[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 9,65,35,30,26,38,13,35,-27,32,39,33,39,23,27,61,56,59,62,107,118,127,66,70,71,89,0,62,63,60,69,123,127,127,133,188,165,245,248,501,495,454,0,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,76,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 f5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. d4 Qe7 (4... Nd7 5. e3 Ngf6 6. Nf3 e4 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Be2 a6 10. h4 g6 11. d5 Ne5 12. dxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (29) Mamedyarov,S (2759)-Lagarde,M (2523) Rhodes 2013}) 5. Nc3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 e4 8. d5 c5 9. Nh3 g6 10. Nf4 Bg7 11. h4 O-O 12. Qd2 {1-0 (29) McNab,C (2490)-Welling,G (2400) Isle of Man 1993}) 6. e3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. Nf3 ({White should try} 8. Be2 $14) 8... e4 (8... exd4 $11 9. Nxd4 f4) 9. Ng5 $14 c6 10. Be2 Na6 11. Qd2 f4 12. d5 fxe3 13. fxe3 cxd5 14. O-O (14. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxb2 $15) (14. cxd5 $6 O-O $14) 14... Nc7 {...h6 would now be nice for Black.} 15. Nxd5 (15. cxd5 $16 O-O 16. Rf4) 15... Ncxd5 16. cxd5 {aiming for Bb5+.} O-O 17. Bc4 ({White should play} 17. Rad1 $16) 17... h6 (17... Bf5 $11) 18. Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bxe6 $1 19. dxe6 Ng4 {[#]} ({Better is} 19... Rad8 $14) 20. Bxg7 $1 $16 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Kh7 (21... Rf6 $16 22. Rf4 (22. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Ne5 $16) 22... h5) 22. h5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Qh4 (22... gxh5 $142 23. Qxe4+ Kg7 24. Qd4+ Kh7) 23. Qxd6 gxh5 $2 (23... Nf2 24. Qc7+ (24. hxg6+ Kxg6 25. Qh2 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Ng4+ 27. Kg3 Rxf1 $11) 24... Kh8 25. Qe5+ Rf6) 24. Qc7+ ({Not} 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Qxf8 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2+ 28. Ke1 Qg1+ 29. Kd2 Qxa1 $11) 24... Kh8 {[#]} 25. Bd5 $2 ({White must play} 25. e7 $1 $18 {[%cal Re7f8]} Rfe8 26. Rf7) 25... Nf2 (25... Rac8 $11 26. e7 Rfe8 27. Rf8+ Rxf8 28. exf8=R+ Rxf8 29. Qc3+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Nxf6 31. Bxb7 Rd8) 26. Qe5+ (26. Qh2 $14 Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2) 26... Rf6 $1 $11 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rh4h1]} 27. Qh2 Qg5 {White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxd5 (29... Qf6+ $1 $11 30. Qf4 Qb2+ 31. Kg1 (31. Kg3 $2 Rg8+ 32. Kh4 Rg4+ 33. Qxg4 hxg4 $19) 31... Qxa1+ 32. Kh2 Qg7) 30. e7 (30. Qf4 $16 Qxe6 31. Rd1) 30... Qd2+ {The position is equal.} 31. Kg1 {Intending Qe5+ and mate.} Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 {Threatening mate with Qe5+.} Qg5 33. Re1 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 23,90,45,65,56,70,61,61,54,62,81,104,86,101,52,58,60,75,71,87,71,89,70,91,83,76,53,75,57,70,74,72,73,77,42,92,110,92,77,85,70,93,91,93,93,83,52,79,22,51,0,7,-305,-323,-318,-318,-300,-299,-425,-433,-427,-419,-579,-571,-589,-580,-557,-553,-1438,-514]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (9... Bb5 10. Nfe5 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. c3 Bf6 14. Rd1 a5 15. a4 g6 16. Bc2 Bg7 17. g3 {0-1 (41) Alekseev,E (2642)-Pridorozhni,A (2563) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 10. Na5 Bd5 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxb7 Qb6 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rb1 a5 17. b3 {½-½ (47) Pazos Porta,A (2325)-Mascaro March,P (2387) Linares 2017}) 13... Qc7 14. b4 Rac8 15. Rad1 b6 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Ra8 18. c5 Nd5 19. Rc1 bxc5 20. dxc5 Bf6 21. Be4 Ne5 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. Na5 {[%cal Bb3a5,Ba5c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32] And now f4 would win.} Rac8 24. Re2 (24. Rcd1 {looks sharper.} Ng6 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Qa3 Rd7 27. Nd6) 24... Ng6 25. Nc4 Bh4 26. Qf3 Bg5 27. Nd6 {Strongly threatening Bxg5.} Rc7 28. a3 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Qg5 30. Rcd1 Rb8 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Nc4 Rd8 33. Rd4 Rcd7 34. Nd6 Qf6 35. Qg3 (35. Qh3 $16) 35... Ra8 36. Rh4 {Hoping for Qh3.} g5 37. Rg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Ne4 $11 Qf5 38. Qxg5) 37... Nc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3e2]} 38. Qd3 Nxd1 39. Qxd1 a5 40. h3 (40. Qc1 $142) 40... axb4 41. Rxb4 Qc3 42. Qh5 Qxa3 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Rc4 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. g3 Qd5 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 52%.