[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,60,-3,-10,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,13,8,0,27,0,13,13,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,8,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,2,2,2,2,2]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Bb4 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 {½-½ (70) Papaioannou,I (2577)-Pavasovic,D (2534) Turin 2006}) 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nb6 12. Bg5 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bc6 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Bf1 a6 18. Re3 (18. Bh4 {feels hotter.} b5 19. Qd1 Kh8 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. Bd3) 18... Qd5 {The position is equal.} 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qd1 {Threatens to win with c4.} b5 {[#]} 21. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (21... bxa4 22. c4) 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rg3 {next Ra7 is good for White.} Rg8 24. Ra7 e5 25. Qd2 exd4 26. cxd4 Rxg3 27. hxg3 Kg7 28. Qb4 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Qxb5 Qxd4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,12,0,25,24,17,27,25,22,55,72,78,12,13,21,41,8,34,43,41,51,32,12,28,10,16,17,1,28,38,33,43,58,91,73,81,66,112,39,73,27,65,27,80,76,140,73,409,380,1093,1080,29987,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 O-O {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 7. h3 Nd4 8. Bc4 d6 9. a3 $146 {LiveBook: 7 Games} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Ne8 11. Nh2 e6 12. a4 b6 {1-0 (31) Chernyshov,K (2537)-Motylev,A (2662) Tomsk 2006}) 9... Nd7 10. Ba2 b5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 (14. Nxb5 $16 Qb6 15. a4) 14... d5 $11 15. f3 Nb6 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Qxh6 Bg7 19. Qg5 Rac8 20. Rac1 Na4 21. f4 ({Wrong is} 21. Qxe7 $2 Qxe7 22. Bxe7 Rfe8 $19) 21... Qe6 {Threatens to win with ...Bf6.} 22. Rfe1 ({But not} 22. Qxe7 $2 Qxe7 23. Bxe7 Rfe8 $19) 22... Bf6 23. Qg3 Nxb2 24. Bb3 Nc4 25. dxc4 dxc4 {...Bxh4 is the strong threat.} 26. Ba2 Bg7 {[#]} 27. Kh2 (27. Rcd1 $1 $16) 27... Qd6 28. Rcd1 {Strongly threatening Nxd4!} e5 $1 29. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6,Bf6g7][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent Nxd4!} (29. a4 $5) 29... Qc6 (29... Rc6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. Rf1 $16 Qe4 {[#]} (30... Rfe8 $142) 31. Rde1 (31. Ng1 $142 $1) 31... Qxc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... gxf5 $16 {is more resistant.} 32. Bf6 Qxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Bxg2 34. Rxf5 Bxf6) 32. f6 $18 ({Not} 32. Bb1 Qb3 $16) 32... Qxa2 $2 (32... Bh8) 33. fxg7 Rfe8 34. Bf6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,189,20,13,-15,-13,-22,-20,-15,-13,-11,-19,-11,-1,-76,-75,-62,-52,-72,-54,-62,-77,-56,-61,-64,-33,-40,-25,-20,-20,-17,-3,0,-4,-10,-14,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,8,0,0,0,49,53,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,32,32,31,33,7,7,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29962,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,8,8,0,0,0,70,88,47,56,177,8,29981,29982,29985,29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bb7 11. Rd1 c5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 12. Ng5 {Threatens to win with e5. E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} h6 13. e5 Bxg2 14. exf6 {The position is equal.} Nxf6 15. Kxg2 hxg5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. cxb6 (17. Bxg5 $11 {remains equal.} Qc6+ 18. Kg1) 17... axb6 $17 18. Qe2 Rfc8 {[#]} 19. Ne5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 19. b3 b5 {1-0 (94) Howell,D (2698)-Lopez Martinez,J (2607) Heraklio 2017}) 19... Ra5 20. Nd3 $1 Rd8 21. Be3 Rad5 22. Ne1 $1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Nd5 25. Bd2 Qc4 26. b3 Qd4 27. Qc2 g4 28. Qd3 Qb2 29. a4 Bc5 30. Nc2 Qf6 31. Be1 Qb2 32. Qc4 Bd4 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Nxd4 Qxd4 35. Qc2+ g6 36. Bd2 e5 37. Bc1 Nc3 38. Be3 Qd5+ 39. Kg1 Ne4 40. b4 Qb7 41. a5 (41. Qc4 $16) 41... bxa5 $11 42. bxa5 {a6! is the strong threat.} Nd6 $1 43. Qd3 Nf5 44. a6 Qf3 45. a7 Nxe3 46. