[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-III KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.03.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,15,9,16,25,23,18,17,17,20,12,13,15,13,7,0,7,18,18,18,17,31,15,5,19,13,35,0,0,4,18,3,29,33,68,57,52,64,119,127,147,139,141,133,135,156,143,136,137,149,147,142,154,142,184,183,277,272,266,273,345,323,355,0,223,0,353,350,346,342,335,311,504,490,1107,1084]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} Be6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. f3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Nge2 c4 12. Bf5 O-O 13. O-O Qe8 14. Bxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 15. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. b3 Rc8 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 Nb8 18. bxc4 Rxc4 19. Qd2 Qf7 20. Nge2 Ne8 21. Nd1 {½-½ (28) Fekih,B (2296)-Ben Fredj,J (2317) ICCF email 2019}) 15... a6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Rab1 Bb4 18. Be1 {[%cal Oc3e4]} Nb6 19. Qa2 Rf7 20. bxc4 Rxc4 21. a5 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Na4 23. Nxa4 Rxa4 24. Qd2 Rc7 (24... e5 $14) 25. Bg3 $16 Rc6 26. Rxb7 Qg6 27. Rc7 {White is more active.} Rxc7 28. Bxc7 Rc4 {Strongly threatening ...Rc2.} 29. Rc1 {To avoid Rc2} Qe8 30. Bg3 Qb5 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. e4 {To avoid Nd5} Qb3 {[#]} (32... Ne8 $16) 33. Be1 $1 $18 Ne8 (33... Qa3 {is a better defense.} 34. Kf2 Qa1) 34. d5 exd5 35. Qxd5+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qd5+ Kh7 $1 38. Qf5+ (38. Kf1 $142) 38... Kg8 $1 39. Qe6+ Kf8 40. h4 ({Worse is} 40. Qxa6 Qe3+ 41. Kf1 Qd3+ 42. Kf2 Qd4+ 43. Kg3 Qe5+ 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Kg3 Qe5+ 46. f4 Qxe4 47. Bb4+ Kg8 $11) ({Don't play} 40. Qf5+ Ke7 41. Qe5+ Kf7 42. Qd5+ Ke7 43. Qc5+ Ke6 $18) 40... Qd1 41. Kf2 {Threatening mate with Bb4+.} (41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Kf2 c3 $18) 41... Qd4+ $2 {[#]} (41... c3 {was worth a try.} 42. Qc4 (42. Qxa6 c2 $14) (42. Qf5+ Kg8 $16) 42... c2 43. Bb4+ Nd6 44. Bxd6+ Qxd6 45. Qxc2 Qf6 46. Qc5+ Ke8 47. Qc8+ Kf7) 42. Kg3 $1 {White threatens Bb4+ and mate.} c3 (42... Qc5 $142 43. Bc3 Qb5) 43. Bf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23 (precise) /Black=0.15 (very precise)} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-III KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.03.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-10,-23,-5,-11,-24,-28,-30,-21,-27,-31,-29,-29,-33,-32,-32,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-31,-31,-32,-21,-21,-12,-11,-12,-12,-1,-1,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. O-O h6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 10. Bd2 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. c4 d5 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Rfe1 Na6 14. d4 Nb4 15. Rac1 Be6 16. a3 Nc6 17. c5 {½-½ (36) Tabatabaei,M (2509)-Jobava,B (2714) Bandar e Anzali 2017}) 11. c4 Nc6 12. Nc3 {Prevents d5.} O-O {[%cal Bh8f8,Bf8d8,Bd8d5][%mdl 32]} 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Bd1 d5 15. Ba4 {[#] cxd5 is the strong threat.} Rfd8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 Bf6 20. Bc3 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 23. f3 Rxd3 24. Bc3 f6 25. a3 Kf7 26. h4 g5 27. hxg5 {The position is equal.