} (45... Qe1 $142 46. Qf3 Ra2) 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Antal, Tibor Kende"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 14,77,10,23,47,37,47,36,57,64,58,41,40,27,60,62,50,62,98,101,77,49,92,96,106,104,114,97,110,88,85,82,79,86,100,93,107,105,123,129,160,158,224,229,262,253,288,250,292,284,327,320,583,416,797,243,608,395,631,430,638,639,730,709,714,688]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 {LiveBook: 15 Games. B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Qe2 Ra8 15. Bc4 O-O {1-0 (46) Anand,V (2794)-Esserman,M (2453) Douglas 2017}) 8... b6 9. Bg5 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Nbd7 $1 10. Nd2 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Ne3 Rfe8 15. Bc4 Rac8 {½-½ (31) Badev,K (2320)-Vasilev,N (2305) Sofia 2016}) 13... O-O 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Nc5 {[#]} 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rab8 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. c3 g6 21. Qg4 {Strongly threatening Qxg6+.} Kg7 22. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} h5 23. Qf3 Ne6 24. a5 b5 25. Nb6 Bg5 26. g3 h4 27. Rd3 Rh8 (27... Re8 $16 {might work better.} 28. Qg4 Qe7) 28. Qg4 $18 hxg3 29. fxg3 Qe7 30. Rf1 Rbf8 31. Rdf3 Bd2 32. h4 Bh6 $2 (32... Qe8 33. R1f2 Bh6) 33. Kg2 Bd2 {[#]} (33... Bf4 $142 34. Bb3 (34. gxf4 Rxh4 35. Bxe6 Rxg4+ 36. Bxg4 Qh4 $16) 34... Rh6) 34. R1f2 $2 (34. Nc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd8 (34... Rxc8 35. Rxf7+) 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qxe6+ Kg7 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. Ne7) 34... Bc1 $2 (34... Be1 35. Re2 Bxg3) 35. Bb3 Bh6 (35... Bf4 $142 36. Nd5 (36. gxf4 Rxh4 37. Bxe6 Rxg4+ 38. Bxg4 Qb7 $16) 36... Qd8 37. gxf4 Qxh4 38. Qxh4 Rxh4) 36. Nd5 {White is clearly winning.} Qd7 (36... Qd8 $142 37. Rf6 Bc1) 37. Rf6 Bc1 38. Nb6 Nf4+ 39. R6xf4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Norowitz, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 9,97,41,53,61,84,89,125,58,130,119,139,113,146,118,145,141,156,143,158,97,80,86,105,106,112,104,108,93,95,104,95,95,95,95,94,89,107,89,105,88,89,76,90,60,85,60,81,40,37,30,119,99,112,116,118,114,115,116,120,101,115,115,115,115,187,187,171,175,216,204,210,184,179,168,210,210,210,194,454,446,1038,868,818,818,709,680,29948,29944,6820,6477]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. e3 (4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bg5 Na6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. a4 b4 13. a5 Qc7 14. Rfc1 bxc3 15. bxc3 Rfc8 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {1-0 (55) Georgiev,K (2623)-Fedorchuk,S (2648) Riadh 2017}) 4... c5 5. Bxb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 a6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. a4 d6 11. Ne1 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 {0-1 (46) Burmakin,V (2520)-Yuffa,D (2515) Pontevedra 2017}) 5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Ne4 7. Rb1 cxd4 8. Nxd4 (8. exd4 $16 Be7 9. O-O) 8... Bb4 ({Black should try} 8... a6 $14 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d5) 9. O-O $16 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. f3 Nf6 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 ({White should play} 14. Rb3) 14... dxc6 15. Bc4 Nd5 16. Rb3 {[%cal Bb1b3,Bb3a3,Ba3a5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 17. Bd3 e5 18. e4 Be6 19. Ra3 Qc5+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Rxf2 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bd5 23. Ra5 Rad8 24. Bd3 Rf7 25. Be2 Bc4 26. Kg2 Rd5 27. Ra3 $1 a5 28. Be3 Bxe2 29. Bxb6 Ba6 (29... Rd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 30. Ra4 Rb7 31. Bxa5 Ra7 {...Bb7 is the strong threat.} 32. c4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Raxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. c3 Rdc5 35. Rxc5 Rxc5 {KR-KR} 36. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rxc3 {[#]} (36... Kf7 $16 {might work better.}) 37. Ra2 $1 $18 Rb3 38. a5 Kf7 39. a6 {Black must now prevent a7.} Rb8 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke3 ({Don't take} 41. a7 $6 Ra8 $14) 41... Kd6 42. a7 Ra8 43. Ke4 Kc7 $2 (43... Ke6 {keeps fighting.} 44. h3 Kd6) 44. Kxe5 Kb6 (44... Re8+ $142 45. Kd4 Kb7) 45. Kd6 Rd8+ 46. Ke7 Ra8 47. Kd7 c5 {[#]} 48. Rb2+ $1 Ka6 49. Kc7 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua"]
[Black "Pigott, John C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 20,81,26,23,38,0,0,-45,-43,-39,-37,-60,-58,-58,-66,-63,-63,-55,-21,-27,-13,-18,-8,-85,-79,-62,-70,-62,-42,-46,-34,-81,-72,-58,-41,-41,-41,-47,-13,-149,-7,-14,75,-110,177,170,310,310,310,310,358,318,391,385,1451,1435,2647,2891,3462,2747,29986,29987,29990,29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 {D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6} Be6 (10... e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Qc2 c6 13. b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxc4 {½-½ (50) Le,Q (2737)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Huaian 2017}) 11. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a5 12. Nb3 {White is slightly better.} Bc4 13. Re1 e5 14. d5 {[#]} e4 $146 {[%mdl 512]} ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne7 15. e4 c6 16. Nc5 cxd5 17. exd5 Nexd5 18. Nxb7 Qd7 19. Nc5 Qc6 20. N5a4 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 e4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Re8 24. Bf3 Qxa4 {0-1 (24) Houska,J (2388)-Mikhalevski,V (2571) Caleta 2015}) 15. Nd2 (15. Nxe4 Bxd5) 15... Bxc3 $1 16. dxc6 Bxd2 $1 17. Bxd2 bxc6 18. Rc1 Qd5 19. Bc3 Bb3 20. Qg4 Na4 21. Bf6 (21. Qf4 $1 $11) 21... Re6 22. Qh4 c5 23. g4 Raa6 24. g5 h5 25. Qf4 Rad6 26. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} exf3 27. Bxf3 Qd2 {...Rxf6! is the strong threat.} 28. Rb1 c4 {Threatening ...c3.} 29. Bd4 (29. Rf1 $1 $11) 29... Bc2 ({Black should try} 29... c3 $1 $17 30. bxc3 Nxc3 31. Rxb3 Qxe1+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ 33. Kh3 Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Qxd4 Qxd4 35. exd4 Ne2 36. Bxe2 Rxe2) 30. Rbc1 $11 Rd7 {[#]} (30... Re7 $11) 31. Bg2 $2 {[#]} (31. Rf1 $1 $16 {is forced if you want to stay better. And now Bc6! would win.} Rxd4 32. Qxd4) 31... Rdd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... c3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc3b2] keeps the pressure on.} 32. bxc3 Nxc3 33. Bxc3 (33. Qf2 $2 Rxd4 34. Rxc2 Qxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Ra4 $19) 33... Qxc3) 32. Rf1 $40 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf4f7][%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Bf5 (32... Re7 $142) 33. Rxc4 c5 34. Be5 ({Not} 34. Rxa4 cxd4 35. e4 Qxf4 $11) 34... Nb6 35. Rxc5 Rd7 36. Bd4 Rd8 $2 (36... Rxd4 37. Qxd4 Qxe3+ 38. Qxe3 Rxe3 39. Rxa5 Nc4) 37. Rxf5 gxf5 38. Qxf5 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf5f7]} Rf8 39. Be4 Rxe4 40. Qxe4 Nc8 41. Qe5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bjorn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 40,65,8,5,6,3,4,4,5,6,6,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 Nf6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 O-O 8. Bd2 d6 9. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e1,Be1c2][%mdl 32]} Bd7 10. O-O Ne8 11. Ne1 Nc7 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. Rxb4 b5 17. cxb5 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6} Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Rxb5 Bxb5 20. Qb3 Bd7 21. Rb1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} (21. Qb7 Qc8 22. Qa7 Rd8 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Bxf6 exf6 {1-0 (89) Kovalenko,I (2684)-Borisek,J (2565) chess.com INT 2017}) 21... Qc8 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Qb7 Qxb7 24. Bxb7 Bg4 25. f3 Be6 26. Kf2 Rb8 27. Rc7 Bd4+ 28. Be3 Bxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Kf8 30. f4 $146 Ke8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Kd8.} 31. Bf3 Rc8 32. Ra7 h5 33. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 21,111,-4,14,-26,-37,-41,8,-12,19,21,9,-20,-16,-18,-20,-70,-63,-44,-45,-82,-35,-30,-26,-28,-30,-22,-35,-27,-9,-9,-9,-9,38,40,77,56,50,61,56,34,93,93,95,85,114,134,147,135,179,181,184,194,189,152,205,168,218,209,221,218,227,224,198,203,227,229,225,217,211,196,241,217,315,229,333,319,777,746,729,700,652,889,799,777,1191,1191,1211,1122,1647,1878,29963,11456]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} (9... Neg4 10. O-O Rb8 11. b4 axb5 12. Nxb5 Kd8 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bf4 d6 15. Qb3 Bd7 16. a4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Qxb5 19. axb5 {½-½ (56) Grandelius,N (2653)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2794) Germany 2018}) 10. Na3 Bc5 11. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Nc2 Qc7 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 d6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Qb3 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 Neg4 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 {½-½ (41) Drozdowski,K (2475)-Stukopin,A (2558) Brownsville 2016}) 13... Nh5 (13... Be7 {feels hotter.} 14. Rfd1 d6 15. Ne3 Ng6 16. Bg5 b5) 14. Be3 (14. Bxe5 $5 Qxe5 15. Nb4 $11) 14... f5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Na3 b6 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Qb3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qa4 Ra7 21. Nab5 Raa8 22. Nd6 $1 Ne8 23. Nxe8 Rfxe8 24. Qb3 Qc6 25. Rd4 Ra7 26. Rfd1 Nf7 27. Qa4 Re7 28. Qxc6 dxc6 29. Na4 Rab7 30. c5 bxc5 {[#]} (30... e5 $14 31. R4d2 b5) 31. Rc4 $1 $16 Rb4 {[#]} 32. Rdc1 $1 Reb7 33. b3 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb5 35. Nxc5 ({Don't do} 35. Rxc5 $6 Nd8 $16) 35... Ne5 36. Rc2 Kf7 37. Nxa6 Rd5 (37... Ra5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 38. Nb4 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Ra1 40. Rc5 (40. Nxc6 $6 Nxc6 41. Rxc6 Rxa2 $16) 40... Kf6 41. f4 Ng4 42. h3 ({Don't play} 42. Nxc6 $6 Rxa2 43. h3 Rxe2+ 44. Kf1 Rc2 $16) 42... Ne3+ 43. Kf3 Nd5 44. Nxd5+ ({Stronger than} 44. Nxc6 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Ne3+ 46. Kh2 Rf2+ 47. Kh1 Rxe2 $11) 44... cxd5 $18 {KR-KR} 45. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} g5 46. a5 h5 (46... Ra3 $142 47. Rb5 Ra2 48. fxg5+ Kxg5) 47. b4 Ra3+ (47... g4+ $142 48. hxg4 hxg4+ 49. Kf2 Ra2) 48. Kf2 h4 $2 (48... gxf4 49. gxf4 Ke7) 49. fxg5+ Kxg5 50. gxh4+ Kxh4 51. Rc6 Ra4 52. Rb6 f4 53. a6 e5 54. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} e4 55. Rd6 Ra2 56. b6 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Fenil, Shah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 17,103,14,22,26,26,6,8,-14,-4,-43,-25,-14,-18,-29,-10,-16,-12,-30,-12,-18,-10,-10,-12,-3,0,0,-7,-60,0,0,14,14,8,0,0,0,43,43,43,43,43,43,51,44,53,53,53,53,53,52,52,52,54,52,52,52,52,52,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O h5 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} (8... d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Na4 Be7 12. c4 Rb8 13. b3 c5 14. Nc3 O-O 15. g4 Ne5 16. g5 Nc6 17. f4 {0-1 (55) Kryvoruchko,Y (2689)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Riadh 2017}) 9. Nf3 Bc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bf4 d6 {White has an edge.} 11. Qe2 Ng4 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 Nge5 13. Be3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Bg2 {0-1 (50) Wantiez,F (2329)-Malakhatko,V (2525) Cappelle-la-Grande 2016}) 12... Bd7 13. Nb1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. c3 Ba7 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nc4 22. Rf2 (22. Nxc4 $11 Rxc4 23. a5) 22... Rc7 ({Black should try} 22... Nxb2 $15 23. Nb3 Nxa4 24. Nxc5 Nxc5) 23. e5 $11 d5 24. Nf3 Ne3 25. Nd4 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 g6 27. a5 Ke7 28. Kf3 Rc5 29. Ke3 Rhc8 30. Ra3 Rc4 31. Rf1 Ra4 32. Rxa4 Bxa4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Ra1 Bd7 34. Ra3 Rc5 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kf8 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. b3 (38. Ra1 $14) 38... Rc8 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Ra1 Rh8 40. Nf3 Rh3 41. Ke2 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. c4 (42. cxd4 Bc6) 42... d3+ 43. Kf2 Bc6 44. Nd2 f5 45. exf6+ Kxf6 {[#] aiming for ...e5.} 46. Re1 $1 g5 47. fxg5+ Kxg5 48. Rxe6 Rh2+ 49. Ke1 Rh1+ 50. Kf2 Rh2+ 51. Ke1 Rh1+ 52. Kf2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Bewersdorff, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 13,85,0,0,-30,-31,-22,14,0,0,0,11,7,19,26,23,31,26,16,13,16,16,-9,64,68,72,27,81,63,91,88,130,66,137,117,185,131,133,103,104,110,107,109,123,120,140,121,251,256,243,137,203,201,229,181,187,182,241,222,234,207,206,172,179,147,161,119,111,119,187,170,504,496,833,823]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. Qb3 Qb6 {LiveBook: 397 Games} 8. Bd2 $146 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qd1 dxc4 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Nc5 Qc8 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. Qxc4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Ncd3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 {1-0 (36) Nakamura,H (2787)-Kramnik,V (2800) Moscow 2018}) 8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 Be6 10. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Bf5 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Qa3 Qd8 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Nh4 {[#] Bxc7 is the strong threat.} Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bg4 17. e4 Be2 (17... c5 $11) 18. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ba6 19. Nf3 Nb5 (19... c5 $11 {remains equal.}) 20. Qb3 Qa5 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. Nd2 (22. e5 $16) 22... Qa3 (22... e5 $14 23. dxe5 Nc7) 23. e5 $16 Rc8 (23... h5 $16 24. Be4 Kh7) 24. Ne4 (24. Qxa3 $18 Nxa3 25. c4) 24... b6 25. h4 Qxb3 26. axb3 Bb7 27. b4 h6 28. Be3 Rcd8 29. Red1 f6 (29... Nc7 $16) 30. c4 Nc7 31. f4 (31. exf6 $18 exf6 32. Nc3) 31... fxe5 (31... Ba8 $16 {was necessary.} 32. Kh2 a6) 32. dxe5 $18 ({But not} 32. fxe5 a6 $16) 32... Ne6 33. Ra1 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 {Hoping for Rd7.} Rd8 (34... Bc8 {was called for.} 35. Ra1 g5) 35. Ra1 Ra8 36. Nc3 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. b5 ({And not} 38. fxg5 Bxe5 39. Ra3 Nd4 $11) 38... Nd8 39. Ne4 gxf4 40. gxf4 c5 (40... Bh6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 41. Ng3 c5) 41. Rd1 a6 $2 (41... Kf8 42. Kf2 Rb8) 42. bxa6 Bxa6 {[#]} (42... Bc6 $142 43. a7 Bh6) 43. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 55%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cornette, Deimante"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 22,80,18,18,18,10,35,20,10,-30,-26,-32,-12,-25,-23,-24,-28,-101,-107,-97,-108,-118,-85,-85,-54,-92,-29,-34,-27,-39,-40,-25,0,0,0,0,7,-33,-31,-24,-22,-45,-18,-24,-20,-19,-15,-39,-51,-58,-22,-39,-31,-56,-58,-216,-223,-471,-479,-476,-491]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Be7 7. d3 O-O {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 8. h3 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 16 Games} Bd7 13. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 Ne6 {½-½ (31) Kobalia,M (2596)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Sochi 2017}) 13... Re8 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Bb2 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 16. Rb1 Be5 17. Qd2 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 18. Rbd1 Qg6 19. Kf1 {[#]} (19. Kh1 $11) 19... a4 $1 $17 20. b4 Ne6 21. Nde2 a3 22. Bc1 Reb8 23. Kg1 {With the idea f4.