[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxb5 Rf8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe5 Nd5 25. Bc4 Re8 26. Nf3 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Nb6 28. b3 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Bb7 30. Be3 Ne6 31. Nc2 f5 32. Bb6 Ba6 33. Na3 Bb2 34. Nb5 Nf4 35. Kf1 Nd3 36. Bc7 Bf6 37. Nd6 Nb2 38. Kg1 Nxc4 39. Nxc4 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,65,1,13,0,0,0,14,-39,-36,-38,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,9,14,11,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O a6 11. a4 cxd4 {LiveBook: 30 Games. D60: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Unusual White 7th moves} 12. Qxd4 (12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Be2 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qb3 b6 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 {½-½ (33) Nakamura,H (2769)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) 12... b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Ne5 $146 ({Better is} 14. Be2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14. Bg3 Bc5 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rfc8 19. Be2 {½-½ (30) Xie,J (2410)-Zhang,Z (2374) Hangzhou 2018}) 14... Nxe5 $15 15. Qxe5 Qb8 (15... Nd7 {keeps more tension.} 16. Qd4 Bxh4 17. Qxd7 Qb8 18. Qd6 Qa7) 16. Bg3 {The position is equal.} Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Rfd8 18. Be2 Bc5 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ke7 22. Ke2 Rac8 (22... Bd6 {is interesting.} 23. Bd4 Bc5 24. Be5) 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Rg1 Bf8 25. Bd4 Rc6 26. f4 Ne8 27. Kd3 g6 28. Ne2 (28. Ne4 {keeps more tension.} Be7 29. b3 Nd6 30. Nd2 Nf5 31. Be5) 28... Bg7 29. b4 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 ({Much worse is} 30. Kxd4 Rc2 $17) 30... Rc7 31. h4 h5 32. b5 axb5 33. Nxb5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,126,17,19,0,32,23,34,14,42,40,39,28,28,37,36,50,62,25,27,27,26,-85,-91,-70,-77,-79,-79,-85,-69,-71,-40,-35,-47,-81,-86,-96,-64,-81,-63,-70,-41,-156,-23,-107,-67,-59,0,0,0,0,-8,-91,0,-4,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,-140,-122,-102,-114,-578,-568,-535,-504,-646,-643,-636,-618,-570,-410,-875,-866,-12833,-6684,-5381,-1648,-5856,-5831,-5831,-2257,-4962,0,-5058,-2685,-29989,-2781,-6532,-6536]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bd2 Nb6 {C95: Spanische Partie (Breyer-Variante)} 18. axb5 axb5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 19. Bd3 (19. b3 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 exd4 21. cxd4 c5 22. Qa5 cxd4 23. Qxb5 Nfd7 24. Ba5 Qb8 25. Rd1 {½-½ (41) Vallejo Pons,F (2707)-Santos Latasa,J (2576) Leon 2018}) 19... Rxa1 $146 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} ({Vorgänger:} 19... c6 20. Be3 Nfd7 21. Nh2 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Ng4 Kh7 25. Qa4 {0-1 (44) Yatsishin,I (2152)-Nester,I (2315) Lvov 2012}) 20. Qxa1 c6 21. b3 Qc7 22. Qc1 Kh7 23. Be3 Bc8 24. Qc2 Bd7 25. Ra1 c5 26. d5 Rb8 27. Nd2 Qb7 28. f4 (28. Qb1 $11) 28... Nfxd5 $17 29. exd5 Nxd5 30. Bf2 {Und weiter mit f5 wäre nett.} Nxf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rb7g2]} 31. Bf1 f5 32. Ne2 Ne6 33. b4 Bc6 34. bxc5 dxc5 35. Nb3 Qe7 {[%mdl 1024] Schwarz hat starke Kompensation.