[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,92,18,20,15,14,14,11,14,16,17,17,20,32,26,20,21,33,0,0,0,0,0,26,21,64,60,64,60,68,60,88,88,96,76,112,97,98,97,97,97,96,80,80,56,56,56,50,7,57,57,57,57,57,0,57,0,57,57,57,57,57,57,63,40,50,55,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. a4 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} (11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Bxb4 Rxd4 19. Bc3 Re4 {½-½ (29) Nguyen,N (2618)-Maghsoodloo,P (2636) Hamedan 2018}) 11... a5 12. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd2 Nd6 13. Qb3 Bg6 14. e4 Re8 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. Ne5 Bf8 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bf1 {1-0 (62) Simsek,C (2073)-Babek,A (1817) Antalya 2013}) 12... h6 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Nh4 Bxh4 16. gxh4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Rec1 Rfc8 20. Bf1 Bc2 21. e3 Nd7 22. Bb5 Nb6 23. Ra3 h5 24. Kf2 f6 25. Ke1 Kf7 26. Kd2 Bf5 27. Rac3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rc8 29. b3 Rxc3 30. Kxc3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Nc8 31. b4 axb4+ 32. Kxb4 Ke7 33. Kc5 Bg6 34. a5 Bc2 35. Be2 Kd7 36. Bb5+ Ke7 37. Be2 Kd7 $1 38. Bg3 Bb1 39. Bb5+ Ke7 40. Bf1 Bc2 41. Be2 Kd7 42. Bb5+ Ke7 43. Bb8 ({White should try} 43. Bf1 $14) 43... Bd1 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 44. f4 Bc2 45. Be2 g6 46. Bb5 Bb1 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,106,24,22,0,0,9,6,-1,11,13,11,-16,5,0,7,0,0,0,0,16,8,10,13,22,8,6,23,0,0,0,-2,-119,-118,-126,-128,-119,-125,-116,-114,-131,-125,-160,-143,-149,-149,-156,-144,-197,-151,-146,0,-177,-142,-168,-147,-248,-153,-179,-171,-221,-174,-437,0,-223,-191,-264,-255,-293,-291,-289,-266,-488,-458,-453,-423,-599,-572,-816,-819,-544,-793,-772,-705,-720,-667,-1234,-1252,-1038,-853,-1225,-1151,-1035,-863,-5600,-5600,-5587,-4636]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} b6 (7... Re8 8. Bd2 a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Bc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (27) Wojtaszek,R (2722)-Vidit,S (2711) Prague 2019}) 8. Bd2 Be7 9. a3 {The position is equal.} Ba6 10. Qa4 Nb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Re8 {0-1 (45) Haspel,L-Barczi,T Ivanka pri Dunaji 1999}) 11. Be2 (11. cxd5 {feels hotter.} Bxf1 12. Rxf1 Nxd5 13. Ke2 a5 14. Rfd1) 11... c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. cxd5 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 exd5 15. O-O Qd7 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bc3 Rac8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf4 d4 21. e4 (21. Qxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qb7 22. Qf5) 21... Ne5 $17 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Nd3 Qd6 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rac1 c4 26. f3 h5 27. Qf2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 28. Rd2 a4 29. Qg3 (29. f4 $17 Qxe4 30. Re1) 29... Qc5 {Hoping for ...c3.} 30. Qf2 Qe5 31. Qg3 Qb5 32. h4 d3 {Played: Qb5-b3} 0-1

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 9. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:27]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:08:01]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 12. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:15:56]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 13. c3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 14. Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:10:04]} 15. Kb1 {[%emt 0:30:13]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:06:56]} 16. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:22]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 17. Bd3 {[%emt 0:07:40]} a6 {[%emt 0:18:17]} 18. a4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:31]} 19. Qe4 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. axb5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} axb5 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 21. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 22. Qh7 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 23. Qe4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:18:03]} 24. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 25. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 28. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qa2+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 29. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 30. Kc2 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Qa4+ {[%emt 0:04:45]} 31. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 32. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:04:19]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 34. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 35. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:57] Ke5} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. g4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 10. h4 {[%emt 0:03:13]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. g5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Nh3 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 13. b3 {[%emt 0:06:06]} Ndc5 {[%emt 0:06:46]} 14. Rb1 {[%emt 0:11:41]} c6 {[%emt 0:24:02]} 15. Nf2 {[%emt 0:11:11]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:09:05]} 16. cxd5 {[%emt 0:05:34]} f5 {[%emt 0:07:11]} 17. a3 {[%emt 0:10:13]} f4 {[%emt 0:12:23]} 18. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 19. Kf1 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 20. Be1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 21. Bc4 {[%emt 0:10:33]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 22. b4 {[%emt 0:05:25]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 23. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. b5 {[%emt 0:05:15]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:14:05]} 26. Bb3 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 27. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 29. Qxa1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 31. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 32. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 33. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 34. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxf2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 35. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 36. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bh3+ {[%emt 0:00:46]} 39. Kxh3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 40. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 41. Rc1 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Qa2 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 42. Qf1 {[%emt 0:11:17]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 43. d6 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 45. Rc8 {[%emt 0:07:18]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 46. Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Qd5 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,65,31,56,44,44,33,66,41,46,49,63,37,39,58,79,87,103,33,39,30,37,53,57,20,45,53,175,180,164,162,177,178,176,179,138,80,231,229,218,208,209,209,203,92,187,178,222,222,231,223,221,211,469,464]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3} Na6 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Ndc5 11. Ng3 c6 12. Be2 cxd5 $1 13. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. cxd5 a4 14. h4 Bd7 15. h5 Rc8 {0-1 (39) Caruana,F (2832)-Nakamura,H (2746) London 2018}) 13... f5 14. gxf5 $1 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 (15. h4 $1 $16) 15... gxf5 $14 16. O-O-O f4 17. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 18. Bd3 e4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 ({Black should try} 19... a4 $14) 20. Nxe4 $18 Rc8 21. Qc2 Qd7 {Black wants to play ...Rxc4.} 22. Rhg1 Kh8 23. Kb1 b5 {[#]} 24. Ng5 (24. c5 $142 $1 dxc5 25. Rg5) 24... Be5 $2 (24... Bf6 $16) 25. Ne6 Rf7 {[#]} 26. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5c6]} dxc5 27. Rge1 Bf6 28. Nxf4 (28. d6 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 28... Bd4 (28... a4 $16) 29. Qe4 Qf5 30. Ne6 Qxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Rd7 32. Nxd4 Rxd5 $2 (32... cxd4 33. Rexd4 (33. Rdxd4 Kg7 $16) 33... Rd6) 33. Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,31,21,13,16,0,22,8,2,-2,-14,-8,-17,-22,-22,-22,0,0,0,0,-6,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-5,-5,-5,-14,-14,-15,-22,-39,-36,-34,-25,-25,-17,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-18,-32,-32,-32,0,0,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,0,41,0,41,0,41,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 b5 4. Nc3 c6 5. a3 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Ngf6 6. Bg2 e6 7. e4 b4 8. axb4 Bxb4 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Ne2 {1-0 (42) Meier,G (2623)-Postny,E (2630) Nancy 2019}) 6. Bf4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} e6 7. Qd2 Ngf6 8. Qe3 {The position is equal.} Qe7 9. Bh3 h6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 $1 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Na2 {[%cal Bc3a2,Ba2c1,Bc1d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Qf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. e3 c5 16. Nc1 Rh7 17. Nd3 c4 18. Nf4 Bd6 19. g4 fxg4 20. Bxg4 Ke7 21. Bf3 Rg7 22. Kd2 Bd7 23. Rag1 Rag8 24. Rg3 a5 25. Rhg1 Rg5 26. h4 Rxg3 27. Rxg3 Rxg3 28. fxg3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Be8 29. c3 f5 30. Kc2 Bxf4 (30... Bf7 {feels hotter.} 31. Kd2 Bb8 32. Ke2 Kf6 33. Kf2 Bd6) 31. exf4 {KB-KB} h5 32. b4 a4 33. Kd2 Kf6 34. Ke3 Bg6 35. Kf2 $1 Kg7 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,64,0,3,14,16,8,27,19,19,26,38,25,38,38,38,38,39,36,38,18,22,18,14,19,19,14,15,12,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-5,-5,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ {White has an edge.} Qxe7 11. Qa4 Nd5 (11... c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O-O Ng4 15. Rd2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Rhd1 a5 18. Kb1 h6 19. Ka1 Rb4 {1-0 (49) Caruana,F (2822)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 12. Qxc4 a5 13. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Qc5 Qd7 15. Rc1 a4 {½-½ (68) Malakhov,V (2654)-Bacrot,E (2677) Zagreb 2018}) 13... Ba6 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. Re1 Qb4 16. a3 Nxc3 {The position is equal.} 17. axb4 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 Rxd4 19. Rxa5 Rxb4 20. Bf4 {[#] aiming for Rea1.} Bb7 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Bxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (22. Rc1 {feels hotter.} Rxb2 23. Rxc7 Rb1+ 24. Bc1 h5 25. f3) 22... f6 23. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Rd8+.} Bd5 24. Ba5 Rxb2 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. f3 g5 27. Rd2 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 h5 29. h3 Rh1 30. Kg2 Ra1 31. Bc3 Ra2 32. Rxa2 Bxa2 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,59,24,0,14,0,18,14,18,0,12,0,25,6,32,34,56,85,50,47,54,61,331,324,465,475,472,225,465,465,767,762,735,706,1164,1114]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 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. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 15. Bb3 h6 (15... Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. h4 a5 20. g4 Nf6 21. Qf4 b5 22. Ne5 {½-½ (50) Adhiban,B (2683)-Ding,L (2812) Astana 2019}) 16. h3 Re8 {The position is equal.} 17. Re3 Nf6 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Ne5 {[#]} Red8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... b5 20. Ng4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 {½-½ (31) Speelman,J (2509)-Vaganian,R (2535) Rhodes 2019}) 20. f4 b5 21. f5 Qb6 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Nxg4 $14 24. Qxg4 Rxd4 25. Qxe6+ (25. Bxe6+ Kh8 $11) 25... Kh7 26. Qxb6 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 axb6) 24. Rg3 $18 {[#] And now Nxh6+ would win.} Rxd4 ({Worse is} 24... Ng5 {[#]} 25. Nxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 26. h4 $16) (24... Rf8 {was necessary.} 25. Nxh6+ Kh8) 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kg8 {( -> ...Rxd1+)} 27. Kh2 {aiming for Qg4.White is clearly winning.} Rxd1 (27... Rf8 $142 28. Qg4 Rxf7 29. Rxd4 (29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxe6 Rxd1 $11) 29... Nf8) 28. Qxd1 Nf6 29. Ng5 Rd8 30. Qf3 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,86,21,8,8,8,20,28,28,15,16,15,12,8,14,20,16,8,14,6,11,10,10,10,10,15,18,10,10,0,29,26,31,25,37,39,54,31,56,73,75,102,79,0,29,37,420,0,38,31,46,0,73,42,45,0,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,71]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ {White has an edge.} 10. bxc3 (10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c6 13. O-O a5 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Rc2 {½-½ (30) Topalov,V (2740)-Karjakin,S (2752) Abidjan 2019}) 10... Nbd7 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qb4 Rc8 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Re8 $146 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nfe4 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Bd5 Nxg3 21. hxg3 b6 22. Qb1 Kg7 23. e4 Na4 ({Not} 23... Nxe4 $2 24. Rfe1 $18) 24. Qa1 {White threatens Nf5+! and mate.} f6 25. Rd3 b5 26. f4 {aiming for e5!} Nb6 27. f5 ({Better is} 27. Bb3 $1 $16) 27... Nxd5 28. exd5 Qe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 28... Qc5 $14) 29. Qd1 $2 ({White has to play} 29. Ne6+ $1 $18 Bxe6 30. fxe6 Qxd3 31. Qxf6+ Kh7 32. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 33. Rf6 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Re5 (29... Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1d1]} 30. Ne6+ Kg8 31. Qxc1 Qxd3 $14) 30. Ne6+ Kh7 31. g4 Qe2 (31... Kg8 $11) 32. Qxe2 $16 Rxe2 33. Rff3 {Hoping for Rh3!} (33. Rh3 $5 {[%cal Rf1f3]}) 33... Kg8 ({Wrong is} 33... Rxa2 $2 {[#]} 34. Rh3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (33... Rcc2 $5 {[%cal Re2g2]} 34. Nf8+ Kg7 35. Nxd7 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Rcg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kf1 Rxa2 $11) 34. Rc3 {And now Rxc8+ would win.} (34. Rh3 $5 {[%cal Rh3h6]} Rc1+ 35. Kh2 $14) 34... Rxc3 {The position is equal.} ({Of course not} 34... Rxa2 $6 35. Rxc8+ Bxc8 36. Rc3 $16) 35. Rxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Rc7 is the strong threat. KRB-KRN} Kf7 36. Rc7 Ke7 37. Rxa7 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} Rd2 38. Nc7 Kd6 39. Kh2 Rd4 40. Kg3 Ra4 41. Rb7 $1 Ra3+ 42. Kh2 Ra4 43. Kg3 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 51%.} (43... Ra3+ $11 {remains equal.} 44. Kh2 b4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,61,28,25,14,15,2,18,25,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,101,95,438,422,429,435,424,425,403,386,733,725,743,743,685,698,1235,1213,1816,1804,1804,1399]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 {The position is equal.} c5 11. Kb1 Rb8 12. Rhe1 b5 $1 13. Bg5 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... c4 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 {1-0 (46) Vidit,S (2711)-Gelfand,B (2655) Prague 2019}) 14. Qf4 Qa5 15. b3 {White wants to play Qh4.} h6 ({But not} 15... Qxc3 $2 16. Qh4 $18) 16. Bxh6 ({Wrong is} 16. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 17. Re3 Rb6 $19) 16... Nd5 17. Bh7+ $1 ({Don't go for} 17. Qg3 $2 Nxc3+ 18. Kb2 Bf6 $19) 17... Kxh7 {[#]} 18. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 19. Bxg7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Kxg7 20. Qg4+ Kh7 (20... Kh8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 21. Rxe7 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Rbe8) 21. Rxe7 $16 Bxf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Rbe8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 22. Qxf3 $18 {[#] White wants to mate with Qh5+.} Qd8 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. f4 d5 $2 (25... Rb7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh7 28. Qh4+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kh7) 26. f5 {Threatening mate with f6.White is clearly winning.} Rb6 27. f6 Rxf6 28. Qxf6 Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Re3 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,50,27,40,14,27,20,27,25,14,14,17,13,18,12,18,0,8,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Rd2e4,Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32] C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd6 $1 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Nf1 {White has an edge.} c6 12. Qd3 {The position is equal.