[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[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]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} c4 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 9. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 11. f3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 13. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 14. g4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 15. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 16. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 17. g5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 22. g4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 23. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. Be1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 25. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 26. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 28. Qxc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 30. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 31. Rf1 {[%emt 0:05:17]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 32. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 33. a4 {[%emt 0:03:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. g6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nxg6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 35. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 37. g5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 9. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 10. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 16. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 17. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 18. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:04:08]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:14]} 21. Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 23. e4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 24. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 25. Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 26. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 28. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 29. a3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 30. f3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 34. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 35. Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} f4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 38. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Red4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 39. Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 40. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 41. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 45. g4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 46. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 47. g5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 50. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 51. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 52. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 53. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 54. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 55. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 56. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 57. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 58. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 59. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 60. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 61. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 62. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 0-1

[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 "1.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,54,54,26,43,10,12,0,17,24,39,35,45,19,83,47,68,67,60,76,62,65,56,53,94,111,109,46,50,53,85,83,83,12,64,0,83,58,160,25,43,19]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 d6 4. exf5 (4. Nc3 Nc6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 Nb4 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 Bd7 {1-0 (37) Ding,L (2777)-Zhang,Z (2634) China 2016}) 4... Bxf5 5. d4 Qd7 6. a3 $146 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nc3 e5 7. Bg5 e4 8. Bxf6 Qe6 9. Ng5 Qxf6 10. Ngxe4 Qg6 11. Ng3 Bxc2 {½-½ (43) Erdos,V (2628)-Ali Marandi,C (2515) Biel 2017}) 6... e5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bg5 {The position is equal.} Be7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qe6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 11. Qe2 {Nf3 is the strong threat.} dxe5 (11... Qxe5 $11 12. Qxe5 dxe5) 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Qc4 c6 14. f3 b5 15. Qxe6+ Bxe6 16. Bd3 b4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Ne4 (18. Rhe1 $16) 18... a5 $14 19. Bd2 Nd5 20. Rhe1 h6 21. Nf2 (21. Bc4 $16) 21... Bd6 (21... Bc5 $11 22. Rxe5 Bf7) 22. Ne4 (22. Bc4 $14) 22... Be7 (22... Bb4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. Nc3 a4 (23... Bf7 $14) 24. Nxd5 ({Only move:} 24. Rxe5 $16 Nc7 25. Rxe6 Nxe6 26. Bc4) 24... cxd5 $11 25. Bc3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 37%.} ({Much weaker is} 25. Rxe5 a3 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,107,10,18,21,24,25,31,0,-6,-27,-18,-6,-13,-51,-11,-59,-48,-57,-34,-51,-47,-58,-52,-65,-24,-110,-114,-120,-121,-200,-73,-75,-72,-79,-59,-77,-75,-48,-24,-24,-18,-33,-27,-68,-55,-58,0,-79,0,0,0,2,6,0,33,-100,-38,-41,-47,-54,87,87,85,87,84,89,88,64,114,114,192,192,192,185,140,193,221,221,607,528,29964,29966,29966,29963,29960,29962,29961,29963,29970,29971,29972,29974,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29976]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O ({Predecessor:} 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 {0-1 (37) Firouzja,A (2607)-Vokhidov,S (2480) Makati 2018}) 4... Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 $146 (7... h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. h3 Rd8 {0-1 (76) Yu,Y (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019}) 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh7 12. Nbd2 Qf6 (12... h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5h4]} 13. h4 g4 $11) 13. d4 h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h4] ...h4 is the strong threat.} 14. h3 h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 15. Bh2 $1 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 {[%cal Re5d4]} 17. Be2 Rfe8 18. dxe5 (18. Rc1 $11) 18... dxe5 $17 19. b4 Rad8 $1 20. b5 (20. Kh1 $17) 20... Bxf3 (20... Na5 $19 {is more deadly.} 21. bxa6 bxa6) 21. Bxf3 Ne7 22. Qe2 Ng5 23. Ra2 Ng6 $1 ({Don't play} 23... Nxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Ng6 25. Rb2 $11) 24. bxa6 Qxa6 25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. Be2 Rd6 27. Nc4 Rf6 28. Bg4 h3 (28... Nf4 $15 29. Bxf4 exf4) 29. Bg3 (29. gxh3 $11 {remains equal.} Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Ne3) 29... Rc6 (29... hxg2 $17 {aiming for ...Nf4.} 30. Ne3 (30. Kxg2 Nf4+ 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 30... Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rd8 32. Rxg2 Rd3) 30. Bd7 $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Bxe8 Nxe4 32. Kh1 Nf6 33. Rd2 (33. Bxe5 $14 {was the only good move.} Nxe8 34. Bd4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} hxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Nf4+ 36. Kg1) 33... hxg2+ (33... Nxe8 $17 34. Rd8 Kf8) 34. Kxg2 Nxe8 35. Rd8 Rxa4 (35... Kf8 $15 {stays ahead.} 36. Bxe5 Bc5) 36. Rxe8+ $16 Kg7 37. Bxe5+ Nxe5 38. R8xe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rc4 39. Rg5+ Kf6 40. Rg3 $1 Bb6 (40... Rc6 $16 41. Rf3+ Kg6) 41. Rf3+ $18 Kg6 42. Kh3 f5 43. Re5 (43. Re6+ $16 Kg5 44. Re5) 43... Rc5 44. Rfxf5 $1 Rxe5 $2 (44... Rxc3+ 45. Kg4 Rc2 46. Re6+ Kg7) 45. Rxe5 Bxf2 {KR-KB} 46. Kg4 $1 {White mates.} Bb6 47. Re6+ Kf7 48. Kf5 a5 {[#]} 49. Ke5 $1 {[%cal Re5d5]} Bc5 50. Ra6 Bb6 {[#]} 51. Kd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Ke7 52. Kc6 Ke6 53. c4 Be3 54. Kxc7+ {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,14,28,-20,-48,-39,31,27,29,20,23,27,27,18,16,8,23,0,0,4,-7,-10,0,-4,0,-18,-18,-24,-12,-25,0,-8,0,-31,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,-51,-41,-49,-25,-132,-125,-135,-131,-218,-219,-284,-284,-290,-294,-295,-292,-289,-289,-295,-287,-283,-282,-383,-373,-407,-407,-403,-375,-424,-397,-639,-631]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Nxc5 7. b4 Ne6 (7... Nce4 $1 $15 8. Nd4 O-O) 8. Bb2 $14 {White is slightly better.