[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Balogun, Oluwafemi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,34,28,16,19,13,17,18,18,16,31,0,27,44,29,11,14,18,14,0,0,0,0,0,51,20,42,50,39,33,37,11,71,41,50,39,52,10,47,60,48,43,79,48,41,36,38,29,42,0,0,0,0,0,79,112,156,139,166,160,169,168,261,264,291,306,585,594,700,696]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O {B06: Modern Defence} Bg4 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 {The position is equal.} Bxf3 $1 9. Qxf3 e5 10. Rd1 Qe8 (10... Nd7 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Na3 Nb6 13. Bb5 f5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. exf5 e4 16. f6 Rxf6 {0-1 (61) Bacrot,E (2718)-Ponomariov,R (2714) Beijing 2014}) 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. g4 Nd7 13. Qg2 f5 14. Nd2 Nf6 {0-1 (42) Johansson-Timman,J Stockholm 1972}) 12... Nh5 13. Bb5 {[%cal Bc4b5,Bb5a4,Ba4c2][%mdl 32]} Qc8 14. Na3 a6 15. Ba4 f5 16. Bc2 f4 (16... fxe4 $11 17. Bxe4 Qd7) 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Nf6 19. g5 Nd7 20. Nc4 b6 (20... h6 $11) 21. b4 h6 22. gxh6 Bxh6 {[%cal Bg7h6,Bh6g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} 23. g4 Nf6 24. f3 $1 Bg5 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. a4 Bh4 27. Bd2 g5 28. Rh1 Ng6 29. Kf1 Rh8 30. Ke2 Bg3 $1 31. a5 b5 (31... bxa5 $1 $11 32. Nxa5 Rh4) 32. Na3 $16 Ne7 33. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} c6 34. dxc6 Nxc6 {[#]} 35. Bc3 $1 ({And not} 35. cxb5 Nd4+ 36. Kd3 Rhd8 $17) 35... Rxh1 (35... Na7 $142 36. cxb5 Rhc8) 36. Rxh1 $18 bxc4 37. Nxc4 Rb8 $2 (37... Ne8 38. Rd1 Nc7) 38. Nxd6 Kg6 39. Nf5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Cawdery, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,27,20,51,35,27,31,33,13,48,39,45,31,61,53,70,70,70,33,22,35,34,28,51,14,15,7,34,39,67,0,46,45,30,29,22,32,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,64,66,5,8,-18,382,372,372,374,408,349,383,325]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qd2 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} h6 10. Rc1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Be6 11. Nf3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. h4 Nd5 12. Nf3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. O-O Qd6 15. Ne4 Qb4 16. b3 Bd5 {1-0 (41) Jones,G (2648)-Bulski,K (2538) Warsaw 2013}) 11... Bh3 12. Rg1 Bg4 13. Nh4 Nd5 14. Na4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 O-O 16. b3 Qd6 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Qc5 Qe6 {[#] And now ...Bd4! would win.} 19. Ng2 $1 g5 20. Qxc6 Qe5 21. Qc3 Qd6 (21... Qf5 $5 {[%cal Rg7c3]} 22. Qd2 Qg6 $11) 22. Qc4 Be6 23. Qc5 Qa6 24. Qb4 ({Better is} 24. Rf1 $14) 24... Rb8 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. Nc5 Bd5 27. Qc2 f5 28. Kf2 Kh8 29. Rgf1 f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. e4 f3 32. exf3 Qxh2 33. Ke1 Bd4 34. Qd2 ({White should try} 34. Nd7 $14 Qg3+ 35. Kd1 Rxf3 36. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 37. Qe2 Qxe2+ 38. Kxe2) 34... Bg8 35. Nd7 {[#] aiming for Ne3.} (35. Ne3 $5 {[%cal Rd2h2]} Qd6 36. Na4 $11) 35... Rbd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Qg3+ $11 36. Kd1 Rxf3 37. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 38. Qe2 Qxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Rd8 40. Rxc7 Be6) 36. Nxf8 $18 Rxf8 37. Rc6 Kh7 38. Kd1 Bf7 39. Nf4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,83,39,42,41,54,47,25,30,0,0,-2,12,0,13,-10,70,32,54,54,55,36,55,43,61,49,45,35,81,41,66,54,77,41,161,133,132,124,153,118,199,187,178,186,220,219,238,243,233,238,421,416,390,356,386,427,402,378,933,921]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g6 14. Ne3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bg7 15. a4 Qd7 16. b4 {[#]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nd8) 17. Bb3 Nf4 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Bh4 Nf4 20. h3 Kh8 (20... Nd8 $11) 21. Bg3 Nh5 22. Bh2 Nf6 23. Qd2 Rab8 24. Rec1 Rf8 25. axb5 axb5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Rxc4 Ne7 28. Qc2 c6 29. Ra5 Nh5 (29... Qd8 $14) 30. d4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd4e5][%mdl 2048] White is in control.} exd4 31. Nxd4 Ra8 32. Nf3 Ba6 (32... Nf6 $16 33. Rd4 d5) 33. g4 $1 Nf6 34. Rd4 Ne8 {[#]} 35. Rd2 $1 Qb7 {[#]} 36. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d6]} d5 37. Qc5 Rb8 $2 {[#]} (37... Qa7 {was called for.} 38. Nd4 Qxc5 39. Rxc5 Bb7) 38. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ra8 (38... fxe6 39. Bxb8) 39. exf7 Nf6 {White must now prevent ...Ne4.} 40. Bc2 Rxf7 41. Ne5 $1 {[%csl LRf7,LRg6]} Rff8 $2 {[#]} (41... Kg8 42. Nxf7 Kxf7) 42. Qxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 56%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "El Gindy, Essam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,93,0,2,18,20,8,14,12,14,8,13,14,6,33,0,28,34,47,35,37,25,35,8,13,3,20,12,26,4,0,2,67,66,68,66,62,49,91,51,95,81,87,82,81,80,82,78,83,60,104,97,83,74,128,80,83,82,139,143,142,107,165,155,155,39,27,0,51,0,33,39,35,21,27,21,39,43,65,64,224,225,29996,29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 d4 7. Ne2 O-O {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} (7... Na6 8. a3 Nc5 9. Ba2 Be6 10. O-O Bxa2 11. Rxa2 Ne6 12. a4 O-O 13. h3 Nh5 14. Nd2 Bc7 15. Nb3 {0-1 (58) Guerra Mendez,J (2542)-Cuartas,J (2482) Barcelona 2017}) 8. O-O c5 9. Ng3 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 10. Nh4 g6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nf3 {And now Bh6 would win.} Kg7 13. h3 (13. Qc1 $5 {[%cal Rg5h6]}) 13... Ng8 14. Bd2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be6 15. Ba4 Qc7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. b3 h6 18. Qe2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Bc8 20. Qd1 Kh7 {½-½ (20) Tamai,R-Bellia,F (2320) Rome 1990}) 15. c3 Bd6 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. a3 Qe7 19. Nh2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rac8 20. Bc4 Rc7 21. Ne2 (21. Ba2 {looks sharper.} Nf6 22. Ne2 Nh5 23. b4 a6 24. Bb3) 21... Be6 ({Better is} 21... Nf6 $11) 22. Bxe6 $14 fxe6 23. Ng4 h5 24. Nh2 Qh4 25. Be1 Rcf7 26. Kh1 Qd8 27. Ng1 Nf6 28. b4 a6 29. Bd2 Nh7 30. Qe2 Be7 31. Ngf3 Bd6 32. h4 Rc7 (32... Rg8 $142) 33. Ng5 Nxg5 34. Bxg5 Be7 (34... Qe8 $142) 35. Nf3 $16 Qd6 36. g3 Bxg5 (36... Bd8 $16) 37. Nxg5 $18 Rfc8 38. Qd2 (38. Rg1 $16) 38... Nd8 $1 $14 39. Rxc7+ Qxc7 40. b5 ({White should try} 40. Qa2 $1 $14) 40... Qc2 (40... Qc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3d2]} 41. Qe2 axb5 $11) 41. Qb4 Qc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b4] Black wants to play ...Qxb4.} 42. bxa6 Qxb4 43. axb4 {[#] Black must now prevent Ra1.} bxa6 44. Ra1 Nc6 45. Ra4 Kf6 $2 (45... Re8 $14) 46. Rxa6 $18 {Hoping for b5.} Nxb4 $2 {[#]} (46... Ke7 $18 47. b5 Nb4) 47. Ra7 $1 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 43%.} ({Less strong is} 47. Rxe6+ Kg7 $14) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mollah Abdullah, Al Rakib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,77,10,7,20,26,27,37,31,29,20,27,19,12,25,22,7,13,14,8,-3,17,11,20,20,50,-1,29,8,15,-14,17,12,23,19,16,19,103,0,0,-45,0,0,0,-17,7,0,43,32,114,105,108,127,122,102,274,267,262,256,379,327,243,266,247,247,741,722]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 Ne4 {LiveBook: 37 Games. A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (7... c5 8. Nc3 d6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. h3 b5 11. cxb5 a6 12. bxa6 Bxa6 13. Re1 Ne8 14. Bf4 h6 15. Qc2 g5 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Nd1 e6 {0-1 (71) Idani,P (2569)-Mamedov,R (2680) Abu Dhabi 2017}) 8. Nfd2 Nxd2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... Nd6 9. e4 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}) 9. Qxd2 c6 {White has an edge.} 10. Nc3 cxd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 Qb6 14. Ne4 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Nd7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. h4 Ne5 18. h5 Bc8 19. Rd4 (19. Ng5 $14) 19... Bg4 (19... Bf5 {looks sharper.} 20. Ng5 gxh5 21. Bh3 Bxh3 22. Nxh3 Rac8) 20. hxg6 (20. Ng5 {with more complications.} Rac8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. exf3 Qc5 24. f4) 20... hxg6 21. f4 Bxe2 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Qxe2 {Strongly threatening Ng5.} Qxd4+ 24. Kh2 f6 (24... Kg7 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Qxb5 (25. d6 $16 {dxe7 is the strong threat.} Kg7 26. g4) 25... Kg7 $11 26. Nf2 Rh8+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 27. Kg1 Rad8 28. Rd1 Qe3 29. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qb6 30. Rc1 Rc8 (30... Qa5 $14) 31. Rc6 $16 Rxc6 32. dxc6 {[%cal Bd5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rd8 33. Qc3 $1 Qd4 $2 {[#]} (33... Kf7 $16) 34. Qxd4 $1 $18 exd4 35. Nd3 f5 (35... Kf7 $142 36. Nc5 d3) 36. Nc5 {aiming for Ne6+.} Kf6 {[#]} 37. c7 $1 {[%cal Rc7d8]} Rc8 38. Na6 {Threatens to win with Bb7.} d3 $2 (38... Ke6 39. Bb7 Kd7 40. Nc5+ Kxc7) 39. Kf2 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,133,32,29,33,23,41,38,148,144,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,9,35,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,66,64,62,58,59,62,62,48,116,102,116,117,121,128,116,112,120,101,164,164,145,143,129,128,126,0,73,58,64,58,57,22,25,22,22,22,22,27,57,31,86,62,69,64,161,150,137,34,33,35,27,38,177,37,34,8,173,175,193,173,29964,29961,29958,29942,6179,4656,29974,29975,29974,29975,29976,29978,29978,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Ne7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bg5 Be6 {A27: English Opening: Three Knights Variation} (10... Rb8 11. Qd2 f6 12. Be3 c5 13. Rad1 Be6 14. b3 Nf5 15. Bd5 Qd7 16. Bf4 g5 17. Qd3 Rf7 18. Bc1 Re8 19. e3 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 {0-1 (42) Van Wely,L (2691)-Ernst,S (2552) Wolvega 2012}) 11. Qd3 Rb8 12. b3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 {White has an edge.} 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Rad1 Nc6 $146 (14... Rbe8 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14... f6 15. Bh6 Bh3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Nb5 {½-½ (43) Schwetje,R-Paulsen,D GER corr 1998}) 15. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4f6]} f6 (15... Bh3 $16) 16. Nxc5 (16. Bf4 {with more complications.} Qe8 17. Nc3 Rf7 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Bh6) 16... dxc5 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. Rxd7 {Bd2 is the strong threat.} Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5d7]} 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Rd5 Kf7 23. Bh3 Ke7 24. Bxc5+ (24. Bxd7 $5 Rxd7 25. Rxc5 $14 (25. Bxc5+ Ke6 $11)) 24... Nxc5 25. Rxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Kd6 27. Ra5 Ra8 (27... f5 $11) 28. c5+ Ke7 29. Bg4 a6 30. Bf3 Ra7 31. b4 {And now b5 would win.} Rc1 (31... Rb1 $14) 32. Bc6 $1 $16 Rc4 33. a3 Rc3 34. f4 g5 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Kf2 Kd8 (36... Kf6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 37. Ke1 $1 $18 Re3 38. b5 Re6 {[#]} 39. Bd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Rh6 40. c6 (40. Ra4 $16) 40... Rf6 (40... Ke7 $11) 41. bxa6 Ke7 42. Be4 h6 43. h3 Re6 44. Bd5 Re3 45. Kf2 Rc3 46. Be4 Ke6 47. a4 Ra3 (47... Kd6 $14) 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kf6 {[#]} (49... Kd6 $14) 50. Bd3 $1 Kg7 51. Rd5 (51. Ke3 $16) 51... Rxa4 $14 52. Rd7+ Kf6 53. Kg3 Ra3 ({Black should play} 53... h5 $1 $14) 54. Kg4 (54. Kf4 $18) 54... Ra4+ 55. Kh5 (55. e4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f4]}) 55... Ra5+ $2 (55... Ra8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 56. Kxh6 $18 Rc5 57. Rg7 Rh5+ $2 (57... Ra8 $18) 58. Kxh5 Kxg7 {KR-KB} 59. Kg5 Ra8 60. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Rd8 61. h6+ {White mates.} Kf8 62. a7 Ra8 63. Kf6 ({Stronger than} 63. h7 Kg7 $11) 63... Kg8 64. h7+ Kh8 65. Ke7 Rxa7 66. Kd7 Kg7 67. Kc8 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Haddouche, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,91,0,0,-9,12,0,17,18,24,29,39,29,29,29,47,37,61,38,102,109,102,100,108,120,108,109,108,106,114,102,100,89,90,94,93,94,111,105,129,131,182,172,166,177,163,158,174,182,181,178,202,192,196,191,192,198,189,0,185,169,259,243,263,263,254,237,395,294,294,294,642,585,596,622,885,872,4702,2715]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Rd8 {LiveBook: 207 Games} 9. Bd2 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} Be6 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 {The position is equal.} Na6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Ba5 b6 14. Be1 Rac8 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. b4 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 {½-½ (43) Giri,A (2773)-So,W (2808) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 12. Rfc1 Ne8 13. e3 h6 14. Ba5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rdc8 15. Nd2 Nec7 16. Bf1 (16. Bxc7 $5 Rxc7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rxc7 Nxc7 19. Nc5 $14) 16... Bd7 (16... Rcb8 $14) 17. Bxc7 $1 $16 Rxc7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bxa6 $1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 bxa6 21. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7d7]} Bxa4 22. bxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Rb7 Rb8 25. Rxa7 Rb6 26. a5 Rc6 {[#]} 27. Rb7 $1 Rc2 (27... d4 $16) 28. Nf3 $18 Rxb2 {[#]} 29. Ra7 $1 Bc3 30. Rxa6 Kg7 31. Rb6 {aiming for Rxb2.} Ra2 32. a6 Ra4 33. Kg2 Ra2 34. g4 Ra4 35. Kg3 Ra3 36. Kg2 Ra4 $1 37. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4,Bh4g5][%mdl 32]} Ra2 (37... d4 {might work better.} 38. Rc6 (38. Nxd4 Bxd4 39. exd4 Rxd4 $18) 38... Ba1 39. Nxd4 Bxd4) 38. h4 Ra4 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Ra2 $2 (40... Kf8 41. Rb8+ Ke7) 41. Rc6 Ra3 42. Rc7 Ba5 $2 (42... Bb4 43. a7 Bd6) 43. Rb7 {White is clearly winning.} Bc3 44. a7 Ba1 45. Nd4 Bxd4 46. exd4 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Krysa, Leandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "226"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,226,43,25,24,0,0,0,22,31,18,25,35,41,55,55,45,45,51,35,44,41,52,49,91,92,102,99,120,120,120,120,120,116,118,94,97,91,106,104,120,118,118,114,164,133,126,117,222,177,224,217,224,205,221,144,168,159,181,178,300,297,371,372,372,330,385,392,391,392,391,353,380,315,377,370,412,381,403,372,364,389,364,361,345,336,429,418,474,206,206,205,200,176,190,97,92,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,178,0,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,43,16,23,58,72,178,114,178,178,178,178,178,178,179,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,178,179,179,179,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe7 {D22: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 a6 4 e3} 12. Nh4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Nxc6 Bxd1 14. Nxe7+ Bxe7 15. Rfxd1 Rfc8 {½-½ (15) Hebden,M (2549)-Gormally,D (2506) West Bromwich 2014}) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Rad8 14. Nf3 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rd5 19. Rc2 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 e5 21. dxe5 Rd3 22. Qc5 Qe6 23. Qc4 Nxe5 24. Qxe6 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 fxe6 26. Rxc7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} R8d7 27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. R1c2 R3d5 29. f4 h6 30. Kg2 Ke7 31. Kf3 Rd8 32. R8c7+ R8d7 33. h4 h5 (33... Rd1 $16 34. h5 R1d5) 34. Rc8 Rd8 35. R8c5 Kf6 36. Rc7 R8d7 37. Rc8 Rd2 38. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rxc2 39. Rxc2 {KR-KR} g6 (39... Rd5 $142 40. Ke2 Rd6) 40. b4 $18 Ke7 41. a5 Kf6 42. Ke4 Rd5 43. Rc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d5]} Rd7 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Rc8 Kf6 46. Rf8+ Kg7 47. Rb8 Kf6 48. Ke4 Kf7 49. Rc8 Kf6 50. Rc5 Re7 51. Kd3 Rd7+ 52. Kc2 Rd6 53. Rc7 b6 {[#]} 54. Ra7 (54. b5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 54... bxa5 55. bxa5 e5 56. fxe5+ Kxe5 57. Re7+ (57. f3 $18) 57... Kf5 $16 58. Kc3 (58. Rf7+ $1 $16 Ke5 59. Kb3) 58... g5 $1 $11 59. hxg5 Kxg5 60. Rg7+ Kf5 61. Rh7 Kg4 62. e4 h4 63. Kc4 {And now e5 would win.} (63. f4 $5) 63... Rf6 64. e5 Rxf2 65. Rg7+ Kf4 66. Rf7+ Kg3 67. Rxf2 Kxf2 {KPP-KPP} 68. e6 h3 69. e7 h2 70. e8=Q {Threatening mate with Qc6.} h1=Q {KQ-KQ} 71. Kc5 Qb7 72. Qc6 Qe7+ 73. Kb6 Qe2 $1 74. Ka7 Ke1 $1 75. Qxa6 Qe7+ $2 (75... Qf2+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 76. Qb6 Qf7+ 77. Qb7 Qf2+ 78. Qb6 Qf7+ 79. Qb7 Qf2+ 80. Qb6) 76. Qb7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb7e7]} Qc5+ $2 (76... Qe3+ $1 $11 77. Qb6 Qe7+ 78. Ka6 Qe2+ 79. Kb7 Qe4+ 80. Qc6 Qb4+ 81. Ka6 Qd4 82. Qc1+ Ke2 83. Qc2+ Kf1 84. Qc1+ Ke2 85. Qc2+ Kf1) 77. Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c5]} Qe7+ 78. Ka6 $1 Qe2+ 79. Kb7 Qe7+ 80. Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7e7]} Qe4+ 81. Qc6 Qe7+ 82. Kb6 Qe3+ 83. Qc5 Qe6+ 84. Kb5 Qe2+ 85. Ka4 Qa2+ 86. Qa3 Qc2+ 87. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c2]} Qc6+ 88. Ka3 $1 Ke2 89. Kb2 Kd2 90. Qb4+ Kd3 $1 91. Ka3 {Threatens to win with Qb6.} Ke2 (91... Qc8 $16 92. Ka4 Kc2 93. Qe4+ Kd2 94. Qd4+ Ke2) 92. Kb3 ({White should play} 92. Qb2+ $18 Kf1 93. Qd4) 92... Qf3+ (92... Kd3 $16 93. Ka3 Qc8) 93. Qc3 Qb7+ 94. Ka3 Qa6 95. Qb2+ Kd3 96. Qb6 Qc8 97. a6 Qc1+ {[#]} 98. Ka2 $1 {Qb1+ would kill now.} Qc2+ 99. Qb2 {Strongly threatening Qxc2+.} Qc7 100. Qb5+ Kc3 {[#]} 101. Qb3+ $1 Kd4 102. Qa4+ $2 (102. Kb2 $18) 102... Kc3 $11 {( -> ...Qh2+). The position is equal.} 103. Qb5 (103. a7 $2 {gets mated.} Qh2+ 104. Qc2+ Qxc2+ 105. Ka3 Qb3#) ({Not} 103. Qa3+ Kd4 $18) (103. Ka1 $5 {[%cal Ra4a3]} Qc5 104. Qa2 $11 (104. a7 {leads to mate.} Qg1+ 105. Qd1 Qxd1+ 106. Ka2 Qc2+ 107. Ka3 Qb3#)) 103... Qh2+ 104. Ka3 Qd6+ 105. Ka4 Qd4+ 106. Ka5 {aiming for Qc6+.} Qd8+ 107. Qb6 Qd5+ 108. Qb5 Qd8+ 109. Ka4 Qd1+ 110. Ka5 Qd8+ 111. Qb6 Qd5+ 112. Ka4 Qa2+ 113. Kb5 {Intending Qe3+ and mate.} Qc4+ {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ziska, Helgi Dam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,29,43,55,49,57,43,7,0,-43]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3h2,Bh2g4,Bg4h6][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} a5 9. Be2 Na6 10. Nh2 Nf6 {[%cal Bh5f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 11. Ng4 Nd7 12. Nh6+ {LiveBook: 10 Games} Kh8 13. h4 $1 Ndc5 14. g4 f5 15. h5 {[#]} {Predecessor:} f4 $146 16. hxg6 Bxh6 17. Rxh6 {½-½ (77) Krasenkow,M (2614)-Kovalenko,I (2667) Warsaw 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,69,0,10,-26,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,22,12,16,7,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-98,-99,-111]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Re8 8. Bg5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 10. Bh4 $146 (10. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 11. Rb1 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Qc2 Rab8 13. f4 Qg6 14. e4 b5 15. cxb5 Rxb5 16. a4 Rb7 17. Rab1 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 {½-½ (42) Khmelniker,I (2493)-Eljanov,P (2741) Douglas 2016}) 10... Rb8 11. Rb1 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 12. h3 (12. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 13. Nd2 $11) 12... Qe7 (12... e4 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. dxe4 Qxc3 $15) 13. g4 Nd8 14. Nd2 Bc6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. e3 Qe6 17. d4 {Hoping for d5.} Na5 18. d5 Qe7 19. Qf3 g5 20. Bg3 Nd7 21. Qf5 e4 22. f3 exf3 23. Rxf3 f6 24. Rbf1 Qh7 25. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. c5 Rbc8 27. e4 dxc5 28. e5 Nxe5 29. Rxf6 Nac4 30. Ne4 Nxg4 31. Re6 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Nge3 $1 {[%cal Re3f1]} 33. Rf7+ Kg6 {With the idea ...Nd5.} 34. Nxc5 (34. Rf6+ $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Kh7 35. Rf7+ Kg6 36. Rf6+ Kh7 37. Rf7+) 34... Nf5 35. Ne4 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "El Debs, Felipe de Cresce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,83,33,6,50,24,38,28,26,54,33,26,66,35,31,51,87,12,79,64,72,41,20,15,27,7,97,0,77,41,40,40,63,68,72,68,503,455,475,491,494,428,456,447,581,552,566,537,682,639,610,352,329,318,852,850,5489,4894,12845,6472]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} Rfd8 14. Bd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nf8 (14... Rac8 15. h3 e5 16. Rfc1 Bd6 17. Bc4 Rf8 18. d5 Ra8 19. Be3 Bc8 20. Nd2 Nf6 {1-0 (42) Wang,Y (2726)-Zhou,W (2627) China 2015}) 15. a5 {White is slightly better.} Ng6 16. g3 Bc6 17. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... h5 18. Rfc1 Qb7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bd2 b5 21. a6 Qd7 22. Bc2 Nh8 23. Re1 Nf7 24. Bf4 cxd4 25. Nxd4 e5 26. Nxc6 {1-0 (27) Civitillo,A (2460)-Caglia,G (1929) ICCF email 2009}) 18. Rfe1 Bf6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 19. h5 (19. d5 $5 c4 20. Bxc4 exd5 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Qe4 $11) 19... Nf8 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Qe3 (21. e5 $16 Bg5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Be3) 21... cxd4 (21... Qd7 $11) 22. cxd4 $16 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.} Qd7 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 23. Be5 (23. Rec1 {feels hotter.} Rac8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Be5 Be7 26. Ra6) 23... Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qd6 25. Red1 Be8 {[#]} (25... b5 $11) 26. Be2 (26. Nc4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Qe7 27. axb6) 26... bxa5 (26... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Rxa5 (27. Nc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Qe7 28. Rxa5 $16) 27... Qb4 28. Ra6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nh7 29. d5 exd5 30. exd5 Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Ng5 $14) 31. Rxf6 $18 gxf6 32. Ng4 Qf8 33. Nxf6+ Kh8 34. Rd4 {White threatens Rg4 and mate.} Qg7 35. Qe7 Bd7 36. Rf4 Qg5 37. Qe4 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Re4h7]} Qg7 38. Bd3 a5 39. Qe7 Qg5 $2 (39... a4 40. Nxd7 a3) 40. Bg6 {White is clearly winning.} Rg8 41. Qxd7 Rg7 42. Qc6 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Batchuluun, Tsegmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,113,8,0,0,0,9,6,26,0,27,11,39,31,35,29,37,36,34,33,31,37,49,42,48,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,24,29,24,29,25,29,30,41,30,32,30,41,18,37,33,35,19,23,23,23,14,17,8,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Nbd2 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nh5 {½-½ (69) So,W (2810)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... h6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf4 13. d4 Ne7 14. N1h2 Neg6 {1-0 (42) Antipov,M (2557)-Gledura,B (2585) Bastia 2016}) 13. Nxe3 Nf4 14. Kh2 Bd7 15. a5 Rfe8 16. h4 Be6 (16... Qg6 {is interesting.} 17. Kh1 Be6 18. g3 Nh5 19. Nd2 Rad8) 17. g3 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Ne6 19. b4 Ne7 20. Ra2 (20. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Qg6 21. Qd3 $11) 20... Rad8 21. h5 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Rd2 f5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Nxg4 Kf7 27. c5 g6 28. hxg6+ Kxg6 29. cxd6 cxd6 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re6 32. c4 Rc8 33. Re4 Kf5 34. Rh4 Rc6 35. Kg2 Rg6 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Rc2 Rf6+ 38. Ke3 d5 39. f3 Rg6 40. Kf2 dxc4 {The position is equal.} 41. Rhxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 {KR-KR} Kd5 43. Rc7 b6 44. g4 bxa5 45. bxa5 e4 46. Ke3 exf3 47. Kxf3 Kd4 48. Kf4 Rf6+ 49. Kg3 Rg6 50. Kh4 Rg5 51. Rc6 Rxa5 52. Rxh6 Ra1 53. g5 a5 54. Ra6 Kc4 55. g6 Rg1 56. Kh5 Kb5 57. Ra8 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,64,34,40,33,64,68,69,49,62,42,17,19,50,58,75,77,111,100,109,115,137,141,138,137,152,145,220,236,307,326,711,568,574,569,2127,1944,29983,29983,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qd1 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} (13. Qa4 Nc7 14. Bf1 Qe8 15. Kg2 Nb8 16. Qxa7 Ba8 17. Qxb6 Nc6 18. Qb3 f6 19. Qe3 Qf7 20. exf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (43) Donchenko,A (2554)-Giri,A (2771) Reykjavik 2017}) 13... Qc7 {LiveBook: 21 Games} 14. Nb1 b5 15. Bf1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. a3 a5 16. Bf1 Ba6 17. Bd3 Nb8 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 g6 {½-½ (54) Gonzales,J (2396)-Shapiro,D (2274) Philadelphia 2001}) 15... b4 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Ba6 19. Bc2 f5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...g5.} 20. exf6 $1 Rxf6 21. Rc1 Nd6 {[%cal Be8d6,Bd6c4,Bc4a3][%mdl 32]} 22. Ne5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5g4,Bg4h6][%mdl 32]} Nf8 23. Ndf3 Nc4 {[#]} 24. b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Na3 25. Ng4 Rf7 (25... Rxf4 $16 {was necessary.} 26. gxf4 Bd6) 26. Nfe5 $18 Rxc2 27. Nxf7 ({Weaker is} 27. Rxc2 Nxc2 28. Qxc2 Rf5 $18) 27... Rxc1 $2 {[#]} (27... Kxf7 28. Ne5+ Kg8) 28. Nfxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 (28... gxh6 29. Nxh6+) 29. Bxc1 {And now Ne5 would win.} gxh6 30. Nxh6 Ng6 31. Qf3 Bf8 32. Qf7+ Bg7 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,114,0,4,-1,0,0,28,38,30,20,39,29,33,27,34,36,37,40,49,49,49,48,49,49,47,27,50,40,47,44,62,54,74,73,66,70,77,72,77,66,75,74,70,64,114,72,80,64,80,57,79,69,74,73,115,35,75,86,110,97,181,102,116,39,49,26,146,149,144,110,138,60,55,58,127,127,227,235,337,310,445,436,527,524,525,432,404,364,308,0,0,0,0,-580,-580,-572,-557,-594,-594,-580,-572]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} 8. Qxc4 b6 {LiveBook: 99 Games} 9. Rc1 (9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. Qxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nf3 {½-½ (72) Morozevich,A (2675)-Navara,D (2737) Biel 2017}) 9... Ba6 {The position is equal.} 10. Qa4 Qd7 (10... c5 {is interesting.} 11. dxc5 h6 12. Bh4 bxc5 13. Nf3 Qe7) 11. Qxd7 Nbxd7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Rfc8 15. Rc6 Nd5 $146 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. Rc2 f6 18. Ke2 Kf7 19. Rhc1 c6 20. Ne1 Ke8 21. Nd3 Kd7 22. g4 g5 23. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} h6 24. Rh1 Rh8 25. e4 Ng6 26. h5 Ne7 27. Ke3 Rhf8 28. f3 a5 29. Rhc1 Ra7 30. Rc3 Rg8 31. b3 Rf8 32. Nb2 Re8 33. Nc4 Ra6 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Rd3 (35. f4 $1 $16) 35... Ke8 36. e5 f5 37. Nd6+ Kf8 {[#]} (37... Kd7 $16) 38. d5 (38. f4 $1 $18) 38... cxd5 39. Rc7 (39. Nb5 $16) 39... b5 $1 $14 40. Nxb5 (40. Nb7 $5 {[%cal Rb7d8]} Re8 41. gxf5 $14) 40... Rc6 (40... fxg4 $1 $11 41. Nd4 (41. fxg4 Nc6 $11) 41... Nf5) 41. Nd4 $16 Rxc7 42. Nxe6+ Kf7 43. Nxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} ({Better is} 43. Nxd8+ $16 Ke8 44. Ne6 Rc2+ 45. Ke1) 43... d4 $14 44. Nb5 Rd5 (44... fxg4 $14 45. Rxd4 (45. fxg4 Nc6 $11) 45... Rb8) 45. e6+ $16 ({Don't play} 45. Nxd4 $6 Nc6 $11) 45... Kf6 (45... Kf8 $16) 46. Nxd4 $18 Rd6 (46... Ke5 {is a better defense.}) 47. b4 axb4 (47... f4 $142 48. bxa5 Rd5) 48. axb4 {[%cal Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} f4 49. b5 Ke5 50. Rd2 ({Not} 50. Nc6+ Nxc6 51. bxc6 Rxc6 $18) 50... Kf6 ({But not} 50... Rxd4 $2 51. Rxd4 Kxe6 52. b6) 51. Ke1 Nd5 52. Re2 $2 (52. Kd1 $18) 52... Ne3 $11 53. e7 Kf7 54. Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54. Rxe3 $11 {and White stays safe.} fxe3 55. Nf5) 54... Rxd4 $1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 55. Rb2 Rd7 56. b6 {Strongly threatening b7.} Rb7 57. Ke2 Nd5 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,31,16,16,6,22,22,16,10,12,0,8,-27,-26,-29,-26,-26,-29,-30,-28,-28,-24,-34,-33,-39]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. e4 Nc6 6. g3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Nge7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. d3 {The position is equal.} f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. O-O h6 12. Ne4 $146 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Qe2 Rf7 15. Bd2 Raf8 16. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,127,17,17,8,15,8,52,46,45,55,60,50,52,51,55,45,47,50,62,54,71,32,68,33,42,44,71,67,68,62,93,75,192,193,187,119,135,130,138,91,147,147,150,153,147,145,138,131,162,141,141,136,134,145,136,141,143,137,185,185,175,161,158,138,218,229,194,202,318,319,297,292,291,307,293,293,664,664,645,636,651,552,584,584,584,584,992,1312,4618,4618,4618,4618,29979,29979,29980,29978,29977,29978,29976,29975,29980,29982,29984,29984,29989,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qa4 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 13. Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Be7 (13... dxc4 14. Bxb7) 14. Bf4 c6 (14... g6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. h4 h5 18. Rc2 Bf8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 c6 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bg7 23. Rdc1 Re8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Rxe5 {½-½ (27) Ivanov,S (2547)-Kuzubov,Y (2622) Stockholm 2008}) 15. Nd6 {White is slightly better.} Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17. e3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Bb4 a5 20. Be1 a4 21. b3 Ra8 22. Rdc1 Ra7 23. b4 b5 24. Bd2 Nd7 25. f3 Nb6 26. Bf1 Nc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 {½-½ (27) Hudecek,J (2310)-Jurcik,M (2344) Czechia 2010}) 17... Nf8 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Ba3 Ne6 20. e3 f5 21. h4 Kf7 22. f3 Rc8 23. Bd6 c5 24. Be5 Ba6 25. Rc3 Bc4 26. Rec1 a5 27. a4 Ba6 (27... h5 $16) 28. f4 $1 $18 Red8 {[#]} 29. Bh3 (29. g4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... g6 $16 30. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} cxd4 31. exd4 Rxc3 ({Black should play} 31... Rc4) 32. Rxc3 fxg4 33. Bxg4 {Strongly threatening Rc6.} Rc8 34. Rb3 Rc6 35. Bf3 Bc4 36. Re3 Ba2 {[#] intending ...Rc1+.} 37. b3 $1 Nc7 38. Bxc7 Rxc7 39. Bxd5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf6 40. Kf2 Rd7 41. Re5 Bb1 42. Ke3 Bf5 43. Be4 {And now Bxf5 would win.} Be6 (43... Bg4 $16 {was called for.} 44. b4 axb4) 44. Bc6 $18 Rd8 {[#]} 45. d5 $1 Bf7 (45... Bc8 $142 46. Kd3 Ba6+ 47. Ke3 Bc8) 46. Kd4 Rc8 47. Re1 Rd8 48. b4 axb4 49. Rb1 Be8 $2 (49... Rd6 50. Rxb4 Kf5) 50. Bxe8 Rxe8 51. Rxb4 {KR-KR} Kf5 52. Rxb6 Re4+ 53. Kc5 Rxa4 54. Rb7 h5 55. d6 Kg4 56. d7 Ra8 57. Rb1 Kxh4 58. Rg1 {White mates.} Rg8 59. Kd5 Kh3 {[#]} 60. Rxg6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg6 61. d8=Q Rg3 62. Ke4 h4 63. f5 Kg2 64. Qxh4 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Flores, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,45,53,49,45,65,59,69,54,48,56,55,40,47,31,47,20,31,33,43,52,73,61,77,77,301,294,296,285,490,485,777,783]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (7... e6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 Be7 12. f4 a6 13. Bb2 g6 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Kh1 Rfe8 {½-½ (45) Georgiev,K (2669)-Berg,E (2594) Rijeka 2010}) 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 9. g3 e6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1d1,Bd1d3][%mdl 32]} O-O 12. Rd1 {Hoping for e5.} Qc7 13. b3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rfd8 14. a4 a6 15. Ba3 Qb7 16. Ra2 Rab8 {1-0 (43) Ivanov,M (2392)-Szotkowski,J (2183) Karvina 2013}) 14. Ba3 Rfd8 15. Rd3 Ne8 16. Rc1 Qa7 17. Bb4 Rac8 18. Qe3 Rd7 19. a4 b5 $2 {[#]} (19... h6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 20. Qxa7 $18 ({Much less strong is} 20. cxb5 $6 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Bb7 $18) ({Worse is} 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne2 bxc4 $11) 20... Rxa7 21. cxb5 axb5 $2 (21... a5) 22. Nxb5 Rb7 (22... Raa8 $142 23. Rdc3 Bd7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8) 23. e5 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,129,37,45,35,17,6,0,10,12,19,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,10,16,8,10,16,26,22,24,22,12,11,17,23,48,48,50,31,80,88,89,56,60,64,45,26,25,0,0,-33,-35,-153,-88,-222,-214,-213,-218,-186,-234,-212,-210,-218,-215,-204,-204,-279,-278,-281,-289,-286,0,-237,0,-281,-280,-281,-285,-280,-280,-276,-276,-269,-245,-426,-406,-525,-564,-637,-626,-674,-604,-576,-567,-531,-435,-428,-414,-421,-421,-991,-414,-404,-396,-376,-129,-109,-116,-133,-120,-111,-110,-103,-104,-112,-38,-34,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Nb8 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} (6... Ne5 7. Bf4 Ng6 8. Bg3 f5 9. h4 f4 10. Bh2 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. h5 Ne5 13. Bxf4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Qxd3 {1-0 (37) Aronian,L (2782)-Smeets,J (2651) Nice 2010}) 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Nxf6+ exf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... gxf6 9. Nf3 Na6 10. Bf4 e5 11. dxe6 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 fxe6 14. Bc4 {1-0 (39) Giessmann,S (2252)-Meulner,F (1870) Fuerth 2016}) 9. Bb5+ Bd7 (9... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Rd8a5]} 10. Qe2+ Qe7 $11) 10. Qe2+ Qe7 {...Bxb5 is the strong threat.} 11. Be3 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7b5]} 13. Qb3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 14. Ne2 Nc5 15. Qc4 Qa4 16. Rc1 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Ne5 19. Rc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} b6 20. Rhc1 Bb4+ 21. Kc2 Bd6 22. Rb7 $1 O-O 23. Kb3 Rfd8 24. Nc3 Ng4 25. Bd4 Nh6 26. Nb5 Nf5 $1 27. Bc3 (27. Be3 $5) 27... Bc5 28. Rd1 a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5]} ({And not} 28... Bxf2 29. Rf1 $16) 29. Nc7 Rd7 {Strongly threatening ...Rc8.} 30. d6 ({Better is} 30. Bb4 $15) 30... Rad8 ({Weaker is} 30... Rxd6 31. Nxa8 Rxd1 32. Rb8+ Bf8 33. Kc2 $18 (33. Nxb6 Nd4+ 34. Kc4 Ne6 $16)) (30... Nxd6 $142 31. Nxa8 Rxb7) 31. Bb4 (31. Rd5 $17 {was worth a try.}) 31... Nxd6 $19 32. Ra7 Bxb4 33. Kxb4 Nc8 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. Rb7 h5 36. a4 Kh7 37. a5 bxa5+ $1 38. Kxa5 Nd6 39. Ra7 Nc8 40. Rb7 Nd6 41. Ra7 Nc4+ 42. Kxa6 Nxb2 43. Kb5 Nd3 44. f3 h4 45. Kb6 Ne1 46. Kc6 $2 (46. Ra2) 46... Rd2 47. Nd5 Rxg2 48. f4 Rxh2 49. Rxf7 Re2 50. f5 {If White can now play Nxf6+ this consolidates a bit.} Kg8 51. Ra7 h3 52. Ra8+ Kh7 53. Ra3 h2 54. Rh3+ Kg8 55. Nf4 Rc2+ $1 56. Kd6 {[#]} Kf7 $2 (56... g6 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 57. fxg6 (57. Nxg6 Nf3) 57... Nf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 57. Ng6 $17 Rd2+ $1 58. Kc7 {White wants to mate with Rh8.} Rd5 $1 59. Nh8+ {[#]} Ke8 $1 60. Rxh2 Nf3 (60... Rxf5 $2 61. Kd6 $19) 61. Re2+ {[#]} Re5 ({Black should try} 61... Ne5 $1 $17 62. Ng6 Kf7 63. Nxe5+ fxe5) 62. Ra2 $1 $15 {[%cal Ra2a8] Intending Ra8+ and mate.} Nh4 63. Ra4 {The position is equal.} Nxf5 {aiming for ...Re7+.} 64. Ra8+ Ke7 {And now ...Nh4 would win.} 65. Ng6+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,40,8,14,25,10,12,0,0,0,9,9,12,5,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,14]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 {D14: Slav Defence: Exchange variation with ...Bf5} 10. e3 Be7 11. h3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Ne4 12. Bd3 f5 {The position is equal.} 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. Nxc6 $146 ({Reject} 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 $17) ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 {½-½ (66) Batsiashvili,N (2489)-Muzychuk,A (2561) Novi Sad 2016}) 16... Rxc6 17. Qe2 a6 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,63,37,35,39,21,48,56,48,49,71,48,58,48,62,35,35,-6,0,-44,20,19,29,0,0,0,0,16,9,5,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} (11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Re1 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Re3 b5 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Ng3 Be6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Qe2 Re8 {½-½ (65) Kuzubov,Y (2701)-Parligras,M (2580) Al Ain 2014}) 11... Rc8 12. Bg5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} a6 13. Ba4 {White is slightly better.} (13. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 14. Qe2 $14 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bh4 Bd6 $11)) 13... Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 15. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Nxf7 Bxf7 17. Qxe7 Rfe8 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. dxc5 {½-½ (57) Suba,M (2565)-Koutsin,S (2435) Collado Villalba 1996}) 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Nc5 Bf5 19. f4 (19. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3f5]} g6 20. Qc3 $11) 19... Be7 20. Nb3 (20. Qh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5f7]} g6 21. Qd1 $11 (21. Qxh6 Bf8 $17)) 20... Qd6 ({Black should play} 20... Bd6 $15) 21. Qh5 $11 Bg6 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Qe5 Qb4 24. Qe6+ $1 Kf8 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 25. Qxg6 {[#] Strongly threatening Re6.} Bf6 26. Qg3 (26. Red1 {with more complications.} Re2 27. Kh1 Kg8 28. h3 Qd6 29. Rf1) 26... Bxd4+ {The position is equal.} 27. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Qf2 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 c5 31. Re6 c4 32. Rxa6 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,114,29,10,15,9,10,10,16,8,10,9,8,0,13,0,0,4,23,32,42,52,54,-15,-14,-3,0,-20,-17,-45,-53,-56,-46,-52,-39,-47,-47,-47,-54,-61,-40,-26,-28,-35,-13,-12,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,6,13,18,12,62,56,66,23,24,18,39,14,14,14,14,14,21,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c7,Bc7e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} Nc7 9. b3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne6 11. Qh4 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nc3 h5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bc3 f6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Rd8 {½-½ (56) Anand,V (2783)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Ne6 10. Bb2 d6 11. Nc3 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Na4 dxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bb2 Re8 15. g3 Bh6 {1-0 (50) Matinian,N (2491)-Kulaots,K (2597) Minsk 2017}) 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ba3 {[#] Nd6+ is the strong threat.} O-O $1 16. d3 Bf5 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Bc5 Rfe8 19. Rxe6 (19. Re4 $14) 19... fxe6 $11 20. Qg4 e5 21. h4 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Rexc8 23. Bxe7 Re8 (23... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7e7]} 24. Bg5 Bf6 $15) 24. Bd6 Bf8 25. c5 Be7 26. h5 gxh5 27. Ne4 Kf7 28. Bxe5 Bxc5 29. f4 Ba3 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. Rh1 Rxe5 32. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re8 33. Rh3 Rxe5 34. Rg3+ Kf7 35. Ng5+ Ke8 36. Nf3 Rc5 37. Nxd4 Bb2 38. Ne2 Rc2 39. Rg5 Bd4+ 40. Kf3 Bb6 41. a4 Rd2 42. Nf4 Bc7 43. Rxh5 (43. Ne6 {seems wilder.} Rxd3+ 44. Ke4 Rd7 45. Rxh5 Re7 46. Rh6) 43... Bxf4 $1 {The position is equal.} 44. Kxf4 {Strongly threatening g4.} Rxg2 45. Rxh7 $14 {KR-KR} Rb2 46. Rxa7 {[#] Black must now prevent Rb7.} Rxb3 47. d4 {next Ke5 is good for White.} Kd8 48. Ke5 {And now Kd6 would win.} Rb4 49. a5 {Threatens to win with Kd6.} Kc8 50. a6 Ra4 51. d5 (51. Re7 {seems wilder.} Rxa6 52. Kd6 c5+ 53. Kxc5 Kd8 54. Rh7) 51... cxd5 52. Kxd5 (52. Kd6 {is more complex.} Kb8 53. Rb7+ Ka8 54. Kc5 Rxa6 55. Re7) 52... Kb8 53. Rb7+ Ka8 54. Rb6 Ka7 55. Re6 Ra5+ 56. Kc4 Rxa6 57. Rxa6+ Kxa6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,63,0,-11,28,28,21,29,39,-33,39,37,48,35,41,47,46,46,39,39,43,41,36,34,41,41,143,135,129,118,225,79,68,76,84,14,87,80,90,82,287,297,265,252,373,322,416,164,164,162,463,454]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3} (8. O-O O-O 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. e4 Qd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. a3 Ne5 14. b4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qe5 16. Bf4 Qd4 17. Rfd1 g6 {0-1 (32) So,W (2812)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Leuven 2017}) 8... O-O 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 {The position is equal.} h6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 11. Bh7+ Kh8 {White must now prevent ...g6.} 12. Be4 Qd6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Be7 16. Bb2 $146 Bd7 17. Ke2 Rfd8 18. Rhd1 Kg8 19. Rac1 Rac8 (19... Be8 $14) 20. b5 Nb8 21. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} b6 (21... a6 $16 {might work better.}) 22. Bb7 (22. Be5 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 22... Rxc1 $16 23. Rxc1 f6 24. e4 (24. Nd4 $1 $16) 24... Kf7 (24... e5 $1 $11) 25. e5 Bc5 26. Nd2 {Hoping for Ne4.} fxe5 $2 (26... Be8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 27. Ne4 $18 ({Weaker is} 27. Bxe5 Bc8 $16) 27... Bd4 28. Ba3 Be8 (28... Kg8 $142 29. Rc7 Re8) 29. Nd6+ Ke7 {[#]} 30. Rc7+ $2 (30. Nc8+ $1 Kf7 31. Bd6) 30... Rd7 {[#]} 31. Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8e8][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rd8 $2 {[#]} (31... Bh5+ 32. Bf3 Bxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Bc5 34. Bxc5 bxc5) 32. Nf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 58%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,57,3,12,-19,0,-4,0,0,18,-2,-20,-10,20,30,39,35,87,85,90,85,97,90,106,111,72,50,77,12,127,0,0,0,174,172,237,232,235,216,234,177,593,584,29995,29996]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 {LiveBook: 37 Games. B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} 9. Qe2 {[#] Hoping for Qe4.