} Nd6 13. Bf4 Na6 14. Ne3 Nc7 {[#]} 15. Bxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. g3 Re8 {½-½ (30) Anand,V (2773)-Vidit,S (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 15... Bxd6 16. Nf5 g6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. g3 Rfe8 19. c3 Rxe1+ (19... f6 {looks sharper.} 20. Kg2 Qd7 21. a4 Kg7 22. h4 Rab8) 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Qe3 Ng7 23. Kg2 f6 24. Ne1 Qe6 25. Qxe6+ Nxe6 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Miller, Eduard"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} b6 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 10. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:05:37]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 12. e5 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 14. Qd2 {[%emt 0:19:19]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 16. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 17. g5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:14:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 19. Nh5 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 20. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:08:48]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 21. Re3 {[%emt 0:09:17]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 22. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 23. Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:06:40]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 25. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:43]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 26. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Qe4 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:12:36]} 28. c4 {[%emt 0:05:14]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 29. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:12:12]} 30. Nxg7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Rxg6+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 33. Qxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 34. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 35. Qg7+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 37. Qg7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,14,20,16,32,6,14,12,18,0,42,15,14,18,13,10,10,14,33,33,48,44,54,18,21,36,25,33,31,37,42,36,39,43,42,48,38,40,43,49,34,34,41,52,33,42,37,52,43,23,32,43,38,0,31,0,32,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3 Nd7 9. Bd3 h5 10. gxh5 Ndf6 11. h6 Nxh6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Ne5 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Nh5 16. Bh2 Qxh3 {½-½ (32) Radjabov,T (2757)-Giri,A (2783) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6... Nf6 7. h3 Qa5 8. e3 {The position is equal.} Ne4 9. Bd3 Bf5 10. a3 Na6 {[#] ...Nb4! is the strong threat.} 11. Ra2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nb8 $146 {[%cal Ba6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7b6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O) 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. O-O O-O 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Nb6 18. Qb3 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. a4 Rac8 21. Be5 Bb4 22. Rb1 Bc3 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Rc5 26. Nd3 Rc3 27. Nf4 Nc8 28. Rd2 Rc7 29. Rbd1 Nb6 30. Ra2 Nc8 31. Rad2 Nb6 32. Ra2 Nc8 $1 33. Rad2 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,89,27,27,33,29,32,20,0,2,31,22,0,11,0,9,-10,2,-8,-14,-31,-24,-12,-18,-38,-8,-19,-17,-12,-11,-23,0,0,0,0,8,4,4,6,72,77,66,75,62,79,79,68,71,72,120,98,101,107,106,111,165,160,161,101,101,101,97,100,107,30,86,80,114,80,118,0,310,295,309,296,348,354,329,328,562,562,546,547]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 a5 (5... O-O 6. Bb2 c6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. a4 Ne4 9. cxd5 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 cxd5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qe2 Nd6 14. Rfc1 Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 {1-0 (47) Sargissian,G (2689)-Kovalev,V (2683) St Petersburg 2018}) 6. b5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} c5 7. bxc6 Nxc6 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. c3 a4 11. Ba3 Qa5 12. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c4 Nb4 {0-1 (12) Morovic Fernandez,I (2535)-Aguero Jimenez,L (2457) Matanzas 2017}) 12... b5 13. Qb2 Rab8 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. Rab1 g5 17. Nhf3 Bf5 18. Ra1 h6 19. Nf1 Bf8 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Ne1 e6 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Bd3 b4 (23... Ne7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Bxg6 $16 fxg6 25. cxb4 Qxb4 26. Qe2 Nd7 27. Nd3 Qa3 28. Qd2 Na7 {[%cal Bc6a7,Ba7b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c4][%mdl 32]} 29. Ne2 Nb5 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Kf7 {[#]} (31... Kg7 $16 {was called for.}) 32. h3 $1 $18 Qe7 33. Qa5 (33. Rab1 $18 Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1 (34. Nxc1 Qc7 $11) (34. Qxc1 Qd7 $16)) 33... Na3 $16 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Qxa4 Nc4 36. Qa6 (36. Rb1 $16) 36... Rc7 (36... Rb8 $11) 37. Nd4 Nxe5 38. a4 Nc4 39. a5 (39. Qa8 $16) 39... Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Qd7 $1 $11) 40. Qb5 {[#] Hoping for Nc6.} Rb7 41. Qa4 Qd7 42. Qxd7+ Rxd7 43. a6 Nb6 $2 (43... Ra7 {was necessary.