} hxg5 28. Kf2 a6 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. Re1 Kf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-III KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,101,6,12,7,12,12,10,0,0,-12,0,11,53,55,48,43,52,45,42,0,19,-23,33,-16,0,0,0,-14,-16,-2,-15,-19,-19,-24,0,-37,-40,-41,-65,-107,-118,-100,0,0,0,0,-6,-12,0,0,0,-5,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 (6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 8. e3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. b4 Bf6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Bf3 Nc7 17. Nxd7 Bxc3+ {½-½ (70) Mamedyarov,S (2782)-Nakamura,H (2736) Saint Louis 2021}) 6... Nbd7 7. c5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c6 8. b4 {8.h3 is a critical line.} b6 9. h4 a5 10. a3 {[#]} Ng4 $146 {[%cal Oe6e5]} ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bg3 Qd5 15. Be2 Ba6 16. O-O axb4 17. axb4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 {½-½ (39) Matlakov,M (2682)-Martirosyan,H (2624) Riga 2021}) 11. Be2 h5 (11... Ba6 $11 {should be considered.}) 12. b5 $14 Bb7 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. O-O Rfc8 15. bxc6 (15. Ng5 $14) 15... Bxc6 16. Ng5 (16. a4 $142) 16... Nf8 ({Black should play} 16... a4 $1 $11) 17. Bd3 (17. a4 $14) 17... Be8 18. Rb1 Qd8 19. Na4 Ra7 {[%cal Ba8a7,Ba7c7,Bc7c3][%mdl 32]} 20. Qb3 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rd6h2] [#]} 22. Nf3 {Inhibits Qh2+. Active counter play!} Rac7 23. Nc5 (23. Qb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6d6]} Qxa3 24. Nc5 $11) 23... Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. a4 (25. Qb6 $15 {deserves consideration.} Qxb6 26. Rxb6) 25... Rc3 $17 26. Qd1 Bxa4 27. Qxa4 $11 {[#] Black must now prevent Be2. The position is equal.} Rxd3 28. Qxa5 Rdc3 29. Qa7 R3c6 30. Rb2 Rc1 31. Rb1 R1c6 32. Rb2 Ra6 33. Qb7 Raa8 34. Rfb1 Qc7 35. Qxc7 Rxc7 36. Nh2 Nh6 37. Nf3 f6 38. Ne1 Ra3 39. g3 Rac3 40. Rb3 Rxb3 41. Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc1 42. Kf1 g5 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kg6 45. hxg5 fxg5 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 46. Ke2 Ra1 47. Nd3 Ra2+ 48. Rb2 Rxb2+ 49. Nxb2 h4 50. gxh4 $1 gxh4 51. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-III KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.03.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,59,-1,2,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,-19,-14,-16,-10,-9,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,40,-29,-22,-15,-25,-11,-40,-17,213,191,243,233,448,447,437,311,316,321,320,319,294,274]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. g3 {E24: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines.} b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. d5 {Inhibits Nc6. The position is equal.} d6 10. O-O Qe7 {[%cal Re6d5]} 11. Nh4 (11. e4 $142) 11... Nbd7 $11 {[#]} 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Re1 Qc7 16. g4 Ne8 17. g5 Qe7 18. Qg4 {1-0 (45) Kharmunova,N (2137)-Akhtariev,A (2008) Kazan 2017}) 12... Ne5 13. e4 $1 Nxc4 14. Bf1 $1 Ne5 ({Don't do} 14... exd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. f4 $16) (14... b5 $5 {[%cal Re6d5]}) 15. c4 Ng6 16. Ng2 b5 17. cxb5 exd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. Ne3 Rfe8 {[%cal Of6d5]} 20. Bb2 {[#]} ({White should play} 20. Re2 $14) 20... Nxd5 $1 21. Nxd5 {Hoping for Qd2.} Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Bxd5 23. Rd1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3d6][%mdl 32]} Nh4 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} 24. Rd3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} ({Worse is} 24. Qc3 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Nd4+ 26. Kg1 Qf5 $17) 24... Qg4 {[#]} (24... Nf3+ $142 25. Rxf3 Bxf3) 25. Qc3 $1 Be4 {[#]} (25... Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Bxf3) 26. Be2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qg5 27. Rxd6 {Threatens to win with f4.} Nf5 {White has a decisive advantage.} 28. Qe5 ({Not} 28. Qxc5 Qe7 29. Rc6 Bxc6 30. Qxc6 Rd8 $17) 28... Qe7 29. Qxe7 Nxe7 30. a4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.38} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-III KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,0,-8,-8,-2,-4,-11,-11,-20,-27,-25,-7,-21,-20,-51,-27,-59,-60,-65,-58,-79,-42,-42,-25,-55,-43,-41,-48,-40,-31,-50,-24,-54,-63,-74,0,-68,-56,-65,-39,-46,-31,-32,0,-90,-81,-80,0,0,0,-87,-55,-127,-14,-56,7,-31,-23,-135,-140,-134,-50,-45,33,24,186,187,282,262,1214,1180]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 {D04: Colle System.} 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 10. a3 Rc8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Re1 Re8 14. g4 Bg6 {[#]} 15. Bxg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe2 Bb8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Rad1 Qh4 19. Kg2 a6 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Bc1 Qc5 22. Bb2 {0-1 (40) Korkmaz,N (2101)-Musovic,A (2207) Chess.com INT 2020}) 15... hxg6 {[%cal Bh7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 16. Ne5 g5 (16... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d4]}) 17. c4 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6][%mdl 32]} 18. Nd3 Nf8 19. c5 Bb8 20. b4 Ng6 21. Nf3 f6 22. Qc2 Kf7 23. Re2 Qc7 (23... Rh8 $17 24. Kg2 (24. b5 $2 Rxh3 25. Kg2 Qh8 $19) 24... Qd7) 24. Re3 (24. Nde5+ $1 $11 Ncxe5 25. dxe5) 24... Rh8 $1 $15 25. Rae1 Kf8 26. Qe2 Rxh3 27. Rxe6 {White threatens Re8+ and mate.} Kg8 (27... Nce7 $5 {[%cal Rg6h4]} 28. Rd6 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $15) 28. Re8+ (28. Kg2 $1 $11 Rh2+ 29. Kg1) 28... Kh7 $17 29. Re3 {[%cal Of3g5] Nxg5+! is the strong threat.} Kg8 30. Re8+ $1 Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Rxe8.} 31. Re3 {[%cal Of3g5]} Rh6 {Threatens to win with ...Qd7.} 32. b5 {[#]} (32. Re8 $15) 32... Na5 ({Better is} 32... Qd7 $1 $17 33. Nxg5+ fxg5 34. bxc6 bxc6) 33. Re6 Rh3 ({Black should play} 33... Rd8 $1 $15) 34. Re3 {[%cal Of3g5]} Rh4 35. Qc2 (35. Re6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 35... Rxg4+ 36. Kf1 {[%cal Od3e5] [#] Strongly threatening Nde5!} Nc4 {Against Nde5} (36... Qd7 $1 $17 {[%cal Og4e4] And now ...Re4! would win.} 37. c6 Qf5) 37. Re6 $15 {[%cal Od3e5] Against Re4} Qd7 (37... Re4 $15 38. R1xe4 dxe4 39. Qxc4 Qf7) 38. c6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} bxc6 (38... Qf7 $11) 39. Nc5 $18 Qc7 {[#]} (39... Qf7 {was necessary.}) 40. Bc1 $1 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Kh6 $2 (40... cxb5 $2 41. Qf5 Qf7 42. Qxg4 $18) (40... Nd6 41. Ne5 Re4) 41. Qf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.35} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-III KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,126,0,3,-13,0,25,0,0,13,6,26,20,31,15,22,0,56,51,85,57,99,110,108,102,104,45,56,42,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,0,-25,0,0,-2,-36,-47,-64,-64,-70,-77,-65,-64,-284,-283,-305,-299,-281,-271,-330,-329,-408,-403,-405,-379,-395,-387,-507,-387,-431,-374,-375,-349,-416,-366,-401,-384,-477,-484,-634,-555,-604,-602,-756,-739,-688,-657,-661,-649,-868,-852,-997,-1081,-1023,-1037,-979,-978,-926,-865,-822,-695,-884,-850,-765,-809,-912,-866,-1280,-1264,-1237,-1225,-1109,-1074,-1644,-1835,-1436,-2187,-1879,-1542]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 {[%cal Re4d5] [#] D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Ne2 h6 12. h4 Rg8 {1-0 (29) Bortnyk,O (2598)-Sychev,K (2572) Chess.com INT 2020}) 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. e5 {The position is equal.