[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,95,5,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,0,0,-16,-14,-20,0,-41,-39,-39,-54,-37,-31,-95,0,-39,-11,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,65,65,83,83,67,62,64,55,72,73,75,72,87,76,62,38,38,42,41,14,16,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be2 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} (8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Ra7 15. g3 Bf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qa8 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Rb8 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. f4 Ng6 22. f5 exf5 23. Qxf5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 {½-½ (70) Nakamura,H (2745)-So,W (2767) chess.com INT 2020}) 8... Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 13. g3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Re1 bxc5 17. bxc5 e5 {[#]} 18. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bd3 g5 19. Qb1 Rf7 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Bd7 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. Re3 {½-½ (48) Grischuk,A (2766)-Karjakin,S (2782) Paris 2018}) 18... e4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nb3 Bf6 21. Rb1 Re8 22. Nd1 {[#]} (22. Qa4 $15) 22... g5 (22... Nf8 $1 $17 23. Qc3 Bd7) 23. fxg5 $15 Bxg5 24. Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c7]} Bd8 (24... Qb7 {is interesting.} 25. Nc3 Nf6 26. Qa2 Qf7 27. Na5 Bd7) 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26. Ra1 Nf8 27. Bh3 f4 (27... Be6 $11) 28. Ra8 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra8c8][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bd7 {[#]} 29. Bxd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa8 (29... Nxd7 30. Rxe8+) 30. Bxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rb8 31. Nc3 Kg7 32. Bxd5 e3 33. fxe3 fxe3 34. Kf1 h5 35. Nd1 Re8 36. Ke2 Ng6 37. Bf3 {aiming for d5.} h4 {The position is equal.} 38. Nxe3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Bxg3 {Threatens to win with ...Bf4.} 40. Na5 Nf4+ (40... Bf4 $5 41. Nac4 $8 Bxe3 42. Nxe3 Nf4+ 43. Kd2 Ne6 $11) 41. Kd2 Be1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 42. Kxe1 Rxe3+ $11 {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KRN-KBN} 43. Kf2 Rd3 44. c6 {c7 is the strong threat.} Nh3+ 45. Ke2 Nf4+ 46. Kf2 {Black must now prevent c7.} Nh3+ 47. Ke2 Nf4+ 48. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,151,37,49,35,0,0,0,0,0,1,28,6,27,35,26,33,38,39,32,47,0,0,1,14,3,48,0,0,-150,-150,-137,-136,-327,-339,-328,-241,-285,-277,-398,-399,-452,-362,-428,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-70,-89,-37,-8,-8,0,-2,-8,-36,-41,-35,-39,-55,-17,-14,-20,-22,-8,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29966,-29964,-29971,-29966,-29966,-29967,-29967,-29967,-29968,-29969,-12845,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} 8. exd5 (8. a4 dxe4 9. axb5 exf3 10. Qxf3 e4 11. Bxe4 Ne5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. d4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. dxc5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Qd1+ {½-½ (58) Dominguez Perez,L (2763)-Caruana,F (2818) Saint Louis 2019}) 8... Qxd5 {[#]} 9. d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd4 10. Bb3 Qd6 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Ng5 {[%cal Rg5e6] [#]} O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd8 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Be5 Bxb3 16. axb3 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 {½-½ (51) Kotronias,V (2486)-Kollars,D (2567) Aarhus 2019}) 13. Bxe6+ (13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Rxe6 Qd7 $15) 13... fxe6 14. Nf7 Qe7 15. Nxd8 Rxd8 16. Qf3 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 17. Qe4 Rf8 18. Rf1 Rf5 19. a4 Qf6 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 20. Nd2 (20. axb5 $11 axb5 21. Ra2) 20... dxc3 $17 {[%cal Rf5f2]} 21. Nf3 Nd4 {[%cal Rd4f3]} ({Inferior is} 21... cxb2 22. Bxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 23. axb5 $16) 22. bxc3 $2 (22. axb5 $17 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rxf3 24. Kh1 axb5 25. bxc3) 22... Nxf3+ $19 23. gxf3 Nxc3 (23... Rxf3 $2 24. Kh1 $17) 24. Qa8+ Kd7 25. Be3 (25. axb5 $142 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 26. Kh1) 25... Bd6 ({Less strong is} 25... Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rd5 27. axb5 $17) 26. f4 Nd5 27. axb5 Qg6+ $2 ({Black should play} 27... Rxf4 $19 28. Qc6+ Ke7 29. Bxf4 Qxf4) 28. Kh1 $11 Rh5 29. Qc6+ Ke7 30. Rg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1g6]} Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Rg2 axb5 32. Ra8 Kf6 33. Qd7 Be7 {[#]} 34. Qe8 (34. Bc5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc5 35. Qxg7+ Kf5 36. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 37. Qg7+ Kf5 38. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 39. Qg7+) 34... Nxe3 35. fxe3 Rc5 {[%cal Rc5c1]} (35... Rd5 $5 36. Ra1 $8 Rd2 $15) 36. Ra1 Rc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Re4g2]} 37. Rag1 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Qxe3 {...Qc1+ is the strong threat.} 39. Qxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Bc5 ({But not} 39... Qxf4 $2 40. Qb2+ Kf7 41. Rf2 $18) 40. Qf1 g6 41. Rg3 Qe4+ 42. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Qxf3+ (42... Qa4 {is interesting.} 43. Kg2 Bd6 44. Qc3+ Kf7 45. Rf3 Qa2+) 43. Rxf3 {KR-KB} Bd4 44. Kg2 Kf5 45. Rh3 Kxf4 46. Rxh7 c5 47. Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Rh6 $11) 47... e5 48. h4 c4 49. Re6 c3 50. Rxg6 Ke3 51. Rc6 e4 52. h5 Kd2 $2 ({Black should try} 52... Kd3 $19 53. h6 e3) 53. Rd6 Ke3 {aiming for ...c2.} 54. Rxd4 Kxd4 {KPP-KP} 55. h6 {Black must now prevent h7.} c2 56. h7 c1=Q 57. h8=Q+ {KQ-KQ} Kd3 58. Qd8+ Ke2 {Threatens to win with ...Qf1+.} 59. Qf6 Qd2 (59... e3 $5 60. Qa6+ $8 Kd1 $11) 60. Qf5 Ke1+ 61. Kg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rf5f1]} Qd4+ 62. Kg2 Qd3 {And now ...Qc2+ would win.} 63. Qf2+ Kd1 64. Qf5 Qe2+ 65. Kg3 Qd3+ 66. Kg4 Qd4 {Hoping for ...Qe3.} 67. Kf4 {The position is equal.} e3+ 68. Kf3 Kd2 (68... e2 $5 69. Qb1+ $8 Kd2 70. Qa2+ Kd3 71. Qxe2+ Kc3 $11) 69. Qa5+ Kc2 70. Qa2+ Kc3 71. Qa1+ Kc4 72. Qxd4+ Kxd4 73. Ke2 Ke4 74. Ke1 Kd3 {( -> ...e2)} 75. Kd1 e2+ 76. Ke1 Ke3 {Black had all chances to win. Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,111,-7,-10,0,-50,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,21,4,0,25,22,0,12,10,47,22,35,16,60,41,39,0,49,20,19,18,27,34,30,32,50,0,0,0,69,10,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,41,19,28,113,127,274,274,264,260,252,224,212,-40,-45,-32,417,417,417,412,399,392,447,439,439,439,439,433,499,473,458,417,417,391,391,391,385,381]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4.} 12. Bd3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Ba6 13. Bg5 Bxd3 {The position is equal.} 14. Qxd3 Nbd7 15. c4 Rac8 16. Rac1 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rfd8 17. Qe3 Re8 18. h3 Qb7 19. Rfe1 Rc7 20. Bf4 Rc6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 {½-½ (56) Gibbs,P-Smith,G England 1967}) 17. Bh4 Qb7 18. Rfe1 Rc6 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Nd2 Qa6 21. h3 Qa5 22. Bg3 Qa6 23. Red1 Qa5 24. Rb1 Qa6 25. Qb3 Qa5 26. Qd3 Qa6 27. Rdc1 Qa5 28. Qc2 Qa6 29. Rb5 Nd5 30. Qb3 Ne7 31. Nf3 Nf5 32. Bf4 Nd6 (32... Nf8 $11) 33. Bxd6 (33. d5 $1 $14 exd5 34. Rxd5) 33... Rxd6 $11 34. Re1 Rdc6 35. Nd2 Rd6 36. Qb2 Nf6 37. a5 Rcd8 38. Nf3 Nd7 39. Qb4 Rc6 {[#]} (39... Nb8 $1 $11) 40. d5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd5c6][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} exd5 (40... Rcc8 $16) 41. Rxd5 $18 {aiming for Qe7!} ({Not} 41. cxd5 Rc5 $11) 41... Qxc4 42. Qxc4 Rxc4 43. axb6 axb6 44. Re7 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 44. Ne5 $18 Rc7 45. Red1) 44... Rc7 $15 45. Ne5 {[%cal Re5d7]} Rc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Nf8 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 46. Rxd8 Rxe7) 46. Rdxd7 $18 Rxd7 47. Nxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Rc1+ 48. Kh2 Rc2 49. f3 b5 50. Re8+ Kh7 51. Rb8 Rb2 52. Nf8+ Kg8 53. Ne6+ Kh7 {White is winning.} 54. Nd4 b4 55. Nc6 b3 56. Nd4 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 67%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,130,9,8,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,-4,-9,0,0,-5,-12,0,0,6,25,20,11,53,49,50,51,75,59,56,58,52,48,48,61,83,78,75,76,77,78,77,74,77,47,46,0,78,75,76,75,86,78,89,85,87,78,78,78,71,68,73,75,76,59,74,42,42,42,49,41,41,18,18,11,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,35,41,41,41,0,14,14,14,14,47,14,33,14,33,33,33,33,33,3,3,3,3]} 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. Bg5 Bc6 10. Qxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bd6 13. Bd2 Qe7 {[#]} 14. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd3 Bb4 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Ne4 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. Bxb4 a5 20. Bc3 {1-0 (76) Zugrav,W (2579)-Krimbacher,W (2250) ICCF email 2014}) 14... Ne4 15. Qd3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. a5 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Red1 Rfe8 21. Qb3 e5 22. d5 e4 23. Bg2 cxd5 (23... e3 {with more complications.} 24. f4 c5 25. Rd3 Qc7 26. Ra4 Rc8) 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 e3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...exf2+.} 26. Qxe3 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Be5 28. Rb1 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb8 30. Rf1 Bf6 31. e4 b6 32. e5 Bxe5 33. Rxf7 Kh7 34. Be4+ Kg8 35. Bd5 Kh7 36. axb6 Rxb6 37. b3 Kg6 38. Re7 Bf6 39. Rd7 Kf5 40. Bc4 Ke4 41. Kf2 Bd4+ 42. Ke1 Bc3+ 43. Kd1 Bf6 44. Ra7 Ke3 45. Rxa6 (45. Ke1 {seems wilder.