[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,95,51,51,52,51,49,50,48,57,53,67,7,9,2,19,15,24,0,20,-14,2,0,6,-81,11,-11,0,-8,21,6,29,33,33,36,25,19,54,52,41,72,131,121,298,248,216,189,377,383,445,447,1091,1027,2692,2547,5162,12825,5927,5246,3694,673,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} 14. Bc1 Nhf6 15. Nc3 Rc8 16. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} dxc4 (16... Bb4 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 dxc4 21. Bf4 Qd8 22. Bd6 {0-1 (76) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 17. Nxc4 b5 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 18. Ne3 Qb6 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Bb2 Bf8 21. e5 Nd5 22. Ncxd5 ({Better is} 22. Qe2 $14) 22... cxd5 $11 23. Qe2 $146 a5 24. Bf1 b4 25. h4 Ra8 26. Qg4 Re7 27. Bd3 a4 28. Bc2 {[#]} (28. bxa4 $11 Rxa4 29. Qe2) 28... Bc6 ({Black should try} 28... a3 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra3b2]} 29. Bc1 f6 30. exf6 Nxf6) 29. Qf4 f6 30. Ng4 {[%cal Re5f6]} f5 31. Ne3 Rf7 32. g4 {[%cal Rg4f5]} g6 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Kh2 axb3 35. Rg1+ Kh8 $1 36. Bxb3 Qa6 ({Black should play} 36... Qb8) 37. Rg2 Bg7 $2 (37... Qc8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 38. h5 h6 39. Rag1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Rg8 $2 {[#]} ({Much worse is} 39... Qe2 40. f3 $18) (39... Ra7 {was necessary.} 40. Nc2 (40. Rxg7 Rxg7 41. Qxh6+ Rh7 $11) 40... Ba4) 40. Ng4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 {Black hopes to continue with ...Bf8.} (40... fxg4 41. Qxf7) 41. Bc1 {[%cal Rg4h6]} Bf8 (41... Qe2 $142 42. f3 fxg4) 42. Nxh6 Rxg2+ 43. Rxg2 Rg7 44. Rxg7+ Bxg7 {[#]} 45. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 46. h6 (46. Qxf5+ $142 Kh8 47. h6) 46... Bf8 47. Qxf5+ Kg8 48. Qg6+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zierk, Steven"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,80,31,0,0,0,9,5,0,0,8,11,6,5,22,7,0,8,13,0,0,0,0,0,27,18,26,-6,0,-4,-11,-40,-40,-40,44,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-31,-40,-40,-40,-40,-76,-76,-105,-101,-128,-128,-128,-128,-202,-183,-204,-192,-192,-124,-191,-203,-338,-357,-5318,-959,-5314,-5314,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 {A48: Königsindisch (ohne c2-c4)} (6... b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. h3 Na6 10. Bh2 Nc7 11. a4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. b4 Qc8 15. b5 Bd5 16. a5 f5 17. Re1 {1-0 (53) Caruana,F (2816)-Aronian,L (2764) Leuven 2018}) 7. cxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Qb6 8. b3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 d6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bd7 14. Rfc1 {½-½ (132) Danielsen,H (2504)-Kjartansson,G (2357) Kopavogur 2012}) 8... d6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. Nd2 Qd8 13. Bf3 Bd3 14. Re1 h6 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Qxd3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Qa5 {...Sxd4 ist eine echte Drohung.} 18. Rcc1 Rc7 19. a4 Rac8 {Und ...g5 würde nun gewinnen.} 20. Qb1 Nb4 21. Bxb7 Rxc1 $1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Nd3 24. Qd1 Nxf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Schwarz startet einen Angriff.} 25. exf4 Bxd4 26. Bf3 e6 27. h4 Qc3 28. Be4 Bc5 29. Kf1 Qb4 30. Qf3 Qd2 31. g3 d5 32. Bd3 {[#]} Bxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. h5 (33. Kg2 $17 {war nötig.}) (33. Qxf2 Qxd3+) 33... gxh5 $19 34. Be2 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 {[#]} Qg1+ $1 36. Kh3 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 37. Qg4+ (37. gxh4 $142 Kf8 38. f5) 37... Kh7 {[%cal Rg1h1]} 38. Qxh4 $2 (38. Qf3) 38... Qh1+ 39. Kg4 Qe4 40. Bd1 Qd3 {Precision: Weiß = 41%, Schwarz = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,91,3,26,-12,8,-11,0,-20,17,10,21,0,2,2,14,14,14,19,31,29,41,32,74,0,10,6,96,96,96,86,110,111,111,112,112,111,112,103,189,190,167,45,47,38,33,29,32,0,0,0,569,0,0,0,0,0,6103,6103,6103,213,6103,6103,6103,6094,6094,6087,29976,29977,29971,29967]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bb3 Qe7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Qf5 Rad8 14. Rad1 Bc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfe8 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 {0-1 (43) Sargissian,G (2630)-Galstian,B (2448) Yerevan 2005}) 15. dxe5 Qxe5 (15... Bxe5 {keeps more tension.} 16. f4 Bc7 17. e4 Nc5 18. e5 Nxb3 19. exf6 Qc5+) 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Bb4 c5 19. Bc3 Nxc3 20. Nxc3 c4 21. Bc2 Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. e4 (23. Rd2 $1 $16) 23... Rfe8 24. Nd5 Bb6 (24... Ba5 $11) 25. Rxd3 $16 Rxe4 26. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Kf8 27. Nxb6 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 axb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 29. Rd8+ $1 Re8 30. Rd6 $1 Re6 (30... Re7 $16) 31. Rxe6 $1 $18 fxe6 {KP-KP} 32. Kf1 (32. Kh2 $1 $18) 32... Ke7 $14 33. Ke2 Kd6 $1 34. Kd3 Kd5 $1 35. a3 e5 36. f3 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36... b5 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 37. b3 $2 (37. a4 $1 $18 Kd6 38. Ke4) 37... b5 $11 38. Ke3 h5 39. g3 h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39... b4 $11 40. axb4 b5) 40. gxh4 $1 $18 gxh4 41. Kd3 $2 (41. b4 Kd6 42. Ke4) 41... Ke6 $2 (41... b4 42. axb4 Kc6 43. b5+ Kd5) 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. Kf5 Kd5 44. Kg5 Kd4 45. Kxh4 Kc3 46. b4 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,70,9,12,10,12,12,17,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-17,5,0,2,0,0,-9,1,-14,0,0,23,-95,19,0,0,-14,0,-45,-58,-54,-54,-45,-38,-47,-45,-42,-41,-38,-50,-46,-46,-55,-46,-55,-42,-62,-22,-526,-535,-508,-508]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Nbd7 9. Bb2 Re8 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (9... c5 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 Rc8 12. b4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rc1 Rfd8 {½-½ (72) Wei,Y (2729)-Le,Q (2728) Danzhou 2018}) 10. e3 {The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rc8 11. Qe2 Nf8 12. Rfd1 Ng6 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Ne5 c6 15. Ndf3 Ne4 16. Nxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (71) Raki,J-Kaunonen,K Karhula 2004}) 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Bc3 c5 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15. Qb2 h6 16. Rac1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 {Hoping for ...Nd3.} 18. Qb1 Qe7 19. Nb5 Red8 {[%cal Be8d8,Bd8d5,Bd5d2,Bd2b2][%mdl 32]} 20. Bd4 e5 21. Ba1 (21. Bxc5 $1 $11 Rxc5 22. a4) 21... e4 (21... dxc4 $17 {And now ...Bxg2 would win.} 22. Nxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. f3 e4 25. Bxf6 exf3+ 26. Kg1 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Ne4 28. Bxg7 f2+ 29. Kf1 Bxg7) 22. Bxf6 (22. cxd5 {looks sharper.} Rxd5 23. Bd4 Rdd8 24. Nc4 Nd5 25. Bh3) 22... Qxf6 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd2 27. Rf1 $1 Rb2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 28. Qd3 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Rxb3 30. a4 $1 Rb4 31. Qc2 $1 Bc5 32. h4 g6 33. Nc3 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} Qe5 {aiming for ...Rc4.} 34. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Qd3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 34... Rc4 $19 35. Rd3 {[#]} Bb4 $1 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,110,24,22,33,33,0,43,23,50,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-85,-63,-81,-74,-105,-11,0,0,-11,18,-70,-75,-66,0,-100,-94,-160,-167,-162,-150,-158,-108,-370,-377,-392,-387,-381,-369,-362,-365,-353,-281,-278,-287,-285,-262,-279,-278,-287,-280,-263,-267,-259,-262,-256,-255,-318,-238,-306,-170,-325,-324,-323,-316,-297,-273,-478,-472,-488,-472,-618,-603,-29966,-29967,-29959,-12554,-6674,-6754,-29978,-29979,-29977,-29975,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Nb3 {B68: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7} b5 12. Bxf6 (12. Bf3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. Nbd4 Na5 16. e5 Nc4 17. Qc1 dxe5 18. Nc6 Qb6 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (32) Rebord,M (2481)-Saglione,E (2529) ICCF email 2011}) 12... gxf6 13. f5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Qb6 14. f5 O-O 15. Rhf1 Kh8 16. Rf4 {½-½ (49) Krzyzanowski,A (2339)-Pichushkin,V (2277) ICCF email 2014}) 13... h5 {With the idea ...b4.} 14. Bd3 (14. a3 $14) 14... Qb6 $11 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 17. Qe1 (17. Nf4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17... a4 $17 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nf3 b3 (19... Nxd3 $17 20. Rxd3 a3) 20. cxb3 $1 $11 axb3 21. a3 Rg8 22. Ng3 (22. fxe6 $11 fxe6 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. g3) 22... Nxd3 $15 23. Rxd3 Rc2 ({Black should try} 23... e5 $1 $15) 24. Nd2 (24. Nd4 $11) 24... Ba4 $17 25. fxe6 ({Better is} 25. Nxb3 Rc7 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3) 25... fxe6 26. Rg1 Qb5 27. Qe3 {[%cal Rd2b3]} Qe5 $40 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Re5b2][%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 28. Rd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Qd4 $17 {was forced.} Kf7 29. Nxb3) 28... Qc5 $19 {( -> ...Rxb2+!)} 29. Qd3 Bb5 30. Qxb3 {Rd1 is the strong threat.} Rxd2 $1 (30... Qxd4 31. Qxb5+ Kf8 32. Kxc2 $17) 31. Rxd2 {Hoping for Rc1.} Qxg1+ 32. Ka2 Qc5 {And now ...Bc4 would win.} ({Less strong is} 32... Qxh2 33. Qxb5+ Kf7 34. Nf1 $11) (32... Bd7 33. Nf5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 33. Rc2 Qe5 34. Nf5 Rf8 35. Rc8+ Kd7 36. Rxf8 Bxf8 37. Nd4 Bc6 $1 ({But not} 37... Qxd4 38. Qxb5+ Kc7 39. Qa5+ Kd7 40. Qb5+ Kd8 41. Qb8+ Ke7 42. Qb7+ Ke8 43. Qb5+ Kd8 44. Qb8+ Ke7 45. Qb7+ Ke8 46. Qb5+ Kd8 $19) 38. Nxc6 Kxc6 39. Qb8 Bh6 ({Stronger than} 39... Qxh2 40. Qxf8 Qxg2 41. Qc8+ Kb6 42. Qxe6 $11) 40. Qc8+ Kb6 41. Qb8+ Ka6 (41... Kc5 $142 42. Kb3 Bd2 43. Qa7+ Kc6 44. Qa8+ Kc7 45. Qa7+ Kd8 46. Qa8+ Ke7 47. Qb7+ Kf8) 42. Qa8+ $2 (42. a4) 42... Kb5 $1 43. Kb3 {[#]} d5 $1 44. a4+ {[#]} Kc5 $1 45. Qc8+ $2 (45. Qa5+ {is a better defense.} Kc6 46. Qb5+ Kd6 47. Qb8+ Kd7 48. Qb5+ Kd8 49. exd5) 45... Kb6 46. Qd8+ Kb7 47. a5 Be3 48. exd5 Qxd5+ 49. Qxd5+ exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KP} 50. Kc3 Ka6 51. b4 Kb5 {Black mates.} 52. Kd3 Ba7 53. a6 Kxb4 54. h4 f5 55. Ke2 Kc3 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,71,0,-8,-9,-16,-8,-28,-30,-37,-36,-43,-27,-42,-10,-39,-45,-56,-45,-54,-53,-87,-43,-60,-39,-45,-58,-66,-65,-74,-28,-33,62,61,68,64,106,97,133,141,125,107,388,360,362,337,666,625,29992,29993,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 {LiveBook: 93 Games} Be6 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (9... h6 10. b4 b6 11. b5 Ne7 12. a4 a6 13. Na3 Be6 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nb5 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (62) Saric,I (2664)-Zherebukh,Y (2636) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Rb1 b5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 {0-1 (35) Franciosi,F (2139)-Janev,E (2409) Bratto 2015}) 11... Nd7 {Black has an edge.} 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Ba1 Qe7 15. Qe2 (15. d4 $5 exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Nb3 $15) 15... Rac8 16. Qe3 Na4 17. Rbc1 Qa7 18. h4 h5 19. Nf1 Rfd8 20. Ng5 Bh6 {And now ...f6 would win.} 21. Qe2 Bg4 22. Qa2 Qe7 23. Ne3 Nb6 ({Black should play} 23... Rf8 $15) 24. bxc5 $14 dxc5 25. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nxd5 26. exd5 Na5 {[#]} 27. c4 $1 f6 {[#]} 28. cxb5 $1 {d6+ is the strong threat.} Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Avoid the trap} 28... fxg5 $2 29. d6+ Qe6 30. Bd5 $18) (28... c4 $16) 29. bxa6 $18 fxg5 30. Rxe5 Qd6 $2 (30... Qf7) 31. Rce1 Qxa6 32. Qb2 {White mates.