} b6 (8... O-O 9. Be2 a5 10. Nbd2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qb3 {½-½ (38) Aleksandrov,A (2594)-Tutisani,N (2460) Nakhchivan 2018}) 9. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Qb3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd5 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (15) Rantanen,Y (2385)-Sigurjonsson,G (2485) Gausdal 1987}) 9... Bb7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Nd5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Nc7 15. Nf4 (15. Nc3 {seems wilder.} Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nb5 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. Rc1) 15... f6 (15... d6 {is interesting.} 16. O-O e6 17. Nd3 Qe7 18. Rc1 f6) 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 e5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qc7 20. O-O Qc3 21. e4 Qxb2 22. Rxb2 Kf7 23. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a6 24. a5 b5 25. Rbb1 Rc3 26. Bg4 (26. Rfc1 $11 Rfc8 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. f3) 26... Ke7 $15 27. d6+ Kd8 28. Rfc1 (28. f3 $1 $11) 28... Rxc1+ $17 ({Stronger than} 28... Bxe4 29. Rxc3 Bxb1 30. Rc7 $14) 29. Rxc1 Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Rc5 (30. Bd1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 30... f5 $19 31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 {KR-KR} Rf6 33. Rd5 Re6 34. Kf1 Ke8 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Ke3 g5 37. h3 h5 38. Kd3 Re8 39. Rc5 Ke6 40. Rc7 h4 41. Ra7 $2 {[#]} (41. Ke2) 41... Rg8 {Played: g5-g4} 0-1

[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 "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,111,14,12,25,7,17,26,29,9,24,0,10,0,0,0,16,4,16,0,0,0,4,3,11,0,16,10,10,3,10,10,18,7,7,8,8,8,15,0,12,10,10,17,39,61,45,46,83,80,75,75,116,116,124,120,218,217,191,232,191,191,191,199,191,191,191,193,212,207,385,381,370,370,370,326,1074,1013,892,875,1083,1002,1374,1235,1337,1314,1352,1018,1311,1262,1222,1114,1519,1475,1915,1192,29967,29964,29976,29977,29973,29963]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 $146 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (7... a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. a3 Rc8 15. b4 Nd5 16. Be1 Qc7 17. e3 h6 18. Qb2 N5b6 19. Qe2 {½-½ (31) Yu,Y (2751)-Giri,A (2797) Shenzhen 2019}) (7... b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nfd2 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 Qh5 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Nf3 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 a5 {1-0 (54) Grischuk,A (2772)-Nakamura,H (2761) Moscow 2019}) 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 {White has an edge.} 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} b5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 a5 13. Ne5 a4 14. Nc5 c6 15. a3 Ra7 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. Qb2 Nb6 18. Qc3 f6 19. Qa5 Nd5 20. Ned3 Ra7 21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Qa2 {[#] aiming for Nxe6!} Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Bd7 24. Rfc1 Kh8 25. h4 Qf7 26. e3 Rd8 27. Qb2 Be8 28. Nb4 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 Qe7 30. Qb2 ({Don't play} 30. Bxc6 $6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Qxb4 $14) 30... Ra6 31. Bxc6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 e5 (33... b4 $16) 34. dxe5 $18 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KR-KR} 36. Rb6 $1 Kg8 37. Rxb5 Rd3 38. Rxe5 Rxa3 39. Re7 Ra1+ 40. Kg2 a3 $2 (40... Ra2 {might work better.} 41. Ra7 a3) 41. h5 Rb1 {White must now prevent ...a2.} 42. Ra7 Rb3 43. g4 h6 $2 (43... Rc3 44. Kf3 h6) 44. Kf3 Kf8 45. Kf4 Rb2 46. f3 a2 47. e4 Rf2 48. e5 Ke8 49. Ke3 Rg2 50. Ke4 Rf2 51. Kf5 Kf8 52. Ke6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Kg8 53. Ke7 Rxf3 54. Rxa2 {White mates.} Rf4 55. e6 g6 56. Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,89,24,27,19,29,13,15,25,19,21,16,19,33,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,30,185,79,150,84,93,25,30,20,33,0,57,50,169,165,174,165,209,210,211,206,312,308,290,233,247,249,258,259,261,253,264,262,246,255,243,236,268,271,324,324,763,764,663,645,606,572,990,863,1132,1014,1215,1114,1094,627]} 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.} c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 h6 15. Nh4 Rfe8 {½-½ (55) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 13... c4 14. Be2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Ne4 15. Qc1 $1 d5 {...Nxc3+! is the strong threat.} 16. Bd4 Rac8 17. Ne5 Nd6 {White should prevent ...Nb5.} 18. Bg4 Rfe8 $2 {[#]} (18... Ne4 $11) 19. Qf4 (19. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and White stays clearly on top.} Bxg4 (19... Nxf7 20. Bxe6) 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 19... Bf8 (19... Qd8 $142) 20. Re3 ({White should try} 20. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Nd7) 20... Qc7 $16 21. Rde1 (21. Bxa7 b6 $19) (21. Bxe6 $1 $16 fxe6 22. Rf3) 21... Ne4 $11 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Nd6 (23... Nc5 $11) 24. Ng4 $14 h5 ({Better is} 24... Rg6 $1 $14) 25. Rxe6 $18 fxe6 {[#]} 26. Nh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 27. Rxe6 {Black must now prevent Qg3+.} Ne8 {[#]} 28. Rg6+ $1 Bg7 ({Stronger than} 28... Kh7 {[#]} 29. Qf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe5 30. Bxe5 Nf6 31. Bxf6 Bg7 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. Qxc8#) (28... Ng7 $142 29. Qxh6 Re8) 29. Qxh6 $1 Rd8 30. Qxh5 Qe7 31. f4 Rd6 32. Rxd6 ({Weaker is} 32. Bxa7 Qf7 $14) 32... Nxd6 33. Qxd5+ Kh7 34. Qh5+ ({Not} 34. Bxa7 Qe1+ 35. Ka2 Ne4 $14) 34... Kg8 35. Qg6 Ne8 36. Bxa7 Nf6 37. Bd4 Qe1+ 38. Ka2 Qe4 $2 (38... Qh4 39. Bxf6 Qxf6) 39. Qxe4 {White is clearly winning.} Nxe4 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 {KN-KP} 41. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nf2 42. Ka3 Nd1 43. a5 Kf6 44. g4 Ke6 45. h4 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[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]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 9. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 11. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 13. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 15. e4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 17. Rce3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 18. e5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 19. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 20. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. Qg4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Re7 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 22. h4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 23. h5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 24. Qe4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 26. Kg1 {[%emt 0:05:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 27. R3e2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 28. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 31. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 32. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 33. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 34. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 35. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 38. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 39. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 41. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 44. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 46. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. g4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 50. f3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 51. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 52. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 54. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 55. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 57. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 58. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 59. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 60. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 61. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 62. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 63. Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 64. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,70,0,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,-18,0,-62,-39,-36,-20,-52,-43,-43,-51,-37,-33,-38,-37,-32,-25,-31,-48,-43,-27,-34,-33,-93,-93,-132,-93,-93,-94,-99,-93,-93,-93,-123,-115,-116,-114,-114,-114,-197,-181,-186,-167,-222,-208,-182,-184,-241,-236,-320,-312,-308,-200,-437,-460]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 (4... Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bd3 f6 9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 {½-½ (59) Rapport,R (2739)-Ponomariov,R (2682) Hengshui 2019}) 5. Qxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 6. Qf4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} e6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 Ne7 10. Ng5 Nf5 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. g4 {½-½ (20) Stone,G (2283)-Wong,L ICCF email 2014}) 9. h4 h5 10. Qg3 (10. Ne2 $11) 10... Ne7 11. Nd4 Qb6 12. a3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Ng6 14. f4 Rc8 15. Nce2 Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qxa6 bxa6 18. Bd2 Bb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. b4 (20. Rh3 $15) 20... Bb6 $17 21. a4 bxa4 22. Kd1 Rc4 23. Rxa4 O-O 24. Ra2 Rfc8 25. g3 Ne7 26. Rf1 Kh7 27. Rf3 Kg6 28. f5+ (28. Rb3 $17) 28... Nxf5 $19 29. Nf4+ Kh7 {[#]} 30. Nxh5 (30. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] is a better defense.} Rd8 (30... exd5 31. Rxf5) 31. Nxb6 axb6 32. Kc1) 30... Rg4 31. Raa3 Rcc4 32. Nf4 (32. Rf1 {might work better.}) 32... Nd4 $1 {[%csl LRc2,LRf3]} 33. Rf1 Nxc2 ({Weaker is} 33... Rxc2 34. Ne2 $17) 34. Rd3 Nxb4 35. Rdf3 $2 {[#]} (35. Bxb4 Rxb4 36. Ke2) 35... Nc6 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[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 "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,119,-6,-6,-16,-16,-24,-17,-16,-20,-29,-4,-23,-31,-28,-6,-22,0,-18,-20,-24,0,-5,0,-17,0,0,0,0,39,50,60,58,50,0,0,0,0,0,61,0,0,-10,38,50,70,70,72,64,66,66,72,72,96,50,227,193,299,358,320,305,355,239,566,508,492,482,476,479,482,472,400,363,369,358,324,310,667,667,554,0,628,626,826,789,683,414,424,420,406,465,703,573,29973,29974,29974,29974,5405,1185,1075,982,29979,29980,29979,29981,29981,29981,29982,29983]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. d4 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} bxc5 9. O-O Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d6 10. Qe2 a5 11. e4 e5 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. a4 Nh5 15. Rad1 Nf4 {½-½ (33) Krstic,P (2368)-Nestorovic,N (2481) Belgrade 2014}) 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} Nc6 11. e4 e5 12. Nf1 d6 13. Ne3 Nb4 14. Nd2 a5 15. a3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. b4 (17. bxa4 Bc6) 17... cxb4 18. axb4 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 19. Rxa4 dxe4 20. Ndc4 exd3 21. Bxe5 Qd8 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Bd6 Re8 24. Qxd3 Ne4 25. Rd1 h5 (25... Bc6 $11) 26. f3 (26. Be5 $14 Qxd3 27. Rxd3) 26... Nc3 $11 27. Rd2 Qg5 28. f4 Qh4 {Hoping for ...Qe1+.} 29. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qf6 {[#]} 30. Be5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Qc6 31. Qxc3 $1 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 {And now Nd6 would win.} Qxh2+ 33. Ke1 Qxg3+ $2 (33... Qh1+ $14 34. Nf1 f6 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 34. Kd1 Be4 {[#]} (34... Bh6 $142 35. Nd6 Rf8) 35. Kc1 $1 $18 (35. Bxg7 Qg1+ 36. Ke2 Qh2+ 37. Ke1 Qg1+ 38. Ke2 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 (41. Ke1 Qh1+ 42. Kf2 Qh2+ 43. Kf1 Qh1+ 44. Kf2 $11) 41... Qh1+ 42. Kf2 Qh2+ 43. Kf1 $11 (43. Ke1 Qh1+ 44. Kf2 $11)) 35... Bxe5 36. fxe5 ({Less strong is} 36. Nxe5 Qe1+ 37. Nd1 Bf5 $18) 36... Qe1+ 37. Kb2 Kh7 $2 (37... Qb1+ {is tougher.} 38. Ka3 Ra8+ 39. Na5 Bf5 40. Nxf5 Qxf5) 38. Rd7 Qf2+ 39. Qd2 Qxd2+ 40. Rxd2 (40. Nxd2 Rxe5 41. Nec4 Re6 $18) 40... g5 41. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} g4 42. b6 g3 43. Kc3 (43. Nd6 Rxe5 44. Kc3 (44. Nxf7 Rb5+ 45. Ka3 Ba8 $11) 44... Ba8 $16) 43... Ba8 44. Ng2 Re7 $2 (44... Rb8 45. Nh4 Rc8) 45. Nh4 Re8 46. Ng2 Re7 $1 47. Kd4 Kh6 48. Nd6 Kg5 49. Ne4+ Kg4 {With the idea ...Rd7+.} 50. Ne3+ Kf4 51. Nf6 Kf3 (51... Rb7 $142 52. Nxh5+ Kf3) 52. Nf5 g2 53. Rxg2 Kxg2 54. Nxe7 h4 55. Ned5 Kf3 56. Ne4 h3 57. Ng5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White mates.} Kg4 {[#]} 58. Nxh3 $1 Kxh3 59. Nf6 Kg3 60. Ne8 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,92,0,-5,-10,-22,0,0,-6,0,-24,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-20,-12,21,28,26,27,26,18,20,20,29,15,15,16,21,16,47,47,52,58,64,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Ncb4 11. Qd2 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxc5 {½-½ (44) Cheparinov,I (2709)-Gelfand,B (2673) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. Ne5 b5 13. a4 a6 14. axb5 (14. e4 {keeps more tension.} Nb6 15. Qe2 f6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. a5) 14... Bxb5 15. e4 Nxc3 (15... Nb6 {is interesting.} 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. Be3 Rd8 18. h4 Bd6) 16. bxc3 Nd3 17. Nxd3 cxd3 18. Qa2 c5 19. c4 Bd7 20. Rxd3 {next e5 is good for White.} cxd4 21. e5 Ra7 22. Bb2 Bc5 23. Bxd4 Qc7 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Qd2 (25. Bf1 $14) 25... Bxd4 $11 {The position is equal.} 26. Rxd4 Qxe5 27. Rd1 Be8 $1 28. Rd8 Qc7 29. Qd4 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxc8.} Rxd8 30. Qxd8 {[%cal Rd8e8]} Kf8 31. Qd3 $1 Kg8 32. Qd8 {[%cal Rd8e8]} Kf8 33. Qd3 $1 f5 34. Qe3 Qe7 35. c5 Rc7 36. Rd6 Bb5 37. h4 h6 38. Qd4 Rd7 39. g4 fxg4 40. Rxd7 Qxd7 41. Qxg4 Qd2 {Hoping for ...Qe1+.} 42. Qf3+ Ke7 {[#] aiming for ...Qc1+.} 43. Qb7+ Kf6 {White must now prevent ...Qc1+.} 44. Qf3+ Ke7 {...Qc1+ is the strong threat.} 45. Qb7+ Kf6 {And now ...Qc1+ would win.} 46. Qf3+ Ke7 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,0,0,-31,-11,-25,-32,-26,4,14,0,0,82,79,83,77,54,65,122,120,119,93,124,9,111,-4,-6,-11,-18,-28,-34,-30,0,0,0,0,14,23,315,290,345,345,566,566,566,560,550,518]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} Qd7 7. Bb5 c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 8. Bc4 {Black is slightly better.} Na6 (8... Ne7 9. b5 Nd5 10. Ba3 Nc7 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O Nb4 13. Qb3 Bxc5 14. exd4 b5 {½-½ (14) Maghsoodloo,P (2673)-Wang,H (2718) Sharjah 2019}) 9. exd4 e4 10. b5 Nb4 (10... exf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 11. bxa6 Qe7+ 12. Kf1 fxg2+ 13. Kxg2 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 14. f3 Qh4) 11. a3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra3b4]} exf3 12. axb4 {aiming for bxc6.} Qxd4 13. d3 $146 Qe5+ (13... fxg2 $14 14. Rg1 Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 15. Be3 Qxh2) 14. Be3 fxg2 15. Rg1 Ne7 16. Nd2 (16. Rxg2 $16 Kd8 17. d4) 16... Bd7 (16... Qxh2 $11 17. Nf3 Qh5) 17. bxa5 (17. Rxg2 $16 {Threatens to win with d4.} Nd5 18. d4) 17... Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 18. d4 Qxh2 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. a6 $1 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6b7][%mdl 32]} Be7 ({Wrong is} 20... Qxf3 $2 21. axb7 Rxa4 22. b8=Q+ Kf7 23. Rxa4 $18) (20... Bd6 $5 21. cxd6 Qxf3 $11) 21. Qd1 {Played: a6xb7} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,97,12,0,0,0,10,-4,0,-11,-14,-79,-87,-80,-73,-95,-79,-79,-56,-78,-75,-95,-99,-106,-96,-112,-75,-123,-66,-81,-73,-107,-6,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-8,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} (11... Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 Bb4 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 dxc4 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Bd6 {0-1 (76) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Nc3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Bf4 (15. e4 $11 {remains equal.