[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2913"]
[BlackElo "2898"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,154,37,30,47,47,34,9,47,39,25,10,49,56,73,18,18,20,18,11,10,8,103,103,90,92,176,181,145,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,-26,-29,-8,-102,-46,-34,-25,-47,0,-5,0,-101,0,-204,-196,-204,-193,-168,-175,-201,-206,-204,-168,-195,-195,-318,-318,-317,-301,-316,-337,-404,-414,-393,-397,-341,-200,-224,-217,-258,-254,-302,-305,-293,-294,-279,-247,-477,-472,-457,-444,-515,-447,-694,-693,-675,-672,-673,-621,-587,-527,-665,-662,-860,-848,-1313,-1276,-1145,-862,-862,-854,-844,-825,-4133,-878,-1718,-1526,-1226,-87,-2601,-1281,-4947,-4767,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qd2 Nf4 13. gxf4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bf6 16. Rbc1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rc7 Kf8 19. Rfc1 {1-0 (49) Kramnik,V (2792)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018}) 11. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Qd2 Bc6 14. Nc4 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b5 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rfd1 Qf6 18. Rd2 Rfb8 {0-1 (38) Akhmedzhanov,K (2317)-Voronov,D (2206) Astrakhan 2010}) 17... bxa4 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. e4 Nb6 20. bxa4 {And now a5 would win.} Rad8 21. a5 (21. Rdc1 $16) 21... Na4 $11 22. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nc5 23. Qb4 Qc7 24. Qc3 Na6 (24... Ba6 $11) 25. Qxc7 $16 Nxc7 26. Rdc1 Nb5 (26... Rc8 $16) 27. a6 $18 Ba8 28. f3 (28. Rab1 $16 Nd4 29. Rc7) 28... Nd4 $11 {aiming for ...Ne2+.} 29. Rc7 f6 30. Nc4 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Kf2 e5 33. Rc1 Bc6 34. Ne3 Rb8 35. Nc4 Ke7 36. Bf1 {[#]} (36. f4 $11) 36... Rb4 (36... Rb3 $1 $17 37. Nd2 Ra3) 37. Na5 $15 Kd6 38. Bd3 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 {Nc4+ is the strong threat.} Rxh2 40. Nc4+ (40. f4 $1 $11) 40... Kc7 ({Black should play} 40... Kd7 $17 41. f4 Nb3) 41. f4 $2 {[#]} (41. Na5 $11 {and White is okay.} Kd6 42. f4) 41... Nb3 $1 $19 42. Rc3 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 Nc5 44. Na5 Nxd3+ 45. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for Rc3. KRB-KRN} Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Ra2 47. Nb3 (47. Nxc6 $142 Kxc6 48. Rd8) 47... Ra3 ({Resist} 47... Rxa6 48. Nc5 $19) 48. Kd4 Bb5 ({Don't do} 48... Rxa6 49. Nc5 $19) 49. Rc3+ Kd6 50. g4 Bxa6 51. g5 Ra4+ 52. Ke3 Bc4 (52... fxg5 $142 53. Nd4 Bc4 54. Nf5+ Ke5 55. Nxg7 a6) 53. Nd2 Be6 54. gxf6 gxf6 55. Kf4 a5 56. Rd3+ Ke7 57. Rc3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 58. Rc5 $2 (58. Rc7+ {is the only way for White.} Kd6 59. Rh7) 58... h4 59. Rh5 h3 60. Rh7+ Kf8 61. Nf3 (61. Ra7 $142) 61... Rb4 62. Ra7 a4 63. Ke3 Bg4 {Strongly threatening ...Rb3+.} 64. Nh2 Bh5 65. Kf4 Bg6 66. Kg3 Rb3+ 67. Kf4 a3 68. Ng4 Bh5 {Threatens to win with ...Bxg4.} 69. Nh2 Ke8 70. Ra5 Bd1 71. e5 fxe5+ (71... Rb4+ $142 72. Kg3 Ba4 73. Ra8+ Kf7 74. exf6 a2 75. Ra7+ Kxf6 76. Ra6+ Kf5 77. Ra5+ Ke4) 72. Rxe5+ Kf7 73. Ra5 Rb2 $2 (73... Rb4+ $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 74. Kg3 Ba4 75. Rf5+ Ke6) 74. Nf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74. Rxa3 $17 Rxh2 75. Kg3) 74... a2 (74... Rb4+ $142 75. Kg3 Ra4) 75. Kg3 Bb3 76. Ra3 Be6 77. Ra7+ Kf6 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,100,16,17,33,22,24,11,5,25,15,0,19,4,29,22,20,14,24,0,47,0,12,0,-2,-2,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-28,0,-26,-9,-40,-16,-22,-20,-60,-37,-52,0,0,0,-45,-43,-72,-77,-125,0,-230,-228,-218,-215,-260,-181,-194,-159,-300,-290,-372,-373,-347,-312,-290,-187,-180,0,-1,0,-511,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} dxc4 (8... d4 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Nc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Ng6 14. a3 Bxc5 15. b4 Ba7 {0-1 (55) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Anand,V (2759) Leuven 2018}) 9. Bxc4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Ng6 10. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Be7 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nbd2 Qd5 14. Nb3 Be4 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (29) Pott,B (1911)-Morgan,S (1821) ICCF email 2005}) 13... Qc7 14. Kh1 Rab8 15. Nbd2 Bd3 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 {[%cal Bf8d8,Bd8d5,Bd5e5][%mdl 32]} ({Wrong is} 16... Nxe5 $2 17. Bf4 $18) 17. b4 Rd5 ({Not} 17... Nxe5 $2 18. Bf4 $18) 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. a3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rd8 23. Rd1 Red5 24. Rcd4 Bf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Bf4 h6 27. h3 Re8 28. Qb3 a6 (28... a5 $5) 29. Kg1 Re4 30. Bd6 Qb5 31. Qf3 a5 (31... Qe2 $15) 32. Qf5 $11 Re6 33. Rb1 {Threatening bxa5.} g6 34. Qf4 Kg7 35. Qd2 Re4 ({Black should try} 35... Re2 $1 $17 {[%cal Re2d2]} 36. Qd1 a4) 36. f3 $2 (36. Re1 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 36... Re2 $19 37. Qf4 {intending Bf8+.} Qd3 38. Rf1 Re6 ({Don't play} 38... Qxa3 39. bxa5 Qxa5 40. Kh2 $19) 39. Qc1 a4 40. Rd1 (40. Re1 $17 {was necessary.}) 40... Qb3 $1 41. Kh1 Bb2 42. Qd2 Qxa3 43. b5 cxb5 {And now ...Qb3 would win.} 44. Qxd5 {[#]} Bf6 $2 (44... Qc3 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...a3.} 45. c6 a3) 45. c6 $11 Qb3 46. c7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46. Qxb3 $11 {and White is okay.} axb3 47. c7) 46... Re8 $2 (46... Re1+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Rxe1 Qxd5) 47. Qxb3 {The position is equal.} axb3 48. Rb1 b2 49. Ba3 Rc8 50. Bxb2 Rxc7 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2878"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,102,-14,-17,-12,-35,-33,-35,-27,-37,-18,-29,-20,-29,-17,-35,-35,-33,-12,-12,-18,-20,-20,-20,-12,-22,-22,-24,-23,-36,-18,-9,0,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-22,-44,-92,-15,-83,-72,-111,-80,-119,-102,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-249,-249,-249,-249,-249,-249,-249,-249,-249,-187,-6487,-6423,-5431,-249,-12737,-11760,-8498,-8498,-29971,-29971,-29966,-29956,-29946,-5057,-12567,-8137]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. Bxf6 exf6 {A48: Königsindisch (ohne c2-c4)} 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} c5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. O-O Nc6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... f5 11. c3 Qc7 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Bc4 Bd7 14. Qe2 {0-1 (59) Shalimov,V (2439)-Sjugirov,S (2422) Kharkov 2007}) 11. c3 Be6 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Bxb5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd5 17. Nf1 a6 18. Be2 Bh6 19. g3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rad1 f5 22. f4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Re8 24. Kf2 Bf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat gut koordiniertes Spiel.} 25. Nd2 $1 Bc5+ 26. Kf1 {[#]} Bg2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Kxg2 {Und Lf3 würde nun gewinnen.} Rxe2+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} 28. Kh1 h5 (28... Be7 $17) 29. b4 {[#]} (29. Nb3 $1 $11 Be3 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Re8) 29... Be7 $1 $17 30. Nc4 b5 31. Ne5 Bf6 32. Rd6 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Rxa2 {KT-KT} 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Kg7 36. Kg1 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. gxh4 {[#]} Kh6 $1 38. Rc6 Kh5 39. c4 (39. Kh1 $17 {war nötig.}) 39... Ra4 $19 ({Finger weg von} 39... Kxh4 40. Rxg6 bxc4 41. Rc6) 40. c5 Rxb4 41. Rxa6 Rc4 ({Bloß nicht} 41... Rxh4 42. c6) ({Keinesfalls} 41... Kxh4 42. Rxg6 Rc4 43. c6 $17) 42. c6 Kxh4 43. Rb6 Kh3 44. Rxb5 $2 (44. c7) 44... Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Rxc6 46. Rb8 $2 (46. Rb7) 46... Rc2+ 47. Kf3 Kxh2 48. Rh8+ Kg1 49. Rg8 Rf2+ 50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Kf3 g5 {Precision: Weiß = 43%, Schwarz = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,0,0,0,12,0,19,11,11,0,2,0,22,0,0,3,26,-60,-41,-58,-52,-72,-41,-38,-38,-40,-33,-60,-52,-395,-377,-439,-452,-538,-526,-491,-348,-341,-355,-360,-359,-359,-350,-347,-352,-451,-445,-437,-413,-29989,-29990,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. h3 (4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. a3 c6 10. h3 Bh5 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be5 13. c3 Rad8 14. Qc2 {1-0 (70) Nakamura,H (2787)-Kramnik,V (2800) Moscow 2018}) 4... Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. d3 {A06: Zukertort-Eröffnung} Nbd7 7. Bg2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 7. Nh4 e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 c6 10. e3 a5 11. Nc3 Bd6 {1-0 (43) Ostapenko,D (2320)-Khantuev,A (2335) Irkutsk 2010}) 7... e6 8. Nh4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Bd6 9. Nd2 c6 10. e3 a5 11. a3 e5 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 ({Günstiger ist} 13. Nxg6 $11 hxg6 14. c4) 13... exf4 $1 $15 14. exf4 {Weiss will f5 spielen.} h6 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 {[%cal Bf8e8,Be8e1,Be1e3,Be3g3,Bg3g5][%mdl 32]} 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19. c4 $15) 19... Nh5 $19 {[%cal Rd6f4]} 20. gxh6 Bxf4 {Droht stark ...Tf8.} 21. Rf2 Re1+ 22. Bf1 Re3 23. Qd1 Rg3+ ({Weniger gut wäre} 23... gxh6 24. Bd4 $17) (23... Bxh6 $2 24. Bg2 $17) 24. Kh1 Be3 (24... gxh6 $2 25. Bg2 $17) 25. Qe1 {Jetzt hxg7! und Weiss darf weiter klammern.} Bxf2 26. Qxf2 Rg5 {zielt auf ...Sg3+ ab.} 27. Nf3 Qf4 ({Minderwertig wäre} 27... Ng3+ 28. Kg2 $11) 28. Bg2 {[#]} Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Qd4 (29. Bxe5 $19 Rxe5 30. Kg1) 29... Ng3+ {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 30. Kh2 Nxf3+ 31. Bxf3 Nf1+ {Precision: Weiß = 46%, Schwarz = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,96,22,21,0,28,20,52,72,117,60,52,39,47,21,29,28,45,26,28,36,51,5,2,-6,0,0,0,-4,0,-10,0,0,15,7,18,0,20,0,60,56,62,59,66,51,56,8,31,31,35,33,32,39,26,45,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,10,0,8,8,8,0,10,10,17,0,0,0,19]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O Ne7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. d4 (8. Bb3 Ng6 9. h3 c6 10. Re1 Bb6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 {½-½ (27) Wei,Y (2734)-Wen,Y (2596) Tianjin 2018}) 8... exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. e5 Ne8 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. e6 f6 13. Nf7 Qc8 14. d5 c6 15. Qf3 {0-1 (37) Weiss,R (2275)-Vajda,A (2345) Eger 1993}) 11... Nf5 12. Nb3 dxe5 13. dxe5 (13. Bg5 $16 Nf6 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1) 13... Qxd1 $1 $14 14. Rxd1 {[#] Black must now prevent a5.} a5 $1 15. h3 c6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bd8 Bxd8 18. Rxd8 {[#] aiming for e6.} Nc7 19. Rxf8+ (19. Rad1 {is interesting.} Ne6 20. R8d2 h5 21. g3 b6 22. Kg2) 19... Kxf8 20. Nbd4 Bd7 21. Rd1 Ke8 22. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ne7 23. Kh2 Rd8 24. Kg3 Bc8 {...c5 is the strong threat.} 25. Rd2 Ncd5 26. Bb3 Nb4 27. Bc4 g6 (27... Nbd5 $11) 28. Nb3 {Hoping for Bxf7+!} Rxd2 29. Nfxd2 b6 30. Ne4 Be6 31. Nbd2 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} Ned5 33. f4 Nd3 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Kf8 36. Kf3 (36. b3 $14) 36... b5 {The position is equal.} 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Nxa5 Nxe5+ 39. Kg3 Nd3 40. b3 Nc1 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Nd6 b4 43. Ne4 h5 44. h4 Nd3 45. Nc6 Nc1 46. Nd4 Nd3 47. Nc6 Nc1 48. Nd4 Nd3 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2898"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,93,14,22,28,31,32,32,39,38,52,39,46,51,70,-16,54,39,35,34,44,53,92,95,86,100,89,83,97,99,94,97,93,79,71,73,54,68,56,49,45,45,56,74,74,53,58,42,35,0,19,18,110,90,79,63,69,14,18,0,50,60,50,31,35,39,38,39,46,4,50,50,656,646,1271,1277,1124,856,761,630,566,485]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6. O-O d6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. d4 {1-0 (54) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Caruana,F (2816) Paris 2018}) 6... a6 (6... a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. O-O Kh8 12. Qb3 Qe8 13. Rfe1 Bf6 {1-0 (37) Karjakin,S (2773)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis 2017}) 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} d6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. Rc1 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qe6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. b5 Ne7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Ne3 Rfe8 {½-½ (32) Nijboer,F (2550)-Karttunen,M (2452) Novi Sad 2016}) 12. Re1 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Qb3 ({White should play} 14. h3 $14 Bd7 15. Nb3) 14... Qe7 (14... Nh5 $11) 15. d4 Nh5 16. Bd5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 exd4 18. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 19. cxd4 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 g4 21. Nh4 {Threatens to win with Rac1.} Bxd4 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Rac1 c5 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Rc4 Qe5 26. Qe3 Kg7 27. bxc5 Rae8 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Rd1 Re6 30. Qa7 Rfe8 31. Rcd4 Qf6 (31... Qc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5a7]} 32. Qb7 (32. Qxa6 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 $11) 32... Qc2 $14) 32. Qxa6 {And now Qc4 would win.} d5 (32... Rxe4 $11 {remains equal.} 33. Qc4 (33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxa4 $11) 33... Rxd4 34. Rxd4 (34. Qxd4 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Qxd4 $11) 34... h5) 33. Qb5 dxe4 34. a5 Re5 35. Qa4 (35. Qb4 $14) 35... h5 $11 36. Rd6 R8e6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 38. Qa1 Ra6 39. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {KR-KR} 40. Ra1 Ke5 41. Kf1 f5 42. Ke2 f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42... Kf6 $14) 43. gxf4+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kxf4 44. g3+ Kf5 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. Ra2 Kf5 47. Ra4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2878"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,58,15,0,0,0,0,-23,-6,-14,12,4,4,4,0,-25,0,-35,0,-14,0,-17,0,0,8,2,0,-30,-29,-24,-32,-21,-8,-11,0,-4,0,0,4]} 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 Be7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Bd7 13. Rad1 {[#] Strongly threatening Rd4.} Kc8 {[#]} 14. Rd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. g4 Re8 15. f4 h5 16. Rd4 c5 17. Re4 {½-½ (42) Navara,D (2737)-Grischuk,A (2783) Tbilisi 2017}) 14... b6 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Ne2 c5 17. Nf4 {g3 is the strong threat.} Bc6 18. e6 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxd8+.} fxe6 19. Nxe6 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Bf6 21. Bf4 Kb7 22. Bg5 {And now Bxf6 would win.} Re8 23. Bxf6 Rxe6 24. Bxg7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rg6 25. Be5 Rxg2+ 26. Kf1 Rg5 {The position is equal.} 27. Bg3 Rd5 28. Ke2 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Be4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2913"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,80,0,0,0,-9,-11,9,-3,-18,-32,-29,-34,0,-27,-25,0,-11,-32,15,25,24,23,52,52,63,69,63,47,79,6,163,-20,-31,-33,56,61,61,1,0,14,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,4,3,-30,-41,-452,-445,-692,-683,-677,-664,-795,-841,-824,-800]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 (5... d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 Re8 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Qe1 g6 14. g4 c5 15. Qf2 b6 16. h4 Bd6 17. Nce2 {0-1 (54) Caruana,F (2816)-Karjakin,S (2782) Leuven 2018}) 6. a3 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} Ba5 7. c5 d5 8. cxd6 Qxd6 9. b4 Bc7 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 10. Bb2 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... e5 11. Qc2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qe7 13. g3 Rd8 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Be5 16. Qc2 Nbd7 17. Be2 a5 18. bxa5 {½-½ (18) Dimic,P (2348)-Markesinis,E (1967) Novi Sad 2016}) 11. Ng3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O axb4 (14... Rd8 {with more complications.} 15. Qc2 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Qxb4 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd5) 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Qxb4 17. f4 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qe7 19. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Re8 ({Don't play} 19... Nxe4 $6 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxg7 $16) 20. Bf3 Na6 21. e5 Nd5 22. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 23. f5 (23. e6 $1 $16) 23... Nb4 $2 {[#]} (23... Nc5 $11) 24. f6 $2 (24. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6f7] aiming for exf7+.} Nc2 25. Qa4) 24... Qc5+ $1 $11 25. Kh1 {fxg7 is the strong threat.} d4 (25... g5 $15) 26. Bxd4 $14 Qc4 $1 27. fxg7 (27. Ne4 $14 Nc2 28. Nd6 Nxa1 29. Nxc4) 27... Nc2 $11 28. Qc1 Qxd4 29. Qxc2 {Hoping for Nh5.} Qxe5 30. Qc4 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rc4f7]} Be6 31. Qh4 {And now Nh5 would win.} Ra8 32. Nh5 h6 33. h3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} b5 34. Re1 Qg5 35. Nf6+ Kxg7 36. Qe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Nh5+ $1 $15 Kf8 37. Qd4) 36... Ra4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Ne8+ {[#]} (37. Qe5 $142 Qxf6 38. Qxb5) 37... Kf8 $1 38. Qc6 Rc4 39. Qd6+ Kxe8 40. Ra1 Rc1+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,110,16,-27,0,0,0,-8,5,5,10,0,5,-7,-8,-7,-6,-59,0,0,0,-14,0,-4,-4,-8,-10,-29,-32,-54,0,-2,0,-7,-6,-50,-7,-31,0,-4,-4,-7,0,-39,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-113,-105,-102,-115,-342,-339,-417,-394,-404,0,0,0,-348,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. a4 c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. O-O {[%cal Be1g1,Bg1f1,Bf1e2][%mdl 32]} Be7 9. Ne5 {LiveBook: 57 Games} Bd7 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (9... cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 a5 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Bf4 Ba6 14. b3 O-O 15. Be5 Nd5 16. Rfd1 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rfd8 19. Qf3 {½-½ (52) Kamsky,G (2741)-Wang,H (2718) Ningbo 2011}) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. dxc5 Qxd1 {The position is equal.} 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Kf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 Ke7 14. Na2 Rhc8 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Nxa5 {0-1 (66) Ozturk,E (2190)-Dimitrov,R (2458) Albena 2017}) 13... Ke7 14. Ke2 Rac8 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Be1 (16. Bd3 $11) 16... Rc7 (16... Bxh2 $15 17. Bd3 h6) 17. h3 Rhc8 18. Ba2 Bb4 19. f3 h6 20. Bg3 (20. g4 {feels hotter.} g5 21. Rab1 Bd6 22. f4 Bb4 23. Rbc1) 20... Rd7 21. Rxd7+ (21. Bh4 {is more complex.} g5 22. Be1 Bd6 23. Rab1 Rdc7 24. Kf2) 21... Nxd7 22. Rc1 Nf6 ({Better is} 22... Nb6 $15) 23. Be1 Nd7 24. Bb1 Nb6 25. Be4 f5 (25... Bxc3 $5 26. Bxc3 Nxa4 $11) 26. Bb1 Kd7 27. g4 g6 28. Ba2 Ke7 29. Bb1 Bd6 (29... Bxc3 $5 30. Rxc3 Nxa4 $15) 30. h4 h5 31. g5 Nc4 32. Ba2 Nb4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. f4 (34. Na2 $5 Rxc1 35. Nxc1 $11) 34... Nd5 35. Kd3 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. b3 Rc5 38. Ra1 Nb4+ 39. Ke2 Nc6 40. Ra8 b4 41. Na4 Rc2+ 42. Kd3 Rc1 43. Bd2 Rh1 44. Ra6 Kd7 45. Nb6+ Kc7 {[#] And now ...Kb7 would win.} 46. Na8+ Kd7 47. Nb6+ Kc7 {White must now prevent ...Kb7.} 48. Nc4 Bc5 49. Ne5 (49. Ra8 $11 {remains equal.}) 49... Nxe5+ $17 50. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kd7 51. Kc4 $2 (51. Ra8 $17 {was worth a try.}) 51... Be7 $19 52. Ra7+ {[#]} Ke8 $1 53. Ra8+ Kd7 54. Ra7+ Ke8 55. Ra8+ $1 Kd7 $2 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 51%.} (55... Kf7 $19 56. Rb8 Rxh4+ 57. Kd3 Re4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,161,-6,0,-10,-14,-25,0,0,5,-10,18,10,30,0,30,29,33,33,38,31,29,31,31,30,29,26,35,11,21,26,40,15,18,2,0,0,6,0,78,35,22,17,29,17,14,7,31,20,50,50,49,31,54,0,261,81,62,64,61,53,49,37,55,37,178,164,204,89,104,66,82,79,1157,1053,1481,1308,1175,931,1353,774,737,739,631,81,81,-163,-163,-163,-34,-162,-148,-149,-49,-29975,-77,-80,-83,-83,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-52,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,8,4947,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-205,-205,-440,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,80,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nd4 {LiveBook: 31 Games} 9. Ne1 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} (9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 c6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 d5 13. Bb2 Re8 14. b5 Be6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. e3 Nf5 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. e4 dxe4 {½-½ (19) Smirin,I (2658)-Zhigalko,S (2647) Kishinev 2016}) 9... c6 10. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e3 Nf5 11. Nf3 a6 12. h3 b5 13. c5 Re8 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Nd2 Qe7 {1-0 (32) Henrichs,T (2503)-Fleck,J (2339) Germany 2012}) 10... Re8 11. e3 Ne6 12. Bb2 h5 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. c5 Nf8 16. cxd6 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 $1 18. Qxf3 Qxd6 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Qe2 Ne6 21. h4 Rcd8 22. Bh3 Qb8 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Nf6 (26... e4 $11 27. Qe2 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Nxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 27. Qe2 Ng4 28. Bc3 Qc7 29. Rb1 Qf7 30. Rb2 Rd5 31. Rdb1 Re7 32. e4 Rd8 33. Bd2 f4 34. Rb3 (34. f3 $14 Nh6 35. Rb3) 34... Red7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... fxg3 $11 35. fxg3 Rf8) 35. Bxg4 $2 (35. f3 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 35... hxg4 $16 36. Qxg4 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Rxd3 37. Rxb7 Qf6 $1 38. Be1 {Black must now prevent gxf4.} fxg3 39. fxg3 Rf3 (39... Rxa3 $14 40. R7b3 Rxb3 41. Rxb3 Rf8) 40. Kg2 $18 Rf8 41. Rb8 (41. R1b2 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 41... Rxa3 $16 42. Rxf8+ $1 Bxf8 43. Rb2 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb2f2][%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Bxc5 $16 44. h5 Ra1 45. Rb8+ Bf8) 44. Rf2 $18 Qg7 45. Qe6+ Kh8 46. Rf7 Qh6 47. Qxe5+ Bg7 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Kh3 $2 (49. Bf2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 49... g5 $16 50. Qd7 $2 (50. Kg2 $16) 50... Qxh4+ $1 $19 51. Kg2 Ra2+ ({Black should try} 51... Qxe4+ $19 52. Kf1 Rf3+ 53. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 54. Kg1 Qe3+ 55. Kf1 a4 56. Qf5+ Kh6) 52. Bf2 ({Only move:} 52. Bd2 $1 $15 Qxe4+ 53. Kf2) 52... Qxe4+ 53. Kh2 Qg6 ({Black should play} 53... Kh6 $1 $17 54. Qd6+ Kh5) 54. Qh3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Kh3 $15) 54... Qh6 $2 (54... Kg8 {mates} 55. Rxg7+ Qxg7 56. Qc8+ Qf8 57. Qxf8+ Kxf8 58. Kg1 Rxf2 59. Kxf2 a4 60. Kf3 a3 61. Kg4 a2 62. Kf5 a1=Q 63. Kg6 Qe5 64. Kh5 Qxg3 65. Kg6 Qf4 66. Kh6 Kf7 67. Kh7 Qh4#) 55. Qxh6+ $17 Kxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 56. Kg1 a4 57. Rc7 a3 58. Rxc6+ Kh5 59. Ra6 Bb2 (59... Kg4 $15 60. c6 Be5) 60. c6 Ra1+ 61. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Kf3.} Rc1 62. Be3 Rc2+ 63. Kf3 Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (63... g4+ $11 64. Ke4 Bg7) 64. Ke2 $2 (64. c7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc7c8][%mdl 512]} Bg7 (64... Rxc7 65. g4+) 65. Ra5 (65. Rxa3 Rxc7 66. g4+ Kh4 $11) 65... Rxc7 66. Rxg5+ Kh6 67. Rc5+ Kg6 68. Rxc7) 64... Kg4 $11 65. Kd3 Rc3+ 66. Kd2 Kxg3 {...g4 is the strong threat.