[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.08"] [Round "2.5"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,89,20,21,11,13,13,18,0,17,17,17,14,7,13,48,48,52,49,61,68,54,62,70,53,54,22,46,34,40,35,46,31,27,28,25,33,24,17,24,17,35,14,21,9,10,10,11,0,0,0,25,17,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. c3 {with more complications.} Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4) 6... Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 Be7 9. d4 f6 10. Na5 Rb8 $1 11. dxe5 fxe5 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nxe5 fxe5 {1-0 (47) Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Bacrot,E (2692) Ashdod 2015}) 12. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Bxg5 13. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bf7 14. Qxg5 Qf6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Rd2 h6 19. Qg3 Nf8 20. Nb3 (20. f4 {keeps more tension.} b6 21. f5 Qf6 22. Nb3 Rbd8 23. Nc1) 20... b6 21. Rfd1 c5 22. Nc1 Qf6 23. b3 a5 24. Ne2 Ne6 25. Qe1 Rbc8 26. Bf2 a4 27. Bh4 Qg6 28. c3 axb3 29. axb3 {[%cal Ba2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Nf8 30. b4 Qc6 {The position is equal.} 31. Nc1 Ng6 32. Bg3 Ra8 33. Nd3 cxb4 34. cxb4 Qb5 35. h4 Ra3 36. h5 Nf8 37. Nxe5 Rxe5 38. Bxe5 Qxe5 39. Rd8 Qg5 {[#] ...Rxf3 is the strong threat.} 40. Qd2 {Hoping for Qxg5.} Qg3 {Strongly threatening ...Ra2.} ({Stronger than} 40... Bxh5 41. Qxg5 hxg5 42. Rc8 $18) 41. Qf2 Qe5 42. Qd4 Qg3 43. Qf2 Qe5 44. Qd4 Qg3 {Threatens to win with ...Rxf3.} 45. Qf2 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.09"] [Round "4.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2786"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,74,20,15,3,6,0,0,10,14,12,31,0,17,9,16,21,22,8,16,10,19,6,18,34,40,20,20,8,18,2,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,-57,-65,-12,-24,-25,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Bd2 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} Bg4 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Bd7 (12... Bh5 13. Bc1 Nc6 14. Nbd2 d5 15. Nf1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 {1-0 (79) Harikrishna,P (2723)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 13. Bg5 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 18. Nf3 Nb4 {0-1 (49) Horvath,J (1239)-Petrek,D (1464) Liptovsky Mikulas 2017}) 14. Bh4 Nc6 15. Nbd2 Be6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nb3 Nh5 19. Bxe7 ({Much weaker is} 19. Nfxd4 Bxh4 20. Nxc6 Qg5 $15) 19... Qxe7 20. Nbxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Nf4 22. Qf3 Qg5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 {[#] aiming for h4!} Rac8 25. Bb3 {And now Re4 would win.} Qxf5 26. Re7 (26. Rad1 $11) 26... d5 $15 27. Rae1 Qf6 (27... Rc6 $1 $15) 28. h4 Rc6 ({But not} 28... Qxh4 $2 29. g3 $18) 29. R7e3 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 30. g3 {[#] Strongly threatening Re8+.} Ne6 31. Bxd5 Qxf3 32. Bxf3 Rc2 33. R1e2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Nd4 35. Re3 Nxf3+ 36. Rxf3 Rd2 37. Ra3 Rxb2 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.10"] [Round "7.5"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,69,32,31,38,35,34,28,39,32,31,33,44,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,19,10,28,22,23,17,18,33,159,159,152,168,174,161,233,231,243,242,210,132,112,67,69,69,69,69,69,65,137,123,408,249,240,233,635,632,1152,1153,1009,1001]} 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 Qc8 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd7 10. c3 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}) 10. c3 h6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. Ba3 Rad8 15. Qc2 g6 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Ra8 19. b5 Na5 (19... Nd4 $14 20. Nxd4 exd4) 20. Nxa5 $16 Rxa5 21. Qxc7 Rxa4 22. Bxd6 Nd7 (22... Rea8 $142) 23. Ra1 $18 Rea8 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. b6 Kh7 26. Bc5 (26. Rc1 {with more complications.} Ra6 27. Rb1 Ra2 28. Bb4 Ra6 29. Bd2) 26... Nxc5 27. Qxc5 Ra6 28. Rb1 Qa2 $1 {[%cal Ra2b1]} 29. Qb5 Ra3 (29... Ra5 $14 30. Qb2 Qxb2 31. Rxb2 Bf6) 30. Rc1 $16 {aiming for Rc7.} Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Qe6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 31. Qd5 Ra2 32. Rf1 Rb2 $2 (32... Qb2 33. Qxf7 Ra6) 33. Qxf7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qxd3 34. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qxe4 35. Nd7 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 35%.} 1-0 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.10"] [Round "9.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,101,7,5,-3,0,5,0,2,7,5,11,7,12,8,20,-23,8,0,23,18,19,27,23,0,0,-1,-1,-1,0,1,25,25,15,23,25,26,32,39,63,20,30,17,16,22,31,32,31,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,32,35,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,56,41,59,8,24,0,60,66,71,14,16,29,32,0,27,0,79,14,13,0,826,817,817,810]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (7. Ba4 O-O 8. c3 Bb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bb3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxe4 15. dxe4 {½-½ (44) So,W (2778)-Karjakin,S (2782) Paris 2018}) 7... Bb6 8. Ba4 c6 (8... O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. Qe1 Nh5 14. Bd1 Bxd1 15. Qxd1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {½-½ (47) Caruana,F (2828)-Robson,R (2667) chess.com INT 2019}) 9. Na3 {The position is equal.} d6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 a5 $146 (12... g5 $5 13. Bg3 $8 Kg7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Be6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Ne3 Qe7 {½-½ (61) Horvath,A (2539)-Balogh,C (2660) Bastia 2014}) 13. Kh1 g5 14. Bg3 Ba7 15. Nc2 h5 {Hoping for ...h4.} 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. h3 Nc5 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 18. Ne3 Nxb3 (18... h4 $5 19. Bh2 $8 Nxb3 20. axb3 f6 $11) 19. axb3 Bxe3 (19... h4 $5 20. Bh2 $8 f6 $11) 20. Qxe3 Be6 21. d4 h4 22. Bh2 f6 23. c4 Rf7 24. Rfd1 Qf8 25. Rd2 c5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rad1 Rc7 28. Rd6 Qe7 29. Qd3 Kg7 30. f3 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. b3 Ra6 33. Rxa6 bxa6 34. Qc3 Rd7 35. Ra1 Rd6 36. Qe3 Qc7 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Qxg5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf7 39. Qxh4 {aiming for Qh7+.} Qd8 (39... Kg6 $11) 40. Qh5+ $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ke7 41. Qg5+ ({White should play} 41. Kh2 $14) 41... Kf7 42. Qh5+ Ke7 $1 43. Kh2 Rb6 44. Qh4+ (44. Ra2 $16) 44... Ke8 $11 45. Qh8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke7 46. Qh4+ Ke8 47. Qh5+ (47. Qxd8+ $11 Kxd8 48. Ra3) 47... Ke7 $1 $16 48. f4 ({White should try} 48. Ra2 $16) 48... exf4 49. Rd1 {Qg5+ would kill now.} Rd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Qc7 $11) 50. Qxc5 $18 Qb6 51. Qg5+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 63%.} 1-0