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} f5 47. Qd7+ Kh6 48. Qd2 Kh5 49. Qc1 g5 50. Qd2 Kg6 51. Qd6+ Kh5 52. Qd3 Qb7 53. Qa3 Qf3 54. Qd3 Qb7 55. Qxf5 Qxa7 56. Qxe5 Qa2 57. Qe4 {[%cal Re4h7]} Qa1+ 58. Kf2 {[%cal Re4h7]} Qb2+ 59. Ke1 {[%cal Re4h7]} Kh6 (59... Qa1+ {NOTEXT} 60. Kd2 Qa5+ 61. Kc2 Qa2+ 62. Kc1 Qa3+) 60. Qxg4 Qxh2 61. Qf3 Kg6 62. e4 Qh3 63. Ke2 {Black should prevent g4.} Qe6 64. g4 Qa2+ 65. Kf1 Qb1+ 66. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Qf5+.} (66. Ke2 $5 {[%cal Rf3f5]} Qc2+ 67. Kf1 $16) 66... Qb2+ 67. Qf2 Qc1 68. e5 Qc6+ 69. Kh2 Qe6 70. Qc2+ Kg7 71. Qf5 Qa2+ 72. Kg3 Qb3+ 73. Qf3 Qb6 74. Kh3 (74. e6 $5 Qxe6 75. Qf5 Qxf5 76. gxf5 $11) 74... Qh6+ 75. Kg2 {Hoping for Qd5.} Qb6 76. Qe4 Qb2+ 77. Kf3 Qc1 78. Qd4 Qf1+ 79. Ke4 {aiming for Qd7+.} Qb1+ 80. Qd3 Qb4+ 81. Qd4 Qb1+ 82. Kd5 {And now e6+ would win.} Qb7+ 83. Kd6 {Strongly threatening e6+.} Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (83... Qb8+ $11 84. Kd7 Qb7+ 85. Ke6 Qf7+ 86. Kd6 Qf4) 84. e6 $2 (84. Qc5 {NOTEXT} Qb2 85. e6 Qd2+ 86. Kc7+ Kg8 87. Kc8 Qe2 88. Qxg5+ Kf8 89. Qf5+ Kg7 90. Kd7 Qd2+ 91. Ke8) 84... Qb8+ 85. Kd5 {Intending Qh8+ and mate.} Qb7+ $1 86. Ke5 {Qd8+ would kill now.} Qg7+ 87. Ke4 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Qh7+ 88. Ke3 {White threatens Qd8+ and mate.} Qh3+ 89. Kd2 {White wants to mate with Qf6+.} Qg2+ 90. Kd3 Qf3+ (90... Qh3+ $11 91. Kc4 Ke7) 91. Kc4 $14 Qe2+ 92. Kd5 {Threatening mate with Qh8+.} Qa2+ $1 {[#]} 93. Ke5 $2 (93. Qc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4a2]} Qg2+ 94. Qe4 Qa2+ 95. Ke5) 93... Qe2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (93... Qh2+ $11 94. Kd5 Ke8 95. Qa4+ Kf8 96. Qa8+ Kg7 97. Qa7+ Kh6) 94. Kf6 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Qf3+ 95. Kg6 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 74%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Cummings, David H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,105,0,-5,7,11,7,5,6,-4,1,3,6,10,7,-1,-8,-8,-6,-8,-6,-18,0,-8,0,0,0,0,27,10,89,82,80,74,93,94,106,83,108,106,112,94,239,237,237,223,220,147,241,233,217,229,260,236,248,194,258,262,262,266,249,251,267,262,238,151,160,146,150,105,105,108,229,105,105,105,116,105,438,435,570,552,546,514,648,633,667,647,662,642,29975,29976,29974,29975]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 c5 6. Nbd2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} O-O 7. c3 b6 (7... Qc7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. e4 Bxg3 11. hxg3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Rfe1 h6 {½-½ (37) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 8. Ne5 {LiveBook: 19 Games. The position is equal.} Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Bh4 Nb8 11. f4 Be7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Nbd7 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. O-O Ne8 14. g4 f6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rae1 Nc7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. e4 Rab8 19. b3 d4 20. cxd4 {½-½ (20) Nguyen T Thanh,A-Bui,N Dong Thap 1994}) 12. O-O Nfd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qh5 f6 15. Nef3 Nc6 16. Rae1 f5 17. Ne5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. g4 g6 20. Qh3 Qf7 21. Nf3 Rfe8 (21... Qe7 $11) 22. Ng5 Qg7 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Rd2 h6 26. Nf3 Ne7 27. Kh1 Kf7 (27... Rb8 $16 {was necessary.}) 28. Rg1 Rg8 29. Qf1 Rb8 30. Qd1 {Strongly threatening Rxd5.} Rgd8 (30... Qf8 $16 31. Rdg2 Rb6) 31. Rdg2 Rb6 32. a4 a6 33. axb5 axb5 34. Qa1 Rdb8 (34... Qg8 {was called for.} 35. Qa7 Rdb8) 35. b4 $18 c4 36. Ra2 Qf8 37. Nd4 Qc8 38. Qe1 Ra8 39. Rag2 Ra7 40. Qh4 Qf8 41. h3 Kg7 42. Qf2 Kh7 {[#]} (42... Raa6 $16 {might work better.} 43. h4 h5) 43. Kh2 (43. h4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 43... Raa6 $16 44. h4 {Black must now prevent h5!} Qf7 45. Qf3 Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45... h5 $16 {is more resistant.}) 46. h5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rg8 (46... gxh5 47. e6) 47. hxg6+ Rgxg6 48. Rxg6 Nxg6 49. Qh3 Ne7 50. Ra1 Rg6 51. Ra7 Rg7 {[#]} 52. Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe7 53. Nxf5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Kvetny, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,95,7,-3,25,25,54,54,39,23,25,37,45,40,44,40,40,43,37,35,69,66,64,62,63,64,100,100,107,110,112,90,107,107,107,107,107,107,130,116,119,19,28,19,30,30,38,39,43,42,44,16,11,14,23,31,66,13,20,14,42,48,50,0,70,70,70,70,81,70,71,0,0,0,81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e3 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 b6 (5... O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb5 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Be6 15. Rac1 Rac8 {1-0 (55) Carlsen,M (2834)-Giri,A (2752) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6. cxd5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} exd5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bb7 9. d4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Ne4 10. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nd2 f6 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. exf4 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 f5 16. Bd3 {0-1 (49) Berezjuk,E (2005)-Gutsko,A (2222) Alushta 2005}) 10... Bf6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Qc2 Na6 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Rfc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} c5 17. Qxe4 Bb7 18. Qg4 Rad8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 {[#]} 21. Rd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h5 (21... Rxd6 22. exd6) 22. Qf4 Kf8 23. h4 Rxd6 24. exd6 Qe6 25. f3 Bc6 26. e4 g6 27. Be5 {Qh6+ is the strong threat.} Ke8 28. g4 (28. Bf6 $16) 28... hxg4 $11 29. fxg4 Kd7 30. h5 gxh5 31. gxh5 f6 32. Bxf6 Qxd6 33. Qg4+ Qe6 34. Qg7+ Kc8 $1 35. Be5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg7c7]} Kd8 36. Qg5+ (36. Qf8+ $14 Kd7 37. Qf4) 36... Ke8 37. Qf4 Qg8+ 38. Kf2 Qh7 39. Bb8 {Threatens to win with Qe5+.} (39. Qf5 {feels hotter.} Bxe4 40. Qc8+ Ke7 41. Qc7+ Ke8 42. Qb8+) 39... Qxe4 (39... Qxh5 $11 40. Bxa7 Qh7 41. Bxb6 Qxe4) 40. Qxe4+ $14 Bxe4 41. Bxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Bb1 $1 42. a3 ({Don't play} 42. Bxb6 Bxa2 43. Bc7 Bxb3 $11) 42... Bc2 43. h6 (43. b4 $16) 43... Kf7 44. Bxb6 Bxb3 {[#]} (44... Kg6 $11) 45. Bxc5 (45. Bc7 $1 $16) 45... Bc2 {The position is equal.} 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Kd4 Kd7 48. Bd6 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,85,58,47,43,31,0,0,0,15,1,7,5,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,83,92,107,99,188,206,277,277,304,303,303,302,337,303,371,355]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxa1 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (13... Ne5 14. Be2 Qa5 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Bd4 Qa3 17. Rxb7 Rfb8 18. Qb1 Rc8 19. Bb2 Qd6 20. Qa1 Rcb8 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 {½-½ (51) Gunina,V (2522)-Harika,D (2505) Beijing 2014}) 14. Qxa1 Na5 15. Bh6 f6 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 17. Bg4 Nc4 18. Be6 b5 19. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Bd7 a6 21. a4 {½-½ (39) Jimenez Villena,F (2240)-Goormachtigh,J (2266) Benidorm 2003}) 19... Qb8 20. g3 a6 21. Kg2 Qe5 22. Qc1 Kg7 23. Qc2 Qd4 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Re1 Qd4 26. Qe2 Ra7 27. Rd1 Qc3 28. Rd3 Qa1 29. Rd1 Qc3 30. Rd3 Qa1 31. f4 Rc7 32. Kh3 Qc1 33. e5 Nxe5 $1 34. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1c1]} ({Don't go for} 34. fxe5 $2 Rc2 $19) 34... Qc4 35. Qe1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nf3 (35... Qxa2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 36. fxe5 Rc2 37. exf6+ exf6) 36. Qe3 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qc3 37. Rd3 Ng1+ (37... Qb2 $16 38. Qxf3 Rc2) 38. Kg2 $18 Qb2+ 39. Rd2 Qc1 40. Bg4 Kf8 41. Bd1 Rc5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxd5!} 42. Qf2 ({But not} 42. Kxg1 $2 Rxd5 43. Re2 Qxe3+ 44. Rxe3 Rxd1+ 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46. Re2 Rxe2+ 47. Kxe2 Kf7 $19) 42... Qc4 43. Rd4 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 56%.} ({Not} 43. Qxg1 Rxd5 44. Qf2 Rxd2 $18) 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Bick, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,57,20,22,22,18,77,69,71,56,73,66,529,509,758,752,712,710,687,592,559,325,327,327,333,339,314,309,1108,1094,1110,1118,1110,1133]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Be2 Qe8 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. g4 Ndc5 12. Rg1 Kh8 13. a3 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} Bd7 14. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (14. Qb1 a4 15. Qc2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. O-O-O e4 18. Kb1 Nb3 19. Nxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3 {0-1 (35) Lalith,B (2587)-Belyakov,B (2487) Doha 2016}) 14... c6 15. h4 {The position is equal.} Rc8 $146 (15... f5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 15... cxd5 16. Nxd5 Ne6 17. Be7 Rg8 18. Qc3 Bc6 19. Bxd6 Nd4 20. Nb6 Rd8 21. c5 Bf8 22. Bxa6 Bxd6 23. cxd6 bxa6 24. Nbc4 Rc8 {½-½ (24) Grammatica,A (2335)-Spartinos,P (2353) ICCF email 2016}) 16. h5 $16 gxh5 17. gxh5 {[#] aiming for h6.} f5 18. O-O-O {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d6,Bd6f6,Bf6h6,Bh6h5][%mdl 32]} fxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... Qf7 $14) 19. Ndxe4 $18 cxd5 20. h6 dxe4 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rxd6 {[#] White wants to mate with Bf6+.} Kh8 23. Bf6+ Rxf6 24. Rxf6 Qd8 25. Rh6 ({Weaker is} 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxa6 Qh4 $16) 25... Qf8 26. Rgh1 Qf4+ $2 (26... Bf5 27. Nd5 Rc6) 27. Kb1 {White is clearly winning.} Bf5 28. Nd5 Qg5 29. R6h5 {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,151,13,20,0,0,-2,2,7,19,20,0,0,64,58,52,51,99,93,82,94,139,158,156,154,172,165,166,143,144,116,198,194,199,199,191,200,249,237,359,342,310,169,175,64,60,56,89,30,43,38,285,85,63,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-17,-18,-17,-17,-40,-6,-13,0,0,0,0,54,3,71,71,135,65,120,116,241,236,320,284,307,258,306,295,296,289,282,251,243,211,282,293,293,268,279,261,230,191,280,96,358,174,233,250,240,222,250,258,104,120,121,110,383,368,627,627,588,272,231,0,494,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h4 {B90: Sizilianisch (Najdorf-Variante, Abweichungen)} Nc6 {LiveBook: 13 Partien} 7. Be2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 7. h5 h6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Qf3 e5 12. Qg3 Be6 13. Be2 Rb8 {0-1 (32) Deac,B (2566)-Wang,H (2706) Baile Govora 2017}) 7... e5 8. Nb3 h6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 (11... Ne7 $1 $11) 12. a4 Be7 13. a5 h5 14. c4 Nbd7 15. Nd2 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Nb3 $1 Nc8 18. Na5 $1 Qd7 19. Nc6 Ng4 20. Bd2 Bf6 (20... O-O $16 21. f3 Nf6) 21. f3 $18 Nh6 22. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g5]} Bd8 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. f4 $1 (24. gxh5 Ne7 $16) 24... Qb7 (24... Bf6 $142 25. g5 (25. gxh5 exf4 26. Bg4 Qc7 $16) 25... Bg7 26. fxe5 (26. Bxh5 hxg5 27. fxg5 O-O $18) 26... dxe5) 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Qa4 (26. Nxe5 Qxb2 27. Qa4+ Kf8 $16) (26. Qd3 $142) 26... Qxb2 27. O-O (27. c5 $18) 27... O-O $14 28. Ra2 {[%mdl 1024] Weiss hat Kompensation.} Qb6+ 29. Kh1 (29. Kh2 $1 $16) 29... Qe3 $11 30. Qa3 Qe4+ $2 ({Günstiger ist} 30... Qxa3 $1 $14 31. Rxa3 Bxh4) 31. Qf3 $2 (31. Kh2 $1 $18 hxg4 32. Qg3) 31... Nd6 $16 {[%cal Bc8d6,Bd6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 32. Nxd8 (32. c5 $14 hxg4 33. Rg1) 32... Rfxd8 $11 33. Qxe4 Nxe4 34. Kg2 a5 35. Rf5 Nc3 36. Rc2 Nxe2 37. Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTT} Rdc8 38. Rc2 Rc5 39. Rxh5 a4 40. Rxe5 a3 (40... Rac8 $11) 41. Ree2 ({Besser ist} 41. Re1 $1 $14) 41... Ra6 (41... Rac8 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 42. Kf3 $16 Kf8 (42... f6 $142) 43. h5 (43. Ke4 $16) 43... Rca5 ({Lieber} 43... f5 $14) 44. Ra2 Rf6+ (44... Ra4 $16) 45. Ke4 $18 Ke7 46. Re3 Rfa6 47. Kd4+ Kd7 48. Rf3 Ke7 49. Raf2 f6 50. Re2+ Kf7 51. Rfe3 {Beabsichtigt Te7+ und Matt.} f5 {zielt auf ...a2 ab.} 52. Ra2 $1 (52. Re7+ Kf6 $11) 52... fxg4 53. Re4 Rf6 54. Rxg4 Rf3 55. Re4 Ra8 (55... Rf5 $142 56. Kc3 Ra8) 56. d6 $2 (56. Re3 $18 {und Weiss behält klar die Oberhand.} Rxe3 57. Kxe3) 56... Rf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Kf6 $16) 57. Kc3 (57. Re5 $142 Rf1 58. c5) 57... Rd8 (57... Rxh5 $142 58. Rf2+ Kg6) 58. Rd2 ({Nicht} 58. Rxa3 Rf3+ 59. Kb2 Rb8+ 60. Ka2 Rf2+ 61. Ka1 Rf1+ 62. Ka2 Rf2+ 63. Ka1 Rf1+ 64. Ka2 Rf2+ $11) 58... Rxh5 59. Re7+ Kf6 {Und ...Txd6! würde nun gewinnen.} 60. Rf2+ $1 Kg6 61. Re6+ $1 Kg7 62. Kd4 Rh4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... Rg5 $16 63. Ra2 Ra8) 63. Kd5 $1 Ra8 $2 (63... Rh5+ 64. Re5 Rh1) 64. Re7+ Kg6 65. Rg2+ (65. d7 $142 Rh5+ 66. Ke4 Rh4+ 67. Kf3 (67. Kd3 Rh3+ 68. Ke4 Rh4+ 69. Ke3 Rd8 $16)) 65... Kf6 {[#] Droht stark ...Ta5+.