} Rb8 {[#]} 33. Re8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qxh6+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,78,8,37,0,13,18,20,0,8,23,20,0,6,12,24,15,16,-12,-27,-46,-48,-58,14,0,0,-155,-170,-198,-133,-127,-148,-281,-241,-220,-225,-256,-250,-337,-333,-311,-325,-365,-285,-484,-477,-502,-502,-493,-487,-497,-489,-524,-433,-406,0,-545,-558,-519,-537,-602,-575]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd7 (8... b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. h4 Nd7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Kb1 Bf6 13. Rh3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. g4 c4 16. Bxc4 {½-½ (26) Caruana,F (2822)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Stavanger 2018}) 9. O-O-O c6 10. c4 Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. Be2 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qb6 14. Be3 Qa6 15. a3 Nxc4 {1-0 (48) Sahoo,U (2219)-Solanke,V (1833) Mumbai 2009}) 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Be3 Qc7 $1 15. h3 Be6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Nd4 Bc8 18. f4 Nd7 {[%cal Be5d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 19. Bf3 Nf6 $1 20. g4 Bf8 (20... d5 $15 21. Qd3 Bb4 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5) 21. f5 d5 22. g5 $2 {[#]} ({White should play} 22. Bf4 $11 Qb6 23. Qd3) 22... Ne4 $17 23. Qd3 Qe5 (23... dxc4 $19 24. Qxc4 Qg3) 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Bf2 (25. Qxe4 $17 Rxe4 26. Bg1) 25... c5 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Nb5 Re2 ({Not} 27... Bxf5 28. Nc3 $17) 28. Bh4 Bxf5 29. Na3 d4 {Hoping for ...d3.} 30. Kc1 Rde8 31. Rd2 $2 (31. Bg3) 31... Bd6 $19 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Kd1 Rg2 34. Re1 g6 35. Re2 Rg1+ 36. Re1 Rg2 37. Re2 $1 {[%cal Re2g2]} Bxh3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bg4.Black is clearly winning.} 38. Rxg2 Bxg2 39. Nb5 Bb8 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,151,38,48,0,0,0,43,39,41,43,56,31,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-48,-42,-23,62,42,48,41,47,40,37,47,48,52,31,40,60,55,68,46,50,64,67,64,70,15,77,22,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,0,0,0,112,12,16,10,63,23,57,62,85,80,177,147,119,141,173,223,200,178,181,166,181,175,225,203,560,545,693,651,835,835,835,835,947,609,596,596,596,596,592,588,513,137,1240,1237,1240,1240,1240,1240,1240,1240,1240,1240,1233,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,835,722,2406,2330,1813,1235,4610,405,405,405,397,397,29984,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (6... d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 a5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nb3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14. Qe4 a4 15. Bxh6 axb3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Qg4+ {½-½ (21) Vitiugov,N (2740)-Tomashevsky,E (2714) Sochi 2018}) 7. Bd3 c5 {LiveBook: 26 Games} 8. dxc5 dxc5 {The position is equal.} 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. e5 Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Be4 Ndxe5 13. O-O f5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 {0-1 (62) Hamilton,G (1957)-Orr,M (2085) Ayr 2018}) 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. O-O Ngxe5 13. Re1 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 g6 $1 15. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 16. Qxg6 Rf6 {[%cal Bf8f6,Bf6g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 17. Qh5+ Kg7 $1 18. Bg5 Rg6 $1 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Re4 Bd7 (20... Qf6 $11) 21. Nh4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} (21. Rh4 Rg8 $17) 21... Rg5 {[#]} 22. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf5 (22... exf5 23. Rxe7+) 23. Rg4+ Kf6 24. Rg6+ Ke5 $1 25. Re1+ Kd6 26. Qxf5 $1 Rf8 27. Qg4 Qf7 28. Qg3+ Qf4 29. h4 Qxg3 30. fxg3 Rh8 31. Re4 (31. Rg5 $14) 31... Nd4 (31... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Kh2 (32. Reg4 $16) 32... Be8 33. Rg7 Nf5 34. Rg5 b6 35. Kg1 Ne7 36. Re2 Nf5 37. Re4 Ne7 38. Re1 Nf5 39. b4 Bf7 (39... Ba4 $11) 40. Kh2 (40. bxc5+ $1 $16 bxc5 41. g4) 40... Be8 $11 41. Kh3 Bf7 (41... Ba4 $11) 42. Kg4 cxb4 43. axb4 Rc8 44. Rc1 a5 (44... Ne3+ $16 {was called for.} 45. Kh3 e5) 45. bxa5 $1 $18 bxa5 46. Kh3 $1 Ra8 47. g4 $1 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Nd4 48. Rg7 Bg8 49. h5 a4 50. h6 a3 51. g5 a2 $2 (51... e5) 52. Ra1 e5 {[#]} 53. c5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc5 {[#] ...Be6+ is the strong threat.} 54. Rxg8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 55. h7 $1 {[%cal Rh7g8]} Rf8 56. g6 {And now g7 would win.} Ne6 57. Kg4 (57. Rxa2 Nf4+ 58. Kg4 Nxg6 $11) 57... e4 58. Rxa2 e3 59. Ra6 Ng7 60. Rf6 $2 (60. Ra7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra7g7]} Kd6 61. Rxg7) 60... Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Rxf6 $16 61. h8=Q e2 62. Qc8+ (62. Qxg7 Rxg6+ 63. Qxg6 e1=Q $16) 62... Rc6 63. Qf8+ Kb5 64. Qb8+ Ka6 65. Qa8+ Kb5 66. Qb7+ Ka5 67. Qa7+ (67. Qxc6 e1=Q $16) 67... Kb5 68. Qb8+ Ka6 69. Qa8+ Kb5 70. Qb7+ Ka5 71. Qa7+ (71. Qxc6 e1=Q $16) 71... Kb5 72. Qb7+) 61. Rf1 Kd4 62. Kg5 $1 e2 63. Re1 $1 Ke3 {[#]} 64. g4 $1 Rf8 65. Kh6 Ne6 {[#]} 66. Rh1 $2 ({White should play} 66. Rxe2+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe2 67. g5) 66... Rf1 $11 {[%cal Rf1h1]} 67. Rh3+ Rf3 {[%cal Rf3h3]} 68. Rh5 e1=Q {( -> ...Qc3)} 69. h8=Q {Hoping for Qe5+.} (69. Re5+ Kf4 70. h8=Q Qxe5 71. Qxe5+ Kxe5 72. g7 Kf6 73. g8=N+ Kf7 74. Kh7 Rh3+ 75. Nh6+ Kf6 76. g5+ Nxg5+ 77. Kh8 Rxh6+ 78. Kg8 Rh3 79. Kf8 Rh8#) 69... Qd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69... Kf4 $11 70. g7 Nxg7 71. Qf8+ (71. Qxg7 Qe6+ 72. Qg6 Qxg6+ 73. Kxg6 Kxg4 $11) 71... Kg3 72. Qd6+ (72. Qxg7 $2 Qe6+ 73. Kh7 Rf7 $19) 72... Rf4 73. Kxg7 Qb4) 70. Qe5+ $18 Kd3+ 71. g5 Qa2 72. Rh1 Re3 73. Rd1+ (73. Qf5+ $142 Kd4 74. g7) 73... Ke2 {[#]} 74. Re1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe1 75. Qxe3+ Kd1 $2 (75... Kf1 $18 76. Qh3+ Kg1) 76. Qg1+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,81,39,40,45,38,54,55,69,67,64,68,133,137,135,140,119,20,12,0,0,0,0,0,21,20,76,77,137,141,166,176,180,152,204,204,204,200,441,437,499,-190,491,481,633,633,625,621,608,605,568,485,29959,29964,29962,29966,29973,29972,29978,29979,29979,29980,29982,29983,29983,29974,29974,29975]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Nd5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} Nxd5 9. Qxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ra7 10. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Rd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. Qd2 Rd7 12. Nc3 d5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Rxd5 15. Qc3 Be7 {1-0 (42) Grigoriants,S (2568)-Sonis,F (2425) Caleta 2018}) 11. Bh3 Rc7 12. Bxc8 Qxc8 13. Qd3 Rxc2 ({Black should try} 13... Nd7 $14) 14. Nc3 $1 $16 Rxb2 15. O-O $1 {Threatens to win with Rfc1.} Qc4 16. Qxc4 ({Only move:} 16. Qd1 $1 $16) 16... bxc4 $11 17. Rab1 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Nd7 19. Rb7 Be7 20. Ra7 Bd8 (20... Nb8 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. Rxa6 $16 Nf6 ({Black should play} 21... Ke7) 22. Ra7 Ng4 23. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Nxe3 24. fxe3 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} O-O (24... d5 $16) 25. a5 f5 26. exf5 e4 $2 {[#]} (26... Rxf5 27. Kg2 Bg5) 27. Ra8 $1 Bc7 {[#]} 28. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 {KB-KN} 29. a6 {a7 is the strong threat.} Bb8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Nb5 d5 32. a7 Bxa7 33. Nxa7 {KN-KP} Kd6 (33... Kf6 $18 34. Ke2 Kxf5) 34. Nb5+ {White mates.} Ke5 35. Nd4 Kf6 36. g4 g6 37. fxg6 Kxg6 38. Kg3 c3 39. h4 h6 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. Ke2 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,71,87,68,76,66,79,70,69,28,28,25,47,20,48,52,81,-106,60,60,51,-110,0,0,40,15,9,12,24,19,14,14,16,14,24,8,12,6,16,0,0,-28,17,14,9,7,7,0,15,15,15,12,24,0,13,11,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qh5+ g6 {C16: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without ...c5} 7. Qd1 (7. Qf3 Nc6 8. Nge2 b6 9. a3 Bf8 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nf4 Nge7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. g4 {1-0 (49) Zelcic,R (2532)-Haub,T (2458) Belgium 2014}) 7... b6 8. h4 h6 {White is slightly better.} 9. a3 Bxc3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bf8 10. b4 Nc6 11. Nh3 Bb7 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Bd3 Kb8 14. Ne2 {½-½ (47) Karner,H (2365)-Vooremaa,A (2390) Tallinn 1989}) 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nh3 Qf7 12. c4 Ba6 13. Nf4 $2 (13. cxd5 $16 {keeps the pressure on.} Bxf1 14. Kxf1 exd5 15. g3) 13... Bxc4 $2 (13... dxc4 $17 14. Qf3 Kd7) 14. Bxc4 $14 dxc4 15. d5 $2 (15. Qe2 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 15... O-O-O ({Black should try} 15... exd5 $17 {aiming for ...0-0-0.} 16. Bb2 {[#]} (16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 O-O-O $17) 16... c3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Bxc3 d4) 16. Nxe6 $11 Rd7 17. Bb2 {[#] And now Qf3 would win.} c3 $1 $132 {[%cal Rc3b2][%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 18. Bxc3 Nge7 19. Nxc7 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2 {Black must now prevent e6.} Re8 22. O-O Rc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5c3]} 23. Bb2 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Rad1 Rxc2 26. Rd6 Nd8 27. Bc1 Rc6 28. Bxh6 Rxe5 29. Rxc6+ Nxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Rd1 Re6 31. Bf4 b5 {The position is equal.} 32. Rd5 a6 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rxf5 Nd4 35. Rc5+ Rc6 36. Rxc6+ {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,20,30,31,26,36,37,36,39,29,64,64,55,53,64,56,66,34,45,19,22,13,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,2,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 b5 (3... d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. c5 h6 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2 e6 9. a4 Be7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. O-O Ne8 13. b5 Nc7 {1-0 (22) Paravyan,D (2629)-Antipov,M (2593) Moscow 2018}) 4. cxb5 cxb5 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} Bb7 7. O-O e6 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} d5 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bc7 {0-1 (52) Schneider,S (2319)-De Francesco,K (2238) Germany 2004}) 11... Qe7 12. Na5 Nb6 13. Qb3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxb5+!} Nc4 14. Nxb7 Qxb7 15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. Qxb4 a5 {The position is equal.} 17. Qb3 O-O 18. a4 Rfb8 19. axb5 a4 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. Qxa4 Nxb2 22. Qc2 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxb5 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. Rc1 {[#] Rc8+ would kill now.} g6 26. Ne5 Rb7 27. g4 h6 28. Rc2 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Kg2 Kg7 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,78,0,9,10,12,0,10,0,11,0,12,0,0,0,5,10,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-26,-37,-27,-22,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-9,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} Be7 11. Nd5 (11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 b5 14. Bg4 Nf6 15. Qc6+ Kf8 16. Bh3 g6 17. O-O Kg7 {0-1 (56) Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Giri,A (2782) Dortmund 2018}) 11... Nd7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. O-O Rd8 15. c4 O-O 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nb1 Nb8 {0-1 (44) Meijers,V (2496)-Berg,E (2592) Liverpool 2008}) 13... Qg5+ 14. Qd2 Qxg2 15. Qe3 Qh3 16. Qxh3 Bxh3 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rhd1 Rhc8 19. Na5 Rc7 20. Nc4 Rac8 21. Ne3 Be6 22. b3 Nf6 23. f3 Rc3 24. R1d3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Nh5 26. Rd1 Nf4 27. Bc4 g6 28. a4 Rd8 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} b5 31. c4 bxc4 {The position is equal.} 32. bxc4 Kd6 33. Kc2 Rb8 34. Ng4 f5 35. Nf6 Rc8 36. Kc3 Ne2+ 37. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e2]} Nf4+ $1 38. Kc3 Ne2+ 39. