[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Iotov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:07:02]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:13:07]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:11:26]} 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:27]} 13. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 15. Bh2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 16. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 17. Qd1 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:12:05]} 18. Ne2 {[%emt 0:11:22]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:11:22]} 19. a3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} a5 {[%emt 0:12:43]} 20. Rab1 {[%emt 0:07:32]} g5 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 21. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Be8 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 22. Na4 {[%emt 0:11:20]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 23. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 24. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:16:41]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 27. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 28. Nxf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 29. Nxh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 31. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 32. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:03:27]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. f4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 34. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 35. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 36. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 37. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 1-0

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Black "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:21]} 11. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 12. Bh7+ {[%emt 0:02:33]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 14. h3 {[%emt 0:08:22]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 15. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 16. Rad1 {[%emt 0:09:19]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 17. d3 {[%emt 0:04:38]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 18. Re2 {[%emt 0:10:57]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:11:00]} 19. Rde1 {[%emt 0:09:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:27:24]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 21. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a5 {[%emt 0:08:19]} 22. Qa1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 23. Bd5 {[%emt 0:10:36]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 24. d4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} exd4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 25. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 26. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:01:38]} Bxe8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:05:53]} 29. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 30. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 31. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 32. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 33. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 34. Ba1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 35. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 36. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 37. Ne1 {[%emt 0:06:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:07:49]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:06:39]} e6 {[%emt 0:13:37]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:10:13]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 10. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 11. Qg4 {[%emt 0:04:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:17:12]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:16:56]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 13. exf4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:07:14]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:09:33]} 15. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 16. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 17. Rc7 {[%emt 0:05:46]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 18. Bf1 {[%emt 0:03:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:47]} 19. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} h5 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 20. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:09:29]} 21. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:12:11]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 26. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 27. fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rbb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} 30. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rbf1+ {[%emt 0:01:14]} 31. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:05:18]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 6. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:20]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. f4 {[%emt 0:10:19]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 11. Qe1 {[%emt 0:04:39]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:39]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 13. Ng3 {[%emt 0:03:17]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 14. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:03:01]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 16. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 17. Nf3 {[%emt 0:09:13]} g6 {[%emt 0:10:50]} 18. Nh4 {[%emt 0:05:21]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:50]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 20. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kxe8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. g3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 23. Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:07:48]} 24. Qe2+ {[%emt 0:03:11]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 25. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 26. Nd1 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 27. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 29. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:08:27]} 30. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 31. Nf2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 32. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 33. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 34. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:59]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 35. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 36. b4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 37. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 38. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. c4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 40. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 41. Qe6 {[%emt 0:11:26]} a4 {[%emt 0:11:48]} 42. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:08:15]} 43. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 44. Qf7+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 45. Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 46. d5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Qc5+ {[%emt 0:01:17]} 47. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 48. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 49. Kh3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Nxa2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 50. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:01:24]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 51. d6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 53. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 54. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 55. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 56. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 57. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 58. Bd5+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 59. Qc6+ {[%emt 0:02:54]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 60. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 61. Bc6+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 62. Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 63. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 64. Bd5+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 65. Qb4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 66. Qa3+ {[%emt 0:02:01]} Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 67. Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 68. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 69. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 70. Qa2+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 71. Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 72. Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 73. Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1-0

