[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.08"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2786"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,71,-4,8,6,14,12,13,0,11,0,1,3,0,-23,-19,-18,-26,-23,-23,-47,0,0,43,41,36,27,18,11,11,9,5,3,33,15,45,45,46,40,47,42,49,58,50,16,16,12,19,12,22,22,18,14,22,8,22,7,23,5,6,0,0,0]} 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. Rfc1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bb2 Re8 {With the idea ...d4!} (15... d4 $5 {[%cal Ra4a3]} 16. Bf3 d3 $15) 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nf3 Be4 18. bxa4 Rxa4 19. Qb5 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Rc7 Rb5 22. Bd4 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Ne4 24. Rd1 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Re6 26. Rc2 Ra5 27. Bd1 Rc6 28. Rb2 Rc4 29. Rd3 Rc3 30. Rxc3 Nxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Bb3 b5 32. Kg2 b4 33. Rd2 Kg7 34. Rd4 Nxa2 35. Bxa2 Rxa2 36. Rxb4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.09"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2737"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,85,20,24,15,25,17,19,19,17,12,32,0,0,0,16,0,0,-21,33,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,15,6,6,6,32,32,33,36,36,33,33,32,153,153,136,125,214,206,262,262,262,254,254,254,537,534,485,486,651,493,477,427,489,427,427,427,1214,1206,2707,2018,5097,1242,1866,1370]} 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 {The position is equal.} 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. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Re8 14. f4 c5 15. Kb1 Qa5 (15... a6 $11) 16. f5 Rad8 {...c4 is the strong threat.} 17. Rg1 {Black must now prevent Bh6.} Kh8 18. c4 Qxd2 (18... Qa4 {is more complex.} 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. c3 Qc6 21. Qe2 Nxe3 22. fxe3 a6) 19. Bxd2 d4 20. c3 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Bd6 22. Rge1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 (23... Kg8 {looks sharper.} 24. Kc2 b6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. b3 Be5) 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 25. Be4 b6 26. Bc6 Nf6 27. Kc2 Kg8 (27... Nh5 $1 $14) 28. Kb3 $1 $16 Kf8 {[#]} 29. Ka4 $1 Ke7 (29... a6 $16) 30. Kb5 $18 Kd8 31. Ka6 Kc7 {[#]} 32. Bd5 $1 Kb8 33. Bxf7 Ne4 $2 (33... Bf4 34. b3 Ne4 35. Bxg7 Nd6) 34. Bxg7 {White is clearly winning.} Nxf2 35. h4 Nd3 36. a3 Be5 37. Bf8 Nxb2 38. Be6 Kc7 39. Be7 Nd3 (39... Bg3 $142 40. Bg5 Bd6) 40. f6 Bd6 41. Kxa7 Ne5 42. Bxd6+ Kxd6 43. f7 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 36%.} 1-0 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.09"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,69,16,5,16,14,6,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,8,11,-4,0,0,6,-20,-27,-30,-52,-59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 {½-½ (42) Caruana,F (2794)-Giri,A (2793) Moscow 2016}) 11... d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qd1 f6 15. e6 Nb8 $1 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf1 Qd6 18. Ng3 Nbc6 ({Black should play} 18... c5 $15) 19. Bxc6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} bxc6 20. a4 {[#] Strongly threatening a5.} Ba5 21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Rab8 23. Rac1 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Rxb4 25. Nh4 $1 Rxa4 26. Ngf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Re8 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rxc6 Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Ra1 Re4 31. Rxa7 {[#] Ra8+ would kill now.} R4xe6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxc7 Rb6 34. Rd7 Rxb2 35. Rxd5 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.10"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,77,29,33,44,23,47,43,38,37,56,51,57,51,72,67,75,66,72,41,37,40,59,59,41,16,95,40,32,36,52,46,30,21,56,0,10,-14,-19,-18,-9,-20,-16,-23,-23,-34,0,-12,31,-48,94,82,241,252,242,235,635,636,614,612,598,575,589,579,29992,29993,29993,5393]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 a5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (7... Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {½-½ (30) Jakovenko,D (2719)-Yu,Y (2751) Shenzhen 2019}) 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nf1 Nb6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bb3 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf6 11. c3 g6 12. h3 Bg7 13. d4 h6 14. Be3 exd4 15. Nxd4 {½-½ (38) Delchev,A (2628)-Tisdall,J (2448) Fuegen 2006}) 11. c3 Kh8 12. Ne3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf5 Nd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. h3 d5 (18... Bxf5 $11 19. exf5 (19. gxf5 d5 $11) 19... d5) 19. Nxe7 (19. Rc1 $16 dxe4 20. Bxc7 (20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxc7 Qd8 $14)) 19... Qxe7 $14 20. exd5 Qd8 21. Ne5 Nfxd5 22. Bg3 Ra6 23. Rc1 f5 24. Rc5 f4 25. Bh2 Rd6 26. Qf3 b6 27. Rcc1 Be8 28. Re2 Ne7 {With the idea ...Nec6.} 29. Re4 (29. Bxf4 $2 Rdf6 $19) 29... Rxd4 (29... g5 {feels hotter.} 30. h4 Ned5 31. hxg5 Qxg5 32. Kh1 c6) 30. Bxf4 (30. Rxf4 $14 Rdxf4 31. Bxf4) 30... Ng6 (30... c5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 Nbc6) 31. Nxg6+ Bxg6 $2 (31... hxg6 $16 32. Rd1 (32. Rxc7 Rd3 $11) 32... Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Bc6) 32. Rxd4 $18 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxd4 33. Rxc7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants to mate with Be5! White wants a kill.} h6 $2 {[#]} (33... Re8 34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 (35. bxc3 Na6 $18) 35... Be4) 34. Be5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Rxf3 (34... Qxe5 35. Qxf8+) 35. Rc8+ ({Stronger than} 35. Bxd4 Rxb3 36. Rc8+ Kh7 $11) 35... Kh7 36. Bg8+ ({Inferior is} 36. Bxd4 Rxb3 37. Rc7 Bd3 $11) 36... Kh8 37. Bxd4 {Black must now prevent Bd5+.} Rxh3 38. Be6+ Kh7 39. Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 37%.} (39. Rg8 $142 h5 40. g5 Rg3+ 41. fxg3 Bf7 42. Bxf7 Nd5 43. Rxg7+ Kh8 44. Bxd5 h4 45. Re7#) 1-0