[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,110,30,19,29,22,20,22,28,12,13,22,12,20,17,34,10,14,4,11,11,11,11,15,11,11,12,11,4,10,4,10,5,6,5,6,6,6,5,10,0,12,6,6,6,6,6,6,3,31,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-8,-8,-86,-30,-30,0,0,-2,-184,-177,-177,-177,-177,-204,-245,-178,-499,-431,-880,-537,-560,-523,-395,0,-432,0,-445,-442,-443,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Be7 7. O-O {½-½ (42) Zhigalko,S (2616)-Kuzubov,Y (2660) Ankara 2018}) 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rae8 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. c4 Qh5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qa3 Qa5 18. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rd8 20. Re2 {[#] aiming for d5.} Qa4 21. Qc7 Rf8 22. Rd2 Qxc4 23. h3 {Strongly threatening d5.} b5 $1 24. d5 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f3]} 25. d6 Qxc7 $1 26. dxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne6 27. Nd4 {Black must now prevent Nxe6.} Nxc7 28. Rc2 Nd5 29. Rc5 Nb4 30. a3 Nd3 31. Rxb5 g6 32. Ra5 Re8 33. f3 Re7 34. Nc6 Rc7 35. Nxa7 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc2 37. Rg5 (37. Kg3 $11 {remains equal.}) 37... h6 (37... f5 $17 {...Ne5 is the strong threat.} 38. Nb5 Kf7) 38. Rg4 h5 39. Re4 f5 40. Re6 $2 (40. Rd4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Ne1 41. Kg1) 40... Nf4 $1 $19 {[%csl LRe6,LRg2][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 41. Rb6 Rxg2+ 42. Kh1 {Threatens to win with Rb4.} Rg3 43. a4 Rxf3 44. Nb5 $2 (44. h4) 44... h4 45. a5 (45. Rc6 $142 Rxh3+ 46. Kg1) 45... Rf1+ 46. Kh2 Rf2+ 47. Kh1 Rf1+ 48. Kh2 Rf2+ $2 (48... g5 $19 {And now ...g4 would win.} 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Rb7+ Kf6) 49. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Kh1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 49... Nxh3+ 50. Kh1 {Black should prevent a6.} g5 $2 (50... Kg7 $19 51. a6 Ng5) 51. a6 $11 {Hoping for a7.The position is equal.} g4 {( -> ...g3)} 52. a7 Rf1+ 53. Kh2 Rf2+ 54. Kh1 Rf1+ (54... Ra2 $5 55. Rb8+ $8 Kh7 $11) 55. Kh2 Rf2+ {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,113,16,15,33,11,25,28,26,17,35,-14,-14,-29,-21,-35,-38,-32,-33,-36,-27,-66,-68,-70,-65,-68,-71,-48,-52,-70,-46,-91,-96,-128,-103,-110,-45,-10,-25,-13,-22,-103,-104,-113,-106,-106,-108,-93,-87,-116,-79,-72,-71,-71,-45,-148,-148,-177,-169,-434,-249,-431,-171,-610,-169,-686,-174,-560,-151,-136,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,59,59,29975,29975,29979,29965,29976,29977,29980,29982]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 {White has an edge.} 14. Bd2 (14. Na5 Bb4 15. Bd2 Nc3 16. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 17. Kf1 Nc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. Rac1 Bxb7 20. Bxb7 {½-½ (31) Rapport,R (2726)-Yu,Y (2751) Shenzhen 2019}) 14... f5 15. Rac1 b6 16. Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Re1 Ba3 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rc7 Ba6 19. Bc1 {0-1 (35) Tsolakidou,S (2366)-Ramesh,R (2470) Barcelona 2017}) 16... exd5 17. Rc7 Bd8 18. Rc2 $1 Ba6 19. Bf4 Be7 20. Rdc1 Ba3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 21. Rb1 Rac8 22. Na1 $1 Rfe8 23. Be5 Kf7 24. Kf1 g5 25. Rb3 Be7 26. Rbc3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Rc8 (27... Bc4 $17 28. Nc2 Ke6) 28. Rxc8 $15 Bxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 29. Bb8 $1 Bd8 30. Nc2 (30. Bxa7 $11 Ba6 31. Nc2) 30... a5 $17 31. Ke1 Ba6 32. Kd2 Bc4 33. a3 Ke6 34. Ne3 Bb5 35. Nd1 Be7 36. Nc3 Bc6 37. a4 (37. Bc7 $15) 37... Kd7 38. Kc2 Bb4 $1 39. Nb5 $2 (39. f3) 39... Be1 (39... Bxb5 $142 40. axb5 Be1) 40. f3 $2 (40. Nc3 {only move.}) 40... g4 $2 (40... Bxb5 41. axb5 g4) 41. fxg4 $2 (41. Nc3) 41... fxg4 $2 (41... Bxb5 42. axb5 fxg4) 42. Bf4 $2 (42. Nc3) 42... Bf2 $2 (42... Bxb5 43. axb5 Bf2) 43. Kd3 $2 {[#]} (43. Nc3 {nothing else works.}) 43... Bg1 $2 (43... Bxb5+ $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 44. axb5 Bg1) 44. Nc3 Bxh2 (44... Bb7 $17 45. e3 Ba6+ 46. Kd2 Bc4) 45. e3 $11 h5 46. Ke2 $1 h4 47. gxh4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bxf4 48. exf4 {next f5 is good for White. KB-KN} Ke6 49. Kf2 Kf5 50. Kg3 Be8 51. h5 Bxh5 52. Nxd5 Be8 ({Black should play} 52... Ke6 $11 53. Nxb6 Kd6) 53. Nxb6 $14 {Black must now prevent d5.} Bf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53... Ke6 $14) 54. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5d6] White mates.} Bg6 55. Nc4 Bh5 56. Nxa5 Bf7 57. Nc4 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,22,23,4,50,0,47,12,24,8,0,16,28,-6,28,39,43,37,42,18,17,10,14,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-50,-53,-60,-23,-41,-27,-40,-20,-20,-18,-17,-8,-11,-10,-52,-52,-54,-57,-48,-49,-76,-45,-65,-43,-39,-8,-20,-17,-22,-22,-25,-19,-71,-72,-61,-62,-76,-77,-70,-31,-40,-31,-15,-19,-65,-67,-652]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 h5 4. h3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (6. d3 {keeps more tension.} Be6 7. e3 Bb6 8. Nge2 Qd7 9. Nd5) 6... Be6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Nge2 {[#] Hoping for d4.White is slightly better.} d5 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 {Strongly threatening cxd5.} Bb4 11. O-O (11. c5 {seems wilder.} h4 12. g4 b6 13. O-O bxc5 14. Na4) 11... Bxc3 $146 12. Nxc3 {Re1 is the strong threat.} Qd7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Be3 (16. Bxd5 {looks sharper.} Qxd5 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Rc1 Qf5 19. Qe2) 16... Rd8 17. Rc1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ne7 19. d5 Nxd5 20. Qf3 c6 21. b4 a6 22. a4 f6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Kf7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rc4 Rde8 27. Bd2 Rxe1 28. Bxe1 g6 29. Bc3 Re8 30. Bd4 Qe6 31. Ra4 Re7 32. Ra6 Qe4 33. Bc5 Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc7 35. g4 (35. Ra8 $11) 35... h4 $17 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. f4 f5+ 38. Kf3 Nf6 39. Bf2 fxg4+ 40. hxg4 h3 41. Ra1 Rb7 {[#] aiming for ...Rb3+.} 42. Bd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 65%.} (42. f5+ $15 gxf5 43. Re1+ Kd6 44. Bg3+ Kd5 45. Rd1+ Ke6 46. Re1+ Kd7 47. gxf5 Rb3+ 48. Kf4 Nh5+ 49. Kg4 Rxg3+ 50. Kh4) 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,108,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,45,23,38,43,42,31,32,27,43,20,24,28,39,8,15,9,68,34,75,75,75,75,81,84,85,22,35,29,48,18,44,22,27,15,95,102,110,111,100,41,101,99,101,102,150,164,153,137,118,133,123,128,121,133,136,133,173,185,173,178,176,178,183,179,204,202,195,186,177,151,214,157,138,132,125,44,170,177,165,164,223,154,158]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Be7 (7... Bd6 8. e4 O-O 9. Bc4 Qe7 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Bd5 f6 13. Be3 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Ne7 {½-½ (49) Topalov,V (2749)-Giri,A (2777) Shamkir 2018}) 8. e4 Qd6 9. Be3 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd2 Kh8 11. f3 Qg6 12. h4 Be6 13. g4 f6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 {½-½ (59) Stoeckert,M (2455)-Matei,C (2427) ICCF email 2015}) 10... Qg6 11. O-O Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2]} 12. Ne1 Rad8 13. b4 Kh8 14. f3 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nd3 Bc8 17. Rad1 f6 18. Nc5 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 b6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Ne7 ({Better is} 21... Rxd1 $11 22. Rxd1 h5) 22. Rfe1 Qg5 23. Rd3 h5 24. Red1 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Ng6 {And now ...Nf4! would win.} 26. Qd2 (26. g3 $16) 26... Nf4 $11 27. Bc4 h4 28. Bf1 f5 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Qe3 Qc2 {[#]} (30... c6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. Qe1 $1 $16 {[%cal Re1h4]} h3 {[%cal Rh3g2]} 32. Qh4+ Qh7 33. Qxh7+ Kxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. g3 Ng6 35. Be2 Rf7 36. Kg1 Nf8 37. Kf2 e4 38. f4 g5 39. Ke3 gxf4+ 40. gxf4 Ng6 41. Bh5 (41. Kxe4 Rxf4+ 42. Ke3 Rf7 $14) 41... Kh6 42. Bxg6 $1 Kxg6 $18 {KR-KR} 43. Rg1+ Kf6 {intending ...Rd7.} 44. Rg3 (44. Kxe4 Re7+ 45. Kf3 Rd7 $16) 44... Rh7 45. Kxe4 Rh8 46. b5 Rh5 47. c4 Rc5 48. Kd4 ({Don't take} 48. Rxh3 $6 Rxc4+ 49. Kf3 Rc2 $16) 48... Rf5 (48... c6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 49. Rf3 Rh5 50. Ke4 Rc5 {[#]} 51. Rc3 (51. Kd3 $1 $16) 51... Rh5 ({Black should play} 51... c6 $14) 52. a4 {White is clearly better.} Rc5 53. Kd4 ({Don't play} 53. Rxh3 $6 Rxc4+ 54. Kf3 Rxa4 $14) 53... Rh5 (53... Rf5 $142 54. Rf3 (54. Rxh3 Rxf4+ 55. Kd5 Kg7 $16) 54... Rh5) 54. Re3 Rh4 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,112,18,16,16,14,18,17,16,16,23,20,14,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-30,-30,3,0,-4,-30,0,0,0,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-86,-34,-55,-55,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-30,-86,-86,-86,-30,-79,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-36,-22,-22,-22,-103,-103,-103,-103,-103,-103,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-33]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. a4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} a5 8. Be3 b6 9. Na3 {The position is equal.} Qc7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nfd2 O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 {0-1 (37) Velikhanli,F (2310)-Mamedov,R (2584) Baku 2007}) 12... Bxc4 $1 13. dxc4 h6 14. Nf3 Nc8 15. Nd2 (15. Qe2 {looks sharper.} Nd6 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Bc3 Rhe8 18. Rfe1) 15... O-O 16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. b3 f5 {Strongly threatening ...f4.} 19. f3 Kh7 (19... f4 $5 20. Bf2 $8 Bf6 $11) 20. Bf2 Nf7 21. Bh4 Nd8 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Rfe1 f4 24. Nb1 Bf6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Bh4 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Qd3 ({White should play} 28. Qd2 $11) 28... Qxd3 $15 29. cxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Be1 30. Na3 Kg7 31. Nc2 {[#]} Bc3 (31... Bd2 $1 $17) 32. Kh2 Kf6 33. h4 h5 34. Kh3 Ke6 35. Kh2 Kd6 (35... Ke7 $17) 36. Kh3 (36. g4 $11) 36... Bd2 $17 37. Kh2 Kc7 ({Better is} 37... Ke6 $17) 38. Kh3 Kb7 39. Kh2 Bc1 40. Kg1 Bb2 41. Kf2 Kc7 42. Kf1 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Ne1 (44. g4 $11 {remains equal.}) 44... Bd4+ 45. Kf1 {[#]} b4 $1 46. Nc2 Bc3 47. Kg1 Ke6 48. Kh2 Kf6 49. Kh3 g5 50. Kh2 gxh4 51. Kh3 Kg6 52. Kh2 h3 (52... Bd2 $17) 53. gxh3 $11 Kg5 54. Kg2 Kh4 55. Kh2 Kg5 56. Kg2 h4 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,88,15,9,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-9,-10,17,12,18,0,29,25,26,28,74,61,79,73,102,100,87,102,80,99,88,76,88,87,79,82,74,75,100,68,60,42,115,113,175,172,176,182,161,84,84,72,87,72,76,62,78,53,115,115,116,0,0,-8,-8,-893,-876,-1050,-1030]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 b5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 11. Bg5 (11. Re1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Re2 Qb7 14. Rd2 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 {½-½ (28) Nisipeanu,L (2674)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Germany 2018}) 11... Nbd7 12. Re1 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 13. a3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne8 14. Be3 h6 15. h3 Qc7 16. a4 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 {1-0 (38) Korneev,O (2621)-Noroozi,O (2385) Baku 2013}) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nd2 Bg4 16. f3 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Be6 18. Nf1 Rc5 19. Ne3 Rfc8 20. Re2 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Rxc3 22. Qe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qc6 23. a4 b4 24. Nd1 Bxb3 25. Nxc3 Bc4 26. Nd1 $1 Bxe2 27. Qxe2 d5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Qe4 Qe6 30. Ne3 Nc3 31. Qc4 Qg6 ({Black should play} 31... Qxc4 $14 32. Nxc4 f6) 32. a5 $16 Kh7 (32... Bf8 $16 {might work better.}) 33. Re1 $18 e4 34. fxe4 Nxe4 35. Nd5 (35. Qd5 $18) 35... Nf2+ $16 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kf1 Qf5+ 38. Ke2 Qe5+ 39. Ne3 $1 Nf4+ (39... Ng5 $1 $14) 40. Kf1 $1 Ne6 {[#]} 41. Qxa6 (41. Nd5 $1 $16 Qf5+ 42. Kg1) 41... Qxh2 $11 42. Qd3+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Bh4.} 43. a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43. Nd5 $11 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qxg2+ 45. Kd1) 43... Bh4 $1 $19 {( -> ...Qh1+)} ({Stronger than} 43... Bc5 44. Qc4 $11) 44. Qd2 Nf4 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,94,20,4,28,4,4,5,11,18,13,0,19,-34,-39,-28,-17,0,-15,-13,0,-10,0,0,0,-19,-17,-36,-20,-14,-16,-14,0,-43,-36,-218,-49,-69,-39,-42,-9,-24,-14,-18,-24,-18,0,0,0,-35,-35,-70,-77,-317,-316,-445,-454,-305,-444,-437,-436,-373,-418,-499,-493,-612,-589,-597,-582,-670,-659,-1119,-1110,-1061,-732,-1969,-1947,-1849,-1897,-1827,-1865,-29972,-3114,-5808,-5795]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (7... e6 8. c4 Qe7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nb5 Nf8 11. c5 a6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nc3 b5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 {1-0 (25) Nakamura,H (2786)-Grigoriants,S (2576) chess.com INT 2017}) 8. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rad1 a5 13. Ba3 e4 14. Bd6 Qb6 15. Ng5 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Ngxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Nd6 Rd8 {½-½ (34) Dzagnidze,N (2522)-Lagno,K (2547) Riadh 2017}) 8... a5 9. Re1 c6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bf1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Na3 (12. e4 $11) 12... e4 $15 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ndc4 Qf6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 N7f6 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Nac4 Re6 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 h5 22. Bc4 Re7 23. Rf1 $2 {[#]} (23. Bf1 $15) 23... Rd8 $2 (23... Nd5 $1 $19 24. Bxd5 cxd5) 24. h3 h4 25. c3 Nd5 26. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 27. c4 $1 f6 28. Ng4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc7 30. cxd5 Rc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 31. Rac1 Rxe3 32. g5 $2 {[#]} (32. Rc7+ $17 Kh6 33. Rxf6) 32... fxg5 $19 33. Rfe1 (33. Rc5 $142) 33... Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rxd5 35. Rxe4 {KR-KR} Kf6 36. Kf2 Kf5 37. Kf3 b6 38. Ke3 g4 39. Re8 h3 40. g3 Kf6 41. Rc8 Rf5 42. Ke4 Ke6 {Played: Rf5-f3} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,152,15,0,33,41,32,37,35,35,36,24,34,37,43,39,41,29,34,32,42,8,4,18,23,33,41,30,45,48,51,29,27,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,-7,26,25,33,20,31,0,18,19,30,15,34,38,34,34,39,39,54,52,86,98,98,93,100,59,107,68,93,95,134,114,124,71,74,81,114,112,98,66,133,127,103,38,49,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-56,-51,-39,-39,-36,-31,-8,-240,-239,-375,-379,-339,-331,-384,-387,-384,-370,-320,-303,-285,-285,-270,-192,-129,-24,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 c6 14. Qd1 b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 {½-½ (40) Anand,V (2774)-Caruana,F (2819) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 {White is slightly better.} 10. c3 Bd6 11. b3 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. g3 Qd8 14. Bg2 Ne7 15. c4 {½-½ (31) Deac,B (2603)-Adams,M (2701) Caleta 2019}) 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 Nce7 14. c4 {aiming for c5.} c6 15. Qd2 f6 16. Ba3 (16. Bd3 {seems wilder.} Ng7 17. h3 Re8 18. Ne3 Nh5 19. Ng4) 16... Bxa3 17. Nxa3 Rf7 18. Nc2 Bd7 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. Nb4 Qd6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Nc2 Nc6 24. b4 Ng7 25. a3 Bg4 26. Be2 Re7 27. Ne3 Be6 28. Rc5 Nf5 29. Bd1 Rde8 30. Ba4 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 Kg7 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. h3 Bd7 34. Rcc3 Re4 35. Qe2 Qf4 36. Rxe4 dxe4 37. Nd2 Qd6 38. Nb3 Bc8 39. Rc1 Qd5 {[#]} 40. Qe3 $1 g5 41. Na5 Bd7 42. Nc4 (42. Rc5 $142 Qe6 43. Nc4) 42... Be6 $16 43. Nd2 Bf7 44. Rc5 Qd7 45. Ra5 ({Reject} 45. Nxe4 $6 Bg6 $11) 45... Rd8 (45... Bd5 $14) 46. Nxe4 Qxd4 47. Qxd4 ({Better is} 47. Rxa6 $16 Qc4 48. Qf3) 47... Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 48. Nc5 Rd1+ 49. Kh2 Rd2 50. f3 Bd5 51. Kg1 Rd1+ 52. Kf2 Rd2+ 53. Kf1 Bc4+ 54. Kg1 Rd1+ 55. Kh2 Rd2 56. Kg1 Rd1+ 57. Kf2 Rd2+ 58. Ke3 Rxg2 59. Nxa6 Rg3 60. Nc7 Rxh3 61. Rc5 Bf7 62. Kf2 $2 (62. a4 $11) 62... Rh2+ $19 63. Kg3 (63. Kg1 $142 Ra2 64. Rxc6) 63... Ra2 64. Rxc6 h5 ({Weaker is} 64... Rxa3 65. b5 $19) 65. b5 h4+ 66. Kh3 Rxa3 67. Kg2 Bh5 68. Ne6+ Kg6 69. Nd4 {intending b6.} h3+ 70. Kg3 {[#]} Rd3 (70... h2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh2h1][%mdl 512]} 71. Kxh2 Bxf3) 71. Rc4 $11 h2 {The position is equal.} 72. Kxh2 {And now Rb4 would win.} Bxf3 73. Nxf3 Rxf3 74. Rb4 $1 {Hoping for b6.} Rd3 (74... Rf4 75. Rxf4 gxf4 76. b6 Kf5 77. b7 Ke5 78. b8=Q+ Kd4 79. Qxf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc5 80. Qxf6) 75. b6 {b7 is the strong threat.} Rd8 76. b7 Rb8 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,73,33,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-13,0,-17,-53,-20,-7,8,8,17,35,68,0,0,0,28,31,25,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 12. Bc2 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. d5 Na5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Rfe1 {½-½ (37) Wojtaszek,R (2737)-Kramnik,V (2794) Antalya 2017}) 13. O-O Rd8 14. e5 b6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Be4 Kg7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qf4 h6 ({Reject} 19... Nxd4 $6 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Qf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. Bxb7 $16) 20. h4 Ba8 21. a3 b5 22. Rfd1 (22. d5 $1 $14 exd5 23. Bd3) 22... b4 $11 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 (23... Rxc6 {seems wilder.} 24. axb4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rb8 26. Nd2 Rxb4 27. Nc4 g5) 24. axb4 Bxf3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 {The position is equal.} (25... Bxd1 $2 {[#] is the wrong capture.} 26. Qf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf6 27. exf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxd8 $18) 26. Qxf3 Qxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. g3 Qe7 28. d5 exd5 29. Rxd5 h5 30. b5 Qe6 31. Kg2 Rc7 32. Qe4 Qg4 (32... Rd7 {is interesting.} 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Qc6 Qf5 35. Qd6 Qe4+) 33. Qxg4 hxg4 34. Rd4 Rc5 35. Rxg4 Rxe5 36. Ra4 Rxb5 37. Rxa7 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,43,6,8,12,14,10,0,9,10,10,6,42,21,18,18,30,45,57,50,29,0,0,0,2,-244,-250,-231,0,0,0,-238,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} (7... b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. exf3 Nc6 11. f4 O-O 12. b4 Rc8 13. Bb2 d6 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. b5 Rc5 18. a4 Ne8 19. Qe3 Qb7 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Qe3 Qb7 22. Qd3 Qc7 23. Qe3 {½-½ (23) Wei,Y (2696)-Karjakin,S (2773) Bilbao 2016}) 8. cxd5 e5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 9. Nxe5 {Hoping for Bg2.} (9. Bg2 Qxd5 10. Qg5 O-O 11. Qxe5 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Re8 14. Rd1 Rxe2 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd5 {½-½ (25) Matlakov,M (2700)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... Qxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. b4 Rad8 14. Bb2 Qh5 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 {½-½ (15) Juhasz,L (2206)-Kunze,H (2265) Germany 2004}) 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Rfe8 14. Bb2 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Be4 15. Rfd1 {[%cal Rb2d4]} Rad8 16. Qf4 h6 17. Rac1 Qb3 18. Rd2 $2 (18. Qd2 $11) 18... Nd5 $19 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qf4 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Nd5 21. Qg4 {[#]} Nf6 $2 (21... Ne3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re3g4][%mdl 512]} 22. Qh4 (22. fxe3 Qxe3+) 22... Nc2) 22. Qf4 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,196,20,0,20,6,11,12,11,13,26,0,8,0,0,0,0,-8,-13,0,-8,0,7,10,14,14,16,16,17,17,23,16,122,125,123,118,199,197,235,237,205,187,187,186,186,186,184,184,232,232,224,213,279,279,287,286,286,283,254,213,218,210,198,173,183,95,82,25,25,24,48,24,25,25,25,25,25,25,24,24,266,266,278,254,278,278,278,278,278,18,18,8,17,0,18,11,12,12,24,24,158,158,1167,1160,1160,1160,1160,1153,1153,8,1153,1138,1131,1124,1124,1082,1174,173,1149,1116,1100,1100,1050,1038,829,700,4156,4151,3695,2549,4156,4156,4156,4156,688,660,4163,4163,12843,4156,4156,4156,4163,4101,2549,300,285,285,4156,4156,4156,4156,4156,4156,4156,4156,4156,4156,4156,4156,4156,4156,1079,1079,4156,4156,4056,319,4178,4164,4178,4178,4164,4156,4156,4156,4137,4137,29988,29989,29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. g4 hxg3 $1 19. fxg3 {[#]} Ne7 $146 20. h4 Nd5 21. Bg5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 22. h5 Nxc3 $1 23. hxg6 Nxd1 24. Kg2 {Nc5 is the strong threat.} Bxg6 (24... fxg6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 25. e6 Kf8) 25. Nc5 $1 $16 b6 26. Na6 Rc8 (26... Ne3+ $16 27. Bxe3 (27. Rxe3 Kd7 $16) 27... Rc8) 27. Rxd1 $18 Bxc2 {[#]} 28. Nxc7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (28... Rxc7 29. Rd8#) 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Bd3 31. Kf3 Bc4 32. g4 Bf1 33. g5 Bd3 34. Ke3 Bf1 35. g6 Bh3 36. gxf7 Kxf7 37. Bg5 Bc8 38. Kd4 Bd7 39. Ke4 Bc8 40. Kf4 Bd7 41. Na6 ({Better is} 41. Bh4 $18) 41... Ke6 $16 42. Ke4 (42. Nb4 $16) 42... Bc8 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc8a6]} 43. Nb4 c5 44. Na2 (44. Nd3 {seems wilder.} Bb7+ 45. Kf4 Bc8 46. Bd8 Kd5 47. Bc7) 44... Bb7+ 45. Kf4 b5 $1 46. Nc1 Kd5 47. Be7 {Hoping for Nd3.} a5 48. Nb3 c4 $2 (48... b4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 49. Nxa5 $18 Bc8 50. Bb4 g5+ 51. Kxg5 Kxe5 52. Nc6+ Ke4 53. Kf6 $2 (53. Be1 $1 $18) 53... Kd3 $1 $11 54. Ne5+ Kd4 55. Nc6+ Kd3 56. Ke5 c3 {White must now prevent ...c2.} 57. Nd4 c2 58. Nb3 {Threatens to win with Nc1+.} Kc4 {[#]} (58... Ke2 $1 $11) 59. Nc1 $1 $16 Bg4 $2 (59... Bb7 $16 60. Kf5 Kd4) 60. Kf4 Bh5 61. Ke3 Bg6 62. Kd2 Bf5 63. Ne2 $2 (63. Bd6 $18 {And now Be7 would win.} Kd5 64. Be7) 63... Bg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63... Kb3 $11) 64. Kc1 Bd3 65. Nf4 Bf5 66. Ng2 Bg6 67. Ne3+ $2 (67. Kb2 Be4 68. Nf4) 67... Kd4 $2 (67... Kb3 68. Nf1 Kc4 69. Nd2+ Kd4 70. Nb3+ Kd3) 68. Ng4 Bf5 69. Nf6 Ke5 70. Ne8 Kd5 71. Kb2 Kc6 72. Ng7 Be4 73. Bd2 Kd6 74. Kc3 Bg6 75. Kd4 Ke7 {[#]} 76. Ke5 $1 Bh7 77. Ne6 Kd7 78. Nd4 (78. Nf8+ $142 Kc6 79. Nxh7) 78... Bd3 79. Kd5 Bc4+ 80. Kc5 Bd3 81. Kb4 Kd6 82. Kc3 Bg6 $2 (82... Bf1 83. Nxc2 Ke5) 83. Nxb5+ $18 Kc5 84. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kb6 85. Kb4 Ka6 86. a5 Be4 87. Nc7+ Kb7 88. Ne6 Bf5 89. Nc5+ Kc6 90. Be3 Bh7 91. Nb3 Kb7 92. Bf4 $2 (92. Ka4 Bf5 93. Nc5+ Kc6 94. Na6) 92... Ka6 $2 (92... Bf5 93. Be3 Bh7) 93. Nc5+ Ka7 94. Kb5 Bf5 95. a6 Bh3 96. Ka5 Bf1 97. Be3 {Intending Ne6+ and mate.} Be2 98. Ne6+ Kb8 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,99,36,22,23,36,31,37,39,29,28,14,33,36,34,38,38,47,22,41,29,35,11,8,21,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-2,0,-2,0,0,0,-31,-7,-31,0,-31,-8,-30,-8,-8,0,-31,-31,-31,-7,-7,0,-2,-2,-2,0,-2,0,-2,0,-2,0,0,0,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-6,-6,0,0,0,-6,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O {And now Nb5 would win. D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} cxd4 10. Nb5 {[#] Nc7+ is the strong threat.} (10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. g4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 {0-1 (38) Aronian,L (2794)-Caruana,F (2784) Berlin 2018}) 10... Qe7 11. Qxd4 {White is slightly better.} O-O 12. Nxa7 Bc5 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. Qd3 Nc6 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Rad1 {[#]} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxd4 {½-½ (31) Moranda,W (2572)-Gajewski,G (2568) Katowice 2010}) 17. e5 Qe7 18. Qe4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ (20. Rd3 {keeps more tension.