[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,104,45,26,28,26,35,41,48,40,43,39,52,37,39,28,144,136,140,155,150,76,179,178,167,153,144,147,152,156,157,149,152,147,162,141,161,152,177,165,222,221,212,164,160,170,218,224,198,230,210,206,251,260,249,252,279,159,281,281,477,235,235,243,235,243,243,235,283,243,235,235,256,242,287,287,265,209,185,88,88,88,88,35,35,35,35,35,170,0,35,0,170,0,35]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 g5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} 8. d4 {Black must now prevent d5.} g4 9. d5 gxf3 {White is slightly better.} 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. Nc3 e6 13. Qg3 {[#]} Qe7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] [#] An interesting novelty.} (13... Nf6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13... h5 14. Bg5 h4 15. Qe3 Be7 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Qd2 Be5 18. Rad1 Rg8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (51) Mareco,S (2666)-Harsha,B (2497) Dubai 2019}) 14. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 15. exd5 {Strongly threatening Bg5.} e5 16. b4 (16. Bg5 $142 f6 17. Bd2) 16... cxb4 (16... f5 $16) 17. Rb1 $1 $18 a5 18. a3 f5 19. axb4 a4 20. Bb5 Bg7 21. Ra1 O-O 22. Rxa4 Rac8 23. Ra7 Nf6 24. c4 Kh8 25. Qg5 Qc7 (25... Rb8 $142 26. Be3 Qc7) 26. Qxf5 Nxd5 27. Qd7 Qxd7 28. Bxd7 Rxc4 29. Be6 ({Resist} 29. Rxb7 $6 Rxb4 30. Rxb4 Nxb4 $16) 29... Rd4 30. Bxd5 $1 ({Don't take} 30. Rxb7 $6 Nxb4 31. Bb2 Nd3 $16) 30... Rxd5 31. Rxb7 Rd3 32. Be3 d5 33. Bc5 Rc8 34. b5 ({White should try} 34. Ra1 $18) 34... e4 (34... Rb3 $16 {is a better defense.} 35. Bd6 e4) 35. b6 Rc3 $2 (35... Be5 36. Be3 Rb3) 36. Rxg7 (36. Bd6 $142) 36... R3xc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 37. Rd7 Rb5 38. b7 {[%cal Rb7c8]} Rb8 39. Rd1 R8xb7 40. Rxb7 ({Not} 40. R7xd5 Kg7 $16) 40... Rxb7 41. Rxd5 {KR-KR} Kg7 42. Re5 Rb4 43. g4 Kf6 44. Rh5 Rb7 45. Kg2 (45. Kf1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 45... Re7 $16 46. Kf1 Kg6 47. Ke2 (47. Rd5 $16) 47... Rf7 $14 48. Re5 Rf4 $1 49. Re6+ Kg5 {[#]} (49... Kg7 $14) 50. Re5+ (50. Kf1 $1 $18) 50... Kg6 51. Re6+ (51. Ke3 $14 Rf3+ 52. Kxe4 Rxf2 53. h4) 51... Kg5 $18 {[#]} 52. Re5+ ({White must play} 52. Kf1 $1 $18) 52... Kg6 {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,95,23,35,32,37,26,31,20,37,32,29,14,33,36,31,29,31,22,24,22,27,18,33,25,28,19,67,63,64,70,75,68,70,79,77,68,95,86,142,71,76,75,88,74,68,58,101,96,97,105,99,86,99,97,98,106,110,63,66,63,65,73,63,72,226,231,272,273,273,272,240,237,466,466,640,623,655,653,808,789,897,873,897,871,1117,920,1102,1062]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 {White is slightly better.} Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O {[#]} 13. Qb3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rfc1 Qe7 15. Na4 Ne8 16. b4 Nd6 17. Nc5 Nb6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Nd2 {½-½ (63) Carlsen,M (2863)-Caruana,F (2835) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 13... Rab8 14. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Nb6 17. b4 Ra8 18. a5 Nc8 19. b5 axb5 {[#]} 20. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Qd8 (20... cxb5 21. Rxc7) 21. Nc3 Nd6 22. Qb4 Qe7 23. a6 bxa6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 23... b5) 24. Rxa6 (24. Ne5 $142 $1) 24... Rxa6 $16 25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Bf1 Nc8 27. Qb2 Nd7 28. Ne2 Rb8 29. Qc3 Rb6 30. Qa5 Qd6 31. Nf4 Ne7 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Ne5 Rb8 34. Qa7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nxe5 35. dxe5 Qd8 36. Be2 Kh8 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (36... Ra8 $16 37. Qc5 Kf7) 37. Bg4 $18 Ng6 38. f4 ({Weaker is} 38. Bxe6 Nxe5 39. f4 Nc4 $14) 38... Ra8 39. Qc5 Qe8 40. Qxc6 Qxc6 $2 (40... Nf8 {might work better.} 41. Bf3 Qd8) 41. Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. White is clearly winning.} d4 42. exd4 Nxf4 {and the idea ...h5 leaves Black hopeful.} 43. g3 Nd3 44. Bxe6 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 {[%cal Rc6c8]} g6 46. Bc4 Nb4 47. Rc8+ Kg7 48. d5 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,127,12,15,27,27,17,26,55,25,33,12,31,28,35,33,34,22,32,34,48,40,29,25,34,39,42,35,39,31,12,8,23,12,37,0,35,20,17,9,88,54,55,60,91,87,104,97,98,83,99,45,81,77,76,76,87,17,20,0,0,0,0,0,54,65,58,75,68,67,102,85,132,114,245,245,246,235,285,260,230,261,188,208,249,253,274,274,225,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Re8 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6.} 11. Bb2 Na6 12. Ng5 Bc8 {[#] White has an edge.} 13. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Nd4 Bf7 19. b4 {1-0 (60) Gukesh,D (2563)-Hasanagic,A (2235) chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Qe7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nf3 Be6 16. Rad1 Bf7 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Nf4 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qb2+ Kh7 21. Nd4 a5 22. h3 Ne5 23. h4 Qf6 24. Qc2 Kg8 25. Nfe2 Rad8 26. Nc3 a4 27. Rd2 (27. h5 {is interesting.} axb3 28. axb3 Rf8 29. hxg6 Bxg6 30. b4) 27... axb3 28. axb3 g5 (28... Ra8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29. Qxf5 (29. f4 {looks sharper.} gxf4 30. Rxf4 Bg6 31. Bh3 Kh8 32. Bxf5 Qg7 33. Rg2) 29... Qxf5 30. Nxf5 Nxb3 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Rd8 33. Nxf7 Kxf7 34. hxg5 (34. Rb1 $16 Na5 35. c5) 34... hxg5 35. Rb1 Na5 36. c5 g4 {[#]} 37. Ne4 (37. Be4 $1 $16) 37... Ke6 $11 38. Bf1 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Rh8 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh8h2]} 40. Bd3 Ke5 ({Better is} 40... Nb3 $1 $11 41. Rh1 (41. Rxb3 $2 Rh2+ 42. Kf1 Rh1+ 43. Kg2 Rg1#) 41... Rxh1 42. Kxh1 Kd5) 41. Kf1 $1 $14 {[%cal Rf1e2]} Rh1+ 42. Ke2 Rxb1 43. Bxb1 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Nb3 44. Kd3 Nc1+ 45. Kc4 Ne2 {[#]} (45... Ke6 $16 {was called for.} 46. Kc3 Kd5 47. Nf6+ Kxc5) 46. Kb4 $1 $18 Nc1 47. Ka5 Ne1 48. Kb6 Ned3 49. Nc3 ({And not} 49. Kxb7 Kxe4 50. Kxc6 Kf3 $11) 49... Nxf2 50. Kxb7 Nh1 51. Ne4 (51. Kxc6 Nxg3 52. Kb5 Nce2 $16) 51... Ne2 52. Kxc6 Nexg3 53. Nxg3 $2 (53. Nd2 $18 Nf2 54. Nc4+ Ke6 55. Kb7) 53... Nxg3 {KB-KN. The position is equal.} 54. Kb6 {aiming for c6.} Ne4 {Threatens to win with ...Nxc5!} 55. Bxe4 Kxe4 $11 {KPP-KP} 56. c6 {White wants to mate with c7.} g3 57. c7 g2 58. c8=Q {Threatening mate with Qg4+.} g1=Q 59. Qe6+ Kf3 60. Qf5+ Ke2 61. Qc2+ Kf3 62. Qf5+ Ke2 63. Qc2+ Kf3 64. Qf5+ {Black defended with fortune. Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,96,18,14,20,18,10,10,2,2,7,18,0,0,0,-15,0,-7,-37,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,25,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-27,-25,-29,-16,-20,-18,-10,-8,-45,-41,-98,-92,-106,-53,-83,-83,-82,-81,-82,-78,-80,-54,-56,0,0,0,0,0,-77,-77,-72,-45,-37,-10,-11,-10,-71,8,8,8,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-7,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-78,-78]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. Nbd2 {7.c3 might become the main line. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in April 2020.