[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.26"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2748"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,53,0,-16,-12,-11,34,32,23,23,35,31,27,59,47,27,62,37,50,24,37,18,12,14,12,21,11,11,17,38,63,63,62,47,66,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 b5 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (6... d6 7. Bg5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. Nge2 c4 11. Bc2 Bc5 12. Qd2 h6 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (68) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Aronian,L (2765) Kolkata 2018}) 7. e5 exd5 (7... Ne8 8. f4 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 c4 11. a4 Nd7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. axb5 Nc7 {½-½ (60) Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Karjakin,S (2766) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 8. exf6 d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3][%mdl 64] [#] Pin. White is slightly better.} 9. a3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Ba5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 10. b4 $1 {Nd5 is the strong threat.} dxc3 11. bxa5 {aiming for Qd5.} Qxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8+ 12. Kf2 Qxf6 {1-0 (41) Volkov,S (2627)-Pavlov,S (2485) Moscow 2014}) 12. Qd5 Re8+ 13. Kf2 $1 c2 $1 (13... Qe7 $2 14. Bg5 $18) 14. Ra2 Bb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 15. Qd2 (15. Qg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 16. Kg3 $11) 15... bxc4 16. Rxc2 d5 17. Bb2 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qe7 19. Ne2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3,Bd3e1][%mdl 32] Black wants to play ...d4.} 20. a6 Bxa6 {Hoping for ...d4.} 21. Qxd5 Bb7 (21... c3 $2 22. Bxc3 Rad8 {[#]} 23. Qe4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} (23. Qxc6 Bb7 $11)) 22. Qe4 ({Don't go for} 22. Qxc4 $2 Qe3+ 23. Kg2 (23. Ke1 $2 Nd4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 23... Ne5 $19) (22. Qd2 $14) 22... Nb4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] The position is equal. Black is pushing.} 23. Qxe7 Nd3+ 24. Kg2 Ne1+ 25. Kf2 Nd3+ 26. Kg2 Ne1+ 27. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.28"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,64,24,22,22,26,26,44,30,29,17,27,25,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,-49,-14,-115,-118,-116,-133,-129,-120,-148,-164,-139,-130,-191,-125,-115,-108,-98,-120,-251,-201,-320,-307,-419,-410,-418,-408,-394,-394,-389,-368,-626,-615]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Re8 9. h3 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (9. Bb2 e4 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Qg5 13. Re1 Qxd5 14. Qc2 c6 15. b4 a6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 {1-0 (54) Bindrich,F (2606)-Teterev,V (2486) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... e4 10. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nh2 c6 11. Bd2 d5 12. c5 Nf8 13. b4 h5 14. a4 N6h7 15. b5 Ng5 16. h4 Ngh7 {0-1 (52) Mbatha,C-Sischy,M (1980) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 10... h5 11. b4 {White is slightly better.} Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8h7,Bh7f6][%mdl 32]} 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qe7 16. Rc1 Nh7 17. Qc2 Qg5 18. Qxc7 (18. Kh2 $11) 18... Bxh3 $1 $17 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg5g2]} 19. Bf1 {[#]} Bf8 $1 20. Qxb7 Nf6 21. Qa6 Bc8 22. Qa4 Bd7 23. Qd1 {[#]} (23. Bb5 $17 Bxb5 24. Qxb5) 23... Bg4 (23... h4 $1 $19 24. Rc7 h3) 24. f3 exf3 25. Nxf3 Qh6 26. Qb3 (26. Qd2 $17) 26... h4 27. Ne5 (27. Qd3 $142) 27... h3 $19 ({Much less strong is} 27... dxe5 28. dxe5 Ne4 29. Bd3 $19) 28. Nxg4 Nxg4 29. gxh3 Nxe3 30. Rc3 {[%cal Rc3e3]} Nf5 ({Weaker is} 30... Nxf1 31. Rxf1 Bg7 32. Kh1 $17) 31. Rd1 Qh5 32. Rf3 $2 (32. Bc1 Bg7 33. Rcd3) 32... Bh6 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 75%.} 0-1 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.30"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2752"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,78,0,0,0,0,7,-47,-55,-52,-60,-49,-50,-57,-42,-78,-83,-79,-82,-100,-98,-121,-85,-89,-95,-297,-297,-294,-276,-304,-310,-318,-310,-336,-325,-310,-332,-493,-322,-305,-295,-384,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-223,-193,-150,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qd5 {White must now prevent ...Ne4. D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} 9. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 10. g3 (10. Nd2 $11) 10... Bd7 $15 {Black is slightly better.} (10... b5 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. e4 Qd7 13. Bg2 Na5 14. O-O Nb3 15. Rad1 a5 16. a4 bxa4 {½-½ (27) Dragun,K (2597)-Swiercz,D (2654) New York 2018}) 11. Qc2 Na5 12. e4 Qd6 13. Bg2 Nb3 $146 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O-O 14. e5 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Be8 16. Rb1 {0-1 (41) Budo,A-Ragozin,V Leningrad 1936}) 14. Rd1 Qxa3 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Qe2 Bb5 17. Rb1 c6 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Nd2 $2 (19. Bf1 $17) 19... Nxd4 $1 $19 20. cxd4 Rxd4 {Strongly threatening ...c3.} 21. Ra1 Qb2 22. Rab1 c3 23. Qf3 Rxd2 24. Rxb2 cxb2 25. Bf1 (25. Rb1 {might work better.} Rhd8 26. Bf1) 25... Rhd8 26. Rb1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 {White wants to play Kg2.} Rc2 $2 ({Black should play} 27... R8d3 $19 28. Qh5 Rc2) 28. Kg2 $1 $11 Rdd2 {And now ...Rc1 would win.} 29. Qxf6 a4 30. Kh3 $1 Rxf2 31. Qh8+ $2 (31. Qd4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 31... Kc7 $1 $19 32. Qd4 {[#]} f6 ({Much weaker is} 32... Rxh2+ $6 33. Kg4 $11) (32... b5 $1 $17 {...Kb7 is the strong threat.} 33. Qa7+ Kd6) 33. Qxa4 $11 {The position is equal.