[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