[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,35,26,31,16,11,0,29,0,0,0,18,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Rae1 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h4 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} a6 14. a4 Nh5 15. Bh2 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 16. Bf4 Nh5 {[#]} 17. Bh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qc7 19. Qxd5 Nf4 20. Qe4 O-O-O 21. g3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Rh5 23. Qg4 Rdh8 24. Ne4 Ne7 {0-1 (40) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 17... Nf6 18. Bf4 {A rather calm draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,23,29,13,24,17,9,7,7,2,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O (4... c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. a3 Be7 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. Nb5 Nc6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Nd5 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Rfc8 {½-½ (36) Carlsen,M (2870)-So,W (2760) Kolkata 2019}) 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3.} 7. Nxd4 h6 {The position is equal.} 8. Bh4 d5 {8...d5 is better than 8...Nc6.} 9. cxd5 g5 {[#] Hoping for ...e5.} 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Qc2 {[%mdl 32768] [#] Not much happened in this game. Loss on time!?} {Predecessor:} Nd5 $146 13. h4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Be7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. f4 Nc6 18. fxg5 Bxg5 {½-½ (42) Carlsen,M (2882)-Ding,L (2805) Saint Louis 2019} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,62,19,41,25,57,26,47,35,51,0,0,-7,0,0,37,43,27,-16,24,0,52,0,26,-35,-42,-55,-58,-96,-52,-42,-29,-155,-155,-198,-192,-194,-85,-841,-829,-818,-718,-695,-709,-697,-687,-845,-835,-1217,-714]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 {D25: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3: sidelines and 4...Bg4.} O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Qe2 {White is slightly better.} c6 12. a4 {[#]} (12. Bd3 $14) 12... Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rfe8 15. Bg3 Qd8 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Ne5 Bh7 18. f4 Rf8 {1-0 (27) Sasata,R-Katz,S California 1993}) 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nh4 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6c8,Bc8e7,Be7g6][%mdl 32]} 15. Bb3 Qxd4 16. a5 {Hoping for Rd1.} Nc8 17. Ra4 Qd6 (17... Qc5 $11) 18. f4 {[%mdl 1024] White wants to play Kg2. White has compensation.} b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 19. Ra1 (19. axb6 $1 $11 Nxb6 20. Ra1) 19... Ne7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 20. Kg2 {And now f5 would win.} Qd7 $1 21. Rd1 Qc8 22. Be3 Nd6 23. Nxg6 (23. Na2 $11 {remains equal.} Bxe4+ 24. Kg1) 23... Nxg6 $17 24. Na2 {[#]} Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rac1 (25. Bxc5 Nxf4+) 25... Nxe4 (25... Bxe3 $19 26. Qxe3 Nb7) 26. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (26. Qd3 $17 Bxe3 27. Qxe3) 26... e5 $19 {( -> ...Nh4+). Black is clearly winning.} 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxh3+ 29. Kf2 Qxb3 30. Nc3 Nxf4 31. Qxe5 {[#]} Qxd1 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,87,22,31,33,10,20,12,11,8,7,0,14,0,0,0,0,-11,18,18,16,0,0,0,0,-7,20,16,17,24,19,30,12,0,0,1,2,2,2,1,6,6,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} 7. d3 (7. d4 {is more complex.} exd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O) 7... Nfxd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 c6 12. Bb2 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 f5 15. a3 a5 16. Rfd1 Bd6 17. Qh5 Rf7 18. e4 Nf6 {½-½ (42) Zwicker,T (2187)-Gericke,R (2130) GER email 2007}) 13. Nd2 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Qb2 Nb4 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxd3 20. Rfd1 Bf5 21. Nxd3 {The position is equal.} Bxd3 22. Rd2 Bf5 23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 25. e4 Be6 26. f4 {[#] Black must now prevent f5.} g6 27. Bf1 b5 28. Rc2 a4 29. Rxc6 axb3 30. axb3 Ra1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bh3.} 31. Kf2 Ra2+ 32. Ke3 Rxh2 33. Bxb5 Bxb3 34. Bc4 (34. Rb6 {keeps more tension.} Be6 35. Bd3 Rg2 36. Kf3 Rd2 37. Bb1) 34... Bxc4 35. Rxc4 {KR-KR} h5 36. Kf3 Ra2 37. e5 Ra3+ 38. Kg2 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Ra3+ 40. Kg2 Ra2+ 41. Kh3 Re2 42. Rc7 Kg7 43. Rb7 Re1 44. Rc7 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,82,32,15,35,31,36,16,14,17,20,11,20,19,15,12,6,10,52,41,52,58,45,21,25,0,11,12,12,16,65,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,26,23,20,22,22,22,20,40,5,8,0,13,4,12,13,26,30,30,30,30,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nbd2 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4] is the legacy move (7...Nbd7). D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O {[#]} 13. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Nc5 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Qb1 {1-0 (53) Thorn,E (2284)-Westerberg,J (2475) Stockholm 2017}) 13... a5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. bxc5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Nd2 Na5 19. Ra4 Nd5 20. Rda1 Nc3 21. Bxc3 ({White should play} 21. Rxb4 $14 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1) 21... bxc3 $11 22. Rxa5 cxd2 23. f3 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd5 25. Bd1 f5 26. Kf2 Rd8 27. Ra4 Rb8 28. Ke2 Rb5 29. e4 fxe4 30. fxe4 Bc6 31. Rc4 {And now Ba4 would win.} Rb2 32. Rc2 (32. Ba4 {with more complications.} Bxa4 33. Rxa4 Kf7 34. Kd1 Rb5 35. c6) 32... Rb4 33. Kxd2 Bxe4 34. Rc3 {Threatening c6.} Bxg2 35. c6 {Strongly threatening c7.} Bxc6 36. Rxc6 {KRB-KR} Rh4 37. Rxe6 {Black must now prevent Bb3.} Rxh2+ 38. Re2 Rxe2+ {The position is equal.} 39. Bxe2 g6 40. Ke3 Kg7 41. Kf4 Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,73,25,30,13,36,44,57,53,64,64,64,69,78,77,86,88,82,65,67,41,130,123,125,86,140,129,150,136,185,200,260,253,250,256,445,436,595,597,592,577,602,595,600,601,710,696,749,633,708,636,923,889,872,880,2102,1009,1400,1345,29988,29989,29992,29992,29996,29997]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Be7 8. dxc5 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b3 Ke7 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. Rac1 N7f6 {1-0 (55) Daghan,D (2058)-Ergin,S (1794) Kesan 2018}) 9. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} a5 10. b5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 a4 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nd3 Be7 $1 15. e4 a3 {[#]} (15... Nc5 $14) 16. Be3 $1 $16 e5 17. f3 h6 (17... b6 $142) 18. Rab1 Rd8 19. Nb4 Kf8 20. Kf2 Ra5 21. Nbd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Ra4 $2 (22... Nf6 {was called for.} 23. Bb6 Ra8 24. Bxd8 Bxd8) 23. Rbc1 $18 Ra8 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Rc7 Ke8 26. Bc4 Ra4 27. Bb3 Ra8 28. b6 Ra6 29. h4 Ra5 30. g4 Kf8 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 g6 {[#]} 33. Rdc1 (33. Bc5+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc5 34. Rxc5 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 33... Ra8 34. Bc5+ Kg7 35. Be7 {White mates.} Re8 {[#]} 36. Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank} Bxd7 37. Bf6+ {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,77,16,10,17,14,10,24,17,29,19,28,27,31,39,33,30,31,16,10,0,20,-13,10,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,2,8,31,0,45,44,83,69,152,145,480,478,485,436,445,445,570,433,970,988,995,977,913,890,862,849]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bg5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Qa5 13. Re1 $5 {[%mdl 4] Black should prevent Be7. Exploring less charted territory.} Nd7 14. Nh4 {White has an edge.} Nb6 15. Bb3 Rae8 16. Nxf5 {[#]} Rxe1+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qxf5 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Bc2 Qg4 19. Be3 Qh5 20. g3 {½-½ (20) Zugrav,W-Mader,A Poland 1991}) 17. Qxe1 Qxf5 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Re1 h6 21. f3 (21. a4 {looks sharper.} h5 22. Bc4 Re8 23. Qd1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Kf8 25. h4) 21... Re8 22. Qd1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Nd5 24. g3 b5 25. Qe2 {With the idea Qe8+.} Qd7 26. a4 {Strongly threatening axb5.} a6 27. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Nc7 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. Bf2 Qe7 {...Nf4+! is the strong threat.} 30. Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for c5. White has some pressure.} bxa4 {[#]} ({Black should try} 30... Qd7 $14) 31. Bc2 $1 $16 {White wants to mate with Qh7+.} Qg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs Black the game.} (31... Qd7 $16 {is more resistant.}) 32. c5 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Bc7 33. Bxa4 h5 34. h4 Qd2 35. Bb3 Nd8 (35... Qh6 $142 36. Be3 Qf6) 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Bxf7 Nxf7 38. Qxf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ba5 39. Qf5+ {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,93,9,16,0,11,15,0,0,16,23,25,-21,32,23,52,48,45,41,71,88,88,69,71,39,60,51,81,42,89,12,36,46,39,14,28,9,23,14,27,31,20,31,151,155,143,133,182,189,201,198,309,289,300,307,475,476,543,530,518,500,579,568,521,551,477,477,621,545,579,579,1675,1628,1745,1660,5643,4617,29980,29981,29981,29982,29976,29977]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 {9...Nf6 gains popularity.} 10. h4 {The position is equal.} Re8 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. h5 {[#]} Bg4 $146 (12... h6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd5 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Rdg1 h6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 f5 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qh6+ {½-½ (20) Moll,A (2180)-Hopman,P (2304) Amsterdam 2006}) 13. Rde1 $14 Qd7 14. h6 g6 15. Nd4 a6 16. f3 Be6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Kb1 b5 19. g4 e5 20. c4 Qe6 21. Qe2 ({Better is} 21. g5 $16) 21... Rab8 22. g5 Nd7 23. Ka1 bxc4 24. Bxc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} d5 25. Bb3 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Qxa6 Bf2 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} (27... Rf8 $14) 28. Re2 $16 Bg3 {[#]} 29. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5] cxd5 is the strong threat.} ({Don't play} 29. Qa7 $6 Qe7 $11) 29... d4 {[#]} 30. c5 $1 {Intending Qa7 and mate.} Rxb3 31. axb3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Qxb3 (31... Rd8 $142 32. b4 Qe8) 32. Qxc6 $18 {[%cal Rc6e8]} Rb8 33. Kb1 Qf7 (33... Bf4 $142 34. Qc7 Qb7) 34. Qf6 Qxf6 35. gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Kf7 36. c6 Kxf6 37. c7 Rc8 38. Rc1 Ke7 39. Rc4 Kd7 40. Rec2 g5 41. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} g4 42. fxg4 Be1 43. Re2 Bg3 44. b5 Rxc7 45. Rxc7+ {White mates.} Kxc7 46. g5 d3 47. Re4 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,86,20,25,13,20,13,13,12,18,13,26,26,20,15,28,17,27,8,6,2,4,0,1,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-4,-10,-16,-26,-19,-10,-37,-16,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-20,-14,-14,-21,-14,-13,-18,-22,-22,-24,-31]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bg5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Qa5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nh4 {[#] The position is equal.} Rae8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nb6 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. c4 Qa4 20. Qxa4 Nxa4 {½-½ (34) Naiditsch,A (2695)-Ni,H (2674) China 2019}) 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Qf3 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. g3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 c5 22. Be4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Re7 24. Rae1 {And now Bxh7+! would win.} g6 25. Bd5 Rd7 26. Bb3 Bb4 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. d5 Bc5 29. Rc3 b6 30. Ba4 Rd6 31. Kg2 Rc8 32. Bc6 Rc7 33. Rc2 Re7 34. Rdd2 Rd8 35. Re2 Kf8 36. a4 Rc8 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. a5 Kd6 39. axb6 Bxb6 40. f4 Rc7 41. Kf3 Re7 42. Re2 Rxe2 43. Kxe2 a5 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,110,24,20,20,19,4,10,28,27,9,0,0,0,0,18,6,0,12,18,15,21,13,15,16,93,78,85,93,113,105,100,0,0,0,11,0,12,26,24,25,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 9. O-O-O c6 {9...Nf6 is the modern continuation.} 10. h4 d5 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Rde1 {[#]} Nxd3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... hxg5 14. hxg5 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 f5 16. Qe2 Bxg5 17. Qh5 Bxe3+ 18. Rxe3 f4 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 {½-½ (22) Andreikin,D (2721)-Wang,H (2726) China 2019}) 14. Qxd3 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd3h7] [#]} f5 ({But not} 14... hxg5 15. hxg5 f5 16. gxf6 $17) 15. f4 Bd6 16. Nf3 Re8 17. g3 Re4 18. Nd2 Be6 (18... Re8 $11) 19. Nxe4 $16 fxe4 20. Qd2 Qa5 21. Kb1 h5 22. f5 (22. Bd4 $16 {And now f5! would win.} Rf8 23. Rhf1) 22... Bxf5 $11 23. Bf4 Bf8 24. Rhf1 Bg4 25. Be5 Bf3 26. Qf4 Qd8 27. Bd4 c5 28. Be5 Qd7 29. Rxf3 exf3 30. Qxf3 Re8 {With the idea ...Bd6.} 31. Rf1 Qe6 32. Bf4 g6 33. a3 Qe4 34. Qd1 Bg7 35. Bc1 b6 36. g4 Qxg4 37. Qxd5+ Qe6 38. Qg2 Qe4 39. Qg3 Be5 40. Qg5 (40. Qf2 $5 {[%cal Rf2f7]} Qd5 41. Qe2 $14) 40... Qg4 {The position is equal.} 41. Qd2 Bg7 42. Qd3 Qe4 43. Qd7 Re7 44. Qd6 Kh7 45. Bg5 Qc4 46. Rg1 Rf7 47. Qd1 Qb5 48. Qd5 Rf1+ 49. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 50. Ka2 Qf5 51. Qb7 Qe6+ 52. Kb1 Qe1+ 53. Ka2 Qe6+ 54. Kb1 Qe1+ 55. Ka2 Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,120,12,-9,10,-4,14,-8,0,-8,0,0,8,0,45,0,7,14,68,53,62,45,73,66,64,60,53,41,66,32,39,42,33,38,41,40,37,32,54,50,53,46,77,64,60,57,56,39,74,62,79,87,100,83,91,66,68,46,50,58,51,46,61,27,66,-35,-29,-111,-8,-50,-44,-52,-52,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29982,-29983]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 (9... f5 10. Rc1 Kh8 11. a3 Bf6 12. Bc5 Re8 13. b4 Be6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. e4 a6 16. Bh3 g6 17. Be3 Qg7 18. Ng5 Bg8 19. Nf3 {1-0 (53) Aronian,L (2825)-Nakamura,H (2775) Moscow 2012}) 10. Qd2 Nd5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 11. Rfc1 f6 {[#]} 12. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bc5 a5 14. Qe3 b6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. d4 e4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Qc3 {½-½ (30) Anastasian,A (2602)-Georgiev,K (2645) Kusadasi 2006}) 12... Re8 {The position is equal.} 13. Bc5 Bd6 14. a3 Nb6 15. Qd1 Bd5 16. Be3 Bf8 17. b4 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Bxd4 $14 exd4 19. Nc5 {[%cal Ba4c5,Bc5b3,Bb3d2][%mdl 32]} Rb8 20. Nb3 Bxf3 21. exf3 c6 22. f4 Na4 {Threatening ...Nc3.