[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,18,19,1,18,15,33,26,30,22,70,43,48,43,45,50,46,55,49,53,60,61,95,86,94,87,108,102,101,101,98,99,97,90,97,102,97,101,102,84,81,75,80,84,87,76,86,76,174,174,174,180,168,170,288,288,274,265,284,308,253,235,633,614,1311,1301,1308,1213]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 e6 9. Qc2 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (9. Nc3 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e4 O-O 12. exd5 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Bd4 Bg4 17. Qd3 Bf8 18. a3 Bh5 {½-½ (51) Sharif,M (2363)-Hamdouchi,H (2586) Chartres 2017}) 9... Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Be3 Qa6 11. Nd2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bc5 Qc6 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. Bxe7 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Kxe7 16. Nc3 Rac8 {0-1 (56) Bator,R (2425)-Wedberg,T (2455) Stockholm 1995}) 11... O-O 12. Bd4 Rd8 13. Rfd1 c5 14. cxd5 cxd4 {[#]} 15. d6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd6e7][%mdl 2560] White is pushing.} Bb7 (15... Qxd6 16. Bxa8) 16. dxe7 Rdc8 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. exd3 Rc7 19. Nb3 Rb8 20. Bxb7 Rbxb7 21. Nxd4 Rxb2 22. Rab1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 {Rb8+ would kill now.} Rxe7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 24. Nc6 Re8 25. Nxa7 Kf8 26. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ra8 27. Rb7 $1 Ne8 28. a5 Nd6 {[#]} 29. Rc7 $1 Ke8 30. Nc6 Ra6 31. Kg2 g6 32. g4 Nb5 (32... h6 $16) 33. Rc8+ $18 Kd7 34. Nb8+ Kxc8 35. Nxa6 {KN-KN} Kb7 (35... Nd4 $142) 36. Nc5+ Kc6 {[#]} 37. Ne4 $1 h6 38. Nf6 Nd6 39. Kg3 g5 $2 (39... Nb7 40. Ng8 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5) 40. f4 {White is clearly winning.} Kb5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Ne4 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,53,26,29,97,87,85,69,88,103,145,134,136,141,145,138,145,163,139,132,580,554,572,384,566,562,566,469,666,670,706,705,1004,687,643,644,4684,3839]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Nf3 Nxd5 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit} 10. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 22 Games} Qg6 $146 (10... Nf6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... e6 11. O-O Be7 12. e4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 O-O 14. Ne5 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Re1 d4 17. Bd2 Ba6 18. Qb3 Ra7 19. Nc4 Qf6 20. Re5 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Nd7 22. Bg5 {1-0 (22) Markus,R (2644)-Djukic,N (2519) Heraklio 2017}) 11. O-O $1 $16 e6 {White is better.} 12. a5 Nc7 13. e4 {Bf4 is the strong threat.} Nxb5 14. Nxb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5d6,Bd6f5,Bf5g3][%mdl 32]} Na6 15. Re1 $1 f6 16. Nh4 Qf7 {[#]} 17. Qb3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Nf5! would win. White is on the roll.} Bc6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rb8.} 18. Nf5 $1 Qh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... Bxb5 $16 {is a better chance.} 19. Qxb5 Be7) 19. Nbd6+ $18 Kd8 20. Qb6+ Nc7 21. Bf4 {White is clearly winning.} exf5 22. Nxf5 Rc8 (22... Ke8 $142 23. Bxc7 g6 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Kf7) 23. Rad1 Ke8 24. Bxc7 g6 25. Ng3 Qg4 26. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32] aiming for e6!} Qb4 27. e6 {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,69,50,51,2,15,12,21,0,0,0,22,14,62,54,245,237,238,229,242,231,201,181,225,230,376,305,304,297,294,290,323,339,845,839,918,935,973,567,702,656,571,164,852,592,1293,1281,1229,1200,29989,5273,1885,1788]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Re1 c6 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Re8 {LiveBook: 54 Games. C41: Philidor Defence} 11. Bb3 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nh4 Nf8 13. Qf3 Bb4 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rd3 Kh8 16. Red1 Ng6 17. Nxg6+ fxg6 18. Bb6 {1-0 (41) Kobalia,M (2628)-Halkias,S (2585) Tallinn 2016}) 11... exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. Nh4 Nf8 13. Qf3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ne6 15. Be3 Ng5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Nf5 {0-1 (71) Preotu,R (2452)-Gerzhoy,L (2419) Guelph 2015}) 12. Bxd4 Nf8 {The position is equal.} 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 $2 ({Black should try} 16... cxd5 $14 17. Nf3 Ng6) 17. Nf5 $18 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Bg5 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. Nxg7 Qg6 21. Ra3 Kh7 (21... c5 {is a better defense.