5+ and mate.} Kh8 $1 ({Reject} 39... Qxd6 $6 40. Ng5+ Re6 41. Nxe6 $16) 40. Qd5 Qa1 $1 41. e5 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Bxe5 44. Rd8 {[%cal Rd8e8]} Qf1+ 45. Kh2 $1 Qf2+ $40 {[%mdl 192] [#] Double Attack. Black has some attack.} 46. Qg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Kh1 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and White stays safe.} Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Kh1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 52. Kf1 Qh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 53. Ke2 Qh2+ 54. Kf1 Qh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 55. Ke2 Qg4+ 56. Kd2 Qb4+ 57. Ke2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qg4+ 58. Kd2 Bf4+ 59. Kc3 Be5+ 60. Kd2) 46... Bxg3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Kh3 Qxg2+ 48. Kxg2 {[%cal Rd8e8]} Rxd8 49. Nxd8 Bxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 50. Ne6 $2 {[#]} (50. Nf7+ Kg8 51. Nh6+ gxh6 52. Kh3) 50... g6 $1 51. Nf4 Kg7 52. Kh3 Be7 53. Kg4 Bd6 54. Nd5 h5+ 55. Kg5 Ba3 56. Nc3 Bc1+ 57. Kh4 Bb2 58. Ne4 Bf6+ 59. Kh3 Kf7 $2 (59... Be5 $19 60. Kh4 Bf4) 60. Ng3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} h4 61. Ne4 Ke6 {Strongly threatening ...Kf5.} 62. Kg4 Ke5 63. Nf2 $1 Kd4 64. Kf3 $1 Be5 (64... Kc4 $5 65. Ng4 $8 Bc3 $19) 65. Nh3 Bg3 66. Ng5 Ke5 {Hoping for ...Kf5.} 67. Kg4 Bf2 68. Nh7 Ke4 69. Nf8 {[#]} g5 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Bb6.} 70. Ne6 (70. Kxg5 h3) 70... Be3 {aiming for ...Bd2.} 71. Nxg5+ Bxg5 72. Kh3 Kf3 73. Kh2 Bf4+ 74. Kh1 h3 75. Kg1 h2+ 76. Kh1 Kg3 {And White is the lucky defender. Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,83,4,0,22,13,20,11,18,7,16,5,21,11,41,18,14,14,29,28,28,23,75,9,22,20,22,18,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5b7,Bb7d8,Bd8e6][%mdl 32] seems to push 9...Bg4 aside. C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 Nb7 13. c4 Qd7 14. Nc3 {[#]} Nd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... c5 15. Bg5 Rfc8 16. Qb3 Nd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Rab8 19. bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rab1 Nc6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 {½-½ (41) Firouzja,A (2702)-Aronian,L (2758) chess.com INT 2019}) 15. cxb5 axb5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne6 18. Nf5 Rfe8 (18... Rfd8 $11) 19. Nxe7+ (19. Qf3 $16) 19... Rxe7 {The position is equal.} 20. f3 c6 21. Bb2 d5 22. Ne2 dxe4 23. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 24. fxe4 Qxd1 25. Rfxd1 Rea7 26. Rac1 Rxa3 27. Rxc6 Rb3 28. Nc3 Rxb4 29. Nd5 Rb2 30. Nxf6+ Kg7 31. Nh5+ Kf8 (31... Kg6 $5 32. Nf4+ $8 Kg7 33. Nxe6+ fxe6 $11) 32. Rb6 b4 33. e5 b3 {With the idea ...Nc5.} 34. h4 h6 35. Rd3 Re2 36. Rdxb3 {[#] And now Nf6 would win.} Rxe5 37. Rb8+ Rxb8 38. Rxb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. Rb8+ {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,81,17,9,4,21,0,22,29,27,37,37,20,39,14,21,14,14,11,84,90,89,78,87,76,79,75,72,70,80,63,66,66,75,66,66,66,66,66,74,67,65,62,64,64,74,55,59,46,57,48,68,19,10,12,8,0,0,0,5,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. a3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory. D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5.} Rac8 14. Rc1 {[#]} Qa2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Na5 15. Nd2 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Rc8 17. Qb2 Rc2 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Bf3 Nxb4 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nf3 Nxf4 22. exf4 Ra2 23. Re1 e6 {0-1 (23) Nistri,P-Albesa,A LSS email 2007}) 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ra1 Qd5 17. Rb1 Na5 18. e4 Qa2 19. Qd2 Qxd2 $1 20. Bxd2 Nc4 (20... b6 $11) 21. Bxc4 $16 Rxc4 22. Rxb7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bc6 23. Rxe7 {d5 is the strong threat.} Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Rxa7 {Black must now prevent f3.} Rdxe4 27. h3 Ra4 28. Rc7 Bd5 29. Rd1 Be6 30. Rd3 Rh4 31. Bg5 Ra4 32. Be7 h6 33. Bb4 g5 34. Kh2 Kg7 35. f4 Kg6 36. Rc5 Rc8 37. f5+ Bxf5 {The position is equal.} 38. Rd6+ f6 39. g4 Rxc5 40. Bxc5 Be4 41. Rd4 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,82,7,12,22,0,6,6,9,9,9,4,2,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,14,11,12,-5,10,-2,0,-2,0,-3,-6,-9,0,-4,-6,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} d6 7. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. h3 h6 $1 {The main line 8...h6 scores better than 8...Be6.} 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. a4 Ng6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Rfe8 {[#]} 17. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qb3 Qc5 18. Ne3 Qc6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 Nf4 21. Red1 b6 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. g3 {1-0 (64) Karjakin,S (2753)-Svidler,P (2737) St Petersburg 2018}) 17... Qa6 18. g3 Rad8 19. Ne3 c6 20. Kg2 d5 21. Nf5 b6 22. Re2 Qc8 23. Rae1 Qe6 24. N3h4 Nxh4+ 25. Nxh4 dxe4 26. dxe4 g6 27. Nf3 Kg7 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 b5 30. Qc2 Nd7 31. b4 Ra8 {Hoping for ...axb4.} 32. axb5 cxb5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Qb2 Nf6 35. Qb4 {The position is equal.} Qc4 36. Rb2 Qxb4 37. Rxb4 Nd7 38. c4 bxc4 39. Rxc4 Nf6 40. Rb4 Rc5 41. Ra4 Rb5 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 14. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. N1e2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 17. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 19. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 20. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 21. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 22. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 23. Qh3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 24. Nxh6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 25. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 26. Neg3 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 27. Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 28. Nh6+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. Bxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Bxe8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxe8 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 32. e4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 33. Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. f4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 36. f5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 37. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 38. h3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 40. Qxb8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 42. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 43. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 45. g4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 48. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 50. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 51. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 52. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 53. Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. Rg6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 56. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 57. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 58. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 59. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 60. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 61. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 62. Rhxg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,36,24,18,10,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 $1 {The main line 11.Nxd4 scores better than 11.Ne4.} Bd7 {The position is equal. D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 $1 14. Rxc3 Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Bb5 Bd5 18. Bc4 Bc6 {Not much happened in this game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,52,22,12,-8,-6,-22,31,10,6,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-48,-52,-66,-60,-66,-62,-97,-19,-25,-22,-96,-109,-108,-44,-108,-104,-108,-125,-291,-296,-358,-348,-1731,-1708,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29993,-29992]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Qa4 d5 5. cxd5 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Qc2 Bb4 8. Bg5 cxd5 9. e3 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. axb5 {1-0 (39) Anton Guijarro,D (2674)-Sunilduth Lyna,N (2611) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 6. d6 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Bxd6 7. Nc3 Nf6 (7... f5 $11) 8. Bg5 $14 {White is slightly better.} c5 9. Qd1 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. dxc5 Na6 ({But not} 11... Bxc5 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxd8 $16) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxe4 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Ba3 15. Nh3 {[#]} Bb4+ ({Don't play} 15... Nxc5 $6 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. O-O $11) ({Much weaker is} 15... Bxc5 $6 16. O-O $11) ({Black should try} 15... Qa5+ $1 $17 16. Qd2 Bb4 17. Rxb4 Qxb4 18. Qxb4 Nxb4) 16. Kf1 $11 Bf5 17. c6 (17. Nf4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17... bxc6 $17 18. Qa4 Qe7 (18... Qa5 $17 19. Qxa5 Bxa5) 19. Qxa6 (19. f3 $1 $15 Bc8 20. Nf4) 19... Bxe4 20. Rc1 Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 21. Nf4 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (21. Ng1 $17) 21... Bd2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd2c1]} 22. Rxc6 Rab8 23. e3 $2 {[#]} (23. Bf3 Bxf4 24. Kg2) 23... Bxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rb1+)} 24. Nd5 (24. fxe3 Qxe3) 24... Rb1+ {Black mates.