[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,105,22,45,0,20,16,10,31,18,-33,-43,-52,-21,-51,29,22,121,129,125,104,184,132,175,174,185,173,180,174,187,182,181,175,185,166,200,161,200,200,210,211,220,216,208,212,197,210,235,235,270,260,234,186,192,206,267,235,311,298,306,306,291,297,355,354,496,481,433,400,727,648,754,625,690,697,885,868,1465,1380,2883,3015,29978,29979,29977,12847]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. g5 Nh5 {Nowadays more popular than 12...b4.} 13. Rg1 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 {The position is equal.} a5 $1 16. Bh3 (16. Kb1 $11) 16... a4 $15 17. Nd2 {[#]} b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nb6 18. Qc6 Rb8 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 g6 21. Kb1 Kg7 22. Bc1 Qb6 23. Bg4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 {½-½ (45) Szarwacki,D (1867)-Szelc,A (1989) Leba 2007}) 18. axb3 axb3 (18... Nf4 $1 $15 19. Bxf4 exf4) 19. Nxb3 $11 {[#] Strongly threatening Qc6.} Nb6 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} (19... Nc5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. Qc6 $16 Na4 21. Qd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Ra6 (21... Nc5 $16 {was worth a try.} 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8) 22. Kb1 (22. Qxd8 $18 Bxd8 23. Bd7) 22... Nf4 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Bf1 Raa8 25. h4 Rdb8 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Rg4 f6 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Rdg1 Nb6 30. Be6 Ra4 31. Rxf4 d5 32. Rfg4 dxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. fxe4 fxg5 35. hxg5 g6 36. Na5 Bc5 37. Rg4 Re8 38. Bd5 Be3 39. Nc6 Rf8 40. Rg3 Rf1+ 41. Ka2 Bf4 42. Rg2 Rd1 43. c4 Rd2 (43... Rf1 {might work better.} 44. c5 Nd7) 44. Rxd2 $18 Bxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 45. Nd8 Kg7 (45... Nd7 $142 46. Ne6 h5 47. gxh6 (47. c5 h4 $18) 47... Be3) 46. c5 Nd7 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Kb3 Ke7 49. Ka4 Ne5 50. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Nf7 51. b5 Nxg5 52. Nxg5 Bxg5 53. b6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.38} 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,51,34,0,0,0,0,0,37,13,72,58,108,103,121,120,145,131,131,117,275,236,242,257,302,233,527,507,497,499,636,590,630,550,486,447,455,452,493,500,479,458,531,512]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bb4+ {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O $1 {Nxd5 is the strong threat.} Be7 (9... Bxc3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 10. bxc3 (10. Bxc3 Bb7 $11) 10... O-O) 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} c6 12. a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b5] [#]} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb7 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Nxb5 O-O 15. Ba5 Qc8 16. Nc7 Ra7 17. Rfc1 Nxc7 18. Rxc7 Bd5 19. Rxc8 Bxb3 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Rb1 {1-0 (21) Hernandez Leon,A (2241)-Villavicencio Martinez,C (2117) Tenerife 2009}) 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bxb4 O-O $2 {[#]} (14... Bxb4 $16 {might work better.} 15. Qxb4 a5) 15. Bxe7 $1 $18 Qxe7 {[#]} 16. e4 $1 Qb7 17. Qe3 Rd8 $2 (17... Ra7 {was worth a try.} 18. Rfc1 Qa8) 18. Rab1 {White is clearly winning.} Qe7 19. Rfc1 f6 20. Nd3 Qf7 21. Qf4 g5 22. Qc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 a5 24. exd5 Na6 {[#]} 25. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd6 26. Rc3 {Black got outplayed after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.58} 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,82,29,33,31,35,27,50,39,47,24,35,45,37,28,22,28,35,32,31,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6 9. Qb3 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5.} Bd6 10. Bxd6 ({Don't play} 10. Qxb7 Na5 $11) 10... Qxd6 11. Qxb7 {White is slightly better.} O-O 12. Qb3 ({Avoid the trap} 12. Bxa6 $2 Rab8 $19) 12... Nb4 {[%cal Bc6b4,Bb4c2,Bc2a3][%mdl 32]} 13. O-O Nc2 $1 14. Rac1 {And now Qa4 would win.} Rfb8 15. Qa4 {Strongly threatening Nh4.} Rb4 16. Qa5 $1 Rxb2 17. Nh4 Bg4 {The position is equal.} 18. Nf3 Na3 {[#]} 19. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rfe1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nc4 21. Qa4 Nd7 22. Re2 Rb4 23. Qc2 f5 24. Qd3 Rab8 25. Rb1 Rxb1+ 26. Nxb1 {0-1 (45) Mizrahi,I (1827)-Caliskan,S (1645) Prague 2016}) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4 22. Nb1 Nxb1 23. Rxb1 Rab8 24. Rxb4 Rxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Rc1 {[#] White wants to mate with Rc8+.} g5 26. Rc8+ Kg7 27. Ra8 Rb2 28. Rxa6 g4 29. Kg2 Rd2 30. Ra3 h5 31. h3 gxh3+ 32. Kxh3 Rxf2 33. Kg3 Rd2 34. Bb1 Ne8 35. Rd3 Re2 36. Rb3 Nd6 37. a4 Nc4 38. Bd3 Ra2 39. Bxc4 dxc4 40. Rb4 c3 41. Rc4 c2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,137,-3,-52,-46,-54,-37,-57,-45,-118,-106,-120,-94,-103,-107,-119,-106,-106,-107,-113,-98,-108,-100,-124,-103,-134,-136,-156,-139,-170,-125,-125,-122,-120,-121,-121,-121,-121,-120,-126,-126,-120,-125,-129,-122,-126,-126,-125,-125,-125,-116,-118,-99,-112,-115,-106,-85,-85,-80,-81,-79,-81,-86,-87,-82,-82,-16,-84,-89,-91,0,-86,-85,-152,-105,-212,0,-210,-181,-221,-224,-317,-161,-227,-184,-150,-90,-88,-109,-430,-396,-331,-304,-466,-282,-460,-437,-425,-431,-460,-467,-403,-249,-1468,-1427,-3164,-2791,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29971,-29973,-29974,-29972,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29974,-29974,-12842,-12847,-12845,-12845,-12846,-29978,-29978,-29980]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. a3 g6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 8. Bc4 Nb6 9. Ba2 Bg7 {[%cal Rd6e5] [#] Black is slightly better.} 10. Qe2 $146 ({Better is} 10. exd6 $15 Qxd6 11. Be3) ({Predecessor:} 10. Ng5 O-O 11. e6 fxe6 12. Bxe6+ Kh8 13. d5 Nd4 14. Be3 Nxe6 15. dxe6 Kg8 16. Nc3 {0-1 (23) Nielsen,R (2337)-Narayanan,S (2549) Sandavagur 2018}) 10... dxe5 $17 11. dxe5 Bf5 12. Nc3 Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e2]} 13. Qe3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qc5 Qd3 16. Bf4 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} Ba6 17. Rd1 Qf5 18. Qe3 O-O $1 19. Qe4 Qe6 20. b4 {aiming for b5.} Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b5 Qb3 23. O-O Bxb5 ({And not} 23... Qxc3 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Rc1 $14) 24. Nxb5 Qxb5 25. Rb1 Qd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Kf1 Rd7 28. Ke2 h6 29. h4 Kf8 30. Ke3 Ke8 31. Ke4 Kd8 32. g4 Kc8 33. h5 g5 34. Be3 e6 35. Rc1 Kd8 36. Rb1 a6 37. a4 Kc8 38. Rc1 Rd5 (38... Kb8 $17) 39. Rc5 (39. Nd4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39... Rxc5 40. Bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Ba3 (42. Bd6 $142) 42... Kb7 43. Bb2 (43. Bd6 $17) 43... Nb4 $2 ({Black should try} 43... Kb6 $19 44. Nd2 Ka5) 44. Nd2 $2 (44. Bc1 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 44... Nd5 45. Nb3 Kc6 46. Kd4 {[#]} (46. Bd4 $142) 46... Bf8 (46... Nf6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. f3 (47. exf6 Bxf6+) 47... Nd7) 47. f3 (47. Na5+ $142 Kb6 48. Nb3) 47... Bb4 48. Kd3 Be1 (48... Nf4+ $142 49. Ke4 Bf8) 49. Nd4+ Kc5 50. Nb3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (50. Ne2 $17) 50... Kb4 $19 51. Nd4 Nf4+ 52. Ke4 (52. Kc2 {is the only way for White.} Kc5 53. Nb3+ Kc4 54. Ba3) 52... Kc4 {And now ...b4 would win.} 53. Nc6 $2 (53. Bc1 {was the only defense.} Nd5 54. f4 gxf4 55. Nc6) 53... b4 54. Na5+ Kb5 55. Nb3 Bc3 56. Bc1 Ne2 57. f4 $2 (57. Be3) 57... Nxc1 58. Nxc1 {KB-KN} Bd2 59. fxg5 Bxg5 ({Wrong is} 59... Bxc1 $2 60. g6 $18) 60. Nd3 Kc4 61. Nb2+ {Cut Off at move 61} Kb3 62. Nd3 Kc3 63. Nc5 b3 64. Na4+ Kb4 65. Nb2 Bc1 (65... Ka3 $142 66. Nd1 b2 67. Nc3 {[#]} f5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 68. gxf5 exf5+ 69. Kxf5 Kb3 70. Nb1 Kc2 71. Na3+ Kc1 72. Ke6 Bd2 73. Nb5 b1=Q 74. Nd6 Qb3+ 75. Kf6 Qf3+ 76. Ke6 Qh3+ 77. Kd5 Bb4 78. Kc6 Qf3+ 79. Kb5 Bxd6 80. exd6 Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 81. Ka6 Qxd6+ 82. Ka7 Kc2 83. Ka8 Qd7 84. Kb8 Kc3 85. Ka8 Kb4 86. Kb8 Kc5 87. Ka8 Kc6 88. Kb8 Qb7#) 66. g5 Bxg5 67. Kd3 Ka3 68. Nc4+ Ka2 69. Kd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.64/Black=0.24} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,82,0,0,31,-11,-27,-12,-33,-36,-29,-50,-43,-61,-45,-79,-64,-102,-46,-59,-46,-139,-79,-154,-107,-117,-118,-120,-103,-104,-112,-110,-97,-124,-95,-137,-106,-151,-116,-170,-170,-195,-195,-181,-197,-194,-206,-233,-232,-323,-313,-323,-311,-337,-325,-912,-925,-1021,-1011,-29986,-29987,-29991,-29992,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. h4 Ne7 8. h5 h6 9. Rb1 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Rh4 O-O-O {[#] C19: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 Nf3 and 7 a4.} 12. Rg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc5 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bb5 e5 15. Qe2 Rdg8 16. Kf1 Rg4 17. Qd2 Qd8 18. Be2 Qg8 19. Rxg4 Bxg4 {½-½ (78) Hnydiuk,A (2355)-Kaminski,M (2535) Ksiaz 1998}) 12... g5 13. hxg6 $1 fxg6 {The position is equal.} 14. Rh4 g5 15. Rh1 $1 Rdf8 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Qd3 cxd4 (18... g4 $17 19. Nh4 Be8) 19. cxd4 $15 Na5 20. Nd2 (20. Bd2 $15) 20... Ba4 ({Better is} 20... g4 21. Bb2 h5) 21. c3 (21. Nb3 $142) 21... Bb5 22. Qg6 Qxc3 23. Bb2 ({Don't blunder} 23. Qxe6+ $2 Kb8 $19) 23... Qd3 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rd3e2]} 24. Rc1+ Kb8 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rd3e2]} 25. Qxd3 Bxd3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 26. f3 h5 27. Kf2 h4 28. Ke3 Bg6 29. Bc3 (29. a4 $17 {might work better.}) 29... Nc6 $19 30. Nb3 b6 31. Bd2 Kb7 32. Ke2 Rhg8 33. Bxg5 Bh5 34. Bf6 Rxg2+ 35. Ke3 {[#]} Ne7 $1 {[%mdl 512] ...Nf5+ is the strong threat.} 36. Rb1 {Black should prevent Nc5+.} (36. Bxe7 Rxf3#) 36... Ka8 {And now ...Nf5+ would win.} 37. a4 $2 (37. Kf4) 37... Nf5+ 38. Kf4 Rfg8 {( -> ...Rf2!)} 39. Rxh4 {[#]} Bxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 40. Rh8 (40. Kxf3 R8g3+) 40... Rxh8 41. Bxh8 Be2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.49/Black=0.11} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.11"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,57,26,40,40,42,47,45,46,43,57,65,66,54,58,51,48,54,66,56,41,51,59,54,279,279,250,247,331,333,340,339,335,305,334,298,643,299]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 $1 {11.Ne5 is better than 11.Nc3.} Rc8 12. Nc3 Nxe5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2.} 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 {White is slightly better.} 15. e4 d4 16. Rxd4 {Strongly threatening Qd2.} Qc7 17. Qd1 Nxe5 18. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7,Bc3b5,Bb5d4,Bd4b5][%mdl 32]} Qc5 19. a4 {[#]} Rcd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Bf6 20. Be3 Nc4 21. Rxc4 Qxc4 22. Nd6 Qc7 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. Bf4 Be5 26. Rc1 Qb8 27. Be3 Rc8 {½-½ (27) Mchedlishvili,M (2629)-Kulaots,K (2607) Konya 2011}) 20. Rc1 Rxd4 21. Nxd4 Qd6 22. Nb5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb5d6][%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qb8 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} (22... Qxd1+ $14 23. Rxd1 Ng6) 23. Bxe5 $18 Qxe5 24. Rc7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rd8 25. Qc2 Bc5 26. Rxb7 h5 27. Rxa7 Qg5 28. e5 g6 $2 (28... Qxe5 29. Kf1 h4) 29. Ra8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.52} (29. Nd6 $142 Bxd6 30. exd6 Rxd6 {[#]} 31. Qc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd1+ 32. Bf1) 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Black "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:04:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. e4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:23]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 5. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:44]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:29]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:10:22]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:05:32]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 15. Bf1 {[%emt 0:08:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:08:26]} 16. exd5 {[%emt 0:03:55]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:08:42]} 17. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 18. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 19. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:08:07]} 20. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bc5+ {[%emt 0:02:04]} 21. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 22. c4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} d4 {[%emt 0:08:28]} 23. Be4 {[%emt 0:45:44]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 24. g3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 25. b4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} axb4 {[%emt 0:12:44]} 26. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 27. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 28. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 30. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 31. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxa1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:06:20]} 34. Rf4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 36. Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:06:33]} 37. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 38. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 41. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:30:01]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:31:53]} 42. g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 53. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 57. c5 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 58. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 59. Rxb7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 60. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} f5+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 61. Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 62. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 63. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:01:34]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 64. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 65. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 66. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 67. h5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 68. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 69. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 70. h6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 71. