[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. d4 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]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} c5 8. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 9. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 11. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 12. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 13. Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:05]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:02:23]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 17. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 20. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 21. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 22. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 23. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 24. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 25. Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 27. bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 28. Be5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. c7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 30. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:01:53]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 32. h3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:01:38]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 38. h5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 41. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Qxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. c8=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,122,44,29,35,29,31,37,39,20,32,22,14,14,16,7,66,-21,-11,-6,-19,-18,-7,-31,-24,-14,-24,-41,-39,-45,-28,-38,-36,-35,-18,-31,-8,-21,-18,-19,-18,-18,-18,-95,-92,-100,-100,-104,-104,-141,0,-25,0,-145,-141,-127,-127,-134,-134,-129,-134,-186,-156,-283,-295,-293,-293,-291,-280,-394,-353,-534,-534,-490,-479,-397,0,-291,0,-198,-62,-283,-272,-267,-258,-185,-227,-204,-160,-276,-276,-276,-273,-273,-145,-145,-145,-249,-232,-519,-519,-5069,-3993,-29972,-29974,-29972,-29973,-29979,-29980,-29986,-29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. Qd3 Bh5 {D07: Queen's Gambit: Chigorin Defence} 9. Bb5 (9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bg6 11. Nd2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qh4 13. O-O Qxe4 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. Qb2 {0-1 (48) Stojanovic,M (2493)-Miladinovic,I (2535) Ruma 2017}) 9... Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne5 c5 12. f3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qc4 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxc5 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 {½-½ (52) Koch,W (2305)-Bronznik,V (2401) Germany 2000}) 10. Nd2 O-O {White is slightly better.} 11. O-O Ng4 12. Bxc6 Qd6 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rd6h2]} 13. f4 Qxc6 14. a3 Ba5 ({Better is} 14... Bd6 $11) 15. Kh1 (15. f5 $1 $14 exf5 16. exf5 Nxe3 17. Qxe3) 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 {White wants to play f5.} f6 17. b4 Bb6 18. Nb3 e5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Nc5 exd4 21. Qxd4 Qd6 22. Qd5+ Qxd5 23. exd5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 a5 25. N3a4 axb4 26. axb4 Bxc5 27. Nxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf7 28. Ne6 (28. d6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} cxd6 29. Nxb7) 28... Bxe6 $1 $17 29. dxe6 {KR-KR} Re8 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Rf1+ Kg8 (31... Ke7 $1 $17 32. Rf7+ Kxe6 33. Rxc7 Kd6) 32. Re1 $11 Kf8 (32... g5 $11) 33. Rf1+ $1 $17 Ke7 $1 34. Rf7+ Kxe6 35. Rxc7 Kd6 {[%cal Re8e1]} 36. Rc1 Re4 37. Rb1 (37. Rd1+ $17 Kc6 38. Rc1+ Kb6 39. Kg1) 37... b5 $1 $19 38. Kg1 (38. g3 $17) 38... Kd5 39. Kf2 g5 40. Kf3 h5 41. h3 (41. Rb2 {keeps fighting.}) 41... Rc4 42. Rd1+ (42. g3 $142 Rc3+ 43. Kg2) 42... Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4d1]} 43. Rb1 Rd3+ 44. Kf2 Rd4 $2 (44... Kc4 $19 {...h4 is the strong threat.} 45. g3 Rc3) 45. Ke3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Kf3 $1 $11) 45... Re4+ $2 (45... h4 $1 $19 46. Rb2 Rc4) 46. Kd3 $2 (46. Kf3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 46... Ke5 (46... h4 $19 47. Rb2 g4 48. hxg4 Rxg4) 47. Rb2 $2 (47. Rc1 $15 Rxb4 48. Rc5+ Kf4 49. g3+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxg3 50. Rxg5+ Kh4 51. Re5) 47... Rd4+ 48. Ke3 Rc4 $1 49. Kd3 {[#]} h4 $1 50. Re2+ Kf5 51. Rf2+ {[#]} (51. Rb2 $17) 51... Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f2]} 52. Rb2 g4 53. Ke3 {intending Rf2.} Re4+ ({Black should try} 53... Ke5 $19 54. Rb1 Re4+ 55. Kd3 gxh3 56. gxh3 Rc4) 54. Kd3 $17 Rc4 55. Ke3 (55. Rf2+ $17 {was the only defense.} Kg5 56. Rf8) 55... Ke5 56. Rb3 $2 (56. Kd2) 56... Rc2 $19 57. Ra3 (57. Rb1 $142 Rxg2 58. hxg4) 57... Rxg2 {( -> ...Rg3+)} 58. Ra5 Rg3+ {Black mates.} 59. Kf2 Rxh3 60. Rxb5+ Kf4 61. Kg2 Rb3 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,90,19,17,16,14,25,11,37,8,56,24,22,15,19,30,24,17,20,14,0,16,14,0,0,0,24,-16,0,0,0,6,11,6,12,10,81,80,89,81,70,76,42,47,52,2,2,-43,-50,-43,-25,-161,-161,-225,-204,-216,-163,-254,-246,-272,-263,-260,-256,-241,-240,-279,-199,-314,-314,-314,-314,-314,-314,-332,-314,-308,-300,-300,-300,-340,-327]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 {The position is equal.} 10. d4 (10. Na3 {looks sharper.} Bd7 11. b4 Ne7 12. Nc2 h6 13. Bb3) 10... Ng8 $146 (10... exd4 {is more complex.} 11. cxd4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 d5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Nc3 Qd8) ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd2 Kg8 15. Nf3 {½-½ (31) Anand,V (2771)-Aronian,L (2780) Batumi 2018}) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd2 g6 15. Nf3 f6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Ba3 Bc6 18. g4 g5 19. Kg2 Kg7 20. a5 Nh6 21. Kg3 Nf7 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 (23... b5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rd8) 24. Rxd8 $16 Nxd8 25. Be7 Nf7 26. Nd2 Nh8 27. Bd8 Bb8 $1 28. Bd5 Ng6 $1 29. Nc4 Bxd5 30. exd5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Nf4 31. Ne3 (31. Kf3 $1 $11) 31... Ne2+ $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 32. Kf3 (32. Kg2 $142) 32... Nxc3 33. Be7 Ba7 34. d6 (34. Bb4 $142 Nb5 35. Nf5+ Kf7 36. Ke2) 34... cxd6 35. Nf5+ Kf7 36. Bxd6 e4+ 37. Kg2 Ke6 38. Ba3 Nd5 39. Nd6 (39. Ng7+ $142 Kf7 40. Nh5) 39... e3 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 40. fxe3 Nxe3+ 41. Kf3 Nc2 42. Nc4 Nd4+ 43. Ke4 Nxb3 44. Bb4 Nc5+ 45. Kf3 Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,83,40,18,18,16,25,17,18,24,25,20,15,15,12,17,13,13,17,13,13,12,14,12,14,12,12,10,10,9,10,9,9,9,9,9,9,7,18,20,25,8,8,11,20,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32]} 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 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 11. Be3 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening Qxd8.} (11. Bf4 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd6 15. Qd4 Be6 16. Rfc1 {½-½ (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-So,W (2778) Leuven 2018}) 11... Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. f4 Kf8 18. Kf2 Bg4 19. h3 Bd7 20. Rc7 Rac8 21. Rac1 Ke8 22. g4 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 25. b3 Bd7 26. e4 Nb5 27. Ke3 Nxd4 28. Kxd4 {KB-KB} h6 29. e5 b6 30. g5 hxg5 31. fxg5 e6 32. Kc4 Kd8 33. h4 Kc7 34. Bf3 Kd8 35. b4 Ba4 36. b5 Bc2 37. Kb4 Bf5 38. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} Ke7 39. a5 Bd3 40. a6 Bf1 41. Bc6 Bd3 42. Kc3 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 10. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 12. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 14. a4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 15. g3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:05:53]} 16. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 18. Rdc1 Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 19. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 21. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. R1c6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:05:05]} 25. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 26. e5 {[%emt 0:02:58]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 27. R2c6 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 28. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 29. Rc2 Bxf3+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} 30. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Qb1 31. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Ke2 Rfb8 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 33. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qg1 34. Bxh6 Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 35. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,45,30,8,16,0,7,12,10,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,5,13,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 {The position is equal. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Re2 a4 13. Ng3 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qa5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nh4 Rfe8 16. Re1 {½-½ (28) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Karjakin,S (2782) Stavanger 2018}) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. d4 Bb6 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Rc2 Qb5 18. Qc1 {[#] Hoping for c4.} exd4 $1 19. cxd4 Nh5 $1 20. Ne2 Nf6 21. Ng3 Nh5 $1 22. Ne2 Nf6 23. Ng3 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,131,13,22,28,30,93,43,34,43,32,22,30,22,25,39,35,41,49,31,39,40,39,18,20,25,59,58,54,62,73,73,73,73,79,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,79,73,73,73,73,73,73,57,73,73,73,57,73,57,73,57,73,38,73,40,73,62,73,73,73,73,73,40,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,8,8,8,52,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} 10. cxd5 ({Wrong is} 10. Qxd5 $2 Rd8 $19) 10... Qxa2 $146 (10... Bxc3+ $11 11. Nd2 Nd7) ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. Qb3 b6 12. cxb6 Bb7 13. Bb5 Nc5 14. Qb4 axb6 15. O-O Bxd5 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. c4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 {0-1 (43) Mekhitarian,K (2556)-Li,C (2728) Cappelle-la-Grande 2015}) 11. Be5 (11. Be2 {looks sharper.} Nd7 12. c6 Nb6 13. c4 bxc6 14. dxc6 Qa5+ 15. Qd2) 11... Bxe5 $1 {White is slightly better.} 12. Nxe5 Qa3 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Nd3 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd4 Qd6 17. O-O e5 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Bf3 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. cxb4 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ ({But not} 23. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rb8 $11) 23... Rxd8 24. Bxb7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd2 25. h3 Rb2 26. Bc8 Bxc8 27. Rxc8+ {KR-KR} Kg7 28. Rc4 Ra2 29. Rc5 Ra4 30. Rb5 a6 31. Rb6 h5 32. g3 a5 33. bxa5 {aiming for a6.