[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 "2019.06.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,79,32,23,27,25,35,31,32,32,35,29,22,35,58,16,20,12,24,3,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,111,100,243,231,320,300,390,389,371,389,361,179,284,285,325,332,523,524,515,513,538,520,774,774,1200,1064,1640,1422,29977,29977,5297,2477]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 {½-½ (42) Aronian,L (2764)-Nakamura,H (2769) Stavanger 2018}) 8... Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 {Strongly threatening Nb3.} Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c2] White is slightly better.} 13. Qb1 (13. exd4 exd4+ 14. Be2 (14. Ne2 $2 Ng4 $19) 14... dxc3 $17) 13... Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 $1 15. Qxd3 Ne4 $1 (15... e4 $2 16. Qb1 $18) 16. Nxd5 (16. exd4 exd4 17. O-O dxc3 $17) 16... Nxg5 17. b4 Qd8 $1 18. bxc5 Nde6 19. Qf5 Nxc5 20. h4 Nge6 21. Nf3 Qa5+ 22. Ke2 {And now Ng5! would win.} f6 {...Qa4 is the strong threat.} (22... Qxa3 23. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 23. h5 $1 $40 {[%cal Rh5h6][%mdl 128] Threatens to win with h6. White mounts an attack.} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} (23... Qxa3 $6 24. h6 $16) 24. Nd2 {Black must now prevent h6.} Qxa3 (24... Ng5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Rh4 $1 $16 Rad8 (25... Rf8 $16) 26. Nxe4 $18 Qa2+ {[#]} 27. Ke1 $1 {Intending Nexf6+! and mate.} Qa5+ 28. Kf1 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Qa4 {[%cal Ra4d1] [#]} 30. Rb1 (30. Nxf6+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 31. Rxd8 (31. Rg4+ $2 Ng7 $19) 31... Nxd8 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Qxf6+ Nf7 34. Qg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 35. Re4+ Kd8 36. Rd4+ Ke7 37. f3 (37. Qxh7 Rd8 $11)) 30... Ng5 (30... Qc6 {is a better defense.} 31. h6 Rd7) 31. Rd4 Nf7 32. Rxb7 {White wants to mate with Nxf6+!} Qa6 (32... Qa1+ {was called for.} 33. Rb1 Qa2) 33. Qb1 Rf8 34. Kg1 Kh8 35. c5 Rc8 36. Nf4 Ne5 {[#]} 37. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g6 (37... gxh6 38. Qxh7#) 38. Rd6 Qc4 39. Re6 Rxc5 40. Ree7 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeMode "Bronstein"]
[TimeControl "7200+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nge2 {[%emt 0:01:51]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:08:17]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:08:36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:11:40]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Na4 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:06:33]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:10:03]} 17. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:07:59]} 18. Bf3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:08:15]} 19. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Bh1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 22. h4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Be2 {[%emt 0:11:08]} 23. Kh2 {[%emt 0:08:03]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:10:58]} 24. Bg2 {[%emt 0:22:06]} Na5 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 25. Qc3 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 26. b3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 27. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 28. Bf1 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 29. Bf4 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:13:23]} 30. Rc3 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. f3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 32. Rd3 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 33. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 37. Bh3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 39. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 40. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 41. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Rxa2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 42. R1d2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 43. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 44. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 46. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 47. Bg5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 48. exf6+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 49. Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 50. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,99,11,29,9,25,18,16,19,32,0,0,7,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-10,-17,0,0,-6,-3,-6,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,9,9,7,8,8,8,6,7,8,15,16,14,12,14,10,18,6,10,15,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 Ne7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. b3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (12. Be3 {looks sharper.} h5 13. Rd2 Be6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. b3) 12... Be7 13. Ne4 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a5 14. Re1 a4 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Nd4 Nf4 17. Rad1 h5 18. h4 Nd5 19. c4 Nb4 {½-½ (42) Vachier Lagrave,M (2773)-Naiditsch,A (2695) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 14. Re1 Kf8 15. Bb2 c5 16. Rad1 Bf5 17. c4 Nf4 18. Bc1 Ne6 19. Neg5 Rh6 20. Ne4 Rh8 21. Neg5 Rh6 22. Nxe6+ Rxe6 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Rd5 b6 25. Kh2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 26. Kg3 a4 27. Kf4 Bc2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...f6.} 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 29. Re3 axb3 30. axb3 f6 31. h4 Ra8 32. b4 {Threatening exf6+.} Ra4 33. Rc3 c6 34. Rd2 Bg6 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Rb2 Kf8 37. Rb8+ Re8 38. Rb6 Re6 39. Kg3 Bf7 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Nd2 Re2 42. Rb8+ Kg7 {The position is equal.} 43. Rd8 Ra2 44. Rcd3 Be6 45. Re3 Rexd2 46. Rxd2 Rxd2 47. Rxe6 Rd4 48. Rxc6 Rxc4 49. Kf3 Rxh4 50. Rxc5 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[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 "2019.06.26"]
[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 "2019.06.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,155,0,9,39,31,36,20,29,13,63,18,14,20,18,22,17,25,22,24,47,26,20,23,28,27,29,29,31,28,52,50,43,51,81,37,33,36,67,76,76,58,62,42,97,95,100,105,101,97,112,112,116,117,185,185,185,183,185,185,185,139,185,185,184,179,166,182,183,177,168,154,165,155,155,160,157,8,8,8,8,8,141,45,52,52,74,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,12,15,19,101,20,137,137,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,144,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} (10... Nbd7 {with more complications.} 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Ke2 gxf6 13. Rc1 Qb4) 11. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O Qxc3 14. Qa4 O-O 15. Nxe6 Nb6 16. Qd4 Rfc8 17. Qxc3 Rxc3 18. Nf4 {[#]} Rc5 $146 19. Rfd1 f5 20. exf5 Rac8 21. f6 Rf5 22. g3 Rxf6 23. Rd3 Rfc6 24. Ra3 Rc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Kg2 Nc8 27. Rd3 Rc7 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. h4 Ne7 30. Nh5+ Kh6 (30... Kg6 $14 31. g4 f5) 31. Nf6 $1 $16 Kg6 32. Ne8 $1 Rc6 33. Rd7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re6 {[#]} 34. h5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh6 (34... Kxh5 35. Ng7+) 35. Nd6 (35. Rxb7 Nc8 $14) 35... f5 (35... Kxh5 $16 {was worth a try.} 36. Nxf7 Nc6) 36. Nxb7 $18 (36. Rxb7 Rxd6 37. Rxe7 Ra6 $11) 36... Ng8 37. Nd6 Nf6 38. Nxf5+ Kg5 39. Nd4 ({Stronger than} 39. Rxa7 Kxf5 40. f3 Ke5 $11) 39... Nxd7 40. Nxe6+ Kxh5 $16 {KN-KN} 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. Ng5 h6 44. Ne4+ Ke6 45. Kg4 Ke5 46. f3 Kd4 47. Kf5 ({Better is} 47. Kf4 $16) 47... Ke3 $1 $11 48. f4 h5 $1 49. Ng5 Nc5 {[#]} (49... Kf2 $1 $11) 50. Kg6 (50. Kf6 $1 $16 Kf2 51. f5 Kxg3 52. Ke7) 50... Kf2 $1 $14 51. f5 {Black must now prevent f6.} ({Not} 51. Kxh5 Kxg3 52. f5 Nd7 $18) 51... Kxg3 52. Ne6 (52. Kxh5 $16 {aiming for f6.} Nd7 53. Ne6) 52... Nd7 $1 $11 53. Kxh5 {Strongly threatening Kg5.} Kf3 54. Kg5 Ke4 55. Nc7 {Hoping for Ne8.} a5 56. Nb5 Kd3 57. Kg6 {Threatens to win with Kf7.} a4 58. Kf7 {Threatening Ke6.} Ne5+ 59. Kf6 Nf3 {[#]} (59... Nd7+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 60. Ke6 Nf8+ 61. Kf7 Nd7) 60. Ke7 (60. Kg7 $1 $16) 60... Kc2 (60... Ne5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 61. f6 $16 {Nd4+! is the strong threat.} Ng5 62. Nd4+ Kb2 63. Ne6 Nh7 64. f7 {And now Ng5! would win.} Kxa2 {[#]} 65. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} a3 (65... Nxg5 66. f8=Q) 66. Nxh7 {KN-KP} Kb1 67. f8=Q {Intending Qf5+ and mate.} a2 68. Qf5+ Kb2 69. Qe5+ Kb1 70. Qe4+ Kb2 71. Qe2+ Kb1 72. Nf6 {White wants to mate with Qd1+.} a1=Q 73. Nd5 (73. Qe4+ $16 Kc1 74. Nd5 (74. Qe1+ Kb2 $16)) 73... Qg7+ $11 {The position is equal.