} 23. Nd2 Nc3 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. dxe4 c5 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. Bf1 g6 30. Bb5 Qe6 31. Bc4 Qd6 32. Kg2 Re7 33. Qf3 Rbe8 34. h4 a6 35. a4 Bb4 36. Re2 Qc6 37. Bd5 Qc3 38. Rd1 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Bc3 40. Rb1 Rd8 41. Bc4 (41. Rc2 $14) 41... d3 $15 42. Re3 {[#]} (42. Rd1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42... d2 (42... Rd4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd4c4]} 43. Bxd3 Bd2) 43. Bd5 Ba5 44. Ke2 Rc7 {...Rc1 is the strong threat.} 45. Rd1 $1 b5 46. axb5 axb5 47. g4 Bc3 48. Bb3 b4 49. g5 fxg5 50. hxg5 Rf8 51. Rf3 Re7 52. e5 Kg7 53. e6 h6 54. gxh6+ Kxh6 55. Rg1 {Threatens to win with Rfg3.} Rf6 $1 56. Rfg3 {And now f5! would win.} Rexe6+ 57. Bxe6 Rxe6+ 58. Re3 Rf6 59. Re4 Kg7 60. Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60. Rb1 $11) 60... Re6+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,56,19,19,16,25,13,18,12,16,-12,-12,-10,-11,-9,0,8,6,-21,-12,-22,-5,-13,0,-25,0,-8,68,92,84,79,106,100,68,-53,-59,-53,-53,-191,-186,-973,-977,-1137,-1136,-1125,-775,-1108,-1101,-2129,-2036]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 {The position is equal.} Bg4 {[#]} 9. Nbd2 $146 (9. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bh5 10. Nbd2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Bf6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qe2 {½-½ (49) Firouzja,A (2723)-Wang,H (2756) Moscow 2019}) 9... g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nc4 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Qe7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. b4 Kb8 15. a3 h5 16. Ne3 Bc8 17. c4 {Black should prevent c5.} f5 (17... Qe6 $11) 18. Nxf5 $14 Bxf5 19. exf5 {And now c5 would win.} e4 20. Re1 e3 21. Qc1 (21. d4 $14 g4 22. c5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 gxf3 24. Qxf3) 21... g4 $1 $15 22. Nh4 {aiming for Ng6.} Rhe8 23. c5 {Now White is beyond hope.} ({Better is} 23. Rb1 $15) 23... Be5 $1 $19 {[%csl LRa1,LRd3][%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 24. Qxe3 $2 (24. Ng6 Qf6 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qc2) 24... Qd7 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Not} 24... Bd4 25. Qxd4 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 $15) 25. Qc1 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Bxa1 28. Qxa1 Qxd3 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,82,11,12,17,17,15,12,24,5,5,4,4,5,7,9,0,-169,18,24,41,39,50,42,63,55,100,100,99,93,103,72,97,55,55,55,55,50,51,51,50,50,70,45,45,45,57,45,50,50,70,70,70,70,70,45,72,72,72,70,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,45,72,71,71]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 h6 {[#] The position is equal.} 11. Qb1 $146 (11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc8 14. Rfc1 Qb7 15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 Rfc8 17. Nd2 {0-1 (39) Aronian,L (2792)-Nakamura,H (2787) Zuerich 2016}) ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qb2 Qb7 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 {0-1 (138) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess.com INT 2020}) 11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qd5 {next ...axb4 is good for Black.} 15. Qb2 $2 {[#]} ({Much weaker is} 15. cxb6 axb4 16. Be2 Bb7 $15) (15. Qc1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 15... b5 $2 (15... axb4 $19 16. axb4 Rxa1+ 17. Qxa1 Qb3) 16. Be2 $11 a4 17. O-O Bd7 18. f3 f5 19. Qd2 Be8 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Bd1 Bg6 23. Bc2 Be7 24. Bb1 Rf8 25. Ba2 Qd7 26. Qe1 Kh7 27. Qg3 Bd8 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qf7+ 30. Ke1 Qf5 31. Qf4 {[#] aiming for Qxf5.} Qf7 32. Bb1 {And now Qxf7 would win.} Kg8 $1 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 34. Kf2 Bf5 35. g4 Bh7 36. Kg3 g5 37. Bc2 Bg6 38. Bd1 Kg8 39. Be2 Be8 40. Bf1 Kf8 41. Bg2 Bg6 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,66,25,0,10,8,13,9,26,14,17,18,18,20,16,8,6,6,9,6,7,6,12,2,16,9,4,-24,-25,-31,-27,-45,-22,-38,-30,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-8,-14,-18,-55,-52,-47,-18,-8,0,-35,0,-15,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 h6 11. Qc1 (11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc8 14. Rfc1 Qb7 15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Bd8 18. Nb3 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Ra1 Qb7 21. b5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 bxc5 {0-1 (39) Aronian,L (2792)-Nakamura,H (2787) Zuerich 2016}) 11... Bb7 12. Be2 Qc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Qb7 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 {[#]} Bxe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rfc8 17. Nd2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Qa6 19. Qc2 Bd8 20. Ree1 Bc7 21. Bxc7 Rxc7 22. Rb2 bxc5 23. bxc5 Rca7 24. Ra2 Qc8 25. Rea1 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 e5 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Qa4 {½-½ (28) Berkes,F (2679)-Adams,M (2720) Germany 2013}) 17. Rxe2 Ra7 18. Rc2 b5 19. Nd2 Rfa8 20. g4 Bd8 21. Bg3 Bc7 22. f4 Ra3 23. Kg2 R8a7 24. Nb3 $1 Qa8 25. Na5 {[#]} Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Rxc3 Bxa5 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Be1 Ne4 29. Rcb3 Ra2+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 30. R1b2 {next Rxa2 is good for White.} Ra1 31. Rb1 Ra2+ 32. R1b2 {Black should prevent Rxa2.} Ra1 33. Rb1 Ra2+ {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "235"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,235,10,6,7,7,5,10,16,11,11,10,16,10,27,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,22,16,32,28,50,34,95,95,102,31,39,42,59,69,69,52,54,48,53,48,56,56,56,54,122,115,102,91,93,96,97,75,75,78,79,54,37,42,45,0,0,0,0,-8,17,11,17,8,8,8,8,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,0,0,0,26,8,12,9,60,22,64,0,8,8,8,8,8,12,18,0,67,67,67,66,62,60,68,61,193,8,12,0,188,0,61,60,252,201,200,193,201,60,193,193,266,176,179,183,173,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,7,8,8,66,8,66,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,7,7,7,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 h6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bd3 Ba6 {Threatens to win with ...Bxd3.} 12. O-O Qc8 (12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc8 14. Rfc1 Qb7 15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Bd8 18. Nb3 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 {0-1 (39) Aronian,L (2792)-Nakamura,H (2787) Zuerich 2016}) 13. Na4 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Leaves trodden paths.} Qb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 b5 15. Nc3 Qb7 16. Nd2 Bd8 17. Nb3 a4 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 {½-½ (45) Firouzja,A (2728)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne4 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. Nc3 f5 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Ne5 Ng5 (20... Rxa1 $14 21. Rxa1 Ra8) 21. Nxd7 $16 Qxd7 22. Nc1 (22. Be5 $16) 22... Nf7 23. Qc3 Rfe8 24. Nd3 Qb7 25. Rb3 Ra4 26. Rxa4 bxa4 27. Ra3 Qb5 28. Qc2 Ra8 29. Bc7 Bd8 (29... Ra7 $14) 30. Ba5 $1 Bf6 31. f4 ({Much weaker is} 31. Qxa4 Qxa4 32. Rxa4 e5 $14) ({Of course not} 31. Rxa4 e5 $14) 31... g5 32. g3 ({Much worse is} 32. Qxa4 Qxa4 33. Rxa4 gxf4 $11) 32... h5 33. Qxa4 Qxa4 34. Rxa4 h4 35. gxh4 (35. Kg2 {is more complex.} hxg3 36. Kxg3 gxf4+ 37. Kxf4 Kf8 38. Ra2) 35... gxf4 36. Nxf4 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 37. Ng6 exd4 38. exd4 Bxd4+ 39. Kf1 Bf6 40. Ra2 Kh7 41. h5 Ng5 42. Nf4 Ne4 43. Nd3 Bd4 44. Rg2 f4 45. Nxf4 {next Ne6 is good for White.} Rf8 46. Bc7 Rf7 47. Ke2 {Black must now prevent Ne6.} Bc3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 48. Ne6 {And now b5! would win.} Bxb4 49. Bd6 Bc3 50. Ng5+ (50. Bf4 {keeps more tension.} Rf5 51. Rg6 Rxh5 52. Nf8+ Kh8 53. Rxc6 Rxh3 54. Rc8) 50... Nxg5 51. Rxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb4 (51... Rf6 $11) 52. Rg4 Rb7 53. Kd3 (53. Rg6 $14) 53... Rb5 54. Kd4 Ba3 55. Rg6 Rb3 {[%cal Ra3b2]} 56. Ke5 Rxh3 57. Ke6 Rxh5 (57... d4 $11) 58. Rg3 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg3a3]} Bb4 59. Kd7 d4 60. Kxc6 Rf5 61. Rd3 Bc3 (61... Kg6 $14) 62. Kd7 $2 ({White has to play} 62. Kb5 $18) 62... Bb4 $1 $11 63. Kc6 $2 (63. Rh3+ $11 Kg6 64. Kc6) 63... Bc3 $1 $18 64. Rg3 (64. Kb5 $18) 64... Bb4 $14 65. Kb5 Be1 $2 (65... Bxc5 $1 $14 66. Bxc5 Kh6) 66. Rh3+ Kg6 67. Kc4 $1 Ba5 68. Kxd4 (68. Ra3 $18 Be1 69. Ra1) 68... Kf7 (68... Bb4 $14) 69. Rh7+ $18 Kf6 (69... Ke6 $142 70. Rh6+ Kd7) 70. Ke4 Rf1 71. Kd5 $1 Rd1+ 72. Kc6 $2 (72. Kc4 $18) 72... Bb4 $11 73. Rh4 Ba3 74. Rh3 Bb4 75. Rb3 Rd4 76. Kb5 Bxc5 $1 77. Kxc5 {KRB-KR} Rd1 78. Re3 Rc1+ 79. Kd5 Rd1+ 80. Kc6 Kf5 81. Rf3+ Ke4 82. Rf4+ Ke3 83. Rh4 Kf3 84. Kc5 Ke3 85. Be5 Rd8 86. Bd6 Ra8 87. Kd5 Ra5+ 88. Bc5+ Kf3 (88... Kd2 $11) 89. Rc4 (89. Rh2 $1 $14) 89... Rb5 ({Better is} 89... Ra8 $11) 90. Ke5 (90. Rc2 $1 $14) 90... Rb8 91. Rc2 Re8+ 92. Kf5 Rc8 93. Rc3+ Ke2 94. Ke4 Re8+ 95. Kf4 Rd8 96. Rh3 Re8 97. Bd4 Kd2 98. Be5 Kc2 99. Ke4 Rd8 100. Rc3+ Kd2 101. Rb3 Rc8 102. Rh3 Kc2 103. Rh2+ Kb3 104. Rb2+ Ka3 105. Rb7 Re8 106. Kd5 Rc8 107. Bc7 Rh8 108. Bd6+ Ka2 109. Kc4 Rc8+ 110. Bc7 Rf8 111. Be5 Rc8+ 112. Kd3 Rc1 113. Rb2+ Ka1 114. Rf2+ Kb1 115. Bd4 {White threatens Rb2+ and mate.} Rd1+ 116. Kc3 {Intending Rb2+ and mate.} Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (116... Rc1+ $11 117. Kd3 Rc8) 117. Kb3 $1 Kc1 {[#]} 118. Bc3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 79%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,143,9,14,14,22,11,12,0,9,7,9,6,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,6,8,6,16,20,26,8,39,0,0,13,8,0,100,89,75,88,87,6,7,8,8,8,8,8,9,9,31,42,38,32,45,37,291,288,485,405,409,404,1095,1091,1048,1048,950,993,1122,1053,4019,3288,29972,29973,5497,2648,29980,29981,29981,29982,29980,29981,29981,4196,29982,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29983,29990,29989,29989,29987,29991,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29986,29986,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d1,Bd1e3][%mdl 32]} dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} Bxc5 10. Ne3 {[#]} c3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 12. Nd3 Rb8 13. Nc4 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Bxb8 Bxg2 16. Bd6 Bxh1 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. f3 {[#]} Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... g5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Kf2 Nfe4+ 21. fxe4 Bxe4 22. Ke3 Ke7 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. Nd3 Na4 {½-½ (98) Vidit,S (2707)-Dominguez Perez,L (2750) Hengshui 2019}) 19. Nf4 Bh1 20. Kf1 b5 21. Nb2 $1 e5 22. Nfd3 Ba3 $1 23. Nd1 $1 e4 24. N3f2 {[#]} Bxf3 $1 25. exf3 exf3 26. Rb1 a6 27. Rb3 Bc5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Rxf3 Ne5 30. Rf5 Nfd7 31. Ne4 Bd4 32. Ke2 g6 33. Rf1 Ke7 34. Ne3 f5 35. Nd5+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ke6 36. Nf4+ Ke7 $1 37. Rd1 {And now Nd5+ would win.} Bb2 (37... Nc6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 38. Nd5+ Ke6 39. Nc7+ Ke7 40. Nd5+ Ke6 41. Nf4+ Ke7 42. Nd5+) 38. Nd5+ $16 Ke6 39. Ng5+ Kd6 40. Nf6+ (40. Nxh7 $16 Kc5 41. Ne3) 40... Kc6 $11 41. Nxd7 Nxd7 42. Nxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Nb6 43. Nf8 Nd5 44. Rf1 c3 45. Nxg6 {Black must now prevent Ne5+.} c2 46. Kd2 Nb4 $1 47. a4 {h4 is the strong threat.} Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (47... Kb6 $1 $14) 48. h4 $18 c1=Q+ $2 (48... Kd5 49. Nf4+ (49. Rxf5+ Ke6 $18) 49... Kc4) 49. Rxc1 Bxc1+ 50. Kxc1 {KN-KN} Nd3+ (50... Nd5 $142 51. Kd2 Nf6) 51. Kc2 Nf2 52. h5 Ng4 53. Kd3 Kc5 54. Nh4 Kb4 55. Nxf5 Kxa4 56. h6 Nf6 57. Kc4 (57. Ne3 $142 Kb4 {[#]} 58. Nd5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion} Nxd5 59. h7) 57... Ka5 58. Ne3 Nh7 59. Nd5 Ka4 60. g4 a5 61. Nc3+ Ka3 62. Ne4 {White mates.} a4 63. Kc3 Ka2 64. g5 Nf8 65. Kc2 a3 66. Nc3+ Ka1 67. Kb3 a2 68. Nxa2 Kb1 69. Nb4 Kc1 70. Kc3 Kd1 71. Kd3 Ne6 72. h7 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 72%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,59,0,14,0,0,-14,-24,-84,-46,-49,-34,-18,84,80,84,69,75,74,66,95,79,45,77,51,43,56,46,40,36,31,45,56,139,98,99,100,100,111,119,94,140,147,141,70,86,73,210,210]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. g4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory. D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations.} c5 9. g5 hxg5 10. Nxg5 {[#]} (10. Bxg5 $11 {remains equal.} dxc4 11. Bxc4) 10... cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qb6 11. b3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb4 13. Qd3 e5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nce4 16. O-O-O Nxc3 17. exf6 {0-1 (27) Cornu,C-Bouchez,D (2135) ICCF email 2009}) 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Rg1 Nd5 (12... b5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. Qc2 $1 $36 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7][%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Bxg5 14. Bxg5 f6 {[#]} 15. Bh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf7 16. Bxc4 N7b6 17. Be2 f5 18. O-O-O Qh4 19. Bg5 Qxf2 20. Qd2 Bd7 (20... Qxh2 21. Rh1) 21. Rdf1 Qxh2 22. Rh1 Qd6 (22... Qc7 $1 $14) 23. Rh3 Nxc3 {[#]} 24. Rfh1 $1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh3h8]} Nxe2+ (24... Nxa2+ 25. Kb1 $18) 25. Qxe2 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh3h8]} Qc6+ 26. Kb1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh3h8] [#]} Qxh1+ $1 27. Rxh1 Bc6 28. Rh4 ({White should try} 28. Rh3 $16 {Black must now prevent Qh2.} Be4+ 29. Ka1) 28... Be4+ $1 $14 29. Ka1 {[%mdl 1024] Threatens to win with Qh2. White has strong compensation.} Rc8 {[#]} (29... Rff8 $16) 30. Qh2 $1 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 61%.} ({Stronger than} 30. Qh5 Rfc7 $11) 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,55,54,51,59,59,82,92,118,113,121,106,115,95,84,85,145,41,80,65,118,110,134,106,109,93,90,53,111,111,104,104,159,107,142,118,102,104,119,83,102,68,78,68,65,40,77,32,22,51,66,63,93,61,121,69,97]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 Bd7 5. e4 e5 6. Nge2 {A53: Old Indian Defence without Nf3.} Be7 7. Be3 c5 8. d5 $1 {White is better.} Nh5 {[#]} 9. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. g3 Bg5 10. Bf2 g6 11. h4 Bh6 12. g4 Nf4 13. Nxf4 Bxf4 14. Bd3 Na6 15. Ne2 {1-0 (34) Glazstein,E-Shahtahtinsky,A Baku 1967}) 9... h6 10. O-O-O Bg5 11. g3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 a6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 12... Qg5 13. f4 Qe7) 13. f4 (13. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Nf6 14. Ng3) 13... Nf6 14. h3 Qe7 (14... O-O $14) 15. Ng1 $16 b5 {[#]} 16. fxe5 $1 (16. cxb5 $6 axb5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 $14) 16... dxe5 17. d6 ({Don't take} 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa2 $11) 17... Qe6 18. Qxc5 ({Much worse is} 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 (19. Qxc5 $2 O-O $17) 19... O-O $15) 18... O-O (18... Bc6 $14) 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Qe3 bxc4 (20... Rfc8 $142) 21. Nd5 (21. g4 $142) 21... Rac8 22. Nc7 Rxc7 23. dxc7 Rc8 24. Kb1 Rxc7 25. Rh2 c3 26. bxc3 Na5 27. Rb2 Bb5 28. Nd2 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Qd3 {Strongly threatening Rxf6!} Ra4 ({Better is} 31... Qc8 $14) 32. Qc2 (32. g4 $16) 32... Qc4 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 64%.} *