} (9. dxc5 bxc5 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. Qe2 Nf5 13. Bf2 dxe5 14. Bd5 Ncd4 15. Qd3 Rb8 16. fxe5 Rxb2 {0-1 (24) Stefanova,A (2545)-Lagno,K (2539) Moscow 2010}) 9... cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ba6 10. Nb5 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. O-O-O Bxb5 13. Qxb5 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Qb8 {0-1 (40) Jurkiewicz,K (2184)-Reizniece,D (2275) Aviles 2000}) 10. Bxd4 {White wants to play Qe4.} Nc6 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Nh6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bh3 b5 15. Kb1 (15. Nxb5 $2 Qb6 $19) 15... Nf5 (15... Rb8 $14) 16. Bxf5 $1 $16 gxf5 17. Rhd1 {[%cal Re5d6]} (17. Nxb5 Qb6 $15) 17... Qc8 18. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} ({Don't play} 18. Nxb5 $6 Rb8 $11) 18... Re8 19. R4d3 (19. Qxb5 $6 e6 $11) 19... b4 20. Nxb4 Be4 21. Rd4 ({Much worse is} 21. exd6 exd6 22. Ng5 (22. Rxd6 $2 Qb7 $19) 22... Qc4 $17) (21. Rb3 $16) 21... Rb8 {[#]} (21... a5 $1 $11 22. Nd3 Rb8) 22. b3 (22. Ng5 $1 $16) 22... a5 23. Nd5 a4 $2 (23... Bxf3 $1 $11 24. Qxf3 dxe5 25. fxe5 Bxe5) 24. Rxa4 $18 Qc5 (24... e6 {is a better defense.}) 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Qxe4 {Black must now prevent Ng5.} dxe5 27. fxe5 {Ng5 is the strong threat.} Rbd8 $2 (27... e6) 28. Ng5 e6 {[%cal Rd8d5]} 29. Nf6+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,101,8,41,0,0,0,0,6,12,5,29,6,9,14,8,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,19,0,15,0,8,0,5,0,4,-24,-15,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,13,13,11,0,127,119,1285,1231,1102,1057,879,750,711,728,687,664,550,618,554,527,804,803,759,710,805,522,982,940,1711,1422,12840,12840,29981,29982,29982,29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Qe7 8. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} a6 9. a4 Ba7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Qe2 {White is slightly better.} (10. b4 Bd7 11. Rb1 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Na5 15. Bd5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {0-1 (43) Salem,A (2638)-Giri,A (2775) Geneve 2017}) 10... Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. b4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nb3 Nd8 14. d4 f6 15. b5 Be6 16. bxa6 bxa6 {½-½ (31) Turzak,M (2010)-Mrva,V (2149) Slovakia 2009}) 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 (12... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 13. Bg3 Rfb8 $11) 13. Rfb1 Rab8 (13... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 14. Bg3 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 $14) 14. a5 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qe6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. b5 axb5 18. Rxb5 Nd8 19. Rab1 Ra8 (19... c6 $5 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 20. R5b2 Ra8 $14) 20. g3 Qe6 21. Kg2 c6 22. R5b2 Bb8 23. Ra1 Bc7 24. Nb6 Ra6 25. Qc2 g6 26. h4 h5 27. Rbb1 Kg7 28. Qb2 d5 (28... Bxb6 $5 29. axb6 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Qd7 $11) 29. Re1 f6 (29... Bxb6 $5 30. axb6 Rxa1 31. Qxa1 (31. Rxa1 f6 $11) 31... Qd6 $11) 30. Qb4 Qf7 31. Rab1 Bxb6 32. axb6 Ne6 33. d4 dxe4 (33... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Re6f4]} 34. dxe5 Nf4+ 35. Kg1 Nh3+ 36. Kg2 Nf4+ 37. Kg1 Nh3+ 38. Kg2 Nf4+ $11) 34. Rxe4 exd4 35. Rbe1 {[#] And now Qd6 would win.} Raa8 (35... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 36. Qb3 dxc3) 36. Nxd4 $16 c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Nxd4 $16 37. Re7 Rxe7 38. Rxe7 Ne6) 37. Nxe6+ $18 Rxe6 38. Qxc5 Rc6 39. Qxc6 bxc6 40. Re7 Rb8 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 42. Rb1 Ke6 43. Kf3 Kd5 44. b7 g5 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Kd2 gxh4 47. gxh4 c5 48. Kc2 f5 49. Rb6 f4 50. f3 Kd5 51. Kb3 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,31,0,-14,-33,-25,-26,-28,-55,0,0,7,10,7,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. O-O Ne7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. a4 c6 10. Bb3 Ng6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. d4 exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Ne1 Nhf4 16. f3 Qf6 17. g3 Nh3+ {1-0 (44) Fedoseev,V (2673)-Khanin,S (2416) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Qc2 d5 ({Black should play} 13... Nf4 $15) 14. e5 $11 {[#] aiming for a5.The position is equal.} Nh5 15. a5 Bc7 16. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,108,14,0,0,11,-14,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-26,-9,-8,-7,0,-50,-38,-22,-9,-107,-54,-116,-29,-56,-28,-81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Bg4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 (12. Qd3 h6 13. Bh4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g5 15. Bg3 Re8 16. Rae1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Bxg3 18. Qxg3 {0-1 (40) Wen,Y (2613)-Sethuraman,S (2619) China 2017}) 12... Bh5 13. Re1 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rb8 14. b3 Bb4 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Bxf6 Bxc3 {1-0 (35) Kanovsky,D (2391)-Cerveny,M (2327) Stare Mesto 2013}) 14. Bh4 $1 g5 15. Bg3 Qb8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qd3 (17. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Bg6 18. Rc1 $11) 17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rae8 19. Qd3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Nd1 Qb4 23. Ne3 Qxb2 24. Ng4 h5 25. Ne5 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Nd6 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} f6 29. Nxc6 Nc8 30. Nb4 Nb6 31. Kg3 Kf7 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. Na6 Kd6 34. e4 Na4 35. exd5 Nc3 36. a3 f5 37. Nb4 (37. h4 $5 gxh4 38. Kf4 $17) 37... a5 38. Nc2 $1 Nxd5 39. g3 {[#]} (39. a4 $11) 39... a4 ({Black should try} 39... Ke6 $1 $17) 40. Ke2 (40. Ne1 $15) 40... Nc3+ (40... f4 $17 41. Kf2 fxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Nc3) 41. Ke3 Kd5 {aiming for ...Kc4.} 42. h4 {[#]} (42. Kd3 $11 Ne4 43. h4) 42... gxh4 (42... f4+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Kf3 (43. gxf4 gxh4) 43... g4+ 44. Kxf4 Ne2+ 45. Kg5 Nxg3) 43. gxh4 {The position is equal.} Kc4 {And now ...Nd5+ would win.} 44. Kf4 Kb3 45. Nb4 $1 Kxa3 46. Nd3 Kb3 47. Nc5+ $1 Kc4 {[#]} (47... Kb2 {is interesting.} 48. Nxa4+ Nxa4 49. Kxf5) 48. Nxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxa4 49. Kxf5 Kxd4 {KN-KP} 50. Kg5 Ke5 51. Kxh5 Kf6 52. Kg4 Kg6 53. h5+ Kh6 54. Kf4 Kxh5 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,65,-11,-14,-12,-16,-16,-13,-26,-5,-32,0,0,14,30,29,22,53,41,77,75,72,0,83,75,74,80,69,73,102,39,32,30,34,47,147,166,145,132,148,165,303,302,349,328,385,383,372,260,1403,1347,1245,678,674,671]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. cxd5 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} (6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Bf4 g5 11. Be3 f5 12. Nc3 Nd6 13. b3 Bf6 14. Qc1 h6 15. h4 Nf7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Na4 Qe7 {1-0 (36) Giri,A (2771)-Carlsen,M (2832) Leuven 2017}) 6... exd5 7. Nc3 O-O {LiveBook: 12 Games} 8. Nh3 {The position is equal.} c6 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Nf4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. O-O Qd7 14. b4 Bh3 15. Bg5 Bxg2 {½-½ (15) Gaprindashvili,N (2318)-Razuvaev,Y (2540) Elista 2002}) 9... Bf5 10. Kh1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 11. f3 Nb6 12. Nf4 Nc4 13. Bc1 Bb4 14. Qb3 a5 15. e4 Bg6 16. e5 Ne8 17. Nce2 ({Better is} 17. Bh3 $16) 17... Nc7 (17... Bf5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Nxg6 $16 hxg6 19. Qd3 a4 20. Bh3 f5 21. a3 (21. Rb1 $16) 21... Ba5 $14 22. Rg1 Ne6 23. f4 Bb6 (23... Qb6 $14) 24. g4 $16 Qh4 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Bxf5 {[%cal Bh3f5,Bf5g6,Bg6e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32]} Rae8 (26... Rxf5 $142 27. Qxf5 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4) 27. Bg6 $18 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxe5 {[#] aiming for ...Re2.} 30. Be4 c5 $2 (30... Re7 31. Bxd5+ cxd5) 31. Bxd5+ {White is clearly winning.} (31. fxe5 $2 {loses.} cxd4 32. Bxd5+ Kh8 $19) 31... Kh8 32. Qxc4 Rh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh4h2]} 33. Qe2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 40%.} ({Worse is} 33. Rg2 Qe1+ 34. Rg1 Qf2 $11) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,72,-6,26,31,52,52,54,62,68,64,58,75,108,108,113,107,107,102,85,55,65,50,61,35,39,35,50,43,78,-87,-97,-80,4,12,7,-78,-67,-83,-21,-24,-37,-34,-20,-19,-15,-10,-13,-19,0,-23,-8,-18,-13,-43,0,-18,0,-54,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxc4 Be7 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 9. b3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Ne4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... d3 10. e3 O-O 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Nfe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nc5 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nxd3 a5 16. a3 Bf6 {½-½ (45) Fridman,D (2627)-Inkiov,V (2451) Belgium 2008}) 10. Bb2 $1 {[%cal Rf3d4][%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nc3 11. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Bf6 12. Ba3 {Nd6+ is the strong threat.} Nb5 13. Bc5 {And now a4 would win.} Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. a4 Nc3 16. Rfe1 Ne4 17. Qf4 f5 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. e3 dxe3 20. Qxe3 {Threatens to win with Nfd2.} O-O 21. Nd4 Nb4 22. Nd2 $2 ({Reject} 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 e5 $11) (22. f4 $16) 22... e5 $17 23. Nxf5 Nxf2 (23... Nc2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc2e3]} 24. Nxe4 Qxf5) 24. Qxf2 $11 {Black must now prevent Qc5.} Bxf5 25. Bxb7 {[#]} (25. Ne4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Qe7 26. Qc5 Qxc5+ 27. Nxc5) 25... Rab8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 26. Be4 $1 {[#]} Bg4 ({Better is} 26... Nc2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc2e1]} 27. Bxc2 Bxc2 28. Qxf6 gxf6) 27. Qxf6 $11 gxf6 28. Bf3 Bxf3 (28... Bf5 {is more complex.} 29. Rf1 Bh3 30. Rf2 Nd3 31. Re2 Be6) 29. Nxf3 Rfd8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Rc1 Rd7 32. a5 Kf7 33. Rc4 Nd5 34. Rc6 Nb4 35. Rc4 Nd5 36. Rc6 Nb4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 45%.} (36... Rc7 $15 37. Rxc7+ Nxc7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,122,-10,-15,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-16,-16,-18,-10,-8,-16,-62,0,0,0,-59,-59,-114,-113,-116,-117,-134,-128,-129,-123,-123,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-155,-120,-112,-112,-110,-49,-49,-49,-129,-121,-221,-213,-207,-208,-200,-191,-545,-504,-634,-635,-588,-581,-529,-497,-479,-481,-568,-472,-574,-567,-663,-659,-647,-616,-604,-512,-598,-598,-597,-597,-625,-632,-685,-610,-1787,-1625,-1167,-1435,-1200,-1264,-5128,-5122,-29988,-29989,-29986,-29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. h3 O-O 12. Rd1 b6 13. e4 Nd7 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} 14. Be3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nb4 {The position is equal.} 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Qe3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 18. Rd4 Rad8 19. Rcd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Rd8 21. Qd2 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 {½-½ (48) Malesevic,N (2335)-Vernersson,P (2516) Sweden 2005}) 18... Rad8 19. Be2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 h6 21. Qd4 Nc6 22. Qc4 Na5 23. Qd4 Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 24. Qc4 a5 25. g3 (25. Qa2 $15) 25... Rd8 $17 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Kf1 Ba6 28. Nb5 Nb4 29. b3 Qf6 30. e5 Qf5 31. Kg2 Bb7 32. Nd6 Bxf3+ $1 33. Bxf3 Qxe5 34. Ne4 Nbd3 35. Nxc5 Ne1+ 36. Kh1 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd7.} bxc5 (36... Qxc5 $17 37. Qxc5 bxc5) 37. Be4 $1 $15 f5 38. Bc6 (38. Bb7 $15) 38... Qd6 $17 39. Qb5 (39. Bb7 $17 {might work better.}) 39... Nd3 40. f4 g5 41. Bf3 gxf4 42. Qe8+ $2 (42. gxf4 {was the crucial defense.} Nxf4 43. Qxa5) 42... Kg7 $19 43. Bh5 Qd5+ 44. Kh2 {[#] Intending Qg6+ and mate.} fxg3+ 45. Kxg3 {White wants to mate with Qg6+.} Qd6+ 46. Kf3 {White threatens Qg6+ and mate.} Ne5+ 47. Ke2 Qd3+ 48. Ke1 {next Qe7+ is good for White.} Qe3+ 49. Kf1 Qxh3+ 50. Kg1 {intending Qe7+.} Qg3+ 51. Kf1 Qd3+ 52. Ke1 {and if Qe7+ works, White does fine.} Qd6 53. Be2 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 54. Qa8 Qd5 55. Qxa5 f3 56. Bb5 Qe4+ 57. Kd2 Qd4+ 58. Kc2 c4 59. bxc4 f2 60. Qc7+ Kf6 61. c5 Nc4 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,94,7,14,32,28,27,21,30,2,3,8,14,0,2,0,7,0,0,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,0,0,-19,-12,-26,-27,-27,-25,-21,-17,-35,-37,-26,-8,-8,-7,-12,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-29,0,-68,0,0,0,-39,-39,-39,-6,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4 c5 {D63: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Rc1} 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games} Nfe4 12. Qxd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd4 Nf6 15. Bb3 b6 16. Qf4 {½-½ (70) Le,Q (2723)-Adams,M (2738) Baku 2016}) 12... Bxd8 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxd8 Rxd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Bb3 Be8 17. Nd4 b6 18. Bc2 Nd6 19. Bd3 e5 20. Nc6 Bxc6 $1 21. Rxc6 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. f4 e4 24. Ba6 Rc6 {[#] And now ...b5 would win.} 25. a4 Kf8 26. Rd2 Ke7 27. Kf2 Rc1 28. Be2 Ra1 29. b3 Rc1 30. Bd1 Rc3 31. Rc2 Rxc2+ 32. Bxc2 {KB-KN} a5 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. Kd2 Kd5 35. g4 g5 36. f5 (36. fxg5 $11 hxg5 37. Bd1) 36... f6 (36... Ke5 $15) 37. Kc3 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. h3 (38. gxh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Nxf5 39. b4 $15) 38... hxg4 39. hxg4 Kc5 40. Bd1 Nf7 41. Be2 {The position is equal.} Ne5 42. Bd1 Nf3 43. Bxf3 exf3 44. Kd2 $1 Kd5 {( -> ...Ke4)} 45. Ke1 Ke5 $1 46. Kf1 $1 Kd5 $1 47. Ke1 Ke5 $1 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,89,0,10,-16,0,0,16,11,24,11,45,38,52,52,43,28,29,27,31,37,59,57,52,65,83,81,99,91,126,116,118,105,204,123,149,151,188,187,235,173,269,169,189,183,346,352,319,327,405,360,595,587,528,410,377,376,476,465,465,456,537,550,536,399,541,551,603,621,657,650]} 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. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4h5,Bh5f6][%mdl 32]} Be7 11. Ne2 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} b6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Be3 Be7 14. a4 h5 15. a5 h4 16. Nd4 Rh5 17. a6 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Rd5 {½-½ (59) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-So,W (2812) Paris 2017}) 12. Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 a5 13. a4 Bb7 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Bf4 Rg8 17. Nf5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bd8 {½-½ (28) Efimenko,Z (2647)-Parligras,M (2586) Al Ain 2015}) 12... Rg8 13. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} g5 14. Nh5 $1 h6 15. b3 Rg6 16. Bb2 c5 17. Nf6+ Kf8 18. a5 b5 19. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rc6 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Ne5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd6 23. Rxc5 Rad8 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 24. Rf1 Nd4 {[#]} 25. Bxd4 $1 ({Wrong is} 25. Rxc7 $2 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Rd1 $19) 25... Rxd4 26. Rxc7 Rd2 (26... a6 $16 {was called for.}) 27. g3 a6 28. Re1 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Kg2 Re1 (30... Rd6 {might work better.} 31. Ra7 Re6) 31. Nf3 Re4 32. Rc6 g4 $2 {[#]} (32... Re6 {was worth a try.} 33. Rc8+ Kg7) 33. Nh4 $1 ({Not} 33. Rxa6 gxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Re6 $16) 33... Re5 34. Rxa6 Kg7 35. Ra7 {Rxe7! is the strong threat.} Bb4 $2 (35... Kf6 {was necessary.} 36. Rb7 b4) 36. a6 Rc5 37. Rb7 {aiming for a7.} Rxc2 {Now ...Bc5 and Black clings on.} 38. Nf5+ Kg6 {If Black can now play ...Bc5 this consolidates a bit.} 39. Ne3 Ra2 40. Rb6+ Kg7 41. Nf5+ Kh7 {intending ...Bc5.} 42. Rxh6+ Kg8 43. Rc6 {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 44. Ne3 f5 45. Kf1 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,43,8,8,8,8,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,-32,-18,-19,-6,-43]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} Qb6 11. Bf2 h6 12. O-O Bb7 (12... O-O 13. Rae1 Ra7 14. f5 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 d4 16. Ne4 exf5 17. Ng3 f6 {½-½ (56) Yu,Y (2749)-Vitiugov,N (2720) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 13. Rae1 Bxf2+ {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Nc5 (15... b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 16. Ne2 O-O $11) 16. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rd2 b4 17. Ne2 g5 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 {0-1 (49) Vuilleumier,A (2362)-Studer,N (2462) Flims 2016}) 16... b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Bf1 Ke7 19. Nd4 Nc6 20. Rd2 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 a5 22. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,193,6,0,0,0,0,5,1,4,4,46,43,43,16,9,14,13,15,60,66,97,97,95,98,96,95,98,96,97,83,90,68,74,78,93,92,89,88,123,114,106,71,71,71,71,72,85,61,94,85,88,77,89,91,93,89,92,64,72,69,78,73,62,42,94,85,117,113,113,100,103,93,106,117,130,93,121,122,130,126,168,148,177,167,176,166,156,87,165,165,152,87,233,233,233,233,233,233,233,233,233,227,213,213,213,213,233,233,233,239,250,239,234,248,247,219,233,228,222,0,230,228,228,214,230,224,253,253,253,252,252,247,213,177,320,304,506,496,556,556,556,556,556,556,548,548,536,531,548,538,1804,1775,1743,1700,1766,1051,1766,1754,1729,1754,1591,1510,1270,970,29967,29968,29970,10469,29983,29984,29984,29984,29983,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4b3,Bb3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} Qc7 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (7... Nc6 8. O-O Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Rfc8 12. Rd1 Rab8 13. Bd2 Qe5 14. Nc2 a6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Na7 17. Bc3 Qg5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {0-1 (44) Ding,L (2764)-Svidler,P (2742) Novi Sad 2016}) 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb6 10. Nb3 d6 11. O-O Qa6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. a4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Be3 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Bd4 {0-1 (68) Kashlinskaya,A (2429)-Muzychuk,A (2558) Doha 2016}) 12... Qc4 13. Nd2 Qb4 14. Ra2 Na6 15. b3 Bf5 16. Ba3 Qd4 17. e4 Bd7 18. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Rd2 is the strong threat. White has some pressure.} Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rfc8 20. e5 $1 Rxc4 21. bxc4 Bxe5 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Re2 Bf6 24. a5 Kf8 25. Bc1 Nc5 26. Bh6+ Ke8 27. Be3 Bg4 28. Ra2 Bf5 29. Rb4 Kd7 30. h3 h5 31. Bf1 (31. Ra3 {is interesting.} Kd8 32. h4 Kc7 33. Rb5 Bd7 34. Rb1) 31... Bc3 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Rb3 Be5 34. Kg2 Kc7 35. Bd3 Bd7 36. Be4 Bd6 37. Rb1 h4 38. g4 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Bf3 Be5 41. Ra3 Bd4 42. Rab3 b6 (42... Rg8+ $14 43. Kf1 Bc8) 43. axb6+ Rxb6 44. Rxb6 axb6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 45. Rb3 Bf6 46. Be2 Bd4 47. Ra3 Bc8 48. Bf3 Be5 49. Ra7+ Kd8 50. Bh5 Bb8 51. Ra2 Bb7 52. Bf7 Bd6 53. f3 Kc7 54. Be8 (54. Kf2 $142) 54... f4 (54... Bc8 $16 {was necessary.}) 55. Bb5 $18 Bc8 {[#]} 56. Kh2 (56. Re2 $142 $1) 56... Kb8 (56... Be5 $16) 57. Rg2 Be5 {[#]} 58. Rg6 $1 Kc7 59. Rc6+ Kd8 60. Rxb6 Bd6 61. Ba4 Kc7 62. Rb2 Be5 63. Rg2 Bf6 64. Bb5 Bf5 65. Rg8 Bc8 66. Kg2 Be5 67. Rf8 Bb7 68. Rf5 Kd6 69. Rg5 Bc8 70. Rg8 Kc7 $1 71. Re8 Bf6 72. Kh2 Bb7 73. Ba4 Ba6 74. Bb3 Bc8 75. Bc2 Ba6 76. Bd3 Bb7 77. Kg2 Ba6 (77... Bc8 $142 78. Rf8 Bd7) 78. Ra8 Bb7 $2 (78... Bc8 79. Bg6 Kb7) 79. Ra5 Bd4 80. Bf5 Kb6 81. Ra4 Ba6 82. Kf1 Bb7 83. Ke2 Bc3 84. Kd3 Bf6 85. Ke4 e5 86. Be6 Bg7 87. Kf5 Kc7 88. Ra5 Bf8 89. Kxe5 Bd6+ 90. Kf5 Kb6 91. Ra4 Ba6 92. Kg4 Be5 93. Kxh4 Bc3 94. Kg4 (94. Kg5 $142 Bb7 95. h4 Kc7 96. h5 Be5 97. h6 Bc3 98. h7 Bg7 99. Kxf4) 94... Bb4 95. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32] White mates.} Bc3 96. d7 Bf6 97. Bd5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,88,28,30,8,8,10,17,0,26,41,37,23,23,20,29,23,39,38,36,40,39,23,35,14,14,14,14,14,63,14,12,14,14,20,15,18,79,86,65,54,106,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,-43,-9,-10,-8,-7,-8,-18,0,-106,0,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Rc1 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation} (8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nb3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa4 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bd7 {1-0 (71) Radjabov,T (2710)-Dreev,A (2652) Doha 2016}) 8... Ne4 9. Ncxe4 dxe4 10. c5 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qxa2 11. Bc4 Qa5 12. Ke2 h6 13. Ra1 Qc7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 Nxc5 16. dxc5 {1-0 (58) Vega Gutierrez,S (2375)-Goryachkina,A (2485) Mamaia 2016}) 11. a3 Bxd2+ $1 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 {cxb6 is the strong threat.} bxc5 14. b4 f6 15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Bg3 h5 {aiming for ...h4.} 18. h4 Ke7 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Rhd1 cxb4 21. axb4 {Threatening Ke1.} Nf6+ 22. Ke1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 a5 24. Bxe5 a4 {[#]} (24... Ba6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Rc1 $1 $16 Bb7 26. Ra1 (26. b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c6]}) 26... Nd5 {[#]} (26... a3 $14) 27. Bxg7 (27. Bd4 $1 $16) 27... Nxb4 $11 28. Kd2 c5 29. Bxh5 Rg8 30. Bc3 Bc6 31. Rg1 a3 {White must now prevent ...Rd8+.} 32. Ra1 $1 Rxg2 33. Rxa3 Rxf2+ 34. Kc1 Kd6 35. Bd1 (35. Bg6 $11) 35... Rh2 ({Black should play} 35... Na2+ $17 36. Kb1 Nxc3+ 37. Rxc3 Rf1) 36. h5 (36. Bxb4 $5 cxb4 37. Ra6 $15) 36... Bb5 (36... Nd3+ {is more complex.} 37. Kb1 Rh1 38. Kc2 Be8 39. Ra6+ Kd5) 37. Bxb4 {The position is equal.} cxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Ra7 Bc4 39. Rb7 Kc5 (39... b3 $5) 40. Rc7+ Kb5 41. Rb7+ $1 Ka5 42. Ra7+ Kb6 43. Ra8 Rh1 {Strongly threatening ...Be2.} 44. Kd2 Rh2+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,151,42,44,45,39,37,41,41,47,36,48,43,50,41,42,32,43,3,18,22,25,20,118,123,117,18,66,0,0,0,38,0,0,0,0,-20,80,74,82,74,66,68,34,5,0,-545,-549,-1574,-177,-186,-183,-177,-179,-159,-129,-128,-131,-133,-126,-125,-116,-126,-132,-124,-126,-165,-143,-177,-177,-255,-231,-237,-208,-215,-184,-216,-143,-151,-148,-173,-171,-242,-198,-193,-168,-190,-8,-8,-8,-13,0,0,0,-13,-15,-63,-13,-75,-44,-93,-8,-27,-38,-169,-132,-164,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,8,8,5117,5117,5116,5116,5116,5116,5116,5116,5116,5088]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 11. f3 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Qd2 Qb8 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 15. b3 (15. b4 Bd8 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. Na4 {0-1 (30) Kovalev,V (2641)-Adhiban,B (2670) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 15... Rfe8 16. Kh1 Bd8 17. Bg1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Red1) 17... Bc7 18. Nc2 Ne5 19. Rcd1 Red8 20. Qe3 Ng6 21. Qf2 h5 22. Na4 b5 23. Nb6 Bxb6 $1 24. Qxb6 d5 (24... h4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. exd5 $16 exd5 26. Nb4 ({White should try} 26. cxb5 $16 Rxc2 27. bxa6) 26... dxc4 27. Rxd8+ (27. Nxa6 $14 Bxa6 28. Qxa6) 27... Rxd8 $11 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Nxa6 Bxa6 30. Qxa6 c3 31. Qa3 c2 (31... Qc7 $11) 32. Bd3 $16 Nf4 {[%cal Bg6f4,Bf4g2,Bg2h4][%mdl 32]} 33. Bxc2 Nxg2 34. Rb1 ({Much weaker is} 34. Kxg2 Rd2+ 35. Kh1 Rxc2 $17) 34... Qc8 35. Rc1 Qh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ( -> ...Nh4). Black has some pressure.} 36. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Qa5 $1 $11 Re8 37. Qf5 Qxf5 38. Bxf5) 36... Re8 $19 37. Rd2 Nh4 $2 (37... Nf4 {And now ...h4 would win.} 38. Qb3 h4) 38. Qd3 Nxf3 39. Re2 Rxe2 40. Qxe2 Nxg1 41. Kxg1 g6 42. Bb3 Qf5 43. Qf2 {White wants to play Qxf5.} Qe5 44. Qg3 Qa1+ 45. Kg2 {Black should prevent Qxg6+.} Ng4 46. Qf4 Qb2+ 47. Kf1 Ne5 48. Qf2 (48. h4 {was called for.}) 48... Qb1+ 49. Qe1 Qd3+ 50. Qe2 {intending Qxd3.} Qc3 51. Qc2 Qa5 52. Qe4 Kg7 53. Qd4 f6 54. h4 (54. h3 {is a better defense.}) 54... Qb5+ 55. Kf2 Ng4+ $1 56. Ke1 Qb8 $2 (56... Qc6 $19 57. Ke2 Qg2+ 58. Kd1 Qh1+ 59. Kc2 Qxh4) 57. Qd7+ $1 $11 Kh6 58. Qd2+ Kg7 {White must now prevent ...Qe5+.} 59. Qd7+ Kh6 60. Qd2+ g5 61. hxg5+ $1 fxg5 {Threatens to win with ...Qg3+.} 62. Qd4 (62. Qc3 $11) 62... Ne5 {aiming for ...Nf3+.} 63. Qd5 Qb4+ (63... g4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Qb4+.} 64. Qd2+ Kg7 65. Qg5+ Ng6) 64. Ke2 Qg4+ 65. Ke3 {[#]} (65. Ke1 $1 $15 Qg3+ 66. Ke2) 65... Qf4+ $1 $19 66. Ke2 Ng4 $2 (66... h4 $19 67. a4 Kh5) 67. Qe6+ $11 Nf6 {...h4 is the strong threat.} 68. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} g4 69. Qe3 Kg5 70. a5 g3 {Hoping for ...Qxe3+.} 71. a6 Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (71... Ne8 $11) 72. Qxf4+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kxf4 {[#]} 73. Kf1 $1 Nd2+ 74. Kg2 h4 75. a7 h3+ 76. Kxh3 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,79,14,14,13,3,9,18,18,8,15,18,14,12,8,18,10,11,8,34,27,26,23,34,15,35,16,59,50,33,40,68,3,10,0,11,0,5,0,20,16,33,41,27,36,41,40,31,26,19,28,29,6,7,11,14,0,0,0,-3,-2,0,-10]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 10. Qxc4 b6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Ne5 Ra7 $1 12. Nd3 (12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd3 {1-0 (73) Aronian,L (2792)-Topalov,V (2761) Leuven 2016}) 12... Be7 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Rd1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Bf4 Qa8+ {1-0 (28) Horbing,S (2090)-Niegsch,N (1998) Pardubice 2014}) 13... Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Nd2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bd4 Qb8 20. Nf3 h6 21. Rfc1 Rc7 22. Qb3 Rfc8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Nfe5 Bf6 25. e4 (25. Ra5 $14) 25... Bxe5 $11 26. Nxe5 N5f6 27. Qe3 Qd8 28. Nd3 Rc4 {[#] aiming for ...Ng4.} 29. f3 Qb8 30. b3 Rc8 31. Qd2 e5 32. Be3 Qd6 33. Nb4 Qe6 34. Qd3 Nc5 35. Bxc5 (35. Qxb5 $5 {[%cal Re3c5]} Nxb3 36. Ra6 $14) 35... Rxc5 {The position is equal.} 36. Kg2 Kh7 37. Ra7 Rc1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qb6.} 38. Nd5 Nxd5 39. exd5+ Qg6 40. Qxg6+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,82,15,18,17,11,22,43,30,46,33,47,46,39,8,27,11,13,16,15,4,20,13,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,-30,-23,-22,-24,-22,-22,-22,-21,-85,-14,-14,-21,-54,0,-63,-46,-360,-359,-335,-337,-824,-824,-824,-819,-824,-824,-1000,-976,-966,-926,-893,-818,-802,-802,-802,-802]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Nf6 8. Qe1 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bh5 9. f4 e6 10. Ng3 Bd6 11. f5 {½-½ (11) Sadzikowski,D (2547)-Tari,A (2597) Gallipoli 2017}) 9. Bf4 {White is slightly better.} Qb6 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Bg7 12. a4 O-O 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Na3 Nh5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Be2 Nf6 19. Bf4 e5 20. dxe5 Ne4 21. Qe3 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Bf1 Rde8 {Threatens to win with ...Nc5!} 24. Qf4 Qd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 25. f3 Qb6+ 26. Kh2 $1 Ng5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Qg3 (28. Qd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 28... Ne6 (28... a6 $17 29. a5 Qc5) 29. a5 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Qe3 30. a6 bxa6 (30... b6 $1 $15) 31. f4 ({White should try} 31. Rxa6 $11 Ne7 32. f4 (32. Rxa7 $2 Nf5 $19)) 31... Nxf4 32. Rxa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qxe3 $15 Rxe3 33. Rxa6) 32... Qc1 $19 33. Rxc6 {Qf2 is the strong threat.} Qxf1 34. Rf6 $2 {[#]} (34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. gxf3 Re2+ 37. Kh1) 34... Re1 $1 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Rf1h1] Black is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 34... Qxb5 35. Qxf4 Qe8 36. Rd6 $17 (36. Rxf7 $2 Re4 $19)) 35. Qxf4 {[#]} Qg1+ $1 36. Kg3 Re3+ 37. Kh4 Re4 38. Kg3 Rxf4 39. Rxf4 Qe3+ 40. Rf3 Qe5+ 41. Kf2 Qb8 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,142,24,45,-4,0,0,0,-6,-10,-16,4,0,1,0,10,-12,-12,-12,-12,-19,-12,-35,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-7,-13,-13,-31,-39,-44,-41,-119,-114,-144,-144,-144,-127,-120,0,-110,-99,-102,-87,-105,-106,-116,-106,-89,-87,-118,-110,-132,-106,-115,-123,-160,-159,-254,-236,-244,-238,-221,-235,-246,-246,-360,-241,-254,-251,-383,-370,-520,-516,-535,-525,-512,-424,-417,-424,-424,-423,-385,-391,-416,-385,-423,-379,-498,-502,-479,-440,-377,-374,-460,-444,-817,-682,-908,-908,-878,-888,-818,-544,-531,0,-854,-845,-997,-787,-1099,-952,-1440,-1417]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Re8 {[%cal Re8e1] LiveBook: 39 Games. C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack} (14... Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 Kf8 20. h4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 f6 22. Qxf5 Bxf5 {½-½ (33) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris 2017}) 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 {[#]} Rxe3 $146 {The position is equal.} 17. Qxe3 Bxd3 18. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Qd7 {Hoping for ...Re8.} 19. Re1 Kf8 20. Qf3 Bg6 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Nf1 Qc7 23. h4 h5 24. Ng3 c5 {White must now prevent ...c4.} 25. Bd5 Qe7 (25... Bxg3 $5 26. fxg3 c4 $11) 26. Bc6 Rd8 $1 27. Be4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with Bxg6. White is not keeping still} Kg8 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Nf1 Qxh4 30. g3 Qf6 31. Qxf6 (31. Qc6 $15) 31... gxf6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. c4 Kf7 33. Ne3 Bc7 34. Rc1 Bd6 (34... b4 $17 35. Nd5 Be5) 35. b3 (35. Rd1 $1 $11) 35... f5 36. Nd5 Re8 37. Kf1 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. gxh4 Rh8 39. cxb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 39... Rxh4 $2 40. bxa6 Rh8 41. Nb6 $18) 40. Nc3 Rxh4 41. Rc2 {[#]} b4 $1 42. Na4 Rh8 43. Rc4 {[#]} Rc8 $1 44. f4 (44. Rc2 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 44... Ke6 $19 45. Kg2 Rc7 46. Kf3 Kd5 47. Rc2 Rh7 48. Rd2+ (48. Rg2 $142 Rh3+ 49. Kf2) 48... Ke6 49. Re2+ Kf7 50. Rf2 (50. Rc2 $142) 50... Rh3+ 51. Ke2 {[#]} (51. Kg2 $142 Rh4 52. Kf1) 51... c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Nb2 (52. bxc4 Ra3) 52... cxb3 53. axb3 Rxb3 54. Nd3 Rb1 55. Kd2 Ra1 56. Ke3 Ra8 57. Kd4 Re8 58. Kd5 Re4 59. Rf1 Kf6 60. Rf3 Bc7 61. Kc6 Bb8 62. Nc5 Rxf4 63. Rh3 (63. Rd3 $142 Rc4 64. Kb5) 63... Ba7 64. Nd7+ Kg7 65. Ne5 Re4 66. Kd5 Bb8 67. Nd7 Ba7 68. Ne5 $1 Bd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 69. Nd7 Re7 70. Kd6 Re3 71. Rh4 Rd3 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,29,7,25,20,21,20,24,13,24,16,13,13,14,0,0,0,7,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 a6 (4... dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e3 {½-½ (43) Kozul,Z (2617)-Mamedov,R (2689) Minsk 2017}) 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} b5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 7. Qb3 e6 8. a4 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bb7 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Qb6 {1-0 (44) Sulypa,A (2479)-Mohammad,S (2320) Antalya 2006}) 9. e3 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Bb7 10. Be2 O-O {The position is equal.} 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rd1 c5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Adhiban, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,29,37,41,27,25,33,50,30,34,5,12,10,13,7,68,0,5,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ba3 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} b6 (8... Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Qe7 10. Qc1 Ne4 11. Nc2 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qa3 c5 14. f3 Nf6 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bc4 {½-½ (85) Kortschnoj,V (2566)-Tseshkovsky,V (2554) Dresden 2010}) 9. Qc1 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bb7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qa3 Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Na6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Ng5 Rfe8 17. f3 h6 18. Nh3 Kf7 19. Nc2 Bb7 20. Nb4 {½-½ (50) Kagan,N (2260)-Mora Manez,J (2080) Elista 1998}) 10. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} Ba6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Ndf3 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Rc8 (13... Bb7 $11) 14. Nxd7 (14. cxd5 $14 Bxd3 15. dxe6) 14... Qxd7 $11 15. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,120,12,13,15,3,10,22,10,17,11,8,12,8,14,10,17,0,0,-6,-6,-38,-16,-35,-22,-45,-45,-74,-29,-104,-47,-64,-77,-82,-80,-170,-164,-165,-70,-52,-6,-10,-6,-6,-16,-13,-6,-106,-95,-183,-176,-265,-242,-338,-338,-338,-338,-338,-338,-338,-338,-338,-338,-338,-336,-324,-325,-333,-339,-329,-226,-342,-338,-328,-327,-345,-338,-306,-300,-307,-300,-377,-371,-330,-257,-362,-328,-403,-387,-711,-677,-579,-547,-1045,-1045,-866,-831,-4134,-2949,-988,-987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d5 10. b3 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} Bb7 (10... Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rae1 Bb7 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. f4 g6 15. e5 Nd7 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Bf8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Na4 Qc7 {½-½ (36) Kryvoruchko,Y (2702)-Rublevsky,S (2689) Novi Sad 2016}) 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Kh1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} e5 13. f4 {[#] exd5 is the strong threat.} d4 14. Na4 O-O 15. c3 c5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Nb6 Rad8 18. Nc4 Rfe8 19. cxd4 cxd4 $146 20. f5 Bb4 21. Bb1 Qd7 {aiming for ...d3.} 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Qf3 a5 24. a3 Bf8 25. Qe2 (25. g4 $11) 25... h5 (25... Ba6 $17) 26. Bd3 Ba6 27. Re1 Rb8 28. Nxe5 (28. Qd1 $17) 28... Qxe5 $19 29. Bxa6 Bd6 (29... Nxe4 30. Qxh5 Rxb3 31. Bc4 $11) ({Stronger than} 29... Qxe4 30. Qd2 $11) ({Black should play} 29... Rxb3 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 30. Bc4 Rb7) 30. g3 $15 h4 31. Rcd1 $1 hxg3 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 32. Bxd4 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4 Nxe4 34. Bc4 (34. Bd3 $11 Nf2+ 35. Bxf2 gxf2 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Kg2) 34... gxh2 $17 {Hoping for ...Ng3+.} 35. Kg2 {[#]} (35. Ba7 $17 {keeps fighting.} Rb7 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Bd5 Rxa7 38. Bxe4 Bxa3 39. Kxh2) 35... Ng3 $1 $19 ({Resist} 35... Bxa3 36. Kxh2 Nd6 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. Bd3 $17) 36. Rxe8+ (36. a4 {might work better.}) 36... Rxe8 37. Kxh2 Nxf5+ 38. Kg2 Nxd4 ({Weaker is} 38... Bxa3 39. Bb6 $17) 39. Rxd4 Bxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. Rd7 Re7 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Kf3 g6 43. Ra8 Bb4 44. Rd8 Kg7 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. Ra8 (46. Bb5 {is a better defense.}) 46... Bd2+ 47. Kf3 Kg5 48. Ra6 f5 49. Rd6 Bb4 50. Ra6 Rd7 51. Ra8 Kf6 52. Re8 Rd6 53. Rg8 (53. Rf8+ $142 Kg5 54. Ra8) 53... Rd4 54. Ra8 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 55. Ra6+ $2 (55. Ke3 Re4+ 56. Kd3) 55... Rd6 {Black is clearly winning.} 56. Ra8 g4+ 57. Kg3 Rd2 {( -> ...Bd6+)} 58. Kf4 Rd4+ 59. Ke3 Bc5 60. Ke2 f4 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,42,43,41,35,8,13,1,13,13,13,0,19,13,27,13,22,0,0,-4,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 {LiveBook: 14 Games. White is slightly better.} Rae8 13. Rb1 $146 {[#] Hoping for Rb5.} ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd6 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 {½-½ (37) Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Yu,Y (2753) Danzhou 2017}) 13... Bxd3 $1 14. Qxd3 b6 15. c4 Qd7 16. d5 Bf6 17. Bf4 Na5 18. h3 Nb7 {The position is equal.} 19. Nh2 Be7 20. Ng4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,45,39,11,19,23,15,18,18,10,28,13,14,11,10,0,35,30,20,17,15,-2,-7,-5,-5,-18,-19,-22,-14,-28]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Bf1 Be7 7. Nxe5 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 8 Games} Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 a6 13. Qd2 Bf6 14. Ne2 h6 15. c3 {0-1 (51) Caruana,F (2787)-Nakamura,H (2793) Saint Louis 2015}) 12... Bf5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Ne2 Nb4 {[%cal Bc6b4,Bb4a6,Ba6c7][%mdl 32]} 15. Rec1 Qd7 16. g3 Be7 17. a3 Bg4 18. Qh1 {The position is equal.} Na6 19. Nf4 c6 20. h3 Bf5 21. g4 Bg6 22. c4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nc7 23. cxd5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,128,0,27,4,14,16,19,20,45,25,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,27,42,-56,-54,-55,-58,-60,-58,-75,-75,-68,-54,-95,-78,-72,-62,-152,-100,-137,-138,-131,-131,-130,-124,-119,-115,-145,-137,-143,-133,-148,-140,-143,-132,-146,-144,-197,-162,-180,-171,-179,-156,-188,-185,-168,-150,-292,-285,-300,-293,-314,-315,-307,-304,-313,-302,-310,-299,-299,-302,-293,-309,-303,-295,-301,-263,-369,-357,-352,-385,-639,-616,-658,-632,-912,-814,-623,-377,-377,-377,-377,-376,-4698,-3587,-5616,-5616,-5414,-5023]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qb3 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nc2 Rac8 14. Rb1 Qa6 15. Bc3 b6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Nd5 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 {0-1 (56) Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 11... Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5a4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. e3 Rd8 13. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Nc5 14. Qa3 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... e5 15. Nb3 Bf8 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Re8 18. Rac1 Bd7 {1-0 (43) Bindrich,F (2532)-Kislik,E (2370) Budapest 2010}) 15. Rab1 Rac8 16. Nd5 (16. Bc1 $5 {[%cal Rb1b6]} Qa6 17. Qxa6 bxa6 18. Ba3 $14) 16... Nxd5 17. cxd5 Na4 18. Ba1 Qc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Bb2 Kf8 21. Ba3 b6 22. Rfc1 ({White should try} 22. Nc6 $14 Bxc6 23. dxc6) 22... Bxd4 $1 $15 23. exd4 Nb7 $1 24. Bf1 Bf5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Re1 Nd6 27. Bb4 Rc2 28. a4 Rb2 29. Ba3 (29. Bxd6 $1 $15 exd6 30. Bb5) 29... Ra2 (29... Rd2 $142 30. Bc1 Rxd4 31. Bh6+ Ke8) 30. Bc1 {[#]} f6 $1 ({Much worse is} 30... Rxa4 $6 31. Bh6+ Ke8 32. Bg5 $11) 31. Bb5 Nxb5 32. axb5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g5 33. h4 h6 34. Re3 Ra1 35. Rc3 Be4 36. d6 exd6 37. Kf1 Bf5 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. Ba3 (39. Kf3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 39... Kd7 40. f3 Ra2+ 41. Kg1 Rc2 42. Re3 gxh4 43. gxh4 Rd2 44. Bb4 (44. h5 $17) 44... Rb2 $19 ({Resist} 44... Rxd4 45. Bc3 $19) 45. Bc3 Rxb5 46. d5 Rxd5 47. Bxf6 Be6 48. Kf2 a5 49. Ra3 h5 50. Ke3 Rb5 51. Bd4 Kc6 52. Rc3+ Kb7 53. Bf6 Rc5 54. Rd3 (54. Bd4 $142) 54... Kc6 55. Be7 Bd5 56. f4 $2 (56. Ra3) 56... b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 57. f5 b4 58. f6 {If only White now had time for Rxd5!...} Kd7 59. Bf8 Ke6 {[#] White must now prevent ...b3.} 60. f7 {Strongly threatening Bxd6!} Rc7 61. Bxd6 Rxf7 62. Bg3 $2 (62. Bc5) 62... b3 {Black is clearly winning.} 63. Kd2 b2 64. Re3+ Kf5 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,68,29,34,35,33,29,25,31,29,17,25,28,25,38,32,44,38,43,22,26,14,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,30,25,26,26,24,25,29,21,31]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. h3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. Re1 Kh8 12. c3 Nb6 13. Bb3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 {½-½ (25) Caruana,F (2808)-Aronian,L (2793) Stavanger 2017}) 11. c3 Nh5 12. Bh2 Bg5 13. Na3 Bf4 14. d4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qe7 16. Re1 Kg7 17. Bf1 b6 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Qe3 (20. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nb8 21. b4 $11) 20... exd4 21. Nxd4 Ne5 22. Qg3 {[#] aiming for Nf5+.} Kh7 23. Nd2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Nh5 25. Qe3 Qh4 26. Kg1 Qf4 27. Qe2 c5 (27... Qg5 {seems wilder.