} Bc3+ 46. Kf1 Bf6 47. Kg2 Be5 48. Ra8) 45... Rxa6 46. Bxa6 $16 {KB-KB} Bc3 47. Kc2 Be1 48. Kb2 Bb4 49. Bb5 Kd4 50. Be8 Ke3 51. Bh5 Kd4 52. Kc2 Ke3 53. Bf3 Be1 54. Kb2 Bb4 55. h4 g6 56. g4 Kd4 57. e4 g5 58. hxg5 hxg5 59. Kc2 Ba3 60. Bh1 Be7 61. Bg2 Bf8 62. Kd2 Bb4+ 63. Ke2 Bd6 64. Kf3 Kc3 65. Ke3 Be5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,115,4,25,5,11,6,8,9,33,23,29,-7,14,20,29,23,22,-15,0,0,6,-6,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-8,0,-6,0,-3,-2,-2,0,-7,0,0,0,-133,-140,-122,0,0,0,-56,0,0,0,-67,-71,-69,-67,-97,-54,-54,-54,-71,-56,-66,-22,-24,-29,-87,-94,-87,-75,-90,-68,-77,0,-51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,-205,-205,-206,-245,-239,-241,-627,0,-62,-69,-600,0,-1,-2,-9,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} (7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. a3 c5 11. Bc4 Qd8 12. O-O Bf6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxa3 16. Bd6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rc8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Bxa3 Rxa3 20. Rxb6 {½-½ (29) Nakamura,H (2743)-So,W (2776) Saint Louis 2019}) 7... Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 {9...exd5 is more advanced technology.} 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 (11... c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 12. Be2 Nd7 $11) 12. Nxd4 {[#]} Nd7 $146 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf6 13. Nb5 Na6 14. Bd6 Be7 15. Be5 Nc5 16. Bc2 Bf6 17. Qd4 Bc6 18. Nd6 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 {0-1 (58) Abdalla,L (1914)-Viana da Costa,F (2288) Sao Paulo 2006}) 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Nf5 Nf6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qe2 e5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Ne4 20. Rfd1 Qe6 21. Ba6 Rc5 22. f3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qf2 Rfc8 26. Rd2 Qb3 27. Re1 (27. Rad1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Rc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 28. Ree2 {[%cal Rd2c2] [#]} Rc1+ (28... Rxb2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rxb2 Rc1+ 30. Qf1 (30. Kh2 Qd1 $17) 30... Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qxa3) 29. Kh2 $11 Qa2 30. Rc2 ({White should play} 30. g4 $11) 30... Qb1 (30... R8xc2 $15 31. Rxc2 Ra1 32. Rc8+ Kg7) 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. Re1 (32. g4 $1 $11) 32... Rc2 $15 33. Rxb1 Rxf2 $17 {KR-KR} 34. e4 Kg7 35. g4 Rc2 36. a4 Kf6 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. b3 $1 Rc3 39. a5 (39. Kf2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 39... bxa5 40. Ra1 Rc5 41. Rh1 Rc6 42. Ra1 Rc5 43. Rh1 $1 Rb5 (43... f6 $15) 44. Rxh6 $11 Rb6 45. Rh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g5]} Rxb3 {Strongly threatening ...a4.} 46. Rxg5 Rb5 {And now ...a4 would win.} 47. Rh5 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...a3.} 48. Rh1 a3 49. Ra1 Ra5 {aiming for ...Kd6.} 50. Kf2 $2 (50. Kh4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 50... Kd6 $1 $19 51. Ke2 Kc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b4]} 52. Kd3 Kb4 $1 {...a2 is the strong threat.} 53. Rb1+ $2 (53. Kc2) 53... Kc5 $2 (53... Ka4 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...a2.} 54. Kc4 Rb5 $3 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 55. Rxb5 a2 56. Rb4+ Ka5 57. Rb5+ (57. Rb7 $2 a6 $19) 57... Ka6 58. Rxe5 a1=Q) 54. Rc1+ (54. Ra1 $11) 54... Kb5 $1 $15 55. Rb1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55. Kc2 $15) 55... Kc5 $2 ({Black should try} 55... Ka4 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...a2.} 56. Ra1 Rb5) 56. Rc1+ {The position is equal.} Kd6 57. Ra1 Kc5 58. Rc1+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,118,43,35,48,36,44,28,37,43,60,51,63,72,58,69,81,83,86,86,86,82,82,82,82,82,63,61,55,60,67,64,71,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,91,63,65,65,78,72,73,29,39,18,16,16,34,29,114,111,116,27,92,95,196,156,171,0,118,78,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-14,-31,-32,-83,-59,-267,-245,-570,-533,-400,-403,-868,-861,-1861,-1566,-29973,-29976,-29975,-29977,-29977,-29979,-29977,-29979,-29978,-29976]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} 8. a4 dxe4 9. axb5 $1 Bg4 {[%mdl 64] Pin. White has an edge.} (9... exf3 10. Qxf3 e4 11. Bxe4 Ne5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. d4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. dxc5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Qd1+ 19. Qe1 Qxf3 20. Be3 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 {½-½ (58) Dominguez Perez,L (2763)-Caruana,F (2818) Saint Louis 2019}) 10. bxc6 exf3 11. gxf3 Bh3 12. Re1 $1 O-O 13. Ra5 Qd6 14. b4 {[#]} Bxf2+ $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Bb6 15. Raxe5 Qxc6 16. d4 Rad8 17. Bf4 g6 18. Bg3 Be6 19. Bh4 Kg7 20. Nd2 Nd7 {1-0 (43) Wei,Y (2709)-Bu,X (2715) Shenzhen 2016}) 15. Kxf2 e4 16. Kg1 {aiming for Rg5.} Rae8 17. Re3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} (17. Rxa6 exf3 18. Rxe8 f2+ 19. Kxf2 Rxe8 20. Kg1 Qd5 21. Qe2 Rxe2 22. Ra8+ Ne8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be4 Qxe4 25. Kf2 Qg2#) 17... Nh5 18. Rg5 $1 (18. Rxe4 f5 $17) 18... Qh6 19. Rg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 exf3 21. Qxf3 Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6f6]} 22. Qf4 ({White should play} 22. Bd3 $1 $16) 22... g5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rg5f4][%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 23. Qd4 (23. Qxc7 Qf6 24. Bd3 Rxe3 25. Qf4 gxf4 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Kf2 Qxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. dxe3 Qg2+ 29. Ke1 Bg4 30. gxf4 Qe2#) 23... Rd6 24. Qe5 {And now c4 would win.} Re6 25. Qd4 {c4 is the strong threat.} (25. Qxc7 Qf6 26. Bd3 Rxe3 27. Qf4 gxf4 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Kf2 Qxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. dxe3 Qg2+ 31. Ke1 Bg4 32. gxf4 Qe2#) 25... Rd6 26. Qe4 Rf6 {( -> ...Rf1+)} 27. Bd3 $1 Bf5 28. Qd5 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 (29. Rxd3 $2 Qh5 $19) 29... Qh3 {Threatens to win with ...Rh6.} 30. Qe2 $1 Rxc6 (30... Rh6 $11 {remains equal.} 31. Qg2 Qg4) 31. Qg2 (31. d3 {is more complex.} h6 32. Qf3 Re6 33. Nd2 Rxe3 34. Qxe3 Qe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. Nc4) 31... Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 f6 33. d4 Kf7 34. Nd2 (34. d5 {looks sharper.} Rb6 35. Rf3 a5 36. Bxg5 axb4 37. cxb4 Kg6 38. Bd2) 34... Re6 35. Nb3 (35. Ne4 {keeps more tension.} c6 36. g4 Kg6 37. Kf3 Rh8 38. Ng3) 35... Rxe3 36. Bxe3 h5 37. d5 Rb8 (37... Rd8 $1 $11) 38. Nc5 $16 Ra8 39. Nb7 (39. Ne6 $1 $16) 39... Ke7 (39... Kg6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40. c4 Kd7 (40... Rb8 $16 41. Na5 Kf7) 41. Nc5+ Kd6 42. Nb7+ ({White should try} 42. Bd4 $1 $18) 42... Kd7 43. Na5 Re8 44. Kf3 (44. Bd4 $14) 44... h4 $11 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Bf4 Re1 47. Nb3 Kc8 {[%mdl 1024] Hoping for ...Rf1+. Black has compensation.} 48. Nc5 Rf1+ 49. Ke3 {[#]} (49. Ke4 $15) 49... h3 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rxf4!} 50. Ne4 $2 ({Wrong is} 50. Nxa6 $2 {[#]} Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Kxf4 h2 $19) (50. Nd3 $15) 50... Rb1 $19 51. b5 $2 ({Of course not} 51. Nxf6 Rxb4 52. Kd4 a5) (51. d6 {is a better chance.}) 51... a5 52. d6 f5 53. Nf2 (53. Nc3 $142 Rf1 54. Bh2 (54. dxc7 $2 Rxf4 55. Nd5 Rf1 $19)) 53... a4 54. c5 a3 55. c6 cxd6 {Black mates.} 56. Bxd6 a2 57. b6 a1=Q 58. b7+ {[#]} Rxb7 $1 59. cxb7+ Kxb7 {Quite a comeback for Black. Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,113,11,13,10,21,12,15,12,0,21,12,8,13,11,-10,0,-11,0,-17,9,0,0,7,0,0,2,0,6,0,25,-45,-33,-19,70,77,74,75,110,67,86,79,153,161,129,157,150,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,144,135,236,237,496,488,517,510,461,446,433,427,437,299,472,468,439,420,476,417,395,375,544,573,660,648,887,864,865,637,745,708,915,926,1127,1099,1425,1561,1604,1596,2785,2684,5137,5130,29977,29974,29983,6637]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Rc1 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 14.Nb3.} Bd7 15. Ne4 Bc7 16. c5 {[#]} Ra6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rfd8 17. Qb3 Be8 18. Nfd2 a4 19. Qa2 Ne5 20. Qb1 Bb5 21. Bf1 f5 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. cxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (29) Wagner,D (2550)-Fridman,D (2639) Berlin 2018}) 17. Nfd2 f5 18. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. Qb3 Qb8 21. Rc5 Kh7 22. Nc4 (22. Bxc6 $11 Rxc6 23. Rxa5) 22... Qa7 $15 23. Rb5 Nd8 (23... a4 $11 24. Qd1 Na5) 24. a4 $1 $14 Bc6 (24... Bxb5 $2 25. axb5 Rb6 26. Ra1 $18) 25. Qa3 Kg8 26. Ne5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 b6 (27... Re8 $142) 28. Qd6 $16 Qb7+ 29. Kg1 Re8 30. Nc4 (30. Rc1 $16 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} Nf7 31. Nxf7 (31. Qxd4 Rc8 $16) 31... Qxf7 32. Qxd4 (32. Rxb6 Rxb6 33. Qxb6 e5 $16)) 30... Nf7 $11 {[%cal Bd8f7,Bf7g5,Bg5h3][%mdl 32]} 31. Qxd4 Ng5 {Threatens to win with ...Nf3+.} 32. Ne5 {Black should prevent h4.} Nh3+ 33. Kf1 Raa8 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} (33... Qh1+ $1 $11 34. Ke2 Qxh2) 34. f3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} ({Inferior is} 34. Qxb6 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qxh2 $11) 34... Rad8 (34... Rab8 $16 35. Qd7 Qxd7 36. Nxd7 Rbd8) 35. Qxb6 $18 ({But not} 35. Rxb6 $6 Qa7 $16) 35... Qa8 $2 (35... Qxb6 {was necessary.} 36. Rxb6 Ng5) 36. Rxa5 Qc8 {intending ...Qc2.} 37. Rc5 Qa8 38. Qc6 Qb8 39. Qb5 Qa8 40. Nc6 Rd6 (40... Rb8 $142) 41. Kg2 Ng5 42. h4 Nf7 43. d4 Kh7 44. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rc8 (44... Nd8 $142) 45. Rec1 Rc7 46. b4 g5 47. hxg5 Nxg5 48. a6 Rg7 49. Qe2 Qg8 50. Qe5 Nf7 51. Qf4 Qa8 52. b5 Rd7 {[#]} 53. d5 $1 Ng5 (53... Rxd5 54. Rxd5) 54. dxe6 Nxe6 55. Qxf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg6 {[#]} 56. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack, Pin} Rd2+ 57. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 46%.