} Bb6 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bd3 g6 23. g3) 20... Qxd8 21. g3 Qb6 22. Qe2 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. b3 Qc5 25. a4 Bxe5 26. Kg2 Bd4 27. h4 g6 28. f4 Kg7 29. Qe4 b6 30. Qf3 (30. h5 $5 gxh5 {[#]} 31. f5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 30... Bf6 31. Qe4 Qa3 32. Qe2 (32. h5 $5) 32... Qa1 33. Qf1 Qd4 34. Qd3 Qc5 35. Qd7 Kf8 36. Qd3 Ke7 37. Bb5 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qc4 Qd6 40. Qd3 Qc7 41. Qc4 Qd6 42. Qd3 Qa3 43. f5 Qb2+ 44. Kf3 exf5 45. Qxf5 Qxb3+ 46. Qd3 Qe6 47. Qa3+ {The position is equal.} Kd8 48. Qd3+ Ke7 49. Qa3+ Kd8 50. Qd3+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,0,17,-12,-15,-10,-3,-5,-6,-54,-43,-47,-63,-54,0,-9,-2,-20,-20,-92,-61,-68,-60,-67,-72,-76,-79,-94,-27,-195,-120,-119,-122,-127,-5,-154,-156,-128,-138,-356,-353,-335,-277,-262,-201,-235,-222,-293,-296,-391,-368,-592,-592,-765,-758,-750,1932,1935,29980,922,900,868,1885,1399,29981,29982,29982,29983,29976,2266,2088,1503,1175,1142]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 Re8 8. Bh2 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 {The position is equal.} dxe5 11. Nc4 (11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O a5 14. Qa4 {1-0 (69) Zhou,W (2627)-Lou,Y (2453) China 2015}) 11... Nd7 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc5 14. b4 Rd8 15. Qc1 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Rxd3 {0-1 (39) Licha,M (1995)-Kroneder,H (2030) Germany 1995}) 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. e4 (16. a4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16... Bxa2 17. b3 Qa3 18. Bd1 Red8 19. Bg3 Bh6 20. c4 f6 ({Black should try} 20... Qa5 $17 21. b4 Qa6 22. Bxe5 Qxc4) 21. Bh4 $2 (21. f4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 21... Rd2 (21... Kg7 $1 $19 22. Qc3 Bf4) 22. Qc3 $17 Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 23. Bg4 Ra3 (23... Kf7 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ra3.} 24. Rfd1 Rd8) 24. Rfd1 (24. f4 $1 $11 f5 25. Be1 Bxf4 26. Rxf4) 24... Bxb3 {[%cal Rd2d1]} ({Worse is} 24... Rxb3 25. Rxd2 Bxd2 26. Qc2 $18) 25. Rxa3 Bxd1 {[#]} 26. Bxd1 $2 (26. c5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc5 (26... bxc5 27. Qc4+) 27. Be6+ Kg7 {[#]} 28. Ra8 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26... Rxd1+ $19 27. Kh2 Rc1 28. Qf3 Bg7 29. Rd3 Qe7 30. Rd2 h5 ({But not} 30... Rxc4 31. Qd1 $19) 31. Qb3 Kh7 32. g4 $2 (32. Qb2 Rxc4 33. f3) 32... g5 33. gxh5 gxh4 34. Qf3 Bh6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Qe6 $19 35. Qg2 f5) 35. Qf5+ $18 Kg8 36. Rd7 (36. Qg6+ $142 Kh8 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. h6 Rd1 40. Rxd1 Qf7 41. Qf5) 36... Bf4+ 37. Kg2 Qxd7 38. Qxd7 {KQ-KRB} c6 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41. Qxf6+ (41. h6 $142 Bxh6 42. Qxh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 43. Qxc1 Ke6 44. Qh6 Ke7 45. Qg7+ Kd6 46. Qxf6+ Kc5 47. Qxe5+ Kb4 48. Qd6+ Kxc4 49. e5) 41... Ke8 42. h6 Bxh6 43. Qxh6 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,-2,9,7,14,14,18,13,19,16,25,-4,-11,-12,-10,-8,11,-10,9,21,65,45,66,38,53,23,27,23,27,0,10,0,15,-83,-89,-66,-76,-35,-39,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 (2... Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 a5 7. Bc3 Nc6 8. b3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb2 Bg4 {½-½ (57) Le,Q (2714)-Saric,I (2695) St Petersburg 2018}) 3. a3 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. Nf3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O {0-1 (85) Yeletsky,I (2209)-Vavulin,M (2393) Kolomna 2014}) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 d5 12. b5 Be6 13. a4 Rf7 14. O-O g5 15. Ba3 Ng6 16. Rc1 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nb3 f4 20. Nc5 Bf5 21. g3 (21. Qb3 $11 {remains equal.}) 21... f3 $17 22. Ba6 Bc8 {[#] aiming for ...Bxa6.} 23. Bb5 a6 24. Bc6 Rb8 25. Rb1 {The position is equal.} Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Ne7 $1 {[%cal Re7c6]} 27. Bb7 Ng6 {[#] ...Bxb7 is the strong threat.} 28. Bc6 Ne7 $1 {[%cal Re7c6]} 29. Bb7 Ng6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxb7.} 30. Bc6 Ne7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,86,12,23,23,27,25,26,20,17,0,0,0,0,-38,-52,-31,-8,-15,17,-62,-81,-73,0,0,31,28,70,105,74,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,39,45,0,0,16,369,357,372,158,278,297,383,361,353,291,289,-705,-698,-1059,-1048,-1596,-1033,-985,-984,-945,-772,-728,-667,-692,-651,-948,-924,-875,-758]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. a4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (7. a3 a5 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. a4 b6 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Bxc4 15. dxc4 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Nf6 17. Qg5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Re8 19. Qe3 h5 20. Ng5 Nd7 21. Nf3 {½-½ (21) Quesada Perez,Y (2619)-Cori Tello,J (2657) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... a5 8. Be3 b6 9. Na3 {White has an edge.} Qc7 10. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc4 Ne7 11. b4 axb4 12. a5 bxa5 13. Bxc5 Qb8 14. Nfd2 Be6 {1-0 (33) Silber,K (2033)-Von Estorff,J (1937) Walldorf 2017}) 10... Nf6 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. d4 Ba6 13. Ncxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 O-O 15. Qb3 (15. Qd6 $11 Qc8 16. O-O-O) 15... Bd3 $15 16. O-O-O c4 ({Better is} 16... Bxe4 $17 17. Rhe1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bxe5) 17. Qxb6 $11 Qd7 18. Qd4 Qc8 19. Rxd3 cxd3 {[#]} 20. Qxd3 (20. Qc4 $1 $16) 20... Qe6 21. Nd4 Qa2 22. Nxc6 Qa1+ 23. Qb1 Qxa4 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nd5 {Strongly threatening Nb6.} Rab8 $1 26. f4 Rb3 27. Rd1 Rfb8 28. Rd2 (28. Nb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6a4]} Qe8 29. Rd6 $14) 28... Bf8 29. Bd4 {Hoping for e6+.} Ba3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Bg7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 30. e6+ $1 $18 f6 31. Bxf6+ Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxb2.} 32. Qc2 Qc4 {[#]} 33. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c4]} ({But not} 33. bxa3 $2 Rb1+ 34. Qxb1 Qf1+ 35. Rd1 Rxb1+ 36. Kxb1 Qxd1+ 37. Kb2 Qe2+ 38. Kb3 Qxe4 $19) 33... Qxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxb2 35. Kd1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. c4 $18 Ra2+ 36. Rxa3 Rxa3 37. Be5) 35... Rxg2 $19 {[%cal Rb8b1] Black is clearly winning.} 36. Nb6 Rxb6 {[%cal Rb6b1]} 37. Rd8+ Bf8 {[%cal Rb6b1]} 38. Kc1 Rxe6 39. e5 {[#]} Rc6 {Played: Re6xf6} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. b4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. b5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. e3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 18. a5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 20. bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 21. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 22. axb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 24. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 27. b8=Q {[%emt 0:00:29]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,95,13,0,10,0,0,11,3,6,0,-8,14,3,51,52,58,42,74,0,33,16,46,41,46,47,58,54,64,51,65,54,125,118,143,155,168,168,166,175,187,202,204,187,188,185,197,197,197,196,187,188,194,193,210,208,204,203,217,199,226,223,211,185,204,199,225,225,278,278,287,278,284,278,302,296,278,278,475,468,778,757,751,738,657,645]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 8. Bb5 (8. exd4 cxd4 9. Bb5 Qe7+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Bd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Kf1 a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxd4 Be4 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bd6 18. Bxf6 {½-½ (18) Dubov,D (2703)-Aronian,L (2765) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Bd6 9. O-O {[%cal Re3d4]} O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nc3 Re8 15. d3 {½-½ (24) Mons,L (2500)-Dragnev,V (2466) Germany 2018}) 11... Rb8 12. Na3 dxe3 13. dxe3 Ba6 14. Re1 Nd5 15. Nd2 (15. Qc1 $16) 15... Nb4 16. Ndc4 Be7 17. Qg4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg4g7]} f6 18. Red1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Qe8 $1 19. Bc3 (19. Rd7 Bc8 $17) 19... Bc8 20. Qe4 Nd5 21. Bb2 Qh5 {[#]} (21... Qd7 $14) 22. Na5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra5c6]} Rb4 {[#]} 23. N3c4 $1 Bf5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5+ ({But not} 25. Qxe7 dxc4 26. Qxc5 Rbb8 $16) 25... Kh8 26. Nc6 $1 {[%csl LRa7,LRb4,LRe7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rb7 {aiming for ...Rd7.} 27. Nxe7 Rxe7 28. Qxc5 Ree8 29. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Less strong is} 29. Qxa7 Qg6 $14) 29... Bg6 30. Qxh5 ({Don't take} 30. Qxa7 $6 Rd8 $16) 30... Bxh5 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Rc1 a6 33. Bd4 Kg8 34. f3 Bf7 35. g4 a5 36. Rc5 Ra8 37. Rb5 h6 38. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rc8 39. Kf2 Rc1 40. Rxa5 Bxb3 41. Ra8+ Kh7 42. a5 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 {Threatens to win with a6.} Bd5 44. Ra7 Kg8 $2 (44... Rc6 45. h4 Bc4) 45. a6 {White is clearly winning.} Ra2 (45... Rc8 $142 46. Rd7 Bc6) 46. Rd7 Bc6 47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. a7 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,69,26,8,27,24,29,29,25,11,15,18,16,0,15,20,17,18,22,21,28,18,18,17,33,22,21,15,30,25,12,-16,24,29,26,26,37,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-8,-16,-37,-60,-51,-54,-53,-66,-47,-33,-41,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 b5 12. h4 Qa5 13. a3 h6 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. gxh6 {½-½ (41) Anand,V (2779)-Navara,D (2739) Shamkir 2019}) 7. O-O g6 8. Be3 Bg7 {White has an edge.} 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Rfd1 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (30) Zhao,P (2180)-Jepson,C (2365) Copenhagen 2007}) 12. a4 Rc8 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bf1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 16. Nde2 Rfe8 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. Kh1 Qb8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qc7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rac1 Kg8 23. Re1 ({White should try} 23. b3 $14) 23... b6 $11 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. b3 Rc5 26. Ng3 Qa5 27. Rcd1 {[#] Threatens to win with b4.} Qxd2 28. Rxd2 a5 29. Ne4 Rc7 30. Ra1 Ra8 (30... f5 {with more complications.} 31. Nf2 Ra8 32. g4 Kf7 33. Kg2 a4) 31. Kg1 Bf5 32. Kf2 {The position is equal.} Rca7 33. Nc3 Rc7 34. Ne4 Rca7 35. Nc3 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,31,31,29,52,23,27,20,31,19,28,12,32,28,35,39,47,49,25,12,33,4,9,22,6,-57,12,-8,147,142,143,137,133,125,143,81,70,41,55,-34,75,-3,-2,-21,-13,-34,-23,-66,-70,-107,-106,-212,-215,-248,-231,-414,-439,-455,-444,-456,-447,-472,-424,-446,-339,-821,-812]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. h3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (9. a5 a6 10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. Nxb3 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. c4 Qd6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nfxd4 Bb4 17. Rf1 Rfe8 {1-0 (38) Hector,J (2556)-Grandelius,N (2658) Lund 2018}) 9... Rae8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nc4 h6 12. Bd2 Rfe8 13. b4 Bf8 14. b5 Nb8 15. Qc1 Nbd7 16. Qb2 Be7 {0-1 (50) Faber,H (2460)-Leisebein,P (2410) Remote email 2011}) 10. a5 a6 11. c3 {White has an edge.} Bd8 12. b4 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Ne7 14. c5 dxc5 15. Nxe5 Qe6 16. Nd3 cxb4 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. Bb2 Be7 19. Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qd7 20. e5 (20. Bc3 $11) 20... Nd5 (20... Bxb4 $15 21. Ne4 Qxd1 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rexd1 fxe5) 21. Nf3 Rd8 $2 (21... Ncxb4 $11 22. Qd2 Rd8) 22. e6 $16 Qd6 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Ne6 Re8 {[#]} 25. Neg5 ({Better is} 25. Qb3 $1) 25... Rff8 26. Re6 Qd8 27. h4 (27. Nxh7 $14 Kxh7 28. Qc2+ Kg8 {[#]} 29. Rh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 27... h6 (27... Nf4 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 28. Qb3 (28. Qc2 Qd3 $17) 28... Qd5 29. Qxd5 Nxd5) 28. Rxc6 (28. Bxg7 $16 Bxg5 29. Rg6) 28... bxc6 $11 29. Ne6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd6 30. Nxf8 Bxf8 31. Qc2 Nxb4 32. Qc4+ Qd5 33. Qg4 (33. Qf1 $17 {was necessary.}) 33... Nd3 $19 34. Rd1 Qb3 35. Rd2 $2 (35. Nd2 Nxf2 36. Nxb3 Nxg4 37. Bd4) 35... Nxb2 36. Qd7 Re7 37. Qxc6 Qc4 38. Qg6 Re6 39. Qf5 Rf6 40. Qh5 $2 {[#]} (40. Qb1 Na4 41. Rd4) 40... Nd3 {Played: Rf6xf3} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,72,0,17,-18,16,16,16,16,41,18,27,24,64,69,66,20,37,33,35,25,25,18,13,-80,-79,-58,-85,-79,-74,-178,-164,-210,-195,-220,-224,-213,-179,-172,-176,-265,-272,-269,-254,-266,-258,-248,-260,-932,-452,-1077,-967,-1111,-1066,-1260,-1214]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nb3 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} b6 12. b5 Nb8 13. a4 {The position is equal.} a5 (13... Nd7 14. Nfd2 d5 15. c4 d4 16. f4 Qc7 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Bxa8 {1-0 (75) Amin,B (2689)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Riadh 2017}) 14. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. d4 Ra7 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. dxe5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 dxe5 {0-1 (38) Venkatesh,M (2392)-Prathamesh,S (2343) Mumbai 2004}) 14... Nd7 15. d4 Rc8 16. d5 Bg4 17. Nbd2 (17. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $14 (18. Bxf3 f5 $11)) 17... f5 18. h3 Bh5 19. Qc2 fxe4 20. Qxe4 {With the idea g4.} g5 21. Nc4 (21. h4 $11 {remains equal.}) 21... Nf6 $17 22. Qc2 Nfxd5 23. Nfd2 {[#]} Nf6 $1 24. Qb3 (24. Qd3 $17) 24... Bf7 25. Rad1 Qc7 26. Rfe1 Rcd8 27. Qc2 Rfe8 28. Qd3 Bg6 29. Qf3 (29. Qf1 $142) 29... e4 $19 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 d5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 ({Don't do} 32... Qxe7 33. Nxb6 Be4 34. Qe2) 33. Rxd5 $2 (33. Ne3 Be4 34. Qg4) 33... Be4 (33... Re1+ $142 34. Kh2 Rf8 35. Qxf8+ Bxf8) 34. Rxd8+ (34. Qxe4 $142 Rxe4 35. Bxe4) 34... Qxd8 35. Qg4 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Qd5+ {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,125,0,-4,20,6,31,13,22,-19,-20,-45,-42,-72,-69,-81,-76,-66,-77,-78,-16,-21,-8,-49,-18,-14,-14,-19,-14,-20,-16,-21,-15,-16,-15,-17,0,-4,0,0,0,0,16,17,17,17,33,17,22,8,16,16,14,12,25,29,43,47,79,56,117,75,91,83,119,115,118,106,111,108,105,105,163,164,172,152,222,218,497,496,442,494,469,463,458,444,421,384,350,339,576,571,587,541,1216,1195,1504,1633,1614,1611,1468,1491,1305,1168,1893,1589,1761,1821,1943,1855,1691,1458,5197,5065,4598,4594]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 a5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 8. c4 Na6 9. cxd5 Nxc5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qxd5 10. e4 Qxc5 11. Nb3 Qh5 12. e5 Ng4 13. Bf4 a4 14. Na5 Nc5 {1-0 (25) Landa,K (2625)-Dzhangobegov,V (2314) Minsk 2015}) 10. d6 Qxd6 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Nce5 Bf5 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Qc1 Ne6 15. Qc4 Qxc4 (15... Qd6 $17) 16. Nxc4 $11 Nd5 17. Rad1 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Be4 19. b3 a4 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nc6 23. Rc1 Nd4 24. Kf1 Nb5 25. bxa4 Nc3 26. Nb1 Nxa4 27. Rc7 e6 28. Rxb7 Nc5 29. Rb5 Ne4 30. a3 Bf8 31. f3 Nd6 32. Rb3 Kg7 33. Nc3 Ra5 34. a4 Nf5 35. Nxf5+ (35. Nc2 {with more complications.} Ne7 36. Nb4 Nf5 37. Nd3 Ra7 38. Kf2) 35... exf5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} ({Black should play} 35... gxf5 $14 36. Rb5 Ra6) 36. Ke1 Be7 {[#]} 37. Kd2 $1 Bf6 38. Ra3 Be7 39. Ra2 Kf6 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Nb5 Kd5 (41... Kd7 $16 42. Kc4 Kc6) 42. Rc2 $18 Bf6 43. Rc4 Be5 (43... Ke6 $16 44. Kc2 Bd8) 44. f4 Bf6 $2 {[#]} (44... Ba1 45. e3 Bh8) 45. Nc7+ Kd6 46. Ne8+ Ke7 47. Nxf6 Kxf6 {KR-KR} 48. Kc3 Ra8 49. Kb4 Rb8+ 50. Ka3 Ke6 $2 (50... Ra8 {was called for.} 51. Rc6+ Ke7 52. Rc7+ Kf6) 51. Rd4 {White is clearly winning.} Ra8 52. e3 h6 53. Kb4 Rb8+ 54. Kc5 Rc8+ 55. Kb6 Rb8+ 56. Kc6 Rc8+ 57. Kb7 Rc3 58. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rb3+ 59. Kc6 Rc3+ 60. Kb5 Rb3+ 61. Rb4 Rxe3 62. a6 Kd7 63. a7 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,40,35,46,38,56,41,72,40,58,53,48,48,98,60,71,67,89,75,58,-14,-25,-64,-8,-455,178,225,368,383,376,383,381,379,385,384,387,384,416,364,329,286,328,328,324,321,990,986,977,950,29991,29992,29992,29981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O Rf6 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 11. b4 Rh6 12. d5 exd5 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. Bxc4+ d5 15. Rad1 {[%mdl 1024] [#] White has compensation.} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rd6 16. Ba2 Nc6 17. b5 Ne7 18. Be5 Rg6 19. Bxc7 {½-½ (19) Berczes,D (2430)-Wojtaszek,R (2635) Stockholm 2008}) 16. Bb3 Nd7 17. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f5]} Qh4 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rh4h2]} 18. h3 Rf8 19. f3 (19. b5 $1 $14 cxb5 20. Nf3) 19... Ng5 $11 20. Rf2 $1 (20. Nxf5 $2 {[#]} Nxh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. gxh3 (21. Kh2 Rxf5 22. Rd4 Nf4+ 23. Kg1 Qg3 24. Rxf4 Rfh5 25. Qxh7+ Rxh7 26. Rf8+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxf8 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. f4 Rh1#) 21... Rxf5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 20... Qg3 ({Stronger than} 20... Nxh3+ 21. gxh3 f4 22. Nxc6 $16) ({Better is} 20... Rg6 $15 21. Kf1 Kh8) 21. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Kf1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 21... Bc8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Ne5 $19 {and all is fine. aiming for ...Nd3!} 22. Bc1 Ba6) 22. Nxc6 $18 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxc6 (22... Kh8 $142) 23. Bxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Weaker is} 23. Qxc6 Qxf2 24. Bxd5+ (24. Qxd5+ Kh8 $11) 24... Kh8 $16) 23... Re6 24. f4 Nf6 25. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Ne4 26. Rf3 Qg6 27. Be5 {Black must now prevent g4.} Kh8 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. Kh2 h5 30. Rd4 {And now Rxe4! would win.} Rc8 31. Qd1 {Strongly threatening Rxe4!} Kh7 $2 {[#]} (31... h4 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rxc8 Bxc8) 32. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 33. Rg3 Qe8 34. Rxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh6 35. g4 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,148,21,16,33,28,40,44,32,44,35,18,29,29,26,31,29,20,21,17,35,18,46,25,41,52,44,40,56,47,50,62,61,47,52,55,60,32,45,37,50,22,104,104,100,102,108,122,118,107,98,91,108,83,77,88,72,21,24,18,23,29,84,87,185,187,176,189,195,145,162,157,147,113,103,90,79,74,212,122,144,131,140,124,122,24,233,52,216,120,131,-29999,890,892,995,999,1723,1698,4137,3853,5181,616,833,502,1282,1244,1122,954,830,745,653,550,300,83,29978,412,374,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,49,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 {White is slightly better.} 10. c3 Bd6 11. b3 Re8 12. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. bxc4 {1-0 (56) Karjakin,S (2773)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 12... a6 13. Nc2 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 Nce7 15. c4 b6 16. Qc3 Ng6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Nfxe7 19. Ne3 dxc4 20. bxc4 Bb7 {next ...Bxf3 is good for Black.} 21. d5 Qd7 22. Rd1 Re8 23. g3 Bc8 24. h4 Qd6 25. Re1 Nf8 26. Ng5 Qf6 (26... h6 $11 {remains equal.} 27. Ne4 Qd8) 27. Qxf6 $16 gxf6 28. Ne4 Kg7 29. d6 cxd6 30. Nxd6 Rd8 31. Rd1 Ne6 32. Ndf5+ Nxf5 33. Nxf5+ Kf8 34. Rb1 (34. Rxd8+ $16 Nxd8 35. Ne3) 34... Nc5 $11 35. Ne3 Rd6 36. Nd5 b5 (36... Na4 $11) 37. Ne3 $1 $16 Bd7 (37... bxc4 $16 {was worth a try.} 38. Rb8 (38. Bxc4 Be6 $14) (38. Nxc4 Rd8 $14) 38... Rc6) 38. cxb5 $18 axb5 39. Bxb5 Be6 40. a4 Rd2 41. Ra1 Nb3 42. Rd1 Ra2 43. Rd3 Nc5 44. Rd4 Ke7 {[#]} (44... Kg7 $16) 45. Rf4 (45. Nd5+ $1 $18 Bxd5 46. Rxd5) 45... h6 46. Kg2 Ra3 47. Ng4 Bd5+ 48. Kf1 (48. f3 $16) 48... Ne4 $2 (48... Bf3 $11 {and Black is okay.} 49. Kg1 Ra1+ 50. Bf1 Bxg4 51. Rxg4 Rxa4 52. Rxa4 Nxa4) 49. Ne3 $2 (49. Nxh6 $18 Nd6 50. Ng8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 51. Nxf6) 49... Ra1+ $2 (49... Nxg3+ $1 $14 50. Ke1 Ra1+ 51. Kd2 Ne4+ 52. Kd3 Nc5+ 53. Kc3 Be6) 50. Ke2 ({Better is} 50. Kg2 $18 Bb7 51. Nf5+ Kf8 52. Kf3 (52. Nxh6 Ng5+ 53. f3 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Nxf3 $16)) 50... Ra2+ $16 51. Kd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Kd1 $16 Nc3+ 52. Ke1) 51... Nc5+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Rd2# {avoids the disaster.}) 52. Kd4 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ne6+ 53. Kxd5 Nxf4+ 54. gxf4 Rxf2 55. a5 Kd8 56. Ke4 (56. Kc6 $142 Ra2 57. a6) 56... Kc7 57. Nf5 h5 (57... Ra2 $142 58. Nxh6 Rxa5) 58. Bc4 Rb2 59. Bxf7 Rb4+ 60. Kf3 Rb5 61. Ne3 Rxa5 62. f5 $2 (62. Ke4 $18) 62... Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... Ra4 $16) 63. Bxh5 (63. Nc4+ $142 Ke7 64. Nxa5 Kd6 65. Bxh5 Ke7 66. Bg6 Kd6 67. h5 Kc7 68. h6) 63... Ra3 {[#]} 64. Kf2 $2 (64. Bg6 $1 $18) 64... Ra2+ $1 $11 65. Be2 {h5 is the strong threat.} Ke5 66. h5 {Threatens to win with h6.} Kf4 67. h6 {aiming for h7.} Ra8 68. Nd5+ Kg5 69. Nc7 Rh8 70. Bd3 Rxh6 71. Ne6+ (71. Kg3 $5 {[%cal Rc7e6]} Rh1 72. Ne6+ Kh5 73. Be2+ Kh6 74. Kf4 $16) 71... Kg4 {The position is equal.} 72. Ke3 Rh3+ 73. Ke4 Rxd3 74. Kxd3 {Intending Ke4 and mate.} Kxf5 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,132,12,20,-4,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-17,-4,-4,0,-4,-4,-14,-12,-2,-9,-12,-4,-10,0,0,-3,-25,-14,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-15,-15,-15,-15,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,443,446,877,87,89,29,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-615,-496,-589,-575,-858,-887,-525,-137,-415,-409,-558,-554,-668,-668,-502,-385,-29963,-29966,-2221,-488,-29969,-29970,-29968,-29971,-29970,-29971,-29972,-29973,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29975,-29975,-29975,-29975,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29973,-12368]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. exd6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} e6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 {The position is equal.} (11. Be3 Bxd6 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Be2 N4d5 14. O-O O-O 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Be8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 {0-1 (26) Potkin,V (2597)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Moscow 2018}) 11... Bxd6 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb3 Re8 15. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfe1 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 {½-½ (16) Zaitsev,M (2453)-Nijboer,F (2641) Germany 2007}) 15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Bxg3 17. Qxb4 Nd5 18. Qb3 Bc7 19. Nc3 Bb6 20. Rfe1 Rc8 21. g3 Nxc3 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 $1 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Kg2 Qe8 26. Qf5 {Re1 is the strong threat.} Qg6 27. Qd5 {aiming for Qd6+.} Qf7 28. Qf5 g6 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. Re1 Rc7 31. a4 Qd5 32. Re4 Rf7 33. h4 Bc7 34. Qe3 Bd6 35. Re8 a6 36. Kg1 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rd8 Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Rf8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 39. Rd7+ Rf7) 39. h5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rh5h6][%mdl 512]} Bf8 (39... Re7 $142 40. h6+ Kf7 41. Qb3+ Qc4 42. Qxc4+ bxc4 43. Rxd6 Rc7) (39... gxh5 40. Ng5) 40. h6+ $2 (40. d5 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qc7 41. Nd4) 40... Kg8 $16 41. Nd2 (41. d5 $16 Qc7 42. Qe8) 41... b4 $1 $11 42. Nb3 {Threatens to win with Nc5.} Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7d8]} 43. Ra8 {Hoping for Nc5.} Re7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 44. Qf3 Qb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7f3]} 45. Rxf8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Kg2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 45... Kxf8 $19 46. Qxf6+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Kg8 {( -> ...Re1+)} 47. Kh2 {and the idea Nc5 leaves White hopeful.} Rf7 48. Qe6 Qd7 $2 (48... Qf3 $19 49. Qc8+ Rf8 50. Qc4+ Kh8) 49. Qc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49. Qe1 $17) 49... Qf5 $1 $19 50. f4 g5 51. Qxb4 {Now Qb8+ and White clings on.} gxf4 52. Qb8+ Rf8 53. Qc7 $2 {[#]} (53. Qe5 $19 fxg3+ 54. Qxg3+ Kf7 55. Nc1) 53... Qh5+ $1 54. Kg1 Qxh6 (54... Qd1+ $142 55. Kh2 Qe2+ 56. Kh1 Qf1+ 57. Kh2 Qf2+ 58. Kh1 Qf1+ 59. Kh2 Qe2+ 60. Kh1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 Qxg3+ 62. Kh1 Qh3+ 63. Kg1 Qxh6) 55. gxf4 (55. Qc4+ $19 Rf7 56. Qc8+ Kg7 57. Qg4+ Qg6 58. Qxg6+ Kxg6 59. Kg2) 55... Qxf4 {Black mates.} 56. Qxf4 Rxf4 {KR-KN} 57. Kg2 h5 58. Kg3 Rg4+ 59. Kf3 Kf7 60. d5 Kf6 61. Nc5 Rd4 62. d6 Rd5 63. d7 Ke7 64. Ne4 Rxd7 65. Ng3 Rd5 66. Kf4 Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 11. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 15. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 16. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 20. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 22. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Na7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb5 25. Qb2 g6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 26. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 28. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 33. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. Kh2 Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 38. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 41. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} R8d6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 42. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} R3d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 43. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 47. b6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. b7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 50. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 51. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 52. g3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 53. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 56. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,105,6,0,-8,0,0,42,26,29,29,49,54,64,70,127,130,108,111,144,140,137,141,174,81,116,76,91,91,81,43,50,57,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,58,79,74,64,55,60,2,0,8,7,0,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,-1,-1,-4,-4,-8,-2,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29988]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 $1 8. Qf3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Qg3 {White is slightly better.} g6 11. Bh6 d6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qd7 (13... Bf8 $1 $14 14. Bxf8 Kxf8) 14. exd6 $16 cxd6 15. O-O O-O-O {[#]} 16. Be3 $146 Qa4 17. Rb1 d5 18. Qf3 (18. c5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 18... Qc6 19. Bxa7 {Qe3 is the strong threat.} dxc4 20. Qe3 Rhe8 21. Rb6 Qd7 $1 22. Bf3 Bd5 {[#] And now ...Bd6 would win.} 23. Qe5 $1 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Re5b8]} Qc7 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rfb1 Ra8 27. Rxb7+ Kd8 28. g3 (28. Bd4 {is more complex.} Rxa2 29. Rb8+ Kd7 30. g3 Bc5 31. R1b7+) 28... Rd7 29. Rxd7+ (29. Rb8+ $14 Rxb8 30. Rxb8+ (30. Bxb8 f6 $11) 30... Kc7 31. Re8) 29... Kxd7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Rb7+ Ke6 31. a4 Bd8 (31... h5 $11) 32. Kg2 ({Better is} 32. Bb6 $1 $14) 32... h5 {The position is equal.} 33. Kf3 Bf6 34. Rb6+ Kf5 35. Rb7 Ke6 36. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 37. a6 Ba5 38. Ke2 c3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rxa7!} 39. Kd3 Rd8+ 40. Kc2 Rd6 41. Rb3 (41. Bd4 {feels hotter.} Rxa6 42. Rb5 f6 43. Kd3 Bc7 44. Bxc3 g5 45. Bb2) 41... Rxa6 42. Bd4 Rd6 43. Bxc3 Rc6 44. Kd3 Bxc3 (44... Rb6 {is interesting.} 45. Ra3 Bxc3 46. Rxc3 Kf5 47. Rc4 g5) 45. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 46. Kxc3 $11 {K3P-K3P} Kf5 47. f3 g5 48. Kd4 Ke6 49. Ke4 f6 50. h4 f5+ 51. Ke3 f4+ 52. gxf4 gxh4 53. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 53%. . An unexpected result.} (53. Kf2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 14. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. f3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 19. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 20. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. g3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 24. h4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 25. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Red1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 27. Rxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 29. b4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. c3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 31. b5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 35. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 36. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 37. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 39. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 42. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 43. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 45. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 47. Bc4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 48. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 49. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 50. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 51. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 53. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 57. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 58. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 60. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 61. Nh7+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 62. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 63. Nh7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 64. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 65. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 66. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 67. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 68. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 69. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 70. Rxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 71. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 72. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 73. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 74. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 75. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 76. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 77. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 78. Kxh3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 79. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 80. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 81. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 82. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 83. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 84. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 85. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 86. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 87. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 88. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 89. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 90. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 91. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 92. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 93. Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,91,0,0,15,14,14,17,5,10,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-21,-18,-22,-18,-38,-47,-51,-51,-52,-35,-37,-35,-35,-35,-42,-30,-40,-38,-40,-43,-96,-12,-12,0,-29,-31,-30,21,20,8,-1,33,37,58,58,58,58,58,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-18,-58,-33,-55,-12,-20,0,-48,0,-20]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. b3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} a4 8. Ba3 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nc4 f5 12. e3 Nc6 13. f4 b5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. fxe5 {1-0 (45) Vachier Lagrave,M (2811)-Ragger,M (2700) Germany 2017}) 9. e3 Bf5 10. c4 c6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3e2]} 14. Qe3 Nb5 15. exf5 Nxa3 16. fxg6 hxg6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nc2.} 17. Rac1 Nb5 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Qd2 axb3 21. axb3 e6 22. h4 Ne7 23. Ne3 (23. h5 $15) 23... Nf5 (23... Bh6 $17 24. Bf1 Nd6) 24. Nxf5 $11 exf5 25. h5 gxh5 26. Rc5 {[#]} Nd6 (26... h4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. gxh4 (27. Nxh4 Nxd4) 27... Nd6) 27. Nh4 $1 Qf6 28. d5 Rad8 (28... Ne4 {keeps more tension.} 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Qg5 e3) 29. dxc6 Ne4 30. Qxd8 $1 Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Bxe4 ({White should play} 32. c7 $14 Qd1+ 33. Kh2) 32... bxc6 33. Nxf5 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qxb3 {aiming for ...Qb4.} 35. Rxc6 Bf8 36. Ne3 h4 37. gxh4 Qb4 38. Rc4 Qd6 39. Bd5 Qf6 40. Rg4+ Kh8 41. Bf3 Bc5 42. Nc4 Qc3 {[%mdl 1024] Hoping for ...Qc2! Black has compensation.} 43. Rf4 Qg7+ (43... f5 $5) 44. Rg4 Qc3 {...Qc2! is the strong threat.} 45. Rf4 Qg7+ (45... f5 $5) 46. Rg4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,93,23,21,26,14,16,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-27,-31,-31,-31,-26,-29,-29,-31,-31,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-33,-40,-40,-40,-40,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-45,-48,-34,-48,-48,-51,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O {[#] Strongly threatening Nxd5.} Bxc3 $1 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} 13. bxc3 {Black should prevent Rfd1.} Ba6 14. Rfe1 (14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Bf4 {½-½ (28) Rodshtein,M (2695)-Adams,M (2738) Tbilisi 2017}) 14... Rab8 {The position is equal.} 15. Qc2 Bc4 16. e4 Nb6 17. e5 Bd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rfd8 18. Be4 Kh8 19. Be3 Qa6 20. Bxh7 {½-½ (80) Battaglini,G (2412)-Elbilia,J (2382) Belfort 2012}) 18. c4 Qc5 19. Bf1 Nxc4 {...Rb2 is the strong threat.} 20. Rec1 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Qd4 $1 ({Don't go for} 20... Rb2 $2 {[#]} 21. Qxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 $18) 21. Bxc4 {aiming for Be3.} (21. Bc3 {feels hotter.} Qg4 22. Be2 Qh3 23. Bf1 Qg4) 21... Rb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2c2]} 22. Be3 Rxc2 23. Bxd4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. Bxa7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra8 {Black is slightly better.} 26. Rb1 Bxa2 27. Rb8+ Rxb8 28. Bxb8 {KB-KB} c5 29. Bd6 c4 30. Bb4 h5 31. f4 Kh7 32. Kf2 Kg6 33. Ke3 Kf5 34. h4 Bb1 35. Bc3 Bd3 36. Bb2 Be4 37. Bc3 Bd5 38. Bb2 f6 39. Bc3 Bc6 40. Bb2 Be8 41. Bc3 Bg6 42. exf6 gxf6 43. Kd4 e5+ 44. fxe5 fxe5+ 45. Kxc4 e4 46. Kd4 Kg4 47. Ke3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,59,4,-12,-9,0,-3,-7,0,0,0,-3,20,20,44,24,32,33,93,102,104,94,211,209,220,235,310,302,336,337,330,327,325,333,360,357,396,391,1271,1229,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Re1 Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 10. d4 a5 11. c4 (11. c3 a4 12. e5 Bc7 13. Nf1 c5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 {1-0 (39) Bachmann,A (2641)-Sulskis,S (2519) Baku 2016}) 11... Bb4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... a4 12. exd5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 Bb4 15. Bd2 N7b6 16. Nce5 Qd6 {1-0 (66) Azaladze,S (2471)-Zilka,S (2529) Yerevan 2013}) 12. a3 Bxd2 13. Bxd2 dxe4 14. Rxe4 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Bg5 Nb6 (16... f6 $14) 17. Bxe7 $16 Qxe7 18. Re5 Bg6 (18... Bxf3 $16 19. Bxf3 (19. Qxf3 Qd7 $14) 19... Rab8) 19. Rxb5 $18 Nc4 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. Nc6 Qd6 22. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c4,Bc4c8][%mdl 32]} ({Less strong is} 22. Nxa5 Qa6 $16) 22... Rxc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qb7 25. R1xc4 Qxb2 26. Qc1 Qe2 $2 (26... Qxc1+ 27. Rxc1 h6 28. Rxa5 Rd8) 27. Rc8 {White threatens Rxf8+ and mate.} Be4 28. Rxf8+ {White mates.} Kxf8 29. Rc8+ Ke7 {[#]} 30. Qg5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,86,20,10,20,31,32,38,35,36,35,5,13,6,6,5,7,6,6,0,4,5,10,10,7,2,10,10,10,8,9,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nge7 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} 10. Nfxd4 (10. Bf4 O-O 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. g4 Nfe7 13. h3 a6 14. Nd6 h6 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Bxh6 f5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxd4 {0-1 (62) Grischuk,A (2754)-Carlsen,M (2857) chess.com INT 2016}) 10... O-O 11. Be3 Nf5 {White is slightly better.} 12. Nxf5 $1 Bxf5 13. Nd4 Bg4 {The position is equal.} 14. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Re1 Qf6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nb5 Bf5 17. Bc5 Qxb2 18. Bxf8 Qxa1 19. Qxa1 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Kxf8 {0-1 (76) Khmelniker,I (2492)-Ravi,T (2357) Douglas 2018}) 14... Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 {[#] And now Rad1 would win.} Nxd4 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Rad1 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 $1 Qxf3 20. Qxd5 Qf6 21. Qxb7 Rfb8 22. Qd5 Qxb2 23. Rfe1 Qf6 24. Qe5 (24. Qc5 {is interesting.} Rc8 25. Qe7 Qf5 26. h4 Kg7 27. Qe3) 24... Qxe5 25. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb2 26. a4 Rc8 27. Rd4 Rcc2 28. Rf4 {[#] Strongly threatening Re8+.} Rb7 29. g4 Kg7 30. g5 h6 31. h4 hxg5 32. hxg5 Rbc7 33. Kg2 R2c5 34. Rfe4 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 {KR-KR} f6 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. Ra5 g5 38. Kg3 Rc3+ 39. f3 Rc7 40. Ra6+ Kf5 $1 41. a5 Rd7 42. Rc6 Rd5 43. Ra6 Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,106,25,21,21,14,36,22,27,25,23,33,31,27,28,26,33,19,35,14,18,20,22,6,38,0,10,7,45,44,44,47,46,0,20,9,97,9,8,8,10,0,0,0,0,-81,0,0,0,-129,-119,-161,-128,-155,-168,-297,-144,-121,-107,-157,-76,-85,0,0,0,-101,-101,-122,-112,-389,-389,-385,-394,-320,-111,-414,-247,-747,-576,-3648,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 d4 (11... Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rc1 Bf6 15. a3 Qe7 16. b4 a6 17. h3 Rac8 18. Rc5 {1-0 (33) Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 12. e4 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 16. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Kh1 {0-1 (51) Caruana,F (2822)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 16... Rc8 17. a3 a5 18. h3 Qb6 19. Qe2 Be7 20. Be5 Rfe8 (20... Bg5 {with more complications.} 21. Rce1 Bh4 22. Bf4 Rc6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rfc8) 21. Qd2 Bf8 (21... Rc6 {looks sharper.} 22. a4 Rec8 23. Bb5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Bd6) 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 (22... Rxc8 {keeps more tension.} 23. Rd1 Bb3 24. Re1 Be6 25. Bb1 Bc5) 23. Bg3 Bd7 24. e5 g6 25. f4 Bb5 26. f5 gxf5 (26... Bxd3 $11 27. Qxd3 gxf5) 27. Rxf5 (27. Qg5+ $16 Kh8 28. Bxb5 (28. Qxf5 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Kg8 $16) 28... d3+ 29. Kh2 Qxb5 30. Rxf5) 27... Bxd3 $1 $11 28. Qxd3 Bg7 29. Rg5 Qxb2 {White must now prevent ...Qc1+.} 30. Kh2 Re6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 31. Qc4 (31. Qf3 $11 Qb6 32. Qd5) 31... Qc3 (31... Qxa3 $17 32. Rg4 Rg6 33. Qxd4 Qe7) 32. Qd5 {White threatens Qd8+ and mate.} Qxa3 {Hoping for ...Qe7.} 33. Qxd4 (33. Qd8+ $1 $11 Qf8 34. Qxa5) 33... Qe7 $17 34. Rf5 Qe8 35. Qa7 b6 $1 ({Reject} 35... Bxe5 $6 36. Rg5+ Kh8 37. Qxb7 $11) 36. Rg5 (36. Rf3 $142) 36... h6 (36... a4 $19 {is more deadly.} 37. Qc7 b5) 37. Rg4 Kh7 38. Qb7 {[#]} Qe7 ({Much less strong is} 38... Bxe5 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. Rf4 $17) ({Black should try} 38... b5 $1 39. Qe4+ Rg6 40. Rxg6 fxg6) 39. Qe4+ Rg6 (39... Kh8 $17) 40. Rxg6 $1 $11 fxg6 41. Qd5 (41. e6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41... a4 $17 42. e6 Bf8 43. Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Be5 $17) 43... a3 $19 44. Qd5 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Be5 {[#] Now g3 and White clings on.} (45. Qxb5 Qxe6) 45... b4 $2 (45... h5 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 46. g3 h4) 46. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. g4 $17 {is tougher.}) 46... Bg7 (46... h5 $142 47. Kh2 Qc5 48. Qb7+ Kh6) 47. Bd6 $2 (47. Bxg7 Kxg7 48. Qd4+ Kh7 49. Qd5) 47... Qa7 {Strongly threatening ...a2.} 48. Bc5 a2 $2 ({Black should play} 48... Qa4 $19 {And now ...a2 would win.} 49. Qa2 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 b3 51. Qxa3 b2 52. Qxb2 Bxb2) 49. Bxa7 $11 {The position is equal.} a1=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Bg1 {aiming for e7.} Qe1 51. Qd7 {Threatens to win with e7.} b3 {( -> ...b2)} 52. e7 b2 53. e8=Q Qxe8 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,193,0,0,-16,0,0,10,9,23,21,22,23,47,20,47,50,50,52,55,49,53,35,40,27,41,44,51,53,49,48,71,9,95,16,25,22,25,23,29,16,19,7,11,5,8,8,11,4,10,4,9,0,0,2,9,0,3,0,12,0,8,3,8,0,3,3,3,3,3,0,7,13,136,98,227,227,227,227,220,220,210,169,160,158,153,153,257,256,222,89,89,89,89,71,89,89,89,89,89,89,92,89,89,72,89,79,89,72,119,119,119,72,85,72,103,72,4137,4137,7775,6182,2417,2056,29963,29964,29963,29960,29966,29968,29966,29957,29962,29962,29976,29977,29977,29978,29977,29958,29978,7977,29971,29973,29969,29966,29973,29974,29974,29975,29974,29975,29973,29974,29978,29980,29981,29982,29982,29977,29979,29979,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29987,29987,29988,29989,29989,29989,29990]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nd7 6. c4 e6 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. d3 Qe7 10. a3 O-O 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nh4 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} (12. Qc2 e5 13. e4 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Rfd8 16. Nh4 g6 17. Nf3 Nf8 18. Rfd1 N6d7 19. h4 Bc7 20. Bc3 Qf6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 {0-1 (63) Amin,B (2693)-Van Foreest,J (2629) chess.com INT 2018}) 12... Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne8 13. f4 g5 14. g4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 gxf4 16. Nhf3 Bg6 17. h4 h5 18. g5 Qc5+ 19. Kf1 Ng7 {0-1 (38) Schnegelsberg,K-Buchenau,F (2225) Baunatal 1998}) 13. Re1 b5 14. Qc2 {The position is equal.} bxc4 15. bxc4 Rab8 16. Bc3 Bxa3 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bxa5 Rdc8 20. Reb1 Bd6 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rb1 Bb4 23. Qa4 {[%cal Ra5b4]} Bxa5 24. Rxb8+ Nxb8 25. Qxa5 Qd6 26. Nf3 (26. d4 $16) 26... Nbd7 (26... dxc4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. dxc4 c5) 27. Qa6 (27. Qd8+ $1 $16 Qf8 28. Qc7 dxc4 29. dxc4 (29. g5 c3 $11)) 27... dxc4 28. Qxc4 c5 29. Qa4 Nd5 30. Ng5 Nc3 31. Qa8+ Qf8 {And now ...Qxa8 would win.} 32. Kf1 Qxa8 33. Bxa8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kf8 34. Ke1 Ke7 35. Kd2 Nd5 36. e3 f6 37. Ne4 Nb4 38. Kc3 Nd5+ 39. Kd2 Nb4 40. Nc3 Nb6 41. Bg2 g5 42. Bf1 Nc6 43. Ne4 Nd7 44. Be2 Nce5 45. Kc3 Kd8 46. Bd1 Kc7 (46... Ke7 $11 {remains equal.}) 47. Bb3 $16 Nf3 (47... c4 $16 48. dxc4 (48. Bxc4 Nxc4 49. dxc4 e5 $16) 48... Kb6) 48. Bxe6 $18 Nf8 49. Bd5 Ng1 50. Nxc5 Kd6 51. Kd4 Nxh3 52. Ne4+ Ke7 53. Kc3 Nd7 (53... g6 $16 54. d4 Nd7) 54. d4 g6 55. f3 (55. Bc4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 55... f5 $16 56. gxf5 gxf5 57. Nc5 Nf6 58. Bb7 $1 g4 59. fxg4 Nxg4 60. Kd2 $1 Ng5 61. Ke2 Nf7 62. Bf3 Nf6 63. Nd3 Nd6 64. Nf4 Nc4 65. Kd3 Nd6 66. Kc3 Kd7 67. Kb4 Ng4 68. Nd5 {Bxg4 is the strong threat.} Nf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68... Nf2 $16) 69. Bxg4 $1 $18 fxg4 {KN-KN} 70. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke6 71. Nxg4 Kd5 72. Nf2 Nd6 73. Kc3 Nb5+ 74. Kd3 Ke6 75. Ne4 Nc7 76. Nc5+ Kf5 77. e4+ Kf4 78. Nd7 Ne6 79. e5 Kf5 80. Nb6 (80. d5 $142 Ng7 81. Kd4 Kg6 82. Nc5 Nf5+ 83. Ke4 Ng3+ 84. Kf4 Ne2+ 85. Ke3) 80... Nf4+ 81. Kc4 $1 {White mates.} Ke4 82. Nc8 Ne6 83. Nd6+ Kf4 84. Kd5 Nc7+ {[#]} 85. Kc5 $1 Ne6+ {[#]} 86. Kc4 $1 Nc7 87. Nb5 Ne6 88. Kd5 Ng7 89. Kd6 Ke4 90. e6 Kf5 91. d5 Kf6 92. Nd4 Ne8+ 93. Kd7 Ng7 94. e7 Ke5 95. d6 Kxd4 96. Kc6 {Played: e7-e8Q} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,77,39,32,33,38,28,27,39,19,10,10,35,31,41,25,70,62,62,70,70,69,71,68,72,59,68,50,50,41,26,0,53,63,118,98,88,37,110,110,182,177,159,133,133,133,127,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} 9. Ne3 $1 Nf6 10. g3 h5 {White has an edge.} 11. h4 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b4 12. Ncd5 Rb8 13. Bg2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bg4 15. Qd3 Nd4 16. f3 {0-1 (28) Souleidis,G (2411)-Naiditsch,A (2685) Stockholm 2010}) 12. Bg2 Be6 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 g6 16. c3 Nf5 17. a4 O-O 18. Qd3 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. O-O b4 21. Bd2 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Ng7 ({Black should try} 22... Nd4 $11) 23. Ra7 $14 f5 (23... Re8 $14) 24. Ba5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qe8 25. b4 (25. Rc1 $16) 25... Rf7 ({Better is} 25... e4 $14 26. Qd2 Rf7) 26. Rc1 $16 Bd8 {[#]} (26... e4 $16 27. Qa6 Bf8) 27. Rxf7 $1 $18 Qxf7 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Qa6 f4 30. Rc8 ({White must play} 30. b5 $16 Qf5 31. b6) 30... Rxc8 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. b5 {[#] Threatens to win with b6.} fxg3 33. fxg3 Qa7+ 34. Kh2 Nf5 {aiming for ...Qe3.} 35. Qf8 Nh6 (35... Qf2 $5 36. Qf7+ $8 Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kh7 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kh7 $11) 36. Qxd6 Ng4+ 37. Kh3 Nf2+ 38. Kh2 Ng4+ 39. Kh3 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,71,16,23,29,20,17,21,18,24,-18,-28,-45,26,-10,-10,-10,-10,-5,5,0,14,0,8,10,6,-5,0,-17,-14,-6,48,-29,29,26,83,24,237,180,472,381,378,358,348,137,144,141,161,134,137,117,127,105,535,535,817,817,817,811,4710,821,4802,795]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. e3 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (7. Nf3 d6 8. d4 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd2 a6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qc2 b5 13. Rae1 bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb8 15. Nd1 {1-0 (52) Jobava,B (2627)-Mamedov,R (2703) St Petersburg 2018}) 7... e6 8. Nge2 d5 9. O-O {The position is equal.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d4 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Nb5 e5 12. Ba3 a6 13. Nd6 Qa5 14. Qc1 Rd8 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 {½-½ (46) Hare,T (2060)-Camer,A (1925) Cammeray 2010}) 10. d3 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 (11... cxd4 $15 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 e5) 12. Nxd4 (12. Na4 {keeps more tension.