} 67. Bd4 $2 (67. Bxg5 $11 Rxc6 68. Rxc6) 67... Rc4 $19 68. Ba7 $2 (68. Be3 g4 69. Kd3 Rxc6 70. Rxc6) 68... Bf6 $2 (68... Kf3 $19 69. Bb8 g4) 69. Rxa3+ $11 Kg4 70. Ra6 Bd8 71. Kd3 Rc1 72. Be3 Rd1+ 73. Kc2 Rd5 74. Kc3 Kf5 75. Kc4 Rd1 76. Ra8 g4 77. Bd4 Bc7 78. Rc8 Bg3 79. Rf8+ Ke6 (79... Ke4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 80. Re8+ Kf5) 80. Re8+ (80. Rf6+ $16 Ke7 81. Rg6) 80... Kf5 81. Rf8+ {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2913"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,58,4,15,7,5,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,-5,-25,20,16,8,9,65,20,35,0,0,-24,-24,-21,27,-24,-24,-27,-34,-22,0,-31,-37,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Nd7 5. Bg2 Ngf6 6. d3 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} Bd6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. c4 a5 11. a3 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e3 Nc5 17. Qb1 d4 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 {½-½ (30) Karjakin,S (2769)-Giri,A (2798) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 8... Bg6 9. Nh4 c6 10. e3 a5 11. a3 e5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. c4 Rfe8 ({Black should try} 15... Nc5 $11) 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rc1 {[#] aiming for Bxd5.} Qd8 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Nc4 Bc5 20. Qg3 (20. Qd1 $142) 20... N5b6 $11 21. Nxb6 Bxb6 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. d4 (23. Rb1 {seems wilder.} Bc5 24. Bc3 Bxa3 25. Bxa5 Ra8 26. b4) 23... exd4 24. Bxd4 Qxa3 25. Bxb6 $1 {The position is equal.} Nxb6 26. Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b6]} Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxb3 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2871"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,67,11,31,9,24,21,42,44,45,46,49,42,51,49,102,43,87,83,77,73,147,133,162,155,161,146,312,323,404,406,402,384,432,352,347,351,401,254,560,539,881,899,806,751,789,762,1234,1204,1243,1214,2757,2936]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O {LiveBook: 24 Partien} 10. Bf1 {B13: Caro-Kann (Abtausch-Variante 4.c4)} (10. Bf4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qb6 15. Rab1 Rfd8 16. a3 Qc6 17. Qf3 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qf4 Qc7 20. Qh4 Nd6 {½-½ (77) Manik,M (2400)-Sadhwani,R (2409) Pardubice 2018}) 10... a6 11. Bf4 Ne4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... Rc8 12. Nbd2 {½-½ (12) Hiermann,D (2245)-Mostbauer,F (2296) Traun 2017}) 12. Nbd2 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Re8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Nb3 Qb6 {[#]} ({Lieber} 15... b6 $14) 16. a4 (16. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Bc8 17. Bg2) 16... Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Qb3 Ra7 {[#]} ({Besser ist} 18... Bc8) 19. Bd6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz steht unter starkem Druck.} Qd8 20. Bc5 Ra8 21. Qxb7 {[%cal Re1e7]} Rb8 $2 (21... e5 $16 22. a5 (22. Bxa6 Rb8 $11) 22... Qc8 23. Qxd5 Rd8) 22. Qxa6 $18 Rxb2 23. Bb5 Bd7 24. Rab1 Ra2 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Qb5 Qc8 27. Bxe7 h5 $2 (27... Bf8) 28. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Kh7 29. Qxd5 Rc2 30. Bb4 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qc7 32. a6 Qf4 33. Rf1 Rc1 34. g3 {Precision: Weiß = 83%, Schwarz = 23%.} ({Schwächer ist} 34. a7 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qc1+ 36. Ke2 Qc2+ 37. Kf3 Qd3+ 38. Kf4 Qd2+ 39. Kg3 h4+ 40. Kf3 (40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kg1 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kh1 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 40... Qd1+ 41. Ke3 (41. Kf4 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Qd1+ 43. Ke3 Bh6+ 44. f4 Qc1+ 45. Kd3 Qb1+ 46. Kc4 Qa2+ 47. Kc5 Qxa7+ 48. Kb5 Bxf4 $16) 41... Bh6+ 42. f4 Qe1+ 43. Kd3 Qb1+ 44. Kc4 (44. Ke2 Qc2+ 45. Ke3 Qc1+ 46. Ke2 Qc2+ 47. Ke3 Qc1+ 48. Kd3 Qb1+ 49. Kc4 Qa2+ 50. Kc5 Qxa7+ 51. Kb5 Bxf4 $16) 44... Qa2+ 45. Kc5 Qxa7+ 46. Kb5 Bxf4 $16) 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2898"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,138,-5,0,0,0,0,17,0,8,18,13,16,12,0,0,16,8,9,16,20,35,43,45,43,112,60,85,7,73,0,175,133,146,145,163,82,95,74,95,86,91,90,81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,12,12,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,12,17,8,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,16,16,35,34,34,12,12,12,12,12,16,8,35,35,35,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5 {LiveBook: 8 Games. C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} 10. O-O dxe4 11. c3 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nc3 b6 14. Qc4+ Be6 15. Qa4 c5 16. Nxe4 Bd5 17. f3 Bxe4 18. fxe4+ {½-½ (104) Kovalev,V (2655)-Kramnik,V (2792) Dortmund 2018}) 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14. Qc1 Bc4 15. Re1 Bd3 16. Nc3 Rhe8 17. Bxc7 Rac8 18. Bg3 Kg8 19. Qg5 Rf8 20. Rad1 {Hoping for Rxe4!} Rf5 (20... Qc4 $14) 21. Qg4 (21. Qh4 $16 Rh5 22. Qg4) 21... Re8 $14 22. Kh1 (22. h3 $16) 22... Re6 (22... Nb4 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. f3 (23. h3 $16) 23... Ne5 $2 {[#]} ({Don't play} 23... h5 $6 24. Qh4 $16) (23... exf3 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 24. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Nxd4) 24. Bxe5 Rfxe5 25. Nxe4 Kg7 26. b3 ({White should try} 26. Qg3 $18) 26... Qb4 $16 {[%cal Rd3e4]} 27. h3 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. Qg3 ({Better is} 30. Rd7+ $16 Kh6 31. Qf3) 30... Qe7 $11 31. Kh2 Kh6 32. Rd5 a6 33. Qd3 Qc7+ 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 {KR-KR} Re2 36. Rd7 b5 37. a4 Re3+ 38. Kf4 Rxb3 {And now ...Rb4+ would win.} 39. axb5 Rb4+ 40. Kf3 axb5 41. Rb7 Rb1 42. Kf4 g5+ 43. Kg4 b4 44. Rb6+ Kg7 45. Kxg5 Rc1 46. Rb7+ Kg8 47. Rxb4 Rc5+ 48. Kf6 {[#] Intending Rb8+ and mate.} Rc6+ 49. Ke5 Rc5+ 50. Kd6 Rc2 51. Rg4+ Kf7 52. Ke5 Rc5+ 53. Kd4 Ra5 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Kf4 Ra5 56. Rg5 Ra3 57. Rg3 Ra5 58. Rf3 Kg6 59. Rb3 Ra4+ 60. Kf3 Rc4 61. g4 Ra4 62. Kg3 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5][%mdl 32]} 63. Kh4 Ra5 {The position is equal.} 64. Rb6+ Kg7 65. Rc6 Rb5 66. Rc3 Ra5 67. Kg3 h5 68. Rc7+ Kg6 69. Rc6+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,115,25,15,7,22,18,-6,-6,-7,-14,-75,-25,-11,-19,-68,-61,-75,-71,-65,-70,-114,-110,-107,-106,-140,-72,-72,-73,-82,-82,-79,-81,-81,-58,-87,-96,-90,-86,-100,-44,-106,-114,-154,-97,-106,0,-153,-121,-150,-151,-140,-71,-75,-65,-72,-74,-129,-117,-113,-89,-150,0,-95,-58,-112,-43,-71,-21,-20,-27,-27,-29,-28,-29,-14,-27,-50,-18,-50,-25,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 {B51: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 c4 9. a4 e6 10. axb5 {LiveBook: 22 Partien} axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 {[#]} 14. b4 $146 (14. d3 $11 cxd3 15. Nxb5 (15. Qxd3 d5 $11)) 14... d5 15. Nxb5 Qb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz steht aktiver.} 16. Nbd4 Be7 17. d3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 O-O 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Ra1 Nb6 21. Qa6 Qxa6 (21... Qc7 $142 22. Nb5 Qd8) 22. Rxa6 $17 Nc4 23. Ba1 Bf6 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke8 26. Nb5 Rb8 27. Nbd4 Rb7 28. g3 Kd7 (28... h5 $17 29. Ra8+ Ke7) 29. h4 (29. Nb3 $1 $15) 29... h5 30. Ra8 Nb6 (30... Kc7 $142 31. Ra6 Rb6) 31. Ra6 Nc4 32. Ra8 $1 g6 33. Rf8 Ned6 {Droht stark ...Ta7.} 34. Ra8 Nb6 (34... Bd8 $142 35. Nc2 Bf6) 35. Ra6 Ne4 36. Nb3 Nc4 37. Nfd4 (37. Nfd2 $142 Ncxd2 38. Nxd2) 37... Be5 38. Nc6 Bd6 39. Ncd4 {[#]} ({Lieber} 39. Nca5 Nxa5 40. Nxa5) 39... Be5 (39... Bc7 $142 $1 {...Lb6 ist eine echte Drohung.} 40. Nf3 Bb6) 40. Nc6 $1 Rc7 41. Ncd4 (41. Nxe5+ $15 Nxe5 42. c4 Nxc4 43. Bd4) 41... Bxd4 ({Besser ist} 41... Rc8 $17 42. Kf3 Ke8) 42. cxd4 $15 Ke7 43. Nc5 Ned6 44. Bc3 Nb5 45. Kd3 Ra7 46. Rxa7+ Nxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLS-KSS} 47. Bd2 Nb5 48. Be3 f6 49. Na4 e5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 50. dxe5 $1 fxe5 51. Nc3 Nxc3 52. Kxc3 {KL-KS} Kd6 53. Bc5+ Kc6 54. Bf8 Kb5 55. f3 Kc6 56. Kd3 Kb5 57. Kc3 Kc6 58. Kd3 {Precision: Weiß = 54%, Schwarz = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2878"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,69,4,9,0,3,16,30,13,18,4,20,9,10,11,47,38,33,37,170,179,247,236,202,191,171,178,169,164,175,0,0,0,14,20,15,-4,25,-42,-29,-52,-61,-49,-55,-65,-57,-151,-142,-189,-117,-128,-106,-198,-85,-85]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 8. Kf1 Ne6 9. h4 Nd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Nb5 {With the idea Nfxd4.} Be6 11. d3 {next Nfxd4 is good for White.} Nbc6 12. Nbxd4 $146 (12. Bf4 {seems wilder.} Rc8 13. h5 Bxc4 14. dxc4 e6 15. Rh3) ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Nxb5 13. Bxb5 Qb6 14. Ba4 Qa6 15. Rc1 {½-½ (41) Svidler,P (2751)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Tbilisi 2017}) 12... Bxc4 13. dxc4 {White wants to play Be3.} cxd4 14. Bf4 e6 15. Rh3 Bc5 16. a3 a5 17. e5 O-O (17... Be7 $14) 18. Ng5 $1 $18 Be7 (18... h6 $142) 19. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 20. Ne4 f5 21. exf6 $1 Bxf6 22. Rg3 {Threatens to win with Bxh6.} Ne7 {[#]} 23. Nxf6+ $2 (23. Bxh6 $1 $18 Nf5 24. Rg6 Bxh4 25. Kg1) 23... Rxf6 $11 24. Be5 Nf5 25. Rf3 Rf7 26. Rd1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Qe7 {And now ...Qc5 would win.} 27. Qg4 ({But not} 27. Bxd4 Rd8 $17) (27. Kg1 $11 Raf8 28. Rf4 (28. Bxd4 Qd6 $14)) 27... Rc8 28. b3 a4 29. Kg1 axb3 30. Rxb3 Rxc4 31. g3 (31. Rbd3 $15) 31... Qc5 $17 32. Qe4 {[#]} Rd7 (32... Nxh4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Bxd4 (33. Qxh4 Qxe5) 33... Qh5) 33. Rbd3 Qd5 34. Qf4 (34. Qe2 $17) 34... Rf7 (34... Qc6 $19 {has better winning chances.} 35. h5 Rc5) 35. Bxd4 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2913"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,119,-65,-57,-62,-64,-65,-72,-54,-91,-86,-97,-43,-56,-43,-53,-63,-62,-59,-55,-55,-64,-14,-24,-6,-6,-6,-15,0,-31,-28,-29,-30,-36,-30,-121,-120,-122,-31,-37,-39,-40,-40,-46,-30,-30,-30,-39,-39,-39,-25,-46,0,-12,0,-39,0,-12,0,-39,0,0,24,24,24,24,24,24,61,24,30,0,25,26,45,29,41,24,27,29,49,50,50,34,41,18,34,34,41,0,0,0,41,26,26,10,62,37,62,62]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. c4 d4 7. O-O Be7 8. e3 e5 9. exd4 exd4 10. Re1 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} O-O 11. Ne5 (11. d3 Bd6 12. Na3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. f4 a6 17. Na3 Bc7 {1-0 (67) Howell,D (2676)-Sadler,M (2685) London 2017}) 11... Nxe5 12. Rxe5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. Black is slightly better.} Bd6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Qc2 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd7 15. d3 h5 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. b4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 {½-½ (40) Fernandez Madrid,C (2125)-Vidarte Morales,A (2326) Barcelona 2014}) 15. Na3 Qd7 16. d3 a6 ({Black should try} 16... Bh3 $17 17. Bxh3 Qxh3) 17. Qd2 $15 Rab8 18. Nc2 b6 19. b4 h5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1 $1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qa4 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bc1 Nd7 25. f4 Nf6 26. Qc2 Qe8 27. Qd2 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Bf1 (28. Nf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) (28. gxh4 Nh5) 28... hxg3 29. hxg3 Bd7 ({Black should play} 29... Nh5 $17 30. Qf2 Qb8) 30. Qe2 Qc8 31. Bg2 Bg4 32. Nf3 Qb8 33. Qb2 Qe8 34. Qf2 Bf5 35. Bf1 Ng4 36. Qe1 Ne3 37. Kf2 {[%cal Rc1e3]} Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Ne3 39. Kf2 {[%cal Rc1e3]} Ng4+ 40. Kg1 Ne3 41. Nh4 Qe6 (41... Bd7 {is interesting.} 42. Bxe3 dxe3 43. Ng2 Qe6 44. Qxe3 Qf6) 42. Bxe3 dxe3 43. Nxf5 Qxf5 44. Qxe3 Qe6 45. Qf3 Bf8 46. Bg2 Qf6 47. Qe2 g6 48. Kh2 Qe7 49. Qb2 Bg7 50. Qb6 Bd4 51. Be4 Qf6 52. Qb7 Kg7 53. Bd5 Qf5 54. Kg2 Qf6 55. Kf3 g5 56. Qd7 gxf4 57. gxf4 Qg6 58. Be4 Qh5+ (58... Qb6 $11) 59. Kg3 Qe2 60. Qg4+ {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 28%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2898"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,34,38,34,31,52,-1,-16,-6,-16,-6,-12,-30,-31,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5f4,Bf4g2][%mdl 32]} 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6. O-O d6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. d4 {1-0 (54) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Caruana,F (2816) Paris 2018}) 6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bf5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. Nhf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Qd7 17. Qf3 Rab8 18. Nxh6+ {1-0 (18) Wenzel,C (1613)-Engert,K (1291) Bad Homburg 2015}) 9. Ne4 (9. O-O $1 $14) 9... Nxg2+ $11 10. Kf1 Bh3 11. Kg1 {[#] Hoping for Nfg5.} h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6g5][%mdl 32] ...Be7 is the strong threat.} 12. Nfg5 hxg5 13. Qh5 Qc8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Be7.} 14. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] The position is equal.} gxf6 15. Qg6+ $1 Kh8 16. Qh6+ Kg8 {( -> ...Nh4)} 17. Qg6+ $1 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2878"]
[BlackElo "2871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,74,8,13,19,17,4,22,0,0,0,11,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-41,0,-7,0,0,-6,-25,16,16,61,63,63,-8,-8,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 Be7 {C67: Spanische Partie (Berliner Verteidigung)} (9... Ke8 10. Nc3 b6 11. Bf4 Bb4 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Be2 14. Nh2 Bc4 15. Rd1 Bd5 16. c3 Bxe4 17. cxb4 Rd8 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 {1-0 (51) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Anand,V (2759) Leuven 2018}) 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 $1 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rfd1 Rh5 17. Bf4 {[#]} (17. Bd4 {is interesting.} Rf5 18. b3 Be6 19. Bb2 c5 20. c4) 17... a6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 17... Rf5 18. Bh2 c5 19. c4 Be6 20. b3 c6 21. Nc3 a6 22. Ne4 b5 {½-½ (22) Grigoryev,V (2497)-Straka,Z (2584) ICCF email 2016}) 18. Bh2 Rh6 19. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Be6 (19... c5 {seems wilder.} 20. e6 c6 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Nc1 c4) 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. a4 c4 23. Rd4 b5 24. Kf1 f5 (24... g5 {looks sharper.} 25. c3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra1 Kd7) 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Rd7 bxa4 {[#] Und ...Tb8 würde nun gewinnen.} 27. Rxc7 Bxb2 28. Rxc4 a3 29. Ra4 (29. Rxh4 $14 Ra7 30. Ra4) 29... Rc8 $11 30. Rd6 Rc6 31. Rxe6+ {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} 32. Bf4 Kd7 33. Be3 Rc6 34. c4 {[#]} Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Rxc4 a2 36. Ra4 a1=Q+ 37. Rxa1 Bxa1 {Precision: Weiß = 48%, Schwarz = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 34,122,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,-2,-7,-35,-18,-150,-140,-104,58,89,89,0,0,0,0,0,134,142,143,92,73,79,77,46,47,0,0,-231,-224,-659,-655,-679,-672,-594,-558,-598,-555,-473,-19,-20,-20,-20,-19,-15,-12,-42,-25,-72,0,0,0,-195,-195,-195,-195,-155,0,-247,-229,-197,-160,-145,-154,-175,-175,-153,-145,-123,-48,-345,-339,-324,-269,-243,-226,-285,0,-129,-137,-106,-16,-15,-12]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. g4 h5 14. h3 {E99: King's Indian: Classical Main Line: 9 Ne1 Nd7 10 f3 f5} Rf6 15. Nd3 Rh6 16. c5 Nf6 (16... Nxc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Ng6 19. Rc1 Bf8 20. Nb5 Bd6 21. Qb3 hxg4 22. fxg4 {1-0 (41) So,W (2719)-Van Wely,L (2672) Wijk aan Zee 2014 CBM 159 [Sumets,A]}) 17. Kg2 Ng6 18. Rh1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf8 19. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. a4 Kg7 20. a5 dxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rxh1 24. Qxh1 {1-0 (56) Rajlich,I (2421)-Antic,D (2505) Budapest 2006}) 19... a6 20. Qb3 Kg7 21. cxd6 Bxd6 22. Nc5 Qh8 23. Ne6+ (23. Rcg1 $11) 23... Bxe6 $1 $17 24. dxe6 Qh7 $2 (24... hxg4 $17 25. hxg4 Nh4+ 26. Bxh4 Rxh4) 25. Qxb7 $14 Rh8 {[#]} 26. Nb5 (26. Rcd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd1d6]} Be7 27. Rd3 (27. Qxc7 $2 hxg4 28. h4 g3 $17)) 26... axb5 $11 27. Rxc7+ Bxc7 28. Qxc7+ Ne7 (28... Kg8 $11 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qc7+ Kg8 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qc7+) 29. Qxe7+ $16 Kg6 30. Qxh7+ (30. Qc5 $142 hxg4 31. Qxe5 Rxh3 32. Qf5+ Kg7 33. Qxg5+ Qg6 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rxh3 gxh3+ 36. Kh2) 30... R6xh7 31. gxh5+ ({But not} 31. Bxb5 hxg4 32. fxg4 Rd8 $11) 31... Nxh5 32. Bxb5 {Hoping for Bc5.} Kf6 $1 33. Bd7 {Black must now prevent Rd1.} Ng7 34. Rd1 $2 (34. e7 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kxe7 35. Bg4) 34... Rxh3 $19 35. Rd6 $2 {[#]} (35. e7 Rh2+ 36. Kf1) 35... g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. fxg4 f3+ 37. Kf1 Rh1+ 38. Bg1 R8h2 39. Rd3 Rxb2 $2 (39... Rh3 $19 40. Bb5 Rg3) 40. Rxf3+ $11 Ke7 41. Rf7+ Kd6 42. Rxg7 Rb1+ 43. Ke2 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Rhxg1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 44. g5 Rg2+ (44... Rb2+ $17 45. Kf3 Rc2) 45. Kf3 $11 Rbg1 46. a4 $2 (46. Bc8 $1 $11 Rg3+ 47. Ke2) 46... Rg3+ $19 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} ({Don't play} 46... Rxg5 47. Rxg5 Rxg5 48. Kf2 $17) 47. Kf2 R1g2+ 48. Kf1 {[#]} Rb2 $2 (48... Rc2 $1 $17 {( -> ...Ra3)} 49. Be8 Ra3 50. Rd7+ Kxe6) 49. Bb5 $2 (49. Bc8 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Rf3+ 50. Kg1) 49... Rc3 {[%cal Rc3c1]} ({Don't take} 49... Kxe6 50. Bd7+ Kd6 51. Bf5 $17) 50. Kg1 Rc1+ (50... Kxe6 $19 51. Ra7 Rc1+ 52. Bf1 Re2) 51. Bf1 $17 Kxe6 {Threatens to win with ...Ra2.} 52. Rg6+ Kf7 53. Rf6+ Kg7 54. Rf5 Rb4 (54... Rc5 $17 55. Bb5 Rc1+ 56. Bf1 Rb3) 55. a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White must play} 55. Rxe5 $15 Rxa4 56. Rf5) 55... Rxe4 $19 56. a6 Ra4 57. Kg2 Ra2+ 58. Kg3 Ra4 $2 ({Better is} 58... Kg6 $19 59. Rf8 Kxg5 60. Rg8+ Kf6) 59. Be2 (59. Kg2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 59... Rc3+ $17 60. Kf2 Ra2 (60... Ra5 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Kg6.} 61. Rf6 Rc2) 61. Rxe5 $11 Rca3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,102,0,-10,5,-23,-18,-27,-20,-12,-22,-51,-33,-30,-25,-69,-32,-74,-63,-81,-98,-102,-106,-97,-106,-158,-97,-106,-117,-143,-139,-137,-146,-147,-88,-97,-97,-114,-59,-118,-112,-124,-105,-108,-111,-104,-67,-80,-30,-101,-94,-143,24,-92,-50,-72,-77,-107,-96,-138,-126,-325,-306,-367,-352,-346,-357,-351,-228,-230,-238,-217,-187,-373,-351,-417,-380,-548,-535,-532,-538,-653,-705,-701,-650,-643,-613]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. Be3 Nec6 8. c3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Be7 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 10. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. f4 O-O 13. N2b3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 a5 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Bxg6 fxg6 {½-½ (71) Frolyanov,D (2563)-Ponkratov,P (2608) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 10... a6 11. Re1 O-O {Black has an edge.} 12. Nf1 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. b4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 16. Nd2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 {0-1 (43) Mitchell,J-Santana,J (2213) New York 1999}) 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb6 16. b4 Nxd4 17. Bf1 {[#]} f6 $1 ({Reject} 17... Nxe5 $6 18. Nb3 $14) 18. Nb3 fxe5 {aiming for ...Bc2.} 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Qd6 21. Ra2 (21. Bd3 $142) 21... Bf6 (21... e5 $142 22. Rae2 Bf6) 22. Bxf6 $17 Rxf6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 {With the idea Ne4!} Ne5 25. Qd4 Nc6 (25... Nc4 $142 26. Nh5 Rf7) 26. Qb6 Qc7 27. Qc5 Ne7 (27... Qf7 $17 28. f3 Rf4) 28. Qe3 (28. Qxc7 $15 Rxc7 29. Rae2) 28... Qc3 29. Qe2 Rcf8 30. h3 Nc6 31. Qd1 Nd4 32. Rd2 e5 ({Much weaker is} 32... Qxa3 $6 33. Rxd4 Rxf2 34. Qd3 $14) 33. Rd3 {[#]} (33. Nf1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33... Qc7 $1 34. f3 Nb5 $2 (34... Rc6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rc4.} 35. Nf1 Rc8) 35. Kh1 (35. Qb3 $11) 35... d4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 36. Ne4 Rc6 37. Qd2 Nc3 38. Nf2 Nd5 {[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} 39. Qg5 $2 (39. Qa2 $17 Rd8 40. Ne4) 39... Nf4 $19 40. Rd2 Rc1 41. Rdd1 Rxd1 42. Nxd1 Nd3 43. Re2 h6 44. Qd2 Nf4 45. Re1 $2 (45. Qa2+ Kh8 46. Rc2) 45... Rc8 46. Qa2+ Qc4 47. Qb1 (47. Qxc4+ {was forced.} Rxc4 48. Nf2) 47... Qc2 {Black is clearly winning.} 48. Qxc2 Rxc2 49. g3 Nd3 50. Rf1 Kf7 51. Kg1 Ke6 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2871"]
