[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2019.07.27"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2019.07.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,78,6,13,15,12,17,25,19,0,7,15,8,18,45,45,57,47,52,25,23,-22,50,45,37,35,39,30,34,18,24,5,5,0,0,-25,-25,-47,-14,-29,0,0,9,9,16,18,19,19,29,10,7,4,28,2,4,4,5,5,19,19,19,0,0,0,21,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Bc5 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 9. e3 Bxd4 10. exd4 O-O {White has an edge.} 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 (12... Qd6 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. O-O Bf5 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Bf3 {½-½ (33) Navara,D (2737)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis 2017}) 13. Bg3 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. h4 a6 16. Nc3 Qxb2 17. Nxd5 {1-0 (34) Hetey,L (2325)-Halser,W (2100) Leipzig 1999}) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. d5 Ne7 16. Bc4 Nf5 17. Be5 Re8 (17... Nh4 $11 18. Qh5 Kh7) 18. Bc3 $14 Bd7 19. O-O Rc8 20. Be2 Qb6 21. Bg4 Rcd8 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qd2 Rd7 24. h3 Be6 25. Rad1 Rxd5 (25... Bxd5 {keeps more tension.} 26. a4 Bc6 27. Qc2 Red8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 e3) 26. Qe2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxe4 {Hoping for Qe5.} Qd1+ 30. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Qe5.} Qd6+ 31. Be5 Qd5 32. Qe3 Kh7 33. f4 Kg6 {The position is equal.} 34. Qxa7 f6 35. Bc3 Qe4 36. fxg5 {Qf2 is the strong threat.} Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qc1+ {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2019.07.28"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.07.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,64,20,19,42,12,43,39,32,37,41,32,42,0,12,-2,0,3,14,0,4,-25,-18,-18,-3,-18,-16,-8,-12,-15,-18,-17,-12,-12,-14,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. g3 (8. Ng1 Nbd7 9. Nf3 b5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O Nc5 13. f4 Qc7 14. a3 Rc8 15. Qe1 {1-0 (33) Nepomniachtchi,I (2740)-Giri,A (2755) Moscow 2016}) 8... Be7 9. Bg2 b5 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Qd2 $146 (12. Be3 {keeps more tension.} Rb7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Qd2 b4 15. Kb1) ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Rb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Nc3 {0-1 (66) Edouard,R (2680)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Tromsoe 2014}) 12... Nd7 13. a4 Rb7 14. axb5 axb5 15. O-O O-O 16. b3 b4 17. Rd1 {The position is equal.} h4 18. g4 Nc5 19. Qe1 Bd7 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Nc1 Rfb8 22. Ra2 Bc6 23. Bd2 Qd8 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Bd7 26. d4 exd4 27. Bf4 Be6 28. Rxd4 Bxb3 29. Rb2 Be6 30. Rdxb4 Rxb4 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Qxb4 d5 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2019.07.29"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2766"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2019.07.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,102,4,9,4,21,0,9,0,8,0,10,0,5,0,0,-12,0,0,0,-26,0,-11,0,-16,0,-35,1,-22,-24,-22,-25,-22,-29,-31,-28,-21,-31,-57,-50,-74,-72,-99,-43,-68,-73,-110,-112,-188,-196,-185,-191,-189,-182,-177,-166,-214,-197,-221,-234,-220,-176,-180,-133,-637,-630,-620,-273,-274,-258,-256,-256,-256,-256,-250,-250,-250,-243,-243,-231,-385,-380,-532,-294,-474,-420,-444,-431,-532,-517,-512,-470,-468,-461,-330,-281]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8. Bc2 Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a4 c6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. a5 Bc5 {1-0 (39) Carlsen,M (2845)-Grischuk,A (2771) Shamkir 2019}) 5... d6 6. c3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} O-O 7. h3 (7. O-O Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bf1 Nbd7 15. Qc2 {0-1 (26) Nepomniachtchi,I (2757)-Grischuk,A (2766) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... Bb6 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. O-O Be6 12. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 h6 13. d4 c6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Be3 b5 {½-½ (25) Smirin,I (2663)-Quesada Perez,Y (2636) Rockville 2013}) 12... c5 13. a3 d5 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. exd5 h6 16. Nf3 Qxd5 17. Bb3 Qd6 18. Be3 Be6 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 e4 21. Nd2 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Rfe8 23. Nc4 Qe6 $1 24. Rac1 Nd5 25. Ne5 Rad8 (25... Nh4 $17 26. Qb5 Red8) 26. Rfe1 Kh7 27. a4 f5 28. a5 (28. Rc4 $17 {was called for.}) 28... bxa5 $19 29. Qxb7 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 Qxe5 32. Rg3 Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7b7]} 33. Qb6 Rd6 34. Qb3 f4 35. Rgc3 Red7 36. Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36. Rc5 $17 Rd5 37. Rxd5 Qxd5 38. Qa4) 36... Rd2 $1 37. Rc8 R7d5 (37... e3 $142 38. f3 Qd5 39. Qxd5 R7xd5) 38. Qb8 Qxb8 39. Rxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRR} e3 $1 {[%cal Re3f2][%mdl 512]} 40. fxe3 {[#]} Rg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. exf4 Rgxg2+ 42. Kh1 Rh2+ ({Resist} 42... Rxb2 43. Rxb2 Rxb2 44. Ra1 $17) 43. Kg1 Rxh3 44. b4 $2 (44. Re5) 44... Rg3+ 45. Kf1 Rf3+ 46. Kg1 Rb2 47. b5 Rxf4 48. Rb7 Rf5 49. b6 Rf6 50. Ree7 Rg6+ 51. Kf1 a4 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 72%.} ({Stronger than} 51... Rgxb6 52. Rxg7+ Kh8 53. Rh7+ Kg8 54. Rhg7+ Kh8 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56. Rhg7+ Kh8 $11) 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2019.07.29"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2019.07.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,125,3,14,9,13,14,29,26,27,20,36,25,33,30,25,11,28,10,19,0,0,14,32,39,39,34,39,41,47,45,45,38,67,46,63,47,49,49,73,57,72,66,70,50,50,40,47,47,48,44,44,41,40,41,45,45,42,39,51,43,50,37,50,50,51,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,58,46,41,44,54,33,75,75,126,124,146,143,139,141,263,263,244,244,785,692,1712,527,4137,4137,4137,4137,4137,4137,29976,29977,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29985,29986]} 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 {White has an edge.} c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 {Hoping for Ng5.} h6 {[#]} 15. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nh4 Rfe8 {½-½ (55) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 15... Rad8 16. h3 {Played: Bd3-f5} 1-0