} 74. Kd6 Qf8+ 75. Ke5 Qe8+ 76. Kd4 Qxe2 77. Nc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ka1 78. Nxe2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,99,20,15,4,0,10,0,0,0,28,29,41,14,41,38,30,19,39,33,41,28,29,26,29,-5,0,-75,-13,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-212,-40,-46,-42,-43,-39,-35,-39,-211,-192,-190,-148,-148,-150,-135,-139,-167,-147,-145,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,220,209,200,205,416,412,450,464,462,462,446,436,941,930,868,841,994,437,1125,1218,1204,1154,1077,810]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 10. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. f4 a6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nc4 b6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Be3 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf6 18. Bd4 Bd7 19. Kh1 Re8 20. c3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 {½-½ (52) Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Carlsen,M (2861) Abidjan 2019}) 10... O-O 11. a5 a6 {The position is equal.} 12. Na3 Nd7 13. Nc4 f5 14. Bb4 Rf6 15. Qd2 Rg6 16. g3 e4 17. h4 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Na5 Bd7 20. O-O-O Bf6 21. Nc6 (21. Re1 $1 $11) 21... Qe8 (21... Qc7 $1 $17) 22. Kb1 (22. Bxd6 Bxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Rxd6 $17) 22... Kh8 (22... e3 $5 23. fxe3 Kh8 $14) 23. h5 (23. Bxd6 Bxb2 24. Qb4 Bc3 $17) 23... Rh6 24. Qe3 ({Much worse is} 24. Bxd6 Bxb2 25. Qb4 Nxd5 $17) 24... Na4 25. c3 $2 (25. Ba3 $1 $11) 25... Rxh5 $2 (25... Bxc6 $19 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Rxd6 Qb7 28. Rxf6 Rxf6) 26. Rxh5 $15 Qxh5 27. Be2 Qe8 28. Kc2 h6 29. Qf4 $2 (29. Bc4 $15) 29... a5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 30. Nxa5 {[#]} Nxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. bxc3 {Black must now prevent Ra1.} Ba4+ 32. Kb1 Bxd1 33. Bxd1 Qb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Nb3 Bg5 (34... Qxd5 $17 35. Qd2 Qc4) 35. Qxf5 $11 {Hoping for Bc2.} Qf1 36. Qg4 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8f2]} ({But not} 36... Qxf2 $6 37. Bc2 $16 (37. Qe2 e3 $14)) 37. Kb2 $1 {aiming for Bc2.} Rxf2+ 38. Bc2 $1 {[#]} Qc4 $2 {[#]} (38... Bc1+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and Black is okay.} 39. Nxc1 Qg2) 39. Qe6 $1 $18 {And now Nd4 would win.} Bf6 {next ...Qxb4 is good for Black.} 40. Qxd6 Rxc2+ $2 (40... Kh7 {was necessary.} 41. Qc5 Rxc2+ 42. Kxc2 Qd3+ 43. Kb2 e3) 41. Kxc2 Qd3+ 42. Kb2 {White is clearly winning.} e3 43. Qe6 e2 {intending ...Qd1.} 44. Ka3 Bg5 (44... Qc4 $142 45. Nd4 Qxd5 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Nxe2 Be5 48. Qf5+ g6) 45. d6 Qa6+ 46. Kb2 Qd3 47. d7 (47. c4 $142 Qf3 48. c5) 47... Kh7 (47... Bf6 $142 48. Ka3 Qxd7 49. Qxd7 e1=Q) 48. c4 Bf6+ 49. Ka3 Qc2 {[#]} 50. c5 {Played: Qe6xf6} 1-0

[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 "2019.06.27"]
[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 "2019.06.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,57,11,9,9,14,13,14,16,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4+ Qxd4 14. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Bxg2 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 15. Kxg2 a5 16. Rfd1 (16. Rac1 Na6 17. Rc6 Rab8 18. a3 Rfd8 19. e3 Rb7 20. f4 Nc5 21. Kf3 Re8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 {½-½ (40) Pantsulaia,L (2607)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Doha 2016}) 16... Rc8 17. Rac1 Na6 18. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Nc6 Nb4 19. Nxb4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 axb4 21. Rc2 e6 22. f4 Ra5 23. Kf3 e5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (38) Migliorini,R (1998)-Kirali,H (1861) FICGS email 2010}) 18... a4 19. bxa4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc5 21. Nc3 Nxa4 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 {KR-KR} 23. Rc2 Kf6 24. Rc6+ Kg7 25. Rxb6 Rxa2 26. Kf1 Ra1+ 27. Kg2 Ra2 28. Kf1 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,50,5,19,0,0,0,0,0,9,13,22,10,41,36,32,23,25,27,38,20,21,18,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Nf3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. cxb4 axb4 13. Be3 c5 14. Rc1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. O-O Qe8 17. Rc4 Bxa4 18. Rxb4 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 {½-½ (30) Svidler,P (2729)-Grischuk,A (2794) Sochi 2015}) 9... c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bg4 12. Rb1 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4,Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 13. d5 Na5 $146 (13... Nd4 $5) ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd4 14. Bb2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e5 16. f4 b5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 {1-0 (38) Graf,A (2632)-Kovchan,A (2488) Warsaw 2005}) 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 a6 16. Bf4 b5 17. Bc2 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Rbd1 Qb6 20. h4 Rfd8 21. h5 Be5 22. Bc1 Bb2 23. Bf4 Be5 24. Bc1 Bb2 25. Bf4 Be5 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,134,52,52,41,52,44,56,46,49,46,54,15,47,0,11,11,11,25,17,-11,30,45,36,4,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-14,-12,-5,-36,-7,-22,-24,-31,-4,-3,0,0,2,3,5,1,0,4,4,0,8,14,16,12,39,39,39,39,53,53,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,85,84,84,84,197,197,236,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. Rxe4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 {White is slightly better.} bxa4 11. Nc3 (11. Qe2 c6 12. Nc3 Ra7 13. Nxa4 O-O 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 {½-½ (65) Saric,I (2695)-Ragger,M (2687) St Petersburg 2018}) 11... O-O 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Qh5 {[#]} a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... c6 14. Nxa4 Qa5 15. Nc3 Rb8 {1-0 (39) Preotu,R (2524)-Mikhalevski,V (2581) chess.com INT 2019}) 14. Nxd5 axb2 15. Bxb2 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b2]} 16. Rab1 Re8 (16... Be6 $5 {[%cal Re6d5]} 17. c4 g6 $11) 17. Ne3 Bf4 18. d5 Rb4 19. c4 Bxe3 $1 20. Rxe3 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Rxc4 22. Bd4 c5 23. Ba1 f6 {Black wants to play ...Bg4.} (23... Bg4 $5 24. Qe5 $8 f6 $11) 24. h3 Qe7 25. Qf3 h6 26. Re1 Re4 27. Kf2 Bd7 28. Rd1 Kh7 29. Rd2 Qe8 30. Bb2 Ra4 31. a3 Rc4 32. Re2 Qg6 33. e4 Ba4 {Threatens to win with ...Bd1.} 34. d6 {Black must now prevent Qd3.} Bc6 {[%cal Rc4e4]} 35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kg6 37. e5 fxe5 38. Bxe5 h5 39. Bb2 h4+ 40. Kh2 Kf5 41. Bxg7 Re4 42. Rxe4 $1 Kxe4 $16 {KB-KB} 43. Bf6 c4 44. Bxh4 c3 45. Bf6 c2 46. Bb2 Kd5 47. g4 Kxd6 48. Kg3 Bb5 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. h4 Kf8 51. h5 {Hoping for g5.} Be8 52. Kg3 Kg8 {[#]} (52... Ke7 $16) 53. Kh4 $1 $18 Kh7 {[#]} 54. Kg5 $2 ({White has to play} 54. g5 $1 $18) 54... Bd7 55. Kf4 a5 56. Kg5 a4 57. Kf4 Be6 58. g5 Bf7 59. g6+ (59. h6 {seems wilder.} Kg6 60. Bc1 Be6 61. Be3 Bd7 62. Ke4) 59... Bxg6 $1 {The position is equal.} 60. hxg6+ Kxg6 $11 {KB-KPP} 61. Ke5 {aiming for Kd4.} Kf7 62. Kd6 Ke8 63. Bc1 Kd8 64. Kc6 Kc8 65. Bf4 c1=Q+ 66. Bxc1 {Strongly threatening Bf4.} Kb8 67. Kb6 Ka8 68. Bf4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 65%.} 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 "2019.06.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,65,22,18,31,25,22,24,21,23,29,22,24,31,51,32,39,50,48,40,31,45,68,62,71,33,40,55,58,24,31,27,41,43,70,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... a5 7. Re1 {½-½ (25) Ragger,M (2682)-Van Foreest,J (2601) Brest 2019}) 7. Re1 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 {White has an edge.} 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. d4 Bb6 12. dxe5 h5 13. h4 $1 {[%cal Re5d6]} ({Don't play} 13. exd6 h4 $15) 13... Bg4 14. hxg5 Nxg5 {White must now prevent ...h4!} 15. exd6 h4 16. Bh2 Qf6 {[%cal Rg5f3]} 17. Nbd2 cxd6 18. Be2 (18. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3b6]} Ba7 19. Be2 $11) 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 ({But not} 19. Nxf3 Nxe4 20. Rf1 {[#]} h3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 19... Ne5 20. Rf1 {next Bg4 is good for White.} h3 $1 21. Bg4 d5 22. Bxh3 Rae8 {[%cal Ba8e8,Be8e5,Be5e3][%mdl 32]} 23. Kh1 ({White should try} 23. exd5 $14 Kg7 24. Bxe5 Nxh3+ 25. gxh3 Rxe5 26. Kh1) 23... dxe4 {The position is equal.} 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qg4 {Strongly threatening f4.} Bxf2 26. Nc4 e3 $1 27. Nxe3 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxe3 {[#]} 28. Rxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf2 29. Qxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 {...Rg3 is the strong threat.} 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Rg3.} 33. Qg5+ {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[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 "2019.06.28"]
