[Event "ENG vs SWE Challenge Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.03.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,22,25,0,0,-15,-4,-2,5,5,6,0,36,30,117,112,114,108,108,108,109,104,107,41,34,33,39,16,38,12,107,107,93,25,29,25,39,27,27,11,21,0,0,0,0,0,19,19,19,19,18,0,0,0,18,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be7 7. Nc3 {Inhibits e4.} O-O 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd5 Re8 {[#]} (10... Bh4 $5 {[%cal Rc7c6]}) 11. Qg4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Bh6 is the strong threat. New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 Bf8 12. Qxd4 Nxb5 13. axb5 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1 d6 15. Qc3 Bf5 16. Re3 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 {1-0 (23) Engel,L (2553)-Georgiadis,N (2553) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 11... f5 (11... Nxb5 $2 12. Bh6 g6 13. axb5 $18) (11... c6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 12. Bh6 g6 13. Nxe7+ (13. Qxd4 Nf5 $11) 13... Rxe7) 12. Qxd4 $16 {And now Bf4 would win. White is much more active.} Bf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {[#]} 16. Qe3 ({Better is} 16. Be3 $1 $16) 16... Qf8 $14 17. b3 Nf6 18. Bb2 {White wants to play Bxf6. A strong pair of Bishops.} d5 19. Bd3 c5 (19... Bd7 $11) 20. Bxf6 $16 gxf6 {[#]} 21. Qf3 (21. Re1 $1 $16) 21... Be6 $1 $11 22. Bxf5 Bg8 23. Re1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 {[%cal Re8e1] The position is equal.} 25. h4 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Qe5+ 27. g3 d4 28. Bd3 Bd5 29. Qg4 {Hoping for Qc8+.} Be6 {To avoid Qc8+} 30. Qf3 Bd5 31. Qg4 {Threatens to win with Qc8+.} Be6 {Inhibits Qc8+.} 32. Qf3 Bd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.13 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG vs SWE Challenge Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.03.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,85,12,0,0,2,12,6,0,5,7,12,10,0,7,31,21,18,31,16,31,27,60,56,47,8,30,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,31,69,8,91,87,81,81,81,64,62,71,109,79,85,59,89,87,101,28,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e4 c5 $1 {7...c5 is better than 7...Nbd7. A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} 8. d5 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Be2 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. O-O Re8 12. a4 Qc7 13. Re1 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Nc4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rad8 {0-1 (70) Bruzon Batista,L (2644)-Mamedov,R (2645) chess24.com INT 2020}) 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qc2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 14. Bg3 Rad8 15. Rfe1 N7f6 16. Nc4 Qc6 17. Nfe5 Qc8 18. a4 Ne7 19. Bf3 Nf5 20. a5 Bd5 21. Qa4 Rfe8 22. Rad1 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ne4 {[%cal Og7c3]} 25. Qd7 Bf6 26. Kf1 ({White should play} 26. Qxc8 $14 Rxc8 27. Rd7) 26... Nexg3+ (26... Nfxg3+ $11 27. hxg3 Qb8) 27. hxg3 $16 {Threatens to win with Qxc8.} Qb8 28. Qb5 $1 Rd8 29. Rd7 (29. Rxd8+ {looks sharper.