[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,-22,-20,-29,29,0,0,0,0,0,83,85,80,91,72,90,139,115,131,135,143,121,166,145,198,194,191,192,173,88,83,87,135,138,121,89,97,92,120,114,109,110,114,117,120,122,122,124,297,265,454,446,432,439,586,585,652,667,678,678,581,697,697,697,675,685,674,681,737,727,7255,10972]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. e6 (5. d4 e6 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bg3 g5 10. h3 a6 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Ne2 Rg8 15. c3 h5 16. Ned4 h4 17. Bh2 {1-0 (34) Mozharov,M (2555)-Najer,E (2646) Moscow 2014}) 5... fxe6 6. Bb5 {[#] Black must now prevent Ng5. B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} Nc6 (6... a6 $142 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7) 7. O-O g6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7... Qc7 8. Re1 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 e5 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qb3 {1-0 (22) Peuraniemi,P (2474)-Krasevec,A (2292) ICCF corr 2000}) 8. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Bg7 9. Qxe6 Nb6 (9... Nde5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Kf7) 10. Bxc6+ $16 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qxc5 d4 13. Ne4 (13. Nxd4 Rc8 $17) 13... Rc8 14. Qa3 O-O 15. d3 ({Wrong is} 15. Qxa7 $2 Bc6 $19) 15... h6 16. Re1 Kh7 (16... Rf7 $16 17. Bd2 (17. Qxa7 Ra8 $11) 17... Rxc2) 17. c4 ({And not} 17. Qxa7 Rxf3 18. Bxh6 (18. gxf3 Ra8 $11) 18... Kxh6 $11) 17... dxc3 18. Nxc3 Bc6 19. Qxe7 ({White should play} 19. Rxe7 $18 Rc7 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Ne4) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rc7 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Bf4 Rf7 23. Be3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Rxd3 25. Bd4 Nd5 26. Rad1 Rdxf3 27. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nb4 28. Rd2 R3f4 $2 (28... Rc7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Kg7) 29. Re8 $18 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re8h8]} g5 $2 (29... Rf8 30. Rxf8 Rxf8) 30. Be5 {White is clearly winning.} Rg4+ 31. Kf1 Nc6 32. Bb2 Rgf4 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Rd6+ Kf5 35. Rxc6 Kg4 {[#]} 36. h3+ $1 Kxh3 37. Rhxh6+ Kg4 38. Rhf6 Rb7 39. Be5 Kf3 40. Bxf4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,87,26,27,13,16,14,27,4,33,27,43,51,46,37,39,24,29,12,20,24,39,19,21,12,21,24,72,72,69,85,89,80,98,86,154,168,165,172,172,162,163,157,199,197,192,176,220,226,272,272,277,256,266,278,303,308,265,261,365,286,800,784,738,669,949,648,1925,1934,29983,29984,29982,5210,3875,2075,29987,29988]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 {LiveBook: 37 Games} 8. a4 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (8. c4 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Qd2 dxe5 11. h3 Nh6 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nc3 f6 15. Nf3 Ne6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. e3 Nf7 18. Rd2 {0-1 (42) Mirzoev,A (2541)-Demchenko,A (2645) Konya 2017}) 8... Rb8 9. c4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Na3 a6 10. Qd3 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Nc4 Ngxe5 13. Nfxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rad1 {½-½ (17) Regis,G (2129)-Mueller Ludwig,K (2089) Germany 2005}) 9... e5 10. dxe5 {White has an edge.} Ng4 11. a5 dxe5 12. h3 Nh6 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 13. e4 f6 14. b4 Nf8 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Kh2 Nf7 18. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} c6 19. Bc1 f5 20. Be3 b6 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rac1 Qc7 23. Nd5 cxd5 (23... Qb7 $142) 24. cxd5 $16 Qe7 {Hoping for ...Bd7.} 25. dxe6 Nxe6 26. exf5 gxf5 {[#]} 27. Qb5 $1 f4 28. gxf4 ({Inferior is} 28. Bxb6 Qb7 $17) 28... exf4 29. Rd7 Qf6 30. Bd2 Rbc8 31. Rxc8 ({Don't take} 31. Qxb6 $6 Rxc1 32. Bxc1 Ne5 $18) 31... Rxc8 32. Qxb6 Rc2 33. Qb7 Bf8 34. Qe4 Qg6 35. Qd5 Qf6 36. h4 {Strongly threatening Bh3.} Bg7 $2 (36... Rc7 37. Bh3 Rxd7 38. Qxd7 Ned8) 37. Bh3 $18 Nf8 38. Rb7 h6 39. Bg4 Rb2 40. Bh5 Ng6 41. Bxg6 Qxg6 42. Rb8+ (42. h5 $142 Qf6 43. Bc3 Rxf2+ 44. Kg1 Rd2 45. Bxd2 Kh8 46. Rb8+ Nd8 47. Bc3) 42... Bf8 43. Ne5 Rxd2 {[#]} 44. Rxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 78%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,55,29,45,29,29,36,32,36,31,36,29,31,32,31,40,16,31,21,10,29,28,10,9,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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} 11. axb4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nb6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Bb7 13. Be2 O-O {½-½ (34) Nakamura,H (2787)-Karjakin,S (2773) Bilbao 2016}) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Rfb8 17. Ra5 f6 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 (20. Rc5 $5 {[%cal Rg1g2]} Bd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rdc1 $11) 20... Qc6+ {The position is equal.} 21. d5 Qxc4 22. Rc5 (22. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c4]} Qe4+ 23. f3 Qg6+ 24. Kh1 $11) 22... Qe4+ 23. f3 Qg6+ 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Rg1 Qf7 {[%cal Rd8d5]} 26. dxe6 Rxd2 27. exf7+ Kf8 28. Rxc7 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,86,32,52,38,47,29,80,40,68,61,54,54,54,62,60,55,55,55,55,55,55,56,55,54,62,62,54,54,83,-79,-87,-79,-82,-58,-63,-85,-68,-67,-65,-82,-50,-129,-127,-126,-120,-126,-129,-138,-137,-127,-109,-169,-92,-95,-94,-135,-102,-231,-229,-215,-227,-214,-224,-218,-200,-356,-338,-308,-316,-533,-558]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. Be3 h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 Nb6 12. Nd2 d5 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxh5 Qxb2 {½-½ (106) Yu,Y (2675)-Chu,W (2257) China 2013}) 11... b5 (11... Be7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 12. Rfd1 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne4 17. Qe1 $11) 16. exd5 Bd7 17. a5 Qb7 $1 18. Qe3 Be7 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. axb6 {Threatens to win with b7.} Rb8 $1 21. Rxa6 {Rda1 is the strong threat.} Bd8 22. b7 Ke7 23. Nc5 $2 (23. Ra8 $16 Rxb7 24. Na5) 23... dxc5 $17 24. d6+ Kf6 25. Bf3 Kf5 $1 26. Bd5 $1 e4 27. Re1 Bf6 28. Bxe4+ Kg5 29. Ra5 ({White should try} 29. h4+ $15 Kxh4 30. g3+ Kg5 31. Ra5) 29... Bxb2 30. Rxc5+ Kf6 $1 31. Re3 g6 32. Rf3+ Ke6 $1 33. Rd3 Rhd8 34. Ra5 {[#]} (34. f4 $17) 34... f5 (34... h4 $1 $19) 35. Bf3 Bc3 36. h4 Kf6 37. g3 {[#]} (37. Ra8 $17) 37... f4 $1 $19 38. Be4 (38. gxf4 Bf5) 38... Bf5 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Rb5 Ke6 41. Kf1 $2 (41. gxf4 {might work better.} Rd7 42. Re3+ Kxd6 43. Rxf5) 41... Rd7 (41... Rxd6 $2 42. Rxd6+ Kxd6 43. gxf4 $17) 42. gxf4 Rbxb7 ({But not} 42... Rdxb7 43. Re3+ Kxd6 44. Rxf5 $19) 43. Re3+ $2 (43. Rc5) 43... Kf6 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,92,24,16,33,27,33,40,38,40,26,31,28,26,27,23,19,19,21,16,16,16,23,20,19,16,16,14,19,14,23,0,0,1,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,1,0,0,0,11,11,30,20,41,0,14,-3,-3,-3,13,-3,0,-4,11]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (8. Qd2 b5 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Rb8 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 {½-½ (36) Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-Bluebaum,M (2642) Dortmund 2017}) 8... Qb6 9. Qc1 {LiveBook: 10 Games} f6 {And now ...cxd4 would win.} 10. c3 {White is slightly better.} Be7 11. exf6 Nxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... gxf6 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Nexd4 Nc5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 {½-½ (46) Kharlamov,V (2474)-Loginov,A (2241) ICCF email 2007}) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Ned4 O-O 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Rae8 17. Qe3 Ng4 18. Qd2 e5 19. fxe5 Ngxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Re1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Re3 b5 25. a3 h6 26. Qe1 Qg5 27. Qg3 (27. h3 {with more complications.} Qg6 28. Kh2 Kh7 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Qe5) 27... Qxg3 28. Rxg3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf6 29. Rf3 Rd6 (29... Kf7 $5) 30. Kf2 Rd5 (30... Bc6 $5 31. Rf4 Bd5 $11) 31. Ke3 Re5+ 32. Kf4 Re7 33. h4 (33. Re3 $5 {[%cal Re3e7]} g5+ 34. Kf3 Bg4+ 35. Kf2 $11) 33... Bc8 34. Rf2 Bb7 35. Rd2 Re4+ 36. Kg3 Re3+ 37. Kf2 Re4 (37... Re8 {seems wilder.} 38. Nf3 Kf7 39. a4 Bxf3 40. Kxf3 Rf8) 38. g3 (38. Nf3 $5 {[%cal Rd2d7]}) 38... Re7 39. Re2 Rf7+ 40. Ke1 Kh7 41. Re5 Bc8 42. Re2 Kg6 {The position is equal.} 43. Rf2 Re7+ 44. Re2 Rf7 45. Rf2 (45. Re8 $5 {[%cal Re8c8]} Bb7 46. Re5 $11) 45... Re7+ 46. Re2 Rf7 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,59,11,24,30,23,23,18,21,20,22,11,8,18,8,0,0,17,0,52,51,69,18,21,4,22,8,17,23]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. cxb4 Bd7 16. Bxa6 O-O 17. O-O Qe8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 18. b3 axb3 $1 19. Qxb3 {[#]} Bd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Kh8 20. Bd3 Bd8 21. Ra6 {0-1 (71) Zawadzka,J (2419)-Dubov,D (2660) Minsk 2017}) 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Ra2 Bc6 22. Rb1 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Kh1 Qf8 25. Qd3 e4 ({But not} 25... Rxf2 $2 26. Rxf2 Qxf2 27. Rf1 $18) ({Better is} 25... g6 $11) 26. Qxe4 $14 Rb5 {[%cal Rb5d5]} 27. Rd1 ({White should try} 27. Rd2 $14 Re5 28. Bxb5 Rxe4 29. Bxc6) 27... Rxb4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 28. Qe2 Rb8 29. f3 Bg5 30. Qd3 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,35,22,35,35,28,30,29,36,49,45,50,42,37,53,39,44,46,23,21,21,31,14,27,40,27,0,0,-5]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 (5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. e3 h6 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O {½-½ (27) Volkov,S (2637)-Ponomariov,R (2692) Linares 2017}) 5... c6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 6. e4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} dxe4 7. Bc4 Qe7 $1 8. a4 {White has an edge.} Nf6 9. Nge2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bf5 10. O-O Bg6 11. f4 exf3 12. Rxf3 Qd7 {1-0 (23) Schlechter,C-Janowski,D Monte Carlo 1902}) 10. O-O Bg7 $1 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Re1 {[%cal Rc3e4]} b5 13. axb5 cxb5 {[#]} 14. Bxb5 $1 {[%cal Rg3e4,Bc4b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 544]} Qb7 (14... axb5 15. Rxa8) 15. Ba4 {[%cal Rg3e4]} Qxb3 16. Bxb3 Nc6 17. Rd1 (17. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nd4 18. Ba4 $14) 17... Bg4 18. Nge2 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,36,12,4,16,8,2,11,14,17,5,18,12,20,10,12,11,8,3,23]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bg4 10. Be2 d5 {The position is equal.} 11. h3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (11. Bg5 Re8 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Qd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 g6 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 {½-½ (16) Andersen,I (2157)-Schultz Pedersen,J (2230) Hillerod 2010}) 11... Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Re8 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxd5 Qd7 18. Qd3 Re8 {½-½ (33) Kammrad,C (1054)-Mohr,F Winterberg 2002}) 12. Bd3 Be4 13. Be3 Re8 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bg5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Bh4 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,49,37,36,28,33,31,37,24,26,21,20,12,29,29,30,15,15,14,32,26,35,26,20,25,20,15,12,5,12,13,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 (5... Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Be3 Bf6 12. b4 Re8 13. a4 Nf8 14. b5 Qd7 15. Rfb1 Ne6 16. bxc6 Qxc6 {0-1 (44) Anand,V (2786)-Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 6. Bxc6+ {C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence} bxc6 {LiveBook: 28 Games} 7. Re1 c5 8. c3 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 9. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 {½-½ (28) Areshchenko,A (2654)-Postny,E (2652) Germany 2015}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. Be3 Qb8 12. b3 a5 13. d4 a4 14. Nd2 axb3 15. axb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. dxe5 {The position is equal.} dxe5 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Qf5 Re8 21. Qxe5 Bd6 22. Qf5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Bc5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, P."]
[Black "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,48,7,6,-16,-10,-6,-4,-8,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-17,-23,-20,-21,-21,-29,-45,-43,-33,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nf5 Be2 {[#]} 16. Re1 $146 (16. Rd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2e2]} Bc4 17. Ne3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 16. Rd2 Bc4 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nd5 {0-1 (63) Kurnosov,I (2676)-Karjakin,S (2760) Moscow 2010}) 16... Bc4 17. Bg5 Be6 18. Ne3 Be7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. f4 {Threatening f5.} g6 21. Re2 Rad8 22. Rf1 h4 (22... Bf5 $5) 23. f5 gxf5 24. Nxf5+ Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,140,13,20,21,27,17,20,13,11,16,11,17,11,11,11,15,14,11,0,0,4,5,0,0,-10,-14,-18,-6,-7,0,-28,0,-11,0,0,0,-38,-41,-58,-73,-51,-68,-51,-75,-61,-35,-34,-39,-53,-44,-85,0,-95,-5,-5,-25,-82,-76,-67,-61,-79,-34,-39,-37,-62,-35,-81,-81,-72,-53,-102,-116,-94,-97,-108,-108,-106,-100,-108,-108,-225,-229,-195,-214,-420,-429,-407,-363,-472,-459,-418,-402,-390,-377,-442,-437,-492,-482,-1341,-1225,-1318,-1237,-1637,-1637,-29963,-29965,-29963,-29964,-29964,-29962,-29956,-29959,-29953,-29955,-29968,-12764,-29970,-29972,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29976]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ {The position is equal.} 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rfc1 Rfe8 15. Kf1 {½-½ (40) Karjakin,S (2783)-Harikrishna,P (2755) Shamkir 2017}) 11... c6 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. bxc3 {Threatens to win with Bh4.} Rfxd8 15. f3 c5 16. Kf2 Rac8 17. Rhc1 Rc7 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Bg6 20. Bf3 Ne5 21. Ke3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} (21... Rcd7 $5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 22. Nb3 Nc4+ 23. Kd3 Nb2+ 24. Kc2 Na4 $15) 22. Nb3 (22. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Ne5 23. g4 $15) 22... cxd4+ 23. cxd4 Re7 24. g4 f6 25. Re1 Bf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 26. Rad1 Nb4 27. Rd2 Rc7 {And now ...Nc2+ would win.} 28. Kf2 {[#]} Nxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. d5 (29. Rxa2 Bxb3) 29... Nc3 30. Nd4 Rc4 31. Re3 Be8 (31... Kf8 $17) 32. Bg2 (32. Ne6 $11 {remains equal.} Rdc8 33. e5) 32... Nb5 ({Better is} 32... Bd7 $17 33. Bf1 Rcc8) 33. Nxb5 $1 $11 Bxb5 34. Bf1 (34. Rb2 $11 Rc5 35. Bf3) 34... Rc5 35. Bxb5 Rxb5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 36. Rc3 Rd7 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Rdc2 a5 39. Rc7 Ke7 40. Rc8 a4 41. Ra8 {[#]} Rb4 $1 42. Kd3 Rd8 43. Ra7 Kd6 {Strongly threatening ...Re8.} 44. Rc4 Rxc4 45. Kxc4 {KR-KR} Ke5 46. Rxb7 {[#]} (46. Kd3 $17) 46... Ra8 $1 $19 47. Rb2 a3 ({Weaker is} 47... Kxe4 48. Re2+ Kf3 49. Ra2 $15) 48. Ra2 $2 (48. Rb1) 48... Kxe4 49. d6 {Kc5 is the strong threat.} Ke5 50. Kc5 {Hoping for d7.} Rc8+ 51. Kb4 Kxd6 52. Rxa3 Rc7 53. Re3 Kd5 54. h3 g6 55. Re8 (55. Rd3+ $142 Ke5 56. Re3+ Kf4 57. Re6) 55... f5 56. Rg8 Rc6 57. Kb5 Rf6 58. gxf5 gxf5 59. Rd8+ Ke4 60. Re8+ Kf3 61. Kc4 Rd6 62. Kc5 Rd1 63. Rh8 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 64. Rxh6 Kg3 {Black mates.} 65. Rg6+ Kxh3 66. Rf6 Kg3 67. Rg6+ Kf2 68. Kc4 f3 69. Kc3 Kf1 70. Kc2 Rd5 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,73,-37,12,0,18,0,0,0,0,19,14,22,99,103,96,97,118,119,86,93,110,114,88,104,99,88,128,133,152,157,210,180,257,257,263,278,270,257,252,252,251,231,220,231,292,293,318,265,399,406,809,809,771,134,761,744,1297,1333]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nb3 d6 9. g4 a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} (9... d5 $5) (9... Be6 10. g5 Nd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qf3 Nb4 15. Rh2 Qc7 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 {0-1 (34) Tomczak,J (2585)-Moranda,W (2588) Poland 2015}) 10. h4 $146 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} (10. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Nd7 11. f4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10. g5 Nd7 11. Qd2 b5 12. h4 Bb7 13. h5 Rc8 14. f4 {0-1 (39) Wu,C (2377)-Escalante Ramirez,B (2302) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 10... b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. h5 b4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8 Qxc8 (14... Rxc8 $11 15. Bxa6 Rb8) 15. Qxd6 $16 {[#] And now hxg6 would win.} e5 16. O-O-O a5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. g5 Rd8 19. Qc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} ({Don't play} 19. gxf6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Bf8 $15) 19... Nd7 20. Qd5 Nb6 21. Qb5 Nd5 22. Qa4 ({Inferior is} 22. exd5 Rxb5 23. Bxb5 Nd4 $17) 22... Nxe3 23. fxe3 {[%cal Bf2e3,Be3d4][%mdl 32]} Qc7 (23... Rxd1+ $16 24. Rxd1 Ra8) 24. Bc4 Nd4 (24... Rbc8 $142 25. Rdf1 Rf8) 25. Nxa5 $18 (25. exd4 Qxc4 26. Nxa5 Qa6 $16) 25... Ra8 26. exd4 Qxc4 27. Nxc4 Rxa4 28. dxe5 Re8 29. Kb1 Bxe5 30. Nb6 Ra7 31. Nd5 Kg7 32. Rh3 Ra4 (32... Rb8 {was necessary.} 33. Rdh1 Rd7 34. Rh7+ Kg8) 33. Rdh1 {aiming for Rh7+.} Rd8 (33... Ra5 $142 34. Nxb4 Kf8) 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nc6 Re8 {[#]} 37. Rh8+ $1 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,45,34,41,39,35,39,35,47,35,50,39,50,47,60,27,58,21,26,21,21,21,31,30]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 11. h3 Bh5 12. g3 Qd7 13. Kg2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Rfe8 (13... Bg6 14. Ne1 Bd6 15. Qg4 Qxg4 16. hxg4 Rfe8 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Nd3 {½-½ (37) Caruana,F (2810)-Dominguez Perez,L (2713) Dortmund 2016}) 14. Qc2 Bg6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Bxf3+ 15. Kxf3 g6 16. Kg2 Bd6 17. Rae1 Ne7 18. Re2 {½-½ (55) Baklan,V (2621)-Costachi,M (2428) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016}) 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Re2 Re7 20. Rxe7 Nxe7 21. Re1 f6 22. h4 Qd7 23. Ng1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,45,29,32,33,32,35,32,31,30,25,29,20,32,37,28,33,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (6. Qb3 b5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. O-O O-O {½-½ (39) Gelfand,B (2728)-Mamedyarov,S (2800) Geneve 2017}) 6... Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O c6 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ng5 O-O 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 {½-½ (55) Sorokin,A (2469)-Rakhmanov,A (2670) Sochi 2017}) 12... O-O 13. Qc2 a5 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. Rae1 Nb6 16. f4 Bd7 17. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} c5 {The position is equal.} 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Nb3 Qe7 20. g5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qg2 a4 23. Nd4 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,132,25,18,54,0,0,6,20,21,64,59,50,36,55,36,30,41,71,71,88,69,91,-23,-22,-32,-45,-36,-36,-22,-25,-12,0,-36,-21,-58,-47,-89,-58,-72,-53,-51,-34,-53,-59,-54,-35,-40,-22,-52,0,-48,0,-54,-31,-31,-31,-25,-27,-42,-35,-29,-31,-29,-31,-40,-10,-27,-31,-75,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Bg5 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} (7. Ng3 Nbd7 8. Be2 c6 9. O-O b5 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rf2 Qc7 12. Rc1 b4 13. Na4 c5 14. d5 e6 15. b3 Re8 16. Qd2 exd5 17. cxd5 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 {1-0 (34) Aronian,L (2780)-Van Wely,L (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 7... b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 c5 10. d5 Qa5 11. cxb5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} axb5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Nb6 12. Be2 axb5 13. O-O b4 14. Nd1 Ba6 15. Ne3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Qb5 17. b3 Ra6 18. Rac1 {1-0 (38) Miton,K (2638)-Zhigalko,A (2532) Warsaw 2006}) 12. Nxb5 ({Better is} 12. Bxb5 $14 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Nge2) 12... Qxd2+ $11 13. Bxd2 Ba6 14. a4 Rfb8 {Threatens to win with ...Bxb5.} 15. Rb1 Ne8 16. b3 Rb7 17. Kd1 h5 18. Na3 h4 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Ne2 Ne5 21. Rf1 (21. Nc3 $16) 21... c4 22. bxc4 Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 Rxa4 24. Kc2 Rxc4+ 25. Nbc3 f5 26. Bf4 Nd7 27. Kd3 Rb4 28. Be3 Ne5+ 29. Kc2 Nc4 30. Bc1 Kf7 31. Nf4 Nc7 32. g4 hxg3 33. hxg3 Ne5 34. Bd2 Nc4 35. Bc1 $1 Ne5 36. Bd2 Rc4 37. Kb3 Na6 38. Ne6 Bf6 39. Bg5 Nc5+ (39... Rb4+ {keeps more tension.} 40. Kc2 Nc4 41. Nd1 Bxg5 42. Nxg5+ Kf6) 40. Nxc5 Rxc5 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 42. f4 Ng4 (42... Nc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d2]} 43. Rd1 Rc8 $15) 43. Ra1 Kf7 44. Ra4 Nf6 ({Black should play} 44... Ne3 $17 {With the idea ...Nf1.} 45. Ra1 fxe4 46. Nxe4 Rxd5) 45. exf5 $11 {The position is equal.} gxf5 46. Rc4 Ra5 47. Ra4 Rxa4 48. Kxa4 {KN-KN} Kg6 {...Ne4 is the strong threat.} 49. Kb5 $1 Kh5 {aiming for ...Kg4.} 50. Kc6 $1 Kg4 51. Ne2 Kf3 52. Nd4+ Ke4 53. Ne6 Nxd5 {Strongly threatening ...Nf6.} 54. Kd7 Kf3 (54... Ne3 $5 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 55. Kxe7 Nf1 $11) 55. Nd4+ Ke4 56. Ne6 Kd3 {And now ...Kc4 would win.} 57. Ng5 $1 Kc3 58. Ke6 Ne3 59. Kxe7 d5 60. Ke6 $1 d4 {[#]} 61. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5][%mdl 512]} fxg4 (61... Nxg4 62. Kxf5) 62. f5 {[#] Black must now prevent f6.} Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 63. Kxf5 d3 64. Kxg4 d2 65. Ne4+ Kc2 {[#]} 66. Nxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd2 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,63,0,0,-14,0,0,-9,-38,42,0,0,14,18,-7,38,28,34,33,40,0,16,18,0,17,57,62,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,170,187,578,583]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4 Nc6 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Qd6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qa4 {[#]} (14. c5 $5 Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Nd7 16. c4 $11) 14... Qa3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... c6 15. Rd1 {1-0 (67) Nakamura,H (2787)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis 2016}) 15. Qb3 (15. Qc2 {with more complications.} Bc5 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Bd3 O-O 18. O-O) 15... a5 (15... Qa5 $15) 16. Qc2 Qd6 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Rd1 a4 19. O-O O-O 20. Rfe1 b6 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bf5 Qf6 23. g4 Qd6 24. Bc1 a3 25. Bxd7 ({Better is} 25. Qe2 $14) 25... Bxd7 $11 26. Nxe5 Ba4 27. Qf5 Bxd1 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Bh4 $1 {[#] And now ...Bc2 would win.} (29... Qd7 $6 30. Re6 $16) 30. g5 $1 (30. Rxd1 $2 Rf8 $19) 30... Ba4 $2 ({Avoid the trap} 30... Rf8 $2 31. Re8 $18) (30... Bxg5 $11 31. Bxg5 (31. Rxd1 $2 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Rf8 $19) 31... hxg5 32. Rxd1 Rf8) 31. Re7 $18 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rf7g7]} Bxf2+ $2 (31... Rg8 {is more resistant.}) 32. Kh1 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 59%.} ({Stronger than} 32. Kxf2 Qh2+ 33. Ke3 Rg8 $11) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,75,26,23,22,6,0,19,0,2,0,0,0,37,38,34,18,63,41,46,29,44,49,51,33,47,48,52,41,47,43,41,46,45,12,10,0,29,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 {[#]} 5. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} c6 (5... dxc4 6. Ne5) 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. d3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Qc5 10. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qa4 Qb4 11. Qd1 Be7 12. a3 Qb6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. b4 O-O {½-½ (44) Giri,A (2775)-Grischuk,A (2761) Geneve 2017}) 10... Be7 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Be3 Qa5 13. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} a6 14. b4 Qc7 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. e4 Bg4 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Re1+ Ne7 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nge4 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 24. d4 {[#] Black must now prevent d5!} (24. Nd2 {keeps more tension.} Nf8 25. Nc4 Ne6 26. Na4 O-O 27. Nc5) 24... O-O {The position is equal.} 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Qxe7 (26. dxc5 $5 {[%cal Re3e7]} Rd7 27. Bf3 $11) 26... Qxe7 27. Rxe7 Nb3 28. Rae1 Nxd4 29. Rxb7 Rfe8 30. Rbe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Nb5 32. h3 {aiming for Nxb5.} Be6 33. Nxb5 cxb5 34. Ra7 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Kg1 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. Kg1 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,143,29,29,10,20,8,18,5,17,9,26,15,7,0,8,0,17,16,30,2,29,24,50,47,45,1,18,16,18,17,30,21,35,30,29,21,37,12,12,8,9,21,20,20,35,25,36,27,23,11,76,76,76,76,76,77,77,77,80,80,90,90,90,93,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,55,116,116,116,116,116,55,55,55,55,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,0,27,0,27,27,27,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,141,100,100,115,141,141,141,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 g6 {LiveBook: 8 Games. D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 7. Qb3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. b4 Qe7 11. Qb3 c6 12. a4 Rd8 13. a5 Rb8 14. Rfd1 {0-1 (43) Kryakvin,D (2554)-Riazantsev,A (2651) Sochi 2016}) 7... c6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rac1 Nd7 12. Rfe1 a5 13. a3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 a4 15. Qc3 b6 16. Nfe5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ba6 18. Be4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxe5 20. Qd4 Qf6 21. f4 ({Much weaker is} 21. Qxb6 Rab8 $15) 21... Ng4 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxc6 Ra5 24. Red1 Rc8 25. h3 Nd5 26. Kf2 Ne7 27. Bf3 Rac5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Bd1 Nd5 (30... b5 $11) 31. Bxa4 $16 Rc1 32. Bb3 Rb1 33. Bxd5 Rxb2+ 34. Kf3 exd5 35. Rxd5 {KR-KR} b5 36. g4 Rb3 37. h4 Rxa3 38. Rxb5 Ra1 39. h5 gxh5 40. Rxh5 Ra3 41. Rd5 Rb3 42. Ke4 Ra3 43. Rd6 Rb3 44. Rd3 Rb5 45. Rd5 Rb3 46. Ra5 Kf6 47. Ra8 Kg7 48. Rd8 (48. Ra6 {is more complex.} Rb1 49. Ra5 Re1 50. Rc5 Ra1 51. Rb5) 48... Ra3 49. Rd3 Ra5 50. Kf3 ({White should try} 50. Rd1 $16) 50... Ra1 (50... f6 $1 $14) 51. Rd5 Ra3 52. Re5 Ra4 53. g5 (53. Re7 $16) 53... hxg5 $14 54. Rxg5+ Kf8 55. e4 f6 56. Rb5 Kf7 57. Rb7+ Kf8 58. Rc7 Rb4 59. Ra7 Rc4 60. Ra3 Kf7 61. Re3 Kg6 62. Ra3 Kf7 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. f5 Rb4 65. Kg4 {Black should prevent Kh5.} (65. Ra6 $5 {[%cal Ra6f6]} Kf7 66. Ra7+ Ke8 67. Ra6 $14) 65... Rxe4+ 66. Kh5 {Threatening Kg6.} Kg8 67. Kg6 {[#] Intending Ra8+ and mate.} Rg4+ 68. Kxf6 {Ra8+ is the strong threat.} Rf4 (68... Rc4 $1 $11) 69. Ra8+ Kh7 70. Ke6 {Threatens to win with f6.} Kg7 {intending ...Re4+.} 71. Ra7+ Kg8 72. Ra8+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 63%.} (72. Kf6 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,41,34,34,32,32,22,24,27,30,27,25,37,26,35,22,36,36,32,33,44,36,44,37,50,50,76,73,68,14,11,-1]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 e5 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (7... c5 8. Ne2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 h6 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Be3 Qa6 14. c4 Ng4 15. dxc5 Nxe3 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Qxe3 Bf6 {1-0 (45) Harikrishna,P (2737)-Hort,V (2428) Biel 2017}) 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 {White has an edge.} 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O c6 12. Rhe1 {[#] Threatens to win with Qe5.} Qxd4 13. Nxd4 {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb4 14. c3 Bc5 15. Bg5 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 {1-0 (49) Kadric,D (2481)-Kritz,L (2593) Richardson 2014}) 14. Bg5 Bb6 15. c3 Bd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 Rfd8 18. f3 Be6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxd8+ (20. Bd3 $14) 20... Rxd8 $11 21. Rd1 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,55,26,34,15,19,22,20,27,17,18,14,34,29,34,8,7,10,10,0,17,0,15,0,6,11,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O {[#] And now Nxd5 would win.