[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,83,17,22,19,22,22,22,22,22,22,20,20,20,20,21,16,19,36,20,12,5,10,13,8,23,13,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,31,31,31,37,18,21,10,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Be7 8. e3 O-O $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 8...Bd7.} 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxc4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qb3 c6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Qc3 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Be6 18. a4 a5 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. b4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 axb4 22. Qxb4 g6 23. Rb1 Bc8 {½-½ (44) Figlio,G (2493)-Hernandez Molina,D (2348) ICCF email 2018}) 18. a3 Qe7 19. Rd4 Be6 20. Rad1 h6 21. R1d2 Qc7 22. h4 Rfd8 23. Be4 Qb6 24. Bc2 Kf8 {The position is equal.} 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. b4 (26. Rxd8+ {is interesting.} Qxd8 27. Qe5 Kg8 28. Kf1 Bc4+ 29. Ke1) 26... axb4 27. axb4 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Ke7 29. Qc3 Kf8 30. Kf1 Qb5+ 31. Ke1 Qc4 32. Qxc4 Bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 33. Kd2 Ke7 34. Kc3 Be6 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. e4 f6 37. f4 b6 38. e5+ fxe5+ 39. fxe5+ Ke7 40. Be4 Kd7 41. Bd3 Ke7 42. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,92,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,6,8,-13,30,24,38,19,48,51,69,62,63,41,52,54,62,59,59,59,57,28,48,63,65,60,53,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,0,84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,57,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. h4 b5 13. a3 {13.h5 is becoming the main line. C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} Rb8 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Qd4 Qb6 16. b4 Nd7 $1 17. h5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bb7 18. h6 g6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Ne2 Rbc8 21. Nd4 Rc3 22. Rd3 Rc7 23. g4 Re8 {½-½ (50) Schuller,J (2384)-Svoboda,F (2379) ICCF email 2012}) 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. Nd4 Rfc8 21. Rh3 Na4 22. Kd2 Rc7 23. Rb1 Rbc8 24. Rbb3 Nb6 25. g4 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 27. Rbg3 Rd8 28. c3 a5 29. Ke3 axb4 30. axb4 Ra7 31. f5 Ra1 32. Kf4 Rf1+ 33. Rf3 Rd1 34. Rf2 Ra8 35. Rhf3 Ra3 36. Rg3 (36. Rf1 $5 {[%cal Rf1d1]} Raa1 37. Rxd1 Rxd1 38. Rf2 $14) 36... Re1 {[#]} (36... Kh7 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. Rff3 (37. Rd2 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Nf3.} Rh1 38. f6) 37... Ra2 38. Re3 Rd1 39. f6 Rh2 40. Rh3 Rf1+ {[#]} (40... Ra2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41. Rhf3 (41. Ref3 $1 $16 Rxh3 42. Rxf1 Rxc3 43. Ra1) 41... Rd1 $11 42. Rh3 Rhd2 43. Rhg3 Rf2+ 44. Rgf3 Rh2 45. Rh3 Rf1+ ({Black should play} 45... Rg2 $11) 46. Rhf3 ({White should try} 46. Ref3 $1 $14 Rxh3 47. Rxf1 Rxc3 48. Ra1) 46... Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,88,17,20,8,35,0,51,54,60,0,0,0,0,0,50,29,98,72,87,49,57,67,58,34,112,116,118,71,66,74,38,21,57,0,103,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-44,-36,-73,-72,-91,-72,-71,-72,-91,-87,-77,-86,-272,-233,-227,-221,-510,-510,-485,-494,-475,-469,-429,-420,-482,-454,-525,-502]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 {B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3.} Nbd7 10. g4 Ne5 (10... Bb7 $11) 11. g5 $14 {White is slightly better.} Nfg4 {[#]} 12. f4 $146 (12. O-O-O $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. O-O-O Be7 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. f5 exf5 {1-0 (45) Haring,V (2209)-Chovan,M (2256) Slovakia 2016}) 12... Nxe3 $11 13. Qxe3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 15. O-O-O Be7 (15... Bd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. h4 Bd7 17. f5 a5 18. e5 d5 $1 19. f6 Bc5 (19... gxf6 $14 20. gxf6 (20. exf6 Bd6 $15) 20... Bc5) 20. fxg7 $16 Rg8 21. b3 Bxa3+ 22. Kb1 Qc5 23. Qd3 {[%cal Rc3b5]} a4 24. Ncxb5 ({White should try} 24. h5 $14 Rxg7 25. g6) 24... Ke7 (24... Rxg7 $11 25. Rhf1 axb3 26. cxb3 Kf8) 25. Nxa3 ({White should play} 25. Qf1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf1f6] Black must now prevent Qf6+.} Rxg7 26. Rh3 (26. Nxa3 Qxa3 27. Rd2 axb3 $17)) 25... Qxa3 $11 26. Qc3 ({Don't go for} 26. Nf5+ $2 exf5 27. Qxd5 Ra7 $19) 26... axb3 27. Nxb3 Rxg7 28. Rd4 Rgg8 {Threatens to win with ...Qa2+.} 29. Qb4+ Qxb4 30. Rxb4 Rgb8 31. Rf4 Ra4 32. Rhf1 Be8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 33. Kb2 Rbb4 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Ra1 Rxh4 {Hoping for ...Re4.} 36. Ra7+ {[#]} Kf8 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Re4.} 37. Nc5 $2 {White does not recover from this.} (37. Ra8 $17) 37... Rb4+ 38. Kc1 {[#]} Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4c5]} 39. Rc7 $2 (39. Ra5) 39... Ba4 $19 40. Kd2 Rxc2+ 41. Kd3 {White hopes to continue with Nd7+.} Rc4 42. Ke3 Kg8 43. Kf2 Bd1 44. Ke3 Bg4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.16"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,84,32,40,25,32,37,54,39,60,18,17,24,54,49,68,59,80,90,80,29,35,41,44,44,44,44,46,45,46,45,73,73,85,70,73,83,122,83,94,119,127,123,115,59,56,55,55,42,54,54,54,54,55,36,49,31,31,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,16,27,0,0,0,0,0,99]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 d5 8. Bg2 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3.} Nc6 9. Nf3 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. c3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. f4 Qd7 13. O-O Bh3 14. Be3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 e6 {½-½ (42) Dubov,D (2690)-Anton Guijarro,D (2685) Moscow 2019}) 10. O-O {White is slightly better.} Qd7 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Re1 Rhf8 13. c3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Rde8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 (16. dxe5 $16 Rd8 17. Bh6) 16... Bh3 $11 17. Re3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rf5 19. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ref8 20. Rf1 h5 21. h3 b6 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 R5f7 24. Bg3 Rh7 25. Re6 Rf6 26. Re1 g5 27. Re3 Rhh6 28. Rh1 ({White should try} 28. b4 $16 {aiming for b5.} e6 29. a4) 28... Rxh1 $14 29. Kxh1 Kb7 30. Kg2 e6 31. Qd2 Rh6 32. Re1 Qg7 33. f3 a5 34. a4 Qf6 35. Qd3 (35. Kf2 {seems wilder.} Rh7 36. Qe2 Rh6 37. Qe3 Qg6 38. Rc1) 35... Ne7 36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Kxh1 Ng6 38. Qe3 Kc8 39. Kg2 Kd7 40. b4 Nf4+ {The position is equal.