[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Finek, Vaclav"]
[Black "Kusa, Jakub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,83,14,13,16,8,6,0,16,18,32,18,43,31,18,24,26,25,28,7,35,18,12,11,8,0,0,0,0,0,31,27,35,24,22,22,21,21,32,12,22,3,0,0,4,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} 7. dxc5 {is the new trend.} Nc6 8. Nc3 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qa5 9. Qb5 Bxc5 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Ne5 Bd4 12. Nxd7 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxd7 14. Rb1 Rc8 {0-1 (54) Sigurdarson,E (1935)-Thorarensen,A (1686) Reykjavik 2019}) 9. Bg2 Qa5 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Qb1 Qa5 16. Rfd1 Bc8 17. e3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qc2 Be8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. b3 c5 24. h4 f5 {The position is equal.} 25. Nb1 Qa5 26. Nd2 Bb5 27. Kh2 Qa6 28. a4 Bd3 29. Qc3 Be2 30. Bf3 Qd3 31. Qb2 Bf6 32. Qxf6 Qxd2 33. Bxe2 Qxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 34. Kg2 Qd1 35. Qc3 Qd5+ 36. Kh2 Qf3 37. Qc2 Qd5 38. Kg1 Kg7 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Qc2 Kg7 41. Qc3+ Kg8 42. Qc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Black "Braeuer, Franz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,71,11,10,6,11,-15,0,0,20,0,37,18,18,21,31,9,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62,66,60,50,58,54,48,49,85,84,102,104,100,98,111,15,145,152,152,143,351,361,556,547,530,525,506,501,1295,1088,1421,1402,1305,1187]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 {is more profitable than 7...Nbd7 at the moment.} 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Rd1 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Rc8 12. Ne5 {[#]} N7f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bf4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Qd7 16. Qb3 f5 17. a4 Kh8 18. a5 {0-1 (52) Akhvlediani,I (2355)-Roiz,M (2579) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 {Inhibits c5.} Be7 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. a3 ({Wrong is} 18. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 19. Rxc6 Rxa7 $19) 18... a5 {Prevents b4.} 19. Qb3 Qb8 ({Better is} 19... c5 $11) 20. Qf3 $1 $14 {White is much more active.} Nf6 21. g4 {g5 is the strong threat.} Rd5 $1 22. Nc3 {Pair of Knights!} Rdd8 23. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for g5. White is more active.} Bd6 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nd7 27. g6 ({White should play} 27. Qe3 $1 $16) 27... fxg6 (27... Nxe5 $11 {remains equal.} 28. gxf7+ Nxf7) 28. Qg3 $16 Nxe5 {[#]} 29. Bh3 $1 Rxd1+ $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (29... Re8 $16 {was necessary.}) 30. Rxd1 $18 Re8 {[#]} (30... Nf7 {keeps fighting.} 31. Qxg6 Rd8) 31. Ne4 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Nf7 32. Qxg6 Kf8 33. Bxe6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rg6f7]} ({Weaker is} 33. Rd7 Re7 34. Rxe7 (34. Bxe6 Rxd7 35. Bxd7 Qe5 $11) 34... Kxe7 $14) 33... Qf4 (33... Rxe6 $142 34. Qxe6 Qe8) 34. e3 Qf3 35. Rd7 {[%csl LRb7,LRf7][%cal Rd7f7]} Re7 36. Ng5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.33} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Sorm, Daniel"]
[Black "Malinovsky, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,47,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,-4,2,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,6,16,12,13,12,17,12,4,17,0,0,0,0,0,18,23,36,23]} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 b6 8. O-O {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 {[#]} 10. Qa4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 c5 11. b3 Nb8 12. Nf4 Nc6 13. dxc5 d4 14. exd4 bxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb2 {½-½ (57) Kumle,L-Schumacher,M Luzern 1982}) 10... Qc8 11. Nf4 Rd8 12. Rd1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qb5 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Qb7 15. Qe2 Ne6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. b3 