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e2]} Nf4+ $1 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,215,14,28,20,33,24,11,8,4,17,10,-5,141,141,129,104,122,127,150,141,154,147,111,149,126,75,75,73,60,67,50,57,45,5,96,96,84,83,106,95,96,89,89,93,73,49,116,106,96,94,129,46,49,47,41,20,25,25,20,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,30,14,22,16,20,18,22,22,26,22,26,26,26,26,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,8,8,0,30,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. d5 Ne4 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (7... e6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Nd4 exd5 10. cxd5 Na6 11. e4 Nc5 12. Re1 Nxd5 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Bxd4 15. Be3 {0-1 (39) Melkumyan,H (2633)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Riadh 2017}) 8. Nfd2 Nd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Na6 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Qc2 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Rb1 b5 15. b4 {½-½ (43) Lintchevski,D (2532)-Chigaev,M (2561) Voronezh 2017}) 10. Re1 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Nf3 c6 (13... Bxc3 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 14. bxc3 Rxe4) 14. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nc4 {[%cal Rc4e5]} 15. Qd4 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rc8 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Rec1 Qc6 {[#]} 20. Qxc6 (20. Qd1 $142 $1 {Threatens to win with b3.} Qe6 21. Bf4) 20... Rxc6 21. Nd2 Nxe5 22. Bxc6 dxc6 23. Re1 Nb4 24. f4 Nc2 (24... h6 $1 $11 25. fxe5 hxg5) 25. fxe5 Nxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxe5 27. Bf4 Re2 28. Rb1 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 f6 30. h4 h6 ({Better is} 30... Kf7 $14) 31. Nf3 Bxb2 32. Bxh6 Ba3 33. Nd4 (33. Rd1 $16) 33... Rxa2 $14 34. Nxc6 Bd6 35. Rb3 {And now Rf3 would win.} Kh7 36. Rd3 Bxg3 37. Bd2 Bxh4 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Bh6 {[#] Strongly threatening Rg7+.} Bg5 40. Bxg5 fxg5 41. Nxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Ra4 42. Rb7 Rf4 43. Rxb6 Kg7 44. Nc6 Rf6 45. Rb7+ Rf7 46. Rb8 Rf8 47. Rb2 g4 48. Kg2 Ra8 49. Kg3 Ra1 50. Ne5 Rg1+ 51. Kf2 Ra1 52. Nxg4 g5 53. Rb6 Ra4 54. Ne5 Rf4+ 55. Ke3 Ra4 {The position is equal.} 56. Rg6+ Kf8 57. Rxg5 Ke7 58. Rg6 Ra1 59. Nc6+ Kf7 60. Rd6 Re1+ 61. Kf4 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kd5 Rd1+ 64. Nd4 Rh1 65. Ra6 Rh5+ 66. Ke4 Rh4+ 67. Ke5 Rh1 68. Rf6+ Ke7 69. Nf5+ Kd7 70. Rf7+ Kc6 71. Nd4+ Kb6 72. Rf6+ Kb7 73. Kd5 Rd1 74. Rh6 Kc7 75. Rh7+ Kb6 76. Kc4 Rc1+ 77. Kb4 Rd1 78. Rh6+ Kb7 79. Nb3 Rg1 80. Kb5 Rb1 81. Rh7+ Kb8 82. Kc4 Rg1 83. Nc5 Rg4+ 84. Kd5 Rg5+ 85. Kd6 Rg6+ 86. Ne6 Kc8 87. Re7 {Hoping for Kc6.} Rg1 88. Kc6 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rc1+ 89. Nc5 {[%cal Re7e8]} Kb8 90. Re3 Rc2 91. Re1 Rc4 92. Ra1 Rc2 93. Ra3 Rc1 94. Rb3+ Kc8 95. Re3 {[%cal Re3e8]} Kb8 96. Kb6 {[%cal Re3e8]} Rb1+ 97. Nb3 {[%cal Re3e8]} Kc8 98. Rd3 Rb2 99. Kc6 Rc2+ 100. Nc5 Rc1 101. Rd2 (101. Kd6 {with more complications.} Rb1 102. Kd5 Kd8 103. Rh3 Rd1+ 104. Kc6) 101... Kb8 102. Re2 Rc4 103. Re8+ Ka7 104. Re3 Kb8 105. Rb3+ Kc8 106. Re3 {[%cal Re3e8]} Kb8 107. Kb5 Rc1 108. Kb6 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,60,19,14,45,39,51,38,42,40,37,41,37,1,21,25,14,8,16,15,31,23,51,12,24,10,14,11,16,4,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} O-O 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Nc6 9. b4 {White is slightly better.} Be7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Nxc4 a6 12. Nfe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O b5 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 {½-½ (37) Degerman,L (2490)-Nielsen,P (2500) Hinnerup 1995}) 12... Bd7 13. Qe2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Ba4 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qb8 18. Bc2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 20. g3 Ne8 21. Nc4 Rd7 22. Bd4 Rc7 23. Be5 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Nxd6 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 {[#] Threatens to win with Rc8+.} Qxd6 $11 {KQ-KR} 27. Rc8+ Qf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8c8]} 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2 Kd6 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,143,9,16,6,0,12,10,6,2,4,12,9,0,0,-16,-20,-23,-7,-48,-42,-37,-41,-63,-67,-122,-118,-111,-111,-117,-105,-117,-113,-109,-89,-84,-83,-84,-82,-85,-79,-68,-82,-77,-77,-70,-68,-72,-78,-81,-83,-103,-105,-147,-157,-132,-139,-150,-99,-134,-107,-147,-125,-177,-177,-187,-187,-191,0,-191,-166,-183,-135,-154,-74,-238,-238,-238,0,-238,-238,-251,-337,-411,-238,-238,-238,-238,-238,-238,-238,-400,-408,-416,0,0,0,-416,-416,-424,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 (12... Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. a4 c6 15. Bb3 d5 16. h3 Bh5 17. axb5 axb5 18. exd5 {1-0 (47) Karjakin,S (2782)-Aronian,L (2764) Paris 2018}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Nxe7+ {LiveBook: 16 Games} Qxe7 16. Qg3 Nc5 17. Ba2 Na4 18. Rab1 {[#]} Rac8 $146 19. f4 c5 20. Qg5 (20. f5 {with more complications.} Qf6 21. Qe1 Ra8 22. g4 Rfc8 23. Bd5) 20... Rfe8 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. e5 Rd8 23. Rfe1 d5 24. Bb3 Nb6 25. c3 c4 26. Bc2 (26. Bd1 $1 $15) 26... dxc3 $17 27. bxc3 cxd3 $1 28. Bxd3 Rc8 29. Re3 g6 30. Be2 Rc6 31. Bf3 Rec7 32. Rb3 Rc4 33. g3 Kf8 34. Rd3 Ke7 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 37. Rd3 Rc2 38. Rf3 h5 39. Rbd3 a5 40. Rd5 Rb2 {...Rc1+ is the strong threat.} 41. Rf2 Rb3 42. g4 h4 (42... Rxa3 43. Rxb5 a4 44. Ra5 $17) (42... hxg4 $142 43. hxg4 Rc4) 43. f5 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Rcc3 $1 (44... Rxa3 45. e6 $15) 45. e6 (45. a4 $17 {was necessary.}) 45... Rxh3+ $19 46. Kg2 Rhg3+ (46... fxe6 47. f6+ Kf7 48. Rd7+ Kf8 49. Rd8+ Kf7 50. Rd7+ Kf8 51. Rd8+ Kf7 52. Rd7+ $11) (46... Rxa3 47. Rd7+ Kf8 48. fxg6 $11) 47. Kh2 Rh3+ (47... fxe6 48. f6+ Kf7 49. Rd7+ Kf8 50. Rd8+ Kf7 51. Rd7+ Kf8 52. Rd8+ Kf7 53. Rd7+ $11) (47... Rxg4 $2 48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. exf7+ Kxd7 50. f8=Q $18) 48. Kg2 Rhd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d5]} (48... fxe6 49. f6+ Kf8 50. Rd8+ Kf7 51. Rd7+ Kf8 52. Rd8+ Kf7 53. Rd7+ Kf8 54. Rd8+ $11) (48... Rxa3 49. Rd7+ Ke8 50. exf7+ Kf8 51. fxg6 $11) 49. Rc5 Rg3+ (49... Rxa3 50. Rc7+ Kf8 51. fxg6 $11) (49... fxe6 50. f6+ Kf8 51. Rc8+ Kf7 52. Rc7+ Kf8 53. Rc8+ Kf7 54. Rc7+ Kf8 55. Rc8+ $11) 50. Kh2 gxf5 (50... fxe6 51. f6+ Kd6 52. f7 $3 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) (50... Rxg4 $2 51. Rc7+ Kd6 52. exf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (50... Rh3+ $142 51. Kg2 Rhg3+ 52. Kh2 Rgc3) 51. gxf5 $2 (51. exf7 $17 Rh3+ 52. Kg2) 51... Rh3+ (51... fxe6 52. f6+ Kf7 53. Rc7+ Kg6 54. f7 $11) (51... Rxa3 52. Rc7+ Kf6 53. Rxf7+ Kg5 54. e7 $11) 52. Kg2 Rhg3+ (52... fxe6 53. f6+ Kd6 54. f7 $3 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Stronger than} 52... Rxa3 53. Rc7+ Ke8 54. Rc8+ Ke7 55. Rc7+ Ke8 56. Rc8+ Ke7 57. Rc7+ $11) 53. Kh2 {[#] intending Rc7+.} Rgc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c5]} ({And not} 53... fxe6 54. f6+ Kd8 55. f7 $11) (53... Rxa3 54. Rc7+ Ke8 55. f6 $11) 54. Re5 fxe6 ({Weaker is} 54... Rxa3 55. f6+ Ke8 56. Rh5 $11) 55. fxe6 Rf3 (55... a4 $142 56. Rf7+ Ke8) 56. Rxf3 Rxf3 57. Rxb5 Rxa3 {KR-KR} 58. Rb6 a4 59. Ra6 $2 (59. Rb4 {only move.}) 59... Kf6 60. Rc6 h3 $2 (60... Ra2+ $19 61. Kh3 a3) 61. Ra6 $11 Ke7 {Hoping for ...Kf6.} 62. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Rb6 $11 {and White is okay.} Re3 63. Ra6) 62... Ra2 $19 63. Rc6 Rb2 $2 ({Black should play} 63... Ra1+ $19 64. Kh2 a3) 64. Ra6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rb4 65. Kh2 Rh4 66. Rb6 Kf6 67. Ra6 Ke7 68. Rb6 Re4 69. Ra6 $1 Rh4 70. Rb6 Re4 {And now ...a3 would win.} 71. Ra6 $1 Rxe6 72. Rxa4 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,21,29,2,15,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,-40,-30,-45,-41,-53,-53,-62,-60,-65,-43,-70,-70,-76,-74,-64,-33,-49,0,-33,0,2,8,9,9,10,8,7,6,8,8,12,16,15,22,16,20,10,102,106,150,132,177,179,196,141,243,241,243,237,239,235,225,141,254,222,236,244,239,233,225,152,217,249,307,299,290,277,12835,12835,12839,12836,12837,12837]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. c4 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (6. e4 O-O 7. Qe2 d6 8. Nbd2 c5 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 a5 14. Rfd1 Ba6 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 a4 {½-½ (33) Lopez Martinez,J (2589)-Vallejo Pons,F (2717) Linares 2017}) 6... a6 7. Qb3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. e4 bxc4 9. Qxb7 Nc6 10. e5 Na5 11. Qxa8 Qxa8 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. dxc4 Qe4 {½-½ (26) Drasko,M (2527)-Menkinovski,R (2346) Belgrade 2009}) 8. cxb5 {The position is equal.} Na5 9. Qc2 axb5 10. a3 c5 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 h6 14. Bd2 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 d6 18. Nf3 Rb8 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Qd7 22. Rfa1 Rb8 23. b4 cxb4 24. Rxb4 Rxb4 25. Bxb4 Qb7 26. Bd2 Rc8 27. Qb1 Qc7 28. Ra4 d5 29. Qa1 Bc5 {[#]} (29... Nd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 30. Bxh6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Rg4!} Bf8 (30... gxh6 31. Qxf6) 31. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qc2 32. Ra2 Qc5 33. h3 ({White should try} 33. Ra7 $18) 33... Qc6 (33... Qb5 $16 34. Ra5 Qe8) 34. Ne5 $18 Qb6 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Qxa8 Qc5 37. Bg5 Nh7 (37... Qd6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 38. Bd2 Qd6 {[#]} 39. Nc6 $1 Qd7 40. Bb4 f6 41. f4 g6 (41... Kf7 $16 42. Qa4 Qe8) 42. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Kf7 43. Bxf8 Nxf8 44. g5 {gxf6 is the strong threat.} Qc7 $2 (44... Qe8 45. Qa7+ Kg8) 45. gxf6 {White is clearly winning.} Nd7 46. Qh8 {White wants to mate with Qg7+.} Nxf6 47. Ne5+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,102,17,18,10,15,20,14,26,25,18,10,21,28,24,25,72,88,91,82,85,84,90,80,83,77,77,77,103,105,104,103,123,27,29,30,35,38,38,33,43,43,46,46,93,83,83,84,95,107,104,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,75,75,75,76,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,0,39,39,48,39,39]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Bd6 10. Nf3 {LiveBook: 32 Games} f6 (10... dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 h6 13. Bd2 c5 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Rhe1 Bc6 16. Bc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {1-0 (42) McShane,L (2644)-Howell,D (2702) Llandudno 2017}) 11. exd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. c4 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rae8 14. e5 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxe5 {½-½ (29) Adla,D (2491)-Fernandez Romero,E (2396) Zafra 2004}) 11... cxd5 12. c4 Ne7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Rae8 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Rfd1 e5 {[#] aiming for ...e4.} 17. cxd5 f5 18. Bc4 f4 19. Bc5 Bxc5 20. d6+ $1 Kh8 21. dxe7 Rxe7 {[#] White must now prevent ...e4.} 22. Rd5 Qb6 {Black wants to play ...e4.} 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 f3 25. gxf3 (25. Nxf3 $16 {Hoping for Bd3.} Bc6 26. Rc3) 25... Qh6 $11 26. Rd1 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg5g2]} 28. Rg1 Qf6 29. Rg3 Bc8 30. Qe4 Bb6 31. Rg6 Qf5 32. Qxf5 Bxf5 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nd6+ Kh8 35. Rg5 g6 36. Nxf5 Rxf5 37. Rxf5 gxf5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 38. Bd3 f4 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. h4 h5 41. b4 Bd8 42. Kh3 Bb6 43. b5 Bxf2 44. a4 Be1 45. Be4 Kf7 46. Bc6 Ke7 47. Bb7 Kf7 48. Bc8 Kg7 49. Bb7 Kf7 50. Be4 Kg7 51. Bc6 Kf7 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:21:53]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} N5f6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 11. Nh4 {[%emt 0:06:29]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 12. g3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:29]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Re8 {[%emt 0:06:37]} 14. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:05:36]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 15. Qb3 {[%emt 0:12:44]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:14:19]} 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 17. c5 {[%emt 0:15:37]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. dxe5 {[%emt 0:04:29]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 19. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ned7 {[%emt 0:10:28]} 20. Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:05:22]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 22. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:56]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 23. Qd4 {[%emt 0:06:07]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 24. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:13:02]} 25. Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 26. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,204,0,14,10,30,0,36,-2,45,47,54,53,53,48,53,48,45,46,57,57,55,39,66,41,35,18,36,27,57,18,67,47,43,38,34,40,31,2,23,29,87,87,81,82,89,83,114,116,116,107,125,112,185,191,222,126,135,83,71,83,126,120,324,228,229,227,216,109,114,90,91,16,18,12,85,63,72,13,26,6,69,0,0,0,3,0,16,0,0,0,28,13,16,12,27,0,94,43,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,43,51,51,51,8,8,8,22,5,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,22,22,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,8,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,63,63,63,63,63,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 {LiveBook: 148 Games. B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. Qf4 (7. O-O Qb6 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Qf4 d4 10. Nb1 Qc5 11. Bd1 Bd6 12. Qg5 Qxg5 13. Bxg5 h6 14. Bc1 {1-0 (72) Fedoseev,V (2718)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2683) Riadh 2017}) 7... Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 dxe4 10. Rd1 Bd6 11. Qh4 Nbd7 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Re8 14. Qf3 h6 15. c3 Qe7 {½-½ (15) Simakhin,A (2480)-Cleto,F (2496) ICCF email 2010}) 8. d4 g6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. c3 a6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 $1 13. Qxd6 Ne4 14. Qb4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} O-O 17. a5 Nc4 18. Bd1 f6 19. Bc2 Kf7 20. h4 Ncd6 21. Rh3 Nb5 22. h5 Rh8 23. Bd3 g5 24. Re3 Ned6 25. Re2 Nf5 (25... f5 $11) 26. g4 $16 Nh4 27. Kf1 h6 28. Ra4 $1 Nd6 29. Rb4 Rc6 30. f4 Re8 31. Bd2 Re7 (31... Rb8 $16 {was necessary.}) 32. fxg5 $18 hxg5 33. Be1 (33. Rf2 $1 $18 Ne4 34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. Bxg5) 33... Nf3 34. Bg6+ (34. Bg3 $142 $1) 34... Kg7 $16 35. Bg3 Nc4 36. Kg2 Ncd2 $2 (36... Nh4+ $16 37. Bxh4 gxh4) 37. Re3 Nh4+ 38. Bxh4 $1 gxh4 39. Kh3 ({White must play} 39. Bd3 $1 $18) 39... Nc4 {[#]} 40. Re2 $1 Nxa5 {[#]} 41. Kxh4 (41. Ra4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4a5]} Nc4 42. Bd3 (42. Kxh4 e5 $14)) 41... b5 $11 42. g5 Rc8 (42... Nc4 $11) 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Rf2+ Kg7 45. Kg5 Rd8 (45... Nc4 $11) 46. h6+ (46. Rf1 $14) 46... Kh8 $1 47. Rf6 Rg8 48. Kf4 Rd8 49. Bh5 Nc4 50. Bg4 e5+ 51. dxe5 Nxe5 52. Bf5 Nc4 53. Rxa6 Re2 (53... Re1 $11 {remains equal.}) 54. Rxb5 ({White should play} 54. Rf6 $16) 54... Rf2+ $14 55. Kg5 {aiming for Rxd5.} Nd6 56. Rxd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d8]} Rg2+ 57. Kf4 Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 58. Rb8+ Rg8 59. Rxg8+ Kxg8 {KR-KB} 60. Ke5 Rxh6 61. Kxd5 {White wants to play Be6+.} Kf7 62. b4 Ke7 63. b5 Kd8 64. c4 Rh5 65. Ke6 Rh6+ 66. Ke5 Rb6 67. Kd5 Kc7 68. Kc5 Rh6 69. Be4 Rh5+ 70. Bd5 {next b6+ is good for White.} Rh6 71. Kb4 Rh5 72. Ka5 Rh6 73. Bf7 Rf6 74. Be8 {With the idea c5.} Rf1 75. b6+ Kb7 (75... Kd6 $11) 76. c5 Rf5 77. Kb5 Rg5 78. Bc6+ Kb8 79. Be4 Re5 80. Bd3 Rh5 81. Bc4 Rg5 82. Kb4 Kb7 83. Be2 Rf5 84. Bd3 (84. Kb5 $14) 84... Re5 (84... Rd5 $11 85. Bc2 (85. Be4 Ka6 $11) 85... Ka6) 85. Kb5 Kb8 86. Bc2 Rh5 87. Bb1 Rh1 88. Bg6 Rh6 89. Be4 Rh4 90. Bd5 {Black must now prevent c6.} Rh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5d5]} 91. Kc6 ({Better is} 91. Bf7 $14 Rf5 92. Bc4) 91... Rh6+ $11 92. Kd7 {Intending c6 and mate.} Rh7+ 93. Kd6 {c6 would kill now.} Rh6+ 94. Ke5 Rh5+ $1 95. Kd4 {c6 is the strong threat.} Rh4+ $1 96. Be4 {Threatens to win with c6.} Rh5 $1 97. Kc4 {And now c6 would win.} Rh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4e4]} 98. Kd3 (98. Kd5 {seems wilder.} Kb7 99. Ke5+ Ka6 100. Bc6 Rh6 101. Bd5) 98... Rh5 (98... Rh3+ $1 $11 99. Kc4 Rh4) 99. Kd4 $14 Rg5 100. Bf3 {Strongly threatening c6.} Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f3]} 101. Ke3 ({White should try} 101. Bd5 $1 $14 Rg4+ 102. Be4) 101... Rg7 $1 $11 102. c6 {Hoping for Kd4.} Rb7 103. cxb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 51%, Black = 55%.} (103. c7+ Rxc7 104. bxc7+ Kxc7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,148,72,95,102,96,100,103,96,149,149,146,144,150,102,100,104,98,82,158,161,171,158,235,267,304,300,306,275,262,262,253,260,312,319,451,337,357,340,325,226,226,218,231,221,220,178,218,205,287,164,231,181,261,158,139,107,140,116,127,108,105,50,112,73,149,101,114,114,183,197,169,182,187,169,220,220,205,210,202,210,184,210,207,211,215,201,195,99,64,67,64,59,59,59,76,82,83,83,73,0,45,-12,-8,-12,-12,-59,-22,-37,-19,-179,-194,-150,-8,-8,-8,-8,-2,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-8,-8,0,0,0,-10,-10,-9,-9]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. Nh3 Nc6 {C16: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without ...c5} (7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nf4 O-O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 g5 12. Nd3 f4 13. a4 Nb8 14. b4 a6 15. Bd2 Qf7 16. a5 b5 {½-½ (33) Saglione,E (2529)-Mary,P (2537) ICCF email 2011}) 8. Bb5 Bb7 9. a3 Bf8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is better.} 10. Ne2 a6 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. b4 Nh6 (12... h6 $142) 13. b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng5 Nf7 14. h4 h6 15. Nxf7 Qxf7 {1-0 (34) Duppel,M (2434)-Hagemann,T (2104) Stuttgart 2003}) 13... Na5 14. bxa6 Bc6 15. Nef4 Nf7 16. O-O g6 17. Be2 Ba4 (17... Nc4 $142) 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Qc3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} g5 (19... Kb8 $16 20. Rfb1 Na7) 20. Nd3 $18 g4 21. Ng5 Na7 22. Nxf7 Qxf7 23. Rfb1 Kd7 24. Nf4 Be7 25. Qb2 Bg5 (25... b5 {was called for.} 26. Bb4 c5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Ke8) 26. c4 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Bc6 28. c5 bxc5 29. dxc5 Qe7 30. Qd4 Rb8 31. a4 Rhc8 32. Be3 Qf8 33. Bd3 (33. Rb6 $142) 33... h5 (33... Rxb1+ $142 34. Rxb1 Rb8) 34. Qf4 Qf7 (34... Qe7 $142 35. Qh6 Qf7) 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rb1 Kc8 37. Rxb8+ Kxb8 38. Qd4 Qe8 39. Bc2 ({White should play} 39. h4 $16) 39... Kc8 (39... Qc8 $14) 40. Qb2 Kd7 (40... Ba8 $142) 41. Qb4 Qh8 42. Qf4 {And now Bxf5! would win.} Qg7 (42... Kc8 $16 43. Bd1 Ba8) 43. Bxf5 exf5 44. Qxf5+ Ke8 45. Qxh5+ Kd8 (45... Kd7 $142 46. Qf5+ Ke8 47. Qe6+ Kd8) 46. Bg5+ Kc8 47. Qxg4+ Bd7 48. Qf4 Nc6 49. Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g7]} Qg8 ({Inferior is} 49... Qxf6 50. exf6 Nd8 51. h4 $11) 50. h4 Qe8 51. Bf4 d4 52. h5 ({White should try} 52. f3 $18) 52... Qxh5 $16 53. e6 $1 Be8 54. Qg7 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg7c7]} Qd1+ 55. Kh2 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg7c7]} Qh5+ 56. Kg3 $1 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg7c7]} Qg6+ 57. Qxg6 Bxg6 {[#]} 58. Kg4 $1 Nd8 59. a7 (59. c6 $14 Nxc6 60. Kg5) 59... Kb7 $11 60. Bxc7 Nxe6 61. c6+ Kxa7 62. Ba5 d3 63. Kf3 $2 (63. f4 $11) 63... Nd4+ $19 64. Ke3 {[#]} Nxc6 (64... Nc2+ $1 $17 65. Kd2 Na3) 65. Bc3 $11 {The position is equal.} Kb6 66. g4 Ne7 67. Be5 Kc6 {White must now prevent ...Nd5+.} 68. f4 Nd5+ 69. Kd2 Be4 {Strongly threatening ...Nb6.} 70. a5 $1 Ne7 71. f5 Ng8 {Threatening ...Nh6.} 72. Bg7 Kb5 73. f6 {aiming for f7.} Bg6 74. f7 Bxf7 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,154,42,57,47,55,33,50,5,21,0,13,3,23,29,23,23,20,0,19,21,42,6,18,0,0,-14,-14,-26,-21,-21,-19,-27,-30,-37,-53,-48,-43,-49,-36,-56,-40,-59,-23,-16,0,-15,0,0,0,-5,-5,-35,-42,-38,-31,-29,-30,-73,-73,-73,-63,-80,-80,-80,-73,-78,-73,-100,-100,-171,-53,-166,-175,-164,-158,-181,-152,-181,-181,-181,-181,-179,-52,-81,-32,-53,-21,-22,-8,-135,-135,-132,-129,-133,-71,-71,-71,-70,-70,-187,-110,-109,-102,-173,-167,-177,-177,-203,-199,-194,-189,-214,-214,-300,-300,-292,-285,-287,-286,-380,-293,-273,-264,-400,-374,-395,-369,-541,-463,-430,-422,-604,-579,-542,-518,-29960,-29941,-29975,-29975,-29969,-29971,-29996,-29993]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. exf3 {A41: Moderne Verteidigung gegen 1.d4 (mit oder ohne späterem e2-e4 und Sf6)} Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} (6... e6 7. d5 exd5 8. Nxd5 c6 9. Qe2+ Kf8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Bf4 Nf5 12. O-O-O Na6 13. Qd2 {0-1 (110) Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Gashimov,V (2757) Beijing 2011}) 7. Be3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 8. Be2 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} O-O 9. g4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. O-O d5 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Rfd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 {½-½ (60) Bombek,P (2219)-Mrva,M (2427) Tatranske Zruby 2013}) 9... c6 10. g5 Ne8 11. Qd2 d5 12. cxd5 Nd6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Nf5 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. f4 h5 17. gxh6 Bxh6 18. Bd3 e6 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Kh2 Qh4 21. Rg1+ Kh7 22. Rg2 Rg8 23. Rdg1 Rxg2+ 24. Rxg2 Nf6 25. f3 Rd8 26. b4 Nd7 (26... a6 {keeps more tension.} 27. a3 Ra8 28. Qf2 Bxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 30. Qg3 Nh5) 27. Qf2 Qxf2 (27... Bxf4+ {feels hotter.} 28. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 29. Kg1 Nb6 30. Ne2 Qh6) 28. Rxf2 Nb6 29. Rc2 $1 Bf8 30. a3 Ra8 31. Ne2 a5 32. Bd2 (32. Rxc6 $2 Nd5 $19) 32... axb4 33. Bxb4 Bxb4 34. axb4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTS-KTS} Nd5 35. Kg3 Nxb4 36. Rc4 Nd3 37. Rc3 Rg8+ 38. Kh2 Nb4 39. Rc4 Nd5 40. Rxc6 Ne3 $1 41. Nc1 (41. Kh1 $17) 41... Rg2+ $19 {[%mdl 1024] Schwarz hat starke Kompensation.} 42. Kh1 Rd2 $1 43. Nb3 Rd3 44. Rb6 Kg6 45. Rb7 Nd5 46. Kg2 Nxf4+ 47. Kg3 Nd5 (47... Ne2+ $19 48. Kg2 Nxd4 49. Nxd4 Rxd4) 48. Kf2 f4 49. h4 Ne3 50. Ke2 Rc3 {Weiss muss nun ...Sf5 beachten.} 51. Nc5 (51. Kd2 $1 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} Nd5 52. Ke2) 51... Nf5 $17 52. Nd3 Nxd4+ 53. Kd2 {[#]} Rc2+ (53... Ra3 $142 $1 54. Nxf4+ Kg7 55. Nh5+ Kh7) 54. Kd1 {Droht Td7 und aus.} Rh2 {Und ...Th1+ würde nun gewinnen.} 55. Nxf4+ Kg7 56. Rd7 ({Der einzige Zug:} 56. Nh5+ $15 Kh7 57. Rxf7+ Kg6 58. Rd7) 56... Rh1+ ({Schwächer ist} 56... Nxf3 57. Nxe6+ Kf6 58. Ng5 $15) ({Günstiger ist} 56... e5 $19 57. h5 Nxf3 58. Ne6+ Kf6) 57. Kd2 Nxf3+ 58. Ke3 (58. Ke2 $17 Ne5 59. Rb7) 58... Ne5 $19 ({Viel schwächer ist} 58... Nxh4 59. Nxe6+ Kh6 60. Rxf7 $15) 59. Rc7 Kf6 ({Bloß nicht} 59... Rxh4 60. Nxe6+ Kg6 61. Nd4 $17) 60. Nh5+ Kg6 61. Nf4+ Kf5 62. Ng2 Rh3+ 63. Kf2 (63. Ke2 {kämpft weiter.}) 63... Ng4+ 64. Ke2 f6 65. Rc1 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 66. Ra1 Rb3 67. Ra2 Rg3 68. Ne1 (68. Kf1 $142) 68... e4 69. Kf1 Ne3+ 70. Ke2 (70. Kf2 $142 Rh3 71. Ra4) 70... Kf4 71. Ra4 Ng4 72. Kf1 (72. Kd2 $142) 72... Rb3 73. Ng2+ Kg3 {Und weiter mit ...f5 wäre nett.} 74. Ne1 (74. Rxe4 $19 Nh2+ 75. Ke1 Rb1+ 76. Kd2 Rb2+ 77. Kd3 Rxg2 78. Rc4) 74... f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32] Schwarz setzt Matt.