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 8. O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 10. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 11. g4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} a5 {[%emt 0:10:45]} 12. g5 {[%emt 0:23:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} a4 {[%emt 0:19:52]} 14. e5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} O-O {[%emt 0:09:21]} 15. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 17. Qg2 {[%emt 0:04:05]} b4 {[%emt 0:08:40]} 18. Nd6 {[%emt 0:05:39]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 19. Be4 {[%emt 0:04:54]} b3 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 20. a3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 21. Qh3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 22. Bxh7+ {[%emt 0:01:19]} Nxh7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 23. g6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 24. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Qxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 27. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 28. Rh4+ {[%emt 0:01:20]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Rxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 32. Qf7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Qxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Qf7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 35. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. Qxf8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:28]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 12. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 14. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:23:40]} 15. Nf1 {[%emt 0:15:47]} d5 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:07:25]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b4 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 8. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:11:09]} 9. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:06:54]} 11. Bd5 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 12. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 14. d3 {[%emt 0:02:54]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:11:14]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 17. Ba2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:19:10]} 18. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 19. g3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 21. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 22. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 23. Nh2 {[%emt 0:05:48]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 24. Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rbd8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 26. Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:10:13]} 27. exd5 {[%emt 0:08:09]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 28. d6 {[%emt 0:08:48]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 29. Qh5 {[%emt 0:19:04]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} 30. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 31. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 32. Qf5 {[%emt 0:09:03]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 33. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 34. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 35. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 36. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 38. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 39. d4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qa6+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 40. Kg1 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 41. d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 42. Nh2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 43. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 44. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 45. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 47. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 48. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 49. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 50. Qxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 51. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 52. Qxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 53. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 55. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 56. d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1-0

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Korley, Kassa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:29]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 8. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:04:33]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:08:41]} 10. f4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} f6 {[%emt 0:10:40]} 11. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 12. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:07]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:14:15]} 13. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 14. Qh5 {[%emt 0:34:46]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 15. Bc2 {[%emt 0:03:45]} g6 {[%emt 0:08:15]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:36]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 17. Bb3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 18. Nb1 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 19. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:11:41]} 20. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 22. O-O {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} R4c6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 25. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 26. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 28. Nxc1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. h3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 31. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 32. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 33. f5 {[%emt 0:09:08]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 34. Qf2 {[%emt 0:08:07]} Qc1 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 35. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:01:14]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 41. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:09:31]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Black "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,104,56,64,54,75,72,106,14,20,28,24,12,16,-6,-7,-307,-222,-288,-238,-253,-257,-293,-279,-252,-267,-735,-435,-380,-389,-369,-355,-429,-435,-445,-424,-419,-398,-1041,-1041,-997,-982,-867,-670,-643,-658,-650,-635,-644,-609,-725,-734,-715,-730,-709,-631,-605,-519,-1075,-1065,-1024,-967,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29997,-29981,-29978,-29978,-29978,0,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29981,-29988,-29983,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Rf6 14. Nd3 {E99: King's Indian: Classical Main Line: 9 Ne1 Nd7 10 f3 f5} Rh6 (14... b6 15. b4 a6 16. c5 Rh6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. g4 fxg3 19. hxg3 Ng6 20. Kg2 Nf6 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Kxh1 {1-0 (43) So,W (2744)-Vocaturo,D (2584) Bergamo 2014}) 15. c5 a6 16. c6 (16. Na4 $16) 16... bxc6 $11 17. dxc6 Nf8 18. Nb4 Kh8 19. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Ncd5 Nfg6 20. Rc3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Ne7 {0-1 (38) Diermair,A (2431)-Kotronias,V (2580) Legnica 2013}) 19... Qe8 {Hoping for ...Qh5.} 20. Nbd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Kh1 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 20... Qh5 $19 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rh5h2]} ({Don't take} 20... Nxd5 21. Nxd5 (21. exd5 $2 Qh5 $19) 21... Qh5 22. h4 $19) 21. h4 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 {[#]} Ng6 $1 $40 {[%cal Rg6h4][%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 23. g3 {Black must now prevent g4.} fxg3 24. Bxg3 Nf4 25. Rc2 $2 (25. Qd1 Nxd5 26. exd5 gxh4 27. Bh2) 25... Nxd5 26. exd5 gxh4 27. Bh2 Bf5 28. Rc4 Bh3 {Threatens to win with ...Qg5+.} 29. Rf2 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 Rg6 {aiming for ...Bg2+.} 31. f4 $2 (31. Rg4 Bxg4 32. fxg4) 31... Bg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kg1 exf4 33. Rcxf4 Bxd5+ 34. Kf1 Bg2+ 35. Ke1 Re8 36. Qxa6 Bxb2 37. Qc4 {White hopes to continue with Rf8+.} Bg7 {Strongly threatening ...Qa5+.} 38. Kd1 Bd5 39. Qc2 Qe7 40. Qd2 Bg8 41. Bh5 (41. Bd3 $142 Re6 42. Re2) 41... Qe5 {( -> ...Qa1+)} 42. Bxg6 Qa1+ 43. Kc2 Qxa2+ 44. Kc1 Qa3+ 45. Kc2 Qb2+ 46. Kd1 Bb3+ 47. Bc2 Qb1+ 48. Qc1 {[#]} Re1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Skewer, Deflection. Black mates.} 49. Kxe1 Qxc1+ 50. Ke2 Qxc2+ 51. Kf1 Bc4+ 52. Kg2 Qg6+ {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Iotov, Valentin"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,79,39,27,27,22,49,46,31,43,66,46,43,53,36,32,115,26,72,78,79,36,38,0,87,74,95,97,104,60,52,34,82,68,29,15,12,20,16,0,105,106,109,105,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,431,29989,29990,29990,29989,29993,29994,29995,29996,29996,828]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Rd1 e6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Ng1 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Qe7 {D99: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4 Bg4 8 Be3 Nfd7 9 Qb3} 13. O-O Rfd8 14. e5 Qb4 {White is slightly better.} 15. Qc2 $1 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. a3 Qc4 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxc2 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxc2 Bg7 21. Rfc1 Rd7 22. g4 {½-½ (22) Ponomariov,R (2744)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2715) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 16. a3 Qc4 17. b3 Qa6 18. Bg5 Rdc8 (18... Rd7 $14) 19. Ne4 (19. Rd3 $16) 19... Nd5 20. N2c3 Nce7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd3 Qc6 (22... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 23. Rc1 (23. dxc5 Bxe5 24. Qd2 Rc7 $11) 23... b6) 23. Qd2 $16 Qe8 24. h4 Qf8 25. a4 h6 26. Bf6 Bxf6 27. exf6 Kh7 28. Rg3 Qb4 29. Qd3 {And now h5! would win.} Kh8 30. Rd1 Rab8 {[#]} (30... Qf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g5 {[#]} (31... gxh5 32. Rg7) 32. Rxg5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] aiming for Rg7. White has strong attack.} hxg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't go for} 32... Nf4 $2 33. Qc2 $18) (32... Rg8 $16 33. Rxg8+ Rxg8) 33. Nxg5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd3h7]} Nxf6 34. Nxf7+ Kg7 35. Qg6+ Kf8 {intending ...Ke7.} 36. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rg6f7] White mates.} Qe7 37. Rd3 Re8 38. h6 Qd7 39. Qxf6+ Kg8 40. h7+ {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,104,18,26,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,11,8,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,-21,-22,-16,-98,-77,-86,-85,-98,-89,-193,-161,-551,-538,-847,-913,-1096,-1131,-1096,-1051,-3287,-2982,-2270,-1363,-3364,-3253,-2469,-2118,-2081,-1918,-6153,-5417,-1891,-2202,-12842,-12843,-12845,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12846,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29952]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. g3 Kb8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bh3 Na5 {B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6} 17. Nd4 (17. b3 $14) 17... b4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 18. Nce2 e5 $1 {The position is equal.} 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Nf5 Nc4 21. Qd3 Rc8 22. Nc1 (22. Ka1 Bf8 23. b3 Na3 24. c4 bxc3 25. Nxc3 {½-½ (64) Navara,D (2734)-Saric,I (2681) Patras 2019}) 22... a5 23. Rhe1 a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23... Rdc7 24. Nb3 {1-0 (49) Mohammad Fahad,R (2278)-Zia,T (1981) Dhaka 2019}) 24. Ne3 Nxe3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 25. Qxe3 Qc6 26. Re2 d5 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Qb6+ (29. Qh6 {looks sharper.