} 28. N2f3 Qe7 29. g3 Rae8 30. Rfe1 Qd7) 28. N4f3 Nxf3+ 29. Nxf3 Rfe8 30. Rfe1 Nf6 {[%cal Rf4e4]} (30... d5 $5) 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Nxd2 Re6 33. Re3 Rae8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 34. Rae1 Kg7 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,57,27,29,37,37,29,32,53,44,45,51,70,61,60,56,56,36,48,48,40,9,5,0,0,0,0,0,33,28,14,0,19,16,16,16,28,8,18,16]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b3][%mdl 32]} Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 {C45: Scotch Game} O-O 8. Bg5 Nd4 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 h6 11. Be3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Re8 13. f3 c6 14. O-O-O d5 {½-½ (30) Wang,H (2726)-Aronian,L (2816) Istanbul 2012}) 12. Bxb6 $1 Qxb6 13. O-O-O Re8 14. f3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qd4 Qc7 19. Qc3 Qe7 20. Bd3 Rac8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 21. Qd4 Bxb3 $1 {[#] Hoping for ...Qc7.} 22. Rhe1 Be6 23. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qc5 (23... g6 {looks sharper.} 24. g4 Red8 25. Qe4 Qc7 26. f5 Bb3) 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. b4 (25. f5 $5 Bd7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Be4 $11) 25... Rc7 26. f5 {[#] And now Bb5 would win.} Bd7 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Kd2 Kf8 29. g4 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,30,-1,0,8,0,-2,18,18,10,18,19,10,13,11,18,20,17,0,0,0,0,1,1]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 (3... Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. e5 {1-0 (47) Jobava,B (2714)-Short,N (2688) Helsingor 2017}) 4. Na3 Bxa3 5. Qa4+ Bd7 {The position is equal.} (5... Nc6 $5 6. bxa3 Nge7 $11) 6. Qxa3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Bc6 7. Nf3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... b5 8. O-O Ne7 9. d3 cxd3 10. Rd1 Be4 11. Bf4 {1-0 (35) Vlcek,S (2280)-Breder,D (2473) Austria 2016}) 8. Qc3 Ngf6 9. Qxc4 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bd5 12. Qa4+ Nd7 $1 13. g4 f6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,94,22,29,-15,-22,-46,-31,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,61,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-48,0,-31,-21,-103,-94,-109,-67,-67,-19,-26,-22,-58,-56,-56,-64,-60,-56,-62,-67,-56,-58,-179,-179,-182,-175,-235,-222,-202,-207,-209,-194,-334,-334,-334,-334,-313,-301,-399,-389,-5187,-5125,-5122,-5122,-5122,-5110,-5089,-3879]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Bh4 g5 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} (7... c5 8. dxc5 O-O 9. e3 Be6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Ndxc5 15. Nd4 Rc8 {1-0 (41) Kasparov,G (2812)-Le,Q (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 8. Bg3 Nc6 9. e3 h5 {LiveBook: 14 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Be5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. h4 Ne4 11. Nge2 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 Bg4 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. Bxg4+ hxg4 17. Qxc3 {½-½ (27) Gagunashvili,M (2569)-Grandelius,N (2649) Gjakova 2016}) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 gxf4 14. exf4 Nc5 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Nd4 c6 17. Bd3 Qh4+ 18. g3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qe7 (19... Qh3 $11) 20. h3 ({White should try} 20. Rb1 $1 $14) 20... Bd7 $11 21. Rb1 b6 22. Kf2 Qa3 $1 23. Qc2 O-O-O 24. Rb3 Qa6 25. Rhb1 Kb8 26. Kg2 (26. Kg1 $11) 26... c5 $17 27. Nb5 Bxb5 28. Rxb5 d4 29. cxd4 Qb7+ 30. Kf2 Rxd4 {[#] aiming for ...Rhd8.} 31. Qxc5 $1 Rd2+ $1 32. Ke1 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c5]} (32... bxc5 $2 {perishes.} 33. Rxb7+ Ka8 34. Kxd2 $18) 33. Qxc8+ $1 Kxc8 34. Kxd2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Qg2+ 35. Ke3 (35. Kd1 $15) 35... Qxg3+ $19 36. Ke4 Qg2+ 37. Ke3 (37. Kd4 $142) 37... Qxh3+ 38. Ke4 Qg2+ 39. Ke3 Qxa2 40. f5 (40. R5b2 {is a better defense.} Qa3+ 41. Rb3 Qc5+ 42. Ke4) 40... Qc2 41. e6 fxe6 42. fxe6 Qg6 43. Rc1+ Kb7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qh6+.} 44. Re5 $2 (44. e7 Qh6+ 45. Ke2 Qe6+ 46. Kf1 Qf6+ 47. Kg2 Qxe7 48. Rf5) 44... Qh6+ {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Kd3 Qxc1 46. e7 Qd1+ 47. Ke3 Qb3+ {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,71,13,16,52,54,56,45,58,61,55,56,73,78,83,46,108,0,154,137,145,133,151,134,202,212,219,213,204,155,300,306,287,224,538,490,668,751,717,713,1526,1522,1505,1070,1053,995,981,918,2548,2546,1719,1471,5186,4694,12830,5186]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. c3 (8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 cxd4 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 h6 13. Re1 {1-0 (71) Short,N (2675)-Caruana,F (2827) Caleta 2017}) 8... Nc6 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Bd7 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 11. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Kf1 cxd4 12. cxd4 h6 13. g4 {½-½ (43) Bures,J (2376)-Hoefelsauer,T (2342) Olomouc 2016}) 11... Bxc5 12. Qe2 a5 13. Rh4 h6 14. Rb1 Rf8 15. Kf1 Be7 16. Be3 Bc5 (16... Qc7 $14) 17. Bc1 (17. Bxc5 $16 Qxc5 18. Qd2) 17... f5 $2 (17... Be7 $1 $11) 18. exf6 $16 Rxf6 {[#]} 19. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} axb4 20. cxb4 {[%cal Bc3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 (20... Be7 $16 {was necessary.}) 21. Be3 $18 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3d4,Bd4f6,Bf6c3,Bc3g7][%mdl 32]} Qc7 22. b5 Ne5 23. Bd4 Nxd3 (23... Nxf3 $16 24. gxf3 (24. Bxf6 Nxh4 25. b6 Qb8 $11) 24... Qd8) 24. Bxf6 Nc1 25. Qe3 Ba3 $2 {[#]} (25... Ra3 {is more resistant.} 26. b6 (26. Rxc1 Rxe3 27. Rxc7 Bxb5+ 28. Kg1 Bxc7 $16) (26. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 27. Rxc1 gxf6 $16) 26... Qc6 27. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1 gxf6 29. Rxh6 Rxa2 30. Rxf6 Ra6) 26. Bc3 {White is clearly winning.} Nxa2 27. Bxg7 Qc2 28. Re1 Bc1 29. Qb6 Qg6 30. Qxb7 Rd8 31. Qxd5 Qxg7 32. Qxa2 Rc8 33. Rxe6+ Kf8 34. Re1 Bxb5+ 35. Kg1 Bd7 36. Rc4 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 12%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,70,38,43,36,14,6,-45,-52,-157,-150,-171,-64,-162,-153,-149,-141,-125,-107,-267,-232,-274,-230,-240,-175,-181,-168,-177,-183,-174,-49,-137,-139,-124,-37,-77,-37,-112,8,8,8,10,293,0,0,-88,0,0,0,0,410,0,0,0,327,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qd2 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bd7 9. f4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Rc8 10. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. Bf3 ({White should play} 11. a3 $11) 11... Na5 $15 12. g4 $146 (12. b3 $15) ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Qc7 13. Nb1 e5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 e4 {½-½ (44) Shirov,A (2726)-Rublevsky,S (2649) Izmir 2004}) 12... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 13. Nce2 e5 ({Black should try} 13... Nc4 $19 14. Qd3 e5) 14. g5 (14. b3 $1 $15) 14... Nc4 15. Qd3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 $2 (17. Bg1 $17) 17... Bxg4 $19 18. Rde1 Bd7 19. h4 Qa5 20. Kb1 Bb5 21. Qd1 g6 22. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Be7 (22... h5 $19 23. Bf4 Bd7) 23. Bc1 ({Better is} 23. Bf4 $1 $15) 23... Bd7 $17 24. h5 {Threatens to win with hxg6.} Rf8 (24... Rg8 $1 $17 25. hxg6 hxg6) 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rh7 (26. Bf4 $1 $15) 26... Qc5 (26... gxf5 $6 27. exf5 Ne5 28. g6 $11) (26... Rg8 $1 $17 27. Bf4 (27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Nf5 Bf8 $17) 27... Ne5) 27. f6 $1 $11 Bd8 {And now ...Bb6 would win.} 28. Reh1 $1 Ba4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... a5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 29. Rh8 $2 (29. b3 $1 $18) 29... Rxh8 30. Rxh8+ Kd7 31. Rh7 $1 Ne5 {Strongly threatening ...Bb6.} 32. Bf4 {next b3 is good for White.} Ke8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Qc4 $2 33. b3 $18) (32... Bb6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Rxf7+ (34. Nb3+ Qd6 $15) 34... Ke8 35. Re7+ Qxe7 36. fxe7 Bxd4) 33. Rh8+ $2 (33. Bxe5 $1 $18 dxe5 34. Rh8+ Kd7 35. Nb3+ Qd6 36. Nc5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kc7 37. Qxd6+ Kxd6 38. Nxa4) 33... Kd7 {aiming for ...Bb6.} 34. Rh7 {Black must now prevent b3.} Ke8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({But not} 34... Qc4 $2 35. b3 $18) (34... Bb6 $11 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Rxf7+ (36. Nb3+ Qd6 $17) 36... Ke8 37. Re7+ Qxe7 38. fxe7 Bxd4) 35. Rh8+ $2 (35. Bxe5 $1 $18 dxe5 36. Rh8+ Kd7 37. Nb3+ Qd6 {[#]} 38. Nc5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kc7 39. Qxd6+ Kxd6 40. Nxa4) 35... Kd7 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,59,-2,10,4,78,47,31,-68,-59,-29,161,168,421,422,441,448,439,441,429,0,305,0,424,406,454,219,289,286,274,220,256,214,210,129,124,31,32,34]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4 Nd7 9. h5 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (9. g5 h6 10. g6 f5 11. h5 Ngf6 12. f3 Nb6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Qh2 Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 {0-1 (58) Van Kampen,R (2643)-Bruzon Batista,L (2643) Linares 2017}) 9... Nh6 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Nh3 g5 12. hxg6 hxg6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. a4 Ng8 $146 (13... g5 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. f3 g5 16. Bg3 f5 {½-½ (52) Istomin,A (2232)-Bailey,K (2255) ICCF email 2010}) 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Nb5 (15. f3 $1 $14) 15... Kf8 16. Nc7 Rd8 $2 (16... Bxg4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 17. Nxa8 Nxa8 18. Bxg4 Qxg4) 17. Nxe6+ $18 fxe6 $2 (17... Qxe6 {is a better defense.} 18. O-O-O Qd7) 18. O-O-O Kg7 19. Be5+ Bf6 {and the idea ...Bxe5 leaves Black hopeful.} 20. Bg3 Bh4 {Now ...Bxg3 and Black clings on.} 21. Be5+ Bf6 22. Bg3 Bh4 $1 {[#] If only Black now had time for ...Bxg3....} 23. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 {intending ...Bxg3.} ({Weaker is} 23... Bxg3 24. Qxg3 Qd6 25. Qxd6 $18) (23... dxe4 24. Be5+) 24. a5 (24. Be5+ $142 Bf6 25. Qg3) 24... Bxg3 25. Qxg3 ({Not} 25. fxg3 Nd7 $16) 25... Nd7 26. e5 c5 27. f4 Nh6 28. Ng5 cxd4 {[#]} 29. Qa3 ({Better is} 29. Nf3 $1 $16) 29... Rde8 $1 $14 30. Qxe7+ {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,71,24,24,20,27,23,27,26,25,25,42,29,29,26,71,65,122,122,120,120,159,154,158,168,156,155,156,156,156,146,145,16,18,0,149,150,527,544,561,551,489,450,29940,6170,29984,29985,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 10. Kb1 (10. h4 h6 11. c4 Bf6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qe7 14. Qf4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (56) Grischuk,A (2761)-Yu,Y (2753) Jiayuguan 2017}) 10... Bf6 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 O-O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. g3 e5 15. Bg2 Rhf8 {[#]} 16. Qe3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16. Be4 Rf6 {1-0 (68) Quesada Perez,Y (2639)-Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2534) Merida 2013}) 16... Kb8 17. Rd2 Rf6 18. Rhd1 Rdf8 19. c4 Qg4 {[#]} 20. c5 $1 {Bxc6 is the strong threat.} Rxf2 (20... Qd7 $14) 21. Bxc6 $1 $16 bxc6 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Rxd6 Qc4 24. Rd8+ ({But not} 24. Qxe5 $6 Qxc2+ 25. Ka1 Ka8 $14) 24... Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kc7 26. Qxe5+ Kb6 27. Qe3+ Qc5 28. Qb3+ (28. Qd3 $16 {Hoping for Rb8+.} Rf8 29. b3) 28... Qb5 $1 $11 29. Qe3+ (29. Qxb5+ $11 cxb5 30. a4) 29... Qc5 $1 $16 30. Qd3 {aiming for Rb8+.} Qe5 $2 (30... Rf8 $16 {is tougher.} 31. b3 h6 32. Rxf8 Qxf8 33. Qd4+ Kb7) 31. a3 $18 Qe1+ 32. Ka2 {Intending Rb8+ and mate.} Qe6+ {[#]} 33. c4 $1 a5 (33... Kc7 $18 34. Rh8 Re2) 34. Qd4+ Kc7 35. Ra8 Qf6 36. Ra7+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,80,-6,-5,17,13,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-1,-26,-33,-77,-77,-87,-80,-77,-80,-106,-93,-99,-99,-140,-141,-185,-177,-180,-181,-201,-200,-247,-236,-236,-242,-228,-232,-243,-227,-220,-214,-314,-297,-402,-383,-408,-407,-394,-379,-398,-389,-379,-353,-384,-385,-383,-381,-366,-355]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. f3 Qa5 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} (8... d6 9. e4 Be6 10. Ne3 Rc8 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Na5 13. Rb1 b6 14. Rb4 Rc5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 {1-0 (53) Ikonnikov,V (2569)-Jansa,V (2443) Germany 2014}) 9. Qd2 d6 10. e4 Be6 11. Ne3 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Rc8 12. Rb1 b6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Ne5 {[%cal Re6c4]} 15. Rb4 Qc5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15... Rc5) 16. Kh1 Qc7 (16... a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 17. Rb5 Qc6 $11) 17. Qb2 Nfd7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 {aiming for f4.} Qxc3 20. Bh6 Rfd8 21. Ba6 Qxb2 22. Rxb2 Rc7 23. Bg5 Nc5 24. Bb5 a6 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra6b5][%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 25. Be2 {[#]} Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b2]} 26. Rb4 b5 27. f4 {[#]} f6 $1 28. fxe5 fxg5 29. exd6 exd6 30. Bg4 Nc5 31. h3 h5 32. Be6+ (32. Bf3 $142) 32... Kg7 $19 33. Rbb1 Nxe4 {Hoping for ...Ng3+.Black is winning.} 34. Kg1 Rf8 35. Rfe1 Nc5 36. Re3 Rf4 37. a3 Re4 38. Rf3 Nxe6 39. dxe6 Rxe6 40. Rd1 Rc2 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,142,13,8,3,6,2,15,0,0,0,26,-21,-19,-21,-15,-38,-18,-20,-8,-39,-42,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-91,-91,-98,-72,-82,-82,-82,-70,-45,-52,-51,-55,-50,-51,-85,-65,-72,-71,-72,-68,-81,-75,-134,-133,-107,-110,-125,-125,-266,-57,-39,-46,-51,-57,-51,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-29,-9,-32,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,0,-8,-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]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nd2 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} a6 10. Bh2 Ne4 (10... Qe8 11. Nc4 Ne4 12. c3 e5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rad8 {0-1 (70) Agrest,E (2593)-Guseinov,G (2643) chess.com INT 2017}) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. c3 (12. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Bc6 13. c3 $11) 12... e5 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Kh8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5+ Qxe5 18. Qb4 {½-½ (18) Reich,T (2350)-Wohl,A (2375) Munich 2010}) 15. a5 b5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 c5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qd1 Qxd1+ ({Reject} 22... Qxa5 $6 23. Qd7 $14) 23. Bxd1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} f5 24. Bg3 Kf7 25. f3 Ke6 26. b3 Bd5 27. Be1 Bf6 28. Bc2 {[#]} e4 $1 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Kf2 Bd8 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33. Bxe4 Bh4+ 34. g3 Bf6 35. Bc2 Kd5 36. h4 $1 Kc6 37. Ba4+ Bb5 38. Bc2 $1 Kd5 39. h5 (39. Kf3 $142) 39... gxh5 $17 40. Bxh7 h4 41. Kg2 hxg3 42. Kxg3 {[#]} (42. Bxg3 $17 c4 43. Kf3) 42... c4 $2 ({Black should try} 42... Kc4 $1 $19 43. Bc2 Bc3) 43. e4+ $1 $15 Kd4 {aiming for ...Ke3.} 44. Bf2+ Kc3 {Strongly threatening ...Kb3.} 45. Kf4 Kb2 46. e5 Be7 47. e6 c3 {...Bf6 is the strong threat.} 48. Bd4 Kb3 49. Be3 c2 50. Ke5 Kc3 51. Bc1 {The position is equal.} Bc4 52. Be4 Bb5 53. Bg6 Kb3 54. Be4 Bb4 55. Bg6 Bc3+ 56. Kd6 Bb4+ 57. Ke5 Be7 58. Be4 Kc3 59. Bg6 Ba4 60. Be4 Kc4 61. Bg6 Kb4 62. Bd2+ Ka3 63. Bd3 Kb2 64. Bxa6 Bb4 65. Bg5 Bxa5 66. e7 Bb4 {Threatens to win with ...Bxe7!} 67. Ke6 Be8 68. Bc8 Bh5 69. Bb7 c1=Q 70. Bxc1+ Kxc1 71. Bc6 Bxe7 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,47,-26,-21,-37,-57,-60,-55,0,-12,-15,-1,26,-20,39,31,58,44,83,45,161,175,436,412,525,535,1531,1522]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} Na5 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qe2 b5 12. Rad1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... a6 13. d5 Qe8 14. Rfe1 Nb3 15. Bf4 Rb7 16. h3 Nc5 17. dxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (45) Onischuk,A (2662)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku 2015}) 13. Ne5 a6 14. g4 Ne8 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nd6 17. g5 Bxd5 (17... Bxg5 $11 18. Bxg5 Qxg5) 18. Rxd5 $14 c6 19. Rdd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qc7 {[#]} 20. Qh5 $1 g6 ({Black should play} 20... Rbd8 $1 $14) 21. Qh6 $18 {And now Bf4 would win.} Nxe4 $2 (21... Rfd8) 22. Nd7 Nd6 {[#]} 23. Bh3 $1 Rfd8 24. Rd4 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 13%.} ({Not} 24. Nxb8 Qxb8 25. Bd4 Bf8 $14) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,60,37,34,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-8,-116,-122,-125,-115,-184,-169,-296,-284,-307,-298,-307,-303,-281,-279,-304,-300,-345,-338,-410,-364,-393,-399,-511,-511,-500,-508]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 a5 {LiveBook: 12 Games. B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} 11. Bd3 (11. Rb1 O-O 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bf5 16. Bd3 d4 17. Qb3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 {½-½ (30) Kharlov,A (2593)-Belov,V (2543) Sochi 2004}) 11... O-O 12. b4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. O-O b6 13. Be3 bxc5 14. dxc5 Bf6 15. Qc2 g6 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 {1-0 (58) Pop,V-Orasanu,N Bucharest 1995}) 12... axb4 {The position is equal.} 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Nxb4 {[#]} 15. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 16. Qb1+ Kg8 {And now ...Nc6 would win.} 17. Qxb4 b6 18. Bf4 (18. Qxb6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxb6 19. cxb6) 18... bxc5 $17 19. dxc5 f6 {Strongly threatening ...e5.} 20. Nd4 (20. Bd6 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 20... Bd7 {White must now prevent ...e5.} 21. Nb3 (21. Bd6 $142) 21... e5 $19 {Hoping for ...Qb8.} 22. Bd2 Qb8 23. Qb6 {[#]} Qxb6 $1 24. cxb6 Rb8 25. Ba5 Ba4 26. Nc1 Ra8 27. Bd2 Ra6 28. O-O Rxb6 29. Ne2 Rb2 30. Nc3 Bc6 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,59,35,24,31,23,29,29,29,24,35,38,24,34,26,64,7,24,31,35,23,18,12,20,22,22,2,31,14,56,65,71,19,14,7,12,12,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Nd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (10... Bxa3 11. Qxc3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bxc4 O-O {½-½ (30) So,W (2794)-Anand,V (2779) London 2016}) 11. axb4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bb7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Nb6 13. Be2 Bb7 {½-½ (76) Brunner,N (2469)-Studer,N (2436) Novi Sad 2016}) 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nb6 15. Rfd1 Qd6 16. Ne5 a6 17. Rac1 (17. Ra5 $14) 17... Rfb8 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Bd5 20. Rc5 Rb6 21. Rdc1 c6 22. Bc4 h6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. g3 Qd7 25. b5 (25. Qc3 $16) 25... axb5 $11 {The position is equal.} 26. Re1 Rba6 27. Rc3 Ra1 28. Rce3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Re8 30. Rxe8+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yeoh, Li Tian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,132,18,12,16,14,0,37,0,16,0,14,-7,0,0,0,-14,-9,-11,0,-22,0,0,0,-14,-21,-9,-15,-7,-2,-39,-46,-55,-43,-60,-50,-50,-35,-67,-44,-66,-79,-145,-145,-145,-138,-131,-131,-169,-160,-180,-184,-183,-180,-191,-183,-187,-183,-180,-180,-183,-183,-238,-180,-213,-216,-214,-174,-181,-181,-235,-215,-283,-283,-283,-283,-283,-283,-283,-283,-283,-277,-283,-283,-411,-411,-516,-516,-484,-365,-365,-365,-365,0,-238,-231,-421,-231,-676,-654,-654,-213,-531,-531,-641,-430,-810,-728,-1107,-1043,-1043,-981,-1112,-1050,-1091,-831,-1340,-1323]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qd6 {B06: Modern Defence} 9. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Qb3 Na6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Nc6 11. Rd1 Qb4 12. d5 Qxb3 13. axb3 Nb4 14. Bf4 Ne8 15. Be3 Na6 16. Nd4 Nac7 17. Ndb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 a6 19. Nc3 {½-½ (19) Zhang,P (2562)-Ni,H (2390) Budapest 2000}) 11. Rd1 (11. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Qb4 12. Bd2 Qxb3 13. axb3 $14) 11... b6 12. Ne5 (12. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Qd8 13. Ne5 $14) 12... Nc7 13. Nc4 Qd8 $1 14. Bf4 Ncd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Be5 Be6 17. Qa3 Bh6 18. Ne3 a5 19. Bf3 Ra7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nf5 {[%cal Rf5h6]} Bg5 22. Qg3 Bf6 ({Reject} 22... f6 $6 23. Qxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} e6 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Rdc1 $16) 23. Bxf6 (23. Ne3 {is more complex.} Rd7 24. b3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 b5 26. f4) 23... exf6 24. Ne3 Rd7 25. Rd2 Re8 26. b3 h5 27. Rad1 Kh7 28. Qf4 Re4 29. Nxd5 (29. Qg3 $142) 29... Rxf4 $17 30. Nxf4 Rc7 31. d5 Qd6 32. Ne2 b5 33. h3 h4 34. Kh1 Kg7 35. Ng1 g5 36. Nf3 Rc5 37. Kg1 Kg6 38. Rd4 f5 39. Nh2 (39. R4d2 $142) 39... f6 40. Nf1 Rc2 41. a4 Rc5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. R1d3 (43. R4d3 {is a better defense.}) 43... Rc5 $19 44. Ne3 Rc1+ $1 45. Rd1 {[#]} Rxd1+ $1 46. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] intending Nc4. KQ-KRN} Kf7 $1 47. Nxf5 Qb4 48. Nd4 Qb7 49. d6 {Black must now prevent Nc6!} Qd5 50. f3 (50. Rd2 $142 Qxd6 51. Rd3) 50... Qxd6 51. Rd3 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Kf2 (52. Nxf5 Qxd3) 52... Kf6 53. Ke2 {and the idea Nxf5! leaves White hopeful.} Qh2 54. Kf2 Qd6 55. Ke2 $1 {If only White now had time for Nxf5!...} Qe5+ 56. Kf2 $2 (56. Kd1 {is the only way for White.}) 56... Qc5 (56... f4 $142 57. Kf1 Qc5) 57. Kf1 $2 (57. Ke2) 57... Qc1+ 58. Kf2 Qb1 $2 (58... f4 59. Ne2 Qb1) 59. Rc3 $2 (59. Rd2 {was the crucial defense.}) 59... f4 {Black is clearly winning.} 60. Ne2 Ke7 61. Rc7+ (61. Nc1 $142 Qb2+ 62. Ne2) 61... Kd6 62. Rc3 Qd1 63. Rc1 Qxb3 64. Ke1 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 65. Nc3 a3 66. Kd2 a2 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,44,33,0,25,25,17,19,55,45,65,58,75,63,68,61,86,70,100,103,103,96,107,71,88,93,99,79,97,77,85]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb5 {LiveBook: 130 Games} e6 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3} 10. N1c3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} a6 11. Nxd5 axb5 {The position is equal.} 12. Nb4 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qa5 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. Bd2 Qa7 15. a3 Bd7 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Bg5 {½-½ (34) Juhasz,B (2285)-Blasko,I (2220) Gyongyos 1999}) 13. Qb3 Ra4 14. Nd3 Nc6 15. Qxb5 Ra5 16. Qb6 Bd4 17. Qb3 {White is better.} Rd8 18. Bd2 Ra6 19. e3 Rb6 20. Qc2 Bg7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qd6.} 21. Bc3 e5 22. a3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,52,0,0,0,2,8,2,0,-14,-10,-61,-66,-46,-54,-90,-98,-90,-95,-184,-177,-175,-152,-160,-166,-164,-162,-168,-147,-162,-168,-245,-245,-5577,-5508,-5489,-1199,-29993,-205]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Nc3 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} (8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc3 Qd7 11. Rfd1 Ng6 12. Nd4 O-O-O 13. N2b3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Bf4 15. Rd2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 c5 17. Nb3 Qb5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nxc5 {½-½ (66) Kovalenko,I (2657)-Matlakov,M (2714) Minsk 2017}) 8... Ne7 9. Be3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ng6 10. Nd2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Nd4 Bc4 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Rad1 Re8 14. f3 a5 15. Qf2 Qc8 16. Nf5 {1-0 (85) Solovjova,V (2221)-Meshcheriakova,E (2318) Smolensk 2008}) 10... Be6 11. f4 Bf7 12. Rad1 O-O {Black wants to play ...Bxf4!} 13. Nb3 ({White should play} 13. Qd3 $11) 13... Qe7 $15 14. Qd2 Bb4 15. e5 Rad8 16. exf6 Qxf6 (16... gxf6 17. Nd4 $11) 17. Nd5 (17. Qe2 $17 {might work better.}) 17... Bxd5 $19 ({Not} 17... Bxd2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rxd2 $11) ({Resist} 17... Qxb2 18. Qxb4 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 $17) 18. Qxb4 Nh4 ({Much less strong is} 18... Qxb2 19. Rd2 $15) 19. Rd2 Qg6 20. f5 Nxf5 21. Bc5 Nd6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxf1+.} 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bxd6 (23. Re2 $142) 23... cxd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 24. Qxb7 $2 (24. Re2) 24... Qe4 {[%cal Re4e1]} 25. h3 h6 (25... Qe3+ $142 26. Kh2 Qf4+ 27. Kh1 Re8) 26. Qb6 Qe1+ {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dai, Changren"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,102,8,10,10,10,10,11,14,27,-24,-22,-12,-10,-6,-24,-14,-15,-23,-17,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,27,0,9,48,0,0,0,27,0,8,0,0,0,0,4,34,0,0,0,45,0,43,39,32,34,70,83,73,0,0,-16,-57,-898,-856,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. d5 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Nf5 exd4 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (37) Navara,D (2737)-Ponomariov,R (2709) Czech Republic 2017}) 12... Qc7 13. Bc2 c4 14. Nf1 a5 15. Ng3 Nc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 Bd7 18. Be3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 18. Bb2 Rfc8 19. Qd2 h6 20. Nh4 Nfxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxh4 22. Bc2 {0-1 (36) Antulov,M-Blazeka,M (2300) Split 2013}) 18... Rfc8 19. Qd2 (19. Qe2 $142) 19... a4 $11 20. bxa4 $1 Nxa4 21. Bxa4 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 bxa4 23. Rc1 Qc4 24. Qc2 h5 25. Nd2 Qa6 26. c4 h4 27. Ne2 {[%cal Bg3e2,Be2c3,Bc3b5][%mdl 32]} Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} 28. Ra1 Bd8 29. Nc3 Nf4 30. Ra2 {[%cal Rc3a4]} Ra8 $1 31. Qb1 Qc8 (31... Ba5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c3]} 32. Nb5 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Nc3 34. Nxc3 Bxc3 $11) 32. Qd1 Nd3 (32... Ba5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c3]} 33. Nb5 Bxd2 34. Qxd2 Bxb5 35. cxb5 Qc4 $11) 33. Nb5 Ra6 34. Qa1 Nc5 35. Qb1 Be7 36. Qa1 Bd8 37. Qb1 Be7 38. Qa1 Kh7 39. Bxc5 Qxc5 40. Rxa4 Rxa4 41. Qxa4 Bg5 42. Nb3 (42. Nf1 $16) 42... Qc8 $1 43. Kh2 Bf4+ 44. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Kh1 $15) 44... Bxh3 $19 {[#] ( -> ...Bf1)} 45. Nxd6 hxg3+ {Black mates.} 46. fxg3 Qg4 47. Nf5 Qh5 48. gxf4 Bxf5+ 49. Kg3 Qg4+ 50. Kf2 Qxf4+ 51. Ke2 Qxe4+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,118,0,0,0,0,9,25,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-2,-20,0,-19,-14,0,0,0,-15,-11,-4,-10,-10,-45,-25,-25,-11,-20,-21,-32,-31,-50,-46,-53,-52,-60,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-28,-138,-141,-133,-139,-174,-124,-138,-89,-83,-87,-79,-86,-284,-277,-277,-271,-431,-393,-499,-492,-485,-485,-462,-316,-453,-324,-1544,-1597,-1502,-1230,-1407,-1222,-1024,-977,-5803,-5073,-5045,-1412,-1370,-820,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. a3 (13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qb6 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Bc3 Qa6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {0-1 (56) Dervishi,E (2564)-Eljanov,P (2739) Baku 2016}) 13... Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qxd2+ {LiveBook: 5 Games} 15. Nxd2 Ngf6 16. O-O-O Ke7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... O-O-O 17. Nde4 Kc7 18. c4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 {0-1 (32) Visigalli,C (1839)-Bonazzi,E (2183) Senigallia 2009}) 17. Nde4 Rad8 18. Rhe1 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Nf6 20. Re5 Ng4 21. Re2 Rd5 22. c4 Rd7 23. f3 Nf6 24. Re5 Rc8 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. Ne3 Rcd8 27. Nc2 b6 28. Rde1 Rd6 29. c5 Rd5 30. cxb6 axb6 31. g4 R5d6 32. b4 Nd5 33. Kb2 Nf4 {Threatens to win with ...Nd3+.} 34. R1e3 f6 (34... b5 $15) 35. R5e4 $11 {[#]} e5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Black has the initiative.} 36. dxe5 Nd3+ 37. Kc3 fxe5 38. a4 (38. Kb3 $11) 38... Nf2 $17 39. Rxe5 Nd1+ 40. Kc4 Nxe3+ 41. Rxe3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rd5 42. Rc3 Kf7 43. Ne3 b5+ 44. axb5 $2 {[#]} (44. Kb3 $17 {was the only defense.} bxa4+ 45. Kxa4) 44... cxb5+ 45. Kb3 Rd3 46. Nf5 (46. Kc2 {was called for.} Rd2+ 47. Kb3) 46... Kf6 47. Kc2 Rd2+ 48. Kc1 Rd1+ 49. Kc2 R8d2+ 50. Kb3 Rd3 51. Ne3 $2 (51. f4) 51... Rb1+ (51... R1d2 $2 52. Nf5 $19) 52. Kc2 Rxc3+ 53. Kxc3 {KR-KN} Ke5 54. Nf5 Rf1 55. Nxg7 Rxf3+ 56. Kd2 Kf4 57. Nf5 Kxg4 58. Nxh6+ Kxh5 59. Ng8 Rf7 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,65,18,23,0,33,32,49,26,44,58,73,73,88,79,246,249,244,236,477,477,470,470,563,443,417,417,525,539,527,506,838,824,806,795,1270,1270,1745,1763,1822,781,744,714,726,714]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 9. h3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Re8 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. a5 (13. Bc2 Bd7 14. a5 c6 15. dxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (43) Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-So,W (2810) Saint Louis 2017}) 13... c6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Be6 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Ne3 Nhf4 17. Nf5 exd4 18. cxd4 {½-½ (26) Klinova,M (2384)-Houska,J (2342) Gothenburg 2005}) 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Be3 Qb8 18. Qc1 Qc8 $2 {[#]} (18... Qc7 $16) 19. Bxh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh3 {[#]} (19... gxh6 20. Qxh6) 20. Bg5 $1 ({Resist} 20. gxh3 $6 Qxh3 21. Bg5 exd4) 20... Bg4 $2 (20... Qe6 {was called for.} 21. gxh3 Qxh3) 21. Bxf6 Bxf3 22. Nf5 (22. gxf3 Qh3 $16) (22. Bxd8 Nf4 $18) 22... Nf4 23. dxe5 (23. gxf3 gxf6 24. Kh1 Kh7 $18) (23. Bxd8 Qxd8 24. Qe3 (24. gxf3 Qg5+ 25. Ng3 Qh4 $11) 24... Bxg2 $11) 23... dxe5 24. Bxe5 (24. Bxd8 $2 Qxd8 25. g3 Qg5 $19) 24... Ne2+ {[#]} 25. Rxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Rxe5 (25... Bxe2 26. Qg5) 26. gxf3 Qxf5 (26... Qe6 $142) 27. exf5 Rxe2 28. Qg5 {White threatens f6 and mate.} Rd5 29. Be4 Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 Be3 31. Kxe2 {Intending Qe7 and mate.} Bxg5 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Rd1 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dai, Changren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,90,15,-3,-2,0,-5,-9,0,0,4,6,0,0,0,0,2,13,18,18,17,12,12,17,36,19,41,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-7,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 7. dxc5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} dxc4 {Threatening ...Qxd1+.} 8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 (9... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4f2]} 10. Ke2 Nxc5 $11) 10. Ke2 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bc6 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 {½-½ (46) Topalov,V (2798)-Anand,V (2804) Stavanger 2015}) 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nb5 Rfd8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd5 ({But not} 15... Bxg2 $2 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bxf6 $18) 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bd4 Ba6 18. a4 Rdc8 19. Kf3 Bxb5 {The position is equal.} 20. axb5 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc5 22. Rb4 (22. Rad1 {with more complications.} Rd8 23. Ra4 Ra8 24. Rda1 Kf8 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Rxb5 27. Ra3) 22... h5 23. Ra2 g6 24. Ke2 Kg7 25. Kd3 Kf6 26. h4 Ke5 27. g3 Ke6 28. Ra6 Rc7 29. Rba4 Rac8 30. Rxa7 Rc3+ 31. Ke2 Rxb3 32. Rb7 Rc2+ (32... Rxb5 {looks sharper.} 33. Ra2 Rd8 34. Rc2 Rd6 35. Kf1 Rb4) 33. Kf1 $1 Rxb5 34. Ra6 Rc6 35. Raa7 f6 36. Re7+ Kf5 37. Kg2 Re6 38. Rg7 Rb2 {[#] White must now prevent ...d4.} 39. Rad7 Rd2 (39... Rxe3 $5 40. Rxd5+ Ke6 $15) 40. Kf3 b5 41. Rb7 Rb2 42. Rbd7 Rd2 43. Rb7 Rb2 (43... Rc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6c2]} 44. Rxb5 Ke6 $11) 44. Rgd7 Ke5 45. Rd8 Rc6 {Precision: White = 92%, Black = 72%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Yeoh, Li Tian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,142,43,53,9,46,13,30,10,25,20,18,8,18,36,26,21,27,32,37,36,39,16,43,35,40,45,49,43,39,17,20,0,6,0,0,-8,-14,0,0,0,12,18,10,-13,0,0,7,0,10,0,0,0,33,0,18,0,-7,-18,0,-37,0,-43,-7,-7,0,-56,-44,-87,-85,-84,-60,-79,-79,-89,-91,-108,-94,-108,-108,-129,-70,-52,0,-147,-135,-133,-145,-259,-262,-255,-238,-303,-311,-302,-179,-183,-173,-182,-179,-173,-85,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-144,-111,-194,-92,-92,-86,-86,-67,-67,-67,-67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nh6 8. c3 Be7 9. Nb3 O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. Bd3 $146 (10. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 11. Qd2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 Rc8 11. a5 c5 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nbd4 {1-0 (35) Karjakin,S (2785)-Pantsulaia,L (2607) Doha 2016}) 10... c5 {White must now prevent ...Bxd3.} 11. Bxg6 (11. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 12. dxc5 $11) 11... hxg6 12. h3 Rc8 13. g4 c4 14. Nbd2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Re1 Rc6 17. Nf1 Nf7 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Re3 Be7 20. Qc2 g5 21. Bg3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 22. Rae1 Nf8 23. R3e2 b4 24. Qa4 Qb6 25. Ne3 {And now Nxd5! would win.} Rd8 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Qd1 Rdc8 28. cxb4 Bxb4 29. b3 Ba3 30. Rb1 c3 31. Qd3 Qa6 32. Qxa6 Rxa6 33. Rc2 Nd7 34. Ne1 Bd6 35. Rbc1 Rac6 36. Nd3 Ba3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 37. Re1 a5 38. Ree2 Kf8 39. f3 Be7 40. Rc1 $1 Ba3 41. Rcc2 Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6b5] Hoping for ...Nb5.} 42. Bxd6+ Bxd6 43. Re1 Bb8 {Threatens to win with ...Ba7.} 44. Rcc1 Kf7 45. Nc2 Nf8 46. Kf2 Ng6 47. a3 Rh8 48. Kg2 Nh4+ (48... Nf4+ $17 49. Nxf4 Bxf4) 49. Kf2 $15 Ng6 (49... Rcc8 $15) 50. Kg2 $17 Nf4+ 51. Nxf4 Bxf4 52. Rb1 {[#]} (52. Rcd1 $17 {was called for.}) 52... e5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 53. dxe5 {[#]} Rxh3 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Rh1 (54. Kxh3 Rh6+) 54... Rxh1 55. Rxh1 Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} (55... Rb6 $142 56. Kf1 Rxb3 57. e6+ Ke7) 56. Kf2 Rb6 57. b4 axb4 58. axb4 {[#]} Bd6 (58... Rh6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh6h1] is more deadly.} 59. Rh5 Ke7) 59. Ke2 Bxb4 60. Kd3 Be7 61. Kxc3 Bf6+ 62. Kd2 Rb3 63. Ke2 Ke6 64. Rd1 (64. Rc1 $17) 64... Ke5 (64... Rb2 $19 65. Kd3 Ke5) 65. Ne1 $17 Rb2+ 66. Rd2 Rb8 67. Nd3+ Kd6 68. Ra2 Rh8 (68... Bd4 $15) 69. Ra6+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kc7 70. Nb4 Rd8 71. Ra5 Kb6 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,62,20,18,-20,28,13,50,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-12,54,25,51,75,109,98,104,97,100,114,88,97,87,29,25,20,53,33,39,35,36,37,32,0,5,5,7,7,4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nc3 g5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} 11. Be3 Nd6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc1 h6 14. h4 Nf5 15. hxg5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 hxg5 17. Bh3 Kg7 18. Kg2 {1-0 (32) Li,C (2751)-Fressinet,L (2700) Huaian 2016}) 13... b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qa4 Nb8 16. Rac1 f6 17. Bh3 f5 ({Black should try} 17... Nf5 $11 18. Nd3 Bc6) 18. Bg2 (18. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Qe8 19. Nc3 $11 (19. Rc7 a6 $11)) 18... Nf7 19. Nb5 Qe8 20. Qb3 $1 {Black must now prevent Nc7.} Na6 21. Nc7 Nxc7 22. Rxc7 Nxe5 23. dxe5 ({Of course not} 23. Rxb7 $6 Nc4 $11) 23... Rb8 {[#]} 24. Rdc1 (24. Rxb7 $1 $16 Rxb7 {[#]} 25. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 24... Rf7 25. Bd2 (25. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3h5]} g4 26. Bg2 $11) 25... Rc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Rc7 Bc5 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Qa4 (29. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Rb2b4]} Ba6 30. Qa4 Bxe2 31. Bxg5 $11) 29... Qd7 {The position is equal.} 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Bxg5 Bd4 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,41,20,22,18,26,20,20,20,20,10,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Qb6 {LiveBook: 5 Games. D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (8... Nbd7 9. e3 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Nxf5 Qxd1 15. Nxd1 gxf5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 {1-0 (34) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Kramnik,V (2812) Paris 2016}) 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. e3 Qa5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. a4 Nd7 14. Bc3 Qc7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 {0-1 (56) Southam,D (2130)-Plotkin,V (2237) Toronto 2010}) 10... Be6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Rac1 Rac8 (12... Ne4 $5) 13. Qb1 Ne4 {The position is equal.} 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Rfd1 Qg7 18. Ng5 Qf6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qb2 Rd6 21. Rd2 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,61,62,63,20,21,9,24,26,58,60,81,83,83,74,82,76,77,78,72,67,106,102,101,110,101,99,124,125,123,114,141,153,197,177,189,201,214,211,307,304,435,458,450,431,737,758,723,745,1379,1363,1333,1010]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nb5 {B06: Modern Defence} Qd8 {LiveBook: 59 Games} 7. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. c4 Bg7 8. Bf4 Na6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Qb3 {1-0 (37) Naiditsch,A (2710)-Rakhmanov,A (2663) Linares 2017}) 7... Bg7 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O Ne8 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Re1 Bd5 14. Na3 {[%cal Bb5a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} Nd6 15. Nc2 Na5 16. Nd2 f6 17. Ne3 Bf7 18. d5 {Strongly threatening b4.} b6 19. Nf3 c5 20. Qc2 a6 21. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Re8 22. h5 c4 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. hxg6 Bxg6 (24... hxg6 {is a better defense.} 25. Bxd6 exd6 26. Nxc4 Nxc4) 25. Qd1 $18 Rac8 (25... f5 {keeps fighting.} 26. Ne6 Bf6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Nxc4 Nxc4) 26. Bxd6 {White is clearly winning.} Qxd6 27. Bg4 Rb8 (27... e5 $142 28. Bxc8 Rxc8) 28. Nef5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 {[#] Hoping for Ne6.} Qf4 30. Re4 Qh6 31. g3 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,45,-1,-12,25,21,22,16,10,21,16,19,8,15,10,23,21,27,20,4,7,9,15,14,10,9,27,0,5,-17]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Ndb4 11. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qb1 Rb8 12. Ne5 Na5 13. e4 f6 14. Nf3 b5 15. Be3 a6 {0-1 (32) Fominyh,A (2520)-Popov,V (2573) Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 11... Bd7 {White must now prevent ...Nxd4!} 12. a3 Nb8 13. Qa5 $1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Ba4 16. Qxd8 $1 ({Not} 16. Qxb7 $2 Bc6 $19) 16... Rxd8 17. Re1 Nc6 18. Bd2 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Bc3 Rd7 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Be4 Bf6 23. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,91,13,-6,14,0,35,0,7,0,0,-20,-35,-27,-25,-37,-41,-58,-33,-58,75,63,122,113,114,122,109,1,77,83,99,92,87,99,115,0,0,0,100,0,89,0,0,14,13,0,0,-17,76,60,79,70,229,224,694,299,291,285,3576,3014,2387,1852,2334,1787,29992,29989,29989,29990,29994,29995]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 O-O {[%cal Bh8f8,Bf8f7,Bf7f5][%mdl 32]} 13. h4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C19: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 Nf3 and 7 a4} c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Na5 14. Nh2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nf5 16. Ng4 Nc4 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Qh5 Kg8 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. exf6 Rfe8 22. Bxh6 {1-0 (22) Vovk,Y (2539)-Bobula,M (2393) Slovakia 2010}) 14. Bf1 f6 15. h5 {White is slightly better.} fxe5 16. dxe5 Rf7 17. Ba3 Raf8 18. Bd6 Qd8 19. Be2 Rf5 20. Nh4 Rf4 (20... Rxf2 $5 {[%cal Re7f5]} 21. Nf3 Rxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qxe2 Rf4 $11) 21. Bg4 R8f7 (21... Rxf2 $15 {stays ahead.} 22. Bf3 (22. Nf3 Rf4 $15) 22... R2xf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Nxf3 Rf4) 22. f3 $16 d4 (22... Rf8 $14) 23. Ng6 Nd5 24. Nxf4 Rxf4 25. cxd4 (25. Qe2 $16) 25... Rxd4 (25... Nxd4 $11 26. Qd2 Qg5) 26. Qe2 Qg5 27. Qf2 $1 Rd2 28. Re2 Rd4 29. Ree1 Rd2 30. Re2 Rd4 $1 31. Qe1 ({White should play} 31. a5 $1 $16) 31... g6 (31... Nf4 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Re4 (32. Ba3 $16 gxh5 33. Bc1) 32... gxh5 $11 33. Bh3 Rd2 34. Kh1 {Strongly threatening f4.} Rxc2 35. f4 Qg6 {[#]} (35... Nxf4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 36. Qe3 Ne2) 36. f5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf5g6][%mdl 2560] White has some pressure.} exf5 37. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1c2]} fxe4 $2 ({Black should try} 37... Nc3 $1 $14 38. Qxc2 Nxe4 39. Qxc4+ Kg7) 38. Qxd5+ $18 Kg7 $2 {[#]} (38... Kh7 39. e6 Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qxe6 Qxe6 41. Bxe6 c3) 39. Rg1 (39. Bf8+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (39... Kxf8 40. Rf1+) 40. Qxd7 Nxe5 41. Qd8) 39... Be8 {[#]} 40. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1f6]} h4 $2 {[#]} (40... e3) 41. Bf8+ $1 Kh8 42. Ba3 {Threatening mate with Rf8+.} Kg7 43. Rf6 e3 44. Rxg6+ {White mates.} Bxg6 45. Qd7+ Kh8 46. Bf8 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Harikrishna, P."]
