[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,63,9,16,0,6,0,39,44,64,66,64,56,60,42,44,33,33,53,45,34,45,30,38,29,29,29,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,8,8,8,8,0,9,0,8,0,7,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 (5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bf4 c6 9. Nc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nf8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Ne6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bf8 19. Nc3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rc7 21. Kh1 {1-0 (54) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017}) 6. Bg2 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Nc3 h6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Rad1 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. Rfe1 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 {½-½ (58) Tkachiev,V (2625)-Sokolov,I (2650) Dubai 2014}) 11. a3 Re8 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 {[#]} 16. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb6 (16... gxh6 17. Rxd8) 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bc1 f5 19. f3 exf3 20. exf3 Bc7 21. f4 Kf7 22. b3 e5 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Be3 Bc7 26. Kf2 Be6 27. a4 Rh8 {The position is equal.} 28. h3 Rh5 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Rd1 Rh5 31. Rh1 Rh8 32. Rd1 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,153,43,19,43,46,36,35,34,37,79,51,106,106,108,104,106,106,120,104,199,127,129,118,97,126,127,111,186,116,124,122,269,251,254,243,247,250,319,311,289,279,235,229,198,53,58,36,760,222,214,199,333,354,358,351,333,340,348,354,336,319,333,341,301,287,483,475,468,456,395,299,299,299,290,297,297,295,297,297,290,287,280,280,292,291,295,289,291,288,280,233,232,233,233,233,233,233,225,224,250,263,242,225,280,280,333,316,309,281,357,181,357,357,456,456,456,414,350,243,373,387,599,577,1585,1356,1304,1321,29973,29974,29974,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29977,29978,29977,29980,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Rc1 Rd8 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Qg6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh3 14. Ne1 Rd6 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Bd3 {½-½ (73) Li,C (2758)-Wan,Y (2481) Wuxi 2016}) 7... c5 8. cxd5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} g5 9. Bg3 {White is slightly better.} Nxd5 10. Rc1 f5 11. Bc4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 {1-0 (28) Traczewski,W (1731)-Marculescu,G (1721) LSS email 2008}) 11... Nc6 12. O-O {Strongly threatening Bxd5.} cxd4 (12... Nb6 $1 $14 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4) 13. Nxd5 $16 exd5 14. Bb3 dxe3 {And now ...f4 would win.} 15. Bxd5+ Kh7 16. fxe3 Ba5 (16... Bd7 $16) 17. Kh1 (17. Bd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6f8]} Rf6 18. Bc5) 17... Bb6 18. Bd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6f8]} Re8 (18... Qxd6 $2 19. Bg8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg8 20. Qxd6 $18) 19. e4 Qf6 20. b4 $36 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 2080] Keeping Black busy.} Be6 {[#]} (20... f4 $16) 21. e5 ({White should play} 21. Bxe6 $1 $18 Rxe6 22. e5) 21... Qg6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 (22... Qxe6 $16 23. b5 Ne7) 23. b5 $18 Nd8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Nf7 {[%cal Rf7d6]} 26. Qd5 Rg8 27. Qxb7 Rg7 28. Rc7 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 (29. Bc5 $18) 29... Rxe5 $14 30. Rfc1 {aiming for Qxa7.} (30. Qxa7 $5 Rxb5 31. a4 $14) 30... g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Qf6 $14) 31. g3 $2 (31. Qxa7 Qg5 32. Rxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rb1) 31... Rxc7 $18 32. Rxc7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kh8 (32... Kg8 $142) 33. Qxa7 f4 34. Rc8+ Re8 {( -> ...Qe4+)} 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Qd5+ Kf8 {White must now prevent ...Qb1+.} 37. Rxe8+ (37. Qc5+ Kg8) 37... Qxe8 {KQ-KQ} 38. Qf5+ ({Don't play} 38. gxf4 h5 $18) 38... Kg7 {Hoping for ...Qe1+.} 39. Qxg4+ Kh8 $2 (39... Kh7 40. a4 (40. gxf4 Qxb5 41. Kg2 Qb2+ 42. Kg3 Qa3+ 43. Qf3 Qxa2 $16) 40... Qa8+ 41. Kg1 Qxa4 42. Qf5+ (42. Qxf4 Qxb5 43. Qf7+ Kh8 $16) 42... Kg7 43. Qe5+ (43. gxf4 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kf3 Qd1+ 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qd2+ 48. Kf3 Qd1+ 49. Kg3 Qg1+ 50. Kf3 Qf1+ 51. Kg4 Qg2+ 52. Kh5 Qxh2+ 53. Kg4 Qg2+ 54. Kh4 Qf2+ 55. Kh5 Qh2+ 56. Kg4 Qg2+ 57. Kh5 Qh1+ 58. Kg4 Qg2+ $11) 43... Kg6 44. Qd6+ Kg7) 40. Qxf4 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Qf2 Qxb5 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Qg4+ Kh8 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qc2+ Kg7 47. a4 Qd5+ 48. Kf2 Qe5 49. Kf3 Kh8 50. Qe4 Qh5+ 51. Kg2 Qc5 52. Qg6 Qd5+ 53. Kh3 Qd7+ 54. Qg4 Qd5 55. Qc8+ Kh7 56. Qc2+ Kg7 57. Kg4 Qd4+ 58. Kf3 Qe5 59. Qe4 Qc3+ 60. Kg4 Qd2 61. Qe5+ Kg6 62. Qf5+ Kg7 63. Kh3 Kh8 64. a5 Qe2 65. Qf6+ Kh7 66. Qf7+ Kh8 67. Qg6 Qf1+ {[#]} (67... h5 {keeps fighting.} 68. a6 Qf1+ 69. Kh4 Qf4+ 70. Kxh5 Qh4+ 71. Kxh4) 68. Kh4 $1 Qc4+ 69. g4 Qf4 70. h3 Qf2+ 71. Kh5 {White mates.} Qf7 72. a6 Qd5+ 73. Qf5 Qf7+ 74. Kxh6 Qe6+ 75. Kg5 Qe3+ 76. Qf4 Qc5+ 77. Kg6 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,107,20,19,34,27,31,27,17,27,20,26,29,20,20,20,15,17,20,12,15,-4,0,-5,14,26,14,18,26,38,37,31,75,61,116,41,102,102,136,132,196,187,217,212,250,264,248,248,233,235,296,372,360,367,349,366,362,359,327,262,230,239,333,336,1406,1335,1472,1418,1410,1324,1020,844,2663,1704,5631,6648,12830,12831,12839,12839,12839,12839,12841,12841,12842,12839,12839,12839]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 9. Rc1 (9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Qxc4 Rac8 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Nd2 Na5 15. Qb4 b6 16. Ba6 {1-0 (32) Aronian,L (2809)-So,W (2810) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Qg6 10. Qc2 Qxc2 11. Rxc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Na5 13. Be2 c5 14. a3 Bxc3+ $1 15. Rxc3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 {[#]} Bd7 $146 17. Rc7 Rfd8 18. b4 Nc6 $1 19. Nb3 b6 20. Ba6 {And now Bb7 would win.} Ne7 21. Bb7 Rab8 22. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ba4 23. Rxe7 {Threatens to win with Nd4.} Bxb3 24. Ba6 b5 25. Rxa7 Rd2 26. Ra1 Ba4 27. h3 Rbd8 (27... Rc2 $14) 28. Bb7 (28. Rc1 $16) 28... R8d7 ({Better is} 28... R2d7 $14) 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Bc6 R7d6 (30... Rc7 $16 31. Rc1 Rd5) 31. Be8 $18 f5 32. Rc1 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. Kg3 e5 36. Ra6 {Intending Bg6+ and mate.} f4+ 37. exf4 exf4+ 38. Kxf4 {Bg6+ would kill now.} Rxf2+ 39. Kg3 Rf8 40. Bg6+ Kg8 41. Re6 Bb3 {[#]} 42. Re5 $1 Rb8 $2 (42... Ba4 43. Be8 Rf1 44. Bxb5 Ra1 45. Bc4+ (45. Bxa4 Rxa3+ 46. Kf4 Rxa4 $16) 45... Kf8) 43. Re8+ {White is clearly winning.} Rxe8 44. Bxe8 {KB-KB} Bc4 45. Kf4 Kf8 46. Bc6 g5+ 47. Ke5 Ke7 48. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3h4][%mdl 32]} Bf1 49. h4 gxh4 50. gxh4 Bc4 51. Be4 Kd7 52. Kd4 Kd6 {[#]} 53. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 544]} Be6 (53... bxa4 54. Kxc4) 54. axb5 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,61,19,19,18,18,14,21,20,19,16,21,12,23,11,10,7,52,40,81,77,95,108,108,104,105,111,102,109,97,104,150,148,142,14,16,0,13,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32] C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 {LiveBook: 82 Games} 14. Ne7+ Kh8 {White must now prevent ...Be6.} 15. Nxc8 Qxc8 (15... Rxc8 16. d3 f5 {½-½ (36) Anand,V (2783)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017}) 16. d4 Qd7 {[#]} 17. Bd3 $146 Nd6 18. Bf4 (18. Qh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5h7]} f5 19. c3 $11) 18... Rae8 19. Qf3 f5 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Be5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Bb8 22. Qf4 Ne4 23. Bxb8 $1 Qxb8 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Nd6 26. Re1 Kg8 {[#]} 27. Re7 $1 Rf8 28. Rd7 Rf6 {[#]} 29. Rd8+ (29. b3 $1 $16) 29... Kf7 $11 30. Rd7+ Kf8 31. Kf2 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,49,11,9,14,16,10,20,18,14,10,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} e6 (6... b5 7. c4 g5 8. Nxg5 Ne5 9. Bf1 bxc4 10. Na3 Rg8 11. d4 cxd4 12. f4 Bg4 13. Qxd4 {1-0 (38) Liang,A (2536)-Li,R (2568) Saint Louis 2017}) 7. c3 b5 8. a4 Bb7 9. Bc2 c4 10. d4 cxd3 {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. e5 $146 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Be7 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Rxa4 Nxa4 17. Bxa4+ Kf8 18. Rd7 $1 Qa5 19. Rxb7 Qxa4 20. c4 Qa1 21. Qc2 Qa5 {[%cal Ra5e1] [#]} 22. Qe2 Qa1 23. Qc2 Qa5 {[%cal Ra5e1]} 24. Qe2 Qa1 25. Qc2 {Precision: White = 96%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,61,0,15,12,7,7,18,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,14,9,12,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,2,0,4,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,2,0,2,2]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. Bb5+ {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} (6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. b3 Be7 8. Bc4 Qf5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 Rd8 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 {1-0 (60) Rakhmanov,A (2663)-Erdos,V (2628) Linares 2017}) 6... Bd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games. The position is equal.