} 41. Bxf4 gxf4 42. Qd2 c6 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 88%.} (42... e5 $11 {remains equal.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,58,32,25,65,58,87,65,71,68,59,41,85,-10,-28,-1,0,0,0,-25,41,25,33,70,59,-45,0,0,0,-379,-372,-346,-107,-108,-114,-108,-115,-122,-119,-495,-488,-481,-448,-426,-426]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4f2][%mdl 32]} Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 $1 Rb8 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} 10. c4 Bb4+ {[#]} 11. Ke2 $1 O-O $1 {White is slightly better.} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf2 {[#]} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Bd2 Ba6+ 16. Kf3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Rxb2 18. Rc1 Rxf4+ {0-1 (18) Shtembuliak,E (2478)-Moiseenko,A (2657) Rivne 2016}) 14. exd6 (14. a3 $16 Bc5 15. b4 Bxf2 16. Kxf2 dxe5 17. Bb2 Qb6+ 18. Ke1) 14... Bxd6 $11 15. Kf3 e5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 {[%mdl 64] aiming for ...Qc6. Double Attack} 17. Bd3 Rb6 ({Black should play} 17... Bb7 $11) 18. g3 $1 $14 {Threatens to win with Kg2.} (18. Qc2 $2 Rf6+ 19. Ke2 Re8 $19) 18... Bb7 19. Kg2 f5 $1 20. Qc2 ({Only move:} 20. Re1 $14) 20... Rc6 21. Qb3 f4 22. gxf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Rf1 $11) 22... Bxf4 $19 23. Rf1 {Hoping for Bxf4.} Bxc1 $2 {[#]} (23... Bxh2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 24. Be3 (24. Kh1 $2 Rb6 $19) 24... Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh4) 24. Raxc1 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 25. Rxc1 Qxc1 26. Qxb7 Qg5+ 27. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Kh1 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 27... Qe3 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf8,LRd3,LRf2][%cal Re3f2][%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Re3f2]} 29. Bf5 {and if Qd6 works, White does fine.} Qf4 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,96,14,26,28,22,22,30,22,31,20,47,16,38,0,30,15,15,9,22,12,31,10,45,37,51,53,55,45,70,36,53,21,31,21,48,43,48,43,47,28,62,0,54,6,63,47,53,54,72,23,25,22,20,8,12,23,46,0,18,29,24,5,27,22,32,38,26,26,37,40,37,43,38,37,34,27,88,97,93,97,259,256,289,289,256]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. g4 {now supersedes 8.Qxb7. D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Nxg4 9. Qxd5 Qc8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nb4.} 10. Qg2 {White has an edge.} (10. Qf3 {is more complex.} Nb4 11. O-O-O g5 12. e4 c5 13. exf5 Qxf5 14. Rd2) 10... Nf6 {[#]} 11. O-O-O $146 ({Avoid the trap} 11. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 $17) ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. Be5 O-O 13. O-O-O a6 14. h4 b5 15. Bh2 Rd8 16. Ng5 b4 17. Qxc6 bxc3 18. Qxc3 {1-0 (29) Ringoir,T (2543)-Brattain,M (2402) Charlotte 2018}) 11... Bg6 12. f3 Nh5 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qd8 15. Qc5 {next Bb5 is good for White.} Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Nxe7 17. e4 Nf4 18. Kd2 c6 19. Ke3 Ne6 20. Bc4 Nc7 21. Nge2 f6 22. Rhg1 Bf7 23. b3 g6 24. h4 Rd8 25. h5 Kf8 26. Na4 Be8 27. Nac3 Bf7 28. Rg2 Ne8 (28... b5 $11 29. Bxf7 Kxf7) 29. Rh1 $14 g5 30. f4 h6 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33. Ng3 Ng7 34. Rf2 Rh6 35. Rhf1 Ke6 36. b4 Rf8 37. e5 {White wants to play exf6.} Nd5+ (37... Nxh5 {with more complications.} 38. Nge4 Nd5+ 39. Nxd5 cxd5 40. Nxg5+ Ke7) 38. Nxd5 cxd5 39. Nf5 Nxf5+ 40. Rxf5 Rxh5 41. Rxf6+ Rxf6 42. Rxf6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ke7 43. Rd6 Rh3+ 44. Kf2 Rd3 (44... g4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 45. Rxd5 $16 g4 {[#]} 46. a4 $1 g3+ $2 (46... Rb3 $16 {was worth a try.}) 47. Kg2 $18 b6 48. Rd6 Ke8 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 72%.} 1-0

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,93,-6,-6,-3,-9,-12,0,0,18,6,23,18,37,32,38,27,37,30,31,30,75,71,80,75,89,88,92,77,93,79,77,64,83,27,27,23,34,32,54,40,50,55,58,-12,2,1,4,3,5,0,16,0,2,-5,15,14,22,22,22,23,33,35,30,15,15,15,27,15,15,15,15,15,15,14,15,15,15,14,14,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2 c5 7. c3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Qc7 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 7...Nc6 at the moment. Played by Alireza Firouzja in March 2020.} 8. Bd3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 9. Ndf3 cxd4 10. exd4 Ne4 11. Bg3 b6 12. Qc2 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. O-O-O b5 17. h4 a6 18. h5 b4 {0-1 (27) Alegre,E (1698)-Tanner,P (1927) Buenos Aires 2011}) 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bxe5 15. Bxe5 h6 16. O-O f6 17. Bf4 Rae8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Rae1 Nf7 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Bg3 e5 22. dxe5 (22. h3 $16) 22... Nxe5 $11 23. Be2 Re7 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Qc2 Qc6 26. b3 Rc8 27. c4 ({Better is} 27. Rc1 $1 $14) 27... dxc4 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Bxc4+ Kh8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...b5.} 30. Qg6 Rf8 31. Kh1 Rg5 32. Qc2 b5 33. Bd3 $1 Qxc2 (33... Rc8 {keeps more tension.} 34. Qxc6 Bxc6 35. h4 Rc5 36. Rfe1 Be8) 34. Bxc2 Rc5 35. Bg6 Rg5 36. Bb1 Rd5 37. Rxd5 (37. h4 {is more complex.} a5 38. Bg6 a4 39. Kg1 Bc6 40. Rc1) 37... Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Rd1 Bg8 39. h4 a5 {The position is equal.} 40. Bg6 a4 41. bxa4 bxa4 42. a3 Bb3 43. Rd7 Kg8 44. Kh2 Rc8 45. Ra7 Kf8 46. Kg3 Rc1 47. Ra8+ {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,53,0,20,10,20,0,19,-16,-9,0,-11,-14,-9,-1,11,0,0,0,0,-13,9,0,4,-21,-14,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 {The position is equal.} 7. Be3 {E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4.} Bd6 8. Nh3 O-O 9. Nc3 b5 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. Rd1 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. O-O Qa8 14. Ng5 b4 15. Nce4 h6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 {0-1 (59) Makhnev,D (2476)-Pak,Y (2384) Almaty 2019}) 12. Ng5 Bb7 13. O-O Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h6 15. Nge4 b4 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Na4 Rb5 {[%cal Bb8b5,Bb5h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. b3 Rh5 20. h4 e5 21. dxe5 $1 Rxh4 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Qh3+.} 22. exf6 Qh3+ 23. Kf3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rh1.} Qg4+ 24. Kg2 {aiming for Rh1.} Qh3+ 25. Kf3 Qg4+ 26. Kg2 {And now Rh1 would win.