[Event "Festival Szmetan-Giardelli 2018"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "2018.12.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Hoffman, Alejandro"] [Black "Pichot, Alan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2562"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2018.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,79,0,50,-17,18,8,28,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-34,-33,-23,-28,-32,-22,-33,-37,-30,-32,-40,-34,-35,-40,-66,17,12,12,15,20,20,12,-9,-11,-10,0,-21,-34,-13,0,-8,0,0,0,-9,0,0,24,11,16,16,22,25,25,27,36,27,112,112]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} 9. h3 Bf5 {LiveBook: 26 Games} (9... h6 10. Re1 Bf5 11. a3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Bf4 Qd5 18. Qxb7 Nxd4 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd4 Nxf4 {½-½ (59) Zvjaginsev,V (2673)-Popov,I (2596) Moscow 2016}) 10. d5 (10. Bg5 $14) 10... Ne7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Nb5 Qb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bxb2 18. Nxc7 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 {0-1 (37) Travkina,A (2176)-Severina,M (2104) Taganrog 2011}) 11. Nd4 Bc8 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. a3 h6 14. Be3 Re8 15. Re1 a6 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. Qd3 Qc8 18. Qf1 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Qd3 Bd6 21. Rac1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qf8 23. Re3 Re8 (23... Bc5 $15) 24. Ne6 $1 $11 {[%cal Re6f8]} fxe6 25. dxe6 {[#]} Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Qg6 Bc5 28. Re2 Qd6 29. Bc4 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Qf4 31. Nd1 Bd4 32. Qd3 Qe5 33. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Ne4 34. Qf3 {Hoping for Qf8+.} Bc5 35. Bd3 Nf6 36. b4 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Bd6+ 38. g3 Qd2 $1 39. Kg2 c6 {[#]} (39... c5 $11) 40. Qf5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Festival Szmetan-Giardelli 2018"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "2018.12.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Hoffman, Alejandro"] [Black "Mareco, Sandro"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2018.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,66,0,6,0,7,-22,-16,-12,-9,-30,-16,0,0,-16,17,6,4,-78,-83,-125,-110,-127,-133,-217,-225,-221,-203,-284,-285,-276,-236,-287,-208,-208,-217,-208,-216,-205,-201,-254,-241,-273,-287,-343,-324,-319,-276,-287,-297,-274,-252,-250,-232,-303,-313,-548,-534]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5b4][%mdl 32]} 3. c4 d4 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. Bg2 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} Nc6 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 7. O-O (7. Bxa3 e5 8. Bxf8 Kxf8 9. d3 g6 10. O-O Kg7 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Qb3 h6 13. Qb2 Re8 14. Ra3 Re7 15. e3 dxe3 16. fxe3 {½-½ (31) So,W (2788)-Adams,M (2715) London 2017}) 7... e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 8. Qa4 {The position is equal.} Bd7 9. Bxa3 Bxa3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. Bxe7 Ngxe7 11. d3 O-O 12. Nbd2 {0-1 (37) Paczuski,T (2005)-Jaworski,A (2058) Poland 2007}) 10. Nxa3 e4 11. Ne1 $1 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 12. d3 Qe7 13. Nb5 {[#] Black must now prevent Nc7+.} O-O 14. Nc2 (14. Qa3 $11) 14... a6 $17 15. Nba3 Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Ne1 (17. Nb1 $17) 17... Nc5 $19 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rab1 Rfe8 20. Bf1 Ne5 21. Qc1 exd3 22. exd3 Bg4 23. Rd2 Bf3 24. Nac2 Qd6 25. Qa3 h5 26. Nb4 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Nd5 (27. gxh4 Qg6+) 27... hxg3 28. fxg3 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Ng4 {[%cal Be5g4,Bg4e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} 30. Rc2 Rc8 31. Bh3 Ne3 32. Rcc1 Rc7 ({Not} 32... Qxd5 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Qb2 $17) 33. Qa5 $2 (33. Bg2) 33... Nxd5 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 81%.} 0-1 [Event "Festival Szmetan-Giardelli 2018"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "2018.12.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Hoffman, Alejandro"] [Black "Darcyl, Tomas"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2366"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2018.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,23,-11,7,0,0,-11]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 c5 6. e4 d6 7. a4 a6 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (7... b4 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Re1 Be7 11. a5 Rd8 12. a6 Ba8 13. Bf4 O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nfxe5 Qc8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 {0-1 (53) Naiditsch,A (2705)-Fedorchuk,S (2648) Riadh 2017}) 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. h4 {Predecessor:} Rfc8 $146 13. Bh3 Nf8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ngf3 {½-½ (33) Pychova,N (2127)-Simet,M (2175) Kouty nad Desnou 2018} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Festival Szmetan-Giardelli 2018"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "2018.12.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Hoffman, Alejandro"] [Black "Bachmann, Axel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A62"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2621"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2018.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,59,35,36,60,40,55,49,79,7,54,64,60,41,40,43,44,40,42,39,37,10,60,18,65,0,29,0,76,13,84,88,97,117,101,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. Nc4 Nfe8 12. a4 b6 13. Bd2 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} Ba6 14. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 8 Games} Rb8 {[#]} 15. Qc2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Re1 f5 16. Ra2 Nf6 17. Qc1 Qd7 18. Bf4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 a6 20. Bh3 Qd8 {1-0 (33) Atalik,S (2568)-Moldovan,D (2442) Sovata 2003}) 15... Qd7 16. e4 Bd4 17. Kh1 (17. Bh6 $16) 17... Bxc4 18. bxc4 a6 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Rab1 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ne2 Bf6 23. f4 b4 24. Ng1 Bc3 25. Ne2 Bf6 26. Ng1 Bc3 27. Nf3 (27. Bh3 $16 Qe7 28. e5) 27... Rfe8 {[#]} (27... Ra8 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Rb3 $1 $16 {White is better.} f6 29. Ng1 f5 {[#]} 30. g4 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 45%.} (30. e5 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Festival Szmetan-Giardelli 2018"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "2018.12.14"] [Round "10"] [White "Hoffman, Alejandro"] [Black "Perez Ponsa, Federico"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2554"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2018.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,77,-1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,7,10,21,0,0,-9,24,24,41,32,78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-15,-17,-20,-36,14,17,33,35,25,5,20,14,20,0,22,0,11,12,22,13,14,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. h3 Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 a6 13. dxe5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} dxe5 14. Red1 Bb7 15. Nh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne1 Bf8 16. Nd3 Red8 17. f3 Be7 18. Qf2 Ne8 19. f4 f6 20. Kh1 c5 {½-½ (41) Shchekachev,A (2465)-Roobol,M Avoine 1995}) 15... Rad8 16. f3 b5 17. Qf2 b4 18. Na2 c5 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 a5 22. Bc4 (22. Nc1 $16) 22... Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 23. Bb5 Bc6 24. Bxc5 Nxa4 25. Bd6 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Nxb6 27. Ba6 Ra8 {White must now prevent ...Na4.} 28. Be2 Bf8 29. b3 Rad8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. c3 bxc3 {The position is equal.} 32. Nxc3 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Ke7 34. Kf2 a4 35. bxa4 Nxa4 36. Nxa4 Bxa4 37. Rd5 Kf6 38. Ke3 g5 39. Rd6+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2