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,128,22,23,16,16,11,12,12,27,14,13,2,12,2,10,0,6,0,17,15,35,15,14,14,16,21,25,37,28,39,38,36,31,22,31,32,98,78,135,126,117,43,100,91,106,0,33,22,25,0,0,0,43,43,105,110,108,106,106,104,111,106,88,101,103,13,28,24,20,12,114,12,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,313,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1799,-1965,-1983,-1824,-6601,-5106,-4133,-4133]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 {The position is equal.} Bh5 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a3 {[#]} a6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10... f6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Ne3 Nf8 13. c4 Qd7 14. c5 Be7 15. Nxe5 Bxd1 16. Nxd7 Be2 {1-0 (42) So,W (2767)-Nakamura,H (2745) chess.com INT 2020}) 11. b4 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 f6 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. Ng3 Bf7 16. Qd2 g6 17. Nh2 h5 18. f4 exf4 19. Qxf4 O-O-O 20. e5 f5 $1 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Rae1 Rde8 ({Better is} 22... Rhe8 $14) 23. h4 Bd5 (23... Bg8 $142) 24. Ng5 $16 c5 25. Re3 ({White should try} 25. e6 $16 Nf6 26. Re5) 25... b5 (25... Bc6 $14) 26. Ne2 Bb7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 27. Nc3 (27. bxc5 $16 Qxc5 28. d4 (28. e6 Nf6 $14)) 27... cxb4 (27... Nf6 $5) 28. axb4 Nf6 29. Rfe1 Ng4 30. R3e2 c5 31. e6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} cxb4 ({Black should play} 31... Rd8 $1 $14) 32. Nf7 Qc7 33. Qxc7+ Kxc7 34. Nxh8 Rxh8 35. Nd1 Re8 36. e7 Bd5 37. Ne3 (37. Nf2 $16) 37... Nxe3 $11 38. Rxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatens to win with Kf2. KRR-KRB} a5 39. Kf2 {White wants to play Kg3.} a4 (39... Kd6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 40. Kg3 (40. Rb1 $1 $16) 40... a3 41. Kf4 b3 42. cxb3 {Strongly threatening b4.} b4 $1 43. d4 {Ke5 is the strong threat.} Kd6 $1 44. Re5 a2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44... Bxb3 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 45. Rb5 Rxe7 46. Rxe7 Kxe7 47. Rxb4 a2 48. Rb7+ Kd6) 45. Ra1 $2 (45. R5e3 $1 $18) 45... Bxb3 {White must now prevent ...Bc4.} 46. Rb5 $1 Rxe7 {And now ...Re4+ would win.} 47. Rxb4 Re4+ 48. Kg5 Rg4+ 49. Kf6 Rg3 50. Rb5 Bc4 51. Rc5 Bd5 52. Ra5 Bb3 53. Rc1 Rxg2 54. Rcc5 Rg1 55. Ra6+ Kd7 56. Ra7+ Kd6 57. Ra6+ Kd7 58. Rca5 Bc4 59. Ra7+ Kd6 60. Ra8 $1 f4 61. Rd8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61. Rc5 $11 Kd7 62. Ra7+ Kd8 63. Ra8+ Kd7 64. Ra7+ Kd8 65. Ra8+ Kd7) 61... Kc7 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 62. Rda8 {[#]} f3 $1 63. Rxa2 Bxa2 64. Rxa2 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,133,-11,-8,-8,9,0,0,0,0,8,0,3,6,8,13,-10,13,0,2,0,13,13,24,13,15,6,29,26,15,19,37,-6,37,0,56,49,41,43,56,43,133,135,131,139,142,145,141,102,115,108,105,105,105,105,179,111,111,111,111,0,0,0,92,0,87,0,0,0,88,88,90,90,89,89,89,89,89,89,97,86,87,74,148,98,148,148,148,155,155,123,123,123,129,45,45,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2c1,Bc1d3,Bd3c5,Bc5a4][%mdl 32]} e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. c3 O-O {[#]} 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qd6 14. Nd3 Nd7 15. g3 Rfc8 16. Bg2 Rab8 17. f4 Na5 18. f5 exf5 {1-0 (36) Colovic,D (2324)-Mandukhai,M (1687) Belgrade 2019}) 12... Be7 13. Nc1 b5 14. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Na5 15. Nd3 Nc4 16. Qe2 a5 17. a4 Qb6 18. b3 Nd6 19. Nc5 Ra7 20. Rfb1 Rb8 21. g3 bxa4 (21... b4 $11) 22. Nxa4 Qd8 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. Nc5 Nf5 (24... Nfe4 $14 25. Qd3 (25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 $11) (25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 $11) 25... Bf6) 25. Nxe6 $16 Qb6 26. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Qxc5 28. b4 axb4 29. cxb4 Rxa1 30. bxc5 Rxb1+ 31. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Qe5.} Rb4 {[#]} (31... Nd4 $16 32. Qa2 Re1) 32. Qa6 (32. Be5 $1 $18) 32... Re8 33. Bg5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Ne4 {[#]} 34. Qc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rbb8 $1 $11 35. Bf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Rbd8 (35... Ne7 $11 36. Qa4 Rbc8) 36. Bc7 ({Better is} 36. Qb6 $16) 36... Rc8 (36... Nd4 $11 {remains equal.} 37. Qa4 Rc8) 37. Bg4 ({White should try} 37. Qxd5 $16 Ng5 38. Qd7 (38. Qxf5 Nxf3 39. Bd6 Nd4 $16) 38... Nxf3 39. Kxf3) 37... Nd4 38. Qxd5 Rxc7 (38... Ne6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 39. Qxe4 Rxc7) 39. Qxd4 $16 Nxc5 40. Qd6 Rcc8 41. Bxc8 Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} 42. f4 Ne6 43. f5 Nf8 44. h4 h6 45. g4 Nh7 (45... Rc4 $142) 46. Kg3 Nf6 {Hoping for ...Ne4+.} 47. Qd4 Rc3+ 48. Kf2 Rc8 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Nh7 {[#]} 51. Qe3 (51. g6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg6f7] gxf7+ is the strong threat.} fxg6 52. fxg6 Rf8+ 53. Kg2) 51... Nf8 $14 52. Kg3 (52. g6 $5 fxg6 53. Qb3+ Kh7 54. fxg6+ Kxg6 55. Qd3+ Kg5 56. Qb5+ Kf4 57. Qb4+ Ke5 58. Qb2+ Ke6 59. Qe2+ (59. Qxg7 Nd7 $16) 59... Kd6 60. Qd2+ Ke7 61. Qg5+ Ke8 62. Qe3+ Kf7 63. Qa7+ Ke8 64. Qe3+ (64. Qxg7 Ne6 $14) 64... Kf7 65. Qf3+ Ke7 66. Qa3+ Kd7 67. Qd3+ Ke7 68. Qa3+ Kd7 69. Qa7+ Rc7 70. Qd4+ Ke8 71. Qb6 Rf7+ 72. Ke3 $14) 52... g6 {The position is equal.} 53. f6 Ne6 54. Qe5 Rd8 55. Qb5 Rc8 56. Kg4 Rd8 57. Qb6 Rc8 58. Qb7 Rd8 59. Qh1 Rf8 60. Kg3 Rd8 61. Kg4 Rf8 62. Qb7 Rd8 63. Qe7 Rf8 64. Kg3 Rd8 65. Kg4 Rf8 66. Qd6 Rd8 67. Qe7 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,124,-7,10,-4,0,-46,-29,-22,-21,-20,-8,-15,-21,-56,-43,-25,0,-9,-11,-11,38,31,33,35,35,0,0,0,12,10,20,19,22,24,20,25,30,26,39,8,14,3,4,0,73,72,72,72,71,39,58,49,62,45,48,70,122,120,114,107,101,95,123,57,62,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,0,38,0,38,0,38]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 Re8 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} Nf8 {[#]} 12. Nce2 $146 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Be1 Qe7 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qf6 {½-½ (32) Pitirotjirathon,J (2216)-Portugalera,R (2220) Bangkok 2015}) 12... Bd6 13. f3 {Black has an edge.} g5 14. Nh3 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qd7 16. Ng3 Qxh3 17. Rf2 $1 Ng6 18. Nf5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Bc7 19. Qf1 Qxf1+ (19... Qh5 {seems wilder.} 20. Ng3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qh6 22. b4 a6) 20. Raxf1 Nh4 21. Nxh4 gxh4 22. e4 Bb6 23. e5 Nh5 24. Rg2+ Kh8 25. Rg4 Rg8 26. Kh1 Rxg4 $1 27. fxg4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Ng7 28. Rxf7 {Bg5 is the strong threat.} Bxd4 29. Rxb7 Bxe5 30. Kg2 Rb8 31. Rxa7 Rxb2 (31... Kg8 $11 32. Bb4 c5 33. Bxc5 Rxb2+ 34. Kf1 Rxh2) 32. Ra8+ $16 Rb8 33. Rxb8+ Bxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 34. Be3 Ne6 35. Bf5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nf4+ 36. Kf3 Ng6 37. a4 Ne5+ (37... Bxh2 $14 38. a5 h3) 38. Kg2 Nc4 {[#]} 39. Bd4+ $1 Kg8 40. Bd7 Na5 41. Bc3 (41. Bb6 $16 Nc4 42. Bf2) 41... Bc7 $14 42. Bxa5 (42. Kh3 $14) 42... Bxa5 $11 43. Bxc6 $14 {KB-KB} d4 $1 44. Be4 h6 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. Bd3 Ke6 47. Ke4 Bc3 48. h3 Kd6 49. Kf5 Bd2 50. Kg6 Kc7 51. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kb8 52. a6 Bg5 53. Kf5 Ka7 54. Ke6 Kb6 55. Kd7 Ka7 56. Kc6 Be3 57. Kc5 Bf2 58. Kd5 Be3 59. Ke4 Kb6 60. Kd5 Ka7 61. Ke4 Kb6 62. Kd5 Ka7 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,86,-6,-10,-6,0,0,5,-7,7,0,-6,-12,-7,-7,-16,-10,0,-18,0,0,27,28,7,20,24,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,4,38,40,33,21,39,18,6,20,41,12,17,0,0,0,21,22,22,18,23,0,7,0,4,2,3,2,17,17,25,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. b3 Nc6 {[#]} 11. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. cxd5 Bxe2 12. Ncxe2 exd5 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Rfc1 Ne7 16. Bb4 Rac8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 {½-½ (30) Gupta,A (2610)-Duda,J (2724) Caleta 2018}) 11... dxc4 12. bxc4 Na5 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bb7 19. d5 Qf7 20. Bb2 exd5 21. cxd5 c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 22. Bh5 g6 23. Bf3 cxd5 24. a4 Rc4 25. a5 Bc5 26. axb6 Bxb6 27. h3 Rec8 28. Be2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rc2 29. Bd3 R2c7 30. Be5 Re7 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. exd4 a6 33. Bxa6 Bxa6 34. Rxa6 Kg7 35. Ra5 Rc4 36. Rc5 Rc7 37. Qb6 Qd7 38. Re1 R4xc5 39. dxc5 d4 40. Rd1 {White wants to play Rxd4!} Qe7 $1 {The position is equal.} 41. Qd6 Qxd6 $1 42. cxd6 Rd7 43. Rxd4 Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,137,30,21,48,39,35,15,16,0,14,15,21,12,6,7,35,43,77,67,82,100,109,77,79,46,56,48,73,-104,-90,-185,-194,-209,-160,-166,-162,-180,-74,-85,-38,-37,-29,-71,-13,-13,-10,-27,-1,-58,15,0,8,-10,-8,-29,-14,-33,0,0,0,0,29,28,28,33,33,25,23,16,14,6,4,8,8,0,0,0,12,7,7,7,10,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-5,-60,-30,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-1871,-1864,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29975,-29981,-29975,-29974,-29975,-29979,-29974,-29973,-29974,-29984,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 {C58: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 sidelines.} 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O {The position is equal.} 11. Be2 f5 12. d3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e4 {[#]} 14. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. dxe4 fxe4 15. Nd4 Qh4 16. Be3 Be5 17. g3 Qf6 18. O-O Bh3 19. Bg4 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 {0-1 (32) Zelkind,E (2205)-Klovans,J (2408) Condino 2009}) 14... Qf6 15. O-O Qe5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re5h2]} 16. f4 Qe7 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Rb1 Rad8 19. Bd2 c5 {aiming for ...e3.} 20. Nb5 Bb8 21. dxe4 $2 (21. c4 $16 Nc6 22. Nc3) 21... fxe4 $17 {White must now prevent ...e3.} 22. Qe1 (22. c4 $17 Bxb5 23. Rxb5) 22... e3 $19 {...Bxb5 is the strong threat.} 23. Bc1 Bxf4 ({But not} 23... Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Bxf4 25. c4) 24. c4 Nc6 25. Bf3 {[#]} Kh8 (25... Nd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4c2] has better winning chances.} 26. Nc3 Qe5) 26. Nc3 $17 Qe5 {And now ...Nb4 would win.} 27. Nd5 {[%cal Rc1e3]} Bxh2 {Strongly threatening ...Rxf3!} 28. Qxe3 {[#]} Nd4 (28... Qd6 $1 $17) 29. Qxe5 $11 Bxe5 30. Be3 Bc6 31. Be4 (31. Rbd1 $11) 31... Ne2 (31... Rxf1+ $15 32. Rxf1 Ne2) 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Bf3 (33. Bd3 {keeps more tension.} Nd4 34. c3 Ne6 35. Rb3 Rd8 36. Be2) 33... Nd4 34. Bxd4 Bxd4 35. Re1 (35. Nc7 $5 {[%cal Rf3c6]} Bd7 36. Nb5 $15) 35... g6 36. Re6 Bxd5 (36... Ba4 {seems wilder.} 37. c3 Bf2 38. Re7 Bg3 39. Rxa7 Bc2) 37. cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kg7 38. d6 Rd8 39. Bc6 Kf7 40. Bd5 Kg7 41. c4 h5 $1 42. g3 g5 $1 43. Kg2 g4 $1 44. Bc6 Kf7 45. Bd5 Kg7 46. a4 a5 47. Be4 Kf7 48. Bd5 Kg7 49. Re7+ Kf6 50. Rf7+ Ke5 51. d7 Kd6 52. Rh7 Rxd7 53. Rh6+ Kc7 54. Rc6+ Kd8 55. Rh6 Re7 56. Rxh5 Re2+ 57. Kf1 ({White should play} 57. Kh1 $1 $11) 57... Rf2+ 58. Ke1 Rb2 59. Rg5 Ra2 60. Rg8+ Ke7 61. Bf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61. Bc6 $11) 61... Kxf7 $19 62. Rxg4 Rxa4 {KRB-KR. Black mates.} 63. Rf4+ Ke6 64. Kd1 Ra1+ 65. Kc2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 66. Kd3 a3 67. Re4+ Kd6 68. Re2 a2 69. Ke4 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 74%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,86,29,34,23,35,29,36,38,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-14,0,0,16,23,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,153,60,180,173,160,169,405,386,391,309,312,304,299,305,262,152,129,147,242,234,193,215,330,330,412,-478,-482,-470,-463,-454,-441,-522,-522,-514,-504,-577,-577,-824,-824,-858,-718,-718,-710,-710,-614,-29986,-29987,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 {[#] C62: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence.} Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Ne5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. O-O-O g5 13. Bg3 Qc7 {0-1 (46) Podlesnik,B (2381)-Koka,O (2194) Kukes 2013}) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Qb3 {White is slightly better.} d5 9. a3 dxe4 10. axb4 {Hoping for Ne5.} exf3 11. O-O fxg2 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Ra5 Kf8 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Nc4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Rxa7 h6 19. Bd2 {[#]} Qb5 $2 (19... Bxh2+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Kxh2 Qd4) 20. Ra8 {[#]} (20. Qd3 $16) 20... Kg8 {[#]} (20... Bxh2+ $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Kxh2 Qh5+ 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. f3 b5) 21. Qd3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 3072] White has strong compensation. White is on the roll.} (21. Kxg2 Qd5+ 22. Kg1 Kh7 $11) 21... Bf8 22. Bc3 (22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. f3 b5 $16) 22... f6 $2 (22... Nf6 {might work better.} 23. Be5 (23. Kxg2 Qc6+ 24. f3 b5 $14) (23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. c3 Kg7 $14) 23... Qc6) 23. b3 Qh5 24. Qe4 Nd6 25. Nxd6 (25. Qxg2 Qd1+ 26. Qf1 Qxc2 $17) 25... cxd6 26. Rb8 ({Not} 26. Qxb7 Qd1+ 27. Kxg2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 $11) (26. Kxg2 d5 $16) 26... d5 {[#]} 27. Qe6+ ({White must play} 27. Qd3 $1 $18) 27... Kh7 $16 28. Rxb7 Qd1+ (28... Rg8 $16) 29. Kxg2 $18 Qxc2 30. Qxf6 $1 {[%cal Rb7g7]} ({Weaker is} 30. Qxd5 Qxc3 31. Qf5+ Kg8 $11) 30... d4 (30... Rg8 $142 31. Rd7 Qxb3) 31. Qxd4 {[%cal Rb7g7]} ({And not} 31. Bxd4 Qe4+ 32. Qf3 Qxd4 $11) 31... Qg6+ 32. Kf1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Kf3 $18 {and all is fine.}) 32... Qa6+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. b5 {[%cal Rb7g7]} Qxb7 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Be5 {White hopes to continue with Qc4+.} Be7 36. Qc4+ Kf8 37. Bd4 h5 38. b6 Rh6 39. Qd3 Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Re6+ 41. Be3 Qe4 42. Qb5 Qc2+ 43. Ke1 {[#]} Rxe3+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black used his chance. Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,42,33,23,0,16,16,23,27,27,23,29,0,0,-52,-48,-5,0,-55,87,51,91,19,27,29,33,0,27,25,18,-20,-16,-158,-148,-155,-152]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 g5 {[#]} 6. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} ({Predecessor:} 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nce7 10. O-O c6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 {½-½ (51) Chigaev,M (2588)-Oparin,G (2652) chess.com INT 2020}) 6... g4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. exd5 {White has an edge.