} 7. Bc4 Bc6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7... Nb6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. b3 Be7 10. Ba3 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. Ne4 Nb4 13. Ne5 Be8 {1-0 (46) Kunin,V (2546)-Beinoras,M (2426) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2009}) 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne5 (9. Bxd5 $5 Bxd5 10. b3 $11) 9... O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nd7 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. Rd1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxd5 Qf6 18. Rb1 Qg6 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%cal Rd8d1][%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame KRB-KRB} 22. Be3 h6 23. Kf1 a6 (23... Bxh2 24. g3 $16) 24. Ke2 Kf8 ({Stronger than} 24... Bxh2 25. g3 $16) 25. h3 Ke7 26. Rc1 Rd7 27. b3 Rc7 28. Kd3 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Ke6 30. Kc4 Bd6 31. a4 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,15,37,12,10,10,16,15,12,3,36,37,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Bb5+ (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 {0-1 (55) Navara,D (2737)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... Bd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Bd3 cxd4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... b6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Bf4 {1-0 (26) Del Rio de Angelis,S (2511)-Martin Duque,J (2386) Linares 2017}) 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e5,Be5c6][%mdl 32]} Nb4 12. O-O Bc6 13. Bc4 {Bd2 is the strong threat.} b5 ({Not} 13... Bxe4 $2 {[#]} 14. Rxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxb4 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxb4 $16) 14. Ne5 bxc4 {[#]The position is equal.} 15. Rxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe4 (15... Bxb4 16. Nxc6) 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Rxc4 Bd5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} (17... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 18. Nd7+ Kf7 $11) 18. Nc6 Qd7 $1 19. Ba3 Bxc4 20. Bxe7+ Ke8 $1 21. Qxc4 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c6]} 22. Rc1 {Strongly threatening Ba3.} Rxc6 (22... Qxe7 {is interesting.} 23. Nxe7 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Kxe7 25. Rc7+ Kf6) 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Kxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 25. Rc7+ Kf6 26. Rxa7 Rb8 {[%cal Rb8b1]} 27. Kf1 Rb4 28. Ke2 Rxd4 29. a4 h5 30. a5 Ra4 31. a6 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,70,17,22,0,0,-11,6,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,11,70,60,83,0,0,-44,-43,-94,-107,-58,-45,-62,-65,-106,-100,-94,-93,-191,-191,-266,-265,-575,-574,-581,-558,-577,-575,-566,-520,-741,-738,-999,-995,-2083,-2019]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 78 Games} 12. Qh4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (12. Rac1 a6 13. Qd2 Rc7 14. Ne1 Qa8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ng2 b5 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Ncd5 Rc5 19. Bd4 Rcc8 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 {½-½ (45) Stern,R (2521)-Wojtaszek,R (2746) Germany 2017}) 12... Rc5 13. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h6 15. Nge4 Qa8 16. f3 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. fxe4 {0-1 (43) Contin,D (2242)-Saldano Dayer,H (2421) Mina Clavero 2016}) 13... Qa8 14. Na4 {The position is equal.} Rc7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nc3 Nf5 18. Qf4 e5 (18... Rc5 $11) 19. Qg4 $1 $14 h5 20. Qh3 ({White should play} 20. gxh6 $1 $16 Nf6 21. Qg5) 20... Nc5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc5e6] And now ...Ne6 would win.} 21. Ne1 e4 22. Nd5 (22. Rd5 $15) 22... Bxd5 $1 $17 23. Rxd5 Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. Rd1 Rc5 {[#]} ({Weaker is} 25... Nxg5 26. Qxf5 Rc5 27. Rd5 $14) 26. Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ra5 (26... exd3 27. Bxa8) 27. Qxh5 {[#]} (27. Nb4 $17 Qd8 28. Qxh5 Qxg5 29. Qxg5+ Nxg5 30. a4) 27... f4 $1 $19 28. c5 (28. Qh6 $142 f3 29. Nb4 (29. g6 $2 fxg6 30. exf3 exd3 $19) 29... Rxg5 30. Nd5) 28... Qd5 29. Qh6 $2 (29. Nb2 Qxc5 30. Bxe4 Qxg5+ 31. Qxg5+ Nxg5 32. Bb1) 29... f3 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. exf3 {Hoping for g6.} exd3 31. g6 fxg6 32. Qxg6+ Ng7 33. b4 Rxa2 34. f4 Qd4 35. Kh1 Ra1 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,62,23,0,29,6,4,0,0,-23,-10,-53,-17,-72,-79,-58,-45,-47,-44,-55,-52,-68,-58,-64,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nb8 9. e4 a5 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 10. Ne1 Na6 11. Nd3 (11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Re8 13. Nd3 Ng4 14. h3 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 {½-½ (25) Inarkiev,E (2727)-Sutovsky,E (2650) Poikovsky 2017}) 11... Nd7 12. Be3 Ndc5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} f5 15. exf5 (15. Bxc5 $5 dxc5 16. exf5 $14) 15... gxf5 16. f4 e4 17. Bd4 {[#]} Bd7 $146 18. g4 (18. Bxg7 {with more complications.} Kxg7 19. Rae1 h5 20. Re3 Qf6 21. h4) 18... fxg4 19. Nxe4 (19. Bxg7 $11 Kxg7 20. Nxe4) 19... Nxe4 $17 20. Bxe4 Qh4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rae1 Qf6 23. f5 Rae8 24. Rf4 Kh8 (24... h5 $15) 25. Kh1 {The position is equal.} b6 (25... Rg8 {is more complex.} 26. Rg1 h5 27. Qf2 a4 28. a3 Ref8) 26. Rxg4 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 {[#] Hoping for Rf4.} Qxf5 $11 {KQR-KQR} 29. Qe7 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Re7g7]} Qf1+ 30. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Re7g7]} Qf3+ 31. Rg2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Re7g7]} Qf1+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 35%.} (31... Rg8 $5 32. Qe2 $8 Qf5 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,60,-29,-33,-31,-34,-32,-28,-23,-31,-10,-10,-10,-7,0,-10,-10,-10,0,-17,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-14,-18,0,-18,-15,-18,-5,-10,-11,-11,-18,-21,-18,-23,-14,-28,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Be3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 Ba7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. f3 {1-0 (33) Navara,D (2737)-Le,Q (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... Bxe3 8. fxe3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Bb3 d5 12. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Qe1 a5 14. d4 e4 {0-1 (64) Goetz,R (2275)-Gruen,G (2375) Germany 1989}) 12... dxe4 (12... b6 {is more complex.} 13. Rfe1 Ba6 14. d4 Re8 15. Rad1 Qc8) 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qe7 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rfd8 19. Kf2 f6 20. Ke2 Nf8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 22. b4 Ne6 23. Nd2 Kf7 24. Ra1 a6 25. Nb3 Ke7 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. bxc5 h5 28. b4 Rh8 29. c4 Kd7 30. Rd1+ Kc7 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,68,12,15,7,16,12,13,8,5,0,0,-1,5,2,27,45,85,62,83,28,30,27,28,27,47,32,44,16,21,21,10,16,16,15,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. b3 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} b6 8. O-O Bb7 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 9. Qd3 (9. Bb2 Rc8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qd3 c5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. a3 a5 {½-½ (32) Kramnik,V (2809)-Aronian,L (2785) London 2016}) 9... c5 (9... Rc8 {looks sharper.} 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Nf6) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bf6 (13... Nc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d3]} 14. Qe3 Qd7 $11) 14. Rfd1 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 {aiming for e4.} Nc5 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 15... Nf6 16. e4 Bb7 17. Qe3 Qe7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Qd4 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 g6 26. Kg2 Kg7 {½-½ (26) Panno,O-Pachman,L Portoroz 1958}) 16. Qe3 $1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 ({White should try} 17. Nxe6 $1 $16 Qc8 18. Nxf8) 17... Qd5+ $11 18. Qf3 Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Rac8 20. Rac1 a6 21. b4 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 22. e4 ({Don't blunder} 22. Nc6 $2 {[#]} Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Kg2 Ne5 $19) 22... Ne5+ 23. Ke2 g6 24. f4 Nc4 25. b5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Rc5 27. Nd6 Nxd6 28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ra8 30. Rd2 Ra3 31. Kd1 c4 32. Rc2 Kg7 33. Kc1 c3 34. Kd1 Kf6 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,69,2,21,41,60,60,50,46,171,172,215,229,282,311,355,93,93,94,139,146,148,147,150,150,160,165,179,166,140,129,279,291,395,233,377,371,404,330,312,303,1405,330,819,806,925,927,908,873,897,881,889,888]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} f6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Rae1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 {½-½ (29) Svidler,P (2749)-So,W (2810) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. Bxc6 $1 {White is slightly better.} bxc6 13. Qxc3 {[#]} Ba6 $146 ({Better is} 13... a5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe8 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Ba5 17. Qxa5 Qxe5 {0-1 (40) Forcen Esteban,D (2545)-Anton Guijarro,D (2660) Minsk 2017}) 14. a4 $1 $18 (14. Qxc6 $6 Rb8 $14) 14... fxe5 15. Nxe5 c5 16. dxc5 d4 17. Qb3+ $2 (17. Bxd4 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Ba5 18. b4) 17... Kh8 $16 18. O-O-O Bxc5 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 {Threatens to win with Rhe1.} Qd6 {And now ...Qc6 would win.} 21. Bf4 Qc6 {White must now prevent ...Bd6+.} 22. Qxc7 Qd5 {[#]} 23. Be5 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rc7g7]} Rg8 24. Rhe1 h6 (24... Bb6 $16 {was worth a try.} 25. Qd6 Rc8+ 26. Kb1 Qb3) 25. Kb1 $18 Kh7 {[#]} 26. Re3 (26. Bxd4 $142 $1 Qf5+ (26... Bxd4 27. Qc2+) 27. Ka1 Bxd4 28. Rxd4) 26... d3 (26... Bc8 $142) 27. Rg3 {[%cal Rg3g7]} Bf8 28. Qc3 Bb4 29. Qd4 ({Don't do} 29. Rdxd3 Qe4 $18) ({Weaker is} 29. Rgxd3 Qxg2 30. Qc2 (30. Qxb4 Bxd3+ 31. Rxd3 Qf1+ 32. Kc2 Qe2+ 33. Rd2 Qxe5 $14) 30... Bxd3 $18) 29... Qc6 $2 (29... Qxd4 30. Bxd4 g5) 30. Rdxd3 $2 (30. Rc1 Qe6 31. Rc7) 30... Bc5 $2 {[#]} (30... Bxd3+ 31. Qxd3+ g6) 31. Qd7 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Bxd3+ 32. Qxd3+ g6 33. Qc4 {White threatens Qf7+ and mate.