} Bxc3 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} 13. bxc3 {Threatening Rad1.} Ba6 14. Rfd1 {aiming for c4.} Qc5 15. e4 (15. c4 Qxc4 16. e4 Nb6 17. Rdc1 Qxb3 18. axb3 Bb5 19. Be3 Rfb8 20. Bf1 {½-½ (37) Bukavshin,I (2655)-Jakovenko,D (2759) Chita 2015}) 15... Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 {Hoping for ...Rad8.} 18. Re1 c5 {The position is equal.} 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Bf4 e5 $146 21. Be3 Be6 22. Rab1 ({Wrong is} 22. Bxc5 $2 Nc4 $19) 22... h6 23. Bf1 Bh3 24. Be2 (24. Bxc5 $2 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Nc4 $19) 24... Bg4 25. Ba6 Bh3 26. Be2 (26. Bxc5 $2 {[#]} Qf3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 26... Bg4 27. Bf1 Bh3 28. Be2 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 76%.} ({Don't go for} 28. Bxc5 $2 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Nc4 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,97,15,17,6,23,16,18,24,18,0,0,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-8,-11,0,-15,-11,-12,-9,-13,-17,-12,-15,-36,-31,-40,-19,-33,-27,-39,-38,-36,-35,-38,-42,-40,-35,-35,-16,-28,-27,-54,-54,-68,0,0,0,0,17,17,26,26,34,0,13,12,27,8,34,0,27,27,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 5. Qf3 Nxc4 (5... d6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. b3 Qd7 10. a4 Rad8 11. Ba3 Ne8 12. Qe3 a6 13. f4 Nxc4 14. bxc4 exf4 15. Nxf4 {½-½ (45) Rublevsky,S (2681)-Jakovenko,D (2704) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 6. dxc4 {C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6} d6 7. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5,Bf5e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Be7 8. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. a4 Be6 (9... Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 10. Qd3 Be6 $11) 10. b3 Nd7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... c6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Ba3 Rfd8 13. h3 {0-1 (53) Laarhoven,T-Swinkels,R (2286) Vlissingen 2006}) 11. Ng3 Bg5 12. Nf5 Bxc1 13. Raxc1 g6 14. Ne3 a5 15. Rcd1 Nc5 16. Qg3 Qf6 $1 17. f3 Qg7 18. Qe1 b6 19. Ned5 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qd2 Raf8 22. Ne4 Bxd5 23. Qxd5+ Qf7 24. Rfe1 h5 25. Qxf7+ R8xf7 26. Nc3 g5 27. Nd5 Kh7 28. Ne3 R5f6 29. Rd2 Ne6 30. c3 Rg6 31. b4 Rg8 32. Rb1 Ra8 33. Ra1 axb4 (33... Rf4 $15) 34. cxb4 $11 Nd4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nb3.} 35. Raa2 c6 (35... Nc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6b4]}) 36. b5 Rc7 37. Rdb2 Ne6 38. Rd2 Nd4 39. Kf2 Kg6 40. Rdb2 Nf5 41. Rd2 (41. c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Nxe3 42. cxb6 Nd1+ 43. Kf1 Nxb2 44. Rxb2 cxb5 45. bxc7 $11) 41... Nd4 42. bxc6 Rxc6 43. Nd5 Ra7 {The position is equal.} 44. Rdb2 Rxc4 45. Rxb6 Rcxa4 46. Rxd6+ Kg7 47. Rxa4 Rxa4 48. Rd7+ Kg6 49. Rd6+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,83,0,0,8,-52,3,-2,0,-9,15,12,12,0,13,16,7,20,7,6,21,10,6,2,4,0,12,10,26,16,12,8,18,18,15,20,12,12,22,22,18,6,8,5,10,8,9,6,22,22,22,20,16,16,20,20,23,10,11,12,31,22,52,2,2,2,2,3,38,2,2,2,3,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. a3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (6. Bg2 b5 7. a4 c6 8. O-O a5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. b3 c3 11. Nb1 bxa4 12. bxa4 Bb7 13. Nxc3 c5 14. dxc5 Nbd7 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nb5 {½-½ (16) Yu,Y (2749)-Yilmaz,M (2630) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} O-O 8. Qc2 ({White should play} 8. Bg2 $11) 8... b6 $146 (8... b5 $15) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Be4 11. Qc1 Nc6 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. Bc3 {0-1 (35) Zhao,S (1856)-Zhu,J (2012) Wuxi 2015}) 9. Qxc4 $11 Bb7 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 Bd5 12. Qh4 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} (12... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4d2]} 13. Be3 bxc5 $11) 13. c6 Nc5 14. Bg2 Rc8 15. Bg5 ({Reject} 15. b4 Nb3 $15) 15... Nce4 16. Be3 (16. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 17. Qa4 $14) 16... Rxc6 17. Rxc6 Bxc6 18. O-O h6 19. Rc1 Ba8 20. Qf4 Nd6 21. Qa4 Qe7 22. Bf4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Qd4 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Nxd7 26. Bh3 Kf8 27. Ne5 Ke7 28. Nxd7 Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 29. f3 Bd5 30. e4 Bc4 31. Be5 f6 32. Bc3 Ne7 33. Kf2 Nc6 34. Ke3 a5 35. f4 b5 36. e5 f5 37. Bd4 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 38. Bc5 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 39. Bg2 Kc7 40. Kd2 a4 41. Kc3 h5 42. Bxc6 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Adhiban, B."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,55,52,54,60,47,62,58,64,50,54,50,55,56,50,-2,51,0,0,0,0,0,102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bxe6 {B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7} fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qb6 (10... Qa5 11. Nxf8 Rxf8 12. Qxd6 Kf7 13. e5 b4 14. e6+ Kg8 15. exd7 Bxd7 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Qxd7 {½-½ (39) Naiditsch,A (2687)-Negi,P (2621) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games. White threatens Nc7+! and mate.} Nb8 $1 ({Worse is} 12... Bb7 {[#]} 13. Nc7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc7 14. Qe6+ Be7 15. Qxe7#) 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 14. Qxa8 Bb7 15. Qxb8+ Kf7 16. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 17. O-O-O $146 {e5 is the strong threat.} Bxe4 18. Rd2 ({White should try} 18. Rhe1 $14 d5 19. Rd2) 18... h6 (18... Qa5 $1 $11 19. Rxd6 Qxa2) 19. Bh4 (19. Re1 $14) 19... Qa5 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra5a2][%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} ({Not} 19... Qe3 $2 20. Re1 $18) 20. Re1 Qxa2 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 21. Rxd6 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qa4 {The position is equal.} 23. Rd8+ Kf7 24. b3 Qa5+ 25. Kd1 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qa5+ 27. Kd1 Qa1+ $1 28. Kd2 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,39,20,20,17,32,25,27,14,25,62,42,43,50,43,43,83,69,86,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Ne7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7... a6 8. Bb3 Re8 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 d5 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Rad1 Na5 15. Qc2 {0-1 (43) So,W (2812)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris 2017}) 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bb6 9. Bb3 c6 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3 {LiveBook: 21 Games} d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be6 {[#]} 16. Nxe6 $146 fxe6 17. Rxe6 Rxf2 18. Kh1 Nh4 {[#]} 19. Qg4 $1 Qf8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rf1+!} 20. Qxh4 ({Much weaker is} 20. Bxd5 $6 Rf1+ 21. Kh2 (21. Nxf1 {gets mated.} Qxf1+ 22. Kh2 Bg1+ 23. Kh1 Bf2+ 24. Kh2 Qg1#) 21... Bg1+ 22. Kh1 Bb6+ 23. Kh2 (23. Nxf1 {leads to mate.} Qxf1+ 24. Kh2 Bg1+ 25. Kh1 Bf2+ 26. Kh2 Qg1#) 23... Bg1+ 24. Kh1 Bb6+ $11) (20. Bxh6 $1 $16 Rxg2 21. Bxd5 (21. Qxh4 $2 Qf3 $19) 21... cxd5 22. Bf4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,91,0,0,13,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,12,16,4,35,4,13,16,22,23,26,20,37,24,29,35,33,24,24,25,23,27,27,18,26,24,24,24,35,31,29,25,18,21,74,15,25,10,38,29,27,-64,43,0,0,14,21,0,0,0,14,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. h3 (8. Re1 Ng4 9. Re2 Kh8 10. h3 Nh6 11. Nf1 f5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. d4 Bb6 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 {0-1 (40) Lu,S (2638)-Ding,L (2781) Danzhou 2017}) 8... Be6 9. Bb5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} h6 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Re1 Ba7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Ng3 {1-0 (46) Fedorov,A (2562)-Loetscher,R (2414) Riga 2014}) 10... Ba7 11. Re1 Ne7 {Black wants to play ...c6.} 12. d4 Ng6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. Bb2 c6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. c4 exd4 18. Bxd4 (18. Nxd4 {feels hotter.} Bc5 19. N2f3 Bd7 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. N3h4) 18... Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. Ne2 Qb6 21. Ng3 Nh4 22. Qc3 Be6 23. Nb1 {[%cal Bd2b1,Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4b6][%mdl 32]} d5 24. exd5 cxd5 25. c5 Qc7 26. Qd4 Ng6 27. Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rc8 28. Na4 Bd7 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nb6 Bc6 31. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} Nf4 32. b4 Ne6 (32... Ne4 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Qh4 (33. Qb2 $16) 33... Rd8 $11 34. Nf5 axb4 35. axb4 {Nxh6+! is the strong threat.} Qe5 36. Nd4 (36. Nd6 $11) 36... Be8 (36... Qe4 $1 $15 37. g3 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 Qb1) 37. Qg3 Qxg3 {The position is equal.} 38. fxg3 Ne4 39. Rd3 (39. Nf5 {seems wilder.} g6 40. Ne7+ Kf8 41. Nexd5 Nxg3 42. Bc4) 39... Kf8 40. g4 Nxd4 (40... Bc6 $5) 41. Rxd4 Bc6 42. Nc4 Ra8 43. Na5 Nxc5 44. Nxc6 Ne6 45. Rxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with Na5.} bxc6 46. Rd6 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,35,23,15,11,14,15,11,22,14,19,12,31,15,25,14,27,23]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Re2 b6 11. Re1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bb7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Bf4 Rxe1 13. Qxe1 Qe7 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. a4 a6 17. g3 {½-½ (78) Carlsen,M (2853)-Karjakin,S (2772) New York 2016}) 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 d6 15. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a6 16. c3 Qd7 17. a5 b5 18. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,73,32,32,20,16,20,37,17,47,51,49,40,39,46,40,47,34,41,34,38,43,39,47,47,52,35,51,31,74,72,97,50,54,37,54,40,70,70,80,75,68,41,43,16,29,15,15,15,16,18,24,25,27,14]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 {[#]} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f6 15. Qb3 {0-1 (33) Inarkiev,E (2709)-Leko,P (2693) Doha 2016}) 15. Bg5 Kg7 16. Qd2 f6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Nd6 19. h4 Qf7 20. Re1 Re8 21. Rxe8 Bxe8 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} b5 24. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} Qe6 25. b4 Bf7 {[%cal Be8f7,Bf7g8,Bg8h7][%mdl 32]} 26. g4 h6 27. Qg3 g5 28. h5 Bg8 29. Nb3 Bh7 30. Nc5 Qf7 31. Be2 Nec8 32. f4 Nb6 33. f5 (33. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Rf4f5]}) 33... Qe7 34. Ne6+ Kh8 35. Bd3 Bg8 36. Nc5 Bf7 37. a3 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,83,35,4,10,5,9,8,21,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,12,-6,19,0,32,22,29,33,35,35,32,29,22,20,18,12,12,12,21,0,0,0,12,-70,-61,-63,-64,-76,-76,-76,-76,-87,-34,-34,-27,-39,-39,-37]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6d5,Bd5e4][%mdl 32]} 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Ne4 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3} 8. Nxe4 (8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 12. e5 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qd1 {0-1 (49) Caruana,F (2808)-So,W (2812) Paris 2017}) 8... dxe4 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bf5 12. g4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bxg4 13. Bxe4 Nc6 14. f3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... O-O-O+ 15. Ke1 {½-½ (59) Ilincic,Z (2557)-Ivanisevic,I (2569) Jahorina 2003}) 15. Bxc6+ (15. Ke1 {is more complex.} O-O 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Kf2 Bd5 18. Bd3) 15... bxc6 16. Ke1 O-O-O 17. Bd2 Kb7 18. h4 h6 19. Bb4 Rhe8 20. Kf2 Rd5 21. Bc3 Red8 22. Rag1 c5 23. Rb1 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. f4 (24. Bxa5 Ra8) 24... Bf5 25. Ra1 h5 26. Rhe1 {Threatens to win with e4.} R5d7 27. Bxa5 Ra8 28. Bc3 Ra4 29. Ke3 Be6 30. b3 Ra3 31. Rec1 Rd8 32. Bb2 Ra5 33. Rc2 Rda8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 34. Bc1 Kc6 35. Rb2 ({White should play} 35. b4 $11 Rxa2 36. Raxa2 (36. Rxc5+ Kb6 $14) 36... Rxa2 37. Rxc5+ Kb6 38. Ra5) 35... Ra3 $15 36. Kf2 {[#]} Rxb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rxb3 (37. axb3 Rxa1) 37... Bxb3 {KRB-KRB} 38. a3 Ra4 39. Be3 Bd5 (39... c4 $17 40. Bd4 {[#]} c3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 40. Rc1 Rc4 41. Rxc4 Bxc4 42. a4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,64,7,11,35,-20,-25,-31,-24,-17,-20,-29,-42,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-56,-47,-56,-47,-56,-50,-35,-48,-58,-58,-76,-61,-225,-209,-222,-207,-209,-214,-337,-336,-331,-326,-318,-327,-319,-307,-340,-339]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 c4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 11. b3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be6 12. Ne5 $146 (12. bxc4 $14 dxc4 13. e4) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. e3 O-O 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O Nc6 15. a4 cxb3 16. a5 Qd8 17. a6 b6 18. Qxb3 {0-1 (41) Skrondal,I (2277)-Hammer,J (2628) Sandefjord 2017}) 12... O-O $11 {The position is equal.} 13. e3 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Nc6 14. Be2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qg6 16. O-O {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. exd4 (17. Qxd4 Rfd8) 17... cxb3 18. Bf3 {Hoping for d5.} Rac8 19. Qe3 $1 Qg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 20. Rab1 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Rfd8 22. Bxb7 Rc3 23. d5 Bd7 {White must now prevent ...Rb8.} ({Weaker is} 23... Bxd5 24. Rfd1 $16) 24. Rf4 a5 {Strongly threatening ...Rb8.} 25. Kf2 $2 {[#]} (25. d6 $15) 25... Rb8 $19 26. Bc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Rxc6 {KRR-KRR} 28. Rd4 (28. Rb2 $142) 28... Rc2+ {Black has a decisive advantage.} 29. Kf3 b2 30. Rdd1 Rb5 31. a4 Rxe5 32. Rd8+ Kh7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,47,18,30,22,13,15,24,16,18,18,11,19,8,12,8,8,6,8,8,1,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} Ke7 10. Ne5 (10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. b3 Rd8 12. Bb2 b6 13. a3 a5 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. Ne4 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Kf1 {½-½ (33) So,W (2810)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nc4 b6 12. Nc3 a5 13. Na4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Ba6 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. f3 Rhb8 16. Rf2 {The position is equal.} a4 {[#]} 17. e4 $146 Rb4 18. Na3 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nfd7 20. Bd2 Rb7 21. Bc3 f6 22. Rd1 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Nc6 24. Nc4 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,53,26,35,35,26,55,17,18,8,20,18,24,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,10,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nf6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 13. Re1 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxb6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} axb6 {[#]} 18. Bb3 $146 Rfc8 19. Rac1 h6 20. Bf4 Ne4 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ {The position is equal.} 23. Bxc1 g5 24. Kf1 Kg7 25. Ke2 f5 26. Ne5 f4 27. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,35,17,13,13,9,10,10,9,22,8,19,8,-8,0,0,-4,-24]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Bd6 8. O-O-O Be5 9. g3 b5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. f4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc5 14. Qd2 Bc6 {[#]} 15. Bg2 $146 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Rd1 {[%cal Rd4d7]} Nf6 18. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,12,32,26,29,13,13,14,16,14,24,24,20,15,45,31,35,22,65,56,63,64,65,38,85,41,58,49,82,62,74,66,53,35,24,20,77,89,140,130,158,137,154,164,155,143,452,452,5724,5820,5724,5724]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 (5... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 6. Bc4 Ne5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 $14) 6. a5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Bg7 7. a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O a6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. d3 Nb8 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 {0-1 (46) Carlsen,M (2855)-Topalov,V (2761) Paris 2016}) 7... O-O 8. O-O {The position is equal.} e6 9. d3 Qb6 {[%cal Rb7a6]} 10. axb7 Bxb7 11. Re1 Rfd8 12. Ba4 h6 13. h3 d5 14. e5 Nh7 15. Bxd7 Rxd7 16. d4 {Black must now prevent Na4.} cxd4 17. Ne2 d3 18. Qxd3 d4 19. Nexd4 g5 20. c3 Nf8 21. Nh2 (21. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]}) 21... Ng6 22. Qg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nh4 (22... a5 $11) 23. Nhf3 $16 Nxf3+ ({Better is} 23... Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Nf5) 24. Nxf3 Rd3 25. h4 gxh4 26. Qxh4 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rxf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27... Qb7 $16) 28. Bxh6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} f5 (28... Qxf2+ $142 29. Qxf2 Rxf2) 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Kh1 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,68,16,5,27,-16,-16,-20,-19,-24,-30,-30,-27,-45,-45,-45,-46,-42,-47,-49,-42,-41,-39,-30,-35,-25,0,-32,0,-43,-46,-47,-46,-39,-20,-20,-22,-22,-12,-12,-12,-13,-13,-13,-6,-20,-6,-8,-6,-9,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1 Bb7 9. Qxc4 c5 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bg5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. Qa4 a6 13. dxc5 b5 14. Qh4 Rxc5 15. Ne5 Rxe5 16. Bxb7 {½-½ (25) Schlosser,P (2596)-Sokolov,A (2570) Belfort 2012}) 12. Rxd4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd2 Rc8 15. Qa4 Bc6 16. Qb4 Bxf3 17. exf3 {[#] Threatens to win with Rad1.} Bxc3 18. bxc3 {Hoping for Rad1.} Qc7 19. f4 Nf6 20. Rd3 Qc4 21. Bf1 Qc5 22. Bg2 Qc4 23. Bf1 $1 Qc7 24. Bg2 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rd8 27. Rd4 {The position is equal.} Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Qd7 (28... Qc5 {looks sharper.} 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ g6 31. Bf3 Kg7) 29. Qxd7 Nxd7 $11 {KB-KN} 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. Kd4 Nc5 34. Bf1 Nd7 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,69,35,38,35,37,8,16,20,22,6,14,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,7,14,0,5,-1,9,0,11,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,-13,-12,-22,-18,-23,-13,-42,0,0,0,-6,-11,-25,0,0,25,-29,0,0,0,-8,-6,-21]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} dxc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Bc4 Ng6 9. Nd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} (9. a4 {with more complications.} Be7 10. a5 Qc7 11. f4 Bd7 12. Be3) ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 a5 10. Kh1 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qb4 13. Qe2 e5 14. f5 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 {1-0 (52) Frolyanov,D (2537)-Filipenko,A (2286) Samara 2017}) 9... Qc7 10. a4 Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. h3 b6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Re1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. c3 Bb7 17. Be3 c5 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Bd3 Qc6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Rad8 22. Qe3 Rd7 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Qf1 Rfd8 25. Re3 a5 26. b3 Bc6 27. Qe2 e5 28. Rf1 Qc7 29. h4 Rd6 30. h5 Bd7 31. Bc4 $1 Be6 32. h6 (32. Bxe6 $142 Rxe6 33. Rd1) 32... gxh6 33. Bxe6 {The position is equal.} Rxe6 34. Rf3 Qe7 35. Rd1 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,88,69,62,78,64,69,64,59,37,64,52,120,84,79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,6,27,0,0,0,0,-35,-45,-35,-36,-65,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,52,56,50,0,45,0,59,0,25]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} 9. f3 (9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxf6 13. g4 h6 14. h4 Bb7 15. Rh2 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 {½-½ (49) Jakovenko,D (2703)-Inarkiev,E (2707) Geneve 2017}) 9... h5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 a5 13. Bc4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} a4 14. a3 {[#]} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qb6 15. Be3 Qb7 16. Qf2 d6 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Bh6 Ne8 19. Bg5 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rd3 Rf7 22. Qh4 {½-½ (22) Lopez Martinez,J (2555)-Kogan,A (2542) Arinsal 2009}) 15. f4 O-O 16. Rhf1 (16. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 $11) 16... Bg4 17. Rde1 $1 Rfd8 (17... exf4 $14 18. Bxf4 (18. Qxf4 Ra5 $11) 18... Nd7) 18. Qe3 Rab8 19. fxe5 ({Better is} 19. Ba2 $16) 19... dxe5 $11 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. h3 Rd4 $1 {[#] ...Qb7 is the strong threat.} 22. hxg4 {[%cal Bh3g4,Bg4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with g5.} Rxc4 23. gxh5 Be7 24. Rf3 Rd4 {White must now prevent ...Bxa3!} 25. Nd1 $1 Qb6 26. h6 Qd8 $1 {[%mdl 1024] [#] aiming for ...Bg5. Black has compensation.} 27. Rg3 g6 $1 28. Rf1 Rb7 (28... Bh4 $15) 29. Nf2 Bh4 30. Rg4 Bxf2 31. Qxf2 Rbd7 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 32. Qf3 Kh7 33. Kb1 Qe7 34. Rg3 Qh4 35. Rg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qe7 36. Rg3 Qd6 37. Rc1 Rd1 38. Qe2 Rd2 (38... Qd4 $5 {[%cal Rd1c1]} 39. Qxd1 Qxd1 40. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 41. Ka2 Kxh6 $11) 39. Qa6 Rd4 40. Rc3 Rc7 (40... Rxe4 $11 41. Rxc6 Qd2) 41. Rd3 $14 Qc5 42. Rc3 Qd6 43. Rd3 Qc5 $1 44. Rc3 Qd6 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,27,20,24,35,33,23,35,35]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. O-O (11. e4 Re8 12. O-O c5 13. Rad1 h6 14. h3 Bf8 15. Be5 {½-½ (54) Najer,E (2687)-Dominguez Perez,L (2713) Dortmund 2016}) 11... c5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Nb5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Rac1 Qb7 13. h3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. a3 {½-½ (45) Quintiliano Pinto,R (2484)-Bindrich,F (2590) Doha 2016}) 12... Qb7 13. Bd6 Rfd8 14. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,92,29,29,41,10,81,86,72,27,27,21,24,30,53,55,44,27,54,7,29,24,18,21,32,21,27,12,10,9,8,7,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,17,17,17,17,15,15,15,23,8,12,9,22,8,15,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. 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 Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Be6 12. Bg5 Qa5 $146 (12... d5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Bxh6 c4 14. Bxg7 cxd3 15. Qg5 Ne4 {1-0 (62) Karjakin,S (2779)-Harikrishna,P (2763) Shamkir 2016}) 13. a3 $16 Rfe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 $1 16. Qxg5 h6 17. Qf4 d5 18. g4 Qd8 19. Be2 (19. Bb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Rf8 20. Be2 $11) 19... Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Bf3 Kf8 $1 22. Bxd5 Bxg4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Rg1 Bf5 25. Rxg5 g6 26. Bc4 Re1+ 27. Kd2 Rh1 28. Bd3 Rxh2 29. Ke3 Rh3+ 30. f3 Bxd3 31. cxd3 $11 {KR-KR} b6 32. b4 cxb4 33. axb4 Ke7 34. b5 Rh1 {The position is equal.} 35. c4 Re1+ 36. Kf4 {[#] And now Re5+ would win.} (36. Kd4 $5 {[%cal Rg5e5]} Ke6 37. Rg2 $14) 36... Ke6 37. Rg2 {White wants to play Ra2.} Ra1 38. Re2+ Kd6 39. Kg5 a6 40. bxa6 Rxa6 41. Kf6 Ra5 42. Kxf7 Rf5+ 43. Kxg6 Rxf3 44. d4 Rc3 45. c5+ bxc5 46. dxc5+ Rxc5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,118,7,7,6,0,1,1,7,11,7,9,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,77,46,66,48,58,60,104,60,76,0,0,0,0,0,32,40,89,83,91,77,83,85,70,60,58,68,55,62,59,57,80,80,99,89,100,100,99,91,86,87,102,82,83,87,108,93,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,100,93,98,93,29,38,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O b6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. d5 (11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 {0-1 (55) Navara,D (2737)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... Na5 12. Bd3 $1 c4 13. Bc2 $1 exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Re1 Qd6 $146 16. Ne5 Qxd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 17. Qg4 $1 Rad8 18. Qh3 $40 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh3h7][%mdl 128] White attacks.} f5 19. Bf4 Bc8 20. g4 Bf6 ({Much less strong is} 20... Bb7 21. f3 $17) 21. Rbd1 Qb5 (21... Qc5 $11 22. Rxd8 Rxd8) 22. Rxd8 $16 Rxd8 23. gxf5 Bb7 24. Ng4 Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5h1]} 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5h1]} 26. f3 (26. Kf1 $16 Qf3 27. Qg3+ Qxg3 28. fxg3 (28. hxg3 Nc6 $14)) 26... Qxf3 $11 27. Qxf3 Bxf3 28. Kf2 Bc6 29. Bh6 Kh8 30. Re6 Bd5 31. Rxf6 Kg8 32. Kg3 Nb7 33. Be3 Nd6 $1 34. Bd4 Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Kf4 Bd5 37. a3 Rd7 38. h4 Rd8 39. h5 Bb7 40. Re6 {And now Re7 would win.} Kf7 41. a4 Rd5 42. Re1 Bc8 {[#]} 43. Be5 $1 Rd2 {[#]} 44. Bd4 $1 Rh2 45. f6 {Black must now prevent Re7+.} Be6 46. Kg5 Ra2 47. Rg1 Rxa4 48. Kf4 Kf8 49. Rg7 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} h6 50. Rb7 (50. Rh7 $16) 50... Ra1 $11 51. Be3 (51. Ke5 $5 {[%cal Re5e6]} Bg4 52. Be3 $14) 51... Ra5 {The position is equal.} 52. Bd4 Rf5+ 53. Ke3 Rxh5 54. Rxa7 b5 55. Rc7 Rg5 56. Kf4 Kg8 57. Rb7 Rf5+ 58. Ke4 Rg5 59. Kf4 Rf5+ {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,41,37,12,11,14,33,33,25,24,22,29,31,24,12,16,22,26,33,30,23,29,25,14]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Nb6 9. Qb3 Qd5 10. Nbd2 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} Be7 11. e3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Qxb3 12. Nxb3 {The position is equal.} Be4 13. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Na5 Rb8 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Kf8 {½-½ (96) Ponomariov,R (2733)-Akopian,V (2694) Astrakhan 2010}) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Nc4 16. Bd2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rac1 Bb6 21. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,31,10,29,28,52,40,48,42,51,57,65,41,34,48,27,54,29,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Qe2 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} Bd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Qg4 Kf8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Ne7 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Be5 12. Qh5 Rxg2 13. Ne2 d5 14. f4 Bd6 15. Bd2 Rb8 {1-0 (30) Kramnik,V (2807)-Timman,J (2594) Wijk aan Zee 2003}) 10. f4 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 11. Qf3 e5 {[%cal Re5f4]} 12. O-O exf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qxf4 15. Rxf4 {Hoping for e5.} d6 16. h3 (16. e5 $5 dxe5 17. Rc4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Adhiban, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,126,35,40,28,18,19,21,23,21,15,33,0,0,0,0,-14,-8,-16,-11,-33,-33,-38,-39,-38,13,-95,-93,-94,-94,-94,-89,-94,-110,-99,-57,-70,-68,-150,-27,-123,-128,-123,-127,-122,-118,-148,-68,-176,-168,-176,-170,-178,-170,-240,-240,-240,-183,-185,-185,-185,-185,-185,-190,-190,-185,-189,-185,-191,0,-185,0,-185,-185,-266,-266,-357,-334,-302,-266,-252,0,-298,-19,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Bg7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bf4 (9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 f6 11. c5 Re8 12. Be3 fxe5 {0-1 (37) Grigoryan,K (2596)-Howell,D (2663) Jerusalem 2015}) 9... Be6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Re8 10. f3 Be6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Rc1 Bd4 {1-0 (36) Christiansen,L (2560)-Rahls,P (2230) Germany 1994}) 10. O-O-O+ Nd7 11. Be2 (11. Kc2 {feels hotter.} Kc8 12. Be3 b6 13. f4 Re8 14. Be2) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Kc8 13. Rd2 a5 14. Be3 h5 15. Rhd1 a4 $1 16. f4 Ra5 17. h3 c5 (17... Nc5 $15) 18. g4 (18. Bf2 $11) 18... hxg4 $17 19. hxg4 {And now f5 would win.} Nb6 $1 20. f5 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Bf4 Ra6 23. Rd7 Rc6 $1 24. Re7 (24. e5 $1 $15 gxf5 25. gxf5) 24... Rd8 ({Black should try} 24... Bxa2 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Bb3.} 25. Rdd7 a3) 25. fxg6 (25. e5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 fxg6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. a3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 28. Kd2 {[#]} Kb7 (28... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4a3][%mdl 512]} 29. cxb4 (29. axb4 cxb4) 29... cxb4 30. axb4 a3) 29. g5 {[#]} (29. Re5 $15) 29... b4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4a3][%mdl 512]} 30. cxb4 (30. axb4 a3) 30... cxb4 31. axb4 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 32. Re5 {[#]} (32. Be5 {is a better defense.}) 32... a2 $1 33. Ra5 Bb3 34. Kd3 Bc2+ 35. Ke3 {[#]} Bb1 $1 36. Be5 Rc4 37. Bd4 Rxb4 38. e5 Rb3+ 39. Kf4 Rb4 40. Ke3 Rb3+ 41. Kf4 $1 Rh3 42. Bf2 (42. Ba1 $142) 42... Rh8 43. Bc5 Rh4+ 44. Kf3 Rh3+ 45. Kf4 Rh4+ 46. Kf3 {and the idea e6 leaves White hopeful.} Rh1 $2 ({Black should play} 46... Rc4 $19 {aiming for ...Rxc5.} 47. Be3 Re4) 47. e6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Re1 48. Be3 {Black must now prevent e7.} Rf1+ (48... Kc6 $5 49. Ra6+ $8 Kb5 $11) 49. Bf2 $1 {[#]} Be4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Kxe4 Rxf2 {KR-KR} 51. Kd3 Rf5 52. Rxa2 Re5 53. Rf2 ({Don't blunder} 53. Re2 $2 Rxe2 54. Kxe2 Kc6 $19) 53... Rxe6 54. Rf6 Rb6 55. Ke4 Kc8 56. Ke5 Rb5+ 57. Kf4 Rb6 58. Ke5 Kd7 {Hoping for ...Ke7.} 59. Rxb6 cxb6 60. Kf6 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 61. Kxg6 b4 {( -> ...b3)} 62. Kf7 b3 {...b2 is the strong threat.} 63. g6 b2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,103,24,35,19,12,6,12,6,13,4,19,0,0,0,13,6,38,31,38,37,33,34,36,33,36,42,55,52,55,46,48,48,53,50,53,55,89,37,86,95,102,123,116,90,102,0,0,0,8,0,33,41,72,76,79,87,81,66,68,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O {[%cal Be1c1,Bc1b1,Bb1a1][%mdl 32]} Nb6 11. h3 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} Be6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11... g6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Nd2 Ng7 15. g4 Kb8 16. Nb3 h5 17. f3 Bc8 18. Qf2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Ne6 20. f4 {0-1 (75) Nakamura,H (2793)-Onischuk,A (2667) Saint Louis 2017}) 12. Nge2 O-O-O 13. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g4 Nf6 14. Nf4 g5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 h5 17. f4 Rdg8 18. fxg5 Rxg5 19. Nf4 Rh6 20. Bg6 Nc4 21. Rde1 hxg4 {0-1 (32) Mastrovasilis,A (2554)-Malikentzos,S (2314) Athens 2014}) 13... Kb8 14. a4 (14. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Nf6 15. g5 $11) 14... Qb4 15. Nc1 Nc4 16. Ka1 (16. Bxc4 $5 dxc4 17. N1e2 $11) 16... Nf6 17. N3a2 Qe7 18. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} g6 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. f4 Qc7 21. e5 $1 {Hoping for b3.} Nh5 22. Qf2 f5 23. Nb3 Ng7 24. Rc1 Bg8 25. Nc5 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. b3 Na5 28. Rc3 Qe7 29. Rb1 (29. Kb2 $16) 29... Rc8 30. Qd2 c5 31. Bb5 c4 32. bxc4 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 (33. Rxc4 $16 dxc4 34. Bxe8 Qxe8 35. Nc3) 33... dxc4 $11 34. d5 Qd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 35. d6 Rc5 {[%cal Bc8c5,Bc5d5,Bd5d3][%mdl 32]} (35... g5 $5) 36. Ra3 Rd5 37. Qb4 Rc8 38. Nc3 Rd3 39. Ra2 Qc6 40. Rab2 (40. h4 $14) 40... b6 {The position is equal.} 41. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5b6,Bb6a7][%mdl 32]} (41. Qa5 $5 {[%cal Rb2b6]} Kb7 42. Rb5 $11) 41... Qc5 42. axb6 Qxb4 43. bxa7+ $1 Ka8 44. Rxb4 Rxc3 {[#]} 45. d7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd7 {Threatens to win with ...Rc7.} 46. Rb8+ Kxa7 47. R8b7+ Ka6 {aiming for ...Bc6.} 48. Rxd7 Rc5 49. Rd6+ Ka7 50. Rd7+ Ka6 51. Rd6+ Ka7 52. Rd7+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,126,31,26,29,35,30,30,50,36,34,33,68,62,73,68,75,53,46,47,31,33,54,28,41,19,26,6,27,14,39,37,27,22,21,22,29,21,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,10,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-16,-53,-66,-64,-36,-53,-39,-53,-22,-22,-20,-31,-20,-70,-52,-53,-44,-64,-58,-60,-67,-201,-186,-1369,-807,-986,-968,-878,-760,-511,-451,-12821,-1420,-12838,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12845,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12844,-29985,-12846,-29990,-12847]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 9. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 10. Nc4 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qg3 f6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Nf8 {½-½ (23) Predojevic,B (2652)-Neubauer,M (2452) Rijeka 2009}) 11... Re6 12. g3 b5 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. a4 a6 15. Ra2 Nc5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rfa1 Rxa2 18. Rxa2 Re8 19. Kg2 Ne6 20. Nf5 c5 21. Ra5 Qd7 (21... g6 $5 {[%cal Rg6f5]}) 22. Bc3 f6 23. b3 c6 24. h4 g6 25. Ne3 {Ng4 is the strong threat.} Bg7 26. Qg4 Rf8 27. Kg1 Qf7 28. Ra6 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Qe2 Qb7 31. Ra2 Nd4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Nf1 c5 34. Nd2 Bh6 35. Ra1 Qg7 36. Kh2 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rf1 (37. dxe4 d3) 37... e3 38. Nf3 Kh8 {aiming for ...f4.} 39. fxe3 dxe3 40. Ng1 Rg8 41. Qf3 Qc3 42. Qe2 {[#]} f4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Black fights for an advantage.} 43. g4 (43. gxf4 Qg7) 43... f3 44. Nxf3 Rxg4 45. Kh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Rg8 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Qg7.} 46. Rg1 Rf8 {White must now prevent ...Qf6.} 47. Rg4 (47. Ng5 $15 Bxg5 48. Rxg5) 47... Qf6 $19 48. Ng5 $2 (48. Ng1) 48... Qf2 49. Rg2 {[#]} Bxg5 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rf2h4][%mdl 512]} 50. Rxf2 (50. Rxg5 Qxe2) 50... exf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 51. Qf1 Be3 52. b4 (52. c3 $142 Rg8 53. Qh1) 52... cxb4 53. Qa1+ Kg8 54. Qf1 h5 55. Kh2 Kh7 56. Kh3 Rf4 57. d4 Bxd4 58. Kg2 Kh8 59. Kh3 Rf6 60. Kh2 Rf8 61. Kh3 Rf4 62. Kg2 Rg4+ 63. Kh2 Be5+ {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 69%.} (63... Rg1 $142 64. Qxb5 f1=N+ 65. Qxf1 Rxf1 66. Kh3 Rf2 67. Kg3 Ba7 68. c3 bxc3 69. Kh3 c2 70. Kg3 c1=Q 71. Kh3 Qe3#) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,85,19,17,13,10,22,13,41,33,43,10,17,8,8,3,3,0,1,9,26,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,-9,-18,-10,-19,-36,56,58,26,14,81,81,81,81,82,71,84,88,97,104,90,111,105,87,83,96,118,118,125,118,118,116,118,66,85,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bg5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Bc6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc4 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games} Rc8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Be4 14. Qc1 a5 15. Nfe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c6 {1-0 (52) Gelfand,B (2724)-Harikrishna,P (2750) Moscow 2017}) 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd5 16. e4 Nb4 17. Qe2 Qe8 18. b3 Rd8 19. Rac1 f6 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Ne3 c6 22. Qc4 (22. d5 $5 cxd5 23. exd5 $11) 22... Qf7 23. a5 Bd6 24. Ra1 f5 25. exf5 Nd5 26. Nh4 {[%cal Bf3h4,Bh4g6,Bg6e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} g5 27. Ng6 Rfe8 28. Ng4 Kg7 (28... Kh7 $1 $15 29. N6e5 Qxf5) 29. f6+ $1 $14 Nxf6 ({But not} 29... Kxg6 $2 30. Qd3+ Kh5 31. Ne5 $18) 30. N6e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qg8 {[#]} (30... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Nxf6 $1 $16 Kxf6 32. Ng4+ Ke7 33. Nxh6 Qh7 {Hoping for ...Rh8.} 34. Ng4 Rh8 35. Qe2 {Strongly threatening d5.} Qf5 36. Rd3 Rhf8 37. Kg1 Kd7 38. Ne5+ Bxe5 39. dxe5+ Kc7 40. Rad1 Rd5 41. Qe3 Kb8 42. b4 ({Better is} 42. Rxd5 $16 {Intending Rd8+ and mate.} cxd5 43. Rd4) 42... Rh8 43. f3 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 69%.} (43. R1d2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,34,0,13,0,-7,-9,0,0,0,-17,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. h3 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (13. g3 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf1 Nf8 16. Bg2 Ne6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nh4 Bb8 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Na4 d4 {1-0 (37) Le,Q (2739)-Navara,D (2737) Saint Louis 2017}) 13... h6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 14. Qb1 Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... c5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bf1 Qe6 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bc4 Qe7 21. Nh4 Be5 22. Ng6 Qg5 23. Nxe5 {½-½ (23) Barnaure,V (2474)-Colovic,A (2477) France 2007}) 15. Rf1 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Bb4 17. Rf1 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,75,1,0,-6,-8,-4,14,-1,30,20,24,34,31,33,41,23,29,6,29,17,16,0,72,63,72,73,73,72,61,61,72,75,95,81,90,93,115,119,158,161,197,204,189,163,175,165,180,166,297,294,352,335,337,332]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. h3 Bh5 {C86: Closed Ruy Lopez: Worrall Attack} 12. Bg5 Rb8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. d5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. a4 h6 14. Bh4 b4 15. Bc4 Na5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nbd2 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 {0-1 (91) Artemiev,V (2652)-Ponkratov,P (2610) Izhevsk 2014}) 13... Na5 {The position is equal.} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nbd2 Bg5 16. g4 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Bg6 $1 18. Nf1 f6 19. f3 Be8 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. Kh2 Qb7 22. Bc2 b4 (22... Nc4 $11) 23. Rab1 $16 b3 24. axb3 Nxb3 25. Bxb3 Qxb3 26. Qxa6 Bb5 27. Qa5 $1 Be2 {[#]} 28. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e2]} Bxf3 29. Qxc7 Bxe4 30. Ra1 Bg6 31. Qxd6 Rfd8 32. Qe7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black must now prevent Ra7. White is out for blood.} Re8 33. Qa3 Qb6 {[#]} 34. Qa7 $1 Qd6 35. Ra6 Qf8 (35... Re7 {was worth a try.} 36. Rxd6 Rxa7) 36. d6 $18 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Be4 37. d7 Red8 {Threatens to win with ...Rb7.} 38. Qc7 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,40,0,6,14,0,0,10,24,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. Be2 {D56: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defence} (12. O-O Bb7 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Rac1 c5 15. dxc5 {½-½ (15) Kunin,V (2551)-Fridman,D (2605) Llucmajor 2017}) 12... Bb7 13. b4 Rc8 14. O-O {LiveBook: 14 Games} a5 15. a3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... axb4 16. axb4 Nc6 17. b5 Na5 18. Ne5 {1-0 (43) Saulyte,G (2012)-Kezele,T (2024) Budva 2003}) 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Rfd1 axb4 {The position is equal.} 18. axb4 {aiming for Rxa8.} bxc5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. bxc5 Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,51,4,6,18,27,27,25,16,15,11,11,11,11,8,18,16,8,8,16,16,8,8,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bg5 c5 {LiveBook: 36 Games} 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qe4 Qb5 {The position is equal.} 15. b4 {Threatens to win with e3.} ({Don't play} 15. Qxa8 Qxb2 16. Rd1 Nc6 $17) 15... bxc5 16. e3 ({Much worse is} 16. Qxa8 Qc4 $17) 16... Qb7 {[#]} 17. Qg4+ $146 Kf8 18. b5 Bxb5 19. Rb1 $1 a6 20. a4 f5 21. Qf4 {[#] Black must now prevent Qh6+.} Qe4 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Qg5+ Kf8 $1 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ Kf8 $1 26. Qh6+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 100%.} ({Reject} 26. Nd2 Qxa4 27. Qh6+ Ke8 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,90,-4,0,0,-15,16,19,19,20,20,10,12,0,25,0,0,-12,-12,-12,-11,-10,4,15,23,-13,0,0,0,0,-7,-4,-7,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,11,11,11,14,17,17,12,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,0,0,0,24,0,0,0,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Na3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} e4 7. Nc4 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O {LiveBook: 9 Games} a5 10. d3 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a4 11. Ng3 d5 12. Ne5 Qe8 13. dxe4 Nxe4 {½-½ (30) Rapport,R (2702)-Karjakin,S (2785) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 11. Nd2 a4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. h3 Ra5 15. Qd4 (15. Ng3 {is more complex.} Qd5 16. c4 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 f5 18. Bc3) 15... Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Rfa8 18. Ne2 Be8 19. Bc3 Rd5 20. Bd4 Rda5 21. Rab1 axb3 22. axb3 f5 23. b4 Rb5 24. Bc3 c5 25. bxc5 Rxb1 ({Don't play} 25... Bxc5 $6 26. Rxb5 Bxb5 27. Rd5 $16) 26. Rxb1 Bxc5 27. Be5 Bb6 28. Bd4 Ra6 29. Bxb6 Rxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Ra1 Rc6 31. Nd4 Rc5 32. Kh2 Kf7 33. h4 h6 34. Ra6 Bd7 35. Kg3 Rc3 36. Kf4 Rc5 37. h5 Ke7 38. Rg6 Kf7 39. g3 (39. c4 $5) 39... Kf8 40. Ra6 (40. Re6 $5) 40... Ke7 41. Rg6 Kf8 42. c3 (42. Re6 $5) 42... Kf7 {The position is equal.} 43. c4 c6 44. Rd6 Ke7 45. Rg6 Kf7 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,94,0,0,12,19,68,64,33,40,66,39,62,61,50,56,60,31,31,31,36,11,52,39,50,27,33,22,45,40,51,22,101,62,82,38,35,0,25,23,52,66,47,66,128,125,142,75,85,13,20,17,39,7,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6e5,Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Ba3 Qxd1 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} 9. Rxd1 Re8 10. c4 e4 11. Nd4 $1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} e3 (11... c6 12. Nc3 Na6 13. e3 Bg4 14. Rd2 Rad8 15. h3 Bc8 16. Rad1 {1-0 (41) Kramnik,V (2808)-Vocaturo,D (2583) Baku 2016}) 12. f3 Na6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Rac1 h5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Bd7 15. Nc2 h5 16. h4 Rac8 17. Na4 b6 18. Bb2 Bf5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Nc2 Bf5 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Nc2 {½-½ (22) Vandrey,W-Mainka,R (2445) Germany 1991}) 15. h4 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Kh2 Nc5 18. Bh3 (18. b4 {is more complex.} Ncd7 19. Na4 Kg7 20. a3 Nb6 21. Nc5) 18... Bxh3 19. Kxh3 a5 20. Nc2 Re5 21. Rd4 Ng8 22. Rcd1 Rae8 23. Rd8 Nh6 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Nd4 Ng8 (25... Re7 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Kg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Re7 27. Nc2 Nh6 28. Nd4 f5 29. a3 Kf7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Na6 (31... Ne6 $14) 32. b5 $16 Nb4 33. bxc6 (33. c5 $142) 33... bxc6 34. Rb1 (34. c5 $16) 34... Rd7 $1 $11 35. Nb3 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc5.} Nc2 36. Na5 (36. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Nb4 37. Rb1 $14) 36... Rc7 {The position is equal.} 37. Rb6 Nd4 38. f4 Ng4 39. c5 Ke7 40. Ra6 Kd7 41. Ra8 Rc8 42. Ra7+ Rc7 43. Ra8 Ne6 44. Na4 Ke7 45. Ra7 Kd8 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ra7 Kd8 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,83,21,0,23,31,37,42,40,29,48,43,57,64,78,66,64,66,75,65,74,67,62,63,64,71,67,69,93,90,116,73,89,85,99,29,52,52,68,29,110,19,35,8,77,75,1022,806,2177,82,715,128,129,111,6743,6641,29967,29967,29975,29975,29974,29969,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4f2][%mdl 32]} h6 8. Bh4 d6 {C45: Scotch Game} 9. f3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be6 (9... g5 10. Bg3 a6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O Be6 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Nd7 15. Bf2 Qf6 16. Bxb6 Nxb6 {0-1 (45) Dominguez Perez,L (2752)-Andreikin,D (2736) Novi Sad 2016}) 10. Bb5 O-O {White is slightly better.} 11. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 12. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd3 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. O-O-O Qf6 15. Na4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {0-1 (36) Brown,M (2252)-Fodor,T (2505) Bournemouth 2016}) 12... g5 13. Bf2 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nd5 15. Qd2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 f5 17. Qc4+ $1 Kg7 18. Qxc6 fxe4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qxc7+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kg8 22. O-O exf3 23. Qc4+ Kg7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Rxf3 ({White should try} 25. Qd3 $16 {Black must now prevent Qg6+.} Kg7 26. gxf3 (26. Qxd6 f2+ 27. Kh1 Qe4 $11)) 25... Rxf3 26. gxf3 {KQ-KQ} Qd5 27. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Qc8+.} b5 (27... Qd1 $11) 28. Kg3 (28. Qf6 $16) 28... Kf7 $11 29. f4 Kg6 (29... gxf4+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 30. Kxf4 Qg2) 30. Qe3 Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... b4 $16) 31. fxg5 $1 $18 hxg5 32. h3 $2 (32. Qf3+ $18 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3) 32... Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Kg6 $16) 33. Qd3+ $2 (33. Qf2+ $18 Kg6 34. Qxc5 dxc5 35. h4) 33... Kf6 $16 34. Kf3 Qe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... b4 $16 35. c3 bxc3 36. bxc3 Qc6+ 37. Kf2 Ke7) 35. Qc3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc3e5]} Qxc3+ 36. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32] KP-KP. White mates.} d5 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. Kd3 Kf4 39. Kd4 Kg3 40. Kxd5 Kxh3 41. c4 g4 42. c5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 21%.} ({And not} 42. cxb5 g3 $11) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,143,17,17,9,10,12,24,19,46,35,51,25,26,33,33,28,38,42,20,0,0,0,6,0,33,34,50,-50,-52,-645,-48,-42,-47,-81,-69,-90,-90,-119,-99,-88,-89,-89,-89,-87,-31,-29,-30,-38,-24,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,40,40,40,47,60,63,60,62,65,134,60,58,59,121,93,90,88,100,101,117,117,116,101,96,54,68,69,82,20,37,33,61,20,23,0,67,20,45,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32] B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nec6 8. c4 cxd4 9. Nb5 {White has an edge.} Be4 10. Bg5 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qd7 11. Nfxd4 h6 12. Bh4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qe3 a6 {1-0 (33) Kamsky,G (2732)-Kacheishvili,G (2599) Philadelphia 2011}) 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Bxe7+ ({Much weaker is} 12. Nxb7 Qb6 $15) 12... Qxe7 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. c5 Nbc6 15. f3 Bg6 16. f4 Nxd4 17. fxe5 Nc6 18. Bh5 {Threatens to win with Bxg6.} Qh4 ({Not} 18... Nxe5 $2 19. Qe2 $16) 19. Bxg6 (19. g4 $14) 19... hxg6 $15 20. Rxf7+ Kg8 21. h3 Nxe5 22. Rf1 b6 23. Qe2 Rh5 24. Nb5 Rc8 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Rae1 Rc4 {[#] ...Rg4! is the strong threat.} 27. Qd2 Kh7 ({Black should play} 27... Qe7 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Qc5+.} 28. b3 Qc5+ 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Rb4) 28. b3 Re4 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. Nd4 $1 Qg3 {White must now prevent ...Rxh3.} 31. Qf4 Rxh3 32. Nxe6 Qe3+ 33. Rf2 Qe1+ 34. Rf1 Qe3+ 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 36. Rf4 Re1+ 37. Kh2 e3 38. Kg3 Re2 39. a4 Nd3 40. Re4 g5 (40... Ne1 $5 {[%cal Re2g2]} 41. Nf4 Rb2 42. Rxe3 Nc2 $11) 41. Nxg5+ Kg6 42. Nf3 Nc5 43. Rb4 Nd7 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} g6 {[#]} ({Black should try} 45... Kf7 $1 $14) 46. Ke4 (46. Rb5 $1 $16) 46... Nc5+ $14 47. Kd5 Nd7 (47... Ne6 $1 $14) 48. g5+ Kf7 49. Kd4 Ke6 50. Kd3 Rb2 51. Kxe3 Rb1 52. Rb5 Kd6 53. Nd2 Re1+ 54. Kf4 Kc6 55. Nc4 (55. Nf3 $16 Rf1 56. Ke4) 55... Rf1+ 56. Ke3 Rh1 57. Kf3 Rh4 58. Ke3 Rh3+ (58... Rh1 $11) 59. Kd4 {aiming for Ne5+.} Rg3 60. Ke4 Nc5+ $1 {The position is equal.} 61. Kf4 Rxb3 62. Ne5+ Kd6 63. Nc4+ (63. Rxb3 {is interesting.} Nxb3 64. Nxg6 Nc5 65. Kf5 Ne6 66. Kf6) 63... Kc6 64. Rxb3 Nxb3 $11 {KN-KN} 65. Ke5 Nc5 66. Nb2 Nd7+ 67. Ke6 {next Nd3 is good for White.} Nf8+ 68. Kf7 Nh7 $1 69. Kxg6 Nxg5 $1 70. Kxg5 b5 71. a5 {And now Nd3 would win.} Kb7 72. Kf5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,51,20,10,11,12,9,12,12,10,0,0,0,0,0,36,12,91,77,81,78,74,95,75,32,23,0,110,108,91,96,63,0,12,0,63,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. h3 Rc8 16. Bg3 cxd4 17. cxd4 {½-½ (57) Giri,A (2772)-Ding,L (2777) Wenzhou 2017}) 9... b4 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 10. h3 Rb8 11. a5 {The position is equal.} Qc8 12. Re1 O-O 13. c3 {[#]} Be6 $146 {Threatens to win with ...bxc3.} ({Predecessor:} 13... bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qa4 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (66) Kobalia,M (2630)-Harikrishna,P (2659) Kallithea 2008}) 14. Ba4 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qb7 16. Nbd2 (16. Bxc6 $5 Qxc6 17. Nbd2 $11) 16... Nb4 (16... Bd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. d4 $1 $16 Nd3 18. Re3 $1 {[%cal Re3d3]} Nxb2 19. Bxb2 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qa2 21. Ra1 (21. Rc1 $11) 21... Qb2 {[#]} 22. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Bxd5 {[#] ...Ba8 is the strong threat.} 23. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b2]} Qa2 {Strongly threatening ...Rxb1.} 24. Ra1 (24. exd5 $14 Nxd5 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rb3) 24... Qb2 $11 {And now ...Ba2 would win.} 25. Rb1 ({White should try} 25. exd5 $11 Nxd5 26. Rea3) 25... Qa2 $14 {White must now prevent ...Rxb1.} 26. Ra1 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 71%.} ({White should play} 26. exd5 $14 Nxd5 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rb3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "259"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,259,-10,-18,0,-57,-55,-78,-18,-25,0,0,0,0,24,22,23,39,26,6,6,5,7,0,0,0,33,22,43,40,50,37,59,59,60,59,61,59,45,37,58,56,58,63,70,53,56,59,60,57,57,57,53,31,29,22,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,25,27,29,30,102,94,86,29,29,29,34,34,125,106,133,124,131,89,152,95,84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-23,-46,-46,-108,-108,-108,-108,-137,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-13,-13,-13,-21,-21,-35,-35,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,0,-101,0,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-108,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-123,-101,-101,-101,-123,-101,-123,-101,-101,0,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,0,-101,0,-101,0,-101,0,-101,0,-101]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d4 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} (13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Nd2 g6 17. a4 h5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qe2 Bh6 20. Ra3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 b4 22. Ra4 Nc6 {½-½ (39) Anand,V (2786)-Carlsen,M (2864) Moscow 2013}) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bg4 15. Ng3 (15. d5 $11) 15... Nc6 16. Be3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Bg5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd4 20. Bd1 Be7 21. Kg2 {0-1 (47) Isaev,M (2321)-Cheremnukh,S (2128) Rybinsk 2001}) 16... d5 (16... cxd4 $17 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd7) 17. dxc5 $11 Nxe4 (17... d4 $5 18. Bf4 Bxc5 $11) 18. h3 Bxf3 $1 19. Qxf3 {[%cal Rg3e4]} Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Qf6 21. Bb3 d4 22. Bg5 Qf5 $1 23. Qf4 Qd7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Rxe1+ (25... Bxc5 $6 26. Bd5 $16) 26. Rxe1 Rc8 ({Avoid the trap} 26... Bxc5 $2 27. Bd5 $18) 27. Bd5 Nb4 ({But not} 27... Bxc5 $2 28. Bxc6 h6 29. Bd7 $18) 28. Be4 $1 Rxc5 29. Bd2 Nc2 30. Rc1 d3 $1 31. Bxd3 Nb4 32. Bb1 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} g6 34. Kf1 Bg7 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Bd2 Nc6 37. Be4 Nd8 38. b3 Ke7 39. a4 Ne6 40. Bb4+ Kd7 41. Bb7 a5 42. Be1 b4 43. Kd1 Kd6 44. Ba6 $1 Ke5 45. Bd2 f5 46. gxf5 gxf5 47. Bc4 Nd4 (47... Bf6 $11) 48. Bg5 $1 $16 Nc6 49. Ke2 (49. Bg8 $1 $16) 49... f4 $1 $11 50. g3 fxg3 51. fxg3 h6 (51... Kd4 $14) 52. Be3 $16 Ke4 53. Bd3+ Kd5 54. Bh7 Be5 (54... Bf8 $142) 55. g4 ({Resist} 55. Bxh6 $6 Bxg3 56. Ke3 Nd8 $14) (55. Kd3 $142 $1) 55... Bg7 56. Kf3 ({White should try} 56. Kd2 $16) 56... Nd4+ $11 57. Kf2 Ke5 58. Bg8 Ke4 59. Bc4 Nc6 {With the idea ...Bd4.} 60. Bd2 Ne5 61. Be2 Nf7 62. Bc1 Bf6 63. Bf1 Ne5 {Hoping for ...Bg5.} 64. Kg3 Bg5 65. Bg2+ (65. Bb2 $1 $15 Bf4+ 66. Kh3) 65... Kd3 $17 66. Bb2 {[#]} Nd7 $1 67. Bd5 {[#]} Bd8 (67... Nc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5e4] Threatens to win with ...Ne4+.} 68. Be5 Kc2) 68. Bg7 Bg5 69. Kf3 Nc5 70. Bf8 Kd4 71. Bg8 (71. Bxc5+ $5 Kxc5 72. Ke4 $11) 71... Nd7 72. Bg7+ Ne5+ 73. Kg3 Ke4 74. Bh7+ Kd5 75. Bf5 Nc6 76. Kf2 Nd4 77. Bh7 (77. Bxd4 $5 Kxd4 78. Kf3 $11) 77... Nc6 78. Ke2 Ne5 79. Bf5 Nc6 80. Kf2 Nd4 81. Bg6 Nc6 82. Bf8 Ne5 83. Bf5 Nc6 84. Bg6 Ne5 85. Bf5 Nc6 86. Bd3 Ne5 87. Be2 Ke4 88. Bd6 Bd8 89. Ke1 Kd5 90. Bb8 Ke4 91. Kd2 Bg5+ 92. Kd1 Bd8 93. Bd6 Kd5 94. Bf8 Bg5 95. Kc2 Ke4 96. Bd6 Bd8 97. Bc5 (97. Bxe5 $5 Kxe5 98. Kd3 $11) 97... Nd7 98. Bd3+ Kf4 99. Bd6+ Kxg4 100. Bb5 Nf6 101. Kd3 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 102. Be5 h4 103. Bxf6 ({White should play} 103. Bd6 $15) 103... Bxf6 $15 {KB-KB} 104. Ke2 Kg3 105. Bc6 Be7 106. Kf1 Bf6 107. Ke2 Be7 108. Kf1 $1 Bc5 109. Bb7 Bd4 110. Bc6 Bb6 111. Bb7 Bc7 112. Bc6 Be5 113. Bb7 Bc3 114. Bc6 Ba1 115. Bb7 Bg7 116. Bc6 Bf8 117. Bb7 Bd6 118. Kg1 Bc5+ ({Better is} 118... h3 $17 119. Bd5 Bc5+ 120. Kf1 h2) 119. Kh1 (119. Kf1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 119... Ba7 120. Bd5 Bd4 121. Bc4 Bg7 122. Bb5 Bh8 123. Bc4 h3 124. Bb5 Bg7 125. Bc4 Bh8 126. Bb5 $1 Bg7 127. Bc4 $1 Bh8 128. Bb5 $1 Bg7 129. Bc4 $1 Bh8 130. Bb5 $1 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,15,29,19]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5 {LiveBook: 39 Games. D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} {Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} a4 $146 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Ba3 Qxc3 14. Bxe7 Qxd4 15. Rc1 Re8 {½-½ (32) Li,C (2720)-Ding,L (2760) Sharjah 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,61,-11,-23,35,22,35,18,13,26,44,58,37,26,53,20,34,52,45,45,68,67,73,71,77,70,93,71,91,109,109,108,116,130,116,124,213,237,227,176,279,270,251,272,265,265]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Bb6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[#]} 10. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 544] LiveBook: 3 Games} e4 ({Of course not} 10... Nxb4 11. Bb2 $14) (10... a5 $11) 11. Ng5 $14 Qd4 12. Ba3 $146 {aiming for b5.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Be3 Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 {1-0 (53) Nakamura,H (2792)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017}) 12... e3 {[%cal Re3f2]} 13. b5 exf2+ 14. Kh1 Ne5 $1 {Hoping for ...Re8.} 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] a5 is the strong threat.} a5 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Ba7 19. Qc1 Qd8 20. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} h6 {[#]} 21. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Bg5e4,Be4c3,Bc3d5][%mdl 32]} ({Much worse is} 21. Qxe5 hxg5 22. Ra4 Rd6 $11) 21... Qe7 22. Nc3 g5 {[#]} 23. Qc1 $1 Ng4 24. Nd5 $1 $40 {[%csl LRc7,LRe7][%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Qxe2 25. Qxc7 Rc6 26. Qd8+ Qe8 (26... Kg7 $16) 27. Qxe8+ $18 Kxe8 28. d4 Kd8 (28... Bxd4 $142 29. Ra4 Ba7) 29. h3 {White has a decisive advantage.} Nf6 30. Nb6 ({But not} 30. Rxf2 $6 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Bxd4 $16) 30... Rc2 31. Nxc8 {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,61,21,20,23,20,27,26,13,12,31,22,21,-5,-10,-13,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,6,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. Be3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 f5 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. O-O Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Rac8 18. c4 {½-½ (30) Piorun,K (2638)-Areshchenko,A (2677) Poland 2017}) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Qd8 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. O-O b5 16. Bh6 {½-½ (49) Grachev,B (2434)-Areshchenko,A (2512) Moscow 2002}) 14... f5 15. f4 Bg7 {The position is equal.} 16. Bc4 fxe4 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qe2 a6 20. a4 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Bxb5 Qxd5 24. Bc4 Qe4 25. Qxe4 (25. Rf2 {feels hotter.} Rd8 26. g4 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Bd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxe7 Kg8 30. Be3) 25... Bxe4 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Rxe4 Rxd2 28. Rxe7 Bxc3 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Re7+ Kh8 31. Re8+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,19,11,14,13,20,8,30,26,20,8,38,30]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 a6 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} d6 7. O-O Ba7 (7... O-O 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. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 {Predecessor:} fxe6 $146 11. b4 b5 12. Re1 Qe8 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 {1-0 (43) Oparin,G (2605)-Esipenko,A (2523) Sochi 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,62,29,36,27,43,0,0,0,0,14,7,0,3,-1,12,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,49,0,0,0,67,78,93,98,102,97,94,73,93,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,83,76,96]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Bc5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} h5 (6... Ba7 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 h5 9. h4 Bg4 10. d3 Qd7 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Ne4 {1-0 (51) Topalov,V (2749)-Grischuk,A (2761) Paris 2017}) 7. d4 Ba7 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 8. dxe5 {White is slightly better.} dxe5 9. Bxc6+ (9. Qxd8+ {looks sharper.} Nxd8 10. h3 Bf5 11. b3 Nc6 12. Ba3) 9... bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. h3 Nf6 $146 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4g5,Bg5f3][%mdl 32]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Bc5 12. Na4 {½-½ (50) Adan Bermudez,S (2366)-Ochsner,B (2419) Fredericia 2015}) 12. b3 Be6 13. Ba3 Kc8 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nec3 {[%cal Be2c3,Bc3e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} Ng5 16. h4 Nf3+ 17. Kf1 Kb7 18. Kg2 Bg4 19. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rhd8 (19... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 20. Nec5+ Kc8 $14) 20. Be7 Re8 21. Bb4 c5 (21... Rad8 $11) 22. Bc3 $14 f6 23. Naxc5+ Bxc5 24. Nxc5+ Ka7 25. b4 g5 26. hxg5 ({White should try} 26. a4 $16) 26... Nxg5 $11 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Rxe3 29. Bd4 Re2+ 30. Kf1 $1 Nh7 (30... Nf7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Re1 $16 Rxe1+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,31,33,32,14,23,10,11,18,22,18,18,14,18,21,18,19,17,0,6,3]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 {[%cal Re4d5] D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {The position is equal.} 10. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5e4,Be4c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} Be6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 {Black should prevent a3.} Rhd8 15. Nc5 (15. Bxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (29) Wang,H (2698)-Wei,Y (2738) Danzhou 2017}) 15... Nd4 16. Nxe6 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Nxe6 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,22,40,7,20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 (11. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Qxa2 12. O-O $14) 11... Qxd2+ {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} {Predecessor:} 12. Bxd2 $146 Rd8 13. d5 Na6 14. Rc1 f5 15. e5 h6 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. O-O g5 18. Rfd1 f4 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Ba5 Rg8 {½-½ (63) Radjabov,T (2784)-Caruana,F (2770) Moscow 2012} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,76,18,10,-22,0,0,0,0,0,-6,1,-29,11,0,0,0,68,65,35,0,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,12,0,-164,-154,-162,-99,-133,-128,-111,-95,-88,-100,-110,-34,-24,10,-93,14,12,64,58,58,58,58,24,76]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} b4 10. Qd3 Rc8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Bg5 {The position is equal.} (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. Nbd2 Qe7 15. Nc4 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Ng4 {½-½ (72) Ding,L (2781)-Naiditsch,A (2712) Danzhou 2017}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd2 Qd6 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 {½-½ (25) Haba,P (2476)-Testor,S (2316) Germany 2017}) 13. Qa6 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Bf4 Nfg4 16. h3 g5 17. Bd2 Nh6 (17... h5 $11 18. hxg4 Nxg4) 18. Bxb4 $14 g4 19. Ba5 (19. Nc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3e4]} gxh3 20. Bxh3 $11) 19... gxh3 20. Bxh3 Rg8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Bg2 {Strongly threatening Nc3.} Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g3] Hoping for ...Nxg3!} 23. N1d2 Nxg3 24. fxg3 Rxg3 25. Rfc1 {And now Rxc8 would win.} Bc6 {[#]} (25... Rc6 $5 {[%cal Rd8g5]}) 26. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 (26... Nxc6 $2 {loses.} 27. Ne4 $18) 27. Nf1 $2 (27. Ne4 $11 {and White is okay.} Re3 28. Nf2 (28. Qb5 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Qf4+ 31. Bf3 Ke7 $11)) 27... Rg6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 1024] White must now prevent ...Qg5. Black has strong compensation.} 28. Ne3 Qg5 (28... Kf8 $1 $19 29. Qa4 Qg5) 29. Qa8+ $17 Ke7 {[%cal Be8e7,Be7f6,Bf6g7][%mdl 32]} 30. Qa3+ Kf6 31. Nd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32] [#]} Kg7 $1 32. Rf1 Rc7 (32... h5 $17 33. Rd1 {[#]} Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Nxg4 Qxg4) 33. Ne4 $15 Qd8 {White should prevent ...Qd4.} 34. Rd1 (34. Qd6 $11 Qxd6 35. Nxd6) 34... Rd7 (34... Qh4 $17 {aiming for ...Qxe4.} 35. Nd6 Kh8) 35. Rxd7 $11 Qxd7 ({Black should play} 35... Nxd7 $11 36. Qc3+ Kg8) 36. Qc3 $14 f6 37. Kf2 h5 38. Ng3 Rg5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 61%.} (38... Ng4+ $11 {remains equal.} 39. Nxg4 hxg4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,77,25,26,35,28,33,22,27,28,25,26,28,26,35,25,48,19,16,20,36,34,46,38,85,85,86,86,86,85,85,29,83,84,82,80,102,97,110,103,110,110,110,112,176,179,233,226,229,227,214,160,159,165,291,295,299,287,450,442,434,420,516,512,515,506]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6 8. e4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White has an edge.} b6 9. Kc2 Bb7 10. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf4 f6 11. Rd1 e5 12. Bc1 Na5 13. Bb5+ {½-½ (37) Vidit,S (2669)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2740) Baku 2016}) 10... e6 11. Nd2 Bd6 12. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ke7 13. f3 Ne5 14. a5 h6 15. h4 Bc6 16. h5 Nd7 17. Nc4 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4a3,Ba3b5][%mdl 32]} Bc7 $1 18. Na3 bxa5 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Bb6 21. Bf4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} e5 22. Bd2 (22. Bh2 $16) 22... Nb8 (22... Rac8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Na3 $16 Nc6 24. Nc4 Ke6 25. Be3 Rac8 26. Kb3 Rhd8 27. Rhd1 Rb8 28. Ka4 a6 (28... f6 $16 {was necessary.}) 29. Rxd8 $18 Bxd8 (29... Nxd8 $142 30. Rd1 Bc7) 30. Bxc5 Bc7 {[#]} 31. Rd1 $1 g6 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Rd2 {And now Bd6 would win.} Rb5 (33... Rd8 $142 34. Re2 h5) 34. Bd6 Bd8 35. Bf8 Be7 (35... Bc7 $142 36. Bxh6 Nb8) 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37. Rd5 Na7 38. Rxe5+ Kf6 39. Rd5 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,74,8,16,7,18,25,16,17,16,13,0,58,49,63,48,44,45,57,0,0,7,6,6,0,2,45,36,27,48,43,22,40,40,24,31,26,12,9,0,0,0,10,15,9,9,12,0,0,0,0,-5,-5,-6,-5,-8,-8,-39,-39]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (7... a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. a5 Bxf4 13. gxf4 Nd5 14. e3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. Rg1 g6 19. Rg5 {½-½ (80) Aronian,L (2793)-Kramnik,V (2808) Leuven 2017}) 8. Ne5 Qxd4 9. Bxa8 Qxe5 10. Bf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nd5 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Re1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Rd1 c4 15. Nf1 {½-½ (65) Nyback,T (2608)-Pihlajasalo,A (2442) Finland 2015}) 13... b5 14. Qe4 Nc6 (14... Qxe4 $11 15. Bxe4 f5) 15. Nc3 $14 Rd8 16. Rd1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qxe4 17. Bxe4 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nd4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nxc3.} 18. Bxd5 {Black must now prevent Bb3.} b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 19. Bb3 $1 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe2+ 21. Kg2 {aiming for Rxd8+.} Bb7+ 22. f3 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Nxc3 24. Bd2 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame Hoping for Rb1. KRB-KB} Bd5 26. Rb1 g5 27. Kf2 Bxa2 28. Ra1 Bd5 29. Bc3 f6 30. Rxa7 Kf7 31. Ke3 e5 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 h5 34. f4 exf4+ 35. Kxf4 Ke6 36. Ra6+ Bd6+ 37. Rxd6+ Kxd6 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,110,35,32,32,27,24,29,30,30,30,29,43,44,28,44,39,35,57,57,57,57,58,58,67,68,72,50,62,12,56,8,13,36,37,0,18,16,17,9,14,0,51,58,69,10,28,18,14,15,36,30,47,0,11,0,0,0,52,27,402,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,2,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-8,-58,-67,-63,-43,-104,-106,-251,-253,-252,-252,-240,-209,-712,-712,-1371,-1323]} 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 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Nd5 (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 13. Be2 Nb6 {[#]} 14. O-O $146 Qd6 15. Ra5 O-O 16. Rc5 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Na4 18. Ra5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a4]} Nb6 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Rc5 Rab8 21. Ra1 Rb7 22. h4 h6 23. Ra6 Qe7 24. h5 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Ra3 Rd6 27. Bxc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rdb6 29. Ra4 Qd7 (29... Rb5 $11) 30. Ra5 $14 Rb5 31. Qc3 (31. Qc2 $14) 31... Qd6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb5b4]} 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. Rxc7 Qxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 34. Rc5 Rb8 35. b5 Qe4 36. Re5 (36. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Re3e4]} Qb1+ 37. Kh2 $11) 36... Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qf1 (37... Qd1 $11) 38. Qc2 $14 Rxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Rd8 $11) 39. Rc5 $2 (39. Qc8+ $18 Kh7 40. Qa6 Qxf2 41. Qxb5 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qxd4+ 43. Kf1) 39... Rb8 $11 40. d5 exd5 41. Rxd5 Re8 42. Qf5 Qe2 43. g3 Qxb2 44. Rd7 Qa2 45. Kg2 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 46. Rd6 Qc4 47. Kh2 Qb5 48. Qf3 a5 49. Rd5 Qc6 50. Qd3 (50. Qf5 $1 $15) 50... a4 $17 51. Rd6 (51. Rd4 $17) 51... Qc5 $19 52. Kg2 Qxh5 53. Ra6 Qg4 54. Qb5 $2 {[#]} (54. Ra7) 54... Qe4+ 55. Kg1 Ra8 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,50,26,27,29,33,26,29,22,29,25,9,8,9,8,6,5,4,14,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-3,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5 c3 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} 9. Nb5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Be3 {[#] Hoping for Qxd8.} Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qa4 (13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1 {½-½ (67) Giri,A (2771)-Grandelius,N (2641) Reykjavik 2017}) 13... Nd6 {The position is equal.} 14. Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Qb4 a5 16. Qf4 {½-½ (26) Pirc,V-Pilnik,H Mar del Plata 1950}) 14... Bd7 15. Qb4 Bc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc8 19. Qd4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd7+.} f6 20. Nf3 (20. Rfc1 {is interesting.} Qe6 21. Nd3 Rfc8 22. Nf4 Qe4+ 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. f3) 20... Qc4 21. Rfc1 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 {And now Ne6+ would win.} Kf7 23. Rc7 Rac8 24. Rac1 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rc8 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,25,12,39,35,40,36,62,59,77,77,75,70,93,62,110,106,115,82,82,78,74,58,102,48,61,41,222,102,116,104,117,123,138,110,125,123,156,160,151,142,195,181,184,183,230,220,205,212,231,194,286,268,274,285,277,265,270,229,334,331,396,397,580,569,564,545,570,513,529,506,813,813,787,787,783,768,790,766,1144,1123,963,941,1114,1008,991,975]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. a3 {LiveBook: 14 Games. E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 c6 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Qb3 Ne6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Ba3 c5 15. Rad1 c4 {1-0 (31) Giri,A (2785)-Romanov,E (2636) Sochi 2017}) 9. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} d5 10. e5 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. Qd3 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd3h7] [#]} Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb8 17. h5 h6 18. Bf4 Nc6 19. g4 ({White should try} 19. b4 $16) 19... Ba6 20. Qe3 Ne7 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 20... Qd8 $14) 21. Kh2 (21. Bxh6 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} gxh6 22. Qxh6) 21... Kh7 22. Bh3 Rh8 23. Rg1 Kg8 24. a4 Qd7 25. b3 Rh7 26. Rac1 Nc6 27. Na2 Ne7 (27... Bb7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 28. Nc3 Ba6) 28. Nb4 $18 Bb7 29. Bf1 Kf8 30. Bd3 Rh8 31. Bg3 a5 32. Na2 Ra8 (32... Nc6 $142 33. Rc2 Ne7) 33. Bh4 Ba6 34. Bb1 Ne8 35. Nc3 Rc8 36. Ne2 Rxc1 (36... b5 {is a better defense.} 37. Bd3 Rb8) 37. Rxc1 Nc6 38. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nc7 (38... Ne7 $142 39. Ng3 Bc8) 39. Qc3 {White is clearly winning.} Bb7 40. Bd3 Qe8 41. Ng3 Kg8 42. f5 Nb4 (42... Qb8 $142 43. f6 Ne8) 43. Qxc7 Nxd3 44. Rc3 Ba6 45. Qxb6 Nb4 46. Qxa5 Qb8 47. Be7 Na2 48. Rf3 {Black must now prevent fxe6.} Qb7 49. f6 Kh7 50. Qd2 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,81,0,10,-9,-8,-10,0,-2,4,9,12,4,12,2,25,26,26,28,25,31,34,0,36,29,37,18,6,13,14,2,10,19,52,22,23,23,83,74,65,59,76,68,98,11,47,11,32,8,13,25,55,0,161,120,271,194,808,0,746,732,29986,800,775,750,12842,12835,29977,29978,29974,29976,5502,709]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 (5. Qb3 a5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 Qe7 8. Nf3 d6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 c5 11. d3 Nc6 12. e3 {½-½ (68) Hou,Y (2658)-Inarkiev,E (2732) Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky 2016}) 5... d6 6. Nge2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. h3 (7. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Bxc3 8. bxc3 $11) 7... Bc5 8. a3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. d3 O-O 9. Na4 Nd4 10. Nxc5 dxc5 11. O-O Qd6 12. Nxd4 cxd4 {1-0 (31) Karlsson,L (2408)-Krantz,C (2226) Norrkoeping 2014}) 8... a6 9. d3 (9. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Ba7 10. Bb2 $11) 9... Nd4 10. b4 Ba7 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O c6 (12... Bd7 {looks sharper.} 13. a4 a5 14. b5 c6 15. Nb1 Ne6) 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 b5 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c4,Bc4a4][%mdl 32]} Rc8 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Nb3 c5 19. bxc5 bxc4 20. Rxc4 dxc5 (20... Bxc5 $5 21. Nxc5 (21. Nxd4 Bxa3 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 $11) 21... dxc5 $11) 21. e5 Nh7 22. Qc2 {[%cal Rb3c5]} g5 23. Nh5 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Be6 (23... Bb5 $11) 24. Nd2 f5 25. Ra4 a5 26. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bb6 $1 27. Rb1 (27. Nd6 $16) 27... Bc7 $1 $11 28. Rb7 f4 29. Qe2 {Black must now prevent Be4.} Bd5 $1 30. Bxd5+ Qxd5 31. Ra7 (31. Qe4 $1 $14 Qxe4 32. dxe4) 31... f3 $2 (31... Rb8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 32. Qe1 Rb7 33. Rxb7 Qxb7) 32. Qe1 $18 Qd7 $2 (32... Qe6 $16 33. Qe4 Rf7) 33. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7]} ({Weaker is} 33. Qe4 Kh8 $11) 33... Qxa4 $2 {[#]} (33... Rce8) 34. e7 $2 (34. Nd6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd6 35. Qe4 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Bxg3+ 37. Nxg3 Qxd3 38. Qxd3 Rc7 39. Rxc7 Rf5 40. Qxf5 Nf8 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Qxf8#) 34... Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Rfe8 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Ne5 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qh1+ 38. Kxh1 Bxe5 39. Qxe5+ Nf6 40. Qxf6+ Kh7 41. Qg7#) (34... Qc6 $11 35. exf8=B (35. exf8=N Re8 $14) (35. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 36. Qd1 Kg8 $14) 35... Kxf8) 35. Qe4 {Qg6+ would kill now.} Kh8 36. exf8=Q+ (36. Ne5 $142 Qd6 37. exf8=N Rxf8 38. Ng6+ Kg8 39. Ne7+ Kh8 40. Ng6+ Kg8 41. Nxf8 Nxf8 42. Qxf3) 36... Nxf8 37. Qxf3 Qe6 {[#]} 38. Rxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc7 39. Qxf8+ Kh7 40. Nf6+ Kg6 41. Ne4 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 31%.} (41. Ng4 $142 Rc6 42. Nce5+ Kh7 43. Nxc6 Qxc6 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Ne5 Qd6 46. Ng6+ Qxg6 47. Qxg6) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,189,18,18,29,24,44,10,1,0,38,-39,-54,-73,-41,-31,-31,-47,-48,-49,-26,-16,-21,-12,7,25,10,-7,21,0,0,-5,0,-56,0,-41,10,10,10,0,10,6,10,11,10,8,15,7,7,0,144,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,7,0,6,5,15,15,16,9,10,0,0,0,16,0,0,5,12,12,12,12,14,12,16,17,44,44,44,43,38,29,29,34,38,41,61,20,29,29,26,13,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (7. Nc3 Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. a3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Rc1 a4 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Rfe1 f5 16. Bc5 Bf6 17. e4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Bb3 19. Qc3 Qd7 20. Bf1 Red8 21. Bc4+ Bxc4 22. Qxc4+ {1-0 (82) Karjakin,S (2781)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris 2017}) 7... g6 8. Nc3 {LiveBook: 24 Games} Be7 9. d3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 Bf6 11. Rc1 Bg7 12. Nd2 h5 13. a3 h4 14. b4 a5 {½-½ (67) Evans,B (2258)-Milman,L (2488) Berkeley 2008}) 9... O-O 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Rc1 Nd4 12. Qd2 (12. Nxe5 $14 Ba3 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. dxc4) 12... Nf5 $15 13. Ne4 ({Don't blunder} 13. Nxe5 $2 Nxh6 14. d4 (14. Qxh6 $2 Bg5 $19) 14... Nf5 $19) 13... Nxh6 14. Qxh6 Bf8 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Nfxg5 {[#] Threatens to win with Nf6+.} Be7 17. Nf3 f5 18. Nc5 Bf8 19. e4 c6 20. Rfe1 Bg7 (20... Bh6 $5 {[%cal Rh6c1]}) 21. Rc2 Nd7 22. Na4 Nb6 23. Nb2 (23. Nc5 $11) 23... Bd7 (23... f4 $15) 24. Rce2 Rad8 (24... f4 $15) 25. exf5 $11 Bxf5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 (26... Nd7 {is more complex.} 27. d4 Nb6 28. Be4 Bh3 29. Nbd3 Rxd4 30. Nf4 Rxe5 31. Nxh3 Rd7) 27. Rxe5 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Bxd3 29. Nxd3 Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Rb8 Rd1+ 32. Bf1 Rd7 33. h4 Kf6 34. Bh3 Re7 35. Bg2 Rc7 36. Kf1 Nd7 37. Re8 Nc5 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Re3 (39. Ra8 {with more complications.} b6 40. Ke3 Kf6 41. Re8 Ne6 42. Bh3) 39... Rd7 40. f4 Rd6 41. Bh3 Rd4 42. f5 a5 (42... g5 $5) 43. fxg6+ hxg6 44. Rc3 Re4+ 45. Kf3 Re5 46. g4 Rd5 47. Bf1 {[#] Strongly threatening Bc4.} Nd7 48. Ke3 Ne5 49. Be2 Kg7 50. Rc1 Nd7 51. Bf3 Re5+ 52. Kf4 Re7 53. Rd1 Rf7+ 54. Kg3 Re7 55. Rd6 Nc5 {The position is equal.} 56. h5 gxh5 57. gxh5 Ne4+ 58. Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 {KR-KR} 59. Rd7+ Kh6 60. Rxb7 a4 61. Kf3 Rh4 62. Ke3 axb3 63. axb3 Rxh5 64. Kd4 Kg6 65. Rc7 Kf6 66. Kc4 ({Don't take} 66. Rxc6+ $6 Ke7 $16) 66... Ke6 67. Rxc6+ Kd7 68. Rc5 (68. Ra6 {is interesting.} Kc7 69. Rg6 Rh4+ 70. Kb5 Rh8 71. Rc6+) 68... Rh8 69. Kb4 Kd6 70. Rc3 Rb8+ 71. Ka5 Ra8+ 72. Kb6 Rb8+ 73. Ka6 $1 Kd5 74. Ka5 Ra8+ 75. Kb4 Rb8+ 76. Ka3 $1 Ra8+ 77. Kb2 Rb8 78. Rc4 Rh8 79. Kc3 Rg8 80. Kb4 Rb8+ 81. Ka3 Ra8+ 82. Kb2 Rh8 83. Rc7 Kd6 84. Rc3 (84. Rg7 {is more complex.} Kc6 85. Rg6+ Kc5 86. Rg4 Rb8 87. Ka3) 84... Rb8 85. Rc4 Kd5 86. Rc2 Kd6 87. Rc1 Kd5 88. Rc4 Rh8 89. Ka3 Ra8+ 90. Ra4 Rb8 91. Rh4 Ra8+ 92. Kb4 Rb8+ 93. Kc3 Rc8+ 94. Kb2 Rg8 95. Rc4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,106,-16,-10,-14,0,-3,-43,-42,-31,-54,-62,-64,-61,-39,-38,-39,-55,-39,-41,-32,-34,-40,-27,-22,-54,-52,-61,-53,-44,-52,-66,-74,-79,-86,-71,-61,-64,-56,-72,-56,-64,-60,-71,-52,-88,-77,-79,-59,-63,0,-70,-69,-93,-89,-85,-71,-148,-97,-77,-63,-66,-70,-70,-70,-81,-71,-85,-79,-97,-57,-135,-135,-29955,-29954,-29955,-29961,-29959,-29962,-29963,-29965,-29965,-29964,-29970,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29969,-29968,-29977,-29978]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Bb6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[#]} 10. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512] LiveBook: 3 Games} a5 $146 (10... Nxb4 11. Bb2) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... e4 11. Ng5 Qd4 12. Be3 Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 {1-0 (53) Nakamura,H (2792)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. bxa5 Nxa5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5b3,Bb3c1][%mdl 32]} 12. Qc2 {[#]} Nb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 13. Rb1 (13. axb3 Rxa1) 13... Nxc1 14. Rfxc1 Rxa2 15. Rb2 Rxb2 16. Qxb2 Re8 17. e3 h6 18. h4 Qd6 19. Nd2 Qxd3 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. Qb4 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Qb5 Kg7 25. Bf3 Bd7 26. Qb1 Qf6 27. Bxb7 Rh8 (27... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 28. Be4 Rh8 $15) 28. Qb2 Bg4 29. Bg2 Rd8 30. Qb4 Be2 31. Re1 Bh5 32. Rc1 Qd6 33. Qb2 Qf6 34. Qb4 $1 Bg6 35. Qb2 Rd6 36. Qb4 Qd8 37. f4 ({White should try} 37. Qb5) 37... gxf4 (37... Rd3 $142 38. Re1 gxf4 39. gxf4 Qh4) 38. gxf4 $17 Rd1+ 39. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 40. Kh2 exf4 41. exf4 Qh5+ 42. Kg3 Qc5 43. Qb2+ Kg8 44. Qf6 {[#]} (44. Qe5 $15) 44... b5 $1 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 45. Qe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Bf3 $17) 45... Qxe5 {Black mates.} 46. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} b4 47. Bd5 {[#]} Bf5 $1 48. Kf4 Be6 49. Be4 Kg7 50. Ke3 Kh6 51. Kd4 Kg5 52. Bc6 Kf4 53. Be4 b3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,51,11,8,9,14,38,27,46,33,61,60,78,72,88,83,75,64,67,74,89,97,88,84,78,79,127,126,667,644,644,631,612,0,160,0,536,0,187,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 {LiveBook: 20 Games. E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nbd7 9. Bb2 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}) 9. Bb2 Rd8 10. a3 {White is slightly better.} Bd6 11. Nh4 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Nf4 14. e5 $1 $36 {[%cal Re5d6][%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} ({Worse is} 14. gxf4 Qxh4 15. e5 Bxg2 $17) 14... Nxg2 15. exd6 Qxd6 {aiming for ...Nxh4.} 16. Nxg2 cxd4 17. Qg4 Nc6 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. Rac1 Qb5 20. Nf4 Qxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Ne7 $16 21. Nd2 Qd7) 21. Nh5 $18 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg4g7]} g6 {...Ba6 is the strong threat.} 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nh5+ $2 (23. Qf4 $18) 23... Kg8 $16 {[#]} 24. Nf6+ $2 (24. Rfe1 $1 $16) 24... Kg7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg7f6]} 25. Nh5+ $2 (25. Qf4) 25... Kg8 {[#] Hoping for ...Ba6.} 26. Nf6+ $2 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 42%.} ({White should try} 26. Rfe1 $1 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,132,0,20,0,0,6,30,29,22,-5,12,17,16,0,0,16,43,0,27,0,17,8,25,0,0,-29,-12,-4,23,0,35,16,31,24,18,19,26,0,89,98,82,74,86,-64,0,0,40,8,73,0,51,0,62,0,257,221,208,211,217,126,348,0,211,0,320,83,176,77,104,94,150,156,150,120,387,343,331,411,366,378,315,182,155,0,0,0,166,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-117,-102,-247,-160,-152,-142,-130,-112,-29990,-29989,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Re8 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 8. b3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (8. e4 $5) (8. a3 Bf8 9. e4 d6 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Ne4 h6 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (53) Artemiev,V (2674)-Antipov,M (2573) Moscow 2016}) 8... a5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... Bf8 9. Bb2 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Qb8 12. Rfe1 a5 13. a4 Qa7 14. e4 e5 15. Nh4 g6 {0-1 (27) Xiang,Z (2411)-Le,H (2167) Ho Chi Minh City 2017}) 9. a3 Bxd2 (9... Bc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3a1]} 10. Ra2 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 (11. Bxd2 d6 $11) 11... h6 $11) 10. Qxd2 {White has an edge.} d6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 e5 13. d5 Nc5 14. Qc2 Bc8 15. Nd2 Bg4 16. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Bd7 17. e4 h5 18. Rae1 h4 19. f4 hxg3 20. hxg3 Ng4 21. Nf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3h4,Bh4f5][%mdl 32]} c6 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Nh4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Ne5 25. Rd1 Ra7 (25... Qg5 $11 26. Nf5 Bd7 27. Rxd6 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Qxg3) 26. Nf5 $16 Rd7 27. Qe2 Qg5 ({Wrong is} 27... Nxb3 $2 28. Qh5 $18) 28. Qe3 (28. Rdf1 $16 {Strongly threatening Bxe5.} Ncd3 29. Rh4) 28... Red8 (28... f6 $15) 29. Rdf1 $11 Ncd3 30. Bd4 Nc5 (30... f6 $11) 31. Bb2 Ncd3 32. Bd4 Nc5 33. Qe2 (33. Qc3 $1 $14) 33... Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({But not} 33... Nxb3 $2 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Rg4 $18) (33... g6 $11 {and Black is okay.} 34. Bxe5 dxe5) 34. Rh4 $18 {[%cal Rh4h8]} f6 35. Be3 Qg6 36. Bf4 (36. Bf3 $1 $18) 36... Ne6 $2 (36... Bb7 $16) 37. Be3 Nc5 $1 38. Bf4 (38. Bf3 $142 $1) 38... Ne6 $1 {[#]} 39. Bc1 $2 (39. c5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win.}) 39... Kf7 (39... Re8 $16) 40. Rd1 (40. Qe3 $18) 40... Nc5 41. Bf4 Nxb3 (41... Kg8 $142) 42. Rb1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb1b3]} Nc5 43. Rxb6 Rb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Don't go for} 43... Nxa4 $2 44. Bxe5 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb6 45. Bd4 $18) (43... Bxa4 $16 {was called for.} 44. Qd2 Kg8) 44. Rxb7+ $1 $18 Bxb7 {[#]} 45. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 46. Rg4 Rd2 47. Qxd2 (47. Qf3 $142 Qh7 48. Rxg7+ Qxg7 49. Nxg7 Kxg7 50. Qc3) 47... Qxg4 48. Nd6+ $2 (48. Qxa5 $16 Ne6 49. Qa7) 48... Ke7 $2 (48... Kg6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 49. Nxb7 Nxb7) 49. Nf5+ Kf7 50. Nd6+ $2 ({White must play} 50. Qxa5 $18 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qh5+ 52. Nh4) 50... Kg6 $11 51. Nxb7 Nxb7 52. Qd5 Qc8 53. Kh2 {And now Bh3 would win.} Qc7 54. Bh3 {Threatening mate with Bf5+.} Kh7 55. Bf5+ g6 56. Bd7 Kg7 57. Qe6 Qc5 {...Qf2+ is the strong threat.} 58. Bc6 (58. Be8 $11 Qf2+ 59. Kh3) 58... Qf2+ $17 59. Kh3 (59. Kh1 $17) 59... Nc5 $19 60. Qe7+ Kh6 61. Qf8+ Kg5 {( -> ...Qg1)} 62. Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Qh8 $17 Qf1+ 63. Kh2 Qe2+ 64. Kg1) 62... Qf1+ {Black mates.} 63. Kh2 Nd3 64. Qb6 Qe2+ 65. Kg1 Kg4 66. Bd7+ Kxg3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,88,0,0,-2,0,-9,-16,1,56,45,83,55,62,76,72,70,66,63,54,55,97,91,95,95,107,127,116,93,118,108,109,93,90,101,103,103,145,142,174,175,159,154,175,177,193,193,184,181,231,191,192,202,186,189,356,316,310,302,364,363,323,316,907,446,1062,1030,894,348,29969]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 {[%cal Bf8c5,Bc5b6,Bb6c7,Bc7e5][%mdl 32]} 7. Nb3 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} Bb6 8. c5 Bc7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Be5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Be3 (12. a4 bxc5 13. Nxc5 d5 14. e4 Bd4 15. exd5 exd5 {½-½ (42) Karjakin,S (2769)-Caruana,F (2808) Baku 2016}) 12... Rb8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Ba6 13. Rc1 Ng4 14. Bd2 Rc8 {½-½ (29) Kudr,R (2024)-Flores,L (2034) LSS email 2011}) 13. Rc1 Ng4 14. Bd2 bxc5 ({Better is} 14... Ba6 $11) 15. Nxc5 $14 Nf6 16. b4 a5 17. b5 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rxb5 19. Qa4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rb6 20. Rfd1 d5 21. e4 Qe7 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 ({Much less strong is} 24. Bxd5 Ne5 $14) 24... Ne5 25. Qd4 Ng4 26. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Nf6 28. Ra4 $1 Rb5 29. Bf1 Rb2 30. Rxa5 h5 {[#]} 31. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Bf5 32. Rb5 Ra2 33. a5 g6 {[#]} 34. a6 $1 Ne4 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Nxc5 37. gxf5 {[%cal Bg4f5,Bf5g6,Bg6f7][%mdl 32]} Nxa6 $2 (37... Ne4 {keeps fighting.} 38. Rc7 Kg7) 38. fxg6 $18 Kg7 39. Bc4 Ra4 40. gxf7 Nc7 41. Rc5 Ra7 $2 (41... Rxc4 42. R1xc4 Ne6) 42. Bb3 (42. Rc3 $142 Kf6 43. Re3) 42... Na6 (42... Ne8 $142 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. fxe8=R Rxe8) 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Rg8 $2 (44. Ra5) 44... Raa8 $2 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 34%.