} d4 16. Ne2) 15... g5 $17 {[#]} 16. Bc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bf3 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bc5+ 19. Kg2 {0-1 (31) Ernst,S (2540)-Bluebaum,M (2580) Germany 2016}) 16... Nxe5 17. b3 Ng6 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. b4 Rc8 20. Ne4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 f5 22. Nd2 Qe7 23. Rac1 e5 ({Black should try} 23... h5 $17 24. Qa3 Ra8) 24. Qb3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} e4 25. b5 cxb5 (25... Rfd8 $17 {With the idea ...c5.} 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8) 26. cxd5 $11 Rxc1 27. d6+ $1 {The position is equal.} Qf7 28. Rxc1 Qxb3 29. Nxb3 Rd8 30. Rc7 {[#] And now d7 would win.} Bd5 31. Nd4 Rxd6 32. Nxf5 Rc6 33. Rxc6 Bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 34. Nd6 (34. Nd4 {is interesting.} Be8 35. Bxe4 b4 36. Bd5+ Kg7 37. f3) 34... b4 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 (35... Bd7 {is more complex.} 36. Bb1 Ne7 37. e4 g4 38. Kg2 Kg7) 36. Nxe4 {KN-KN} Ne7 37. Kf1 Nd5 38. Ke1 Nc3 39. Nxc3 bxc3 {KP-KP} 40. f4 gxf4 41. gxf4 b5 42. Kd1 b4 43. Kc2 Kf7 44. e4 Ke6 45. Kb3 a5 46. h4 h5 47. a3 Kd6 48. axb4 axb4 49. Kc2 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,51,8,6,27,18,19,29,22,20,27,26,17,26,20,6,23,36,96,98,85,86,152,146,130,27,23,31,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 {B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line} 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 {[%cal Rf6d5] White has an edge.} 11. Nde2 e6 {[%cal Rb4d5]} 12. d6 (12. Bd4 exd5 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. g4 {1-0 (33) Navara,D (2740)-Gelfand,B (2703) Batumi 2018}) 12... Nbd5 13. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qxd6 14. Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. O-O Ne7 15. Bf2 Qe5 16. Qd4 {1-0 (52) Rego,P (2228)-Fossan,A (2040) Lisbon 2019}) 14... exd5 15. Qd2 b5 (15... Bd7 $14) 16. Nxb5 $16 Qe7 {[#]} 17. Nbc3 $1 Rb8 (17... Ba6 $142) 18. O-O-O Bf5 19. g4 ({White should play} 19. Kb1 $16) 19... Qb4 $11 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb4b2]} 20. b3 Nxg4 $1 21. fxg4 (21. Bxg7 {is more complex.} Ne3 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bb2 Ne3 24. Qxb4 Rxb4 25. Rd6) 21... Rxe2 $1 {The position is equal.} 22. Nxe2 Qa3+ $1 23. Kb1 Rxb3+ $1 24. axb3 ({Avoid the trap} 24. Ka1 $2 {[#]} Rb2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 24... Qxb3+ 25. Ka1 Qa3+ 26. Kb1 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,94,-23,-22,-20,-31,0,0,0,-54,0,0,0,-7,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,35,38,31,39,40,39,61,60,95,70,70,74,77,77,68,61,74,64,66,53,88,65,99,63,66,62,58,58,56,52,74,35,34,34,35,0,-5,-4,0,-522,-522]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 ({Predecessor:} 7... h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 {½-½ (68) Cernousek,L (2494)-Vykouk,J (2428) Czech Republic 2016}) 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn} 12. fxe5 Nfd7 $146 (12... g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Qe1 Nxf6 18. Nf3 Qg7 19. Ne5 {½-½ (35) Radjabov,T (2748)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Shamkir 2018}) 13. Ne4 $1 {[#] Strongly threatening Be2.} Qxa2 {The position is equal.} 14. Rd1 $1 Qd5 ({Black should play} 14... Qb2 $1 $15) 15. Qe3 $1 $11 Qxe5 {Hoping for ...f5.} 16. Be2 $1 Bc5 $1 {White should prevent ...0-0.} 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qa5+ 20. Rd2 $1 {Nd6+ is the strong threat.} O-O $1 {And now ...f5 would win.} 21. Bd6 $1 f5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 ({Don't go for} 22... Kxf8 $2 {[#]} 23. Nd6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 23. Nd6 Nbd7 24. O-O Qc5 25. Qd4 a5 26. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} f4 27. Rxf4 a4 (27... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 $11) 28. Rf1 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Nc5 30. Bf3 a3 31. Rd2 Nfd7 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxb7 Rb8 34. Bc6 Ne5 35. Bb5 $1 Nxg4 36. Ra2 Rd8 37. Rxa3 Rd2 38. h3 Nf6 39. Re3 Kf7 40. Rf2 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Ke7 42. Ra3 Nfe4 43. Ra7+ Kd6 44. Re2 Ng5 45. Rxg7 {Black must now prevent Kg2.} Nf3+ 46. Kg3 Nd4 47. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Rg2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 47... Nd3+ {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,122,60,66,50,62,27,27,22,25,24,32,0,-9,-20,-20,-19,-20,-40,-28,-33,-37,-43,22,-12,35,0,81,80,78,80,154,139,142,130,145,131,126,121,138,130,167,170,174,0,143,171,154,163,172,179,162,149,127,60,42,10,9,8,8,22,20,10,9,21,58,0,0,0,0,-31,0,-60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,283,298,262,224,242,0,241,56,66,66,153,153,117,0,137,117,137,50,58,42,45,62,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,67]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. h4 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} (7. Qd2 h6 8. h4 a6 9. h5 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Be4 Qc7 13. O-O bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 {1-0 (77) Carlsen,M (2835)-Popov,I (2592) St Petersburg 2018}) 7... h6 8. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. h5 a6 9. c4 b5 10. c3 Rb8 11. Qc2 b4 12. Bd3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Qb6 14. O-O Qb2 {½-½ (54) Van Foreest,J (2614)-Predke,A (2622) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... b6 9. Bg2 {White has an edge.} Bb7 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. h5 c4 13. Qe2 b5 14. Rh4 Rb8 15. Bd2 Qa5 16. Kb1 Bd5 (16... Bc6 $15) 17. Ne1 Rb6 {aiming for ...Ra6.} 18. Bc1 Ra6 (18... Bxg2 $1 $11 19. Nxg2 Nd5 20. Rxd5 exd5) 19. a3 $16 Bc6 20. Rhd4 Nd5 (20... Qc7 $142) 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Qb6 24. Nf3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qb7 25. Qe4 Rc6 26. Be3 $1 a5 {[#]} 27. Rd6 $2 (27. Nd2 $1 $18) 27... b4 {[#]} (27... Bxd6 $11 28. exd6+ Kd8) 28. cxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb4 {[#]} 29. axb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd6 (29... Qxb4 30. Rxc6) 30. exd6+ Kd8 31. Ne5 Kc8 32. Nxc6 ({Resist} 32. Nxf7 $6 Rf8 $14) (32. Qd5 $16) 32... Qxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 33. Qd4 Re8 34. Qxg7 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Bc1 Qxh5 36. Qc3 Qd5 37. b3 h5 38. Kb2 ({Better is} 38. bxc4 $14 Qxd6 39. Be3) 38... Re4 $11 39. Be3 Kb7 40. Kb1 (40. Ka3 {feels hotter.} h4 41. gxh4 Rxh4 42. Kb2 f5 43. Qf6) 40... f5 41. Kc1 (41. Kb2 $11) 41... Qxd6 (41... Qe5 $15 42. Qxe5 Rxe5) 42. bxc4 Qc6 43. Bd4 f4 44. Qd3 Re1+ 45. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e1]} Qh1 {Threatens to win with ...Rd1+.} 46. Qf5 Qe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Much weaker is} 46... Rd1+ $6 47. Kc3 $16) (46... Re6 $1 $11) 47. Qxd7+ $18 Kb8 48. Qd8+ Kb7 49. Qd7+ Kb8 {( -> ...Re2+)} 50. Kc3 $2 (50. Qd6+ $18 Kc8 51. Qf8+ Kd7 52. Qf7+ Kc8 53. Qxh5) 50... Rc1 $1 $14 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re4c2]} 51. Qb5+ Kc8 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re4c2]} 52. Qc5+ Kd7 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re4c2]} 53. Qb5+ Kc8 $1 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re4c2] [#]} 54. Qa6+ $1 Kd8 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re4c2]} 55. Qf6+ (55. Bf6+ $16 Kc7 56. Qa7+ Kc8 57. Qa2) 55... Kc8 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re4c2]} 56. Qf8+ Kd7 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re4c2]} 57. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc8 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re4c2]} 58. Qg8+ Kd7 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re4c2] The position is equal.} 59. Qg7+ Kc8 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re4c2]} 60. Qg8+ Kd7 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re4c2]} 61. Qf7+ ({White should try} 61. b5 $11 Rxc2+ 62. Kb3) 61... Kc8 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,71,4,28,13,31,29,49,37,54,57,41,52,60,61,49,37,64,51,56,64,75,61,134,116,127,123,210,194,197,170,153,168,199,166,323,318,429,323,489,300,520,525,489,184,203,125,391,379,494,491,489,485,452,433,488,490,470,402,356,329]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O dxc4 7. a4 O-O 8. Na3 $1 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3} (8. Qc2 Be6 9. e4 h6 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. Qc3 c5 13. d5 Ng4 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bf3 Bc8 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 {0-1 (25) Vidit,S (2702)-Anand,V (2773) Kolkata 2018}) 8... Na6 9. Nxc4 Be6 10. b3 {White is slightly better.