} Qd7 34. Qxc5 Rc8 35. Qd4 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,60,22,12,10,11,8,25,21,20,14,13,13,16,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-14,-11,-11,-27,-7,-6,8,12,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,5]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Nf3 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe7 15. h3 g6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qe4 Bxb2 19. Bxc6 {½-½ (94) Carlsen,M (2822)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 15. Bd6 {[#] aiming for Bxh7+.} Rd8 16. Bc5 Qa5 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Qb5 (18. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Bd7 19. a3 $14 (19. Qxd5 Nxd4 20. exd4 Bb5 $11)) 18... Qxb5 19. Bxb5 Bxb2 20. Rc2 b6 21. Bxc6 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Be6 23. Ng5 {The position is equal.} d4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. exd4 Bxd4 26. Rc2 Rb2 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 28. Ba4 Kf7 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Kf6 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32] D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxc6 {[#]} 15. Bb5 $146 Bd5 {LiveBook: 21 Games. The position is equal.} 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Bb5 Bd5 18. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,101,24,21,32,21,16,20,15,19,26,19,17,17,19,12,43,43,56,30,62,27,26,13,24,26,47,39,46,33,55,23,24,5,17,6,33,33,27,21,22,20,21,24,17,8,9,-8,-8,-66,0,0,11,0,0,-16,-8,-18,-18,-26,0,0,0,0,-3,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 10. Kb1 (10. h4 h6 11. c4 Bf6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qe7 14. Qf4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (56) Grischuk,A (2761)-Yu,Y (2753) Jiayuguan 2017}) 10... Bf6 11. h3 {LiveBook: 13 Games. White has an edge.} h5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Be3 O-O-O 15. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be2 Qf7 16. b3 a6 {1-0 (48) Kulovana,E (2263)-Kratochvil,M (2168) Czechia 2013}) 15... Kb8 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Rhe1 Bg6 18. Kb2 Rhe8 19. c4 Qe6 20. Qc3 Qe5 21. Bf3 {[#] Hoping for Bxa7+!} Qxc3+ 22. Kxc3 Ne7 23. Bf4 Bf7 24. Bc1 Kc8 25. Re2 (25. g4 {keeps more tension.} hxg4 26. hxg4 Nc6 27. Be4 Ne7 28. Bd3) 25... Nf5 26. Rde1 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Re8 28. Be4 Ne7 29. Bd3 a5 30. a3 Nc6 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 32. f4 Ne7 33. Be3 Bc6 34. Bf1 (34. g3 $11) 34... Kd7 ({Better is} 34... Nf5 $15 35. Bf2 h4) 35. g3 Ke6 (35... Nf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e3]} 36. Bf2 Bf3 $11) 36. Kd2 b6 37. c3 Be4 38. b4 c5 39. Be2 g6 40. g4 {The position is equal.} hxg4 41. hxg4 Nc6 42. Bf2 f5 43. Bh4 cxb4 44. cxb4 axb4 45. axb4 Nxb4 46. Bf2 d5 47. Bxb6 dxc4 48. Bxc4+ Nd5 49. gxf5+ Kxf5 50. Bxd5 Bxd5 51. Ke3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,89,13,4,12,60,57,93,89,109,76,101,109,110,129,118,110,99,110,103,106,135,137,166,160,188,106,105,110,101,83,89,62,111,114,100,107,137,145,139,130,140,160,148,145,135,144,350,350,330,336,731,736,724,712,771,770,954,946,933,933,1184,1183,997,654,633,625,503,341]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3g4][%mdl 32] C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 Nf6 12. Ne3 Re8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. b3 {[#]} Be5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Bf8 14. Bb2 Re6 15. c4 c6 16. Re1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (33) Nakamura,H (2775)-Giri,A (2768) London 2014}) 14. d4 Bf4 {[#]} 15. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f6][%mdl 512]} Nd5 (15... Nxg4 16. Rxe8+) 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qf3 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 c6 19. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5,Bc5d6][%mdl 32]} Ne7 20. Qg3 {Strongly threatening Nf6+.} Ng6 21. Ne3 Qf8 22. c5 d5 23. cxd6 Be6 24. Bc4 (24. h4 $18) 24... Rd8 $16 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Nc4 Qf6 27. Rd1 Nh4 28. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} h6 29. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rd7 30. a5 Rd8 31. Rd3 Nf5 32. Qe5 b5 33. axb6 axb6 34. g4 Qg6 $2 (34... Nh4 $16) 35. d7 $18 ({Less strong is} 35. Nxb6 Nxd6 36. Re3 Nb5 $16) 35... Nh4 36. Qc7 Qf6 $2 (36... Rxd7 37. Qxd7 Qxd3) 37. Ne5 {White is clearly winning.} Rf8 38. Rd2 Qg5 39. Qd6 Qf6 40. Qxc6 Qf4 41. Qc8 Qf6 42. Rc2 {Intending Qxf8+! and mate.} Kh7 43. Qxf8 Qxf8 44. Rc8 Qb4 {[#] ( -> ...Qe1+)} 45. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 93%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,73,30,40,29,54,47,56,35,65,52,78,84,74,0,8,6,8,8,10,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,25,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,3,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. Bg5 (12. Nd2 exd5 13. cxd5 h3 14. g3 b5 15. Nxb5 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 {0-1 (32) Dreev,A (2644)-Mamedov,R (2657) Berlin 2015}) 12... h3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. gxh3 {Hoping for f4.} exd5 14. Nxd5 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxh3 15. Rg1 a5 16. Ng3 a4 17. Qd2 Kh7 {1-0 (26) Laghetti,G (2294)-Seifert,H (2112) ICCF email 2011}) 15. h4 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qb6 17. Qd2 c4 18. Ne3 (18. Be3 $16 Qa6 19. Ng3) 18... Rac8 $11 19. Rc1 {[%cal Re3c4]} Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Nc4 Qd4 22. Be3 Nxe4 $1 23. Bxd4 Nxd2 24. Kxd2 Bxd4 25. Kxd3 Bf2 26. h5 Rc5 27. Ke2 {Black must now prevent b4.} Bd4 28. Kd3 (28. Rhd1 $1 $14) 28... Bf2 {The position is equal.} 29. hxg6 Rxd5+ 30. Ke2 Bc5 {aiming for ...Re8+.} 31. gxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rhd1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rh8 34. Nxd6+ Bxd6 35. Rxd6 {[#] Rd7+ is the strong threat.} Rxh2+ 36. Ke3 {And now Rd7+ would win.} Rxb2 37. Rd2 {Precision: White = 95%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,132,41,37,22,25,20,37,43,39,39,34,16,22,8,29,22,25,19,38,0,0,0,0,0,35,33,44,32,32,28,66,36,27,23,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-6,-4,-3,-2,-32,-30,-45,-37,-37,-66,-118,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12849,-12849,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29982]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. Re1 h6 9. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2d4][%mdl 32]} Re8 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 10. Nc2 Bd7 11. a4 a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 {[#]} Rxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... dxe5 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Bc4 Qf6 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Qf1 {0-1 (42) Vratonjic,S (2435)-Spasov,V (2585) Nis 1997}) 14. Bf4 Re7 15. Nd4 Qe8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 16. Re2 Nh5 ({Don't play} 16... Nxe4 $6 17. Qe1 $16) 17. Bd2 Kh7 18. Qc2 Be5 19. Ree1 Bf4 20. b3 Qh8 21. g4 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Nf6 23. Re2 Bc6 24. Rae1 Nd7 25. Bc2 Rae8 26. f3 Qf6 27. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} d5 28. exd5 Bxd5 {[#] And now ...Rxe2 would win.} 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. c4 Be6 32. h5 Qd6 33. Qe3 {aiming for hxg6+.} Nf8 34. Kg2 Bd7 35. Be4 c6 36. hxg6+ fxg6 37. Qc3 Qf6 38. Qd3 Kg7 39. Ne2 h5 40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Ng3 Qb2+ 42. Ne2 h4 43. Kf2 Qe5 44. f4 Qc5+ 45. Qd4+ (45. Kf1 {is interesting.} Bg4 46. Nd4 Kf6 47. Qc3 Kf7 48. Nf3) 45... Qxd4+ 46. Nxd4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kf6 47. Nf3 h3 48. Kg3 ({Better is} 48. Ng5 $1 $15) 48... Ne6 (48... Bf5 $17 49. Nd2 Ne6) 49. Ne5 $11 Bc8 50. Ng4+ Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Nc5.} 51. Bf5 Kd6 52. Ne3 Bd7 53. Bxh3 Nc5 54. Nf5+ Bxf5 55. Bxf5 Nxb3 {KB-KN} 56. Bc2 Nd4 57. Bd3 Kc5 58. f5 Nxf5+ 59. Bxf5 Kxc4 {KB-K3P} 60. Kf2 Kb3 (60... Kb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4a4]} 61. Bc8 b5 $11) 61. Bc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (61. Ke3 $11) 61... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 62. axb5 cxb5 {Black mates.} 63. Ke3 Kc3 64. Ke2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 65. Kd1 a3 ({Not} 65... b4 66. Kc1 $11) 66. Be6 Kb2 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,6,25,4,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-10,-26,-8,-14,-34,-36,-43,-42,-39,-31,-97,-40,-44,-44,-64,-26,-29,-34,-29,-26,-18,-24,-115,-83,-76,-59,-161,-151,-137,-134,-122,-114,-177,-90,-320,-318,-422,-397,-412,-411,-496,-474,-629,-625,-614,-615,-595,-591,-875,-837,-809,-799]} 1. e4 a6 2. a3 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 2... c5 3. b4 Nc6 4. bxc5 e5 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. h3 Nd4 {½-½ (59) Geller,J (2481)-Frolyanov,D (2577) Nizhny Tagil 2015}) 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} Rc8 9. h3 Bxf3 $1 10. Qxf3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} e6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Qg4 f5 16. Qf4 Qd6 17. O-O Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Bg7 19. Rfe1+ Kf7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 f4 22. Bb1 ({White should play} 22. Rad1 $15) 22... Ne7 ({Better is} 22... Nd4 $17 {aiming for ...Nb3.} 23. Bd3 Nc2 24. e6+ Ke7 25. Bxc2 Rxc2) 23. Bd3 $15 Rhe8 24. g3 Ke6 25. gxf4 Rf8 26. Rac1 Rxf4 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Kg2 (28. Rc1 $11 Ne7 29. Rc7) 28... Nb6 29. Kg3 Rd4 30. Bf1 {[#]} (30. Be2 $15) 30... g5 $1 $19 31. h4 Rxh4 32. Bh3+ Ke7 33. b3 {[#]} (33. Rf1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 33... Nd7 (33... h5 $1 $19 34. Rc1 Kd8) 34. Bf5 $2 (34. Bg2 $17) 34... h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 35. f3 Rf4 36. Bh3 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 37. e6 Nf6 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Rc1 h4+ 39. Kg2 d3 40. Rd1 Rd4 41. Bf5 Nd5 {Strongly threatening ...Ne3+.