} (57. Kh1 $142 Qe8 {[#]} 58. Rc7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 59. Rc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd8 60. Nxg6 Qd7 61. Qf8+ Kh7 62. Nf4) 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,75,8,10,20,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-20,-26,-33,-19,11,16,23,32,27,33,178,186,199,198,191,191,188,195,198,197,197,191,272,264,312,312,310,306,305,298,297,296,420,377,429,236,381,274,267,153,268,265,435,429,390,348,5250,4774,5879,5704]} 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 $1 {The main line 8.a4 scores better than 8.Qxc4.} Bd7 9. Bg5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bc6 10. e3 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] An interesting side line.} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Be4 14. Qe2 c5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rac8 {½-½ (24) Dubov,D (2676)-Radjabov,T (2767) Hamburg 2019}) 11. Bxf6 {The position is equal.} Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. Rfd1 g6 14. d5 exd5 15. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Bxd4 (15... Bb7 {with more complications.} 16. axb5 Bxd4 17. Nxd5 Be5 18. Nxc7 Bxc7 19. Bxb7 Ra7) 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nc5 {This move loses the game for Black.} ({Better is} 18... Rd8 $1 $14) 19. Bxa8 $18 {Strongly threatening axb5.} Nb3 {[#]} 20. Rdd1 $1 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Qxa8 22. axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} a5 23. Qxc4 Rb8 24. h4 h5 (24... Qf3 $142 25. e4 (25. Rxa5 Rd8 $16) (25. Qxc7 Rxb5 26. Qd8+ Kg7 $16) 25... Kf8 26. Rxa5 Rd8) 25. e4 Re8 26. Qxc7 {aiming for b6.} Qxe4 27. b6 ({Much less strong is} 27. Qxa5 $6 Qb7 $16) 27... Re7 28. Qc5 Kh7 29. Qxa5 Qc6 (29... Qb7 {might work better.} 30. Qa7 Qe4) 30. Qb4 Rd7 31. Qa4 (31. Qb3 $142) 31... Qb7 (31... Qe6 $142 32. Qb4 Qc6) 32. Qb3 Re7 33. Qb4 (33. Qc3 $18 {Threatens to win with Ra7.} Re2 34. Ra7) 33... Rd7 (33... Re4 $16 34. Qd6 Rc4) 34. Qc5 Rd2 $2 (34... Qf3 35. Qb4 Qb7) 35. b4 Qe4 {[#]} 36. Qc7 $1 Qf3 $2 (36... Qf5 37. Qc5 Qf3) 37. Rf1 g5 38. b7 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,183,12,26,16,19,27,10,-5,-8,-15,-4,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,3,2,11,2,14,7,20,-1,0,0,0,-10,-11,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,17,17,15,12,20,18,15,12,0,0,0,0,-41,-41,-41,-41,-59,-59,-72,-60,-57,-56,-57,0,-92,-99,-106,-60,-83,-71,-158,-158,-195,-193,-201,0,-133,0,-193,-204,-190,-194,-253,-259,-390,-393,-408,-397,-392,-372,-437,-370,-431,-422,-427,-321,-391,-445,-528,-515,-478,-456,-772,-769,-1209,-1172,-1181,-1131,-950,0,0,0,-793,-208,-187,0,0,0,-208,-208,-208,-205,-200,-194,-177,-152,-141,-87,-82,-107,-169,-70,-72,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,-55,0,-48,-48,-54,-16,-16,0,-16,-16,-106,-106,-106,-8,-34,-33,-34,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. a3 {7.Bd3 is becoming the main line. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} (7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. a3 c5 11. Bc4 Qd8 12. O-O Bf6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxa3 16. Bd6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rc8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Bxa3 Rxa3 20. Rxb6 {½-½ (29) Nakamura,H (2743)-So,W (2776) Saint Louis 2019}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qc2 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bf4 c4 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Rf7 19. h4 Rfd7 {½-½ (47) Los,A (2330)-Krabbe,W (2320) ICCF email 2014}) 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 d4 17. Rdc1 dxe3 18. fxe3 Rac8 19. Qc3 h6 20. Bh4 Rfe8 21. Rd1 Ne7 22. Bf3 Nf5 {[%cal Be7f5,Bf5d6,Bd6b5,Bb5a7,Ba7c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 23. Bf2 Nd6 24. Bg3 Nb5 25. Qc2 c4 26. a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Na7 27. Rd6 Nc6 $1 28. Qc3 Qc5 29. Rad1 Nb4 30. Qd4 Nd3 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb6 Bd7 33. Bd6 Rcc8 34. Bd5 Rxe3 35. Rf1 Be6 (35... Bxa4 $6 36. Rxf7 Kh8 37. h3 $14) 36. Bf3 Nc5 37. Rb5 Nxa4 (37... Nb3 $1 $15) 38. Ra1 (38. Bd1 $1 $11 Bd7 39. Rb7 (39. Bxa4 $2 Bxb5 40. Bf4 Rb3 $19)) 38... Bd7 $17 39. Rb7 Be8 40. Bg4 Ra8 41. Kf2 (41. h3 $142) 41... Rd3 42. Be5 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Rd3+ (43... Rxg2 44. Bf3 $17) 44. Kf2 Rd2+ (44... f6 $17 45. Bf4 c3 46. bxc3 Nxc3) 45. Ke3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re3d2]} Rad8 (45... Rxg2 46. Bf3 $17) 46. Be2 R2d5 47. Bg3 (47. Bc7 {was necessary.} R8d7 48. Bf3 Rd3+ 49. Kf2) 47... Bc6 48. Rc7 (48. Rb8 $142 Rxb8 49. Bxb8) 48... Re8+ 49. Kf2 Rd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Rxc6 Nxb2 ({Weaker is} 50... Rexe2+ 51. Kf3 $19) 51. Rxa5 Rdxe2+ (51... Rexe2+ $2 52. Kf3 $19) 52. Kg1 Rc2 53. Rf5 Nd3 54. Rc7 f6 55. Rf1 Ree2 56. Kh1 Rxg2 57. Rb1 (57. Rxc4 $142 Rxh2+ 58. Bxh2 Rxc4 59. Rf5) 57... Rge2 58. Rg1 Kh8 59. Rc8+ Kh7 60. Rc7 Kh8 61. Rc8+ $1 Kh7 62. Rc7 $1 Rc1 $2 (62... h5 63. Ra7 c3) 63. Be1 Kh8 (63... Rcxe1 64. Rcxg7+ Kh8 65. Rg8+ Kh7 66. R8g7+ Kh8 67. Rg8+ Kh7 68. R8g7+ $11) 64. Rc8+ $1 Kh7 {[#]} 65. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7g7][%mdl 512]} Kg8 $1 ({Not} 65... Rcxe1 66. Rcxg7+ Kh8 67. Rg8+ Kh7 68. R8g7+ Kh8 69. Rg8+ Kh7 70. R8g7+ $11) 66. Rcxg7+ Kf8 67. Bb4+ Ke8 $1 ({Worse is} 67... Nxb4 68. Rg8+ Kf7 69. R8g7+ Ke6 70. Rxc1 $11) 68. Rxc1 Nxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 69. Rc7 Rc2 ({Black should play} 69... Re4 $1 70. Kg2 Nd3) 70. Re7+ $17 Kd8 71. Rh7 {[#]} (71. Rf7 $17) 71... Nd3 (71... Kc8 $1 $19 {...Nd3 is the strong threat.} 72. Rxh6 Nd3) 72. Be7+ $15 Ke8 73. Bxf6 Nf2+ 74. Kg1 Nh3+ 75. Kh1 Nf2+ (75... h5 $5 76. Be5 Nf2+ 77. Kg1 Nd3 78. Rxh5 Ke7 $17) 76. Kg1 Ng4 77. Bh8 c3 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1+.} 78. Rc7 Rc1+ 79. Kg2 c2 {And now ...Kd8 would win.} 80. Kh3 {[#]} (80. Bb2 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rb1 81. Ba3) 80... Ne3 $1 $17 81. Bd4 Nd5 ({Black should try} 81... Re1 $17 82. Bxe3 Rxe3+ 83. Kg4 Re2) 82. Rc4 Rd1 {Threatens to win with ...Rd3+.} 83. Bb2 Rd3+ (83... Nb4 $5 84. Rxb4 Rb1 $15) 84. Kh4 {The position is equal.} Ne3 85. Rc5 Ng2+ (85... Kd7 $5) 86. Kh5 Rh3+ 87. Kg4 Rb3 88. Bc1 Ne3+ 89. Kf4 Ng2+ 90. Kg4 Ne3+ 91. Kf4 Ng2+ 92. Kg4 {Whites escaped into a draw. Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,207,33,10,24,11,6,9,13,16,25,-2,21,32,18,18,18,18,20,26,21,26,25,33,21,10,20,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,-41,-36,-40,-47,-60,-60,-65,-65,-61,-64,-62,-52,-70,-52,-54,-41,-49,-7,-22,-13,-14,-17,-43,-27,-44,-29,-25,-2,-4,-2,-2,-2,-2,3,0,0,-20,-15,-202,-122,-122,-122,-122,-121,-114,-122,-126,-110,-133,-112,-125,-70,-113,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,0,-70,-78,-104,0,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-61,-63,-85,-70,-70,-66,-64,-64,-64,-59,-452,-373,-404,-420,-924,-142,-133,-129,-122,-88,-181,-79,-92,-92,-93,-91,-91,-90,-110,-110,-118,-13,-13,-13,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32] 9.h3 is more fashionable. Played by Ian Nepomniachtchi in April 2020.} Ke8 10. h3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. a4 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be7 15. e6 Bd6 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kf6 18. Ne4+ Kf7 19. a5 c5 20. Nxd6+ cxd6 {½-½ (68) Kramnik,V (2811)-Malakhov,V (2712) Sochi 2017}) 15. e6 Bd6 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kf6 18. Ne4+ $1 Kf7 19. Nxd6+ Nxd6 20. Nd3 Rhe8 21. Bf4 Re6 22. Ne5+ Kf6 23. Nd7+ Ke7 $1 {[%cal Re7d7]} 24. Ne5 Kf6 25. Nd7+ Ke7 $1 {[%cal Re7d7]} 26. Bxd6+ Rxd6 27. Ne5 Rad8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 28. Re1 Kf6 29. Ra3 c5 30. Rae3 Rd1 31. Nc4 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ba6 33. Ne3 Bc8 34. Kf1 c6 35. Rd1 Rd4 36. Ke1 Be6 37. Ra1 h4 38. Ra3 g5 39. c3 Rd3 40. Ke2 c4 41. Ra1 Ke5 42. Rc1 b5 43. axb5 cxb5 44. Ra1 a4 45. Ra3 $2 (45. Nc2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 45... Bf7 46. Ra1 Bh5+ 47. Ke1 Bg6 48. Ke2 Rd8 49. Ng4+ Kf4 50. Ne3 Bd3+ 51. Ke1 Ke5 (51... Be4 $17) 52. Ra3 Kd6 53. Ra1 Kc5 54. Ra3 Kb6 55. Ra1 Ka5 56. Ra3 Rd7 57. Kd2 Bg6+ 58. Ke1 Kb6 59. Ra1 Kc5 60. Ra3 Rd3 61. Ra1 Be8 (61... Rd6 $15) 62. Rc1 (62. Nc2 $1 $11) 62... Bc6 63. Ke2 Rd8 (63... Kd6 $1 $17) 64. Ke1 (64. f3 $1 $11) 64... Be4 65. Ra1 Rb8 66. Kd2 Ra8 67. Ra3 b4 68. cxb4+ Kxb4 69. Rc3 Rd8+ 70. Kc1 Bd3 71. Ra3 Rf8 72. f3 Re8 73. Kd2 Kb5 74. Ra1 Ka5 75. Ra3 Kb4 76. Rc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White should play} 76. Nd5+ $15 Kc5 77. Nc3) 76... Kc5 $1 $19 77. Rc1 Kd4 78. Re1 {[#]} (78. Nc2+ $142 Bxc2 79. Rxc2) 78... Rb8 $2 (78... Re5 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 79. Nd1 Rxe1 80. Kxe1 Bc2) 79. Nc2+ $17 Kc5 80. Kc1 Kd6 81. Re3 {[#]} (81. Na3 $17) 81... Bf1 (81... Rb5 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 82. Re8 Re5 83. Rd8+ Kc7) 82. f4 gxf4 83. Rf3 Bxg2 84. Rxf4 Rh8 85. Ne3 Bxh3 {And now ...Be6 would win.} 86. Nxc4+ Kc5 ({Black should try} 86... Kd5 $17 87. Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kc5 88. Rxa4 Be6) 87. Ne5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Be6 {Threatens to win with ...h3.} 88. Ng6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h8]} Rg8 {Strongly threatening ...h3.} 89. Nxh4 Rg1+ 90. Kd2 Bb3 91. Rf5+ Kd6 92. Nf3 Rb1 93. Nd4 Rxb2+ 94. Kc3 Rb1 95. Nxb3 Rxb3+ {KR-KR} 96. Kc2 Kc6 97. Ra5 Rb4 98. Kc3 Rh4 99. Kb2 Kb6 100. Rf5 Rb4+ 101. Ka3 Rb5 102. Rf4 Ra5 103. Rxa4 Rxa4+ 104. Kxa4 {And White is the lucky defender. Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,107,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,8,2,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-9,-14,-18,-23,-7,-25,0,0,4,6,4,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-54,43,52,70,68,95,81,95,88,102,23,229,222,315,292,459,437,430,408,850,836,807,739,934,775,650,387,29988,29985,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Ne5 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4.} Bb7 11. Qb3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Bd5 13. Ba3 {Bxd5 is the strong threat.} Re8 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Bxd5 exd5 {[#]} 16. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qa4 Nbd7 17. Nc6 Kh8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rc8 21. Rc1 Nb8 22. Na5 Qxc4 23. Nxc4 {½-½ (23) Au Cardero,R (2365)-Arreaga Orozco,A (2339) ICCF email 2012}) 16... Nc6 17. Nxc6 ({Much worse is} 17. cxd5 Nxd4 18. Qb2 Rxe5 $17) 17... Qxc6 18. c5 h6 19. h3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qd1 Qe6 23. Bc1 Nd7 24. Be3 bxc5 25. dxc5 Nb8 26. Qf3 Nc6 27. Qf4 h5 28. f3 f6 {White must now prevent ...g5.} 29. Bf2 Kf7 30. h4 Qe5 31. Qa4 Qe6 32. Qf4 d4 33. Bxd4 Qxa2 34. Qc7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ne7 35. Kh2 ({White should play} 35. c6 $11) 35... Qd5 (35... Qd2 $1 $15 36. Qd7 a5) 36. Bc3 $11 a6 37. Qa7 Qc6 38. Ba5 Ke6 39. Bb6 (39. Bd2 $11) 39... Nf5 (39... Qa4 $15) 40. Qxa6 $14 Ne7 41. Qa7 Qd5 {[#]} 42. Bc7 $1 Qd7 43. Qa6+ Qc6 44. Qe2+ (44. Qa5 $16) 44... Kf7 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (44... Kd7 $11 {and Black is okay.} 45. Bb6 Nf5) 45. Bd6 $18 Nd5 (45... Nc8 $142 46. Qc4+ Kg6) 46. Qc4 Ke6 (46... g6 $142 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Kg7) 47. Qe4+ Kf7 48. Qh7 Nb4 (48... Ne3 $142 49. Qxh5+ Kg8) 49. Qxh5+ Kg8 50. Qg4 Qb7 51. h5 Nc6 52. h6 g5 $2 (52... Nd8 $18 53. Bg3 Qf7) 53. Qe4 Qd7 54. Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,56,39,30,23,23,21,22,26,15,96,127,128,48,33,0,50,54,216,0,0,-29,0,-45,-45,-47,-43,-42,-36,-37,0,0,0,-187,-196,-202,-189,-288,-255,-296,-291,-352,-346,-347,-338,-424,-358]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 7. a3 {7.Be2 deserves study.} Nxe4 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4.} 8. Nxe4 Qe5 9. Bd3 Qxd4 {The position is equal.} 10. Qe2 {[#]} Qe5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} (10... Be7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. Be3 Qe5 12. O-O Be7 13. f4 Qc7 14. c5 f5 15. Nd2 d5 16. cxd6 Bxd6 {1-0 (44) Kryvoruchko,Y (2710)-Papin,V (2502) Berlin 2015}) 11. f4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qc7 {[#]} 12. O-O (12. f5 $1 $16) 12... f5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 13. Ng5 Be7 14. b4 Bf6 $2 {[#]} (14... O-O $14) 15. Ra2 $2 ({White must play} 15. Bxf5 $1 $18 Bxa1 16. Be3) 15... O-O $11 16. Be3 d6 17. c5 d5 $1 18. g4 Nc6 19. gxf5 exf5 {White must now prevent ...Re8.} 20. Qf3 h6 21. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 22. Re2 $2 (22. h4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 22... hxg5 $19 23. fxg5 Qd8 24. Qf3 (24. Qxd8 {is a better defense.} Rxd8 25. Bxf5) 24... Qxd3 ({Worse is} 24... Bxg5 25. Qh5+ Bh6 26. Bxh6 $16) 25. gxf6 Rxf6 {aiming for ...f4.} 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Bg5 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Be6 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,140,6,17,6,10,12,12,12,0,10,0,19,-25,-9,-12,-11,-26,-14,-14,-6,-14,-9,-13,-9,-10,-10,-7,0,-7,-2,-6,0,0,8,0,0,0,14,0,5,3,4,6,16,10,37,9,20,17,28,13,13,13,89,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29985,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,22,22,22,22,16,22,22,15,16,16,8,22,8,23,23,23,23,34,34,34,34,39,39,5093,5,5,0,34,0,0,0,34,34,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd3 h6 {is the legacy move (10...cxd4). E56: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6.} 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bc7 13. Be3 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b6 14. Qd2 Ne7 15. Rad1 Nf5 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne7 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 {0-1 (53) Kotsur,P (2559)-Bruzon Batista,L (2664) Tromsoe 2014}) 14. Ne5 Nf5 15. Qd2 b6 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 19. f3 {Hoping for Be4.} Rad8 {[%cal Rd5d4]} 20. Bxf5 ({Much worse is} 20. Be4 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 $17) 20... exf5 21. Ng6 $1 {[%cal Rg6e7]} fxg6 22. Bxc7 Rd7 23. Be5 g5 24. Rde1 f4 25. h3 Qf7 (25... Ba6 $5) 26. Rf2 h5 27. Qd3 Bd5 28. a4 Rc8 (28... Bb3 {is more complex.} 29. a5 bxa5 30. Rc1 a4 31. Qb5 Rfd8) 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Re7 31. Rc1 Be6 32. Qd2 Qf5 33. a5 Bd5 34. axb6 axb6 35. Qb4 Qe6 {[#]} (35... Rd7 $11) 36. Qb5 (36. Rc8+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 (36... Qxc8 37. Qxe7) 37. Rd8) 36... g4 $11 37. hxg4 ({Avoid the trap} 37. Bxf4 $2 gxf3 38. Be5 fxg2 $19) 37... hxg4 38. fxg4 ({Wrong is} 38. Bxf4 $2 gxf3 39. gxf3 Rf7 $19) 38... Rf7 {...f3 is the strong threat.} 39. Kf2 Bb7 40. Rh1 Qxg4 41. Qe8+ Rf8 {[#]} 42. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxh8 43. Qxf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 44. Qxf4 Qxg2+ 45. Ke3 Qg1+ 46. Kd2 Qg2+ 47. Kc3 Qf3+ (47... Qc6+ {is interesting.} 48. Kb4 Qd5 49. Qg4 Qa5+ 50. Kb3 Bd5+) 48. Qxf3 Bxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 49. Kc4 Kg6 50. Kb5 Kf7 51. Kxb6 g5 52. b4 Ke6 53. Kc5 g4 54. b5 Be4 55. Bg3 Bf3 56. Bf2 Be4 57. Kb6 Kd7 58. Bg3 Bf3 59. Ka7 Be4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (59... Kc8 $14) 60. b6 $2 (60. Kb8 $1 $18 Ke6 61. Kc7) 60... Kc8 61. Ka6 Bf3 62. Kb5 Kd7 63. Ka5 Bg2 64. Ka6 {Strongly threatening b7.} Kc8 65. Kb5 Kd7 {The position is equal.} 66. Kc5 {White threatens d5 and mate.} Ke6 67. Kc4 Bf3 68. Kc5 Bg2 69. Kc4 Bf3 70. Kc5 Bg2 {White used his chance. Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,48,8,20,0,7,10,20,0,0,0,0,0,20,35,104,110,92,117,255,282,261,283,260,268,675,637,666,659,1020,861,1009,1000,980,972,938]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 {D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6.} Nc6 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. O-O-O {The position is equal.} Be7 12. g4 {[#]} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxg4 15. Rd4 Bf3 16. Rg1 dxc4 17. Qf5 Rfe8 18. Bxc4 Kf8 {1-0 (38) Scalcione,M (2292)-Costantini,R (2314) Reggio Emilia 2001}) 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8 (14... Nxd8 $14 15. Rg1 g5) 15. g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Rd1 is the strong threat. Black is under strong pressure.} Nh5 16. Rd1 Bd7 (16... Qa5 $16 {was necessary.}) 17. gxh6 $18 Nxf4 18. exf4 Qc7 19. Qe4 Na5 $2 (19... gxh6 20. Nb5 Qc8) 20. Ne5 {White threatens h7+ and mate.White is clearly winning.} Be8 {[#]} 21. Rd7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qc5 (21... Bxd7 22. h7+) 22. b4 Qxf2 23. Rxe7 {h7+ would kill now.} Qg1+ 24. Nd1 Qxh2 {Black got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,46,7,0,6,-2,-4,-68,-64,-58,-57,-66,-40,-31,-44,-53,-45,-52,-44,-52,-41,-100,-64,-123,-110,-225,-231,-231,-221,-403,-410,-471,-471,-471,-471,-435,-436]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d3 {7.d4 is becoming the main line.} d5 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} 8. Be2 O-O {[#]} 9. h3 $146 (9. O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 a5 11. O-O Rd8 12. a3 a4 13. Bd2 Rd6 14. Rfe1 Bg4 15. Bc3 {1-0 (42) Neiksans,A (2613)-Van Wely,L (2668) Jurmala 2017}) 9... e4 $15 {Black is slightly better.} 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Qa3 Qxa3 12. bxa3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 14. Bb2 Na5 15. Be2 c5 16. Ne5 (16. h4 $15) 16... Be6 17. Bf3 {[#]} ({White should try} 17. Bd3 $15 Nd6 18. Bc3) 17... Nxf2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Bc3 (18. Kxf2 $17 {was worth a try.} Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Kg3 Rxb2 20. Nd3) 18... Nxh1 $19 19. Bxa5 b6 20. Bc3 $2 (20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Ke2) 20... Bd5 21. e4 Bb7 {Black is clearly winning.} 22. Ke2 Ng3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 23. Ke3 f5 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,122,11,29,0,7,0,2,-20,-10,-22,-12,-14,-12,-29,21,29,23,32,63,45,73,59,70,69,92,99,132,133,120,123,122,80,120,86,85,99,85,-55,-56,-56,-63,-61,-61,-37,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-37,-341,-329,-341,-341,-308,-297,-377,-381,-366,-366,-379,-323,-358,-336,-317,-256,-457,-462,-470,-459,-451,-424,-550,-599,-585,-578,-493,-575,-571,-571,-552,-508,-496,-167,-167,-164,-450,-431,-420,-419,-419,-419,-393,-69,-29967,-29971,-29968,-29950,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 a5 11. h3 a4 12. a3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} h6 13. Bf4 Be6 {[#]} 14. g4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] The position is equal. An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne4 Ra5 15. g4 Bd5 16. Re1 Ne7 17. e6 Bxe4 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxe4 Ng6 20. Bxc7 Rb5 21. Ne5+ Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bc5 23. Bc3 Ra8 24. Rd1 Bf8 25. Rd7+ Kg8 26. Kg2 {1-0 (26) Kramnik,V (2777)-Ivanchuk,V (2716) Monte Carlo 2004}) 14... Ne7 15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Nce2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bd7 18. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nb6 19. Rac1 h5 20. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7]} fxe6 21. Nf3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Rf8 23. Kg2 Bd6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Rxd6 Ke7 26. c5 {Strongly threatening Ne5.} Nd5 27. Ne5 Be8 28. Kg3 Ra5 29. Nd4 (29. Nd3 $1 $16) 29... Nf4 $1 $15 30. Rc4 {[%cal Rd6c6] White wants to play Rxc6.} Rxc5 $1 31. Rd7+ Bxd7 32. Rxc5 Be8 (32... Kd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6c5]} 33. Ra5 b5 $11) 33. Ra5 Kd6 34. Nc4+ Kc7 35. Ra8 g5 {Threatens to win with ...Rh8.} 36. Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black converts the advantage convincingly.} ({White should try} 36. Nf3 $1 $15) 36... Rh8 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh8h3]} 37. Kf3 c5 38. Nb5+ Kb6 39. Nc4+ Kxb5 40. Nd6+ Kc6 41. Nxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rh3+ 42. Ke4 Nd3 43. f3 Nf2+ 44. Ke3 $2 (44. Ke5 {is the only way for White.}) 44... Nxg4+ 45. Ke4 Nf2+ 46. Ke3 Nd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Ke4 Nxb2 48. Nf6 Nc4 49. Rxa4 Nd2+ 50. Ke5 Rxf3 {White must now prevent ...Re3+.} 51. Kxe6 c4 52. Ra8 Nb3 $2 (52... Re3+ 53. Kf5 c3 54. Rc8+ Kd6 55. Kxg5 Rg3+ 56. Kh4 Rf3) 53. Rc8+ Kb5 {[#]} 54. Ne4 $2 (54. a4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] was forced.} Kxa4 55. Rxc4+ Kb5 56. Rc7) 54... Re3 55. Kd5 {With the idea Nd6+.