} Bf8 13. f4 Nf5 14. Qd2 h5 15. h3) 12... cxd4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. b4 b6 16. a4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qf3 Rbe7 19. a5 e5 20. axb6 Qxb6 (20... axb6 $11 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Qb8) 21. Rfe1 ({Better is} 21. b5 $14) 21... e4 ({Black should try} 21... Qxb4 22. Ba3 Qb7 23. Qxb7 Rxb7) 22. dxe4 $11 Qc6 {[#]} (22... Rc7 $11) 23. c5 (23. Qd3 $1 $16) 23... Rxe4 $2 (23... Rb7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 24. Kg2 {Hoping for b5.} d3 $2 (24... f5) 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxa7 Qd5 27. Rd1 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} (27. c6 $18 {has better winning chances.} d2 28. Rd1 (28. Rxe4 d1=Q $16)) 27... Rd4 $16 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. c6 {And now Rb7 would win.} Rc8 30. Rd7 Rb5 31. Rb7 Rd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Rxb7 $16 32. cxb7 Rb8) 32. b5 $18 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Kf6 33. c7 Ke7 34. b6 Kd7 35. Rb8 (35. Ra7 $142 Rb5 36. b7 Rxc7 37. Rxd3+ Ke6 {[#]} 38. b8=Q $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb8 39. Rxc7) 35... Rd6 36. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 24%.} (36. Rxc8 $142 Kxc8 37. Rb1 Rxb6 38. Rxb6) 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,-29,-26,-49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,10,16,0,0,0,52,60,66,70,85,85,85,85,97,83,256,256,251,251,400,393,474,487,467,488,768,700,806,803,720,712,819,787,724,689,687,677,651,631,565,548,650,644,795,758,818,803,841,831,1205,1187,4702,2647,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8. Be2 b6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. d4 a5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Rac1 Rac8 {0-1 (47) Nakamura,H (2746)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) (8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Rd8 13. f4 b6 14. Kf2 Bb7 15. Rc1 Bc5 {½-½ (67) Nakamura,H (2777)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... exd5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Be2 {The position is equal.} cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6) 14. Bd3 Be4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} Bf6 17. Qxe4 Qa6+ 18. Kg1 Rfe8 19. Qf4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rad8 21. Qb2 Rd5 22. h4 Red8 23. Rh3 Rd2 24. Qe5 R2d5 (24... Rxa2 $11 25. Rxa2 Qxa2) 25. Qf4 $14 h5 26. Rf3 Qe6 27. Rc1 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 29. Kh2 Rd2 $2 (29... Qd6 $16) 30. Qb8+ $18 Kh7 31. Qxb7 f6 (31... Rd7 {was necessary.} 32. Qb4 Qa6) 32. Qxa7 Qe5+ 33. Rg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Ra7g7] [#]} f5 34. f4 Qa1 (34... Qf6 $142 35. Rg5 Kh6) 35. Qa5 {Played: Qa7-f7} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,147,12,16,22,-6,0,-13,-4,0,-16,0,-2,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,12,11,11,13,0,0,0,-6,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-29,-29,-29,-29,-20,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-6,-16,-16,-16,0,0,-11,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Bg5 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rae1 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Re5 Be6 {1-0 (37) Kramnik,V (2792)-Duda,J (2737) Dortmund 2018}) 8. h3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be6 9. a3 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rc1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. e3 Bb6 15. Na4 {1-0 (63) Maslak,K (2539)-Balogh,C (2616) Moscow 2007}) 9. Na4 Re8 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bc5 Bxc5 13. Nxc5 b6 14. Ne4 Be6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. a3 Rad8 17. Kh2 a5 18. Qa4 Nd4 19. Qxd7 Nxf3+ ({Much weaker is} 19... Rxd7 20. Nxe5 Rdd8 21. Nc6 $16) 20. Bxf3 Rxd7 21. Nd2 Ne7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Bd5 24. b5 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 f6 26. Rc4 Nf5 27. Rfc1 Ree7 28. Rb4 Re8 29. Rbc4 Ree7 30. Ra1 Rd5 31. Rb4 Nd6 32. Rab1 $1 e4 33. dxe4 Nxe4 {The position is equal.} 34. Kg2 Nc3 35. R1b3 Nxe2 36. Rc4 Red7 37. Rbb4 $1 Rd3 38. Rc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2e2]} Nd4 39. Nxd4 R3xd4 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Rxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rd5 42. Rb7 Rxb5 43. g4 $1 Kh7 44. h4 h5 45. gxh5 Kh6 46. Kg3 Rb1 47. Kg4 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 48. Rb8 {[%cal Rb8h8] [#]} Kh7 (48... Rg1+ {keeps more tension.} 49. Kf5 Kh7 50. Rxb5 Rf1 51. Rb2 Kh6) 49. f4 b4 50. Kf5 b3 51. h6 b2 52. hxg7 Kxg7 53. h5 Rh1 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Rxb2 Rxh5+ 56. Kg6 Ra5 57. f5 Ra1 58. Rb6 Rg1+ 59. Kxf6 {[%cal Rb6b8] [#]} Kg8 $1 60. Ke7 Re1+ 61. Re6 Ra1 62. Rg6+ Kh7 63. Rd6 Ra7+ 64. Rd7 (64. Ke6 {with more complications.} Kh6 65. Ke5+ Kg5 66. Rg6+ Kh5 67. Rb6) 64... Ra8 65. Kf6+ (65. Rd8 {is interesting.} Ra6 66. Rf8 Ra7+ 67. Kf6 Ra6+ 68. Kg5) 65... Kh6 66. Kf7 {aiming for Rd6+.} Rb8 67. f6 Ra8 68. Rb7 Kh7 69. Ke6+ Kg6 70. f7 Kg7 71. Ke7 Rf8 72. Rd7 Rxf7+ 73. Ke6 Rxd7 74. Kxd7 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,107,0,0,0,35,23,22,16,11,0,35,10,8,6,14,13,14,13,26,27,22,0,37,14,51,46,71,55,163,159,149,139,155,68,64,79,74,16,16,23,45,48,50,29,42,14,108,72,75,81,106,100,106,106,102,94,95,97,150,118,163,175,164,186,164,131,142,142,156,147,267,267,1349,1273,1658,1643,1377,198,29972,29969,2393,198,198,194,194,189,197,197,197,197]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} Ba6 (11... Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Qb3 Nb8 14. a4 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Na6 17. Bf4 Bb4 18. Rc2 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Ne5 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 {½-½ (48) Ding,L (2812)-Karjakin,S (2753) Astana 2019}) 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Nhf6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be5 Nhf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 g6 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Nb5 a6 {½-½ (80) Kunte,A (2495)-Suvrajit,S (2241) Noida 2016}) 16. e3 h6 17. Qd1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. f4 Bb7 20. Rc2 a6 21. Rac1 Qe7 22. Na4 Qd8 23. Qd3 Ne4 (23... b5 $14 24. Nc5 Qe7) 24. Nc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6d8]} Bxc6 25. Rxc6 b5 26. Nc5 ({Better is} 26. Nb6 $16 Rb8 27. Nc8) 26... Nxc5 $14 27. dxc5 Be7 28. e4 (28. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Qe8 29. Rb6) 28... dxe4 $1 $11 29. Qxd8 Rfxd8 30. Bxe4 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} Ra7 31. Rc2 g5 32. Rb6 Rd4 (32... Rc7 $11 33. c6 (33. Rxa6 Rxc5 34. Rc6 Rxc2 $11) 33... f5) 33. Rb7 Rxb7 34. Bxb7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd8 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Bxa6 b4 {[#]} 37. Kf2 $1 Kg7 38. Ke3 e5 ({Black should play} 38... Rd7) 39. Bd3 Rd5 40. c6 {Black must now prevent c7.} Bb6+ 41. Ke2 {And now c7 would win.} Bc7 42. g4 Rd4 {[#]} 43. Rc4 $1 Rxc4 44. Bxc4 {KB-KB} e4 (44... Kg6 $16 45. Bd3+ Kf6) 45. Ke3 $18 Bxh2 $2 (45... Kf8 46. Kxe4 Ke7) 46. Kxe4 Kf6 47. Kd5 Ke7 48. Kc5 Bd6+ $2 (48... Kd8 $18 49. Kxb4 Be5) 49. Kb6 Kd8 50. Bxf7 $2 (50. Kb7 f5 51. gxf5) 50... Kc8 {White is clearly better.} 51. Be6+ Kb8 52. Bf5 Bc7+ 53. Kc5 Be5 54. b3 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,89,6,12,10,12,19,16,18,-41,-47,-37,-41,-37,-16,-12,-11,-68,-65,-115,-118,-119,-79,-93,-107,-102,-83,-151,-166,-163,-135,-146,-149,-155,-135,-242,-141,-192,-213,-183,-132,-114,-87,-92,-38,-45,-43,-480,-495,-516,-610,-595,-579,-518,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 O-O {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 11. Re1 Rd8 12. a3 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 b6 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Ba2 Rac8 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. Nfg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 {½-½ (34) Jones,G (2640)-Svidler,P (2768) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 13. Ba2 (13. Bd3 $11) 13... Nxd4 $15 14. Ne4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qe5 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Bc3 ({Better is} 17. h4 $11) 17... Qf5 $1 18. Qg3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg3g7]} Qg6 19. Qh3 Bc6 20. Bb1 {With the idea Nf6+!} f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 21. Ng3 {[%cal Rb1f5]} Nd5 {Hoping for ...Nf4.} 22. Be5 (22. Ba2 $142) 22... Bf6 $17 23. Ba2 Kh8 {White must now prevent ...Bxe5.} 24. Nh5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qh6 $1 26. Rae1 (26. g3 $17) 26... Rd6 (26... g6 $19 27. Bxd5 exd5) 27. b4 (27. g3 $17) 27... Rad8 28. Bb3 Qg5 (28... Nf6 $19 29. Nxf6 Qxh3 30. gxh3 gxf6) 29. g3 g6 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 ({Black should try} 30... Rxd5 $17 31. Rxd5 Bxd5) 31. Nf4 $15 Bc4 32. Nxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qg2 $15 Qe7 33. Qf3) 32... Bxe6 $19 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Rxe6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qc1+ 35. Kg2 {[#] And now Qh4! would win.} Qc4 $2 (35... Rd1 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd1g1] aiming for ...Rg1+.} 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Re7+ {[#]} Kf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Qh4+ (38. Qxh7 {is a self mate.} Rg1+ 39. Kf3 Qd1+ 40. Re2 Qd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Re3 Qd5+ 42. Kf4 g5#) 38... g5 39. Qh6+ (39. Qxh7 {leads to mate.} Rg1+ 40. Kf3 g4+ 41. Ke2 Re1+ 42. Kd3 Rd1+ 43. Ke2 Qd2#) 39... Kxe7 40. Qxh7+ Kf6 41. Qh6+ Ke5 42. Qg7+ Kd5 43. Qxb7+ Kc4 44. Qf7+ Kc3 45. Qxf5 Kb2 46. Qf6+ Kxa3 47. Qf3+ Ka4) 36. Re1 $11 {The position is equal.} Qc6+ 37. Kg1 Re8 38. Qf1 Rxe1 39. Qxe1 {KQ-KQ} a6 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Qe7 b5 42. h4 Qc1+ 43. Kg2 Qxa3 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,116,22,24,33,39,34,34,56,52,61,57,47,32,67,28,22,0,0,0,1,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-30,-43,-52,-50,-46,-122,-124,-130,-123,-223,-120,-137,-114,-107,-68,-65,-68,-72,-62,-157,-79,-123,-128,-118,-127,-323,-305,-598,-190,-407,-168,-168,-168,-160,-168,-160,-153,-154,-153,-167,-31,-182,-181,-158,-143,-161,-147,-29959,-29943,-29959,-12846,-29940,-9475,-6418,-3181,-29963,-29965,-7834,-6382,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29979,-29981,-29980,-29981]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. a4 a5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nf1 Bg6 14. Ng3 Bf6 15. Ne4 {½-½ (41) Radjabov,T (2756)-Carlsen,M (2845) Shamkir 2019}) 8... Be6 9. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Nb4 11. b3 Re8 12. Nd5 Na6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ba3 Nb8 15. Qd3 {½-½ (43) Malakhov,V (2712)-Predke,A (2566) Sochi 2017}) 9... d5 {White is slightly better.} 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 ({Reject} 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxd5 (12. Rxe5 Bxa3 13. Rxd5 Nxd5 $15) 12... Qxd5 $15) 11... Qxd5 12. Nb5 Rac8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 (14. Bh4 {looks sharper.} Rfe8 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. c3 b6 17. Nh2) 14... Bxf6 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Qe4 Qd7 17. c3 g6 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Qg4 Rcd8 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. d4 Red8 {[%cal Re5d4]} 22. d5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Nxc7 Rd7 25. Nb5 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 26. Re2 Rd1+ 27. Re1 Rd8 28. Kf1 (28. Nh2 $15) 28... e4 $17 29. Ng1 Ne5 30. f3 (30. b3 $17) 30... Nc4 (30... Rd2 $1 $19 31. Re2 Rd1+ 32. Re1 Rd2) 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. b4 b6 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Ne2 Rd2 35. Nf4 (35. Ng3 $15) 35... Ra2 ({Black should play} 35... e3 {Hoping for ...Rf2+.} 36. g3 g5) 36. Kg1 e3 37. Nxg6 Bf6 38. Nf4 $2 (38. Nd4 $17) 38... Bh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4e1]} ({Not} 38... Rxa4 39. Nd4 $17) 39. Re2 $2 (39. Rd1 {might work better.} Bg3 40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rd1) 39... Rxa4 $2 (39... Rd2 {aiming for ...Bg3.} 40. g3 Bxg3) 40. Kh2 $2 (40. g4) 40... Ra1 (40... Nd2 $142 41. Nd3 Nf1+ 42. Kg1 Ra1) 41. g3 Bg5 $1 42. Nd5 Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d5]} 43. Nd4 Rd2 44. h4 Bd8 45. Kg2 Bb6 (45... a4 $19 {White must now prevent ...a3.} 46. Kf3 a3 47. Rxd2 exd2) 46. Kf3 $2 ({White must play} 46. Nxb6 $15 Nxb6 47. Kf3) 46... Bxd4 47. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRN-KRN} a4 $1 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} (47... Rxd4 48. Nxe3 Rd3 49. g4 $19) 48. Nc3 a3 49. Rxd2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. g4 $17) 49... exd2 $17 {KN-KN} 50. Ke2 {[#]} h5 $1 51. Kd1 Kf7 (51... Kg7 $142 52. d5 Kg6 53. Ke2 Kf5 54. Kd1 Kg4 55. Kc2 Kf3 56. Kd1 Kxg3 57. d6 Nxd6 58. Kxd2 Kxh4 59. Kc2 Kg4 60. Ne2 h4 61. Ng1 Ne4 62. Kb3 Nd2+ 63. Kxa3 Nf3 64. Ne2 h3 65. Nc3 h2 66. Kb4 h1=Q 67. Nd5 Ne5 68. Nc3 Qb7+ 69. Kc5 Qc6+ 70. Kd4 Nf3+ 71. Kd3 Qa6+ 72. Nb5 Qxb5+ 73. Kc3 Qc5+ 74. Kd3 Qc7 75. Ke4 Qd8 76. Ke3 Qd2+ 77. Ke4 Qd4#) 52. Kc2 $19 Ke6 (52... Kg6 $142 53. d5 Kf5) 53. Kd1 Kf5 54. Ke2 Kg4 55. Kd1 Kxg3 {Black mates.} 56. d5 Kxh4 57. d6 Nxd6 58. Kxd2 {[#]} Ne4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,90,0,0,-5,22,0,-7,-10,1,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,10,9,29,28,44,11,8,9,11,11,6,10,13,0,6,0,25,14,16,10,19,23,22,25,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,12,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Bg4 (9... cxd5 {with more complications.} 10. h3 c6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Qf3 Be6) (9... cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 Kg7 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Re5 20. Bd7 Rb6 21. g3 {½-½ (43) Rapport,R (2726)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 10. Be2 (10. f3 {seems wilder.} Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. dxc6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qe7 15. Qd4) 10... Bxe2 11. Nxe2 cxd5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd3 Re8 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (30) Tari,A (2618)-Matlakov,M (2683) Porto Carras 2018}) 13... Qd7 14. Qd3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. c4 Rae8 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 a6 21. Nd4 g6 22. f3 Nd6 23. Rf2 Nb5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Re1+.} 24. Nc2 h5 25. Rfd2 Kg7 26. Nb4 Re6 27. a4 Na7 28. Nd5 {The position is equal.} Rc6 29. Kf2 Rb8 30. Re1 Rd6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rbd8.} 31. Red1 Rbd8 {Hoping for ...c6.} 32. Ke1 Re8+ 33. Re2 Red8 34. Ne3 (34. Red2 {is more complex.}) 34... Nc6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 36. Rd2 Re6 37. Kf2 Ne5 38. b3 Rb6 39. f4 Nc6 40. Rd3 Na5 41. Nd5 Rxb3 42. Rxb3 Nxb3 43. Nxc7 Nc5 44. a5 Nb7 45. Nxa6 Nxa5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,142,10,29,0,0,0,0,10,7,15,0,5,8,0,7,0,0,0,22,22,21,27,33,10,27,6,12,0,0,3,10,-13,58,20,31,24,14,-23,-2,-4,-12,-25,-27,-148,-141,-157,-104,-147,-110,-125,-97,-91,-93,-92,-89,-170,-83,-80,-80,-80,-97,-136,-139,-175,-160,-159,-75,-139,-120,-120,-129,-170,-164,-170,-170,-166,-162,-170,-158,-191,-191,-191,-186,-191,-184,-181,-157,-188,-177,-177,-170,-169,-88,-169,-169,-164,-162,-162,-130,-169,-162,-187,-75,-75,0,0,0,-75,0,-157,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. a4 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd3 Rb7 15. Rfc1 Qc7 {[#]} 16. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. c3 Bc4 17. Qc2 Be6 {1-0 (35) Ponomariov,R (2734)-Safarli,E (2620) Istanbul 2012}) 16... Nd7 17. Bf1 Ra8 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nc4 Rd8 21. Qe3 Rd4 22. Nb6 {Hoping for c3.} c4 23. c3 bxc3 24. Qxc3 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Rxe4 (24... Qd8 $11) 25. Bxc4 (25. Nxc4 $5 {[%cal Rc3f3]} Rd4 26. Nb6 Qxc3 27. bxc3 $14) 25... Bxc4 26. Nxc4 {Qf3 is the strong threat.} Rb5 27. b3 (27. Ne3 $5 {[%cal Rc3c7]} Rc5 28. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc3 29. Nxc7 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 $14) 27... g6 28. Qf3 Qb7 29. Nd2 Rd4 30. Qe3 (30. Qxb7 $11 {remains equal.} Rxb7 31. Ra2) 30... Kg7 $1 $17 31. Rc2 h6 (31... h5 $142 32. Rb1 Qd5) 32. Re1 Bg5 33. Qe2 Bxd2 34. Rxd2 Rxa5 35. Rxd4 exd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 36. Rd1 (36. Qc4 $17 {might work better.}) 36... Rd5 (36... Qxb3 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. White must now prevent ...Qd5.} 37. Rxd4 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Qb7+ 39. Kh3 Qc8+ 40. Kg2 Qc6+ 41. f3 Qc5) 37. Qc4 Kh7 38. b4 Rb5 39. Qxd4 Rxb4 40. Qa1 Qb6 41. Qa2 Qf6 (41... Kg7 $142 {aiming for ...Rb2.} 42. Qa1+ Kh7) 42. Rd2 (42. Qa1 $142 Qb6 43. Qa2) 42... Kg7 43. h4 h5 44. Kh2 Rb5 45. Qc2 Rf5 46. Kg1 a5 47. Qa4 Qc3 48. Ra2 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qb4 50. Qd1 Qe4+ 51. Kh2 Rd5 52. Qa1+ Qe5 53. Qc1 Qf6 54. Qe1 Rf5 (54... Qb6 $19 55. Kg2 Qc6) 55. Kg1 (55. Rxa5 $17 Rxf2+ 56. Kg1) 55... Qe5 56. Qd2 Kh7 57. Ra3 Qd5 58. Rd3 Qc5 59. Rd8 {[#]} Qe5 (59... a4 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 60. Rd3 Qb5) 60. Ra8 Qc7 61. Qb2 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rb2h8]} Qe5 62. Qd2 $1 Qa1+ ({Black should try} 62... Kg7 $17) 63. Kh2 $2 {[#]} (63. Kg2 $1 $11) 63... a4 $2 (63... Qf6 $1 $17 64. Kg1 Qb6) 64. Kg2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} a3 65. Qe3 Qb2 {Strongly threatening ...Qb7+.} 66. Rxa3 Rxf2+ 67. Qxf2 Qxa3 68. Qxf7+ {KQ-KQ} Kh6 69. Qf4+ Kh7 70. Qc7+ Kh6 71. Qe5 {[%cal Re5h8]} Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,82,0,0,0,6,0,19,17,14,2,10,11,18,14,25,33,19,25,18,0,0,0,9,0,0,-31,-18,-109,-112,-152,-110,-104,-45,-47,0,-171,-179,-222,-207,-218,0,-583,-646,-643,-597,-605,-595,-574,-496,-505,-512,-666,-687,-802,-905,-892,-846,-741,-758,-719,-643,-899,-872,-868,-838,-845,-822,-920,-853,-29980,-29981]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. h3 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. O-O Bb6 12. Re1 Bxb3 13. Nxb3 Nb8 14. d4 Nbd7 15. a4 Re8 {½-½ (67) Carlsen,M (2842)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Biel 2018}) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bc2 h6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bc4 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Nh4 Rad8 {0-1 (25) Blitsas,O (1553)-Gheng,D (1920) Miercurea Ciuc 2018}) 10... fxe6 11. O-O Nh5 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Nf4 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Kh2 Qf6 16. Ng1 Qg6 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg6g2]} 17. Bxf4 $1 Rxf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf3 Rbf8 20. Nbd2 (20. Nc1 $1 $11) 20... Qh5 $17 21. Qb3 R4f6 22. Kh1 g5 (22... Ne7 $17 {And now ...Ng6 would win.} 23. Nh2 Qh6) 23. Nh2 $1 $15 Qe2 24. Ndf3 $2 (24. Rfd1 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 24... Qxd3 $19 25. Nxg5 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4b3,Bc6d4,Bd4e2,Be2c3][%mdl 608] Pin} 26. Qb2 {[#]} (26. cxd4 Qxb3) 26... Qe2 $2 ({Better is} 26... Ne2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re2g3]} 27. Ngf3 Rg6) 27. Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Qb1 $11 Qh5 28. cxd4 Qxg5 29. dxe5) 27... Rxf2 $1 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Qxe2 Nxe2 30. Ra8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[%cal Re2g3][%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. h4 h5 34. Nh6 Nxc3 35. Ng8+ Kf8 36. Nf6 Be3 37. Nxe6+ Ke7 {Played: Kf8-f7} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,79,31,12,39,46,38,14,47,28,46,52,28,39,48,33,45,43,58,23,25,-20,-10,-14,-17,-19,-23,-34,-26,-30,-26,-65,-68,-64,-63,-68,-62,-84,0,0,0,0,75,9,70,0,39,31,33,0,0,0,35,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 b4 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (14... c6 15. b3 g6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nf4 18. g3 Ne6 19. Bb2 Bg7 20. b4 Nb6 21. axb5 axb5 22. dxe5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 dxe5 24. c4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 {½-½ (73) Inarkiev,E (2684)-Alekseenko,K (2621) Yaroslavl 2018}) 15. Qc2 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Nf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b3][%mdl 32]} Rxe4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Nh2 bxc3 21. bxc3 Nd7 22. f3 {0-1 (47) Abhishek,K (2277)-Laxman,R (2456) Kolkata 2012}) 20... Qd5 21. Be3 c5 22. Nb3 {And now Na5 would win.} c4 23. Nd4 b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 24. Qe2 Nd7 $1 25. Rad1 Ne5 $1 26. Nxb3 $1 Nd3 27. Nc1 Bc6 28. b3 cxb3 {aiming for ...b2.} 29. c4 Qxc4 {[#] ...Rd8 is the strong threat.} 30. Nxd3 exd3 31. Qxd3 Qxd3 (31... Qxa4 $17 32. Rb1 Rb8) 32. Rxd3 $11 Bxa4 33. Rb1 Rb8 {[#]} (33... a5 $11) 34. Bf4 (34. Rd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd4a4]} Bc6 35. Bf4) 34... Rb4 (34... Rb6 $1 $11) 35. Bd6 ({Better is} 35. Bc1 $1 $14) 35... Rb6 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Rd4 Bc6 38. Rd3 Ba4 39. Rd4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bc6 {White must now prevent ...a5.} 40. Rd3 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,94,26,13,20,22,31,32,34,28,27,27,26,28,31,17,16,0,29,13,13,6,26,10,22,21,40,56,53,54,39,43,62,60,97,97,314,315,316,311,311,291,288,303,272,274,253,0,2368,0,0,0,1,-37,-41,-37,-39,-101,-82,-82,-82,-114,-118,-285,-96,-82,-100,-285,-266,-501,-451,-901,-820,-885,-822]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 e5 7. e3 Nge7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. d3 a6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. O-O b5 12. Nd5 Be6 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (12... Nxd5 13. cxd5 Na7 14. Rac1 b4 15. d4 cxd4 16. exd4 a5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. d6 Nb5 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Rc5 {0-1 (80) Paragua,M (2497)-Sasikiran,K (2664) Ha Long City 2009}) 13. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rac1 Qd7 {1-0 (61) Markowski,T (2558)-Sliwicka,A (2337) Bialystok 2017}) 13... Qd7 14. f4 f5 {White is slightly better.} 15. Nec3 Kh8 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 17. Nd5 Rbe8 18. Qa5 Nc6 19. Qd2 (19. Qxa6 $2 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nb4 $17) 19... Ne7 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bg8 22. e4 exf4 23. gxf4 fxe4 24. dxe4 Bxb2 25. Qxb2+ Qg7 26. Qd2 g5 27. fxg5 Re5 28. h4 $1 h6 $2 (28... Rfe8 $16 {was called for.}) 29. gxh6 $18 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qg6 31. Qf4 Rh5 32. Qf6+ $1 Kh7 33. Qe7+ Kh8 34. e5 $2 ({Only move:} 34. Rf6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf6g6]} Qg5 35. Qg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (35. Qxd6 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Rf1 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Rf2 Qc1+ 39. Bf1 Qg5+ 40. Rg2 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Rf2 Rg5+ 42. Bg2 Qe1+ 43. Rf1 Qe3+ 44. Rf2 Qe1+ 45. Rf1 Qe3+ 46. Rf2 $11) 35... Qxg7 36. hxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxd6) 34... Qxh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Rxe5 $11 35. Qd8 Qxh6) 35. Qf6+ $2 (35. exd6 $18 Rxd5 36. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 37. Kg1 Qg6+ 38. Qg5 Qxg5+ 39. hxg5) 35... Qxf6 $11 36. Rxf6 dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 37. d6 {Threatens to win with Kg1.} Rxh4+ 38. Kg1 {Strongly threatening d7.} Rd4 39. Rf5 (39. d7 $15 Rxd7 40. Rxa6) 39... c4 40. bxc4 Bxc4 41. Rxe5 Rxd6 ({Don't play} 41... Bxa2 42. Bc6 $15) 42. a3 $2 {[#]} (42. Bb7 $17) 42... Rd1+ $2 (42... Rd3 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 43. Rh5+ Kg7) 43. Kf2 $17 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 $2 (44. Kg3 $17 {might work better.