[BlackElo "2898"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,106,4,15,0,3,8,4,0,0,0,6,-3,7,-19,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-9,0,-8,7,0,9,0,0,-18,0,-21,-28,-20,-25,-73,-64,-66,-71,-90,-79,-83,-70,-102,-72,-64,-90,-84,-67,-101,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65,75,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 9. Re1 a5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 10. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. axb5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Nf1 Re8 {½-½ (104) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Karjakin,S (2782) Leuven 2018}) 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc2 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd7 15. Qb3 b6 16. Qb5 Rf7 17. Nd2 Raf8 18. Re2 Qe8 19. g3 Qa8 20. Kg2 Kh7 21. Rh1 Ng8 22. h4 Nf6 23. h5 Ne7 24. Kg1 Kh8 25. Rh4 Nh7 26. d4 exd4 27. cxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Be7c6,Bc6e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 28. Qc4 e5 29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. Qd5 Qa6 31. Qb5 Qxb5 32. axb5 Ng5 33. Kg2 Ngf3 (33... Ne6 $17 {aiming for ...Nd4.} 34. Nf5 Nd3) 34. Nxf3 $11 Nxf3 35. Rg4 Nd4 36. Rd2 Nxb5 37. f4 Re8 38. Kf3 Na7 39. Rc2 Nb5 {[#] Hoping for ...Nd4+.} 40. Rd2 $1 Kh7 41. Rg6 Rf6 (41... Na7 $11) 42. Rxf6 $14 gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 43. Nf5 (43. Rd5 $14 c6 44. Rd3) 43... a4 $11 {The position is equal.} 44. Rd5 a3 45. bxa3 Nxa3 46. Rd4 b5 47. Ne3 Kg7 48. Nf5+ Kh7 49. Ne3 Rf8 50. g4 Kg7 51. Nf5+ Kh7 52. Ne3 Kg7 53. Nf5+ Kh7 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2913"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,65,14,25,35,27,29,40,55,20,22,20,20,16,20,20,21,20,85,56,65,64,79,68,69,54,52,43,41,17,25,27,21,21,21,14,17,11,26,21,22,21,24,14,22,1,11,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 {[%cal Bf1d3,Bd3e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32]} Bb4+ {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 {LiveBook: 30 Games} d4 {[#] And now ...dxe3 would win.} (11... Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. h3 g6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qe4 Bxb2 19. Bxc6 {½-½ (94) Carlsen,M (2822)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017 CBM 180 [Krasenkow,M]}) 12. Qc2 ({Much weaker is} 12. Qh5 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 dxe3+ 14. Bxe3 (14. fxe3 g6 $11) 14... g6 $15) 12... Nc6 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 12... dxe3 13. Bxe3 Qh4 14. O-O h6 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. Bd4 Qc6 17. Qb3 Qd6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Qc2 Rd8 22. Ra4 Qd6 23. Qc3+ Qf6 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Be4 {1-0 (25) Peltier,J (2163)-Ralls,R (2151) IECC email 2000}) 13. O-O g6 14. Be4 dxe3 15. Bxe3 Nd4 16. Qc4 Bxd2 17. Bxd4 Re8 18. Rad1 {[#] aiming for Bd5.} Bf4 (18... Rxe4 $11 19. Rxd2 Be6) 19. Bd5 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Bxc7 21. Rfe1 {[%cal Re1e8]} Bg4 22. f3 Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Bc3 {Hoping for Rd7.} (24. Rc1 {is more complex.} Bd6 25. Be3 b6 26. Rc6 Rad8 27. Kf2) 24... Rad8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Kf1 Bc7 27. h3 Kf7 28. Re4 Rd8 29. Rc4 Rd7 30. Ke2 a6 31. a4 e5 32. Re4 Rd5 33. Rc4 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,49,9,16,15,9,8,13,15,18,-37,48,23,16,29,37,18,20,28,58,29,21,8,8,12,8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Re1 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (12. Ng5 h6 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. Ne4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Qh3 Qxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxe4 18. Rg1 Re8 19. Bxh6 g6 {½-½ (40) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Caruana,F (2822) Stavanger 2018}) 12... Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 13. Bg5 Qa5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 14. Nh4 {White wants to play Be7.} (14. Qb3 b5 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. c4 Be6 17. Qc2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd5 {½-½ (30) Anand,V (2783)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017}) 14... Nb6 15. Bb3 {[#] Strongly threatening c4.} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bd7 16. Bd2 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Rb1 Qa6 19. Qh5 Nc4 {0-1 (40) Liang,A (2552)-Lenderman,A (2599) Saint Louis 2018}) 16. Rxe6 {Qg4 is the strong threat.} Qxg5 ({Not} 16... fxe6 $2 17. Bxe6+ Rf7 18. Nf5 $18) 17. Nf3 ({White should play} 17. Re4 $11) 17... Qd8 (17... Bxh2+ $1 $15 18. Kh1 Qd8) 18. Re4 Nd5 19. Qd3 g6 20. g3 Qd7 21. Rae1 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kg2 {The position is equal.} Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Kg7 25. Nc2 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2878"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,120,0,0,17,15,22,19,22,22,15,15,16,13,35,35,28,18,27,17,18,31,35,20,52,52,51,41,77,66,51,37,93,73,94,57,52,67,97,58,103,73,200,102,97,105,99,104,110,102,106,109,112,109,106,-36,-47,-31,-51,-31,0,-112,-70,-65,-72,-52,-47,-105,-8,-181,-162,-182,-161,-168,-153,-585,-570,-823,-675,-570,-1106,-1107,-1524,-5585,-10352,-6410,-5385,-5189,-29956,-5385,-2412,-29960,-29961,-29960,-29952,-29960,-29965,-29966,-29966,-29978,-29979,-29983,-29984,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29982,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 {LiveBook: 36 Partien. D71: Grünfeldindisch (Fianchetto)} O-O 7. e4 $146 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} ({Vorgänger:} 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Nf3 Nd5 9. e3 Nb6 10. Qd1 e5 11. O-O Bg4 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nxe5 {½-½ (68) Vitiugov,N (2735)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 7... cxd5 8. e5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nfd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qd1 Nc6 11. Nge2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. dxe5 e6 16. b3 Nd7 {Droht stark ...Db6.} 17. O-O Qb6+ 18. Kh2 Rad8 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. h4 Qa6 (20... Nc5 $14) 21. h5 gxh5 22. Ng1 h4 23. gxh4 Ne7 24. Qh5 Qd3 25. Nh3 Qf5 (25... Qg6 $16 26. Bf3 Nc5) 26. Bf3 (26. Ng5 $18) 26... Rc8 $16 {...Tc2+ ist eine echte Drohung.} 27. Rac1 h6 28. Rg1 Qxh5 29. Bxh5 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Bg4 Kf7 32. f5 (32. Rxc8 $1 $16 Nxc8 33. Bh5+ Kg8 34. Ng1) 32... Bxe5+ $15 33. Bxe5 Nxe5 34. fxe6+ Kf6 35. Rxc8 (35. Rf1+ $11 {war der einzige Weg, das Gleichgewicht zu behalten.} Kg7 36. Bd1) 35... Nxg4+ (35... Nxc8 {feels hotter.} 36. Kg3 Nd6 37. Nf2 Ne8 38. Kf4 Ng7) 36. Kg3 Nxc8 37. Kxg4 Kxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KS-KS} 38. Kh5 Kf5 (38... Kf6 $17) 39. Nf2 $2 (39. Kxh6 $11 Nd6 40. Nf2) 39... Ne7 $1 $19 40. Kxh6 Ng6 $1 41. h5 Nf4 42. Nh1 $2 (42. a4 $17 {ist eine bessere Chance.}) 42... d4 43. Nf2 b6 44. a3 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5][%mdl 32]} 45. a4 {[#]} a5 $1 46. Kg7 Nxh5+ 47. Kf7 Nf4 48. Ke7 Ke5 49. Kd7 Kd5 50. Kc7 Kc5 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 51. Ne4+ {[#]} Kb4 $1 52. Kxb6 d3 {[%cal Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 53. Kc6 Ne2 54. Kb6 Nd4 55. Nf6 d2 56. Nd5+ Kxb3 57. Ne3 Kb4 58. Nd5+ Kxa4 59. Kc5 Kb3 60. Ne3 Nc2 {Precision: Weiß = 46%, Schwarz = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,79,38,12,53,47,53,47,52,45,50,40,28,15,22,22,20,21,20,5,5,8,44,18,15,24,54,60,73,60,72,64,123,123,123,123,123,123,133,123,123,123,123,128,125,149,467,462,468,468,436,433,1067,1066,9070,5302,5102,5102,29956,12172]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. c3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Qd7 (12... Be7 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Nf1 Kf7 {½-½ (25) Bruzon Batista,L (2664)-Dreev,A (2653) Havana 2018}) 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd4 Be7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nf3 Qe6 16. Qd3 Rfd8 {1-0 (40) Perske,T (2443)-Hoffmeyer,F (2377) Germany 2017}) 13... Be7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nf3 Qe6 16. Qb3 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Rad1 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rfd8 20. h3 h6 ({Avoid the trap} 20... Nxe5 $2 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Bb6 $18) 21. Qc2 g5 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rac8 24. Rb1 Bc5 {And now ...Bxd4 would win.} 25. Qd3 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rc4 {[#]} (26... Rc6 $14) 27. a5 $1 $16 Rdc8 28. Rb6 R8c6 29. Reb1 Kg7 30. Kh2 f4 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. Rb7 h5 {[#]} 33. Qf3 $1 Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qf5 $16 {is tougher.}) 34. Rb8 $18 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. Qxd5 g4 (36... Kg7 $142 37. e6 Qxe6 38. Qxg5+ Qg6 39. Qxf4 Qc6 40. Qg5+ Qg6 41. Qe5+ Kf8) 37. Qxf7 g3+ 38. fxg3 fxg3+ 39. Kxg3 h4+ 40. Kh2 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2913"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,123,-1,0,9,12,3,8,28,11,4,18,27,0,16,10,15,15,15,0,0,0,10,13,8,-24,-16,-19,-21,-33,-18,-16,0,-35,-12,-19,0,-19,-2,-6,-6,-19,0,0,18,12,29,0,0,0,35,8,26,17,108,110,116,61,64,62,425,425,389,412,407,400,399,403,405,372,379,159,398,398,398,398,398,398,396,360,611,605,616,577,666,524,700,740,789,757,794,689,777,483,812,797,685,323,802,814,810,806,651,637,583,571,802,764,695,704]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8. e3 b6 9. c4 Ba6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Nd2 cxd4 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bxd4 Rc7 14. Qe2 Bb4 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. a3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 dxc4 18. Be5 Rd7 19. Bxf6 {1-0 (19) Nakamura,H (2769)-Kramnik,V (2792) Paris 2018}) 8... Bxc5 9. c4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} dxc4 10. Qc1 {The position is equal.} Bd7 11. Qxc4 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. Nbd2 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Qh4 Rfd8 15. Nc4 Qe7 {½-½ (39) Pirc,V-Vidmar,M Bled 1950}) 12. e4 Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...Nb4.} 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15. Nbd2 b5 16. a3 Be8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Rd3 Qb5 {White must now prevent ...Nf4!} 21. Bf1 Qb6 22. Ba3 Ncb4 23. Rd2 a6 24. Qd1 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Bb2 Qb6 27. Qe2 h6 28. Nd4 Ra8 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Rad1 Rac8 31. Qf3 Kg8 32. Qg4 Kh8 33. h4 Qb7 34. Nf3 Rc2 {[#]} (34... Kh7 $11) 35. Nd6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd6 36. Rxc2 (36. exd6 $16 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg4g7]} Rxb2 37. Rxb2) 36... Nxc2 $14 37. exd6 $40 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... f6 $1 $14) 38. Ne5 $18 Nde3 39. fxe3 Nxe3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rb7g2]} 40. Qe2 Nxd1 41. Qxd1 Rd8 42. d7 Kg8 {Hoping for ...f6.} 43. Qh5 (43. Bc3 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 43... Rxd7 $2 (43... Qb6+ $16 44. Kg2 Qb7+ 45. Kh2 Rxd7 46. Nxd7 Qxd7) 44. Nxd7 Qxd7 {[#]} 45. Qg4 $1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg4g7]} f5 46. Qd4 Qb7 47. b4 Kh7 $2 (47... h5 48. Qe5 Qd7) 48. h5 Qc7 49. Qe5 Qd7 50. Bd4 Kg8 51. Kf2 Kh7 52. Ke3 Kg8 53. Bc3 Kh7 54. Qd4 Qf7 (54... Qc7 $142 55. Kf2 Qb7) 55. Kd3 Qb7 56. Kc2 (56. Qe5 $142 Qd7+ 57. Kc2) 56... Kg8 $2 (56... Qg2+ 57. Kb3 Qxg3) 57. Qe5 {White is clearly winning.} Qd7 58. Kb3 Kh7 59. Qd4 Qb7 60. Ka3 Kg8 61. Qd6 Kf7 62. Qe5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2898"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,100,39,39,39,60,51,42,41,63,35,23,19,48,33,30,-12,-22,-5,-4,-25,-27,-20,-31,-39,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,568,568,547,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29987,-181]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nd4 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bh7 11. N2b3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. Qh5 Bg6 {½-½ (49) Morozevich,A (2760)-Mamedyarov,S (2753) Moscow 2013}) 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Re1 Qc7 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 15. Qe2 g5 16. h3 a6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bg7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 19. Bd2 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 (20... Bxe5 $15 21. Be3 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Bf4) 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rac1 Qf7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nc6.} 23. Bc3 O-O {And now ...Nc6 would win.} 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rae8 27. Qe4 {aiming for Qg6+.} Qf7 ({Don't go for} 27... Qxb2 $2 28. Rc7 $18) 28. Rf1 Qxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rxf1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 30. Kh2 Rf6 31. Qxb7 e5 32. Qe4 Re7 33. h4 gxh4 34. Qxh4 Kg7 35. Qg4+ Kf7 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. Qg4+ Rg6 38. Qe4 Rg5 39. b4 Rf7 40. g3 h5 41. a4 Rf6 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Rfg6 44. Qe3 e4 45. Qd4+ Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Rf6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 46. b6 $18 Rxg3 47. Qxe4 $2 (47. b7 $18 Rb3 48. b8=Q (48. Qxe4 Rb2+ 49. Kh3 Rb3+ 50. Kh2 Rb2+ 51. Kh3 Rb3+ 52. Kh4 Rb2 $11) 48... Rxb8 49. Qa7+ Kh6 50. Qxb8) 47... R3g4 48. Qe7+ Kh6 49. Qe3+ R6g5 {( -> ...Rh4+)} 50. b7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50. Qf2 $11 Rb5 51. Qf8+ Kg5 52. Qd8+ Kf4 53. Qf8+ (53. Qd2+ Kf3 $11) 53... Kg5 54. Qg8+ Kh6 55. Qh8+ Kg5 56. Qg8+ Kh6 57. Qf8+ Kg5) 50... Rh4+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,65,39,33,6,45,-72,-47,-69,-77,-81,-16,-34,-39,-48,-48,-414,-402,-412,-109,-152,-115,-141,-121,-259,-96,-77,24,-18,104,108,107,99,227,220,216,210,338,320,297,295,508,505,502,520,510,493]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} 8. Be3 (8. Bg2 Be7 9. Nce2 Nc6 10. c3 Nce5 11. O-O Ng6 12. f4 Nh4 13. Bh1 O-O 14. f5 e5 15. Nc2 {0-1 (57) Fedoseev,V (2724)-Grischuk,A (2767) Moscow 2018}) 8... b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. g5 Be7 11. h4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 67 Games} 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. O-O-O (13. Nxc6 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Rxc6 14. f4) 13... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Kb1 O-O $146 (15... Nc5 $1 $17 16. Bg2 Qa5) 16. h5 Nc5 $1 17. f3 $1 Qa5 18. b3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Better is} 18. Nb3 $1 $15 Nxb3 19. cxb3) 18... Bxe4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Kb2 {[#] Threatens to win with Ra1.} ({Don't blunder} 19. fxe4 $2 Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Na4 Nxd2+ $19) (19. Nxe4 Qa2+) 19... Bb7 $2 (19... Nxc2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] and Black stays clearly on top. ( -> ...Qa3+)} 20. Nxc2 Nxb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Kxb3 Rb8+ 22. Bb5 Bxf3) 20. Ra1 Qc7 21. Rg1 Rfd8 22. f4 (22. g6 $17) 22... Bf8 $2 (22... e5 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Ne4.} 23. Nf5 d5 24. fxe5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4) 23. g6 $17 h6 (23... Kh8 $17 {And now ...e5 would win.} 24. Bh3 d5) 24. f5 $11 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32] gxf7+ is the strong threat.} e5 {[#]} (24... f6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 25. fxe6 d5) 25. f6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf6g7][%mdl 512]} exd4 (25... gxf6 26. g7) 26. Bxd4 Ne4 {[#]} (26... Ne6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 27. gxf7+ $1 $18 Qxf7 28. Qxh6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g7]} Nxf6 (28... g5 $142 29. Qg6+ Qxg6 30. hxg6 Nxf6) 29. Qxf6 Qxf6 30. Bxf6 Rd7 $2 (30... d5 31. Bxd8 Rxd8) 31. Bh3 {White is clearly winning.} Rdc7 32. Bxc8 Bxc8 33. h6 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,57,4,-25,52,-14,74,84,66,68,134,-1,131,129,230,215,208,198,197,61,192,185,204,149,172,0,0,0,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-143,-120,-127,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qa4 Na6 10. Rd1 {LiveBook: 9 Games. White wants to play Nxe6! E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} Qe8 $146 ({Better is} 10... Bd7 $11 11. Qc2 Qc7) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Qa3 Qc7 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. Rxb5 b6 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Be3 Qc6 {1-0 (37) Baryshpolets,A (2592)-Vazquez,G (2426) Costa Mesa 2017}) 11. Qc2 (11. Qxe8 $14 Rxe8 12. Ndb5) 11... Nc7 (11... e5 $11 12. Nf5 Bc5) 12. Ne4 $16 {White is better.} Nxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 (13... f5 $14 14. Bxf5 (14. Qxc4 fxe4 15. Qxc7 Qf7 $14) 14... exf5 15. Qxc4+ Ne6) 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Nf3 b5 (15... Qe7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 16. Qe4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4h4]} Qe6 17. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e6]} (17. Nxe5 $6 Be7 $16) 17... Qg4 {[#]} 18. Qc6 (18. Rd8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5f7][%mdl 512]} Qxe4 (18... Rxd8 19. Nxf7#) 19. Rxf8+ (19. Bxe4 Be6 $16) 19... Bxf8 20. Bxe4 (20. Nxe4 $2 {too greedy.} Kxh7 21. Be3 Bb7 $19)) 18... Ne6 (18... Qxe2 $14 19. Be3 Ne6) 19. Qxa8 {aiming for f3.} Nxg5 20. Bxg5 {Black must now prevent Bd2.} Kxh7 21. Rd8 $2 (21. Bd2 $18 Bc5 22. Qc6) 21... Rxd8 $11 22. Bxd8 Bf5 {[#]} (22... Bc5 $11 23. Qc6 Bd4) 23. Qxa7 (23. Qf3 $1 $16) 23... Qxe2 {And now ...c3 would win.} 24. Qxf7 Bg6 25. Qd7 {Bf6 is the strong threat.} Bc5 26. Qh3+ Kg8 27. Qe6+ (27. Rf1 $11) 27... Bf7 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 28. Qf5 {[#]} Bg6 (28... Bh5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 29. Qe6+ Kh8) 29. Qe6+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 40%.} (29. Qxg6 $2 {leads to mate.} Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qf3#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2878"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,172,-46,0,0,0,-9,-20,-56,0,0,0,0,22,3,55,0,0,0,0,-11,-7,-11,105,0,0,-20,0,-24,-17,-13,0,0,23,-3,-14,-43,-46,-55,-52,-45,-56,-138,-138,-138,-138,-138,-138,-137,-138,-149,-146,-145,-130,-130,-127,-126,-125,-165,-165,-165,-165,-165,-154,-169,-169,-187,-187,-187,-176,-446,-176,-176,-176,-180,-176,-180,-143,-162,-169,-169,-169,-171,-156,-227,-224,-312,-224,-420,-237,-504,-222,-408,-371,-482,-466,-356,-281,-200,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,0,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,0,0,0,-132,0,-99,0,-75,0,-132,-75,-132,-132,-133,0,0,0,0,0,-132,-133,-146,0,-148,0,-3006,-4589,-2941,-2504,-12836,-11059,-12837,-12837,-5722,-6628,-2828,-2601]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. c3 Re8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (9... e5 $5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 $15) 10. Nc4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nd5 11. Bh2 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e5 12. O-O b5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Qxd8 Nxd8 16. fxe3 Bd7 17. a4 bxa4 {½-½ (41) Milov,V (2590)-Sutovsky,E (2480) Tel Aviv 1994}) 12. Ncd2 {The position is equal.} Rb8 (12... b4 $15 13. c4 Nc7) 13. O-O $11 a6 14. Re1 h6 15. Bf1 Bf5 (15... Bd7 $11) 16. Ne4 (16. a4 $14) 16... Na5 17. a4 Nc4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qb3 Qc7 {[#]} (19... Qb6 $11) 20. Ned2 (20. Nxd6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} exd6 (20... Nxd6 21. Qxd5) 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qxb5) 20... Rec8 21. Ra6 Rb7 22. Rea1 Be6 23. Qc2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Nf6 25. R1a5 Bc4 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Ra7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Nd5 29. Bg3 ({White should try} 29. Bf4 $1 $15) 29... b4 $17 30. cxb4 Qc1+ 31. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Ra5 Nxb4 34. Rb5 Rxb2 35. Rb7 Bf6 36. Bf4 Kg7 37. Bc1 Rc2 38. Bxh6+ Kxh6 39. Rxb4 Rxf2 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Kg1 Ra2 41. g4 Bg5 42. Rb3 Bf4 43. Rb7 $2 (43. Kf1 {might work better.}) 43... Re2 $2 (43... Be3+ 44. Kh1 Rf2 45. g5+ Kg7) 44. Kf1 Re4 45. Rb3 Kg7 46. Kf2 d5 47. Rd3 Re6 48. Ng1 Ra6 49. Ne2 Bd6 50. Kf3 (50. g5 $17 {was worth a try.}) 50... g5 51. Rb3 e6 52. Rd3 $2 (52. Rb7) 52... Kg6 (52... Ra3 $142 53. Rxa3 Bxa3) 53. Rb3 $2 (53. Rd1 {keeps fighting.}) 53... Ra1 (53... Ra3 $142 54. Rxa3 Bxa3) 54. Rd3 $2 (54. Rb6 {was necessary.} Ra3+ 55. Kg2) 54... Ra3 55. Rxa3 Bxa3 {KB-KN} 56. Ke3 Bd6 57. Ng1 f5 58. Nf3 Kf6 59. Kd3 Bf4 60. Kc3 Ke7 61. Kd3 Kd6 62. Kc3 Kc6 63. Ng1 Kb5 64. Kb3 Be3 65. Nf3 Bf4 66. Ng1 $1 Bd2 67. Nf3 Be3 68. Kc3 Ka4 (68... Bf4 $17 69. Kb3 Kc6) 69. Kd3 $11 Bf4 70. Kc3 (70. gxf5 $11 exf5 71. h4) 70... Ka3 (70... Kb5 $17 71. Kd3 Kc6) 71. Ng1 (71. gxf5 $1 $11 exf5 72. h4) 71... Bc7 (71... Bd6 $17 72. Kd3 Ka4) 72. Nf3 (72. gxf5 $1 $11 exf5 73. Nf3) 72... Bd8 (72... fxg4 $1 $17 73. hxg4 Bd8) 73. Ng1 (73. gxf5 $1 $11 exf5 74. Ne5) 73... Ba5+ ({Better is} 73... f4 74. Nf3 Ka4) 74. Kc2 (74. Kd3 $142) 74... Kb4 $17 75. Kd3 Kb3 (75... Kb5 $17 76. Nf3 Bd8) 76. Nf3 $11 Bd8 77. Ne5 $1 f4 78. Nf3 (78. Nd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 78... Kb2 79. Kd2 Bf6 (79... Be7 $1 $17 80. Ne5 Bf6) 80. Kd3 {[#]} (80. h4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 80... Kc1 {[#]} (80... Be7 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Kc1.} 81. Ne5 Kc1) 81. Kc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (81. h4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} gxh4 82. g5 Bxg5 83. Nxg5) 81... Kd1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 82. Kd3 Bd8 83. h4 gxh4 {[%cal Bg5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 84. g5 h3 85. g6 Bf6 86. Nh2 Ke1 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2878"]
[BlackElo "2898"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,97,11,14,23,13,14,18,21,18,14,18,19,0,0,0,0,0,14,-8,0,-20,0,0,12,-7,0,-19,0,-6,-4,0,6,6,35,31,50,41,164,165,175,180,195,176,175,172,285,285,338,323,323,340,513,505,485,308,658,625,948,910,981,971,991,635,29971,1032,695,369,1209,714,29972,29971,29964,29966,5206,1075,29990,29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 {C54: Italienische Partie (Hauptvariante)} O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. b3 Re8 15. cxd6 Qxd6 {[#]} 16. Ba3 $146 c5 17. Qe2 b6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rad8 20. Re3 Nc6 21. Rae1 Rd7 22. Bc1 Red8 23. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Ne7 24. Nd2 Nc8 25. Qf1 Qe6 26. Nc4 Ne8 27. f4 $1 exf4 28. gxf4 Ned6 29. f5 Qe7 (29... Qf6 $1 $14) 30. Rg3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Droht stark f6. Läuft bei Weiss.} Nxc4 {[#]} 31. f6 $1 Qe5 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 {Weiss muss nun ...Sd2 beachten.} 33. bxc4 Rd3 (33... Rd6 $142) 34. Qf4 {[%cal Rf4h6]} ({Falsch wäre} 34. Rxf7 $2 Qg3+ 35. Qg2 (35. Kh1 $2 Rf3 $19) 35... Qxe1+ $19) 34... Qh5 35. Qxh6+ Qxh6 36. Bxh6 Rxh3 (36... Rg8 {kämpft weiter.} 37. e5 Rxh3) 37. Bf4 Rh7 38. Rg5 Rh4 $2 (38... Nd6 39. Rd1 Nb7) 39. Bg3 Rh7 40. e5 Na7 41. e6 fxe6 42. Rxe6 Nc8 {[#]} 43. Be5 (43. f7 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd1+ (43... Rxf7 44. Rh6+) 44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 Rxf7+ 46. Ke3 Rd6 47. Bxd6 Nxd6 48. Rxd6) 43... Rf7 {[#]} 44. Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rdf8 $2 (44... Rg8 45. Rg2 (45. Rxf7 Rxg5+ 46. Kf2 Rxe5 $11) 45... Nxe7 46. fxe7+ Kh7) (44... Nxe7 45. fxe7+) 45. Kg2 Kh7 46. Rg7+ Rxg7+ 47. Rxg7+ Kh6 48. Kg3 (48. Kf3 $142 Kh5 49. Ke4 Nd6+ 50. Bxd6 Rxf6 51. Be5) 48... Re8 49. Kf4 {Precision: Weiß = 64%, Schwarz = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2871"]
