[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-D 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.02.01"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,71,0,-14,-5,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,14,39,36,30,28,47,29,26,9,34,23,22,18,29,2,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Qe6 {C45: Scotch Game.} 9. Nd2 $1 {9.Nd2 is better than 9.g3.} d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. a3 O-O 13. Qxe6 Bxe6 14. Bd3 {Inhibits Bf5.} Rfe8 15. O-O {[#]} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a5 16. Ne5 Bc8 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Bd4 c5 {½-½ (38) Caruana,F (2828)-Robson,R (2667) Saint Louis 2019}) 16. Be3 Bb6 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Bf1 {[%cal Oe3b6]} Bc4 21. b3 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 f6 23. Rd6 Rad8 {The position is equal.} 24. Red1 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf7 26. Bf4 c5 27. a4 Re6 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 {KR-KR} 29. Rd7+ Re7 30. Rd8 Kg6 31. Rd5 Re4 32. g3 c4 33. a5 cxb3 34. cxb3 bxa5 35. Rxa5 Rb4 36. Rxa7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-D 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.02.01"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,106,20,18,17,18,19,32,12,12,0,15,-33,-68,-106,-109,-123,-112,-136,-127,-132,-126,-126,-130,-109,-104,-125,-80,-88,-67,-71,-46,-50,-46,-56,-31,-24,-6,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-58,-58,-58,-22,-44,-44,-44,-44,-58,-53,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2 {C93: Closed Ruy Lopez: Smyslov Variation.} Rc8 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 {White is slightly better.} (17. Qb1 {seems wilder.} c6 18. Bd3 g6 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4) 17... axb5 18. Bd3 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... c6 19. Qc2 Nh5 20. Bf1 Nf4 21. c4 exd4 22. Nxd4 b4 23. g3 Nh5 24. Bg2 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 {½-½ (33) Sileika,A (2137)-Manchenko,I (2148) ICCF email 2020}) 19. dxe5 {[#]} (19. exd5 $11 {is more appropriate.} Nxd5 20. dxe5 (20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nf4 $15) (20. Bxb5 Nf4 $14)) 19... dxe4 $1 $15 20. Nxe4 (20. exf6 exd3) 20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Qb1 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qd2 {To avoid Qc2} 26. Rb1 Bc5 ({Better is} 26... Rb6 27. Qd4 Qc2) 27. Qf5 $17 Be7 28. Ba1 Bf6 (28... Bd6 {with more complications.} 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rxb1+ 31. Qxb1 f6) 29. c4 Bxa1 $1 30. Rxa1 bxc4 31. bxc4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qc3 {[%csl LRa1,LRc4]} 32. Rd1 Qxc4 33. Rd7 Re8 34. Kh2 c6 35. Rc7 Qe6 36. Qxe6 Rxe6 {KR-KR} 37. f4 g6 38. g4 Kf8 39. Kg2 Re2+ 40. Kf3 Rc2 41. h4 Rc4 42. h5 Kg7 (42... Rc3+ $15 43. Ke4 gxh5 44. gxh5 Rc5) 43. hxg6 $11 {The position is equal.} Kxg6 44. Rd7 Rc1 45. Rd6+ Kg7 46. Kg3 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32] [#] ...c4 is the strong threat.} 47. Rc6 Rc3+ 48. Kh4 Rc4 49. Kg3 Rc1 50. Kh4 c4 {aiming for ...c3.} 51. g5 $1 hxg5+ 52. Kxg5 c3 53. Kf5 c2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-D 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,63,39,10,8,7,46,45,42,43,53,21,21,35,58,81,82,45,40,0,0,0,0,0,45,-10,-12,-48,-47,-47,-33,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Bg4 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7.} 11. Qe1 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Ne6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Nc3 f5 16. Qd3 Kh8 17. Bb3 c6 18. h3 {½-½ (46) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Giri,A (2779) Zagreb 2019}) 12. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4e2,Be2g3][%mdl 32]} (12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd7 $11) 12... Nxe5 {White is slightly better.} 13. f3 $1 c5 14. Ne2 (14. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} cxd4 15. Bxe5 $16) 14... Bh4 15. Ng3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Pin} (15. Qd1 $2 {[#]} Nf2 $1 16. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 (18. Kf1 $2 Nxf3 19. gxf3 Bxf3 $19) 18... Nxf3+ $1 19. gxf3 Bxf3 $19) 15... Re8 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Be3 (17. Qxe4 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Rxe4 19. Bxe4 Bh3 $15) 17... Nd3 {To avoid Qf2} 18. Bxd3 (18. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Rg3e4]}) 18... exd3 19. Qf2 {Inhibits Be2.} f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4,Bf4e3][%mdl 32]} 20. Nd2 Be2 (20... Qd5 $11) 21. Rfe1 ({Much weaker is} 21. Qxf5 Bxg3 22. Bg5 (22. hxg3 Rxe3 23. Rf2 Rxg3 $17) (22. Bxc5 $2 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Be5 $19) 22... Qb6 23. Qf7+ (23. hxg3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 c4+ 25. Kh2 Qb7 $15) 23... Kh8 24. hxg3 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qe6 $15) (21. Bxc5 $14 Bxf1 22. Ndxf1 (22. Rxf1 Qd5 $11)) 21... g5 $1 $11 ({Resist} 21... c4 22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 $16) 22. Nf3 f4 23. Nxh4 {[%cal Oe3f4] Black must now prevent Bxf4!} fxe3 24. Qf5 d2 25. Rxe2 {The position is equal.} d1=Q+ (25... gxh4 $5 26. Nf1 d1=Q 27. Rxd1 Qxd1 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kf7 $11) 26. Rxd1 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Qxd1+ 27. Nf1 $1 Qxe2 28. Qxg5+ Kf7 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kf7 {( -> ...Qf2+)} 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-D 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,70,11,13,6,22,22,4,19,18,22,20,13,21,26,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,26,27,32,29,56,56,56,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 (4... d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 8. cxd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nxd4 Nbc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Nc3 Be6 {½-½ (30) Predke,A (2676)-Yu,Y (2738) China 2019}) 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} Nc5 7. Bc4 d6 8. Qf3 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rf3f7] [#]} Ne6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Be3 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Nc3 Be5 12. O-O Qh4 13. g3 Qxc4 14. Nd5 Re8 15. c3 Bd7 16. b3 Qa6 {0-1 (30) Jones,G (2670)-Aronian,L (2773) chess24.com INT 2020}) 11. Bd5 {Prevents Bc6.} c6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Nd2 b5 14. Bb3 a5 15. a3 Qc7 16. Ne4 Be5 17. O-O-O a4 18. Ba2 Rad8 19. Nc5 ({Better is} 19. Rhe1 $14) 19... Bc8 $11 {The position is equal.} 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qe4 Rd5 $1 23. f4 Bxf4 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 28. Ke2 {Inhibits Rf2+.} Kf7 29. Ke3 Rc4 30. Kd3 Ke6 31. Re1+ Kd5 32. Re7 Rg4 33. g3 h5 34. b3 g6 35. Rg7 h4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-D 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.03"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,110,18,16,13,16,20,22,12,55,39,43,39,30,33,43,14,17,19,16,16,50,46,48,44,72,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,50,50,50,50,50,64,64,72,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,30,30,81,81,81,81,81,0,81,81,81,81,81,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,0,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Bxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 12. Ne5 {[#]} Nd7 $146 (12... Rd8 $11 {was preferrable.}) ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Bf5 15. dxc5 Rfb8 16. Qa3 Qg5 17. Rad1 Be4 18. g3 Rb7 {½-½ (42) Li,C (2750)-Yu,Y (2736) Doha 2015}) 13. Nxd7 $14 Bxd7 14. dxc5 Be6 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Rab1 Rfc8 $1 17. Rb5 {[%cal Bb1b5,Bb5a5,Ba5a3][%mdl 32]} a6 18. Ra5 Rc7 19. Rb1 Rac8 {[%cal Rc7c5]} 20. Bd3 Qf8 {[%cal Rc7c5]} 21. f4 {White is much more active.} (21. h4 $16) 21... Bd7 22. Ra3 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxb7 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Bxa6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf5 27. Rb3 Rc2 ({Better is} 27... Rc1+ $11 28. Bf1 Be4) 28. Bd3 $14 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxa2 30. Rxd5 {KR-KR} g6 31. h4 h5 32. f5 (32. Rb5 $16) 32... Kg7 $11 33. fxg6 Kxg6 34. Kh2 Ra3 35. Rg5+ Kh6 36. Re5 Ra4 37. Kg3 f6 38. Rf5 Kg6 (38... Rg4+ $11 39. Kf3 Rxh4) 39. Rf4 $16 Ra1 40. Rb4 Rf1 41. Rf4 Ra1 42. Kf2 Rh1 43. g3 Ra1 44. g4 (44. Rd4 $16) 44... hxg4 $11 {The position is equal.} 45. Rxg4+ Kf7 46. Kg2 Ra5 47. Rg3 Rh5 48. Rh3 Kg6 49. Kf3 Rf5+ 50. Kg4 {[#] Threatening mate with h5+.} Re5 51. Rg3 Rf5 52. e4 Re5 53. Kf4+ Kf7 54. Rd3 Rh5 55. Kg4 Re5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-D 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.03"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,76,16,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,14,0,10,0,0,0,6,0,13,11,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,25,26,26,33,34,34,0,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,265]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Rc1 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} Bb7 12. Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 12.Qd2.} Rc8 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 e6 15. Rfd1 Qd6 16. h4 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qb4 17. Qd3 Rfd8 18. a3 Qe7 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Qe3 h6 21. Bxh6 Nxd4 22. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Bxc8 {½-½ (29) Giri,A (2764)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. e5 Qd5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 19. f3 {[%cal Oh4h5]} f6 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. d5 (21. Qb2 {keeps more tension.} Ba4 22. Re1 fxe5 23. dxe5 b5 24. h5) 21... Bxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qxd5+ Qxd5 25. Rxd5 fxe5 26. Bxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc4 27. Ra5 e4 28. fxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxa6 Bd4+ 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 {KR-KR} 31. g3 Kg7 32. Kf2 Rd3 33. a4 h5 34. a5 Ra3 {The position is equal.} 35. Ra8 Kf6 36. a6 Kg7 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. g4 $11 hxg4 39. Kg2) 38... Kg7 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless) . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-D 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.04"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,60,23,25,16,17,0,7,10,9,15,22,0,30,22,21,25,19,19,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-67,-75,-73,-12,-27,-22,-22,-18,-20,-21,-23,-31,-19,-5,-11,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 9. Bd3 $146 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} ({Predecessor:} 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. dxc5 d4 12. Bxc6 dxc3 13. Qxb4 cxb2 14. Rb1 bxc6 15. Qxb2 Qg6 16. O-O Bh3 {0-1 (48) Yanchenko,R (2756)-Abdusattorov,N (2878) Chess.com INT 2020}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. O-O Bxc3 ({Don't do} 11... Nxd4 12. Nxd5 (12. exd4 Bxc3 13. Bb5+ Kf8 $14) 12... Nf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 $16) 12. bxc3 O-O 13. a4 Ne5 14. Be2 Rd8 15. Qb3 Qg6 16. Kh1 Rb8 17. a5 Bg4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. Rd2 Qg5 21. Rb2 ({Better is} 21. Nxf5 $11 Qxf5 22. Rd3) 21... Nxd4 $15 22. cxd4 {[#]} b6 (22... b5 $1 $17) 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 bxa5 25. Re2 Rdc8 {Strongly threatening ...Rc4.