[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,72,46,38,52,60,69,26,65,53,73,70,75,78,70,1,11,1,7,10,27,24,53,14,14,23,51,-80,-74,-139,-141,-137,-134,-397,-397,-402,-392,-372,-357,-375,-390,-379,-359,-240,-29,-233,-230,-1041,-393,-369,-313,-696,-696,-975,-975,-975,-951,-799,-799]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Be6 8. Re1 Qd7 9. Nbd2 Rab8 $146 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} ({Predecessor:} 9... Rad8 10. Nf1 h6 11. h3 a6 12. Ng3 Rfe8 13. a4 Bf8 14. a5 Qc8 15. Ba4 Nd7 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 {½-½ (54) Lorenzini,M (2482)-Vajda,L (2612) Istanbul 2012}) 10. Bc2 d5 11. h3 h6 {White has an edge.} 12. exd5 $1 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bd6 15. Re1 ({White should try} 15. Re4 $14) 15... Bxh3 $1 $11 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Nf1 Rbe8 18. d4 {aiming for Be4.} f5 $1 {Hoping for ...Rxe1.} 19. Bb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d5]} c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 20. f4 $1 Kh7 {...Rf6! is the strong threat.} 21. Bxd5 (21. Re2 $1 $14 {is the one way to stay ahead.}) 21... cxd5 $17 22. Re3 (22. Re5 $142) 22... Rxe3 $1 23. Bxe3 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 24. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. fxg5 $17 f4 25. Qc2+ Rf5 26. Bc1) 24... gxf4 $19 25. Qf3 fxe3+ 26. Nxe3 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Rg8 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Rg8g1]} 28. Qxf5+ {[#]} Rg6 $1 29. Ke1 h5 $2 (29... Kg7 $19 30. Qd7+ Kh8 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd7+ Rg7 33. Qf5+ Kh8) 30. Kd1 $2 (30. Rd1 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 30... Kh6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 31. Nc2 $2 (31. Rc1) 31... h4 $2 (31... Bf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh2d2]} 32. Qf8+ Kg5 33. Qe7+ Kf5 34. Qf7+ Kg5 35. Qe7+ Kf5 36. Qf7+ Rf6 37. Qh7+ Kg4) 32. Ne1 h3 33. Nf3 $2 (33. Rc1 Qg3 34. Nd3) 33... Qg2 {( -> ...Qf1+). Black is clearly winning.} 34. Ne1 Qg4+ 35. Qxg4 Rxg4 36. Nf3 {[#]} Rg1+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 33%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,79,-11,-4,11,6,19,0,34,35,37,28,45,19,14,13,22,5,12,0,6,1,5,7,27,-14,21,14,23,29,109,107,89,86,140,150,139,104,108,101,101,89,90,86,90,71,91,89,275,247,280,277,269,225,299,227,371,372,518,517,777,723,738,731,723,723,2239,1896]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. d3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (7. e4 d6 8. g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Nc5 10. Nh4 a6 11. O-O b5 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. e5 Bb7 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Nf5 {½-½ (18) Khairullin,I (2662)-Svidler,P (2739) Chita 2015}) 7... d6 8. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 $146 (8... e4 $5 9. dxe4 Bg4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8... Qe7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 Nf6 13. d4 Ng4 14. Bg5 Qe8 {0-1 (30) Zherebukh,Y (2625)-Huschenbeth,N (2532) Greensboro 2014}) 9. e4 {The position is equal.} Ne7 10. Nh4 Ng6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O c6 13. f4 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. h3 Qb6+ 16. Kh2 Be6 17. a4 a6 18. Qb2 Nd7 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} f6 {[#]} (21... Ra8 $11 22. c4 (22. Qxb5 Qc7 $11) 22... exf4) 22. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5e6]} gxf5 23. exf5 Bd5 {[#]} (23... e4 $142 24. dxe4 Bc4) 24. Rg3 $1 Re7 25. Bh5 e4 26. d4 Bc4 27. Bf4 {aiming for Qb4.} Ra8 28. Ra1 {[%cal Bb1a1,Ba1a3,Ba3a6,Ba6d6][%mdl 32]} Rd8 29. Ra3 Nf8 30. Qa1 Bf7 $2 (30... Qb7 $16) 31. Ra6 $18 Qc7 32. Be2 Bc4 33. Bxc4+ Qxc4 34. Rxd6 Nd7 (34... Rxd6 {might work better.} 35. Bxd6 Re8) 35. Qa7 Kf7 36. Qb7 {White is clearly winning.} Ke8 {[#]} (36... e3 $142 37. Bxe3 Rb8 38. Qxd7 Rg8) 37. Re6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe6 38. fxe6 Qxe6 39. Rxg7 e3 40. Qf3 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,35,28,25,16,14,11,27,36,27,3]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Ne2 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} (15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1 d4 22. cxd4 c4 23. b3 Bc5 24. bxc4 Rxd4 {½-½ (31) Adams,M (2761)-Giri,A (2769) Shenzhen 2017}) 15... Rad8 16. Nf4 Kh8 17. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qh5 Bf7 18. e6 Bxh5 19. exd7 Bf7 20. f3 Nf6 21. Re1 Rxd7 22. Bxf5 Rb7 {½-½ (76) Wang,J (2360)-Davletbayeva,M (2243) Al Ain 2015}) 17... Qc6 18. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,140,34,23,23,32,38,31,31,25,33,34,35,9,5,10,26,23,23,21,39,23,23,0,17,0,0,0,15,12,16,9,27,38,35,25,35,38,42,35,80,75,58,63,75,76,77,68,68,75,79,73,72,69,73,84,87,77,90,71,71,71,71,72,71,71,71,79,80,79,140,86,80,69,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,136,137,137,137,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,10,8,39,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nbd7 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} 10. Nfd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 4 Games} (10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Bd5 14. Nfe5 b5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Rxd7 bxc4 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Bxc4 a5 20. a4 Bc6 21. Rd3 {½-½ (30) Li,C (2720)-Wang,Y (2706) China 2017}) 10... b6 11. Nb3 Be7 {White is slightly better.} 12. f3 Nc5 13. Nd4 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. e4 O-O 15. Nc3 Rfc8 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 {1-0 (56) Stefanova,A (2527)-Matveeva,S (2482) Krasnoturinsk 2004}) 14. e4 O-O 15. Be3 b5 16. Nc3 g6 17. Rac1 e5 18. Nc2 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rc8 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 21. Rd2 Kg7 22. Kf1 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Nd1 (23. Nxb4 Ncxe4) 23... a5 24. b3 a4 (24... Bxe4 $5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. fxe4 Nxe4 $11) 25. Bxc5 axb3 26. axb3 Bxc5 27. Nb2 Be7 28. Bc4 Rb8 29. Nd3 Nd7 30. Ncxb4 Nb6 31. Bb5 Nc8 32. Bc6 Bxb4 33. Nxb4 {aiming for Rd8.} Ne7 34. Bxb7 Rxb7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. Nd3 Rxb3 36. Nxe5 Rb5 37. Nc4 Rc5 38. Rc2 f5 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Ke3 Nc6 41. Na3 Rxc2 42. Nxc2 {KN-KN} Ne5 43. Kd4 Ke6 {[#]} (43... Nc6+ $142 44. Kd5 Ne5) 44. h4 (44. f4 $142 $1 Ng4 45. h3) 44... fxe4 45. fxe4 g5 (45... Ng4 $14) 46. hxg5 Nf7 47. Ke3 Nxg5 48. Nd4+ Kf6 49. Kf4 h6 50. e5+ Kg6 51. Nf3 (51. Ke3 $16) 51... Ne6+ $11 52. Ke4 Nc7 53. Kf4 Nd5+ 54. Ke4 Nc7 55. Ne1 Ne6 56. Kd5 Nf4+ {The position is equal.} 57. Kd6 {Hoping for e6.} h5 58. e6 (58. Nc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2e3]} Kf5 59. Ne3+ Ke4 60. Nf1 $16) 58... Nxe6 $1 59. Kxe6 {Black must now prevent Nf3. KN-KP} Kg5 60. Ke5 (60. Nd3 $5 {[%cal Re6e5]} Kg4 61. Ke5 $11) 60... Kg4 61. Nd3 h4 $1 62. Nf4 Kg5 $1 63. Nd3 {Nf2 is the strong threat.} Kg4 64. Ke4 Kg3 65. Nf4 {Threatens to win with Kf5.} Kg4 $1 66. Ke5 {Strongly threatening Ke4.} Kg5 $1 67. Ke4 Kg4 68. Ng6 h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3h2] And now ...h2 would win.} 69. Ne5+ Kg3 70. gxh3 Kxh3 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,9,13,14,5,6,10,5,6,13,7,16,15,22,14,16,14,13,13,20,18,15,15,16,13,14,13,19,15,16,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 7. d3 Bd6 8. exd4 cxd4 9. a3 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qd8 12. a3 a5 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Re1 Bd7 15. c5 Be7 16. Ne4 {½-½ (26) Bruzon Batista,L (2652)-Mareco,S (2648) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 $1 {LiveBook: 12 Games. The position is equal.} Qxf6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Qxb4 17. Rb1 $146 Qe7 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 O-O $1 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Qe3 Ba5 22. Nb5 b6 23. d4 Ba6 24. d5 Qf6 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Bd5 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Bxb5 28. Rxb5 h5 29. Kf2 g6 30. e4 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,79,27,26,33,2,18,0,44,48,47,0,2,0,2,0,17,19,28,16,17,14,51,28,45,58,55,1,11,8,10,9,16,16,16,8,19,17,27,13,16,13,33,5,8,11,16,16,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-8,-7]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. a4 h6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Ba7 13. Bb2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 {1-0 (41) Anand,V (2786)-So,W (2812) Leuven 2017}) 13... Qd7 14. Nf1 Ree8 15. Ng3 b5 16. Qc2 d5 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Bd2 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qe6 20. Rec1 Qc4 21. Be1 Bb6 22. Nd2 Qd3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qxg3.} 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Nf3 (24. Kf1 $14) 24... bxa4 $11 25. Rxa4 a5 26. Kf1 axb4 27. cxb4 Nd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. f3 g6 30. Ke2 Rdd8 31. Bd2 h5 (31... Kg7 {with more complications.} 32. Ra2 Rd7 33. Rc4 Rd6 34. b5 Ree6) 32. Bg5 Rd6 33. Bxf6 Rxf6 34. Nf1 Rd6 35. Nd2 Red8 {The position is equal.} 36. Ra2 Rb8 37. Rcc2 (37. Nc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Rc6 38. Rac2 $11) 37... Bd4 38. Ra4 Bb6 39. Rca2 Rc6 40. Ra8 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,75,-4,0,10,0,0,0,14,-18,-31,-25,-24,-30,-19,-38,-24,-17,-16,-30,-8,-8,0,-36,-37,-37,-21,-59,-60,-96,0,-89,-72,-194,-174,-248,-238,-271,-292,-381,-381,-451,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. a3 g6 8. h4 {LiveBook: 19 Games. A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... h6 9. d3 Bg7 10. Be3 Ne6 11. O-O Qd7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Na4 b6 14. b4 f5 15. bxc5 f4 16. gxf4 {1-0 (31) Matlakov,M (2694)-Piorun,K (2657) Tallinn 2016}) 9. d3 Bg7 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 (11. Nh2 {with more complications.} Bc8 12. Rc1 h5 13. O-O O-O 14. b4) 11... cxd4 12. Ne4 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Nh2 Bf5 16. Ng5 Nd5 17. Qb3 Rfd8 18. g4 Be6 $1 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Rc2 Be5 21. Nf3 Bg7 (21... Bb8 $17 22. g5 Qg4) 22. g5 (22. Nh2 $1 $11) 22... Qf5 23. Rfc1 (23. Nh2 $17) 23... Nf4 $19 24. Bf1 (24. Kh1 $142) 24... h6 25. Rc7 Nd5 26. Rb7 hxg5 {Hoping for ...Qg4+.} 27. hxg5 Rdb8 $2 {[#]} (27... Qg4+ $19 28. Kh1 {[#]} Be5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 28. Rxb8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Rxb8 29. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3f5]} Qxh3 30. Qxd5 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. Kg2 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,108,28,13,36,30,56,57,114,113,104,104,156,125,154,82,114,77,102,97,87,65,65,66,66,66,110,120,108,94,92,72,85,77,80,76,74,52,43,47,64,62,46,47,51,54,72,45,69,54,56,67,69,0,0,18,18,20,37,29,47,0,67,67,67,67,67,67,81,78,67,75,78,74,81,81,81,60,60,60,60,60,67,60,68,0,0,0,0,0,75]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 {E41: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...c5 5 Bd3, including Hübner Variation} (10... O-O 11. Nf1 Ne8 12. Ng3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. O-O Qf6 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Bd2 g6 18. Rae1 {1-0 (33) Sokolov,I (2667)-Kvon,A (2501) Al Ain 2012}) 11. h4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bd7 12. g3 Qa5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 12... h5 13. Nf1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. Qe2 Ng4 16. f3 Nh6 17. Ne3 O-O-O 18. Bc2 {0-1 (53) Luft,A (2275)-Seuffert,G (2313) Germany 2005}) 13. Qb3 Ba4 (13... h6 $14) 14. Qxb7 $16 O-O {[#]} 15. Qb2 $1 Rfb8 (15... h6 $142) 16. Qa3 {aiming for Bc2!} Rb6 17. O-O ({White should play} 17. h5) 17... Nf8 18. Nf3 N8d7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rfb1 Ra6 22. Nd2 (22. Qc1 {feels hotter.} Qd8 23. Nh2 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Rb1) 22... Bd7 23. Qxa5 Rxa5 24. Rb3 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke2 Kd8 27. Rb2 Ra3 28. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2b2,Bb2b1][%mdl 32]} Kc7 29. Rcc2 Bg4+ 30. f3 Bd7 31. Rb3 Ra6 32. Rcb2 Rb6 33. Rb1 Ra6 34. Rb7+ Kc8 35. R7b2 $1 Ra3 36. Rc2 (36. g4 $14) 36... Ba4 $11 37. Nb3 {[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3a1,Ba1c2][%mdl 32]} Kc7 38. Rcb2 Bd7 39. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rb8 40. Na1 Rb6 (40... Rxb2+ $11 41. Rxb2 h5) 41. Nc2 $14 Ra4 ({Don't blunder} 41... Rxc3 $2 42. Rxb6 axb6 43. Kd2 $18) 42. Ne3 Ra3 43. Kd2 Ng8 44. Bc2 Rxb2 45. Rxb2 Ne7 46. h5 Ng8 47. Bb3 Nf6 48. Kd3 Nh7 49. Rb1 (49. Nc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2a3]} Ra6 50. Ke2 $16) 49... Ng5 50. Nc2 Ra6 51. Ke3 Nh3 52. Ne1 ({White should try} 52. Rh1 $14 Ng5 53. Rb1) 52... Nf4 $11 {The position is equal.