} Nxd5 9. a5 (9. Qb3 Na5 $17) 9... Bg7 10. a6 {[#] Threatens to win with axb7.} b6 11. h3 (11. Qa4 $11 Qd7 12. Bb5) 11... Nf4 $15 12. Ne4 gxh3 13. g3 (13. Qf3 $11) 13... Ne6 (13... Nd5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 14. Qf3 Bd7 15. Rxh3 (15. b4 $16) 15... Qe7 $1 $11 16. Rh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} O-O-O 17. Be3 Rhf8 {[#] ...f5! is the strong threat.} 18. Rf5 ({Much worse is} 18. Bxh6 f5 $15) 18... Kb8 19. Na3 Nf4 20. Nd2 (20. Nc5 $1 $11 bxc5 21. gxf4) 20... Bxf5 $17 21. Qxc6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Rc6b7]} Bc8 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,83,0,-7,0,26,18,20,18,11,17,16,10,16,13,14,9,5,5,13,19,15,10,13,13,19,22,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} Bg4 10. f3 (10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 cxd5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qd3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. c4 Rae8 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 a6 21. Nd4 {½-½ (45) Carlsen,M (2861)-Nakamura,H (2761) Abidjan 2019}) 10... Bh5 $1 11. dxc6 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 {[#] Hoping for Bxh7+!} Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Bf4 Qxc6 {[#]} 15. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd2 Bg6 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Be5 Nd5 19. a3 Qa4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qd3 {½-½ (31) Yu,Y (2738)-Aronian,L (2752) Stavanger 2019}) 15... Bg6 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Bg3 Nb4 {[%cal Rg6d3]} 19. Be4 Qc3 20. Rad1 Rde8 {...Bxe4 is the strong threat.} 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Nxa2 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Ra3 Nb4 27. c3 Nc6 28. Ra6 Rd3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 29. Rxc6 Rxg3 30. Rxc7 {[%cal Rc7c8] KR-KR} h5 (30... g6 {looks sharper.} 31. Kg1 Re3 32. Kf2 Rxe4 33. Rxa7 Kg7) 31. Kh2 Re3 32. Rxa7 Rxc3 33. Ra5 g6 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. h4 (35. e5 $11) 35... Re3 (35... Rc4 $1 $15) 36. Ra4 {The position is equal.} Kf6 37. g3 Ke5 38. Ra7 Kf6 39. Ra6+ Ke5 40. Ra7 Kf6 41. Ra6+ Ke5 42. Ra7 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,93,0,14,8,5,0,4,5,37,46,75,59,60,55,52,33,50,47,79,87,95,47,68,60,100,46,93,84,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,124,116,116,148,148,207,148,148,128,128,128,128,128,128,128,128,128,355,334,2362,1715,2158,1500,5114,3899,2267,2097,29966,29962,29961,29964,29969,29970,29968,29968,29972,29973,29973,29974,29973,29975,29975,29976,29974,29977,29977,29978,29974,29972]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 {C45: Scotch Game.} Be6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. O-O-O {[#] The position is equal.} Qxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe7 10. Bd4 Nf6 11. Be2 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Qg3 O-O 14. f4 Bc4 15. e5 Nd5 {0-1 (49) Chigaev,M (2616)-Chen,Q (2432) Caleta 2020}) 10. gxf3 Ne7 11. h4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rd8 13. Rxd8+ (13. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 14. Kxd1 b6 $17) 13... Kxd8 14. h5 f5 15. c4 Rf8 16. Rg1 ({Much worse is} 16. Bxa7 fxe4 17. Rg1 g6 $15) 16... Rf7 17. a4 ({Reject} 17. Bxa7 $6 b6 $15) 17... a6 18. a5 (18. c5 $16) 18... g6 19. Rg5 Rf6 20. hxg6 Rxg6 21. c5 $1 Ke8 22. Bd3 Rxg5 23. Bxg5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} h5 24. Kd2 Kf8 25. Ke3 Kf7 (25... Ke8 $16 26. Bf4 h4 27. Bxc7 h3) 26. Bxe7 Kxe7 $18 {KB-KB} 27. e5 h4 {Threatening ...h3.} 28. f4 $1 Kd7 {[#] With the idea ...b6.} 29. f3 $1 b6 30. axb6 cxb6 {Threatens to win with ...h3.} 31. Bxa6 ({And not} 31. cxb6 a5 $15) 31... b5 $2 {Loses the game.} (31... bxc5 $16 32. Be2 Ke8) 32. Kf2 Kc7 $2 (32... Ke7 33. Kg2 b4) 33. Kg2 Kb8 34. Kh3 Ka7 35. Kxh4 Kxa6 {KB-KP} 36. Kg5 Kb7 37. Kf6 {White mates.} Bd5 38. c3 Kc7 39. Kxf5 Kd7 40. Kf6 Bxf3 41. e6+ Ke8 42. Ke5 Bg4 43. f5 Bh3 44. f6 Bg4 45. Kd6 Bh3 {[#]} 46. e7 $1 Kf7 47. Kxc6 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,77,27,23,25,41,8,27,2,6,18,45,30,69,50,37,37,41,40,39,41,39,44,48,41,95,92,90,88,104,88,141,133,165,157,158,158,169,147,196,205,218,145,413,311,292,301,310,308,308,191,359,361,338,305,736,242,707,697,5114,4022,5121,5114,4874,2197]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3.} Bb7 10. Bd2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Nbd7 11. Qc2 {[#] White has an edge.} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qb8 12. Rac1 e5 13. Rfd1 exd4 14. Nxd4 a6 15. Nf3 c5 16. h3 Ne5 17. Ne1 Re8 {0-1 (50) Sauve,R (1878)-Drolet,S (2159) Quebec 2015}) 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Qc7 14. Rfc1 axb4 15. axb4 Qb8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 e5 18. Qh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rfe8 19. Bc3 exd4 ({Black should try} 19... e4 $14 20. Nd2 (20. Ng5 Nf6 $14) 20... f5) 20. Bxd4 $16 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qd6 22. Ra7 Rb8 (22... Qb8 $142 23. Rca1 Nb6) 23. Qg3 Ne5 {[#]} 24. Rc5 $1 Qf6 25. h4 Nd7 {[%cal Be5d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 26. Rc1 Nb6 {[#]} 27. Bf3 $1 Nc4 28. h5 c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (28... Qe5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 29. bxc5 ({Not} 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. bxc5 (30. Bxb7 cxd4 31. exd4 Qxd4 $11) 30... Ra7 $16) 29... Bxf3 30. Qxf3 ({Don't take} 30. Nxf3 $6 Rbc8 $18) ({Less strong is} 30. gxf3 Re5 $16) 30... Qxf3 31. gxf3 Re5 32. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rxh5 $2 (32... Rg5+ {is a better defense.} 33. Kf1 Rxh5) 33. c7 $18 Rc8 34. Nc6 {Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Kf8 $2 (34... Rg5+ 35. Kf1 Kg7) 35. Rb7 $2 (35. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Rd8+.} Kg7 36. Rd8 Rxc7 37. Rxc7) 35... Kg7 $2 (35... Rc5) 36. Ne7 {White is clearly winning.} Nd6 37. Nxc8 Nxb7 38. Nb6 Nd6 39. Rc6 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,152,27,49,43,32,31,29,27,41,40,39,36,35,0,0,-6,-6,-46,-37,-35,-42,-71,-33,-33,-2,-8,-5,0,-2,-4,-2,-43,0,-8,-7,-31,-31,-25,-20,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-132,-51,-132,-124,-152,0,0,0,-152,-149,-155,-155,-150,-89,-386,-328,-227,-66,-434,-434,-514,-399,-1368,-896,-29967,-29968,-29967,-29970,-29973,-29974,-29973,-29970,-29970,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29972,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-8,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nb3 Bb6 {is now debated instead of 8...Be7.} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Re1 {White has an edge.} Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 {[#]} 15. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxd4 Qd8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. e3 c5 20. Re2 Be6 21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 {½-½ (56) Mikaelyan,A (2483)-Batsiashvili,N (2457) chess.com INT 2020}) 15... d3 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Qxd3 (17. exd3 $5 {[%cal Re1e8]} Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 $11) 17... Rxa2 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Be4 Bxe4 (19... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d3]} 20. Qf3 Nd4 $17) 20. Nxe4 Qe6 21. Nc3 Rxb2 22. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b2]} Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rd8 24. Qf3 Rd7 25. Kg2 Ne5 26. Qe4 f5 27. Qa4 Kh7 28. Qb5 Nc4 29. Rb4 Rc7 30. Qd5 Qc6 31. Qxc6 Rxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Nd5 Nd6 33. Ne7 Rc7 34. Rxb6 Rxe7 35. Rxd6 Rxe2 {KR-KR} 36. Rb6 Re7 37. h4 Kg8 38. h5 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke8 40. Kf4 Rf7 41. Ke5 Kd8 42. Rb1 Kc7 43. Rc1+ Kd7 44. Rd1+ Kc6 45. Rc1+ Kb5 46. Rb1+ (46. Ra1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 46... Kc4 $17 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 47. Rc1+ (47. Rb6 $1 $15) 47... Kd3 48. Rb1 Kc4 49. Rc1+ Kd3 50. Rb1 Ke2 $1 51. Ke6 Rf6+ 52. Ke5 b6 $1 53. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Rb2+ $17 Kf3 54. Rd2) 53... Kf3 $19 54. Rc1 b5 $2 ({Stronger than} 54... Kxg3 55. Rg1+ Kf3 56. Rxg7 $11) ({Better is} 54... Rf7 $1 $19 55. Ke6 Rf8 56. Rc3+ Kg4) 55. Rb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Rc3+ $1 $15 Ke2 56. Rb3) 55... Rb6 $1 56. Kxf5 Kxg3 57. Rg1+ $2 (57. Rb4 Rf6+ 58. Ke5) 57... Kf2 58. Rxg7 b4 59. Rd7 b3 60. Rd2+ Ke3 61. Rb2 Kd3 62. Ke5 Kc3 63. Rb1 Kc2 64. Rh1 b2 65. f5 b1=Q 66. Rxb1 Rxb1 {KR-KPP} 67. f6 Rf1 68. Ke6 Kd3 69. f7 Ke4 70. Ke7 {[#]} Ke5 $1 71. Ke8 Ke6 72. f8=Q Rxf8+ 73. Kxf8 {[#]} Kf6 $1 {Black mates.} 74. Ke8 Kg5 75. Kf7 Kxh5 76. Kf6 Kg4 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,24,0,0,8,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} 8. Ne5 {[%cal Ra3c4]} h5 {8...g6 is not played anymore.} (8... Qd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e5]} 9. Qc3 Qxc3 10. dxc3 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 $11) 9. Naxc4 {The position is equal.} Nxc4 10. Nxc4 h4 11. Ne5 hxg3 12. hxg3 {[#]} Qc8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An uneventful encounter. Loss on time!? An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. d4 Bd5 14. e4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxd4 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bg6+ Kg8 18. Rd1 Qe5 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. Bf5 g5 21. Bxc8 Kg7 22. Be3 {1-0 (22) Aronian,L (2792)-So,W (2770) Leuven 2016}) 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,20,22,20,15,20,19,0,10,-19,-29,-17,-8,-26,14,-6,-2,0,24,9,10,6,56,55,47,58,64,-8,0,-72,-57,-81,-66,-61,-67,-102,-71,-156,-160,-183,-159,-171,-156,-158,0,0,-17,-206,-198,-212,-170,-291,-294,-399,-372,-389,-381,-357,-312,-304,-305,-289,-291,-286,-253,-1250,-1126,-12828,-12822,-12847,-5812,-5812,-5102,-4834,-4834]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Nf1 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 {½-½ (62) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M (2872) Moscow 2019}) 5... dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 {[#]} 8. a3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O f6 13. Nh4 Bf7 14. Nf5 {1-0 (37) Caruana,F (2822)-Swiercz,D (2659) chess.com INT 2020}) 8... Nd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Na5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qc8 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Be3 Kf7 16. c3 Re8 17. h4 Kg8 18. h5 (18. Rg1 $14) 18... Bf7 $11 19. Qf3 (19. d4 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... b6 $17 20. Nc4 {[#] Strongly threatening h6.} Bf8 $1 21. O-O a5 22. Qg3 axb4 23. cxb4 ({White should play} 23. axb4 b5 24. Nb2) 23... h6 24. Rfd1 b5 25. Nd2 c5 26. bxc5 Bxc5 (26... Nxc5 $17 27. Qf3 Ne6) 27. Bxc5 $11 Nxc5 28. Nf3 $2 {White does not recover from this.} (28. d4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} exd4 29. Rac1 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxc7) 28... Qd7 $19 29. Kh2 Be6 30. Rac1 {[#]} (30. Nd2 {is a better defense.}) 30... Nb3 $1 31. Rc3 Rxa3 32. d4 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 33. Rcd3 Nxd4 34. N3xd4 exd4 35. Rxa3 bxa3 36. Rxd4 Qb5 37. Qxc7 $2 (37. Qxa3 Bxf5 38. Rd5) 37... Bxf5 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. exf5 {[#]} Qb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Qc4+ Kh8 (39... Kh7 $142 40. Kg3 a2) 40. Kg3 a2 41. Qa4 Qb8+ {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,113,33,19,40,9,55,36,32,15,22,24,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-20,-40,-40,-44,-31,-49,-50,-45,-39,-45,-44,-55,-47,-64,-60,-72,-76,-77,-42,-97,-96,-110,-124,-165,-130,-204,-204,-206,-215,-214,-202,-245,-249,-248,-248,-244,-225,-323,-332,-314,-272,-226,-187,-320,-187,-314,-302,-262,-257,-256,-213,-238,-231,-397,-387,-378,-361,-614,-612,-790,-791,-775,-771,-736,-708,-1060,-1053,-926,-825,-1087,-1082,-1696,-1698,-1670,-1664,-29970,-29973,-29975]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 10. Qe2 (10. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} h5 11. b3 $14) 10... O-O-O 11. Na3 Qe6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Qxe6+ Bxe6 13. b3 Bd5 14. bxc4 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. Re1 {[#]} Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... h6 17. d4 e6 18. a4 b6 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Kd7 {½-½ (58) Rozhko,D (2305)-Moiseenko,V (2522) Sochi 2018}) 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Re3 Rd7 19. Ba3 e5 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. h4 f6 22. h5 Rfd8 23. Kf1 b6 24. g3 Kb7 25. Kg2 Ne7 26. Re4 Rd3 27. a4 Nc6 28. Re2 (28. Rae1 $15) 28... Na5 $17 {Black continues to play with concentration.} 29. Ra2 Nc4 30. g4 R8d5 31. Nh4 (31. Re4 $17 Nxd2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 Rxd2 {[#]} 34. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31... Rxd2 $19 32. Nf5 Rxa2 33. Rxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} g6 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Ne7 Rd7 36. Ng8 f5 37. gxf5 (37. Re2 $142) 37... gxf5 {[#] And now ...Rg7+ would win.} 38. Nh6 Rg7+ 39. Kf3 Rg5 40. Nf7 (40. Re2 {only move.}) 40... Rh5 (40... Rg4 $142 {aiming for ...e4+.} 41. Ke2 e4 42. Nd8+ Kc7 43. Ne6+ Kd6) 41. Kg3 (41. Re2 $142) 41... Rh7 42. Ng5 Rd7 43. Kh4 Rd3 44. Kh5 Rxc3 45. Kh6 $2 (45. Kg6) 45... Kc6 46. Kg6 f4 47. Ne4 $2 (47. Kf5) 47... Ra3 48. Rc2 Rxa4 49. Kf5 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 50. Rc1 Ra3 51. Rd1 b4 52. Rd8 Nb6 53. Kxe5 b3 54. Rd6+ Kb5 55. Rd1 Kb4 56. Kd4 Ra5 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Ra5d5]} 57. Nc3 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,17,22,18,29,35,22,31,40,40,41,43,33,0,-37,-10,-27,-100,-108,-102,-89,-116,-98,-112,-110,-100,-70,-68,-73,-74,-109,-102,-102,-93,-104,-66,-54,-174,-160,-160,-203,-173,0,-147,149,158,135,145,29985,29986,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29994,29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Nf1 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 {½-½ (62) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M (2872) Moscow 2019}) 5... dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 {The position is equal.} Nxg4 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Be3 {[#]} Be7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] White should prevent ...f5. An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd6 11. Kh1 f5 12. Rg1 h5 13. exf5 Qf6 14. Nbd2 Qxf5 15. Rg3 h4 16. Rxg4 Qxg4 {½-½ (44) Leko,P (2691)-Navara,D (2741) Linares 2018}) 11. Kh1 (11. Kg2 $14) 11... f5 $15 12. Rg1 $1 h5 13. Nc3 (13. Kg2 $1 $11) 13... f4 $17 14. Bd2 g5 15. Nb1 Bc5 16. Bc3 Bxf2 17. Nbd2 Qe7 ({Much worse is} 17... Bxg1 $6 18. Qxg1 Rh6 19. Nxe5 $11) 18. Qf1 Bxg1 19. Qxg1 Bxf3+ 20. Nxf3 g4 21. Nxe5 {Hoping for Ng6.} Rg8 $1 22. Rf1 Qg5 $1 23. Qd4 ({Better is} 23. Qh2 $1 $15 g3 24. Qg2) 23... Qh4+ $19 24. Kg1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 {Intending Qd7+ and mate.} Qh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Kg1 {Qd7+ would kill now.