} 75. h5 Rb2 76. Ra3+ e3 77. h6 f4 {Precision: Weiß = 35%, Schwarz = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,95,0,0,0,8,10,12,8,13,-1,26,25,29,28,25,24,30,29,35,-6,-6,-5,-13,-14,25,-59,-29,-21,0,-63,0,0,0,0,73,67,103,77,68,21,33,21,32,26,45,52,62,30,127,129,152,55,65,51,59,16,16,16,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,9,43,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 (5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Ne7 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bh6 Rf7 {½-½ (83) Caruana,F (2822)-Aronian,L (2767) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... cxd4 6. exd4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Be2 h6 9. Qb3 Qc8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. O-O Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Ng4 $146 Bxg4 14. Bxg4 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. Bf3 (16. Rxe6 Nc5 $11) 16... Nf6 $1 {And now ...f4 would win.} 17. h3 Qd7 18. Be5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d2]} 20. Rad1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Qe8 (20... Nc5 $5 21. Qc2 $8 Rac8 $11) 21. Nf1 (21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bg4 Bc5 $17) (21. Qxb7 Bc5 $17) (21. c4 $11 Nc5 22. Qc2) 21... Bc5 22. Re2 $1 b5 23. Ne3 {[#]} (23. Rxd5 $1 $11 Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 exd5 25. Bxe4 (25. Qxd5+ Kh8 $11) 25... fxe4 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Rxf8+ (27. Qxe4 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Qf7+ 29. Kg1 Re8 $11) 27... Qxf8 28. Ng3 (28. Qxe4 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Re8 $17)) 23... Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Rxd5 $1 $11 (24. Rxf2 Bxe3) 24... exd5 25. Qxd5+ Qf7 (25... Kh7 $1 $11 26. Qxc5 Nd3) 26. Qxc5 $16 {Hoping for Bd5.} Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c5]} 27. Qc6 Rae8 28. Qxb5 {Strongly threatening Nxf5!} Kh8 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qc6 Rxe5 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Rd2 Qg7 (32... Qf4 $11 {remains equal.} 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qh5+ Kg8) 33. Qc6 Qf7 34. Kh1 ({White should play} 34. Rd6 $16) 34... Re6 $14 35. Qd5 Rg6 36. Qxe4 Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e4]} 37. Qd4 Rge6 38. Ng4 {[#] Black must now prevent Rf2.} Re1+ 39. Kh2 Qc7+ 40. Qd6 Qxd6+ 41. Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} R8e2 42. b4 Rxa2 43. Rg6+ Kf7 44. Rxg5 Ree2 45. Nh6+ Ke6 46. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Re4 47. h5 Re5 48. Rxe5+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,69,23,40,20,35,-9,-19,-25,56,-52,8,13,10,10,23,0,0,-54,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-43,-28,-42,0,-7,-5,0,56,52,60,68,60,60,65,56,60,58,54,57,1000,987,945,904,29984,29985,29984,29985,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e5][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O-O h5 {LiveBook: 21 Games} (8... Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bxb5 Rc8 12. Ba4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf4 Qc4 15. Bxe5 Qxa4 {1-0 (38) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Anand,V (2776) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 9. h4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. h3 b5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Rhe1 Qxe5 {½-½ (70) Zherebukh,Y (2633)-Ganguly,S (2657) Saint Louis 2018}) 9... Ng4 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bf4 Qb6 ({Better is} 11... d6 $11) 12. Bg3 ({White has to play} 12. Rd2 $1 $14) 12... Bb7 (12... Nce5 $15 13. Qe2 d6) 13. Qe2 $11 d6 14. f3 Nge5 $1 15. Bf2 Qc7 16. g3 (16. Kb1 $11) 16... Rc8 17. Bh3 Na5 18. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Ng4 $1 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Rhe1 Nc4 21. Bd4 Rh7 22. Qd3 ({Don't play} 22. Qxg4 b4 $17) 22... Rh5 23. a3 a5 (23... g6 $11) 24. f5 $1 $14 Ba6 {[#] ...b4 is the strong threat.} 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. e5 dxe5 27. Bc5 {And now Qg6+ would win.} Rf5 28. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Bb3d4,Bd4e6,Be6g7][%mdl 32]} Nxb2 $1 29. Kxb2 Bxc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Qxc5 $14 30. Nxf5 Qxa3+ 31. Kb1 Qb4+ 32. Ka1 (32. Kc1 Qa3+ 33. Kb1 Qb4+ 34. Ka1 Qxc3+ 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 $14) 32... Qxc3+ 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. Rxe5 Kf7) 30. Nxe6 $18 Bxa3+ 31. Kb1 Qe7 {[#]} 32. Nxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Qxg7 33. Qxf5 Rxc3 34. Rxe5+ Be7 35. Qh5+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,92,19,13,11,4,1,0,10,10,8,-6,21,10,31,7,10,8,28,30,20,20,29,-20,-31,-44,-40,-37,-41,-103,-34,-43,-34,-26,-25,-37,-47,-52,-30,-42,-35,-20,16,33,55,42,108,97,239,239,229,233,230,229,233,139,164,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-96,-97,-200,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bc4 b6 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (6... Qe8 7. O-O e5 8. a4 a5 9. c3 Nbd7 10. e4 h6 11. Bh4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. b3 Nh5 14. Re1 {½-½ (62) Artemiev,V (2704)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Poikovsky 2018}) 7. c3 Bb7 8. a4 a6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c5) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 h6 13. Bh4 Qe8 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. b4 Kh8 16. Qa2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bg3 e4 19. Nd4 (19. Qc2 $15) 19... f4 (19... Qg6 $17 20. Bf1 f4) 20. Bh4 $15 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qg6 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Ndf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 24. Qc6 $1 Rg8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg6g2]} 25. g3 $1 {[%cal Rd2e4]} e3 26. fxe3 fxg3 27. hxg3 {Black must now prevent a5.} Raf8 (27... Rae8 $1 $14) 28. Rf1 $1 $16 (28. Qxc7 $6 Qg4 $15) 28... Rg7 (28... Kh7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 29. Rf3 Qg4 {And now ...Qxh4 would win.} 30. Kh2 ({Worse is} 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. Rxf6 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Nxf6 $11) 30... Qg6 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4+.} 31. Kg2 $1 Qd3 32. Nf1 ({Stronger than} 32. Rxf6 Qxd2+ 33. Kh3 Nxf6 $11) (32. Bxf6 Qxd2+ 33. Kh3 Nxf6 $11) ({Only move:} 32. Nc4 $1 $18 Qe2+ 33. Kh3 (33. Rf2 Qg4 $14)) 32... Rgf7 {[#] Threatening ...Ng4.} 33. Qe6 $2 (33. Nh2 $1 $18 Ng8 34. Raf1 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Rxf3 36. Qxf3) 33... Ng7 $1 $36 {[%cal Rg7e6][%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 34. Bxf6 Rxf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 {aiming for Rc1.} Nf5 37. Rf8+ (37. Kg1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qe4 38. Rf8+ Kg7 39. Rc8) 37... Kg7 $17 38. Rc8 {[#]} (38. Rxf5 $17 Qxf5 39. Rc1) 38... Qe2+ $2 (38... Qc2+ $1 $19 39. Kh1 h5) 39. Kg1 $11 {The position is equal.} Nxe3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Re2g2]} 40. Rxc7+ Kg6 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Re2g2]} 41. Nxe3 Qxe3+ {KQ-KRR} 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Qh5+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kh3 Qh5+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,64,2,0,-11,-11,-20,-6,-14,0,-18,0,-33,-31,-41,-26,-23,-15,-22,-17,-20,-14,-57,-37,-60,-75,-64,-74,-74,-73,-81,-73,-68,-75,-75,-68,-191,-201,-179,-201,-199,-197,-172,-65,-222,-212,-260,-245,-6270,-6175,-1421,-736]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Re8 8. Bd2 a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (8... Nd4 9. a3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 c6 12. e4 Bh3 13. Re1 c5 14. b4 b6 15. a4 Nd7 16. a5 {½-½ (67) Ding,L (2778)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Shamkir 2018}) 9. h3 h6 10. e4 Bc5 {The position is equal.} 11. Kh2 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nh7 12. Ne1 Nd4 13. Nc2 c6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bd2 {½-½ (16) Sarkozy,L (2380)-Schwarz,D (2309) Slovakia 2006}) 12. Rb1 c6 13. a3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Bd4 17. Ne2 Bb6 18. Bc3 (18. Bg2 {feels hotter.} Ba7 19. Ra1 b5 20. f4 bxc4 21. f5) 18... d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 19. cxd5 cxd5 {[%cal Bc6d5,Bd5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 20. Bxe5 Bxh3 21. Kxh3 {Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Rxe5 22. d4 Qd7+ 23. Kh2 Rxe4 ({Not} 23... dxe4 24. dxe5 exf3 25. exf6 $16) 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qd2 {[#]} ({White should try} 25. Ra1 $15 Rd8 26. Kg2) 25... Ng4+ $1 $19 26. Kg2 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. fxe3 {[#]} Qe6 $1 ({Worse is} 27... Qd5+ 28. Kg1 $11) 28. Rf3 Re8 (28... Ra2 $19 29. Rb2 Rxb2 30. Qxb2 Nxe3+ 31. Kg1 Qe4) 29. Qd3 $2 (29. Nf4 $15 Nxe3+ 30. Kf2 Ng4+ 31. Kg2) 29... Nxe3+ 30. Kg1 Ng4 {aiming for ...Ne5.} 31. Nf4 $2 (31. Rb2 Ne5 32. Qf5) 31... Qa2 {( -> ...Qh2+)} 32. Ng2 Ne5 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,96,12,-19,0,-6,12,0,0,0,4,0,21,21,21,29,20,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,51,54,54,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,54,58,60,70,53,64,38,53,5,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rfe1 c5 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. h4 Bg4 17. Nh2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Nxh4 {[#]} 19. Rd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Ng4) 19... Rg8 20. g3 Ng6 $1 21. Rf3 Nh8 $1 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Ne3 Kd7 (23... Kb7 $11) 24. Nd5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rae8 25. Rxf7 {[#] aiming for e6+.} Ke6 26. Rxe7+ Rxe7 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. f4 Ke6 29. Rh2 Ng6 30. Kf2 Rf8 31. Kf3 Rf5 $1 32. Ke4 h5 $1 33. Bc1 Ne7 {The position is equal.} 34. Be3 g6 $1 35. c4 Rf8 36. Rd2 a5 37. a4 Rh8 38. Rd1 Nc6 39. Rg1 Ne7 40. Rd1 Nf5 41. Bf2 Rg8 42. Kf3 Rg7 43. Rd8 Rd7 44. Rf8 {[#] Black must now prevent Rf6+.} Rf7 45. Re8+ Re7 46. Rf8 Rf7 47. Re8+ Re7 48. Rf8 {Hoping for Rf6+.} Rf7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zierk, Steven"]
[Black "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,49,0,0,16,0,0,26,40,47,71,0,18,-7,0,-4,-1,-4,-2,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. h3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. c4 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. c5 Bb8 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Bc4 Nf8 {0-1 (47) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Carlsen,M (2840) Doha 2016}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O {LiveBook: 13 Games} Bc7 10. Bd3 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. c4 Nf8 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qxh3 {1-0 (31) Saizew,V (1951)-Snoeck,R (1929) Maastricht 2014}) 11. c4 Qd6 12. Qc2 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 13. Bf5 (13. Bd2 $16) 13... Nd7 {The position is equal.} 14. Bd2 Nf8 15. Rad1 Ng6 16. g3 h4 17. g4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Kg2 $1 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 {[#] Strongly threatening Rfe1.} Re3 $1 21. fxe3 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,80,65,58,50,60,61,61,58,64,59,70,56,68,41,55,31,41,45,78,57,66,80,123,110,117,95,81,81,74,82,144,148,131,133,134,137,137,153,136,130,187,-66,-88,-406,-326,-386,-381,-387,-377,-373,-367,-1127,-1106,-1090,-1081]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Re8 13. Rad1 Bf8 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (13... Qa5 14. a3 Rad8 15. h4 Nf8 16. b4 Qc7 17. h5 h6 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Bc3 axb4 20. axb4 Rd7 21. b5 {0-1 (75) Istratescu,A (2652)-Stojanovic,M (2559) Switzerland 2014}) 14. Rfe1 Qa5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 15. a3 Rad8 {White is slightly better.} 16. Re2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. h3 Qg5 17. Ne4 Qh5 18. Qe3 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 20. d5 exd5 21. Qc3 Qe5 22. Qd2 Qh5 23. cxd5 c5 24. Qc3 Qe5 25. Qd2 {½-½ (25) Baskin,R (2055)-Kiese,M (2220) Wiesbaden 2012}) 16... Qg5 17. h3 Bd6 18. Bc1 Qa5 19. Nf1 Bb8 20. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent g5.} Nf8 21. g5 N6d7 22. h4 e5 23. b4 Qc7 24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Nb6 26. Rc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qe7 {aiming for ...e4.