[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.05"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,94,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,0,-5,0,-28,-13,-14,0,0,-14,-33,27,16,24,25,24,16,32,27,28,18,52,49,52,38,47,38,106,83,63,63,212,34,33,42,29,31,21,27,43,49,28,25,45,9,52,50,65,63,65,56,42,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} Nh5 11. Rd1 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Na6 13. a3 {[#]} Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe7 14. d5 Bg7 15. d6 Qd8 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. f4 Qb6 18. e5 O-O-O 19. a4 a6 {0-1 (26) Mokeev,V (1235)-Huerga,A (1787) LSS email 2012}) 14. e5 Qe7 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Nd6+ Rxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. O-O g4 (18... Nc7 $15) 19. Ne5 $1 $11 {[%cal Re5f7]} Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxg4 h5 {[#]} 22. Rfe1 $1 Qf6 23. Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening b3. White has the initiative.} h4 24. b3 cxb3 25. Qxb3 {Black must now prevent g4.} hxg3 26. fxg3 Qg7 ({Much worse is} 26... Qh6 $6 27. Qc3 $18) ({Better is} 26... Qg5 $14) 27. Qd3 {Qd7+ is the strong threat.} Nc7 28. Qd6 c5 {[#]} (28... Rg8 $14) 29. Qd7+ $2 (29. Re5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5c5]} Qxg3 30. Rxc5 (30. Rh5 Qxd6 31. Rxh8+ Kd7 $18) 30... Qxd6 31. Rxd6) 29... Kb8 $14 {And now ...Bxf3 would win.} 30. Bxb7 Kxb7 {[#]} ({Wrong is} 30... Qxg3 $2 31. Bf3 $18) 31. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Hoping for Re7! Pin} Qxg3 32. Qc6+ Kb8 {[#]} 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. Rexd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Kb7 35. Rf6 Rh7 36. Rd7 b4 37. axb4 cxb4 38. Kf2 a5 39. Ke2 (39. Rf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5c5]} Kc6 40. Rd8 $16) 39... Rg7 {The position is equal.} 40. Rfxf7 Rxg2+ 41. Kd1 Rg1+ 42. Kc2 Rg2+ 43. Kb1 Rg1+ 44. Kb2 Rg2+ 45. Kb1 Rg1+ 46. Kb2 Rg2+ 47. Kb1 Rg1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.20} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.07"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,97,27,26,26,30,23,22,21,31,27,33,27,26,17,15,15,18,18,20,19,22,12,24,26,26,10,7,10,19,0,20,18,12,18,22,17,17,16,18,7,15,4,19,12,10,10,11,8,11,8,8,8,9,4,7,9,9,0,6,0,3,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-193]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} O-O {10...0-0 scores better than 10...a6.} 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qe8 14. Rfc1 Nd5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Na5.} 15. e4 Na5 16. Nxc7 {[#]} Nxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bxc4 17. Nxe8 Rfxe8 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Rc7 Rb7 20. Rac1 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Nc6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. dxe5 {½-½ (34) Giri,A (2776)-So,W (2760) Kolkata 2019}) 17. Nxe8 Rfxe8 18. exd5 exd5 19. b3 Nd6 20. Ne5 Bb7 $1 21. Nc6 Bxc6 {The position is equal.} 22. Rxc6 Nb5 23. Bxd5 Re7 24. Bc4 Nxd4 25. Rd6 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Ne1+ 27. Kf1 Nf3 28. h3 g5 (28... Kf8 {feels hotter.} 29. Ba6 g6 30. h4 Rc7 31. Kg2 Ne5) 29. Rad1 Ne5 30. R6d5 (30. Ba6 {keeps more tension.} Rbe8 31. R6d5 f6 32. Bb5 Rc8 33. f4) 30... h6 31. Ba6 Kg7 32. Kg2 Rbe8 33. a4 Rc7 34. a5 Re6 35. Re1 Kf6 36. axb6 axb6 37. Re4 Rc3 38. Rb5 Nd7 39. Rxe6+ Kxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Rb4 Kd6 41. Bc4 f6 42. Rb5 Ke7 43. f4 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 Rc3+ 45. Kg2 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 Rc3+ 47. Kg2 Rc2+ 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 49. Ke4 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} (49. Kg4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.09"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D24"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,73,0,4,0,0,0,2,0,16,5,23,17,7,3,22,30,38,36,34,10,37,22,16,16,17,16,16,16,16,10,10,16,13,14,15,10,16,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Re1 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Kh8 14. Bf4 Bd6 {[#] ...g5 is the strong threat.} (14... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 15. Bd2 Bd6 $11) 15. Re2 Bxf4 {The position is equal.} 16. Qxf4 Qd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Bxe6 Re8 19. Rae1 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rc8 22. Rxd6 Kg8 {[#]} 23. h4 $146 (23. Rd7 {is interesting.} Rxc3 24. g3 Ra3 25. Rxb7 a5 26. Kg2) ({Predecessor:} 23. Rd7 Rxc3 24. g3 Ra3 25. Rxb7 Rxa2 26. d5 Rd2 27. Rxa7 Rxd5 28. h4 h5 29. Kg2 {½-½ (38) Gagare,S (2501)-Popov,I (2611) St Petersburg 2018}) 23... Rxc3 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. Rxb7 Ra3 27. d5 Rxa2 28. d6 Rd2 29. Rxa7 Rxd6 30. g3 h5 31. Kg2 Re6 32. Ra8 Rd6 33. Rf8+ Kg6 34. Re8 Kf6 35. Rf8+ Kg6 36. Re8 Kf6 37. Rf8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.11"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,94,16,14,18,14,18,18,22,15,21,0,8,6,4,1,6,3,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Nf3 Qd7 {[#]} 19. Be5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Bh6 Ne6 21. h4 Re8 22. Qd1 Re7 {½-½ (22) Shanahan,J-Kruse,H ICCF email 2017}) 19... Re8 20. Qd2 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd8 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. g3 f6 24. Nd3 Nd6 25. h4 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Kf7 27. f3 Qe7 28. Kf2 Nf5 29. Qd2 Qd6 30. Qf4 Qxf4 31. Nxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} g5 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. Nd3 h5 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Nd6 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Ne5 Nc4 38. Nxc4 dxc4 {KP-KP} 39. Ke3 b5 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. a3 a5 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Ke3 Kd6 (43... a4 $5) 44. Ke4 {[#] Black must now prevent Kf5.} Ke6 45. Kf3 Kd5 46. Ke3 Kd6 (46... a4 $5) 47. Ke4 {Kf5 is the strong threat.} Ke6 $1 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.13"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,124,3,16,8,19,0,32,33,38,10,23,20,33,27,44,22,29,27,33,21,41,29,16,24,24,31,30,10,86,12,35,5,41,6,6,0,25,25,29,0,0,19,8,-19,-12,-45,-10,-9,0,0,0,-31,-29,-25,-31,-25,-32,-32,-32,-33,-39,-33,-29,-30,-54,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-124,-115,-115,-115,-122,-122,-130,-128,-126,-126,-130,-119,-126,-118,-118,-116,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-245,-230,-205,-205,-179,-179,-163,-108,-108,-8,-29938,-29945,-29968,-29968,-29968,-29966,-29961,-5114]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Ngf6 7. O-O e6 (7... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 8. Qe3 Be7 $11) 8. Rd1 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. a4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. Nc4 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Qc6 {½-½ (43) Hinrichs,L (2242)-Barrett,S (2214) Skopje 2015}) 11. a5 Rd8 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ngf6 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. axb6 $1 Nxb6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Nd2 Rd7 (18... Rdc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Bd3 (19. Be3 $16 Bd8 20. f3) 19... Rc7 $11 20. f3 d5 21. Be3 dxe4 22. Ndxe4 Nfd5 23. Bd4 f6 24. b3 Kf7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bc4 a5 27. c3 g5 (27... a4 $5) 28. Ra4 f5 29. Ng3 Bc5 {Hoping for ...Nxc3.} 30. Bxc5 (30. Re1 {is interesting.} h6 31. Re5 Bxd4+ 32. cxd4 Rd7 33. Kf2) 30... Rxc5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. c4 Bc6 33. Ra3 a4 34. Rda1 Rg8 35. bxa4 g4 {White must now prevent ...gxf3.} 36. f4 Rxc4 37. Ne2 Rb8 38. R3a2 Bd5 39. a5 Rcb4 40. Rd2 Rb2 41. Rad1 Rxd2 42. Rxd2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra8 43. Nc3 Rxa5 44. Kf2 Bc6 45. Nd1 Ra4 46. g3 Ra1 47. Nb2 Rh1 48. Nd3 $2 (48. Ke3 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 48... Rxh2+ $19 49. Ke3 Rxd2 50. Kxd2 {Strongly threatening Ne5+. KB-KN} Ke7 51. Ne5 Kd6 52. Ke3 Kd5 53. Kd3 Be8 54. Ke3 h5 55. Nd3 Kc4 56. Ne5+ Kc3 57. Nd3 h4 (57... Kc2 $1 $19 {...h4! is the strong threat.} 58. Nc5 Bf7) 58. gxh4 $17 {[#]} g3 (58... Kc4 $1 $17) 59. Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59. Nc1 $11) 59... Bh5 {Black mates.} 60. Nd7 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 61. Nxe5 Kc2 62. Nd3 Kd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.11} 0-1