[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 "2019.06.28"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,154,25,17,33,28,23,32,27,23,25,29,20,27,72,9,10,7,13,13,14,9,9,11,6,10,10,11,38,28,50,22,31,9,22,22,18,21,23,18,32,32,32,32,32,17,17,17,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,38,24,24,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,43,43,47,54,62,37,37,37,37,37,80,80,80,80,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 {And now Nb3 would win.} Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c2] White is slightly better.} 13. Qb1 (13. exd4 exd4+ 14. Be2 (14. Ne2 $2 Ng4 $19) 14... dxc3 $17) (13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Ke1 Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 Nc2+ {½-½ (18) Karjakin,S (2773)-Nakamura,H (2787) Bilbao 2016}) 13... Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 $1 15. Qxd3 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Ne4 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 15... e4 $2 16. Qb1 $18) 16. Ndxe4 ({Not} 16. exd4 exd4 17. O-O dxc3 $17) (16. Ncxe4 $16 dxe4 17. Qxe4) 16... dxe4 $11 17. Qd2 Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6g5]} (17... Nb3 18. Qc2 $16) 18. Nxe4 {[#]} Qxd2+ $146 19. Rxd2 f5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. f3 Rac8 22. O-O e4 23. Rd5 Ne6 24. Rxf5 exf3 25. R1xf3 Nxg5 26. Rxg5 {Threatening Rg4.} Rxc4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. h3 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Rc2 29. Rb5 b6 30. a4 h6 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rb7 {Rff7 is the strong threat.} Rf8 {aiming for ...Rxf3.} 33. Kg3 a6 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {KR-KR} 35. Rb6 Kf7 36. Rxa6 Rxb2 37. Rxa5 g5 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ra6+ Kg7 40. h4 gxh4 41. Ra4 h3 42. gxh3 Kf6 43. Rf4+ Ke7 44. Rh4 Rb6 $1 45. e4 Kf7 46. Kf4 Rf6+ 47. Ke5 {Hoping for Rf4.} Ra6 (47... Re6+ {is more complex.} 48. Kd5 Ra6 49. Rf4+ Kg6 50. Rf3 Ra5+) 48. Rf4+ Ke7 49. Rf5 Ra3 50. h4 Ra1 51. Kf4 Rf1+ 52. Ke3 Re1+ 53. Kd3 Rd1+ {[#]} 54. Ke2 $1 {[%cal Re2d1]} Ra1 {[#]} 55. Rh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Kf6 56. Kd3 (56. Rxh6+ $16 Ke5 57. Kf3) 56... Rd1+ $11 57. Ke3 Re1+ 58. Kd4 Rd1+ 59. Kc5 Ke6 60. Kc4 Kf6 61. Rd5 Rh1 62. h5 Ke6 63. Rb5 Rd1 64. Ra5 Rc1+ 65. Kd4 {Threatens to win with Ra6+.} Rd1+ 66. Ke3 Re1+ 67. Kf3 Rf1+ 68. Ke2 Rb1 69. Ra6+ Ke5 {The position is equal.} 70. Rxh6 Kxe4 71. Rh8 Kf5 72. h6 Kg6 73. Kf3 Rb3+ 74. Ke2 Rb2+ 75. Kd3 Rb7 76. h7 Rxh7 77. Rxh7 Kxh7 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,70,8,18,17,22,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-18,-22,-31,-17,-20,-20,-27,-16,-29,-31,-67,-51,-63,-59,-90,-92,-87,-93,-91,-56,-66,-68,-82,-86,-102,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-10,-10,-8,-9,0,0,0,-3,-3,-8,-3,-8,0,-8,0,-10,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Ng3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 d5 16. Rae1 Na5 17. Qa3 Nc6 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qa3 Nc6 {½-½ (19) Ragger,M (2682)-Harikrishna,P (2730) Brest 2019}) 8... h6 9. Re1 g5 10. Nh2 {Black has an edge.} Rg8 11. Be3 g4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxe3.} 13. Qf3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rf3f7]} Rg7 14. Bxa7 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Nxh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rxa7 15. Nd2 Nxh2 16. Kxh2 {0-1 (59) Miroshnichenko,P (2294)-Skawinski,A (2386) Warsaw 2017}) 15. Kxh2 {Strongly threatening Be3.} Qh4+ 16. Kg1 {[#] aiming for Be3.} Bg4 17. Qe3 Nxa7 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. g3 Qh3 20. Bd1 Bxd1 21. Raxd1 O-O-O 22. Qf3 Rh8 23. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} h5 24. Ne3 h4 (24... Rg5 $17 25. Qh1 (25. Qxf7 $2 h4 $19) 25... Qe6) 25. Qf5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Qxf5 26. Nxf5 Rg5 27. Re3 Kd7 28. Kg2 hxg3 29. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Ne7 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 {KR-KR} 32. Kf3 Rh3+ 33. Kg2 Rh8 34. Kf3 Rh3+ 35. Kg2 Rh8 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,117,7,36,29,43,23,30,12,38,46,38,50,52,44,116,119,120,0,0,-34,0,0,-27,-127,0,0,0,-58,-57,-57,-64,-61,-47,-66,-61,-66,-52,-49,-30,-31,-26,-31,0,0,54,-8,83,62,83,25,25,22,26,24,28,29,29,21,27,29,47,46,46,47,37,39,58,14,14,11,16,10,13,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,9,10,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} Bg7 (6... h6 7. e4 Bg7 8. d4 c5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. d5 e6 13. c4 {0-1 (46) Mareco,S (2649)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Batumi 2018}) 7. h5 c5 8. Rb1 {White has an edge.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. e3 b6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bf5 12. Rb2 Rc8 13. Bb5 {1-0 (35) Podzielny,K (2451)-Gutman,L (2415) Senden 2014}) 9. e4 O-O 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. d4 Bb7 ({Better is} 11... Bg4 $14) 12. Ng5 $16 cxd4 13. Qg4 (13. Bc4 $16 Nd7 14. cxd4) 13... Nd7 $1 $11 14. Qh3 {[%csl Gg5,Gh1][%cal Rh3h7]} Nf6 15. e5 Nh5 16. e6 {[#]} (16. Be2 $11 Qd5 17. cxd4 Qxg2 18. Qxg2 Bxg2 19. Rh4) 16... Qd5 (16... f6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 17. Nf7 Qd5) 17. exf7+ Rxf7 {Threatens to win with ...Rd8.} 18. Bd3 (18. Rb5 $11 Qxa2 19. Nxf7) 18... Qe5+ $15 19. Kd1 $1 dxc3 (19... Rxf2 20. Rb5 $16) 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Re1 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 21. Qg4 $2 {[#]} c2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bxc2 Rd8+ 23. Bd2 Nf4 $19) 21... c2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bxc2 (22. Kxc2 Qxe1) 22... Rd8+ 23. Bd2 $1 Qd6 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rd6d2][%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 24. Qe3 Nf4 25. Kc1 $1 Bh6 26. Kb2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening Rbd1. White has some pressure.} Rc8 (26... Qxd2 $2 27. Qxe7+ Kg8 28. Rbd1 $18) (26... Bg7+ $1 $11 27. Bc3 Nxg2 28. Bb3+ Ke8 29. Ba4+ Kf7 30. Bb3+ Ke8 31. Ba4+ Kf7 32. Bb3+) 27. Rbc1 ({White should play} 27. Rbd1 $1 $14) 27... e6 (27... Nd3+ $11 28. Qxd3 Bxd2 29. Rxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} (29. Bb3+ Kg7 $15) 29... Kxe7 30. Qxd6+ Kxd6) 28. Kb1 $16 Bxg2 29. Bb3 (29. Bxg6+ $16 Nxg6 30. Qxh6 Be4+ 31. Kb2 (31. Rxe4 Rxc1+ 32. Kxc1 Qc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kb2 Qxe4 $11) 31... Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Bc3 Rxc3 33. Rxe4 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxe4 34. Rxc3) 29... Rxc1+ $11 30. Bxc1 Bh3 31. Bb2 {Black must now prevent Rd1.} Bf5+ 32. Ka1 Bg7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rd1 Nd3 35. Bc4 {[%cal Rc4d3]} Qe5+ 36. Qxe5+ Nxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 37. Be2 g5 38. Rc1 Kf6 {The position is equal.} 39. Rc7 Bd3 40. Bxd3 Nxd3 41. Rxa7 {next Ra3 is good for White.} Nxf2 $11 {KR-KN} 42. Rb7 g4 43. Rxb6 {Hoping for a4.} g3 44. a4 {And now a5 would win.} Ne4 45. Rb1 {Rc1 is the strong threat.} Nc5 46. a5 {aiming for Ka2.} Ke5 47. Kb2 Kf4 48. Kc3 g2 49. Kc4 Na6 50. Kb5 Nb8 51. Kc4 Na6 52. Kb5 Nb8 53. Kc4 Na6 54. Rg1 Kg3 55. Kd4 Kf2 56. Rxg2+ Kxg2 57. Ke5 Nc5 {[#]} 58. a6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxa6 {( -> ...Nc5)} 59. Kxe6 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,53,6,0,0,15,0,0,0,22,12,24,24,48,30,40,39,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,27,31,39,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Bg5 (5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. f3 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. fxe4 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 dxc3 14. fxg7 {½-½ (40) McShane,L (2647)-Anand,V (2783) Germany 2018}) 5... d5 6. Bxf6 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} Qxf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. e3 O-O $146 (8... Bxc3+ $5 9. bxc3 Nd7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ne2 Qd6 11. O-O f5 12. cxd5 cxd5 {½-½ (32) Straka,Z (2576)-Williamson,H (2531) ICCF email 2017}) 9. Nge2 Be6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nf4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Qb3 Nb6 $1 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfb1 g5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. a4 Rab8 18. Ra2 Qc7 19. Bf1 Rfc8 $1 20. Qb4 Nc4 {The position is equal.} 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qe7 Qxa2 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Qe7+ Kg6 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Qe7+ Kg6 27. Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 63%.} 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 "2019.06.