}) 44... Rd3 $19 45. Re8+ $2 (45. Kf2) 45... Kg7 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Re7+ (46. a4 $142 bxa4 47. Re1) 46... Kf6 47. Ra7 Rxa3 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,75,31,15,33,27,25,23,30,25,32,18,17,18,78,88,90,97,141,128,168,172,212,218,205,0,22,7,12,14,18,12,209,210,210,207,212,185,1072,1057,1104,1090,1004,1069,1054,1083,1159,1139]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 exd4 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (16... Bg7 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. a4 Nb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. b3 Nbd7 22. Bd3 c6 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Be3 d5 25. dxe5 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (34) Leko,P (2691)-Oparin,G (2609) Linares 2018}) 17. cxd4 c5 18. d5 Bg7 {White has an edge.} 19. Bf4 Qe7 {[#]} 20. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Qd2 Qf8 21. Rad1 Nb6 22. Qc1 Rac8 23. Nf1 a5 24. N1h2 {½-½ (47) Ali Marandi,C (2552)-Kevlishvili,R (2451) Saint Louis 2018}) 20... Nb6 21. b3 bxa4 (21... b4 $11) 22. bxa4 $16 a5 23. Rb1 Nfd7 24. Qc1 $1 Kh7 25. h4 $1 Ba6 26. h5 Nc4 27. Nf1 $2 (27. hxg6+ $1 $18 fxg6 28. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 27... Rab8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Bd3 Rb4 30. N1h2 Rxa4 $2 (30... Bb2 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 31. Qd1 Bg7) 31. hxg6+ fxg6 {[#]} 32. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ndxe5 (32... Ncxe5 33. Bxa6) 33. Bxg6+ Nxg6 $2 (33... Kg8) 34. Rxe7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nxe7 35. Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ng6 36. Qxa4 Nxf4 37. Qc6 Ne2+ 38. Kh1 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,113,17,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,45,12,18,0,20,16,47,0,3,20,80,95,99,43,35,-21,-14,-13,-18,-25,-19,-87,-87,-91,-94,-85,-87,-128,-136,-134,-129,-167,-123,-191,-158,-162,-91,-89,-83,-87,-89,-83,0,0,180,0,212,212,212,212,212,212,211,0,638,82,638,638,623,227,566,215,181,0,705,705,639,581,500,0,357,255,1078,1029,722,368,352,308,295,295,29970,29973,29970,29972,5197,5189]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} exd4 ({But not} 11... Nxe4 $2 12. Bd5 $18) 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 {The position is equal.} Ne4 $1 14. Nbd2 a5 15. Qb1 (15. Bc2 $5 {[%cal Rd2e4]}) (15. a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Nb4 17. Nf1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Ng3 Bg6 {½-½ (52) Maghsoodloo,P (2649)-Ding,L (2804) Batumi 2018}) 15... Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Nb4 {And now ...Bg6 would win.} 17. f4 a4 18. Bd1 (18. Bc2 $5) 18... Bxd1 19. Rxd1 {[#]} c5 $146 (19... a3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 19... Qd7 20. f5 c5 21. dxc5 {0-1 (54) Baron,T (2553)-Buhmann,R (2640) Baku 2016}) 20. dxc5 $16 Qc7 21. Rc1 ({White should play} 21. Kh1 $16) 21... f6 $1 $14 22. e6 (22. Nf3 $14) 22... d4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd4e3][%mdl 64] Decoy} 23. Bxd4 Qxf4 24. Nf3 Rfd8 25. a3 (25. Bf2 $11) 25... Rxd4 $17 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. c6 Rc4 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Qc1 Qxe6 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Rc1 (31. Re1 $17 {was worth a try.} Qd6 32. Qe4) 31... Bd6 32. Kh1 Bf4 (32... Qd5 $19 {...Bf4 is the strong threat.} 33. Qe2 a3 34. bxa3 Bxa3) 33. Nd4 Qe3 34. Rd1 g6 35. Qc5 {Hoping for Qd5+.} Qe4 (35... Qe5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5c5]} 36. Qxb5 Qxb5 37. Nxb5 Rxc6) 36. Qxb5 $11 {Strongly threatening Qc4+.} Be5 $2 (36... Re8 $11 37. Nf3 Bc7) 37. Qb7 $2 ({Not} 37. Qxa4 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 Qxc6 $11) (37. Qa6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra6c8]} Rf8 38. Qc4+ (38. Qxa4 Kh8 $16) 38... Kh8 39. Qe6) 37... Rc7 $2 (37... Rb8 $11 38. Qd7 Rxb2) 38. Qa8+ Kf7 39. Qh8 g5 {[#]} 40. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Bf4 41. Re1 $2 (41. Rd7+ $18 Rxd7 42. cxd7) 41... Qf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Qd3 $11) 42. Qe8+ $18 Kg7 43. Nd4 {[%cal Rd4f5]} Qd3 44. Ne6+ $40 {[%mdl 192] Double Attack. White is out for blood.} Kh6 45. Qf8+ $2 (45. h4 Qg3 46. Nxf4 gxf4 47. Qf8+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kh6 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. h5+ Kxh5 51. Rf1) 45... Kg6 46. Qe8+ $2 (46. Kg1) 46... Kh6 47. Nxc7 Qg3 {[#]} 48. Kg1 $1 Bxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 49. Qe3 $2 (49. Qf8+ $18 Kg6 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Re7 Qh2+ 52. Kf1 Qh1+ 53. Kf2 Bb6+ 54. Kg3 Bc7+ 55. Rxc7 Qe1+ 56. Kf3 Qf1+ 57. Ke4 Qf4+ 58. Kd5 Qe5+ 59. Kc4 Qf4+ 60. Kd5 Qxc7 61. Qe6) 49... Qh2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Bb6 $1 $11 50. Qxb6 Qxe1+ 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. g3 Qe2+ 53. Kg1 Qe1+ 54. Kh2 Qe2+ 55. Kh1 Qe4+ 56. Kh2 Qe2+) 50. Kf2 Kg6 $2 (50... Qd6 51. h4 Qxc6 52. hxg5+ Kg6 53. Qe4+ Qxe4 54. Rxe4 Be5 55. Rxa4 Bxb2 56. gxf6 Bxf6) 51. Qd3+ Kh6 52. Re7 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re7h7]} Bb6+ 53. Ke2 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re7h7]} Qxg2+ 54. Kd1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re7h7]} Qh1+ $2 (54... Qg1+ $18 55. Re1 Qf2) 55. Kc2 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re7h7]} Qxc6+ 56. Kb1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re7h7]} f5 57. Qxf5 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,35,11,18,27,-54,-56,-51,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-65,234,229,755,627,647,657,759,745]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Bd3 (10. Re1 $11) (10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 c6 14. Qd1 b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 {½-½ (40) Anand,V (2774)-Caruana,F (2819) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 10... Bxe5 $15 11. dxe5 Ne8 {Black is slightly better.} 12. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4f6][%mdl 32]} d6 13. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} g6 14. Qh6 {Threatens to win with Bg5.} dxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (14... Qe7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 15. exd6 Nxd6) 15. Bg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] Black is in trouble.} Qd7 $146 (15... Nf6) ({Predecessor:} 15... Qd4 16. Be7 Ng7 17. Ne4 {1-0 (17) Hovhannisyan,R (2630)-Schroeder,J (2541) London 2016}) 16. Ne4 {White wants to mate with Nf6+!White is clearly winning.} f6 {[#] Hoping for ...Qf7.} 17. Bc4+ Rf7 18. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,22,48,26,12,15,25,10,6,0,2,0,18,18,29,36,39,17,23,19,31,10,38,30,48,41,52,20,114,102,105,111,198,187,177,177,187,185,179,172,215,216,216,213,262,265,258,222,217,221,213,219,230,229,214,223,192,174,272,198,354,305]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (6. bxc3 {with more complications.} e6 7. d4 Qc7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Bd3) 6... Qc7 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 {White has an edge.} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bd7 9. Nd2 Bc6 10. Qg4 Nd7 11. Qg3 O-O-O 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 {½-½ (35) Svidler,P (2735)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2773) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qa5 13. Qc2 (13. Bd3 {looks sharper.} Bb5 14. a4 Ba6 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Bb5) 13... Qa4 14. Qxa4 Bxa4 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nc4 b6 17. f3 g5 18. Bg3 f5 (18... h5 $11) 19. exf5 $16 exf5 20. Rfe1 {[#] Black must now prevent Bd1.} f4 (20... Rfe8 $16) 21. Bd1 $18 Bxd1 22. Raxd1 ({Worse is} 22. Rexd1 Rfd8 $11) 22... fxg3 23. hxg3 ({Don't play} 23. Rxe7 $6 gxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Nf6 $16) 23... Bf6 {[#] aiming for ...Rad8.} 24. Rxd7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Nd6+ Kg6 27. Re6 Kg7 28. Ne8+ Kf7 29. Rxf6+ Kxe8 {KR-KR} 30. Rh6 Rd8 31. Rxh7 Rd2 32. Rxa7 Rxb2 33. g4 c4 (33... Rc2 {keeps fighting.} 34. Rb7 Rxc3 35. Rxb6 Rd3) 34. Kh2 b5 $2 (34... Rc2 35. Rb7 Rxc3) 35. Rg7 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,166,0,8,0,0,-5,0,-16,12,0,20,13,41,50,47,16,23,7,14,0,3,-29,-32,-20,-26,-57,-52,-31,0,0,0,-10,0,-20,-20,-18,-8,-10,-22,-21,0,-41,-17,-34,0,-81,-37,-98,-96,-119,-119,-105,-105,-156,-107,-154,-104,-106,-92,-107,-85,-85,-85,-117,-85,-111,-90,-182,-203,-197,-175,-212,-207,-201,-183,-229,-228,-197,-180,-232,-120,-117,-117,-127,-126,-455,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-184,-201,-322,0,-47,0,0,0,-146,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29980,29981,29981,-4133,-515,-1070,-1045,-1303,-1242,-3172,-2308,-3397,-3324,-29973,-818,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29986,-1144,-1724,0,-3792,-937,-6559,0,0,0,-1284,-1193,-29980,-29980,-29971,-11189,-29971,-203,-29989,-29970,-29994,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 (5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. a3 Rc8 15. b4 Nd5 16. Be1 Qc7 17. e3 h6 18. Qb2 N5b6 19. Qe2 {½-½ (31) Yu,Y (2751)-Giri,A (2797) Shenzhen 2019}) (5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Qa3 Nd5 16. Bd4 a5 17. Rd2 Nb4 18. O-O Qb7 19. Na4 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 {½-½ (45) Wei,Y (2696)-Nakamura,H (2787) Bilbao 2016}) 5... O-O 6. cxd5 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} exd5 7. Nh3 c6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxh3 9. Bxh3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e3 {½-½ (12) Nevednichy,V (2560)-Martinovic,S (2421) Kragujevac 2010}) 9. Nf4 Na6 10. f3 c5 11. Be3 c4 12. Kh1 Re8 13. Bf2 {Black should prevent e4.} Bb4 14. g4 h6 15. h4 Nc7 16. a4 Ra6 17. Qc2 Ne6 18. Nh3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf8 20. Rae1 Rae6 21. h5 Qc7 22. e3 Bd7 23. Nf4 Rb6 24. Rb1 Rxb1 (24... Ne6 {feels hotter.} 25. Ne2 Rb3 26. Ra1 Ng5 27. Ra2 b5) 25. Rxb1 Bc6 26. Kg1 Qd7 27. Qb2 (27. Ra1 $11) 27... N8h7 28. Qb6 (28. Ne2 $15) 28... Ra8 $1 $17 29. Nh3 Bxa4 30. Bg3 Bb3 31. Qc5 (31. Ra1 $142) 31... a4 32. Qa3 Qe6 33. Kf2 Re8 34. Re1 Ng5 35. Nxg5 hxg5 36. Bd6 Qd7 37. Bc5 Re6 38. Re2 (38. Qc1 $17) 38... Ne8 $19 39. Re1 Nc7 40. e4 b6 41. Bb4 Na6 42. e5 {intending Bd6.} Nxb4 43. Qxb4 f6 $1 44. exf6 (44. f4 {was worth a try.} gxf4 45. g5 fxg5 46. Bh3) 44... gxf6 ({Don't take} 44... Rxf6 45. Bh3 $17) (44... Rxe1 $1 $19 45. Kxe1 Qe6+ 46. Kf2 Qxf6) 45. Rxe6 $17 Qxe6 46. Qb5 Kg7 47. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Qb4 $17 {nothing else works.}) 47... Qxg4 $2 (47... gxf4 $19 48. Bf3 a3) 48. Qe8 $11 gxf4 {Threatens to win with ...Qg3+.} 49. Qe7+ Kh8 50. Qxf6+ Qg7 51. Qd8+ $2 (51. Qxf4 $11 {and White stays safe.} Bc2 52. Bxd5) 51... Kh7 $19 {Hoping for ...Bc2.} 52. Bxd5 (52. Qxd5 $142 Qf6 53. Be4+ Kh6 54. Qd7) 52... Qg3+ $2 ({Better is} 52... Bc2 $19 53. Bxc4 b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Bxb5 a3) 53. Ke2 {aiming for Be4+.} Qd3+ (53... f3+ $5 54. Bxf3 Bd1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} 55. Kxd1 Qxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Ke1 Qxc3+ 57. Kf2 Qc2+ 58. Kg3 Qd3+ 59. Kf4 Qf1+ 60. Kg5 Qg2+ 61. Kf4 Qd2+ 62. Kf5 Qd3+ 63. Kf4 Qd2+ 64. Kg4 Qg2+ 65. Kf4 Qd2+ $17) 54. Kf2 Qg3+ 55. Ke2 {[#]} (55. Kf1 $11) 55... Qd3+ (55... f3+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 56. Bxf3 Bd1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} 57. Kxd1 Qxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 58. Ke1 Qxc3+ 59. Kf2 Qd2+ 60. Kf3 Qd3+ 61. Kf4 Qd2+ 62. Kf5 Qc2+ 63. Kf4 Qh2+ 64. Kg4 Qg1+ 65. Kf4 Qh2+ 66. Kg5 Qd2+ 67. Kg4 Qg2+ 68. Kf4 Qd2+ 69. Kf5 Qd3+ 70. Kf4 Qd2+) 56. Kf2 $11 Qd2+ 57. Kf1 {Intending Qg8+ and mate.} Qc1+ 58. Kf2 {White wants to mate with Qg8+.} Qd2+ 59. Kf1 {White threatens Qg8+ and mate.} Qd3+ 60. Kf2 Qe3+ 61. Kg2 {Threatening mate with Qg8+.} Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Qe2+ $11 62. Kg1 Kh6 63. Qf6+ Kxh5 64. Qf5+ Kh4) 62. Qg8+ Kh6 63. Bf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (63. Qh8+ {is the narrow road to win.} Kg5 64. Qg7+ Kh4 65. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg4 66. Be6+ Qxe6 67. Qxe6+ Bf5 68. Qg6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Bxg6 69. hxg6) 63... Qe7 (63... Qd2+ $142 64. Kg1 Qe1+ 65. Kg2 Qg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 66. Qxg3 fxg3) 64. Qxc4 (64. Qh8+ $142 Bh7 65. Qc8) 64... a3 $19 65. Qc6+ Kg7 66. Qa8 Bb3 67. h6+ Kxh6 68. Qh8+ Kg6 (68... Qh7 $142 69. Qxh7+ Kxh7 70. Be4+ Kh6 71. Bb1 a2 72. Bxa2 Bxa2 73. Kf2 Kg5 74. Kf3 Bc4 75. Ke4 Kg4 76. d5 f3 77. Kd4 Ba2 78. Ke3 Bxd5 79. c4 Bxc4 80. Kd4 f2 81. Kxc4 f1=Q+ 82. Kd5 Qb5+ 83. Kd6 Qc4 84. Kd7 Kf5 85. Kd6 Kf6 86. Kd7 Qc5 87. Kd8 Ke6 88. Ke8 Qe7#) 69. Bh5+ Kf5 70. Bf3 a2 71. Qh5+ Ke6 (71... Qg5+ $142 72. Bg4+ Kf6 73. Qh8+ Kg6 74. Qe8+ Bf7 75. Qe4+ Kf6 76. Kf2 a1=Q 77. Qe5+ Qxe5 78. dxe5+ Kxe5 79. Be2 Qb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 80. Ke1 Ke4 81. Kf2 Bc4 82. Kf1 Qxe2+ 83. Kg1 f3 84. Kh1 Qg2#) 72. Qe5+ Kd7 $2 (72... Kf7 $19 73. Qxf4+ Qf6) 73. Bg4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73. Qb5+ $11 Kd8 74. Qxb6+ Qc7 75. Qf6+ Kc8 76. Qf8+ Kd7 77. Qg7+ Kd6 78. Qe5+ Kd7 79. Qg7+ Kd8 80. Qf8+ Kd7 81. Qg7+) 73... Ke8 (73... Be6 $142 74. Qb5+ Kc7) 74. Bh5+ {[#]} Bf7 $2 (74... Kf8 $1 $19 75. Qxf4+ Kg7 76. Qg3+ Kh8 77. Qb8+ Bg8) 75. Qb8+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 76. Qb7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (76. Qa7+ $11 Kd8 77. Qb8+ Kd7 78. Qa7+ Kd6 79. Qxb6+ Kd7 80. Qa7+ Ke8 81. Qb8+ (81. Qa8+ Kd7 $11) 81... Kd7 82. Qa7+ Kd8 83. Qa8+ Kd7 84. Qa7+) 76... Ke6 $1 $19 {( -> ...Qg5+)} 77. Qxb6+ Kf5 78. Qa5+ Ke4 (78... Kf6 $142 79. Bxf7 Qe2+ 80. Kh3 Qf3+ 81. Kh2 Qg3+ 82. Kh1 Qe1+ 83. Kh2 Qf2+ 84. Kh1 Qe1+ 85. Kg2 a1=Q 86. Qb6+ Kxf7 87. Qc7+ Kg6 88. Qd6+ Kf5 89. Qd5+ Kf6 90. Qd8+ Qe7 91. Qh8+ Kf5 92. Qc8+ Qe6 93. Qxe6+ Kxe6 94. Kf3 Kf5 95. Kf2 Qxc3 96. d5 Kg4 97. Kg1 Qg3+ 98. Kh1 f3 99. d6 Qg2#) 79. Bf3+ Kd3 $2 (79... Ke3 {mates} 80. d5 Qg5+ 81. Kf1 Kxf3 82. Qxa2 Bxd5 83. c4 Bc6 84. Qf2+ Ke4 85. Qa7 Qh4 86. Qc7 Qh3+ 87. Kg1 Qe3+ 88. Kf1 Qc1+ 89. Kf2 Qb2+ 90. Kg1 Qd4+ 91. Kh2 Qf2+ 92. Kh1 Qf3+ 93. Kh2 Qg3+ 94. Kh1 Qg6 95. Qxc6+ Qxc6 96. Kg2 Qxc4 97. Kh3 Qg8 98. Kh2 Kf3 99. Kh3 Qh8#) 80. Qa6+ $2 (80. d5 $19 Qg5+ 81. Kf1) 80... Kd2 {Black mates.} 81. Kf2 Qe3+ 82. Kg2 Qe1 83. Be4 Qxe4+ {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,109,26,26,28,21,18,17,39,36,32,25,22,2,35,22,33,10,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-8,-13,-6,-5,-3,-11,-6,-12,-21,0,0,52,53,46,46,56,50,362,361,355,355,355,198,195,179,394,380,556,497,600,612,536,239,618,547,850,850,29976,29977,29989,1656,1659,1646,1875,1884,1772,1497,4722,4718,29976,29976]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. d4 Ne4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 12. Rfd1 (12. Rad1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Be4 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. Nf4 Ne5 18. Nh5 g6 19. Nf4 {½-½ (30) Dubov,D (2659)-Lysyj,I (2677) Sochi 2015}) 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Be4 {The position is equal.} 14. Rac1 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ra7 15. Qb2 Nf6 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Qa8 18. Nf4 Qf3 19. Qe2 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 {½-½ (36) Kovacevic,B (2471)-Arnaudov,P (2271) Zadar 2006}) 15. Bh3 Qc7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. e4 Bf6 18. Nf3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. dxc5 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 {[#] Hoping for c6!} b4 22. Rc2 dxc5 23. Qe3 h6 24. Bf1 Ba6 25. Rcd2 Nf6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Rc1 Rea8 28. Rxc5 Qa7 29. Rdc2 Rxa2 30. Rc8+ Kh7 {Threatens to win with ...Rxc8.} 31. Qxa7 R8xa7 32. Nd2 Ng4 33. Kg2 Ne5 34. f4 Nd3 35. Kf1 $1 Ra1+ (35... Ra8 $11) 36. Ke2 $14 Rd7 37. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Rd2 is the strong threat. White has the initiative.} Rb1 38. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d3]} Rb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rxb3 $14 39. Ne1 Nxf4+ 40. gxf4 Rxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Rh3) 39. Rxb2 $18 Nxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 40. Ne5 Rd4 41. Ke3 ({Not} 41. Nxf7 Rxe4+ 42. Kf3 Re1 $18) (41. Rc2 $142) 41... Rd1 42. Nxf7 {And now Rh8+ would win.} Re1+ $2 (42... Rd3+ {is a better defense.} 43. Ke2 Rxb3) 43. Kd4 Re2 (43... Kg6 $142 44. Rc7 Kh7) 44. h4 Kg6 45. Ne5+ Kh5 46. Rg8 (46. Rc1 $142) 46... Rd2+ $2 {[#]} (46... Nd1 47. Kd3 (47. Rxg7 Nf2 $16) 47... Re3+ 48. Kd2 Rxb3) 47. Ke3 $1 Rc2 48. Rxg7 Rc3+ 49. Ke2 Nd1 50. g4+ (50. Nd7 $142 Re3+ 51. Kxd1 Rd3+ 52. Ke2 Rxd7 53. Rxd7 Kg4 54. Rg7+ Kh3 55. Kf3) 50... Kxh4 51. Kxd1 Kg3 52. f5 Kf4 53. Ng6+ Kxe4 54. f6 Rf3 55. f7 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,93,12,0,16,17,15,3,18,0,0,-7,0,-37,7,0,0,-18,34,34,52,0,36,10,45,25,40,25,71,78,77,52,79,11,15,10,14,22,28,19,18,17,22,-36,-52,-85,-65,-133,-123,-153,-140,-140,-129,-153,-52,-59,20,-83,-94,-175,-143,-473,-487,-801,-792,-872,-764,-870,-868,-1160,-1103,-924,-284,-29983,-29984,-29990,-29991,-29994,-29990,-29990]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 exd5 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. O-O (11. Nxc8 Rxc8 12. O-O Nge7 13. Nf3 h6 14. h4 Bf6 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. b4 Kg7 17. Rb1 {½-½ (40) Grischuk,A (2766)-So,W (2778) Paris 2018}) 11... Nge7 {The position is equal.} 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bf4 Nd8 15. Rc1 Rxc1 16. Bxc1 Ne6 17. Bd2 {½-½ (36) Williamson,D (2310)-Verhaeren,G (2310) ICCF email 2016}) 14... Bf6 15. exd4 Kg7 {[%cal Rc6d4]} (15... Bxd4 $6 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Re1 $16) 16. Be3 Rcd8 (16... Nf5 $1 $11) 17. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with g5. White fights for an advantage.} h6 18. f4 (18. Rc1 $14) 18... Kh7 19. Qd2 Qb4 20. Qf2 Rhe8 21. Rad1 Qb6 22. Nc5 Qc7 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. f5 (24. Ne5 $16) 24... Ng8 $1 $11 {Hoping for ...Rxe3!} 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Bd4 ({Don't play} 27. Bxa7 d4 $14) 27... Qe2 28. f6 Bf8 29. Bxa7 ({Better is} 29. Rde1 $11 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2) 29... Qxg4 $15 30. h3 Qe6 31. Bd4 (31. Rfe1 $15 Qxf6 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Bxd5) 31... h5 $17 32. Rde1 Qd6 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Qf3 {[#]} Bh6 (34... Nh6 $1 $17 {And now ...Kg8 would win.} 35. Qd3 (35. Qxd5 $2 Qxd5 36. Bxd5 Rd8 $19) 35... Kg8) 35. a4 (35. Qxd5 $2 Qxd5 36. Bxd5 Rd8 $19) 35... Bg5 (35... Re4 $15 36. Qd3 Rf4 37. Rxf4 Qxf4 38. Bxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nxf6 39. Bxb7 Bg7) 36. a5 (36. Qxd5 $11 Qxd5 37. Bxd5) 36... Nh6 37. Bb6 ({Wrong is} 37. Qxd5 $2 Qxd5 38. Bxd5 Rd8 $19) (37. Bf2 $17) 37... Re5 $19 38. Qg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Qa3 $17 {is more resistant.} Qc6 39. Bd4) 38... d4 39. b4 (39. Qa3 $142 Be3+ 40. Kh1) 39... h4 40. Qb3 d3 41. Bc5 Be3+ 42. Bxe3 Rxe3 43. b5 Qd4 $2 (43... Rg3 44. Rd1 {[#]} Rxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance} 45. Kxg2 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 Qxh3+ 47. Kg1 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 h3 50. Qa2 Qxd1+ 51. Kf2 d2 52. Qd5 Qe1+ 53. Kf3 Nf5 54. Qxf7+ Kh6 55. Qf8+ Kg5 56. Qh6+ Nxh6 57. b6 d1=Q#) 44. Kh1 $2 (44. Qd5 $19 Qb4 45. a6 bxa6 46. bxa6) 44... d2 {Black mates.} 45. Qc2 Nf5 {Played: Re3-e1} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,45,13,1,2,0,0,0,18,19,13,24,27,18,16,0,18,12,29,4,14,0,0,-27,21,25,34,29,103,91,98,100,207,129,468,467,435,416]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 c5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 7. O-O (7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qb5 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 a6 13. Qe2 Rfc8 14. Rfc1 {½-½ (42) Wen,Y (2596)-Wei,Y (2734) Tianjin 2018}) 7... Nc6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 $146 {The position is equal.} (8... Nh5 {is interesting.} 9. Be5 c4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. h3 O-O) ({Predecessor:} 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. c3 Nh5 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Qe2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. g3 Bc7 15. Rae1 O-O 16. Nh4 Rc8 17. f4 Re8 18. Rf2 Qd7 {½-½ (18) Wegblad,M (2092)-Kolanek,R (2217) ICCF email 2016}) 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qa3 b6 11. c4 O-O 12. Rac1 Nb4 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 a5 15. h3 Qb6 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Qa4 Qd6 18. Ndf3 Ne4 (18... Rdc8 $11) 19. a3 $16 {And now cxd5 would win.} f6 {[#]} 20. cxd5 $1 fxe5 (20... exd5 $16 21. Nc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Pin} Qc6 22. Qxc6 Nxc6) 21. dxe6 $18 Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Qxe6 $16 22. axb4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 (23. Qxd1 cxb4 24. Rc7 Rf8 $16) 23... cxb4) 22. Rxd8+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxd8 23. Qxa5 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,43,37,34,35,36,32,33,27,33,32,0,13,14,8,8,4,-8,0,0,0,0,50,52,45,44,40,0,0,-73,-79,-294,-148,-152,0,-110,-93,-157,-17,-16,-12,-14,0,-9,25,20,17,19,39,-474,-462,-785,-793,-773,-758,-758,-736,-654,-643,-1516,-894,-29985,-1501,-1509,-1531,-1365,-1314]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} exd4 7. cxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 9. Qb3 Ne7 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 {looks sharper.} h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qxb7 O-O 13. Qxc6 Rab8 14. O-O-O) 10... O-O 11. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qxb7 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxd4 {1-0 (57) Hracek,Z (2557)-Nabaty,T (2692) Batumi 2018}) 11... Qd6 12. Kb1 a5 13. h3 Be6 14. Qc2 a4 15. Ng5 b5 (15... Bc4 {is interesting.} 16. h4 h6 17. e5 Qd8 18. Nge4 Nd5) 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Ne2 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b3] White should prevent ...b3.} 19. Nf4 (19. Qd3 $11) 19... b3 $17 20. Qc5 $2 (20. Qd3 $17 bxa2+ 21. Ka1) 20... bxa2+ (20... Qxe4+ $19 21. Nd3 a3) 21. Ka1 Qd7 $2 (21... Qxe4 $17 22. Kxa2 (22. f3 Qf5 $15) 22... Qf5) 22. Kxa2 (22. Nd3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... Rdb8 $1 23. Qc4 {[#]} (23. Re2 $142) 23... Rb5 ({Better is} 23... c5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 24. e5 (24. Qxc5 Rb5) 24... Qb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5) 24. Nd3 $11 Rab8 25. Re2 Nc8 {aiming for ...Nd6.} 26. Rc1 Nd6 27. Qxc6 Qe6+ 28. Ka1 {Black must now prevent e5.} a3 {Threatens to win with ...axb2+.} 29. bxa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. b4 $14 {was the only good move.}) 29... Rb3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb3a3][%mdl 512]} 30. Rb2 (30. Nb4 $142 Rxa3+ 31. Na2) 30... Rxa3+ 31. Kb1 Qa2+ 32. Kc2 Rxb2+ 33. Nxb2 Rb3 34. Rb1 {[#]} Nb5 {Played: Nd6-c4} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,48,51,43,47,55,49,45,54,0,0,-10,22,41,30,0,0,0,45,40,39,41,36,37,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,-1,-4,-9,-4,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-8,0,-14,0,-10,-3,-6,8,14,15,8,8,8,30,29,32,36,117,35,53,27,70,45,79,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rad1 e6 12. Bh6 Ne7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 {½-½ (23) Giri,A (2783)-Nakamura,H (2746) St Petersburg 2018}) 6... Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. d5 $146 (9. Bg5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nf4 13. Re4 {0-1 (40) Wendler,D (2156)-Pfreundt,J (2388) Wuerzburg 2018}) 9... Na5 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 10. Bf1 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. c3 c5 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Rad1 (17. Ne4 $14) 17... Rxd1 18. Rxd1 h6 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Be5 Bg4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Be2 Re8 23. Kf1 b6 24. h3 Be6 25. b3 Nc6 26. Bb5 Rc8 27. Rd2 Rc7 28. Rd6 Ne7 29. Ne5 Nd5 (29... Nf5 {feels hotter.