}) 22. Nh5 Ne6 23. Rb3 b5 24. axb5 a4 25. Rd3 c5 $2 (25... cxb5 26. Be5 d4 27. Bxd4 Rd8) 26. Be5 d4 27. b6 Qe4 28. Bg3 Ra6 {[#]} 29. h4 $1 Bd8 (29... Bxh4 30. Bxh4) 30. Bc7 $2 (30. Rf3) 30... Bxh4 $2 (30... Nxc7 31. bxc7 Bxc7) 31. Rh3 {Rxh4! is the strong threat.} Be7 32. b7 Qxb7 33. Qd3+ Kh8 {[#]} 34. Be5+ (34. Nf6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg2+ (34... Bxf6 35. Rxh6+) 35. Kxg2 Nf4+ 36. Bxf4 Rxf6 37. Bxh6 Kg8 38. Qc4+ Kh7 39. Bf8+ Kg6 40. Qg8+ Kf5 41. Rh5+ Kf4 42. Qg5+ Ke4 43. Qe5#) 34... Kg8 35. Qg6+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-11,-21,-19,-29,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Nf1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Ne3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Be2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 {½-½ (37) Nakamura,H (2787)-Svidler,P (2760) Moscow 2018}) 9... Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Ne5 Qc7 {[%cal Rc6e5] LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Ndf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 Ne7 13. Qf3 Nf5 14. Bf2 Bf8 15. O-O Nd6 16. Qh3 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 {0-1 (67) Novik,M (2482)-Bellaiche,A (2463) Jerusalem 2017}) 12... Ne4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. O-O f6 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ne5 {The position is equal.} c4 18. Be2 b5 19. b3 Rec8 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Rb1 Be8 22. Rb4 Rab8 23. Rfb1 Rb6 24. g4 g6 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Kh1 Rxb4 27. Rxb4 Kh8 28. Rb1 Bc6 29. f4 Rg8 30. Bf3 Be8 31. Qf2 Qg7 32. Rb8 Nb5 33. Bh5 $1 Nd6 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Bxe8 Nxe8 36. Qb2 Qc7 37. a4 Kg7 38. Qg2+ Kf8 $1 39. Qg5 {Qh6+ is the strong threat.} Qg7 40. Qd8 {Black should prevent Nd7+.} Qc7 41. Qh4 {[#] Threatens to win with Qh6+.} Qe7 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Nc6 Qd7 44. Ne5 Qe7 45. Nc6 Qd7 46. Ne5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,91,10,18,14,28,27,25,23,18,0,15,0,7,0,12,8,10,0,0,-8,9,9,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-19,-20,-21,-19,-17,-8,-10,-8,-10,-3,-7,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 (5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qb8 {½-½ (36) Karjakin,S (2753)-Wei,Y (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qa4 e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qxc4 h6 12. Rfd1 a6 13. a4 {[#] The position is equal.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Be3 Be6 16. Qh4 Bb3 17. Rd2 {1-0 (36) Ju,W (2567)-Dzagnidze,N (2522) Riadh 2017}) 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. Ne1 Rab8 16. a5 c6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Be3 Nxa5 19. Qa2 {Strongly threatening Bc5.} Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 21. Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd5 $1 (21... Bxc5 22. Rxd7) 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Be6 $1 {...Rfc8 is the strong threat.} 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 (24... Bxa2 $2 {perishes.} 25. Rxd7 Rfc8 26. Re7 $18) 25. Bxd6 Bxa2 26. Nd3 e4 27. Nb4 Be6 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. Nxa6 Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. e3 Bg4 31. Nc5 Bf3 32. Na4 Rd2 33. Nc3 h5 34. Nb5 Rb2 35. Nd4 g6 36. h4 Kg7 37. Kf1 Ra2 38. Ke1 Bg4 39. Rc2 Ra1+ 40. Kd2 Rf1 41. Kc3 Kf6 42. Kc4 Ke5 43. Kc5 Bd7 44. Kc4 Be6+ 45. Kb5 Kd6 46. Rc6+ {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,134,9,23,3,7,0,0,-16,23,10,29,9,11,0,0,0,0,4,12,-16,0,-9,-18,-16,0,0,0,5,64,69,64,58,57,49,26,0,17,0,17,-12,-14,-28,-7,-25,27,-52,-67,-59,-94,-85,-37,-72,-38,-54,-46,-47,37,-126,-114,-127,-93,-91,-88,-105,-56,-160,-155,-143,-125,-210,-210,-210,-210,-210,-210,-210,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. cxd5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} exd5 8. d4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 9. Rc1 {White has an edge.} (9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 c5 13. Ba6 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc7 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Ne5 Ne6 18. Bd3 Bf8 19. h4 {½-½ (37) Grischuk,A (2772)-Bacrot,E (2725) Riadh 2017}) 9... Nbd7 10. g3 Re8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... c6 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qe2 Rae8 14. Rc2 Ng4 15. Nh4 Nh6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Ba3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. Qd1 Re7 20. Qc1 Qxc1 21. Rfxc1 c5 {½-½ (21) Mera Cedeno,A (2376)-Bagirov,R (2471) Istanbul 2000}) 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. O-O a6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Ne2 c6 15. Nf4 Rac8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. a4 Ba6 18. Qb1 Ne4 {...Nxf2! is the strong threat.