} Bd5 11. Ba3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c5 13. e3 {0-1 (32) Krasenkow,M (2545)-Shirov,A (2500) Paris 1990}) 13. e3 c5 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. f3 Nc7 (17... b6 $14) 18. Rfd1 Qh5 19. e4 Rcd8 {[#]} (19... Bf8 $16) 20. Ne3 $1 $18 e5 21. Rxc7 exd4 {[#]} 22. Qc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd7 {Strongly threatening ...b5.} 23. Rxd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Rxc7 $2 (23... b5 24. axb5 Rxc7 25. Qxc7 Qxb5) 24. Qxc7 Qg5 25. Rd3 b6 (25... Qe5 {keeps fighting.} 26. Qxb7 Bf8) 26. h4 Qa5 $2 (26... Qe5 {was worth a try.} 27. Qxe5 (27. Qxa7 Nxe4 28. Nf1 Bf8 $11) 27... Rxe5) 27. Rd8 h5 28. Bb2 $2 (28. Be7) 28... Rf8 {intending ...Qe1.} 29. Bc3 Qa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Ne8 $16) 30. Nc4 (30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Nc4 (31. Bxf6 Qe2+ 32. Kh3 Qxf3 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 31... Ne8 $18) 30... b5 31. Nd6 {Rxf8+ would kill now.} Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 33. Nxb5 ({Weaker is} 33. Bxf6 bxa4 34. Kf2 (34. Nxf7 Qe2+ 35. Kh3 Bxf6 $11) 34... Qd3 $16) 33... Qe6 34. Bxf6 Bxf6 35. Qd5 {Threatens to win with Qxe6.} Qe7 36. Qd6 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[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. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:46]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 14. a4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 15. a5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 16. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 17. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rhc8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 19. Bf1 {[%emt 0:06:44]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f5 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 21. c4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 22. c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 23. Nb6+ {[%emt 0:01:35]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kxc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Rb6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 26. b4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 28. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 29. f3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 30. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 34. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. b5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 37. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 38. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. c6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 41. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 42. a6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 44. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 46. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. g4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 50. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 51. Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 52. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 53. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,152,5,17,0,0,0,19,8,22,-24,-25,-41,-52,-55,-48,-85,-28,-33,0,3,9,10,24,-41,-33,-37,-45,-41,-14,-19,-15,-13,-14,-157,-164,-161,-150,-159,-153,-153,-152,-152,-157,-154,-122,-121,-125,-124,-122,-208,-200,-259,-257,-259,-205,-200,-207,-343,-345,-393,-385,-395,-391,-388,-389,-409,-409,-434,-404,-396,-405,-411,-411,-490,-398,-514,-396,-396,-396,-416,-354,-370,-373,-381,-349,-360,-360,-349,-349,-350,-356,-413,-395,-486,-387,-588,-568,-692,-693,-708,-708,-694,-641,-600,0,-694,-694,-654,-579,-694,-694,-724,-597,-829,-808,-852,-798,-850,-844,-670,-827,-810,-801,-981,-977,-959,-959,-992,-974,-952,-919,-912,-898,-884,-859,-12625,-12625,-29971,-29967,-29971,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29971,-4711]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. cxd5 (5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 d4 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Bb5 Qe7+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Bd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Kf1 a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxd4 Be4 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bd6 18. Bxf6 {½-½ (18) Dubov,D (2703)-Aronian,L (2765) St Petersburg 2018}) 5... exd5 6. Bb5+ {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nc6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. f4 O-O {[%cal Rc6e5]} 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Re8 (11... Ba6 $5 {[%cal Ra6f1]} 12. Rf3 Rae8 $15) 12. Qf3 Ba6 {Played: Ra8-b8} 0-1

[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 "2019.07.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,65,9,0,1,12,21,0,10,-2,0,-77,-77,-118,-113,-118,38,37,24,6,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,-25,343,339,343,315,748,303,281,160,418,370,357,289,296,279,268,147,159,156,155,136,156,154,241,239,239,212,488,494,500,500]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 7. Bxc4 (7. bxc4 b6 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bd3 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Bxb5 Nxd5 13. O-O Nf6 14. Qc2 {1-0 (102) Giri,A (2797)-Yu,Y (2751) Shenzhen 2019}) 7... c5 8. Be2 a6 {The position is equal.} 9. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Rg1 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Na4 Bb7 12. g5 {0-1 (99) Khismatullin,D (2628)-Grachev,B (2645) Sochi 2017}) 9... Nc6 10. g4 (10. Ne4 $11) 10... Nxg4 11. Rg1 f5 12. Ne4 b5 $2 (12... b6 $17 13. a3 Bb7) 13. Nxc5 $14 Qd5 14. Nd3 Bb7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nf4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Qd6 17. Ng5 Nb4 18. Qb1 $1 e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... Be4 $11 19. Nxe4 fxe4) 19. Qxf5 $18 Rad8 20. Bxe5 Qxd2+ 21. Kf1 {aiming for Bxf6.} Bc8 {[#]} 22. Nge6 {Played: Nf4-e6} 1-0

[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 "2019.07.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,78,26,10,6,7,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,11,26,23,22,14,33,27,28,20,58,8,18,8,1,0,9,0,0,-66,-68,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,0,12]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. h5 exd5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} 9. exd5 (9. hxg6 fxg6 10. cxd5 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxb5 Ba6 13. a4 Bxb5 14. axb5 Nbd7 15. Be3 a6 16. bxa6 {1-0 (39) Rapport,R (2680)-Baklan,V (2627) Kozloduy 2013}) 9... Re8 10. h6 Bh8 11. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Na6 13. Nh3 Bf5 14. Ng5 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Rh4 {1-0 (35) Silva,M (2012)-Flach,K (1778) Rio de Janeiro 2016}) 11... Qb6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Kf1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Rc1 Rh4 17. Rxh4 Qxh4 18. g3 Qd8 (18... Qh2 {feels hotter.} 19. Bg4 Nd7 20. Nf3 Qh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxd1+ 22. Kxd1 f5) 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. Nf3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Qf3 f5 24. Re1 Qf6 25. b4 (25. Qe3 $11) 25... cxb4 $15 26. Bxb4 b6 ({Better is} 26... Qg5 $1 $15) 27. Bd2 $11 {The position is equal.} Re8 28. Qd1 f4 29. Qf3 {[%cal Rg3f4]} fxg3 (29... g5 {looks sharper.} 30. Qh5 Rf8 31. gxf4 Bxf4 32. Bxf4 Qxf4 33. Re7 Rf6) 30. Qxf6 Bxf6 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. fxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} Kf8 33. g4 Ke7 34. g5 Bd4 35. Kf3 Bd7 36. Be3 Bc3 37. Bc2 Kf7 38. Be4 Bb4 39. Bd4 Bc5 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,126,72,76,66,24,35,38,73,37,73,31,123,127,131,131,139,140,131,138,140,146,249,168,289,230,239,229,251,219,231,230,222,211,233,219,205,218,220,218,212,233,321,345,344,340,303,327,351,323,360,363,350,342,327,324,303,243,217,37,66,45,61,73,77,71,69,82,75,53,54,51,54,8,8,8,45,45,40,0,8,8,138,208,125,0,0,0,273,-16,-16,-16,-16,-1564,-1110,-2142,-2067,-2176,-2134,-1884,-1781,-1327,-1191,-29966,-29967,-29969,-29967,-29970,-29971,-29974,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29977,-29977,-29978]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 a6 6. Bh6 O-O 7. O-O-O b5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. f3 Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 10. h4 e5 11. Nge2 (11. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Ne7 12. a3 $11) 11... b4 $146 ({Black should play} 11... h5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11... h5 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 exd4 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Qxd4 Qf6 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. a4 {½-½ (18) Adla,D (2491)-Martinez Catalan,F (2247) Aragon 2008}) 12. Nd5 $1 $16 h5 13. Nxb4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nc6 {[%cal Bb4c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} Qe8 16. Nxd4 Qa4 (16... Qe5 $16 17. Bc4 Rb8) 17. Kb1 c5 (17... Rb8 $142 18. b3 Re8) 18. Ne2 Rb8 19. b3 Be6 {intending ...c4.} 20. Qc3 c4 {[%cal Rc4b3]} 21. Nf4 ({Don't play} 21. Rxd6 $6 cxb3 22. axb3 (22. cxb3 Bxb3 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 $19) 22... Rfc8 $16) 21... Rfc8 {[%cal Rc4b3]} 22. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rf1c4]} cxb3 23. Nxe6+ ({Weaker is} 23. Rxa4 bxa2+ 24. Kc1 Rb1+ 25. Kd2 Rxc3 $11) 23... fxe6 24. axb3 ({Not} 24. Rxa4 bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 Rxc3 $14) 24... Qe8 25. Qd2 a5 26. Ba6 Rc6 27. Rxd6 Rbb6 28. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 29. Be2 a4 30. b4 Qc5 31. c3 Qf2 32. Rd1 Qxg2 33. Qe3 Rb7 34. Rg1 Qh2 35. Qg5 $2 (35. b5 $18) 35... Ng4 $1 $14 36. Re1 Qf2 37. Qd2 Ne5 38. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1f2]} Qxh4 39. f4 {Black must now prevent Qd4.} Rd7 40. Qe1 Qxe1+ 41. Rxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf7 42. Kc2 e5 43. f5 h4 44. fxg6 Kxg6 45. b5 Kg5 46. c4 h3 (46... Nd8 $11) 47. c5 $1 $16 Kf4 {[#]} 48. b6 (48. Rf1+ $1 $16 Ke3 49. Bc4 Rd2+ 50. Kc3) 48... Nd8 $11 49. Bb5 Rh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Rd4 $1 $11) 50. c6 $2 (50. Bxa4 $18 {Threatens to win with Kd3.} h2 51. Rh1) 50... Nxc6 $1 51. Bxc6 {Strongly threatening b7. KRB-KR} Rh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6c6]} 52. Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Bxa4 $11 Rxb6 53. Kd3) 52... h2 $19 53. b7 Rb6 54. Bc8 {[#]} a3 $1 {[%cal Ra3a2]} 55. Kc3 Kg3 56. Ra1 {[#]} a2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 57. Be6 (57. Rxa2 h1=Q) 57... Rxb7 {Black mates.} 58. Bb3 Ra7 59. Kc4 Rh7 60. Kc5 h1=Q 61. Rxh1 Rxh1 62. Bxa2 Kf4 63. Bd5 Re1 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,0,6,-33,-41,-40,-42,-43,-10,-19,-8,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-35,-42,-46,-45,-19,-39,-38,-22,19,0,0,0,0,4,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,26,22,14,20,23,19,18,17,11,8,20,0,5,2,77,0,8,0,19,0,14,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d4 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3 {Black is slightly better.} Be7 (8... Bc5 {with more complications.} 9. O-O Nf6 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Re1 O-O) 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Rb1 Nf6 {½-½ (42) McNab,C (2451)-Ivanchuk,V (2752) Gothenburg 2005}) 9... Nf6 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nc2 Nc5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bh3 15. Re1 Qd7 (15... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 16. Bd5+ Kh8 $11) 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bf5 18. Bh1 Nd8 19. e3 c6 20. exd4 exd4 21. Rb3 Bf6 22. h4 Bg4 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Ne6 25. b5 c5 26. Re2 b6 27. Rb1 Ra2 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Nxa1 Qa7 30. Nc2 Qa8 31. Kg2 Qxf3+ (31... Be7 {is interesting.} 32. Bd2 Bd6 33. Re1 Qa2 34. Rc1 g6) 32. Kxf3 h5 {[#]} (32... Re8 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Bf4 (33. Ne1 $1 $16) 33... Ra8 {The position is equal.} 34. Bd6 Rd8 35. Bf4 Ra8 36. Bd6 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,0,-8,-32,8,25,22,0,18,-11,19,15,77,68,71,83,127,102,107,122,122,112,124,116,142,142,137,135,152,138,195,146,145,155,161,145,129,64,64,48,56,51,48,0,0,-94,-71,-116,-104,-131,-62,-74,-29,-65,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,3,33,19,17,0,0,6,652,506,29970,29970,29978,29979,29977,29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 e5 (4... dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. d5 b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5 Qxd5 9. Qxd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 {1-0 (24) Duda,J (2738)-Gelfand,B (2673) St Petersburg 2018}) 5. e3 exd4 6. exd4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bb4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Qe7+ 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Nc3 c6 9. d5 b5 10. Qd4 Bg7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. d6 {0-1 (52) Pecnik,L (2339)-Von Bahr,O (2379) Split 2015}) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qf3 {The position is equal.} Re8+ 9. Nge2 dxc4 (9... Bxc3+ $5 10. bxc3 dxc4 $11) 10. O-O-O $1 {With the idea Nd5.} Kh8 (10... Nd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 11. Ng3 $16 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. d5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd5e6][%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} ({Worse is} 13. Qxb7 Bd5 $15) 13... Bc8 14. Bxc4 {Threatens to win with d6.} Nd7 15. Qh5 Ne5 16. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4h4] And now Rh4 would win.} Rg8 17. Bb3 $1 Qf8 18. Re1 Rg6 {Threatening ...Bg4.} 19. Qe2 Qh6+ (19... c5 $16 {was necessary.} 20. Re4 Bg4) 20. f4 {Strongly threatening Qd2.} Qxh2 21. Nf1 Qh6 22. Nd2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Bg4 {[#]} 23. Qb5 (23. Qe3 $1 $16 Nd7 24. d6) 23... Qh4 $14 24. Rde4 a6 25. Qf1 $1 ({Don't go for} 25. Qxb7 $2 Nd3+ 26. Kb1 Rag8 $19) 25... Nd7 $1 26. d6 Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 27. Re8+ {[#]} (27. dxc7 $11 Nxe4 28. Nxe4) 27... Rg8 $1 $17 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Re3 cxd6 ({Black should play} 29... Nxb3+ $17 30. axb3 cxd6) 30. Bxf7 $15 Qh6 31. Bd5 Qf8 (31... Rf8 $15) 32. Qe1 $11 Bf5 {...Nd3+ is the strong threat.} 33. Qe2 Bg6 34. Nb3 Rb8 35. g4 Nxb3+ 36. axb3 b5 37. f5 Bf7 38. Bxf7 Qxf7 39. Kb2 d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Qd5 $11) 40. Re7 $18 Qf8 {[#]} (40... Qg8 $18 41. Qh2 Re8) 41. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g6][%mdl 576] Deflection. White mates.} fxg5 42. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 43. f6 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,80,30,30,20,30,31,25,23,25,25,33,38,65,56,100,105,110,88,79,83,102,81,95,45,182,109,139,130,154,156,139,150,211,162,162,157,189,169,173,111,173,160,191,186,195,191,311,264,266,266,350,350,329,205,196,201,960,952,882,879,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O {D33: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 sidelines} O-O 11. Na4 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. Bf3 Bb6 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Na4 c5 18. Nxb6 axb6 {0-1 (35) Maslar,A (1876)-Poleksic,D (2004) Belgrade 2018}) 11... Bb6 12. Nxb6 {White has an edge.} axb6 13. Qc2 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd7 14. b4 Ba6 15. Be3 Rab8 16. Bd4 Qd6 17. Qc3 Bxe2 {½-½ (17) Reuter,A (1578)-Reimann,T (1383) Germany 2003}) 14. Bg5 Be6 15. e4 d4 16. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} h6 17. exf6 hxg5 18. fxg7 Re8 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. f4 {[#] f5 is the strong threat.} Qd5 (20... Bh3 $14 21. Rfe1 (21. fxg5 d3 $17) 21... gxf4) 21. Qe2 ({Better is} 21. Rae1 $18) 21... g4 22. Rfe1 ({Resist} 22. f5 $6 Bd7 $11) 22... d3 23. Qe5 {Black must now prevent Qxd5.} Rd8 {next ...d2 is good for Black.} 24. Rad1 c4 (24... Qxe5 $16 25. Rxe5 Bxa2) 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 26. Rd2 b5 27. a3 Kxg7 28. Kf2 (28. Re5 $18) 28... Kg6 (28... Kf8 $16 29. b3 Ra8) 29. Re5 f6 30. Re7 Rb8 31. Ke3 b4 (31... Kf5 {was worth a try.