[Black "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,81,9,17,16,20,6,7,0,34,12,24,18,25,18,76,87,83,74,83,75,87,68,65,72,147,140,127,142,122,70,189,106,326,320,325,227,456,439,430,345,546,541,750,741,745,756,890,885]} 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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 17. c4 c6 18. Bg5 h6 {[#] LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} 19. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Be3 Nb6 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd2 Nbd7 23. Rc1 Qa5 24. Bb1 {0-1 (42) Gashimov,V (2717)-Harikrishna,P (2668) Sabadell 2008}) 19... a5 20. Be3 Ba6 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Rac1 Bf8 (24... Qc7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. a4 $16 Ba6 {[#]} 26. b4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb4b5][%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} axb4 27. Bb3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 d5 29. Bxd5 Qe7 (29... Nxd5 $142 30. Qxd5 Re6) 30. Bb3 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Qd3 ({White should play} 32. a5 $16) 32... Bb7 ({Better is} 32... Nc5 $14 33. Bxc5 Qxc5) 33. a5 (33. Qb5 $18 Ba8 34. Nd2) 33... Kg8 $2 {[#]} (33... Nc5 $16 34. Bxc5 Qxc5) 34. a6 $18 Ba8 35. a7 Qe8 $2 (35... Nc5 {is a better defense.} 36. Bxc5 Qxc5) 36. Qc4 Kg7 37. Qc7 Kh7 (37... Be7 $142 38. Nxe5 Qd8 39. Bxh6+ Kh7 40. Qxd8 Bxd8 41. Nxf7 Bb6) 38. Ba4 {[%cal Bb3a4,Ba4c6,Bc6b7][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Kg7 39. Nd2 Be7 40. Bc6 Kh7 41. Bb7 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,69,26,14,20,13,0,0,-4,-14,-15,-28,-61,-35,-40,-33,-58,0,0,0,0,58,54,53,56,88,86,92,76,64,66,43,60,67,52,67,39,136,112,107,125,419,410,450,454,905,895,857,837,975,925,1277,1030,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nf3 g6 {LiveBook: 93 Games} 8. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32] B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Na3 Bf5 11. Bf1 a6 12. Nc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 b5 14. a4 Qb7 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qb4 Nc6 17. Qc5 bxa4 {1-0 (42) Artemiev,V (2682)-Rozum,I (2606) Sochi 2017}) 8... a6 9. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc2 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. g3 e6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. O-O-O O-O-O {½-½ (33) Lavrentyev,Y (2311)-Boeken,M (2425) ICCF email 2012}) 9... Bf5 10. Bxf5 {The position is equal.} gxf5 11. Nc2 e6 12. Ne3 Ne4 13. Nd2 h5 14. O-O Bd6 {[#]} (14... O-O-O $15) 15. Nxd5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 16. f3 O-O-O (16... Qe7 $11 17. fxe4 fxe4) 17. fxe4 $14 fxe4 18. Rf5 Qd7 19. Rxd5 {Black must now prevent Nc4.} Bh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxd5 21. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3g2,Bg2f4,Bf4d5][%mdl 32]} Kb8 22. Bf4+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ka7 23. a4 (23. Ne3 $5 {[%cal Re3d5]} Qe6 24. d5 Rxd5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Rd1 $14) 23... Ne7 $1 24. Rf1 Ng6 (24... f5 $14) 25. Bc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Ne3. White has strong initiative.} Rdg8 26. Ne3 Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Qc6 $16 {was worth a try.} 27. Rxf7 Qe6) 27. Qc4 $18 Nh4 28. Rxf7 Rxg2+ (28... Qc8 $142 29. d5 Rxg2+ 30. Nxg2 Nf3+ 31. Rxf3 exf3) 29. Nxg2 {[#] White wants to mate with Qc5+.} Nf3+ 30. Kg3 {[%cal Bh2g3,Bg3f2,Bf2e2][%mdl 32]} Qc8 31. Kf2 Rg8 32. Nf4 {White threatens Nd5 and mate.} Ng5 33. Qc5+ {White mates.} Ka8 34. Nd5 e3+ 35. Ke2 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,33,5,31,30,33,30,45,45,48,45,57,29,35,6,25,10,12,-17,-14,-30,-21,-18,-10,-22,-13,-20]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Qf3 Qd5 (5... e6 6. Ne2 Bxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qf3 Qb6 9. g3 c5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 {½-½ (13) Demchenko,A (2629)-Tomashevsky,E (2696) Minsk 2017}) 6. Bd3 {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines} Bxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qxd5 {White is slightly better.} cxd5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c3 e6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 Bd6 13. g3 {0-1 (64) Pascual Arevalo,A (2305)-Gomez Oliveros,H Asturias 1998}) 10... e6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. c4 Na5 14. Nd2 dxc4 15. bxc4 {The position is equal.} Rac8 16. Ke2 Nd7 17. Bc3 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,66,39,0,23,23,33,15,31,19,23,19,19,27,22,24,27,0,0,7,22,22,32,33,29,36,33,40,37,34,33,19,15,0,0,0,0,0,10,8,10,0,0,0,11,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 a5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (9... Ne4 10. Bf4 g5 11. Be3 f5 12. Nc3 Nd6 13. b3 Bf6 14. Qc1 h6 15. h4 Nf7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Na4 Qe7 {1-0 (36) Giri,A (2771)-Carlsen,M (2832) Leuven 2017}) 10. Bf4 h6 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. e4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} b5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... b6 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bb7 17. Rdd1 Qc8 {½-½ (17) Parligras,M (2595)-Predojevic,B (2642) Kragujevac 2016}) 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 {aiming for Ne5.} Bb7 17. Rxb5 Bc6 18. Nd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Bxb5 19. Bxa8 (19. Nxb5 $5 {[%cal Ra1d1]} Qb6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Qxc4 $14) 19... Qxa8 20. Nxb5 Bf6 21. Rd1 Qc6 22. Nd6 g5 23. Qxc4 Qf3 24. Rd3 Qe2 25. Qe4 Qxb2 26. Be3 $1 {Threatening Nf5.} Qxa2 {The position is equal.} 27. Nf5 Qb1+ $1 28. Kg2 Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5d3]} 29. Nxh6+ Kg7 30. Nf5+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,125,0,0,0,0,22,13,21,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,44,0,14,8,10,18,8,8,22,21,12,18,43,46,53,44,60,60,63,53,80,62,78,83,88,92,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,102,120,109,120,120,120,120,137,137,137,123,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,142,129,142,142,175,142,142,142,227,142,580,568,625,611,568,499,691,690,626,614,955,947,734,716,29978,29978,29977,29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Be3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (10. O-O Nd7 11. e5 Bb7 12. Qb3 e6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. cxd4 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Rae1 Qd7 {0-1 (58) Kunin,V (2595)-Piorun,K (2681) Gjakova 2016}) 10... Bb7 11. Qd3 {LiveBook: 24 Games} e6 12. O-O {The position is equal.} Nd7 13. a4 Qc7 14. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qb1 Rac8 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (40) Linster,P (2104)-Jansa,V (2489) Differdange 2008}) 14... bxa5 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfc8 17. Rdc1 Qd6 18. Rcb1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc6 19. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} a4 20. Bf3 Nb6 21. e5 $1 Qd7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxa4 Qd7 24. Ra5 Nd5 25. Ne4 Rab8 26. Rba1 Rc7 27. Bg5 Rbc8 28. Qa3 Qc6 29. Rxa7 h6 30. Rc1 Qb6 {[#] And now ...Rxc1+ would win.} 31. Rcxc7 Nxc7 32. Nd6 Rb8 33. Be3 Nb5 34. Nxb5 Qxb5 35. Kh2 Qb1 36. Qd6 {d5 is the strong threat.} Rf8 37. Qc6 Qd3 38. Rd7 g5 39. Rb7 Qf5 40. Rb3 Rd8 41. g4 Qg6 42. Kg2 Kh7 43. Kf3 Rf8 44. Ke2 Rd8 45. Rb7 Ra8 46. Kf3 Rf8 47. Ra7 Kg8 48. Kg2 Kh7 49. Qf3 Kg8 50. Rd7 Rb8 51. Bd2 Rb2 52. Bc1 Rb1 53. Ba3 Re1 (53... Rb8 $16 54. Ra7 Rb1) 54. Bb4 Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54... Rb1 $16 {is tougher.}) 55. Bd2 $18 Bh8 56. Rd8+ Kh7 57. Be3 f5 58. exf6 Bxf6 59. Rf8 Bg7 60. Qf7 Qxf7 61. Rxf7 Kg6 62. Rxg7+ Kxg7 63. Kf3 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,71,25,26,17,34,34,89,93,91,71,93,99,127,125,135,130,148,145,145,153,139,177,168,175,155,151,277,273,274,275,268,200,275,266,370,278,5110,5110,5110,5102,5102,5097,2274,2274]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 {B83: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2, lines without ...a6} 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. c4 Rd8 15. Rad1 a6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 16. Nc3 Nd7 {[#]} 17. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. b3 Rac8 19. Rc1 {½-½ (50) Wan,Y (2505)-Wang,Y (2717) China 2014}) 17... Nc5 (17... Bf6 $14 18. Qxd6 exf5) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. b4 {Qd2 is the strong threat.} Bf6 20. Qd2 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxe4 22. Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nf6 23. Bg5 (23. Qxb6 $6 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Qxb6 $11) 23... Rf8 24. Bxb7 (24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bxf3 $17) (24. Qxb6 Bxf3 25. Qxb8 Raxb8 $17) 24... Qxb7 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 gxf6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. Qg4+ ({Resist} 27. Qxd6 Kf7 $16) 27... Kh8 (27... Qg7 $16 28. Qxe6+ Qf7 29. Qg4+ (29. Qxd6 Qxc4 30. Qxb6 Qe2 $16) (29. Rxd6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Kf7 $16) 29... Qg6 30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Rxd6 (31. Qxd6 Qxc4 32. Qxb6 Re8 $16) 31... Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Rxb6 a5) 28. Qxe6 $18 Rg8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rb7g2] [#]} 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rb7g2]} 30. Qf8+ Rg8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rb7g2]} 31. Qf2 Qe4 32. h3 Qxc4 $2 (32... Qg6 33. Qb2+ Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rxd6 a5 36. Rxb6 axb4 37. Rxb4 Ra8) 33. Qf6+ {White is clearly winning.} Rg7 34. Rxd6 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 {[%cal Rd6d8] [#]} Qc7 36. Qd8+ {Precision: White = 98%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,151,20,25,16,15,14,13,12,6,19,26,41,45,45,22,16,13,22,19,31,0,34,27,25,22,31,25,22,33,43,43,50,50,55,48,67,56,77,68,72,39,100,98,102,103,85,84,85,85,94,87,90,88,98,87,98,106,105,77,68,68,69,78,143,90,90,90,151,154,148,155,152,137,163,162,190,210,197,196,186,173,143,150,160,160,256,256,256,255,247,143,143,143,204,143,143,143,143,143,166,152,166,166,159,159,167,172,241,126,127,131,133,125,107,94,113,0,0,0,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. Rc1 Be4 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Rfe8 13. Qf4 {[#]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rad8 14. Na4 {½-½ (56) Zontakh,A (2540)-Goganov,A (2615) Taganrog 2015}) 14. Qh4 Nf6 15. Qf4 Nh5 16. Qg5 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nf6 19. e3 Re7 20. Nh3 a6 21. Nf4 Rd8 22. b4 Na7 23. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nc8 24. Rc2 Nb6 25. a5 Na8 (25... g5 $14) 26. b5 $16 axb5 27. Nxb5 c6 28. Nc3 Nc7 29. Rb1 Na6 30. Rcb2 Rdd7 31. Nd3 Rc7 32. Rb6 h5 33. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4][%mdl 32]} Ne8 34. Na4 Nd6 35. Nac5 Nxc5 36. Nxc5 g6 (36... Kh7 $142) 37. g4 ({White should try} 37. a6 bxa6 38. Nxa6 (38. Rxa6 Rc8 $16)) 37... hxg4 38. hxg4 g5 (38... Kf8 $142) 39. a6 bxa6 40. Nxa6 Rc8 41. Nb4 Re4 42. Nxc6 Rxg4+ 43. Kf3 Re4 {[#]} 44. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe7 45. Rxd6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kg7 46. Rxd5 f6 47. Rb6 Rc2 (47... Rh8 $16 48. Rdd6 Rh6) 48. Rf5 Rf7 49. Rd6 Rc1 50. Kg2 (50. Re6 $18) 50... Re1 $16 51. Re6 Rf8 (51... Kg6 $16 52. Rc5 Rf8) 52. Ra5 Rd1 53. Raa6 Kg6 54. Kf3 Rd2 55. Rad6 Rf7 56. Kg3 Rd3 57. f3 Kg7 58. Kg4 Rd1 {[#]} (58... Kg6 {was called for.} 59. e4 Rd1) 59. Kh3 ({White should play} 59. Kf5 $1 $18) 59... Rh1+ 60. Kg3 Rg1+ 61. Kf2 Ra1 62. e4 Rfa7 {[#]} 63. e5 ({But not} 63. Rxf6 $6 R7a2+ 64. Ke3 (64. Kg3 Rg1+ 65. Kh3 Rag2 $11) 64... Ra3+ 65. Ke2 R1a2+ 66. Kf1 Rb2 $11) ({White must play} 63. Kg3 $1 $16) 63... R7a2+ $11 64. Ke3 fxe5 65. Rd7+ Kf8 {The position is equal.} 66. Rh6 {[%cal Rh6h8]} exd4+ 67. Kd3 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Ra3+ 68. Kc4 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Ra4+ 69. Kd5 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Ra5+ 70. Ke4 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Re1+ 71. Kd3 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Ra3+ 72. Kd2 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7d7]} 73. Rh8+ Kg7 $1 74. Rxe7+ Kxh8 75. Re5 Rxf3 76. Rxg5 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,54,12,16,11,18,22,20,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,8,16,20,12,17,18,37,43,59,38,26,17,23,30,28,32,25,0,0,0,27]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 dxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Be2 Nd5 {[#]} 14. Qe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Qe4 Bd7 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qe4 Bd7 18. Qc4 Be6 {½-½ (18) Giri,A (2775)-Aronian,L (2809) Geneve 2017}) 14... O-O 15. O-O Qf6 16. a3 Rac8 17. Rd1 Rfd8 {And now ...Nc3! would win.} 18. Qc2 c4 19. Bd2 Bf5 20. e4 Qe5 21. f3 Bg6 22. Qc1 (22. Be1 $5 {[%cal Rc2d2]} h6 23. Qc1 $14) 22... Re8 23. Be1 (23. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Re4d5]} c3 24. bxc3 Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Qb2 $11) 23... Nf4 24. Bf1 Nd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Bc3 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 f5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,95,20,24,20,35,9,10,7,12,0,0,-12,-9,-7,2,0,0,0,0,0,10,13,55,47,55,43,52,49,72,68,113,91,121,126,127,122,119,127,128,125,122,127,141,96,336,333,345,346,346,106,355,339,354,347,341,325,413,410,418,413,445,441,435,396,502,506,487,488,556,564,535,528,531,525,670,670,650,660]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. d3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qe7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qe3 Re8 13. h3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Qc5 Na6 14. Qxe7 Rxe7 {1-0 (54) Giri,A (2768)-Balogh,C (2660) Germany 2015}) 13... Bf5 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Rd1 Nbd7 16. O-O a6 17. b3 Rac8 18. Nc2 b5 19. Qa7 Qe5 (19... bxc4 {keeps more tension.} 20. bxc4 Qe5 21. Qd4 Qa5 22. Qd2 Rcd8) 20. Qd4 Qxd4 (20... Qh5 {keeps more tension.} 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Ne3 Nf8 23. a4 Ne6) 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rfd1 Kf8 23. h4 Ke7 24. cxb5 cxb5 {Threatens to win with ...Ne6.} 25. Ne3 Ne6 26. Ncd5+ Nxd5 27. Rxd5 {h5 is the strong threat.} h6 28. Rd7+ Kf8 29. Bh3 Rc6 30. Kg2 Re7 31. R7d5 Rec7 $2 {[#]} (31... h5 $16 32. Rd6 Rec7) 32. h5 $1 $18 Bh7 {[#]} 33. Rd8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd8 34. Rxd8+ Ke7 35. Rh8 Rc5 36. Rxh7 Rxh5 37. Rxg7 b4 38. Rg4 Re5 39. Nc4 Rd5 40. Rxe4+ Kf8 41. Rf4 Kg7 42. Bf5 {White is clearly winning.} a5 43. Bd3 Ra7 44. Ne3 Rc5 45. Nf5+ Kg6 46. Rd4 Rc1 47. Rg4+ Kf6 48. Rh4 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,11,0,16,-4,0,0,0,-6,-8,-9,1,6,28,0,53,55,79,78,75,79,83,70,62,51,77,79,139,143,156,168,169,98,104,70,125,93,98,47,65,59,108,106,144,137,384,360,668,697,29994,29995,29997,29998]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (10. Nf3 Qe7 11. a4 Rd8 12. Qe2 a5 13. Bc4 h6 14. Re1 b6 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bc1 Nf6 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bc1 {½-½ (18) Karjakin,S (2772)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2732) Loo 2014}) 10... Qe7 11. Nf3 a5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Bd7 12. h3 Rfd8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Rd7 16. Ne1 Rad8 17. f3 Nh5 {½-½ (45) Vereckei,J (2390)-Csom,K (2070) Hungary 1994}) 12. Rd1 {The position is equal.} b6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. f3 Bc8 (16... g5 $11 17. Bf2 g4) 17. Nc4 $14 Qe6 18. Ne3 Qc6 19. c4 Rfe8 20. c5 Bf8 21. cxb6 $1 Qxb6 {White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 22. Kh1 g5 ({Black should try} 22... Qxe3 23. Bxf6 Rd6) 23. Nc4 $16 Qe6 24. Bf2 g4 25. Be2 (25. Ne3 $18) 25... gxf3 26. Bxf3 (26. gxf3 {is more complex.} Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Ba6 28. Ne3 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Kh7 30. Qc4) 26... Nh7 (26... Rxd1+ $14 27. Rxd1 Ba6) 27. Nxa5 Ng5 28. Nc4 (28. Rxd8 $16 Rxd8 29. Bg3 (29. Qxc7 Rd2 $14)) 28... Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bb7 30. Bh4 Nxf3 31. gxf3 f5 $2 (31... Qh3 $16) 32. Rg1+ $18 Kh8 $2 (32... Bg7 33. Ne3 fxe4) 33. Qg2 {Bf6+! would kill now.} Kh7 {[#]} 34. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe4 {[#]} (34... Qxe5 35. Qg8#) 35. Bf6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 68%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,90,25,45,41,40,31,42,7,36,22,27,19,30,27,31,26,53,53,93,76,69,37,41,36,28,37,35,38,42,19,60,55,79,79,60,60,45,53,57,8,32,1,26,26,35,25,29,25,27,29,29,18,14,4,7,8,14,14,14,14,22,25,189,189,172,102,102,109,119,112,162,104,104,114,112]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Qd7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. e3 Rd8 {LiveBook: 31 Games} 10. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 e5 11. Qxc4 exd4 12. Qb5 Rb8 13. Rd1 a6 14. Qf1 Bd6 15. exd4 O-O 16. Bh3 {½-½ (76) Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Bu,X (2698) Novi Sad 2016}) 10... e5 {White is slightly better.} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. b3 Be7 13. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} Qd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd3 15. Nxc4 b6 $1 16. Bc6+ Kf8 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Bxb4+ Nxb4 19. Ne5 g6 20. a3 Nxc6 21. Nxc6 Rd3 22. b4 Kg7 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} a6 25. f3 Re8 26. e4 Re6 27. Nb8 a5 28. b5 Ne8 29. Rd8 Nd6 (29... a4 $5 {[%cal Re8d6]}) 30. a4 Nb7 31. Rc8 Nc5 32. Na6 {[#] Hoping for Nxc5.} Nxa4 33. Nxc7 Re5 34. Nd5 f5 $1 35. Rc7+ Kf8 $1 36. Rc4 fxe4 37. fxe4 Nb2 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Ke6 $2 (39... Kf8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 40. Rc6+ $18 ({Not} 40. Rxh7 Rxe4 41. Nxb6 Rb4 $11) 40... Kf7 41. Rf6+ (41. Rxb6 $18 Rxe4 42. Rf6+ Kg7 43. b6) 41... Kg7 $16 {Threatens to win with ...Rxd5!} 42. Rxb6 Rxe4 43. Rb7+ Kh6 44. b6 ({White should try} 44. Rxh7+ $18 Kxh7 45. Nf6+ Kg7 46. Nxe4) 44... Re1+ {[#]} 45. Kg2 $1 {Black must now prevent Rxh7+!} Nd3 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 61%.} *

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,65,40,38,49,40,179,187,191,182,194,193,194,191,182,187,186,180,195,181,195,179,173,188,193,193,250,171,181,164,164,154,186,116,123,123,125,113,116,106,147,163,266,266,266,266,596,591,5326,5289]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. g3 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} (6. a4 Qc7 7. Nc4 Nc6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Ne2 Nxe2 10. Bxe2 Bf5 11. Bf3 Rd8 12. Bd2 b6 13. Qe2 e6 14. Bc3 Nd7 {1-0 (22) Mamedov,R (2688)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Tallinn 2016}) 6... Qc7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Bg5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bg4 {[#]} 11. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 (11... Qxh1 $2 {too greedy.} 12. Qxg4 gxf6 13. Qa4+ b5 14. Nxb5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Black should play} 11... h5 $14 12. Bxg7 Rd8) (11... Qxf6 12. Qxg4) 12. Qxg4 $18 Qxh1 {[#]} 13. Qa4+ $1 b5 {[#]} 14. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bh6 $146 (14... axb5 15. Qxb5+) 15. Nc7+ Kf8 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Qxa6 Qe4+ 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. c3 {Black must now prevent a4.} Kg7 20. Rd1 Ra8 21. a3 Rb8 (21... e6 $142 22. Qg4+ Kh8) 22. b4 Qa8 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Bd3 Qxa3 25. Bxh7 (25. Qc4 $18) 25... Qxc3+ $16 26. Kf1 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rg4g8]} Bg7 27. Qd7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Qd8+! would kill now. White attacks with force.} Bh6 28. Rd4 Kg7 {[#]} 29. Bd3 $1 {Threatens to win with Rg4+.} e6 (29... f5 $142 30. Kg2 (30. Bxf5 Rxb4 31. Rg4+ Rxg4 $16) 30... e6) 30. Rg4+ $18 Bg5 31. h4 Qc1+ $2 (31... Rxb4 {is more resistant.} 32. Rxb4 Qxb4 33. hxg5 fxg5) 32. Kg2 Qd1 33. Qd4 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,137,25,24,28,27,33,31,28,33,47,25,50,0,0,-88,-77,-62,-62,-65,-67,-85,-58,-99,-87,-111,-118,-135,-135,-131,-138,-117,-100,-152,-135,-141,-135,-170,-155,-169,-116,-173,-112,-108,-112,-109,-112,-124,-89,-106,-106,-95,-101,-122,-98,-135,-134,-139,-112,-122,-120,-116,-108,-99,-95,-95,-95,-284,-275,-270,-249,-276,-270,-267,-256,-281,-282,-290,-280,-371,-364,-354,-357,-367,-364,-460,-347,-356,-355,-467,-209,-208,-200,-219,-184,-147,-57,-60,0,-149,-132,-150,0,0,0,-131,-135,-123,0,-208,-237,-237,0,0,0,0,0,-239,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nf1 f5 11. Ng3 fxe4 12. Bb3+ Kh8 13. Ng5 Nf4 14. Nf7+ Rxf7 15. Bxf7 Qf8 16. Bb3 exd3 17. Bc4 {½-½ (52) Anand,V (2784)-Shirov,A (2684) Zuerich 2016}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} d5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bd7 {Hoping for ...c5!} 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. d4 f5 $146 {And now ...exd4 would win.} ({Predecessor:} 15... exd4 16. Bxd4 {1-0 (35) Van Kampen,R (2640)-Collins,S (2455) Reading 2017}) 16. exf5 (16. Nxe5 f4 $15) 16... e4 17. Ne5 (17. f6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxf6 18. Ne5) 17... Bxe5 $17 18. dxe5 gxf5 19. Kh2 f4 20. Bd4 Qg5 21. c4 Bf5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatens to win with ...e3. White is in trouble.} 22. cxd5 e3 ({Reject} 22... cxd5 $6 23. Qxc7 Ng7 24. Bc3 $11) 23. Qxc6 exd2 24. Rg1 Rad8 $1 25. Rad1 Be4 26. Rxd2 (26. Qxc7 $142 Bxd5 27. Qa5) 26... Bxd5 27. Qxc7 {[#]} Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f1][%mdl 512]} 28. f3 (28. fxg3 Qxg3+) 28... Bxa2 29. Bc3 Be6 ({Black should play} 29... Ra8 $19 30. Qc6 Rac8 31. Qxa6 Bc4) 30. Qc6 (30. Rxd8 $17 Rxd8 31. Qc6) 30... Qg6 (30... Rc8 $19 31. Qxa6 Nf5) 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qxa6 Nf5 33. Be1 h5 34. Qa5 Rd5 35. Qa4 Rd4 36. Qc2 Qg5 37. Bf2 Ne3 38. Qc6 Kf7 39. Qb7+ Qe7 40. Qb6 Rb4 41. Qc6 Rxb2 42. Bxe3 {Bd4 is the strong threat.} Qh4 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rh4h3]} 43. Kh1 $2 (43. Qc7+ $17 {was necessary.} Kg8 44. Bf2 Rxf2 45. Kh1) 43... fxe3 44. Qc7+ Qe7 45. Qc3 Rb3 46. Qc2 Kg7 47. Ra1 Qf7 48. Re1 Qg6 49. Qc5 Rb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg6g2]} 50. Rg1 e2 51. Qc7+ Bf7 52. Qc3 Rc2 53. Qe3 Ra2 54. Qf2 Kh7 (54... Rd2 $142 {aiming for ...Qc2.} 55. Re1 Bc4 56. Qa7+ Qf7) 55. Re1 $19 Qd3 56. Kh2 Bg6 57. Qc5 Qf5 (57... Qd7 $17 58. Kg1 Bd3) 58. Qe3 $15 Qd3 (58... Qc2 $15 59. Kg1 Qd2) 59. Qc5 $1 $17 Qd2 60. Qe7+ Kh6 {White must now prevent ...Qf4+.} 61. Qf8+ Kh7 62. Qe7+ Kg8 63. Qf6 Be8 {[#]} ({Much worse is} 63... Qxe1 $6 64. Qxg6+ Kf8 65. Qf6+ Kg8 66. Qe6+ Kf8 67. Qf6+ Kg8 68. Qe6+ Kg7 69. Qf6+ Kg8 $11) (63... Qd3 $17 64. f4 Ra3) 64. Rxe2 $3 $19 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe2 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Re2g2]} 65. Qg5+ {[#]} Kf8 $2 (65... Bg6 $1 $19 66. Qxg6+ Kf8 67. Qf6+ Ke8 68. Qc6+ Kd8 69. Qf6+ Kc7 70. Qe7+ Kc6 71. Qe6+ Kc5 72. Qd6+ Kc4 73. Qc7+ Kd4 74. Qd6+ Kc4 75. Qc6+ Kd4 76. Qd6+ Kc3 77. Qc5+ Kb3 78. Qb6+ Kc2) 66. Qh6+ $1 $11 Kf7 $2 (66... Ke7 $11 67. Qd6+ Kf7 68. Qf6+ Kg8 69. Qg5+ Kf8 70. Qh6+ Kg8 71. Qg5+) 67. Qf6+ $1 $19 Kg8 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Re2g2]} 68. Qg5+ {[#]} Kf8 $2 (68... Bg6 $1 $19 69. Qd8+ (69. Qxg6+ Kf8) 69... Kf7 70. Qd7+ Kf8 71. Qd6+ Ke8 72. Qxg6+ Kd7 73. Qd6+ Kc8 74. Qf8+ Kb7 75. Qf7+ Ka6 76. Qe6+ Ka5 77. Qd5+ Kb4 78. Qd4+ Kb5 79. Qd5+ Kb6 80. Qd6+ Kb5 81. Qd5+ Ka4 82. Qd4+ Kb3 83. Qb6+ Kc2 84. Qc5+ Kd1 85. Qg1+ Qe1 86. Qxe1+ Kxe1) 69. Qh6+ $1 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Adhiban, B."]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,16,12,19,2,40,33,35,34,44,31,43,15,27,17,23,1,25,12,34,33,39,28,40,18,53,33,33,17,18,11,29,18,18,10,10,10,27,10,10,0,25,7,0,0,18,18,18,0,18,13,13,14]} 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 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Ne4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Re8 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. a3 Bf8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nb1 Ba6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Rxe2 {½-½ (31) Wei,Y (2700)-Yu,Y (2738) China 2016}) 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. Qc2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Qe7 13. e3 Rfc8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Rfd1 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qg6 (17... Qh6 {is interesting.} 18. Qf5 Nf6 19. Nf3 c6 20. Ne5 Rc7) 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Nf3 f6 20. h4 Re8 21. Rc2 Nf8 22. Bf1 Ne6 23. Bb5 Re7 24. Kg2 (24. h5 $5) 24... Kf7 25. Rh1 Rh8 26. Rcc1 Nd8 27. Nd2 Ne6 28. Nf3 Nd8 29. a4 a5 {The position is equal.} 30. Ra1 Ne6 31. Rhc1 Rc8 32. Rc2 c5 (32... c6 $5 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 33. Bd3 Ree8 $11) 33. Ba3 Rec7 34. Rac1 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,83,15,19,19,-2,14,2,0,0,0,6,14,14,43,39,33,38,25,10,11,0,0,0,7,4,0,-7,0,-3,33,20,35,0,68,71,95,51,42,52,41,35,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,22,27,2,754,743,1059,582,667,676,669,662,650,593,1626,1550]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 b6 9. Nd1 a5 10. c3 a4 11. Bd3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. O-O Nc6 {[#]} 14. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f5) 14... b5 15. f5 Kh8 16. Qe2 Qb6 (16... Qc8 {keeps more tension.} 17. dxc5 exf5 18. Ne3 Nxc5 19. Nxd5 Ne4) 17. Ne3 {[%cal Bd1e3,Be3c2,Bc2d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32]} cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Qxb5 Nb8 $1 21. Nc2 Qxe5 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. Nd4 Qg6 25. Rfe1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} (25. Rde1 $5 {[%cal Re1e7]} Qd6 26. Re2 $16) 25... Qf6 26. Qb7 Bf8 (26... Bc5 $11) 27. Nf3 $14 Qf5 28. Re5 Qc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8b7]} 29. Qxf7 Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f7]} 30. Qh5 $1 Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6e5,Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4a2][%mdl 32]} 31. Rexd5 (31. Re2 $14) 31... Rxd5 $11 32. Rxd5 ({But not} 32. Qxd5 Rd6 $17) 32... Nb4 33. Rd1 {Hoping for h3.} Qc2 34. Rf1 Nxa2 35. Bd4 Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h5]} 36. Qe8 $40 {[%mdl 128] aiming for g4. White has some attack.} (36. Qh6 $5) 36... Nb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36... Nc1 $11 37. Kh1 Qc4) 37. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f5] White is clearly winning.} Rf4 38. Bxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qe5+ Rf6 40. Nd4 Qg6 41. g5 {[%cal Rf1f6]} Bc5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxd4+.} 42. Kh1 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,100,29,19,21,0,26,0,0,0,39,19,41,19,79,83,93,87,70,85,63,71,127,127,127,127,127,110,137,127,134,114,116,85,106,101,93,92,96,85,85,33,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,8,12,8,23,0,83,72,74,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,2]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 Qe8 9. e4 fxe4 10. Ng5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bg4 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6} (10... h6 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nd7 13. Be3 c5 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. f4 Nf6 16. Rae1 Bf5 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Kh1 {1-0 (62) Filippov,V (2584)-Aung,A (2595) Shanghai 2000}) 11. Qb3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Na6 12. Ncxe4 Nd7 13. Be3 c5 14. h3 Bf5 15. g4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Rb8 17. Ne6 Rf7 18. f4 {1-0 (39) Krivoshey,S (2483)-Balinov,I (2482) Oberwart 2001}) 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rb8 14. Re1 {Hoping for Nxd6!} (14. c5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} cxd5 15. Qxd5+ e6 16. Qg5 $14 (16. Qxd6 Ne5 $16)) 14... Qf7 15. Be3 c5 {[#]} (15... cxd5 $11 16. cxd5 b6) 16. f3 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bf5 {[#]} (16... Bxf3 17. Ng5) 17. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Qf6 18. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} h6 19. Nh3 ({Much weaker is} 19. gxf5 hxg5 20. fxg6 Qxg6 $11) 19... Qxb2 (19... b5 $142) 20. gxf5 {Threatens to win with Qxb2.} Qxb3 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rxf5 23. Rxa7 Ne5 {[#]} 24. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} ({Resist} 24. Bxh6 $6 Nxf3+ 25. Kh1 Nd4 $14) 24... Ng4 25. Bc1 Rff8 26. Nf2 Nf6 27. Bh3 Nh5 28. Nd3 Ng7 29. Kg2 (29. Bd7 $16) 29... Nf5 $14 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Ra5 Ra8 33. Rb5 Rfb8 (33... b6 $5) 34. Bb2 b6 35. b4 Ke8 36. Nf2 Kd7 (36... Ra4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. Nd1 $16 Kc7 38. bxc5 (38. Ne3 $16) 38... bxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Bg7 h5 41. Ne3 Rb3 42. h4 Kd7 43. Ke2 e6 44. dxe6+ Kxe6 45. Bh6 Rb8 46. Bg5 Rf8 47. Nd5 Rf7 48. Kd3 Rh7 49. Kc3 Rh8 50. Kd3 Rh7 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,171,70,65,141,141,139,140,144,144,150,93,95,93,94,100,108,81,86,75,73,76,76,75,74,76,78,79,78,72,77,75,77,75,77,77,76,69,77,77,77,77,86,70,103,81,97,82,76,68,68,73,70,64,74,67,98,91,100,68,101,100,101,68,72,68,68,68,68,68,69,69,69,69,85,85,85,85,85,71,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,60,77,67,67,67,67,67,67,67,67,67,69,67,75,69,75,75,75,57,75,69,69,69,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,56,56,56,56,56,67,66,67,55,102,109,329,330,329,259,330,328,313,306,291,277,240,5,5,0,5,0,0,0,5,-8,-8,-12]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Re1 Qd8 13. Qe2 b6 {[#] D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3} ({Black should play} 13... Qc7 $14) 14. d5 $146 {[%cal Rd5c6][%mdl 512]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. h4 Na5 16. Ng5 g6 17. Nxh7 Qd5 18. Be4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxf8 Bc6 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Rxe6 Kf7 {1-0 (40) Aveline,P (2176)-Bagaturov,G (2424) Le Touquet 2003}) 14... Na5 (14... exd5 15. Bb5) 15. dxe6 Nxc4 {White is clearly better.} 16. exf7+ Kh8 17. Qxc4 (17. Qe4 $142 Ba6 18. Qxe7) 17... Bb7 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Qe6 {Ng6+! would kill now.} Qf6 21. Ng6+ Qxg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Bxd6 Rxf7 24. Re3 Rd7 25. Be5 Kg8 26. Bd4 Rc4 27. Rae1 Kf7 28. Rg3 Ra4 29. Re2 Ra5 30. h3 Rf5 31. Rge3 Ba6 32. Re1 Bb7 33. Re8 Bd5 34. a3 Bb3 35. Rh8 Ra5 36. Re3 (36. Ree8 $5 {[%cal Rh8f8]} g5 37. f4 $16) 36... Rxa3 37. h4 Ra5 38. g4 (38. Ree8 $5 {[%cal Rh8f8]} Re7 39. Reg8 $16) 38... Bd1 39. f3 Ra1 {White should prevent ...Bxf3+.} 40. Ree8 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rh8f8]} Re7 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 Rd2 $1 44. Ra8 Rd3 $1 45. Rxa7+ Kf8 $1 46. Bxg7+ Ke8 47. Bd4 Rxf3+ 48. Kh2 Rf4 {[#]} 49. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1d1]} Be2 50. Re1 Re4 51. Bxb6 Re6 {[#]} 52. g5 $1 Kd7 53. Bf2 Kd6 54. Bg3+ Kd7 55. Ra1 Re4 56. Bf2 Ke6 57. Ra5 Bh5 58. Kg2 Rg4+ 59. Bg3 Re4 60. Rc5 Re2+ 61. Bf2 Kd6 {Threatens to win with ...Rxf2+!} 62. Rc4 Kd5 63. Rd4+ Ke5 64. Rd8 Re4 65. Kg3 Rg4+ 66. Kh3 Re4 67. Bd4+ Ke6 68. c4 Bg4+ 69. Kg3 {And now Re8+ would win.} Bf5 70. c5 {c6 is the strong threat.} Rg4+ 71. Kf2 {Hoping for c6.} Rxh4 72. Rd6+ Ke7 73. Bf6+ Kf7 74. c6 Rc4 75. Be5 Re4 $2 (75... Be6 $16 76. Ke3 Bf5) 76. Rf6+ $18 Kg8 77. Bd6 Re6 78. Rf8+ Kg7 79. Rd8 Re4 80. c7 Rc4 81. Rf8 $2 (81. Ke3 $18) 81... Rxc7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 82. Rb8 (82. Bxc7 $5 {[%cal Rf8f5]} Kxf8 83. Kf3 $11) 82... Rd7 83. Bb4 Kf7 84. Rb6 Rd4 85. Ke3 Rg4 86. Bd6 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,109,12,12,12,16,10,19,19,19,19,19,15,19,19,25,14,18,11,15,18,28,37,46,0,25,25,25,25,28,31,41,34,29,27,31,18,40,40,91,107,229,220,257,250,382,363,394,244,395,386,387,394,388,377,354,76,81,0,387,387,479,432,1040,1069,1374,1308,1245,1270,1106,1110,1386,742,1743,1723,29984,29984,29978,29979,29990,29991,29991,29992,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 {[%cal Be4d6,Bd6e8,Be8c7][%mdl 32]} 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 {next dxc6 is good for White.} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[#]} 19. Re5 $146 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Qe3 {[%cal Re5e8]} Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qb4 24. b3 Qb6 25. Qxb6 axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Rd1 Bf5 27. a4 Re8 28. f4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. h3 h5 31. Kg3 Ra8 (31... f6 $14) 32. Kh4 $16 Ra5 (32... Bg6 $16) 33. Kxh5 $18 Rc5 34. g4 Be6 (34... Bc2 {was called for.} 35. Rd2 Be4) 35. Bxe6 Kxe6 {KR-KR} 36. Rd6+ Ke7 {intending ...Rc3.} 37. Rd3 b5 38. axb5 Rxb5 39. Kg5 Ke6 40. Rd6+ $2 {[#]} (40. h4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 40... Ke7 $16 41. Rd3 ({White should play} 41. Rd1 $16) 41... c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Ke6 $11) 42. f5 $18 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Ke8 43. Re3 Rb6 (43... Kf8 $142 44. h4 Rb6) 44. f6 Re6 45. fxg7 Rg6+ 46. Kf5 Rxg7 47. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rg6 48. h5 Rc6 49. e6 Ke7 50. exf7+ {White mates.} Kxf7 51. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} b5 52. g6+ Kg7 53. Kg5 Rc8 54. h6+ Kh8 55. h7 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,61,24,21,23,22,22,10,24,24,21,17,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2,Bc2b4][%mdl 32]} d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. a4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (13. Ncb4 O-O 14. h4 Bh6 15. Bd3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Be6 17. Bc2 Rb8 18. Qd3 a5 19. a3 Kh8 20. Rd1 Bg4 21. f3 {½-½ (32) Bologan,V (2640)-Zhigalko,S (2639) Poikovsky 2017}) 13... bxa4 14. Ncb4 O-O 15. Qxa4 a5 16. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} Nxd5 17. Nxd5 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Be6 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. b4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 axb4 21. cxb4 Qb6 22. O-O Qxb4 {The position is equal.} 23. Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Qxb4 Rxb4 24. Ra6 Be7 25. Ra7 Bd8 26. Rd7 Bb6 27. Rxd6 {½-½ (27) Lahdenmaeki,L (2105)-Raijmaekers,C (2102) ICCF email 2009}) 23... Bd8 24. g3 Bb6 25. Rab1 Qc5 26. Rb3 Qc7 27. Qf5 g6 28. Qf6 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Rfxd8 30. Rfb1 Bc7 31. Rxb8 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,0,16,7,6,6,13,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,27,17,12,-23,-10,-30,-24,-47,-45,-55,-17,-20,-12,-71,-53,-96,-134,-106,-21,-27,0,-75,-28,-34,7,-77,-60,-105,-35,-74,-70,-80,-84,-102,-97,-258,0,-75,0,-246,0,-214,-202,-211,-152,-91]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c4 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. a3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nd4 c5 12. Nf5 Bc7 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Bg5 Nf8 15. b4 h6 {1-0 (64) Rapport,R (2752)-Ampie,M (2348) Baku 2016}) 9... a5 10. cxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nbd4 Re8 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bd2 a4 15. b4 axb3 $1 16. Qxb3 Nhf6 {[%cal Bh5f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 17. a4 Ra6 (17... Nc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b3]} 18. Qc2 Nfe4 $11) 18. Qc2 c5 19. Nb5 $1 d4 20. Bf4 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 21. Nd2 Nb4 22. Qb3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qa8+ (23... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 24. Bc7 Qa8+ 25. Kg1 Qc6 $11) 24. Kg1 {And now Nc7 would win.} Nd5 25. Ne4 (25. Nc4 $11) 25... Nf8 26. Nc7 Nxc7 27. Bxc7 {[#]} Qa7 (27... c4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc4b3][%mdl 512]} 28. Qb5 (28. Qxc4 $2 Rc8 $19) 28... c3) 28. Bd6 $11 Ne6 29. f4 (29. Reb1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... Rd8 30. Be5 h6 31. h4 (31. Nd2 $11) 31... Nf8 $17 32. Qb5 Rc8 (32... f6 $17 33. Bc7 Ra8) 33. Reb1 Nd7 34. Bd6 Ra5 {White must now prevent ...Bxd6.} 35. Qb3 Bd8 36. Be5 $2 (36. Nd2 $17 {was necessary.}) 36... Be7 $2 (36... c4 $19 37. Qa2 Nxe5) 37. Bd6 Bd8 $2 (37... Re8 $17) 38. Be5 $1 $19 {[#]} Be7 $2 (38... c4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4b3][%mdl 512]} 39. Qc2 (39. dxc4 Nxe5) 39... Nxe5 40. fxe5 Qe7) 39. Nd2 $2 {[#]} (39. Bd6 $11 {and White stays safe.} Re8 40. Bxe7 Rxe7 41. Qa2) 39... b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qd1 (40. axb5 Rxa1) 40... bxa4 41. Nc4 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 51%.} (41. Qf1 $142) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,93,-18,13,8,24,-6,38,0,32,12,16,26,64,80,77,68,77,83,59,74,137,68,100,49,66,58,63,30,33,35,38,37,45,35,44,49,61,0,0,0,19,5,27,-2,0,0,0,-89,-76,-161,-23,-24,-2,-8,11,10,9,0,18,19,26,26,79,76,154,155,185,177,189,183,258,234,239,209,214,220,210,203]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... e5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Qxd5 Qc7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Na5 Nc6 15. Nc4 Rad8 {1-0 (50) Grischuk,A (2737)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) Doha 2016}) 7. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. O-O Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. f4 Nc6 12. f5 Nde5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 {1-0 (53) Goumas,G (2407)-Gungl,T (2269) Heraklion 2017}) 11. f4 O-O 12. Qg4 Re8 13. Be3 Nc6 (13... b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 14. Ne2 a5 $11) 14. Rad1 Rc8 {[#]} 15. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ncxe5 (15... dxe5 16. f5) 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Qg3 Bxg2 18. Qxg2 Rc4 {[#]} (18... d5 $142) 19. Rd4 (19. Nd4 $1 $16) 19... Qc7 20. Nd2 (20. a3 $16) 20... Rxd4 $14 21. Bxd4 Ng6 22. Nf3 b4 23. Nd1 e5 24. Be3 d5 25. c3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Qc4 27. Nd2 ({White should try} 27. Qh3 $14) 27... Qxa2 $11 28. Qg4 Rd8 29. Nf3 Bd6 30. Bf2 Nf4 31. Nh4 Qc4 32. Ne3 (32. Re1 $11) 32... Qxc3 $17 33. Kh1 (33. Nef5 $17) 33... Bc5 ({Black should play} 33... d4 $19 34. Nef5 Qc4) 34. Qf3 $1 $11 d4 35. Ng4 $1 Qxf3+ 36. Nxf3 e4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black puts up resistance} 37. Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf3 (37... Bxd4 38. Nxd4) 38. Bxc5 Rd5 39. Be3 (39. Rxf3 $2 Rd1+ 40. Bg1 Ne2 $19) 39... Ne6 (39... Nh3 $1 $11) 40. h4 $16 Rd3 (40... Rb5 $142) 41. Rxf3 Nc7 42. Rf5 Nd5 43. Bf2 a5 (43... Kf8 {is a better defense.} 44. Bc5+ Ke8) 44. Re5 $18 {[%cal Re5e8]} h5 {White is clearly better.} 45. gxh6 {Rg5 is the strong threat.} f6 46. Re8+ Kh7 47. Ra8 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 33%.} *