[BlackElo "2913"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,139,38,77,2,34,0,0,-37,-19,-59,11,31,105,116,113,102,184,191,217,212,208,204,217,204,283,275,316,256,394,387,425,426,427,438,437,436,424,400,419,427,412,428,418,420,395,404,509,508,570,555,564,555,616,642,566,563,635,633,925,910,920,736,1104,1033,1176,1039,1283,1294,1534,1336,1482,1524,2102,1085,1427,1408,1925,2187,1672,1923,1466,809,1167,1066,1664,944,1671,1608,6798,888,1191,1156,29969,29970,29973,29974,29976,1345,29967,29957,1987,1920,29980,29981,29986,29987,29986,0,29992,29991,29993,29994,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e6 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. g4 Nfd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Nb3 N8d7 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} 14. Na5 Rb8 {[#] LiveBook: 12 Games} 15. Bd4 $146 (15. Bf4 $16) ({Predecessor:} 15. Bf4 Nc8 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. h4 Be7 18. g5 Qa5 19. Kb1 Ne5 20. Qf2 Nb6 21. Bc1 {1-0 (51) Giuliani,S (2617)-Casabona,C (2577) ICCF email 2004}) 15... Ba8 $11 {The position is equal.} 16. h4 Qc7 17. g5 b4 18. Nb1 e5 (18... d5 $15) 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 (19... Nxb6 $14 20. Bxa6 Nd7) 20. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rc6 {[#]} 21. Ne3 $1 Rc5 (21... Qa7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 22. Bxa6 $18 d5 23. exd5 ({Don't take} 23. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bd6 $16) 23... Bd6 24. Qe2 O-O 25. Nd2 Ra5 26. Bc4 Nc5 27. Ne4 b3 (27... Nxe4 $142 28. fxe4 Rc8) 28. Bxb3 Nxb3+ 29. axb3 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Ra2 31. Nc4 Bc5 32. Qd3 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Rd8 34. Qxd8+ Qxd8+ 35. Ke2 Bd4 36. c3 Qb8 37. cxd4 Qxb3 38. Ned2 Qa4 39. dxe5 Qa6 40. Kf2 h6 41. Rhg1 Qa7+ 42. Kg3 hxg5 43. hxg5 Qc7 44. Ra1 Qa7 45. Rac1 Ra6 46. Ne4 Qe7 47. Rgd1 Ra8 48. Rd6 Rc8 49. b3 Rb8 50. Rc3 Qa7 51. Rd1 Qe7 52. Rcd3 Rc8 53. Rd6 Rb8 54. R1d5 Qa7 55. Rd8+ Rxd8 56. Rxd8+ Kh7 57. Rd1 Qa2 58. Ncd2 Qc2 59. Rh1+ Kg6 60. Nc4 Qxb3 61. Ncd6 Qa3 62. Rb1 (62. Kf4 $142 Qa4 63. Rh8 Qd7 64. Rf8 Qh3 65. Rxf7 Qh4+ 66. Ke3 Qe1+ 67. Kd3) 62... Qa5 63. Kf4 Qa2 64. Rh1 Qa5 65. Nf5 {[%cal Rf5e7]} f6 66. gxf6 gxf6 67. exf6 $2 (67. Rh6+ {mates} Kf7 68. exf6 Qb4 69. Nfd6+ Kg8 70. f7+ Kg7 {[#]} 71. Rh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 72. f8=Q) 67... Qc7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67... Qxf5+ $11 68. Ke3 Qe5) 68. Nfd6 {White mates.} Qa5 69. Rg1+ Kh6 70. Nf7+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,98,-6,0,-13,6,-22,10,15,33,31,18,0,77,45,37,66,64,74,134,100,104,38,31,58,19,-37,-38,-41,-26,-200,-205,-253,0,0,0,0,43,39,44,41,118,111,99,111,142,0,0,0,250,69,705,722,681,404,391,385,579,537,577,579,504,221,224,145,493,473,906,873,689,673,639,612,572,313,299,258,250,8,268,-535,-534]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Bb2 Ngf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} Bg6 7. Nh4 (7. g5 Ne4 8. d3 Nd6 9. Nh4 Nf5 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. Qf3 Be6 12. c4 c6 13. h4 h6 {½-½ (52) Sochacki,C (2459)-Moroni,L (2556) Le Castella 2018}) 7... e5 8. d3 c6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. h4 Nc5 13. g5 Nh7 {1-0 (51) Fauland,A (2436)-Michalik,P (2455) Austria 2010}) 11... a5 12. a3 Re8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Qg4 e4 (15... Nc5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. dxe4 $16 Be5 17. O-O-O Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Ne5 (18... a4 $142) 19. Qh4 d4 20. Nf3 (20. Nb1 $1 $16) 20... a4 $14 21. Rxd4 Qb6 22. Rb4 ({White should play} 22. Nxe5 $11 Rxe5 23. Ra1) 22... Qc5 $15 23. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 24. Kb1 $2 (24. Ka2 $1 $11) 24... c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5b4]} 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 $2 (25... c4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4b3]} 26. Rc1 Rxa4 27. bxa4 Re6) 26. bxa4 $11 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} Ra8 27. Qg4 $1 {Threatens to win with Rd1.} Rxa4 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qxb7 {h4 is the strong threat.} c4 (29... Qxg5 $14 30. e5 Rxa3) 30. Ka2 $1 $16 {And now h4 would win.} (30. Qxf7 Rxa3 31. Kc1 c3 32. Qb7 Ra1+ 33. Qb1 Qa5 34. Kd1 Rxb1+ 35. Ke2 Qa2 36. Rf1 Rxf1 37. Bxf1 Qxc2+ 38. Kf3 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 c2 40. e5 c1=Q 41. e6 Qxf1+ 42. Kf3 Qcc4 43. e7 Qxh3#) 30... Qxg5 31. Bf3 Nf6 32. h4 (32. Qxf7 {leads to mate.} Qc5 33. Kb1 Qxa3 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rg1+ Kh7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. c3 Qxc3 38. h4 Ra1#) ({Better is} 32. Qb2 $16) 32... Qa5 $1 $11 ({Don't play} 32... Qc5 $6 33. Qb2 $16) 33. Qb2 {Black must now prevent h5!} Qd2 $2 (33... c3 $11 34. Qb3 Nd7) 34. e5 $2 (34. c3 $1 $18 Qd6 35. h5) 34... Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Nd5 $14) 35. h5 $18 g5 36. Be4+ Kh6 37. Qd4 Qa5 (37... Qxd4 $142 38. exd4 c3) 38. Qd6+ f6 39. exf6 Nxf6 40. Bc6 (40. Qf8 $142 {Qh8+ would kill now.} Rxa3+ 41. Qxa3 Qxa3+ 42. Kxa3 Nxe4 43. f3) 40... Qb6 41. f4 g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Ra5 $16 42. Qe6 Qc5 43. fxg5+ Qxg5) 42. Rb1 Qa6 (42... Rxa3+ $142 43. Qxa3 Qxc6) 43. Rb8 {[%cal Rb8h8]} Kh7 44. Qc5 {White threatens Qf5+ and mate.} Rxa3+ 45. Qxa3 Qxc6 46. Qa8 Qxa8+ 47. Rxa8 g3 {aiming for ...g2.} 48. Rd8 $2 (48. Kb2 $18) 48... Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (48... Kh6 $11 {and Black is okay.} 49. Rh8+ Nh7) 49. Ka3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49. Kb2 $1 $18 {is the narrow road to win.}) 49... Nc3 $1 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 36%, Black = 44%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,13,28,26,9,16,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,45,44,45,54,56,49,35,36,53,30,14,15,15,15,15,1,0,0,0,178,178,178,178,178,178,170,162,187,182,251,251,251,251,251,251,251,251,250,250,4622,4622,4621,4618,4614,4427,4586,810,679,679,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 {Ribli,Z} d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 {LiveBook: 43 Games} 8. Qb1 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8. Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb5 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Be6 15. Rac1 Rac8 {1-0 (55) Carlsen,M (2834)-Giri,A (2752) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 8... b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 b6 15. d4 a5 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 {½-½ (23) Bischoff,K (2505)-Beliavsky,A (2640) Munich 1990 CBM 018 [Ribli,Z]}) 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. d4 (10. Bd3 $11) 10... a5 (10... cxd4 $1 $15 11. Nxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 Bc5) 11. Bd3 $11 h6 12. O-O a4 13. e4 {next exd5 is good for White.} (13. Rd1 {feels hotter.} Be6 14. e4 axb3 15. axb3 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Nc6 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Bb2) 13... axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. Rd1 Bg4 (17... Qe7 {keeps more tension.} 18. Re1 Qc7 19. dxc5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 bxc5 21. Qc3 Nd7) 18. dxc5 Bxb2 19. Rxd8 Bxa1 {[#]} 20. Bh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 21. Rxf8 Nd7 22. Ra8 Bxf3 $1 23. gxf3 Be5 24. Re8 Bf4 ({But not} 24... bxc5 $2 25. Re7 $18) 25. Re4 {Strongly threatening c6.} Bb8 $1 26. Re8 {Threatens to win with c6.} Bf4 ({Don't play} 26... bxc5 $6 27. Rd8 $16) 27. c6 Ne5 $2 (27... Nb8 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 28. Re4 Bd6) 28. c7 $18 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nh4+ 30. Kh3 Bxc7 31. Rc8 ({Much less strong is} 31. Kxh4 $6 Bxh2 32. Re7 g5+ 33. Kh3 Bd6 $16) 31... Bd6 {White must now prevent ...Nf5.} 32. Kxh4 Bxh2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} (32... Bc5 $142 33. f4 Kg6) 33. Rc6 Be5 34. Rxb6 Bd4 35. Rc6 Bxf2+ 36. Kh3 Be1 37. Rc4 Kg6 $2 {[#]} (37... h5 38. b4 Bf2) 38. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kf5 {[#]} 39. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b6]} Bf2 40. Kg2 Ba7 41. Rc7 (41. Rc6 $142 Bb8 42. b6) 41... Bd4 42. Rc6 Kg4 43. Rc4 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,44,20,15,13,23,23,27,20,6,5,0,0,7,5,0,0,-14,0,-5,-5,-5,-4,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nfd2 Na5 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Bd7 (11... Nd5 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rac1 Ba6 15. Bxa5 bxa5 {1-0 (39) Carlsen,M (2837)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Riadh 2017}) 12. Bb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2c3] LiveBook: 4 Games} Rc8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...c3.} 13. Bc3 b6 14. Rdc1 {[#]} Rc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... O-O 15. Bxa5 bxa5 16. Nxc4 {½-½ (39) Prohaszka,P (2613)-Fridman,D (2636) Saint Louis 2018}) 15. Bxa5 {The position is equal.} bxa5 16. Rxc4 Rxc4 17. Nxc4 Ke7 18. Nxa5 Rc8 19. Nb3 Ne8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 Nd6 22. Kf1 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2913"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,75,10,6,10,14,10,13,16,-5,0,-9,20,-26,-2,-12,-19,-20,-18,-17,-21,-43,-14,-20,0,-34,-9,-12,-20,-40,-47,-64,27,45,62,65,137,119,128,70,52,80,64,85,91,73,68,-61,-67,-127,-136,-131,-129,-118,-133,-175,-172,-165,-177,-220,-164,-164,-72,-338,-335,-345,1060,1053]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. c4 dxc4 6. bxc4 {LiveBook: 22 Games. A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} b6 (6... O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne5 Na5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. Qb2+ Kg8 15. Qxb7 Bh3 16. Rd1 Be6 {1-0 (38) So,W (2778)-Giri,A (2782) Leuven 2018}) 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} c5 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 {½-½ (31) Sagit,R (2389)-Marttala,T (2149) Stockholm 2016}) 11... Re8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. e3 Rad8 14. a3 $1 Qc8 15. Rfe1 Qa8 16. Qc2 Rd7 17. e4 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bh3 h5 20. e5 (20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Nh4 Red8 $17) 20... Red8 (20... f6 $15) 21. e6 $11 Rxd3 22. exf7 e5 (22... Qc8 $14) 23. Ng5 {Nb3 is the strong threat.} Qc8 {White must now prevent ...Qf5.} 24. f3 (24. Ndf3 $1 $16 R3d6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. Qc1) 24... Qf5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rf5g5]} 25. Nge4 (25. Nde4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nd4 $15) 25... Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Nd4 27. Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 28. fxg4 (28. Rf1 $14 Ne3 29. Bxf5 Nxc2 30. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe4 31. fxe4) 28... Bxe4 $15 29. f8=Q+ ({Better is} 29. gxf5 $15 Bxc2 30. Rxe5) 29... Kxf8 $17 30. Qe2 hxg4 31. Bxg4 Qg5 32. h4 Qe7 $1 33. Qe3 {[#] intending Qh6+.} Kg7 $1 (33... Rxc4 34. Qh6+ Qg7 35. Qg5 $11) 34. h5 gxh5 35. Bxh5 {[#]} Bg6 ({Don't play} 35... Rxc4 36. Rf1 $11) (35... Bd3 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 36. Be2 Bxc4 37. Bxc4 Rxc4) 36. Bf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Be2 $17) 36... Rd3 $19 ({Don't take} 36... Rxc4 37. Rf1 $19) 37. Qe2 e4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({But not} 37... Rxa3 38. Kh1) (37... Qg5 $19 38. g4 Qf4) 38. Qxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 27%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,85,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-23,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-92,-81,-88,-87,-113,-113,-138,-125,-124,-124,-132,-103,-184,-110,-184,-184,-184,-178,-170,-160,-170,-175,-316,-336,-297,0,0,69,81,543,526,585,567,572,569,5173,542,5289,1792,29973,29974,29974,29976,29978,29978,29982,29983,29983,29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5 {LiveBook: 8 Partien. C44: Schottische Partie} 10. O-O dxe4 11. c3 Qd6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} (11... Re8 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nc3 b6 14. Qc4+ Be6 15. Qa4 c5 16. Nxe4 Bd5 17. f3 Bxe4 18. fxe4+ {½-½ (104) Kovalev,V (2655)-Kramnik,V (2792) Dortmund 2018}) 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Nc3 $1 Bg4 $146 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat Druck.} ({Vorgänger:} 14... Bf5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Rad1 Rxc3 17. Rxd4 {½-½ (52) Mueller,M (2107)-Syrov,A (2262) Landau 2018}) 15. Nxe4 Nc2 16. f3 Nxa1 17. fxg4+ Ke6 18. Ng5+ Kd7 $1 {Droht ...Sc2.} 19. Rf7+ (19. Rd1 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 19... Kc6 $17 20. Nxh7 Rae8 21. Bd2 Re2 22. Bc3 {[#]} Rhe8 $1 23. Nf8 g5 24. Nh7 Nc2 {Und ...d5 würde nun gewinnen.} 25. Rf2 (25. Nxg5 $17 Ne3 26. Rf2 Nxg4 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Nf3) 25... d5 (25... Rxf2 $19 26. Kxf2 d5 27. Nxg5 d4) 26. Nxg5 (26. Rxe2 $17 Rxe2 27. Kf1) 26... d4 $19 27. Bd2 d3 28. Nf3 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTS-KLS} Re2+ 30. Kg3 (30. Kf1 {ist der einzige Weg für Weiss..}) 30... Kd5 31. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32] [#]} Ke6 $2 (31... Ne3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re3f1]} 32. Kf4 Nf1) 32. h4 $1 $11 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kf5 (32... Kf7 $1 $11) 33. h5 $14 Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rxd2 $16 {leistet mehr Widerstand.} 34. Nxd2 Kxg5) 34. g6 $18 Nd4 35. Nxd4+ Rxd4 {KT-KL} 36. Kf3 Rg4 37. g3 (37. h6 $142 Rf4+ 38. Bxf4 Kxg6 39. Ke4) 37... b5 38. Bf4 (38. h6 $142 Rxg6 39. h7) 38... a5 39. Ke3 {Weiß setzt Matt.} b4 40. Kxd3 a4 41. Kc4 a3 42. bxa3 bxa3 43. Kb3 {Precision: Weiß = 55%, Schwarz = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,62,9,10,25,0,2,2,10,1,16,16,12,13,20,13,18,17,14,15,13,16,27,7,13,4,4,3,13,13,13,13,17,13,13,0,13,13,13,13,13]} 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 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} (10. Re1 d5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Nd2 c6 14. c3 Bf5 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 {½-½ (29) Anand,V (2759)-Aronian,L (2764) Paris 2018}) 10... Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. Ne2 c6 13. c3 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bd3 Nc7 16. Nf5 Ne6 17. Qg4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bc2 Ne4 20. Be3 Qc8 {0-1 (20) Vachier Lagrave,M (2745)-Aronian,L (2803) Beijing 2013}) 14. Nf4 Ng7 15. g3 Bf5 16. Ng2 Qb6 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bd3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Ng7 21. Qd1 Re8 22. Rb1 Ne6 23. Bd2 Bg5 {The position is equal.} 24. h4 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Qa5 26. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qd8 27. a4 h5 28. Kg2 a6 29. Re1 Ng7 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. a5 Qf6 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2878"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,93,10,9,8,10,19,15,17,18,37,28,49,52,59,35,52,13,25,21,14,12,16,13,13,6,6,6,6,6,13,13,13,13,20,6,6,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,12,13,13,6,13,6,13,6,20,20,20,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Nxd5 13. Nd4 (13. O-O Nf6 14. Nd4 Qc5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 {½-½ (45) Carlsen,M (2843)-Anand,V (2760) Stavanger 2018}) 13... Qe5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. O-O {[#]} Rb8 $146 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bc3 Qg5 18. Qd4 Rb6 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Qa4 Rb7 {The position is equal.} 21. Rad1 Bf6 $1 22. h4 (22. Bd4 {feels hotter.} h6 23. b4 Rd8 24. Qa6 Rbd7 25. Rfe1) 22... Qf5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxb2 26. Rfd1 h6 27. g3 Qf6 28. Rd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} a6 (29... Qf3 {keeps more tension.} 30. Re7 a5 31. Re3 Qd5 32. Qf4 Rc8) 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 {KR-KR} Re8 32. Rd6 a5 33. Rd5 a4 34. Rd4 Ra8 35. Kf1 g6 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Kd3 Kf6 38. Kc3 Ke5 39. Rf4 f5 40. Kb4 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rc4 Kd5 {[#] And now ...Rb8+ would win.} 43. Rc3 Kd4 {Strongly threatening ...Rb8+.} 44. Rf3 Ke4 45. Re3+ Kd4 46. Rf3 Ke4 47. Re3+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2898"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,49,-14,-10,-74,-73,-41,-27,-19,-19,-7,-12,-8,17,12,15,20,29,-6,68,51,94,82,311,308,463,461,444,454,427,408,698,693,681,673]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 {A28: Englische Eröffnung (Vierspringer-Variante)} (6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bd6 8. e4 O-O 9. Bc4 Qe7 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Bd5 f6 13. Be3 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Ne7 {½-½ (49) Topalov,V (2749)-Giri,A (2777) Shamkir 2018}) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8. Nd4 Ne5 9. Qc2 f5 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 10. c4 $146 (10. Qb3 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) ({Vorgänger:} 10. Qb3 c5 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. f4 Nf7 13. Ne2 Nd6 {0-1 (45) Minasian,A (2432)-Golod,V (2573) Yerevan 2014}) 10... c5 $17 11. Nb5 Be7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. d4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. c5 Be6 17. Qc3 Nc6 (17... Bd5 $11) 18. Bxf6 $14 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 $2 {[#]} (19... gxf6 $16 20. Nc7 Bb3) 20. Nc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc7a8]} Raf8 (20... Bb3 $142) 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Bc4 Rfe8 23. Rd7 b5 (23... Na5 $142) 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rd6 {Precision: Weiß = 78%, Schwarz = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2898"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,134,0,3,-20,-27,-43,-37,-64,-39,-44,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,20,16,18,5,27,22,18,30,33,7,24,37,58,59,50,47,60,52,44,0,0,0,0,0,78,89,85,75,70,27,27,28,31,29,31,8,10,3,3,5,5,5,5,3,3,-8,0,0,6,9,28,28,34,9,6,0,5,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,13,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d5 {LiveBook: 12 Games. Black wants to play ...d4. A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 9. cxd5 (9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Nd7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc2 Qe4 15. Qb2+ Kg8 16. Rac1 {0-1 (84) Noroozi,O (2356)-Tabatabaei,M (2592) Bushehr 2018}) 9... Nxd5 10. Rc1 Nc6 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... e6 11. a3 Nc6 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Qb1 Nxc3 15. dxc3 Qe7 16. c4 {½-½ (67) Da Rosa,H (1582)-De Souza,A Sao Paulo 2018}) 11. Qc2 Ndb4 12. Qb1 $1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nb5 Qd5 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rac8 18. b4 e5 19. Ba1 f6 20. a3 Nb8 21. h3 Nc6 22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Bc3 Ne7 24. b5 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nd5 27. Rc6 Qf7 28. Nd2 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 Bf8 30. Qc3 {With the idea Ne4.} Bxa3 (30... Qa2 $11 31. Qc4+ Qxc4 32. Nxc4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rb1) 31. Ne4 $16 Be7 32. Rc7 Qe6 33. Rxa7 (33. Qa1 $5 {[%cal Ra1a7]}) 33... f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 34. Qc6 Qxc6 35. bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf7 36. Nc3 Ke6 37. Nb5 {Threatens to win with Rb7.} Rc8 38. c7 Bd6 $1 39. Rb7 Kd7 {[%cal Rd6c7]} 40. Rxb6 Bxc7 41. Rf6 {[#] Black must now prevent Rf7+.} Ke7 42. Ra6 Bb8 43. g4 fxg4 44. hxg4 Rc4 45. Kf1 Kd7 {The position is equal.} 46. g5 Rg4 47. Rb6 Bc7 48. Rb7 Kc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b7]} 49. Rxc7+ Kxb5 50. Rxh7 {KR-KR} Kc6 51. Ke2 (51. Rf7 {is interesting.} Rxg5 52. Rf6+ Kd7 53. Rb6 Ke7 54. Rc6) 51... Rxg5 52. Ra7 Kd6 53. Kd3 Rf5 54. Ra2 Rg5 55. f3 Ke6 56. Ke4 Rf5 57. Ra6+ Kf7 $1 58. Rb6 Rh5 59. Kd5 Rf5 60. Ke4 Rh5 61. Rc6 Rf5 62. Rc7+ Kf6 63. Rc8 Kf7 64. Rh8 Rg5 65. Kd5 Rf5 66. Rh3 Kf6 67. Rh8 Kg7 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 55%, Black = 66%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2878"]
[BlackElo "2913"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,10,6,29,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,3,0,22,28,23,30,20,0,3,0,0,0,97,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-27,-21,0,-62,-54,-181,-176,-202,-182,-206,-189,-177,-190,-172,-87,-95,-87,-90,-88,-88,-88,-93,-91,-188,-176,-197,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 {B06: Modern Defence} 9. c3 e5 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 12 Games} (10. d5 Ne7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. c4 f5 13. Qd1 c6 14. Nc3 cxd5 15. cxd5 {0-1 (57) Anand,V (2759)-Nakamura,H (2769) Paris 2018}) 10... exd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Nc3 $146 Nxb3 15. axb3 c6 16. d5 c5 17. Qg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qd7 18. Bf4 Nc8 19. Re1 Re8 20. Re2 b5 21. Rae1 b4 22. Na4 c4 (22... Bd4 $11) 23. e5 (23. Rc1 $16) 23... cxb3 24. Qxb3 {Hoping for e6.} dxe5 25. Bxe5 Bf8 26. Bd4 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Nd6 28. Nc5 (28. Qxb4 $11 Nf5 29. Qc4) 28... Qb5 $15 29. Qd3 {[#]} ({Better is} 29. Rd2 $15) 29... Rc8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc8c5]} 30. Qxb5 Nxb5 31. Nb3 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a4][%mdl 512]} 32. Bf6 (32. Nxa5 Nxd4) 32... a4 33. Na5 a3 (33... Rc1+ $19 34. Kh2 Nc7) 34. bxa3 $17 bxa3 {Threatens to win with ...Ra8.} 35. Nc6 Ra8 {...Bg7 is the strong threat.} 36. Ne7+ Bxe7 37. Rxe7 a2 38. Re1 (38. Ba1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 38... Nc7 $19 39. Rd1 Nxd5 $2 (39... Ne8 $19 40. Ba1 Nd6) 40. Rxd5 $11 {aiming for Rd1.} a1=Q+ 41. Bxa1 Rxa1+ {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2871"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,60,-21,-17,-54,-41,-184,-187,-163,-186,-195,-186,-272,-260,-265,-263,-268,-260,-219,-167,-196,-161,-156,-141,-182,-122,-191,-182,-254,-196,-202,-118,-139,-141,-2525,-2442]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e6 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. g4 b4 {B80: Sizilianisch (Scheveninger System)} (11... h6 12. O-O-O b4 13. Na4 Ne5 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. b3 Bxa4 16. bxa4 Qc7 17. Be2 Be7 18. h4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qd3 {1-0 (49) Caruana,F (2802)-Hou,Y (2652) chess.com INT 2017}) 12. Nd1 h6 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 9 Partien} 15. h4 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5e4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rg1 (16. Bh3 $15) 16... dxe4 $19 17. g5 {[#]} hxg5 $146 ({Lieber nicht} 17... exf3 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. O-O-O $14) ({Vorgänger:} 17... Nd5 18. g6 Qxh4+ {0-1 (53) Isik,E (2172)-Aroshidze,L (2522) Adana 2006}) 18. hxg5 Nd5 ({Schlechter ist} 18... exf3 19. gxf6 gxf6 20. O-O-O $14) 19. g6 (19. Nxd5 $142 Bxd5 20. f4) 19... Nxe3 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxe3 {Schwarz sollte 0-0-0 verhindern.} Qh4+ 22. Kd1 Ne5 {[%cal Re5f3]} 23. Kc2 Nxf3 24. Nxf3 exf3 25. Rd1 {[#]} Rd8 (25... Be7 $1 $19 {Droht ...Dh6 und aus.} 26. Rd4 Qh2+ 27. Kb1 Rhb8 28. Qf4+ Qxf4 29. Rxf4+ Bf6) 26. Rxd8 (26. Bd3 $17 Rh6 27. Be4) 26... Qxd8 27. Qf4+ (27. Bd3 $142 Qc8 28. Kb1) 27... Kg8 {Weiss muss nun ...Db6 beachten.} 28. Bc4 {[#]} Qe7 (28... Qd6 $1 $19 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. Bxe6+ Kf8) 29. Rg6 $17 Rh4 30. Qe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Rg4 $17 Rh3 31. Ne4 Bxe4+ 32. Qxe4) 30... Rxc4 {Precision: Weiß = 38%, Schwarz = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,39,37,32,28,29,25,31,27,51,39,55,21,31,37,47,35,215,214,527,539,537,526]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} 9. Bg5 (9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Qb8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (54) Kuzubov,Y (2652)-Zhigalko,S (2644) Tbilisi 2017}) 9... Be6 10. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Ne5 h6 13. Bh4 {[%cal Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3d6,Bd6e5][%mdl 32]} g5 14. Bg3 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf5 15. Rc1 {1-0 (23) Kersten,U (2330)-Zumsande,M (2230) Bad Zwesten 1998}) 15. Nd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd6 Re8 $1 17. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nf5 $2 {[#]} (17... Nc6 $1 $14 18. Bxc6 (18. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nxd5 $14) 18... Bxc6 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8) 18. Be5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne4 $2 {[#]} (18... Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bxb5 20. Qxf5 Ne4) 19. Bxd7 $1 Qxd7 {[#]} 20. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,151,35,26,72,61,87,88,72,47,31,41,78,88,89,65,69,70,85,104,105,105,104,95,100,102,153,109,145,84,126,56,80,66,208,205,201,212,291,278,511,448,560,382,517,237,517,410,397,251,238,152,196,145,281,202,222,222,278,186,251,241,261,239,350,337,306,199,196,180,167,39,39,40,110,89,100,39,95,0,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-61,-61,-59,-59,-85,-31,-58,-20,-20,-21,-29,-18,-276,-275,-260,-250,-233,-196,-283,-279,-29980,-269,-254,-202,-372,-350,-370,-354,-554,-554,-541,-456,-395,-250,-387,-254,-379,-379,-372,-345,-304,-264,-321]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} 13. Bc1 (13. Bd2 f5 14. Qa4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 a6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e3 b5 18. Qb3 g6 19. Ne2 Bc6 20. Nd4 {1-0 (42) Inarkiev,E (2709)-Riazantsev,A (2671) Doha 2016}) 13... Nhf6 14. e4 {LiveBook: 27 Games} Bb4 {White has an edge.} 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qxd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qa4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 {½-½ (62) Utiatskaja,I (2174)-Dimitrova,A (2128) Loo 2016}) 17. a3 Bxc3 $1 18. Qxc3 dxc4 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Re8 21. Qxc4 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Qc7 24. b4 bxc5 25. Rac1 Qe5 (25... Red8 $142) 26. bxc5 Rc7 27. Rd2 (27. f4 $142 Qb2 28. Qb4) 27... Rec8 28. Rdc2 ({White should try} 28. f4 $16 Qh5 29. Qd4) 28... h6 29. Qb4 Ba6 (29... Bc6 $14) 30. f4 $18 Qh5 31. e5 $1 Qg6 32. Be4 Qg4 $2 (32... f5) 33. c6 h5 34. Qc3 Bb5 35. Qf3 (35. Qa5 $142) 35... Qh3 $2 (35... Qxf3 {keeps fighting.} 36. Bxf3 Kf8) 36. Rc5 a6 37. Qf2 h4 38. Qg2 ({Resist} 38. gxh4 $6 Qxa3 39. Kh1 Rd8 $14) 38... Qg4 39. Qf3 (39. R5c2 $18) 39... Qh3 (39... Qxf3 $16 40. Bxf3 hxg3 41. hxg3 Kf8) 40. Qf2 hxg3 41. hxg3 ({Much less strong is} 41. Qxg3 $6 Qh5) 41... Rd8 42. Bg2 Qf5 (42... Qg4 {was necessary.}) 43. R5c3 g5 44. Qe3 Kg7 (44... Qg4 $142 45. fxg5 Rd1+ 46. Kf2 (46. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 47. Kf2 Rxc6 $11) 46... Qf5+ 47. Qf4 Rd2+ 48. Kg1 Qxf4 49. gxf4 Rd4) 45. fxg5 Qg4 46. Qf4 Qxf4 47. gxf4 Rd4 48. R3c2 (48. Kf2 $18) 48... Rxf4 $14 49. Rd2 Rg4 (49... Ra4 $14) 50. Kf2 $1 $16 Rxg5 51. Rc5 (51. Rd4 $1 $16) 51... Kf8 ({Better is} 51... Rg4 $14) 52. Be4 (52. Rd4 $16) 52... f6 $11 53. Ke3 fxe5 54. Rh2 Ke7 55. Rh7+ (55. Rcc2 $11 Rg7 56. Rb2) 55... Kd6 $15 56. Rxc7 Kxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 57. Kf3 Rh5 ({Black should play} 57... Rg1 $17) 58. Kg4 Rh2 59. Rxe5 Kd6 60. c7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Kxc7 61. Kf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61. Rxe6 $11 {and White is okay.} Ra2 62. Kf4) 61... Kd6 $19 62. Rg5 Rh4+ 63. Ke3 Rh3+ 64. Kd4 (64. Kd2 $142) 64... Rxa3 65. Rh5 $2 {[#]} (65. Bc2 $19) 65... Ra4+ $2 (65... e5+ $1 {mates} 66. Rxe5 Ra4+ 67. Kc3 Kxe5 68. Bc2 Rg4 69. Bd1 Rg1 70. Bb3 a5 71. Bf7 Rg3+ 72. Kc2 Kd4 73. Bh5 Rg2+ 74. Kd1 Kc3 75. Ke1 a4 76. Bf3 Rg1+ 77. Kf2 Rf1+ 78. Kg3 Rxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 79. Kxf3 a3 80. Kf4 a2 81. Kg5 a1=Q 82. Kg6 Qa6+ 83. Kf5 Kd4 84. Kg5 Ke4 85. Kg4 Qg6+ 86. Kh3 Kf3 87. Kh4 Qh6#) 66. Ke3 e5 67. Rh6+ $2 (67. Rh8) 67... Kc5 68. Re6 Ra3+ 69. Kd2 (69. Kf2 $142 Kd4 70. Bb7) 69... Kd4 70. Bc2 Bc4 71. Rd6+ Kc5 72. Rd8 (72. Rg6 {was forced.}) 72... Rh3 73. Rc8+ (73. Bf5 $142 Rh5 74. Bg4) 73... Kd4 {Threatens to win with ...Rh2+.} 74. Rd8+ {[#]} Bd5 $1 75. Bf5 Rh2+ 76. Kc1 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 33%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2898"]