} 42. Kf2 d2 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,64,-5,0,0,-3,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,4,5,6,6,9,11,5,22,12,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 {[%cal Bf8c5,Bc5b6,Bb6a5][%mdl 32]} 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 {[#]} Ba5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc6 14. a5 Ba7 15. Ra4 {1-0 (40) Caruana,F (2804)-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven 2016}) 14. Qb3 d5 15. exd5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nexd5 17. Re2 Bxd2 18. Bxd2 c6 19. Re5 Qb6 20. Bc3 Rae8 21. Bc4 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Qe4 Nc5 25. Qe3 Qa5 ({Black should play} 25... a5 $11) 26. f4 (26. Rb1 $14) 26... Nxa4 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. e6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} fxe6 {Strongly threatening ...Kh8.} 28. f5 ({Much weaker is} 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 $17) 28... Qxc3 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Rxa4 Qd4+ 31. Kh2 {And now Bb3 would win.} Qf4+ 32. Kh1 {[#] Hoping for Ra1.} Qc1+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,69,0,6,13,-8,-7,-23,-8,-9,0,-8,0,0,0,0,11,11,10,8,20,0,4,0,10,17,12,6,10,12,19,0,0,0,0,-14,-12,-12,-12,-16,-8,-2,0,0,0,-15,0,-53,-47,-38,-33,-38,-25,-37,-24,-50]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 O-O 8. b4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Nxc3 9. dxc3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Bd6 $146 (9... Qd6 {is interesting.} 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. b5 Na5 12. c4 e4) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Qd6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Be2 f5 12. b5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd8 14. c4 c6 15. c5 Qg6 16. Bxe5 cxb5 17. Bxb5 {½-½ (40) Koneru,H (2613)-Kosteniuk,A (2532) Lopota 2014}) 10. e4 {The position is equal.} a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 11. Rb1 (11. b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Nb8 12. Be3 $11) 11... axb4 12. axb4 Be6 13. Be2 Ra2 (13... Qe7 {seems wilder.} 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. O-O Nd8 16. Bc4 Qf6) 14. Rb2 Rxb2 15. Qxb2 Qe7 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. O-O Nd8 18. Rd1 Ba4 19. Re1 Bc6 20. Bc4 h6 21. Nf3 $1 Bd7 22. Be3 Ne6 23. Qa2 b5 24. Bb3 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 25. Rd1 {[#] Black must now prevent Qd2.} c4 26. Bc2 Rd8 27. Bb6 Rb8 28. Qa7 Be8 29. g3 Qxa7 (29... f6 $5 {[%cal Re8h5]}) 30. Bxa7 Ra8 31. Bb6 (31. Rxd6 $11 Rxa7 32. Nxe5) 31... Bb8 {...Ra3 is the strong threat.} 32. Ba5 Kf8 33. Kf1 f6 34. Nh4 Bc7 35. Bxc7 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,73,35,35,31,57,44,56,54,73,33,59,37,78,79,74,81,79,71,93,98,133,134,125,122,142,137,127,112,124,128,292,289,289,295,299,279,260,277,341,324,359,359,359,359,506,401,575,595,597,590,638,729,727,708,683,689]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 a5 {B55: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 f3} (7... Nbd7 8. Be3 Rc8 9. Nc3 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Rxc4 11. Qd3 Rc6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. g4 O-O 14. Kb1 a6 15. h4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {1-0 (38) So,W (2770)-Topalov,V (2761) Leuven 2016}) 8. Be3 a4 9. N3d2 Qa5 10. Nc3 Be7 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 11. Bd3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. a3 Nd4 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 {½-½ (41) Ponkratov,P (2582)-Yudin,S (2518) Tomsk 2011}) 12. O-O Nc5 13. Be2 O-O 14. Qc2 Nfd7 15. Rab1 Qd8 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Bg5 18. Bf2 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Nf1 Qe7 21. Ne3 Bxe3 22. Bxe3 Rfd8 23. Qd2 Bc6 24. b4 Ncxe4 $2 {[#]} (24... Na4 $16 25. Nd5 Bxd5) 25. fxe4 $18 ({Don't play} 25. Nxe4 $6 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Bxe4 $18) 25... Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 h6 29. Bb6 Rc8 30. Rd1 Rc6 31. Bf2 b5 (31... Qe6 {was called for.} 32. b5 Rc8 33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Ra8) 32. c5 d5 (32... dxc5 $142 33. Bxb5 Rg6 34. Bxc5 Qf6) 33. Bxb5 {White is clearly winning.} Rg6 34. Bg3 f5 35. Bd3 Kh7 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Qd5 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,63,10,10,10,17,17,17,17,10,10,10,10,2,2,2,5,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-46,-39,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-49,-49,-49,-53]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} e5 7. d3 Ngf6 8. e4 Bc5 9. Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. h4 $146 a5 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Bd4 17. c3 Bb6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 h6 21. Bc1 Qe6 22. Kg2 Qa2 23. Qd6 {[#] Qb8+ is the strong threat.} Qxa4 {Hoping for ...Qa1.} 24. Bxh6 $1 ({Of course not} 24. Qb8+ Kh7 $15) 24... gxh6 25. Qxf6 Qc2 26. Bh5 Qxe4+ 27. Qf3 (27. Kg1 {keeps more tension.} Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Qe4+) 27... Qd5 {Black is slightly better.} 28. Qxd5 cxd5 29. Bf3 e4 30. Bg4 d4 31. cxd4 Bxd4 32. b3 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be4 Rfd8 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} (15... Rad8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rd2 Rd5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. a3 a5 20. Kf1 Kg7 21. Rd3 Qc6 22. R1d2 Qb7 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. R1d2 Qb7 25. Rd1 Qc6 {½-½ (26) Gashimov,V (2679)-Mamedyarov,S (2752) Baku 2008}) 16. g3 Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. Nxe5 {½-½ (51) Nolte,R (2479)-Al Huwar,J (2293) Subic Bay 2009}) 17. Kg2 f5 (17... b5 {feels hotter.} 18. c3 a5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. a3 f5) 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Kg7 22. Qd3 Qe4 23. Kf1 Kf6 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Qd3 Kf6 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. Qd3 Kf6 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qd3 Kf6 30. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,90,39,51,8,1,-39,-16,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,4,-30,0,-25,-10,-14,-16,-16,-4,-9,-8,-14,0,0,0,-2,0,-210,-203,-206,-204,-138,-139,-140,-138,-140,-29,-140,-138,-133,-58,-135,-130,-575,-641,-613,-575,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29995,-29996,-29996,-160]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 h6 13. d4 b5 14. a4 Bb7 15. Bc2 Bb6 {LiveBook: 15 Games. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 16. Bd3 (16. Bd2 {looks sharper.} d5 17. a5 Ba7 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd3 23. Re1) 16... d5 {[#]} 17. axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Ne4 Nd7 21. Ned2 Kf8 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Qd6 24. Qb3 Re7 25. Qa2 Bb7 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Nf6 28. dxe5 Bxf2+ 29. Kh2 Bg3+ {0-1 (29) Kornev,A (2568)-Inarkiev,E (2625) Tomsk 2006}) 17... dxe4 {Black is slightly better.} 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qe2 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Qd5 23. g4 f6 24. dxe5 (24. Bf4 $5) 24... Nxe5 (24... fxe5 $5 {[%cal Re8f8]} 25. Bf4 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 e4 $15) 25. Kg2 Kf7 26. Nxe5+ $1 Rxe5 27. f3 Qc5 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rc5g1]} 28. Qf1 Rxe4 29. fxe4 b4 30. Bd2 b3 31. Kf3 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 32. Bf4 $2 (32. Qe2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 32... g5 $19 33. Bd2 h4 34. Qg2 Ke6 35. Qf1 Qe5 36. Qg2 c6 (36... Ba7 $17 37. Bc1 Qc5) 37. Qf1 (37. Ke2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 37... Ke7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 38. Qg2 Kf7 (38... Kd6 $17 39. Bc1 Qc5) 39. Qf1 ({White should play} 39. Be3 $15 Bc7 40. Ke2) 39... Kg7 40. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Qg2 $17 {is a better chance.}) 40... Qh2 $1 $19 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rh2f2]} 41. Qd7+ {[#]} Kf8 $1 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rh2f2]} 42. e5 {[#] And now Qd6+ would win.} Qh1+ $1 {Black mates.} 43. Ke2 Qe4+ 44. Kd1 Qf3+ 45. Ke1 Bf2+ {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,10,8,10,19,30,31,37,27,31,43,80,77,105,97,152,145,207,222,363,369,366,363,350,248,249,233,254,253,259,229,245,241,229,234,337,328,395,378,564,377,493,492,470,441,424,181,609,609,390,381,639,596,566,575,827,768,1458,1315,29996,29997]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O c5 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d4 cxd4 {[#]} 10. Be3 $1 {[%cal Rf3d4][%mdl 512] LiveBook: 18 Games. A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} d3 (10... dxe3 11. Qxd5) (10... Qb5 11. Nxd4 Qxb2 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qc4 Nc6 14. Rab1 Qa3 15. Rxb7 Na5 16. Qa6 Bc8 17. Nb3 Bc3 18. Nxa5 Bxb7 19. Bxb7 Qxa5 20. Qxa5 Bxa5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 {½-½ (33) Khairullin,I (2662)-Jakovenko,D (2759) Chita 2015}) 11. Ne1 Qa5 12. Nxd3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 13. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe1) 13... Qd8 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. a4 $36 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 2080] Keeping Black busy.} a6 16. a5 e5 {[#]} (16... Bg4 $142) 17. Bb6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb6d8]} Qf6 (17... Qg5 $16 18. Re1 Qh5) 18. Bc7 $18 {And now Bxc6 would win.