} 19. Rc2 Rc7 20. Qc1 Nb8 {[%cal Bd7b8,Bb8a6,Ba6b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Ne5 Bb7 (21... h6 $11) 22. Bxe4 $1 $14 dxe4 23. Nc4 Na6 24. Nxb6 Nb4 25. Re2 Ba6 26. Nc4 Bc8 27. f3 exf3 28. Rf2 Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black wants to play ...Bxf4. Black fights for an advantage.} 29. Ba3 g5 ({Black should play} 29... Rcc8) 30. Nxd6 (30. Nh5 $11 Bg4 31. e4 Bxh5 32. e5 Bxe5 33. dxe5) 30... Qxd6 $15 31. Bxb4 axb4 ({Inferior is} 31... Qxb4 32. Nh5 $16) 32. Nd3 {[%cal Bf4d3,Bd3e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} g4 33. Ne5 f6 34. Nc4 Qd8 35. Qd2 Qe7 ({Better is} 35... Rb7 $15) 36. d5 $2 (36. e4 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Bxe4 37. Qf4) 36... cxd5 $17 37. Nb6 Be4 38. Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Qxd5+ Qe6 $1 40. Qxe6+ ({White should try} 40. e4 $1 $15) 40... Rxe6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 41. Rd4 {[#]} h5 $1 42. Rxb4 (42. h3 $17 {was called for.} Rc1+ 43. Rf1 f2+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kxf2 $2 Rc2+ 45. Ke1 Rxe3+ 46. Kd1 Ra2 $19) 44... gxh3+ 45. Kxf2 Rc2+ 46. Kf3) 42... Rxe3 $19 43. Rc4 {[#]} Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d1]} 44. Rc1 Rxb3 45. Ra2 Kf7 $2 (45... Ra7 $19 {White must now prevent ...Ra5.} 46. a5 Ra6) 46. a5 $15 Ra7 47. a6 Rb6 48. Rca1 Re6 49. Kf2 Kg6 50. h4 Re5 51. Kf1 Re6 52. Kf2 Kf7 53. Kf1 Ke7 (53... Rb6 $17) 54. Re1 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Re5 55. Ra5 Kd6 56. Rexe5 fxe5 {KR-KR} 57. Kf2 Kc6 58. Rxe5 Rxa6 59. Rxh5 {Threatening mate with Rh6+.} Ra2+ 60. Kf1 Rg2 61. Rg5 Rxg3 62. h5 Rh3 {Strongly threatening ...g3.} 63. Rxg4 Rxh5 64. Kf2 Rf5 65. Rg3 Kd5 66. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 67. Kxf3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,88,47,42,35,42,41,37,24,26,37,54,37,43,49,62,43,50,13,14,5,16,13,18,0,43,31,30,31,25,-12,18,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-29,-36,-35,-60,-23,-57,-59,-63,-68,-89,-39,-50,-54,-60,-67,-200,-205,-426,-417,-422,-414,-459,-456,-455,-452,-419,-433,-507,-489,-477,-488,-533,-533,-531,-531]} 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nxe4 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bxc6 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6} Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ {White is slightly better.} Kxd8 12. Nxe5 Be8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Ndc4 Be7 16. Na5 Rb8 {½-½ (51) Albornoz Cabrera,C (2493)-Friedel,J (2561) Merida 2017}) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6+ gxf6 15. Ng4 Be7 16. Na3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Kc8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Nc4 a5 21. a4 Ra6 22. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Rc6 23. Nce3 Rd6 24. b4 Rg8 25. b5 Rd7 26. c4 c6 27. Nf4 (27. Rc1 {with more complications.} Kb8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Nf4 Rd4 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. g3) 27... Bb6 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 (29... Kxd7 {feels hotter.} 30. Rc1 Bc5 31. Ned5 Be7 32. Nb6+ Kd8) 30. Rc1 Bd4 31. Rd1 Bc5 32. Nh5 Rg6 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxe3.} 33. Ng3 Kc7 34. Ne4 Bb4 {And now ...f5 would win.} 35. h4 (35. Ng3 $15) 35... f5 $19 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 36. h5 $2 {[#]} (36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. Nxf5) 36... Re6 37. Nd2 f4 38. Nc2 Rd6 39. Nxb4 axb4 {[%cal Ba5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32] KRB-KRN} 40. Kf1 Bf5 41. c5 {Black is clearly winning.} Rd5 42. Ke1 Bc2 43. Rc1 Re5+ 44. Kf1 b3 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,126,38,47,52,56,28,70,57,60,53,57,57,62,44,33,32,66,37,32,29,38,33,33,33,33,40,48,35,47,49,49,53,51,51,51,51,53,51,60,52,44,48,46,57,104,108,116,121,108,117,231,70,102,84,98,102,143,125,149,114,150,135,140,115,115,114,184,175,341,146,291,291,299,254,712,712,712,712,712,698,697,697,625,587,29964,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 8. Rc1 b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Bb7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qb3 Rc8 12. Nc4 Ba8 13. Qa4 a5 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qd6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Rxc6 {½-½ (49) Bluebaum,M (2640)-L'Ami,E (2634) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 11... N5f6 12. Qd3 Be4 13. Qa3 Qb8 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 c5 $1 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. Nc4 Qd5 20. dxc5 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Rxc5 22. Nd6 Ra5 23. a3 g5 24. h3 Rd8 25. g4 {Hoping for Ne4.