[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.26"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2875"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,46,9,16,4,0,43,39,85,64,61,41,81,44,49,47,35,63,55,55,22,22,28,-5,0,-58,-14,-12,-20,-115,-122,-330,-329,-326,-321,-315,-325,-433,-420]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 h5 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 7. e5 d6 8. exd6 Ng6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Nfd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 f6 10. Qe2 Bxd6 11. Qe4 Ne7 12. Nbd2 fxg5 13. hxg5 e5 {0-1 (33) Lu,S (2514)-Yu,Y (2615) Beijing 2012}) 9... Bxd6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Qf3 Bxc4 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 {...Rc8 is the strong threat.} 14. dxc4 Nxh4 15. O-O Nf5 16. Ne2 (16. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Qe8 17. Qe4 $11) 16... Rc8 17. Qa4 (17. Qe4 $11) 17... Rc7 18. Bf4 Rd7 19. c3 {[#]} (19. Ng3 $11) 19... g5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rg5f4][%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 20. Rad1 $2 (20. Be5 $17 f6 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1) 20... Rxd1 $19 21. Rxd1 {[#]} Qa8 $1 22. Bc7 h4 23. f3 h3 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 64%.} 0-1 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.28"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,66,14,20,8,21,18,22,17,18,16,18,16,30,14,34,27,48,37,30,45,44,32,45,47,37,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. a4 Re8 (10... Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 {½-½ (56) Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2770) Bilbao 2016}) 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne7 14. c4 Ng6 15. Nf1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 {½-½ (43) Radjabov,T (2757)-Kramnik,V (2777) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 14. d4 Re8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qe2 exd4 17. Qxb5 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne5 $1 19. Qb7 {[#] And now Nxe5 would win.} (19. Nxe5 {feels hotter.} dxe5 20. Nf3 Bb6 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Bxe5 Re6 23. Qe2) 19... Bb6 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Nxe5 Bd4 24. Nc6 Bc3 25. Rd1 Bxd2 $1 26. Rxd2 Nxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 27. Re2 Nd6 28. Rc2 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Kf8 30. Ne5 Ra7 31. Nc6 Ra1 32. Ne5 Ra7 33. Nc6 Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.30"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,128,4,19,0,12,0,0,0,9,0,18,10,10,21,11,1,23,25,25,0,0,0,6,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-12,0,-6,-7,-34,-6,-18,-9,-56,-24,-48,-62,-98,-12,-16,-16,-31,-5,-5,-5,-12,-5,-7,-6,-19,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-65,-60,-66,-66,-93,-52,-84,-40,-52,-52,-58,-50,-50,-65,-65,-63,-93,-88,-131,-135,-161,-179,-229,-220,-236,-235,-210,-176,-734,-693,-1033,-1118,-1135,-1081,-2147,-1968,-2193,-2246,-1337,-1314,-1131,-1080,-1037,-682]} 1. d4 (1. h4 g5) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rad1 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Nxd5 14. Bc4 Nb4 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. a3 Nc6 $1 17. b4 Nd7 18. Ne4 {[#]} Be5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bb8) 19. Bd3 {Black must now prevent b5.} ({Much worse is} 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 $17) 19... Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Rcd8 21. Rd2 f6 {aiming for ...Nce5.} 22. Bb1 Nde5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rc1 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Rd8 26. Qe2 Qd7 27. Nc3 Rc8 28. Rd1 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 29. Ne4 Bd5 30. f4 Nf7 31. Qd2 Qc7 32. Nf2 Nd6 33. e4 Bb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d1]} 34. e5 Nf5 (34... Nc4 $17 35. Bxh7+ Kf8) 35. Re1 $11 fxe5 36. fxe5 Qc3 37. Qxc3 Rxc3 38. Ne4 Rc7 39. Kf2 Bd5 40. Rd1 h6 41. Nd6 Nxd6 42. exd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc6 43. Be4 Rxd6 44. Ke3 Kf7 $1 45. Rc1 Ke7 46. Rc8 Rd7 47. Bxd5 Rxd5 $15 {KR-KR} 48. a4 Kd6 49. h4 Re5+ 50. Kd3 Rh5 51. Rd8+ Ke7 52. Rg8 Kf7 53. Ra8 a5 54. Ra6 axb4 55. Rxb6 Rxh4 56. a5 Rg4 57. a6 Rxg2 58. Kc4 Ra2 59. Kxb4 h5 60. Kb5 h4 61. Rc6 h3 62. Rc3 h2 63. Rf3+ Ke7 64. Rh3 g5 0-1 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.01"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C81"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 31,118,16,14,6,8,12,10,7,2,6,16,19,29,19,35,27,32,39,30,25,25,26,30,49,66,22,22,8,22,8,8,8,24,0,0,0,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,14,0,0,0,8,8,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 Qa7 17. Nxe4 {C81: Open Ruy Lopez: Keres Variation (9 Qe2)} Qxe3 18. fxe3 Nxb3 19. axb3 dxe4 20. Nd4 Rfb8 (20... c5 21. Nc6 Rfe8 22. Ra5 Bxb3 23. Rd6 h6 24. h4 h5 {½-½ (88) Giri,A (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) chess.com INT 2018}) 21. Rdc1 Bxb3 22. Rxc7 Be6 {[#]} 23. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. b4 Rxb4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (50) Timman,J (2565)-Holzke,F (2461) Germany 2007}) 23... Rxb2 24. Nxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. Rdd7 Rb1+ 26. Kf2 Rb2+ 27. Kg3 Kh8 $1 28. Rxg7 (28. Ra7 {seems wilder.} Rbb8 29. Rxg7 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Rxg8+ 31. Kh3) 28... Rg8 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 {KR-KR} 30. Rc6 Kf7 31. Rxa6 {White wants to play Ra4.} Re2 32. h4 h5 33. Ra7+ Kg6 34. Re7 {And now Kf4 would win.} Rxe3+ {[#]} 35. Kf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re1 36. Rxe6+ Kg7 37. Re7+ Kg6 38. Re6+ Kg7 39. Rf6 e3 40. Ke4 e2 41. Rf2 Kg8 42. g3 (42. e6 $5 {[%cal Re6e7]} Rh1 43. Rxe2 Rxh4+ 44. Ke5 $16) 42... Rg1 {The position is equal.} 43. Rxe2 Rxg3 44. Rf2 {[#] Hoping for e6.} Kg7 45. Kf5 {Rb2 is the strong threat.} Kf7 46. Rf4 Ke7 47. Re4 Rg1 48. Ra4 Rf1+ 49. Kg6 {Black must now prevent Re4.} (49. Rf4 {with more complications.} Re1 50. Rc4 Rf1+ 51. Rf4) 49... Ke6 50. Ra5 Rh1 51. Kg5 Rh2 52. Kxh5 {aiming for Kg5.} Kf5 53. Ra6 (53. Rc5 {feels hotter.} Rh1 54. Rb5 Rh2 55. Ra5 Rh1 56. Rb5) 53... Kxe5 54. Kg5 Rg2+ 55. Kh6 Kf5 56. h5 Rh2 57. Rb6 Rh1 58. Ra6 Rh2 59. Kg7 Rxh5 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.04"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,61,21,27,26,24,26,29,31,110,102,101,91,85,65,297,297,293,263,241,243,297,309,354,353,348,332,317,165,570,570,716,726,666,258,575,229,236,219,226,220,796,766,791,789,761,752]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 ({Predecessor:} 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 {½-½ (103) Sebag,M (2486)-Cossin,S (2498) Brest 2018}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. exd5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Nxd5 11. Nc3 e6 12. h3 {White has an edge.} Bh5 $146 (12... Bxf3 $1 $14 13. Qxf3 Bb4) (12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Be2 Bf6 {½-½ (83) Antipov,M (2569)-Moiseenko,A (2692) Berlin 2015}) 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bg2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} O-O-O $2 ({Better is} 15... Be7 $14) 16. Ne5 $18 Qxd4 17. Qf3 $1 Rd5 18. Nxf7 (18. Nxg6 $6 fxg6 19. Bf4 Bc5) 18... Rg8 {[#] and if ...Bb4 works, Black does fine.} 19. Ng5 $1 {aiming for Bf4.} ({Weaker is} 19. Rxe6 Qd1+ 20. Kh2 Qxf3 $11) 19... Bd6 20. Nxe6 Qb4 21. Be3 Re5 22. a3 (22. Rac1 $142 Kb8 23. a3) 22... Qxb2 $2 (22... Qb3 {is more resistant.}) 23. Rac1 {Black must now prevent Rxc6+.} Rxe6 24. Rxc6+ $1 Kd7 25. Rxa6 $2 ({Less strong is} 25. Rb6 Qxb6 26. Bxb6 Rxe1+ 27. Bf1 Re4 $16) (25. Rd1 bxc6 26. Qxc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 27. Bg5+ Kf8 28. Rxd6) 25... Rb8 $2 {[#]} (25... bxa6 $2 {perishes.} 26. Qc6+ Ke7 27. Bg5+ Kf8 28. Rxe6 $18) (25... Rge8) 26. Ra7 $2 (26. Rxd6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd6 (26... Kxd6 27. Qd5+) 27. Rd1 Qxa3 28. Bf4 {[%mdl 64] Skewer, Discovered Attack} Qxf3 29. Rxd6+ Ke7 30. Bxf3) 26... Be4 27. Qf7+ Re7 28. Qc4 Rc8 $2 (28... Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qe5 30. Qa4+ Kc8) 29. Qa4+ {White is clearly winning.} Bc6 30. Bxc6+ Rxc6 31. Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 22%.} 1-0 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.06"] [Round "10.5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeMode "Bronstein"] [TimeControl "7200+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Kf2 {[%emt 0:17:20]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. g4 {[%emt 0:11:31]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Kg3 {[%emt 0:10:52]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 23. Bc1 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Re2 {[%emt 0:12:45]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 25. Rde1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:09:10]} 26. Ne4 {[%emt 0:09:23]} Rhe6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 31. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 32. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 33. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. Bxc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 39. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2