[BlackElo "2913"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,157,17,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-19,0,-6,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,243,243,243,243,243,202,338,330,312,292,281,279,592,349,577,559,593,601,1060,241,616,611,12834,12834,12829,12834,1864,433,400,395,470,435,415,411,412,279,258,244,365,358,706,666,734,426,12824,12824,12831,12831,3570,12832,12831,12831,12832,12831,12830,2291,2139,1918,12837,12838,12843,12838,7484,5791,12843,12837,12837,12838,12842,12842,12844,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12847,12844,12845,12845,12845,12845,12845,12846,12847,12847,12850,12848,12849,12848]} 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 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 {[#]} Rg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Ne7 17. Nf3 Rh8 18. Nd4 {½-½ (43) Topalov,V (2749)-Radjabov,T (2748) Shamkir 2018}) 17. Kh2 Ne7 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. g4 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nb6 21. f4 {Threatening f5.} Nc4 22. Bc1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Kg3 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 26. Rd1+ Ke8 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. f5 Rd6 30. Rh1 Kg8 31. g5 Rd5 32. Kg4 $1 Ne5+ 33. Kf4 fxg5+ 34. Kxg5 Nf7+ $2 (34... Kg7 $11) 35. Kf6 $18 Kf8 {[%cal Rd5d6] [#]} 36. Bf4 Rd7 37. Rh3 c5 (37... b5 $142 38. Rh7 Ke8) 38. Rd3 Re7 39. c4 b6 40. a4 a5 $2 (40... Re4) 41. Rd1 Ke8 $2 (41... Re4 {was necessary.}) 42. Rg1 Re4 43. Bxc7 Kd7 44. Bxb6 $2 (44. Kxf7 Kxc7 45. f6 Rxc4 46. Kg7 Rxa4 47. f7) 44... Nd6 $2 (44... Ne5 45. Bxa5 Nxc4) 45. Bxc5 Nxc4 46. Rd1+ Kc6 47. Rd4 Nd2 48. Ba7 (48. Rxd2 $142 Kxc5 49. Rg2) 48... Re2 49. Kf7 Ne4 50. Bb8 Ng5+ 51. Kg6 Rg2 52. Kf6 Nh7+ 53. Ke5 Ng5 (53... Rxc2 {might work better.} 54. f6 Rh2) 54. Rc4+ Kb7 $2 (54... Kd7 55. Rc5 Rf2) 55. Bd6 {White is clearly winning.} Rd2 {Black wants to play ...Nf7+.} 56. Be7 Nf7+ (56... Re2+ $142 57. Kf6 Nf3) 57. Ke6 Nh6 58. Bg5 Re2+ 59. Kf6 Ng8+ 60. Kf7 Rg2 61. Be3 Rg3 62. Bf4 Rg4 63. f6 Ka6 64. Ke6 Rg6 65. Be5 Kb6 66. Rc3 Rg4 67. Rg3 {[#] White threatens f7 and mate.} Nxf6 68. Kxf6 Rxa4 {KRB-KR} 69. Ke6 Kc5 70. Rc3+ Kb5 71. Kd5 Rh4 72. Rb3+ Ka4 73. Rb8 Rh1 74. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rd1+ 75. Bd4 Ka3 76. c5 a4 77. c6 {Intending c7 and mate.} Rc1 78. Bc5+ Ka2 79. c7 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2878"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,54,1,18,0,0,2,17,2,8,5,18,7,21,-2,14,14,29,0,0,-26,-22,-12,-17,-64,-70,-72,-56,-65,0,-77,0,-75,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd6 10. Nf1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 12. Ng3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6,Be6g7][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne5 Nc7 14. Nh5 f6 15. Ng4 Ne4 16. f3 Ng5 17. Bxg5 fxg5 {1-0 (30) Salem,A (2642)-Yu,Y (2760) chess.com INT 2018}) 13... Nxf5 14. Qxf5 Nc7 15. c3 Ne6 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Re3 Rae8 19. Rae1 g6 20. Qg4 Ng7 21. Qh3 {[#] And now Nd7 would win.} f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 22. Ng4 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 ({Much worse is} 23. Qxe3 h5 $17) 23... h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 24. Nh6+ Kh7 25. Ng4 $1 Kg8 26. Nh6+ Kh7 27. Ng4 $1 Kg8 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 42%.} ({Better is} 27... Kh8 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2871"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,63,0,0,7,18,-24,-29,-47,-24,-33,-25,-25,-20,-20,-23,-23,-23,-8,-16,-15,-15,-14,2,0,12,14,16,20,16,16,21,8,165,163,160,147]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (11. Kb1 Rc8 12. a3 b5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. h4 Nb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Na5 Rg8 17. g4 hxg4 18. fxg4 Rxg4 19. h5 Rg8 {1-0 (27) Demchenko,A (2645)-Areshchenko,A (2652) Tbilisi 2017}) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg5 15. Kb1 Bxe3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 16. Qxe3 Rc8 17. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. f4 O-O {½-½ (40) Pajak,J (2213)-Mirkowski,P (2345) ICCF email 2016}) 17... Nf6 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Nd2 b5 20. Rhe1 O-O 21. Nf1 Qc4 22. Ne3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 g6 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Ra5 Rfc8 26. c3 Nd7 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rxa4 Nb6 29. Ra5 f5 30. g3 Nc4 $2 {[#]} (30... Rf8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 31. Nxc4 $18 Rxc4 32. Kc2 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,99,2,3,-2,0,-45,-9,-46,0,-2,0,-40,-39,-38,-35,-41,-52,-37,-24,-21,-19,-31,-37,-118,-127,-131,-75,-100,-96,-89,-89,-95,-86,-118,37,37,37,31,52,60,66,48,40,41,84,84,84,84,84,86,81,45,71,40,41,44,79,37,45,24,27,28,33,8,8,8,14,0,8,0,2,0,0,0,8,0,0,-17,-11,-33,-33,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 (5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb4 Nb6 11. Qb3 a5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Qc2 Nd6 15. Nf3 Nb5 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. h3 Qd7 18. Kh2 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qe8 20. e3 Nd5 21. Na4 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Bf5 23. Qb3 Be6 24. Qc2 Bf5 25. Qb3 Be6 26. Qc2 {½-½ (26) Mamedyarov,S (2800)-Grischuk,A (2761) Paris 2017}) 6. cxd5 {D71: Grünfeldindisch (Fianchetto)} Nxd5 7. Nf3 Bg4 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} 8. Qd1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8. Nbd2 Nb6 9. Qa3 Na6 10. h3 Be6 11. e3 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 {1-0 (115) Rapport,R (2675)-Li,C (2744) Tbilisi 2017}) 8... Nb6 9. e3 O-O (9... e5 $5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 exd4 12. Qe4+ Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. exd4 Bxd4 $15) 10. O-O Qc8 (10... e5 $5 11. Nc3 Re8 $15) 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Qe2 Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz steht aktiver.} 13. Rd1 c5 14. d5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxd5 16. Rxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qe6 ({Doch nicht} 17... Nxc3 $6 18. Qc4 $16) 18. h3 (18. Qd3 $15 Nb6 19. Ng5) 18... Nxc3 $17 19. Qb2 Bxf3 (19... Na4 $142 20. Qxb7 Rb8) 20. Bxf3 Qf6 21. Kg2 {Und e5 würde nun gewinnen.} Rd8 {Droht ...Td3 und aus.} 22. Qxb7 Nb4 23. Qc7 {[#]} Rf8 $2 (23... Qd6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd6c7]} 24. Qxd6 Rxd6) 24. e5 $14 Qb6 25. Qxe7 Nc6 26. Qf6 {jetzt Lh6 und aus.} Nd4 {Schwarz will ...Dxf6 spielen.} 27. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g7] [#]} Qxf6 28. exf6 Re8 29. Rc1 Nxa2 30. Rxc5 Nxf3 31. Kxf3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel Ld2 ist eine echte Drohung. KTL-KTS} Nb4 32. Kg2 Nd3 33. Rd5 Nb4 34. Ra5 Ra8 35. h4 a6 36. h5 Nc6 37. Rc5 Nd4 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Ra5 Nc6 40. Rd5 (40. Ra4 {is more complex.} Nd8 41. Kh3 a5 42. Bd2 Nb7 43. g4) 40... Nd8 41. Bd2 Ne6 42. Ba5 g5 43. Kf3 Kh7 44. Ke4 Kg6 45. Bc3 Rc8 46. Kd3 Rc5 47. Rd6 Rf5 48. Ke2 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} a5 49. Ra6 Rc5 50. Bxa5 {Precision: Weiß = 38%, Schwarz = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,148,0,0,26,18,33,43,31,39,22,25,24,35,53,47,60,60,60,58,49,33,67,66,81,79,78,81,91,91,87,69,67,69,82,72,62,39,39,39,41,43,62,20,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,35,0,0,0,120,123,121,125,271,254,248,220,214,226,255,191,191,191,191,191,191,190,191,183,173,151,333,191,183,147,153,141,182,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,219,195,200,114,121,114,114,114,406,411,376,318,311,310,270,114,218,114,114,114,114,0,114,114,136,209,197,178,198,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 d6 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} 8. g3 exd5 9. cxd5 c5 10. Bg2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 11. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... g6 12. b4 a6 13. b5 Ne5 14. e4 Bg7 15. Rb1 {1-0 (46) Bocharov,D (2600)-Alekseev,E (2677) Tyumen 2012}) 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Nd3 14. b3 Nxc1 15. Rfxc1 cxb3 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. Nxb3 b6 18. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nc5 19. Nc6 Qf6 20. Nb5 {Threatens to win with Nc7.} Ba6 21. h4 g6 22. Qc2 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 h5 24. a4 Bg7 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 a6 27. Rb1 Qc3 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Ra3 Bf6 30. Bf1 Ne4 31. Rb7 a5 32. Nxa5 (32. Rb5 {is interesting.} a4 33. Bg2 Nc5 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Kg2) 32... Bc3 33. Nc4 Rxa3 34. Nxa3 Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ra8a3]} 35. Nc4 Ra2 36. Bd3 Nxf2 37. Bb1 Ra4 (37... Nh3+ $11 {remains equal.} 38. Kh1 Re2) 38. Nxd6 $16 ({Inferior is} 38. Kxf2 Rxc4 39. Bd3 Ra4 $15) 38... Ng4 39. Nxf7 {Black must now prevent d6.} Ne5 (39... Ra1 $16 40. Kg2 Rxb1 41. Nh6+ (41. Rxb1 Kxf7 42. Kf3 Ne5+ 43. Kf4 Nd3+ 44. Ke4 Nc5+ 45. Kf4 Nd3+ 46. Ke4 Nc5+ 47. Kf3 Nd7 $16) 41... Nxh6 42. Rxb1 Nf5) 40. Nxe5 $18 Bxe5 41. Bxg6 Bxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 42. Kg2 Be5 {intending ...Rg4+.} 43. Bxh5 {Strongly threatening Re7.} Rxh4 44. Bf7+ Kg7 45. Be6+ Kf6 46. Rf7+ Kg6 47. Kf3 Bd6 48. Rd7 Bc5 $2 (48... Bb4 $16 49. e4 Kf6 50. Rf7+ Ke5) 49. Rc7 (49. e4 $142) 49... Bb4 50. Bg4 {Hoping for d6!} Kf6 51. e4 Bd6 52. Rd7 (52. Rc8 $1 $18) 52... Ke5 $16 53. Rd8 {aiming for Re8+.} Rh7 54. Bf5 Ra7 55. Kg4 Rg7+ 56. Kh5 $1 Rg1 57. Re8+ Kd4 (57... Kf4 $16 58. Kh6 Be5) 58. Re6 $18 Kc5 59. Kh6 (59. Bg6 $1 $18) 59... Bf4+ 60. Kh7 Bd6 61. Bg6 Rg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Rb1 $16 62. Kg7 Rb7+ 63. Kf6 Rb6) 62. Kg7 Rg1 63. Kf7 Rf1+ 64. Bf5 $1 Ra1 {[#]} 65. Re8 (65. Kf6 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 65... Kd4 (65... Ra6 $16 66. Bd7 Bh2) 66. Rc8 ({White should try} 66. Kf6 $18) 66... Ra6 67. Rc2 Ke5 68. Rc8 ({Better is} 68. Rh2 $16) 68... Ra7+ (68... Kd4 $1 $11) 69. Kg6 $16 Ra6 70. Re8+ Kd4 71. Re6 Kc5 {[#]} 72. e5 $2 (72. Kf6 $1 $18) 72... Kxd5 $11 {The position is equal.} 73. Bg4 Rb6 74. exd6 Rxd6 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2913"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,70,0,-4,0,8,18,0,5,-9,17,19,22,3,8,0,6,0,0,0,-7,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-14,-31,-19,-25,-25,-42,-42,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 Be6 17. Ne3 Bb4 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Re5 21. f4 {½-½ (30) Wei,Y (2734)-Yu,Y (2759) Hangzhou 2018}) 10... c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Rfe1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bxf4 (13... Re8 {with more complications.} 14. Ne2 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qb6 16. b3 Bd7) 14. Qxf4 Qb8 (14... Rb8 {is interesting.} 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Qd6 Rbc8) 15. Qxb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qf3 Qd6 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Na4 Bd7 {0-1 (56) Engel,L (2373)-Pratyusha,B (2247) Basel 2017}) 15... Raxb8 16. Na4 Nd7 17. b3 c5 18. Rad1 Rfc8 19. f4 {[#] Threatens to win with f5.} g6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxd7 Be6 23. Rxa7 c4 24. Ra5 cxb3 25. axb3 Rc2 26. Nc5 Bxb3 27. Nxb3 Rxb3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 28. Rg5 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5][%mdl 32]} 29. Rg4 $1 h5 30. Rg5 {The position is equal.} Kg7 31. f5 Kh6 {[#]} 32. fxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 33. h4 Rb6 34. Re4 Rbc6 35. Rge5 R2c4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2871"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,120,27,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,-163,-147,-153,-155,-142,-142,-143,-139,-153,-158,-139,-155,-160,-163,-155,-152,-162,-165,-167,-166,-178,-159,-148,-160,-221,-220,-222,-221,-216,-205,-226,-221,-219,-218,-222,-210,-223,-221,-229,-188,-225,-203,-200,-192,-202,-202,-222,-197,-214,-200,-261,-245,-279,-287,-283,-277,-324,-301,-410,-378,-569,-509,-527,-511,-770,-679,-725,-428,-463,-329,-381,-395,-489,-495,-797,-560,-614,-600,-1068,-1056,-1062,-599,-1208,-798,-781,-776,-1187,-1152,-1168,-1145,-5533,-5558]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 (9... a6 10. b3 h6 11. Be2 Qd7 12. Kb1 Bf6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. c4 Rfe8 17. Bf3 Rab8 {1-0 (41) Anand,V (2776)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Moscow 2018}) 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 O-O-O {LiveBook: 19 Games} 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Qd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bb5 h6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qe2 Kb7 16. Nf3 Rhe8 {0-1 (48) Saric,I (2625)-Fridman,D (2670) Germany 2012}) 13... h6 14. Ne4 Be5 {Threatens to win with ...Ne7.} 15. Bd3 $2 {[#]} (15. Bb5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 15... Be6 $1 $19 {[%cal Re6d5]} 16. Qb5 {[#]} f5 $1 $36 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 2080] White is under strong pressure.} 17. Nd2 f4 18. Bd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 Bxd4 21. Rhe1 Bf5 22. Ne4 Bb6 23. Bd3 {intending Nxd6+!} Rhf8 24. f3 d5 25. Nc3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 c6 27. Kc1 (27. Re7 $17) 27... Bf2 28. Rh1 Rde8 29. Kd1 Re5 30. Ne2 Rh5 31. Rf1 Bb6 32. Rh1 Bd8 33. Rd4 g5 ({But not} 33... Rxh4 34. Rxh4 Bxh4 35. Rxf4) 34. b3 Bf6 35. Rd3 Be5 36. Ke1 gxh4 37. Kf1 Rg8 38. Rd2 Kc7 39. Rh3 Bd6 40. Nc1 Bc5 41. Nd3 Be3 42. Re2 d4 43. a4 b5 44. a5 c5 45. Nb2 (45. Nf2 $142) 45... Kc6 46. Re1 a6 47. Rh1 (47. Nd1 $142 c4 48. bxc4) 47... Kd5 48. Nd3 {Strongly threatening Rxe3!} Rf8 49. Rh3 Kd6 50. Nb2 Rc8 51. Nd3 c4 {Black is clearly winning.} 52. Nb4 (52. bxc4 $142 Rxc4 53. Re2) 52... cxb3 53. cxb3 Rc3 54. Rd1 Rxb3 55. Nd3 b4 56. Ke2 Rxa5 57. Rxh4 h5 58. Nxf4 Ra2+ 59. Kf1 Rbb2 60. Nd3 Rxg2 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2878"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,144,15,17,22,22,11,23,0,21,0,0,0,28,14,28,27,35,37,38,38,77,73,89,83,124,109,144,104,95,102,96,95,144,137,205,66,106,110,135,144,200,193,225,222,235,224,258,261,246,-139,267,263,252,252,260,263,216,12,29,-48,-12,-43,-41,-37,-27,-47,-23,-32,-29,-44,-43,-53,-16,-46,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-62,-62,-50,-29,-60,-57,-69,-16,-23,-8,-51,-36,-36,-24,-31,-23,-25,-13,-23,-20,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-38,-38,-38,-39,-942,-942,-684,-669,-782,-780,-435,-211,-2423,-2015]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 Ngf6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. b3 O-O {[#]} 15. Bb2 $146 Qc7 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. Re1 Rac8 18. a5 Qc6 19. Qe2 Ncd7 20. Red1 Nf8 21. Nf1 $1 Ng6 22. g3 $1 Rc7 23. Ne3 Rdc8 24. Ncd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qd7 26. c4 Rb8 27. b4 b6 (27... Bf8 $16 28. h4 Re8) 28. Bc3 ({Better is} 28. axb6 $18 Rxb6 29. Bc3) 28... b5 $14 29. Rac1 Rbc8 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 30. Bd2 e4 (30... Bd8 $16 {was necessary.} 31. cxb5 e4) 31. Bg2 $18 bxc4 32. Nxc4 {Nb6 is the strong threat.} Qb5 {[%cal Rc7c4]} 33. Bf1 Nxd5 34. Qxe4 Nf6 35. Qg2 $2 (35. Qe2 $18) 35... Qh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... Rxc4 $17 {keeps the pressure on.} 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Qxc4) 36. Ne3 $1 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Rxc1 38. Bxc1 d5 {[#]} 39. Bxa6 $2 (39. f4 $1 $18) 39... Bxb4 40. Qf1 (40. Bb2 $11) 40... Bxa5 41. Be2 Qe5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 42. Bf3 Bb6 43. Kg2 Ne7 44. Qd3 Qe6 45. Bd2 Bxe3 46. Bxe3 Nc6 (46... Ng4 {is more complex.} 47. Bd4 Ne5 48. Bxe5 Qxe5 49. Qb5 g6) 47. Qa6 Ne5 (47... g5 {feels hotter.} 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kh7 50. Qd3+ Kg7) 48. Qxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} 49. Be2 Kf7 50. f4 Nc6 51. Bb5 Ne7 52. Kf3 Nf5 53. Bf2 Ne4 54. Bg1 g5 55. Bd3 Ned6 ({Black should try} 55... h5 $15) 56. Bc5 gxf4 57. gxf4 Kf6 58. Ba3 h5 59. Bb2+ Kg6 60. Be5 Nf7 (60... Kf7 {keeps more tension.} 61. Be2 Ne4 62. Bd3 Nd2+ 63. Kf2 Kg6) 61. Bb2 Nd8 62. Bb1 Nc6 63. Bd3 Na5 64. Ba1 Nc4 65. Bc3 Kf7 66. Ba1 Nd2+ 67. Ke2 Nb3 68. Be5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68. Bb2 $15) 68... Nc1+ $19 69. Kd2 Nxd3 70. Kxd3 Kg6 71. Ke2 Nh6 (71... Nh4 $142 72. Ke3 Kf5) 72. Kf3 $2 (72. Bc3) 72... Ng4 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 36%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2898"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,23,16,19,15,22,19,16,20,12,21,27,2,0,15,47,28,35,0,0,9,43,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-10,-12,-8,-16,-15,-13,-36,31,22,26,4,4,4,4,11,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 11. Bb3 Na5 (11... Kh8 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nf4 17. g3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 {0-1 (75) Durarbayli,V (2392)-Mamedov,R (2583) Baku 2008}) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Rc6 16. Nd5 $146 Bg5 17. c4 f5 18. Nc3 Be7 19. Nd2 Qe8 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ne4 Qg6 23. Ndc3 Bb6 {next ...Bd4 is good for Black.} 24. Rd2 Bd4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxc3.} 25. Re1 Rc7 26. Qg3 Qe6 ({Black should play} 26... Bxe4 $15 27. Nxe4 Qxg3 28. Nxg3 b5) 27. Nd5 $14 Rd7 $1 28. Rxd4 exd4 {[#]The position is equal.} 29. Nef6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qf4 Be4 $1 32. Qg4 Bxd5 $1 33. cxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Re1+ 34. Kh2 d3 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 35. Qxd7 {KQ-KR} d2 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qf5+ Ke8 (37... Kg8 $5 38. Qc8+ $8 Kf7 39. Qc7+ Ke8 40. Qc8+ Kf7 $11) 38. Qc8+ Ke7 39. Qc7+ Ke8 40. Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,79,37,37,42,42,92,31,33,3,51,26,62,20,37,31,22,26,28,32,114,103,88,25,74,67,66,66,103,107,98,95,110,91,79,95,86,54,178,172,216,225,194,225,418,429,413,393,714,704,704,693,722,720,714,716,868,558,575,532,502,480,622,513,544,522,2376,2235,29979,29980,29979,29980]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 62 Partien} g5 {C55: Zweispringerspiel} (6... g6 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. Nc4 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. a4 a5 12. h3 Qd7 13. Ne3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (44) Wan,Y (2499)-Yu,Y (2759) Hangzhou 2018}) 7. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32]} Nh5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 7... Bg7 8. Nf1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ng3 Rg8 11. d4 exd4 12. O-O Be6 13. Re1 {½-½ (39) Horvath,A (2486)-Yankelevich,L (2411) Budapest 2018}) 8. g3 (8. Nxe5 $16 Nxe5 9. Qxh5) 8... Nf6 $14 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 9. Nf1 Bg7 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. Bb3 c6 12. h4 g4 13. Nh2 {[%cal Rh2g4]} h5 14. f3 d5 (14... gxf3 $14 15. Qxf3 d5) 15. fxg4 $16 hxg4 16. O-O (16. Nhxg4 $16 Nxg4 17. Nxg4) 16... Be6 17. Nhxg4 Nh5 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. c4 dxe4 20. dxe4 O-O-O 21. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat starke Initiative.} Qc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nf2 Nf6 {[#]} (23... Bh6 $1 $14) 24. Kg2 $1 $18 a5 25. Nf1 Qd4 26. Rb1 (26. Bg5 Qxb2 27. Rc1 (27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Re1 Ng8 $14) 27... a4 $16) 26... Nd7 $2 (26... Qc5 {war einen Versuch wert.} 27. Bg5 Nfg8) 27. Be3 Qd6 28. Rd1 Qb4 $2 (28... Qc7 29. h5 Nf6) 29. Nd3 Qd6 30. Nc5 Qc7 {und die Idee ...Sxc5 ließe Schwarz weiter hoffen.} 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Qf7 Bh8 33. c5 Nd5 34. exd5 exd5 35. Bg5 Rf8 36. Qe6 a4 37. Bxa4 Qa5 {[#]} 38. Rxd5 $1 cxd5 39. Bxd7+ Kb8 40. Qd6+ {Precision: Weiß = 58%, Schwarz = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2898"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,100,19,16,-3,3,-38,-41,-66,-41,-171,-170,-170,-173,-165,-167,-155,-12,-43,-41,-113,-100,-110,-108,-113,-116,-284,-269,-243,-25,-406,-414,-414,-406,-392,-392,-689,-681,-1197,-1196,-1151,-1146,-1731,-695,-1677,-1647,-994,-981,-949,-960,-950,-939,-920,-785,-943,-935,-920,-910,-841,-845,-919,-868,-856,-794,-1418,-1448,-1370,-1336,-4817,-5402,-4255,-4137,-2116,-950,-5130,-5503,-1991,-5154,-5606,-5592,-5093,-4975,-29987,-29988]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O d6 7. h3 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. c3 Nbd7 10. a4 a6 {LiveBook: 288 Games} 11. Bd3 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. Bh2 Bc6 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Nh5 {1-0 (47) Grachev,B (2628)-Alexeev,A (2300) Sochi 2016}) 12. exd4 (12. cxd4 {seems wilder.} e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Nh5 16. Ndf3) 12... e5 13. dxe5 {Black is slightly better.} dxe5 14. Bxe5 ({Only move:} 14. Bg5 $15) 14... Nxe5 $19 15. Nxe5 Nh5 $1 {...Re8 is the strong threat.} 16. Ndf3 Bxe5 $1 17. Nxe5 {[#]} Bxg2 (17... Nf4 $1 $17 18. Re1 Nxg2) 18. Bxg6 (18. Kxg2 {with more complications.} Qg5+ 19. Qg4 Qxe5 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Qf3) 18... Nf4 19. Bxf7+ (19. Bf5 $1 $15 Qg5 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 Bxf1 22. Rxf1) 19... Rxf7 $17 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Rfd1 $2 (22. Rfe1 $17 {was the only defense.}) 22... Rg8 $19 23. Kh2 {[#]} Bxh3 $2 (23... Ne2 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Bc6.} 24. Rd7+ Kf6) 24. Rd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Rg1 $11 Rxg1 25. Rxg1) 24... Rg2+ 25. Kh1 Rxf2 {And now ...Ne2 would win.