} Rd3+ 56. Ke5 {White hopes to continue with Nd6+.} Na5 57. Nd6+ Ka4 $2 {[#]} (57... Kb6 $19 {Hoping for ...Nc6+.} 58. Nxc4+ Nxc4+ 59. Rxc4 Rxa3) 58. Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (58. Nxb7 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb7 59. Rxc4+ Kb5 60. Rg4) 58... Rxd6 $1 {Black mates.} 59. Kxd6 c3 60. Kd5 c2 61. Rc8 Nc6 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,152,13,8,21,7,12,26,23,2,0,0,0,8,9,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-23,33,-8,-10,-47,-38,-38,-29,-28,0,0,0,-17,18,-60,-42,-92,-81,-79,-90,-86,-79,-85,-82,-64,-75,-75,0,0,0,0,110,105,156,135,184,27,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-125,-109,-231,0,0,0,-8,-8,-325,-325,-304,0,-205,-193,-198,-188,-197,-192,-187,-196,-196,-189,-187,-184,-289,-291,-294,-275,-267,-258,-251,-141,-239,-211,-233,-139,-139,-138,-123,-59,-59,-74,-170,-167,-180,-169,-191,-166,-314,-305,-490,-477,-716,-687,-627,-580,-532,-386,-29985,-29964,-29974,-29975,-29977,-29975,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 {White has an edge.} 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Qf6 14. c5 Bc7 15. a3 a5 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Nbd2 Bd7 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Nfd2 {[#]} a4 $146 (19... Qxc5 $11 20. Ne5 Qb5 21. Nxd7 Rxd7) ({Predecessor:} 19... Qxc5 20. Ne5 Qb5 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Qb3 Qa6 23. Qa4 Rdd8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxd3 26. Nc4 Rac8 27. Rc1 Qe2 28. Nb6 Rb8 29. R6c2 Qf3 30. Nd7 d3 {½-½ (30) Forsloef,L (2465)-Chocenka,D (2406) ICCF email 2014}) 20. Ne4 Na5 21. Ncd2 Bc6 22. f4 Qf8 23. Qh5 Rd5 24. Qe2 Rdd8 25. Rf1 f5 26. Nf2 ({Better is} 26. Nd6 $1 $11 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 (27. Qxe6+ Kh7 $14)) 26... Re8 27. Rfe1 e5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Qh5 Rae8 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Bxc6 Nxc6 32. Qd1 f4 (32... Qe8 $17 33. b4 axb3 34. Qxb3+ Kh8) 33. Nfe4 $11 fxg3 34. hxg3 Rf5 (34... Qc8 $11) 35. Qxa4 $16 Ne5 (35... Bxg3 $142 36. Nxg3 Rg5) 36. Qxd4 Kh8 37. b4 $2 (37. Qe3 $18) 37... Rf3 $1 $11 38. Re1 {And now Re3 would win.} Rxd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Qf2 Nf3+ 40. Nxf3 Rxf3 41. Qe2 Rxa3 42. Rf1 Qe7 43. Qg4 (43. Rf3 $11 Ra1+ 44. Rf1) 43... Re3 $1 $36 {[%cal Re3e4][%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 44. Qc8+ (44. Nd6 $17 {was forced.} Bxd6 45. cxd6 Qxd6 46. Kh2) 44... Kh7 $2 (44... Bd8 $19 45. Rd1 Qxe4 46. Qxd8+ Kh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 45. Qf5+ $11 Kg8 (45... Kh8 $5 46. Qf8+ $8 Qxf8 47. Rxf8+ Kh7 $11) 46. Ra1 {aiming for Ra8+.} Qe8 47. Qd5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Ra8 $1 $11 Rxg3+ 48. Nxg3 Qxa8 49. Qe6+ Kh7 50. Kg2) 47... Kh7 $19 48. Qf5+ Qg6 $2 (48... Kh8 $19 49. Nd2 Rxg3+ 50. Kf1 Rg5) 49. Qxg6+ $2 (49. Nf6+ $11 gxf6 50. Qd7+ Qg7 51. Qf5+ Qg6 52. Qd7+ Qg7 53. Qf5+ Qg6) 49... Kxg6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 50. Nd2 Rxg3+ ({Don't do} 50... Bxg3 51. Nf1 $17) 51. Kf2 Rd3 52. Ke2 Rd4 53. b5 Bf4 $1 54. Nf3 Re4+ 55. Kd1 (55. Kf1 $142) 55... Rc4 $19 56. Ra7 Rxc5 57. Rxb7 Kf6 58. Ke2 Rc3 (58... h5 $19 59. Kd3 g5) 59. Nd4 (59. Rb6+ $17 Kf5 60. Nh4+ Kg4 61. Ng6) 59... Re3+ 60. Kf1 Rd3 ({Black should play} 60... h5 $1 $19 61. Rxg7 Rd3) 61. Rb6+ $17 Ke5 62. Ne2 {[#]} Be3 ({Black should try} 62... Bg5 $1 $17 63. Rg6 Rd1+ 64. Kg2 Bf6) 63. Rg6 $15 Rd7 64. Nc3 (64. Ng3 $17 {was called for.}) 64... Kf5 $19 65. Rc6 {[#]} Rd2 $1 66. b6 Rb2 67. Nd5 (67. Na4 $142 Rb1+ 68. Ke2) 67... Bd4 68. Ne7+ $2 (68. b7 Rxb7 69. Rc4) 68... Ke4 69. Re6+ (69. Rc8 $142 Rxb6 70. Rc1) 69... Kf3 {( -> ...Bf2)} 70. Ke1 Be3 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 71. Kd1 {Now Nf5 and White clings on.} Rd2+ 72. Ke1 $2 (72. Kc1 $19 Rd7+ 73. Kc2) 72... Rc2 {[%cal Rc2c1] Black mates.} 73. Rxe3+ Kxe3 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 74. Nd5+ Ke4 75. Kd1 Kxd5 76. Kxc2 Kc6 {Never resign too early! Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,80,14,22,35,28,29,28,20,23,34,26,35,15,25,28,43,18,31,19,12,9,14,9,16,15,31,24,39,17,18,12,31,17,23,17,48,42,43,40,56,45,46,63,62,59,138,129,135,140,329,212,587,594,589,581,556,530,543,541,542,542,519,521,533,522,495,478,619,618,821]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 {White has an edge.} 10. c3 (10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 c6 18. Ne2 Nf5 19. g3 Nh6 {1-0 (55) So,W (2754)-Nakamura,H (2754) Zagreb 2019}) 10... Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Nbd2 Rxe1+ 13. Nxe1 {[#]} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. Ndf3 h6 15. g3 Qd7 16. Ng2 Re8 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Qc2 {½-½ (18) Predojevic,B (2640)-Malakhov,V (2693) Sibenik 2016}) 14. g3 Ng7 15. Ndf3 Ne7 16. Ng2 c6 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. Qb3 f6 19. Bf4 Nef5 20. h4 Qf7 21. Re1 Bf8 22. Nh2 Nd6 23. Ne3 Nh5 24. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 25. c4 Be6 26. cxd5 $1 cxd5 27. Be2 Ng7 28. Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rd8 {[#]} (28... h5 $14) 29. Nhg4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4h6] Nh6+ is the strong threat.} ({Don't play} 29. Bxd5 $6 Bxg3 30. Bxe6 Bxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qxe6 $11) ({Not} 29. Nxd5 h5 $15) 29... Kf8 30. Bxd5 {Black must now prevent Nh6.} ({Stronger than} 30. Nxd5 Nf5 $11) 30... h5 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (30... Re8 $16) 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 $2 (31... Qxe6 {is tougher.} 32. d5 Qe7) 32. Nh6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qd7 {intending ...Kg7.} 33. Neg4 hxg4 34. Rxe6 {White wants to mate with Re7!} Kg7 35. Rxd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} Qxd6 36. Nf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxd4 37. Nxd8 Qxd8 38. Qxb7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. KQ-KQ} Kg8 39. Qxa7 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd2 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 75%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,41,22,7,33,18,20,26,45,-75,-68,-78,108,109,113,108,170,150,218,209,212,216,218,219,310,311,584,599]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 a5 {has lost popularity (9...b4). D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O c5 {[#] White has an edge.} 12. a4 $146 {[#]} (12. dxc5 $14 {stays ahead.} Bb7 13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. exd5) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rb1 Ba6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Bf4 Qd6 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 {1-0 (58) Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Finkel,A (2505) Beersheba 1997}) 12... b4 $1 $17 13. cxb4 cxd4 $2 (13... axb4 $17 {stays on course.} 14. Rb1 Ba6 15. dxc5 Bxf1 16. Qxf1 Qc7) 14. b5 $16 Bb7 15. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} e6 (15... Nd7 $16 {was called for.}) 16. Bg5 $18 ({Don't take} 16. Qxd4 Nd7 $16) 16... Qb6 (16... Qe8 $16) 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Re8 (19... Bg7 $142 20. Rd2 Bd5 21. Bxd5 exd5) 20. Rfe1 Bg7 $2 {[#]} (20... h6 21. Bxh6 Bf6) 21. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,126,9,4,20,9,14,14,33,26,49,49,49,47,50,42,89,55,91,69,83,75,78,75,77,85,68,57,64,0,61,25,58,18,58,58,58,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,8,8,17,17,17,0,17,17,51,51,171,67,74,63,176,172,175,175,249,249,231,216,208,209,270,220,312,220,323,211,245,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-694,-376,-1563,-1527,-831,-823,-29958,-29963,-29952,-5185,-29968,-29958,-29987,-29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 a5 11. a4 h6 12. h3 Ne7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 13. Bf4 {[#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. Nd4 Ng6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bh2 h5 17. Rd3 h4 18. Rad1 Rh5 19. f4 Rf5 {½-½ (51) Sameeh,H (2333)-Jonkman,H (2520) Tanta 2002}) 14. Bh2 Be6 {The position is equal.} 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ne4 Bb6 18. Ra3 {aiming for Rg3.} Ne7 19. g4 Rf8 20. Kg2 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rf3 Rxf3 23. Kxf3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ba7 24. Bf4 Ng6 25. Bg3 (25. c3 $1 $14) 25... b5 ({Black should play} 25... Bd4 $11) 26. c3 bxa4 27. Nd2 Kd7 28. Nc4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bb6 29. Ke4 Ne7 30. f4 g6 31. Be1 h5 32. Bd2 hxg4 33. hxg4 Ke8 34. Be3 Nd5 35. Bd2 Ne7 36. Na3 Kd7 37. c4 Ng8 (37... Bf2 $14) 38. Nb1 (38. Be3 $1 $18) 38... Nh6 $14 39. Kf3 Nf7 (39... Bc5 $14) 40. Nc3 a3 41. bxa3 {[%cal Bb2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Bc5 (41... g5 $142) 42. a4 $1 $18 Bb4 43. Ne4 c5 44. Be3 Kc6 45. Nf2 Nh6 (45... Nd8 {was worth a try.} 46. Nd3 Nb7) 46. Nd3 {f5! is the strong threat.} Ng8 (46... Nf7 {was necessary.} 47. f5 gxf5) 47. Bf2 Ne7 {[#] Black wants to play ...Nc8.} 48. Ke4 $2 (48. Kg3 $1 $18) 48... Nc8 $1 $11 49. f5 gxf5+ 50. gxf5 exf5+ 51. Kxf5 Nb6 52. e6 {And now Kg6 would win.} Nxc4 {next ...Nd6+ is good for Black.} 53. Kg6 Nd6 $1 54. Bg3 {Black must now prevent Bxd6.} Nc8 55. Kf7 c4 56. Ne5+ Kd5 {[#] Hoping for ...Nd6+.} 57. Ng6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Nxc4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc4 58. Bxc7) 57... c3 58. e7 $2 {[#]} (58. Bf4 Nd6+ 59. Kf6) 58... Nxe7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 59. Nxe7+ Ke4 60. Bh4 c2 61. Bg5 Kd3 62. Nc6 Bd2 63. Nxa5 c1=Q {Quite a comeback for Black. Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,121,19,4,0,0,15,0,0,0,16,0,9,6,23,23,33,-34,-33,-34,-36,-44,-41,-41,-34,-22,-51,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-34,-94,-60,-78,-74,-57,0,-22,0,-35,0,-25,-16,-13,-11,-14,48,47,48,48,49,47,85,95,102,102,109,120,131,134,163,166,162,111,170,169,156,115,110,122,161,161,193,152,245,247,237,240,247,233,233,233,306,307,315,316,459,445,792,776,693,661,1230,1184,1425,1242,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd3 h6 {is the legacy move (10...cxd4). E56: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6.