} Qh3+ 27. Kf3 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,89,9,0,6,0,12,5,39,39,45,-13,-7,-33,-31,-27,-28,-47,-31,-31,-24,-33,-24,-56,-45,-20,-7,-26,-10,-4,-4,-109,-108,-258,-219,-185,-20,-31,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-12,-10,-21,-8,-69,-8,-10,-10,-10,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nb3 Nc6 {B93: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 f4.} 8. f5 d5 {[#]} 9. Bg5 $146 {[%cal Rc3d5]} ({Predecessor:} 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Bg5 Bxf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Qb6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Be3 Nc2+ 15. Qxc2 Qxe3+ {0-1 (30) Deste,D-Hopfgartner,A ICCF email 2010}) 9... dxe4 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. g4 (11. Bc4 $14) 11... h5 $11 12. O-O-O+ Kc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd5+ Kb8 15. Be2 hxg4 16. Bxg4 Ka7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 17. h3 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Bg5 19. Rhe1 Rd8 20. Nc5 Nd4 21. Nc7 (21. Ne7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21... Rb8 $17 {White must now prevent ...e3.} 22. c3 (22. Nxe4 $17 Bh4 23. Rf1) 22... Bxf5 $19 23. cxd4 {[#]} Bxg4 $2 (23... Bg6 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...f5.} 24. d5 (24. Nxe4 $2 Bh4 $19) 24... f5) 24. hxg4 $11 Rbc8 25. Nxe4 Rxc7 26. dxe5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re7 28. Rd5 Bf4 29. Nxf6 Bxe5 30. Nh5 Kb6 31. Rd2 Kc6 32. Kc2 {[#]} ({White should play} 32. Rf2 $11) 32... Rd7 ({Black should try} 32... f5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Re2 (33. gxf5 Rh7) 33... fxg4) 33. Rf2 {The position is equal.} Rd4 34. Rf5 Kd6 35. Rxf7 Rxg4 36. Rxb7 Rg5 37. Rb6+ Kc5 38. Rh6 a5 39. Nf6 {Ne4+ is the strong threat.} Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Bxb2 41. Rh5+ Kc6 42. Rxa5 Bxf6 43. Ra6+ Kb5 44. Rxf6 Rxa2 45. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,109,39,28,40,41,37,42,60,44,45,31,46,53,54,54,54,56,56,55,55,55,54,55,57,51,56,43,46,41,51,57,52,51,58,57,58,57,57,57,76,76,78,76,76,76,85,76,76,76,76,76,76,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,79,72,79,66,79,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,6592,66,66,66,66,0,66,66,66,66,67,67,67,30,54,54,54,54]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. O-O Re8 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines.} 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a6 14. Qe2 e6 15. Na4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qc2 Qe8 {½-½ (31) Kristinsson,J (2239)-Thorsteins,K (2453) Reykjavik 2015}) 14. Qe2 a6 15. Bh2 Qa5 16. a3 e6 17. Rc2 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxc2 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxc2 Kg7 23. Bc4 Qc7 {Threatens to win with ...Rc5.} 24. b4 Re6 {Hoping for ...Rc6.} 25. Qd3 Rc6 26. Bb3 Rc1 27. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc3 29. Qd1 a5 30. bxa5 Qxa5 {[#]} 31. Qd7 $1 Qe5+ 32. g3 Be7 33. Qxb7 {Black must now prevent Kg2.} Qf6 34. Kg2 {And now a4 would win.} Bxa3 35. h4 g5 36. h5 Bd6 37. Qd5 Kf8 38. Qe4 Kg7 39. Qd3 Be5 40. Qd7 Kf8 41. Bd5 Kg7 42. f3 Kf8 43. Kh3 Qe7 44. Qf5 Bf6 45. e4 Qe5 46. Qd7 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rd7f7]} Be7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46... Qe8 $14 47. Qb7 Qe7 48. Qc8+ Qe8) 47. Kg4 $2 ({White has to play} 47. Qc8+ $1 $18 Kg7 {[#]} 48. Qe8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 49. fxg4) 47... Qf6 $14 48. Qc8+ Kg7 49. Qd7 Kf8 $1 50. Bc4 Kg7 51. Qe8 {e5! would kill now.} Bd6 52. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Qe7 53. Bxf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Re8g8]} Qxe8 54. Bxe8 Bxe5 55. f4 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,102,9,12,14,18,20,7,6,5,7,10,0,-9,-9,-10,-5,-12,-8,-6,-13,-8,-7,-13,-16,-20,-30,-19,-9,-9,-8,-11,-7,-7,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-28,-76,-39,-70,-41,-48,-48,-49,-49,-46,-47,-183,-8,-518,-518,-512,-496,-463,-451,-451,-425,-526,-518,-468,-419,-921,-921,-914,-914,-914,-907,-907,-900,-892,-795,-845,-525,-843,-836]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Be6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 13. Nd4 Rc8 $1 14. Rb1 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 15. c4 Nxc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 17. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Be2 Ne4 19. Bg4 Rc6 20. f3 Nc5 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Kf2 Na4 23. Rd2 {½-½ (41) Tregubov,P (2595)-Aleksandrov,A (2650) Budva 2002}) 17... dxc4 18. Bxc4 Kf7 19. O-O Ke7 20. Be2 Rc7 21. Rfc1 Rac8 22. Rc4 Nd7 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. Kf1 Rc2 25. Bd1 Rxa2 26. Rxb7 Kd6 27. h4 Ra1 28. Ke2 Kc6 29. Rb4 a5 30. Rg4 {Black must now prevent Ba4+.} Nc5 31. Rxg7 a4 32. Bxa4+ Rxa4 {KRN-KR} 33. g4 h5 34. Kf3 Nd3 {Strongly threatening ...Ne5+.} 35. gxh5 Rxh4 36. Rg5 Rh2 37. Kg3 Rxf2 {And now ...Rf1 would win.} 38. h6 (38. Rg6 $1 $15) 38... Rf7 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Rh7.} 39. Rg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Kh4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 39... Ne5 $1 40. Kh4 Kd5 41. Kg5 {intending Rxf7.} Rf5+ 42. Kh4 Rf1 43. h7 Rh1+ 44. Kg5 {[#]} Kd6 $1 45. e4 {[#]} (45. Kf4 $142 Rh5 46. e4) 45... Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7f8] Black is clearly winning.} 46. Rf7 Rh2 47. Kf4 Rh4+ 48. Kg3 Rh1 49. Kg2 Rh6 50. Kg3 e5 51. Kg4 {[#]} Rxh7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,80,8,7,0,0,-6,6,7,7,6,0,0,18,0,0,0,-6,-24,-25,-20,-26,-22,-28,-51,-54,-51,-51,-52,-20,-38,-38,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,4,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bb5 $5 {[%mdl 4] 13.Rac1 is a critical line. Exploring less charted territory. E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4.} Qc7 14. Rfc1 a6 15. Bd3 h6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} 16. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Qe3 Qf4 18. Bg3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rfc8 21. a4 Rc7 22. c4 {½-½ (66) Nisipeanu,L (2655)-Yilmaz,M (2630) Playchess.com INT 2020}) 16... Rfe8 17. Re1 Nd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 20. Qg4 {Hoping for Bxh6.} Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qxf5 Rad8 23. Bf4 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 24. f3 Qxc3 25. Rac1 Qb4 26. e6 fxe6 27. Qe5 Re7 28. Rb1 {The position is equal.