} Ng8 9. O-O-O e6 {[#]} 10. Ne4 $1 {Inhibits c5.} Bd7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 f6 (12... Qf6 $1 $11) 13. Nf3 $14 Rb8 14. Rhe1 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Rxb6 16. Be3 Rb8 17. c4 (17. Nd4 $16) 17... Kf7 18. Rd3 Nh6 19. Ra3 (19. Bxh6 $14 gxh6 20. Nd2) 19... Nf5 $11 20. Bc5 h5 $1 21. Rxa6 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Kb1 e5 24. h3 h4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 25. b3 Ke6 26. Kb2 g5 27. Re2 Be8 28. a4 dxc4 29. Rd2 cxb3 30. Kxb3 Kd7 31. Bb6 $2 {Now White is beyond hope.} (31. Ka3 $15) 31... Nxd6 32. a5 Bf7+ 33. Kb4 Bd5 34. Rc2 Nc8 35. Rb2 Nxb6 36. axb6 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra6 37. Kc3 Kc8 38. Nh2 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32] Against Ng4} 39. Nf1 Kb7 40. Ne3 Be6 41. Rd2 Rxb6 42. Rd8 Kc7 43. Rf8 f4 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Nc2 Rb3+ 45. Kd2 Kd6 46. Rf6 Ke7 47. Rh6 c5 48. Rh7+ Bf7 49. Ne1 Rb2+ 50. Kc3 Rxf2 51. Nd3 Re2 52. Nxc5 Kf6 53. Nd7+ Ke6 54. Nc5+ Kd5 55. Nd7 Be6 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxd7.} 56. Nf6+ Kc6 57. Re7 Bf5 58. Ne8 Rc2+ 59. Kb4 Rxg2 60. Rc7+ Kd5 61. Rc5+ Kd4 {( -> ...Rb2+)} 62. Rc4+ Ke3 {Threatens to win with ...f3.} 63. Nf6 Bd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.11 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-III KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,93,91,54,99,70,54,10,18,0,0,-22,0,-66,-50,-46,-20,-38,-19,-170,-153,-159,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-55,-73,-69,-154,-145,-160,-141,-157,-133,-133,-109,-91,0,-114,-3,-44,-23,-26,-37,-110,-40,-95,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,157,156,283,283,283,283,29969,29966]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 c5 10. Nd2 {&Bianco is more active.} Kh8 {[#] E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} 11. g4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Ng8 12. b4 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. Nb3 b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Rb1 a6 18. Nc3 {½-½ (80) Sunilduth Lyna,N (2611)-Firouzja,A (2702) chess24.com INT 2020}) 11... Ng8 12. Nf3 Nb6 {The position is equal.} 13. h3 (13. g5 {feels hotter.} Bh3 14. Re1 f5 15. gxf6 Qxf6 16. Ng5) 13... f5 $1 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 (15. Bg5 Bf6 16. h4 h6 $17) (15. Kh2 $1 $11) 15... Bxf5 $15 16. Ng5 Bh6 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Kh1 $2 (18. f3 $1 $11) 18... Bxg5 $19 (18... Bxh3 19. Rg1 $15) 19. Bxg5 Bxh3 $2 ({Better is} 19... h6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 20. Be3 (20. Bxh6 Qh7 $17) 20... Qe7) 20. Rg1 $11 Rxf2 {[%cal Oh3g2]} 21. Qe3 Raf8 {[%cal Ob6c4]} 22. Ne4 {[#]} Nxc4 $1 23. Bxc4 {This bishop pair is nice.} R2f3 24. Bf6+ R3xf6 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Rg3 Bg4 (26... Rf4 27. Rxh3 Rxc4 28. Rf1 $17) 27. Rf1 {Against Rf4} (27. Qg5 $2 Bf3+ 28. Kg1 Rg6 $1 $19) 27... Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Nf6 (28... h5 $17 29. Qg5 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Nxe7) 29. Kg1 (29. Bh3 $1 $11 Bxh3 30. Qh6) 29... Qf5 (29... Nxd5 $2 30. Qh6 Qg7 31. Qxg7+ (31. Qxd6 Nf6 $18) 31... Kxg7 32. Rxg4+ Kf6 33. Rh4 $18) (29... Qg7 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Nh5.} 30. Rg2 h5) 30. Qh6 (30. b4 $5) 30... Ne4 {( -> ...Qf2+)} (30... Nxd5 $2 31. Bd3 (31. Qxd6 Nf6 $16) 31... Qf7 32. Rxg4 $18) 31. Rg2 {[#] Prevents Qf2+. Black must now prevent Be2. Chess con chili.