} 36. Ra6 Be4 37. Qa2 c4 38. Na5 {[#]} ({Besser ist} 38. Nd2 $15 Bd3 39. Nc1 Bxf1 40. Nxf1) 38... Rc8 (38... Qe8 $1 $17 39. Ng3 Bd5) 39. Qb2 (39. Rb6 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 39... Nc5 40. Qb4 $1 Qc7 (40... Bf8 $15 41. Rb6 Qf7 42. Qxb5 Nd3) 41. Bxc5 $11 Qxc5+ 42. Qxc5 Rxc5 43. Ra7 {[#]} (43. g3 $11) 43... Bd3 ({Lieber} 43... Rc8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc8a8] Droht stark ...Ta8.} 44. Rd7 Ra8) 44. Rd7 Kg8 45. Rd8+ Bf8 46. Kf2 Kf7 47. g3 Rc7 {Weiss muss nun ...Ta7 beachten.} 48. Bg2 (48. Rb8 $1 $11) 48... Bc5+ 49. Ke1 e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz bestimmt, wo es lang geht.} 50. Rd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Rb8 $17) 50... b4 $19 51. cxb4 Bxb4+ 52. Kf2 Rc5 53. Rxc5 Bxc5+ 54. Kf1 Ke6 55. Nc6 (55. Nb7 $142 Bb4 56. Kf2) 55... Kd5 56. Nd8 c3 {( -> ...c2)} 57. Ke1 Bb4 (57... c2 $142 58. Nc1 Kc4) 58. Nc1 c2+ 59. Kf2 Bc5+ 60. Ke1 Bb4+ 61. Kf2 Kc4 62. Ke3 Kc3 (62... Bc5+ $142 63. Kf4 Ba3 64. Ne6 Bxc1+ 65. Ke5 Bb2+ 66. Kd6 Ba3+ 67. Kc7 c1=Q 68. Nf4 Kb5+ 69. Kd8 Bd6 70. Ne6 Qb2 71. Kd7 Bxg3 72. Bh1 Qe5 73. Bxe4 fxe4 74. Ke7 Bc4 75. Ke8 Bxe6 76. Kf8 Bh4 77. Ke8 Qh8#) 63. Ne6 Ba3 {Precision: Weiß = 30%, Schwarz = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O Ne6 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rc4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rac1 Rdc8 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. b3 Rc5 23. e4 Qf6 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Re1 Rd6 26. g3 Qf5 27. h4 Kh7 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. Rc4 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Rd1 31. Rc2 Rg1+ 32. Kf3 Qd1 33. Rc7 Qxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Rb1 35. Rxb7 Rb2+ 36. Ke3 Rxa2 37. b4 a5 38. b5 a4 39. Ra7 Rb2 40. Rxa4 Rxb5 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,12,17,-228,-232,-237,-238,-233,-232,-232,-233,-272,-275,-266,-285,-283,-245,-289,-273,-296,-280,-316,-316,-326,-320,-426,-289,-280,-250,-310,-301,-327,-253,-255,-95,-360,-352,-530,-530,-527,-511,-560,-499,-600,-600,-780,740,-1004,-1000,-1054,-389,-389,-389,-385,-349,-349,-364,-408,-225,-216,-206,-205,441,432,29993,768,641]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bc5 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (7... Be7 8. f4 d6 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Nd1 Nh5 18. Qg4 e5 19. Qxh5 exd4 20. Nf2 g6 21. Qh6 Bf8 22. Qh4 Be7 {1-0 (63) Kravtsiv,M (2672)-Fedorchuk,S (2648) Riadh 2017}) 8. Be3 d6 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 9. f3 $2 (9. Qd2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 9... e5 $19 {Black is clearly better.} 10. Kh1 $146 {If White can now play Nf5 this consolidates a bit.} ({Predecessor:} 10. f4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 12. Qxd4 Qc5 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Kh1 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 {1-0 (46) Kuhn,J (1606)-Pfeiffer,D (1670) Verden/Aller 2007}) 10... exd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. f4 Qa5 16. Qe3 Qc5 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Qh4 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Bc4 20. g4 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Ne7 22. g5 Nd7 $1 23. Rf3 Ng6 24. Qh5 {[#]} Ndf8 $2 (24... d5 $1 $19 {is more deadly. Threatens to win with ...dxe4.} 25. Nxd5 Ndf8) 25. Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. f5 $17) 25... Ne7 26. d4 (26. Nc3 $142) 26... Qc2 27. Nc3 Qxb2 28. Rg1 Nc6 29. Nd5 {White wants to play Nf6+!