} Rxa5 34. Kg2 Ra4 35. Rb8 Kf6 36. Re8 Rb4 37. e4 Rb3 38. Ra8 Rc3 39. Ra5 Rb3 40. h4 Rc3 41. Rd5 Ra3 42. f4 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Rb3 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Rd2 Kf6 47. Re2 Ra3 48. Re3 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Rb3 Kf6 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. Kxg4 Rg2+ 53. Kf3 Rg1 {The position is equal.} 54. Rb6+ Kg7 $1 55. Rb2 Rh1 56. Kg3 Rg1+ 57. Rg2 Re1 58. Kf3 Rh1 59. Kg4 Re1 60. Kf3 Rh1 61. Rg4 Rh3+ 62. Kg2 Re3 63. f5 {Threatens to win with h5.} Kf6 64. fxg6 fxg6 65. Kf2 Rh3 66. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,70,13,13,12,0,2,0,15,10,34,33,51,47,56,55,45,-22,-6,-25,-16,-19,-5,-2,15,35,41,13,17,14,11,12,31,-32,-18,-26,-28,-22,-21,-31,-18,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. h3 Be6 (8... h6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 {½-½ (43) Dominguez Perez,L (2750)-Andreikin,D (2722) Hengshui 2019}) 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. b3 Qa7 11. Bb2 Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Kh8 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. Qc2 {1-0 (41) Pavlovic,M (2482)-Basso,P (2516) Oslo 2018}) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Bb6 14. Re1 (14. dxe5 $14 dxe5 15. Qc2) 14... Rfe8 15. Qc2 a4 16. Rad1 h6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Nd7 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxe5 c4 21. Ba3 Qa8 22. Qe2 (22. e6 $14 Rxe6 23. e5) 22... Nxe5 $15 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxc4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe8 26. Re1 Rd5 27. Bc1 $1 {The position is equal.} Qe6 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxf2+!} 28. Qxa4 Ra5 29. Qd1 Rxa2 30. Be3 Qc4 31. Bxb6 cxb6 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qxb6 Qxc3 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Rc2 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,70,4,4,5,11,5,18,0,8,0,4,0,11,11,8,3,11,6,23,21,27,29,32,18,22,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,7,-8,-9,-22,-27,-14,-10,-31,0,-6,-20,-122,-114,-104,-110,-207,-210,-399,-408,-694,-674,-959,-967,-968,-957,-881,-885]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8. d4 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nc3 {The position is equal.} O-O 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rd1 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. Be1 Ne8 {[#]} 15. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bg2 Nd6 {1-0 (41) Grandelius,N (2587)-Blomqvist,E (2492) Malmo 2014}) 15... f5 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Na4 b6 18. Nc3 Na5 19. Nb1 Nc4 20. Rc2 g5 21. Rdc1 g4 22. Bf1 Ne4 23. b3 Ncd6 24. Qa6 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Kf7 26. a4 h5 27. a5 Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 28. axb6 (28. Nd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28... Rxb6 $17 29. Qa2 Qb7 30. Ba5 (30. b4 $17) 30... Rxb3 $19 31. Rc7 $2 {[#]} (31. Nd2 {was the only chance.} Nxd2 32. Bxd2) 31... Qb8 32. Nd2 (32. Nc3 $142 Nxc3 33. Rxc3) 32... Rb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Qa4 Nxd2 34. Qd7 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 {[#]} Qxc7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,2,8,9,3,7,6,0,12,15,21,18,16,12,16,19,19,14,24,0,12,12,35,36,50,39,33,30,50,39,61,24,36,34,71,36,75,21,29,33,31,11,4,12,12,12,11,13,12,15,10,0,59,0,65,64,66,63,106,94,102,104,111,62,74,72,72,74,185,181,173,179,185,168,189,181,180,185,190,187,214,216,240,231,289,208,211,204,439,425,599,458,462,436,954,961,1991,1838,5676,5676,5676,4847,1521,1088]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. b3 b6 (5... cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bc3 10. Bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qe1 Nb4 12. Nb1 Nxd3 13. Qxc3 {0-1 (64) Kramnik,V (2792)-Giri,A (2782) Dortmund 2018}) 6. Bb2 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} Bb7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. e4 Ba3 12. Bxa3 Qxa3 13. e5 Ng4 14. c4 {½-½ (42) Mamedjarova,Z (2355)-Mammadova,G (2357) Baku 2018}) 10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Nf8 15. Nce5 Ng6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Be5 Ba6 19. Qe1 Bb7 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Nde5 Rad8 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. h3 (23. h4 $16) 23... g5 $11 24. Qc3 h6 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rf1 29. Nd4 {Strongly threatening Kg3.} Rxf2 30. Nxe6 Rxa2 (30... Nd5 $11 31. Rxg7+ Kh8) 31. Rxg7+ $14 Kh8 32. Rg6 Ng8 33. Kg3 Rc2 34. Nd4 Rc7 {[#]} 35. Kf3 $1 Rf7+ 36. Ke2 Kh7 37. Rd6 Nf6 38. Kd3 h5 (38... Nd7 $16 {was necessary.}) 39. Nf3 $18 Kg7 40. Nxg5 Re7 41. Kd4 Kg6 42. Nf3 Kg7 43. Ne5 Rc7 44. Rc6 Re7 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Nh7 47. g5 Nf8 48. Kd5 b5 $2 (48... a5 49. e4 Rb7) 49. b4 {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 (49... Nh7 $142 50. Rg6+ Kh8) 50. e4 Re8 51. g6 Rd8+ (51... Ra8 $142 52. Rd6 Kg7) 52. Rd6 Re8 53. Nd7 {[#] Nf6+ would kill now.} Ra8 54. Nxf8 Kxf8 55. Ra6 Kg7 56. Kc5 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,59,28,16,21,-22,-9,-12,0,0,25,29,29,11,47,43,63,45,71,10,127,93,74,48,50,48,149,131,183,173,185,98,145,108,114,125,383,387,342,380,360,367,358,362,579,522,1008,925,1178,1125]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Ba3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 {½-½ (33) Akobian,V (2625)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2019}) 8... O-O 9. h5 h6 {The position is equal.} 10. Qg4 f5 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. Nh3 {Black should prevent Nf4.} cxd4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bh4.} 13. Nf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] aiming for Ng6+. White attacks.} Kh7 14. Bc4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bg5 15. O-O (15. Bxe6 Nc6 $11) ({White should try} 15. Ng6 $16 Rf7 16. f4 dxc3 17. Qxc3) 15... Nc6 (15... fxe4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 16. cxd4 Nc6) 16. Ng6 ({Much less strong is} 16. Nxe6 $6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 fxe4 $11) 16... Re8 17. Rd1 Bxc1 $1 18. Rbxc1 Qg5 (18... e5 $1 $14) 19. exf5 ({Much weaker is} 19. cxd4 $6 Qxg3 20. fxg3 fxe4 $11) 19... exf5 (19... Qxg3 $16 20. fxg3 exf5) 20. cxd4 $18 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 21. Qc7 ({White should play} 21. Bf7 $18 Qxg3 22. fxg3) 21... Rad8 {Black wants to play ...Nxd4!} 22. d5 (22. Qxb7 $2 Nxd4 23. f4 Qg3 $19) 22... Nd4 {[#] Hoping for ...Nf3+.} 23. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g5] Qxg5 is the strong threat.} Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Rc8 $16) 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. f3 Ne2+ 26. Kf2 Nxc1 27. fxe4 Rc8 (27... b5 $142 28. e5 bxc4 29. Rxc1 f4) 28. Rxc1 {White is clearly winning.} b5 29. e5 Be8 30. d6 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,23,54,39,46,43,54,40,47,37,52,33,46,30,50,27,53,55,50,35,48,31,23,29,49,59,69,8,6,6,6,10,14,3,42,39,46,28,28,28,39,33,33,28,37,50,33,12,48,15,52,12,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 $146 (5... Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. O-O Bg4 14. f3 Rc8 15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bh5 17. c4 {1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2845)-Aronian,L (2763) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 6. e5 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qf4 f5 14. Qg3 O-O 15. h4 Kh8 16. Bg5 N4d5 17. Nd2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 ({White should try} 18. Qxc3 $14 Bxg5 19. hxg5) 18... Bd5 $11 19. a4 {Threatens to win with Bxe7.} a5 20. Rdb1 Bxg5 21. hxg5 f4 22. Qh3 Nxa4 {White should prevent ...f3!} 23. Nxc4 f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e2]} 24. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh3h7]} ({But not} 24. Bxf3 $2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nxc3 $19) 24... g6 {White must now prevent ...Bxc4.} 25. Ne3 Nxc3 26. Rc1 Ne2+ $1 27. Bxe2 $1 fxe2 28. Ng4 Rfb8 29. Nf6 Qe7 30. Rc2 Rb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3h3] The position is equal.} 31. Nxd5 Qa3 $1 {[%cal Ra3a1]} 32. Qxe6 Qxa1+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 33. Kh2 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#] Threatening mate with Qf6+.} Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6e6][%mdl 512]} 34. Nxb6 {Intending Qf6+ and mate.} e1=Q {Hoping for ...Qh1+.} 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,88,14,6,41,38,35,42,48,44,56,45,60,67,53,52,111,101,108,98,124,129,139,139,157,127,127,129,142,136,127,111,121,113,121,117,128,121,133,131,156,154,185,107,142,106,129,102,138,0,0,0,7,-7,0,-182,-185,-184,-187,-185,-104,-306,-262,-322,-300,-286,-27,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 g6 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} (7... Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfe1 Rc7 13. Rac1 Qa8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ngf3 Rd8 16. b4 Bf8 17. Ne5 a5 18. c3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 {1-0 (82) Markus,R (2649)-Jovanovic,Z (2526) Hungary 2016}) 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Ba3 Ne7 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Rc1 a6 13. Ne5 Nf5 14. Bb1 dxc4 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. bxc4 {1-0 (24) Perera,P (2004)-Cooper,N (1643) Auckland 2017}) 10... O-O 11. Ne5 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 (13... Rc8 $14) 14. Ndf3 $16 Nf5 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. c4 Ne4 {With the idea ...Nc3.} 17. Qb2 ({Stronger than} 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ng5 Nxd4 $17) 17... Qd6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. Ne3 Nfd6 21. Bf1 h5 22. g3 Re8 23. Ne5 h4 24. Bg2 hxg3 25. hxg3 a5 26. a4 Re7 27. Nd3 ({Better is} 27. b4 $18) 27... Bh6 28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Re8 30. Ng4 (30. Bxe4 $16 Rxe4 31. Ng2) 30... Bc8 $11 31. Ne5 Qh4 32. Rc1 Kg7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rh8.} 33. Rc7 $2 (33. Rxe4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Nxe4 34. Rc7) 33... Rh8 34. Nf3 Qxf4 {Threatens to win with ...Bh3.} 35. Qc1 {[#]} Qf6 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White must now prevent ...Bh3. Black has strong compensation.} ({Don't take} 35... Qg4 36. Rc6 $11) 36. Qc6 $2 (36. Rc6 $17) 36... Bg4 37. Re3 Rh5 ({Weaker is} 37... Bxf3 38. Rxf3 Qxd4 39. Qc1 $17) 38. Qc1 Rf5 $2 (38... Bh3 $19 39. Qf1 Bxg2 40. Qxg2 Qf4) 39. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5g4]} Rxe5 40. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Qxf2+ 41. Kh2 Qh4+ (41... d4 $5 42. Rd3 $8 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qf2+ 44. Kh2 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qf2+ 46. Kh1 Qh4+ 47. Kg1 $11) 42. Kg1 {Hoping for Qb2.} Qf2+ 43. Kh2 Qh4+ (43... d4 $5 44. Rd3 $8 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qf2+ 46. Kh2 Qh4+ 47. Kg1 Qf2+ 48. Kh2 $11) 44. Kg1 {Qb2 is the strong threat.