} Nd7 26. e3 {Nb7 is the strong threat.} Rc5 27. Ne4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} h6 29. Rc7 Ne5+ 30. Ke2 a5 31. b3 Kg7 32. Rb7 $1 Nd7 33. Nd2 a4 34. bxa4 Ne5 (34... Nc5 $16 {was worth a try.} 35. Rxb6 Nxa4) 35. Rc7 $2 (35. Rxb6 $18 {And now Rb5 would win.} Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 Nc4+ 37. Kd3 Nxb6 38. a5) 35... Ra8 36. Nc4 Nxc4 37. Rxc4 $16 {KR-KR} Rd8 38. Rd4 Rc8 39. Kd3 Rc1 40. Rb4 Rc6 41. Rc4 Rd6+ 42. Kc3 h5 (42... f5 $16 {is a better defense.} 43. Rc8 Kf6) 43. gxh5 Kh6 $2 (43... f5 44. Kb4 Rd2) 44. h4 (44. Kb4 $18) 44... Kxh5 (44... f6 $16 45. Kb4 Rd2) 45. hxg5 $18 Kxg5 46. Kb4 Rd2 $2 (46... e5 47. Kb5 Kf5) 47. f4+ Kf5 {[#]} 48. Kb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b6]} Rd3 49. Kxb6 Rxe3 {[#]} 50. a5 $1 Rxa3 51. a6 Rb3+ 52. Ka5 $2 (52. Kc6 {mates} e5 53. Ra4 Rb8 54. a7 Rc8+ 55. Kb7 Rd8 56. fxe5 Kxe5 57. Ra5+ Kd6 58. a8=R Rd7+ 59. Kb6) 52... Rb8 $11 {The position is equal.} 53. a7 Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ra8a7]} 54. Ka6 e5 $1 55. fxe5 Kxe5 56. Kb7 (56. Rc7 {seems wilder.} f5 57. Rf7 f4 58. Re7+ Kd5 59. Rd7+) 56... Rxa7+ $1 57. Kxa7 {KR-KP} f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 58. Kb6 f4 59. Rc8 Kd4 60. Rf8 Ke3 61. Kc5 f3 62. Kc4 f2 63. Rxf2 Kxf2 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,60,50,55,46,65,85,52,67,53,64,71,116,80,95,87,94,93,127,127,119,127,127,120,123,87,119,65,65,65,65,65,87,35,35,35,35,34,34,20,34,0,37,0,45]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Bxe2 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} 10. Qxe2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 11. f4 Ne8 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. c5 Nc7 14. cxd6 exd6 15. Nde4 dxe5 16. dxe5 b4 17. Na4 {½-½ (41) Werner,D (2315)-Chernyshov,K (2544) Budapest 2006}) 12. a4 Nc7 13. a5 Rb8 14. e5 f5 15. c5 d5 16. Nf3 Ne6 17. Qf2 (17. Qe1 {NOTEXT} Nc7 18. b4 e6 19. Qg3 Qe8 20. Qh4) 17... Rf7 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. fxg5 {Hoping for e6.} Nf8 20. Ne2 Ne6 21. Qh4 Qd7 22. Nf4 (22. Rf3 $16) 22... Nxf4 $14 23. Bxf4 {[#] Strongly threatening e6!} e6 24. Ra3 Bf8 {[%cal Bg7f8,Bf8e7,Be7d8][%mdl 32]} 25. b4 ({White should play} 25. Qe1 $16) 25... Be7 26. Qh3 Rbf8 27. Rg3 Rg7 28. Qh6 Bd8 29. Qh3 Be7 30. Qh6 Bd8 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Bewersdorff, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,41,14,0,0,43,41,101,93,98,96,96,89,106,97,88,25,44,40,55,23,31,30,333,331,545,560]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d6 8. O-O {C63: Ruy Lopez: Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence} (8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qe8 11. h3 a6 12. Ba4 Nh5 13. g3 Kh8 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. a3 h6 17. Nh4 {1-0 (47) Bortnyk,O (2610)-Khachiyan,M (2522) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Rb8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... O-O 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qa6 Nh5 14. Ne1 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 {½-½ (50) Medvegy,Z (2295)-Lehmann,Z (2280) Budapest 1997}) 11. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} O-O ({Black should play} 11... b6 $14) 12. b5 $16 Ne7 13. Qc4+ Kh8 14. Ng5 Be8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 (16. Qb3 $16) 16... Ng6 $1 $11 17. Bg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qe7 18. Qd4 Ne5 19. Qxa7 Nxd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Bh5 $11) 20. Qxb8 $18 Nc5 $2 {[#]} (20... Bh5 {keeps fighting.}) 21. b6 $1 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,23,20,21,27,10,16,3,18,14,32,25,26,6,16,12,45,31,33,4,20,0,7,-8,12,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,6,-13,0,-27,-13,-30,-19,-19,-18,-70,-15,-56,-56,-56,-34,-27,-18,-29,-20,-19,-19,-18,-10,-9,0,0,0,0,-4,-104,-103,-79,-56,-187,-189,-179,-178,-171,-185,-127,-53,-538,-527,-584,-573,-879,-829,-5469,-2440,-29978,-29977,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 4. Nc3 (4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rc8 13. Qa4 Re8 14. O-O e5 {0-1 (57) Le,Q (2737)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 4... c4 5. e4 e6 6. e5 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nfd7 7. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qh5 Qb6 8. Rd1 Qxb2 9. Nxd5 g6 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxe6+ fxe6 {1-0 (36) Nguyen Luu,T (2013)-Ewald,P (1907) Berlin 2006}) 7... Nc6 8. f4 {[#]The position is equal.} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 9. a3 (9. Nxb5 Rb8) 9... b4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Be2 f5 13. O-O Nb6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Kh2 Be8 16. Rg1 Be7 17. Qd2 a5 18. Bf2 a4 19. Nd1 Rb8 20. Ne3 Kh8 21. g3 Rb7 22. Rg2 Qb8 23. c3 a3 24. bxa3 Na4 25. Ra2 (25. Be1 $11) 25... Na5 (25... Rb3 $15 26. Nd1 Na7) 26. Rc2 Nb2 27. Nd1 {[%cal Rc2b2]} Nd3 (27... Nb3 {seems wilder.} 28. Qe3 Na4 29. Ra2 Na5 30. Rg1 Kg8) 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Qxd3 Bb5 30. Qe3 $1 Nc4 31. Qe1 Ba4 32. Rc1 Bxa3 33. Ra1 Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 34. Rxb1 Qxb1 35. Rg1 (35. Ne3 $11 Qxe1 36. Nxe1) 35... Qd3 $17 36. Ne3 Rb8 {Strongly threatening ...Rb2.} 37. Qf1 (37. g4 $1 $15) 37... Qxc3 $19 38. Qe1 {[#]} Qd3 $1 39. Qf1 {[#]} Qb3 $1 40. Qe2 Be7 (40... h6 $17 {...Qb2 is the strong threat.} 41. Nh4 Qc3) 41. Ng2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White should play} 41. Ra1 $15) 41... Qa3 42. Ng5 Rb2 43. Qh5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7]} Bxg5 44. Qxg5 h6 45. Qg6 Rxf2 46. Qxe6 Ne3 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,61,-19,-25,0,6,4,-27,-27,-31,-17,-21,-4,-79,-65,-73,-73,-60,-60,-73,-68,-65,-31,-150,-143,-141,-128,-143,-34,-36,13,-145,-65,-69,-51,-65,-66,-63,32,52,140,145,579,534,572,524,532,563,526,508,1431,1426]} 1. e4 e6 2. c3 d5 (2... Nf6 3. d3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. d4 d5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qg4 Re8 14. Nd2 a5 15. Nf3 b4 16. h4 {½-½ (37) Zvjaginsev,V (2659)-Timofeev,A (2665) Taganrog 2011}) 3. Bd3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} Nd7 7. Bb5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Be7 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Qb6 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. b3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Bb2 {½-½ (28) Kendiova,E-Janosova,K Vrutky 2005}) 9... a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. a5 Qb7 12. c4 (12. b3 $11) 12... O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} ({Of course not} 12... dxc4 $6 13. Na3 $11) 13. Re1 cxd4 14. cxd5 c5 15. d6 Bd8 16. Nbd2 Qd5 17. Qb3 (17. b4 $1 $15) 17... Rb8 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Ra4 {[#]} g5 (19... Bb7 $1 $17 20. Ra3 Ba8) 20. h3 $1 $15 h5 {White must now prevent ...Re8.} 21. Ra3 $2 {[#]} (21. b4 $1 $11) 21... Kh7 (21... Re8 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...g4.} 22. Nxg5 Rxe5) 22. Nf1 $1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3h5,Bh5f6][%mdl 32]} Rg8 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Bf6 (24... Nf6 $15 25. d7 Nxd7) 25. Ng3 $14 h4 (25... Kg6 $1 $14) 26. Nh5 Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Bd8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 27. Nxf6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nxf6 28. Ne5+ Kf5 29. Re7 {Threatening mate with Rf3+.} Be6 30. Nc6 {aiming for Rf3+.} Rbe8 (30... Nh5 $142 31. d7 Rbd8) 31. Rf3+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bick, Gabriel"]
[Black "Giacomini, Hector"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,47,14,18,13,8,18,13,14,8,14,7,6,4,383,375,364,381,558,538,668,617,591,586,884,864,1365,1288,29978,29979,6519,6012,1955,1366,2001,1915,2051,1895]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 (5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bd2 a5 13. c3 {1-0 (33) McShane,L (2640)-Rausis,I (2632) Katowice 2017}) 5... Bxc5 6. b4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bf8 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3g5,Bg5e6,Be6c5,Bc5b7][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 5 Games} a5 8. b5 {The position is equal.} Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ng6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 {1-0 (51) Cumbers,P (2040)-Walsh,C (2204) West Bromwich 2003}) 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Qf3. White fights for an advantage.} g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (12... h6 $11 {and Black is okay.} 13. Nh7 (13. Qh5 g6 $15) (13. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 14. Be3 g6 $19) 13... Nc5) 13. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rf3f7]} Nf5 14. Bxf5 $1 exf5 (14... Qe7 $142 15. Bd3 Bg7) 15. e6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qf6 17. Nc5+ Be7 18. Nxb7 Ne5 19. Qxd5 Ng4 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Qxa8+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 22. Ne8+ Rxe8 23. Qxe8 Bc5 24. Qd7+ {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kvetny, Mark"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,200,20,43,8,50,45,30,35,58,50,47,50,43,35,64,62,53,43,65,49,51,48,66,45,73,40,38,35,35,22,29,28,29,25,36,39,34,26,34,32,44,39,52,43,56,41,68,62,63,63,59,58,58,58,62,62,59,50,75,75,89,63,64,25,18,0,58,22,20,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Bg4 11. h3 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} Bh5 12. Be2 Re8 13. Bb2 a6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 14. Nh4 Re5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bf3 Ne7 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Red8 {1-0 (48) Aleksandrov,A (2574)-Sanal,V (2474) Doha 2016}) 15. Na4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bd4 $1 17. Nf3 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Re7 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. Rac1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2d2][%mdl 32]} Rd8 21. Nc5 {[%cal Ba4c5,Bc5d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} Ne4 22. Nd3 h6 23. Nf4 Nf6 24. Ne2 Rc8 25. Rc2 Rec7 26. Rdc1 Qd8 27. Rd2 Ne7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Nfd4 Ne4 30. Rc2 Qd7 31. Qc1 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Qd8 33. f3 Nf6 34. Qc5 b6 35. Qc2 g6 36. Nc6 Qd6 37. Nxe7+ Qxe7 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qc3 a5 40. Kf2 Qa3 41. Qd2 Kf8 42. Qd4 Qd6 43. Nc3 Ke7 44. Na4 Nd7 $1 45. Nc3 Ke6 ({Black should try} 45... Nf6 $11) 46. Ne2 Qe5 {The position is equal.} 47. Nf4+ (47. Qd3 {with more complications.} Qb2 48. Kg1 Qa1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. f4) 47... Kd6 48. Nd3 (48. Qd2 {feels hotter.} Nc5 49. b4 axb4 50. Qxb4 Kc6 51. Qd2) 48... Qxd4 49. exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} f6 50. g4 Nf8 51. Ke3 g5 52. f4 Ng6 53. f5 Ne7 54. Ne1 h5 55. Kd3 Kc6 56. Nc2 h4 57. Na3 Nc8 58. Nb1 Nd6 59. Nc3 b5 60. a4 bxa4 61. bxa4 Nc4 62. Ke2 Nb6 63. Kd3 Nc8 64. Ke2 Ne7 65. Ke3 Ng8 66. Ke2 Nh6 67. Kf3 Nf7 68. Ke2 Nd6 69. Ke3 Nc8 70. Ke2 Na7 71. Kd3 Kd6 72. Ke3 Nc6 73. Nb5+ Kd7 74. Nc3 Nb4 75. Kd2 Kc6 76. Nb5 Na6 77. Nc3 Nc7 78. Kd3 Na8 79. Kd2 Nc7 80. Kd3 Ne8 81. Ke2 Nd6 82. Ke3 Nf7 83. Ke2 Nd8 84. Ke3 Kd6 85. Nb5+ Kd7 86. Nc3 Kc6 87. Kd3 Nb7 88. Kd2 Nd6 89. Ke3 Nc4+ 90. Kd3 Na3 91. Kd2 Kd6 92. Kd3 Nc4 93. Nb5+ Kd7 {Hoping for ...Nb2+.} 94. Nc3 Kc6 95. Ke2 Nb2 96. Kd2 Kd6 97. Nb5+ Kd7 98. Nc3 Kc6 99. Kc2 Nc4 100. Kd3 Nd6 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,82,39,28,21,20,22,29,40,42,39,36,47,37,61,48,51,39,50,46,37,50,135,89,88,76,86,100,87,99,144,0,0,-2,0,-12,-23,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 c5 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} 8. d5 {LiveBook: 24 Games} e6 (8... b5 9. e4 bxc4 10. Rd1 d6 11. Na3 Nbd7 12. Nxc4 Ng4 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Rab1 Nge5 15. Nfxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (42) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Artemiev,V (2691) Riadh 2017}) 9. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32]} exd5 10. exd5 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15. h3 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 {½-½ (42) Savchenko,S (2479)-Thorsteinsson,S (2190) Runavik 2017}) 11. Nc3 d6 12. Bf4 Nc7 13. a4 Na6 14. Qd2 Nb4 15. Rae1 a6 16. Ng5 Nh5 17. Be3 $1 h6 (17... Bc8 $14) 18. Nf3 Kh7 19. g4 Nf6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Bc8 {[#]} 22. Ne4 (22. Qf4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4h4]} Kg8 23. Ne4) 22... Nxe4 $1 $11 23. Rxe4 f6 24. Rfe1 {Hoping for Re7.} Ra7 ({Don't play} 24... fxg5 25. Nxg5+ Kg8 26. Ne6 $17) 25. Bf4 Bf5 26. Re6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e6] With the idea ...Rxe6.} 28. Bh3 Rxe6 29. Bxe6 Qf8 30. Qc3 Bh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6f4]} 31. Bxh6 Qxh6 32. Qxf6 {The position is equal.} Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f4]} 34. Ng5+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Kh6 35. h4 {[#] Threatening mate with Qh8+.} Qxb2 36. Qf8+ Qg7 37. Qxd6 Qf6 38. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6]} Qd4 39. Qf8+ Qg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7f8]} 40. Qd6 {Threatens to win with Qg3.} Qe5 41. Qf8+ Qg7 $1 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cummings, David H"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,93,6,2,53,51,35,40,54,58,46,60,68,22,20,20,17,18,33,32,69,69,70,64,64,54,64,75,85,83,80,74,96,29,91,80,116,119,199,192,152,66,253,168,245,243,236,84,85,89,95,97,104,97,108,97,109,70,70,67,67,67,101,100,97,99,166,166,101,58,58,65,65,60,64,64,75,70,70,70,70,43,43,43,43,43]} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qxd4 {LiveBook: 23 Games. A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} Nc5 $146 (6... Bb4+ $11 7. Kd1 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6) ({Predecessor:} 6... Bb4+ 7. Kd1 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bh6 Nc6 10. Qe3+ Kf7 11. c5 d5 12. cxd6 cxd6 {1-0 (59) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Aronian,L (2805) Riadh 2017}) 7. Bg5 $14 Ne6 $1 {[%cal Bc5e6,Be6d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32]} 8. Bxd8 Nxd4 9. Bf6 $1 Nxf3+ $1 10. gxf3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 (11. Nd2 {looks sharper.