} Qxd4 30. Nf6+ Kh8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... gxf6 $19 31. gxf6+ Ng6) 31. Nxh7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Qxf7 $18 Ne7 32. f5) 31... Nxh7 32. f5 Qxe4 $2 (32... g6 33. fxg6 fxg6) 33. g6 fxg6 34. fxg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} Qxf3+ $1 35. Qxf3 {Threatening mate with Qh3.} Nf6 36. Rf1 {Qh3+ would kill now.} Kg8 (36... Re7 $142 {...d5 is the strong threat.} 37. Qg3 Kg8) 37. Qb3+ d5 {And now ...Rd7 would win.} 38. Qxb7 {[#]} Ne5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Ne7 $1 $19 {and life is good for Black. Hoping for ...Rd6.} 39. Qxa6 Nxg6) 39. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} d4 (39... Kh8 $18 40. Rxa6 Ng4) (39... gxf6 40. Qh7+) 40. Rf7 (40. Qb3+ $142 Nc4 41. Qxc4+ Kh8 42. Rf4 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Qxe2 Kg8 45. Qh5 Rf8 46. Qh7#) 40... Nxf7 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,112,-19,-9,-27,-26,-27,-12,-26,-24,-11,-7,-27,-3,-9,-13,-27,-29,-24,-20,-24,-27,-14,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,21,29,10,15,12,20,15,20,0,0,0,38,0,30,12,19,0,6,-8,0,0,0,-12,-6,-6,-9,-10,0,-5,-4,-10,-9,-13,-13,-31,-37,-113,-61,-50,-4,-2,-3,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,130]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 Bf6 12. Be3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} 14. Qc2 g6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 15. Be4 (15. h4 Bb7 16. h5 Ne7 17. Qe2 Qd5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rfb1 Nf5 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. Bd2 {1-0 (38) Li,C (2732)-Holt,C (2584) chess.com INT 2018}) 15... Bb7 {Black has an edge.} 16. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. c4 Rc8 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qa2 Na5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Bd2 {0-1 (46) Peled,Y (2274)-Schulz,V (2486) ICCF email 2003}) 16... Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. c4 Rc8 19. Qe2 Na5 20. d5 Qd7 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 exd5 23. cxd5 Rfe8 24. Qd3 Qd6 25. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nb7 26. h5 Nc5 27. Qb1 Nd7 28. Qb2 Qf6 29. Qd2 Qd6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qh6 {[#] And now Ng5 would win.} Qf8 32. Qf4 Qg7 33. d6 Rc5 34. Qg4 Nf6 35. Qf4 {Threatens to win with d7.} Nd7 $1 36. Rfd1 Rf5 37. Qd2 Qf6 38. Rd3 Kg7 39. Qc3 (39. Re3 {feels hotter.} Rd8 40. Re4 Rh5 41. Qd4 Nc5 42. Re7) 39... Rc5 40. Qxf6+ Kxf6 41. Rd4 g5 42. Nd2 {[#] Hoping for Ne4+.} Rce5 43. Kf1 Kg7 (43... Kg6 {seems wilder.} 44. Nc4 Re4 45. Ne3 Rxd4 46. Rxd4 Kf6) 44. Nc4 Re4 45. Ne3 Rxd4 46. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf6 47. Rd5 Rc8 48. a4 ({White should play} 48. Rf5+ $15 Kg6 49. Rd5) 48... Ke6 (48... Rc1+ $17 49. Ke2 Ra1 50. Rf5+ Ke6 51. Rxg5 Rxa4) 49. Rxg5 $15 Kxd6 50. Rf5 {The position is equal.} Ke6 51. a5 Rc5 52. axb6 {aiming for Rxc5.} axb6 53. Rf4 b5 54. Ke2 Nb6 55. Kd3 Nd5 56. Nxd5 Ke5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 52%.} (56... Rxd5+ $11 {remains equal.} 57. Kc3 f5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,73,6,11,2,22,7,0,0,7,8,9,0,-11,-26,20,20,38,38,22,0,0,-84,-18,-58,0,-1,30,18,46,0,0,0,20,0,72,37,104,50,73,37,60,-42,16,-173,44,-38,32,-143,21,-43,51,-166]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. O-O e5 10. a4 Nf6 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. N1d2 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Rfd1 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} (13. c3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Bc4 Raa8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. a5 Rad8 18. Kh1 Qf7 19. f3 Nh5 20. Qe3 d5 {½-½ (41) Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Rublevsky,S (2676) Moscow 2007}) 13... Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Bc4 Nh5 16. Qe3 b6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Nf4 19. Qxb6 Qg5 20. Rd2 d5 21. exd5 {1-0 (31) Kovalev,V (2539)-Chekhov,S (2466) Elets 2014}) 14. Nc4 Ra8 15. a5 {The position is equal.} Qc7 16. Nb6 Rad8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. c4 Nd7 20. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} f5 21. b4 e4 22. Bc2 {[#]} (22. Rac1 $11) 22... Ne5 (22... Nxd5 $1 $17 {...Nc3 is the strong threat.} 23. cxd5 Qxc2) 23. Bb3 Kh8 (23... N7g6 $15) 24. f3 $11 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4][%mdl 32]} N7g6 25. fxe4 f4 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Ne5 28. Kh1 Rf6 (28... b6 $11) 29. Rg1 Qe7 (29... Rc8 $14) 30. Rad1 (30. Rac1 $16) 30... Rh6 31. Qg2 Rg8 32. Rd2 (32. c5 $14) 32... Rg6 (32... g5 $15 33. Qf1 Rhg6) 33. Qh3 $2 {[#]} (33. Qf1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 33... Rh6 $2 (33... Rxg1+ $19 34. Kxg1 g5) 34. Qg2 (34. Qf1 $14) 34... Rg6 (34... g5 $15 35. Qf1 g4 36. fxg4 f3) 35. Qh3 $2 (35. Qf1 $14) 35... Rh6 $2 ({Better is} 35... Rxg1+ $17 36. Kxg1 g5) 36. Qg2 (36. Qf1 $11) 36... Rg6 ({Black should play} 36... g5 $15) 37. Qh3 $2 {Precision: White =  9%, Black = 11%.} (37. Qf1 $1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,54,39,43,94,79,96,72,66,33,98,95,114,81,83,98,97,56,87,102,81,63,98,70,75,85,97,93,84,82,132,84,84,84,90,95,105,105,166]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 cxd4 6. e5 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} g5 7. Bg3 Nd5 8. h4 Nc6 9. hxg5 Qxg5 10. Ngf3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qd8 $146 (10... Qg4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10... Qg7 11. Bb5 Ne3 12. Qc1 Nf5 {0-1 (40) Yu,Y (2729)-Leko,P (2693) Doha 2016}) 11. Bc4 d6 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qe2 Be6 ({Black should play} 13... Qe7 $14) 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 d3 16. cxd3 O-O-O 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Rc1 d4 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Kb8 23. Qf4 Rhd8 24. a3 Ka8 {White is better.} 25. Rxh6 Rxh6 26. Qxh6 Qb5 {[#] aiming for ...b6.} 27. Qf6 Rc8 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 42%.} (27... Rg8 $16) 1-0

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,76,-4,-17,52,47,50,15,25,16,17,26,14,-5,0,-14,-5,-21,-7,-41,-39,-70,-77,-74,-79,-88,-85,-131,-112,-118,-66,-138,-128,-477,-472,-475,-468,-485,-484,-483,-496,-496,-491,-489,-490,-564,-462,-501,-468,-836,-558,-831,-823,-950,-792,-929,-919,-903,-542,-704,-700,-689,-652,-947,-926]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O {B43: Sizilianisch (Paulsen-Variante)} (7. Bf3 Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. e5 Qc7 10. Bxb7 Qxb7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qe2 Nh4 14. Ne4 Nf5 15. c3 {0-1 (43) Guseinov,G (2609)-Kamsky,G (2702) Baku 2010}) 7... b4 8. Na4 {LiveBook: 9 Partien} Nc6 $146 (8... Bxe4 $11 9. Bf3 Nf6) ({Vorgänger:} 8... Bxe4 9. Bf3 Nf6 10. Bg5 d5 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. c3 Be7 13. cxb4 O-O 14. Re1 Bxb4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rxe4 {½-½ (110) Espinosa Aranda,A (2385)-Korneev,O (2590) Linares 2014}) 9. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32] Weiß steht etwas besser.} Nf6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. e5 Nd5 {[#] ...Da5 ist eine echte Drohung.} 12. c4 Ne7 13. a3 Ng6 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Qd4 a5 16. Nc5 O-O 17. Ne4 Qb8 18. f4 Qb7 19. Bd3 Nh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Weiss muss nun ...Sf5 beachten. Weiss steht unter starkem Druck.} 20. Qe3 Nf5 21. Qe2 Be7 (21... Rfd8 $17 22. c5 Bd5) 22. Kh1 (22. Bb1 $15) 22... Nd4 $17 23. Qe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. Qe3 $17 Nb3 24. Ra2) 23... Nb3 $19 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 24. Rb1 Nc5 ({Schwächer ist} 24... Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxb2 26. Qe3 $17) 25. Nxc5 Bxg2+ ({Nicht} 25... Bxc5 26. Qg3 $15) 26. Kg1 Bxc5+ 27. Be3 Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 g6 30. Rf2 Qa7 31. Qg3 (31. Qxa7 $142 Rxa7 32. b3) 31... Qd4 32. Bf1 Rfb8 33. Bg2 Ra7 34. Qa3 Rc7 35. b3 Qc5 36. Qa2 Qb6 37. Qd2 Qxb3 38. Qd6 Qb6 {Precision: Weiß = 20%, Schwarz = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,122,18,20,16,17,20,20,18,7,29,0,15,-16,6,-13,25,14,0,-30,-31,-30,-48,-37,0,0,3,-156,-131,-152,-147,-131,-142,-270,-273,-243,-239,-195,-199,-192,-163,-329,-368,-602,-619,-595,-575,-606,-491,-511,-462,-29988,-1045,-723,-133,-129,-129,-125,-65,-51,-58,-50,0,-37,0,-53,-58,-125,-106,-116,-79,-70,-79,-63,-56,-43,-48,-102,-8,-8,0,-2,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 {A45: Damenbauernspiele (Trompowski-Angriff)} d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Qc2 (9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Nf4 e5 11. Nd3 Bd7 12. Be2 h5 13. Qc2 h4 14. Rb1 Qc7 {½-½ (54) Vitiugov,N (2726)-Svane,R (2555) Doha 2016}) 9... Ne5 10. Nh3 {LiveBook: 7 Partien} Bd7 11. Be2 Ng6 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Rad1 a6 14. Bd3 Rad8 {0-1 (36) Iotov,V (2569)-Evdokimov,A (2551) Marrakesh 2010}) 13... Qd8 14. Rad1 a6 15. a3 Rb8 16. Bd3 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e4 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 Qe7 22. Qe2 $2 {[#]} (22. Qd2 $1 $11) 22... f3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf3e2][%mdl 512]} 23. gxf3 {zielt auf f4 ab.} (23. Bxf3 Nxf3) 23... Qh4 24. f4 Qxh3 25. Bg2 (25. fxe5 $17 Bxe5 26. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Bxf4 28. Rf1) 25... Qh6 $19 ({Bloß nicht} 25... Bc6 26. f3 $17) 26. fxe5 Bxe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh6h2]} 27. f4 Rxf4 ({Jedoch nicht} 27... Bxf4 28. Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf4 29. Rxd6 $15) 28. Rxf4 Bxf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh6h2]} 29. h3 $2 (29. Bf3) 29... Rg8 30. Rf1 $2 (30. Rd3 b5 31. b3) 30... Bc6 31. Ne4 Be5 32. b4 cxb4 33. axb4 Qh4 34. Re1 (34. Qe1 $19 Qh7 35. Qe2) 34... Rxg2 (34... Bxe4 $142 35. Qxe4 Qg3 36. Kg1 Rf8 37. Qxe5+ dxe5 38. Rf1 Rg8 39. Rf2 Qe3 40. Kf1 e4 41. b5 Qc1+ 42. Ke2 e3 43. Bh1 Qd2+ 44. Kf3 Qxf2+ 45. Ke4 e2 46. Ke5 Rd8 47. Bf3 Qxf3 48. Kxe6 e1=Q#) 35. Kxg2 Qg3+ $2 (35... Bc3 $19 {bietet bessere Gewinnchancen.} 36. b5 axb5 37. cxb5 Bd5) 36. Kf1 $17 Qxh3+ 37. Qg2 {[#]} Qf5+ ({Besser ist} 37... Qxg2+ $1 $17 38. Kxg2 Bc3 39. Rh1+ Kg7) 38. Kg1 $15 Bd4+ 39. Kh2 $1 Be5+ (39... Bc3 $2 40. Re2 $19) 40. Kg1 Bd4+ 41. Kh2 $1 Qe5+ (41... Bc3 $2 42. Re2 $19) 42. Kh3 (42. Kh1 $15) 42... Qh5+ 43. Kg3 {Th1 ist eine echte Drohung.