} Qf2+ {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,90,16,14,18,13,20,4,16,0,7,12,12,6,10,9,10,7,5,13,4,4,29,0,0,0,0,0,62,18,12,18,2,14,18,17,38,0,0,-5,0,-33,-36,-41,0,-125,-130,-200,-198,-200,-123,-121,-48,-39,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-6,-8,-8,-8,-9,0,-28,-16,-17,-19,-20,-17,-83,-105,-193,-60,-442,-425,-570,-526]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ {1-0 (47) Radjabov,T (2751)-So,W (2776) Batumi 2018}) 5... Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rfd8 {Black wants to play ...Nxd4.} 13. Be2 Be8 14. Qa3 Qe7 15. Qb2 b6 16. c4 Na5 17. e4 f6 18. e5 Rac8 19. Rad1 c5 20. d5 Bh5 (20... exd5 $11 21. cxd5 c4) 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 exd5 24. cxd5 c4 25. Ng4 Qg6 26. Rd4 b5 27. Ne3 Nb7 $1 28. h4 h5 29. g4 (29. a4 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Nd6 $17 30. Qf3 (30. Ng2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 30... Rf8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf8f3]} 31. Qg2 Rce8 32. gxh5 Qxg2+ ({Black should play} 32... Qxh5 $17 33. Rg4 Rf7) 33. Kxg2 $15 Re5 34. a4 a6 35. axb5 axb5 36. Ra1 $1 Rxh5 37. Ra6 Nf5 38. Nxf5 Rhxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 39. Ra2 c3 {aiming for ...Rf4.} 40. d6 Rc5 {Threatens to win with ...c2.} 41. Rc2 Rd8 42. f4 (42. Kf3 $11) 42... Kf7 $17 43. Kf3 (43. d7 $17 {was the only chance.}) 43... Ke6 {[#]} (43... Ke8 $1 $19 44. Ke4 Kd7) 44. Re2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({White must play} 44. d7 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 44... Kd7 $1 $19 {...c2 is the strong threat.} 45. Rd1 Kc6 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,99,-20,-13,-31,-30,-31,-33,-33,-33,-30,-32,-32,-32,-34,-32,-34,-34,-22,-23,-20,-20,-20,-19,-36,0,-48,0,0,20,-24,-36,-39,-38,-97,-121,-61,0,0,0,-160,-145,-163,-165,-177,-144,-163,-147,-173,-82,-57,-46,-136,-127,-126,-128,-133,-85,-138,-80,-151,-16,-39,0,0,393,372,386,360,2120,2039,1750,1864,2037,823,764,756,649,9,4125,4120,29977,29978,29990,673]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7 9. h4 O-O-O ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. Bh3 Ne7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. h5 Kb8 13. Re1 Nc8 14. Rb1 Qc7 {½-½ (64) Afyoncu,O (2112)-Cebelli,O (2130) Konya 2011}) 10. Bh3 {C02: French: Advance Variation} Kb8 $146 (10... f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O Nh6 13. Re1 Nf5 14. Rb1 Bd6 15. Nf1 Rdg8 16. Ne3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Rxg3+ {½-½ (38) Svidler,P (2727)-Fedoseev,V (2659) Berlin 2015}) 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 {Black is slightly better.} Ne7 13. Rb1 Nc8 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. h5 Nb6 16. Be3 Ba4 17. Qe2 Be7 18. N3h2 Qd7 19. f4 g6 20. Bf2 Rdg8 21. Ne3 Nc6 22. Kh1 Bd8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qg4 Qh7 25. b3 ({Better is} 25. Qxe6 $15 Nxd4 26. cxd4) 25... cxb3 $17 26. Qxe6 Nxd4 (26... Ne7 $1 $15 27. Qd6+ Bc7) 27. cxd4 $11 Bd7 28. Qxd7 $2 ({White must play} 28. Qd6+ $11 Bc7 29. Qc5 Bxh3 30. Nxd5 (30. Rxb3 Rc8 $11)) 28... Nxd7 $17 29. Rxb3 Nb6 30. a4 Nxa4 31. Nxd5 g5 32. f5 {[#]} g4 $1 33. Bg2 (33. Nxg4 Qxf5) 33... Nb6 34. Ne3 (34. Be3 $15) 34... h5 35. f6 h4 36. Kg1 Bc7 37. Rc1 ({White should play} 37. Nhxg4 hxg3 38. Bxg3) 37... Qd7 (37... h3 $142 38. Bh1 Qd7) 38. Rd1 (38. Rbc3 $142 Na8 39. Bd5) 38... hxg3 (38... Rg6 $17 {Hoping for ...Rxf6!} 39. Be1 Qe6) 39. Bxg3 $11 Rh3 40. Nhf1 $1 Rh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Ka8 $1 $11) 41. Rc3 $18 {Threatens to win with Rxc7!} Rc8 42. Rdc1 $1 Qxd4 $2 {[#]} (42... Qe6 43. d5 Qxe5 44. Bxe5 Bxe5) 43. Rxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc7 44. e6 Rhc5 {[#]} 45. Rxc5 (45. e7 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc1 46. e8=Q+ Nc8 47. f7) 45... Qxc5 46. e7 Qh5 {[#]} 47. Nf5 $2 ({White should try} 47. Nd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Na8 (47... Nxd5 48. Bxd5) 48. Nxc7 Nxc7 49. Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin}) 47... Nc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Nd7 $11 48. Bxc7+ Kxc7) 48. N1e3 Qg6 49. Nd5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qxf5 50. Bxc7+ {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 39%.} (50. e8=Q $142 a5 51. Bxc7+ Ka7 52. Qb5 Qe6 53. Qc5+ b6 {[#]} 54. Bxb6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb6 55. Nxb6 Nxb6 56. Qc7+ Ka6 57. Bf1+ Nc4 58. Bxc4#) 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 7. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 10. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bg4 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 13. g3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Rde1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 16. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 17. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 18. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 20. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} O-O 22. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 23. Nxe5 Nxc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rg2 25. Reg1 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. h5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} c4 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 27. h6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} c3 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 28. h7+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Bc1 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 31. e5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 32. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 33. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 35. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} c2+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} 36. Nxc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. Kxc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,5,13,6,10,0,0,-1,-2,-10,-14,-43,-26,-34,-6,-23,-8,-5,-9,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-22,9,-36,0,-24,-21,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,37,47,8,1,12,11,-4,0,0,7,0,34]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Be2 (5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. Bd3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 cxd4 10. Ng5 Nc6 11. Nxh7 Bd7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. O-O {0-1 (30) Mamedov,R (2703)-Piorun,K (2634) St Petersburg 2018}) 5... Nxc3 6. dxc3 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Bg4 7. Nd4 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 e6 9. Qg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. f4 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 Qc7 {1-0 (55) Trent,L (2463)-Pedersen,S (2375) Germany 2016}) 9... Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6,Bg6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 10. Nf3 h5 11. Qf4 Be7 12. h4 Nf8 13. Qg3 Ng6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Rhe1 Qf8 18. Rd3 Ne7 19. Qf4 Nf5 20. Nd4 g6 21. Qg5 (21. Nxf5 {is more complex.} gxf5 22. Rg3 Qc5 23. Qd4 Qa5 24. Kb1) 21... Qh6 (21... Qc5 {with more complications.} 22. Qf4 Qa5 23. Kb1 c5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Rg3 d4) 22. Qxh6 Rxh6 (22... Nxh6 {feels hotter.} 23. a4 Rhf8 24. b3 Ng4 25. Rd2 c5) 23. g3 Rhh8 24. Nf3 Kd7 25. c4 Ke7 26. Ra3 Ra8 27. c5 b6 28. Rc3 d4 29. Ra3 Rhb8 30. Ra4 bxc5 {The position is equal.} 31. Rc4 Rb5 32. b3 Rd8 33. Ra4 a5 34. Nd2 Ra8 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,48,41,38,0,4,4,6,8,5,6,6,7,8,18,16,13,2,0,0,-41,-6,-10,-8,-17,-29,-18,0,0,0,-953,-939]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. b3 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Re1 Be6 14. Nc3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rab8 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Rb2 {½-½ (32) Nakamura,H (2746)-So,W (2762) Saint Louis 2019}) 11... cxb3 12. Qxb3 {Threatens to win with Ba3.} Rd8 13. Ba3 {The position is equal.} Qe8 14. Rd1 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ba6 15. Nc3 c6 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 {½-½ (17) Bacallao Alonso,Y (2582)-Mareco,S (2656) Buenos Aires 2018}) 15. d5 Qd7 16. Nc3 e4 17. d6 {aiming for dxc7.} c6 18. Qa4 Re8 19. Qa5 h6 20. f3 Qh3 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Rxe4 23. Qd8+ Kh7 24. d7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Rd2 $11 Re3 25. d7 Rxa3 26. Qe7 (26. dxc8=B Qxc8 27. Qe7 Qf8 $15) 26... Rxg3+ 27. hxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 (28. Kf1 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 28... Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+) 24... Ba6 $3 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,131,32,22,35,16,19,19,28,0,29,28,17,25,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,14,9,18,15,18,6,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,30,28,28,28,35,35,34,27,28,27,32,11,11,8,11,11,11,11,35,11,65,0,0,0,8,0,139,139,139,86,85,94,77,77,29957,29959,29954,29938,7189,5073,29976,29977,29977,29978,29976,29974,29975,29976,29974,29973,29973,29973,29977,29978,29977,29978,29980,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29988,29987,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qa5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. c3 $146 (7. Bd3 Na6 8. Qe5 Qxe5+ 9. Nxe5 Nb4 10. Be4 f6 11. c3 Nd5 12. Nf3 a5 13. d4 a4 14. Bd2 {½-½ (41) Adams,M (2703)-Howell,D (2696) London 2018}) 7... Bf5 8. Qf4 e6 {The position is equal.} 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. d4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Bd6 {[#] Hoping for ...Nd3!} 16. h3 Nd3 17. Qg5 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Re1 f6 21. Be3 b6 22. Kf1 Rhd8 23. Ke2 R3d7 24. h4 Kb7 25. a4 c5 26. a5 Kc6 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra4 f5 29. g3 Re8 30. Kf3 {Threatens to win with Bf4.} Bf6 31. Rea1 Rd3 32. Ke2 Rd7 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Rxa8 Rd8 35. Rxd8 (35. Ra7 {is more complex.} Rd7 36. Ra1 Rd8 37. Bg5 Bxg5 38. hxg5 Rd7 39. Ra8) 35... Bxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 36. c4 b5 37. Kd3 Bf6 38. b3 Be5 39. Bd2 Bd4 (39... b4 $11) 40. f3 ({White should play} 40. cxb5+ $14 Kb6 41. Be3 Bxe3 42. Kxe3) 40... Bf2 $11 41. Bf4 Bd4 42. g4 bxc4+ (42... b4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43. Kxc4 $16 ({Much worse is} 43. bxc4 $6 Bf2 $11) 43... fxg4 44. fxg4 Bf6 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 Be7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46... Bb2 $16 47. Be3 Ba3) 47. Be5 Bf8 48. Bc3 Kd6 49. Bb2 Kc6 50. Be5 {White mates.} Kb6 51. Kd5 Kb5 52. Bc3 Be7 53. Bxg7 Bg5 54. Bc3 ({Weaker is} 54. h6 Bxh6 55. Be5 (55. Bxh6 Kb4 $11) 55... Kb4 $11) 54... Bh6 55. Be1 Bc1 56. Bf2 Kb4 57. Bxc5+ Kxb3 58. Ke4 Bh6 59. Kf5 Kc4 60. Kg6 Bd2 61. Be7 Kd5 62. Bg5 Bc3 63. h6 Ke6 64. h7 Bh8 65. Bh6 Ke7 66. Bg7 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

