[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,87,-1,-12,-7,-16,-9,-11,-4,-10,-17,-11,-10,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,4,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,3,8,6,0,0,0,57,64,76,0,77,77,79,0,6,5,5,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Bd3 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Be3 b6 {[#]} 13. Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Bb5 Nb3 15. Qd1 Nxa1 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qxa1 Bb7 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. f3 {0-1 (42) Tomiello,M (1969)-Parligras,M (2591) chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Bb7 14. Bg5 {[#] Strongly threatening d5.} Be7 $1 ({But not} 14... Nxd4 $6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Rad1 $16) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rad1 b5 21. Qg4 Bc8 22. Qg3 Nd4 {[#] And now ...Rxd5! would win.} 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Be6 25. h3 h6 26. Bb7 a5 27. Qc7 b4 28. axb4 (28. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4f6]} Qh4 29. Qxa5 $14) 28... axb4 29. Ne4 Qh4 30. Nc5 Qg5 31. Ne4 Qh4 32. Ng3 (32. Nc5 {keeps more tension.}) 32... Nb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5d6,Bd6c4,Bc4b2][%mdl 32]} 33. Qc5 Nd6 34. Bf3 b3 35. Rd1 Nc4 36. Nf5 Bxf5 (36... Rxd1+ $11 37. Bxd1 Qf6 38. Bxb3 Qxb2) 37. Qxf5 $14 Nxb2 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Bd5 Qf6 40. Qg4 (40. Qxf6 $16 gxf6 41. Bxb3) 40... g6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still. The position is equal.} 41. Qe2 Kg7 42. Bxb3 Qc3 43. Bc2 Nc4 44. g3 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,113,29,25,20,35,21,17,20,16,4,32,31,31,31,33,30,44,41,46,6,3,6,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,33,6,20,11,16,14,30,22,12,9,14,0,6,2,8,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,85,83,68,76,97,112,122,120,107,69,69,69,159,90,98,84,160,160,160,84,92,48,160,160,194,112,194,194,192,154,5077,1524,5202,2918,29983,6183,29990,29980,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. e4 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3).} Nd7 11. Rad1 a6 12. d5 {The position is equal.} Bf6 {[#]} 13. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b3 Qe7 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 e5 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. a3 Rfe8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 {½-½ (42) Kuta,J (2305)-Klempar,M (2250) ICCF email 2003}) 13... Bxd4 (13... e5 {looks sharper.} 14. Nde2 a5 15. Na4 g6 16. Nec3 Bg7) 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. f4 Rfe8 17. f5 Nf6 18. h3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a3 Ba6 21. Na2 {[%cal Bc3a2,Ba2b4,Bb4c6][%mdl 32] [#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Nxb4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Nd7 24. Qe3 h6 25. h4 Qf8 26. Rc1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nc5 27. Nc6 Nd7 28. b4 h5 29. Ra1 Nb8 30. Na5 Nd7 31. Bf1 Rxa5 32. bxa5 {Hoping for Bb5.} Ra8 $1 33. a6 Nc5 34. Be2 Nxa6 35. Bxh5 Nc5 36. Rb1 Ra4 37. Rb4 Rxb4 (37... Qa8 $1 $11 38. Rxa4 Qxa4) 38. axb4 $16 Nd7 39. Qa7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qd8 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Be2 Nf6 42. Kf3 g6 43. fxg6 Qc8 (43... fxg6 $14 44. Ke3 Qc8) 44. Kg2 (44. g7+ $142 $1 Kxg7 45. Kg2) 44... fxg6 45. Bf3 Qd8 {[#]} ({Better is} 45... Kg7) 46. Qe3 $1 Kg7 {[#]} 47. Qg5 ({White should try} 47. g4 $1) 47... Qe8 48. g4 Qf7 (48... Qb5 $14) 49. Qc1 Qd7 50. Kg3 (50. g5 $18 Nh7 51. Kg3) 50... Ng8 (50... Nh7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 51. g5 Kh8) 51. g5 $18 Qd8 52. Bg4 Ne7 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (52... Qb8 $16 53. Qe1 Qa7) 53. Be6 (53. Qf1 $142 Qf8 54. Qf3) 53... Qf8 54. b5 Qa8 55. Qf1 (55. Qxc7 $142 Kh8 56. Qxd6 (56. Qxe7 Qa3+ 57. Kg4 Qh3+ 58. Kxh3 $11) 56... Qe8 57. b6 Qf8 58. Qxe5+ Kh7 59. Qf4 Nf5+ 60. exf5) 55... Qe8 56. Qf6+ Kh7 {[#]} 57. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,64,0,11,-11,-10,-13,-14,-30,-24,-23,-12,-36,-33,-69,13,-54,-34,-41,-29,-79,-66,-55,-38,-64,-66,-67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 b6 7. Ne5 {A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5.} Bb7 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Ndf3 c5 10. c3 e6 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. h3 {[#]} d4 $146 (12... a5 $15) ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. d4 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. h4 Rac8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 {0-1 (29) Kabisch,T (2314)-Baburin,A (2458) Illertissen 2018}) 13. e4 (13. cxd4 $11 cxd4 14. Bd2) 13... dxe3 14. Bxe3 Nd5 15. Bf2 Rad8 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. Rfe1 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxf3 ({Black should try} 18... Bd5 $15) 19. Bxf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Nc6 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 20. d4 cxd4 {[#] And now ...d3 would win.} 21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Qxc6 $1 Qxc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Re4 Ke8 27. Ke2 Bf8 28. Be3 Bc5 29. Bg5 Be7 30. Be3 Bc5 31. Bg5 Be7 32. Be3 Bc5 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,73,-2,-13,-9,4,-8,-5,-5,-5,-5,-7,-3,0,2,0,0,0,0,2,-15,-12,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,27,12,28,12,28,20,21,21,29,21,21,21,23,19,34,32,35,21,40,20,20,17,21,0,24,0,21,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Bg2 Qh5 8. h3 Qg6 9. Nc3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 exd3 12. Qxd3 Qxd3 13. exd3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nbd7 14. d4 Nb6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. b3 Rd7 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. g4 h6 {0-1 (38) Ashutosh,K (1978)-Gareyev,T (2592) Bangkog 2018}) 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Bg5 Na6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. g4 Nc5 19. Rad1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bc5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rad8 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Kg2 h6 25. b3 Kf8 26. h4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kf3 b6 31. Ke4 Bb4 32. d4 Bd2 33. h5 Bc1 34. Kf3 Bd2 35. Ke4 Bc1 36. Kf3 Bd2 37. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,118,8,17,6,36,29,45,16,49,-21,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-25,-33,-21,-12,-15,-1,-11,0,0,0,-6,14,6,10,3,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,26,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,5,89,5,5,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,543,543,543,543,543,543,12355,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29987,29985,29985,29985,29992,29986,29991,29987,29990,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nh4 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Be4 9. f3 Bg6 $1 10. Qb3 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 {[#]} 11. Bd2 $146 {[#]} (11. cxd5 $14 Nxd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g3) ({Predecessor:} 11. g3 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 Nb6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. e5 Ne8 17. a4 {½-½ (39) Kalinin,O (2328)-Iovcov,V (2199) Kishinev 2013}) 11... Ng4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 12. fxg4 Bxh4 13. Rac1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Qb6 14. Be1 Bxe1 15. Rfxe1 O-O 16. h3 Rae8 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. a4 Nf6 19. b3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bf3 f5 22. g5 Kf7 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Kg3 Kd6 25. h4 h6 26. Kf4 hxg5+ 27. Kxg5 Rf6 28. Bxe4 fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. Rf1 Ref8 30. Rxf6 gxf6+ {KR-KR} 31. Kf4 f5 $1 32. Rg1 Rh8 33. g3 Rg8 $1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg8g4]} 34. g4 fxg4 35. h5 Rf8+ 36. Kg3 Rf3+ 37. Kxg4 Rxe3 {[#]} 38. h6 (38. cxd5 $1 $16 Kxd5 39. Rf1) 38... Rf3 39. h7 Rf8 40. Kh5 {Black must now prevent Rg8.