[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,179,19,37,18,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,0,30,31,33,31,27,12,33,29,25,18,9,8,88,56,58,49,102,69,100,77,108,37,105,79,70,56,111,111,122,121,110,110,126,76,75,30,93,106,176,159,258,256,277,259,493,491,491,483,469,469,453,454,449,382,370,333,320,218,305,274,260,169,159,112,122,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,650,508,333,333,322,327,322,322,318,320,320,230,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29980,29958,29959,29957,29955,29960,29955,29958,29957,29950,29959,29966,29964,29970,29963,29971,29961,29969,29970,29971,29980,29981,29981,29982,29983,29984,29984,29985,29987,29966,29985,29983,29988,29983,29983,29984,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29989,29989,29990,29990,29989,29990,29990,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29995,0,29993,29994,29994,29993,29994,29994,29994,29995,29996,5118]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 (3... c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxa6 {½-½ (68) Topalov,V (2780)-Giri,A (2793) Moscow 2016}) 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 $146 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} ({Predecessor:} 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Qd2 exd5 8. cxd5 O-O 9. e4 Re8 10. O-O-O d6 {0-1 (34) Le Ruyet,L (2221)-Berchtenbreiter,M (2336) Pardubice 2012}) 6... exd5 7. exd5 O-O $1 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} Re8 9. Kf1 a6 10. a4 d6 11. h5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rxe3 (17... Bxe2+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 18. Qxe2 Re5) 18. fxe3 $16 Bxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qe7 (19... Bxb2 $14 20. Rb1 Bc3) 20. Rh3 Re8 21. Rb1 Bg5 22. Re1 (22. Nf3 $16) 22... Qf6+ (22... Nf6 $14) 23. Qf2 Qxb2 24. Nf3 $1 Qxf2+ (24... Qf6 $1 $14) 25. Kxf2 Bf6 26. Rb1 b6 27. Ke2 Re4 28. Kd3 Rg4 29. g3 (29. a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b6]} b5 30. cxb5 c4+ 31. Ke2 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 $14) 29... Kf8 {[#]} (29... Kg7 $11) 30. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b6]} bxa5 (30... b5 $16) 31. Rb7 $18 Ke7 (31... Ke8 $16 32. Ra7 Be5 33. Rxa6 Rxg3 34. Rxg3 Bxg3 35. Rxa5 Ne5+ 36. Nxe5 Bxe5) 32. Ra7 a4 33. Rxa6 Ne5+ $2 (33... Be5 {might work better.} 34. Ra7 (34. Rxa4 Rxg3 35. Rxg3 Bxg3 $16) 34... Ke8) 34. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Rh7 Rxg3 37. Rhxf7+ Kg5 38. Rxa4 Rg1 39. Ra2 Kg4 40. Re7 {Rxe5! is the strong threat.} Bg3 41. Re6 g5 42. Ra6 Rd1+ 43. Ke4 Rc1 44. Raxd6 ({Better is} 44. Ra4 $16) 44... Bxd6 $11 45. Rxd6 {Black must now prevent Kd3.} Rxc4+ $16 {KR-KR} 46. Kd3 Rc1 47. Rf6 {aiming for Kd2.} c4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Rd1+ $11 48. Kc4 Rc1+ 49. Kd3 Rd1+ 50. Kc4 Rc1+ 51. Kb5 c4) 48. Kd2 $18 Ra1 49. d6 {Hoping for d7.} Ra3 50. e4 Rd3+ 51. Kc2 Kh3 {and the idea ...g4 leaves Black hopeful.} 52. e5 g4 {Now ...g3 and Black clings on.} 53. Rh6+ Kg2 $2 {[#]} (53... Kg3 $18 54. e6 Rxd6) 54. Rh7 $1 g3 55. d7 Kf2 56. e6 g2 57. Rf7+ Ke2 58. Rg7 Kf2 59. e7 {Played: Rg7xg2} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. d5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 15. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 18. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 19. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 20. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 22. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 23. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 25. a4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 26. a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxa1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 32. b4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 33. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxa1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Bxa1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. h3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 41. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 42. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 43. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 45. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 46. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 48. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Be3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 50. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 51. gxh3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} gxh3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,134,24,13,26,18,15,27,24,12,8,0,17,12,20,20,18,12,27,19,21,21,23,16,25,7,39,0,0,2,77,77,77,77,93,93,87,88,175,203,201,172,193,136,136,133,141,136,119,72,167,143,219,152,152,152,152,149,143,161,152,111,111,119,137,134,187,93,135,97,193,127,153,127,127,125,127,127,116,49,119,119,140,53,53,53,92,92,92,92,92,92,78,78,73,0,114,114,114,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 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. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. b3 Ke8 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2773)-Nakamura,H (2746) Kolkata 2018}) 12... Be7 {White has an edge.} 13. Rd2 Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...Bxg5.} 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Rd1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd1d8]} Be7 16. b3 h4 17. Kf1 (17. Bc1 a5 18. Ne2 {1-0 (69) Aronian,L (2767)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 17... Rh5 18. Bc1 b6 19. Ne2 Bc8 20. Nf4 Rh6 21. Nh2 Bg5 22. Ng4 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 {Black must now prevent Bg5.} Rh5 (23... Re6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. e6 $1 $16 Bxe6 25. Bxc7 f6 {[#]} 26. Rd8+ $1 Ke7 27. Ra8 Nd4 (27... Nd6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 28. Bd8+ $18 (28. Rxa7 Nb5 $16) 28... Kd6 29. Rxa7 Ra5 30. Be7+ ({But not} 30. Rxg7 $6 Rxa2 31. Be7+ Kd5 $16) ({Much less strong is} 30. Bxb6 $6 Rxa7 31. Bxa7 Nxc2 $14) (30. Bc7+ $18 Kd7 31. Bxb6+ (31. Rxa5 bxa5 32. Bxa5 Nxc2 $16) 31... Rxa7 32. Bxa7 Nxc2 33. Bc5) 30... Kd5 $16 31. Ne3+ Ke4 32. Rxa5 bxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 33. Bc5 Nf5 (33... f5 $16) 34. Nd1 $18 g5 (34... Ke5 $16 {might work better.} 35. Ke1 Nd6) 35. Nc3+ Ke5 36. Bb6 Nd4 37. Bc7+ Kf5 38. Bxa5 Nxc2 39. Nd1 Bc8 40. f3 Ba6+ 41. Kf2 Ke6 (41... Kg6 $16 42. Nc3 Nd4) 42. Bc3 (42. Nc3 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 42... Na3 43. Ne3 Bd3 (43... Nb5 $16 44. Ba5 Nd6) 44. Bb4 (44. Bb2 $18) 44... Nc2 45. Bc5 Nxe3 46. Kxe3 $16 {KB-KB} Bf1 47. Kf2 Bd3 48. a3 (48. a4 $16) 48... Ba6 ({Better is} 48... Bc2 $14) 49. a4 f5 50. b4 ({White should try} 50. Ke3 $16) 50... f4 $1 $14 51. Bb6 Kf5 52. Bd8 Bc4 53. a5 Bb5 54. Ke1 Kg6 55. Kd2 Bf1 56. Ke1 (56. Bb6 $16) 56... Bxg2 (56... Bb5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 57. a6 $16 Bxf3 {[#]} 58. a7 (58. Be7 $1 $16 {[%cal Re7c5]} g4 59. Kf2) 58... c5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc5b4] The position is equal.} 59. bxc5 Bc6 60. Kf2 Kh5 61. Bc7 Kg6 62. Bd8 g4 63. hxg4 h3 {Hoping for ...h2.} 64. Kg1 f3 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] ( -> ...h2+!). Black puts up resistance} 65. Bh4 {Kh2 is the strong threat.} f2+ $1 66. Bxf2 {aiming for Be3.} Kg5 67. Kh2 Kxg4 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 13. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. d4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 17. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 21. f3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 23. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 27. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 30. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 34. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 36. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 38. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 39. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 42. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 43. g5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. Kg4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,0,15,15,20,10,27,14,21,21,21,21,26,22,33,24,21,23,27,20,36,12,14,20,19,24,19,12,33,22,31,23,30,14,20,21,19,19,17,9,8,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. f4 (3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 cxd5 10. Nce5 O-O 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd4 Bg4 14. Bd3 {1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 3... dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 e5 6. fxe5 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} Be6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Be3 {White has an edge.} Ne7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd4 Rd8 11. g3 Bg4 12. e6 Nde5 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Rf1 Rxd4 16. Bxf3 Nxf3 17. Rxf3+ Ke6 18. Ke2 Be7 19. Raf1 Rf8 20. Rf5 Rxe4+ {0-1 (20) Cavezzana,D (1746)-Cipollaro,G Senigallia 2010}) 10... Ndxe5 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Ke2 Ng4 14. Bf4 O-O-O 15. Rhf1 Bd6 16. h3 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 Ne5 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. Rf7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. g3 Ke7 {The position is equal.} 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. h4 Ke7 25. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,84,9,34,14,17,18,29,-16,13,22,58,31,23,22,58,51,51,24,56,62,54,48,129,14,47,0,2,-53,0,0,0,0,22,-12,4,0,19,-35,-36,-38,0,-35,-26,-268,-270,-260,-258,-311,-291,-516,-513,-575,-570,-578,-600,-584,-579,-1010,-214,-1275,-1067,-1044,-993,-29990,-29991,-29997,-29986,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} d4 11. Ne2 e5 12. Ng3 {White has an edge.} Nd7 (12... h6 13. Bd2 Be6 14. h3 Nd7 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. b4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 {0-1 (59) Sanal,V (2490)-Kovalenko,I (2657) St Petersburg 2018}) 13. b4 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a5 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Nf5 g6 16. Ng3 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 {1-0 (54) Szwed,J (2251)-Langner,L (2366) Czechia 2013}) 14. a4 Ng6 15. a5 Re8 16. c3 Nf6 17. Bb2 Bg4 18. f3 dxc3 $1 19. Bxc3 Rc8 (19... Be6 $14) 20. Bb2 (20. fxg4 $16 {aiming for Bb2.} Rxc3 21. Bb5) 20... Bd7 21. Ne2 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 22. Ba3 ({White should try} 22. Qb3 $11) 22... Red8 (22... Nh5 $1 $15) 23. b5 $11 Qe6 24. Qb1 h5 25. Rd1 h4 26. Qb2 Nh7 27. Rac1 (27. Nc3 $11) 27... Ng5 $15 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Qc1 Qf6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxf3+!} 30. Bc4 $2 (30. Qe3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 30... h3 $19 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Bc5 hxg2 ({Weaker is} 32... Qxa5 33. Be3 $15) 33. Kxg2 $2 (33. Be3 Nxf3+ 34. Kxg2 Ngh4+ 35. Kf2) 33... Nh4+ 34. Kf2 {If only White now had time for Ng1....} Qf6 {And now ...Nxe4+ would win.} 35. Ke1 Nhxf3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 36. Kd1 Nxe4 37. Bxa7 Bf5 $2 (37... Qd8+ 38. Kc2 Qxa5) 38. Qe3 $2 (38. Ng3) 38... Qd6+ 39. Kc1 Qb4 40. Bb3 Qa3+ {Black mates.} 41. Kd1 Qxa5 42. Ng3 Nc3+ {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 33%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,53,27,22,13,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-7,8,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,4,0,25,14,35,35,67,80,69,68,79,62,68,26,43,43,50,39,117,120,174,158,1222,1204]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Qe3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 {1-0 (42) Gustafsson,J (2641)-Eichler,C (2315) Germany 2018}) 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Bf4 Re8 17. h3 Bf8 18. Qa6 Rc3 19. Qxa7 Ra3 20. Qb7 Rxa2 21. Rdc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nf6 22. Rc7 Qa8 23. Rxf7 Nxe4 24. Rxb6 Ra1+ (24... Rxf2 $14 25. Qd7 Qc8) 25. Kh2 $16 Nxf2 (25... Ra2 $16 26. Qc7 Qd8) 26. Be5 $18 {[#] White wants to mate with Rxf8+!} Ra7 $2 (26... Qxb7 $16 27. Rbxb7 Rh1+ 28. Kg3 Ne4+ 29. Kh4 Rf1) 27. Qxa7 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,164,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-7,-21,-17,-18,-30,-95,-122,-91,-69,-192,-59,-99,-104,-114,-94,-145,-148,-106,-98,-149,-124,-202,-189,-248,-210,-261,-189,-198,-218,-223,-74,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-52,-52,-52,-55,-44,-44,-44,-44,-44,-169,-125,-263,-180,-190,-162,-162,-187,-222,-215,-470,-409,-535,-210,-192,-91,-125,-91,-344,-29,-27,-18,-29,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-26,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,0,-336,-325,-584,-584,-1757,-1757,-1757,-1735,-29965,-29966,-29969,-29958,-29967,-29968,-29967,-29966,-29973,-1445,-1459,-896,-29976,-29977,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29986,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29983,-29983,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Rb8 12. Qa5 Qc8 13. a4 {The position is equal.} Rd8 14. Rd1 {[#]} c3 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#]} 15. Bg5 $146 (15. Qxc3 Bxe2) ({Predecessor:} 15. Qxc3 Bxe2 16. Re1 Qa6 17. Bg5 Qc4 18. Rac1 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 Rb2 20. Rxc6 h6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxc7 a6 23. d5 exd5 24. Bf1 Bxf1 {½-½ (24) Van Wely,L (2667)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2705) Brest 2018}) 15... Bxe2 16. Bxf6 (16. Rdc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 16... gxf6 $17 17. Re1 Bc4 18. Qh5 (18. Qxc3 $15 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Re4) 18... Bd5 (18... Rxd4 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Bd5.} 19. Be4 Qd8 20. Qxh7+ Kf8) 19. Bf1 Rd6 20. Qh6 f5 21. Rac1 ({Better is} 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Qxh7) 21... Qf8 22. Qe3 Bxa2 {Played: Qf8-g7} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,129,31,43,23,35,4,46,48,46,41,53,51,40,41,47,46,46,46,46,47,52,47,64,69,80,34,20,2,10,0,0,0,54,54,50,42,45,42,52,52,43,0,40,8,14,0,12,2,32,28,33,20,26,7,15,8,85,22,93,74,81,8,62,69,69,69,62,68,143,142,153,20,91,16,111,116,195,150,620,649,717,702,677,651,866,902,892,868,1280,1262,1480,1420,29951,29952,29953,29945,29960,29957,29948,29953,29943,12591,11902,9128,12839,10117,29977,29978]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. h4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Nd4 f6 15. exf6+ gxf6 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Bd3 e5 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Kd6 20. Rhf1 Rag8 21. g3 h5 {½-½ (39) Antipov,M (2598)-Meier,G (2638) Linares 2018}) 13... Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h5 14. Nb5 Ke7 15. b3 Bd7 16. Nd4 a5 17. a3 g6 18. Kd2 Nc8 19. Bd3 Na7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 {½-½ (44) Krassowizkij,J (2400)-Smolny,F (2169) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2013}) 14. h5 h6 15. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} Ke7 16. Bd3 a6 17. Rh3 Na4 18. Ne2 Nc5 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Rg3 Rhg8 21. Kd2 Bb5 22. f5 Bd7 23. fxe6 $1 Bxe6 24. Ke3 Nd7 25. Bh7 Rh8 $1 {[%cal Rh8h7]} 26. Rxg7 Nxe5 27. Rf1 Rce8 (27... Bd7 $11 28. Bf5 Rcg8 29. Rxg8 Rxg8) 28. Nxe6 $14 Kxe6 29. Kd4 Kd6 30. Bd3 Nc6+ 31. Kc3 Ne5 32. Kd4 Re6 33. Bf5 Rf6 34. Bd3 Nc6+ 35. Ke3 Rxf1 36. Bxf1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke6 37. Rg4 Re8 {Hoping for ...Kf5+.} 38. Bd3 Ne5 39. Rb4 Re7 (39... b5 $11) 40. Kf4 (40. Rb6+ $16 Nc6 41. Kf4) 40... Nc6 (40... b5 $11) 41. Rb6 $16 {aiming for Bxa6!} Kd6 {[#]} 42. g4 (42. a4 $1 $16) 42... Kc5 (42... Kc7 $1 $11 43. Rb3 Nd4) 43. Rb3 $14 Nd4 44. Rc3+ Kd6 45. Rc8 Re1 (45... Ne6+ $14 46. Kg3 Ng5) 46. Rh8 $16 Ne6+ 47. Kg3 ({White should try} 47. Kf5 $16) 47... Ke5 (47... Rg1+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 48. Kf3 Ke5) 48. Rxh6 (48. Kf2 $16 Rb1 49. b3 (49. Rxh6 Rh1 $16)) 48... Re3+ (48... Rg1+ $11 49. Kf3 Nd4+ 50. Kf2 Rxg4) 49. Kf2 d4 (49... Rh3 $16 50. Bh7 a5) 50. Rh8 {Black must now prevent h6.} Ng5 $2 (50... Kf4 $16 51. Rb8 Nc5) 51. Re8+ $18 Kf4 {[#]} 52. Rxe3 $1 dxe3+ {KB-KN} 53. Ke2 Kxg4 54. h6 f5 55. Kxe3 a5 56. a4 b6 57. c3 Kh5 58. Bxf5 Kxh6 59. Kd4 Kg7 60. Kd5 Kf6 61. Bc2 Nf3 62. Kc6 Ne5+ 63. Kxb6 Nc4+ 64. Kc5 Nxb2 65. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 14. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 15. Bh7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 18. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 21. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 24. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 27. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Rxe4 fxe4 29. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. b3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,53,10,7,6,3,30,30,56,52,55,62,91,78,101,87,90,94,94,94,106,105,103,116,105,83,83,76,70,69,246,282,461,454,444,445]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} 12. d5 Nf6 $146 {[%cal Re6d5]} ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. e4 Qe7 14. Qc2 g6 15. b4 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nd2 {½-½ (39) Bruzon Batista,L (2659)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2512) Bilbao 2015}) 13. Ne1 exd5 {White has an edge.} 14. cxd5 Re8 15. Nc2 Qd7 16. Ne3 Re7 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Qd3 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Qxg4 21. e3 Qd7 22. Qd4 f5 23. h4 Qe8 24. e4 fxe4 $2 (24... Qf7 $14) 25. Bh3 $18 c5 $2 (25... Qf7 26. Be6 Rxe6 27. dxe6 Qe7) 26. dxc6 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Rxc6 27. Qd5+ {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,98,14,14,33,15,12,10,31,16,19,20,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,-56,-22,-75,-65,-56,-55,-60,-62,-60,-61,-69,-74,-83,-76,-77,-77,-69,-24,-25,-22,-25,-25,-25,-31,-25,-11,-37,-34,-70,-70,-72,-72,-62,-31,-31,-35,-37,-37,-33,-25,-25,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,0,-18,-18]} 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 $146 (11. Ne2 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16. Rd3 Be7 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 {½-½ (33) Vachier Lagrave,M (2781)-Nakamura,H (2746) London 2018}) 11... Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. g4 hxg3 $1 19. fxg3 Kf8 20. Kh2 Ne7 21. g4 Re8 22. Rd3 Kg8 23. Ng3 (23. Bd2 $11) 23... Bd5 24. Rde3 (24. Ne4 $11 {remains equal.}) 24... c5 25. e6 Rxe6 26. Bxc7 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Be6 {[#] aiming for ...Nd5.} 28. Bd6 Nd5 29. Rf3 b6 30. Kg1 f6 31. Kf2 Bf7 32. c4 {[#] Hoping for Nf5.} Ne7 33. Re3 Nc6 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 35. Nf5 Kf7 36. Bf4 Bd7 37. Nd6+ Ke7 38. Ke3 g5 39. Bg3 Be6 40. Kd3 Bg8 41. Nf5+ Kd7 42. Ne3 Bh7+ 43. Kd2 Be4 44. h4 {The position is equal.} gxh4 45. Bxh4 Ke6 46. Bg3 Ne5 47. Bf4 Bb7 48. Kc3 Be4 49. Kd2 Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,0,2,4,14,22,46,15,12,12,10,10,14,8,14,10,18,0,57,0,-2,-23,-13,-37,-22,-168,-89,-115,-58,-61,-62,-133,-84,-85,-88,-95,-79,-200,-129,-177,-170,-167,-138,-120,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-16,-143,-121,-411,-389,-354,-8,-8,-7,-4,-1,-1,-4,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,-8,0,0,7,0,0,-8,-8,-11,-9,-12,-12,-12,-9,-17,-17,-17]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} Bxf3 (6... Bh5 {looks sharper.} 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Nc3 Be7) 7. Qxf3 g6 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. Qd1 O-O 10. a3 a6 11. Bg5 b5 12. Ba2 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e6 13. Qd2 {½-½ (67) Kramnik,V (2779)-Xiong,J (2656) Douglas 2018}) 13. Qd2 a5 (13... e6 $11) 14. Rae1 (14. a4 $14) 14... b4 $11 15. axb4 axb4 16. Nd5 e6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 17. Ne3 {[#]} (17. Nxf6+ $11 {and White stays safe.} Bxf6 18. h4) 17... h6 (17... Nxe4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 18. dxe4 Qxg5 19. Qxd6 Rbc8) 18. Bh4 {[#]} g5 ({Better is} 18... Nxe4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 19. dxe4 Qxh4 20. Qxd6 Nd4) 19. Bg3 $15 Nh5 20. Bh2 (20. Rb1 $15) 20... Bxb2 {aiming for ...Bc3.} 21. Qd1 Nf4 {White must now prevent ...Bc3.} 22. g3 Ng6 {Strongly threatening ...Bc3.} ({But not} 22... Nxh3+ $6 23. Kg2 $11) 23. f4 (23. Qh5 $17 {was forced.}) 23... Kh7 24. f5 Nge5 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Bxe6 Nd4 ({Black should play} 26... Rxf1+ $1 $17 27. Rxf1 Bd4) 27. Rxf8 $1 $11 Qxf8 28. Rf1 Qe7 29. Bf5+ Kg7 30. h4 {[#]} (30. g4 $11) 30... Ra8 $1 $17 31. Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Kg2 $17 {was necessary.}) 31... Qf7 $19 {Hoping for ...Ra1.} 32. Bg4 {[#]} Ra1 $2 ({Inferior is} 32... Qxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Ra1 34. Kg2 $11) (32... Qb7 $1 $19 33. Qb1 Nxg4 34. Qxb2 Rf8 35. Rxf8 Kxf8) 33. Rxf7+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kxf7 34. Kg2 Rxd1 35. Bxd1 b3 36. cxb3 Nxd3 37. Bg1 Nc1 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. b4 Nd3 40. bxc5 dxc5 41. Be3 c4 42. Nb6 Ne5 43. Na4 ({Much weaker is} 43. Bxg5 c3 $17) 43... Ba1 44. Bxg5 c3 {White should prevent ...c2.} 45. Bh5+ Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...c2.} 46. Nxc3 Bxc3 47. Bf4 Ne6 48. Bxe5+ Bxe5 49. Bg4 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,82,17,26,20,29,6,12,6,9,0,12,0,21,9,16,13,16,8,9,17,11,28,12,17,6,16,45,45,95,96,142,112,115,102,95,21,66,66,76,72,83,29,37,33,61,51,48,12,27,30,16,0,4,6,62,12,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} Bc5 12. Qe2 h6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Nc4 Be6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. a5 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 {0-1 (62) Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Karjakin,S (2762) Berlin 2015}) 17. Red1 Rab8 18. Ba4 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bc6 Qg5 24. Bd5 Rd6 25. Qc4 Nxe4 {[%cal Re6d5][%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} 26. Qxe4 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 (27. Qxb4 $16 {Black must now prevent Qb8+.