} 11. h3 Qe7 12. Qe2 Rd8 {[%cal Rc5d4] The position is equal.} 13. Rd1 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qh5 17. Ne4 Qxe2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxe2 Be6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {½-½ (28) Giobbi,C (2224)-Varberg,K (2164) ICCF email 2012}) 14. Bc2 b5 15. Ne4 cxd4 16. exd4 Bb7 17. Nc5 (17. b4 $14 Bb6 18. Nc5) 17... Nxd4 $15 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} 18. Nxd4 {Hoping for b4.} Qxc5 19. b4 Qa7 $1 20. bxa5 {Strongly threatening Bb2.} Rxd4 21. Bb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2d4]} Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bd5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. Qf4 Rc8 26. Bf5 (26. Bd3 $1 $15) 26... Qc5 27. Qxh6+ Ke7 28. Bg4 Rg8 (28... Bb3 $15 29. Rd3 Bc4) 29. Rc1 Bc4 30. Qh7 Qg5 31. Re1 Rd8 32. Qe4 Qd5 {Threatens to win with ...Qxe4.} 33. Qe3 Qd4 (33... Qd2 $11) 34. Qxd4 $1 $14 Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d4]} Re4 $1 36. Bf3 Re5 {[#]} 37. Bb7 $1 Re2 {With the idea ...Ra2.} 38. Bxa6 Ra2 39. Rb1 Rxa3 40. Bxb5 Bd5 41. a6 f5 42. Bf1 (42. f4 $18) 42... Kf6 (42... f4 $16 43. f3 Kf6) 43. f4 $18 Ra2 44. Kh2 Ra4 45. Kg3 Kg6 46. Rb2 Kf6 47. Be2 Ra3+ (47... e5 $16 {was necessary.} 48. fxe5+ Kxe5) 48. Kf2 Be4 49. h4 Bd5 50. g3 Kg7 51. Rc2 Kf6 52. Rc7 Kg6 53. a7 Be4 (53... Ra2 $142 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Kd4 Rxg3 56. h5+ Kh6 57. Rxf7 Ra3) 54. h5+ Kf6 (54... Kg7 $142 55. Bb5 Rf3+ 56. Ke2 Rxg3) 55. Bb5 Rf3+ 56. Ke2 Rxg3 57. Be8 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rc7f7]} Kg7 58. Bxf7 Ra3 59. Bg6+ {White mates.} Kf8 60. h6 Rh3 61. h7 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,117,10,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-7,-13,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,-2,34,34,47,0,18,0,6,0,5,5,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 {[#]} Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd5+ 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Qc4 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 f5 18. Rfc1 Rad8 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 {1-0 (35) Fluerariu,R (2091)-Mintau,A (2058) Mamaia 2019}) 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. e4 dxe3 18. fxe3 Rf8 19. Rf3 c6 20. d4 g6 21. Rcf1 {[%cal Rf3f7]} Qd5 22. e4 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 Rfd8 24. Rd3 c5 25. d5 b5 26. b3 {next e5 is good for White.} Bd6 {The position is equal.} 27. Nf3 f6 28. Re3 Re8 29. Rfe1 Rbd8 30. e5 fxe5 31. Nxe5 Bf8 32. Rd1 Bh6 33. Ree1 Bf8 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. a4 a6 36. Re4 Bd6 37. Nc6 Rf8+ 38. Kg2 Rd7 39. Re6 Rf5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Rd2 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Ree2 c3 44. Rd3 Bf8 45. Rxc3 Rfxd5 46. Ne5 Rd2 (46... Re7 $5 47. Rce3 $8 h5 $11) 47. Rc2 Rxe2+ 48. Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re7 49. Kf3 Re6 50. Nd3 Rxe2 (50... Rf6+ {is interesting.} 51. Ke4 h5 52. Ra2 Kh6 53. Ra8 Bg7) 51. Kxe2 {KB-KN} Bd6 52. Kf3 Kf6 53. h3 h5 54. g4 hxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Ba3 56. h4 Bd6 57. h5 gxh5+ 58. Kxh5 Bf4 59. Nxf4 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 98%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,98,0,0,-11,0,14,16,29,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,12,0,0,0,0,-22,-22,-18,-22,-38,-32,-41,-42,-54,-57,-55,-55,-57,-48,-57,-43,-113,-113,-174,-165,-229,-165,-162,-104,-106,-106,-166,-135,-146,-138,-137,-144,-147,-116,-120,-121,-121,-24,-84,-84,-82,-84,-84,-15,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O {8.h3 might become the main line. D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Re8 9. Ne5 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. f4 Nf8 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. a3 Ne7 14. Be1 Bf5 15. Bh4 Ng6 16. Bxf5 Nxh4 {½-½ (40) Bericat,A (2383)-Forrisdahl,O (2449) ICCF email 2005}) 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Be1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxd4 {[#]} 14. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh7 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Bf2 Nh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 20. g3 g5 21. Bxb6 gxf4 22. Nc7 Bxc7 23. Bxc7 fxg3 24. hxg3 Nxg3 25. Rf2 {And now Rg2 would win.} Nf5 26. Kh2 (26. Raf1 $15) 26... f6 $17 27. Nd3 (27. Rg1+ $17 {was necessary.} Kf8 28. Rxf5 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Bxf5 29. Bd6+ Re7 30. Ng6+ Bxg6 31. Bxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rxg6) 27... Kf7 $19 28. Bf4 (28. Raf1 $142) 28... Rh8+ 29. Kg1 Rg8+ ({Black should try} 29... Rh3 $19 30. Nb4 Bd7) 30. Rg2 $17 Bd7 31. a3 (31. Rxg8 $17 Rxg8+ 32. Kf2) 31... Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bb5 33. Nb4 Re8 34. Rd1 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Rxb2 36. Rxd5 Rxb4 (36... Ke6 $17 {aiming for ...Rxb4!} 37. Rc5 Be2+ 38. Kf2 Bg4+ 39. Rc2 Rb3) 37. Rxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (37. axb4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bc6 38. Kg4) 37... Rb3+ 38. Kf2 Bc6 39. Bc1 Rc3 {[#]} (39... Ke6 $17 40. Rc5 Rf3+ 41. Ke1 Rg3) 40. Rxf6+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] The position is equal.} Kxf6 (40... Ke7 {is interesting.} 41. Bg5 Kd7 42. Ke2 Rxa3 43. Bf4 Be4) 41. Bb2 Ke6 {( -> ...Rc2+)} (41... Ke5 {is more complex.} 42. Bxc3+ Kd5 43. Bf6 Be8 44. Bd8 Ba4) 42. Bxc3 {KB-KB} Kd5 43. Bb4 Kc4 44. Kg3 Ba4 45. Kh2 b5 46. Kg3 Kb3 47. Kh2 Kc4 48. Kg3 Kb3 49. Kh2 Kc4 {Black had all chances to win. Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,94,7,0,0,0,0,0,14,5,6,13,12,0,23,15,21,17,16,15,6,11,50,49,54,43,35,36,17,43,129,0,10,7,51,46,52,72,50,60,75,51,55,63,64,0,0,0,0,-115,-59,-54,-8,-18,87,0,0,-39,-5,-9,0,0,0,0,10,7,10,0,11,10,13,-1115,-1114,-29972,-29968,-29976,-29978,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Be2 b5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 10. a3 O-O {10...Bb7 is vanishing.} 11. O-O Qc7 {The position is equal.} 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} (14... Qxc6 {is interesting.} 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Qe3 Bc5 17. Rfd1 Rac8) 15. Bd4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qe3 a5 {[#]} 18. Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. c3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. c4 Qb7 21. g4 Rfd8 22. g5 g6 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. b3 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Qa2 26. Qe3 Qa5 27. Kg2 Bc5 28. Qc1 Qa2 29. Qd1 e3+ {½-½ (29) Kitsune-Pradateufel playchess.com INT 2007}) 18... h6 19. f5 Bg5 20. Qg3 exf5 21. Bxf5 Qe7 22. Qc3 Qb7 (22... Bd5 $14) 23. Bc5 (23. e6 $16) 23... Rfe8 24. e6 Bd5 {[#]} 25. Bh7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxh7 26. Rxf7 $1 Qxf7 27. exf7 Bxf7 28. Qg3 Rad8 {With the idea ...e3.} 29. Be3 Bf6 30. Rf1 (30. Qc7 $14 Bc4 31. c3 (31. Qxa5 Bxb2 32. Re1 Ra8 $11)) 30... Bc4 $11 31. Rb1 Bxb2 32. h4 ({Avoid the trap} 32. Rxb2 $2 Rd1+ 33. Qe1 Rxe1+ $19) (32. Qe1 $11 Bxa3 33. Qxa5) 32... Bf6 (32... Bxa3 $17 33. h5 a4 34. Bxh6 Bf8) 33. h5 Re6 34. Qg4 Red6 (34... Rde8 $11) 35. Qxe4+ ({White should try} 35. a4 $1 $16) 35... Kh8 {And now ...Re6 would win.} 36. Qg4 Re8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 37. Bf2 Rd5 38. Re1 Rf8 39. Qg6 Rg5 40. Re8 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Kg8 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Qe4 {Black must now prevent Bh4.} Bd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 43. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (43. Qf4 $11) 43... Rxg2+ $19 44. Kh1 Rg5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack. Black mates.} 45. Kh2 Be5+ 46. Kh3 Be6+ 47. Kh4 Rg4+ {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,98,27,31,43,17,39,28,19,20,16,5,29,0,11,10,13,26,14,6,30,26,0,0,0,4,53,35,54,-5,-6,-15,10,41,80,18,19,26,129,126,177,174,416,393,382,285,273,82,127,122,123,116,130,154,134,125,156,77,73,73,73,146,124,73,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 Nxf4 {White has an edge.} 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qg4 Ne7 18. Na3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Ng6 19. Rfd1 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. b4 Bb6 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Bb3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (35) Hild,H (2369)-Cvak,R (2428) ICCF email 2018}) 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 Bb6 21. Qxf4 Ng6 22. Qg3 d5 23. Rad1 Bc7 24. f4 Qf6 {[%cal Rc7f4]} 25. e5 $1 $36 {[%cal Re5f6][%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qc6 26. h4 ({Better is} 26. Bxg6 $14 hxg6 27. Rd3) 26... Ra8 $11 27. Nb1 Ra2 28. Rd2 {h5 is the strong threat.} Rfa8 29. Qd3 (29. Kh2 $16) 29... Bb6+ 30. Kh2 d4 (30... Rb2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. c4 $16 Bd8 (31... Bc7 $16 {might work better.}) 32. Qxd4 $18 Qc7 $2 (32... Qe6 {was worth a try.} 33. h5 Nf8) 33. h5 Nf8 34. c5 Qe7 35. Be4 $2 (35. Qf2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 35... Ne6 36. Qd3 Rxd2+ 37. Nxd2 (37. Qxd2 $6 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Rb8 $11) 37... Ra2 38. Bxh7+ Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...Qh4+.} 39. Bf5 {And now Bxe6 would win.} Qh4+ 40. Kg1 (40. Kg2 $142) 40... Be7 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. Rf2 $1 {Black must now prevent Kg2.} Qg4+ {[#]} 43. Kh2 ({Of course not} 43. Rg2 $6 Ra1+ 44. Nf1 Qxf4 $11) (43. Kh1 $142 $1) 43... Bh4 $16 {[#]} 44. Rg2 ({White should play} 44. Qf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Qxf3 45. Rxf3) 44... Qxf4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 45. Kh3 Ra1 {( -> ...Rh1+)} 46. Nf3 Rh1+ 47. Nh2 Re1 (47... Be7 $5 48. Qg3 $8 Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Qg4 Qd3+ 50. Qg3 Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Qg4 Qd3+ 52. Qg3 Qf5+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 48. Ng4 Rh1+ 49. Nh2 $1 Re1 {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 74%.