} Rh8 41. Kh6 $1 c5 42. dxc5+ bxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42... Kxc5 $11 43. Rg6 dxc4 44. bxc4 Kxc4) 43. cxd5 $1 $18 exd5 {And now ...d4 would win.} 44. Rg8 Rxh7+ 45. Kxh7 {KR-KP} d4 46. Re8 $2 (46. Kg6 $18 e3 47. Re8) 46... d3 $11 47. Kg6 ({Avoid the trap} 47. Rxe4 $2 d2 $19) 47... Kd7 48. Re5 Kc6 {aiming for ...d2.} (48... Kd6 $5 49. Re8 $8 (49. Rxe4 $2 d2 $19) 49... Kd7 $11) 49. Re6+ $1 Kd5 (49... Kd7 $5 50. Re5 $8 Kd6 $11) 50. Re8 {Threatens to win with Kf5.} Kd4 51. Kf5 {Hoping for Kf4.} d2 52. Rd8+ (52. Kf4 $5 {[%cal Re8d8]} Kd3 53. Rd8+ Kc2 54. Rd6 $11) 52... Ke3 53. a5 Ke2 {Strongly threatening ...e3.} 54. Kxe4 {KR-K3P} Kd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... d1=Q $11 55. Rxd1 Kxd1) 55. Kd5 {White mates.} Kc2 56. Kc4 Kb2 57. Kxc5 Kxb3 58. Kb6 Kb4 59. Kxb7 Kxa5 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 85%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,127,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,53,37,39,24,33,22,35,48,22,41,44,56,66,61,60,68,77,89,84,83,80,87,85,110,100,97,81,81,62,142,97,648,638,643,634,627,626,659,684,681,672,623,673,678,680,671,654,857,574,849,847,841,828,943,845,725,631,1288,1287,2377,2462,2212,2444,2180,2293,1997,855,4133,670,539,0,4133,3826,2122,2322,12849,12128,29947,12364,29968,29966,29958,6231,29976,29977,29975,29976,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Bf8 11. Bg5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Qd7 12. a3 h6 13. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Qd8 14. Ne4 a5 {[#]} 15. Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qd6 18. Rc1 c6 19. Nd2 Bg4 20. Re1 {1-0 (54) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Palac,M (2525) Tbilisi 2017}) 15... a4 16. Qc2 Ra7 17. Rfe1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. e4 dxe3 20. Bxe3 c6 21. Ne4 Be6 22. Bc5 Ra8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Nc5 Bc8 $1 25. Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Re8 26. Rce1 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Ra5 28. h3 Kf8 29. d4 Ra8 {White should prevent ...Bf5.} 30. Re1 {[%cal Be4e1,Be1e8,Be8c8][%mdl 32] [#] Hoping for Qh7.} g6 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Qf4 Nd7 (32... Nc4 $1 $14) 33. Ne4 {Nd6 is the strong threat.} Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qe7 $16) 34. Nd6 $18 Nf6 {[#]} 35. Re8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd7 (35... Nxe8 36. Qxf7+) 36. Rxc8 g5 37. Qd2 Ra6 38. Qb4 c5 39. dxc5 Rxd6 40. cxd6 Qxc8 41. Bxb7 Qxh3 42. Qxa4 h5 43. Qd4 Qd7 44. Bf3 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Qxh4 {Threatens to win with Qg5+.} Qf5 47. Kg2 Kf8 48. a4 Qg6+ 49. Qg3 Qf5 50. b4 Nd5 51. Qg4 Qe5 52. Qc8+ Kg7 {If only Black now had time for ...Nf4+....} 53. Qg4+ Kf8 $1 54. d7 Ke7 55. Qe4 Qxe4 56. Bxe4 Nxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 57. Bf5 Nc6 58. Kf3 Kd6 59. Kf4 (59. Ke4 $142 Nd8 60. Kd4 Kc7 61. Ke5 Nb7 62. Kf6 Kd8 63. Kxf7 Nd6+ 64. Kf6) 59... f6 60. Be4 {White mates.} Nd8 61. Kf5 Kxd7 62. Kxf6 Kd6 63. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ne6 64. a6 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,93,2,18,19,33,6,18,3,17,-19,-4,-12,0,-6,-14,-16,-13,-19,0,-48,-51,-63,-54,-56,-12,-13,0,-23,16,29,53,35,52,41,50,43,77,13,75,65,72,66,135,150,214,211,212,237,231,235,228,136,108,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O {Threatens to win with Nb5. D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4.} cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qd3 Be7 {[#]} 13. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Qb6 14. Ng3 Rd8 15. Qe4 Qc6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Bxb5 Qb6 18. Qd3 {½-½ (18) Rodshtein,M (2637)-Wirig,A (2510) Biel 2011}) 13... Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ng3 Nb4 16. Qe2 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Qe4 (17. Bxd3 Nxd3) 17... b5 18. Bxd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bb7 20. Qxb5 {Strongly threatening Rd7.} Rfd8 21. b3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bg5 23. Kg2 Bd2 24. Re4 Rd5 25. Qc4 Qd7 26. Qa4 (26. Rg4 $16) 26... Qd8 (26... Qc7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Re2 $16 Rd4 28. Qa6 Qd5 (28... Rd7 $14) 29. Re4 {Black must now prevent Rxd4.} Rd8 (29... Rd3 $16) 30. Rxd4 $18 (30. Qxa7 $6 Rd3 $16) 30... Qxd4 31. Ne4 Qxe5 32. Qxa7 {Hoping for Qe7.} ({Weaker is} 32. Nxd2 Qg5+ 33. Kh1 Rxd2 $11) (32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 (33. Qc8+ Kh7 $11) 33... Qg5+ 34. Kh1 Qxd2 $11) 32... Rd5 33. Qe7 ({Inferior is} 33. Nxd2 Qe2 $11) (33. Rxd2 $18 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 (34. Qa8+ Kh7 $14) 34... Qg5+ 35. Kf1 Qxd2 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. a4) 33... f5 $16 34. Nxd2 (34. Ng3 $16) 34... Qe2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 35. Ne4 Rxd1 36. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 4160] [#] Endgame Double Attack. KQR-KQN} Kf8 37. Qxf5+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qc8+ Kf7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kf8 42. a4 Qf1+ 43. Kg3 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ 45. Kg3 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kg3 {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,98,2,16,12,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,4,0,-10,-16,-18,-20,-14,-29,0,0,0,-18,-19,-8,-7,-16,7,-12,0,0,0,-19,-12,-11,0,0,0,0,2,12,0,0,0,0,26,28,57,53,45,60,47,43,65,72,149,150,164,120,116,104,111,75,104,79,201,214,312,307,297,302,265,266,385,389,380,385,930,900,29996,610,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines.} O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Rd8 11. Nc4 Qa6 {[#]} 12. Bg5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Be4 14. Bb4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Bxa3 Rac8 18. Ne1 {½-½ (41) Nakamura,H (2736)-Caruana,F (2835) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12... Nbd7 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Nce5 {next e4! is good for White.} Qa4 16. Bd2 Be4 17. Qxa4 Nxa4 18. b3 Nb6 19. Ba5 Rd5 20. Bc3 c5 21. e3 Rdd8 22. Red1 Nbd5 23. Ba5 Rdc8 24. Rac1 b6 25. Be1 a5 26. a4 Rc7 27. Nc4 Rac8 28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Nd4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Nd7 32. e4 N5f6 33. Rcd1 Rb8 34. f3 Kh7 {[#]} (34... Nc5 $142) 35. g4 $1 $16 e5 36. Rd6 Nc5 37. Nxe5 Nxb3 38. h4 b5 39. g5 Nh5 {[#] This move loses the game for Black.