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,113,24,17,36,37,59,58,78,82,79,73,87,91,91,68,61,56,59,52,84,77,100,74,69,99,110,98,105,108,85,73,80,66,110,91,98,64,71,74,85,73,76,83,92,84,87,82,82,82,82,81,87,70,93,89,106,103,125,75,120,118,128,76,76,39,102,89,69,69,122,122,70,2,2,2,3,0,2,2,3,1,2,1,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 g5 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (9... Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Bb2 Rae8 12. Qd2 Nd8 13. Qa5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bf7 15. Qxa7 g5 16. Rac1 Bh5 17. f3 {1-0 (28) Leko,P (2732)-Ding,L (2702) Beijing 2012}) 10. f4 h6 11. Qd2 a5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... gxf4 12. exf4 Be6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Rae1 a5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Nec3 {1-0 (33) Matjushin,G (2443)-Muzychuk,A (2364) Odessa 2005}) 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. Bc3 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 $1 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. e4 {Hoping for a3.} f4 19. gxf4 gxf4 20. Kh1 $1 Ng4 {[#]} 21. Bh3 $1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxh3 23. Bxb4 axb4 {[#]} 24. Ng1 $1 {[%cal Rg1h3]} Qh5 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Rg1+ Kh8 $1 27. Qxb4 Rg8 28. Qd2 Rxg1+ 29. Nxg1 c6 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Qe2 Qxe2 32. Rxe2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 33. Nf3 Kf7 34. Rc2 Ra8 35. Kg2 Ke6 36. Kf1 Kd7 37. Rg2 d5 38. Re2 c5 39. Rc2 (39. h4 $142) 39... Kd6 40. Ke2 c4 ({Black should play} 40... Rb8 $14) 41. bxc4 dxe4 42. dxe4 Ra3 (42... Kc5 $14) 43. c5+ Kc7 ({Better is} 43... Kc6 $16) 44. h4 (44. Kf2 $14) 44... Re3+ $11 {The position is equal.} 45. Kf2 {Threatening Re2.} Rxe4 46. Re2 Rc4 47. Nxe5 Bxh4+ 48. Kf3 Rxc5 49. Kxf4 Be7 50. Kf5 (50. Nd3 $5 {[%cal Re2e7]} Bd6+ 51. Kg4 $14) 50... Bd6 51. Ke6 Bxe5 52. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 53. Kxe5 {KP-K} Kc6 54. a4 Kc5 55. a5 Kb5 56. a6 Kxa6 57. Ke4 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,65,19,0,49,45,47,22,20,0,0,0,0,0,10,12,13,0,42,35,43,37,55,27,32,27,26,23,99,99,102,108,202,208,243,243,218,194,341,339,336,330,946,942,1795,1786,1710,1750,1572,1600,1394,1367,1375,1330,1161,1106]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. e3 e6 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Bh4 {LiveBook: 208 Games} (7. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 8. Bd3 $11) 7... g5 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (7... d6 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O a6 11. Bd3 f5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 15. Ned2 {1-0 (35) Radjabov,T (2713)-Wang,Y (2723) Beijing 2013}) 8. Bg3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. h3 Rg8 10. Qc2 h5 11. O-O-O d6 12. Bb5+ Bc6 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. dxc5 bxc5 {½-½ (40) Zhu,R (2036)-Coathup,R (2151) Llandudno 2017}) 9. Nc4 Ne4 {The position is equal.} 10. d5 exd5 $1 11. Qxd5 Qe7 $1 12. Rd1 Qe6 13. Qxe6+ dxe6 14. Nce5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nb8 15. Nd2 {[#] aiming for Nxe4.} Nxg3 16. hxg3 a6 17. Ndc4 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 $1 19. Rxd6 Bd5 (19... Ke7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. c4 $16 bxc4 21. Bxc4 ({Reject} 21. Nxc4 $6 Ke7 $11) 21... Bxg2 (21... Bxc4 $16 {was worth a try.} 22. Nxc4 Nd7) 22. Rh2 $18 Bb7 23. f4 gxf4 24. exf4 Ke7 (24... Ra7 $142 25. f5 Bd5) 25. Rb6 Ra7 {[#]} 26. Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg8 $2 (26... Be4 27. Bxf7 Nd7) (26... fxe6 27. Ng6+) 27. Bxf7 {White is clearly winning.} Rxg3 28. Re6+ Kd8 29. Rd2+ Kc7 30. Re7+ Kb6 31. Rd6+ Kb5 32. Bc4+ Ka5 33. Be2 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,155,33,31,31,28,25,19,33,26,31,31,31,29,32,-14,-20,-21,-19,0,26,2,2,0,0,5,12,9,6,2,6,0,19,15,20,4,18,4,10,0,0,0,25,25,11,-7,-10,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Nbd2 Bb4 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (6... Bb5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb1 Be7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. a3 Nb6 13. Qc2 Na5 14. e4 {0-1 (39) Li,C (2721)-Zhang,Z (2614) Ho Chi Minh City 2015}) 7. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bxd2 8. Bxd2 Bc6 {White has an edge.} 9. Rc1 Bd5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. Re1 Be4 12. Rxc4 O-O 13. b3 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (44) Murugan,K (2325)-Lukacs,P (2455) Coimbatore 1987}) 11. Re1 {[#] aiming for e4!} h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qa4+ c6 14. Qa3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qe7 (15... Qxd4 {with more complications.} 16. Red1 Qb6 17. Rxc4 a6 18. Rc3 Qc7) 16. Qxe7+ (16. Qa5 {is more complex.} O-O 17. Rxc4 a6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. e3) 16... Kxe7 17. Rxc4 Rhd8 18. e3 a5 19. a3 Ra6 20. Rb1 Ne8 21. Rc5 Rda8 22. Be2 Rb6 23. Kf1 Nf6 24. Rc2 a4 25. Bd3 Nd7 26. Rd1 Ra5 27. Bc4 c5 28. d5 Rd6 29. Ke1 Nb6 (29... e5 {feels hotter.} 30. e4 b5 31. Bf1 c4 32. f4 f6) 30. dxe6 {[#] And now Rxd6 would win.} Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Kxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 33. Kc2 b6 34. Re4+ Kd7 35. h4 h5 36. g4 hxg4 $1 37. Rxg4 g6 38. Rg5 Ke6 39. h5 gxh5 40. Rxh5 Ra8 41. Rh6+ f6 42. Rh7 Rg8 43. Kd3 Rd8+ 44. Kc3 Kd5 45. Ra7 b5 46. Ra5 Rb8 47. Kd3 f5 48. Ra6 Rd8 49. Rb6 c4+ 50. Kc3 Kc5 51. Rf6 Rd3+ 52. Kc2 Rd5 {The position is equal.} 53. Rf8 Kb6 54. Rf7 Kc6 55. Rf6+ Kc5 56. Re6 b4 57. axb4+ Kxb4 58. Rb6+ Kc5 59. Rf6 (59. Ra6 {is interesting.} Kb4 60. Ra7 Re5 61. Rf7 Rd5 62. Rf8) 59... Kb4 60. Rf8 Kc5 61. Rg8 Kb4 (61... f4 $5) 62. Rb8+ Kc5 63. Re8 Kb4 64. Re7 Kc5 65. Rh7 Kb4 66. Rh5 Re5 67. Rg5 Rd5 68. Rh5 (68. e4 $5 Rd4 69. exf5 $11) 68... Re5 69. Rh4 Rd5 70. Rd4 Re5 71. Rd8 f4 72. Rb8+ Kc5 73. Rc8+ Kb4 74. Rb8+ Kc5 75. exf4 Re2+ 76. Kc3 Rxf2 77. Rc8+ Kd5 78. Rd8+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,87,37,44,35,39,0,38,36,35,36,24,37,57,66,60,57,89,82,95,90,104,94,145,130,241,252,253,248,308,297,336,290,419,406,474,427,486,464,650,642,603,364,363,338,341,314,435,434,431,432,546,498,718,693,650,672,886,806,1164,1127,1119,1119,5922,5942,29984,29985,852,388]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 cxd4 8. Rd1 Nc6 9. exd4 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. Ba2 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines} (12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qc2 Nd5 14. Ba2 Bf6 15. Ne4 Bd7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nexg5 g6 18. Qe4 h6 19. Nh3 Nce7 20. Ne5 Kg7 21. Nf4 Rc8 22. h4 Ba4 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qxe6+ Ke8 25. Nxd5 Bxd1 26. Nxe7 {1-0 (26) Moiseenko,A (2670)-Nyzhnyk,I (2535) Warsaw 2010}) 12... Re8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf6 14. Bf4 Ne7 15. c4 b5 16. c5 Nd5 17. Qe4 Bb7 18. Bg3 Ra7 19. Qd3 Bc6 {½-½ (44) Yevseev,D (2525)-Kiselev,G (2424) Sochi 2007}) 13. Qe4 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Bf6 (13... Bxa3 $5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Bb4 $14) 14. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} Nce7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd6 17. h5 h6 18. Bxe7 $1 Nxe7 19. Bb1 {Hoping for Qh7+.} f5 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. dxe5 g5 ({Black should play} 21... Nc6) 22. Na4 Nc6 (22... a5 $16 {was worth a try.} 23. Ba2 Nd5) 23. Nb6 $18 Rb8 {[#]} 24. Ba2 $1 Nxe5 {[#]} 25. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e5]} Nf7 26. Rac1 Kf8 (26... e5 $142 27. Nxc8 Rexc8) 27. Rc7 f4 28. Bb3 Nd6 29. Rd1 Nf5 (29... Rd8 $142 30. Nc4 Rd7) 30. Ba4 Re7 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Nxc8 Rc7 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Nd6 {Strongly threatening Ne8+.} Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Nh4 36. Ne4 b5 (36... Rc7 $142 37. Bb3 Re7) 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. Bb3 Re1 39. Nc5 Re2 40. Nxe6+ Ke8 41. Rh7 Rxf2 42. Bd5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Rc2 43. Be4 Rc1 44. Bg6+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 36%.} (44. Rxh6 $142 Ke7 45. Kh3) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,48,4,4,5,10,4,1,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe4 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 13. Qh5 (13. f4 d6 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Qh5 Qf6 16. fxg5 Qg6 17. Qxg6+ fxg6 18. gxh6 Bf5 19. Rab1 Ra4 20. Rb7 {1-0 (92) Kryvoruchko,Y (2707)-Anand,V (2785) Dubai 2014}) 13... d6 14. f4 Bf5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. fxg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qxh6 Re6 17. Qh5 Bg6 18. Qh3 gxf4 19. Rxf4 Qg5 20. Raf1 {0-1 (60) Belenkaya,D (2289)-Batsiashvili,N (2476) Mamaia 2016}) 16... Qxg5 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qxc7 Bxg2 $1 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Re2 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 21. Rf2 Rxf2 22. Bxf2 {Bd4+ is the strong threat.} Rg8+ 23. Bg3 Qc5+ 24. Kg2 {[#] Hoping for Rf1.} Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,67,13,40,6,1,2,0,-2,10,-3,-2,-3,-2,-21,-21,-14,-15,-17,-12,-13,-14,-16,-16,-18,-14,-22,0,-12,-7,-23,0,-38,-23,-27,-26,-19,-24,-18,-13,-18,-8,-8,-8,-21,-22,-22,-22,-50,-8,-9,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 e5 {D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)} (8... Nb6 9. e3 Bd7 10. b3 Qc8 11. Bb2 Bh3 12. Ne4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rd8 14. Qe2 a5 15. a3 Rd5 16. Rac1 Rh5 17. h4 {½-½ (32) Lorparizangeneh,S (2515)-Artemiev,V (2692) St Petersburg 2017}) 9. Nxd5 e4 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nd2 (10. Ne5 $5 Qxd5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bf4 $14) 10... Qxd5 11. Nxe4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bf4 c6 16. Rad1 {0-1 (52) Pavlov,S (2454)-Savenkov,K (2325) Minsk 2015}) 12... Bg4 (12... Qc4 {is more complex.} 13. Bf4 Nd4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nd5 c6) 13. Bxc6 (13. Be3 {feels hotter.} Qc4 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Nd4 17. Rxc7 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1) 13... bxc6 14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. Be3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe2 17. Rfe1 Bc4 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. a3 Rac8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g5 22. h3 h5 23. Rd1 Kg7 24. g4 Bd5 25. gxh5 Kh6 26. f4 Re3 27. c4 Bxc4 28. Rd6+ Kxh5 {Strongly threatening ...Bd5.} 29. Rxc6 Be6 30. Rc5 Rxa3 31. Rxg5+ Kh4 32. Ra5 Rc3 33. Rxa7 Rf3 34. Ra8 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,137,0,0,0,0,0,30,8,6,-18,-16,-22,-11,-30,0,0,-23,-23,61,62,56,22,122,126,120,120,116,0,0,0,0,-45,-50,-63,-61,-78,0,0,81,81,416,0,0,-39,-42,-40,-36,-41,-52,-60,-20,-108,-106,-225,-237,-194,-191,-248,-273,-267,-256,-247,-213,-208,-200,-206,-213,-238,-261,-239,-221,-232,-196,-204,-193,-485,-485,-485,-472,-454,-444,-533,-494,-682,-660,-622,-612,-501,-955,-691,-674,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12850,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng4 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} 10. Bd2 f5 11. h3 Nf6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Qc1 f4 {LiveBook: 31 Games} 14. g3 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 15. Nh4 e3 $1 {[%cal Re3f2]} 16. fxe3 fxg3 {Hoping for ...Ne4!} 17. Ng6 {[#]} Re8 $146 18. Rg1 Bf5 19. Rxg3 Nbd7 20. Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nc5 21. Bf3 Kh8 (21... Qe7 $11) 22. Ke2 $1 $14 Nfd7 23. Qg1 (23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. e4 Kh7 $17) (23. e4 $5) 23... Rg8 (23... Be5 $11 24. Kd1 Qf6) 24. Bg4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Bxg4+ 25. Rxg4 {Intending Ng6+ and mate.} Ne5 26. Ng6+ (26. Qb1 $1 $16) 26... Nxg6 $11 27. Rxg6 Nd7 $1 28. Rg4 Ne5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 29. Rf4 Qe8 $1 {[%cal Re8h5] ...Qh5+ is the strong threat.} 30. Rh4 Bf8 (30... Qe7 $1 $17 {[%cal Re7h4]} 31. Rf4 Bf6) 31. Qf2 Qg6 (31... Rg6 $11) 32. e4 $16 Nxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Kh7 $16) 33. Rg4 $2 (33. Bxh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh6 34. Rg1 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 33... Qh5 $11 34. Qf6+ Bg7 35. Qh4 Qxh4 36. Rxh4 Nxd2 ({Inferior is} 36... Nxb2 37. Nb5 $16) 37. Kxd2 Raf8 38. Re1 {[#]} (38. Ne2 $11 {remains equal.}) 38... Kh7 $1 $17 39. Rg4 (39. Rh5 $17) 39... h5 $19 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 40. Rgg1 Rf2+ 41. Ne2 (41. Kc1 {is a better defense.}) 41... Rgf8 ({Not} 41... Bxb2 42. Rxg8 Kxg8 43. Rb1 $15) 42. Rg3 h4 ({But not} 42... Bxb2 43. Rb3 $17) 43. Rb3 R8f3 44. Rxf3 Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 45. Ng1 Rg3 46. Rf1 Bxb2 47. Nf3 Bf6 48. Ke3 Rxh3 49. Kf4 Rg3 50. Nxh4 $2 (50. Kf5 {might work better.} Kg7 51. Ke6) 50... Bxh4 {KRB-KR} 51. Rh1 Rg2 52. Rxh4+ {KR-KR} Kg6 53. a4 Ra2 54. Rh1 Rxa4 55. Rc1 Rb4 56. Rxc7 a4 57. Rc8 {[#]} Rb6 $1 58. e5 Rb4+ 59. Ke3 dxe5 60. d6 Rd4 61. Ra8 b5 62. Ra5 Kf5 63. Rxb5 Rxd6 64. Ra5 Rd4 65. Ra8 Rh4 66. Rf8+ Ke6 67. Ra8 a3 $2 (67... Rb4 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Kd5.} 68. Kd3 Rf4) 68. Rxa3 $11 Rh3+ 69. Ke4 Rxa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 51%, Black = 66%.} (69... Rh1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Program Activation Required} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 a5 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Na3 {C92: Spanische Partie (Tschigorin-Variante)} (12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 h6 15. Bd2 Qc8 16. Bd3 Qb7 17. Qc2 g6 18. b4 Bg7 19. a3 Rac8 20. Rac1 {0-1 (113) Polgar,J (2682)-Nakamura,H (2733) Cap d'Agde 2010}) 12... Rb8 13. d5 Na7 14. Be3 c5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Rb7 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Qb8 17. Qe2 c6 18. c4 c5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxa7 Qxa7 21. Nxb5 {½-½ (34) Tarhon,B (2285)-Nagy,G (2439) Zalakaros 2016}) 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. d6 Rc8 17. f4 Ne8 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. fxe5 Bc6 20. Qh5 Nc7 21. Nb1 Be8 22. Nd2 Nc6 23. Nf3 Ne6 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Rd5 a3 26. bxa3 Ra8 27. Bc1 Na5 28. Ng5 h6 29. Nf3 Nc4 30. Qg4 Nxa3 31. Bd1 Nb1 32. Nh4 h5 33. Qg3 Nxc3 34. Nf5 Nxd5 35. exd5 Qd7 36. Bh6 Kh7 37. Bxg7 Rg8 38. Bc2 Rxa2 39. Nh6+ Rxc2 40. Nxg8 Kxg8 41. Bf6+ Kh7 42. Qd3+ Kh6 43. Qe3+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kh6 45. Qxc2 Qxd5 46. Rd1 Qc4 47. Qd2+ Kg6 48. Qf2 Qf4 49. Qc2+ *

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,90,23,27,-17,-5,-6,17,-22,30,0,0,0,-7,-6,-8,-19,-25,-37,-31,-60,-36,-75,-75,-75,-63,-75,-71,-78,-59,-96,-97,-125,-74,-176,-173,-173,-132,-136,-111,-160,-165,-166,-153,-141,-145,-164,-162,-154,-162,-383,-374,-373,-352,-400,-352,-407,-391,-431,-418,-458,-430,-457,-445,-413,-413,-406,-406,-427,-333,-426,-418,-495,-472,-492,-492,-457,-351,-350,-350]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} (7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 e5 13. b5 Ba5 14. Bd2 exd4 15. exd4 Re8 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. Qc2 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Ne4 20. Qd3 Qf6 21. Rfe1 Nf8 {1-0 (21) Wang,Y (2699)-Bu,X (2710) Huocheng County 2017}) 7... Qc7 {LiveBook: 224 Games} 8. f3 Be7 9. g3 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 10. Bd2 a6 $146 ({Better is} 10... Bh5) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bd3 {1-0 (33) Chatalbashev,B (2455)-Stefanova,A (2370) Cannes 1996}) 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 13. Be2 c5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 {[%cal Ra2b4]} Bd6 {White must now prevent ...Bxg3+!} 17. f4 Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for ...Nxg3! Black is in control.} 18. Bf3 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 Rc8 20. Qc4 a5 21. Ke2 Qa7 22. h4 Ke7 ({Black should play} 22... O-O 23. Rhd1 Rfd8) 23. b3 (23. Qd3 $17) 23... cxd4 $19 24. Qxd4 Bc5 25. Qe4 Qa6+ 26. Qd3 Qxd3+ 27. Kxd3 Bb6 {Threatens to win with ...Nc5+.} 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rd8 {And now ...Ne5+ would win.} 30. Ke2 Nc5 31. Rxc5 $2 (31. Rb1 {keeps fighting.}) 31... Bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 32. Bb7 Rd7 33. Bf3 Rc7 34. Be4 {[#]} e5 $1 35. Bd3 (35. fxe5 Ke6) 35... exf4 36. gxf4 Rc8 37. Bc4 Rh8 38. Nc1 Rxh4 39. Nd3 Bd6 40. Bd5 f5 41. Bg2 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 42. fxg5 Rg4 43. Bf3 Rxg5 44. Nb2 Rg3 45. Nc4 Bc7 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,88,-27,-27,-34,-22,-86,-77,-115,-106,-123,-60,-49,-46,-43,-17,-61,-2,-48,-47,-53,-43,-42,-43,-22,-20,-20,-19,-16,-16,-20,-20,-18,-17,-77,-80,-81,-55,-108,-96,-135,-135,-135,-135,-131,-125,-170,-168,-168,-176,-166,-141,-141,-133,-152,-148,-151,-133,-138,-139,-231,-218,-236,-240,-296,-308,-340,-337,-322,-322,-468,-445,-626,-679,-619,-581]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6. a4 a6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 b5 10. Ba2 b4 11. d4 bxc3 12. bxc3 Re8 13. Be3 h6 {½-½ (23) Karjakin,S (2773)-Aronian,L (2809) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... h6 7. h3 d5 8. Qe2 a5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. a4 b6 (9... Be6 $5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nf4 $15) 10. O-O $146 (10. exd5 $11 Nxd5 11. O-O) ({Predecessor:} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qe4 Nde7 12. Bc4 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ng6 {0-1 (36) Lagar,V (2162)-Saldano Dayer,H (2446) Rosario 2015}) 10... Ba6 $1 $17 {aiming for ...dxe4.} 11. exd5 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} ({But not} 11... Nxd5 $6 12. Qe4 $11) 12. Ne1 {[#]} Ne5 (12... exd3 $1 $17 13. Nxd3 Nxd5) 13. c4 $15 Nxd3 14. Nxd3 exd3 15. Qf3 {[#]} Re8 (15... c6 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 16. Nc3 {[#]} c6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Bf4 (17. dxc6 d2) 17... cxd5 $1 18. cxd5 Rc8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Ne4 {...Qf6 is the strong threat.} 21. d6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Rad1 Nc4 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 24. Bxc4 (24. Qxd3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxd3 25. Rxd3) 24... Rxc4 $17 25. Rxd3 Rd4 26. Re3 (26. Rfd1 $15 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxd3 28. Qc6) 26... Rd2 27. Rb1 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd5 29. Rc1 Rxb5 30. Qe2 Rd5 31. Rc6 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd6 33. Rc2 Re6 34. Qb5 Qd6+ 35. g3 Qe5 36. Qd3 Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 37. Qd2 (37. Qd1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 37... Rc6 $19 38. Rxc6 Qxc6 {KQ-KQ} 39. h4 h5 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qd3+ g6 42. f3 (42. Qa6 $142) 42... a4 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. g4 (43. f4 $142 Qc5 44. Kg2) 43... hxg4 44. fxg4 Qf6 $1 {[%csl LRb2,LRh4] Precision: White = 35%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,51,8,2,16,23,21,16,18,12,18,9,9,0,23,0,31,-18,-9,-21,-18,-29,-4,-22,-39,-45,-32,-50,-47,-42,0,-16,-14,-24]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} (11. Qc2 Bd6 12. f3 Re8 13. Nce2 Qe7 14. Ng3 c5 15. Qf2 b6 16. Bd2 g6 17. dxc5 bxc5 {0-1 (28) Nakamura,H (2787)-Carlsen,M (2853) chess.com INT 2016}) 11... c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. Bd2 c5 13. Be1 Bb7 14. Qd2 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. e4 a5 17. e5 {½-½ (38) Leitao,R (2632)-Hou,Y (2671) Baku 2015}) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bd6 14. Kh1 Re8 15. Bd2 Be5 16. Nfe2 Ne6 17. Rc1 d4 18. Nb5 dxe3 19. Bxe3 a6 20. Nbc3 Bd7 21. Bb1 (21. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Bxc3 22. Nxc3 $11 (22. Rxc3 Bc6 $15)) 21... Bc6 22. Ba2 Qc7 23. Bg1 Rad8 24. Qb3 Rd3 25. Qb1 Rd2 26. Rc2 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,75,12,0,33,0,6,-63,-55,-40,-7,-9,-11,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-95,-97,-94,-87,-98,-111,-152,-22,-32,-29,-31,-31,-31,-20,-25,-26,-23,-16,-212,-225,-206,-70,-431,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 dxe4 15. Bb5 Bc7 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Bxe8 Rxe8 {1-0 (61) Le,Q (2739)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... Qe7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Bxg3 11. hxg3 cxd4 12. cxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rb8 13. Nb3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. O-O Rxb2 14. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 15. Rxb1 Qc7 {0-1 (62) Raznikov,D (2506)-Li,R (2486) Dallas 2016}) 13... Rb6 14. O-O (14. Nc5 $11) 14... Ra6 $15 15. Na5 c5 16. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 17. b4 Qd6 18. a3 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 19. Rfc1 e4 20. Nd4 (20. Nh2 $11) 20... Ng4 $17 {Hoping for ...Qh6.} 21. Rc6 Rxc6 22. Qxc6 Qe5 23. Rc1 g6 (23... Be6 $17 {aiming for ...Qh5.} 24. Qc3 (24. Rc2 h6 $17) 24... Qh5) 24. Qc7 {Threatening Qxe5.} Qh5 25. Nac6 $1 {[%cal Rc6e7] Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Qh2+ 26. Kf1 {Ne7+ is the strong threat.} Qh1+ ({Reject} 26... Ba6+ $6 27. b5 $14) 27. Ke2 Qxg2 28. Qf4 $1 Bd7 29. Ne7+ $2 (29. Rc5 $11) 29... Kh8 $1 $19 {And now ...g5! would win.} 30. Rf1 {[#]} f6 (30... Kg7 $1 $19 31. Nxd5 Rc8) 31. Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31. Nxd5 $15 Ne5 32. Qh6) 31... Nxf2 $2 {[#]} ({But not} 31... Rd8 $2 32. Qc7 $18) (31... Nh2 $1 $19 32. Nxg6+ hxg6 33. Qxf8+ Kh7) 32. Nxg6+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] The position is equal.} hxg6 33. Qxf8+ Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qf7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kh7 {( -> ...Nd3+)} 38. Qf7+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,78,-49,-62,-68,-250,-254,-252,-254,-284,-295,-316,-316,-317,-303,-331,-329,-400,-393,-508,-477,-522,-535,-510,-498,-574,-545,-592,-621,-610,-608,-970,-969,-950,-922,-1031,-896,-871,-765,-909,-895,-904,-898,-952,-930,-29987,-29988,-29991,-29992,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. e4 Ne8 11. Ng3 Na5 12. f4 {E29: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...0-0 6 e3 c5 7 Bd3 Nc6} f6 (12... Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. f5 cxd4 15. cxd4 f6 16. Rb1 exf5 17. exf5 d5 18. Rb3 Qd7 19. Qh5 Ned6 20. Ne2 Qf7 21. Qh3 {½-½ (36) Jobava,B (2713)-Wojtaszek,R (2683) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 13. f5 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Rf4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} cxd4 16. Rh4 $146 (16. cxd4 $15 Ned6 17. Rh4) ({Predecessor:} 16. Qh5 e5 17. Rh4 d3 18. Qxh7+ Kf7 {½-½ (52) Van Elst,A (2271)-Bleunven,A (2197) Aix les Bains 2003}) 16... dxc3 $19 17. Qh5 Qc7 ({Less strong is} 17... h6 {[#]} 18. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b5 19. Rc1 $11) 18. Qxh7+ Kf7 19. Qh5+ Ke7 20. Qe2 Rc8 21. a4 Qe5 22. fxe6 dxe6 23. Bf4 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 {[#]} c2 $1 25. Rc1 {With the idea Nf5+!} (25. Qxc2 Qxa1+) 25... Ne5 26. h3 Qd3 27. Qe1 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 28. Rh7+ Rf7 29. Bxe5 Rxh7 30. Bb2 g4 31. h4 Rxh4+ 32. Kg1 Rh6 33. Qf2 Qd1+ 34. Nf1 Nd6 35. e5 Nf5 {( -> ...Rch8)} 36. Qf4 g3 {Black mates.} 37. exf6+ Kf7 38. Qe4 Rch8 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh6h1]} 39. Qb7+ Kg6 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,72,-20,-28,-24,-26,-23,-31,-25,-22,-10,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,-13,-5,-18,0,0,0,-2,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,-191,-175,-168,-195,-314,-308,-300,-300,-269,-262,-310,-285,-285,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 h6 9. h3 e6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Be2 Qd8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 14. O-O b5 15. Re1 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd7 16. Bg3 b4 17. e4 Bg6 18. exd5 exd5 19. b3 cxb3 20. axb3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 {0-1 (48) Holmirzaev,B (2315)-Smirnov,P (2626) Tashkent 2014}) 16. Bf3 Ng5 17. Bd1 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Bc2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 f5 21. b3 Rfc8 {[%cal Bf8c8,Bc8c7,Bc7f7,Bf7f2][%mdl 32]} 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qa4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Reb1 Rc7 26. Rb5 Rf8 27. Rab1 Rcf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 28. R1b2 Kh7 29. Qb4 Qd8 30. a4 $2 {[#]} (30. Rb7 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 30... a5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra5b4][%mdl 512]} 31. Rxa5 {Threatening Rb5.} (31. Qxa5 Qh4) 31... Qh4 32. Qd6 (32. Ra7 $142 Rxf2 33. Qb7 Rf1+ 34. Kh2) 32... Rxf2 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 33. Rxf2 Qxf2+ ({Weaker is} 33... Rxf2 34. Ra8 $17) 34. Kh2 {[#]} Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g6] ( -> ...Rg6)} 35. Qg3 Qd2 {White must now prevent ...Rg6.} 36. Ra8 Rg6 $2 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 63%.} (36... Qxc3 $19 37. a5 Qc1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,89,18,14,24,-16,47,49,53,53,56,48,67,66,71,68,108,101,108,120,108,77,175,175,175,175,175,170,173,174,188,155,193,193,182,152,173,177,236,200,491,424,393,422,2112,908,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843,12843,12843,12845,12846]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qb5 {B77: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 sidelines} 16. Qd3 (16. Rhe1 a5 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 a4 19. Bc4 Rfc8 20. b3 Rc7 21. Bb5 axb3 22. cxb3 Ra5 23. Bc4 {½-½ (41) Yu,Y (2721)-Guseinov,G (2634) Skopje 2015}) 16... Qxd3 17. Rxd3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Nd7 {The position is equal.} 18. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Rdd1 g5 20. c4 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Rfc8 22. Re4 Rc7 23. Ba5 {0-1 (49) Szelag,M (2484)-Kanarek,M (2482) Chorzow 2013}) 18... Nc5 (18... Bxd4 $11 19. Rxd4 a5) 19. Bxc5 $14 dxc5 20. Re3 Bf6 21. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} g5 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Re4 Rae8 24. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bf6 25. g5 Bd4 26. Rhe1 e6 (26... Bf2 $16 {was necessary.}) 27. dxe6 $18 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kg7 30. Re7+ Kg6 {( -> ...Rf1+)} 31. Bc4 a5 32. Bd3+ Kh5 33. Rxh7+ Kg4 34. g6 Rh8 (34... Rg8 $142 35. c3 bxc3) 35. Rc7 {And now Bc4 would win.} Kxh4 $2 {[#]} (35... Rg8 {was called for.} 36. c3 Rg7) 36. c3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc3 37. bxc3 Bxc3 {[#]} (37... Be5 $142) 38. Bc4 $1 Rb8+ 39. Kc2 Be5 40. Rh7+ Kg5 41. g7 Bxg7 42. Rxg7+ Kf6 43. Ra7 Ke5 44. Rxa5 Rb4 45. Kc3 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,41,0,-7,0,-7,-7,0,-7,-7,30,-12,-10,-10,-5,-25,-14,-6,-16,-14,-34,-44,-44,-49]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e5 9. Be2 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Nd4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Ba3 13. h3 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 a5 15. g4 a4 16. g5 Nfd7 {½-½ (28) Meier,G (2630)-Karjakin,S (2783) chess.com INT 2017}) 9... e4 10. Nd2 Nb8 {[%cal Bd7b8,Bb8a6,Ba6c7][%mdl 32]} 11. h3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Be6 12. g4 Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. O-O-O {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b5 15. c5 Be7 16. f4 exf3 17. Bxf3 {1-0 (43) Matlakov,M (2673)-Michalik,P (2508) Czechia 2013}) 15. Kb1 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. c5 (16. cxb5 Nxb5) 16... Be7 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 $1 f5 19. f3 b4 {[#] And now ...exf3 would win.} 20. axb4 axb4 21. Na4 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,37,18,10,10,12,8,10,0,0,0,8,12,12,12]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. dxc5 Rc8 {LiveBook: 23 Games. The position is equal.} 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. e3 Rxc5 16. Qe4 Bb7 {[#]} 17. Qa4 $146 f5 18. Bd3 Rd5 19. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Batchuluun, Tsegmed"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,43,26,26,20,21,22,22,22,21,14,6,6,6,6,0,7,6,8,8,14,15,18,0,11,14]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 {LiveBook: 142 Games} Bf5 12. Be2 {The position is equal.} Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd4 Ne6 {[#]} 15. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 {½-½ (40) Mamedyarov,S (2761)-Aronian,L (2795) Moscow 2016}) 15... Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 Rfe8 18. Bb5 Rec8 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rc5 b6 22. Rxc8+ ({Not} 22. Rxd5 $2 Rc1+ 23. Bf1 g6 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,73,6,28,0,10,-8,-7,-25,1,0,7,0,16,20,16,2,23,31,58,53,44,53,39,41,54,49,31,0,0,5,17,0,41,31,42,33,96,94,116,108,120,123,172,186,297,293,414,397,439,429,386,291,554,527,519,435,536,508,814,798]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O a5 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 9. b3 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} (9. Rc1 Na6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qe7 12. Re1 Rae8 13. Qb3 Ra8 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nb8 16. Nd3 d6 {1-0 (68) Rasmussen,A (2499)-Hansen,S (2569) Skorping 2014}) 9... Qe7 10. Nb5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Qc1 Ba3 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Nb5 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Na6 15. f4 Bb4 16. Nf3 c6 {1-0 (35) Giffard,N (2351)-Tozer,P (2106) Hastings 2009}) 10... c6 11. Nc3 {The position is equal.} d6 12. a3 Bxc3 $1 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb2 c5 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qd2 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. a4 Qe6 20. Rfd1 Rf7 21. Qe3 Rc8 22. Rac1 h6 23. f3 Re8 {White should prevent ...exf3.} 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Ba3 {[%cal Rd4c5,Bb2a3,Ba3c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 (25... cxd4 $1 $14 26. Rxd4 Bd5) 26. dxc5 $16 Ng4 {[#]} 27. Qc3 $1 {Strongly threatening c6.} bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rc8 29. Qxa5 Kh7 (29... Qxb3 {is a better defense.} 30. Bh3 Qe6) 30. Qb6 $18 Qe5 (30... Rc6 $142 31. Qb4 Rcc7) 31. Bd4 Qh5 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh5h2] [#]} 32. h3 Nf6 33. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 (33... Qxe2 34. Re1 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxf6 36. Qxb7 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Qxc1 38. Bxe4+ Rg6 39. Bxg6+ Kxg6 40. Qa6+ Kf5 41. Qd3+ Ke6) 34. Rxc8 {White is clearly winning.} Bxc8 35. Bxe4+ f5 36. Bg2 Qxe2 (36... Rg7 $142 37. Qe3 Qg6) 37. Rd6 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Krysa, Leandro"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,132,19,16,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-37,-38,-38,-38,-60,-55,0,-78,-78,-148,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-79,-79,-79,-78,-78,-78,-78,0,0,0,-31,-31,-31,0,-12835,-12834,-12836,-12836,-12841,-12842,-12848,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12843,-366,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12848,-12846]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Nd7 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe3 Rc8 {LiveBook: 10 Games} (14... Nf6 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Bb5 Rac8 18. a4 h6 19. h3 {½-½ (47) Aronian,L (2793)-Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. e5 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... h6 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. Nc4 {½-½ (35) Rahul,S (2321)-Brazdzionis,A (2314) Panevezys 2017}) 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Ne4 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Qd8 22. Qc4 Ng6 23. g3 Ne7 24. Kg2 g6 25. h4 h5 26. Kh2 Kg7 27. Kg2 Qd7 28. Kf1 a5 29. a4 Nd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 31. Qb3 Qc6 32. Ke2 Kf8 33. Kd2 Ke8 34. Kd1 Qe6 35. Kd2 Qf5 36. Qxb6 Qxf2+ 37. Kd1 Kf8 38. Qxa5 Qxd4+ 39. Kc2 Kg7 40. Qb5 (40. e6 $5 {[%cal Ra5c3]} Qe4+ 41. Kc1 $17) 40... Qe4+ ({Resist} 40... Qxe5 41. Qb2 $17) 41. Kd2 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...Qe3+.} 42. Qe2 Qc6 43. e6 Qc3+ 44. Kd1 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e2]} 45. Qf2 (45. Qe3 $142) 45... Qa1+ (45... fxe6 $142 {White must now prevent ...Qa1+.} 46. Qa7+ Kf6 47. Qf2+ Ke7) 46. Kd2 $17 Qb2+ (46... fxe6 47. Qa7+ Kf6 48. Qa5 $11) 47. Ke3 Qb6+ 48. Kf3 Qc6+ 49. Ke3 Qc5+ ({Of course not} 49... fxe6 50. Qb2+ Kh7 51. Qb4 $11) 50. Kf3 Qd5+ 51. Ke3 {Strongly threatening Qxf7+.} fxe6 (51... Qxe6+ $17 52. Kxd3 Qb3+ 53. Kd2 Qxa4) 52. Qd2 $11 Qd6 53. a5 Qxg3+ 54. Ke4 e5 ({Much less strong is} 54... Qxh4+ 55. Kxd3 e5 56. Qc3 $17) 55. a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Qc3 $11) 55... Qxh4+ $19 56. Kxd3 {[#]} Qa4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a6]} 57. Qc3 Qxa6+ 58. Ke4 Qf6 59. Qc7+ Kh6 60. Ke3 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 61. Qc8 Qf5 62. Qh8+ Kg5 63. Qd8+ {Black is clearly winning.} Qf6 64. Qa8 h3 65. Qh1 Qf4+ 66. Ke2 Qg4+ {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "El Debs, Felipe de Cresce"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,47,0,0,0,15,-8,0,-7,-5,-13,0,-8,16,16,2,-3,0,0,8,7,6,0,0,9,5,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,4,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 {The position is equal.} 6. a3 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} Be7 7. Qd3 c5 8. dxc5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxc5 10. Qd1 Nxd5 $146 (10... exd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5d4]} 11. Nf3 Nce4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... exd5 11. Nf3 Nce4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 {½-½ (35) Topalov,V (2780)-Gelfand,B (2737) Nice 2008}) 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nf3 Bf6 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Nd4 Re8 15. O-O Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxe2 18. Rac1 Re7 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Bh3 21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Bg2 Bf5 24. Bf3 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,44,-29,-16,-26,-25,-25,0,-24,-21,-22,-33,-42,-5,-49,-49,-57,20,14,19,8,15,16,18,21,18,19,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O a6 6. a4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 58 Games} 7. b3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (7. Na3 Bxa3 8. bxa3 e5 9. Bb2 Qd6 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. e4 Be6 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 {0-1 (39) Ponkratov,P (2607)-Matlakov,M (2694) Tallinn 2016}) 7... cxb3 8. Qxb3 e5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... Rb8 9. Bb2 b5 10. axb5 Rxb5 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qc4 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Rb6 {½-½ (27) Kriebel,T (2456)-Nguyen,T (2442) Novy Bor 2016}) 9. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rb3f7] [#]} Qd7 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Qc4 Bd6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne6 (13... O-O $1 $15 14. e3 Nf5) 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Be4 O-O 16. Qc2 h6 17. d3 Rb8 18. Be3 a5 19. Ba7 Ra8 {The position is equal.} 20. Bc5 Rb8 21. Ba7 Ra8 22. Bc5 Rb8 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Haddouche, Mohamed"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,57,24,26,16,25,13,11,10,0,0,0,0,16,22,7,9,16,28,29,29,29,29,22,22,29,24,23,22,22,22,14,21,22,22,0,0,0,66,0,76,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Rb8 10. Be3 $146 (10. a4 {is more complex.} Ne7 11. Bb3 d6 12. O-O Bb6 13. Be3) ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nxe5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. d4 Bf8 14. b3 Bb7 15. c4 {1-0 (59) Carlsen,M (2848)-Aronian,L (2815) London 2012}) 10... Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ne7 12. Bb3 d6 13. O-O {[#] Strongly threatening Ng5.} Nc6 14. Qe1 a5 15. a4 b4 16. Qg3 {Hoping for Ng5.} Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ng5 {[#] aiming for Rxf8+.} Qe7 19. Qg4 Rxf1+ $1 20. Rxf1 {Threatening Rf7.} Nd8 21. b3 h6 22. Nf3 Nf7 23. Nh4 Re8 24. Qh5 c5 ({Black should play} 24... Ng5 $11) 25. Rf2 (25. Nf3 $14) 25... Nh8 (25... Ng5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Ng6 ({White should try} 26. Nf3 $16) 26... Nxg6 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. Qxg6 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. g3 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "El Gindy, Essam"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,113,0,0,6,0,2,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-13,-10,-14,-43,-27,-26,-34,-51,-46,-38,-62,-40,-56,-80,-11,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-199,-200,-218,-206,-232,-230,-227,-170,-283,-231,-216,-204,-321,-316,-323,-320,-333,-333,-365,-358,-393,-377,-420,-420,-420,-420,-420,-408,-458,-458,-437,-420,-496,-481,-539,-445,-510,-420,-426,-428,-1436,-1346,-1437,-1252,-660,-463,-1729,-1636,-1682,-1656,-1601,-1575,-1527,-1414,-1382,-1184,-1095]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. cxd5 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} (6. Bg5 dxc4 7. e4 Be6 8. e5 Nd5 9. h5 Nd7 10. h6 Bf8 11. Ne4 f6 12. Bd2 b5 {0-1 (37) Kasparov,G (2812)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... cxd5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Ne4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Kxg7 {½-½ (27) Pert,N (2569)-Howell,D (2693) London 2015}) 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 h5 14. Qb3 b6 15. O-O Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Qb2 Rc8 18. Rac1 Rc7 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bc4 21. Rcd1 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bxc4 (22. dxe5 Bxd3) 22... Rxc4 23. Qb5 Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 24. Rd3 a6 (24... Rd8 $17 {[%cal Re5d4]} 25. Qb2 Rd7) 25. Qd5 $11 Re8 26. dxe5 $1 Re7 27. Qd6 $1 Rxe4 28. Qf6+ $1 Kh7 29. Rdf3 $2 (29. Rd5 $11 {and White is okay.}) 29... Qc5+ $19 ({Don't play} 29... Qxe5 30. Qxe5 R7xe5 31. Rxf7+ Kh6 32. R7f6 $15) ({Much less strong is} 29... R7xe5 30. Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7+ Kh6 32. R1f6 $15) 30. Kh1 R4xe5 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Rdf1 {[%cal Rf6f7] If only White now had time for Qxf7+!...} Re1 33. Qd4 (33. Rxe1 $142 Rxe1+ 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1) 33... Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re6 35. Qf4 (35. Kg1 {keeps fighting.}) 35... Qxf4 36. Rxf4 {KR-KR} Kg7 37. Kh2 Rc6 38. c4 Kf8 39. Kg3 Ke7 40. Rd4 Rd6 41. Re4+ Re6 42. Rd4 Re3+ 43. Kf2 Ra3 44. Rd2 Rc3 45. Rb2 Rxc4 46. Rxb6 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 Rxa2 48. g3 Ra1 {Black is clearly winning.} 49. Kf2 (49. Kf4 $142 a5 50. Ra6) 49... a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 50. Ra6 a4 51. Ke3 a3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...a2.} 52. Kf2 (52. Kf4 $142) 52... Kd7 53. Kg2 Kc8 54. Ra7 Kb8 55. Ra4 Kb7 56. Rb4+ Kc6 57. Rb3 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mollah Abdullah, Al Rakib"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,54,30,23,26,-39,30,-43,-50,-69,-83,-85,-84,-94,-92,-102,-96,-147,-121,-283,-275,-292,-282,-432,-445,-449,-439,-514,-553,-555,-552,-532,-329,-564,-546,-542,-496,-490,-481]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4 b4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} 9. Na4 Bb7 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} c5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Qa5 11. b3 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f3 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nc4 {½-½ (38) Aronian,L (2724)-Gurevich,M (2652) Khanty-Mansiysk 2005}) 11. Nd2 ({Of course not} 11. dxc5 Bxe4 12. Qa6 Be7 $15) (11. Nxc5 $11 Bxc5 12. dxc5) 11... Ng4 (11... cxd4 $15 12. Bxd4 Be7) 12. Rc1 ({Much worse is} 12. dxc5 Bc6 $17) (12. Nxc5 $11 Bxc5 13. dxc5) 12... Rc8 $15 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 {[#] aiming for Qe4+.} Be7 $1 15. d6 {Strongly threatening h3.} Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe2+ {[#]} (17. h3 $142 Nge5 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. fxe3) 17... Nge5 $1 $17 18. Rc4 $2 (18. Qe3 $17 Qxe3+ 19. fxe3) 18... O-O $19 ({Less strong is} 18... Bxg2 19. Rg1 $17) 19. f4 Qh4+ 20. g3 (20. Qf2 $142 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Nxc4 22. Nxc4) 20... Qd8 (20... Nxc4 $2 21. gxh4 Rce8 22. Rg1 $19) 21. fxe5 Bxh1 22. Bh3 {[#]} Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Bxc8 {d7 is the strong threat.} (23. Qxe5 Re8) 23... Nxc4 24. Qxc4 {Threatens to win with d7.} Qe8+ 25. Kd1 $2 (25. Be6 Qxa4 26. d7) 25... Qxa4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 26. b3 Qc6 27. d7 Qd6 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Cawdery, Daniel"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,77,21,31,38,34,39,39,37,41,47,-53,-50,-54,-55,-52,-48,-58,-46,-54,-31,-66,-78,-110,-66,-55,-56,-101,-105,-127,-104,-104,-87,-111,-37,-45,-43,-70,-56,-62,-68,-118,-113,-147,-146,-185,-185,-191,-201,-202,-183,-171,-179,-185,-170,-435,-421,-519,-514,-653]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 {C45: Scotch Game} 7. Qg4 (7. Nf5 g6 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. c4 Nh5 12. Qd2 f5 13. Nc3 f4 14. Ned5 Qh4+ 15. Qf2 {1-0 (30) Yu,Y (2729)-Bu,X (2705) Doha 2016}) 7... Nf6 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6 d5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} bxc6 12. e5 Rg6 13. Qh4 $1 Ng4 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. O-O $146 (15. Bf4 $1 $14) 15... Nxe5 16. Ne2 $1 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nc4 18. Nf4 Rf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 19. Rf2 Nxe3 {And now ...Rxf4! would win.} 20. Re2 Rxf4 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rf4f1]} 21. Rxe3+ Kf8 22. Nd2 c5 23. g3 Rf6 24. c4 dxc4 25. Nxc4 Be6 26. Rc1 h5 ({Better is} 26... Bxc4 $1 $17 27. Rxc4 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Rd2+ 29. Kh3 Rxb2) 27. Re2 $15 Rd4 28. Ne5 c4 29. Rec2 h4 30. Rf1 Rh6 31. Nf3 Rg4 $1 32. Rg2 Bd5 33. Rd2 c6 $1 34. Ne5 {[#]} Rg7 $1 35. Re2 f6 {Threatens to win with ...Re7.} 36. Rf4 hxg3 37. h4 $2 (37. hxg3 {was forced.} Rxg3+ 38. Kf2 Rh2+ 39. Ke1 Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2) 37... Re7 $19 {...Ke8 is the strong threat.} 38. Re3 {[#]} Re6 $1 39. Nd7+ {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Program Activation Required} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. d5 {C79: Spanische Partie (Russische Variante)} (9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 O-O 12. dxc7 Qxc7 13. Be3 Rfe8 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Rad8 16. Qc2 Qd7 {1-0 (38) Vachier Lagrave,M (2788)-Caruana,F (2795) chess.com INT 2016}) 9... Ne7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bc2 Nh7 13. b4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. a4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Ra3 Ng6 16. Ne2 {1-0 (32) Gabrielian,A (2555)-Yandemirov,V (2378) Moscow 2014}) 13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bb2 Ng6 16. Ne2 Ng5 17. Ng3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 e4 19. Qb3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qg5 21. Qc1 a5 22. b5 Ne5 23. Qxg5+ hxg5 24. Rac1 Kg7 25. Bb1 b6 26. Rc3 Rh8 27. h3 Rh4 28. Kf1 g4 29. hxg4 Rxg4 30. Bc2 Rh8 31. Bd1 Rg5 32. Kg1 Be8 33. Bc2 Bg6 34. Kf1 Rg4 35. Ke2 Rh2 36. Rg1 f4 37. Nxe4 f3+ 38. Ke3 fxg2 39. f3 Rh3 40. Nd2 Rh1 41. Kf2 Rxg1 42. Kxg1 Rd4 43. Nb3 Rxc4 44. Rxc4 Nxc4 45. Bxg6 Kxg6 46. Kxg2 Kf5 47. Kg3 Ke5 48. f4+ Kxd5 49. Kg4 Ke4 50. Kg5 a4 51. Nc1 d5 *