} 26. Kg1 Rg2+ 27. Kf1 $2 (27. Kh1 Ne2 28. Rf1+ Kg6 29. Rf3 Ng3+ 30. Rxg3+ Rxg3 31. Kh2) 27... Rxb2+ 28. Ke1 Ng2+ 29. Kd1 Ne3+ 30. Kc1 Rc2+ 31. Kb1 Bf5 32. Ra2 Rxc3+ 33. Kb2 Rc2+ 34. Ka3 Rxa2+ 35. Kxa2 Be6+ 36. Kb1 h5 37. Kc1 Nd5 38. Kd2 Kf6 39. Ke1 Ke5 40. Rc4 Bd7 41. Kf2 a5 42. Kf3 Nb4 43. Rh4 Bg4+ 44. Ke3 Na6 45. Rh1 Nc5 46. Rb1 Nxa4 47. Rb5+ Kd6 48. Kd4 Kc6 49. Rg5 Nc5 {( -> ...Ne6+)} 50. Kc4 b5+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2878"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,114,39,22,37,2,33,11,31,16,46,32,33,30,39,27,31,31,35,20,21,10,27,0,0,0,81,75,101,7,67,63,58,15,304,304,304,300,297,293,275,275,282,278,306,306,306,302,284,297,306,305,299,299,268,203,262,194,608,82,167,147,105,54,106,102,420,406,385,389,481,90,52,19,125,0,0,0,0,0,75,141,443,427,444,409,778,673,1659,651,29990,29991,29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 {[%cal Be4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. b3 Ng6 13. Bb2 {LiveBook: 11 Games. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (13. Ne2 Be7 14. Bb2 h5 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rad1 Rh5 17. Ned4 a6 18. c4 Nf4 19. Bc3 Rh6 20. Ne2 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 {½-½ (35) Ni,H (2670)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) chess.com INT 2018}) 13... Nf4 14. Rd2 Be7 15. Rad1 {White is slightly better.} Ne6 16. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne4 Bb4 17. c3 Bf8 {½-½ (28) Torres Novalbos,D (1994)-Rizouk,A (2499) Erandio 2005}) 16... c5 17. Nc3 b6 18. Nd5 Bb7 19. c4 h5 20. h4 Rd8 21. Bc1 Bc6 22. Rd3 Rd7 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Nd4 (24... Bxd5 $11 25. Rxd5 (25. cxd5 Nd4 $11) 25... Rxd5 26. cxd5 Nd4) 25. Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rh6 26. Re1 (26. b4 $1 $16) 26... Ke7 (26... Re7 $11) 27. f3 $14 a5 28. a4 Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28... Nc2 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 29. Rxd7+ Bxd7 30. Nd5+ Ke8) 29. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6f7][%mdl 512]} fxe6 {[#]} (29... Nxe6 30. Rxd8) 30. Nfxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe6 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32. Nxe6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kd7 33. Nxg7 Rg6 34. Nxh5 Bxf3 35. Nf4 Rg4 36. g3 $1 Rg8 37. Kf2 Bg4 38. h5 Bf5 39. Nd5 Kd6 40. Rd1 {Strongly threatening Nf6+.} Ke5 $2 (40... Bg4 41. Rd2 Rf8+ 42. Kg1 Ke5) 41. Nf4 $2 (41. Ne7 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Rh8 42. Rd5+ Kf6 43. Nxf5) 41... Bc2 (41... Kf6 $16) 42. Re1+ Kf5 43. Re3 (43. Nd5 $16 Rf8 44. Kg2 (44. Nxc7 Bxb3 45. Nd5 Bxa4 $11)) 43... Rd8 ({Black should try} 43... c6 $14) 44. Nd5 $16 Kg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Rd6 $16) 45. Re5+ $1 $18 Kh6 46. g4 $1 Bxb3 47. Nf4 $2 (47. Re6+ $18 {has better winning chances.} Kg7 48. Re7+ (48. Nxc7 Rb8 $16) 48... Kh6 49. Re6+ (49. Rxc7 Rd6 $16) (49. Nxc7 Bxc4 50. Kg3 Rd1 $11) 49... Kg7 50. Nxc7) 47... Rg8 $16 48. Kg3 {And now Kh4 would win.} Bd1 $1 49. Re6+ (49. Ng6 $1 $16) 49... Kh7 $11 50. Ng6 Bxa4 51. Kf4 Bc2 (51... Re8 $11 52. Rf6 Kg8) 52. Ne5 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rf8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... a4 $16) 53. Kg5 $18 Rg8+ {[#]} 54. Kh4 $1 a4 {[#]} (54... Rf8 $142 55. Re7+ Kh8) 55. g5 $1 a3 56. g6+ (56. Re7+ $142 Kh8 57. g6) 56... Kg7 57. Kg5 Kh8 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,82,-17,0,-17,-25,-18,-16,-10,7,-68,0,-16,-22,0,-11,-41,-26,-37,-33,-28,-21,-19,57,56,64,69,71,63,79,81,73,61,64,30,122,0,0,0,147,110,108,104,107,93,93,98,103,104,137,149,187,183,213,90,95,76,145,151,139,145,183,103,79,-50,0,-178,-201,-1693,-1675]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 8. Qa4 {E20: Nimzoindisch (Seltene Züge)} Bd7 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} 9. Qc2 (9. Bg5 Rb8 10. Rad1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxc4 Rfc8 14. Nd2 Na5 15. Qb4 b6 {½-½ (67) Matlakov,M (2735)-Tomashevsky,E (2713) St Petersburg 2017}) 9... Be7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... Rb8 10. Rd1 b5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Ba5 15. Bf4 c6 {1-0 (51) Mochalov,E (2374)-Vaganian,R (2550) Minsk 2018}) 10. e4 {Schwarz hat minimalen Vorteil.} Nb4 11. Qe2 Nd3 12. Be3 (12. Ne1 $11) 12... b5 ({Lieber} 12... c5 $15) 13. Ne1 Nxe1 14. Rfxe1 c6 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Qa5 18. a3 exd5 (18... Bc5 $11) 19. Bd2 $1 $14 {[%cal Be3d2,Bd2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Bd8 20. Nxd5 Qa6 21. Bc3 {[%mdl 1024] Weiss hat starke Kompensation.} Re8 {[#]} 22. Qd2 $1 {Droht stark Sxf6+.} Be6 23. Nb4 Qb6 24. Bd4 Qa5 (24... Qd6 $1 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 25. Bc3 Qb6 $1 26. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat gut koordiniertes Spiel.} Qa5 27. Bc6 Rf8 28. Bc5 Bb6 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Bf3 h6 31. Kg2 Bc5 32. Nd5 Qd8 33. Nf4 Bd7 34. Re5 (34. Nh5 $18 {ist viel giftiger. Schwarz muss nun Sxf6+ beachten.} Nxh5 35. Qxd7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7) 34... Qc7 $16 35. Re2 {Droht Sh5 und aus.} Bf5 ({Besser ist} 35... Qc8) 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. Qxd5 ({Schwächer ist} 37. Bxd5 Bd3 $11) 37... Bd3 38. Ree1 ({Günstiger ist} 38. Re5 $18 Bd6 39. Ree1) 38... Qb6 39. Rd2 (39. Be4 $16) 39... b4 (39... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d5]} 40. Qe5 Bf1+ 41. Rxf1 Rxd2 $15) 40. Be4 $2 {[#]} (40. Be2 $11 Bxf2 41. Red1) 40... Rd8 $19 41. Bxd3 $2 (41. Rxd3 cxd3 42. Qf5) 41... Rxd5 {Precision: Weiß = 41%, Schwarz = 45%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,112,0,17,7,0,0,14,0,28,0,43,41,74,61,57,63,73,46,52,51,44,44,47,44,61,59,104,104,131,129,137,129,126,125,133,123,130,119,115,130,121,116,134,114,127,107,109,107,106,106,107,-283,-296,-357,-339,-389,-391,-391,-391,-387,-380,-385,-366,-383,-388,-375,-393,-376,-189,-128,0,0,8,0,0,0,25,0,0,-60,0,-28,108,143,122,145,141,145,1372,1297,6139,6131,5716,5373,5724,5410,29983,862,29982,29983,5114]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bb6 15. h3 Be6 {½-½ (62) Andreikin,D (2712)-Anand,V (2776) Moscow 2018}) 7... Bd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Na4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 d4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 d3 13. Bxd3 Bf4 14. Be2 a6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (30) O'Sullivan,R (1628)-Gudmundsson,O ICCF email 2014}) 9... b6 10. d4 Ne4 (10... cxd4 $5 {[%cal Rd6b4]} 11. Nxd4 (11. Rxc6 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 dxc3 $11) 11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Re8 $11) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bh5 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 {Black must now prevent Nxe4.} Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Bd6 $1 19. Qd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7] [#]} Nf5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qxd5 {Threatens to win with e4.} Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...Bh2+!} 22. Qe4 Bb8 23. Nc3 Re8 24. Qg4 Be5 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Rd1 g6 27. Qe4 h5 28. Rd3 Qc8 29. Qa4 a6 30. Qd7 b5 31. Qxc8 Rxc8 32. Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. e4 $16 Nd4 33. Kf1) 32... Bxb2 $19 33. g4 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Nh4+ 36. Kg3 g5 37. f4 Rg1+ 38. Kh3 Nf3 39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. Nf5 Bf6 (40... Bc1 $142 41. Rc3 b4) 41. Rd7 Kg6 (41... Ne1 $17 {aiming for ...Rh1+.} 42. Ng3 Kg8) 42. Rd6 $11 Rc1 43. Ne7+ Kg7 44. Nf5+ Kg6 45. Rxa6 Nd2 46. Ng3 (46. Ne7+ $11 Kg7 47. Nf5+ Kg6 48. Ng3) 46... Rc3 ({Better is} 46... Rc2 $1 $15) 47. f5+ Kg7 (47... Kh7 $1 $11 48. Rd6 (48. Rxf6 Rxe3 49. Rxf7+ Kg8 $15) 48... Be5 49. Rxd2 Rxe3) 48. Nh5+ $16 Kf8 49. Nxf6 {And now Nh7+ would win.} Rxe3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 50. Kg2 Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Re2+ $16 51. Kg3 Kg7 52. Nh5+ Kh8 53. Ra8+ Kh7 54. Nf6+ Kh6) 51. Ra8+ $18 Kg7 {[#]} 52. Nh5+ $1 Kh7 53. Re8 Re2+ 54. Kf3 Rf2+ 55. Ke3 (55. Kxe4 $142 Rxa2 56. Rb8 Re2+ 57. Kd5 b4 58. Rxb4 Rb2 59. Rb7 Kh6 60. b4) 55... Rxa2 56. Kxe4 Re2+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2913"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,102,17,16,31,20,26,21,29,18,20,35,25,21,21,15,20,12,22,21,10,6,14,0,15,20,22,7,49,19,62,22,19,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,66,66,52,56,108,93,79,0,63,63,31,67,24,0,0,0,0,0,92,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-1029,-1025,-1009,-987,-1026,-1016,-1102,-1056,-1158,-1016,-1207,-1203]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 {LiveBook: 30 Games} d4 {[#] White must now prevent ...dxe3.} 12. e4 Na6 {And now ...Qf6 would win.The position is equal.} 13. O-O Nc5 {[#]} 14. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Bg3 Bc7 18. e5 {0-1 (50) Sargissian,G (2652)-Nakamura,H (2781) Douglas 2017}) 14... Be6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. b4 Bf8 (19... Bxb4 $2 20. Rfb1 $18) 20. f4 a6 ({Don't go for} 20... Bxb4 $2 21. Rfb1 $18) 21. e5 Bd5 (21... Bxb4 $2 22. Rfb1 $18) 22. a3 Qe6 23. Rac1 f5 24. Qf2 Rcd8 25. Rfe1 b5 26. h3 Bc4 27. Qf3 g6 28. Kh2 Be7 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Rec1 Bd8 (30... Bh4 $11) 31. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Rc2c4]} Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Bb6 (32... Rxc2 $14 33. Qxc2 Kf7) 33. Be1 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 (34. Qxc2 $16 Kf7 35. Qf2) 34... Rc8 ({Black should play} 34... Qd5 $11) 35. Rxc8+ Qxc8 36. Bf2 Qc6 37. Qg3 ({Don't blunder} 37. Bxd4 $2 Qd5 $19) 37... Qd5 {aiming for ...d3.} 38. Qd3 Kf7 39. a4 Ke6 (39... Ke7 $11) 40. axb5 ({Better is} 40. a5 $16 Bc7 41. Bxd4) 40... axb5 $11 41. Qa3 Kd7 42. Qg3 d3 {[#]} 43. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe6 (43... Qxe6 44. Qxd3+) 44. Bxb6 {Strongly threatening Qe1+.} d2 45. Qe3+ Kd7 $1 46. Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Qc3 $11) 46... d1=Q $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. Qe7+ Kc8 48. Qe8+ Kc7 49. Qxb5 Qc6 50. Qa5+ Kd7 {( -> ...Qdd5)} 51. Qa7+ Qc7 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2871"]
[BlackElo "2878"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,67,17,0,40,57,67,-20,-9,-23,25,44,43,27,16,40,146,119,185,171,158,174,445,455,568,530,761,764,751,734,866,761,1050,1037,1176,1146,1895,1887]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. g4 Be7 12. Qd2 b5 13. g5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 O-O 15. Na5 Nb8 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. b3 Bd8 20. Bd3 f5 {1-0 (43) Kryvoruchko,Y (2693)-Yu,Y (2725) Baku 2016 CBM 175 [Havasi,G]}) 13... b4 14. Ne2 Nh5 15. Ng3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nh5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} O-O (17... Bxb3 $5 18. axb3 Ne5 $16) 18. h4 Ne5 19. Qxf4 $146 (19. Be2 $14) ({Predecessor (2):} 19. Be2 d5 20. O-O-O dxe4 21. Qxf4 {½-½ (55) Szabo,K (2467)-Nechepurenko,R (2463) Balatonlelle 2006}) 19... Qc7 $11 20. O-O-O {[%cal Be1c1,Bc1b1,Bb1a2][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rc7c2] [#]} 21. Rh2 a5 22. Kb1 a4 23. Nd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Bxa2+ (23... Bd7 $14) 24. Kxa2 $16 {Black must now prevent Qc1.} b3+ (24... Bf8 $16 25. Qc1 d5) 25. Kb1 $18 (25. cxb3 axb3+ 26. Kxb3 Qa7 $19) 25... a3 {Strongly threatening ...axb2.} 26. cxb3 {Threatens to win with Rc2.} (26. Nxb3 axb2 27. c4 (27. Kxb2 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Rcb8 29. Bb5 Rxb5 30. Qxf7+ Nxf7 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Kc1 Rxb3 33. gxf6 Ra1#) 27... Qa7 $16) 26... Qa5 $2 {[#]} (26... axb2 {keeps fighting.} 27. Rxb2 Qa7) 27. Qd2 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Qb6 28. Nf4 Nxf3 29. Nxf3 Qxb3 30. Nd4 Qb7 31. Nd5 Bd8 32. b4 a2+ 33. Ka1 Bb6 34. Nf5 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,108,31,28,0,-8,-20,-15,-19,11,-89,101,-91,-82,-95,-8,-422,-375,-372,-361,-292,-292,-297,-275,-490,-493,-939,-895,-940,-937,-1099,-1102,-1200,-1156,-1194,-681,-1694,-1094,-1029,-845,-808,-558,-561,-543,-604,-613,-580,-616,-617,-597,-604,-594,-629,-632,-631,-601,-660,-660,-675,-647,-659,-652,-957,-935,-1106,-1102,-1028,-847,-840,-845,-817,-795,-875,-812,-1241,-1147,-1622,-1661,-2170,-2089,-1371,-1310,-1146,-1072,-1010,-880,-831,-749,-2726,-2484]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Bd3 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} (11. Be2 Na5 12. Qb1 Rc8 13. O-O Bg7 14. Ba3 Bf8 15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. cxb4 Nc6 17. b5 Ne7 18. Ne5 O-O {0-1 (36) Ding,L (2791)-So,W (2778) Stavanger 2018}) 11... Na5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. Qb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (39) Fridman,D (2640)-Dubov,D (2666) Tbilisi 2017}) 12... Bg7 13. h4 {The position is equal.} Rc8 14. h5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Bc6 15. Ng5 (15. Qb4 $11) 15... Bxg2 $2 (15... h6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh6g5] stays on course.} 16. Ne4 g5) 16. hxg6 $2 (16. Rg1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Rxc3 17. Rxg2) 16... Bxh1 $17 17. gxf7+ {[#]} Kd7 {[#]} ({Better is} 17... Ke7 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Qd6.} 18. Qb4+ Kf6) 18. Qb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Bf5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 (18... exf5 19. Qxf5+) 19. Bxe6+ Kd8 20. Qf5) 18... Qb6 19. Qa4+ Bc6 20. Qd1 Bf6 21. Rb1 Qc7 22. Nxe6 $2 (22. c4 {might work better.}) 22... Kxe6 $19 {[%cal Bd7e6,Be6f7,Bf7e7,Be7d8][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 23. Qg4+ (23. Qh5 $142 Qxf7 24. Qxa5) 23... Kxf7 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Ba3+ Kd8 26. Kf1 b6 27. d5 Qe5 28. Qh6 Bxd5 29. Re1 Bg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qg5+ 31. Qxg5 Bxg5 32. Re5 Bf6 33. Rd5+ Kc7 34. Bd6+ Kb7 35. Be4 {With the idea Rxa5+.} Nc6 36. Rf5 Bxc3 37. Rf7+ Ka6 38. a4 Rhg8+ 39. Kf1 Rg7 40. Bd3+ Ka5 41. Rf4 Be5 42. Rf5 Rd7 43. Bxe5 Nxe5 44. Rxe5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rc5 45. Re3 Kxa4 46. f4 Rf7 47. Rf3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 48. f5 Kb4 49. Ke2 a4 50. Rf1 Ka5 51. Ke3 b5 52. Kd4 Rc6 53. Be4 Rc4+ 54. Ke5 Re7+ {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2913"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,66,25,29,30,31,27,35,11,18,11,15,12,30,9,17,9,15,21,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-13,-6,-22,-21,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Spanische Partie (Berliner Verteidigung)} 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 32 Partien} 12. Nbd2 (12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 Nce7 15. h3 {½-½ (29) Anand,V (2786)-Nakamura,H (2793) Zuerich 2017}) 12... Bd7 13. Nf1 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 {[#]} (14. Nxe1 {seems wilder.} Be6 15. Nf3 h6 16. Qe2 Qf6 17. Bd2) 14... Qe8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... f6 15. Bd2 {½-½ (81) Karjakin,S (2782)-Nakamura,H (2769) Paris 2018}) 15. Bd2 f6 16. Qc1 g6 17. Bf4 Qf8 18. h3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qd6 20. Qxd6 (20. Qd2 {with more complications.} Re8 21. h4 b6 22. h5 gxh5 23. g3) 20... Nxd6 21. Ne3 Ne7 22. Re1 Re8 23. Kf1 c6 24. Nd2 Kf7 25. f3 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} g5 28. Kf2 Rh8 29. Ndf1 Ng6 30. Bxg6+ Kxg6 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Kg2 Re8 {Precision: Weiß = 50%, Schwarz = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,85,0,0,0,13,0,8,0,14,26,15,11,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,0,0,-6,-89,-79,-101,-99,-104,-75,-80,-80,-89,-9,-14,-6,-143,-106,-107,-108,-141,-10,-7,683,668]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 {E36: Nimzoindisch (4.Dc2)} 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 {LiveBook: 11 Partien} 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5 15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 bxc5 17. Qc2 $146 {Schwarz muss nun Lxf6 beachten.} (17. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Rd1f3]} g5 18. Bg3 $11) 17... Nbd7 18. Ke2 Rc8 19. Rd1 c4 20. Kf1 Nb6 21. h3 c3 22. Kg1 Qc5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. bxc3 Qxa3 25. Rd3 Kg7 26. e4 Qa4 27. Qc1 Qxe4 28. Rd4 Qf5 29. Rg4+ Kf8 30. Nd4 Qe5 31. Rg3 Nd5 32. Qa3+ Ne7 33. Qxa7 {[#]} (33. Qc1 $11) 33... Rxc3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Nf3 (34. Rxc3 Qe1+) 34... Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc7 36. Qa8+ Qc8 37. Qa3 Rc3 (37... h5 $17 38. Nd2 h4) 38. Qb4 $1 $11 Qc7 39. Kg1 (39. Qh4 $1 $11 {war der einzige Weg, das Gleichgewicht zu behalten.} Nd5 40. Qxh6+ Ke7 41. Qd2) 39... Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rc5 {Und ...Sf5 würde nun gewinnen.} 41. Nd4 {[#]} Rc4 (41... h5 $1 $17 {Droht stark ...h4.} 42. Nb3 Rc4) 42. Qd2 Ke8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Nd5 $11) 43. Nb5 {Precision: Weiß = 51%, Schwarz = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2898"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,74,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,39,39,39,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,0,0,0,52,0,0,0,38]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rc8 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxf2 $1 16. Kxf2 Bc5+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 {[#]} b5 $146 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 19. Qd2 Qb6+ 20. Qd4 Qb8 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 21. Kf2 b4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...f6.} 22. Nb1 f6 23. Qe3 fxe5+ 24. Kg1 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 25. Nd2 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Bf1 Rc2 28. Rab1 e3 29. Nb3 {[#] Hoping for Nd4.} Bxe2 30. Bxe2 Rxe2 31. Nd4 Ref2 {Threatens to win with ...e5.} 32. Re1 Rd2 33. Nb3 (33. Nxe6 $2 Rf3 $17) 33... Rc2 {aiming for ...Rf3.} 34. Nd4 Rd2 35. Nb3 ({Not} 35. Nxe6 $2 Rf3 $19) (35. Red1 $11) 35... Rc2 $14 {White must now prevent ...Rf3.} 36. Nd4 ({White should play} 36. Rxe3 $14 Rff2 37. Nd4 (37. Rxe6 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rh2 $11)) 36... Rd2 $11 37. Nb3 (37. Nxe6 $2 Rf3 $17) 37... Rc2 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2913"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,101,11,22,14,0,0,0,68,-18,-14,-34,-34,-34,-4,-14,-6,-14,-15,-28,-14,-34,-35,-29,-32,-37,-34,-41,0,-9,-9,-10,-12,-54,-46,-54,-41,-57,-64,-72,-42,-47,-22,-104,-70,-139,-131,-131,-131,-159,-144,-136,-145,-120,-120,-134,-84,-118,-71,-84,-85,-83,189,-85,0,-26,174,188,285,309,429,425,832,826,793,783,29996,1760,29996,29994]} 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. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32] C67: Spanische Partie (Berliner Verteidigung)} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 {LiveBook: 43 Partien} Nc7 {[#]} 14. Nf5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 {½-½ (54) Anand,V (2759)-Aronian,L (2764) Leuven 2018}) 14... Bf6 15. Nd6 Ne6 (15... Bd4 $11) 16. d3 (16. d4 $1 $14) 16... Qc7 $11 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Rb1 g6 20. Bg2 a5 21. a3 h5 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Bd4 24. Be3 Qd6 25. Qd2 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Nd4 27. Rbe1 Re6 28. c5 Qe7 29. Re4 Qf6 30. Rf4 Qg7 31. h4 Rce8 32. Rfe4 Qf6 33. Qd1 (33. Kh2 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 33... Nb5 34. Bh3 ({Lieber} 34. Qa1 $15 Kg7 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Bh3) 34... Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz bestimmt, wo es lang geht.} 35. Rxe6 dxe6 36. Qd2 Rd8 37. Rc1 Nb5 $1 38. Bg2 Kg7 39. Rc4 Ra8 40. Kh2 Ra3 41. Rf4 Qc3 42. Qe2 {Droht d4!} Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42... Ra1 $17 {bleibt auf Kurs.} 43. Re4 Nd4) 43. Rc4 $2 (43. d4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 43... Qf6 ({Besser ist} 43... Qa1 $17 44. Qe3 Qb2) 44. Rf4 Qc3 $2 {[#]} (44... Qe7 $11) 45. d4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 (45... Rf8 {war einen Versuch wert.} 46. d5 exd5) (45... Nxd4 46. Qe5+) 46. Qe5 Qd2 47. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4h5][%mdl 32]} Qd1 (47... hxg4 $142 48. h5 Rf8 49. hxg6 f5) 48. Bf3 Qd2 49. gxh5 {h6 ist eine echte Drohung.} Ra2 50. Bg2 (50. Qb8+ $142 Kg7 {[#]} 51. h6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 52. Rxf7+ Kxh6 53. Qh8#) 50... Qe2 51. Qf6 {Precision: Weiß = 35%, Schwarz = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2898"]