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]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 14. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 15. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 16. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Bc3 {[%emt 0:02:32]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 19. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 21. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 24. Bf1 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. c4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 26. Re4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 27. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 28. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 29. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxh3+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 30. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 31. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 32. Bxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 33. Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 34. Qxb6+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. gxh3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 36. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bxh3+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 41. Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 42. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,70,-11,0,-4,0,-9,0,-6,0,0,0,0,7,0,6,1,15,-12,-14,-15,36,26,35,43,44,3,96,85,89,0,0,-145,-139,-143,-146,-145,-142,-142,-142,-143,-158,-179,-182,-178,-94,-258,-241,-374,-365,-391,-374,-395,-393,-366,-369,-447,-440,-440,-440,-433,-418]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bb7 (7... c5 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Bxg3 11. hxg3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nbd7 {1-0 (55) Duda,J (2738)-Giri,A (2783) St Petersburg 2018}) 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Bxg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... g6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qc8 {0-1 (90) Cruz,C (2541)-Volkov,S (2591) Sitges 2016}) 10. hxg3 {[%cal Rd3h7]} h6 11. Rh4 c5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. f4 a6 14. a4 cxd4 15. exd4 Nxe5 ({Black should try} 15... b5 $11) 16. fxe5 $14 Nd7 17. Nf3 f6 $1 18. exf6 Qxf6 (18... Nxf6 $11 19. Qd2 Ne4) 19. Rf4 Qe7 20. Bh7+ (20. Qe2 $16) 20... Kh8 $11 21. Nh4 {[#]} (21. O-O-O $11) 21... Rxf4 $1 $17 22. Ng6+ Kxh7 23. Nxe7+ Re4+ 24. Qxe4+ dxe4 25. Nxc8 Bxc8 26. b4 Kg6 27. c4 Kf7 ({Better is} 27... a5 $19 28. Ke2 axb4) 28. b5 $2 (28. Rb1 $17 {might work better.}) 28... e5 $19 29. dxe5 {[#]} (29. Rd1 $142) 29... a5 $1 30. Rd1 {intending Rd6.} Nxe5 31. Rd4 Be6 32. Rxe4 Nxc4 33. Ke2 Nd6 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Rf4+ Ke7 35. Kd3 Nb7 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,110,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,10,0,0,-24,27,29,26,32,39,0,31,0,0,-17,0,-35,-44,-44,-49,-21,0,-19,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,23,28,33,19,23,24,32,37,36,106,106,118,114,149,148,144,135,162,115,302,302,300,295,197,30,35,35,59,54,58,60,47,11,39,-2,9,9,62,62,62,62,1220,-747,-700,-669,-652,-1133,-993,-1468,-1369]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Rd1 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Bf5 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ba5 Qa6 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Bf1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxb2 {½-½ (17) Ding,L (2813)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 9... Bf5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. c5 {The position is equal.} Qxb3 12. axb3 Na6 13. Nd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ra4 Bf5 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Bg5 Kf8 16. Rda1 h6 {0-1 (62) Maghsoodloo,P (2577)-Wang,H (2680) Chengdu 2017}) 13... Ne4 14. e3 Bf5 15. f3 Nxc3 (15... Nf6 $142) 16. bxc3 $11 e5 17. b4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nc7 19. Nf2 Re8 20. e4 Be6 21. Bf1 dxe4 22. fxe4 Bb3 23. Rd2 Ne6 24. Bb2 Rad8 {[%cal Re6d4]} 25. Ra3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bh6 26. Rd3 Bc2 27. Rdc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c2]} Nxd4 28. Rc4 Nb5 29. Rxc2 Nxa3 30. Bxa3 Be3 31. Kg2 Bxf2 32. Kxf2 Rxe4 33. b5 cxb5 34. Bxb5 h5 35. Be2 h4 (35... Red4 $14) 36. Bf3 $16 hxg3+ 37. hxg3 Ra4 38. Bb2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rb4 39. Bf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d8]} Re8 40. g4 Rf4 $2 (40... g5 $16 {was called for.} 41. Bxg5 Kg7) 41. g5 $1 $18 Rf5 {[#]} 42. Rc1 $1 Rc8 {[#]} 43. Bd4 $2 ({Don't do} 43. Rh1 $6 Rxf6 44. gxf6 Rxc5 $16) ({White must play} 43. Rd1 $1 $18) 43... Rd8 $11 44. Be3 Rd3 45. Ke2 Rb3 {Threatens to win with ...Re5.} 46. Be4 Re5 47. Bd3 a5 48. Kd2 a4 {...a3 is the strong threat.} (48... Rd5 $5 49. Rc3 $8 Rb2+ 50. Kc1 Rb4 $11) 49. Rc4 {Hoping for Bd4.} a3 ({Black should try} 49... Kf8 $11) 50. Bd4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Rxg5 {White must now prevent ...Rg2+.} 51. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a8] Ra8+ would kill now.} Rg2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Kf8 $14 52. Bf6 (52. Kc2 Rb2+ 53. Bxb2 axb2 $16) 52... Rb2+ 53. Ke3 (53. Bxb2 axb2 54. Ra2 Rxc5 $14) 53... Rg3+ 54. Kf4 Rf2+ 55. Kxg3 Rxf6) 52. Ke3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Ke1 $18 f5 53. Bc4+ Kf8 54. Bxb3) 52... f5 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Not} 52... Rg3+ 53. Kf2 $11) 53. Be5 Kf7 54. Bf4 {If only White now had time for Kd4....} g5 55. Bd6 a2 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 37%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,10,17,0,0,9,0,-1,10,5,8,0,22,16,19,0,25,0,29,30,27,33,81,82,72,58,72,68,67,62,78,63,62,34,41,43,43,56,56,35,59,52,48,33,37,20,41,29,41,0,29,12,72,25,96,95,100,95,102,87,154,164,335,320,446,445,526,512,561,553,29977,29978,11161,29976,29971,6027,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29984,29985,29985,29986,29985,29985,29981,29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} (6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 g6 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Bh6 Ng4 13. Bf4 Ngf6 14. O-O O-O 15. h3 Re8 {½-½ (74) Yu,Y (2751)-Jakovenko,D (2719) Shenzhen 2019}) 6... c6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 Bxc5 11. O-O h6 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. Be2 Be6 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Nxd6 {½-½ (33) Ushenina,A (2458)-Unuk,L (2343) Kocaeli 2017}) 10... Nb4 11. Qd1 Bxc5 12. h3 Qe7 13. b3 Rd8 14. Bb2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Rfc1 Qe7 18. Rc2 Bd7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Nd4 a6 21. f3 h6 22. Nce2 Re8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. a4 Bd7 26. Nf4 b6 27. h4 a5 28. h5 Qe5 29. g4 Nh7 30. Kg2 Ng5 (30... Qg5 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Qf2 f5 (31... Ne6 $11 32. Nfxe6 fxe6) 32. gxf5 $16 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Bxf5 33. Rc6 {[%cal Bc1c6,Bc6b6,Bb6g6][%mdl 32]} Bd7 34. Rxb6 Qc7 {[#]} ({Better is} 34... Ne6 35. Nfxe6 (35. Ndxe6 Bxe6 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 $16) 35... Bxe6) 35. Rg6 $1 ({Not} 35. Nxd5 Qc5 $11) 35... Re5 $2 (35... Qe5 36. Ra6 Ne6 37. Ndxe6 Bxe6) 36. Qb2 $18 Kh7 37. Nb5 Bxb5 38. axb5 d4 39. Qxd4 Qb7 40. Qxe5 Qxf3+ 41. Kg1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re5g7]} Qd1+ 42. Kf2 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re5g7]} Qf3+ 43. Ke1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re5g7] White mates.} Qh1+ 44. Ke2 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re5g7]} Qf3+ 45. Kd3 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re5g7]} Qd1+ 46. Kc4 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re5g7]} Qc2+ 47. Kd5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re5g7]} Qxb3+ 48. Kc6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re5g7]} Qc4+ {[#]} 49. Kb6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,116,52,42,50,54,40,42,36,43,45,33,33,33,30,29,33,36,37,38,38,29,30,26,31,28,34,27,25,34,37,31,29,31,36,45,35,29,31,35,25,39,27,31,39,34,34,34,34,29,36,28,41,41,37,39,37,34,82,68,205,205,208,206,211,202,175,194,179,194,197,194,213,213,286,287,230,177,213,213,213,144,208,201,549,549,494,194,238,206,190,186,165,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 8. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} (8. d4 dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxc5 Qe7 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Qd5 Nxc5 13. Qxa8 O-O 14. Be3 Ncd3 15. Nd2 {0-1 (28) Swiercz,D (2656)-Hammer,J (2662) Saint Louis 2018}) 8... dxe4 9. axb5 $1 exf3 {White is slightly better.} 10. Qxf3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 11. Bxe4 Ne5 12. Qe2 $1 O-O ({Wrong is} 12... Nd5 $2 13. d4 $18) 13. d4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 {[#]} Nf3+ $146 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. dxc5 {Black must now prevent Re1.} Bxf1 18. Kxf1 {Threatens to win with Kg2.} Qd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Qe1 Qxf3 {...Rad8 is the strong threat.} 20. Be3 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nd2 Qh1+ $1 23. Ke2 Qxh2 24. Nf3 Qh3 $1 25. Qd1 Qe6 $1 26. Qd3 c6 27. Qd6 Qc4+ $1 28. Kd2 b4 29. cxb4 Qxb4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kd3 Qxb2 31. Qxc6 Qb1+ 32. Ke2 Qc2+ 33. Nd2 {[%cal Rc6a8]} Rd8 34. Kf3 h5 35. Ne4 $1 h4 ({Black should try} 35... Kf8 $14) 36. Kg2 $18 Qc4 37. Nd6 Qe6 38. Qe4 Qxe4+ 39. Nxe4 Kf8 40. Kh3 $1 Ke7 41. Kxh4 Ke6 42. Ng5+ Ke7 {[#]} 43. Kg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Ra8 44. Kf3 f6 45. Ne4 Ke6 46. Nd6 Ra2 (46... Kd5 $16 47. Nf5 Ra7) 47. Ke4 g6 $2 (47... Ra4+ 48. Bd4 g6) 48. Nb5 f5+ 49. Kf4 $2 (49. Kf3) 49... Ra4+ 50. Kg5 {And now c6 would win.} Rg4+ 51. Kh6 {Hoping for c6.} f4 {[#]} 52. Bd2 $2 (52. f3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Rg3 53. Bxf4 Rh3+ 54. Kxg6) 52... Kd5 $11 {The position is equal.} 53. Nc3+ Kxc5 54. Ne4+ (54. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Rg1 55. Bxf4 $11) 54... Kd4 55. f3 Rg3 56. Ng5 Kd3 57. Bxf4 Rxf3 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} 58. Nxf3 Ke4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,81,27,60,41,49,24,37,28,51,31,27,-30,-20,-38,-11,-42,-32,-32,-40,-37,-43,-95,-93,-92,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-2,-2,0,-33,-28,-32,-30,-37,-32,-38,-44,-41,-33,-27,-37,-65,-58,-60,-9,-34,-27,-26,-35,-37,-37,-33,-33,-39,-39,-26,-31,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. a4 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Nh7 11. Nf1 Ng5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Ne3 a5 16. b4 f5 17. exf5 e4 18. fxg6 Bxc3 {1-0 (65) Jones,G (2682)-Howell,D (2696) London 2018}) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} Re8 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 $146 (11. Bxe6 $142 Rxe6 12. b4) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Qc2 Qe7 {½-½ (66) Babula,V (1800)-Mekhane,A (1999) Bad Blankenburg 2018}) 11... d5 $11 12. Bb5 Nd7 13. Bd2 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. d4 Bg4 16. h3 (16. exd5 $15 cxd5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3) 16... Bxf3 $1 $17 17. Qxf3 Rb8 (17... exd4 $17 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. exd5 Ne5) 18. exd5 $11 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxb2 20. Be3 exd4 21. Bxd4 Nf8 22. Qxd8 (22. Qc4 {feels hotter.