} a3 30. bxa3 bxa3 31. Re3 Rc7 32. Rb3+) 29... Qb7 30. Qxb7+ (30. Qe3 {is interesting.} Rc7 31. Qh6 Qh1 32. Qxh7 Rd7 33. c3) 30... Kxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Re4 Bd6 32. g4 {[#]} (32. Rh4 $11) 32... h5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 33. h3 (33. gxh5 f5) 33... hxg4 34. hxg4 Rh8 35. b3 (35. c3 $17) 35... Rh4 $19 36. Rc4 $2 (36. Re1 {is a better chance.}) 36... a3 37. c3 Rh2 $1 {[%cal Rh2b2]} 38. Nd3 bxc3 39. b4 Kb6 40. Rxc3 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d3]} 41. Nc5 {[#]} Rb2+ $1 42. Kc1 Bf4+ 43. Kd1 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 e3 45. Kf1 Rf2+ 46. Kg1 Rxa2 47. Nd3 e2 48. Rb3 Be3+ 49. Kh1 Rd2 {( -> ...a2)} 50. Ne1 {[#]} Rd1 $1 51. Rxe3 Rxe1+ 52. Kg2 a2 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Black "Iotov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,73,30,27,39,29,41,0,0,8,25,33,36,32,66,73,73,69,65,19,114,79,106,98,102,82,104,87,84,95,87,80,77,78,113,50,927,965,1426,1379,2643,2391,1946,1799,5883,4970,29974,29974,5675,779]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 h5 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3} (14... c4 15. Qe2 h5 16. Qf2 b5 17. Rae1 h4 18. Nf5 h3 19. Qg3 g6 20. e4 hxg2 21. Qxg2 Kh8 22. Ng3 Ne7 {1-0 (36) Le,Q (2708)-Aleksandrov,A (2577) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 15. Rae1 g6 16. Rf2 Rc8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 16... Re6 17. e4 h4 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Qd2 Na5 20. Bc1 Nb3 21. Qd3 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Qg5 23. Qd2 Nf4 24. g3 hxg3 25. hxg3 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 dxe4 27. fxe4 Qh5 28. Qe2 Nxf2 {0-1 (28) Sanchez Juncal,B-Caselas Cabanas,J (2315) La Coruna 1999}) 17. e4 cxd4 18. cxd4 h4 19. Nf1 dxe4 20. fxe4 {And now Qf3 would win.} Ne5 21. Qb1 Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b2]} 22. Ba1 (22. e5 $5 {[%cal Rf2f6]} Nd5 23. Nd2 $14) 22... Nh5 ({Don't play} 22... Nxa3 $6 23. Qb3 $16) (22... h3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. a4 a6 25. h3 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. d5 Ra8 28. Qc3 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rc3h8] [#]} Ne5 29. Nh2 b4 30. Qxb4 (30. Qd4 $16) 30... Ng3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Nd3 $14 31. Qd4 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Qd6) 31. Bxe5 $18 {Strongly threatening Ng4.} Rxe5 32. Ng4 Qe7 33. Nh6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh8 34. Nxf7+ Kh7 35. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6e7][%mdl 32]} Rxe4 36. dxe7 Rxb4 37. Nd6 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 27%.} (37. Ng5+ $142 Kh6 38. Rf8) 1-0

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,29,0,10,-11,0,0,-14,-20,-14,-12,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 {The position is equal.} 11. b4 {E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0} (11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nce4 13. Qb3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Bb2 Ng4 16. g3 Qe7 17. h3 Ngf6 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Bd4 h6 21. Qb2 Bd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qb7 25. Bxf6 {½-½ (25) Bareev,E (2675)-Ponomariov,R (2704) Khanty-Mansiysk 2005}) 11... Rc8 12. dxc5 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... bxc5 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. cxd5 Na4 15. Qb3 Nxb2 16. dxe6 {1-0 (36) Likavsky,T (2476)-Kurpiewski,S (2212) Warsaw 2009}) 13. Qb3 bxc5 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,84,56,69,74,83,83,71,73,90,33,33,6,14,11,37,52,94,84,85,86,92,90,85,87,91,81,91,83,129,124,153,152,198,152,152,152,152,152,190,152,152,116,110,110,111,94,106,95,137,111,131,114,144,94,157,124,116,111,116,74,134,118,141,90,146]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Ndb5 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} (12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ndb5 Qe5 14. Bc5 Qxe1 15. Rxe1 Rd8 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Be2 a6 19. Nc3 b5 {1-0 (59) Harikrishna,P (2737)-Grandelius,N (2628) Germany 2015}) 12... Qb8 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bc5 (15. Qd2 $16) 15... Rd8 $14 16. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Bd3 a6 19. Nd6 Qf6 {1-0 (40) Desjardins,A (2101)-Masse,H Montreal 2000}) 16... d4 {[#] ...Be6 is the strong threat.} 17. Bc4 {Strongly threatening Bd6!} Bf5 {Hoping for ...a6.} 18. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} b6 {Threatens to win with ...Bxc2+!} 19. Bd6 Bxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Rxd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Kb1 Ne5 23. Qe4 Rd8 24. Bd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 h6 26. h5 g5 27. Re1 Bf6 28. a3 Kg7 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Qc6 Qe7 31. Ka2 Rd6 32. Qc7 {And now Qxe7 would win.} Qe6+ 33. Qc4 Qe7 34. Rd2 Qe5 35. Qb3 Rd7 36. Rd3 Re7 37. Rc6 Qh2 (37... b5 $142) 38. Rc2 Qd6 39. Qc4 Re6 40. a4 Qe5 ({Black should play} 40... Re1) 41. Qb3 Qd6 42. Rc1 (42. Rc8 $142) 42... Re2 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 35%.} (42... Re8 $142) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,134,19,21,0,35,1,10,8,0,-19,-27,-31,22,2,50,0,61,50,64,66,104,57,61,53,58,50,60,59,66,39,59,40,52,37,38,20,25,14,18,14,16,0,23,0,8,0,13,17,18,0,14,-23,-20,-22,-16,-12,-16,-28,0,-45,-44,-58,0,-31,-32,-38,-29,-58,-8,-25,-9,-16,-9,-12,0,-2,0,-40,-40,-40,-22,-114,-111,-104,-104,-118,-104,-150,-15,-15,-15,-85,-14,-92,-92,-93,-52,-104,-21,-25,-25,-129,-131,-874,-874,-949,-546,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29990,-29992,-6191,-1583,-742,-733,-729,-29962,-12766,-762,-762,-743,-732,-594,-587,-587,-565]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 9. c4 Nd7 (9... b6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. b3 Nb4 {0-1 (37) Anand,V (2764)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2775) Paris 2019}) 10. Nc3 b6 ({Better is} 10... Qb6 $15) 11. Rb1 $11 Bb7 12. b3 Rc8 $146 (12... Nc5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Nde5) 13. Bb2 Nde5 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rbc1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Be2 Qc5 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. a3 Qc6 20. Bf1 a6 21. a4 Rcd8 22. Re1 e6 23. Ba3 Nd7 24. b4 Qc7 25. f4 Qb8 26. Bd3 Bh6 {...d5 is the strong threat.} 27. Qf2 d5 28. e5 ({But not} 28. exd5 Qxf4 29. Qxf4 Bxf4 $15) 28... dxc4 29. Bxc4 Rc8 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bd3 Qa8 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Bb2 Bf8 (35... Qa4 $15) 36. Qe2 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 37. Bxb5 Nd5 38. Bc4 Nxb4 39. Kh2 Bc5 40. Bd4 Be7 {And now ...Rxc4! would win.} 41. Bf2 Qa1 42. Be1 Rb8 43. Bxb4 Rxb4 44. Bd3 $1 Rb2 45. Qf1 (45. Qe1 $11 {remains equal.} Qa3 46. Re2) 45... Qa3 $1 $17 46. Rc4 Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 47. Be4 Qe3 48. Rc2 Rd4 (48... Rxc2 $17 49. Bxc2 h5) 49. Re2 $11 Qa3 50. Qf3 (50. g3 $11) 50... Qa1 ({Black should play} 50... Qxf3 $17 51. gxf3 Bb4) 51. Qe3 (51. g3 $11) 51... Bc5 $17 52. Re1 Qa7 53. Qe2 {[#]} (53. g3 $15) 53... Qa4 ({Black should try} 53... Ra4 $1 $17) 54. Qf3 $1 $11 Rc4 55. Bc6 (55. g3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 55... Qb4 $17 56. Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Rf1 $17) 56... Qb1 $19 57. Kg3 Bd4 58. Qe2 Rc3+ 59. Kh4 Bb6 60. Qd2 Rxc6 (60... Rd3 $142 61. g4 Rxd2 62. f5 Qg1 63. Rd4 Qxd4 64. Bh1 Qf2+ 65. Kg5 {[#]} h6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} 66. Kxh6 Qh4#) 61. Rb4 {[#]} Qg1 {Played: Bb6-a5} 0-1

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Korley, Kassa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 3. b3 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 4. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:08]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a5 {[%emt 0:24:44]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:07:47]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:03:17]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:06:25]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:06:49]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:05:49]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 13. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 14. dxe5 {[%emt 0:03:38]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 17. Nc4 {[%emt 0:13:22]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 18. Bf1 {[%emt 0:02:35]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 19. Red1 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. Qc1 {[%emt 0:10:09]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:11:47]} 21. Nxa3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 22. cxb6 {[%emt 0:05:25]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 25. b5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 26. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:09:57]} 28. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 30. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 31. Qxa2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 34. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 35. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 37. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 39. h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 40. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 41. Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 42. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 43. Be8 {[%emt 0:02:12]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 44. gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 45. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 46. Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:14]} f4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 47. Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 48. Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 49. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 51. Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 52. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 53. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 54. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 55. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 56. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 57. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} d6 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:36]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:03:31]} b6 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 7. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 8. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Bg3 {[%emt 0:04:21]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:01:11]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 12. Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "212"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 7. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:25]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:43]} c5 {[%emt 0:10:33]} 11. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:09:03]} 13. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} g5 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 14. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 15. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Ndxc5 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 16. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:23]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:09:06]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:12:50]} 18. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 19. Be5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:08:35]} 20. O-O {[%emt 0:04:37]} b6 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:07:57]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 22. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 23. Qd4 {[%emt 0:09:32]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 24. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 25. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 26. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 28. h3 {[%emt 0:02:32]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 29. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Bd4 {[%emt 0:06:18]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 32. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 34. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} h3+ {[%emt 0:01:21]} 35. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 36. Kxh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 39. Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Rc3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 41. f3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 42. Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 43. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Rc5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 47. Kf2 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 48. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 49. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qg6+ {[%emt 0:01:13]} 50. e4 {[%emt 0:04:39]} dxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 51. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 52. Rc2 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 53. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 54. e5 {[%emt 0:06:40]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 55. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} 57. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 58. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 59. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 60. Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 61. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} 62. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 63. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 64. Kc5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} b3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 65. Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 66. a6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 67. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 68. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 69. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 70. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qb7+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 71. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 72. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 73. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} 74. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 75. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qb7+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} 76. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 77. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 78. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qb7+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 79. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 80. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 81. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 82. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} 83. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 84. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 85. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 86. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qa2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 87. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 88. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 89. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 90. Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 91. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 92. Kb3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 93. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 94. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 95. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 96. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 97. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 98. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 99. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 100. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 101. Rd4+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 102. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 103. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qb7+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 104. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 105. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 106. Kb2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Iotov, Valentin"]
[Black "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Bb5 {[%emt 0:07:43]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. Qd1 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:09:24]} 15. Re4 {[%emt 0:28:11]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 16. Nc3 {[%emt 0:16:46]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 17. Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 18. Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. b3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 20. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:21:57]} 22. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:51]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 23. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rbd7 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 24. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 25. Re3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 26. Re4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Black "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:09:36]} 8. g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 9. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 10. h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:13:54]} 11. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 12. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:08:58]} 13. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Na4 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 14. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 16. Nhf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 17. Nh1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Na8 {[%emt 0:07:39]} 18. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 19. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 20. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nba6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 21. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 22. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 23. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 24. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rbb7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 26. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 27. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 28. Rfb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 29. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 31. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 32. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 33. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 34. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 35. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 36. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Na8 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 37. Bf1 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 38. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 39. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 41. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 42. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} N8c7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 43. Qg1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Na8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Rba1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 45. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} N8c7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 46. b4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 47. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 48. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 49. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 50. Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 51. Rb1 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 52. Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 53. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 54. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 55. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} N4c5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 56. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 57. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} N4c5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 58. Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 59. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 60. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 61. Ngf5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 62. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 63. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 64. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 65. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 66. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 67. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} N4c5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 68. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 69. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 70. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 71. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 72. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 73. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 74. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 75. Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 76. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 77. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 78. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 79. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 80. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 81. Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 82. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 83. Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,75,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,26,7,30,12,18,0,33,0,0,-16,-21,-21,-28,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,55,29,28,36,83,64,85,89,218,346,357,362,355,336,345,345,277,308,201,12,12,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Ng5 Nc6 10. Nxe6 {A43: Schmid Benoni} fxe6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Rae1 a6 14. a4 Nd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. b3 d5 17. exd5 exd5 {½-½ (39) Burmakin,V (2603)-Iljiushenok,I (2415) Moscow 2011}) 12... Rad8 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Bg2 Nb6 15. Rb1 Kh8 16. Kh1 d5 17. exd5 exd5 {Hoping for ...d4.} 18. Bf4 h6 19. Qg4 (19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 c4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 19... g5 20. Rbe1 (20. Bd2 {looks sharper.} Nb4 21. Rbe1 Qd7 22. Qd1 Qf5 23. Re7) 20... Qd7 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Bc1 Nd4 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Be3 Nc4 25. Bc1 Nb6 26. Be3 a6 (26... Nc4 $11) 27. b4 (27. b3 {feels hotter.} Rc7 28. Rc1 g4 29. Rfd1 Rc6 30. h3) 27... Nc4 28. Nxd5 ({Of course not} 28. bxc5 Nf5 $15) 28... Nxe3 29. fxe3 Nxc2 30. bxc5 Rxd5 (30... Nb4 $16) 31. Rxd5 $18 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 Nxe3 33. Rb1 Nxd5 34. Rxb7 Be5 35. Kg2 g4 {[#]} 36. c6 $2 (36. Rd7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Nb4 37. Kf2) 36... Bc7 $1 $11 37. a4 Kg7 38. a5 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Black "Iotov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,88,0,0,0,0,0,33,28,31,22,27,22,33,23,33,35,38,20,28,32,33,29,32,13,16,15,18,18,18,18,18,18,21,18,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,20,21,17,43,42,34,45,46,51,62,62,75,75,69,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,100,129,147,158,475,462,501,467,700,703,837,821,819,787,1392]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Ne7 9. Bd3 Nf5 10. Bxd6 {White is slightly better.} Qxd6 11. O-O b6 12. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Qf3 Nd6 14. Qf4 Bb7 15. f3 Nd7 {0-1 (52) Melkumyan,H (2640)-Gajewski,G (2605) Warsaw 2016}) 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. Qc2 cxd4 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Nxd4 g6 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. Qc6 Qxc6 20. Nxc6 Rb7 21. Rfe1 Bd7 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Re5 Rc5 24. Rae1 Kg7 25. f4 Rbc7 26. Re7 Kf6 27. R1e5 a6 28. Kf2 Rc4 29. Ke3 R4c5 30. g3 Rxe5+ 31. Rxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Be6 32. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rc4 33. a5 b5 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. b4 Kd6 36. Nb3 $1 Rc8 37. Nc5 Bc4+ 38. Kd4 Ra8 39. Nb7+ $1 Kd7 $2 {[#]} (39... Kc6 $16 {is tougher.} 40. Re7 Rb8) 40. Kc5 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} f6 41. Re1 Rb8 {[#]} (41... Rc8+ $142 42. Kb6 Rc6+ 43. Ka7 Rc8 44. Nc5+ Kc6) 42. Kb6 $1 Bd5 43. Rd1 Ke6 44. Kxa6 Bxb7+ {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,86,27,34,26,20,19,20,22,39,20,20,16,42,26,31,-26,0,-37,-43,-62,0,0,0,0,0,-104,-71,-117,-108,-130,-125,-98,-97,-224,-221,-394,-408,-410,-413,-402,-400,-401,-371,-395,-401,-450,-447,-441,-447,-437,-420,-783,-799,-1783,-1786,-1747,-1695,-12839,-917,-29955,-5828,-2590,-1525,-29968,-29969,-6855,-6149,-6333,-6755,-29988,-29989,-29991,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4 {The position is equal.} Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Rb1 Nde5 12. Nd2 $146 (12. Rd1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 {0-1 (30) Svidler,P (2727)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku 2015}) 12... f5 $11 13. f4 {[#]} Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Qg3 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 14. hxg4 $2 Bd4 $19) 14... Bd4+ ({Better is} 14... Nf6 $15) 15. Kh1 Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 16. Bf3 e5 17. Nd5 (17. Nb3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17... exf4 18. Qxf4 Nxd5 19. exd5 Be5 20. Qe3 Nd4 21. Nb3 (21. b4 $17) 21... f4 $19 22. Qd3 $2 (22. Qf2 {was worth a try.} Nxf3 23. Qxf3) 22... Nf5 {aiming for ...Ng3+.} 23. Qd1 Ng3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kh2 Bf5 25. Ra1 Nxf1+ 26. Qxf1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 27. c5 a4 28. Nd2 a3 29. Nc4 Qf6 {Played: Be5-d4} 0-1

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,63,30,0,23,23,29,15,16,16,15,8,13,13,10,10,10,10,15,8,22,0,0,0,23,0,14,5,9,0,7,0,9,10,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. f3 {[#] And now Nxc6 would win.} Be6 {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} (10... Bd7 11. h4 Ne5 12. b3 Rc8 13. h5 gxh5 14. Rxh5 Qa5 15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 e6 17. Nf4 Ng6 18. Nd3 {1-0 (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Jones,G (2665) chess.com INT 2017}) 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c3 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. b3 Qa5 15. c4 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nc5 18. Rae1 {½-½ (48) Spagnoli,L (2103)-Oleksak,A (2159) ICCF email 2015}) 12... Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. b3 Nc6 15. Kb1 ({Much weaker is} 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nf4 Nb4 $15) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxd5 18. exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kd7 19. Kb2 Rc5 20. Rhd1 Re8 21. Rb4 b6 {The position is equal.} 22. Rh4 h5 23. Rf4 f5 24. Rfd4 e5 25. dxe6+ $1 Rxe6 26. h4 Rce5 27. R1d2 Kc6 28. Rc4+ Rc5 29. Rcd4 Rce5 30. Rc4+ Rc5 31. Rf4 Rce5 32. Rfd4 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,177,26,50,22,43,23,68,64,87,83,80,77,85,45,90,90,92,91,117,47,71,56,66,24,68,68,83,68,83,86,103,68,78,64,97,90,97,90,94,97,127,80,89,81,91,70,135,141,145,149,162,162,216,211,134,61,65,61,61,60,65,67,69,62,79,43,43,42,50,0,50,-16,43,43,51,43,43,14,51,50,50,50,50,28,29,29,43,36,50,51,51,45,54,37,49,37,45,46,55,55,112,105,105,42,105,8,8,8,248,74,248,248,248,248,161,141,300,256,236,161,454,327,447,141,262,262,454,448,445,442,440,440,435,427,695,637,800,392,822,757,839,844,889,892,806,740,814,810,781,681,6412,6479,5513,5189,1871,1047,976,960,1903,1849,29977,29978,6429,1676,1859,1697,29982,29983,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 (3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nf6 12. d5 Bd7 13. Qb4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. e5 Ng4 16. e6 fxe6 17. Bc4 {0-1 (24) Yu,Y (2763)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2774) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 3... Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. g4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} h6 7. Be2 e5 8. d5 $1 {White is slightly better.} Nc5 9. f3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. b4 Nb7 12. Nh3 Ng8 13. Nf2 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 {½-½ (40) Julien,J (1612)-Belnou,T (1560) Cholet 2011}) 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nh3 Qe7 12. Nf2 b6 13. Qd2 Kd8 14. b3 (14. Nd3 $16) 14... Ne8 $14 15. O-O-O f5 16. Nd3 f4 17. Bf2 Nf6 18. Kc2 Ke8 19. Rdg1 g5 20. Nc1 Kf7 21. a3 Ra7 22. Kb2 Rha8 23. Bd1 Kg6 24. Bc2 Ne8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nb7 27. Nb3 Qd8 (27... Nf6 $14) 28. hxg5 $16 hxg5 29. Nd4 $1 Qf6 ({But not} 29... exd4 $2 30. e5+ Kf7 31. e6+ Kg8 32. Bxd4 $18) 30. Nf5 Kf7 {[#]} (30... Nd8 {is a better defense.} 31. Bb3 Kf7) 31. Rh5 $1 $18 Qg6 32. Nxg7 (32. Bb3 $16) 32... Qxg7 $14 33. Rgh1 {aiming for Rh7.} Nf6 34. Rh6 Kg8 35. Bb3 Nd8 36. R6h2 Nf7 37. Rg1 Qf8 38. Rhh1 Kg7 39. Bd1 Qe7 (39... Qc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8a6]}) 40. Be2 (40. Qe2 $14) 40... Be8 (40... Bxg4 $11 41. Rxg4 (41. fxg4 Nxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Rh7+ Kxh7 $11) 41... Nxg4 42. fxg4 Ra3) 41. Ra1 Qd8 42. Rxa7 Rxa7 43. Ra1 Qa8 44. Rxa7 Qxa7 45. Qd1 Kf8 46. Qa1 (46. Qc2 {is interesting.} Kg7 47. Qb3 Kf8 48. Kb1 Ke7 49. Bd3) 46... Qxa1+ 47. Kxa1 Ke7 48. Kb2 Kd8 49. Kb3 Kc8 50. Nd1 Nd7 51. Be1 Nd8 52. Nf2 Kb8 53. Kc3 Kc8 54. Bd1 b5 (54... Nf6 $14) 55. Nh3 Nf7 56. Be2 ({Better is} 56. cxb5 $16 Nb6 57. Be2) 56... Nb6 (56... bxc4 $14 57. Bxc4 (57. Kxc4 Nb6+ 58. Kc3 Kd7 $14) 57... Nb6) 57. c5 (57. cxb5 $16 Kd7 58. Nf2) 57... Na4+ $11 58. Kb3 {Threatens to win with c6.} Kb7 $2 (58... dxc5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 59. bxc5 Nxc5+ 60. Kb4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Na6+ 61. Ka5 Nc5) 59. Bf2 $2 (59. c6+ $18 Ka6 60. Bf2) 59... Ka6 $2 (59... c6 $16) 60. c6 $18 Nb6 61. Bxb6 Kxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 62. Nf2 Nh8 $2 (62... Nd8 $16 63. Nh3 Nf7) 63. Nd1 Ng6 64. Kc2 Ka6 $2 (64... Ne7 {was worth a try.} 65. Nc3 Bxc6) 65. Kd2 Kb6 66. Nf2 $2 (66. Ke1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Nh4 67. Kf2) 66... Nh8 (66... Nf8 $16 67. Nd1 Bxc6) 67. Ke1 Ka6 $2 (67... Bxc6 {was necessary.