} Be6 28. Qb8+ Qd8 29. Qxd8+ Rxd8 30. Ra3) 27... Qxd5 28. Qxb4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rd5g2]} 29. g3 Rc6 30. c3 ({Better is} 30. Qb7 $16) 30... Qd2 $11 31. Rf1 g6 32. Qb7 Re6 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxc7 {b4 is the strong threat.} Qxb2 35. h4 h5 36. Qc5 Qd2 (36... Qc2 $11) 37. Rb1 Rf6 {The position is equal.} 38. Rb6 {[#] aiming for Rxf6.} Rf5 39. Qd4+ Qxd4 40. cxd4 Rxa5 41. d5 Rxd5 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,9,11,11,22,21,41,6,23,0,25,19,25,23,18,0,0,0,0,-25,14,-49,-57,-46,-47,-129,-126,-126,0,0,0,7,24,30,230,240,224,179,166,61,31,8,7,12,57,12,24,-14,40,0,28,0,-2,-6,-7,-13,-2,-14,-13,-20,-30,-25,-20,-27,-10,-24,-27,-28,-25,-23,-30,-29,-13,-36,-10,-10]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Qf3 Be6 7. Bf4 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (7. Ne2 Qd7 8. h3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 g5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nd2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qg3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 {0-1 (25) Horvath,A (2536)-Rapport,R (2676) Hungary 2014}) 7... Nf6 8. Ne2 O-O {With the idea ...Bg4.} 9. Bxd6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qg3 Bxe2 11. Bxe2 Re8 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (70) Guddahl,V (2196)-Brynell,S (2489) Oslo 2001}) 9... Qxd6 10. Qf4 Rad8 (10... Qd7 {with more complications.} 11. O-O Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. Qc1 h5) 11. Na3 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6h4][%mdl 32]} 12. Qxd6 Rxd6 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. Ne2 Nh4 15. O-O Bf5 16. Nf4 {[#]} (16. Bxf5 $11 Nxf5 17. Nf4) 16... Nh5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Nxh5 {And now Bxf5 would win.} Bxd3 18. Rfe1 (18. Rfc1 $1 $15) 18... Rb6 $1 $17 19. Re3 {[#]} Bf5 (19... Be4 $1 $17 20. Rg3 Bg6) 20. b3 $11 c6 21. Nb1 c5 22. dxc5 Rb5 $2 (22... Rc6 $11) 23. b4 $18 d4 24. Rg3 dxc3 {[#] White must now prevent ...c2.} 25. Nxc3 ({Resist} 25. Rxg7+ $6 Kh8 $14) ({White has to play} 25. Nf6+ $1 $18 Kh8 26. Nd5 Bxb1 27. Rxb1) 25... Rxb4 $14 26. Nxg7 Bg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 27. Nh5 Rd8 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nfd5 Rd4 (29... Rc4 $11) 30. Ne7 {Hoping for c6.} Rc4 31. c6 bxc6 32. Nxg6 hxg6 33. Nd1 $1 Ra4 {Threatening ...Rxa2!} 34. h3 Nf5 35. Rb3 Rd2 36. Rb2 Rd3 37. Rc1 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 544]} 38. Ne3 (38. Rxc5 Rxd1+) 38... Nxe3 39. fxe3 c4 40. Kf2 c3 41. Rbc2 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,93,7,0,9,-11,-11,-48,-33,-48,-31,-42,-17,-113,-58,-50,-35,-97,-22,-57,-60,-47,-54,-50,0,-28,0,-52,-47,-112,7,-122,-117,-125,-117,-114,-29,-34,-35,-38,-20,-48,-45,-23,0,-160,-89,-207,-89,-98,0,0,0,-93,-65,-62,-68,-127,-121,-272,-75,-146,-17,-29984,-268,-213,-28,-24,-31,-170,-120,-225,-154,-161,-103,-120,-60,-52,0,0,0,-47,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 d5 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 8. b4 (8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. b4 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 c5 15. bxc5 Qxc5 {0-1 (48) Khismatullin,D (2632)-Georgiev,K (2623) Riadh 2017}) 8... d4 9. Qc2 Bg4 {Black is slightly better.} 10. b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e4 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. b5 Nd8 13. d3 c6 14. a4 Qc7 15. g4 {½-½ (36) Smail,J-Ramsden,J (1878) ICCF email 2014}) 10... Nd8 11. Bb2 c5 12. O-O-O {[#]} (12. Nh4 $11) 12... O-O (12... d3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 13. Qb3 (13. Qxd3 $2 e4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 13... Ne4) 13. Re1 $15 {[%cal Re3d4]} Qc7 (13... Bxf3 $5 14. gxf3 Ne6 $11) 14. Bd3 (14. exd4 $15 exd4 15. Ne5) 14... a6 (14... Bxf3 $17 15. gxf3 Ne6) 15. exd4 exd4 16. Ne5 Bc8 17. f4 h6 (17... Ne6 $5 {[%cal Re6f4]} 18. g3 Re8 $11) 18. Rhf1 b6 19. h3 (19. a4 $11) 19... Bb7 20. g4 (20. Bf5 $15) 20... Re8 ({Better is} 20... Ne6 $1 $17 {And now ...Rfe8 would win.} 21. bxa6 Bxa6) 21. h4 (21. bxa6 $11 Rxa6 22. g5 hxg5 23. fxg5) 21... Ne6 $1 $17 22. g5 {[#]} Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. bxa6 (23. Rxf4 Rxe5) 23... Rxa6 (23... Bg2 $17 24. Rxf4 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 24. gxf6 $11 Rxe5 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. fxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rg1+ $1 Kf8 28. Rg8+ (28. Qf5 $11 {remains equal.} Ne2+ 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Qf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... Ke7 $17 29. Rf1 (29. Qd1 $17) 29... Ra8 (29... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5c4] Strongly threatening ...bxc4.} 30. cxb5 Rae6) 30. Rg7 Kf8 (30... Rf8 $17 {...Bg2 is the strong threat.} 31. Rg4 Ne6) 31. Rg8+ $1 $11 Ke7 32. Rg4 (32. Rg7 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 32... Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 33. Bf5 Rf8 34. Bxe6 (34. Kb1 $15) 34... Rxe6 $17 35. Qh7 $2 (35. Kb1 $17) 35... Ke8 $2 (35... Qe5 $1 $19 {is more deadly. Threatens to win with ...Qe2!} 36. Rgf4 Be4 37. Rxf7+ Kd6 38. Rd7+ Kc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Rc7+ Qxc7 40. Qxc7+ Kxc7 41. Rxf8 Bd3) 36. Rg8 (36. d3 $142) 36... Qe7 (36... Be4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4h7]} 37. Qg7 (37. Rxf8+ $2 Kxf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 $19) 37... Qe7 38. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 37. a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rxf8+ $11 Qxf8 38. d3) 37... Be4 $2 (37... Re1+ {mates} 38. Kc2 Be4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. d3 Bxh7 40. Rxe1 Qxe1 41. Rg2 Bxd3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Kxd3 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Qxb2+ 44. Kf3 Qb3+ 45. Ke2 Qe3+ 46. Kf1 d3 47. Rg7 Qe2+ 48. Kg1 d2 49. Kh1 d1=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Rg1 Rg8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Rxd1 Qg2#) 38. Qg7 {[#]} Rxg8 $2 (38... Bd3 $1 $19 {( -> ...Re1+)} 39. Rd1 Rxg8 40. Qxg8+ Kd7) 39. Qxg8+ $11 Qf8 40. Qg4 (40. Qg3 $1 $15) 40... Bd3 {[#]} 41. Rg1 (41. Qxe6+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] only move.} fxe6 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Ba3) 41... Qe7 42. Qg3 Rg6 ({Black should try} 42... Bxc4 $19 {White must now prevent ...Kd7.} 43. Qb8+ Kd7 44. Qb7+ {[#]} Kd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Qxb6+ Kd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 43. Qb8+ $17 Kd7 (43... Qd8 $17 {[%cal Rg6g1]} 44. Rxg6 fxg6 45. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 44. Qb7+ $15 Kd8 {[%cal Rg6g1]} 45. Qb8+ {[#]} Kd7 $1 {[%cal Rg6g1]} 46. Qb7+ Kd8 {[%cal Rg6g1]} 47. Qb8+ {Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 22%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,109,15,24,18,25,16,21,33,43,0,89,70,85,57,43,35,27,31,53,19,19,12,23,12,47,20,115,75,61,47,247,245,244,245,242,242,242,225,291,291,427,422,6131,6131,6070,5930,5285,5281,5081,617,617,613,599,550,1671,1563,1570,1559,1488,1404,1708,1656,1936,1067,1284,1254,29986,0,955,1024,1062,693,868,833,961,960,4143,2266,5061,2155,29959,6520,29982,29972,29958,618,29983,29971,29974,29975,29972,29973,29997,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. b3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (10. O-O c4 11. Bb1 Nc6 12. b3 Be6 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Qb5 f5 16. Rc1 Qd5 17. a4 Na5 {0-1 (38) Fedoseev,V (2724)-Friedel,J (2562) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rc1 {The position is equal.} a5 13. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe2 h6 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Bb5 Qb7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. h3 Qb6 {1-0 (89) Batsiashvili,N (2417)-Pogonina,N (2508) Plovdiv 2014}) 13... g6 (13... a4 $11) 14. Bb5 Qc8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Qb7 18. a4 Rfc8 19. Re1 (19. Qd3 {with more complications.} Bf8 20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bh6 22. Qe2) 19... cxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 (21... Qa7 $11 {remains equal.} 22. Qe5 Bf8) 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Bd2 $40 {[%mdl 128] And now Bc3 would win. Black needs to defend precisely.} Qc7 $2 (23... Bc5 $14 24. Qf6 Qc7) 24. Bc3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rd4h8]} f6 {[#]} 25. b4 $1 axb4 26. Bxb4 Bxb4 27. Qxb4 Kg7 28. a5 d4 (28... Bc8 {was worth a try.} 29. Qa3 Bf5) 29. a6 Qb6 (29... d3 $142 30. Bxd3 Bd5) 30. Qe7+ Kh6 31. a7 Bd5 {[#]} 32. Qf8+ {Played: Bb5-c4} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,90,-14,0,-14,-10,-16,-14,-41,-40,-42,-41,-65,-60,-54,-56,-56,-56,-68,-52,-102,-54,-83,-47,-33,-9,-90,-93,-91,-91,-94,-76,-104,-108,-129,-135,-203,-185,-214,-205,-203,-214,-212,-188,-204,-192,-224,-200,-346,-240,-332,-325,-289,-220,-216,-187,-216,-216,-322,-301,-295,-277,-277,-258,-355,-348,-448,-301,-287,-197,-324,-322,-652,-319,-304,-265,-267,-271,-264,-258,-268,-268,-378,-269]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} (4... Be6 5. Nd2 c6 6. Ngf3 b5 7. a4 b4 8. a5 Bd6 9. c4 bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Be2 f5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qa4 c5 {0-1 (41) Duda,J (2738)-Rapport,R (2731) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nd2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bd6 7. c3 g6 8. Qf3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Ne2 Qe7 9. O-O f5 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Rac1 Kg7 15. Rc2 g5 16. Ng3 Kg6 17. Rfc1 h5 18. Ne5+ {1-0 (18) Vinal Gutierrez,P (2165)-Valdecantos Jimenez,C Alfaro 2007}) 8... f5 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. h3 h5 11. c4 Ne4 {And now ...Ng5 would win.} 12. Nc3 Be6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qd1 O-O 15. Rc1 Qg5 16. O-O $1 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 (17. f4 $1 $11 Qd8 18. Qxd2) 17... f4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening ...f3. Black wants a kill.} 18. e4 Bxh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg5g2]} 19. f3 Be6 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 (22. Qf2 $17) 22... Qxd5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 23. Bc4 Qg5 24. Re4 h4 25. Kh1 Qg3 26. Qe1 Kg7 27. Kg1 Rh8 28. Rc2 (28. Bf1 $142) 28... h3 29. Bf1 {If White can now play Qxg3 this consolidates a bit.} hxg2 30. Bxg2 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Rh5 32. Qf2 Rg5 33. Ke1 {[#]} (33. a3 {was worth a try.}) 33... Bb4+ {Played: Rd8-c8} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} 9. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 11. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 12. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 13. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 18. c3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 19. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} R8e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. c4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. d5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. dxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33. cxb5+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kxb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. b3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. f3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. a4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. b4+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 39. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be5+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 40. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 41. b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 43. Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bd6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 45. Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. b6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. b7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 51. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,-1,4,0,6,9,20,18,39,44,50,39,43,23,34,33,57,29,43,0,43,0,15,1,30,0,46,39,35,22,45,18,41,33,29,24,85,79,67,35,36,0,70,50,94,88,106,-19,97,91,100,86,352,333,358,341,342,330,412,409,408,396,674,581,754,704,737,797,5289,5289,4772,4494,2555,1917,29982,29983,29985,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6 (7... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 8. Bxf6 exf6 $11) 8. Nh4 {The position is equal.} Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 {1-0 (37) Laznicka,V (2672)-Areshchenko,A (2677) Chartres 2017}) 11... Nd7 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Qe2 (13. f4 {keeps more tension.} Be7 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. O-O) 13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qa5 15. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qb6 16. b4 Qc7 17. a5 Nf6 18. Kf1 O-O 19. Kg2 Ne7 20. Rac1 Nf5 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Nf3 Nd6 (22... Qd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. h4 $16 Qe7 24. Ng5 Nh5 25. Nf3 Rc7 (25... Nf6 $11) 26. Ne5 $14 Rfc8 27. Bxg6 Nf6 28. h5 ({Better is} 28. Bd3 $16) 28... Rxc3 (28... fxg6 $11 {remains equal.} 29. h6 Qe8) 29. Rxc3 $16 Rxc3 30. Bd3 Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Rc7 $16) 31. h6 {Hoping for hxg7.} g6 {[#]} 32. h7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh7 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. Nxc4 dxc4 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 35. d5 Qd6 $2 (35... Nf6 36. dxe6 Qxe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6) 36. dxe6 Qd5+ 37. Qf3 fxe6 38. Rd1 Qb5 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rb8 Kh6 41. Rxb7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qe8 42. Kg1 g5 43. Qh1+ {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,93,29,19,16,9,15,6,18,5,14,11,27,30,28,8,31,27,29,34,46,54,61,58,58,57,38,30,38,38,20,22,77,47,116,70,42,0,37,25,124,174,294,43,33,-59,-63,-91,-86,-158,-155,-141,-148,-173,-153,-184,-1,-14,0,-218,-202,-556,-531,-525,-522,-374,-139,-145,-83,-83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O b5 (10... Bd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. Ne3 c6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. d4 Rad8 19. dxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (29) Morozevich,A (2656)-Bocharov,I (2565) Kazan 2018}) 11. Bc2 Qe8 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... g5 14. Bg3 Ne7 15. a4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {1-0 (49) Smyslov,V-Euwe,M Groningen 1946}) 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. a4 Nd8 16. d4 Nde6 17. b4 exd4 18. cxd4 a5 19. d5 Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e4][%mdl 64] Decoy} 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qe5 (21... Bxa1 $11 22. Qxa1 Qe5 23. Qxe5 dxe5) 22. Qg4 Nh5 (22... Ne2+ $1 $14 23. Qxe2 Qxg5) 23. Rab1 (23. axb5 $6 Bc8 $11) 23... Bc8 24. Nf5 bxa4 {White must now prevent ...a3.} 25. Qh4 (25. Bxa4 $2 Nf6 $17) 25... Bxf5 (25... gxf5 $11 26. exf5 (26. Qxh5 f4 $17) 26... Bxf5 27. Rxe5 Bxc2) 26. exf5 $16 Qd4 {[#]} (26... Qc3 $142) 27. Qxd4 $2 (27. Bxa4 Qxh4 28. Bxh4 axb4 $11) (27. Re4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4d4]} Qxd5 28. g4 gxf5 29. Re7) 27... Bxd4 $14 28. Re4 ({Much weaker is} 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Rf1 a3 $17) (28. Red1 $1 $14 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Bxa4) 28... Bf6 $15 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Rc4 ({White should play} 30. Ree1) 30... axb4 $17 ({And not} 30... Nxd5 31. b5 $11) 31. Rcxb4 Nxd5 32. Rc4 a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 33. fxg6 c5 $2 (33... Rfb8 $19 34. Ra1 a2) 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 {Hoping for ...a2.} 35. Bb3 $2 (35. Be4 $11 Nb4 36. Bxa8 Rxa8 37. Kf1) 35... Kf6 36. Rd1 $2 (36. Rcc1 {is tougher.} Nb4 37. Ra1) 36... Rfb8 $19 37. Ba2 Rb2 38. Rxd5 {[#]} Rxa2 $2 (38... Ke7 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 39. Rc1 (39. Re4+ $2 Kd7 $19) 39... Rxa2 40. Re1+ Kd7) 39. Rxd6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ke7 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 40. Rd1 Ra5 (40... Rb2 $17 41. Rc3 Rb4 42. Re3+ Kf6 43. Rf3+ Kg5 44. Rg3+ Kf5 45. Rf3+ Ke5 46. Re3+ Kf6 47. Rf3+ Kg6 48. Rg3+ Kf5 49. Rf3+ Ke6 50. Re3+ Kf7 51. Rf3+ Kg6 52. Rg3+ Kf6 53. Rf3+) 41. h4 $11 {The position is equal.} Rb2 42. Re4+ Kf6 {And now ...a2 would win.} 43. Rd6+ $1 Kf7 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. Rd6+ Kf7 {Threatens to win with ...a2.} 46. Rd7+ Kf6 {...a2 is the strong threat.} 47. Rd6+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,78,16,14,19,17,21,21,14,8,16,18,15,19,26,19,27,0,25,24,30,10,24,17,53,43,77,73,82,70,75,80,89,39,54,70,69,34,25,33,35,33,128,128,128,128,707,90,94,15,13,16,7,0,2,-8,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-570,-572,-29980,-29981,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 h6 {The position is equal.} 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Re8 11. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nf1 {[#]} (14. d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4d5]} Ree8 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 $11) 14... Rae8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ree8 15. Ng3 {½-½ (40) Giri,A (2772)-Sethuraman,S (2618) Tbilisi 2017}) 15. b5 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 16. c4 Nh5 17. Nd4 exd4 18. Qxh5 Ng6 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. Qf3 Rf6 {White must now prevent ...Nxh3+!} 21. Nf5 Ne6 22. Qh5 Bc5 23. Rf1 c6 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 24. f4 (24. bxa6 {seems wilder.} bxa6 25. f4 Bb4 26. Qg4 Rg6 27. Qf3) 24... cxb5 25. axb5 axb5 26. cxb5 Qxb5 {[#]} (26... Kh7 $14) 27. Nxd6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack, Pin} Nxf4 (27... Bxd6 28. Qxb5) 28. Rxf4 ({Don't play} 28. Nxb5 $6 Nxh5 29. Rxf6 (29. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 30. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rd8 $15) 29... Nxf6 $11) 28... Rxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Qxb2 $16 29. Rxf6 Qxa1+ 30. Rf1 Qxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bxd6) 29. Ba3 $2 (29. Qxf7+ $18 {is the precise move to win.} Kh8 30. Ra5 $3 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Ra6 {[#]} 30. Qxf7+ (30. Raf1 $1 $16 Rxa3 31. Rxf7) 30... Kh7 $11 {Strongly threatening ...Rf8.} 31. Qf5+ ({Wrong is} 31. Rg4 $2 Rg8 $17) 31... Kh8 32. Rff1 b6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 33. Qh5 Rg8 34. Rf6 {Threatening mate with Rxh6+!} Qd7 $1 {Hoping for ...Rga8.} 35. Rf7 Qe6 (35... Qe8 $5 36. Bb2 $8 Rxa1+ 37. Bxa1 Qa4 $11) 36. Raf1 $1 {aiming for R7f6!} Rxa3 37. R1f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. R7f6 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qd7 {[#]} 38. Rxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 39. Qxh6+ Qh7 40. Qf6+ Qg7 41. Qh4+ Qh7 42. Qf6+ Qg7 43. Qh4+ Qh7 44. Qf6+) 37... Ra1+ $19 38. Kf2 Qa2+ 39. Kg3 gxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,162,10,12,0,0,0,5,-27,-41,-46,-36,-39,-41,-47,-40,-36,0,0,0,0,0,-77,-79,-105,-111,-154,-165,-160,-161,-165,-143,-143,-150,-164,-79,-214,-204,-289,-282,-297,-206,-198,-207,-29998,-184,-179,-127,-129,-145,-433,-433,-433,-69,-61,-65,-124,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,28,92,92,96,95,135,136,137,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,42,108,42,42,42,114,114,114,114,114,108,114,108,108,50,108,108,122,122,122,122,122,85,122,122,122,108,122,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,90,90,90,90,90,90,8,8,8,50,50,49,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 g6 5. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} a4 (8... cxb5 9. cxb5 Bg4 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Qb6 12. h3 {½-½ (12) Vallejo Pons,F (2677)-Wen,Y (2609) Moscow 2016}) 9. Rc1 Bf5 10. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O e5 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (74) Skomorokhin,V (2383)-Gireman,J (2186) Golden Sands 2013}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 cxb5 12. Bxb5 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b5]} 13. Qe2 $1 Ra5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 14. Rc5 Nbd7 15. Nc4 $1 {[%csl LRa5,LRb6][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd8 16. Rxf5 gxf5 17. Bxd7 (17. Nxa5 $11 Qxa5+ 18. Kf1) 17... Nxd7 $17 18. Nxa5 Qxa5+ 19. Qd2 Qb5 $1 20. Qe2 Qb4+ $1 21. Qd2 Qc4 $1 22. Qc3 Qxa2 23. O-O Nb6 (23... Ra8 $19 {is more deadly. ...a3 is the strong threat.} 24. Ra1 Qd5) 24. Ra1 (24. Qb4 $17 Qb3 25. Qxb3 axb3 26. Nd2) 24... Qc4 $1 $19 25. Qa5 (25. Qd2 {keeps fighting.}) 25... Qb3 26. Qxf5 e6 27. Qb1 {Threatening Nd2.} Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b2]} 28. Bc1 $2 (28. Ng5 $19 f5 29. Nxe6) 28... Qxb1 $2 (28... Qd1+ {mates} 29. Ne1 Qxe1#) 29. Rxb1 Ra8 (29... Rb8 $19 30. Kf1 b5) 30. Rxb7 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 31. Rb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Bxa3 $17 {only move.} Rxa3 32. Kf1) 31... a2 32. Ra1 e5 $2 (32... Bf8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf8b4] Threatens to win with ...Bb4.