[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.26"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,64,40,36,42,38,34,34,31,26,50,0,3,25,12,2,93,75,81,83,85,31,39,0,0,6,14,14,14,0,0,-60,17,-71,-63,-66,-68,-68,-63,-66,-66,-66,-39,-48,-57,-41,-39,-91,-78,-87,-84,-226,-216,-246,-256,-519,-507]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O {White is slightly better.} 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne3 Be6 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 h5 13. f3 d5 14. fxg4 hxg4 15. Nhxg4 Nxg4 16. Nxg4 {½-½ (42) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis 2018}) 10... g4 11. N3h2 d5 12. f3 Ng6 (12... gxf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 13. Qxf3 Qd6) 13. fxg4 {Black must now prevent g5.} Nxh4 14. g3 Ng6 15. Qe2 (15. Qc2 $16) 15... a5 $1 $14 16. Bc2 d4 $1 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 a4 19. c4 Qd6 20. Nd2 (20. a3 $11) 20... Ra6 ({Black should try} 20... Qb4 $15 21. Rb1 Ra6) 21. Rb1 (21. a3 $1 $11) 21... Nh7 $17 22. Qh5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 {[%cal Bg6e7,Be7f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} 25. Nhf3 f5 26. Bd1 Bd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 27. Nh4 Bh6 {Hoping for ...Bxd2+.} 28. exf5 (28. Nhf3 $15) 28... Nxf5 29. Ne4 Be3 {Strongly threatening ...Rh6.} 30. Be2 {[#]} (30. Nxf5 $17 Bxf5 31. Bf3) 30... Rh6 $1 $19 31. Rh2 Bc6 {aiming for ...Bxe4.} 32. Rg2 $2 (32. Kd1) 32... Nd6 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 70%.} 0-1 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.28"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2752"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,81,21,21,20,22,16,29,9,21,21,19,8,16,16,13,16,12,15,18,8,14,5,16,15,18,9,13,10,15,14,22,16,17,10,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,0,0,10,10,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. h3 Rd8 {0-1 (76) Yu,Y (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019}) 7... O-O 8. Nbd2 (8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 10. d4 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}) 8... Ba7 9. Nf1 {White has an edge.} Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng4 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 {1-0 (25) Degraeve,J (2575)-Smagin,S (2583) Germany 2002}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe8 14. b4 Qe6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 c6 17. Qf5 Qxf5 18. Nxf5 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Ne3 Kf8 21. f3 d5 22. Kf2 Rd7 23. Ng4 Nxg4+ 24. hxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Red8 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Ke2 Rb5 27. Rd2 {The position is equal.} a5 28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. Red1 Ke7 30. g5 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. f4 (31. dxe4 Rxd2+) 31... exd3+ 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 {KR-KR} Ra2 34. Rd2 f6 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. g4 h6 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke4 Ra4+ 39. Kf3 Ra2 40. Ke4 Ra4+ 41. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.30"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,85,16,20,0,2,5,24,5,4,4,8,4,6,14,7,14,39,10,0,8,14,0,14,-9,10,8,0,10,12,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,12,12,2,10,8,7,7,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 7. b3 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} g6 8. Bb2 e5 9. d3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9. c4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Nd5 Nb8 13. a3 Nc6 14. b4 b6 {1-0 (62) Anand,V (2797)-Nakamura,H (2776) Zuerich 2015}) 9... Bg7 10. Nc3 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 11. Nd2 Ne6 12. Nc4 a6 13. a4 O-O 14. g3 Nd4 {The position is equal.} 15. Qd1 Qd7 16. Ne3 Rce8 17. Rb1 h5 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Nc6 20. Bc1 f5 21. f3 Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bg5 Ref7 {[%cal Be7f7,Bf7f5,Bf5e5][%mdl 32]} 24. Qe2 Kh7 25. Kg2 Bh6 (25... a5 {keeps more tension.} 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Bd2 b6 28. Qe3 d5) 26. Bxh6 Kxh6 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. b4 cxb4 29. Rxb4 R8f7 30. d4 Qc6 31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Qc4 Rc7 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re2+ 35. Rf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rxc2+ {KR-KR} 37. Ke3 Rc4 38. Rb6 Rxa4 39. Rxd6 Ra3+ 40. Kf4 Ra4+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kf4 Ra4+ 43. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.03"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,53,27,21,8,8,15,17,4,8,7,20,20,33,20,24,6,6,2,11,22,35,33,29,0,8,0,0,0,25,19,15,0,26,0,16,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} (11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qf3 Kh8 14. Nc4 Bxe4 15. Qh3 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Bg5 Bd5 18. Rxe5 Be6 {½-½ (48) Howell,D (2693)-Onischuk,A (2647) Astana 2019}) 11... dxe5 12. Nd2 Bc5 13. h3 a5 14. Qf3 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bb7 15. Nf1 h6 16. Ng3 Nh7 17. Nf5 Ng5 18. Qg4 Qf6 {1-0 (48) Olsarova,K (2242)-Miturova,M (2103) Orlova 2011}) 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Nb6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bb3 Rd4 23. Qe2 {Hoping for Qb5.} Qc5 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. Qe2 {Strongly threatening Qb5.} Qc5 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. Qe2 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.04"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2819"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,108,11,13,12,22,24,21,24,62,60,59,62,70,40,51,28,43,30,25,32,131,126,139,130,124,124,138,132,162,116,138,149,175,150,153,140,139,139,142,148,142,156,144,128,127,109,109,117,105,115,161,160,148,138,157,141,120,120,147,112,113,122,110,120,127,68,104,80,93,33,33,31,31,30,30,37,29,17,25,25,60,53,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,73,73,73,73,73]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 8. h4 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... h6 9. h5 g5 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. g4 Nf6 12. f3 O-O 13. Nf1 Nd4 14. Be3 Ne8 15. Ng3 Nc7 16. Bxd4 exd4 {½-½ (56) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Grischuk,A (2766) Paris 2018}) 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. h5 Bg7 13. Be3 f5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} c4 (16... Kf7 $1 $14) 17. dxc4 $16 Nc5 {[#]} 18. Nd2 $1 Qh7 {next ...Qh1+ is good for Black.} 19. Qe2 Qh2 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Nf1 Qxg2 22. exf5 Rc8 23. Ng3 {Threatens to win with Rc1.} ({Resist} 23. Bxa7 $6 b6 $14) 23... Qg1+ 24. Qf1 Qxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Rxc4 26. fxg6 {And now Nf5 would win.} Rg4 27. Rc1 Kd8 28. Bxa7 e4 29. Rc2 Be5 30. Nf5 Rxg6 31. Be3 Nf6 32. Bb6+ Ke8 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. Rxb7 Nxd5 36. Ne3 Nf4 37. Nc4 Rh6 {[%cal Rh6h1] [#]} 38. Ke1 $1 Nd3+ 39. Kd2 (39. Ke2 $16) 39... Bf4+ 40. Be3 Bxe3+ 41. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} (41. Nxe3 $16 Nxf2 42. b4) 41... d5 $14 42. Nb6 {Strongly threatening b4.} Nxb2 {White must now prevent ...Rxb6!} 43. Nxd5 Nc4+ 44. Kc3 Nxa3 45. Rb3 Rc6+ 46. Kd4 Nc2+ 47. Ke5 Nxe3 48. Nxe3 {KRN-KR} Rc5+ 49. Kd6 Ra5 50. Rb7 Ra3 51. Nc4 Ra6+ 52. Ke5 e3 53. Nxe3 Ra1 54. Nd5 Re1+ {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.06"] [Round "10.6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2748"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,90,22,17,25,8,20,17,19,12,7,12,11,12,13,11,12,14,16,16,14,19,19,14,14,10,20,5,10,12,11,0,11,0,19,13,20,18,18,18,19,18,20,19,22,10,17,19,26,12,12,4,9,4,9,8,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Re2 (10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nf3 Be4 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. c4 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Rb1 {½-½ (30) Anand,V (2774)-Karjakin,S (2752) Cupar 2019}) 10... Nc4 11. b3 Nb6 12. a4 Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a5 13. Nc3 d6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Qe1 Nd5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Rxe7 Nd5 18. Re2 Bg4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Bb2 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Qe8 23. Re1 {½-½ (23) Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Grischuk,A (2772) Moscow 2019}) 13. Re1 c6 14. c3 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Qf3 Nc7 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bd6 Qe6 19. Ba3 Qe1 20. Bb2 d6 21. Na3 Qe7 22. Nc4 Be6 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Nd2 Bf5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nc7 27. g3 d5 28. Re2 Re8 29. Bc1 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 g6 31. b4 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Bxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN. The position is equal.} 33. Be3 Ne6 34. Kg2 Kf8 35. Kf3 Ng5+ 36. Bxg5 Bxg5 {KB-KB} 37. b5 Bd2 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. c4 dxc4 40. Bxc4 Bc3 41. d5 cxd5 42. Bxd5 Bd4 43. Bc4 Bc3 44. Bd5 Bd4 45. Bc4 Bc3 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2