} Nf8 (23... Qf6 $17) 24. Kh1 $11 Qe6 25. f4 Bf6 26. c5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Bh4 (26... Qc4 {keeps more tension.} 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Rf1 Qxb4 29. Rf3 Qa5) 27. Rf1 Rxb4 {[%cal Bb8b4,Bb4c4,Bc4c5,Bc5a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Qxd6 (29. Rf3 {looks sharper.} c5 30. Rd3 Bc6 31. Rxd6 Qc8 32. Qe3) 29... Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Be7 31. Rdd1 Rc4 32. Rf3 Be8 33. Rd4 Rc5 34. Nb1 Ne6 35. Rd2 Rca5 36. Rdd3 Ra4 37. Bxa3 c5 {Hoping for ...Bb5.} 38. Bc1 $2 {[#]} (38. Nec3 $15) 38... Bb5 $1 $19 ({Resist} 38... Rxa2 39. Nec3 $17) ({Don't play} 38... Rxe4 39. Nbc3 $17) 39. Rd2 $2 (39. Nbc3 Bxd3 40. Rxd3) 39... Bxe2 $1 40. Rxe2 Nd4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 17,75,24,13,6,0,0,0,4,10,5,11,0,31,-12,-12,-25,-22,-18,-25,-52,-44,-33,-44,-35,-22,-30,-40,-22,-24,-29,-21,-34,-10,-16,-8,-27,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-20,-9,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Be3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. Qe3 Nh5 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Bf1 b6 15. a4 Bb7 16. a5 f5 17. f3 fxe4 18. fxe4 {0-1 (29) Pomes Marcet,J (2378)-Strikovic,A (2520) Ortiguera 2003}) 10... Qe7 11. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Rad1 h5 13. Nb3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Kh7 15. Qc5 Bf6 16. Qxe7 Bxe7 {1-0 (31) Heedt,T-Stoeber,M (2235) Cologne 1994}) 11... Nh5 12. g3 Bh3 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Na3 Kh8 15. Rad1 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Qf2 {[#] Black must now prevent Bc5.} b6 18. f4 Bg4 19. Be2 exf4 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Qe7 23. Kf2 Re8 24. Qd2 Qc5+ 25. Kg2 Qc6+ 26. Kf2 Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 27. Bf1 $1 {The position is equal.} Qc5+ 28. Kf3 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Bxf1 30. Qxf1 Qd5+ 31. Kf2 Bxc3 (31... Qxa2 {with more complications.} 32. Qe2 Qf7 33. Qd3 h5 34. Nb5 f4) 32. bxc3 Qxa2+ 33. Qe2 Qxa3 34. Qe5+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Qc5+.} 35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kg6 37. Qe6+ Kg7 {Hoping for ...Qd6.} 38. Qe5+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 16,89,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,7,16,32,0,0,-2,-12,-20,-14,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,17,29,14,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,22,209,213,430,249,249,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bf4 Qc7 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} (7... Qb6 8. Nd2 Qxb2 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. Qg4 Na5 11. Be2 Qb2 12. O-O Qxc2 13. Qf3 Qa4 14. Rab1 a6 15. Rfd1 {1-0 (27) Amin,B (2693)-Gordievsky,D (2622) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 8. Qe2 h6 9. O-O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} a6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be4 Bb7 13. Bxc6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Bg3 d5 15. exd6 Bxd6 {½-½ (25) Podvoysky,E (2199)-Dolgov,I (2389) LSS email 2012}) 13... Bxc6 14. Ne4 Qb7 15. Rd4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Bc5 17. Bg3 O-O 18. Bh4 d5 19. exd6 $1 Bxd6 20. Rd1 Be7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Red4 Rfd8 23. g3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 26. h4 Qd5 27. b3 f5 28. Qe3 Qd6 29. Kb2 e5 30. b4 Kf7 31. Qe2 Kf6 {[#]} 32. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd5 (32... bxa4 33. Qxc4) 33. a5 f4 34. Qg4 Qe6 35. Qf3 g5 $2 {[#]} (35... Qd6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 36. Qh5 $18 Kf5 $2 (36... Ke7 {was called for.} 37. hxg5 hxg5) 37. hxg5 (37. g4+ $142 Ke4 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qxg5) 37... hxg5 38. Qh3+ $2 (38. g4+ $18 Kf6 39. Qh6+ Ke7 40. Qxg5+ Kf7 41. f3) 38... g4 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Qh7+ Qg6 40. Qd7+ Kg5 41. Qd8+ Qf6 42. Qg8+ Kf5 43. Qc8+ Qe6 44. Qf8+ Ke4 45. Qa8+ {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bick, Gabriel"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 14,60,19,2,12,10,17,12,25,0,0,-13,-13,-13,-15,-35,-1,-4,-3,-20,0,-30,-14,-31,-23,-75,-75,-72,-73,-76,-81,-81,-75,-75,-82,-76,-68,-85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 Rd8 16. exd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (63) Carlsen,M (2834)-Kramnik,V (2787) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 {LiveBook: 27 Games} Bd7 9. a4 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Na7 14. Bc4 Nc6 {½-½ (14) Antoniewski,R (2540)-Predojevic,B (2640) Austria 2017}) 10. Re1 c6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Bb3 d5 14. e5 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 15. Re2 Nc7 16. Nf1 Ne6 17. Ng3 Ng6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 18. Nh5 Nh4 19. Nf6+ (19. Ne1 $11) 19... gxf6 $17 20. Nxh4 fxe5 21. Nf5 e4 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe6 {[#] Intending Qg4+ and mate.