} Qf6 $1 32. Qxf6+ Nxf6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 33. Rg3 {[#]} h5 ({Black should try} 33... Kg7 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Kf7.} 34. Be2 h5) 34. Ra3 $11 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32] ...Kg7 is the strong threat.} ({Resist} 34... Nxd5 35. Rxa7 b6 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Rd8 $14) 35. Rb3 b5 {aiming for ...Kg7.} 36. Ra3 Bc8 ({But not} 36... Nxd5 37. Rxa6 Nb4 38. Rxd6 $16) 37. Bxb5 $1 axb5 38. Ra8 Kg7 39. Rxc8 {KR-KN} Kf7 40. Rb8 b4 41. a4 bxa3 $1 (41... Nxd5 $2 42. a5 $18) 42. bxa3 {[%cal Bb2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Nxd5 43. a4 {And now a5 would win.} Ke7 $2 (43... Ke6 $11) 44. a5 $16 {[%mdl 1024] Threatening mate with a6. White has strong compensation.} Nb4 {[#]} (44... Nc7 $16) 45. Rb6 $1 $18 Kd7 46. a6 {a7 would kill now.} Nd5 $2 (46... Nc6 $18 47. a7 Nxa7 48. Rb7+ Ke6) 47. Rb8 {Both players deserved the win here.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.18 (very precise) /Black=0.50} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-III KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,6,2,0,26,0,0,0,20,25,42,35,29,26,29,28,28,16,31,14,27,8,31,0,36,35,46,27,55,55,52,22,15,5,7,12,9,9,13,6,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-18,-23,-23,-32,-8,-43,-35,-199,-200,-29993,-29994]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Na6 6. Nc3 {Prevents d5. A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Bc5 7. Qd1 O-O 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} d6 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 d5 {[#]} 11. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ng5 dxc4 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc4 Qxd1 14. Nxd1 Rad8 15. Rb1 Rd7 16. Nb2 Nb4 17. Na4 {1-0 (61) Haessel,D (2256)-Neven,K (2299) Edmonton 2004}) 11... Nxd5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bb2 Nf6 14. Neg5 {Strongly threatening Qb1.} Qxd1 (14... Bf5 {is more complex.} 15. Qc1 h6 16. Nh4 Bg4) 15. Raxd1 Bc8 16. Nd4 Re8 {[#]} 17. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 18. Bxc6 Bf5 19. e4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bg6 20. f3 ({Reject} 20. Bxe8 Nxe8 21. f4 f6 $11) 20... Ng4 {...Ne3 is the strong threat.} 21. Bc1 {Against Ne3} Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Ne3+ 23. Bxe3 Bxe3 24. Nh3 Nb4 {[%csl LRa2,LRc6]} 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Nf4 Nxa2 27. Nd5 Bc5 28. Ra1 Nb4 {Threatens to win with ...Nxd5.} 29. Nxb4 Bxb4 30. Rxa7 f5 31. exf5 Re2+ 32. Kh1 Bxf5 {Hoping for ...Bh3.} 33. Rb7 $2 {[#]} (33. g4 $15 Be6 34. Rd1) 33... Bh3 $1 $19 {( -> ...Bc5). This bishop pair is nice.} 34. Rc1 {[#] Inhibits Bc5.} (34. Rb8+ $19 Kf7 35. Rxb4 Bxf1 36. Kg1) 34... Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.44/Black=0.05 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-III KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,11,13,10,0,8,8,9,9,9,33,27,34,33,47,62,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 {[#]} 13. cxd5 $1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 {[%cal Od5e6]} exd5 15. Be3 (15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. e6 gxf4 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Qxe4 fxg3 19. fxg3 b6 20. Nf5 Rae8 21. Qd5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qe2 23. Raf1 Qe3+ 24. R1f2 Qe1+ 25. Rf1 Qe3+ 26. R1f2 Qe1+ 27. Rf1 Qe3+ {½-½ (27) So,W (2770)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2021}) 15... Nxe5 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4.} 16. f3 {Prevents Ng4.