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc7 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,73,0,0,0,5,0,16,14,16,16,24,19,8,0,33,23,33,30,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,366,366,604,600,557,393,508,510,510,521,520,514,494,509,509,500,6283,6283,5589,5521,29985,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. Bc2 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3.} Nf6 10. Qd3 b6 {[#]} 11. Bg5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] The position is equal. An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Ba6 12. Qf3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Qg3 Nd5 17. Qxc7 Nxc7 {½-½ (25) Milov,V (2626)-Macieja,B (2542) Batumi 1999}) 11... Nbd7 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Nf4 Nf8 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Bb3 a6 20. Nc3 Bd6 21. h3 b5 22. d5 {[%cal Rd5e6]} e5 23. Ne6 fxe6 24. dxe6 {Black must now prevent e7+.} Be7 {Hoping for ...Qxd3.} 25. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qc8 26. Bxe5 N8h7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Ng6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 27. Rd7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bc5 $2 {[#]} (27... Qc6 28. Qg3 Qxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Bxg2) (27... Nxd7 28. exd7+) 28. Qg3 $1 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rg3g7][%mdl 512]} Re7 29. Red1 Kf8 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 {[#]} 31. Rd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd7 32. exd7 Qxd7 {aiming for ...Nf6.} 33. Qxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 34. Qxh7 {Threatening mate with Bf7+.} Bf8 (34... Kd8 $142 35. Qh8+ Qe8 36. Qxh6 Qc6) 35. Qg6+ Kd8 36. Be6 Qc6 37. Nd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.69} 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 3. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 6. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:06:42]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:08:25]} 8. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 9. Bf4 {[%emt 0:08:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 11. Bb5 {[%emt 0:06:55]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:10:04]} 12. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:03:36]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:07:55]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:08:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:28]} 14. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:07:17]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:08:11]} 16. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:14:41]} 17. Ned4 {[%emt 0:05:25]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 18. Qb5 {[%emt 0:11:20]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 19. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 20. Nbd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 21. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re4 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 22. Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 23. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 24. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 25. h4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 26. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:14:26]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 27. g3 {[%emt 0:04:20]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 28. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 29. a3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Rd4 {[%emt 0:05:11]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 31. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 32. axb4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 33. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 34. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 35. h5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 36. Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 37. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 39. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 40. Ng2 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 41. Ne1 {[%emt 0:32:40]} h5 {[%emt 0:07:49]} 42. Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 43. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:07:11]} 44. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 45. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 46. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 47. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 48. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 49. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Re1 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 50. f3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 51. b3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 52. Rf4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Re5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 53. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nh3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 54. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 55. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 56. Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 57. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 58. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 59. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 60. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 61. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nh3+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 62. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 63. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 64. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 65. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 66. Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 67. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 68. f4+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 69. f5+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 70. Rxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 71. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,151,16,13,10,16,29,0,0,2,18,4,79,0,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,18,45,45,54,55,52,64,48,53,37,56,42,52,135,148,150,141,156,139,191,187,188,183,181,148,162,146,146,128,230,224,296,284,248,243,320,320,298,291,307,308,303,303,300,299,285,245,284,277,271,224,226,196,189,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,4949,2475,1397,2538,5093,3132,29948,10344,29959,29947,29970,29971,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29974,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 14. exd5 f5 15. Rg1 (15. gxf6 $5 Rxf6 16. Na5 $11) 15... f4 {The position is equal.} 16. Bf2 Bxg5 17. Bh3 {aiming for Bxd7.} Bh6 (17... Be7 $11) 18. Na5 (18. Qb4 $16) 18... Kh8 {[#]} 19. Kb1 $146 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} (19. Qc3 $5 {[%cal Ra5b7]}) ({Predecessor:} 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Qb4 Ng3 21. Kb1 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qb7 25. Rd3 {½-½ (68) Inarkiev,E (2690)-Sarana,A (2613) Satka 2018}) 19... Nhf6 20. Nc6 Qc7 21. Qb4 Rae8 22. Rge1 Nb8 $1 23. Na5 Nbd7 $1 24. Nc6 Nb8 $1 25. Na5 Bg5 26. a4 (26. Be6 {is interesting.} Nfd7 27. a4 Bd8 28. Nb3 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Nb6 30. Qa5) 26... e4 27. fxe4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 {Strongly threatening Nc6.} Qxa5 30. Bd4 {Black must now prevent Bf1.} Qd8 $1 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1d3]} Bf6 {Black is now going downhill.} (32... Re8 $14 33. Qf3 Nd7) 33. Bd3 $40 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7][%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} ({Worse is} 33. Bxb5 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Nd7 $17) 33... g6 34. Qxf4 Nd7 35. Bxg6 $1 Ne5 (35... Be5 $16 {might work better.} 36. Qh6 Qe7) 36. Bf5 Bg7 37. Rg1 Qd7 38. Rf1 ({Much less strong is} 38. Bxd7 $6 Rxf4 39. Bxe5 Bxe5 $16) 38... Qf7 39. Qh4 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rh4h7]} Ng6 40. Bxg7+ Kxg7 (40... Qxg7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 41. Qg3 Qd4) 41. Qd4+ $1 $18 Qf6 42. Qxf6+ $1 Rxf6 {[#]} 43. Bd3 $1 Rxf1+ 44. Bxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Nf4 45. Bxb5 Nxd5 46. Bc6 Ne7 47. Be4 h6 48. b4 Kf6 49. Kb2 Ke5 50. Bb7 d5 51. Kb3 Kd6 52. Kc3 Nf5 53. Bc8 Ne3 54. Kd3 Nc4 55. Kd4 Na3 56. Bf5 {Bd3 is the strong threat.} Nb5+ 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Bd3 Nd4 $2 (58... Nc3 59. Kf3 Kf6) 59. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Ne6 60. Kf3 Nc5 61. Kg4 {Cut Off at move 61} Kf6 62. Kh5 Kg7 {[#]} 63. b6 $1 {White mates.} d4 64. Bb5 Kh7 65. Bc6 Kg7 66. b7 Na6 67. Bb5 Nb8 68. h3 Kh7 69. Kg4 Kg6 70. Kf4 Kf6 71. Ke4 Ke6 72. Kxd4 Kd6 73. h4 Kc7 74. Ke5 Kxb7 75. Kf6 Kb6 76. c4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.18} 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,164,14,21,5,10,42,29,37,80,81,175,163,207,212,201,209,206,203,203,186,188,172,182,185,192,186,264,198,246,240,238,218,252,246,282,264,285,296,287,287,338,351,317,293,345,265,389,399,388,373,618,431,466,464,1679,377,375,382,382,382,373,370,420,294,287,289,406,298,307,278,301,292,310,0,0,0,304,290,327,318,341,328,309,334,352,365,474,466,721,704,1133,1089,1321,1324,1209,1144,658,603,3118,2967,1775,1768,1768,1768,29970,29971,12789,5393,1768,1203,1768,1761,1745,1745,1466,0,1395,1395,1233,1115,984,922,922,762,746,685,7964,12718,5924,5022,29981,29982,29987,29986,29986,29987,29989,29988,29990,29989,29991,29988,29989,29990,29990,29991,29992,29993,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. f3 Qb6 6. a3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} dxe4 7. fxe4 Nf6 8. Nf3 {[#] White has an edge.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Bc4 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. e5 Nxe5 12. Na4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qa5 14. fxg4 Qxa4 15. b4 {1-0 (30) Smith,B (2423)-Shaposhnikov,E (2557) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. Bc4 Bxf3 (9... Nbd7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 10. Qxf3 $18 {[#] Strongly threatening e5.} ({Resist} 10. gxf3 $6 Nbd7 $16) 10... Qxb2 11. Kd2 Qb6 12. e5 Nbd7 13. Rab1 Qc7 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Rhd1 e6 (17... b5 $142) 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Kf1 Qc7 21. Kg1 b5 22. Bb3 Nf6 23. Rf1 Qd8 24. Qf4 {Qe5 is the strong threat.} (24. Qxc6 Rc8 $17) 24... Nd7 25. a4 a6 26. Qd6 Rc8 27. axb5 axb5 (27... cxb5 $142 28. Ne4 (28. Qxa6 Nb8 $11) 28... Nb8 29. Qxd8 Rfxd8) 28. Ra1 Qc7 29. Ne4 c5 $2 (29... Qxd6 30. Nxd6 Rcd8) 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Qd4+ Kh6 {[#]} (31... e5 $142 32. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Nxc5 Rxc5) 32. Rae1 $2 (32. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Intending Qh4+ and mate.} Ne4 (32... Kxg5 33. Qf6+) 33. Nxe4) 32... Nxb3 33. cxb3 {Hoping for Nf6.} e5 34. Qe3+ Kg7 35. Nf6 {[%cal Be4f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e5][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 36. Ng4 Qc5 37. Nxe5 Re8 (37... f5 $142 38. Nf3 Kf6 39. Qxc5 Rxc5) 38. Qxc5 Rxc5 39. Nd3 ({Not} 39. Rxf7+ Kg8 $14) 39... Rxe1 40. Nxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Re2 41. Rf2 Re1+ $1 42. Rf1 Re2 $1 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} 43. Rf3 f5 44. Kf1 Rc2 45. Ne6+ Kf6 46. Nd4 Rc5 47. Ke2 g5 48. b4 Rc4 (48... Rd5 $142 49. Kd3 Kg6) 49. Rxf5+ Kg6 50. Kd3 Rxb4 51. Rxb5 Ra4 52. g4 Ra6 53. Nf3 h6 54. Ne5+ Kg7 55. Rb7+ Kg8 56. Ke4 Rf6 57. h3 Rf1 58. Rb3 Kg7 59. Nf3 Kg6 60. Nd4 Re1+ 61. Kd5 {Cut Off at move 61} Rd1 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kf3 Rf1+ 64. Kg2 Rf6 65. Rc3 Rf4 66. Rc6+ Kf7 67. Nf5 h5 68. Nh6+ Kf8 69. gxh5 g4 70. hxg4 {White mates.} Kg7 71. Kg3 Ra4 72. Nf5+ Kh7 73. Rc7+ Kh8 74. Kh4 Ra8 75. Rc4 Rf8 76. Rf4 Re8 77. g5 Re1 78. g6 Rg1 79. Rd4 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Rh1+ 80. Kg5 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Rg1+ 81. Kh6 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Rd1 82. Rxd1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Kg8 83. Rd8# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.36} 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,54,32,47,32,22,18,22,51,57,27,97,100,86,85,79,78,67,91,67,87,73,75,80,69,110,94,180,187,367,360,344,285,434,372,384,386,373,398,395,402,378,387,29977,29977,29977]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} Nf6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 {The position is equal.} b5 {Threatening ...b4.} 10. a3 (10. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Neg4 11. Bg1 $11) 10... h5 {[#]} (10... Bb7 $11 {remains equal.}) 11. Bf4 $146 {[%cal Rf4e5]} ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. e5 Ng4 14. Nb3 Bb7 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Rd3 {½-½ (28) Borisek,J (2561)-Ribli,Z (2555) Slovenia 2016}) 11... d6 {[#]} 12. Bxb5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb5 13. Ndxb5 Qb8 {[#]} 14. Nxd6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Bxd6 {[#]} 15. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Qxd6 16. Bxe5 Qc5 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 17. Bd6 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qb6 {Threatens to win with ...Bb7.} 18. Rd1 Rg8 {[#]} (18... Rh7 $16) 19. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd7 $2 {[#]} (19... Nd5 {is a better defense.}) 20. Qg5 $1 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rg5e7][%mdl 512]} Qd8 21. Qxh5 {aiming for Nb5.} Ba6 {[#]} (21... Ra5 {might work better.} 22. Rd2 Nf6) 22. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 {[#]} 23. e6 $1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Re6f7][%mdl 512]} Ne5 (23... Qf6 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Qxf7 Rh8 27. Qxg7 Kc8 28. Qxh8+ Kb7 29. Qc3) 24. Qxe5 Bb7 {...Qf6 is the strong threat.} 25. Rd3 {And now exf7+ would win.} ({Stronger than} 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qf5+ Qf6 $11) 25... f5 26. Rg3 ({Don't play} 26. Qxf5 Qf6 $18) 26... Qa5 $2 (26... Rc8 $18 27. Kb1 d4) 27. Bb4 Qb5 {White took control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.53} 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,120,14,9,0,11,0,6,18,45,36,35,44,48,33,33,29,32,22,26,31,38,26,58,44,61,45,78,65,72,65,77,64,60,62,79,79,74,82,70,78,125,112,114,124,111,24,24,24,30,24,21,8,21,0,17,18,14,0,5,2,18,17,61,61,61,45,48,43,52,54,91,88,91,90,102,91,95,77,75,43,52,37,51,19,66,74,114,8,8,8,172,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,-708,-708,-699,-684,-651,0,0,0,-622,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Qb3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} Qb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nc3 {The position is equal.