} Qd4+ 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Be5 Rd2 31. a4 Ra2 32. Rxb6 Rxa4 33. Bd6 Rd7 34. Rxe6 Rd4 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Re7 R4xd6 37. Rxb7 Rxe7 38. Rxe7 Rd2 39. h4 Rd4 40. Ra7 Rxh4 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,85,17,10,22,12,16,16,25,25,14,14,20,27,11,36,22,51,0,0,0,10,7,12,0,22,0,81,0,78,51,279,275,281,282,254,272,267,280,375,348,318,211,206,197,197,194,260,262,258,269,266,241,308,309,354,353,29970,29971,29977,29975,6368,6324,29976,29980,29978,29979,29979,29979]} 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 {is now debated instead of 10.d3.} Rb8 11. h3 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} h6 12. d3 Be6 13. Bxe6 {The position is equal.} fxe6 14. Nbd2 {[#]} bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe8 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Be3 Qd7 17. N1d2 Nf4 18. Qc2 Rb5 19. Reb1 Bg5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 {1-0 (45) Pundak,M (2236)-Stepan,J (2003) ICCF email 2017}) 15. bxc3 Qe8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. exd5 (18. Ba3 $14) 18... Nxd5 $11 19. Qe2 Nf4 20. Qe4 Bb4 21. Ba3 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Rf5 (22... Rf6 $1 $11) 23. Rac1 (23. Nf3 $16) 23... Nxa5 (23... Nxd4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Qxd4 Rd8) 24. Rxc7 $16 Qg6 $2 {[#] This costs Black the game.} (24... Qd8 $14 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. Bxc5 Nxh3+ 27. gxh3 Qg5+ 28. Qg4 Qxd2 29. Rxe6 (29. Qxe6+ Kh8 $14) 29... Qa2) 25. Re3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3g3] Threatens to win with Rg3.} Nd5 26. Rg3 Rg5 27. Rxg5 ({Don't take} 27. Qxg6 $6 Rxg6 28. Rxg6 Nxc7 $16) 27... Qxg5 28. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 29. Qe4+ Kh8 30. Nf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Qf4 31. Qxf4 ({Worse is} 31. Qxd5 Qxc7 32. Ne5 Nb3 $11) 31... Nxf4 32. Bd6 Nd3 (32... Nd5 {was necessary.}) 33. Ne5 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Nxf2 {...Rh1+ is the strong threat.} 35. Bf8 {White wants to mate with Ng6+.} Rb7 36. Rc8 Kh7 37. d5 {And now d6 would win.} Rb5 $2 {[#]} (37... Ne4 $18 38. d6 Nxd6 39. Bxd6 Rb5) 38. Rc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 39. Ng6 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rc7g7]} Rb7 40. d6 Kh7 41. d7 {White mates.} Rxc7 42. d8=Q Rf7 43. Ne5 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,77,39,33,27,33,29,39,6,8,7,8,0,0,0,36,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,40,67,55,61,0,0,0,8,8,1,16,111,106,146,161,230,222,350,360,754,348,1377,1295,1049,426,1095,848,3041,1820,1949,1168,1726,909,4132,2693,2056,1940,1703,1702,822,522]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5 7. Ne5 {A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3.} g6 8. O-O Nd7 9. f4 {White is slightly better.} Nxe5 10. fxe5 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Qd1 O-O 13. c5 Bg5 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rb1 Rfb8 {1-0 (40) Vidic,S (2280)-Illes,A (1976) Hungary 2015}) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Be2 c5 13. b4 cxb4 14. a3 bxa3 15. Bxa3 O-O 16. d5 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 b6 18. Qd4 Bd7 19. Rfa1 Qc7 20. d6 Qb7 21. c5 (21. Ra6 $14) 21... bxc5 $11 22. Qxc5 Rfc8 23. Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} a5 $1 24. h3 a4 (24... Ra7 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Bd1 $16 Ra5 {Hoping for ...Rd5.} 26. Bxa4 Bxa4 27. Rxa4 Rd5 (27... Rxa4 {was called for.} 28. Rxa4 (28. Qxa4 Qb2 $16) 28... Qb5) 28. Qa7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra7b7]} Qg7 $2 (28... Qxa7 29. Rxa7 Rd8) 29. Qa8 (29. Qb6 $142 {And now Ra7 would win.} Qxe5 30. Qb7) 29... Rdc5 $2 {[#]} (29... Rxa8 30. Rxa8+ Qf8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 30. Ra7 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Qh6 {[#]} 31. Rc7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe3+ (31... Qf8 $142) 32. Kh1 {[%cal Ra8c8]} Rc1+ 33. Rcxc1 Rxa8 34. Rxa8+ {KQ-KRR} Kg7 35. Rd1 f4 {[#]} 36. Ra7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh6 (36... Qxa7 37. d7) 37. d7 Qxa7 38. d8=Q Qf2 39. h4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,74,7,12,0,4,0,2,6,9,10,20,28,28,28,20,17,29,20,29,21,22,12,24,3,20,10,15,0,0,0,0,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} b4 9. Nbd2 (9. Nfd2 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. b3 Ba6 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Rac1 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxc2 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxc2 Rd1+ 20. Bf1 axb6 21. Rxc6 Rd6 22. Rc4 {1-0 (60) Meier,G (2640)-Fridman,D (2667) Baden-Baden 2013}) 9... Bb7 10. Nxc4 c5 {now supersedes 10...Be4. 10...Be4 is not played anymore.} 11. Rd1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. Nfe5 {Threatens to win with Bxe4.} Bxg2 14. Kxg2 {With the idea Nc6.} Rc8 15. Be3 Qc7 {[#]} 16. Nxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rac1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Nd6 Qc6+ 20. Kf2 Nxa4 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Ra1 {½-½ (43) Gutov,A (2421)-Arnaudov,P (2477) Albena 2012}) 16... Qxd7 17. Rac1 Qb7+ 18. f3 Nd5 19. Bf2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qa6 21. Kf1 Bg5 22. Rc2 {[#]} Nc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. bxc3 (23. Nb6 $5 axb6 24. bxc3 $11) 23... Qxc4 {The position is equal.} 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Bxa7 Ra8 26. Bd4 Rxa4 27. Rb2 h6 28. Rxb4 Raxb4 29. cxb4 Rxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. h4 Bf6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 {KR-KR} 32. Kf2 f5 33. Rd3 Kg7 34. Ra3 Rc4 35. Ra5 Rb4 36. Ra3 Rc4 37. Ra5 Rb4 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "242"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,242,18,18,16,15,34,18,23,25,13,18,19,21,19,20,43,20,65,20,70,87,182,183,184,189,358,151,392,384,394,390,542,558,533,551,534,491,627,621,623,623,586,618,597,604,584,566,566,558,670,380,389,400,407,403,400,402,408,406,405,403,388,380,452,325,270,65,54,59,75,70,76,62,74,70,51,95,139,10,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12825,2425,12836,131,131,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 {C58: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 sidelines.} 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Nf4 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 {Threatening d4.