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,91,43,18,44,0,0,0,4,17,21,10,18,8,29,17,30,10,0,-45,-40,-50,24,0,36,24,40,31,36,36,32,35,23,11,37,35,83,85,70,16,39,10,57,0,0,0,33,17,15,27,712,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Bg4 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} (10... O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 g6 20. b4 c4 21. Qd4 Qc6 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Ra7 Ra8 {0-1 (35) Wei,Y (2729)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. Qe1 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Ne6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Nc3 f5 {[#]} 16. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. f4 Kh8 17. h3 Bh5 18. Kh2 {½-½ (48) Sutovsky,E (2673)-Vocaturo,D (2609) Caleta 2018}) 16... Kh8 17. Bb3 {Threatens to win with f3.} c6 18. h3 Bh5 19. f4 g5 (19... c5 $1 $15 20. dxc5 (20. Bxd5 Nxd4 21. Be3 Rc8 $17) (20. Nxd5 $2 c4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 20... Nxc5) 20. Kh2 gxf4 (20... b4 {is more complex.} 21. Na4 Qa5 22. Be3 Qb5 23. Qd2 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Be2) 21. Bd1 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd1h5][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} ({Much weaker is} 21. Bxf4 Bg5 $17) 21... Bxd1 22. Qxd1 Bg5 23. Ne2 {[%cal Rc1f4]} Ra7 24. Bxf4 Rg7 25. Qd2 Rfg8 26. Bxg5 Rxg5 27. Rf2 c5 28. b4 (28. Nf4 $14 Nxd4 29. b4) 28... cxb4 29. Qxb4 R5g6 (29... f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4f3]}) 30. Qc3 (30. Rg1 $1 $14) 30... Qh4 $11 31. Raf1 f4 32. Qf3 Rg3 $1 33. Qxd5 Ng5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... R8g6 $11) 34. Nxf4 $2 (34. Rxf4 $18 Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Ne6+ 37. Kf2 Nxf4 38. Nxf4) 34... Nxh3 $1 $15 35. Qxg8+ $1 (35. Nxh3 {[#] is a self mate.} Rxh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. gxh3 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Qxh3+ 38. Rh2 Qxf1#) 35... Rxg8 36. Nxh3 ({Much worse is} 36. gxh3 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Qe3 $17) 36... Qxd4 37. e6 Qd6+ 38. Nf4 $1 Rf8 (38... a5 $15) 39. g3 $11 {aiming for Ng6+!The position is equal.} Rxf4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} (39... Re8 {keeps more tension.} 40. Nh5 Qa3 41. Re2 Qc5 42. Nf4 Qe7) 40. gxf4 {Hoping for Re1.} Qxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 41. f5 Qh6+ (41... Qf6 {looks sharper.} 42. Rg2 Qh6+ 43. Kg1 Qb6+ 44. Rff2 Qc5) 42. Kg3 Qg5+ 43. Kh3 Qh5+ 44. Kg3 Qg5+ 45. Kh3 Qh5+ 46. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 40%.} 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 "2019.06.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,129,14,31,47,33,36,49,34,45,35,42,42,49,-5,26,12,19,4,0,0,-1,-24,-23,-12,-7,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,8,20,0,18,19,73,2,2,0,73,66,66,66,83,92,83,0,68,69,69,69,65,72,72,72,71,71,71,71,70,67,54,29,81,81,81,25,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 Bf5 (5... Nb6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc5 Nc4 12. Qc2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nd3 Bg7 {0-1 (37) Xiong,J (2672)-Salem,A (2672) chess.com INT 2019}) 6. f3 {And now e4 would win. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Nb6 7. e4 Nxa4 8. Qxa4+ $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxa4 Bg7 10. Ne2 c5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. d5 O-O 13. Be3 {½-½ (50) Li,D (2434)-Schreiner,P (2472) Zadar 2016}) 8... Bd7 9. Qb3 Bg7 10. Be3 ({Much weaker is} 10. Qxb7 Nc6 $15) 10... O-O 11. d5 (11. Rc1 $14) 11... b6 12. Rd1 Qe8 {White must now prevent ...Ba4.} 13. Rd2 c6 14. Ne2 e6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Qa3 Ne5 {Threatens to win with ...Nc4.} 17. Nc3 b5 18. Qa6 {[%cal Rc3b5]} b4 19. Nd1 $1 Qe7 20. Be2 Rfd8 21. O-O Bc8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qa4 a5 24. Nf2 Bd7 25. Qd1 Nc6 26. b3 Be8 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Rd1 Bd4 29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. e5 Bc6 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. Nf6 h5 34. Rc1 Kf8 35. Kf2 a4 36. bxa4 Bxa4 37. Rc7 b3 38. axb3 Bxb3 39. Ke3 Ba4 40. Bd3 Nc6 (40... Nf5+ $11 {remains equal.} 41. Bxf5 exf5) 41. Nd7+ (41. Bc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2a4]} Bb5 42. Rb7) 41... Ke8 $1 $11 42. Nf6+ ({White should play} 42. Be4 $11 Rxd7 43. Rxc6) 42... Kf8 $16 43. Bc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2a4]} Bb5 44. Kf4 Ne7 45. Nh7+ Ke8 {...Nd5+ is the strong threat.} 46. Nf6+ Kf8 47. Be4 $1 Rc8 48. Ra7 Bc6 49. Kg5 Bxe4 50. Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc6 51. Rb7 $1 {Hoping for Kf6.} Kg7 52. Nd6 Rf8 53. f4 Nd4 54. Rd7 Nf5 {[#]} (54... Nc2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 55. Nxf5+ $1 gxf5 {KR-KR} 56. Rd3 (56. h3 $16) 56... Ra8 {[#]} (56... Rg8 $1 $11) 57. Rg3 ({White should try} 57. Rd2 $1 $16) 57... f6+ $11 {The position is equal.} 58. Kxh5+ Kf7 {[%cal Ra8h8]} 59. Rg6 fxe5 60. fxe5 Ra5 61. Kh6 {aiming for Rf6+.} Rxe5 62. Rg7+ Kf6 63. Rg6+ Kf7 64. Rg7+ Kf6 65. Rg6+ {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,20,18,31,22,32,36,27,46,29,49,40,45,42,49,47,64,55,70,27,35,23,19,17,21,22,12,14,28,12,6,0,23,19,17,15,8,0,4,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bf4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Be5 {White is slightly better.} (8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. a4 {½-½ (40) Shankland,S (2725)-Carlsen,M (2835) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8... Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Na4 Bg4 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (75) Egresi,M (2178)-Gergacz,B (2034) Hungary 2015}) 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Bd3 Bxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. f4 {Strongly threatening f5.} c5 14. f5 c4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 15. Qa3 cxd3 16. fxe6 fxe6 {And now ...Nxe5 would win.} 17. Nxd3 Ra8 18. Qd6 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nc5 Rf7 21. b3 Re8 {The position is equal.} 22. Rac1 e5 23. h3 Nc8 24. Nd3 exd4 25. exd4 Na7 26. Nf4 Nc6 27. Nfxd5 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Rd7 29. Rc5 Nxd4 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Rc4 {[#] aiming for Nf6+!} Red8 32. Re1 Rxd5 33. Rxe6 R8d6 34. Rxd6 (34. Re7 {looks sharper.} Rd7 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. a4 Kh7 37. Rb4) 34... Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 35. a4 b6 36. b4 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Rc6 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Ra3+ 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,82,12,6,9,10,11,20,11,20,16,30,18,26,6,0,0,0,0,37,-25,-27,-13,-18,-29,-26,-41,-39,-43,-54,-36,-30,-46,-26,-61,-39,-25,-33,-31,-19,-48,-14,-17,-22,-21,-22,-15,-22,-20,-18,-29,-1,-3,-6,-8,0,-8,-7,-4,-9,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a6 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 (11. Qb3 Qe7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Bd5 Qc7 {½-½ (35) Nakamura,H (2761)-Grischuk,A (2772) Moscow 2019}) 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nb3 Ne7 14. Nh4 d5 {[#] And now ...dxe4 would win.} 15. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 dxe4 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. dxe4 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 {½-½ (41) Alekseev,E (2638)-Goryachkina,A (2452) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 15... Rd6 16. Nc5 (16. Bb2 $14) 16... Bxc5 $11 17. bxc5 Re6 18. Qf3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qd7 20. a5 Rd8 21. Rb1 Qc6 22. Qe3 Kh7 23. Rb4 Ng6 (23... Nh5 {seems wilder.} 24. Nf5 Nf4 25. Qf3 Qxc5 26. Rxb7 Rd3) 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. f3 Nh5 26. Qf2 g5 27. Kh2 Nf4 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. Reb1 Rd3 30. Rxb7 Rxc3 31. Rb8 Qxc5 32. Qh4 Qe7 (32... Qxa5 {[#]} 33. Qd8 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 33. Qg4 Rc2 34. Qf5+ g6 35. Qf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8h8]} Qxf8 36. Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kg7 37. Rbb8 {The position is equal.} Rd6 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40. Rhg8+ Kh7 41. Rh8+ Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 54%.} 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 "2019.06.30"]
[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 "2019.06.30"]
[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 "2019.07.01"]