} 66. Rf2+ $2 (66. Re6+ $1 Kf7 67. Re5) 66... Kg6 {[#]} 67. Ra2 $2 (67. d7 $1 $18 a2 68. Rg2+ (68. Rxa2 Rxa2 69. c5 Rd2+ 70. Kc6 Kf6 $11) 68... Kf6 69. Re1 (69. Re6+ Kf7 $14)) 67... Ra5+ $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 68. c5 Rh5+ 69. Ke6 Rhxc5 70. Rg2+ Rg5 71. Ra2 Rge5+ 72. Kd7 Ra7+ 73. Kd8 Ra8+ 74. Kd7 Ra7+ 75. Kd8 Ra8+ 76. Kd7 {Precision: Weiß = 50%, Schwarz = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,111,10,14,17,8,13,8,10,13,43,13,17,18,10,6,10,25,22,4,4,2,8,8,12,3,3,5,5,5,5,4,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,68,67,68,67,68,68,77,75,158,158,268,268,725,268,266,252,722,707,667,634,589,0,553,541,543,409,2345,2338,2243,2045,2060,2012,1793,1779,953,481,29965,29963,29944,11493,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. f3 Rc8 9. Bg2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qb6 10. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. g4 Bd7 11. e3 e6 12. f4 Bb4 {0-1 (40) Rodshtein,M (2689)-Rublevsky,S (2692) Sochi 2016}) 10... dxe4 11. fxe4 Bd7 $1 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. d5 Bd7 14. e5 Ng4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rb6f2] [#]} 15. Qe2 {e6! is the strong threat.} Qa6 $1 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. O-O Bd7 20. h3 Nf6 21. Be3 e6 22. Bxa7 Bc5+ 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Ke7 26. Rac1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kd6 28. b4 h6 29. Kf2 Rc8 ({Better is} 29... Rb8 $11) 30. Rxc8 $14 Bxc8 {KB-KB} 31. Bd3 e5 32. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kd5 33. Ke3 e4 (33... Kd6 $142) 34. Be2 $16 ({Reject} 34. Bxe4+ $6 Kc4 $14) 34... Ke5 (34... g6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 35. Bf1 Bb7) 35. h5 $18 Kd5 $2 (35... Bb7 36. Bc4 Kf5) 36. a3 $2 (36. a4 Bb7 37. Kf4) 36... Bb7 37. a4 Bc8 $2 (37... Ke5 38. Bc4 Bc8) 38. a5 Bb7 39. Bf1 Bc8 40. Be2 Bb7 $1 41. b5 axb5 42. Bxb5 Ke5 (42... Kc5 $142 43. Be2 Bc6) 43. a6 Bc8 44. Bf1 Kd5 45. Kf4 Kd4 46. a7 Bb7 47. Kf5 {Hoping for Kg6.} Ke3 (47... e3 $18 48. Ba6 Be4+ 49. Kf4 Bd5) 48. Kg6 Kf2 {[#]} 49. Ba6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} e3 (49... Bxa6 50. a8=Q) 50. Bxb7 {KB-K3P. White mates.} e2 51. a8=Q e1=Q 52. Qf8+ Kxg3 53. Qf3+ Kh4 54. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 55. Bxe4 Kg4 56. Bc2 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,127,19,19,18,16,20,33,11,24,17,12,0,5,0,-10,-16,-10,-17,0,-18,-11,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-16,-23,-30,-39,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,6,113,120,114,112,131,129,147,100,99,83,83,83,83,83,84,83,93,83,111,111,108,96,96,96,95,69,329,329,329,311,420,401,414,408,630,629,808,779,766,756,877,814,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Rc1 d5 12. e3 e6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Bf1 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} Bxf3 16. Qxf3 f5 17. Qe2 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 {[#]} 18. Be1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Rb1 Rf7 19. a3 Bf8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ne4 22. Be1 Nd6 {1-0 (66) Neverov,V (2587)-Tratar,M (2443) Ljubljana 2002}) 18... g5 19. Qc2 Rf7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qd3 Bf8 22. Rc2 $1 g4 23. Bg2 Ba3 24. Qb5 Qd7 (24... h5 {keeps more tension.} 25. f3 Rg7 26. f4 Kh7 27. Qa4 Bd6) 25. Qa4 Bd6 {[#] ...b5 is the strong threat.} 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Rdc1 Rdd8 28. a4 Kf7 29. Kf1 Ng8 30. f3 h5 31. Ke2 Ne7 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Kg1 b6 34. Bh1 Ba3 35. Ra1 Bd6 36. e4 Rac8 37. Rac1 $1 Rxc2 38. Rxc2 gxf3 39. e5 Bb8 (39... Ba3 $11) 40. Bxf3 $16 Kg6 41. b4 axb4 42. Bxb4 Rc8 43. Rxc8 Nxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 44. Kf2 Bc7 45. Ke3 Bd8 46. h4 Na7 47. Be2 Nc6 48. Bc3 {Strongly threatening Bb5.} Ne7 49. Bb5 Kf7 50. Bb4 Ng8 51. Bd2 Nh6 52. Kf3 Ng8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52... Ng4 $14) 53. Ke2 $18 Be7 54. Kd3 Bd8 55. Kc3 Be7 56. Kb3 Bd8 (56... Bf8 $142 57. Be2 Kg6) 57. Be2 Kg6 58. Kb4 Ne7 59. Kb5 f4 60. Bd3+ Nf5 61. Bxf4 {White mates.