} g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Rd8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd8d4]} 27. Qc4 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Rd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 27. Nf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} g2 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg2f1]} 28. Re1 Qxf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs Black the game.} (28... b6 $16) 29. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White mates.} Kd8 30. Qf6+ Ke8 {[#]} 31. Bb4 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Rf6e7]} c5 32. Bxc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rf6e7]} Kd7 33. Qf7+ {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,39,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,40,35,26,35,29,27,31,30,64,25,114,116,142,125,240,117,304,194,203,206,257,257,252,254]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bb3 Bb4 6. Nf3 {C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6.} Nxb3 7. axb3 O-O 8. O-O {The position is equal.} d5 {[#]} 9. Bg5 $146 {Strongly threatening Nxd5.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Qe2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 11. c4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg4 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Qe3 Qc6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (35) Karibov,E (1998)-Zhurikhin,A (2010) Voronezh 2008}) 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxe4 11. Nxe5 h6 12. Bh4 Bf5 13. Ra5 g5 (13... exd3 $11 14. Nxd3 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Qd6) 14. Bg3 $16 Bh7 15. f4 Nd5 {[#]} (15... c6 $16) 16. Qh5 (16. Ng4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win. Threatens to win with Rxd5!} f6 17. fxg5 (17. Nxh6+ Kg7 $14) 17... hxg5 18. dxe4 Nxc3 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Nxf6+ (20. Bxc7 Rd7 $14) 20... Rxf6 21. Rxf6 Rd1+ 22. Rf1 Ne2+ 23. Kf2 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3) 16... c6 $2 (16... Ne3 $16 {might work better.}) 17. Raa1 f6 {[#]} 18. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h6]} Qe8 19. Qxh6 ({Weaker is} 19. Nxh6+ Kg7 $16) 19... Qg6 20. fxg5 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,102,-9,-1,-12,-1,-6,0,-14,-13,-14,0,0,0,0,0,6,10,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,21,15,18,8,25,25,25,27,27,28,33,38,38,30,27,30,52,41,62,49,68,59,63,62,64,63,68,12,9,6,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 {[#] C27: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nxe4.} Nbd7 $146 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 6... a5 7. Ba2 O-O 8. h3 Be6 9. g4 Bxa2 10. Nxa2 Na6 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Ne2 Ne6 {0-1 (30) Daghli,A (2414)-Mousavi,S (2501) Teheran 2019}) 7. Ba2 Bb6 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 Nc5 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rad1 Bxa2 14. Nxa2 Ne6 15. Nc3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. d4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 d5 21. Kf1 {[%cal Re4d5]} c5 22. Rd3 d4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 ({Avoid the trap} 23... Nxe4 $2 24. Nc7 $18) 24. exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf8 25. Rb3 $1 Ra6 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $14 {KR-KR} 27. Ke2 Kd7 28. Rg3 g6 29. Rf3 f5 30. g4 ({White should try} 30. h4 $1 $14) 30... fxg4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. hxg4 Kd6 32. Rf6+ Kxd5 33. Rxg6 b5 34. Rxa6 bxa6 {KP-KP} 35. f4 a5 36. b3 c4 37. bxc4+ bxc4 38. a4 {[#] Threatens to win with Kf3.} Ke4 39. g5 hxg5 40. fxg5 {And now g6 would win. K3P-K3P} Kf5 41. Kf3 Kxg5 {( -> ...Kf5). K3P-KPP} 42. Ke4 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c2][%mdl 512]} 43. cxd3 cxd3 (43... c3 $5 44. Ke3 $8 Kf5 $11) 44. Kxd3 {KP-KP} Kf6 45. Kc4 Ke7 46. Kb5 Kd7 47. Kxa5 Kc7 48. Ka6 Kb8 49. Kb6 Ka8 50. a5 Kb8 51. a6 $1 Ka8 52. a7 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,122,20,9,25,6,14,15,9,16,23,0,16,-4,18,18,19,23,30,0,0,-9,-9,-15,-20,-31,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,0,6,10,13,14,10,-43,-31,-34,-66,-98,-84,-99,-40,-47,-35,-99,-109,-107,-110,-105,-104,-105,-112,-104,-102,-121,-121,-153,-139,-148,-148,-162,-160,-158,-162,-106,-99,-106,-89,-87,-85,-80,-82,-102,-101,-98,-95,-91,-26,-64,-72,-64,-22,-77,-83,-111,-104,-98,-92,-103,-56,-73,-26,-48,-50,-75,-61,-61,-61,-1032,-376,-817,-793,-2031,-1406,-989,-809]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Bb6 {The position is equal.} 10. Re1 Ne7 {[#]} 11. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 d5 14. Bg5 c6 15. d4 h6 16. Be3 exd4 17. Bxd4 {0-1 (36) Simon,P (1739)-Mikalsen,E (2319) Liberec 2016}) 11... Ng6 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Re8 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ng3 h6 15. Bd2 c5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qc1 c4 18. Nf5 Re6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qc7 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Rd2 Nf4 23. Kh2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Nxe5 Nxg2 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Qg3 ({Better is} 26. Kxg2 $11 Rxe5 27. f3) 26... Nh5 $15 27. Qxg2 Rxe5 28. Nxh6+ Kf8 {Strongly threatening ...Qd6.} 29. Ng4 ({Not} 29. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 30. Bd1 Nf4 $19) 29... Re6 (29... Rg5 $1 $17 {...Qd6+ is the strong threat.} 30. Qf3 Qc7+ 31. Kh1 Nf4) 30. Qf3 Qd2 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 31. Re2 (31. Qe3 $15 Qxc2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Qc5+ Kg8 33. Qxh5) 31... Qd6+ $1 $17 32. Kg1 Nf4 {Hoping for ...f5.} 33. Re1 {[#]} f5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf5g4][%mdl 2560] White is under strong pressure.} 34. Ne3 (34. exf5 Rxe1+) 34... fxe4 35. Qg3 Nd3 36. Qxd6+ Rxd6 37. Rd1 {[#]} Rg6+ $1 38. Kf1 Bc8 39. h4 Bh3+ 40. Ke2 Rf6 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rf6f2]} 41. Bxd3 exd3+ $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 42. Ke1 Rf4 43. b3 Be6 44. bxc4 Bxc4 ({Much worse is} 44... Rxh4 $6 45. cxb5 axb5 46. Rxd3 $11) 45. a4 Rxh4 46. axb5 axb5 47. Kd2 Kf7 (47... Rf4 $17 48. Nxc4 bxc4) 48. Ra1 Rf4 49. Ra7+ Kf6 (49... Kg6 $5 {[%cal Rf4f2]} 50. Ke1 {[#]} d2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} 51. Kxd2 Rxf2+ 52. Kd1 Rf7 53. Ra6+ Rf6 $17) 50. Ra6+ (50. Ke1 $11) 50... Kg5 $17 51. Ke1 {[#]} d2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 52. Kxd2 Rxf2+ 53. Kd1 Rf4 54. Rc6 Kh5 (54... Re4 $5 {[%cal Re4e3]} 55. Kd2 Kf4 56. Nxc4 Rxc4 $17) 55. Rc8 g5 56. Rh8+ Kg6 57. Ke1 g4 58. Rh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (58. Rc8 $15) 58... Kg5 $19 59. Rh7 $2 (59. Rh8 Rf3 60. Nxc4 bxc4 61. Rc8 Re3+ 62. Kf2 Rxc3 63. Rf8) 59... Rf3 {Black is clearly winning.} 60. Kd2 Rf2+ 61. Kd1 g3 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,137,18,27,23,40,37,46,39,42,44,44,35,46,34,37,46,40,35,35,6,0,-7,0,-20,0,0,0,0,12,0,35,27,43,24,47,30,60,64,55,43,191,201,259,260,292,289,281,281,253,260,229,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,106,128,106,106,95,95,8,136,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,67,67,67,69,69,8,8,8,8,8,374,283,197,212,152,8,8,8,8,8,6145,1174,5589,5119,5093,3288,5840,5181,5119,5089,29972,29974,29974,29975,29978,29976,29976,29977,29977,29977,29979,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29988,29989,29991,29991]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 f6 6. f4 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence.} fxe5 7. fxe5 Nh6 8. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. Bxh6 gxh6 {[#]} 10. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Qa4 Rg8 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Qxc6+ bxc6 15. Kf2 c5 16. b3 {0-1 (48) Garcia,S (2176)-Pedro,F (2193) Buenos Aires 2002}) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Kd7 12. Nbd2 Qg8 13. O-O Qg6 14. Qxg6 (14. Qe2 {seems wilder.} Raf8 15. Ne1 h5 16. Nd3 a5 17. Rae1) 14... hxg6 15. Ne1 a5 16. a4 Raf8 17. Nd3 b6 18. g3 h5 19. Kg2 Bg5 20. Nf3 Bh6 21. h3 Ne7 22. g4 Bf4 23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. Ng5 Rxf1 (24... Rhf8 $1 $14) 25. Rxf1 $18 hxg4 26. hxg4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} c5 27. Rf6 cxd4 28. cxd4 ({Not} 28. Rxe6 dxc3 29. Rd6+ (29. bxc3 Rc8 $11) 29... Ke8 $14) 28... Rc8 29. Rxe6 ({Don't play} 29. Nxe6 $6 Rc4 $16) 29... Rc6 30. Rxc6 ({White should try} 30. Rf6 $18) 30... Nxc6 $18 {KN-KN} 31. Nf3 Nd8 32. Kf2 Ne6 33. Ke3 g5 34. Kd2 Kc6 35. Kc3 b5 36. axb5+ Kxb5 37. Kb3 (37. Nd2 $16) 37... a4+ (37... Kb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38. Ka3 (38. Kc3 $16) 38... Ka5 $11 39. b3 axb3 40. Kxb3 Kb5 41. Kc3 Ka5 42. Ne1 Nf4 ({Better is} 42... Nc7 $11) 43. Ng2 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg2f4] [#] Intending Nxf4 and mate.} Ne6 $1 44. Ne3 Nc7 $1 45. e6 ({White should play} 45. Nf5 $14 Ne6 46. Ne3) 45... Kb5 $11 46. e7 Kc6 47. Kb4 Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Na6+ $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 48. Ka5 Nc7) 48. Nf5+ $18 Kd7 49. Kc5 Ne8 {[#]} 50. Ne3 ({Inferior is} 50. Kxd5 Nf6+ 51. Kc5 Nxg4 $11) (50. Nh6 $1 $16) 50... Nf6 $1 $11 51. e8=Q+ (51. e8=R {looks sharper.} Kxe8 52. Kc6 Kf8 53. Kd6 Kf7 54. Ke5) 51... Kxe8 52. Kd6 {aiming for Ke6.} Kf7 {White now steadily converts the win.} 53. Ke5 Kg6 54. Ke6 Kg7 55. Kf5 Ne4 56. Nxd5 Nd6+ 57. Ke6 Nc4 58. Ne7 {White mates.} Kf8 59. d5 Na5 60. Ng6+ Ke8 61. d6 Nb3 62. Ne5 Nd4+ 63. Kf6 Nb5 64. d7+ Kd8 65. Kxg5 Ke7 66. Kh6 Nd4 67. g5 Ne6 68. g6 Kf8 69. Nc6 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 72%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,142,4,0,8,-23,5,11,-4,-1,5,21,10,8,29,-83,-61,-83,-64,-78,0,0,42,45,33,38,31,15,18,20,20,2,20,4,0,0,0,-56,-2,-43,-26,-75,-54,-97,-71,-83,-72,-86,-75,-86,-71,-72,-31,-39,-21,-25,0,-4,15,10,83,43,67,27,27,27,89,76,80,82,95,85,171,83,102,93,104,97,112,98,108,56,113,89,152,157,164,148,163,10,62,64,78,-20,-20,-20,-20,-21,-20,-37,-8,-8,-8,-28,-28,-25,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 (8. Qf3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Bc4 d6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Rhe1 f5 16. Bd5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Re5 18. Bd5 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 {½-½ (62) Carlsen,M (2881)-Nakamura,H (2775) Dubai 2014}) 8... Nd4 (8... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 9. Be3 Re8 $11) 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 Re8 11. O-O-O h6 12. h4 c6 {[#]} (12... hxg5 13. hxg5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4) 13. Bxf6 $146 (13. Kb1 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bc4 d6 14. f3 d5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bd3 d4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. Bc4 {0-1 (26) Barbosa,E (2462)-Quesada Perez,Y (2647) Buenos Aires 2015}) 13... Qxf6 $17 14. f3 d5 15. Kb1 Be6 (15... d4 $17 16. Na4 Bc7) 16. exd5 $11 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb5 Red8 19. g4 Qxf3 20. g5 Qf2 21. Qb4 Qc5 22. Qa4 h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 23. g6 fxg6 {[#]} 24. Bd3 ({White should play} 24. Rdg1 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 24... Rd6 (24... Qd6 $1 $15) 25. Rde1 Qc6 26. Qf4 Rf8 27. Qe5 Rdf6 28. Qg5 Bf2 29. Re5 d4 30. Be4 Qd6 31. Rd5 Qe6 {[#]} 32. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Bd5.} Kh8 ({Of course not} 32... Bxd4 33. Bd5 $14) 33. Rc4 Bb6 34. Bd3 Qe3 35. Qg2 Bd4 (35... Kh7 $11) 36. Qxb7 Qe5 37. c3 Bb6 38. Qg2 Qd6 (38... Qe6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Bc2 $16 Qe6 40. Rd1 Bf2 41. Re4 Qf7 (41... Qc6 $16) 42. Qg5 (42. Re5 $18) 42... Rf5 43. Qd2 Bb6 44. Re2 Rf4 45. Qd6 Rf6 46. Qg3 (46. Qd3 $16) 46... Qc7 (46... Rf1 $14) 47. Qg5 Qf4 (47... Qc5 $142) 48. Qxf4 Rxf4 49. Bxg6 Rxh4 50. Rdd2 $2 (50. Re5 $18) 50... Rh1+ ({Better is} 50... Rg4 $1 $11 51. Bc2 (51. Bxh5 Rg1+ 52. Kc2 g6 $17) 51... h4) 51. Ka2 $14 Rg1 52. Bxh5 ({White should try} 52. Rd6 $16) 52... g6 $11 53. Bxg6 Rxg6 54. Rh2+ Kg7 55. Rhg2 Rd8 (55... Rf7 {is more complex.} 56. Rge2 Bc7 57. b4 Bd6 58. Kb3 Rb7) 56. Rxg6+ Kxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 57. Re2 Rf8 58. b4 Rf2 59. Rxf2 {The position is equal.} Bxf2 {KB-K3P} 60. Kb3 Kf5 61. Kc4 Ke6 62. Kb5 Kd7 63. Ka6 Kc7 64. b5 Be3 65. b4 Bd2 66. Kxa7 {And now b6+ would win.} Bxc3 {KB-KPP} 67. b6+ Kc6 68. b7 Be5 69. b8=Q Bxb8+ 70. Kxb8 Kb5 71. Kb7 Kxb4 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,57,12,10,14,12,13,12,12,15,22,8,12,5,14,8,3,7,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd6 22. Qf3 f6 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe3 {[#]} Kf7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 25... Ng7 26. h3 Kf7 27. Qh6 Kg8 28. Qe3 Kf7 29. Qh6 Kg8 30. Qe3 g5 {½-½ (30) Hansen,E (2612)-Bok,B (2638) Saint Louis 2019}) 26. Qh6 Kg8 27. Qe3 Kf7 28. Qh6 Kg8 29. Qe3 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,67,14,16,18,25,22,21,21,21,21,19,19,17,20,18,28,18,32,23,37,36,37,43,29,25,62,62,64,65,62,59,258,266,743,741,734,732,760,758,814,807]} 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. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Na5 {C81: Open Ruy Lopez: Keres Variation (9 Qe2).} 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nxe6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} fxe6 {The position is equal.} 18. f3 c4 19. fxe4 {And now Ba4 would win.} cxb3 20. exd5 bxa2 21. Rxa2 Nc4 22. Qd4 Qb3 23. Nc3 {[#]} Nxb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23... Rac8 24. Rb1 Nd2 25. Qxd2 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxa2 27. Rd1 exd5 28. Qd4 Qc4 29. Qxd5+ Qxd5 30. Rxd5 {½-½ (41) Wei,Y (2729)-Vidit,S (2718) Danzhou 2018}) 24. Rb1 Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d4]} 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. dxe6 {e7 is the strong threat.} Rf5 27. Nd5 {Black must now prevent Ne7+.} Rxe5 28. Rxa6 {[%cal Ra6a8]} Re8 29. Nc7 Rd8 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (29... Rc8 $14) 30. Rc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6c4]} Ne3 $2 {[#]} (30... Na5 31. Rcc1 Rc8) 31. Rd6 $3 {[%cal Rd6d8][%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Rc8 (31... Rxd6 32. Rb8+) 32. Rd7 h6 33. e7 Kh7 34. Re1 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,74,0,8,3,6,8,12,12,8,8,8,3,2,19,20,9,6,7,39,0,0,3,3,3,14,6,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. b5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qc8 14. a4 a5 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. d4 Rd8 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Qb3+ Be6 19. Qc2 Bf5 {The position is equal.} 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 exd4 22. exd4 Bf8 {[#]} 23. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Be3 Nxa4 24. Nxa4 Rxa4 25. Rxb7 Rb4 26. Rxb4 Bxb4 27. Rb1 Bd6 {½-½ (25) Zielinski,S (2327)-Eastoe,L (2332) ICCF email 2017}) 23... c6 24. Qc2 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Qb3 Qa8 27. Rfc1 Rxa4 28. Qxb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Raxd4 30. Rxc6 Rd7 31. Rxd7 (31. Rb8 {is more complex.