[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 "2019.07.01"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,85,16,19,22,25,18,14,9,7,18,33,20,44,31,38,13,27,21,69,81,79,79,78,67,88,4,128,119,213,186,212,204,233,139,134,135,136,97,145,134,229,237,237,209,208,176,198,191,204,194,192,174,236,229,237,228,271,264,308,308,306,308,310,310,308,308,309,304,320,308]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be7 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd3 {The position is equal.} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Bh4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 a6 15. O-O b5 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. Bb1 Rad8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (41) Anand,V (2792)-Carlsen,M (2863) Sochi 2014}) 13. Bxc4 h6 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. e4 e5 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Rxc4 19. Bxe5 Ba4 20. b3 {Hoping for Qb2.} Nxe4 $1 21. Rd3 (21. Qe2 $16 Rxc3 22. bxa4) 21... Rec8 (21... Bf6 $1 $11 22. Nd2 (22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. bxa4 Rxc3 $11) 22... Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Bg5) 22. Qb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} (22. bxa4 $6 Nxc3 23. Rd7 Bxa3 $11) 22... Nc5 (22... Rxc3 $16 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Nxc3 26. bxa4 Bxa3) 23. Re3 $1 $18 ({Weaker is} 23. bxc4 Nxd3 24. Qxb7 Re8 $16) 23... Bxb3 {[#]} 24. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg4 (24... Kxg7 25. Nd5+) 25. Bxh6 ({Not} 25. Rxe7 Rxg7 26. Ne4 Nxe4 $14) ({White should play} 25. Bd4 $18 Be6 26. h3) 25... Bf6 $16 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 {Black must now prevent Ne4!} Qb6 {Strongly threatening ...Nd3.} 28. Qd2 {And now Be3 would win.} Rg6 {[#]} (28... Qf6 $16 29. Rg5+ Rxg5 30. Bxg5 Qf5) 29. Be3 $1 $18 {aiming for Nd5.} ({Don't play} 29. Rg5 $6 Kh7 $16) 29... Qc6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rc6g2]} 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 {[%cal Re3c5]} b6 32. g3 Nd7 33. Qxc6 Rgxc6 34. Rd5 Nf8 (34... Nf6 {was necessary.} 35. Rg5+ Kf8) 35. Rfd1 Ne6 36. a4 Rc4 37. a5 {White has a decisive advantage.} Rb4 38. Rd7 bxa5 39. Rxa7 a4 40. Rdd7 Nd8 41. Rd5 Ne6 42. Rda5 Rcc4 43. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,58,48,54,45,47,15,11,21,12,10,20,14,38,48,36,45,27,37,43,25,31,45,40,31,34,31,50,50,37,27,110,108,115,112,110,108,156,145,149,146,156,157,162,158,153,154,256,258,255,255,243]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nf3 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} Re8 7. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na6 12. Be2 Nc5 {½-½ (36) Giri,A (2787)-Dubov,D (2690) Moscow 2019}) 7... Nxe4 8. Bxe4 {And now d3 would win.The position is equal.} Bxc3 $1 9. dxc3 Rxe4+ 10. Be3 d6 11. c5 d5 12. h3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Nb3 Qh4 17. Qd2 f6 18. f4 Qh5 19. Bf2 g5 {[#]} (19... Nf8 $11) 20. c6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White has strong initiative.} Bxc6 {[#]} 21. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Bb7 {[#]} 22. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 {aiming for Re7.} Re8 24. Nxc7 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 {Strongly threatening Qe7.} d4 26. Qe7 ({Don't do} 26. cxd4 $6 gxf4 27. Qe6+ Qf7 $16) 26... Qf7 27. Qd8+ Nf8 (27... Kg7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 28. Bxd4 $18 gxf4 29. Ne8 ({Less strong is} 29. Qxf6 Qxf6 30. Bxf6 Kf7 $16) ({Worse is} 29. Bxf6 f3 $11) 29... Ne6 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 68%.} 1-0

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,74,35,13,45,25,22,0,0,5,10,0,0,-13,-8,-22,0,0,25,-33,-33,-23,-12,-42,-29,-27,-25,-26,-21,-49,-55,-27,-8,-8,-12,-48,-27,-43,0,0,-7,-73,-61,-61,-60,-54,-57,-297,-61,-133,-38,-345,-345,-333,-316,-562,-555,-548,-522,-1251,-1238,-29978,-29979]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (8... Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qb1 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Ra3 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {0-1 (33) Lagarde,M (2612)-Jones,G (2698) Reykjavik 2019}) 9. d3 h6 10. axb5 axb5 {The position is equal.} 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Nh4 Bc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne7 13. Qf3 Bc8 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd2 Bb6 16. g4 Nh7 {0-1 (46) Schunk,E (2277)-Hector,J (2552) Fuerth 2001}) 13. Na3 Bg4 14. Qc2 Qb8 15. Kh1 g5 16. Nf5 (16. h3 $11) 16... Bxf5 $15 17. exf5 O-O 18. Qd1 Na5 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. b4 {[#]} Bxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. cxb4 Nc6 22. Nc2 Qc8 23. g4 Qa8 {Strongly threatening ...Nxb4+.} 24. f3 Qa2 25. d4 Re7 26. dxe5 dxe5 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 27. Qd3 (27. h4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... e4 28. Qc3 Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 29. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nd5 30. Qh3 $2 (30. Qd4 $1 $15 Nf3 31. Qc5) 30... Nf3 $2 (30... Qxc2 31. f6 $17) (30... gxf4 31. f6 $19) (30... Nxf4 31. Qxh6 Qxc2 32. Qxg5+ Rg7 33. Qd8+ (33. Qxf4 $2 e3 $19) 33... Kh7 34. Bxf4 $11) (30... e3 $19 31. fxe5 e2) 31. Ne1 {[#]} (31. fxg5 $1 $15 Qxc2 32. gxh6) 31... Nxe1 ({Not} 31... Nxb4 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Nxf3 $16) (31... Qe2 $1 $17 32. f6 (32. Nxf3 exf3 33. fxg5 hxg5 $17) 32... Nxf6) 32. Rxe1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. f6 $1 $15 Nxf6 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Rxe1) 32... e3 $1 $19 ({Inferior is} 32... gxf4 33. Qxh6 Qf2 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ $11) 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Qg2 $2 (34. f6 {is a better defense.} Nf4 35. Qg3 Qd5+ 36. Kg1) 34... Qc4 35. Qf3 Re4 36. h3 Rf4 37. Qg3 Rf1+ {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[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 "2019.07.01"]
[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 "2019.07.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,41,52,26,24,35,28,12,35,30,37,35,45,39,49,46,43,45,45,43,43,33,35,19,39,32,44,44,44,41,32,15,15,15,21,11,15,14,14,14,11,10,12,0,0,0,28,-352,-396,-1538,-1433,-1065,-1004,-2286,-2091]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 g6 5. d3 h6 $1 6. h4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (6. O-O Bg7 7. Ne1 Nge7 8. f4 d6 9. f5 gxf5 10. Qh5 Rf8 11. exf5 d5 12. Bb3 Bf6 13. Qxh6 Nxf5 14. Rxf5 Bxf5 15. Nxd5 {1-0 (62) Andreikin,D (2725)-Bacrot,E (2684) chess.com INT 2019}) 6... d6 7. h5 g5 8. Nh2 {White has an edge.} Bg7 9. Ng4 Nge7 10. Ne3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f5 11. Bd2 f4 12. Ned5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 {1-0 (37) Perestjuk,M (2025)-Goebel,C (2245) Oberhof 2013}) 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. g4 Rb8 13. a4 Nd4 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 ({Not} 15. exd5 f5 $17) 15... Ne6 16. f3 Nf4 17. Qb1 Be6 18. Qa2 Qd7 19. Rg1 b6 20. Bc3 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 a6 22. Bd2 Qe7 23. Rf1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kf2 c4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Rad1 f5 28. gxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. exf5 $11 {and White is okay.} Bd4+ 29. Kg2 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kh3) 28... g4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. d4 $2 (29. dxc4 Qh4+ 30. Ke2 Qh2+ 31. Kd3) (29. fxg4 Qh4+) 29... Qh4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Ke2 Qh2+ 31. Rf2 gxf3+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,17,15,0,0,0,0,2,-6,0,4,10,9,0,25,10,4,10,10,14,6,13,9,16,42,36,39,14,21,6,18,14,236,16,19,18,26,4,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-5,0,0,0,-19,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 Nc4 11. b3 Nb6 12. a4 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}) 6... Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf1 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. d3 Bf6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. h3 Bf5 13. b3 Re6 {1-0 (68) Ni,S (2427)-Olsarova,K (2303) Aracaju 2018}) 8... e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 d4 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Be4 Be6 14. d3 Bd5 15. Bf4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 f5 17. Re2 g5 18. Bd2 g4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bd6 $2 {[#]} (20... Qd7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 21. Re2 $2 (21. Rxf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh2+ (21... Rxf5 22. Qxg4+) 22. Kh1 Rxf5 23. Qxg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 24. Qxf5) 21... Qf6 22. c3 Rae8 23. g3 dxc3 {The position is equal.} 24. Bxc3 Qf7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qd2 Qe6 27. Qg5+ Qg6 28. Qd2 Qe6 29. Qg5+ Qg6 30. Qd2 Qe6 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,107,11,11,15,9,13,23,14,4,16,9,0,3,5,0,-23,-13,-6,-7,-6,-2,-14,-14,-6,-2,-11,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-5,-2,-14,-11,-4,-4,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 Bf5 9. e3 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} a4 10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 Re8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Bf1 e5 15. Qb5 Ne4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. bxa4 Rxa4 {½-½ (49) Topalov,V (2760)-Caruana,F (2823) Saint Louis 2016}) 11... Nxd5 12. Qc1 {[#] e4 is the strong threat.