} O-O 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Re8 9. a4 f6 (9... a5 10. h4 b6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. g3 f6 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Ne3 Ne6 15. h5 c5 16. Nh4 Nd4 17. Bc3 Bh3 18. Re1 Be6 19. Kg2 {½-½ (56) Nakamura,H (2736)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020}) 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Nfd2 Nc5 12. f4 exf4 {[#]} 13. Bxf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rxf4 Be6 14. Qe2 Bf7 15. Qf2 Ne6 16. Rh4 c5 17. Nf3 Qd7 18. Rf1 Bg6 19. Rh3 {1-0 (27) Boruchovsky,A (2565)-Vrolijk,L (2425) Tarvisio 2017}) 13... Be6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Nf3 Bf7 17. Qe1 Ne6 18. Bg3 c5 19. b3 Nd4 20. Qf2 b6 21. a5 b5 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Nf5 a6 24. Bf4 c5 25. g4 Be6 26. h4 h5 27. Bd2 (27. Qg2 $15) 27... hxg4 $17 28. Qg3 g6 (28... c4 $17 29. Qxg4 cxb3 30. cxb3 Rc8) 29. Nh6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kh7 30. h5 {Threatens to win with hxg6+.} g5 $1 ({Reject} 30... gxh5 $6 31. Qh4 $11) 31. Nf5 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Rab1 $1 c3 (33... Rc8 $15) 34. Be1 $11 Qa4 {White must now prevent ...Bxf5.} 35. Qf2 Qd7 36. Ng3 (36. Rb6 $11) 36... Be7 $17 37. Rb6 {[#]} Rb8 $1 38. Rxa6 Ra8 39. Rxa8 Rxa8 40. Ne2 {[#]} (40. Nf5 $11 g3 41. Qxg3) 40... Rxa5 (40... g3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg3f2]} 41. Qxd4 g2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 42. Kxg2 Bh3+ 43. Kg1 Qxd4+ 44. Nxd4 Bxf1 45. Kxf1 Bb4) 41. Qxd4 $11 Ra2 42. Qxd7 Bxd7 43. Nd4 Kh6 44. Bxc3 Kxh5 45. Rb1 {Strongly threatening Rb7.} Bc5 46. Rb7 Bxd4 47. Bxd4 Bc6 48. Rh7+ (48. Rg7 $11 {remains equal.}) 48... Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,-9,-10,-10,-8,-14,4,12,4,0,0,0,2,-22,-26,-30,-22,-19,1,-12,0,-8,-6,-31,-23,-24,-11,-1,-14,-18,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,-7,31,24,18,16,25,-7,6,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,8,16,12,5,32,12,11,0,0,0,24,20,22,20,18,16,14]} 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 {[#]} 4. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4. a3 Ba5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. b4 cxb4 10. Nb3 Bc7 11. axb4 Nxb4 {½-½ (21) Le,Q (2714)-Popov,I (2592) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... Nc6 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. Ngf3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nb3 Na5 9. Nfd2 Bxd2 10. Nxd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2e4,Be4g5,Bg5f3,Bf3h4][%mdl 32]} Nac6 11. b3 Be6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Ne4 b6 14. Ng5 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 exf4 19. Qd2 Qe6 20. Nh4 Qe3+ 21. Qxe3 fxe3 22. Rf3 Bf7 23. Rxe3 d5 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Rad8 26. Kf2 Rd7 (26... d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 27. Rg3 Ne5 $11) 27. Rf1 Rc8 28. Rg3 {[#] aiming for Bxf6.} Kf8 29. Rg1 {Strongly threatening Bf3.} Ne7 30. Rf3 dxc4 31. bxc4 a6 32. a4 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. cxb5 Rb7 35. Rc1 Rxb5 36. Ba3 Ke8 37. Rf4 Ra5 38. Bb2 c4 39. dxc4 Rac5 40. Ba3 Rxc4 {The position is equal.} 41. Rcxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 Bxc4 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[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]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:20]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 9. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 14. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} 15. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 16. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 18. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 19. Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 23. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 24. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 26. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Re6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 27. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 28. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 29. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. f3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 32. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 34. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Rhe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 38. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. R1e3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 41. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} 42. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 43. c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 45. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 47. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 48. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 50. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 51. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 52. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 53. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 55. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 57. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 58. c6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 59. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 1-0

[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-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,128,17,29,18,24,13,0,0,14,5,8,-7,-6,-10,-11,-13,27,22,22,22,37,29,26,11,27,19,37,20,29,8,7,5,8,0,10,-3,-4,-2,0,-12,-12,-18,-15,-16,-14,-16,-17,-17,-17,-18,-20,-18,-22,-18,-22,-33,-34,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-93,-93,-85,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-464,-464,-1952,-1215,-1895,-1871,-1502,-1333,-5726,-5422,-2036,-4296,-5427,-4952,-29954,-10118,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29984,-29982,-29981,-29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} a5 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 {The position is equal.} (8. Na3 Bxa3 9. Rxa3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qa6 Rxb2 19. Qxa5 {1-0 (38) Caruana,F (2804)-Carlsen,M (2855) Paris 2016}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb5 Na7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 {[#]} Nxb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb4 13. Bd2 Nxb5 14. axb5 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Na3 Nb6 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Nc2 Rxa1 19. Nxa1 {0-1 (35) Krause,B (2453)-Nyback,T (2572) Germany 2017}) 13. dxc5 Na7 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Bf4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Rfd8 21. Rc1 Rd3 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Be3 Rb3 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb4 27. Bc3 Rxa4 28. g4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 29. Kg2 b4 30. Bd4 b3 31. Bc3 Ra2 32. Rd1 a4 33. Kf3 a3 34. Rd2 axb2 35. Bxb2 g5 36. Ke3 Kh7 37. f4 (37. Kd3 $15) 37... gxf4+ $17 38. Kxf4 Kg6 39. h4 h5 40. gxh5+ Kxh5 41. Rh2 Ra4+ 42. Ke3 Kg4 43. h5 Kg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h2]} 44. Rh1 {[#]} Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2h1]} 45. Rd1 Rh4 46. Rd2+ Kg3 47. Rd8 Rxh5 48. Rg8+ Kh3 49. Kd2 Rf5 {Strongly threatening ...Rf2+.} 50. Bd4 Rf3 51. Be3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for White.