} 25. Ke2 Rb2+ 26. Kd1 Qe5 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,143,34,43,14,48,41,45,24,57,0,0,-39,-24,-29,-37,-30,-41,-34,-25,-33,-10,-38,-44,-32,-33,-58,-54,-83,-78,-65,-56,-119,-112,-109,-84,-126,-93,-112,-9,-18,0,-239,-180,-212,-204,-344,-178,-166,-52,-80,-110,-256,-248,-270,-287,-744,-691,-677,-617,-608,-484,-469,-440,-29967,-29968,-29968,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29969,-29969,-6597,-5953,-29970,-29972,-29971,-29969,-29960,-29960,-29977,-29965,-29961,-29966,-29965,-29965,-29965,-29964,-29968,-29963,-29966,0,-29975,-29976,-29975,-29977,-29977,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29983,-392,-1856,0,-406,-2053,-363,-4931,-166,-1747,-4134,-13,-54,-54,-196,0,0,0,-320,-320,-328,0,-214]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 11...Na5. Played by Ian Nepomniachtchi in May 2020.} 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} Rfd8 14. Rfc1 Be8 15. Bf4 {[#] White is slightly better.} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... e5 16. Bg3 Rac8 17. Bd3 b6 18. d5 Qd6 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. Qc2 Ne7 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Rxb5 {1-0 (57) Melkumyan,H (2663)-Abdumalik,Z (2478) chess.com INT 2020}) 16. d5 (16. Bh6 $14) 16... Ne5 $11 17. Bb3 (17. Bxe5 $5 Bxe5 18. f4 $11) 17... c4 18. Bc2 e6 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bg7 21. Qe3 e5 22. f5 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 23. Rf1 a5 24. h4 Ra6 25. h5 Qc7 26. Kh2 Rb8 27. Ng1 (27. g4 $15) 27... b4 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Nf3 Qe7 ({Don't do} 29... gxh5 30. Nh4 $15) 30. g3 Rab6 (30... gxh5 $17 31. Nh4 Bh6) 31. hxg6 $1 fxg6 32. Nh4 $2 (32. Kg2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 32... b3 $19 33. axb3 cxb3 34. c4 (34. Bd3 {was worth a try.}) 34... a4 (34... Bh6 $142 35. Qxh6 g5) 35. c5 Rf6 (35... Rb5 $1 $19 36. d6 Qe6) 36. Bd3 $1 $15 Rb4 {aiming for ...a3.} 37. c6 (37. d6 $17 Qe6 38. Nf3) 37... a3 $1 $19 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...a2.} 38. Rxf6 Bxf6 ({Inferior is} 38... Qxf6 39. c7 $11) 39. Bc4 $2 (39. d6 Qxd6 40. Rxb3 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Rxb3 41. Bc4+ Kg7 42. Bxb3 Bxc6 43. Nf3) 39... a2 40. Rf1 {Threatens to win with d6+.} Rxc4 41. Qxb3 Qb4 42. Qxa2 Bxh4 $1 43. gxh4 (43. d6 $19 Bxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Bxc6 45. Kh2) 43... Rxe4 44. d6+ Kg7 45. d7 Rxh4+ 46. Kg1 Qg4+ 47. Qg2 {[#]} Bxd7 $1 48. cxd7 Qxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 49. Qe2 Qd4+ 50. Kg2 Rg4+ 51. Kh1 Rg3 52. Rf7+ Kxf7 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rd4g1]} 53. Qf2+ Qf4 54. Qxg3 {KQ-KQ} Kf6 55. Qa3 Kf5 56. Kg2 e4 $2 (56... Kg4 57. Qe7 Qf3+ 58. Kg1 Qe3+ 59. Kg2 Qe2+ 60. Kg1 Kg3 61. Qg5+ Qg4 62. Qe3+ Kh4+ 63. Kf2 Qf4+ 64. Qf3 Qxf3+ 65. Kxf3 g5 66. Ke3 g4 67. Ke2 g3 68. Kf3 Kh3 69. Ke4 g2 70. Kxe5 g1=Q 71. Kd6 Qb6+ 72. Kd5 Qb5+ 73. Kd4 Kg4 74. Kc3 Kf5 75. Kd2 Ke4 76. Kc3 Ke3 77. Kc2 Qb4 78. Kc1 Kd3 79. Kd1 Qd2#) 57. Qa8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Qf8+ $11 Kg4 58. Qe8 Qd2+ 59. Kg1) 57... Kg4 58. Qc8+ Qf5 59. Qc2 Qf3+ 60. Kh2 g5 61. Kg1 Qd3 $2 (61... e3 {mates} 62. Qg6 Qf2+ 63. Kh1 Qf5 64. Qe8 Kf3 65. Qc6+ Qe4 66. Qxe4+ Kxe4 67. Kg2 Kf4 68. Kg1 g4 69. Kg2 g3 70. Kf1 Kf3 71. Ke1 g2 72. Kd1 g1=Q+ 73. Kc2 e2 74. Kc3 e1=Q+ 75. Kc4 Qe4+ 76. Kb5 Qgb1+ 77. Kc5 Qbb4#) 62. Qc8+ Kf4 $2 ({Black should play} 62... Kf3 $19 63. Qf5+ Ke2 64. Qf2+ Kd1) 63. Qb8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63. Qf8+ $1 $11 Ke5 64. Qg7+ Kf5 65. Qf7+ Ke5 66. Qg7+ Kf5 67. Qf7+ Kg4 68. Qe6+ Kh5 69. Qe8+ Kh4 70. Qh8+ Kg4 71. Qc8+ Kg3 72. Qb8+ Kh4 73. Qh8+ Kg4 74. Qc8+) 63... Kf3 (63... Ke3 $142 64. Qg3+ Kd2 65. Qf2+ Kd1) 64. Qf8+ Ke2 $1 65. Qf2+ Kd1 66. Qa7 e3 $2 (66... Qg3+ $19 67. Kf1 Qf3+ 68. Kg1 Ke2 69. Qa6+ Qd3) 67. Qa1+ $11 Ke2 68. Qb2+ {[#]} ({White has to play} 68. Qe5 $1 $15) 68... Ke1 (68... Qd2 $142 $1 {[%cal Rd2b2]} 69. Qb5+ Kd1 70. Qb1+ Qc1 71. Qd3+ Ke1) 69. Qc1+ $1 $19 Ke2 {( -> ...Qd1+)} 70. Qb2+ {[#]} Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2b2]} 71. Qb5+ Qd3 72. Qb2+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,82,8,-10,0,0,0,0,8,6,0,5,15,0,0,3,15,11,24,33,32,30,27,32,29,8,25,4,21,4,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb2 Qa5 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5.