} 53. Nd3 Nxd3 54. Kxd3 f6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 54%.} (54... Kd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,35,36,33,47,11,36,12,17,24,20,17,15,0,0,-27,-8,-15,-7,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-25]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 8. Nc3 (8. Ne5 Nd7 9. Qf3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bg6 11. c4 c6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nd2 Nc3 14. Bxg6 Qxf3 15. Nxf3 {½-½ (46) Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-Wang,Y (2699) Dortmund 2017}) 8... O-O 9. Re1 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Nxc3 $1 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. Qf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. c4 Nxc4 14. Rxb7 Nd6 15. Rb3 Re8 16. Ne5 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 {0-1 (47) Pentzien,V (1904)-Menkhaus,W (1901) Mecklenburg VP 2009}) 13... Re8 14. Bg5 {The position is equal.} f6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,67,7,6,25,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,26,16,22,17,25,-26,6,23,14,7,22,12,18,0,0,-20,-12,-17,-17,-14,-11,-18,-14,-30,-30,-32,0,-39,-34,-33,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2 {LiveBook: 7 Games. D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (8. Bh4 Bf5 9. Qd2 Bg6 10. Bg3 Nf5 11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g6 15. O-O f5 16. Rab1 a5 17. a3 {0-1 (36) Strebkovs,A (2321)-Drozdowski,K (2461) Pardubice 2017}) 8... Na6 9. e4 Nb4 10. Qb3 {The position is equal.} a5 $146 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Kh8 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Nc5 b6 {1-0 (43) Maehrlein,C-Delemarre,I (2254) Germany 2000}) 11. a3 a4 12. Qd1 (12. Nxa4 dxe4 13. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 14. Qxb4 Nd5 $15) 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nbd5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Bf7 17. Nh4 Kh8 18. Qg4 (18. g3 $142) 18... Bc7 {With the idea ...g5.} 19. Nc5 g5 20. Nf3 $1 h5 21. Qe4 Bg6 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Qf1 Nf5 {White must now prevent ...g4.} 24. Bd3 ({Of course not} 24. Nxb7 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 (25. Rxe1 Qc8 $17) 25... Qc8 $17) 24... b6 25. Ne6 Qd7 26. Nxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Re1 {[#] aiming for Rxe8+.} Qf7 29. Rxe8+ (29. Bxg5 {feels hotter.} fxg5 30. Ne5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qf6 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Qd1) 29... Qxe8 30. Qe1 {Hoping for Qxe8+.} Qxe1+ 31. Nxe1 {Black has an edge.} Kg7 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. g3 Kg6 34. f3 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,60,-42,-42,-42,-41,-50,-46,-50,-8,-147,-162,-158,-143,-175,-167,-225,-218,-203,-206,-213,-201,-221,-221,-330,-320,-574,-564,-602,-571,-617,-610,-747,-705,-704,-651,-582,-598,-800,-793,-779,-773,-1063,-1054,-1161,-1136,-1294,-1276]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. e6 Qd6 8. exf7+ Bxf7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Be3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (9. g5 Qg3+ 10. Ke2 e6 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. Qd3 Ne7 13. Kd1 Nd7 14. Nc3 Nf5 15. Ne2 g6 16. Nf2 Bg7 {0-1 (41) Chandler,P (2107)-Donchenko,A (2563) Heusenstamm 2016}) 9... hxg4 10. fxg4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6g4,Bg4f2][%mdl 32]} 11. Nc3 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 Qg3+ 12. Bf2 Qxg4 13. Ngf3 Ne4 14. Rg1 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Qf4 16. Qe2 Rxh4 {0-1 (55) Cenal Gutierrez,R (2267)-Vigil Alvarez,L Asturias 1999}) 11... Qe6 12. Kd2 (12. Qe2 $1 $11) 12... Nxg4 $17 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Re6e3] [#]} 13. Bg5 Nf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 14. Qf3 Nxh1 15. Qxh1 (15. Nge2 {was worth a try.}) 15... Qd6 $19 16. Bh3 e6 17. Rf1 Be7 18. Bf4 Qb4 {Strongly threatening ...c5.} 19. Nge2 (19. Nf3 $142) 19... Nd7 20. a3 $2 (20. Kc1 {is a better defense.}) 20... Qxb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 21. Rb1 Qxa3 22. Rxb7 Qa6 23. Qb1 Rxh4 24. Bf1 Rxf4 25. Nxf4 Qa5 {[#] aiming for ...Bg5.} 26. Qe1 Bg5 27. Qg3 Bh6 28. Bd3 O-O-O 29. Rb3 e5 30. dxe5 d4 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 98%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,134,27,28,0,0,0,-12,0,0,-10,-13,-27,-31,-52,-16,-6,0,-54,-50,-51,-50,-50,-51,-62,-26,-30,-18,-27,-16,-22,0,0,0,-23,-16,-32,-10,-57,-66,-68,-68,-54,-52,-63,-60,-60,-58,-60,-58,-54,-57,-59,-59,-58,-50,-59,-56,-47,-57,-60,-21,-20,-18,-17,-10,-14,-19,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 Nbd7 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} 8. Nbd2 (8. Re1 Nc5 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Ne6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Ng5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. d4 Bf4 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Kg2 exd4 19. Nfxd4 {1-0 (33) Carlsen,M (2840)-Wei,Y (2706) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 8... d5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Nf1 h6 $1 12. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne3 Nb6 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Qf3 e4 15. dxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (23) Moroz,A (2493)-Kirnos,E (2303) Alushta 1999}) 12... Re8 13. d4 e4 14. Nh4 Nf8 (14... Bxg3 $5 15. fxg3 (15. hxg3 Nb6 $17) 15... b5 $15) 15. Nhf5 Bc7 16. Be3 ({Better is} 16. Rf1 $11) 16... Ng6 $15 17. f3 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Qd7 19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Re7 21. Qd2 Rae8 {White should prevent ...exf3.} 22. Bf2 h5 23. Bc2 Re6 24. Rad1 Ne7 25. Qf4 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Qb5 26. Bb3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 27. Qg5 a4 28. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Qc6 29. cxd5 Nexd5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. fxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Kf1 Re6 35. Rc1 $1 Rb6 36. Rc5 Nf6 37. Rc2 Rb5 38. Ke2 {The position is equal.} Kf8 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Kc4 Rf5 41. Kb4 $1 b5 42. Ka5 Kd7 43. Be1 Ne4 44. Bb4 Nd6 45. b3 axb3 46. axb3 Rg5 47. Bxd6 Kxd6 $11 {KR-KR} 48. Rc3 Rd5 49. Rd3 f5 50. b4 g5 51. Kb6 f4 52. gxf4 gxf4 53. Rf3 Rf5 54. Rc3 (54. d5 $5) 54... h4 55. Rc6+ Kd5 56. Rc5+ ({Much weaker is} 56. Kxb5 h3 $17) 56... Ke4 57. Rxf5 ({Avoid the trap} 57. Rxb5 $2 Rxb5+ 58. Kxb5 Kd5 $19) 57... Kxf5 {K3P-K3P} 58. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5d6] [#] And now d6 would win.} h3 ({But not} 58... f3 $2 59. gxf3 Ke5 60. Kc6 $18) 59. gxh3 {K3P-KPP} f3 60. d6 {aiming for d7.} Ke6 61. Kc7 f2 62. d7 f1=Q {[#] ( -> ...Qc4+)} 63. d8=Q {Threatens to win with Qd6+.} Qc4+ 64. Kb6 {Hoping for Qe8+.} Qxb4 65. Qe8+ Kf6 66. Qxb5 Qxb5+ 67. Kxb5 Kg5 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,-12,-8,-13,10,-9,-7,-20,8,-22,0,-41,-16,-42,-33,-31,-22,-54,-50,-59,-17,-25,19,0,24,27,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-13,-16,0,-37,-12,-10,-17,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. f3 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... Bf5 5. Nc3 Bg6 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Nf4 c6 8. h4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. h5 Bf5 11. Qd4 {0-1 (35) Sethuraman,S (2658)-Mohammad,M (2436) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 5. Nd2 c5 6. c3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 (10. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 11. dxc5 $11) 10... b6 11. Bb5 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g4 Nf6 14. Ng3 g6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 15. e4 dxe4 {White must now prevent ...e3.} 16. d5 (16. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Nd5 17. Qa4 $11) 16... Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7f6][%mdl 32]} (16... Na5 $5 {[%cal Rd7b5]} 17. Bxd7 e3 $11) 17. Bxd7 Nbxd7 18. g5 Ne8 $1 19. Ndxe4 f5 20. gxf6 $1 Ndxf6 21. d6 Qe6 22. Qb3 c4 23. Qb4 (23. Ng5 {keeps more tension.} Qd5 24. Qa4 b5 25. Qa6 Rd8 26. Rfd1) 23... Rd8 {Threatening ...Nxe4.} 24. Rad1 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Nf6 26. Ng5 Qc8 27. Qb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} h6 28. Ne4 Qe6 $1 29. Rfe1 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Qxc4+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 33%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,54,18,13,27,30,18,18,35,20,24,-22,-20,-20,-15,-15,-17,-16,-12,-60,-45,-45,-31,-54,-31,-32,-8,-23,-10,-3,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (12. d6 Qa4 13. h4 Qxe4 14. h5 Qd5 15. Qc2 Rxd6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Ng5 Nc6 18. Ne4 Rd7 19. Bg5 Bxc3+ 20. Qxc3 Qxe4+ {0-1 (40) Harikrishna,P (2750)-Svidler,P (2755) Moscow 2017}) 12... f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd3 {LiveBook: 25 Games} Ne7 (14... exd5 {feels hotter.} 15. exd5 c4 16. Bxc4 Be6 17. Rd1 Ne7) 15. c4 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 b6 {[#]} 17. O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17. Ke2 Bd7 18. f3 Re8 19. g4 f5 20. Rhg1 {½-½ (20) Tari,A (2571)-Salgado Lopez,I (2651) Izmir 2016}) 17... h6 18. Rfd1 f5 19. f3 g5 20. Nb1 fxe4 21. fxe4 Ng6 22. Nc3 Ne5 23. Be2 Ba6 24. Nb1 Re8 25. Bf2 Rad8 26. h3 exd5 27. exd5 Nf7 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,48,25,20,24,15,29,10,33,25,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {LiveBook: 10 Games. A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} Qc7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 6... Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bf5 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. e4 Bg6 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. Re1 e6 13. a4 {0-1 (71) Carlsen,M (2822)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2791) Saint Louis 2017}) 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be2 e6 {The position is equal.} 11. Be3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rad8 15. f4 Qd7 16. Nb3 b6 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. Qb5 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Nb8 19. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 20. Nxc5 Qa8 21. Nd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 a6 23. Qd3 Nxd7 24. Qxd7 Qxe4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,65,44,44,-12,31,37,59,55,59,59,59,53,59,52,51,48,50,50,51,50,50,41,50,30,33,30,31,30,32,45,45,45,48,48,48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. c3 Be7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Qb3 $146 (13. Nd2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Bb6 O-O 18. c4 Bd8 19. Bc5 Be7 20. Bb6 {½-½ (20) Anand,V (2779)-Mamedyarov,S (2768) Doha 2016}) 13... Na5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Nd2 Nc4 16. Rfe1 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qe6 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Bg5 (19. f4 {with more complications.} O-O 20. a3 b5 21. Qd3 Rd7 22. g3) 19... Bxg5 20. Qxg5 O-O 21. h4 h6 22. Qf4 Rc8 23. Qf3 Rfd8 24. Rd4 Rc4 25. Qd3 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxc4.} Rxd4 26. Qxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 27. Re3 h5 28. g3 b5 29. Rd3 Qxe5 {The position is equal.} 30. Re3 Qb8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qxd5 f4 33. gxf4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,142,16,22,10,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-12,-8,-12,0,-2,-8,-7,0,0,0,-68,-13,-85,-75,-89,-89,-89,-89,-94,-98,-89,-89,-89,-72,-84,-63,-66,-70,-77,-60,-81,-62,-89,-96,-94,-89,-141,-134,-141,-137,-141,-141,-141,-140,-140,-138,-133,-126,-194,-187,-183,-193,-194,-183,-193,-164,-182,-150,-168,-175,-158,-158,-187,-179,-195,-195,-208,-166,-176,-115,-115,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-185,-160,-304,-299,-608,-534,-643,-677,-2184,-2440,-2064,-2155,-2540,-2764,-2449,-2277,-2024,-1797,-12831,-9083,-12835,-12835,-12831,-12832,-6614,-6610,-12837,-10420,-12844,-12843,-12846,-12845]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Rae1 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. h4 $146 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qc6 15. a4 a6 16. h3 b5 17. Ra1 O-O 18. Bf4 Rfc8 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Ne5 Qb7 {½-½ (39) Teichmeister,S (2567)-Zhak,B (2445) ICCF email 2008}) 13... a6 14. c4 a5 15. a3 {The position is equal.