} (51. Ke2 $17 {is more resistant.} Bg4 52. Kd2) 51... f5 $1 $19 52. Re8 (52. Rg6 $142 f4 53. Bd4) 52... f4 {aiming for ...b2.} 53. Bd4 Bc4 54. Kc1 Rd3 55. Ba7 Rc3+ 56. Kb1 Rc2 57. Rc8 Kg4 58. Rc6 Bd3 {( -> ...Rh2+)} 59. Rxc2 bxc2+ {KB-KB. Black mates.} 60. Kc1 Kf5 61. Bb8 f3 62. Ba7 Kxe5 63. Kd2 Kf4 64. Be3+ Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 98%.} 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-A"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,79,5,12,0,0,0,-2,-11,13,17,18,18,14,19,24,10,10,10,9,9,25,10,16,0,0,0,58,68,94,83,98,91,101,102,96,87,106,109,108,104,197,197,231,228,211,210,276,291,271,276,422,415,525,496,447,418,547,537,601,597,583,530,584,558]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 {10.Qe2 is setting a new trend. B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5.} d6 11. Be3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 {[#]} 13. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qa4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qxc6 Bxh3 16. Rfd1 Qg5 17. Bf1 Bg4 18. Rd5 Rac8 19. Qd6 {1-0 (59) Vishnu,P (2538)-Thybo,J (2464) Lund 2017}) 13... Nc5 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Rfd1 Nb7 16. c5 dxc5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nd6 20. a4 Nc4 21. Bxc5 a5 (21... h6 $11) 22. Be7 $14 Rc8 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} 23. Rb7 h6 24. Kf1 c5 25. Ke1 Rc6 26. Rb5 Na3 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Bb3 Bxb3 (28... Nc4 $16) 29. Rxb3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc4 30. Rb5 Rc7 31. Bxc5 ({But not} 31. Rxc5 $6 Rxc5 32. Bxc5 Kg6 $16) 31... f6 32. Ke2 Rd7 {[#] intending ...Rd2+.} 33. Be3 $1 Rc7 (33... Kg6 $142 34. Rc5 Nxe3 35. Kxe3 Ra7) 34. Kd3 $18 Nxe3 35. fxe3 {KR-KR} Rd7+ 36. Kc2 Kg6 37. Rxa5 {White is clearly winning.} Kg5 38. g3 h5 39. Rd5 Rc7 40. a5 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,104,10,2,0,-43,27,8,4,4,8,6,6,6,6,9,56,57,99,93,129,151,150,124,127,112,121,121,115,104,107,115,103,88,85,87,86,92,100,105,211,185,216,208,213,189,194,143,173,110,285,78,88,77,80,60,77,77,79,0,80,79,79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3.} 12. Bg5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Qc7 {[#]} (12... Qa5 $15 13. Bd2 (13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rxe7 Rac8 $11) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 a6) 13. h3 $146 (13. Be2 {is interesting.} Rfd8 14. Qd2 f6 15. Be3 e5 16. Ng5) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bb3 e6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Rac8 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Ne7 19. Bxb7 Rxc3 {1-0 (33) Charbonneau,P (2485)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2583) Kansas 2003}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxd4 15. cxd4 {Strongly threatening Rac1.} Qxc4 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qa3 $1 b5 19. d5 $1 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} a5 20. d6 Qd7 21. Qc5 Rac8 22. Qd5 Bf8 {[#]} 23. Bxf8 $1 Kxf8 24. Re5 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 $16 {[%cal Re5h8][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kg8 26. Re1 Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 {KR-KR} 28. Re5 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rd1 (29... b4 $16) 30. Rxb5 $18 Rxd6 31. Rxa5 Kg7 32. Kg3 Kf6 33. Kf4 (33. a4 $18) 33... h5 34. Ke3 ({White should play} 34. a4 $18) 34... e5 $2 (34... Rd1 $16 {was necessary.} 35. h4 Re1+ 36. Kf3 e5) 35. h4 $2 (35. a4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 35... Rd1 36. a4 Re1+ 37. Kd3 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Ra1 39. Ra8 ({Better is} 39. Kf3 $16) 39... Ra2+ (39... Kf5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40. Ke3 Kf5 {[#]} 41. a5 (41. f3 $1 $16) 41... Ra3+ $11 {The position is equal.} 42. Kd2 Kg4 43. Ra6 Kxh4 44. Rxg6 {And now a6 would win.} Rxa5 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Ke4 Ra4+ 47. Kxe5 Re4+ 48. Kd6 Rd4+ 49. Ke7 Rd7+ 50. Ke6 {g3+ would kill now.} Rd6+ 51. Kf7 Rd7+ 52. Kg8 Rg7+ 53. Kxg7 {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,117,9,8,24,15,35,10,13,21,21,21,21,7,26,38,42,20,48,44,69,0,0,0,0,-33,-29,-42,-43,-50,-51,-41,-28,-25,-23,-35,63,63,63,63,60,17,65,58,29,19,130,130,145,176,249,252,318,314,314,314,376,368,489,445,491,483,463,441,485,497,352,329,319,333,337,400,400,400,400,400,400,400,400,400,400,400,400,400,1694,1506,5077,4134,1884,199,203,103,103,103,103,103,114,8,8,8,8,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 {7...a5 is a critical line. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. h3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} c6 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 14. exd5 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... cxd5 15. Bxd5 Nf4 16. Be4 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Nxh3+ 18. Kg2 Nf4+ 19. Kh1 Bxf2 20. Re2 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 {0-1 (38) Bologan,V (2732)-Karjakin,S (2779) Astana 2012}) 15. Ne3 a5 16. d4 ({White should play} 16. Nc4 $14 Bc7 17. d4) 16... exd4 $11 17. cxd4 Nf4 18. dxc6 (18. Rc1 {is more complex.} cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Re8+) 18... bxc6 19. Ng4 Bxg4 $1 20. hxg4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Qf3 Rd2 23. Rad1 Rad8 (23... Rxb2 $15 24. Bc4 Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 24. Rxd2 $14 Rxd2 25. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3d2]} Rd8 26. Qe7 (26. g3 {feels hotter.} Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Ng5 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. bxc3 Ne6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Rd2 32. a4) 26... Nd5 27. Qxf6 Nxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. f3 Kf8 (28... Rd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Rc1 $1 $16 Rd4 30. Rxc6 a4 (30... Nd7 {might work better.} 31. Rc7 a4) 31. Rc4 $18 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 {KB-KN} Ke7 33. Kf2 Nd7 34. Ke3 f6 35. Bb5 Nc5 36. a3 Kd6 37. Kd4 Ne6+ 38. Kc4 Nf4 39. Bxa4 Nxg2 40. Kd4 g6 41. Be8 Nh4 42. f4 f5 43. gxf5 Nxf5+ 44. Ke4 Ne7 45. b4 g5 46. fxg5 hxg5 {[#]} 47. Bh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5e2]} Nd5 (47... Kc6 $142 48. Bf3 Kb5) 48. Kd4 Nf6 49. Bf3 g4 50. Bg2 $2 (50. Bh1 Kc7 51. a4) 50... Nh5 51. Ke4 ({Better is} 51. Ba8 $18) 51... Ng3+ $16 {[#]} 52. Kf4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ne2+ 53. Kxg4 Nd4 {[#]} 54. Be4 (54. a4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4a5] Strongly threatening a5.} Nc2 55. b5) 54... Nb5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 55. a4 Nc3 56. Bc2 {Black must now prevent Bb3.} Nd5 57. b5 {aiming for Bd3.} Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 58. Kf4 Nxc2 59. b6 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,89,0,19,20,18,19,37,20,27,27,48,38,38,45,41,36,27,32,35,34,26,33,24,24,39,31,102,71,135,135,133,75,72,84,185,185,292,272,285,284,429,278,520,275,304,302,266,298,298,297,266,250,662,652,645,625,761,585,29959,29960,29960,29961,29961,29960,29960,29961,29959,29959,29969,29972,29972,29966,29963,29966,29976,29977,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Qxd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. b3 {White is slightly better.