[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.05"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E39"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,57,22,12,18,31,28,27,24,25,33,4,5,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nd7 {E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0.} 15. Bf4 {And now Ng6! would win.} Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 {White has an edge.} 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qe3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 19. Rfb1 {[#]} Qxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... h6 20. a4 Qxc4 21. a5 a6 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Qb6 Qxc3 24. Rac1 Qa3 25. f4 e5 26. fxe5 {0-1 (43) Colon Garcia,E (2329)-Cuadras Avellana,J (2300) Barcelona 2017}) 20. Bxb7 (20. Qe5 {looks sharper.} f6 21. Qa5 Rf7 22. Rd1 Rd7 23. Rab1) 20... Bxb7 21. Rxb7 h6 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 Qxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 24. Rb1 Qc2 25. Rb8 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.07"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,77,3,5,0,16,0,2,-1,6,6,5,7,4,2,12,0,0,0,7,-10,-7,-27,-4,-6,-5,-2,-2,-34,-6,-75,-79,-76,-14,-19,-12,-12,-3,-13,0,-13,-16,-11,0,0,0,-33,0,0,0,0,32,31,583,573,29989,29990,29990,29991,29990,29991,29990,0,29991,670,29993,29994,29994,29995]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 7.a3. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} Ne4 8. Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Nc5 10. Qd1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 {[#]} 14. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd2 Ne6 15. Qc3 Nf4 16. exf4 Qxe2 17. Rae1 Qg4 18. f3 Qf5 19. Re5 Qf6 20. Qd3 {½-½ (27) Jakovenko,D (2704)-Motylev,A (2668) Izhevsk 2019}) 14... a5 15. Bd2 f5 16. Rad1 d6 17. b3 Rae8 18. Rf2 Rf6 19. Bd3 Qf7 20. Re2 (20. Rdf1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... Qh5 $17 21. Be1 Be4 22. Bb1 $11 {[#] Hoping for g4.} ({Don't blunder} 22. fxe4 $2 fxe4 23. Qd5+ Qxd5 $19) 22... Rg6 23. Bg3 Bxb1 24. Rxb1 {[#]} Ne4 $1 25. Rbe1 ({But not} 25. Qd5+ Kf8 $17) 25... Nxg3 26. Qd5+ $1 Kh8 27. hxg3 Rxg3 28. e4 Qxf3 {aiming for ...h6.} 29. Qf7 $40 {[%cal Rf7e8][%mdl 192] Double Attack. White mounts an attack.} Rg8 30. exf5 Qc6 31. Rf2 {And now Re7 would win.} Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 31... a4 $1 $14) 32. Re7 $1 $18 ({Worse is} 32. Re8 Rxg2+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Kh1 Rh2+ 34. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 35. Kh3 Qf3+ 36. Kh4 Qf2+ 37. Kg4 Qg2+ 38. Kh4 g5+ 39. fxg6 Qh2+ 40. Kg4 Qg2+ 41. Kh4 Qh2+ 42. Kg4 Qg2+ 43. Kh4 $11) 32... Qd4 {...Rc3 is the strong threat.} 33. Re8 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Re8g8]} Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Re8g8]} Qg4+ 35. Kh2 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Re8g8]} Qh4+ 36. Kg2 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Re8g8]} Qg4+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kh1 $142 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Rg2 Qd4+ 40. Kh1 Qh4+ 41. Rh2 Qe4+ 42. Rxe4 h6 43. Rg4 Kh7 {[#]} 44. Rxh6+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh6 45. Qg6#) 37... Qh3+ 38. Ke1 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Re8g8]} Qc3+ 39. Rd2 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Re8g8] Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.69} 1-0 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.09"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,76,52,63,12,24,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,3,20,0,0,0,8,0,18,13,35,31,31,9,45,9,9,9,9,9,10,7,9,0,0,-9,0,-4,0,-14,-8,-19,-2,-6,0,-6,14,-31,-30,-55,-67,-480,-457,-631,-654,-1461,-1465,-1302,-1485,-29991,-29992]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 e6 3. c4 Be7 4. b3 Bf6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Bb2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} (6. Ba3 $14) 6... c5 $11 7. Qc2 Nbc6 {[#]} 8. Na4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. a3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Ne2 {1-0 (49) Jorgensen,A (1803)-Bengtsson,J (1985) Helsingor 2018}) 8... b6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qh5 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Nh4 Qh6 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. g3 Rd8 17. Be2 Kg7 18. a3 Rd6 19. f4 Rhd8 20. Rd1 f5 21. Nf3 (21. b4 $5) 21... Nd5 22. O-O Kg8 23. Rb1 a5 24. Bb5 Nce7 25. Rfd1 Nf6 26. Bf1 Ng4 27. h3 Nf6 28. d3 Nc6 29. Re1 Qg7 30. Qf2 Kh8 31. Kh2 Rg8 32. Be2 Nd5 {Hoping for ...Nxe3!