} Bxd4 23. cxd4 Qf6 24. Rf1 Qd6 25. Rab1) 22... Rxd8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne6 26. Rd5 $1 Rb1+ 27. Kh2 Rb6 28. Ne2 Rb2 29. Nd4 $1 Nf4 ({Better is} 29... Nxd4 $1 $15 30. cxd4 Rxf2) 30. Ra5 $11 Rxf2 31. Kg3 Rf1 32. Rxa6 c5 33. Nb3 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 $1 h5 35. Nxc5 h4 {[#] ( -> ...Ng3)} 36. Ne4 $1 Ra1 {The position is equal.} 37. Ra7 Kf8 38. Ra8+ Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...f5.} 39. Ra7+ Kf8 {And now ...f5 would win.} 40. Ra8+ Ke7 {...f5 is the strong threat.} 41. Ra7+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 14. Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 16. Ne3 {[%emt 0:04:55]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:04:23]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 21. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 22. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 23. bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. c5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 25. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 27. Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 28. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 30. g4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 31. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Bg2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Ke1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bxh3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 35. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 36. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 37. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 38. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 39. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 41. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. f5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 44. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bd3+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 46. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 49. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 50. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 51. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 52. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 53. Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 54. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 55. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 57. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 58. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 59. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 60. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 61. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 62. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 63. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 64. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 65. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 66. Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 67. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 68. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 69. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 70. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,123,19,13,13,13,19,18,25,18,20,19,25,24,25,22,36,31,46,52,59,59,96,36,58,50,56,32,58,55,55,0,66,0,47,43,69,65,78,77,75,76,93,72,112,114,107,107,78,59,81,39,81,83,91,75,83,31,31,23,15,0,0,13,23,0,14,0,0,-5,0,-40,0,0,7,-15,18,25,129,0,89,50,61,33,52,76,140,147,367,95,123,119,115,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-140,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-6,-11,-15,860,835]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 ({Predecessor:} 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 8. h3 Ne7 9. d4 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Nf1 {0-1 (75) Khairullin,I (2575)-Kharlov,A (2505) Serpukhov 2008}) 3... 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 $146 (8... a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. h3 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Qd7 15. Ng3 {1-0 (56) Wang,H (2726)-Malakhov,V (2667) China 2019}) 9. h3 Ng6 {The position is equal.} 10. d4 Bb6 11. Bd3 c6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. a4 Rad8 17. Qc2 (17. b4 $16 a5 18. b5) 17... a5 18. Rad1 Kg8 19. b3 Kh7 20. Qb2 Kg8 21. Qc2 Kh7 22. Qb2 Kg8 $1 23. Bc2 Kh8 24. Qc1 Kh7 25. Nf5 Ng8 26. c4 (26. Re2 {feels hotter.} Nf8 27. Ng3 Ng6 28. Nh5 Qc8 29. Kh2) 26... f6 27. Ng3 Qc8 28. d5 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Bd7 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. Qxd6 Bc6 33. Qa3 $1 N8e7 34. c5 (34. Nf1 $16) 34... Qa7 35. Bd3 Nf8 $1 36. Bb5 Ne6 37. Rc1 Rd7 38. b4 Red8 39. Bxc6 Nxc6 40. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nb4 $1 41. b6 Qa6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 42. Qb3 Nf4 43. Re3 g6 44. Kh2 Kg7 (44... Re7 $11) 45. Rc4 (45. Nh4 $1 $16) 45... Nc6 (45... Rc8 $11) 46. Qb5 Qa8 $1 47. Rc2 h5 48. Ne2 $1 g5 (48... Ne6 $142) 49. Ng3 $16 Ne7 $2 {[#]} (49... Kg6 $16 50. Nf5 Ne6) 50. Rec3 $2 (50. Nxe5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxe5 51. c6 Nxc6 52. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} bxc6 53. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Qf6+ Rg7 56. Nf5 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 50... h4 51. Nf1 Ne6 {[#]} 52. Ne3 ({White should try} 52. c6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc6 (52... bxc6 53. Qb3) 53. Rxc6 bxc6 54. Rxc6) 52... Nd4 $11 53. Nxd4 exd4 54. Rd3 {aiming for Kg1.} Qb8+ 55. Kg1 {And now Nc4 would win.} Qe5 56. Nd5 (56. f3 $11 {remains equal.}) 56... Qxe4 (56... Nxd5 $17 57. exd5 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Rxd5) 57. Nxe7 $1 {Threatens to win with c6.} Rxe7 58. Rc1 Rd5 59. Rcd1 g4 60. Qb2 gxh3 61. Rxh3 d3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Rg5 $11 62. f3 Qe3+ 63. Kh1 d3 64. Rxh4 Rd5) 62. Re3 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,130,22,20,15,15,16,22,24,16,15,57,54,58,62,68,40,48,43,50,45,45,45,45,49,47,41,53,47,52,39,48,22,45,6,4,0,51,10,39,0,35,36,33,0,44,53,105,132,120,109,110,0,4,-26,-20,-21,19,0,0,-114,-104,-93,-81,-99,-84,-156,-155,-248,-71,-37,0,0,0,0,0,-272,-239,-284,-285,-295,-279,-295,-295,-281,-272,-261,-246,-260,-179,-163,-16,-24,-19,-16,-42,-60,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,21,0,0,0,7,0,40,9,325,0,0,-29984,-29985]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Nbd7 9. cxd5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9. e3 Ne4 10. Nfd2 Ndf6 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bh3 Qb6 13. f3 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 e6 15. Qd3 Rfe8 16. c5 Qc7 {0-1 (35) Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... cxd5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Qd2 Qa6 13. Nh4 Be6 14. f4 Nb6 15. f5 Bd7 16. h3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxc8 Nxc8 19. Bxe4 Qxa2 {0-1 (47) Matlakov,M (2691)-Artemiev,V (2663) Sochi 2016}) 11... Qa5 12. Nh4 Be4 (12... Rxc3 $6 13. Qd2 $16) 13. f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Bf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Qd3 e6 16. Rfc1 a6 17. Na4 h5 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Qd2 {And now Bb4 would win.} Qb8 20. Nb2 Rc6 21. Nd3 Rfc8 22. a4 Bh6 23. Bb2 Kh7 24. Kf2 h4 25. Nf4 Rg8 ({Black should play} 25... Bf8 $11) 26. Qd3 Qf8 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Rxc6 ({But not} 28. gxh4 $2 Bxf4 29. Rxc6 bxc6 $19) 28... bxc6 29. Qxa6 Qg7 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 30. Ne2 $1 ({Wrong is} 30. gxh4 $2 Bxf4 31. exf4 Nh5 $19) 30... hxg3+ (30... Ng4+ $14 31. fxg4 Nc5 32. dxc5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxb2) 31. hxg3 $16 Bxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Qh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kd3 (33. Kf2 $1 $16 Qxh3 34. Rg1) 33... Qxh3 $11 34. Kc3 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. gxf4 (35. Nxf4 Qxg3) 35... Rg2 ({Don't take} 35... Qxf3+ 36. Qd3 $17) 36. Qd3 $1 Rf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2f3]} 37. Ng1 (37. Kb4 $11) 37... Qg2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 38. Ba3 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f4]} 39. Bd6 Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f5] White must now prevent ...Nf5.} 40. Kb4 {[#]} ({White should try} 40. Re1) 40... Nf5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf5d6][%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 41. Bc5 (41. Bc7 $17 {might work better.}) 41... Rd2 $2 (41... Qh2 $19 42. Re1 Nxc5 43. dxc5 Rd2 44. Qc3+ d4) 42. Qf1 {next Qxg2 is good for White.} Nxd4 43. Bxd4+ Rxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Ka3 Qd2 45. Qh3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Qe1 $11) 45... Kg7 $19 46. Qg3+ Kf8 {( -> ...Qb4+)} 47. Qe1 Qxf4 48. Ne2 Qd6+ 49. Ka2 Rd3 50. Rc1 c5 51. Rc3 Ne5 52. f4 {[#]} Nf3 ({Better is} 52... Nc6 $1 $19 {aiming for ...c4!} 53. Rxd3 Nb4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 54. Kb1 Nxd3) 53. Qc1 $11 Rd2+ 54. Rc2 Rxc2+ 55. Qxc2 d4 (55... Nd4 $15 56. Nxd4 cxd4) 56. Qe4 Nh4 57. Nc1 Qa6 58. Qe5 Nf5 59. Qxc5+ Kg8 60. Qc4 Qb7 61. a5 Qg2+ 62. Ka3 Qd2 63. Ka4 {Hoping for a6.} Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63... Ne3 $11 {and Black is okay.} 64. Qc8+ Kg7) 64. Qc5 $2 ({White has to play} 64. Qc6 $18) 64... Ne4 65. Qa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65. Qe5 $11 Nc3+ 66. Kb4) 65... Nc3+ {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 11. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:35]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 12. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 13. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 15. Na4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 16. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 17. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 18. c3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 19. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 20. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 23. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 25. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 26. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 28. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 30. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 32. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 33. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 34. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 35. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 37. g4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 38. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 41. Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:41]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 42. Qa2+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 46. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 50. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 51. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 52. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 53. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 54. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 55. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 57. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 58. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 59. f3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 60. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 61. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 62. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 63. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 64. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 65. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 66. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 67. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 68. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 69. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:10] Kd4 Kd5+} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,127,13,15,24,18,25,10,22,20,24,23,16,12,16,25,18,25,31,35,29,29,42,15,29,0,6,7,22,8,24,5,50,56,69,22,28,18,10,18,43,45,37,17,34,0,41,52,47,50,52,51,45,53,70,53,52,48,51,28,46,32,73,68,80,71,65,70,91,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,89,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,82,82,82,82,526,452,960,929,1219,1238,1287,1287,1155,1031,796,741]} 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 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qe8 14. Ra2 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qf7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 {0-1 (54) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Nakamura,H (2777) chess.com INT 2018}) 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nf6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. Ng3 Kh7 21. Kh2 d5 22. Qc2 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qe7 24. Qe2 Rb8 25. Ra1 Ne8 26. Ra6 Qd7 27. Qf2 Nd6 28. Nh5 Qe8 (28... Rb6 {feels hotter.} 29. Ra8 Qf7 30. Ng3 Rb8 31. Rxb8 Nxb8 32. Qa2 Nd7) 29. Qg3 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg3g7]} Qxh5 30. Rxc6 Nxe4 31. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 32. Nxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb7 33. Nf3 Kg8 34. Nd4 Kf7 35. g4 Nd6 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf3 Kd7 38. Rc5 Rb6 39. h4 Ra6 40. Nxb5 Nxb5 41. Rxb5 $16 {KR-KR} Rc6 42. Rc5 Rxc5 43. bxc5 {KP-KP} Kc6 44. Ke4 Kxc5 {Threatens to win with ...Kc4.} 45. Ke5 Kc4 46. Kxe6 {Black must now prevent e4.} Kxc3 {K3P-K3P} 47. e4 (47. Kf7 $1 $16 c5 48. Kxg7) 47... Kd4 $11 48. e5 c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5c4] Threatening ...c4.} 49. Kd6 {Strongly threatening e6.} c4 {White should prevent ...c3.} 50. e6 {And now e7 would win.} c3 {next ...c2 is good for Black.} 51. e7 c2 52. e8=Q c1=Q {With the idea ...Qf4+. KQ-KQ} 53. Qe5+ Kd3 54. Qxg7 {Qg6+ is the strong threat.} Qf4+ 55. Kd7 (55. Qe5 {seems wilder.} Qb4+ 56. Ke6 Qxg4+ 57. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 58. Kxf5 Kd4 59. Kg6) 55... Qa4+ 56. Ke7 {Hoping for Qg6+.} Qb4+ {[#]} (56... Qa7+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 57. Kf8 Qf2+ 58. Qf7 Qxh4) 57. Ke8 $1 $16 Qa4+ {[#]} 58. Kf8 $1 {aiming for Qg6+.} ({Reject} 58. Qd7+ $6 Qxd7+ 59. Kxd7 Ke4 $11) 58... Qa8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Ke2 $16 {is a better chance.}) 59. Kf7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qd5+ (59... Qf3+ $142 60. Kg8 Qg3) 60. Kg6 Qe6+ 61. Kh5 {White wants to mate with Qg6+.} Ke2 62. Qxh6 Qe8+ 63. Qg6 Qh8+ 64. Kg5 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,102,12,18,33,22,27,22,20,23,33,14,31,0,8,13,14,0,6,21,16,0,8,0,37,8,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,-21,-10,-116,-109,-104,-95,-181,-189,-181,-169,-181,-181,-193,-153,-206,-226,-218,-177,-301,-220,-206,-205,-170,-183,-228,-195,-224,-250,-241,-239,-239,-239,-244,-243,-346,-336,-338,-329,-609,-598,-614,-616,-614,-611,-616,-583,-776,-839,-1069,-1072]} 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. a5 d6 10. c3 Be6 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} (10... Rb8 11. Bc4 Nxe4 12. Bd5 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Nxa5 14. cxb4 Rxb4 15. d4 c6 16. Ba2 exd4 17. Kg1 d5 18. Na3 Bf6 19. Nc2 {1-0 (48) Dominguez Perez,L (2750)-Nozdrachev,V (2489) Sochi 2019}) 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. d4 bxc3 {The position is equal.} 13. bxc3 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ng5 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 {1-0 (16) Praznik,A-Bendana Guerrero,G ICCF corr 1995}) 15... Nd7 16. Nbd2 Rb8 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rb5 19. Qe2 h6 20. h3 Rf7 21. Rc1 Ndb8 22. Qd3 Nxa5 23. Rac3 Nd7 24. Qg6 Nf8 25. Qc2 c6 26. Ra1 Qb6 27. Rca3 {Qc3 is the strong threat.} Ra7 28. Nh2 {[#]} (28. g3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28... c5 $1 $17 29. dxc5 Rxc5 30. Rc3 (30. Qd3 $17) 30... Rac7 $19 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Qd1 Nc6 33. Nhf3 Ng6 34. Rb1 (34. Qb3 $17 Rb5 35. Qc3) 34... Rb5 35. Rc1 Rb4 ({Resist} 35... Ngxe5 36. Nxe5 Nxe5 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Qc2+ Ng6 39. Rc6 $17) 36. Nf1 (36. g3 $142) 36... Nf4 ({Weaker is} 36... Ngxe5 37. Nxe5 Nxe5 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Qc2+ Ng6 40. Rc6 $17) (36... Ncxe5 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Nxe5+ Nxe5 39. Qh5+ Kf6 40. Rf8+ Ke7 41. Qe8+ Kd6 42. Rg8 $17) 37. Qd2 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxc6!} Nd4 38. Nxd4 Qxd4 39. Qxd4 Ne2+ (39... Rxd4 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. g3 $17) 40. Kh2 Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} ({Don't play} 40... Rxd4 41. Rc6 $17) 41. Ra1 Rb6 42. f4 Nb3 43. Ra3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 44. Kg3 (44. Ne3 $142) 44... Rb4 45. Ne3 a4 46. f5 $2 (46. Nc2 Rc4 47. Ne3) 46... d4 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. Nd1 exf5 48. Kf4 g6 49. e6 Kf8 50. Ke5 Ke7 51. Kd5 d3 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,67,47,0,30,32,33,25,41,0,40,29,21,33,22,29,43,29,118,93,90,95,91,108,108,104,98,113,119,136,135,149,185,160,162,160,152,142,136,142,130,126,116,116,158,131,166,173,160,166,261,233,495,417,417,417]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. h3 Nd7 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4} (8... e5 $5 9. dxe5 Nd7 $11) 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qc5 a5 {White has an edge.} 11. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O-O Nb4 12. a3 Nc6 13. Kb1 f5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nb5 fxe4 {½-½ (44) Holt,C (2574)-Paragua,M (2487) ICC INT 2014}) 11... Nd7 12. Qa3 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 13. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nd4 14. Nb5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} c5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 (15... bxc6 $11 16. Nbxd4 (16. Nfxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 c5 $14) 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 c5) 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Bc5 Nxe4 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Qe3 Nc5 21. O-O Qf6 22. Nc7 {[%cal Bb5c7,Bc7d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} Rd8 23. Nd5 Qg7 {[#]} 24. Nb6 $1 e4 25. Nd4 Be8 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 26. Nxc6 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bxc6 28. Bc4 Qe5 29. Qd4 Qg5 {[#]} 30. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Nd3 (31... Qf5 {is a better defense.} 32. Re1 Qd7) 32. Qxe4 $18 ({Stronger than} 32. Bxe4 Nxf2 33. h4 (33. Qxf2 $2 Bc5 $19) 33... Qxh4 $11) 32... Nxb2 $2 (32... Nc5 33. Qe8 Qf6) 33. Rb1 Qf6 {[#]} 34. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,46,10,31,26,0,31,35,31,-13,-15,-7,-22,-42,-58,-86,-61,-89,-73,-183,-187,-229,-220,-295,-234,-258,-240,-314,-323,-337,-342,-354,-354,-419,-436,-531,-523,-492,-487]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 b5 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} 7. Bd2 (7. Nge2 bxc4 8. Nf4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 e5 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. h4 Nd7 12. g4 Qf6 13. Kf2 Nf4 14. Nxf4 exf4 {0-1 (36) Kravtsiv,M (2644)-Moiseenko,A (2640) Kiev 2018}) 7... exd5 8. cxd5 a6 {White is slightly better.} 9. a3 Ba5 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 O-O {...Nxe4! is the strong threat.} 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Bg5 Nbd7 {0-1 (78) Pham,K (2116)-Kabos,T (2301) Amsterdam 2019}) 12... Nbd7 13. Nd2 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Qxb3 {[#]} (14. Be2 $17) 14... h6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh6g5][%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 15. Bf4 Rb8 16. Qc2 {[#]} Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. exd5 Qf6 $1 {[%csl LRb2,LRf4][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 18. O-O-O {Hoping for Ne2.} Qxf4 19. Ne2 Qb4 20. Nc3 Nb6 21. Re1 {Now Re4 and White clings on.} c4 22. g4 Bd7 {[%cal Rd7a4]} 23. Re4 Rfc8 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,143,17,13,4,10,-15,-15,-9,-5,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-12,-29,-12,-24,-8,-26,0,18,12,9,0,5,140,149,138,95,98,90,96,87,90,85,85,83,83,83,89,89,102,101,105,101,101,104,106,109,128,130,135,130,158,158,150,138,139,141,220,200,222,222,222,222,222,222,221,221,268,241,249,90,221,0,249,221,221,221,221,221,221,0,188,0,185,79,91,8,8,8,15,8,41,8,41,23,120,120,135,143,137,148,145,129,113,110,123,103,117,0,0,0,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,8,8,8]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8. d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} b5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. O-O Nxe5 (11... c5 12. a4 Be7 13. axb5 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Nc3 axb5 16. Nxb5 {½-½ (40) Navara,D (2739)-Karjakin,S (2753) Shamkir 2019}) 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. Bf4 {Black must now prevent Bxe5.} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qf6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxd6 cxd6 {½-½ (24) Greenfeld,A (2521)-Mikhalevski,A (2423) Israel 2018}) 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Bc6+ Kf8 16. Nd2 g6 17. Qe3 Bf6 18. Ne4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c6]} 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Qh6+ Kg8 (20... Ke7 $1 $11 21. Rac1 g5) 21. Rac1 $16 e5 22. Bd7 Bxd7 23. Rxd7 g5 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Rcxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kg7 26. Re7 Rd8 27. Rxe5 h6 28. Rc2 Rd4 29. b3 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Rfd6 31. Rec5 R1d2 32. Kf3 f6 33. Ke3 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 {KR-KR} h5 35. Rc5 Kg6 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Rd1 (37... Re6+ $16 38. Kd2 Rd6+ 39. Kc2 Rd4) 38. Kf3 g4+ 39. Kg2 $1 Rd4 40. Ra5 Rd6 41. e3 Rc6 42. h3 Kh6 43. Rd5 Kg6 44. Rd4 $2 (44. a5 $18) 44... Kg5 (44... gxh3+ $16 45. Kxh3 Rc2) 45. Rd5+ Kg6 46. h4 Rc4 47. Ra5 Rc6 48. Kf1 Rb6 49. Kg2 Rc6 50. Rd5 Rc4 {[#]} 51. Rd4 (51. a5 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 51... Rc5 52. Kf1 (52. e4 $16) 52... Rc1+ $11 53. Ke2 {Threatens to win with Rd6.} Rc2+ 54. Ke1 {aiming for Rd6.} Ra2 55. Rf4 Kg7 56. Rf5 Rxa4 (56... Ra1+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 57. Ke2 Ra2+ 58. Kf1 Rxa4) 57. Rxh5 $16 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ {[#]} 59. Kf1 $1 Ra1+ 60. Kg2 Ra4 61. Rf5 Kg6 62. Rc5 a5 63. h5+ (63. Rd5 $16) 63... Kh6 $11 {The position is equal.} 64. Rf5 Ra2 65. Rxf6+ Kxh5 66. Rf5+ Kg6 67. Rf4 Kg5 68. e4 a4 69. e5 {And now Re4 would win.} Re2 {Hoping for ...a3.} 70. Rxa4 Rxe5 71. f4+ gxf3+ $1 72. Kxf3 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,116,36,26,16,20,31,23,22,26,27,28,29,35,7,8,12,16,0,43,43,47,37,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,46,47,71,27,18,6,14,0,8,-12,-20,-30,-27,-38,-35,-41,-16,-65,-38,-164,-160,-181,-163,-193,-189,-183,-184,-335,-208,-321,-249,-255,-256,-254,-239,-225,-189,-164,-89,-203,-200,-190,-201,-266,-261,-266,-237,-535,-496,-587,-539,-1030,-1064,-980,-956,-745,-733,-1654,-1327,-6103,-6039,-5732,-5114,-5505,-2454,-29972,-29974,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f3 e6 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Be3 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} h5 (10... Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g4 Nd7 14. g5 b5 15. a3 Qc7 16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 Ne5 {½-½ (138) Jakovenko,D (2735)-Alekseenko,K (2638) St Petersburg 2018}) 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Nxc6 {White has an edge.} Bxc6 13. Bg5 Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. g4 hxg4 16. fxg4 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qe3 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 b5 21. Qf4 f6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Re1 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 {½-½ (24) Klauner,T (2483)-Sochor,F (2438) ICCF email 2010}) 14. Ne2 h4 15. Qe1 d5 16. e5 Ng8 17. Bf4 Bb5 18. Nd4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Bc5 21. c3 Ne7 22. Rfe1 b5 23. g4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Ng6 25. Be3 Qb7 26. f4 b4 27. Rc1 {With the idea cxb4.} Ne7 28. Qe2 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Kd7 30. g4 Qb5 31. Qxb5+ axb5 32. Rxc8 Kxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Kc2 Rh2+ 34. Kb3 {[#]} (34. Kd3 $1 $15) 34... Nc6 $1 $19 35. f5 Kb7 36. fxe6 fxe6 37. a3 bxa3 38. Kxa3 $2 {[#]} (38. bxa3 Ka6 39. Kc3) 38... Kb6 39. Kb3 (39. b4 {was forced.}) 39... Rh3 40. Kc3 b4+ 41. Kd3 Rh2 42. Re2 Rh1 43. Rf2 Rd1+ ({Better is} 43... Na5 $19 44. Rf3 Rh2) 44. Kc2 (44. Rd2 $17 Rh1 45. Rf2) 44... Rg1 45. g5 Rg3 46. Re2 Kb5 47. b3 Ne7 48. Kb2 $2 (48. Bf2 {was called for.} Rg2 49. Kd3) 48... Nf5 49. Bf2 Rxg5 50. Rc2 Rg2 51. Kc1 g5 52. Kd1 g4 53. Rc5+ Kb6 54. Be1 Nxd4 55. Rc8 Rg1 56. Re8 Kc6 (56... Nf3 $142 57. Rxe6+ Kc5) 57. Re7 g3 58. Rf7 g2 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,105,17,28,31,26,40,29,38,32,64,58,77,63,96,65,104,82,90,80,90,58,87,16,97,27,34,41,87,65,64,62,62,60,69,56,60,47,60,77,98,74,78,66,72,70,77,64,147,135,136,29,206,208,172,81,66,69,158,157,203,207,219,218,246,223,214,222,491,490,490,473,564,440,634,629,592,594,584,564,577,564,753,753,743,744,713,695,804,795,718,621,5509,5501,4133,767,845,860]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c5 {White has an edge.} 9. d5 e5 10. Nf1 a6 11. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd2 Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. Ne3 Ng7 14. Bd3 {½-½ (35) Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... g6 12. O-O Ne8 13. b4 Ng7 14. Bh6 b6 15. Rab1 a5 16. h3 (16. bxa5 $16 Rxa5 17. Rb3) 16... Kh8 (16... axb4 $11 17. axb4 cxb4) 17. Rb2 (17. bxa5 $16 Rxa5 18. Rb3) 17... axb4 $11 18. axb4 Nf6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rfb1 Ng8 21. Bd2 f5 22. Rb8 Rxb8 23. Rxb8 f4 24. Nf1 g5 25. Qa4 h6 26. Ba5 Qd7 27. Qc6 Nf6 28. N1d2 Qxc6 (28... Ne6 $1 $14) 29. dxc6 $16 Ne6 30. Ra8 ({White should try} 30. Nb1 $16) 30... Bd8 $2 (30... h5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 31. Bxd8 $18 ({And not} 31. Rxc8 Bxa5 32. Rxf8+ Nxf8 $15) 31... Rxd8 32. Bd1 (32. Nb1 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 32... Nc7 $16 33. Ra7 Nfe8 (33... Nce8 $1 $14) 34. Nh2 $1 Be6 {[#]} 35. Bh5 $1 Rc8 36. Ng4 Bxg4 37. Bxg4 Ra8 {[#]} 38. Rb7 $1 Kg7 $2 (38... Na6 39. Kf1 Rb8) 39. Bd7 {White is clearly winning.} Kf6 40. Nb1 Na6 41. Nc3 Nec7 (41... Nac7 $142 42. Bxe8 Nxe8 43. Nd5+ Kg6) 42. Nb5 $18 Ne6 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 44. Na7 h5 45. f3 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. fxg4 Rg8 48. Kf2 Rxg4 49. Rb6 Nc7 50. Nb5 Rg7 {[#]} 51. Rb7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ne8 52. Rb8 (52. Nc3 $142 Kf6 53. Nd5+ Kg6 54. Rxg7+ Kxg7 55. c7 Nxc7 56. Nxc7) 52... Nc7 53. Rd8 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,177,12,0,8,12,5,56,22,22,12,20,10,16,8,21,8,32,35,21,21,31,29,56,51,49,50,82,51,67,22,26,7,12,7,4,6,21,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,47,48,50,0,0,0,45,8,87,43,80,77,95,94,95,87,83,74,158,158,261,223,240,232,606,598,528,528,660,660,660,660,660,659,640,555,464,464,464,464,1031,1027,1031,1023,1020,1100,934,924,692,685,685,685,685,622,568,400,12800,5608,6191,5808,6693,4702,29965,29967,29966,29968,29967,5085,29971,29972,29970,29973,29976,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29976,29977,29978,29979,29977,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29981,29981,29982,29982,29982,29982,29981,29980,29981,29981,29982,29984,29981,29984,29980,29982,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Bb3 Bb4 (5... Nxb3 6. axb3 d5 7. Nf3 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bd6 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Ke2 a6 12. Rhd1 Rb8 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nf1 Nc5 {1-0 (38) Rapport,R (2738)-Laznicka,V (2670) Prague 2019}) 6. Nf3 {C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6} Nxb3 7. axb3 d5 ({Black should play} 7... d6 $11) 8. exd5 {White is slightly better.} Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 f6 14. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bh5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 fxe5 19. Rd5 Kf7 20. Rdxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 a5 22. c4 {½-½ (22) Gorsek,G (1748)-Kozarski,F ICCF email 2005}) 16. Qxf3 c6 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Qe3 a5 19. Ra4 b5 20. Ra3 e4 21. Rea1 h6 22. c4 bxc4 23. b4 a4 $1 24. Qc3 Qd5 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd1+ (26... e3 $5 27. fxe3 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qd6+ 29. Kh1 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qd6+ 31. Kg1 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 $11) 27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. Kg1 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qd6+ 30. g3 Qf6 (30... e3 $11 31. Ra7 (31. Qxc4+ Kh7 $19) (31. fxe3 Qd1 $11) 31... Qf6 32. Qxf6 (32. Qxc4+ Kf8 $11) 32... gxf6 33. fxe3 Rxe3) 31. Qxc4+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Kh8 32. Qe2 $1 e3 {[#]} 33. Ra3 $1 ({Of course not} 33. fxe3 $6 Qc3 $11) 33... Qxf2+ 34. Qxf2 exf2 $16 {KR-KR} 35. Kg2 Rf8 (35... Re4 $142) 36. Kf1 h5 (36... Kg8 $16 37. Ra6 Rf6) 37. Ra5 $18 g6 38. Ra6 c5 $2 (38... h4) 39. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Kg7 40. Rc6 Rf5 41. b6 h4 42. g4 Rd5 43. b7 Rd1+ 44. Kxf2 Rb1 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. Ke3 Ke6 (46... Ke5 $142 47. Rxc5+ Kd6) 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Rc6+ Kf7 49. Kg5 Rxb7 50. Rxc5 Re7 51. Kxh4 Kf6 52. Rc6+ Kg7 53. Kg5 Re5+ 54. Kf4 Re1 (54... Rd5 $142 55. h4 Rd4+ 56. Kg3 Rd5 57. Rc7+ Kf6 58. g5+ Kf5 59. Rf7+ Ke6 60. Rf6+ Ke7 61. Rxg6 Kf8) 55. h4 Rd1 56. c4 Re1 57. Rd6 Rc1 58. Kg5 Rxc4 59. Rxg6+ Kh7 60. Rf6 (60. Rd6 $142 Rc1 61. Rd7+ Kg8 62. Kh5 Rc4 63. g5 Ra4 64. g6 Rc4 65. Kg5) 60... Kg7 61. Rf5 {White mates.} Rc6 62. h5 Ra6 63. Rb5 Ra7 64. h6+ Kh7 65. Kh5 Ra1 66. Rb7+ Kg8 67. g5 Ra5 68. Re7 Rb5 69. Kg4 Rb1 70. g6 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rg1+ 71. Kf5 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rf1+ 72. Ke6 Re1+ 73. Kd7 Rd1+ 74. Kc6 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rc1+ 75. Kd6 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rd1+ 76. Kc7 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rc1+ 77. Kd8 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rd1+ 78. Rd7 Rg1 79. Rd6 Rh1 80. g7 Rg1 81. Rf6 Rd1+ 82. Kc7 Rc1+ 83. Kd6 Rd1+ 84. Ke5 Re1+ 85. Kf4 Rf1+ {[#]} 86. Kg5 $1 Rg1+ 87. Kh4 Kh7 88. Rf8 Rh1+ 89. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,-6,0,0,3,-12,0,-2,0,-30,-12,-25,-25,-20,-14,-14,-14,-17,-16,-22,-31,-9,-14,-15,-10,-36,-28,-38,-37,-50,-24,-41,-15,-73,-37,-41,-38,-147,-157,-279,-120,-95,0,-15,162,170,156,130,610,623,947,937,876,915,925,918,906,681]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} O-O 7. Qe1 d5 8. e5 {The position is equal.} Ne8 9. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. c4 Nb4 10. Na3 Bf5 11. Qd1 Nc7 12. Be3 d4 13. Bc1 {0-1 (32) Biti,O (2376)-Kovacevic,A (2573) Pula 2010}) 9... d4 10. Bd2 f6 11. Na3 Nc7 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Na5 Nxa5 14. Bxa5 Qd7 15. Bd2 b5 16. Qg3 a5 17. h4 Nd5 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. Bd1 Rg8 20. Nh2 Bf5 21. Bg4 (21. h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21... Nb4 22. e6 Qd6 {And now ...Bxg4 would win.} 23. Bxb4 (23. h5 $15) 23... axb4 $17 24. h5 (24. Bxf5 $17 {was called for.} gxf5 25. Qh3) 24... Bxg4 (24... Rxa2 $19 {has better winning chances.} 25. Qh3 Rxb2) 25. Qxg4 f5 ({Not} 25... Rxa2 26. hxg6 Bh6 27. Qh3 $16) ({Better is} 25... Bh6 $17 26. hxg6 Rxg6) 26. Qh3 $11 {[#] aiming for hxg6.} gxh5 $2 (26... Bh6 $1 $11 27. hxg6 Rxg6 28. Qxf5 Rf8 29. Qe5+ Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Bxf4) 27. Qxh5 $18 Qd5 28. g4 {Nf3 is the strong threat.} Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Bf8 $16) 29. Nf3 {White wants to mate with Ng5.White is clearly winning.} Bf6 30. Kf2 {[#] Intending Rh1 and mate.