} Qxd8 30. Qxc5 Be7 31. Qe5 Qd1+ 32. Ne1) 29... Rxd7 30. Qxd7 Qd8 31. Qxd8+ Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 32. g4 Ne7 {[#]} 33. Nd6 $1 b6 {[#]} 34. axb6 {White is more active.} (34. Ne5 $1 $16) 34... axb6 $11 35. Nd2 (35. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5f7]}) 35... Kg7 {The position is equal.} 36. Ke2 Kf6 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. N6c4 Nd5 39. Ke4 {To avoid Nf4} Nf6+ 40. Kf3 Nd7 41. Ke4 Nf6+ 42. Kf3 Nd7 43. Ke4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG vs SWE Challenge Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.03.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,0,0,0,13,8,13,12,13,12,5,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,28,28,30,22,21,30,29,33,28,25,22,20,33,35,23,61,68,77,73,76,57,71,58,68,45,43,41,47,24,16,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,29,6,21,26,24,0,12,6,9,6,68,24,23,24,36,0,10,20,33]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} d6 7. c3 Bb6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Bc2 Ng6 10. d4 c6 {[#]} 11. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bc7 13. Nf1 d5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 16. Re3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 {½-½ (35) Grischuk,A (2777)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2020}) 11... d5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 {Hoping for Bxg6.} exd4 15. a5 Bc7 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd5 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. b4 Nd7 21. N2f3 {Pair of Knights!} Nf6 22. c4 $1 {White is more active.} a6 {Prevents Nb5.} (22... dxc4 $2 23. Nb5 Bxa5 24. bxa5 $18) 23. c5 g6 24. Bb3 Kf8 25. Rd3 Re8 26. Rad1 (26. Ba4 $5 {[%cal Ra4e8]}) 26... Bd7 27. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Re7 28. Nf1 Rae8 29. Re3 Re4 30. Bc2 Rxe3 31. Nxe3 Bf4 32. Rd3 Re4 33. Bb3 Be5 34. Nec2 ({But not} 34. Nf3 Bb2 $15) 34... Bf4 35. g3 Bc1 36. h4 Bb2 37. f3 Re5 38. Kf2 Ke8 (38... g5 $11) 39. Re3 (39. Ba2 $14) 39... Rxe3 $11 40. Kxe3 Kd8 41. Ne1 Kc7 42. Nd3 Bc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG vs SWE Challenge Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.03.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2022.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 9,171,14,48,27,18,22,12,19,24,18,18,15,25,26,21,20,18,10,10,19,20,16,18,8,9,11,16,9,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,26,24,2,2,3,3,3,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,99,99,99,99,99,99,12073,9264,12131,11490,6104,144,12798,0,4481,12798,9186,2005,4504,0,1761,1517,1852,1503,12828,12829,12829,12829,12830,12830,12831,12831,12831,12826,12826,12827,12833,12833,12836,0,12831,0,12836,12833,12833,12834,12834,12834,12834,12835,12835,12831,12832,12832,12832,99,12828,99,99,99,12829,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,12826,0,99,0,12830,12830,12830,12831,12831,12831,12831,12831,12830,0,12830,12829,12830,12830,12835,2784,12835,1137,12836,12836,12837,12837,12835,12836,12835,12833,12836,12836]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} c5 6. Rc1 {[#] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nc6 7. dxc5 Bg7 8. e4 Ndb4 9. a3 Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 Qxd3 11. Nge2 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nf4 {0-1 (44) Nguyen,T (2609)-Antipov,M (2615) Warsaw 2021}) 7. Bxc3 Bh6 8. e3 {The position is equal.