} 26. Qa6 Rc3 27. Qxa5 Rbc8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rc1+. The position is equal.} 28. Rae1 Rc2 {And now ...Rxe2 would win.} 29. h3 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Qg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-D 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.04"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,88,17,18,42,43,37,0,0,1,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,-25,-20,-14,-4,-81,-78,-81,-86,-93,0,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-28,-116,-114,-147,-132,-147,-144,-141,-140,-262,-269,-516,-510,-650,-631,-637,-628,-616,-600,-599,-590,-671,-660,-689,-689,-685,-650,-644,-644,-636,-636,-625,-582,-770,-766,-966,-966,-966,-936]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Be7 8. O-O-O {[%cal Oe4e5]} Qa5 {B95: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6, unusual White 7th moves.} 9. h4 Bd7 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] An interesting side line.} 10. Bc4 $146 {[%cal Oe4e5] next e5! is good for White.} ({Predecessor:} 10. g4 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Qe2 b5 13. Be3 h5 14. g5 Ng4 15. a3 Rb8 16. Bd2 {1-0 (55) Sedlak,N (2524)-Ljubicic,F (2406) Pula 2003}) 10... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 11. Bb3 h6 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Kb1 (14. f4 Rxc3 15. Bd2 (15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Bd2 Nxc3 $17) (15. fxe5 $2 dxe5 16. bxc3 Nxe4 $19) 15... Nd3+ 16. Kb1 Nxf4 $1 $15) 14... b5 15. f4 Neg4 {And now ...b4 would win.} 16. e5 (16. a3 {seems wilder.} b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Bg1 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Rh3) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 {Hoping for ...b4.} 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 $17 19. Qxe5 {[%cal Og2g4] aiming for g4!} Qc7 $1 20. Qe2 Qf4 {Inhibits g4.} (20... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 21. Na4 (21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 a5 $17) 21... Rh5) 21. Rh3 Rc5 (21... Rxh4 $2 22. g3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd4 23. Rxh4 $18) 22. Re3 Qg4 (22... Rxh4 $2 23. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (23. g3 Qxd4 24. gxh4 Qf4 $14) 23... Bxe6 24. Bxe6 (24. g3 Qg4 $16) 24... fxe6 25. g3 $18) 23. Nf3 Bc6 {Prevents Ne4.} 24. a4 Kf8 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 25. axb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 26. g3 {Black continues to play with concentration.} (26. Re1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26... b4 $1 ({Much worse is} 26... Qxg3 $6 27. Ng5 Qg4 28. Rxe6 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxh4 30. Rde1 $15) 27. Na2 {[#]} Rf5 $1 ({Weaker is} 27... Qxg3 28. Nd4 Qg4 29. Rxe6 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 $15) 28. Nd4 {[#]} Qxe2 $1 29. Rxe2 Bf3 {This bishop pair is nice.} 30. Rxe6 (30. Ree1 $17 Bxd1 31. Nxf5 exf5 32. Rxd1) 30... Bxd1 $19 31. Rxe7 {[#]} (31. Nxf5 {was the only defense.