} O-O 13. Nc3 c5 14. b3 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nc6 15. Ba3 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Ne4 f5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Qc1 Qa5 20. Bb2 Rae8 {1-0 (71) Vaibhav,S (2597)-Jones,G (2688) chess24.com INT 2020}) 15. Ne4 Re8 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. Nfg5 $1 (17. Nxd6 $6 Qxd6 18. Rc1 Rad8 $11) 17... f6 (17... h6 $16 18. Nxd6 (18. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 19. Rc1 Kg8 $17) 18... Qxd6) 18. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5h7]} fxg5 19. Nxg5 Qd7 $2 (19... h6 20. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8) 20. Qxh7+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Kf8 {[#]} 21. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5][%mdl 512]} Ke7 {Black wants to play ...Kd8.} (21... exf4 22. Qh8#) 22. fxe5 Bc7 23. e6 Qd5 24. Qxg7+ Kd8 25. Ne4 {[%cal Bg5e4,Be4c5,Bc5a6][%mdl 32]} Nd4 {[#]} 26. Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf3+ (26... Qxc5 27. Qd7#) 27. Kh1 {Threatening mate with Bf6+.} Bc6 28. e7+ Kc8 29. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (29. gxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qxh2+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Kf2 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Bg3 $19) 29... Kb8 30. Na6+ (30. Qxf3 Qxc5 31. Ba3 Qb5 $16) 30... Kb7 31. Nxc7 ({Weaker is} 31. gxf3 Rg8 $11) ({Not} 31. Qxf3 Qxf3 32. Nc5+ (32. gxf3 Bxf3+ 33. Kg1 Kxa6 $16) 32... Kb6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 31... Qd6 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rd6h2]} 32. Be5 Nxe5 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. Qg3 Rxe7 35. Re2 Qf6 36. Rae1 Rf7 {( -> ...Qf1+!)} 37. h3 Nd7 {and the idea ...Rg7 leaves Black hopeful.} 38. Re6 Rg7 39. Rxf6 Rxg3 40. Rxc6 $2 ({Better is} 40. Rh6 $18) 40... Kxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 41. Re3 Rg7 42. g4 Kd5 $1 43. Kg2 Ne5 44. Kg3 Rf7 45. h4 Rf1 46. g5 (46. h5 $1 $16) 46... Rg1+ $11 47. Kh2 Ra1 48. Rg3 Rxa2 49. g6 Rxd2+ 50. Kh3 {Black must now prevent g7.} Nxg6 51. Rxg6 Rxd3+ {KR-KR} 52. Rg3 Rd1 53. Re3 Kd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 54. Rf3 Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54... Ke5 $11) 55. Kg4 $1 $18 Rd8 56. Rf4+ $2 (56. Rf5 $18 {is more deadly.} Rd1 57. Kg5) 56... Ke5 $16 {[#]} 57. Rf5+ ({White has to play} 57. h5 $1 $16) 57... Ke6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 58. h5 {h6 is the strong threat.} Rg8+ $1 59. Rg5 Rb8 $1 60. h6 {Threatens to win with h7.} Kf7 61. h7 {Strongly threatening Rb5!} Rb4+ $1 62. Kh5 (62. Kf3 {seems wilder.} Rxb3+) 62... Rxb3 63. h8=N+ {KRN-KR} Kf6 64. Ng6 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 65. Nf4 Rb1 66. Nd5+ Ke6 67. Kg6 Kd6 68. Ne3 Rb5 69. Rg1 a5 70. Kf6 a4 71. Rd1+ Kc6 72. Ke6 a3 73. Ra1 Rb3 74. Nc4 {Hoping for Na5+.} Kc5 75. Nxa3 Re3+ 76. Kf5 Rc3 77. Ke4 Kb4 78. Nb1 Rh3 79. Nd2 Kc5 80. Ra5+ Kc6 81. Nf3 Rh1 82. Nd4+ Kd6 83. Ra6+ Kc5 84. Rc6+ Kb4 85. Nf3 Rd1 86. Ne5 Kb5 87. Rc3 Kb4 88. Rc8 Kb5 89. Nd3 Rh1 90. Kd5 Rh5+ 91. Ne5 Kb4 92. Rc4+ Kb5 93. Rg4 Rh1 94. Nd3 Rd1 95. Rb4+ Ka5 96. Rb3 {White wants to mate with Kc6.} Rh1 (96... Ka4 {feels hotter.}) 97. Ne5 Rh5 98. Rb8 Ka4 99. Kd4 Rh4+ 100. Kc3 Rh3+ 101. Nd3 Ka5 102. Rb2 Ka4 103. Kc4 {[%cal Rb2a2]} Rh4+ 104. Kd5 Rh5+ 105. Ne5 Ka5 106. Kd4 Ka6 107. Rb1 Ka5 108. Kd5 Ka4 109. Kc4 {[%cal Rb1a1]} Rh4+ 110. Kc3 Rh3+ 111. Nd3 Ka5 112. Rb8 Ka4 113. Kc4 {[%cal Rb8a8]} Rh4+ 114. Kd5 Rh5+ 115. Ne5 Ka5 116. Kd4 Ka4 117. Nc6 Rh4+ 118. Kc3 Rh3+ 119. Kc4 {[%cal Rb8a8]} Rh4+ 120. Nd4 {[%cal Rb8a8]} Ka5 121. Rb3 Ka6 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "286"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,286,10,9,31,25,32,22,19,30,16,25,38,16,80,0,14,15,23,17,14,11,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-15,-15,-16,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,-17,-18,-36,-36,-36,-3,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-120,-120,-136,-105,-121,-121,-161,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-161,-161,-161,-161,-153,-154,-154,-141,-168,-166,-161,-150,-158,-88,-183,-183,-252,-178,-183,-183,-168,0,-195,0,-168,-168,-168,-154,-292,-302,-317,-317,-309,-191,-1402,-249,-316,0,-1371,-316,-302,-373,-316,-316,-1804,-1549,-2025,-316,-302,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-186,-176,-168,-263,-263,-174,-186,-302,-302,-295,-295,-4209,-3402,-11400,-29948,-29956,-182,-133,-125,-263,-4252,-3273,-263,-185,-194,-2833,0,0,0,-2610,-2372,-1518,-737,-417,-302,-1960,-2827,-5073,-4197,-12833,-385,-1708,0,-12850,-29937,-29938,-4,-61,0,-29966,-29967,-29948,-29968,-29969,-29970,-29969,0,-12839,-12841,-12824,-11779,-12827,-29952,-29950,-29952,-29946,-29938,-660,-328,-12644,-7427,-3667,-805,-797,-797,-670,-779,-29952,-29950,-29950,-29951,-29954,-29955,-29955,0,-304,0,-29955,-29955,-29954,-29956,-29957,-29956,-29956,0,-29958,-29959,-29960,-29961,-29961,-29959,-29959,0,-29960,-29961,-29961,-29963,-29964,-29964,-29964,-29965,-29964,-29963,-29964,-29965,-29968,0,-29962,-29964,-29962,-29964,-29969,-29967,-29972,-29973,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29974,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29980,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29982,-29983,-29986,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29985,-29979,-29987,-29984]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 h6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 {[#]} a5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Rb8 13. Rc1 b6 14. a3 a5 15. Nb3 Bb7 16. c5 bxc5 17. Nxc5 Ba8 18. Re2 Rb5 19. Rec2 Ne7 20. Qe2 {½-½ (20) Erdos,V (2627)-Arutinian,D (2536) Batumi 2018}) 13. Rc1 Qb4 (13... Rd8 $11) 14. Qc2 ({White should try} 14. Nb3 $16) 14... a4 15. a3 Qc5 16. b4 axb3 $1 17. Nxb3 Qa7 18. c5 Rd8 19. Nfd2 e5 20. Nc4 Be6 21. Nxe5 Qxa3 22. Rb1 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Ra1 Qxa1+ $1 27. Nxa1 Rxa1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 28. Kg2 Ra6 29. Qb2 Rd7 30. h4 Re6 31. Qb5 Rc6 32. h5 Rdc7 33. Qb4 Rxc5 34. Qxd4 Rc8 35. Qd7 R5c7 36. Qb5 (36. Qd5 $15) 36... Rd8 $1 $17 37. Qb6 Rdd7 38. Qe3 Rc8 $1 39. g4 Rd5 (39... Rcd8 $19 40. f3 Rxd3) 40. Qb6 $15 Rb8 41. d4 Rd7 42. Kg3 (42. Kf3 $1 $15) 42... Rc8 $1 $19 43. Qb5 Rc6 $1 ({Don't do} 43... Rxd4 44. Qxb7 Re8 45. Qc6 $15) 44. Qe5 Rcd6 45. f4 Rxd4 46. g5 hxg5 47. fxg5 R4d6 48. Kf4 Re6 (48... Rd8 $142 49. Qc5 Rd4+ 50. Kf3 R4d5) 49. Qc3 (49. Qc5 $17 Re8 50. Qb4) 49... Rde7 50. Qc5 {[#]} (50. Qc2 $142) 50... Re3 $1 51. Qc2 {[#]} (51. Qxe3 Rxe3) 51... R3e4+ $1 52. Kf3 (52. Qxe4 Rxe4+) 52... Re3+ 53. Kf4 {[#]} R3e4+ $1 54. Kf3 $1 (54. Qxe4 Rxe4+) 54... g6 55. hxg6 fxg6 {Hoping for ...Re3+.