[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,79,24,18,23,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,-28,-22,-24,-21,-44,-41,-37,-32,-35,-43,-29,-40,-29,-36,-41,-36,-35,-30,-41,-30,-31,-33,-26,-23,-13,-25,-35,0,-38,37,21,20,21,21,22,32,25,27,22,27,28,133,133,131,131,5065,5065,5065,5065]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 9... b6 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Nd7 $146 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Qe3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qc7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 {1-0 (42) Gustafsson,J (2641)-Eichler,C (2315) Germany 2018}) 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Bd1 Nh5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Ng5 Nf4 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. Qg4 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qc3 {[%cal Rc3e1] [#]} 21. Bb3 Qxd4 22. Rbd1 Qe5 23. h4 {Threatening h5.} h6 24. Bc1 h5 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Bxg5 Rc7 27. f4 $1 Bc8 28. Rc1 Rb7 29. Rc3 Kh7 (29... Ne7 $5 {[%cal Rf7f6]} 30. e5 f6 31. exf6 gxf6 $15) 30. Rec1 {Threatens to win with f5.} Bd7 ({Black should play} 30... f6 $1 $15 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8 fxg5 33. fxg5 Nxh4) 31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 f6 33. Rxd7 {aiming for g3.} fxg5 34. fxg5 {And now g3 would win.} Nxh4 35. Bxe6 $11 {KRB-KRN} Kg6 $1 36. Rxa7 Kxg5 (36... Rf4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37. Rxg7+ $16 Kf6 38. Rg8 Ng6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rxg8 $16 39. Bxg8 Ng6) 39. Rxf8+ $18 Nxf8 {[#]} 40. Bf5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,103,0,7,-2,0,-9,12,12,12,8,14,20,20,9,9,4,20,20,24,17,22,20,19,18,16,16,16,16,12,16,18,35,38,24,24,18,19,0,13,6,40,45,47,37,38,48,66,66,66,65,67,58,69,72,88,97,83,86,106,96,100,107,107,108,109,113,170,140,161,144,139,148,185,185,174,172,146,147,191,167,225,225,225,218,213,203,336,333,385,322,29966,29967,29967,29967,29969,29970]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} e6 7. Bb2 d5 8. exd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 9. O-O-O {[%cal Rc3d5,Ba1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2e2][%mdl 32]} Be6 10. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nf3 {½-½ (49) Caruana,F (2819)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2773) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 10... Qa5 11. Nb5 Qxd2 12. Rxd2 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Ne4 13. Re2 $1 O-O-O 14. f3 a6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 $1 ({Of course not} 17. Bxg7 Rhg8 $15) 17... Nxc5 18. Rd2 Rhe8 19. Ne2 Bf5 20. Kb2 Ne6 21. g4 Bg6 22. h4 {Hoping for h5.} h6 23. Bg2 d4 24. Rhd1 d3 25. cxd3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Kc3 Red8 28. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bh7 29. Bf1 $1 Rf4 30. Be2 f5 31. Rg1 Rd7 32. g5 Rh4 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. d4 Rxh5 35. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e6] Be6 is the strong threat.} Kc7 36. Rdg2 f4 37. Be6 Re7 (37... Rd6 $16) 38. Rg7 $18 Kd6 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. Bc8 {aiming for Rg7+.} Bf5 41. Bxf5 Rxf5 {KR-KR} 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rxb7 h5 44. Kc4 Kg6 (44... Rg5 {is a better defense.}) 45. d5 h4 46. d6 h3 {[#] And now ...h2 would win.} 47. Re7 $1 {Threatens to win with d7.} Rf8 {[#]} (47... h2 $142 48. Re1 Rf7) 48. Kd5 $1 Rh8 {Threatening ...h2.} 49. Re1 Kg5 $2 (49... h2 $18 50. Rh1 Kf7) 50. d7 {White mates.} Rd8 51. Kc6 Kh4 52. Re8 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 12. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 13. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 14. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 16. c3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 17. N2f3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 18. e5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 19. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. N5d4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 21. f5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Qh5 {[%emt 0:03:41]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 24. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Qxh4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 27. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 28. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 32. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 33. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 34. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Qg3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 36. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 37. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 38. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 39. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 41. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 46. d6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 47. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. d7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 50. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 51. h5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 52. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 53. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 54. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 55. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. g4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 57. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 58. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 59. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 60. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 61. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 62. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 63. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 64. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bh4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 65. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 66. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 67. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 68. Ra5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 69. h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 70. Ra4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 71. h7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 72. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 73. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 74. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 75. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 76. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 77. Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,59,35,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Qf3 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Rh7 14. O-O+ {The position is equal. B98: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7, sidelines} Kg8 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 15. g6 Rg7 $1 16. Rf7 Bxh4 17. Qxh6 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rh6g7]} Rxf7 18. gxf7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kxf7 {aiming for ...Qg5.} 19. Rf1+ Bf6 $1 {[#]} 20. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Qh7+ Ke8 21. Qg6+ Kf8 {½-½ (33) Zhigalko,S (2649)-Safarli,E (2645) Nakhchivan 2012}) 20... dxe5 21. Ne4 $1 Qb6+ $1 22. Kh1 {[%cal Rf1f6]} axb5 23. Nxf6 {[#] Qh7+ would kill now.} Ke7 24. Qg7+ Kd8 $1 (24... Kd6 $6 25. Rd1+ Kc7 26. Ne8+ Kd8 27. Rd6 $14) 25. Qg8+ Kc7 26. Ne8+ $1 Kd8 $1 (26... Kc6 $2 27. Qxe6+ Kc5 28. Qe7+ Kc4 29. Nd6+ Kd5 30. Rd1+ Kc6 31. Ne8 $18 (31. Nxc8 Qc5 $16)) 27. Nd6+ Kc7 28. Ne8+ $1 Kd8 $1 {Hoping for ...Nc6.} ({Avoid the trap} 28... Kc6 $2 29. Qxe6+ Kc5 30. Qe7+ Kc4 31. Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd5 32. Rd1+ Kc6 33. Ne8 $18 (33. Nxc8 Qc5 $16)) 29. Ng7+ Kc7 30. Ne8+ ({Much worse is} 30. Nxe6+ Kd6 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,65,7,9,10,6,0,14,9,9,21,18,10,34,14,32,31,36,20,34,0,0,-61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,6,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bd3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd7 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. O-O-O {[#] Threatens to win with Bxh7+!} Bd6 $1 12. Rhe1 Qf6 13. Kb1 Be6 {[#]} 14. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. Qg5 Be7 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Qg5 Be7 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Qg5 {½-½ (19) Radjabov,T (2761)-Topalov,V (2796) Nice 2009}) 14... Rae8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxa2+!} 15. Ne4 Qh6 16. Qf3 Bd5 {Strongly threatening ...c4.} 17. Qf5 (17. Nf6+ $1 $11 Qxf6 18. Qxd5) 17... Be6 (17... Bc6 $1 $15) 18. Qg5 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxg5 19. Nxg5 g6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. g3 Rfe8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Bc4 Re4 24. Bd5 Re2 25. Rf1 $1 b6 26. Bf3 Re5 27. Kc1 c4 28. Kd2 Ra5 29. a3 Rb5 30. Kc1 Re5 31. Kd2 Rb5 32. Kc1 Re5 33. Kd2 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[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 "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,205,9,14,15,8,8,11,11,11,14,12,6,8,8,0,3,20,21,17,12,6,18,14,0,0,0,0,0,5,12,0,13,14,-14,4,0,16,0,0,-3,29,12,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,33,34,27,14,26,25,35,198,195,201,170,281,332,331,327,314,302,245,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,15,40,8,8,8,8,8,59,59,59,59,77,77,77,77,77,77,102,102,102,102,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,584,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,93,102,0,102,101,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,110,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,101,0,102,8,102,8,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,97,816,98,100,8,8,-8,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3 8. Qxe3 c6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Bb3 d6 11. Nd2 a5 $146 {Strongly threatening ...a4.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. f4 Be6 13. Kh1 exf4 14. Qxf4 {0-1 (52) Sutovsky,E (2647)-Jakovenko,D (2735) Poikovsky 2018}) 12. a4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. c3 Nd7 16. g3 h6 17. Kg2 Rf7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. Ra3 Qb6 21. Qd3 Rd8 ({But not} 21... Qxb2 $2 22. Rb1 $18) 22. Rb3 Qc7 23. Qe2 Nb6 24. Ra1 Nd7 25. Rf3 Rdf8 26. Raa3 Qb6 27. exd5 exd5 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rb3 Qc7 30. Qe8+ Rf8 31. Qe6+ Rf7 32. Nf3 Nf8 33. Qe8 Kh7 $2 ({Black should play} 33... Re7 $14 34. Qa8 g6) 34. Ne5 $18 Rf6 35. h4 b6 (35... c5 $142) 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Kxf3 (37. Nxf3 Nd7 $18) 37... Qd6 38. Qxc6 ({Not} 38. Nxc6 Ne6 $14) 38... Qb4 39. Qe8 $2 (39. Qxd5 $18 {Hoping for Nc6.} Qxa4 40. Kg2) 39... Qxd4 $11 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rd4e4]} 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. f3 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 d4 43. Qb5 Qxb5 (43... Qe1 {looks sharper.} 44. Ng4 Qh1+ 45. Nh2 Qd1 46. Qf5+ Kg8) 44. axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Ne6 45. Kg2 Nc7 46. Nc4 Nxb5 47. Kf2 a4 (47... Kg6 $11) 48. Ke2 $1 $14 Kg6 49. Kd3 Kf7 50. Nxb6 a3 51. bxa3 Nxa3 52. Kxd4 Nb5+ 53. Ke5 Nc3 54. Nc4 Kg6 55. g4 Kh7 56. Nd2 Kg6 57. Ne4 Ne2 58. f4 Ng1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (58... Kf7 $16 {is tougher.} 59. h5 Kg8) 59. h5+ $2 (59. Ke6 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy. Threatens to win with Nd6.} Kh7 60. Kf7) 59... Kh7 $16 60. Nd2 Ne2 61. Nf3 Kg8 62. Nd4 Nc3 63. Nc6 Ne2 64. Ne7+ Kf7 65. Nf5 Kg8 66. Nd6 Kh7 67. Ne8 Kg8 68. Nc7 Kf7 69. Nb5 Kg8 70. Ke4 Kf8 71. Ke3 Nc1 72. Nd4 Na2 73. Kd3 Nb4+ 74. Kc4 Na6 75. Nb5 Ke7 76. Nc3 Kf7 77. Nd5 Nb8 78. Kc5 Nd7+ 79. Kd6 Nf8 80. Nc7 Nh7 81. Nd5 Nf8 $1 82. Ne3 Ne6 83. Ke5 Nf8 84. Nc4 Nd7+ 85. Kf5 Nc5 86. Nd6+ Kg8 87. Ne4 Nd7 88. g5 hxg5 89. fxg5 Kh7 90. Ke6 Nb6 91. Kf7 Nc4 {[#]} 92. Ke6 ({White should try} 92. Nc5 $1 $16) 92... Ne3 (92... Nb6 $1 $11) 93. Ng3 (93. Ke5 $16) 93... Nc4 (93... Ng4 $1 $11) 94. Ne2 ({Better is} 94. Nf5 $16 {g6+ would kill now.} Kg8 95. Ne7+ Kf8 96. Nc6) 94... Kg8 (94... g6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 95. Nd4 Ne3 96. Nf5 Ng2 97. Ne7+ Kh7 98. Nd5 Kg8 99. g6 {Threatening mate with h6!} Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (99... Nh4 $16 100. Nf4 Nf3) 100. h6 $2 (100. Kf5 $18) 100... Nh4 101. Ne7 (101. h7 $16 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Nxg6 102. Nb6) 101... gxh6 $11 102. Nf5 Nxg6 103. Nxh6 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,94,-7,3,-28,-3,-8,-13,-18,19,14,0,-5,0,10,0,-15,-21,-24,-5,-14,-14,-25,2,11,9,-28,25,37,14,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-35,-39,-29,-37,-29,-29,-62,0,-240,-240,-240,-240,-236,-236,-236,-220,-376,-376,-346,-333,-445,-302,-387,-302,-302,-302,-387,-387,-376,-372,-602,-599,-608,-608,-593,-580,-575,-448,-4132,-1084,-29986,-29987,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} b5 (9... Bg4 10. Qd3 b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. c4 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Be3 f5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 {½-½ (28) Kulaots,K (2578)-Kovalevskaya,E (2462) Moscow 2016}) 10. Nd5 Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h5 11. c4 h4 12. Be3 Rb8 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Rc1 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nb4 {0-1 (32) Blandon Villa,D (2212)-Gallego Alcaraz,A (2433) Bagre Antioquia 2014}) 11. exd5 {The position is equal.} Nb8 12. O-O Nd7 13. c4 O-O 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nc2 f5 16. Nb4 Bf6 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. a4 Nc5 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 19. Be3 {Black must now prevent Bxc5.} Nxa4 20. Qc2 Bd7 (20... Qh5 $142) 21. b3 $11 f4 22. bxa4 fxe3 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bg5 25. b6 exf2+ 26. Kh1 Bc8 {And now ...e4! would win.} 27. Rf1 $1 Qf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 28. Qe2 e4 (28... Bh6 $15) 29. h4 $2 (29. Qxe4 $11 {and White stays safe.} Ba6 30. Qe6 Bxf1 31. Bxf1) 29... e3 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Bf4!} ({Worse is} 29... Qxd5 30. Nb4 $11) 30. hxg5 {Hoping for Kh2.} Re8 $1 31. Kh2 {[#]} Bg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qxg4 e2 33. b7 $2 (33. Nd8 {keeps fighting.} exf1=N+ 34. Bxf1 Rxd8 35. Qb4) 33... Qxb7 34. Rxf2 e1=Q 35. Qf5 Qe3 36. Rf3 Qe4 {Played: Qe3-e2} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,69,9,16,12,11,9,18,10,14,4,13,2,11,10,0,0,4,2,17,-15,20,18,20,14,22,30,24,16,23,23,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,105,109,112,116,105,112,154,161,147,96,364,400,415,413,520,555,891,863,2075,2072]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 b6 8. b4 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} (8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. exf3 Nc6 11. f4 Rc8 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Rfd1 Nc3 16. Bxc3 dxc3 17. Qxc3 Na5 {1-0 (28) Xu,X (2574)-Eljanov,P (2706) China 2018}) 8... Bb7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 {The position is equal.} d6 11. Bg2 e5 12. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qh4 Ne7 13. O-O Qc7 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (60) Shengelia,D (2512)-Brkic,A (2565) Batumi 2018}) 12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Rg1 {With the idea Nf5.} Be4 15. Nb5 Ke7 16. g4 Bc6 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. g5 Ne4 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 $1 20. Qxd5 Nc3 21. Qd3 Na4 22. f4 Rac8 23. f5 g6 24. f6+ Kd8 25. Qb3 Qc6 {[#]} (25... d5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Be3 $1 $16 Rc7 27. Rd1 Kc8 28. Rg4 Kb8 {[#]} 29. c5 $1 Rd8 30. cxd6 (30. Rxd6 $142 Rxd6 31. cxd6) 30... Qc3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Rcc8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 31. Qxc3 $18 Rxc3 32. Re4 Rxa3 {Threatens to win with ...Nc3.} 33. Rxe5 {White is clearly winning.} Nb2 34. Rc1 Rxd6 35. Bf4 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[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 "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,64,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,22,0,0,0,39,-8,0,-32,-10,-44,-39,-81,46,50,62,62,139,7,8,8,8,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7 8. Qb3 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} Nc6 (8... Nd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bc3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qf6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Be2 Ke7 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Ne2 c5 16. Nc3 {½-½ (16) Harutyunian,T (2501)-Oparin,G (2622) Batumi 2018}) 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. a3 e5 13. Bc3 f5 $146 {Strongly threatening ...e4.