} Be5+ 44. Kf2 Qh4+ $1 45. Kf1 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 $1 Bd4+ 47. Kh1 Qh4+ (47... Bf2 $17 48. Re2 Qh6+ 49. Qh2 Bh4) 48. Qh2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen. Weiss is not keeping still} Qxh2+ 49. Kxh2 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTS-KL} Be5+ 50. Kh3 Kg7 51. Kg4 Kf7 52. c5 dxc5 53. Ng5+ Kf6 54. Nh7+ Kg7 {Droht stark ...Lc3.} 55. Rxe5 {Schwarz muss nun b5 beachten.} Kxh7 56. Rxc5 {KT-KL} Kg6 57. Kf4 Kf6 58. Rh5 Bd5 59. Rh6+ Ke7 60. Ke5 Kd7 61. Kd4 Kc6 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: Weiß = 44%, Schwarz = 58%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 0-1

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,129,16,0,0,0,5,-10,-10,-145,-165,-158,-6,-12,-14,-14,0,0,32,32,21,0,0,0,4,6,16,22,25,23,23,18,20,17,72,0,0,0,30,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-42,-2,-2,-2,-2,-126,-2,-2,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-1364,-1354,-1325,-1317,-1296,-755,-705]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} Bd6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 (10... h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 Ne4 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qc2 a6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bf3 {½-½ (62) Granda Zuniga,J (2686)-Ponomariov,R (2715) Madrid 2016}) 11. h3 h6 12. N2f3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 13. Qc2 {[#]} Bc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne4 14. Rfe1 {0-1 (36) Rotman,D (2305)-Eingorn,V (2580) Metz 1996}) 14. Rad1 Qd6 15. Nf5 (15. Bd3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15... Bxf5 $1 $17 16. Qxf5 Ne5 $2 ({Black should play} 16... Re4 $17 17. h4 Rae8) 17. Nxe5 $11 Rxe5 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. Qf3 Bb6 20. Bxb6 Rxe2 21. b3 (21. Rb1 {is interesting.} Re6 22. Bd4 Ne4 23. Rbd1 Rd8 24. Qd3) 21... Qe4 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. a4 Rc8 24. c4 Rb2 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd7 27. Bd4 f6 (27... Rc6 $11) 28. a5 (28. Re1 $16) 28... Kf7 29. Kf1 Ke6 30. Ke2 Ne5 31. Ke3 f5 32. Bb6 Nd7 33. Bd4 Ne5 34. f3 exf3 35. gxf3 g5 36. f4 Nc6 {[#] aiming for ...gxf4+.} 37. Bc3 Rg8 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Re1 Kf7 40. Kf3 g4+ 41. hxg4 Rxg4 42. Rd1 Ke6 43. Re1+ Kd7 44. Rh1 Nd4+ 45. Bxd4 $1 Rxd4 {KR-KR} 46. Rh7+ Kc6 47. Rh6+ Kc7 48. Rh7+ Kc6 49. Rh6+ Kc7 50. Rh7+ Rd7 51. Rh5 Rd3+ 52. Kf4 Rxb3 53. Rxf5 Rb4 54. Ke3 Rxc4 55. Kd3 {[#]} (55. Rf7+ $11 Kc6 56. Rf6+ Kc5 57. Rf5+ Kb4 58. Rf7) 55... Rc1 (55... Rb4 $1 $17 56. Rf7+ Kc6) 56. Rf7+ Kc6 57. Rf6+ Kd7 58. Rf7+ Kc8 59. Rf8+ Kc7 {...Rc5 is the strong threat.} 60. Rf7+ Kb8 {White must now prevent ...Rc5.} 61. Rf8+ $1 Ka7 {Strongly threatening ...Rc5.} 62. Kd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Rf5 $11) 62... Rc5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 63. Kd3 Rxa5 64. Kc4 Rh5 65. Kd4 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,122,34,38,31,30,1,31,0,18,-14,0,0,12,0,-12,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-113,-100,-127,-139,-124,-126,-252,-275,-276,-260,-253,-264,-199,-163,-355,-340,-565,-564,-564,-548,-556,-497,-475,-449,-29988,-1002,-702,-135,-113,-128,-126,-64,-55,-60,-66,0,-63,0,-68,-62,-115,-109,-127,-49,-49,-56,-93,-50,-87,-86,-69,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Qc2 (9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Nf4 e5 11. Nd3 Bd7 12. Be2 h5 13. Qc2 h4 14. Rb1 Qc7 {½-½ (54) Vitiugov,N (2726)-Svane,R (2555) Doha 2016}) 9... Ne5 10. Nh3 Bd7 11. Be2 Ng6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rad1 a6 14. Bd3 Rad8 {0-1 (36) Iotov,V (2569)-Evdokimov,A (2551) Marrakesh 2010}) 13... Qd8 14. Rad1 a6 15. a3 Rb8 16. Bd3 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e4 f4 19. e5 $1 Nxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 Qe7 22. Qe2 {[#]} (22. Qd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 22... f3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 23. gxf3 {f4 is the strong threat.} (23. Bxf3 Nxf3) 23... Qh4 24. f4 Qxh3 25. Bg2 (25. fxe5 $17 Bxe5 26. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Bxf4 28. Qf2) 25... Qh6 $19 ({But not} 25... Bc6 26. f3 $17) 26. fxe5 Bxe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh6h2]} 27. f4 Rxf4 ({Stronger than} 27... Bxf4 28. Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf4 29. Rxd6 $15) 28. Rxf4 Bxf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh6h2]} 29. h3 $2 (29. Bf3 {was forced.}) 29... Rg8 30. Rf1 $2 (30. Rd3 {was worth a try.}) 30... Bc6 31. Ne4 Be5 32. b4 cxb4 33. axb4 Qh4 {White must now prevent ...Rxg2!} 34. Re1 (34. Qe1 $19 Qh7 35. Qe2) 34... Rxg2 (34... Bxe4 $142 35. Qxe4 Qg3 36. Kg1 Rf8 37. Qxe5+ dxe5 38. Rf1 Rg8 39. Rf2 Qe3 40. c5 Rf8 41. h4 Qxf2+ 42. Kh1 Rg8 43. Bxb7 Qxh4#) 35. Kxg2 Qg3+ $2 (35... Bc3 $19 {is more deadly.} 36. b5 axb5 37. cxb5 Bd5) 36. Kf1 $17 Qxh3+ 37. Qg2 Qf5+ ({Black should try} 37... Qxg2+ $17 38. Kxg2 Bc3) 38. Kg1 $15 Bd4+ 39. Kh2 $1 Be5+ (39... Bc3 $2 40. Re2 $19) 40. Kg1 Bd4+ 41. Kh2 $1 Qe5+ (41... Bc3 $2 42. Re2 $17) 42. Kh3 (42. Kh1 $15) 42... Qh5+ $17 43. Kg3 Be5+ (43... Qg6+ $1 $17 44. Kh2 Be5+ 45. Kg1 Qh6) 44. Kf2 $15 Qh4+ 45. Kf1 {[#]} Qf4+ $1 46. Kg1 $1 {[#]} Bd4+ $1 47. Kh1 Qh4+ (47... Bf2 $15 48. Re2 Qh6+ 49. Qh2 Bh4) 48. Qh2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] The position is equal. White is fighting back} Qxh2+ 49. Kxh2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KB} Be5+ 50. Kh3 Kg7 51. Kg4 Kf7 52. c5 dxc5 53. Ng5+ Kf6 54. Nh7+ Kg7 {Hoping for ...Bc3.} 55. Rxe5 {Threatens to win with b5.} Kxh7 56. Rxc5 {KR-KB} Kg6 57. Kf4 Kf6 58. Rh5 Bd5 59. Rh6+ Ke7 60. Ke5 Kd7 61. Kd4 Kc6 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,111,32,19,-22,-28,-28,-29,-35,-33,-38,-29,-37,0,-21,0,0,0,-18,-15,-22,0,-7,6,-14,32,25,40,0,53,47,63,60,57,41,232,190,186,192,407,68,212,221,210,208,200,193,174,22,27,17,17,18,18,0,0,0,0,-42,-8,-33,-24,-80,-64,-69,-59,-110,-25,-32,0,0,17,13,21,8,29,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-258,-258,-199,-136,-179,-178,-195,-189,-29996,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29997,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. Be2 d6 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} 9. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 11 Games} 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 b6 12. Rac1 Bc5 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 {0-1 (34) Naiditsch,A (2705)-Artemiev,V (2691) Riadh 2017}) 10... Bxc3 $1 {The position is equal.} 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. f3 e5 14. Nf5 Be6 15. Rd1 Bxf5 16. exf5 Rfd8 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Rd2 Qc6 19. Rad1 b6 20. Bg5 Nb7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. f4 Na5 (22... Re8 $11) 23. fxe5 $1 $14 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 {And now Rd5 would win.