} (39... Ne8 $16 40. Rd7 Rxd7 41. Nxd7 Rb7) 40. Nd7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd7b8]} Rbc8 (40... Ra8 $142 41. axb5 a4 42. gxh6 g6) 41. axb5 {[%cal Ba4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} a4 42. b6 Rb7 43. Bb4 Nf4+ (43... Rc2+ {was necessary.} 44. Kh3 Nf4+ 45. Kg4 Ng6) 44. Kg3 Ne6 45. Kg4 Rc2 $2 {[#]} (45... h5+ 46. Kxh5 Kg8) 46. g6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxg6 (46... fxg6 47. Rxe6) 47. Nf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 {[#]} 48. e5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy. White mates.} Kxe5 49. R6d5+ Kf6 50. Rf5# {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,90,15,18,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,21,0,25,29,16,26,44,4,5,20,52,41,45,50,60,19,23,25,32,0,0,0,19,19,19,39,35,19,19,17,24,22,25,18,12,0,0,0,0,-16,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-10,-8,-8,-16,0,0,0,-14,0,-4,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 b6 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 {[#]} 13. cxd5 $146 {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6).} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rd1 Rac8 14. e3 Rfd8 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Qb2 Qe7 17. Nf4 a5 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Rc2 Nd6 20. h3 Nf7 {1-0 (49) Predke,A (2626)-Ionov,S (2530) Sochi 2019}) 13... exd5 14. e3 Ne4 15. Qb2 Rae8 16. Rac1 Rf6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. b4 b5 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra1 Qd6 22. Ra7 Qb8 23. Rda1 Nb6 24. Ne5 Nc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Bxe4 (26. b5 {is interesting.} cxb5 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Qxb5 Bc6 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Rc7) 26... fxe4 27. b5 Ref8 28. bxc6 Bxc6 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. R1a2 Rf7 31. R7a5 Rd7 32. Rc5 Rb6 33. Kg2 Kf7 {The position is equal.} 34. f3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rb3 36. Rc2 Rd6 37. g4 h6 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. e4 dxe4+ 41. Ke3 Bd5 42. Kd2 Be6 43. Ke3 Bd5 44. Kd2 Be6 45. Ke3 Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,108,14,12,12,13,8,0,0,2,6,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-18,-52,-45,-47,-43,-56,-65,-95,-52,-68,-49,-46,-28,-28,-26,-32,-26,-34,0,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-13,-43,-39,-41,-42,-31,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O Be7 {[#]} 10. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne3 h5 11. d4 exd3 12. exd3 Qd4 13. Nc2 Qg4 14. Bf4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bg4 16. Rd2 {½-½ (40) Giri,A (2763)-Grischuk,A (2777) Ekaterinburg 2020}) 10... Be6 11. d4 exd3 12. exd3 Qd6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd4 Bg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 15. Bf3 Qd7 16. Ne4 {[#] aiming for Nxf6+.} h5 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. a3 Nd5 19. Qc2 Nac7 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Bd2 f5 {...Nb6 is the strong threat.} 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 a6 24. a4 f4 (24... Ne6 {with more complications.} 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Re1 Qf6) 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. gxf4 Rxf4 28. Re1 Nc7 29. Re4 Nd5 30. Ne2 Rf7 31. Qc4 Qf5 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Qe4 g6 34. Qd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re8h8] [#]The position is equal.} Qf6 35. Re4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rf3 37. a5 Kh6 38. Rxg4 Rxd3 39. Nc3 Nxc3 40. bxc3 Rxc3 {KR-KR} 41. Rb4 Rc5 (41... Rc1+ {feels hotter.} 42. Kg2 c5 43. Rxb7 Ra1 44. Rb6 Rxa5 45. Rc6 Ra2) 42. Rxb7 Rxa5 43. Rb6 c5 44. Rc6 Kg5 45. Kg2 Kf5 46. h4 Kg4 47. Rxg6+ Kxh4 48. Kf3 Kh5 49. Rc6 Kg5 50. Ke4 Ra4+ 51. Kd5 Rf4 52. Kxc5 Rxf2 53. Rxa6 Rf6 54. Rxf6 Kxf6 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,84,24,12,19,9,10,9,14,11,25,10,12,10,14,15,8,16,14,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 Nxf6 13. b4 Bd5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 c6 16. e3 Bd6 17. Rfd1 Re8 {[#] The position is equal.} 18. b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Ne1 Qd7 19. Nd3 h5 20. b5 h4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Qc2 a5 23. Rdc1 Rac8 24. Nc5 {1-0 (45) Lopez Tascon,M (2141)-Villar Ramos,E (2252) ICCF email 2008}) 18... axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qb6 21. Ne1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rb1 c5 24. Nc2 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Be5 26. Qd5 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rd8 29. Rc1 Rxd4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rc7 b6 32. Rxf7 e3 33. fxe3 Rd5 34. Rb7 Rxb5 35. Kg2 Kg6 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. h4 h5 38. Kf4 Rf5+ 39. Ke4 Re5+ 40. Kf4 Rf5+ 41. Ke4 Re5+ 42. Kf4 Rf5+ {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,228,6,4,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,10,8,7,8,13,0,0,-12,-4,0,0,0,8,13,24,38,29,27,41,42,37,35,62,54,39,0,12,-8,14,10,25,37,44,48,45,21,12,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,-25,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-18,0,-4,-8,-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,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27992,-27992,-27994,-27994,-27995,-27995,-27996,-27996,-27999,-27998,-27999,-27999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 7. Bd3 dxc4 {7...cxd4 is a critical line.} 8. bxc4 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O Nb4 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 10. Be2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb4c6,Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32] [#]} 13. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. e4 exd5 20. exd5 {½-½ (31) Arutinian,D (2527)-Melkumyan,H (2624) Yerevan 2017}) 13... Rc8 14. Re1 cxd4 15. exd4 Bd6 16. Bd3 Bf4 17. Rc2 Ne7 18. Ne4 (18. Qa1 {feels hotter.} b5 19. c5 Bc6 20. Qd1 a5 21. Qe2) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Ng6 21. h4 Bb8 22. h5 Nf4 23. h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g7] aiming for hxg7.} Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g6]} 24. g3 Qg6 25. hxg7 Rfd8 26. Re3 ({Worse is} 26. Rxf4 Bxf4 27. Qe2 Bd6 $17) 26... Qg4 27. Qf1 h5 28. Kh2 Ng6 29. Qh3 b5 30. c5 Ne7 31. Qxg4 hxg4 32. Nh4 Nd5 33. Re1 (33. Re4 {seems wilder.} Nf6 34. Re1 Kxg7 35. Ng2 Rh8+ 36. Kg1) 33... Bc7 34. Ng2 (34. Rce2 {is more complex.} Rb8 35. Ng2 b4 36. axb4 Rxb4 37. Ne3) 34... Kxg7 35. Ne3 Nxe3 $1 36. Rxe3 Kg6 37. Bc3 Rd5 38. Kg2 Rh8 39. Rb2 a6 40. a4 Rb8 41. axb5 axb5 42. Re1 e5 43. dxe5 Rxc5 44. Re3 Kf5 {[%cal Rc7e5]} 45. f3 Rc4 46. Rbe2 b4 47. fxg4+ Ke6 48. Bb2 b3 49. Kf3 Bd8 50. Rd3 Be7 51. Rh2 {[#] And now Rh6+ would win.} Bf8 52. g5 Rc2 53. Rdd2 Rbc8 54. Ke4 R2c4+ 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Rhe2 Rc2 57. e6 Rxd2 58. Rxd2 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 59. Rd3 Rb8 60. Re3 Rb6 61. Re1 Kxg5 62. Ke4 (62. Bd4 $11 Rd6 63. Ke4) 62... Bd6 ({Black should play} 62... Be7 $15 63. Kd4 Rc6) 63. Bd4 Ra6 64. Kd3 Bxg3 65. Rb1 e5 {White must now prevent ...Rd6.