} cxd4 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} ({But not} 13. Rxc6 $2 Bb7 14. Rxg6+ fxg6 $19) 13... Be6 14. h5 {Black must now prevent hxg6.} g5 15. Ne2 Bxa2 16. Rxc6 Be6 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Bxa7 Rc2 20. Nd4 Rxb2 21. Bc5 Bf8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Rc1 Kf7 24. Bd4 Rb5 25. Rc7 g4 26. Bc5 Ke8 {aiming for ...Kd8.} 27. Rc8+ Kd7 28. Rxf8 Rxc5 $11 {KR-KR} 29. Rg8 Rxh5 30. Rxg4 Ke8 31. Rf4 Rf5 32. Rh4 h5 33. Ra4 Kf7 34. Ra2 Rb5 35. Kh2 Rb4 (35... e5 $11) 36. Ra5 $1 $16 Rh4+ 37. Kg1 $1 Kg6 38. f3 $1 {Inhibits Re4.} Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rb4 $16 39. Re5 Rb8) 39. e4 $18 {White wants to mate with g3.} Rf4 40. Rxh5 Kg6 41. Re5 $2 (41. Rh8 $18 e5 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Rg5) 41... Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Kf6 $16 42. Rh5 Kg7) 42. Rh5 (42. Rc5 $142 Rh4 43. Kf2) 42... Kg6 43. Rh8 (43. Rc5 $142 Rf8 44. Kf2) 43... Kg7 44. Re8 (44. Ra8 $142 Rh4 45. Ra6) 44... Kf7 45. Rh8 (45. Rc8 $142 e5 46. Rh8) 45... Kg7 46. Ra8 Rh4 47. g4 $1 e5 48. Kg2 Rh7 49. Ra5 Kf6 50. Ra1 $1 Rh8 51. Rh1 $1 Ra8 52. Rh6+ Kf7 53. Kg3 Ra5 54. Rh7+ Kf6 55. Rh6+ Kf7 $1 56. Rh7+ Kf6 57. Rh5 Kg6 58. Kh4 $1 Ra3 59. Rg5+ ({Not} 59. Rxe5 Rxf3 60. Rxe7 Re3 $16) 59... Kf6 60. Rf5+ Kg6 61. Kg3 Ra5 62. Rh5 Rb5 {[#]} 63. Rh1 $2 (63. Kh4 $1 $18 Rb3 64. Rxe5) 63... Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63... e6 $16 64. Rh5 Kf7 65. Rh7+ Kg6) 64. Rd1 $2 (64. Rc1 $18 e6 65. Rc6) 64... Ra8 65. Rb1 {Threatens to win with Rb6+.} Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... e6 $16 66. Rh1 Ra5) 66. Kg2 $2 (66. Rb6+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kf7 67. Rb5) 66... Ra8 67. Rc1 Rb8 68. Ra1 Rc8 69. Ra6+ Kf7 70. Kg3 Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (70... Rc1 $16 71. Rb6 e6) 71. Kg2 $2 (71. g5 $1 $18 Rh1 72. Ra7) 71... Rb8 (71... Rc8 $1 $11) 72. Rh6 (72. Kh3 $16) 72... Rb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72... Ra8 $11) 73. Kf2 Rc5 74. g5 Rc1 75. Kg2 Ra1 76. Kh2 Rf1 77. Kg2 Ra1 $1 78. Kh3 {White is clearly winning.} Rg1 79. Kh4 Rg2 80. Kh5 (80. Rh7+ $142 Ke6 81. Kh5) 80... Rh2+ 81. Kg4 Rg2+ 82. Kf5 Rg3 83. Rh7+ Kf8 84. Kg6 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Ke8 85. Rh8+ Kd7 86. Rf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1-0

[Event "ENG vs SWE Challenge Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.03.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2022.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,230,7,8,11,21,17,34,26,24,26,28,31,28,25,47,0,14,30,20,21,31,25,27,30,33,35,35,28,17,3,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,5,8,3,5,5,19,19,19,14,11,8,8,8,94,31,58,51,28,35,94,10,66,0,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,111,0,111,111,111,111,111,0,111,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,18,18,18,18,18,26,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 {7.a3 is becoming the main line. C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} a5 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 {White is slightly better.