} Kh8 $1 (23... fxe6 24. Qg4+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qg4+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qg4+ $16) 24. Qg4 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg4g7]} Rg8 25. Qxe4 {[#] Bxd7 is the strong threat.} Bxe6 (25... Rg6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg6e6]} 26. Bxd7 (26. Bxf7 $2 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Rf6 $19) 26... Qxd7) 26. Qe5+ $11 {The position is equal.} f6 27. Qxe6 Rg6 (27... Re8 $5 28. Qf7 $8 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qf8 $11) 28. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Rg8 {Threatens to win with ...Re8.} ({Don't play} 28... Qxd4 $6 29. Nxg6+ hxg6 30. Be3 $16) 29. Nf5 Rg6 (29... Re8 $5 30. Qf7 $8 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Qf8 $11) 30. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Rg8 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 69%.} ({Reject} 30... Qxd4 $6 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. Be3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 23,80,26,16,0,10,0,14,3,37,30,39,36,37,46,39,10,25,-25,0,-60,-39,-127,-93,-97,-97,-97,-97,-80,-97,-78,-76,-283,-146,-141,-140,-145,-149,-148,-140,-147,-153,-160,-96,-112,-104,-265,-171,-265,-272,-261,-243,-315,-274,-448,-458,-453,-439,-648,-631]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. Bf1 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. a3 Rfd8 16. b4 Ne5 17. Bg3 Ng6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. f5 Nge5 21. fxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (73) Spraggett,K (2586)-Ivanov,J (2409) Seville 2010}) 14. a3 Ne5 15. Rc1 Qc7 16. b4 Qb8 17. h3 Bd8 18. Bh2 Bc7 19. f4 Ng6 20. Nf3 Qa8 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 21. Bd3 (21. Nd2 $11) 21... Red8 $15 22. Nd2 (22. Qe2 $15) 22... d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 23. e5 {[#]} dxc4 $1 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. exf6 Bxg2 26. Qe2 Bxh3 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 27. Qf3 $2 (27. b5 $17 {was forced.}) 27... Qxf3 ({Black should try} 27... Rxd2 $19 28. Qxh3 Rcd8) 28. Nxf3 $17 gxf6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 29. Ne4 {[#]} b5 $1 30. Nxf6+ Kg7 31. Ne4 Rd3 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 32. Rc3 Rcd8 (32... Bb6+ $142 33. Kh1 Rcd8 34. Rxd3 Rxd3) 33. Re3 {Threatening Rexd3.} Rd1+ 34. Re1 $2 (34. Kf2 $17) 34... Bf5 35. Nc5 (35. Ng3 {was worth a try.}) 35... Rxe1+ $19 36. Nxe1 Rd1 37. Bg3 Bd8 38. Nxa6 $2 (38. Kg2 {is a better defense.}) 38... Bf6 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Rf3 {Now Nc7 and White clings on.} Bd4+ 40. Kh2 (40. Kg2 $142 Be4 41. Nc5) 40... Be4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 13,92,0,0,-24,-16,-17,0,-7,0,-2,0,-2,0,4,12,-20,-24,-14,-17,-24,-20,-64,-55,-55,-67,-62,-55,-67,-59,-71,-60,-63,-50,-65,-50,-64,-58,-60,-58,-65,-64,-60,-41,-81,-87,-98,-63,-77,-70,-97,-91,-92,-82,-91,-71,-75,-33,-34,-34,-33,-53,-51,-30,-30,-14,-14,0,-30,-30,-30,-16,-17,-14,-20,-14,-18,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Ne4 7. Rc1 (7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. g3 g5 10. Be3 f5 11. Bg2 f4 12. gxf4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 gxf4 {0-1 (21) Svidler,P (2768)-Mamedyarov,S (2804) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7c8,Bc8d6][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 15 Games} 8. g3 Bf5 9. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qb3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Qa2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 {0-1 (30) Glud,J (2531)-Hammer,J (2677) Helsingor 2015}) 9... O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Ne7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 c6 15. Rfe1 Nc8 16. Ne5 Nd6 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. g4 Be6 20. h3 f6 21. Nd3 Bf7 22. e3 Nc4 23. Re2 h5 24. Bf3 hxg4 25. hxg4 g5 26. Nb4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Re7 28. Kg3 Nd6 29. Ree1 Rae8 30. Kg2 Bg6 31. Be2 Be4+ 32. Kg3 Rh8 33. Nxc6 bxc6 34. Rxc6 Nc4 {...Kg6 is the strong threat.} 35. f3 $1 Bg6 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. Rxc4 Bf7 38. Rc6 b5 39. e4 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Rec1 (40. axb4 Rb8) 40... bxa3 41. bxa3 Ra8 42. R1c3 {The position is equal.} Rea7 43. Rb6 $1 Rxa3 44. Rcc6 Ra1 45. Rxf6 {[#] Hoping for Rf5.} R8a2 {And now ...Rg1+ would win.} 46. Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g5]} Rg1+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Unuk, Laura"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 23,64,6,2,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,5,61,55,64,62,62,50,64,0,0,0,0,-146,-45,-38,-36,-35,0,-1185,-1119,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nxe4 {LiveBook: 10 Games. A89: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 Nc6} 13. Ne2 (13. Qc1 e5 14. Be3 Nd6 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 b6 20. Qc4 {1-0 (29) Simutowe,A (2421)-Nakamura,H (2647) Cherry Hill 2007}) 13... Bf5 14. Nd4 e5 {The position is equal.