[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.27"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2748"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,102,0,0,0,2,2,6,14,20,-26,-29,-14,-25,-27,-27,-28,-26,-26,-29,-27,-23,-29,-12,-12,-12,-6,-10,-20,0,0,0,0,39,0,27,19,50,51,48,46,47,18,58,41,47,61,56,41,47,55,49,41,44,45,97,82,168,114,106,96,44,0,163,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,7,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Rfc8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne1 {1-0 (32) Ding,L (2805)-Karjakin,S (2752) Abidjan 2019}) 9... Re8 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b3 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 g6 13. Rab1 Qa5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ncxe4 f5 16. Nc3 e5 {½-½ (46) Wei,Y (2729)-Fedoseev,V (2707) Danzhou 2018}) 10... a5 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Nc3 g5 {[#] ...Nxc3 is the strong threat.} 13. Be3 Nd6 14. b3 Nf5 15. Qd3 g4 16. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bg5 18. Qd3 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nb6 21. Ne5 f5 22. e4 Qg5 23. Ne2 Nd7 24. Nf4 (24. Nc4 {is more complex.} fxe4 25. Bxe4 Nf6 26. Re1 Re7 27. Nb6) 24... Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rd8 26. Qe3 Bd7 27. h4 gxh3 $1 28. Bxh3 Be8 29. Qc5 ({Much worse is} 29. Nxe6 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Rd3 $15) 29... Bh5 $1 30. exf5 exf5 31. e6 Rd1+ $1 32. Rxd1 Bxd1 33. Bxf5 Qf6 34. Bd3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bf3 ({Black should try} 34... Bxb3 $14 35. Qb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxe6) 35. Qe3 $16 Bd5 (35... Qa1+ $16 36. Bf1 Bg4) 36. Nh5 ({Better is} 36. Nxd5 $18 cxd5 37. Bb5) 36... Qe7 37. Qe5 {Threatens to win with Nf6+.} Rf8 38. g4 h6 $2 {[#]} (38... Bxb3 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 39. g5 Bxe6) 39. f4 $2 (39. Bc4 $1 $18) 39... b5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 {next f5 is good for White.} Bxe6 42. f5 Qa7+ 43. Kf1 Qf7 44. Kf2 Qa7+ 45. Kf1 Qf7 46. Kf2 Qa7+ 47. Kg2 Bd5+ 48. Kh3 Qf7 49. Kh4 Qa7 {And now ...Qf2+ would win.} 50. Kh3 Qf7 51. Kh4 Qa7 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.29"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,89,25,21,36,25,25,18,18,14,27,17,14,0,0,0,0,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,4,3,6,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,0,0,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Rc1 Qd7 {[#]} 14. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. N2f3 Rc7 16. Rxc7 Qxc7 17. Qb1 {½-½ (30) Lenderman,A (2637)-Nakamura,H (2746) Saint Louis 2019}) 14... Bxf3 15. N2xf3 Rc8 16. Ne5 Qe8 $1 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Rc7 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Nd3 Qa5 21. Ba1 Qc7 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Nfd7 24. Kf1 Nc6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} f5 27. Ke2 Bd6 28. f4 Kf7 29. h3 g6 30. Kd2 Ke7 31. Kc3 Kd8 32. Be5 Be7 33. Kd4 Kc8 {The position is equal.} 34. e4 fxe4 35. Kxe4 Nc5+ 36. Nxc5 Bxc5 {KB-KB} 37. g4 Kd7 38. f5 gxf5+ 39. gxf5 Ke7 40. a4 bxa4 41. bxa4 Ba3 42. Bd4 Bb4 43. Be5 Ba3 44. Bd4 Bb4 45. Be5 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.01"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,69,8,13,9,2,15,30,39,61,37,46,56,54,58,77,62,72,80,67,8,83,68,145,152,147,137,146,113,106,121,298,320,280,316,321,335,280,300,218,279,433,316,408,361,399,401,554,416,700,714,1683,1719,29990,29991,29994,29995]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 $1 9. Nxc6 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} bxc6 10. Qc2 Nb4 (10... Qd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. e3 a5 16. h4 Rfc8 {½-½ (35) Topalov,V (2749)-Karjakin,S (2781) Paris 2017}) 11. Qa4 {White has an edge.} Bd7 {Black wants to play ...c5.} 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nc3 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qb3 c6 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 {½-½ (64) Thiede,L (2442)-Langrock,H (2409) Santanyi 2004}) 14. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} exf3 15. Bxf3 {Black must now prevent e4.} Nb6 16. Qb3 {Hoping for e4.} Qf6 17. Be3 (17. Rf2 $14) 17... Qg6 (17... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Bf2 $16 h5 (18... Qf7 $14 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 19. e4 h4 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Rae1+ Kd8 22. Ne4 Qg6 $2 (22... hxg3 $16 23. Bxg3 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 Qf6) 23. Nxd6 $18 cxd6 24. d5 c5 25. a4 Bxa4 {[#]} 26. Qa3 $1 (26. Qe3 Re8 $14) 26... Re8 (26... hxg3 27. Bxg3 Bd7 {[#]} 28. Re6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 27. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 (27... hxg3 $142 28. Bxg3 (28. hxg3 Bb5 $18) 28... Rxe1 29. Rxe1 cxb4 30. Qxb4 Rc8) 28. bxc5 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 ({Not} 29. Bxe1 dxc5 30. Bg2 Bb5 $18) 29... hxg3 30. hxg3 dxc5 31. Kg2 Qc2 (31... Rc7 $142 32. Bxc5 Rxc5) 32. Qe3 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Re3e7]} Rc7 33. Qe6 {Qg8+ would kill now.} Rd7 34. d6 {[%cal Re6g8]} Kc8 35. Rh1 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 30%.} 1-0 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.04"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2875"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,118,0,0,0,0,0,19,19,14,16,14,30,29,26,26,22,17,46,32,19,12,6,7,9,13,15,20,20,20,20,20,0,0,0,17,9,18,17,17,0,0,0,-3,-41,-42,-44,-40,-43,-37,-63,-65,-61,-65,-61,-67,-67,-66,-72,-40,-100,-86,-126,-126,-119,-126,-140,-140,-147,-147,-156,-157,-157,-142,-142,-142,-292,-268,-477,-477,-477,-468,-724,-670,-714,-680,-730,-720,-708,-681,-672,-656,-5514,-859,-978,-793,-1193,-1142,-1683,-1444,-1507,-1281,-29971,-29972,-29992,-29993,-29993,-728]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} b4 9. Nfd2 Nd5 (9... c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. b3 Ba6 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. e3 Qh5 {0-1 (38) Maghsoodloo,P (2688)-Nakamura,H (2746) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. Nxc4 {The position is equal.} c5 11. dxc5 Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxc5 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. e4 N5b6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4 Be7 {1-0 (51) Melkumyan,H (2580)-Can,E (2487) Sarajevo 2011}) 12. Ne3 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. c6 Rc8 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. c7 Qd7 $1 17. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5][%mdl 32]} g5 18. Be5 f6 19. Bd4 Rxc7 {Hoping for ...Ne6.} 20. Qd1 Ne6 21. Nb3 Bc4 22. Na5 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Kg7 24. Rfc1 {[%cal Ra5c4]} Bxe2 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Re1 Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 27. Qxd5 {Strongly threatening Nc6.} Re8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf2+!} 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Nxb7 Bf8 30. Bc6 Re7 31. f3 Bc4 32. Rxe7+ Bxe7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 33. Kf2 f5 34. Ke3 Bg8 35. Kd3 g4 36. Na5 (36. a5 $15) 36... Bc5 $1 $17 37. Nc4 Bg1 $1 38. Ne3 Be6 39. fxg4 fxg4 40. Ke2 {[#]} h5 $1 ({Worse is} 40... Bxh2 41. Kf2 $14) 41. Bd5 Bd7 42. Bb3 Bxh2 43. Kf2 {[#] And now Kg2 would win.} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. gxh4 (44. Nf1 $17 hxg3+ 45. Nxg3) 44... Be5 $19 45. Nc4 $2 (45. Bd1 {was worth a try.}) 45... g3+ 46. Kg1 Bf4 47. Bd1 (47. Bc2 $142 Bc6 48. Bd1) 47... Bc6 48. b3 Kh6 49. a5 Be4 50. Kf1 Kg7 51. Kg1 Kf6 52. Kf1 Ke6 (52... g2+ $142 53. Kg1 Bh6) 53. h5 Kd5 54. a6 Kd4 {...g2+ is the strong threat.} 55. Bg4 Kc3 56. Be6 Bc2 57. Na5 Bc7 {Black mates.} 58. Nb7 Bd3+ 59. Kg1 Bxa6 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 82%.} (59... Be4 $142 60. Kf1 g2+ 61. Kg1 Bb6+ 62. Nc5 Bxc5+ 63. Kh2 g1=Q+ 64. Kh3 Qg2+ 65. Kh4 Bf2#) 0-1 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.06"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2752"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,75,22,20,22,0,4,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,6,0,4,0,7,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,4,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Ndb4 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 11. Qc1 b6 12. a3 Nd5 13. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. d4 Ba6 15. Re1 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 {½-½ (26) Telljohann,S (2415)-Dautov,R (2600) Germany 1998}) 13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ba6 15. d3 Rc8 16. bxc5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Na5 18. Rac1 Rxc5 19. Qb2 Rb5 20. Qa2 Bb7 21. Rc3 Bd5 22. Qc2 Rb3 23. Rxb3 Bxb3 24. Qc3 Bd5 25. Rc1 Nb3 26. Rc2 {[#] e4 is the strong threat.} Bxf3 27. Qxb3 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qa8+ 29. e4 Qd8 30. Rc6 h5 31. h4 Qd7 32. Qc4 Rd8 33. Rc7 Qxd3 34. Qxd3 Rxd3 35. Rxa7 b5 36. Ra5 g6 37. Rxb5 Rxa3 38. e5 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2