} Kf7 62. Bxf5 exf5 63. Kc6 Ke6 64. Be3 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 1,1,27]} 1. d4 {Predecessor:} Nf6 $146 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Nd5 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. f3 {½-½ (38) Mamedyarov,S (2804)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,60,0,7,-6,-6,-13,-14,-16,-9,-47,-19,-76,-73,-93,-53,-59,-33,-67,-58,-112,-35,-32,-35,-29,-3,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,395,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (107) Caruana,F (2802)-Nakamura,H (2786) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. N1d2 Be7 11. Ne4 b6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Nc1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. e3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Rfd1 {½-½ (17) Stohl,I (2495)-Vesselovsky,S (2333) Czech Republic 2016}) 15... Rc8 16. e4 (16. Qa4 $11) 16... Nc7 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Rc1 Nb4 19. a3 Nd3 20. Rc3 {[#]} (20. Rc2 $15) 20... Rfd8 ({Not} 20... Nxb2 21. Qc2 $16) (20... Qd7 $1 $17 21. Rc2 Nc5) 21. Qc2 $15 Nc5 {...Qd7 is the strong threat.} 22. b4 Nb3 23. Rxb3 {Strongly threatening Rd3.} Rxd2 $1 24. Qxd2 Bxb3 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Qc3 Rd1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Bd1 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 27. Qxc7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Bxe2) 27. Rxd1 $2 (27. Bf1 $18 Ba4 28. Qxc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7) 27... Bxd1 $11 {The position is equal.} 28. Qc4+ Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nc3 Bb3 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,11,29,12,12,12,9,14,8,10,21,14,18,13,36,31,32,24,25,25,27,16,17,6,13,8,10,0,14,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,-13,0,0,13,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 e6 {LiveBook: 8 Partien} (5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. c3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Re1 a6 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 {1-0 (52) Kramnik,V (2787)-Caruana,F (2811) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6. Bb5+ {B13: Caro-Kann (Abtausch-Variante 4.c4)} Bd7 7. Nxd7 Nbxd7 8. c3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8. O-O a6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. c3 O-O 11. Nd2 b5 12. f4 Qb6 {1-0 (34) Urazayev,A (2346)-Efremov,V (1995) Moscow 2018}) 8... Qc7 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Bf4 12. Re1 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4a5,Ba5c6][%mdl 32]} 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. b3 Na5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Bb1 Rfd8 19. h3 Qe7 20. Qd3 g6 21. Qe3 a6 22. Bd3 Rc7 23. Re2 Rdc8 24. Rec2 Kg7 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. Qe3 Qf6 27. Nh2 Kg8 28. Nf3 Re8 29. Bf1 Rcc8 30. Qd2 Rcd8 31. Rd1 {Precision: Weiß = 53%, Schwarz = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,77,25,37,18,39,0,26,24,25,25,25,22,30,20,28,0,0,0,0,0,19,-8,-8,-22,-2,-16,-32,-58,-44,-50,-50,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 a5 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} (10... Be6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. f4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bb2 19. Rcd1 {½-½ (42) Dizdar,G (2496)-Ragger,M (2644) Austria 2018}) 11. Bd2 Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Bc6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. f4 Qb6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. a4 h5 21. g3 Bf6 22. Bf3 Rad8 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Rd3 b6 25. Re3 Rh8 {½-½ (25) Bewersdorff,O (2299)-Hendriks,W (2426) Germany 2006}) 12... a4 13. Nd5 Bc6 14. Bc3 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Bf1 Qa5 18. b4 (18. g3 {seems wilder.} Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qc5 20. Qd2 Rec8 21. Rbc1) 18... axb3 $1 19. axb3 {[#] Ra1! is the strong threat.} Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qa7 21. Qxa7 (21. Qc3+ {is more complex.} Kg8 22. Re1 Qb6 23. Rb5 Qc7 24. Rd1) 21... Rxa7 22. f3 Rea8 23. b4 b6 24. Rd2 Ra1 25. Rxa1 Rxa1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Kf2 Nb8 (26... h5 $15) 27. c5 $11 {The position is equal.} bxc5 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Rd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8b8]} Ra2+ 30. Ke3 Na6 (30... Nc6 {looks sharper.