} 56. Qc8+ (56. Qb1 $17) 56... Kg7 57. Qc3+ Kh7 58. Qc8 Re3+ 59. Kf2 $2 (59. Kg2) 59... Re2+ $2 (59... R3e5 60. Qh3+ Kg8 61. Qc8+ Kg7) 60. Kf3 R2e3+ $2 (60... R2e5 61. Qh3+ Kg8 62. Qc8+ Kg7) 61. Kf2 $1 R3e5 62. Qh3+ Kg8 63. Qc8+ Kg7 64. Qc3 $2 (64. Qc1) 64... b5 65. Kg2 {[#]} Kf7 $2 (65... b4 $1 66. Qd4 (66. Qxb4 Rxg5+) 66... Kh7 67. Qh4+ Kg8 68. Qxb4 Rxg5+ 69. Kf3 Rf7+ 70. Ke2 Re5+ 71. Kd3 Rd7+ 72. Kc3 Kg7) 66. Qc1 Re2+ 67. Kf3 {[#]} R2e3+ $1 68. Kf2 (68. Qxe3 Rxe3+) 68... R3e4 69. Qc6 Rf4+ 70. Kg3 Rf5 71. Kg4 Ra7 72. Qd6 (72. Qc3 {might work better.}) 72... Ra4+ $1 73. Kh3 Re4 $1 ({Weaker is} 73... Rxg5 74. Qc7+ Ke6 75. Qc6+ Ke7 76. Qc7+ Kf6 77. Qd8+ Kf5 78. Qd5+ Kf6 79. Qd8+ Kf5 80. Qd5+ Kf6 81. Qd8+ $11) 74. Qd7+ (74. Qd8 {is a better defense.}) 74... Re7 75. Qd2 Rfe5 76. Qa2+ $2 (76. Qc1) 76... Kg7 77. Qa1 Kh7 78. Kg4 b4 $2 (78... Re1 79. Qa8 b4 80. Kg3 b3 81. Qb8 R1e3+ 82. Kg2 Re2+ 83. Kg3 b2 84. Kf3 Rc2 85. Qb5 Rc3+ 86. Kf2 Rec7 87. Kg2 Rc1 88. Qxb2 R7c2+ 89. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 90. Kg3 Rc5 91. Kg4 Rf5 92. Kg3 Rc5 93. Kg4 Rf5 94. Kg3 Rc5) 79. Qh1+ Kg8 80. Qa8+ Kg7 $2 (80... Kf7 81. Qa2+ Kf8 82. Qf2+ Ke8) 81. Qa1 Kf7 $2 (81... Kf8 82. Qa8+ Re8) 82. Qa2+ Kf8 {( -> ...Re3)} 83. Qa8+ $2 (83. Qf2+ Ke8 84. Qb6 Re4+ 85. Kf3) 83... Kg7 $2 (83... Re8 $19 84. Qf3+ Kg8) 84. Qa1 $1 $11 Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (84... Re8 $11 85. Qa7+ R8e7 86. Qa1) 85. Qa8+ $19 Re8 86. Qc6 Re4+ 87. Kf3 {[#]} R8e6 $1 {[%cal Re6c6]} 88. Qa8+ $2 (88. Qc8+ Kg7 89. Qd7+ Re7 90. Qa4) 88... Kg7 $1 89. Qd5 Re3+ 90. Kf2 Re2+ $2 (90... b3 91. Qd4+ Kh7) 91. Kf3 $2 (91. Kg3 R6e3+ 92. Kf4 Re4+ 93. Kg3 R4e3+ 94. Kf4 Re4+ 95. Kf3 R4e3+ 96. Kf4) 91... R2e3+ (91... R6e3+ $142 92. Kf4 Re4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 93. Kf3 R2e3+ 94. Kf2 b3 95. Qd7+ Re7 96. Qd4+ Kh7 97. Qh4+ Kg8 98. Qc4+ Kf8) 92. Kf2 {White hopes to continue with Qb7+.} b3 93. Qd7+ Kg8 $2 (93... Re7 94. Qd4+ Kh7 95. Qh4+ Kg8 96. Qc4+ Kf8 97. Qd4 Kg8 98. Qd5+ Kg7 99. Qh1 Re2+ 100. Kg3 R7e3+ 101. Kf4 Re4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 102. Kf3 Kg8 103. Qc1 b2 104. Qc8+ Kg7 105. Qd7+ Re7 106. Qd4+ Kh7 107. Qh4+ Kg8 108. Qc4+ R2e6 109. Qb5 Re3+ 110. Kf2 Re2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 111. Kg3 Kh7 112. Qb6 Rc2 113. Qg1 Rc3+ 114. Kf2 Rb3 115. Qh1+ Kg8 116. Qb1 Kf7 117. Kg2 Rc7 118. Qf1+ Kg7 119. Qb1 Rc5 120. Kf2 Kf7 121. Kg2 Rc1 122. Qe4 b1=Q 123. Qd5+ Ke7 124. Qe5+ Kd7 125. Qd5+ Kc7 126. Qe5+ Kc6 127. Qe8+ Kd5 128. Qd7+ Ke5 129. Qe7+ Kf4 130. Qd6+ Ke3 131. Qg3+ Ke4 132. Qg4+ Ke5 133. Qe2+ Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 134. Kf2 Rc2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} 135. Kg1 Rxe2 136. Kf1 Qg2#) 94. Qd8+ (94. Qc8+ $11 Kg7 95. Qd7+ Re7 96. Qd4+ Kh7 97. Qh4+ Kg8 98. Qc4+ Kf8 99. Qc8+ Kg7 100. Qc4) 94... Kh7 ({Black should play} 94... Kf7 $1 $15 95. Qc7+ Re7) 95. Qc7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (95. Qf8 $11) 95... Re7 96. Qh2+ Kg8 97. Qd6 Re2+ 98. Kf3 R2e3+ (98... Kh7 $142 $1 99. Qb8 b2 100. Kg3 Rc2 101. Kg4 Rc4+ 102. Kf3 Rc3+ 103. Kf2 Rec7 104. Kg2 Rc1 105. Qxb2 R7c2+ 106. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 107. Kf3 Rc5 108. Ke2 Rxg5 109. Ke3 Rf5 110. Ke4 Kh6 111. Kd3 g5 112. Ke4 Kg6 113. Kd4 g4 114. Kd3 g3 115. Kd2 g2 116. Ke3 g1=Q+ 117. Kd3 Qg4 118. Ke3 Rf3+ 119. Kd2 Qg2+ 120. Ke1 Rf1#) 99. Kf2 $1 Kg7 $1 100. Qd4+ Kh7 101. Qh4+ Kg8 102. Qc4+ Kf8 $1 103. Qd4 R3e5 104. Kf3 Rxg5 (104... Kg8 $142 {And now ...Re3+! would win.} 105. Qb6 Re3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 106. Kf2 Kh7) 105. Qd8+ $2 (105. Qh8+ Kf7 106. Qh7+ Ke6 107. Qg8+ Rf7+ 108. Ke4) 105... Kf7 106. Qb6 Kg7 107. Qxb3 Rf7+ 108. Ke4 Rg4+ 109. Ke5 Rf5+ 110. Kd6 Rd4+ 111. Ke6 Re4+ 112. Kd6 Rd4+ $2 (112... Rf6+ {mates} 113. Kd7 {[#]} Rfe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 114. Qc3+ R6e5 115. Qh3 g5 116. Qh1 g4 117. Qh4 Kg6 118. Kc6 Re6+ 119. Kd7 Kf5 120. Kc7 Re3 121. Qh5+ Kf4 122. Qh4 Kf3 123. Qh1+ Kg3 124. Qf1 Re1 125. Qb5 Kh4 126. Qf5 g3 127. Qh7+ Kg4 128. Qc2 R6e4 129. Qd2 Kf3 130. Qc3+ Kf2 131. Qc2+ Kg1 132. Kc6 g2 133. Qc3 R1e3 134. Qa1+ Kh2 135. Qh8+ Kg3 136. Qa1 Re6+ 137. Kc7 Kh2 138. Qb2 Rh3 139. Kd8 Kh1 140. Qb5 Rhh6 141. Kd7 g1=Q 142. Qd5+ Kh2 143. Qa2+ Kg3 144. Qxe6 Qa7+ {[%mdl 64] Zwischenzug} 145. Kd6 Qa6+ 146. Kc5 Rxe6 147. Kd4 Qc6 148. Kd3 Rd6+ 149. Ke2 Qf3+ 150. Ke1 Qf2#) 113. Ke6 $1 Re4+ $2 (113... Rf6+ $19 114. Ke5 Rdf4 115. Qb7+ Rf7) 114. Kd6 {Strongly threatening Qb7+.} Rfe5 115. Qb7+ Kh6 116. Qf7 {[#]} Re6+ $1 117. Kd5 (117. Qxe6 Rxe6+) 117... R6e5+ 118. Kd6 $1 g5 119. Qf6+ Kh5 120. Qf7+ Kh4 121. Qf2+ Kh5 122. Qf7+ Kg4 123. Qf2 Re2 124. Qg1+ Kh5 125. Qh1+ Kg6 126. Qh3 R2e4 127. Qg3 {[#]} Re3 $1 128. Qf2 R3e4 129. Qg3 $1 g4 {Black mates.} 130. Qh4 Kf5 131. Qh7+ Kf4 132. Qh6+ Kg3 133. Qh1 Re1 134. Qh7 Kg2 135. Qh4 R1e4 136. Qh8 g3 137. Qa8 Kh2 138. Qh8+ Kg1 139. Qh3 g2 140. Qg3 Re3 141. Qf4 R5e4 142. Qf5 Kh2 143. Qh5+ Rh3 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,104,20,29,27,22,11,35,40,33,45,39,31,43,28,40,36,40,46,39,53,74,59,49,50,47,58,70,76,68,24,25,3,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,14,14,14,14,13,13,13,8,8,0,12,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} b5 8. b3 {[#]} Bb7 $146 {[#] Threatens to win with ...c3.} (8... c3 {looks sharper.} 9. Nb1 b4 10. a3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nd5) ({Predecessor:} 8... Rb8 9. Bb2 cxb3 10. Nxb3 Be7 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Ne1 Na7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Nd3 O-O {½-½ (41) Vidit,S (2722)-Nakamura,H (2741) Kolkata 2019}) 9. bxc4 {White is slightly better.} Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 12. Kxg2 Bb4 13. Nf3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bc3 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Bb2 Ne4 17. Rd3 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Rf5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Re3 Ra4 21. Rc2 g5 {The position is equal.} 22. h3 h5 23. Rxc7 g4 $1 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nh2 Rxf2+ 26. Kg1 {[#] And now Rxe4! would win.} Rf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Nxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ke7 29. Ne5 Nd2 30. Nc6+ Kf6 31. Kf2 Ne4+ 32. Kg2 Nd2 33. Kh3 Nc4 34. Rf3+ Kg6 35. Nd4 Rxa2 36. Nxe6 b4 37. Nf4+ Kg5 38. Ne6+ Kg6 39. Nf4+ Kg5 40. Rd3 Rd2 41. Rb3 Rb2 42. Ne6+ Kf5 43. Nd4+ Ke4 44. Rxb2 Nxb2 {KN-KN} 45. Nc2 Nd1 46. Nxb4 {With the idea Kg2.} Nc3 47. g4 Nxe2 48. Kh4 Nd4 49. Kh5 Ke5 50. Nd3+ Kf6 51. Kh6 {Threatening g5+.