} ({Don't go for} 33. Rd1 $2 Rxh2+ 34. Kg4 h5+ 35. Kf3 {[#]} Rhf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 a3 $19) 33... Rxh2+ 34. Kg4 h5+ (34... Rcf2 $5 35. Qa5+ $8 Kc8 36. Qa8+ Kc7 37. Qa5+ Kc8 38. Qa8+ Kc7 39. Qa5+ $11) 35. Kf4 Rhf2+ 36. Ke3 Rfe2+ 37. Kf3 Rf2+ 38. Ke3 Rfe2+ 39. Kf3 Rf2+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.03"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,54,24,16,0,15,12,17,15,25,20,17,23,27,23,23,31,30,29,28,33,31,20,19,24,35,13,20,8,6,10,7,12,8,10,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 (5... d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b4 Re8 9. Bb2 exd4 10. Nxd4 a5 11. a3 Ne5 12. Qb3 Bg4 13. Rad1 axb4 14. axb4 Bxe2 15. Ndxe2 c6 16. h3 Qe7 17. Nd4 Ned7 18. Ra1 Nb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Na4 Nxa4 22. Qxa4 {½-½ (22) Wojtaszek,R (2724)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2773) Moscow 2019}) 6. dxc5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Ne4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. O-O Nxc5 9. Nc3 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rb1 b6 13. a3 {1-0 (50) Korley,K (2437)-Jacobson,B (2455) Charlotte 2019}) 10. b3 Ne6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Bb2 d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc1 {[#] aiming for Rd1.} Be6 15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qa5 17. Rfc1 Rad8 {The position is equal.} 18. Rc5 Rd2 19. Rxa5 Rxb2 20. Nxb2 Nxa5 21. Kf1 Rc8 22. Ke1 Kg7 23. Rd1 Rc2 24. Rd2 Rc1+ 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. Rd2 Rc1+ 27. Rd1 Rc2 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.05"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D24"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeMode "Bronstein"] [TimeControl "7200+30"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:03:37]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 14. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:53]} b6 {[%emt 0:12:57]} 15. c4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Re8 {[%emt 0:08:48]} 16. Bb2 {[%emt 0:14:57]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:07:27]} 17. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 18. Bb1 {[%emt 0:08:25]} c5 {[%emt 0:13:34]} 19. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:11:08]} 20. dxc5 {[%emt 0:20:26]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:13:20]} 21. cxb6 {[%emt 0:19:13]} axb6 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 22. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:10:02]} Qc5+ {[%emt 0:10:41]} 24. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 25. Nh6+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Rd5 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 28. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Re7 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 30. Qc1 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 31. h3 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 32. Qxh6 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Re7 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 33. Qc1 {[%emt 0:05:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 34. Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 36. Rf5 {[%emt 0:06:10]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 37. Qh6 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 38. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:04:49]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 39. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 40. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 41. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 42. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 43. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 44. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 45. Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 1-0 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.07"] [Round "11.5"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,103,0,10,21,0,0,0,9,3,3,11,6,11,12,12,16,16,16,9,48,45,51,47,54,60,83,75,85,85,85,85,78,87,82,80,203,202,205,206,464,464,407,370,296,266,181,125,125,125,122,18,18,18,18,18,18,21,73,73,103,102,101,90,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 {[#]} 19. Nd2 $146 (19. d5 exd5 20. e5 g6 21. Nd4 Ng7 22. Nb5 {½-½ (54) Mamedyarov,S (2820)-Ding,L (2804) Batumi 2018}) ({Predecessor:} 19. h4 a5 20. g4 Nf6 21. Qf4 b5 22. Ne5 {½-½ (50) Adhiban,B (2683)-Ding,L (2812) Astana 2019}) 19... b5 20. Qe5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nf3 g4 23. hxg4 Nf6 24. Ng5 a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a4] Threatening ...a4.} 25. Rb1 Bc6 26. f3 $1 Nh7 27. Nxh7 Kxh7 28. Kf2 Kg8 29. Rec1 Bd7 30. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} e5 (30... exd5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 31. Rd1 (31. exd5 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 a4 $14) (31. Bxd5 b4 $16) 31... Red8) 31. d6 $1 $18 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rc8 $2 (32... g5 33. Bd5 Kg7) 33. Rxc8+ $1 Bxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 34. Bd5 Kf8 35. g5 b4 36. Ke3 ({But not} 36. Bc6 $6 Be6 $14) ({White should try} 36. g6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg6f7]} f6 37. Bf7 (37. Bc6 Be6 $11)) 36... Ke8 $16 37. f4 exf4+ 38. Kxf4 (38. Kd4 $1 $16) 38... a4 $1 $11 39. g6 f6 $1 40. e5 fxe5+ 41. Kxe5 Bg4 (41... Kd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. Kd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd4c5] Threatens to win with Kc5.} Bd1 {[#]} 43. Bc6+ $1 Kd8 {[#]} 44. Kc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b4]} b3 45. axb3 (45. a3 $1 $14 b2 46. Be4) 45... a3 $11 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] And now ...a2 would win.The position is equal.} 46. Kc3 {Hoping for b4.} a2 $1 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 47. Kb2 Bxb3 $1 48. Bb5 Bd5 49. Ka1 Be6 50. Kb2 Bd5 51. Ka1 Be6 52. Kb2 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2