} Re8 10. d4 {[#]} Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Bb3 b6 14. Bg3 Bb7 15. f4 Ng6 16. Qf3 d5 17. exd5 {1-0 (28) Melkumyan,H (2661)-Becerra Rivero,J (2504) Greensboro 2019}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Nd7 13. Qd1 (13. Be3 $14 {is superior.}) 13... Nb6 14. Bb3 {[%cal Oc1h6]} Bf6 15. Be3 (15. Qh5 Be6 $15) 15... Be6 (15... Bxc3 {feels hotter.} 16. bxc3 Ra6 17. Qd3 Be6 18. f4 Nd7) 16. Bxb6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 {[#] Strongly threatening Bd4.} cxb6 18. Qd4 Rc8 19. Re3 Rc6 20. Rg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rd4g7]} f6 $1 21. Rd1 Kh8 22. Re3 Qc7 23. Bd5 Rc5 24. Bb3 Rc6 25. f3 Bg8 26. Bd5 Rc5 27. Bxg8 Kxg8 28. Qxd6 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Qxc3 30. Qxb6 Qxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 31. Rd7 Qc1+ 32. Kf2 Rc8 (32... Re5 $1 $11) 33. Rd8+ (33. Qxb7 Rc2+) (33. Qxa5 $16 Rc2+ 34. Kg3) 33... Rxd8 $14 34. Qxd8+ {KQ-KQ} Kh7 $1 35. Qxa5 b6 (35... g5 $1 $14) 36. Qb5 (36. Qxb6 $16 {Black must now prevent Qa5.} Qc2+ 37. Kg3 Qxa4 38. Qc5) 36... Qd2+ (36... Qc2+ $11 37. Kg3 Qc7+ 38. Kg4 g6) 37. Kg3 (37. Qe2 $1 $14 Qd4+ 38. Qe3) 37... Qe3 (37... Qd6+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 38. Kg4 g6) 38. h4 $16 Qe1+ 39. Kg4 Qd2 40. Kh3 (40. Qxb6 Qxg2+ 41. Kf5 (41. Kf4 $2 g5+ 42. Kf5 Qxf3+ 43. Ke6 Qxe4+ 44. Kf7 Qg6+ 45. Kf8 Qg7+ 46. Ke8 gxh4 $19) 41... Qxf3+ 42. Ke6 Qxe4+ 43. Kf7 Qd5+ 44. Qe6 Qh5+ 45. Ke7 Qe5 $15) 40... Qe3 41. Qd5 Qf2 42. Qd3 Kh8 43. h5 Qc5 44. Qd5 Qf2 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qd3 {e5+ is the strong threat.} Kh8 47. g3 Qc5 48. Qb5 Qf2 49. Kg4 Qe3 50. Qd5 Kh7 51. Qb5 Kh8 $1 52. Qe8+ Kh7 {[%cal Of6f5]} 53. Qg6+ Kh8 54. Qe8+ Kh7 {[%cal Of6f5] [#]} 55. f4 {White is more active.} (55. Qf7 $1 $16) 55... Qe2+ $11 56. Kf5 Qd3 $1 57. Qg6+ Kh8 {[%cal Rd3d7]} 58. Qe8+ Kh7 59. g4 Qc2 $1 {Inhibits Qc6.} 60. Qg6+ Kg8 {[%cal Rc2c8]} 61. Qe8+ Kh7 62. Qd7 Qb3 63. Qc6 Qf7 {aiming for ...g6+.} 64. e5 (64. Qxb6 g6+ 65. hxg6+ Qxg6+ 66. Ke6 f5+ 67. Ke7 Qxb6 $19) 64... fxe5+ 65. Kxe5 {White wants to mate with Qc2+.} Qe7+ 66. Kd5 {And now Qc2+ would win.} Qe2 $1 {To avoid Qc2+. The position is equal.} 67. Qg6+ ({Don't do} 67. Qxb6 $6 Qa2+ 68. Ke5 Qe2+ 69. Kd6 Qxg4 $16) 67... Kh8 68. Qe4 ({Don't play} 68. Qxb6 $6 Qxg4 69. a5 Qxh5+ 70. Kc6 Qe8+ 71. Kd5 Qd7+ 72. Ke4 Qa4+ 73. Ke5 Qe8+ 74. Kd4 Qe2 $16) 68... Qxg4 69. Qe8+ Kh7 70. Qe4+ Kh8 71. Kc6 Qxh5 72. Kxb6 Qd1 73. Qe8+ Kh7 74. Qe4+ Kh8 75. a5 Qd8+ 76. Kb5 Qd7+ 77. Kb6 Qd8+ 78. Kb5 Qd7+ 79. Qc6 Qf5+ 80. Kb6 Qxf4 81. a6 Qb8+ 82. Qb7 Qd6+ 83. Ka7 {Intending Qb8+ and mate.} Qd4+ 84. Ka8 ({Don't take} 84. Qb6 Qe4 $14) 84... h5 85. a7 Kh7 86. Qb5 Qe4+ 87. Kb8 Qf4+ 88. Kb7 Qe4+ 89. Qc6 Qb4+ 90. Ka6 Qa3+ 91. Kb6 Qb4+ 92. Qb5 Qd6+ 93. Kb7 Qe7+ 94. Ka6 Qa3+ 95. Kb7 Qe7+ 96. Kb6 Qd6+ 97. Qc6 Qb4+ 98. Kc7 Qe7+ 99. Qd7 Qc5+ 100. Kb7 Qb4+ 101. Ka6 Qa3+ 102. Kb5 Qb3+ 103. Kc5 {Qf5+ would kill now.} Qc3+ 104. Kd6 Qd4+ 105. Ke7 Qb4+ 106. Kf7 {White threatens Qf5+ and mate.} Qf4+ 107. Ke7 Qb4+ 108. Kd8 Qf8+ 109. Kc7 Qc5+ 110. Kb7 Qb4+ 111. Kc8 {Threatening mate with Qf5+.