} 33. Ne5 Nd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 33. Kf1 $15 exd4 34. exd4 {[#]} (34. Nxd4 $15 Nd6 35. Ke2) 34... Nb6 (34... Ra4 $1 $17 35. Ke2 Na5) 35. Ke2 $11 Nd5 36. Bd2 Ra3 37. Kd1 Ra4 38. Kc2 Bxd4 (38... Ra3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Nxd4 $16 Rxd4 40. Rxa2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc4+ 41. Kd3 Rg4 42. Ra5 Nf4+ 43. Bxf4 $1 Rxf4 $16 {KR-KR} 44. f3 Rb4 45. Rg5+ Kf8 46. Ke3 (46. Rh5 $16) 46... h6 (46... Rb2 $1 $14) 47. Rg4 (47. Rh5 $16) 47... Rb2 $1 $14 48. Kf4 Rb5 (48... h5 $1 $14 49. Rg5 f6 50. Rxh5 Rxg2) 49. Kg3 $16 Ra5 50. Kh4 Rb5 51. Re4 Kg7 52. g3 Rb2 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 53. Kh3 ({Better is} 53. h3 $16) 53... Rf2 {[#]} (53... h5 $1 $14) 54. Rg4+ $1 Kh7 55. Rf4 Kg6 56. g4 Ra2 57. Kg3 Ra1 58. h4 Rg1+ 59. Kf2 Ra1 60. h5+ Kg7 61. Rf5 Ra2+ 62. Kg3 Ra3 63. Re5 Rb3 64. Kf4 Ra3 65. Re3 Ra4+ 66. Kf5 Ra5+ 67. Re5 Ra3 68. f4 Rf3 69. Re2 Rf1 70. Rg2 Rf3 71. g5 (71. Rb2 $16) 71... hxg5 $11 72. Kxg5 Rf1 73. h6+ Kh7 74. f5 Ra1 {The position is equal.} 75. Kf6 {next Re2 is good for White.} Ra6+ $1 76. Kxf7 Ra7+ 77. Kf6 Ra6+ 78. Kg5 Rxh6 79. Re2 {Re7+ would kill now.} (79. Rb2 $5 {[%cal Rb2b7]} Rc6 80. Re2 $11) 79... Ra6 80. Re7+ Kg8 81. f6 {Intending Kg6 and mate.} Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Neg5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 10. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} 14. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 15. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 17. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 18. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 21. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. b3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 29. g5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,47,46,58,61,56,47,62,64,85,89,252,250,334,335,335,335,321,293,314,331,358,363,371,359,587,596,531,452,458,458,426,282]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Qd3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxe5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d6 10. f3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (10. f4 Qe6 11. Re1 c6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Rxe5 Qd7 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Ree1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Ne4 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Nxe4+ {½-½ (20) Stangl,M (2432)-Benjamin,J (2523) Rhodes 2019}) 10... Re8 11. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. g4 c6 12. h4 Qe7 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. h5 Ne5 15. Qe2 b5 16. g5 a5 17. Qg2 Bc5 {0-1 (48) Aquilina,J (1577)-Ustimenko,A (1627) LSS email 2012}) 11... Be6 12. a3 {White is slightly better.} a5 13. g4 d5 $2 (13... Qc5 $16 {was necessary.}) 14. f4 $18 Qd6 15. e5 (15. axb4 axb4 16. e5 Qc5 $14) 15... Qc6 16. exf6 (16. axb4 d4 $16) 16... d4 17. Ne4 (17. Qxd4 Qxh1 18. Bd3 (18. axb4 Red8 $16) (18. fxg7 $2 Rad8 $19) 18... Qxh2 $16) 17... Bxd2 {[#]} 18. Ng5 $3 {[%mdl 512]} g6 {[#]} 19. Qh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h5 20. Bg2 Ba2+ $2 (20... Qb6 21. Rxd2 Bxg4) 21. Kxa2 {White is clearly winning.} Qc4+ 22. Qb3 Qxb3+ 23. cxb3 ({Less strong is} 23. Kxb3 Bxf4 24. Nh3 (24. Rxd4 Bxg5 25. gxh5 Bxf6 $11) 24... Be3 $18) 23... Bxf4 24. Nh3 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,60,29,12,12,12,10,0,4,-8,33,0,0,0,11,-52,-49,-91,0,0,-5,-43,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-28,-68,-72,-64,-71,-66,-64,-64,-70,-70,-29,-30,-30,-37,-22,-121,-110,-136,-129,-167,-110,-247,-236,-584,-581]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. Be2 Nge5 13. h4 gxh4 14. Bxh4 {0-1 (35) Alekseenko,K (2638)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. g4 b5 8. a3 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 9. Bg2 h6 10. h4 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne5 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Nfd7 14. Nd4 {0-1 (32) Marczuk,A (1931)-Zylka,S (2239) Suchedniow 2016}) 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. g5 (12. Bd2 $11) 12... hxg5 $15 13. Bxg5 Qc7 ({Black should try} 13... Nh5 $1 $17) 14. O-O-O $11 Rc8 15. Kb1 Qc4 16. Qd2 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} ({Avoid the trap} 16... Nxe4 $2 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 $18) 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rhe1 {White wants to play f4.} Ne5 {Hoping for ...Nc4.} 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qxd2 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Rxd2 Rxh4 23. Na5 Rc7 {Played: Bb7-a8} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,59,0,0,2,0,0,18,0,25,28,40,32,35,29,40,34,36,31,30,24,27,27,31,25,35,21,33,15,26,8,21,4,21,0,0,0,8,4,9,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. a3 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 (8... Nbd7 9. e3 b5 10. a4 c6 11. Qb1 Qa5 12. Qb2 Ne4 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. Qc1 c5 {½-½ (85) Mamedyarov,S (2790)-Navara,D (2739) Shamkir 2019}) 9. e3 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Nd2 gxf6 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. Rc1 Qxa3 14. O-O Nc6 15. exd4 {½-½ (25) Verlinde,P (2214)-Galje,H (2263) ICCF email 2015}) 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 $1 Ne4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. O-O Bc6 16. Rc1 {aiming for Nc4.} O-O 17. Nc4 Qd5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 18. f3 Bb5 19. e4 Qh5 20. Bf2 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 21. Qd2 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. Qb2 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rad8 25. a4 Qa5 (25... Kh7 {seems wilder.} 26. h3 f5 27. Rc5 Qg6 28. exf5 exf5 29. d5 Ne7) 26. Qb5 a6 27. Qxa5 Nxa5 28. Rc5 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 29. Rc4 Rd6 30. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 9. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 10. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 12. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 16. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 17. a3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 18. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 23. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 24. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,59,58,72,44,63,68,82,77,119,77,106,100,96,99,102,102,99,93,108,112,99,92,95,85,268,261,262,253,281,250,682,559,647,627,1063,1062,29987,29985,29989,2046,29997,454]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nc6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Be3 g6 10. Qd2 Bg7 11. O-O-O {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} h5 (11... Rc8 12. Kb1 O-O 13. f3 Ne5 14. g4 b5 15. h4 Bxg4 16. fxg4 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. b3 Nxe4 19. Qe1 Nc5 20. h5 Nxa4 21. bxa4 Rc3 {1-0 (32) Hovhannisyan,R (2637)-Melkumyan,H (2670) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. f3 Rc8 13. Kb1 {White is better.} Ne5 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. h3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. g4 b5 18. e5 dxe5 {1-0 (36) Palac,M (2561)-Sanchez,N (2169) Cap d'Agde 2010}) 16. g4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 17. Nd5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. gxh5 c3 21. Qg2 Kh7 $2 (21... cxb2 $16 22. hxg6 Qa5) 22. hxg6+ fxg6 23. b3 Qa5 24. f4 ({Don't do} 24. Rg1 $6 Rg8 $16) 24... Rc4 $2 (24... Qh5 25. Rg1 Rg8) 25. f5 {Played: e4-e5} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,25,25,27,20,20,24,14,62,60,53,37,57,38,86,30,28,15,20,18,61,63,62,61,68,58,70,60,119,64,88,56,118,98,143,139,126,77,66,80,111,8,21,-137,25,0,0,0,0,-33,-33,-42,-45,-141,41,51,379,333,339,347,344,324]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 (4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. g3 e5 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O {1-0 (44) So,W (2778)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018}) 4... e6 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Nf3 {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Ba7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Ng3 Rd8 15. Qc2 f5 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 {1-0 (73) Karpov,A (2670)-Drazic,S (2493) Ajaccio 2007}) 10... Qc7 11. b3 Nb4 12. Ne4 (12. Bb1 $16) 12... Nxd3 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qxd3 Qe7 15. Bb2 e5 {Threatening ...e4.} 16. Qe4 O-O 17. Rac1 a5 18. Nh4 Ra6 (18... Rd8 $14) 19. Rc4 (19. Ba3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra3c5]} Rc6 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Nf5 (21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 $14) 21... Bxf5 22. Qxf5) 19... Rc6 $14 20. Rfc1 Kh8 (20... Ba3 $14) 21. Nf5 $16 Qc7 22. Qf3 Rg8 23. Rh4 {White threatens Rxh7+! and mate.} Rg5 24. Ng3 {Strongly threatening Rxc5!} f5 25. Qd5 ({White should play} 25. Rhc4 $16 f6 26. h4) 25... f6 $11 26. Rh5 $2 (26. Qf3 $11) 26... Bxe3 $2 (26... Rxh5 $1 $17 27. Nxh5 Bd4) 27. Rd1 Bf4 28. Rxg5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Bxg5 29. f4 Bxf4 30. Nh5 $1 {Threatening mate with Qd8+.} Be3+ 31. Kh1 {[#]} (31. Kf1 $1 $15 Bd4 32. Bxd4) 31... Bb6 $2 {[#]} (31... Bd4 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Be6.} 32. Bxd4 Rd6) 32. Nxf6 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 32... Be6 $1 $14 33. Qd3 Rc5) 33. Qxe5 Qxe5 34. Bxe5 Kg7 {White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 35. Bxf6+ {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,126,-17,-23,-20,-25,-32,0,-12,-20,-12,-2,-25,-23,-19,0,-2,0,0,0,0,10,-25,-20,-20,-17,-5,-16,-17,-12,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,6,0,20,23,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,35,25,25,26,35,35,33,16,16,16,16,14,14,14,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52,52,370,312,268,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 (4. Qd1 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f4 Be6 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nxe5 {0-1 (38) Adhiban,B (2655)-Cheparinov,I (2710) Riadh 2017}) 4... Nf6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. d3 {C20: 1 e4 e5: Unusual White second moves} d6 7. h3 Na5 8. Nbc3 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Be6 10. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b3 Nd7 11. Ng3 Nc5 {0-1 (29) Petrovic,Z (2094)-Vulinovic,R (2218) Belgrade 2014}) 10... Nd7 11. b3 O-O 12. Be3 f5 13. f3 Qh4+ 14. Bf2 Qg5 15. Rg1 Nc5 (15... a5 {is more complex.} 16. exf5 gxf5 17. a4 b6 18. Qe3 Qg6) 16. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3g5]} Qxe3 17. Bxe3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 a6 20. Nc3 h5 21. Ke2 Kh7 22. Rgf1 Bh6 23. Bg1 Kg7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 Rf8 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 28. Kd3 Ke8 29. Bf2 Bg5 30. Kc4 Kd7 31. a4 Kc8 32. b4 Kd7 33. b5 axb5+ 34. Kxb5 Bd2 35. c4 b6 36. Ka6 Kc8 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Bc3 39. Be3 Be1 40. Kb5 Kb7 41. Bc1 Bc3 42. Ba3 Be1 43. a5 Bxa5 44. c5 dxc5 45. Bb2 {[#]} Be1 (45... c4 $1 $11) 46. Bxe5 {And now Bf4 would win.} Bf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... c4 $1 $14) 47. Bf6 $18 c4 {[#]} 48. Kxc4 $2 ({White must play} 48. Bc3 $1 $18) 48... c6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 49. Be5 b5+ 50. Kb4 Kb6 51. Bd6 Be1+ 52. Kb3 cxd5 53. exd5 Kb7 54. Kc2 Kc8 55. Kd3 Kd7 56. Bc5 Bg3 57. Ke4 Bd6 58. Bd4 Ke7 59. Be3 Kd7 60. Kd4 Kc7 61. Bd2 Kb7 62. Kd3 Kb6 63. Kd4 $1 Kb7 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,195,33,35,39,43,23,48,24,26,21,22,11,21,21,28,27,28,14,13,13,28,8,10,13,15,4,15,19,24,-4,0,1,20,22,14,6,9,9,10,16,14,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,5,-2,0,0,0,0,2,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,26,26,27,33,0,0,0,68,7,225,206,218,212,231,127,222,223,315,254,212,62,62,62,64,69,367,344,477,8,330,0,414,460,449,435,449,0,0,0,0,0,2186,2174,2502,2391,2793,2644,2960,2537,1793,1759,29969,29971,29971,29972,29970,29972,29972,29973,29973,29973,29970,29973,29971,9104,29971,29971,29957,6423,29977,29978,29979,29976,29975,29976,29982,29983,29983,29984,29985,29986,29986,29987,29988,29987,29987,29988,29989,29990,29991,29991,29992,29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nc6 9. h3 (9. d5 Nb4 10. Be2 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Bxd5 cxd5 {1-0 (47) Caruana,F (2828)-Lenderman,A (2637) Saint Louis 2019}) 9... Nb4 10. Bc4 {White is slightly better.} d5 11. Bb3 c6 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne2 Na6 13. c3 Nc7 14. Bc2 Ne4 15. Ne5 {1-0 (71) Porubszky Angyalosine,M (2177)-Soos,L (2201) Hungary 2004}) 12... Na6 13. Ne2 Nc7 14. Ng3 Nfe8 15. c3 Nd6 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Ne5 g6 18. Qf3 Bg5 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Nf1 Ng7 21. Qg3 Bxe3 (21... Bh4 {looks sharper.} 22. Qf3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Ngxf5 24. Bf4 Ne4) 22. Nxe3 Bf5 23. Nxf5 Ndxf5 24. Qf3 Qg5 25. g3 f6 26. Nd7 Kf7 27. Kf1 Rad8 28. Nc5 Nd6 29. Bb3 Qf5 30. Kg2 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Ne6 32. Nd3 Re7 33. h4 Rde8 34. Re3 Nf5 35. Ree1 a5 36. Kg2 Nd6 37. Kf1 (37. f3 {is interesting.} Nc4 38. Kf2 Ra8 39. Ba4 b5 40. Bc2) 37... Ng7 38. Rxe7+ Rxe7 39. a4 Ne6 40. Bc2 Ne4 41. Rd1 Nc7 42. Nc1 Nd6 43. Bd3 Nc4 44. b3 Nb2 45. Rd2 Nxd3 46. Nxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne6 47. Rb2 Rc7 48. Ke2 Ke7 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. Rb1 b6 51. h5 g5 52. b4 axb4 53. Rxb4 Rb7 54. h6 Nd8 55. Rb1 Ne6 (55... Ra7 $11) 56. f4 (56. a5 $1 $14) 56... g4 $2 {[#]} (56... Nd8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 57. a5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} b5 (57... bxa5 58. Rxb7) 58. a6 Ra7 59. Ra1 (59. Re1 $1 $18) 59... Nc7 (59... f5 $16) 60. Nc5 Ne6 61. Nb7+ Kc7 62. f5 ({White should play} 62. Re1 $18 Kd7 63. f5) 62... Ng5 $14 {next ...Ne4+ is good for Black.} 63. Nc5 Kb6 64. Ke3 $1 Nh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 64... Re7+ $14 65. Kf4 Ka7) 65. Ne6 $1 $18 Re7 {[#]} 66. Ra2 $2 ({White has to play} 66. a7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra7a8][%mdl 512]} Rxa7 67. Rxa7 Kxa7 68. Nc5) 66... Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Ka7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 67. Ra1 Re7 $1 {[#] intending ...Ka7.} 68. a7 $1 {[%cal Ra7a8][%mdl 512]} Rxa7 69. Rxa7 Kxa7 {KN-KN} 70. Nf8 $2 ({Only move:} 70. Nc5 $18) 70... Ng5 $11 71. Kf4 Ka6 72. Kxg4 {Kf4 is the strong threat.} b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72... c5 $11 73. Nd7 (73. dxc5 d4 $11) 73... cxd4 74. Nxf6 dxc3 75. Nxd5 Nf7) 73. cxb4 $18 Kb5 74. Kh5 Kxb4 {[#]} 75. Nxh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh7 {KN-KP} 76. Kg6 c5 77. dxc5 Kxc5 78. Kxh7 {K3P-KPP} d4 79. Kg6 d3 80. h7 d2 81. h8=Q d1=Q 82. Qxf6 {KQ-KQ} Qg4+ 83. Qg5 Qe4 84. Qc1+ (84. Kh6 $142 Qh1+ 85. Qh5 Qc1+ 86. Kg7 Qb2+ 87. f6+ Kb6 88. Qd5 Qc3 89. g4) 84... Kd5 85. Qd2+ Kc6 86. Kg5 (86. Qc3+ $142 Kb5 87. Kg5 Qd5 88. g4 Ka6 89. Qc8+ Kb5 90. Kg6 Qd3 91. g5) 86... Qf3 87. g4 {White mates.} Qe4 88. Qf4 Qd5 89. Kh6 Qh1+ 90. Kg7 Qa1+ 91. f6 Kd7 92. Qf5+ Kd6 93. g5 Qb2 94. Kh7 Qh2+ 95. Kg8 Qa2+ 96. f7 Ke7 97. Qf6+ Kd7 98. Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,16,12,13,13,-39,-31,-20,-27,-28,-35,-26,0,0,0,0,7,3,15,11,18,23,29,8,29,22,30,27,28,32,30,21,23,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-25,-57,-58,-83,-11,-11,-10,-13,0,-10,0,-28,0,-8,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 {A27: English Opening: Three Knights Variation} (6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Ne7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qd3 Rb8 12. b3 c5 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bc1 Re8 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Bb2 Ng8 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. h3 {½-½ (33) So,W (2765)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Kolkata 2018}) 6... Nf6 7. g3 $146 (7. Nxc6 $11 bxc6 8. g3) ({Predecessor:} 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Rd1 Re8 9. Bg5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qd2 d6 13. g3 Bg4 {0-1 (42) Vila Dupla,A (2171)-Perez Candelario,M (2568) Navalmoral 2013}) 7... O-O 8. Bg2 {Black is slightly better.} Ng4 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bc5 Re8 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rc1 Be6 13. b3 Bh6 14. f4 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Ne4 Ke7 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Bf3 h5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Kf2 a5 21. Rcd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 b6 23. Nd3 (23. Bxc6 {seems wilder.} Rb8 24. Na4 Bxh3 25. Nc3 Ng4+ 26. Kg1) 23... Bxh3 24. Ne5 Ng4+ 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Nxc6+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke8 27. Rd3 Bd7 28. Ne5 Be6 29. Nc6 Bd7 30. Ne5 Be6 31. Nc6 a4 32. Nd4 Bd7 33. b4 c5 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Nc2 Bf5 36. Re3+ Kd7 37. Na3 Rb8 (37... Kc6 $17) 38. Nb5 Be6 39. Rd3+ Ke7 40. Rc3 Kd7 41. Rd3+ Ke7 (41... Kc6 $5 {[%cal Re6c4]} 42. Rd6+ Kb7 $15) 42. Rc3 Kd7 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,57,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,20,11,35,31,30,26,34,22,32,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Qxd7 {½-½ (14) Istratescu,A (2619)-Tkachiev,V (2649) Poikovsky 2007}) 11... Qd7 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Nd3 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} c5 16. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bg5 Rac8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nf4 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Rac1 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. b3 Bg5 23. Rc2 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Ke7 {½-½ (24) Novikov,I (2490)-Panchenko,A (2435) Tashkent 1986}) 16... bxc5 17. Bg5 c4 18. Nf4 h6 19. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Bxb2 22. Rc2 c3 {Black wants to play ...d4.} 23. Nxd5 Rac8 24. e4 Kf8 25. Rd3 Rc4 {The position is equal.} 26. Re3 Rdc8 27. Kf1 Ra4 28. Nxc3 Bxc3 29. Rexc3 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,61,10,0,26,26,26,18,25,17,18,17,23,28,32,11,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-95,20,27,21,20,87,69,83,82,68,64,94,76,207,191,198,191,384,361,415,429,460,452,453,438,403,0,1602,1602]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Bxf3 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (6... Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Be3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. c4 Ne5 18. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rxd7 {0-1 (40) Nakamura,H (2777)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 {The position is equal.} 9. Qe2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd3 ({Of course not} 10... Nxd5 $6 11. Be4 $16) 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. e4 O-O 13. f4 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3][%mdl 512]} 14. Qf3 $146 (14. Qxc4 Rc8) ({Predecessor:} 14. Qxc4) 14... Bc5+ 15. Kh1 $1 d6 $1 16. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Re8 17. g4 (17. Re1 $11 {remains equal.}) 17... Bd4 (17... Bb4 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bxc3.} 18. Re1 Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 18. Ne2 $11 Bc5 19. Ng3 b5 (19... Qe7 $11) 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Nf5 b4 22. g5 Rc8 23. Rae1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1c1,Bc1c4][%mdl 32]} Nf8 (23... Nb6 $16) 24. Rc1 a5 25. Rxc4 Qd7 $2 (25... Ng6 26. a3 Ne7) 26. b3 $18 Ng6 {[#]} 27. Bc1 $1 Ne7 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Bb2+ (29. Qh5 Nxd5 30. Qh6+ (30. exd5 Qf5 $11) 30... Kg8 $14) 29... Kg8 30. Qh5 $2 (30. f5 $18) 30... Ng6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Nf5 $11) 31. Bf6 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 32%.} ({Less strong is} 31. Qh6 f6 $11) 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,74,27,12,14,0,9,10,29,29,17,19,28,27,34,26,45,45,57,58,46,50,62,68,75,56,85,31,50,19,80,37,194,202,231,232,213,218,263,275,308,170,183,171,166,153,194,206,192,40,81,-75,-42,-414,-414,-416,-431,-417,-412,-403,-391,-1281,-1225]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. Bb3 (9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 {½-½ (43) Giri,A (2797)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. Ba4 Bd7 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 {½-½ (36) Roesch,M (2113)-Tschann,S (2260) Baden 2016}) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Re2 {Threatens to win with Bxd7.} Bxa4 16. Qxa4 {Black must now prevent a3.} d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 17. e5 Ng6 18. Ng3 Nd7 19. Qb3 Nb6 20. Nf5 ({Better is} 20. Nh2 $16) 20... Qd7 $14 21. Qc2 Rac8 (21... Bf8 $11) 22. b3 c5 $2 (22... a4 $14) 23. Nd6 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} cxd4 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Qd3 $1 Rc3 26. Qxd4 Qb5 27. Qd1 (27. Re3 $142 Rc7 28. Bd2) 27... Rxf3 28. gxf3 Bc3 29. Rb1 d4 30. Re4 Qd7 31. Kh2 $2 (31. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6d7]} fxe6 32. Qe2) 31... Qf5 $1 $14 32. Qe2 $2 {[#]} (32. Qh1 $1 $16) 32... Nd7 $1 $17 33. Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33. e6 $1 $15 fxe6 34. Kg2) 33... Bxd2 $1 $19 34. Qxd2 Ndxe5 35. Qe2 Nxf3+ 36. Kg3 {[#]} Ng5 $1 {[%csl Gg5,LRe4,LRh3][%cal Rf5h3][%mdl 576] Double Attack} 37. Rg4 $2 (37. f3 Qxh3+ 38. Kf2) 37... Qxb1 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 43%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,79,9,9,0,4,0,6,-6,-6,-7,0,-2,0,3,51,0,0,0,66,-22,-20,-71,-54,-67,-72,-193,0,-122,-43,-51,-14,-19,-26,-15,-19,-22,-31,-36,-43,-39,-37,-36,-41,-32,0,0,0,0,0,-85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. e4 c5 6. d3 Nbc6 7. Be3 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Rb1 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Nd4 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Qd2 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 cxb4 15. axb4 d5 16. Qa2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Nc6 18. Bg5 Re8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. Nf4 {½-½ (71) Gordievsky,D (2622)-Krasenkow,M (2671) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7... d6 8. h4 h6 9. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 a6 11. a3 Qa5 12. Nf3 Nd4 13. Nh2 Nec6 14. O-O Nb3 {0-1 (40) Hentzgen,T (2061)-Gempe,T (2206) Germany 2017}) 9... h5 10. Nf3 Nd4 11. O-O Nec6 12. Rb1 b6 {[#]} 13. Ne2 (13. f5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 13... Nxf3+ $11 14. Bxf3 e5 ({Better is} 14... O-O $11) 15. Bf2 ({White should try} 15. f5 $1 $14) 15... exf4 16. gxf4 (16. Nxf4 $11 Be5 17. Bg2) 16... Bg4 17. Nc3 Bd4 18. e5 {[#]} (18. Bxg4 $17 {was necessary.} hxg4 19. Qxg4) 18... Rc8 $2 (18... Kf8 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Qxh4.} 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 Rxh4) 19. exd6 {[#]} (19. Bxc6+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxc6 20. Qa4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 19... Qxh4 (19... Kf8 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Qxh4.} 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Qxg4 Rc6) 20. Qe1+ $15 {[#]} Kd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Bxc6+ Rxc6 22. Bxd4 Qxe1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 23. Rbxe1 cxd4 24. Nb5 {Black should prevent Re7+.} a6 25. Re7+ Kd8 26. Nc7 Rxd6 27. Rxf7 Bf5 28. Re1 Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Nd5 (30. Nxa6 $11 Bxd3 31. Rd1 Bxc4 32. Rxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc6 33. Rxc4+ Kb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Rc7) 30... Bxd3 (30... Kd6 $17 31. Re5 Bxd3 32. Nxb6 Rd8) 31. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Bf5 32. Rxd4 Kd6 33. b4 Kc6 34. Ne7+ Kc7 35. Nxf5 gxf5 36. Rd5 Re8 37. Rxf5 Re4 38. c5 Rxb4 39. cxb6+ Kxb6 40. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,97,17,39,34,31,16,70,41,69,52,47,24,76,0,0,0,0,-40,0,0,0,-17,-17,-20,-33,-15,-20,-29,-33,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,19,20,101,25,21,30,72,62,84,72,71,79,64,47,143,137,411,379,869,984,992,992,965,954,967,927,1622,1518,1590,1099,2062,1974,1858,1612,1714,1598]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (13. Na4 Nh5 14. Qxb4 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Kb1 Qf6 17. Qxd6 Qxf3 18. Rg1 Qe3 19. Bxa6 Nhf6 20. Rge1 Qa7 {1-0 (43) Yu,Y (2760)-Duda,J (2724) Liaocheng 2018}) 13... Nh5 14. Ng3 Nf4 ({Black should play} 14... Nxg3 $11 15. hxg3 Re8) 15. h4 $14 {White is slightly better.} a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nc1 (17. Nd4 $5 exd4 18. Bxf4 $14) 17... b3 {[#]} (17... Qc7 $11) 18. cxb3 ({White should try} 18. Nf5 $1 $16) 18... axb3 $11 19. a3 Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 20. Bxf4 $146 {Threatens to win with Be3.} (20. Nf5 {looks sharper.} Bxf5 21. exf5 d5 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Bb5) ({Predecessor:} 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 {0-1 (37) Athanasiadis,M (2066)-Kanakaris,G (2305) Blagoevgrad 2013}) 20... exf4 (20... Rfc8 {with more complications.} 21. Bd3 exf4 22. Nf5 Ne5 23. Ne2 Bxf5 24. Rc1 Qb7) 21. Nf5 Ne5 22. Nxe7+ (22. Qc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3c7]} Qa7 23. Be2 $11) 22... Qxe7 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nxf3 {Hoping for ...Rfd8.} 25. Be2 Ne5 26. Rf1 Rfc8 27. Rxf4 Rc2 28. Rf1 g6 {...Bc4 is the strong threat.} 29. Rfd1 Kg7 30. R1d2 Rc7 31. Rd1 Ra5 32. Rb6 Rc2 {[#]} (32... Ra4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Bd3 (33. Rxe6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 34. Nxb3 Rxe2 35. Nxa5) 33... Rh2 34. Nxb3 Bxb3 35. Rxb3 Nxd3 36. Rbxd3 Rxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 37. Rd5 Ra8 38. R1d4 Rg4 (38... h6 $14) 39. a4 $16 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... h6 $16) 40. a5 $18 Rexe4 $2 (40... Ra8 41. Kc2 Rc8+ 42. Kb3 Rb8+ 43. Kc3 Rg3+ 44. Rd3 Rc8+ 45. Kd4 Rg2) 41. Rxe4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxe4 {KR-KR} 42. a6 Ra4 43. Rd6 Ra5 44. Kc2 Rxg5 45. b4 Rg2+ 46. Kb3 Rg1 47. Rd2 Rb1+ 48. Rb2 Rc1 49. a7 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,138,24,26,9,28,31,45,39,47,41,47,37,62,47,112,80,117,61,120,62,225,75,91,10,15,-7,8,0,42,44,45,37,43,44,43,37,39,13,32,36,41,20,14,28,34,27,26,0,15,0,15,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,42,0,0,-5,-5,-5,-5,-19,0,-27,0,-77,-53,-106,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-12,-16,-21,-677,-648,-652,-646,-624,-425,-638,-604,-570,-547,-1232,-1230,-1437,-992,-6940,-7042,-6129,-6111,-2773,-2554,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29985,-29985,-29983,-29983,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29993,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. f4 (3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 cxd5 10. Nce5 O-O 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd4 Bg4 14. Bd3 {1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 3... g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. c3 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} Qb6 7. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. exd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 cxd5 10. Be3 a6 11. h3 {1-0 (84) Onkoud,A (2317)-Marechal,A (2248) Rosny sous Bois 2002}) 7... Bg4 8. a4 {White is slightly better.} a5 9. Nd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e6 11. Be3 {Black must now prevent Nxe6!} Qa6 (11... c5 $14) 12. Nd2 Nd7 {[#]} 13. N2b3 (13. g4 $1 $16) 13... Ng8 ({Black should play} 13... Nf5 $14) 14. O-O (14. c4 $16) 14... h5 $2 {[#]} (14... Ne7 $14) 15. Bf2 (15. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5e6] is the precise move to win.} gxf5 16. Nf3) 15... Bf8 16. Bh4 (16. c4 $16 {Strongly threatening cxd5.} dxc4 17. dxc4) 16... Be7 $11 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Nf3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nh6 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Rab1 Nc5 23. Qc2 Nf5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. b4 axb4 26. Rxb4 Qa6 27. c4 d4 28. h4 Rd8 29. Rfb1 Rd7 30. Kh2 Qa5 31. Qe2 Kf8 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. Rb6 Qa8 34. R6b4 Kg7 35. Qg3 {White wants to mate with Nxe6+.} Kh6 36. Qf3 Qd8 37. Qe2 Qe7 38. Qc2 Ra8 39. Qd1 Rdd8 40. Qc2 Ra7 41. Qd1 (41. R4b2 $11) 41... Rda8 $17 42. Qg1 (42. Ra1 $15) 42... Qd7 ({And not} 42... Rxa4 43. Rxa4 Rxa4 44. Qxd4 $14) (42... Nxd3 $17 43. R4b3 Nc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 43. Qd1 $11 Rxa4 44. Rxa4 Rxa4 45. Rb2 Ra3 46. Rd2 Qe7 47. Qc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Qb1 $11) 47... Nb3 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Qb2 Nxd2 49. Qxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Rb3 50. Qe2 (50. Qc2 $142 Ra3 51. Qb1) 50... b5 51. cxb5 cxb5 52. Nf3 b4 53. Qa2 Rxd3 54. Qc4 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 55. gxf3 Qxh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. KQ-KQ} 56. Kg2 Qxf4 57. Qc7 Qg5+ {Black mates.} 58. Kf2 Kg7 59. Qd6 Qe3+ 60. Kg2 d3 61. Qd8 Qh6 62. Qxd3 Qg5+ 63. Kf2 h4 64. Qd4 h3 65. Qxb4 Qg2+ 66. Ke3 h2 67. Qh4 h1=Q 68. Qf6+ Kh7 69. Qxf7+ Qg7 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,40,24,12,23,23,11,21,18,12,18,22,19,27,22,11,11,11,11,12,12,12,14,8,14,0,0,0,2]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5 c3 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} 9. Nb5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 {[#] And now Qxd8 would win.} Nfe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nce4 12. Nxe4 {½-½ (31) So,W (2778)-Karjakin,S (2782) Leuven 2018}) 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. f4 Bg4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. b3 b6 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,96,-4,0,0,19,8,20,9,22,12,15,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,25,28,39,39,39,39,39,33,45,45,45,32,45,45,37,41,39,39,47,47,47,46,56,39,43,39,39,34,46,39,39,34,46,35,39,37,46,46,46,20,106,125,104,93,214,212,226,226,225,273,530,496,756,687,844,743,795,790,747,731,2908,1082,2506,3741,1609,1340,1195]} 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nh6 5. Na3 Nc6 6. c3 Nf5 7. Nc2 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} Nh4 (7... Be7 8. d4 Bd7 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Ncxd4 Qb6 13. Rf2 Na5 14. b3 Rc8 {0-1 (45) Izoria,Z (2603)-Smirnov,A (2569) chess.com INT 2019}) 8. Nxh4 Qxh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 9. g3 {The position is equal.} Qd8 10. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Qc7 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Bf2 b6 {1-0 (58) Komliakov,V (2485)-Pelikian,J (2415) Elista 1998}) 10... Bd7 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Be2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Ke7 18. Kd2 Rac8 19. Rbc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for Rc7. KRB-KRB} Rc8 21. Rf1 Rc6 22. Rf3 Rb6 23. b3 Bb5 24. Bd1 Ra6 25. a4 Bd7 26. g4 h6 27. h4 Rb6 28. Bc2 a5 29. Rf1 Rc6 30. Rb1 Rb6 31. Re1 Rc6 32. Rg1 Rc8 33. Bd3 Rc7 34. Rb1 Rc8 35. b4 b6 (35... axb4 $11 36. Rxb4 Bc6) 36. bxa5 $16 bxa5 37. Rb7 Kd8 {[#]} (37... Ke8 $16 {might work better.}) 38. Ra7 $1 $18 Rb8 39. Rxa5 Rb4 {[#]} 40. Ra8+ $1 Kc7 $2 (40... Ke7 41. Ra7 Ke8) 41. Ra7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kc8 (41... Kd8 $142 42. Kc3 Rb8) 42. Kc3 Rxa4 43. Ba6+ Kb8 44. Rxd7 Rxa6 45. Rxf7 h5 46. Rxg7 (46. gxh5 $142 Rc6+ 47. Kd2) 46... hxg4 47. h5 Ra3+ {[#]} 48. Kb4 $1 Rh3 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,85,29,22,14,15,37,25,44,33,45,39,53,29,32,45,80,75,76,70,99,81,106,96,97,81,177,194,222,86,77,58,69,70,57,46,79,43,34,40,72,54,68,75,72,39,102,99,98,101,85,85,387,385,379,376,366,363,385,388,508,498,614,623,597,618,623,605,1129,1111,1160,1081,29998,29999]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3 Rb8 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (8... Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Nec3 Rae8 11. b4 e4 12. dxe4 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nxb4 14. Bd2 Nd3 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. Qc2 h5 {½-½ (54) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 b5 {White has an edge.} 11. Qd2 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qd7 12. Rac1 Nd8 13. cxb5 axb5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. e4 {0-1 (53) Mogranzini,R (2514)-Valsecchi,A (2479) Rome 2016}) 12. Rac1 h5 13. h4 Bg4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. Rc2 Qd7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Kh2 {[#] Black must now prevent f3.} Qd8 19. d4 b4 (19... Bxe2 $16 20. Qxe2 exd4) 20. e4 $18 Rb6 21. Ng1 (21. f3 $18 {is more deadly.} Bd7 22. dxe5) 21... exd4 $16 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 {aiming for Rxc7!} c5 24. Qe3 Qf8 25. Nh3 (25. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Bd7 26. Bh3 $14) 25... Re8 26. Qf4 Nc8 27. Ng5 Rb7 28. Bf1 a5 29. Ba6 Rc7 (29... Ra7 $1 $14 30. Bb5 Ree7) 30. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bd7 31. g4 hxg4 32. fxg4 {And now Rf2 would win.} Na7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... f6 $16) 33. Rf2 Bb5 34. Bxb5 Nxb5 35. Rcf1 Qh6 {intending ...Nc3.} 36. Kh3 Ree7 37. Qf6 Qg7 38. h5 Qxf6 39. Rxf6 gxh5 40. gxh5 Nc3 41. Rg1 {[#] Intending Ne6+ and mate.} Kg7 42. Rxd6 {White wants to mate with h6+.} Kf8 43. Nh7+ {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,60,14,14,12,34,14,26,14,26,23,20,5,24,10,35,24,33,32,41,38,52,49,37,-60,-71,-77,47,-7,68,0,0,-86,0,5,34,-21,-18,-33,-23,-20,-32,0,598,603,631,622,830,881,1686,760,650]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 {White has an edge.} b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Nbd2 bxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Nf1 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... h6 15. d4 {½-½ (34) Bacrot,E (2723)-Van Kampen,R (2646) Germany 2018}) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 $1 g5 17. Nxg5 (17. Bg3 $14) 17... hxg5 $15 18. Bxg5 {[#] Black must now prevent Ng3.} Kg7 ({Black should play} 18... Bxf2+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Kxf2 Nxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 20. Rxe4 Qxg5) 19. Qf3 (19. d4 $14) 19... Rh8 (19... Kg6 $11 20. Bh4 Rh8 21. Qg3+ Kh7) 20. Ne3 (20. Rab1 $14) 20... Rb2 $11 21. Re2 (21. Rf1 $11 {remains equal.}) 21... Kg6 (21... Bxe3 $1 $17 22. Qxe3 Qb8) 22. Nf5 Kxg5 23. Qg3+ (23. Bd1 $1 $14 Bxf5 24. Qxf5+ Kh6 25. Rxb2) 23... Kh5 {aiming for ...Bxf5.} 24. Bd1 {[#]} Bxf5 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rxb2+ (25. exf5 Rxe2) 25... Kh6 {Strongly threatening ...Be6.} 26. exf5 Nh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Nd5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 27. Rb4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Ng5 28. Rg4 {And now Qh4+ would win.} f6 29. h4 Rh7 30. Rb1 (30. hxg5+ $142 fxg5 {[#]} 31. Qh4+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 32. f6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 33. Qxg5) 30... Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,58,-5,-14,12,-43,-40,-53,-5,-7,22,25,41,38,41,22,25,-3,69,0,83,22,46,22,26,18,19,0,0,0,37,0,0,-164,83,-293,-291,-367,-352,-377,-368,-425,-397,-683,-642,-666,-689,-666,-621,-680,-638]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nd2 c6 6. Bd3 Be6 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} (6... Qe7 7. Qf3 g6 8. h3 Nd7 9. g4 h5 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. Rg1 hxg4 12. hxg4 Bd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 {0-1 (59) Duda,J (2737)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 7. g4 $146 (7. c4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 7. Qf3 Nd7 8. Ne2 g6 9. e4 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. h3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 f5 {1-0 (51) Agdestein,S (2588)-Nielsen,P (2564) Germany 2000}) 7... Nd7 8. Qf3 a5 {Black is slightly better.} 9. Ne2 Qb6 10. O-O-O a4 11. a3 O-O-O 12. c4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Kb8 (13... Qa6 $11) 14. h3 (14. c5 $14 Bc7 15. Nc3) 14... Bc7 (14... Qa6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. Nc3 (15. c5 $16) 15... dxc4 $11 16. Bxc4 (16. Nxc4 {looks sharper.} Qa7 17. Qe2 g6 18. f4 f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rhg1) 16... Nb6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe4 e5 19. Nf3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Be5 21. Nce2 $2 (21. h4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 21... Rhe8 $2 {[#]} (21... c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 22. Ne6 Rd2 23. Rxd2 Qxd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 22. Qxh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22. Qxc6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rc8 (22... bxc6 23. Nxc6+) 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5) 22... c5 $1 $19 23. Nf3 {[#]} Bxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now ...Nc4 would win.} 24. Qc2 (24. Kxb2 Qb5+) 24... Bxa3 25. Ka2 Bb4 26. Rxd8+ $2 (26. Rc1) 26... Rxd8 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Qb5 {Threatens to win with ...Qc4+.} 29. Qc2 Nd5 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,-2,5,13,18,17,15,13,17,16,12,18,24,0,13,0,19,-45,-42,-42,-42,-44,-44,-38,-37,-45,-45,-37,-45,-37,-48,-72,-74,-62,-74,-185,-78,-104,-80,-85,-79,-67,-18,-19,-25,-31,-12,-14,-17,-39,33,0,0,0,0,-132,52,28,49,30,350,289,702,702,702,702,702,658,674,665,640,633,841,852,831,753,29972,29964]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Bb2 {D04: Colle System} Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd4 8. exd4 {The position is equal.} e6 (8... Qa5+ 9. c3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. c4 Rd8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 {0-1 (50) Levin,F (2474)-Van Wely,L (2661) Belgium 2017}) 9. O-O Bd6 10. c4 O-O 11. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 {1-0 (40) Denishev,M (2276)-Egorov,P (2161) Voronezh 2015}) 11... Rc8 12. g3 Re8 13. Bg2 (13. c5 $11 Bc7 14. Nb5) 13... Bxa3 $15 14. Bxa3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Qxd4 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Rfd1 Qxc4 18. Qxa7 b5 19. Bb2 Qe2 20. Bd4 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Rdb1 (22. Bxf6 $17 Qxf6 23. Qd7) 22... Ne4 (22... e5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 23. Be3 Qh5) 23. Rxb5 $17 h6 24. Rb3 Qf5 $1 {White must now prevent ...Nd2.} 25. Be3 Ra8 26. Qd4 Red8 27. Qb2 h5 28. h4 Nf6 29. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nd5 (29... Qh3 $15 30. Bb6 Rd6) 30. Bd4 Qg4 31. a5 Nf4 32. Be3 {[#]} (32. Bb6 $1 $11 Rd5 33. Qb1) 32... Nd5 $2 (32... Rxa5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rf1 (33. Bxf4 $2 Rxa1+ 34. Qxa1 Rd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kg2 Qxb3 $19) (33. Rxa5 Rd1+) 33... Nd5) 33. Bd2 {Strongly threatening a6.} Qc4 34. Rb7 Rdc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... Qe2 $11) 35. a6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa6 $2 (35... Nf6 36. a7 Ng4) 36. Rc1 Qxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Rac6 38. Bd2 Rc2 39. Qd4 Ra8 40. Qd3 Rca2 {[#]} 41. Qf3 $1 Nf6 42. Bg5 R8a3 43. Qf4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,78,12,32,19,39,12,30,0,24,0,0,-29,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,-60,-48,-58,0,-71,-71,-172,-46,-62,-10,-12,-10,-10,-14,-13,-19,-38,-33,-167,-149,-247,-243,-219,-250,-231,-231,-222,-220,-184,0,0,0,-1213,-1213,-29983,-29984,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 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. Rc1 (10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kb1 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 {0-1 (31) Karjakin,S (2773)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 10... Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 11. cxd5 {White has an edge.} exd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g3 Rd8 14. Kf2 Nf8 {[#]} 15. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be2 Ne6 {½-½ (15) Ftacnik,L (2544)-Yermolinsky,A (2530) Philadelphia 2008}) 15... g5 16. h3 g6 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. Kg2 Kf8 19. Be1 Qd7 20. Bf2 Kg7 21. Qc2 (21. Bc2 $11) 21... Rh7 22. g4 Bd6 (22... Rdh8 $15) 23. Bg3 (23. h4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23... Bxg3 $17 24. Nxg3 {[#]} (24. Kxg3 $17 {keeps fighting.} Re8 25. Qd2) 24... Qd6 (24... c5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 25. dxc5 d4) 25. Qf2 b6 (25... Rhh8 $15) 26. Bf5 $11 Re8 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Rc3 c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Rhc1 ({Better is} 30. Qd2 $15) 30... d4 $19 31. exd4 (31. Rxc5 $17 dxe3 32. Qe1) 31... Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f4] White must now prevent ...Nf4+.} ({Stronger than} 31... cxd4 32. Rc6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 32. dxc5 Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kf1 {[#]} Qa6+ $1 34. Rc4 {aiming for Qd4+.} Rxh3 35. b3 {[#]} Rxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxg3 $11 {Threatens to win with Qf2.} Qxa2 37. Qf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Re4 $11) 37... Re2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re2f2]} 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Ra1 {[#]} Re1+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,109,30,0,37,37,33,37,37,39,35,40,42,27,33,36,78,69,67,62,60,46,46,55,68,31,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-8,-112,-110,-110,-113,-104,-114,-139,-142,-118,-143,-229,-228,-262,-254,-255,-243,-248,-156,-161,-51,-70,-70,-71,-70,-69,-64,-70,-52,-55,0,-70,-18,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 (5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O {½-½ (11) Hracek,Z (2625)-Gelfand,B (2665) Yerevan 1996}) 5... Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Na3 Bxb3 11. axb3 a6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 {White is slightly better.} 14. Qxd6 Nxd6 15. Bxb6 Rc8 16. Rad1 Rc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... e6 17. Nc4 Rc6 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Bd4 f6 20. Rd2 Ke7 21. Rfd1 e5 22. Be3 Ke6 {½-½ (22) Sadler,K (1635)-Waerstad,L (1842) LSS email 2009}) 17. Be3 e5 18. Rd5 f6 19. Rfd1 Kf7 20. Nc2 Ke6 $1 21. f4 Be7 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. c4 Ne4 24. Ne1 Rd6 25. Nd3 Rxd5 26. cxd5+ Kd6 27. b4 $1 Rb8 28. Bb6 Bd8 29. Bxd8 (29. Ba7 $1 $11 Rc8 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. bxc5+ Ke7 32. Re1) 29... Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 30. Re1 Kxd5 31. Nf4+ Kc6 32. Ne6 Rd6 33. Nxg7 Rd4 34. Nf5 (34. b5+ $17 axb5 35. Nf5) 34... Rxb4 $19 35. Re2 a5 36. g4 Ng5 37. Kf2 Rxg4 {[#] aiming for ...Rf4+.} 38. Rxe5 Rb4 (38... a4 $19 {Hoping for ...Rb4.} 39. Ne3 Rf4+ 40. Ke2 h6) 39. Rxa5 Rxb2+ 40. Kg3 {Black must now prevent Nd4+.} Ne4+ 41. Kf4 Nc5 42. h4 Kd5 43. Ne3+ Kc6 44. Nf5 $1 b6 (44... Rb4+ $15 45. Kg5 Re4) 45. Ra7 $11 {The position is equal.} Rb4+ (45... h5 {keeps more tension.} 46. Ke3 Nd7 47. Kf4 Rd2 48. Kg5 b5) 46. Kg5 Ne4+ 47. Kh6 Nd6 48. Ne7+ Kb5 49. h5 Rh4 50. Nd5 Ne4 51. Rxh7 Kc6 52. Nxb6 Rxh5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 53. Kxh5 Nf6+ 54. Kg6 Nxh7 55. Kxh7 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,89,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,-29,-20,-15,-3,-14,65,60,69,60,56,58,89,49,53,46,53,54,66,67,72,62,64,63,89,70,62,63,91,88,79,74,71,67,84,43,35,48,70,70,68,62,76,68,90,94,87,83,82,88,90,90,93,69,102,68,70,70,60,54,125,131,194,208,833,840,822,812,1128,976,908,889]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines} cxd5 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qd3 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nc6 12. Qf4 Bh5 $146 ({Better is} 12... Qd7 $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd7 13. Re1 {0-1 (54) Predke,A (2622)-Matlakov,M (2700) St Petersburg 2018}) 13. Qh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black must now prevent Bg5. White has good play.