} 30. Rd1 h5 31. Bc4 Kf6 32. Bxe6 Kxe6 33. Re1 Kf6) 30. Bc4 Nxc3 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 Nxa2 33. Rxg6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kh7 34. f4 {Threatens to win with f5.} Nc1 {[#]} ({Black should try} 34... Rf7 $14) 35. Rg3 ({White should play} 35. f5 $1 $16) 35... a5 36. f5 {f6 is the strong threat.} Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7e5]} 37. Nc4 (37. Ng4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f6]} Rf7 38. Rf3 $14) 37... Re4 38. Rf3 ({Better is} 38. Nxb6 $16 {Threatening mate with Nd5.} Rf4+ 39. Ke1) 38... Nxb3 {The position is equal.} 39. Rxb3 Rxc4 40. Rxb6 Rf4+ {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,72,8,10,8,4,0,0,0,14,0,6,0,5,7,6,6,7,7,5,0,0,0,0,-34,-32,-26,-22,-35,-10,-17,-18,-28,0,-14,25,21,35,-9,-12,-34,-10,-26,0,0,0,-26,-26,-68,-70,-68,-62,-61,-69,-70,-58,-70,-44,-57,-44,-44,-29]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. Nbd2 {B05: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3 Bg4} (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Nb3 Nd7 15. Be2 Rfb8 {1-0 (60) Askarov,B (2409)-Pantsulaia,L (2612) Almaty 2016}) 8... Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 {The position is equal.} O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfe1 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. a4 Rfc8 14. Bg5 Be7 15. f4 Qd6 {½-½ (56) Schlangenotto,N (1166)-Wastian,M (1112) Magdeburg 2012}) 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb3 Rab8 16. Nc1 b5 17. a3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 18. b4 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5d6,Bd6c4][%mdl 32]} 19. Nb3 a4 20. Nc5 Qc6 21. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3h3][%mdl 32]} Nf5 22. Rd3 Nd6 23. Rh3 Nc4 24. Qh5 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} h6 25. Rg3 {White wants to mate with Qxh6.} Kh8 $1 26. f4 Rbe8 ({But not} 26... Nxa3 {[#]} 27. Qe5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 27. Nd3 f6 28. Nc5 Re7 29. Qg4 {[%cal Re1e6]} f5 30. Qh5 Qe8 {Black is slightly better.} 31. Qxe8 Rfxe8 32. Ra1 $1 Kh7 33. h4 g6 34. Kf2 Nd6 35. Ke2 Ne4 36. Rh3 h5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,78,13,12,14,19,24,25,23,16,20,22,32,28,48,49,47,31,32,32,37,27,39,28,47,15,53,33,93,52,66,56,97,94,130,120,283,275,389,383,293,206,399,451,416,385,370,394,329,352,2210,2141,1777,1568,29983,29984,29988,29989,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. g3 Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nxd4 {B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines} 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. O-O a6 {White has an edge.} 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Re8 15. Re2 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Nf6 {1-0 (28) Mista,A (2609)-Areshchenko,A (2701) Warsaw 2014}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. c3 Re8 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Re2 Qb6 19. Qh4 Ne5 20. Kh2 Kg7 21. Rd1 Rc4 (21... h6 $14) 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qd2 Rc7 24. Rde1 Qb5 {[#]} 25. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nc4 $2 (25... Nd7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 26. Qd4+ $18 Kg8 (26... f6 $142 27. b3 Na3) 27. b3 Nb6 28. c4 Qa5 $2 {[#]} (28... Qc5 29. Qxc5 dxc5) 29. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g5 (29... gxf5 30. Rf1) 30. f6 Nd7 31. fxe7 Ne5 {[#]} 32. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6][%mdl 512]} Ng6 $2 (32... Qxc5 33. Qxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxe5 Kg7) 33. cxd6 Rd7 34. Qf6 Qb6 35. Rf1 {White mates.} Nh8 {[#]} 36. Re6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 37. Qf8+ Rxf8 38. exf8=Q+ Kh7 39. Be4+ Ng6 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 13%.} 40. Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,64,14,13,13,22,21,12,24,14,22,3,4,20,25,16,10,4,16,4,20,0,18,7,39,38,33,33,43,43,56,46,84,79,104,13,22,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 d6 (13... c6 14. Qd1 b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 {½-½ (40) Anand,V (2774)-Caruana,F (2819) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 14. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. h3 Bd7 17. g4 h5 18. Qe2 {0-1 (29) Ozturk,H (1816)-Abdumalik,Z (2333) Kocaeli 2014}) 14... Bf5 15. Nc4 a5 16. a4 Bd7 17. Be3 g6 18. Qd1 Ng7 19. f3 Nf5 20. Bf2 h5 21. Qb3 b6 22. Na3 Bg5 23. Re1 Bd2 24. Re4 Qg5 25. h4 Qh6 {[#]} 26. Qc4 ({Better is} 26. Bb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5d7]} Bxb5 27. Nxb5) 26... Rc8 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. Nb5 {Threatens to win with Na7.} Be3 $1 28. Qe2 {[%cal Rf2e3]} Bxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Qc1 30. Re1 Qf4 31. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4f4]} Qc1 32. Re1 Qf4 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,18,0,12,27,13,-52,1,-18,0,-1,16,27,18,-75,-80,-84,0,0,0,-9,-6,-15,-15,-25,-6,-14,0,-111,-106,-126,-41,-70,-52,-68,-45,-206,-219,-221,-197,-214,-208,-213,-210,-205,-193,-190,-186,-218,-234,-264,-227,-293,-222,-278,-184,-188,-197,-191,60,-96,0,-65,-76,-56,0,0,116,-35,-11,-109,-118,-153,0,-97,0,-128,-16,-12,-12,-16,0,0,0,-10,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Rxf4 $146 (10. Bxf4 $11 h6 11. Nf3) ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qf2 h6 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh3 14. Kh1 Nh5 15. Be3 Bh4 16. Qe2 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 {0-1 (51) Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)-Yu,Y (2729) Doha 2016}) 10... Bh5 (10... Ne5 $15) 11. Nf3 a6 12. a4 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 ({But not} 13. gxf3 Nh5 $17) 13... Nd4 $1 {[%csl LRc2,LRf3]} 14. Rf2 (14. Rh3 $1 $11) 14... Ng4 $17 15. Rf4 Ne5 (15... Nxc2 $17 16. Qd1 Nge3 17. Bxe3 Nxe3) 16. Qd1 $1 $11 Bg5 17. Rf2 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Qh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 19. Rf4 Qg5 {White should prevent ...Nxc2!} 20. Rf2 Qh5 21. Qf4 {[#]} (21. h3 $11) 21... b5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb5c4][%mdl 512]} 22. Bd5 {[#] Strongly threatening axb5.} (22. axb5 axb5) 22... Rab8 (22... Rae8 $1 $17 23. axb5 axb5) 23. axb5 $15 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 24. Re1 b4 25. Nd1 $2 (25. Ne2 $1 $15) 25... b3 $19 26. c3 Nxd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Qd2 Nxf2 28. Qxf2 Ne6 29. Ne3 Qg5 30. Rf1 Nc7 31. h4 Qe5 32. Bxf7+ Kh8 33. Nc4 Qe7 34. Qf4 Rbd8 {Hoping for ...Rd7.} 35. e5 dxe5 36. Nxe5 {[#]} Rd6 $2 ({Black should try} 36... Rd5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Nc6 (37. Bxd5 Rxf4) 37... Qd6 38. Qxd6 Rxd6) 37. Qe3 $2 (37. Qe4 $1 $14 Re6 38. Bxe6 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Qxe6 40. c4) 37... Qd8 (37... Qxh4 $17 38. Qxc5 Qd8) 38. Bxb3 ({Better is} 38. Qe2 $11) 38... Rxf1+ $15 39. Kxf1 {Nf7+ would kill now.} Rf6+ (39... Qf6+ $15 40. Kg1 c4 41. Nxc4 Re6) 40. Kg1 $11 {Black must now prevent Nf7+.} Qf8 (40... Qb8 $11 {remains equal.} 41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Nh6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} Kh8 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Nh6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} Kh8 45. Nf7+) 41. Kh2 $2 (41. Bc4 $16) 41... g6 42. Kh3 (42. g3 $1 $11) 42... Qc8+ $17 43. Kh2 Qf8 ({Black should play} 43... Qb8 44. Nd7 Nd5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 45. Qg3 Qxb3) 44. Kh3 {Threatens to win with Nd7!} Qc8+ 45. Kh2 {Nf7+ is the strong threat.} Qf5 (45... Qb8 $17 46. Qxc5 Ne6) 46. Qxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} Qf4+ 47. Kh3 Qf5+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kh3 Qf5+ 50. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 10. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 11. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 14. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 15. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 17. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 18. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 20. Bxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. e3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 22. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Bxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Qxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 27. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 30. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Nxe8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. f3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 43. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 45. Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 47. h5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 48. e4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 50. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 51. e5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 53. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 54. a3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 55. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 56. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 57. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,73,4,13,6,13,-9,18,29,16,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-217,-218,-222,-222,-220,-225,-222,-230,-219,-218,-208,-207,-222,-209,-208,-188,-179,-174,-186,-179,-190,-198,-198,-184,-177,-135,-131,-130,-200,-188,-217,-131,-124,-7,-6,-6,-6,0,0,748,671,908,883,789,766]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} d5 (9... Be7 10. Bb2 d6 11. Nd4 Qc8 12. e4 Nc6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Rac1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 {½-½ (87) Matlakov,M (2700)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. Bb2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 11. Rc1 {The position is equal.} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. e3 Qe7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nc4 Ne4 15. Nfd2 Ndf6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 {1-0 (51) Akobian,V (2647)-Fedorchuk,S (2648) Riadh 2017}) 12. Nd4 Rfd8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 N7f6 15. e3 $2 (15. Nxc5 $11 {and White is okay.} bxc5 16. Ba3) 15... Nxe4 $19 16. Bxe4 {[#]} Nxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Bxh7+ (17. fxe3 Bxe4) 17... Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. fxe3 Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5h5]} 20. Qg4 {Hoping for Nf5!} Rg5 21. Qh4 f6 22. b4 Bxb4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 $1 24. Rxc6 Bc5 {Threatens to win with ...Qd7.} 25. Qe4 Re8 26. Bd4 {[#]} Qd7 $1 {...Rd5 is the strong threat.} 27. Bxc5 {aiming for Rd6.} bxc5 28. Ra6 Re5 29. Qc2 (29. Qa4 $17 {was necessary.} Re7 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Ra3) 29... Rc8 30. Rd1 Qb7 31. Rad6 Rd5 ({Black should play} 31... Qf3 $17 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kf7 34. Rd7+ Kg8 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. Rd8+) 32. R1xd5 $1 $11 exd5 33. Qf5 Re8 34. Rd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... Re5 $11 35. Rxb7 Rxf5) 35. Qg4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} g5 36. Qf5 {Intending Qh7+ and mate.} Kf8 37. Qh7 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,43,22,14,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,14,21,19,12,15,19,12,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0]} 1. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 {½-½ (33) Gelfand,B (2733)-Ponomariov,R (2743) Olginka 2011}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 {The position is equal.} 8. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} b4 9. Nfd2 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 Qh5 13. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Ng4 14. Nf3 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 a5 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Nfe5 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ra7 19. Rac1 Qc5 20. Qe4 Rc7 21. Ne5 Qa7 22. Nxc6 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,156,12,17,12,11,10,9,15,26,26,33,25,27,28,23,15,14,-37,-38,-94,-90,-77,-15,-39,-40,-103,-21,-52,0,-14,0,-43,31,31,24,22,16,26,71,67,69,58,97,43,50,60,90,63,106,69,88,77,75,75,80,76,81,85,203,178,170,64,60,15,170,32,32,-134,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 d5 (10... c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Bg5 d5 13. Qf4 Re8 14. Re5 Qc7 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bxh6 {½-½ (100) Navara,D (2739)-Gelfand,B (2655) Prague 2019}) 11. Rhe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne5 Be6 12. g4 c5 13. g5 Ne4 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. f4 Bd6 {½-½ (79) Mazibuko,K (1856)-Parodi,A (2027) Johannesburg 2017}) 11... Bg4 12. Bg5 Ne4 {[%cal Re7g5]} 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qf4 (15. h3 $11 Rad8 16. Rxe4 Qxe4 17. Qxd8 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qf4+ 19. Qd2 Qxf3 20. Qe3 Qxe3+ 21. fxe3) 15... f5 $15 16. h3 (16. Rd2 $15) 16... Bh5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2112] Threatens to win with ...Qf6. Pin. Black is on the roll.} 17. Rd4 Qf7 (17... c5 $17 18. Rd6 Rae8) 18. Ne5 $11 Qxa2 19. Qg5 (19. Nd7 $15 Rf7 20. b3 Qa1+ 21. Kd2) 19... Bf7 ({Black should try} 19... Be8 $1 $17 20. Qe7 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxb2 22. Qxc7 Bf7 23. Nxf7 Rxf7) 20. Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7f8]} h6 ({Better is} 20... Rfd8 $1 $15) 21. Qg3 Rfc8 22. Qe5 {[#]} Qe6 (22... c5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Rd6 (23. Nxc5 b6) 23... Rc6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc5 Re8) 23. Qxe6 $14 Bxe6 24. Nc5 Kf7 25. Nxb7 Rab8 26. Nc5 Rb6 27. Ra4 Ra8 28. b3 (28. Ra5 $16) 28... Rc6 29. Ra5 Rd8 30. c4 Kf6 31. Nxe6 (31. f3 {looks sharper.} exf3 32. gxf3 Bf7 33. f4 Rd4 34. Nd3) 31... Rxe6 32. Rxa7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd7 33. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} f4 34. b5 e3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 (35... fxe3 $16 36. c5 Rde7) 36. Rd1 Rde7 37. c5 (37. Kb2 $18) 37... R3e5 $1 $14 38. b6 cxb6 $2 (38... Rxc5 $11 39. b7 Rb5) 39. Rd6+ ({White must play} 39. cxb6 $18 Rxa7 40. bxa7) 39... R7e6 40. Rdd7 $2 (40. Rxb6 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Rxc5 41. Rxe6+ Kxe6 42. Rxg7) 40... Rxc5 ({Black should play} 40... Re1+ $17 41. Kb2 g5) 41. Rf7+ {The position is equal.} Ke5 42. Rxg7 Rec6 43. Rae7+ Kf5 44. Re2 Rg6 45. Rf7+ Rf6 46. Rd7 Rg6 47. Rd4 Rc3 48. Rf2 Ke5 49. Rb4 Rf6 50. Kb2 Re3 51. Rd2 Rc6 52. Rf2 Rf6 53. Rb5+ Ke4 54. Rd2 Rg6 55. Rb4+ Ke5 56. Rb5+ Ke4 57. Rbd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rd2d4]} Reg3 ({Resist} 57... Rxg2 58. R5d4+ Kf3 59. Rxg2 $17) 58. R5d4+ Ke5 59. Rd5+ Ke4 60. R2d4+ Ke3 61. Rb4 Rf6 62. Rd3+ Kf2 63. Rd2+ Kg1 64. Rdd4 Kxg2 {...f3 is the strong threat.} 65. Rxf4 Rxf4 66. Rxf4 Kxh3 $11 {aiming for ...Rg6. KR-KR} 67. Rf6 h5 68. Rxb6 h4 69. c4 Kg2 {And now ...h3 would win.} 70. c5 h3 {White must now prevent ...h2.} 71. c6 $1 Rg6 {Strongly threatening ...h2.} (71... Rg7 $5 72. Kc3 $8 Rg8 $11) 72. Ka2 h2 {[#]} 73. c7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb6 (73... Rg8 $5 {[%cal Rg8a8]} 74. Rb8 {[#]} Rxb8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 75. cxb8=Q h1=Q $11) 74. c8=Q h1=Q 75. Qg4+ Kf1 76. Qd1+ Kg2 77. Qg4+ Kh2 {( -> ...Qa8+)} 78. Qh4+ Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,142,0,10,-15,-18,-14,-13,-29,-22,-13,-3,-29,-14,-48,-30,-30,-30,-33,-32,-37,-31,-46,-30,-41,-41,-54,-35,-52,-14,-30,-15,-40,-38,-47,-12,-102,-103,-106,-106,-106,-106,-100,-106,-116,-113,-131,-96,-103,-99,-104,-101,-116,-110,-121,-131,-168,-168,-238,-231,-242,-250,-261,-253,-231,-141,-143,0,0,0,0,0,0,59,33,66,39,79,72,120,112,112,108,141,139,110,0,2,2,59,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,59,0,0,0,255,0,0,0,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,134,134,0,215,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. h4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8. Be2 b6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. d4 a5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Rac1 Rac8 {0-1 (47) Nakamura,H (2746)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 8... Nc6 9. Qb1 f5 10. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. g4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bf6 12. gxf5 Bxc3 13. dxc3 Qf6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qb2 b6 {1-0 (36) Mieles Palau,D (2334)-Munoz Sanchez,M (2246) Guayaquil 2019}) 10... Bd7 11. h5 Nf6 12. h6 g6 $1 13. O-O a6 14. Be2 Ng4 15. d4 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb4 ({Reject} 16... Nxh6 17. d5 $14) 17. d5 Bf6 ({Much weaker is} 17... Nxh6 $6 18. Rd1 $14) 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Na4 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qe7 (20... Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rb7b5]} 21. Bc4 b5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 $15) 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. a3 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 23. Bc4 Nf4 (23... Rfd8 $5 {[%cal Rb7b5]} 24. Qb2 Qxb2 25. Nxb2 Nf4 $15) 24. Qb2 (24. Bxe6+ $11 {remains equal.} Qxe6 25. b4) 24... Bxc4 $17 25. bxc4 Qxb2 26. Nxb2 Nxh6 27. Rd7 Rf7 28. Rad1 Rc7 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Ng5 Nf7 31. Nxf7 Rcxf7 32. g3 Ne6 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. Rb6 (35. Rd2 $142) 35... Nc5 $19 36. Nd1 Rf6 37. Rb2 Rd6 38. Ne3 Kd7 39. Nd5 {[#]} Nd3 (39... b5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Kf1 (40. cxb5 Rxd5) 40... bxc4 41. Nb6+ Kc6 42. Nxc4 Rd4) 40. Rxb7+ $11 Kd8 $1 41. Rxh7 Ne5 $1 42. Ne3 Rc6 (42... Rd3 $11) 43. Rg7 Ke8 44. Kf1 Kf8 45. Ra7 Nxc4 46. Nxc4 Rxc4 47. Rxa6 $16 {KR-KR} Kg7 48. Kg2 Rc3 49. f4 (49. Ra7+ $16 Kf6 50. a4) 49... Rc2+ 50. Kh3 Kh6 (50... Rc4 $11) 51. a4 (51. g4 $1 $14 Rc3+ 52. Kh4 fxg4 53. f5 (53. Kxg4 Kg7 $16)) 51... Ra2 52. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kg7 53. Ra8 Kh6 54. a6 {And now a7 would win.} Kg7 (54... Kh7 $1 $11) 55. g4 (55. a7 $14) 55... fxg4+ $11 56. Kxg4 Ra3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (56... Ra4 $11) 57. Ra7+ $2 ({White must play} 57. f5 $1 $18) 57... Kf6 58. Ra8 Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (58... Kg7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 59. Kg5 $2 (59. f5 $1 $18) 59... Ra5+ 60. Kh4 {a7 is the strong threat.} Kg7 61. Kg3 {Black must now prevent a7.} Ra3+ 62. Kf2 Kf7 63. Ke2 Kg7 64. Kd2 {Hoping for Kc2.} Ra4 $1 65. Ke3 Kf7 66. Kd3 ({Better is} 66. a7 $11 Ra3+ 67. Kd2) 66... Kg7 $16 67. Ke3 (67. a7 $16) 67... Kf7 $1 $18 68. Ra7+ $2 (68. a7 $18 {Threatens to win with Rh8.} Kg7 69. Kd2) 68... Kf6 $11 {The position is equal.} 69. Kf3 Kf5 70. Ke3 Ra3+ 71. Kf2 Kxf4 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,56,51,52,60,65,52,36,54,44,70,26,85,78,95,100,116,133,150,143,151,46,32,-357,-357,-333,-314,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O e4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Bc2 Be5 {White is slightly better.} 19. Nfd5 {[#]} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Qg5 20. f4 exf3 21. Qxf3 Bh5 22. Qf2 f4 23. h4 Qd8 24. Nf5 Bg6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bxc2 27. dxe5 dxe5 28. Qc5 Rf7 {½-½ (28) Anand,V (2770)-Kramnik,V (2790) Linares 1998}) 20. f4 exf3 (20... Bxd5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 21. fxe5 Qb6 22. Qxd5 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qc5 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. exd6 Ne5) 21. Qxf3 $16 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qh4 23. g3 Rg8 {[%cal Re5g3] [#] White must now prevent ...Bxg3!} 24. Nf4 $1 {Kh1 is the strong threat.} ({Wrong is} 24. Bxf5 $2 {[#]} Bxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. h3 Be5+ 26. Kh1 Rg3 $19) 24... Qh6 25. Bxf5 ({White should try} 25. Bb3 $16) 25... Raf8 $1 $14 {[%cal Rf8f5]} 26. Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26. Ng2 $14 {stays ahead.} Ne7 27. Qd3) 26... Bxg3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 27. hxg3 Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 28. Qxf5 $2 (28. Nf4 $19) 28... Rxg3+ {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,135,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,32,10,4,-6,0,0,0,-10,0,-30,-23,-33,-31,-60,-54,-77,-67,-80,-82,-64,0,-60,-32,-32,-16,-16,-5,-32,-21,-32,0,0,3,3,6,0,78,70,49,30,102,97,70,46,128,127,127,143,139,96,239,236,230,244,478,482,439,437,688,663,786,779,775,784,775,773,773,775,767,765,755,755,705,728,720,704,689,681,1300,1315,912,831,731,614,4566,4567,4553,4512,4479,4479,4479,4447,4259,4299,4259,3806,3197,1992,3015,2868,1994,1098,29967,29968,29968,29969,29974,29976,29975,29976,29978,29979,29979,29977,29979,29979,29980,29977,29970,12828]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} O-O (6... a5 7. Nh3 a4 8. Nf2 Be6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c6 11. f4 Nb6 {½-½ (63) Carlsen,M (2845)-Anand,V (2774) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 7. Nh3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... h6 8. Nf2 Nbd7 9. Be3 Qe7 10. g4 Nc5 11. h4 Nfd7 12. Rh2 Ne6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. O-O-O Ndf8 15. Nh1 Ng6 16. Ng3 Nxh4 17. Qf2 Ng6 18. Nf5 {½-½ (18) Berkes,F (2678)-Lafuente,P (2565) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 8. a4 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. Nf2 a5 10. Be2 Nc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Be3 b6 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. b3 Ng8 15. g4 Ne7 16. Rb1 Ng6 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Nd3 Nc5 (18... Qf6 $15) 19. Rg1 ({Better is} 19. Nf2 $11) 19... Nxd3 20. Bxd3 Bc6 21. Rg3 Qe7 22. Rbg1 Kg8 23. Bc2 Kh8 24. Kg2 Kg8 25. Kf2 f6 26. Ke1 Kf7 {[#]} (26... Nh4 $11) 27. g5 $1 $16 Ke8 28. Kd1 Bd7 (28... Rf7 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. gxf6 Qxf6 30. Bg5 Qe6 (30... Qf7 $14) 31. h4 Rf7 32. h5 Nf8 33. Kc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} g6 (33... Bc6 $16) 34. f4 $18 exf4 35. Bxf4 Bc6 $2 {[#]} (35... Qf6) 36. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d6][%mdl 512]} dxe5 {[#]} 37. Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re7 ({Don't play} 37... Qxe5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Re3) (37... Rd8 $142 38. Bd4 Kd7 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Bxg6 Kc8) 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bxg6+ Nxg6 40. Rxg6 Qxe5 41. Rg8+ Kf7 42. Qf2+ Ke6 43. R1g6+ Kd7 44. Qd2+ Bd5 45. Rxa8 ({Inferior is} 45. cxd5 Rxg8 46. Rxg8 Qh5 $14) ({Less strong is} 45. Qxd5+ Qxd5 46. cxd5 Rxg8 $14) 45... Qe1+ 46. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 47. Kd2 Bxa8 48. Kxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Be4 49. Rg7+ Kd6 50. Kd2 c5 51. Kc1 Kc6 52. Kb2 Bd3 53. Rg4 Be2 54. Rf4 Bd3 55. Rh4 Be2 56. Kc2 Bf3 57. Rf4 Bh5 58. Rf6+ Kc7 59. b4 Bg4 60. bxc5 {White mates.} bxc5 61. Kd3 Bd1 62. Ke4 Bxa4 63. Kd5 Bb3 64. Kxc5 a4 65. Kb4 Kb7 66. c5 Kc7 67. Ra6 Kb7 68. Rxa4 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,109,29,24,10,31,36,63,64,67,71,68,4,20,-31,59,60,48,34,37,25,28,25,47,47,69,35,37,36,33,33,33,33,45,35,65,32,29,28,33,31,43,43,33,11,31,35,79,77,82,35,54,40,62,62,61,61,61,61,45,37,120,85,125,83,89,68,68,69,84,27,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-12,-10,8,8,13,11,58,0,42,34,33,-4,8,8,21,8,20,4,929,919]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nh4 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd2 e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Na4 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (84) Radjabov,T (2757)-Fedoseev,V (2724) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6... Be6 7. c5 g6 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 $146 (10. f4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 Bc8 11. Na4 Nbd7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Bd2 Rb8 {1-0 (40) Szabo,E (2436)-Aguilar,S (2033) LSS email 2009}) 10... Bc8 11. f4 (11. Bb2 $11) 11... Ne8 (11... a5 $15) 12. Qe1 $14 a5 13. Na4 axb4 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Qxb4 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 16. Qc3 Nf6 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Rb1 Nc7 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. a3 Rfa8 22. Rb3 f5 23. Bb2 Ne6 24. Rb1 Nd8 25. Bc1 Bf6 26. g3 Kg7 27. Qg2 Ra4 28. h3 h5 29. g4 (29. Nh2 {feels hotter.