} Nf5+ 52. gxf5 Kxf5 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,82,0,0,0,0,0,13,11,12,0,6,0,0,-16,0,-33,-14,-17,-14,-18,-25,-34,-43,-34,-10,-11,-10,-20,-6,-29,13,12,30,0,11,-3,25,-36,-36,-51,-38,-42,0,0,-1,-1,0,-4,0,-26,92,0,0,0,0,0,24,31,25,25,25,23,28,42,35,0,22,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 Ne7 9. h5 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} h6 10. Nf3 b6 11. Rh4 $1 c4 12. Rf4 {[#]} Nd7 $146 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8h7][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbc6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. g3 Rf8 15. Bh3 O-O-O 16. Qg4 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Qg7 Qxc2 {1-0 (30) Coleman,D (2264)-Foisor,M (2222) England 2014}) 13. g3 Nf8 14. Nh2 Nh7 15. Ng4 Bd7 16. Ne3 O-O 17. Rh4 f6 18. f4 fxe5 19. dxe5 Nc6 20. Rh2 Rad8 21. Rf2 Rf7 22. Bg2 Be8 23. Kf1 Nf8 24. Qg4 Qa5 25. Qh4 b5 26. g4 ({White should play} 26. Re1 $11) 26... d4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 27. cxd4 c3 28. Be1 $1 {[#] Hoping for Rd1.} Rxd4 29. Qg3 $1 b4 30. Kg1 $1 bxa3 31. Nd1 Qc5 32. Kh2 Nb4 (32... g5 $11 {remains equal.} 33. fxg5 Nxe5) 33. Nxc3 (33. Bxc3 $16 Rd8 34. Qe3) 33... Bc6 $11 34. Ne2 Rc4 $1 35. Bxb4 ({Reject} 35. Rxa3 Nxc2 36. Ra5 Qb6 $17) 35... Rxb4 36. Rxa3 Bxg2 37. Rc3 Rc4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rxc3.} 38. Kxg2 Rc7 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 39. Rxc4 Qxc4 40. f5 Qxc2 41. Qf3 {aiming for Nd4.} Qc5 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,86,0,0,18,22,29,23,30,18,34,37,57,52,52,53,59,52,55,54,70,57,135,77,68,65,80,85,116,118,134,118,135,122,118,80,77,83,81,89,79,89,121,113,95,114,178,131,117,80,78,47,35,21,35,-172,-91,-550,-538,-397,-502,-587,-587,-587,-573,-573,-566,-1195,-896,-1474,-1396,-29970,-29971,-29971,-29971,-29973,-29958]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Rb8 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. a3 {is the legacy move (9.Be2).} b5 {White has an edge.} 10. Ra2 c4 11. f5 Nb6 12. b4 {[#]} Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... cxb3 13. cxb3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. O-O Be7 18. Qd3 O-O {½-½ (33) Timoshenko,G (2566)-Mellado Trivino,J (2394) Andorra 2007}) 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. Ng5 Be7 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Nd7 (16... Na8 $14) 17. Raa1 ({Better is} 17. Bf3) 17... Bxg5 $16 18. Bxg5 Qb6 19. Be3 f6 20. Bf3 Ne7 21. a4 a6 22. axb5 axb5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Ra5 Qc6 25. Bf4 Rb7 26. Be5 Ng6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Ra8+ Nf8 (28... Rf8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. Rxf8+ Nxf8) 29. Qg5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Rbf7 30. Rb8 h6 31. Qg3 Kh7 $1 32. Rxb5 ({But not} 32. Nxb5 Nd7 $15) 32... Ng6 33. Qb8 $2 {[#]} (33. Ra5 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 33... Bg4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} (33... Nh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4f3]} 34. Rb6 Qd7) 34. Nxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Rb6 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Qxb6 35. Qxb6 Rxb6 36. Bxg4 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1) 34... Rxf3 $19 35. gxf3 Bxf3 36. Rc5 Qe6 37. Qg3 Bxd5 38. Rxf7 Qxf7 39. Rc7 Qf5 40. c3 Qf6 41. h3 Nh4 {Black mates.} 42. Rd7 Nf3+ 43. Kh1 Be4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,90,14,33,28,14,12,9,5,10,11,0,6,6,0,6,15,5,12,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-4,-29,-29,-33,-30,-32,-32,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,0,0,0,-43,-29,-35,-29,-37,0,-36,0,-43,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line.} 15. Qd3 c5 16. Qb5+ Qd7 {The position is equal.} 17. Qxd7+ Nxd7 18. Be3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nf6 20. Ne5 O-O 21. g4 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Rfc8 22. Kb1 b5 23. f4 Nh7 24. c3 Rc7 25. Rd3 Rac8 26. a3 Rb7 27. b4 f5 28. gxf5 exf5 {1-0 (35) Filippov,A (2637)-Iordachescu,V (2644) Tashkent 2012}) 22. Kb1 a6 23. Bb6 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Bd4 Bf6 26. c3 Rd8 27. Re1 b5 28. a3 Rc8 29. Kc2 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 30. Kb3 (30. Re4 {with more complications.} a4 31. f4 Rc7 32. Nf3 Rc8 33. Ne5) 30... Bxe5 31. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} a4+ 32. Kc2 Rc6 33. Re1 f6 34. Rd1 Kf7 35. Rd2 Ke7 36. Kd1 Kd6 37. Ke2 e5 38. Be3 Ke6 39. f3 Rd6 40. Rc2 $1 Rc6 41. Rc1 Rc4 42. Rd1 Rc7 43. Rg1 Rc4 44. Rd1 Rc7 45. Rg1 Rc4 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,81,24,11,0,0,0,-4,2,10,0,0,3,10,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,20,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,-49,0,0,4,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-34]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c4 d4 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Qb3 {13.Re1 might become the main line. E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} Na5 14. Qb5 Be6 15. Re1 {[#]} Rac8 $146 {[%cal Ra5c4]} ({Predecessor:} 15... Rad8 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nd2 Nh5 18. Nd3 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Bb4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxe6 Bxd2 {½-½ (34) Fortune,J (2211)-Kozlov,V (2399) ICCF email 2011}) 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Nd3 Nxc4 20. Bxb7 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 Nxd2 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxc8 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 24. Kf1 Rxc8 25. Rxe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bc5 26. h4 {aiming for Kg2.} Rf8 27. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Rd3.} Rf5 $1 28. h5 Ne5 (28... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7e6]} 29. Re2 h6 $15) 29. f4 {The position is equal.} Nc4 {And now ...Kf7 would win.} 30. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Kf7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 31. Re2 Ne3+ {[#]} 32. Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe3 33. bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} e2 34. Re1 Rxc5 35. Rxe2 Rxh5 36. Rb2 Ra5 37. Rxb6 Rxa2+ 38. Kf3 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 Ra3+ 41. Ke4 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,40,23,87,0,10,4,8,19,25,-32,0,-52,-51,-52,-60,-51,-73,-75,-77,-80,-37,-82,-82,-79,-80,-135,-129,-172,-179,-395,-391]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Qh5 (6... Qf5 $11 {remains equal.