} d4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxh5 Nf6 16. Qh4 Nd5 17. Bg5 Qa5 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Qd8 $1 20. Qh5 Nf6 21. Qf5 Re8 22. Re1 Qd6 23. a3 a6 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Bf4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qd7 27. Bh3 {Threatens to win with Qxd7.} Qxf5 28. Bxf5 Nd5 29. Bd2 Kf8 30. Kg2 Nde7 31. Bd3 Rd7 32. g4 Nd5 33. f4 Nb6 34. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Rd8 35. h4 Nd7 36. b4 Nb6 37. h5 Nd5 38. Kf3 Nc3 39. g5 hxg5 ({Black should play} 39... Rd6 $14) 40. fxg5 $16 Rd5 (40... Na4 $16 41. h6 Kg8) 41. Bf4 $18 Nb5 $2 {[#]} (41... Rd8 42. Bc7 Rc8) 42. h6 {White is clearly winning.} gxh6 43. gxh6 Ne7 44. h7 Rh5 45. Kg4 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,103,0,0,10,5,0,0,6,4,36,20,46,12,73,77,138,132,137,141,137,131,137,139,135,137,155,135,202,174,177,177,172,175,171,177,180,182,179,179,179,179,183,183,179,175,175,179,168,162,187,161,610,587,1456,564,1679,1637,1800,1350,6544,10538,1897,1370,6070,6287,4133,3961,29965,29966,29966,29965,29966,29966,29966,29968,29969,29970,29971,29971,29971,29972,29973,29974,29973,29974,29973,29970,29970,29971]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (9... Bg4 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 cxd5 14. Qf4 Be6 15. b4 c6 16. a4 Qb8 17. Qh4 {½-½ (38) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Svidler,P (2737) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. Bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 {The position is equal.} 12. Qh5 Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd5 13. Qh4 Bf5 14. Rad1 Qe6 15. Rfe1 Bg6 16. Qf4 Rac8 17. h4 {½-½ (25) Molander,R (2291)-Koskela,N (2307) Helsinki 2003}) 13. Rfe1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Re8 14. Re3 Re6 (14... Qd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Qh4 Bf5) 15. Rd1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Qe7 {[#]} (15... Qf8 $142) 16. Rg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg6 17. Qe5 Be6 18. Rxg6 fxg6 19. Qxe4 Re8 20. Qxc6 Bg4 21. Qc4+ Qe6 {[#]} (21... Be6 $16 22. Qa4 Rd8) 22. Qxc7 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rc7g7][%mdl 512]} Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Rd5 Bf5 25. f3 Bxc2 {[#]} 26. Ra5 $1 Re7 27. Bd4 Bd3 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Bxa7 {KB-KB} g5 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Ke3 Bf1 32. g3 h5 33. Kd4 Be2 $2 (33... Kd6 34. Bc5+ Kc6) 34. Kc5 Bxf3 35. a4 (35. b4 $142 Kd7 36. a4) 35... Kd7 36. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kc7 37. b4 h4 38. b5 Be2 39. Bb6+ Kc8 40. a6 Kd7 41. Ba5 h3 {[#]} 42. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Kc8 (42... Bxg4 43. b6) 43. Be1 Kb8 44. Kb6 Bxg4 45. Bg3+ Ka8 46. Ka5 Bc8 47. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} g4 48. Be5 g5 49. Bd6 g3 50. Bxg3 g4 51. Bf4 g3 52. b7+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,125,-6,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-76,-81,-191,-199,-198,-53,-58,-49,-197,-199,-252,-233,-220,-187,-180,-183,-172,-158,-154,-111,-100,-88,-86,-104,-110,0,0,0,0,51,49,49,45,49,0,55,51,49,53,75,71,89,48,48,49,39,42,152,152,158,153,159,147,150,161,162,167,179,113,200,200,183,190,481,481,616,601,1120,1119,1081,1056,1049,1023,1233,1240,1240,1233,1214,1210,992,541,1145,314,29968,29970,29967,29969,29976,29976,29978,29979,29980,29980,29980,29981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 (4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qa4 Nb4 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 f5 13. Rd1 Qf6 {½-½ (29) Shimanov,A (2613)-So,W (2762) chess.com INT 2019}) 4... Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bf5 7. Ne2 e6 8. Nc1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. h5 Bh7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (43) Johansson,J (2365)-Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2510) Barbera del Valles 1996}) 8... Be7 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. h4 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. g4 Re8 15. g5 e5 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 16. Kf1 (16. gxf6 $11 e4 17. fxg7) 16... e4 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. Nf4 (17. gxf6 $17 {was worth a try.} Qxf6 18. Nde5 exf3 19. Qxf3) 17... exf3 $19 (17... hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 $14) 18. gxf6 Re4 (18... Qxf6 $19 19. Nxd5 Qf5) 19. Nh5 $15 g6 20. Ng3 (20. Qd2 $1 $15) 20... Rf4 $19 21. h5 (21. Qd3 $142) 21... g5 $1 (21... Qxf6 22. hxg6 Qxg6 23. Qb1 $11) 22. Qd3 Qd7 ({But not} 22... Rxf6 23. Re1 $17) 23. Re1 Rxf6 24. Re3 Qg4 25. Qb5 Re6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Qd3 g4 28. Qf5 Re8 (28... Kh8 $1 $17 29. Qxe6 fxe6) 29. Qxe6 $11 Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 30. Rh4 Rf6 ({Black should try} 30... Kf8 $11) 31. Rxg4+ $14 Kf8 32. Ke1 Nd8 33. Nf1 Rf5 ({Better is} 33... Ra6 $11) 34. Rh4 Ne6 35. Kd2 Ke7 36. Ne3 Rg5 37. Rh3 Ng7 38. Rxf3 Rxh5 39. a4 Rg5 (39... f6 $14) 40. Rh3 $1 $16 h5 41. f4 Rg1 42. Nxd5+ Ke6 43. Ne3 Rb1 44. b4 b6 45. d5+ (45. f5+ $18 Kf6 46. Kd3) 45... Kd6 (45... Kd7 $16 46. Kd3 Ra1) 46. Rg3 $18 Ne8 47. Rg5 Nf6 $2 (47... h4 {is a better defense.} 48. Rh5 Ra1) 48. Rf5 Ke7 49. d6+ Ke6 {[#]} 50. Rxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf6 {[#] KR-KN} 51. f5 $1 Rg1 {[#]} 52. Nd5+ $1 Ke5 53. d7 Rg8 54. Ne7 Rh8 55. Nc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxf5 56. Ke3 h4 {Threatens to win with ...h3.} 57. Kf3 $2 (57. d8=Q Rxd8 58. Nxd8) 57... h3 $2 (57... Ke6 $18 58. d8=Q Rxd8 59. Nxd8+ Kd6) 58. d8=Q {White mates.} Rxd8 59. Nxd8 f6 60. Nc6 a6 61. a5 bxa5 62. bxa5 Ke6 63. Nb4 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,57,-7,8,0,-7,-31,0,-37,-6,-21,-14,-39,-47,-45,-18,-25,-21,-17,0,0,83,81,83,0,42,25,24,16,126,137,125,135,125,125,140,133,143,139,284,311,304,303,284,293,300,277,690,692]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. e4 {E24: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines} Nc6 8. Be3 (8. e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne8 9. f4 $11) (8. e5 Ne8 9. f4 b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 Na5 13. d6 g6 14. Qe2 Ng7 15. Be3 {1-0 (41) Berkes,F (2666)-Azarov,S (2585) Skopje 2019}) 8... b6 9. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Ba6 10. Nh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e5 Ne8 11. f4 f5 12. d5 Na5 13. d6 Nxc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Bxa6 {1-0 (35) Rosenthal,J (2316)-Beckhuis,G (2291) Switzerland 2016}) 10... Na5 11. Bg5 {Threatens to win with e5.} h6 ({Wrong is} 11... Nxc4 $2 12. Qa4 $18) 12. Bh4 $1 {And now e5 would win.} Qc7 (12... Bxc4 $6 13. e5 $16) ({Much weaker is} 12... Nxc4 $6 13. Qa4 $14) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd2 Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Nb3.} ({Don't play} 14... Bxc4 $6 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxh6 $16) 15. Nf4 Rh8 (15... Bxc4 $11 16. Nh5+ Kg6 17. e5+ Bxd3 18. Nxf6 c4) 16. Nh5+ $16 Kf8 {[#] Black wants to play ...Nb3.} 17. Qf2 (17. Rd1 $1 $16) 17... Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. O-O Rg8 (19... Rc8 $11) 20. Nxf6 Rg6 21. e5 d6 22. f4 Kg7 23. Rae1 cxd4 24. cxd4 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 (24... Kh8 $16 {might work better.}) 25. f5 $18 exf5 26. Qxf5 dxe5 27. dxe5 Qc5+ {[#]} 28. Kh1 $1 Rc7 $2 (28... Rf8 29. Nh5+ Kg8) 29. Ne8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,82,13,23,4,22,34,23,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,45,17,39,32,34,14,2,14,31,33,55,34,29,50,53,40,35,35,38,12,153,141,135,97,105,106,92,93,129,134,137,137,159,138,106,67,71,81,80,64,291,287,264,264,257,257,253,251,238,230,709,702,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} a5 $146 (8... Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Bg5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qd7 15. g4 Rac8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (31) Nepomniachtchi,I (2771)-Adams,M (2708) Astana 2019}) 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Nd5 {White has an edge.} a4 11. Ba2 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bd7 13. b4 axb3 14. cxb3 O-O 15. Qc2 Na7 {[%cal Bc6a7,Ba7c8,Bc8b6][%mdl 32] [#] Strongly threatening ...c6.} 16. b4 Nc8 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Bb3 Bg4 19. Nd2 c5 20. h3 Bd7 21. bxc5 (21. Nf3 {with more complications.} Rc8 22. bxc5 Na4 23. Bxa4 bxa4 24. Rac1) 21... dxc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 {aiming for Nf3.} Bxh3 $1 {...Qg5! is the strong threat.} 24. Qxe5 Qxd3 25. Rad1 Bg4 {[#]} (25... Rfe8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 26. Bxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxf7 27. Qh5+ Kg8) 26. Bxf7+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxf7 (26... Rxf7 27. Nf3) 27. Qf4+ Kg8 28. Qxg4 Qxa3 29. Nf3 Qe7 30. e5 Nc4 31. Rd5 Qe8 32. Rb1 ({Don't take} 32. Rd7 $6 Qg6 $14) 32... Qc6 33. Rd7 $40 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Qg6 34. Qxg6 hxg6 35. e6 Rbe8 $2 (35... Nb6 $14) 36. Rxb5 $18 Rxe6 37. Rbb7 Rf5 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Rh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Rh5 40. Rhf7+ Ke8 $2 (40... Kg8 41. Rg7+ Kf8) 41. Rfc7 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Rb6 42. Rc8# {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,110,39,43,40,38,24,59,65,64,64,55,58,95,66,393,387,389,404,447,455,441,421,456,315,316,306,297,302,325,309,353,367,353,331,318,331,446,427,438,370,389,369,406,406,379,0,380,366,379,377,436,422,533,527,497,395,387,380,412,449,531,533,650,648,699,738,668,604,650,689,876,820,805,717,751,672,1561,1536,1150,0,728,735,711,619,1985,2309,7918,6138,5093,4995,2106,2253,29972,2310,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29975,29976,29977,29992]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 (7... dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bf4 Be6 10. O-O-O+ Nd7 11. Be2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Kc8 {½-½ (63) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Adhiban,B (2677) Tbilisi 2017}) 8. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6] White is slightly better.} Qe7 9. Qe2 Ng8 $1 10. Bf4 Qe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Qe3 Kb8 {1-0 (53) Czebe,A (2499)-Antal,G (2473) Budapest 2003}) 11. Ne4 Ne7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (11... f6 $14) 12. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Qf5 13. g3 d5 14. Bh3 Qxh3 15. Nxh3 Bxh3 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Be5 ({Much less strong is} 17. Bxc7 dxc4 18. Be5 Bxe5 $18) 17... Bxe5 18. Qxe5 O-O-O 19. O-O-O dxc4 20. Qc5 Nd5 21. Qxc6 {Black must now prevent Qa8+.} Nb6 22. Rhe1 Rd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} Kb8 26. Qe7 Kc8 27. Qe6+ Kb8 28. Qf6 Re8 {intending ...Nc4.} 29. Kd2 Re5 30. Kxd3 Rf5 31. Qh8+ Kb7 32. f4 Rf7 33. Ke2 a5 34. b3 a4 35. bxa4 Re7+ 36. Kf3 Nxa4 37. Qd8 Re6 38. Qd7 Rc6 39. Qxh7 Kb6 40. h4 Nc3 41. Qf7 Nb5 42. h5 Nd4+ 43. Ke4 Nb5 44. Kf3 $2 (44. hxg6 $18 Nd6+ 45. Ke5 Rc5+ 46. Ke6) 44... gxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Nd4+ $11 45. Ke4 Nb5) 45. Qxh5 Rc3+ 46. Kg4 c5 47. f5 Rc2 48. Qh6+ Ka5 49. Qe3 Rc4+ 50. Kh3 Rc3 51. Qf4 (51. Qe7 $142 Nd4 52. f6 Kb4 53. Qb7+ Kc4 54. f7 Rf3 {[#]} 55. Qxf3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Nxf3 56. f8=Q) 51... Nd4 52. f6 {White mates.} Rf3 53. Qc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb4 54. f7 Kc4 55. Qe7 Nf5 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,56,25,25,20,15,4,12,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,-85,-7,-38,-15,-21,0,-111,-95,-99,-14,-6,-6,-12,-13,-6,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} (11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qf3 Kh8 14. Nc4 Bxe4 15. Qh3 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Bg5 Bd5 18. Rxe5 Be6 {½-½ (48) Howell,D (2693)-Onischuk,A (2647) Astana 2019}) 11... dxe5 12. Qe2 a5 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. h3 Bb7 15. Bc4 Qe7 16. Bd3 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... h6 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Be3 Bd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 {½-½ (48) Sebag,M (2488)-Bailet,P (2519) Chartres 2017}) 17. Nf3 h6 18. Nh4 Bc8 19. Qf3 {[#]} (19. Be3 $11) 19... Rb8 (19... Ng4 $1 $17 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. hxg4 Be6) 20. Bc4 Rb6 21. b3 Rbd6 22. Bb2 (22. Be3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Bd3) 22... Rd2 $17 23. Re2 {next Ng6 is good for White.} Rxe2 ({Better is} 23... Rd1+ $17 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd2) 24. Qxe2 $11 {The position is equal.} Ng4 25. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 26. hxg4 Be6 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Rd1 Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,-6,0,-3,-13,0,4,-27,-18,-15,-12,-15,0,0,-6,-31,-6,-38,-33,-24,-31,-30,-27,-54,-50,-61,-39,-88,-52,-152,-172,-149,-152,-167,-172,-247,-16,-31,-35,-99,-76,-59,37,-297,0,-588,-586,-527,-568,-570,-614,-660,-660,-658,-647,-651,-634,-29988,-1216,-29985,-29975,-29965,-12845,-29988,-29989,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. f4 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e5 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. c3 Nc7 11. Be3 a5 12. Qf2 c4 13. d4 b4 14. g4 Rb8 {1-0 (54) Fedorov,A (2572)-Andreikin,D (2702) Minsk 2018}) 6... Ng8 7. c3 h5 8. Qd1 {The position is equal.} Nh6 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Bf2 Be7 11. Be2 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. O-O b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Qc7 15. Rc1 {½-½ (20) Fehres,W (1816)-Sauer,R (1684) Bad Woerishofen 2001}) 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 d4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qd2 h4 18. a3 a5 19. Nfe1 (19. h3 $15) 19... g5 $1 $17 20. Bg4 {[#]} h3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening ...gxf4.} 21. Nf3 ({But not} 21. gxh3 $2 gxf4 22. Qe2 Ne3 $19) ({Not} 21. Bxh3 $2 Rxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. gxh3 gxf4 $19) 21... hxg2 22. Rfe1 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Nh4 $2 (22... Nh6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh6g4]} 23. Bh5 g4) 23. Bxh4 gxh4 24. f5 (24. h3 $15) 24... Rg8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 25. Re4 {[#]} Qd5 (25... Nxe5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Nxe5 (26. Rxe5 Rxg4) 26... Bg5 {[%mdl 64] Skewer}) 26. fxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26. Nce1 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 26... fxe6 $2 (26... Rxg4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rxg4 Qxf3 28. exf7+ Qxf7 29. Qxg2 Nd8) 27. Ncxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Nce1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 27... Nxd4 $19 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nxd4 {Bh5+ is the strong threat.} Bc5 30. Qe3 Bb7 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Ba7 {Played: Bc5-b6} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,14,14,18,16,7,16,13,29,25,35,22,31,25,25,28,31,17,23,27,25,14,42,4,5,14,30,16,43,27,35,21,54,22,26,28,23,0,0,-15,-15,-6,-10,0,0,0,52,68,112,89,128,125,179,172,353,329,332,343,403,389,454,440,453,422,637,644,637,604,937,558,1297,935,1437,1371,1377,1364,29977,10960]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Re8 (6... d6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8. Bc2 Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a4 c6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. a5 Bc5 {1-0 (39) Carlsen,M (2845)-Grischuk,A (2771) Shamkir 2019}) 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 {The position is equal.} a6 9. Ba4 Be7 10. Bg3 d6 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} Bf8 12. h3 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 {0-1 (35) Firouzja,A (2607)-Wang,H (2730) St Petersburg 2018}) 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. a4 Bd7 15. Re1 Ng6 16. Nf1 c5 17. Ne3 Qc7 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. Qf3 Reb8 20. Red1 bxa4 21. Nc4 Be6 22. Rdb1 Nd7 23. Bxa4 Nb6 24. Bb3 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. dxc4 Rb3 27. Qd3 Rab8 ({Black should try} 27... a5 $11) 28. Rxa6 $14 R8b6 29. Ra2 g6 30. Nf3 {Nd2 is the strong threat.} Qb7 (30... Nc6 $16 31. Qc2 Rb8) 31. Qc2 $18 f5 $2 (31... Rc6 {might work better.} 32. Nd2 Rbb6) 32. Nd2 f4 33. Bh2 g5 34. Kh1 ({Don't take} 34. Nxb3 Rxb3 35. Rba1 Kg7 $18) 34... h5 35. Nxb3 Rxb3 36. Rba1 Kf7 (36... g4 $142 37. g3 fxg3 38. Bxg3 Ng6 39. hxg4 h4) 37. Qd1 Rxb2 38. Qxh5+ Kf6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxa2.} 39. Ra6 Rd2 40. h4 gxh4 41. Qxh4+ Kf7 {[#]} 42. Bxf4 $1 Re2 (42... exf4 43. Qxf4+) 43. Qh5+ {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} N7b6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 10. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 13. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 16. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 18. e4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 19. Nb1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} cxb1=Q {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 23. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 24. b4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 26. a4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. f3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 28. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxe1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. b5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. b6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} R8xb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} R1b2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Raa7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. Red7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. h4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 42. Ra4 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,-8,-4,-8,10,8,11,14,0,0,0,-8,16,15,9,15,17,4,25,-11,16,7,75,-20,62,-33,-30,-32,0,-336,-131,-110,-93,-82,-74,-66,-64,-58,-69,-234,-236,-240,-247,-393,25,-239,-122,-757,-569,-572,-556,-646,-27,-661,-636,-29994,-1231,-5038,-1112,-970,-310,-316,-301,-474,-252,-373,-363,-370,-337,-406,-386,-385,-380,-405,-398,-391,-378,-374,-369,-350,-344,-344,-304,-496,-495,-558,-558,-551,-517,-416]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nge2 a6 6. Nd5 {C25: Vienna Game: Alternatives to 2...Nf6} (6. d3 Nge7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Be3 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qg5 13. Qf3 f5 14. O-O-O Bd7 {0-1 (31) Hou,Y (2652)-Caruana,F (2802) chess.com INT 2017}) 6... Nge7 7. c3 Nxd5 (7... Ba7 {feels hotter.} 8. d4 O-O 9. Ne3 Kh8 10. O-O f5) 8. exd5 {The position is equal.} Ne7 9. d4 Ba7 10. O-O O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. c4 Nf5 13. b3 Re8 14. Bb2 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... e4 15. Rc1 Bc5 {0-1 (27) Buchal,S (2335)-Braga,F (2470) Germany 1989}) 15. Rc1 Bc5 (15... Qd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Qd2 (16. Nc3 $16) 16... a5 (16... e4 $11) 17. Kh1 (17. Nc3 $1 $14) 17... h4 $15 18. a3 hxg3 19. hxg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. Nxg3 $11 Qe7 20. Rce1 Nxg3+ 21. fxg3) 19... Ra6 $2 (19... e4 $19 {is more deadly. Hoping for ...e3.} 20. Qe1 Qd6) 20. b4 $17 axb4 21. axb4 Rh6+ 22. Kg1 Bf8 $1 23. Rfe1 e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...e3 would win. Black has good play.} 24. c5 $2 (24. Nd4 $15 e3 25. Qc3) 24... e3 $19 25. fxe3 {White wants to play e4.} Qg5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Rc4 (26. Rc2 $142 Qg4 27. Bd4) 26... Rxe3 $2 (26... Nxg3 $19 27. Nxg3 Qxg3) 27. Rf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Re4 $11 Rg6 28. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Nxe3 30. Ra1) 27... Rb3 (27... Re7 $1 $19 28. Rd4 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 {[#]} Nxg3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin}) 28. Ref1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Be5 $17) 28... Nxg3 29. Nxg3 Qxg3 30. R1f2 Qh2+ (30... Rd3 $2 31. Qe2 $19) 31. Kf1 Bh3 {aiming for ...Qh1+.} 32. d6 cxd6 (32... Re6 $142 33. Be5 Rxe5 34. Re4 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Rxe4 35. Qe3 Rexe3 36. Re2 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Qg3#) 33. Qd5 Bxg2+ (33... Qh1+ $142 34. Ke2 Rxb2+ 35. Kd3 Qb1+ 36. Kc3 Qc1+ 37. Kd3 Be6 38. Rxb2 Bxd5 39. Bxd5 Qxf4) 34. Qxg2 Qxg2+ $2 (34... Qh5 {[%cal Rh5d1]} 35. Rd4 Rg6) 35. Kxg2 f6 ({Don't do} 35... dxc5 36. Rxf7 Rg6+ 37. Kf1 $19) 36. Bd4 (36. Rc4 $142) 36... dxc5 (36... Rxb4 $142 37. Rd2 dxc5) 37. bxc5 (37. Bxc5 $142 Rg6+ 38. Kf1) 37... Rh5 38. Rc2 Rg5+ 39. Kf1 Rb5 40. c6 bxc6 41. Rxc6 Rgf5 42. Rxf5 Rxf5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. Ke2 Kf7 44. Kd3 Rb5 45. Rc7+ Kg6 46. Rc8 $2 (46. Rd7 {was worth a try.}) 46... Bd6 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. Rc6 Be5 48. Bc5 Kf5 49. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,121,3,15,7,16,17,15,17,75,82,89,52,111,120,120,112,130,82,84,80,84,66,76,83,88,72,129,111,112,116,147,133,145,145,155,118,148,89,147,129,162,150,163,158,171,171,171,171,171,171,171,171,171,171,171,170,171,171,178,171,171,171,171,170,170,170,163,163,163,166,173,171,190,179,413,169,207,197,201,179,183,178,178,167,180,185,184,186,166,155,225,170,176,161,174,142,276,280,281,277,367,352,350,340,359,337,314,298]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 (10... Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. c4 Nbd7 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rc1 Bf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 a5 {1-0 (43) Anand,V (2774)-Keymer,V (2516) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 11. c4 {The position is equal.