[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2019.07.27"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2019.07.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,78,6,16,5,18,8,9,18,12,8,16,5,31,31,31,31,43,46,64,55,92,83,88,80,156,159,152,150,252,222,343,327,368,352,316,348,323,302,304,306,265,273,296,111,369,411,562,568,547,539,533,516,607,645,1166,1113,1024,990,1362,1318,1419,5202,1487]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} h6 11. Be3 Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Qd2 b5 {½-½ (60) Laszlo,J (2245)-Mihalko,J (2325) Nyiregyhaza 1994}) 12. Nxa5 {The position is equal.} Qxa5 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Be6 15. a5 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Rfe8 17. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bxd5 18. exd5 Nh7 19. h4 f5 20. c4 f4 ({Better is} 20... Nf6) 21. gxf4 $16 Bxh4 22. c5 {aiming for fxe5.} Rcd8 (22... Qf7 $16) 23. c6 $18 Qf7 (23... exf4 $142 24. Bb6 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} (24. Bxf4 Bg5 $16) 24... Qf7) 24. Ra4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Bf6 26. Rb4 Re7 27. Qc2 Bg5 28. Bxg5 Nxg5 29. f4 Nh7 30. Qb3 $2 (30. Bh3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} bxc6 31. dxc6) 30... Nf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Rb8 $16) 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Qxb7 {White is clearly winning.} Qxf4 33. Rf1 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 {[#] Threatens to win with c7.} Re8 35. Qf7+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Ng6 37. c7 Qc5 38. Be4 Rxe4 39. Qxe4 {[#] White threatens Rg1 and mate.} Qxc7 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 43%.} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2019.07.27"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2819"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.07.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,103,4,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-14,-19,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-8,-16,-16,-16,-15,-9,0,-8,0,-16,-16,0,-3,-11,-3,-18,-19,-18,-1,-14,0,-38,-19,-23,-10,-35,-35,-35,-34,-42,-43,-43,-22,-88,-94,-96,-83,-87,-57,-54,-59,-94,-50,-104,-8,-29,-17,-39,-8,-8,-8,-8,-31,-73,-39,-56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 8. Qf3 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} e6 9. Nc3 (9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. a4 Rad8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. a5 Nb8 {1-0 (97) Nakamura,H (2764)-Gelfand,B (2748) Tashkent 2014}) 9... Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. a4 Nd4 14. Qd1 Qc6 15. Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne4 f6 {0-1 (50) Levin,Y (2016)-Kumic,F (2247) Plovdiv 2012}) 15... Qc8 16. Nc4 b6 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Bg5 (18. h3 {is more complex.} Nf5 19. Re1 Nd5 20. Bh2 Rd8 21. Nc3) 18... Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. c3 Ndc6 21. a5 Qc7 22. Qa4 {Hoping for axb6.} Rab8 {[#] And now ...b5 would win.} 23. axb6 axb6 {Strongly threatening ...b5.} 24. Qc2 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 h6 26. Qe2 Ng6 27. g3 Rd5 28. Ned2 Rbd8 29. Nf3 $1 Nge7 30. Ra6 b5 31. Ne3 R5d6 32. Raa1 Qb7 33. Ne1 Ng6 34. f4 (34. Ra2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... e5 $17 35. f5 Nge7 36. Qf3 Nd5 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Ng2 Qb6 39. Kh1 (39. f6 $15) 39... c4 (39... R5d6 $17) 40. dxc4 $11 e4 41. Qe2 $1 Rxd1+ 42. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 43. Qxd1 Ne5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nd3.} 44. Qg1 Qc6 ({Reject} 44... Nxc4 $6 45. b3 $11) 45. c5 Nf3 ({Black should play} 45... Qd7 $1 $15) 46. Qe3 {The position is equal.} Qd5 47. Nf4 Qxf5 48. Kg2 {Black must now prevent c6.} g5 49. Ne2 Ne1+ 50. Kg1 {Nd4! is the strong threat.} Nf3+ 51. Kg2 Ne1+ 52. Kg1 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2019.07.28"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2019.07.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,38,14,16,14,20,9,12,6,18,26,16,16,93,70,78,69,61,64,66,22,41,34,43,34,16,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Nd7 (6... Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 Nd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Ne3 Nf8 13. Nf5 Qd7 {½-½ (50) Giri,A (2797)-Topalov,V (2740) Shamkir 2019}) (6... Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 a5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 axb4 13. Bg5 f6 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 {½-½ (30) Anand,V (2783)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bb6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Ne5 Be6 {0-1 (56) Vojtek,V (2366)-Sosna,J (2414) Slovakia 2005}) 10. Nc3 b5 (10... Nb6 $11 {remains equal.