}) 7. h3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} (7. Be3 $16) 7... O-O-O $11 8. Be3 e5 {[#] ...exd4 is the strong threat.} 9. d5 $1 {The position is equal.} e4 10. Nd4 ({Better is} 10. Nfd2 $11 Ne5 11. Bxg4+ Nexg4 12. O-O (12. Bxa7 b6 $17)) 10... Bb4+ {[#]} 11. Nd2 $146 (11. Nc3 $11 Bxe2 12. Ndxe2) ({Predecessor:} 11. Kf1 Ne5 12. b3 c6 13. Nc2 Ba5 14. Bxa7 Bxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 cxd5 17. Bd4 {0-1 (51) Gunnarsson,J (2445)-Fressinet,L (2455) Internet 1998}) 11... Bxe2 $1 $15 12. Qxe2 Ne5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. b3 c6 15. O-O cxd5 16. cxd5 Bxd2 $1 17. Bxd2 Rxd5 18. Bc3 (18. Be3 $142) 18... Nd3 $17 19. f3 {[#]} e3 $1 20. Rad1 $2 (20. Ne2 {only move.}) 20... Nhf4 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,55,19,18,18,18,17,13,16,22,20,14,22,-4,7,8,0,0,0,17,10,0,68,72,73,53,127,129,85,47,107,121,126,97,550,550,748,752,1422,1472,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 8.Bh4 at the moment.} Bd6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4.} 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qe2 b6 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhg1 Nd5 13. g4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 $1 Bxf4+ 15. Kb1 Qd5 16. Ne5 {[#]} Bxh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rad8 17. g5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qf3 19. gxh6 g6 20. Qe1 Rd4 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Re2 Qh5 {½-½ (38) Andriasian,Z (2588)-Rychagov,A (2538) Kavala 2010}) 17. c4 Qd8 {[#]} ({Better is} 17... Qd6 $1 $11 18. g5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7) 18. g5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg5h6][%mdl 512] Hoping for gxh6.} Bxg1 (18... hxg5 19. Qh5) 19. Rxg1 {Strongly threatening gxh6.} hxg5 (19... Qxd4 $14 20. gxh6 g6) 20. Qh5 $16 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} f5 {[#]} 21. f4 $1 Qxd4 (21... gxf4 $14 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ Kg7 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8) 22. Qxg5 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg5g7]} Rf7 {[#]} 23. Rg3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] aiming for Qg6! White goes for the king.} Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] A mistake that costs the game.} (23... Be4 $16) 24. Qg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rdd7 25. Rh3 {White wants to mate with Qh7+.} Qxe5 26. fxe5 Rxd3 27. Qh7+ {[%mdl 64] Zwischenzug} Kf8 28. Rxd3 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,85,31,17,17,16,10,16,18,24,17,0,12,10,18,0,0,-7,0,-2,0,0,17,0,0,-10,-14,-16,-17,-16,-16,-15,0,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,0,0,0,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-32,0,0,0,-9]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 8. Bg5 h6 {8...Nc6 is vanishing.} 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qxc4 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nc3 Na6 15. b4 {[#]} axb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qe7 16. Ne4 axb4 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. axb4 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Qb3 Qd8 21. Nd2 Bb5 {0-1 (47) Hanko,P (2087)-Rachela,M (2330) Slovakia 2017}) 16. axb4 {[#] aiming for b5.} Bf5 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. b5 Nc5 19. Nce4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 b6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qc3 Ra3 24. Qb2 Qe8 25. Ra1 Rxa1+ 26. Qxa1 Qxb5 27. Qa8+ Bf8 28. d6 cxd6 29. e3 Qd7 30. Bd5 Qc7 31. Qe8 h5 32. h4 g6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. e4 Qa7 35. Kg1 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Qa7 37. Kg1 Qe7 38. Qb8 g5 39. hxg5 Qxg5 40. Qxb6 h4 41. Qe3 Qg4 42. Qa7 Qg6 43. Kg2 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,80,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,19,4,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-8,-2,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,6,-18,-17,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 {The position is equal.} 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} c6 11. Qf3 Re8 {11...Rb8 is the modern continuation.} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. Ne2 Be7 {[#]} 15. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. b3 Rb4 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. c4 Bf6 19. Rae1 Qa5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. b4 Qxa2 {0-1 (32) Kunej,T (1599)-Pahole,T (1591) Sentjur 2008}) 15... Bd7 16. b3 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Rfd1 Kf8 (20... c5 $5 21. Nf3 $8 Bc6 $15) 21. f3 Re5 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} c5 24. Ne2 Bf5 25. Nf4 d4 26. Nd3 Bxd3 (26... Re8 {feels hotter.} 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. h4 g5) 27. cxd3 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {KP-KP} 29. Kf2 f5 30. f4 Ke7 31. g3 g6 32. h4 h5 33. Ke2 Kd6 34. Kd2 Kc6 35. Kc2 a5 36. a4 Kd6 37. Kb2 Kc6 38. Kc2 Kd6 39. Kb2 Kc6 40. Kc2 Kd6 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,79,31,27,25,25,32,30,28,28,40,36,38,31,41,0,0,0,0,0,23,18,18,8,19,0,16,14,14,14,14,14,15,15,18,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 a5 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 11. Nh4 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3+ {White has an edge.} 13. bxc3 b5 14. a4 {[#]} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... bxa4 15. Rxa4 Nd7 16. Kd2 Nb6 17. Ra3 Kd7 18. Be2 a4 19. Rha1 Rhb8 20. h3 Kc7 {½-½ (28) Delgado Ramos,H-Salcedo Mederos,P (2361) ICCF email 2016}) 15. Kd2 Ke7 16. f4 {[#] f5 is the strong threat.} Be4 17. Bd3 bxc3+ 18. Kxc3 Bxd3 19. Kxd3 Na6 {The position is equal.} 20. Rab1 Rhb8 21. Rhc1 Rxb1 (21... c5 {keeps more tension.} 22. Kd2 c4 23. e4 Ke6 24. Nf5 dxe4 25. Ne3 Rb3) 22. Rxb1 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 24. Nf3 Nd7 25. Nd2 c5 26. dxc5 Nxc5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 27. Kc2 Kd6 28. g4 Nxa4 {With the idea ...Nc5.} 29. Nb3 Nc5 {aiming for ...Nxb3.} 30. Nxa5 Ne4 31. h4 Nf2 32. g5 fxg5 33. hxg5 d4 34. Kd2 Nh3 35. Nb3 dxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Nxg5 37. fxg5 {Strongly threatening Kf4.} f6 38. Kf4 fxg5+ 39. Kxg5 h6+ 40. Kxh6 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.08.16"]
[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]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nhf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nhf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