} fxe6 32. Nxh6) 31... Bxc2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 32. Kxc2 (32. Bxc2 Rf1+) 32... Rc5+ 33. Kd3 Kxe7 34. Nxb4 Nd7 35. Nd5+ Kf8 36. Nf5 Rg6 37. Nde3 Rb6 38. Nd4 Ne5+ 39. Ke4 Nc6 {...Nxd4 is the strong threat.} 40. Bd5 Ne7 41. b3 Rg6 42. b4 Rc3 43. Bc4 Rxg3 44. Ndc2 {[#]} Rg4+ $3 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.33/Black=0.07 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-D 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.06"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,115,10,12,16,8,20,22,25,0,8,0,14,0,0,3,11,11,27,2,10,0,0,0,4,0,0,-117,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,121,109,218,0,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,3,3,3,3,0,3,3,11,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,0,4,0,4,0,4,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 h6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 a5 $1 {[%mdl 4] Prevents b4. is now more promising than 8...a6. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Be6 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Nf1 {With the idea d4.} f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 (12... Rxf5 $2 13. d4 $18) 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bb6 16. a3 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6h5,Bh5g3][%mdl 32] [#]} 17. Kh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Be3 Ne7 19. d5 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Bf7 21. Nd4 Nexd5 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Qd2 {0-1 (63) Navara,D (2758)-Deac,B (2605) Riga 2021}) 17... Nh5 18. Bd3 Nxg3 19. Bxg6 Nf5 20. Re4 (20. Bxf5 $11 Rxf5 21. d5) 20... Qf6 (20... d5 $17 21. Rg4 Nfxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4) 21. Bxf5 $11 Qxf5 22. Rg4 {Strongly threatening Bxh6.} Rf6 23. Qb3+ Kh8 {[%cal Oc6d4]} 24. Rf4 Qg6 {[%cal Oc6d4]} 25. Nh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qh5 {White must now prevent ...Rxf4.} 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Nf3 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qe5+ 29. g3 Bxd4 (29... Qxd4 30. Be3 Qe5 31. Bxb6 cxb6 32. Rd1 $16 (32. Qxb6 Qc5 $14)) 30. Be3 b6 {[#]} ({Don't play} 30... Bxb2 31. Ra2 Bd4 32. Qxb7 $16) (30... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. Re1 $1 $16 {aiming for f4.} Rf8 ({Resist} 31... Bxb2 32. Re2 Ba1 33. Qc2 $14 (33. Qf7 Qe4 $11)) (31... d5 $16) 32. Qc2 $2 (32. f4 $18 Qe8 {[#]} 33. Bf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 32... f5 (32... Bxb2 $2 33. Re2 Re8 34. Qxb2 $18) (32... Qc5 $11 33. Qg6 Bxe3 34. Rxe3 Qg5) 33. Qxc7 (33. Bxd4 $1 $14 Qxd4 34. Re7) 33... f4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Qe7 fxg3+ 35. fxg3 Qxe7 36. Bxd4+ Qg7 37. Bxg7+ Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 38. Kg2 {Inhibits Rf2+.} Rc8 39. Kf3 Kf6 {Prevents Re7.} 40. Re3 Rc5 41. Ke4 Rh5 42. Rf3+ Ke6 43. g4 Rb5 44. b3 h5 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. h4 hxg4 $1 47. Kxg4+ Kg7 48. Rd3 Kf7 49. Kf4 Rh5 50. Kg4 Rb5 51. Rf3+ Kg6 52. Re3 Kh6 53. Rd3 Kg7 54. h5 Kh7 55. Re3 Kh6 56. Re6+ Kh7 57. Re7+ Kh6 58. Re6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-D 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.06"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,112,0,-3,0,11,11,27,0,0,0,0,0,14,12,13,18,28,25,40,38,35,35,36,28,31,27,74,75,84,69,72,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,56,66,66,73,73,66,66,66,65,66,66,66,66,66,66,85,85,88,85,85,85,85,85,85,77,85,85,85,85,85,85,118,85,85,85,118,118,118,118,118,118,118,0,118,118,118,118,118,118,118,60,61,8,39,39,47,8,54]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. dxe5 Bg4 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bc5 9. Re1 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rb1 {White has an edge.