[BlackElo "2871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,179,6,4,0,0,-8,-12,-10,6,-8,0,0,0,-14,10,5,153,143,157,156,182,194,202,191,195,185,187,148,149,137,164,162,164,148,183,153,147,153,158,164,164,166,163,125,112,137,219,221,227,198,187,125,298,279,403,294,294,294,461,461,535,527,595,494,496,474,720,692,675,327,737,250,250,250,250,237,237,234,245,245,237,235,232,241,241,240,219,220,247,238,272,271,302,285,318,229,309,292,316,306,294,250,248,237,233,220,435,198,212,191,350,291,381,323,366,364,357,341,290,265,429,387,375,376,364,399,516,503,479,461,653,634,777,876,843,833,856,808,703,702,698,8,8,0,454,572,576,645,762,70,71,72,2672,2587,29971,29971,29972,29973,29980,29972,29991,29992]} 1. c3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. cxd4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Ne7 8. Bd3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Bf5 9. Nge2 Nd7 (9... O-O 10. O-O {½-½ (10) Ortiz Suarez,I (2598)-Bruzon Batista,L (2707) Cochabamba 2013}) 10. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Nf4 Rfe8 12. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rb1 Qf6 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Nf5 15. Ne2 Qg5 {½-½ (36) Aghasaryan,R-Kigel,D Urgup 2004}) 12... Nb6 13. b3 a5 14. a4 Qh6 15. Nce2 Nbc8 16. b4 axb4 17. Qxb4 {next Bxf5 is good for White.} Qd6 (17... Nd6 $11) 18. Qxb7 $16 Rb8 19. Qa6 g5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Nd3 Nb6 22. Ne5 f6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. a5 {aiming for Rfb1.} Nd6 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Qd3 Qc4 27. Qxc4 dxc4 28. Nc3 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} Rb3 29. Rfc1 f5 30. Ra5 h6 31. h4 f4 32. Nd5 Kf7 (32... Reb8 $16) 33. Ra7+ $18 Kf8 34. Ra6 Rd8 35. exf4 (35. h5 $18) 35... Ne4 $2 (35... gxh4 $16 {is a better defense.} 36. Ne3 c3) 36. Nc7 Kf7 (36... Rd6 $142 37. Rxd6 (37. Rxc4 Rxa6 38. Nxa6 gxh4 $16) 37... Nxd6 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Ne6+ Ke7) 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Ne6 Rc8 (38... Rg8 $142 39. Nxg5+ Nxg5) 39. fxg5 {[%cal Bf4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} c3 {[#]} 40. g6+ $1 Ke7 {intending ...c2.} (40... Kxg6 41. Nc5+) 41. g7 Kf7 42. d5 Nf6 (42... Nc5 $142) 43. Ra7+ Kg8 44. d6 (44. Nd4 $142) 44... Rb6 $2 (44... c2) 45. Rc7 $2 (45. Nd4) 45... Rxc7 46. dxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc6 47. Nd4 Rxc7 48. Nb5 Rc5 49. Nxc3 Kxg7 50. Ne2 Re5 51. Nf4 Ra5 52. g3 Ne4 53. Re1 Nd2 54. Kg2 Nc4 55. Re4 Nd6 56. Re7+ Kf8 57. Re6 Nf7 58. Nd3 Rb5 59. Re3 Kg7 60. Nf4 Ra5 61. Rb3 Nd6 62. Ne6+ Kf7 $2 (62... Kg6 63. Rb6 Nc8) 63. Nd4 (63. Nd8+ $142 Kg7 64. Nb7) 63... Ra4 64. Rd3 Kf6 $2 (64... Ra2 65. Kf3 Kf6) 65. f4 Ne4 66. Ne2 Ra2 67. Re3 Nd6 68. Kf3 Nf5 69. Rd3 Ne7 $2 (69... Kf7 70. Nd4 Ne7) 70. Nc3 Ra5 71. Ne4+ Kf7 72. g4 Ng6 73. Kg3 Ra4 74. Re3 Kf8 (74... Ra1 $142 75. Ng5+ Kg7) 75. f5 Ne5 76. Kf4 Nf7 77. Rd3 Ra1 78. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Rf1+ 79. Rf3 Rh1 80. Rg3 $2 (80. g6 $18) 80... Rf1+ $1 $11 81. Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (81. Ke3 $11 Rxf5 82. g6) 81... Rh1 $1 $18 82. g6 Rh4+ 83. Ke3 Ne5 {[#]} 84. Rf4 $2 ({White must play} 84. Rg3 $1 $18 {White wants to mate with g7+.} Nc4+ 85. Kd3 Ne5+ 86. Kd4) 84... Nc4+ 85. Kf3 Rh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (85... Ne5+ $16 86. Kg3 Rh1) 86. Kg4 Ne5+ 87. Kg5 {White mates.} Rh1 88. Kf6 Nd7+ 89. Ke6 Nb6 90. f6 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2878"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,133,5,14,2,26,0,0,-10,10,9,33,31,35,22,34,-7,0,-22,-11,-16,-12,-25,52,59,58,85,78,34,49,36,47,0,170,143,365,162,178,152,141,141,234,225,208,217,232,227,226,227,211,219,204,214,178,180,242,239,231,225,267,267,348,318,304,261,282,256,595,574,764,764,758,692,391,452,1088,943,1316,779,865,758,687,556,490,139,139,139,139,96,139,139,1063,131,138,76,138,138,138,138,1043,999,1554,1559,1537,1476,1477,1317,1220,139,139,138,6091,3333,6097,6035,4694,4003,1176,1199,29982,29983]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} dxc4 {LiveBook: 11 Games} (8... d4 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Nc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Ng6 14. a3 Bxc5 15. b4 Ba7 {0-1 (55) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Anand,V (2759) Leuven 2018}) 9. Na3 Nd5 10. Nxc4 {aiming for Nd6+.White has an edge.} Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 b5 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Nxe5 18. Qe4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rxc4 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 {½-½ (21) Aalderink,G (2027)-Le Duigou,J (2048) LSS email 2011}) 12... O-O 13. b4 Bb6 14. Rc1 h6 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Bxb6 Nxb6 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Nd6 Bg4 (18... Nxe5 $1 $11 19. Nxb7 Nd3) 19. Bb5 $14 Bxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Rad8 21. Nxb7 Rxb7 22. Bxc6 Rc7 23. Be4 Nc4 $2 (23... Rc4 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 24. Rc3 $1 $18 {Threatens to win with Rfc1.} f5 $2 (24... Rcc8 $16) 25. exf6 (25. Bb1 $142) 25... gxf6 26. Rfc1 Rg7+ 27. Kf1 Nd2+ (27... Nb6 $16 28. Bc2 Re7) 28. Ke2 Nxe4 29. fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd4 30. Ke3 Rgd7 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. R8c7 Rd3+ 33. Ke2 $1 Rd2+ 34. Ke1 Rd1+ (34... h5 $142 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7) 35. Rxd1 Rxc7 {KR-KR} 36. Rd6 $1 a5 37. bxa5 {[%cal Bb4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rc3 38. a6 Rxa3 39. Ke2 h5 40. h4 f5 $2 (40... Ke7 41. Rb6 Kd7) 41. exf5 exf5 42. Rb6 Ke7 43. Rh6 Kf7 44. Kd2 Kg7 (44... f4 $142 45. Kc2 (45. Rxh5 Rxa6 46. Ke2 Ra3 $16) 45... Kg7) 45. Rb6 Rf3 46. Ke2 Rf4 47. a7 Ra4 48. Rb7+ Kf6 49. f4 $2 (49. Kd2 $18 Ke5 50. Kc3) 49... Ke6 $16 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Re7 {Black must now prevent Kc3.} Ra3+ 52. Kc2 $1 Kc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Kd6 $16 53. Kb2 Ra5) 53. Kb2 $2 (53. Rc7+ $18 {is more deadly.} Kb4 54. Kd2) 53... Ra6 54. Rf7 (54. Rc7+ $142 Kb4 55. Kc2) 54... Rb6+ ({Better is} 54... Kd5 55. Kb3 (55. Rxf5+ Ke6 $16) 55... Ke4) 55. Kc2 Ra6 56. Rc7+ Kb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Kd5 $16 57. Kb3 Ra1) 57. Kd3 $18 Kb6 58. Rf7 Ra4 59. Kc3 Kc6 60. Kb3 Ra1 {[#]} 61. Kc4 $2 (61. Kb4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rb1+ 62. Kc3) 61... Ra4+ $16 {[#]} 62. Kc3 $1 {And now Kb3 would win.} Kb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... Kd5 $16 63. Rd7+ (63. Rxf5+ Ke6 $16) 63... Kc6) 63. Kb3 $18 Ra1 64. Kc4 Ra5 65. Kd4 Kc6 66. Rf6+ Kd7 67. Rf8 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,-35,-35,-33,-6,-23,-21,-18,2,-33,-13,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,31,39,76,91,96,76,77,54,60,60,79,11,9,11,4,0,7,8,5,0,12,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. g4 (5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Be4 15. Rfd1 Bxd3 16. Qc3 Qe8 17. Rxd3 {1-0 (95) Nakamura,H (2777)-Hou,Y (2658) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. g5 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nfd7 7. h4 c5 8. c4 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 e5 12. a3 Nxd4 {½-½ (88) Larino Nieto,D (2469)-Ringoir,T (2511) Ibiza 2013}) 7. h4 c5 8. c4 Nc6 9. d3 Qa5+ 10. Nbd2 Nc3 11. Qc2 d4 12. a3 e5 13. Bxc3 dxc3 14. Ne4 Bg4 15. Nh2 Be6 16. Qxc3 Qc7 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Qd7 20. Rh1 (20. Rg3 $16) 20... Qxd3 $11 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22. Rb1 f5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 23. gxf6 $1 gxf6 24. Ke2 Rfd8 25. Rhd1 (25. Rhg1+ {keeps more tension.} Kf7 26. h5 R3d7 27. h6 Bf8 28. Rg3) 25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kf7 28. Ng3 $1 Ke6 29. e4 Bf8 30. Nf5 Ne7 31. Ne3 {The position is equal.} Bh6 32. Nd5 Nc6 33. Nc7+ Kd7 34. Nd5 Ke6 35. Nc7+ Kd7 36. Nd5 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,107,0,15,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-10,-8,-11,-14,0,-18,-6,-18,-9,-27,-16,-10,0,-8,-4,-16,12,19,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,12,0,0,0,14,7,20,14,48,77,127,127,128,85,197,186,185,142,175,135,118,7,7,7,14,14,10106,1228,12825,12825,12821,12821,12822,1397,828,146,12833,12834,12836,12835,12832,12836,12836,12837]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 7. Bd3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (7... Qe5+ {looks sharper.} 8. Be2 c5 9. d4 Qc7 10. Nf3 Bd6) 8. Nf3 Bc6 {The position is equal.} 9. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bc2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. d4 g6 14. Ke2 {½-½ (30) Caruana,F (2822)-Nakamura,H (2769) Stavanger 2018}) 9... Bd6 10. d4 b6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bf4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 15. Bg3 Nf6 16. Bd3 Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qe3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qf5 20. a4 c5 21. a5 Rac8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rfc1 Ra8 24. Rab1 Ra6 25. Rd1 Rfa8 26. d5 Re8 27. Rb2 Qg4 28. Qe2 Re7 29. Qf1 e5 30. Nh2 {[%cal Bf3h2,Bh2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Qg6 31. Qe2 e4 32. Nf1 f5 33. Ne3 h5 34. Rdb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Be5 35. d6 Rd7 36. Rxb6 Rxb6 37. Rxb6 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Bxd6 39. Qd1 f4 (39... Qe6 $16) 40. gxf4 $18 Bxf4 41. Qd5+ Qf7 42. Qxe4 Bxe3 43. Qxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} (43. fxe3 $16 {Threatens to win with Qa8+.} Kf8 44. Qd5) 43... Qf5 $1 $11 44. Qd2 {[#] aiming for Qd5+.} Kh7 45. Qd5 Qg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... g6 $11) 46. Qxc5 $18 h4 47. Qd4 Qg5 48. c5 h3 49. Qd3+ (49. Qe4+ $142 Kh8 50. c6) 49... Kg8 50. Qxh3 $2 {[#]} (50. Qc4+ $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kh8 51. g3) 50... Qxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Qc1+ $16 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 52. g3 (52. Qg3 Qh6+ 53. Qh3 Qf4+ 54. g3 Qxf2+ 55. Qg2 Qxc5 $16) 52... Qxf2+ 53. Qg2 Qxc5) 51. Qe6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 52. Qe4+ g6 53. c4 Qd6 54. g3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2878"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,87,7,16,21,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,28,22,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-22,-21,0,8,8,2,20,10,41,45,290,38,43,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,55,0,85,92,130,116,347,235,526,276,754,739,684,662,29995,16,29996,29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 h6 {LiveBook: 28 Games. C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (9... Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Bg5 Ng4 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Bg5 {½-½ (17) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) 10. Be3 Re8 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Bf8 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Qd2 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4 Qb8 16. Bc2 Qb7 17. b3 {½-½ (34) Melamed,T (2318)-Hoepfl,T (2288) Deutschland 2017}) 11... b4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nd5 Na5 13. Ba2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Ba2 c5 16. Nd2 Bg5 17. f4 (17. Bd5 {looks sharper.} Rb8 18. Qh5 Be6 19. b3 Qf6 20. Rae1) 17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Rf5 Qe7 22. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Re5 23. Rf2 d5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Qf3 Rad8 $1 26. Ne3 Re5 27. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e7]} Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29. Rf1 Qe5 30. c3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Kh7 32. d4 cxd4 33. cxd4 Qe6 34. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent d5. White has good play.} Rd5 35. Ne3 Rg5 ({Better is} 35... Rd7 $11) 36. d5 ({White should play} 36. Qd3+ $14 Rg6 37. d5) 36... Qe5 {[#]} (36... Qe4 $11) 37. Qd3+ $1 $16 Kg8 38. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Nc6 $2 (38... Nb7 $16) 39. d7 Qe7 $2 (39... Nd8 40. Rc1 Kf8) 40. Nf5 $18 Qc5+ $2 {[#]} (40... Qe6 41. d8=Q+ Nxd8) 41. Kh1 $1 Nd8 42. Qe4 {And now Qe8+ would win.} Qb6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 {aiming for ...Rxf5!} 44. Ne7 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2871"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,67,-7,0,0,-7,-9,26,14,20,29,112,87,147,137,125,138,150,131,189,174,214,214,288,310,313,297,512,529,1235,609,619,608,614,602,652,563,1014,739,730,731,717,718,716,711,709,693,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} b5 10. g5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} b4 11. Ne2 Ng8 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. f4 {The position is equal.} (12. h4 h6 13. Bg2 hxg5 14. hxg5 Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 Nb6 16. Qd3 Be7 17. f4 Nc4 {½-½ (104) Zhigalko,S (2639)-Sutovsky,E (2650) Poikovsky 2017}) 12... h6 13. f5 Bc4 (13... Bxb3 $5 14. axb3 hxg5 $11) 14. g6 {[#] Hoping for Ng3.} fxg6 15. Ng3 Bxf1 $146 (15... Bf7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 15... Bf7 16. fxg6 Bxg6 17. Bc4 Ngf6 {0-1 (68) Domingo,J (1920)-Riha,J (2022) FICGS email 2011}) 16. Rxf1 $16 Ngf6 (16... g5 $142) 17. fxg6 Qc7 18. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rc8 19. O-O-O Qc4 (19... a5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 20. Nd2 Ng4) 20. Kb1 $18 Qxd3 21. cxd3 ({Much less strong is} 21. Rxd3 $6 Rg8 $16) 21... Be7 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Rc1 {[%cal Rc1c8]} Ra8 $2 (23... Kd8 24. Na5 Rc7 25. Nc6+ Kc8 26. Nxb4 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1+ Kb7) 24. Rc6 d5 25. Re6+ (25. Rfc1 $142 Nc5 26. Nxc5) 25... Kd8 26. Na5 d4 {[#]} 27. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 28. Rc1 {[%cal Ra5b7]} Nc5 29. g7 Bxg7 30. Rxc5 {Nb7+ would kill now.} Bf8 31. Nb7+ Kd7 32. Rxf6 {Rd5+ is the strong threat.} Bxc5 33. Nxc5+ Kd8 34. Rf7 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,43,12,21,25,0,0,-2,7,-9,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rc1 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf6 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. h3 g6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qe4 Bxb2 19. Bxc6 {½-½ (94) Carlsen,M (2822)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017 CBM 180 [Krasenkow,M]}) 14. Nb3 (14. b3 {feels hotter.} g6 15. Nf3 Re8 16. h3 Be6 17. Ng5) 14... g6 {The position is equal.} 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Bb1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 {Threatening Bc7.} Rdc8 19. a3 Bf6 20. Be3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2898"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,11,14,-27,-21,-33,-30,-41,4,-26,-12,-28,-25,-34,-14,-42,0,-1,59,-48,-18,-46,-32,-241,-65,-65,-60,-100,-71,-121,-84,-78,0,-13,103,116,572,575,1277,1207,2932,2172,1933,1533,29988,29989,29989,29990,29992,29993]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Be7 (3... d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bc3 Qb6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 bxc6 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O Be6 15. Na4 {½-½ (81) Sambuev,B (2522)-Wei,Y (2753) Tbilisi 2017}) 4. b3 O-O 5. Bb2 b6 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 6. Rg1 $146 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} ({Predecessor:} 6. Be2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O c5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Nc3 Ba3 12. Bxa3 Nxc3 13. Qc2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qd5 15. Qg4 Rd8 16. Bb2 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe4 18. f3 Bb7 19. Rac1 {1-0 (90) Grachev,B (2628)-Savchenko,B (2613) Moscow 2016}) 6... d5 7. g4 $1 c5 8. g5 {Black has an edge.} Ne4 9. d3 Nd6 10. h4 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bh3 Nb4 13. Ne5 d4 (13... dxc4 $11 14. bxc4 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5) 14. Ndf3 (14. exd4 $14 cxd4 15. a3) 14... dxe3 15. fxe3 Nf5 16. Ke2 $2 {[#]} (16. e4 $15) 16... Qc7 $2 (16... f6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 17. Bxf5 exf5) 17. a3 $15 Nc6 {...Nxe5 is the strong threat.} 18. Qf1 Rad8 {Hoping for ...Nxe5.} 19. Qf2 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5g4,Bg4h6][%mdl 32]} Bd6 ({Black should try} 20... f6 $17 21. gxf6 Bxf6) 21. Ng4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg4h6] Threatens to win with Nh6+!} Bg3 {[#]} (21... Kh8 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. Nh6+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Kh8 $16 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxf5+ exf5 25. Qxg3 f4 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27. exf4 Rd4) (22... Nxh6 23. gxh6) 23. gxh6 $18 f6 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rxg3+ Kh8 26. Rg7 Qd6 27. Qxf5 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rf5h7] White mates.} Qh2+ 28. Kd1 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rf5h7]} Bf3+ 29. Kc1 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2913"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,53,14,1,0,4,18,0,0,0,-1,-10,0,-30,-30,-25,-21,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,12,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} O-O 7. O-O a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 {[#]} 14. Ba4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a4 Ng6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 {½-½ (44) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 14... Ng6 15. Bc2 a4 16. d4 Rfe8 17. Nf5 b5 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. b3 axb3 (19... Bxf5 $5 20. exf5 Nf4 $11) 20. axb3 {The position is equal.} Qb6 21. Ng3 c6 22. Qe3 Ra8 23. b4 Qc7 24. Qd2 Rad8 25. Qe3 Ra8 26. Qd2 Rad8 27. Qe3 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2913"]
[BlackElo "2871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,65,33,28,29,18,7,6,52,21,50,50,49,25,47,53,73,75,68,0,0,0,28,21,45,30,123,34,50,38,471,142,639,633,1884,1743,1693,1461,1385,1412,1414,1408,1408,1373,29990,29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 Rb8 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Bd6 12. Rb1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 {[#] next e5 is good for White.} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. b3 Bd7 17. Qd2 c5 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {½-½ (32) Schneider,I (2506)-Naiditsch,A (2702) Germany 2017}) 15. Qd2 (15. e5 $5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 15... Kg7 16. b3 Qe7 17. Nd1 Qe5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. f4 Qd4 (19... Nxe4 $2 20. fxe5 Nxd2 21. Rbd1 $18) 20. Rbd1 (20. c3 $1 $14 Qb6 21. Kh1) 20... Ng4 $11 ({But not} 20... Nxe4 $6 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Qc3+ f6 23. Nd5 $16) 21. c3 Qb6 22. Kh1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} f6 23. Bc2 Re7 {[#]} (23... Rbd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Re2 (24. e5 $1 $16 fxe5 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 26. Qd3 Bxd1 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Rxd1) 24... Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Black should play} 25... Rf8 $14) 26. Rf1 $2 (26. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6] and the rest is easy. And now exf6+ would win.} Bxc2 27. exf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxe7 (28. fxg5+ hxg5 29. Rf1+ Bf5 $16) 28... Bxd1 29. Rh7) 26... Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Bg4 $16) 27. e5 $18 Be6 28. exf6+ Kxf6 29. fxg5+ Kg7 30. g6 {Qf2 would kill now.} Rhe8 31. Qf2 {White threatens Qf6+ and mate.} Kg8 32. Qf4 {Intending Rxe6! and mate.} Qc5 {[#]} 33. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 59%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2898"]
[BlackElo "2878"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,89,37,5,4,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,23,21,37,27,24,19,39,36,19,23,23,0,3,0,0,0,15,16,22,31,90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,-59,-54,-56,-59,-53,-51,-52,-113,-118,-114,-108,-130,-63,-108,-37,-108,-42,-86,-15,-25,0,-91,0,-16]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 {B13: Caro-Kann (Abtausch-Variante 4.c4)} (9... Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Nf1 e6 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. Bf4 b5 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 {1-0 (65) Stefanova,A (2517)-Muzychuk,A (2545) Beijing 2014}) 10. Nf1 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 $1 12. Qxf3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd1 Nxd3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Rfe8 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bh2 Qb6 17. Rb1 {½-½ (66) Nikolic,M (1982)-Perunovic,L (2171) Nis 2004}) 15. Qxd3 Qc6 16. Be3 Ne4 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Qd2 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Ne6 20. Qf6 d4 21. cxd4 Rad8 $1 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. d5 Rxd5 24. Ne3 Rd7 {[#]} (24... Rd2 $14) 25. Ng4 (25. Rcd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd1d7]} Qc6 26. Ng4) 25... h5 $11 26. Ne5 Rd6 $1 27. Rc8 {Weiss will mit Dxf7+ Matt setzen.} Nd8 $1 28. Qf4 Rf6 29. Qd2 Rd6 30. Qc3 {[#] Sc4 ist eine echte Drohung.} Qd4 $1 31. Qb3 Re6 32. Rc4 Qd5 33. Rce4 ({Lieber} 33. f4 $11) 33... Qxb3 $15 34. axb3 {Und Sd7 würde nun gewinnen.} Rfe8 35. f3 f5 36. R4e3 Nc6 37. f4 (37. Nc4 $15 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. Nxe3) 37... Nxe5 $17 38. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTT} Kf7 39. Kf2 Rb6 (39... h4 $17 40. Kf3 g5) 40. Kf3 Rb4 (40... h4 $17) 41. Rd1 (41. Ra1 $15) 41... Re7 (41... g5 $17 42. Rd5 g4+ 43. Ke2 f4) 42. Rd6 Re6 (42... h4 $17) 43. Rd7+ $1 $11 Re7 (43... Kf8 $11) 44. Rd6 $17 Re6 (44... h4 $17) 45. Rd7+ $1 {Precision: Weiß = 41%, Schwarz = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,73,0,3,-2,12,0,0,0,22,0,14,6,13,-4,-8,-6,0,-20,-16,-17,0,0,5,6,132,14,27,19,32,11,6,0,10,0,12,8,32,12,10,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Ba4 {C65: Spanische Partie (Berliner-Verteidigung)} (6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Nd2 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bb3 Qc6 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. h3 Rae8 13. Re1 b5 14. Qxc6 Bxc6 {½-½ (78) Caruana,F (2816)-Karjakin,S (2782) Paris 2018}) 6... Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 O-O {LiveBook: 15 Partien} 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qe2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qh3 Qd7 13. a4 {½-½ (49) Glaser,K (2254)-Paulik,V (2311) ICCF email 2011}) 11... Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Nc5 15. Raf1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qg5 17. Qf2 c5 18. Nd5 {Und weiter mit Sc7 wäre nett.} Qe5 (18... Qd8 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 19. Nc7 (19. Ne7+ $16 Kh8 20. Qh4) 19... Rad8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Rf5 b6 22. Rd5 f6 23. Qd2 Rfe8 24. b4 Qf7 25. c4 Re5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. b4 Qc7 28. b5 Rxd5 29. exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDT} Re8 30. Ra1 Re5 31. Re1 Qe7 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. h3 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Kg1 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 {Precision: Weiß = 35%, Schwarz = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,117,17,0,0,0,2,10,13,-52,5,8,14,8,24,34,38,18,45,40,44,44,52,52,40,34,44,16,33,32,45,60,106,111,196,192,195,202,206,192,201,210,193,188,201,196,188,188,255,237,250,243,243,243,248,241,239,233,320,3,6,0,327,315,290,206,197,156,164,161,157,156,150,139,322,320,305,322,312,304,276,209,332,328,279,183,197,152,220,222,352,286,1734,325,1935,1681,1961,1725,29977,29978,29989,29989,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (7. Qc2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nd2 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Bd6 11. Ngf3 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qd4 Re8 14. Rd1 Rc8 {1-0 (25) Aronian,L (2767)-Caruana,F (2822) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... Bf5 8. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc7 9. O-O {The position is equal.} Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 {[#]} (11. Be3 $11) 11... Rfe8 (11... Nb4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 12. Rf1 (12. cxb4 $2 Bc2 $19) 12... Bc2) 12. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. g4 Bd7 13. Nf1 a6 14. Ng3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 {1-0 (55) Lesnic,G (1487)-Keen,C (1721) Maribor 2012}) 12... Rad8 13. Ng3 Ne4 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Bf1 Bf6 16. g3 Kh8 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Bg2 Rg8 19. Re2 Rg7 20. Kh2 Rdg8 21. Rc1 e6 22. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qd7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 (23... Qd8 $16 {was necessary.}) 24. dxe5 $18 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. Bxe4 fxe4 {[#]} 27. Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd8 (27... dxe4 28. Qxd7) 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Re2 d4 30. Qd3 Qe6 (30... Rg6 $142 31. f4 Rdg8) 31. Rc4 Rxe5 32. Rxd4 Rxe2 33. Rxd8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kg7 34. Qd4+ Qe5 {Black wants to play ...Qxd4.} 35. Qg4+ (35. Qxa7 Qxb2 36. Qd4+ Qxd4 $11) 35... Kh6 36. Qh4+ $2 (36. Qf3 $1 $18 f5 37. Rd7) 36... Kg7 $11 37. Qg4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Kg2 $11 Qe3 38. Qg4+ Kf6 39. Qh4+ Kg7 40. g4 (40. Qg4+ Kf6 $11)) 37... Kh6 $18 38. Qf3 $1 f5 39. Rf8 Qe4 40. Rxf5 {Intending Qh5+ and mate.} Qxf3 41. Rxf3 Rxb2 {KR-KR} 42. a3 b5 43. g4 a5 $2 (43... Rd2 $16 44. Kg3 a5) 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. Rf5 $1 a4 46. Kg3 Rb3+ {[#]} 47. f3 $1 h6 (47... Rxa3 $142 48. Rxb5 Kf6) 48. h4 Rb1 49. h5+ Kg7 50. Rc5 Rb3 {[#]} (50... b4 $16 {was called for.}) 51. Kf4 $1 Kf6 (51... Rxa3 {might work better.} 52. Rxb5 Rb3) 52. Rc6+ Kf7 $2 (52... Kg7 53. Rg6+ Kh7) 53. Rb6 $2 (53. Rxh6 b4 54. axb4) 53... Ke7 $2 (53... Kg7 54. Ke4 b4 55. axb4 a3) 54. Rxh6 Rxa3 55. Rb6 Rb3 56. h6 {[%cal Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32] White mates.} Kf7 57. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} a3 58. g6+ Ke7 59. h7 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,91,21,12,20,8,7,10,23,0,13,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,56,31,44,29,36,0,0,10,15,4,12,22,10,20,21,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-9,-10,-9,0,0,0,0,-10,-4,-26,0,0,0,0,8,8,12,15,19,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 {LiveBook: 26 Games} Qb6 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (8... Nc6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Re1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qd6 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. Rad1 Rae8 16. Bb1 e6 17. Nf1 {½-½ (25) Dobosz,H (2404)-Prusikin,M (2534) Austria 2009}) 9. Rb1 Qe6+ 10. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Nc6 12. O-O h6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bc7 Bf5 16. Rbd1 {½-½ (25) Bendig,F (2329)-Mehlhorn,W (2425) GER email 2006}) 10... Qb6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bd3 Qe6+ 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Nd7 15. O-O Qb6 16. c4 e5 17. cxd5 exd4 18. e4 Qc7 (18... Nc5 $11) 19. Rbc1 $14 Qf4 20. Kh1 Qe3 21. Nc4 Qxe2 22. Bxe2 Nc5 {[#] White must now prevent ...d3.} 23. Nd6 d3 24. Rxc5 dxe2 25. Re1 b6 26. Rc2 Ba6 27. b4 Rad8 28. b5 Rxd6 29. bxa6 f5 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. Rexe2 Rfxd5 32. g3 Rc5 33. Kg2 Bf8 34. Ne5 Re6 35. Nd7 Rxe2+ 36. Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra5 37. Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8f8]} Kf7 38. Rxf8+ {KRN-KR} Ke7 39. Ra8 Kxd7 40. Rxa7+ {KR-KR} Ke6 41. h4 h5 42. Kf3 {[#] aiming for Ra8.} Rxa2 43. Ra8 Kf7 44. Ke4 Ra5 $1 45. Kd4 {Threatens to win with Kc4.} Kg7 46. Ke4 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2898"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,61,22,12,0,19,40,37,38,35,16,31,20,29,26,25,18,18,0,0,0,0,-67,-62,-56,-48,-61,-58,-63,-15,-76,-81,-371,-383,-350,-362,-581,-593,-5314,-2542,-5306,-5285,-29993]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Be7 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. Be2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 32]} 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kb1 c5 {[#]} 15. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rc1 b5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 {1-0 (51) Levin,E (2518)-Malakhov,V (2702) St Petersburg 2015}) 15... exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 {Strongly threatening Ba5!} Nf6 18. Qb3 b5 19. e4 c4 20. Qe3 Rd8 21. e5 (21. h4 $11) 21... Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 22. Qe4 O-O 23. Bc1 Qc6 24. h4 Qe6 {aiming for ...c3.} 25. f4 (25. h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... c3 $1 $17 26. a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26. Rd4 $17) 26... cxb2 $1 $19 27. Bxb2 {[#]} Bxa3 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now ...Nc3+! would win.} 28. Rxd5 $2 (28. Rh3 {might work better.} Bxb2 29. Kxb2) (28. Bxa3 Nc3+) 28... Rxd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. Bxa3 {[#]} Rd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Kc1 {[#]} Qa2 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rc8+)} 31. Bg4 {Precision: White = 17%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2878"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,82,22,19,25,19,27,8,20,-7,13,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,35,38,0,12,0,3,0,0,-9,-10,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,6,-3,-3,-6,0,0,0,-9,-5,-27,-28]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Qb1 {[#]} Rfb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rab8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 {½-½ (37) Bacrot,E (2715)-Leko,P (2678) Biel 2017}) 17. Qb3 h6 18. Raa1 a5 19. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Qc8 20. Ng3 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Ra3 Qb7 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. c3 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 Qa7 (26... Ne7 {keeps more tension.} 27. Nxe7+ Bxe7 28. Qa2 Nd7 29. h3 c5) 27. Qxa7 Nxa7 28. Be3 Nc8 29. Nd2 h5 30. Bg5 Ne8 31. Nb3 g6 32. Ng3 f6 33. Be3 Kf7 34. d4 Ke6 35. f4 Kd7 36. Kf2 c6 37. Kf3 exf4 38. Bxf4 Nb6 39. Ne2 Nc7 40. Nd2 Ne6 41. Be3 d5 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2871"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,55,0,25,20,33,12,67,51,36,54,58,42,39,34,40,43,34,10,122,115,119,110,120,114,187,112,108,0,0,-37,0,0,536,524,876,870]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 {C42: Russische Verteidigung (Petrow)} O-O 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 d5 (10... Re8 11. Bd3 d5 12. Kb1 Bc5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6 15. Rde1 Ne4 {½-½ (34) Karjakin,S (2782)-Giri,A (2782) Leuven 2018}) 11. Kb1 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5h3,Bh3f4][%mdl 32]} h6 ({Lieber} 13... a5 $11) 14. f3 $1 $14 c5 $146 {Schwarz will ...c4 spielen.} ({Vorgänger:} 14... Bd6 15. g4 Qc7 {1-0 (44) Zuev,D (2483)-Grishin,S (2376) ICCF email 2015}) 15. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} c4 16. Bf1 b5 $1 17. Nh3 b4 18. g5 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g3] [#] Und ...Sg3 würde nun gewinnen.} 19. Nf4 Ng3 (19... Nxf4 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} 20. Bxf4 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qb6) 20. Rg1 $16 hxg5 21. hxg5 Nxf1 22. Rdxf1 {Droht Th1 und aus.} Bf5 23. Qh2 (23. cxb4 $18 d4 24. Bxd4 (24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxb4 $14) 24... Bxb4 25. Qf2) 23... Bxg5 {[#]} 24. Bd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Weiss greift an.} ({Weiss braucht} 24. Ne6 $1 $16 Rxe6 25. Rxg5 Rxe3 26. Rh5) 24... b3 $11 25. Nh5 bxc2+ 26. Ka1 Bg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Bd3 $11 {und Schwarz muss sich keine Sorgen machen.} 27. Nxg7 Re2) 27. Nxg7 $18 Be3 {Und weiter mit ...Lxd4 wäre nett.} 28. Rh1 {Precision: Weiß = 64%, Schwarz = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2913"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,98,4,20,0,0,-15,0,0,2,0,69,64,68,-29,0,0,2,16,131,-106,-102,-100,-76,-118,-120,-129,-104,-112,45,-42,15,0,97,92,105,90,90,90,95,100,87,86,107,88,78,45,39,45,43,0,0,0,54,22,25,25,62,70,62,18,25,20,89,97,84,81,177,109,104,77,66,7,0,0,0,-135,-131,-145,-122,-544,-547,-545,-208,-541,-504,-739,-716,-697,-681]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 dxc4 (5... O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Rg1 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. d4 Nd6 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Rd1 {0-1 (71) Caruana,F (2822)-Aronian,L (2767) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. bxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} c5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 7. Nc3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ng5 g6 {1-0 (48) Tal,M-Kapengut,A Moscow (Russia) 1972}) 8. g4 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 {[#]} Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. Nxe5 $14 Bxh1 12. Qa4+ (12. Qh5 $1 $14 g6 13. Qg4) 12... Nd7 {Threatens to win with ...Bd6.} 13. f3 $1 b5 14. Nxb5 Nxe5 (14... f6 $11 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nxa8 Bxf3) 15. Bxe5 $2 (15. Nc7+ $1 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage.} Kf8 16. Bxe5 Bxf3 17. Nxa8) 15... O-O $17 16. Be2 {and if Kf2 works, White does fine.} f6 17. O-O-O Bg2 18. Rg1 {aiming for gxf6.} Bh3 $1 19. Ba1 e5 $2 ({Black should try} 19... Bf5 $17 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 20. Qa6 e5) 20. Nc3 (20. Qc2 $1 $14) 20... Be6 (20... fxg5 $15 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. hxg5 Bf5) 21. Qc6 $11 Qc8 (21... Bf5 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. Nd5 $16 Bd8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. gxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Bxe5 Rf7 27. f4 Rc6 28. Kb2 Rd7 29. Bc3 Bf5 30. h5 (30. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3c6]} Rb6+ 31. Ka1 $14) 30... Rb6+ $1 31. Ka1 Kf8 (31... Be4 $1 $11) 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. Rxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} h6 34. a3 Rdb7 35. Rg1 Re6 36. Be5 Rd7 (36... Reb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37. Rg2 $16 Rb7 38. Ka2 $1 Rd7 (38... Rc6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 39. Kb3 ({Better is} 39. d4 $18) 39... Rb7+ 40. Kc2 Ra6 41. Bb2 ({White should play} 41. Rg1 $14) 41... Rab6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 42. Bc1 Rb1 43. Rg6 {[#]} (43. d4 $11) 43... Ra1 $1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 44. d4 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Kc3 $17 {was the crucial defense.} cxd4+ 46. exd4) 45... Rb1 $19 46. Rg1 {[#]} Rb3+ $1 47. Ke4 Rc2 {Black is clearly winning.} 48. dxc5 Rb1 49. Kd5 Rbxc1 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 56%.} ({And not} 49... Rcxc1 50. c6 $11) 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,60,18,25,27,16,22,17,15,10,9,89,0,34,-3,-4,-11,0,-7,0,-19,-29,-35,-29,-31,-28,-23,-7,-33,-26,-58,0,-110,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 (9. g5 b5 10. e5 d5 11. f4 b4 12. Nce2 a5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. h4 Bc5 15. h5 Qb6 16. g6 hxg6 17. hxg6 Rxh1+ 18. Bxh1 fxg6 {½-½ (44) Karjakin,S (2782)-Grischuk,A (2766) Leuven 2018}) 9... Nc6 10. h4 O-O 11. g5 Nde5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. Qe2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. f4 Rc8 $146 {[#]} (15... Na5 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. O-O (16. Qf2 $1 $16) 16... f6 17. Rad1 fxg5 18. hxg5 e5 19. Nd5 exf4 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxf4 Ne5 {[#] ...Bb5 is the strong threat.} 22. Qd2 Bb5 23. Rf2 Rcd8 24. b3 Bc6 25. Qd4 Ng4 ({Better is} 25... Ng6 $15 26. Bc1 Rxf2 27. Qxf2 Bxe4) 26. Bxd6 (26. Rff1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 26... Rxd6 (26... Rxf2 $17 27. Bxe7 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxc2) 27. Rxf8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Qxf8 28. Qxd6 {aiming for Qe6+.} Qf2+ 29. Kh1 {Threatening mate with Qe6+.} Qh4+ 30. Kg1 {White threatens Qe6+ and mate.} Qf2+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2913"]
[BlackElo "2878"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,124,0,4,0,14,9,26,-4,3,10,13,5,30,30,29,17,35,37,37,30,62,0,4,7,0,7,20,23,41,19,23,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,-2,-5,0,0,0,-37,-37,-37,-38,-38,-25,-52,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-21,-21,-20,-20,-25,-14,-151,-118,-125,-130,-130,-121,-119,-120,-111,-134,-272,-122,-183,-145,-129,-138,-107,-149,-120,-87,-87,-87,-170,-158,-164,-154,-410,-404,-516,-516,-487,-435,-4869,-5616,-5175,-5085,-4610,-1721,-29965,-29966,-29970,-29970,-5816,-5787]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6. O-O {B51: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} a6 7. Be2 g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O {LiveBook: 5 Partien} 10. Qe3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10. Qd3 Nc5 11. Qc2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Bb7 {½-½ (59) Neiksans,A (2560)-Cheparinov,I (2672) Warsaw 2013}) 10... b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Ng5 Qc7 13. f3 Rac8 14. Bd2 e6 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Qb8 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Nh3 Red8 19. Be3 ({Besser ist} 19. Qh4 $14) 19... d5 $11 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5 b5 22. a3 Bd6 23. Kh1 Re8 24. Ba7 Qa8 25. Bd4 Nxd5 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Bf1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qd8 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qd2 N5f6 31. Nhf2 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Bf6 34. Bf2 Ne5 35. Qd6 Qxd6 36. Rxd6 Ng4 37. Bg3 Bxb2 {Weiss muss nun ...Te6 beachten.} 38. Rxa6 Rxe4 39. h3 Re3 40. Bh4 Nh6 41. Bg5 (41. Bxb5 $11 Nf5 42. Bf2) 41... Re1 $17 42. Bxh6 {jetzt Ta8+ und aus.} Rxf1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} 43. Kh2 {[%cal Ra6a8]} Be5+ 44. g3 {Weiss will mit Ta8+ Matt setzen.} f6 45. Kg2 Ra1 46. Ra7 {[#]} (46. Be3 $17) 46... f5 (46... Rg1+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] ist viel giftiger.} 47. Kxg1 Bd4+ 48. Kf1 Bxa7) 47. Bf4 (47. Re7 $17 Bf6 48. Re3) 47... Ra2+ 48. Kf3 Bd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Ra2f2]} 49. Ra8+ Kf7 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Ra2f2]} 50. Be3 Bxe3 51. Kxe3 {[#] KT-KT} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. a4 {[#]} (52. Ra7+ $17 Kf6 53. Ra6+ Kg5 54. a4) (52. axb4 Rxa8) 52... Ra3+ $1 $19 53. Kf2 Ke6 54. a5 $2 (54. Ra5 $17) 54... Kd5 55. a6 Kc4 56. Ke2 Kb3 57. Kd2 (57. a7 $142 Ra4 58. Kd1) 57... Ka2 58. Rb8 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 59. Rb6 Kb2 (59... Kb1 $142 60. g4 b2 61. gxf5 gxf5) 60. h4 Kb1 61. Rb7 b2 62. a7 h6 {Precision: Weiß = 44%, Schwarz = 68%.} ({Nicht} 62... Ka2 63. Kc2 $15) 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "243"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,243,24,17,46,23,35,27,35,17,39,39,45,35,38,35,33,39,40,41,43,43,45,52,56,42,66,66,66,69,72,25,57,50,59,31,33,49,38,39,74,25,33,33,34,34,65,15,15,0,5,11,45,0,20,3,62,60,95,91,154,111,323,150,172,173,225,194,343,340,350,322,350,349,340,334,316,303,284,151,228,151,240,240,235,87,87,0,217,0,87,68,70,38,45,0,70,69,81,45,47,0,79,0,45,0,45,7,38,38,38,35,33,0,38,8,69,38,45,45,508,490,627,626,564,531,627,373,527,444,627,627,627,606,582,548,533,527,534,525,526,456,534,516,503,474,578,527,534,444,427,372,380,384,368,346,740,711,354,0,418,419,604,404,382,381,712,740,609,633,714,691,646,615,786,647,577,414,416,420,1310,1307,1131,740,890,423,1119,1112,917,708,1011,944,1143,1111,2052,2079,7320,6406,5759,2085,2761,1574,1675,1420,4591,1367,6111,1735,29958,29957,29952,1482,6551,6551,5103,4918,2312,4906,4339,2847,29969,29971,5915,0,29955,10970,29983,29984]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. O-O e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. d3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Nbd7 8. cxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 exd5 10. Bd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. b4 Ne6 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Bc3 O-O {½-½ (57) Giri,A (2798)-Tomashevsky,E (2728) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 11. Bc3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bd6 13. b4 O-O 14. Nd2 a6 15. Nb3 Rab8 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Ne8 18. e4 Nc7 19. e5 Bf8 20. d4 Nb6 21. Kg2 Na4 22. Ra1 Nxc3 23. bxc3 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Be2 Re8 26. Bd3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rd1 Re7 29. f4 Ne8 30. Kf3 Nd6 31. g4 Nb5 32. Bxb5 (32. Rc1 {seems wilder.} Rc7 33. h3 Be7 34. Nc5 Bd6 35. f5) 32... cxb5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. h4 Rc7 34. Rd3 b6 35. g5 Ra7 36. Na1 a5 (36... Rf7 $11) 37. Nc2 Kf7 38. Kg4 Rc7 (38... fxg5 $142 39. hxg5 h6) 39. Kf5 $16 Bd6 $2 (39... Rc6 $16) 40. Na3 ({Not} 40. gxf6 Rc6 $16) (40. Ne3 $18) 40... Rc6 41. Nxb5 Bf8 (41... Be7 $142 42. bxa5 bxa5) 42. Rd1 fxg5 (42... axb4 $142 43. cxb4 Bxb4) 43. hxg5 $18 h6 44. bxa5 bxa5 45. Ra1 hxg5 46. fxg5 Be7 47. Rxa5 {[#] Black must now prevent Ra7.} Rg6 48. Ra7 ({White should play} 48. Nc7 $18) 48... Rxg5+ $16 49. Kf4 Rh5 {[#]} (49... Rg1 $16 {was called for.} 50. Ra6 Rh1) 50. Nc7 $1 $18 Kf6 51. Ra6+ (51. Kf3 $18) 51... Kf7 $16 52. Ra7 (52. Nb5 $16) 52... Kf6 $1 $18 {If only Black now had time for ...Bd6+....} 53. Ra6+ (53. Kg4 $18 {has better winning chances.} Rg5+ 54. Kf3) 53... Kf7 $16 54. Rc6 Bd8 55. Na6 (55. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5d6]}) 55... Be7 56. Nc7 Bd8 $1 57. Nb5 Be7 58. Kg4 Rg5+ 59. Kf4 Rh5 $1 60. Nc7 Bd8 $1 61. Na6 (61. Ne6 $5 {[%cal Re6d8]} Bf6 62. Nc7 $16) 61... Be7 $1 62. Nb4 Ke8 (62... Bxb4 $5 63. cxb4 Ke7 $16) 63. Nd3 Kd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 64. Ra6 Bd6+ 65. Ne5+ Ke6 66. Kg4 Rh7 (66... Rh2 $11) 67. Nd3 Rg7+ 68. Kf3 Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 68... Rg3+ $14 69. Ke2 Kd7) 69. Nf4+ $18 Kd7 70. Nxd5 Rb7 71. Ke4 Rb1 72. Kd3 Rc1 (72... Bg3 $142 73. Ra7+ Kd8) 73. Kc4 Rb1 (73... Bf8 $142 74. Nf6+ Kc7 75. Ra7+ Kb8) 74. Nf6+ Ke7 75. Ne4 Bf4 76. Ra7+ Ke6 77. Nc5+ Kf6 78. Rb7 Ra1 79. Nd3 Bd6 80. Rb6 Ke7 81. Nc5 Bg3 82. Rg6 Bf4 83. Nd3 Bd6 84. Nb4 Kd7 85. Nd5 Ra5 86. Rg7+ Kc8 $2 (86... Kc6 87. Ne7+ Kb7 88. Nf5+ Bc7) 87. Nb6+ Kb8 88. Nd5 $2 (88. Nd7+ $18 Kc8 89. Nb6+ Kb8 90. Kd3) 88... Bh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (88... Kc8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 89. Ne7+ Kb7 90. Nf5+ Bc7) 89. Nb4 Rh5 (89... Kc8 $142 90. Rh7 Bg3) 90. Nc6+ Kc8 91. Ne7+ Kb8 $2 (91... Kd7 92. Nd5+ Ke6 93. Rg6+ Kf7) 92. Nd5 Bd6 93. Rd7 Bh2 94. Kc5 Kc8 95. Rf7 Rh6 96. Nb6+ Kd8 97. Rd7+ Ke8 98. Rb7 Bd6+ (98... Bg1 $142 99. Nd7 Rh3 100. Nf6+ Kf8) 99. Kb5 Rh5+ 100. Kc6 Ba3 101. Nc4 (101. c4 $142 Rh6+ 102. Kb5) 101... Bc1 (101... Rh3 $142 102. Rb3 (102. Nxa3 Rxc3+ 103. Kd6 Rxa3 $16) 102... Rh6+ 103. Kd5 Rh5+ 104. Ne5 Bc1 105. Rb8+ Ke7) 102. Nd6+ Kf8 103. Rf7+ Kg8 104. Rf3 Ra5 105. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Ra6+ 106. Kd5 Bb2 107. c5 Ra8 108. Rf4 (108. c6 $142 Ra5+ 109. Ke6 Bxd4 110. c7 Re5+ 111. Kd7) 108... Rd8 109. Kc6 Ra8 110. d5 Be5 111. Rf5 (111. Re4 $142 Bc3 112. Re8+ Rxe8 113. Nxe8) 111... Bd4 112. Kb5 (112. Ne4 $142 Bh8 113. d6) 112... Ra1 113. Ne4 Re1 114. Rf4 (114. d6 $142 Bxc5 115. Nxc5 Re8 116. d7 Rb8+ 117. Ka6 Rd8 118. Kb7 Kh7 119. Kc7) 114... Be3 115. Rg4+ Kf7 116. Nd6+ Kf8 117. Re4 (117. Nc4 $142 Rb1+ 118. Kc6 Bxc5 119. Kxc5) 117... Rb1+ 118. Kc6 Bg1 119. Nc4 Rb8 120. Nd6 (120. Rf4+ $18 Ke7 121. d6+ Ke6 122. d7) 120... Rb1 $1 121. Nb7 Rc1 122. d6 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,90,31,26,34,34,54,11,9,3,15,17,16,10,65,46,43,47,83,72,118,109,118,120,128,88,90,81,116,138,148,160,600,339,338,335,270,56,493,489,356,0,0,0,50,62,135,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,510,510,502,0,65,80,114,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} O-O 12. Rfe1 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Ne7 13. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Bf5 14. Bf1 Rab8 15. a4 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a6 16. a5 b5 17. Qb4 Qd8 18. Nb3 Ra8 {0-1 (39) Pridorozhni,A (2453)-Ovetchkin,R (2557) Tomsk 2002}) 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. a5 f6 (17... Nc6 $11) 18. Nd3 $14 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 e5 20. c4 exd4 21. cxd5 $1 Kh8 22. Be4 b6 23. axb6 {Strongly threatening Qh3.} Rxb6 24. Qd3 Rxb2 25. Bxh7 Qf4 26. Qh3 Qxf2+ $2 (26... Ng8 $16 27. Bg6+ Nh6) 27. Kh1 $18 {Bg6+ would kill now.} Ng8 28. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Nh6 29. Bg6 $2 (29. Bd3 $18) 29... d3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Re2 $1 $14 30. Rxe2 Qxe2) 30. d7 d2 31. Rf1 $2 (31. Re8 $18 {[%cal Re8f8]} Rb8 32. Qc3 (32. Qd3 Rfxe8 33. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 $15)) 31... Qd4 $11 32. Be8 Rb6 33. Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 3072] White has compensation. White has the initiative.} Rg8 (33... Kg8 $1 $14) 34. h3 ({Better is} 34. Qa4 $16 Qd3 35. Qxa7) 34... Rd6 35. Rfd1 {Ra2 is the strong threat.} Nf5 {And now ...Ne3 would win.} 36. Qf3 g6 $1 {[#]} 37. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg6 38. Qxf5 Rg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rg5 $11 39. Qf1 Rxd7) 39. Qh5+ $18 Kg8 {[#]} 40. Qe8+ $2 (40. Re1 $1 $18 {[%cal Re1e8][%mdl 512]} Qxa1 (40... dxe1=Q+ 41. Rxe1) 41. Rxa1 Rgxd7 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Rd1) 40... Kh7 $14 41. Ra5 {[%cal Ra5h5]} Rg5 42. Rxg5 ({White should try} 42. Qe7+ $16 Kh6 43. d8=Q Rxd8 44. Rxa7) 42... fxg5 $11 {The position is equal.} 43. Qh5+ Kg7 {Hoping for ...Qd5.} 44. Qxg5+ Kh7 45. Qh5+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 30%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2898"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,125,-21,-25,-23,0,-8,0,0,0,-51,-50,-50,-34,-58,-47,-52,-10,-24,-19,-70,-10,-16,0,-31,-33,-23,-20,-62,-58,-53,0,-53,0,-30,0,-108,-101,-105,-111,-107,-14,-77,-83,-131,-94,-85,-73,-72,-89,-92,-85,-83,-94,-89,-55,-60,-47,-64,-68,-66,-44,-58,-58,-49,-48,-93,-101,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-133,-156,-158,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-15,-15,0,-135,-15,-22,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9835,-9835,-9893,-9863,-9852,-9647,-7800,-13,-9116,-7483,-8973,-12214,-12094,-12135,-7483,-5057,-5057]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. g4 (5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Be4 15. Rfd1 Bxd3 16. Qc3 Qe8 17. Rxd3 {1-0 (95) Nakamura,H (2777)-Hou,Y (2658) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... O-O {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 6. g5 {A06: Zukertort-Eröffnung} Ne4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 6... Nfd7 7. h4 c5 8. c4 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 e5 12. a3 Nxd4 {½-½ (88) Larino Nieto,D (2469)-Ringoir,T (2511) Ibiza 2013}) 7. h4 c5 8. c4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nc6 9. d3 (9. Nc3 $11) 9... Nd6 $15 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. a3 Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. d4 (14. Kf1 $11) 14... Nf5 ({Günstiger ist} 14... cxd4 $1 $15 15. Bxd4 Nf5) 15. Qc2 $11 Bc8 $1 16. O-O Be6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 {Droht stark b5.} Bxb4 (19... Qb6 $15) 20. e4 (20. Rfc1 $11 Rfc8 21. Ne5) 20... dxe4 (20... Nfe7 {keeps more tension.} 21. Nd4 Rac8 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Qd3 Bc5) 21. Nxe4 Rfc8 {[#] ...Df4 ist eine echte Drohung.} 22. Ne5 (22. Bxg7 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 (22... Nxg7 23. Nf6+) 23. Qb2+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nxh7+ Kg8 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Nh7+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nh7+) 22... Nxe5 $17 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Bxe5 Rc2 (24... Rc4 $1 $17 25. Ng3 Re8 26. Nxf5 Bxf5) 25. Ng3 (25. h5 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 25... Re8 26. Be4 Nxg3 ({Doch nicht} 26... Nxh4 $6 27. Bxc2 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 $11) 27. Bxg3 Rc4 28. Bd3 Rc3 29. Bb5 Rd8 30. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rc8 32. Ba6 Re8 33. Bb5 Rf8 34. Ba6 Bc8 35. Ra1 Bxa6 36. Rxa6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} Bc5 37. Bf4 f6 38. Be3 Bxe3 39. fxe3 fxg5 40. hxg5 $17 {KT-KT} Rf5 41. Rxa7 Rxg5+ 42. Kf2 Rf5+ 43. Kg3 g6 44. e4 Rf7 45. Ra4 Kg7 46. Kg4 {[#]} Kf6 (46... h6 $1 $17 47. Ra5 Rb7) 47. Ra5 $11 Kg7 48. Ra6 (48. Ra4 $1 $11) 48... Re7 ({Lieber} 48... Rb7 $17 49. Re6 h6) 49. Kf4 h5 50. e5 $1 Rf7+ 51. Ke4 Rf1 52. Ra7+ Kh6 {Und weiter mit ...Te1+ wäre nett.} 53. e6 Re1+ 54. Kd5 h4 {und nun wäre ...g5 stark für Schwarz.} 55. e7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Kd6 $11) 55... h3 $19 {( -> ...h2)} 56. Ra3 Rxe7 57. Rxh3+ Kg5 58. Rh1 {[#]} Re3 $1 {Schwarz will ...Kf4 spielen.} 59. Rg1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59. Kd4 $11 Rf3 60. Ke5) 59... Kf5 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 60. Kd4 Rf3 61. Rh1 g5 62. Rh8 Kf4 63. Rf8+ {Precision: Weiß = 41%, Schwarz = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,48,-41,-50,-33,-39,-32,-39,-56,-48,-2,-13,0,0,0,0,16,-31,-30,-45,-52,-52,-49,-52,-52,-62,-65,-68,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. e4 g6 14. h4 Nd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 {½-½ (26) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-So,W (2778) Stavanger 2018}) 7... Nc6 8. a5 Rb8 9. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. Black is slightly better.} Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 Qb4 $146 (12... Qb5 {with more complications.} 13. Nd2 a6 14. Nxc4 Bd7 15. Bf4 Bc6) ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb5 13. Na3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 b6 {½-½ (84) Vlasov,A (2059)-Nowak,I (2056) LSS email 2013}) 13. Ra4 Qb3 14. Rxc4 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Bd6 16. Na3 Bd7 {Hoping for ...Ba4.} 17. Rcc1 b6 18. axb6 axb6 19. Nc4 Ba4 20. Rd2 Bb4 21. Rd3 Bc5 (21... Rfd8 $15) 22. Bxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} bxc5 23. Bf3 Bb5 24. Rd2 Bxc4 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

