[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-C 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.02.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,75,0,8,33,27,31,27,19,20,55,57,67,49,66,37,34,44,32,28,76,81,87,102,97,70,83,39,66,43,46,50,48,51,55,35,95,97,98,85,89,97,97,89,99,99,100,100,111,117,145,84,124,72,91,59,59,54,89,68,44,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} Bb7 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} 10. Ne2 d6 11. Rd1 Nbd7 {White has an edge.} 12. Qc2 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. Nc3 a6 14. e4 e5 15. d5 a5 16. Be2 Nf8 17. O-O g5 18. Bg3 Ng6 {0-1 (61) Bernadskiy,V (2606)-Florescu,C (2293) Chess.com INT 2021}) 13. Bg3 Be4 14. Qc1 e5 15. h4 g4 16. h5 Qe7 17. Nc3 Qf8 (17... Qe6 $1 $11 {was preferrable.}) 18. dxe5 $16 Nxe5 19. Bh4 Ned7 20. Be2 Qg7 21. Kf1 (21. Rd4 $1 $16) 21... Re5 22. Bg3 Rf5 23. Kg1 Re8 24. Rd4 $1 Nc5 25. Qd1 {Black must now prevent b4.} Nxh5 {[#]} ({Don't play} 25... Rxh5 26. b4 $16) (25... Bc6 $14) 26. Bh4 $1 Bf3 27. Rxg4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Qxg4 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg4g2]} 28. Bxf3 {The board is on fire.} Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 c6 {Prevents Nd5.} 31. Kg2 Re6 32. Rd1 f5 33. Ne2 {To avoid f4} (33. b4 $142 Nb7 34. Ne2) 33... Nb3 34. Bg3 (34. Rd3 $142 Nc5 35. Rd1) 34... Rg6 {[%cal Of5f4]} 35. Kh3 Na5 36. Rc1 c5 {[#]} 37. b4 $1 Nc6 38. bxc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} (38. Bh2 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-C 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.02.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,14,19,0,26,29,19,0,0,0,-1,5,2,9,8,0,14,0,14,14,29,22,69,62,86,75,113,106,105,86,104,54,58,56,100,110,100,114,354,356,343,350,548,546,532,376,727,712,664,456,416,420]} 1. e4 {Edouard,Romain} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nbd7 7. Be2 b5 {[#]} 8. Nd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. a4 Nc5 9. Qe3 b4 10. Nd5 Ncxe4 11. a5 Nxd5 12. Qxe4 e6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bd2 {1-0 (47) Van Foreest,J (2671)-Grandelius,N (2663) Wijk aan Zee 2021 CBM 201 Extra [Edouard,Romain]}) 8... Bb7 {Inhibits Nc6.} 9. a4 Nc5 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qe3 bxa4 12. f3 e5 13. Nf5 {[%cal Bd4f5,Bf5e3,Be3c4,Bc4b6][%mdl 32]} d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Qf2 e4 (15... Qe6 $11 16. Bh6 Rc8 17. Bxf8 Kxf8) 16. Ne3 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc6 17. O-O O-O-O 18. Nc4 (18. Qg3 $6 Bd6 19. Qf2 (19. Qg7 Ne6 $15) 19... Be5 $11) 18... Qe6 19. b3 axb3 20. cxb3 ({Better is} 20. Ra5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra5c5]} Qc6 21. Bf4) 20... Nxb3 21. Nb6+ Kb8 (21... Qxb6 $1 $14 {is superior.} 22. Qxb6 Bc5+ 23. Qxc5+ Nxc5) 22. Bf4+ $1 $16 Bd6 23. Bc4 {[%cal Be2c4,Bc4b3,Bb3c2,Bc2h7][%mdl 32] Really sharp!} Qe8 {Loses the game.} (23... e3 $16 {was worth a try.} 24. Qa2 Qf5 25. Bxd6+ Rxd6 26. Qxb3 e2 27. Bxe2 (27. Rf2 $2 Qa5 $19) 27... Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Rxb6 29. Qxf7 Qc2) 24. Bxd6+ $18 (24. Bxb3 Bxf4 25. fxe4 Be5 $11) 24... Rxd6 25. Bxb3 {Nc4 is the strong threat.} Rg8 (25... exf3 {was called for.