} Qxe5 (24... fxe5 $2 25. Qe4 $18) 25. Rd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qe3 $2 (25... Qe7 $14) 26. R5d3 ({Worse is} 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Nxc4 $15) 26... Qe5 27. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2h6]} Kh8 $2 {[#]} (27... Rxc4 {was worth a try.} 28. Rg3+ Kh8) 28. Re3 $2 (28. Qh6 $1 $18 Rg8 29. Re3 (29. Rxd6 Rxg2 30. Bf3 Rg7 $14)) 28... Qc5 (28... Nb3 $1 $14 29. Rxe5 Nxd2) 29. Rh3 $18 {White wants to mate with Qh6.} Rg8 {[#]} 30. Qh6 $1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh6h7]} ({Inferior is} 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Rge8 $15) 30... Rg7 31. Qxf6 Re8 32. Rg3 $2 (32. Bd3 $18) 32... Qe5 $11 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Bd3 Rc5 36. Rb1 Nxc4 37. a4 a5 38. Kg1 Ne5 39. Be4 (39. Be2 $11) 39... Rxc3 40. Rxb6 Rc4 41. Bd5 (41. Bb7 $15) 41... Rd4 (41... Rxa4 $17 42. Rxd6 Rd4) 42. Bb3 Kf6 43. Rb5 Kxf5 44. Rxa5 Kf4 45. Rd5 Rb4 46. Bd1 Rb1 {aiming for ...Ke4.} 47. Kf2 $1 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 Rb1 {Threatens to win with ...Ke4.} 49. g3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Kf2 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 49... Ke4 $19 50. Rxd6 Nc4 (50... Nd3 $19 51. Rf6 Rxd1+ 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53. Kh3 Ne5) 51. Rd8 Ne3 52. a5 Nxd1 53. a6 $2 (53. Re8+ $19 Kd3 54. Re1) 53... Ne3+ {Black mates.} 54. Kf2 Rb2+ 55. Ke1 Kf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rb2e2]} 56. Rd1 Re2# {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "Friendship Match 2018"]
[Site "Belokurikha"]
[Date "2018.07.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.07.15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,33,33,35,35,35,42,40,40,37,36,38,37,50,48,46,17,155,150,174,174,176,171,173,163,200,209,368,359,400,399,495,504,486,491,666,423,416,385,647,407,406,338,343,286,318,332,332,311,501,404,404,318,411,378,402,391,383,332,456,434,428,406,1552,1345]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Qc2 (9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Nf4 e5 11. Nd3 Bd7 12. Be2 h5 13. Qc2 h4 14. Rb1 Qc7 {½-½ (54) Vitiugov,N (2726)-Svane,R (2555) Doha 2016}) 9... Ne5 10. Nh3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Ng6 11. Bd3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. f4 Bd7 14. O-O O-O-O {1-0 (38) Youssoupov,M (2150)-Daspres,L (2179) Nimes 2014}) 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rab1 e6 14. Ne2 Qd8 15. Ng3 Qh4 16. f4 Rae8 17. Kh1 exd5 (17... Ne7 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Bxf5 $16 Bc6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rbd1 Bc6 {[#]} 21. Be4 $1 Rxe4 22. Nxe4 f5 $2 (22... d5) 23. Neg5 $18 h6 24. Rxd6 hxg5 25. Rxg6 g4 26. Ng5 Kh8 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Qxc5 Qh6 $2 (28... Qh5 29. Kg1 a6 30. Qxc6 Qe8) 29. b3 Qf6 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Qf2 Kg8 32. Qe2 Kh8 33. g3 Qf8 $2 (33... Bh6 {was worth a try.} 34. Qd3 Bxg5) 34. Qd3 Qf6 35. Rf2 c5 36. Kg2 Qc6+ 37. Kg1 Qf6 38. Re2 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qf6 40. Qd5 Rd8 {[#]} (40... Re7 $142 41. e4 fxe4 42. Qxc5 Re8) 41. Qxd8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 66%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