} a4 16. Qd3 O-O 17. c5 b6 18. cxb6 Qb7 19. Bc7 Nd7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 $1 21. b4 axb3 22. Qxb3 Bxa3 23. Rc3 (23. Rb1 $11) 23... Be7 (23... Bf8 $15) 24. Rfc1 (24. Rb1 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 24... Nb4 $17 25. Ne5 Nxe5 $1 26. Bxe5 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 {And now Qc7 would win.} Qxb6 28. Nf3 Qd8 29. Qb3 Rc8 30. Ra1 Rc4 31. g3 Qc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 32. Kg2 Nc6 (32... Rc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3b3]} 33. Qd1 Nc6 $17) 33. Qb5 Bf8 34. Ra4 Rxa4 35. Qxa4 Nb4 36. Qb5 (36. Bf4 $142) 36... Qc2 37. Qf1 Qe4 38. Qe1 f6 {Threatens to win with ...Qxe1.} 39. Bc7 Nc2 40. Qxe4 dxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 41. Nd2 f5 42. Nb3 (42. Bb6 $17) 42... Ne1+ $1 $19 43. Kf1 {[#]} Nf3 $1 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Bb6 Bb4 46. Ke3 Ke8 47. Bc5 Bc3 48. Ba3 Kf7 49. Bd6 Kf6 50. Bc7 Ke7 51. Bb8 Bb2 52. Bf4 Kd8 ({Black should play} 52... Ba3 $19 53. Bb8 Bb2) 53. Bd6 $17 Kd7 54. Bf8 {[#]} Kc6 $1 55. Bxg7 {aiming for d5+!} Kd5 56. Bf6 (56. Ke2 $17 {was called for.}) 56... Bc3 $19 57. Ke2 (57. g4 $17) 57... Kc4 ({Less strong is} 57... Bxd4 58. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 59. Ke3 $17) 58. Nc5 $2 (58. Nc1) 58... e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 59. Nd7 exd4 60. Bd8 d3+ 61. Kd1 Bd4 62. Bb6 Bxb6 63. Nxb6+ {KN-KN} Kd4 64. Nc8 Ne5 65. Ne7 Ng4 66. Ke1 Kc3 {( -> ...Kc2)} 67. Nd5+ Kb3 68. Kd2 Nxf2 69. h5 gxh5 {[%cal Bg6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 70. Ne3 h4 71. Nxf5 h3 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,57,43,75,-27,-21,-24,-31,-24,-9,-28,-21,-32,-38,-38,-35,-20,-27,-47,-33,-32,-25,-33,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,11,14,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qa5 {B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6} (12... h5 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Rhf1 b4 17. Ne2 Ng4 18. Rde1 Bf8 19. Nf4 Bh6 20. g3 {1-0 (62) Leko,P (2730)-Dubov,D (2619) Loo 2014}) 13. Kb1 Rc8 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games} 14. Ne2 $146 (14. Qh6 $16) ({Predecessor:} 14. g3 h5 15. Bh3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Rhf1 b4 18. Ne2 Qc5 19. c3 Qc4 20. Qe3 Rb8 21. b3 {1-0 (21) Huschenbeth,N (2532)-Boros,D (2473) Greensboro 2014}) 14... Qxd2 $11 {Black has an edge.} 15. Rxd2 Bf8 16. g3 Ke7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bh3 Bh6 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. Nd4 Ng6 21. Rf1 Nxf4 22. gxf4 b4 23. Rd3 Rc4 24. b3 {The position is equal.} Rc5 25. Bg4 Rc3 26. Rxc3 bxc3 27. Be2 a5 28. Bc4 Rc8 29. Rf3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,127,22,17,26,25,23,17,12,22,39,48,88,72,79,73,85,47,56,48,60,60,87,87,70,58,68,53,79,42,98,94,93,56,72,41,98,77,82,75,75,44,49,0,54,54,67,58,43,32,65,17,67,41,102,95,102,111,98,74,73,72,78,71,149,83,137,139,202,202,202,164,195,181,439,439,437,437,410,441,449,437,418,414,403,368,406,402,479,469,464,264,442,264,388,376,348,323,12842,12843,12843,12843,12848,12848,12851,29978]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Rb8 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} fxe6 13. c3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nd7 (13... Qe8 14. Nc4 Qg6 15. h3 Nd7 16. Be3 d5 17. Ncd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (52) Carlsen,M (2822)-Aronian,L (2809) Saint Louis 2017}) 14. Nb3 {White has an edge.} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe8 15. Be3 h6 16. Nbd2 Nf6 17. d4 bxc3 18. bxc3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Qd7 {½-½ (35) Oliveira,D (2146)-Salzmann,S (2092) LSS email 2013}) 15. Be3 bxc3 16. bxc3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Rb5 18. Qe2 Qb8 (18... Rxb3 $2 19. Qc4 $18) 19. Qc4 Nd8 20. Rad1 Bd6 21. Rb1 Qb7 22. Nbd2 Qc6 23. Rxb5 axb5 24. Qb3 Qa6 25. Ra1 Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b3]} 26. Qb1 Nf7 (26... Ndb7 $14) 27. c4 $16 c6 28. cxb5 cxb5 29. Nb3 Nd7 (29... Na4 $1 $14) 30. Qd3 Rc8 31. h3 h6 32. Nfd2 Nb8 33. Nf3 b4 (33... Nd7 $11) 34. Qd1 $14 Qb7 35. Nfd2 Rc3 36. Nc1 Na6 37. Ne2 Rc8 38. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qe7 ({Better is} 38... Bc5 $14) 39. Rc1 $16 Rxc1+ 40. Nxc1 Bc5 41. Nd3 Bxe3 42. fxe3 Qd8 43. Nc4 Ng5 (43... Qe8 $142) 44. Nb6 ({Much worse is} 44. Ndxe5 $6 Nxe4 45. Qd3 Qxd3 $14) (44. Ncxe5 Qxa5 45. Qc4 b3 $16) (44. Nxb4 $142 Qb8 45. Nb6) 44... Nc7 (44... Nb8 $142) 45. Qc4 b3 (45... Kh7 $16 46. Na4 (46. Nxb4 Qd1+ 47. Kh2 Qd2 $11) (46. Nxe5 Qd2 $16) 46... Na8) 46. Qxb3 $18 Nxe4 47. Qc2 Qg5 {[#]} 48. Nc4 $1 Nd5 $2 (48... Ng3 {was necessary.} 49. Ndxe5 Qf6) 49. a6 {And now a7 would win.} Nxe3 50. a7 Nxc2 51. a8=Q+ Kh7 52. Qxe4+ Qf5 53. Nd6 Qxe4 54. Nxe4 Kg6 55. g4 Kf7 56. Nxe5+ Ke7 57. Kf2 (57. h4 $142) 57... Nb4 $2 {[#]} (57... g5 {keeps fighting.} 58. Kf3 Nb4) 58. Kf3 (58. h4 $142) 58... Nd5 (58... g5 $142 59. Nc3 Nc2) 59. Ng6+ Kf7 60. Nf4 Nf6 $2 (60... Nc7 61. Nd3 g5) 61. Nxf6 {White is clearly winning.} gxf6 62. Kg3 f5 63. gxf5 exf5 64. Ng2 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 34%.} (64. h4 $18 Kf6 65. Ne2) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,-5,6,18,40,49,47,36,63,56,141,139,141,139,142,118,169,115,162,172,152,146,143,126,84,72,116,101,104,81,60,69,62,65,77,108,166,113,172,166,158,149,208,129,123,128,135,139,133,152,133,114,96,102,178,159,171,147,175,209,221,199,186,218,340,333,582,575,666,648,635,647,782,763,1161,1158]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} c6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 7. Nxe5 (7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. O-O d6 9. Qf3 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Nd1 Bg4 {0-1 (53) Maze,S (2614)-Fressinet,L (2651) Porticcio 2017}) 7... O-O 8. Nxf7 {White is slightly better.} Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Be3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. O-O d6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Na4 Qg6 14. Kh1 {1-0 (29) Koscielski,J (2318)-Friedel,M (2083) Essen 2004}) 10... Ne6 (10... d5 $14) 11. Bxc5 $16 Nxc5 12. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne8 13. d4 Ne6 (13... Na6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 14. O-O (14. f4 $1 $18) 14... d6 15. f4 $1 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} dxe5 16. fxe5+ Kg8 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 {Hoping for Qf3.} N8c7 19. c4 Bd7 20. Qg4 {aiming for Rad1.} Nf8 21. Qf3 Ng6 $1 22. Rad1 Ne6 23. h4 Nxh4 (23... Kh8 $16 {might work better.}) 24. Qf7+ $1 $18 Kh8 {[#]} 25. Nf6 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qb6+ 26. Rf2 Ba4 (26... Ng5 $16 27. Qxd7 (27. Nxd7 Qe3 $16) 27... gxf6) 27. Rd6 Ng5 {[#]} 28. Qe7 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Nf5 ({But not} 28... Bc6 $2 29. Nd5 $18 (29. Nh5 Nhf3+ 30. Kf1 Nh2+ 31. Ke1 Qe3+ 32. Kd1 Rg8 $11)) ({Avoid the trap} 28... Nhf3+ $2 29. Kh1 $18) 29. Rxb6 Nxe7 30. Rxb7 Ng6 31. Nh5 Ne6 32. Rff7 {[%cal Rh5g7]} Be8 (32... Bd1 $16) 33. Rxa7 Rd8 34. Rf1 Kg8 35. Ng3 h5 36. Nf5 Kh7 37. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} h4 (37... Rd2 $142 38. b5 Bd7) 38. b5 Rd2 $2 (38... h3 39. gxh3 Nxe5) 39. Nd6 {White is clearly winning.} h3 40. gxh3 Bd7 41. Rxd7 Ng5 42. Rf5 Nh4 43. Rxg7+ {Precision: White = 96%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,53,1,0,20,0,35,0,-3,-7,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,108,89,131,89,184,0,200,197,358,342,340,323,5373,5365,5261,3802,1367,773,771,771,5357,1661]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 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 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Qc7 {The position is equal.} 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. h4 e5 14. h5 h6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 {0-1 (45) Navara,D (2737)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 {...Rc8 is the strong threat.} 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bd3 Bxa4 15. d5 $1 Nd7 16. e5 {Black must now prevent d6.} exd5 (16... Nc5 $1 $11 17. d6 Qd7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. dxe7 Kg8) 17. e6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for exf7+. Black is under strong pressure.} Nf8 18. exf7+ Kxf7 (18... Kh8 $16) 19. Nd4 $2 (19. Re1 $18) 19... Bf6 $2 {[#]} (19... Kg8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 20. Bxh7 $1 $18 Qe5 $2 (20... Nxh7 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Ba3+ Be7) 21. Rxb7+ Bd7 22. Qg4 Qxd4 $2 (22... Nxh7 23. Rxd7+ Kg8) 23. Rxd7+ {White is clearly winning.} Nxd7 24. Qxd7+ Be7 25. Re1 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Rd7e7]} Qe5 26. Bd2 (26. Rxe5 $2 {leads to mate.} Rxc1+ 27. Re1 Rxe1#) 26... Rd8 {[#]} 27. Qg4 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 23%.} (27. Rxe5 $2 Rxd7 28. Bf5 Rdd8 $17) (27. Bg6+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf6 (27... Kxg6 28. Qg4+) 28. Qg4 Qxe1+ 29. Bxe1) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,79,22,13,5,14,32,28,27,18,32,0,2,0,-10,0,0,-28,0,-20,-10,-14,-12,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,2,-8,-4,-4,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32] C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rae8 13. h3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd6 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 {½-½ (37) Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Yu,Y (2753) Danzhou 2017}) 9... Nd6 10. Nf1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Bf4 c6 14. Re2 Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nf6 15. Rae1 Nfe4 {½-½ (15) Egedi,I (2333)-Mathe,G (2349) Hungary 2008}) 15. Rxe8 (15. Bxd6 $5 Bxd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nf5 $14) 15... Nxe8 16. Nf5 Nef6 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. f3 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Ng5 20. c3 g6 21. Ne3 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Re1 h5 24. h4 Ne6 25. g3 Qd6 26. Kf2 Re8 27. Ng2 c5 28. dxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Kf1 Qb6 30. Qxd5 Qxb2 31. Nf4 Nc7 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. a4 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 {[#] Threatens to win with Qd8+.} Qb1+ 35. Kf2 {Black must now prevent Qd8+.} Ne6 36. Qxa7 Nxf4 37. Qb8+ Kh7 {[#] ( -> ...Qb2+)} 38. Qxf4 Qc2+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kf2 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 71%.} (40. Kg2 $5 {[%cal Rf4f7]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,65,-1,-2,-7,0,-7,71,71,69,69,69,62,61,55,58,58,84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,16,0,34,17,94,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Bd6 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Qa4+ {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Be3 Rc8 16. dxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (24) Speelman,J (2600)-Efimov,I (2530) Escaldes 1998}) 14. Rd1 {Threatens to win with dxc5.} O-O {[#]} (14... Qc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5d7][%mdl 512]} Nf6 (15... Bxe5 16. dxe5) 16. dxc5 bxc5 {[#]} 17. Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ne4 (17... Qxd7 18. Qxd7) 18. Rxd6 $1 ({Wrong is} 18. Nxf8 $2 Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh4 $19) 18... Nxd6 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 20. Be3 (20. Bd3 $16) 20... Nf5 $11 21. Rd1 Nxe3 22. fxe3 h6 23. Rd7 Be4 24. Rxa7 Rb8 25. b3 Qd8 26. Qd7 Qf6 27. Rc7 (27. Qe7 $5 {[%cal Re7f6]}) 27... Qa1+ 28. Kf2 Kh7 29. Qxf7 {Black must now prevent Qf4.} Qb2 (29... Bg6 $1 $11 30. Qf4 (30. Qxe6 Rf8+ 31. Bf3 Qxa2+ 32. Kg3 Qa1 $14) 30... Qb2) 30. Qf4 ({Inferior is} 30. Rxc5 Bd3 $17) (30. Qxe6 $16 Bg6 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Qxc8) 30... Bd3 {The position is equal.} 31. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 32. Qc7+ Kg6 33. Qg3+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,48,0,0,8,0,11,14,2,18,8,31,0,10,14,12,8,10,-20,-23,-42,-46,-35,-44,-33,-52,-64,-50,-82,-55,-89,-50,-50,-62,-50,-61,-39,-53,-36,-28,-49,-36]} 1. b3 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nxd4 5. Bxd4 d5 6. e3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} Ne7 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. d3 {The position is equal.} Qg5 9. Nc3 (9. dxe4 dxe4 10. h4 Qf5 $11) (9. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Qf5 10. Nd2 $11) 9... Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Bxc3 Bg4 12. Qd2 O-O-O (12... O-O 13. h3 {1-0 (68) Van Geet,D (2617)-Kujala,A (2637) ICCF email 2010}) 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3) 13... f5 14. Bb4 Bh5 ({Reject} 14... Nxb4 15. axb4 Kb8 16. h3 $14) 15. h4 Qg6 16. g3 Bf3 17. Rg1 Rhe8 ({Much weaker is} 17... Nxb4 18. axb4 Kb8 19. b5 $11) 18. Qc3 Qh5 ({Much worse is} 18... Nxb4 $6 19. axb4 Kb8 20. Kd2 $11) 19. Bc5 Re6 20. b4 {Threatening b5.