} 68. dxc6 Kxc6) 68. Nd1 Ng6 69. Nc3 Ne7 70. Nxb5 Kb6 71. Nc3 Bf7 (71... Bxc6 $142 72. dxc6 Kxc6 73. Bb5+ Kb7) 72. Kd2 Be8 73. Na4+ Ka7 74. b5 Nc8 75. Kc3 Bg6 76. Kb4 Be8 77. Ka5 Bg6 78. Nb2 Ne7 79. Nd3 Ng8 {[#]} 80. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be8 (80... dxe5 81. d6) 81. Nc4 Ne7 82. Kb4 Kb8 83. Kc3 Ng6 84. Kd4 Ka7 {[#]} 85. b6+ $1 Kb8 {[#]} (85... cxb6 86. Nxd6) 86. b7 (86. Nxd6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc6 (86... cxd6 87. Ba6) 87. dxc6) 86... Ne7 87. e5 dxe5+ 88. Nxe5 Ng8 89. Nd7+ {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Black "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. g3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nce4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:09:27]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:09:28]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 13. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Ncd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:03:56]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 16. Rab1 {[%emt 0:02:25]} h6 {[%emt 0:06:50]} 17. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 19. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 20. Nf1 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 21. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 22. Bd5 {[%emt 0:04:39]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:14:38]} 23. Bf3 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:11:52]} 24. Nd5 {[%emt 0:10:24]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rdc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Rb2 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 27. h4 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 28. Rdb1 {[%emt 0:02:50]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:09:01]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 31. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 33. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 34. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:03:51]} Qxb6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 35. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 37. c4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} e4 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 38. Rdb2 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Bf3+ {[%emt 0:05:05]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:06:46]} f4 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 40. Rb7 {[%emt 0:03:10]} fxg3+ {[%emt 0:02:43]} 41. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rg6+ {[%emt 0:08:27]} 42. Kh3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 43. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 44. Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 45. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 46. Bg8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. Be6 {[%emt 0:06:03]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 48. Rd5+ {[%emt 0:01:24]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 49. Bf7+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 50. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 51. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 0-1

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Iotov, Valentin"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:03:03]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 6. Qa4 {[%emt 0:06:25]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:09:37]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 8. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:06:11]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 9. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c4 {[%emt 0:06:35]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:12:13]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 12. bxc4 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 13. d3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 14. Qb2 {[%emt 0:10:07]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,107,12,17,13,21,24,37,23,21,16,31,19,47,41,50,27,34,21,55,36,128,83,135,136,135,127,122,114,151,124,208,206,227,160,319,268,495,494,464,423,429,433,511,483,517,512,622,341,437,300,278,299,290,298,292,279,338,335,360,332,328,324,316,319,453,446,618,604,615,609,646,639,610,597,690,574,742,664,781,806,742,712,789,783,753,741,798,689,856,799,3241,2871,3137,2846,3133,2102]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} Be6 (8... c5 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qa5 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rfc8 14. Rab1 Ne4 15. Rfc1 Rxc5 {1-0 (54) Le,Q (2697)-Lenderman,A (2623) Las Vegas 2015}) 9. a3 Be7 10. Nge2 {White is slightly better.} Bc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qd7 11. Nf4 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 c6 14. O-O Qd8 15. Ne5 Nbd7 {0-1 (72) Galperin,I (2208)-Fedukin,A (2237) ICCF email 2011}) 11. Nc1 a5 12. Bd3 Na6 13. O-O Re8 14. N1e2 c6 15. f3 c5 16. Rad1 Be6 (16... c4 $14 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nc7) 17. Nf4 Rc8 ({Black should play} 17... c4) 18. Nxe6 $16 fxe6 19. Bg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Rf8 20. Kh1 Qb6 21. Qe2 Kh8 {[#]} (21... cxd4 $16 22. exd4 (22. Rxd4 Nb8 $11) 22... Rc6) 22. Bb1 $1 $18 Kg8 23. Qc2 Qc6 $2 (23... cxd4 $16 {was called for.} 24. exd4 (24. Rxd4 Nc5 $14) 24... Rc4) 24. f4 Rc7 $2 (24... cxd4 25. exd4 Qe8) 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. f5 Ke7 28. fxe6 Qxe6 29. e4 cxd4 30. Nxd5+ Kd6 {Now ...Rcf7 and Black clings on.} 31. Nxc7 Kxc7 32. Qf5 Qxf5 33. Rxf5 ({Not} 33. exf5 Re8 $16) 33... Re8 34. Rxa5 Kb6 35. b4 Nc7 36. g3 Nb5 37. Bd3 Nc3 38. Re1 Bg5 (38... Be5 $142 39. Rc5 Na4 40. Rb5+ Kc7) 39. e5 {White is clearly winning.} Bd2 40. Rf1 Re7 41. Kg2 Kc6 42. Rc5+ Kb6 43. Bc4 Be3 44. Rf3 h5 45. h4 Ne4 46. Rb5+ Ka7 47. Bd3 Nc3 48. Ra5+ Kb6 49. Rf8 Bh6 50. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Be3 51. Raa8 {Hoping for a5+.} Kc6 52. Rac8+ Rc7 53. b5+ Kb6 {[#]} 54. a5+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Black "Korley, Kassa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:03:25]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:13:18]} 8. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:18:35]} 9. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 10. Qb3 {[%emt 0:13:41]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:09:14]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 12. Ne5 {[%emt 0:18:54]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 13. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:04:34]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 14. Rd1 {[%emt 0:15:19]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:13:35]} 15. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 16. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 17. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:06:02]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 18. Rd4 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 20. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 21. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 22. Qd1 {[%emt 0:07:48]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 2. e3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 5. b3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:43]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 11. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 14. Ne5 {[%emt 0:06:15]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:09:14]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:24:59]} Nef6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 16. f4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} g6 {[%emt 0:09:58]} 17. Ng3 {[%emt 0:09:33]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 19. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 20. Bd4 {[%emt 0:11:08]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 21. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:15]} 22. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 23. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 24. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 25. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,55,18,22,11,20,0,0,-29,-21,-35,-29,-39,-41,-43,-43,-48,-47,-81,-79,-93,-70,-82,-72,-89,-66,-83,-87,-115,-100,-135,-4,-102,-86,-95,-80,-96,0,0,20,22,24,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} d5 (7... b4 8. Na4 d6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. f5 exf5 11. Rxf5 Qc7 12. b3 g6 13. Rf1 Bg7 14. Nb2 O-O {1-0 (35) Petrov,N (2593)-Khismatullin,D (2621) St Petersburg 2018}) 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nf4 {Hoping for Nfxd5.} Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Be7 12. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 O-O 13. a4 Nd7 14. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (28) Viana,D (2266)-Soares,J (1846) Florianopolis 2017}) 12... Nd7 13. a4 {With the idea axb5.} b4 14. Nh5 {[#]} O-O $1 15. Bd2 g6 16. Nf4 Bf6 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. Be3 {[#]} Rc8 $1 19. Rab1 Nd5 20. c4 Nb6 ({Black should try} 20... Nxe3+ $17 21. fxe3 Bg7) 21. Qb7 (21. a5 $11 Na4 22. Bh6) 21... a5 $17 22. Nc1 Nxa4 {...Nc3 is the strong threat.} 23. Nb3 Bg7 (23... h5 $17) 24. Ra1 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra1a4][%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Nb6 26. Rxa5 Rb8 27. Qc6 Rc8 28. Qb7 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,93,16,14,22,20,16,16,27,21,10,17,16,21,17,27,25,33,18,34,18,20,16,33,0,17,0,6,6,6,8,9,7,10,9,22,10,18,2,0,0,10,-5,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,15,17,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. O-O {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Bg7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6 (10... Rc8 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Qe2 a6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 {0-1 (29) Andreikin,D (2725)-Van Wely,L (2622) chess.com INT 2019}) 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ne6 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Qc2 Ne6 {The position is equal.} 18. Qd2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Qa5 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21. a3 Bxd4 {1-0 (71) Tari,A (2450)-Christenson,F (2259) Norway 2014}) 20. Qxd4 Qa5 21. Rfe1 Rfd8 22. a3 Qc5 23. Qd3 e6 24. Red1 Be8 25. Ne2 Qg5 26. Nc3 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Qd2 (28. Na2 {keeps more tension.} Rxc1 29. Nxc1 Bc6 30. Ne2 d5 31. Qe3) 28... Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Kf8 30. Rcd1 Ke7 31. Rd4 Rc5 32. f3 g5 33. Kf2 Bc6 34. Ke3 h5 35. g3 f5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 fxg4 38. fxg4 Rh8 39. R1d2 ({Much weaker is} 39. Rxd6 Rh3+ 40. Ke2 Rh2+ 41. Kf3 Rxb2 $17) 39... Rh3+ 40. Kf2 Rh2+ 41. Ke3 Rh3+ 42. Kf2 Rh2+ 43. Ke3 Rh4 44. Kf3 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. exd5 exd5 46. Kg3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Rc4 47. Nxd5+ {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Iotov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,89,7,25,14,30,29,34,42,46,53,75,73,72,74,72,70,64,22,41,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,27,28,18,20,13,0,0,0,23,23,23,0,0,-13,38,45,36,43,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} a6 (6... Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Nge4 Rd8 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Rac8 17. f3 a6 18. Be2 {0-1 (47) Rapport,R (2700)-Aronian,L (2797) Caleta 2018}) 7. c4 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... dxc4 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxc4 Ke7 11. Nc3 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 {½-½ (41) Gutkin,B (2275)-Westerinen,H (2365) Arco 2010}) 8. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 9. Bf3 dxc4 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Qxc4 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Bg3 Nb4 18. Qb3 $1 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Qa5 20. h3 Nd3 21. Rcd1 Qb4 (21... h5 {looks sharper.} 22. Na4 Bf6 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qb3 Nd3) 22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23. a3 Nd3 24. Na4 {Bc7 is the strong threat.} e5 25. Rd2 f5 26. Rfd1 e4 27. Rc2 c5 28. Bc7 Rd7 ({Black should play} 28... Rf8 $11) 29. Nb6 $14 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rxc7 30. Nxa8 Rc6 31. b3 Bd8 {The position is equal.} 32. f3 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8a8]} 33. fxe4 fxe4 34. Rc4 Nb2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Rc2 Rxa8 37. Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rb8 38. b4 Rb5 39. Ra2 cxb4 40. axb4 Rxb4 41. Rxa6 Rb3 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Rb3 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,34,-3,-12,12,5,55,9,10,-4,0,-7,576]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Re1 Qc7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 14. e4 {[#]} c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. Qf3 Be6 18. a3 Rad8 19. Rad1 b6 20. h3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 {1-0 (86) Sevian,S (2666)-Nihal,S (2598) chess.com INT 2019}) 15. Bf1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 16. e5 Nd7 $1 17. Nf3 Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 40960] An unexpected result.} (17... Rad8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:06:59]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 10. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 12. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 13. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:12:50]} 14. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Raxd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra8 {[%emt 1:21:55]} 16. Na4 {[%emt 1:28:03]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ba8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 23. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 25. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 26. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 28. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 30. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31. a4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 33. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rxh2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bh1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. a5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 38. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Bf3 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. b4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. b5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. c4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 48. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 49. Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:52]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 50. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 51. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 52. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 53. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 54. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 55. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 56. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} h2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 0-1

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Iotov, Valentin"]
[Black "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 5. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 6. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 7. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 9. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:54]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 12. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 13. c4 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:38]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 15. Bb2 {[%emt 0:11:50]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:49]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 17. g3 {[%emt 0:03:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 18. Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:56]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 19. c5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 20. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 21. dxe5 {[%emt 0:06:22]} Qxh3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:10:22]} 23. Qh6 {[%emt 0:15:15]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:10:16]} 24. Nd6 {[%emt 0:30:54]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 25. Qxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Ng5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 27. Nxh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 28. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 29. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 31. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 33. Rda1 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 34. Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rcc8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 35. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 37. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 38. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 39. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 40. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 41. Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 42. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 43. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:01:58]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 45. Nh7+ {[%emt 0:02:49]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 47. Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 48. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 49. d7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 51. g4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 52. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 53. Re6+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 54. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 55. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. Rxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Black "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:58]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:10:25]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 11. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:11:19]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 14. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 15. Rac1 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 16. Ne2 {[%emt 0:06:52]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 17. Rc2 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:16:49]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:05:53]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 19. Ng3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 20. Nh4 {[%emt 0:05:44]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 21. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:35]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Qh4 {[%emt 0:07:25]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 23. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 24. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxg3 {[%emt 1:00:56] Kf1} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:04:38]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 8. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:19]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 10. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 11. g4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:51]} 12. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 13. g5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} e5 {[%emt 0:16:28]} 14. h4 {[%emt 0:06:22]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 15. h5 {[%emt 0:07:03]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:18:26]} a5 {[%emt 0:09:59]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:03:40]} exf4 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 18. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 19. Qg3 {[%emt 0:06:04]} b4 {[%emt 0:08:27]} 20. Na4 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 21. g6 {[%emt 0:08:28]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:08:18]} 22. hxg6 {[%emt 0:07:22]} Nxg6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 23. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 24. Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 25. Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:46]} 26. Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Bg5+ {[%emt 0:05:17]} 27. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qe2 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 28. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:04:41]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 29. Rde1 {[%emt 0:05:53]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 30. e5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 31. Rhf1 {[%emt 0:01:56]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 33. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 34. e6 {[%emt 0:03:46]} a3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 35. e7 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 36. Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 37. Nd8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 38. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 39. Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 40. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 41. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 1-0