} ({Predecessor:} 13... a4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rhe1 e4 {0-1 (42) Golikov,D (2220)-Nesterov,A (2388) Stockholm 2018}) 14. c5+ Kh8 {And now ...e4 would win.} 15. Bb5 Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6b3]} 16. Qc2 {[#] Threatening Bxc6.} Qxc5 (16... Nb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c2][%mdl 512]} 17. axb4 axb4 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Ra1+ 20. Kd2 Ra5) 17. Bxc6 $1 $14 Qxc6 18. Nxe5 Qe4 {[#]} ({Don't blunder} 18... Qxg2 $2 19. Rhg1 $18) (18... Qb5 $14) 19. Qd2 (19. Rd3 $1 $16) 19... Ba2 $1 $11 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Re4b1]} ({But not} 19... Qxg2 $2 20. Rhg1 $18) 20. Nd3 {Threatens to win with Bxg7+.} Qc4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} ({Don't go for} 20... Qxg2 $2 {[#]} 21. Rhg1 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 21. Rhe1 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 {Black must now prevent Qd8+.} Qc6 25. Nf3 (25. Qd8+ {keeps more tension.} Bg8 26. Kd2 Qh6+ 27. Kd1 Qh5+ 28. f3) 25... Bxc3 {The position is equal.} 26. bxc3 Bd5 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Nh4 Qe6 29. Kd2 b6 30. f3 Bc4 {[#]} 31. Nxf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rd4g7][%mdl 512]} Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (31... Qxf5 32. Qxc4+) 32. Kc1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rd4g7]} Qe1+ {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,25,19,18,8,13,12,10,7,12,0,0,0,0,0,96,24,38,33,53,24,22,33,35,7,7,13,10,0,0,0,0,-7,-14,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 11. h3 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f3 {[#]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd7 15. a5 Qe6 16. Bd4 Nh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 {½-½ (53) Vitiugov,N (2709)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2778) Germany 2019}) 15. a5 Ng3 16. Bd3 f5 (16... e6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Qe1 (17. Bf2 $16 f4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Nd5) 17... f4 $11 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Bb3 g5 21. Bd4 Bxd4+ {The position is equal.} 22. Rxd4 e5 23. Rd3 h5 24. Rad1 Rf6 25. Ne2 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Bb5 27. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd5 Qc7 30. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qxa5 34. Qd6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:52]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nfxe4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 14. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 15. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 16. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Bxa4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 19. g3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 20. Qc4 {[%emt 0:06:23]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 22. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 23. Nc6+ {[%emt 0:05:07]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 25. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 26. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 27. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rcb5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 28. Rdd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} R5b6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 31. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 32. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 34. Red2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 40. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 41. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. f3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf2 {Kd4+} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,83,9,9,13,18,8,8,5,8,3,8,5,13,9,8,12,17,0,34,-9,0,-27,30,30,53,69,59,58,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-57,-47,-30,-274,-267,-253,-260,-390,-238,-269,-269,-265,-277,-272,-262,-251,-252,-266,-245,-270,-260,-272,-248,-271,-252,-244,-261,-423,-25,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} Be6 8. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Re1 Qd7 9. a5 Nd4 10. h3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Bg5 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Qe3 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 {½-½ (50) Saric,I (2573)-Postny,E (2651) Sibenik 2009}) 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Nh3 c6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rd2 Nc5 15. f4 exf4 $1 16. Nxf4 Rae8 (16... Bf6 $142) 17. Qg4 Qc8 18. Qg3 $1 Ne6 19. Nh5 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxg7!} Kh8 20. Nd5 ({Better is} 20. b3 $14) 20... cxd5 $11 21. cxd5 (21. exd5 g6 $11) 21... g6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Bd4+ Kg8 {And now ...e5 would win.} 25. e5 $2 (25. Nf4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} g5 26. Ne2) 25... Nxc2 $19 26. Bf2 dxe5 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4!} 27. h3 (27. Qc3 $142 Nd4 28. Ng3) 27... Rf5 {Hoping for ...Bb4.} 28. Qd3 Nb4 ({Worse is} 28... gxh5 29. Rxc2 Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Bxd8 31. Rc8 $11) 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Nd5 31. Ng3 Rf4 32. Rxb7 Rxa4 33. b3 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rb1 35. Ba7 Bb4 36. Ne4 Rxb3 37. Ng5 $2 (37. Bc5) 37... Nf4 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 37... a4 $19 38. Nxe6 Be7) 38. Bc5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Rc3 (38... Bxc5 39. Rxb3) 39. Rb8+ $1 {The position is equal.} Kg7 40. Rb7+ $1 Kg8 41. Rb8+ $1 Kg7 42. Rb7+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

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. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:47]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 13. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 15. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 16. d5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 18. a5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 20. exf5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 21. fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 22. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 25. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 26. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 27. Kc3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 28. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 29. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 30. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 31. Ra6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} b4+ {[%emt 0:02:20]} 32. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 33. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Bxa8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 35. f3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 36. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 37. Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 38. g3 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 40. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 41. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 42. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Nd5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 44. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 46. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd2+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 47. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 50. Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 51. Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 52. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 53. h5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 54. h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 55. Ng2+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 57. Ng2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 58. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 59. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 60. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 61. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 62. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 63. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf7+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 64. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 65. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 66. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 67. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 68. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 0-1