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Balogun, Oluwafemi"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,105,0,0,0,0,16,-7,37,-23,11,0,10,0,12,10,35,6,24,0,18,-71,-28,-38,-32,-39,-45,-49,-43,-37,-34,-43,-16,-27,-10,-14,-14,-17,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,31,25,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,4,0,22,0,9,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,-30,-30,-125,-116,-121,-121,-123,-126,-158,-158,-158,-158,-181,-175,-183,-165,-215,-215,-214,-194,-444,-466,-551]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. a3 Nge7 7. O-O {LiveBook: 54 Games} a6 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} (7... O-O 8. b4 b6 9. Bb2 d5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Rb1 h6 13. c4 Rxb2 14. Rxb2 e4 15. dxe4 dxe4 {0-1 (39) Banikas,H (2568)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Doha 2016}) 8. b4 d6 9. Nfd2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Nbd2 cxb4 10. axb4 b5 11. e4 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Ba3 O-O 14. Nb3 Ra6 15. d4 exd4 16. Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 {1-0 (29) Vujadinovic,G (2360)-Mijailovic,Z (2330) Banja Vrucica 1991}) 9... O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Nb3 ({White should try} 10. bxc5 $14 dxc5 11. Bb2) 10... cxb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. e4 Qd7 13. N1d2 b5 14. Re1 Bh3 15. Bh1 Bg4 16. f3 (16. Bf3 $11 {remains equal.} f5 17. exf5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3) 16... Be6 17. Nf1 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 18. Be3 f4 19. Bf2 g5 20. g4 Ng6 21. h3 Qf7 22. Nfd2 Bf6 23. Bg2 Rfc8 24. Qb1 Bd8 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. d4 exd4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. cxd4 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Bb6 30. Qb2 Rc8 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Qa7 33. Qc3 Kf7 34. Bf1 Ke7 {[%cal Bf7e7,Be7d7,Bd7c7][%mdl 32]} 35. Be2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2d1,Bd1b3][%mdl 32]} Kd7 36. Kf1 Ne5 37. Qa1 ({Much weaker is} 37. dxe5 Bxf2 38. exd6 Bg1 $15) 37... Ng6 38. Qc3 Bf7 39. Bd1 (39. Qd3 {is more complex.} Ke8 40. Bd1 Ne5 41. dxe5 Bxf2 42. Qxd6 Bg1 43. Qc6+) 39... Qc7 40. Qxc7+ (40. Qa3 {with more complications.} Qa7 41. Qd3 Qc7 42. Bb3 Kc8 43. Ke2) 40... Kxc7 41. Bb3 Be8 42. Bg8 h6 43. Nb3 (43. Bh7 $11) 43... Ne7 $17 44. Be6 Nc6 45. Be1 Bxd4 46. Bd5 {[#] aiming for Bxc6.} Bb2 47. Ke2 Ne5 48. Bd2 Bf7 49. Bxf7 Nxf7 50. Nc1 Nd8 51. Nd3 Bg7 52. e5 $2 {[#]} (52. h4 {might work better.}) 52... Bxe5 $19 53. Nxe5 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,105,16,59,12,20,19,14,12,14,15,31,6,6,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,14,0,11,0,0,3,15,12,21,10,34,38,44,45,46,66,220,209,234,231,237,233,270,235,214,191,187,162,253,162,293,261,353,346,462,455,584,584,571,557,556,553,545,534,508,518,475,420,474,481,481,460,1620,1608,1651,738,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 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. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (10... Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb5 Qd7 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. g3 Bf8 18. Bd2 {½-½ (51) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Caruana,F (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Nb4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 {aiming for Bg5.} Be6 15. Qd1 Rc8 {next ...Nc2 is good for Black.} 16. Bg5 ({Reject} 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Re2 Bg4 $15) 16... Qd7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16... Qb6 17. Re2 h6 18. Bh4 {½-½ (31) Sherwood,R (2169)-Sukhanitskij,S (1989) LSS email 2012}) 17. Re2 (17. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 $14) 17... f6 18. Nxd6 (18. Bd2 {is interesting.} Nd5 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Re1 Qd7 21. b3) 18... Qxd6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. a3 Nc6 21. Rc1 Bd5 22. Rd2 Rfe8 (22... Qf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 23. Bg3 Na5 $11) 23. h3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qxh3 25. d5 Ne5 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. d6 Qd7 28. Kg2 Ng6 29. Bg3 Nf8 30. Rc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ne6 31. Qd5 {Hoping for Rc7.} Kf8 $2 (31... Kh8 $14) 32. Qf5 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Rc7!} Rc8 {[#]} 33. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7d7][%mdl 512]} Rxc7 34. dxc7 h6 35. Qc2 Qc8 36. Qd3 Kf7 37. Qd5 g5 (37... Ke8 {is a better defense.} 38. Qb5+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Kg8) 38. a4 h5 (38... Ke8 {keeps fighting.} 39. Qd3 f5) 39. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4a5][%mdl 32]} h4 40. Bd6 b6 41. a5 bxa5 42. bxa5 a6 43. Qb3 {Qb8 is the strong threat.} Ke8 44. Qa4+ Kf7 45. Qc4 Ke8 46. Qc6+ Kf7 47. Kh2 Nd4 48. Qd5+ Ne6 49. Qf5 Qd7 (49... Kg7 $142 50. f4 Qd7) 50. Kg1 Qc8 51. Be5 (51. Qh7+ $142 Ng7 {[#]} 52. Bf8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf8 53. Qd3) 51... Ke7 52. Qh7+ Ke8 53. Bd6 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,137,19,14,26,21,29,25,35,27,43,40,46,49,42,46,67,58,51,62,48,56,49,53,58,50,55,45,64,64,74,74,74,61,73,73,73,73,73,73,81,81,81,81,145,77,93,93,93,93,105,105,105,105,125,119,136,135,287,279,272,261,249,216,818,730,778,706,757,686,812,753,1164,1028,1322,1404,1217,1145,1819,1712,977,12824,12718,12851,29950,29952,29955,29956,29955,29956,29954,29945,12427,6274,29968,29969,29970,29971,29971,29971,29972,29971,29971,29967,29967,29969,29969,29969,29971,29973,29974,29975,29975,29975,29975,29975,29983,29982,29982,29983,29991,29987,29987,29988]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. h3 Bh5 (5... Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Ngf6 7. d3 e5 8. e4 Bc5 9. Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe7 {½-½ (71) Ding,L (2781)-Yu,Y (2753) Danzhou 2017}) 6. d4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} e6 7. c4 Ngf6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Be7 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qb6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Nd5) 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be3 Rab8 16. d5 Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Be4 Nc6 21. Rd7 Bxb2 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Bc5 Rfe8 24. b4 Bd4 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Bxc6 Rbb8 {...Rec8 is the strong threat.} 28. Bxe8 ({Don't blunder} 28. Bxd4 $2 Red8 $19) 28... Rxe8 29. Bxd4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Rd8 (29... exd4 $142 30. Rxd4 Kg8) 30. Kf1 ({Better is} 30. Ra1 exd4 31. Kf1 (31. Rxa6 d3 $16)) 30... h6 31. Ke2 exd4 {KR-KR} 32. Kd3 Kh7 33. Rd2 g5 34. Kc4 Rf8 35. Kxd4 h5 36. Kc5 Rc8+ $2 (36... Rf5+ $16 37. Rd5 Rxf2) 37. Kb6 $18 Rb8+ 38. Ka5 $1 ({Not} 38. Kxa6 Rxb4 39. Rc2 Rb3 $11) 38... Rb5+ 39. Ka4 $1 Rf5 $2 {[#]} (39... Rb6 40. Rd4 Kg6) 40. Rd7+ $1 Kg8 {[#]} 41. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6a6]} Kf7 42. Rxa6 Rxf2 {Black hopes to continue with ...Ra2+.} 43. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Ke7 44. Rg6 Rh2 45. b6 Kd7 46. Kb5 h4 47. Rxg5 hxg3 48. Rxg3 (48. Ka6 $142 Ra2+ 49. Kb7) 48... Kc8 49. Rb3 Kb7 50. Kc5 Rd2 51. h4 Rh2 52. Rb4 Rd2 53. Rd4 Rc2+ 54. Kd6 Kxb6 55. h5 {White mates.} Rh2 56. Rd5 Rh1 57. Kd7 Kb7 58. Rb5+ Ka6 59. Kc6 Rh2 60. Rg5 Rc2+ 61. Kd7 Kb7 62. h6 {[%cal Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Rh2 63. Rg6 Rd2+ 64. Ke8 Kc7 65. Rg7+ Kc8 66. h7 Rd8+ 67. Kf7 Rd7+ 68. Kg6 Rd6+ 69. Kh5 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,77,-14,-10,-26,215,212,424,407,423,410,423,395,495,481,572,456,483,475,484,484,472,468,425,438,513,520,502,527,513,505,596,593,535,511,632,629,833,723,716,701,798,497,743,710,719,649,742,726,1718,1774,2382,2085,5517,6991,29949,6627,6170,5964,5593,657,5246,5359]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. O-O a6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. a4 Ne7 {LiveBook: 3 Games. D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} 10. Ne4 Nd7 $146 {[#]} (10... f6 $11 {and Black is okay.} 11. Nf3 O-O) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... O-O 11. Bd2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbc6 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (62) Bruzon Batista,L (2691)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2482) Guarenas 2012}) 11. Bd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd2b4]} Bxd2 $2 (11... f5 12. Bxb4 fxe4 13. Nxd7 (13. Bxe4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1 $16) 13... Qxd7 14. Bxe4 O-O) 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Nexf7 (13. Nxb7 Qc7 $18) (13. Qxd2 Nxe5 14. Nxb7 (14. dxe5 Nc8 $16) 14... Qb6 $16) 13... Qc7 {Strongly threatening ...Bb4.} 14. Qxd2 ({Not} 14. Nxh8 Qxd6 15. Qxd2 Rb8 $11) 14... Nc8 15. Qf4 ({Weaker is} 15. Nxh8 Qxd6 16. Qg5 Kg8 $18) 15... Nf6 16. Nxc8 Qxf4 17. gxf4 Rxc8 18. Nxh8 Nd5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. f5 Re8 21. Rfc1 exf5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxa6 Rxe2 24. Rd6 Bf3 25. Ra1 b4 26. d5 c3 27. bxc3 b3 28. Rd7 Re8 29. Rf7+ Kg8 {[#]} 30. Re7 $3 {[%cal Re7e8][%mdl 512]} Rd8 (30... Rxe7 31. Ra8+) 31. c4 Be4 32. Rb7 Bc2 33. Nf7 Rf8 34. Ng5 Rc8 35. Raa7 f4 36. Rxg7+ (36. d6 $142 Bf5 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. d7 Rd8 39. Nf7+ Kxg7 40. Nxd8 Bxd7 41. Rxd7+ Kf8 42. Rxh7) 36... Kh8 {White is clearly winning.} 37. Rxh7+ Bxh7 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Batchuluun, Tsegmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,63,7,20,0,0,0,43,52,29,29,51,52,50,50,58,62,66,10,34,32,20,34,56,52,62,38,45,52,44,26,30,21,28,32,36,8,8,0,825,816,786,778]} 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 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Nc3 Ke8 11. Ne2 (11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 {½-½ (45) Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... b6 12. Rd1 Be7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 13. a4 a5 14. Bf4 c5 15. e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nc3 c6 16. Rd2 Be6 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Rd2 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 {0-1 (67) Quesada Perez,Y (2401)-Otero Acosta,D (2440) Santa Clara 2011}) 15... Bxe6 16. Bxc7 Bd8 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Nf4 Ke7 19. Ne5 Kf6 20. Nxe6 (20. Rxd8 $14 Rxd8 21. Re1) 20... Rxd1+ $11 21. Rxd1 Kxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Rd7 Kf6 24. Kf1 ({Don't play} 24. Nd5+ $6 Ke6 $11) 24... g5 25. c3 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. g3 Rh8 28. Kg2 Rb8 29. c4 Ke5 30. Nb5 f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Ke6 $11 31. Rd2 Kf6) 31. Rd5+ $18 Ke6 32. Nc7+ {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,49,41,28,53,56,81,37,76,58,62,70,51,55,102,95,95,98,96,31,100,40,100,106,96,39,105,98,81,76,400,379,749,741]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} e6 8. Qe1 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Bd6 10. g3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nge7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... h5 11. Nd2 h4 12. Nf3 hxg3 13. hxg3 O-O-O 14. Bd2 Qd7 {½-½ (78) Alekseev,E (2614)-Shimanov,A (2646) St Petersburg 2017}) 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. f4 Nf5 13. Nf3 h5 14. Bd2 Kb8 15. b4 Rhe8 16. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} f6 17. a5 g6 18. Rae1 ({Better is} 18. a6 $16) 18... Re7 (18... a6 $1 $14) 19. Qf2 (19. a6 $16) 19... Rc8 (19... a6 $1 $14) 20. a6 $16 b6 21. Ne5 (21. Re2 $16) 21... Rg8 {[#]} ({But not} 21... Nxe5 $2 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. dxe5 $18) (21... Bxe5 $14 22. fxe5 fxe5) 22. Nxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg6 {[#]} 23. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Rxe6 $2 {is the wrong capture.} 24. Bxf5 Rxg3+ 25. hxg3 $18) (23... Ng7 $16 24. Rxd6 Qxd6) 24. Bxg6 $18 Nxg6 $2 (24... Rxe6 25. gxh4 Ne7 26. Bxh5 f5) 25. Rxf6 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,227,38,27,50,16,16,16,15,16,26,6,8,3,2,0,0,0,6,0,5,0,13,8,25,5,16,0,31,18,13,0,12,19,13,-8,-7,-17,-7,-47,-48,-104,-104,-104,-104,-218,-92,-196,-195,-196,-91,-120,-122,-129,-129,-129,-122,-132,-132,-131,-117,-118,-95,-82,-19,-21,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,10,10,10,10,19,19,24,9,22,20,22,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12844,12844,12848,12848,12849,12849,12850,12850,12850,29981,12851,29980,12851,29981,12851,12851,12851,29979,12851,29978,12851,29981,12851,29982,12851,29981,12851,29988,12851,29986,12851,12851,12851,29984,12851,29985,12851,29984,12851,29991,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 Qb6 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 11. O-O (11. a4 {seems wilder.} Rc8 12. O-O Nc4 13. Ra2 Bd6 14. Be5) 11... Bb5 (11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. f4 b5 17. Rf3 Nc4 18. Rh3 {1-0 (44) Lomasov,S (2335)-Nazarenus,M (2217) Moscow 2015}) 12. Bxb5+ Qxb5 {The position is equal.} 13. Nbd2 Be7 14. Rae1 Rc8 15. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bg5 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Qxc4 17. Qb1 O-O 18. Ne5 {1-0 (40) Caruso,D (2145)-Griffa,R Bratto 1996}) 15... Nc6 16. Qb1 (16. Nxc6 {feels hotter.} bxc6 17. a4 Qb6 18. a5 Qxa5 19. Ra1) 16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 O-O 18. Re3 g6 19. Bf4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Bf8 {[%cal Be7f8,Bf8g7,Bg7f6][%mdl 32]} (20... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5f4]} 21. Bh6 Bd6 $11) 21. h4 Nh5 22. Bg5 Bg7 23. g4 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. g5 Bg7 26. f4 Qd7 27. Nf3 b5 28. b4 {[#]} (28. h5 $5) 28... a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. bxa5 (29. a3 $15) 29... Qc7 $17 30. Ne5 Qxa5 31. Qb3 (31. Qb2 $17) 31... Rc7 (31... Bxe5 $1 $19 32. fxe5 Rc4) 32. Rf1 (32. Rb1 $17) 32... Rec8 33. Rff3 {[#]} Qa4 (33... Bxe5 $1 $19 34. fxe5 Rc4) 34. Qxa4 bxa4 35. Kf1 Rb8 36. Ng4 Rb1+ 37. Re1 Rb2 38. Re2 a3 39. Rd3 Rcb7 40. Rd1 Kf8 ({Black should play} 40... f5 $17 41. gxf6 h5) 41. Ke1 $11 Ke7 42. Nf2 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb2+ 44. Rd2 Rb1 45. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1b1]} Rb2+ 46. Rd2 h6 47. Nd3 Rb8 48. Rd1 f6 49. Rg1 Kf7 50. Kd2 hxg5 51. hxg5 Rh8 52. Kc2 Rh3 53. gxf6 Kxf6 54. Ne5 Kf5 55. Nxg6 Bf6 56. Rg2 Bd8 57. Ne5 Kxf4 58. Rf2+ Ke4 59. Re2+ Kf5 60. Nc6 Bg5 61. Re5+ Kf6 62. Nd8 (62. Re1 {is more complex.} Bf4 63. Ne5 Rh2+ 64. Kb3 Rh3 65. Rf1) 62... Re3 63. Rxe3 Bxe3 {KB-KN} 64. Nc6 Kf5 65. Kb3 Bc1 66. Nb4 Ke4 67. Na6 (67. Kc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2c1]} Bf4 68. Kb3 $11) 67... Kf5 68. Nc5 Bd2 69. Nd3 Ke4 70. Kc2 Bh6 71. Nc5+ Kf5 72. Nd7 Bf4 73. Kb3 Bd2 74. Ne5 Ke4 75. Nc6 Kd3 76. Nb4+ Ke4 77. Nc2 Kd3 78. Nb4+ Ke4 79. Kc2 Bh6 80. Nc6 Bf4 81. Kb3 Bd2 82. Na7 e5 83. dxe5 Kxe5 84. Nb5 Ke4 85. Kxa3 Bg5 86. Kb3 Ke5 87. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ke6 88. Kb4 Be7+ 89. Ka5 Bd8+ $1 90. Ka6 Kd7 $1 91. a5 Kc8 $1 92. Nd4 {aiming for Kb5.} (92. c4 $5 dxc4 93. Nc3 $11) 92... Bh4 93. Kb6 {Hoping for Kc6.} Bd8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (93... Be1 $11) 94. Kb5 $18 Kb7 95. a6+ Ka8 {[#]} 96. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6d8]} Bh4 97. Nc7+ Ka7 98. Nxd5 Bf2 99. c4 Bg1 100. Nb4 Bf2 101. Nc6+ Ka8 102. Ne7 (102. Ne5 $18 Bg3 103. Nc6) 102... Ka7 103. Nc8+ Kb8 104. Nd6 Ka7 105. Ne4 Be3 106. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Bd4 107. c6 Be5 108. Nc5 Bg3 109. Ne4 Bh2 110. Nc3 Bg3 111. Nd5 Kb8 112. Kc5 (112. Nb6 $18 Bc7 113. Nd7+ Ka8 114. Nc5) 112... Kc8 113. a7 Bf2+ 114. Kd6 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,59,10,22,17,20,17,32,32,34,33,35,23,45,43,53,34,62,40,50,11,51,52,60,60,53,52,84,87,118,118,124,116,158,150,164,116,120,122,143,150,712,707]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. e4 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} dxe4 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qg4 Qc7 15. Bxe4 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {½-½ (58) Melkumyan,H (2653)-Bosiocic,M (2607) Austria 2017}) 12. Nxe4 Nxe5 13. Nxf6+ {White is slightly better.} Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... gxf6 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Rfd8 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. b4 e5 18. Bh6 Rac8 {1-0 (47) Asabri,H (2235)-Mansour,A (2175) Beirut 2013}) 14. dxe5 Be7 15. h4 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rfd8 17. a3 Kf8 18. b4 Ke8 19. Be4 h6 20. Be3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. c5 b5 24. a4 {Threatens to win with axb5.} bxa4 25. Ra1 a5 26. bxa5 {[%cal Bb4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kd7 27. Rxa4 {aiming for a6.} Ba6 28. h5 Rb3 29. Bg2 Bb5 $2 {[#]} (29... g5 $16) 30. a6 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,99,11,24,14,17,17,48,25,35,26,27,44,31,32,47,19,31,40,41,30,30,30,85,14,12,18,22,1,2,1,24,23,13,0,1,1,1,1,8,0,27,31,33,30,43,48,53,48,69,50,102,85,112,85,127,132,171,162,154,16,27,17,337,356,383,360,659,658,607,628,1075,871,1189,1094,1471,1446,1316,1065,1891,1763,2268,2139,29976,29977,29974,12634]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nc3 d6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 8. O-O (8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. Nd5 c5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. O-O Bxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O 15. Qc3 Qd6 16. Bc2 Rfd8 {½-½ (35) Fressinet,L (2700)-Grischuk,A (2764) Beijing 2012}) 8... Nbd7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 9. Qe2 Bxc3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Bc2 Qd7 13. h3 Ba6 14. Nh4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 {0-1 (25) Torres,E (2230)-Smyslov,V (2550) Los Polvorines 1980}) 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. Qf3 Qg5 16. Nf1 Nf4 17. Ne3 O-O 18. Rad1 Rfe8 (18... Rae8 $11) 19. Qg3 (19. dxe5 $16 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rd7) 19... Qxg3 $11 20. hxg3 exd4 21. Bxd4 (21. gxf4 {feels hotter.} dxc3 22. Nd5 c2 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Rxc2 f5 25. Rce2) 21... Ne6 22. Nd5 Ndc5 (22... Rac8 {is more complex.} 23. Bc3 a4 24. f3 f6 25. b4 axb3 26. axb3 Ra8) 23. b3 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rac8 25. Re3 f6 26. f3 Kf7 27. a3 c6 28. Nf4 Rcd8 29. Kf2 Ne6 30. Rd1 Re7 31. Ne2 Nc5 32. b4 Na4 (32... Ne6 $14) 33. Rb3 Rc7 34. g4 h6 35. Rd2 axb4 36. axb4 b5 {[#]} 37. c5 (37. cxb5 $1 $16 cxb5 38. Rd5) 37... Rcd7 38. Rbd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Ke8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 39. exd5 $18 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxd5 $2 {[#]} (40... cxd5 41. Nd4 Ra8) 41. Rxd5 cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 42. Ke3 g5 43. Kd3 Nb2+ 44. Kd4 Nd1 45. Kxd5 Ne3+ 46. Kc6 Nxg2 47. Kxb5 Ne3 48. Kc6 f5 49. b5 fxg4 50. fxg4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,101,14,14,14,26,36,23,44,48,74,77,78,85,70,31,25,38,183,173,182,175,227,227,222,208,235,185,280,286,276,272,12835,12835,12806,10404,3887,3969,29980,272,275,278,1204,440,360,130,134,121,135,117,163,70,81,27,78,29,36,22,35,34,51,24,62,0,0,0,55,37,106,48,104,0,205,211,612,600,12841,12841,29991,29992,29992,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Nxd3 12. Qxd3 {LiveBook: 44 Games} Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. Rad1 {[#]} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qa5 15. cxd5 exd5 {1-0 (36) Morozevich,A (2755)-Leko,P (2755) Moscow 2007}) 15. Qg3 Qe8 16. Bh6 $1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} g6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Nc2 {[%cal Bd4c2,Bc2e3,Be3g4][%mdl 32]} b5 19. Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bb7 (19... h5 $1 $14) 20. Ng4 $18 {Nf6+ is the strong threat.} Bg7 21. Rd6 $1 Qe7 (21... Bd5 $142 22. Rb1 a5) 22. Rfd1 Bd5 23. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} a5 24. h5 b4 (24... Qg5 $142) 25. h6 Bh8 26. Qf4 Qh4 $2 (26... bxc3 27. Rc1 Rd8) 27. Rd7 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rf4f7]} Rf8 28. R1xd5 exd5 29. g3 Qh5 30. Rxd5 $2 (30. e6 {mates} fxe6 31. Qc7 Bxc3 32. Rxh7 Qxg4 33. Rg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 36. Rh7+ Kg8) 30... bxc3 {White must now prevent ...c2.} 31. Rc5 {Strongly threatening e6.} Qh3 $2 (31... Rd8 32. Kg2 Qf5 33. Rxc4 f6) 32. Qxc4 (32. e6 $142 fxe6 33. Qxc4) 32... c2 33. Ne3 $2 (33. Qe4 $18 {Hoping for e6.} Qh5 34. Rxc2) 33... Qxh6 $16 34. Qxc2 Qh3 35. Rxa5 Bg7 36. Rd5 (36. Qe4 $18) 36... h5 $14 37. Ng2 (37. Qe4 $16) 37... Bh6 (37... Qg4 $11) 38. Qd3 Kg7 39. Rc5 Qe6 40. a4 Rb8 41. Nh4 Rb2 42. Rc7 (42. Nf3 $14) 42... Qb6 43. Rc2 {aiming for Rxb2.} Rb1+ (43... Rb4 $11) 44. Kg2 Qb7+ (44... Ra1 $14 45. Re2 Qe6) 45. Qf3 (45. Nf3 $16) 45... Qa6 46. Qe2 (46. Kh2 $1 $16 {And now Rc6 would win.} Qe6 47. Qe4) 46... Qxa4 $2 {[#]} (46... Qb7+ $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 47. Qf3 Qa6) 47. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6f7]} Qe8 $2 (47... Qa5) 48. Rc7 Qa8+ {[#]} 49. Nf3 $1 g5 50. Rxf7+ Kg8 51. Qd3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,74,-8,0,23,21,42,18,80,89,85,72,88,82,95,76,86,90,102,68,64,0,0,0,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,43,43,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Nd7 12. a5 (12. Kh1 f5 13. f4 a6 14. Na3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Qb4 Rb8 18. c4 a5 {0-1 (58) Nakamura,H (2783)-Gelfand,B (2738) London 2012}) 12... a6 13. Nc3 {[#] LiveBook: 7 Games} Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f5 14. f3 f4 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Na4 Bf5 17. Bb4 Qe8 18. Bd3 Qg6 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Rc1 e4 {0-1 (71) Lanc,A (2509)-Cruzado Duenas,C (2600) ICCF email 2011}) 14. Ne4 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 Nc5 (15... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Nxc5 $16 dxc5 17. Rd1 Qd6 18. Ra3 Rb8 19. Qe3 Bf5 20. c4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rd2 b5 22. h4 (22. cxb5 $14 axb5 23. a6) 22... b4 $11 23. Ra1 Rbd8 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Bd3 Rde8 26. Qg3 Re7 27. Rde2 {[%cal Re2e5]} Rfe8 $1 28. Qg5 f6 29. Qg3 f5 30. f3 Qf6 31. Qg5 h6 32. Qxf6 (32. Qe3 {seems wilder.} Qd6 33. Qd2 Rf7 34. b3 Rfe7 35. h5) 32... gxf6 {The position is equal.} 33. Kf2 Rg7 34. f4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} e4 35. Re3 Kf7 ({Of course not} 35... exd3 $6 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Rxe8+ Kf7 38. Re3 $18) 36. Be2 {aiming for Bh5+.} Reg8 37. g3 Ke7 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,108,-22,-61,-27,-31,-31,-32,-25,-17,-14,-27,-21,-18,1,-38,-44,-58,-35,-38,-35,-33,-28,-33,-36,-33,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,31,33,45,45,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nd2 e5 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. A08: King's Indian Attack} (8. c3 d4 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. a4 Be6 12. b3 a6 13. a5 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Nxa5 15. Nh4 g6 16. f4 Nc6 {0-1 (46) Movsesian,S (2723)-Carlsen,M (2775) Moscow 2008}) 8... Qc7 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 {Black is slightly better.} Rd8 11. Re1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} f6 12. c3 Be6 {Threatening ...Nxc3!} 13. Nfd2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Qe2 Bf7 14. Nh4 Bf8 15. a5 Re8 {0-1 (60) Davies,N (2460)-Benjamin,J (2575) Hastings 1987}) 13... Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 {[%cal Ba7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 15. Qc2 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. f4 (16. axb5 Rxa1) 16... Qd7 17. Nf3 {[%cal Rf4e5,Bd2f3,Bf3h4,Bh4f5][%mdl 32]} Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. fxe5 Bg4 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Nh4 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 bxa4 23. Bf4 {aiming for Bxc6.} Rd1 24. Rxd1 Bxd1 25. Nf5 Kf7 26. Bd5+ Ke8 27. Nd6+ Kd7 28. Nxb7 Ne5 29. Bxe5 fxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 30. Kf2 Kc7 31. Ke1 Bc2 {Hoping for ...Kb6.} 32. Kd2 Bf5 {And now ...Kb6 would win.} 33. Na5 $1 Bg5+ 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Bg8 Bg4+ 36. Ke1 h5 37. Nc4+ Kc7 38. Nxe5 Bc1 39. Nxg4 (39. Nd3 $16 Be3 40. Bc4) 39... hxg4 $16 {KB-KB. The position is equal.} 40. Kd1 Bxb2 41. Kc2 Ba1 42. Be6 Kd6 43. Bxg4 c4 44. Be2 Kc5 45. g4 a3 {White must now prevent ...a2.} 46. Kb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1a1]} Bxc3 47. Bd1 Bf6 48. Ka2 Kb4 49. h3 Be7 50. Be2 Kc3 51. g5 Kd4 52. Bxc4 (52. g6 $5 {[%cal Rg6g7]} Bf8 53. g7 Bxg7 {[#]} 54. Bxc4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 52... Kxc4 53. g6 {Threatens to win with g7.} Bf8 {[#] ( -> ...Kb4)} 54. g7 $1 {[%cal Rg7f8][%mdl 512]} Bxg7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,65,25,26,26,21,27,48,40,43,43,41,41,41,68,52,62,42,85,86,88,87,90,87,92,79,119,110,152,119,363,216,235,229,331,345,329,333,368,375,456,314,454,454,454,436,29976,29977,5365,403,29968,29966,5418,2147]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Qd7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. e3 Rd8 10. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 e5 11. Qxc4 exd4 12. Qb5 Rb8 13. Rd1 a6 14. Qf1 Bd6 15. exd4 O-O 16. Bh3 {½-½ (76) Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Bu,X (2698) Novi Sad 2016}) 10... e5 {White is slightly better.} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd2 b5 13. a4 a6 14. axb5 axb5 15. b3 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Bb4 {[%cal Rb4d2]} 16. bxc4 O-O {[%cal Rb4d2] [#]} 17. cxb5 $1 Qxb5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nd3 20. Ba3 c5 21. Rfd1 c4 $2 (21... Bxa3 $16 22. Bxd3 (22. Rxa3 Nb4 $11) 22... Qb2) 22. Rab1 (22. Bxd3 $142 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Qb2) 22... Qc5 {[#]} 23. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (23... Kxh7 $142 24. Rxb4 Rfe8) 24. Bxd3 $18 Bxa3 25. Bxc4 {Strongly threatening Rxd8.} (25. Qxc4 Qxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 f6 $18) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 g6 27. Rd7 Kg7 (27... Qf5 {was necessary.} 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Bxf7 Kg7 30. Bc4+ Kg6) 28. Qc3+ Kg8 29. Qb3 Bb4 (29... Qf5 $18 30. Bxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Qxf7 32. Qxa3 Qe6 33. Qa8+ Kg7) 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Bc4 (31. Bxg6 $142 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rd7h7]} Qc1+ 32. Rd1) 31... Rxf2 (31... Qf5 $18 32. Qb2+ (32. Qxb4 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qf2+ $11) 32... Qf6) 32. Kxf2 ({Less strong is} 32. Bg8 Qc1+ 33. Kxf2 Qe1+ 34. Kf3 (34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 Qh5+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 34... Qf1+ 35. Ke4 Qf5+ 36. Kd4 Qxd7+ 37. Bd5 Bd6 $16) 32... Qf5+ 33. Kg1 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,77,27,21,22,0,0,0,0,-3,27,31,34,23,29,0,14,-36,31,31,37,29,29,30,62,59,74,56,102,44,66,23,20,8,16,12,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,-24]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Bg5 Nf6 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Rad1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Qh5 Rf8 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Qe2 Qa5 20. b3 Rad8 21. Bh4 Qb6 $146 22. Rd3 Rfe8 ({Much weaker is} 22... Rxd4 $6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd7 $14) (22... g5 $1 $15 23. Bg3 Rxd4) 23. Rfd1 $14 Nd7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Ng4 h5 26. Ne5 {[%cal Bg4e5,Be5g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 27. Qe3 {Qg5 is the strong threat.} Nh7 28. Qf4 (28. Qh3 $16 g6 29. Qh4) 28... Qa5 29. a4 f6 30. Ng6 Red7 31. Qe4 Ng5 (31... Nf8 $11) 32. Qe3 (32. Qe2 $14) 32... Qf5 $11 33. Nf4 h4 34. h3 Kf7 35. Ne2 Qe4 36. Qd2 {The position is equal.} Qf5 37. Qe3 Qe4 38. Qd2 Qf5 39. Qe3 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Adhiban, B."]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,140,0,0,0,2,0,27,16,58,55,58,47,53,49,54,51,61,55,48,48,49,50,48,42,65,76,54,20,53,50,43,55,43,23,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,173,173,173,173,173,173,191,206,191,205,206,221,206,206,206,214,86,114,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,155,162,162,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qf6 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 10. d3 Bb6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 14. Nd2 {[#]} Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qh4 15. a4 f5 16. gxf5 Bh5 17. Nf3 {½-½ (76) Mamedyarov,S (2759)-Jakovenko,D (2733) Tbilisi 2015}) 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Bxf3 Ba5 17. Rab1 Bxc3 18. Rxb7 Nd4 19. Bxd4 $1 Rxd4 20. Re2 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 e4 22. Be2 exd3 23. cxd3 c5 24. Rc7 Rfd8 25. Rxc5 h5 26. Rc3 hxg4 27. hxg4 f5 28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. Rc7 Bxd3 (29... R8d6 $11 {and Black is okay.} 30. Bd1 a6) 30. Rxd3 ({Don't play} 30. Rxa7 Bxe2 31. Rxe2 R8d7 $16) 30... Rxd3 31. Bxd3 Rxd3 32. Rxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rd2 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. Ke3 Rc2 36. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rc3+ 37. Ke4 Rc4+ 38. Kd3 Rf4 39. Ke3 Rb4 40. a5 Ra4 41. a6 Ra3+ 42. Ke4 Ra2 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. Ra8 Kg6 46. f3 Kh7 47. Kg3 Ra4 48. f4 (48. Kf2 $18) 48... g6 $16 {[#]} 49. Kg4 ({White has to play} 49. Ra7+ $1 $16 Kh6 50. Ra8) 49... Kg7 $11 50. Ra7+ Kf6 51. Ra8 Kg7 52. Kf3 {And now a7 would win.} (52. Kg5 $5 {[%cal Ra8a7]} Ra5+ 53. Kg4 $18) 52... Kf6 53. Ke3 {[#] Hoping for a7.} (53. f5 $5 Ra3+ 54. Kg4 gxf5+ 55. Kh4 $11) 53... Kg7 54. Kf3 {Black must now prevent a7.} (54. f5 $5 gxf5 55. a7 $11) 54... Kf6 55. Ke2 Kg7 56. Ke3 {Threatens to win with a7.} Kf6 $2 (56... Kh6 $1 $11) 57. Kd3 $16 Kg7 58. Kc3 $2 (58. a7 $18 {Strongly threatening Kc3.} Ra3+ 59. Ke2) 58... Rxf4 $11 {The position is equal.} 59. Rc8 {a7 is the strong threat.} Ra4 60. Rc7+ Kh6 61. a7 g5 62. Kb3 Ra1 63. Kb4 g4 64. Kb5 {aiming for Rc6+.} Kg5 65. Kb6 Kf4 66. Kb5 Kf3 67. Rc3+ Kf2 68. Rc2+ Kf3 69. Rc3+ Kf2 70. Rc2+ Kf3 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,0,0,0,0,0,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxc4 Bc5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. a3 a5 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 10. b3 (10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. e3 e5 14. exd4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 {½-½ (48) Eljanov,P (2760)-Giri,A (2798) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 10... O-O 11. Bb2 $1 Qc7 $146 ({Black should play} 11... Rb8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Rc1 f6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 {½-½ (29) Ellis,L (2246)-Carapinha,F (1865) ICCF email 2010}) 12. Rc1 (12. Nxd4 $14 Rd8 13. Nb5) 12... Rd8 $11 {The position is equal.} 13. Qc2 $1 Ba7 14. Nce5 Qb8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 {And now Nxd4! would win.} Bb7 17. Qc7 Bd5 18. Nd2 Qb5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qc6 Rab8 (20... Qf5 {looks sharper.} 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. exf3 Rab8 23. Rc6 e5) 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Rc4 Nc3 23. Re1 f5 24. Kf1 Ne4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Rb5 28. e3 dxe3 $1 29. fxe3 Rf5+ 30. Ke2 Rdf8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rf2+.} 31. Kd1 Rf2 32. Re2 Bxe3 $1 33. Rxf2 Rxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Bc3 Rxh2 35. Rxe4 Bf2 36. b5 Rh5 37. Re5 Rh3 38. Rxe6 Rxg3 39. Kc2 Rg5 40. b6 {[#] b7 is the strong threat.} Rb5 41. Re7 Rxb6 {aiming for ...Rg6.} 42. Rxg7+ {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,79,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,4,0,16,4,9,16,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,11,11,18,10,21,8,37,36,88,94,121,94,130,129,168,133,130,129,117,113,117,95,178,175,166,159,879,872,1374,1257,1215,1197,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 7. Nf5 d5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 (9... Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qg4 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Bd6 13. h4 Nc6 14. Bc4 {1-0 (44) Carlsen,M (2840)-Wojtaszek,R (2750) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 10. Nb1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bxf5 (10... Qb6 {feels hotter.} 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. b4 O-O-O) 11. exf5 Qd5 12. Qd3 Qa5+ $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Nc6 13. Nd2 Bh6 14. Ne4 {½-½ (22) Schou Moldt,T (2202)-Ochsner,B (2343) Horsens 2013}) 13. Nd2 Bb4 14. O-O-O {[#] Threatens to win with Nc4.} Bxd2+ $1 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Nd7 17. Bc4 Rc8 18. Bd5 Rc7 19. Re1 Kf8 20. f4 Rg8 21. Kb1 b5 22. g3 a5 23. Rf2 h6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. f6 Rg6 26. Ref1 Nb6 27. Be4 Rg4 (27... Rg5 $14) 28. Bd3 $16 Nc4 29. Re1 Rc5 {[#]} 30. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 544]} Nd6 (30... bxa4 31. Bxc4) 31. axb5 e4 32. Be2 Rgg5 33. Rd1 Rgd5 34. Rf4 a4 (34... Ke8 $16) 35. b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rc6 36. c4 Nxc4 $2 (36... Re5 $16) 37. b7 Rb5 38. Rxd4 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Rxb2+ 39. Ka1 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Kg8 40. Rg4+ {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,27,17,20,9,30,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (7... c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 h6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Qa4 Rfc8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 a6 17. Be2 Rd8 18. Bf3 Nd7 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Be5 Nd7 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. Be5 Nd7 24. Bg3 Nf6 {½-½ (24) Anand,V (2779)-Kramnik,V (2809) London 2016}) 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. O-O c5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Rfd1 Qb7 13. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 Rfd8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {0-1 (47) Rasmussen,K (2449)-Andersen,M (2565) Skorping 2017}) 13... Nxc5 14. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,133,0,0,-6,39,-7,-8,-5,-12,-19,-16,-17,14,19,13,20,45,52,30,32,90,85,69,78,65,79,80,28,95,85,99,97,77,96,85,58,107,110,110,100,100,14,19,19,14,14,22,11,21,15,54,59,90,28,43,39,243,277,318,307,295,259,263,229,371,407,382,49,58,0,0,0,59,70,84,14,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,580,0,0,0,418,106,361,361,361,361,361,361,354,112,182,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxc4 Bc5 {LiveBook: 38 Games. E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. b3 (9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. e3 e5 14. exd4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 {½-½ (48) Eljanov,P (2760)-Giri,A (2798) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 9... Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Nfe5 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qf4 {½-½ (52) Short,N (2697)-Turner,M (2521) England 2012}) 10. Nfe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bb6 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Nc4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc4b6][%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} e5 17. e3 Nf6 (17... dxe3 $14 18. Nxe3 (18. Nxb6 axb6 19. fxe3 Ra8 $14) 18... Nf6) 18. Nxb6 $16 axb6 19. exd4 e4 20. d5 Bf5 21. Qc3 (21. Bxf6 $16 gxf6 22. Qc7) 21... h6 (21... Ra8 $11) 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 Ra8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. a4 Rd6 26. Rd4 Re8 27. Re1 Bg6 28. Re3 (28. Bxe4 f5 $17) (28. f3 $16) 28... f5 $11 29. f3 Re5 30. Kf2 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Rexd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd2+ {[#]} 34. Kf3 (34. Ke1 $1 $16 {[%cal Re1d2]} Rxh2 35. Bxg6 (35. Bxb7 Rc2 $14) 35... fxg6 36. Re6) 34... Bxe4+ 35. Rxe4 Rxh2 $2 {KR-KR} (35... b5 $14) 36. Rb4 $18 Rd2 37. Rxb6 Rd7 38. Ke4 Kg7 39. a5 h5 (39... Re7+ {keeps fighting.} 40. Kf5 h5) 40. b4 Re7+ 41. Kf4 $2 (41. Kf5 $18) 41... f6 $1 $14 42. Kf5 Re5+ 43. Kf4 Re7 44. Rd6 Kg6 45. Rd5 ({White should play} 45. b5 $16) 45... Rc7 (45... Rh7 $11 {remains equal.}) 46. Ke4 (46. b5 $16) 46... Rc3 47. Rb5 Rxg3 48. Rxb7 Ra3 49. Rb8 h4 50. Kd4 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Kf5 $11) 51. Rb7+ Kg6 52. Rb8 Kg7 53. Rc8 $2 (53. Rd8 $18 Kg6 54. Kc5) 53... h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... f5 $16 {was called for.}) 54. Rc2 $18 Kg6 {[#]} 55. Kc5 $1 Kg5 56. Kb6 Kg4 57. a6 $2 (57. b5 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 57... Kg3 $16 58. a7 $2 ({White should try} 58. b5 $18 Ra1 59. Rc3+ (59. a7 h2 $14) 59... Kg4 60. Rc8 (60. Rc2 Kg3 $14)) 58... h2 $11 {The position is equal.} 59. Rc1 {Kb7 is the strong threat.} Kg2 60. Kb7 h1=Q 61. Rxh1 Kxh1 {KR-KPP} 62. b5 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4,Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 63. b6 {Black must now prevent Kc6.} f4 64. Kc8 {Strongly threatening b7.} f3 65. b7 Rxa7 66. b8=Q {And now Qg3 would win.} f2 {aiming for ...Rf7.} 67. Qxa7 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 44%.} (67. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4f2]} Kg1 68. Qg3+ Kf1 69. Kd8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,71,12,18,6,6,6,6,6,11,6,12,12,6,14,16,18,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,14,18,10,22,22,22,22,25,17,20,20,20,6,6,0,8,9,25,24,28,3,7,14,10,0,10,0,13,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. O-O c5 (8... a6 9. a4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. a5 Ncd7 14. Nf3 Rc8 15. Be2 {1-0 (44) So,W (2773)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis 2016}) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Be4 $146 Rab8 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Rac1 f5 20. Nc5 Ra7 21. Kf1 a5 (21... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8c5]} 22. Nb3 Rac7 $11) 22. Ke2 a4 23. Nd3 Rd8 24. Ne5 {[#] Rxd8+ is the strong threat.} Rxd1 25. Kxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 26. Rc8 Rb7 27. g3 Bd6 28. Nd3 Kf6 29. Rh8 Kg7 30. Rd8 Be7 31. Rc8 Kf6 32. h4 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 33. Rc6 Ke7 34. Rc8 Kf6 35. Rc6 Ke7 36. Rc8 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,74,0,0,7,0,9,18,23,-60,-57,-52,-49,-59,-27,-49,-22,-38,-30,-116,-40,-69,0,-65,-54,-87,-70,-98,-84,-88,-63,-63,-63,-63,-61,-62,-60,-60,-61,-129,-116,-124,-119,-198,-192,-243,-229,-454,-467,-902,-1072,-992,-822,-2404,-2241,-29985,-29986,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Re8 9. Bd3 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (9. h3 b6 10. g4 Bb7 11. g5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 e5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bg2 a5 17. Nxe5 {1-0 (40) Kovalenko,I (2680)-Motylev,A (2656) Tallinn 2016}) 9... Qe7 10. Rd1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} h6 11. h3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. e4 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. O-O exd4 {½-½ (13) Izoria,Z (2466)-Arutinian,D (2390) Tbilisi 2001}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 13. Be2 (13. Nh4 $11) 13... e4 $1 $15 {[%cal Re4f3]} 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Nc4 Bf5 16. g4 Bh7 17. h4 Nfd5 18. g5 (18. Nxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxd5 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qc5) 18... hxg5 ({Black should play} 18... Nb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 19. Qb1 Nd3+ 20. Rxd3 Nxc4 21. bxc4 exd3 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 h5) 19. hxg5 Bb4 (19... Nb4 $15 20. Qb1 Nxc4 21. bxc4 Nd3+ 22. Rxd3 exd3 23. Bxd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxg5) 20. Rg1 ({White should try} 20. Kd2 $11) 20... Rad8 21. Kf1 Bf5 22. Rg3 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 25. Rg1 Bh2 26. Rh1 Bh3+ $1 27. Ke1 Qxg5 {...Qg2 is the strong threat.} 28. Kd2 (28. Bf1 $1 $15 Bxf1 29. Kxf1) 28... Qg2 $17 29. Kc1 {[#]} Rd6 $1 30. Kb1 {[#]} (30. Kb2 $17 {was necessary.}) 30... Rf6 $1 $19 ({Worse is} 30... Qxf2 31. Bh5 $18) 31. f4 (31. Rhe1 $142) 31... exf3 32. Bd3 $2 (32. Bxf3 {was forced.} Qxc2+ 33. Kxc2) 32... f2 33. Rhf1 (33. d5 $142 Rh6 34. Bd4) 33... Rxe3 34. Kb2 Qf3 35. d5 Bxf1 36. Bxf1 {[#]} Rxc3 $1 37. Qxc3 Qxd1 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,160,0,28,50,43,28,24,14,14,14,22,10,35,0,0,-22,-30,-12,0,-8,-3,-8,-7,-10,-12,-11,-7,-17,0,-8,0,-4,0,-23,0,-11,7,7,12,0,9,13,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44,44,59,61,79,79,79,79,85,79,88,74,68,37,30,37,26,31,79,74,74,74,79,74,75,75,85,86,89,76,77,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,16,34,8,8,0,34,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O a6 8. Nb3 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 (11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 Bd7 14. Bg5 O-O-O 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {½-½ (24) Navara,D (2737)-Harikrishna,P (2737) Biel 2017}) 11... Nf6 12. Re1 Bd7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 13. Qf3 O-O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. c3 Qc7 17. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. b4 Kb8 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 {½-½ (51) Bugalski,M (2250)-Zaleski,L (2267) Polanica Zdroj 2017}) 17... Rhe8 18. Qe5 h6 19. h3 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Kc7 21. Bc4 Bc6 22. Nxc6 Kxc6 23. Re2 Rd6 24. g3 Red8 25. Kg2 Nd7 26. Bb3 Nc5 27. Bc2 Kc7 28. Rae1 Rd2 (28... Rb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6b2]}) 29. Kf3 R8d6 (29... R2d5 {is interesting.} 30. Kg2 Nd3 31. Rb1 Ne5 32. Bb3 Rc5) 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Re2 Rd6 32. Ke3 Rb6 33. b4 Nd7 34. Bb3 a5 35. a3 Ra6 36. Kd4 axb4 37. axb4 Ra1 38. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Rb1 39. Kc3 g5 40. Re3 Rf1 41. Rf3 f5 42. c5 Nf8 43. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Nd7 44. b6+ Kd8 45. Bxe6 Nxc5 46. Bxf5 Na4+ 47. Kd4 Nxb6 48. Be4 Rd1+ 49. Kc3 Nd5+ 50. Kc4 b5+ 51. Kxb5 Ke7 52. Kc4 Nf6 53. Bf5 Rd2 54. Kc3 Rd5 55. Re3+ Kf8 56. Bc2 (56. Bd3 {is more complex.} Rd6 57. Kd2 Kg7 58. Re7+ Kf8 59. Re5) 56... Rd6 57. Bb3 (57. Re2 {with more complications.} Nd5+ 58. Kc4 Nf6 59. Bd3 Kf7 60. Re5) 57... Nd5+ 58. Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 $14 {KR-KR} 59. Rd3 Rf5 60. Rd2 Kg7 61. Kd3 Re5 62. Re2 Ra5 63. Ke4 h5 64. Rb2 Ra4+ 65. Kf5 Ra5+ 66. Ke4 Ra4+ 67. Ke3 Ra3+ {The position is equal.} 68. Ke2 h4 69. Rb7+ Kg6 70. Rb6+ Kg7 71. Rb7+ Kg6 72. Rb6+ Kg7 73. Rb5 Kg6 74. Rb6+ Kg7 75. gxh4 gxh4 76. f3 Ra2+ $1 77. Ke3 Rh2 78. Kf4 Rxh3 79. Kg4 Rg3+ 80. Kxh4 Rxf3 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,61,21,22,26,21,32,33,33,33,60,21,48,29,115,96,98,100,111,91,121,122,118,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-18,-25,0,-23]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3 Ne5 13. Qd2 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nbc6 15. Nd5 e6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne3 Qa5+ 18. c3 Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 20. Kd1 Qa4+ 21. Nc2 Bxb2 {½-½ (62) Nakamura,H (2785)-Grischuk,A (2742) Sharjah 2017}) 13... Nbc6 14. O-O-O Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Be6 16. Nd5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Rc8 17. f4 Bxd5 18. exd5 gxf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Qc7 19. c3 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Bf6 {½-½ (48) Oliveira (2566)-Poehr,A (2410) ICCF email 2010}) 19. Bxf4 Kf8 {aiming for ...Nc4.} 20. Qf2 Qa5 21. a3 Rc5 {[#]} (21... Nd7 $11) 22. Bd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Qa4 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Ra4c2]} 23. Be3 Rc8 24. Kb1 Qe4 25. Rd4 Qg6 26. Bd3 (26. Rf4 $16) 26... Nxd3 $11 27. Rxd3 Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6b2]} 28. Qxf6 Bxf6 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 h5 31. Rf1 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Harikrishna, P."]