} cxd4 10. Nxd4 {[#]} Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. Qb1 Rfe8 14. Nf5 Bd8 15. Rd1 Ne5 16. h3 a6 {½-½ (49) Timofeev,A (2593)-Bayramov,Z (2301) Budapest 2019}) 11. Qxd4 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nc3 Rfe8 14. Nxd5 Bxh2+ $1 15. Kxh2 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Red8 18. Rac1 f6 (18... Nb4 $1 $14) 19. Rd4 $16 {Hoping for Rcd1.} Ne7 (19... Nb6 $142) 20. Rc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nf5 {[#]} 21. Rg4 (21. Rxd8+ $142 $1 Rxd8 22. e4 (22. Rxb7 Rd2 $11)) 21... h5 22. Rg6 {And now e4 would win.} Re8 (22... Rac8 $16 23. Rxb7 Re8) 23. Bxf6 $1 $18 (23. Rxb7 $6 Re6 $16) 23... Re6 (23... Rac8 $142 24. Rxc8 (24. Rxb7 Rc6 $16 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 24... Rxc8) 24. e4 (24. Rxb7 Rxf6 25. Rbxg7+ Nxg7 $11) 24... Rxe4 25. Rg5 (25. Rxb7 Rae8 $16) (25. Bxg7 $6 Rh4+ 26. Kg1 Rg4 $18) 25... Rh4+ 26. Kg1 Re8 $2 {[#]} (26... Rg4 {keeps fighting.} 27. Rxf5 gxf6 28. Rxb7 (28. Rxf6 Rg7 $18) 28... Rc8 29. Rxh5 (29. Rxa7 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rh4+ 31. Kg3 Rg4+ 32. Kf3 Rc3+ 33. Ke2 Rxg2 $18) 29... Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc2) 27. g3 Rg4 28. Rxf5 ({Less strong is} 28. Rxb7 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Rxg5 $16) 28... gxf6 29. Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} h4 30. Rf4 ({But not} 30. Rxa7 hxg3 31. fxg3 Rxg3+ 32. Kf1 Rf8 $18) 30... Rxf4 31. gxf4 {KR-KR} Ra8 $2 (31... a6 32. Ra7 Re2) 32. Kg2 a5 33. Kh3 a4 34. Kxh4 axb3 35. axb3 {[%cal Ba2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32] White mates.} Ra5 36. Kg4 Rd5 37. b4 Kf8 38. b5 Ke8 39. f5 Kf8 40. b6 Rb5 41. f3 Ke8 42. f4 Kf8 43. Kh5 Rxf5+ 44. Kg6 Rxf4 45. Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,100,18,16,32,31,45,45,37,27,31,37,40,38,70,35,69,20,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-16,-12,-8,-13,-9,0,0,0,0,0,-80,-14,-146,-134,-146,-135,-147,-138,-138,-140,-138,-135,-157,-155,-148,-144,-144,-145,-235,-239,-225,-223,-256,-256,-266,-260,-317,-312,-422,-418,-421,-360,-452,-451,-422,-384,-612,-592]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Re8 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6.} 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Bb2 Na6 {[#] White is slightly better.} 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Nd4 Bf7 19. b4 {1-0 (60) Gukesh,D (2563)-Hasanagic,A (2235) chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Ng4 14. Nh3 Be6 15. Nf4 Bf7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. h3 Nf6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Rfe1 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Nc5 20. b4 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e1][%mdl 512]} 21. Nxd3 exd3 22. Qd2 Qf8 23. Qxd3 Nd7 {With the idea ...Rxe1+.} 24. Na4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Ne5 26. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 27. Nc5 b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 28. Ne4 Qxb4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Rc1 Qb2 30. Rd1 Qxa2 {Hoping for ...Rf8.} 31. Qd7 Rf8 ({Don't blunder} 31... Qxc4 $2 32. Nd6 $18) 32. Nd6 {[#]} (32. Qxc6 $11 Qxc4 33. Qb7) 32... Qxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Kxf2 {White is on the road to losing.} (33. Kh2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qc2 34. Rf1 Bxc4 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Ne4) 33... Be6+ $1 $17 34. Nf5 Rxf5+ 35. Ke2 Bxd7 36. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} Rf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7d7]} 37. Rd8+ Bf8 38. Bxc6 {Black must now prevent Bd5.} Kg7 39. Bd5 Rc7 40. Re8 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 41. Rxe5 (41. g4 $17) 41... a4 42. Kd3 a3 43. Re2 Ra7 {Strongly threatening ...a2.} 44. Ra2 Bd6 45. g4 Be5 46. Kc2 Bb2 47. Kb3 Rd7 48. Kb4 Kf6 49. Kb5 Ke5 50. Bc6 (50. Kxb6 $142 g5 51. Bg2) 50... Rd2 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,123,9,10,-11,-9,-13,-7,-6,0,0,0,0,17,23,23,0,6,-16,25,18,15,0,17,15,53,47,40,0,30,0,4,6,6,20,9,8,17,0,66,66,70,74,75,74,68,58,63,60,61,60,48,12,12,8,8,6,15,6,8,8,8,8,8,7,105,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4578,4578,1082,818]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. h4 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} Ba6 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 {The position is equal.} bxc5 {[#]} 12. Rh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. e4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ng5 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 {0-1 (27) Cardoso Cardoso,J (2313)-Turgut,A (2281) Mumbai 2019}) 12... Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 (14... Qxd4 $6 15. e3 $16) 15. Rd1 e5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 16. Rf3 Bb7 (16... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8c2]} 17. Qf5 d3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 17. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 18. Rg3+ Kh8 19. e3 Qe7 20. exd4 exd4+ 21. Be2 (21. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Re2e7]} Qe5 22. Qxe5 fxe5 23. Rb3 $11) 21... Be4 22. Qd2 d3 23. Bxd3 ({But not} 23. Qh6 $2 Rg8 $19) 23... Bxd3+ 24. Re3 Qb7 $1 25. Qxd3 {With the idea Qd4.} Qxg2 26. Qd4 Qg1+ ({Better is} 26... Qh1+ $11 27. Kd2 Qc6) 27. Ke2 $14 Qg6 28. Rf3 Rae8+ 29. Kf1 Re6 30. Rg3 Qf5 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. Rxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} a5 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Rb8 35. Rb1 Re5 36. Kg2 h5 37. Rc4 Kg7 38. Kf3 f5 39. Kf4 Kf6 (39... Rbb5 $11 {remains equal.}) 40. Rd1 ({White should play} 40. Rc6+ $16 Re6 41. Rxe6+ fxe6 42. b5) 40... Rb6 41. f3 Reb5 42. Rdd4 Rb8 43. Ke3 R5b6 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Kc3 Ra6 46. Kb3 Rba8 47. b5 Ra1 48. Rc2 R1a3+ 49. Kb4 R3a4+ 50. Kc5 Rc8+ 51. Kb6 Rxd4 52. Rxc8 Rxh4 $11 {KR-KR} 53. Ka5 {b6 is the strong threat.} Kd7 54. Rc5 Rh1 55. b6 h4 56. b7 Ra1+ 57. Kb6 {Intending Rb5 and mate.} Rb1+ 58. Ka7 Ra1+ $1 59. Kb8 h3 {And now ...h2 would win.} 60. Rc2 Rh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Not} 60... Rb1 61. Rd2+ Ke6 62. Re2+ Kd6 63. Rh2 $16) (60... Ra3 $11) 61. Ra2 $1 $18 Rb1 62. Ka7 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 84%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,17,14,12,22,11,11,8,14,0,4,0,6,11,25,20,17,17,21,4,44,33,41,33,62,0,16,7,27,4,9,0,0,0,0,10,32,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-16,-3,-12,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-12,-2,-4,29,25,25,25,25,25,34,24,25,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,-11,-8,-8,-8,-96,-72,-86,-11,-86,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. Nbd2 {7.c3 is more fashionable. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in April 2020.} O-O 8. Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Bb4 11. Nfd2 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b5 12. Na3 Ba6 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Bd6 15. Rf2 Qh4 16. h3 Nb6 17. axb5 cxb5 {½-½ (29) Nakamura,H (2736)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nf8 14. c3 Bd6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Nc4 Re6 17. Qh5 (17. Qb3 $14) 17... Ra7 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Bg3 d5 20. Nf5 {Threatening Nd4.