} O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Ne4 Nc6 14. f4) 11... O-O 12. O-O-O Bxc3 $1 13. bxc3 Na6 14. h4 h5 15. Rg1 Re8 16. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} d6 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Rxd6 Bg4 19. f3 Bxf3 20. Bd4 $1 {aiming for f5.} Re1+ 21. Kb2 (21. Kd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2e1]} Ra1 22. c5) 21... Bg4 (21... Nc7 $11) 22. Bg2 $16 Re2+ 23. Ka3 Nc7 (23... Rxg2 $16 {is a better defense.} 24. Rxg2 Nc7) 24. Bxb7 $18 Rb8 25. Bd5 (25. Rb1 $16) 25... Ne6 $2 ({Black should try} 25... Nxd5 $14 26. cxd5 Bf5) 26. c5 ({Less strong is} 26. Bxa7 Rc8 $16) 26... Nxf4 {[#]} (26... Kf8 $142 27. Bc4 Re4) 27. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b8][%mdl 512]} Rbe8 {[#]} ({Weaker is} 27... Rxb1 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Kh7 30. Rh8#) 28. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 $16 29. Rf6+ Kg8 {And now ...Be6 would win.} 30. Rxf4 Be6 31. Rf2 Bd5 32. Rb2 R2e6 {( -> ...Ra6+)} 33. Rb4 (33. Ka4 {feels hotter.} Ra6+ 34. Kb5 Ra3 35. Kb4 Ra6 36. c4) 33... Re2 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 $14 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re2a2][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Bc6 {[#]} 36. Rb8+ $1 Kf7 37. Rc8 Re6 (37... Bb7 $16 {was called for.} 38. Rh8 Bg2) 38. Rc7+ $18 Ke8 39. Rxa7 Re4 40. Bf6 Rxc4 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. Re5 Re4 43. Rxe4 Bxe4 {White is slightly better.} 44. Kb4 {Strongly threatening Kb5.} Ke8 45. a4 {Threatens to win with Kb5.} Kd7 46. a5 {Hoping for Kb5.} Bd3 47. Kc3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,116,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,36,7,23,-18,-26,-32,-33,-35,-45,-127,-135,-136,-123,-126,-139,-136,-127,-119,-31,-79,-74,-73,-76,-75,-80,-80,-82,-72,-76,-72,-82,-86,-70,-101,-75,-58,-35,-32,-33,-41,-33,-36,-39,-36,-33,-20,-28,-29,-14,-34,-31,-29,-48,-58,-23,-60,-57,-58,0,-1,0,-54,0,-11,-4,-87,-67,-123,-116,-182,-179,-153,-123,-139,-150,-158,-177,-161,0,-66,-71,-241,-231,-220,-63,-250,-229,-220,-212,-308,-191,-187,-191,-675,-654]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 {A23: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 c6} e4 7. Bg5 (7. Nh3 Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. f3 exf3 11. Rxf3 h6 12. Qf1 Nbd7 {½-½ (50) Aronian,L (2785)-Anand,V (2779) Doha 2016}) 7... Bb4 8. Rc1 O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Nge2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O Bg4 {0-1 (28) Niemi,M (2219)-Richter,M (2412) Stockholm 2010}) 10... Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 b6 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Qa3 Bc4 $1 14. b3 Bd3 {And now ...Rc8 would win.} 15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Qc1 (16. Ne2 $15) 16... Rxc3 $17 17. Qxc3 Qc8 18. Qd2 Qa6 19. Be2 Rc8 20. Bd1 Bb1 ({Black should try} 20... Bf1 $17 21. Ne2 Bg2) 21. a4 Qd3 22. Qxd3 exd3 23. f3 Bc2 24. Nh3 Bxd1 25. Kxd1 Rc2 26. Rf1 Rb2 {Hoping for ...Rb1+.} ({Don't play} 26... Rxh2 $6 27. Nf2 $11) 27. Kc1 Rxb3 28. Rd1 Rc3+ 29. Kd2 Rc2+ 30. Kxd3 Rxh2 31. Ng1 Ra2 32. Ne2 Rxa4 33. Nc3 Ra5 34. Bd6 h5 35. Bb4 Ra6 36. e4 dxe4+ 37. fxe4 Ng4 {aiming for ...Nf2+.} 38. Rf1 g6 39. Re1 {[#]} b5 $1 40. e5 (40. Nxb5 Rb6) 40... Rb6 (40... Nh6 $15) 41. Nd5 Ra6 (41... Rb7 $11) 42. Nc3 $15 Rb6 43. Nd5 Rb7 44. Bc3 (44. Ne7+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Kg7 45. Nc8) 44... Kh7 45. Rf1 (45. Bb4 $15) 45... Nf8 $17 46. Nf4 (46. Bb4 $17 Ne6 47. Bd6) 46... b4 $19 47. Bb2 Ne6 48. d5 {[#]} Nc5+ $1 49. Kd4 Nb3+ 50. Kd3 Nc5+ (50... a5 $19 51. Re1 g5 52. Nxh5 Kg6) 51. Kd4 $15 Na4 52. Ba1 $2 {[#]} (52. Nd3 $17) 52... b3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb3b2]} 53. Nd3 Kg8 $2 ({Better is} 53... Nh6 $19 {White must now prevent ...Nf5+.} 54. d6 b2 55. Bxb2 Nxb2) 54. e6 $2 (54. d6 $1 $15) 54... fxe6 55. dxe6 b2 56. Nxb2 (56. Bxb2 {is the only way for White.} Nxb2 57. Rb1) 56... Nxb2 57. Rb1 Rb4+ 58. Kd5 $2 (58. Kc3 Re4 59. Rxb2) 58... Nd3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grant, David J"]