} b6 21. b5 bxc5 22. bxc6 {[#] Threatening mate with Ba6+.} c4 23. Qa5 {White wants to mate with Qa6+.} Rxc6 24. Qxa7 Rb6 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,73,4,0,0,0,0,22,54,77,72,85,41,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,7,0,14,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} Nc6 11. Rd1 Na5 12. Bd3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 13. Ne5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 h6 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Qxa7 Bd6 20. a3 Nbd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 {1-0 (44) Fedoseev,V (2659)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Berlin 2015}) 13... Rc8 14. Qe3 Nd5 15. Qg3 f5 {[#]} 16. Bh6 $1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} Qe7 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Bb5 (18. Nxd5 $16 Bxd5 19. Bf4) 18... Nxc3 $11 19. bxc3 Qxb5 20. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7] [#]} Rc7 21. cxb4 Qxb4 22. Nd3 Qe7 $1 23. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4c7]} Rc6 24. Re1 {Black must now prevent d5!} Qd8 25. Rad1 Nc4 26. Nb4 Rc8 27. Rxe6 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Nd3 Qd7 30. Re1 Be4 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 {The position is equal.} Rc6 {Threatens to win with ...Rg6.} 33. f3 Bd5 34. a3 Rg6 35. Qf4 h6 36. h4 Kh7 37. Rc1 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,43,32,24,35,29,31,26,20,16,21,21,38,15,15,16,18,12,14,19]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (10... Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb5 Qd7 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. g3 Bf8 18. Bd2 {½-½ (51) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Caruana,F (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Bf1 {LiveBook: 16 Games} Re8 15. Bg5 $146 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. a4 Nc7 17. axb5 cxb5 18. c4 {½-½ (52) Jordan Martinez,D (2145)-Durandeau,J (1949) Benidorm 2007}) 15... Qc8 16. Bh4 Nc7 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. c4 bxc4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxc4 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxd6.} Be6 21. Rc1 Nd5 22. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,134,4,3,2,5,0,2,0,10,0,0,2,5,2,4,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,8,-7,0,0,0,-5,0,-1,0,0,0,-11,-10,-128,-135,-120,-127,-128,-124,-171,-165,-178,-168,-171,-152,-198,-207,-349,-345,-412,-399,-411,-396,-402,-392,-485,-479,-475,-469,-422,-295,-325,-279,-317,-302,-339,-317,-354,-329,-383,-383,-392,-314,-385,-368,-361,-346,-342,-332,-326,0,-316,-298,-339,-290,-334,-260,-337,-324,-331,-319,-325,-316,-309,-326,-294,-318,-349,-349,-342,-342,-347,-297,-339,-304,-1112,-1001,-1094,-1092,-29974,-1204,-29975,-29976,-29973,-6187,-6179,-5213]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 a5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 axb4 13. Bg5 f6 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 {½-½ (30) Anand,V (2783)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qe7 9. d4 f6 10. O-O-O b5 11. c4 Qf7 12. Kb1 a6 13. c5 Be7 {1-0 (23) Vaibhav,S (2558)-Wacker,P (2358) Biel 2017}) 9. Nc4 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Nfd2 Nf8 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Be3 Be6 16. Qf2 b6 17. c4 a6 18. b3 b5 19. Nf3 f6 20. Bd2 Rb8 21. Bc3 Rb7 22. Qd2 Rbe7 23. Rf2 Qd7 24. Raf1 Ra8 25. Ne1 a5 26. Bxa5 {[#]} (26. cxb5 $11 {remains equal.} Qxb5 27. Nc2) 26... b4 $1 $17 27. Bxb4 cxb4 28. Qxb4 Ne5 29. Qd2 Qa7 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4.} 30. h3 Qd4 31. Qb2 Qe3 32. Qe2 {[#]} Qb6 $1 33. Nf3 (33. Qd2 $142) 33... Nxf3+ $19 34. gxf3 Rea7 (34... Bxh3 35. Rd1 $19) 35. Ra1 Bxh3 36. Kh2 Be6 37. Rg2 Ra5 {( -> ...Rh5+)} 38. Qf2 Rh5+ 39. Kg1 Qb4 40. Rd1 Rg5 41. f4 Rxg2+ 42. Qxg2 Qc3 43. Kh1 Qd4 44. f5 Bf7 45. Rd2 g6 46. Qf2 Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Qc1 48. Rc2 Qd1 49. Rd2 Qc1 50. Rc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c1]} Qb1 51. Qd2 Qf1 52. a4 g5 ({Less strong is} 52... gxf5 53. Qg2+ Qxg2+ 54. Rxg2+ Kf8 55. exf5 $17) ({Resist} 52... Qf3 53. Qc3 $19) 53. Rc1 Qf3 54. Rg1 Qh5+ 55. Kg2 Qg4+ 56. Kf2 Qh4+ 57. Kg2 Re8 58. Qf2 {White wants to play Qxh4.} Qg4+ 59. Kh2 Qh5+ 60. Kg2 {[#]} d5 $1 61. cxd5 {[#]} Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 62. Qd4 $2 (62. Qf3 Qxf3+ 63. Kxf3 Bxb3 64. Ra1) (62. exd5 Re2) 62... Rc8 63. Qb2 Qg4+ 64. Kh2 Qh4+ 65. Kg2 {[#]} Bxe4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 66. dxe4 Qxe4+ 67. Kh3 Rc2 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-3,0,-2,-12,-9,-3,-11,-7,0,-8,-3,-8,-10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bg2 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 {The position is equal.} 10. g4 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} (10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 {½-½ (11) Prohaszka,P (2596)-Mamedov,R (2689) Minsk 2017}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 12. f4 f6 13. Nd3 Bxg4 {[#]} 14. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 gxf5 16. Nf4 Kh8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxb7 {1-0 (37) Delchev,A (2557)-Stevic,H (2476) Pula 2000}) 14... e6 15. c4 (15. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bf5 16. Rxb7 $15) 15... Nc6 16. Nf2 Bh5 17. f5 gxf5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rxb7 Re8 20. Rb2 Rb8 21. Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,81,63,51,0,0,-77,28,-55,0,-66,-53,-55,-68,-59,-66,-40,-48,-52,-38,-111,-115,-189,-187,-166,-160,-179,-132,-127,-129,-136,-127,-148,-148,-145,-135,-104,93,81,250,254,256,258,259,253,435,457,443,428,395,394,387,371,789,720,29973,29974,29969,29970,29975,29975,29974,29974]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O {B98: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7, sidelines} g5 (10... Qc7 11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. h3 Nxf3 17. hxg4 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Nh4 19. Qf1 Qa5 20. Be1 Qc5 21. Bf2 Qa5 22. Bd4 e5 23. Be3 Rc8 {1-0 (36) Savchenko,B (2567)-Lu,S (2615) Olongapo City 2015}) 11. fxg5 hxg5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. Bg3 (12. Bxg5 $14 Ne5 13. Qf4) 12... Qc7 $11 13. Bb5 $146 (13. Be2 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Nf3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 {0-1 (42) Sukandar,I (2366)-Wirig,A (2510) Biel 2011}) 13... g4 ({Black should play} 13... axb5 $17 14. Ndxb5 Qc5 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6+ Ke7) 14. Qe2 (14. Bxd7+ $11 Bxd7 15. Qf2) 14... e5 (14... axb5 $15 15. Ndxb5 Qc5 16. Nxd6+ Kf8) 15. Nf5 (15. Bxd7+ $11 Bxd7 16. Nb3) 15... axb5 $15 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nbxd6+ Bxd6 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. a3 Ne8 20. Nf5 ({White should try} 20. Nxe8 $1 $15 Kxe8 21. Rd5) 20... Ra4 $1 $17 {And now ...Ndf6 would win.} 21. Be1 (21. Qxg4 $17 Ndf6 22. Qf3) 21... Ndf6 $19 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4g3,Bg3e2][%mdl 32]} (21... Rxe4 22. Bb4+ Rxb4 23. axb4 $17) (21... Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Bb4+ Rxb4 24. axb4 $17) 22. Ng3 Nxe4 23. Rd8 Be6 {Strongly threatening ...f6.} 24. Bb4+ {[#]} Rxb4 $1 25. axb4 Nxg3 26. Qxe5 Ke7 $1 (26... Nxh1 27. b5 $16) (26... Rh3 $6 27. Rhd1 $11) 27. Rhd1 Rxh2 28. b5 Ne2+ $2 (28... Qxg2 29. Rxe8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe8 30. Qb8+ Bc8 31. Qxc8+ Ke7 32. Qd8+ Ke6 33. Rd6+ Ke5 34. Qf6+ Ke4 35. Qd4+ Kf5 36. Rf6+ Kg5 37. Qe5+ Nf5 38. Rxf5+ Kh6 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Qxf7+ Kh8 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Qg8+ Kh6 44. Rh7#) (28... Qc4 $17 {stays on course.} 29. Qxg3 Rh5) 29. Kb1 $16 Qc4 $2 {[#]} (29... Qxg2 {[#]} 30. Rxe8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe8 31. Qb8+ Bc8 32. Qxc8+ Ke7 33. Qc5+ Kf6 34. Rd6+ Kg7 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40. Rd6+ f6 41. Rxf6+ Kh5 42. Qh7+ Kg5 43. Rf5#) (29... Qb6 $16 {was called for.} 30. Qxh2 Qa5) 30. Rxe8+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe8 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rc4a2]} 31. Qb8+ Bc8 32. Qxh2 Nc3+ $2 (32... f6 33. Qh8+ Ke7) 33. bxc3 Qxb5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 34. Kc1 {Intending Qh8+ and mate.} Qg5+ 35. Rd2 {White wants to mate with Qh8+.} Qa5 {[%cal Ra5a1]} 36. Rd4 {Threatens to win with Qh8+.} ({Much less strong is} 36. Qh8+ Ke7 $18) 36... Qg5+ $2 (36... Be6 37. Qd6 Qa1+ 38. Kd2 Qa5) 37. Kd1 {Threatening mate with Qh8+.} Qf6 38. Qc7 {White mates.} Qf1+ 39. Kd2 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd4d8]} Qxg2+ 40. Kc1 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd4d8]} Qf1+ 41. Rd1 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,155,7,1,20,22,41,20,31,42,97,93,102,99,101,98,104,96,98,110,102,106,110,136,450,423,541,540,495,486,476,478,484,476,573,577,508,274,320,212,294,332,332,332,317,310,312,299,299,279,420,378,391,0,351,0,476,434,534,326,291,266,509,527,502,0,343,338,328,325,325,325,317,279,323,62,95,50,47,49,80,25,23,0,87,8,8,0,98,98,99,90,88,88,91,80,80,80,88,88,89,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,84,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. c4 {LiveBook: 67 Games} g6 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (13... Ne8 14. Qd2 b6 15. Rac1 a5 16. Na1 g6 17. b4 Ng7 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bc2 a4 21. Rb1 {0-1 (66) Carlsen,M (2853)-Grischuk,A (2771) Saint Louis 2015}) 14. Rac1 Ne8 15. Qd2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qd2 Ng7 17. Na1 Nf5 18. b4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 f5 20. Nb3 Bg5 21. c5 {0-1 (34) Wozniak,M (2198)-Mammadzada,G (2355) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 15... Ng7 16. Na5 Nf5 (16... Rc7 $14) 17. Nxb7 $16 Qc7 18. Na5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bg5 20. b4 Qb6 21. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Bf1f3,Bf3g3,Bg3g6,Bg6d6,Bd6e6][%mdl 32]} f5 22. Nc6 f4 23. Qc2 fxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... e4 $16 24. Qxe4 Rce8) 24. Rg3 $18 Bh4 {[#]} 25. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (25... hxg6 26. Qxg6+) 26. Rxd6 Nf6 27. g3 Qc7 28. Re6 (28. gxh4 Qxd6 29. Rf1 Nxd5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... Bxg3 29. hxg3 Qg7 30. Bf3 e2 31. g4 (31. Qxe2 Qxg3+ 32. Qg2 Qf4 $14) 31... Nxd5 32. Qxe2 (32. Bxd5 $2 Qxg4+ 33. Bg2 Rg8 $19) ({And not} 32. cxd5 Rxf3 33. Qe4 (33. Qxe2 {is a self mate.} Qxg4+ 34. Qg2 Rg3 35. Rc2 Rg8 36. Rg6 Rxg6 37. Kf1 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Qxg2+ 39. Ke1 Rh6 40. Nxe5 Rh1#) 33... Rcf8 $11) 32... Nf4 33. Qxe5 Nxe6 34. Qxe6 Rce8 35. Qd5 Rf4 36. Rf1 Re3 (36... Rxg4+ {was called for.} 37. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 38. Qg2 Rg8 39. Qxg4 Rxg4+ 40. Kh1 Rxc4) 37. Qd8+ Rf8 38. Qd5 Rf4 39. Rf2 $2 (39. Kh2 $18) 39... Re1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rexf3 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 40. Rxf3 Rxg4+ 41. Kf2 Qb2+ 42. Ke3 Qc3+ 43. Ke2 Qc2+ 44. Ke3 Qc3+ 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46. Ke3 Qc3+) 40. Kh2 $1 Qh6+ 41. Kg2 Qh4 42. Qd7 Rxc4 $2 (42... h5) 43. Qc8+ Kg7 {White must now prevent ...Qh1+.} 44. Qd7+ Kh8 45. Nd4 h5 46. Rf1 hxg4 47. Bxg4 {[%cal Rf1f8]} Rxf1 48. Kxf1 ({Not} 48. Qe8+ Kh7 $16) 48... Qf6+ 49. Nf3 $2 (49. Bf5 $18 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rd7h7]} Rc1+ 50. Ke2 Qe5+ 51. Kd3 Qg3+ 52. Ke4 Qe1+ 53. Kd5 Qh1+ 54. Ke6 Qh6+ 55. Kd5 Qh1+ 56. Be4 Qh5+ 57. Qf5 Qxf5+ 58. Bxf5) 49... Rxb4 50. Qc8+ Kg7 $1 51. Qc7+ Kh6 52. Qh2+ ({White should try} 52. Qd7 $1 $16) 52... Kg7 $11 {...Rb1+ is the strong threat.} 53. Qc7+ (53. Qh5 $11) 53... Kh6 $16 {[#]} 54. Qc1+ (54. Qd7 $1 $16) 54... Kg7 $11 55. Qd1 Rxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} (55... Qf7 $11 {remains equal.} 56. Qd7 Rf4 57. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 56. Qd7+ $16 Kf8 57. Qc8+ Ke7 58. Qxg4 Qa1+ 59. Kg2 Qxa2+ 60. Kg3 Qe6 61. Qg7+ Kd6 62. Qa7 ({Better is} 62. Qd4+ $16 Kc7 63. Qa7+ Kc8 64. Qc5+ Kb7 65. Ne5) 62... Qg6+ $11 63. Kf4 {Threatening mate with Qb6+.} Qf6+ 64. Ke3 Qc3+ 65. Ke4 Qb4+ 66. Nd4 Qe1+ 67. Kd3 Qd1+ 68. Kc3 Qa1+ {[#]} (68... Qe1+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 69. Kb2 Qf2+ 70. Kb3 Qe3+ 71. Kc4 Qc1+ 72. Kd3 Qb1+ 73. Kd2 Qb4+ 74. Ke3 Qc3+ 75. Ke4 Qe1+ 76. Kd3 Qf1+ 77. Kc3 Qe1+ 78. Kc2 Qf2+ 79. Kd1 Qf1+ 80. Kc2 Qf2+ 81. Kd3 Qf1+ 82. Kc2 Qf2+) 69. Kc2 (69. Kd2 $1 $16) 69... Qa2+ {The position is equal.} 70. Kd3 Qb1+ 71. Ke3 Qg1+ 72. Kd2 Qf2+ 73. Kc3 {Hoping for Nb5+!