} dxe4 21. dxe4 Rxe4 22. Rad1 Rd7 23. Qf3 {[#] Hoping for Rxd7.} (23. Nd6 {is more complex.} Re3 24. Nxf7 Rxd1 25. Nxd8 Rd5 26. Qd1) 23... Re6 ({Don't blunder} 23... Rxa4 $2 24. Nd6 $18) 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Rd1 Nf8 26. Nd4 (26. Qg4 {keeps more tension.} Qf6 27. Bh4 Qe5 28. Bg3 h5 29. Bxe5 hxg4 30. Bxg7 Re8 31. Bxf8 Bxf5 32. Bh6) 26... Re8 27. Nxc6 Qg5 28. Rf1 f6 {next ...Re3 is good for Black.} 29. Bf2 Ng6 (29... Bg4 $5 30. Qg3 $8 Bd7 $11) 30. Nd4 Bxa4 31. h4 Nxh4 32. Bxh4 Qxh4 33. b3 {[#]} Bxb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Nxb3 Qe4 35. Nd4 Qxf3 36. gxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} (36. Rxf3 {feels hotter.} h5 37. Rf1 Rc8 38. Rb1 h4 39. Rxb6 Rxc3 40. Ra6) 36... Rc8 37. Rc1 g5 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. f4 gxf4 40. Ke2 h5 41. Kd3 h4 42. Rh1 Rh8 43. Nf3 (43. Ke4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43... h3 $17 44. Rh2 b5 (44... Ke6 $17 {And now ...Kf5 would win.} 45. Ke4 a4) 45. Ra2 (45. Nd4 $11) 45... b4 (45... Re8 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Re3+.} 46. Ng1 a4) 46. cxb4 $11 {The position is equal.} axb4 47. Ke4 b3 48. Rb2 Ke6 49. Rxb3 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,15,10,0,0,-1,10,5,35,16,57,71,57,56,70,69,75,49,130,119,118,136,120,120,138,65,74,43,62,41,91,89,103,113,200,209,217,221,233,230,241,241,559,373,399,336,298,256,708,700]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4.} O-O 7. Nc2 Nc6 8. Be2 {[#] The position is equal.} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nxd5 13. Rb1 Ndb4 14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15. Bd2 {0-1 (22) Ozen,B (2349)-Ivanisevic,I (2603) Skopje 2018}) 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 12. Ne3 a6 13. a4 b6 (13... Nf5 $14) 14. Bf3 {[#] Strongly threatening d6.} Bb7 15. d6 Nc6 {[%cal Be7c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b7,Bb7d6,Bd6f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 16. O-O Na5 17. Bxb7 ({White should try} 17. Ned5 $16) 17... Nxb7 $14 18. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Nd5 would win. White is more active.} Rc8 19. Qb3 Nxd6 20. Nxb6 Rb8 21. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5b6][%mdl 32]} Nd7 (21... Nde4 $16) 22. Ncd5 $18 Nxb6 23. axb6 Nf5 24. Bf4 Nd4 25. Qc4 Rb7 $2 {[#]} (25... Rxb6 {is tougher.} 26. Bc7 (26. Nxb6 Qxb6 27. Rxa6 Qxb2 $18) 26... Rc6) 26. Rad1 Rd7 27. Bc7 ({Not} 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. b7 Ba7 $16) 27... Qa8 28. Nc3 Rc8 $2 (28... Re8 29. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 h6) 29. Qa4 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,92,16,19,16,16,17,26,20,20,16,23,21,14,0,25,32,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-48,-44,-99,-107,-108,-108,-108,-100,-130,-119,-152,-143,-180,-128,-209,-186,-235,-231,-371,-359,-416,-357,-443,-433,-554,-552,-888,-873,-1907,-1038,-833,-347,-683,-676]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5.} Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e4 {White has an edge.} e6 12. Be2 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. e5 Be7 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. f4 b5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 {½-½ (34) Mahalakshmi,M (2245)-Li,Y (2264) Xingtai 2019}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 h6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qb3 c5 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb5 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. b3 Rfc8 23. Kg1 Kf8 24. Nd6 R8c7 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Nd6 R8c7 27. Nb5 Bxb5 28. axb5 Rc2 29. Bf1 Rb2 30. Rd6 Nc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8d6]} 31. b6 {[#] Black converts the advantage convincingly.} ({Better is} 31. Rdd1 $15) 31... Rc5 $1 $17 32. Rd7 Rxb3 33. Rxb7 {aiming for Rd1.} Rxb6 34. Rd7 g5 35. h3 Rb2 36. Rd4 Ne7 (36... Nb6 $19 37. Rd8+ Kg7) 37. Rd8+ (37. Rda4 $17) 37... Kg7 $19 38. Rd7 Ng6 39. Ra7 (39. Rdd1 $142) 39... Nh4 40. Rd1 {If only White now had time for f4....} Kg6 41. Kh1 Rcc2 42. e5 {With the idea Bd3+.} Rf2 43. Bd3+ Kg7 44. Be4 Rxg2 {[#] ( -> ...Rh2+)} 45. f4 Rh2+ 46. Kg1 Rhe2 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[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-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,93,37,37,31,5,12,0,59,32,24,23,37,14,43,30,41,26,34,31,43,35,31,20,86,31,29,34,55,50,45,60,50,1,0,-25,-15,-29,20,21,27,29,43,46,50,41,54,44,56,41,45,36,41,36,27,13,260,265,232,235,678,655,1070,998,890,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6.} 11. d5 Ne7 12. Bc2 {[#]} Bh6 $146 ({Black should try} 12... b5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Nf1 Nh7 14. g4 f5 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Ng3 Qd7 {0-1 (64) Tokhirjonova,G (2378)-Safarli,E (2598) Europe Chess INT 2020}) 13. Nf1 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Kg7 15. Ng3 a5 16. c4 Qb8 17. b3 Qa7 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 (20... Nxc6 $11 21. Rd1 h6) 21. Qd2 (21. Qc3 $16) 21... Be6 $14 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qb6 24. Bf1 Qc7 25. Qc3 Nd7 26. Rad1 f6 27. Rd2 c5 28. b5 Nb6 {Black wants to play ...Ra4.} 29. Red1 Red8 30. Be2 Rd7 {Threatening ...Ra4.} 31. Nf1 Nec8 32. Ne3 Qb8 33. Nh4 Ra4 34. Bg4 Bxg4 35. hxg4 Qa8 36. g5 {aiming for gxf6+.} fxg5 $2 {[#]} (36... Qxe4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 37. gxf6+ Kxf6) 37. Nhf5+ $1 $18 (37. Nf3 Re7 $11) 37... gxf5 38. Nxf5+ Kg8 $2 {[#]} (38... Kf8) 39. Qg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe4 40. Qxg5+ Kf7 41. Rd3 $2 ({Inferior is} 41. Nh6+ Ke8 $11) ({White must play} 41. Qg7+ $18 Ke6 42. Qh6+ Kxf5 43. f3 Qe3+ 44. Qxe3) 41... Ra1 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra1d1] The position is equal.} 42. Rxa1 Qxd3 43. Ra3 Qxa3 44. Nh6+ $1 Ke8 45. Qg8+ Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Qc1+.} 46. Qg5+ Ke6 47. Qf5+ {[%mdl 32768] Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 71%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,100,8,4,7,10,3,0,18,20,33,22,100,102,154,154,154,141,148,0,0,0,21,13,16,14,23,23,21,18,39,20,41,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,68,6,4,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-53,-47,-179,-121,-242,-231,-397,-379,-410,-352,-367,-359,-588,-560,-574,-574,-512,-463,-437,-419,-546,-538,-633,-598,-677,-701,-973,-958,-976,-977,-12838,-12835,-12841,-12842]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5.} 11. a4 Nfd7 12. Kf2 Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 13. Qd6 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxa4 14. Nh3 Bd7 15. Be2 Bc6 16. Rhc1 Rd8 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 a6 19. Nf4 Bb5 {½-½ (34) Zordick,M (2314)-Kuhne,D (2393) GER email 2018}) 14. Bb5 $1 Bd7 {[#]} (14... a6 $11 15. Ne2 Bb7) 15. Ne2 $1 $16 ({But not} 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Ne2 (16. Bxd7 Rd8 $11) 16... Rd8 $11) 15... Bxb5 (15... a6 $142) 16. Bxc5 ({Worse is} 16. axb5 Qxb5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qxc5 bxc5 $11) 16... bxc5 17. Qxc5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} ({Much weaker is} 17. axb5 $6 Qxb5 18. Rhb1 Qc6 $11) 17... Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 18. Qxb5 ({White has to play} 18. axb5 $16 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rhd1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1) 18... Qc7 $11 19. Rhd1 Ne5 {aiming for ...Rab8.} 20. f4 Ng4+ 21. Kf3 Nf6 22. Qe5 Qe7 23. Rd4 Rac8 24. Rb1 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd4 Qc7 27. Rd1 h6 28. g4 Re8 (28... Qc6 $11) 29. Qd6 (29. h4 $14) 29... Qc4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 30. Qb4 Qc8 31. Ng3 e5 32. f5 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Ke2 ({White should play} 34. h3 $11) 34... Nxg4 $15 {Threatens to win with ...Qh4.} 35. Nf1 ({Better is} 35. h3 $15 Nf6 36. Qc5) 35... a5 $19 36. Qb5 {[#]} (36. Qb1 $17) 36... Qh4 $1 37. Nd2 $2 (37. Kd1) 37... Qxh2+ 38. Kd3 Qg3+ 39. Kc2 Ne3+ 40. Kb3 $2 (40. Kd3 Nxf5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 41. Ke2) 40... Qe1 41. Qd3 Qd1+ 42. Ka2 Qxa4+ 43. Kb2 Ng4 44. Nb3 Nf6 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Nc5 Qc6 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qe7 Qb5+ 48. Kc2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 49. Qxe5 a3 50. Nd3 Qa4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. What a bad dream for White. Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,108,0,0,-6,4,10,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,7,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-16,-27,-12,-17,-25,-22,-12,-33,-38,-47,-53,-55,-32,-41,-42,-43,-31,-31,-23,-47,-49,-62,-62,-62,-62,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-132,-156,-128,-177,-103,-227,-227,-227,-227,-234,-234,-234,-195,-234,-170,-234,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5.} Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Rc1 Re8 12. O-O Bf8 13. Ne2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Qa6 {[#]} 16. Bc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nc3 Rac8 17. Rcd1 Nce4 18. Qb3 Qc4 19. Be1 Qxb3 20. axb3 Red8 21. Nd4 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Ne4 23. Rd3 g6 24. Rfd1 Nc5 25. R3d2 Ne4 26. Rd3 Nc5 27. R3d2 Ne4 {½-½ (27) Hillarp Persson,T (2521)-Socko,B (2587) Stockholm 2016}) 16... Nfe4 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rcd1 (18. Nf4 {seems wilder.} Qc4 19. Qb1 Nb3 20. Rcd1 Rcd8 21. Nd4) 18... Na4 19. Rxd5 Naxc3 20. Nxc3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qxa3 22. c4 (22. Ng5 {with more complications.} g6 23. Ne4 Red8 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qd3) 22... Red8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd4 g6 25. g3 Rc8 26. Rb1 Bg7 27. Nb5 Qe7 28. Qa4 a5 29. Nd4 Qd6 30. Qb3 Bxd4 31. exd4 (31. Rd1 $1 $15) 31... Qxd4 $17 32. Qxb6 Qxb6 ({Much worse is} 32... Qxc4 $6 33. Qxa5 Qd3 34. Re1 $11) 33. Rxb6 Rxc4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 34. Ra6 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 35. h4 Kf8 36. Ra7 Kg7 (36... Rc1+ $1 $19 37. Kg2 Ra1) 37. Ra6 {[#]} (37. Kg2 $17) 37... Rc1+ $1 $19 38. Kg2 {[#]} Ra1 $1 39. g4 a3 40. g5 Kf8 41. Ra7 Ke8 42. Kh2 (42. Ra8+ $142 Kd7 43. Kf3) 42... Kd8 $2 (42... a2 $19 {Hoping for ...Kf8.} 43. Kg2 Kd8) 43. Rxf7 $11 {The position is equal.} Rf1 {Strongly threatening ...a2.} 44. Ra7 Rxf2+ 45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Rxh7 Ra1 47. Ra7 a2 {And now ...Rg1+ would win.} 48. Kg2 Ke8 49. Kh2 Kf8 50. Kg2 Kg8 51. Kh2 Kh8 52. Kg2 Kg8 53. Kh2 Kh8 54. Kg2 Kg8 {And White is the lucky defender. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-A"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,84,8,10,0,17,8,9,8,23,8,15,17,18,21,16,14,19,9,11,14,9,12,6,18,15,9,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 {8.h3 is the hot move. Played by Levon Aronian in May 2020.} b6 9. b4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. Rb1 axb4 {The position is equal.} 13. axb4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. Rfc1 Ra7 16. h3 Rfa8 17. Qc2 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... bxc5 18. bxc5 Qc8 19. Ne1 Bd8 20. Nd3 Bc7 21. Rb3 Nf8 22. Ne5 Qe8 {½-½ (23) Bauer,C (2637)-Istratescu,A (2651) Switzerland 2013}) 18. Nd2 Nf8 19. Nb3 Ng6 20. Bg3 Bd8 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 23. Nxa1 Qa6 24. Qb2 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Bd6 Qa4 {[#] Hoping for ...Qd1+.} 27. Nc2 Ne7 28. Bxe7 Bxe7 29. Qb1 g6 30. Kf1 f5 31. Ke2 Bf6 32. f3 exf3+ 33. gxf3 Kf7 34. f4 Ke7 35. Kd2 Kd7 36. Kc3 Bh4 37. Kb2 Qa8 38. Qh1 Kc7 39. Na1 Qa4 40. Nc2 Qa8 41. Na1 Qa4 42. Nc2 Qa8 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,54,-15,6,5,8,-2,13,0,0,0,0,-7,30,30,39,37,25,22,39,0,0,-35,-10,-30,0,0,16,0,118,120,127,-407,-420,-1307,-218,-1304,-1302,-1292,-1290,-1199,-842,-29985,-29986,-29989,-29982,-29992,-29993]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Be2 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} a6 7. c4 c5 8. Nc2 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 {[#]} Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... exd4 11. Nf3 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Bc5 14. a3 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 {½-½ (58) Merry,A (2379)-Thompson,I (2141) Crawley 2016}) 11. Nxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 {aiming for Nc2.} exd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Bf3 d5 15. Bxd5 Qc7 16. Ne2 Re8 (16... Bc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 17. Qd3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Re8 $11) 17. Bf3 Bf5 18. Qf4 Qd7 (18... Qxf4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. Nxf4 Ne4) 19. Bxf6 $1 $16 gxf6 {[#]} 20. Ng3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for White.} (20. g4 $1 $16 Bc2 21. Kg2 (21. Qxf6 $2 Qd2 $17)) 20... Bb1 $1 $19 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Re8e1][%mdl 512]} 21. Kg1 (21. Qc1 $142 Re1+ 22. Qxe1 Bxe1 23. Bd5 Bd3+ 24. Kxe1) (21. Rxb1 Qd3+) 21... Re1+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 22. Nf1 Qd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re1f1]} 23. Qg4+ Kh8 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re1f1]} 24. Be2 Rxe2 25. Rxb1 {[#]} Bc5 $1 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rc5f2][%mdl 512] Black mates.} 26. h4 Rxf2 27. Re1 Rf4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,-3,12,20,19,29,51,47,43,48,46,34,77,83,67,68,72,42,45,28,39,39,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,34,40,43,36,21,29,4,4,9,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} cxd4 7. exd4 ({Much weaker is} 7. Qh5 e6 $17) 7... Bg7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. d5 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 {[#]} 13. h3 $146 {[%cal Rh3g4]} ({Predecessor:} 13. f3 Bd7 14. Ng3 b5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nce2 e6 17. Nh5 Bb5 18. f4 Qb6+ 19. Nd4 {0-1 (26) Kulashko,A (2336)-Hague,B (2356) Auckland 2018}) 13... Bd7 14. Ng3 Qb6 15. Qh5 Qd4 16. Bc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} Ng6 17. Bf5 Rfd8 18. Bxd7 (18. Rad1 $5 {[%cal Rd1d4]} Qb6 19. Qe2 $14) 18... Rxd7 19. Nf5 Qd2 20. Qg4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxe7+!} Rcd8 $1 21. h4 Qf4 22. Qh3 e6 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Qxe6 Qxh4 26. Rad1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 {Threatens to win with Ne3.