} Kf7 32. Be3 R4d5 33. Kg2 h5 34. Rc4) 31... Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. h4 h5 34. Ra6 Be7 35. Rc6 Bf8 36. Ra6 Be7 37. Rc6 Bf8 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,184,20,21,17,18,7,9,-2,18,15,3,0,0,0,14,19,16,0,0,0,11,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,13,25,16,15,14,14,14,12,12,8,12,18,9,12,-4,12,-7,12,0,12,0,-7,-14,0,-2,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,8,4,-7,0,0,9,0,48,39,54,56,54,52,71,71,87,75,74,79,72,71,71,54,58,0,71,71,74,75,74,74,91,68,63,58,91,91,91,91,172,175,185,185,320,321,425,425,399,185,185,185,185,177,177,177,236,227,226,215,191,163,312,298,327,319,312,312,297,290,290,290,290,281,290,289,273,270,432,427,410,399,341,260,752,756,774,749,658,639,1561,1516,1829,12794,9598,11094,9017,8277,5721,5646,5158,5158,29981,29982,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 $1 {8.a4 is better than 8.Qxc4.} Bd7 9. Bg5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bc6 10. e3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Nbd7 11. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Be4 14. Qe2 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... c5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. a5 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc5 20. Qf3 Qb4 21. Nb6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bc5 23. Qxb7 Bxd4 24. exd4 {½-½ (24) Dubov,D (2676)-Radjabov,T (2767) Hamburg 2019}) 15. Rfd1 Qd5 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Nce5 Rac8 18. Nd3 Bf8 19. Nfe1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Qb3 21. Qc2 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 a5 23. Rdc1 c6 24. Nge1 Nd5 25. Nf3 h5 26. Nd2 Nb4 27. Nxb4 $1 Bxb4 28. Nc4 f6 29. h3 Kf7 30. Kg2 Rg8 31. b3 Rcd8 32. Rf1 g5 33. g4 Rh8 34. Nb2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rh4 36. Kf3 Rh3+ 37. Ke2 Rh4 38. Rg1 Be7 39. Nd3 Rd5 40. Rb2 Rd7 41. Rbb1 Kg6 42. Rbc1 Rd8 43. Rb1 Rd7 44. Rh1 Rxh1 45. Rxh1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 46. f4 Bd6 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Ke4 Be7 50. Ne5 Rd5 51. Rf1 {[#] aiming for Rf7+.} Bf6 52. Nd3 Be7 $1 53. Ne5 {Hoping for Rf7+.} Bf6 $1 54. Nc4 Bd8 55. Rb1 Bc7 56. b4 axb4 57. Rxb4 b5 58. Nb2 Ba5 {Black is on the road to losing.} 59. Rb3 Kf6 60. Nd3 bxa4 (60... Bc7 $16) 61. Ra3 $18 Rb5 62. Rxa4 Kg7 (62... Bc7 $142 63. Ra6 Ke7 64. Rxc6 Bd6) 63. Rc4 Kf6 64. Rxc6 Rb6 65. Rc5 (65. Rc7 $142 {White threatens Ne5 and mate.} Ra6 66. Rh7) 65... Bb4 66. Rc1 Bd6 67. Rf1+ Ke7 68. Rh1 Ra6 (68... Kf6 {was called for.} 69. Rh6+ Kf7 70. Rh7+ Kf6 71. Rh6+ Kf7 72. Rh7+ Kf6) 69. Rh7+ Kf6 70. Rh6+ Kf7 71. Ne1 Bf8 (71... Bg3 $142) 72. Rh5 Be7 73. Nf3 Kg6 74. Rh1 Bf6 75. Rc1 Ra3 76. Rc6 Kf7 77. Rb6 Ra5 78. Ne1 Ra1 79. Nd3 Rg1 (79... Be7 $142 80. Ne5+ Kf6 81. Nd7+ Kf7 82. Ne5+ Kf6) 80. Ne5+ Ke7 81. Rb7+ Ke8 {[#]} 82. Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7f6]} Kf7 $2 (82... Bh8 83. Nc5 Rxg4+ 84. Kf3 Rh4 85. Nxe6 Rh3+ 86. Ke4 Bf6) 83. Nc5+ Be7 84. Ke5 Rxg4 85. Nxe6 Rg3 86. e4 g4 87. d5 Ra3 88. Nd4 Kf8 89. d6 Ra5+ 90. Ke6 Bxd6 91. Kxd6 g3 92. Ne6+ Ke8 93. Re7# {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 73%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,93,14,14,14,18,-17,0,-26,-27,-38,-21,-23,-49,-55,-57,-51,0,0,0,-2,-10,-14,-12,-21,-15,-24,-3,-1,6,0,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,28,26,143,125,119,108,135,122,200,224,274,250,241,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29961,29962,29961,29961,29959,0,0,0,29973,29974,29976,29974,29973,29972,29980,29977,29981,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} c6 {[#]} 8. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 {1-0 (46) Matlakov,M (2685)-Nguyen,N (2641) chess.com INT 2020}) 8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 {The position is equal.} dxc4 10. Rd1 b5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 $1 13. Ne4 f5 (13... h6 $15) 14. exf6 $1 $11 gxf6 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Qb6 17. O-O a5 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Bh6 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 a4 ({Better is} 20... e5 $11) 21. bxa4 ({White should try} 21. b4 $1 $14) 21... Rxa4 22. Qb2 {aiming for Rxd5!} Rb4 23. Qa1 Qd8 {Hoping for ...Ra8.} 24. Rc2 Qe8 {...Qg6 is the strong threat.} 25. Nc5 Qg6 (25... Ra8 $11 26. Qc1 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 f5) 26. Qc1 $16 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Kf7 {[#]} 28. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6][%mdl 576] Deflection} Qxh5 (28... Qf5 $16) 29. e4 $18 Rc4 30. Rxc4 bxc4 {[%cal Bb5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 31. Be3 $2 ({White must play} 31. exd5 $18 exd5 32. Bd2) 31... Nxe3 $11 32. Rxd7+ Ke8 33. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b1] ( -> ...Rb1+)} ({Not} 33... Nxg2 $2 34. Qd6 $18 (34. Kxg2 Qe5 $11)) 34. fxe3 {Black must now prevent Qd6!} c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d2]} 35. Qd6 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rd6e7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rb1+ 36. Bf1 Rxf1+ $1 37. Kxf1 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rd6e7]} Qf3+ 38. Ke1 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rd6e7]} Qxe3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Qh1+ $11 39. Ke2 Qh5+ 40. Kf2 Qh2+ 41. Kf3 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Qh5+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Kf3 Qh1+ 45. Kf2 (45. Ke2 Qh5+ $11) 45... Qh2+) 39. Kd1 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rd6e7]} Qf3+ 40. Kc2 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rd6e7]} Qxe4+ 41. Qd3 $2 (41. Kxc3 {mates} Qe3+ 42. Kb4 Qb6+ 43. Kc4 Qa6+ 44. Kc3 Qa5+ 45. Kd3 Qb5+ 46. Kd2 Qg5+ 47. Ke2 Qh5+ 48. Ke3 Qg5+ 49. Ke2 Qh5+ 50. Ke3 Qg5+ 51. Kf2 Qf5+ 52. Ke3 Qg5+) 41... Qa4+ 42. Kxc3 {Intending Rd8+ and mate.} Qa3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42... Qa5+ $11 43. Kb3 Qb6+ 44. Kc3 Qc5+ 45. Kb3 Qb6+ 46. Kc3 Qc5+ 47. Kb3 Qb6+) 43. Kd2 $1 {White mates.} Qa5+ 44. Kd1 Qh5+ {[#]} 45. Ke1 $1 Qe5+ 46. Kf1 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 71%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,91,21,15,16,0,13,14,12,25,34,40,28,23,30,23,34,14,61,59,61,59,222,227,220,229,222,232,215,216,243,235,318,305,336,302,357,366,364,364,356,356,356,356,335,335,502,517,518,504,495,512,519,514,512,499,458,436,894,894,886,886,886,886,29989,29990,29990,29991,29994,29994,29995,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,4666,2638,2156,2133,1852]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 8. O-O Nb6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Ng5 b5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Qe7 14. Nxf8 Qxf8 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 {1-0 (52) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 9. Qc2 Nfd5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bg3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. a4 a5 13. Nxc4 Nb4 14. Qb3 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Bc6 16. Rad1 Bd5 {1-0 (72) Brousek,J (2270)-Slyusar,V (2131) ICCF email 2017}) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nb4 15. Qe4 N4d5 16. Qf3 Ba4 $2 {Loses the game.} (16... Nxc3 $14 17. Rxc3 Qe7) 17. Nxa4 $18 Nxa4 18. e4 ({Much less strong is} 18. Nxc4 $6 b5 $16) (18. Bxc4 Nxb2 19. Bxd5 exd5 $16) 18... Nxb2 19. exd5 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 {Threatens to win with dxe6.} exd5 {[#]} 21. Bxc4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Qe7 (21... dxc4 22. Rxd8) 22. Bxd5 ({Don't play} 22. Qxd5 $6 Bb6 $18) 22... Bd6 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 {[#]} 24. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Gf7,Gh5][%cal Re5g6]} Bxe5 25. Bg6 $1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 {White must now prevent ...Bxg3.} 26. Bxe5 {Qxh6+ would kill now.} Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. h4 {Rd7! is the strong threat.} Rc5 (28... Rfd8 {is a better defense.}) 29. Bb2 Rb5 30. Ba3 Rc8 31. h5 Ra5 32. Bb2 {Intending Rd7 and mate.} Rxa2 33. Rd2 Kg8 34. Bb1 Ra5 (34... Rxb2 $142 35. Rxb2 b6) 35. Rd7 Rb5 36. Ba2+ Kh7 37. Bxg7 g4 38. Be5+ Kh6 39. Bf4+ Kxh5 40. Bf7+ Kh4 41. Kh2 {[%csl Gf2,Gf4,Gh2][%cal Rg2g3]} g3+ 42. fxg3+ Kg4 43. Be6+ Kh5 44. Rh7+ (44. Rg7 $142 Rg5 45. Bxg5 Rc4 46. g4+ Rxg4 47. Bf7#) 44... Kg6 45. Rh6+ Kg7 46. Bxc8 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,101,15,44,16,35,22,30,22,22,23,22,23,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,-265,25,25,22,23,20,9,39,43,47,-6,0,0,27,21,20,22,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-10,-10,25,-120,-3,-4,-2,-2,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,35,35,35,35,35,35,47,35,35,35,63,63,75,63,75,75,75,75,75,0,75,0,75,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2.} Re8 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 {White has an edge.} dxe4 14. Qxe4 Qc7 15. Qc2 Rcd8 16. Rac1 c5 {[#]} 17. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bf6 20. Kg1 Qb7 21. b4 Ne4 22. c5 bxc5 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxb2 {½-½ (35) Carbone,S (1911)-Scattareggia,D (2018) Messina 2011}) 17... exd5 18. cxd5 Bf6 19. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. b4 $11) 19... Bxd4 $2 (19... Qe5 $19 20. Ne6 Qxb2 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Qxb2 Bxb2) 20. Rxd4 $11 Qd6 21. Rd2 Re7 22. h3 Rde8 23. Kh2 a5 24. Qc3 ({Better is} 24. a3 $14) 24... f6 25. a3 Re2 26. Qd3 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Nf8 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Qd7 30. Qe4 Ng6 31. Qc4 Kh8 32. h4 Ne7 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 33. Qf4 Bxd5 34. Bh3 {[#]} (34. Bxd5 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qxd5 35. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 36. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 37. Qxe7) 34... Be6 ({Black should play} 34... Qc6 $1 $17 35. Qe3 Qd6) 35. Bxf6 $1 Bxh3 36. Bxe7 $1 {[%cal Rf4f8]} Be6 (36... h6 {feels hotter.} 37. Bd6 Be6 38. Bc7 Qc6 39. Qd6 Qxd6 40. Bxd6 Bxb3 41. Bc7 b5) 37. Qf8+ Bg8 38. Bd8 Qe6 39. Qf3 Qxb3 (39... Qd6 {with more complications.} 40. Bg5 Qc7 41. Be3 Qf7 42. Qxf7 Bxf7 43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 cxb4 45. Bxb6 b3) 40. Qxb3 Bxb3 41. Bxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} a4 42. Bxc5 h5 43. f3 g6 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Kh7 46. Kg3 Bd1 47. Kf4 Bb3 48. Kg5 Bd1 49. Kf4 Bb3 $1 50. Kg5 Bd1 $1 51. Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 80%.} (51. Bd4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,65,-8,-2,0,0,0,0,22,13,6,12,12,12,16,11,16,22,37,29,36,36,38,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,37,37,41,44,47,41,40,28,31,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,0,31,0,33,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nxd4.The position is equal.} 10. Re1+ Be7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 11. Nxc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd1d8]} Qxd1 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. Na3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rc8 15. Re1 Be6 16. b3 Bd6 17. Be3 c5 18. Rad1 a6 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Kd7 21. Bxc5 {½-½ (31) Xu,Y (2536)-Ni,H (2683) Makati 2018}) 15. Bxc7 Rd7 16. Bf4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Bxc2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 19. Rd4 O-O 20. Rc4 Re8 {[%cal Re8e1] [#]} 21. f3 Bd3 22. Rxc6 f6 23. Rc3 Rd8 24. Rb3 a6 25. Rb8 Rxb8 26. Bxb8 $11 {KB-KB} Bc2 27. a5 Bd3 28. Bc7 Bc4 29. Bb6 Bd3 30. Ba7 Bc4 31. Bb6 Bd3 32. Ba7 Bc4 33. Bb6 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,90,-2,8,40,29,39,6,18,22,21,21,13,11,16,25,49,10,18,0,0,-20,-11,-10,-10,-10,-10,-5,-7,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 {B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line.} 9. h3 d6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O Na5 12. Bh6 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bc6 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 {1-0 (29) Djukic,N (2574)-De Filomeno,S (2436) Skopje 2018}) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 16. exd5 Qc5 17. Rfe1 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Qxc2 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Qxa7 Qxb2 21. Qxb7 Qxa2 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ba4.} 22. Ra1 Qc2 23. Qxd7 {Rac1 is the strong threat.} Qxb3 24. Rxe7 Red8 25. Qb7 Qxb7 26. Rxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc5 27. Raa7 Rf8 28. Rd7 Rxd5 29. Ra6 h5 30. Raxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 {KR-KR} Kg7 32. h4 Re8 33. g3 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Rd1 Re7 36. Rd8 Re6 37. Rd1 Re8 38. Rd7 Re6 39. Rd8 Re7 40. Rd1 Re6 41. Rf1 Rc6 42. Rg1 Rc4 43. Rf1 Rc6 44. Rg1 Rc4 45. Rf1 Rc6 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,68,21,14,14,0,0,0,0,-60,-65,-89,-83,-123,-74,-125,-141,-147,-173,-166,-159,-152,-146,-188,-56,-131,-95,-81,-98,-106,-121,-96,-86,-108,-75,-79,-7,-207,-162,-211,-121,-297,0,0,0,0,20,-98,0,0,100,-604,-267,-254,-262,-1418,-1356,-1222,-1130]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 8. Na3 {8.Qc2 is setting a new trend.} Bxa3 9. bxa3 b5 {The position is equal.} 10. Qb1 {[#]} (10. a4 $11) 10... c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ba6 11. e4 Nc6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qe4 c3 15. Qh4 h5 16. g4 cxd2 17. gxh5 {0-1 (27) Prydun,A (2224)-Lagashin,P (2066) Lvov 2018}) 11. e4 h6 12. g4 Nh7 (12... Nxg4 $6 13. e5 $15) 13. h4 ({White should try} 13. Rd1) 13... e5 $17 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 14. Nxe5 Qxd4 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Qc1 Qc5 (16... Rxe5 17. Rd1 $16) 17. Rd1 Na6 (17... Nf8 $1 $19 18. Nxf7 Bxg4) 18. Nxc6 (18. Qc3 $1 $15) 18... Qxc6 19. e5 Qc5 $1 20. Bxa8 Bxg4 21. Be3 Qxe5 22. Rd4 Nf6 23. Bc6 Re6 (23... Rf8 $17 24. Qc3 Qe6) 24. Bg2 $2 (24. Qb2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 24... Nc5 $19 25. Qc3 Kh7 (25... Qh5 $19 {aiming for ...Nfe4.} 26. Qxa5 Bf3 27. Qxb5 (27. Rd8+ $2 Kh7 $19) 27... Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Nfe4 29. Qxc4 Qxh4) 26. Qxa5 $2 (26. Rb1 $17 Nfe4 27. Qc2 (27. Qxa5 $2 Rg6 $19)) 26... Nd3 $2 (26... Nfe4 $19 27. Qd8 (27. Qxb5 $2 Rg6 $19) 27... Rg6) 27. Rb1 $11 Qf5 {...Rxe3! is the strong threat.} 28. Rxb5 Qg6 {Strongly threatening ...Bf3.} 29. Qa8 (29. Kh2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 29... Ne5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} (29... Re8 $17 30. Rb8 Bf3 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 31. Qxf3 Rxb8) 30. Rd8 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd8h8]} Ne8 (30... Qh5 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Rxe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Kh1 $16 f5 32. Rb6 Rxb6 33. Bxb6 Qxb6 34. Rxe8) 31... Rxe8 (31... Nf3+ $142 32. Kh1 Rxe8 33. Bxf3 (33. Qxe8 $2 {too greedy.