} (73. Kd3 $5 {[%cal Rd4b5]} Qf1+ 74. Kc3 $14) 73... Qe1+ 74. Kb2 Qb4+ 75. Nb3 a5 $1 76. Qa6+ Kc7 77. Qxa5+ Qxa5 78. Nxa5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,110,8,14,25,22,22,16,17,6,35,0,18,7,35,19,168,137,243,237,227,52,55,27,44,41,44,40,37,41,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,16,21,0,8,9,87,13,93,93,93,93,133,120,129,93,93,143,143,31,93,115,129,43,105,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} b6 13. d5 (13. Rac1 Bb7 14. d5 Nc5 15. Rfe1 Qf6 16. Qe3 Rac8 17. e5 Qg6 18. d6 f6 19. Nh4 Qg4 {1-0 (34) Aronian,L (2793)-Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 13... Nc5 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Rad1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} exd5 16. exd5 Qf6 {[#]} 17. Qe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne5 Rfe8 18. Qd4 Qd6 19. Bb5 Red8 20. Bc6 Bxc6 21. Nxc6 Rd7 22. h3 Qf6 23. Qg4 h6 24. Re3 Kh8 25. Rd4 Rg8 26. Ne5 {1-0 (26) Dziuba,M (2556)-Grabarczyk,M (2476) Lublin 2008}) 17... Rad8 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Rd6 20. Rd4 Qf5 21. Nh4 Qd7 (21... Qf6 $1 $11) 22. Qg3 $1 $18 Rf6 (22... Bxd5 $16 23. Bb5 (23. Nf5 Qxf5 24. Qxd6 Ne4 $15) 23... Qxb5) 23. Rg4 Kh8 24. Rxg7 $2 (24. Rf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4f6] Strongly threatening Rxf6.} Rxf4 25. Qxf4) 24... Bxd5 $14 25. Ng6+ Rxg6 $1 26. Rxg6 fxg6 27. Qe5+ Qg7 28. Qxd5 Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f2]} 29. f3 (29. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2h6]} gxh5 30. Re3 $11) 29... Rd8 30. Qf7 Qxf7 $1 31. Bxf7 gxh5 32. Bxh5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} a5 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Bxe8 {KB-KN} Kg7 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. f4+ Kf5 38. Kf3 Nd3 39. g4+ Ke6 (39... Kf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 40. a3 (40. Bb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5d3]} Nc5 41. Bc4+ Kf6 42. a3) 40... Ne1+ (40... Nc5 $11) 41. Ke4 $16 Nc2 42. a4 Nb4 {[#]} 43. Bb5 $1 Kf6 44. Be2 Ke6 45. Bc4+ Kf6 46. Bf1 (46. Bb5 $16) 46... Na2 ({Black should play} 46... Ke6 $14) 47. Kd4 Nb4 {[#]} 48. Bd3 (48. Kc4 $1 $16) 48... Ke6 $1 $14 49. Kc4 ({White should try} 49. Bc4+ $16 Kf6 50. Bf1) 49... Nd5 $11 {The position is equal.} 50. g5 Nxf4 51. gxh6 {Black must now prevent h7.} Kf6 52. h7 Kg7 53. Bf5 (53. h8=Q+ $5 Kxh8 54. Be4 $11) 53... Kh8 54. Be4 Kg7 55. Bf3 Ne6 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,134,33,-11,15,-34,-17,-27,-26,-26,-35,-35,8,0,-3,-1,-11,-11,22,-36,-36,-50,-50,-315,-293,-312,-313,-314,-318,-362,-348,-310,-292,-304,-271,-232,-263,-336,-308,-328,-283,-284,-225,-259,-256,-259,-259,-254,-243,-245,-141,-144,-139,-451,-450,-420,-433,-727,-716,-701,-618,-605,-510,-473,-425,-403,-403,-242,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,0,-6,-6,-6,0,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc2 d6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. Bb2 Bh3 12. Ne3 {LiveBook: 24 Games. A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6} Rfd8 (12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 e6 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Rab1 a6 17. Kg1 Ne7 18. Qd4 Qc6 19. Rbc1 h5 {½-½ (82) Khismatullin,D (2651)-Macieja,B (2530) Minsk 2017}) 13. Qb1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Qd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rac8 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. h3 Qc6+ 17. Kh2 Ned7 18. Ned5 Re8 19. e4 a6 {1-0 (61) Tikhomirov,S (2365)-Korolev,A (2110) Dimitrovgrad 2009}) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 e6 15. Rd1 a6 16. Rd2 Ne5 17. f3 b5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 bxc4 20. bxc4 (20. Rad1 $11 f5 21. Qh4 cxb3 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Qe7) 20... Rab8 21. Rad1 f5 22. Qf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22. Qh4 $1 $15) 22... g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Qxe5 (23. Qxg5 Rxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Rxd6 (24. Rxb2 $2 Nf7 $19) 24... Qxd6 $19) 23... Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qa7 25. Bd4 Qe7 26. Bb2 Rbc8 27. Ba3 f4 28. Ng4 {[%cal Ra3d6]} h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g4]} ({Don't do} 28... Rxc4 29. Bxd6 Qb7 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Ng4) 29. Nf2 Rxc4 30. Bxd6 Qh7 31. g4 Kf7 32. gxh5 Rc2 33. Ne4 Rxd2 34. Nxg5+ Kg8 35. Rxd2 Qg7 ({Black should play} 35... Qxh5 $19 36. Ne4 Qb5) 36. h4 $17 Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d2]} 37. Bb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Ne4 $17 {nothing else works.} Qc1 38. Ba3 (38. Bxf4 Rxd2 39. Bxd2 Qc4 $17) 38... Qxd2 39. Nxd2 Rxd2 40. Kf2) 37... Qxd2 $1 $19 38. Bxd2 Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} 39. a4 (39. Kf2 $142 e5 40. a3) 39... Rxe2+ 40. Kh3 Kg7 41. Kg4 e5 42. Ne4 Re3 43. Nc5 {[#]} a5 $1 44. Nb7 Rc3 $2 (44... Re2 $19 45. Nxa5 Ra2) 45. Nxa5 $11 {The position is equal.} Kf6 46. h6 Rc1 47. Nb7 Rg1+ 48. Kh5 {aiming for Nd6.} Kf7 (48... e4 $5 49. fxe4 f3 50. e5+ Kf7 51. Nd6+ Kg8 $15) 49. a5 Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 50. Nc5 Rg3 51. Nd7 (51. Ne6 $5 {[%cal Re6g5]} e4 52. h7+ (52. Nxf4 exf3 53. Nd3 Rg2 $17) 52... Kxh7 53. a6 exf3 54. Ng5+ Rxg5+ 55. Kxg5 $11) 51... Rxf3 {...Ra3 is the strong threat.} 52. Nxe5 Re3 53. Ng4 Rg3 54. a6 Ra3 {Strongly threatening ...Ra5+.} 55. Kg5 Ra4 56. Ne5 Kh7 57. a7 Rxa7 58. Kxf4 Kxh6 59. Kf5 Kh5 60. Kf4 Kxh4 61. Nf3+ Kh5 62. Ne5 Ra8 63. Kf5 Rf8+ 64. Ke4 Kg5 65. Nf3+ Kg4 66. Ne5+ Kg3 67. Kd5 Rd8+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,131,16,16,32,15,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-14,0,0,0,-2,22,-15,21,-35,8,-33,-31,-103,-103,-100,-47,-60,-50,-78,-64,-78,-34,-33,-34,-37,0,0,12,0,0,0,34,19,43,0,76,25,22,28,18,19,20,19,20,24,37,22,29,35,43,51,55,56,52,46,104,104,29971,29972,29974,29976,29974,29977,29978,29977,29979,29978,29977,29980,29980,29981,29982,29983,29984,29985,29986,29986,29986,29987,29988,29989,29990,29991,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Ne7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7... a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Qe8 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf4 {1-0 (63) Karjakin,S (2773)-So,W (2810) Saint Louis 2017}) 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Re1 c6 10. Bb3 Bb6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 {LiveBook: 17 Games} Be6 13. Bxe6 {[#]} Rxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... fxe6 14. Qb3 h6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Rad1 {0-1 (50) Jonkman,H (2425)-Sasikiran,K (2666) Vlissingen 2004}) 14. d4 d5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Re6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nf5 Nc5 20. Nd4 Rg6 21. Be3 Ne4 22. Qh5 (22. Nf5 $11) 22... Qc7 23. Rad1 (23. c4 $5) 23... Re8 24. f4 (24. Nf3 $1 $15) 24... f6 $1 $17 25. exf6 {[#]} Nxf6 ({Reject} 25... gxf6 $6 26. f5 $11) ({Black should try} 25... Qf7 $1 $17 26. Qe2 Rxf6) 26. Qf3 $1 $15 Ne4 27. g4 Rf6 (27... Bxd4 $5 28. Bxd4 Rf8 $17) 28. f5 Rff8 29. Qg2 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 g6 (30... c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 31. Be3 Qc6 $15) 31. c4 b6 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Re3 Qf7 34. Rf1 h6 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 35. b3 Kh7 (35... gxf5 $11 36. Rxf5 Qg6) 36. fxg6+ (36. Ref3 $16 g5 37. Rc1) 36... Qxg6 $11 37. Ref3 Rxf3 38. Qxf3 Ng5 39. Qxd5 {Strongly threatening Qb7+.} Nxh3+ 40. Kh2 {Intending Rf7+ and mate.} Ng5 41. Qd7+ Kg8 42. Rf5 Rf8 43. Qd5+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Ne6 {White must now prevent ...Rd8.} 44. Be3 Rf7 45. Qf3 Ng5 {[#]} (45... Rf8 $14) 46. Bxg5 $1 $16 hxg5 $2 {[%mdl 12288] Endgame KQR-KQR} (46... Rxf5 $16 47. gxf5 Qxg5) 47. Qd5 {White mates.} Qh6+ 48. Kg2 Qf8 49. Rxg5+ Kh8 50. Qe5+ Rg7 51. Qxg7+ Qxg7 52. Rxg7 Kxg7 {K3P-KPP} 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Kf4 Kg6 55. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Kg7 56. Kf5 Kf7 57. g6+ Kg7 58. Kg5 Kg8 59. Kf6 Kf8 60. g7+ Kg8 61. Kg6 b5 62. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} a6 63. a3 a5 64. bxa5 b4 65. a6 bxa3 66. a7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,95,34,37,22,44,36,35,33,29,28,33,32,68,61,65,72,61,39,31,29,37,33,97,95,106,88,96,93,96,110,103,38,33,36,67,70,68,66,64,62,101,101,101,106,106,100,100,100,100,100,106,106,108,94,88,91,108,108,101,72,72,74,75,76,77,36,36,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Re8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Re1 (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}) 9... Nbd7 10. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf8 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 g6 15. Qd2 Bg7 {½-½ (47) Senders,J (1868)-Bondarchuk,V (1992) Maastricht 2011}) 11. c4 Bb7 12. Nc3 d5 13. Bf4 a6 14. Qb3 $36 {[%cal Rc4d5][%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nf8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 (16. Be4 {with more complications.} c6 17. Bg3 Bf6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Ne6 20. Rad1) 16... Bxd5 17. Bxc7 Bxb3 18. Bxd8 Raxd8 ({Better is} 18... Rexd8 $14 19. axb3 (19. Rxe7 Bd5 $16) 19... Bf6) 19. axb3 $16 Bf6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rxa6 Ne6 22. Rxb6 Nxd4 23. Bc4 ({Much less strong is} 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Nxd4 Rd8 $14) (23. Nd2 $16) 23... Nxf3+ $14 24. gxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re1+ 25. Kg2 {[#] Intending Rb8+ and mate.} Kf8 $1 26. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bxb2 27. b5 Ke7 28. Rb7+ Kd6 29. Rxf7 Re7 30. Rf4 Kc5 31. Bd3 Bf6 32. Ra4 Re6 33. Rc4+ Kb6 34. Re4 Rd6 35. Be2 Kc5 36. f4 Rd4 37. f3 Kd5 38. Re3 Rxf4 39. Rb3 Kc5 40. Rb1 Rb4 41. Rc1+ Kd4 {The position is equal.} 42. Rc6 Rb2 43. Rc4+ Kd5 44. Re4 g5 45. Kg3 h5 46. Bc4+ Kc5 47. Re6 Bc3 48. Be2 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 23,94,0,4,15,15,12,23,12,33,10,16,25,90,32,16,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-38,14,0,-6,-3,45,-25,-21,-20,-34,-52,0,-26,-38,-46,-43,-43,-45,-38,-43,-47,-54,-56,-49,-52,-65,-57,-39,-47,0,0,0,-32,-49,-65,-67,-70,-19,-50,-50,-80,0,0,69,0,0,0,70,0,0,0,68]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Bd3 g6 {LiveBook: 13 Games. D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 13. Re1 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Rad1 c5 16. d5 f6 17. Bh6 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qg5 Bxh2+ {1-0 (39) Epishin,V (2650)-Dreev,A (2650) Tilburg 1994}) 14. Bg5 c5 15. Qh4 Qc7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 cxd4 (17... f6 $11) 18. Rxd4 (18. Nxd4 $16 {Strongly threatening Qh6.} Qb7 19. Rd1) 18... Bc5 $14 19. Rd3 {[#] aiming for Rad1.} f6 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Rad1 e5 22. Nd2 Be7 ({Black should play} 22... f5 $15) 23. Qh3 (23. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Rd3d7]} f5 24. Qg3 $11) 23... Nc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5b7,Bb7d6][%mdl 32]} 24. Rd5 Rd8 25. b4 ({Better is} 25. Rxd8+ $14 Qxd8 26. b4) 25... Rxd5 $11 26. cxd5 Nb7 $1 27. Ne4 f5 (27... Qc2 $1 $15 28. Nc3 Nd6) 28. Ng5 (28. d6 $5 Nxd6 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Qb3 $15) 28... Qc2 {[%cal Rc2d1]} 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd6 32. f3 Rc7 33. Bf6 e4 34. Rc3 Rxc3 35. Bxc3 exf3 36. gxf3 {KB-KN} Kf7 37. Kf2 g5 38. Be5 Nc4 39. Bb8 a6 40. Ke2 Kf6 (40... Ke7 $15) 41. Kd3 Ne5+ 42. Ke3 {[#]} Nc4+ (42... b5 $1 $17) 43. Kd4 $11 Nd2 ({Black should try} 43... Na3 $1 $11) 44. Ke3 Nc4+ 45. Kd4 Nd2 {Threatens to win with ...f4.} 46. Ke3 Nc4+ 47. Kd4 Nd2 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,67,11,9,9,7,16,11,19,13,16,17,19,19,19,16,16,16,22,11,12,11,13,18,16,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 {[%cal Be4d6,Bd6e8,Be8c7][%mdl 32]} 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 {LiveBook: 27 Games. The position is equal.} Nc7 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 {next dxc6 is good for White.} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[#]} 19. Re5 $146 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Qe3 {[%cal Re5e8]} Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qb4 24. Bb3 Be6 25. Rd1 Bxb3 26. axb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe7 27. f4 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {KQ-KQ} 29. h3 g6 (29... a5 {with more complications.