} 32. Kd4 Bg8) 32. axb4 Rxb4 33. Kd4 Bg8 34. f5+ Kh6 35. h3 gxh3 36. Rh2 Rb8 $2 {[#]} (36... d2 37. Rxh3+ (37. Rxd2 c3+ 38. Kxc3 Rg4 $18) 37... Kg5 38. Rg7+ Kxf5) 37. Ke4 Bd5+ 38. Kxd5 d2 39. Rxh3+ {White mates.} Kg5 40. Rg7+ Kxf5 41. Rh5# {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,48,15,7,26,11,16,16,24,30,20,0,13,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,-8,-15,0,-3,0,-23,-23,-17,-17,-16,-18,-25,-24]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. g4 {[#] Bg5 is the strong threat.} hxg3 $1 19. fxg3 {[#]} Kf8 $146 20. Kf2 Ne7 21. h4 Nd5 22. Bg5 Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4] White must now prevent ...Bxe4.} 23. h5 {[#]} Nxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. hxg6 (24. Nxc3 Rxg5) 24... Nxe4+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 69%.} 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 "7.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,57,17,16,24,8,10,0,29,19,31,15,25,19,32,0,25,0,0,0,0,12,12,10,39,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-40]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Bg2 a5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. O-O Bf5 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. e3 e6 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... a4 15. Bf1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 axb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. Rb1 Ra3 19. c5 Qc7 20. Qe2 Rfa8 {0-1 (56) Nikolic,P (2627)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2600) Livry Gargan 2005}) 15. Ne5 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxd7.} Nxe5 16. dxe5 {Black must now prevent f3.} Bxg2 $1 17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. f4 b5 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. cxb5 cxb5 {[#] ...Qc6 is the strong threat.} 21. Rdc1 Bf8 22. Bd4 b4 23. Bb6 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qb7 {The position is equal.} 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. g4 fxg4 27. Qxg4 Rc8 28. Rf2 Qd7 29. Qh4 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 38%.} 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 "7.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,64,23,18,16,17,49,43,60,57,77,48,77,43,57,80,64,0,32,0,60,0,58,64,68,33,37,11,12,0,10,0,25,20,31,46,54,33,41,49,38,0,46,0,60]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qd6 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 cxd4 {White is slightly better.} 15. cxd4 {[#]} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rfc8 16. h4 Rc2 17. a4 Rac8 18. a5 R2c3 19. Rd3 Qa3 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rxc3 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 {1-0 (46) Nyback,T (2650)-Kulaots,K (2580) Harjumaa 2010}) 16. a4 a5 17. Bb5 Bc6 $1 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qd6 $1 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bg5 (21. e5 $14) 21... f6 (21... Qd6 $1 $11) 22. Bxc6 $14 Rxc6 23. Bh4 Rc4 24. Ra1 Qb4 25. Bg3 Rfc8 26. h4 h6 27. Qd3 Kh7 28. Bf4 Qc3 29. Qe2 Qc2 30. Rd2 Qc3 31. Rdd1 {[#] Hoping for Bd2.} Qc2 32. Rd2 Qc3 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,46,12,18,2,13,12,7,8,4,0,9,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-29,-30,-1,-58,-45,-75,-75,-151,-151,-233,-188,-400,-395,-579,-554,-1075,-1075]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Bg5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} h6 8. Bh4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 {The position is equal.} e5 10. Qd3 g5 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. h4 {0-1 (39) Sutovsky,E (2666)-Papa,S (2399) Geneve 2004}) 12... g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. h5 Be6 15. Bh4 Nxh5 {...Nf4 is the strong threat.} 16. g3 Rg8 (16... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 17. Nb3 Rg8 $15) 17. Nd5 {[#]} (17. Nf1 $11) 17... f5 $1 $15 {[%cal Rf5e4][%mdl 512] aiming for ...fxe4.} 18. c4 (18. exf5 Qxd5) 18... Bxd5 19. cxd5 {[#]} (19. exd5 $142 e4 20. Qe3) 19... f4 $1 $17 20. a4 (20. O-O $17) 20... Qb6 21. b3 $2 (21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3) 21... Qb4 $19 22. Kd1 (22. Qe2 {was called for.}) 22... Rc3 23. Qe2 {If White can now play Rc1 this consolidates a bit.} f3 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,186,22,27,22,22,17,17,27,28,17,18,14,27,14,44,35,35,33,26,25,26,29,23,28,32,40,68,43,31,43,40,40,84,57,83,96,116,35,37,7,0,0,0,0,-7,-83,-79,-84,-69,-220,-207,-138,-33,-34,-34,-33,-33,-33,-8,-33,-45,-34,-48,-35,-8,-193,-213,-206,-212,-211,-209,-191,-203,-231,-210,-206,-195,-195,-148,-195,-151,-146,-31,-141,-88,-106,-95,-141,-88,-71,-88,-97,-92,-99,-22,-193,-204,-243,-150,-150,-106,-108,-106,-106,-105,-105,-105,-105,-105,-105,-105,-105,-105,-105,-105,-106,-106,-120,-120,-113,-113,-1041,-1003,-787,-340,-340,-340,-340,-192,-192,-192,-192,-192,-192,-117,-152,-112,-112,-112,-112,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-66,-68,-75,-80,-80,-80,-80,0,-80,-80,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29984,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rc1 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bd3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (11. Bh6 Nf6 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. d5 c4 14. Bb1 e6 15. O-O exd5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qf4 Bh8 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 {½-½ (30) Nakamura,H (2816)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2705) Baku 2015}) 11... e5 12. d5 f5 13. Qc2 {[%cal Re4f5] The position is equal.} (13. Bh6 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Qa4 15. Bc2 Qg4 16. Qg5 Nf6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rd1 Qc4 {½-½ (71) Onischuk,A (2647)-Wei,Y (2733) Astana 2019}) 13... f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nf6 14. Ng5 Bh6 15. Bd2 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 b5 17. Qd2 fxe4 18. Be2 c4 {½-½ (31) Ronat,O (2317)-Klochan,P (2295) ICCF email 2015}) 14. Bd2 b5 15. c4 b4 16. O-O Qc7 17. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} a5 18. axb4 axb4 19. Ra1 Ra7 20. Rxa7 Qxa7 21. Bc1 Nb6 22. Bb2 Qe7 23. Ra1 g5 24. Ne1 g4 25. Bf1 Bd7 26. Nd3 Ra8 27. Rxa8+ Nxa8 28. Qc1 (28. Nxb4 $16 cxb4 29. c5) 28... Nb6 $14 29. Qa1 {Strongly threatening Qa7.} Nxc4 {[#]} 30. Nxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb4 ({Of course not} 30... Nxb2 31. Nc6 $16) 31. Bxc4 Qc5 32. Bb3 (32. Qf1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32... g3 $1 $17 33. Qe1 Bf6 34. hxg3 $2 ({White should try} 34. Qe2 $1 $15) 34... fxg3 $19 35. Qe2 Bh4 (35... Bg5 $1 $17 36. Qc2 (36. Bxe5 $2 Qc1+ 37. Bd1 Ba4 $19) 36... Qd6) 36. Bc4 $1 $15 Qxf2+ 37. Qxf2 gxf2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 38. Kh2 $1 ({Reject} 38. Kf1 Bg3 $17) 38... Ba4 39. g3 {[#]} Bb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Bf1 (40. Bxb3 f1=Q) 40... Bd8 41. Kg2 Bc2 42. Kf3 $2 (42. Kxf2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxe4 43. d6) 42... Bc7 $19 43. Kxf2 Bxe4 44. Bc4 Kg7 45. Bb3 Kf6 46. Bc1 Bb6+ 47. Ke2 Bc5 48. g4 Bb1 49. Bd2 Bg6 50. Bh6 Be8 (50... Bd6 $17 51. Ke3 Bb1) 51. Kf3 (51. Bc2 $1 $15) 51... Kg6 (51... Bd6 $142 52. Ke2 Bg6) 52. Bd2 Bd6 53. Bc1 Bb5 (53... Kf6 $142 54. Ke2 Bg6) 54. Bc2+ $17 Kg7 $1 55. Ke4 Be8 56. Kf3 Bg6 (56... h5 $17 57. gxh5 Bxh5+ 58. Ke3 Be7) 57. Bb3 $2 (57. Bxg6 $11 {and White is okay.} Kxg6 58. Ke4) 57... Kf6 $19 58. Be3 Bd3 59. Bb6 Kg5 60. Bd8+ Kg6 61. Ke3 Bb1 62. Kf3 e4+ 63. Ke3 Bc5+ 64. Kf4 e3 $1 65. Bh4 e2 66. d6 Bxd6+ 67. Ke3 {[#]} Be7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 68. Be1 (68. Bxe7 e1=Q+) 68... Kg5 69. Be6 Bc2 70. Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (70. Kxe2 $17 Kf4 71. Kd2) 70... Bd1 71. Kf2+ Kf6 (71... Kh4 $142 72. Be1 b3 73. Kf3+ Kg5) 72. Bc4 b3 {Threatens to win with ...b2.} 73. Bxe2 Bc5+ (73... Bc2 $142 {aiming for ...Ba3.} 74. Bb5 Bd6) 74. Ke1 Bxe2 75. Kxe2 {KB-KB} Bd4 76. Kd3 b2 (76... Ba1 $19 77. Bf4 Ke6) 77. Kc2 $17 Ke5 {Hoping for ...Ke4.} 78. Bg5 Ke4 79. Bd8 Kf3 ({Better is} 79... Be5 $17 80. Kb1 Kf3) 80. g5 $11 Kg4 {With the idea ...Kf5.} 81. Bf6 Be3 (81... Bc5 {feels hotter.} 82. Bxb2 Kxg5 83. Kd1 Kg6 84. Ke2 Kf5) 82. Bxb2 Bxg5 {And now ...h5 would win.} 83. Kd3 (83. Bd4 $11) 83... Kf3 $1 $15 {White must now prevent ...h5.} 84. Bc3 $1 h5 {...h4 is the strong threat.} 85. Be1 Bf6 86. Kd2 Bg5+ 87. Kd3 Bd8 88. Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (88. Kc4 $17) 88... Bb6+ $1 {Black mates.} 89. Ke5 {[#]} Bc7+ $1 90. Kf5 Bg3 91. Bc3 h4 92. Bd4 h3 93. Bg1 Bf2 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 53%.} 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