} (44... Rfxf7 $18 45. Rc6+ Ke7 46. Re6+ Kd7 47. Rxa6 Rxa6 48. Bxf7 Ke7) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,90,0,0,6,12,-12,0,0,0,-7,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,0,35,35,88,88,88,88,88,88,120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,267]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Qxc4 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 c5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. dxc5 {E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4} (11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Qc6+ 15. e4 a6 16. Qe2 Bxc5 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Rac1 Qb7 {½-½ (60) Fridman,D (2607)-Rambaldi,F (2544) Bergamo 2016}) 11... Bxc5 12. b4 {[#]} (12. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Qe7 13. Na4 $11) 12... Bxf2+ $146 {[%mdl 512]} ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. a3 Bd5 17. Qe3 a6 18. Nbd4 Ng4 {1-0 (55) Vasilevich,T (2368)-Sarakauskiene,Z (2188) Beijing 2008}) 13. Kxf2 {aiming for Qd4.} Rc8 14. Qf4 $1 {Nb5 is the strong threat.} Rxc3 15. Bb2 Rc7 16. Bxf6 (16. Be5 $5 Rc8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rd4 $11) 16... gxf6 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Bxc8 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Rc7 a6 22. a4 Nb8 23. Nd2 Bd7 24. a5 bxa5 25. bxa5 Kf8 26. Ke3 Ke7 27. Kd4 Rg8 (27... Kf8 $5 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 28. Ke3 Rc8 $11) 28. Rb7 Rc8 29. Nc4 Nc6+ {[#]} (29... Rf8 $14) 30. Bxc6 $1 $16 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} 31. Nb6 $1 Rd6+ 32. Kc5 Rd2 33. Nxd7 ({Much weaker is} 33. Rxd7+ $6 Rxd7 34. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11) ({Better is} 33. e4 $16) 33... Rxd7 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Kc6 (34. Rb1 {keeps more tension.} Rd6 35. e4 h5 36. Rb7+ Rd7 37. Rb4) 34... Rxb7 35. Kxb7 {KP-KP} Kd7 36. Kxa6 Kc6 37. Ka7 {And now Kb8 would win.} Kc7 $1 38. Ka6 {Threatens to win with Kb5.} Kc6 39. Ka7 {Black must now prevent Kb8.} (39. g4 $5 {[%cal Re2e4]} f5 40. gxf5 exf5 41. h4 $11) 39... Kc7 $1 40. g4 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 41. gxf5 exf5 42. e3 h5 43. h4 f6 44. a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Ka8 $11 Kc8 45. a6) 44... f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4f3]} 45. exf4 {Strongly threatening f5.} f5 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 83%, Black = 70%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,61,23,19,17,18,18,0,4,0,27,27,27,21,28,28,28,28,25,31,19,23,63,66,95,31,25,24,35,12,27,31,58,22,31,4,1,0,1,1,0,0,4,5,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} O-O 7. O-O {LiveBook: 12 Games} c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Qc1 Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qb6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. Nc3 {0-1 (51) Artemiev,V (2671)-Najer,E (2663) Sochi 2015}) 10. Na3 b6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qd7 13. Nbxd4 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxc6 Bxc6 16. Rac1 Bd5 17. Ba3 Ne4 18. Bxe7 ({White should play} 18. Rfd1 $16 Nc3 {[#]} 19. Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxc3 21. Bxa8 (21. Bxe7 Rac8 $16) 21... Rxa8 22. Bxe7) 18... Rfe8 $14 19. Bb4 $1 a5 20. Be1 Rac8 21. Rd1 Red8 22. Nd4 (22. Ba6 $5 {[%cal Ra6c8]} Ra8 23. Bb5 $14) 22... Bb7 23. f3 Nc3 {The position is equal.} 24. Bxc3 $1 Rxc3 25. Nb5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxe3 27. Bc4 Ba6 28. Kf2 Re7 29. Nd6 Rd7 {[#] aiming for ...Bxc4.} 30. Ke2 Be5 31. Bxa6 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,149,11,1,4,15,14,7,4,0,0,7,14,0,4,-8,-10,-23,-25,-22,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,8,0,0,-10,-13,-11,0,0,16,3,1,0,0,-8,0,-22,0,-20,-21,-16,-19,-41,-27,-47,-48,-47,-47,-47,-41,-54,-54,-111,-107,-102,-74,-143,-147,-150,-141,-150,-150,-144,-70,-82,-27,-34,-31,-30,0,-126,-143,-146,-135,-156,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-44,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-8,0,-93,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 {B17: Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7)} Kf8 13. Re1 (13. b3 Bb7 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Qh3 Nd5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Be4 c5 18. a3 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nc6 20. Bb2 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 {½-½ (58) Pavlidis,A (2532)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Tallinn 2016}) 13... c5 14. Qh4 Bb7 15. Be4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Be7 {[#]} 16. Qh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Kg8 18. Nf3 g5 19. Qh3 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 {1-0 (46) Hamdouchi,H (2590)-Godard,M (2344) Bastia 2009}) 16... Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rd8 18. c3 Qb7 19. Re2 Kg8 20. Bf4 Nf8 21. Rae1 Ng6 22. Bc1 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Kh7 (23... Bf6 {keeps more tension.} 24. Nf3 Kh7 25. Qg4 Rd5 26. Qe4 Rhd8) 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 Rd7 26. g3 Rc8 27. h4 h5 28. Kf1 Kg8 29. Rd2 Rdc7 30. Rd3 Kf8 31. Bd2 Ke8 32. Bg5 f6 33. Be3 Kf7 (33... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 34. Nd2 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 $11) 34. Red1 b5 35. Rd7 Nf8 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Ke2 (37. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4b5]}) 37... Nd7 38. Kd3 a6 39. Ra1 Bc5 40. a4 b4 41. cxb4 $1 Bxb4 42. Rc1 Rxc1 43. Bxc1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bc5 44. Ke2 e5 45. Bd2 Ke6 46. Be1 (46. b4 $15 Bd6 47. Kd3) 46... Kd5 $17 47. b3 e4 48. Nd2 (48. Ng1 $142) 48... Ne5 49. f3 f5 50. fxe4+ fxe4 51. Nf1 Nd3 (51... Nf3 $1 $17 52. Bc3 Nd4+ 53. Kd1 Nf5) 52. Bc3 $15 Nc1+ ({Better is} 52... g6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Nc1+.} 53. Kd2 Ke6) 53. Kd1 $11 Nxb3 {aiming for ...g6.} 54. Bxg7 e3 {[#]} 55. Bb2 {[#]} (55. g4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 55... Ke4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4f3]} 56. Ke2 Bd4 57. Ba3 a5 $2 ({Black should play} 57... Bb6 $17 58. Bb2 Bd4) 58. g4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg4h5]} hxg4 59. Ng3+ Ke5 {White must now prevent ...Nc5.} 60. Nf1 Kf4 {And now ...Nc5 would win.} (60... Ba7 $5 {[%cal Rb3d4]} 61. Nxe3 g3 $11) 61. Bd6+ Ke4 62. Ng3+ Kd5 63. Bc7 Kc6 64. Bf4 Nc1+ (64... Nc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5a4]}) 65. Kd1 Nd3 66. Bg5 Kd5 67. h5 (67. Ke2 $11 Nc1+ 68. Kf1) 67... Nf2+ (67... Be5 $17 68. Nf1 g3 69. Bxe3 g2) 68. Ke2 {The position is equal.} Ne4 69. Nxe4 Kxe4 {KB-KB} 70. h6 $1 g3 71. h7 $1 {Bxe3! is the strong threat.} g2 {[#]} 72. Bxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe3 73. h8=Q {Qe8+ would kill now.} g1=Q 74. Qh1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74. Qh7+ Kf4 75. Qh4+ Kf5 76. Qh3+ Qg4+ 77. Qxg4+ Kxg4 78. Kxe3) 74... Kd4 {( -> ...Qf2+)} 75. Qe4+ $1 Kxe4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,151,-5,-3,-5,5,3,24,0,0,0,0,0,13,23,16,29,53,42,56,58,54,59,88,-16,-21,-17,-17,-17,-18,-18,-18,-19,-19,-22,-19,-31,-14,-16,-13,-10,-12,-8,-2,-6,-2,-9,0,2,3,17,29,29,31,22,36,3,3,3,3,0,29,29,36,36,45,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,3,3,34,3,48,30,22,0,22,22,37,37,37,37,37,37,38,38,38,38,38,39,41,12,34,34,34,0,35,34,41,28,20,0,59,58,58,58,62,43,70,49,74,35,188,177,263,35,35,49,210,204,220,26,341,350,329,314,701,700,622,603,667,637,1325,1128,1220,1158,1139,562,1185,1138]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Qb6 7. a3 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... c5 8. Nf3 Bd7 9. Rb1 Bd6 10. Ne5 Nc7 11. Be2 O-O {0-1 (60) Darini,P (2511)-Volokitin,A (2649) Doha 2016}) 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} c5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Ne5 c4 12. Be2 Rfd8 13. Bg5 Nc7 14. Bh5 Be8 15. Ng4 $1 Nb5 16. O-O (16. Nxf6+ $16 gxf6 17. Bf4) 16... Nxg4 $11 17. Bxe7 Qc7 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rc7h2] [#]} 18. Bxg4 Qxe7 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. c3 Bc6 21. Bf3 b5 22. Re1 a5 23. e4 dxe4 (23... Qb7 $5 {[%cal Rd5e4]}) 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. h3 Ra2 28. Qf1 bxc3 29. bxc3 Ra4 30. Re5 Qa3 31. Qe1 Ra5 32. Rxa5 Qxa5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Rb4 Rc8 34. Qf1 Qd5 35. Qb1 g6 36. Rb5 Qd6 37. Qa2 Qf4 {And now ...Qc1+ would win.} 38. Qa1 Qe4 39. Re5 Ra8 40. Qc1 Qb7 41. Rc5 Qb3 42. Rc7 h5 43. Qf4 Rf8 44. Qc1 Rd8 45. h4 Kg7 46. Qf4 Rf8 $1 47. Qe3 Kg8 48. g3 Rd8 49. Qf3 Rf8 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Qe3 Kg8 52. Rc5 Rb8 53. Qf3 Kg7 54. Rc7 Rf8 55. Rb7 Qc2 56. Rb4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Rc8 57. Rb7 (57. Qe3 {is interesting.} Kg8 58. Rb7 Rf8 59. Rd7 Qa4 60. Rd6) 57... Qf5 ({Better is} 57... Rf8 $1 $11) 58. Qxf5 (58. Rd7 {feels hotter.} Kf8 59. Qb7 Re8 60. Qc6 Kg7 61. Qf3) 58... gxf5 {KR-KR} 59. Kf3 Kf6 60. Kf4 Rc6 61. Rb8 Rc7 62. Rh8 Kg6 $2 {[#]} (62... Ra7 $14) 63. Ke5 $1 $18 Kg7 (63... Rc6 $142 64. Rg8+ Kh7) 64. Ra8 $2 (64. Rxh5 $18 {Threatens to win with Rg5+.} Ra7 65. Rg5+ Kf8 66. Kf6) 64... Rb7 $14 65. Rc8 Rb1 $2 ({Black should try} 65... Rb2 $14) 66. Rxc4 $18 Rf1 67. d5 $2 (67. Ra4 $18) 67... Re1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67... Rxf2 $11 68. dxe6 fxe6) 68. Kd6 exd5 69. Kxd5 Re2 $2 (69... Kf6 70. Rc6+ Ke7) 70. Rf4 {White is clearly winning.} Kf6 71. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Rd2+ 72. Kc6 Ke5 73. c5 Rc2 74. Kb6 Ke6 75. Rf3 (75. c6 $142 Rb2+ 76. Kc7) 75... Ke5 76. c6 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,93,0,0,1,13,-33,-22,-29,-11,-21,0,0,0,-3,-2,-4,-7,-17,13,13,9,10,12,9,9,14,11,14,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,49,49,56,56,56,56,56,48,56,56,77,77,77,31,61,61,61,61,61,61,61,31,31,9,9,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0]} 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 b6 {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. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Bc3 {[%cal Rc4d5,Bd2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4e3][%mdl 32]} Qc7 13. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 d4 15. Rxd4 Nxe5 16. Rd1 Ba6 17. Na3 {0-1 (54) Harihara,S (2134)-Aravindh,C (2306) Lucknow 2013}) 13... Ba6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qd2 Nc5 (15... Rac8 {with more complications.} 16. Bd4 Nb8 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Bf2 Rfd8) 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Qc4 20. Qxe4 Rab8 {Threatening ...Bb7.} 21. Be3 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe2 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1 Rd1+ (24... Bd3 {keeps more tension.} 25. Nd2 Bb5 26. Nf3 Rd7 27. Nd4 Ba6) 25. Rxd1 Bxd1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 26. Nc3 Bf3 27. Nb5 $1 a6 28. Nc7 Bb7 29. Bxb6 Bd8 30. Kf2 Bxc7 31. Bxc7 {KB-KB} Kf8 32. g4 Bd5 33. a3 Ke7 34. Bd6+ Kd7 35. Bf8 g6 36. Bh6 Bb3 37. Kg3 a5 38. Kh4 a4 39. Kg5 Ke7 40. h4 Bd1 41. h5 gxh5 {The position is equal.} 42. Kxh5 Be2 43. Kg5 Bd1 44. Bg7 Be2 45. Bf6+ Ke8 46. f5 Bd1 47. fxe6 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,128,17,19,20,8,13,10,13,16,14,7,25,16,23,-28,26,25,29,37,52,43,50,43,41,48,39,47,45,58,47,22,32,41,35,36,10,34,77,80,109,114,116,109,115,125,153,132,148,150,151,136,114,139,151,137,160,150,230,226,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,1040,1040,1040,1040,1040,1040,1040,1040,1040,1040,1040,1040,1033,1025,1010,1010,1004,989,953,948,1285,1321,1321,1321,1104,990,948,837,385,385,8344,7129,29968,29967,29966,29967,29965,29953,7048,6125,4618]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... a6 8. Nbd2 Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Ne3 {1-0 (44) Nikolic,P (2607)-Filipovic,B (2413) Sarajevo 2017}) 8. O-O Bg7 {The position is equal.} 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Re1 Qd8 12. Qb3 a5 13. e4 ({White must play} 13. a3 $1) 13... a4 (13... dxe4 $142 14. Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 e5 $11) 14... e5) 14. Qa3 $11 dxe4 15. Nxe4 e5 16. Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} exd4 17. c5 Nf6 18. Bc4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. b4 b6 21. Red1 Bg4 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 bxc5 24. bxc5 Qg5 25. g3 Be5 26. h4 ({Don't play} 26. Qxd5 Rad8 $11) 26... Qf6 27. Qxf6 $1 ({Worse is} 27. Qxd5 Rad8 $15) 27... Bxf6 28. c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c7] Strongly threatening c7.} Be5 29. Nb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Ra5 30. c7 ({Don't do} 30. Nxd4 $6 Rc8 $14) 30... Rxb5 31. c8=Q Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Kg7 33. Ra8 Rb4 34. Ra5 Bc7 (34... Kf6 $16 {is a better defense.} 35. Rxd5 Rb2) 35. Rxd5 $18 Rb2 36. R5xd4 Rxa2 {[#]} 37. R4d2 $1 {[%cal Rd2a2]} Ra3 {[#]} 38. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3a3]} Rxd3 39. Rxd3 {KR-KB} h5 40. Ra3 Bd6 41. Rxa4 Bc5 42. Kg2 Bb6 43. Ra2 Bd4 44. Kf3 f5 $2 (44... Kf6 45. Ke4 Bc3 46. Ra6+ Kg7) 45. Rd2 Be5 46. Rd5 Kf6 47. Ra5 Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. Ke3 Bc3 50. f4 Bf6 51. Kd3 Bb2 52. Kc4 Bf6 53. Rc6 Bb2 54. Kd5 Kg7 55. Ke6 Bd4 56. Rc7+ Kg8 57. Rd7 Bc3 58. Rd3 Bb2 59. g4 hxg4 $2 (59... fxg4 60. f5 gxf5 61. Kxf5 Kg7) 60. h5 Kg7 61. Rd7+ Kh6 62. hxg6 Kxg6 63. Rf7 Bc1 64. Rxf5 Kh6 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Adhiban, B."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,79,52,0,0,8,12,2,-6,0,0,-11,68,71,117,124,121,113,256,256,263,243,381,352,339,347,338,321,961,131,136,122,221,-8,-8,-8,-8,-301,-289,-289,8,8,8,8,8,10,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 {B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7} Bb7 11. g4 Be7 (11... Rc8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. h4 Qb6 14. Rh3 h5 15. f5 e5 16. Nb3 hxg4 17. Qxg4 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 {1-0 (54) Kramnik,V (2808)-Gelfand,B (2743) Moscow 2016}) 12. Bh4 {LiveBook: 34 Games. White is slightly better.} b4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... h6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 g5 15. fxg5 Nh7 {1-0 (29) Eliseev,U (2548)-Sjugirov,S (2646) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 13. axb4 a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} a4 {Threatens to win with ...0-0.} 16. g5 Nxe4 (16... Nd7 $11) 17. Nxe4 $14 {And now b6 would win.} d5 18. b6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c7]} Qxf4+ 19. Qd2 Qxe4 (19... Qxd2+ $16 {might work better.} 20. Nxd2 O-O) 20. Bb5+ $18 Kf8 {White must now prevent ...a3.} 21. Rde1 Qh4 {[#]} (21... Qg6 $142) 22. Nxe6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 (22... fxe6 23. Rhf1+ Bf6 24. gxf6 $18) 23. Rhf1 a3 ({Not} 23... fxe6 $2 24. Bd7 $18) 24. Kb1 $1 axb2 $2 {[#]} (24... fxe6 25. Bd7 $14) (24... Qb4 25. Qxb4 Bxb4) 25. Qd4 $2 (25. Nd8 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win.} Bf8 (25... Rxd8 26. Rxe7) 26. Be8) 25... Qxd4 $16 26. Nxd4 Bc5 {[#]} (26... Bxg5 $16 27. Bc6 Bd2) 27. Re8+ $2 (27. Nb3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Ba3 28. Be8 (28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Bxe8 Kf8 $16)) 27... Rxe8 $11 28. Bxe8 Bxd4 29. Rxf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Bxf7+ $11 Kf8 30. Bxd5+ Ke7 31. Bxb7) 29... Bc6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 30. b7 (30. Bxc6 Kxf7) 30... Bxb7 $2 (30... Ba7 $19 {aiming for ...Bb8.} 31. Rf3 Bxe8) 31. Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening Bf7+. KRB-KRB. The position is equal.} g6 32. Bf7+ Kf8 33. Bxd5 h6 34. Rb8+ (34. Rf7+ {feels hotter.} Ke8 35. Rf4 Bg7 36. Ra4 hxg5 37. Ra8+) 34... Ke7 35. Rxh8 Bxh8 36. gxh6 Bc3 37. h4 Kf6 38. Be4 Kf7 39. Bd5+ Kf6 40. Be4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,219,0,8,-16,-20,-25,-32,-44,-53,-56,-55,-49,-50,-61,-62,-62,-65,-64,-61,-60,-51,-46,-47,-55,-40,-47,-46,-83,-77,-82,-72,-135,-138,-175,-175,-175,-175,-169,-169,-162,-154,-147,-140,-215,-208,-193,-193,-193,-175,-365,-318,-408,-401,-387,-393,-334,-341,-288,0,-117,0,-87,0,-123,0,-360,-353,-352,-289,-422,-416,-420,-416,-350,-366,-314,-91,-101,-89,-62,-37,-37,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-651,-117,-117,-8,-8,-8,-255,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-255,-74,-74,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-51,-84,-59,-84,-74,-74,-83,-83,0,-84,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-262,-262,-1617,-1581,-231,-231,-1342,-1214,-29952,-29953,-29958,-29961,-29961,-29962,-29964,-29966,-29966,-29967,-29969,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29967,-29969,-29968,-29970,-29970,-29971,-29972,-29974,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29999]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} Qxd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 15. Bd2 (15. Bb5 {is interesting.} Qc7 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qf4 18. f3) 15... Ne4 16. f3 {The position is equal.} Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Rac8 18. Bb3 Bd5 19. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rdc1 Bc4 20. Rab1 Rc7 21. Qe3 Rfc8 {0-1 (35) Yang,Y (1803)-Tan,Z (2488) China 2014}) 19... Qc6 20. Rac1 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rc2 Rfd8 23. Kf2 h5 (23... a6 {looks sharper.} 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Ke3 b5 26. g3 h5) 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. Ke2 b5 26. f4 f6 27. Kd3 e5 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Rb1 (29. Rb2 $142) 29... a6 $17 {[%cal Re5d4]} 30. Rbb2 exd4 31. cxd4 Rdxd4+ 32. Ke3 Re4+ 33. Kf3 Rf4+ 34. Ke3 Kh7 35. g3 (35. Rd2 $17) 35... Rfe4+ $19 36. Kf3 Rxc2 $1 37. Rxc2 {KR-KR} Ra4 38. h4 $2 (38. Rf2 {keeps fighting.}) 38... Kg6 39. Rc6+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ Ke5 42. Rc5+ Kf6 (42... Kd4 $19 43. Rc2 Kd5) 43. Rc6+ $17 Kf7 44. Rc7+ $1 Kg6 45. Rc6+ Kh7 $2 (45... Kf5 $17 46. Rc5+ Kg6 47. Rc6+) 46. Rc2 $19 g6 47. Ke3 Kg7 48. Rc7+ (48. Rf2 {was worth a try.}) 48... Kf6 49. Rc6+ Kf5 50. Rc5+ Ke6 51. Rc6+ Ke5 $2 (51... Kd5 $19 {is more deadly.} 52. Rxg6 Rxa2) 52. Rxg6 $17 Ra3+ 53. Kd2 Rxa2+ 54. Kc3 Ke4 {Black wants to play ...a5.} (54... Kf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5g6]} 55. Rg5+ Kf6 $15) 55. Rg5 Kf3 56. Rxh5 Kxg3 57. Rh8 (57. Kb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3a2]} Ra4 58. Rh6 $17) 57... Ra4 58. h5 Kg4 {Threatening ...a5.} 59. Kb3 Kg5 60. Kb2 (60. Rd8 $11) 60... Rh4 61. Ra8 Rb4+ $1 62. Kc3 Rc4+ 63. Kb3 Rc6 ({But not} 63... Kxh5 $6 64. Rxa6 Kg5 65. Rb6 $11) 64. Rh8 Rh6 65. Rd8 Kxh5 66. Rd5+ Kg4 67. Kb4 Kf4 68. Rd1 Ke3 69. Kc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69. Ra1 $17) 69... Ke2 $2 (69... Rh4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 70. Rd5 Rc4+ 71. Kb6 Rd4) 70. Rd4 Rh1 (70... Rf6 $17 71. Kb4 Rf1) 71. Rd6 $1 $11 Ra1 72. Rh6 $2 (72. Kb4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 72... Kd3 $2 ({Black should try} 72... Ra4 $19 73. Rh3 Kd1 74. Rh1+ Ke2) 73. Kb4 Rb1+ 74. Ka5 Ra1+ (74... Kc4 $5 75. Rh4+ $8 Kd3 76. Rh3+ Kd4 $11) 75. Kb4 Kd4 {Hoping for ...Ra4+.} 76. Rh4+ Ke5 {( -> ...Ra4+)} 77. Rh5+ $2 (77. Rh6 $1 $11) 77... Kf6 $2 (77... Kd6 $19 78. Rh6+ Kd7 79. Rh7+ Ke6 80. Rh6+ Kf7) 78. Rh6+ $17 Kg5 (78... Kf7 $17 79. Rh7+ Ke6 80. Rh6+ Kd5 81. Rh5+ Kd6 82. Rh6+ Ke7 83. Rh7+ Ke6 84. Rh6+ Kf7) 79. Rd6 Ra4+ 80. Kb3 Kf5 {Threatens to win with ...Ke5.} 81. Rh6 Ke5 82. Rg6 Kd5 83. Rf6 Kc5 84. Rh6 Ra1 85. Kb2 Ra4 (85... Ra5 {with more complications.} 86. Rh5+ Kc6 87. Rh6+ Kd5 88. Rh5+ Ke4) 86. Kb3 $1 Rb4+ (86... Ra5 $1 $17 87. Rh5+ Kd6 88. Rh6+ Ke7 89. Rh7+ Kd6 90. Rh6+ Kc7 91. Rh7+ Kd6 92. Rh6+) 87. Ka3 $11 {Strongly threatening Rh5+.} a5 88. Rh5+ $1 Kd6 {White must now prevent ...Kc6.} 89. Rh6+ Ke5 {aiming for ...Rf4.} 90. Rh5+ $1 Kf6 {And now ...Ke6 would win.} 91. Rh6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (91. Rd5 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 91... Kg5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5h6]} 92. Ra6 $2 (92. Rd6) 92... Ra4+ 93. Kb3 Kf5 94. Rh6 $2 (94. Rc6 Re4 95. Rc5+ Re5 96. Rc8) 94... Rg4 95. Rb6 a4+ {Black mates.} 96. Ka2 {[#]} Rb4 $1 97. Rh6 Rb3 98. Rh4 Ke5 99. Rg4 Kd5 100. Rh4 Kc5 101. Rh5+ Kb4 102. Rh4+ Ka5 103. Rh5 Rf3 104. Rg5 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2,Ba2a1][%mdl 32]} 105. Rg4 b4 106. Rh4 Rf2+ 107. Kb3 Rb2+ 108. Kc4 a2 109. Rh8 Rc2+ 110. Kb3 a1=N# {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,69,38,33,25,22,35,46,45,9,6,15,16,16,16,17,0,0,0,0,34,-21,0,-12,0,-14,0,-5,0,0,0,0,15,0,16,0,0,0,0,-22,-16,-67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3 Nc6 {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. Be2 b5 {White is slightly better.} (10... Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 h5 13. Rhe1 O-O {1-0 (35) Shchekachev,A (2555)-Vassallo Barroche,M (2438) Evry 2002}) 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bh6 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h4 h5 16. Rdf1 Bd7 17. Qg5 Qb6 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. exf5 Rab8 20. Nd1 c3 21. b3 {0-1 (41) Adas,A (900)-Wieland,H (1684) Griesheim 2006}) 11... Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 cxb3 15. cxb3 Bb7 16. b4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 (17. a5 $14) 17... Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 18. Bf2 Ne5 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. b5 Nc4 21. Qe2 Bh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 22. Ra1 e6 23. Nb3 {Hoping for Nc5!} Qe7 24. Nd4 {[%cal Bb3d4,Bd4c2,Bc2b4][%mdl 32]} (24. Nc5 $5) 24... Rfe8 25. Rab1 Qg5 {next ...Ne3 is good for Black.} 26. bxa6 Bxa6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne3.} 27. Ncb5 (27. Ndb5 $11) 27... Red8 (27... Ne3 $15 28. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Qxe2 30. Nxe2 Bf8) 28. h4 $11 {The position is equal.} Qe7 29. Nc2 Rd7 30. Nb4 Bb7 31. Na7 Rcc7 32. Nb5 Rc8 33. Na7 Rcc7 34. Nb5 Rc8 35. Na7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,66,2,0,0,0,3,2,11,0,13,16,29,25,42,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-12,-17,-23,-21,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,9,-3,0,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-6,-18,-6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Qd5 11. b3 {LiveBook: 21 Games} Rd8 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} (11... Nc6 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. e3 Qe5 17. Qxc6 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Qa6 Qc5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qa4 Rd2 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxa2 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. Qxf5 {½-½ (25) Kanep,M (2509)-Esipenko,A (2471) Helsinki 2016}) 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nc4 f5 {[%cal Rg7d4]} 14. e3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b5 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rc1 exf3 18. Bxf3 Ne4 19. Nd3 {½-½ (58) Shipman,W (2355)-Enright,P California 1995}) 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Qf7 17. Qe2 Be6 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. Ne5 Qe6 {[%cal Rc6e5]} (19... Nxe5 {seems wilder.} 20. dxe5 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 e6 22. e4 Qc7) 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Bxd5+ Qxd5 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ (22... Qa5 {feels hotter.} 23. Ba1 Qb6 24. g4 e6 25. Rc1 Bh6) 23. Kxg2 {The position is equal.} Rac8 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Kf3 Bf6 26. g4 Ke6 (26... Rxc1 {keeps more tension.} 27. Rxc1 fxg4+ 28. Kxg4 Rd5 29. Rc2 Rg5+) 27. gxf5+ gxf5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 $11 {KB-KB} Kd5 31. Bd2 Bh4 32. Bc3 e6 33. Bd2 a6 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,59,22,21,22,12,27,8,14,10,7,5,4,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,-8,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. b3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nd2 b5 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (12... Rd8 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Ba3+ Ke8 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Nce5 Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bb2 f6 20. Rac1 {0-1 (53) Flores,D (2566)-Socko,B (2646) Warsaw 2007}) 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 (14. Nd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3c5]}) 14... Nxd7 {The position is equal.} 15. Bb2 b4 16. Rac1 $146 Rhc8 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Nc4 a5 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nb6 21. Kf1 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 {[#] Strongly threatening Rdc1.} Bb6 {White should prevent ...Rxc4.} 23. Rdc1 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 25. Ke2 Rd5 26. Rc6 Rd6 27. Rc8 Rd8 28. Rc6 Rd6 29. Rc8 Rd8 30. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,115,8,35,-17,-12,-10,58,43,29,34,46,31,32,22,20,0,83,13,109,103,108,119,102,108,192,192,192,192,197,193,192,184,192,194,195,171,197,190,179,132,148,154,170,156,243,273,216,84,113,94,194,204,205,194,189,177,208,100,77,62,149,125,116,0,0,0,0,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 c4 9. Nh3 Nc6 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 10. Nf4 Bd7 (10... Nge7 11. Nh5 Rg8 12. g3 Bd7 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Re3 Rc7 {1-0 (71) Wang,H (2717)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Huaian 2016}) 11. Be2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2h5,Bh5f7,Bf7e6][%mdl 32]} O-O-O 12. O-O f6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Re1 {[#]} (13. Bg4 $14) 13... fxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rf8 14. Bg4 f5 15. Bd1 g5 16. Nh5 h6 17. f4 g4 18. h3 {½-½ (18) Baklan,V (2613)-Werle,J (2578) Groningen 2010}) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 (14... Nh6 $11) 15. Bh5 Nc6 $1 {White must now prevent ...e5.} 16. Bf7 Nf6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kb8 19. f3 Qa5 (19... b6 $11) 20. Qb2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} (20. a4 $1 $16) 20... Qc7 (20... Rhe8 $1 $11) 21. Rab1 $16 b6 22. Be3 {[%cal Bd2e3,Be3f2,Bf2g3,Bg3f4][%mdl 32]} Rhe8 23. Bf2 Nh5 (23... Qb7 $16) 24. Qb5 $18 Nf4 25. Bg3 {aiming for Bxf4.} g5 26. Bxf4 $1 gxf4 27. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Na5 29. Be4 h6 30. Qf5 Nb7 31. h4 Qc5+ 32. Kh2 Qxf5 33. Bxf5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc5 (33... Nd6 $16) 34. Re7 $18 Na4 35. Re4 (35. Rh7 $18) 35... b5 $16 36. Rxf4 Rf8 {[#]} (36... Nxc3 $16 {keeps fighting.} 37. Rg4 Rf8) 37. g4 $1 $18 Nxc3 38. Rd4 a5 39. Rd6 Kb7 40. Kg3 (40. Rxh6 $18 {has better winning chances.} a4 41. Be6) 40... a4 $16 {Hoping for ...b4!} 41. Be6 ({Much worse is} 41. Rxh6 b4 $11) (41. Be4+ $5 Nxe4+ 42. fxe4 $16) 41... Kc7 (41... Re8 $1 $14) 42. Rd7+ Kc6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rf6.} 43. Ra7 (43. Rh7 $1 $16) 43... Ne2+ $11 44. Kf2 Nd4 $1 {[%csl LRc2,LRe6,LRf3]} 45. Bf5 (45. Bf7 $11) 45... Nxf5 (45... Kb6 $1 $15 46. Rd7 Nxf5 47. gxf5 b4 48. axb4 Rxf5) 46. gxf5 {The position is equal.} Rxf5 $15 {KR-KR} 47. Ra6+ Kd5 {...Kd4 is the strong threat.} 48. c3 ({But not} 48. Rxh6 Kd4 $17) 48... h5 49. Rg6 Re5 50. f4 Re4 51. Rg5+ Kd6 52. Rxh5 {Threatens to win with Rf5.} (52. Kf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Re1 53. Rxh5 $11) 52... Rxf4+ 53. Ke3 Rg4 54. Rxb5 Rxh4 55. Ra5 Rh3+ 56. Kd4 Rh4+ 57. Ke3 Rh3+ 58. Ke4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,132,22,37,29,32,29,34,25,25,23,23,25,27,28,34,-7,33,24,19,13,26,27,42,29,70,29,27,14,24,0,30,-10,18,19,27,0,22,11,11,11,42,8,86,87,75,0,0,0,0,3,62,0,3,-56,-56,-60,-54,-47,0,-66,-60,-60,50,15,17,13,172,180,554,560,288,283,265,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-206,-185,-185,0,0,0,-44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} dxc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Bc4 Ng6 9. a4 {White is slightly better.} Be7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... a5 10. Kh1 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qb4 13. Qe2 e5 14. f5 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 {1-0 (52) Frolyanov,D (2537)-Filipenko,A (2286) Samara 2017}) 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 b6 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. c3 Bb7 {[#]} 15. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} c5 (15... bxa5 16. Nd2) 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. g3 Rfe8 18. h4 h6 19. Bc4 Bc6 20. Bb5 Ne7 21. Rfd1 Nc8 22. Bd3 Rd7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Bc2 Red8 25. e5 Be7 26. Ne4 Bf8 27. Bf2 Bb7 (27... Rxd1+ $11 {remains equal.