} 30. e6 Kf8 31. Qe5 fxe6 32. Qxe6 Qe8) 30. b4 h5 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. e6 fxe6 33. Qxa7 Qd6 34. Qxb7+ {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,230,0,11,-7,0,0,2,-23,2,-12,0,-7,19,20,35,22,4,-32,-16,0,0,-34,-27,-35,-27,-22,-18,-27,-29,-34,-27,-65,5,2,0,-81,-71,-77,0,0,0,0,141,113,137,129,127,116,133,110,129,139,289,293,316,326,547,539,547,545,556,564,621,365,326,331,317,150,389,274,281,243,554,535,542,528,538,530,530,530,530,530,524,524,524,523,522,517,12846,6246,907,537,530,523,526,522,516,512,584,539,584,584,571,568,589,589,589,550,512,0,589,589,575,567,560,558,554,544,639,543,608,518,510,510,503,496,496,456,446,0,404,364,713,701,1135,1135,1135,1135,1125,865,1102,1099,1135,1091,1128,1117,1102,975,960,883,770,680,29950,29945,11625,10997,29950,7237,29951,29951,29954,6924,29944,5141,29946,968,961,912,904,667,533,518,29944,425,410,297,29968,29969,29969,29970,29969,29969,29970,29969,29970,29971,29971,29971,29972,29972,29972,29972,29973,29974,29974,29975,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29976,29975,29975,29975,29976,29976,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29980,29981,29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 {D71: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 3 g3 d5 sidelines and 5 cxd5 (without Nf3)} Nxd5 7. Nf3 Bg4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nb6 9. Qa3 Na6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxe7 {0-1 (77) Tregubov,P (2614)-Saric,I (2661) Yerevan 2014}) 10. h3 Be6 11. e3 O-O 12. O-O {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 13. dxc5 Nc4 14. Nxc4 Bxc4 15. c6 bxc6 16. Re1 Rb8 17. Nd4 (17. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Ra4c4]} Bb5 18. Qa3 $11) 17... Nb4 $1 18. Nxc6 ({Of course not} 18. Qxa7 Qd6 $17) 18... Nxc6 19. Bxc6 Qc7 20. Qa4 Bd3 21. e4 Be5 22. Qa3 Rfd8 (22... Bc2 $1 $15 23. Bd5 e6) 23. Bd5 $11 Bc2 $1 24. Bg5 (24. Qf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} e6 25. Bb3) 24... Bxb2 $17 25. Qf3 {[#]} Rf8 ({Black should play} 25... e6 $1 $17 {[%cal Re6d5]} 26. Bxd8 Rxd8) 26. Bf4 Qc3 27. Re3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qd4 (27... Qa5 $11) 28. Rf1 Rb6 29. Bh6 Rf6 30. Qe2 Rc8 31. Bg5 {[%cal Bh6g5,Bg5e7,Be7d6,Bd6f4,Bf4c7][%mdl 32]} Rb6 32. Bxe7 Ba4 (32... Qe5 $16) 33. Qf3 $18 Be8 34. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Rb5 $2 {[#]} (34... h5 {is a better defense.} 35. Bd6 Qd2) 35. Be6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rcb8 (35... fxe6 36. Qf8#) 36. Bd6 Rd8 37. Bb3 Qb6 38. e6 {[%cal Re6f7]} Rf5 39. Bf4 Bd4 40. Re4 (40. Re2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 40... a5 $2 (40... Bc6 $16 {was called for.} 41. exf7+ Kg7) 41. g4 Rf6 42. Qg3 {Strongly threatening Bc7.} a4 $2 (42... Qc6 {is more resistant.} 43. e7 Rd7) 43. Bc7 Bxf2+ 44. Rxf2 Rd3 45. exf7+ Bxf7 46. Bxf7+ Kxf7 47. Bxb6 {Threatening mate with Qc7+.} Rxg3+ 48. Kh2 Rxf2+ 49. Bxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Ra3 50. Re7+ Kf6 (50... Kg8 $142 51. Re2 Kf7) 51. Bd4+ Kg5 52. Re2 Kf4 53. Bf2 Kf3 54. Rc2 Rd3 55. Bc5 h5 56. Rf2+ Ke4 57. g5 Rd5 58. Be7 Ke3 59. Rf6 h4 60. Re6+ Kf3 {intending ...Rd2+.} 61. Rf6+ Ke3 $1 62. a3 Rd2+ 63. Kg1 Rd5 64. Rf2 Rd7 65. Kf1 Rd1+ 66. Kg2 Rd7 67. Rf3+ Ke4 68. Bf6 Rd2+ 69. Rf2 Rd3 70. Re2+ Kf4 71. Rf2+ Ke4 72. Rb2 Rxa3 $2 (72... Rg3+ 73. Kf2 Rf3+ 74. Ke2 Re3+ 75. Kd2 Rd3+ 76. Kc2 Rxh3 77. Rb4+ Kf3) 73. Rb4+ Kf5 74. Rxh4 Ra2+ 75. Kf3 Ra3+ 76. Ke2 Ra2+ 77. Kd3 a3 78. Ra4 Rg2 79. Ra5+ Kf4 80. Kc4 a2 81. Kb3 Rg3+ 82. Kxa2 Rxh3 83. Ra4+ Kf5 84. Kb2 Rd3 85. Kc2 (85. Ra3 $142 Rd5 86. Kc3 Kg4 87. Ra4+ Kh5 88. Ra1 Rf5 89. Kd4 Kg4 90. Rg1+ Kh5 91. Re1) 85... Rd7 86. Kc3 Rd1 87. Rd4 (87. Kc4 $142 Rc1+ 88. Kd4 Rd1+ 89. Ke3 Re1+ 90. Kf3 Rf1+ 91. Ke3 Re1+ 92. Kd3) 87... Re1 88. Kd2 (88. Rd6 $142 Rg1 89. Rd5+ Ke4 90. Re5+ Kf4 91. Kc4 Rb1 92. Kc5 Rd1 93. Rd5) 88... Re6 89. Kd1 (89. Rb4 $142 Ra6 90. Rb5+ Ke4 91. Re5+ Kf4 92. Kd3 Ra3+ 93. Kc4 Ra6 94. Rd5) 89... Re3 90. Rd2 Kg4 91. Re2 Rb3 92. Ke1 Rb1+ (92... Kf4 $18 93. Re5 Rb6) 93. Kf2 (93. Kd2 $142 Rb3 94. Re4+ Kf5 95. Rd4 Rg3 96. Rd5+ Ke4 97. Rb5 Ra3 98. Kc2) 93... Rb4 94. Kg2 Kh5 $2 (94... Rf4 $18 95. Re5 Kh4) 95. Kf3 {White mates.} Rb3+ 96. Kf4 Rb4+ 97. Ke5 Rh4 98. Kd6 Ra4 99. Rh2+ Kg4 100. Ke6 Ra7 101. Rh6 Ra6+ 102. Kf7 Kf5 103. Rh1 Ra7+ 104. Be7 Rb7 105. Rf1+ Kg4 106. Kxg6 Rxe7 {KR-KR} 107. Rg1+ Kf4 108. Kh6 Re2 109. g6 {[%cal Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Kf5 110. Rf1+ Ke6 111. g7 Rh2+ 112. Kg6 Rg2+ 113. Kh7 Rh2+ 114. Kg8 Ra2 115. Rh1 Kd5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,94,0,8,-32,-29,-30,-12,-25,-10,-27,0,-7,0,-12,5,0,0,4,40,48,31,39,83,0,29,0,67,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-276,-275,-288,-267,-475,-466,-461,-454,-512,-379,-393,-394,-376,-389,-387,-380,-378,-360,-329,-331,-406,-404,-663,-650,-29971,-29971]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. g3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. Re1 {0-1 (49) Bu,X (2705)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Doha 2016}) 13... Rad8 (13... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 14. Be3 d5 $15) 14. Rc1 h6 15. Be3 (15. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 16. f4 $11) 15... Bc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. f4 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e5 d4 20. Na4 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e3] [#] aiming for ...Ne3.} (20... Qc6 $6 21. Bf3 $18) 21. Rxc5 Qe7 22. Qc1 (22. Rf2 $16) 22... Qd7 {Strongly threatening ...d3.} (22... Ngxf4 $5 23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Qg5+ 25. Rg4 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 d3 $11) 23. b3 ({Of course not} 23. Bb5 Qh3 $17) (23. Ra5 $5 {[%cal Ra4c5]}) 23... Rc8 ({Black should try} 23... f6 $11) 24. Bf3 (24. Ne4 $1 $14) 24... Nc3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nxc3 Rxc3 27. Qd1 Ne7 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Qe2 Nf5 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Rc1 Rb2 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 Re2 35. Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Nf2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 35... Rc2 $19 36. Rxf7 {[#]} Kg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f7]} 37. e6 $2 (37. Rd7 {might work better.} Rxc5 38. g4) 37... Rxc5 {KRN-KR} 38. g4 Ne3 39. f5+ Kh7 40. e7 Re5 41. f6 Kg6 42. Rf8 {fxg7 is the strong threat.} d3 43. fxg7 Kxg7 {( -> ...d2)} 44. Rd8 Rxe7 45. Rxd3 Nxg4 46. Rg3 (46. Rd4 $142 h5 47. h3) 46... h5 47. h3 Re3 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,121,44,23,177,174,172,166,172,166,193,187,176,176,204,46,116,114,106,0,9,27,24,13,143,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-9,-11,0,0,0,-11,62,0,62,62,237,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8. Bg5 Bxc3 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd4 Bd6 11. f4 e5 12. Qd2 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 d6 15. Rd1 Ke7 16. Rf3 {0-1 (82) Pogonina,N (2445)-Hou,Y (2671) Monaco 2015}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} dxc6 $2 (12... bxc6 $11 13. Qc1 Ke7) 13. Rb3 $18 Qc5 14. Qd2 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ke7 15. Rd1 Rg8 16. Rg3 Rh8 17. Rg7 Rb8 18. Bh5 e5 19. Rxf7+ Ke6 20. Rd7 {1-0 (20) Szieberth,A (2310)-Kozlov,O (2405) Harkany 1994}) 15. Rd1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rd2d8]} Qe7 16. Rd3 {Intending Rd8+ and mate.} Be6 17. Qh6 Rg8 18. Rd6 $2 ({But not} 18. Qxh7 $6 Qf8 $14) (18. Bh5 $18) 18... Qf8 (18... Bd5 $1 $14) 19. Qxf6 $16 {White wants to mate with Rd8+.} Qe7 {[#]} 20. Qxe5 (20. Qf3 $1 $16) 20... Rxg2+ 21. Kh1 $1 (21. Kxg2 $2 Bh3+ 22. Kxh3 Qxe5 $19) 21... Rg8 22. Bh5 Kf8 (22... Bxa2 $11 {remains equal.} 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Rd7+ Kf6) 23. f4 $2 ({Only move:} 23. Rg1 $16 {And now Rxe6! would win.} Rxg1+ 24. Kxg1) 23... Bh3 $11 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Bf3 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 28. Kg1 Kc7 29. Kf2 Kd6 30. Ke3 Kc5 ({Better is} 30... f6 $11) 31. Be2 (31. e5 $14) 31... b5 (31... f6 $11) 32. f5 $14 f6 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 32... Bg2 $14) 33. c3 $2 (33. Kf3 $1 $18) 33... Bg2 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Kf4 {e5 is the strong threat.} Kd6 35. h4 c5 36. Bd3 c4 37. Be2 a5 38. a3 h6 39. Bh5 Bf1 40. Be8 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a3]} 41. axb4 axb4 42. cxb4 c3 {( -> ...c2)} 43. Ba4 Bd3 44. Ke3 Bb1 45. b5 Kc5 46. e5 fxe5 47. f6 Bg6 48. Bc2 (48. h5 $5 Bxh5 49. Kd3 $11) 48... Bf7 ({Not} 48... Bxc2 $2 49. f7 $18) 49. Bd3 Kd6 50. Be4 {Threatens to win with Kd3.} Kc5 51. Bd3 {With the idea Ke4.} Kb6 52. Ke4 Bg6+ 53. Kxe5 Bxd3 {KB-K3P} 54. f7 c2 55. f8=Q {Strongly threatening Qd6+.} c1=Q {White must now prevent ...Qc3+.} 56. Qd6+ Kxb5 {aiming for ...Qe1+.} 57. Qxd3+ Qc4 58. Qxc4+ Kxc4 59. Kf6 {Kg6 would kill now.} Kd5 60. Kg6 Ke6 61. Kxh6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,81,10,10,15,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-3,0,-7,-6,-33,9,13,10,-50,0,-65,-50,-71,-57,-90,-89,-101,-110,-105,-90,-75,-60,-74,-22,-56,-39,-48,-61,-351,-140,-137,-44,-277,-264,-316,-266,-467,-436,-480,-481,-456,-471,-445,-339,-510,-452,-637,-432,-406,-407,-461,-431,-465,-480,-570,-481,-1109,-1056,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 9 Games. C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bb6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 Kh7 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Re8 {0-1 (33) Grischuk,A (2761)-Mamedyarov,S (2800) Paris 2017}) 8... Bb6 9. Nf1 Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. O-O Ne7 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 Ba7 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Qe1 Be6 {0-1 (37) Suarez Pousa,D (2395)-Godena,M (2533) Pula 2004}) 10. d4 {The position is equal.} exd4 11. h3 Nge5 {Hoping for ...dxc3.} 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Ng3 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Ba5+ 15. Kf1 Nc4 16. Kg1 (16. Bc2 $11) 16... c5 17. d5 (17. Bxc4 $11 bxc4 18. Be3) 17... f5 $15 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Bc2 Rf7 21. Qe2 Qf8 22. Be4 Re8 23. f3 Qe7 (23... Bd8 $17) 24. Rb1 Qe5 25. b3 Nb6 $36 {[%cal Bc4b6,Bb6d7,Bd7f6][%mdl 2080] [#] And now ...Bc3 would win. Black is pushing.} 26. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Bb2 $15 Qf4 27. Rd1) 26... Bc3 $2 (26... c4 $19 {is more deadly.} 27. bxc4 Nxc4) 27. Be3 $17 c4 (27... g6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Nd7.} 28. h4 c4) 28. Qd1 $2 ({White has to play} 28. bxc4 $15 bxc4 29. Qc2 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Qxe3+ 31. Qf2) 28... Nd7 $19 29. bxc4 Nf6 ({Weaker is} 29... bxc4 30. Qe2 $17) 30. h4 $2 {[#]} (30. Qd3 Nxe4 31. fxe4) 30... Nxe4 31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. Rh3 bxc4 33. Rc1 Be5 34. Qa4 (34. Qc2 {only move.} Qxc2 35. Rxc2) 34... Rc8 35. Qxa6 (35. Kh1 $142) 35... Rff8 36. Qa4 Qxd5 37. Qc2 c3 38. Rd1 Qc4 39. h5 Ra8 40. Ra1 (40. Qb3 $142 Rfc8 41. h6) 40... Rab8 41. Bc1 Qf1# {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 54%.} (41... Rf1# $142) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,75,17,4,21,20,27,28,20,25,27,17,27,21,29,18,21,13,45,52,200,200,174,194,200,199,219,248,295,294,294,288,293,291,293,293,291,280,305,293,362,341,340,347,334,337,358,348,428,408,29990,29991,29994,29995,29995,29994,29995,29996,29996,135]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bc3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (8. Bf4 c6 9. Nc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nf8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Ne6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bf8 19. Nc3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rc7 21. Kh1 {1-0 (54) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... c6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} b6 11. Nfd2 Ndf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 a5 13. Ba3 Ba6 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nc3 dxc4 17. Bxc6 {0-1 (43) Tjurins,I (2193)-Kachar,V (2342) Moscow 2008}) 12. Qc2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bb7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qc7 16. c5 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Rd7 18. Ng5 {[%cal Be4g5,Bg5f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32] Hoping for d5!} bxc5 {[#]} (18... g6 $14) 19. d5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} cxd5 {White must now prevent ...d4.} 20. Bxf6 $1 g6 ({Don't blunder} 20... Bxf6 $2 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 {[#]} 22. Rxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 21. Qb2 h6 22. Nf3 d4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Ne5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rd8 26. Rac1 Rd5 27. Qe2 Kg7 28. Rc4 f6 {[%cal Rd5e5]} 29. Nd3 e5 30. Qf3 Qd8 31. Rxc5 ({But not} 31. Nxc5 f5 $18) 31... Rxc5 32. Nxc5 Qa5 33. Rc1 Qxa2 (33... Qd8 $18 34. Qc6 Qe8) 34. Ne6+ {White mates.