} Qd4 29. Ne3 Qxb2 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. g3 {[%mdl 1024] Nd6 is the strong threat. White has compensation.} Qe5 32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Qd7+ Ne7 {The position is equal.} 34. Nd6+ Kg7 35. a4 b6 36. Nc8 Kf8 37. Nd6 Kg7 38. Kf1 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qe5 40. Kf1 Qa1+ 41. Kg2 Qe5 42. g4 h5 43. gxh5 Qd5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 {White threatens Nf5+ and mate.} Qd5+ 46. f3 Qg5+ 47. Qg4 Nd5 {Hoping for ...Ne3+.} 48. Kg3 Ne3 49. Qxg5+ fxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 50. f4 Kh6 51. fxg5+ Kxg5 52. Nc8 Kxh5 53. Nxa7 Nd5 54. Nc8 Nc3 55. Nxb6 Nxa4 56. Nxa4 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,92,21,23,16,17,24,25,17,42,36,46,17,21,19,20,20,20,18,16,13,8,8,18,16,11,9,8,5,12,6,12,7,13,7,18,9,13,7,12,14,19,13,34,41,37,30,38,13,35,0,27,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. cxd5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} cxd5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Rc1 {[#] White has an edge.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qa5 12. Qd2 Qa6 13. Nh4 Be6 14. f4 Nb6 15. f5 Bd7 16. h3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxc8 Nxc8 19. Bxe4 Qxa2 {0-1 (47) Matlakov,M (2691)-Artemiev,V (2663) Sochi 2016}) 12. e3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 $1 14. Bxf3 e6 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Nb1 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening Ba3.} Rfd8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qc3 Qb8 21. Nd2 Bf8 22. Kg2 Bd6 23. Be2 Qf8 24. Qc2 Ba3 25. Ba1 Bb4 26. Nf3 Qd8 27. Bd3 Bd6 28. Ne5 Qc7 (28... Ba3 {with more complications.} 29. Nxd7 Nxd7 30. Bc3 Qc7 31. Qd2 Be7) 29. Qxc7 Bxc7 30. g4 Kf8 31. f3 Ke8 32. Kf2 h5 33. Bc3 hxg4 {The position is equal.} 34. hxg4 Nxe5 35. dxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Nd7 36. f4 Nc5 37. Ke2 Nxd3 38. Kxd3 {KB-KB} Kd7 39. Bd4 Kc6 40. Kc2 Bd8 41. g5 Be7 42. a4 Bb4 43. Kd3 Be7 44. Kc2 Bb4 45. Kd3 Be7 46. Kc2 Bb4 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[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-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,188,0,16,10,15,12,11,4,8,0,12,15,37,0,63,47,47,48,54,0,21,14,6,4,8,-8,-4,-13,-12,-11,-14,-7,-11,-12,-13,-95,-65,-87,-24,-11,0,0,60,0,0,-8,-7,-14,-14,-5,-5,-7,0,0,12,15,15,15,104,0,0,-165,-152,-205,-205,-239,-252,-250,-183,-179,-190,-496,-532,-506,-504,-431,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,0,-196,-196,-196,0,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,-196,0,-196,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} f6 12. d3 a5 13. a3 {The position is equal.} Be6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 {[#]} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qd7 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe6 20. Kg1 Rb8 21. Ne4 Red8 {½-½ (45) Mackintosh,I (2386)-Blake,M (2315) ICCF email 2018}) 16. Ne1 Qd6 (16... Bg4 $11 17. d4 a4) 17. Qc2 $1 $14 a4 18. b4 Bb3 19. Qc1 (19. Qb1 $14) 19... exd3 20. Nxd3 Rxe2 21. Nf4 Re7 22. h4 Rae8 23. h5 h6 24. Ng6 Rd7 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Qd5 27. Rc5 (27. Rxc7 $11 {remains equal.} Qxh5 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Nf4) 27... Qf7 28. Bc3 Nd5 (28... Nc4 $17) 29. Bd2 Red8 30. Bf4 Ne7 ({Black should try} 30... Ra8 $11) 31. Rxc7 (31. Bxc7 $14 Re8 32. b5) 31... Nf5 $11 32. Rc8 Nd4 {Threatens to win with ...Ne2+.} 33. Qc7 Qe8 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Be3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Ne5 37. Nxe5 fxe5 38. g4 Be6 (38... Rc8 $11 39. Qa5 Qc6+ 40. Kg3 Qe4) 39. f3 ({White has to play} 39. Kg3 $1 $16) 39... e4 $1 40. fxe4 $2 (40. Bf4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 40... Bxg4 $19 41. Rf4 (41. Qc4+ $17 Kh7 42. e5 Bxh5 43. Rf4) 41... Bxh5 42. Kf2 Rc8 43. Qd6 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Kh7 45. Bd4 $2 (45. Bd2 {is a better chance.}) 45... Rd2 46. Rf2 Rd1+ 47. Rf1 {[#] intending Rxd1.} Rxf1+ $2 (47... Rd3 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 48. Qe5 Qg6+ 49. Kh2 Bg4) 48. Kxf1 $17 Qxe4 {[#] And now ...Qf3+ would win.} 49. Qe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe5 50. Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KB-KB} Be8 $1 51. Kf2 g5 52. Ke3 Kg6 53. Bd6 Kf5 54. Bf8 h5 55. Be7 Bc6 56. Bd8 h4 57. Be7 Kg4 58. b5 (58. Bd8 $17) 58... Bxb5 $19 59. Bd8 Bc6 60. Be7 Kf5 61. Bd8 Bb7 62. Be7 Kg4 63. Bd8 Kh5 64. Bc7 Kg4 {Strongly threatening ...Kh3.} 65. Bd8 $1 Ba6 66. Be7 Bb5 67. Bd8 $1 Be8 68. Be7 Kf5 69. Bd8 Bf7 70. Be7 Bg8 71. Bd8 Bh7 72. Be7 Bg6 73. Bd8 Bh5 74. Be7 Bd1 75. Bd8 Kg4 76. Be7 Bc2 77. Bd8 Kf5 78. Be7 Bb1 79. Bd8 Ba2 80. Be7 Bf7 81. Bd8 Be6 82. Be7 Bc8 83. Bd8 Ba6 84. Be7 Bc4 85. Bd8 Bd5 86. Be7 Bg2 87. Bd8 Ba8 88. Be7 Bb7 89. Bd8 Bc8 90. Be7 Kg6 91. Bd8 Kh5 92. Bc7 Ba6 93. Bd6 Kg4 {...Kh3 is the strong threat.} 94. Be7 $1 Bb5 $2 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 87%.} (94... Bc4 $19 95. Kf2 Be6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,16,8,-8,-12,-12,16,19,16,14,13,17,6,14,8,6,8,8,8,10,8,4,36,34,41,36,37,33,30,28,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,-6,5,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} (6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. a5 Bd6 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 b5 17. Qc6 e5 18. Nde4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Be5 {½-½ (44) Ding,L (2791)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 6... c5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. dxc5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bxc5 11. O-O e5 12. Na4 {[#]} Bb4 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8 Rbxc8 15. Be3 b6 16. Nh4 Na5 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Bg5 Bf8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 {½-½ (30) Misyura,I (1967)-Munshi,A (2133) Porto Carras 2018}) 13. Nb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb8 (13... axb6 14. Rxa8) 14. Nxc8 Rbxc8 15. Be3 e4 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxa7 Rb5 20. Ra3 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 21. Rfa1 g6 22. Ra8 Rxa8 23. Rxa8+ $11 {KRB-KRN} Kg7 24. Ra3 Rc5 25. Ra7 Rb5 26. Ra3 Rc5 27. Ra7 Rb5 28. Ra3 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,54,48,45,48,42,26,70,41,73,61,79,78,79,81,83,81,79,92,85,85,81,78,89,82,79,81,88,71,68,58,91,93,127,99,192,112,117,110,108,104,140,139,145,131,213,191,204,180,363,359,338,347,528,508,558,559,544,521,713,667,1010,954,1997,2111]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. a4 f5 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1.} 11. a5 Nf6 12. Re1 h6 {[#] White has an edge. is the new trend.} 13. exf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ra3 f4 14. h4 Rf7 15. c5 Bf8 16. c6 Rg7 17. b5 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nh2 bxc6 20. dxc6 {1-0 (34) Giri,A (2764)-Korobov,A (2688) chess24.com INT 2020}) 13... Bxf5 14. Ra2 g5 15. h3 Qe8 16. Nh2 a6 17. Ng4 Bg6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bd3 Nf5 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. f3 Qf7 22. Rf2 Rad8 23. Bb1 Kh8 24. Bb2 Nh4 25. b5 Bf5 26. b6 Ng6 (26... cxb6 $16 {was worth a try.