} Bg4 (18... Ra8 $142 19. Bxc6 bxc6) 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxe5 Qf5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd2 (22. Rxc6 $6 Qe4) 22... Qf6 23. Rc4 {[%cal Bc1c4,Bc4d4,Bd4d6][%mdl 32]} h5 24. Rfc1 Rfe8 25. f3 (25. Rxc6 $6 Rxe2 26. Qh6+ (26. Rxf6 Rxd2 27. Nc5 Kxf6 $15) 26... Kxh6 $16) 25... Bf5 26. Nf4 ({Weaker is} 26. Rxc6 Qd4+ 27. Kg2 Bxd3 $16) 26... Qe7 (26... Red8 $142 27. Qe3 Bd7) 27. Rd4 Rec8 28. Rd6 Kh7 (28... Rb7 $142 29. Rc5 Rd7) 29. Qd4 Rxb4 30. Qxb4 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Qxc1 32. e4 (32. Rf6 $142 {aiming for Qe7.} Kg8 33. Qb7) 32... c5 $2 (32... Qc2+ 33. Kf1 c5) 33. Qb7 Qc2+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ $2 (34... Kg8 35. exf5 (35. Qxa6 Rb8 $16) 35... Re8 36. Rxg6+ (36. Qxa6 $2 Re1+ 37. Qf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qxf5 $19) 36... Kh8) 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Ne2 Kg8 37. exf5 {[%cal Be4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Re8 {[#]} 38. Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6e8][%mdl 512]} fxe6 (38... Rxe6 39. fxe6) 39. f6 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,106,26,27,18,18,26,29,10,30,25,27,13,29,11,29,33,50,30,40,16,16,14,17,3,8,0,0,-2,0,-7,14,23,26,0,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,-149,-146,-132,-93,-93,-101,-222,-222,-194,-172,-181,-141,-188,-174,-195,-208,-252,-253,-252,-252,-246,-244,-234,-231,-235,-258,-301,-310,-300,-281,-387,-378,-807,-804,-765,-764,-765,-712,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29978,-29981,-29982,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 (5... Bf5 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. d3 Nd7 8. g3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5 11. Qxe5 fxe5 12. Bg2 h5 13. O-O {½-½ (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2783)-Carlsen,M (2851) Leuven 2017}) 6. h3 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Bh5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. d3 {The position is equal.} e6 9. Bd2 (9. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Bg6 10. Bg2 $14) 9... Na6 10. a3 Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc7 11. g4 Bg6 12. O-O-O Nb5 13. Qe3 {½-½ (35) Huschenbeth,N (2585)-Nisipeanu,L (2683) Dresden 2017}) 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Be7 13. Bg2 Rg8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. h4 f5 16. g5 Na4 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. b3 Nb6 {[%cal Ba4b6,Bb6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 19. b4 Nd5 20. Qf3 Qe5+ 21. Kf1 Rd8 22. c4 Nc3 23. Re1 Qd4 24. Rh3 Rh8 25. Qf4 Na4 $1 26. b5 cxb5 27. Bxb7 Kf8 {[#] aiming for ...Qxf4.} 28. cxb5 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b7]} 30. Be5 (30. Ba6 $5) 30... Rh7 31. Bg2 (31. Ba6 $1 $11) 31... Nxd3 $17 32. Bc7 Rc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} ({But not} 32... Nxe1 33. Bxd8 Bxd8 34. Kxe1 $15) 33. Rxd3 Rxc7 34. a4 (34. Rd4 $17) 34... Rxh4 $19 35. a5 Rb4 ({Don't do} 35... Bxg5 36. b6 $15) 36. Bc6 Bxg5 37. Ra1 Bf6 38. Ra2 Bd4 39. Bg2 e5 40. b6 axb6 41. a6 {Black should prevent a7.} Ra7 42. Bb7 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 43. Ke2 Rb1 44. Rd1 Rxd1 45. Kxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} b4 46. f3 b3 47. Ra4 $2 {[#]} (47. Rh2) 47... b2 48. Kc2 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 49. Rc4 g4 50. f4 g3 {Black mates.} 51. fxe5 Rxa6 52. Rc8+ Kg7 53. Bxa6 g2 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,109,30,-20,32,13,54,43,51,46,57,43,58,46,45,27,53,66,81,79,72,99,71,86,86,77,237,239,220,226,217,117,146,148,130,87,106,108,122,41,64,0,0,0,0,0,62,61,58,58,134,82,88,84,83,85,133,81,80,102,93,108,206,175,283,283,283,283,283,283,343,272,277,268,232,242,461,438,475,352,695,686,1281,1237,1238,1235,1219,1194,1112,1108,1066,1064,1000,968,888,875,762,782]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 c5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (6... b5 7. Nxc6 Qb6 8. Nxb8 Bb7 9. Bxb7 Qxb7 10. O-O Rxb8 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Rc8 13. Qd3 a6 14. Bb2 {1-0 (47) Landa,K (2601)-Van Foreest,J (2615) Germany 2017}) 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8. Nxc4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (8. Be3 {feels hotter.} Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Qxc4 Nd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Qc8 14. O-O) 8... Be7 (8... cxd4 $11 9. O-O Nd5) 9. dxc5 $14 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Bf4 b5 13. Qa5 Ra7 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 {1-0 (46) Tica,S (2359)-Blohberger,F (2272) Zadar 2016}) 12. Qb5 Qe7 13. Nxb6 Bxb6 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rfd8 16. Bd6 Qe8 {Threatens to win with ...Bc6.} 17. Bxb7 Bc6 18. Bxa8 Bxa8 19. Rad1 $1 ({Weaker is} 19. e4 Bc5 $17) 19... e5 $2 (19... h6 $16 {might work better.}) 20. Qb5 $1 $18 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Ne4 22. Bc5 ({Less strong is} 22. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 Nc3+ 24. Kxf2 Nxd1+ 25. Kg1 f6 $14) (22. b4 $18) 22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nxc5 24. Nxa7 Ne6 25. Nb5 Kf8 26. a4 (26. Rc1 $16 Bb7 27. b4) 26... Ba5 $14 27. Rd7 (27. Kf1 $14) 27... Bc6 $11 28. Ra7 Bb4 29. Ra6 Bd7 ({Better is} 29... Nd8 $1 $11) 30. Nc3 $1 $14 Bxc3 $1 31. bxc3 Nc5 (31... Ke7 $1 $14) 32. Ra8+ (32. Ra7 $142) 32... Ke7 $16 {[#]} 33. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a6] Strongly threatening a6.} Bb5 34. e3 e4 35. Ra7+ (35. g4 $142) 35... Ke6 36. Rc7 Na6 37. Rc8 Bd3 (37... h5 $16) 38. g4 g5 (38... h6 {was called for.} 39. Kg2 Kd6) 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Rc6 Kd7 41. Rh6 Ke7 42. Rxh7 Nc5 43. Rg7 Ne6 {[#]} 44. Rg8 $1 f6 $2 (44... Kd7 45. Kg3 Kd6) 45. Rb8 $18 Nc5 46. Rb6 Na4 $2 (46... Nd7) 47. Rb7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kd6 {[#]} 48. c4 $1 Nc5 (48... Bxc4 49. Rb4) 49. Rb6+ Kc7 50. Rxf6 Bxc4 51. Rf5 Ne6 52. Kg3 Kd6 53. h4 gxh4+ 54. Kxh4 Nc5 55. g5 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,88,42,36,24,32,84,65,66,64,66,50,68,70,77,90,97,95,99,105,86,86,113,109,98,46,46,43,55,48,96,62,77,60,51,58,60,46,68,20,60,17,8,8,13,0,135,103,97,83,145,139,142,102,101,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,23,23,23,23,23]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. Qh4 Qe6+ 8. Be2 Qg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bf5 (10... g6 11. d4 Bg7 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. O-O-O {½-½ (46) Bacrot,E (2708)-Topalov,V (2749) Paris 2017}) 11. b3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nd7 12. Bb2 e5 (12... e6 $14) 13. O-O-O Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bc5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 {1-0 (32) Samsonkin,A (2606)-Martchenko,A (2342) Guelph 2010}) 14. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} e4 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} Nf6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Ne3 Be6 18. c4 O-O-O {[#]} 19. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. cxd5 Bd7 22. Rh4 (22. Bg4 $16) 22... f5 $14 23. Rdh1 Rhg8 24. Rxh7 Rdf8 25. R1h4 Bd8 26. R4h5 Bg5 27. Kd2 b5 28. Rh1 Kd8 29. Bh5 (29. a4 $5) 29... Ke7 30. d6+ Kf6 $1 31. f4 {[#] Bxf7 is the strong threat.} exf3 $1 32. gxf3 {[%cal Bg2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with f4.} Ke6 (32... Bxe3+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 33. Kxe3 Rxg3) 33. f4 Bd8 34. g4 Bc6 ({Black should try} 34... fxg4 35. Bxg4+ Kxd6 36. R1h6+ Ke7) 35. Rc1 $16 ({Resist} 35. gxf5+ Kxd6 36. Rd1 Rh8 $16) 35... Be4 36. Rh6+ (36. gxf5+ $6 Kxd6 37. Bxf7 Rh8 $14) 36... Kd7 37. g5 (37. Rc5 $16) 37... Rh8 $11 38. Rc5 f6 39. Nxf5 {aiming for g6.} ({Much worse is} 39. Be2 Ba5+ 40. Kc1 Bb6 $17) 39... fxg5 40. Rxh8 Rxh8 41. Bg4 Bxf5 42. Rxf5 {Hoping for Rf8+.} Kxd6 43. fxg5 Rg8 44. Rxb5 Rxg5 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,152,11,7,18,14,0,10,16,16,17,30,26,20,20,26,22,-6,0,-19,-11,-28,-21,-22,-22,-22,-22,-41,-45,-45,-4,-2,-5,-83,-83,-66,-76,-75,-54,-72,-9,-16,-10,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-46,-57,-158,-127,-144,-150,-193,-79,-54,-71,-96,-108,-141,-141,-127,-135,-294,-289,-282,-272,-293,-231,-284,-236,-241,-214,-238,-251,-263,-250,-364,-395,-387,-358,-376,-391,-388,-383,-383,-370,-356,-291,-297,-290,-285,-269,-257,-250,-258,-255,-254,-235,-350,-323,-970,-933,-874,-316,-321,-320,-319,-311,-378,-378,-405,-391,-449,-421,-622,-625,-672,-662,-651,-645,-644,-598,-841,-659,-12840,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12845,-12842,-12844,-12844,-12847,-12847]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 7. Be2 {LiveBook: 9 Games} d4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 {The position is equal.} 9. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d3 Bd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Bg3 {½-½ (61) Topalov,V (2749)-Nakamura,H (2785) Paris 2017}) 9... Be7 (9... Bd5 {looks sharper.} 10. Qb3 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nc6 12. O-O Qd7) 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Bd5 12. Qb3 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Qd7 14. d3 (14. b4 $5) 14... Qe6 15. Qb5 (15. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Rf3d4]}) 15... O-O-O 16. Bg5 (16. Bd2 {feels hotter.} Rhg8 17. Re4 Rd5 18. Qa4 Kb8 19. Qc4) 16... a6 17. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 18. dxc4 Rhe8 19. Bd2 h6 20. Re4 f5 21. exf6 $1 Bxf6 22. Rae1 (22. Rxe8 $11 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1) 22... Rxe4 $17 23. Rxe4 b5 24. b3 bxc4 25. bxc4 Kb7 ({Better is} 25... Kd7 $1 $17 26. g4 Rb8) 26. Kf1 $1 $11 Kb6 27. Ke2 Kc5 28. Kd3 Rb8 29. Rf4 $1 Rb2 30. Rf5+ Kb6 31. a4 Ra2 (31... Ne7 $5 {[%cal Re7f5]} 32. a5+ Kb7 $15) 32. c5+ Kb7 33. g4 {[#]} (33. a5 $15) 33... Ra3+ $1 $17 ({Reject} 33... Rxa4 $6 34. Bxh6 Ra3+ 35. Ke4 $11) 34. Ke4 Rxa4 35. Bxh6 d3+ (35... Ne7 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 36. Bxg7 {[#]} d3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Kxd3 Nxf5 38. Bxf6 Rxg4) 36. Kxd3 Rxg4 37. Bd2 Nb4+ 38. Ke2 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 39. c6+ Ka6 ({Much weaker is} 39... Kxc6 $6 40. Rxa5 Kd6 41. Be3 $11) 40. Rc5 $2 (40. Bf4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 40... a4 $19 {...a3 is the strong threat.