} 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qa7) 28. Rxd7 $16 Rxd7 29. Rd1 (29. g4 $16) 29... Rxd1+ $11 30. Qxd1 c4 31. g4 Qc6 (31... Bd5 $11) 32. h5 (32. g5 $1 $14 Qd5 33. Qxd5 exd5 34. Ng3) 32... Ne7 33. Kh2 (33. Qd2 $11) 33... Nd5 $15 34. Qf3 Qb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b2]} 35. Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6b5]} Qxb2 (35... Bxd6 $5 36. exd6 Qd7 $15) 36. Be4 (36. Qe4 $11 Nf6 37. Qe2 (37. Qxb7 $2 Bxd6 38. exd6 Qxc2 $19) 37... Qxc3 38. Nxb7 Nxg4+ 39. Kg2) 36... Bxd6 $1 37. exd6 Qb5 (37... Qa3 $15 38. g5 Qxd6) 38. f5 Qd7 39. Bg3 b5 $2 (39... Qd8 $11) 40. fxe6 $18 Qxe6 $2 {[#]} (40... fxe6 {is more resistant.} 41. Be5 Bc6) 41. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Qe8 42. d7 {[%cal Rd7e8]} Qd8 {intending ...Bc6.} 43. Qe4 $2 ({Better is} 43. Kh3 $18 Kh8 44. Bh4) 43... Bc6 $11 44. Bd6 Bxd7 45. Qxd5 Bxf5 46. gxf5 Qh4+ 47. Kg2 Qxh5 48. Qa8+ (48. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3h5]} Qg5+ 49. Kh3 $11) 48... Kh7 49. Qe4 f6 50. Bc5 Qd1 51. Qf3 Qd2+ 52. Kh3 Qc2 53. Kg4 Qh2 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Rh6h5]} 54. Qf2 $2 (54. Qe3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 54... h5+ $19 55. Kf3 Qe5 $2 (55... Qh3+ $19 56. Kf4 Qxc3) 56. Kg2 $11 Qxc3 {Strongly threatening ...Qd3.} 57. Qe2 Qe5 (57... Kh6 $5 {[%cal Rc3e5]} 58. Be3+ g5 $17) 58. Qxh5+ {The position is equal.} Kg8 {[#]} 59. Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe4+ (59... Qxd4 $5 60. Qe8+ $8 Kh7 61. Qh5+ Kg8 62. Qe8+ Kh7 63. Qh5+ Kg8 $11) 60. Kg3 Qe1+ (60... Qxd4 $5 61. Qe8+ $8 Kh7 62. Qh5+ Kg8 63. Qe8+ Kh7 64. Qh5+ Kg8 $11) 61. Kg2 Qe4+ (61... Kf8 $5 {[%cal Re1e4]} 62. Bf2 Qe5 $11) 62. Kg3 c3 (62... b4 $5 {[%cal Rc4c3]}) 63. Bxc3 b4 64. Bb2 Qd3+ 65. Qf3 Qxf3+ 66. Kxf3 {Black must now prevent Kg4.} Kf7 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,63,69,67,75,60,72,71,69,66,95,72,90,102,103,87,112,83,127,129,135,118,247,241,230,223,239,185,177,227,356,360,412,411,566,522,555,554,568,566,561,561,554,535,1153,1139,1025,870]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} d6 9. Qf3 Nxd4 {B82: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 f4} 10. Bxd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b5 (10... Bd7 11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f5 h5 14. Bc4 Bd7 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qxf6 {1-0 (25) Anton Guijarro,D (2660)-Bosiocic,M (2603) Minsk 2017}) 11. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Rhe1 Qa5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Qg3 h5 17. c3 {1-0 (25) Tal,M-Gufeld,E Tbilisi 1969}) 11... Bb7 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f5 Be7 14. O-O Qc5+ 15. Kh1 h5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} Kf7 19. Nf4 a5 (19... Qe5 $16) 20. Qh3 $18 Qe5 21. Bc4 {[%cal Rc4e6]} Bc8 22. Rae1 Bd7 23. Nd3 Qd4 (23... Qg5 $142 24. Rf4 (24. e5 Qg4 $16) 24... Rac8) 24. Bb3 Rag8 25. Rf4 {[#] Hoping for e5.} Qa7 26. e5 {exf6 is the strong threat.White is clearly winning.} d5 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. e6+ Ke8 29. exd7+ Qxd7 30. Qf3 Rg5 31. Rxf6 Qg4 32. Rf7 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,80,24,35,12,25,28,29,6,12,10,13,11,57,25,15,10,5,-22,-22,-35,-35,-27,-22,-25,-32,-68,-68,-48,-56,-78,-64,-83,-85,-72,-67,-81,-95,-92,-73,-70,-22,-22,0,-66,-61,-68,-63,-92,-105,-193,-110,-117,-114,-176,-200,-276,-279,-250,-43,-44,-39,-37,-43,-58,-51,-43,-14,-83,-73,-133,-50]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bg5 {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... h6 8. Be3 c6 9. Qd2 {White has an edge.} Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. b3 Nbd5 13. O-O Nxe3 14. fxe3 d5 {1-0 (48) Antoshik,A (2240)-Blaha,P Czechia 1998}) 11... Nb6 12. Rfe1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. h3 (14. d5 $5) 14... O-O 15. b3 Be6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Re2 d5 18. Ne5 Bb4 19. Qe3 $1 Re8 {Strongly threatening ...Nh5.} 20. a3 Bf8 21. Bh2 Bh7 22. Qd2 Qa5 {White must now prevent ...Bb4!} 23. Qe1 c5 ({Of course not} 23... Bxa3 $6 24. Ra2 $11) 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. b4 Qc8 26. Rd1 a5 27. Na4 ({White should try} 27. Nb5 $11) 27... Ra6 {[#] ...axb4 is the strong threat.} 28. bxa5 Rae6 $1 29. Nb6 Qc5 30. Qb4 (30. Kh1 $17) 30... Qxc2 (30... Qxb4 $19 31. axb4 Bxb4) 31. Rxc2 $17 Bxb4 32. axb4 (32. Rc8 $17 {was called for.} Rxc8 33. Nxc8 Bxa3 34. Nf3) 32... Bxc2 $19 33. Rd2 Bb3 ({And not} 33... Rxe5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxc2 $14) 34. f4 Rxb6 $2 (34... Ne4 $19 35. Rb2 Bd1 36. Nxd5 Rd6) 35. axb6 $15 Re6 36. Rb2 Bc4 37. Kf2 Rxb6 38. Ke3 Ra6 39. Kd4 (39. Nxc4 $11 dxc4 40. Kd4) 39... Bf1 $17 40. f5 {[#]} (40. Ng4 $142) 40... Ra4 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 69%.} (40... Ra1 $1 $17 41. Rc2 Rd1+ 42. Ke3 d4+ 43. Kf3 Bb5 44. Rc8+ Kh7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,49,41,43,36,43,33,53,40,61,63,161,85,77,92,220,191,205,202,258,252,239,273,374,375,346,201]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 {A96: Classical Dutch: Fluid Systems: Early deviations} 10. d5 (10. Rd1 Qe8 11. c5 dxc5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 b6 15. e4 Bb7 16. exf5 exf5 17. e6 {½-½ (30) L'Ami,E (2650)-Reinderman,D (2604) Amsterdam 2014}) 10... Na5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 Bxc4 13. Nxf5 Bf6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 14. Ne3 Bf7 15. Be4 h6 16. Rb1 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... c6 17. Rd1 {1-0 (28) Lewis,A (2283)-Farrand,T (2188) England 2016}) 17. c4 Qd7 ({Black should try} 17... Rb8 $14) 18. Nd5 ({White should play} 18. Bd2 $18 Nc6 19. Nd5 (19. Rxb7 Nd4 $16)) 18... Be5 $16 19. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nc6 (19... Nxc4 $16 {was necessary.} 20. Qxc4 c6) 20. Rxb7 $18 Nd4 21. Qd3 {[#] aiming for f4.} ({Worse is} 21. Rxc7 Qd8 $11) 21... Bh5 22. f3 Ne6 {intending ...Nc5.} 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Nf4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 33%.} (25. f4 $142 Bd6 {[#]} 26. Nxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,63,26,27,28,39,32,56,54,49,55,60,63,89,74,93,84,89,64,87,94,86,79,106,84,115,60,48,44,52,47,42,15,12,0,31,0,29,24,78,7,32,7,17,0,0,-29]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne2 Bf8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (10... 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}) 11. c4 g6 12. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 c6 13. Qd2 b6 14. Ng3 Be7 {1-0 (35) Khairullin,I (2514)-Rothuis,V (2217) Heraklio 2004}) 12... Bg7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Kh7 15. Re1 c6 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. Rad1 a6 18. b4 d5 19. c5 Be6 20. Bf4 Kg8 21. Bd6 N6d7 22. a4 (22. Ne2 $16) 22... Nh7 $14 {[%cal Bf8h7,Bh7g5,Bg5e4][%mdl 32]} 23. Re3 Ng5 24. Ne2 Ne4 25. Bh2 f5 26. Ne5 (26. Be5 $5) 26... Nxe5 27. Bxe5 g5 28. f4 (28. g4 $5) 28... Bf7 (28... Re7 $11) 29. Rf1 (29. Bxe4 $16 dxe4 30. Rf1) 29... Bxe5 $11 30. fxe5 Bg6 31. Ref3 Rf8 32. Ng3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,132,8,18,8,57,15,12,8,8,8,15,7,7,7,12,0,41,34,70,14,58,58,59,46,78,29,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,18,8,0,34,21,21,21,37,38,37,34,46,23,28,23,14,8,8,8,8,13,8,0,0,0,0,0,28,29,27,27,27,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,47,46,45]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6... a6 7. Be2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Nxc5 10. Be3 Rc8 11. O-O Ne7 12. c4 O-O 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Bg5 {½-½ (29) Kravtsiv,M (2657)-Najer,E (2706) Kocaeli 2017}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. Nd4 Ne7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 {1-0 (41) Antal,T (2222)-Magyar,O (2248) Hungary 2011}) 12... Bg6 13. h4 h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 14. h5 Bh7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Rh3 Qa4 18. c3 Qc4 19. Qd2 (19. g4 $14) 19... Be4 20. f3 Bh7 21. Kf2 Qd3 22. Qe1 Rae8 23. Rd1 (23. Qe3 $14) 23... Qa6 $11 24. a3 Qb6 25. Rd2 f6 $1 26. Rg3 {[#]} Be4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. exf6 (27. fxe4 fxe5+) 27... Rxf6 28. Qe3 e5 29. Ne2 Bf5 30. Rxd5 Qxb2 31. Qxa7 Qb6+ 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Rc5 Re7 (33... Rb2 $5 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 34. Ke3 (34. Rc7 g5 $17) 34... Re7 $14) 34. f4 exf4 35. Nxf4 Rf7 36. Re3 Kh7 37. Kg3 Ra6 38. Re8 Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ra4f4]} 39. Rd8 g5 ({Don't blunder} 39... Rxa3 $2 {[#]} 40. Rcc8 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 40. hxg6+ Bxg6 41. Ne6 Bf5 42. Nd4 Rg7+ 43. Kf4 Bg4 44. Re5 Rxa3 45. Ree8 {Rh8+ is the strong threat.} h5 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Rd6+ Kf7 48. Nb5 Ra4+ 49. Ke3 Ra6 50. Rb8 Rxd6 51. Nxd6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 52. Nxb7 Rc7 53. Kd4 Rd7+ 54. Ke3 Rc7 55. Kd4 Rd7+ 56. Kc4 {And now Nc5+ would win.} (56. Ke4 $5 {[%cal Rb7c5]} Rc7 57. Kd3 $11) 56... Rd2 57. Nc5+ Kf7 58. g3 Be2+ 59. Kb3 Bd1+ 60. Kc4 Be2+ 61. Kb3 Bd1+ 62. Ka3 Rg2 63. Rb7+ Kg6 64. Rb8 Kf7 65. Rd8 (65. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Rb1d1]} Bg4 66. Ne4 $11) 65... Rxg3 66. Rxd1 {Strongly threatening Kb4.} Rxc3+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,119,55,23,43,61,81,26,30,21,29,10,24,25,50,13,32,25,29,24,19,23,6,22,34,27,39,22,58,67,52,9,13,7,4,4,13,11,5,8,7,0,111,112,111,118,107,119,114,104,145,133,150,129,144,139,135,120,145,118,148,148,148,148,148,148,148,148,319,319,313,319,319,313,291,258,294,253,280,237,886,287,264,132,172,172,12735,10729,5073,4820,9662,9662,6372,6341,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29983,29984,29987,29988,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Nc3 b5 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Bg5 {LiveBook: 9 Games. B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (9. e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. a4 $16) (9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. c3 Bc5 13. Qg4 g6 14. Nc2 Ne7 15. Bg5 h5 16. Qf4 Nf5 {½-½ (57) Efimenko,Z (2648)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2582) Dubai 2014}) 9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Qf3 ({White should try} 11. a4 $16) 11... Be7 $11 12. a3 Qc5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Qc7 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 h6 15. Bf4 Bc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 {0-1 (37) Gutierrez Castillo,P (2157)-Horvath,C (2537) Bratto 2008}) 13. Be3 Qe5 14. Bf4 Qh5 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Bg3 e5 18. Kh1 d6 19. f3 h6 20. b4 Bd4 {Strongly threatening ...Qg5.} 21. Bf2 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rac8 23. Qd2 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. a4 Rfd8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bb6 Rd6 28. Bc5 $36 {[%cal Bb6c5,Bc5e7,Be7f6][%mdl 2080] White is pushing.} Rdd8 {[#]} (28... Re6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Be7 $1 $16 {[%cal Re7d8]} Rd7 30. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 31. Bxb5 Bc6 32. Bd3 Bb5 33. Ra3 Rcd8 34. h3 Bxd3 35. Rxd3 Rxd3 36. cxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qg5 37. Qc3 Qf5 38. Re4 Qd7 39. Qd2 h5 40. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Kg7 41. b6 Qxd3 $2 (41... Qc6 $16 {was called for.}) 42. Qxd3 $18 Rxd3 $16 {KR-KR} 43. Rb4 Rd8 44. Kg1 f5 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. b7 Rb8 47. Rb6+ Kg5 $2 (47... Ke7 48. f4 f6) 48. g3 $2 (48. Ke3 f6 {[#]} 49. f4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf4+ 50. Kf2) 48... f4 $18 49. g4 (49. Rb5 $18) 49... hxg4 50. hxg4 f5 $2 (50... f6 51. Ke2 Kh4) 51. gxf5 Kxf5 52. Ke2 Kg5 53. Kd3 Kf5 54. Rb5 Rd8+ 55. Kc4 {White mates.} Rb8 56. Kd5 Kf6 57. Kd6 e4 58. fxe4 f3 59. Rf5+ Kg6 60. Kc7 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Harikrishna, P."]
[Black "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,124,10,14,11,13,0,1,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-59,-21,-23,9,0,0,0,-18,-13,-10,-17,-24,-22,-16,-10,-12,-17,-10,-30,-36,-125,-133,-118,-143,-136,-135,-134,-103,-134,-134,-122,-113,-226,-212,-312,-264,-260,-264,-349,-312,-315,-301,-481,-477,-476,-482,-517,-527,-533,-526,-650,-379,-392,-433,-519,-531,-513,-518,-516,-513,-568,-558,-562,-545,-574,-551,-545,-527,-682,-670,-820,-793,-797,-774,-875,-865,-908,-895,-1279,-1283,-1532,-1460,-1393,-1368,-1558,-1319,-1986,-2059,-2213,-3363,-3314,-3143,-3036,-2810,-5230,-29981]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} d5 (6... 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}) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a5 a6 9. O-O Bf5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Bg5 $146 (10. Re1 {seems wilder.} Nf6 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. Bg5 Rfd8 13. Nbd2) ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Rxa6 Bxd3 15. Ra1 Bxf1 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Kxf1 {1-0 (46) Alekseev,E (2636)-Predke,A (2587) Sochi 2016}) 10... Be7 11. Bxe7 Ndxe7 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. g3 {[#]} Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Ndf3 (15. Ne4 $11) (15. gxf4 Qxh4) 15... Bxc4 16. dxc4 Ne6 (16... Nd3 {with more complications.} 17. Ne1 e4 18. Nxd3 exd3 19. Nf3 Re8) 17. Re1 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 f6 19. b4 Rad8 20. Nd2 Kf7 21. Nb3 Ne7 22. Kf1 g5 23. Ng2 Nf5 24. Rd5 Nd6 25. c5 (25. Nd2 $15) 25... Nb5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 26. c4 {Hoping for Rxd8.} Nc3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Ne3 Rd3 29. Nc1 Rd2 30. Ne2 Na2 31. Nd5 {[#]} (31. Rb1 $17) 31... Rb2 $1 $19 ({Much less strong is} 31... c6 32. Ndc3 $17) 32. f4 (32. b5 {was called for.} c6 33. Ne3) 32... gxf4 33. gxf4 Nxb4 34. fxe5 Nd3 ({Don't do} 34... Nxc5 35. Nef4 $19) ({Resist} 34... fxe5 35. Nxb4 Rxb4 36. c6 $19) 35. Rd1 Nxe5 36. Rc1 (36. c6 $142) 36... c6 37. Ne3 Nxc5 38. Rd1 Rb3 39. Nc2 Nxc4 40. Rd8 Ne3+ 41. Nxe3 Rxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 42. Ng3 {Black is clearly winning.} Ra3 43. Rh8 Kg7 44. Re8 Rxa5 45. h4 Ra3 46. Kg2 Rd3 47. Re7+ Kg6 48. h5+ Kh6 49. Kh3 Kg5 50. Rg7+ {[#]} Kf4 $1 51. Kh4 Rd7 52. h6 a5 53. Ne2+ Ke5 54. Nc3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 55. Rg1 b4 56. Re1+ Kd6 57. Ne2 b3 58. Nd4 a4 59. Rc1 b2 60. Rb1 Rb7 61. Nc2 Rb3 62. Kg4 Ne4 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Adhiban, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,71,28,41,44,34,25,54,55,62,32,41,16,21,13,13,2,23,7,13,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,285,293,294,287,315,310,308,292,287,277,678,672,736,757,1003,973,1244,1993,1867,1808,1513,1487,29984,29985,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Be3 c6 {LiveBook: 59 Games. E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} 8. Rc1 e5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... Nc7 9. Be2 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nxb5 Nd5 15. e6 fxe6 {½-½ (92) Wei,Y (2706)-Adhiban,B (2653) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 9. d5 cxd5 {White has an edge.} 10. cxd5 Ne8 11. g4 Kh8 12. Be2 f5 13. gxf5 (13. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Nf6 14. exf5 $14) 13... gxf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Bg4 Bh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 17. h4 Bg6 18. Bh5 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxg6.} Bf5 $1 19. Bg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bg6 20. Ne6 Bxe3 21. fxe3 {And now h5 would win.} Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Rg8 $1 $15) 22. Nxf8 $18 Qxf8 {[#]} 23. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Qh6 24. Qf3 Bd3 25. b4 Na6 26. Kd2 e4 $2 (26... Bc4 27. Rhg1 b5) 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Nf6 29. Qd4 Re8 30. Be6 Nxb4 31. Rhf1 Rf8 32. Qxb4 Qg5 33. Qd4 {White mates.} Qg2+ 34. Kd3 Qg5 35. Rf5 Qg7 36. Rcf1 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,98,30,30,85,82,97,97,112,68,72,62,67,56,76,56,87,45,54,46,78,13,39,39,79,87,87,37,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-96,-102,-146,-146,-146,-146,-124,-124,-124,-124,-190,0,0,0,-209,-276,-469,-437,-902,-937,-1107,-897,-2104,-2078,-12837,-5003,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12847,-12849,-12849]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g4 Nhf6 11. Ng3 Nb6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} (11... g6 12. g5 Ng8 13. h4 Nb6 14. a4 a5 15. h5 Qxg5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. O-O-O Ne7 19. Rdg1 {½-½ (30) Ivanisevic,I (2638)-Banusz,T (2585) Dubai 2015}) 12. g5 Ng8 13. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] [#] LiveBook: 15 Games} Be6 $146 (13... h6 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd6 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Nh5 Kf8 16. Rg1 Ng6 17. O-O-O Nxh4 18. Rh1 Nf3 19. Bf5 {0-1 (37) Vavrak,P (2466)-Godena,M (2528) Olbia 2008}) 14. Nh5 $16 g6 15. Ng7+ Kd7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. a4 a5 $1 18. h5 Ne7 19. Qf3 Nf5 20. Ne2 Rae8 21. b3 Nd6 22. Qh3 (22. Rc1 $16) 22... Qxh3 23. Rxh3 h6 24. hxg6 hxg5 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. g7 Rg8 27. Ng3 Ke7 28. Nh5 f5 $1 29. Ke2 Nd7 30. Rh1 Kf7 31. f4 (31. Rg1 $11) 31... gxf4 $17 32. exf4 Nf6 33. Nxf6 Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Rh6+ Ke7 35. Rg6 Ne4 36. Bxe4 (36. Ke3 $17) 36... dxe4 $2 {[#] KR-KR} (36... fxe4 $19 37. Kf2 Kf7) 37. d5 $1 $11 cxd5 38. Ke3 $2 (38. Rb6 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 38... Kf7 $19 39. Rb6 $2 (39. Rd6 Rxg7 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41. Rxd5) 39... Rxg7 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Rxb7+ (40. Kd4 $142 Kg8 41. Re6) 40... Kg6 41. Rb5 Kh5 42. Rxd5 Rg3+ 43. Ke2 Kg4 44. Rxa5 Rxb3 45. Ra8 Kxf4 46. a5 Rb2+ 47. Kd1 Ra2 48. a6 Ke3 49. a7 f4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,134,1,27,0,0,-8,6,-2,9,0,28,0,15,0,18,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-7,-10,0,-18,-18,-19,-3,-1,-1,-7,-4,0,0,0,0,-18,-17,-80,-38,-54,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-76,-76,-76,-77,-80,-79,-103,-47,-50,-25,-126,-126,-126,-126,-122,-54,-54,-57,-72,-72,-80,-10,-10,0,-52,-52,-59,-8,-22,-8,-37,-8,-37,-37,-37,-8,-44,-46,-52,-62,-59,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-29963,-851,-29963,-29956,-29973,-29973]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (10... h6 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. c3 Qd7 14. d4 Na5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. a4 Rad8 17. b3 Nb6 18. a5 {1-0 (48) Nepomniachtchi,I (2725)-Bu,X (2723) Danzhou 2016}) 11. Ba2 h6 12. h3 Bf8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 13. Be3 Ne7 {[#]} 14. d4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Nh4 g5 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. Qxf5 {0-1 (67) Kulaots,K (2613)-Hector,J (2593) Sweden 2003}) 14... exd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Na5 19. Qd3 c6 20. Ba2 d5 21. Rad1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qc7 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 (23. Bd4 {keeps more tension.} Nc4 24. Nh4 Re4 25. Nf5 Rae8 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qc3) 23... Rad8 24. Qf5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxc2 27. Qd7 Qc8 28. Qxc8 (28. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Rd7f7]} Qxd7 29. Nxd7 $11) 28... Rxc8 29. Kf1 f6 30. Nd2 Rc2 31. Rb1 b4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Nf3 Nc4 34. Bd4 a5 35. b3 Nd6 36. Ra1 (36. Rb2 $5 {[%cal Rb2c2]} Rc6 37. Be3 $11) 36... Ne4 37. Bb6 (37. Rd1 $11) 37... Kf7 38. Kg1 g5 39. Bxa5 Bc5 40. Be1 Nxf2 41. Kf1 Nd3 42. Bd2 Rb2 43. Ra6 Rxb3 44. Ke2 h5 (44... Nf2 $17 45. Ra4 h5) 45. Rc6 $15 Bb4 46. Bxb4 (46. Be3 $11) 46... Nf4+ $17 47. Kf2 Rxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 48. Rc2 g4 ({Black should try} 48... Ra4 $17 49. h4 g4) 49. hxg4 $15 hxg4 50. Ng1 Rb3 51. Ne2 Nd3+ (51... Nxe2 $17 52. Kxe2 Ke6) 52. Kg3 $11 f5 (52... Ne5+ {feels hotter.} 53. Rc3 Rb6 54. Nf4 Kg7 55. Nd3 Nxd3 56. Rxd3 Rb4) 53. Rc3 (53. Kh4 $11) 53... Rxc3 $15 54. Nxc3 {KN-KN} Kf6 (54... Kg6 $1 $15 55. Kh4 Nf4) 55. Kh4 $1 $11 Ke5 (55... Nf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4g2]} 56. Kg3 Ke5 $17) 56. Kg5 Ne1 (56... Nf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4g2]} 57. g3 Nh3+ 58. Kh5 Nf2 $17) 57. g3 Nf3+ 58. Kg6 Nd2 {With the idea ...Nf1.} 59. Ne2 (59. Nd5 $5) 59... Ne4 60. Kh5 Kf6 61. Kh6 $1 Nc5 (61... Nd6 $15) 62. Nf4 Ne6 {[#] ( -> ...Nxf4)} 63. Nh5+ Ke5 {White must now prevent ...Ke4.} 64. Kg6 Nd4 {Threatens to win with ...Ke4.} 65. Ng7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (65. Nf6 $11) 65... Ke4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} (65... f4 $2 66. gxf4+ Kxf4 67. Nh5+ Ke3 68. Kf6 $17) 66. Nh5 Kf3 67. Kf6 Ne2 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,65,44,56,21,22,22,12,16,28,22,22,27,27,29,14,7,8,8,10,6,8,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,5,8,8,0,10,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 Qe7 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Ba6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. Qd1 Bxb5 14. Bxb5 {1-0 (36) Roiz,M (2649)-Le Roux,J (2551) Caleta 2011}) 12... Bxb5 13. Bxb5 a6 14. Be2 Ba3 15. Qc1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 a5 18. Rc2 {The position is equal.} Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Qc5 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ne5 Ke7 25. Ke1 Ncd7 26. Nc6+ Kd6 27. Nd4 g6 28. f4 Ne4 29. Bd3 Nec5 30. Bb5 f6 31. Nf3 Nf8 32. g4 e5 33. d4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,26,20,10,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,13,10,11,1,27,25,33,30,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 (3. dxc5 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bg5 Bxc5 6. e3 Bb4 7. Nge2 d5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Be6 10. Bb5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (42) Aronian,L (2799)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2017}) 3... d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe6 Bxe6 6. e4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Nc6 7. Nf3 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 Re8 {½-½ (22) Bender,K (2086)-Hoehne,E (2020) GER email 2013}) 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Be2 Bd6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Rhe1 Ng6 16. g3 h6 17. Nd2 Kc7 18. Bc4 Rd7 19. f4 Rhd8 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Kc6 24. Na5+ Kb6 25. Nc4+ Kc6 26. Ke2 b5 27. Ne3 Ne7 28. c4 a6 29. Kd3 f5 30. a3 g6 31. g4 Kd6 32. gxf5 (32. b3 {is more complex.} b4 33. axb4 cxb4 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Nc2) 32... Nxf5 33. Nxf5+ gxf5 {KP-KP} 34. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Kc6 35. Kc3 Kb6 36. b4 Kc6 37. Kb3 Kb6 38. Kc3 Kc6 39. Kb3 Kb6 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,58,16,10,12,14,9,19,18,17,19,16,10,18,27,20,11,41,65,179,201,209,183,197,207,213,186,181,181,192,172,192,186,181,0,0,0,156,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d4 (10. d3 d6 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Na3 Rb8 13. b3 g5 14. Nxg5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 dxe5 {½-½ (67) Inarkiev,E (2702)-Gelfand,B (2729) Nazran 2017}) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Na3 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 13. dxc5 Rc8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Qc7 14. Be3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {1-0 (54) Scherer,R (2607)-Neagu,L (2478) ICCF email 2010}) 14. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3d4,Bd4g7][%mdl 32]} Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qd5+ e6 17. Qd2 f4 {White must now prevent ...Qg5.} 18. Bd4 Rf5 19. Rad1 Nf3+ (19... f3 $14) 20. gxf3 $18 {Bxg7 is the strong threat.} Qh4 21. Bxg7 Rcxc5 22. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Qb4.} ({Not} 22. Qxd7 $2 Qxh3 23. Qxe6+ Kxg7 $19) 22... Rg5+ 23. Kf1 Qxh3+ 24. Ke2 Rge5+ 25. Bxe5 Rxe5+ 26. Kd3 Rd5+ 27. Ke2 Re5+ 28. Kd3 Rd5+ {[#]} 29. Ke2 $2 (29. Kc2 $1 $16 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Qxf3 31. Kb1) 29... Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,56,33,38,37,48,19,42,22,29,9,24,22,21,21,69,74,90,34,37,26,49,-320,-326,-308,-301,-702,-727,-723,-724,-681,-695,-29980,-5892,-29983,-29984,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 {C45: Scotch Game} 9. f3 O-O (9... g5 10. Bg3 a6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O Be6 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Nd7 15. Bf2 Qf6 16. Bxb6 Nxb6 {0-1 (45) Dominguez Perez,L (2752)-Andreikin,D (2736) Novi Sad 2016}) 10. Qe2 Be6 11. O-O-O Re8 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. g4 Qe7 13. Kb1 a5 $146 14. a4 Rad8 15. Qg2 Nb4 $1 16. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 17. Rxd4 c5 18. Rd1 g5 {[#]} 19. Bg3 (19. Bxg5 $1 $16 hxg5 20. Bb5) 19... d5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 20. Bb5 d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 21. Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Ne2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 21... Bxd5 $19 ({Less strong is} 21... Nfxd5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Qe2 $17) 22. exd5 Nfxd5 23. Rde1 $2 (23. Be1 Ne3 24. Qe2) 23... Ne3 24. Qd2 {[#]} Qe6 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Qa2+)} 25. b3 c4 ({Inferior is} 25... Nbxc2 {[#]} 26. Qxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc2 27. Rxe6 $11) 26. Bxe8 {Hoping for Rxe3.} cxb3 27. Rxe3 bxc2+ 28. Qxc2 dxe3 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,106,-8,33,27,50,42,50,39,69,41,33,50,75,37,102,43,129,81,87,85,105,45,54,9,62,52,72,16,25,12,21,-54,-57,-58,62,2,0,16,40,36,35,0,0,0,153,140,148,153,147,156,142,99,411,125,193,191,246,246,242,239,227,230,210,187,263,270,274,265,372,375,353,362,552,550,707,539,1179,825,1775,1725,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. Qd2 {B28: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 a6 (O'Kelly Variation)} (11. Nd2 Nd5 12. Nde4 Qd8 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nc5 O-O 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. f4 Qb6 18. Kh1 Be6 {½-½ (39) Leko,P (2731)-Morozevich,A (2724) Moscow 2014}) 11... O-O 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Rfd1 Nb4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Ne5 Nfd5 15. Bf3 f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Nd5 17. Qe4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 {1-0 (33) Dvorak,T (2300)-Alberton,R (2123) Imperia 2002}) 16. Nd3 Nc6 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 f5 19. Rac1 (19. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 20. Na4 $14) 19... Bg5 (19... Qd6 $14) 20. Qf2 (20. Bxc6 $16 bxc6 21. Ne2) 20... Kh8 (20... Qd6 $14) 21. Ne2 Bh4 22. g3 Bf6 23. a3 (23. Bxc6 $16 bxc6 24. Qg2 (24. Rxc6 Bb7 $14)) 23... Rb8 24. Nc5 Qe7 (24... g5 $11) 25. Nf4 Nd8 26. d5 (26. Qd2 $16) 26... b6 $11 27. d6 Qf7 28. Ncd3 (28. Na4 $11) 28... e5 $1 $15 29. Rc7 Qb3 (29... Bd7 $1 $15 30. Bd5 Qe8) 30. d7 (30. Nc1 $14 Qa4 31. Nd5) 30... Bb7 $11 31. Nc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qa4 32. Nd5 {Black must now prevent Rd2.} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 33. Nxf6 (33. Bh5 $5 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Be5 34. Qc2 $14 (34. Nxb6 $2 Qb5 $19)) 33... exf3 34. Rd4 Qb5 $2 {[#]} (34... Qa5 $1 $11 35. Ne8 Ne6) 35. Ne8 $1 $16 Ne6 36. Nd6 Nxd4 37. Nxb5 Nxb5 38. Rc2 Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rbd8 $16 {is tougher.}) 39. Nb3 $2 (39. Qd2 $18 {is more deadly.} Ne4 40. Qd4) 39... Rbd8 (39... Rfd8 $16 {was called for.}) 40. Rc7 $18 {Hoping for Qd2.} Rf7 41. Nd4 Rfxd7 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Nxf3 Ne4 44. Qc2 g6 (44... h6 $142 45. Nd4 b5 46. Nxf5 Ng5) 45. Nd4 Kg7 46. Qb3 Rd6 (46... b5 $142 47. Qe6 Nf6) 47. Qc4 {[#] And now Qc7+ would win.} Bd5 48. Qxa6 Kh6 (48... Ng5 {was necessary.