} 44. Nc6 Rc7) 44. Rb1 $18 Nc8 45. Nc6 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,20,20,3,25,17,13,14,16,11,14,12,15,16,18,20,24,26,54,-16,-10,-17,-16,-16,-16,-16,-14,-24,20,15,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 6. d5 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} Qe7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Ng4 11. Re1 Nxf2 12. Rg1 Nd7 13. Nd4 Qxe1+ 14. Bxe1 cxd4 {0-1 (42) Bocharov,D (2611)-Tomashevsky,E (2724) Novosibirsk 2016}) 9... Bxc3+ $1 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7 $1 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5g6][%mdl 32]} 12. O-O-O h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Qc2 ({White should try} 14. f4 $14 Ng6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Nc3) 14... Ng6 $11 15. Bg3 $1 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bd7 18. Bd3 Qg5+ 19. Qd2 {The position is equal.} Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Ne5 21. Be2 f5 22. f4 Nf7 23. Rd3 g6 24. Re3 Rfe8 25. Kd2 Kg7 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rb1 h5 28. b4 Rc8 29. Bd3 Kf6 30. Be2 Kg7 31. Bd3 Kf6 32. Be2 Kg7 33. Bd3 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,52,10,8,8,18,14,17,22,2,0,0,7,9,35,46,58,-20,-11,-89,-81,-87,-75,-71,-75,-92,-64,-81,-65,-175,-152,-460,-459,-947,-954,-954,-930,-1333,-1252,-29993,-239]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (8... d6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qg4 Rf6 15. Nxe4 Rg6 16. Qf3 {1-0 (35) Anton Guijarro,D (2652)-Forcen Esteban,D (2569) Linares 2018}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 Be7 {The position is equal.} 11. Ne5 c5 12. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Na4 Qd6 14. Bc3 d4 15. exd4 cxd4 16. Rfd1 Qxe5 17. Bxd4 {0-1 (32) Gunina,V (2505)-Nakhbayeva,G (2344) Astana 2013}) 12... Nc6 13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 ({Better is} 15. Qc2 $1 $14) 15... c4 $11 16. Be2 (16. Bb1 $11) 16... Nc5 $17 17. Qc2 d4 18. exd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f2] Strongly threatening ...Nf2+.} 20. Be1 $1 {[%cal Re2d3]} Rad8 21. Bg3 {[#]} (21. Bg4 $15) 21... b5 $1 $40 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 672] White is in trouble.} 22. a4 $2 (22. b3 $17 {is a better chance.}) (22. Nxb5 Qd5) 22... b4 23. Nb5 {[#]} (23. Qb1 $142 bxc3 24. bxc3) 23... Bxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Kxg2 Qe4+ 25. Kg1 Bc5+ 26. Bf2 Bxf2+ $2 {Accuracy: White = 18%, Black = 80%.} (26... Qg6+ {mates} 27. Kh1 Qc6+ 28. Kg1 Nxf4 29. Rd5 Qxd5 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Bf3 Qxf3 32. Bxc5 Nh3#) 0-1

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,102,7,21,0,4,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,2,9,6,8,13,0,3,6,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,-115,-114,-127,-110,-111,-115,-122,-115,-118,-110,-126,-119,-115,-122,-123,-123,-128,-121,-157,-183,-176,-97,-98,-93,-102,-88,-85,-81,-124,-116,-110,-118,-123,-114,-141,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. c3 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Bc5 (7... Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. N2f3 Qc7 11. Re1 a6 12. Qc2 N7f6 13. Bg5 b6 14. Bh4 Nf4 {½-½ (22) Grandelius,N (2688)-Nisipeanu,L (2667) Malmo 2019}) 8. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. N2f3 Qb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Qc2 a6 {0-1 (27) Kralovec,V-Seibt,J (1665) Klatovy 1997}) 8... Bxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Qc5 f5 12. Nd6 Qe7 {Hoping for ...Rd8.} 13. Be3 f4 14. Bd2 Rd8 15. Ne4 Qe8 16. f3 b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 17. Qf2 e5 18. O-O Bf5 19. Ba6 Na5 20. Rfe1 Qc6 21. Qe2 (21. Bf1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21... Bxe4 $1 $17 22. fxe4 Nc7 23. Bd3 Qd6 24. Bc4+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...Qc5+.} 25. Bd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Rad1 Qxa2 28. Qxe5 Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e5]} 29. Qe6 Qb3 30. Qe2 Nxb2 ({But not} 30... Nxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 $15) 31. Rb1 {Bc1 is the strong threat.} Qc2 (31... Qa3 $19 32. Bxf4 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 32. Bxf4 Qxe2 33. Rxe2 Nc4 34. Re4 Rac8 35. Re7 a5 36. Be5 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd6 38. Reb5 {[#]} Ra8 ({Resist} 38... Rxc3 {[#]} 39. Rxa5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h6 40. Ra6 $15) (38... h6 $1 $17 39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40. Rxb6 Rxc3) 39. Rxb6 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxb6 40. Rxb6 {KR-KR} a4 41. Kf2 a3 42. Rb1 Kg8 (42... a2 $5 43. Ra1 $8 Ra3 $11) 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Kc2 Rf8 46. Rb6+ Kd5 {aiming for ...Rf2+.} 47. Kb3 Rf2 {And now ...Rb2+ would win.} 48. c4+ Kc5 49. Rb5+ Kc6 50. Kxa3 Rxg2 51. Rh5 h6 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,50,10,18,12,22,13,28,2,0,12,6,-21,-16,-24,-20,-21,-25,-25,-7,-27,0,0,6,-22,0,-7,3,-11,0,0,0,-16,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nh4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Nf3 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 {[#]} 14. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng5 Bc4 15. Qf3 Bf8 16. Qh3 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Qd8 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 {1-0 (39) Safarli,E (2649)-Palac,M (2563) Tromsoe 2014}) 14... Rac8 15. Re2 b5 16. a3 Nc5 17. Bg5 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Nh5 19. Rd2 Red8 20. Bh6 {The position is equal.} Nf6 21. Bg5 Nh5 22. Bh6 Nf6 23. Bg5 Nh5 24. Bh6 Nf6 25. Bg5 Nh5 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Miller, Eduard"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,-2,-6,-13,1,-6,33,34,34,31,15,21,38,-17,-16,-21,-10,-33,-17,-14,-15,-26,-31,-33,-32,-69,-62,-85,-62,-66,-67,-72,-69,-101,-108,-102,-85,-112,-85,-85,-81,-78,-38,-58,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,-13,-11,-31,-21,-24,-8,-129,-39,-27,0,0,0,-427,-393,-687,-287]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d4 e4 4. Nfd2 f5 (4... Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 dxc4 11. e4 {0-1 (33) Pushin,V (2353)-Khismatullin,D (2680) Izhevsk 2014}) 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} Be7 7. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} exf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... e3 8. Nb3 f4 9. Qd3 g5 10. h4 gxh4 11. gxf4 Nh5 12. Qxe3 Ng3 {0-1 (43) Marchand,E-Morgan,C San Antonio 1962}) 8. Nxf3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Bg2 c6 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 ({White should play} 11. Qb3 $14) 11... fxe4 $11 12. Nd2 d5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Rxf8+ Bxf8 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nb1 dxc4 17. Bxe4 Bg4 18. Bf4 Bxe2 19. Nc3 Bh5 20. d5 Be8 $1 21. Rd1 {[#]} Na6 $1 22. d6 Nc5 23. Bf5 {With the idea d7.} Bd7 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. a4 Nc5 {And now ...Nd3 would win.} 26. Bg5 h6 27. d7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Nxd7 $1 28. Rxd7 {Black must now prevent Be3.} hxg5 29. Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bc5+ 30. Kg2 Re8 31. Rc7 Re6 32. Kf3 Bd4 33. Ne4 {[#]} (33. Kg4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33... g4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Kf4 $15 (34. Kxg4 Rxe4+) 34... g6 {...Be5+ is the strong threat.} 35. Rc8+ Kg7 {aiming for ...Kh6.} 36. Rc7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Ng5 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rd6 37. Ne4) 36... Kh6 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Be5+.} 37. Ng5 $2 (37. Rh7+ Kxh7 38. Ng5+ Kg8 39. Nxe6 Bxb2 40. Ke4) 37... Be3+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,59,52,43,98,109,111,109,108,86,143,144,234,168,256,241,331,321,320,308,297,214,210,211,248,204,309,272,374,374,361,280,326,330,328,332,343,335,439,374,485,412,408,400,447,423]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Nd7 6. Nbd2 f5 7. c4 Bd6 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Re1 Ngf6 {[#] A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} ({Better is} 9... h6 $14) (9... Bh5 10. Qe3 Qe7 11. cxd5 {½-½ (11) Fridman,D (2607)-Levin,F (2530) Helmond 2016}) 10. Ng5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Qe7 {[#]} 11. f3 $1 h6 {White is better.} 12. Nxe6 {Black must now prevent cxd5.} (12. cxd5 {with more complications.} Bh5 13. dxe6 Nc5 14. dxc5 Bxc5+ 15. Kh1) 12... Qxe6 (12... Bh5 $142) 13. fxg4 O-O $146 (13... Nxg4 $16 {is a better defense.} 14. cxd5 Qe3+ 15. Qxe3+ Nxe3) ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxg4 14. cxd5 Qe3+ 15. Qxe3+ Nxe3 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Ne4 fxe4 18. Bxe3 {½-½ (42) Pavlovic,M (2497)-Welling,G (2373) Biel 2006}) 14. cxd5 cxd5 (14... Nxd5 {was called for.} 15. gxf5 Qe3+ 16. Kh1 Qxd4) 15. gxf5 $18 Qxf5 16. e4 Qh5 17. Nf3 Ng4 {Hoping for ...Rxf3!} 18. Qxd5+ Qxd5 19. exd5 Rbc8 20. Re2 a5 (20... Rcd8 $142 21. Re6 Nb6) 21. a3 Rc4 22. Bd2 Rc2 23. Rb1 a4 24. Ne1 Rc4 25. Re6 Bb8 26. Bc3 Ba7 27. Rd1 Nc5 28. Re2 Nb3 {[%cal Rb3d4]} 29. Nc2 Rd8 30. Re7 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.31"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,18,14,22,19,13,0,0,0,0,-7,-5,0,-7,-6,18,0,0,0,0,-10,-8,-14,-5,-16,-9,-17,-17,-14,-18,-19,-6,-8,-8,-9,0,0,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-47,0,0,0,-33,0,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Nf3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O Nxc3 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} (10... d6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Qf6 13. Be1 Qg6 14. Nh4 Qf6 15. Nf3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f3 Nc5 {½-½ (87) Kovacs,G (2461)-Heinemann,T (2495) Austria 2018}) 11. Rxc3 c5 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Rd3 e5 15. Rd5 e4 16. Ne1 Rf7 17. Rd6 Na6 18. Rd2 Raf8 19. g3 Bc6 20. a3 Nc7 21. Ng2 g5 22. f4 h6 23. Qc1 Ne6 {½-½ (23) Weber,L (2205)-Kras,T USA 1992}) 12... Bxf3 {The position is equal.} 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Qd1 Qf6 16. Be2 Rae8 17. Qd2 Nf7 18. Ra3 a5 19. dxe6 dxe6 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Rd8 22. Rb3 Rd6 23. Rd1 {Strongly threatening Rxd6.} Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d1] [#]} 25. Be2 Rd6 26. f4 g5 27. Rd3 h6 28. a4 Kg7 29. Rxd6 Nxd6 {KB-KN} 30. Bd3 Kf6 31. Kf2 e5 32. g3 Nf7 33. Be2 Nd8 34. Bd1 Ne6 {[%cal Re5f4]} 35. Kf3 e4+ {Black is slightly better.} 36. Kf2 g4 37. Be2 h5 38. Bd1 Nf8 39. Kg2 Ng6 40. h4 Nf8 41. Kf2 Ne6 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.31"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,73,27,17,18,0,7,11,19,10,9,4,14,15,25,0,8,0,11,10,12,14,27,12,14,14,6,7,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-4,-9,-8,-16,-10,-19,-9,-13,-12,-14,-14,-22,-14,-19,-7,-10,-8,-12,-3,-6,-4,-12,0,0,0,-12,0,-4]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. Bxc4 (8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Rd8 16. Rac1 Nce4 17. Bb4 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 {1-0 (69) Grischuk,A (2771)-Topalov,V (2740) Shamkir 2019}) 8... c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nb6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qxd4.} 11. Bb3 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. Ncb5 {[#]} Nbd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Rc8 16. Rxc8+ Nxc8 17. Kf1 Ne4 18. Bc2 Ned6 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Ke2 g6 21. Bb3 {½-½ (21) Schenk,A (2483)-Parligras,M (2584) Germany 2016}) 15. Bd6 Kf8 16. Bg3 Rc5 17. Rxc5 Bxc5 {The position is equal.