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,48,0,8,-4,0,-3,-2,-8,-6,-9,6,0,3,-4,24,11,6,15,20,6,10,10,10,25,24,12,37,26,27,29,44,45,38,36,32,0,0,0,39]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Be2 h6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} Nbd7 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Bh7 10. Qc2 a5 11. Rad1 Na6 12. a3 {½-½ (45) Vachier Lagrave,M (2793)-Aronian,L (2797) Caleta 2018}) 8. d4 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 Qe6 13. Ne2 Rfe8 14. Rae1 a5 15. Nf4 Qe4 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. Nfe5 Ng4 {½-½ (17) Horvath,P (2395)-Dovzik,J (2375) Nagykanizsa 1994}) 12... cxd5 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. a3 Ba5 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Rac8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Qd2 Qd6 20. Ne2 Qb6 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 Ne4 23. Nf4 Nb6 24. Nd3 Nd6 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.31"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,56,68,66,63,60,49,47,49,52,43,56,37,37,41,45,21,35,28,41,22,28,15,20,-5,-7,-21,196,182,196,102,124,129,128,107,101,94,37,26,162,152,160,156,152,147,131,106,102,117,91]} 1. d4 h6 2. c4 a6 (2... e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc8 {1-0 (22) Braun,A (2579)-Van Foreest,L (2350) Germany 2016}) 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4. e4 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Ngf6 10. Nd2 {1-0 (54) Gunchenko,V (2245)-Kochetkov,V (1918) Taganrog 2017}) 4... Nc6 5. e4 e5 6. d5 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Nce7 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Ng6 9. Re1 Nh7 10. Be3 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. b4 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. c5 Ng5 15. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nh4 $1 16. Nc4 dxc5 17. bxc5 Nxh3+ $2 (17... Bxc5 $11 18. Nxe5 (18. Bxc5 Nxh3+ 19. Kf1 Nxg2 $11) 18... Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nxh3+ 20. gxh3 Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. Ng4 h5 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 18. gxh3 $18 Bxc5 {[#]} 19. Bf1 ({Stronger than} 19. Nxe5 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Qg5+ 21. Ng4 h5 $11) ({White should try} 19. Qh5 $1 $18 g6 20. Qxh6 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 (23. fxe3 Re8 $18)) 19... Bd4 $16 20. Nd2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Kh1 Qd7 (23... c6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 24. Bxd4 $18 ({Don't blunder} 24. Qxb7 $2 Bxh3 25. Qc6 Qg4 $19) 24... exd4 25. Nce4 Bxe4+ 26. Rxe4 ({Avoid the trap} 26. Nxe4 $2 Rf3 $19) 26... Rxf2 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qd6.} 27. Qg3 Rxd2 28. Rxh4 Rf8 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Korley, Kassa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:01:23]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. g3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:08:43]} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:13]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.31"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Black "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,77,16,18,29,27,36,8,64,31,27,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,12,-31,-17,-27,0,-33,-8,-15,77,77,83,83,100,72,426,404,638,635,606,619,576,579,555,466,539,538,530,507,766,759,756,750,751,736,731,723,850,842,820,817,908,899,1125,1122]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng4 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} 10. Bd2 f5 11. exf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Nf6 12. exf5 {1-0 (45) Cuenca Jimenez,J (2498)-Fier,A (2589) Leiria 2017}) 11... gxf5 (11... Bxf5 $11 12. g3 e4) 12. h3 Nf6 13. Qc1 f4 14. g3 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 15. Nh4 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%cal Re3d2][%mdl 512]} 16. fxe3 fxg3 17. Ng6 Re8 18. Rg1 Bf5 19. Rxg3 {[#] aiming for e4.} Na6 20. Nf4 Nc5 {[%mdl 1024] Threatening ...Nfe4. Black has compensation.} 21. Bf3 Nfd7 (21... Kh7 $11) 22. Ke2 $16 Kh7 ({Of course not} 22... Qh4 23. Qg1 $16) 23. Qg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Be5 {Strongly threatening ...Bxf4.} 24. Bg4 Bxg4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Qg5 $16 25. Bh5 Qf6 26. Bxe8 Rxe8) 25. Rxg4 $18 {White threatens Qb1+ and mate.} Rg8 (25... Bxf4 $142 26. Rg7+ (26. Rxf4 Rg8 $16) 26... Kh8) 26. Qb1+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh8 27. Ng6+ ({Weaker is} 27. Rxg8+ Qxg8 28. Ng6+ Kg7 $16) 27... Rxg6 28. Qxg6 {[%cal Rg6h6]} Qf6 29. e4 Bd4 30. Rf1 Qxg6 31. Rxg6 Ne5 (31... Rf8 $142 32. Rxf8+ Nxf8 33. Rxh6+ Kg8) 32. Rxh6+ Kg7 33. Nb5 Nxe4 34. Nxd4 {White wants to mate with Ne6+.} Ng3+ 35. Kf2 Rf8+ 36. Kxg3 {Ne6+! would kill now.} Rxf1 37. Ne6+ Kg8 38. Bc3 Rg1+ 39. Kf4 {Played: Kg3-f2} 1-0

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.31"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,36,-3,0,12,12,9,21,0,0,4,0,-3,25,33,45,31,44,31,52,0,0,0,0,-20,2,-7,20,1,25]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} cxd4 (6... d6 7. h3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Be6 9. Qa3 cxd4 10. exd4 Qc6 11. c4 d5 12. c5 Ne4 13. Be2 Qc8 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. O-O {½-½ (33) Gorovets,A (2496)-Liang,A (2570) Saint Louis 2018}) 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Bc4 d5 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Be3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f5 11. Nb3 f4 12. Bc1 Bg4 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 {½-½ (45) De Smet,K (2186)-Dunlop,G (2132) ICCF email 2011}) 11. O-O Rb8 12. a4 a6 13. Nb3 Nf4 14. Re1 (14. Bb1 $14) 14... Nxd3 $11 {The position is equal.} 15. Qxd3 Bg4 16. Bg5 Rbd8 17. Nc5 Rfe8 18. Bh4 Bxf3 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holiday Invitational-GM 2019"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.31"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Iotov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,180,24,11,13,16,27,0,10,6,6,0,8,-63,-56,-43,-43,-42,-41,-40,-12,-41,-25,-47,-39,-52,-34,-77,-98,-84,-79,-218,-207,-210,-207,-204,-201,-218,-147,-226,-172,-290,-283,-346,-273,-248,-173,-179,-181,-184,-184,-186,-164,-157,-106,-112,-105,-105,-84,-106,-98,-131,-132,-132,-128,-193,-145,-140,-136,-148,-129,-159,-164,-260,-260,-252,-244,-252,-252,-299,-281,-298,-215,-215,-215,-215,-215,-215,-215,-215,-215,-215,-215,-215,-196,-196,-195,-197,-80,-195,-181,-188,-188,-195,-188,-188,-189,-195,-195,-199,-199,-202,-196,-199,-196,-196,-195,-199,-196,-196,-196,-196,-190,-215,-198,-198,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-29973,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,0,-22,0,-22,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Nge7 8. d4 exd4 $1 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3 c5 13. a4 ({White should try} 13. d5 $11) (13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 {0-1 (65) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Leuven 2018}) 13... cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b4 14. Ne2 c4 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bf4 {0-1 (48) Vanagaite,G (2033)-Cornette,D (2317) Vilnius 2013}) 14. Nxd4 b4 15. Nce2 Bb7 16. Bg5 d5 17. Qe1 h6 18. Bd2 Nac6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Qxb4 Rb8 $1 22. Nc3 (22. e5 $17) 22... d4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 23. Nd1 {[#]} Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qd2 (24. Bxe4 Rxb4) 24... d3 25. Bb1 Qd5 26. Ra3 (26. Ba2 $17 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Bc4) 26... Rfc8 27. b4 (27. Re1 {was called for.}) 27... Qd4 ({Inferior is} 27... Bxg2 28. Ne3 $11) 28. Rb3 Qc4 29. Ra3 {[%cal Rb1d3]} Qxb4 30. Qxb4 Rxb4 31. Bxd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxa4 33. Ne3 Rd4 (33... Ra2 $142 34. Nd5 Bf8) 34. Ra3 $17 Rd6 35. Rb1 h5 36. g3 Bd4 37. Rb7 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Bc5 39. Rab3 (39. Ra2 $17) 39... a5 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Ra8 Bb4 42. Rb8 Rd2 43. R3xb4 (43. Ra8 {keeps fighting.}) 43... axb4 $19 44. Rxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rc6 45. Nf1 Ra2 46. Nh2 g5 47. Rb5 Kg6 48. g4 hxg4 49. Nxg4 f6 50. Rb7 Re6 {Hoping for ...f5.} 51. Rb5 Rc2 52. Ra5 Rd2 53. Rb5 f5 54. Ne5+ Kf6 55. Nf3 Rd3 (55... Rd8 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 56. Rb7 Red6) 56. Ra5 (56. Rb8 $17 {was forced.}) 56... Red6 57. Ra8 {If only White now had time for Rf8+....} Rd8 58. Ra7 R3d7 59. Ra5 Rd5 60. Ra7 R5d6 61. Rb7 Rg8 62. Nh2 Re6 63. Ra7 Rb8 64. Nf3 Rb4 65. Ra5 g4 66. hxg4 Rxg4+ 67. Kf1 Rb6 68. Re5 Rb3 69. Re3 Rxe3 70. fxe3 {KR-KN} Ke6 71. Kf2 Kd5 72. Nd4 Ke4 {aiming for ...f4.} 73. Ne2 $2 (73. Nb3 $19) 73... Rg8 $2 (73... Rg6 $1 {mates} 74. Nc3+ Kd3 75. Na4 Rc6 76. Kf3 Rc1 77. Nb6 Rf1+ 78. Kg2 Ke2 79. Kg3 Rf3+ 80. Kh4 Kxe3 81. Nd5+ Kd4 82. Nf6 Rd3 83. Nh5 Ke5 84. Kg5 Rd1 85. Ng3 Rg1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 86. Kh4 Rxg3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 87. Kxg3 Ke4 88. Kf2 Kf4 89. Ke2 Kg3 90. Ke1 Kg2 91. Kd1 f4 92. Ke1 f3 93. Kd2 f2 94. Kc3 f1=Q 95. Kb4 Kf3 96. Kc5 Ke4 97. Kc6 Qc4+ 98. Kb7 Qb5+ 99. Kc7 Kd5 100. Kd8 Qb7 101. Ke8 Ke6 102. Kf8 Qf7#) 74. Nc3+ Kd3 75. Nb5 Rb8 76. Nd6 Rb6 ({Don't play} 76... Rf8 77. Kf3 $15) 77. Nf7 Rf6 78. Ng5 {[#]} Rg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g5]} 79. Nh3 {Threatens to win with Nf4+.} Ke4 80. Ke2 {[#]} Rg3 $1 81. Nf2+ Ke5 82. Nd3+ Kd5 83. Kf2 Rg4 84. Kf3 Ra4 85. Nf4+ Kc4 (85... Kd6 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rc4.} 86. Ng6 Ke6 87. Nf4+ Kf6) 86. Ne2 $11 {The position is equal.} Kd3 87. Ng3 Ra5 88. Kf4 Ra4+ 89. Kf3 Ra5 90. Kf4 Ra4+ {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