} 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Be3 Nd6 17. Qe2 f4 18. Bc5 b6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Be4 {½-½ (39) Garcia Vicente,N (2265)-Oms Fuentes,L (2165) Pontevedra 2004}) 16... exf4 17. Bf3 Qh4 18. Re1 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bc3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 20. Re6 Rf7 (20... Kh8 $11) 21. Qd3 $14 Bf6 22. Rxb7 {aiming for d6.} Qh3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rg7+.} 23. Qe2 {And now d6 would win.} Kh8 24. Re8+ (24. Rb1 $14) 24... Rxe8 $11 25. Qxe8+ Kg7 26. Bg2 {[#]} (26. Rb8 Qxf3 27. Qe1 (27. Qg8+ $2 Kh6 $19) 27... Kh6 $19) (26. Qe2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 26... Qg4 ({Black should try} 26... Qh5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh5d1] ...Qd1+ is the strong threat.} 27. Qe1 Re7) 27. h3 $1 $15 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Qd1+ 28. Bf1 $1 Re7 29. Qb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Qc8 $11 Re1 30. Qxc7+ (30. Rxc7+ Be7 $11) 30... Be7 31. Qxe7+ Rxe7 32. Rxe7+ Kg6 33. Rxa7) 29... Kh6 $19 {( -> ...Rg7+)} 30. Qb1 Rg7+ {Black mates.} 31. Kh2 Qd2 32. Bg2 f3 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 65%.} (32... Qxf2 $2 33. Qf1 $19) 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cummings, David H."]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 19,92,54,63,44,48,39,68,29,37,30,41,36,28,0,77,75,65,65,58,37,29,10,143,133,259,-28,-54,-56,-17,-21,-26,-28,-20,-22,0,0,0,-17,-14,-26,-26,-25,-25,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-10,-9,-18,-22,-32,-56,-43,-18,0,0,0,0,53,66,76,0,0,0,83,0,0,0,77,0,0]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb8 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nxc6 $146 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. e5 Ne8 15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Kb1 a6 {1-0 (41) Karpov,A (2725)-Adams,M (2630) Dos Hermanas 1993}) 11... Bxc6 12. Bf4 Qb7 13. e5 {White is slightly better.} Nh5 14. Be3 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 a6 {[#]} (16... Bxe3 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Qxe3 Qc7) 17. Bxc5 $1 $16 bxc5 18. Rhe1 Rab8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 d5 (20... Qc7 $11) 21. cxd5 Rfd8 (21... c4 $16 {is a better defense.}) 22. Qc2 $2 {[#]} (22. dxe6 $18 Qb6 23. Qc3) 22... exd5 $11 23. Bf5 Qc7 24. g4 Kh8 25. Kb1 d4 26. Be6 Nd5 27. Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 28. Re6 Rdd8 29. Qe2 Qf7 30. Re7 Qg6+ 31. Ka1 h6 32. Qe5 d3 33. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} c4 34. h5 Qg5 35. Qxg5 hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 36. Re4 Rbc8 37. Re5 Re8 38. Rxg5 Re2 39. Rd5 $1 Rc2 40. b3 c3 (40... cxb3 $1 $11 41. axb3 Rf2) 41. R5xd3 $14 {g5 is the strong threat.} Kh7 $1 42. Kb1 Rb2+ $1 43. Ka1 {aiming for Rxc3!} Rc2 44. Kb1 (44. Re1 $16) 44... Rb2+ $11 45. Ka1 ({Better is} 45. Kc1 $11 Rxa2 46. Rd8) 45... Rc2 $16 46. Re3 (46. f4 $16) 46... Rd8 $1 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Midoux, Sebastien"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 23,120,23,19,11,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-22,-46,-35,-31,-30,-63,-61,-66,-24,-26,-24,-23,-31,-33,-29,-66,-35,-41,-42,-68,-40,-63,-60,-63,-53,-65,0,-61,-62,-50,-38,-43,-47,-150,-156,-162,-91,-100,-108,-103,-77,-74,-41,-66,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-21,-67,-40,-64,-32,-78,-81,-80,-80,-77,-77,-77,-66,-72,-32,-114,-91,-237,-235,-234,-218,-212,-165,-173,-131,-503,-501,-495,-449,-1660,-1770,-2842,-2393,-1697,-1667]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Nf3 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. c4 O-O {[#]} 14. cxd5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. exd5) 14... cxd5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bc2 Qf6 17. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} (17. Rad1 {NOTEXT} g6 18. Bb3 Rae8 19. Qd3 Qxb2 20. Qa6) 17... g6 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rab8 20. Bb3 a5 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 (21... a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 22. Re7 Bc8 23. Bxd5 Rxb2 $15) 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Re1 Kf8 24. g3 Bg5 25. Bxd5 Bf6 26. Nf3 Rxb2 27. Rd1 a4 28. Ne1 Bb5 29. Nd3 Rc2 30. Nb4 Rb2 31. Nd3 Re2 32. Nf4 Rc2 33. h4 Kg7 34. Ng2 (34. Rb1 $15 Bb2 35. Rd1) 34... Be2 $17 35. Rb1 {[#]} Bb2 ({Black should play} 35... Rd2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd2d5]} 36. Ne3 Bd4) 36. Nf4 Ba6 37. Rd1 Ba3 38. Nd3 h5 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. Ne1 Re2 41. Nf3 Bc5 42. Rd2 $1 Rxd2 43. Nxd2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening Ne4+. KBB-KBN} Ke7 44. f3 f6 45. g4 Bb4 46. Ne4 hxg4 47. fxg4 f5 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Ng5 Kd6 50. Bf7 Ke5 51. Nf3+ (51. a3 $1 $15 Bb7+ 52. Kh3 Bxa3 53. Be8) 51... Ke4 52. Be8 {[#]} (52. a3 $17 Bxa3 53. Be8) 52... a3 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Ke3.