} h6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bh7 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. Qb3 {aiming for e5.} Nc5 16. Qb4 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... b6 17. e5 Ne8 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Nxc6 Qb7 20. Nd5 {1-0 (20) Demuth,A (2538)-Smith,R (2201) Palmerston North 2018}) 17. Qc4 {Strongly threatening e5.} Qa6 18. Qxa6 Nxa6 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. f3 Bc5 21. Bf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Kf8 22. Bf1 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Nc5 24. b4 Ne6 25. b5 cxb5 26. Nxb5 Ke7 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. Rc1 Ne8 29. Rd1 (29. Ke3 $16) 29... f6 $11 30. Nd3 Bg8 31. Rd2 Nc6 32. Nf4 Ne5 33. h4 g5 34. Ng2 Rd8 35. Rc2 a6 36. Nc3 Nd6 37. Ne3 Rc8 38. Ncd5+ Bxd5 39. Nxd5+ Kf7 40. Rxc8 Nxc8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 41. f4 Ng4+ 42. Ke2 gxh4 43. gxh4 Nd6 44. Bh3 h5 45. Bg2 b5 46. Ne3 b4 47. Bf3 a5 48. Kd3 Nf2+ 49. Kd4 Kg6 50. Kd5 ({White should play} 50. f5+ $1 $16 Kg7 51. e5 (51. Bxh5 Ndxe4 52. Nc4 Ng3 $11) 51... fxe5+ 52. Kxe5 Nf7+ 53. Ke6) 50... Nb5 $1 $11 51. e5 Nc3+ $2 {[#]} (51... fxe5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 52. fxe5 (52. Kxe5 Nd3+ 53. Kd5 Nxf4+ 54. Kc4 Nc7 $11) 52... Nc3+ 53. Kd4 Nxa2) 52. Kd6 $2 (52. Ke6 $1 $18 Nfe4 53. f5+ Kg7 54. Nd5 (54. Bxh5 Nxa2 55. Bf3 Nac3 $11) 54... Nxd5 55. Bxe4 (55. Kxd5 Ng3 $11)) 52... fxe5 53. fxe5 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} 54. e6 Nfe4+ 55. Ke5 Nf6 $1 56. Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (56. Bc6 $11) 56... b3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb3a2]} ({Not} 56... Nxa2 57. Ne7+ Kg7 58. Nf5+ Kg6 59. Ne7+ Kg7 60. Nf5+ Kg6 $11) 57. axb3 axb3 58. Ne7+ Kg7 59. Nf5+ Kg6 60. Ne7+ Kg7 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.22} (60... Kh7 $19 61. Kxf6 b2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 6. Be5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} g6 {[%emt 0:16:54]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:06:11]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:08:10]} 10. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:17:16]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:44:32]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:13:42]} 12. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:08:54]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 13. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:04:32]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:08:32]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 16. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:06:09]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:08:17]} 18. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 19. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 21. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 22. g4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 23. e4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 24. e5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 25. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 26. Qf1+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 27. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 29. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 30. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 32. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rff4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 33. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 35. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 37. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 38. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 39. Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 40. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 41. Re2 {[%emt 0:08:55]} h4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 42. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 43. Rc2 {[%emt 0:07:36]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 44. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 45. Kc3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 46. Kb2+ {[%emt 0:02:37]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 47. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 48. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 49. Kb2 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 50. Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 51. Rd5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 53. Kc2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 54. Rd4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 55. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 56. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ka3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 57. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 58. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 59. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 60. Rc4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 61. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 62. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ka3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 63. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 64. gxh3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 65. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} 66. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxa2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 67. b4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 68. b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 69. Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 70. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 71. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 72. Rg4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 73. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 74. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 75. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 76. Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 77. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 78. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,98,-15,-9,-10,-14,0,-18,-8,-16,-41,-34,-21,-41,-8,0,0,-6,-54,-66,-69,-61,-66,-62,-70,-64,-60,-37,-26,-43,-43,-31,-43,-35,-43,-30,-37,-16,-24,-19,-30,-31,-27,-18,-35,-23,-17,-8,-6,-14,-17,-2,-11,0,0,18,21,21,-25,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nge7 8. Bg5 {C15: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Unusual White 4th moves.} O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe4 f6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qd5.} 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bc1 {[#]} Qd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Nc5 f4 14. c3 e5 15. O-O f3 16. g3 Qf6 17. Qd3 exd4 18. cxd4 Kh8 {0-1 (24) Fakhiridou,E (2215)-Isgandarova,K (2205) Istanbul 2012}) 13. f3 $1 Rd8 14. Be3 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 15. dxe5 Qa5+ ({Much weaker is} 15... Nxe5 16. Qxd5+ Rxd5 17. b3 $11) 16. Bd2 Qxe5 17. Qe2 Qxb2 18. O-O Qxc2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...f5.} 19. Rfc1 Qd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Ba5 Ne7 22. Bxc7 Bf5 23. Nc5 Rd5 24. a4 Re8 25. Ra2 Nc8 26. g4 Bg6 27. Kf2 Re7 28. Bb8 Rd8 29. a5 Nd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. a6 Rd8 32. Rb2 Rde8 33. Rb7 Bf7 34. Ne4 {Nd6 is the strong threat.} Kf8 $1 35. Rcb1 Bd5 (35... Bg6 $11) 36. Rxe7 ({Better is} 36. Nd6 $1 $14 Rxb7 37. Rxb7 (37. axb7 Rb8 $11)) 36... Rxe7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. The position is equal.} 37. Nc5 g5 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Rb7 Kf8 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Rb7 Kf8 42. Kg3 Ke8 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. Rb7 Ke8 45. Rb8+ Kf7 46. Kf2 Re8 47. Rb7+ Re7 48. h3 Ke8 49. Rb8+ $1 Kf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 4. exd5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Nbxd4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. c3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:01]} 12. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 13. Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 14. a4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 15. h3 {[%emt 0:07:42]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:08:34]} 16. Bc2 {[%emt 0:07:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:10:18]} 17. Rd1 {[%emt 0:09:40]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:08:40]} 18. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:09:33]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 19. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 20. Bd2 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 21. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:05:52]} 22. g3 {[%emt 0:08:42]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 23. Re2 {[%emt 0:04:39]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:05:43]} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Rdb7 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 25. Bc1 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:08:34]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 27. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 28. h5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:10:05]} 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 30. h6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Bh8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 31. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 32. Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 33. Bxb2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Be4 {[%emt 0:05:58]} Be5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 35. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 37. Rc5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 38. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Qxh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. c4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 40. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 41. Rdxd5 {[%emt 0:03:38]} g4 {[%emt 0:08:43]} 42. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,112,33,17,-45,-33,-58,-75,-60,-53,-67,-44,-50,-69,-88,-82,-84,-75,-77,-85,-104,-87,-83,-80,-84,-84,-78,-49,-68,-28,-72,-54,-72,-56,-45,-57,-48,-52,-85,-66,-82,-87,-106,-105,-118,-117,-106,-112,-167,-164,-151,-131,-119,-73,-66,-66,-78,-78,-147,-148,-204,-100,-82,-99,-141,-51,-108,-38,-42,-31,-1169,-1094,-2370,-2373,-714,-2423,-1827,-2308,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29985,-29983,-29983,0,-29985,-29986,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Rc1 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} (9. Nd2 $11) 9... Nc6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 ({But not} 10... Nxg3 $6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. hxg3 $14) 11. Bxe5 {Black is better.} Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 f6 13. Bg3 h5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...h4.} 14. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Qd6 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Qf3 O-O-O 18. e3 Qa3 19. Rc2 Bd7 20. Kf2 {0-1 (48) Tarasova,V (2298)-Zvjaginsev,V (2664) St Petersburg 2010}) 14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qd6 16. g4 h4 17. e3 Bd7 18. Bd3 O-O-O 19. Qd2 Rde8 20. Kf2 Qg3+ 21. Kg1 Re7 22. Re1 Rhe8 23. Bg6 Rd8 (23... Rf8 {is interesting.} 24. Rh3 Qd6 25. Qb2 a5 26. Qb3 Be6) 24. Rh3 Qd6 25. g3 Rg8 26. Qd3 hxg3 27. Kg2 Kb8 28. Reh1 a6 $1 {Hoping for ...Bb5.} 29. Rh8 Rxh8 30. Rxh8+ Ka7 31. Rh7 (31. Qd2 $17 {was necessary.}) 31... Bb5 $19 32. Qd2 Rxh7 33. Bxh7 Bc4 34. Bd3 b5 35. Bxc4 dxc4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} ({Of course not} 35... bxc4 36. Qc2 $11) 36. e4 (36. Qb2 $142) 36... c5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5d4] And now ...cxd4 would win.} 37. Qe3 (37. d5 $17) 37... cxd4 (37... Qf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4e3] is more deadly.} 38. Qe1 (38. Qxf4 $2 gxf4 39. e5 cxd4 $19) 38... cxd4 39. cxd4 Qc7) 38. cxd4 Kb6 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 39. Qc3 a5 (39... Kc6 $17 40. a3 Kc7) 40. a3 {[#]} ({White should try} 40. e5 $1 $15 fxe5 41. dxe5) 40... b4 $1 41. Qxc4 $15 bxa3 42. e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} (42. Qb3+ $15 Qb4 43. Qd5) 42... fxe5 $19 43. Qb3+ Qb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b3]} 44. Qe6+ Kb5 45. Qd5+ Ka4 46. dxe5 Qb2+ 47. Kxg3 a2 48. Qc4+ Ka3 49. Qc5+ Kb3 50. Qb5+ Kc2 51. Qe2+ Kb3 52. Qb5+ {[#]} Kc3 $1 {Black mates.} 53. Qc5+ Kd3 54. Qd5+ Ke2 55. Qc4+ {[#]} Ke1 $1 56. Qe4+ Kf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.44/Black=0.19} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,39,53,0,2,9,12,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,6,0,0,-78,-87,-66,-83,-83,-87,-100,-100,-100,-100,-112,-100,-102,-97,-113,-120,-127,-39,-47,-42,-33,-37,-36,-3,-3,-2,-25,-19,-61,-61,-62,-54,-70,-70,-70,-70,-75,-29,-31,-29,-29,-9,-11,-10,-16,-10,-39,-47,-29980,-29981]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Be2 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack.} (9. b3 $14) 9... d5 $11 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} dxc4 12. Nge2 Bf5 13. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 14. b3 Bd3 15. bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qd2 {[#]} (16. Qa4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxe2 17. Nxe2) 16... Qa5 $1 $17 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. d5 Nb4 19. d6 exd6 20. cxd6 Nd3 {[#]} 21. Rc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Rb1 Rxd6 22. Rxb7 Qa6 23. Rc7 Be5 24. Ne4 Rd5 25. N2c3 Bxc7 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd3 Qxd3 {1-0 (35) Harikrishna,P (2730)-Mohammad,N (2437) chess.com INT 2019}) 21... Rxd6 {aiming for ...Rd7.} 22. Ne4 Qxd2 23. Rdxd2 Rc6 24. Nd4 Bxd4 (24... Rb6 $17 {( -> ...Rb1+)} 25. Rd1 Rb4) 25. Bxd4 $15 Re8 26. f3 f5 27. Rxd3 $1 {Threatens to win with Nf6+.} ({Don't blunder} 27. Rxc4 $2 Rxc4 28. Nf6+ Kf7 $19) 27... Bxd3 (27... fxe4 {feels hotter.} 28. Re3 Bd5 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. fxe4 b6) 28. Rxc6 fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (28... bxc6 $5 29. Nf6+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 30. Nxe8 Kxe8 $11) 29. Rc3 (29. Rc7 {keeps more tension.} exf3 30. gxf3 Rd8 31. Be3 b5 32. Rxa7 Bc4 33. Bh6) 29... a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Re3 Kf7 32. a4 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Kf2 g5 35. g4 Kg6 36. Kg3 h5 37. gxh5+ Kxh5 38. Bc5 Rc8 39. Bd4 Ba8 {And now ...Rc2 would win.} 40. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. Re5 $15) 40... Rc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.08} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,27,24,20,32,27,32,5,3,0,0,-9,0,-9,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-16,-2,0,-4,-18,-17,-39,-19,-51,-23,-48,-29,-67,-74,-72,-65,-65,-67,-75,-48,-48,-29,-23,-37,-39,-7,-198,-191,-202,-179,-165,-162,-151,-111,-149,-143,-139,-139,-139,-141,-149,-131,-174,-174,-174,-95,-63,-57,-69,-38,-99,0,0,-4,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Bd6 9. a3 c6 {[#]} 10. Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Bh4 h6 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 O-O 14. b4 b6 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Rfc1 {½-½ (23) Hoffman,A (2461)-Tristan,L (2493) Montevideo 2019}) 10... O-O 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Rfe8 16. Qf3 Re6 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. Qc7 Rb8 19. Rfe1 Ne8 20. Qf4 Nd6 21. Re2 Re8 22. Rae1 Nf6 (22... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 23. Qf3 f5 $11) 23. f3 Nh5 24. Qg4 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 25. Qh3 $1 Rh6 {And now ...Qd8 would win.} 26. f4 $1 Kh8 27. Qf3 g5 28. fxg5 Qxg5 29. Qf2 Ne4 30. Nf3 $2 {[#]} (30. Ndxe4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} fxe4 31. Qf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 30... Qg7 $1 $19 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Ne5 {Threatens to win with Nf7+.} Rf8 33. Qh4 Nf6 34. Qf4 Nd7 35. Qxh6 Qxh6 36. Nxd7 Rf5 37. b4 Kg7 38. Nc5 Rf7 39. a4 b6 (39... Qd6 $19 40. a5 Qf6) 40. Nxa6 $17 Qd6 41. Rc2 $1 h5 $1 42. h3 ({Better is} 42. Rec1 $15) 42... Ra7 ({Black should try} 42... Kh7 $17 43. Rec1 h4) 43. b5 $11 {The position is equal.} cxb5 44. axb5 Kh7 45. Rc6 Qa3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qb2.} 46. Nc7 Qb2 {( -> ...Ra2)} 47. Rec1 ({Don't blunder} 47. Nxd5 $2 Ra2 $19) 47... Ra2 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rb2g2]} 48. R6c2 Qb3 49. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b3]} Qb2 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rb2g2]} 50. R3c2 Qb3 {And White is the lucky defender.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Black "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,88,35,28,42,0,6,0,10,0,8,5,8,0,4,0,19,0,0,0,0,-13,16,23,16,7,25,6,14,22,17,-12,-17,-22,-16,-15,-16,-21,-14,-60,-54,-106,-85,-164,-113,-128,-126,-237,-158,-140,-161,-157,-130,-156,-160,-173,-163,-169,-46,-350,-356,-329,-324,-322,-301,-317,-309,-417,-412,-481,-437,-522,-1142,-784,-784,-29942,-11646,-12826,-12814,-6436,-4481]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 6...Bg7. B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} 7. Be2 Nf6 8. h3 e6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[#]} 11. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Na3 Kb8 13. Bb5 g5 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. Qb5 {0-1 (57) Markidis,K (2148)-Tomashevsky,E (2706) chess.com INT 2020}) 11... h5 12. Bb5 a6 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Bxc6+ Qxc6 15. Qa3 Nd7 16. O-O f6 17. Rfe1 g5 18. h4 g4 19. Nh2 Kf7 20. Re3 Nf8 21. Nhf1 Ng6 22. g3 Rhe8 23. Rae1 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Qb3 ({White should play} 25. Nb3 $15) 25... b5 26. Nh2 (26. Ra1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 26... Kg7 ({Black should try} 26... Rcd8 $19 27. Ndf1 Qc5) 27. Qd1 $17 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e1]} 28. Re7+ (28. Rxe8 $17 {keeps fighting.} Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Ndf1) 28... Kg6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Nb3 Qe4 32. Qd2 Ne1 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Re4g2]} 33. f4 {[#]} gxf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} (33... a5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Nd4 (34. Nxa5 Qb1) 34... Qb1) 34. Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (34. Nc1 $1 $15) 34... Qe2 $19 35. Qxe2 fxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 36. Kf2 Nd3+ 37. Nxd3 Bxd3 {KB-KN} 38. Nf3 Kf5 39. b3 a5 40. a3 a4 (40... Kg4 $142 41. b4 a4 42. Nh2+ Kh3) 41. bxa4 bxa4 42. Ke3 Kg4 43. Kf2 {[#]} e1=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Nxe1 (44. Kxe1 Kxf3) 44... Be4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.16} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,106,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,27,24,16,3,14,0,54,59,55,29,57,69,57,63,59,63,36,58,65,67,64,23,15,8,68,67,68,62,72,64,118,104,109,114,135,132,152,147,157,160,157,153,158,154,146,119,127,124,112,93,97,89,110,66,67,69,300,303,268,267,414,408,496,229,234,241,247,254,258,251,587,564,526,250,253,245,243,218,346,339,689,642,659,643,612,583,29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O {C45: Scotch Game.} 8. Qe2 Nd4 (8... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 9. Be3 d5 $15) 9. Qd2 Nxb3 {The position is equal.} 10. axb3 h6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Re8 {has lost popularity (12...d5).} 13. O-O-O Qe7 (13... c6 $1 $11) 14. f3 $14 c6 15. Qd4 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... b5 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Re6 18. Rxe6 dxe6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 a5 21. c4 Ne3 {1-0 (51) Negi,P (2638)-Sargissian,G (2679) Leon 2012}) 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qd6 Qg5+ 20. Qd2 $1 Qc5 21. b4 Qc6 22. Qc3 Qxc3 (22... Qb6 $11) 23. bxc3 a5 24. Bd3 Rec8 25. Kd2 $1 a4 (25... axb4 $14 26. cxb4 Ra4) 26. Rhe1 $16 a3 27. Ra1 a2 28. Re4 $1 Kf8 29. c4 Ra4 30. Kc3 b6 31. Kb3 Rca8 32. Re5 Ke7 33. Rb5 R4a6 34. Kb2 Kf6 35. c5 bxc5 36. Rxc5 Rb6 37. b5 Ke7 38. c4 Rd6 $2 {This costs Black the game.} ({Better is} 38... Kd6 $1 $14 39. Rh5 f5) 39. Be4 $18 Ra4 {[#]} 40. Kc3 $1 ({Not} 40. Kb3 Rxc4 41. Rxc4 Rd4 $14) 40... Rb6 (40... Ra3+ $142 41. Kb4 Ra7) 41. Bc2 Kd6 {[#]} 42. Bxa4 (42. Rd5+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 43. Bxa4) 42... Kxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. Bb3 ({Worse is} 43. Rxa2 Bxc4 44. Bb3 Bxb3 $11) 43... Bf5 44. Rxa2 Re6 45. Bc2 Re2 $2 (45... Bxc2 46. Rxc2 Re3+ 47. Kd2 Rb3) 46. Rb2 Bxc2 47. Rxc2 {KR-KR} (47. b6 $142) 47... Re3+ 48. Kd2 Rb3 49. h4 Ra3 (49... Kd4 $142 50. h5 Kc5) 50. Rb2 Kxc4 $2 (50... Kb6 51. Kc2 Kc5) 51. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Rd3+ 52. Ke2 Rd8 53. b7 {Rc2+ is the strong threat.} Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.38} 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,92,19,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,4,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-5,0,0,0,0,-104,-124,-221,-220,-233,-233,-204,-82,-61,-75,-78,-69,-128,-98,-179,-150,-255,-242,-257,-250,-307,-289,-388,-310,-659,-556,-869,-527,-1833,-1724,-2408,-2808,-2626,-2565,-2383,-2296,-2364,-1266,-1956,-1868,-3394,-2483,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12842]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Be2 b5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd1 b4 {The position is equal.} 12. c3 a5 13. Nf2 bxc3 14. bxc3 a4 15. Rab1 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Nd3 Na5 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Nb2 Nxe3 20. Qxa6 Nxf1 21. Kxf1 Qb8 {½-½ (31) Sykora,J (2357)-Lemke,B (2121) ICCF email 2017}) 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. f5 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qc8 20. Qd3 {Threatens to win with f6!} (20. Qxa4 $2 Nc4 $19) 20... exf5 $1 21. Qxf5 Nc4 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rf5h7]} Rg6 24. Rfe1 (24. Nd3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qd8 25. Rb7 Ndxe5 26. Nxf7 (26. Nxe5 Rxg5 27. Qf4 Nxe5 $11) 26... Rxg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Kh1 Rxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qh4+ 33. Kg1) 24... Ndxe5 $1 $17 25. Rxe5 (25. Qxc8 $17 Rxc8 26. h4) 25... Nxe5 $19 26. Qxe5 Qc2 27. Rf1 h6 (27... Qxa2 $19 {is more deadly.} 28. Ngh3 Re6) 28. Ngh3 $17 Qxa2 {And now ...Re6 would win.} 29. Nf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} Rg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 30. Qd6 (30. Qe2 $15 Qxe2 31. Nxe2) 30... Qc4 31. Rd1 (31. Qc5 $17 {is a better defense.}) 31... Ra8 32. Qa3 {[#]} (32. h4 $17 Rf5 33. g4) 32... Rf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 33. g3 {[#]} Rf6 $1 34. Ng4 Rb6 35. Qe7 {intending Ne5.} Qc2 36. Rf1 $2 (36. Ne3 Qb3 37. Re1 (37. Nfxd5 $2 Re6 $19)) 36... Rb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Qh4 Qe4 {Hoping for ...a3.} 38. Nxh6+ gxh6 39. Qxh6 Qxd4+ 40. Kh1 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qe5 42. Nd3 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Nf2 Rb6 44. Qh5 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 45. Rd1 {[#]} Qxd1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 46. Qxd1 (46. Nxd1 a2) 46... a2 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.06/Black=0.17} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,174,16,14,25,22,43,0,18,16,16,19,22,32,52,0,0,0,18,13,8,5,0,0,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,42,31,26,0,9,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-8,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-34,-76,-75,-89,-77,-124,-74,-81,-134,-119,-80,-288,-51,-44,0,-216,0,-22,-17,-26,-22,-45,-25,-31,-14,-16,-20,-513,-504,-738,-738,-738,-738,-738,-737,-706,-684,-737,-737,-737,-732,-725,-669,-716,-702,-691,-684,-669,-669,-662,-655,-647,-647,-637,-637,-614,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29980,-29981,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 14. exd5 f6 $1 {14...f6 scores better than 14...f5.} 15. h4 (15. gxf6 {is more complex.} Rxf6 16. Na5 Qf8 17. Nc6 Nf4 18. a4) 15... fxg5 {The position is equal.} 16. hxg5 Rxf3 (16... Ng3 $2 17. Bd3 $18) 17. Rxh5 {Threatens to win with Bh3.} Rxe3 $1 18. Qxe3 g6 {[#]} 19. Kb1 $146 (19. Nd4 $1 $14 exd4 20. Qe6+ Kg7 21. Rh1) ({Predecessor:} 19. Bd3 gxh5 20. Kb1 Bxg5 21. Rg1 h6 22. Nd2 Kh8 23. Qf3 Qf6 24. Qh3 Nc5 25. Rf1 {0-1 (36) Mchedlishvili,M (2607)-Preotu,R (2513) Batumi 2018}) 19... gxh5 $11 20. Qh3 Nf8 21. Qxh5 Bxg5 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Ra7 {[#]} (23... h6 $11) 24. Bxa6 (24. Na5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Qf6 (24... Qxa5 25. Qxg5+) 25. Nc6) 24... Rxa6 25. Rg1 Ng6 26. Rxg5 Qf6 27. Rg1 Ra7 28. Qg4 Kg7 29. Nd2 Qf7 30. Nc4 Qxd5 31. Rd1 Qf7 32. Rxd6 h5 33. Qe4 Qf1+ 34. Kc2 Qf2+ 35. Kb3 Qg3+ $1 36. Ne3 Rf7 37. a4 h4 38. Rd3 Qg5 39. Nd5 Qc1 40. Nc3 Qf1 41. Rd1 Qf2 42. Rd6 Qg1 43. Rd1 Qb6+ 44. Qb4 Qc6 45. Qe4 Qb6+ 46. Qb4 Qf2 47. Qg4 Rb7+ 48. Nb5 Kh6 49. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg4g6]} Qf6 50. Rh1 Re7 51. Nc3 e4 52. Kc2 e3 $1 53. Rh2 Qg5 54. Qf3 Qe5 55. Rg2 Re6 ({Black should try} 55... Qh5 56. Qf1 Kg7) 56. Qg4 $17 Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f2] aiming for ...Rf2+.} 57. Nd1 $2 (57. Rg1 $17) 57... Qc5+ $2 ({Black should play} 57... Qf4 $19 {White must now prevent ...Qxg4.} 58. Qxf4+ Nxf4) 58. Kb1 $1 $15 Qe5 $2 (58... Rd6 $15 59. Nc3 Qe5) 59. Kc2 $1 $19 Re6 $2 (59... Qf4 $19 {And now ...Qxg4 would win.} 60. Qxf4+ Nxf4) 60. Re2 Qc5+ 61. Kb1 {Cut Off at move 61} Qd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 62. Kc2 ({But not} 62. Nxe3 $2 Qd3+ 63. Rc2 Rxe3 $19) 62... Re4 63. Nc3 Qd2+ 64. Rxd2 Rxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 65. Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (65. Rh2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 65... h3 $1 $19 66. Rxe3 h2 67. Rh3+ Rh4 68. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 69. Kb3 Kg5 70. a5 {If only White now had time for a6....} Ne5 71. Na4 Kf5 72. a6 Rh7 73. Nc5 Nc6 74. Kc4 Ke5 75. Nb7 Na7 76. Kc5 Nc8 77. Nd8 Rc7+ 78. Nc6+ Ke6 79. b4 Kd7 $2 (79... Rh7 $19 {Hoping for ...Rh5+.} 80. b5 Rh5+ 81. Kb4 Kd6) 80. b5 $11 Na7 (80... Nd6 $5 81. a7 $8 Rc8 $11) 81. Kb6 Nxc6 82. bxc6+ Rxc6+ {KR-KP} (82... Kd8 $5) 83. Kb7 Rc7+ 84. Kb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (84. Kb8 $11) 84... Rc1 {Black mates.} 85. Kb7 {[#]} Rb1+ $1 86. Ka8 Kc7 87. a7 Kb6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.19} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,79,31,34,29,54,53,51,54,71,40,51,35,41,39,60,46,52,31,56,48,99,83,111,100,95,100,105,107,101,97,104,93,107,96,96,94,97,66,82,78,84,77,70,77,77,65,73,82,88,81,91,50,166,116,104,66,55,40,48,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4.} d6 {7...0-0 gains popularity.} 8. Nc2 Bc5 9. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Qc7 13. Rfd1 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne5 14. Qd4 Rd8 15. c5 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nb4 Be6 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (35) Kidane,R (2049)-Castrogiovanni,C (2068) Milan 2003}) 14. f4 b6 15. Rd2 Rb8 (15... h6 $14) 16. Rad1 $16 Bb7 {[#]} 17. g4 $1 Ne8 18. g5 Ne7 19. h4 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. e5 (21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Nd6 $14) 21... g6 22. Bg4 Ng7 23. Qf2 Ngf5 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Bc8 26. Bf3 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Be6 27. h5 gxh5 28. Bxh5 ({Of course not} 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 $11) ({Much weaker is} 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 28... b5 29. R4d2 b4 30. Ne2 Nf5 31. Bg4 Ne3 (31... Rbc8 $14) 32. Qxe3 Bxg4 33. Rc1 ({Much worse is} 33. Rxd5 $6 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Bxe2 $11) 33... Qd7 $1 34. Nd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc6.} Rbc8 35. Rdc2 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 {The position is equal.} 38. Kf2 Bf5 39. Qd2 a5 40. Ne2 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.08. Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Black "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,42,0,-10,12,0,13,6,6,-6,-9,-14,0,0,0,-7,-7,-7,-1,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. a3 {The position is equal.} a5 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} 10. Bd2 Kh8 11. Rc1 f5 12. Na4 {[#]} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd6 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Qc2 Bf6 15. Rfd1 Nde7 16. b4 b6 17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 Be6 {½-½ (60) Teske,H (2514)-Van den Doel,E (2578) Germany 2006}) 13. Ne1 f4 14. dxe4 fxe3 15. fxe3 Rxf1+ 16. Bxf1 Nf6 17. Nc3 Bb3 18. Qe2 Bc4 19. Qd1 Bb3 20. Qe2 Bc4 21. Qd1 Bb3 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,119,0,0,13,-10,-7,-22,3,0,10,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,11,12,57,8,3,2,19,0,0,-42,-13,-66,43,50,48,16,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-70,-72,-78,-79,-84,-93,-93,-93,-96,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,0,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qa5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Rb1 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. g3 a5 11. Bh3 Qa7 12. O-O b5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Qd2 b4 15. Rfc1 O-O {½-½ (53) Lastin,A (2535)-Dreev,A (2650) Elista 1997}) 10. a3 a4 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qa7 15. Be3 cxd4 16. cxd4 b5 $1 17. Nf4 b4 18. Bb5 Qb6 19. Bd3 Be7 20. h4 b3 21. Rh3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. Ng5 (23. Rg3 $11) 23... Bxg5 ({Better is} 23... Bd8 $15 24. Nd3 Rc8) 24. hxg5 $14 g6 25. Rc1 (25. Ne2 {with more complications.