} 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 {[#]} Bb5 $146 {[#] ...Bxc4 is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne4 13. f3 Ba4 14. Qe2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc6 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. O-O Rfd8 {1-0 (37) Siwiec,A (2194)-Korcz,D (1779) Poznan 2016}) 13. Bxb5 Qxb5 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Nbd7 16. Ke2 Rfc8 {And now ...Rc2+ would win.} 17. Rhc1 Nd5 18. a4 f5 19. a5 Kf7 20. f3 b6 {The position is equal.} (20... b5 {with more complications.} 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bc1 Rc3) 21. axb6 axb6 22. g3 (22. Rxc8 {is interesting.} Rxc8 23. Bc1 Rc3 24. Rb1 Rc2+ 25. Bd2) 22... Rxa1 23. Nxa1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Bb2 Nc6 27. Nb3 g6 28. Nd2 b5 29. e4 Nb6 30. exf5 gxf5 31. g4 Nc4 32. Nxc4 bxc4 {KB-KN} 33. Ke3 Kg6 34. h4 fxg4 35. fxg4 h5 36. gxh5+ Kxh5 37. Bf6 Nb4 38. Kd4 c3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 39. Kxc3 Nd5+ 40. Kb2 Nxf6 41. Ka1 Kxh4 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 10. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 11. Nfxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 12. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 14. h3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 18. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 19. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 20. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 21. Ngf6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 22. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 23. Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} 10. f3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 11. g4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 12. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. g5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 15. h5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. g6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 17. Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:03:58]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 20. Rg1 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Bh4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 21. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. c3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. f4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. gxf7+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,45,14,8,12,14,14,21,30,7,16,5,17,10,14,20,24,4,16,2,6,12,31,18,21,15,40,0,24,0,26,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {is the new trend. C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxa2 Nc6 13. c4 Nd4 14. Nc3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 c6 {[#]} 16. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Rab8 19. Nc3 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Bg5 e4 22. dxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (30) Giri,A (2776)-Ding,L (2801) Kolkata 2019}) 16... Qd7 17. Rd1 Rfe8 18. Bg5 Qb7 19. Rab1 Nd7 20. Be3 Nf6 21. Bg5 Nd7 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Bg5 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,84,32,38,24,54,56,51,55,75,64,82,81,94,62,59,55,75,66,64,88,102,100,101,99,91,103,121,120,118,116,120,119,156,154,205,36,10,0,50,65,87,80,127,12,20,12,29,27,57,57,57,57,60,64,100,94,111,111,190,166,171,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. e5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} Ng4 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 9. exd6 exd6 10. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} Ngf6 $1 {[#]} 11. Qe2+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d5 cxd5 12. Qe2+ Ne5 13. Bxb5+ Kf8 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Be6 16. O-O h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (28) Crippa,M-Brigati,A (2037) Monza 2006}) 11... Kf8 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 17. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Bg4 18. c3 Qf6 19. Qe3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 g5 21. Bc7 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Ke7 23. a5 Nc4 {[#]} (23... Nc8 $16) 24. Bxc4 $2 (24. Rfe1+ $1 $18 Kd7 25. Bg3) 24... dxc4 $14 25. Ra4 Kd7 26. Bg3 bxc3 27. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} f5 {[#] aiming for ...f4.} 28. Be5 (28. Rb1 $16) 28... Bxe5 $11 29. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ke6 30. Rxc4 Rac8 31. Rc5 Rhd8 32. c4 $1 Rd3 33. Kg2 h5 34. h3 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 (35... fxg4 $16 {was necessary.