} 27. Bb5 e4 28. Qg4 Nfd7 (28... Nbd7 $142) 29. Be3 $16 Rf8 30. Ng3 f5 31. Nxf5 Qf7 {[#]} 32. Ng3 $1 Ne5 33. Qxe4 Nxd5 {[#]} (33... Rxd5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 34. Rxd5 Qxd5) 34. Rdc1 $2 ({Only move:} 34. Bc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5f8]} Nf4 35. Rdc1 Nh3+ 36. Kh1 (36. Kh2 b6 $16)) 34... a6 $1 $15 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 35. Ba4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Be2 $17 {is a better chance.}) 35... Nf3+ 36. Kh1 {Bc5 is the strong threat.} Nxe3 37. Qxe3 {Threatens to win with Bb3.} Nd4 {Hoping for ...b5.} 38. Rc4 Bf4 39. Qc3 $2 (39. Qe4 Bxc1 40. Rxd4) 39... Qd5+ $19 40. Kh2 Bxc1 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,98,18,0,6,5,26,36,63,57,66,51,59,39,32,3,14,5,20,15,30,29,34,7,10,7,21,9,12,9,10,10,30,0,0,-91,0,-13,0,0,0,0,-6,0,63,28,90,89,193,187,262,262,263,129,131,139,130,122,127,113,107,67,156,104,153,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-722,-723,-721,-722,-718,-684,-671,-664,-715,-629,-725,-719]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bd3 {LiveBook: 27 Games. C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (9. dxc5 Qa5 10. a3 Bxc5 11. O-O-O Rd8 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. h4 Bd7 14. h5 h6 15. g4 Be8 16. Qe3 d4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 {½-½ (26) Inarkiev,E (2689)-Volkov,S (2645) St Petersburg 2017}) 9... cxd4 (9... f6 {is more complex.} 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Bb5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 a6) 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 {White has an edge.} f6 12. exf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O a6 13. Qe3 fxe5 14. fxe5 Rxf1+ 15. Rxf1 Nf8 16. Na4 Bd7 {0-1 (50) Tylenda,K (1750)-Chin,S (1521) Suwalki 2017}) 12... Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Nc5 15. Rab1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c2,Bc2a2,Ba2a4][%mdl 32]} 17. Qe3 b5 18. a3 a5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Rc2 22. Nd4 Ra2 23. g3 Rc8 24. Ra1 Ra4 25. Nb3 (25. Rac1 $11) 25... Rc2 ({Of course not} 25... Rxb4 $6 26. Nc5 $11) ({Black should play} 25... Rxa1 $1 $17 26. Nxa1 Qb2) 26. Qd4 Qh6 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh6h2]} 27. Rf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rxa1+ 28. Nxa1 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 {[#]} Rc8 ({Black should try} 29... e5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Qxd5+ (30. Qxe5 Qh3+) 30... Qe6 31. Qxe6+ Bxe6) 30. Rc2 Ra8 (30... Qh5 $11) 31. Nb3 $16 Kh8 (31... Qh5 $16 {was called for.}) 32. Qe5 $18 Be8 (32... Qf6 $142 33. Nd4 Kg8) 33. Nd4 Bf7 34. Nf3 (34. Nxb5 $18 Qg6 35. Nd6) 34... Qg6 $16 35. Qe3 Qf6 36. Ne5 Be8 37. Qc1 Qd8 38. Qb2 d4 (38... Kg8 $14) 39. Nf3 (39. Rc5 $142) 39... Bh5 {[#] aiming for ...Qd5.} 40. Nxd4 $2 ({Better is} 40. Rc5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5h5]} Bxf3+ 41. Kxf3) 40... e5 $1 $11 41. fxe5 Qd5+ 42. Kh3 {Rc5 is the strong threat.} Bd1 43. Rc5 Qf7 {And now ...Qf1+ would win.} 44. e6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Avoid the trap} 44. Nxb5 $2 Qf1+ 45. Qg2 {[#]} (45. Kh4 {leads to mate.} Qf5 46. Rc8+ Rxc8 47. Qe2 Bxe2 48. h3 Qh5#) 45... Bg4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Kxg4 Qxg2 $19) (44. Qc1 $11 Qh5+ 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Nc2) 44... Qf1+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Kh4 {[#]} g5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Rxg5 Qf6 {( -> ...Qh6+)} 47. Kh3 {Strongly threatening Rf5.} Qxg5 48. Nf3+ Qg7 49. Ne5 {[#]} Bg4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 41%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,60,4,6,18,3,3,4,19,26,19,25,25,19,44,43,47,21,45,49,43,11,47,37,40,37,33,35,41,41,32,41,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,11,14]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bb7 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Rb8 12. c3 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. d4 {½-½ (31) Alekseev,E (2710)-Matinian,N (2472) St Petersburg 2013}) 13. b4 Nd8 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. d4 Qe6 16. Qd3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qd7 18. Bf4 Bf6 (18... Nc5 $5 19. bxc5 dxc5 $14) 19. Rad1 Rbe8 20. Rfe1 Nd8 21. Bg3 g6 22. c4 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Ne6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. e5 Qe8 {[%cal Rf6e5] The position is equal.} 25. cxb5 axb5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 26. Qc3 dxe5 27. Qxc7 Qa8 28. Qc5 {[%cal Rg3e5]} Qxa3 29. Qxb5 Ra8 30. h3 Qa4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,-25,-11,-56,0,0,0,-22,-16,-47,0,7,92,56,59,74,72,68,74,72,73,66,62,21,68,74,60,63,70,20,10,-34,113,106,110,100,140,142,172,175,189,196,287,277,445,405,1084,1079,1135,1114,5506,594]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 f6 5. Nbd2 (5. c3 Be6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qa4 g5 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 g4 12. Ne1 a6 {1-0 (43) Lenic,L (2646)-Prusikin,M (2532) Austria 2015}) 5... Be6 6. e4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Nge7 (6... d4 $15) 7. O-O $11 Qd7 8. Re1 {The position is equal.} O-O-O 9. Nb3 Bg4 $146 {[#]} ({Black should try} 9... b6 $15) ({Predecessor:} 9... Ng6 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Be3 Kb8 12. a4 Bxb3 13. cxb3 Qxd3 {0-1 (51) Luque Roldan,J (1869)-Gallego Bergada,A (2221) Vilafranca del Penedes 2014}) 10. h3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bh5 (10... Bxf3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 11. Bxf3 (11. Qxf3 d4 $14) 11... Kb8) (10... Bxh3 11. Nc5) 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. g4 Be8 {[%cal Bh5e8,Be8f7,Bf7d5][%mdl 32]} 13. Nxe5 $1 Qg8 $1 14. Nc4 Bf7 15. Qe2 h5 16. Bf4 Bd5 17. Bg3 hxg4 18. hxg4 f5 19. gxf5 Nxf5 20. Qg4 Qh7 (20... g6 $1 $15) 21. Bxd5 $16 Rxd5 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh7h1] [#]} 22. Kg2 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Kb8 23. Rh1 Nh6 24. Qe6 Rd8 25. Rae1 Bb4 (25... Qg8 {might work better.} 26. Qe4 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5) 26. c3 $18 Be7 $2 (26... Bf8 27. Re3 Qg8) 27. Nca5 Bd6 (27... Nxa5 $142 28. Qxe7 Nxb3) 28. Nxc6+ {White is clearly winning.} bxc6 29. Na5 {Intending Qb3+ and mate.} Qxd3 30. Nxc6+ {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 41%.} (30. Qb3+ $142 Kc8 31. Qb7+ Kd7 32. Qxc6+ Kc8 33. Rd1 Qxg3+ 34. fxg3) 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,64,2,35,23,37,0,14,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-21,-15,0,0,0,0,15,-85,0,-73,-49,-37,-23,-70,-68,-87,-85,-88,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,-73,0,0,93,0,436,396,728]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} Qd8 $1 11. Ne4 {And now a3 would win.} cxd4 12. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ng3 Rd8 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Qe4 Nf8 $1 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Nh5 Bd7 $1 19. Qg4 $1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg4g7]} g6 20. Nf4 (20. Nf6+ $11 Bxf6 21. exf6) 20... Bb5 (20... Qxb2 21. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 22. Nxg6 $16) (20... Be8 $17) 21. h4 (21. Bxg6 $11 {keeps the balance.} fxg6 22. Nxg6) 21... Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Qa6 23. Rcd1 Qxa2 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Nh2 Qd5 ({Black should play} 25... Nh7 $17 26. Nf3 (26. Ng4 h5 $17) 26... Rd7) 26. Ng4 $11 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Qh2 {White threatens Qh6+ and mate.} Qe4 $1 {[%cal Re4g4]} ({But not} 28... Kg8 $2 29. f4 $18 (29. Nh6+ Kg7 $16)) 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. f4 Rac8 {[#]} (30... Qg6 $11) 31. Qh3 (31. Rf3 $1 $16 {f5! is the strong threat.} Nh7 32. Qh3 (32. Qh5 Qg6 $15)) 31... Nh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Kg7 $1 $11) 32. f5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with Rde1.} exf5 $2 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 51%.} (32... Kh8 33. fxe6 fxe6) 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,125,25,21,24,3,16,27,18,22,31,5,49,40,58,58,68,68,68,47,52,45,131,53,49,50,47,66,50,66,118,118,104,107,107,86,102,97,164,169,174,177,199,200,218,211,253,241,242,258,274,256,269,284,269,220,248,0,220,224,279,272,329,306,476,474,639,639,639,639,625,625,604,520,598,501,613,610,602,427,575,595,567,560,579,504,554,492,495,465,549,537,597,597,577,568,652,616,1090,916,5057,4134,12840,12843,12835,6291,7216,6490,3062,1956,5117,1645,1395,1395,5165,5106]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Ne2 {D20: Angenommenes Damengambit} Bf5 7. O-O {LiveBook: 9 Partien} Nb6 8. Bb5 $146 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} ({Vorgänger:} 8. Bb3 e6 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Qc1 Bg6 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Na4 Nd5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 Qe7 16. Qc1 Ncb4 17. Bg5 {1-0 (68) Postny,E (2579)-Gurevich,D (2483) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... e6 9. Nbc3 Be7 10. Ng3 {[#] Droht stark d5!} Bg6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. d5 exd5 13. f4 f5 14. Rc1 a6 15. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 16. Qb3 Rd8 {[#]} ({Lieber} 16... O-O $14) 17. Rfd1 (17. Nce2 $1 $16 Nc4 18. Nd4) 17... Nc4 $14 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxc4 c5 (20... c6 $14) 21. Rc3 Qxb3 22. axb3 b6 23. b4 $1 cxb4 24. Rc7 Kf7 (24... Bd8 $16 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 25. Rb7 (25. Rxg7 Be7 $16) 25... O-O) 25. Bxb6 $18 Ke6 26. Ne2 Re8 27. Kf2 Bf8 28. Ke3 {Droht Sd4+ und aus.} Rb8 29. Bc5 Bxc5+ 30. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} Kd7 31. Nd4 Rb6 32. h3 h5 33. Rd5+ Ke7 34. Rc5 Kd7 35. Kf3 h4 36. Ke3 Bh7 37. e6+ Kd8 (37... Kd6 $142 38. Rc8 Bg6) 38. Nc6+ {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Kc7 39. e7 Kd7 40. Rd5+ Kxc6 41. e8=Q+ Kxd5 {KD-KTL} 42. Qd7+ Kc5 43. Qxg7 Bg6 44. Qd4+ Kc6 45. Qc4+ Kb7 46. Qd5+ Rc6 47. Qd7+ Kb6 48. Kd2 a5 49. Qd8+ Kb5 50. Qxh4 Rd6+ 51. Ke3 Re6+ 52. Kf2 Rc6 53. Qe7 Rc2+ 54. Kg3 Ka4 55. Qe6 Rxb2 56. Qxg6 {KD-KT} Rc2 57. Qxf5 b3 58. Qe4+ Ka3 59. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Rc3+ 60. Kh4 b2 61. f6 Rb3 62. Qb1 ({Schwächer ist} 62. f7 Rb4 $16) 62... Rb7 63. g4 {Precision: Weiß = 71%, Schwarz = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,171,0,0,-12,-9,-18,0,0,0,-46,-51,-126,-43,-28,-28,-30,-30,-23,-17,-18,-16,-18,0,0,0,9,60,12,13,0,14,0,0,0,10,-15,-12,-24,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-19,-20,-18,-18,-18,-16,-14,-44,-45,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-39,-39,-8,-8,-1,-1,-1,-8,-1,-1,-1,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-1,0,-1,0,-8,0,-16,-8,-31,-16,-16,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-59,-59,-59]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. Bd2 {E48: Nimzoindisch (Moderne Variante)} Bf8 (8... Bd6 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Nf4 c6 12. f3 Nf8 13. Kh1 Ng6 14. Nce2 Qb6 15. b3 Bd7 {½-½ (62) Fressinet,L (2645)-Gharamian,T (2614) Nimes 2018}) 9. O-O b6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nf4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 7 Partien} 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qb3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Qf3 Nbd7 14. Qh3 Ne5 15. Bb5 Bc8 {0-1 (53) Laciner,K (2297)-Atalik,E (2448) Konya 2012}) 13... Bc6 14. Bb5 d4 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 (16. Be1 $1 $15) 16... Qf6 ({Viel schwächer wäre} 16... Qh4 $6 17. g3 $11) ({Besser ist} 16... Nxd2 $17 17. Rxd2 Qa5 18. Bxc6 Qxd2) 17. Be1 $15 dxe3 18. fxe3 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Nc6 20. Nc3 Rab8 21. Qc4 Ng5 22. b3 Qh6 23. Nfd5 Bd6 (23... Rbd8 $11) 24. Qh4 (24. h4 {is more complex.} Ne6 25. Ne4 Bf8 26. Bg3 Rbc8 27. Rf1) 24... Qg6 $1 25. Bg3 h6 26. Kh1 Be5 27. Bf4 Rbd8 28. Qg3 Bxc3 29. Nxc3 Nb4 30. h4 {[#] zielt auf Txd8 ab.} Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qh5 32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. Qxg5 Qxg5 34. hxg5 Rxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTS-KTS} 35. Nd5 Re5 36. Nxb4 cxb4 {KT-KT} 37. Rd4 a5 {Und weiter mit ...Te2 wäre nett.} 38. g6 fxg6 39. a3 bxa3 40. Ra4 Rb5 (40... Re1+ {keeps more tension.} 41. Kh2 Re3 42. Rxa3 Re5 43. Kg3 Kf7) 41. Rxa3 Kf7 42. Kg1 Ke6 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Ra4 Kc6 45. Ke2 Kb6 46. Rg4 g5 47. Kd2 Re5 48. Kd3 Kc5 49. Rc4+ Kb5 50. Rg4 g6 51. Kd2 Kc5 52. Rc4+ Kb5 53. Rg4 Rd5+ 54. Ke2 Kc6 55. Rc4+ Rc5 {[#] ...Txc4 ist eine echte Drohung.} 56. Rg4 Rb5 57. Ra4 Kd5 58. Rg4 Ke6 59. Ra4 Kf5 60. Kf2 Ke6 61. Ke2 Kd6 62. Kd2 Kc6 63. Rc4+ Rc5 {Weiss muss nun ...Txc4 beachten.} 64. Ra4 Rd5+ 65. Ke2 Re5+ 66. Kd2 Rb5 67. Rc4+ Kb6 68. Rg4 Ka6 69. Rg3 Rd5+ 70. Ke2 Re5+ 71. Kd2 Rd5+ 72. Ke2 Kb6 73. Rg4 Rb5 74. Kd2 Kc6 75. Rc4+ $1 Kd6 76. Ra4 Ke6 77. Ke2 Kf6 78. Kf2 g4 79. g3 g5 80. Kg2 Kf5 81. Kh2 Rxb3 {Droht ...Tb5.} 82. Rxa5+ Ke4 83. Rxg5 Rb2+ 84. Kg1 Kf3 85. Rf5+ (85. Rc5 $11) 85... Kxg3 $15 {Und ...Tb1+ würde nun gewinnen.} 86. Rf1 $1 {Precision: Weiß = 71%, Schwarz = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,57,28,27,33,28,35,10,0,8,94,-42,-22,-37,-33,-38,-31,-25,447,449,608,570,29985,29986,29987,2374,1936,1502,29983,2308,29984,29985,29984,1927,29996,1956,29996,29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. f3 O-O 12. Kb1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qc7 13. g4 b5 14. a3 Bd7 15. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32] [#]} Qb6 $146 (15... Rab8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxb3 16. cxb3 {1-0 (34) Perunovic,M (2696)-Kovacevic,A (2629) Belgrade 2014}) 16. Bxf6 ({Only move:} 16. h5 $16) 16... Bxf6 $15 17. g5 Be7 18. h5 a5 19. g6 {And now h6 would win.} b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Nxb3 $11 20. gxh7+ Kxh7 21. Nxb3 a4) 20. h6 $18 Bf6 21. Qh2 {aiming for hxg7.} Rfb8 22. hxg7 Bxg7 23. gxf7+ (23. Qxh7+ $142 Kf8 24. gxf7 Kxf7 25. Nf5 Ke8 26. Qxg7 Kd8 {[#]} 27. Na4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kc7 28. Rxd6 exf5 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. Qe5+ Rd6 31. Nxc5 fxe4 32. Rd1) 23... Kxf7 24. Nf5 bxc3 25. Qxh7 (25. Rhg1 $142 Bf8 26. Qh5+ Kf6 27. Qxh7 Nxe4 28. Qh4+ Ke5 29. Qxe4+ Kf6 30. Qh4+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Kf6 32. Qg5+ Kf7 33. Qg6#) 25... Rg8 26. Rhg1 Ke8 27. Rxd6 (27. Qxg8+ $142 Bf8 28. Nxd6+ Kd8 29. Qxf8+ Kc7 30. Qxa8 Qb8 31. Qxa5+ Qb6 32. Qxc3) 27... Qb8 28. Nxg7+ (28. Rxg7 $142 Rxg7 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qxg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8#) 28... Kf8 {[#]} 29. Rxd7 $1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 40,141,29,22,26,0,0,0,14,18,20,8,22,8,8,11,15,0,0,0,11,10,30,25,47,24,72,71,78,38,38,37,42,37,78,66,69,33,33,33,40,28,29,29,40,30,29,30,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,43,26,18,19,44,44,44,44,44,43,43,43,43,44,44,43,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,52,52,59,8,56,51,59,8,60,61,61,68,68,68,29989,29981,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Kh8 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (16... Ra7 17. a4 Ne7 18. Bc2 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Kh8 21. Qd2 e4 22. Rfa1 a5 23. Nf4 Bf7 24. Ne2 Be8 25. R4a3 {½-½ (110) Wang,H (2690)-Yu,Y (2750) China 2017}) 17. Qh5 e4 18. Bc2 Ne7 19. Rad1 Bf7 20. Qh3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qg5 22. Qg3 Qh6 {...Be5 is the strong threat.} 23. Qe3 $1 Qh4 24. g3 Qg4 25. Rd2 Rae8 $146 26. f4 exf3 $1 27. Qxf3 Bh6 28. Rd4 Qxf3 29. Rxf3 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Bg7 31. Rd2 Be5 32. Bb3 ({Of course not} 32. Rxf5 Bxd5+ 33. Rxd5 Rxf5 $15) 32... Bh5 33. Rff2 a5 34. Nf4 Be8 35. Bd5 Bd7 36. a3 Rc8 37. Nd3 Re3 38. Rfe2 (38. Bb7 {is interesting.} Rc7 39. Ba8 Bg7 40. Nf4 Re8 41. Bf3) 38... Rxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Re8 40. Bf3 Kg7 41. Rd2 Re7 42. Nf4 Be8 43. Kf2 Ra7 44. Nd3 Bf6 45. Bd5 Re7 46. Nf4 Be5 47. Bg2 Ra7 48. Nd3 Bf6 49. h4 Bf7 50. Bh3 d5 51. Nf4 b4 52. axb4 axb4 53. cxb4 Ra4 54. Nxd5 Bxd5 55. Rxd5 Rxb4 56. Bxf5 Rxb2+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 57. Kf3 {Black must now prevent Rd7+.} Rb7 58. Kg4 Re7 59. Kh5 Re5 60. Rd7+ Re7 61. Rd3 Ra7 62. g4 h6 63. Rd6 Rc7 64. Be6 ({White should try} 64. Ra6 $14) 64... Re7 65. Rc6 Ra7 66. Bd5 (66. Bb3 $14) 66... Rd7 ({Black should play} 66... Re7 $1 $11) 67. Bc4 Re7 68. g5 hxg5 69. hxg5 Be5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (69... Bd4 $14) 70. Rc8 Kh7 71. Rg8 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,121,-12,-5,-21,-19,-20,-29,-15,-16,-17,-13,-20,0,0,0,0,-3,0,69,-21,-22,-20,-15,-37,0,-51,-39,-22,0,0,43,-57,-58,-69,0,0,0,-44,-33,-156,-141,-261,-271,-292,-248,-249,-235,-233,-236,-264,-262,-261,-257,-261,-259,-247,-257,-275,-279,-276,-278,-384,-360,-384,-366,-383,-390,-383,-377,-410,-289,-276,-185,-167,-112,-130,-38,-55,-33,-45,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29987,29988,29988,29988]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 7. Bc4 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O {Black has an edge.} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. a4 b4 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd6 {½-½ (31) Apaydin,F (2353)-Esen,B (2487) Ankara 2018}) 10. Bb5 Qb6 11. Qe2 a6 12. Ba4 cxd4 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. b3 O-O-O (14... Bc5 $11) 15. Nxd4 ({White should play} 15. a3 $1 $14) 15... Qc7 $1 $11 16. Bb2 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f4] With the idea ...Nf4.} 17. Nf3 N7b6 18. Ne4 (18. Qe1 $11) 18... Nxa4 19. bxa4 Be7 20. Be5 ({Avoid the trap} 20. Bxg7 $2 Nf4 $19) 20... Qc6 (20... Nf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 21. Qf1 Qc6 $11) 21. Re1 (21. c3 $14 Nc7 22. Re1) 21... f6 $1 $15 22. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} fxe5 (22... Nb6 $15 23. c5 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nd5) 23. cxd5 $11 Qxd5 24. Nfd2 Kb8 25. Nc4 ({White should try} 25. Nb3 $15) 25... Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 26. Kh1 {[#]} (26. Na5 $17 {only move.} Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4) 26... Bd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4a1]} 27. Rad1 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxf2 30. Rb1 {[#]} Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e4]} 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 ({But not} 31... exd4 32. g3 $17) 32. Rxb4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kc7 33. Nd2 Rf8 34. Nf3 Rf4 35. h3 h6 36. a5 Bc5 37. Rb1 e4 38. Ne5 Rf5 39. Nc4 Kc6 40. Re1 Rf2 41. Rxe4 Kd5 42. Rg4 h5 (42... Rxa2 $19 {Hoping for ...e5.} 43. Nb6+ Kc6) 43. Nb6+ $17 Bxb6 {KRB-KR} (43... Kc6 $17 44. Rc4 Kd6) 44. Rg5+ $15 e5 45. axb6 Rxa2 46. Rxg7 {KR-KR} Rb2 47. b7 a5 48. g4 h4 {...a4 is the strong threat.} 49. g5 {Strongly threatening g6.} a4 {Threatens to win with ...a3.} 50. g6 a3 51. Rd7+ Ke4 52. Rh7 $1 Kf3 53. Rf7+ Ke4 54. Rh7 Kd3 {( -> ...a2)} 55. Rxh4 {aiming for g7.} e4 56. Rh8 e3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Rxb7 $11 57. Ra8 Ke3) 57. b8=Q {White mates.} Rxb8 58. Rxb8 a2 59. Rd8+ Kc2 60. Ra8 Kb1 {[#]} 61. Rxa2 $1 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,10,25,27,3,0,0,0,-23,-26,-22,-9,0,7,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,25,25,24,35,8,13,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be4 Nf6 {LiveBook: 27 Games} 11. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32] E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} (11. Bf3 h6 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qb6 16. b3 Bb7 17. Nd3 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 {½-½ (27) Cruz,C (2558)-Fier,A (2576) Medellin 2017}) 11... Be7 12. Bf3 h6 13. Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 Na5 14. a3 Nc4 15. Bc1 Bd7 16. Qd3 Nd6 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. b3 Qb6 {½-½ (85) Lutsko,I (2399)-Zherebukh,Y (2432) Khmelnitsky 2008}) 13... Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7e8,Be8c6][%mdl 32]} 14. Re1 Rc8 15. a3 b6 16. Bg3 Be8 17. Qd3 Bd6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bxc6 (19. Bg3 {is more complex.} Bxg3 20. Nxg3 Qxd4 21. Qa6 Rb8 22. Rad1) 19... Bxc6 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. Qxg3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Nc3 Bb7 24. Rad1 Qf6 25. h4 Qf4 (25... Kh7 {seems wilder.} 26. hxg5 Qxg5 27. Qd3+ Kg7 28. d5 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. Rxd5 Rfd8) 26. hxg5 (26. Qxf4 {feels hotter.} gxf4 27. d5 Bxd5 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Rfe8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Kf1) 26... Qxg3 27. fxg3 hxg5 28. Re5 Rfd8 29. Rxg5+ Kf8 30. Rg4 Rc4 31. Rf4 Ke7 32. Rdf1 f5 33. Rh4 {[#] Strongly threatening Rh7+.} Bc6 34. Rff4 Rg8 {The position is equal.} 35. Kf2 b5 36. Rh7+ Kd6 37. Rxa7 b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Ra2 Rgb8 40. Nd1 Ra4 41. Rxa4 Bxa4 42. Ke1 Bxd1 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,63,10,35,23,20,13,21,9,35,37,51,47,110,15,16,22,13,18,27,21,23,30,204,159,156,172,439,437,434,427,445,455,860,853,827,821,5831,1084,1112,836,3062,2983,2083,2302,29986,29987,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 (5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 15. Bg5 b4 16. Qxb4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxg5 {½-½ (33) Vidit,S (2711)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... c6 6. cxd5 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} cxd5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Qb3 b6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Be2 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Na5 12. Qa3 Nc4 {½-½ (41) Can,E (2605)-Mchedlishvili,M (2608) Ankara 2018}) 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qa3 h6 14. Nb5 g5 (14... a6 $14 15. Nd6 Nxd6 16. Qxd6 (16. Bxd6 Re8 $14) 16... Rc8) 15. Bc7 (15. hxg5 $16 hxg5 16. Nxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg5 17. Nd6) 15... Qd7 $1 $11 {Strongly threatening ...a6.} 16. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rfc8 18. hxg5 (18. Nxa7 Bxe5 19. Bb5 Qd8 $17) 18... hxg5 19. Rxc8+ ({Reject} 19. Nxa7 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rc5 $17) 19... Qxc8 $2 (19... Rxc8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 20. Nd6 (20. Nxa7 Ra8 $15) 20... Bxe5 21. dxe5 (21. Nxc8 Bb8 $11) 21... Nxd6 22. exd6 a5) 20. Bxg7 ({And not} 20. Nxa7 Qd8 $17) 20... Kxg7 {[#]} 21. Qe7 $1 {aiming for Nc7.} Rb8 $2 (21... Qc6 {is a better defense.}) 22. f3 $18 Nf6 23. Nd6 Qf8 24. Qc7 Rd8 (24... Ne8 $142 25. Qxb8 Nxd6) 25. Nxb7 Rd7 26. Qe5 Qe7 27. Qxg5+ Kf8 28. Rc1 Ne8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Bd3 {Threatening mate with Qh7+.} f6 31. Rc8 Rc7 {[#]} 32. Bh7+ $1 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,47,24,25,25,34,36,27,32,21,30,58,0,321,331,302,292,332,329,363,363,358,355,1017,1004,969,967,671,875,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nd7 9. Qe2 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack} c5 10. O-O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Nxc5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Neg5 Nb6 13. Bd3 h6 14. h4 Nd5 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qh5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 f6 19. Be4 Nf4 20. Qf3 fxg5 21. hxg5 Bd7 22. gxh6 g6 23. g3 Nh3 {0-1 (23) Van Kampen,R (2615)-Shankland,S (2652) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 11... Nxc5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Ne5 Bxc5 14. f4 b5 15. Bd3 (15. Bxb5 $14 Bd6 16. g3) 15... Bb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (15... f6 $11 {and Black is okay.} 16. Be4 (16. Qe4 g5 $15) 16... Rb8) 16. Bxh7+ $1 $18 Kxh7 17. Rd7 Qc8 {[#]} 18. Rhd1 $1 {[%cal Bh1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3h3][%mdl 32]} Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Bd5.} 19. R1d3 Bc6 20. Rh3 {White threatens Qh5! and mate.