} (49... Bg5 $5 50. Qg3 $8 Qf5+ 51. Qg4 Qd3+ 52. Qg3 Qf5+ 53. Qg4 Qd3+ 54. Qg3 Qf5+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,49,23,15,9,23,22,14,15,22,5,26,0,62,67,72,12,17,12,15,6,14,7,13,8,13,13,125,132,581,561]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Be3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be7 13. Rd2 h5 {[#]} 14. Re1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Rad1 h4 15. Ne2 Rh5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 c5 18. Be3 b6 19. Bf4 Rf5 20. Bh2 {0-1 (32) Berger,G (1599)-Schirrmacher,C (1778) GER email 2012}) 14... h4 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 (16... Rd8 $11) 17. Nexg5 $14 Rh5 18. g4 (18. e6 $16 f6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4) 18... hxg3 $1 $11 19. fxg3 {[#] Strongly threatening g4.} Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Rxh3 21. e6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] With the idea exf7+. White has good play.} Rxg3+ 22. Kf2 Rg4 23. Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7f7][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rc8 (23... fxe6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Rxc7 Rb8) 24. Rxf7 $16 Nf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... a6 $16 25. Rh1 (25. Rxg7 Kf8 $16) 25... Rd8) 25. Rh1 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,104,23,43,43,32,15,32,47,57,52,57,-71,-8,-6,100,-189,-167,-188,-162,-172,-150,-163,-164,-166,-174,-155,-160,-162,179,-116,-116,-116,-109,-102,-109,-98,-91,-120,-77,-109,-108,-120,-112,-104,-121,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 a6 13. a5 {A77: Modern Benoni: Classical: 9...Re8 10 Nd2: 10...a6 and 10...Nbd7.} Rb8 14. b3 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... g5 15. Bb2 Ng6 16. Rfe1 Nf4 17. Bf1 Ng4 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. Na4 Bd7 20. Nab6 Bb5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (50) Karolyi,T (2410)-Forintos,G (2395) Hungary 1986}) 15. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Ned7 17. Rfe1 (17. Nc3 $14 {stays ahead.}) 17... b5 ({Black should play} 17... Nxe4 $1 $17 {Black wants to play ...Bxb2.} 18. Bxg7 Nxd2) 18. axb6 $11 Qxb6 (18... Nxe4 $1 $11 19. Bxg7 (19. Nxe4 Bxb2 20. Rxa6 Rxb6 $15) 19... Nxd2) 19. Ra3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19. Bc3 $16 {keeps the pressure on.}) 19... Nxe4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Bxg7 (20. Nxe4 Bxb2) 20... Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Kxg7 22. Rea1 Nf6 23. Ng3 Re5 24. Rxa6 Qxb3 25. Rxd6 {[#] Black must now prevent Qf4.} Nxd5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Qb4 $19 {and all is fine.} 26. Nf1 Ne4) 26. h4 $2 ({White has to play} 26. f4 $18 Nxf4 27. Qxf4) 26... Qb2 $17 27. Rd1 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Nf6 30. f3 Rc8 31. h5 Nxh5 32. Nxh5+ gxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 33. R6d5 Re6 34. Rc2 c4 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. Kh4 f5 (36... f6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Re5.} 37. Rxh5 Re5 38. Rxe5 fxe5) 37. Rc3 $1 $15 Rec6 38. Rd4 Kf6 {And now ...Ke5 would win.} 39. f4 $1 Rg8 40. Rdxc4 {The position is equal.} Rxc4 41. Rxc4 Rxg2 $11 {KR-KR} (41... Ke6 {looks sharper.} 42. Kxh5 Kd5 43. Ra4 Rg6 44. Kh4 Rxg2 45. Kh5 Rg6) 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. Kxh5 Rg4 44. Rc4 Ke6 45. Ra4 $1 Rg1 46. Kh6 Re1 47. Kxh7 Re4 48. Rxe4+ fxe4 49. Kg6 Ke7 (49... e3 $5 50. f5+ $8 Ke5 $11) 50. Kg7 $1 Ke6 (50... Kd7 $5 51. f5 $8 e3 $11) 51. Kg6 e3 {( -> ...Kd5)} (51... Ke7 $5 52. Kg7 $8 Ke6 53. Kg6 $11) 52. f5+ Kd5 {White happily takes the draw. Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 70%.} (52... Kd7 $5 53. f6 $8 Ke8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,97,9,7,8,11,10,8,8,10,9,9,9,9,44,-5,40,-9,-16,-17,0,-27,-25,-36,-13,-56,-50,-39,-49,-56,-34,-45,0,-152,-142,-143,-146,-142,-131,-118,-35,-107,-94,-110,-112,-96,-94,-94,-80,-72,-23,-43,-30,-30,-30,-45,-32,-35,-35,-37,-27,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 Be6 {Recently 9...Na5 got a lot of attention. C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 d5 12. Ng3 {[#]} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Rad8 15. Bd2 Rd6 16. Bc3 Rfd8 17. Rxd6 cxd6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxe6 {½-½ (60) Swiercz,D (2613)-Inarkiev,E (2660) Germany 2016}) 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Be3 Rf7 15. Rad1 Raf8 16. c3 d4 17. cxd4 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Kh1 Qf4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 21. Rg1 g6 22. Nf1 Bd6 23. Rg3 Qh6 24. Nd2 $2 (24. b4 $11) 24... Bxg3 $17 25. fxg3 {[#]} Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3e2]} 26. Re1 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne5 (27... Nc5 $17 {...e5 is the strong threat.} 28. f4 e5) 28. f4 ({Better is} 28. Nb3 $15) 28... Nxd3 29. Nb3 c5 30. Rd2 c4 {aiming for ...e5.} 31. Nxd4 e5 32. fxe5 Rf1+ 33. Kg2 Rb1 34. b3 Nxe5 35. bxc4 Nxc4 36. Rf2 Rb2 37. Rxb2 Nxb2 $15 {KN-KN} 38. Ne6 $1 a5 {Threatening ...Nc4.} 39. Nd4 {The position is equal.} b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Ke3 Nc5 43. e5 Kf7 44. Kd2 Ke7 45. Nc6+ Ke6 46. Nxb4 Kxe5 47. Ke3 Ne6 48. Nd3+ Kf6 49. Nf2 {Black had all chances to win. Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,72,18,12,22,20,29,26,23,37,27,16,17,7,0,0,26,25,18,15,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bf4 dxc4 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations.} 7. e3 a6 8. Bxc4 b5 {[#] White has an edge.} 9. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne4 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bb7 14. Be2 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 {½-½ (47) Volanek,M (1133)-Koska,J (1287) Liptovsky Mikulas 2018}) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 15. Bg3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nf6 18. Rad1 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxf6+.} Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. h3 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23. b3 c4 {[#] White must now prevent ...c3.} 24. bxc4 bxc4 {aiming for ...c3.} 25. Be5 Qe6 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Bd4 Bf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 29. Qg3+ Kh7 30. Qc7 Kg7 31. Qg3+ Kh7 32. Qc7 Qd5 33. e4 Qd4 {...Qa1+ is the strong threat.} 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qf7+ Kh8 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,100,8,0,15,0,4,7,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,22,12,12,11,18,28,40,33,28,31,36,50,0,22,-150,-145,-139,-148,-187,-179,-195,-168,-285,-298,-320,-313,-329,-343,-361,-361,-361,-314,-308,0,0,0,-337,-323,-307,-289,-256,0,-241,-240,-243,-238,-346,-352,-2064,-1987,-1870,0,-1871,-1849,-1760,-1744,-1614,-1578,-1222,-1146,-29978,-29979,-2888,-1881]} 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 Be6 {9...Na5 is the modern continuation. C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 d5 {The position is equal.} 12. Ng3 {[#]} Qd6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Rad8 15. Bd2 Rd6 16. Bc3 Rfd8 17. Rxd6 cxd6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxe6 {½-½ (60) Swiercz,D (2613)-Inarkiev,E (2660) Germany 2016}) 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. a4 b4 15. b3 Rf7 16. Bb2 Raf8 17. Rae1 Qc5 18. Qd1 Qb6 19. d4 exd4 20. exd5 exd5 21. Re6 {[%cal Rb2d4]} Nc5 22. Bxd4 Bd6 23. Be3 Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8e6,Be6c5][%mdl 32]} 24. Re5 c6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxf3.} 25. Rh5 (25. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4d6]} Bxe5 26. Bxc5 $14) 25... Nde6 (25... g6 $5 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 26. Rh4 Nde6 $11) 26. Nh4 $2 ({Better is} 26. Ne4 $11 dxe4 27. Qxd6 exf3 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5) 26... g6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. Qg4 {Bxc5 is the strong threat.} Rg7 29. Rh6 Qc7 30. Bxc5 (30. Rxg6 $142 Rxg6 31. Qxg6+ Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Nxg7 33. Rd1) 30... Nxc5 $19 31. Rxg6 Bxg3 32. hxg3 a5 33. Re1 Qf7 34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Qh3 Qh8 36. Qg4+ $1 Qg7 37. Qh3 $1 Ne4 38. Qe6+ Qf7 39. Qg4+ Qg7 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qh3+ Qh6 42. Qd7+ (42. Qxh6+ {keeps fighting.} Kxh6 43. f3 Nxg3 44. Re6+ Kg5 45. Kf2) 42... Kh8 43. Re2 $2 (43. Qh3 Qxh3 44. gxh3) 43... Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qh6+ 45. Kg1 $1 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Rxf2 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Rxf2 48. Qh3+ Kg7 {aiming for ...Qh6.} 49. Qd7+ Rf7 50. Qg4+ Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,95,19,33,0,4,8,14,-16,22,-16,-9,-16,-12,-11,-14,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,2,14,-16,0,0,45,49,53,9,3,9,9,10,22,0,28,37,39,16,22,22,19,14,20,12,74,68,67,60,87,94,87,77,80,73,85,79,106,106,143,133,212,207,222,219,288,278,285,278,293,280,866,866]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} h6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. h3 {[#] The position is equal.} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ng6 14. Rd4 Ke7 15. Re1 Be6 16. Kh2 c5 17. Rde4 b6 18. h4 Rad8 19. h5 Nf8 {½-½ (27) Miettinen,K (2429)-Balshaw,A (2433) ICCF email 2017}) 14. Rd2 Rd8 15. Rad1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rd2d8] [#]} Rxd2 16. Rxd2 Ng6 17. Ne2 Ke7 18. Ng3 Be6 19. Nh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rg8 20. b3 c5 21. g4 a5 22. Kh2 a4 23. Kg3 axb3 24. axb3 b5 25. Re2 Nf8 26. Nd2 Nd7 27. Ne4 Bd5 28. Nc3 Bc6 29. Nf4 Nb6 (29... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 30. Nd3 (30. Nfd5+ Kd8 $11) 30... Ra8 $11) 30. e6 b4 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Nd3 Nd7 33. Ne4 Re8 34. f3 Bb5 (34... g5 $11) 35. Rd2 $16 Bxd3 $1 36. Rxd3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nf6 37. Nxc5 Re2 38. Na6 Rxc2 39. Nxb4 Rc5 40. h4 g5 41. h5 Rc1 42. Kf2 c5 (42... Rc5 $16 {was called for.