} Qf8+ 112. Qd8 Qc5+ 113. Qc7 Qf8+ 114. Kb7 Qb4+ 115. Qb6 Qe7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG vs SWE Challenge Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.03.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,119,14,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-15,2,13,8,8,11,-27,10,0,28,27,21,27,22,28,22,27,27,29,35,28,23,20,29,9,12,7,18,12,21,19,28,24,31,26,27,20,33,9,17,10,10,8,1,4,3,1,3,5,25,17,22,10,11,7,16,2,5,0,12,1,23,0,15,0,7,0,8,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 c5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} 8. e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 {[%cal Bf1c4,Bc4b3,Bb3c2,Bc2e4][%mdl 32] [#]} Ne4 $146 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} ({Predecessor:} 11... e5 12. Nf3 h6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bd5 Re8 16. O-O Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 {½-½ (69) Maletin,P (2584)-Giri,A (2690) Olginka 2011}) 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 {[#]} (13. Bc7 $5 {[%cal Rb2c3]} Nd5 14. Bg3 $14) 13... Ne5 $1 14. Bb3 Ne4 {Pair of Knights!} (14... Ng6 $5 {[%cal Rg6h4]}) 15. Bc2 {Inhibits Nd3+.} Ng6 16. Bxe4 {And now Bg3 would win.} Nxh4 17. g3 f5 18. Bc2 Ng6 {[%cal Bh4g6,Bg6e7,Be7c6][%mdl 32]} 19. f4 Bd7 20. Nf3 Bc6 21. Ke2 Bd5 {To avoid Bb3} 22. Rhc1 Rac8 23. Bd3 Ne7 24. Nd2 Nc6 25. Rc5 Rcd8 26. Rac1 Rd7 27. Bb5 Rfd8 28. Nf3 Kf8 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Nd4 Bd5 31. Rxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 32. Ne6+ Ke7 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 {KR-KR} 34. h3 Kd6 35. g4 Rf8 36. Rg1 g6 37. Kd3 Rf7 38. Rg3 a5 39. Rg2 Rf6 40. Rg1 Rf7 41. Rg2 Rf8 {The position is equal.} 42. Rg1 Rf7 43. Rg3 Rf8 44. Rg2 Rf7 45. Rg1 Rf8 46. g5 Rc8 47. h4 Rc4 48. h5 Re4 {[%cal Od5d4]} ({Don't take} 48... gxh5 49. Rh1 $16) 49. hxg6 hxg6 {[%cal Od5d4]} 50. Rh1 d4 51. exd4 Kd5 52. Rh6 Rxf4 53. Rxg6 Rxd4+ 54. Ke3 Rg4 55. Rb6 Rxg5 56. Kf4 Rg7 57. Rb5+ Kc6 58. Rxa5 Rg2 59. Kxf5 Rxb2 60. Ke4 {An even fight not without its subleties.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG vs SWE Challenge Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.03.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,75,19,6,12,12,16,18,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,-11,-25,-20,21,10,21,-62,-74,-85,-15,-15,-30,-19,54,40,369,373,370,354,354,359,357,356,347,335,343,331,579,579,557,552,5335,5219,5010,5002,29987,29988,29987,931,931,920,921,916,890,890,779,646]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. Re1 h6 {6...Ng4 is a critical line.} 7. c3 d6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 Bb6 9. h3 Ne7 {The position is equal.} 10. d4 Nc6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. a4 {Threatens to win with d5.} a5 {[%cal Re5d4] [#]} 12. Ra3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bf1 Be6 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. Rd1 Qh4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 {1-0 (40) Kramnik,V (2753)-Caruana,F (2820) Paris 2021}) 12... Re8 {[%cal Re5d4]} 13. Ba2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 (15. Nc4 $5 {[%cal Rf3d4]}) 15... Bxd4 16. Rd3 Ba7 (16... Bc5 $142) 17. e5 $1 $11 Qe7 18. Rg3 (18. Rf3 $11) 18... dxe5 $15 {Strongly threatening ...Be6.