} O-O 26. Bd2 Na7 27. Bc3 Nb5 28. Qd2) 25... Rc8 26. Qe2 (26. Ne2 {seems wilder.} Kf8 27. Nc3 Kg7 28. Qf3 Na5 29. Bd2) 26... Qxe2+ 27. Nxe2 Nb6 28. Rc5 Nc4 29. Nc3 (29. Bc1 $11) 29... Nxb2 $15 30. Bc1 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] ...b2 is the strong threat. Black has strong initiative.} 31. Nxa4 O-O 32. Rxb3 Nxd4 33. Rd3 Nc2+ 34. Kd1 {[#] aiming for Rxc8.} Ra8 35. Kxc2 {Black must now prevent Nc3.} Rxa4 36. f4 Rfa8 {[%cal Rc4a3]} 37. Kd1 $1 Nxa3 38. Bxa3 Rxa3 39. Rxa3 Rxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 40. Ke2 Ra7 41. Rc1 Kg7 42. Rh1 Ra3 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. g3 Rb3+ 46. Kf2 Rb8 47. Ke3 Rh8 48. Rh6 Ra8 49. Rh1 Ra4 50. Kf2 d4 (50... Ra2+ $15 51. Kf3 Rd2) 51. Kf3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 d3 53. Ke3 d2+ 54. Kxd2 Rxg3 55. Ke2 Ra3 56. Rh6 Ra8 57. Kf3 Rh8 58. Kg4 Kf8 59. Kf3 Ke7 60. Kg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,114,31,18,41,38,58,34,42,33,34,34,26,19,47,52,69,70,92,79,84,77,95,88,96,95,100,91,95,102,104,107,239,62,70,54,52,48,81,75,125,133,141,112,107,28,116,116,148,93,101,97,121,120,138,98,102,55,123,64,52,56,80,57,73,29,70,33,81,42,66,50,103,26,27,0,0,0,0,-44,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. a3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 {[#] D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3 .} 13. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 b6 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. Bb3 Rc8 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Qg3 Qd8 21. Ne3 Na5 22. Ba4 Rf8 {0-1 (33) Nava Pereda,C (2273)-Bosque Ortega,X (2197) Benidorm 2013}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 Bd7 {White is slightly better.} (14... Nxd4 $2 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Bg3 $18) 15. Bb1 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nf4 19. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f4]} Neg6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. g3 (21. Rxc6 $6 Qxd4 22. Rc2 Rad8 $11) 21... Nd5 22. Rxc6 Nge7 23. Rc5 a5 24. Qd3 Rb8 25. Nd2 Rxb2 26. Nc4 Rb8 (26... Rb7 $16) 27. Nxa5 $2 {[#]} ({White has to play} 27. Qh7+ $18 Kf8 28. Ne5 (28. Nxa5 f5 $14) (28. Rxa5 Nf6 $11)) 27... Nf6 28. Rfc1 Ra8 29. Nc4 Ra7 30. Rd1 Qb8 31. Bc2 Ra6 32. Rb1 Qa7 33. Qf3 (33. a4 $16) 33... Qd7 (33... Ned5 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. Rd1 $16 Ned5 35. Qb3 (35. Ne5 $142 Qd6 36. a4) 35... Rea8 36. Rb5 Qd8 37. Rb1 Rc6 38. Bd3 Ne7 39. Rd1 g6 (39... Nfd5 $14) 40. Be2 (40. a4 $16) 40... Rac8 $14 41. Rb7 Nf5 42. Ne5 R6c7 43. Rxc7 (43. a4 {is more complex.} Nd5 44. Bg4 Rxb7 45. Qxb7 Rc7 46. Qb3) 43... Rxc7 44. Qb2 Qc8 45. Bd3 Nd5 46. Ra1 Rc3 (46... Nc3 $14) 47. Qd2 (47. Bxf5 $16 gxf5 48. a4) 47... Kg7 $1 $11 48. Ng4 {Strongly threatening Bxf5.} h5 49. Bxf5 exf5 50. Ne5 f6 (50... h4 $15 51. Qe2 (51. gxh4 f4 $11) 51... Rc2) 51. Nd3 {The position is equal.} g5 52. Nc5 f4 53. Rc1 Rxa3 54. Qe1 {[#] aiming for Ne6+.} Kh6 55. Ne6 Nc3 {And now ...Ne2+! would win.} 56. Nc5 $1 Nd5 57. Ne6 Nc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.20} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,86,52,22,0,-27,26,12,30,-1,7,-28,-32,-35,-39,-32,-25,-47,-43,-57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,0,-57,-14,-33,-40,-35,-16,-26,-6,-17,0,-24,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-8,-7,-10,-16,-10,-120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5 e6 9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Nbc3 Na6 {D72: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e4 Nb6 (without Nf3).} 12. b3 Bf5 (12... Nb4 $142) 13. Be3 $11 Nc8 14. h3 (14. d6 $5 {[%cal Rg2b7]} Rb8 15. Bf4 $14) 14... Nd6 15. Qd2 (15. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Bd7 16. Rc1 $11) 15... h5 {[#]} 16. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. f3 Re8 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Bd7 19. Bf4 Bb5 20. Rad1 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Rc8 22. Nc3 {0-1 (28) Chiburdanidze,M (2513)-Xie,J (2557) Shanghai 2001}) 16... Re8 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Nf4 Qa5 19. Bf1 Bd7 (19... Nb4 $15) 20. Ne4 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Nxb5 23. Nc4 Nc3 24. Rd2 {Threatens to win with Nd6.} Ne4 {Hoping for ...b5.} 25. Re2 Red8 26. Na5 (26. Bd2 $11 Nxd2 27. Rxd2) 26... Rc7 27. Rec2 Rcd7 28. a3 Nf6 29. Rd1 ({Not} 29. Bxc5 $2 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 b6 $19) 29... Kh7 30. Rcd2 ({Avoid the trap} 30. Bxc5 $2 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 b6 $19) 30... Bh6 31. Ng2 (31. Rd3 {is interesting.} h4 32. d6 hxg3 33. fxg3 Kg7 34. Kg2) 31... Nb8 32. Bxh6 Kxh6 33. Ne3 Kg7 34. b4 Ne4 35. Rd3 cxb4 36. axb4 Nd6 37. Nec4 (37. Rd4 $11) 37... Nxc4 (37... b6 $17 38. Ne5 (38. Nxd6 bxa5 39. Nc4 axb4 $17) 38... bxa5 39. Nxd7 Nxd7 40. bxa5 Rc8) 38. Nxc4 {The position is equal.} Na6 39. b5 Nb4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 40. Ra3 Rxd5 41. Rxd5 Rxd5 42. Rxa7 Rxb5 43. Nd6 Rb6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,28,0,29]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. c3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 {[#]} 11. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 Nb8 13. Bc2 Nbd7 14. a4 g6 15. Bd3 c6 16. b4 Nb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Qb3 exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. e5 {1-0 (37) Navara,D (2719)-Svidler,P (2723) chess24.com INT 2020}) 11... Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,125,24,18,22,21,30,0,18,14,16,17,28,11,7,12,28,0,38,38,26,12,14,10,48,6,27,0,25,-12,0,-29,-29,-23,-9,-28,0,0,0,-89,36,8,9,0,5,8,62,97,387,373,927,926,921,864,29967,29970,29969,29968,29969,29970,29969,29968,5122,591,403,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bb6 {D33: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 sidelines.} 12. Na4 Bd7 13. b3 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Bb2 h5 15. h4 Ne4 16. e3 Rc8 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qd1 Bf5 19. Qxh5 Qd7 {0-1 (59) Aronian,L (2775)-Carlsen,M (2872) Moscow 2019}) 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. e3 Ne4 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Nc3 f5 18. Na4 h5 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. f3 Nd6 21. Rfe1 Qg5 22. Bd4 Rb8 23. Rcd1 Qh6 24. Qf2 c5 25. Bb2 Bc6 $1 26. a4 Re6 27. Rc1 Rbe8 {[%cal Re6e3]} (27... Ra8 {is more complex.} 28. b4 Nc4 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. e4 fxe4 31. fxe4 Rf8) 28. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Rxe3 29. axb6 (29. Rxe3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxe3 30. Qxe3 Rxe3 31. axb6) 29... Rxb3 ({Black should play} 29... d4 $1 $17 30. Ba3 f4 31. gxf4 (31. Bxc5 $2 fxg3 32. hxg3 Re2 $19) 31... Qxf4 32. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Nf7) 30. Rxe8+ ({Not} 30. Qxc5 $2 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxb2 $19) 30... Bxe8 31. Rxc5 Nc4 32. Bd4 {Threatens to win with Qc2.} Rb1+ (32... Rxb6 $11 33. Qe1 Re6) 33. Bf1 $14 {Rc7 is the strong threat.} Nd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Nxb6 $16 {was necessary.} 34. Qc2 Re1) 34. Rc8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc8e8]} Rxf1+ $2 (34... Qe6 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qxd2 Qb5) 35. Qxf1 Nxf1 {[#]} 36. b7 $1 Nxh2 37. Rxe8+ Kf7 38. b8=Q Nxf3+ 39. Kg2 Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 40. Rf8+ Ke6 {[#]} 41. Qb6+ (41. Rd8 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Qd6+.} Qd2+ 42. Kh3) 41... Ke5 42. Qb8+ $2 (42. Qc7+ $18 Ke4 43. Qc3) 42... Qd6 {The position is equal.} 43. Re8+ (43. Qc8 {with more complications.} g5 44. Rd8 Qb6 45. Re8+ Ne6 46. Qd7) 43... Ne6 {Strongly threatening ...Qxb8.} 44. Qxd6+ $1 Kxd6 $11 {KR-KN} 45. Rh8 $1 g6 46. Rg8 $1 g5 47. Rh8 Ke5 48. Rxh5 d4 49. Kf2 Nc5 50. Rh8 Ne4+ 51. Kg2 $1 d3 52. Rd8 d2 {White must now prevent ...Nd6.} 53. Rd3 g4 54. Kh2 Ng5 55. Kg2 Nf3 {( -> ...Ne1+)} 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Ke2 f4 58. gxf4 Kxf4 59. Ra3 Kg3 60. Ra4 Kh3 61. Rf4 Kg3 62. Ra4 Kh4 63. Rb4 {Black escapes into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.35} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,61,26,22,25,21,27,21,42,26,72,10,23,23,24,22,31,31,30,28,54,52,58,58,50,43,48,9,14,8,8,6,25,25,31,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,1,0,6,3,27,22,20,11]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Be2 ({White should play} 11. Qxd5 $16 Rad8 12. Qb3) 11... Qd6 (11... Qe6 {with more complications.} 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Rac1 Rab8 14. a3 Bf8) 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rfc8 14. Rfc1 Ne7 15. b4 c6 16. a4 Ng6 17. Ne1 Qf6 18. Qd2 a6 19. Ra3 Be4 {½-½ (44) Varga,P (2390)-Zemerov,V (2385) Harkany 1997}) 14. b4 c6 15. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} b6 16. a5 Rfb8 17. Rfc1 f6 18. Ne1 bxa5 19. bxa5 Qb4 20. Bd3 (20. g4 {is interesting.} Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Bg6 22. Bd3 Be4 23. f3) 20... Qxc3 21. Rxc3 {Black must now prevent Bxf5.} Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Rb5 23. h4 h5 24. g3 Kf7 25. Kg2 Rab8 26. Raa3 Rb1 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 Ke6 29. Nd3 Kd6 30. Kf3 g6 31. Kg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,178,47,30,56,31,45,0,-5,-6,-9,-12,-4,-14,-9,-8,0,0,0,-15,-9,-57,-13,-8,-8,-20,-4,-7,-4,-26,-16,-67,-37,-52,-39,-44,-53,-85,0,0,0,-26,0,0,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,-154,-154,-154,-163,-164,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,0,-127,-127,-127,-127,-7463,-7054,-5720,-6117,-6974,-5097,-2894,-2075,-29971,-29973,-29978,-29977,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3.} 9. Be2 (9. Qb3 {with more complications.} N6d7 10. Rd1 c5 11. Be2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. Rd5) 9... c5 10. dxc5 (10. O-O {is more complex.} Be6 11. d5 Bxd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nxd5 N6d7 14. Bg5) 10... Qxd1+ {[#] The position is equal.} 11. Nxd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxd1 Bxe5 12. cxb6 axb6 13. O-O Be6 14. Bb3 Nd7 15. Rad1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc5 17. Rd4 {½-½ (28) Wellen,H (1968)-Schoepper,O (1869) Germany 2004}) 11... Bxe5 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Bxb6 Be6 14. a3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. f4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rc2 Rc6 20. Rf1 Rac8 21. Kd2 Rd8 ({Inferior is} 21... Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 $18) 22. Rf3 (22. Kc1 $11) 22... Bg1 {White must now prevent ...Bxc4.} (22... Ba7 $5 {[%cal Re6c4]} 23. Ne3 Rcd6 $15) 23. Ne3 $1 Bxh2 24. Ke2 Rcd6 25. Be4 Rd4 (25... Bc8 $1 $17 26. Nf1 Bg1) 26. Bxb7 $11 Bxf4 27. c5 Bc7 28. b4 $1 Rd3 (28... Bb3 $11 29. Rb2 Be6) 29. Nc4 (29. Ba6 $14 Rxa3 30. Bc4) 29... Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rd2+ 31. Kf1 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 R8d2+ 33. Ke3 f5 34. Rf2 Rd3+ 35. Ke2 R1d2+ 36. Kf1 {With the idea Rxd2.} Rd1+ 37. Ke2 R1d2+ 38. Kf1 {Threatens to win with Rxd2.} Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. b5 Rb3 41. b6 Bxb6 42. Bd5+ Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Bc7.} 43. cxb6 Rxb6 {KRB-KR} 44. Rc7 Kf6 45. Ke3 e6 46. Bc6 h5 47. Be8 h4 48. Rf7+ Ke5 49. Rg7 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 Rb8 51. Bxg6 $2 (51. Ba4 $11) 51... Kf6 $17 52. Rh7 Kxg6 53. Rxh4 {KR-KR} Rb2+ 54. Kf3 Kg5 55. Rh8 Rb3+ 56. Kf2 f4 57. Rf8 e5 58. Rf7 Kg4 59. Rf8 Rb2+ 60. Kf1 Ra2 61. Rf7 {Cut Off at move 61} e4 62. Rg7+ Kf5 63. Re7 Rb2 64. Re8 Rb1+ 65. Ke2 Rb6 66. Re7 Re6 67. Ra7 Re8 68. Kf2 e3+ 69. Ke2 Rg8 70. Kf1 Rb8 71. Rf7+ Ke5 72. Rg7 Rb1+ 73. Ke2 Rb2+ 74. Kf1 Rf2+ 75. Ke1 Rc2 76. Kf1 Kd4 77. Rd7+ Ke5 {And now ...Rf2+ would win.} 78. Rg7 $1 Rb2 79. Rg8 Ke4 {Hoping for ...Kd3.} 80. Re8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (80. Ke1 $17) 80... Kd3 $19 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 81. Rd8+ Kc3 $1 82. Rc8+ {[#]} Kd2 $1 {( -> ...Rb1+)} 83. Rd8+ {[#]} Kc1 $1 84. Rd4 Rf2+ {Black mates.} 85. Kg1 Rd2 86. Rxf4 e2 87. Re4 Kd1 88. Kh2 e1=Q 89. Rxe1+ Kxe1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.09} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,29,34,38,21,23,37,35,29,32,41,37,34,19,55,27,45,48,43,60,50,46]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. h3 Be7 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack.} 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 {outshines the older 8.Bd3.} Bf6 9. O-O Be6 {[#]} 10. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. b4 Nc6 13. Qc3 a6 14. a4 N6e7 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bh2 {0-1 (83) Inarkiev,E (2707)-Shimanov,A (2600) Tyumen 2012}) 10... c6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Rc1 d5 13. c5 {White is slightly better.} N6d7 14. Bd3 Nf8 15. Nc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.08} 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,49,7,17,3,42,57,24,49,45,40,59,-1,19,-12,-1,-119,-150,-144,-125,-110,-113,-120,-115,-129,-130,-112,-115,-263,-258,-244,-22,-238,-230,-267,-240,-262,-256,-383,-412,-541,-526,-525,-521,-1439,-683,-644,-637,-721,-695,-699,-675,-1107,-948,-1638,-1757,-1541,-1337,-12833,-12834,-12839,-12833,-12845,-12846,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bf4 Qd7 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7.} 11. Nd4 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxd4 12. cxd4 g5 13. Be3 g4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Rc1 h5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 {1-0 (32) Quesada Perez,Y (2598)-Khanin,S (2482) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bc2 $1 O-O 14. Bg3 Rad8 15. Qg4 ({White should play} 15. b4 $1 $14 Ne4 16. Qd3) 15... Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 {[#]} (17. Na3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17... h5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh5g4][%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 18. Qxe4 Qxd2 19. Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} h4 $1 20. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf7 21. Bxh4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Bxh4 22. g3 Be7 23. Rad1 (23. b4 $17) 23... Qxd1 $19 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kg2 Rd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. b4 Rdxf2+ 27. Kh3 R2f5 28. Kg2 (28. c4 {was worth a try.