} Nc7 13. Nc4 Nb5 14. Bb2 Be4 15. b4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 {The position is equal.} Qxb6 17. a3 Qd8 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Nd6 21. Qc2 e5 22. e4 Qe6 23. dxe5 $1 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rae1 Nb5 26. Nf3 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Nxc3 28. Re3 Nb5 29. Ne5 Rfd8 30. Nc4 Rd4 31. Rc1 Nd6 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 33. Rc5 Rad8 34. b5 cxb5 35. Rxb5 Rd3 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxb7 Rxa3 {KR-KR} 38. Ra7 g5 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. e5 Kg6 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 h5 44. f4 f5 45. exf6+ Kf7 46. Ra5 Kxf6 47. Rxh5 Rb3 48. Ra5 a3 49. h5 Kg7 50. Ra6 Kh7 51. Kf2 Rh3 52. Kg2 (52. h6 $5) 52... Rb3 53. Kf2 Rh3 54. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,7,11,2,14,7,15,8,19,19,14,12,12,15,14,16,10,20,15,17,12,28,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. d4 c6 9. dxe5 {[#] And now Be2 would win.} cxb5 10. exf6 Qxf6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rf6f2]} 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 bxa4 {1-0 (46) Caruana,F (2816)-Kramnik,V (2792) Paris 2018}) 12... d6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Be3 b4 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Qd4 {The position is equal.} (16. cxb4 {is more complex.} Qxb2 17. Qd4 Rxa2 18. Rxa2 Qxa2 19. Nh4) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. gxf3 bxc3 19. bxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rfc8 20. Reb1 Rxc3 21. Rxb6 Rxf3 22. Rxb7 f5 23. exf5 Ra4 24. Rb5 Kg7 25. Rd5 Rfa3 26. Rxd6 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28. Rd3 h5 29. Rb3 Ra5 30. Rc3 Rxf5 31. Rb3 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 85%.} 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 "2019.07.03"]
[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 "2019.07.04"]
[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 "2019.07.04"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,110,19,23,35,36,43,41,25,22,26,37,35,16,16,16,12,18,16,11,11,5,14,9,9,4,2,3,38,13,21,25,52,52,74,39,55,31,33,37,28,33,47,42,39,52,66,0,71,36,20,20,45,40,63,60,67,62,71,47,54,59,157,111,137,131,248,51,50,0,249,250,243,233,3902,3610,4132,2182,1649,1384,1048,189,189,175,29967,29967,29966,29964,29972,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29976,29979,29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 b6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. c3 Nd6 16. Ng3 Bg5 17. c4 Rc8 18. b3 Qf6 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qd4 Re8 21. Rd1 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Bd3 Qe5 {½-½ (23) So,W (2765)-Nakamura,H (2746) Kolkata 2018}) 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O {White is slightly better.} 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Qd2 Bf6 14. Ne2 Qd7 15. c3 {½-½ (28) Anand,V (2773)-Nakamura,H (2746) Kolkata 2018}) 12... Ne7 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} g6 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} c6 18. Ne2 Nf5 19. g3 Nh6 20. c4 Bg4 21. Qg2 dxc4 22. Bxc4+ Kh8 23. d5 Nf7 24. Nf4 Ne5 25. Be2 {Black must now prevent Bxg4.} Bd7 26. Rad1 cxd5 27. Bc3 Bc6 28. Nxd5 f5 29. f4 (29. Bxe5 $14 Bxe5 30. Bf3 Bxb2 31. Nf4) 29... Nd7 (29... Ng4 $11) 30. Bxg7+ (30. Qf2 {is more complex.} Bxc3 31. bxc3 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Qc7 33. Bf3) 30... Kxg7 31. Bf3 Nf6 32. Nxf6 Qxf6 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. Rd7+ Rf7 35. Qd2 {Threatens to win with Rd6.} Rxd7 36. Qxd7+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kf8 ({Black should try} 36... Kh6 $1 $14) 37. Re5 Rd8 38. Qxh7 Re8 (38... Rd1+ $16 39. Kf2 a6) 39. Qh6+ $2 ({Weaker is} 39. Qxa7 Rxe5 40. fxe5 Qxe5 $16) (39. Qc7 $18) 39... Kf7 40. Qh7+ $2 (40. Rxe8 $14 Kxe8 41. Kf1) 40... Kf8 $18 41. Qc7 ({Not} 41. Qxa7 Rxe5 42. fxe5 Qxe5 $16) 41... Rxe5 42. Qxe5 ({Don't do} 42. fxe5 $6 Qe7) 42... Qxe5 $2 (42... Qf7 43. a3 Kg8) 43. fxe5 {KP-KP} Kf7 44. h4 Ke6 45. Kf2 Kxe5 46. Kf3 $2 (46. Ke3 c5 47. Kf3) 46... c5 47. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ke6 $2 (47... a6 $18 48. Ke3 a5) 48. Kf4 {White mates.} Kf6 49. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} a6 50. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} c4 51. a4 Ke6 52. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3d4]} Kd5 {[#]} 53. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2c3]} Kd4 {[#]} 54. Kc2 $1 c3 55. b5 Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 44%.} 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 "2019.07.04"]
[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 "2019.07.04"]
[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 "2019.07.04"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,71,37,11,18,11,37,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,11,17,8,9,0,0,0,34,24,24,24,27,0,36,29,56,71,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. 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 h5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rad1+ Kc8 13. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 b6 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nh4 17. Bxh4 Rxh4 {1-0 (41) Wei,Y (2696)-Giri,A (2785) Bilbao 2016}) 13... b6 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Rfe1 Kb7 17. Ne2 g6 18. Nf4 Ng7 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. Re2 Rae8 21. g3 a5 22. c3 a4 23. f3 Be6 (23... h4 {with more complications.} 24. gxh4 Rh8 25. Kf2 Rxh4 26. Rd4 Rh8) 24. Nfxe6 Nxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. f4 c5 27. Kf2 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 28. Rde1 {[#] And now exf6 would win.} Rd8 29. exf6 (29. g4 $14) 29... Rxf6 $11 {The position is equal.} 30. Re6 Rxe6 $1 31. Rxe6 {KR-KR} Rd2+ 32. Re2 $1 {[%cal Re2d2]} Rd3 33. Re3 Rd2+ 34. Re2 Rd3 35. Re3 Rd2+ 36. Re2 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,97,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,42,27,35,42,33,34,29,33,0,21,0,20,0,30,36,31,23,36,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. exf6 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} O-O 13. Bxc4 Rd8 ({Not} 13... Qxg2 $2 14. O-O-O $18) 14. Qe3 Bd7 {[#]} ({But not} 14... Qxg2 $2 15. O-O-O $18) 15. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. O-O Nc6 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. f4 Rac8 19. Be2 Be8 {½-½ (64) Van Wely,L (2675)-Burg,T (2518) Amsterdam 2017}) 15... Nc6 16. Bb3 Be8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. h4 Qf6 19. Rh3 b5 20. Rg3+ Kh8 21. Rg4 a5 22. Rf4 {[#] Rxd8+ would kill now.} Qg7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. g4 b4 25. g5 bxc3 26. Bc2 Bd5 27. Rf6 Qf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8a3] [#] ( -> ...Qa3+)} 28. Qxc3 {And now Rxf7+ would win.} Rc8 29. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} Qg7 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] The position is equal. Black is not holding back} 30. f4 Kg8 $1 31. Kd2 h6 32. a3 hxg5 33. fxg5 Rc4 34. Qg3 Be4 $1 35. Bb3 Rd4+ 36. Ke1 Bf5 37. h5 {Black must now prevent h6.} Rd3 38. Qb8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. Bc2 Rh3 41. Bxf5 exf5 {KR-KR} 42. h6 {Threatens to win with a4.} Kg8 43. a4 Rh4 44. Rxf5 Rxa4 45. Kf2 Rg4 46. Kf3 Rg1 47. Kf2 Rg4 48. Kf3 Rg1 49. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,15,11,12,10,7,4,7,20,18,20,19,25,16,28,12,7,7,6,16,16,10,14,9,9,2,9,0,16,17,10,10,31,28,34,6,41,47,43,41,42,41,48,41,145,145,145,145,145,136,145,145,140,137,391,410,471,474,548,565,1008,1011,978,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. d4 c6 9. dxe5 cxb5 10. exf6 Qxf6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rf6f2]} 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nc4 $146 d5 14. exd5 Bd7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qe7 17. Qd4 Rfe8 18. e4 f6 19. Rfe1 b5 20. Nd2 a5 21. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bg4 22. d6 Qd7 (22... Qb7 {is interesting.} 23. c4 bxc4 24. Rxa4 Rad8 25. Rxc4 Re6) 23. e5 Bxf3 $1 24. gxf3 fxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 ({Black should play} 26... Qf7 $14) 27. Qd5+ $16 Kh8 28. Rd1 h6 29. Rd4 Re6 30. Kf2 Rf6 31. h4 b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Rf8 $16 32. Kg3 Rf6) 32. c4 $1 $18 a3 33. bxa3 bxa3 {aiming for ...a2.} 34. c5 {Threatens to win with c6.} a2 35. Qxa2 Qh3 36. Qe2 $2 (36. Qd5 $18) 36... Qh2+ $11 {The position is equal.} 37. Ke3 Qg1+ 38. Kd3 Qb1+ 39. Ke3 {And now Qd1 would win.} Qg1+ 40. Kd3 Qb1+ 41. Kd2 {Strongly threatening Qe8+.} Qb2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 42. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,115,23,0,30,16,29,-20,-22,-18,-21,-25,-29,-28,-28,-56,-55,-86,-57,-43,-41,-50,-37,-42,-31,-23,-23,-27,-24,-50,-9,-36,-21,-42,-23,-66,47,-31,52,54,37,0,-7,-31,-20,-63,-25,-21,-8,-121,-34,-42,0,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-42,-43,-43,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 Bg4 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} (11... Nxe4 12. Bd5 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Nxa5 14. cxb4 Rxb4 15. d4 c6 16. Ba2 exd4 17. Kg1 d5 18. Na3 Bf6 19. Nc2 {1-0 (48) Dominguez Perez,L (2750)-Nozdrachev,V (2489) Sochi 2019}) 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g4 Bg6 14. d3 d5 {½-½ (14) Sion Castro,M (2375)-Gomez,M (2425) Elgoibar 1995}) 13... Na7 14. g4 Bg6 15. d3 Nb5 16. Bg5 h5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Kg2 bxc3 19. Nxc3 {[%cal Rc4b5]} c6 20. Bxb5 $1 axb5 21. Qd1 b4 22. Ne2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qd7 24. Kh3 Rb5 25. Ng3 Ra8 26. Qb3 Bd8 27. a6 Bb6 ({Black should play} 27... Rb6 $15) 28. Rf1 (28. Kg2 $14) 28... Kf8 (28... Qe6 $15 29. Qxe6 fxe6) 29. Nh4 Bh7 30. Qc2 Bd8 31. Nhf5 Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 32. Ra4 f6 33. Ne2 Rb6 34. a7 (34. d4 $11 {remains equal.}) 34... Rb7 ({But not} 34... Rxa7 $6 35. Rxa7 Qxa7 36. Nxd6 $11) ({Black should try} 34... c5 $17 35. Raa1 Rb7) 35. Ra6 $1 $15 Bxf5 36. gxf5 c5 37. Rfa1 {next Qa4 is good for White.} Rbxa7 38. Qc4 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 Rxa6 40. Qxa6 g6 41. Kg2 gxf5 {[#] aiming for ...f4.} 42. Ng3 fxe4 43. dxe4 d5 {Threatens to win with ...Kg7.} 44. Qb6 dxe4 {Hoping for ...Qd5.} 45. Qxc5+ Kg7 46. Qxb4 e3 47. fxe3 Bxe3 48. Qe4 Bf4 {...Qg4 is the strong threat.} 49. Nh5+ {The position is equal.} Kh6 50. Nxf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Re4g6]} Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack, Pin} 51. Kf2 exf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 52. Qh1+ Kg5 {Strongly threatening ...Qg3+.} 53. Qd5+ f5 54. Qg8+ Kf6 55. Qf8+ Ke6 56. Qe8+ Kf6 57. Qf8+ $1 Ke6 58. Qe8+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,65,15,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,11,9,9,9,10,8,20,16,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 {The position is equal.} 8. Rd1 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} cxd4 9. Rxd4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Qa5 10. Bg3 Nb6 11. Nd2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nb3.} dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd5 (12... Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qa6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {½-½ (40) Mamedyarov,S (2814)-Giri,A (2777) Shamkir 2018}) 13. Nb3 Qb6 {[#]} 14. Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. O-O Bd7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 {½-½ (52) Melkumyan,H (2650)-Kravtsiv,M (2631) Riga 2016}) 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O Be6 17. Qb1 Rac8 18. Rd2 Bf6 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rc4 21. Rfd1 (21. Be5 {seems wilder.} Qc6 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Rd1 b5 24. a3) 21... Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc8 23. h3 Rc4 24. Be5 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Qc7 26. Qd1 a6 27. Qh5 h6 28. f4 Kh7 29. f5 {[#] aiming for Qg4.} Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc7+ 31. Kg1 {Black must now prevent Qg4.} Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qc7+ 33. Kg1 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 85%.} 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 "2019.07.05"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,0,0,6,17,20,25,10,22,18,20,9,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,15,22,20,22,21,30,22,13,10,14,6,2,6,23,24,26,13,15,5,4,4,4,0,0,0,0,4,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 (4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. a4 b6 8. c3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Na3 Be7 11. Bb1 e5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 {½-½ (42) Jakovenko,D (2719)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 4... Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d3 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. h3 Ne8 10. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 Nc7 11. d4 Ne6 {1-0 (38) Liang,A (2589)-Garriga Cazorla,P (2448) Sitges 2018}) 10... Nc7 11. Bxd7 cxd4 12. Bxc8 dxc3 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. bxc3 {[#] And now Rb1 would win.} Rxb7 15. Be3 Bxc3 16. Rc1 Bb2 17. Rb1 {Strongly threatening Bh6.} Ne6 18. e5 Qc7 19. exd6 exd6 20. Qd5 Rbb8 21. Rfd1 Bf6 22. Rbc1 Rfd8 23. Nd2 Nc5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rb2 26. Qf3 Be5 27. Qd5 Re8 {The position is equal.} 28. c5 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Qb8 30. Qc4 Rb1 31. Rcd5 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. f4 Qc7 35. Qxa6 Bxf4 36. Bxf4 Qxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 37. a4 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Kh1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kh1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,71,17,6,6,0,0,10,10,11,11,12,17,16,14,20,25,17,18,19,23,25,17,19,17,12,20,21,46,47,44,44,45,45,45,43,43,35,51,38,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O {E34: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5} 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd5 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. f3 {½-½ (38) Mamedyarov,S (2804)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rac8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. O-O Nd5 19. Rd1 f6 20. Bd4 $1 Ba4 21. b3 Be8 22. Bc4 b5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bxa7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra8 25. Bc5 Rxa2 26. h4 Bf7 27. e4 Ra8 28. exd5 Rd8 29. b4 (29. d6 {with more complications.} Bxb3 30. Re1 Rd7 31. f4 Kf7 32. Kf2) 29... Rxd5 {The position is equal.} 30. Rxd5 (30. Ra1 {seems wilder.} h5 31. Ra5 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Bc4 33. Ra7) 30... Bxd5 $11 {KB-KB} 31. f3 h5 32. Bd4 Bc6 33. Bc3 Bd5 34. Bd4 Bc6 35. Bc3 Bd5 36. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,104,16,31,23,8,13,12,9,21,8,25,0,18,0,16,14,49,22,27,23,23,15,33,32,46,46,39,32,47,38,48,35,44,35,66,41,41,31,31,20,39,31,29,18,64,14,17,15,16,20,8,8,14,-29,-29,-52,0,0,0,0,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,-45,-30,-19,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd5. B01: Scandinavian Defence} Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3 $1 9. Bxc3 Qb6 10. O-O (10. b3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Be4 13. Re1 Qc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 {½-½ (71) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Kovalenko,I (2657) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... O-O 11. b3 Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. Ne5 Rad8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bb2 e5 {1-0 (45) Kopinits,A (2298)-Kreisl,R (2431) Austria 2018}) 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Bb2 c6 14. Qc1 h6 15. h3 Rac8 16. Bf1 Bh7 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. c4 b5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Rac1 Rb7 22. Bc3 Nf8 23. Bb4 g5 24. Rc5 a6 25. Rec1 Kg7 26. Rc6 Ra7 27. Ba5 Rdd7 28. a4 Ng6 29. axb5 axb5 30. b4 Nf4 31. Nb3 Bd3 32. Rd1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 e5 ({Better is} 33... Rd5 $15) 34. Rc5 $11 exd4 35. Rxb5 Ne6 36. Re5 Kg6 37. g3 Nd5 38. Rd2 ({But not} 38. Nxd4 Nf6 $17) 38... Rab7 39. Nc5 Nxc5 40. bxc5 {[#] aiming for c6.} Rb1+ {The position is equal.} 41. Re1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Rb5 42. c6 Ra7 43. Bd8 {And now Rc1 would win.} Rb8 44. c7 Nxc7 45. Bxc7 Rxc7 46. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rcb7 47. Rd2 Rb1 48. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 49. Kg2 Rb6 50. Kf1 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 Rb6 52. Kf1 Rb1+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[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

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,77,17,18,8,7,10,11,8,10,16,10,8,16,0,11,3,9,6,18,28,17,25,24,9,8,9,8,0,26,0,8,4,3,7,17,8,16,14,15,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Be6 (8... Na6 9. O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bf5 11. c3 Nc7 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 O-O-O {½-½ (68) Adams,M (2712)-Tari,A (2618) Batumi 2018}) 9. O-O Bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bd2 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qd7 13. Bb4 Na6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. c3 {0-1 (35) Taragelova,M (1656)-Chilla,R (1843) Ruzomberok 2016}) 10. Qxc4 {[#] aiming for Re1.} O-O 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Bd2 Na6 13. a3 Rfe8 14. Qb3 h5 15. c4 Rad8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Be3 Nc7 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 a6 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Bb6 Qd7 23. g3 Rc8 24. Nd2 Ne8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qc4 Qd7 27. Ne4 Be5 28. Bd4 Nd6 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Be3 Qf5 {The position is equal.} 31. b4 h4 32. Qxh4 Qxd5 33. Qd4 Qc6 34. h4 Be5 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qd3+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[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