} 26. Rfd1 (26. gxf3 Qb5 $14) (26. Qc5 Qe5 $16) 26... Rg8) 26. Nc4 Rd3 27. Bc2 (27. Qb6 $2 Rxg2+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Kxg2 exf3+ 29. Kh1 (29. Kh3 f2+) 29... f2+ 30. Qxb7+ Kxb7 31. Rxf2 Ka7 $19) 27... exf3 $2 {[#]} (27... Rxf3 28. Qd4 Qe6 29. Qd6+ Qxd6 30. Nxd6 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bd5 32. Rxa6 (32. Nxe4 f5 $18) 32... e3) 28. g3 $1 ({Less strong is} 28. Bxd3 Rxg2+ 29. Qxg2 fxg2 $16) 28... Rc3 29. Na5 Qe2 30. Bxh7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22 (precise) /Black=0.38} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-C 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,109,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,9,11,12,41,39,52,54,59,57,84,24,56,27,68,66,70,61,68,63,100,97,104,83,90,78,88,48,157,66,83,66,81,85,81,93,86,81,131,96,91,103,70,85,267,266,338,330,305,9,20,0,338,330,341,344,456,419,467,460,652,652,602,474,570,571,639,335,415,379,385,379,1297,895,1724,1569,29967,12843,5129,5113]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d5 9. cxd5 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} exd5 10. e3 Re8 11. Bb5 {The position is equal.} c6 12. Ba4 Nbd7 13. Ne2 h6 14. Bh4 Ba6 15. Bd1 (15. Bxc6 $2 Rc8 16. b4 Re6 $19) 15... Qe7 16. Bf2 c5 17. Qd2 Rac8 {[#]} 18. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Rc1 Bc4 19. O-O cxd4 20. exd4 Bxe2 21. Rxc8 Bxf1 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Kxf1 Nd6 24. Qc3 {½-½ (50) Duda,J (2756)-Deac,B (2651) Terme Catez 2021}) 18... Nb8 19. Re1 Nc6 20. Nc3 Na5 21. b3 {Prevents Nc4.} (21. Ba4 $16) 21... Qd8 22. Rc1 Re6 (22... cxd4 $11 23. exd4 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Qe7) 23. dxc5 $14 bxc5 24. Na4 Rec6 25. Bh4 Nb7 26. Bc2 Qa5 27. Qxa5 (27. Qd1 {feels hotter.} g5 28. Bg3 d4 29. Bf5 Rd8 30. exd4 Rxd4 31. Qc2) 27... Nxa5 28. Rcd1 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} g5 29. Bg3 Re6 (29... d4 $14) 30. Bf5 (30. Rb1 $1 $16) 30... Nxb3 31. h4 Rcc6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kf2 c4 (34... Kf7 $142) 35. Be5 Nd7 36. Bc3 {Strongly threatening e4.} Bb5 37. Nb2 Ndc5 $2 (37... Ra6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 38. Rh1 $18 Nd3+ 39. Nxd3 cxd3 {[#]} 40. Rh8+ $2 ({Only move:} 40. Be5 $1 $18) 40... Kf7 $11 41. Rh7+ Ke8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41... Kg8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 42. Rh8+ Kf7) 42. a4 $1 $18 Bxa4 43. Bf6 {aiming for Rdh1.} ({Less strong is} 43. Rxa7 Rxc3 44. Rxa4 Ke7 $14) ({Inferior is} 43. Rxd3 Bb5 44. Rb7 (44. Rh8+ Kf7 $15) 44... Bxd3 $11) 43... e5 44. Bxg5 {Black must now prevent Rdh1.} Nc5 45. Rdh1 {Threatening mate with Re7+.} Kf8 (45... Nd7 $142 46. Re7+ Kd8 47. Rxe5+ Kc7) 46. Rxa7 {[%cal Rh1h8]} Kg8 {Inhibits Rh8+.} 47. e4 dxe4 48. Rhh7 Ne6 {To avoid Rag7+} 49. Bd2 Rc2 50. Ke3 exf3 51. gxf3 Bc6 $2 (51... Rc8 52. Rh5 Bb3 53. Rxe5 Kf8) 52. Rhe7 Nc5 53. Rec7 {Rc8+ would kill now.} Bb7 {To avoid Rc8+} 54. Rxc5 Rxc5 55. Rxb7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28 (precise) /Black=0.64} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-C 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,58,25,26,16,7,21,0,4,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,-2,0,-8,7,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. Bxe4 d5 7. dxe5 dxe4 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} 8. Qxd8+ {The position is equal.} Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ke7 12. O-O-O Bf5 13. Rd4 {[#]} Rhd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rad8 14. Rhd1 Rxd4 15. Bxd4 Ke6 16. c4 Rd8 17. h3 a6 18. b4 b5 19. c5 h5 {½-½ (43) Sorroche Lupion,F-Morau,J Liape email 2004}) 14. Rhd1 Rxd4 15. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 16. Bb4+ Ke8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {KB-KB} 18. Bf8 g6 19. Kd2 h5 20. Ke3 Kd7 21. c3 a5 22. b4 axb4 23. cxb4 b5 24. a3 Ke8 25. Bh6 Kd7 26. Kd4 Kc6 27. g3 Kd7 28. Kd5 c6+ 29. Kd4 Ke6 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-C 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,8,8,8,13,22,23,25,25,10,18,22,53,62,74,64,69,64,67,71,71,71,75,75,75,76,76,68,67,67,83,86,99,81,60,42,75,67,198,204,198,198,212,215,405,408,418,418,404,404,404,376,29987,29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 b6 6. cxd5 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} Ba6 7. Qc2 cxd5 8. Bf4 {[#] White has an edge.} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qc8 9. e3 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. Kg2 Qb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Qd3 a6 {½-½ (34) Cirulis,I (2140)-Petukhov,V (2215) ICCF email 2010}) 9. Qa4 {To avoid Bb4} Qc8 10. Ne5 b5 11. Qa5 ({Much worse is} 11. Nxb5 $6 Bxb5 12. Qxb5 Rb8 $11) 11... b4 12. Nb5 {White is more active.} Bxb5 13. Qxb5 {aiming for Rc1.} Qc2 14. Nd3 {And now Rc1 would win.} Qc4 15. Qa4 {Strongly threatening Rc1.} Qxd4 16. Qc6 Rd8 17. Bc7 {Inhibits Qb6. Hoping for e3.} Rc8 {Threatens to win with ...Be7.} 18. Qb7 Rxc7 19. Qxc7 Be7 20. e3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qe4 21. Qxa7 O-O 22. Rc1 b3 23. axb3 Rb8 {[#] A mistake that costs the game.} (23... e5 $14) 24. f3 $1 $18 Qh4+ 25. g3 Qh6 26. Be2 {[%cal Od3e5] Black must now prevent Ne5!} g6 $2 {[#]} (26... Rd8 27. O-O Bd6) 27. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb3 28. Nxd7 (28. Rc8+ Kg7 $18) 28... Nxd7 29. Qxd7 ({Not} 29. Rc8+ Kg7 $18) 29... Bb4+ 30. Kf1 Qxe3 $2 (30... Qh3+ $18 31. Kf2 Rxb2 32. Qc8+ (32. Rc7 $2 {gets mated.} Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Qg2+ 34. Kd3 Qd2#) 32... Kg7) 31. Rc7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.48} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-C 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.03"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,79,2,3,-9,-11,-15,0,-10,0,-6,3,6,0,2,10,8,16,8,0,0,33,24,27,34,32,29,45,45,35,20,83,65,57,54,114,67,56,73,75,65,95,71,207,181,397,295,459,463,437,409,620,616,610,627,803,802,754,793,779,756,716,639,756,725,962,872,1125,1122,969,941]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3.} Bd6 8. Qc2 a6 9. Nge2 {The position is equal.} Re8 10. O-O $1 {[%mdl 4] 10.0-0 is the recent fashion.} b6 11. b4 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. h3 Nbd7 14. b5 a5 15. a4 Rac8 16. Qb3 Nf8 17. Nf4 Rcd8 {1-0 (39) Milov,V (2680)-Riff,J (2474) Kemer 2007}) 12. Nf4 Bb7 13. Rb1 Nf8 14. f3 Ng6 15. Nfe2 {[%cal Bf4e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Ng3 Rad8 20. Nce2 Ng6 (20... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Re6 ({Black should try} 22... Qc6 $14) 23. Bb2 ({White should play} 23. Rb3 $16) 23... Ng4 $1 $14 24. Qb3 b5 {[%cal Og4e5]} 25. Bc2 Rc6 {[%cal Oc6c2]} 26. Nf5 {Neg3 is the strong threat.} Re8 {[#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (26... Ne7 $16 {was necessary.}) 27. Neg3 $1 $18 a5 $2 (27... Rb6 28. h3 Nf6) 28. Bd3 Rce6 (28... axb4 {is a better defense.} 29. Bxb5 Ba6) 29. bxa5 c6 30. e5 Be7 (30... Qd5 $142 31. Qxd5 cxd5 32. Bxb5 Rb8) 31. Nh5 {White is clearly winning.} Bf8 32. h3 Nh6 33. Nxh6+ gxh6 34. Nf6+ Rxf6 35. Rxf6 Bg7 36. Rf2 Rb8 37. Be4 c5 38. Bxb7 c4 39. Qf3 Rxb7 40. Bc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.38} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-C 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,84,23,25,20,18,16,22,8,4,4,10,0,0,0,0,5,6,2,0,0,14,9,8,0,10,14,10,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,16,12,22,22,18,17,17,21,25,25,25,22,23,23,37,13,14,8,5,0,3,0,8,8,26,0,0,0,8,2,2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bg5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Qa5 13. d5 {[#] dxc6 is the strong threat.} Qc5 14. Qb3 b5 15. Be2 {[#] White wants to play Rad1.} Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nxb5 Be5 19. Be3 a6 20. Nd4 Nc6 21. Bf3 Bxd4 22. cxd4 {0-1 (47) Caspi,I (2510)-Vardan,N (2366) Belgrade 2021}) 16. Be3 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Qxb3 18. axb3 Be7 19. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4a5,Ba5c6][%mdl 32]} Bc2 20. Rdc1 Bf5 21. c4 bxc4 22. Nxc4 {[%cal Oc4b6] aiming for Nb6!} Nd7 {To avoid Nb6} 23. Bf3 Rfc8 24. Ra6 Rab8 25. Rxa7 Bf8 $1 ({Don't do} 25... Rxb3 26. Rd1 $16) 26. Na5 Ne5 27. Be2 Ra8 {[#]} 28. Nxc6 $1 Rxa7 (28... Nxc6 29. Rxa8) 29. Nxa7 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Bc2 $1 31. Bb2 Nd3 32. Bxd3 Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 33. Bc3 f6 34. Nc6 Be4 35. Na5 Kf7 36. Nc4 Ke6 37. b4 Bd3 38. Ne3 Bd6 39. g3 g5 40. Ng2 Be2 {The position is equal.} 41. h3 f5 42. Bd2 g4 {An even fight not without its subleties.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-C 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.04"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,79,30,35,0,-6,0,7,0,2,17,6,18,4,17,9,7,14,16,13,17,15,11,19,10,13,13,7,12,6,15,6,8,8,9,17,12,8,8,8,8,14,8,11,8,11,6,6,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,4,4,13,26]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nxe4 {C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and 9 Nbd2.} (10. c3 $14) 10... dxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 12. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 (12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1) 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5 O-O 15. Qg4 {[%csl LRe4,LRe6]} Qd5 16. Bh6 Nxe5 {[#]} 17. Qh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qe2 Rf5 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Rd4 Nf7 20. Bd2 Nd6 21. Bb4 Rd5 22. Rfd1 Nf5 23. R4d2 {0-1 (33) Van Gelder,G-Euwe,M Netherlands 1920}) 17... Rfd8 (17... Rf7 $2 18. Rfd1 Nd3 19. cxd3 exd3 20. a4 $18) 18. Qf6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g7] [#]} Rd7 {To avoid Qg7+} 19. h3 {[%cal Oa1d1] To avoid Ng4. Black must now prevent Rad1!