[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 "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,70,36,32,31,16,18,22,22,19,24,14,14,17,14,14,12,13,16,15,50,54,54,49,51,54,64,54,57,17,35,-43,-39,-21,-24,-260,-169,-173,-79,-85,-90,-110,-45,-51,-37,-19,-39,-32,-39,-24,-24,-124,-114,-477,-485,-468,-457,-713,-701,-976,-974]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 8. a3 Nb6 9. Ba2 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Ne3 Be6 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. O-O Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ne7 {[%cal Rb6d5] [#]} 14. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qf3 Nbxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. b4 {½-½ (53) Movsesian,S (2700)-Jurcik,M (2481) Czechia 2014}) 14... f5 15. Bd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. b4 b6 18. Bb3 Ng6 19. Ba4 Qe7 20. Bc6 Rad8 21. Qa4 (21. e4 $14) 21... Nf6 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxf5 $2 (23. Qc2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 23... e4 24. Qc2 {[#]} Ng4 (24... Nh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4f5] is more deadly.} 25. Rf4 g5 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. dxe4 {[#]} Nxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 25. Raf1 $17 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Qh4 (26... Nh4 $17 27. Rf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg5) 27. h3 $15 exd3 {Played: Ng4xe3} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 5. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. a3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:24]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 13. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 15. Bf3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 18. Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 19. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 20. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 21. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 23. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 24. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. h4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 28. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 31. h5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 32. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 38. a4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. a5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 41. a6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. a7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. b4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. b5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[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 "2019.05.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,63,11,31,34,34,39,36,26,27,31,49,36,60,33,33,32,41,35,38,-14,22,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,56,50,76,98,115,108,393,393,367,234,842,816,982,914]} 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 Bf8 11. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... g5 13. Bg3 Bg7 14. Nbd2 {1-0 (39) Vaz Lacuesta,L (2134)-Carvalho,G (2174) Uruguay 2017}) 13. Nbd2 g6 14. Nf1 Bg7 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. a4 Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8e6,Be6c5,Bc5a4][%mdl 32]} 17. Nh2 (17. axb5 $14 axb5 18. Qd2) 17... h5 18. Qf3 Nh7 $1 19. Nhf1 Ne6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5a4]} 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. d4 Na4 $1 25. dxe5 dxe5 ({Black should try} 25... Bxe5 $11 26. Ra1 Qe8) 26. d6 $14 Rc8 27. dxc7 Qxc7 28. Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Nb6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 29. Nd5 $18 Qb7 30. Be4 {Ne7 is the strong threat.} f5 $2 {[#]} (30... Qd7 31. Ne7 Rf8) 31. Ne7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} fxe4 32. Qf7 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,83,54,78,63,72,33,36,32,43,38,51,39,104,89,89,99,95,77,70,53,59,51,60,58,57,61,64,68,60,78,62,77,84,47,47,47,72,60,66,16,29,8,8,8,633,633,633,625,683,559,903,900,875,834,5222,837,29994,29991,29991,29992,29992,29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. h4 gxh4 13. Bxh4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} b5 (13... Rc8 14. f3 Nge5 15. Nd5 Ng6 16. c3 Nxh4 17. Rxh4 b5 18. Rh1 Rg8 19. Nf4 Qb6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (86) Kuybokarov,T (2519)-Inarkiev,E (2692) Sharjah 2019}) 14. f4 b4 15. Na4 $1 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bd7 16. Be2 h5 17. a3 a5 18. axb4 axb4 19. O-O Qb8 {1-0 (32) Leconte,J (2405)-Mertens,M ICCF corr 1997}) 16. O-O-O Rb8 17. Kb1 Na5 (17... Bd7 $14) 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. b3 Qc7 20. Be2 {aiming for f5.} h5 21. f5 Bd7 $1 22. Bxg4 $1 hxg4 {[#]} 23. Qg5 $1 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rg5e7][%mdl 512]} Bf6 24. Qxg4 Bxa4 $1 25. Bxf6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxh1 26. Rxh1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} exf6 27. bxa4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for Qg8+. KQR-KQR} Ke7 28. Qf3 Rc8 29. Qd3 a5 30. Rd1 Rg8 31. Qe2 Rg3 $1 32. Qf2 Ra3 33. g4 Rxa4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Qc5 $11 34. Qxc5 dxc5) 34. g5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxg5 35. f6+ Ke8 {White must now prevent ...Qc4.} 36. Qe2 {Strongly threatening e5!} b3 37. axb3 Rb4 {[#]} 38. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 {[#]} 39. Rd5 (39. Qh2 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rh4 40. Qg3) 39... Kf8 40. Qh5 {[%cal Rh5h8] White mates.} Rh4 41. Qxg5 Rh7 42. Qd2 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,169,20,44,0,0,9,0,0,1,0,13,11,12,9,10,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,37,40,65,13,11,-18,-14,-22,0,-5,0,-27,-27,-85,-77,-60,-62,-64,-66,-140,-134,-135,-105,-137,-79,-77,-76,-71,-74,-83,-7,-7,-6,-6,-6,-6,-7,-164,-169,-150,-85,-99,-106,-296,-277,-284,-233,-213,-52,-30,-29,-25,-31,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-60,-39,-37,-8,-19,0,-15,-20,-35,-14,-14,0,0,28,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,437,504,502,494,456,380,376,341,438,420,402,391,384,398,394,398,387,370,376,353,321,66,502,496,500,450,673,656,669,656,708,706,670,652,771,752,771,771,728,708,680,671,29959,29965,29986,29981,29985,29986,29987,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 e5 10. dxc5 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} (10. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Ne7 11. a4 $14) (10. d5 Ne7 11. a4 Ne8 12. a5 f5 13. c4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Nf5 15. Nc3 e3 16. Nge4 exf2+ 17. Nxf2 Bh6 {0-1 (43) Djuric,S (2527)-Nenezic,M (2569) Belgrade 2016}) 10... dxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Na3 {The position is equal.} Ne8 13. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Rad1 Be6 15. b3 f6 16. Bf1 Nc7 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 a6 20. Be2 b5 21. Ne1 Rd8 {½-½ (20) Ceballos,J (1757)-Nunez V,G (2226) Tunja 2018}) 13... f6 14. Bc4+ Kf8 15. Be3 b6 16. Bd5 Bd7 17. Nb5 Rab8 18. a4 a6 19. Na3 Ne7 20. Bb3 Nc6 {[%cal Be7c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b7,Bb7d6][%mdl 32]} 21. Nd2 (21. Nc4 $14) 21... Nc7 $11 22. f4 Bh6 23. Kg2 Na5 {aiming for ...exf4.} 24. Bc2 Bc6 25. b4 Nb7 26. Ndc4 (26. Nac4 $11) 26... exf4 $17 27. gxf4 b5 28. axb5 axb5 {...cxb4 is the strong threat.} 29. Nb6 (29. Na5 $15 Nxa5 30. bxa5) 29... cxb4 $1 30. cxb4 Nd6 31. Kg3 Bxe4 (31... Ne6 $142 32. Nd5 Nxe4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Bxe4 Bxd5) 32. Bc5 Bxc2 33. Nxc2 Kg8 34. Nd4 Nc4 (34... Nc8 $1 $17 35. Nxc8 Rbxc8) 35. Nxc4 $11 bxc4 {[%cal Bb5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 36. Nc6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Rb7 {And now ...c3 would win.} 38. f5 $2 (38. Na5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rb8 39. Nc6) 38... c3 $1 $19 ({Don't take} 38... gxf5 39. Na5 $15) 39. Re2 Bf8 (39... Bf4 $142 40. Rg1 g5) 40. Bxf8 $17 Kxf8 41. fxg6 $2 (41. Re7 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 41... hxg6 $19 42. Ra5 Rb6 43. Rc5 Ne8 $2 (43... Rb5 $19 44. Ne5 Rxc5 45. Nxd3 Rc4) 44. Ne7 $1 $15 Kf7 45. Nd5 Rb7 46. b5 Nd6 47. Nxc3 g5 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Rb2 Nf5 50. Ne4 (50. Rc6 $11) 50... Ne3+ 51. Kg1 Re7 (51... Rd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e4]} 52. Nf2 Rc4 $15) 52. Nf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2d3]} Ra3 {Threatens to win with ...Ra1+.