} 19. Nc4 {[%csl LRa5,LRe5,LRh6][%cal Bd2c4,Bc4e5,Be5g6][%mdl 32]} Kf8 ({Don't take} 19... Qc5 20. Bxh6 (20. Be3 Qd5 $11) 20... Qxf2+ 21. Kh2 $16) (19... Kh7 $17 {Hoping for ...e4.} 20. Rxe5 (20. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qc5+ 22. Kf1 Rxe5 $17) 20... Be6) 20. Bxh6 $11 gxh6 21. Qd2 {[%cal Rd2h6] [#]} Ng8 (21... Ng4 $1 $11 22. hxg4 Qg5) 22. Nxe5 $40 {[%mdl 128] And now Qf4 would win. Black needs to defend precisely.} Qb4 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Inhibits Qf4. This costs Black the game.} (22... Qf6 $14) 23. Rf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga2,Ge5][%cal Rf3f7][%mdl 512] The board is on fire.} f5 (23... Qxd2 $2 24. Rxf7#) 24. Qxb4+ axb4 25. Ng6+ Kg7 26. Rxe8 Nf6 27. Re7+ ({Less strong is} 27. Rf8 Bc5 28. Rh8 b6 $16) 27... Kxg6 28. Rg3+ Kh5 $2 (28... Ng4 {was worth a try.} 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Rxc7 Bf5 31. Rxb7 Bc5) 29. Bc4 {Black must now prevent Rgg7.} Bd4 30. Be2+ Kh4 31. Rg6 {g3+ would kill now.} f4 32. Reg7 h5 {[#]} 33. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bg4 {[#]} 34. Rxg4+ (34. Kh2 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf2 35. hxg4 Bg3+ 36. Kg1 Ra5 37. gxh5 Re5 38. Kf1 Rg5 39. h6) 34... hxg4 {White is clearly winning.} 35. Rxf4 Kg5 36. Rxg4+ Kf6 37. Rxd4 Rxa4 38. b3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.73} 1-0

[Event "ENG vs SWE Challenge Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.03.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,69,8,3,0,3,11,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,15,33,8,12,9,14,7,36,36,36,47,53,17,30,0,0,0,33,33,42,22,43,23,28,18,161,176,226,236,279,259,640,636,595,639,616,610,938,935,921,832]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O c5 {8...Ba6 is the modern continuation.} 9. Ne5 Bxc3 {E53: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line (4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5 7 0-0).} 10. bxc3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 {The position is equal.} 12. Qa4 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} Nc7 13. f3 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Re1 Ne6 15. Bd2 a6 16. Rad1 b5 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. a4 c4 19. Qa3 h6 {½-½ (36) Sperhake,K (2496)-Ohtake,S (2382) ICCF email 2016}) 14. Bd2 Nb5 15. Qb3 Nd6 16. Be1 c4 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qb1 Nfe8 19. a4 f6 20. Ng4 b5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Bg3 Rxb5 23. Qc2 Qe7 {To avoid e4} 24. Rfe1 Qb7 25. Ra2 {[%cal Ba1a2,Ba2a5,Ba5a7][%mdl 32]} Rb3 26. Rea1 Qe7 $1 27. Rxa5 h5 {This costs Black the game.} (27... Nb5 $1 $11) 28. Ra7 $18 Nb7 (28... Rb7 {was necessary.} 29. Rxb7 Qxb7) 29. Nf2 {[%cal Bg4f2,Bf2e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} ({Stronger than} 29. Nh6+ gxh6 30. Rb1 (30. Qg6+ Qg7 $17) 30... Rf7 $15) 29... Qxe3 30. Qf5 $1 {[%csl LRd5,LRh5]} Rxc3 $2 (30... h4) 31. Qxd5+ {White is clearly winning.} Rf7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rc1+.} 32. h4 Qe7 33. Ne4 Rb3 34. Nc5 {Prevents Qd7.} Rb2 35. Re1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.36} 1-0