} 31. Rc8 Ra3+ 32. Kf2 Ne5 33. Rxc5 f6) 31. Rc8 Ra3+ 32. Kf2 Ra2+ 33. Ke3 h6 34. h4 Ra3+ 35. Kf2 Ra2+ 36. Ke3 e6 37. Bxa6 Rxa6 38. Rxc5 Ra2 39. g3 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,71,22,20,23,29,29,31,14,14,0,0,0,31,31,22,9,14,0,8,0,0,0,0,2,19,-1,-1,-1,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,24,19,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,15,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Qc2 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} Bd6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. Nd2 (13. e3 Qe7 14. Rfd1 g6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Nf4 Rad8 17. a3 f6 18. b4 b5 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nf3 Nb6 21. Nd3 Nc4 22. Re1 {½-½ (59) Meier,G (2650)-Zhao,J (2604) Riadh 2017}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 {White has an edge.} Nxc5 {Threatening ...d4.} 15. Rcd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. e3 Rc8 16. Qf5 Qd7 17. Qxd7 Ncxd7 18. Nc4 {1-0 (30) Plachetka,J (2422)-Roumegous,M (2201) Metz 2002}) 15... Rc8 16. Qb1 Qe7 {With the idea ...d4.} 17. Nf3 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qa1 g6 20. Nd2 Qe6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rc1 a5 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Bd4 Ba6 25. Qb2 Be5 26. Re1 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 h5 28. Qe3 Qf6 29. h4 Kg7 30. Rd1 Qe6 31. Rd4 Bb7 32. Qc3 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxe4+.The position is equal.} Qe5 33. Qe3 Qe7 34. Qc3 Qe5 35. Qe3 Qe7 36. Qc3 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bjorn"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,66,6,25,0,32,-14,0,-31,-15,-60,-54,-89,-56,-110,-97,-137,-129,-129,-103,-106,-110,-128,-127,-183,-174,-179,-155,-142,-154,-159,-150,-334,-318,-336,-333,-318,-319,-333,-351,-354,-339,-364,-356,-364,-358,-356,-364,-359,-347,-399,-396]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Ne4 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Na4 Nd4 12. Nc5 a5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nb3 g5 15. Qd2 g4 16. Nh4 Re5 17. Qf4 Qd6 18. e3 Rb5 19. Rxc7 Qxf4 20. exf4 {0-1 (28) Granda Zuniga,J (2648)-So,W (2794) Douglas 2016}) 10... f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf8 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. Bc5 Nd7 13. Bxf8 Nxf8 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qa3 Ne6 16. Rfe1 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Nc3 Be8 19. a3 {½-½ (55) Siebrecht,S (2495)-Van Haastert,E (2421) Netherlands 2014}) 11. Nc3 Bf6 12. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Nd4 13. a4 a5 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 (15. Bd5+ $1 $15 Be6 16. dxc4) 15... c6 $17 16. Bd2 e4 17. e3 Ne6 {[%cal Bd4e6,Be6c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Rfd1 Qd3 20. Qxd3 (20. Rac1 $17 {might work better.}) 20... Nxd3 $19 21. b3 Rd8 22. Rab1 Be6 23. Bf1 Bf7 {Threatens to win with ...Bh5.} 24. Bxd3 $2 {[#]} (24. Be2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 24... Rxd3 25. Be1 Rxc3 ({Weaker is} 25... Bxc3 26. Rxd3 Bxe1 27. Rd7 $19) 26. Bxc3 Bxc3 27. Rd7 Rb8 28. Rbd1 {[#] Black must now prevent Rd8+.} Bf6 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. h3 Be6 31. R7d6 Ke7 32. R6d2 Ra8 33. f3 Ra6 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fenil, Shah"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,81,34,29,42,9,0,0,31,2,18,8,27,13,15,16,16,16,27,14,34,17,30,25,22,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,-22,-23,-28,-10,-39,-60,-111,-90,-90,-89,-95,-93,-93,-79,-89,-32,-39,-27,-87,-84,-90,-87,-86,-64,-217,-208,-205,-214,-221,-21,-102,-102,-82,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c3 b5 12. f4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 {0-1 (68) Nakamura,H (2787)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Leuven 2016}) 10. c3 (10. Qc1 {is interesting.} e6 11. Nc3 b5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1) 10... e6 11. Nf4 Nde5 12. Qd2 b5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. b3 O-O 15. O-O Qa5 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Nc2 Bf8 18. a4 {Black must now prevent axb5.