[Black "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,176,17,44,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-26,-18,-16,-10,-25,-7,0,0,-16,0,0,10,-4,0,-8,0,-12,0,0,0,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-13,-10,-22,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-293,-293,-293,-293,-293,-293,-358,-357,-355,-345,-513,-497,-406,-396,-688,-616,-1432,-1391,-1713,-1554,-1470,-1483,-1553,-1528,-1524,-1530,-916,-1302,-5197,-1517,-1517,-1443,-1293,-1269,-962,-955,-883,-757,-542,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e3,Be3g4][%mdl 32]} h6 (10... a6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Nc2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. b4 b5 15. Qe2 Qd7 {½-½ (54) Duda,J (2707)-Naiditsch,A (2710) Linares 2017}) 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd2 a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Ne3 Bxa2 15. Rxa2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 {And now ...Nf4 would win.} 17. Ng4 $146 Nf4 18. Bxf4 (18. Nfxe5 $5 {[%cal Rd2f4]} Qd5 19. Bxf4 Qxa2 20. b3 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 $11) 18... exf4 19. Ra1 Qd5 20. Nge5 Rad8 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Qc2 Bd6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Qd5 26. b3 Be5 (26... g5 {is interesting.} 27. Nf3 Qf5 28. Qe2 Kf8 29. Kf1 b6) 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Kf1 (28. d4 $5) 28... Kf8 29. d4 cxd4 30. cxd4 Ke7 31. Qc4 Kd6 32. Ke2 h5 33. Kd3 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Qc3 Qf5+ 36. Kd2 Qd5 37. h4 g6 38. Ke2 Qe4+ (38... Qc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6c3]} 39. Qb4+ Ke6 $11) 39. Kd2 Qd5 40. Qb4+ Ke6 41. Qc3 Kd6 42. Qd3 Bd8 43. Ke2 Bf6 44. Kf1 Ke7 45. Qc3 Kd6 46. Kg1 Kd7 47. Kh2 Kd6 48. Kh1 Kd7 49. Kg1 Kd6 50. Kf1 Kd7 51. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Kg1 $11) 51... Qc4+ $19 52. Qxc4 bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 53. Ke2 Kc6 54. Kd2 Kb5 55. Kc3 Be7 56. Ne5 (56. Ng5 $142 Bxb4+ 57. Kc2) 56... Bxb4+ 57. Kc2 Be1 58. Nxf7 $2 (58. f3 Bxh4 59. Kc3) 58... Bxf2 59. Ne5 Bxh4 60. Nxg6 Bg3 61. Ne5 Bf2 62. Kc3 Be1+ 63. Kc2 Ba5 64. Ng6 Bc7 65. Kc3 {[#]} Bd6 (65... f3 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 66. gxf3 Bg3) 66. Nh4 Bb4+ 67. Kc2 Kc6 68. Ng6 Bd6 69. Kd2 Kd5 70. Kc3 {[#]} f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 71. gxf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Bg3 {Threatens to win with ...h4.} 72. Ne7+ Ke6 73. Ng6 $1 Kf6 74. Kxc4 Kxg6 {KB-KPP} 75. Kd3 $1 h4 76. Ke2 $1 h3 {( -> ...h2)} 77. Kf1 Bh2 {[#]} 78. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf5 (78... Bxf4 79. Kg1) 79. d5 $1 Kf6 80. Kf2 Kf5 (80... Bxf4 $2 81. Kg1 $19) 81. Kf1 Kf6 82. Kf2 Kg6 83. Kf1 Kf5 84. Kf2 Kxf4 85. d6 Kg4 86. d7 Bc7 87. Kg1 (87. d8=Q $5 Bxd8 88. Kg1 $11) 87... Kf5 88. Kh1 (88. d8=Q $5 Bxd8 89. Kh2 $11) 88... Ke6 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,63,-19,15,5,20,11,16,0,22,14,42,16,6,21,30,29,43,35,57,16,41,32,29,25,17,-14,-11,-25,-23,-20,0,-29,0,-42,-42,-67,0,-17,0,-4,0,-12,-18,-32,-10,-120,-128,-122]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... e5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Qxd5 Qc7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Na5 Nc6 15. Nc4 Rad8 {1-0 (50) Grischuk,A (2737)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) Doha 2016}) 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O Nc6 12. f4 O-O 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Qe2) 14... Re8 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Rad1 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Rf2 (18. Rd2 {is more complex.} Bf8 19. Qh4 h5 20. Qf2 Qc7 21. h4) 18... Qc7 19. Qh3 (19. Rdf1 {is interesting.} Bf8 20. Qh3 Bg7 21. Bd4 e5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxf7 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Na5) 19... Bf8 20. Rdf1 Bg7 21. f5 Ne5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Rd1 Re7 25. Nb3 Qc7 26. Nd4 Qd7 (26... Rce8 $1 $15 27. Bf1 Nc4 28. Bxc4 Qxc4) 27. Qg3 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Bh3 {[#] Nxe6+ is the strong threat.} Qe8 30. b3 Kg8 31. Nde2 (31. Bf4 $11) 31... Nxc2 $17 32. Rxd6 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,87,17,7,58,62,96,102,85,78,76,89,85,75,115,102,116,85,95,56,91,83,76,85,60,69,54,71,85,18,61,76,135,128,332,147,161,171,342,334,297,321,639,590,610,457,432,231,472,434,602,572,599,455,763,755,755,754,739,727,702,642,1104,1098,1148,851,1602,1574]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 Re8 11. f3 c5 12. Bg5 b5 $146 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} (12... h6 $11 13. Bf4 Qe7) ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. f4 b5 15. b3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ng3 Rb8 19. Rae1 Bg7 20. Kh1 {½-½ (50) Moiseenko,A (2710)-Fier,A (2628) Biel 2015}) 13. cxb5 $14 a6 14. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 {White is better.} 15. Qc2 Nd7 {[#]} 16. Bf4 $1 axb5 17. axb5 Rb8 18. b4 Qb6 19. Rfc1 Bb7 20. Qd2 Rbc8 21. Rab1 Ra8 22. Kh1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Ra3 23. Bc4 Rea8 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. h3 (25. Ng1 $16) 25... h5 26. Rc2 Kh7 (26... Qf6 $142) 27. Nc1 $16 f5 $2 {[#]} (27... R8a4 $16 28. Nd3 Rc3) 28. Nd3 (28. exf5 $18 {is the precise move to win. Strongly threatening Nb3.} gxf5 29. d6) 28... fxe4 29. fxe4 Nf6 $2 (29... Qd8 {was necessary.} 30. b6 Nxb6) 30. Re1 $18 Re8 31. Ne5 g5 $2 (31... Qa5 32. Qxa5 Rxa5) 32. Bh2 Qa5 {intending ...Qxd2.} 33. Qxa5 Rxa5 34. Bf1 (34. Nc6 $142 Ra3 35. e5) 34... Nxe4 $2 (34... Ra3 {was called for.}) 35. Bd3 {White is clearly winning.} ({Inferior is} 35. Rxe4 Ra1 $17) 35... Bxd5 36. Rxc5 $1 ({Stronger than} 36. Rxe4 Bxe4 37. Bxe4+ Kg8 $14) 36... Ba8 37. Nc6 ({Weaker is} 37. Bxe4+ Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Ra1+ 39. Bg1 d3 $16) 37... Kh6 (37... Bxc6 $142 38. Rxc6 Rxb5) 38. Nxa5 Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Rxe1+ 40. Kxf2 Re3 41. Rc8 Bd5 42. Rd8 Be6 43. Bc4 Bf6 44. Rd6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,100,6,18,11,10,6,13,3,22,15,34,14,15,5,18,12,15,0,30,24,31,26,27,32,26,30,54,0,75,77,231,183,218,196,209,213,198,112,175,164,189,42,39,21,69,45,64,68,116,14,20,13,17,22,24,0,0,0,0,-41,-41,-41,-16,-12,-16,-26,-4,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 dxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Qxc4 (12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Qe4 Bd7 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qe4 Bd7 18. Qc4 Be6 {½-½ (18) Giri,A (2775)-Aronian,L (2809) Geneve 2017}) 12... O-O 13. O-O b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rd8 14. Qc2 b6 15. b3 a5 16. Bb2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rad1 Raa8 19. h3 h6 20. Rfe1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 {½-½ (21) Scherer,R (2589)-Korabliov,A (2423) ICCF email 2013}) 14. Rd1 a5 (14... Be6 $5 {[%cal Re6c4]} 15. Qh4 Rad8 $14) 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Be6 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Bf1 Qe5 20. e4 Ne7 21. f4 Qc7 22. f5 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Bd7 24. Bg5 (24. Bd2 $14) 24... f6 (24... Nc6 $11) 25. Bh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nc6 $2 (25... Bc6 $16 {was necessary.}) 26. Bg3 Qd8 {[#]} 27. Qd5+ $1 Kh8 28. Bb5 Qc8 29. Qd6 ({White should try} 29. Rd1 $18 Be8 30. Qd6) 29... h6 (29... Ra7 $16) 30. Re1 Ra7 31. h3 (31. Bc4 $18) 31... Nd4 $14 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Qxb6 Rb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7b6]} 34. Qa6 Qd7 {[#]} 35. Qxa5 (35. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5e6]} fxe5 36. Bxe5 Nxf5 37. Rf1 (37. Qxa5 Qd5 $16)) 35... Rxb2 $11 36. Qxc5 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 {And now Qe3 would win.} Qd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3g3]} ({Don't play} 37... Nxg3 $6 38. Qc3 $16 (38. Kxg3 Qd2 $14)) 38. Qf2 {aiming for e5.} Qxe4 39. a4 {Threatens to win with a5.} Qd3 40. Qf3 (40. a5 $5 {[%cal Re1a1]}) 40... Qxf3 41. gxf3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd4+ 42. Kh1 Ra2 43. Re4 Rxa4 (43... Nxf5 {looks sharper.} 44. Bc7 Kg8 45. a5 Kf7 46. Kg1 h5) 44. Be1 (44. Rf4 {keeps more tension.} h5 45. Bf2 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Nc6 47. Rh4) 44... Ra1 $1 {Black is slightly better.} 45. Rxd4 {Black must now prevent Re4.} Rxe1+ {KR-KR} 46. Kg2 Re5 47. Rf4 Kh7 48. Kg3 h5 49. h4 Kh6 50. Kf2 g5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,72,27,27,31,27,20,20,28,8,11,6,6,5,14,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 8. Ne3 Nb6 9. Ncd5 O-O 10. O-O Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (11... Bg5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Be6 19. b3 {½-½ (41) Tiviakov,S (2674)-Neverov,V (2502) St Petersburg 2012}) 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Na5 14. Qd2 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Re8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. b3 Qd7 18. h3 Qc6 19. Nc3 {0-1 (72) Polivanov,A (2431)-Voloshin,L (2449) Alushta 2011}) 14. Nxb4 cxb4 {The position is equal.} 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Qd7 17. e5 d5 18. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} Bc5+ 19. d4 Bb6 20. Bd2 a5 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24. Rf6 (24. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Rb1b6]} Bd8 25. a4 $11) 24... Re8 25. h4 Bd8 26. Rf3 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. h5 Qf7 29. Bg5 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Ke8 31. h6 gxh6 32. Qxh6 Kd7 33. Qc1 Qh5 34. Qa3 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 {[#] Hoping for Qd6+.} Qd2+ 36. Kg3 {And now Qd6+ would win.} Qe3+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,61,12,27,10,22,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,-62,-67,-95,-88,-84,-41,-69,0,0,0,-63,-93,-205,-189,-202,-156,-223,350,351,343,313,5473,5473,5118,5110,29991,29992,29996,29997]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {LiveBook: 26 Games. D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nf4 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ {1-0 (44) Shankland,S (2646)-Ganguly,S (2654) Edmonton 2016}) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. Qa4 Na5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 17. dxc5 ({White should play} 17. f3 $1 $11) 17... Bc6 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc6a4]} 18. Qd1 Bxe4 19. Rb4 Ba8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 20. Rg4 bxc5 ({Black should try} 20... Bxc5 $15 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qc7) 21. Bg5 $11 Nc6 22. Qe2 ({Better is} 22. Re1 $1 $11 Qc7 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Qe2) 22... Bd6 $1 $15 23. Rd1 (23. Re4 $17) 23... Ne5 $19 24. Rg3 Qc6 25. Bf4 (25. Be7 $17 Bxe7 26. Qxe5) 25... Qe8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Rxf4 $19 26. Qxe5 Rf6) 26. Rxd6 $18 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Qa4 $2 (27... Nxh2+ 28. Ke1 Bxg2) 28. Bh6 gxh6 29. gxf3 {[#] Threatening mate with Qe5+.} Qf4 30. Qe7 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Re7g7]} Qc4+ 31. Kg1 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,159,29,35,42,37,45,44,43,53,44,44,12,12,0,0,0,16,8,16,10,37,14,50,24,48,11,28,11,13,7,8,14,21,13,20,10,9,8,10,6,129,127,118,109,119,118,150,97,305,203,188,84,87,94,104,92,93,16,127,108,118,89,210,198,190,130,132,119,141,131,400,404,706,0,558,615,662,672,591,584,656,656,645,656,656,600,598,591,569,552,521,366,861,377,357,1237,1186,1620,5081,250,250,250,29952,29958,29975,29976,29976,29977,29979,29977,29978,29978,29977,29972,29972,0,29977,29975,29975,29967,29965,29967,29974,29957,29974,29975,29975,29966,29962,29963,29976,0,29979,29977,29976,7361,29968,29972,29969,29969,29985,29986,29986,29987,29991,29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 {[%cal Bf8e7,Be7f6,Bf6e5][%mdl 32] C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d3 g6 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 O-O 15. Kh1 {0-1 (56) Tabatabaei,M (2509)-Safarli,E (2641) Bandar e Anzali 2017}) 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Qc2 O-O {White is slightly better.} 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nd7 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Bf6 13. a4 Ne5 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Rad1 {1-0 (96) Rambaldi,F (2490)-Semenova,I (2215) Graz 2015}) 12... Bf6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Be5 17. g3 g6 18. Kg2 (18. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Bf6 19. Na4 $14) 18... Rab8 19. Ba3 (19. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Bg7 20. Na4 $14) 19... Qe6 20. Ne2 c5 21. Qd2 a5 22. Nc3 {Black should prevent Nb5.} Nb6 23. Nb5 Qc8 24. f4 Bg7 25. Qd3 (25. e5 $5) 25... Qb7 26. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatening e5! White is pushing.} a4 {[#]} 27. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with Qxb7.} dxe5 (27... Bf8 $11) 28. Qxb7 $16 (28. Bxc5 $6 e4 $11) 28... Rxb7 29. Bxc5 axb3 30. axb3 e4 31. Nxc7 (31. Rxe4 $142 $1 Rxe4 32. Rd8+ Bf8 33. Bxf8 (33. Rxf8+ Kg7 $11)) 31... Rc8 $2 (31... Rxc7 $16 {is a better defense.} 32. Bxb6 Rb7) 32. Bxb6 Rxb6 33. Nb5 (33. Nd5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Re6 34. Rc1) 33... f5 34. Rd7 Ra6 35. Re2 Bf8 36. Red2 (36. Rc2 $16) 36... Ra1 (36... Bb4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. Rb7 Rca8 38. Nc3 $1 R1a7 (38... Bg7 $16 {was called for.} 39. Na4 Re8) 39. Rxa7 $18 Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} 40. Nd5 (40. Rc2 $1 $18) 40... Kf7 $16 41. b4 Ke6 42. c5 {And now c6 would win.} Ra3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Avoid the trap} 42... Rd7 $2 43. c6 $18) (42... Kd7 $16) 43. c6 $18 {Black must now prevent c7.} e3 (43... Bd6 $142 44. c7 Kd7) 44. c7 $2 (44. Nc7+ $18 Kf6 45. Rd8) 44... Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... exd2 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 45. c8=Q+ Kxd5 46. Qxf8 Kc4 47. Qc5+ Kd3) 45. Rc2 ({Not} 45. Nxe3 Bd6 $16) 45... Kxd5 46. c8=Q Rxc8 47. Rxc8 Bxb4 {...e2 is the strong threat. KR-KB} 48. Kf3 Ke6 49. Rh8 h5 50. Kxe3 Bc5+ 51. Kf3 Kf7 {If only Black now had time for ...Bf8....} 52. Rc8 Bd4 53. Rc7+ Kg8 $2 (53... Ke6 54. Rc8 Ke7) 54. Ke2 Bg1 55. Rc1 Bd4 56. Kd3 Bf6 57. h3 $2 (57. Rc6 Kg7 58. Rc7+ Kh6 59. Rc6) 57... Kf7 58. Rc7+ Kg8 $2 (58... Ke6 $18 59. Rc6+ Kf7 60. Rc7+ Ke6 61. Rc6+ Kf7 62. Rc7+) 59. Kc4 Bb2 60. Kd5 Ba1 61. Ke6 Bb2 62. Rc5 Kg7 63. Rc2 Bd4 64. Rg2 Bc3 65. Rc2 Bd4 66. Rc7+ Kg8 67. Ke7 Kg7 68. Rd7 Bc3 69. Rd1 Bb2 70. Ke6 Bc3 71. Rc1 Bd4 72. Rc4 Bb2 73. Rc7+ Kg8 $1 74. Rc2 Bd4 {[#]} 75. Rg2 (75. g4 $142 $1 fxg4 76. hxg4 Kg7 77. Rc7+ Kg8 78. gxh5 gxh5 79. f5 Ba1 80. f6) 75... Kf8 76. g4 {White mates.} fxg4 77. hxg4 Be3 78. gxh5 gxh5 79. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} h4 80. f6 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Adhiban, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,141,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,11,9,18,0,5,0,0,0,6,0,2,0,19,0,14,0,4,0,9,0,0,0,24,21,25,18,29,16,48,34,27,33,68,57,75,67,94,62,72,47,41,29,34,7,10,11,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,-23,-19,-107,-7,-16,-18,-16,0,0,215,0,0,0,0,0,177,52,39,7,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 11. Bh6 Ng4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (11... a5 12. O-O Bf8 13. Bf4 Be7 14. h3 O-O 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Rae1 Nh5 17. Bh2 f5 18. Re2 Nhf6 19. f3 {1-0 (32) Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Wang,H (2717) Huaian 2016}) 12. Bf4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 14. Rab1 (14. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Ngf6 15. a3 $11) 14... a5 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nfd7 18. Nd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Ra6 21. Rfc1 Rea8 22. Rc3 Bb4 23. Rcc1 Rb6 {½-½ (57) Gonda,L (2448)-Steingrimsson,H (2435) Budapest 2005}) 18... Nc4 19. Rbc1 Bg5 20. b3 Ncb6 $1 21. Bh2 Be7 22. Qb2 Ra7 23. Rb1 Nf8 24. Qc2 Nc8 25. Rfe1 Bd6 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nf3 Bxh2+ 28. Nxh2 Nd6 29. e4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Ra8 31. Nc5 b6 32. Rxe8 Nxe8 33. Na4 Rc8 34. Ng4 h5 35. Ne3 Kg7 36. Rd1 Nd6 37. Qd3 Nd7 38. d5 c5 39. Nc3 Ne5 40. Qe2 Qd7 41. Nc4 Nexc4 42. bxc4 Re8 43. Qd3 Qf5 44. Qxf5 gxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 45. Na4 Nxc4 46. Rc1 Re4 47. Nc3 Re5 48. Nb5 (48. Na4 $11) 48... Nd2 (48... Nb2 $1 $17 49. Nc3 Kf7) 49. Nc7 {And now d6 would win.} Ne4 50. Rb1 c4 51. Rxb6 Nd2 $2 {[#]} (51... h4 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 52. g3 $2 ({White must play} 52. f3 $1 $18) 52... Re1+ 53. Kg2 {Threatens to win with d6.} Ne4 54. Ne6+ Kh6 $2 {[#]} (54... Kf7 $11) 55. Nd4 (55. Rb7 $1 $18 {White threatens Nf8 and mate.} Ng5 56. Nd4) 55... Kg6 56. Rc6 c3 (56... Rd1 $11 57. Ne6 (57. Rxc4 Rd2 $11) 57... Kf7) 57. f3 (57. Ne6 $14) 57... Rd1 {Strongly threatening ...Rd2+.The position is equal.} 58. Ne2 Rd2 59. Kf1 Rd1+ 60. Kg2 Rd2 61. fxe4 Rxe2+ {KR-KR} 62. Kf3 Rxe4 63. Rxc3 {Rd3 is the strong threat.} Rd4 64. Rc5 Rd3+ 65. Kf4 a4 66. Ra5 h4 67. gxh4 {Black must now prevent h5+!} Rxh3 68. d6 Rxh4+ 69. Ke3 Kf7 70. d7 Ke7 71. Rxf5 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,136,33,30,30,33,35,51,18,29,25,32,12,33,19,33,21,27,14,16,20,15,11,22,13,20,14,9,7,13,0,0,-12,0,0,3,-25,0,-38,-9,-3,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-7,-7,-8,-18,-12,-9,-13,-8,-116,-8,-129,-123,-121,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-9,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,-7,0,-75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 9. Bb5 (9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nb4 11. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 12. c3 Bd6 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 c6 15. O-O Qa5 16. a4 {½-½ (74) Bromberger,S (2535)-Melkumyan,H (2653) Germany 2016}) 9... Qd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 {White has an edge.} 11. O-O Bd6 12. c4 O-O 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Bg5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bc3 Qb7 16. b4 {½-½ (65) Brzeski,M (2260)-Piesik,P (2022) Leba 2008}) 14... Be7 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Qf3 f6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Be3 Bb4 20. Rf1 c6 21. a3 Bd6 22. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} a5 23. h5 h6 24. Qg4 Qf7 25. Rfe1 a4 26. Re2 f5 27. Qf3 e5 (27... Rad8 {keeps more tension.} 28. g3 Rd7 29. Red2 Red8 30. d5 cxd5 31. cxd5 e5) 28. dxe5 Bxe5 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 32. Qf3 Qf6 (32... Qe7 {looks sharper.} 33. g3 Qe2 34. Qxe2 Rxe2 35. Rd8+ Kh7) 33. Qc3 (33. Qd1 {with more complications.} c5 34. Rd2 Qe5 35. g3 f4 36. g4) 33... c5 34. Rd5 {next Qxf6 is good for White.} Qxc3 35. bxc3 {KR-KR} Re1+ 36. Kh2 b6 37. Kg3 (37. Rd8+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Kf7 38. Ra8) 37... Re4 ({Better is} 37... Ra1 $17 38. Rd8+ Kh7) 38. Rd6 (38. Rxf5 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rxc4 39. Rf3) 38... Rxc4 39. Rxb6 Kh7 (39... Rxc3+ $17 40. f3 Rxa3) 40. f3 Rxc3 41. Rc6 Rc4 42. Ra6 Rd4 43. Ra5 Rc4 44. Ra6 Kg8 45. Ra7 Kf8 46. Kh3 Rd4 47. Ra5 c4 48. Rxa4 Ke7 49. Kg3 Kd6 50. Kf2 $1 f4 (50... Kc5 $5 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 51. Ke2 Rd8 52. Ra5+ Kb6 $15) 51. Ke2 Kc5 52. Ra7 Kb6 53. Ra4 Kb5 54. Rb4+ Kc5 55. Rb7 Kc6 56. Rb4 Kc5 57. Rb7 Rd5 58. Rxg7 c3 {[#] Hoping for ...Kc4.} 59. Rc7+ Kd4 60. Kd1 Kd3 61. Kc1 (61. Rc6 $11) 61... Rg5 (61... Rxh5 $17 {[%cal Rh5h1]} 62. Rd7+ Ke3) 62. Rd7+ {The position is equal.} Kc4 63. Rc7+ Kd3 64. Rd7+ Ke3 65. Kc2 Rxg2+ 66. Kxc3 Kxf3 {aiming for ...Rg5.} 67. Rd6 Rg5 68. Rxh6 Rf5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,78,20,13,7,9,0,0,-14,-21,-22,-22,-19,-29,-43,-21,-25,-32,-39,-22,-55,-55,-56,-55,-55,-52,-62,-62,-62,-62,-63,-45,-49,-46,-45,-9,-8,-14,-60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Bd3 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} Na5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Qc2 Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bc6 13. Ne5 Bg7 14. Bf4 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bc6 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. Nxc6 Qa3+ 18. Kd2 Nxc6 {½-½ (36) Van Oosterom,C (2380)-Epishin,V (2572) Helmond 2012}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qe2 Rfe8 (17... e5 $5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 $15) 18. Rfd1 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Be4 Qe7 21. Bxc6 Bxf4 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Rd7 Rxd7 24. Bxd7 Rxc3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Ba4 a6 26. Rd1 b5 27. Bb3 Kf8 28. g3 Bc7 29. Rd2 Bb6 (29... a5 $15) 30. Rd6 $11 {The position is equal.} Bc5 31. Rxa6 Rf3 32. Ra5 Rf5 33. Kh1 Bxf2 34. a4 Be3 35. Rxb5 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Rf2+ 37. Kh1 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rf2+ 39. Kh1 Rf1+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,62,12,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,20,15,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-13,5,4,14,10,12,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qd3 e5 9. dxe5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Rfd1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Ne6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. e3 Bd8 16. b4 f5 {½-½ (35) Schreiner,P (2444)-Ding,L (2695) Athens 2012}) 15... Kg7 16. c5 Nxc5 17. Nd5 Ne6 18. Nxc7 Nxc7 19. Rxc7 Rd8 {Hoping for ...Bg5.} 20. Bxb7 Bxb7 21. Rxb7 e4 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Ke1 Rad8 24. Rc7 Bxb2 25. Rc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2b2]} Be5 26. Rdc1 f5 27. e3 g5 (27... Bc3 $5 28. Rxc3 Rxd2 $11) 28. h3 h5 29. Ke2 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Nb3 R8d7 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,70,8,0,0,3,13,16,17,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,18,0,0,0,29,16,29,40,48,34,209,196,272,273,264,266,252,249,265,156,179,152,250,268,258,234,625,625,1579]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} a6 10. Nc3 (10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Nc6 16. f4 g5 17. Bxc4 gxf4 {0-1 (59) Leko,P (2734)-Le,Q (2681) Dortmund 2010}) 10... dxc4 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bxc4 Bb4 17. Bb3 $146 Ba5 18. Bf2 h5 19. Kb1 Bxc3 $1 20. bxc3 b5 21. Bb6 O-O 22. Rd7 Rb8 23. Bf2 Na5 24. h3 Rfc8 25. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6,Bg6f7][%mdl 32]} Nh6 26. g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} ({Inferior is} 26. gxh5 Nxb3 27. axb3 Rxc3 $17) 26... Nf5 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 26... Nxb3 $14 27. axb3 Nf5) 27. g6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg6f7][%mdl 512]} Nxb3 (27... Nc4 $142) (27... fxg6 28. Bxe6+) 28. gxf7+ Kf8 29. axb3 Nh6 30. Ba7 Ra8 31. Bd4 (31. Rg1 $18) 31... Rc6 32. Rg1 Nxf7 (32... a5 $16 33. Kb2 b4) 33. Rg6 Rd8 34. Rb7 Nh8 $2 {[#]} (34... Nh6 35. Rgxg7 Rb8) 35. Rgxg7 a5 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,93,20,20,12,8,6,23,18,22,22,29,20,22,21,31,27,27,14,25,15,22,-8,-8,-7,10,14,14,22,18,20,20,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,-36,-34,-31,-43,-45,-50,-97,-102,-126,-125,-123,-117,-133,-137,-160,-105,-149,-93,-179,-180,-182,-202,-187,-176,-190,-82,-106,-92,-71,0,-72,-41,-143,-141,-141,-136,-124,-90,-147,0,-132,0,-141,0,-129]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 {LiveBook: 28 Games. C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 7. O-O (7. c3 h6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Ne7 12. Nb2 c6 13. a4 Ng6 14. a5 {1-0 (49) Giri,A (2768)-Anand,V (2793) London 2014}) 7... Na5 8. Bd5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. Bb3 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. c4 Nc6 11. h3 h6 12. Nxb6 axb6 {½-½ (50) Ynojosa Aponte,F (2405)-Perez Mitjans,O (2475) Badalona 2013}) 8... O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Nc6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Nb2 a6 14. Nc4 Ba7 15. a4 b5 16. Ne3 d5 17. Re1 Bxe3 (17... Bb6 {looks sharper.} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nc2 Ra2) 18. Bxe3 dxe4 19. dxe4 {Hoping for Qxd7.} Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Nxe4 21. Rdc1 Nd6 22. Ng5 Rfe8 23. axb5 Nxb5 24. g3 a5 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Kg2 Nd6 27. Rxa5 Nxa5 28. Rd1 Nac4 29. Bc5 h6 30. Nf3 Rb8 31. Ra1 Rb5 32. Ra8+ Kh7 (32... Kf7 $142 33. Ba3 Nxa3 34. Rxa3 Kf6) 33. Ba3 Rd5 ({Better is} 33... Rb3 34. Bc5 Ne4) 34. Ra4 {[#]} (34. Bxd6 $17 cxd6 35. Rc8) 34... c5 $1 $19 35. Ng1 e4 36. Bc1 Rd1 37. Ne2 e5 (37... g5 $19 {is more deadly.} 38. Be3 Nxe3+ 39. fxe3 Kg7) 38. g4 $17 Re1 39. Ra2 Rd1 (39... Kg8 $17) 40. h4 (40. Ra4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40... Rd3 41. g5 (41. Ra6 $15) 41... Nf5 42. gxh6 Nxh4+ 43. Kh2 Nf3+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kh3 $142) 44... Nh4+ 45. Kh2 $1 Nf3+ 46. Kg2 $1 Nh4+ 47. Kh2 $1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,188,27,35,0,0,0,0,0,14,23,17,-18,51,49,44,44,44,44,43,44,44,50,67,66,67,70,77,80,70,33,88,97,91,44,108,0,80,74,66,53,54,50,62,63,64,56,64,64,64,65,65,56,87,47,54,43,43,35,56,42,35,26,35,8,8,0,38,40,56,39,83,102,89,102,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-56,0,-373,0,0,0,-86,0,-94,24,20,31,45,76,96,131,135,135,14,135,124,135,133,115,36,37,29,29,29,29,30,100,16,102,20,16,14,21,6,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,0,66,16,35,0,0,-22,22,4,29,12,14,30,43,29,30,0,74,42,42,42,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,0,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,0,43,0,43]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. e3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 a6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Rfd1 Ra7 13. Rac1 Ba8 14. b3 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 {½-½ (51) Lintchevski,D (2569)-Kamsky,G (2678) St Petersburg 2017}) 6... Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Re1 Na6 (10... Qc8 $11) 11. Nc3 $14 Nc7 12. Bf4 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qa4 {1-0 (38) Heigerer,S (2037)-Wertjanz,D (2268) St Johann im Pongau 2016}) 13. Rc1 Ba8 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. cxb5 Bd6 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Qa4 Qb8 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. Bg5 Rd8 (19... Bxe5 $14 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxf6 gxf6) 20. Ng4 $16 Be7 21. Bf4 Bd6 (21... Qa8 $1 $14 22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8) 22. Bg5 Be7 $1 23. Rc3 Rc8 24. Bf4 Qa8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Ne5 a6 27. Bf1 {[%cal Rb5a6]} a5 28. Nc6 Bf8 29. Qc2 Ne8 30. Bd3 g6 31. a4 Kg7 32. h4 (32. Qc1 $5 {[%cal Rf4h6]}) 32... Bd6 33. Bd2 Qc7 34. Kg2 (34. h5 $5) 34... Nf6 35. Qc1 Ng8 36. Bg5 {Threatens to win with Bd8.} (36. h5 $5) 36... Bxc6 37. bxc6 h6 38. Be3 h5 39. Bb5 {Bf4 is the strong threat.} Ne7 40. Bh6+ Kh7 41. Bg5 Kg7 42. Qc3 ({White should try} 42. Bf4 $14) 42... Nf5 $11 43. Ba6 Ne7 44. Bb7 (44. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 45. Bd3 $14) 44... Nf5 45. Qd3 Be7 46. Bf4 Bd6 47. Bd2 Be7 48. Qa6 (48. Qc3 $11) 48... Bd6 (48... Nxd4 $15 49. Bf4 e5) 49. Bc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49. Qd3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 49... Ne7 $2 (49... Bxg3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 50. fxg3 Qxg3+ 51. Kf1 Qe3) 50. Qa8 Nf5 {[%cal Rd6g3]} 51. Kf1 (51. Qa6 $11) 51... Be7 (51... Qe7 $1 $17 {[%cal Re7f6]} 52. Qa6 g5 53. hxg5 Qxg5) 52. Bc8 {[#]} (52. Qa6 $11) 52... Nd6 (52... Nxg3+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 53. fxg3 Qxg3) 53. Ba6 Bf6 54. Bd3 Be7 55. b4 Bd8 56. bxa5 bxa5 {[#]} 57. Kg2 (57. Bd2 $1 $16) 57... Qb6 {[#]} (57... Qc8 $1 $11 58. Qxc8 Nxc8) 58. Bd2 $1 $16 Bc7 59. Bh6+ Kh7 60. Be3 (60. Bg5 $16 {Hoping for Qf8.} Qxd4 61. Qf8) 60... Qb8 $1 $14 {[%cal Rb8a8]} 61. Qa6 Qb6 62. Qxb6 Bxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 63. Bf4 Bc7 (63... Ne8 $11) 64. f3 (64. Be5 $16) 64... Ne8 (64... Kg8 $11 {remains equal.}) 65. Bg5 (65. Bxc7 $16 Nxc7 66. g4) 65... Kg7 66. Ba6 Nd6 67. g4 f6 (67... Nc4 $11) 68. Bf4 $14 Kf7 69. Bd3 Kg7 70. Kf1 Kf7 71. Ke2 Kg7 72. Ke3 Kf7 73. Bf1 (73. Bg3 $14) 73... Kg7 ({Better is} 73... Ke7 $11) 74. Kd3 (74. Be2 {seems wilder.} Kf7 75. Bd3 Ke7 76. Ke2 Kf7 77. Bc2) 74... Kf7 75. Bc1 Nc8 76. Ke3 Nd6 77. Ba6 Kg7 78. Kd3 Kf7 79. Bf4 Ke7 80. Ke2 Kf7 81. Bd3 Kg7 $1 82. g5 f5 $1 83. Be5+ Kf7 84. Ke3 Ke7 85. Ba6 Kf7 86. Kd3 Ke7 87. Bc8 Kf7 88. Bd7 Ke7 89. Kc2 Kf7 90. Bc8 Ke7 91. Ba6 Kf7 92. Kd2 Ke7 93. Ke3 Kf7 94. Kf4 Ke7 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,116,12,13,-1,0,0,16,-15,0,0,0,-29,-20,-50,-45,-58,-62,-47,-40,-35,-46,-44,-50,-76,-8,-11,0,-10,24,18,11,18,22,21,26,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-25,-2,-48,-25,-25,-25,-28,-14,-21,-21,-27,-19,-37,-35,-22,0,-36,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-66,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,-11,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. d5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 d5 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. Re1 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 c5 14. c3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 {0-1 (52) Wei,Y (2709)-Bu,X (2715) Shenzhen 2016}) 7... O-O {LiveBook: 9 Games} 8. h3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Re8 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 g6 14. Qc1 Kh7 {½-½ (31) Al Qudaimi,B (2396)-Vakhidov,T (2446) Dubai 2014}) 9. Be2 Nc5 10. Nd2 h6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Bf3 Re8 13. g4 Bh7 14. b4 Ncd7 15. a3 a5 {Strongly threatening ...axb4.} 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Nb6 18. Bg2 Nfd7 (18... Rc8 $17) 19. f4 $11 Bf6 20. Nde4 Na4 (20... Bh4 {is more complex.} 21. f5 Ne5 22. Be3 Nbc4 23. Bd4 Kh8) 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Nxa4 $1 Rxa4 23. f5 Nd7 24. Qd3 Kh8 25. Bf4 f6 26. Qg3 Ra2 27. Rf2 Ne5 28. h4 Nf7 29. Qb3 Qa8 30. Qc4 Re7 31. Rbf1 Qa7 32. Kh1 Ra1 33. Kh2 Rxf1 34. Rxf1 Bg8 35. Qd3 Qb6 36. c3 Qa7 37. Qg3 Bh7 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. Bc1 Qa2 41. Bxg5 Nxg5 42. Qxg5 Qe2 43. f6 (43. Rf4 $11) 43... gxf6 (43... Rf7 $15) 44. Qxf6+ {The position is equal.} ({Reject} 44. Rxf6 Rg7 $17) 44... Rg7 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Re2g2] [#]} 45. Rf2 Qe7 46. Qf4 (46. Bh3 {seems wilder.} Qxf6 47. Rxf6 Re7 48. Be6 Kg7 49. Rf2) 46... Qg5 47. Qxg5 Rxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 48. Ra2 b6 49. Ra7 Rg7 50. Bh3 Bg8 51. Ra8 Kh7 52. c4 b5 53. cxb5 Bxd5 54. Rc8 (54. Rb8 {with more complications.} Kg6 55. b6 cxb6 56. Rxb6 Kf6 57. Rxd6+ Ke5 58. Rh6) 54... Kg6 55. Rd8 Kf6 {[#]} 56. b6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb6 57. Rxd6+ Ke5 58. Rxb6 Rb7 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,48,-42,-48,-33,-30,-18,-22,-19,-70,-58,-67,-74,-109,-106,-135,-140,-136,-63,-173,-184,-168,-165,-176,-130,-323,-288,-368,-380,-376,-378,-422,-426,-414,-402,-773,-748,-702,-721]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bxf6 (5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Nd5 Bc6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {0-1 (48) Topalov,V (2793)-Carlsen,M (2868) Stavanger 2013}) 5... exf6 6. d4 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} Nc6 7. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Be6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7... Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nb5 Re8 {0-1 (48) Stremavicius,T (2434)-Kveinys,A (2542) Viljandi 2017}) 8. O-O {Black is slightly better.} Bd6 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 ({Better is} 10. dxc5 $11 Bxc5 11. Nbd2) 10... cxd4 $15 11. exd4 Rc8 12. c4 Bb4 13. c5 Bc3 14. Rc1 Bxd4 (14... Bb2 $17 15. Rb1 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4) 15. b4 {[#]} (15. Nxd4 $15 Nxd4 16. Nf3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2) 15... Bb2 $1 $19 {[%cal Bd4b2,Bb2c3,Bc3d2,Bd2c3][%mdl 32]} 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Qa4 Bf5 18. b5 $2 (18. Rbc1 $17 d4 19. a3) 18... Qa5 19. Qf4 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Nxd4 {aiming for N2b3.} Bxd2 21. Qf3 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Rxc5 23. Qxf6 (23. Rd1 $142 Rc1 24. Rxc1 Bxc1 25. Qb3) 23... Qxa2 24. Rd1 Bc3 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,98,5,0,47,25,8,0,0,0,0,-36,-7,-5,0,-54,-54,-34,-45,-46,-36,-73,-41,-45,-41,-38,-30,-31,-22,-73,-66,-47,0,-93,-75,-96,-97,-87,-95,-98,-108,-96,-106,-265,-272,-328,-325,-428,-412,-458,-435,-433,-405,-545,-533,-625,-628,-654,-610,-638,-611,-598,-591,-721,-681,-664,-666,-858,-839,-900,-779,-925,-863,-945,-945,-1400,-1370,-1539,-1750,-2194,-2110,-5493,-5318]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4 Nd7 9. h5 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (9. g5 h6 10. g6 f5 11. h5 Ngf6 12. f3 Nb6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Qh2 Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 {0-1 (58) Van Kampen,R (2643)-Bruzon Batista,L (2643) Linares 2017}) 9... Nh6 10. Be2 {LiveBook: 21 Games} f5 {[%cal Rh6g4]} 11. gxf5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. gxf5 Bxf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf6 15. Nf3 Bb4 16. Ne5 Qe7 {½-½ (57) Pultorak,J (2296)-Keinanen,T (2337) Prague 2016}) 11... Bxf5 12. Bd3 Bg5 13. Nge2 O-O 14. Rg1 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qe7 16. Qc2 (16. Qe2 $11) 16... Bxd3 $15 17. Nxd3 Rf5 18. O-O-O Rxh5 19. Ne2 Rg5 20. Rh1 Re8 21. Nef4 Nf6 22. Ne5 Ne4 23. Nf3 (23. Rh2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23... Rg4 $17 24. Ne5 Rg5 (24... Rxf4 $5 25. exf4 Qf6 $11) 25. Rdg1 (25. Nf3 $11) 25... Nf7 26. Rxg5 Qxg5 27. f3 {And now Nxf7 would win.} Nf6 ({Reject} 27... Nxe5 $6 28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. fxe4 $11) 28. Ng4 {[#]} Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Nxe3 Qxf4 30. Qe2 $2 {[#]} (30. Re1 $17 {might work better.}) 30... Ng5 $1 $19 ({Weaker is} 30... Qxd4 31. Ng4 $17) 31. Kb1 Nxf3 32. Nc2 Qe4 33. Qxe4 dxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KNN} ({Not} 33... Nxe4 34. Kc1 $19) 34. Ne3 h5 35. Nf5 g6 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Ne3 Ng4 37. Nd1 Kf7 38. Kc2 Kf6 39. b4 Kf5 40. Kc3 Kf4 41. b5 cxb5 42. Nb2 h4 43. a4 a6 44. axb5 axb5 45. Kb4 Nf2 46. Rf1 e3 47. Kxb5 Nxd4+ 48. Kc5 Nf3 49. Kd5 h3 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 31%, Black = 84%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,86,0,23,-14,-10,-12,35,-11,-21,-20,60,22,98,103,86,-7,0,-2,-8,-101,-90,-99,-99,-85,-100,-94,-100,-100,-37,-261,-264,-287,-276,-363,-370,-439,-388,-397,-395,-384,-308,-289,-305,-291,-293,-301,-302,-306,-275,-301,-294,-295,-267,-331,-236,-473,-469,-556,-556,-529,-523,-669,-659,-791,-773,-738,-745,-745,-485]} 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 c6 10. Kb1 d5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. c4 Nb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Rhe1 Bb4 15. c3 Be7 {½-½ (26) Vachier Lagrave,M (2744)-Giri,A (2793) Baku 2015}) 11... Re8 12. h4 Nb6 13. b3 c5 14. Ne2 d4 (14... Bg4 $11) 15. cxd4 $14 Nd5 (15... c4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 (17. Be3 $16) 17... c4 $1 $11 {Strongly threatening ...Bb4.} 18. Nc3 {aiming for Nxd5.} cxb3 19. axb3 (19. Nxd5 $1 $11 bxa2+ 20. Ka1 Qxd5 21. c4) 19... Bb4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb4c3][%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qd3 {[#]} Bxc3 $1 23. Qxc3 {[#]} a5 (23... Rc8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc8c3]} 24. Qg3 Be4) 24. Bc7 $2 ({Better is} 24. Qc7 $15) 24... Qd7 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rec8.} 25. Bxa5 Qb5 ({Weaker is} 25... Bxg2 26. Rhg1 $17) 26. Bb4 Rec8 27. Qd2 Be4 28. Rc1 {With the idea Kb2.} Qa6 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Ra6a2]} 29. Ba5 Qxa5 30. Qxa5 Rxa5 31. f3 Bg6 32. Kb2 Rca8 33. c4 Ra2+ 34. Kc3 Rxg2 35. h5 Bf5 36. d5 Kf7 37. c5 $2 (37. Kb4 {keeps fighting.}) 37... Rg3 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Ra1 Rxf3+ 39. Kb4 Rf4+ 40. Kb5 Rc8 41. Ra7 Bd3+ 42. Kb6 Rb4+ 43. Ka5 Rb5+ {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Batchuluun, Tsegmed"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,116,22,18,18,18,22,19,22,19,27,16,19,18,22,22,19,19,22,20,34,22,17,20,18,0,0,0,0,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qc8 13. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Qb2 Rfc8 {[#]} 16. Rfb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rfc1) 16... Bd8 17. Bd6 axb4 18. axb4 Qb7 $1 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Qxa1 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 22. Bg3 Bc7 23. Bxc7 Nxc7 24. Ne1 bxc5 25. bxc5 e5 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Ne2 {The position is equal.} Nd7 28. Nd3 Ne6 29. Qc3 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qb5 31. Nd4 Qc4 32. Qxc4 dxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} 33. Nb4 Ndxc5 {And now ...Nxd4 would win.} 34. Ndxc6 Nd3 35. Kg1 Nxb4 36. Nxb4 {KN-KN} Kf8 37. Nd5 Nc5 (37... Nc7 $5 38. Nc3 (38. Nxc7 $2 c3 $19) 38... Ke7 $11) 38. Kf1 f5 39. Ke2 Kf7 40. f3 Ke6 41. Nc7+ Ke5 42. f4+ Kf6 43. Ne8+ Kg6 44. Nd6 c3 45. g4 fxg4 46. hxg4 Kf6 (46... c2 $5 47. Kd2 $8 Nd3 48. Kxc2 Nf2 $11) 47. Kd1 g5 48. Kc2 gxf4 49. exf4 Ne6 50. Ne4+ Kf7 51. f5 Ng7 52. Ng3 Kf6 53. Kxc3 h5 54. Ne4+ Kf7 55. Nd6+ Kf6 56. Ne4+ Kf7 57. gxh5 {[#] Hoping for Ng3.} Nxf5 58. Kc4 (58. h6 $5) 58... Kg7 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,80,0,0,-34,-6,-19,0,0,36,0,0,0,-7,-8,-8,-2,-7,-7,-12,-14,-19,-44,-49,-52,-26,-32,-16,-22,0,0,0,-20,-16,-35,-7,-8,0,-13,-13,-21,0,-61,-64,-92,-71,-244,-239,-499,-502,-494,-481,-933,-906,-29992,-29993,-29993,-739,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. Nd2 c5 5. e4 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. c3 e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A08: King's Indian Attack} 11. a4 h6 (11... b6 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nf1 h6 14. N3d2 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Nec4 Nc6 {½-½ (27) Blanco Gramajo,C (2552)-Dos Santos,M (2433) ICCF email 2011}) 12. Nc4 Be6 {The position is equal.} 13. Nfd2 Rfe8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... a6 14. Ne3 Rfd8 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Na5 17. Ra3 Rab8 {½-½ (41) Heerlein,G (1708)-Varkonyi,M (1627) Bad Neustadt/Saale 2008}) 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Nf1 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Na5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5b3,Bb3c1][%mdl 32]} 17. Qe2 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Rbxc1 h5 20. Qb5 Bh6 {Threatens to win with ...a6.} 21. Rcd1 a6 22. Qc4 Qc6 23. a5 b5 24. axb6 $1 Qxb6 25. Qa2 (25. Ra1 $5 {[%cal Ra1a6]} Re6 26. Ra2 $11) 25... Kg7 26. Bf3 a5 27. Rb1 Rd6 28. Qc4 Rb8 29. Bd1 Qb5 (29... h4 $5) 30. Qa2 ({White should play} 30. Qxb5 $11 Rxb5 31. f3) 30... Qd3 (30... h4 $5) 31. Be2 Qxe4 {[#] Hoping for ...Bd2.} 32. Bc4 $2 (32. Qxa5 $17 Rdb6 33. Qxc5) 32... Qf5 $19 {...Ne4 is the strong threat.} 33. h3 $2 (33. Ra1 {is a better defense.