} 36. fxg4 Rg8) 36. fxg4 $18 Rg8 37. f3 $2 (37. Rxc6+ $18 Kd7 38. Rh6) 37... fxg4 $11 {The position is equal.} 38. fxg4 Rxg4+ 39. Kh2 Rh4+ 40. Kg2 Rg4+ 41. Kh2 Rh4+ 42. Kg2 {Rf6+ is the strong threat.} Rg4+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,8,16,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,30,-18,23,30,58,15,29,16,17,12,49,29,60,41,61,0,0,0,0,-9,-22,-28,0,-23,-8,-109,-124,-107,-128,-96,-93,-117,-125,-125,-110,-104,-110,-139,-23,-211,-204,-240,-223,-228,-216,-216,-214,-172,-128,-133,-92,-105,-99,-138,-138,-208,-209,-150,-110,-101,-22,-22,-25,-82,0,-41,0,-87,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 {[#]} 6. e4 $146 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4.} ({Predecessor:} 6. O-O c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 b6 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Be4 Nd7 20. Qe2 b5 {½-½ (41) Artemiev,V (2731)-So,W (2765) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. e5 {The position is equal.} Nd5 9. d4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Bg5 h6 (13... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. a3 c5 16. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rc7 17. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} g6 (17... f5 $5 {[%cal Rd5f4]}) 18. dxc5 Nxc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5a4,Ba4c3][%mdl 32]} 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. h4 (20. Rac1 $14) 20... Nb6 $11 {And now ...Bxf3 would win.} 21. b4 Nca4 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. h5 Rd8 (23... Rd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7d2]} 24. Qe1 Rc8 25. Bxa4 Nxa4 $11) 24. Qf4 Nc3 {Threatens to win with ...Ne2+.} 25. Qg4 (25. Rfe1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... g5 $17 26. Rfe1 Rc7 27. Bb3 Rd3 28. Bc2 Rc4 29. Qg3 Rd8 30. Bb3 Rcc8 $1 31. Nh2 Nbd5 (31... Ncd5 $17 {aiming for ...Rc3.} 32. Bxd5 Nxd5) 32. Qf3 $2 (32. Qg4 $1 $11) 32... Nf4 $19 33. Re3 {[#]} Rd2 $1 34. Rae1 Ncd5 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 ({Not} 35... Rxd5 36. g3 $16) 36. Rb3 Rcc2 37. Ng4 Nf4 38. Rbe3 Qd8 ({And not} 38... Nxh5 39. Qh3 $16) 39. Rf1 Qd5 40. g3 (40. Qxd5 $17 Nxd5 41. Rb3) 40... Qxf3 ({Don't do} 40... Nxh5 41. Re4) 41. Rxf3 Ne2+ 42. Kg2 {[#]} Nd4 (42... Nc1 $1 $17 43. Re1 Nd3) 43. Re3 $1 $11 Nf5 44. Rf3 (44. Rb3 $1 $11) 44... Nd4 45. Re3 $1 Nf5 46. Rf3 Nd4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 67%.} (46... Rc4 $17 47. Ne3 Nxe3+ 48. Rxe3 g4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. b3 {[%emt 0:10:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:11:10]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11. N4f3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 13. b4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 16. b5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 17. Qa2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 18. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 19. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 20. h3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 22. Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 23. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 24. Ndf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 25. e4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 26. g3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 27. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 28. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 32. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 33. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 34. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 35. Na7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 36. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 37. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 38. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 39. f3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nge6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 41. Bxe8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kxe8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 43. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 44. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 45. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc2+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 46. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxa3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 47. Nac6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 48. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 49. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 50. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 51. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 52. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 53. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 54. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} N3d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 55. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 56. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 57. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 58. Nab4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 59. f4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc4+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 60. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 61. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 62. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 63. Nxa2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kxc2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 64. Nb4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 65. Na6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 66. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 67. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 68. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 69. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 70. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kxc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:10:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:11:10]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. exf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 9. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 10. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 11. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 12. h4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 13. g3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 14. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 15. h5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 17. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 18. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 20. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 21. f3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 22. h6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 23. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 24. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 25. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 26. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 27. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 28. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 29. Rdc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Nxa7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 31. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 32. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 33. a4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 34. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 35. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} 37. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 38. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 39. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 40. f4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 41. gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 42. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 43. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 44. Nxa7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 45. d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 46. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} f5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 47. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bb6+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 48. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 49. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 50. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} exd5+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 51. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 52. a5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 53. a6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 54. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 55. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bh2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 56. Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 57. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 58. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 59. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kxa6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 1/2-1/2