} g6 $146 (11... Nc5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. h3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bc8 15. f4 Bh4 16. Ne2 f5 {½-½ (60) Aryan,C (2547)-Raja,H (2432) Budapest 2019}) 12. Nxe7+ $16 Qxe7 13. b3 Rfc8 ({Black should try} 13... b5 $1 $14) 14. Bg5 Qf8 15. Qd2 Ne8 16. Rad1 f6 17. Bh6 Qe7 18. Bb1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qe2 b4 (20... Rcb8 $142) 21. Bd2 Rab8 22. Qe1 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 24. Bxb4 Nc5 25. Kh1 Qb7 26. Ba3 (26. Bd2 $142) 26... Qa7 (26... Qa6 $142 27. Bb4 Qb6) 27. Bb2 Bf7 28. Bc1 Qa6 29. Be3 Nc7 30. f4 {fxe5 is the strong threat.} exf4 31. Bxf4 Ne8 32. Qd2 Rd8 33. Qf2 Nd7 34. Ne2 Rbc8 35. Nd4 Ne5 36. h3 Qb7 37. Bg3 Rc3 38. Bh4 Nd7 39. Ne2 Rcc8 40. Rd2 Qb4 41. Rfd1 Qc5 42. Qxc5 Rxc5 43. Bf2 Ra5 44. Rc1 Ne5 $2 {[#]} (44... Rb5 45. Nd4 Rb7) 45. Nd4 (45. Bb6 $142 Rda8 46. Bxa5 Rxa5 47. Rc8) 45... Ra6 46. Kg1 Ng7 47. Rc7 Ne6 48. Nxe6 Bxe6 49. Be3 Rd7 50. Rxd7 Bxd7 51. Kf2 Be6 52. Rc2 Nc6 (52... d5 $16 {was called for.} 53. Rd2 dxe4) 53. Bd2 Kf8 54. Bc3 Ke7 55. Ke3 Na7 (55... Ne5 $16 {was worth a try.} 56. Bd4 Nc6) 56. Rf2 $18 f5 57. exf5 gxf5 58. Bd3 Rc6 59. Bd4 Nc8 60. Rc2 Rxc2 61. Bxc2 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,176,0,-3,-3,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,29,40,33,29,12,25,34,41,25,-20,-23,-115,-110,-84,-34,-40,-48,-118,-125,-108,-66,-131,-131,-132,-136,-146,-134,-150,-70,-121,-114,-114,-120,-213,-156,-215,-153,-186,-204,-181,-153,-173,-167,-172,-174,-203,-154,-220,-194,-185,-144,-168,-169,-172,-166,-158,-178,-197,-128,-126,-109,-118,-96,-104,-69,-84,-84,-95,-90,-85,-81,-97,-52,-104,-38,-107,-72,-94,-97,-102,-93,-125,-95,-152,-155,-165,-162,-245,-251,-284,-261,-279,-268,-326,-326,-326,-326,-326,-326,-333,-81,-468,-293,-256,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-1312,-1407,-1218,-8,-5081,-4150,-29947,-29957,-29953,-12796,-29967,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29972,-29972,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29977,-29979,-29980,-29978,-29977,-29976,-29978,-29974,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. Nh3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Bxh3 7. Rxh3 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... e6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h5 10. g5 Ng8 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Qb6 {1-0 (34) Rapport,R (2693)-Skembris,S (2458) Athens 2013}) 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Qd7 9. Bd2 e6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qa3 a5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Re3 (16. Bg5 $11 Qxd4 17. Re3) 16... Bf8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf8a3]} (16... Qxd4 17. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe4 18. Bc3 $15) 17. Qa4 Bb4 18. Nxe4 O-O $40 {[%mdl 128] ...Nxe4 is the strong threat. Black mounts an attack.} 19. Nxf6+ (19. Qc2 $15) 19... Nxf6 20. Rb3 {[%cal Rd2b4]} Nd5 21. Be3 (21. Bh6 $15 Rfe8 22. Rd3) 21... Qd8 22. Rd3 Qxh4 23. a3 Bd6 24. Qb3 Rab8 ({Better is} 24... Qe4 $17 25. Qxb7 Bxa3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 25. g3 (25. Be2 $1 $15) 25... Qe4 26. Bd2 Qf5 27. Be1 (27. Bxa5 $17 Qxf2 28. Qd1) 27... Rfe8 28. Ka2 (28. Qc2 $17) 28... Ra8 29. Rf3 a4 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Bxd3 Bf8 32. Bd2 Bg7 33. Rc4 Red8 34. Bg5 (34. Bf1 $17) 34... Rd7 35. Bc2 Nc7 36. Be3 Ne6 {[%cal Re6d4]} 37. Rxa4 Rxa4 38. Bxa4 Bxd4 39. Bc1 Bg7 (39... Rd5 $19 40. Bb3 Re5) 40. Bc2 c5 {Played: Ne6-d4} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,97,0,-27,0,-20,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-35,-30,-29,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,20,40,14,114,77,77,77,90,23,25,11,24,31,85,87,94,85,97,31,166,160,383,377,347,349,349,328,339,311,330,291,373,373,328,329,377,374,437,439,464,416,470,462,483,506,772,760,710,654,7432,6099,2675,2400,29968,29966]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Bd2 Qd7 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 10. a3 a5 11. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne4 f6 12. Rc1 a4 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 b6 15. Rc1 Nd8 16. Qc2 c5 17. d4 cxd4 18. exd4 {1-0 (64) Grachev,B (2682)-Bobras,P (2544) Germany 2011}) 11... Rfd8 {The position is equal.} 12. Ne4 f6 (12... a4 {seems wilder.} 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Bc3 Bb3 15. Qb1 Qe6) 13. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 14. Rxc5 a4 15. Qb1 Nde7 16. h3 Bf5 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 17. e4 Be6 18. Be3 Na5 19. d4 Nb3 $1 {[%csl LRc5,LRd4][%cal Re5d4][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 20. dxe5 {Rd1 is the strong threat.} Nxc5 21. Bxc5 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Qe8 $1 23. f4 {aiming for f5.} Ra5 (23... Ng6 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Bb4 Rxe5 25. fxe5 b6 26. Bxe7 (26. Qc1 $16 c5 27. Bc3) 26... Qxe7 $11 27. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rd4 28. Qc6 Qd7 (28... Bb3 $14) 29. Bb5 $16 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} h5 31. Kf2 (31. h4 $16) 31... Rd2+ {[#]} (31... Rc4 $14 32. Bb7 (32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Rd4 $11) 32... Rc5) 32. Ke3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3d2]} Rxg2 $2 (32... Bc4 $16 33. Rc1 (33. Kxd2 Bxf1 34. Ke3 Kf8 $16) (33. Bxa4 Bxf1 34. Kxd2 g5 $16) 33... Rd3+ 34. Kf4 b5) 33. Bd5 Rg6 34. h4 c5 35. Rf5 b5 36. Rg5 ({Not} 36. Rxh5 Kf7 $16) 36... Rh6 37. Rg1 Kf7 38. Rc1 c4 39. Rg1 Rh8 40. Kd4 Rc8 41. Rg5 Rb8 42. Kc5 Rc8+ 43. Kxb5 Rb8+ 44. Kxc4 Rxb2 (44... g6 $142 45. Rg2 Re8) 45. Kc5 Rb1 46. Rxh5 Rb3 47. Rf5+ Ke7 48. Bxb3 Bxf5 49. Bxa4 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,105,18,14,11,20,20,15,25,8,32,25,35,29,15,14,29,24,16,12,10,22,36,6,31,28,46,15,41,48,41,42,45,49,71,62,68,37,40,34,54,42,37,39,42,39,45,28,35,14,36,44,45,54,47,45,44,31,35,42,44,35,46,45,53,40,41,41,60,34,34,32,46,16,22,18,22,18,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nc4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Be6 12. a4 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening a5.} ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 c6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ncxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2779)-Adams,M (2748) London 2016}) 12... Bxc4 13. Bxc4 {aiming for a5.} a5 14. Qb3 c6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. h3 Qc7 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Ba7 19. Bb1 (19. Qc2 {with more complications.} Rd7 20. g3 Rde7 21. Kg2 Qd8 22. Be3) 19... Qb6 20. Qxb6 Bxb6 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. g3 Kg8 23. Bc1 Rd7 24. b3 (24. dxe5 {is more complex.} dxe5 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Bc2 Nf6 27. Rd1) 24... exd4 25. Nxd4 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 26. exd5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxd5 28. Nf5 Rd7 29. Kg2 Bc5 30. h4 Nf8 31. Ne3 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Bc2 Ne6 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Bxd1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Kf8 36. Bd2 Be7 37. h5 Bf6 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Ke2 Kd6 40. Bc2 b5 41. f4 Nc7 42. c4 b4 {The position is equal.} 43. g4 Ne6 44. Bd1 g5 45. f5 Nc5 46. Be3 Nd7 47. Kd3 c5 48. Bf3 Bc3 49. Bf2 Be5 50. Ke2 Bf4 51. Kd3 Be5 52. Bd5 Nf6 53. Bf3 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,0,25,21,26,18,39,0,12,14,46,18,14,0,31,19,18,25,66,58,72,55,106,67,84,39,60,29,110,99,130,131,130,93,83,89,78,97,114,74,83,75,154,154,154,154,147,148,215,211,210,210,210,222,227,210,412,255,316,159,225,245,352,272,393,185,444,436,463,475,406,383,472,461,957,959,1015,978,29974,29976,5122,381,363,356,422,367,359,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,-8,-8,-8]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O g6 6. Qc2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (6. Na3 Bg7 7. Nxc4 O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Nb6 10. Qc1 Nxc4 11. bxc4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qc7 {0-1 (56) Aronian,L (2785)-Malakhov,V (2713) Doha 2016}) 6... Bg7 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Qc2 {White is slightly better.} Bf5 9. d3 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Re8 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. e4 Bg4 12. d4 Nh5 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {0-1 (60) Valdes Romero,L (2391)-Rakesh,K (2247) Hoogeveen 2016}) 10. Nc3 Bh3 11. d4 Na6 12. Rd1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. e4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b5 (15... b6 $14) 16. a4 Nc7 17. Be3 a6 18. h4 h6 (18... f5 $11) 19. c4 $16 Ne6 20. Rac1 bxa4 21. d5 ({But not} 21. Qxa4 $6 f5 $14) 21... cxd5 22. cxd5 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Nd8 24. Ra2 Nb7 25. Rxa4 a5 {[#]} (25... Rfc8 $142) 26. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b7]} Nd6 27. e5 Nf5 28. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} g5 (28... h5 $16 29. Rb5 (29. Bxa5 Rfc8 $16) (29. Rxa5 Rxa5 30. Bxa5 Rc8 $16) 29... f6) 29. hxg5 $18 hxg5 30. Bxg5 f6 31. Bf4 fxe5 32. Bxe5 Ra6 $2 (32... Bf6 33. Rb7 Rf7) 33. Rb5 Rfa8 34. g4 (34. Rg4 $18) 34... Nd6 (34... Nh4+ $16 35. Nxh4 Bxe5) 35. Bxd6 exd6 (35... Rxd6 $142 36. Rbxa5 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Rg6) 36. Nd2 Bc3 (36... Rf8 {was called for.} 37. f4 (37. Raxa5 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Bc3 $18) 37... Ra7) 37. Nc4 (37. Ne4 $142 Rc8 38. f4) 37... Bb4 $2 (37... Rf8 {was worth a try.} 38. Ne3 Raa8) 38. f4 Bc3 39. Kf3 Re8 40. Ne3 Bd2 41. Nf5 Re1 (41... Raa8 $142 42. Nxd6 Reb8) 42. Rc4 Ra8 43. Rb7 Rc1 44. Rxc1 Bxc1 45. Nxd6 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} (45. g5 {Threatening mate with g6.} Bd2 46. Rc7) 45... a4 46. Rb1 Ba3 47. Nc4 Bc5 {Black hopes to continue with ...a3.} 48. g5 $2 (48. Ra1 $18) 48... a3 $11 {With the idea ...a2.The position is equal.} 49. Nxa3 Rxa3+ {KRB-KR} 50. Kg4 Ra4 51. Kf5 Bd6 52. Kg6 {[#] Strongly threatening f5.} Rxf4 53. Rb6 Bf8 54. Rb8 Ra4 55. Rd8 Ra6+ 56. d6 Rxd6+ {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 29%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,163,35,33,23,27,35,41,15,31,21,25,16,35,20,32,36,43,39,35,33,77,39,43,43,40,46,36,63,62,27,32,21,25,28,54,56,59,47,48,40,31,33,28,37,45,15,9,0,38,13,16,26,33,17,26,18,20,14,63,8,63,63,63,66,107,21,21,5,5,5,5,5,158,163,163,168,148,73,73,31,74,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-16,-934,57,8,8,8,277,257,246,246,246,245,245,43,43,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,51,51,51,51,13,29,601,569,959,875,2538,2524,2033,1654,1672,1284,2370,2025,29964,9536,29973,29974,29974,29975,29974,0,5422,0,29974,29975,29976,29975,29975,29976,29978,29980,29986,29976,29976,29977,29979,29980,29983,29984,29983,29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ (4... Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 O-O 14. g3 Be6 15. Bg2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 17. O-O Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Bg5 19. h4 Bh6 20. a3 {½-½ (32) Jakovenko,D (2719)-Giri,A (2797) Shenzhen 2019}) 5. c3 Be7 6. c4 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e5 {White is slightly better.} Ne8 9. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 a6 11. O-O d6 12. Bf4 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. b3 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Bc6 19. Qh3 Qf4 20. Rad1 g6 21. Qe3 {½-½ (20) Klima,M (1638)-Vavra,V (1552) Valasska Bystrice 2014}) 9... d6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qb3 Bc5 15. Bf3 Qc7 $1 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rfd1 Rb8 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bxb5 22. cxb5 e5 23. Rc7 e4 24. Be2 Rfc8 25. Rdc1 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd5 27. Rd7 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d7]} 28. Rc7 {aiming for Bc4.} Nd5 29. Rc5 Rd8 $1 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Bc4 Nb6 32. Bb3 Rc8 33. Re5 Re8 (33... Rc1 {feels hotter.} 34. Kg3 h6 35. Rxe4 Re1 36. h4 Re2) 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {KB-KN} 35. Kg3 $1 Nc8 36. Kf4 Nd6 37. a4 ({White should try} 37. Bd5 $1 $16) 37... f6 $11 38. Bd5 g5+ 39. Kg4 b6 40. Kh5 Ke7 $2 (40... Kf8 $11) 41. g4 $1 $16 Nf7 42. Bxe4 Ne5 43. Bxh7 (43. b3 $142 $1) 43... Nc4 44. e4 Kd6 45. Bg8 (45. b4 $16) 45... Nxb2 $11 46. Bb3 Ke5 47. Kg6 Nd3 48. Kf7 Nf2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Be6 $11) 49... Nxe4 $2 (49... Nxg4 $19 50. h3 Nf2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 50. Kd8 (50. Bc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2e4]} Nc5 51. h3 $11) 50... Nc5 51. Bc2 Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Kf4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 52. Kc8 Kxg4) 52. Kc8 $1 $18 a5 53. bxa6 $1 Nxa6 54. Kb7 Nb4 55. Bb1 $2 (55. Be4 $1 $18 Kc5 56. Kc7) 55... Kc5 $1 $14 56. Kc7 Nc6 $1 57. h3 Ne5 58. Kd8 {And now Ke7 would win.} Kd6 59. Ke8 Nc4 60. Kf7 Ke5 61. Ke7 Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2b1]} 62. Bc2 Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (62... Kf4 $11) 63. Kd7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd7c7]} Kd5 64. Bb3 Kc5 65. Ke6 Nd2 66. Bc2 Kd4 67. Kxf6 Nf3 68. Bd1 Ng1 69. Kxg5 Nxh3+ 70. Kf5 Kc5 71. Be2 Ng1 72. Bd1 (72. Bb5 $142 Kd6 73. g5 Nf3 74. Kf6 Nd2 75. Bd3 Nf3 76. g6 Ne5 77. g7) 72... Nh3 $1 73. Be2 (73. Bf3 $18 Kd6 74. g5) 73... Ng1 $1 74. Bb5 {White mates.} Kd6 75. Kf6 Nf3 76. g5 Ne5 77. g6 Ng4+ 78. Kf7 Ne5+ {[#]} 79. Kg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7f6]} Ke7 80. Kh7 Ng4 81. g7 Nf6+ 82. Kh8 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,141,13,2,6,8,19,0,41,41,48,44,43,43,43,41,47,45,45,20,19,18,19,19,27,26,27,26,26,26,22,28,38,30,29,29,54,54,54,54,54,49,51,42,58,42,42,42,52,46,104,104,102,96,96,96,104,104,109,102,97,96,96,96,96,96,96,94,125,125,121,119,122,122,125,123,127,116,135,125,120,120,127,141,129,92,92,92,112,106,132,132,132,132,132,127,123,123,375,153,149,0,375,368,354,354,361,346,346,346,346,346,346,346,346,346,346,346,643,515,515,377,5449,487,751,714,10467,9515]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 10. Re1 Re8 (10... Bg4 {seems wilder.} 11. f3 Bh5 12. b3 Bd6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Qc1 Re8) 11. a3 (11. exd5 {is interesting.} Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 cxd5 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nb5) 11... Bxc3 $146 {The position is equal.} (11... Bd6 {looks sharper.} 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. b4 c5) ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf8 12. b4 h6 13. h3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 c5 16. Bf4 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 {½-½ (25) Motylev,A (2644)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. Bxc3 dxe4 {[#]} 13. Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd1 (13... Rxe4 14. Qxd8+) 14. Raxd1 Nxe4 {[#]} 15. Rxe4 $1 {[%cal Re4e8][%mdl 512]} Bf5 (15... Rxe4 16. Rd8+) 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 17. h3 Bxc2 18. Rd7 Rc8 19. Rd4 Bb3 20. Rg4 g6 21. Rb4 Bd5 22. Ra4 Ra8 23. Ra6 c5 24. Ra5 c6 25. Rxc5 f5 26. Ra5 a6 27. Ra4 Kf7 28. Rb4 Ra7 29. f3 a5 30. Rb8 a4 31. h4 Ke6 32. Kf2 f4 (32... Bc4 $14) 33. Rb4 $16 Kf5 34. Bd2 Bb3 35. Rxf4+ Ke6 36. Bc3 Re7 37. Kg3 Rf7 38. Re4+ Kd7 39. Rb4 Ke6 40. Rb6 Kd5 41. Ra6 c5 42. h5 gxh5 43. Rh6 Bc2 44. Rxh5+ Kc6 45. Kf2 Bg6 46. Re5 Kd6 47. Re1 Re7 48. Rd1+ Ke6 49. g4 h5 50. Kg3 hxg4 51. fxg4 Kf7 52. Rd5 Rc7 53. Rd6 {Black must now prevent Rf6+.} Bc2 54. g5 Re7 55. Rf6+ Kg8 56. Rc6 Re3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Kf7 $16 {is a better defense.} 57. Rxc5 Re2) 57. Kf4 (57. Kf2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf2e3] is the precise move to win.} Re8 58. g6 (58. Rxc5 Kf7 $16)) 57... Re4+ 58. Kg3 $2 (58. Kf3 $16) 58... Re3+ $1 $18 {[#]} 59. Kf2 $1 Re7 60. g6 {Rc8+ would kill now.} ({Weaker is} 60. Rxc5 Re6 $18) 60... Re8 61. g7 ({Less strong is} 61. Rxc5 Bxg6 62. Rc7 Bf7 $16) 61... Bb3 62. Rxc5 Kf7 63. Rf5+ Kg8 64. Rh5 Kf7 65. Rh8 Rg8 66. Ke3 Ke7 $2 (66... Kg6 67. Rh1 Re8+ 68. Kd3 Kf7) 67. Kf4 Re8 68. Kg5 Bg8 $2 (68... Kf7 69. Bf6 Rg8) 69. Rh6 (69. Kg6 $142 Rb8 70. Bb4+ Kd7 {[#]} 71. Rxg8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg8 72. Kh7 Rxg7+ 73. Kxg7) 69... Ra8 (69... Kd7 $142 70. Kf5 Rc8) 70. Rf6 Bf7 71. Bb4+ {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,123,46,36,37,42,39,24,4,6,4,35,23,76,79,106,88,92,89,108,101,99,104,95,95,116,80,80,77,76,71,162,166,150,160,159,139,145,150,146,142,593,602,562,595,589,585,552,486,543,535,595,481,459,361,315,302,447,346,412,401,459,444,493,440,556,539,530,531,631,614,1454,384,560,0,1508,1407,1035,814,1265,847,835,804,776,767,826,852,1106,1100,1096,1080,1068,952,29946,4831,29994,29990,29990,29991,29996,29981,29981,29982,29980,29981,29991,29992,29992,29992,29992,29993,29997,29997,29997,720]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Bc4 {C63: Ruy Lopez: Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence} Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 $1 9. Nc3 {White has an edge.} Qd7 (9... Nd4 10. g4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bg6 12. Be6 c6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Bb3 Bf7 {0-1 (77) Caruana,F (2832)-Aronian,L (2765) London 2018}) 10. Be3 Be7 11. a4 Rf8 $146 (11... a6 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Re1 Nb4 13. g4 Bxg4 14. hxg4 Qxg4+ {1-0 (27) Hovhannisyan,R (2600)-Nisipeanu,L (2643) Dubai 2012}) 12. Be2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Kf7 14. Nd5 Kg8 15. a5 a6 16. c3 Kh8 17. Qb3 Nd8 18. Rad1 Nxd5 {[#]} 19. Bg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4d7]} (19. Qxd5 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. gxf3 Qxh3 $17) 19... Qb5 20. Qxd5 Qxb2 (20... Qxd5 $16 21. Rxd5 (21. exd5 Nf7 $14) 21... Nf7) 21. Qc4 $18 c6 22. Rb1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qa3 23. Bb6 Nf7 24. Ra1 Qb2 25. Rfb1 d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Qc2 $16) 26. Qd3 ({Weaker is} 26. Rxb2 dxc4 27. Rd1 Nd6 $16) 26... dxe4 27. Qd7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Worse is} 27. Rxb2 exd3 28. Bf5 Nd6 $11) 27... Qxc3 28. Qxe7 Nh6 29. Be3 {Hoping for Bxh6.} Rf7 30. Qe6 Raf8 31. Ra2 Nxg4 32. hxg4 Qd3 33. Qb3 Qd7 (33... Qxb3 $142 34. Rxb3 Rd8) 34. Qd1 Qe6 35. Rd2 h6 36. Rbb2 Kh7 37. Rd6 Qe7 {[#]} 38. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 39. Rbd2 Kg8 40. Qg4 Qc7 41. Bb6 $2 (41. Rd7 Qc8 42. Bxg5) 41... Qe7 (41... Qc8 $142 42. Qxg5 Qf5) 42. Be3 (42. Bd8 $142 Qe8 43. Bxg5 (43. Qxe4 Rxf2 44. Rxf2 Rxf2 $18)) 42... Qc7 43. Rd7 Qc8 44. Qe6 c5 45. Qc4 Qe8 46. Rxb7 {Rdd7 is the strong threat.} Kh7 47. Rxf7 Rxf7 48. Qxa6 Qa4 {[#]} 49. Qe6 $1 Qa1+ {[#]} 50. Kh2 $1 Rf6 51. Qg4 Qxa5 52. Qxe4+ Kh6 53. Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White mates.} Kg6 54. Qxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 55. Qh5+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Rd8 Rf5 58. Qg8+ Kg6 59. Rd6+ Rf6 60. Qe8+ Kf5 61. Qh5+ Ke4 62. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,73,12,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,77,79,81,79,71,2,46,31,51,39,77,79,85,79,92,95,108,89,90,63,137,114,377,379,560,554,847,843,802,781,2585,2570,29969,29967]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nxd7 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} (11. Bf4 Nf6 12. e3 Be6 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 15. Rxc1 Bxa2 16. Nc4 Qc8 17. Qc2 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qf5 {½-½ (77) Ding,L (2742)-Grischuk,A (2795) Tromsoe 2014}) 11... Bxd7 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Bxb7 {The position is equal.} Rb8 14. Bg2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bxd4 16. Bh6 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qd5+ 17. Kg1 {½-½ (17) Ornstein,A (2450)-Moberg,K (2420) Borlange 1995}) 17. Rb1 Bxb2 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} f6 (20... Ba3 $11) 21. Rd7 $16 Kf7 22. Bf4 ({Reject} 22. Rxa7 g5 $11) 22... Ra8 {[#]} 23. a4 (23. Be3 $1 $16) 23... Bc3 24. Be3 a5 25. Bc5 Re8 26. Rb7 f5 27. Kf3 Ke6 28. e4 h5 29. h4 Kf6 30. Ke3 e6 ({Black should try} 30... e5 $14) 31. Rb3 Be5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Ba1 $16) 32. f4 $18 Bb8 (32... Ba1 $142 33. e5+ Kg7 34. Rb7+ Kg8) 33. e5+ Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kg8 35. Kd4 Rc8 36. Bd6 Bxd6 37. exd6 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,47,-8,-4,-6,-12,-10,-4,0,-47,-51,-102,4,14,8,17,24,8,137,129,333,196,190,181,253,253,348,330,472,456,465,460,569,529]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Rb1 Re8 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines} (9... Ne7 10. c4 c6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. d3 Qd7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Nc3 f5 15. a4 Ng6 16. Bc1 Bc5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 {½-½ (66) Granda Zuniga,J (2680)-Pavlidis,A (2463) Skopje 2014}) 10. d4 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Qh5 b6 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Bh3 {1-0 (18) Zipfel,F (2215)-Winterfeld,D (2215) Germany 1997}) 11. Be3 Qf6 {The position is equal.} 12. Qd3 a6 13. d5 {[#]} ({White should try} 13. Qd2 $15) 13... Bf5 (13... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4d3]} 14. Bxe4 Ne5) 14. Be4 $11 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Na5 16. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening c5.} b6 {[#]} (16... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. c5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc5d6][%mdl 2560] White is on the roll.