} 41. Bc1 Re4+ 42. Kd1 Kb6 43. Rf5 Nxc6 ({But not} 43... Kxc6 44. Ra5 $19) 44. Be3+ Kb7 45. Rb5+ Ka6 46. Rc5 Re6 47. Rc4 (47. Bc1 $142) 47... Kb5 48. Rc5+ Kb4 {Strongly threatening ...Rxe3!} 49. Nd2 {White hopes to continue with Rc4+.} a3 50. Rc4+ Kb5 51. Rc5+ Ka6 52. Rc4 Be7 53. Rg4 Kb5 54. Nb1 Bb4 {Hoping for ...a2.} 55. Nxa3+ Bxa3 56. Rxg7 Re7 57. Rg5+ Kc4 58. h4 (58. Rg4+ $142 Kd3 59. h4) 58... Nd4 59. Rg4 $2 (59. Bxd4 Kxd4 60. Rg4+ Ke5 61. Ke2) 59... c5 60. Ke1 Kd5 $2 (60... Bc1 61. Kf1 Bxe3 62. fxe3 Rxe3) 61. Kf1 Nf5 62. Rg5 Ke6 63. Bf4 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 64. Rg6+ Kd5 65. Ra6 Bc5 {Black is clearly winning.} 66. h5 (66. Bd2 $142) 66... c3 67. h6 c2 {aiming for ...Be3.} 68. Bc1 Kc4 69. Ra4+ Kb3 70. Rf4 Nd4 71. Rh4 Nf3 72. Rh5 Re1+ 73. Kg2 Rxc1 74. Rxc5 {[#]} Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 75. f4 (75. Rxg5 Rg1+) 75... Nh7 76. Rb5+ Kc4 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,138,12,4,12,4,6,6,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,33,39,30,45,56,44,19,41,0,51,32,29,-6,0,-3,-1,-36,-36,-52,-57,-57,-58,-89,-82,-83,28,0,0,0,19,20,20,-45,-41,-41,21,29,58,61,77,55,51,34,34,28,22,27,33,27,27,37,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,10,55,10,10,10,11,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Bf1 b5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Qf3 Rf8 16. Qh3 {½-½ (40) Navara,D (2737)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... e6 7. c3 b5 8. a4 Bb7 9. Bc2 c4 10. d4 cxd3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. Nbd2 $146 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4b6][%mdl 32]} Be7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 O-O 16. Ndc4 a5 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Nb6 Rd8 19. Be3 a3 20. Rxa3 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Qd8 22. Nbc4 a4 ({Black should try} 22... Nd5 $11) 23. Bxa4 (23. Bxc5 $5 Bxc5 24. Rxa4 $16) 23... Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 24. Nf3 Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} (24... Ba6 $5 25. Bb3 $8 Bb5 $11) 25. Nb6 Qe4 26. Bc2 Nf4 27. Qd1 Qc6 $1 28. Ra4 Rd8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 {[#]} g5 (30... Qb5 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Ne2+.} 31. c4 Qh5 32. Bxf6 gxf6) 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Nd7 Be7 33. Nde5 Qb5 34. Qd7 (34. h4 $11) 34... Ne2+ $1 $15 35. Kh1 Qxd7 (35... Nxc3 $1 $15 36. h4 Qxd7 37. Nxd7 Bxf3 38. gxf3 Nd5 39. hxg5 Bxg5) 36. Nxd7 $11 g4 37. Ne1 f6 38. Bd1 (38. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3e2]} Nf4 39. Bb5 $14) 38... Ba6 $1 39. Nc2 (39. Nb8 {with more complications.} Bb5 40. Bb3 Kf7 41. c4 Be8 42. Bd1) 39... Kf7 $1 40. Ne3 h5 41. Nb8 Bd3 $1 42. Nc6 Bc5 43. b4 Bb6 44. c4 (44. Bxe2 {keeps more tension.} Bxe2 45. Kg1 Bd3 46. g3 Ke8 47. Na5) 44... Bxe3 45. fxe3 Bxc4 46. Bxe2 Bxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 47. Kg1 e5 48. Kf2 Bd3 49. Nd8+ Ke7 50. Nb7 f5 51. Nc5 Bb5 52. Kg3 Bc6 53. Kh4 f4 54. exf4 exf4 55. Nd3 Bxg2 56. Nxf4 Bf3 57. Nxh5 Ke6 58. Nf4+ Ke5 59. Kg3 {Black must now prevent h4.} Bd1 60. Nd3+ Kd5 61. Nf2 Be2 {The position is equal.} 62. Nxg4 Kc4 63. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening h5.} Kxb4 64. h5 Kc5 $1 65. h6 Bd3 66. Kf4 (66. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5d3]} Bb1 67. Ng4 $11) 66... Kd6 67. Nf2 Bh7 68. Kg5 {Hoping for Kf6.} Ke7 69. Ng4 Kf7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,66,2,6,6,7,9,8,9,18,17,35,20,20,26,34,12,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 Nh5 {LiveBook: 37 Games} 8. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nxf4 9. exf4 Bxc5 10. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O g6 11. Nb3 Bf8 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Re3 O-O 14. Qe2 Qd6 15. g3 Bd7 {1-0 (30) Berkes,F (2658)-Tratar,M (2456) Schwarzach 2017}) 10... Bd6 11. g3 Qf6 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Nbd4 h6 15. Bb5 Nxd4 $1 16. cxd4 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Kb8 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. a4 a6 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. Ne5 {Nc6+ is the strong threat.} (21. f5 $5) 21... Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rc7 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc8 25. Ra1 Rc6 26. a5 {The position is equal.} Qc7 27. Ra3 Rc4 28. Qb2 Qe7 29. Ra1 g6 30. h4 h5 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. Ra3 Qc7 33. Qa1 Qd7 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 49,61,0,21,0,0,0,14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-27]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Ra3 Nfd7 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 22. Bh6 (22. Be3 Bf6 23. Rea1 Qc7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qc1 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Ra8 27. Qa1 {½-½ (27) Quesada Perez,Y (2627)-Bruzon Batista,L (2666) Merida 2015}) 22... Bf8 23. Bg5 Be7 24. Bh6 Bf8 25. Bg5 Be7 {LiveBook: 82 Games. The position is equal.} 26. Bxe7 (26. Be3 {is more complex.} Qc7 27. Ng5 Rec8 28. Rea1 Qd8 29. h4) 26... Qxe7 27. Rea1 Qf6 28. axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 28. Qd1 Nb6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nf1 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Bc8 32. Ne3 Bd7 33. Ra7 Kg7 34. Nd2 Nc8 35. Ra5 Nb6 36. Ra7 Nc8 {½-½ (34) Leupold,V (2319)-Staf,G (1959) ICCF email 2007}) 28... axb5 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,66,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,14,0,18,27,17,26,22,33,47,-33,-33,-50,-31,-54,-47,-50,-14,-16,-7,-41,-32,-75,-62,-56,-44,-52,-66,-68,-37]} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 {A00: Irregular Openings} 7. dxc4 c6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Qc2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Be6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Qe7 10. Nh4 Qe6 11. b3 Na6 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Nf3 Bd7 {1-0 (34) Svidler,P (2749)-Grischuk,A (2763) Astana 2012}) 10. Rd1 {[#] aiming for c5!} Qc7 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Rad8 13. Na4 Rfe8 14. c5 Be7 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. a3 b5 17. cxb6 $1 axb6 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. Rac1 {Hoping for Nxd5.} Qb8 20. b4 Red8 21. Be4 Nf8 22. Nf3 b5 {[#]} 23. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bg5 (23... Qxe5 24. Nxd5) 24. Nd3 (24. Rb1 $14) 24... Bxc1 $15 25. Qxc1 Nf6 26. Bg2 Bc4 27. Nc5 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 N8d7 29. Nxd7 Nxd7 30. Bh3 Be6 31. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3g7] Black is slightly better.} Nf6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Ne3 Qc7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,69,31,24,35,16,41,29,30,38,45,27,22,14,16,0,22,16,18,24,29,20,53,56,150,157,132,58,49,48,62,42,32,39,48,29,32,27,19,14,34,18,58,21,39,0,0,0,0,0,2,10,17,0,18,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. a4 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 c3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Nfd4 Rd8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (66) Sasikiran,K (2653)-Ismagambetov,A (2497) Moscow 2010}) 9. b3 cxb3 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. Qxd8+ Nxd8 12. Nbd2 Bxc5 13. Nxb3 Be7 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Rfc1 Nd5 16. a5 Bf6 17. Rab1 b6 18. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5,Be5f6][%mdl 32]} Bxe5 (18... Nb4 $14) 19. Bxe5 $16 Nf6 20. Bxf6 (20. Ra1 $16) 20... gxf6 $14 21. e5 Bb7 22. exf6 (22. Ra1 $5 {[%cal Ra5b6]}) 22... Bxg2 $1 23. Kxg2 {Strongly threatening axb6.} Nb7 24. axb6 axb6 25. Nd2 Nc5 26. Rc4 Rfd8 27. Ne4 Ra4 28. Rxa4 Nxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Rb4 Nc5 {The position is equal.} 30. Kf3 Rd5 31. Rxb6 {[#] Rb8+ would kill now.} h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. f4 h4 35. Kf3 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,82,3,2,0,6,13,9,23,-27,-3,-12,-12,-7,0,0,27,37,97,92,108,76,83,68,120,106,111,86,143,134,151,145,149,144,149,100,112,99,102,18,89,56,70,45,37,37,33,25,45,0,0,-86,-94,-145,-133,-202,-8,-2,-5,-5,-6]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bg2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} a5 (13... Rc8 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. a3 {1-0 (33) Bacrot,E (2720)-Safarli,E (2649) Dubai 2014}) 14. Rc1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. a3) 14... Nb8 15. Nb1 Bh6 16. Rc5 Qb6 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Nd7 19. Nc3 Nf6 (19... a4 $5) 20. Bc4 e4 {[#]} ({Black should try} 20... Bg7 $14) 21. dxe4 $1 $16 Rad8 22. Qb1 Bg7 23. a4 Re7 (23... Qc6 $14) 24. Ba3 Ree8 25. Qc2 Rc8 ({Better is} 25... Qc6) 26. Qd3 Bf8 27. Bc1 Bc5 28. Qf3 Bd4 29. Nb5 Rxc4 30. bxc4 {And now Be3 would win.} Nxe4 31. Bh6 (31. Bf4 $16) 31... Bg7 (31... g5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 32. Nxd4 Qxd4) 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Rd4 Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f3]} 35. Qg4 Re5 ({Not} 35... Rxe2 $2 36. Qxe2 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 $18) 36. Nc3 Rxe2 37. Nd5 ({Reject} 37. Nxe2 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Nxd4+ 39. Kf1 Ne6 $17) (37. Qxe2 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nxd4 39. Qe5+ Qf6 40. Qd5) 37... Re1+ $17 38. Kg2 {[#]} (38. Kh2 $142 Ne6 39. Rd3) 38... Ne6 $1 39. Rd2 ({Wrong is} 39. Re4 $2 f5 $19) (39. Rd1 $17 h5 40. Qf3 Rxd1 41. Qxd1) 39... f5 $2 (39... Qxa4 $19 {Threatens to win with ...h5.