} 18. Bd6+ Bxd6 19. Nxd6 Rb8 20. Nc4 Rc8 21. Ne5 Be8 22. Nd3 Ke7 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Kd6 25. Kf1 Bd7 26. Bc2 h6 27. Ke1 Ng4 28. h3 Ne5 29. b3 g5 30. Kd2 f5 31. Nce2 Nc6 32. a3 Nf6 33. Nb5+ Ke7 34. Nbd4 Kd6 35. Nb5+ Ke7 36. Nbd4 Kd6 37. Nb5+ {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.31"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,89,28,30,31,30,32,44,2,2,4,22,28,33,32,80,98,116,99,122,122,122,114,151,138,141,135,174,96,95,92,105,105,105,98,97,105,105,97,105,90,97,88,99,93,232,225,231,223,224,227,207,225,325,324,309,314,384,384,384,384,527,534,516,503,456,462,779,753,1204,1243,904,924,2034,1849]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qc1 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (10. Qa4 Qb8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Nb3 Nd4 15. Nc5 c6 16. e3 Bg4 17. exd4 exd4 18. N3e4 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 {1-0 (32) Carlsen,M (2835)-Firouzja,A (2607) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Qc8 11. Rd1 Ne8 $146 ({But not} 11... Bxc4 $2 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 $18) ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Bh6 f6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 Nd8 16. Nd2 Nf7 17. c5 c6 {0-1 (39) Yakubboev,N (2556)-Wang,H (2730) Makati 2018}) 12. Nd5 {Black should prevent Ne7+.White is slightly better.} e4 13. Ne1 {next Be7 is good for White.} f6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 $1 15. Qxh6 Nd6 16. Qf4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Ne5 18. Bxe4 g5 19. Qe3 Qh3 {[#] aiming for ...Ng4!} 20. Bg2 Qh5 21. Nf3 Rae8 22. Nxe5 (22. Qxa7 $18 Nxf3+ 23. exf3) 22... Rxe5 $16 23. Qc3 Rf7 24. e3 Ree7 25. Qb4 f5 26. Rd4 a6 27. Rc1 Qg6 28. a4 h5 29. h3 Rf8 30. Re1 f4 (30... h4 $16) 31. exf4 $18 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 gxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. gxf4 Kf7 (34... Qe8 $142 35. Qe3 Qxa4 36. Qe6+ Kg7) 35. Qc3 Ne8 36. a5 Qf6 37. Qe5 h4 38. Bf3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bh5+.} Nd6 39. Bh5+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 40. b3 Nb5 41. Kg2 Qxe5 (41... b6 $142 42. axb6 cxb6) 42. fxe5 Nc3 43. d6 cxd6 44. exd6 {And now d7 would win.} Kf6 45. Bf3 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.05.31"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,7,30,30,45,33,41,27,45,41,37,33,53,59,69,0,0,-43,-47,-52,-54,-40,-30,-58,-79,-64,-89,-71,-71,-89,-56,-69,-34,-33,-27,-54,-50,-48,-53,-61,-46,-56,-16,-16,-17,-27,-19,-27,-19,-24,-8,-8,-1,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 a6 (5... dxc3 {keeps more tension.} 6. Nxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2 Nh6) 6. Bxc6 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} dxc6 7. cxd4 Bg7 8. h3 {White is slightly better.} (8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Qb3 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O-O Qd6 12. Kb1 {0-1 (37) Topalov,V (2740)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2773) Abidjan 2019}) 8... Ne7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Be3 h6 11. Qd2 g5 12. g4 $146 ({White should play} 12. h4 $1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O-O) 12... Bd7 13. Ne2 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. gxf5 (14. exf5 Qd5) 14... Nxf5 15. exf5 {aiming for Ng3.} Qd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 16. Bxg5 Qxf3 17. Qe3+ Qxe3 18. Bxe3 Bxf5 19. Rg1 Bf8 20. Nf4 Kf7 21. O-O-O Bd6 22. Nd3 Bxh3 23. Ne5+ Bxe5 24. dxe5 Bf5 25. Rd4 Rh7 26. Rh4 Ke6 27. Rxh6+ Rxh6 28. Bxh6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rh8 29. Be3 Rh4 30. Rg7 {The position is equal.} Kxe5 (30... Rh7 {feels hotter.} 31. Rxh7 Bxh7 32. Bf4 c5 33. Kd2 b5) 31. Rxc7 Rh7 32. Rxh7 Bxh7 {KB-KB} 33. a3 Kd5 34. Kd2 c5 35. Kc3 a5 36. b4 cxb4+ 37. axb4 axb4+ 38. Kxb4 Ke4 39. Kc5 Kf3 40. Kb6 Be4 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.06.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,54,13,10,22,13,24,12,13,12,42,1,5,8,5,6,12,3,4,8,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O {next Ne4 is good for White.} cxd4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 11. Ne4 (11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Bxc6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. f3 f5 18. Kf2 Kg7 19. Be2 {½-½ (26) Ding,L (2812)-Giri,A (2797) Shamkir 2019}) 11... Qe7 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qxd4 Bd7 (13... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d4]} 14. Qe5 Bc7 $11) 14. Ne5 (14. b4 {feels hotter.} Bc7 15. Qc5 Bd8 16. Ne5 Ba4 17. Be2) 14... Bc7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Bc6 15. Rfd1 Bc7 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Qd7 Rfd8 18. Qxe7 Nxe7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {½-½ (30) Erdos,V (2605)-Galopoulos,N (2356) Skopje 2018}) 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxe6 Bxh2+ $1 17. Kxh2 Qxe6 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Kg1 Ne5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kh7 22. Ng3 Qb3 23. Rd2 Nc4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 24. Rd7 Ne5 25. Rd2 Nc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Rd7 Ne5 27. Rd2 Nc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.06.