[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

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,21,12,12,8,14,5,6,7,28,20,39,44,40,45,36,51,97,75,79,79,76,76,85,77,124,75,82,67,85,85,82,70,74,80,85,85,76,86,246,257,260,249,255,239,248,250,248,255,361,399,557,555,619,619,785,785]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 cxd4 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (10... a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. g3 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Kxd3 Kd7 20. f4 Bg7 21. f5 Rhe8 {½-½ (33) Sarana,A (2631)-Sjugirov,S (2654) Khanty-Mansiysk 2018}) 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 {The position is equal.} 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. O-O Bxf3 15. gxf3 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rfd8 16. d5 e6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2 b6 19. Bxa5 bxa5 {1-0 (45) Von Auer,U (1975)-Nettelbeck,J (1730) Eschborn 2013}) 16. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rfd8 17. Bf1 b6 18. Ba6 Rd6 19. Rbc1 Rad8 {[%cal Rg7d4]} 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 h6 22. Bb5 f5 {[#]} 23. d5 $1 g5 24. Bd2 {Bb4 is the strong threat.} fxe4 25. fxe4 a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 26. Ba4 {Threatens to win with Bb4.} exd5 27. Bb4 Re6 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 $2 (28... Rb8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 29. exd5 $18 Re4 30. Rc8+ Kf7 {[#]} 31. a3 $1 Be5 32. Be8+ Kg7 33. d6 Rd4 (33... Nb7 {keeps fighting.}) 34. d7 Nb7 35. Be7 {White is clearly winning.} Re4 36. Rc6 {aiming for Rg6+.} Bd4 37. Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[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

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,8,7,4,3,14,5,0,26,1,25,0,0,0,3,0,0,-119,-134,-108,-126,-131,-151,-130,-128,-136,-130,-137,-135,-143,-125,-173,-182,-193,-187,-204,-204,-171,-176,-208,-160,-143,-161,-148,-70,-198,-181,-197,-195,-216,-204,-216,-192,-199,-197,-248,-249,-427,-394,-477,-463,-465,-454,-441,-420]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 (5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd5 13. e6 N7f6 14. c4 bxc4 15. exf7+ Kxf7 {0-1 (31) Mamedov,R (2701)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2771) Astana 2019}) 5... g6 6. Bc2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O {The position is equal.} b5 9. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Ba6 11. Re1 e5 12. d5 Rb8 13. cxb4 Rxb4 {0-1 (33) Kalema,R-Kawuma,P (2279) Kampala 2017}) 9... Ne8 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Nc7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 {[#]} 13. Nxh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 $17 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bxg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh5h7]} Rf6 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Bh6 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rh6g7]} Rxg6 $1 18. Qxg6 Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 19. Qxh6+ Ke8 20. b4 Na4 21. Na3 Kd7 22. c4 {[#]} bxc4 $1 23. Nxc4 Ba6 24. Rac1 {With the idea Ne5+!} Nb6 25. Nxb6+ axb6 {[%cal Ba7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 26. Rfe1 {[#]} Bb7 (26... Qg8 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Bb7!} 27. Rc3 Qg4) 27. Qe3 ({White has to play} 27. Rxc7+ $1 $15 Kxc7 28. Qxe6) 27... b5 $19 ({Don't take} 27... Rxa2 28. Qxb6 Qc8 29. h4 $15) 28. a3 Bd5 29. Rc3 {[#]} Qg8 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rg8g2]} 30. Qh3 Qg7 31. Rec1 Bc4 32. Re1 (32. Qh4 $142 Rh8 33. Qg3) 32... Qd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 33. Rf3 $2 (33. Qf3) 33... Qd2 {[%cal Rd2e1]} 34. Rb1 Nd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Qg3 Be2 36. Rfb3 Bd1 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,131,53,65,43,53,44,47,49,36,45,44,38,33,40,17,16,20,21,13,16,16,29,31,34,0,21,20,12,13,22,25,37,24,64,47,70,73,89,89,85,82,83,0,114,109,166,172,218,176,173,0,177,160,179,157,162,167,191,129,167,73,57,85,85,60,69,32,39,37,29,39,59,56,88,9,66,23,5,0,34,0,0,0,8,13,115,113,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. Bf4 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32] A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O {White is slightly better.} 12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1 Ne8 14. e4 Ne5 {[#]} 15. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Rad1 Bd4 19. b4 Nh5 20. Bh2 b6 21. b5 {½-½ (21) Ponomariov,R (2663)-Donchenko,A (2607) Germany 2019}) 15... b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Qd2 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 (18. gxf3 Qh4 $15) 18... Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nd1 Nc7 21. Ne3 {Strongly threatening Nc4.} Rb4 22. Rac1 Rd4 23. Qe2 Nb5 24. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qg5 25. Qe3 Qh4 26. b4 Re8 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Qb3 h5 29. Qc2 (29. Red1 $16) 29... Kg7 (29... Qg5 $1 $11) 30. Qb2 Qf6 (30... Kg8 $16) 31. Re3 $18 h4 32. Nd2 Qe5 33. Nc4 $2 ({Inferior is} 33. Rxc5 Rxd5 34. Qxe5+ (34. exd5 Qxb2 35. Rxe8 Bd7 $19) 34... Rdxe5 $11) (33. Rc2 $18) 33... Qg5 $2 (33... Qf6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 34. Kh1 Kh7 35. Qe2 Qf4 36. Nb2 Qc7 37. Qc2 (37. e5 $18) 37... Bd7 38. Qxc5 (38. Nc4 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 38... Qxc5 $16 39. Rxc5 Rd2 40. Nd3 Nd6 41. Rc7 Bb5 42. Nc5 Rxf2 43. Re1 Kh6 44. e5 Nf5 {[#] Black wants to play ...Rxe5.} 45. Kg1 ({Much worse is} 45. Rxf7 Rxe5 46. Rb1 (46. Rxe5 {leads to mate.} Ng3+ 47. Kh2 Rf1 48. Rh5+ gxh5 49. Rf6+ Kg7 50. Rf7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxf7 51. Bxh5+ Kg7 52. Ne6+ Kh6 53. Bg4 Rh1#) 46... Nd4 $15) (45. Kh2 $1 $16) 45... Ra2 (45... Rc2 $11 46. Ne6 Rc8 47. Rxf7 Rc1) 46. e6 fxe6 $1 47. dxe6 Nd4 48. Bd5 (48. e7 $5 {[%cal Rf3d5]}) 48... Rd2 49. Bf3 a5 50. e7 {Ne4 is the strong threat.} a4 {[#]} (50... Nxf3+ $11 51. gxf3 Rc2) 51. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d2]} Rc2 52. Rxc2 ({White should play} 52. Nc3 $16 Bd3 53. Nd5) 52... Nxc2 $11 {The position is equal.} 53. Rc1 {Threatens to win with Nf6.} Nd4 54. Nf6 Nxf3+ 55. gxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra8 {With the idea ...Kg7.} 56. Re1 a3 57. Ra1 Bc6 58. e8=Q Bxe8 59. Nxe8 Rxe8 60. Rxa3 {KR-KR} Kg5 61. Kf2 Kh6 62. Ra4 g5 63. f4 Rf8 64. Kf3 Rxf4+ 65. Rxf4 gxf4 66. Kxf4 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[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

[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,84,14,12,20,15,14,18,1,0,0,3,5,0,0,0,0,0,11,8,16,13,17,10,8,12,18,4,8,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-10,0,0,0,-25,-31,-17,-10,-44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 Re8 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} (7... h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Qe1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {½-½ (72) Bindrich,F (2590)-Papp,G (2608) Austria 2016}) 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf3 c6 11. O-O a6 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a5 15. b5 {1-0 (32) Gomez Celdran,F (2110)-Sanchez Carol,J (1850) IECG email 2000}) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 {[%cal Ra4e8]} c6 (11... Nc6 {with more complications.} 12. Ne2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nf4 Na5) 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. c4 Nd7 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. O-O c5 17. Rfd1 {Threatens to win with dxc5.} Red8 18. Rac1 b6 19. Qa3 {Threatening dxc5.} Qb7 20. h3 cxd4 21. Rxd4 {aiming for Rcd1.} Nc5 22. Rg4 Ne6 23. Ng3 Rd5 24. e4 Rg5 25. Rd1 Rxg4 26. hxg4 Qc7 27. Nf5 Rd8 (27... Qc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2d1]} 28. Re1 Qd2 $15) 28. Rxd8+ {The position is equal.} Qxd8 29. Qxa7 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Ne7+.} Qxg4 31. Qxb6 Qxe4 32. Ne3 Qe5+ 33. g3 h5 34. Qc6 h4 35. Qe8+ Kh7 {...hxg3+ is the strong threat.} 36. Qxf7 hxg3+ 37. Kg2 gxf2 38. Qf5+ Qxf5 39. Nxf5 Nc5 40. a4 Nxa4 {[#]} 41. Nxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#]} f1=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (41... Kxg7 42. Kxf2) 42. Kxf1 Kxg7 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