[Event "ENG vs SWE Challenge Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.03.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,70,13,22,23,18,16,14,9,18,8,14,11,12,12,27,33,22,8,68,38,46,74,57,31,35,12,4,4,5,6,11,11,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-50,-50,-52,-41,-44,-44,-35,-9,-6,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. b4 Bb6 {[%cal Of6e4]} 8. a4 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nexd5 {[#]} 13. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Ba3 Be6 16. g3 Nc3 17. Qf1 Qd7 18. Qd3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 {½-½ (27) Khairullin,R (2305)-Boldysh,K (2391) ICCF email 2017}) 13... c6 14. Bg5 cxb5 15. Qxb5 Qd6 ({Black should try} 15... h6 $11 16. Bxd5 hxg5) 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Qb3 {And now Bxd5 would win.} Ba7 18. Ne4 ({Of course not} 18. Qxb7 Rfb8 19. Ne4 Qf8 20. Nxf6+ (20. Bxd5 Rxb7 21. Bxb7 Rb8 $15) 20... Nxf6 $11) (18. Rac1 {with more complications.} Bc6 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qb4 21. Rb1) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxd5 (19. Rxe4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Bc6 20. Rae1 $16) 19... Nxg5 20. Nxg5 Qf6 21. Nxf7 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne5+.} Bxd4 22. Ra2 {Black must now prevent Ne5+. Active counter play!} ({Wrong is} 22. Ne5+ $2 Kh8 23. Nxd7 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Bxa1 $19) 22... Bc6 {...Bxd5 is the strong threat.} 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne5+ Kh8 {[%cal Rd4f2]} 25. Nf3 Rab8 26. Qd3 Bb2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qf7.} 27. Qc2 Rb4 28. h3 Rfb8 29. Re4 h6 30. Rxb4 Rxb4 31. Nd2 (31. g3 $11) 31... Qc3 $15 32. Qxc3 Bxc3 33. Kf1 Bxd2 34. Rxd2 c5 35. Rd5 Rxa4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG vs SWE Challenge Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2022.03.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,62,18,6,17,0,10,16,16,24,45,8,8,7,7,0,0,-15,-15,-15,-16,-14,-14,-10,-12,-20,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,-9,-4,-15,-13,-15,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} 8. Bg5 dxc4 9. Qxc4 {[%cal Oe2e4]} c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 {[#]} 11. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 Ba6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd7 14. e3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 c4 16. Ke2 Qb8 17. Bg3 {1-0 (39) Shankland,S (2708)-Grischuk,A (2764) Belgrade 2022}) 11... Nbd7 12. e4 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.} h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 {A strong pair of Bishops.} Re8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Be2 Qxb2 {[%cal Oe8e4] [#] Threatens to win with ...Rxe4!} 18. O-O Be6 19. Qa6 Qb6 20. Rb1 Qxa6 21. Bxa6 {The position is equal.} Rab8 22. Rbc1 Rb3 23. Rxc5 Rxa3 24. Bb7 Rd8 25. h4 a5 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 a4 28. Ra5 Rd3 29. Ra1 R3xd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxa4 h5 {A balanced but interesting game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