} 66. Bc5 Rc6 67. Be3+ Kg4 68. Rxb3 Kf3 69. Bd4 Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69... e4+ $11 70. Kd2+ Kg4) 70. Bxe5 Bxe5 {KRB-KR} 71. Ra3 Rc8 72. Rb3 Rd8+ 73. Kc4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73. Kc2+ $11 Ke4 74. Rb1) 73... Ke4 74. Kb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74. Rb4 $11) 74... Kd5 75. Rd3+ Bd4 76. Rb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (76. Rd2 $11) 76... Ra8 77. Kb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (77. Rb4 $11) 77... Rb8+ 78. Ka4 Bb6 79. Kb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (79. Rb5+ $11 Kc6 80. Rb4) 79... Kd4 80. Ka4 Kc5 {[%cal Rb8a8]} 81. Rc3+ Kd5 82. Rb3 Kc6 (82... Ra8+ {is more complex.}) 83. Rb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (83. Rc3+ $11 Bc5 84. Rc2) 83... Rh8 84. Kb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (84. Rc1+ $11 Bc5 85. Kb3) 84... Bd4 85. Kc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (85. Rc1+ $11 Kd5 86. Kb3) 85... Rh4 86. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (86. Kd3 $11) 86... Be5+ 87. Kd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (87. Kb3 $11) 87... Kd5 88. Ke3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (88. Kc2+ $11 Bd4 89. Kb3) 88... Bd4+ 89. Kf3 Ke5 90. Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (90. Re1+ $11 Kf5 91. Rf1) 90... Re4 91. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (91. Rd1 $11) 91... Re3+ 92. Kg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (92. Rf3 $11) 92... Ke4 93. Rf4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (93. Rd1 $11) 93... Kd5 94. Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (94. Rf5+ $11 Kc4 95. Rf1) 94... Re8 95. Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (95. Rf5+ $11 Ke4 96. Rf4+ Kd3 97. Rf5) 95... Rg8 96. Rf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (96. Rd3 $11) 96... Be5 97. Rf3 Bd4 98. Rf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (98. Rd3 $11) 98... Be3 (98... Rg2 {is interesting.}) 99. Rg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (99. Rf3 $11) 99... Rf8+ 100. Kg6 Bd4 101. Rh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (101. Rg5+ $11 Be5 102. Rf5) 101... Be5 102. Ra4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (102. Rh5 $11) 102... Ke6 103. Rg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (103. Ra6+ $11 Bd6 104. Ra2) 103... Rh8 (103... Kd5 {with more complications.}) 104. Kg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (104. Rg5 $11) 104... Rf8 105. Kg6 Bf4 106. Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (106. Rh4 $11) 106... Rf7+ 107. Kg8 Be5 108. Rg6+ $1 Bf6 109. Rg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (109. Rg2 $11) 109... Ra7 $1 {Black mates.} 110. Re3+ Be5 111. Rf3 Rg7+ 112. Kf8 Rg4 {( -> ...Bd6+)} 113. Re3 Ra4 {[%cal Ra4a8]} 114. Kg8 Rh4 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 98%.} 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,56,19,14,9,21,21,16,20,28,30,37,28,34,23,24,30,23,23,21,8,27,17,27,37,33,35,39,12,15,16,25,16,6,16,9,10,8,0,20,0,17,0,23]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. b3 {[#] D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be5 10. Bb2 Nxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Qc1 O-O 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Qxa3 Ne4 15. Qb2 Qg5 16. Bf3 Re8 {0-1 (32) Hayrapetyan,A (2370)-Nguyen,T (2517) Batumi 2018}) 10. Bb2 Be5 11. O-O Bxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5a6][%mdl 32]} h6 16. a3 Rac8 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. b4 Qb8 19. f3 Re7 20. Bf1 b6 21. Na6 (21. Nd3 $5 {[%cal Rc1c6]} Rec7 22. Qd2 $14) 21... Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Qf4 23. Qg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qe3+ {The position is equal.} 24. Qf2 Qb3 25. Rc3 Qd1 26. Rc1 Qb3 27. Rc3 Qd1 28. Rc1 Qb3 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,52,8,8,11,14,6,18,13,41,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-9,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-23,8,-8,0,-64,-10,-92,-74,-96,-94,-98,-68,-72,-66,-95,-99,-622,-620]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} g5 9. Bg3 (9. Nxg5 $5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 $11) 9... Nh5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 {[#]} 14. Qh5 $146 (14. N2b3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14. N2b3 Bb6 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Kg7 17. g4 d5 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rfe8 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Rd1 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rd5 23. Ke2 Rxf5 24. Rh2 Rf4 25. f3 f5 {0-1 (25) Svidler,P (2738)-Ivanchuk,V (2781) Sochi 2008}) 14... Bxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxh6 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh6h7] [#]} Qg7 17. O-O-O Rb8 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rg7b2]} 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ne4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Nf6+ would kill now. White is up to no good.} f6 20. f3 (20. Qh5 $1 $11) 20... Bf5 ({Black should play} 20... Qxh6 $15 21. Rxh6 Kg7) 21. Qxg7+ (21. g4 $11 {remains equal.} Bxe4 22. fxe4) 21... Kxg7 $17 22. Nc5 Rb5 23. Na4 Rb4 24. b3 g4 25. Rd2 Rfb8 {aiming for ...Rc4+!} 26. Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26. Rdd1 $17) 26... Rc4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,113,16,5,18,17,17,14,25,30,22,21,23,22,20,27,27,22,14,17,18,9,29,22,36,36,36,38,35,43,29,19,24,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,28,28,35,37,35,0,35,0,43,43,47,43,69,37,69,69,69,69,69,69,97,61,54,10,10,27,10,22,50,46,43,39,25,31,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 {9...Na5 is more advanced technology. Played by Wesley So in May 2020.} 10. Be3 Nd4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. Bc6 Bf6 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 {[#]} 17. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. h3 Bc8 18. Ra7 Rb6 19. Bd5 c6 20. Bb3 Ra6 21. Rxa6 Bxa6 22. Nh2 d5 23. Qa1 {0-1 (35) Firouzja,A (2702)-Aronian,L (2758) chess.com INT 2019}) 17... Rb6 18. Bd5 c6 19. Bb3 d5 20. h3 Bc8 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qd2 Qd6 23. Ra8 h6 24. Qa5 Be6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qa8+ Rb8 27. Qa7 Rb6 28. Ra1 g5 29. Qa3 Qxa3 30. Rxa3 h5 31. Kf1 Rb8 32. Ra7 Kg7 33. Ng1 Be5 34. Nf3 Bf6 35. Ng1 Be5 36. Ra6 g4 37. h4 Bc8 38. Ra7 Be6 39. Ne2 Kf6 40. g3 Rb6 41. Ra8 Rb8 42. Ra6 Ke7 43. Ke1 Kd7 44. Nf4 Bxf4 45. gxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kc7 46. f5 Bxf5 47. Bxd5 Re8+ 48. Kd2 Be6 49. Bxe6 (49. Bg2 {feels hotter.} Rb8 50. Rc6+ Kd7 51. Rc5 f5 52. Bc6+) 49... fxe6 $14 {KR-KR. The position is equal.