[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.27"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,110,18,8,13,10,13,6,13,20,12,0,0,0,6,5,11,11,9,6,10,9,20,0,14,13,14,14,12,4,5,2,6,4,20,0,12,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,16,16,16,16,0,0,0,16,16,16,16,16,16,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,72,56,72,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,17,17,17,17,17,17,17]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 11. Bg5 (11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. a5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 c6 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Qc2 e5 18. d5 {½-½ (63) Fedoseev,V (2718)-Yu,Y (2784) Hengshui 2019}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 {[#]} 14. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfc1 a5 15. e3 Qe7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Nc4 Bb4 18. Rd1 Rac8 19. Nfe5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Rac1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 b5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. b3 {½-½ (25) Siikaluoma,A (2552)-Kukk,R (2584) ICCF email 2014}) 14... Qe7 15. Ne1 Bd5 16. Qc2 {aiming for e4.} Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 {Black wants to play ...Ng4.} 19. Rac1 Bb4 20. Qc7 Qe8 21. Qxb7 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Qxa4 23. Nd3 Nd5 24. Qc6 Qa5 25. Rdd1 Rfb8 26. Qc4 (26. Rc4 {keeps more tension.} Qa2 27. Rdc1 Qb3 28. Qc5 a5 29. Qd4) 26... Ra7 (26... Nb4 {with more complications.} 27. Nc5 Nd5 28. e4 Nf6 29. b3 Qb6) 27. Qc5 (27. Qd4 {is more complex.} Qb6 28. Qxb6 Rxb6 29. Rc4 g5 30. Ra1) 27... Qxc5 28. Rxc5 g5 29. Rdc1 Kg7 30. R1c4 Rab7 31. h4 Rb3 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Ra5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nb4 34. Ne5 Rb7 35. Nf3 f6 36. Nd4 $1 {[%csl LRb3,LRe6][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rxb2 37. Nxe6+ Kg6 38. Nd4 Rd2 39. Rac5 a5 40. Rxa5 Rxd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender, Decoy} 41. Rxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Nc6 42. Raa4 {Strongly threatening Rd6.} Nxd4 43. Rxd4 {KR-KR} Rb2 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. e4 ({Better is} 45. g4 $16) 45... Ke6 $11 {The position is equal.} 46. Ke3 f5 47. Rd5 Rb3+ 48. Rd3 Rb2 49. f3 Rg2 50. exf5+ Kxf5 51. g4+ Kg6 52. Rd6+ Kg7 53. Ke4 {Threatening Kf5.} Rf2 54. Kf5 Rxf3+ 55. Kxg5 {next Rd7+ is good for White.} Ra3 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.29"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2819"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,73,8,8,3,10,4,6,4,16,15,15,-10,-18,-14,-10,-23,0,-3,0,0,0,-44,-42,-42,-42,-27,-22,-43,0,-52,-25,-41,-18,-35,39,-19,-10,-33,0,-52,-57,-85,-64,-111,-58,-73,-38,-107,-29,-64,-16,-22,-25,-23,-14,-19,7,12,11,8,22,0,0,0,18,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Bf5 (5... Nc6 6. c3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nf1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qc6 16. Be3 Ne4 17. Bd4 {½-½ (45) Karjakin,S (2773)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) 6. Ne5 {D04: Colle System} Nbd7 7. Ndf3 e6 8. c3 Be7 9. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bf4 a5 13. Rc1 {½-½ (59) Binder,K-Riepe,B DESC email 2001}) 9... O-O 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ne4 12. Be2 f6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Be3 b5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd6 17. Ra2 a5 18. O-O Qb8 19. Kh1 (19. h3 $1 $11) 19... h5 20. c4 h4 21. h3 Bb4 (21... Bf4 $15 22. Bxf4 Qxf4) 22. Raa1 ({White should try} 22. c5 $14) 22... Ra7 23. Rac1 Rg7 24. cxd5 (24. c5 $11) 24... exd5 $15 25. Qb5 Qd6 26. Qa6 Qe7 (26... Qxa6 $17 27. Bxa6 Rb8) 27. Bd3 Kh8 28. Ng1 (28. Rfd1 $15) 28... Bh7 ({Black should play} 28... g4 $17 {...gxh3 is the strong threat.} 29. hxg4 Rxg4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4) 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Rg8 32. Qa6 {The position is equal.} Be7 {[#] Hoping for ...g4.} 33. Re1 {Black must now prevent Bd2.} Bd8 34. Qd6 Be7 35. Qa6 {Threatens to win with Bd2.} Bd8 36. Qd6 Be7 37. Qa6 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 31%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.01"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2748"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,109,37,-2,-1,0,18,12,8,-27,0,-18,11,13,15,14,8,30,16,0,15,4,33,35,38,44,54,53,60,45,44,50,118,106,114,129,99,110,121,85,93,88,94,86,94,86,89,83,83,85,78,33,82,76,80,76,83,87,64,0,21,13,4,0,20,12,16,17,91,73,121,103,371,371,366,366,355,352,344,344,328,328,322,193,506,541,1653,1400,1200,1159,957,739,720,717,671,570]} 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 Be7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Nc3 (10. Bf4 {looks sharper.