}) 28... Kh7 29. h4 g6 30. Kh3 Bf8 31. g4 Rf3+ (31... Rf2 $142 32. g5 Bg7) 32. Kg2 Rf2+ 33. Kg1 R2f4 34. Kg2 Re7 35. Qc8 Bg7 36. e6 Rxg4+ 37. Kf3 Rc4 38. Qxa6 c6 39. a4 Rxc3+ 40. Kf4 Rxe6 {( -> ...Bh6+)} 41. axb5 Bh6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.22} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,110,18,2,4,0,22,16,36,34,48,54,49,41,59,46,41,47,45,16,13,17,0,0,18,20,11,18,18,20,12,14,14,13,20,18,37,43,57,20,44,45,100,25,25,25,29,25,24,25,21,15,22,0,15,20,16,0,38,0,32,18,36,19,52,49,55,33,29,21,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 8.Bh4.} Bd6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4.} 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. O-O-O {[#]} O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd5 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 O-O-O 14. Bd2 Bc6 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qg5 f6 17. Qh4 Qf7 {1-0 (58) Fressinet,L (2646)-Dizdar,G (2553) Paris 2007}) 12. c4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Bc2 Nd7 16. Bf4 f6 17. Ng6 Bxg6 18. Bxg6 e5 19. Bg3 f5 20. Qh5 f4 21. Bh4 Nf6 22. Qe2 Rd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. g3 fxg3 25. Bxg3 Nd7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qg5+.} 26. Kb1 Rf8 27. Rd1 Qg5 (27... Qe6 $14 28. Qc2 Rf6) 28. Bc2 ({White should try} 28. Be4 $16) 28... h5 $1 $11 29. h4 Qg4 30. Qxg4 hxg4 31. Rd2 b6 32. a3 a5 33. Bg6 Kb7 34. Be4+ Kc8 35. Kc2 Nf6 36. Bg6 Kb7 37. Re2 Nd7 38. b4 Kc7 39. Rd2 {Strongly threatening Rxd4.} Kc8 40. Kb3 Rf3+ 41. Ka4 Nf6 42. Re2 Kd7 43. Be4 Rc3 44. Bf5+ ({Don't play} 44. bxa5 Rxc4+ 45. Kb3 (45. Kb5 Rc5+ 46. Kb4 bxa5+ 47. Kb3 Ke6 $17) 45... Rc3+ 46. Kb4 bxa5+ 47. Kxa5 Rxa3+ 48. Kb4 Rc3 $17) 44... Kd6 45. Rd2 {Rxd4+ is the strong threat.} ({Much worse is} 45. bxa5 Rxc4+ 46. Kb5 Rc5+ 47. Ka4 bxa5 $17) 45... Ke7 46. c5 {Hoping for cxb6.} axb4 {aiming for ...Rf3.} 47. cxb6 {The position is equal.} Bxb6 48. axb4 Bd4 49. Kb5 Ne8 {And now ...Nd6+ would win.} 50. Bxg4 Nd6+ 51. Ka4 Ne4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 52. Re2 Nxg3 53. fxg3 Rxg3 54. Bc8 Kd8 55. Bb7 Kc7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,107,-5,-14,0,-3,6,6,22,7,0,10,25,9,8,9,14,0,9,10,39,60,56,48,83,69,85,60,57,50,68,64,72,52,66,66,155,143,134,158,178,152,135,136,204,190,185,141,110,148,147,143,141,144,141,138,114,0,0,-45,143,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,71,48,15,0,4,0,8,7,84,0,73,0,0,-452,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 {Ribli,Z} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rb1 Be6 11. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3.} 12. Nd2 e4 13. b5 Ne7 14. Qc2 ({Don't blunder} 14. Ndxe4 $2 f5 $19) 14... exd3 15. Qxd3 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc8 16. Rfc1 Re8 17. Nb3 Bf5 18. e4 Bh3 19. c5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rd8 21. Qc4 dxc5 22. Nxc5 {½-½ (61) Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2425)-Zapata,A (2480) Cali 1990 CBM 019 [Ribli,Z]}) 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. c5 dxc5 {Hoping for ...c4.} 19. Na4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc7 {Threatens to win with ...c4.} 20. Naxc5 Bf5 21. e4 Rad8 22. Qe2 Bc8 23. a4 Rfe8 24. Qc2 g5 25. f4 $1 Ng6 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 26. e5 gxf4 27. gxf4 Nh4 (27... Ne7 $14) 28. Be4 $16 Kh8 29. Kh1 f6 30. Qf2 f5 31. Bd3 Ng6 (31... Rxd3 $16 32. Nxd3 c5 33. Qxh4 c4) 32. Rg1 Qf7 33. Qg3 Nxf4 34. Qxf4 Rxd3 35. Nxd3 ({Worse is} 35. Rxg7 Kxg7 36. Nxd3 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Qxd3 $17) 35... Qd5+ 36. Rg2 Qxd3 37. Rbg1 Qd5 38. Nd4 (38. Nc5 $1 $16) 38... c5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 39. Qg3 {[%csl Gg1,Gg2][%cal Rg3g7]} Re7 $2 {[#]} (39... Rg8 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 40. Nb5 (40. Nf3 Bb7 $17) 40... Bb7) 40. Nf3 ({White has to play} 40. Ne2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2f4]} Kh7 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Nf4 Qxe5 43. Qc6 Qxf4 44. Qxc8+ Kh7 45. Qxc5) 40... Bb7 41. Nh4 {Black must now prevent Ng6+.} Rd7 42. Re1 {aiming for e6.} Qe6 43. Ng6+ $1 Kh7 44. Nf4 Bxg2+ (44... Qe7 $1 $11) 45. Qxg2 $16 Qe8 46. Qh3 {next e6 is good for White.} Qa8+ 47. Kg1 Qf8 {...Bxe5! is the strong threat.} 48. Ne6 Qg8 (48... Qc8 $11) 49. Qxf5+ Kh8 {[#]} 50. Nf4 ({Better is} 50. Ng5 $1 $16 Rc7 51. Re3) 50... Rf7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf7f5]} 51. Ng6+ Kh7 52. Nf8+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check). The position is equal.} Kh8 53. Ng6+ Kh7 54. Nf8+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check). Never resign too early!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.19} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 6. g3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:23]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:16]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:06:39]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 11. Na4 {[%emt 0:06:19]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 12. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b6 {[%emt 0:08:41]} 13. e5 {[%emt 0:05:39]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:07:16]} 14. c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 15. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:12:48]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:26]} 18. axb5 {[%emt 0:06:08]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:06:26]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 20. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:17:41]} 21. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Nd2 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 23. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 24. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 25. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 26. Qh5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 27. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:39]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 28. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Ra1 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:13:22]} 31. Bc5 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 32. Nxf6 {[%emt 0:09:38]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 33. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:15:05]} 34. Qh4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 35. Bxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 36. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 37. Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,66,35,29,27,28,28,37,21,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,10,18,15,27,6,8,8,12,10,8,0,11,0,0,0,12,13,17,11,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Bf5 9. Bxf5 Qa5+ 10. c3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} Qxf5 11. Qb3 Qb5 {[#]} 12. Qc2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qxb5 cxb5 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Rhe1 Rfe8 16. d5 Rac8 17. Kb1 a6 18. Re3 {0-1 (77) Kiss,A (2371)-Medvegy,Z (2557) Hungary 2017}) 12... O-O 13. c4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rfe1 e6 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qc1 Rfe8 19. b3 e5 {The position is equal.} 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bh6 Rcd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qd1 Bf6 (24... f6 {feels hotter.} 25. g3 Kf7 26. Qf3 Qa5 27. Rd1 Qxa2 28. Kg2 Qa3) 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. g4 Bg7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 {KR-KR} 28. Re7 Rd2 29. a4 b6 30. Rxa7 {[#] Rb7 is the strong threat.} Rb2 31. Rc7 Rxb3 32. Rxc6 Rb4 33. c5 bxc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,196,42,31,38,45,58,34,52,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-45,-62,-51,-54,-136,-126,-143,-129,-133,-112,-177,-181,-167,-170,-188,-134,-130,-126,-128,-115,-127,-126,-177,-177,-190,-187,-273,-177,-177,-177,-177,-177,-177,-177,-177,-177,-175,-72,-137,-137,-137,-137,-123,-37,-37,-36,-36,-21,-16,-16,-16,-12,-12,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,0,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-8,-8,-8,-9,-10,-15,-15,-15,-16,-16,-16,-16,0,0,0,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,0,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-29,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32] A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6.} 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. O-O O-O {White is slightly better.} 11. Ne1 Nfd7 12. Nc2 Nc4 13. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re3c4]} Ndb6 {[#]} 14. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qc2 Bxa6 16. Bd2 Qa5 17. Rfb1 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Rfb8 19. Rc1 Ra7 20. Bf3 {1-0 (77) Schaffer,H (2236)-Kersten,U (2245) Germany 2017}) 14... Nxe3 $1 15. Bxe3 Nc4 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Rac1 Bxa6 18. b3 Na3 19. Qd2 Rfb8 20. Bh6 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 (21. Rxc3 {looks sharper.} Nb5 22. Rd3 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Nc3 24. Re1) 21... Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c3]} 23. Re3 ({White should try} 23. Rd3 $15) 23... Nd4 $17 24. Rxe7 Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 25. Bg5 h6 26. Bf6 (26. Bf4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 26... Nxe7 $19 27. Bxe7 {[#]} Rb6 $1 ({But not} 27... Bxe2 28. Re1 $15) 28. Bf6 Re8 (28... Bxe2 $19 29. Re1 Bb5) 29. Bf3 $17 Bxe2 30. Re1 Bb5 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 32. Kf1 (32. Be2 $17) 32... Bb5+ $19 33. Ke1 Bd3 34. Be2 (34. Bd1 $142) 34... Bxe2 35. Kxe2 {KR-KB} Ra6 36. a4 {[#]} Rb6 $1 37. Be7 f5 38. a5 Rxb3 39. Bxd6 c4 (39... Ra3 $19 {has better winning chances.} 40. Kd2 Kf7) 40. a6 (40. Kd2 $142) 40... Rb2+ $17 41. Ke3 Ra2 42. Bc5 Kf7 (42... Rxa6 $17 43. Kd4 Kf7 44. Kxc4 Ra2) 43. a7 $15 c3 44. h4 f4+ 45. Kd3 ({Don't blunder} 45. Kxf4 $2 c2 $19) 45... c2 46. Kd2 fxg3 47. fxg3 h5 48. Kc1 Kf6 49. d6 Ke6 50. Kd2 $1 Kd7 51. Kc1 $1 Kd8 52. Bb6+ Kc8 53. Bd4 Kb7 54. Bc5 Kc6 55. Kd2 $1 Ra5 (55... Kxc5 $2 56. d7 $18) 56. Kc1 Kd7 ({Wrong is} 56... Kxc5 $2 57. d7 $18) 57. Bb6 Ra3 58. Kxc2 Kxd6 59. Kb2 Ra6 60. Kc3 Kc6 61. Be3 {Cut Off at move 61} Ra4 62. Kb3 Kb5 63. Bd4 Ra5 {White should prevent ...Kc6.} 64. Be3 Kc6 65. Kc4 Ra3 66. Kb4 Ra2 {Hoping for ...Kb7.} 67. Kb3 Ra1 68. Kc4 Ra4+ 69. Kb3 Ra1 {And now ...Kb7 would win.} 70. Kc4 Kb7 {Strongly threatening ...Ra3.} 71. Kd5 Ra3 72. Ke4 Kc6 73. Kf4 Ra5 74. Ke4 Kd7 75. Kd3 (75. Bb6 {is interesting.} Ra3 76. Bc5 Ra6 77. Kf4 Kc6 78. Be3) 75... Ra4 76. Kc3 Kc8 77. Kb3 Ra6 78. Kc4 Kb7 {aiming for ...Ra3.} 79. Kd5 Rf6 80. Ke5 Rf8 81. Ke4 Rf1 {next ...Ka8 is good for Black.} 82. Ke5 Rf3 83. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Ra3 84. Kf6 Ra6+ 85. Kg7 Kxa7 86. Bg5 Kb7 87. Bf6 Kc6 {Black wants to play ...Kd5.} 88. Kxg6 Kd5 {Threatening ...Ke4.} 89. Kf5 $1 Ra8 90. Kg6 Ra6 {White must now prevent ...Ke4.} 91. Kf5 $1 Ra3 92. Be5 Ra5 93. Bf6 Ra3 94. Be5 Rb3 95. Bf4 Rb5 96. Bg5 Rb3 97. Bf4 Rb5 98. Bg5 Rb3 {White happily takes the draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,75,-13,-12,-71,-72,-87,-84,-78,0,0,0,0,0,-109,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,367,367,336,357,347,360,352,360,349,359,328,343,468,464,455,458,442,421,1354,1337,1340,1287,2133,2114,1839,1798,29981,29982,29986,29987,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 e6 10. O-O Bd6 $1 11. Nxe6 {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines.} (11. Qf3 $11) 11... fxe6 $17 12. Bxe6 Nbd7 13. Re1 {Black is better.} Bxg3 (13... Qc7 $1 $17 14. Bg8+ Kf8 15. Bxh7 Rxh7) 14. fxg3 $11 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qa5 15. Bf5+ Kf7 16. Be6+ Ke7 17. b4 Qb6 18. Bf5+ Kf8 19. Bxh7 Rxh7 20. Bf4 Qb5 {1-0 (34) Schreiner,R (2225)-Grund,H (2335) Germany 1996}) 15. Bh3+ Kd8 16. Bf4 (16. g4 $11) 16... Re8 (16... Qxb2 $17 {...Qc3 is the strong threat.} 17. Rb1 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Bxc2 19. Rxb7 Re8) 17. Rxe8+ $1 Nxe8 18. Bxd7 Kxd7 19. Qg4+ $1 Kd8 20. Re1 Bxc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Black is on the road to losing.} (20... Qxd4+ $2 21. Kh1 $18) (20... Qb4 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. Qxg7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxc2) 21. Qe2 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Re2e8][%mdl 576] Double Attack} Qxd4+ {[#]} 22. Kh2 $1 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Re2e8][%mdl 512]} Qe4 23. Qd2+ $1 (23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nf6 $11) 23... Qd3 {[#] Hoping for ...Qxd2.} 24. Qb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4e7] White threatens Qe7+ and mate.} (24. Rd1 Qxd2 25. Rxd2+ Ke7 $11) 24... Qd7 {[#] And now ...Bf5 would win.} 25. Re2 $1 Bd3 26. Rd2 g5 27. Qa3 Nf6 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4+.} ({Much weaker is} 27... gxf4 28. Rxd3 fxg3+ 29. Kxg3 $18) 28. Rxd3 Nd5 29. hxg5 ({Less strong is} 29. Qf8+ Qe8 $14) 29... hxg5 (29... Qe7 $142 30. Qa5+ Ke8) 30. Qf8+ Qe8 31. Qd6+ Qd7 32. Bxg5+ Ke8 33. Qh6 {Threatening mate with Qh8+.} Qf7 34. Rf3 {White mates.} Qg8 35. Qd6 Rc8 {[#]} 36. Re3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf7 {[#]} (36... Nxe3 37. Qe7#) 37. Re7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Nxe7 38. Qf6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.74} ({Weaker is} 38. Bxe7 Qh7+ 39. Bh4 Rf8 $15) 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,26,0,25]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 {[#]} 10. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ng5 Re7 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nf1 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Ng3 h6 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Nh4 Nbd7 19. Nhf5 Nc5 20. Bc2 d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh5 Qf6 24. Qg4 Be6 25. Qh4 g5 26. Qg4 e4 {0-1 (26) Sjugirov,S (2675)-Firouzja,A (2728) chess.com INT 2020}) 10... Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. Nf3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,128,-18,-32,-32,-29,-22,-24,-28,-28,-25,-22,-18,-17,-34,-24,-19,-21,-33,-16,-25,-16,-49,-8,-32,-28,-25,-27,-36,-26,-27,-20,-68,-37,-47,-25,-47,-46,-43,-55,-78,-47,-75,-56,-79,0,-72,0,-77,-83,-77,-62,-87,-88,-99,-31,-24,0,-20,-34,-22,-25,-25,-21,-13,-13,-18,0,-38,-33,-40,-25,-36,-29,-55,-31,-22,-16,-27,-20,-22,-16,-16,-6,-25,0,-19,-19,-35,-30,-224,-216,-310,-313,-432,-408,-412,-408,-399,-408,-406,-406,-404,-391,-392,-336,-295,0,-395,-385,-402,-389,-443,-438,-618,-609,-531,-447,-584,-579,-575,-558]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. dxc5 e5 6. Bg3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Be6 7. Nf3 f6 8. Na4 {Black has an edge.