} 40. Ne3 Qc6+ 41. Rd5 h5) 40. Qf3 $11 Qxc4 {( -> ...Qf1+)} 41. Ne3 $1 Qc6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,171,48,59,101,98,100,85,104,110,88,87,92,79,80,68,78,77,76,64,65,56,60,72,75,62,80,76,145,104,93,93,106,37,53,54,54,39,16,19,29,33,180,71,61,55,56,56,88,82,70,87,79,64,93,29,71,49,63,54,51,6,15,0,22,0,95,94,87,75,87,87,95,95,191,197,200,202,193,189,222,219,219,205,305,293,331,326,326,260,242,242,242,242,512,514,911,1355,1146,1133,1023,984,1088,706,1093,1021,939,878,1279,1372,2143,1539,5073,4602,29952,4133,4594,5208,29965,29966,29955,1649,29966,29963,29961,4706,29976,29968,29962,29954,29977,29976,29978,29978,29978,29977,29979,29979,29980,29977,29977,29976,29976,29977,29979,29978,29978,29979,29979,29979,29981,29982,29984,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. d5 Na6 9. Re1 Nc5 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} 10. Qc2 (10. Nd2 a5 11. b3 Bh6 12. Qc2 Ng4 13. Nf1 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Nh6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Red1 {1-0 (45) Aronian,L (2793)-Jobava,B (2707) Leuven 2017}) 10... a5 11. Be3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Ng4 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 13. Rad1 {[#] Hoping for dxc6.} Qd6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Qc7 14. h3 Nf6 15. d6 Qd8 16. Nxe5 Nd7 17. Nd3 {1-0 (33) Xu,Y (2470)-Piorun,K (2637) Doha 2015}) 14. h3 Nh6 15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Nb5 f6 17. Nh2 Be6 18. Ng4 Rad8 19. Nxh6+ (19. Ne3 {feels hotter.} f5 20. Bf3 f4 21. Nd5 Rd7 22. Ndc7) 19... Bxh6 20. Bg4 Bf7 $1 21. h4 Rfe8 22. a4 Kf8 23. Rd3 Ke7 (23... Kg8 $142) 24. Red1 Rd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Rh3 (26. b3 $16) 26... Qxc4 $14 27. Qxc4 Bxc4 28. h5 {Black must now prevent b3.} Bg5 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rh7+ Bf7 ({Black should try} 30... Kd6 $1 $14) 31. g3 (31. Rd3 $1 $18) 31... Kf8 $16 32. Kg2 Re7 $1 33. Be2 {Strongly threatening Rh8+.} f5 34. Bd3 Kg8 35. Rdh1 Bf6 36. f3 fxe4 37. fxe4 (37. Bxe4 $16 d3 38. Bxd3) 37... Rc7 38. Kf3 Bg7 39. R7h2 Bb3 40. Ra1 Bf6 41. Ke2 Be6 42. Kf1 Bc4 (42... Bg5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43. Bxc4+ Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRB} 44. Rf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2f6]} Bg5 45. Ra3 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Be3 (46... b6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 47. Rf6 $18 Kg7 {[#]} 48. Re6 $1 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 Rxb2 50. Rxe5 Bd2 51. Rd5 Bb4 (51... Kf6 $142 52. Rxd4 Bb4) 52. Rd3 Bc3 53. e5 Kf7 54. Rd6 b5 55. axb5 Rxb5 56. Ke4 Bb2 $2 (56... Rb1 57. Rf3+ Kg7) 57. Ra6 Kg7 (57... Kf8 $142 58. Rxg6 Kf7) 58. Ra7+ Kh6 59. e6 Bc3 60. e7 Rb1 {[#]} 61. Re3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb8 (61... dxe3 62. e8=Q) 62. Rf3 {And now Rf8 would win.} Bb4 63. Kxd4 Re8 64. Rf7 Kg5 65. Ke5 Kg4 66. Ke6 g5 67. Rg7 Rb8 68. Kf7 Bxe7 69. Rxe7 Rb5 70. Re3 (70. Re4+ $142 Kxg3 71. Kf6 Rb6+ 72. Kxg5 Kf3 73. Re5 a4 74. Rf7+ Kg3 75. Re4 Rb5+ 76. Rf5) 70... a4 71. Ra3 Ra5 72. Kf6 (72. Ke6 $142 Ra6+ 73. Kd5 Kh3 74. Rh7+ Kg4 75. Kc4 Ra8 76. Rg7 Rc8+ 77. Kb5) 72... Rf5+ 73. Ke6 {White mates.} Ra5 74. Rd7 Kh3 75. Rd4 g4 76. Rdxa4 Rb5 77. Rd4 Rb2 78. Kf5 Rb8 79. Rd6 Rb5+ 80. Ke4 Rb4+ 81. Rd4 Rb1 82. Re3 Rb8 83. Rd5 Rb4+ 84. Kf5 Rb8 85. Kf4 Rb4+ 86. Re4 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Program Activation Required} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Be7 {E52: Nimzoindisch (Moderne Variante)} (9... c5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Ne2 c4 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. Ng3 Nc8 14. Nh5 Be7 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Nd6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {1-0 (32) Caruana,F (2807)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. b3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10. f4 c5 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Qh3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. d5 Re8 16. b3 {0-1 (16) Pinter,J (2560)-Renet,O (2515) Haifa 1989}) 10... c5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Rc1 g6 14. Nf4 Na5 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 c4 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Bc3 Ne4 20. Bxa5 bxa5 21. Rfd1 c3 22. Qb7 c2 23. Rd3 Nc3 24. Nc6 Rxc6 25. Qxc6 Nxa2 26. Qxc2 Nxc1 27. Qxc1 a4 28. g3 Qa5 29. Qa1 Rb8 30. e4 a3 31. e5 a2 32. Rd1 Bb4 33. Ne2 Bd2 34. Kg2 Qd5+ 35. f3 Ba5 36. Rc1 Qb3 37. Kf2 Bd2 38. Rd1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,115,15,12,20,29,-4,-4,-16,0,-20,-21,-24,-12,-14,-13,-27,-22,-24,-27,-29,-16,-33,-26,-60,-20,-24,-16,-24,0,0,-14,-30,-20,-49,-50,-52,-52,-43,-50,-52,-47,-40,-45,-49,-25,-33,-12,-15,-7,-12,-13,-7,27,21,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,49,49]} 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O d5 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} 8. exd5 (8. e5 Nfd7 9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. Nf1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa6 14. Qd1 Nc6 15. a3 {1-0 (29) Vitiugov,N (2725)-Edouard,R (2636) Berlin 2015}) 8... Qxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. dxc5 Qxc5 {The position is equal.} 10. Be3 Qh5 11. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb5+ Bc6 12. Nd4 Bxb5 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Nxb5 Na6 15. a4 {1-0 (62) Diaz Camallonga,C (2167)-Onna Amargant,J (1980) Catalunya 2013}) 11... Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 12. Bb5+ Nbd7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 13. Nf3 a6 14. Ba4 Qa5 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Rd1 Qh5 17. Nbd2 b5 18. Nd4 Qg6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg6g2]} 19. N2f3 Ne5 20. Bf4 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Qe4 (21... Qf5 {feels hotter.} 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Ba5 Bc5 24. a3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Ke7) 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. Nf1 g5 25. Bc7 Rc8 26. Ba5 h5 27. Ne3 h4 28. h3 f5 29. Nc2 g4 30. Nd4 $1 Bb7 {With the idea ...Kf7.} 31. Nxe6 Rg8 {Strongly threatening ...gxh3.} 32. Kf1 gxh3 33. gxh3 Kf7 34. Nf4 $1 Rc4 35. Rd7 {Hoping for Re1.} Bc6 36. Rc7 {Threatens to win with Re1.} Bf3 37. Re1 Rxc7 38. Bxc7 Bg5 39. Re3 Be4 40. f3 Bb1 41. Re1 Bxa2 42. Re5 Bb1 43. Rd5 Re8 44. Kf2 Re7 45. Bb8 Rb7 46. Be5 b4 47. cxb4 Rxb4 48. Nd3 Rb3 49. Nc5 Rb5 50. Bd4 Be7 51. Ke3 a5 52. Rd7 Ke8 53. Rb7 Rxc5 {[#]} (53... Rb4 {seems wilder.} 54. Rxb4 axb4 55. Nd3 Kf7 56. Kd2 Ke6) 54. Rxe7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe7 55. Bxc5+ Kf6 56. Bb6 a4 57. Bd8+ Kg6 58. Bxh4 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,63,10,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,24,24,23,24,18,28,25,25,27,24,4,20,6,11,4,12,6]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 15. Qe2 Bc7 16. Kb1 Qd5 17. c4 Qe4+ 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 19. Be1 O-O-O 20. Kc2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 20. Rh4 f5 21. Rd3 Rd7 22. Nd2 Nxd2+ 23. Bxd2 {0-1 (47) Van Randtwijk,M (1947)-Landa,K (2597) Vlissingen 2016}) 20... Rhe8 21. Ne5 f6 22. Ng6 e5 23. dxe5 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. f3 Nd6 27. Bg3 Re6 28. b3 Nf5 29. Bf2 Ne3+ {The position is equal.} 30. Bxe3 (30. Kd2 $5 {[%cal Rf2e3]} Nxg2 31. Bg3 $11 (31. Bxa7 Re5 $11)) 30... Rxe3 31. Kd2 Re7 32. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 {Program Activation Required} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 d5 (4... f5 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. e3 h5 9. h4 Bh6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nf4 c6 13. Nce2 a5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. a3 Ng4 16. Rab1 Bg7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 19. d4 {½-½ (19) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2662)-Ponomariov,R (2692) Linares 2017}) 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 {A01: Larsen-Eröffnung} Qa5 7. a3 c6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bc4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10. b4 Qc7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. d4 {½-½ (29) Kozionov,K (2440)-Gluhovsky,M (2262) Moscow 2017}) 10... f5 11. b4 Qd8 12. O-O Nd7 13. d4 a5 14. Ne2 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nf4 Qb5 18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 Bh6 20. Ne2 f4 21. Nxf4 Bxf4 22. exf4 Bg4 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Rad8 25. Qc3 Rd5 26. Rfe1 Qb6 27. Re4 Qd8 28. Rbe1 Qd6 29. g3 Rb5 30. Rb1 Rd5 31. h4 h5 32. b5 cxb5 33. Re5 Rxd4 34. Rexb5 Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Rxb7 Qd5+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Kg7 40. g4 hxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Re2 42. Kf3 Ra2 43. Rb5 Kf6 44. Kg3 Ra3+ 45. f3 Ra1 46. Rb6+ Kf5 47. Rb7 Kf6 48. f5 gxf5 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. Kf4 Ra4+ 51. Kg5 f6+ 52. Rxf6 Rxh4 53. Ra6 Rb4 54. Kxf5 Kf7 55. Rf6+ Kg7 56. Re6 Kf7 57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. Rc6 Kf7 59. f4 Rb5+ 60. Kg4 Ra5 61. Rb6 Rc5 62. f5 Rc1 63. Rb3 Rg1+ 64. Rg3 Rxg3+ 65. Kxg3 Kf6 66. Kf2 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Program Activation Required} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bd2 {C42: Russische Verteidigung (Petrow)} (10. Bf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. d4 Nb4 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Rhe1 O-O-O 17. h3 Rde8 18. Bd3 {1-0 (68) Bacrot,E (2700)-Wang,Y (2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Bd7 13. a3 Rfe8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... a6 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bc1 Bf8 17. Bd2 b5 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. Bd1 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 {½-½ (20) Thesing,M (2415)-Luecke,N (2395) Nettetal 1992}) 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Bf1 a6 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Re1 Rxe1 18. Bxe1 Ne5 19. Be2 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 c6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. dxe4 f5 23. Bd2 Kf7 24. Kf1 Be7 25. Ke1 fxe4 26. Bxe4 h5 27. Bf3 g6 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 d5 30. a4 Bd6 31. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfe1 (15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. Bxe7 Bxe2 17. Bd6 Rxb1+ 18. Rxb1 Bb5 {½-½ (20) Mamedyarov,S (2800)-Li,C (2735) Geneve 2017}) 15... Rfe8 16. e3 e6 17. Bf1 {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 20. Reb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rab1 Reb8 21. Rb3 {½-½ (31) Yilmazyerli,M (2438)-Istratescu,A (2609) Graz 2016}) 20... Reb8 21. Rb3 Rb6 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Kd3 Kd6 25. c4 {[#] aiming for c5+.} c5 26. cxd5 Rxb3+ 27. axb3 Kxd5 28. dxc5 Kxc5 29. Kc3 a5 30. Rd1 Kc6 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,64,31,35,35,26,31,32,25,30,27,25,27,43,37,70,0,18,18,20,13,39,0,15,8,23,17,31,25,30,16,33,16,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. c3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} c5 7. Nf3 Nxe4 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Qe2 a6 {0-1 (49) Bruzon Batista,L (2643)-Narciso Dublan,M (2467) Linares 2017}) 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. O-O Bxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. a4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Bf4 Rc8 {1-0 (64) Helmreich,R (2470)-Borisovs,L (2378) ICCF email 2011}) 13... Bc6 14. Ra3 Nd5 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bh6 Qe7 17. Bg5 (17. a5 $14) 17... f6 18. Re1 O-O-O 19. Bd2 Rhe8 20. Rh3 Rd7 21. Qg3 Red8 22. Bb3 Nc7 23. Bc3 Bd5 24. Bc2 Na6 25. Bd3 {Strongly threatening Bb5.} Nb4 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Rc1+ Bc6 28. Rxc6+ $1 bxc6 29. Ba6+ {[#]} Rb7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for ...Qe1+.} 30. Qe3 (30. Bxb7+ Qxb7) 30... Qxd4 (30... Qxb2 $11 31. Bxb7+ Kxb7 32. Rxh7+ Rd7 33. Rxd7+ Kc8) 31. Qxe6+ ({White should try} 31. Bxb7+ $14 Kxb7 32. Rxh7+ Kb6 33. Qb3+ Ka5 34. g3) 31... Qd7 $11 32. Bxb7+ Kxb7 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,57,18,6,7,6,9,9,14,14,8,8,12,14,4,10,2,6,13,0,12,-18,-22,-22,-29,-52,-11,-55,0,6,1,0,0,-27,15,23,190,170,171,193,216,215,401,400]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3 a5 9. e3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9. Nh4 Be6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. a4 c5 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. c5 Qd8 16. Rac1 b6 17. cxb6 Qxb6 {½-½ (38) Ganguly,S (2658)-Karthikeyan,M (2579) Biel 2017}) 9... Na6 10. a3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Ba3 Nb4 11. Bxb4 axb4 12. Re1 Ra3 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 {0-1 (33) Fenyvesi,T (1847)-Balog,I (2464) Miskolc 2009}) 10... Ne4 11. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Nc5 13. g4 Bd3 14. Re1 a4 {...axb3 is the strong threat.} 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. bxa4 (17. Nc4 $5 dxc4 18. bxc4 $11) 17... Nxd2 18. Qxd2 (18. Bc3 {is interesting.} Nc4 19. Qxd3 Rxa4 20. Bb4 b5 21. e4) 18... Bc4 19. Bc3 Rxa4 20. Bb4 Qd7 21. h3 Rfa8 (21... Bh6 $15) 22. e4 $1 $11 {[%cal Re4d5]} e6 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Qf4 {Hoping for Rc7.} Bxg2 25. Rc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White fights for an advantage.} g5 $2 (25... Qxc7 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and Black stays safe.} 26. Qxc7 Bc6) 26. Rxd7 $18 gxf4 27. Kxg2 b6 28. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5e6][%mdl 32]} Bf8 $2 (28... exd5 29. Ree7 (29. Rxd5 h6 $16) 29... h6 30. Rxf7 Bb2) 29. dxe6 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,-5,2,-17,-6,-19,-20,-27,-18,-30,0,0,7,-12,-6,-22,-21,-14,-10,-18,-8,-19,-11,-45,-27,-24,-22,-24,-6,-8,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,10,16,9,-18,0,-63,-73,-80,-72,-118,-16,-12,0,-60,0,0,29986,29987,29998,29999]} 1. a3 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Rb1 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Nc6 7. b4 d6 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} b6 9. O-O Bg4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Nd4 10. d3 Nxe2+ 11. Nxe2 e5 12. bxc5 bxc5 {0-1 (67) Gonda,L (2520)-Filippov,A (2606) Sibenik 2011}) 10. d3 Nd7 11. Bd2 e6 12. b5 (12. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Re2g4]} Bxe2 13. Nxe2 $11) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 (13. gxf3 Nd4 $17) (13. bxc6 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Ne5 $17) 13... Nd4 14. Be2 a6 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. a4 Ne5 17. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nec6 18. Bg4 Nb4 19. Nb5 $1 Nbc6 ({Reject} 19... Nxd3 $6 20. Be3 $16) 20. f5 Qe7 21. Bf4 {[%cal Bd2f4,Bf4g3,Bg3h4,Bh4f6,Bf6g7][%mdl 32]} Ne5 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Bh3 Rfa8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Bg3 (25. c5 $5 bxc5 26. Qb3 $14) 25... Nd7 26. Qg4 (26. Bh4 $1 $11 Qe8 27. Bg3) 26... Nc5 $15 27. Bh4 Qd7 28. Bf6 Rf8 (28... Bxf6 $17 29. Rxf6 Qxa4) 29. Qg5 $11 Rxa4 30. e5 (30. Bxg7 $11 Qxg7 31. e5) 30... dxe5 ({But not} 30... Nxd3 $2 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rxf8 $18) (30... Raa8 $15) 31. Qxe5 {Black must now prevent Bxg7.} Nxd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Raa8 $11) 32. Bxe6+ Kh8 33. Bxg7+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,92,-4,-39,-17,-1,0,-37,-30,-47,-39,-60,-33,-41,-25,-25,-22,-34,-22,-33,-29,-34,-11,-22,-15,-28,-11,-37,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-39,-76,-84,-71,-78,-90,-28,-100,-106,-149,-107,-161,-156,-195,-179,-183,-192,-189,-192,-189,-170,-324,-312,-302,-293,-271,-262,-414,-408,-420,-406,-535,-531,-519,-515,-504,-491]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bg3 {D58: Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defence} cxd4 13. exd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxc3 14. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Nf6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 17. Nf3 {[#]} Qh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Ne4 18. c4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qd6 {½-½ (59) Sokolov,I (2645)-Van der Sterren,P (2560) Wijk aan Zee 1995}) 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Ba6 Qd5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. c4 Ne4 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Be3 Nf6 24. h3 Rd7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Nd7 28. Bf4 Nf8 29. h4 Ng6 30. Bg3 Ne7 31. h5 Qc7 ({Black should play} 31... Nf5 $17 32. Bf4 Qc6) 32. Rd4 (32. Kh2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32... Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 33. Rg4 Qd7 34. Bf4 (34. Re4 $17) 34... Rd8 35. Be3 {[#]} Qd1+ $1 36. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Nxe3 38. fxe3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KR-KR} Rd3 $1 39. Rd4 $2 (39. c5) 39... Rxe3 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rd7 Rxe5 42. Rxa7 (42. g4 $142) 42... Rxh5+ 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. Rb7 Rc5 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Rxb6 Rxc4 46. Ra6 h5 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic 2017-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,37,47,37,52,37,25,25,35,35,53,41,41,45,102,92,95,103,92,74,80,81,75,75,70,17,17,18,8,5,8,6,6,5,8,10,19,23,32,40,32,28,43,22,65,66,89,77,89,77,77,77,77,77,177,56,56,56,188,188,188,0,74,63,70,70,96,81,6395,6391,6391,5414,29994,29995,29995,0]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Qc7 (5... Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Nh4 Be6 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Be3 Na6 12. Bd4 Qa5 13. a3 Rfc8 14. b4 Qd8 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qc4 17. Nxa7 Qxd3 18. exd3 Re8 19. Rac1 g5 20. Nf3 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 {0-1 (52) Baltag,I (2396)-Manolache,M (2549) Arad 2012}) 6. e4 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 {White has an edge.} a5 9. a4 b6 10. b3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. c3 e5 11. Qc2 Ba6 12. b3 Rd8 13. Ba3 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Ne8 17. Nc4 Ne6 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. d5 Nc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. c4 Bh6 {½-½ (21) Voiska,M (2333)-Genova,L (2232) Plovdiv 2008}) 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 c5 ({Black should play} 11... Nbd7 $14) 12. d5 $16 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Ne8 14. e5 (14. Qc1 {seems wilder.} Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Ba6 16. Ne3 Rd8 17. c4) 14... dxe5 15. Nfxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd6 17. Nxd6 ({Better is} 17. Qe2 $14) 17... exd6 $11 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. Qc3+ f6 21. Re3 Qf7 22. Re6 Rxe6 (22... Qc7 {keeps more tension.} 23. Rae1 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Bc8 25. Re3 Qd8) 23. dxe6 Qe7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. h4 h5 27. Qe3 Qe7 28. c4 Re8 29. Re1 f5 30. Qd2 Rd8 31. Kg2 Qb7+ (31... Rf8 $16) 32. f3 (32. Qd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5b7]} Qxd5+ 33. cxd5) 32... Qe7 $1 33. Re2 Qf6 {[#]} (33... Rf8 $14) 34. Qd5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qe7 {[#]} 35. Qd2 $2 (35. Qc6 $1 $18) 35... Rf8 (35... Qf6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. f4 Rf6 37. Qd5 $1 Kf8 38. Kf2 Ke8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Kg7 $16) 39. Qa8+ Qd8 40. Qc6+ Ke7 41. Qb7+ Ke8 42. Qc6+ $2 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 38%.} (42. e7 {NOTEXT} Re6 43. exd8=R+ Kxd8 44. Rxe6 d5 45. Rxg6 dxc4 46. Rg8#) 1/2-1/2