} Nc4 20. Rad1 Qe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc4 {[%cal Oc4d6]} 24. b3 Nd6 25. Rd4 Kf7 26. Bxd6 cxd6 27. Rxd6 {KR-KR} Rc8 28. Rxa6 h5 29. a4 e3 30. fxe3 {a5 is the strong threat.} ({Not} 30. axb5 $2 e2 31. Ra1 Rd8 $19) 30... bxa4 31. Rxa4 {aiming for c4.} Rxc2 32. Rf4+ Ke7 33. b4 Rb2 34. h4 e5 35. Rc4 Kd6 36. e4 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 Rb3+ 39. Ke2 Rb2+ 40. Kd3 {An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-C 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.06"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,63,13,15,15,13,18,0,11,0,0,-48,-41,-78,-87,-85,-66,-102,-58,-44,107,114,128,93,54,62,190,185,179,182,170,187,180,168,128,139,203,201,397,22,7,12,932,56,351,351]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bd3 g6 {now supersedes 10...Be7.} 11. O-O {[%cal Oc1g5]} a6 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Bxf5 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} Bxf5 {The position is equal.} 14. Be3 O-O {[#]} 15. Qb3 $146 (15. f3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qh4 17. b3 Bd7 18. g3 Qh3 19. Ne4 f5 20. Ng5 Qg4 21. Qxg4 fxg4 {1-0 (45) Franco,H-Freitas,R Jundiai 1998}) 15... Bd3 $1 $15 16. Rfc1 e4 17. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} f5 18. cxd6 f4 (18... b5 $17 19. Bc5 Rb8) 19. Bb6 $1 Qg5 (19... Qd7 $15 {stays ahead.} 20. Nd1 Rac8) 20. d7 $1 $16 f3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg5g2]} 21. d6+ Kh8 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg5g2]} 22. g3 Qf5 ({Better is} 22... e3 $1 $14) 23. Nd5 $1 $18 {The board is on fire.} Qh3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3g2]} (23... Qxd7 24. Rc7 Qh3 25. Ne3) 24. Ne3 {Prevents Qg2+.} Qxd7 25. Rc7 Qxd6 26. Rac1 {[%cal Oc7g7] And now Rxg7! would win.} Rg8 {[#]} 27. Ba5 $1 Bb5 (27... Rab8 $16) 28. Rxb7 Rac8 $2 {[#]} (28... Qd3) 29. Rc2 $2 (29. Rxc8 $1 $18 Rxc8 30. Bc3) 29... Rxc2 $11 30. Qxc2 Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} 31. Qb3 $2 (31. Bxd8 $18 {Strongly threatening Be7.} Qxd8 32. a4) 31... Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Rd7 $14 32. Bb4 Qe5) 32. Bc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.56} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-C 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.06"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,122,14,25,13,11,0,19,7,22,14,14,19,31,32,37,39,72,41,28,34,42,0,0,-2,0,0,-13,-3,-15,-16,-12,-12,-12,-16,-16,-17,-14,-22,-23,-33,0,-103,-102,-115,-109,-114,-105,-163,-154,-141,-153,-159,-128,-117,-112,-280,-238,-414,-192,-226,-225,-343,-328,-342,-331,-331,-330,-381,-353,-543,-533,-593,-593,-839,-820,-1254,-1163,-843,-373,-636,-632,-646,-645,-611,-588,-782,-789,-766,-725,-723,-716,-712,-685,-693,-661,-689,-693,-833,-774,-875,-783,-1018,-991,-1485,-1471,-29972,-29972,-29971,-29969,-4618,-2337]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 6...Bb5.} 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ {C02: French: Advance Variation.} Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qa6 10. a4 {The position is equal.} Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne7 13. b4 {[#]} Qc4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. b5 Qb6 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bb4 Re8 17. h4 a6 18. Qa3 Ng6 19. Bc5 Qa5+ 20. Bb4 Qb6 21. Bc5 Qa5+ 22. Bb4 {½-½ (22) Tkac,P-Hagara,V (1967) Tatranske Matliare 2008}) 14. Rc1 Nbc6 15. Bd2 (15. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Qd3 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 $11) 15... Qd3 16. Qe2 Qa3 17. O-O (17. b5 $14 {feels stronger.} Na5 18. O-O Qxa4 19. Rc7) 17... Nf5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 18. Bc3 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Oc6d4] White must now prevent ...Ncxd4!} 19. g4 Nfe7 20. Bd2 h5 21. gxh5 Qxa4 22. Ra1 $1 Qc2 {aiming for ...a6.} 23. b5 {Inhibits a6.} Nd8 24. Rfc1 (24. Rxa7 Rxh5 25. Ra3 Rh3 $15) 24... Qf5 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Rc1 Ne7 (26... Nb6 $5 {[%cal Rh8h5]}) 27. Rc7 (27. Ng5 $2 f6 28. Nf3 Qxh5 $19) (27. Bb4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Rxh5 $17 28. Bb4 Ng6 {Dancing on a razor blade.} 29. b6 Qb1+ 30. Qe1 (30. Qf1 $17 Qxf1+ 31. Kxf1 axb6 32. h4) 30... Qxe1+ $19 31. Nxe1 axb6 32. Nc2 Rh3 33. Bd6 Nc6 {And now ...Rc3 would win.} 34. Rxb7 $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (34. Rc8+ $17 {was necessary.} Nd8 35. Rc7) 34... Rc3 35. Ne3 (35. Nb4 Nxd4 36. Rb8+ Kd7 37. Rb7+ Kd8 38. Kf1) 35... Nh4 (35... Rc1+ $142 36. Nf1 Nxd4 37. Rb8+ Kd7) 36. Kf1 Rb3 (36... Nxd4 37. Rb8+ Kd7 38. Rb7+ Kd8 39. Rb8+ Rc8 40. Be7+ Kxe7 41. Rxc8 $15) 37. Nc2 (37. Bc5 $142) 37... Rb2 38. Na3 Nf5 (38... Nxd4 39. Rb8+ Kd7 40. Rb7+ Ke8 41. Rb8+ Kd7 42. Rb7+ Ke8 $11) 39. Bc5 Nfxd4 ({Worse is} 39... bxc5 40. Rxb2 Nfxd4 41. f4 $17) ({Not} 39... Ncxd4 $2 40. Rxb6 Rxb6 41. Bxb6 $19) 40. h4 Nf5 ({Don't blunder} 40... bxc5 $2 41. Rxb2 Nxe5 42. Rb7 $19) 41. Bd6 (41. Rxb6 {keeps fighting.} Rxb6 42. Bxb6) 41... Rb3 42. Nc2 d4 {Threatens to win with ...d3.} 43. Ke1 Nxh4 44. f4 Nf3+ 45. Kf2 {[#]} Nfxe5 46. fxe5 $2 (46. Bxe5 Nxe5 47. fxe5) 46... Rb2 47. Kf3 Rxc2 48. Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc3+ 49. Kf4 f6 50. exf6 gxf6 {[%cal Bg7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 51. Rb7 Rc4 {...d3+ is the strong threat.} 52. Ba3 Ra4 53. Bc1 Ra7 54. Rb6 Kd7 55. Ke4 f5+ 56. Kd3 e5 57. Kc4 Kd6 58. Bd2 Ra2 59. Bb4+ Kc7 60. Bc5 Rc2+ 61. Kd5 {[#]} Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.21 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-C 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.07"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,118,12,15,8,12,8,12,0,0,0,8,0,0,-36,-37,-31,-34,-40,-30,-35,-27,-31,-37,-40,-55,-35,-19,-37,-26,-47,-18,-18,-13,-16,0,-40,-29,-89,-97,-106,-20,-103,-114,-135,0,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-12,-22,-19,-16,-10,-18,-28,-114,-119,-104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-95,-104,-162,8,14,18,3,3,3,3,4,8,8,8,8,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. Kb1 Nf6 11. Bd3 d5 12. h3 c5 {[#]} 13. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rhe1 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. f4 b5 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Ne5 d4 18. cxd4 c4 19. Be2 {0-1 (75) Kevlishvili,R (2502)-Papp,P (2334) Chess.com INT 2018}) 13... b5 14. cxd5 c4 15. d6 cxd3 16. dxe7 dxc2+ 17. Qxc2 Qxe7 18. Rhe1 Bb7 {Strongly threatening ...Be4.