} 33. Bf1 e5 34. fxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} ({White should play} 34. Rb2 $15) 34... Rg6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg6g3]} ({Weaker is} 34... Nxe5 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. e4 $15) 35. Nh4 Rxg3 {And now ...Qg5! would win.} 36. d4 Qg5 37. Ng2 cxd4 38. exd4 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.60/Black=0.05} 0-1 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.12"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2627"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,150,0,-2,-4,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-12,0,0,0,0,10,5,6,2,2,5,2,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-12,-31,-10,-7,-4,-32,-23,-39,-32,-32,-24,-9,-23,-21,-5,-12,-9,-8,-15,-19,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,0,0,-16,-7,-8,0,0,0,-6,-5,-6,-5,-6,-6,-6,-6,-19,0,-12,0,-6,0,-23,-6,-37,-39,-39,-39,-38,-38,-38,-37,-37,-38,-38,-12,-9,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-41,-52,-45,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} d5 {[#]} 7. Bg5 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening Qe2+.} ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 Be7 9. Bd3 Bxf3 {0-1 (9) Joslin,K (1651)-Kellett,S ICCF email 2017}) 7... Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Be6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. O-O Bf6 14. Rc1 a6 15. Bc4 Qd6 16. Ba2 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb3 Nce7 19. Rfe1 ({But not} 19. Qxb7 $2 Reb8 $19) 19... Qb6 20. Qxb6 cxb6 21. Re5 Red8 22. g3 Rd7 23. Re2 (23. Kg2 {feels hotter.} f6 24. Ree1 Nc6 25. Ng1 b5 26. Nf3) 23... f6 24. Bxd5 (24. Ne1 {feels hotter.} Rad8 25. Ng2 f5 26. Ne3 Nf6 27. Be6) 24... Nxd5 25. Rec2 g5 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Re2 Red8 28. Ne1 Kf7 29. Nc2 b5 (29... Ne7 {seems wilder.} 30. Rd1 Nc6 31. Kg2 Rd5 32. Red2 h5) 30. Ne3 Ne7 31. Rd2 h5 ({Much worse is} 31... Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rc7 $14) 32. Rcd1 (32. d5 $5) 32... Nc8 33. d5 Nd6 34. Rc2 Kg6 35. Rd4 Re8 36. h4 Ne4 37. Kg2 Nd6 38. Kf1 Rde7 39. Rc1 Ne4 40. Ng2 Nd6 41. Ne3 Rf7 42. Kg2 Re5 43. Kg1 Rd7 44. Kf1 Rde7 45. Kg2 Rd7 46. Kf1 Rde7 47. Kg2 gxh4 48. gxh4 Re4 49. Rcd1 f5 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Ng2 Ke5 52. Rxe4+ fxe4+ $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 53. Ke2 Nc4 54. Ne3 Nxb2 55. d6 Rd7 56. Rd5+ Ke6 57. Rxh5 Kxd6 58. Rh8 Nc4 59. h5 $1 Ke5 60. Re8+ {The position is equal.} Kf4 61. Rf8+ Kg5 62. Rf5+ Kh4 63. Nxc4 bxc4 $11 {KR-KR} 64. Rc5 b5 65. a4 Rh7 (65... Rb7 {with more complications.} 66. h6 Kg4 67. axb5 axb5 68. Ke3 Rh7) 66. axb5 axb5 67. Rxb5 Rxh5 68. Rb8 Rc5 69. Re8 c3 {[#] And now ...c2 would win.} 70. Rxe4+ Kh3 {Threatens to win with ...c2.} (70... Kh5 $5 71. Kd1 $8 c2+ 72. Kc1 Kg5 $11) 71. Kd1 c2+ 72. Kc1 Kg2 73. Re2 Kf3 74. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 75. Kxc2 Kxf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.14"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,71,8,6,18,18,23,12,18,10,26,14,19,10,23,13,25,26,25,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-32,-27,-29,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 {10...h6 is the recent fashion.} 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nc6 17. g3 Qb7 {Black wants to play ...Nd4.} 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Qf4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg7 20. e4 Nxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxb2 {[#]} 22. Rd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kh7 25. Rd7 Qb6 26. Qh5 Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kh7 28. Qh5 Kg7 {½-½ (28) Insolia,R (2074)-MacKintosh,I (2374) ICCF email 2011}) 22... Rfd8 23. Rhd1 {Intending Qg4+ and mate.} Rxd7 24. Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatening mate with Qg4+. KQR-KQR} Qe5 (24... Qb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5d7]} 25. Rd2 Qc6 $15) 25. Qg4+ {The position is equal.} Kf8 26. Qe2 $1 Rb8 27. Rxa7 f5 28. Qh5 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rh5f7][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qxe4+ 29. f3 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rh5f7]} Rb2+ $1 30. Kh3 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rh5f7]} Rxh2+ $1 31. Kxh2 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rh5f7]} Qe2+ 32. Kg1 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rh5f7]} Qe1+ 33. Kg2 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rh5f7]} Qe2+ 34. Kg1 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rh5f7]} Qe1+ 35. Kg2 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rh5f7]} Qe2+ 36. Kg1 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rh5f7] A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2