} 43. Ke1 Ng8) 43. Nc6 $18 Ke6 44. Re3+ Kd6 45. Ne7 Rc2+ 46. Ke1 Nd5 47. Nf5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kd7 $2 (47... Kc6) 48. Rd3 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,124,13,25,10,12,15,24,13,31,23,12,14,20,12,32,35,29,25,58,49,57,59,58,60,65,60,57,52,93,79,93,75,90,92,88,85,80,75,94,72,104,104,123,126,132,117,111,122,229,223,249,239,230,193,250,247,258,223,247,255,250,239,479,356,373,387,373,331,373,374,395,-281,-273,-259,-277,-432,-416,-345,-217,-691,-670,-658,-654,-657,-188,-643,-612,-743,-619,-602,-613,-620,-568,-524,-508,-585,-548,-500,-443,-699,-707,-752,-638,-740,-689,-824,-824,-910,-846,-828,-770,-1136,-1125]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Ne7 {9...g5 is the modern continuation.} 10. Nf1 {White has an edge.} Ng6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. h3 c6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bc2 c5 {[#]} 16. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Be3 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bb6 19. Qd2 d5 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Bxb6 Rxb6 22. e5 {½-½ (34) Fritsche,F (2359)-Lukesova,M (2390) ICCF email 2009}) 16... Bd7 17. c4 b5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf8 20. Nd2 Bb6 21. Re3 (21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 $14) 21... N8d7 22. Rea3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} bxc4 23. Nxc4 Bc7 24. a5 Rb8 25. Rg3 {Threatens to win with Bxh6.} Kh8 26. Ba4 Re7 27. b3 Nf8 28. Re3 N8h7 29. g4 e4 30. h4 Rb4 (30... Nd7 $16) 31. Bb2 $18 Qc8 32. Rg3 e3 33. Nxe3 (33. Rxe3 $6 Rxe3 34. Nxe3 (34. fxe3 Qd8 $16) 34... Qd8) 33... Ne4 (33... Rf4 $142 34. Nc4 h5) 34. Rg2 Bxa5 35. Qc2 Qd8 36. Nc4 Rxc4 37. bxc4 Bd2 $2 (37... Nd2 {was worth a try.} 38. g5 Re4) 38. f6 Nhxf6 {[%cal Bh7f6,Bf6e4,Be4f2][%mdl 32]} 39. f3 Be3+ 40. Kh1 Bf4 {intending ...Ng3+.} 41. fxe4 Nxe4 {If Black can now play ...Ng3+ this consolidates a bit.} 42. Qd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42. Kg1 $18 {avoids the disaster.}) 42... Nf2+ $1 $19 43. Rxf2 Re3 44. Qxe3 (44. Qf5 {gets mated.} Qxh4+ 45. Kg1 Qg3+ 46. Kf1 Qh3+ 47. Rg2 Rf3+ 48. Ke1 Qh1+ 49. Rg1 Qxg1+ 50. Ke2 Qg2+ 51. Ke1 Qf1#) (44. Bxg7+ $142 Kxg7 45. Qxe3 (45. Qf5 {leads to mate.} Qxh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kg1 Qg3+ 47. Kf1 Qh3+ 48. Rg2 Rf3+ 49. Ke1 Qxg2 50. Qh7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxh7 51. Bc2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxc2 52. Rxa6 Bg3#) 45... Bxe3 46. Rf3 Qxh4+ 47. Kg2) 44... Qxh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kg2 {Qe8+ would kill now.} ({Stronger than} 45. Qh3 Qxh3+ 46. Kg1 {[#]} Be3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 45... Bxe3 46. Rxf7 $2 (46. Bxg7+ Kxg7 47. Rf3) 46... Qxg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Kf1 {And now Rf8+ would win.} Qxc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Kg2 Qe4+ $2 (48... Qe2+ 49. Kg3 Qxb2) 49. Kf1 $2 (49. Kh3 Bg5 50. Rf2) 49... Qd3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Ke1 Qd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Kf1 Qxb2 52. Re1 Qd2 53. Rf3 Bf4 54. Re2 Qc1+ 55. Kg2 Qc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Bd1 (56. Re8+ $142 Kh7 57. Bb3) 56... Be5 {...Qg4+ is the strong threat.} 57. Rf8+ Kh7 58. Bc2+ g6 59. Rf7+ Kg8 60. Ref2 Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61. R7f3 Kg7 62. Bb3 c4 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,18,34,0,13,0,15,0,27,21,39,44,33,42,41,37,37,40,40,40,46,0,46,41,40,42,35,0,0,0,0,2,52,0,10,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-2,-3,-8,-7,-7,-7,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-2,-2,-2,-2,0,0,0,-3,-3,-3]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} h6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nd4 Ng6 14. g3 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ke7 15. f4 Rd8 16. Ne4 Nf8 17. f5 g6 18. g4 gxf5 19. gxf5 Nh7 20. Rd3 Ng5 {½-½ (20) Llorente Alvarez,J (2015)-Moskalenko,E (2097) LSS email 2013}) 15. Rd2 h4 16. Re1 Nf8 17. Ne4 hxg3 18. hxg3 Ne6 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Nh4 b6 22. f4 Kg7 23. Rf1 c5 24. f5 Nd4 25. fxg6 fxg6 (25... Bh3 $5 {[%cal Rh3f1]}) 26. c3 (26. Nd5 $1 $14) 26... Nc6 {The position is equal.} 27. Nd5 Bh3 28. Rff2 {Black must now prevent e6.} Nxe5 {...Rad8 is the strong threat.} 29. Rde2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Rae8 $1 {Black wants to play ...c6.} 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31. Ne6+ (31. Rxe5 {with more complications.} Rxc7 32. Ng2 Rf7 33. Nf4 Bc8 34. Rfe2) 31... Bxe6 32. Rxe5 Rhe8 33. Rfe2 Bf7 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 36. Kf2 Bf7 37. a3 Kf6 38. Nf3 g5 39. Ke3 Bd5 40. Ne1 Kf5 41. Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,63,12,16,17,20,18,40,41,50,29,37,35,35,44,46,27,47,52,34,42,35,28,145,151,159,147,169,190,176,141,183,137,235,228,388,391,347,389,400,400,385,403,387,400,1235,1143,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,377]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 9. Nbd2 g5 {Nowadays more popular than 9...0-0.} 10. b4 {White is slightly better.} Nh7 {[#]} 11. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf1 g4 12. N3d2 Qf6 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. d4 Rg8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ng5 17. Nf1 {0-1 (60) Nguyen,T (2547)-Rubes,J (2345) Ostrava 2019}) 11... g4 12. Nfd2 Qf6 {[#]} 13. d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng5 {[%cal Re5d4]} (13... exd4 14. e5) 14. b5 Ne7 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Nf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} h5 17. Qd3 Rg8 (17... Ne6 $11) 18. Bxg5 $1 $16 (18. Bxa6 Nh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. gxh3 gxh3+ 20. Ng3 Bxa6 $19) 18... Rxg5 19. Bxa6 Bd7 20. Bb7 Rd8 21. Qa6 Bb8 22. Ne3 h4 {[#]} (22... Kf8 $16 23. Nc4 Ng6) 23. Nc5 $1 $18 g3 $2 {[#]} (23... exd4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5+ Kf8) 24. fxg3 $1 hxg3 {( -> ...Qf2+)} 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Rf1 Qh8 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rh8h2]} 27. h3 {Strongly threatening Bc6.} exd4 28. Nd5 Nxd5 (28... Kf8 $142 29. Qb5 Rd8) 29. Bxd5 {White threatens Qc8+ and mate.} dxc3 30. Qc8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White mates.} Rd8 31. Bxf7+ Ke7 32. Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,20,27,20,19,25,13,4,14,15,18,15,7,0,3,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,-27,-14,-8,-6,-38,-37,-25,-25,-25,-29,-54,-37,-44,-53,-52,-50,-50,-46,-66,-58,-75,-49,-41,-43,-55,-52,-32,-47,-62,-67,-64,-35,-44,-38,-225,-218,-217,-217,-480,-510,-638,-636,-618,-599,-1043,-1043,-979,-948,-1194,-1268,-29984,-29985,-29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 7...0-0 at the moment. Played by Sergey Karjakin in May 2020.} 8. c3 {The position is equal.} O-O {[#]} 9. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bf8 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. h3 Be6 15. a3 {½-½ (44) Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-So,W (2760) Kolkata 2019}) 9... Bd6 10. O-O Nb6 11. Na5 Qe7 12. Re1 Rb8 13. h3 Qf7 14. Be3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qg6 {And now ...Bxh3 would win.} 16. Qf3 $1 Nd7 17. Qg4 (17. Bf4 {looks sharper.} Ne5 18. Qg3 Qh5 19. Nab3 Kh8 20. Qe3) 17... Qxg4 18. hxg4 Ne5 19. f3 g6 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Nc2 b6 22. Nb3 c5 23. Nc1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 24. Ne2 a4 25. Nf4 Kg7 26. Nd5 Be6 27. b3 axb3 28. axb3 Ra8 29. Bf2 Ra2 30. Nce3 b5 31. c4 b4 32. Bh4 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (32. f4 $1 $15) 32... g5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 33. Bf2 {[#]} Rfa8 $1 34. Nb6 $2 (34. Nf5+ Bxf5 35. exf5) 34... R8a3 35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36. exf5 Rxb3 ({Worse is} 36... cxb6 37. Rxd6 Rxb3 38. Rxb6 $11) 37. Nc8 Rbb2 38. Rf1 Nxc4 39. Rd3 b3 40. Rc3 {[#]} Rxf2 $1 {[%mdl 64] Promotion} 41. Rxf2 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess 2020"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,84,-13,-8,-58,-52,-57,-57,-59,-55,-63,-67,-75,-78,-70,-71,-71,-73,-89,-75,-79,-62,-78,-73,-116,-116,-212,-212,-212,-218,-204,-189,-212,-204,-204,-215,-211,-211,-222,-202,-376,-268,-278,-270,-423,-208,-212,-202,-239,-234,-237,-236,-306,-305,-247,-226,-388,-376,-607,-651,-651,-643,-614,-641,-627,-627,-617,-572,-557,-548]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qb3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be4 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} Bxg2 11. Nxg2 b6 12. e4 {Black is slightly better.} Nc6 {[#]} 13. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne3 Na5 14. Qc2 c5 15. Qd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Bc3 Qd7 19. Kg2 {1-0 (43) Postny,E (2606)-Bortnyk,O (2570) Kishinev 2017}) 13... Qe8 14. Qc2 e5 15. d5 Na5 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Bd2 Nb7 19. g4 Bh6 20. Nf5 Bf4 $1 21. Ne3 {[#]} (21. Bxf4 $17 exf4 22. Nd4) 21... Bxe3 $1 $19 22. Bxe3 Qxg4 23. Bh6 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 f5 {Strongly threatening ...Rf7.} 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rae1 Nc5 27. Re3 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 $2 (28. Rg3 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. Rd3) 28... Nxe4 29. f3 Qf4 30. Ree1 (30. Qe2 {keeps fighting.} Nc5 31. Rb1) 30... Ng5 (30... Nd2 $142 31. Rf2 Nxf3) 31. Qg2 Kg7 32. Qg3 {[#]} Qxg3 $1 33. hxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} f4 34. g4 Kf6 35. Kg2 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. fxe4 $2 (36. Rf2) 36... Ke5 37. Rf3 $2 (37. Re3 f3+ 38. Kf2) 37... Nxf3 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Kxf3 Rh8 39. Rg1 h5 40. gxh5 Rxh5 41. Rxg6 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rg6e6]} Rh3+ 42. Ke2 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rg6e6]} Rxc3 {White did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