} 19. Ka1 Be4 20. Qd2 Qb7 21. Nh4 Qa6 {Hoping for ...Bd5.} (21... Bxg2 {keeps more tension.} 22. Rg1 Be4 23. Bd4 Nh5 24. Qg5 Bg6) 22. Qd6 {Inhibits Bd5.} Qxd6 23. Rxd6 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 24. b3 (24. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Bc2 25. Bd2 $11) 24... a4 {And now ...axb3 would win.} 25. Kb2 (25. b4 $11) 25... Rec8 $17 {...Rc2+ is the strong threat.} 26. Rc1 {To avoid Rc2+} a3+ $1 27. Ka1 Nd5 28. Nf5 Re8 (28... Bxg2 $2 29. Rxc8+ (29. Rg1 Rc7 $15) 29... Rxc8 30. Rxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Black should play} 28... Rd8 $1 $17 29. Rd1 Rxd6 30. Nxd6 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Bxg2 32. Nxb5 Bxh3 33. Nxa3 g5) 29. Bd2 {[%cal Of5g7]} Bxf5 ({Much less strong is} 29... Bxg2 30. Nh4 $16) 30. Rxd5 Be4 {[%csl LRd5,LRg2]} 31. Rxb5 Bxg2 32. h4 $1 h6 33. Rg1 Re2 $36 {[%csl LRd2,LRf2][%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 34. Be3 Kh7 35. Rc5 Bh3 36. h5 Rc8 37. Ra5 {[#]} Bg4 $1 {[%cal Oc8c2]} 38. Rxa3 (38. b4 Rc3) 38... Bxh5 39. Ra5 (39. b4 $11) 39... g5 $1 40. b4 f5 (40... Bf3 $17 41. b5 Rcc2) 41. Ra7+ $11 Kg6 42. Ra6+ $1 Kh7 43. Rh1 f4 44. Bc5 {[#]} (44. Rxh5 $11 {keeps the balance.} fxe3 45. Rhxh6+ Kg7 46. Rhg6+ Kh8 47. Rh6+ Kg7 48. Rhg6+ Kf7 49. Raf6+ Ke7 50. Re6+ Kf7 51. Rgf6+ Kg7 52. Rg6+ Kf7 53. Ref6+ Ke7 54. Re6+ Kf7) 44... Rd8 $1 $17 {[%cal Od8d5]} 45. b5 {[#]} Bf3 $2 (45... Rdd2 $1 $19 {[%cal Oh7g7]} 46. Rc1 (46. f3 Kg7) 46... Bf7) 46. Rhxh6+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg8 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 47. Rhg6+ Kh7 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 48. Rgd6 {Inhibits Rd1+.} Rxd6 49. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re5 50. Rd7+ Kg6 51. Rc7 g4 52. b6 g3 53. fxg3 fxg3 54. Bd4 g2 55. Rc1 Re2 56. a3 Rd2 57. Bc5 Bd5 58. Kb1 Be4+ 59. Ka1 Bd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-C 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.07"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,60,22,8,9,5,1,0,1,3,0,0,4,0,0,21,3,27,31,23,27,17,12,12,8,16,9,24,13,10,9,13,10,6,10,10,10,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. cxd5 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. e3 Nxc3 12. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qa5 {Threatens to win with ...Nd5.} 13. Qc1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Qb6 {[%cal Oc3a2]} 14. axb4 Ne4 15. Bc3 O-O 16. Bd3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. b5 c4 19. Bxc4 {With the idea Be2.} Bd7 {The position is equal.} 20. O-O Rfc8 21. Be2 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Rxa7 {[#]} Qc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23... Qc6 24. Ra3 Rb5 25. Rd1 Rc5 26. Qc2 g6 27. h3 h5 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Qb2 Kg8 30. Qd2 Rg5 31. e4 Qxe4 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Qxg5 {½-½ (33) Banusz,T (2580)-Rapport,R (2621) Germany 2013}) 24. Rd7 Rb3 25. Qd1 {[#] Rd8+ would kill now.} h6 $1 ({Don't take} 25... Rf8 26. Qd6 Rbb8 27. Rc7 $16) 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxd8+ Kh7 28. Qd4 Rxc3 29. Qxc4 Rxc4 30. g3 Kg6 {A balanced but interesting game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