} Bxc5 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 10. Nd2 Qxc5 {[#]} 11. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Be2 Nge7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. f4 O-O 15. O-O Bf5 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. Bf2 {0-1 (48) Fulop,S (1997)-Kalmar,L (1877) Hungary 2009}) 11... Nge7 12. c3 O-O 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. O-O Rac8 15. Qb1 Bf7 16. Qd1 ({Wrong is} 16. Bxh7 $2 g6 $19) 16... Qb6 17. Qb3 Qa7 18. Qa4 b5 19. Qg4 Bg6 20. Be2 Na5 21. Qb4 Nec6 22. Qa3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Qb6 24. Rac1 h6 25. Bg4 Rb8 26. Be2 Rbc8 27. Bg4 Rb8 28. Be2 $1 Nb7 29. b3 Nc5 30. Nf3 Rbc8 31. Qb2 Be4 (31... Ne7 $17) 32. Ne1 $1 $15 Bg6 33. f3 Ne6 34. Bf2 Qb7 35. Rd2 Rc7 36. Rcd1 Rcd7 37. Nc2 Bf5 38. Nb4 Nxb4 39. cxb4 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. exd4 Nxd4 41. Bf1 Qc6 42. Kh1 $1 {[%cal Rf2d4]} Ne6 43. Be3 Rxd2 44. Rxd2 Rc8 45. Kg1 Kh7 46. Kf2 Qc7 47. g3 Qe7 48. a3 Rc6 49. Bg2 $2 {[#]} (49. Bd3 $11 Bxd3 50. Rxd3) 49... Qc7 $1 $19 50. h4 (50. Bf1 $142) 50... Rc3 {aiming for ...Rxe3!} 51. Bf1 {[#] intending Bc4!} Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Kxe3 Qb6+ 53. Ke2 Qg1 {And now ...Nd4+ would win.} 54. Qc3 Nd4+ 55. Ke1 Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Kd1 {[#]} Qg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1f1][%mdl 512]} 57. Ke1 Qg3+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 58. Kd1 Qxh4 59. Qe3 {[#]} Nxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Rf2 ({Don't play} 60. Qxf3 Bg4 $19) 60... Nd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 61. Bd3 (61. Kc1 $142) 61... Bxd3 62. Qxd3+ Kh8 63. Qe3 Qh1+ 64. Kd2 Qb1 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,146,0,0,0,0,0,0,71,58,64,18,98,0,124,118,120,119,125,114,199,183,175,165,252,147,306,208,243,187,287,240,242,241,384,378,376,275,269,259,287,282,283,260,321,351,334,306,433,425,410,422,1133,1074,1259,1228,1095,374,12841,445,1018,992,12837,176,147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rfe8 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 {[#]} Nd5 $146 (14... Nxc5 $11 15. Nxc5 Bxc5) ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf8 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Bf6 19. Be5 Be7 20. h4 Rd8 {½-½ (62) Sandic,V (2306)-Djordjevic,N (2267) Bajina Basta 2019}) 15. Bxe7 $16 Rxe7 16. Nd6 Rb8 (16... Nxc5 $11 17. Bxh7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxh7 18. Qc2+ Kg8 19. Qxc5 Rd7 20. Nxb7 Qxb7) 17. Rac1 ({Better is} 17. Qc2 $16) 17... Ba8 (17... Nxc5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 18. Bxh7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxh7 19. Qc2+ Kg8 20. Qxc5 Ba6) 18. Bb1 f6 19. Qc2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Nf8 20. Nd4 g6 {[#]} (20... e5 $16 {might work better.}) 21. a3 $1 $18 a5 22. Ba2 Kg7 (22... e5 {keeps fighting.}) 23. Rb1 ({White has to play} 23. Bxd5 $18 cxd5 24. N6b5) 23... Qa7 $2 (23... e5 $16) 24. h3 Nf4 25. b4 axb4 (25... e5 $142) 26. axb4 e5 27. Ne2 Nxe2+ (27... Nd5 $142 28. b5 Ne6 29. bxc6 Nb4 30. Rxb4 Rxb4) 28. Qxe2 Bb7 29. Bc4 {[#] Ra1 is the strong threat.} Bc8 30. Qf3 Qc7 31. Nxc8 e4 32. Qc3 Rxc8 33. Rd6 Nd7 34. Be6 Rf8 (34... e3 $142 35. Qd4 (35. Qxe3 Nf8 $16) (35. fxe3 Rf8 $18) 35... exf2+ 36. Kxf2 (36. Qxf2 Rf8 $16) 36... Ne5 37. Bxc8 Qxc8) 35. Re1 Ne5 36. Rxe4 Rfe8 (36... Nf7 $142) 37. Rxe5 fxe5 38. Qxe5+ Kh6 39. f4 $2 (39. Qe3+ Kg7 40. Qd4+ Kh6 41. Bd7 Re1+ 42. Kh2) 39... Qa7 $2 (39... Rxe6 40. Rxe6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxe5 41. Rxe5 Rf8) 40. Rxc6 (40. g4 $142 {g5+ would kill now.} Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Rxe6 42. g5+ Kh5 43. Qxe6 Qa1+ 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Qe3) 40... Qa3 (40... Qb8 $142) 41. Kh2 Qxb4 42. f5 $2 (42. g4 {White threatens g5+ and mate.} Rxe6 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. g5+ (44. Qxe6 Qxc5 45. Qe1 Qc2+ 46. Kg3 Qd3+ 47. Kg2 Kg7 $16) 44... Kh5 45. Qxe6 Qxf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kg2 Kxg5 47. c6) 42... Qd2 43. f6 (43. Ra6 $16 {Black must now prevent c6.} Qf2 44. Ra4) 43... Rxe6 $1 $11 44. Rxe6 Rxe6 45. Qxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qd4+ 47. Kh1 Qxc5 48. Qg4 {Threatens to win with Qh4+.} g5 49. h4 gxh4 50. Qg7+ Kh5 51. Qxh7+ {The position is equal.} Kg5 52. Qg7+ Kh5 53. Qh7+ Kg5 54. Qg7+ Kh5 55. f7 Qc1+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Kh3 Qf3+ 58. Kh2 Qf4+ 59. Kg1 Qc1+ 60. Kf2 Qd2+ 61. Kf3 {Threatening mate with Qg4+. Cut Off at move 61} Qd3+ 62. Kf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg7g5]} Qc4+ 63. Ke3 Qb3+ 64. Kd2 Qa2+ 65. Kc1 Qc4+ 66. Kb2 Qb4+ 67. Kc2 Qc4+ 68. Kd2 Qa2+ 69. Ke3 Qb3+ 70. Kf2 Qc2+ 71. Kg1 Qc1+ 72. Kh2 Qf4+ 73. Kh3 Qf3+ 74. gxf3 {Black escapes into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.32} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,90,39,38,43,47,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,30,30,34,31,24,37,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,13,6,18,15,8,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,3,2,6,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-92,0,0,0,0,0,0,52,41,75,73,87,-179,-162,-455,-446,-478,-469,-783,-642,-1312,-1297]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. d3 Nh6 8. O-O f5 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} 9. e5 Nf7 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 10. Qe1 {[#]} (10. exd6 $14 exd6 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Be3) 10... dxe5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. e6 Nh6 12. h3 Ba6 13. b3 Bf6 14. Bb2 Kh8 15. Na4 Ng8 16. Ng5 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 {0-1 (54) Ritviz,P (2296)-Liascovich,L (2418) chess.com INT 2020}) 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 13. Be3 Qxe5 14. Na4 O-O (14... Qd5 {looks sharper.} 15. Qf2 c4 16. dxc4 Qa5 17. Nc5 O-O) 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 17. Rae1 Bf6 $1 18. Bb4 Rb8 19. Bd6 Rb5 20. c4 Ra5 21. b3 $1 Kf7 22. Bc7 Ra6 23. Be5 Rd8 24. Re2 Rxa4 25. bxa4 {next Bxf6 is good for White.} Rxd3 26. Bxf6 Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 27. Rfe1 e6 28. Re5 Ke7 $1 29. Ra5 a6 30. Rae5 Ra3 31. R5e3 Rxa4 32. Rh3 h5 33. Rg3 Kf6 34. Rd3 {Threatens to win with Rd8.} a5 ({But not} 34... Rxc4 $2 35. Rd8 $18) 35. c5 (35. Rd6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... Ba6 (35... Rxa2 $17 {And now ...Ba6 would win.} 36. Rd6 Rc2 37. Rxc6 Bd7) 36. Rd6 Bc4 37. Rd4 g5 38. h4 g4 (38... gxh4 $11 39. Rc1 Bb5 40. Rxa4 Bxa4) 39. Rc1 $14 Bb5 40. Rxa4 Bxa4 $16 {KR-KB} 41. Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (41. g3 $16 {keeps the pressure on.}) 41... Bb5 $19 42. Rd4 $2 (42. Rc3 {was called for.}) 42... Ke5 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Rd8 {[#]} g3 $1 44. Rg8 (44. a4 $142 Bxa4 45. Ra8) 44... Kf4 45. Rg5 e5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.51/Black=0.09} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,117,-4,6,5,43,-5,0,-38,-4,-4,0,0,0,-5,0,4,11,13,12,0,23,20,40,0,12,4,4,14,17,17,94,-11,4,12,59,7,16,12,10,11,43,42,63,5,58,49,41,50,48,40,47,32,37,32,33,45,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,-31,-33,-20,-8,-8,-13,-19,-18,-13,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Ba5 6. c3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} O-O (6... Nxe4 {feels hotter.} 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bg5 d6 9. Bh4 h6) 7. b4 (7. a4 {looks sharper.} Bb6 8. d3 h6 9. Be2 d6 10. b4) 7... Bb6 8. Nxb6 (8. Bd3 {seems wilder.} Nxd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. O-O e4 11. Bxe4 Rxe4 12. d3) 8... axb6 9. d3 {[#]} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Be2 b5 12. O-O Be6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. a4 bxa4 {1-0 (63) Carlsen,M (2863)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com INT 2020}) 10. Be2 Ne7 11. O-O Ng6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bf1 Nh5 15. d4 Nhf4 16. Be3 f5 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. dxe5 {With the idea exf5.} fxe4 $1 19. exd6 (19. Rxe4 Bc6 $17) 19... Qf6 (19... Qxd6 $11 {remains equal.} 20. Qxe4 Bc6) 20. Nh2 ({Much weaker is} 20. Rxe4 $6 Bc6 $11) (20. Qxe4 $16 Bc6 21. Qd4 Bxf3 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. dxc7) 20... cxd6 21. Qxe4 Qxc3 22. Ng4 ({Better is} 22. Rac1 $14 Qb2 23. Nf3) 22... Bc6 23. Qc4+ $1 Qxc4 24. Bxc4+ Kh8 25. Bf1 b5 26. Red1 (26. Ne3 $14) 26... h5 ({Black should try} 26... Nd5 $11) 27. Ne3 $14 Rf6 28. g3 Ng6 29. Nd5 Rf7 $1 30. h4 Ne5 31. Be2 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. Nf4 Ra4 34. Rd4 Rb3 35. Nxh5 (35. axb3 $2 {is a self mate.} Rxa1+ 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Rh1#) 35... Rxa2 36. Rf1 (36. Rxa2 $2 {gets mated.} Rb1+ 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Kh2 Rh1#) 36... Rab2 37. Nf4 Rxb4 38. Rxd6 Rb1 39. Ne6 {Threatening Ng5.} Kg8 40. Rdd1 (40. Nd4 {is more complex.} Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Rc4 42. Ke2 b4 43. Kd2) 40... Rxd1 41. Rxd1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc4 {The position is equal.} 42. Nd4 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 43. f3 Ba4 44. Rd3 $1 Rc3 45. Rxc3 $1 bxc3 $11 {KB-KN} 46. Ne2 c2 47. Kf2 Kf7 (47... Bb5 $5 48. Nc1 $8 Kf7 $15) 48. Ke3 Bc6 49. f4 Kf6 (49... Bb5 $5 50. Nc1 $8 Kf6 $11) 50. Kd2 Kf5 51. Kxc2 Kg4 52. Kd2 Bb5 53. Nd4 Bd7 54. Ke3 Kxg3 55. f5 $1 Kxh4 {aiming for ...Kg5.} (55... Kg4 $5 56. Ke4 $8 Kxh4 $11) 56. Kf4 b5 {[#] White should prevent ...b4.} 57. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 {[#] ...b4 is the strong threat.} 58. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxb5 59. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.10. An unexpected result.} (59. Kf5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,65,103,103,102,85,95,87,90,94,106,93,97,89,41,52,64,47,45,48,53,60,45,58,52,60,64,232,239,695,597,866,451,1420,1352,1616,1568,1404,1361,2197,2135,1881,1839,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29983]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 c6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. d5 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence.} cxd5 11. exd5 e5 12. Be3 {White is better.} Be7 13. Bh3 O-O 14. Nd2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Na6 15. Nde4 Nc7 {[#]} 16. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rd1 b5 17. Ng3 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. a3 Rb8 20. b4 a5 21. Rg1 axb4 22. axb4 {1-0 (33) Cebalo,M (2485)-Halser,W (2195) Graz 1994}) 16... b5 $1 17. O-O-O b4 18. Nce4 Nb6 19. Bf5 Qe8 20. Qf3 Qa4 21. Kb1 Nbxd5 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (21... Ncxd5 $14 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Rxd5 Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 Ra5 25. Rxa5 bxa5) 22. Nxh5 $18 Rfc8 $2 (22... Bxf5 23. Qxf5 g6 24. Nhf6+ Bxf6 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Qxf6 Ne8) 23. Nhf6+ gxf6 24. gxf6 Nb5 (24... Bxf6 $142 25. h5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Ne8) 25. Rxd5 Na3+ 26. bxa3 Qxc2+ 27. Ka1 b3 28. axb3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} Qxb3 29. Rd2 d5 30. Bxg6 {White mates.} fxg6 31. f7+ Kh8 32. h5 g5 33. Qf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.29/Black=0.72} 1-0

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.17"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,91,0,29,28,25,0,0,0,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,22,18,6,17,11,7,6,5,20,2,20,15,6,12,36,32,26,41,58,53,136,132,152,90,90,90,91,96,90,84,150,34,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. Nf3 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines .} Nbc6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. Qe4 f5 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. d3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd4 12. Qxd7+ ({Much worse is} 12. Bxb7 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Rb8 $17) 12... Kxd7 13. Bd1 $1 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 13. Bxb7 $2 Rb8 $19) 13... Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nec6 14. a3 h5 15. h4 Re8 16. O-O Bd6 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Bxe7 19. c3 Ne6 {1-0 (37) Saiz Rodrigo,J (1917)-Castillo Escario,Y (2029) Barcelona 2014}) 14. Nb1 Kc8 15. Nd2 Nec6 {Black wants to play ...Nb4.} 16. c3 Ne6 17. Ke2 Be7 18. b4 Bf6 19. Bb3 Rhe8 20. Bb2 a5 21. a3 e4 22. d4 Nexd4+ 23. cxd4 Bxd4 {[#]} (23... Nxd4+ $14 24. Bxd4 Bxd4) 24. Rhb1 $1 $16 g5 25. Nc4 ({Better is} 25. bxa5 Bxb2 26. Rxb2) 25... Bxb2 26. Rxb2 a4 27. Bd1 ({Don't play} 27. Bxa4 $6 b5 $11) 27... b5 28. Nd2 f4 (28... Rd3 $142) 29. Ke1 ({White should try} 29. Kf1 $16) 29... Ne5 $1 $14 {[%cal Re5d3] Hoping for ...Nd3+.} 30. Kf1 (30. Bc2 $14) 30... e3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.The position is equal.} 31. fxe3 fxe3 32. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5] Strongly threatening Nxe5.} Rxd1+ $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} 33. Rxd1 Nxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 34. Ke2 $1 {[%cal Re2f3]} Nd2 35. Rc2 Nc4 36. Rd5 Nxa3 37. Rc1 Re4 38. Rdc5 Rxb4 39. Rxc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 40. Rxh7 Nc4 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2+.} 41. Rd1+ Kc8 {aiming for ...Rb2+.} 42. Rdd7 {And now Rc7+ would win.} Rb2+ 43. Ke1 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 $1 {Rc7+ is the strong threat.} Rb2+ 45. Ke1 Rb1+ 46. Ke2 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.17"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,108,14,10,5,0,0,0,19,0,0,-3,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-33,-52,-36,-55,-55,-83,-20,-21,-10,-10,-6,-16,-1,0,0,-88,-91,-75,-84,-90,-82,-125,-93,-87,-89,-93,-62,-61,-38,-40,-48,-53,-51,-51,-10,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b4 15. Ne2 O-O 16. g4 {[#]} Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nxd3 17. cxd3 Qb5 18. Rdf1 Rfc8 19. Rc1 b3 20. a3 Rc2 21. Rxc2 bxc2+ 22. Ka2 Qa4 {1-0 (55) De Rover,Y (2418)-Pijpers,A (2465) Belgium 2018}) 17. f5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 exf5 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Nf4 Qd8 (20... fxg4 $17 21. Nxe6 fxe6) 21. Rhg1 fxg4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bd7.} 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxg4 (25. Qxg4 $11 Bxd4 26. Qxd4) 25... Qc7 $17 {( -> ...Qc2+)} 26. Qe2 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qc5 28. Rg4 Ra7 29. Qd2 {[#]} a5 $1 30. Rc1 Qf8 31. Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f8]} Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 $15 {[%cal Rf4f8][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe8 33. Qc5 {Rf8+ would kill now.