} Qe6 30. g4 Kf8 31. g5 Bg7 32. Nf3) 29... fxg4 30. hxg4 Qxg4 31. Qxg4 hxg4 32. Bxe4 gxf3 33. Bxf3 g5 {With the idea ...gxf4.} 34. f5 Kf8 (34... Nf7 $1 $14) 35. Kf2 Ke8 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Kd3 Kc7 38. Bh5 R4a7 39. Bb2 (39. Ke2 $16) 39... Ra6 $1 $11 40. Kc2 b6 41. cxb6+ Rxb6 42. Rxb6 Kxb6 43. Bc3+ Kc7 44. Ra1 Nb7 45. a4 Nd6 46. Bg4 Nc4 47. Kd3 c5 48. Bf3 cxd4 (48... Rh8 {is more complex.} 49. Rh1 Rxh1 50. Bxh1 Kd6 51. e4 cxd4 52. Bxd4 Ne5+) 49. Bxd4 ({Better is} 49. exd4 $14 Kc6 50. a5) 49... Ne5+ 50. Bxe5+ Bxe5 51. Ra2 (51. Bxd5 $5 {[%cal Ra1c1]} Ra5 52. Rc1+ Kd6 53. Bc6 $14) 51... Kd6 52. a5 Ra7 53. a6 Kc5 54. e4 d4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54... Kb6 $11) 55. Ra5+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,66,31,29,37,38,37,24,23,22,79,79,80,76,72,83,73,77,113,118,110,89,89,81,111,119,114,41,38,0,0,0,25,21,11,9,29,30,40,0,99,107,90,22,20,27,22,28,39,24,16,7,112,8,8,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. a4 a5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nf1 Bg6 14. Ng3 Bf6 15. Ne4 {½-½ (41) Radjabov,T (2756)-Carlsen,M (2845) Shamkir 2019}) 8... Be6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 {White has an edge.} 10. c3 Nc5 $146 (10... h6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf6 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Ne3 g6 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. Be3 {½-½ (38) Baciu,D (2153)-Mohota,N (2332) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 11. d4 $16 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 exd4 13. cxd4 Nd7 14. Bd2 Re8 15. d5 Nce5 16. Nfxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxa5 c5 {[#]} 18. dxc6 $1 ({Don't play} 18. Nxb7 Qb6 $15) 18... bxc6 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32] [#]} 19. b4 (19. Nb3 $1 $16) 19... c5 $1 $14 20. Nb3 Nd3 21. Re3 Nb2 22. Qc2 Nxa4 23. Na5 Nb6 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Bc3 Bf6 (25... Bf8 $11) 26. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qe7 27. Nc6 (27. e5 $16 Bg5 28. Rg3) 27... Qe6 $11 {Hoping for ...Bxc3.} 28. Bxf6 Qxc6 29. Ba1 Nd7 30. Rg3 Ne5 31. Kh2 h6 (31... Ng6 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Bxe5 ({White should play} 32. Bb2 $16 {And now f4 would win.} Qa4 33. Qd2 Qxe4 34. f4 (34. Qxh6 Ng4+ 35. Rxg4 Qxg4 $17)) 32... Rxe5 33. Rc3 Qxe4 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 10. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 15. e5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:01:26]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 17. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} 20. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 21. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Bxf7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Qxe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 27. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. f3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 31. Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33. Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 34. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 35. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 36. h3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Qf7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 41. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 43. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,185,37,51,20,30,18,15,0,64,65,66,56,104,92,202,200,204,183,172,129,119,124,131,120,161,150,206,187,243,204,213,186,265,244,286,286,286,286,281,272,465,508,474,498,506,491,490,492,482,483,478,466,637,481,592,592,599,481,481,481,481,170,170,170,170,170,170,101,6625,5708,29969,29969,29966,29963,29966,29963,4582,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,14,20,0,0,0,0,0,12810,7683,29982,0,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29986,29986,29987,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bh7 11. Qe2 O-O ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 O-O {1-0 (45) Weyrich,M (2312)-Schuette,M (2249) Germany 2005}) 12. Rad1 $146 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. a3 Rfd8 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Ne3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. c4 Nd7 19. b4 a5 {1-0 (58) Kuzubov,Y (2624)-Chadaev,N (2568) Moscow 2011}) 12... Qc7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 {The position is equal.} b5 ({Black should play} 14... a5 $11) 15. c4 $14 bxc4 16. bxc4 N5b6 17. Nd6 Rad8 (17... Na4 $16) 18. Nd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Nxe5 19. c5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc5b6][%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nbd7 {[#]} 20. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Rf6 23. Rfe1 Rdf8 (23... Bf8 $16 {was necessary.} 24. Rd2 Bf5) 24. f4 Bg6 (24... Kh8 $142 25. Kh1 Qa5 26. Bxc6 Bf5) 25. Kh1 Kh7 26. h4 Bd8 (26... Qa5 $142 27. Bxc6 Qa6) 27. h5 Bf5 28. Nxf5 exf5 29. Qxc7 $1 Bxc7 30. Rd7 R8f7 $2 {[#]} (30... Bd8 {might work better.} 31. Rxa7 R8f7 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Bxc6 Re7) 31. Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd7 (31... Rxc6 32. Rxf7) 32. Bxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g5 33. hxg6+ Kxg6 34. Re7 {Threatening mate with Be8+.} Rf8 35. Bxf5+ Kxf5 36. Rxc7 {KR-KR} a5 37. Kg2 Rd8 38. Kh3 Rd2 39. a4 Ra2 40. c6 Rxa4 41. Rh7 $2 (41. Rc8 Rc4 42. c7) 41... Kg6 42. Ra7 $1 Rc4 43. c7 a4 44. g4 (44. Kg4 $18) 44... a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Rc1 $16 45. Kh4 (45. Rxa4 Rxc7 46. Ra6+ Kg7 $18) 45... Rh1+ 46. Kg3 Rc1 47. Rxa4 Rxc7 48. Ra6+ Kg7) 45. Kh4 $1 a2 46. f5+ Kf6 47. Kh5 Rc1 48. Ra6+ Kg7 49. Kh4 $2 (49. f6+ $1 $18 Kh7 50. g5 Rh1+ 51. Kg4) 49... Rxc7 $11 50. Rxa2 Rc1 $1 51. Ra7+ Kf6 $1 52. Ra6+ Kg7 53. Kg3 Rg1+ 54. Kf3 {Black must now prevent Kf4.} Rf1+ 55. Ke4 (55. Ke2 {with more complications.} Rf4 56. Rg6+ Kh7 57. Ke3 Ra4 58. Kf3) 55... Re1+ 56. Kf4 Rf1+ 57. Ke3 Re1+ 58. Kf2 Rb1 59. Re6 Ra1 60. Rg6+ Kh7 61. Kg3 Rg1+ 62. Kf4 (62. Kf2 {looks sharper.} Ra1) 62... Ra1 63. Re6 {Threatens to win with Re7+.} Kg7 64. Rg6+ Kh7 65. Rd6 Kg7 66. Rd7+ Kf6 $1 67. Rh7 ({Resist} 67. Rd6+ $6 Kg7 $16) 67... Rf1+ $1 68. Kg3 Rh1 69. Rh8 (69. Kf4 $5 {[%cal Rh7h6]} Rf1+ 70. Ke3 $16) 69... Kg7 70. Re8 Ra1 71. Re7+ Kf6 72. Rh7 Rh1 73. Kg2 Rh4 74. Kf3 {Strongly threatening Kf4.} Rh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74... Rh1 $11) 75. Kf4 $1 $18 Rh1 76. Kg3 $2 (76. Rxh6+ $1 {mates} Rxh6 77. g5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 78. gxh6+ Kxh6 79. Ke5 Kg7 80. Ke6 Kf8 81. Kf6) 76... Ke5 77. Rf7 Rg1+ 78. Kf3 {And now Re7+ would win.} Rf1+ 79. Kg2 Ra1 80. Kg3 Rg1+ 81. Kf3 Rf1+ 82. Kg2 Ra1 83. Rh7 Kf4 84. Rg7 h5 85. f6 hxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (85... Ra2+ $11 86. Kf1 Kf3) 86. f7 $1 {White mates.} Ra2+ 87. Kf1 Ra1+ 88. Ke2 Ra2+ 89. Kd3 Ra3+ 90. Kd4 Ra4+ {[#]} 91. Kc3 $1 Ra8 92. Rg8 Ra3+ 93. Kb2 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,56,24,24,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,30,49,45,65,63,58,0,0,10,14,4,2,0,8,0,0,-35,-25,-11,27,-20,-18,-34,21,15,34,13,10,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb6 10. Nb3 d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Be3 Qa6 13. Bd4 {[#]} Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ba4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ {0-1 (42) Xiong,J (2652)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2795) chess.com INT 2017}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Na6 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. f4 Nc5 19. Kf2 Na4 20. b3 Nc3 21. Ke1 Rc7 22. Kd2 Rfc8 23. Rc2 Nb5 ({Black should try} 23... Rc5 $15) 24. Rxc7 $11 Rxc7 25. Nxb5 Bxb5 {The position is equal.} 26. a4 Bd7 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Kxc1 a5 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,104,13,17,0,4,15,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,-33,-10,-12,-12,-9,-14,-14,-14,-13,-5,-8,0,-16,-17,-14,-14,-14,-11,-11,-11,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-8,-8,-8,-8,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. f4 a6 13. Na3 $1 Nd7 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 14. Nc4 b6 {[#]} 15. fxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. Ra3 Qd8 18. Rb3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nc5 20. Ra3 Rf7 21. b4 {½-½ (35) Percze,J (2522)-Oreopoulos,K (2497) ICCF email 2015}) 15... Nxe5 16. Be3 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf6 18. Bd4 Bd7 19. Kh1 Re8 20. c3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} Re4 22. Qd3 Qc8 23. b3 Qc5 24. Bxa6 Re3 25. Qc4 Rxc3 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Bb7 Ra7 28. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 29. dxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} g6 30. Rfc1 {[#] And now b4 would win.} Rc7 $1 31. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} R5xc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 {KR-KR} 33. a5 bxa5 34. bxa5 Ra6 35. Kg1 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Ke3 Kd5 38. Kf4 h6 39. h4 Ke6 40. g4 fxg4 41. Kxg4 Ke5 42. Kf3 Kd4 43. Kf4 Kc4 44. Ke4 Kc5 45. Rc1+ Kb4 46. Rg1 h5 47. Kd4 Rxa5 48. Rb1+ Ka4 49. Ra1+ Kb5 50. Rxa5+ $1 Kxa5 51. Kd5 Kb4 {Hoping for ...Kc3.} 52. Kxd6 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,143,25,25,23,16,15,13,23,25,24,22,20,31,20,43,16,42,31,47,38,77,14,26,0,7,0,9,0,4,-8,14,0,45,9,44,0,44,44,53,0,0,0,0,17,93,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,557,534,73,284,29940,12825,11175,520,6422,1270,11648,9390,5477,539,12848,11089,10235,8,8,8,8,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. d3 d6 9. Rb1 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Qc2 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} (14. Qb3 Bh3 15. Ra1 Rab8 16. Ra7 Qe6 17. Rfa1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd7 19. e4 f5 20. Nd5 Nc5 21. Qc2 fxe4 22. dxe4 Nxd5 23. cxd5 {1-0 (73) Spoelman,W (2578)-Jones,G (2640) chess.com INT 2018}) 14... Bh3 15. Ra1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe6 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Ra1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. e4 Nh5 19. h3 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Ne4 c6 22. bxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (35) Heinl,A-Krug,G Germany 1989}) 18... Rxa1 19. Bxa1 c6 20. e4 Nd7 21. Bb2 f5 22. Ba3 Bf8 23. Ne2 ({White should try} 23. Qa4 $16) 23... g5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. h3 Nf6 27. Nc3 Ne7 28. Qa4 c5 29. Qa6 {Threatening Bxc5!} Kf7 30. Nb5 Ng6 31. Nd2 Qd7 32. Qa8 (32. Ne4 $14 Nxe4 33. dxe4) 32... d5 $11 33. Nb3 dxc4 (33... g4 $5 34. h4 $8 (34. Bxc5 $2 dxc4 35. dxc4 gxh3+ 36. Kh2 Qd1 $19) (34. Nxc5 $2 gxh3+ 35. Kg1 Qg4 $19) 34... Qf5 35. Qb7+ (35. Nxc5 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qf3+ $11) 35... Kg8 36. Nxc5 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qf3+ $11) 34. dxc4 Qd3 (34... g4 $1 $11 35. h4 (35. Nxc5 $2 gxh3+ 36. Kh2 Qf5 $19) 35... Qd3 36. Qb7+ Kg8 37. Nxc5 Qxc4) 35. Nxc5 (35. Qb7+ $16 Qd7 36. Qxd7+ Nxd7 37. Nc3) 35... Qxc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Qb7+ Kg8 37. Qc6 Qd5+ 38. Qxd5+ Nxd5 39. Ne4 Bxa3 40. Nxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} Kf7 41. Kf3 Nge7 42. Nc4 Nc6 43. Nc5 Nf6 44. Ke3 h5 45. Ne4 Nd5+ 46. Kf3 Kg6 47. Ned6 Nf6 48. Ke3 h4 {Strongly threatening ...g4.} 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. Ne4 Nd5+ 51. Kf3 Kh5 52. Nc5 Nf6 53. Ke3 Kg5 54. Ne4+ Kf5 55. Nxf6 Kxf6 {KN-KN} 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. Kf3 Kd5 58. Ne3+ Kd4 59. Kg4 Ke4 60. Ng2 Kd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Ne7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 61. Kxh4 Nd4 62. Ne3 Ke4 $2 (62... Ne6 $18 63. Kg3 Ng7) 63. Kg4 Nf3 64. Nf1 (64. h4 $142 {Hoping for h5.} Nh2+ 65. Kh3) 64... Ne1 {[#]} (64... Nd4 $142 65. Ne3 Nf3) 65. h4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4h5]} Nd3 66. f3+ Kd5 {[#]} 67. Kf5 $1 {And now h5 would win.} Kd6 68. h5 Ke7 69. Ne3 $2 (69. Nh2 $18 Kf7 70. Ng4) 69... Ne1 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 70. Ke4 {aiming for Ng4.} Kf6 71. Nf5 Nxf3 {( -> ...Ng5+)} 72. Kxf3 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,58,35,22,15,31,24,33,26,43,12,11,8,10,0,30,6,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-8,-11,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 a6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Be2 b5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} Rfd8 15. Ne1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 {White is slightly better.} Rd8 {[#]} 17. Rxd8+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Nd3 Rc8 19. Ndc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Na5 21. Nxb7 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Nxb7 {½-½ (55) Drozdovskij,Y (2587)-Bogdanovich,S (2299) Odessa 2008}) 17... Nxd8 18. f3 Nd7 19. e4 e5 20. g3 f6 {The position is equal.} 21. Bf1 Kf7 22. Nd3 Ne6 23. Bh3 Bc8 24. Kf2 Nb6 25. Bc1 Nc4 26. Nd2 Nb6 27. Nb3 Nc4 28. Nd2 Nb6 29. Nb3 Nc4 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,119,19,35,34,33,37,32,25,34,26,26,4,12,18,52,22,30,2,8,5,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-100,-112,-100,-109,-119,-103,-115,-109,-136,-83,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-46,-51,-43,-29,-110,-93,-94,-99,-86,-103,-389,-362,-362,-362,-471,-473,-535,0,-438,-305,-283,0,0,28,28,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. h3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} Bf8 12. a4 Nb8 13. Nf1 c5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 (15. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 16. axb5 $14) 15... Nbd7 16. Ne3 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qb6 17. Bb3 Qc7 {1-0 (44) Ivanchuk,V (2769)-Sasikiran,K (2707) Amsterdam 2012}) 17. Bg3 g6 18. Bh2 Bg7 19. Nd2 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bb3 Qc6 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qe2 f5 25. Qf3 {[#]} (25. Kh1 $11) 25... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4f3][%mdl 512]} 26. dxe4 Qxd2 27. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d7,Bd7f7][%mdl 32]} Qxb2 {Threatens to win with ...fxe4.} ({Don't do} 27... fxe4 28. Qg4 $15) 28. Rxd7 {Hoping for e5.} Qxc3 {[%cal Rc3e1]} 29. Qd1 fxe4 (29... Bd4 $142 {Strongly threatening ...bxa4.} 30. Bf4 fxe4) 30. Bf4 Qf6 (30... Qc4 $15 31. Qd2 Bc3) 31. Qd5+ $11 Kh8 32. Rf7 Qd4 33. Qc6 Rf8 34. Rd7 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Bxf6 36. Bxh6 (36. axb5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} axb5 37. Bd6) 36... Rfe8 $17 37. axb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 38. Be3 c4 {And now ...b4 would win.} 39. Rf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Rb1 $17) 39... Bc3 40. Rc1 b4 41. Rd7 Red8 42. Re7 Re8 43. Rd7 $1 Reb8 {...b3 is the strong threat.} 44. Bf4 Rf8 $2 {[#]} (44... Rd8 $19 45. Re7 Rd3) 45. Rxc3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf4 (45... bxc3 $5 46. Be5+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 47. Rg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 $11) 46. Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb8 47. Rd1 b3 {The position is equal.} 48. Rb1 Rf5 49. Rxe4 b2 50. Re2 Rfb5 51. Rd2 Kg7 52. g3 Rb3 53. Kg2 R8b7 54. h4 Kh6 55. Rc2 R7b6 56. Rd2 Rb7 57. Kh3 R7b4 58. Kg2 Rb5 59. Rc2 Rb7 60. Rd2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,148,0,10,0,18,18,23,9,21,16,10,12,28,31,44,38,39,9,9,12,12,10,10,12,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-10,-16,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-62,-7,-35,0,0,0,0,12,18,28,0,0,0,26,22,85,0,3,0,93,64,44,50,177,108,93,0,119,105,175,64,172,171,274,132,128,14,14,16,16,0,8,0,14,14,15,16,16,16,84,0,146,0,143,0,134,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. d4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nf5 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Bb2 d5 15. c5 Ba6 16. Re1 bxc5 17. dxc5 d4 18. Qa4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 {0-1 (41) Maghsoodloo,P (2688)-Mamedov,R (2703) St Petersburg 2018}) 6... h6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 {White has an edge.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 (10... exd5 {keeps more tension.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nce2 Bg4) 11. exd4 Nxd5 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Bxd5 Qxb3 15. axb3 O-O 16. O-O Rd8 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 {½-½ (18) Ruck,R (2485)-Borgo,G (2444) Budapest 1999}) 12... O-O 13. Qb3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Ne7 14. Rd1 Nf5 15. Ne2 a5 16. Bf4 a4 17. Qa3 Qb6 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Be5 Rfc8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. d5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 e5 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. a3 Bb5 25. Qd2 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Nd4 27. Qc4 Rd8 28. Kh2 (28. Re1 $11) 28... b5 (28... g5 $1 $15) 29. Qc7 Qf6 30. Re1 Rd6 ({Avoid the trap} 30... Qxf2 $2 31. Rf1 $18) 31. Kg1 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qc8 Rd8 34. Qg4 Re8 35. Be4 Rd8 (35... Rb8 $11) 36. Kg2 ({Better is} 36. Rc1 $1 $16) 36... Rh8 $11 37. d6 Ne6 (37... Rd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qe7 (39... Nd4 $1 $14) 40. Qf5 (40. Rd5 $18) 40... Qf6 $16 {White should prevent ...Qxf5.} 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Rd5 $1 Nd4 (42... Nc7 $16 43. Rd3 Ne6) 43. Qh5 (43. Qh1 $1 $18) 43... Ke7 {[#]} (43... Qg7 $1 $14) 44. Qg4 $1 $18 Ne6 (44... Kf8 {might work better.} 45. Bb1 Qe7) 45. Rxb5 (45. Bf5 $18 {White wants to mate with Qb4+.} Rxd7 46. Qb4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (46. Rxb5 Rd4 $11) 46... Kd8 47. Qa5+ (47. Qxb5 Rxd5 48. Qxd5+ Ke7 $16) 47... Ke7 48. Qb4+ Kd8 49. Rxb5) 45... Rxd7 $16 46. Qf5 ({White should play} 46. Bd5 $16) 46... Qxf5 $11 47. Bxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf6 48. Bc2 Rd4 49. Rb4 Nc5 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Rb6 Rc4 {[#]} (52... Ne4 $11) 53. Bd1 (53. Bb1 $1 $16) 53... Rc1 (53... f5 $11 {remains equal.}) 54. Be2 (54. Bh5 $16 Nb3 55. Bxf7+ Kc5 56. Rb8 Re1+ 57. Kf3) 54... Rc2 (54... f5 $11) 55. Bd1 Rc1 56. Kd2 ({White must play} 56. Bh5 $16 Nb3 57. Bxf7+ Kc5 58. Rb8 Re1+ 59. Kf3) 56... Ra1 57. Rb4 Ne4+ 58. Ke2 Nxf2 59. Bxa4 Nh1 60. Bb3+ Kd6 61. g4 f5 62. gxf5 {aiming for f6.} Ng3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 63. Kf3 Nxf5 64. Kg4 Nd4 {Threatening ...Rg1+.} 65. Kxg5 Rg1+ 66. Kh4 Nxb3 67. Rxb3 {KR-KR} e4 68. Rg3 Rb1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 69. Rb3 {The position is equal.} Rg1 70. a4 Ra1 71. Rb4 e3 72. Re4 e2 73. Rxe2 Rxa4+ 74. Kg3 Kc5 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,171,35,43,40,45,41,29,23,27,28,56,18,18,16,31,15,21,0,56,13,29,2,75,32,207,6,14,-5,-15,-21,13,14,13,0,0,0,0,0,6,4,6,9,13,-6,80,96,129,132,132,127,129,134,139,139,138,135,150,150,190,181,225,220,202,165,179,145,209,123,145,72,72,72,72,64,64,31,31,31,31,12,54,0,31,31,288,31,42,8,8,8,35,27,71,60,60,60,66,76,539,64,64,52,52,43,60,60,64,60,60,60,61,58,64,55,64,64,77,95,114,67,66,64,64,64,64,63,94,97,138,123,321,147,152,143,166,58,623,645,1703,1780,1454,831,1878,729,635,623,29963,29965,29972,29968,5716,3612,29980,29981,29981,29982,29983,29983,29983,29984,29984,29983,29983,29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 {White has an edge.} (8. Bc2 d6 9. d5 Na5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bd2 Bxb2 12. Bxa5 Bxa1 13. Nc3 {1-0 (24) Navara,D (2733)-Salgado Lopez,I (2624) Germany 2019}) 8... Nge7 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bc2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. h3 c5 {½-½ (39) Dann,M (2482)-Pap,M (2487) Dortmund 2016}) 9... d6 10. d5 (10. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5]}) 10... Na5 $1 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. h3 h6 (13... f5 $11) 14. Re1 $14 g5 15. e5 {Bxg5 is the strong threat.} dxe5 (15... Bf5 $11) 16. Nxe5 b4 $2 (16... Qd6 $14 17. f4 Bb7) 17. Na4 $2 (17. Qd3 $2 Bf5 $19) ({White must play} 17. d6 $18 Nec6 18. Nxc6 (18. Qd3 Re8 $11) 18... Nxc6 19. Ne2) 17... Qxd5 $11 18. Qxd5 (18. Qd3 {looks sharper.} Qxd3 19. Nxd3 Nac6 20. Ndxc5 Bf5 21. Bb3) 18... Nxd5 19. Be4 Be6 (19... Rd8 {is more complex.} 20. Nf3 Rb8 21. Rd1 Be6 22. Nxc5 Nc7) 20. Nxc5 Bxe5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxe5 Rfd8 23. Re1 b3 24. Bd2 Nc4 25. Bc3 bxa2 26. Rxa2 Rac8 (26... Ne3 $1 $11 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Nxa6 Nxg2) 27. Rxa6 $16 Rxc5 28. Rxh6 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rh6h8]} f6 29. Bxf6 {Threatening mate with Re7.} Rd7 30. Rh8+ ({Not} 30. Bxg5 Bxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. f4 Bb7 $17) 30... Kf7 31. Rh7+ $1 ({Much worse is} 31. Bxg5 $6 Kg7 $11) 31... Kxf6 32. Rxd7 Be6 33. Rb7 Ne5 34. Rb6 Kf5 35. b4 Rd5 36. Rb8 Nd7 37. Rd8 Rb5 (37... Rd4 $16 38. Rb1 Ba2) 38. Re8 (38. Rh8 $18 {Hoping for g4+.} Bc4 39. Re7) 38... Rb6 39. Re7 (39. f3 $142) 39... Ne5 40. Rb1 Nc6 41. Re8 Rxb4 42. Ra1 Nd4 43. Rf8+ Kg6 44. Re1 Kg7 45. Ra8 (45. Rd8 $14) 45... Kf6 (45... Bxh3 $5 46. gxh3 (46. Ra7+ Kf6 $11) 46... Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Kf1 Nxe1 48. Ra7+ Kf6 49. Ra6+ Kf7 50. Kxe1 Rb3 $11) 46. Ra6 Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46... Kf7 $14) 47. Kh2 $2 (47. Rd6 $1 $18) 47... Rb2 $14 48. Ra5+ Kf6 49. Re4 Nc6 50. Rc5 Rb6 51. h4 gxh4 52. Rxh4 Ne7 53. Rf4+ Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Kg6 $16 {is tougher.}) 54. Re4 $2 (54. Rc7 $18) 54... Kf6 55. Re3 Nf5 56. Re2 Ne7 57. f3 Ng6 58. Rd2 Ne5 59. Kg3 Nf7 60. Ra5 Rc6 61. Rd4 Rb6 62. Kh4 Nh6 63. g4 {Threatens to win with g5+.} Nf7 64. Rf4+ Kg7 65. Kg3 Rb1 66. Re4 Rb6 67. f4 Bb3 68. Re7 Kf8 69. Rc7 Bd1 $2 (69... Kg7 $16 70. Rg5+ Kf6) 70. Rf5 (70. Ra8+ $18 {has better winning chances.} Kg7 71. Raa7) 70... Bb3 $16 71. g5 Kg7 72. Ra5 (72. Rfc5 $18) 72... Rd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (72... Kg6 $14) 73. f5 $1 $18 Rd3+ 74. Kf4 Rd4+ 75. Ke3 Rc4 76. Rxc4 {Played: Rc7-b7} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,8,14,3,26,5,13,12,16,0,0,9,29,29,64,-23,-54,-74,48,54,45,39,32,30,53,31,142,133,169,154,191,143,125,149,130,129,150,66,330,264,252,222,199,0,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,834,828,29982,29982]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 (5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. c3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bg5 13. h4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Nf6 15. Re5 Nd7 16. Re3 Qa5 17. a3 Qb5 18. Rc2 a5 19. c4 {1-0 (43) Artemiev,V (2709)-Navara,D (2736) Skopje 2018}) 5... Bxf3 6. Bxf3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. e4 {The position is equal.} Ngf6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Qc5 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. d4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 {0-1 (68) Sepp,O (2434)-Nyback,T (2575) Finland 2018}) 10... O-O-O 11. a4 Rdg8 12. Rb1 (12. d4 $14) 12... g5 $11 13. Bg2 a5 (13... d4 $17 14. Na2 h5) 14. exd5 $14 exd5 15. d4 $1 Kb8 16. Qd3 h6 17. Re1 Nf8 (17... Bb4 $14) 18. Na2 $16 Ne4 19. b4 f5 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Qxa3 {aiming for f3.