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,25,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 {The position is equal.} 9. Rc1 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bd2 Nhf6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be5 Nhf6 16. e3 h6 17. Qd1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bd6 {1-0 (54) Ding,L (2805)-Topalov,V (2740) Abidjan 2019}) 9... a5 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nhf6 12. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nbd2 a4 15. e3 Qa5 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nd3 b6 18. cxd5 {½-½ (20) Maksimenko,A (2536)-Marcelin,C (2494) Germany 2009}) 12... Nh5 13. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,76,25,18,38,-10,2,-27,-29,-76,-61,-80,-90,-79,-84,-76,-88,-80,-87,-107,-110,-135,-137,-137,-95,-95,-87,-177,-197,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-210,-230,-237,-286,-277,-313,-307,-325,-346,-435,-447,-452,-450,-440,-418,-623,-634,-1177,-1162,-1237,-1225,-1220,-1175,-5919,-5919,-5916,-5695,-5018,-5006]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3} 10. a3 (10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Nc4 Nd7 16. Bf4 Ndf6 17. Ne3 Nh5 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. h4 Rb8 20. b3 Bxg5 21. hxg5 f6 22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. Rc1 Nc7 24. Rc4 Nf4 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. Rxf4 Qa1+ 28. Bf1 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Re8 30. Qf4 {1-0 (30) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Svidler,P (2760) Moscow 2018}) 10... b4 11. Ne2 Re8 {Black has an edge.} 12. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. f3 Qe7 15. Kf2 Rac8 16. Nc4 bxa3 17. Rxa3 {0-1 (55) Olarasu,G (2222)-Grunberg,M (2403) Predeal 2006}) 12... Ba6 13. Nd2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nbd7 15. O-O a5 16. Ng3 h5 17. Re1 Nb6 18. Re2 Nfd7 19. Nf3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nf1 {[#]} (21. Be3 $17 {might work better.}) 21... c4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 22. Qd1 b3 23. Nd2 a4 24. Nf3 c3 25. bxc3 Bxc3 26. Bg5 Bf6 27. h4 Rc8 28. Qd3 Nc4 29. Rc1 Ne5 30. Nxe5 {[#] And now Nc6 would win.} Rxc1+ (30... Bxe5 $2 31. Rb1 $19) ({Weaker is} 30... Rxe5 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Bxf6 $11) 31. Bxc1 {Black must now prevent Nc6.} Bxe5 32. g3 (32. Qb5 $142 Qb8 33. Qxa4) 32... Qc7 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Be3 Rb8 34. f4 b2 35. Qb1 Qc4 36. Kf2 Bd4 37. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Kg2 Rb3 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,44,13,13,4,12,20,15,22,12,8,28,0,0,0,0,0,4,-8,-7,-6,-8,-15,-6]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. a3 (17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Bxg2 c5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxb2 {½-½ (37) Karjakin,S (2773)-Anand,V (2768) Saint Louis 2018}) 17... Be6 {The position is equal.} 18. b4 f6 19. Re1 Rbd8 $146 20. Bd4 {[#] Hoping for exf6.} Bd5 21. Bxd5+ Rxd5 22. Kxg2 fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,80,8,16,22,36,29,22,25,22,20,31,24,17,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,27,-1,33,27,36,36,27,18,18,-5,-3,-8,0,0,0,0,142,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-11,-10,0,0,0,0,131,-154,62,-277,-245,-1587,-1473,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29988,-29989,-29982,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 $146 (7... h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. h3 Rd8 {0-1 (76) Yu,Y (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019}) 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 {The position is equal.} Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nh5 12. Ra2 Qe8 13. Na3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Nc4 Qg6 16. b5 Raf8 17. Ncd2 Ne7 (17... Na5 $142) 18. d4 Qf6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. bxa6 bxa6 {[%cal Bb7a6,Ba6a5][%mdl 32]} 21. Qe2 a5 $1 22. Rf1 g5 {Threatening ...Ng6.} 23. Nc4 Ng6 {next ...g4 is good for Black.} 24. Nh2 {Strongly threatening g3.} (24. Nxa5 $2 g4 $19) 24... Qg7 25. Qd3 Nh4 (25... Rh4 $11) 26. Ng4 $2 ({Better is} 26. Nxa5 $16 g4 27. hxg4 (27. Nxg4 h5 $17)) 26... h5 $11 27. Ngxe5 g4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 28. hxg4 hxg4 {And now ...g3 would win.} 29. Qg3 Qg5 30. Re2 Kg7 31. Nd3 R4f6 (31... Rf3 $1 $11 32. gxf3 Rxf3 33. Qxc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh6 34. Qxa7 Rh3) 32. Qxc7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Rb2 $16 {Rb7 is the strong threat.} Ng6 33. Rb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (33. Qxc7+ R6f7 $16) 33... Rxf2 34. Rxf2 (34. Nxf2 $2 Bxf2+ 35. Qxf2 Rxf2 $19) (34. Qxc7+ $2 R2f7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 35. Rxa7 Rxc7 $17) 34... Bxf2+ 35. Nxf2 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qh6+ 37. Nh3 gxh3 38. Rxc7+ (38. Qxc7+ $2 Kh8 $19) 38... Rf7 39. Rxf7+ (39. gxh3 Qc1 $16) 39... Kxf7 40. Qxh3 (40. Qc7+ Kg8 $16) 40... Qf4+ 41. g3 Qf2+ 42. Qg2) 32... R8f7 $2 (32... Kg8 $17 {( -> ...Nf3+!)} 33. Ra1 (33. Qxa5 Rf5 $19) 33... Nf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Kf1 Qh4) 33. Qe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Not} 33. Qxa5 $2 Rf5 $3 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) (33. Qg3 $1 $14 {was the only good move.} Kg8 34. Rb1) 33... Qh6 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Nf3+!} 34. Qg3 $2 (34. Nd6 Nf3+ 35. gxf3 gxf3 36. Nxf7 Kxf7 37. Qh2 (37. Qc7+ $2 Kg8 $19) 37... Qg6+ 38. Kh1) 34... Kh8 35. Rb2 {[#]} Nf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 36. gxf3 gxf3 37. Rfb1 {[#]} Rg6 {Played: Rf7-g7} 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,51,66,47,60,51,62,43,56,31,64,64,74,69,69,66,90,53,32,31,30,29,25,39,71,83,89,85,100,106,314,310,297,199,191,191,196,190,191,185,230,230,230,230,230,233,333,307,333,322,426,439]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. O-O {B01: Scandinavian Defence} e6 7. c4 Qd8 (7... Qd6 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4 {½-½ (25) Lupulescu,C (2620)-Laznicka,V (2654) Germany 2018}) 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bf3 Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. a3 Rfe8 15. b4 {1-0 (41) Tuma,J (2320)-Kaderabek,J (2192) Liberec 2010}) 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bb4 15. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Qxb7 Nxe3 18. fxe3 ({Reject} 18. Qxa8 $6 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Qxa2 $11) 18... Na6 19. Bxc6 Rac8 $2 {[#]} (19... Rad8 $16) 20. Rxf7 $1 $18 Qxc3 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qb3+ Qxb3 23. axb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nb4 24. Be4 Kh7 25. Ra4 ({Don't do} 25. Rxa7 $6 Re8 $16) 25... Rb8 26. Kf2 ({Don't play} 26. Rxa7 $6 Re8) 26... a6 27. Ra5 Kh6 {[#]} (27... Rb6 $142 28. Rc5 Re6) 28. Re5 $1 Rb6 29. h4 Na2 30. g4 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[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

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,43,14,5,8,4,8,2,12,10,12,8,0,0,13,6,26,0,9,0,0,0,-6,-10,-7,-2,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 $146 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (9... Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 c6 14. Qd1 b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 {½-½ (40) Anand,V (2774)-Caruana,F (2819) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 10. c4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nc3 Qd8 15. d5 Bf5 16. Bd4 Nd6 {The position is equal.} 17. h3 a6 18. a4 Re8 {[#] aiming for ...Rxe1.} 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. a5 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qe7 22. Qd2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

