[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,71,0,10,-10,25,31,27,27,33,30,58,35,30,31,39,30,37,33,25,26,46,44,48,38,50,41,50,42,52,48,66,70,51,43,50,18,16,12,20,15,33,16,43,36,25,31,57,42,91,13,12,12,13,14,0,6,6,12,8,5,8,8]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. b3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (7. h3 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qa5 13. Nc3 Rab8 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2845)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2773) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 7... Nf6 8. Bb2 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. e3 Qc8 12. Kh2 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. d3 e6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Nf3 Rfd8 {½-½ (27) Eljanov,P (2727)-Khairullin,I (2629) Jerusalem 2015}) 9. Na4 {White has an edge.} Bxb2 10. Nxb2 Qd7 11. Nh4 Nf6 12. Nxf5 Qxf5 13. e3 O-O 14. Na4 Rad8 15. a3 Qc8 16. Rc1 Kg7 17. Qc2 h5 18. h3 b6 19. Nc3 Rfe8 20. f4 e6 21. Qb2 $1 {Threatens to win with Ne4.} Kg8 22. Ne2 Nh7 23. d4 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Nf6 26. Kh2 Kg7 27. b4 Qc7 28. a4 e5 29. fxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 30. c5 (30. Qf2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf2f6]} Qe7 31. Bc6) 30... h4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} ({Reject} 30... exd4 $6 31. cxb6 Qb8 32. Rc6 $16) 31. cxb6 hxg3+ 32. Kh1 Qxb6 33. Rc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (33. dxe5 $2 {[#]} Ng4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 33... Qxd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rcxf6 Re7 36. R6f3 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,51,27,-2,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,-1,0,0,0,0,57,52,70,72,57,56,60,49,62,63,52,10]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (9... Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Ne2 h5 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nb5 Bd8 17. Bg5 Bd7 18. Bxd8 Kxd8 19. Rd2 Kc8 {1-0 (49) Duda,J (2730)-Giri,A (2780) chess.com INT 2019}) 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxd7.} Ne7 {The position is equal.} 12. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Be8 $1 13. f4 h6 14. Ne4 h5 15. Kg2 b6 16. c4 Ng6 17. Nbc3 Be7 18. Be3 Kb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bd7 19. Kg3 Bh4+ 20. Kf3 Be7 21. Kg3 Bh4+ 22. Kf3 {½-½ (22) Walter,G (2452)-Kopeikin,V (2431) ICCF email 2016}) 19. Ng3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh4 (20... f6 $11) 21. Nf5 $1 $36 {[%csl LRg7,LRh4][%mdl 2112] [#] Double Attack. Black is under pressure.} Rxg4+ 22. Kf3 Rh4 23. Nxh4 {White is slightly better.} Nxh4+ 24. Kg4 $1 {aiming for f5.} g6 25. Bf2 Nf5 26. Rd2 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,19,13,15,28,16,7,0,0,0,20,8]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 e6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (6... Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4 Bd7 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. exd4 Na5 13. Re1 b5 14. c5 b4 15. Na4 Bxa4 16. bxa4 d5 17. Nf4 e6 18. Bf1 Qc8 19. Nd3 {0-1 (50) Kryakvin,D (2589)-Neiksans,A (2566) Finland 2019}) 7. d4 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O {Predecessor:} Nc6 $146 11. Nxd5 Nxd4 12. exd4 exd5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Be3 {½-½ (14) Kjetzae,J (2062)-Balazs,B (1822) Bad Harzburg 2012} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,7,12,2,8,7,7,6,8,0,20,13,28,15,19,27,9,19,26,26,39,39,72,47,62,53,52,37,68,59,75,74,81,46,22,34,115,74,77,80,65,96,154,158,149,132,147,150,201,110,119,112,109,109,109,123,116,116,186,186,186,119,164,135,1909,1979,891,897]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 O-O {0-1 (69) Grischuk,A (2767)-Caruana,F (2784) Berlin 2018}) 13... O-O 14. Qd2 Bg6 15. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Be4 16. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Bxg5 $1 17. Bxg5 h6 18. Be3 d4 19. cxd4 {Hoping for d5.} Rfd8 20. Qc3 $1 Qg6 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg6g2]} 21. g3 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Qe6 (22... Bd5 $14) 23. Kh2 Rac8 24. Qe3 Bf5 25. Bc3 Rxd1 ({Black should try} 25... Bxh3 26. Qf4 Rxd1 27. Bxd1 (27. Rxd1 Qf5 $14) 27... Rd8) 26. Rxd1 $16 Qxa2 27. g4 Be6 28. Qe4 $1 Ne7 {[#]} (28... Rd8 $16) 29. Qxb7 (29. Rd6 $1 $18) 29... Nd5 {[#]} 30. Bd4 $1 a5 31. Bf3 Qc4 32. b3 Qc2 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 (33... Qxd1 $16 34. Bxe6 Rf8) 34. Qxd5 $18 Qxd1 35. e6 Qc2 36. exf7+ Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Kf8 $16) 37. Qe5 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re5g7]} Qg6 38. Qe7 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,181,18,22,12,20,0,3,0,36,0,-11,-11,-3,-10,6,0,0,8,8,8,14,7,3,3,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,-38,-25,-45,-11,-111,-112,-141,-150,-153,-139,-274,-281,-270,-256,-307,-136,-134,0,-284,-292,-275,-275,-242,-150,-153,-152,-154,-145,-145,-145,-154,-154,-211,-157,-447,-438,-500,-173,-149,-121,-195,-170,-157,-135,-119,-123,-130,-96,-141,-8,-139,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Be6 7. Nb3 (7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nc4 f6 {1-0 (102) Dominguez Perez,L (2763)-Wang,H (2726) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 7... Bb6 8. O-O Qd6 (8... Qe7 {feels hotter.} 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. b3 f6 11. a4 a5) 9. Be3 (9. Nbd2 {keeps more tension.} a5 10. a4 O-O 11. h3 Nd7 12. Ng5) 9... Bxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd7 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Bd2 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 {1-0 (88) Piorun,K (2651)-Georgiev,K (2623) Katowice 2017}) 10. fxe3 c5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. a4 Ne8 13. Ng5 f6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Qh5 Nd6 16. b3 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 17. Nc4 a6 18. Rf3 b5 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Rh3 h6 21. Qg6 Qe8 22. Rxh6 Qxg6 23. Rxg6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} c4 24. dxc4 bxc4 25. Rd1 Rfd8 26. Kf2 Rab8 27. bxc4 Kf7 28. Rg3 Rbc8 29. Rb1 Rd7 30. Rb6 a5 31. Ra6 Rxc4 32. Rxa5 Rxe4 33. Kf3 f5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 34. Rh3 (34. Rg5 $11 Kf6 35. Rh5) 34... Rc7 $17 35. Rh8 Rc3 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Rd7 (37. Rg8 $17) 37... Rcxe3+ $19 38. Kf2 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kf1 Re1+ (39... Rxc2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 40. Rxd6+ Kf7) 40. Kf2 $17 R1e2+ (40... R4e2+ $17 41. Kf3 Rd2) 41. Kf1 $19 Rxc2 42. Rxd6+ Kg5 43. Rg8 Rc7 ({Less strong is} 43... Rxa4 44. Rxg7+ Kf4 45. Rd1 $17) 44. a5 Ra4 45. Rd2 Rxa5 46. g3 Rca7 47. Kg2 Kg6 48. Rd6+ (48. h4 $17) 48... Kf7 49. Rdd8 $2 (49. Rb8 $17 {was called for.}) 49... Ra2+ 50. Kh3 Rf2 $2 (50... Kf6 51. Rdf8+ Kg5) 51. g4 f4 $1 52. Rge8 Re7 53. Rf8+ Ke6 54. Ra8 Rc2 55. g5 Kd5 56. Kg4 {[#]} g6 ({Black should try} 56... Rec7 $1 $17 57. Ra1 Rc1 58. Ra5+ Ke4) 57. Ra4 {[#]} (57. Ra1 $11 {remains equal.}) 57... Rg2+ ({Better is} 57... Rec7 $1 $17 58. Rd8+ Ke6 59. Ra6+ R7c6) 58. Kf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxg5 59. Ra5+ Ke6 60. Ra6+ Kd5 {...Rc7 is the strong threat.} 61. Ra5+ Kc6 {White must now prevent ...e4+.} 62. Rf6+ Kb7 63. Raa6 Rh5 64. Rfb6+ Kc8 65. Rxg6 Rxh2 {And now ...Rh3+ would win.} 66. Ra8+ Kb7 67. Rga6 $1 Rc7 68. R8a7+ Kc8 69. Ra8+ Kd7 70. Rg6 Rc3+ 71. Ke4 {Strongly threatening Ra7+.} Re2+ 72. Kf5 Kc7 {Hoping for ...Kb7.} 73. Rg7+ Kb6 $1 {aiming for ...Rcc2.} 74. Rb8+ Ka6 75. Rg1 {White threatens Ra1+ and mate.} Ka7 76. Rb5 {Ra1+ would kill now.} Ra2 77. Rxe5 f3 {With the idea ...Rc7.} 78. Kf4 f2 79. Rf1 Kb6 80. Re3 Rc7 81. Rb3+ Ka5 82. Rb8 {Threatens to win with Ra8+.} Ra4+ 83. Ke5 Re7+ 84. Kf6 Re2 85. Ra8+ Kb4 86. Rxa4+ Kxa4 87. Kg5 Kb5 88. Kg4 Kc4 89. Kg3 Kd4 90. Rxf2 Rxf2 91. Kxf2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,53,0,1,0,5,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Ba5 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 Na5 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 {½-½ (39) Dominguez Perez,L (2763)-Grischuk,A (2759) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 {[#]} 16. Kh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. f4 Qg6+ 18. Qxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (50) Anton Guijarro,D (2643)-Svane,R (2610) Skopje 2019}) 16... Nxd4 $1 17. cxd4 Qxb5 18. Rg1 g6 19. Rab1 Qc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4 21. Rxb7 Rfb8 22. Rgb1 Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Bb6 24. d5 $1 Rd8 25. Bg5 Ra8 ({Don't go for} 25... Rxd5 $2 26. Bf6 $18) 26. Be3 {next Bxb6 is good for White.} Rd8 27. Bg5 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,140,18,16,10,13,27,0,22,22,23,19,26,30,35,21,27,18,21,25,25,22,25,8,36,26,27,29,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-18,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,-14,-14,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-16,-16,-12,-16,-15,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. O-O Nd5 9. Bxc4 N7b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxf4 10. exf4 c5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. g3 Nxc5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Ne5 {½-½ (28) Tomashevsky,E (2724)-Oparin,G (2617) Novosibirsk 2016}) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Qc2 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. Rad1 Nc4 15. b3 Nd6 {[%cal Bc4d6,Bd6e8,Be8f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 16. Ne5 a5 17. a4 Qb6 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. f3 Ne8 20. Qb2 Nf6 21. Bg3 c5 22. Bb5 cxd4 23. exd4 Nh5 24. Bf2 Bg5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Re1 Bf5 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. Nxd3 Nf4 29. Qb1 Qg6 30. Nxf4 Qxb1 31. Rxb1 Bxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Kf1 Bd2 33. Be1 Rc2 34. Bxd2 Rxd2 {KR-KR} 35. b4 Rxd4 36. bxa5 Rxa4 37. Rb5 d4 38. Ke2 Ra3 39. h4 g6 40. g4 Re3+ 41. Kf2 Ra3 42. Ke2 Kg7 43. Rxb7 Rxa5 44. Rd7 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Rh2 46. Rxd4 Rxh4 47. Ke3 Rh2 48. Kf4 Rg2 49. Rd5 g5+ 50. Ke3 Ra2 51. Rb5 Kg6 52. Rb6+ f6 53. Rc6 Ra4 54. Kf2 Rf4 55. Kg3 h5 56. gxh5+ {The position is equal.} Kxh5 57. Ra6 Kg6 58. Rc6 Rd4 59. Ra6 Rd5 60. Rb6 Kf5 61. Ra6 Ke5 62. Rb6 f5 63. Rg6 Rd1 64. Rxg5 Rg1+ 65. Kh4 Rh1+ (65... Rc1 {is interesting.} 66. Kg3 Rg1+) 66. Kg3 Kf6 67. f4 Rg1+ 68. Kf3 Rxg5 69. fxg5+ Kxg5 70. Kg3 f4+ {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,146,20,19,7,10,10,16,20,14,18,18,21,10,16,14,12,14,25,22,25,16,22,14,18,27,27,13,16,6,13,6,6,8,6,0,35,35,27,22,30,21,24,18,25,22,53,64,51,46,64,16,58,56,80,77,70,63,84,14,93,97,88,37,122,97,127,83,66,70,82,93,82,0,0,0,79,53,53,53,53,51,51,51,51,51,65,66,64,0,51,51,51,0,51,51,51,51,51,0,0,0,65,65,65,65,65,0,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,8,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 $146 (9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O-O Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. f3 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 {½-½ (67) Navara,D (2727)-Harikrishna,P (2732) Prague 2018}) 9... a6 10. a3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Ng4 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bxc5 Re8 $1 17. O-O Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Rxe3 19. Qf2 Re8 20. f5 Qf6 21. Rad1 b5 22. Ba2 Rb8 23. Qc5 Qb6 24. b4 Qxc5+ 25. bxc5 Rb7 26. c6 Rc7 27. Rd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Kf8 28. f6 gxf6 29. Rdxf6 Ree7 30. Bd5 $1 Kg7 31. Rd6 Be6 {Black wants to play ...Bxd5.} 32. Bf3 Re8 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Re1 Rb8 35. Ke3 (35. Rd4 $16) 35... b4 (35... a5 $11) 36. axb4 $16 Rxb4 37. Ra1 (37. Rd8+ $16 Ke7 38. Ra8) 37... Bc4 (37... Ra7 $1 $14) 38. Rad1 {[#] Rd7 is the strong threat.} Rb3+ 39. Kd4 Be6 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Ra8 Rb4+ 42. Kc5 Rb5+ 43. Kd4 Rb4+ 44. Ke3 Bg4 $1 45. Rxa6 Bxf3 46. Kxf3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc4 47. Rd7+ Rxd7 48. cxd7 Kxd7 {KR-KR} 49. Rh6 Ke7 50. g4 (50. Rxh7 $14 Rc3+ 51. Kf4) 50... Rc3+ (50... f5 $1 $11) 51. Kf4 Rc4+ 52. Kg3 (52. Kg5 $1 $14) 52... Rc3+ ({Black should play} 52... f5 $1 $11) 53. Kh4 $1 Rc2 54. h3 Rc3 55. g5 (55. Rxh7 $14 Ke6 56. g5) 55... Kf8 $1 $11 56. Rxh7 {Black must now prevent Kg4.} Kg8 (56... f6 $1 $11) 57. Rh6 $14 Kg7 58. Rf6 Rc4+ 59. Kg3 (59. Kh5 $14) 59... Rc3+ (59... Rc1 $1 $11) 60. Kg4 $1 Rc4+ 61. Kh5 $1 Rc3 62. h4 Rc4 63. Ra6 Rb4 64. Ra1 Rc4 65. Rg1 (65. Ra5 $14) 65... Ra4 (65... f6 $11) 66. Rg4 ({White should try} 66. Rc1 $14) 66... Rxg4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 67. Kxg4 {[#] White wants to mate with Kf5. KPP-KP} f6 68. Kf5 fxg5 69. hxg5 {KP-K} Kf7 70. g6+ Kg7 71. Kg5 Kg8 72. Kf6 {Intending g7 and mate.} Kf8 73. g7+ Kg8 74. Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,67,13,13,13,13,20,27,15,28,36,102,0,0,0,99,85,176,182,216,38,55,63,93,62,62,42,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6 17. b3 c5 18. Rd1 Bb7+ 19. Ke3 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} (19. Kg3 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 g5 21. Nd3 gxf4+ 22. Kxf4 Rc8 23. Be2 Ng6+ 24. Ke3 Bxg2 25. Rd1 Be4 26. Nf4 Nxe5 27. Nxe6 {½-½ (44) Iljiushenok,I (2549)-Dreev,A (2657) Yaroslavl 2019}) 19... Qxd6 20. exd6 Ng6 21. h4 {White has an edge.