}) 33... Ne4 34. Rxe4 Qxe4 35. Bxf7 (35. b3 $142 h4 36. gxh4) 35... Rf8 36. Bc4 {[#]} Rxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Kxf2 Rf6+ 38. Kg1 Be3+ {Black mates.} 39. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 40. Kh1 Rf2 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,161,-18,2,26,0,23,-22,8,18,23,22,21,20,14,16,13,14,16,17,24,22,17,6,14,5,17,22,29,26,33,31,27,6,13,2,6,1,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-8,0,0,0,-2,-1,-5,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,2,0,2,0,2,2,8,1,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 8. Nxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bc3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nd2 c5 13. O-O d4 14. exd4 cxd4 15. Bb2 {½-½ (30) Szabo,A (2315)-Sundararajan,K (2469) Zalakaros 2016}) 10. Bb5 O-O {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qa5.} (10... Bc5 {feels hotter.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxc6 Qxb5 13. Ne5 Bf5) 11. Nxc6 (11. Bxb4 {with more complications.} Nxb4 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bd3 Qd6 14. Rc1) 11... Bxc3+ (11... Bg4 {seems wilder.} 12. Qc2 bxc6 13. Bxb4 Rfc8 14. Bd3 Qxb4+ 15. Nd2 a5) 12. Nxc3 bxc6 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O Be6 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Rfxe1 Rfc8 18. Rac1 {White wants to play Ba6.} c4 19. f3 (19. bxc4 {looks sharper.} dxc4 20. Red1 Rab8 21. f3 Nd5 22. e4) 19... cxb3 20. axb3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 d4 22. exd4 Bxb3 23. Nc5 Bd5 24. Na6 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 25. Rc7 Be6 26. Rxa7 Kf8 27. Nb4 Rxd4 28. Nc6 Rd6 29. Ra8+ Ne8 30. Ne5 {[#] Black must now prevent Bb5.} Ke7 31. Ra7+ Kf8 32. Ra8 {aiming for Bb5.} Ke7 33. Bb5 Nc7 34. Ra7 Kf6 35. Rxc7 {Nd7+ is the strong threat.} Kxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Be8 Kf6 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Bb5 Rd5 39. Rb7 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Rb2 {And now ...Bd5 would win.} 41. Bc6 Rxb7 42. Bxb7 {KB-KB} g5 43. Kf2 Ke5 44. Ke3 h6 45. g3 f6 46. Be4 Kd6 47. Kd4 Ke7 48. Kc5 Kf8 49. Kd6 (49. Bd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Ke7 50. Be4 $11) 49... Bc4 50. Bd5 Be2 51. Ke6 Kg7 52. Kf5 Bd3+ 53. Be4 Bb5 {[%cal Rb5d7]} (53... Bf1 {is interesting.} 54. Bc2 Bc4 55. Ke4 Kf7 56. Ba4 Ke7) 54. Ke6 Bc4+ 55. Bd5 Bf1 56. Kf5 Bd3+ 57. Ke6 Bf1 58. Be4 Bc4+ 59. Kd6 Bf1 60. Bd5 Bd3 61. Kc5 Bf5 62. g4 Bd3 63. Kd4 Bg6 64. Be4 Bf7 65. Kc5 h5 66. h3 Be8 67. Bd3 Bf7 68. Kd6 hxg4 69. hxg4 Be8 70. Ke7 Bc6 71. Be4 Bb5 72. Kd6 Bc4 73. Bd5 Bf1 74. Kc5 Bg2 75. Kd4 Kf8 76. Be4 Ke7 77. Ke3 {Hoping for Kf2.} Bf1 78. Bd3 Bxd3 79. Kxd3 Ke6 80. Ke4 f5+ 81. gxf5+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,124,22,19,18,18,22,16,26,22,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-17,-10,0,0,5,0,0,-10,-11,-34,-28,-39,-36,-37,-39,-58,-63,-62,-62,-88,-93,-99,-87,-119,-90,-126,-105,-109,-71,-172,-174,-185,-175,-172,-122,-147,-144,-118,-149,-151,-149,-160,-160,-165,-162,-177,-177,-206,-207,-197,-202,-262,-246,-287,-300,-402,-389,-414,-427,-483,-483,-444,-461,-467,-454,-465,-465,-454,-454,-610,-568,-810,-808,-795,-777,-758,-741,-698,-713,-29971,-29971,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 {LiveBook: 28 Games} Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 {With the idea a3.} Rhd8 15. a3 (15. Bxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (29) Wang,H (2698)-Wei,Y (2738) Danzhou 2017}) 15... Nd4 {[#]} 16. axb4 $146 {aiming for Ba4.} (16. Ba6 $5) 16... Nxb5 17. Bc5+ Kd7 18. Rfd1+ Ke8 19. Re1 b6 20. Be3 h6 21. Nc3 Nd6 (21... Nd4 {is more complex.} 22. Red1 Nc2 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxa7 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rd2) 22. Bf4 (22. f3 {feels hotter.} Kf8 23. Bf2 Bc4 24. h3 Nb5 25. Rec1) 22... Kf8 23. Bxd6+ Rxd6 24. h3 Rd7 25. b5 Rc8 26. Ra4 Rc4 27. Rea1 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke7 29. Kf1 Kd6 30. Re4 Rc7 31. Ke2 Rc4 $1 32. Re3 Rb4 33. Rd3+ Kc5 34. Rd2 {[#]} (34. Ke3 $17 {was forced.}) 34... Rd4 $1 $19 35. Rc2 Kb4 36. Ke3 Rd7 37. Ne2 Kxb5 38. Nd4+ Kb4 39. Rc3 a5 40. Nc2+ Kb5 41. Nd4+ {[#]} Ka6 $1 42. f4 a4 43. g4 b5 44. Rc5 Bc4 45. g5 hxg5 46. Rxg5 f6 47. Rc5 Ka5 48. Rc8 Kb4 49. Rb8 Re7+ 50. Kf3 Kc5 51. Nc2 Bd5+ 52. Kf2 Re4 53. Rc8+ Bc6 54. f5 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 55. Rc7 Rc4 56. Ne3 Rf4+ 57. Ke2 a3 58. bxa3 bxa3 59. Rxg7 a2 {Black mates.} 60. Rg1 Bb5+ 61. Kd2 Rf2+ 62. Kc3 Bf1 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,75,0,0,0,16,11,13,22,22,22,43,41,43,41,33,43,75,82,108,108,102,106,123,85,80,62,81,81,162,162,145,157,152,122,182,164,190,172,229,229,457,455,434,439,391,422,728,689,824,764,5289,5273]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. a5 a6 13. Nc3 f5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 14. Ra3 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (14. f3 f4 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Na4 Bf5 17. Bb4 Qe8 18. Bd3 Qg6 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Rc1 e4 {0-1 (71) Lanc,A (2509)-Cruzado Duenas,C (2600) ICCF email 2011}) 14... e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rb8 15. Kh1 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. f3 f4 19. Bd3 Bh4 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Nc3 Qf7 22. Bxa6 {1-0 (51) Larsen,L (2459)-Blank,W (2452) ICCF email 2010}) 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Ng6 17. Bd2 Bg5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. f4 exf3 $1 20. Raxf3 Ne5 {[#]} 21. R3f2 $1 Nd7 22. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} (22. Rxf5 $2 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Bxd2 $19) 22... Bxd2 23. Qxd2 (23. Nxd2 Qxa5 24. Nb3 Qb6 $15) 23... Nf6 24. Bf3 Qc7 25. Qb4 Bd7 26. Re1 Ne4 (26... Rfe8 $16 {might work better.} 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8) 27. Bxe4 $18 fxe4 28. Rxf8+ (28. Qxd6 $6 Qxc4 29. Qxd7 (29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qxd7 Qxc2 $11) 29... Rxf2 $11) (28. Nxd6 $6 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxc2+ 30. Kg1 e3 $11) 28... Rxf8 29. b3 ({Don't play} 29. Nxd6 $6 Qxc2 30. Nxe4 Qd3 $11) ({Don't do} 29. Rxe4 $6 Bb5 $14) 29... Rf6 (29... Bb5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 30. Rxe4 Bb5 {intending ...Qf7.} 31. h3 Bxc4 (31... h6 $142 32. Ne3 Bd7) 32. Qxc4 ({But not} 32. Rxc4 $6 Qe7) 32... Qxa5 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (32... Qd8 33. b4 Qd7) 33. Qc8+ Rf8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qxd6 {[%cal Rd6f8] [#]} Qa1+ (35... Qd8 $142 36. Qe7 Qxe7 37. Rxe7 Rb8) 36. Kh2 {[%cal Rd6f8]} Qf1 37. Re7 b5 38. Qe5 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,116,29,29,23,27,35,26,36,20,19,9,30,0,14,-21,-21,-21,-21,-20,0,-12,-12,-14,-15,-14,-14,-24,-16,-25,-24,-35,-24,-28,-27,-36,-27,-25,-16,-37,-41,-41,-41,-45,-39,-41,-36,-36,-37,-45,-37,-35,-33,-56,-56,-65,-67,-110,-124,-110,-108,-311,-231,-292,-260,-306,-303,-920,-938,-679,-650,-1152,-1099,-906,-536,-12833,-1779,-869,-682,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12843,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12847]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 8. Ne3 Nb6 9. Ned5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} O-O {White has an edge.} 10. Nxb6 Qxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... axb6 11. O-O Bg5 12. a4 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Be6 14. Qd2 h6 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 {½-½ (59) Leko,P (2737)-Gelfand,B (2738) London 2012}) 11. O-O Qd8 12. f4 exf4 $1 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Kh1 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qe7 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. b3 Qd7 21. Bg3 Re6 22. Rf2 Qe7 23. Rd2 h6 (23... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5d3]} 24. Qe2 b6 $11) 24. Rdd1 Kh8 25. c3 f6 26. Qd5 Ne5 27. Rd2 Nf7 28. Rde2 Re8 29. Bf4 Ne5 30. h3 b6 31. Bg3 Nf7 32. Bf4 Ng5 (32... g6 {keeps more tension.} 33. Re3 h5 34. Kg1 h4 35. R1e2 Kg7) 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Rd1 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Qxe4 36. Qxd6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qc2 37. Qd2 {[#]} Re2 $1 {[%cal Re2d2]} 38. Qd8+ $2 (38. Qxc2 $17 {is a better defense.} Rxc2 39. Ra1) 38... Kh7 $19 39. Rg1 Qxc3 40. Qd7 Qe5 ({Resist} 40... Rxa2 41. Qe8 $19) 41. Qxa7 $2 {[#]} (41. a4) 41... g4 $1 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 544] Black is clearly winning.} 42. Qd7 {[#]} (42. hxg4 Qg3) 42... g3 $1 43. Qd3+ f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 44. Qf3 g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 45. Qd3 Rxa2 (45... f4 $142 46. Qf3 Rxa2) 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qd8 Ra1 {( -> ...Rxg1+)} 48. Qd2+ f4 49. Rc1 g5 50. Qd1 Rxc1 51. Qxc1 {[#] KQ-KQ} f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. gxf3 Qe2 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Re2h2]} 53. Qg1 Qxf3+ 54. Qg2 Qd1+ 55. Qg1 Qxg1+ 56. Kxg1 Kh5 57. Kh1 Kh4 58. Kg2 g4 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,53,11,20,10,16,0,12,16,28,37,20,12,20,0,0,17,0,0,302,287,294,293,456,447,471,471,473,452,699,700,1023,938,1136,1113]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 226 Games} 12. a3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} b5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32] [#] The position is equal.} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... O-O 15. g4 hxg4 16. fxg4 Nb6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nc4 21. Qe2 Ne3 22. Rd3 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Qc4 24. Na5 {1-0 (24) Gabrielian,A (2526)-Kokarev,D (2651) Taganrog 2017}) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Na5 Rg8 17. g4 hxg4 18. fxg4 Rxg4 19. h5 Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19... Rg5 $11) 20. h6 $18 Rh8 21. h7 Rb8 (21... Qc5 {is a better defense.} 22. Nb7 Qc7) 22. Nd5 {White is clearly winning.} Nxd5 23. exd5 Bf5 24. Nc6 Rb6 (24... Bg6 $142 25. Bd3 (25. Nxb8 Qxb8 26. Bd3 e4 $16) 25... f5) 25. Qg2 Bg6 26. Bd3 f5 {[#]} 27. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 78%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Adhiban, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,60,31,47,27,31,38,27,-76,-65,-88,0,7,0,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,-7,-8,-21,-43,-42,-40,-55,-138,-138,-250,-247,-721,-720,-720,-683,-719,-709]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. b3 a6 {LiveBook: 33 Games} 10. dxe5 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8 $1 12. c5 $146 {[#]} (12. Bd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Bd6 Bf8 13. Re1 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qe7 15. Rad1 Kg7 16. Bh3 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nf8 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 {½-½ (32) Kovachev,D (2315)-Marin,M (2576) Helsingor 2016}) 12... Bf8 $1 $17 13. Qd2 Bxc5 (13... a5 $17) 14. Bxc5 $11 Nxc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxe5 Ng4 (16... Kg7 {keeps more tension.} 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. f3 a5 19. Bf1 h5) 17. Nxg4 (17. Nc4 {feels hotter.} Be6 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. h3 Ne5 20. f4) 17... Bxg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Bf1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rac1 b4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ne2 Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 24. Rxc6 Ne5 25. Rc5 Nxf3+ 26. Kf2 (26. Kg2 $15 Ne1+ 27. Kg1) 26... Nxh2 $17 {And now ...Rd2 would win.} 27. Rxa5 (27. Nf4 $17) 27... Rd1 $19 28. Bg2 $2 {[#]} (28. Nf4 Nxf1 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Ra4) 28... Ng4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 29. Kf3 Rd3+ 30. Kf4 f6 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,31,32,30,26,32,13,8,10,4,0,0,0,8,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 {[#] LiveBook: 11 Games. White must now prevent ...Na5.} 11. Be2 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} ({But not} 11. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 $19) 11... Na5 12. Qc2 Bg7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd6 13. Bh6 Rc8 14. O-O Qc7 15. Qe4 Bf8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bh6 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 {½-½ (51) Kalinin,A (2512)-Tate,E (2377) Boston 2001}) 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bc1 Bg7 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,29,34,35,18,11,50,32,41,20,1,0,34,28,54,62,73,62,81,89,102,101,108,88,89,54,202,224,337,360,333,340,423,405,405,418,427,426,422,428,428,420,427,413,550,502,735,720,1702,1728,1082,1627,1511,1544,1468,1416]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} e5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} (8... Rb8 9. Qe2 e6 10. b3 b5 11. Bb2 bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nb4 13. a3 Nbd5 14. b4 a5 15. b5 c6 16. a4 cxb5 17. axb5 {½-½ (29) Jakovenko,D (2736)-Wang,H (2739) St Petersburg 2012}) 9. d5 Ne7 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 10. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e4 b5 11. Re1 Rb8 12. c5 Ne8 13. b4 c6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 {1-0 (35) Markus,R (2605)-Can,E (2474) Skopje 2013}) 10... a5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Ne1 b6 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. e4 f5 14. Re1 h6 15. Ra3 Ba6 16. Nb5 Nf6 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. f4 e4 19. Nf2 Re8 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd7 ({Better is} 21... Bxb5 $14 22. axb5 Qf6) 22. Re6 $1 $18 Kh7 (22... Bxb5 $142 23. axb5 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Qg7) 23. g4 Nh4 24. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5e6][%mdl 32]} Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxe6 26. fxe6 ({Less strong is} 26. dxe6 Qc6+ 27. Qd5 Bb7 $16) 26... Qe7 27. Rf3 Rf8 28. Rxf8 Bxf8 29. Qf3 Bg7 30. b3 Kg8 31. Be3 {White is clearly winning.} c6 32. dxc6 {[%cal Bd5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Bc8 {[#]} 33. Qf7+ $1 Qxf7 34. exf7+ Kf8 35. Nxd6 Bxg4 36. c7 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,92,25,28,41,38,47,50,41,30,20,31,29,12,22,10,10,8,16,0,10,12,19,10,37,6,13,7,4,8,7,4,3,6,13,15,25,10,6,8,8,8,8,7,6,6,7,9,12,6,9,7,17,5,9,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Qc7 {C09: French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 5 Ngf3 Nc6} 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 {LiveBook: 30 Games} Be7 {White has an edge.} (9... cxd4 10. Nb3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. Nfxd4 Bd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nc5 {½-½ (28) Rublevsky,S (2702)-Zvjaginsev,V (2660) Berlin 2015}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb6 12. Bd3+ Be6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 {½-½ (52) Salomon,J (2470)-Johansson,L (2412) Gothenburg 2016}) 12. h3 h6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. c3 Re8 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Bc5 (17. Qd3 {looks sharper.} Bd6 18. Bc5 Bf4 19. Rad1 g6 20. Qf1) 17... Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 d4 (19... Qb6 {is interesting.} 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Bb3 d4 22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qe4) 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bb3 Re4 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Rc1 g5 26. Rc8+ Kg7 {The position is equal.} 27. Qc3 {And now Rc7 would win.} Re1+ 28. Kh2 {Threatens to win with Rc7.} Qd6+ 29. g3 Re7 30. Kg2 Qd7 31. Rc5 Qd6 32. Rf5 Rd7 33. Qf3 Rc7 34. Qe3 Qc6+ 35. Kh2 Qe4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 36. Qxe4 Nxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Kg2 b6 38. Re5 Nc5 39. Bc2 Kf6 (39... Ne6 $5 {[%cal Rc7c2]} 40. Bb3 Nd4 $11) 40. Re3 Ne6 41. Rf3+ Kg7 42. Be4 Nc5 43. Bc2 Rd7 44. b4 Rd2 45. bxc5 Rxc2 46. cxb6 axb6 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,17,65,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Qa5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Qd2 Rh8 16. f4 exf4 17. Qxf4 {½-½ (57) Ponomariov,R (2699)-Wang,H (2698) Danzhou 2017}) 6... Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 {LiveBook: 918 Games} (9. Bg5 $1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Harikrishna, P."]
[Black "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,91,0,16,0,4,-8,0,0,-1,-35,-15,-22,-26,-23,-14,-12,-25,-11,5,5,5,5,5,2,4,4,6,3,5,5,4,4,60,39,54,61,59,54,40,22,45,45,45,0,0,0,52,52,159,160,479,480,957,947,849,335,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Nf1 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Bc2 (14. Nf5 exd4 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (37) Navara,D (2737)-Ponomariov,R (2709) Czech Republic 2017}) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 17. Bf4 g6 18. a4 bxa4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 18... Qb6 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. b3 bxa4 21. bxa4 {½-½ (31) Ottesen,S (2413)-Klausen,T (2487) ICCF email 2011}) 19. Bxa4 Nxe4 20. Bc6 (20. Nc6 {is more complex.} Qb6 21. Nxe4 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rc1) 20... Bxc6 21. Nxc6 Qf6 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxf4 24. Ra4 Rc8 25. g3 Qh6 26. Rc4 Re8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 27. Kg2 Qg7 28. Nxd6 Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6d6]} 29. Nf5 gxf5 30. Qxd7 Qxb2 31. Nd4 Rf6 (31... Qd2 $11) 32. Nxf5 {[#] Threatens to win with Qd8.} (32. Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rd7e7]} Qb4 33. Qd8 $16) 32... Qb5 33. Rg4+ Rg6 34. Qc8 {Ne7+ is the strong threat.} Qd5+ 35. Kg1 {Black must now prevent Ne7+.} (35. Kh2 $5 {[%cal Rf5e7]} Qc5 36. Qxc5 Bxc5 37. Rc4 $16) 35... Qe6 36. Nh6+ Kg7 $1 37. Nf5+ Kg8 $1 38. Nh6+ (38. Rc4 $11) 38... Kg7 $1 $14 39. Qc3+ $1 f6 ({Better is} 39... Qf6 $1 $14 40. Nf5+ Kh8) 40. Qc7+ $16 Be7 $2 {[#]} (40... Kh8 $16 {is more resistant.}) 41. Nf5+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf5 (41... Kf8 $142 42. Rf4 (42. Nxe7 Rxg4 43. hxg4 Qxe7 $16) 42... Rg5) 42. Qxe7+ Kg8 43. Rb4 $2 (43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Re4) 43... Qe5 $2 (43... Kh8 $18 44. Rb8+ Rg8) 44. Qd8+ {White mates.} Kg7 45. Rb7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,107,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,21,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,18,-8,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,1,43,0,20,1,13,0,15,-16,57,57,57,34,77,22,21,18,163,164,196,196,298,292,334,336,323,330,324,325,322,326,370,363,393,401,401,401,395,360,463,466,472,465,461,440,532,521,496,489,557,557,550,548,536,528,872,715,708,693,621,554,1838,2056,1822,1783,2522,2393]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Re8 {LiveBook: 15 Games. A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (7... h6 8. Bd2 a5 9. Rc1 Re8 10. a3 Bc5 11. Na4 Ba7 12. c5 e4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Be3 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qxd8 Nxd8 18. Rxc5 Rxe2 19. Rxc7 {0-1 (53) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 8. Na4 d5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... e4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 {0-1 (39) Kjartansson,G (2388)-Petran,P (2361) Budapest 2009}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. a3 Qd8 15. Ne4 a5 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qd6 19. Rc1 c6 20. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} (20. Bxd4 $5 exd4 21. Nd2 $11) 20... Bg4 21. Re1 a4 22. h3 {Black must now prevent Ne4.} (22. Bxd4 $5 exd4 23. Ne4 $11) 22... Be6 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Nc5 (24. Bxd4 $5 exd4 25. Nc5 $11) 24... Bd5 (24... Bc4 $5) 25. Bxd5 (25. Bxd4 $5 exd4 26. Qc2 $11) 25... cxd5 ({Black should play} 25... Nxd5 $11 26. Bd2 b5) 26. Bxd4 $1 $14 exd4 27. Qd2 Rec8 {[#]} 28. Qb4 (28. b4 $1 $16) 28... Rc6 $11 29. Qxd4 Qc7 (29... Rac8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 30. b4 axb3 31. Nxb3 Rxc1 32. Nxc1 (32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Nxc1 Qxa3 $11) 32... Qxa3 33. Qxb6 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc6) 30. Rc3 $18 Ra5 {[%cal Ra5c5]} 31. Rec1 Rb5 (31... Ra8 $142 32. e4 Qe7 33. exd5 Rd8) 32. R1c2 ({Don't play} 32. Nxa4 $6 Nxa4 33. Rxc6 (33. Qxa4 Rxb2 34. Rxc6 bxc6 $16) 33... bxc6 $16) 32... h5 33. Nxa4 Nxa4 34. Rxc6 ({Resist} 34. Qxa4 Rxb2 35. Rxc6 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 bxc6 $18) 34... bxc6 35. Qxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qb7 36. Qd4 h4 37. gxh4 c5 38. Rxc5 Rxb2 39. Qxd5 Qxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxe2 {KR-KR} 41. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Kf8 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. a5 Ke6 45. Rg5 Kf6 46. Rb5 Ke6 47. h5 Ra4 48. Ke3 Rh4 49. a6 Ra4 50. Rb6+ Kf5 51. Rb7 Kf6 52. a7 Ke6 53. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Ra1 {[#]} 54. d5+ $1 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,119,0,0,0,0,29,29,39,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,-7,-7,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-7,2,7,17,-10,6,10,31,37,35,2,25,8,22,-18,-16,-12,-11,-325,-329,-321,-312,-274,-20,-38,-21,-216,-219,-432,-338,-327,-312,-294,-85,-91,-97,-95,4,4,4,4,4,4,31,31,31,31,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,0,0,0,49,0,0,2,50,50,81,81,81,50,81,50,50,50,81,81,81,81,81,81]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 d5 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} 8. e5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Nd7 9. d4 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. h3 f6 $146 {[%cal Rf6e5]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Nh4 Be6 14. f4 f5 15. Nf3 {1-0 (41) Nakamura,H (2784)-Morozevich,A (2760) Moscow 2013}) 12. exf6 exf6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. h4 Bh3 16. Bh1 Bg4 17. Be3 Qf5 18. Qb1 Rad8 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. a3 Be4 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. Bf4 Kf7 23. Nb5 Bf8 24. Bc7 Rd7 {...Nc4 is the strong threat.} 25. Bxb6 $1 axb6 26. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} f5 27. Nf3 h6 28. Ne5+ Nxe5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Nc3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 30... Bc2 $19 31. Rxe5 Bxd1 32. f4 d4 $2 ({Don't do} 32... Bc5+ 33. Kf1 $19) ({Black should try} 32... Bb3 $19 33. Nc3 Bc5+ 34. Kh2 d4 35. Bd5+ Rxd5 36. Nxd5 d3) 33. Bd5+ $11 Kg7 {And now ...d3 would win.} 34. b4 $2 (34. Be6 $1 $11 Rd8 35. Bc4) 34... d3 $19 {Strongly threatening ...d2.} 35. Kf2 $2 (35. Be6 {is a better defense.} Rd8 36. Rd5) 35... Ba4 36. Nc3 d2 37. Ke2 {[#]} d1=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Nxd1 $17 Bxd1+ 39. Kxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd6 ({Better is} 39... Be7 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bf6.} 40. Ke1 Bf6) 40. Be6 $11 Bxe5+ 41. Bxd7 {KB-KB} Bb2 42. a4 Bc3 43. b5 Kf6 44. Ke2 h5 45. Bc8 Bb4 46. Bxb7 Bc3 47. Bc6 Bb4 48. Be8 Ba5 49. Kd3 Be1 50. Ke3 Ba5 51. Kd4 Be1 52. Kd5 Bd2 53. Kc6 Ba5 54. Kc7 Kg7 55. Kd6 Kf6 56. Bc6 Be1 57. Kc7 Ba5 58. Bd5 {White is better.} Ke7 {[#]} 59. Bc4 $1 Kf6 60. Kc6 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Adhiban, B."]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,102,72,71,86,74,111,83,85,62,131,41,92,91,117,106,98,83,89,60,81,43,83,75,241,263,554,514,780,660,534,295,447,437,487,482,512,336,375,375,347,24,33,0,0,-136,-126,-136,-13,-17,-17,-45,-18,-24,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,355,193,204,197,195,0,131,24,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. a4 {B06: Modern Defence} (7. e5 c5 8. Be4 Rb8 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Qe1 O-O 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 {0-1 (49) Anand,V (2793)-Caruana,F (2829) London 2014}) 7... b4 8. Ne2 c5 9. c3 bxc3 10. bxc3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} cxd4 11. cxd4 (11. Nexd4 $6 Qc7 $11) 11... Ngf6 12. e5 Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Be4 Rb8 {0-1 (36) Hynes,A (2132)-Jackson,J (2330) Telford 2016}) 13. O-O Nb4 (13... a5 $14) 14. Bb1 (14. Ng5 $16) 14... O-O (14... a5 $1 $14) 15. a5 $16 Bb7 16. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rb8 17. Qe1 Nd5 18. Ng3 Nc7 19. Ne4 Bc6 20. Qh4 Ne6 $2 {[#]} (20... dxe5 $16 {was necessary.} 21. fxe5 h5) 21. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5e6]} (21. Neg5 Nxg5 22. Nxg5 h6 $15) 21... Bxe4 $2 (21... Rxb1 22. Raxb1 (22. Rfxb1 gxf5 23. Neg5 Nxg5 $16) 22... gxf5) 22. Bxe4 Nxd4 (22... dxe5 $142 23. fxe6 Nf6) 23. Nxd4 Nxe5 24. Bg5 Qd7 (24... Qc7 {was worth a try.} 25. Rad1 Rb4 26. Bxe7 Qc5) 25. Bxe7 Qa7 26. Rad1 Rb4 27. f6 Rxd4 28. Qf2 Bh6 {[%cal Bg7h6,Bh6e3,Be3d4][%mdl 32] ...Ng4 is the strong threat.} 29. Bxf8 $2 ({Less strong is} 29. Rxd4 Ng4 $16) (29. h3 $18 Nc4 30. Rxd4) 29... Ng4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg4f2]} 30. Qxd4 {Intending Bxh6 and mate.} Be3+ 31. Kh1 (31. Qxe3 $1 $11 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Kxf8 33. Bf3 Nxf6 34. Rxd6) 31... Bxd4 $17 32. Bxd6 Bxf6 (32... Nf2+ $17 33. Rxf2 Bxf2) 33. Bg3 $1 $11 Kg7 34. Bd5 h5 35. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Nh6 $11) 36. hxg4 $18 hxg3 {[#]} 37. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe3 (37... Bxg5 38. Rxf7+) 38. Rxf6 Qxg5 39. Rxf7+ Kh6 {( -> ...Qh5+)} 40. Bf3 Qxa5 41. Rf4 Qe5 42. Rh4+ Kg7 43. Re4 (43. Rhd4 $142) 43... Qg5 44. Rd7+ Kh6 45. Rd1 $2 ({White should try} 45. Rd5 $18 Qc1+ 46. Rd1) 45... a5 (45... Kg7 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 46. Rd7+ Kf6) 46. Ra1 ({White should play} 46. Rc4 $16) 46... Kg7 $11 {White must now prevent ...Qh6+.} 47. Rea4 {Threatens to win with Bg4.} Qh6+ {The position is equal.} 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 49. Kh1 Qh6+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 51. Kh1 {And now Bg4 would win.} Qh6+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,8,19,-5,16,0,30,10,19,16,48,47,55,37,99,95,100,101,101,99,132,67,189,204,213,211,213,213,231,231,318,220,220,220,220,220,255,257,248,211,350,350,354,260,260,260,260,260,260,260,260,260,507,260,251,0,527,198,526,512,541,483,863,827,2150,2067,1239,1191,1191]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O {LiveBook: 240 Games} 8. Bc4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne5 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Rxb2 14. O-O Bf6 15. a4 Qc8 {½-½ (39) Anand,V (2783)-So,W (2810) Leon 2017}) 8... Nc6 9. Qe2 Bf6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Bf5 10. O-O-O a6 {0-1 (10) Emelyanov,A (2062)-Norman,N (2047) ICCF email 2010}) 10. O-O-O {White has an edge.} Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. g4 Bg5 ({Black should play} 13... Ne7 $14) 14. Nxg5 $16 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 Rxe2 16. Be3 $1 Ne5 {[#]} 17. b3 ({White should try} 17. Rd4 $1 $16) 17... h5 (17... Nf3 $14) 18. gxh5 $18 Nf3 19. Rdf1 Re8 20. h4 ({Don't take} 20. Kd1 $6 R8xe3 21. fxe3 Rxe3 $16) 20... Nh2 {[#]} 21. Rfg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1g3] Rg3 is the strong threat.} ({Stronger than} 21. Rxh2 R8xe3 22. Kd1 (22. fxe3 Rxh2 23. Rf4 Kf8 $11) 22... Re5 $11) 21... f5 22. Kd1 ({Weaker is} 22. Bxa7 Ng4 $16) 22... R2xe3 23. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Ng4 24. Kd2 Kh7 25. Rf1 Re5 26. Rf3 Kh6 (26... Nf6 {might work better.} 27. Rg1 b5) 27. e4 fxe4 28. Rg3 Nf6 29. Rg6+ Kh7 30. Rg5 Re7 31. Ke3 Kh6 32. Rf1 Nh7 $2 (32... Rf7 {is a better defense.} 33. Rff5 Re7) 33. Rgf5 Nf6 34. Rg5 $2 (34. a4) 34... Nh7 $1 35. Rg6+ Kxh5 36. Rfg1 {White is clearly winning.} Nf6 37. Rxg7 Re6 (37... Rxg7 $142 38. Rxg7 Kh6) 38. c4 c5 39. R1g5+ Kh6 40. R7g6+ Kh7 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,97,31,42,58,38,39,27,37,40,33,41,47,41,54,47,45,47,60,-14,0,0,90,83,92,86,110,100,150,138,143,94,81,79,92,95,186,162,167,167,170,170,167,161,163,163,154,104,214,224,255,234,193,109,302,207,335,356,352,359,315,258,273,243,275,181,303,290,395,379,530,541,511,500,678,666,1200,1196,1104,1145,1116,1066,5714,5606,2640,2355,2355,657]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} Bd7 7. e4 {LiveBook: 50 Games} c5 8. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bf4 $146 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Na6 13. a3 Nc7 {0-1 (30) Buhmann,R (2625)-Vitiugov,N (2724) Moscow 2017}) 12... Qb6 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Rae1 Na6 15. h3 (15. Nh4 $14 Bd7 16. a3) 15... Nb4 $1 $11 16. Nh4 Bd7 (16... Ne4 $11 17. Nxe4 Bxe4) 17. a3 $16 Na6 18. Bd3 Nc7 19. Nf3 a6 20. Rb1 a5 21. a4 Na6 22. Rbe1 Nb4 23. Bb1 Bf8 (23... Na6 $16) 24. Ng5 Qd8 25. Nge4 Bf5 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Bg5 Qd4 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. b3 Qg7 (29... Qxd2 $16 30. Bxd2 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Nc2) 30. Bf4 $18 Qg6 31. Nb5 Re4 32. f3 (32. Re3 $18 Rxe3 33. Qxe3) 32... Ree8 $2 {[#]} (32... Rxf4 $16 33. Qxf4 Nd3) 33. Kh2 h5 (33... Rab8 {keeps fighting.} 34. Rd1 b6) 34. Nc7 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Rc8 36. Nb5 Kh7 37. Kh1 Rd8 38. Re3 Bg7 (38... Bh6 $142 39. Bxh6 Qxh6) 39. Re7 {[%cal Be3e7,Be7b7,Bb7d7][%mdl 32]} Bf8 40. Rxb7 Re8 41. Rd7 {White is clearly winning.} Qf6 42. Nxd6 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Re1 44. Rxf7+ Kg8 {[#]} 45. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 46. Bh6+ Ke7 47. Qg5+ Kxd6 48. Qd8+ Ke5 49. Bg7+ {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,108,11,35,16,23,0,18,18,17,2,18,0,0,-28,24,-11,13,16,37,0,0,0,18,0,37,27,100,100,197,195,436,71,106,12,118,126,337,337,338,187,192,-377,-367,-364,-139,-153,-143,-164,-164,-255,-254,-260,-255,-241,-243,-268,-234,-289,-281,-388,-386,-389,-306,-412,-320,-495,-477,-609,-498,-591,-570,-609,-608,-735,-718,-948,-936,-941,-938,-957,-931,-2075,-1934,-2256,-1205,-5812,-2966]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. h4 Qc7 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} 12. Kb1 b5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. Qd2 b4 {The position is equal.} 14. Ne2 a5 {[#]} 15. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd4 Rb8 16. Bd3 a4 {1-0 (42) Berg,E (2592)-Holst,C (2161) Helsingor 2008}) 15... h5 16. gxh5 (16. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 17. g5 $14) 16... Nxh5 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Bh3 g6 (18... a4 $142) 19. Rhg1 e5 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Ne2 Qe6 23. Qe3 Rb7 24. Rd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ra8 (24... a4 $11) 25. Rgd1 $16 Ra6 (25... Rd7 $16) 26. f4 $1 $18 Nf6 $2 (26... exf4 27. Nxf4 Nxf4 28. Qxf4 Qf6) 27. R5d3 $2 (27. Qd3 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Nxd5 28. Qxa6) 27... Rc7 {[#]} 28. fxe5 (28. h5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... dxe5 (28... Qxe5 $11 29. Nd4 a4) 29. Qg5 $16 {Hoping for h5!} Qc4 $2 {[#]} (29... Rcc6 $16) 30. Nc3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc3d5][%mdl 512]} Kf8 (30... bxc3 31. Rxc3) 31. Qh6+ (31. Rd8+ $142 Kg7 32. Rh8) 31... Ke7 32. Rd8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. h5 $18 {avoids the disaster.}) 32... Ke6 $19 33. Qf8 {R8d6+ would kill now.} Qc5 $2 ({Not} 33... Qc6 34. Ne2 $17 (34. Nb5 $2 {is a self mate.} Qxc2+ 35. Ka1 Qc1+ 36. Rxc1 Rxc1#)) (33... Nxe4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 34. Qe8+ Re7) 34. Qxc5 Rxc5 35. Nd5 Nxd5 36. exd5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} (36. R1xd5 $142 Rxd5 37. exd5+ Ke7 38. Rb8) 36... Ke7 37. Rb8 {[#]} Rd6 $1 38. Rb7+ Rd7 39. d6+ Ke6 40. Rb8 Rxd6 {[%cal Rd6d1]} 41. Rf1 f5 42. Rg1 Kd5 43. Rg8 Rcc6 44. Kc1 (44. c3 {is a better defense.}) 44... e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 45. Ra8 Ra6 46. Re8 Re6 47. Rd1+ Ke5 48. Rb8 e3 49. c4 bxc3 50. bxc3 Rad6 51. Re1 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 52. Kc2 Ke4 53. c4 f3 54. Rb3 e2 {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,71,52,60,49,75,77,83,81,81,39,33,37,70,31,31,35,49,46,47,47,53,37,36,17,31,25,19,0,22,6,14,4,23,15,8,0,-4,-62,-41,-68,-71,-106,-43,-79,0,0,0,0,81,93,93,96,980,978,919,916,29990,29991,29994,29995]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c3 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (7... Ndf6 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. O-O Ne7 10. c4 Qd7 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. h4 Rad8 15. h5 {0-1 (40) Areshchenko,A (2677)-Jobava,B (2713) Chartres 2017}) 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qe2 Ngf6 $146 {White is better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... b6 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Rfe1 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Ne5 c5 15. Nh5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 {1-0 (23) Valerio,A (1851)-Saleh,N Teheran 2008}) 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. O-O-O Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bg5 13. Kb1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 c6 15. h4 Nf6 16. Qg3 Rg8 17. Rhe1 Qb8 18. f4 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qh3 Qxf4 21. Rf1 Qg4 {Black wants to play ...Qxh3.} 22. Qh2 {Strongly threatening Qc7.} O-O-O 23. Rde1 Rh8 24. Qe5 Nd7 25. Qa5 (25. Qe3 $11) 25... Qxg2 {...Rh2 is the strong threat.} 26. Qxa7 ({Don't blunder} 26. Rxf7 $2 Qd2 $19) 26... Rh2 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Rg2b2]} 27. Qa3 Nb6 (27... Qg3 $17 28. Rd1 Qg4) 28. Be4 {[#]} Qd2 (28... Qg3 $1 $17 29. Qb3 Nd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5) 29. Rd1 $11 Qe3 {[#]} 30. Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc6 (30... Qe2 $11 31. Qb4 (31. Bf3 Qb5 $11) 31... bxc6 32. Qxb6 Rd7) 31. Qa6+ $16 Kc7 32. Qa7+ ({Don't play} 32. Rxf7+ $6 Nd7 $11) 32... Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Kc8 $16) 33. Qxb6 $18 {[%cal Rb6d8]} Rd7 34. Qb8+ Rc7 35. Rxf7 Qe4+ 36. Ka1 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,59,0,0,0,64,49,46,39,144,133,121,123,315,291,300,230,231,231,623,557,491,208,220,226,197,176,205,207,396,363,711,547,1739,1692,1639,1426,2328,2165,29983,29984,29980,29981,12845,5014,5557,1541,29994,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 {LiveBook: 11 Games. E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} 8. O-O c5 $146 (8... Qa6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8... Qa6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Qxc4 c6 14. Nd6 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 b6 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Rfc1 {½-½ (17) Efimenko,Z (2647)-Kravtsiv,M (2623) Lvov 2015}) 9. Bf4 $14 {[#] Threatens to win with Nc6.} Qa6 {White is slightly better.} 10. dxc5 Nbd7 (10... Bxc5 $14 11. Qa4 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 Bd6) 11. b4 $16 Rd8 {Threatening ...Nxe5.} 12. Qc2 g5 $2 (12... Nxe5 $16 13. Bxe5 Ng4) 13. Nxd7 $18 gxf4 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Rad1 f6 $2 (15... Nxb4 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8) 16. Nxd5 exd5 {[#]} 17. Bxd5+ (17. Ng6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Rxd5) 17... Rxd5 18. Rxd5 fxe5 19. Rxe5 Qf6 20. Qxc4+ Kg7 $2 (20... Qf7 {was necessary.} 21. Qxf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 Bf6) 21. Qe4 Bf8 $2 (21... Kf8 22. Rc1 (22. gxf4 Qg6+ 23. Qxg6 hxg6 $16) (22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Bd7 $18) 22... Bd7 23. Qxb7 (23. gxf4 Qg7+ 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 a5 $16) 23... Bc6) 22. Rd1 Bg4 23. Qxb7+ Kg8 24. Rdd5 fxg3 25. hxg3 Rd8 26. Rg5+ {[%cal Be5g5,Bg5g4,Bg4f4][%mdl 32]} Kh8 27. Rxg4 Re8 28. Rf4 Qe6 29. Qf7 Qxe2 30. Rd7 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,83,39,35,23,29,22,45,39,52,42,77,72,81,67,71,58,74,95,90,24,82,18,120,116,138,138,133,136,137,134,139,137,160,158,182,177,196,196,219,114,120,112,120,113,126,115,123,110,121,131,132,130,177,165,293,165,165,0,0,0,0,0,20,13,51,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Be3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 c6 10. Bb3 Bc7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Be3 Ne6 13. f3 Ke7 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Ne2 Nh5 16. g3 Nf6 {½-½ (50) Shomoev,A (2550)-Najer,E (2682) Sochi 2017}) 8... a6 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 9. a3 h6 10. h3 {White has an edge.} Ke7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. f3 c6 14. O-O-O Ke7 15. Nf1 Bc5 {0-1 (55) Sayafarova,A (1745)-Fominykh,M (2282) Moscow 2013}) 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Nd2 (12. Bxe6 {with more complications.} fxe6 13. Rhg1 Nc6 14. Ne1 Nd7 15. Nd3) 12... Nbd7 13. Bxe6 Kxe6 14. Nc4 Rac8 15. f3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Na5 (17. Nd5 $16) 17... Rb8 (17... Rhd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Rd2 ({White should try} 18. b4 $16 Ncd7 19. Rd3) 18... Ke7 (18... Rhd8 $11) 19. Rhd1 Ne6 20. Nc4 Rbd8 21. Nxe5 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 h5 23. h4 c6 24. Na4 Rg8 25. Nb6 $1 g5 26. hxg5 Rxg5 {[#]} 27. Nd3 (27. Nec4 $1 $18) 27... h4 $16 28. Nc4 Nh5 29. Ne3 Ng3 30. Kd1 Rh5 31. Ke1 h3 32. gxh3 Rxh3 33. Rg2 Nd4 {[#]} 34. Nf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2h3]} Nxf3+ 35. Kd1 Rh2 36. Rxh2 $2 (36. Rxg3 $18 Rxf2 37. Ng4 Rd2+ 38. Kc1) 36... Nxh2 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} 37. Nc4 Kd7 38. Kd2 Nf3+ 39. Ke3 Nh4 40. Ng4 (40. Nd3 $14) 40... f5 $11 41. exf5 Ngxf5+ 42. Kd3 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,75,-27,-25,-38,-43,-45,-16,-31,0,-25,0,0,0,-12,-8,-22,-16,-30,-41,-28,-8,-15,-16,-39,-37,-47,-56,-35,6,6,10,0,0,0,0,0,7,13,77,72,104,105,108,85,106,65,259,254,309,319,316,320,286,287,510,487,608,600,1009,878,878,874]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. Qc2 a5 6. a4 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} Bc5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O h6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. h3 (9. Na3 Re8 10. h3 Be6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Bf1 Rad8 13. Nb5 Bb6 {½-½ (49) Jobava,B (2713)-Matlakov,M (2714) Minsk 2017}) 9... Be6 10. Re1 dxe4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Qd7 11. Nbd2 Bxh3 12. gxh3 Qxh3 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 {0-1 (47) Boskovic,D (2433)-Kastanieda,G (2406) playchess.com INT 2005}) 11. dxe4 Qe7 12. Na3 Rad8 13. Bb5 Nd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 f6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qe6 (17... Qf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7c4]} 18. b3 b6 $11) 18. Na3 Ne7 19. Rd1 Nc5 20. b4 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 axb4 22. cxb4 Na6 23. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nc5 24. Qc2 b6 25. a5 Ra8 26. Nc4 bxa5 (26... Qd7 $11) 27. Ncxe5 $1 $16 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Qc4+ Kh7 30. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5f6][%mdl 32]} Qd5 $2 {[#]} (30... f5 $1 $14) 31. Qxc7 $18 Qd1+ 32. Re1 Qd8 33. Qxd8 Rxd8 34. exf6 Nd5 $2 (34... Ng6 {was necessary.} 35. Ra1 gxf6 36. Rxa5 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Kg8) 35. Rd1 {White is clearly winning.} a4 36. f7 a3 37. Ne5 ({Weaker is} 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. f8=Q a2 $14) 37... a2 {[#]} 38. Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 52%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