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Miller, Eduard"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,84,48,45,61,9,74,77,67,68,111,108,119,69,102,53,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,193,108,177,200,199,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Qd7 7. e3 Bxc3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 8. dxc3 ({Better is} 8. bxc3 $14 Nf6 9. Qe2) (8. bxc3 f5 9. d3 Nf6 10. Nd2 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. e4 O-O-O 13. Re1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 {½-½ (45) Nakamura,H (2775)-Carlsen,M (2835) Moscow 2012}) 8... b6 (8... Qc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 9. e4 $16 Bb7 {White is better.} 10. e5 O-O-O 11. exd6 $1 exd6 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 f6 13. a4 Nge7 14. a5 g5 15. axb6 axb6 16. bxc5 dxc5 {1-0 (43) Zaragatski,I (2510)-Rogozenco,D (2516) Germany 2014}) 12... h6 13. h4 Nf6 14. Qd3 (14. b4 $1 $14) 14... Ng4 $11 15. Bf4 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 {Threatens to win with Qxd6.} Nce5 18. Bxb7+ Qxb7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rh8h1]} 19. Qd5 f6 $2 (19... Qxd5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 20. cxd5 Rh5) 20. Qxb7+ $1 $18 Kxb7 21. Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Nxe5 {[#]} 22. Rxe5 $2 (22. Nf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 22... dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN. The position is equal.} ({Much weaker is} 22... fxe5 $6 23. Nf7 $16) 23. Nf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rhf8 24. Nxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {KR-KR} 25. Kg2 Rd2 26. Rb1 e4 27. g4 e3 28. Kf3 exf2 {...Rxb2! is the strong threat.} 29. Rf1 Rxb2 30. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 {KP-KP} Kc6 32. a4 Kd6 33. Kf3 Ke5 34. Ke3 f5 (34... a6 $5) 35. g5 f4+ (35... a6 $5) 36. Kf3 {Hoping for g6.} Kf5 37. g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g7]} Kxg6 38. Kxf4 Kf6 39. Ke4 {Strongly threatening Kd5.} Ke6 40. Kf4 Kd7 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. Kd3 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.06.01"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,85,0,0,5,9,16,1,17,17,14,11,8,10,18,18,25,13,16,14,17,5,33,22,48,37,47,30,39,34,37,57,43,49,83,87,83,76,71,62,130,132,152,144,145,152,154,141,151,143,150,138,146,57,269,273,325,218,234,229,229,231,264,261,273,266,281,286,309,297,783,752,1475,1363,2520,2307]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. h3 Bh5 5. O-O Nd7 6. d3 Ngf6 7. c4 dxc4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 dxc4 9. d4 e5 10. Nc3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nb6 12. Qe5+ Qe7 13. Qf4 Qe6 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Qc7 {½-½ (86) Ponkratov,P (2640)-Lintchevski,D (2525) Sochi 2019}) 8. dxc4 e6 9. Nc3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nh4 O-O 13. Qc2 Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rd1 {½-½ (28) Kostner,W (1910)-Lehnhoff,H (2040) GER email 2012}) 14. g4 {Strongly threatening Nf5.} Bg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6c2]} 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Rfd1 Bc5 17. Bd2 Nf8 18. g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ne8 19. Ne4 Be7 20. h4 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. b4 a5 23. bxa5 Qc8 24. Bc3 Qe6 25. Qb3 e4 (25... Rdb8 $14) 26. c5 $16 (26. Qxb7 $2 Rdb8 $19) 26... Bxc5 27. Rxd8 ({Inferior is} 27. Qxb7 Qc4 $17) 27... Rxd8 28. Qxe6 $1 ({And not} 28. Qxb7 e3 $19) 28... Nxe6 29. e3 $1 ({Reject} 29. Bxe4 $6 Bd4 $11) 29... Rd3 30. Be1 Ra3 31. Bxe4 Ra4 {[#]} 32. Bf3 (32. Bc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2a4]} Rc4 33. Bb3) 32... Rxh4 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 32... Kf8 $14) 33. Rb1 $1 $18 Nxg5 34. Bg2 Ra4 35. Rxb7 Rxa2 36. Bxc6 Ra1 37. Kf1 Ne6 38. Bd5 Kf8 39. Ke2 Nd8 40. Rb5 Bd6 $2 (40... Ba7 41. Bb4+ Ke8) 41. Bc3 {White is clearly winning.} Rc1 42. Kd2 Rf1 43. a6 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "German Masters 2019"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2019.06.01"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,76,18,27,19,30,23,23,24,19,33,26,12,9,19,32,25,25,15,23,32,40,0,35,33,33,33,26,31,44,-13,-30,-64,-58,-69,-67,-59,-62,-54,-6,-4,-7,-8,-8,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} Bd6 (9... Qe7 10. Qc2 {½-½ (10) Rakhmanov,A (2629)-Bartel,M (2600) Skopje 2019}) 10. Rc1 b6 11. e4 {White has an edge.} dxc4 12. Bxc4 {[#] Strongly threatening e5.} e5 $1 13. d5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bb7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 $1 Rf7 18. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. b4 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxb4 20. Rfd1 Rb8 21. Nh4 g6 22. Rc6 Qe8 23. Re6 {½-½ (23) Cimicki,D (2439)-Strengell,O (2366) ICCF email 2010}) 18... g6 19. Qg4 Bxd5 20. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5d6]} Bf8 {Threatens to win with ...Bb7.} 21. exd5 Nc5 22. Rfd1 (22. Bxc5 $14 bxc5 23. Rfd1) 22... Qd7 $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 23. Nh6+ Bxh6 $1 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxh6 Rad8 26. b4 Na4 (26... Ne6 $5) 27. h4 {The position is equal.} Kf7 28. Be3 h5 29. Rc6 Rxd5 (29... b5 {feels hotter.} 30. Rxa6 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. g3 Rd1+) 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Bxb6 Nxb6 32. Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} a5 33. a3 axb4 34. axb4 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Kg1 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. Kg1 Rd1+ {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