} h5 22. Be2 Bxg2 $146 ({Black should try} 22... e5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 22... e5 23. fxe5 f4+ 24. Kd2 Bxg2 25. Bd3 Rh6 26. Rhg1 f3 {1-0 (45) Tyulenko,Y (2441)-Shchepetnev,V (2313) ICCF email 2014}) 23. Rhg1 (23. Rh2 $16 Bc6 24. Nd3) 23... Nxh4 $11 24. Nd3 g5 (24... Be4 $1 $11) 25. fxg5 $16 O-O {[#]} (25... O-O-O $16 {might work better.}) 26. Kf2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf2g3] Threatens to win with Kg3.} (26. Nxc5 $6 f4+ 27. Kf2 f3 $16) (26. Bxh5 $6 Kg7 $14) 26... Bc6 {[#]} 27. Kg3 $2 (27. Bxh5 $6 Kg7 $16) ({Less strong is} 27. Nxc5 Kg7 $14) (27. Ne5 $1 $18) 27... Ng6 28. Bxh5 Kg7 29. Bxg6 ({Reject} 29. Nxc5 f4+ 30. Kf2 Rf5 $15) 29... Kxg6 30. Kf2 {Hoping for Ne5+.} ({But not} 30. Nxc5 f4+ 31. Kf2 Rf5 $17) 30... Rac8 31. Nf4+ Kg7 {The position is equal.} 32. Nh5+ Kg6 33. Nf4+ Kg7 34. Nh5+ {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 33%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,69,2,20,-9,80,70,70,73,76,65,65,65,69,65,56,47,22,33,110,102,91,86,88,74,108,79,185,166,197,92,92,88,92,99,99,99,241,11,4,13,14,8,12,6,11,13,11,2,127,123,134,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 $1 10. Bd2 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} Bd7 (10... O-O $11 {remains equal.}) (10... a5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Na4 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qa7 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Nd1 e5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 exf4 19. gxf4 {½-½ (58) Anand,V (2803)-So,W (2760) Bilbao 2015}) 11. f4 $16 Ng6 12. e5 {White is slightly better.} dxe5 13. fxe5 Ng8 14. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Qc7 {[#]} 15. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bc6 17. Rg1 N8e7 {½-½ (53) Schinke,A (2504)-Malac,M ICCF email 2007}) 15... Bxd2+ 16. Nbxd2 Nh6 17. Nd6+ Kf8 (17... Ke7 $14) 18. b4 Bc6 19. Bg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bxg2 20. Qxg2 Nxe5 21. O-O {Threatens to win with Rae1.} Nf5 {[#]} (21... f6 $16 {was necessary.}) 22. N2e4 $1 $18 ({Don't do} 22. Nxf5 $6 exf5 23. Rxf5 g6 $16) ({Much less strong is} 22. Qxb7 $6 Qxb7 23. Nxb7 Rb8 $14) 22... a5 23. Nxf5 (23. Qb2 $18 f6 24. a3 (24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Rxf5 axb4 $14)) 23... exf5 $16 24. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} g6 25. Qd5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} f6 26. b5 Rb8 {[#]} (26... Rd8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 27. b6 $2 (27. Rae1 $1 $18) 27... Qd7 $11 28. Rae1 {Strongly threatening Rxe5.} h5 $1 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Qxe5 Kg8 $1 31. Ne4 Rf8 $1 32. Nf6+ Rxf6 $1 33. Qxf6 Kh7 34. Re1 ({Only move:} 34. c6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc6d7]} bxc6 35. Re1) 34... Re8 35. Rxe8 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,63,28,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,18,21,15,10,16,37,30,54,55,92,98,184,179,184,183,176,167,125,102,607,582,1000,941,1069,1018,1151,1151,1095,1067,1232,1184]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bc5 16. Rd3 {[#] And now Rad1 would win.} b6 $146 (16... Be6 {is more complex.} 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 h5 19. Nd4 Kd7) ({Predecessor:} 16... Be6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 {½-½ (33) Leko,P (2737)-Adams,M (2743) Dortmund 2014}) 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 h6 19. Rd1 c5 20. Nh4 g5 21. Nf5 {Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Bxf5 22. gxf5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kb7 (22... Rd8 $16 23. Ree1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Kb7) 23. Kg2 $18 Rad8 {[#]} 24. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 {KR-KR} 25. Kf3 c4 26. Re4 b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Kc8 $16) 27. Kg4 {White is clearly winning.} Kc8 {and if ...Rd2 works, Black does fine.} 28. e6 fxe6 29. fxe6 Rh8 30. Kf5 Kd8 31. e7+ Ke8 32. Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,20,20,8,21,20,21,21,10,10,6,16,9,9,29,0,6,-2,6,0,0,0,41,22,35,8,50,46,45,66,66,47,64,59,110,104,118,82,152,152,137,133,229,230,210,170,169,134,145,116,325,322,339,333,331]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Bb7 14. Rad1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rfc8 16. Be2 g5 17. R6d4 Kf8 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 {1-0 (67) Ding,L (2811)-Firouzja,A (2702) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 6... Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 $1 8. e3 {The position is equal.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 {0-1 (21) Bellmann,H (2474)-Lushnikov,A (2261) ICCF email 2015}) 12... Bb7 13. d5 exd5 $1 14. Nxd5 Bd6 15. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} c4 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Nc5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...g5.} (17... Kh8 {looks sharper.} 18. Nc3 b4 19. Nd5 Rc8 20. Rc1 Ne5) 18. axb5 axb5 {...Rxa1 is the strong threat.} 19. Nc3 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qb8 (21... Qb6 $14) 22. Bg3 $16 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Nd6 (23... Qb6 $142) 24. Qa5 Kh8 25. Rd1 Nd3 (25... Rc8 $16 {was worth a try.} 26. Nd5 Rd8) 26. Bxd3 $18 cxd3 27. Qb4 (27. Rxd3 $6 Nc4) 27... Nc4 28. f4 ({Much less strong is} 28. Rxd3 Ne5 $16) ({Don't do} 28. Qxb5 $6 Qxb5 29. Nxb5 Nxb2 $14) 28... Rd8 29. b3 (29. Qxb5 $6 Qxb5 30. Nxb5 Nxb2 $11) 29... Nb6 $2 {[#]} (29... Na3 $16) 30. Qxb5 ({Don't play} 30. Nxb5 h6 $18) 30... d2 31. Ne4 Rd5 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,50,34,27,38,26,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,42,42,41,0,23,0,0,0,7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. cxd4 e6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. h4 Qd7 {D88: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: 10 Be3 cxd4 11 cxd4} (15... Qe7 16. h5 Rfc8 17. e5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Bf6 Nc6 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qc1 {1-0 (35) Carlsen,M (2690)-Ivanchuk,V (2750) Morelia/Linares 2007}) 16. h5 Rfc8 17. h6 Bf8 18. Bg5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Ng3 Nc6 (21... Nc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d2]} 22. Qc3 Nd6 $11) 22. Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Bb5 Nb4 23. a3 {½-½ (32) Erdos,V (2425)-Banas,J (2383) Pula 2003}) 22... Nb8 23. Bg5 Nc6 24. Bf6 Nb8 25. Bg5 Nc6 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,87,31,32,35,29,30,29,31,28,25,6,43,39,53,0,0,-1,36,23,23,18,12,-51,-57,-89,29,0,0,6,4,0,40,14,24,20,18,14,87,80,77,74,79,88,144,158,212,186,199,60,60,60,58,62,83,119,257,238,331,295,352,338,293,245,639,431,1688,772,6507,2589,29975,29974,29973,29976,29976,29972,5377,2144]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 8. Nd5 Nb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 {White has an edge.} 10. c3 $146 (10. Ne3 Bg5 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Kh8 13. Nd5 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 {0-1 (39) Jakovenko,D (2704)-Alekseenko,K (2668) Izhevsk 2019}) 10... O-O {[#]} 11. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b5 ({Avoid the trap} 11... Bxh4 $2 12. Qh5 $18) 12. Bxb5 d5 13. Ne3 (13. exd5 $14 Qxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 14. Ne3) 13... d4 $11 14. Nd5 f5 15. Bc4 Kh8 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Bg5 (17. Nxe7 $11 Qxe7 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Qg4) 17... Bf7 $15 18. Qf3 f4 ({Black should play} 18... fxe4 $1 $17 19. Qxe4 Bg6) 19. Nxe7 (19. Qg4 {feels hotter.} Qd6 20. a4 Bd8 21. Bxd8 Raxd8 22. h5) 19... Nxe7 20. Bxf7 Rxf7 21. Qh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rf8 22. O-O Qd6 {Threatens to win with ...Nc6.} 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. cxd4 {Hoping for d5.} cxd4 (24... f3 $1 $11) 25. Rfc1 $16 f3 26. Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e7]} ({Much worse is} 26. gxf3 Rf4 $11) 26... Rf6 {[#]} 27. g3 $1 Qd7 (27... h6 $142 28. Qg4 Kh7) 28. Kh2 Re8 (28... Qd6 $16 {is a better defense.} 29. Qg4 Qb4) 29. Rc5 $18 h6 30. Qc1 ({White has to play} 30. Qh5 $18) 30... g5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg5h4] Black wants to play ...gxh4.} 31. h5 $1 (31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Kg1 Qh3 33. Qf1 Qh5 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rc1 Rh6 36. Qg2 fxg2 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Rc6+ bxc6 40. f4 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Qf1#) 31... Qf7 32. g4 Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g4]} 33. Qg1 Qd7 {[#]} (33... Qe6 $16 34. Kh3 Qa6) 34. Kh3 $1 $18 b6 35. Rc4 Qb5 36. b3 Ref8 37. Rac1 Qa5 $2 (37... R4f6 38. Qd1 Qd7) 38. R1c2 R8f7 (38... Qa3 $142 39. Qc1 Qxc1 40. Rxc1 Kg7) 39. Rc6 (39. Qc1 $142 Qb5 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. R2c6 Qxd3 42. Rg6+ Kh7 43. Rcc6 Qxe4 44. Rxh6+ Kg7 45. Rxb6) 39... Kh7 40. Qc1 b5 41. Re6 Qd8 42. Rcc6 R4f6 43. Rc8 {Played: Re6xf6} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,168,13,11,8,0,11,12,21,8,22,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-79,-25,-39,-29,-24,-34,-32,17,15,22,17,14,0,24,10,14,0,0,0,0,0,10,21,31,31,33,27,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-4,-2,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,8,0,8,-8,-8,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 a4 (9... Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. d4 exd4 13. Bxc6 dxc3 14. Ba4 Bxf2+ 15. Kh2 Bxe1 16. Qxe1 {½-½ (60) Alekseenko,K (2671)-Ding,L (2811) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 10. Nf1 Ra5 11. a3 (11. Ng3 {feels hotter.} b5 12. b4 axb3 13. Bxb3 Be6 14. Rb1) 11... Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Ng3 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rf1 {½-½ (29) Areshchenko,A (2677)-Deac,B (2572) Minsk 2017}) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 Bb6 14. Ng3 Qe8 15. Nd2 (15. Rb1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15... d5 ({Better is} 15... exd4 $17 16. Nc4 {[#]} dxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Nxb6 cxb6) 16. exd5 $11 exd5 17. Nf3 {[%cal Rf3e5]} e4 18. Nh4 Qd7 19. f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 Raa8 21. Qc2 Rae8 (21... Qd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6g3]} 22. Qf5 Ne7 $11) 22. Bd2 Qd6 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Ng3 Qd6 25. Nf5 Qd7 26. Nxh6+ gxh6 27. Bxh6 Ne4 {White must now prevent ...Rf6.} 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rxe4 dxe4 {The position is equal.} 30. Qxe4 Qf5 31. Qe2 Rf7 32. Qc4 Kg7 33. Rf1 Ne7 34. Nd2 Qg6 35. Qxa4 Rxf1+ 36. Nxf1 c5 37. Qd7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf8 38. Qxb7 cxd4 39. Qf3+ Qf5 (39... Ke8 {seems wilder.} 40. cxd4 Bxd4+ 41. Kh1 Bxb2 42. Qa8+ Kf7) 40. Qxf5+ Nxf5 41. cxd4 Bxd4+ 42. Kh2 Bxb2 43. a4 Be5+ 44. g3 Ke7 45. Kg2 Kd6 46. Kf3 Kd5 47. Kg4 Nd6 48. h4 Ne4 49. h5 Kc5 50. h6 Kd5 51. a5 Ke6 52. a6 Bd4 $1 53. Kh5 {Kg6 is the strong threat.} Kf7 54. g4 {Strongly threatening g5.} Nf6+ 55. Kg5 {White wants to play Kf5.} Ne4+ 56. Kf5 Nd6+ 57. Kg5 {Hoping for Ng3.} Ne4+ 58. Kh5 {And now g5 would win.} Nf6+ 59. Kh4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Kg6 60. Ng3 Bf2 61. Kh3 Kxh6 62. Kg2 Ba7 63. Kf3 Kg6 64. Ne4 Ne8 65. Nc3 Nc7 66. Ke4 Kg5 67. Nd5 Nxa6 68. Kd3 Nc5+ 69. Kc4 Kxg4 70. Kb5 Nd7 71. Nb6 Ne5 72. Ka6 Bb8 73. Kb7 Bd6 74. Nd7 Ng6 75. Kc6 Ba3 76. Kd5 Kf5 77. Nc5 Ne7+ 78. Kc4 Kf4 79. Nd3+ Ke3 80. Nb4 Ke4 81. Na2 Nf5 82. Nc3+ Ke5 83. Kd3 Nd6 84. Nd1 Bc5 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,44,12,9,14,6,9,8,17,14,19,12,5,5,0,5,6,5,12,14,-13,-13,-15,-12,-5,-12,-13,-10,-18,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ {The position is equal.} 9. Nxd1 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} Bxc5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Na5 Nxa5 16. Bxa5 Rd7 {½-½ (33) Sarana,A (2618)-Leko,P (2669) Moscow 2018}) 12... exd5 13. Bxd5 Nb4 14. Be3 Be7 15. Be4 $1 Be6 16. Na3 Bxa2 17. Nb5 Bc4 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nf5 Bb4+ 21. Bd2 Rfd8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxd2+.} 22. O-O-O Rac8+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,71,18,20,10,14,9,10,8,4,28,4,5,13,0,0,4,26,44,34,38,42,41,37,108,99,111,108,94,74,79,83,85,86,98,77,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Nb6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Ne5 {½-½ (27) Dreev,A (2653)-Sargissian,G (2677) chess.com INT 2018}) 11... b5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qe8 14. Nxf8 Bxf8 15. Bd6 $1 Bb7 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. a4 b4 ({Black should play} 17... Rb8 $14) 18. Qb3+ $16 Ne6 {[%cal Bf8e6,Be6g5,Bg5h3][%mdl 32] [#] And now ...Qc6 would win.} 19. Qxb4 Rb8 {...Bxg2! is the strong threat.} 20. Qc4 Rc8 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. Qc2 Ng5 23. Rae1 Bf3 24. Qf5 (24. Ne2 $1 $14) 24... Qh5 $11 {Strongly threatening ...Rf8.The position is equal.} 25. h4 $1 Qxh4 {aiming for ...Ng4.} 26. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4h4]} ({Don't go for} 26. gxf3 $2 g6 $19) 26... Nh3+ 27. gxh3 Qxh3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3h1]} 28. Qxb8+ Kf7 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3h1]} 29. Qc7+ Kg8 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3h1]} 30. Qb8+ Kf7 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3h1]} 31. Qh2 Qg4+ 32. Qg3 Qh5 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh5h1]} 33. Qc7+ Kg8 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh5h1]} 34. Qh2 Qg5+ 35. Qg3 Qh5 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh5h1]} 36. Qh2 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,119,3,17,14,20,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,3,6,0,0,2,7,41,34,29,30,29,29,34,29,31,41,24,10,10,19,24,21,19,10,23,19,27,16,41,41,49,41,41,40,49,49,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-62,0,0,0,-104,0,-159,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-191,-183,-181,-175,-194,-88,-88,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-365,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d1,Bd1e3,Be3c4,Bc4a5,Ba5b7][%mdl 32]} dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} Bxc5 10. Ne3 {[#]} c3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Rb8 13. Nc4 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7 {[#]} 15. Bxb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bxb8 Bxg2 16. Bd6 Bxh1 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 {½-½ (98) Vidit,S (2707)-Dominguez Perez,L (2750) Hengshui 2019}) 15... Rxb7 16. Rb1 {White wants to play Na5!} Nd5 {[#]} 17. Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b7][%mdl 576] [#] Pin} Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (17... bxa5 18. Rxb7) 18. Nxb7 (18. Nxf4 Rc7) 18... Nxd3+ 19. exd3 Be7 20. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 21. c5 $1 Ne5 22. f4 Nxd3+ 23. Ke2 Rxb7 24. Kxd3 Bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 25. Rhd1 Kf8 26. Kc4 Ke7 27. Kb5 a5 28. Kc6 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ra7 29. a4 h5 30. Rd3 Kf6 31. Rd8 Kf5 32. Rxb6 (32. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1e5]}) 32... Bxb6 33. Kxb6 $14 {KR-KR} Re7 34. Ra8 f6 {With the idea ...e5.} 35. Rxa5+ e5 {Threatening ...Kg4.} 36. fxe5 fxe5 {aiming for ...Kg4.} 37. Kc6 (37. Rc5 $11) 37... Re6+ (37... Kf6 $1 $15 38. Rc5 e4) 38. Kd5 $11 Re8 39. Kc4 (39. Rb5 $11) 39... Ke4 (39... Kg4 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 40. Kd3 Kf3) 40. Kc3 $2 (40. Rb5 $11) 40... Rc8+ $2 (40... Ke3 $1 $17 41. Ra7 e4) 41. Kd2 $1 Rc4 42. Ra8 Rd4+ 43. Kc2 $2 (43. Kc3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 43... Ke3 $19 44. a5 e4 45. a6 Rd6 (45... Rd7 $1 $19 46. Re8 (46. a7 Rf7 $11) 46... Rc7+ 47. Kd1 Ra7) 46. Kc3 {[#]} Ke2 ({Better is} 46... Rf6 $1 $17) 47. Re8 Rxa6 {Hoping for ...e3.} 48. Rxe4+ Kf3 49. Re5 g6 50. Rg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50. Kc4 $11) 50... Rd6 $2 (50... Kg2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg2h2]} 51. Kb2 Kxh2) 51. h4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Ra6 52. Kd2 Kg2 53. Ke2 Re6+ 54. Kd2 Kf3 55. Kd1 Ra6 56. Kd2 Rc6 57. Kd3 Rd6+ 58. Kc2 Ke3 59. g4 Rc6+ 60. Kb3 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,19,20,18,35,0,0,0,-4,-6,-2,-11]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 7. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf1 Nd7 8. Nd5 Nb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Ne3 Bg5 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Kh8 13. Nd5 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 {0-1 (39) Jakovenko,D (2704)-Alekseenko,K (2668) Izhevsk 2019}) 7... O-O {The position is equal.} 8. Nf1 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Be6 10. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,74,11,13,18,6,21,21,31,31,20,26,25,0,19,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,21,21,0,0,-18,-14,-22,-15,-24,-7,-8,-7,-3,-12,-9,-7,-9,-12,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 $146 (13. Nf1 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 d5 {1-0 (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2774)-Aronian,L (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 13... Qd7 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. Ng3 d5 16. Qc2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6 {[%cal Rd6d1]} 20. Rxd6 cxd6 21. Bc1 d5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Be3 {With the idea Bxa7.} e4 (23... Bb8 {is more complex.} 24. Rc1 e4 25. Nd4 Bxg3 26. fxg3 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Qc4) 24. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxa7 Nxc3 27. Bc5 Na4 28. Be3 Nxb4 29. Rb1 Nc2 {And now ...b4 would win.} 30. Rxb5 Nxe3 31. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc3 32. Rb3 Ne4 33. Rb4 Re8 34. Rd4 g6 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Ke2 f5 37. Nd2 Nxd2 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,80,13,21,0,6,0,22,0,31,27,27,27,37,39,48,33,39,29,36,37,34,40,32,29,24,6,0,0,10,16,36,37,42,12,59,59,65,84,82,36,53,23,24,15,12,17,6,0,0,0,0,-10,-16,-28,-33,-172,-173,-394,-405,-414,-411,-668,-656,-918,-847]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Nd2 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (10. O-O O-O 11. Bf3 Be6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. a5 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Rxc4 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. h3 Rc8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Qe1 Qc6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 {1-0 (48) Caruana,F (2819)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2775) Paris 2019}) 10... Nc6 11. Nc4 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Ncd5 Nc6 16. c3 Nb8 17. Bc2 Nbd7 {0-1 (38) Piliposyan,R (1975)-Murzin,V (2306) Riga 2018}) 12. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Ne3 O-O 15. O-O Nd7 16. Ncd5 Bg5 17. c3 Nc6 18. Kh1 Rc8 19. Nc4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nf6 21. Nce3 Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne7 23. c4 a5 24. Qd2 Nd7 25. Bb1 Nc5 26. f4 exf4 27. Rxf4 Ng6 28. Rff1 Qg5 29. Qf2 (29. Rf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5g5]} Qh4 30. Rff1 $14 (30. Qxa5 Rfe8 $14)) 29... Ne5 30. h4 Qd8 {[#] aiming for ...Ned3.} 31. Qg3 g6 32. Nf5 Kh8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 33. Nd4 f5 34. b3 Qf6 35. Rcd1 Rce8 36. a3 {[#]} (36. Kg1 $15) 36... Ng4 $1 $19 37. Nxf5 $2 (37. b4 Ne3 38. Qf4 Nxd1 39. Rxd1) 37... gxf5 38. Rxf5 Qg7 39. Rg5 (39. Rf3 $142 Nxb3 40. Bf5) 39... Nf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kh2 Qh6 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,6,0,0,9,0,18,3,15,-9,0,-2,15,5,14,-20,9,6,4,-7,0,0,0,0,8,7,18,0,0,-6,18,20,10,-6,-6,-12,-7,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-14,0,-53,-56,-38,-42,-34,301,300,295,215,596,562,668,666,656,243,635,618]} 1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 g6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} (6. Nc3 d4 7. Nb1 Bh6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Ng5 Bg7 10. a4 h6 11. Nf3 {½-½ (47) McShane,L (2640)-Rapport,R (2707) Riadh 2017}) 6... Nh5 7. O-O Ng7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bh6 8. Ne1 Ng7 9. c3 f6 {½-½ (26) Avramidou,A (2249)-Bronstein,O (2404) Anogia 2019}) 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} d4 9. Bf2 Ne6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. c3 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Rfe1 b6 16. Bf1 dxc3 17. bxc3 ({But not} 17. Rxe6 $2 Na5 $19) 17... Nc7 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Qb2 Qd7 20. d4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 23. Be2 Rae8 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Qf2 Rd8 27. Rd3 Rfe8 28. Nd6 (28. Ne3 $11 Qe6 29. c4) 28... Rxe1+ $15 29. Qxe1 Kg8 30. Ne8 {Threatens to win with Bxf6!} Nxf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Qf5 $15 31. Rd2 Bf8) 31. Qe7 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Re7g7][%mdl 576] Double Attack} Nh3+ 32. Kf1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Re7g7]} Qf5+ $2 {[#]} (32... Qd7 33. Qxg7+ Qxg7 34. Nxg7 Kf7) 33. Kg2 $1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Re7g7][%mdl 512]} Rd7 34. Nxf6+ Bxf6 35. Qe8+ Kg7 {[#] ( -> ...Rxd4)} 36. Qxd7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,107,-15,10,-7,-5,0,12,5,9,6,6,13,6,17,19,14,13,7,11,13,16,14,18,4,40,0,0,-12,-10,-7,-6,-14,11,2,8,6,7,0,6,5,12,12,12,12,8,5,13,-45,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-241,-191,-202,0,0,0,0,291,284,524,508,698,695,688,688,667,588,579,583,657,652,657,619,667,660,640,629,1473,1289,1322,1363,1266,1257,1215,1127,1035,996,966,649]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 $146 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bc2 g6 14. Bf4 Bf8 {1-0 (48) Andreikin,D (2696)-Magalashvili,D (2463) Baku 2011}) 7... dxc4 8. Qc2 Qa5 9. Bxc4 {Black must now prevent b4.The position is equal.} Qxc5 10. Bd3 b6 11. b4 Qc7 $1 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qb1 Qd8 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Rfd1 h6 17. e4 a5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bh7+ Kh8 {aiming for ...Rxc1.} 21. Be4 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 axb4 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. axb4 Nf8 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Nf5 Ng6 27. Bb2 Bf8 28. Nxh6 {Threatening Nf5.} Ra4 29. Re1 (29. Qf5 $11 Qxf5 30. Nxf5) 29... Nf4 (29... Rxb4 $2 30. e6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Black should try} 29... Qe6 $15 30. Nf5 Bxb4) 30. e6 fxe6 31. g3 d4 32. Ng4 {And now Ne5 would win.} Nh3+ 33. Kg2 $1 Ng5 34. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qd5+ 35. Kg1 $2 (35. f3 $11 Rxb4 36. Qc1) 35... Nh3+ $19 ({Less strong is} 35... Rxb4 36. h4 $17) (35... Bxb4 36. Rc1) 36. Kf1 Qh1+ $2 ({Much less strong is} 36... Bxb4 37. Rc1 $17) ({And not} 36... Ra2 37. f3 $11) (36... Rxb4 $19 {Hoping for ...Rb3.} 37. f3 Qb5+ 38. Nd3 Rb3) 37. Ke2 $11 Qg2 38. Bxd4 Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Rxb4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nh6+ Kh8 41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kh8 43. Nf7+) 39. Qb3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3e6]} Qe4+ $2 (39... Ra7 40. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kg8) 40. Be3 {White is clearly winning.} Rxb4 41. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 42. Qxh3+ Kg8 43. Nd3 Ra4 {( -> ...Ra2+)} 44. Rd1 Ra2+ 45. Rd2 Ra1 46. f3 Qc4 47. Qg4 Qb3 48. Bf2 Qb1 49. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 50. Qh3+ Kg8 51. Bd4 Ra7 52. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 53. Qe4+ Kg8 54. Ne5 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,76,31,27,9,13,9,14,9,17,8,11,0,0,0,0,-29,0,0,7,0,7,0,0,0,17,0,9,9,10,10,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qd3 c6 8. O-O b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 c5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bb2 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} cxd4 15. Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Rxc5 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rfc8 20. Bb7 Rb8 21. Bg2 Kf8 {½-½ (38) Inkiov,V (2465)-Boudre,J (2390) Maromme 1994}) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 a6 17. Qf3 {[#] Hoping for Nxe6!} Qc7 18. a3 Rfd8 19. b4 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3,Bb3c1][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 19... Qxc4 $2 20. Rac1 $18) 20. Rac1 (20. Qe4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e6]}) 20... Bf6 (20... Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5c1]} 21. Rc2 Ne5 $15) 21. Qe4 {The position is equal.} h6 22. Ba1 Kh8 23. h4 Kg8 24. b5 Nc5 25. Qg4 {White wants to play Nc6.} Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 {Threatens to win with Rcd1.} Nb3 28. bxa6 {Black must now prevent Rb1.} Nxc1 29. Qd1 Qc6+ 30. Kg1 Qa8 31. Qxc1 Qxa6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. Qc3 Qb7 33. h5 Qc7 34. Qd3 Qc5 35. Rd7 Rf8 36. Rb7 Qc6 37. Rd7 Qc5 38. Rb7 Qc6 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,77,11,12,11,33,11,11,14,37,29,33,1,91,-39,-37,-58,-43,-37,86,87,76,67,84,83,79,85,77,77,66,81,120,98,145,62,173,165,205,199,210,188,287,312,285,285,391,271,269,257,374,373,463,458,439,293,421,395,429,404,517,316,324,324,322,312,299,292,1192,1151]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 (7... h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. h3 Rd8 {0-1 (76) Yu,Y (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019}) 8. Re1 Ng4 9. Re2 {The position is equal.} Qf6 10. Nbd2 g5 {next ...Nxf2 is good for Black.} 11. d4 Rg8 $146 (11... exd4 $11 12. e5 Ngxe5 13. cxd4 (13. Ne4 Qg6 $17) 13... Bxd4) ({Predecessor:} 11... exd4 12. e5 dxe5 13. Ne4 Qg6 14. Nexg5 {1-0 (30) Spyropoulos,N (2400)-Hakobyan,A (2554) Karlsruhe 2019}) 12. Nf1 (12. b4 $16) 12... exd4 $15 {[#]} 13. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 {And now ...dxc3 would win.} (13... Ncxe5 14. cxd4) 14. cxd4 Kf8 (14... Be6 $15 15. Bxe6 Qxe6) 15. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Be3 Rd8 19. Qc2 Bxe2 20. Bxe2 Kg7 21. Ng3 {[#] Nh5+ is the strong threat.} Kh8 22. Ra3 ({Better is} 22. Qxc7 $16 Qc6 23. Qxf7) 22... g4 (22... c6 $14) 23. Qxc7 $18 Rc8 24. Qxb7 Rc1+ 25. Nf1 g3 (25... a5 {might work better.} 26. Rb3 g3 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. fxg3 d3 29. Bxd3 (29. Rxd3 Re8 $16) 29... Rxg3 30. Qb8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg8) 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Rf3 ({Weaker is} 27. Rxg3 Rxg3 28. fxg3 Qe5 $14) (27. fxg3 $6 Qe5 $16) 27... Qe5 28. Bd3 gxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qe3 (29... a5 $142 30. Qxf7 Rc7) 30. Qxa6 Rd1 31. Bc2 Rc1 32. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} (32. Qf6+ Rg7 $18) 32... Rg6 (32... Qxd3 $142 33. Bxd3 Rd1) 33. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rh6 34. a6 {Threatens to win with a7.} Qe5 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re5h2]} 35. g3 Qd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rh6h1]} 36. Rh2 Rg6 37. a7 Ra1 38. Qe4 Qd8 $2 (38... Qxe4 39. Bxe4 Rga6 40. a8=Q+ (40. Rxh7+ Kg8 $16) 40... Rxa8 41. Bxa8 (41. Rxh7+ Kg8 $16) 41... Rxa8) 39. Qe5+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Re8 9. d3 f5 10. Be2 fxe4 11. dxe4 Na6 12. O-O Nc5 13. f5 gxf5 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Bh5 Rf8 16. Qd5+ Be6 17. Nxe6 c6 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. Qxc5 Qe7 20. Qf2 Qxe6 21. exf5 Qxc4 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Qg3 Be5 24. Qh3 Rf6 25. Bg6 Qg8 26. Rae1 Raf8 27. Rf3 Kg7 28. Bh5 Qxa2 29. Rb3 Rxf5 30. Rxb7+ Kg8 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33. Bg6+ Kh6 34. Bxf5 Qg8 35. Qh3+ Kg7 36. Re4 Kf6 37. Rg4 Qd5 38. Rg6+ Ke7 39. Qh4+ Ke8 40. Qh5 Kd8 41. Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Qe8 15. e4 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Ne7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. g3 c5 19. Kg2 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. d5 Rd6 22. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,117,9,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,2,-5,15,0,8,27,76,38,31,18,26,32,125,119,119,118,112,117,174,98,94,96,110,91,93,93,96,95,86,66,67,68,94,57,57,0,83,76,96,100,102,0,145,60,72,57,50,40,54,44,105,105,104,105,146,145,136,135,78,64,64,41,54,32,43,24,42,0,52,0,58,58,55,38,83,90,86,50,50,45,44,39,49,50,66,40,41,45,39,0,16,0,38,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 {The position is equal.} Nxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. a5 Rb8 14. Be2 f5 15. O-O {[#]} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... f4) 16. Ba7 Rb7 17. Bb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nxb6 18. Nxb6 Rxb6 ({Black should try} 18... Rc7 $14) 19. axb6 $16 Qxb6 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3 e4 (21... a5 $16 {might work better.}) 22. Qd4 (22. Qa4 $1 $18) 22... Qxd4 23. cxd4 Bf6 24. Ra4 Bb7 25. Bc4 Bxd4 26. Rb1 Ba8 27. Rxa6 Bc5 28. Ra5 g6 29. Rab5 Ba7 $1 30. Ra5 Bc5 31. Kf1 Rd8 32. Rab5 {Black must now prevent Rb8.} Ba7 33. Ra5 (33. f3 $16) 33... Bd4 {[#]} (33... Bc5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34. Ke2 (34. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd1d4]} Be5 35. Bb5) 34... Kg7 $14 35. Rd1 Bb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6a5]} 36. Ra4 Bc5 37. Bb5 Kf6 (37... Rc8 $14) 38. Bc6 $16 Bxc6 39. dxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Ke5 40. Rb1 Rc8 {[#]} 41. Ra6 $1 d5 42. Rb5 Bd6 43. g3 Bc7 44. Ra2 Rd8 45. Ra7 Rc8 46. Ra2 Rd8 47. Ra7 Rc8 48. Ke3 g5 49. f4+ exf3 50. Kxf3 Kd6 51. Ra2 {And now Rd2 would win.} Re8 52. Rc2 Re4 53. Rd2 Re5 54. Rb1 h5 55. Rc1 Re4 56. Rcd1 Re5 57. Rc1 Re4 58. Rcd1 Re5 $1 59. Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. a5 Qd6 14. Qd3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Qb4 16. e4 Bf8 17. Qc2 Rab8 18. h3 Rbc8 19. Kh2 Rb8 20. Kg1 Rbc8 21. Kh2 Rb8 22. Kg1 Rbc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,82,24,30,18,26,16,36,27,40,29,40,30,22,12,22,6,11,0,20,20,13,21,22,18,25,10,25,12,18,36,47,26,35,34,39,13,31,33,48,23,16,16,32,25,25,8,15,8,9,18,16,8,8,7,71,65,51,21,20,22,24,25,24,38,39,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qb3 {Black must now prevent c5.} Rb8 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Rfc1 a6 {1-0 (42) Gelfand,B (2725)-Artemiev,V (2653) Moscow 2016}) 12... a5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. b3 Rbc8 16. Bb2 Bb4 17. Na2 Bd6 18. Rac1 Ne4 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bb4 21. Qd2 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Ra8 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. h4 Ne8 25. e4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Nf6 27. Bf3 Rd7 28. Rd2 e5 29. dxe5 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qxe5 31. b4 axb4 32. Qxb4 Qc7 (32... Ne4 $11) 33. Rb1 $16 Ra7 {[#]} 34. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa5 35. Qxb7 Qxb7 36. Rxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc5 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Rf8 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7f8] The position is equal.} 39. Rxf7 Ne5 40. Rf8 {White wants to play Be4.} Nxf3+ 41. Rxf3 Rxc4 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,96,0,0,27,-23,-26,-26,-21,-8,-14,-18,-18,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-12,-12,-15,-17,-16,-20,-11,-19,-14,-53,0,0,0,-99,-93,-100,-98,-88,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-68,-68,-68,-29,-80,-30,-202,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Rb8 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (10... Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Qa5 Qc8 13. a4 Rd8 14. Rd1 c3 15. Bg5 Bxe2 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Re1 Bc4 18. Qh5 Bd5 {0-1 (82) Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Aronian,L (2765) Saint Louis 2019}) 11. a4 Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. dxc5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd5 14. Bd2 c3 15. Be1 Rb4 16. e4 Nf6 17. Bxc3 Rxa4 18. Be5 Nxe4 {½-½ (35) Bitelmajer,M (2458)-Quiroga,F (2267) Buenos Aires 2019}) 12. e4 {Black must now prevent e5.} e5 {Black has an edge.} 13. dxe5 Qxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Qd4 c5 16. Qe5 Re8 17. Qxc7 Qxc7 18. Bxc7 Rb7 19. Ba5 Nxe4 20. Rac1 Rbe7 21. Rfe1 Ba6 22. f3 {[%cal Re1e4]} Nf6 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Bf1 h6 25. Kf2 Nd7 26. Bc3 Nb6 ({Better is} 26... Ne5 $15) 27. a5 $11 Nd5 28. Be1 {[#]} (28. Bd2 $11) 28... Nb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 29. Bxb4 cxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Rb1 Re5 31. Rxb4 Rxa5 32. a4 c3 {And now ...c2 would win.} 33. Bxa6 Rxa6 {KR-KR} 34. Rc4 {[#]} c2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Rxc2 Rxa4 36. g4 a5 37. Rc8+ Kh7 {Strongly threatening ...Ra2+.} 38. Ra8 $2 (38. Rc7 $11) 38... h5 $2 (38... Ra2+ $19 39. Ke3 a4) 39. gxh5 $11 {The position is equal.} Ra1 40. Ra6 f6 41. Ra8 a4 42. Kg3 a3 43. Kf4 Ra2 44. h3 Ra1 45. Kf5 Ra2 46. Kf4 Ra1 47. Kf5 a2 48. f4 Rh1 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,86,6,5,10,9,17,11,22,18,26,24,21,1,18,0,14,8,13,31,14,21,18,15,46,47,38,37,40,0,11,0,0,-28,-33,-30,-33,-50,-39,-36,-50,-41,-17,-17,-15,-13,-13,-22,-27,-30,-16,-8,-6,-8,-6,-15,0,-35,-34,-21,-33,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nf1 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rae8 15. b5 {0-1 (39) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Ding,L (2805) Saint Louis 2019}) 15. b5 Ne7 16. c4 Nh5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nf6 19. Bc3 Ng6 20. Ng3 axb5 21. cxb5 c6 22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qb3 d5 24. Rec1 {[#] Threatens to win with Ba5.} Qa6 25. Qb5 Nf4 26. Qxa6 bxa6 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Bd2 Nxd3 29. exd5 Nxd5 {[#]} 30. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} e4 (30... Rxh6 31. Rxd3) 31. Be3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Rc3 33. Ne2 Rc4 34. Rdb1 Nb4 35. Rd1 Nc2 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rf1 f6 38. Rf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Rh5+.The position is equal. White has good play.} Re5 39. Rxe5 fxe5 40. Rd5 Rxa4 41. Rxe5 Nxe3 42. Nc3 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Nd1+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,41,19,25,16,7,10,15,16,12,18,13,10,21,24,12,14,21,15,8,25,17,10,26,4,1,4,2,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ne8 10. Nd5 {[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32]} Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#] Hoping for ...Be6.} 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 {[#]} 17. Qf3 $146 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Re5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,115,10,19,15,20,22,34,23,27,22,31,27,26,14,30,21,32,32,29,29,30,32,37,17,25,0,0,0,0,0,23,27,42,34,120,116,102,116,102,111,112,73,87,69,192,141,219,216,214,218,222,232,245,232,240,222,290,291,286,307,284,270,291,258,379,375,374,304,532,509,847,770,819,464,561,549,480,520,489,535,535,520,535,528,504,508,660,661,661,661,29971,646,29970,29975,29974,29976,29976,29977,29977,29977,29977,29974,29978,29979,29982,29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 $146 (7... O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 d5 {1-0 (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2774)-Aronian,L (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. b4 {White is slightly better.} O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Re1 h6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nf1 Qf7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Ne7 16. d4 Nd7 17. Qc2 Ng6 18. N1h2 a5 19. b5 Rac8 20. Ng4 h5 21. Ngh2 $1 Qf6 22. Rd1 Nh8 ({Black should try} 22... Rf7 $14) 23. dxe5 $16 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Nf3 Qf4 26. c4 Nf7 27. c5 e5 ({Better is} 27... Ng5 $14) 28. Rc1 (28. Rc3 $18 {Hoping for cxd6.} Rfd8 29. cxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Nxd6 31. Rc5 (31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Qxc7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nxe4 $16)) 28... Kh8 (28... dxc5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. Qxc5 b6) 29. cxd6 $18 Nxd6 30. Rd1 {[%cal Bc1d1,Bd1d5,Bd5c5][%mdl 32]} Qf6 31. Rd5 Rfe8 32. Rc5 Re7 33. Rec3 Ne8 34. b6 c6 35. Rxa5 Nd6 36. Rac5 g5 37. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} g4 (37... Ra8 $142 38. Qe2 Rg8) 38. Nh2 Rg8 {[#]} 39. a6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf4 $2 (39... Nb5 40. Rg3 Qd6 41. hxg4 Nd4) (39... bxa6 40. Rxc6) 40. axb7 Reg7 (40... Qxe4 $142 41. Rxc6 Qxc2 42. Rxc2 Nxb7 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Rh6+ Kg7) 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Qc1 g3 43. Qxf4 exf4 44. Rh5+ Rh7 45. Rxh7+ Kxh7 46. fxg3 fxg3 47. Ng4 {Played: Rc3xg3} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,129,16,16,16,25,19,19,0,12,0,0,0,-5,-7,-3,0,29,12,21,7,16,16,35,35,32,20,19,-13,-10,-9,0,-6,0,-13,-13,-13,-13,-44,-44,-55,-19,-28,181,177,184,192,212,99,154,151,281,264,240,143,156,170,154,164,156,152,246,193,229,127,120,116,102,116,125,110,115,105,124,121,111,108,187,148,245,235,199,102,135,91,91,97,272,231,232,0,37,9,122,113,110,0,0,0,39,39,37,36,66,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,12,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 Nd7 $1 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qh5+ g6 {[#]} 14. Qe2 $146 {And now exf5 would win.} O-O 15. Nf3 {aiming for exf5.} Bf6 {Black wants to play ...fxe4.} 16. e5 Be7 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. c4 c5 19. b3 b6 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Ne1 a5 22. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 b5 $2 (25... Rd8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8) 26. axb5 $18 a4 27. Ra1 Rd8 28. bxa4 (28. Rxa4 $18 {and the rest is easy. Strongly threatening Ra7.} Rd3 29. Bg1) 28... Bxc4 (28... Rd3 $142) 29. Rc1 $16 Bb3 (29... Rd3 $16) 30. a5 $18 ({Weaker is} 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rd1+ 32. Ng1 Bxa4 $16) 30... c4 {[#]} 31. Bd4 (31. a6 $1 $18) 31... Ba3 32. Ra1 Bb4 33. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} c3 34. a7 Bd5 (34... Ra8 $16 35. Be3 c2) 35. Rc1 Be4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...c2.} 36. Bxc3 ({Only move:} 36. Ng5 $1 $18) 36... Bxc3 $16 37. Rxc3 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd1+ 38. Ng1 Rd2 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Re4g2]} 39. Rg3 Ra2 40. h4 Rxa7 41. h5 Ra5 42. hxg6 hxg6 (42... Rxb5 $16 43. gxh7+ Kxh7) 43. Rxg6+ Kf7 (43... Kh7 $16 {was worth a try.} 44. Rf6 Rxb5) 44. Rf6+ Ke7 45. Nh3 (45. b6 $18) 45... Ra2 46. Rg6 Rb2 47. Kh2 Rxb5 $2 (47... Bd5 $16) 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Rg6 $2 ({White should play} 49. Rxc7 $18 {Black must now prevent Ng5.} Rb2 50. Ng5) 49... Rb2 50. Kg1 Rb1+ (50... c5 $11 {remains equal.}) 51. Kf2 $16 Rb2+ 52. Kg1 ({Better is} 52. Ke3 $16) 52... Rb1+ $14 53. Kh2 Rb2 54. Ng5 Rxg2+ 55. Kh3 Rf2 56. Ra6 (56. Rh6 $14) 56... Ke7 $11 {The position is equal.} 57. Ra7 Rxf4 58. Rxc7+ Ke8 59. e6 {Nf7 is the strong threat.} Rg4 60. Nf7 {Intending Nd6+ and mate.} Kf8 61. Nd6 {White wants to mate with e7+.} Rg7 $1 $132 {[%cal Rg7c7][%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 62. Rxg7 Kxg7 63. e7 Bc6 64. Nxf5+ Kf6 65. Nd4 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,147,14,18,17,12,21,20,22,26,15,22,24,18,17,8,20,16,22,26,10,20,67,41,66,44,75,60,56,58,81,77,56,50,84,81,91,73,75,70,67,68,80,78,61,61,61,38,45,23,45,45,56,23,48,37,48,48,63,48,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,94,87,88,53,68,68,67,66,63,65,87,82,94,86,138,138,138,138,138,138,158,158,158,158,158,158,158,158,158,0,158,158,158,158,158,158,158,158,158,158,158,127,127,127,127,127,127,75,80,75,90,75,75,75,75,75,90,54,54,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Qe2 (9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. O-O c5 12. Rac1 Qb7 13. a3 Rfc8 14. Nb5 Nb8 15. dxc5 bxc5 {½-½ (35) Shankland,S (2725)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 9... Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rac1 {Hoping for b4.} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qa6 14. Ne4 Qxc4 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rxc4 {1-0 (46) Hercog,N (2031)-Mihelic,V (1814) Radenci 2019}) 14. Nb5 {And now b4 would win.} Qa6 15. Nc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qxc4 16. Rxc4 Rad8 17. h3 h6 18. Rfc1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. R4c3 Nf6 21. Rd3 Rfe8 22. Rcd1 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Rc3 Rd7 25. Rdc1 g6 26. Nd4 Ne4 27. Rc7 Ree7 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. b4 Nd6 30. R8c6 (30. R8c2 {with more complications.} h5 31. Rd1 Re4 32. Rd3 Nc4 33. b5) 30... Nc4 31. a4 Re8 32. Nb5 Red8 33. Rd1 h5 34. Rd4 Ne5 35. Rc7 Kf6 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. Nxa7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ra8 38. Nb5 Rxa4 39. Nc3 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Nc6 41. Nxd5+ Ke5 42. Rd2 b5 43. Kg3 Rb1 44. Nc3 Rxb4 45. Rd5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke6 46. Rxb5 Rc4 47. Ne2 Kf6 48. h4 Ne7 49. Nd4 Nf5+ (49... Kg7 $142) 50. Nxf5 gxf5 {KR-KR} 51. Rb6+ Kg7 52. Rd6 f6 53. Rd4 Rc2 54. Kf3 Ra2 55. g3 Kg6 56. Rd8 Kg7 57. Rd4 Kg6 58. Rd1 Kg7 59. Re1 Kg6 60. Re2 Ra4 61. Rb2 Rc4 62. Kg2 Rc1 63. f3 Rc3 64. Kf2 Ra3 65. Re2 Ra1 66. e4 (66. Kg2 $142) 66... fxe4 67. Rxe4 Ra3 68. Kg2 Ra2+ {[#]} 69. Kf1 $1 Ra3 70. Kf2 Rb3 71. g4 hxg4 72. fxg4 ({Better is} 72. Rxg4+ $14 Kh5 73. Kg3) 72... Rh3 $11 73. g5 fxg5 74. hxg5 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,100,9,14,27,-12,15,13,23,22,19,8,31,30,33,7,13,5,19,20,30,22,38,16,62,60,55,52,44,44,52,46,47,54,54,54,55,58,63,31,46,0,34,0,34,34,33,8,8,6,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O dxc4 8. a4 c5 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} (8... c6 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6 fxe6 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Qe2 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rfd1 Nd3 16. e5 Be7 17. Be3 Qa5 18. f4 Bd7 {1-0 (35) Lalith,B (2529)-Donchenko,A (2604) Stockholm 2019}) 9. a5 a6 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Nb8 13. Qxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxc4 Rb8 16. Bxc6 {½-½ (16) Gereben,E-Jovanovic,N Mladenovac 1975}) 13... Nc6 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Qa4 Qd5 16. Bc3 Qh5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qf4 Rac8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rb8 24. f4 Kf7 25. Kf2 g6 26. h3 h5 27. Bd5 f5 28. Kf3 b5 29. axb6 Rxb6 30. e4 fxe4+ {The position is equal.} 31. Kxe4 Bf6 32. Bxe6+ Rxe6+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Be5 Rb6 34. Kd5 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Rxb2 {KR-KR} 36. Rf1+ Ke7 37. Rf6 Rd2+ 38. Kxc5 a5 39. Rxg6 a4 40. Ra6 a3 41. Rxa3 Ke6 42. Ra6+ Kxe5 43. Rh6 Rd5+ $1 44. Kc6 Ke4 45. h4 {[#] Hoping for Re6+.} Rd3 46. Rg6 (46. Rxh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g5]} Rxg3 47. Rh6 $11) 46... Kf3 47. Rg5 Rd4 48. Rxh5 {Rg5 is the strong threat.} Kxg3 49. Kc5 Rxh4 50. Rxh4 Kxh4 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,65,0,14,3,-18,2,2,1,11,0,27,55,62,31,35,34,25,31,23,0,13,7,11,0,0,0,33,0,0,0,0,0,24,-29,34,32,29,22,45,45,33,33,54,44,55,46,54,53,57,50,49,42,34,16,20,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 bxc5 7. g3 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} Nc6 8. Bg2 Ba6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rab8 14. Nd6 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 {0-1 (36) Debashis,D (2485)-Moiseenko,A (2701) Doha 2014}) 10... d5 $146 (10... Na5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 11. Qa4 Bxc4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... Na5 11. Qa4 Bxc4 12. Bd6 Re8 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qb6 {0-1 (48) Silman,J (2345)-Browne,W (2495) New York 1987}) 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Nb5 {[#] Black must now prevent a3.} (12. cxd5 {is interesting.} exd5 13. Rfb1 Ne7 14. Ne5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qe6 16. Nd3) 12... Qa5 13. Qxa5 Bxa5 14. a4 Bb6 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Rab1 Nc6 19. e4 dxc4 $1 20. bxc4 e5 21. Bg5 Nd4 22. Kf1 ({Better is} 22. Nf3) 22... Bxb5 (22... h6 $11 23. Bxf6 gxf6) 23. axb5 $14 Rd6 24. Rb2 Ne6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Ra1 Rcd8 27. Ke1 Rd4 28. h4 Ng7 29. Bh3 Ne8 30. f3 Ng7 31. Rc2 Rd3 32. Ke2 Ne6 33. Bxe6 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,69,5,14,14,14,18,12,13,15,21,17,19,0,12,0,0,0,210,188,178,14,17,16,75,60,74,75,60,47,56,45,77,3,13,-8,-4,-7,0,-22,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nf1 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rae8 15. b5 {0-1 (39) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Ding,L (2805) Saint Louis 2019}) 15. Ng3 Rd8 $2 (15... d5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 16. axb5 $18 axb5 {[#]} 17. c4 $2 (17. d4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4d5] aiming for d5.} exd4 18. cxd4) 17... Bb6 $11 18. Bc3 Nd4 (18... Ree8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Bxd4 $1 $16 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qc2 bxc4 $1 22. Qxc4 d5 23. exd5 ({White should try} 23. Qxd4 $16 {Threatens to win with e5.} dxe4 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. dxe4) 23... Rb6 $11 {The position is equal.} 24. Re5 Nxd5 25. Rae1 Nf4 26. Nf5 Re6 (26... Kh7 {with more complications.} 27. Nh4 Rc6 28. Rc5 Rf6 29. Rxc7 Nxh3+ 30. gxh3 Qxh3 31. Rxf7 Qxh4 32. Rxf6 Qxf6 33. Qe6 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Rb8) 27. h4 Rde8 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Nxe6 30. b5 h5 31. Kf1 g6 32. Qd5 $1 Qe8 (32... Qxd5 $5 33. Ne7+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 34. Nxd5 Ke8 $11) 33. Nxd4 Nxd4 34. Qxd4 Qxb5 35. g3 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,22,25,24,31,32,31,24,33,29,35,25,34,31,27,28,33,33,39,30,30,8,10,-7,53,35,31,19,44,24,69,62,64,30,65,66,74,50,54,53,52,37,66,72,133,125,309,269,337,317,319,267,266,261,262,244,262,232,326,325,353,348,430,406,435,424,450,416,495,473,466,463,464,459,790,797,791,777,820,792,919,908,874,878,872,861,1072,1127,1369,1566,1478,1828]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 {White is slightly better.} (8. Bd3 c6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh4 a5 13. O-O-O Bb4 {1-0 (40) So,W (2767)-Demchenko,A (2655) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 8... Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Nh5 {[%cal Rh5f4]} 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[#]} 15. e4 $146 Qf4 16. Qd1 Qc7 (16... dxe4 $11 17. Rxe4 Qd6) 17. Ng5 g6 18. e5 Qb6 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Rc1 Ng7 21. Bb1 h6 22. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bf5 23. Qd2 Bxb1 24. Rxb1 Kh7 25. b4 Ne6 26. Nc5 Ndf8 {[#]} ({Better is} 26... b5) 27. Nh2 $1 $16 b6 $2 (27... h5 $16) 28. Ng4 g5 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxe8+ Rxe8 31. Nxe6+ Nxe6 32. Rbc1 Rc8 33. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} b5 (33... Qd7 {was worth a try.} 34. Qd3 Qb7) 34. Red1 $18 Qb6 35. Rc3 a5 {[#]} 36. h4 $1 axb4 (36... gxh4 37. bxa5) 37. axb4 Rh8 38. Rg3 Qd8 39. f4 {White is clearly winning.} f5 40. Ra1 Qb6 41. fxg5 h5 (41... Qxd4+ $142 42. Qxd4 Nxd4) 42. Rd3 {[%cal Bg3d3,Bd3d2,Bd2c2,Bc2c6][%mdl 32]} Rf8 43. Qd1 Nf4 44. Rd2 Kg6 45. Kh2 Ne6 46. Ra3 Kg7 47. Qa1 Rf7 48. Ra6 Qb7 49. Rc2 Rc7 {[#]} 50. Ra8 {Played: Rc2xc6} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,124,18,18,22,33,33,29,24,34,17,12,11,16,9,56,54,52,51,60,37,42,11,55,0,50,24,23,12,21,-18,18,9,16,2,10,15,25,0,0,0,14,0,19,16,34,-7,0,0,0,0,32,0,0,-6,-16,-196,-31,-34,-32,-58,-34,-34,-34,-187,-180,-274,-128,-389,-382,-357,0,0,0,-14,-14,-14,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1531,-999,-844,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 (4... Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Ne2 e6 8. Nc1 Be7 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. h4 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (63) Rapport,R (2747)-Caruana,F (2818) Saint Louis 2019}) 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. cxd4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nc6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} f5 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 Rc8 11. b4 Bd6 12. O-O Qh4 {1-0 (44) Polaczek,R (2377)-Hackner,O (2014) England 2011}) 10... Rc8 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nf4 O-O 13. Qh5 h6 14. a3 Qg5 15. Qf3 Qg4 16. Qg3 (16. Qxg4 $14 fxg4 17. Be2) 16... Ne7 17. Be2 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Rfd8 19. g4 fxg4 20. Bxg4 Rc6 21. Be2 a6 22. Nd3 Nf5 23. g4 Nd6 24. Kg2 Rdc8 25. Rh1 Rd8 26. Ne5 Rc7 27. f4 Be8 28. Bd3 Rdc8 29. Kf2 a5 30. Rcg1 b5 31. g5 hxg5 32. f5 $2 (32. fxg5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nc4 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. Kg3) 32... f6 $2 (32... b4 $19 33. axb4 axb4) 33. fxe6 $15 fxe5 34. Rxg5 exd4 35. Nxd5 Bc6 {Hoping for ...Bxd5.} 36. Bh7+ $2 (36. Nxc7 $15 Bxh1 37. Nxb5 Nxb5 38. Bxb5) 36... Kf8 $19 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxd5.} 37. Nxc7 (37. e7+ $142 Kf7 38. Bg6+ Ke6 39. Nxc7+ Rxc7 40. Re1) 37... dxe3+ ({Don't do} 37... Rxc7 38. Rf1 $19) (37... Bxh1 $19 38. Nxb5 dxe3+ 39. Ke2 Nxb5 40. Rxb5 Ke7 41. Kxe3 Rd8) 38. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Kxe3 $17 {was the only defense.} Bxh1 39. e7+ Kf7 40. Nxb5 Nxb5 41. Rxb5) 38... Bxh1 39. e7+ Kxe7 $2 (39... Kf7 $19 40. Nxb5 Nxb5 41. Rxb5 Kxe7 42. Kxe3 Rh8) 40. Rxg7+ $11 Kf6 41. Rd7 Nc4 {Threatens to win with ...Bc6.} 42. Nxb5 Bc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 43. Rc7 Rxc7 (43... Bxb5 {seems wilder.} 44. Rxc8 Nd6+ 45. Kxe3 Nxc8 46. Kd4 Nd6) 44. Nxc7 Nxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 45. Bg8 $1 Ke5 {Strongly threatening ...Kd6.} 46. Kxe3 Na4 47. Kd2 Kd4 48. Ne6+ Ke5 49. Ng5 Kd6 50. Nf7+ Kc5 51. Ne5 Nb6 52. Nd3+ Kd6 53. Kc3 Bd5 54. Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Bxd5 $11 Kxd5 55. Nb4+ Kd6 56. Nd3) 54... Bxg8 $19 55. Ne5 Nc4 $2 ({Black should try} 55... Bd5 $19 56. Ng4 Nd7) 56. Nxc4+ $11 {The position is equal.} Bxc4 57. Kxc4 {KP-KP} Kc6 58. Kb3 Kb5 59. a4+ Kc5 60. Kc3 Kd5 61. Kd3 Kc5 62. Kc3 Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,39,4,9,11,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,3,4,12,1,13,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Be6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. Nd2 O-O $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Nf3 O-O {½-½ (40) Kovalev,V (2687)-L'Ami,E (2643) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nf3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Bxe5 15. c3 Rae8 16. h3 d4 17. c4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Rfe1 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,46,24,16,38,20,13,0,0,0,16,16,16,14,6,10,18,2,6,6,6,4,4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 15. Bg5 Qa3 {The position is equal.} (15... b6 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. d6 Nc6 18. Bb5 Nxe7 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qe6 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. dxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (32) Aronian,L (2799)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Tbilisi 2017}) 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 {e5 is the strong threat.} Qd6 {[#]} 18. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qe2 Be5 19. g3 b6 20. Bg4 Nb7 21. Rbd1 a5 22. Qc2 {½-½ (76) Lautier,J (2653)-Shipov,S (2625) Moscow 2001}) 18... Bxe5 19. Qe2 $1 {Black must now prevent Bd2.} Bf6 20. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Qd8 {[#]} 21. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e7][%mdl 512]} Nc6 {And now ...Nd4 would win.} (21... Qxd6 22. Bxa5) 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,15,-10,0,9,19,0,8,-6]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 6. Nfd2 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} (6. Nbd2 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Ne1 Ng4 9. Nd3 Nd7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. f3 Nge5 12. Ndxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (82) Van Foreest,J (2612)-Martirosyan,H (2607) chess.com INT 2019}) 6... g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nbd7 7. f3 g6 8. Nb3 h5 9. Be3 Bh6 10. Bf2 Nb6 11. c3 Be6 12. Nc5 {½-½ (30) Todorov,T (2477)-Villegas,P (2345) Brest 2018}) 7. f3 Rg8 8. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,35,20,17,20,20,24,8,12,10,11,0,0,0,0,0,10,7,5,0,7,-2,0,0,-4,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. a4 h6 9. Nbd2 a5 {The position is equal.} 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Be3 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne7 15. Rad1 Rfe8 {1-0 (58) Artemiev,V (2697)-Grischuk,A (2767) Moscow 2018}) 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 b6 18. Qb5 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,35,9,0,19,12,25,15,25,14,8,12,14,8,10,5,16,12,22,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 $146 (12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. c4 Nd4 17. Ne3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 {½-½ (71) Motylev,A (2668)-Tomashevsky,E (2706) Izhevsk 2019}) 12... Nc6 {The position is equal.} 13. c4 Nd4 14. Nc3 c6 15. Be3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qc8 17. h3 Qe6 18. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,79,-8,6,-8,0,-3,-8,0,-6,-2,43,43,53,54,50,58,59,35,51,51,52,46,43,43,48,46,41,44,41,62,53,53,60,59,62,20,29,28,37,37,56,9,20,14,11,13,23,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Ne5 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} Bd6 10. O-O c5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Ng4 Nd7 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxg4 13. Qxg4 c4 14. Bb1 Ne7 15. Nb5 f5 16. Qe2 a6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 b5 19. Be1 Ng6 20. Ba5 Ne7 21. Be1 Ng6 22. Ba5 Ne7 23. Be1 {½-½ (23) Nakamura,H (2743)-Giri,A (2779) Saint Louis 2019}) 13. Nh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 14. Qg4+ Kh8 {[#] Hoping for ...Rg8.} 15. Qf5 $1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rf5h7][%mdl 512]} Nf6 {And now ...Bc8 would win.} 16. Nxd5 Nxd4 $1 ({Reject} 16... Ba6 $6 17. Bb1 $16 (17. Bxa6 Nxd5 18. Bd3 Nf6 $16)) 17. Qxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nxf6 Nf3+ ({Not} 18... Rg8 $2 19. f3 $18) 19. gxf3 {aiming for Bc3.} Rg8+ $1 20. Ng4 Be5 $1 21. Be2 Bxb2 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. Rb1 Bg7 {Threatens to win with ...Bc8.} 24. Rxb7 h5 25. Rxf7 hxg4 26. fxg4 Rgf8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. Bc4 Rb1+ 30. Ke2 $1 Rh1 31. Bd5 Rxh2 {The position is equal.} 32. g5 Rh5 33. e4 Bd4 34. Bf4 {Strongly threatening e5.} Kg7 35. e5 {e6 is the strong threat.} Kf8 36. Bf3 Rh4 37. Bg3 Rh3 38. Bg2 Rxg3 39. fxg3 Bxe5 40. Be4 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,47,0,4,0,13,0,0,0,9,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bb5+ N8c6 7. d4 cxd4 8. a3 dxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. axb4 cxb2 11. Bxb2 e6 {The position is equal.} 12. O-O {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} Bd7 13. Bxc6 (13. Rfd1 {keeps more tension.} Ke8 14. Rd3 a6 15. Ba4 Bxb4 16. Rad1) 13... Bxc6 14. Ne5 Ke8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ra4 (16. Ra6 Bxb4 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Bf6 Kd7 19. Rfa1 Bc5 {½-½ (31) Liu,Y (2516)-Xu,X (2588) Daqing 2018}) 16... f6 17. Rfa1 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Kf7 18. Rxa7+ Rxa7 19. Rxa7+ {½-½ (20) Gajarsky,J (2285)-Fenes,L (2398) Slovakia 2003}) 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Rxa7 $11 {KRB-KRB} Kf7 20. Kf1 Rb8 21. Bc3 Kf8 22. Rc7 Bxb4 23. Rxc6 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,73,42,51,47,45,45,48,53,49,47,39,25,31,30,79,74,68,70,68,41,83,72,106,114,113,113,101,110,175,175,175,164,193,199,190,190,191,193,317,309,324,325,360,350,460,448,592,601,602,610,592,582,558,399]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} Rfc8 13. g4 (13. Bd3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. Nc3 b5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 b4 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {½-½ (60) So,W (2762)-Guseinov,G (2664) chess.com INT 2019}) 13... a6 14. Na4 {White is slightly better.} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. Rg1 Rc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rf8 17. Nc3 Kh8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Rac8 {1-0 (40) Nguyen,P (2427)-Karacsonyi,G (2250) Budapest 2019}) 17. Be2 Kh8 18. f4 {Hoping for f5.} Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Bf3 Rc7 21. Ke2 b5 22. e5 Rac8 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 g5 {[#]} (24... c4 $16) 25. d6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6c7]} exd6 26. exd6 Rd7 27. Bxc5 (27. fxg5 Rxd6 28. Rxc5 (28. Bxc5 Re8+ 29. Kf1 Rd5 $11) 28... Re8 $11) (27. Rxc5 $6 Re8 $14) 27... gxf4 28. Kf3 Kg8 29. Bb4 ({Weaker is} 29. Kxf4 Bb2 $11) 29... Rcd8 (29... Rxc1 $142 30. Rxc1 Be5) 30. Rge1 (30. Kxf4 Bf8 $14) 30... Bf8 31. Rc7 f6 32. Rd1 ({Less strong is} 32. Kxf4 Rxd6 33. Bc5 Bh6+ 34. Kf5 Rd5+ 35. Kxf6 Bg5+ 36. Ke6 Bf4 $14) 32... Kf7 33. Kxf4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc7 34. dxc7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Rxd1 35. c8=Q {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxb4 36. Qxa6 Bd6+ 37. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,89,13,4,12,5,25,4,14,12,15,10,17,20,26,6,8,20,22,24,20,9,18,19,37,20,14,12,12,12,42,46,47,39,38,37,78,71,71,71,92,70,70,45,46,46,46,51,45,29,24,29,47,35,48,26,57,29,25,15,29,29,44,40,50,32,50,27,27,29,66,21,52,20,35,0,0,0,7,8]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 8. Nf3 Qa5 {next ...Nxe4 is good for Black.} 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 11. exd5 ({Predecessor:} 11. cxd5 exd5 {½-½ (26) Voigt,D (2136)-Dewald,H (1937) ICCF email 2014}) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nd4 Qh4 $146 (13... Qe5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. O-O {½-½ (47) So,W (2780)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Be6 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. g3 Qc4 18. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qb3 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bc3 Rfd8 21. Be5 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Rb3 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd2 Rdb8 26. Bxd5 Rxb2 27. Rd3 Rd8 28. Rcd1 $1 Rd6 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. R1d4 Rb5 32. Rg4+ Rg5 33. Ra4 Re2 34. Rd3 a5 $1 35. Rf3 Re6 36. h4 Rge5 37. Rg4+ Kf8 38. Rc4 Kg7 39. Rc7 Re4 40. Rd3 {[#] Strongly threatening Rdd7.} Re8 41. Rcd7 Ra4 42. R7d4 Re4 43. Rxe4 Rxe4 44. Kf3 f5 45. Rd5 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,-32,-25,-27,-12,-35,-8,-12,-22,-7,8,-37,15,0,31,-31,-29,-37,-44,-133,-124,-127,-70,-94,-89,-84,-84,-89,-74,-103,-8,0,-16,-54,0,-44,0,0,86,73,160,154,161,142,199,204,267,268,278,273,296,300,301,299,306,306,282,295,291,296,318,283,247,0,332,329,562,553]} 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qc4 (4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nf4 Qc5 11. O-O-O Bf5 12. Qxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Bb6 15. Rhe1 Rfe8 16. c3 Kf8 {½-½ (60) Artemiev,V (2704)-Fedoseev,V (2706) Poikovsky 2018}) 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 {C22: Centre Game} O-O 7. O-O-O d6 8. f3 {The position is equal.} (8. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Bc5 9. f3 $15) 8... Re8 9. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Kb1 Be6 10. Qd3 a6 11. g4 d5 {0-1 (33) Miller,B-Karkanaque,I (2375) Bled 2002}) 9... Be6 10. Qf2 (10. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Bc5 11. Nh3 $11) 10... a5 (10... Ne5 $15) 11. Nge2 $11 Qe7 12. Nf4 (12. g4 $14) 12... Bxc3 $15 13. Bxc3 Nb4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb4a2][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 14. a3 (14. Bd4 $1 $15) 14... Na2+ $17 15. Kd2 d5 (15... Nxc3 $17 16. Kxc3 Rad8) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 17. Nd3 dxe4 18. fxe4 {Black must now prevent Qxf6.} Qg6 19. Be2 b5 (19... Qxe4 $17 20. Bf3 Qa4) 20. Qg3 $1 $11 Qf6 21. Qe5 {Qxf6 is the strong threat.} Qe7 ({Black should play} 21... Qd8 $15) 22. Qxb5 Rab8 23. Qc5 {Threatens to win with Qxe7.} Qh4 (23... Qd7 $1 $11) 24. Bf3 $16 g6 (24... c6 $142) 25. g3 ({Much worse is} 25. Qxa5 $6 f5 $11) (25. Qxc7 $6 Rec8 $11) 25... Qh6+ 26. Ke2 Qg7 (26... Bf5 $16 {was called for.}) 27. Kf2 $18 ({Worse is} 27. Qxa5 Qd4 $11) 27... Rxb2 28. Nxb2 Qxb2 29. Rb1 ({Weaker is} 29. Qxc7 Nc3 $16) 29... Qc3 30. Qxc3 Nxc3 31. Rb7 c5 32. Re1 Rd8 33. Ke3 Rd4 34. Ra1 Kg7 35. Ra7 Ra4 36. Rb7 Rd4 37. Rb6 Rc4 $2 {[#]} (37... Bd7 38. Rb7 Be6) 38. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,3,12,16,18,8,27,22,22,19,42,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,14,11,31,0,95,91,123,113,157,12,57,51,0,-52,-58,-62,-64,-60,-59,-66,-12,-249,-225,-239,-225,-238,-243,-220,-189,-204,-197,-399,-333,-261,-272,-1265,-1232,-29975,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29977,-1189,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. h3 (4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Rb8 9. f4 Ne8 10. a4 Nd4 11. O-O Nc7 12. g4 a6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Ng3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nce2 b4 17. f5 {0-1 (41) Fedoseev,V (2724)-Giri,A (2783) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 4... e5 5. d3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Be6 6. Ng3 g6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 d5 9. Be2 Be7 10. a3 a6 11. h4 c4 {0-1 (11) Gomez,J-Siebenlist,D Villaguay 2016}) 6. g4 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Be7 7. Bg2 h5 8. g5 {White has an edge.} Nh7 9. h4 f6 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 10. Nd5 (10. g6 $5 {[%cal Rg6h7]} Nf8 11. Bf3 $11) 10... fxg5 11. hxg5 Nxg5 12. Nec3 (12. Ng3 $5 {[%cal Rh1h5]} g6 13. c3 $17) 12... g6 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. f4 Nf7 (15... exf4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 16. Bxf4 h4) 16. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5g6]} gxf5 17. exf5 (17. Rxh5 Rg8 $15) 17... Nd4 18. Be3 ({Better is} 18. Rxh5 $16 Rg8 19. Qd2) 18... Bxf5 19. Bxd4 Bg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} (19... cxd4 $14 20. Rxh5 Rxh5 21. Qxh5 Be6) 20. Bf3 (20. Qd2 $11 cxd4 21. O-O) 20... cxd4 $15 21. c4 dxc3 $1 22. bxc3 Qa5 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Ng5.} 23. Rb1 Ng5 (23... Qxa2 $2 24. Rxb7 Kd8 25. Rxf7 $18) (23... e4 $15 24. Bxg4 Qxd5 25. Rxh5 Rxh5 26. Bxh5 O-O-O) 24. Nf6+ $2 (24. Bxg4 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qxd5 25. Qa4+ Kf7 26. Qd7+ Kg8 27. Rg1 Qxd3 28. Be6+ Kf8 29. Rxg5 Qxb1+ 30. Kd2 Qb2+ 31. Kd1 Qb1+ 32. Kd2 Qb2+ 33. Kd3 e4+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 34. Kxe4 Qc2+ 35. Kd4 Qd2+ 36. Kc4 Qxa2+ 37. Kd3 Qb1+ 38. Kc4 d5+ 39. Bxd5 Qf1+ 40. Kb3 Qb1+ 41. Kc4 Qa2+ 42. Kd3 Qb1+ 43. Kd4 Qb6+ 44. Kc4 Qa6+ 45. Kb4 Qb6+ 46. Ka3 Qa6+ 47. Kb2 Qb6+ 48. Bb3 Qf2+ 49. Ka3) 24... Ke7 {Played: Ke8-f7} 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,113,52,43,56,56,47,54,64,46,63,42,67,43,52,57,80,12,29,10,13,16,12,0,0,-11,10,-2,-3,-10,0,0,0,0,39,9,48,46,96,101,186,176,197,175,129,4,139,124,373,354,410,401,408,371,399,428,428,417,401,331,349,290,273,283,284,281,255,286,465,433,413,279,271,271,271,270,271,271,266,180,180,180,189,109,102,91,90,90,84,0,114,0,154,140,4132,4132,4132,46,56,0,551,496,29966,29970,29969,29970]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Be2 d5 {B06: Modern Defence} 7. O-O (7. exd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 a6 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxd5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (37) Nisipeanu,L (2683)-Andreikin,D (2712) Dortmund 2017}) 7... Nf6 8. e5 Nfd7 $1 {White is slightly better.} 9. Ng5 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qxe2 e6 11. Qg4 Qe7 12. b3 Na6 13. Ba3 Nb4 14. a5 {0-1 (41) Martin Del Campo C,R (2425)-Ivanov,A (2545) Linares 1992}) 10... e6 11. c3 c5 12. Nf4 Qe7 ({Wrong is} 12... Qxg5 $2 13. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Bh6 $18) 13. Nf3 (13. Qb3 $1 $16) 13... Nc6 $11 14. b3 O-O 15. Nd3 Rfc8 16. Ba3 {[%cal Rd3c5]} Qd8 17. Re1 b6 18. b4 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Bf8 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rac8 21. h5 cxd4 22. cxd4 Ne7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. g4 Rc2 (24... Rc4 $16) 25. Qf4 $18 Bg7 26. Ng5 Qe8 27. Re3 (27. b5 $16) 27... R8c4 (27... Nc6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Nb2 Rxb2 $2 (28... R4c3 $16 {was necessary.}) 29. Bxb2 Nc6 30. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Ncxe5 31. Qh2 Nxg4 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Ba3+ Nc5 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. Rc1 Rxc1+ 36. Bxc1 Nxe3 37. Bxe3 d4 38. Bc1 Qe7 $2 (38... Qd8 {was worth a try.} 39. Qh4 Qd5) 39. a5 d3 40. b6 axb6 41. axb6 Qb7 {[#]} 42. Nxe6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 43. Bh6 {Qh8+ would kill now.} Ke8 44. Qg8+ Kd7 45. Qxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc6 {Hoping for ...Qxg7.} 46. Qxg6 ({White should try} 46. Qc3 $18) 46... Qd7 $16 47. Be3 Kxb6 48. Kf1 Qd5 49. Qh7 (49. Ke1 $16) 49... Kb5 {[#]} (49... Qc4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 50. Kg2 Ka5) 50. Qh8 (50. Ke1 $1 $16) 50... c4 $2 {[#]} (50... Qb3 $11) 51. Ke1 $1 Qf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Qd6 $16) 52. Qb2+ $18 Ka4 53. Qa2+ $2 (53. Kd2 $18 {aiming for Kc3.} Qe2+ 54. Kc3 Qxb2+ 55. Kxb2) 53... Kb5 54. Qb2+ (54. Qb1+ $1 $14 Ka4 55. Qa2+ Kb5 56. Qb2+ Kc6 57. Kd2) 54... Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Ka4 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 55. Kd2 Qg4 (55... Qd5 $18 56. Qb6+ Kd7) 56. Qb6+ Kd7 57. Qd4+ {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 40%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,129,17,25,43,19,6,14,6,5,10,11,0,22,12,5,0,2,-22,9,7,6,14,12,0,79,64,70,79,75,72,83,78,80,77,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,72,70,45,41,44,62,42,58,17,27,25,29,21,161,161,161,0,161,156,122,136,155,161,161,154,152,129,248,154,275,275,261,277,276,276,405,380,524,491,1052,1052,1030,1044,1029,1000,1000,857,720,604,29951,29940,29946,1981,7759,12459,7759,5809,29974,29976,29979,29980,29980,29981,29984,29985,29984,29985,29985,29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Bb7 13. Qd3 {The position is equal.} (13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nc5 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Ne6 {½-½ (31) Le,Q (2708)-Aronian,L (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 13... Nd7 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 a5 17. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qc4 Re8 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rxe5 Qd6 23. Rxd6 {1-0 (23) Roelens,R-Remise,J France 1994}) 17... Re8 18. Re3 Qf6 19. Qc4 Nc5 {[%cal Re8e4]} 20. e5 Qg6 21. Ba2 (21. Rae1 {is interesting.} Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nxb3 23. Rxb3 dxe5 24. Rbe3) 21... Bxf3 (21... Rad8 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. Rxf3 $16 {[%cal Rc4f7]} Rxe5 23. Rxf7 d5 24. Qxc5 Qxf7 {[#]} 25. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5][%mdl 512]} Qxf4 {Threatens to win with ...Rf8.} 26. Bxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 27. Rf1 {[#]} Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (28. Rxf4 $2 Rxc5 29. Rf2 Re8 $19) 28... Qe3+ 29. Kh2 Qe8 $1 30. Rf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} h6 31. Re5 Qf8 32. Qe4 c6 33. Re6 Rc8 34. Qe5 {And now Rxh6+ would win.} Kh7 35. Re7 Rd8 36. Qe4+ Kh8 37. b3 Rd4 (37... c5 $11) 38. Re8 $1 $18 {[%cal Re8f8]} (38. Qxd4 Qxe7 39. h4 c5 $11) 38... Rxe4 39. Rxf8+ {KR-KR} Kh7 40. Rf5 Re2 41. Rc5 $1 ({Much weaker is} 41. Rxa5 $6 Rxc2 42. Ra6 Rc3 $11) 41... Kg6 42. Rxc6+ Kf5 43. Kg3 Rd2 44. Kf3 g5 (44... Ke5 $16 45. h4 Kd4) 45. g3 (45. Rxh6 Rxc2 46. Ra6 Rc5 $14) 45... Rh2 (45... Ke5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 46. h4 (46. Rxh6 Rxc2 47. Rh5 Kd4 $11) 46... Rh2) 46. Rc5+ ({Not} 46. Rxh6 Rxc2 47. Rh5 Rc3+ 48. Kg2 Kg6 $11) 46... Kg6 47. Rxa5 Rxc2 {[#]} 48. Re5 $1 Rb2 (48... Rc3+ {was worth a try.} 49. Re3 Rc5) 49. Re3 h5 50. g4 hxg4+ (50... Rd2 $142 51. gxh5+ Kxh5) 51. hxg4 Kf6 {[#]} 52. Ke4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Rg2 53. Kd5 Rxg4 54. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rg1 55. Kc5 g4 {Now ...Rc1+ and Black clings on.} 56. a6 Rh1 57. Re8 (57. a7 $142 Rh8 58. Re2 Kf5 59. Ra2 Ra8 60. Kc6 Ke4 61. Kb7 Rh8 62. a8=Q Rxa8 63. Rxa8) 57... Rh5+ 58. Kxb4 {Intending a7 and mate.} Rh7 59. Rg8 Kf5 60. Ka5 {White mates.} Kf4 61. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} g3 62. b5 Kf3 63. b6 Rh5+ 64. Ka4 Rh4+ 65. Ka3 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,17,17,11,16,7,25,31,30,0,0,-35,-35,-32,-26,-43,0,-82,76,52,128,119,128,122,110,4,20,21,14,25,30,37,29,21,23,0,0,-58,44,43,255,248,447,207,209,205,209,231,543,559,5406,5389,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 (5. Bd3 Bxc5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. b4 h5 8. Qf4 Bb6 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Nbd2 a5 11. b5 Nb4 12. Ba3 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 {1-0 (25) Dominguez Perez,L (2760)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2775) Dortmund 2019}) 5... Bxc5 6. Qg4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Ne7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3 {And now Bxh7+! would win.White has an edge.} f5 9. exf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qg3 Nbc6 10. O-O Ng6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 a6 {1-0 (43) Tari,A (2615)-Sadzikowski,D (2523) Reykjavik 2019}) 9... Rxf6 10. Qh4 h6 $1 11. O-O Nbc6 12. c4 Qf8 13. Nc3 {[#]} (13. Qh5 $11) 13... Ng6 $2 (13... Rxf3 $1 $17 {stays on course.} 14. gxf3 Ne5) 14. Qh5 $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nge5 (14... Nce5 $14 15. Bxg6 Nxg6) 15. Nxe5 Rxf2 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf2f1]} 16. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3c5]} Bxe3 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf2f1]} 17. Rxf2 (17. Kh1 $16 Nxe5 18. Qxe5) 17... Bxf2+ (17... Qxf2+ $2 {loses.} 18. Kh1 $18) 18. Kh1 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qf6 20. Qe2 {aiming for Rf1.} dxc4 21. Bc2 {Threatens to win with Rf1.} Qh4 $1 22. Ne4 Bd4 ({Black should play} 22... Bb6 $11) 23. Rd1 $15 Bxb2 ({Better is} 23... Be5 $15 24. g3 Qe7) 24. Nd6 $14 e5 $2 (24... Bd7 $1 $14) 25. Nxc4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Bd4 $2 (25... Be6 {was called for.} 26. Nxb2 Rf8 27. Qxe5 Qf6 28. Qxf6 gxf6) 26. Qd3 (26. Nxe5 $142 {Intending Qc4+ and mate.} Qf6 27. Qc4+ Be6 28. Qxd4) 26... Qf6 ({But not} 26... Be6 $2 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Rf1+ Bf2 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qxe6 $18) 27. Qh7+ {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kf7 28. Bd3 {Hoping for Rf1!} Ke7 $2 (28... Be6 {is tougher.} 29. Rf1 Bf2) 29. Rf1 Qg5 {White should prevent ...Bd7.} 30. Bg6 ({Weaker is} 30. Qg8 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bh3+ 32. Kxh3 Rxg8 $16) 30... e4 {[#]} 31. Rf7+ $1 Ke6 {[#]} 32. Qg8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,116,0,0,0,0,0,27,5,25,18,47,37,48,32,64,59,79,75,85,85,93,79,93,89,87,94,90,66,83,87,73,64,65,60,50,56,57,51,46,58,150,39,52,35,48,25,22,14,14,13,13,10,12,11,11,0,28,0,12,13,102,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,-71,-50,-141,-139,-181,-181,-262,-261,-358,-343,-454,-433,-855,-841,-793,-798,-5065,-4983,-5493,-4990,-1589,-1557,-1558,-1558,-2166,-1558,-1547,-1547,-1478,-1478,-1438,-1429,-1051,-958,-937,-856]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 (5... Nc6 6. Qf4 e6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. h4 h5 10. Qg3 Ne7 11. Nd4 Qb6 12. a3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 {0-1 (35) Vachier Lagrave,M (2775)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2775) Paris 2019}) 6. Nc3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nc6 7. Qf4 h6 8. h4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be3 Bd7 9. a3 g5 10. Qg4 Bg7 11. h4 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8 Bxh8 15. Bxg5 {½-½ (15) Beuchler,H (2070)-Eiber,M (2145) Germany 1997}) 8... g6 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Nge7 11. Ne2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nf5 12. c3 Be7 {[%cal Rf5h4]} 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Qg3 Kf8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. b3 b5 18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Rad1 Be8 20. Nf4 Rg8 $1 {[%cal Rg8g3]} 21. Nxd5 Rxg3 22. Nxc7 Rxf3 $1 23. Bxh6+ (23. gxf3 Rxc7 24. Bxh6+ Kg8 $11) 23... Kg8 24. Nxe8 Nxe5 (24... Rxc3 $14 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6 Kh7) 25. Nd6 ({Don't play} 25. gxf3 Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxd2 $11) (25. Bg7 $16 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 (26. Rxf2 Ng4 $16) 26... Ng4+ 27. Kg3) 25... Bxd6 $1 $14 26. Rxd6 Rfxc3 27. Rxa6 Rc2 28. Bf4 Ng4 $1 29. f3 Nf6 30. Rd2 Nd5 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. g3 b4 33. h5 Kg7 34. Bg5 Nc3 (34... Nf6 $11) 35. Ra8 (35. h6+ $16 Kh7 36. Ra7) 35... Ne2+ 36. Kf2 e5 37. h6+ Kh7 38. Rf8 Nd4+ 39. Kf1 Rc7 {Hoping for ...Ne6.} 40. Bf6 Nxf3 41. Kf2 {[#]} (41. Ke2 $11 {remains equal.} Rc3 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. h7) 41... Nh2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh2g4] White must now prevent ...Ng4+.} 42. Rh8+ (42. Bg5 $15) 42... Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kxh6 {aiming for ...Ng4+.} ({Not} 43... Kxf6 $2 44. Ke2 $16) 44. Ke2 (44. Bxe5 {might work better.} Ng4+ 45. Rxg4 Rc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kf3 fxg4+ 47. Kxg4) 44... Ng4 $19 45. Bh4 Rc2+ 46. Kd3 Rxa2 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. Kc4 (47. Bg5+ $142 Kh7 48. Rf8) 47... f6 48. Kxb4 e4 49. Kc3 e3 50. b4 e2 51. Re8 Ne5 52. g4 fxg4 53. b5 g3 54. Bxg3 Ra3+ 55. Kd2 Rxg3 56. Kxe2 Rb3 57. Rb8 Kg5 58. b6 {[#]} Nd7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,83,18,10,31,31,45,41,48,53,45,36,37,31,27,31,36,32,37,19,50,44,48,46,47,59,177,71,104,74,77,0,61,12,14,0,74,65,69,37,27,16,35,34,28,16,17,0,23,16,41,40,38,45,25,42,19,25,99,77,118,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. a4 h5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} (9... b6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Rb8 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qd1 Rc8 15. Re1 h6 16. Bh3 Rc6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qg4+ Bg5 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxd7 Rc7 21. Bf5 {1-0 (33) Giri,A (2773)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 10. Bg5 Nf8 11. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 N8h7 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Nd5 Nxe3 14. Nxe3 Be6 15. h4 Nf6 16. Nc3 {½-½ (46) Schnegg,A (2114)-L'Ami,A (2286) Heraklio 2017}) 11... Bxf6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Nd5 h4 13. Nec3 Bg5 14. a5 Be6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Ncd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nd7 17. Ra3 O-O 18. O-O Nxb6 19. Nxb6 hxg3 20. hxg3 g6 ({Black should play} 20... Be7 $14) 21. Rd3 (21. f4 $1 $18) 21... Qc7 22. Rc3 Qe7 23. Rd3 (23. f4 $16 exf4 24. gxf4) 23... Bh6 ({Better is} 23... Qc7 $1 $11) 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Nb6 Qc7 (25... Qe7 $11) 26. Rc3 Qe7 27. Nd5 Qd8 28. Nc7 Qe7 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Qd3 Rfc8 31. Rd1 Bf8 32. Bf1 Qa2 33. b4 d5 34. exd5 {And now d6 would win.} Bxb4 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. d6 {Black must now prevent Qe4.} Qxa5 {[#]} (36... Bxa5 $11 {remains equal.} 37. d7 Rd8) 37. Qe4 $1 $16 {Bc4! is the strong threat.} Rd8 {[#]} 38. Qxb7 (38. Bc4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Qxg6+ would kill now.} Kg7 39. Qxb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 38... Bxd6 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Bc4 Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b7]} 40. Qxc7 Bxc7 41. Rxd8+ Bxd8 42. Bxa6 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,71,28,29,0,7,12,41,33,31,31,30,31,41,27,25,25,114,111,106,105,146,43,47,48,28,38,118,129,128,121,216,212,204,202,280,284,280,258,831,811,772,355,324,299,668,676,654,644,1514,1361,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4} (8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 15. e5 Ng4 16. e6 fxe6 {½-½ (36) Yu,Y (2763)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2774) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 8... Ng4 9. e5 Nxe3 10. fxe3 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6 15. Ne4 Nd5 {½-½ (23) Sladek,V (2173)-Cohen,D (2085) ICCF email 2006}) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 e6 {With the idea ...Qh4+.} 13. h4 Ne7 14. f4 b5 (14... Nf5 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. Qc5 $16 Nf5 16. Kf2 f6 {and if ...fxe5 works, Black does fine.} 17. Rd1 (17. Nxb5 a6 $11) (17. Bxb5 Rb8 $14) (17. Ne4 $16) 17... b4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 18. Qxb4 {Qc5 is the strong threat.} Rb8 19. Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} fxe5 (19... c5 $14 20. dxc5 Qe8) 20. dxe5 $16 Qe8 21. Bg2 Bxe5 (21... a5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 22. fxe5 $18 Nxh4+ {[#]} 23. Kg1 $1 ({Much less strong is} 23. Kg3 $6 Nxg2 24. Qc5 (24. Kxg2 Qc6+ 25. e4 Qb6 $14) 24... h5) 23... Nxg2 24. Ne4 (24. Kxg2 Qc6+ 25. e4 Qb6 $11) 24... Rd8 25. Rc1 ({Not} 25. Kxg2 Qc6 $15) 25... Qb5 $2 {[#]} (25... g5) 26. Qe7 $1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Re7h7][%mdl 576] Double Attack} Rd7 27. Nf6+ (27. Qxe6+ $142 Kh8 28. Nf6 (28. Kxg2 {is a self mate.} Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Kh3 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Ng3 Qh6+ 31. Nh5 Qxh5+ 32. Kg3 Qf3+ 33. Kh4 Rd4+ 34. Kg5 Qf4#) 28... Nxe3 29. Qxd7 Qxd7 30. Nxd7) 27... Rxf6 28. Qxf6 {Threatens to win with Rxc7!} Rf7 $2 {[#]} (28... Nxe3 29. Qxe6+ Kf8) 29. Qd8+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf8 30. Qxc7 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rc7h7]} Rf7 31. Qd8+ Rf8 {[#]} 32. Qe7 $1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Re7h7][%mdl 64] Double Attack. White mates.} h5 33. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 34. Rc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh6 35. Rxh5+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxh5 36. Qh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,104,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,7,-2,-6,-46,0,0,0,11,0,0,10,-8,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,9,4,6,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-7,-5,-5,-6,-12,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-8,-8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 e5 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5 e4 10. Ne5 Ne8 11. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 f6 12. Ng4 Bxg4 13. Bxg4 f5 14. Be2 Nc6 15. O-O {½-½ (50) Short,N (2680)-Howell,D (2644) England 2014}) 11... f6 12. Qc2 (12. Ng4 {feels hotter.} Nc6 13. Nxd6 Nxd6 14. h3 Be6 15. O-O) 12... Bxe5 (12... Na6 $15 13. Nc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rb8 15. Qxd5+ Kh8) 13. Bxe5 $11 {The position is equal.} fxe5 14. Qxc8 Nc6 $1 15. Qxd8 ({Don't go for} 15. Qxb7 $2 Na5 $19) 15... Rxd8 16. f3 Nf6 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Rf1 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Kf7 20. Nc3 {Black should prevent Nxe4.} Nxc3 21. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke6 22. Ba6 d4 23. exd4 exd4 24. Bc4+ Kd6 25. Rh3 h6 26. Rg3 Re8+ 27. Kd1 Re7 28. Rf3 Ne5 29. Rf8 Nxc4 30. bxc4 {KR-KR} d3 31. Rd8+ Kc5 32. Rxd3 Kxc4 33. Kc2 Re2 34. Rg3 g5 35. Rg4+ Kd5 36. Kd3 Re1 37. h4 gxh4 38. Rxh4 Re6 39. Rh5+ Kd6 40. Kc4 Rg6 41. d4 a6 42. a4 b6 43. Kd3 Rxg2 44. Rxh6+ Kd5 45. Rxb6 Rg3+ 46. Kc2 a5 47. Rb5+ Kxd4 48. Rxa5 Kc4 49. Rb5 Ra3 50. Rh5 Rxa4 51. Rh4+ Kb5 52. Rxa4 Kxa4 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,11,32,33,32,33,30,32,20,29,24,24,38,32,41,35,26,9,52,59,108,26,50,22,26,16,17,17,4,16,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-24,-34,-58,-37,-35,-52,-55,-55,-50,-50,-27,-33,-53,-50,-46]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. h5 Nxh5 6. cxd5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} e6 7. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. e3 Qe7 10. Be2 O-O {0-1 (41) Grischuk,A (2759)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2774) Amsterdam 2019}) 7... Nf6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 8. dxe6 {White has an edge.} Bxe6 9. e4 Bxg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Bg5 {[%mdl 1024] And now d5 would win. White has compensation.} h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 12. Be3 c6 13. Nge2 Bc4 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Nf4 (15. Bd2 $16 {Hoping for Nd5.} Qa6 16. e5) 15... Bxf1 $11 16. Kxf1 {Black must now prevent e5.} Na6 17. a3 {Black should prevent e5.} Nc7 18. Kf2 g5 19. b4 Qa6 $1 20. Nd3 (20. Nfe2 {is more complex.} g4 21. b5 cxb5 22. Ng3 Bf8 23. Nf5) 20... Qc4 21. Rac1 Nd7 $1 22. Nb2 Qe6 $1 23. Ne2 Nb5 24. a4 Nd6 25. Ng3 {[#]} f5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf5f4][%mdl 2560] Black has some pressure.} 26. exf5 Qd5 {...0-0 is the strong threat.} 27. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 28. Qxc4 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Nb6 30. Rc5 O-O 31. a5 Nd5 {Strongly threatening ...Rae8.} 32. a6 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,120,17,28,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-29,-29,-25,-23,-22,-22,-19,-19,-20,-20,-20,-20,-25,-45,0,-29,-20,-27,-42,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-84,-80,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,-66,-66,-51,-66,-66,-66,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. Be3 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4} (11. e5 Nxc5 12. Qb4 Nfd7 13. Be3 a5 14. Qh4 e6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxb5 Bb7 17. Rc1 Ne4 18. Bd4 g5 {½-½ (48) Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Svidler,P (2753) Jerusalem 2018}) 11... Ng4 12. c6 Nxe3 13. cxd7 Nxg2+ 14. Kf1 Qxd7 15. Kxg2 {Black must now prevent h3.} Qh3+ $1 16. Kg1 Be6 {[#]} 17. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Ng5 Qh4 19. Qd2 Rc5 20. f4 b4 21. Nd5 Rc2 22. Qe1 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ {0-1 (24) Volkov,S (2645)-Riazantsev,A (2650) St Petersburg 2017}) 17... Qh4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rh4f2] [#]} 20. Rf1 {Strongly threatening Qg4.} Rf4 {( -> ...Qg5+)} 21. h3 {Rh2 is the strong threat.} Raf8 {[%cal Rf4f2]} 22. Rh2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxe4 24. Qxa6 Rxe2 25. Qxb5 Qe4 26. Qb4 Qa8 27. c4 Qxa2 28. Qc3+ Kg8 29. Ra1 Rc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 30. Rxa2 Rxc3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 31. Re2 Kf7 32. Re4 Rc8 33. Kg2 R8xc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 {KR-KR} 35. Rh1 Kf6 36. Ra1 h5 37. Ra6+ Kf5 38. Ra5+ e5 39. Ra8 Rc6 40. Rf8+ Rf6 41. Ra8 Kf4 42. Ra4+ Kg5 43. Ra5 Rf5 44. Ra6 Rf4 45. Re6 Kf5 46. Re8 e4 ({Black should play} 46... Ra4 $15) 47. Re7 Kf6 48. Re8 g5 49. Rh8 h4 50. f3 exf3+ 51. Kf2 Ke7 (51... Ra4 {feels hotter.} 52. Kxf3 Ra3+ 53. Kg2 Rg3+ 54. Kh2 Rb3) 52. Ra8 Rf5 53. Ra3 Kf6 54. Rxf3 g4 55. hxg4 {The position is equal.} Rxf3+ 56. Kxf3 $11 {KP-KP} Kg5 57. Kg2 Kxg4 58. Kh2 h3 59. Kh1 h2 60. Kg2 h1=N {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,182,46,0,26,-10,-8,-16,-6,-7,-14,3,10,11,8,11,6,14,14,1,4,4,4,1,5,4,12,9,19,16,39,29,43,47,51,21,43,-12,-13,-20,-14,-71,-71,-78,-77,-77,-75,-69,-74,-81,-80,-79,-79,-79,-80,-79,-53,-62,-37,-39,-37,-52,-51,-62,-45,-52,-7,-45,-41,-42,0,-30,0,-30,0,-31,-14,-26,0,0,0,-34,0,0,0,-20,-22,-24,-28,-23,-23,-36,0,0,0,-40,-32,-27,-23,-25,-24,-30,-18,-23,-28,-25,-25,-43,-43,-49,-37,-50,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-13,-17,-17,-17,-13,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,0,0,0,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,0,-18,-18,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 c5 (11... Na6 12. Qh3 h6 13. Nf3 h5 14. Rg1 Nb4 15. g4 {1-0 (31) Wojtaszek,R (2745)-Mamedyarov,S (2772) Shamkir 2017}) 12. dxc5 N6d7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 13. Qxb7 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 ({Reject} 14. Kf1 Na6 $17) 14... Qa6 15. c6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6 Nxc6 17. Rc1 $146 Rac8 18. b3 Nde5 {[#] And now ...Nd3+ would win.} 19. O-O Nd3 20. Rcd1 Nb2 21. Rb1 Rfd8 22. Nf3 Nd3 23. Rfd1 Ncb4 24. a3 (24. Bxb4 $14 Nxb4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. a4) 24... Nc2 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc2a3][%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 25. Ba5 Rd6 26. b4 (26. e5 $11 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. a4) 26... Nxa3 $17 27. Rb3 Nc1 28. Rxd6 exd6 29. Rxa3 {aiming for Kf1.} Nxe2+ 30. Kf1 {[#]} Nc3 $1 31. b5 Nxb5 32. Ra2 Rc4 33. Bd2 Rc6 34. Ke2 Kf8 35. Kd3 a6 36. Bb4 Ke8 37. Nd2 Kd7 38. Nc4 Bd4 39. f3 Bg1 40. Ra1 Bd4 41. Ra4 Bg1 42. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1g1]} Bd4 43. Ra4 Be5 44. g3 Ke6 45. f4 Bg7 46. Na5 Rc7 47. Nc4 Rc6 48. Na5 Rc1 49. Nb3 Rb1 50. Kc4 Nc7 $1 51. Ba5 Nb5 52. Bb4 $1 Nc7 53. Ba5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c7]} d5+ 54. exd5+ Nxd5 {...Ne3+ is the strong threat.} 55. Nc5+ Kd6 {Hoping for ...Rc1+.} 56. Nxa6 Rb2 57. Bb4+ $1 Nxb4 58. Nxb4 Rxh2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 59. Ra6+ Kd7 60. Nd3 Rc2+ 61. Kd5 $1 Rc7 (61... Rd2 {keeps more tension.} 62. Ra7+ Ke8 63. Ra8+ Ke7 64. Ra7+ Kf6) 62. Ne5+ Bxe5 63. Kxe5 {KR-KR} Ke7 64. g4 Rc4 65. Ra7+ Kf8 66. f5 Rc5+ 67. Kf6 {Ra8+ would kill now.} Rc6+ 68. Kg5 Kg7 69. fxg6 hxg6 70. Rb7 Rc4 71. Ra7 Re4 72. Rb7 Kf8 73. Rb8+ Re8 74. Rb7 Re7 75. Rb8+ Kg7 76. Kf4 f6 77. Rb6 Rc7 78. Kg3 Rc3+ 79. Kf2 Kf7 80. Rb7+ Ke6 81. Rb6+ Kf7 82. Rb7+ Kf8 83. g5 f5 84. Rb6 {The position is equal.} Kf7 85. Rb7+ Ke8 86. Rb6 f4 87. Rxg6 Rg3 88. Rf6 Rxg5 89. Rxf4 Rg7 90. Kf3 Rf7 91. Rxf7 Kxf7 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,53,11,13,18,18,0,54,56,45,64,62,64,141,154,162,171,183,182,182,179,185,186,185,184,319,320,307,316,316,304,311,308,306,294,435,438,484,379,728,724,727,703,1234,1230,1202,1165]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. g3 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} c5 7. Ne5 Nbd7 $146 {[#]} (7... Bd6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bh7 10. c4 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxd5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 Qd7 15. Qd1 f6 16. Bb2 e5 17. Qf1 {1-0 (56) Kharlov,A (2557)-Dreev,A (2655) Fuegen 2006}) 8. e4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512] White is slightly better.} Bh7 (8... dxe4 9. dxe4) 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Bg2 Qd8 {[#]} ({Black should try} 10... Be7 $14) 11. exd5 $1 $16 exd5 12. Qe2+ Be7 13. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 {[#]} 14. O-O $1 Bf5 15. Rae1 Be6 16. Qh5 {aiming for Rxe6.} Qd7 {[#]} (16... Kf8 {was necessary.} 17. f4 f5) 17. Rxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Qxe6 18. Bxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd7 19. Bxf7+ ({But not} 19. Qxf7+ $6 Kd8 $18) 19... Kd8 20. Re1 Kc7 21. Be6 Qd8 (21... Qe8 $142 22. Qxe8 Rhxe8) 22. Nc4 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4a5,Ba5c6][%mdl 32]} a6 23. Bg4 {Played: Be6-d5} 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,192,1,-2,0,-12,0,0,-9,4,45,25,47,20,41,37,43,11,14,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-69,-75,-64,-172,-179,-140,-174,-156,-163,-163,-183,-161,-143,-131,-62,-58,-50,-101,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-24,-23,-29,-20,-29,-35,-243,-233,-148,-79,-79,-79,-79,0,-79,-79,-197,-190,-190,-160,-143,-39,-39,-20,-20,-20,-20,0,-20,0,0,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-118,-99,-107,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-22,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-79,-20,-20,-7,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,0,-22,-20,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-404,-386,-1499,-1445,-1353,-1231,-1233,-1112,-2141,-1241,-2271,-2091,-29947,-29949,-29954,-4133,-29975,-29974,-29962,-5512]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 {Threatens to win with Be3.} Rb8 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 10. Na3 (10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3 d5 17. cxd5 {1-0 (47) Ivanchuk,V (2708)-Saric,I (2685) Mali Losinj 2018}) 10... Bc5 11. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 12. Rb1 Qb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. Bf4 d6 14. b4 Bd7 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. c5 b5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (60) Yermolinsky,A (2528)-Kudrin,S (2571) Saint Louis 2010}) 13. Qd1 d6 ({Don't blunder} 13... Nxc4 $2 14. Nc2 $18) 14. Na4 b5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bg5 Ba6 18. Nc2 b4 19. Nd4 Bb7 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qb3 Ra8 24. f4 Qa7 25. e3 Nd7 26. Qd1 Qxa2 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qh5 Kg8 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Qh5 Kg8 31. Nb5 {[#]} (31. Qg4+ $11 Kh8) 31... Rxb5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qxb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxb2 33. Rb1 ({Wrong is} 33. Qxd7 $2 Ra2 $19) 33... Qc2 $1 34. Rfc1 ({But not} 34. Qxd7 $2 Ra2 $19) (34. Ra1 $1 $15 Rxa1 35. Rxa1) 34... Qd2 $1 $19 35. Qxb4 Qxe3+ 36. Kh1 Ra2 $1 37. Rc8+ Kg7 {( -> ...Qf3+)} 38. Rb2 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ (39... Ra3 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra3d3]} 40. Rb1 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 Ra2) 40. Kg2 $1 $15 Ra1 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rd1f1]} 41. Qb5 (41. Kh3 $15) 41... f5 (41... h5 $1 $17) 42. Qe2 $11 Qd5+ 43. Kh3 Nf6 44. Rbb8 {Black must now prevent Qb2!} Ra2 45. Rc2 Rxc2 46. Qxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Nd5 is the strong threat. Black fights for an advantage.} 47. Rb3 Qf1+ 48. Qg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2f1]} Qe1 49. Qb2 Kg6 50. Kg2 d5 51. Rb8 Qe4+ 52. Kh3 $2 (52. Kg1 $15) 52... Qf3 $19 {aiming for ...Ne4.} 53. Rb3 Qf1+ ({Black should play} 53... Qd1 $1 54. Ra3 d4) 54. Qg2 $17 Qe1 55. Qc2 Qf1+ 56. Qg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2f1]} Qc4 57. Rb8 (57. Qf3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 57... h6 $1 $19 58. Kh4 Qd3 59. Rb2 {[#]} Ng4 (59... d4 $1 $17 60. Rd2 Qc4) 60. Qe2 $15 Qd4 61. Kh3 Qg1 62. Qg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2g1]} Qd4 63. Qe2 Qc5 64. Qc2 Qg1 65. Qg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2g1]} Qe3 66. Qe2 Qd4 67. Qc2 (67. Qd2 $11 Qe4 68. Qc3) 67... Ne3 $17 68. Qb3 Nd1 ({Black should try} 68... Qe4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Qf3!} 69. Qb8 Kg7 70. Qe5+ Qxe5 71. fxe5 Nc4) 69. Re2 $11 Nf2+ 70. Kg2 Ng4 71. Qb8 Nf6 72. Qb2 Qc5 73. Rc2 Qe3 74. Re2 Qa7 75. Qa2 Qc5 76. Qc2 Qd6 77. Qb2 (77. Rd2 $11) 77... Ne4 (77... d4 $17 78. Rd2 Qd5+ 79. Kg1 d3) 78. Qd4 Qa6 79. Rc2 Nf6 80. Rd2 Qa5 81. Re2 Qa3 82. Qb2 Qa7 83. Qa2 Qd7 84. Qb2 (84. Rd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 84... d4 $17 85. Rd2 Qd5+ 86. Kg1 d3 87. Qe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (87. Qa3 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 87... Qe4 $19 88. Qxe4 $2 (88. h3 Nd5 89. Kf2) 88... fxe4 {KR-KN} 89. Kf2 Nd5 90. Ke1 Kf5 91. Rd1 e5 92. Kd2 exf4 93. gxf4 Nxf4 94. Ra1 Ke5 95. Ra6 h5 96. Ra8 f5 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 58%.} (96... Nd5 $142 97. Ra4 f5 98. h3 f4 99. Ra3 f3 100. Ra1 Kf4 101. Rf1 e3+ 102. Kxd3 Nb4+ 103. Kc3 e2 104. Rb1 Ke3 105. Kc4 f2 106. Rb3+ Ke4 107. Rxb4 e1=Q 108. Kb3+ Ke3 109. Rb5 Qb1+ 110. Ka4 Qa2+ 111. Kb4 f1=Q 112. Re5+ {[#]} Kd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 113. Re4+ Kxe4 114. Kc5 Qfa6 115. h4 Q2c4#) 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem 2019"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,52,37,54,40,57,49,50,57,54,54,50,51,57,53,53,34,65,64,97,51,59,59,59,34,81,56,106,91,175,150,206,171,182,186,188,177,187,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 e6 (5... b5 6. O-O Nd7 7. Re1 Bb7 8. Bd3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Be3 {0-1 (41) Guseinov,G (2645)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 6. O-O {B06: Modern Defence} Ne7 7. Re1 Nd7 8. a4 {White is slightly better.} b6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Qd2 h6 11. h3 g5 12. d5 e5 13. Nh2 Ng6 14. Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a5) 14... Nf6 15. Nf1 Nf4 16. Bf5 h5 17. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bh6 18. f3 Rg8 (18... Nh7 $16 {was necessary.} 19. a5 (19. gxf4 gxf4 20. Qg2 Nf6 $11) 19... b5) 19. Kh1 $18 {And now h4 would win.} Bc8 (19... Ng6 $16) 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Bf2 Nxe4 22. fxe4 ({But not} 22. Bxe4 $6 Bxh3 23. Bg1 (23. Kh2 $2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rg3 $19) 23... Qg5 $14) 22... Qg5 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 23. Ne3 $2 ({White has to play} 23. Bxb6 $1 $18 Bxf5 24. exf5 cxb6 25. Nh2 Qxf5 26. Ne4) 23... fxe3 $11 {The position is equal.} 24. Bxe3 Qg3 25. Bxh6 (25. Rg1 $2 Qf3+ 26. Kh2 Rxg1 $17) 25... Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Kh2 Qg3+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