} f6 12. e6 Qd6 {[#]} 13. Rxb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. f4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qxf4 20. Rxb7 {½-½ (33) Buessing,O (2470)-Aleksandrov,V (2490) ICCF email 2007}) 13... Ne5 14. Be2 Qxe6 15. Rb5 (15. Rxc7 Bxf2+ $1 16. Kxf2 Qb6+ 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $15) 15... Qd6 16. Nxe5 $1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 fxe5 18. Be3 Bb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. c4 c6 (20... Rxa2 $11 21. Rxd5 Qg6) 21. Rxb6 $16 Qc5 22. Rb7 e4 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. c4 (24. Qg4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh2 Qf4+ 26. Qxf4 Rxf4 $11) 24... dxc4 25. Qc2 ({Don't play} 25. Qg4 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 Qf4+ 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 $15) 25... Rae8 26. Re3 Qd4 27. Rb4 Rc8 28. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 {aiming for ...Qd1+.} 29. Rb1 {Prevents Qd1+.} ({But not} 29. Qxe4 $2 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 c3 $19) 29... c3 30. Rc1 ({Not} 30. Qxe4 $2 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 c2 $19) 30... Rc4 31. a5 {[%cal Re3c3]} Rdc8 32. Rd1 $1 Qc5 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Qxe4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} c2 35. Rc1 h6 36. a6 {[%cal Oa6a7] a7! is the strong threat.} Rc7 37. g3 Qc6 38. Qd3 Qc4 39. Qd2 Kh7 40. Kh2 (40. h4 {with more complications.} h5 41. Kh2 Qe4 42. a7 Rxa7 43. Rxc2 Ra1 44. Rc1) 40... Qxa6 41. Rxc2 Rxc2 42. Qxc2+ $16 {KQ-KQ} Kh8 43. h4 Qf1 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qf5+ Kg8 46. g4 Qc4 47. Kg3 Qc3+ 48. Kg2 Qc4 49. Kg3 Qc3+ {[#]} 50. Qf3 $1 Qc7+ 51. Qf4 Qc3+ 52. Qe3 Qc7+ 53. f4 ({White should play} 53. Kh3 $16) 53... Qf7 54. f5 (54. Kf2 $14) 54... Qc7+ 55. Kh3 Qd7 56. Qf3 Qd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} (56... h5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-D 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.07"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,69,0,0,-6,-10,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,10,42,39,33,32,33,37,41,47,36,14,14,10,16,4,75,71,64,5,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 {8...Nh5 gains popularity.} 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Nf3 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} Nxf4 11. exf4 Bd6 {[#]} 12. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Rd1 Qxd4 14. Nxf7 {1-0 (14) Vaznonis,V (2378)-Stauskas,L (2321) Lithuania 2018}) 12... O-O 13. O-O-O {Active counter play!} b5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Rhg1 b4 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Nd7 Bxd7 21. Qxd7 Rfd8 22. Qf5 {aiming for Qh7+.} g6 {[#]} 23. Qg4 b3 24. a3 (24. axb3 $14 h5 25. Qf3) 24... Be7 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still. The position is equal.} ({But not} 24... Qxf2 25. Rgf1 (25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11) 25... h5 {[#]} 26. Qxg6+ $1 fxg6 27. Rxf2 $16) 25. f5 g5 ({Resist} 25... Qxf2 26. Rgf1 (26. fxg6 f5 $16) 26... h5 27. Rxf2 $16) 26. f4 {And now fxg5 would win.} Bf6 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Rg2 Rac8 29. h4 Qe3 30. Re2 Rc1+ $1 31. Rxc1 {Really sharp!