} 50. Ke2 Kb7 51. Rd6 Rc8 52. Kd2 Rf8 53. Ke1 Rc8 54. Kd1 Rf8 55. Ke1 Rc8 56. Kd1 Rf8 57. Ke1 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,101,-10,-11,-10,32,0,0,1,14,6,7,10,10,16,10,12,11,8,10,-12,2,-36,-27,-37,-33,-40,-33,-31,-41,-37,-42,-104,-80,-148,-140,-161,-152,-157,-151,-141,-155,-203,-187,-236,-235,-270,-260,-272,-270,-259,-158,-266,-236,-344,-336,-331,-279,-278,-275,-264,-246,-245,-239,-239,-237,-231,-114,-115,-56,-56,-56,-62,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-49,-49,-49,-49,-27,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 (3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nc6 14. Qd2 Kg7 15. Rad1 b6 16. f4 Ba6 17. Rf3 {1-0 (44) Ding,L (2791)-Caruana,F (2835) chess24.com INT 2020}) 3... dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} Nh6 {[#]} 7. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nf5 9. Bd2 Nd6 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. Bc3 Qb6 12. Qa4 d5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 {½-½ (41) Lenderman,A (2599)-Shankland,S (2671) Saint Louis 2018}) 7... Be6 8. Bd2 Ng4 9. Bg2 h5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Bd5 12. b4 Qd7 13. a4 a6 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. e3 b5 {aiming for ...Bxf3.} 16. axb5 axb5 17. e4 Be6 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Ne5 $36 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 2080] Black fights for an advantage.} 20. d4 (20. Nxe5 $15 Bxe5 21. Be1) 20... Nc4 $1 $17 21. Ng5 (21. Kh2 $142) 21... Bg4 $1 22. e5 {[#]} Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. dxe5 Qxd2 24. Qxd2 Nxd2 25. Rf2 Nc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Bd5 {[%cal Rd5f7]} Nxe5 27. Rc5 {[#]} c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 28. Be6 Nd3 ({Don't take} 28... fxe6 29. Rxe5 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 $19) 29. Bxc8 Nxf2 ({Weaker is} 29... Bxc8 30. Rxc6 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 $17) 30. Bxg4 (30. Rxc6 $17 {was worth a try.} Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Kxf2) 30... Nxg4 $19 31. Rxc6 (31. e4 $142) 31... Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Rb6 Rc8 33. Rxb5 Rc2 34. Rb7 Nf5 35. b5 Rb2 ({Not} 35... Nxg3 36. Rxe7 Rb2 37. Rxf7 $15) 36. b6 Kg7 37. Ne4 Rb5 (37... Rb4 $19 {is more deadly.} 38. Nc5 Nxg3) 38. Rb8 Nd6 (38... Rb1+ $17 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Kf3 Nd4+ 41. Ke3 Nc6) 39. Nxd6 $15 exd6 {KR-KR} 40. b7 Kf6 {...Kf5 is the strong threat.} 41. Rd8 Rxb7 42. Rxd6+ Kf5 {Hoping for ...Kg4.} 43. Kg2 f6 44. Ra6 $1 Rb5 45. Ra2 g5 46. Rf2+ Kg4 {And now ...Rb3 would win.} 47. Rxf6 {The position is equal.} Rb2+ 48. Rf2 Rxf2+ 49. Kxf2 gxh4 50. gxh4 Kxh4 51. Kg2 {Whites escaped into a draw. Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,168,0,0,-8,22,32,38,24,43,39,37,22,26,41,28,28,30,28,29,21,15,13,38,32,25,31,24,23,41,18,27,20,34,22,31,20,30,40,35,23,52,15,26,0,35,50,50,19,24,11,38,42,512,512,475,164,510,483,454,428,480,478,468,464,435,421,394,147,344,250,225,225,182,160,397,375,391,390,383,364,285,205,306,0,170,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,137,137,169,169,510,489,486,465,465,366,352,322,280,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,270,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 $1 {7...Be7 scores better than 7...cxd4.} 8. a3 {D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3 .} O-O 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 {White is slightly better.} h6 {[%cal Rc5d4] [#]} 11. Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bh7+ Kh8 12. Be4 Qd6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Ke2 {1-0 (32) Cheparinov,I (2696)-Mastrovasilis,D (2596) Tbilisi 2017}) 11... Qd6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Ke2 Rfd8 17. Rhd1 f5 18. Bc2 Bf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rac1 Kf7 21. Bb3 Ke7 22. Rc5 Be8 23. Rxd8 (23. Rdc1 {feels hotter.} a6 24. Ba4 Rd6 25. Kf1 Rd3 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Nd4) 23... Rxd8 24. h3 h5 25. g3 Rd6 26. Bc2 a6 27. Bd3 Bd7 28. Rc3 Ne5 (28... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 29. Nh4 e4 $11) 29. Nxe5 fxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. e4 Kf6 31. Rc5 {aiming for f4.} Rc6 (31... Rd4 {is interesting.} 32. exf5 exf5 33. Rc7 e4 34. Bc2 Bc6) 32. Ke3 b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... h4 $14) 33. Rxc6 $1 $18 Bxc6 {KB-KB} 34. h4 $1 Kg6 $2 (34... Be8 35. f4 fxe4 36. Bxe4 Bf7) 35. Bc2 Kf6 36. Bd1 Bxe4 37. Bxh5 Bb7 38. Be2 Bc6 39. f3 Bd5 40. Bd3 $2 (40. f4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Bc6 41. h5) 40... Bc6 $2 (40... Bb3 $16 41. g4 Bd1) 41. Bc2 Be8 42. g4 Bg6 43. Bd3 f4+ $2 (43... Be8 $16 {is a better defense.} 44. Bc2 Bg6) 44. Ke2 {Strongly threatening Bxg6.} e4 45. fxe4 {Threatens to win with e5+!} e5 46. Kf2 Bf7 47. Be2 Be6 (47... Kg6 $142 48. Bd1 Ba2) 48. Ke1 $2 ({Better is} 48. Bd1 $18) 48... Kg6 $2 (48... Bd7 $1 $11) 49. Kd2 $2 (49. Bd1 $18) 49... Kf6 50. Kc3 Kg6 51. Kd2 Bc8 52. Bd1 Bb7 53. Kd3 Bc8 54. Bf3 Be6 55. Kd2 Bc8 56. Kc3 Bd7 57. Kc2 Bc8 58. Kd1 Bd7 59. Ke1 Bc6 60. Kf1 Bb7 61. Kg1 Bc6 62. Kh1 Bb7 63. Kh2 Bc6 64. Bg2 Bb7 65. Kg1 Bc8 66. Bf3 Bb7 67. Kf2 Bc6 68. Bg2 Bd7 69. Kf3 Be6 70. Bf1 Bc4 (70... Bb3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 71. Be2 $16 Bb3 72. Kf2 Bc2 $2 (72... Be6 {is more resistant.} 73. Bd1 Kh6) 73. Bf3 $1 $18 Bb3 74. g5 Be6 75. Bd1 $1 Bd7 76. Bb3 $1 Be8 {[#] intending ...Kh5.} 77. Bd1 $2 (77. Be6 $1 $18) 77... Bc6 78. Bf3 Bd7 79. Ke1 Bc6 80. Kf1 Bd7 81. Kg2 Bc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (81... Bc6 $11) 82. Kf2 $2 (82. Bd1 $1 $18) 82... Bd7 $11 {The position is equal.} 83. Bd1 Bc6 $1 84. Bf3 Bd7 {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,60,0,0,4,44,47,39,46,54,37,40,41,43,41,35,24,34,29,15,10,14,13,14,18,12,3,4,2,4,0,0,6,12,12,10,8,15,0,0,0,8,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} e5 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] A promising side line.} 12. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg4 f5 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Qd2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 {½-½ (46) Franco Ocampos,Z (2500)-Di Donna,M Turin 1983}) 12... Nxe5 13. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} cxd5 14. Nb5 Rfc8 15. Qf5 {[%cal Rf3e5]} g6 16. Qg5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ne4 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. Rec1 {The position is equal.} a6 20. Nd4 h5 21. Be2 Bf6 22. f3 Nc5 23. Kf2 Re8 24. Bf1 Re7 25. Rc2 Bg5 26. Re1 Rae8 {[%cal Rg5e3]} 27. Bc1 Bf6 {White should prevent ...Bxd4.} 28. Bb2 Bg5 {[%cal Rg5e3]} 29. Bc1 Bf6 {Threatening ...Bxd4.} 30. Bb2 Bg5 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,71,20,30,31,30,6,16,10,16,8,10,0,0,0,-11,-29,-17,-20,-7,-8,-2,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,74,55,72,12,23,10,43,37,62,45,74,74,74,72,74,74,90,0,0,0,0,1]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Qd3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 12.a4 at the moment. B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} Rab8 13. b3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 {[#]} 16. Rfe1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 16. a4 bxa4 17. bxa4 Rb4 18. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 19. Rxb1 Ra8 20. Bb6 Qc6 21. a5 e6 22. Nb5 {½-½ (22) Eckhardt,T (2468)-Mignon,F (2428) ICCF email 2017}) 16... Rfc8 17. Rad1 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Rc2 21. Rd2 Rbc8 22. h3 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 24. Kh2 Qb5 25. Qe4 Qc5 (25... Kf8 $11) 26. Qxe7 $16 h5 {and if ...h4! works, Black does fine.