}) 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Re8 16. Bf4 c5 17. dxc5 {The position is equal.} Bxc5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bd6 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2019.07.29"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2019.07.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,48,38,34,31,36,57,18,20,21,22,19,43,42,37,35,75,63,68,79,93,100,95,26,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-943,-967,-976,-934]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 8. Nc4 Qd8 $1 9. d5 (9. Ne3 $5 {[%cal Re3f5]} Be6 10. Be2 $14) (9. Qe2 Be6 10. Ne5 g6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. h4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. Qe1 {0-1 (46) Shomoev,A (2561)-Laznicka,V (2666) Ho Chi Minh City 2016}) 9... cxd5 {The position is equal.} 10. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxd5 e5 11. Nde3 Bxc2 12. Nxc2 exf4 13. Qe2+ Be7 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. O-O-O {½-½ (42) Morawietz,D (2438)-Coenen,N (2379) Germany 2007}) 10... Be6 11. Qd2 {[%cal Re3d5]} Qa5 12. O-O-O {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} g5 13. Bg3 $1 ({Weaker is} 13. Bxg5 d4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 13... Rc8 14. Bb5 Bg7 15. Be5 {[%cal Re3d5]} Rc5 16. Bxd7+ $1 Kxd7 {[#]} 17. Nexd5 ({White should try} 17. Ncxd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd2+ (17... Rxd5 18. Qxa5) 18. Rxd2) 17... Bxd5 $11 18. Qxg5 (18. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 $14) 18... Rg8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 {Qf5+ is the strong threat.} Qxa2 {Threatens to win with ...f6.} 21. Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc6 22. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c5]} ({Don't go for} 22. Qxh7 $2 {[#]} Rxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Qxg7 Nb4 $19) 22... Rc4 {aiming for ...Qa1+.} 23. Rhe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. c3 $11) 23... Qa1+ $19 24. Kd2 Rxd4+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 62%.} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2019.07.29"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2019.07.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,117,10,6,17,29,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,11,11,9,8,0,-13,0,61,61,113,83,149,36,56,24,30,27,33,29,27,31,22,8,8,0,0,0,64,56,57,61,50,56,65,21,32,29,31,35,50,24,28,1,19,1,61,1,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,144,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,61,71,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} f6 11. e6 (11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. h3 fxe5 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Nc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4+ Kh8 17. Qe6 Rf5 {½-½ (64) Vidit,S (2707)-Gelfand,B (2695) Poikovsky 2018}) 11... Qd6 12. Qe2 c5 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Bf4 Ba6 17. a4 Qb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rfd8) 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bxb5 20. axb5 Rab8 (20... Rfb8 $11) 21. Rxa7 $14 h5 (21... Rfe8 $14) 22. Ra5 Rb7 (22... Rfc8 $142) 23. Bc3 (23. Bb4 $16) 23... Nd6 24. b6 Rxb6 25. Rxd5 Rc8 26. Bd4 Rb5 27. Rxb5 Nxb5 28. Be3 Rc6 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc4 (30... f5 $11 31. Bxg7 Kxg7) 31. Be3 $14 f5 32. Rb1 f4 33. b3 Re4 34. Bc5 Rxe6 35. b4 Kf7 36. b5 Be5 37. Kf1 Bb8 38. Re1 f3 39. g3 ({Of course not} 39. gxf3 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1 Bxh2 $17) (39. Rb1 {with more complications.} Bxh2 40. gxf3 Rf6 41. b6 Rf5 42. Kg2) 39... Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1 $11 {KB-KB} e5 (40... g5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41. Kd2 $16 Ke6 42. Kc3 Kd5 43. Be3 e4 44. b6 Bd6 {[#]} (44... Kc6 $142) 45. Kb3 (45. b7 $142 $1 Kc6 46. Bf4) 45... h4 46. Ka4 {Threatens to win with Kb5.} hxg3 47. hxg3 {Strongly threatening Kb5.} Kc6 48. Ka5 Kb7 49. Kb5 Be7 50. g4 Bd8 51. g5 Be7 52. Kc4 Kc6 {[#]} 53. b7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxb7 54. Kd5 Kc7 55. Ke6 Bb4 {The position is equal.} 56. Kf6 Kc6 {...Bc5 is the strong threat.} 57. Kxg6 Bc5 {aiming for ...Bxe3.} 58. Kf5 {Hoping for Bxc5.} ({Avoid the trap} 58. Bxc5 $2 Kxc5 59. Kf5 {[#]} e3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Promotion}) 58... Bxe3 59. Kxe4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2