} Bd7 11. b3 a5 12. c4 Kc8 13. Nc3) 10... Nh4 {Black wants to play ...Nxf3+.} 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 {The position is equal.} 12. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 b6 13. g4 Be7 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Kc8 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nf4 {1-0 (49) Vachier Lagrave,M (2781)-Aronian,L (2765) London 2018}) 12... Bd7 13. Bd2 Kc8 14. Be1 Be7 15. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bc5+ 16. Bf2 Bb4 17. g4 Re8 18. Bg3 Bc5+ (18... Bxc3 $5 19. bxc3 b6 $11) 19. Kh2 Bd4 20. Rae1 b6 21. Nd1 Kb7 22. c3 Bc5 23. Nf2 Be7 (23... Bxf2 $14 24. Rxf2 (24. Bxf2 c5 $14) 24... c5) 24. e6 $16 fxe6 25. fxe6 Bc8 26. Nd3 Bf6 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Nf4 Rd8 29. Re2 $1 Rd1 30. Bh4 c5 31. Bxf6 Kc6 32. e7 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Bd7 33. g5 Be8 34. Ne6 $1 Bh5 35. Rf2 Bg6 36. h4 $1 Kd7 37. Nf4 ({White should try} 37. Nf8+ $14 Ke8 38. Ne6) 37... Bb1 38. a3 Rg8 39. Ng2 Re8 40. Ne3 Rd3 41. Re2 Ke6 (41... Rd6 $11) 42. Kg3 Kf7 43. Kf4 h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Rd6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 44. Re1 $1 $18 hxg5+ 45. hxg5 Ba2 46. Ng4 {Black must now prevent Ne5+.} Rh3 {[#]} 47. Ne5+ $1 Ke6 48. Kg4 Rh7 49. Nf3+ (49. Ng6+ $142 Kf7 50. Ne5+ Ke6 51. Nf3+ Kd7 52. g6 Rhxe7 53. Rd1+ (53. Bxe7 Rxe7 54. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $18) 53... Ke6 54. Kg5 (54. Bxe7 Kxe7 55. Kg5 Be6 $16)) 49... Kf7 $2 {[#]} (49... Kd6 50. g6 Rhxe7 51. Bxe7+ Rxe7 52. Rd1+ Kc6) 50. Kf5 $1 {Threatening mate with g6+.White is clearly winning.} Kg8 51. g6 Rh5+ 52. Kg4 Rh6 53. Nh4 Bf7 54. gxf7+ Kxf7 55. Bg5 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 40%.} 1-0 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.04"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D91"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,54,17,16,40,31,33,37,31,19,35,10,35,31,40,34,50,18,27,22,33,29,43,8,12,10,12,12,9,20,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c6 {D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5} (7... c5 8. e3 O-O 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O Qxd2 14. Nxd2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Rab1 b6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bf5 19. Rbc1 Bb2 20. Rcd1 Rac8 21. Bb3 Rfd8 22. Bg5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bc2 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 {½-½ (46) Lalith,B (2547)-Jones,G (2691) Caleta 2019}) 8. e3 O-O 9. Qb3 b6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Be2 Ba6 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Qc8 12. Rfe1 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 c5 15. Rec1 {0-1 (98) Dunlop,N (1838)-Othman,M (1893) Sunningdale 2013}) 11... e6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. Bf1 (14. Re1 {looks sharper.} Bxc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 c5 17. h3) 14... Bxc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 e5 17. dxe5 (17. Bg3 {feels hotter.} Rac8 18. h3 Rfe8 19. Rab1 h5 20. Qa6) 17... Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. a5 Rac8 20. Qa6 Bc7 21. Kf1 bxa5 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qd4 Qe6 24. Qc5 Qe4 25. Qd4 Qe6 26. Qc5 Qe4 27. Qd4 Qe6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.07"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,87,14,3,7,6,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,5,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 $146 (12... Ba5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 f6 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 {0-1 (67) Jones,G (2702)-Ponomariov,R (2675) Hengshui 2019}) 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 Na5 16. O-O Rae8 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 {next Nd7 is good for White.} Qe6 19. Rae1 Nc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Qd1 Qd5 22. Bc1 Ba5 23. Qc2 {[#] Ba3 is the strong threat.} Re6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Qb2 b6 26. Be3 Qd5 27. a4 c6 28. Qa3 Rf6 29. Bd2 Rg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 30. f3 c5 {aiming for ...Re6.} 31. Be3 $1 Qe6 32. Qc1 Qxh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2]} 33. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2g6] Hoping for Qxg6!} Qe6 34. Kf2 Qd6 35. Qe4 h6 36. dxc5 bxc5 37. Qxc4+ Kh7 38. f4 Qf6 39. Qe4 Bxc3 40. Bxc5 Qc6 41. Qxc6 Rxc6 42. Bxa7 Ra6 43. Be3 Rxa4 44. g4 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2