} 27. h4 ({White should play} 27. Kg3 $16) 27... Kg7 28. Qe4 Qc3 29. Qd4+ Qxd4 30. Rxd4 $14 {KR-KR} Rc2 31. Rxb4 {Strongly threatening a4.} Rxa2 {[#]} 32. Rb6 $1 Ra5 33. Rxd6 Rb5 34. g4 (34. Kg3 $16) 34... hxg4 $11 35. fxg4 Rxb3 36. h5 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 88%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,10,12,14,129,108,129,132,96,103,104,119,130,119,137,137,137,80,68,44,53,41,47,37,31,39,35,36,41,0,0,-33,-35,-29,-42,-39,-20,-35,-41,-66,-29,-39,-24,-21,-20,-20,-31,-93,-89,-84,-85,-96,-82,-88,-90,-89,-85,-93,-90,-88,-90,-133,-110,-140,-143,-143,-135,-344,-348,-337,-327,-488,-479,-497,-527,-510,-491,-557,-541,-650,-640,-581,-568]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. d4 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. O-O Rd8 9. Bd2 {Nowadays more popular than 9.Rd1. D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 {The position is equal.} Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 12. e4 Bg4 13. Be3 {[#]} Qxb2 $146 (13... Ne8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb4 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. a3 Qa5 16. h3 Be6 17. b4 Qc7 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Rac1 Qd7 {0-1 (58) Galliamova,A (2432)-Lei,T (2457) Khanty-Mansiysk 2018}) 14. Rfc1 $1 $16 Qb4 15. Qxb4 $1 Nxb4 {[#]} 16. Rab1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b4]} c5 17. dxc5 Nd3 18. Rd1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 {[#]} 20. Be2 ({Better is} 20. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 21. Be2) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {Hoping for f4.} Nc6 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Bb5 Nd7 24. Nd5 e6 25. Nb4 Nde5 26. Ba4 Na5 27. Rd1 Nac4 {And now ...Nb2 would win.} 28. Bc1 Bf8 29. c6 {aiming for c7.} Kg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} ({But not} 29... Bxb4 $2 30. c7 $18) 30. Nd3 {Threatens to win with Nxe5.} Nxc6 31. Bb5 N6a5 32. Nb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2c4]} Nb6 33. Bd2 Nc6 34. Bc3+ Kg8 35. Na4 (35. a4 $15) 35... Nxa4 $17 36. Bxa4 b5 37. Bc2 Bg7 38. Bd2 Nd4 39. Bd3 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Nxd2 41. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 42. Rc2 a4 43. Rc5 b4 44. Ra5 Rd8 45. Ba6 $2 {Now White is beyond hope.} (45. Bc2 $17) 45... b3 $19 46. axb3 axb3 47. Rb5 (47. Be2 {might work better.}) 47... b2 {Black is clearly winning.} 48. Rb3 {[#]} Bc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. Be2 (49. Rxc3 b1=Q) 49... Rd2 50. Kf1 Bd4 51. f4 Rc2 52. Bd3 Rxh2 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,75,24,25,26,-22,-24,-17,-13,-21,162,162,190,177,192,175,164,170,167,191,173,186,181,147,164,160,160,179,158,156,247,236,287,216,178,139,150,100,104,112,92,11,100,100,113,0,174,153,162,85,87,78,239,85,135,124,664,649,670,642,29993,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 $1 {[#] C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} 10. h3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nc4 Ba7 14. Bb3 b5 15. Ne3 Nhf4 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. d5 {0-1 (40) Grabarczyk,B (2441)-Macieja,B (2629) Opole 2007}) 10... g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 {The position is equal.} 12. Bxg5 Kh7 $2 (12... Kg7 $11) 13. Bxc6 $1 $18 Rg8 14. f4 $1 {Black must now prevent Qe1.} ({Inferior is} 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qh5+ Qh6 $15) 14... bxc6 15. Qe1 Rxg5 16. fxg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Ng8 17. Rxf7+ ({Weaker is} 17. Qh4+ Kg7 $11) 17... Kg6 18. Rf3 $1 exd4 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Nd2 dxc3 21. bxc3 Be6 22. Qh4 {Hoping for Raf1.} Qh7 (22... Rf8 $16 {is a better defense.} 23. Rxf8 Qxf8) 23. Qg3 Qh5 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Raf1 Re8 26. Qg3 ({But not} 26. g4 Qh4 $11) 26... Ne7 27. Rf6 Ng6 28. Nf3 (28. e5 $1 $16) 28... Bc4 (28... Bxa2 $11 {remains equal.} 29. Re1 Bc5) 29. Re1 $16 Bxa2 30. Nd4 (30. c4 $16 {Nh4! is the strong threat.} Bb3 31. Rb1) 30... Bxd4 $2 (30... Re5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 31. cxd4 $18 Bg8 {[#]} 32. e5 (32. Kh2 $1 $18) 32... Bd5 $16 33. Kh2 a5 $2 {[#]} (33... c5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 34. Re3 $2 (34. e6 $1 $18) 34... dxe5 35. dxe5 {[%cal Bd4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32] aiming for e6.} Qd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Re6 $16 36. Ra3 Qe2) 36. e6 $18 Re7 37. Qf2 {Threatening mate with Rxg6+!} Nh8 38. Rh6 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,95,20,34,30,19,19,19,19,19,13,24,16,29,8,10,15,16,25,26,21,65,66,59,58,111,58,57,58,43,58,55,8,103,124,139,112,108,120,109,102,114,71,258,243,390,183,177,168,318,322,308,313,297,295,284,272,464,464,576,573,584,579,573,556,729,724,702,717,1543,1532,1266,1267,12839,12839,12840,12839,12834,1555,12848,12848,12850,12850,12851,29984,12851,29985,12851,27999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} d6 9. Nd2 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7b5,Bb5c3][%mdl 32]} 10. O-O Nc7 11. e4 Rb8 12. a4 Re8 13. f3 a6 14. a5 Bd7 15. Nc4 {[#]} Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bb5 16. Bg5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Na4 Rb4 20. b3 Qc8 21. Bf4 Qd7 {½-½ (36) Caruana,F (2784)-Grischuk,A (2767) Berlin 2018}) 16. Bg5 Qc7 (16... Nxc3 $14 17. bxc3 Bb5) 17. Bf4 ({White should try} 17. Nb6 $16) 17... Rbd8 $14 18. g4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bb5 20. Ne3 (20. Ra2 {is interesting.} Qe7 21. Qd2 h5 22. g5 Nh7 23. Rf2) 20... Nxe4 (20... c4 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. fxe4 $16 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Qxa5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bd4 25. Kh1 Qa4 $2 {[#] This move loses the game for Black.} (25... Qa3 $16) 26. Bxd6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} f5 (26... f6 {was necessary.}) (26... Rxd6 27. Qxf7+) 27. Bxc5 (27. gxf5 $142 Rxd6 28. fxg6) 27... Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Qd4 (28... Qxe4 $142 29. Qxe4 (29. gxf5 Qxe3 30. Rxb5 Rd7 $11) (29. Rxb5 Qd3 $11) 29... Rxe4) 29. Rxb5 Qxe4 30. Rb3 ({Not} 30. gxf5 Qxe3 31. fxg6 (31. Rxb7 Qxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Rxd5 $11) 31... Qxf3+ 32. Rxf3 hxg6 $11) 30... f4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Nd1 Rd7 $2 (32... Rxd5 33. Rxb7 Red4) 33. Rd3 g5 34. Nc3 Re5 35. Rb1 Kg7 36. Kg2 h5 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rde7 39. d6 Rd7 40. Rb5 Kf6 41. Rxe5 Kxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 42. Rd5+ Ke6 43. Rxg5 (43. Kf3 $142 Rxd6 44. Rxd6+ Kxd6 45. Ne4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd5 46. Nxg5) 43... Rxd6 44. Rg6+ Ke5 45. Rxd6 {[#] Intending Nb5 and mate.} Kxd6 46. Kf3 Ke5 47. Nb5 b6 48. Na7 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 46%.} (48. Na3 $18 Ke6 49. Kxf4) 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,0,0,0,3,-5,0,1,5,4,8,1,7,0,22,0,29,27,14,28,47,45,45,47,55,33,38,28,30,28,30,34,37,36,31,45,31,11,19,10,8,0,22,35,8,5,4,6,2,7,8,3,32,16,33,33,19,33,32,32,33,32,34,33,33,33,183,176,361,353,728,730,29939,29937,12842,12839,12837,11252]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. Bd2 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe5 {The position is equal.