} Qc7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bxb5 Qb7 22. c4 Na5 23. Nd4 Qxe4 24. f3 Qb7 25. Qc3 Bg7 26. Qe1 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 (27. cxb5 $15 Nd7 28. Nfe2) 27... Nxb3 {...d5 is the strong threat.} 28. Nxd6 Qc7 $1 29. Qb4 Rb8 30. Qa4 Nc5 31. Qa3 Ned7 (31... Nb7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb7d6]} 32. c5 Nxd6 33. cxd6 Qc2) 32. Nb5 $1 $15 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Qe5 33. Kf2 (33. Nh3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33... Bf8 $17 {aiming for ...Ne4+!} 34. Qa2 Rc8 35. g3 Qb8 36. Nd3 $2 {[#]} ({White should play} 36. Qe2 $15) 36... Nxd3+ $1 $19 37. Rxd3 Ne5 38. Rc3 Bg7 $2 (38... Bb4 $19 39. Rb3 Rxc4) 39. Bd4 {[#]} (39. Qe2 $11) 39... Rd8 $1 $17 40. Kg2 Qb7 (40... g5 $17) 41. Qe2 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,40,-25,-30,-41,-10,-22,-18,-22,-16,-24,0,-33,-23,-19,-14,-16,10,0,14,38,20,-21,-18,-26,-25,-3,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 Bb4 {LiveBook: 34 Partien. Und ...Sxe4 würde nun gewinnen.} 6. Nge2 {C33: Königsläufer-Gambit} d5 7. exd5 f3 8. gxf3 Nxd5 {Schwarz will ...Dh4+ spielen.} 9. O-O Bh3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... O-O 10. Kh1 Bd6 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 {1-0 (63) Firsching,G (2502)-Kahl,K (2194) Remote email 2014}) 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Nf4 Qh4 13. Nfxd5 Bd6 14. Re4 Qh5 {[#] Droht stark ...Dg6+.} 15. Qe2 Bf5 16. Qg2 Kh8 $1 17. Nf4 Qh6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 18. Nfd5 Qh5 19. Nf4 Qh6 20. Nfd5 Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Risting, Eivind Olav"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,37,54,20,50,25,30,30,39,38,38,30,54,4,25,32,31,25,12,22,8,-19,-31,-12,-16,-15,-5,-5,0,0,7,-12,-11,-58,-28,-39,-31,-64,-70,-88,-73,-117,-88,-710,-665,-1150,-1130,-1112,-1112,-1112,-1099,-1001,-997]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. e3 c5 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 6. cxd5 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qd3 a6 12. Rd1 Ng6 13. Bg5 {½-½ (31) Leko,P (2740)-Ponomariov,R (2717) Tromsoe 2014}) 6... exd5 7. Bb5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. dxc5 Nbc6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. O-O Bxc5 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 {½-½ (27) Yakovich,Y (2524)-Rakhmanov,A (2626) Sochi 2014}) 7... Nbc6 8. dxc5 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. O-O Bxc5 10. b3 Bg4 11. Be2 a6 12. Bb2 Qd6 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. exd4 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Nf5 17. Qd3 Qg6 18. Nf4 Qg4 19. g3 h5 20. Rcd1 h4 21. Rfe1 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rfe8 {...Nh4 is the strong threat.} 23. Bc3 Nh4 24. Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 25. Nxd5 {[#]} Re6 $1 {[%cal Be8e6,Be6h6,Bh6h2,Bh2h1,Bh1d1][%mdl 32]} 26. Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Rc1 $17) 26... Rh6 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. d5 {White hopes to continue with Rb1.} Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Rh2+ 29. Kf1 Rh1+ 30. Kg2 Rxd1 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,44,-20,0,-18,-14,-20,-25,-29,-23,-62,-81,-144,-150,-140,-133,-145,-137,-167,-154,-169,-163,-316,-297,-310,-305]} 1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Be3 e5 11. Qd2 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} (11. Qe2 Nd4 {½-½ (11) Slipak,S (2439)-Valerga,D (2477) Villa Martelli 2016}) 11... Nd4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. Kh2 Qd7 {White must now prevent ...Nxf3+.} 13. Ne1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng1 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Nh5 17. Nd5 Bb7 18. Ra7 Nc6 {0-1 (29) Sternik,R (1789)-Block,B (1848) FICGS email 2011}) 13... b5 14. axb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. f4 b4 16. Ne2 {[#]} ({White should try} 16. Na4) 16... Nxe2 $1 $17 17. Qxe2 {[#]} exf4 $1 18. gxf4 Nh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 19. Rb1 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5e4][%mdl 32]} 20. Qd2 Bb7 21. d4 $2 (21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Ng2) 21... cxd4 $19 (21... Bxe4 22. dxc5 d5 23. Bf3 $17) 22. Bxd4 fxe4 ({Weaker is} 22... Bxe4 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Rd1 $17) 0-1