} Qxd3+ 32. Ka1 Qa6 33. Kb1 Qd3+ 34. Ka1 Qa6 {( -> ...Qxa3+)} 35. Kb1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-D 2022"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.07"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,166,-6,-1,0,2,8,3,22,11,17,12,54,25,18,25,24,18,25,24,21,15,25,28,23,8,18,15,46,41,37,40,32,0,8,-14,0,-45,-17,-10,-22,-25,-39,-28,-39,-35,-31,-33,-27,-56,-69,-61,-58,-60,-81,-184,-183,-213,-202,-202,-188,-204,-160,-174,-172,-250,-225,-202,-232,-206,-201,-210,-188,-506,-477,-488,-478,-523,-516,-506,-321,-254,0,-240,-150,-184,-88,-797,-840,-816,-815,-699,-602,-852,-694,-893,-831,-796,-697,-986,-965,-1123,-1073,-1261,-1251,-984,-1266,-1219,-1245,-1231,-1228,-4402,-4110,-2576,-2117,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29978,-29976,-29983,-29982,-29982,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29976,-29976,-29968,-29971,-29968,-12845,-29993,-29987,-29995,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Nb8 13. b3 Nbd7 14. d5 c6 15. c4 Nb6 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory. C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4.} 16. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bd3 Nfd7 17. Ba3 cxd5 18. cxd5 f5 19. exf5 Nxd5 20. Ne4 N7f6 21. Nfg5 Nf4 22. Bc1 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 {0-1 (37) Leko,P (2713)-Kramnik,V (2809) Monte Carlo 2002}) 16... Qc7 17. Bd3 Nfd7 {The position is equal.} 18. Ba3 Nc5 19. Bf1 Qd7 (19... Qe7 $11) 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. a4 b4 23. a5 Na8 {[%cal Bb6a8,Ba8c7,Bc7b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} 24. h4 Nc7 25. g3 Rcd8 26. Bg2 (26. Ng5 {seems wilder.} g6 27. Qc2 Qd6 28. Bh3 Bh6 29. Rcd1) 26... Bc8 27. Nf1 cxd5 28. cxd5 Nb5 29. Ne3 Qc7 30. Ra1 g6 31. Qd3 f5 32. h5 (32. exf5 $2 e4 33. Qc4 Nd6 $19) (32. Rac1 $11 {deserves consideration.}) 32... fxe4 (32... Nc3 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 33. hxg6 (33. exf5 $2 e4 $19) 33... hxg6 $11) 33. Qxe4 Nd6 34. Qh4 {Black must now prevent hxg6.} Be7 {[%cal Bf8e7,Be7f6,Bf6c3][%mdl 32]} 35. Qh1 e4 36. Nd2 Bf6 37. Rad1 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Bc3 38. Re2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Re5 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Qh6 (40. Nxe4 $2 Rh5 41. Bh3 Rxh3 $19) 40... Qg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 41. Qh4 (41. Qxg7+ $17 Kxg7 42. Rc1) 41... Rf8 $1 $19 {Active counter play!} (41... g5 42. Qh5 $11) 42. Ndc4 {[#]} (42. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 43. d6 (43. Bxe4 $2 Rh5 $19) 43... g5 $1 $19) 42... Rh5 $1 43. Nxd6 Rxh4 {The board is on fire.} 44. gxh4 Bd7 45. Nxe4 Bd4 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 46. d6 (46. Ng5 $142) 46... Qh8 47. Nc2 Bg4 ({Worse is} 47... Qxh4 48. Nxd4 cxd4 49. Rxd4 $15) 48. Nxd4 cxd4 49. f3 {[#]} Bf5 ({But not} 49... Bxf3 50. Bxf3 Rxf3 51. d7 Qxh4 52. Rxd4 $16) 50. Red2 $2 (50. Ng3) 50... Bxe4 51. fxe4 Qxh4 52. d7 Kg7 53. Rf1 Rxf1+ ({Wrong is} 53... Rh8 $2 54. Rxd4 Qh2+ 55. Kf2 $17) 54. Kxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Qf4+ $2 ({Better is} 54... Kf7 $19 {And now ...Ke7 would win.} 55. Rd3 Ke6 56. Bh3+ Ke7) 55. Ke1 $2 (55. Kg1 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qd6 56. Bh3) 55... Qd6 56. Bh3 d3 {To avoid Rc2} (56... Qg3+ $19 57. Rf2 Qe3+ 58. Kd1 Qxb3+ 59. Kc1 Qa3+ 60. Kb1 Qd3+ 61. Kc1 Qe3+ 62. Kd1 Qd3+ 63. Kc1 Qe3+ 64. Kd1 Qd3+ 65. Kc1) 57. Bf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (57. Rf2 $17) 57... Qg3+ 58. Kd1 Qf3+ 59. Ke1 Qxe4+ 60. Kf2 Qf4+ 61. Kg1 Qd4+ 62. Kg2 Qd5+ 63. Kg1 Qxd7 64. Rxd3 Qf5 65. Rg3 Qxa5 66. Bd3 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 67. Kf2 Qc5+ 68. Ke2 a5 69. Rf3 Qe5+ 70. Kf2 Qd4+ 71. Kf1 g4 72. Rg3 Qf4+ 73. Kg2 Qd2+ 74. Kg1 Kf6 75. Bf1 Qd4+ 76. Kg2 Qe4+ 77. Kf2 Qf4+ 78. Kg2 Kg5 79. Be2 Kh4 80. Rd3 Qe5 81. Bf1 g3 {Black mates.} 82. Kg1 Qc5+ 83. Kh1 Qf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.48/Black=0.19 (very precise)} 0-1