[Black "Cornette, Deimante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,0,15,-11,0,0,10,-35,-20,-24,-12,-22,11,-24,12,-14,0,-2,-1,-33,-32,-63,-56,-62,-50,-21,-48,-74,-70,-177,-95,-89,-92,-139,-115,-143,-117,-81,-95,-232,-189,-291,-292,-281,-197,-197,-184,-181,-196,-172,-104,-107,-127,-118,-128,-189,-187,-258,-257,-379,-377,-504,-504,-502,-501,-489,-489,-488,-505,-529,-524,-550,-480,-596,-602,-827,-816,-790,-805,-817,-807,-727,-770,-776,-820,-757]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} Nge7 7. c3 d6 {LiveBook: 44 Games} 8. Qe1 {The position is equal.} (8. Be3 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a3 d5 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. e5 f6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 {1-0 (48) Kovalev,V (2639)-Demchenko,A (2660) Riadh 2017}) 8... b5 $146 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... O-O 9. Qh4 f5 10. Na3 Rb8 11. Nc2 b5 12. a3 a5 13. Be3 b4 14. axb4 axb4 {0-1 (27) Beukema,J (2170)-Liang,A (2465) Vlissingen 2016}) 9. Qf2 O-O 10. Qh4 f5 11. Be3 b4 12. Nbd2 ({Much worse is} 12. Ng5 h6 $17) 12... a5 13. Rab1 Qc7 14. Rbc1 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd8 16. g4 Nf7 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. fxg5 Bb7 19. Rf3 Rf7 20. Rh3 Bh8 21. Bd1 (21. gxf5 $15 exf5 22. Bf4) 21... a4 (21... fxe4 $19 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Raf8) 22. gxf5 $17 exf5 23. Be2 d5 24. Bf4 Be5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf3 (26. Bf1 $17) 26... Qe6 $19 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 27. e5 (27. d4 $142 fxe4 28. Ne5) 27... f4 28. d4 Bc8 29. Bf1 Nf5 30. Qxf4 Nxd4 $1 31. Nxd4 Qxh3 {[#]} ({And not} 31... cxd4 32. Qxd4 Ba6 33. Bg2 $11) (31... Rxf4 $19 32. Nxe6 Bxe6) 32. Qxf7+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 33. Bxh3 Bxh3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Nb5 (34. Ne2 $17) 34... Rb8 35. c4 (35. Nc7 $142) 35... d4 36. Rb1 (36. Kf2 {keeps fighting.}) 36... Ke7 37. Kf2 Be6 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Rc1 Rf8+ 39. Kg3 Rf5 40. h4 Rxe5 41. Kf4 Re2 42. a3 Re3 43. Nc7 Rxa3 44. Re1 Re3 45. Ra1 a3 46. Nb5 Bxc4 47. Nxa3 Bd3 48. Rd1 Kd6 49. Rd2 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Henrik"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,66,0,47,-21,-12,-52,-44,-38,-44,-45,-37,-71,-49,-51,-33,-56,-8,-41,-42,-40,-22,-18,-20,-60,-60,-41,-52,-55,-37,-124,-115,-113,-102,-100,-118,-107,-120,-139,-141,-189,-166,-172,-154,-283,-282,-287,-287]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bg5 Be7 {LiveBook: 41 Games} 12. Bb5 $146 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} (12. Re1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Rfe1 Nb4 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxe6 Rc7 17. d5 Rd7 18. d6 Rxd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd6 Bxd6 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {½-½ (90) Shomoev,A (2579)-Inarkiev,E (2695) Nizhnij Novgorod 2013}) 12... a6 $11 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 {Black is slightly better.} Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rac1 Ba8 19. Qe2 ({Don't play} 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne2 e5 $17) 19... b4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxd4 23. Qxa6 Qe7 24. Qe2 Rd6 25. Rc6 {[#]} ({White should try} 25. g3 $15) 25... Bxf2+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Kxf2 (26. Qxf2 Rxd1+) 26... Rxc6 27. Bxc6 {aiming for Be4.} Qc5+ 28. Qe3 Qxc6 29. Rd2 h6 30. a3 bxa3 31. Qxa3 Rb8 32. Qd3 (32. Qc3 $17 Qa4 33. Rd4) 32... Rb5 $19 33. h3 Qb6+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sikkel, Dirk"]
[Black "Antal, Tibor Kende"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,48,28,18,-86,-80,-67,-87,-147,-128,-139,-129,-122,-133,-136,-129,-137,-90,-129,-87,-103,-61,-126,-128,-161,-147,-339,-344,-637,-635]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c4,Bc4e4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 26 Games. B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (11... a6 12. a4 e6 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Re1 {½-½ (15) Naiditsch,A (2711)-Li,C (2721) Deizisau 2015}) 12. Qd2 $146 (12. b3 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Qd8 13. Nde2 Nd7 {½-½ (13) Kovalev,A (2513)-Kulaots,K (2565) Kaunas 2016}) 12... Nxd4 $17 13. Bxd4 Rxc4 {Threatens to win with ...Nxe4!Black is slightly better.} 14. Bxa7 (14. Rfe1 $142) 14... b5 15. Be3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Rac1 Qe6 18. b3 f5 19. g3 d5 20. Qd3 b4 21. Rfd1 ({Better is} 21. Rc5 $15) 21... f4 22. Bxf4 Bd4 23. Rc2 $2 {[#]} (23. Qxd4 $17 Rxd4 24. Rxd4) 23... Qxh3 $19 24. Qf1 $2 (24. Be3 Rf3 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. Bxd4) 24... Qg4 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