} Nd7 {[#]} 23. Nb4 (23. Qb2 $1 $16 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb2b7][%mdl 512]} Qc7 24. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rxe4) 23... Kc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Better is} 23... Ka8 $1 $14) 24. c4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 {[#]} 26. Rxe4 $2 (26. d5 $1 $18) 26... Re8 $1 $11 {[%cal Re8e4]} 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qc3 Nb6 29. d5 Nxd5 30. Nxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 31. Qg7+ Kd6 32. Qxb7 Qd2 33. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Qg7.} Qd5+ 34. Kh2 {Threatens to win with Qb6.} Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f2]} 35. Qf7 {And now a5 would win.} Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... c3 $11) 36. Qf8 $18 Kd5 37. Qd8+ {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,45,22,26,22,33,21,20,25,16,62,54,57,61,66,67,71,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} 7. Nf3 (7. Bxf7+ Kf8 $17) 7... d5 ({But not} 7... Nxe4 8. Nd5 $16) 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 ({And not} 9. Bxb7 Rb8 $17) 9... O-O-O 10. Be3 $1 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. exd5 {aiming for c3.} Re8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qf6.} 13. c3 (13. O-O $16 Bxf3 14. gxf3) 13... Nxf3+ $11 {The position is equal.} 14. gxf3 {[#]} Qh4 $146 15. Kd2 ({Wrong is} 15. fxg4 $2 Rxe3+ 16. Kd2 Qxf2+ 17. Kc1 Re2 $19) 15... Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} 16. fxe3 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. Kc1 Bxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 18. Qe1 Bxe3+ 19. Kb1 Bxh1 20. Qxh1 {Hoping for Qe4.} Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2d3]} 21. a4 {And now Qe4! would win.} Qxd3+ 22. Ka2 Qc4+ 23. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,118,35,43,12,14,20,16,5,18,7,14,13,11,7,21,2,14,5,30,-11,-13,-13,-14,-10,-7,-35,13,6,14,0,11,7,23,18,26,25,23,25,26,0,0,0,11,11,11,11,24,11,11,0,0,-74,-74,-791,-792,-778,-792,-792,-792,-792,-792,-761,-762,-745,-711,-858,-858,-858,-858,-864,-862,-827,-822,-859,-828,-711,-619,-599,-544,-898,-873,-1204,-1095,-1088,-1061,-1058,-1007,-1058,-1012,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,0,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29985,-29987,-29988,-29990,-29991]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. Nc3 e6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. a4 Rc8 13. h3 O-O 14. Qe3 h6 15. Bh4 Rfd8 16. Bg3 {0-1 (26) Bacrot,E (2708)-Karjakin,S (2781) Paris 2017}) 7... e5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. d3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. d3 Re8 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Nh4 g6 14. Bh3 Bc6 {0-1 (47) Montero Fernandez,R (2261)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2325) Havana 1999}) 9... O-O 10. a3 Nb8 11. b4 Nc6 12. Rb1 h6 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Nd5 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Bb2 g6 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Rb7 Bg5 21. Qa4 h5 22. g3 Qf6 23. Kg2 Rfc8 24. h4 Bc1 25. Rb6 Rc3 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Qxa6 Bxa3 28. Rb1 Kh7 29. Rb8 Bc1 30. Qb5 {Strongly threatening Qe8.} Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 31. Qb2 (31. Qb1 $11 {remains equal.} Bc1 32. Be2) 31... Rxd3 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rd2.} 32. fxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qb1 $17 Rd2 33. Rb2) 32... dxe3 $19 33. Qe2 {[#]} Rd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rb2 Rxe2+ 35. Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Qd8 36. Rxe3 Qa5 37. Re2 Qc3 38. Rf2 Qd3 39. Kh2 Qe3 40. Kg2 Kh6 41. Re2 Qd3 42. Rf2 f5 43. Re2 Kg7 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Re1 f4 46. Re2 fxg3+ 47. Kxg3 g5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Rh2 {[#]} h4+ $1 50. Rxh4 Qxf3+ $1 51. Kxf3 Kxh4 {KPP-KPP} 52. Kf2 {[#]} Kg4 $1 53. Ke3 {[#]} Kg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g4] aiming for ...Kg4.} 54. Kd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Ke2 $11 Kf4 55. Kd3 Kf3 56. Kc3 Kxe4 57. Kc4 Kf4 58. Kc3 e4 59. Kd2 e3+ 60. Ke1 Ke4 61. Ke2 Kd4 62. Ke1 Kxd5 63. Kf1 Kd4 64. Ke2 Ke4 65. Ke1 Kd3 66. Kd1 d5 67. Ke1 e2 68. Kf2 Kd2 69. Kg3 e1=Q+ 70. Kf4 Qe7 71. Kg4 Ke3 72. Kf5 Kf3 73. Kg6 Kf4 74. Kh6 Kf5 75. Kh5 Qh7#) 54... Kf4 {Black mates.} 55. Kd3 Kf3 56. Kc3 Kxe4 57. Kc4 Kf4 58. Kb5 e4 59. Kc6 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,-5,-4,-3,-7,0,-3,-10,0,-12,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,10,2,-15,0,-4,0,-4,10,3,9,0,31,31,31,29,29,29,31,4,36,34,36,20,18,10,125,128,124,133,127,111,131,122,124,117,120,115,131,124,146,143,110,106,132,132,139,139,139,139,139,136,133,125,139,129,356,339]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 cxd4 (4... Nc6 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O Bh5 {0-1 (52) Artemiev,V (2709)-Giri,A (2783) St Petersburg 2018}) 5. exd4 Qb6 6. Ngf3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nc6 7. Nb3 Ne4 8. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nfd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 {0-1 (26) Spielberger,J-Spiegel,W (2160) Austria 1999}) 12... a6 13. a5 Qd8 14. Nfd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Re3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nc5 Rc7 21. b4 Ne7 22. Rae1 Nf5 23. Re5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qd8 24. Qf4 {Black must now prevent Qxf5!} Rce7 25. R1e2 Kh8 {[#]} (25... b6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 26. axb6 (26. Nxa6 f6 $17) 26... Qxb6) 26. Nxb7 $1 $16 Rxb7 {[#]} 27. Qxf5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Rc7 (27... exf5 28. Rxe8+) 28. Qd3 Qc8 29. R5e3 Rc6 30. Rh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rd3h7]} h6 31. Qd2 Kh7 32. Re5 Re7 33. Reh5 {[%cal Rh5h6] White threatens Rxh6+! and mate.} Qf8 34. f4 ({Of course not} 34. b5 axb5 35. Qd3+ Kg8 $15) 34... f5 35. Re3 Qf7 36. Rhh3 Rec7 37. Re5 Qf8 38. Rd3 Qc8 {[%cal Rc6c3]} 39. Ree3 Rc4 40. h3 Qf8 $2 (40... R4c6 $16 41. Qc1 Kh8) 41. Rxe6 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,91,21,40,22,27,27,39,34,38,18,35,16,33,11,21,13,14,0,53,48,66,20,32,0,0,0,39,0,-14,-33,-8,0,-56,-35,50,-133,126,124,126,122,130,130,125,125,124,118,124,116,104,120,93,55,51,33,44,33,31,33,148,145,191,183,237,233,371,241,371,371,357,357,1852,5522,29970,29971,29936,29946,29990,29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. h3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} b5 (9... Bf8 10. c4 Bd7 11. Be3 Nb8 12. Nc3 Bxa4 13. Qxa4 Nbd7 14. a3 Nc5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 {1-0 (45) Grandelius,N (2694)-Naiditsch,A (2710) Astana 2019}) 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} Bf8 12. a4 Nb8 13. b4 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... d5 14. Bb3 Nbd7 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Ne4 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 {1-0 (39) Pichot,A (2543)-Bitelmajer,M (2346) Villa Martelli 2016}) 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra7 Nb6 (16... c5 $11) 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Be3 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 19. exd5 Nfxd5 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. Nb3 ({White should try} 21. Ng5 $14) 21... Na4 $11 22. Qa1 Ndxc3 23. Bxc3 Bxf3 $1 24. gxf3 {[%cal Rc3e5]} Qc6 (24... Qg6+ $1 $15 25. Kf1 Qc6) 25. Nc5 $2 (25. Rxa4 $1 $14 bxa4 26. Nc5) 25... Bxc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Nxc5 $17 {stays on course.} 26. Bxe5 Ne6) 26. bxc5 $16 Qxc5 27. Rxa4 $1 bxa4 28. Bxa4 Re6 29. Re4 ({But not} 29. Bxe5 $6 Ra8 $11) ({Weaker is} 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Ra8 $19) 29... Reb6 30. Bc2 Rg6+ 31. Kf1 Rc6 32. Rc4 Qd5 33. Rxc6 (33. Qa7 {looks sharper.} Rd8 34. Qb7 Rxc4 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. dxc4 Rc5 37. Bd3) 33... Qxc6 34. Bd1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Qd7 35. Kg2 Qxd3 {White must now prevent ...h6.} 36. Bxe5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qg6+ (36... Rd8 $1 $14 37. Ba4 Qa6) 37. Bg3 h5 {aiming for ...h4.} 38. h4 Rb1 (38... Qd3 $142) 39. Qd4 c5 (39... Rb8 {is a better defense.} 40. Qc3 Qe6 41. Qxc7 Rc8) 40. Qd8+ $18 Kh7 41. Qd2 {And now Bc2 would win.} f5 {intending ...Rxd1.} 42. Bc2 Rb4 $2 (42... Rb6 43. Qd5 Rf6) 43. Qd5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qf6 44. Bxf5+ {White mates.} g6 45. Bc2 {Played: Bf5-e4} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,117,11,22,1,13,2,8,12,4,0,0,-13,27,-37,26,20,35,31,27,23,29,32,44,37,49,45,69,7,31,18,18,7,118,83,98,91,93,82,157,35,129,123,108,120,158,152,158,137,193,201,204,203,230,176,375,352,450,451,489,489,493,489,511,521,600,515,514,499,537,480,604,604,586,602,592,588,712,710,692,690,775,748,881,924,901,900,1007,1004,1105,1094,1136,1068,1365,1313,1961,1889,1983,1903,5817,5597,4186,3176]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} b5 (10... Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 b5 13. Bf1 Nb4 14. c4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Nh4 g6 {1-0 (60) Karjakin,S (2753)-Yilmaz,M (2636) St Petersburg 2018}) 11. Bf1 Rb8 12. Bg5 {The position is equal.} Ng4 13. Bxe7 (13. Bd2 {seems wilder.} Be6 14. h3 Nf6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4) 13... Nxe7 14. Qd2 b4 {[#]} 15. Ne2 $146 (15. Na4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd1 Nf6 16. a3 a5 17. axb4 Rxb4 {½-½ (26) Hracek,Z (2598)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2634) Heraklio 2007}) 15... Qb6 (15... f5 $15 16. Ng3 fxe4 17. Rxe4 Qb6) 16. Ng3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Be6 17. h3 Nf6 18. a3 b3 19. c3 h6 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Qe3 Qc6 22. Rd2 (22. Qa7 $14) 22... Rd7 23. Red1 Ng6 24. Ne1 d5 (24... a5 $11) 25. exd5 (25. Nd3 {is more complex.} d4 26. cxd4 exd4 27. Qe1 Qb6 28. Rc1) 25... Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 {[#]} 27. Qe4 $1 a5 (27... Rb6 $142) 28. Nf3 (28. Bc4 $16 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Rd8 29. Bxb3) 28... Nde7 (28... Qc5 $1 $14) 29. Qxc6 $16 Nxc6 30. Rd6 Nge7 31. a4 Bd5 32. Bb5 Rd8 (32... Bxf3 $16 33. gxf3 Rd8) 33. Rxd8+ $18 Nxd8 34. Nxe5 Ne6 35. Ne2 f6 $2 {[#]} (35... Nc5 36. Nf4 Kf8 37. Nxd5 Nxd5) 36. Nc4 Nc7 37. Nxa5 {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 38. Nd4 Nc8 39. Naxb3 Nb6 40. Nc5 Ke7 41. b4 Nxb5 42. Nxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Bc6 43. f3 Nd5 44. Nd4 Ba8 45. Ne4 g6 46. g4 h5 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. h4 Nf4 49. Kf2 Ng6 50. Kg3 Ne5 51. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Nc4 52. Kf4 Kf7 53. Nf5 Ne5 54. a6 Ke6 55. Ng7+ Kf7 56. Nxh5 Ng6+ 57. Kg3 f5 58. Ng5+ Ke7 59. Nf4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,108,45,46,43,47,39,44,31,49,37,56,25,33,0,16,0,46,52,58,43,52,53,62,61,70,68,139,121,152,152,152,141,155,153,115,28,52,18,50,40,40,14,31,38,87,0,11,8,7,-76,-80,-89,-80,-108,-104,-105,-118,-141,-152,-169,-117,-206,-200,-236,-240,-543,-461,-1431,-1411,-1359,-1345,-1147,-781,-751,-627,-627,-612,-585,-500,-701,-500,-500,-486,-486,-433,-407,-400,-400,-400,-473,-355,-457,-377,-645,-622,-665,-658,-628,-610]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Be7 7. h3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Bh5 8. O-O (8. d5 Nb8 9. e4 O-O 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nfd7 12. Qd2 h6 13. O-O Bg5 14. b4 b6 {½-½ (33) Banikas,H (2572)-Socko,B (2631) Beijing 2008}) 8... O-O 9. b3 {White is slightly better.} Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd5 Bxf3 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bxf3 e4 14. Be2 Qg5 15. g3 Ne7 {1-0 (88) Meinzer,D-Duncker,J (2230) Germany 2001}) 11... dxe5 12. Nd5 Bg6 (12... a5 {is interesting.} 13. a3 Bg6 14. Qd2 Ne4 15. Qd1 Nf6) 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. b4 a6 16. Qb3 Qe6 17. Qc3 h6 18. Rad1 Kh8 (18... Be4 $14) 19. c5 $16 {Hoping for Bc4.} Bf8 20. Bc4 Qe7 21. Bd5 f6 22. Qc4 $1 Bh7 23. e4 (23. Bf7 $16) 23... Nd8 $11 {With the idea ...c6.} 24. Qe2 c6 25. Bc4 Ne6 26. Qe3 Rad8 27. Nh4 Nd4 28. Nf3 (28. f4 $16) 28... Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 a5 30. h4 (30. Bc3 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... axb4 $17 31. axb4 b6 $1 32. Rc1 bxc5 33. bxc5 Qa7 34. Ba3 Rd4 (34... Bxc5 35. Bxc5 Qxc5 36. Bf7 $16) 35. Rfe1 Rb8 (35... Bxc5 36. Bxc5 Qxc5 37. Bf7 $16) (35... Qa4 $19 36. Bf7 Rb8) 36. h5 {[#]} (36. Rc3 $17 {was necessary.}) 36... Qa4 $1 $19 ({Less strong is} 36... Bxc5 37. Bxc5 Qxc5 38. Bd5 $15) 37. Bf7 Bxe4 38. Qg3 $2 {[#]} (38. Qc3) 38... Rd3 {Played: Be4xg2} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,57,0,-13,0,0,0,-8,0,-18,-14,-12,-5,0,-12,-8,-5,-16,-8,-6,-8,-10,-9,-9,-5,-5,-9,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 {The position is equal.} Nc6 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} (6... c6 7. e3 b5 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nxb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bb7 12. Ra1 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 O-O 14. Qc2 {0-1 (26) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Nakamura,H (2746) Kolkata 2018}) 7. e3 Na5 8. Ne5 (8. Be2 {keeps more tension.} c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. O-O) 8... c5 9. Nxc4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. exd4 Be7 11. Ne5 h6 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (26) Li,D (2485)-Dai,C (2437) Shenzhen 2017}) 10... Qxd4 11. exd4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Be7 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. d5 Rc8 15. dxe6 Rxc4 16. exd7+ Kxd7 17. O-O-O+ Kc6 18. Be5 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Bxd8 20. b3 Rc5 21. Bd4 Rf5 22. f3 Bb6 23. Bxb6 Kxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 24. Re1 Rc5 25. Kd2 Nd5 26. Nxd5+ Rxd5+ 27. Kc3 Rc5+ 28. Kd2 Rd5+ 29. Kc3 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,90,23,25,22,30,4,18,0,38,0,0,0,9,3,10,0,5,6,18,11,7,-9,-2,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-107,0,-81,-9,-77,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-42,-42,-37,-35,-34,-177,-8,-15,-77,-257,-260,-389,-389,-389,-389,-389,-389,-381,-374,-840,-781,-662,-654,-29952,-29955,-29967,-29963]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 (4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qb1 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. h3 h6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {0-1 (59) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 (5... Nxe7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 {½-½ (58) Nakamura,H (2746)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018}) 6. e3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 {The position is equal.} Rd8 9. Qc2 dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nf8 {½-½ (37) Saric,A (2497)-Predojevic,B (2642) Rijeka 2011}) 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. a3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Ne4 Bd7 {White must now prevent ...Nxe4.} 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qb1 ({Avoid the trap} 18. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 $17) 18... Rxc1 19. Rxc1 ({Wrong is} 19. Bxh7+ $2 Kf8 $17) 19... g6 20. Be4 Bb5 21. Qc2 b6 22. g3 Qe5 23. Bf3 a5 24. h4 h6 (24... h5 {seems wilder.} 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. a4 Bd7 27. Qb3 b5) 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd6 27. Rb7 (27. g4 $11 {remains equal.}) 27... Kg7 (27... a4 $1 $17 28. Kg2 Bc4) 28. Kg2 (28. b3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28... Kf6 ({Better is} 28... a4 $1 $17) 29. g4 (29. b3 $11) 29... g5 (29... a4 $1 $17) 30. hxg5+ hxg5 31. Kg3 a4 32. Bg2 Bc4 33. Be4 b5 {And now ...Rd2 would win.} 34. f4 e5 {...exf4+ is the strong threat.} 35. Rc7 (35. f5 $15) 35... exf4+ $2 (35... Rd2 $1 $19 36. fxg5+ Kxg5) 36. exf4 Rd2 37. Rc6+ $2 {[#]} (37. fxg5+ $17 Ke5 38. Bh7) 37... Kg7 $1 $19 38. fxg5 (38. Rc5 {was necessary.} gxf4+ 39. Kxf4) 38... Rxb2 39. g6 Rb3+ 40. Kf4 Rxa3 41. gxf7 {[#]} Ra1 $1 42. Rc8 $2 (42. Ke5 Re1 43. Rf6 Bxf7 44. Ra6) 42... Bxf7 43. Rc7 a3 44. Kg5 {If only White now had time for Bd5....} Rd1 45. Bc2 Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 12. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Na7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 14. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 15. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. h3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. b3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 20. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 21. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 22. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 23. Ndf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Ndf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. f4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 34. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 35. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 38. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 42. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 43. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 46. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 47. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 48. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 51. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 53. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 54. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 55. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 56. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 57. Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 60. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 61. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 62. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h6+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 63. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ng6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 64. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,87,0,0,0,2,0,22,10,33,40,64,47,62,17,139,142,193,185,188,185,227,183,179,168,208,181,295,280,277,273,327,323,378,375,504,485,548,542,517,531,498,478,578,575,571,571,796,262,262,254,385,229,302,308,329,232,349,321,317,329,318,304,799,796,29981,29982,29985,967,997,905,997,982,934,933,29990,968,29988,29989]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} O-O 7. d3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} d6 8. Be2 Ne8 (8... h6 9. O-O b6 10. e4 Nh7 11. Ne1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. f4 Qd7 14. Nf3 Rae8 15. fxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (31) Ganguly,S (2615)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Germany 2019}) 9. O-O $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. d4 Qe7 10. c5 dxc5 11. Ba3 b6 12. O-O exd4 13. exd4 Nd6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxc5 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (19) Fahnenschmidt,G (2365)-Arnold,L Mosbach 1980}) 9... f5 10. c5 d5 11. c4 e4 12. Nd2 Nb4 (12... d4 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Qb3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb3b4]} exd3 (13... Nxd3 $16 {was worth a try.} 14. Bxd3 (14. cxd5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Nd3 $11) 14... exd3) 14. Bf3 $1 $18 Na6 15. Ba3 $1 ({Don't do} 15. Qxd3 $6 Nf6 $16) ({Don't play} 15. Bxd5+ $6 Kh8 $14) 15... dxc4 16. Qxc4+ Kh8 17. c6 $36 {[%mdl 2112] Discovered Attack. White is really pushing.} b5 18. Qxb5 Rf6 (18... Rb8 $142 19. Qa4 Nd6) 19. Rfd1 Rb8 20. Qc4 Rb6 21. Nb3 Nd6 22. Rxd3 Be6 23. Qf4 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qb8 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. h4 Nc5 27. Rc3 Ne6 28. Qa4 a6 {[#]} 29. g3 $2 (29. c7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc7 {[#]} 30. Rxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Nc7 30. Rd1 Rb4 (30... Qd8 {was necessary.} 31. Rcd3 Nb5) 31. Qa5 (31. Qa3 $142) 31... h6 32. Rcd3 Rb5 33. Qc3 Ne8 (33... Qd8 $142 34. Qc4 Re6) 34. Kg2 Kh7 35. h5 Qb6 36. Qc2 a5 $2 (36... Rc5 37. Rc3 Rxc3 38. Qxc3 Nc7) 37. Rd5 Rxb3 38. Rxf5 Rb2 39. Qd3 (39. Qe4 $142 Rb4 40. Rb5+ Rxe4 41. Bxe4+ Kg8 42. Rxb6 Kf8 43. Bg6 Rxg6 44. hxg6) 39... Kh8 40. Rxf6 Nxf6 41. Qc3 {Strongly threatening c7.} Ne8 42. Rd4 {Rf4 is the strong threat.} Rb5 43. Re4 (43. Rf4 $142 Rf5 44. Rxf5 Kh7 45. Rf8 Qb1 46. Rxe8 Qf5 47. Qb3 Qxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 48. Kxf3 d5 49. Qxd5 g6 50. Qg8#) 43... Nf6 {[#]} 44. c7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,6,0,15,12,5,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-2,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-27,-22,-20,-24,-20,-10,-6,0,-2,-2,-5,0,-12,0,-81,-76,-75,-67,-70,-67,-112,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,-60,-8,-8,-8,-10,-8,-63,-3,-7,0,-37,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 2. c4 c6 {½-½ (54) Topalov,V (2785)-Anand,V (2770) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 2... c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. cxd5 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Nxd5 7. d4 Bd6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Qe4 Qe7 $1 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Qxd5 g6 14. O-O Kg7 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Qxe5+ $1 Qxe5 17. Bc3 {[#]} Qxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. bxc3 Be6 19. Ba4 Rd3 20. Rab1 b6 21. Bb3 Bxb3 22. Rxb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc8 23. Rc1 Rd2 24. Ra3 Rc7 25. Kf1 Rb2 26. c4 {[#]} (26. Rd1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26... Rd7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd7d2] And now ...Rdd2 would win.} 27. e4 Rdd2 28. Rf3 Rxa2 29. g3 Rdc2 ({Black should try} 29... Rac2 $17 30. Rxc2 Rxc2) 30. Rd1 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd1d7] Black must now prevent Rd7.} Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d1]} ({Weaker is} 30... Rxc4 31. Rd7 $18) 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 {KR-KR} 32. Rc3 Rd7 33. e5 (33. Ke2 $11) 33... Re7 ({Black should play} 33... g5 $15) 34. f4 f6 35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. Kf2 ({Better is} 36. Rc1 $11) 36... Rc7 (36... Ke6 $15) 37. Ke3 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 38. c5 b4 39. Rb3 Rxc5 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 41%.} (39... a5 $5 40. Kd4 $8 Ke6 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,57,11,25,27,24,0,0,7,0,-35,-38,-33,-29,-37,-3,-33,-31,-27,-35,-34,-18,-17,5,0,23,0,20,0,7,6,13,4,10,10,16,0,0,-14,-24,-12,-8,-1,7,-34,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8. a4 h6 9. Re1 a5 10. Na3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc2 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd7 15. Qb3 b6 {½-½ (53) Aronian,L (2767)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 8... Be6 9. Bc2 {aiming for d4.} d5 10. Ng5 dxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bc8 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Bb3 Qd8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qe7 15. Nd2 Be6 {½-½ (28) Gierak,S-Guzik,J Krynica 1998}) 11. dxe4 Bc4 12. Re1 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 h6 14. Nf3 Be2 15. Re1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rad8 19. Kf2 Nf6 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nd2 Nb6 22. Ke2 Rd6 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Bb3 Kf8 25. Nf1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Ne7 28. Ng3 Nd7 (28... c5 $5) 29. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

