[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.06"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,55,14,19,19,19,11,13,19,21,18,27,12,14,27,40,34,36,13,24,26,20,29,32,57,64,59,64,37,54,114,125,141,155,180,162,166,148,217,189,272,268,393,356,400,291]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack.} 8. Bd3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 {The position is equal.} 10. Qe2 Qa5+ 11. c3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7 13. O-O-O {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qxa2 14. Qb5+ Bd7 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. g3 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rd4 Qa5 21. Bg6+ Kf8 22. Rxd7 {1-0 (22) Beerdsen,T (2495)-Pijpers,A (2480) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 14. Kb1 Rd8 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. Qe4 {[#] White wants to mate with Qh7+.} g6 $1 17. h4 {h5 is the strong threat.} Ba4 18. Bxa4 Qxa4 19. h5 g5 20. Qxb7 Bc5 ({Better is} 20... Bf6 $14) 21. Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxf2 {KRB-KRN} 24. Rd7 f6 (24... a6 $16) 25. Nd8 Bb6 (25... g4 {is a better defense.} 26. c4 (26. Nxe6 Re8 $16) 26... Bb6 27. Nxe6 Re8) 26. Nf7 $18 ({Less strong is} 26. Nxe6 Re8 $16) 26... Rf8 (26... f5 {was worth a try.} 27. Nxh6+ Kh8) 27. Nxh6+ Kh8 28. Kc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.20} 1-0 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.09"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,89,0,-8,0,0,-7,-14,0,0,21,16,20,21,20,15,16,19,12,9,10,29,36,38,38,31,30,25,27,33,40,31,35,0,17,11,4,-58,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,7,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. h3 Be6 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Rd1 Qc4 12. Rd3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 (12... Qh4 {with more complications.} 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Be3 Rfd8) ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. b3 Qh4 14. Bb2 g5 15. Rd4 g4 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. hxg4 h5 {0-1 (25) Illijin,N (2290)-Sifrer,D (2440) Slovenia 1993}) 13. b3 Qh4 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8 15. Be3 Be7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Rd1 (17. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 17... Qc8 18. f4 (18. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 18... Rd8 19. Rf1 ({Of course not} 19. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 b6 $17) 19... f5 20. exf6 ({Not} 20. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 20... Bxf6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Bc5 ({Don't play} 22. Bxa7 b6 $15) 22... Bxc5+ 23. Nxc5 Bf5 24. g4 b6 25. Na4 Qe6 26. Rf2 Qg6 27. Nc3 (27. Kh2 $11 Bc8 28. Nb2) 27... h5 (27... Re8 $1 $15 28. Qc4+ Kf8) 28. Rg2 $11 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qf6 30. gxf5 Qxc3 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame aiming for f6. KR-KR} Kf7 33. Kh2 Rd4 {The position is equal.} 34. Kg3 Re4 35. e6+ Kf6 36. Kf3 Re5 (36... Kxf5 {keeps more tension.} 37. Rxg7 Rxe6 38. Rxc7 a5 39. Rh7 Ke5) 37. Rg6+ Kxf5 38. Rxg7 Kxe6 39. Rxc7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ra5 40. Rxc6+ Kd7 41. Rc3 Rxa2 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. Rc8 Kd7 44. Rc3 Kd6 45. Rc8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.12"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,96,1,-8,-12,-52,-8,-11,-14,-22,70,-6,-8,-33,-31,-29,-19,-30,-40,-64,-68,-71,-66,-68,-67,-59,-58,-68,-64,-77,-79,-100,-100,-100,-109,-107,-111,-127,-132,-132,-129,-140,-133,-130,-140,-125,-124,-138,-127,-120,-117,-178,-146,-316,-325,-420,-397,-387,-362,-362,-362,-362,-347,-360,-280,-360,-353,-347,-353,-345,-345,-289,-290,-418,-414,-399,-329,-566,-391,-1677,-1587,-5492,-3596,-12795,-12802,-12795,-4659,-4644,-4627]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Ba4 c6 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} 7. O-O d6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 {The position is equal.} 9. h3 {[#]} g5 $146 (9... Be6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. c3 d5 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nf5 Nf8 {1-0 (30) Gallagher,J (2565)-Raetsky,A (2405) Graechen 1999}) 10. Ne2 (10. Nd5 $1 $14 Rg8 11. c3) 10... Bb6 $1 $11 11. c3 Rg8 {And now ...g4 would win.