} 53. Rc1 Rb7 54. h3 Ra5 55. Rc5 Nf5 56. Ne4 {Strongly threatening Rxf5!} Nd4 {[%cal Rb7b5]} 57. Nd6 (57. b6 $5 {[%cal Rc5a5]} Nf3+ 58. Kf1 Ra1+ 59. Kf2 $14) 57... Rd7 58. Nc4 Ra1+ 59. Kf2 Rh7 60. b6 Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Rh1 $11) 61. b7 $18 Rb8 62. Nd6 Rxh3 63. Rb4 Rh2+ {[#]} 64. Kf1 $1 Rh1+ 65. Kg2 Rd1 66. Rc8 Rd2+ 67. Kf1 Nf3 {[#]} 68. Rb3 $1 ({Inferior is} 68. Rxb8 Nh2+ 69. Kg1 Nf3+ 70. Kf1 Nh2+ 71. Kg1 Nf3+ 72. Kf1 $11) 68... Rxb7 69. Nxb7 g4 70. Nc5 Rc2 {White must now prevent ...Nd2+.} 71. Rd3 $2 (71. Re3 $18) 71... Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 71... Nd2+ $1 $14 72. Ke1 Ne4) 72. Nb7 Rb2 73. Nd6+ Ke6 (73... Kg6 $142 74. Rg8+ Kh7) 74. Re8+ Kd7 75. Re2 {White threatens Ne8+ and mate.} Rb1+ 76. Kf2 Ne5 77. Rdd2 Kc6 78. Ne4 Rb3 79. Rd6+ Kb5 80. Rxf6 Nd3+ 81. Kg2 Ra3 82. Rf5+ {White mates.} Kc4 83. Nf2 Nb4 84. Re4+ Kc3 85. Re3+ {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,116,15,20,18,15,14,20,16,18,27,0,0,0,0,0,19,22,28,29,22,17,13,24,16,16,16,15,16,-2,-4,-4,-5,-3,-3,-3,-10,-3,-2,-2,-5,-5,-4,-16,-10,-9,-5,-12,-10,-25,0,-7,-5,-26,-26,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5,Ba5c6][%mdl 32]} c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Bb2 f5 {[#]} 15. Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a4 b6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Ba6 18. e3 Rac8 19. a5 {½-½ (48) Jumabayev,R (2609)-Naiditsch,A (2710) Astana 2019}) 15... b6 16. Nc6 Bd6 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Re1 Bb7 19. e4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 Kf7 21. Bh3 Rfe8 $1 22. Ne5+ Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rad8 24. Ba3 Nf6 25. Rc7+ Rd7 26. Rxd7+ Nxd7 27. Re1 Nf6 28. Rc1 {[#] Strongly threatening Rc7+.} Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 30. Bf1 Bb7 31. Bb2 Bd5 32. a3 Ne4 33. Be2 Nd2 34. Bc3 Ne4 35. Bb2 Nd6 36. f3 Bc4 37. Bd1 $1 g6 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Bc2 Bd5 40. Bd3 a5 41. h4 Bc4 42. Bc2 Bd5 43. g4 Nc4 44. Bc1 b5 45. h5 Kf7 46. hxg6+ hxg6 47. Bd3 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Bxc4 Bxc4 {KB-KB} 50. f4 Kf6 51. g5+ Kf5 {Black wants to play ...Ke4.} 52. Ke3 {The position is equal.} b3 53. Kd2 Ke4 54. Kc3 Bd5 55. Bd2 Kf3 56. Bc1 Ke2 57. Ba3 Ke3 58. Bd6 Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,59,11,18,27,27,27,27,29,9,26,0,0,0,0,0,10,2,14,0,0,0,0,-10,-9,-9,0,-14,0,-12,-12,-26,0,0,0,0,11,7,8,12,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ {White has an edge.} 10. Qxc3 (10. bxc3 {with more complications.} Nbd7 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qxa7 Ra8 13. Qb7) 10... Nbd7 11. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 c6 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Qxh4 14. Nd6 Bg4 15. g3 {½-½ (30) Mamedyarov,S (2820)-Carlsen,M (2839) Porto Carras 2018}) 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c6 13. O-O a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Rc2 Qb6 16. Nd2 Ne4 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 a4 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. h3 Nb6 21. Qc3 Nc4 22. e4 Qa5 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. Bf2 Ra5 25. Re2 Rb5 {[%cal Rc4b2]} 26. Qc3 Qa5 {[#] And now ...Qxc3 would win.The position is equal.} 27. Qc2 Qb6 {Strongly threatening ...Na3!} 28. Qc3 Qa5 29. Qc2 Qb6 {White must now prevent ...Na3!} 30. Qc3 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 15. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 16. a5 {[%emt 0:05:29]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 19. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 20. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 21. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be5 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 24. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 26. Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 27. Raa1 {[%emt 0:04:48]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 28. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 29. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c4 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 33. Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 34. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 36. d6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 37. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 38. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 39. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 41. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 42. h3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 44. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:01:36]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Nxh7+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. d7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 49. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 50. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 51. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,75,14,15,9,10,-8,12,10,6,5,17,17,26,22,24,28,24,16,13,13,13,13,13,10,8,16,14,0,8,0,10,8,7,8,14,18,29,14,156,156,315,312,477,477,455,472,455,454,510,507,502,497,489,485,476,471,484,476]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} Nfd7 (11... Bb7 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qf3 Kh8 14. Nc4 Bxe4 15. Qh3 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Bg5 Bd5 18. Rxe5 Be6 {½-½ (48) Howell,D (2693)-Onischuk,A (2647) Astana 2019}) 12. Nd4 {Black should prevent f4.} Nc5 13. Bd5 {The position is equal.} Rb8 14. Nc4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxe5.} Bg4 15. Qd2 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17. b3 Bf6 18. Bb2 c6 19. Rad1 $146 Qb6 20. Ba1 a5 21. Nf3 {Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rbd8 23. Rad1 Be6 24. Bf1 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Qe3 Nd7 27. Nd4 Nf6 28. Qf4 {With the idea Nf5.} Be4 (28... Rde8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29. Rxe4 $16 {Hoping for Ree1.} Nxe4 $2 (29... c5 $16 {might work better.}) 30. Qxe4 $18 Rfe8 (30... g6 $142) 31. Nxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack. White is clearly winning.} Rxe4 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Nxd8 Re1 34. Nc6 Rc1 35. Nxa5 Rxc2 36. g3 Kf8 37. Bc4 Ke8 38. Nb7 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,81,0,12,-6,17,14,18,-17,0,0,18,12,22,26,23,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-4,-2,-11,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-8,-14,-10,-9,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bf4 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Be5 18. Rad1 Bxb2 19. Rxd5 Bd4 20. c3 Bxc3 21. Rxc5 Bd4 22. Rc4 Rfd8 23. Rfc1 Bb6 24. Rc8 Raxc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxc8 {½-½ (26) Ganguly,S (2650)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Riadh 2017}) 12... g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd6 13. h3 Be6 14. Rad1 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qb8 16. Qxb8 Raxb8 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Kf8 19. Na4 Ke7 20. c4 Kd6 21. Re2 Rbd8 22. cxd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (62) Iljiushenok,I (2485)-Pavlov,M (2505) Sochi 2015}) 13. Be5 Ng4 14. Bd4 {[#] Hoping for h3.} Qd6 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rd6h2]} 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 f6 17. Na4 Re8 18. f4 Kf7 {The position is equal.} 19. Nc5 a5 20. Rf3 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Ba6 22. Bf5 Bc8 23. Bd3 Ba6 24. Bf5 Bc8 25. Bxg4 (25. Bh7 {is more complex.} Kg7 26. Bd3 Ba6 27. Bf5 Bc8 28. Bd3) 25... Bxg4 26. Rf2 a4 27. Raf1 f5 28. Rd2 Re4 29. b3 Kg6 30. Bd4 Be2 31. Rc1 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rxf4 33. Rxe2 {And now Re6+ would win.} Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. Re6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg5 35. Rxc6 axb3 36. axb3 Rd2 37. Rf1 Ra2 38. Rf2 Ra1+ 39. Rf1 Ra2 40. Rf2 Ra1+ 41. Rf1 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[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 "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,23,12,8,21,0,0,0,0,-4,4,-8,10,5,15,-9,-8,-7,-13,-13,-8,-15,-16,-10,-12,-10,0,-19,-14,-27,-7,-38,-8,-29,-29,-27,-29,-22,-22,-52,-41,-72,-69,-72,-65,-97,-97,-98,-102,-100,-100,-106,-106,-107,-107,-107,0,0,0,-39,-35,-44,-48,-39,-16,-14,-14,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 {Black must now prevent Nd5. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nc5 8. d4 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Ne6 10. d5 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 {1-0 (37) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Vidit,S (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. h4 h5 9. d4 g6 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc4 Bg7 12. f3 (12. Ne3 {seems wilder.} O-O 13. Qf3 Qd8 14. Bd3 Ne7 15. O-O) 12... O-O 13. Qxe7 Nxe7 14. Kf2 b5 15. Ne3 c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. a4 Bd7 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Be2 Bc6 20. Rhd1 c4 21. Be1 Bh6 22. g3 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Nfd5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. f5 gxf5 28. Bd2 f4 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Rb1 Ra2 31. Bd1 Bd7 32. Bc2 b4 ({Black should try} 32... f5 $17 33. Bd1 Kg8) 33. cxb4 $11 {Black should prevent Be4.} c3 34. Be1 Bb5 35. Kg1 cxb2 {aiming for ...Ra1.} 36. Kf2 $1 Bc4 {[#] ...Ne3 is the strong threat.} 37. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 (37... Bxb5 38. Bb3) 38. Be4 Nb6 39. Bc3 {Threatens to win with Bd4.The position is equal.} Na4 {[#]} 40. b6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb6 ({Wrong is} 40... Nxc3 $2 {[#]} 41. b7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 41. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 42. Bxb2 Bd5 43. Bd3 Bc4 44. Be4 Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 10. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 18. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. b4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 20. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 21. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 22. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 23. g3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 24. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 25. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 27. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 28. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 29. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 31. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 32. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Red8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 34. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 35. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37. d6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 38. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 40. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 41. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 42. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 45. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 46. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 47. Na5 Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 48. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 50. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,64,21,31,30,27,0,37,24,27,5,14,-52,-58,-97,-106,-189,-199,-191,-189,-202,-208,-288,-288,-309,-293,-286,-283,-313,-318,-322,-251,-264,-264,-263,-267,-260,-242,-380,-377,-431,-431,-431,-431,-431,-291,-551,-551,-529,-518,-558,-593,-580,-581]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 b6 8. a3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... a5 9. Qd2 f6 10. Qc3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Be6 13. O-O a4 14. b4 axb3 15. cxb3 Nd5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Bxc5 {1-0 (31) Zhang,Z (2582)-Zhao,Z (2583) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 {White is slightly better.} Nh6 11. Na3 Nf7 12. Qc1 (12. Nc4 $11 Be6 13. Qe2) 12... O-O $15 13. Ng5 Nd6 {Hoping for ...f4.} 14. Bd2 (14. h4 $17) 14... h6 $19 15. Nf3 fxe4 16. dxe4 Kh7 ({Much less strong is} 16... Nxe4 17. Bxh6 Nxf2 18. Bxg7 $17) 17. Be3 Nxe4 18. Nc4 {Nxb6! would now be nice for White.} Be6 19. Ncxe5 {intending 0-0.} Qd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Nd3 Bc3+ 21. Ke2 Bxa1 22. Qxa1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Nfxe5 axb4 25. Nxc6 (25. Bxb6 {was necessary.} b3 26. Ke3) 25... b3 26. Rc1 Bc4 27. Bd4 Rae8 28. Nce5 {[#]} Nc5 {Played: Ne4xf2} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,58,24,28,23,20,23,26,20,37,22,29,30,33,0,0,0,0,10,7,0,0,-24,-32,-89,-86,-90,-64,-47,-43,-66,-67,-101,-97,-497,-243,-200,-196,-168,-168,-1775,-1677]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 18. Kd1 Qa4+ 19. Nc2 Bxb2 {½-½ (60) Nakamura,H (2785)-Grischuk,A (2742) Sharjah 2017}) 11... Nbc6 {And now ...Nxd4 would win.} 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 {White has an edge.} Be6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. a3 Rc8 16. Qf2 Rc6 $1 17. h4 O-O 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Be2 $146 Rfc8 {[%cal Rc6c3]} 20. Rh5 Ng6 {[%cal Rc6c3]} 21. Bxg7 (21. Rh1 $15) 21... Kxg7 $17 22. Qd4+ {[#]} f6 $1 23. g3 Bc4 24. f4 {fxg5 is the strong threat.} e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. g4 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 26... Bxe2 (26... Rb6 $142 27. b4 Qxa3 28. Qxb6 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Rd2 Bxe2 30. Kxe2 {[#]} Qxd2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 31. Kxd2 Nc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kd3 Nxb6) 27. Kxe2 $19 {White wants to play Rdh1.} Rxc3 $1 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. Rd2 $2 (29. a4) 29... Qb5+ {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,81,0,0,21,0,0,-7,22,0,12,11,15,5,5,0,6,0,7,6,7,-12,15,16,23,18,41,0,0,0,329,329,327,329,316,313,268,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 dxc4 6. bxc4 c5 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qd7 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne1 Na5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. d3 Ne8 16. f4 Nd6 17. a4 f5 18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Nf3 {½-½ (67) Malakhov,V (2679)-Dizdar,G (2543) Dresden 2007}) 13... cxd4 14. exd4 Na5 15. d5 Qc8 16. Ne5 exd5 $1 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Bf6 20. f4 Rfe8 21. Qh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qb7 22. d6 Re6 23. Rfe1 {aiming for f5.} (23. d7 $5 {[%cal Rh5f7]} Bxe5 24. fxe5 $11 (24. Bxe5 f6 $11)) 23... g6 24. Qh3 {Black must now prevent f5.} Rexd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Bg7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 25. Rxd6 $18 Rxd6 26. Ng4 $1 {Intending Re8+ and mate.} Be7 {With the idea ...h5.} 27. Qh6 $1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rh6g7]} f6 {[#]} 28. Bxf6 $2 (28. f5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Threatening mate with Bxf6!} Bf8 {[#]} (28... gxf5 29. Bxf6) 29. Re8 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... Bf8 $11 {The position is equal.} 29. Re8 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re8f8]} Rd1+ 30. Kf2 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re8f8]} Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Ke1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re8f8]} Rd1+ $1 32. Ke2 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re8f8]} Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Ke1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re8f8]} Rd1+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 34. Kxd1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re8f8]} Qd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Bd4 $1 Qxd4+ 36. Ke1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re8f8]} Qc3+ 37. Kf2 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re8f8]} Qc2+ 38. Kf1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re8f8]} Qc1+ 39. Kf2 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re8f8]} Qc2+ 40. Kf1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re8f8]} Qc1+ 41. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,63,12,14,17,0,0,0,0,0,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,-22,6,4,16,-28,-30,-27,6,-10,15,12,22,18,36,24,28,39,343,328,334,344,362,233,318,347,809,761,822,775]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 ({Predecessor:} 7... c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 {½-½ (13) Lalic,B (2490)-Rowson,J (2599) Birmingham 2005}) 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} 11. Nbd2 $146 (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. h3 g5 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 {½-½ (32) Yu,Y (2751)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 11... Nh5 12. Be3 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Bg5 f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 15. Be3 Rfc8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne1 g6 19. Nd3 Ng7 20. Bh3 Ne6 21. Nf3 a5 22. Bh6 Rc7 23. e3 Re8 {White should prevent ...g5.} 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. exf4 Qf7 26. Re1 Rcc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Rxe1+ $14 27. Rxe1 Nf8) 27. Rxe8+ $1 $18 Qxe8 28. Re1 Qd8 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. f5 Bb4 $2 {[#]} (30... g5 31. h4 g4) 31. fxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 {[#]} 32. Qc2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[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 "8.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,117,7,13,6,6,12,10,14,12,0,14,12,10,7,8,6,11,10,15,12,12,7,11,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,10,0,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,25,25,25,13,13,13,19,7,9,7,14,20,30,30,66,66,66,62,60,33,56,0,60,28,36,19,19,8,48,8,8,8,13,8,79,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,43,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Ba4 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}) 6... Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3 8. Qxe3 O-O 9. d4 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... exd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. f4 f6 14. Re1 {½-½ (14) Janisch,M (2399)-Auzins,M (2400) ICCF email 2016}) 10. Be2 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. a4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. b3 Kf8 17. Rac1 Ke7 18. f3 Ne8 19. Kf2 Nc7 20. Nf1 g6 21. Ne3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ne8 23. g3 Nd6 24. Bd3 Rf8 25. Re1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Kf6 29. Rg1 Bf7 30. Nf1 Re8 31. Ng3 c5 32. Rd1 h6 33. Be2 Rd8 34. Bf3 Be8 35. Rd5 {aiming for Nxf5!} Bf7 36. Rd1 Be8 $1 37. h4 Bc6 38. Bxc6 bxc6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 39. Kf3 Nb7 40. Rxd8 (40. Rg1 {is interesting.} Nd6 41. Nh5+ Ke7 42. Ke2 Ne8 43. Ng7) 40... Nxd8 {KN-KN} 41. Nf1 Nb7 42. Ne3 {[#] Threatens to win with Nc4.} Na5 (42... b5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43. h5 (43. c3 $16) 43... Ke6 $11 44. Ke2 b5 $1 45. Kd3 Nb7 $1 46. Kc3 Kf6 47. Kb2 Ke6 48. Ka3 Kf6 49. Ka2 Ke6 50. Kb2 Kf6 51. Kc1 Ke6 52. Kd2 Kf6 53. Nd1 Ke6 {The position is equal.} 54. Nc3 Nd6 55. Kd3 Kd7 56. Ke3 Kc7 57. Kd3 Kd7 58. Ke3 Kc7 59. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,98,23,0,0,0,20,17,17,19,22,7,25,22,30,31,34,28,41,20,21,28,29,23,28,22,24,22,44,38,41,29,30,8,9,9,8,10,16,8,8,8,9,3,22,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,8,2,2,2,2,0,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 Qa5 (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. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bd3 Bd7 {[#]} 15. Ke2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Kd2 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Ba4 {1-0 (41) Adams,M (2615)-Emms,J (2425) London 1991}) 15... Rac8 16. Rhc1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 19. Kd2 Kf8 20. Kc3 Bd7 21. Ne5 Be8 22. f4 Ke7 23. Ng4 Nc6 24. Ne3 f6 25. d5 Nd8 26. e5 fxe5 {The position is equal.} 27. fxe5 exd5 28. Nxd5+ Kf8 $1 29. Nc7 Bf7 30. a3 Ke7 31. Be4 Bg6 32. Bf3 Kd7 33. Nb5 $1 Nc6 34. Bd5 a6 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. Kxd4 $11 {KB-KB} b6 $1 37. Bc4 a5 $1 38. Bb5+ Ke6 $1 39. Bc6 Bh5 40. h4 h6 41. g3 Bd1 42. Bd5+ Ke7 43. Bc4 Ba4 44. Kd5 b5 45. Bd3 b4 46. axb4 axb4 47. Kc4 Ke6 48. Kxb4 Be8 49. Kc3 Kxe5 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 84%.} 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

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 37,162,35,39,19,27,19,19,18,22,22,16,6,41,37,14,0,0,0,6,26,22,0,0,0,21,0,8,9,13,28,470,354,456,480,481,475,450,72,78,70,90,90,78,87,66,64,207,183,175,74,94,104,81,81,299,257,368,361,388,387,388,387,374,370,335,282,332,321,430,409,426,413,412,413,420,412,496,492,450,422,396,401,377,387,375,351,366,356,665,543,620,615,616,605,991,974,974,962,967,966,940,913,1424,1372,843,8,8,0,0,-29974,-29971,-29971,-29972,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29980,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29983,-29991,-29992]} 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. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Ra3 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (20. Bg5 Bg7 21. Rf1 Qc7 22. Bh6 Bh8 23. Ng5 Nh7 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Be3 Qe7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Kg8 {1-0 (51) Zherebukh,Y (2605)-Caruana,F (2817) Saint Louis 2017}) 20... Nfd7 21. Qe2 Nb6 $146 {[%cal Rb6a4]} ({Predecessor:} 21... Qc7 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Rea1 Bg7 24. Nf1 Nfd7 25. b4 cxb3 26. Bxb3 Reb8 27. Nd2 Nxb3 28. Rxb3 {1-0 (49) Latronico,N (2465)-Wukits,R (2340) ICCF email 2012}) 22. axb5 {The position is equal.} axb5 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Ng5 Qf6 25. Rf1 Nbd7 26. h4 {White wants to play f4.} Qe7 27. Ra1 Bb7 28. Ra5 Ba6 29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. Qxh5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7]} Bg7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Ne6+! would win. White has good play.} Kg8 $1 33. Bd1 Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Nf6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 34. Bh5 (34. Bxc5 Bc8 $15) 34... Bc8 35. Bxf7+ Qxf7 36. Nxf7 Bxf5 37. Nxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ncxe4 38. Nxf5 Nxd5) 34. Qh7+ $18 Kf8 35. Bh5 Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Rh8.} 36. Nxf7 Nf8 {[#]} 37. Qf5 $2 (37. Bxc5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win.} Nxh7 (37... dxc5 38. d6+) 38. Bxd6+ Qxd6 39. Nxd6) 37... Qxf5 $16 38. exf5 Nfd7 $1 {[#]} 39. Nxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rh8 (39... Kxd6 40. Bxe8) 40. f6+ Bxf6 41. Nf5+ Kd8 ({Better is} 41... Kf8 $1 $14 42. Bf3 Bd8) 42. Bf7 $18 Kc7 43. Be6 (43. h5 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 43... Bb7 44. Rxb5 Nxe6 45. dxe6 Bc6 $2 (45... Be4 $16) 46. Rb4 $1 Rg8 (46... Bxh4 {was necessary.} 47. exd7 Kxd7 48. Rxc4 Bf6) 47. g3 (47. exd7 Rxg2+ 48. Kf1 Rg4 $18) 47... Ra8 48. f3 Bxf3 {Black hopes to continue with ...Nb8.} 49. Rxc4+ ({Less strong is} 49. exd7 Kxd7 50. Rb6 (50. Rxc4 Ke6 $18) 50... Bc6 $18) 49... Kd8 50. exd7 Kxd7 51. Bg5 Ke6 52. Ne3 Bg7 53. Kf2 Rf8 {If Black can now play ...Bd5+ this consolidates a bit.} 54. Rb4 Bc6+ 55. Ke2 Kd7 56. g4 Rf3 57. Rb8 e4 58. h5 Be5 59. Rg8 Rh3 60. h6 Rh2+ 61. Kf1 Rxb2 62. c4 Rh2 $2 (62... Rb1+ 63. Kf2 Rb2+ 64. Ke1 Rb1+ 65. Kd2 Rb2+ 66. Kc1 Ba4 67. Rd8+ Ke6) 63. Kg1 Rh3 {[#]} 64. Rg7+ $1 Kc8 (64... Bxg7 65. hxg7) 65. Nf5 e3 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rh3h1]} 66. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb7 67. Nxc6+ Kxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 68. Re7 Kd6 69. Kf1 Rh2 {[#]} 70. c5+ $1 Kd5 (70... Kxc5 71. Rxe5+) 71. Rxe5+ $2 ({White must play} 71. Bxe3 $18 Rh1+ 72. Ke2) 71... Kxe5 {KR-KB} 72. c6 {c7 is the strong threat.} Ke4 {( -> ...e2+)} 73. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (73. c7 {leads to mate.} e2+ 74. Ke1 Kd3 75. Bd2 Rh1+ 76. Kf2 Kxd2 77. Kf3 e1=Q 78. Kf4 Rf1+ 79. Kg5 Qe5+ 80. Kg6 Rf6+ 81. Kh7 Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 82. c8=Q Rxh6#) (73. Bxe3 $11 Kxe3 74. g5 (74. c7 $2 Kf3 $19)) 73... e2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 74. Bd2 {[#]} Rxh6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 75. Kf2 {[#]} (75. Bxh6 e1=Q+) 75... Rh2+ $1 76. Kg3 Rh7 77. g5 Kd3 78. Be1 Rc7 79. Kg4 Rxc6 80. Kf5 Rc1 81. Bb4 Rb1 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,68,5,6,6,6,6,7,4,6,6,5,0,6,6,6,6,16,12,16,10,7,5,11,5,10,8,8,7,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b3 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bb2 O-O {The position is equal.} 13. Rac1 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (13. Nd2 Be7 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Ne2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kf7 20. f4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {1-0 (46) Andreikin,D (2712)-Yu,Y (2751) Huaian 2017}) 13... Be7 14. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Kf1 Rfd8 15. h3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {½-½ (17) Resende,A (2402)-Braga,C (2412) Havana 2006}) 14... Rac8 15. Kf1 Nb4 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 {[#] Rc7 is the strong threat.} Bd5 19. Bc4 Ne4 20. Ke2 Bb7 21. Nd3 a5 22. Nxb4 Bxb4 23. f3 Nd6 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rc8 26. Kd2 Kf8 27. Bd3 Rxc3 28. Kxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} e5 29. Nb6 (29. Bxh7 g6 $17) 29... Ke7 30. Bc2 ({Reject} 30. Bxh7 g6 $17) 30... Nb5+ 31. Kd2 Nd6 32. Kc3 ({Much weaker is} 32. Bxh7 g6 $17) 32... Nb5+ 33. Kd2 Nd6 34. Kc3 ({Much worse is} 34. Bxh7 g6 $17) 34... Nb5+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,120,16,15,21,28,29,33,31,22,0,33,33,33,33,33,33,40,30,32,27,40,27,22,5,4,9,12,12,23,8,11,15,19,22,43,41,82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-198,-203,-209,-199,-187,0,-209,-200,-265,-265,-337,-350,-350,-350,-350,-288,-350,-350,-350,-350,-350,-350,-341,-349,-349,-349,-403,-316,-449,-284,-403,-403,-583,-583,-583,-583,-566,-560,-812,-793,-730,-337,-531,-524,-524,-519,-11272,-922,-11272,-11272,-11272,-11272,-11272,-11144,-8801,-8449,-6625,-6625,-6207,-1994,-6972,-6079,-5249,-4770]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Qa5 4. Na3 e6 5. Nc4 Qd8 (5... Qc7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 h6 {0-1 (49) Jakubiec,A (2541)-Movsesian,S (2667) Pardubice 2007}) 6. d4 {aiming for d5. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} d5 7. exd5 exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qxd5 8. Ne3 Qd8 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Ne3 a6 {0-1 (64) Bigatto,P-Calixto,R (1883) Osasco 2012}) 8. Nce5 {Threatens to win with Bb5.White is slightly better.} Bd6 9. Be3 c4 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Nge7 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf4 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxf5 N5g6 17. Bg5 Qc7 $1 18. Bxg6 Nxg6 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. Ra5 b5 21. Rfa1 h6 22. Bd2 Rfe8 23. Qd3 (23. h3 $16) 23... a6 $11 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Nf4 26. Qf3 Qf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] ( -> ...Qb1+). Black mounts an attack.} 27. Ra1 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Qc2 $1 {[%csl LRb3,LRd2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Qxe2 $2 (29. Be3 $1 $11 Nxc3 30. g3) 29... Rxe2 $19 30. Kxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Qe4+ ({Resist} 30... Qxb3 31. f3 $17) 31. Kf1 b4 {Played: Qe4-c2} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,68,-6,-2,-14,34,34,40,0,8,0,18,0,8,0,25,-45,20,20,24,24,11,14,73,70,91,51,91,51,51,50,51,41,44,22,40,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-457,-457,-815,-815,-808,-783]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. c3 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} b6 11. b5 Ne7 12. c4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 a6 13. Na3 Be6 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nb5 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (62) Saric,I (2664)-Zherebukh,Y (2636) chess.com INT 2018}) 12... a6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Bb2 Bh3 16. Bh1 (16. Bxh3 $11 Qxh3 17. Qf3) 16... Ne8 ({Black should try} 16... axb5 $15 17. cxb5 Rfb8) 17. a4 $11 Nc7 18. Nf1 Rab8 19. Ne3 f5 (19... a5 $11) 20. exf5 $16 Nxf5 21. Ncd5 a5 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Nd5 Qf7 24. Qd2 {Hoping for Nxb6!} Kh7 25. Re4 h5 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Ne7 28. Nxe7 Qxe7 29. f4 Rf5 30. Rae1 Qf7 31. fxe5 Rf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...Rf2+. Black is more active.} 32. R1e2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. Rf4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxe5 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Rxf5 Qxf5 35. Qe2) 32... dxe5 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rf1.Black is clearly winning.} 33. h4 (33. Bc1 $142 Rf1 34. Qe3) 33... Rf1 {( -> ...Qf3+)} 34. Kh2 {[#]} Qf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,80,0,0,31,26,29,32,18,11,12,5,0,9,30,0,31,29,13,0,0,-52,-51,-45,-35,-89,-95,-68,-62,-132,-137,-117,-68,-78,-85,-171,-164,-151,-133,-123,-97,-225,-202,-357,-320,-503,-482,-491,-425,-541,-533,-518,-559,-597,-591,-568,-563,-633,-615,-648,-618]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 Qc8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (12... c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rb1 a4 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Bxc4 17. Rxb7 Nd4 18. Re1 Bb3 19. Qd3 Rb8 20. Bb2 Rxb7 21. Bxb7 {0-1 (56) Belous,V (2557)-Rublevsky,S (2692) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 13. e3 Nf5 14. a4 Rd8 {White is slightly better.} 15. Qc2 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd6 19. Bb2 Qf5 20. Bg2 {½-½ (60) Yeke,S (2274)-Annaberdiev,M (2443) Kesan 2012}) 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Rfb1 (18. Bxe7 {keeps more tension.} Nxe7 19. Rfb1 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Nce4) 18... Qxd3 (18... Bxa3 {is more complex.} 19. Rxa3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Qb2 f6) 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Rxb6 {Black must now prevent Nde4.} Rxc3 21. Bxe7 (21. Rxc6 $11 Rxc6 22. Bxc6) 21... Nxe7 $15 22. Rab1 h6 23. Rb8+ (23. h3 $15) 23... Rxb8 $17 24. Rxb8+ Kh7 25. Ra8 (25. h4 $15) 25... Rc1+ 26. Nf1 Rc5 27. Nd2 Nd5 28. Ra7 (28. h3 $17) 28... Rc1+ $19 29. Nf1 Nc3 30. Rxa5 e4 31. f4 {[#]} (31. h4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 31... Bc4 $1 32. g4 $2 (32. Re5) 32... Bd3 {Hoping for ...Nd1.} 33. Kf2 (33. h3 $142) 33... Rc2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Kg3 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Ra7 (35. Rxc5 Ne2+) 35... c4 36. Rxf7 Ne2+ 37. Kh3 c3 38. Rc7 Ra2 39. f5 c2 40. f6 {intending f7.} c1=Q {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[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

[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,-8,14,14,16,9,20,0,16,-4,25,-12,92,95,79,70,83,64,41,0,-8,-13,-7,-13,-25,-52,-43,-58,-57,-39,-8,-67,-60,-83,-70,-94,-93,-79,-80,-79,-77,-166,-169,-175,-171,-145,-148,-166,-145,-153,-150,-155,-141,-149,-139,-154,-150,-149,-143,-147,-136,-234,-129,-122,-127,-118,-122,-115,-117,-112,-102,-100,-15,-20,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. b3 e6 6. Ba3 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d6 7. e3 Nge7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Qa5 10. Bb2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nf4 Rd8 13. Qc1 d4 {½-½ (33) Ding,L (2813)-Vidit,S (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 7. Bb2 Nge7 8. h4 h6 9. Qb1 O-O 10. Ne4 f5 (10... e5 $11 {remains equal.}) 11. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 12. Qb2+ e5 13. Nd6 (13. Nc3 {with more complications.} d6 14. f4 Kh7 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. d3) 13... Qc7 14. Nxc8 (14. Nb5 {seems wilder.} Qb8 15. Nc3 Ng8 16. h5 g5 17. f4) 14... Raxc8 15. d3 Rcd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 16. Rc1 b6 17. Nf3 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. a3 a5 20. e3 (20. Nd2 $11) 20... Nf6 $15 21. b4 axb4 (21... Rxd3 $6 22. b5 $14) (21... cxb4 $6 22. Ng5 $11) 22. axb4 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} ({Worse is} 22... cxb4 23. Ng5 $16) 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Ng5 {[#] Hoping for Ne6+.} Qe7 $1 {aiming for ...Ne5.} 25. Bxe4 {[#]} (25. bxc5 $17 {was necessary.} Ne5 26. O-O) 25... Ne5 $1 $19 ({Of course not} 25... Nxb4 $6 26. Bb1 $11) 26. Nf3 Nxe4 27. Qxe5+ Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxf2 29. Rc4 Ra2 ({Weaker is} 29... Nxg3 30. Kxf2 Nxh1+ 31. Kg2 $16) 30. O-O Nxg3 31. Rf7+ Kg8 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 32. Rf2 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Nf5 34. Re4 Re8 35. h5 (35. Kf3 $17) 35... Ra4 (35... cxb4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...b3.} 36. Kf3 Nd6) 36. Kf3 $17 Rxb4 37. Rxb4 cxb4 38. Nxg6 Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame And now ...b3 would win. KRN-KRN} 39. Rb2 Nd5 40. Rd2 Nf6 (40... Nc3 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Re1.} 41. Rd4 Na2) 41. Rd6 $11 {The position is equal.} Nxh5 {White must now prevent ...Kf7.} 42. Rxb6 Kg7 43. Nf4 Nxf4 44. Kxf4 Rf8+ {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