} 27. axb6 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 (28. Bxe4 Qf4 $16) 28... Nf5) 27. g3 (27. Ba3 $18) 27... cxb6 28. axb6 Ne7 29. Ba3 Nc8 30. Qb3 Bh7 31. Rd1 Bg8 (31... Bxe4 $16 {was necessary.} 32. Bxe4 Qd7) 32. Kg2 Bh7 33. c5 dxc5 $2 {[#]} (33... Bxe4 34. Bxe4 dxc5 35. Bxc5 Nd6 36. Bxd6 Rxd6) 34. Nxc5 $18 ({Weaker is} 34. Bxc5 Rfe8 $18) 34... Bxb1 35. Rxb1 Rfe8 (35... Rxd5 $142 36. Nxb7 Rb5 37. Qxf7 Rxf7 38. Rxb5 Rxb7) 36. Ne6 {White is clearly winning.} Rd7 37. Rc1 Ne7 38. Bxe7 Qxe7 39. Rc7 Qd6 40. Rfc2 Bf6 41. Qa4 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-A"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,145,17,12,18,23,17,20,-5,14,-4,0,-5,5,0,0,-15,-15,-13,-16,-12,-7,-15,-20,-76,-11,-11,-6,-22,-12,-14,0,0,0,-3,-5,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-22,-53,-39,-109,-127,-122,-113,-116,-112,-132,-116,-131,-84,-81,-81,-75,-75,-75,-83,-91,-102,-118,-101,-98,-84,-105,-108,-110,-110,-99,-84,-108,-99,-84,-84,-84,-84,-102,-84,-84,-84,-149,-84,-196,-149,-206,-163,-149,-152,-170,-146,-168,0,-84,-75,-84,0,-84,0,-84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} Bd6 9. O-O O-O {[#]} 10. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Re1 Qc7 12. g3 Bc5 13. Qc2 d6 14. Nc4 Ng4 15. Re2 Be6 16. Bf4 {½-½ (40) Duplenko,V (2287)-Goncharov,I (2380) ICCF email 2010}) 10... Re8 11. h3 Be5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bd2 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Qb1 Qb6 18. Re2 (18. Bf5 $11) 18... Bd4 (18... Bb8 $17) 19. Rde1 $11 Re6 20. Bf5 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 {Hoping for Bxd7.} Bxf5 22. Qxf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qa6 23. Re7 Rd8 24. a3 Qb6 25. b4 Qd6 26. Re1 Qa6 27. a4 Qc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 28. Nb5 ({White should try} 28. Qf4 $15) 28... Ne4 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Be3 Qxb4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Rc1 Nc3 {Threatens to win with ...Ne2+.} 32. Qf3 d4 {[#]} 33. Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd4 34. Rxc3 Qxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Kh2 Qd7 36. Ra3 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 544]} 37. g3 (37. Rxa5 Qc7+) 37... Qd5 38. Qc3 Ra8 39. h4 a4 40. Qb4 Qc6 41. Qd4 h5 42. Qb4 g6 43. Qd4 Kh7 44. Qf4 Qd7 45. Qb4 Ra6 46. Qf4 Ra5 47. Qb4 (47. Qc4 $142) 47... Rf5 (47... Qf5 $142 48. Qd4 Rd5) 48. Qb2 (48. Kg1 $17) 48... Qa7 49. Re3 (49. Kg2 $17) 49... Qc5 50. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Re8.} Qc6 51. Qa2 Kg7 52. Kh2 Kh7 $2 ({Black should play} 52... Qb6 $19 53. Kg2 Qc6+ 54. Kh2 Qb7 55. Qa1+ Kh7) 53. Ra3 (53. Kg1 $1 $11) 53... Qc5 54. Kg2 Qc6+ 55. Kh2 $1 Qc5 56. Kg2 $1 Rxf2+ (56... Kg7 $17 {aiming for ...Rxf2+!} 57. Rxa4 {[#]} Rxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Qxf2 Qc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 59. Kg1 Qxa4 60. Qb2+ Kh7) 57. Qxf2 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxa3 58. Qxf7+ $17 {KQ-KQ} Kh6 59. Qg8 {[%cal Rg8h8]} Qb2+ 60. Kh3 Qg7 (60... a3 $5 61. Qf8+ $8 Qg7 62. Qxa3 Qe5 $11) 61. Qe8 $1 Qd4 62. Qe7 Qd5 {[%cal Rd5h1]} 63. Kh2 $1 Qa2+ 64. Kh3 Qd5 {[%cal Rd5h1]} 65. Kh2 $1 Qd4 66. Kh3 Qa1 {[%cal Ra1h1]} 67. Kh2 Qa2+ 68. Kh3 Qc4 69. Kh2 Qc2+ 70. Kh3 Qf5+ 71. Kh2 Qc8 72. Qe3+ Kh7 73. Qa7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. And White is the lucky defender. Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,126,18,18,18,17,7,23,12,7,0,0,-5,16,12,19,4,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-11,-33,-32,-55,-37,-47,-42,-41,-36,-43,-38,-41,-17,-22,23,8,27,0,0,-110,-96,-143,-143,-206,-200,-250,-241,-234,-217,-233,-225,-211,-196,-216,-208,-309,-309,-309,-306,-306,-306,-301,-301,-301,-294,-300,-283,-333,-333,-333,-333,-333,-333,-333,-333,-410,-299,-384,-323,-541,-541,-541,-412,-541,-541,-541,-541,-535,-535,-531,-404,-498,-404,-793,-757,-773,-760,-762,-741,-685,-394,-1354,-1358,-5761,-4760,-29977,-29978,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29987,-729]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. Nbd2 {7.c3 injects fresh life into this line. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in April 2020.} O-O 8. Nc4 {White has an edge.} Re8 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Bb4 11. Nfd2 {[#]} f6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 11... b5 12. Na3 Ba6 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Bd6 15. Rf2 Qh4 16. h3 Nb6 17. axb5 cxb5 {½-½ (29) Nakamura,H (2736)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12. c3 Bf8 13. Qc2 (13. Qb3 {feels hotter.} Kh8 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nb3) 13... b6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb8 16. Rac1 Na6 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. Qb1 $1 Be6 19. b3 Qd7 20. f3 Qf7 21. Bf2 Red8 22. Rc3 $1 b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 23. Nb2 Rab8 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Nbc4 a4 {...axb3 is the strong threat.} 26. Rdc1 {[#]} (26. Rcc1 $11) 26... Ra8 $1 $17 {Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} 27. bxa4 Rxa4 28. Ra3 {[#]} (28. Na3 $17 {might work better.} Ba2 29. Qa1) 28... Na2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rxa4 (29. Rxa2 Rxb1) 29... Rxb1 30. Rxb1 {Strongly threatening Rb8.} Nc3 $1 {[%csl LRa4,LRb1][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Rba1 {intending Ra8.} Nxa4 32. Rxa4 Qe8 {aiming for ...c5.} 33. Ra6 Qc8 34. Rxc6 (34. Ra1 {keeps fighting.}) 34... Bd7 35. Nb6 Qb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Nxd7 {Threatens to win with d5.} Qxc6 37. Nxf8 Qc1+ 38. Nf1 Kxf8 39. g4 g6 40. Kg2 {[#]} f5 $1 41. gxf5 (41. exf5 gxf5) 41... gxf5 42. Ng3 fxe4 43. Nxe4 Kf7 44. h4 h6 45. Ng3 Ke6 46. Ne4 $2 (46. Nh5 {is a better defense.}) 46... Kd5 47. Ng3 Kc4 48. h5 Qg5 49. Bg1 Kd5 50. Bf2 Ke6 51. Bg1 Qd2+ 52. Bf2 Qd3 53. Nf1 (53. Bg1 $142) 53... Kf5 54. Ne3+ Kg5 55. Ng4 Kxh5 56. Be3 Qc3 57. Kf2 $2 (57. d5) 57... Kh4 58. Bxh6 Qxd4+ 59. Ke2 Kg3 {Black mates.} 60. Bd2 Qc4+ 61. Ke3 Qb3+ 62. Kd4 c5+ 63. Ke4 Qxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,60,12,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,-21,-25,-19,-11,-27,-19,-47,-43,-47,-10,-11,-10,-28,0,-9,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Qe1 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Re8 $1 10. Ng5 {[#] Hoping for Qe4.} Bf5 11. f3 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qd7 12. Ne4 b6 13. Bd2 Na5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. c4 Qd4+ 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nc3 Rad8 {1-0 (48) Akatsuka,C-Sorli,M Guarapuava 1995}) 12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bg6 14. Kh1 a5 15. Bd2 b6 16. Qg3 f6 17. Nh3 Qd7 18. Nf2 a4 19. c4 Ne7 {And now ...axb3 would win.} 20. bxa4 Rxa4 (20... Nf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5g3]} 21. Qg4 Rxa4 $15) 21. Ne4 Rea8 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. h3 Nf5 24. Qf2 Nd4 25. Be3 (25. Nc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3a4]}) 25... Ne6 26. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Ra3 27. Nb5 Ra2 28. Nc3 Ra3 29. Nb5 Ra2 30. Nc3 Ra3 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