} ({Of course not} 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Re8 $11) 16... Nc5 17. Bf5 Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 17...f6 at the moment.} 18. Rae1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 {This bishop pair is nice.} Nc6 20. f4 Nxd4 (20... gxf4 {feels hotter.} 21. Rxf4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qg4) 21. cxd4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 {[#] aiming for Re5.} Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qh6 24. Qc7 Rac8 ({Not} 24... Qd2 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Re7 $16) 25. Qe5 f6 {Against Rg5+} 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 {[#]} 27. Qxb7 $146 ({Better is} 27. Rf2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 27. Rf2 Rc1 28. Qe6 Rd8 29. d5 Rxd5 30. Kg2 Rxe1 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7+ Kg6 33. Qxd5 {½-½ (48) Xiong,J (2700)-So,W (2778) Saint Louis 2021}) 27... Rc2 $11 {[%csl LRa2,LRh2] The position is equal.} 28. Rf2 {Active counter play!} Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 30. Qg2 Qh5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-III KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,28,0,10]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-III KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.04.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,-27,-25,-35,-26,-26,-16,-26,-18,-25,-27,-35,-33,-41,-28,-77,-68,-132,-136,-138,-103,-94,-99,-135,-109,-89,-107,-109,-114,-119,-107,-105,-121,-95,-123,-151,-152,-173,-169,-222,-221,-217,-199,-191,0,0,0,0,189,194,209,168,210,207,199,59,61,60,49,46,46,46,53,56,54,54,46,46,54,54,54,44,45,43,44,46,50,53,77,15,26,11,12,26,26,20,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 (3... Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7 7. Bb3 Nf5 8. Nd5 Bd8 9. Ne2 c6 10. Ne3 d5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Re8 14. O-O Bb6 15. Ng3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 {1-0 (47) Nakamura,H (2745)-So,W (2767) Chess.com INT 2020}) 4. d3 c6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. Nf3 {C27: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nxe4.} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 7. Bb3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 {[#]} 9. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nd1 Bb6 10. Be3 h6 11. a4 b4 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Nd2 {½-½ (14) Gappel,H-Mayer,E (2379) IECC email 2010}) 9... a5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd1 h6 12. Be3 (12. Bh4 $11) 12... Re8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 13. c3 (13. Bxc5 $1 $15 Nxc5 14. Bc4) 13... Ba6 {[%cal Of6e4]} 14. Qc2 bxc3 15. bxc3 Rb8 16. Re1 d5 17. Ba2 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 {[%cal Re4d5]} Nc5 {[%csl LRd3,LRe4]} 19. Red1 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bd3 $1 21. Qc1 Qb6 (21... Nfxe4 $6 22. Ne1 $11) 22. Nd2 Qa7 $1 ({Stronger than} 22... Nfxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Nc4 $17) (22... Bxe4 23. Nec4 Qa7 24. Nxe4 Ncxe4 25. Qc2 $17) 23. Ndc4 Nfxe4 24. f3 (24. Nd2 $142) 24... Nf6 $19 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. Kh1 Be2 $2 (26... Rbd8 $19 27. Nec4 e4) 27. Rd2 $11 Ba6 {[%cal Oc5e4]} 28. Nef5 {[%cal Of5g7] Strongly threatening Nxg7!} Nb3 $2 (28... Nd3 $11 {and Black is okay.} 29. Qf1 e4) 29. Bxb3 $18 Rxb3 30. Qe1 Kh7 {[#]} (30... Rfb8 $2 31. Qg3 Nh5 32. Qg4) 31. Nxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 {[#]} 32. Qxe5 (32. Nf5+ $1 $18 Kh7 33. Rd6) 32... Qb8 $14 33. h4 $1 {Hoping for Nf5+. &Bianco is much more active.