} Rxe6 31. Rh1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh5h7]} Kg7 32. g5 Re3 33. gxf6+ {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,87,16,27,-15,20,21,25,25,38,45,45,45,62,51,51,41,43,32,18,14,104,102,98,98,110,110,108,115,122,114,290,303,304,305,305,305,310,303,329,329,329,329,320,304,487,480,541,498,531,493,530,527,506,505,642,519,850,852,825,797,1372,1267,2584,2480,4133,4133,2011,1726]} 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 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. a4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bh2 Be7 14. Nd4 Nf8 15. a4 a5 16. Nce2 h5 17. e6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxc7 Bd8 {½-½ (40) Karjakin,S (2773)-Grischuk,A (2766) Saint Louis 2018}) 12... Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf5 13. Nd4 Bh7 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bh2 Rd8 16. g4 a6 17. b4 Bg6 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 h5 {½-½ (48) Bernal B,N (1921)-Parrilla,A (1744) IECG email 2002}) 13. a5 Be7 14. Be3 {White has an edge.} Nf8 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f4 h5 17. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} h4 18. Rf1 Rh5 $1 19. a6 b6 20. Rae1 c5 (20... g6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Ndb5 $16 Bd8 {[#]} 22. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7]} fxe6 {[#]} 23. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4c7]} Rxf5 24. Bxc7 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 {Intending Nd6+ and mate.} Be7 $2 {[#]} (25... Bxb5 $16 {was necessary.} 26. Nxb5 c4) 26. Bxb6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with Nc7+.} Bxb5 (26... axb6 27. Nc7+) 27. Nxb5 {And now Nc7+ would win.} Rb8 28. Nc7+ Kd7 29. Bxa7 Kxc7 30. Bxb8+ Kxb8 31. Rf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bd6 32. Rxg7 e5 $2 (32... Be5 {keeps fighting.} 33. Rb7+ Ka8) 33. Kf2 {White is clearly winning.} c4 34. Rg4 Bc5+ 35. Kf3 {Played: Kf2-f1} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,89,12,31,0,0,0,0,-14,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-16,-14,-32,0,0,0,-18,-30,-23,-17,-26,-20,-25,0,-19,-4,-10,-11,-7,-8,-12,-8,-10,0,-7,-8,-11,-4,-6,0,0,0,-15,22,29,21,14,21,10,11,8,8,7,66,66,66,66,66,62,62,62,62,52,99,99]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Bh7+ {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} (13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bd3 Nxd5 19. Rd1 Bc5 20. Bc4 Nb6 21. Bb3 {½-½ (44) Leko,P (2679)-Duda,J (2738) Germany 2019}) 13... Kh8 14. Bf5 Qf6 15. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4b2][%mdl 32]} 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Qe4 Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rfe8 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rc5 20. Nf3 Rc2 21. Nd4 {½-½ (21) Vigus,J (2260)-Naylor,J (2265) Hampstead 1998}) 18. Bf4 Nc4 {White must now prevent ...Rfe8.} 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Qg4 Nxb2 {[#]} 21. Be5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qg6 (21... Rxe5 22. Qxc8+) 22. Qxg6 fxg6 23. Rdb1 Nc4 24. Bxd4 Nd6 25. h3 Re4 26. Rd1 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Rc4 28. Ne6 b5 29. Re1 a5 30. Rxe4 Nxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Re1 b4 32. Nf8 Kg8 33. Nxg6 {Ne5 is the strong threat.} Nc3 34. Ne5 Rd4 35. Nc6 $1 {[%csl LRa5,LRd4]} Rd2 36. Nxa5 Nxd5 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Rd8 Ke6 39. Nc4 Rc2 (39... Ke7 $11 40. Rd6 (40. Nxd2 Kxd8 41. Kf1 Nc3 $14) 40... Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Nc3) 40. Rd6+ $14 Ke7 41. Rxd5 {[#] Hoping for Ne3.} Rxc4 42. Rd2 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Rb1 44. g4 b3 45. axb3 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxa3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 18. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. Be4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 20. fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 25. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 26. Nec5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 27. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 28. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 29. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 31. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Rea8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 32. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 33. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 34. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 35. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 36. Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} 37. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 0-1

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,39,24,37,14,16,7,16,-2,7,0,3,-19,-15,-31,0,-2,9,8,5,10,12,5,13,17,8,8,14,7,13,5,24,13]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 g6 5. Nbd2 (5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc5 14. Bc4 e4 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. b3 Nd3 17. a4 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 {½-½ (46) Aronian,L (2756)-Yu,Y (2736) Riga 2019}) 5... a5 6. cxd5 $146 {D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5)} ({Predecessor:} 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. a3 Nd7 {0-1 (48) Nisipeanu,L (2689)-Sasikiran,K (2669) Tromsoe 2014}) 6... cxd5 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Bb5+ {The position is equal.} Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 9. O-O O-O 10. Ndf3 Ne4 11. Be2 a4 12. Nd3 Nb6 13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qd6 15. Rfc1 Nc4 16. Qb4 Bf5 17. Qxd6 Nxd6 18. Nb4 e6 19. h3 Rfc8 20. Ne5 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,65,19,25,21,30,36,35,18,15,14,32,32,40,27,36,33,26,0,-4,-27,87,80,67,85,84,79,122,108,106,106,68,88,195,204,228,221,249,241,259,256,243,236,257,261,246,248,266,264,250,247,293,289,279,252]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qc7 (8... g5 9. Ne1 c5 10. Nc2 Nc6 11. Nb3 c4 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. Bh5 Bd3 14. Re1 Bg7 {0-1 (60) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Nakamura,H (2777) chess.com INT 2018}) 9. Re1 Bg6 10. Nb3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. b3 Nf5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 O-O 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 {½-½ (22) Lakatos,S (2394)-Marquez Abreu,C (2405) ICCF email 2016}) 10... a6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qc7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 {Rac1 is the strong threat.} Nc6 (16... b5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd5) 17. Bxe6 $1 $16 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ne7 19. Rac1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c7]} Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. e6+ Ke8 22. Ne5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rh7 (22... b5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 23. g4 $1 $18 Rd8 24. Rc7 Bd3 {[#]} 25. Nf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7d8]} ({Don't do} 25. Rxb7 $6 g5 $16) 25... Nd5 26. Nxd8 Nxc7 27. Bxc7 g5 28. Nf7 Bc4 29. b3 Bxe6 {[#]} 30. Nd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8e6]} ({Weaker is} 30. Rxe6+ Kxf7 31. Re4 Be7 $16) 30... Rxc7 31. Nxe6 Rc8 32. Nxf8+ Kxf8 33. Re6 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,29,40,20,29,25,51,40,64,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,24,24,20,8,14,-124,-127,-117,-121,-139,-128,-150,-154,-150,-146,-151,-149,-226,-154,-159,-146,-163,-97,-100,-103,-84,-77,-79,7,0,0,-92,-91,-99,-85,-118,-117,-118,-122,-119,-104,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-116,-116,-88,-89,-89,-104,-85,-92,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-18,-18,0,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-18,-23,-23,-23]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 (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}) 5... Qxd4 6. Nxd4 {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} Bd7 7. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. e4 e6 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. Bxc6+ Rxc6 {½-½ (26) Ernst,M (2134)-Penz,H (2321) Austria 2014}) 7... Nc6 8. Be3 {White is slightly better.} e5 9. Nb5 (9. Nxc6 $14 Bxc6 10. Nc3) 9... Rc8 $1 $11 10. Nd2 Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 11. f3 a6 12. Nc3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3b2][%mdl 32]} 13. a4 Nd4 {aiming for ...Nc2+.} 14. Bd3 bxa4 15. Bxd4 (15. Kf2 $11 {remains equal.}) 15... exd4 $17 16. Ne2 Bb4 17. Nxd4 {[#]} a3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Ke2 (18. bxa3 Bc3) 18... axb2 19. Rxa6 Rc1 20. Rd1 O-O 21. N4b3 (21. Ra2 $17) 21... Rfc8 22. Rb6 Bf8 23. Na5 Ba4 (23... R8c3 $19 24. Nb1 Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rxd3 Rxb1) 24. Rf1 {[#]} Ba3 $1 {And now ...Nd7 would win.} 25. Nac4 Nd7 26. Ra6 {[#]} Rxf1 ({Black should play} 26... Nc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5a6]} 27. Rxa4 Nxa4 28. Nxa3 Nc5) 27. Kxf1 Nc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Nxa3 (28. Rb6 $1 $11) 28... Nxa6 29. Bxa6 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Ra1 31. Nac4 Bc6 32. Bc8 Bb5 {Hoping for ...Bxc4.} (32... b1=R {is more complex.} 33. Nxb1 Rxb1 34. Ne3 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Rb3) 33. Nxb2 {Strongly threatening Nbc4.} Ra2 34. Ke3 Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 35. h4 Kf8 36. Bb7 {[#]} Bf1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Nxf1 Rxb7 {KR-KN} 38. Kf4 Ke7 39. Ne3 Rb2 40. Nf5+ Kf8 41. g4 g6 42. Ne3 f6 (42... Ke7 $17 43. g5 Ke6) 43. g5 $11 Kf7 44. Nd5 fxg5+ 45. hxg5 Ke6 46. Nc7+ Kd6 47. Nd5 Rb7 48. Ke3 Kc5 49. Nf6 Kd6 50. Ng4 Rb5 51. Kf4 Ke6 52. Ne3 Rb7 53. Ng4 Rf7+ 54. Ke3 Kd6 55. Nh6 Ra7 56. Ng4 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Saint Louis Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,31,34,28,50,22,20,26,29,6,20,0,0,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,7,3,11,7,4,4,14,8,8,8,10,10,8,8,9,13,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bd3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Ne7 8. f4 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. Nc3 Nbc6 11. dxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (50) Duda,J (2738)-Meier,G (2623) chess.com INT 2019}) 6... Nc6 7. Ne2 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Bb7 9. Nbc3 Nf6 10. Bf3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rb8 11. O-O {½-½ (32) Radovanovic,M (2419)-Rapport,J (2358) Belgrade 2018}) 11. O-O Rb8 12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} 21. Nd4 Ne5 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. f4 Nec6 25. Nxc6+ (25. Nf5+ {looks sharper.} Kf8 26. Kd3 Ne6 27. g3 g6 28. Ne3) 25... Nxc6 {KN-KN. The position is equal.} 26. Kd3 Ke6 27. Ke4 f5+ 28. Kd3 Kd6 29. a3 a6 30. b4 b5 31. g3 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