} 49. Qa7+ Kf6) 49. Qc8 Kh5 50. Qc7 h6 51. a4 Kg4 52. Nb5 Rc6 53. Qf4+ Kh3 54. Qh4# {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,125,29,22,69,31,63,23,26,20,57,67,87,63,65,46,52,-22,-14,-35,-60,-22,-26,-6,32,55,122,35,39,47,35,36,69,96,55,36,33,30,42,-57,-62,-119,-141,-130,-119,-159,-48,-120,-117,-123,-77,-115,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29992,29993,29997,29998]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 {LiveBook: 396 Games} Nh5 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} (7... dxe5 8. fxe5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qe2 Rad8 12. Be4 Qd7 13. Be3 f6 14. O-O-O fxe5 15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rxd1+ {1-0 (50) Karjakin,S (2785)-Van Wely,L (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 8. Be3 f6 $146 {[%cal Rf6e5]} ({Predecessor:} 8... Bh6 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. O-O Ng7 11. Ne2 e6 12. c3 f6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Ng3 Ne7 15. Ne4 Qc6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. h3 Bf5 20. Be2 Be4 21. g4 Rf7 22. c4 {1-0 (22) Ramnath,B (2405)-Karthikeyan,M (2497) Chennai 2015}) 9. exf6 Nxf6 {White has an edge.} 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bg1 Kh8 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Nb4 14. g4 (14. Bc4 $14) 14... c6 15. Be2 Qa5 16. Bc4 b5 17. Bb3 Qc7 18. Ng5 d5 (18... Nbd5 $14) 19. Ne2 (19. a3 $16) 19... a5 $14 20. c3 a4 21. cxb4 {Hoping for Bc2.} axb3 22. a3 $1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bh2 Qb6 25. f5 (25. Qe3 $14) 25... gxf5 $15 26. Be5 (26. gxf5 $15 Bxf5 27. Qg5) 26... Bxe5 $17 27. dxe5 c5 (27... fxg4 28. hxg4 Qf2 29. Qg5 $11 (29. Qh6 Qf7 $15)) 28. Kb1 fxg4 {[#]} (28... e3 $1 $17 {[%cal Re3d2]} 29. Qc3 cxb4 30. Qxb4 Qe6) 29. hxg4 {[#]} (29. e6 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Qg6 $1 ({Much less strong is} 29... Bxg4 30. Qg5 $15) 30. Nf4 Qxg4 31. Rhg1 {[#]} (31. Qh2 $2 Bf5 $17) 31... e3 (31... Bf5 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...e3+.} 32. Ka1 (32. Rxg4 $2 e3+ 33. Qd3 Rad8 $19) 32... Qf3) 32. Qxe3 $11 Qf5+ 33. Ka1 $1 Be6 $1 34. Ng6+ $1 (34. Nxe6 Qc2 $19) 34... hxg6 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Rxg6+ Kf7 {( -> ...Rxa3+!)} 37. Rg5 {[#] White wants to mate with Qh5+.} Rxa3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. bxa3 b2+ $1 39. Kxb2 Qf2+ 40. Kc1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qe3+ 41. Rd2 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qxa3+ 42. Kd1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qa1+ 43. Kc2 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qa2+ 44. Kc1 $1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qa3+ 45. Kb1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qxb4+ 46. Kc1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qc3+ 47. Kb1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qb4+ 48. Kc1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qc4+ 49. Kb1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qe4+ 50. Kb2 {Qh5+ would kill now.} Qb4+ 51. Kc1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qc3+ 52. Kb1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qb3+ 53. Kc1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qc4+ 54. Kb1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qe4+ 55. Kb2 {White threatens Qh5+ and mate.} Qb4+ 56. Kc1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qa3+ 57. Kb1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qb3+ 58. Kc1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qc3+ 59. Kb1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qb3+ 60. Kc1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qc4+ 61. Kb1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Qf1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Qb3+ $11 62. Kc1) 62. Kb2 {[%cal Rh6h5]} Bf5 {[#]} 63. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 58%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,50,56,36,45,0,0,-51,-53,-75,-22,-92,-66,-99,-44,-39,-29,-45,-18,-11,-15,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (9... h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Ng3 c6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 b5 18. b3 Bb6 19. Qc1 Bc8 {½-½ (58) Anand,V (2779)-Nakamura,H (2779) Saint Louis 2016}) 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (11. d4 $5) 11... f5 {White is slightly better.} 12. exf5 $146 (12. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rd1h5]} g6 13. Nf7+ Rxf7 14. Bxf7 $14) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Ng5 Qe8 13. Bf7 Rxf7 14. Qxh5 g6 15. Nxf7+ Qxf7 16. Qe2 f4 17. Nh2 {0-1 (32) Hou,Y (2578)-Kosteniuk,A (2525) Beijing 2008}) 12... Bxf5 13. Be3 (13. d4 $11) 13... Bxe3 $15 14. Nxe3 Bg6 (14... Nf4 $17 15. Nxf5 Rxf5) 15. d4 (15. g3 $11) 15... Nf4 $17 16. dxe5 {[#]} Nd3 (16... Be4 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Nxh3+!} 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Nxh3+ 19. Kh2 Qg5 20. Kxh3 Rxf2) 17. Rf1 Nxb2 18. Qd5 Nd3 19. exd6 $1 {The position is equal.} Nf4 20. Qg5 $1 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 {[#] And now Qxd8 would win.} cxd6 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 23. Nd5 Na5 24. Rfe1 Nxb3 25. axb3 Nf4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,86,14,-12,2,0,42,32,34,28,41,41,41,37,62,33,31,29,29,35,50,57,58,35,37,24,33,33,89,79,104,73,95,89,142,114,166,132,130,118,138,135,136,137,153,130,132,132,135,122,160,134,217,139,177,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-150,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qc1 {LiveBook: 5 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} b6 (7... c5 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Qb6 10. dxc5 Qxb2 11. Nbd2 Nxc5 12. Rab1 Qc3 13. Nb3 Nce4 14. Nbd4 b6 15. Rb3 Qc5 16. e3 Ba6 17. h3 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 Qc7 19. Bd3 e5 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rc3 Qxc3 {0-1 (21) Huzman,A (2580)-Gelfand,B (2741) Berlin 2015}) 8. c4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. Nc3 c6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bh6 Ng4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. e4 e5 13. h3 Nh6 14. dxe5 Re8 15. exd5 cxd5 {1-0 (36) Geisert,B (1498)-Wirth,F (1428) Ludwigshafen 2000}) 8... Ba6 9. Ne5 {aiming for Nc6.White is slightly better.} Bb7 10. Rd1 e6 11. Nc3 c6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 (13. Qe3 {is interesting.} Qe7 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rad8 17. Bg5) 13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. Qg5 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 (19... Qe4 $14) 20. Rd6 $16 Qe7 21. Qf4 Rab8 22. Rad1 Rb7 (22... h5 $142) 23. h5 g5 (23... gxh5 $16 24. Kg2 h4) 24. Qe4 h6 25. b3 Rc7 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. R1d2 Rg8 28. R2d3 Qe8 29. Kh2 Qa8 30. Qe2 Qb7 31. a4 a6 (31... Qa8 $16) 32. Qg4 b5 33. Rf3 $2 {[#]} (33. axb5 $18 axb5 34. cxb5) 33... bxa4 $11 34. bxa4 a5 35. Rf6 Rd7 36. Rxd7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Qxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 37. f4 $1 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 Kf8 39. Rxh6 ({Avoid the trap} 39. Qxe6 $2 g4+ 40. Qxg4 Rxg4 $19) (39. fxg5 $11 hxg5 40. Rf1) 39... Qf2 ({Better is} 39... Qc1 $17 {[%cal Rc1h1]} 40. Kh2 Qxc4) 40. fxg5 {[#] Rf6 is the strong threat.The position is equal.} Qf1+ 41. Kh4 Qh1+ 42. Qh3 Qe4+ 43. Qg4 Qh1+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,83,19,16,17,21,18,14,22,16,22,11,30,31,18,14,31,37,40,28,33,33,33,29,30,31,33,33,31,26,31,32,33,41,37,27,35,18,22,19,25,25,25,25,31,31,34,7,7,7,7,0,9,2,15,10,9,7,7,7,7,7,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O {D50: Queen's Gambit Declined: Dutch-Peruvian Gambit} 9. Be2 {LiveBook: 12 Games} h6 (9... Nc6 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Nc5 {½-½ (88) Grischuk,A (2737)-Wei,Y (2707) Doha 2016}) 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Qd3 Qb6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bc7 Re8 17. h3 a6 {½-½ (17) Lelgemann,L (2064)-Gonschior,M (2120) GER email 2014}) 13... Bg4 (13... Be6 {keeps more tension.} 14. Nb5 Rac8 15. Nfd4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Be6) 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Rac8 16. h3 Be6 17. Rac1 g5 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. Bc7 Re8 {[#] White must now prevent ...a6.} 20. Bh2 Bf6 21. Nfd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Kf1 Nc5 26. Bf3 Be6 27. b3 Bxd4 28. exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Ne4 29. Ke1 Bf5 30. a4 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 {The position is equal.} 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Bh5 Bh7 34. Be5 f6 35. Bb8 a6 36. Bc7 (36. Ba7 {is interesting.} Nd6 37. Kd2 Nc8 38. Bc5 Nd6 39. b4) 36... Nd6 37. Bxd6 Kxd6 38. a5 Be4 39. g3 Bf5 40. h4 Kc6 41. Be2 Bc2 42. b4 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,103,19,22,33,19,12,1,16,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,31,27,36,32,37,12,21,0,0,0,16,0,78,84,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qc2 (14. Qd1 c5 15. Nxc5 Bb7 16. Bg5 Ba8 17. Qd2 Rb5 {0-1 (59) Caruana,F (2807)-Le,Q (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 14... Nb4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 15. Qd1 c5 $146 {[%cal Rc5d4]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15... Ba6 16. Nc5 Bc4 17. b3 Bd5 {1-0 (50) Blomqvist,E (2545)-Hauge,L (2385) Vasteras 2016}) 16. Nxc5 Bb7 17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Rd8 20. Re4 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 21. Qe2 a4 22. d5 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 a3 24. Qf6 Qxd5 25. Rae1 Rb5 26. g4 (26. Rc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4c6]} Rc5 27. Ra4 $11 (27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. Ne5 Qe7 $11)) 26... Qd6 27. Rc4 Rd5 (27... Rf8 $11) 28. Ng5 $16 Qe7 29. Qxf7+ (29. Ne4 $1 $14 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxf6 32. Nxf6+ Kg7 33. Ne8+ (33. Rxc6 Kxf6 34. Ra6 Kg5 $16) 33... Kf8 34. Rxc6 Kxe8 35. Ra6) 29... Qxf7 $11 {The position is equal.} 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Rxc6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd2 32. g5 Rxa2 33. Rc7+ Kg8 34. Rxe6 Rf8 35. Ree7 {[#] Intending Rg7+ and mate.} Rfxf2 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Rfd2.} 38. Rcg7+ Kf8 39. Ra7 {[%cal Rh7h8] [#]} Kg8 40. Rhg7+ Kf8 41. Rh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Rg2+ 42. Kh1 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 {aiming for ...Rgd2.} 43. Rhg7+ Kh8 44. Rh7+ Kg8 {White must now prevent ...Rgc2.} 45. Rhg7+ Kf8 46. Rh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Rgd2.} 47. Rag7+ Kf8 48. Rf7+ Kg8 $1 {...Rxh2+! is the strong threat.} 49. Rfg7+ Kf8 {Hoping for ...Rxh2+!} 50. Rf7+ Kg8 $1 {And now ...Rxh2+ would win.} 51. Rhg7+ Kh8 52. Rh7+ {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,138,35,29,35,9,56,41,49,14,25,0,2,0,0,-53,-32,-35,-36,-49,-32,-29,-31,-39,-49,-74,-69,-89,-81,-81,-79,-88,-100,-87,-71,-123,-89,-93,-36,-58,-50,-34,-34,-78,-75,-100,-101,-94,-85,-77,-81,-119,-121,-105,-89,-105,-14,-106,-67,-75,-32,-31,-20,-32,-14,-14,-15,-17,-22,-51,-21,-28,-11,-11,0,-13,-9,-27,-8,-29,-35,-35,-15,-18,0,-37,-38,-77,-48,-57,0,-116,-92,-93,0,-7,0,-13,-16,-38,-16,-35,-11,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12851,-12851,-12851,-29989]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. a4 {LiveBook: 19 Games. D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} Bb7 9. a5 bxa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e6 10. b4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 b5 14. Nd2 a6 15. Nb3 Nd7 {½-½ (39) Bukavshin,I (2517)-Bu,X (2670) Moscow 2012}) 10. Qa4 {White is slightly better.} dxc4 11. Qxa5 Nbd7 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Qc8 14. Ba6 (14. Nd4 $11) 14... Bxa6 $15 15. Qxa6 {Strongly threatening b4.} Qxa6 16. Rxa6 {b4 is the strong threat.} Nxc5 17. Ra3 Rfc8 18. Nd4 Bf8 19. Nde2 e6 20. Rd1 a5 21. f3 Nfd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 22. Ra2 Ne5 23. e4 Ned3 24. Kf1 (24. Bg5 $142) 24... Nb4 25. Ra1 Ncd3 (25... Bg7 $17) 26. Rb1 Nxc1 27. Rbxc1 Rd8 28. g3 Nd3 29. Ra1 Bb4 30. Na4 Rac8 31. f4 e5 32. b3 Rb8 33. Ra2 Kg7 34. Rc2 h5 ({Better is} 34... exf4 $17 35. gxf4 Rd6) 35. Rc4 (35. Nec3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... h4 36. Rc6 hxg3 37. hxg3 exf4 38. gxf4 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. fxg5 Ne5 40. Rxd8 Rxd8 41. Rc2 Nf3 42. Kf2 Nxg5 {Black wants to play ...Rd3.} 43. Ke3 Rd1 44. Ng3 Re1+ 45. Re2 Rb1 46. Rb2 Rg1 47. Nh5+ Kf8 48. Nf6 Kg7 49. Nh5+ Kh6 50. Rh2 Re1+ 51. Kd3 Bd6 (51... Nf3 $1 $15 52. Rh3 Nd2) 52. Rh4 (52. Ng3+ $11 Kg6 53. Rg2) 52... Nf3 53. Rh3 {Threatens to win with Nf6+.} Ne5+ (53... Ng1 $17 54. Rh1 Kg6) 54. Kd2 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd2e1]} Rb1 55. Ng3+ Kg5 56. Nf5 Bb4+ 57. Kc2 Re1 {And now ...Re2+ would win.} (57... Rf1 {looks sharper.} 58. Nc3 Rf2+ 59. Kc1 Kf4 60. Rh4+ Kf3) 58. Nc3 Bxc3 (58... Nc6 {feels hotter.} 59. Ne3 Nd4+ 60. Kb2 f6 61. Ned5 Bd6) 59. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Re2+ 60. Kb1 Rxe4 61. Nd6 Re1+ 62. Ka2 f5 {[#]} (62... f6 {seems wilder.} 63. Rc5 Kg6 64. Rxa5 Nd3 65. Ra4 Rd1) 63. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf5 {KRN-KR} 64. Rc5 Ke4 65. Rxa5 Nd3 66. Ra8 Nb4+ 67. Kb2 Re2+ 68. Kc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68. Kc1 $11) 68... Nd5+ $19 69. Kc4 Nb6+ {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,89,22,31,37,35,30,21,29,32,12,24,20,37,19,30,0,59,0,12,5,28,26,23,12,14,14,20,26,16,24,48,29,54,27,35,27,20,20,23,25,25,21,20,32,32,7,8,6,29,8,81,37,135,143,196,193,175,173,29988,29989,29989,370,309,252,246,245,411,411,404,404,424,403,601,581,821,643,1722,1666]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} dxc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Bc4 Ng6 9. Kh1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. a4 a5 10. Kh1 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qb4 13. Qe2 e5 14. f5 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 {1-0 (52) Frolyanov,D (2537)-Filipenko,A (2286) Samara 2017}) 9... Qc7 10. f4 Bd6 {[%cal Rg6f4]} 11. e5 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd3 b6 14. a4 a6 ({Better is} 14... Bb7 $11) 15. Be4 Bb7 16. Be3 c5 17. g3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qf3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rae8 22. Rad1 Re7 23. Rf2 (23. a5 $5) 23... Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rd2 Qc7 26. Qa8+ Kf7 $1 27. Qxa6 Qb7+ 28. Qxb7 Rxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. a5 (29. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1b1]}) 29... bxa5 30. Bxc5 Ne7 31. Rd8 Nd5 (31... Rc7 $11 32. Bd6 Ra7) 32. Bd4 {Black must now prevent Ra8.} a4 (32... Ne7 $14) 33. Ra8 $16 Rb1+ (33... e5 $16) 34. Kg2 $18 Rc1 35. Ra7+ Kg6 $2 {[#]} (35... Ke8 $18 36. Rxa4 Rxc2+ 37. Kh3 Nf6) 36. Rxg7+ Kh6 37. Ra7 $2 (37. Rg5 {NOTEXT} e5 38. Bxe5 Ne3+ 39. Kf3 Nf5 40. Rxf5 Kg6 41. Rf6+ Kg7 42. Ra6+ Kf7 43. Rxa4) 37... Nxc3 38. Kh3 ({Less strong is} 38. Bxc3 Rxc2+ 39. Kh3 Rxc3 $16) 38... Nb5 39. Rxa4 Rxc2 $2 {[#]} (39... Nxd4 40. Rxd4 Rxc2) 40. Be5 Kg6 41. Ra6 Kf7 42. Rb6 Rc5 (42... Na3 $142 43. Rb7+ Kg6) 43. Rb7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kh6 45. Rg5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,141,31,20,27,0,19,0,20,31,58,21,26,28,42,0,10,10,6,0,0,-13,14,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-28,-17,-10,-13,-55,-22,-75,-66,-75,-14,-122,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,48,58,80,80,82,80,72,75,97,42,41,33,43,23,37,33,18,39,69,51,87,76,88,28,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,14,114,108,141,141,141,141,137,114,176,158,144,136,1083,445,1190,1190,1190,1190,1190,1183,1175,1175,1175,442,434,412,29966,316,29967,29967,29968,29969,29968,29966,29960,29964,29971,29972,5627,5243]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Nc3 d6 8. a4 b6 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} 9. Re1 (9. Qe2 Bb7 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Be7 12. g4 d5 13. e5 Bc5 14. Be3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Bf2 {1-0 (32) Najer,E (2653)-Volokitin,A (2638) Dubai 2014}) 9... Be7 10. Qf3 Nbd7 $146 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Qg3 Nbd7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc5 14. Bc4 Bf6 15. Nf3 e5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 {1-0 (38) Garrido Dominguez,J (2333)-Beltran de Heredia Eguiaz,M (2041) Galapagar 2009}) 11. Qg3 Ne5 12. f4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 O-O 14. Be3 Bb7 15. f5 e5 16. Nf3 Kh8 17. Kh1 Rae8 (17... b5 $5) 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. Bg5 Nh5 20. Qg4 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 22. Qh3 h6 23. Nf3 d5 24. g4 dxe4 $1 25. dxe4 {g5 is the strong threat.} Qa8 $1 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 26. Nd2 Kg8 ({Black should play} 26... Rc8 $1 $17 27. Qg2 (27. g5 Nxe4 28. Ndxe4 Bxe4+ 29. Kg1 Rg8 $11) 27... Kg8) 27. Qh4 (27. Re2 $11 {remains equal.}) 27... Rd8 (27... Rc8 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bxe4+!} 28. Kg1 b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. axb5 axb5) 28. g5 $11 hxg5 29. Qxg5 {[#]} Rxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Qxd2 Bxe4+ 31. Kg1 $1 Bxf5 (31... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d2]} 32. Qg5 Bf3 $11) 32. Rxe5 Bg6 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Qb8 35. Rce1 {aiming for Qd7.} Qc8 36. Qd4 (36. R5e3 $16) 36... f6 $14 37. Rd5 Bf7 38. Rd6 b5 39. a5 Qf5 40. Re4 Qg5+ 41. Kf2 (41. Rg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4g5]} Qc1+ 42. Kg2 $14) 41... Qf5+ {[#]} 42. Kg3 $1 Bg6 43. Rf4 (43. Re1 $16) 43... Qb1 $1 $11 44. Rd8 ({Don't play} 44. Rxa6 Re8 $16) 44... Qe1+ 45. Kh3 Qe6+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+ 47. Kh3 Qe6+ 48. Kg3 {Strongly threatening Qd5.} Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Rf1 Qxa5 (51... Qe2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 52. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Qd5+.} Rxd8 53. Qxd8+ Qxd8 54. Rxd8+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Kf7 55. Ra8 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Bd3 (55... Bc2 $16 {might work better.} 56. Rxa6 g5) 56. Ra7+ Kg6 57. b4 f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Bc4 $16 58. Kf2 (58. Rxa6 Kh5 $16) 58... Be6 59. Rxa6 Kf5) 58. Kf2 $18 Kf6 (58... Kh6 $142 59. Rxa6+ Kh5) 59. Rxa6+ Kg5 {[#]} 60. h4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh5 (60... Kxh4 61. Rg6) 61. Ke3 Bc4 62. Kf4 g6 63. Ra8 {[%cal Ra8h8]} Kh6 64. Rb8 Be2 (64... Bf1 $18 65. Rc8 Bc4 66. Rh8+ Kg7) 65. Rh8+ Kg7 66. Re8 Bf1 67. Kg5 Kf7 68. Re5 Bd3 69. Rd5 Be2 70. Rd6 Bh5 71. Rb6 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,64,-6,55,0,49,11,15,10,10,10,11,4,0,0,3,-27,-32,-51,-32,-85,-7,-7,0,-70,-79,-88,-89,-98,-98,-98,-98,-100,-98,-96,-97,-345,-342,-913,-902,-1160,-1133,-1520,-1490,-1429,-910,-899,-874,-6507,-6503]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h6 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3 Bh7 9. Nbd2 Bd6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} (9... Be7 $11) 10. a3 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} ({White should play} 10. cxd5 $14 exd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4) (10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. d4 O-O 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 a5 17. Rd2 a4 {1-0 (49) Torre,E (2494)-Atalik,S (2550) Tekirdag 2016}) 10... a5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12. dxe4 e5 13. Nh4 O-O 14. Nf5 Bc5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Bc3 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qe7 {0-1 (37) Foermes,A (2037)-Rosenberger,F (2090) Hofheim 2014}) 12... Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. d4 O-O 15. Re1 Nc5 16. Re3 a4 17. b4 Nb3 18. Ra2 (18. Rxb3 $15 axb3 19. Qxb3) 18... Qb6 (18... Qc7 $17) 19. c5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Qc7 20. Bf1 (20. d5 $11) 20... Rad8 $15 21. Bc4 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bxb3 (22. dxe5 Rxd1+) 22... axb3 23. Qxb3 {[%cal Rd4e5]} exd4 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Ba1 Rfe8 26. Rd1 $2 (26. Rxe8+ $17 {might work better.} Qxe8 27. Qd1) 26... Be4 $19 27. Ne1 $2 (27. Re2 d3 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Kg2) 27... Bd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Qb1 Qh3 {( -> ...Rxe1+!)} 29. f4 Bxa2 30. Qxa2 d3 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Nxd3 {[#]} Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 28%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,83,8,10,8,-4,0,-17,-14,-29,-22,-28,-23,-25,-17,-25,-19,-26,-23,-31,-28,-31,-31,-30,-26,-36,-20,-32,-3,-33,15,15,15,15,16,0,18,23,39,25,31,31,168,186,177,174,186,191,144,162,173,126,149,149,958,947,895,874,1490,1523,1409,1401,1362,1307,1221,805,12828,831,29992,29993,29994,29995]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 dxc4 (4... Bg7 5. cxd5 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Nxd5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. e4 N5b6 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 a5 12. Qc3 {½-½ (53) Mamedyarov,S (2765)-Wang,Y (2720) Beijing 2014}) 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} b6 9. d3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. a3 Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Rc1 e5 13. Qc2 Nd5 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Qb1 Rad8 16. Nc4 f5 17. Bf1 f4 {½-½ (17) Stany,G (2381)-Thejkumar,M (2437) Goa 2015}) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Qb2+ f6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. h3 e5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Re1 Rd7 20. Bf1 Qd8 21. Rcd1 Nde7 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Nf5 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. b5 Na5 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. d4 $36 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 2080] White has some pressure.} Bb7 {[#]} (27... exd4 $1 $14 28. exd4 Qd8) 28. Nxf6 $1 $18 Kxf6 (28... Qxf6 29. dxe5 Qe6 30. Ng5 $18) 29. dxe5+ Kf7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxf3.} 30. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxf3.} (30... Qxe6 31. Ng5+) 31. e4 Ng7 32. Qa2+ Kd6 {[#] aiming for ...Kc7.} 33. Rc1 $1 Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qd8 $16) 34. Qd2+ Ke6 35. Ng5+ Kf5 36. g4+ Kf6 37. Nxe4+ Qxe4 38. Qxd7 Ne6 39. Bg2 Qd4 40. Qxh7 (40. Bd5 $142 Qe5 41. Rd1) 40... Nf4 41. Qh8+ Ke6 42. Re1+ {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,47,17,40,5,10,7,18,0,0,-27,-29,-40,-35,-22,-20,-56,-56,-48,-49,-113,0,0,0,-108]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} 11. O-O a4 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. f3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 14. c5 Bc6 15. cxd6 Rfd8 {[#]} 16. Bc4 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd5.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Nb1 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 exd6 18. Nc4 d5 19. Nb6 Ra5 20. e5 Nd7 21. f4 Nf8 22. Bd2 Ra7 23. Be3 Ra5 24. Bd2 Ra7 25. Be3 {½-½ (25) Kasparov,G (2825)-Alterman,B (2615) Tel Aviv 1998}) 16... Rxd6 17. Qf2 Nd7 $1 18. Rfd1 a3 {And now ...axb2 would win.} 19. Rxd6 exd6 20. b4 Qxb4 21. Nd5 Qb2 22. Rc2 (22. h3 $15) 22... Qb1+ 23. Rc1 Qb2 24. Rc2 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,110,41,38,53,56,58,29,30,41,41,27,41,11,7,0,14,-12,-11,-25,-5,-4,10,-12,-14,-8,-8,-38,0,-39,-9,-10,-7,-49,-10,-67,-44,-38,-46,-60,-18,-82,-82,-119,-119,-119,-119,-125,-127,-123,-127,-126,-120,-204,-108,-113,-122,-125,-116,-147,-131,-181,-66,-139,-123,-149,-125,-126,-122,-129,-120,-165,-173,-343,-345,-808,-804,-799,-771,-1533,-1350,-1766,-1760,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29976]} 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 h6 10. Bh4 Rb8 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 11. f4 Be7 12. b3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} d6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... d5 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qd2 f6 16. h3 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Qe3 18. Qe2 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 fxe5 {1-0 (51) Kravtsiv,M (2621)-Ponomariov,R (2710) Berlin 2015}) 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rae1 Nc5 16. e5 {Strongly threatening exd6.} Qd8 17. exd6 (17. Qxc6 $2 Bb7 $19) 17... cxd6 18. Rxe8+ ({Avoid the trap} 18. Qxc6 $2 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Bb7 $19) 18... Qxe8 19. f5 Qe5 20. f6 Qd4+ 21. Rf2 g6 22. Ne2 ({Don't blunder} 22. Qxc6 $2 Bd7 $19) (22. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4c5]}) 22... Qa1+ 23. Rf1 Qe5 24. h3 Be6 25. Qf4 (25. Nf4 {is more complex.} Qd4+ 26. Rf2 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Qa1+ 28. Rf1) 25... Qxf4 ({Not} 25... Nxd3 $2 26. Qxh6 Qxf6 27. Rxf6 $18) (25... Kh7 $5 {[%cal Rc5d3]} 26. Qxe5 dxe5 $11) 26. Nxf4 Re8 27. Kh2 Kf8 28. a3 (28. Rd1 $11) 28... g5 29. Nxe6+ Rxe6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Rf3 d5 31. b4 (31. Kg3 $11) 31... Nd7 $17 32. Bf5 Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5f3]} 33. Rc3 Rxf6 34. g4 Ke7 35. Rc5 Nc4 36. Bd3 Nxa3 37. Ra5 {[#]} (37. Kg2 $17 {might work better.}) 37... Nb1 (37... Nxc2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Rxa7+ (38. Bxc2 Rf2+) 38... Ke6) 38. Rxa7+ Kd6 39. Kg2 Nc3 40. Bf5 Nb5 41. Ra6 {[#]} Ke5 ({Black should try} 41... h5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Bd3 (42. gxh5 Rxf5) 42... Nc7) 42. Bd3 (42. Bd7 $1 $15) 42... Nc3 43. Bf5 Ne4 44. Ra7 Nd6 45. Bd3 Kd4 46. Rc7 Nc4 47. Re7 $2 (47. Kg3 {keeps fighting.}) 47... Kc3 $19 48. Rb7 $2 (48. h4) 48... Ne3+ 49. Kg3 Nxc2 50. Bxc2 Kxc2 {KR-KR} 51. b5 cxb5 52. Rxb5 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 53. Rc5+ Kd2 54. h4 gxh4+ 55. Kxh4 d3 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,102,22,24,9,19,9,15,9,15,2,24,0,33,-7,32,0,6,-4,-13,-32,-34,-131,-129,-143,-147,-199,-208,-196,-203,-199,-198,-179,-135,-190,-195,-177,-192,-223,-235,-220,-120,-361,-365,-377,-384,-370,-251,-251,-251,-251,-251,-251,-251,-250,-236,-250,-250,-247,0,-127,0,-241,-225,-222,-214,-597,-585,-1146,-1052,-12833,-12833,-12833,-12834,-12834,-6291,-12835,-12835,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12837,-12840,-12840,-12839,-12837,-12839,-12839,-12845,-12843,-12845,-10680]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Kh1 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f5 a5 12. Qe1 Ba6 13. Qh4 a4 14. Bh6 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Qb6 16. fxg6 hxg6 {1-0 (50) Nepomniachtchi,I (2766)-Giri,A (2764) Leuven 2017}) 7. O-O g6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Re1 Bg7 {The position is equal.} 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bf1 O-O 10. h3 e6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 {1-0 (48) Dgebuadze,A (2521)-Kolbus,D (2355) Germany 2010}) 9... O-O 10. h3 Nc5 11. Bf1 Bd7 12. a5 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bxf6 $5 exf6 15. Qd2 $14) 14... b5 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5 (17. Rc1 $15) 17... g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 18. Bg3 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Rxe4 (19. Ra3 $17 Nxg3 20. Rxg3) 19... Bxd5 $1 $19 ({But not} 19... Bxa1 20. Nb6 $17) 20. Qxd5 Bxa1 21. c4 bxc4 $1 22. Rxc4 e6 23. Qxd6 (23. Qd3 $17) 23... Qxd6 24. Bxd6 Rec8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 26. Bc5 Rc6 (26... Ra8 $1 $19 27. g3 Bc3) 27. Bb6 $2 (27. g3 $17) 27... Rc1 28. b5 axb5 29. a6 {a7 is the strong threat.} Be5 30. a7 Ra1 31. f4 gxf4 32. Kf2 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b3] Hoping for ...b3.} 33. Bc4 Kg7 34. Ke2 {[#]} Kf6 $1 35. Bd8+ Kg7 (35... Kg6 $19 36. Bb6 Kg5) 36. Bb6 $17 Kf6 (36... Bc3 $17 37. Kd3 Ra3) 37. Bd8+ $1 $19 Kg6 38. Bb6 Bc3 39. Kf3 $2 (39. Bb3 Ra3 40. Kd3) 39... Bd2 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Bb5 {Now Bc6 and White clings on.} Be3 41. Bc6 Bxb6 42. a8=Q Rxa8 43. Bxa8 {KB-KB} f5 44. Bc6 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32] ( -> ...b2)} 45. Ba4 b2 46. Bc2 Bc7 47. Ke2 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 48. Kd3 e4+ 49. Kd4 {[#]} Be5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Kxe5 e3 51. Bxf5+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,98,10,5,7,3,6,6,20,15,0,14,0,22,0,24,22,27,0,14,15,39,46,58,53,52,31,29,12,10,10,0,-31,-11,-50,-20,-14,-8,-31,-11,-60,-58,-42,-22,-55,-48,-29,-33,-31,-36,-30,-39,-68,-64,-257,-250,-245,-243,-231,-240,-222,-222,-308,-258,-354,-360,-490,-504,-606,-604,-537,-539,-514,-465,-652,-626,-639,-622,-779,-794,-788,-779,-808,-782]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 {next 0-0 is good for White. D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6} Nd7 11. c6 bxc6 12. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2c2][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Rb8 13. Rac1 {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... c5 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. b3 Bb7 16. Ne4 {½-½ (51) Anton Guijarro,D (2650)-Nakamura,H (2785) Caleta 2017}) 14. b3 c5 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bc3 19. Rdc2 Nf6 20. Qf4 Bb4 21. Ne5 {Black must now prevent Nc6.} Qc7 22. Nd3 (22. h4 {seems wilder.} Bd2 23. Rf1 Ba5 24. g4 Qd6 25. g5) 22... Qxf4 23. Nxf4 Rd6 24. g3 Rbd8 25. a4 Ng4 26. Be2 Ne5 27. Kf1 Nc6 28. Bc4 g5 29. Nh5 Kf8 30. Nf6 Ke7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 31. Ne4 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 Na5 34. Be2 Rd8 35. Bc4 $2 ({White should play} 35. g4 $15) 35... f5 $19 36. Nc3 Nxc4 37. bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} Rd3 $1 38. Ne2 Ra3 39. g4 fxg4 40. Ng3 Rxa4 41. Ne4 Ra1 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. f3 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 a5 44. Kg4 Re1 45. Kh5 (45. Kf3 $142) 45... Rxe3 46. Ng3 Rc3 47. Re2 Rxc4 48. Kxh6 g4 49. Kg6 a4 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,103,66,52,62,51,52,41,58,38,50,42,45,42,36,43,57,70,75,65,61,66,88,66,92,84,154,162,212,208,247,244,221,159,163,168,160,161,175,167,171,168,173,178,199,197,182,125,125,125,125,125,133,133,133,131,131,114,192,159,169,14,14,17,110,87,265,262,235,237,269,272,274,282,302,302,350,345,284,347,966,921,966,853,909,932,860,860,595,595,1200,584,4929,4598,4929,4656]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 {LiveBook: 13 Games} g6 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (6... Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. d5 e5 10. e4 Re8 11. g3 Nf8 12. Nh4 Bh3 13. Nf5 Qd7 14. Bc2 {1-0 (30) Malaniuk,V (2462)-Pechac,J (2530) Ceske Budejovice 2015}) 7. d5 exd5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7... Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. a3 Rb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 exd5 14. cxd5 {1-0 (43) Ivanov,J (2420)-Le Roux,J (2275) Guingamp 2001}) 8. cxd5 Bg7 {White is slightly better.} 9. e4 a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 $1 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. O-O Ne8 14. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qe7 15. Qg3 h6 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Bc1 g5 (17... Qe5 $142) 18. Nd1 $16 {[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Ne5 19. Ne3 Ng6 20. Nf5 Qe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Be2 Ng6 23. g3 Kh7 24. Kg2 Bf6 25. h4 gxh4 26. Bxh6 Ng7 27. Bxg7 Bxg7 28. b3 ({White should try} 28. Nxd6 $18 {Threatens to win with Rh1.} hxg3 29. f4 (29. fxg3 Kg8 $18)) 28... hxg3 29. Kxg3 Bc3 30. Rd1 Rfe8 31. Bd3 $1 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. f4 c4 (33... Red8 $16 34. Bxb5 Kg8) 34. bxc4 bxc4 35. Bxc4 $2 (35. Nxd6 $18 cxd3 36. Nxe8 Rxe8 37. Rxd3) 35... Rxe4 $11 36. Nxd6 Re3+ (36... Rxf4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 37. Rxf4 Be5 38. Nxf7 (38. Rh1+ Kg7 $11) 38... Bxf4+ 39. Kg4 Ra4) 37. Rf3 Be1+ $2 (37... Rxf3+ $16 38. Kxf3 Ra4) 38. Kg4 $18 Rxf3 39. Kxf3 Ra3+ {[#]} 40. Bd3 $1 Kg7 {[#]} 41. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4a3]} ({But not} 41. Rxe1 $6 Rxd3+ 42. Ke4 Rd2 $16) 41... Rb3 42. d6 ({Don't play} 42. Rxe1 $6 Rxd3+ 43. Ke4 Rc3 $18) 42... Bh4 43. Kg4 Bd8 44. Bxg6 Kxg6 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} (44... fxg6 45. Ne5 Ra3) 45. Ne5+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 46. Nc6 Bf6 47. d7 Rb6 48. d8=Q Bxd8 49. Nxd8 ({And not} 49. Rxd8 Rxc6 50. Rb8 Rg6+ 51. Kf5 Rf6+ 52. Ke5 Re6+ 53. Kf5 Rf6+ 54. Kg4 Rg6+ 55. Kf3 Re6 $11) 49... Kf8 50. Rc1 Rb8 51. Nc6 Rc8 52. Rc4 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,41,13,20,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-16,2,0,-2,-22,-22,-22,-22,-12,-15,-7,-4,0,0,-12,0,-35,19,0,111,106,478,474]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Nc3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 Bf5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qd7 12. Bg3 Nf5 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Nbd2 Rfe8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {½-½ (26) Ramirez,A (2579)-Cordova,E (2616) Merida 2014}) 7... a6 8. Re1 Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be6 9. Ng5 Nxd4 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. Qd2 h6 14. Nf3 d4 {0-1 (37) Friedrich,W (2114)-Bajarani,U (2342) Kemer 2009}) 9. Bg5 {The position is equal.} f6 10. Bh4 Bg4 {[%cal Bc8g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} 11. h3 Bh5 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Qd6 16. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bg6 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Re3 h5 (18... Nc8 $15) 19. Nh4 $11 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxe7!} Qf4 (19... Bf7 $11 {remains equal.}) 20. Rae1 {And now Qd1 would win.} Qg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Bf7 $16) 21. Nf3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,63,0,0,7,28,16,19,0,33,26,52,68,73,0,53,55,53,39,45,-51,129,153,176,133,211,197,241,208,643,626,710,-282,667,699,641,556,541,313,331,256,1443,1395,29980,29981]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. f3 c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Ng3 {E24: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines} h5 13. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ra2 h4 14. Nh1 Bd7 15. Nf2 Bc6 16. Re2 Qb6 17. Rb2 Qc7 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Rbe2 Qb6 {1-0 (33) Lima,D (2488)-De Andrade,W (2232) Brasilia 1999}) 13... b6 14. Kh1 {The position is equal.} Qc7 15. Qe1 c4 16. Bc2 Nb3 {[#]} 17. Qf2 (17. h4 $1 $16) 17... Qe7 ({Black should try} 17... Rb8 $11) 18. Re1 $14 Nxc1 19. Rbxc1 Qxa3 20. h3 (20. e4 $1 $14) 20... Kf8 $2 {[#]} (20... Bb7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 21. e4 $1 $16 h4 22. Nf1 dxe4 ({Not} 22... Qxc3 $2 23. Ba4) (22... b5 $16) 23. fxe4 $18 ({Don't play} 23. Qxh4 $6 Bb7) 23... Bb7 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 24. Qxh4 Bxe4 $2 (24... Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Qh8+ Ng8) 25. Ng3 ({And not} 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qh8+ Ng8 $15) 25... Bxc2 26. Qh8+ Ng8 27. Nh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh8g7]} Re4 28. Qxg7+ Ke7 29. Rxe4+ Bxe4 30. Re1 Qxc3 $2 (30... Kd7) 31. Rxe4+ Kd6 32. Qe5+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 12%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,96,19,18,16,22,27,1,10,4,6,4,4,4,13,0,0,0,49,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,38,-5,0,-3,0,0,0,-14,-12,-31,-36,-36,-55,-31,-33,-39,-33,-51,-39,-55,-34,-38,-34,-35,-34,-100,-33,-30,-37,-26,-14,-25,0,-103,-68,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-161,-171,-171,-171,-171,-137,-441,-433,-671,-649,-957,-799,-1422,-864]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 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. Bg5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxc3 10. bxc3 f6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qb3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 e4 12. Nd2 f5 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 Be6 15. Qd2 Na5 16. Bh6 Nc4 17. Qf4 Bd5 {½-½ (70) McNab,C (2435)-Kapnisis,S (2464) Dundee 2017}) 11... Kh8 12. Be3 e4 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 16. Qb4 Nc6 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qa4 {[#] Hoping for Bg5.} Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Bf4 c6 21. Ne5 (21. e4 $5) 21... Kg8 22. Rfb1 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Be6 24. Kf2 b6 25. h4 (25. Re1 {keeps more tension.} Bd5 26. e4 fxe4 27. Bxe4 Rf8+ 28. Kg2) 25... Bd5 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27. h5 Nc4 28. Bf4 Kf7 29. Rb5 Ke6 30. Kf3 a6 ({Much weaker is} 30... gxh5 $6 31. Rh1 $14) 31. Rb4 Rg8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. a4 (33. Rh1 $15) 33... Kd7 ({Black should play} 33... g5 $17 34. Bc7 Rh8 35. Rxc4 dxc4) 34. Rh1 $15 Rh8 35. Rbb1 Kc6 36. Rh4 a5 37. Bg5 (37. Kf2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37... Rxh4 38. gxh4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re8 (38... Rh8 $5 {[%cal Rh8h4]} 39. Rg1 b5 $11) 39. Bf4 $1 Re6 40. Kf2 Re4 41. e3 Re6 42. Ra1 $2 (42. Ke2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 42... b5 $19 43. axb5+ Kxb5 44. Rb1+ Ka6 45. Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Ra1 $17 {is a better chance.}) 45... a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 46. Ke2 (46. Bh6 $142 a3 47. Bf8) 46... a3 47. Kd3 {and the idea Kc2 leaves White hopeful.} Rb6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxb8.} 48. Rd8 Rb7 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,98,57,52,49,54,53,15,20,8,44,50,53,50,63,54,66,36,56,45,63,66,63,42,142,124,128,60,60,60,60,61,64,46,52,29,72,36,53,0,116,116,116,85,88,77,118,77,76,0,115,0,93,93,107,68,107,68,82,0,71,79,119,57,54,39,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29985,-29986,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. Nbc3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} (6. O-O g6 7. Nbc3 Nxd3 8. Qxd3 Bg7 9. d5 d6 10. f4 Ne7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (51) Najer,E (2658)-Nakamura,H (2816) Skopje 2015}) 6... Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 Ne7 8. O-O d6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ng6 11. f4 Be7 12. Bd4 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. dxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (44) Dautov,R (2590)-Kengis,E (2585) Hockenheim 1997}) 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 O-O 15. Ng3 c6 16. Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bb4 17. a3 Bxc3 $1 18. Qxc3 cxd5 19. exd5 Rac8 20. Rad1 b5 (20... Ne7 $14 21. Nxe7+ (21. Qxe5 Nxf5 22. Qxf5 Qxf5 $11) 21... Qxe7) 21. c5 $16 {aiming for c6.} Bxd5 22. Nd6 (22. Qd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2d5]} Rcd8 23. Bh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 22... Qc6 $14 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rf2 f6 25. Qd2 (25. Rfd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2d5]} Ne7 26. Rd3 $16) 25... Ne7 26. Qa5 Rc7 27. Rfd2 Rd7 28. b4 ({White should play} 28. Ra1 $14) 28... Kf7 {[#]} (28... Nf5 $11 29. Bf2 e4) 29. a4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4b5]} a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qb6 Ke6 32. Qb8 {Qe8 is the strong threat.} Kf7 33. Qb6 {Strongly threatening Qxc6.} Ke6 $1 34. Qb8 (34. g4 $16) 34... Nc8 (34... Kf7 $11 {remains equal.}) 35. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32]} h5 36. h4 Qa6 37. Kh2 Qc6 $1 38. Kg1 (38. Bf2 $16) 38... Rb7 (38... Qa6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Qa8 Rc7 40. Qxc6+ (40. Qa1 $16 Ne7 41. Bf2) 40... Bxc6 $14 41. Rd8 Ne7 42. R1d6+ Kf5 43. Rb8 Ra7 44. Rb6 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Be4 46. Rxb5 Nd5 47. c6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Ra5 $11 Rb1 48. Bf2) 47... Nxe3 {Black mates.} 48. c7 Ng4+ 49. Kh3 Kf4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,35,39,19,34,41,36,35,67,59,62,72,59,52,113,98,112,105,99,92,157,141,150,110,122,79,80,90,178,181,204,200,207,207,193,191,198,175,284,283,294,297,327,315,328,311,481,479,468,469]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Qd2 d5 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. f3 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 {[#] And now h5 would win.White is slightly better.} h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. e3 Na6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Be7) 11. a3 Qa5 ({Black should play} 11... Be7 $14) 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Bg3 Rd8 14. c5 (14. Nh3 {looks sharper.} Nb6 15. c5 Nc4 16. Qc1 b5 17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nf4) 14... b6 {[#]} ({Black should try} 14... O-O) 15. Nxd5 $1 $16 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 cxd5 17. Bxa6 {Hoping for c6.} bxc5 18. Bc7 cxd4 (18... Ra8 $16) 19. exd4 $18 Ra8 20. Bb7 O-O 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Ne2 f6 23. gxf6 gxf6 (23... Bxf6 $142 24. Ke3 Bf7) 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Rc6 Bf5 26. Ng3 Bg6 27. Re1 Rc8 (27... Nf8 {might work better.} 28. Bf4 a5) 28. Rexe6 Bf8 29. Bf4 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,123,16,19,-15,11,13,16,12,19,1,72,56,72,34,56,43,46,38,39,30,28,21,30,35,26,0,0,0,-7,-32,-35,-49,0,-52,-2,-10,-5,-9,-12,-16,-14,-68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,8,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,8,0,7,7,10,10,33,14,47,40,277,277,249,202,311,348,345,326,347,341,353,333,332,308,345,319,752,729,1249,1219,1219,1129,449,418,1577,1512,1453,817,10311,7160,29948,29951,1853,7475,5518,5043]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c6 4. e3 Bg4 (4... Bf5 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qc7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 b6 11. b4 a5 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. bxa5 Rxa5 {½-½ (57) Andreikin,D (2712)-Wojtaszek,R (2736) Dortmund 2017}) 5. Ngf3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 6. c4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} e6 7. Bd3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. b4 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Rc8 12. Bd3 {0-1 (49) Bogosavljevic,B (2531)-Vukic,M (2398) Novi Sad 2012}) 7... Be7 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Qb6 9. Qc2 (9. c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Qxb3 10. Nxb3 $11) 9... Bh5 (9... Bxf3 $11 {remains equal.} 10. Nxf3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Bd6) 10. O-O Bg6 11. c5 Qd8 12. b4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. b5 Rc8 15. bxc6 Rxc6 16. Qb5 {Hoping for Rab1.} Qc7 17. Nb3 {Strongly threatening Bf4.} a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 18. Qa4 {Bf4 is the strong threat.} b6 $1 19. Rfc1 Rc8 $1 (19... bxc5 $6 {[#]} 20. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 20. Bf4 Qa7 {[%cal Rb6c5]} (20... Qd8 {with more complications.} 21. cxb6 Qxb6 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Bg5 Rc4) 21. cxb6 (21. Bd6 $11 Bxd6 22. cxd6) 21... Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Qxb6 24. Nb3 Qb5 25. Qa5 (25. Qxb5 $11 axb5 26. Nfd2) 25... Qc4 ({Black should play} 25... Ne4 $15 26. Qc7 Bb4) 26. Qc7 $11 Qxc7 27. Bxc7 Ne4 28. Ba5 Nb8 29. Ne5 f6 30. Nd3 Kf7 31. f3 Nd6 32. Kf2 Nc4 33. Bc3 Nd7 34. e4 Bd6 35. Bb4 Bc7 ({But not} 35... Bxh2 $6 36. g3 $16) 36. h3 a5 37. Bc3 Ke7 38. g4 Bb6 39. Ke2 Bc7 40. Be1 (40. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2c4]}) 40... Kf7 41. Ndc5 Nxc5 (41... Nb8 {looks sharper.} 42. Na4 Nc6 43. exd5 exd5 44. Nc3 Ne7) 42. dxc5 dxe4 43. fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ke7 44. Bc3 Kd7 $2 {[#]} (44... a4 $14) 45. Kd3 $18 Na3 46. Bxa5 Be5 (46... Bxa5 {was called for.} 47. Nxa5 e5) 47. Bb4 Nb5 48. a4 Na7 49. Bc3 Bb8 50. Nd4 Nc6 51. Nf3 Bf4 52. Kc4 Kc7 $2 (52... Bc7 53. Kb5 Na7+ 54. Ka6 Nc6) 53. Nd4 Nxd4 54. Bxd4 {KB-KB} ({Less strong is} 54. Kxd4 Kc6 $16) 54... Kc6 55. a5 Bb8 56. a6 Ba7 (56... e5 $142) 57. e5 fxe5 58. Bxe5 g6 59. Bd6 e5 60. Bxe5 Bxc5 61. Bd4 Be7 62. Be3 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,78,-19,0,-18,0,-4,0,0,5,0,41,33,22,9,1,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,3,2,-29,-29,-31,-30,-33,-32,-29,-24,-37,-17,-16,-20,-14,-17,-18,0,0,-15,-9,-8,-37,-4,-4,0,-39,-29,-56,-37,-89,-37,-39,-39,-368,-355,-551,-551]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Nbc6 8. c3 a5 9. Qc2 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (9. Re1 h6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. h3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxd3 Qxb2 20. Rab1 e4 21. Rxe4 Qxc3 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Rxb7 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Bf1 {½-½ (26) Kramnik,V (2783)-Anand,V (2797) Zuerich 2015}) 9... h6 10. b3 Be6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. a3 {The position is equal.} Qd7 12. Bb2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Bh3 14. Nc4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {0-1 (40) Novikov,S (2545)-Lalic,B (2495) Pardubice 2012}) 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. a4 Rd8 16. Nf1 Nb6 17. Ne3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Ra1 Bf8 20. h4 Qd7 21. Rd1 Qe8 22. Re1 Bc5 23. Bc1 f6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Bxh6 Qf7 27. Nd2 Kh7 28. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3c5]} Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qd5+ 31. Nf3 Kg7 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4 Rd7 34. Qc3 Nd4 35. a5 c6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 36. Kg1 (36. Re1 $15) 36... Nf5 (36... Kf7 $17) 37. Re2 $15 Qd3 38. Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({White should try} 38. Qxd3 $15 Rxd3 39. Kg2) 38... Qd1+ $1 $19 39. Ne1 (39. Kh2 {is the only way for White.} Rd3 40. Rd2 Rxc3 41. Rxd1 Rxf3 42. Rd7+ Kh6 43. Kg2) 39... Nd4 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,170,8,0,7,5,0,-16,0,0,5,0,0,0,10,1,9,14,17,0,0,0,8,0,0,-41,0,-31,-27,-18,0,-8,-4,-27,-36,-23,12,11,9,4,4,8,29,35,30,26,108,89,95,71,112,0,1,28,83,93,128,146,221,233,456,452,565,554,544,524,458,307,312,341,349,347,358,324,290,237,541,533,448,369,376,367,266,163,268,34,106,54,65,-119,-119,-156,-68,-306,-199,-3962,-3716,-1537,-1496,-828,-82,-29969,-29970,-29969,-29971,-29971,-29972,-29970,-29971,-29981,-29982,-29982,-5567,-5298,-5293,-4923,-4930,-4172,-1664,-1026,-917,-29994,-29968,-29967,-29968,-29968,-29967,-29970,-29966,-29966,-29964,-29964,-29964,-29967,-29967,-29967,-29968,-29962,-5079,-5052,-4633,-4633,-4626,-4618,-4618,-4618,-4618,-29977,-29977,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Re8 {C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation} 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. f4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} exf4 {The position is equal.} 13. Bxf4 Nc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32] [#]} 14. Qg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nce3 Ne6 15. Bg3 Nd4 16. Kh1 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 Be6 18. b3 {1-0 (57) Ivanchuk,V (2747)-Matlakov,M (2694) Doha 2016}) 14... Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Ne6 16. Be3 b5 17. Na5 $1 c5 18. a4 Nd4 19. Qf2 $1 Ne6 20. Qf5 Nd4 21. Qf2 Ne6 {[#]} 22. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe5 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Qe4 (24. Nc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6e5]} e4 25. Qxe4 $11) 24... Nd4 25. Rf2 $1 c4 26. dxc4 Bb4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Qc6 Qe7 29. Qd5+ Qe6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 30. Nc6 Qxd5 31. cxd5 Bc5 (31... Bd6 {seems wilder.} 32. g3 bxa4 33. Rxa4 Bc5 34. b4 Bb6) 32. b4 Bd6 33. g3 Rf8 (33... bxa4 $11 34. Rxa4 Re4) 34. axb5 ({Much worse is} 34. Nxd4 $6 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Bxb4 $11) 34... axb5 35. Ra5 Rae8 36. Rxb5 ({Better is} 36. Rxf8+ $16 Kxf8 37. Kf2 (37. Rxb5 d3 $16) (37. Nxd4 Re4 $16)) 36... Re1+ $1 $11 37. Kg2 Rxf2+ (37... Rd1 $1 $11) 38. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc1 39. Nxd4 Be5 (39... Kf7 $16 {was worth a try.} 40. Kf3 Kf6) 40. Ke3 $18 Re1+ $2 (40... h5 {was called for.} 41. Nf3 Bd6) 41. Kd2 Rf1 42. Nc6 Bd6 43. c4 Rf2+ 44. Kd3 Rxh2 45. c5 Bxg3 46. Rb7 h5 47. Ne7+ Kh7 {[#]} 48. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxd6 $2 (48... Bxd6 49. cxd6 cxd6) 49. c6 {Threatens to win with c7.} d5 50. Nf5 Be5 {intending ...Rh3+.} 51. Re7 Rh3+ 52. Ke2 Bf6 (52... Rh2+ $142 53. Kd3 Rh3+ 54. Ne3 Bd6) 53. Rd7 $2 (53. b5 $18 Rc3 54. c7 Bxe7 55. b6) 53... h4 ({Black should play} 53... Rc3 $14) 54. b5 ({Less strong is} 54. Rxd5 Rc3 $18) (54. c7 $16 Rc3 55. Ne3) 54... Rc3 $14 {Black wants to play ...h3.} 55. c7 $2 (55. Nxg7 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Bxg7 56. c7) 55... h3 $17 {[%cal Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 56. Rxd5 {[#]} Rxc7 (56... h2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 57. Rd1 Rxc7) 57. Rd3 $2 (57. Ne3 $15) 57... Rc2+ 58. Kf1 $2 (58. Kd1 Rc3 59. Rxc3 Bxc3 60. Ke2) 58... h2 $19 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 59. Rh3+ Kg6 60. Ne3 Rb2 $2 (60... Rc3 $19 {is more deadly.} 61. Kg2 Bg5 62. Rxh2 Rxe3) 61. Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61. Nc4 $17 Rc2 62. Ne3) 61... Rb1+ 62. Kg2 Rg1+ 63. Kxh2 Rxg4 {KRB-KR} 64. Rb3 Be5+ 65. Kh3 Kf5 66. b6 Rd4 (66... g5 $142 67. b7 Rg1 68. Rf3+ Kg6 69. b8=Q g4+ 70. Kh4 Bxb8 71. Rf8 Bg3+ 72. Kxg4 Bd6+ 73. Kf3 Rf1+ 74. Ke4 Re1+ 75. Kd4 Bxf8 76. Kc3 Kf6 77. Kc4 Ke5 78. Kd3 Kd5 79. Kc3 Re3+ 80. Kd2 Kd4 81. Kc2 Bb4 82. Kb2 Re2+ 83. Kc1 Kc3 84. Kd1 Re3 85. Kc1 Re1#) 67. b7 Rd8 68. Rf3+ Bf4 69. Rb3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 70. Rb5+ Be5 71. Rb6 g4+ 72. Kg2 Rd2+ 73. Kf1 Bb8 74. Rb5+ Ke4 75. Rb4+ Kf3 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 76. Rb3+ {[#]} Kf4 $1 77. Rb4+ Kg3 78. Rb3+ Kh2 79. Rb4 Rd1+ (79... Kh3 $142 80. Rb6 g3 81. Rh6+ Kg4 82. Rg6+ Kf3 83. Rf6+ Kg4 84. Rg6+ Kf3 85. Rf6+ Ke4 86. Re6+ Kd5 87. Rg6 Rb2 88. Rg8 Bf4 89. Rg7 Ke4 90. Ke1 Kf3 91. Kd1 g2 92. b8=Q Bxb8 93. Kc1 Bf4+ 94. Kxb2 Be5+ 95. Ka3 Bxg7 96. Ka4 g1=Q 97. Kb5 Qc1 98. Kb6 Qc4 99. Kb7 Be5 100. Kb6 Qd5 101. Ka6 Qc6+ 102. Ka7 Qb5 103. Ka8 Qb8#) 80. Ke2 Rg1 81. Rd4 Rg2+ 82. Kd3 Kg3 83. Rd8 Bf4 {( -> ...Rd2+)} 84. Rf8 Rb2 85. Rxf4 Kxf4 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,55,6,9,9,0,0,0,16,20,20,13,16,24,38,41,52,47,54,41,46,25,56,58,61,60,60,4,3,6,10,0,0,-22,-20,-17,237,67,252,227,379,363,363,366,29995,29996]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. c4 c5 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qd6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Be2 Bc6 13. Nc4 Qe7 {½-½ (29) Carlsen,M (2832)-Anand,V (2786) Leuven 2017}) 6... b6 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb7 8. a4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Bxe5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qh3 g6 13. f4 {1-0 (36) Maksimenko,V (2312)-Khlichkova,T (2254) Karaganda 2016}) 8... c5 9. a5 Qc7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ne5 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. f4 Nbd7 14. Qf3 b4 15. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rab8 16. g5 Ne8 17. Qh3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh3h7]} g6 $1 18. Ndf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Bc8 19. Ba4 (19. Ng4 $14) 19... bxc3 $11 20. bxc3 Rb2 21. Ng4 f5 22. Nge5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Nc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23... Qc7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 24. O-O $2 (24. Qf3 $1 $18) 24... a6 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 24... Ne8 $14) 25. Qh6 $1 $18 {Threatens to win with Nxg6!} Rd8 $2 (25... Qe7 {keeps fighting.} 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Ne8) 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 $2 (27... Kf8 $18 28. Qf6+ Kg8) 28. Rf3 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,98,65,56,79,67,65,68,100,60,69,47,59,50,52,43,59,41,45,45,53,4,45,8,20,18,70,72,82,58,45,79,67,37,43,42,114,13,8,-35,-17,-11,-11,-20,-16,-20,21,-36,0,0,28,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-34,0,-100,-47,-80,-68,-484,-494,-492,-471,-469,-471,-436,-429,-548,-549,-609,-456,-660,-649,-821,-811,-786,0,-698,0,-702,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be3 b6 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} (7... Bb4 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. c5 d5 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. h3 c5 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. b3 {½-½ (46) Wojtaszek,R (2729)-Bartel,M (2640) Poland 2016}) 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. f3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bd6 {White is slightly better.} 10. g3 h5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Be2 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qe1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. b4 Rc8 15. Rfe1 Qb8 16. Bf1 {½-½ (51) Wierzbicka,W (2033)-Dudas,E (2108) Herceg Novi 2008}) 14... O-O 15. Qf2 Ne5 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. b3 Qb8 18. Rc2 Rc7 19. Rdc1 Rfc8 20. h3 d5 (20... Ng6 $11) 21. f4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Ned7 {[%cal Rd5c4] [#]} 22. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bxh5 Nc5 {With the idea ...Nd3.} 25. Qe2 {Black must now prevent f5.} Nd3 {[#]} (25... Rf8 $1 $14) 26. Rf1 (26. Nxe6 $1 $16 Nxc1 27. Rxc1) 26... Bc5 $11 27. Rd2 Rd7 (27... b5 $5) 28. Nc2 b5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Ne3 Qd8 31. Rdd1 (31. Rfd1 $11) 31... Qb6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 32. Kh2 Rc8 33. h4 Rcd8 34. Bg4 Qa5 35. Kg1 Qc3 36. h5 bxc4 (36... Nb4 {keeps more tension.} 37. Rc1 Qd4 38. a3 Nd3 39. Rb1 bxc4 40. bxc4 Qc3) 37. bxc4 (37. Nxc4 $11 {remains equal.} Bd5 38. Ne3) 37... Nc5 (37... Bc6 $17) 38. Rxd7 $15 Rxd7 39. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Qe1 $1 $15 Qa3 40. Qf2) 39... Rxd1+ $19 40. Nxd1 Qxg3+ 41. Qg2 Qxf4 42. Be2 Qxe5 43. Ne3 Qf4 44. Ng4 Kh7 45. h6 (45. Qf2 $142 Qc7 46. h6) 45... gxh6 46. Qh3 Qg5 47. Kf1 Qf4+ 48. Kg1 $1 Qg5 49. Kf1 $1 Qf4+ $2 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 44%.} (49... f5 $19 50. Nf2 e3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,85,27,20,63,54,59,50,85,15,18,18,47,54,47,-6,47,-25,-27,-104,-34,-137,-89,-100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-85,-79,-332,83,92,87,87,81,68,77,74,83,81,79,60,84,44,47,0,75,46,152,143,220,209,272,269,529,392,1248,1248,1009,979,29996,29997]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. Be3 f5 7. exf5 {A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} Bxf5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nd4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. White has an edge.} Nf6 $146 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne7 10. Be2 O-O 11. h3 Qd7 12. Qd2 a6 13. O-O c5 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Rad1 {½-½ (67) Jugelt,T (2401)-Kurayan,R (2415) Paderborn 2014}) 10. Nxf5 gxf5 11. Be2 Nfg4 12. O-O (12. Bd4 $16) 12... Nxe3 $11 13. Bh5+ Kd7 14. fxe3 Qg5 15. Kh1 (15. Nd5 $14) 15... Rad8 ({Black should play} 15... c6 $11) 16. Bf3 ({Better is} 16. Nd5 $1 $14) 16... Kc8 17. Qa4 (17. Qb3 $11 c6 18. Ne2) 17... Kb8 ({But not} 17... Qxe3 $2 18. Nd5 $16) (17... Nxf3 $17 18. Rxf3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Kb8) 18. Nb5 (18. Qb3 $15 Nxf3 19. Rxf3) 18... a6 19. Nd4 {Threatening Ne6.} Rhe8 (19... Nxf3 $17 20. Rxf3 Bxd4 21. exd4 Qd2) 20. Bd5 {aiming for Qb3.} (20. Qb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4b7]} Nxf3 21. Nc6+ Kc8 22. Na7+ (22. Nxd8 $2 Nxh2 23. Kxh2 Be5+ 24. Kg1 Qxe3+ 25. Rf2 Kxd8 $19) 22... Kb8 23. Nc6+ Kc8 24. Na7+ (24. Nxd8 $2 Nxh2 25. Qxb7+ Kxd8 $19) 24... Kb8 25. Nc6+ $11) 20... c6 21. Ne6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Rxe6 22. Bxe6 Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 23. Rxf5 Qxe3 24. Qa5 Re8 $1 25. Re1 Qd4 {Strongly threatening ...Nf2+.} 26. Bd7 (26. Re2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... Re5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5a5]} 27. Rexe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. c5 $17 {was the only defense.}) 27... Bxe5 $2 (27... dxe5 $19 28. Qe1 (28. Qd8+ $2 Ka7 $19) 28... Qxd7) 28. Rf8+ $16 Ka7 29. Bxg4 $1 Qxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 30. Qd2 Qxc4 {[#]} 31. b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Qe4 {( -> ...Qb1+)} 32. Rf1 c5 33. Qf2 Kb6 34. Qf3 (34. Re1 {looks sharper.} Qd5 35. Qe2 Kc6 36. Rd1 Bd4 37. Rf1) 34... Qc2 $1 35. Qf2 Qg6 (35... Qe4 $11) 36. g3 h5 (36... Qd3 $1 $14) 37. Qf5 Qh6 {[#]} (37... Qe8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 38. Qe4 $1 $18 Qd2 39. Rf7 Qc1+ $2 (39... Ka5 {was necessary.} 40. Rxb7 Bd4) 40. Kg2 Qd2+ $2 (40... Qb2+ 41. Kh3 Qd4 42. Rxb7+ Ka5) 41. Kh3 Ka5 42. Rxb7 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Re4a4]} Bd4 43. Qc6 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