} Qd3 $19) 33... Rxa8 34. Bxa8 c3) 32. Qxe8 $19 {[#]} Nf3+ $1 33. Kh1 $2 {[#]} (33. Bxf3 Bd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} 34. Rg5 Qb1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kh2 Bxe8 36. Rc5) 33... Qd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d1] ( -> ...Qd1+)} 34. Bd2 Qxd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,56,52,57,57,56,50,31,35,40,0,0,8,3,-101,-97,-190,-162,-411,-418,-463,-464,-484,-468,-505,-493,-506,-509,-614,-612,-669,-666,-664,-632,-602,-563,-565,-557,-558,-556,-586,-581,-575,-564,-584,-586,-578,-555,-1651,-1601]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5a3][%mdl 32]} Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nb5 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} Qd8 7. Bf4 Nd5 8. Bg3 {Black must now prevent c4.White is slightly better.} a6 9. Na3 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e6 10. Nc4 Bb4+ 11. Ncd2 b5 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O h5 15. h4 Bd6 {½-½ (38) Lobov,D (2143)-Yuzhakov,O (2339) Kurgan 2010}) 10. dxe5 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 {[#]} (11. c3 $11 {remains equal.} Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxa3 14. Bc4) 11... h5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh5h4][%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...h4. Keeping White busy.} 12. h4 (12. h3 $17) 12... Bg4 $19 13. Be2 $2 {[#]} (13. Qc1) 13... Bxa3 $1 14. Bxg4 Bxb2 {[%mdl 64] aiming for ...Nc3. Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 15. Bxh5 Bxa1 16. e6 g6 17. Bf3 Bf6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 {Threatens to win with ...Nc3.} 19. Be4 Nc3 20. Qg4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qc8 22. Qf4 Qf5 23. Qxc7+ Kg8 24. f3 Rh7 25. Qd6 Re8 26. O-O Bd4+ 27. Bf2 Rd7 28. Qa3 Rxe4 {Black took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,86,17,16,18,21,11,12,18,17,22,13,13,12,12,14,11,18,22,0,16,25,20,-16,12,19,9,0,0,0,16,0,0,-7,-7,-8,0,0,0,-2,-5,-8,0,0,6,5,15,14,13,14,14,14,15,11,33,0,11,0,9,9,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-8,-8,-16,-13]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 {10...Bb6 is the modern continuation. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in May 2020.} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 {[#]} 17. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. h3 Bg6 18. Qa4 c6 19. Be2 f5 20. Rad1 Bh5 21. Bf4 Be8 22. Qb3 g5 23. Bc1 {0-1 (90) Broadway,D (2279)-Kitson,K (2281) ICCF email 2018}) 17... Nxd2 18. Qxd2 a4 19. b4 axb3 20. axb3 c6 21. Be2 Qe7 22. h3 Ra3 23. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rfa8 24. Rxa3 Rxa3 25. Rc1 Rb3 {[#]} 26. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb4 {Strongly threatening ...Qxd2.} (26... cxb5 27. Qa2) 27. Qd1 (27. bxc6 {keeps more tension.} Qxd2 28. Bxd2 bxc6 29. Be3 Rb4 30. Rxc6 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Bf3) 27... Rb1 28. Rxb1 Qxb1 29. Qxb1 (29. bxc6 {feels hotter.} Qxd1+ 30. Bxd1 bxc6 31. Ba4 Bd7 32. g4) 29... Bxb1 30. bxc6 bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 31. Bd1 Bd3 32. f4 f6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ba4 fxe5 35. fxe5 Bb5 36. Bc2 Ba5 {The position is equal.} 37. g4 Bc3 38. Bf5 c5 39. e6+ Kf6 40. dxc5 g6 41. Bc2 g5 42. Bf5 d4 43. Bc1 Bb4 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,71,23,25,29,29,13,18,0,6,0,7,2,5,-2,0,-9,-1,-1,5,0,26,0,2,0,32,33,28,27,45,36,31,29,33,-6,50,40,50,21,10,21,39,6,25,33,31,22,27,13,19,0,34,0,20,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 {10...Qd7 is setting a new trend.} 11. Nbd2 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng5 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qh5 Bxg5 $1 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bd2 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Nf8 19. d4 Ng6 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qc5 24. Bc3 a5 {½-½ (24) Bezemer,A (2375)-Van den Doel,E (2586) Amsterdam 2004}) 19. Ng3 Qf7 20. Qf3 Nf8 21. Nf5 Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. a4 Rab8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 Qd7 26. Rea1 Ne6 (26... e4 $11 27. Qg3 exd3 28. cxd3 Rbd8) 27. Be3 $14 Rbd8 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Kf7 30. Ra5 Rb8 31. Raa6 Rb7 32. g3 Nd8 33. Rc5 Ne6 34. Rcc6 Nd8 35. Rc5 Ne6 36. Rcc6 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,144,8,17,9,11,6,8,4,19,16,41,29,47,48,50,50,40,13,6,14,78,29,20,-35,0,0,-8,-38,-31,-38,-38,-56,-48,-70,-51,-89,-87,-135,-27,-154,-72,-138,-91,-95,-92,-92,-86,-69,-54,-43,-37,-111,36,-41,0,-44,-29,-16,0,-46,0,-52,0,0,111,49,182,96,104,0,117,106,113,106,100,107,111,79,78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,687,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. Ngf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3.} d5 8. c4 e6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 g5 {[#]} 11. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 dxc4 14. Qc1 cxb3 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. axb3 c6 17. Qxg5 {1-0 (36) Wirig,A (2496)-Skulener,W (2394) Belgium 2017}) 11... g4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 c6 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 h5 (15... dxc4 $11 16. Red1 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 cxb3) 16. f4 h4 17. c5 (17. Red1 $11) 17... Kf7 18. Bd4 Rh8 19. Kf2 Bd7 20. Rc3 Bf8 21. Rg1 Be7 22. Ke1 Qc7 23. Kd1 b6 24. Qe3 Qb7 (24... h3 $17 25. Bh1 b5) 25. Rc2 (25. h3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Rab8 (25... h3 $142 26. Bh1 Rhb8) 26. Ke1 (26. h3 $142) 26... Qa6 27. Kf2 h3 28. Bf1 bxc5 29. Bxc5 Rb5 {White must now prevent ...Rxc5.} 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Qd2 ({White should try} 31. Qc3 $1 $15 Qa5 32. e3 Qxc3 33. Rxc3) 31... Qa3 {[#]} (31... Qb6+ $1 $17 32. e3 Rb4) 32. e3 (32. e4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Rc5 (32... dxe4 33. Bxb5) 33. exf5 exf5 34. Bd3) 32... Ra5 33. Bd3 (33. Be2 $5 {[%cal Rb3b4]} Rb8 34. Rgc1 $11) 33... c5 34. Rgc1 Rb8 35. Be2 Rb6 36. Bf1 (36. e4 $11 c4 37. bxc4 Qc5+ 38. Kf1) 36... Bc8 (36... Qb4 $1 $15) 37. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with exf5. White is more active.} d4 ({Don't go for} 37... dxe4 $2 38. Rd1 $18) ({Reject} 37... fxe4 $6 38. Qd1 $16) (37... Qb4 $1 $11) 38. Bd3 (38. Kg1 $16) 38... Bd7 (38... Qb4 $1 $14) 39. Re1 (39. Qd1 $18) 39... Qb4 $16 {[#]} 40. Qxb4 ({White should play} 40. Qd1 $1 $16) 40... cxb4 (40... Rxb4 $11 {remains equal.} 41. exf5 exf5) 41. exf5 exf5 42. Ree2 Be6 43. Red2 Rb7 44. Bc4 Rc7 45. Bxe6 (45. Ke2 $16) 45... Rxc2 $11 46. Rxc2 Kxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 47. Ke2 Kd5 48. Kd3 Ra6 49. Re2 Re6 50. Rc2 Ra6 51. Re2 Ke6 52. Kxd4 Rc6 $1 53. Ke3 Rc3+ 54. Kd2 Rf3 55. Re3 {And now Rxf3 would win.} Rf1 56. Re1 Rf2+ 57. Re2 Rg2 58. Kd1 Ke7 59. Kd2 Kd7 60. Kd1 (60. Ke3 {seems wilder.} Rg1 61. Rd2+ Ke8 62. Re2 Ke7 63. Rd2) 60... Ke6 61. Kd2 (61. Rc2 {looks sharper.} Rg1+ 62. Ke2 Rg2+ 63. Kd3 Ke7 64. Re2) 61... Kd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (61... Kd7 $11) 62. e6 $2 (62. Ke3 $1 $18) 62... Rxe2+ {The position is equal.} 63. Kxe2 {Threatening mate with e7.} Kxe6 $11 {KP-KP} 64. Kd3 Kd5 65. Ke3 a6 (65... Kc5 $5) 66. Kd3 Kc5 67. Ke3 Kd5 68. Kd3 a5 69. Ke3 Kc5 70. Kd3 Kd5 71. Ke3 Kc5 72. Kd3 Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,36,32,39,55,62,54,47,58,52,63,35,41,26,37,0,27,17,42,40,45,-9,-7,-4,22,20,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,-18,-18,-18,-13,-13,-13,-13,-14,-14,-14,-17,-17,-17,-17,-20,-10,-23,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-24,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,0,0,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-128,-134,-180,-180,-647,-625,-1032,-54,-1040,-1035,-1110,-947,-29973,-29972,-29971,-29971,-6108,-5824]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} Bg4 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 {White is slightly better.} Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 {[#]} 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 a5 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 e5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Rab1 Nc5 15. e4 a4 16. Be3 {0-1 (43) Krasteva,B (1361)-Galunova,T (2125) Plovdiv 2014}) 10... Nbd7 11. Bb2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Ne4 (15. b4 $14) 15... Nxe4 $11 16. Bxe4 Nc5 17. Bc2 a5 18. Ba3 Bf8 19. Rd2 e4 20. Rad1 Qe5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rd7 b6 23. g3 h5 24. h4 Re6 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. Kg2 Qb2 28. Bd1 Qf6 29. Qd2 Re5 30. Rd7 Rf5 31. Bc2 Qe5 32. Qd1 Rf6 33. Rd2 Kh6 34. Qb1 Re6 35. Rd8 Qf6 36. Qd1 Bd6 37. Rd7 Bc5 38. Rd8 Kg7 39. Rd7 Re8 40. Kg1 Qb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 41. Rd2 Qe5 42. Rd7 {[#]} (42. Kg2 $11) 42... Bxe3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 43. fxe3 {And now Qd4 would win.} Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Kf1 $2 {[#]} (44. Kh1) 44... Re6 $1 $19 {[%cal Re6f6] ( -> ...Rf6+)} 45. Ke2 Qg2+ 46. Ke1 {intending Qd4+. Loses the game.} Rf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg2f2]} 47. Qd4 Qxc2 48. Rd6 Qf2+ 49. Kd1 Qg1+ 50. Kc2 Qh2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,84,14,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,6,0,10,1,5,-27,12,5,9,7,74,12,35,39,75,62,68,24,57,41,61,58,61,54,55,36,85,64,65,77,81,80,105,101,187,191,154,172,158,166,312,66,69,8,9,8,10,-805,-801,-831,-825,-821,-794]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 8. O-O a6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Ng5 b5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Qe7 14. Nxf8 Qxf8 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qd5 18. f3 Qxa2 {1-0 (52) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 9. a4 Nd5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bg3 c5 11. Bxc4 cxd4 12. exd4 {[#]} N7b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb4 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxe7 Rfe8 18. Qd6 dxc4 {1-0 (55) Boychuk,T (2510)-Lalic,B ICCF email 2016}) 13. Bb3 a5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Ne4 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Qe2 N6d5 19. Rfd1 Re8 20. Qf3 Ra7 21. Be5 Bf8 (21... f6 $11 22. Bf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Nd5) 22. Qg3 (22. Bxd5 $1 $16 Nxd5 23. Rxc6) 22... f6 23. Bd6 Bxd6 24. Nxd6 {Threatens to win with Bxd5.} Rf8 25. Ne4 Qb8 26. Qf3 Re8 27. g3 Kh8 28. Nc5 Rae7 29. Bc4 e5 {[#]} 30. dxe5 $1 Qxe5 31. Rd2 Qg5 32. Nb3 Nb6 33. h4 Qe5 (33... Qh6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 34. Re2 $18 Qc7 {[#]} 35. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 36. Nxa5 Qe5 (36... Nxa4 {was worth a try.} 37. b3 (37. Nxc6 Nxc6 38. Qxc6 Nxb2 $16) 37... Qc5) 37. Nb3 $2 (37. Nxc6 Qxb2 38. Rd1 Nxc4 $16) (37. Bf7 $18 Rf8 38. Nxc6 Qxb2 39. Qd1) 37... Nxa4 $14 38. Bf7 (38. Bf1 $1 $14) 38... Rf8 $11 39. Rc4 Rxf7 40. Rxb4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Qe4 $11 Qxe4 41. Rxe4) 40... Qe1+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 41. Kh2 Qxb4 42. Qxc6 Rf8 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 68%.} ({Weaker is} 42... Qxb3 43. Qe8+ Rf8 44. Qxf8+ Qg8 45. Qb4 $11) 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,104,11,0,0,0,0,-34,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,2,67,55,46,59,91,91,124,103,95,87,166,28,129,156,140,108,252,246,362,352,347,356,431,435,448,444,866,805,1274,1242,1021,265,284,283,278,261,226,0,0,-44,-45,-33,16,16,16,14,20,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,0,7,7,8,-535,-8,-1197,-1168,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29975,-1424,-29982,-29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 c6 {D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6.} 10. Bd3 Re8 11. h3 Nd7 {Black is slightly better.} 12. O-O Nf8 {[#]} 13. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Ne6 14. Rfe1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. e4 Bxd4 17. exd5 Bd7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Red1 {0-1 (27) Vuori,J-Asomaeki,P Finland 1989}) 13... Ne6 14. Nh2 h5 15. f4 c5 ({Black should try} 15... g6 $11) 16. Bb5 (16. Qxd5 cxd4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 $15) 16... cxd4 17. Nxd5 Rf8 18. e4 $1 Bh4 19. Rc1 a6 20. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Bg3 (20... b6 $16) 21. f5 (21. Bb1 $18 h4 22. Ng4) 21... Nc7 (21... Qd6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 22. Nf3 Nc5) 22. Nb6 $16 Rb8 23. Nf3 Nb5 (23... Bd7 $16 {was necessary.}) 24. Nd5 $18 (24. Rxc8 $6 Rxc8 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 $16) 24... Nc7 (24... Nd6 $142 25. Nxd4 Re8) 25. Nxc7 ({Worse is} 25. Nxd4 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qf6 $11) 25... Bxc7 26. e5 $1 b5 27. Qc2 Ba5 28. Qe2 Bb7 {[#]} (28... Qe7 $142 29. e6 (29. Nxd4 Bb6 $17) 29... fxe6) 29. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd5 (29... gxf6 30. Nh4) 30. Nh4 g6 {[#]} 31. Nf5 $2 (31. Rf5 $3 {[%mdl 512]}) 31... Rbe8 ({Reject} 31... gxf5 32. Rxf5 Rfc8 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. Rg5+ Kf8 35. Qxh5 $18) 32. Ne7+ Rxe7 33. fxe7 {Black must now prevent Bxg6.} Re8 34. e6 $2 (34. Bxg6 $1 $18 Rxe7 35. Bxh5) 34... f5 $11 35. a4 (35. Qf3 {looks sharper.} Rxe7 36. Qxd5 Bxd5 37. a4 Bd2 38. Rc5) 35... Rxe7 36. axb5 Rxe6 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. gxf3 axb5 39. Bxb5 Rb6 40. Bc4+ Kf8 41. b3 Bd2 42. Ra1 Be3+ 43. Kg2 g5 44. Ra7 g4 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Be2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Rxb7 $11 {and White is okay.} gxf3+ 47. Rxf3 Rxb7 48. Rxf5+ Kg7 49. Kf3) 46... Rxb3 $2 {[#]} (46... d3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3e2]} 47. Bd1 gxf3+ 48. Bxf3 Rg6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 49. Kh3 Bxf3 50. Rxf3 Bxa7 51. Rxd3 f4) 47. Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Rxb7 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb7 48. fxg4) 47... f4 $19 48. Rh1 gxf3+ 49. Bxf3 Rb2+ 50. Kh3 Bxf3 51. Rha1 Rb7 (51... d3 $142 52. Rf5+ Kg7 53. Re5 d2 54. Re7+ Kf6 55. Re8 Rb5 56. Rh8 Kg7 57. Rh4 Rg5 58. Kh2 {[#]} Bg1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 59. Rxg1 Rxg1 60. Rh7+ Kxh7 61. Kxg1 d1=Q+ 62. Kf2 Qe2+ 63. Kg1 Qg2#) 52. Rf5+ Rf7 {Quite a comeback for Black. Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,92,44,26,44,29,29,27,37,21,39,14,20,39,72,53,43,0,0,0,0,-22,-22,-25,-25,-32,-33,-27,-27,-22,-24,-38,-20,-23,-25,-15,-22,-19,-17,-85,-85,-82,-85,-145,-137,-137,-113,-170,-146,-148,-147,-194,-175,-190,-190,-228,-209,-674,-655,-614,-614,-595,-528,-1666,-1754,-6183,-5974,-5089,-5089,-5081,-5081,-3777,-1690,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. e3 Na6 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O a6 {D61: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Qc2.