} bxc5 $2 (17... Bf8 $16) 18. Qa4 (18. Bd2 $142) 18... Qf3 $18 19. Rfe1 f5 (19... c6 $142 20. Bd2 (20. Qxa5 cxd5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 $16) 20... cxd5) 20. Qxa5 f4 21. Bxc5 Qg4 (21... fxg3 {might work better.} 22. Nxg3 Qxd5) 22. Bxd6 {White is clearly winning.} cxd6 23. Qa4 Qf5 {[#]} 24. Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Pin. Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,53,31,32,44,38,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,29,29,33,33,22,22,33,20,24,22,26,22,27,25,22,14,28,2,34,18,28,0,18,0,12,7,9,0,0,0,0,-51]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} 7. Nf3 (7. Bxf7+ Kf8 $17) 7... d5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 8. Nxd5 (8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 Nd7 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Bxf7+ Nxf7 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 {0-1 (26) Adhiban,B (2689)-Yu,Y (2764) Caleta 2019}) 8... Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 9. Ne3 Bg4 10. Be2 $1 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Bxe3 $146 (11... O-O-O {seems wilder.} 12. d3 Qe6 13. Nxg4 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Nxg4 15. Bg5 Rde8+) ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O-O 12. d3 Qa4 13. c3 Rhe8 14. d4 {0-1 (36) Cadilhac,I (2286)-Tutisani,N (2471) Manavgat 2018}) 12. Qxe3 O-O-O {[#] Hoping for ...Bxf3.} 13. Qxe4 Nxe4 14. d3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nc5 16. Be3 Ne6 17. h4 (17. Bxa7 b6 $17) 17... h5 18. Kd2 ({Not} 18. Bxa7 b6 $17) 18... Rd5 19. Rag1 (19. Bxa7 b6 $17) 19... Rhd8 20. a4 ({Weaker is} 20. Bxa7 b6 $17) 20... c5 21. b3 b6 22. Ke2 Kb7 {The position is equal.} 23. Kd2 Kc6 24. Rg3 Rf5 25. Ke2 g6 26. Kd2 Rd7 27. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 49%.} (27. Re1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,109,21,21,20,6,25,10,124,130,118,130,135,129,138,142,133,138,134,132,129,110,101,104,165,166,211,206,213,173,185,181,177,162,209,189,185,189,214,218,406,252,252,252,246,242,327,308,342,316,272,272,354,354,554,400,491,477,479,474,470,465,451,350,350,350,342,342,335,253,331,253,252,0,321,255,255,255,287,294,265,279,271,0,0,0,0,0,105,117,141,126,310,245,4622,4622,29974,4618,4618,4598]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 {D54: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without Nf3} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nf3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bf5 g6 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17. Nxc5 Qe7 18. Rc2 Bf6 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Rc5 {1-0 (40) Wang,Y (2684)-Lu,S (2625) China 2019}) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 (9... Nxe7 $11 {keeps the balance.} 10. Nf3 b6) 10. Nxd5 $16 exd5 11. Rxc7 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rc2 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Ne2 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Qd6 (17... Ne4 $16 18. Bxe4 dxe4) 18. Qc3 Rfe8 19. Qc7 Qe6 20. Rhc1 Ne4 {Threatening ...Nxf2.} 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Kf1 Rab8 23. Rc3 Qf5 24. Kg1 a6 25. a4 Rbc8 $2 (25... g5 {was necessary.} 26. b4 Qe6) 26. Qxb7 {[%cal Rc3c8]} Rb8 27. Qxa6 Rxb2 28. Qf1 Reb8 29. g4 Qd7 30. Qd3 g6 31. a5 Ra2 32. Ra3 Rbb2 (32... Rxa3 $142 33. Qxa3 Kg7) 33. Ra1 Rxa1+ 34. Rxa1 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} h5 35. Qd1 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rb7 37. a6 Ra7 38. Qe2 Qe6 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. f3 Qc6 41. Qd3 Qb6 42. Qe2 Qc6 $1 43. Ra2 Qb6 44. Qd3 Qc6 45. e4 dxe4 46. fxe4 Qe6 47. d5 $2 (47. Qe2 $18) 47... Qxg4+ $11 48. Kf1 {Black must now prevent Qd4+.} Qf4+ 49. Rf2 Qe5 (49... Qc1+ $11 {remains equal.} 50. Kg2 Qg5+ 51. Kf3 Qh5+ 52. Ke3 Qg5+ 53. Kf3 Qf6+ 54. Ke3 Qg5+ 55. Kf3) 50. d6 $16 {Strongly threatening d7.} Rd7 51. Rd2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Qd4. Black is under strong pressure.} Qf4+ $2 {[#]} (51... Qh5 $16) 52. Ke1 $1 $18 Qe5 $2 (52... Rd8 53. d7 Qh4+ 54. Rf2 Qh1+ 55. Kd2 Qa1 56. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 57. Kxc3 Rxd7) 53. Qd4 Kf6 54. Qxe5+ (54. Rf2+ $142 Ke6 55. Qc4+ Kxd6 56. Rd2+ Ke7 57. Rxd7+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Kxd7 58. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd6 {[#]} 59. Qd5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Qxd5 60. exd5) 54... Kxe5 {[#]} 55. a7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,50,-72,-61,-59,-60,-64,-13,-13,-4,-44,0,-28,9,21,39,0,-22,-67,-73,-84,-64,-83,-77,-91,-112,-216,-242,-247,-233,-261,-269,-303,-283,-696,-687,-693,-684,-665,-300,-1363,-1033,-1478,-1453]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 c5 {Threatens to win with ...cxd4.} 6. Nc3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} cxd4 7. Bc4+ Ke8 $146 (7... d5 $1 $15 8. Nxd5 Be6) ({Predecessor:} 7... Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6 9. Qxd4 Kf7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. Bxd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Rd8 13. Qg3 Nc6 {0-1 (53) Sulskis,S (2535)-Erenburg,S (2595) Port Erin 2005}) 8. Qxd4 $11 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. Qe3 Qb6 10. Qg3 Nd4 11. O-O Be6 12. Bxe6 (12. Bd3 $14) 12... Nxe6 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qg4 Ke7 16. Bd2 h5 17. Qg6 {[#]} (17. Qf5 $17) 17... Bh6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh6d2][%mdl 512]} 18. Bc3 (18. Bxh6 Rag8) 18... Raf8 19. Rfe1 Bf4 20. Rad1 Be5 21. Re3 $2 (21. h4) 21... Rfg8 22. Qf5 Nf4 {[%cal Be6f4,Bf4g2,Bg2e3][%mdl 32]} 23. Bxe5 dxe5 (23... Rxg2+ $142 24. Kh1 fxe5) 24. h4 $2 (24. Kh1 Rg5 25. Rc3 Rxf5 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. exf5) 24... Nxg2 25. Rg3 {[#]} Ne3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,134,31,9,33,22,33,20,34,9,50,38,33,20,82,86,94,98,87,90,118,120,121,110,144,119,119,112,118,123,143,121,127,113,140,133,139,141,138,98,83,105,97,109,100,91,100,85,66,55,63,60,80,79,79,4,3,3,0,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,45,37,41,45,8,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,-59,-59,-59,-59,-175,-27,-44,-44,-1169,-1084,-29951,-29954,-29954,-29951,-29955,-29959,-29957,-29962,-29959,-29961,-29965,-29969,-29965,-29965,-29980,-29968,-29963,-29968,-29967,-29967,-29966,-29966,-29967,-29949,-29969,-29971,-29968,-12843,-29978,-29974,-29977,-29976]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 e6 $146 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (7... c4 {with more complications.} 8. Bc2 e5 9. O-O Be6 10. d3 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Qxd6 12. Qxd6 Bxd6 13. Ng5 Bd5) (7... Qxd6 8. Na3 a6 9. O-O Bf5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 e6 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. Qg3 Bg6 15. Bf4 Bxa3 16. bxa3 O-O 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. h4 Nd5 19. Bd6 Nc3 20. Rce1 {0-1 (38) Mamedov,R (2699)-Navara,D (2740) Porto Carras 2018}) 8. d4 Bxd6 9. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nbd2 $36 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4d6][%mdl 2080] White is pushing.} e5 (12... Be7 $11) 13. Ne4 $16 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd6 a5 17. a4 Nd7 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Nxe5 Bxc4 21. Ndxc4 Rfd8 22. Kf1 h5 23. Nb6 Ra6 24. Nec4 g6 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. Nc4 Ra6 29. Ra1 h4 30. h3 Kg7 31. Ke2 Re6+ 32. Kd1 $1 b6 {[#]} 33. f3 (33. b4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Nd3 34. Kd2 Nxf2 35. bxa5 Ne4+ 36. Kd3 Nc5+ 37. Kd4 Nb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kd5 Nxa5 39. Nxa5 bxa5 40. Ra2) 33... Kf6 $11 34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Nd3 36. Kd2 Nxb4 37. Rb1 Nd5 38. Rb5 Rc6 39. Kd3 Nf4+ $1 40. Kd4 Ne6+ 41. Kd5 Rc7 42. Nxb6 Rc2 43. Kd6 Rxg2 (43... Rd2+ $11 44. Nd5+ Kg7) 44. Nd5+ ({White should try} 44. Rb4 $1 $14) 44... Kg7 45. a5 Ra2 46. Nb4 Ra4 47. a6 (47. Nd3 $11) 47... Nf4 $15 48. Rb7 Nxh3 {Threatens to win with ...Ng5.} 49. a7 {[#]} ({Better is} 49. Kc6 $15) 49... Nf2 (49... Ng1 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Ra1.} 50. Kc7 h3) 50. Nc6 h3 {Strongly threatening ...h2.} 51. Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Rb4 $15 Rxa7 52. Nxa7) 51... h2 $19 52. Rxf7+ Kg8 53. Rb7 h1=Q 54. Rb8+ Kg7 55. a8=Q Rxa8 56. Rxa8 Qd1+ 57. Ke6 Qb3+ 58. Kd6 Qb4+ 59. Kc7 Qe7+ 60. Nd7 Nd3 61. Ra5 Nf4 62. Re5 Ne6+ {Played: Qe7-f7} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,59,12,13,10,12,14,0,5,8,8,6,3,4,14,14,12,16,13,10,8,9,8,8,8,6,16,7,8,7,8,8,5,8,7,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-2,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 2... Nf6 3. Bg2 {½-½ (39) Aronian,L (2794)-Hou,Y (2654) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 {The position is equal.} Bxc5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 10. Qxc4 b6 11. Ne5 Ra7 $1 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Rc1 Nd5 16. Bxb8 {[#] aiming for Be5.} b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qb3 {And now Be5 would win.} Qxb8 19. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 20. Nf3 g6 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Rc1 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Nxc7 24. Qc3 Qb7 25. Nfe5 {Hoping for Ng4.} Ne8 26. Nc6 Bf8 27. Nde5 Qc7 28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. Nxa5 Bg7 30. Nac6 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 98%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,67,29,20,18,25,25,18,33,42,52,37,34,35,40,47,52,33,37,42,36,45,23,28,25,22,15,20,22,27,22,18,16,34,51,66,11,423,424,485,485,485,483,472,462,554,556,547,550,630,629,583,575,29961,29962]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} Re8 (9... Nc5 10. Nh4 Re8 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Nce4 14. Bd4 c5 15. dxc6 dxc6 16. f3 c5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 {0-1 (60) Nakamura,H (2787)-Carlsen,M (2853) chess.com INT 2016}) 10. dxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Rc1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 a5 13. Bd4 Nfe4 14. f3 Nd6 15. e4 g5 16. f4 Ncxe4 17. fxg5 Qxg5 {½-½ (26) Romanishin,O (2499)-Glantz,R (2310) Berlin 2013}) 10... dxe6 11. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Nc5 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Be4 15. Qc1 a5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ncd7 18. Qf4 {aiming for Rxd7!} Ra3 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bxg2 21. Kxg2 {Threatens to win with Nc6.} Qxb4 {[#]} 22. Rd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf8 (22... Nxd7 23. Qxf7+) 23. Nc6 Qa4 24. Rxc7 Ra2 25. e4 (25. Qe3 $14) 25... Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... h6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 26. Nb4 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} e5 27. Qf5 ({Inferior is} 27. Nxc2 exf4 28. Nb4 Rd2 $11) 27... Qa4 28. Nxa2 Qxa2 29. Rc8 {Hoping for Rd1.} Qa6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qxe5 {Strongly threatening Qd6+.} Qxc4 32. Qd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 33. Rd1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rd6d8]} Qxe4+ 34. Kg1 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,94,-10,-4,-11,-9,-12,-10,-11,-17,-15,-12,-10,-8,-15,-13,-18,-19,-13,-6,-15,-14,-23,-22,-25,-33,-22,-16,-151,-150,-172,-24,-24,-23,-94,-90,-104,-97,-89,-40,-33,-37,-51,-17,-33,-6,-22,-22,-47,-54,-54,-50,-52,-54,-69,-41,-41,-41,-44,-41,-47,-8,-8,-8,-134,-134,-417,-408,-492,-485,-463,-448,-29962,-29960,-29962,-29963,-29966,-29967,-29967,-29967,-29970,-29970,-29967,-29968,-29958,-11025]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. c4 Bxc5 6. a3 O-O 7. Nc3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} dxc4 8. Qxd8 (8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 a6 10. b4 Be7 11. Ke2 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rhd1 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Nb6 16. Nb1 Nfd5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Nfd2 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 a5 21. Bxb5 axb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 {½-½ (22) So,W (2778)-Nakamura,H (2769) Paris 2018}) 8... Rxd8 9. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} a6 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {½-½ (30) Mirzoev,A (2555)-Galkin,A (2597) Konya 2010}) 12... Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} 13. Rfd1 (13. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Be7 14. Rfd1 $15) 13... Be7 14. Nd4 Nb6 15. Be1 Rac8 16. Nb3 Nfd5 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc3 (19. b3 $11) 19... Na4 $1 $17 20. Bd4 {[#]} Bf6 (20... Nxb2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Bxb2 Rc2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 21. Bxf6 $11 gxf6 22. b4 (22. Rd2 $11) 22... Nc3 $17 23. Re1 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Rc3 25. e4 {Black must now prevent Rd2.} Bc4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. f3 Rd3 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Kg3 Rb3 30. a4 Rcxb4 31. axb5 axb5 32. Ra7 Rb2 (32... Kg6 {feels hotter.} 33. Ra8 h5 34. Rg8+ Kh7 35. Ra8 Rc4) 33. Rxb2 Rxb2 {KR-KR} 34. Rb7 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 35. h4 h5 {With the idea ...b3.} 36. Kh3 b3 37. g4 (37. Rb5 $11 {remains equal.}) 37... hxg4+ $1 $17 38. Kxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. fxg4 $17 Rb1 39. Rb8) 38... Rb1 39. Kg3 b2 {Hoping for ...Rg1+.} 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. Rb5 (41. Rb8 $19 f5 42. e5) 41... e5 {Black mates.} 42. Rb8 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 43. Rb6+ f6 44. exf5+ Kxf5 45. h5 Kg5 46. h6 {[#]} Kg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h7]} 47. Kh2 Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,210,23,2,17,2,2,4,16,4,5,0,8,0,0,0,1,-19,-19,-20,-19,-22,-4,-21,-17,-13,-10,-19,-14,-10,-10,-22,0,-15,0,-14,-11,-16,0,-29,-14,-49,-36,-39,0,-30,0,-35,0,0,0,-9,-19,-47,-34,-75,0,-45,0,-22,-30,-32,18,11,34,29,60,45,52,45,50,49,64,58,67,71,61,57,127,59,61,63,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,-61,-75,-302,-320,-302,-275,-330,-330,-313,-320,-307,-302,-333,-330,-314,-299,-315,-306,-307,-298,-338,-317,-339,-339,-1188,-339,-521,-502,-856,-837,-909,-816,-930,-699,-930,-933,-910,-902,-895,-695,-744,-720,-704,-697,-876,-846,-790,-779,-1175,-1179,-1128,-1025,-6311,-6091,-29973,-29977,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29980,-29979,-4618,-29981,-29954,-6349,-6173,-4133,-2721,-2636,-1902,-1884,-1658,-2018,-1603,-2505,-1912,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29980,-29980,-29980,-29978,0,-29980,0,-29975,-48,-4332,-3258,-2632,-2570,-29975,-29977,-29978,-29980,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29982,-29982,-29981,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. a4 a5 10. Na3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc2 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd7 {[#]} 15. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qb3 b6 {½-½ (53) Aronian,L (2767)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 15... Rf7 16. Qe2 Raf8 17. Nd2 Kh7 18. h4 Qd8 19. Rf1 Nd7 20. Nb3 Kh8 21. Kg2 Nf6 22. Rh1 Nd7 23. Rhf1 Nf6 24. Rad1 Qa8 25. Nd2 Qd8 26. Nf3 Nd7 27. Nh2 Nc5 28. Qc2 Nd7 29. Nhg4 Qe7 30. b3 Rg8 31. Qe2 Nc5 32. Rb1 Rgf8 33. Nc4 {[%cal Be3c4,Bc4d2,Bd2f3][%mdl 32]} Qd8 34. Nd2 Qe7 (34... d5 $17) 35. Nh2 Qd8 36. Ndf3 Qa8 37. h5 Nd7 38. Nh4 {With the idea Ng6+.} Ne7 39. Ng4 Nf6 40. Nxf6 Rxf6 41. d4 exd4 42. cxd4 Qa7 43. Rbd1 Qb6 44. Rd3 Qc6 45. f3 Qe8 (45... b6 $14) 46. f4 (46. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5f6]} dxe5 47. dxe5) 46... g5 47. hxg6 $1 Nxg6 48. Qg4 (48. Nxg6+ $14 Qxg6 49. Kf2) 48... Rg8 $11 {Hoping for ...Nxf4+!} 49. Nxg6+ $1 Rfxg6 50. Qe2 Rg4 51. Rh1 ({Better is} 51. Rdf3 $11) 51... Qg6 $36 {[%cal Rg4g3][%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 52. Qf3 $2 {[#]} (52. Rh3 $17) 52... Rxg3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 53. Qxg3 Qxe4+ 54. Rf3 Rxg3+ 55. Kxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Kg7 56. Rd1 Qg6+ 57. Kf2 Qc2+ 58. Ke1 Kf6 59. Rd2 Qe4+ 60. Kf2 h5 61. Rdd3 h4 62. Kg2 Qe1 63. Kh3 $2 (63. Rfe3 Qb1 64. d5 exd5 65. Rxd5) 63... Kf5 $2 (63... Qh1+ 64. Kg4 Qg2+ 65. Rg3 hxg3 66. Rxg3 Qd2) 64. Kh2 (64. Kg2 $142) 64... Kg4 65. Rde3 (65. Kg2 $142 Qe2+ 66. Kg1) 65... Qd2+ 66. Kh1 Qxd4 67. Kg2 Qd2+ {Played: Qd4-d5} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,14,23,31,24,23,34,30,32,24,32,31,22,27,42,42,39,49,97,34,50,52,48,41,48,49,79,48,79,12,93,29,23,18,29,19,26,19,20,12,12,14,14,16,19,0,14,14,13,14,18,18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Bf4 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (6. e3 Bg7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 N6d7 10. Ne4 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. Bc4 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 {½-½ (29) Riazantsev,A (2650)-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017}) 6... Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 {White is slightly better.} Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Na4 11. g3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxc5 12. Be3 b6 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Bb7 {½-½ (60) Fridman,D (2642)-Leenhouts,K (2420) Belgium 2016}) 12. c6 bxc6 13. Bg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nxc3 {[#]} 14. Rd2 (14. Rxd7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Rd2.} Bxd7 15. Be5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 14... Nd5 15. Bh6 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} f6 16. O-O N7b6 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Nd4 {aiming for e4.} Rc8 {[#]} 19. e4 (19. Nb3 $1 $16) 19... Nb4 (19... c5 $11) 20. a3 (20. Nb3 $16 {Nc5 is the strong threat.} Na6 21. Bf1) 20... c5 $11 21. axb4 cxd4 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rxd4 Kf7 {Strongly threatening ...g5.The position is equal.} 24. h4 Be6 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Ra1 Rc4 27. b5 Ra4 28. Rxa4 Nxa4 29. Be3 Nc3 30. Bxa7 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,107,51,35,44,34,65,60,69,67,68,56,51,61,133,128,293,286,282,293,279,276,288,296,381,365,375,373,369,354,344,335,458,452,560,531,518,505,503,484,474,429,508,506,656,648,700,696,837,838,966,970,2089,2039,2131,1581,2224,1976,29964,29965,29966,29966,29973,29970,29964,29967,29966,29967,29961,29962,29956,76,29983,29984,29987,29981,29987,29988,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29993]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bd3 d5 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 14. Qe2 Bb7 (14... Be6 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. Ne3 Rd8 17. O-O Rg8 18. Rfd1 dxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rd1 {½-½ (34) Blomqvist,E (2515)-Krasenkow,M (2612) Cappelle-la-Grande 2016}) 15. O-O-O Qb6 {White is slightly better.} 16. Nc2 O-O-O 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nb4 Be6 $146 {[#]} (18... Bb7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 18... Bb7 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qb7 21. Qe3 a5 {1-0 (33) Bulski,K (2400)-Pileckis,E (2233) Rewal 2006}) 19. Qf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf3a8] Black must now prevent Qa8+.} a5 $2 (19... Nd5 $16) 20. Qa8+ $18 Kc7 21. Na6+ Kd6 22. Be4+ Nd5 23. Rxd5+ Ke7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qb7+ Qxb7 26. Bxb7 Bxa2 27. Rd1 Rg8 28. Nc5 f5 29. b3 a4 30. Kb2 Bxb3 31. Nxb3 axb3 32. Kxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} e4 33. g3 h5 34. Rd5 Kf6 35. Rxb5 h4 36. c4 hxg3 37. hxg3 e3 38. fxe3 Rxg3 39. Bc8 Rxe3+ 40. Kb4 Rf3 41. c5 Ke5 42. Rb7 f4 43. Rxf7 Rf1 44. Kb5 f3 45. Kc6 Kd4 46. Kd6 f2 47. Bg4 $2 (47. Ba6 {mates} Ra1 48. Rxf2 Rxa6+ 49. c6 Kd3 50. Kd7 Kd4 51. c7 Ra8 52. c8=Q Rxc8 53. Kxc8) 47... Ke3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (47... Rc1 $16) 48. c6 {White mates.} Rg1 49. Bh3 Rh1 50. c7 Rxh3 51. c8=Q Rh6+ 52. Kc5 Rh5+ 53. Kc4 Rh4+ 54. Kb3 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,-3,24,16,12,-106,-110,-114,87,63,260,266,244,269,266,253,254,254,270,242,246,256,338,331,324,327,366,179,544,537,587,550,5401,5252,29986,29978,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Ne4 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} 8. Rc1 Nd7 9. cxd5 Qa5 {[%cal Re4c3] The position is equal.} 10. Be2 (10. Nd4 {with more complications.} Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc5 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Be2) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Kf1 Nxc5 13. h4 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. Kg1 Rac8 15. h5 {0-1 (40) Alekseenko,K (2554)-Wei,Y (2714) Moscow 2016}) 14. h5 Rfd8 15. hxg6 Bxg6 16. Ng5 (16. Nh4 $1 $11) 16... Bf6 $17 {Threatens to win with ...e5.} 17. Bh5 {next Nxh7! is good for White.} e5 $2 {[#]} (17... Qa6+ $17 {and life is bright.} 18. Be2 Qa3) 18. Nxh7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qa6+ $2 ({Black should play} 18... Bxh7 $14 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rxh7+ Kg8) 19. Be2 $18 Qd6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Bxe5 (21. Rxc5 exf4 22. exf4 Rac8 $16) 21... Qxe5 22. Rxc5 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 {[#]} 24. Rh4 $1 Be4 {and the idea ...Qb2 leaves Black hopeful.} 25. d6 Rd8 26. d7 Bf5 27. Rd4 (27. Rh5 $142 Qf6 28. g4 (28. Bb5 a6 $16) 28... Rxd7 29. Qa4) 27... Qe7 $2 (27... Qh2 28. Bf3 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qxd1+ 30. Rxd1 b6) 28. Bg4 Bg6 29. Qf3 Qc5 30. Qf6 Qa5 31. Kg1 Kh7 {[#]} 32. Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,17,22,27,29,29,27,28,26,12,14,4,18,-45,0,-60,-6,-40,-48,-47,-50,-56,-53,-51,-42,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-34,-121,-122,-112,-123,-133,-124,-127,-125,-139,-137,-132,-140,-135,-132,-156,-156,-156,-141,-138,-130,-150,-107,-141,-143,-120,-103,-282,-284,-281,-239,-258,-255,-339,-341,-327,-306,-357,-343,-484,-481,-464,-450,-642,-669,-621,-626,-1132,-1029,-1418,-1386,-1163,-1112,-1446,-1369,-1968,-2081,-2098,-1970,-1730,-1528]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 (4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qa4 Nb4 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 f5 13. Rd1 Qf6 {½-½ (29) Shimanov,A (2613)-So,W (2762) chess.com INT 2019}) 4... cxd4 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. cxd4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} e6 7. Nc3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4][%mdl 32]} 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} f5 9. Nge2 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Nf4 Bd6 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. g3 Bd7 {0-1 (38) Iturbide Arnedo,O (2113)-Lalith,B (2529) Leiden 2012}) 10. Qb3 a6 11. O-O-O ({White should play} 11. O-O $11) 11... Bd7 12. Kb1 (12. Qxb7 $11 Rb8 13. Qa7 (13. Qxa6 Ra8 $11)) 12... Bc6 (12... b5 $15 13. Nf4 Bd6) 13. h3 h5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Rdf1 Bd6 16. g3 Qa5 17. Nf4 O-O-O 18. Be2 Kb8 19. Nd3 Rc8 {[%cal Bd8c8,Bc8c6,Bc6b6,Bb6b3][%mdl 32]} 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. a3 Rc6 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Ne5 (23. Na2 $15) 23... Bxe5 $1 $17 24. dxe5 Qc7 25. Na2 Qxe5 26. Nb4 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxc6.} Qe4+ {Played: Rc6-b6} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,105,-4,-17,-16,-22,-17,-35,0,-14,-13,-16,0,-17,-24,-33,-27,-27,-31,-16,-9,-39,-41,-54,-50,-73,-59,-94,-62,-79,-60,-93,-86,-180,-174,-183,-184,-180,-177,-185,-184,-194,-188,-271,-227,-254,-256,-259,-268,-306,-232,-314,-322,-437,-421,-409,-389,-377,-236,-237,-220,-230,-141,-143,-134,-137,-139,-152,-149,-142,-143,-160,-75,-74,-56,-63,-23,-18,-28,-43,-43,-42,-8,-34,-34,-36,-24,-581,0,-559,-37,-42,-20,-20,-20,-20,0,-10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 {E24: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines} 7. e4 Na5 8. Bd3 d6 {Black is slightly better.} 9. Nh3 Ba6 10. Qe2 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qd7 11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. Nf2 e5 13. c5 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 exd4 15. cxb6 axb6 16. cxd4 {1-0 (58) Bocharov,D (2605)-Predojevic,B (2626) Moscow 2011}) 11. Be3 Qd7 12. a4 Qc6 {[%cal Ra6c4]} 13. d5 Qd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Nf2 Nd7 16. Rab1 O-O 17. g4 Rac8 18. Nh1 c6 19. Ng3 {next Nf5 is good for White.} g6 20. c5 Bxd3 21. cxd6 (21. Qxd3 $17 {only move.} Nxc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. c4) 21... Bxe2 $19 22. dxe7 Bxf1 23. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 24. Kxf1 cxd5 25. exd5 Rxc3 26. Bd2 (26. Ke2 $142) 26... Rxf3+ 27. Ke2 Rb3 28. Rc1 Rb2 29. Rc7 Nf6 30. Kd3 {Black should prevent d6.} Nxd5 31. Bh6+ Ke8 32. Rxa7 Rb3+ 33. Kc2 Ne3+ 34. Bxe3 Rxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. g5 Nc6 36. Rb7 Nb4+ 37. Kd2 {[#]} Rd3+ $1 38. Ke2 {[#]} Rd4 $1 39. Rxb6 Nd5 40. Ra6 Nc3+ (40... Kd7 $142 41. Ra7+ Nc7) 41. Ke3 $17 Nxa4 42. Ra5 Rb4 43. Ne4 Nb6 {aiming for ...Nc4+.} 44. Rxe5+ Kf8 {...Nc4+ is the strong threat.} 45. Rc5 Rc4 46. Rb5 Nd7 47. h4 Ra4 48. Kf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. h5 $11 {and White is okay.}) 48... Rc4 $2 (48... f5 $19 49. gxf6 Nxf6) 49. Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Ke3 $11) 49... Rb4 $2 (49... f5 $19 50. gxf6 Nxf6) 50. Ra8+ Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Nc5.} 51. Ra7 {The position is equal.} Ke6 {White must now prevent ...Nc5.} 52. Ra6+ Ke7 53. Ra7 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,39,21,21,20,12,17,32,15,35,39,32,26,109,113,108,102,100,95,136,143,214,201,354,348,424,423,395,392]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. h4 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} (8. Nc3 Ne4 9. h4 d6 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 h6 13. Nf3 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Nc7 16. Qf5 {½-½ (74) Sargissian,G (2689)-Oparin,G (2613) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qc8 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Qc2 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd5 14. e4 Ndc7 15. h5 Ne6 {0-1 (31) Iljiushenok,I (2539)-Rozum,I (2573) Khanty-Mansiysk 2018}) 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bd2 {White is slightly better.} c5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bf6 (12... Nxd2 $11 13. Qxd2 Bf6) 13. Nxe4 $16 Rxe4 14. Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rd4 15. Qc2 g6 16. Bc3 Nb4 (16... d6 $16 17. Bxd4 Bxd4) 17. Qb3 $18 a5 $2 (17... Qf8 18. a3 (18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. a3 Na6 $18) 18... Na6) 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 {[#]} 19. d6 $1 Qf6 20. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,93,0,27,22,33,19,27,15,17,13,37,33,33,33,40,28,28,0,0,0,0,0,14,-16,-8,-23,7,6,8,6,18,11,9,2,18,7,10,0,24,21,52,0,23,0,0,0,28,27,25,23,50,35,36,26,29,18,16,16,18,18,15,0,10,6,6,0,16,1,47,24,24,22,62,46,49,60,408,401,831,803,6172,5877]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nc6 $146 (8... b6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. Rac1 Rb8 {½-½ (60) Nepomniachtchi,I (2771)-Idani,P (2604) Astana 2019}) 9. Be2 Ne4 10. dxc5 {White has an edge.} Bf6 11. Rc1 Qa5 {[%cal Re4c3]} 12. Nd4 $1 Nxc5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Ne4 {[%cal Rf6c3]} 15. Nxe4 Bxb2 16. Rc2 Ba3 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Bg4 f5 19. Bf3 Kh8 20. Ne2 Qb6 21. Nf4 Bd6 22. Nd3 a5 23. Qd2 Rfb8 24. Nb2 Qb4 25. Qe2 Re8 (25... Qh4 {with more complications.} 26. g3 Qf6 27. Na4 g5 28. Qd1 Rb4) 26. g3 a4 27. Nd3 (27. Nxa4 $14 g6 28. Rfc1) 27... Qa5 28. Rfc1 axb3 29. axb3 Qb6 30. b4 Ra3 31. Qd2 Rb3 {[%cal Rd6b4]} 32. Rb2 Rxb2 33. Qxb2 Rb8 34. Rb1 Qb5 35. Be2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc5.} Qb6 36. h4 h6 37. h5 Kh7 38. Ne5 Be6 $1 39. Nd3 Bd7 40. Kg2 Re8 41. Bf3 Qb5 42. Qc3 Rb8 43. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bxe5 44. Qxe5 c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44... Rb7 $14) 45. Rd1 $1 $18 cxb4 (45... Re8 $142 46. Qxd5 Be6 47. Qxc5 Qxc5 48. bxc5 Kg8) 46. Rxd5 Qa4 47. Qxb8 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,16,16,8,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,95,85,33,0,0,0,0,-210,0,-11,0,-92,-83,-197,-195,-210,-222,-386,-226,-300,-283,-754,-731,-828,-818,-813,-710,-1804,-658,-787,-664,-662,-611,-644,-611,-599,-580,-593,-580,-626,-627,-609,-617,-617,-608,-674,-675,-941,-941,-941,-934,-934,-906,-858,-620,-858,-822,-818,-818]} 1. e4 c5 2. a3 b6 (2... Nc6 3. b4 Nf6 4. b5 Nd4 5. c3 Ne6 6. d3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Ne2 a6 10. bxa6 Rxa6 {½-½ (51) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Dubov,D (2701) Moscow 2018}) 3. b4 Bb7 4. Nc3 g6 5. bxc5 bxc5 6. Rb1 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bc6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. Bc4 {1-0 (66) Svicevic,R (2216)-Velickovic,S (2372) Belgrade 2014}) 7. h4 Nf6 8. h5 {The position is equal.} Nxh5 9. Rxh5 gxh5 10. Qxh5 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Bc4 Nd8 13. Bb2 {Threatens to win with Ng5.} Ne6 (13... Rf8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14. Bxe6 dxe6 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Nb5 Bxb2 17. Nxe6 $2 (17. Rxb2 $11 Qc6 18. f3) 17... Bf6 $2 (17... Qc6 $19 18. Rxb2 Qxe4+ 19. Kd1 Qxg2 20. Nbc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Nxc5+ (21. Nxf8+ $2 Rxf8 22. Kc1 Qg1+ 23. Qd1 Qxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Kxc7 $19) 21... Kc8) 18. e5 Bh8 19. Nec7+ (19. Nbc7+ $11 {remains equal.} Kd7 20. Nxc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxc7 21. Rxb7+ Qxb7 22. Nxb7 Kxb7 23. Qxh7) 19... Kd8 $17 {Hoping for ...a6.} 20. Qh6 (20. Rb3 $17 {is a better defense.} c4 21. Qh6) 20... Rg8 $1 $19 ({Not} 20... Bxe5 21. Qxf8+ Kd7 22. Qxf7 $11) 21. e6 {[#]} fxe6 $1 22. Qxh7 $2 (22. Nxe6+ Kd7 23. Qh3) 22... Kd7 (22... Rxg2 $142 23. Rb3 Bd4 24. Nxa8 Kd7) 23. Qd3+ Bd4 $1 24. c3 $2 (24. Nxa8 Rxg2 25. Nxd4 Rg1+ 26. Ke2 Rxb1 27. Nb5+ Bd5 28. Nc3) 24... Rxg2 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. cxd4 {[#]} c4 $1 26. Qh3 (26. Qxc4 Qg8) 26... Qg8 {And now ...Rg1+ would win.} ({And not} 26... Rg1+ 27. Ke2 $11) 27. Rb4 Qg6 (27... Rf8 $142 28. Rxc4 Rfxf2 29. Nxe6 Qxe6+ 30. Qxe6+ Kxe6 31. d5+ Bxd5 32. Nc7+ {[#]} Kd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Nxd5 Re2+ 34. Kd1 Rxd2+ 35. Kc1 Kxd5) 28. d5 Rg1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ 30. Qe3 Qg4+ 31. f3 Qg2+ 32. Qf2 Rg8 33. dxe6+ Kd8 34. Qxg2 R8xg2+ 35. Ke3 Re1+ 36. Kf4 {[#]} Rf1 $1 37. Rxc4 {White hopes to continue with Rd4+.} Rxf3+ 38. Ke5 Rg5+ 39. Kd4 Rg4+ 40. Kc5 Rxc4+ 41. Kxc4 a6 42. Nd4 Kxc7 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 76%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,-7,-4,-5,4,-1,0,-8,0,-18,-9,-25,-24,-19,0,-33,-27,-20,-20,-52,-42,-68,-59,-105,-102,-100,-93,-171,-138,-152,-143,-138,-130,-272,-266,-413,-398,-455,-423,-661,-619,-1898,-1901,-1892,-1672,-1597,-1565,-1883,-1883,-29990,-1698,-29993,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Be2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Qb6 7. Rb1 h5 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Bg4 9. Ne5 {[%cal Re2g4]} Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nbd7 11. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f3) 11... Qa6 12. a4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Kf8 14. Qg3 Nd7 15. f4 Nf6 16. Qf3 Ng4 {And now ...f6 would win.} 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. f5 (18. b4 $17) 18... Rad8 {[%cal Ba8d8,Bd8d6,Bd6f6][%mdl 32]} 19. Kd2 {[#]} Rd6 $1 20. Rbf1 Rf6 21. Qg3 (21. Qe2 $17 {was called for.}) 21... e6 $19 22. Qc7 (22. e4 $142) 22... exf5 23. Rf3 Re8 24. b4 (24. Re1 $142) 24... Qc4 {...f4 is the strong threat.} 25. Qxb7 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 26. exf4 Qxd4+ 27. Kc1 Re3 28. Rxe3 Nxe3 29. Kb2 {[#]} Rxf4 (29... Qd2 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Na2 Nxc2 31. Rd1 Qxd1 32. Qxa7 Nd4 33. Qc5 Qb3+ 34. Kc1 Rxf4 35. Qc3 Qxa2 36. Qb2 Rf1+ 37. Kd2 Qxb2+ 38. Kd3 Rf2 39. g3 Rf3#) 30. Kb3 Qc4+ {Black mates.} 31. Kb2 d4 32. Na2 Qxc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,52,14,18,21,12,17,27,0,0,-7,0,-7,0,0,-4,-25,-18,-32,-28,-33,2,-229,-237,-364,-181,-238,-252,-264,-162,-676,-661,-834,-757,-1383,-1390,-1389,-1378,-1350,-1372,-1345,-1346,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e1,Be1d3][%mdl 32] B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} a6 8. Nc2 g6 9. Nf3 {White has an edge.} Bf5 10. Be2 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg7 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 e6 14. Bd3 b5 {½-½ (27) Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Grigoriants,S (2561) Riadh 2017}) 11. O-O h5 12. Nce1 Bd6 13. Nd3 Ne4 14. Be3 O-O-O 15. Rc1 g5 {And now ...g4 would win.} 16. Nxg5 $2 (16. c4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 16... Rdg8 $1 $19 17. f4 {[#]} (17. h4 {keeps fighting.} f6 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Ne1) 17... Ng3 (17... Rxg5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. fxg5 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Ng3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Kxh2 Nxf1+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} 21. Kg1 Nxe3) 18. Rf2 {[#]} (18. Rf3 $142 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2) 18... f6 $1 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Rf1 $2 (20. Nh4 Nxf2 21. Bxf2 Bxh3 22. Qd2) 20... Bxh3 21. Nfe1 h4 {Strongly threatening ...Bxg2!} 22. Kh2 Qg7 {( -> ...Qg3+)} 23. Bf3 {[#]} Bxg2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 24. Bxg2 (24. Nxg2 h3) 24... Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Kh1 Qxe3 26. Rf3 {[#]} h3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,90,-1,2,-18,20,-22,-18,-21,20,0,17,0,55,0,15,0,13,-33,7,-29,-32,-41,-31,-111,-103,-100,-107,-102,-101,-175,-97,-93,-72,-92,-61,-70,0,0,0,0,0,-92,-70,-67,-73,-452,-438,-460,-411,-463,-444,-460,-445,-400,-387,-492,-472,-469,-461,-553,-521,-581,-583,-602,-597,-676,-602,-985,-676,-953,-676,-676,-661,-660,-655,-628,-628,-2244,-2153,-6191,-5185,-1473,-1426]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. O-O {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} e6 (6... Bxf3 $5 7. Bxf3 Nc6 $11) 7. b3 (7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd3 Na6 12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. Qe3 a5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. b3 Qe7 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {½-½ (118) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Socko,B (2593) Riadh 2017}) 7... Bc5 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Bxd4 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Bb2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe7 14. Qc2 Rac8 {0-1 (37) Shi,K (2192)-Xu,Y (2516) Shenzhen 2016}) 10. Nc3 Qe7 ({Black should play} 10... d5 $11) 11. Ne1 (11. Bxf6 $14 gxf6 12. e3) 11... Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Rfd8 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nb5 d5 {Threatens to win with ...dxc4.} 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxa7 (16. cxd5 $15 Rxd5 17. Qe1) 16... dxc4 17. Nxc8 {Strongly threatening Qc2.} Rxd1 18. Rcxd1 c3 19. Nd6 (19. a3 $17) 19... h5 (19... c2 $19 20. Ne4 Qb2 21. Nxc5 cxd1=N 22. Rxd1 Kf8 23. Nxa6 Qxe2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 20. Ne4 $17 Qe5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 ({Much worse is} 21... bxc5 22. Rc1 $15) 22. Ne3 {[#]} b5 ({Black should try} 22... h4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 23. b4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Ne4 24. Rd3 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g3][%mdl 512]} 25. gxh4 (25. Rc1 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... Qf6 26. f3 Nd2 27. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Rd1 $17 {nothing else works.}) 27... Nxf3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Kh1 (28. exf3 Qg6+) 28... Nd4 29. Rf1 Qxh4 30. Ng2 Qe4 31. Rxc3 Qxe2 {[%cal Re2f1]} 32. Rc8+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 {[%cal Re2f1][%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 33. Rcc1 f6 34. Rce1 Qxa2 35. Re3 e5 36. Rh3+ Kg8 37. Ne3 Qa8+ 38. Kg1 Ne2+ 39. Kf2 Nf4 40. Rf3 Qa2+ 41. Kg1 Qd2 42. Rd1 Qxb4 43. Nf5 {[#]} Qe4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Nh4 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 45. Kf2 Nd4 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 13. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ncb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 15. Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 18. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 20. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. h4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. g3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 25. h5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ndb6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 27. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Rec1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 29. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. N2e3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 31. Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 33. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rhc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 38. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 43. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 44. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 45. Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. Ne8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxe8 48. Qxe8 g4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 49. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 51. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 53. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 56. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 57. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,143,27,32,38,104,20,31,24,33,20,20,33,22,25,36,20,62,55,55,56,60,62,76,50,53,44,50,31,50,0,40,0,53,40,42,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,12,12,12,12,6083,6040,6228,3732,6118,6129,6104,6097,6083,6079,6079,6079,6079,5757,5302,4133,4133,4133,2802,2002,1684,1310,1364,1304,1266,1253,1253,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,1033,902,1206,1172,1105,920,815,580,675,0,357,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. c3 d6 8. Bb5 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} cxd4 (8... Be7 $14) 9. Nxd4 ({White should try} 9. Qxd4 $16 Be6 10. Bf4) 9... Bd7 $11 10. exd6 {White is slightly better.} Bxd6 11. Qe2+ (11. O-O O-O 12. Nb3 a6 13. Be2 Qc7 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Re1 {0-1 (73) Giri,A (2782)-Kovalev,V (2655) Dortmund 2018}) 11... Qe7 12. Qxe7+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 a6 13. Bd3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O 15. O-O-O Rac8 {1-0 (57) Grubbs,S-Irby,T Dallas 1998}) 12... Kxe7 13. Nf3 a6 14. Be2 h6 15. Be3 Be6 16. O-O Rhe8 17. Nd4 Kf8 18. Rad1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rac8 20. Bf3 Bc5 21. Rfe1 b5 22. Kf1 Red8 ({Better is} 22... a5 $11) 23. Bxc5+ Rxc5 24. Re5 a5 25. Rd4 Rc4 26. Ke1 Ke7 27. Be2 ({Of course not} 27. Rdxd5 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 Rc5 $17) 27... Rxd4 28. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} b4 29. Kd2 g5 30. Re3 Kd6 31. g3 Rc8 32. Bd3 Rg8 33. Rf3 Ke7 34. Re3 h5 35. f4 {f5 is the strong threat.} gxf4 36. gxf4 {Black should prevent f5.} Kf6 37. Rg3 Rg4 38. Rxg4 $1 hxg4 {KB-KB} 39. Ke3 Bf5 {And now ...Bxd3 would win.} 40. Be2 Kg6 41. Kf2 Bd7 42. Kg3 f5 43. a3 bxa3 44. bxa3 Kf6 45. Kh4 Kg6 46. h3 gxh3 47. Kxh3 Kf6 48. Kh4 Kg6 $1 49. Bh5+ Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Kh6 $11) 50. Bf3 $18 Be6 51. Kh5 $1 Bf7+ 52. Kh6 $1 Be6 53. Bh5 Bg8 54. Be8 Be6 55. Kh7 Ke7 56. Bb5 Kf6 57. Bc6 Kf7 58. Kh6 Kf6 59. Be8 Ke7 60. Bb5 Kf6 61. Bc6 Bf7 62. Bd7 Bg8 63. Kh5 $2 (63. Ba4 $18 Be6 64. Bc6) 63... Bf7+ $11 64. Kh4 Bg6 65. Bc6 Bf7 66. Bb7 Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (66... Kg6 $11) 67. Kh5 $1 $18 Bf7+ {[#]} 68. Kh6 $1 Be6 69. Kh7 Kf7 70. Bc6 Kf6 71. Be8 Ke7 $1 {[%cal Re7e8]} 72. Bb5 $2 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 56%.} (72. Ba4 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,121,22,16,23,35,14,29,18,25,12,29,6,26,33,29,0,54,51,145,142,137,67,90,91,86,88,65,66,87,66,103,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,-15,-11,-28,0,-80,-74,-190,-190,-655,58,-153,-27,-28,-6,-17,-6,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-23,-31,-45,-24,-142,-149,-148,-141,-132,-139,-143,-133,-146,-104,-96,-104,-96,-96,-96,-96,-215,-257,-228,-182,-177,-166,-196,-105,-105,-105,-70,-14,-22,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-20,-16,0,0,0,-43]} 1. d4 f5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 (3... g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 e6 6. Nh3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nf4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qd2 {1-0 (33) Rapport,R (2726)-Jakubiec,A (2508) Germany 2019}) 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Be2 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 {White has an edge.} Ne4 9. Nfd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. d5 e5 14. e4 f4 15. Bg4 Rf6 16. b4 Nd7 17. Be6+ {0-1 (40) Oliveira,M-Leme,J San Juan 1987}) 12. f4 c5 (12... d5 $11) 13. d5 $14 e5 (13... exd5 $1 $14 14. Bf3 (14. cxd5 Bf6 $11) 14... Nf6) 14. e4 $16 exf4 15. Qxf4 ({White should play} 15. exf5 $1 $16 Bg5 16. Ne4) 15... fxe4 16. Qxe4 {Strongly threatening Bd3.} Bf6 17. Bd3 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} Nf6 20. Qe2 (20. Qe6+ $1 $16 Kh8 21. Ne4 Bxb2 22. Nxd6) 20... Qe8 $11 21. Qd2 Qe5 22. Re1 Qh5 23. Be2 Qh4 {Threatens to win with ...Be5.} 24. g3 Qh3 25. Bf3 Rf8 26. Qe2 Bc8 {Hoping for ...Ng4.} 27. Bg2 (27. Nb5 $11) 27... Qh6 $17 28. Bc1 (28. Bf3 $17 {was the only defense.}) 28... Qg6 $1 $19 ({Much less strong is} 28... g5 29. Ne4 $17) 29. Nb5 $2 (29. Ne4 Ng4 30. h3) 29... Be5 $2 (29... Bg4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4e2]} 30. Qf1 Nh5 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 32. Nxd4 cxd4) 30. Bb2 $2 (30. Nxa7 $14 {stays ahead.} Bg4 31. Nc6 Bxe2 32. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 33. Nxg6 hxg6 34. Rxe2) 30... Bxb2 (30... Ng4 $1 $17 31. Bxe5 Rf2) 31. Qxb2 $11 Ng4 $1 {...a6 is the strong threat.} 32. Qe2 a6 33. Nc7 Qh6 $40 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh6h2][%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 34. h4 Ne5 35. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6f8]} Rf6 36. Rf1 Bd7 (36... Qg6 {looks sharper.} 37. Rxf6 Qxf6 38. Bh3 Bxe6 39. Bxe6+ Kf8) 37. Rxf6 (37. Ng5 {seems wilder.} Bg4 38. Qe1 Rf5 39. Rxf5 Bxf5 40. Be4) 37... Qxf6 38. Bh3 b5 39. Nf4 (39. cxb5 $11 {remains equal.} axb5 40. Qe3) 39... Bxh3 $17 40. Nxh3 bxc4 41. bxc4 Qf3+ $1 42. Qxf3 Nxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 43. Kg2 Ne5 44. Ng5 Nxc4 45. Ne4 Kf7 46. Kf3 Ke7 47. Ng5 {[#]} (47. Kf4 $17) 47... Nb6 $1 $19 48. Ke4 h6 49. Ne6 g6 50. g4 {[#]} Nd7 ({Black should try} 50... Na4 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra4c3] White must now prevent ...Nc3+.} 51. Kd3 Kf6) 51. g5 $17 h5 52. Nc7 a5 (52... Kd8 $1 $15 53. Ne6+ Ke7) 53. Ne6 $11 {The position is equal.} a4 54. Nf4 Ne5 55. Ne2 $1 a3 56. Nc3 Kd7 57. Nb5 Nc4 58. Kd3 Nb6 59. Ke4 $1 Na4 60. Kd3 Nb6 61. Ke4 $1 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