} Qxd7 $2 {[#]} ({Inferior is} 20... Bxd7 21. Qh5 Be3+ 22. Kd1 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Rac8+ 24. Kd3 Rc3+ 25. bxc3 Bxf4 26. Qh8#) (20... Be3+ 21. Kb1 g6) 21. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h8]} ({Stronger than} 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Qh5 f5 $11) 21... Be3+ 22. Kb1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h8]} Qd1+ 23. Qxd1 {Threatening mate with Qh5.} Rfd8 24. Qh5 {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,69,0,0,-46,0,0,0,-8,0,0,2,0,0,-33,-41,-33,-45,-35,-29,-25,-23,-22,-22,-33,-30,-24,-7,0,0,-2,0,-6,-10,-26,-25,-32,0,3,9,0,51,48,47,58,73,33,33,33,35,47,33,20,39,39,45,20,394,385,468,468]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. e4 d5 {LiveBook: 12 Games. A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} 7. e5 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5 Ne4 9. O-O Qa5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. d3 Nc5 12. d4 Ne6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. h4 {½-½ (42) Grischuk,A (2766)-Aronian,L (2767) Saint Louis 2018}) 7... Ne4 8. Qe2 Nxc3 {The position is equal.} 9. bxc3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Nd4 Bd5 13. O-O Bxg2 14. Kxg2 {1-0 (43) Pugach,M-Alvarez del Monte,J Buenos Aires 1959}) 10. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 11. Re1 Bg4 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. Qe3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qd7 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rb3 c4 18. Rb4 b5 19. a4 a6 20. d4 $1 Rfd8 21. d6 exd6 22. Qd5 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Re8 23. Be3 {[%cal Ra4b5]} bxa4 (23... Bh6 $5) 24. Ra1 Rab8 {[#] And now ...Rxb4 would win.} 25. Qxc4 Rb5 (25... d5 $11 26. Qxa6 Ra8) 26. Rbxa4 $14 Rc8 27. Qd3 Qh3 {and if ...Rh5 works, Black does fine.} 28. Qf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rxc3 30. Rxa6 {Threatening mate with Ra8+.} Bf8 $1 31. Bf4 Rc4 32. Ra8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Bh6 would kill now. White has good play.} Kg7 33. Re1 {Strongly threatening Rxf8!} (33. R1a7 $5 {[%cal Ra8e8]}) 33... Rb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... g5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 34. Be3 Be7) 34. Rxf8 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd4 (34... Kxf8 35. Bh6+) 35. Rd8 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,164,26,24,5,7,12,34,34,34,31,41,39,35,34,34,28,41,31,35,34,60,50,54,45,57,44,47,26,52,29,69,56,61,59,58,69,54,44,66,54,54,41,55,35,35,21,23,24,35,14,31,14,33,3,27,26,23,26,53,60,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,8,8,8,0,15,8,22,19,10,16,16,0,0,0,14,0,10,8,10,0,10,-8,-8,-8,-8,-37,-18,-18,-18,-18,-20,-25,-32,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-29965,-29965,-29962,-29959,-5282,-5385,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29983,-29983,-29985,-29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2a5,Ba5c7][%mdl 32]} O-O {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (11... Bd7 12. Rac1 Ba7 13. Na4 Ke7 14. Be1 Rhd8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Be8 17. Rdc1 Ne4 18. R5c2 f6 19. Nd2 Nd6 {0-1 (35) Nielsen,P (2697)-Nakamura,H (2715) Oslo 2009}) 12. Na4 Ba7 13. Rac1 Rd8 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White has an edge.} 14. Ba5 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nd7 16. Bc7 b5 17. Bc2 Nf6 18. Nb6 Bxb6 $1 19. Bxb6 {[#]} Bb7 $146 20. Bb1 Rc8 21. e4 Nb8 22. Nd2 Nbd7 23. Bd4 Nc5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 24. f3 Nfd7 25. Nf1 f6 26. Ne3 Kf8 27. Bc2 Ke7 28. Bc3 Ke8 29. Bb4 Na4 30. b3 Nac5 31. Kf1 Rc6 32. Ke2 g6 33. Bb1 e5 34. Nd5 (34. g3 {with more complications.} Ne6 35. h4 Nd4+ 36. Kf2 Nc5 37. Nd5) 34... Rc8 35. Ke3 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rc6 37. g3 Ne6 38. Rd6 Nb8 39. f4 (39. Rd1 {seems wilder.} Nd4 40. Bd2 Nd7 41. Kf2 Rd6 42. Bc3) 39... Rxd6 (39... a5 $5 40. Rxc6 Nxc6 $14) 40. Bxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} Nc6 41. f5 Ned4 42. Bc5 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 43. b4 (43. h4 $14) 43... g4 $1 44. Bd3 Kd7 45. Kf2 Ke8 46. Bb1 Kd7 47. a3 Nb3 48. Be3 Ncd4 49. Ba2 Ke7 50. Bh6 a5 51. bxa5 Nxa5 52. Bd2 Nc4 53. Bc3 {Hoping for Bxd4.} Nc6 54. a4 Nd6 55. Bd5 Kd7 56. axb5 Nxb5 57. Bd2 Ncd4 58. Ba5 Nd6 59. Ke3 Nc2+ 60. Kf2 Nd4 61. Kg2 Nc6 62. Be6+ Ke8 63. Be1 Ne7 64. h3 $1 h5 65. hxg4 hxg4 66. Bb3 $1 Nxe4 67. Bd1 ({White should try} 67. Ba4+ $15 Kf7 68. Bb3+ Kg7 69. Bc2) 67... Nxf5 $17 {White must now prevent ...Ne3+.} 68. Bxg4 Ne3+ $1 69. Kf3 {Bh5+ is the strong threat.} Nxg4 70. Kxe4 {KB-KN} Kf7 $1 71. Kd5 f5 72. Bc3 e4 $1 73. Kd4 Kg6 74. Bd2 Kh5 {And now ...Nh2 would win.} 75. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (75. Ba5 $17) 75... Nf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2d1]} 76. Ke3 {[#]} Nh1 $1 77. Kd4 Kg4 78. Ke5 Nxg3 {Black mates.} 79. Bh6 Kf3 80. Bg5 e3 {[%cal Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 81. Bh6 Nf1 82. Bg5 e2 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,83,31,46,19,15,12,19,16,54,50,59,35,35,35,35,33,35,32,36,22,31,30,35,0,27,27,27,17,27,30,29,32,33,24,56,48,84,14,14,17,22,22,50,21,58,56,74,64,45,42,88,92,85,97,100,41,147,121,120,4,4,0,8,8,13,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 h6 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} (7... a5 8. Bf4 Na6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nb8 13. e4 d6 14. Nf3 a4 15. e5 {½-½ (33) Nakamura,H (2781)-Rapport,R (2700) Caleta 2018}) 8. Nc3 Ne4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Na6 $146 {Hoping for ...Bb4.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. a3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 {½-½ (81) Kudryashov,O (1915)-Ikonnikov,G (1975) Gorodets 2011}) 11. a3 c5 12. e4 d6 13. b3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Qc2 Qb8 17. Rad1 a6 18. b4 Nd7 19. Nf3 Rc8 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. Kg1 b5 25. c5 a5 {[#]} 26. Rd4 ({White should try} 26. Rd6 $1 $16) 26... axb4 $11 27. axb4 Nd5 28. Qd2 Ra3 29. Rg4 Nf6 30. Rf4 $1 Rca8 31. Qd4 Ra2 32. h4 Qd5 33. Qxd5 exd5 34. Nc6 Rb2 35. g4 ({Better is} 35. Re7 $16) 35... Ra6 (35... Raa2 $14) 36. Ne7+ $16 Kf8 37. Nf5 (37. g5 $16 hxg5 38. hxg5) 37... Ne4 $11 {The position is equal.} 38. Ne3 Raa2 {[%cal Re4f2]} 39. c6 {[#] And now c7 would win.} Nxf2 {( -> ...Nh3+)} 40. Rxf2 Rxf2 41. Rc1 $1 {Threatens to win with c7.} Rf3 42. c7 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Ashwin, Jayaram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,105,7,8,17,12,63,56,57,42,131,127,164,183,172,16,16,17,19,19,24,24,16,13,14,13,26,6,38,0,8,0,38,-14,9,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,3,20,7,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,14,22,17,77,77,78,79,95,69,69,75,84,45,54,14,22,2,2,2,13,2,104,16,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Ngf3 Nbd7 6. c4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} h6 (6... e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qc7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 b6 11. b4 a5 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. bxa5 Rxa5 {½-½ (57) Andreikin,D (2712)-Wojtaszek,R (2736) Dortmund 2017}) 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 (7... exf6 $11 8. cxd5 cxd5) 8. cxd5 $14 {White is slightly better.} cxd5 9. Qb3 Qc7 $146 ({Black should try} 9... Bd7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9... Qb6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qxd5 e6 13. Qc4 {1-0 (25) Bultman,M-Truksa,V Czech Republic 1999}) 10. Bb5+ $16 Kd8 {[#]} 11. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5f7]} e6 12. Bd3 $2 (12. O-O $18 Bc2 {[#]} 13. Nxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf7 14. Qxc2) 12... Bxd3 $11 13. Nxd3 Bd6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Qxb6+ axb6 16. a3 Ke7 17. Ke2 Rhc8 18. f3 Nd7 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 e5 21. dxe5 ({Better is} 21. d5 $14) 21... Bxe5 22. Nf3 f6 23. Nfxe5 fxe5 24. Rhd1 Ke6 25. Ke3 Rc6 26. Nb4 Rc5 27. Nd3 Rc6 28. Nb4 Rc5 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Nxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc8 31. Nb4 Nf6 32. Nd5 Nxd5+ 33. Rxd5 {KR-KR} Rc2 $1 34. Rb5 Rc6 (34... Rxg2 $11 35. Rxb6+ Kd7) 35. a4 Kd6 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Kg4 g6 $1 38. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kf6 39. h5 g5 40. b4 Ke6 41. a5 Kf6 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. g3 Kd6 (43... Rd6 $11) 44. Kg4 ({But not} 44. Rxb6 $6 Rxb6 45. axb6 Ke7 $11) (44. axb6 $16 Ke6 45. Rc5 Rxb6 46. b5) 44... Ke6 {The position is equal.} 45. Rxb6 Rxb6 46. axb6 {KP-KP} Kf6 47. Kf3 Ke7 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Kd3 {Threatens to win with Kc4.} Kc6 50. Kc4 {g4 is the strong threat.} g4 51. b5+ Kd6 $1 52. Kb4 Kd7 53. Kc4 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,106,33,33,65,21,66,62,106,74,88,32,31,28,26,31,27,13,41,33,57,56,41,30,37,33,69,18,108,93,85,0,6,-35,27,-90,0,-12,-4,-180,-153,-149,-137,-233,-235,-340,-330,-333,-232,-228,-226,-236,-234,-262,-215,-224,-202,-220,-223,-258,-245,-256,-248,-256,0,-248,-200,-281,-283,-277,-268,-320,-312,-310,-315,-375,-373,-426,-412,-410,-403,-480,-377,-450,-447,-430,-434,-485,-482,-476,-461,-994,-994,-979,-958]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O Rc8 8. dxc5 Qc7 {C02: French: Advance Variation} (8... Bxc5 9. b4 Bf8 10. Na3 Nge7 11. Rb1 Ng6 12. c4 Nxb4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd2 a5 15. Qb3 Bc5 16. Nc2 O-O 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. a3 Bf5 19. Bd3 Be4 20. axb4 Bd4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Ng5 Nxe5 {½-½ (22) Durarbayli,V (2596)-Nyzhnyk,I (2622) Chicago 2016}) 9. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bf4 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Bd3 h5 12. Re1 Nh6 13. Nbd2 Qd8 14. Nb3 g5 15. Bd2 g4 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 {1-0 (35) Nemec,P (2245)-Hajek,J (2235) Czechoslovakia 1990}) 9... dxc4 10. Na3 (10. Bxc4 Nxe5 11. Bf4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qxc5 $15) 10... Na5 {White is slightly better.} 11. b4 (11. Nxc4 $6 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc5 $11) 11... cxb3 12. Nb5 (12. axb3 $16 {Threatens to win with b4.} Bxc5 13. Rb1) 12... Bxb5 $1 $14 13. Bxb5+ Nc6 14. Qxb3 Bxc5 15. Qc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} b6 16. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kf8 17. Bb2 Nge7 18. Rac1 h6 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. h4 (20. Rd6 $14) 20... g6 (20... Nb4 $11) 21. Rd6 $1 $16 Rh7 22. Rxd8+ (22. Qa4 $16 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh5 25. Rd1) 22... Qxd8 $11 23. h5 Rg7 (23... gxh5 $15 24. Qa4 (24. Qxh5 Qd5 $15) (24. Qe4 Rg7 $15) 24... Nb4) 24. Qe4 (24. Qa4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qa8 25. Rd1) 24... Nb4 ({Better is} 24... gxh5 $17 25. Bxc6 Rg4) 25. a3 Nbd5 26. Rd1 $2 (26. hxg6 $11 {and White is okay.} Rxg6 27. Nd4) 26... gxh5 $19 27. Bc1 Kg8 28. Bxh6 (28. Qc2 $17) 28... Rg4 29. Qe2 (29. Qc2 $142) 29... Nf5 (29... Bxa3 30. Nh2 $17) 30. Qd2 Nxh6 (30... Bxa3 31. Bg5 $19) 31. Qxh6 Qf8 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. Kf1 Nc3 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Be8 {[#]} Rf4 $1 (35... Bxa3 36. Rd7 $15) 36. Ra8 a5 37. Ra7 Kf8 (37... Bxa3 38. Ng5 $11) 38. Ra8 Kg7 (38... Bxa3 39. Ng5 $15) 39. Ra7 $1 Kg6 (39... Bxa3 40. Ng5 $11) 40. Rb7 (40. Bc6 {was called for.}) 40... Ne4 ({Less strong is} 40... Bxa3 41. Rxb6 Kg7 42. Rc6 $17) 41. Bc6 {intending g3.} h4 ({Not} 41... Bxa3 42. g3 $17) 42. Rb8 Nxf2 43. Rh8 Ng4 44. Ke2 Nh6 45. a4 Kg7 46. Rd8 Nf5 47. Kd3 Ne3 48. Nd2 {[#]} Nd5 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 49. Bxd5 {Strongly threatening Bc6.} Rd4+ ({Weaker is} 49... exd5 50. Rxd5 Rg4 51. Nb3 $19) 50. Ke2 {White hopes to continue with Nf3.} exd5 51. Nf3 Re4+ 52. Kd3 (52. Kd1 $142) 52... h3 53. Rxd5 Re3+ {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