} fxe5 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Nge2 {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. a3 Nd4 12. h3 Be7 13. Ba2 Rf8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. O-O Bc6 16. Be3 Nf5 {½-½ (49) Gonzaga Grego,L (2401)-Homont,R (2360) ICCF email 2018}) 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Bxe2 $5 13. Nxe2 (13. Qxe2 Nd4 $11) 13... Qd6 $11) 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Bg5 Nd4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Be7 17. N4g3 Nxe2+ $1 18. Bxe2 Qxd1 $1 19. Bxd1 Bxd1 20. Rfxd1 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} Rd8 21. Nf5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf8 23. g3 h5 24. Kg2 Rh7 25. Rc1 Kd7 26. Kf3 Ke6 27. g4 hxg4+ 28. hxg4 Rd7 29. Rc8 Kf7 30. Ke2 b6 31. f3 Bc5 32. Ng3 Be7 33. Ne4 Ke6 34. Rc6+ Kf7 35. b3 Kg7 36. a3 Kf7 37. b4 Rd4 {Now Black is done in.} (37... Bd8 $14) 38. Rc7 $18 a5 $2 (38... Ke6) 39. Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f5]} Ke8 $2 {[#]} (39... Rd6 40. Nf5 Re6) 40. Rxe7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxe7 41. Nf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke6 42. Nxd4+ exd4 {[#]} 43. f4 $1 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 66%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,79,12,8,7,0,22,0,4,6,7,0,8,8,10,10,9,9,9,5,4,6,6,5,5,4,3,3,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-1,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Bd7 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. a3 (13. Be2 Nc6 14. a3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Ba5 16. Qc5 Bd8 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Bxe4 19. Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Bxe4 Bf6 21. b4 Rad8 22. g3 Bb2 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rc7 Bxa3 25. Rxb7 {½-½ (40) Radjabov,T (2726)-Giri,A (2790) Shamkir 2016}) 13... Ba5 14. Nf3 Bc6 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Nd4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qb1 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bb6 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. g3 Rac8 21. Rc2 a6 22. Rfc1 Rc7 23. Bf1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Ne4 {½-½ (48) Castro Salguero,R (2398)-Whaley,M (2384) ICCF email 2018}) 19. Rfd1 Bb6 20. Nf3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. g3 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qd8 24. Qd3 (24. Qb3 {is interesting.} Qc7 25. Bf1 a6 26. Qd1 Bc5 27. Qc2) 24... Qxd3 25. Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kf8 26. Nd2 Ke7 27. Ne4 Nd7 28. Kf1 Bc7 29. Nd2 Be5 30. Nc4 Bc7 31. Ke2 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 {KB-KB} 33. b3 a5 34. a4 b6 35. Kd1 Bd6 36. Ke2 Bb4 37. Bc4 Bd6 38. Bd3 Bb4 39. Bc4 Bd6 40. Bd3 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,23,38,43,38,33,25,28,42,31,24,14,34,50,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,145,75,64,70,69,62,82,85,112,104,258,254,292,291,362,329,367,373,370,372,359,339,373,354,349,304,1061,1042,1027,980,5410,5393]} 1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d5 Nb8 4. c4 e6 5. g3 {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... exd5 6. cxd5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bd2 cxd5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxd5 Qxb2 {1-0 (33) Tot,B-Popovic,Z Novi Sad 1945}) 6. Bg2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} O-O 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 {White has an edge.} d6 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Nd4 (12. Na4 $14) 12... Bxd4 $11 13. Qxd4 Bxe2 14. Rfe1 Bh5 15. h3 Bg6 16. g4 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Ne5 (17... h6 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Re3 ({Better is} 18. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Re2) 18... c5 $16 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Qd2 h5 21. g5 $36 {[%mdl 3072] White has strong compensation. Keeping Black busy.} Nh7 22. h4 Nf8 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (22... Qa5 $16) 23. Nd5 $1 $18 Ne6 24. Bh3 $1 Ne5 {[#]} 25. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Ng4 {[#]} 26. Bxg4 $1 hxg4 27. Qc3 {Black must now prevent Rxe6!} Qf8 28. Re2 g3 29. Qxg3 {Strongly threatening h5!} Rc8 {[#]} 30. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc2 $2 (30... Rc5 31. hxg6 Rxd5) (30... Bxh5 31. Rh2) 31. Rxc2 {White is clearly winning.} Bxc2 32. h6 Qd8 33. hxg7 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,22,22,16,22,4,16,12,32,29,35,32,29,39,31,29,37,0,33,27,45,-41,-24,-187,-172,-141,-163,-137,-162,-328,-329,-367,-217,-203,-183,-179,-176,-137,-180,-337,0,0,0,0,0,-5397,0,0,0,-5181,0,0,0]} 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 {6...Be6 is a critical line. Played by Wesley So in May 2020.} 7. Qe2 f6 {[#]} 8. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc4 Nb6 9. Ne3 Be6 10. b3 a5 11. a4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qd4 14. O-O {½-½ (47) Caruana,F (2822)-Aronian,L (2772) Bucharest 2019}) 8... Nf8 {[#]} 9. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng6 (9... exf4 10. Qh5+) 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qxg6 exf4 13. Nb3 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 (15. Nxd2 $14 Be6 16. a3) 15... a5 $15 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] aiming for ...a4.} 16. Raf1 $2 (16. c3 $11) 16... a4 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 17. Nc1 Ra5 18. h4 Qd4 {Hoping for ...Qe3+.} 19. c3 $2 (19. Ne2 Qxb2 20. Nxf4) 19... Qb6 20. Kc2 Rb5 (20... Be6 $142 21. c4 a3) 21. b3 axb3+ 22. axb3 Be6 {[%cal Rb5b3] Threatens to win with ...Rxb3.} 23. c4 Ra5 $1 24. Rxf4 $2 (24. e5 {was the only chance.}) 24... Rfa8 $2 (24... Qb4 $19 25. Rd1 Ra1) 25. Rxf6 $1 $11 Ra2+ 26. Nxa2 Rxa2+ 27. Kc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Kc3 $11 c5 28. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 27... Ra1+ $2 (27... Qe3+ $1 $19 28. Kb1 Ra8) 28. Kc2 Ra2+ 29. Kc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Kc3 $11 c5 30. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 31. Qg6+ Kg8 32. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 29... Ra1+ $2 ({Black should try} 29... Qe3+ $1 $19 30. Kb1 Ra8) 30. Kc2 Ra2+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,106,47,29,21,33,29,0,29,17,18,13,18,32,47,44,50,40,75,67,66,58,68,43,30,27,27,14,20,33,29,14,14,9,19,7,7,8,0,-35,-53,-38,0,-20,-14,-5,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,58,14,20,0,0,0,64,35,137,-1,0,-8,0,0,0,0,190,187,162,160,175,22,22,-925,-901,-1652,-1585,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29975,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-45,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 {6...c6 is becoming the main line. E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3.} 7. Ng3 c6 {[#]} 8. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Be3 b5 9. c5 dxc5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nfd7 12. Rc1 a5 13. Be2 Na6 14. Nd1 {½-½ (21) Romero Holmes,A (2438)-Alonso Garcia,R (2358) San Sebastian 2017}) 8... Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O b5 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Bc2 Ne8 14. b4 Nd7 15. a4 bxa4 $1 16. Bxa4 Rb8 17. b5 Nc5 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Re1 Nxa4 20. Rxa4 Bc8 21. Ra7 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 {aiming for ...f4.} 23. Nh5 Bh8 24. Qf3 f4 $1 25. Bd2 ({Avoid the trap} 25. Qe4 $2 Bf5 $19) 25... Qg5 26. Ng3 Qg6 27. Nge4 Ng7 28. Rea1 h5 29. Kh2 Nf5 30. Qd3 Bg7 31. Rg1 h4 (31... Nd4 $11) 32. Ne2 Rb7 33. Ra8 Rbf7 34. Bb4 Qh6 (34... Ng3 $1 $11 35. fxg3 hxg3+ 36. Kh1 Bf5 37. Rxf8+ Bxf8) 35. Rc1 Bd7 (35... Bb7 $14 36. Ra5 Rd8) 36. Ra6 (36. Rca1 $1 $16) 36... f3 37. Bd2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Qh5 38. gxf3 Ng3 $1 39. Ng1 $1 {[#]} Rxf3 $2 (39... Bb5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and Black is okay.} 40. Qxb5 Nxe4) 40. Nxf3 $18 Rxf3 41. Ra8+ Bf8 42. Bh6 $2 (42. fxg3 $18 Rxd3 43. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 44. Nxh5 Rxd2+ 45. Kg1 Bxh3 46. Rc7+ (46. gxh4 Bh6 $11) 46... Be7 47. Raa7) 42... Nxe4 $1 $11 43. Rg1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43. Rxf8+ $11 Rxf8 44. Rg1+ Kf7 45. Bxf8) 43... Kh7 $1 $19 44. Qxe4+ Bf5 (44... Kxh6 $2 45. Rg6+ Qxg6 46. Qxf3 $19) 45. Bxf8 Rxh3+ 46. Kg2 Bxe4+ 47. Kxh3 {[#]} Qf5+ $2 (47... Qf3+ $1 {mates} 48. Kxh4 Qxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Rg3 Qh2+ 50. Kg5 Qxg3+ 51. Kf6 Bxd5 52. Ra7+ Kh8 53. Rg7 Qf2+ 54. Ke7 e4 55. Rg4 Qf7+ 56. Kxd6 Bb7 57. Bh6 Qf6+ 58. Kc7 Qc6+ 59. Kd8 Qxh6 60. Rg2 e3 61. Rg1 e2 62. Kd7 Qc6+ 63. Kd8 Qb6+ 64. Kd7 Qxg1 65. Kc7 e1=Q 66. Kb8 Qe6 67. Kc7 Qc8+ 68. Kd6 Qgc5#) 48. Rg4 $11 {And now Ra7+ would win.} Qf3+ 49. Kxh4 Qxf2+ 50. Kg5 $1 {Strongly threatening Rh4+.} Qf5+ 51. Kh4 Qf2+ 52. Kg5 $1 {Hoping for Rh4+.} Qf5+ 53. Kh4 {Threatens to win with Ra7+.} Qf2+ {Black had all chances to win. Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 78%.} ({But not} 53... Bxd5 54. Ra7+ Kh8 55. Bg7+ Kg8 56. Bxe5+ Qxg4+ 57. Kxg4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,116,0,14,11,16,0,7,0,0,0,6,0,-7,-20,-29,-26,-29,-23,-28,-28,-16,-15,-21,-29,-14,-10,-8,-11,-15,-32,-18,-85,0,-67,0,0,0,0,7,0,34,36,35,-22,-15,-35,-18,-17,-10,-68,-32,-21,-21,-14,-27,-37,-31,-104,-71,-66,-39,-61,-86,-102,-102,-86,0,-84,0,0,0,0,0,-50,0,-7,0,-20,-10,-170,0,-260,-190,-193,-31,-75,-13,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 h6 {The main line 7...h6 scores better than 7...c5.} 8. Nbd2 Bh7 9. Re1 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. e4 c6 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. e5 Ne8 $1 14. h4 {[#]} a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... c5 15. a4 Nc7 16. Nf1 Qa6 17. g4 c4 18. dxc4 dxc4 19. bxc4 Rac8 20. g5 h5 {½-½ (59) Kuzubov,Y (2624)-Vishnu,P (2369) Chennai 2011}) 15. b4 c5 16. Bc3 Nc7 {[%cal Rc5b4]} 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. d4 Be7 19. Reb1 Qc6 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21. Rxb4 b5 22. Rc1 Rfb8 23. Qe3 (23. Ne1 $11) 23... Na6 ({Black should try} 23... Nb6 $1 $17) 24. Rbb1 (24. Rb2 $1 $11) 24... b4 (24... Nb6 $15) 25. Bf1 $11 Ra7 ({Much weaker is} 25... Bxc2 26. Ne1 $16 (26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Rxb4 Qc8 $11)) 26. Ne1 Qa8 27. Ra1 Nc7 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. Ra3 ({White should play} 29. Ra2 $14) 29... Nb5 30. Bxb5 Rxb5 31. Rca1 Nb6 32. Nd3 (32. Qc3 $11) 32... Nc4 33. Nxc4 dxc4 34. Ne1 Be4 35. f3 Bc6 36. Ng2 (36. Qc3 $15) 36... Rb2 37. Qc3 Rab7 38. Ne3 Rb1+ ({Much worse is} 38... Bxf3 $6 39. Rxa4 Qd8 40. Rxc4 $16) 39. Kf2 Rxa1 $1 40. Qxa1 Qa6 ({Better is} 40... Qb8 $1 $17 41. Nxc4 Rb1) 41. Qc3 (41. Nf1 $11) 41... Bd5 (41... Rb1 $17) 42. Qa1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ra7 43. Nxd5 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 44. Qb1 Ra8 (44... Rb7 $5 {[%cal Rb7b1]} 45. Qc1 Rb4 $15) 45. c3 h5 46. Qb4 Qg6 47. Qb2 $2 {[#]} (47. Ra2 $11) 47... Qd3 $2 (47... Ra6 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra6b6] And now ...Rb6 would win.} 48. Qa2 Rb6 49. Rxa4 Rb1) 48. Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Ra2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 48... Qf5 49. Kg2 {[#]} g6 $2 (49... Ra6 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Qb1.} 50. Ra1 a3) 50. Qb2 Kg7 (50... g5 $17 {aiming for ...gxh4.} 51. hxg5 Qxg5) 51. Ra2 a3 (51... Qd7 {is interesting.} 52. Qb4 Ra7 53. Qb2 Qc7 54. Kf2 Qa5) 52. Rxa3 {The position is equal.} Rxa3 53. Qxa3 {KQ-KQ} Qc2+ 54. Kf1 Qd1+ 55. Kf2 Qd2+ 56. Kf1 Qd1+ 57. Kf2 Qd2+ 58. Kf1 Qd1+ {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,58,16,29,20,33,30,41,43,43,43,41,23,37,33,31,23,45,9,26,21,29,22,22,22,21,20,20,0,22,0,21,0,20]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Rad1 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 {White is slightly better.} Rab8 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Bb4 {[#]} 20. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. g4 d4 21. Kg2 Re5 22. Kf3 Rbe8 23. a4 a5 24. Rg1 Re1 25. Rdxe1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bxe1 27. Ke2 Bb4 28. Be4 c5 29. Kd3 Kf8 30. Kc4 Ke7 31. Kd5 Ba3 {½-½ (31) Zhou,W (2606)-Wei,Y (2727) China 2017}) 20... Re5 21. Kg2 Rbe8 22. f4 Re3 (22... R5e6 {looks sharper.} 23. Ba6 Kg7 24. Rf3 f5 25. c3 Ba3) 23. Rf3 Kf8 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 $11 {KRB-KRB. The position is equal.} 25. Rf1 Ke7 26. Rf3 Re1 27. Rf1 Re3 28. Rf3 Re1 29. Rf1 Re3 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,70,0,12,2,0,-11,12,4,8,8,8,0,3,0,20,23,11,25,84,64,68,73,77,79,73,78,57,34,36,44,42,45,43,36,37,16,27,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-1087,-1087,-1087,-1083,-1083,-1083,-1082,-1087,-1016,-942,-1066,-1062]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 b6 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bd2 {E53: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line (4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5 7 0-0).} Nc6 11. Rc1 Bg4 12. h3 {The position is equal.} Bh5 13. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ba5 {[#]} 14. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Bxa5 Nxf3+ 17. Kg2 Nh4+ 18. Kg3 Nh5+ 19. Kh2 Qxa5 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. fxg3 {0-1 (51) Mamedyarov,S (2736)-Tomashevsky,E (2758) Berlin 2015}) 14... Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. b4 cxb4 17. Ne2 {[#] aiming for axb4.} Rc8 (17... Qd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. axb4 Bb6 $1 19. b5 Na5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bxa5 Bxa5 22. Nf4 Rd8 23. Nd4 {And now Nc6 would win.} Bb6 24. Nc6 {Hoping for Ne7+.} Rd7 25. Qf3 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 26. Nd3 Qe8 27. Rd1 Ne4 28. Ndb4 Nc3 $1 {[%csl LRb5,LRd1][%cal Rc3d1]} 29. Rd3 d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 30. exd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (30. Nxd4 $11 Rxd4 31. exd4 Qe1+ 32. Kg2) 30... Qe1+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Kg2 Ne2 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Re1g1]} 32. Qe4 Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 33. Kf3 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Ke3 Qc1+ 35. Kf3 Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