} Ra8 34. Rf1 Rc8 35. Qxd5 {The position is equal.} h6 36. Rc1 $1 Rxc1+ 37. Kxc1 $11 {KQ-KQ} Qe1+ 38. Kc2 Qe2+ 39. Kb3 Qxh2 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kh8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kh8 44. d4 h5 45. d5 h4 46. Qe7 {Hoping for d6.} Qg3+ 47. Ka4 b3 48. axb3 h3 {aiming for ...Qg4+.} 49. d6 {And now d7 would win.} h2 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qh5+ Kg8 52. Qe8+ Kh7 53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. Qd5+ Kh7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,100,23,23,33,35,23,30,29,31,23,11,20,9,22,8,7,2,4,6,8,0,0,0,10,0,0,-33,-34,-34,-38,-84,-8,-37,-14,-14,-13,-33,-31,-32,-27,-33,-28,-48,-38,-33,-25,-48,-49,-56,-57,-101,-75,-85,-63,-270,-252,-246,-256,-329,-325,-320,-320,-308,-304,-279,-279,-329,-329,-363,-335,-525,-487,-564,-568,-577,-1907,-1711,-1605,-1385,-602,-2012,-1918,-11333,-9991,-12829,-12823]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nc6 {8...h5 is becoming the main line.} 9. Qd2 d5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 {White has an edge.} 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Be2 Kc7 {[#]} 15. Rd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. c3 Be7 16. Kc2 Be6 17. Bd3 a5 18. a4 b6 19. Nd2 h6 20. b3 Bg5 21. Bf2 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 {½-½ (47) Petr,M (2236)-Cvek,R (2471) Plzen 2003}) 15... Bb4 16. c3 Be7 17. Rhd1 Be6 18. Bd3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 19. Bb5 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 20. Re1 Na7 21. Bd3 a4 22. Na1 $1 Bxa2 23. Bc2 {[#]} Rxd2 (23... a3 $1 $17 24. Rxd8 Rxd8) 24. Bxd2 $11 b5 25. Rxe5 Bd6 26. Re1 Nc6 27. Bd3 Rb8 ({Much worse is} 27... Bxh2 $6 28. Bxb5 Ra8 29. Re4 $14) 28. Nc2 Ne5 29. Nb4 Nxd3+ 30. Nxd3 Bc4 ({Don't play} 30... Bxh2 $6 31. Nb4 $16) 31. Nb4 {Black should prevent Na6+.} Kd7 32. Be3 Re8 33. Kd2 h5 34. h4 Re6 35. g4 $2 {[#] This costs White the game.} (35. Nc2 $15) 35... hxg4 $19 36. fxg4 Re4 37. g5 Rxh4 38. Nc2 Rh2+ 39. Kc1 Re2 40. Rxe2 Bxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 41. Nd4 Bc4 42. Kd2 g6 43. Ke1 (43. Bf2 {was worth a try.}) 43... Bg3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Kd2 Kd6 45. Ne2 Bxe2 46. Kxe2 Kd5 47. Kd3 Be5 (47... Bc7 $142 48. Bd2 Be5) 48. Bd2 f5 49. gxf6 Bxf6 50. Be3 g5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.82/Black=0.17} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,88,32,44,28,46,30,31,25,68,68,71,55,53,55,60,53,68,20,117,149,149,126,140,140,171,171,175,167,198,204,198,95,93,91,88,0,0,0,91,87,77,80,147,140,152,128,218,0,0,0,0,4,123,43,54,52,110,0,0,-410,-274,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 {Avrukh,B} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Rb1 {Recently 12.Re1 got a lot of attention. A63: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation: 9...Nbd7.} Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 {[#] White is slightly better.} Nde5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Nge5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Nxf3+ 17. exf3 f5 18. a5 Qd8 19. Qa4 Nc5 20. Qa3 Bd7 {1-0 (40) Avrukh,B (2605)-Eljanov,P (2693) Istanbul 2012 CBM 151 [Avrukh,B]}) 15. b4 $1 b6 16. h3 Nxf3+ 17. exf3 Ne5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. f4 Nf7 (19... Nc4 $1 $11) 20. a5 $16 Bf5 21. Rb6 $1 Qd7 22. Kh2 Rfb8 23. Na4 $1 Bd3 24. Re1 $1 Re8 {[#]} 25. Re6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} f5 (25... Rxe6 26. dxe6) 26. Qb3 (26. Bc3 $18 {has better winning chances. Strongly threatening Bxg7.} Bxc3 27. Nxc3) 26... Bb5 27. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3b5]} Reb8 28. Na4 ({White should play} 28. Rxb8+ $16 Rxb8 29. Bf1) 28... Rc8 (28... Re8 $11 29. Nc3 Reb8) 29. Nc3 Rcb8 $1 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8 {[#]} 31. Bf1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bd4 (31... Kf8 $142) (31... Bxf1 32. Qxb8+) 32. Re1 $1 Bxf2 33. Rb1 Qc7 (33... Qe8 $16) 34. Nxb5 $2 (34. Bxb5 $18 axb5 35. Nxb5) 34... axb5 $11 35. Bxb5 c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b3]} 36. Qb4 h5 (36... Bd4 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. Kg2 ({Better is} 37. a6 $1 $16) 37... Ba7 {White must now prevent ...Qc5.} 38. Bc3 h4 39. gxh4 ({White should try} 39. Re1 $16) 39... Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 40. Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Qxc4 $11 Qe3 41. Be1) 40... Qxh4 $19 {( -> ...Qf2+)} 41. Rf1 $2 {[#]} (41. Qxc4 $19 Qf2+ 42. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kh2) 41... Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 42. fxg5 {[#]} Qe4+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Rf3 Qe2+ 44. Kg3 Bg1 {What a fight!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.19} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Black "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,58,45,38,45,43,50,39,43,44,62,36,48,56,51,34,30,36,43,46,35,39,41,50,55,49,57,15,26,0,32,29,102,57,100,107,98,82,83,61,58,0,75,0,70]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Qc7 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} 10. Nxe5 Qb6 11. Nc4 Qd8 {[#] White is slightly better.} 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd2 Nd5 13. Bh6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne3 Nf6 17. Bf3 Ba6 18. Rfe1 {½-½ (29) Filippov,A (2637)-Azaladze,S (2419) Nakhchivan 2012}) 12... Nb6 13. Bh2 Be6 14. Ne5 Qc8 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Qe3 a5 17. Rad1 a4 18. a3 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qc1 b5 21. c3 Nb6 22. h4 Bb3 (22... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 23. Nf3 Bb3 $11) 23. Rd3 c5 (23... f6 $11 24. Ng4 Be6) 24. Bf3 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc6.} Nd5 25. h5 Bc4 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rdd1 ({Reject} 27. Nxc4 bxc4 28. Rdd1 cxd4 $11) 27... Bb3 28. Rd3 Bc4 29. Rdd1 ({Of course not} 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Rdd1 cxd4 $11) 29... Bb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,132,35,45,42,48,30,21,34,47,0,0,0,0,-8,-12,0,0,0,0,-8,3,6,33,40,37,12,11,14,15,0,11,7,23,13,40,39,39,48,45,56,52,33,55,2,2,17,37,44,39,2,66,33,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,-15,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,88,86,84,72,66,78,87,92,75,97,57,63,79,8,8,-317,-317,-317,-317,-317,-317,-336,-324,-529,-501,-445,-424,-1329,-1097,-29967,-29969,-29970,-29972,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29979,-29979,-29976,-29976,-29976]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 {[%cal Rd4e5] E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} Nh5 12. dxe5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 {The position is equal.} dxe5 14. Bd3 (14. Nd2 $14) 14... Nc5 $11 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 {[#]} Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qc8 18. Qc2 a5 19. e4 Qe6 20. b3 f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Rae1 a4 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 axb3 26. axb3 Ra2 27. Rd1 Rb2 {0-1 (27) Novkovic,M (2418)-Brestian,E (2421) Triesen 2000}) 18. Qxd3 Nxd3 19. Rab1 Rfd8 20. g4 e4 21. Nxe4 Nxb2 22. c5 b5 23. Nd6 Rd7 24. Rfc1 Nd3 25. Rc2 a5 26. Nd4 Ne5 27. f3 Bf8 28. N4f5 a4 29. Kf2 Kh7 30. Ke2 Kg6 31. e4 (31. Rh1 $14) 31... f6 32. g3 Rad8 33. Rd1 a3 34. Rd4 Kh7 (34... Rb8 $11) 35. f4 Nxg4 36. Rc3 ({White should try} 36. Rd3 $1 $14) 36... Ra8 37. Nxb5 Rb7 38. Nbd6 Rb2+ 39. Rd2 h5 40. Nd4 gxf4 41. gxf4 Bh6 42. Ne6 h4 43. Rh3 Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 44. Kd1 {White wants to play Rxb2.} (44. Rxh4 $2 Rxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Nf3+ 46. Kc3 Nxh4 $19) 44... Ra4 (44... Rg8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 45. Rxb2 Rg1+ 46. Kc2 Rg2+ 47. Kc1 Rg1+ 48. Kc2 Rg2+ 49. Kc1 Rg1+ 50. Kc2) 45. Rxb2 $16 ({But not} 45. Rxh4 $2 Rxd2+ 46. Kxd2 Nf3+ 47. Kc2 Nxh4 $19) 45... axb2 46. Kc2 Nc4 {And now ...Rb4 would win.} 47. Kb1 $1 ({Don't go for} 47. Rxh4 $2 Rb4 $19) 47... Rb4 {( -> ...Nd2+)} 48. Nxc4 Rxc4 49. Rxh4 {Hoping for f5.} Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 50. Nd8 Kg7 $1 51. Nxc6 (51. Kxb2 $16 {next Kb3 is good for White.} f5 52. Nxc6) 51... Bxf4 $11 52. Ne7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for White.} (52. Nd8 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kg6 53. Ne6 Rxe6 54. Rxf4) 52... Re1+ $1 $19 53. Kxb2 Bg5 54. Rc4 {Strongly threatening Nd5.} Rxe7 {KRB-KR} 55. c6 {aiming for c7.} Rc7 56. Kb3 $2 (56. Kc3 Be3 57. Kd3) 56... f5 57. Kb4 Be3 58. Kb5 (58. Kc3 $142) 58... Kf6 59. a4 Ke5 {Black mates.} 60. Rh4 f4 61. Rh8 {Cut Off at move 61} Rf7 62. Rh5+ Kd6 63. Rh6+ Kc7 64. Kc4 f3 65. Rh1 f2 66. Rf1 Ba7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.08} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.18"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,66,0,14,7,9,5,0,0,17,0,0,7,0,9,28,44,60,64,47,-773,-777,-751,-757,-789,-758,-702,-780,-697,-146,-134,-139,-142,-120,-145,-141,-319,-50,-100,0,0,0,0,0,-145,-109,-1013,-175,-171,-187,-858,-837,-1135,-1088,-983,-957,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4 7. Qg4 {C12: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation.} Kf8 {...c5 is the strong threat.} (7... Nxc3 $6 8. Qxg7 Kd7 9. Bd2 $16) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Bd7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Nh3 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 12. Nf4 (12. dxc5 Bc6) 12... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4c2][%mdl 32]} (12... cxd4 $6 13. Nh5 $16) 13. Nh5 $1 Rg8 14. Bh7 Nxd4 {[#]} 15. Bxg8 $146 {[%mdl 8192]} (15. Bxh6 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc2+ (15... gxh6 16. Qxg8+) 16. Kd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ne4+ 17. Kc1 (17. Kxc2 Ba4+ 18. Kc1 Qa5 $11)) ({Predecessor:} 15. Bxh6 Nxc2+ 16. Kd2 Ne4+ 17. Kc1 Nxa1 18. Bxg8 Nb3+ 19. Kb2 Qb6 20. Qxg7+ Ke7 21. Bg5+ Nxg5 22. Qxg5+ {½-½ (31) Pirs,M (2523)-Schmid,P (2529) GER email 2017}) 15... Nxc2+ $19 16. Kd2 Ne4+ $1 17. Kxc2 Ba4+ $1 18. Kb1 Qb6+ 19. Bb2 g6 $2 (19... Qb3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb3d3] is more deadly. ( -> ...Qd3+)} 20. Qxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 21. Qf6+ (21. Qxf7+ $2 Kd8 $19) 21... Kd7 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Qf8+ Kc7 24. Qd6+ (24. Qe7+ $2 Kb6 $19) 24... Nxd6 25. exd6+ Kxd6) 20. Ra2 $17 {Hoping for Bxf7.} gxh5 21. Qxh5 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rh5f7]} Kxg8 22. Qxh6 c4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} ({Resist} 22... Qb3 23. Ka1 $15) 23. f3 $2 {[#]} (23. Ka1 $17) 23... Nc3+ $2 (23... Bc2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Kxc2 Qb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Kc1 Nc5 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Qh8+ Kd7 29. Qxa8 Qxa2) 24. Ka1 $15 Qb3 (24... Nxa2 $17 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qf6+) 25. Qg5+ $11 Kf8 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rb3a2]} 26. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 27. Rb2 (27. Kb1 $11) 27... Qxa3+ $17 28. Kb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Ra2 $17 Qc3+ 29. Rb2) 28... Qd3+ $2 (28... c3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Ra3b2]} 29. Qc1 cxb2 30. Qxb2 Qd3+ 31. Ka2 Kg7) 29. Ka1 $19 {[#]} b5 $1 {Threatens to win with ...c3.} 30. h4 $2 (30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Rc1) 30... c3 31. Rb4 {[#]} c2 $1 {[%cal Rd3a3]} 32. Qh6+ Ke8 {[%cal Rd3a3]} 33. Kb2 Rc8 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.20/Black=0.60} 0-1

[Event "Kazakhstan Cup Open 2020"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2020.12.18"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Black "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,108,0,0,-26,-18,-16,10,0,0,-18,-27,-9,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-28,-83,0,-56,-38,-65,0,0,1,-90,-91,-224,-27,-36,-19,-6,-10,-8,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-6,-6,-5,0,-9,-11,-7,-6,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,-16,-1,-10,-9,-18,16,0,0,0,0,0,36,0,53,0,0,-4,16,10,7,-16,0,-20,-18,-46,-48,-87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 7.cxd4. C02: French: Advance Variation.} Bd7 8. Re1 Nh6 {[#]} 9. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 Be7 10. Nbd2 dxc3 11. bxc3 Nf5 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Nb3 h6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. g4 {1-0 (25) Mamedov,R (2654)-Bluebaum,M (2672) chess24.com 2020}) 9... Be7 10. Nbd2 dxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Nb3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Ng5 (15. Nbd4 $11 {remains equal.}) 15... Nf5 (15... e5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5e4]} 16. Bxh7+ Kh8) 16. c4 ({Don't blunder} 16. Qh5 $2 h6 $19) (16. Bxf5 $11 Rxf5 17. Nxe6) 16... Rh6 $15 17. h3 {Hoping for Bxf5.} Bxg5 ({Black should play} 17... Rf8 $1 $15 18. Nf3 Rg6) 18. Bxg5 $11 Rg6 19. Bd2 (19. Qd2 $11 dxc4 20. Bxf5) 19... Rf8 $1 $17 20. cxd5 (20. f4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 20... exd5 $2 (20... Rxg2+ $1 $19 21. Kxg2 Nh4+ 22. Kf1 (22. Kh1 $2 Nf3 $19) 22... Qh2 23. Bxh7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} (23. Be4 $2 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Ne5 $19) 23... Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Qxh4 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Ke2 Qf3+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qf3+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+) 21. Qh5 Bc8 22. Rbc1 Qf7 {And now ...Rxg2+! would win.} (22... b6 {seems wilder.} 23. a4 Qd6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Bb4 Rh6) 23. Kh1 $1 Rf6 24. Qxf7+ R6xf7 25. Nc5 Nd6 26. f3 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Kg1 Nd6 29. Nb3 Ne5 30. Bf1 Nec4 31. Bc3 Bd7 32. Bd4 b6 33. Bf2 Bc6 34. Rd1 Rd7 35. Nd4 Ba4 36. Re1 Kf7 37. Bd3 g6 38. Ne6 Nf5 39. g4 Ne7 40. Ng5+ Kg8 41. Bd4 {Bf6 is the strong threat.} h6 42. Ne6 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} (42. Bf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e7]}) 42... Kf7 (42... Rd6 $11) 43. Nf4 ({White should try} 43. g5 $14 hxg5 44. Nxg5+ Kf8 45. Re6) 43... g5 $11 44. Nh5 $1 Bb5 45. f4 {Threatens to win with Rf1.} Nd6 46. Bb1 (46. Bxb5 {is interesting.} Nxb5 47. Bg7 gxf4 48. Bxh6 Ng6 49. Bxf4 Nxf4 50. Nxf4 Nc3 51. a3) 46... Ne4 47. fxg5 hxg5 48. Bxe4 dxe4 49. Bf6 {[#]} Rd5 (49... Ng6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg6h4] Strongly threatening ...Nh4.} 50. Rxe4 Rd1+ 51. Kf2 Rf1+ 52. Kg3 Rxf6 53. Nxf6 Kxf6) 50. Rxe4 {The position is equal.} Rd1+ 51. Kh2 Rd2+ 52. Kg3 Rd3+ 53. Kh2 Rd2+ 54. Kg3 Rd3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.19} 1/2-1/2