} 12. Rfd1 Qe8 $1 {[#]} 13. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 Ncd7 14. b5 b6 15. bxa6 Bxa6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Nb5 Ne5 18. Nfd4 Ra5 19. a4 {1-0 (80) Ubilava,E (2490)-Vazquez Igarza,R (2571) Benasque 2013}) 13... b6 {White has an edge.} 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Nd4 {Strongly threatening Bf3.} Bb7 16. Qb2 Rc8 17. b5 a5 18. Na4 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bf3 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. bxc6 Qc7 24. Rac1 Qxc6 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. Rc1 Qd6 28. g3 Rd8 29. Qb5 (29. Rd1 $11) 29... d4 $17 {Black continues to play with concentration.} 30. exd4 Qxd4 31. Rc6 (31. Re1 $142) 31... Qe4 {Hoping for ...Rd1+.} 32. Rc1 Qf3 33. Qb1 (33. Re1 $17 {might work better.}) 33... g6 34. h4 Rd6 35. Qa1 {White threatens Rc8+ and mate.} Kh7 $1 36. Qb1 h5 37. Re1 a4 38. Qb4 $2 {[#]} (38. Qe4 Qxe4 39. Rxe4) 38... Rd1 $1 $19 39. Rxd1 Qxd1+ {KQ-KQ} 40. Kh2 {[#]} Qc2 $1 {[%csl LRa2,LRf2][%cal Rc2f2]} 41. Qxb6 {intending a3.} Qxa2 42. Qf6 Qe6 43. Qc3 Qb3 44. Qf6 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 45. g4 {[#]} Qe6 $1 46. Qf3 a2 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,50,0,23,12,12,12,15,0,9,10,14,0,12,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. b5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Nd4 {The position is equal.} 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rc8 16. Bb7 Rc7 {[#]} 17. Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf3 Qd3 18. Be2 Qd7 19. a4 Rd8 20. Nb5 Rcc8 21. d3 Bf8 22. Bd2 Nc4 23. dxc4 Qxd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. Nxa7 {½-½ (35) Coyne,D (2328)-Sherwood,A (2349) ICCF email 2018}) 17... Bf5 {[#] And now ...Rxc3 would win.} 18. Ra1 Qd7 19. Re1 Rd8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxc3!} 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. f3 Be6 22. Bb5 Qc8 23. Ba6 Qd7 24. Bb5 Qc8 25. Ba6 Qd7 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/1p2bp1p/2ppnnp1/p3P3/P1B5/1NN3B1/1PP2PPP/R2QR1K1 b - - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,88,59,61,58,62,45,64,58,61,62,60,52,44,29,33,27,28,22,22,17,22,24,28,20,20,21,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,59,59,59,59,52,60,51,66,50,69,23,23,23,23,27,281,144,360,360,353,354,350,342,334,334,314,293,309,304,364,364,378,378,378,378,378,378,4373,4132,3834,2385,29957,11860,29960,29958,29957,29958,6307,5396,29985,29986,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 13... dxe5 {White is slightly better.} 14. Bxe5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Rd8 16. Nd4 Ne8 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nxf6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 22. f3 Kf7 23. Nf4 e5 24. Nd3 Re8 25. Re1 e4 26. Nc5 $1 b5 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 {KR-KR} Rd8 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Re2 Rd1 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. c3 Rh1 34. g3 Kd5 35. f4 h5 36. Kd3 a4 37. Rf2 {Hoping for f5.} Rd1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rg1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 38. Kc2 $18 Rg1 $2 {Now Black is done in.} (38... Rh1 $16 {was called for.}) 39. f5 gxf5 40. Rxf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc4 {intending ...Rg2+.} 41. Rf4+ ({Not} 41. Rxh5 Rg2+ 42. Kb1 Re2 $18) 41... Kc5 42. Rh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5]} Kd5 43. Rxh5+ Kc4 44. Rh4+ Kc5 45. Rd4 Rg2+ 46. Rd2 Rg1 47. h4 Rxg3 48. Rh2 $1 b4 $2 (48... Rg6 49. h5 Rh6) 49. cxb4+ Kxb4 50. h5 a3 51. Rh4+ Kc5 {[#]} 52. b4+ $1 ({And not} 52. bxa3 Rxa3 53. Rh1 Ra7 $11) 52... Kb5 53. h6 Rg2+ {[#]} 54. Kb1 $1 Ka4 55. h7 {White mates.} Rg1+ 56. Kc2 Rg2+ 57. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,88,8,10,29,10,22,0,0,-10,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,35,49,0,23,17,29,29,19,24,17,56,54,20,22,19,33,35,55,1,16,-42,-57,-62,-64,-62,-64,-52,-39,-44,-52,-115,-124,-141,-153,-116,-87,-395,-227,-367,-347,-410,-339,-352,-254,-238,-177,-191,-192,-189,-179,-377,-336,-329,-381,-345,-361,-1519,-1495]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 {B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line.} 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. h3 Qc7 {[#] The position is equal.} 11. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 b6 12. Qf3 e5 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Nb1 Rd6 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (36) Costa Trillo,V (2362)-Broemme,S (2436) ICCF email 2017}) 11... b5 12. e5 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 13. Na4 Nd5 14. Qf3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 a5 16. O-O-O Qa7 17. Qe4 Bf5 18. Qc4 Qe3+ 19. Kb1 Be6 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rad8 22. Rhd1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc8 24. Nb6 c5 25. Rd2 ({Better is} 25. Rc4 $14) 25... g5 $11 26. Rd5 (26. fxg5 $11 Bxe5 27. Rd5) 26... gxf4 $15 27. Rxc5 f3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf3g2][%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 28. gxf3 ({Avoid the trap} 28. Rxc8 $2 fxg2 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rxe8+ Bf8 $19) 28... Bxh3 29. Rxa5 Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 30. a4 bxa3 $1 31. bxa3 {[#]} (31. Rxa3 $15 Bxe5 32. Ra5) 31... e6 $1 $17 32. Ka2 {[#]} h5 $1 33. Ra4 Bxe5 {aiming for ...Rd1.} 34. Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (34. Ra5 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Bg7 35. Rxh5) 34... Bf6 (34... Bg3 $142 {Hoping for ...h4.} 35. Nc4 Bg2) 35. Re1 (35. a4 $142) 35... h4 $19 36. Rg1+ Kf8 37. Nc4 Bf5 38. Rh1 Rd4 39. Ne3 Bg6 40. a4 Bh5 41. a5 $2 (41. Rh3 {was called for.}) 41... Bxf3 42. Rf1 Rf4 {Strongly threatening ...h3.} 43. a6 {Threatens to win with a7.} Bd4 44. Re1 $2 (44. Ng2 Rf5 45. Rxf3 Rxf3 46. Nxh4) 44... Re4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,106,14,23,-36,-25,-21,-4,-51,-32,-44,-33,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,6,-21,-29,-19,-24,-67,-52,-48,-58,-50,-25,-36,-12,-15,-16,-15,-16,-16,0,0,7,0,0,2,13,18,6,-50,-14,-13,0,-108,-102,-102,-102,-104,-104,-105,-103,-211,-211,-211,-208,-205,-192,-204,-203,-186,-199,-304,-291,-295,-291,-318,-318,-283,-300,-293,-268,-254,-251,-241,-236,-318,-300,-851,-838,-1480,-1455,-1385,-1395,-1370,-1281,-4132,-2062]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Bb4 6. d5 {A27: English Opening: Three Knights Variation.} (6. Nh3 $11) 6... Ne5 7. Qb3 {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Be7 8. f4 Ng4 9. h3 N4f6 10. g4 g6 11. Be3 h6 12. Bd4 hxg5 13. fxg5 c5 14. dxc6 dxc6 {0-1 (42) Martinkus,R (2092)-Zickus,S (2335) Lithuania 2018}) 8. Nh3 {The position is equal.} Nf6 9. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4c5]} Be7 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. d6 cxd6 12. Nc3 d5 {Strongly threatening ...d4.} 13. e3 O-O 14. Rd1 d6 15. Be2 h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 16. O-O Be6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. Rc1 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rfc8 21. Rc4 Nd7 (21... Nxd5 $6 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bc4 $14) 22. Rfc1 Nb6 (22... Rxc4 {is interesting.} 23. bxc4 a5 24. Bh5 Kh7 25. g4 Nf6) 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bxg4 Nb6 27. Bg3 Nh4 28. Nf4 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nd2 $1 30. Bf5 ({White should play} 30. Ne2 $11) 30... Nxb3 31. Bxe4 Nc4 32. Nd3 {[#]} (32. Bc2 $11 Nc1 33. b4) 32... a5 $1 $17 {Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} 33. Bf3 b5 34. Bd1 {[#]} Nbd2 $1 35. b3 Nb6 36. Nf4 (36. Bc2 $17) 36... a4 $19 37. bxa4 bxa4 {Threatens to win with ...a3.} 38. Nd3 a3 {Hoping for ...a2.} 39. Nb4 {[#]} Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Na2 (40. Nxd5 a2 $19) 40... Kf8 41. Ba4 (41. Bc2 {might work better.}) 41... Ne4 42. Bb3 Ndc3 43. Nb4 Nd2 44. Be6 d5 45. Nc2 Nc4 46. e4 a2 ({Don't play} 46... Nxe4 47. Bxd5 Nxg3 48. fxg3 $17) 47. exd5 Bd6 48. Kf3 {If White can now play Bxd6+ this consolidates a bit.} Ke7 49. Bf5 $2 (49. Na1) 49... Nb5 {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Bd3 {[#]} Nd4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion} 51. Nxd4 a1=Q 52. Nf5+ Kf6 53. Bxc4 Bxg3 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,87,7,11,19,22,16,7,7,16,18,12,18,12,0,39,38,61,73,81,75,75,83,75,65,69,36,93,80,59,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,42,37,87,89,125,86,122,91,124,108,99,109,117,116,191,155,359,363,353,346,1245,1218,1985,1886,11223,11223,9729,10391,6095,5949,11223,11223,11249,11223]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. b5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 {The position is equal.} Rb8 14. d4 exd4 15. exd4 Qd7 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] Hoping for Rxe6!} Bf7 18. a5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Bf4 Rbc8 21. Bg4 f5 {[#]} 22. Bh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Bf3 Bf6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rcd8 25. Bxd5+ Qxd5 26. Qc2 Qf7 27. a6 b6 28. Qc6 {1-0 (40) Gelfand,B (2737)-Edouard,R (2607) Heraklion 2017}) 22... Red8 (22... g6 $14 23. Bf3 Bf6) 23. Bf3 $16 {aiming for Bxd5+.} Bf8 24. Be5 b6 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Bxd5+ Qxd5 27. Qa4 Rd7 28. Rbc1 Rcd8 {[#]} 29. Rc6 $1 f4 30. gxf4 ({Resist} 30. Bxf4 $6 Qxd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 $14) 30... Bd6 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Bxe5 33. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd4 34. Rec1 h5 (34... Rxc4 $16 {was worth a try.} 35. Rxc4 Rd5) 35. Kg2 $18 Kh7 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (35... Rxc4 $16 36. Rxc4 Rd5) 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 {KR-KR} 37. Kf3 Rd5 $2 (37... Kg6 38. Rg1+ Kf7) 38. e6 {Threatening mate with e7.White is clearly winning.} Kg6 39. Re1 {Intending e7 and mate.} Rd8 40. e7 Re8 41. Re5 Kf6 {[#]} 42. Ke4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Rxe7 43. Rxe7 Kxe7 44. Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,78,7,15,42,13,22,0,13,0,16,13,44,55,22,-25,-9,-25,-23,-20,-18,-25,-13,-19,-20,-20,-2,-36,-28,-45,-45,-46,-42,-48,-21,-30,-24,-28,-29,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 {B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line.} 9. Nxc6 (9. f4 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 9... dxc6 10. h3 Qc7 {[#]} 11. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 b6 12. Qf3 e5 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Nb1 Rd6 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (36) Costa Trillo,V (2362)-Broemme,S (2436) ICCF email 2017}) 11... Rd8 12. Qf3 c5 13. e5 c4 $1 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Ba4 Qa5 16. O-O {[#] Hoping for Rad1.} Bxc3 17. bxc3 {aiming for Rad1.} Qxa4 18. Bd4 Qc6 19. Qe3 Bf5 20. Qe5 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re5h8] [#]} Qf6 {White must now prevent ...Qxe5.} 21. Qxf6 exf6 22. Bxf6 Rd6 23. Be5 Re6 24. Rf2 f6 25. Bd4 h5 26. a4 Rae8 {The position is equal.} 27. Bxa7 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Bxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 31. a5 Kf7 32. h4 f5 33. g3 Ke6 34. Kf2 Kd5 35. Ke3 Be4 36. Bb6 Bb1 37. Ba7 Be4 38. Bd4 Bb1 39. Ba7 Be4 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,89,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,3,0,0,0,-7,-7,-4,-2,-5,-3,-5,0,-7,-12,-6,0,0,0,-14,0,-14,-18,-18,-17,-11,-11,-11,-14,-17,0,-1,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,30,43,50,58,10,22,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 8...cxd4.} 9. e5 Ne8 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} 10. exd6 Bxd6 {[#]} 11. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Nef6 12. Na3 Be7 13. Nc4 Rc8 {½-½ (13) Adams,M (2736)-Grischuk,A (2761) Geneva 2017}) 11... Nef6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Bg5 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rac8 16. Ne3 Rfe8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Bh4 b5 19. a3 Qb7 20. Nf3 h6 21. Bg3 Ne4 22. Nf1 Nxg3 23. Nxg3 Nb6 24. Ne5 Red8 25. Nh5 {[#] aiming for Nxf7!} Rxd1 26. Qxd1 {Hoping for Qg4!} Nd5 27. Qg4 $132 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 2048] White is not holding back} Bg5 28. h4 Bf6 29. Nd3 Qe7 30. Nb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 g6 32. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. g3 Kg7 34. Rd1 Rc4 35. Qe2 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kg2 g4 {The position is equal.} 38. Qe3 Qf5 39. Rh1 {[#] Intending Qh6+ and mate.} Qe4+ (39... Qd5+ {seems wilder.} 40. f3 Kf6 41. Rf1 Kg7 42. Qe2 Qh5) 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. Ra1 Re2 42. Rxa6 Rxb2 43. Rb6 Rc2 44. Rxb5 Rxc3 45. Rg5+ {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,89,-9,27,0,18,-6,54,62,62,70,56,70,325,335,454,360,369,370,370,372,571,554,524,497,702,697,662,695,677,683,718,481,434,376,665,632,688,446,441,448,488,488,500,471,435,293,304,235,627,610,644,649,630,620,685,735,692,501,757,517,971,956,2735,2871,2337,2303,2137,1874,1995,1988,6391,1278,29976,29977,29975,29975,6423,6195]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O Be6 8. h3 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines .} h6 9. Kh2 d5 (9... Bd7 $11) 10. exd5 $1 $14 {White is slightly better.} Nxd5 11. f4 exf4 {[#]} 12. Bxd5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Qd7 14. a3 O-O-O 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. b4 Qe7 17. Bd2 f5 18. Nf2 {0-1 (26) Scheerer,C (2416)-Fridman,D (2571) ICC INT 2002}) 12... Bxd5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (12... fxg3+ $14 13. Nxg3 Bxd5) 13. Nxf4 $18 Ne7 14. Qh5 (14. Ncxd5 Nxd5 15. Nh5 O-O $18) 14... c6 {If Black can now play ...0-0 this consolidates a bit.} 15. Ncxd5 ({But not} 15. Nfxd5 cxd5 16. Qxf7+ Kd7 $18) 15... cxd5 16. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6d8][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd6 (16... g6 {was worth a try.}) 17. Nxg7+ Kd7 18. Rxf7 Raf8 (18... Rhf8 $142 19. Bf4 Rxf7 20. Qg4+ (20. Qxf7 Qg6 $18) 20... Kc7) 19. Bf4 Rxf7 20. Bxd6 Rf2+ 21. Kh1 Bxd6 22. Re1 Rhf8 23. Qg4+ Kc6 $2 (23... Nf5 24. Kg1 h5 25. Qa4+ (25. Qxh5 Ne3 $11) 25... b5 26. Qxa6 Nxg7 27. Qxb5+ Kc8 28. Qc6+ Bc7 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qxd5+ Kc8 31. Qa8+ Kd7) 24. Ne6 R8f6 25. Nd4+ Kb6 26. Re2 Rf1+ {[#]} 27. Kg2 $1 Nc6 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. c3 R1f5 30. b4 Kb7 $2 (30... h5 31. Qd4+ Kb7) 31. Qg7+ Rf7 32. Qxh6 Bc7 33. Qe3 Bb6 34. d4 Bc7 35. h4 a5 (35... Rg7 $142 36. Kh3 Rxg3+ 37. Qxg3 Bxg3 38. Kxg3 Kc8) 36. a3 a4 (36... axb4 $142 37. cxb4 Rg7) 37. Qd3 Rf1 38. b5 R1f6 39. bxc6+ Kxc6 40. Qa6+ Bb6 41. Qxa4+ Kb7 42. Qe8 {Re7+ is the strong threat.} Rf8 43. Re7+ Bc7 44. Qb5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rb6 {[#]} 45. Rxc7+ $1 {White took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