} 12. d4 Nxe4 13. Bc2 d5 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. dxe5 {[#]} Qxd1 $1 16. Rxd1 g4 17. h4 g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f2]} 18. Nd4 Bd8 19. fxg3 Rxg3 20. Re1 {[#]} Rg4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} (20... Bxh4 21. Rxe4 Rg4 22. Rxg4 $15) 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Ke7 23. Rad1 Bd7 24. e6 fxe6 25. g6 hxg6 26. Nb3 e5 27. Na5 Be6 28. Rd2 Rb8 ({Of course not} 28... Bxa2 $6 29. b3 $14) 29. b4 Kf6 30. a4 (30. Re3 $17) 30... Rg3 31. Rxe4 $2 {White does not recover from this.} (31. Rf2+ $17 Bf5 32. Rxe4) 31... Bd5 $19 (31... Rxc3 32. Rf2+ Kg5 33. Rxe5+ Bf5 34. b5 $17) 32. Rh4 Rxc3 33. Rh7 b6 34. Nxc6 Bxc6 ({Weaker is} 34... Rxc6 35. Rxd5 Ke6 36. Rdd7 $17) 35. Rc7 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rf8 37. b5 Ke6+ 38. Kg3 Rc3+ 39. Kh2 Rh8+ 40. Kg1 {[#]} Rh1+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 41. Kxh1 {[#]} (41. Kf2 {was the only chance.}) 41... Bxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 42. Rxg2 Rxc7 43. Rxg6+ $2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} (43. a5 e4 44. axb6 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 axb6 46. Rxg6+ Kf5 47. Rg7) 43... Kd5 44. a5 $2 (44. Kg2) 44... Kc5 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. axb6 axb6 46. Re6 Kxb5 47. Rxe5+ Rc5 (47... Kc4 $142 48. Re4+ Kd3) 48. Re1 Rg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.70/Black=0.18} 0-1 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.14"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2627"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,147,5,14,10,15,6,0,0,4,0,0,-13,0,-20,-19,-30,-29,-46,-14,-8,0,-15,0,-10,-16,-8,-2,-42,-46,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,36,21,28,35,30,7,14,0,25,17,16,16,61,41,27,22,84,7,72,57,76,0,0,0,0,0,0,-120,0,0,15,16,96,104,133,143,132,118,101,0,0,0,0,0,1,11,114,96,114,33,45,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} e5 7. e4 d4 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. a4 O-O {[#]} 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne1 Nb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. f4 f5 13. exf5 exf4 14. g4 Bd6 15. Be4 Qg5 16. h3 {½-½ (28) Mass,E (1926)-Dreiling,A (1774) Germany 2013}) 10... Re8 11. h4 Bb4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. h5 a6 15. a5 Nf8 16. Nh4 b5 17. axb6 cxb6 18. Bxb4 (18. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Rd2b4]} Qe7 19. h6 $11) 18... Nxb4 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Nf5 g6 21. Nh4 b5 22. Na5 Nxa5 23. Rxa5 Rb6 24. Raa1 Qe7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. f4 Qh7 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Rf2 Qg7 29. c3 dxc3 $1 30. Qxc3 Ne6 31. Nf3 Rd6 32. Rc1 ({But not} 32. Nxe5 $2 Nd4 $19) 32... Bd7 (32... Qe7 $1 $11) 33. Nxe5 (33. Qxe5 $16 Rxd3 34. Bf1) 33... Nd4 (33... Rc8 $11 34. Qxc8+ Bxc8 35. Rxc8+ Nd8) 34. Nxd7 $16 Qxd7 35. b4 (35. Rcf1 $16) 35... Qg4 $1 $11 36. Re1 Rd7 37. Re3 Qg5 38. Qc1 (38. Rf4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38... Kg7 (38... Rf7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf7f2] Hoping for ...Rxf2.} 39. Rf4 Rxf4 40. gxf4 Qxf4) 39. Bh3 Rde7 40. Kg2 Rh8 {[#]} (40... Qe5 $11) 41. Re1 $1 $16 ({Not} 41. Qc5 Qxc5 42. bxc5 a5 $15) 41... Qh5 42. Rh1 Qe5 43. Qb2 Nc6 {[#]} 44. Rc1 ({White must play} 44. Qd2 $1 $16) 44... Qxb2 $1 $11 45. Rxb2 Ne5 46. Rd1 Rd8 47. d4 Nc6 (47... Rc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 48. d5 $16 Rd6 49. Rf1 (49. Kf2 $16) 49... Ne5 $14 50. Be6 {And now Rc2 would win.} Rc7 51. Ra1 Rc4 52. Rba2 Rxe4 53. Rxa6 Rxa6 54. Rxa6 Rxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 55. Kf2 Ra4 56. Rb6 Ra2+ 57. Kf1 Nc4 58. Rxb5 Kf6 59. Ke1 Nd6 60. Rb3 Ke5 61. Kd1 Rg2 62. g4 Ne4 63. Ke1 Rh2 64. Ra3 Rb2 65. Bf7 g5 66. Be6 Nf6 67. Ra5 Rb4 68. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68. Kf2 $11) 68... Nxg4 69. Bxg4 Rxg4 {KR-KR} 70. Kf3 {Mate.} Rd4 71. Kg3 Rxd5 72. Rxd5+ Kxd5 73. Kg4 Ke4 74. Kxg5 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.15. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2