} ({Reject} 33. Nf5+ Kg6 34. Ne7+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ Kg6 36. Ne7+ Kg7 37. Nf5+ $11) 33... Rb1+ 34. Rxb1 $1 Qxb1+ 35. Kh2 {[%cal Bh1h2,Bh2h3,Bh3g4][%mdl 32]} Qg6 36. Nf5+ $1 Kh7 37. Rd6 Rg8 $1 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg6g2]} 38. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4,Bg4f5][%mdl 32]} Re8 $1 39. Qxf6 {Black must now prevent g4.} Re2+ 40. Kh3 {Threatens to win with g4.} Bc8 41. g4 {Really sharp!} Bxf5 42. Qxf5 Qxf5 43. gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} c5 44. Ra6 (44. Rf6 $16 Kg7 45. Ra6) 44... Re3 $11 {[%csl LRc3,LRf3]} 45. Kg4 (45. Rxa5 Rxf3+ 46. Kg4 Rxc3 $14) 45... Rxc3 46. Rxa5 {h5 is the strong threat.} Rc4+ 47. Kg3 Rb4 48. h5 c4 {The position is equal.} 49. Ra7 Kg7 50. Ra6 (50. f4 $5 {[%cal Rg3g4]}) 50... c3 {( -> ...Rc4)} 51. f6+ Kh7 {aiming for ...Rc4.} 52. Rc6 {Inhibits Rc4.} Rxa4 53. Rc7 Kg8 54. Rc8+ Kh7 55. Rc7 Kg8 56. Rc8+ Kh7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.15 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-III KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.04.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,130,16,19,12,4,11,11,13,13,10,7,40,39,34,21,43,46,52,34,32,12,24,15,32,26,20,17,22,13,23,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,16,0,4,4,39,41,84,72,71,75,108,103,383,369,382,385,388,368,386,396,365,398,395,389,427,427,467,450,411,422,537,531,535,524,560,536,691,703,714,703,703,653,577,648,694,691,684,718,718,705,560,550,784,747,861,829,948,947,918,892,2693,2689,2140,1850,2752,2458,1798,1737,1789,1217,1047,0,1564,1534,1252,1010,12045,7106,29978]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1e1,Be1e5][%mdl 32]} Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. d5 Bc5 {[%cal Oc5f2]} 11. Re1 d6 {The position is equal.} 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 (13... Qh4 {is more complex.} 14. g3 Qh3 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Ne4 Bb6) 14. Qxd3 Nf6 15. h3 {Inhibits Ng4.} h6 16. Bd2 Qd7 {[#]} 17. Qf3 $146 {[%cal Od2h6]} ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Rae8 19. Rae1 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 c6 21. c4 cxd5 22. cxd5 b5 23. Bc3 {½-½ (67) Miron,L (2490)-Georgescu,T (2508) Mamaia 2019}) 17... Bd4 18. Rad1 {[%cal Od2h6]} Rae8 19. Rxe8 Nxe8 20. Qd3 Bb6 21. Re1 Nf6 {[%cal Be8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7e5][%mdl 32]} 22. Ne4 Qf5 {[#] ...Nxe4 is the strong threat.} 23. g4 Qg6 24. Bc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nd7 25. Ng3 {And now Nf5 would win.} Qxd3 26. cxd3 g6 27. Kg2 Ne5 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Ne4 {[#] Hoping for Nf6+.} Kf8 {[%cal Oe5d3]} 30. Nf6 {Strongly threatening a4. Black is now going downhill.} Re7 31. a4 {Black must now prevent a5. &Bianco is more active.} a5 32. h4 {aiming for Bxe5.} c6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Nd7 $16 {was necessary.}) 33. Bxe5 $18 dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. d6 Re6 35. Nd7+ Kg7 36. Nxb6 Rxd6 {KRN-KR} 37. Nc4 Rd4 38. f3 Kf6 39. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} b5 40. axb5 cxb5 41. Nxa5 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Kg3 Rd6 44. b4 Kf5 45. Nb3 Rg6+ 46. Kf2 Ra6 47. Na5 Rd6 48. Ke3 Rd4 49. Nc6 Rxh4 50. d4 exd4+ 51. Rxd4 Rh1 52. Rd5+ Kg6 53. Rxb5 h4 54. Ne5+ Kg7 55. Kf4 Rg1 56. Ng4 h3 57. Rg5+ Kf8 58. Rh5 Kg7 59. b5 Rb1 60. Rg5+ Kh7 61. Nf6+ Kh6 62. Ng4+ Kh7 63. Kg3 {White is clearly winning.} Rb3 64. Rf5 Kg6 65. Rf6+ Kg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.35} 1-0