} 53. Bc6+ Ke3 {White must now prevent ...Bc4.} 54. Bd5 Bf8 55. h5 Bd3 56. Ng5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Ne5 $17 {is tougher.}) 56... Be2 {Black is clearly winning.} 57. Nf3 {If White can now play Nh4 this consolidates a bit.} f4 58. Bc6 (58. h6 $142 Bxh6 59. Ne1) 58... Bc4 59. Ne1 Kd2 60. Nf3+ Kc3 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 37%, Black = 68%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kantorik, Marian"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 12,92,42,28,61,33,33,35,44,33,40,30,47,42,38,42,43,35,47,20,39,24,41,21,26,23,50,-7,-7,-42,-50,-102,-114,-123,-106,-99,-91,-95,-106,-131,-72,-58,-66,-85,-85,-106,-106,-106,-106,-176,-128,-128,-120,-178,-163,-156,-151,-138,-138,-302,-283,-354,-324,-304,-322,-464,-464,-468,-463,-653,-601,-916,-907,-808,-750,-1668,-1125,-1338,-1253,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12843]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. f3 Nbd7 {B06: Modern Defence} (6... c6 7. Qd2 h5 8. Bd3 a5 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 e5 12. Bc4 Nb4 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. Bh6 {½-½ (70) Radjabov,T (2745)-Nakamura,H (2775) Stavanger 2013}) 7. Qd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} b6 8. Bh6 Bxh6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Qxh6 e5 10. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Nge2 O-O-O 13. d5 a5 14. b4 axb4 {1-0 (30) Bersamina,P (2325)-Zhou,G (2206) Bangkok 2014}) 10... Qe7 11. Bc4 Qf8 12. Qe3 (12. Qd2 {keeps more tension.} h5 13. Nge2 Qh6 14. Qxh6 Rxh6 15. a5) 12... h5 13. h4 Qh6 14. Qxh6 Rxh6 15. Nge2 Ke7 16. Kd2 Bb7 17. Rag1 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Kc1 ({White should try} 19. Ng3 $14) 19... Rhh8 20. b3 Rhb8 21. Nd5+ (21. Bd3 $15) 21... Bxd5 $1 $17 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kb2 b4 (25... Nb6 $142 26. Rd1 Ra5) 26. Ra1 f5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. c4 Nc5 29. Nc1 Kf6 30. g3 (30. Kc2 $17 {was called for.}) 30... Ra3 31. Rh2 Ra7 32. Rh1 {[#]} (32. Kc2 $17) 32... g5 $1 $19 33. hxg5+ Kxg5 34. Kc2 e4 35. fxe4 $2 (35. Rf1 $17 {only move.}) 35... Nxe4 36. Rh3 Ra8 37. Nd3 Ra2+ 38. Kb1 (38. Kc1 $142 Ra1+ 39. Kb2) 38... Rg2 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. c5 dxc5 40. d6 (40. Nf4 $142 Rg1+ 41. Kc2) 40... Nxd6 41. Nxc5 Ne4 42. Ne6+ Kg4 43. Rh4+ Kxg3 44. Rxh5 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 45. Re5 Re2 {[#] ( -> ...Nc3+)} 46. Kc1 f3 {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Black "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 20,85,56,46,46,44,45,37,49,21,87,56,56,56,67,51,53,33,46,23,28,27,28,-13,25,0,8,0,19,-12,0,-137,-130,-137,-130,-114,-135,-113,-15,-11,-11,-21,-16,-16,0,0,0,-73,-39,-89,-6,-133,-131,-235,-220,-217,-178,-179,361,361,570,489,639,637,620,617,1082,1079]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. a4 Na6 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (11... exd5 12. cxd5 b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bh2 Nh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nd2 h5 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. f3 Ba6 19. Ne3 Nh7 20. Kg2 {0-1 (61) Mitkov,M (2401)-Drenchev,P (2517) Tivat 2011}) 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Nh5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nb4 14. Bb1 b6 15. Ra3 a6 16. g4 exd5 17. exd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 {1-0 (76) Danner,G (2355)-Koerholz,L (2255) Dortmund 1992}) 14. Be3 Qf6 (14... Nb4 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. Bf1 e5 16. g3 Nb4 17. Nh2 Qe7 18. Rc1 Kh7 19. Kg2 Rf8 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Ng4 Nd7 22. Qd2 {[%cal Re3h6]} f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nxh6 Qf6 {[%cal Rg7h6]} 25. Nxf5 ({Much worse is} 25. Nb5 Bxh6 26. Bxh6 Qxh6 $17) (25. Ng4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qg6 26. Rh1 (26. Nh2 $2 f4 $19)) 25... Qxf5 $17 26. Nb5 Nf6 27. g4 Qg6 $1 28. Nxd6 Nxg4 (28... b6 $17 29. Nxc8 Raxc8) 29. hxg4 $11 Qxd6 30. Rh1+ Kg8 31. Rh5 Rf6 32. Rch1 Rg6 $1 33. f3 (33. R1h4 $11) 33... e4 34. Bf4 Qf8 ({Better is} 34... Qa6 $1 $17 {And now ...exf3+ would win.} 35. Kg3 exf3 36. Bxf3 Bd7) 35. Kg3 (35. R1h4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... Bf5 $1 $17 36. fxe4 (36. d6 $17 {was called for.}) 36... Bxe4 $19 37. Rf1 Re8 38. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32] [#] aiming for d7.} Bd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Qf7 $1 $19 {avoids the disaster. White must now prevent ...Qe6.} 39. Rxc5 Nc6) 39. d7 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Be5.} Rd8 (39... Rf6 $142) 40. Bc7 {White is clearly winning.} Qxf1 41. Bxf1 Rxd7 42. Qf4 Bc2 {Hoping for ...Rf7.} 43. Be5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