} Rxe6 35. Qb7+ Kf8 36. Rc8+ Re8 37. Rc7 Qa3 38. Rf7+ {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,72,-4,1,-3,-30,14,0,27,10,27,-27,-35,-30,0,-164,-154,-170,-159,-170,0,0,0,-24,-26,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-470,-480,-634,-631,-602,-602,-666,-650,-660,-647,-883,-798,-1005,-996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Nxc3 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} 7. Qxc3 Be7 8. e3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nd7 11. b3 Nf6 12. Bb2 a5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nh4 d4 15. Qxd4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Ne8 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. Nf4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 {1-0 (33) Svidler,P (2727)-Zvjaginsev,V (2660) Berlin 2015}) 8... O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Bd3 c5 10. d5 d6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... exd5 11. cxd5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. d6 Bf6 14. Qc4 {½-½ (37) Thorfinnsson,B (2415)-Dizdarevic,E (2475) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 11. e4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 12. h4 (12. O-O $142) 12... Bf6 $11 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Ng5 $2 {[#]} (14. Nxe5 $11 {and White is okay.} Bxe5 15. Bg5) 14... h6 $19 15. f4 Nxd3+ ({Don't take} 15... hxg5 16. hxg5 Bxg5 17. fxg5 $11) 16. Qxd3 e5 $2 ({Black should play} 16... exd5 $19 17. e5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 dxc4) 17. f5 $1 $11 b5 18. Nf3 bxc4 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. g4 $1 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Qb3 21. Qxb3 cxb3 22. g5 Bd8 $1 23. gxh6 g6 {And now ...gxf5 would win.} 24. Rg1 {h5 is the strong threat.} Kh8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 25. Bg5 gxf5 26. Bxd8 $1 Raxd8 27. Rg7 $1 fxe4 28. Ng5 {Hoping for Rd1.} Bxd5 29. O-O-O f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5,Bf7f6,Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 30. Nh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Rh7+ $11 Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rg7+ Kh8) 30... Rf7 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Rdg1 f5 32. Ng5 Rfd7 33. Rg6 e3 34. Rf6 f4 35. h7 c4 36. Rd1 Kg7 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 61%, Black = 60%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,77,33,24,38,39,49,37,43,44,44,41,46,45,29,0,21,0,10,3,31,0,9,4,11,15,9,-29,-20,-24,-19,-21,-15,-83,-95,-104,-109,-168,-180,-179,-177,-181,-152,-154,-114,-422,-409,-398,-383,-301,-186,-201,-177,-245,0,-111,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Bg4 7. a4 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} bxc4 8. bxc4 e6 (8... Nbd7 9. a5 e5 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bb4 12. Bd2 O-O 13. O-O dxc4 14. Qe2 exd4 15. exd4 Bxa5 16. Qxc4 {1-0 (44) Ding,L (2759)-Svidler,P (2741) Shenzhen 2017}) 9. c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} a5 10. h3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 {1-0 (50) Goganov,A (2586)-Ovchinnikov,V (2380) St Petersburg 2017}) 10... Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nfd7 {Hoping for ...Nxe5.} 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Rb1 Be7 15. Qf3 Bf6 16. Bd2 g5 17. Bd3 Qc8 18. Kf1 Na6 $1 19. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 20. Kg2 Qc8 21. Rb3 Nf8 22. Rhb1 Ng6 23. Kf1 O-O 24. Ne2 (24. Rb7 $11 {remains equal.}) 24... Qa6 $17 25. Rb6 Qd3 26. Ke1 (26. Be1 $17 {might work better.}) 26... Nh4 $19 27. Qg3 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4,Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 544]} 28. Bc3 (28. dxe5 Bxe5) 28... Bd8 29. Rd1 Qc4 30. Rxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Rb7 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 30... Qxa4 31. Rd6 e4 {Threatens to win with ...Nf3+.} 32. Ra1 Qc4 33. Rd7 Ra6 $1 34. Qb8 {[#]} (34. Kf1 {was worth a try.} Rf6 35. Be1) 34... Bf6 $2 (34... Rf6 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Ng2+.} 35. Kf1 (35. Rxd8 $2 Ng2+ 36. Kf1 Nxe3+ 37. Kg1 Rxd8 $17) 35... Rf3) 35. Qb7 {[#]} (35. Qb2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... Nf3+ (35... Ng2+ $1 $17 36. Kf1 Nf4 37. exf4 gxf4 38. Qxd5 Qd3) 36. Kf1 $11 {The position is equal.} Nh2+ 37. Ke1 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nh2+ 39. Ke1 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,80,0,56,12,42,30,42,23,27,27,15,30,32,0,0,0,60,53,128,131,120,124,127,58,26,25,27,-72,-70,-66,0,-191,-167,-233,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-18,-20,-19,-19,-32,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 bxc4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} (12... b4 $1 $11 13. Nc2 O-O) 13. Bxc4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (13. Nxc4 O-O 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. b4 Rc8 18. Na5 Qb6 19. Rb1 g6 20. Qd2 Rc7 {1-0 (39) Morozevich,A (2683)-Paravyan,D (2528) Sochi 2016}) 13... Bg5 14. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. O-O O-O 15. Nc2 Kh8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Ndb4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 Bb7 19. Bd5 Qb6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 {½-½ (43) Lintchevski,D (2450)-Korennoi,V (2184) Minsk 2008}) 14... Bh6 15. g4 {White is slightly better.} g6 16. g5 Bg7 $1 17. h5 {Hoping for h6.} O-O $1 18. hxg6 (18. h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g7]} Bh8 19. Rg1 $11) 18... hxg6 19. Qd2 Bg4 ({Black should try} 19... Nd4 $11 20. Qe3 Bg4) 20. Nc2 $1 $14 Rc8 (20... Rb8 $14) 21. Bxa6 $16 Rb8 22. b3 Re8 23. Bc4 ({Better is} 23. Be2 $16 Be6 24. Bc4) 23... Bf3 $1 $14 {[%csl LRe4,LRh1]} 24. Rh4 Nd4 {With the idea ...Bxe4!} 25. Nxd4 (25. Kf1 $11 Ne6 26. Ncb4) 25... exd4 $17 26. Kf1 {And now Nf6+! would win.} Bxe4 ({Black should play} 26... Re5 $1 $15 27. Re1 Rxg5) 27. Nf6+ $2 (27. Re1 $11 {and White is okay.} Bxd5 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Bxd5) 27... Bxf6 $19 28. Qf4 {[#]} (28. gxf6 {might work better.} Qxf6 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. Rxf4) 28... Bf5 $2 (28... d5 29. gxf6 Bd3+ 30. Bxd3 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qf8 32. Qh2 Qg7 33. Qxb8+ Qf8 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rh8#) (28... Bd3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Kg2 (29. Bxd3 Bxg5) 29... Re4 30. Qxf6 Rxh4 31. Qxd8+ Rxd8 32. Bxd3 Rg4+ 33. Kf3 Rxg5) 29. gxf6 $11 Qxf6 30. Qh6 d5 31. Bxd5 d3 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Qxh8 34. Rxh8+ Kg7 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 {KRB-KRB} 36. Rd1 Re2 (36... Kf6 $15) 37. a4 {The position is equal.} Ra2 38. Ke1 Re2+ 39. Kf1 Ra2 40. Ke1 Re2+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,65,12,28,14,27,13,41,47,43,38,52,56,49,19,35,30,43,8,58,50,77,58,70,39,144,135,114,69,65,31,60,0,29,12,31,23,38,11,45,33,45,18,30,30,918,895]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Bc2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. a3 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb6 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 {½-½ (34) Ghaem Maghami,E (2623)-Ibrahimov,R (2501) Teheran 2005}) 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Nb3 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Qd2 a5 19. Bh6 b4 20. axb4 {[#] Hoping for Bxg7.} axb4 21. e5 {Bxg7 is the strong threat.} Nd5 $1 22. Be4 e6 ({Black should try} 22... Bc6 $14) 23. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 24. Nh2 ({Don't do} 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. exd6 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 (26. Rxe1 Qxd6 27. Ne5 Bf5 $11) 26... Qxd6 $14) 24... Ne7 25. Ng4 {White threatens Qh6+ and mate.} (25. Qg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} d5 26. Qf6+ Kf8 27. Bb1 $16) 25... Ng8 26. Re3 (26. Qf4 $14) 26... dxe5 27. dxe5 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rf3 Rd8 (29... h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 30. Qf4 (30. Qd7 $2 Re7 $19) 30... Qc7 $14) 30. Qf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qc7 31. Nf6 {next Rd3 is good for White.} Rc4 32. Qe3 {aiming for Ra7.} Rcd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Nxf6 $11 33. exf6+ Kh8) 33. Qxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 45%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,67,45,40,51,47,63,52,53,56,56,32,69,50,68,79,100,106,132,138,157,141,112,78,117,107,114,102,198,147,141,96,204,191,186,42,50,15,34,18,413,353,646,675,2441,2412,29988,29989,29989,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 Nde5 11. g5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. b3 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4 {1-0 (57) Anand,V (2770)-Topalov,V (2785) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 13... O-O 14. O-O-O b5 15. f4 Nc4 16. Kb1 e5 17. Qd3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Re8 19. Qg3 Qa5 20. Bc1 b4 21. Ne2 Rab8 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. h5 Qe5 (23... Rbc8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 24. Bf4 $18 Qc5 25. Rhf1 Rec8 (25... Rbc8 $16) 26. Rf2 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] [#]} 27. Bc1 (27. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf5 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. Bh3) 27... a4 $1 $14 28. g6 fxg6 $1 29. hxg6 {Strongly threatening Bh3.} h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Qh5 $1 $11 30. gxh7+ Kh8) 30. Bh3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh3d7]} Bxh3 $2 (30... Na3+ 31. Ka1 Bf6 32. Rxf6 (32. Bxd7 Bxd4 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 $16) 32... Qxd4 33. Rxd4 Nxc2+ 34. Kb1 Na3+ 35. Qxa3 (35. bxa3 bxa3+ 36. Qb3+ axb3 $16) 35... bxa3) 31. Qxh3 Qe5 32. Rf5 ({Not} 32. Qf3 Na3+ 33. bxa3 Rf8 $16) 32... Qxe4 33. Rxh5 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h8]} Na3+ 34. Ka1 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,105,17,14,17,17,17,19,13,2,4,0,18,14,32,34,42,31,39,20,32,35,45,46,57,36,50,40,45,37,54,54,52,53,54,48,53,50,46,44,52,59,52,29,33,33,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,9,10,49,9,8,0,0,0,0,-17,42,31,58,58,50,14,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,14,51,58,267,16,985,982,796,803,1581,1537]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Bd6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Be3 Qxb3 9. axb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Bg2 O-O 13. g4 Ne8 14. Nc3 {1-0 (66) Wang,H (2752)-Meier,G (2610) Dortmund 2013}) 12... Ke7 13. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} Rhc8 14. d4 Kf8 15. Bd2 Be7 16. e3 Nb6 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Be1 f5 19. Nf4 Kf7 20. Nd3 Nd7 21. Be2 Bd6 22. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32]} dxc4 23. Nc5 Ndxc5 24. bxc5 Bc7 25. Bxc4 Ke7 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Ra4 Rd7 28. f3 Nf6 29. Bf2 e5 30. Rb4 Rb8 31. g4 exd4 32. exd4 Nd5 33. Re1+ Kf6 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Re2 Rd7 36. b3 (36. f4 $5) 36... h5 37. gxh5 a5 38. Rc4 (38. Ra4 {with more complications.} Kg5 39. Re6 Rh8 40. b4 axb4 41. Rxb4 Bd8 42. Rd6) 38... Rh8 39. b4 Rxh5 40. bxa5 Bxa5 41. Ra2 Bc7 ({Black should play} 41... Bd8 $1 $11) 42. Rb4 $14 Rg5+ 43. Kf1 Bg3 $1 44. Ra7 Bxf2 45. Kxf2 f4 $1 46. Raxb7 Rxb7 47. Rxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rd5 48. Rb4 {Hoping for Ke2.} Kg5 49. Ke2 {Threatens to win with Kd3.} Kh4 $2 {[#]} (49... Rd7 $14) 50. Kd3 $1 $18 {Black must now prevent Rb6.} Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Rd7 $11) 51. Rb6 {White is clearly winning.} Kxf3 52. Rxc6 g5 53. Rg6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,65,11,19,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,-9,-5,-12,0,-9,-10,-15,0,0,27,16,28,31,41,0,38,39,265,263,264,201,201,195,194,196,193,206,282,273,313,278,5883,5801,29984,304]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 {LiveBook: 51 Games. E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 10. Bg5 (10. Qxc4 b6 11. Ne5 Ra7 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd3 {1-0 (73) Aronian,L (2792)-Topalov,V (2761) Leuven 2016}) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 {The position is equal.} 12. Nbd2 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Ndxc4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 {½-½ (15) Kvicala,M (2045)-Trapl,D (2130) Ostrava 2010}) 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Nxc5 Rxc5 16. Bxb7 (16. Nxc4 {is interesting.} Nc6 17. Qb3 Rd8 18. Rfd1 e5 19. Nd6) 16... Ra7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bg2 a5 19. Rfd1 Rac7 20. Qc3 Qf6 21. Rd6 Qe5 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Qh5 24. h3 Qg6 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 24... Kh7 $14) 25. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne4 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Qe3 f5 28. exf6 $1 Nxf6 29. Qxe6 c3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31. R1d4 {Black must now prevent Be4.} h5 $2 (31... Qf7 32. Qf5+ g6 33. Qxa5 Qe7) 32. Be4 Nxe4 {[#]} 33. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 60%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,84,4,0,4,7,-7,-34,0,0,0,-60,-17,-95,-74,-81,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,-11,-22,-13,-5,-10,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 Be7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14. Ne2 b6 15. a4 c5 16. Nc3 Bf5 17. Nb5 {1-0 (55) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Adams,M (2751) Caleta 2017}) 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. g4 Re8 15. f4 h5 16. Rd4 ({White should play} 16. Bf2 $11 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 hxg4 18. Rg2) 16... c5 17. Re4 (17. Rd2 $11) 17... b6 18. Bf2 f5 (18... Be7 $17 19. Re3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Kb7) 19. Re3 (19. Ree1 {seems wilder.} Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 hxg4 21. hxg4 Kb7 22. g5) 19... Bxf2+ {The position is equal.} 20. Rxf2 hxg4 21. hxg4 fxg4 22. f5 Kb7 23. Rf4 Rh8 24. e6 Bc6 25. Rxg4 Rh5 26. Rxg7 {[#] Black must now prevent f6.} Rxf5 27. Ne4 {White threatens Nd6+ and mate.} Bxe4 (27... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 28. Re1 Rf4 $11) 28. Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re8 29. Kg2 Kc6 30. c4 Rf6 31. e7 Kd7 32. Re2 Re6 33. Rxe6 Kxe6 34. Kf3 Rxe7 (34... Kf6 {looks sharper.} 35. Rh7 Kg6 36. Rh4 Rxe7 37. Rg4+ Kf5) 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {KP-KP} 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. Kf4 a6 38. a4 a5 39. Ke4 $1 c6 40. Kf4 Kf6 (40... b5 $5 41. axb5 (41. cxb5 cxb5 42. axb5 Kd7 $11) 41... cxb5 42. cxb5 Kd7 $11) 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. Kf4 Kf6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,89,25,17,66,37,70,31,118,107,126,113,111,109,125,108,343,320,350,336,305,216,216,224,550,538,533,540,536,253,236,227,234,196,203,206,199,200,771,457,364,328,327,325,321,317,317,313,311,303,325,317,367,360,352,352,378,357,399,396,396,395,504,386,852,837,781,813,789,559]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. Nd5 {A39: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} (10. e4 d6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Nd5 a5 13. Rb1 a4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. a3 Nd3 {0-1 (50) Topalov,V (2761)-Caruana,F (2804) Leuven 2016}) 10... d6 11. Nf4 Qe5 12. e4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White has an edge.} a5 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Re1 $16) 13. a4 $1 Nb4 {[#]} (13... Nxe4 $2 14. Re1 $18) 14. Re1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Bd2 Nxe4 15. Re1 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Qxb2 17. Be4 Bg4 {1-0 (33) Jones,G (2650)-Szczepkowska,K (2411) Warsaw 2016}) 14... Re8 {[#]} (14... g5 $14) 15. Bd2 $1 $16 Nh5 16. Bc3 Qg5 17. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qh6 18. Bd2 {Hoping for Nd5.} Bxb2 $2 {[#]} (18... Nxf4 $16 19. Bxf4 g5 20. hxg5 (20. Bxg5 Qe6 $16) 20... Qg6) 19. Ne6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} g5 (19... Bxe6 20. Bxh6) 20. Nc7 Bxa1 21. Nxa1 (21. Nxa8 Bf6 $16) (21. Bxg5 Qg6 $16) 21... Bd7 22. e5 (22. Nxe8 $6 Rxe8 23. hxg5 (23. Bxg5 Qg6 $14) 23... Qg6 $16) (22. hxg5 $6 Qg6 $16) 22... Nd3 $2 (22... Ng7 {is more resistant.} 23. Bxg5 (23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Bxg5 Qe6 $16) (23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Bxg5 Qe6 $14) 23... Qh5) 23. Bxg5 Qg6 24. Be4 Bf5 25. Bxd3 (25. Qxd3 $142 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 dxe5 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28. Bxe7) 25... Bxd3 26. exd6 (26. Nxa8 $6 Rxa8 27. exd6 exd6 $16) (26. Nxe8 $6 Rxe8 27. exd6 f6 $16) 26... f6 27. d7 ({Don't take} 27. Nxa8 $6 Rxa8 28. Qf3 (28. dxe7 fxg5 29. Re3 Re8 $16) 28... exd6) (27. Nxe8 $6 Rxe8 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 $16) (27. dxe7 $6 fxg5 28. Re6 (28. Nxa8 gxh4 29. Nc7 hxg3 $11) (28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. hxg5 Bxc4 $17) 28... Qg7 $16) 27... Red8 28. Nxa8 fxg5 29. Rxe7 Rxa8 $2 (29... gxh4 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. dxe8=B (31. dxe8=R+ Qxe8 32. Qxd3 Qe1+ 33. Qf1 Qc3 $16) 31... Qxe8 32. Qxd3 Qe1+ 33. Qf1 Qc3) 30. hxg5 {And now Qe1 would win.} Rd8 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. dxe8=Q+ ({But not} 32. dxe8=B Qxe8 33. Qxd3 Qe1+ 34. Qf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Ng7) 32... Qxe8 33. Qxd3 Qe1+ 34. Qf1 Qe5 {intending ...Nxg3.} 35. Nc2 Qxg5 36. Qd3 Nf6 37. Qd8+ Kf7 {Strongly threatening ...Qc1+.} 38. Qc7+ Kg6 {White must now prevent ...Qc1+.} 39. Ne3 Ne4 40. Qxb7 Qe5 41. Qc6+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Qe7 $2 (42... Kg6 43. Qc6+ Nf6) 43. Qd5+ {White is clearly winning.} Qe6 44. Qxa5 Nf6 45. Qf5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,59,20,18,21,45,32,56,38,37,27,22,15,25,30,27,23,33,26,34,17,23,36,90,89,114,125,125,113,316,329,325,319,541,530,2725,2732,1616,1616]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 {LiveBook: 93 Games} 13. Bxc4 a6 14. h4 {h5 is the strong threat.} (14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Na2 Rg8 {1-0 (45) Lenic,L (2622)-Mastrovasilis,D (2601) Baku 2016}) 14... h6 15. Rd1 Rg8 {[#]} 16. Kf2 $146 (16. h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Bh7 17. Kf2 $14) 16... Rc8 17. Ba2 Bb4 18. h5 Bh7 19. Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Ke7 20. Rhd1 {Threatens to win with Bxg7!} f6 21. f4 {Hoping for f5!} Rgd8 22. f5 Nc5 (22... Bg8 $14) 23. Kf3 $1 $16 exf5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. g4 Bh7 $2 {[#]} (25... Rxd4 $16 {might work better.} 26. Rxd4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Bc2) 26. Bxc5+ $1 $18 Bxc5 {[#]} 27. Nd5+ $1 Rxd5 $2 (27... Kf8 28. Nxf6 Bd3) 28. Rxd5 {White is clearly winning.} Bc2 29. Re1+ Kf8 30. Rd7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Sethuraman, S P"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,106,14,17,20,-79,-13,0,0,-47,-43,-36,-50,-86,-33,-27,-25,-36,-24,-32,-25,-25,-25,-34,-30,-20,0,-8,-16,-66,-84,-89,-94,-122,-121,-158,-145,-143,-143,-126,-123,-189,-180,-381,-365,-391,-404,-385,-395,-531,-541,-641,-629,-624,-621,-736,-756,-755,-650,-565,0,-744,-710,-770,-767,-717,0,-760,-731,-888,-768,-710,0,-882,-882,-1279,-1276,-1264,-1244,-5018,-1493,-2798,-1261,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29983,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 7. Bh4 Be7 8. a4 (8. Bg3 d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bb5 Nh5 11. O-O Nxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 {0-1 (47) Anand,V (2783)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... d6 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Bg3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} g6 11. d4 $146 {[#]} (11. b4 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. O-O Bf6 12. a5 a6 13. Re1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 {½-½ (23) Piorun,K (2681)-Banusz,T (2621) Katowice 2016}) 11... Bf6 (11... exd4 $1 $17 12. Nxd4 Bf6) 12. d5 $11 Ne7 13. Qc2 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Kg7 (15... Bg7 $17) 16. O-O $15 Nxg3 17. hxg3 h5 18. Rfe1 Ng8 19. b4 Nh6 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5 Qc7 22. Bd5 Rb8 23. c4 Rxb5 24. Ra1 Rb8 25. Nb1 Ng4 26. Nc3 a6 27. Reb1 Bd8 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Rb1 (29. c5 $17) 29... Qa7 $19 30. Na4 $2 (30. Qb2) 30... Bd7 31. Nb2 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. c5 ({Avoid the trap} 32. Qxf2 $2 Bb6 $19) 32... Ng4 33. Nd3 {And now Rb7 would win.} Bb5 34. Rc1 Bxd3 35. Qxd3 {[#]} Bb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qe2 (36. cxb6 Qxb6+) 36... Bxc5+ 37. Kh1 Nf2+ 38. Kh2 Ng4+ 39. Kh1 a5 40. Rb1 Nf2+ 41. Kh2 Ng4+ 42. Kh1 Rb8 43. Rf1 Nf2+ 44. Kh2 Ng4+ 45. Kh1 Ne3 46. Ng5 Nxf1 47. Qxf1 Qe7 48. Qc1 {[#]} Ba3 $1 49. Qd2 (49. Qxa3 Qxg5) 49... Rb2 50. Qe3 Rb1+ {Black mates.} 51. Kh2 Bc5 52. Qf3 Bg1+ 53. Kh3 Be3 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 65%.} ({Not} 53... Qxg5 54. Qxf7+ Kh6 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qg8+ Kh6 57. Qh8#) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,86,74,64,68,69,74,50,64,65,62,66,77,83,65,52,67,28,23,18,40,-23,-38,-52,-30,-26,-29,-40,-28,-61,-71,-61,-46,-65,-12,-42,-29,-249,-254,-686,-646,-685,-434,-1113,-1087,-6338,-6049,-29988,-692,-629,-663,-699,-695,-691,-693,-679,-677,-637,-621,-648,-638,-1042,-801,-29983,-29984,-29986,-723,-697,-689,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 {LiveBook: 6 Games. E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (9. O-O e5 10. a3 Rb8 11. b4 Qc7 12. Bd2 b5 13. cxb5 c4 14. Bc2 axb5 15. Qe2 Nh5 16. g3 Ndf6 {1-0 (38) Malakhatko,V (2511)-Zozulia,A (2309) Feffernitz 2017}) 9... b6 10. O-O e5 11. a5 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bc2 Ne8 {1-0 (32) Mazara,A (2250)-Ferragut,A (2215) Cuba 1998}) 11... bxa5 12. Qa4 Rb8 13. Qxa5 Qe7 14. Rb1 Nh5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Nf4 17. Bc2 f5 18. Bxf4 (18. Kh2 $14) 18... exf4 $11 19. exf5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f3 $1 Qg7 {...Rxb2! is the strong threat.} 22. f6 Qxf6 23. Ne4 Qh4 24. Qe1 g5 ({Black should play} 24... Qxe1 $15 25. Rfxe1 Bf5) 25. Kh2 Bf5 (25... Qh6 $5 {[%cal Rg5g4]} 26. Nxc5 g4 $11) 26. b3 $2 {[#]} (26. Qxh4 $11 gxh4 27. b3) 26... Qh6 $1 $19 27. Bd3 $2 {[#]} (27. Qe2 g4 28. Kh1) 27... g4 $1 28. fxg4 Bxg4 {aiming for ...f3+.} 29. Nf2 (29. Rf3 $142 Bxf3 30. gxf3) 29... f3+ 30. Kg1 fxg2 31. Nxg4 gxf1=Q+ (31... Qxh3 $142 32. Rf5 Bd4+ 33. Qe3 Bxe3+ 34. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kh2 Kh8 36. Rg1 Rxf5 37. Bxf5 Qf4+ 38. Kxg2 Rg8+ 39. Bg4 Rxg4+ 40. Kh3 Rxg1 41. b4 Qh6#) 32. Bxf1 Qg6 {Threatens to win with ...h5.} 33. Kh1 Rbe8 34. Rd1 h5 35. Bd3 Qg7 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. Qh4 {Hoping for Rg1.} Rg5 38. Qe4 Rg3 {[%cal Rg3h3]} 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Be4 Rf6 (40... Rg8 $142 41. Qxg8+ Kxg8 42. Bf5 Qe5 43. Rg1 Rxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Qxf5 45. Kg2 h4 46. b4 cxb4 47. c5 dxc5 48. d6 b3 49. d7 Qxd7 50. Kf2 b2 51. Kf3 b1=Q 52. Kg2 Qd2+ 53. Kf3 Qf5#) 41. Qc8+ Qf8 42. Qd7 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rd7h7]} Rf1+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,102,33,59,18,54,40,58,30,26,24,78,79,84,38,64,47,58,37,26,40,61,0,85,68,175,125,135,19,62,-1,-1,-2,-2,-2,-1,-2,-3,-6,1,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,1,0,40,36,40,6,9,6,17,8,18,6,6,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 Na6 8. O-O {A43: Schmid Benoni} Nc7 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 9. h3 Nxb5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... O-O 10. Bf4 Nxb5 11. axb5 Nh5 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bxb5 14. Re1 f6 15. Bh6 Re8 {0-1 (32) Davletbayeva,M (2266)-Kostenko,P (2420) Pavlodar 2015}) 10. axb5 {White is slightly better.} O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bf5 (12... Ne8 $11 13. Qe2 (13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. b6 Nd6 $11) 13... Nd6) 13. Re1 $16 Ne8 14. Bf4 Nd6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Nc4 (16. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Bd7 17. Kg2 $14) 16... Nxc4 17. Qxc4 b6 18. Be5 (18. g4 $14 e5 19. Bg3 (19. gxf5 exf4 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11)) 18... Bh6 (18... Bxc2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. Bxg7 Kxg7) 19. Re2 Qc8 (19... Bc8 $14) 20. Rae1 Bf8 21. Ne4 (21. Qf4 $16) 21... a6 22. Bc3 (22. Nc3 $14) 22... axb5 $11 23. Qxb5 {[#] Hoping for Nf6+!} Bxe4 $1 24. Rxe4 Rd8 25. Qxb6 Rxd5 26. Re5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 e6 28. Qb5 Qd8 29. Re1 Qd5 30. Qe2 Rd8 31. Qe4 Qg5 32. Qe3 (32. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4g5]} Qd5 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34. fxe5 $11) 32... Qf5 33. Qe4 (33. b3 {is interesting.} h6 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Ra8 36. Kf1) 33... Be7 34. Qxf5 gxf5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. g4 fxg4 {The position is equal.} 36. hxg4 Rd5 37. Kg2 h5 38. gxh5 Rxh5 39. Rh1 Rg5+ 40. Kf1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rh1h8] [#]} f6 41. Rg1 Rg7 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $11 {KB-KB} 43. Ke2 Kg6 44. f3 Kf5 45. b3 e5 46. Bd2 Ke6 47. Kd3 f5 48. Be1 Kd5 49. Bd2 e4+ 50. fxe4+ fxe4+ 51. Ke2 c4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