a6 18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Rac1 b5 20. Nb1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Qd1 Rc6 23. Nd2 Qc7 24. Rxc6 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,111,48,34,26,40,1,18,26,129,147,129,131,217,222,199,193,187,190,187,120,369,362,424,326,320,138,460,376,340,235,218,0,141,105,121,135,129,85,64,82,117,102,230,168,534,504,821,797,810,805,754,742,881,873,782,325,309,324,330,297,656,545,607,157,153,160,155,133,135,47,59,0,8,0,77,69,120,111,418,408,450,428,415,412,315,85,29981,1608,1189,1147,2571,1121,5306,5297]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 O-O 6. f3 c6 7. Bh6 e5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. h4 h5 11. Nh3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} b5 12. Ng5 Qa5 {[#]} 13. Kb1 $146 {[%cal Og2g4] The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Be2 b4 14. Nb1 Rb8 15. a3 Ba6 16. axb4 Qb6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qc3 Rb6 19. dxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (32) Kritz,L (2423)-Strauss,J (2110) Biel 2001}) 13... b4 (13... Qc7 $11) 14. Ne2 $1 $16 {[%cal Og2g4]} Ba6 15. g4 Rh8 (15... Bc4 $16 16. b3 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Rad8) 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. dxe5 Bxe2 18. Bxe2 {Chess con chili.} (18. Qxe2 Ng3 19. Qg2 Nxh1 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 $11) 18... Qxe5 19. f4 (19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Ne5 $11) (19. Qxb4 Ng3 20. Qxd6 (20. Rxd6 Rab8 $17) 20... Rab8 21. Qxe5+ Nxe5 $14) (19. Bc4 $1 $18 Rhf8 20. f4 (20. Qxb4 Rab8 $16) (20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ne5 $11) 20... Qxf4 21. Qxb4 (21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Ne5 $15)) 19... Nxf4 $2 (19... Qxf4 $16 {might work better.} 20. Rhf1 (20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ne5 $15) (20. Qxb4 Ng3 $14) 20... Qxd2 21. Rxf7+ (21. Rxd2 Ne5 $17) 21... Kg8 22. Rxd2 Ne5) 20. Rhf1 $18 f6 21. Nf3 {[%cal Bg5f3,Bf3d4,Bd4c6][%mdl 32]} (21. Rxf4 fxg5 22. hxg5 Nc5 $14) 21... Qxe4 22. Qxd6 (22. Rde1 $1 $18 Nd5 23. Bd3 (23. Bb5 Qf4 $16)) 22... Nf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22... Qxe2 $2 23. Qxd7+ Kh6 24. Nd4 $18 (24. Qxc6 Qe6 $16)) (22... Nb6 $16) 23. Nd4 $1 Rxh4 24. Bc4 Re8 25. Qxb4 $2 (25. b3 $1 $18) 25... Qe7 (25... Ng2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Qd2 {White is more active.} (26. Nxc6 Qxb4 27. Nxb4 Ng2 $17) (26. Qxe7+ $6 Rxe7 27. Nxc6 Rc7 $11) 26... N4e6 {[#]} 27. Nxc6 Qc5 (27... Qc7 28. Qc3) 28. Bxe6 (28. Bd5 $142) 28... Rxe6 $16 29. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rb6 30. Qf2 Qh5 (30... Rh5 $16) 31. Rde1 Rh2 $2 (31... Kg8 32. b3 Rg4) 32. Qg3 $18 Qh3 (32... Kg8 $142 33. Qc7 Qd5) 33. Qc7+ Kg8 34. Qc4+ (34. Nf3 Re2 35. Rd1 (35. Qxa7 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Re6 $16) 35... Qg2 $16) 34... Kg7 35. Nf3 (35. Re8 Rh1 36. Rfe1 (36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kxc1 Qh6+ 38. Kd1 Qh5+ 39. Ke1 Qh4+ 40. Kf1 Qf4+ 41. Kg2 Rxb2 $11) 36... Qh4 37. R8e7+ Kh8 $14) 35... Rg2 36. Re7+ Kh6 {[#]} 37. a4 (37. Ne5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Qg8.} fxe5 38. Qf7) 37... Rg4 38. Qe2 g5 39. a5 (39. Rxa7 $6 Rf4 $16) 39... Re6 (39... Rd6 40. Rf7 (40. Rxa7 Re4 $16) 40... Ng6) 40. Rxe6 Nxe6 {[#]} 41. Ng1 $2 (41. Qd1 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 41... Nf4 $16 {Hoping for ...Rxg1.} 42. Qa6 ({Resist} 42. Nxh3 Nxe2 43. Rxf6+ Kh5 $16) 42... Qg2 43. Qxf6+ Ng6 44. Re1 (44. b3 $16) 44... Rf4 45. Qa6 ({White should play} 45. Qc3 $1 $14) 45... Qf2 46. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Ne2.} Rf6 (46... Re4 $1 $11 47. Qd3 Re1) 47. Qc4 Rf4 (47... Qf4 $1 $14 48. Qd3 Qf5) 48. Qd3 {Strongly threatening Nh3.} Rh4 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Qg2 $16 {is a better chance.}) 49. Ne2 $18 Rg4 50. Qh3+ Rh4 51. Qe6 Qf3 52. Rd8 $2 (52. Rd6 $18 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re6g6] is more deadly.} Qe4 {[#]} 53. Qf6 $1 Rh1+ 54. Nc1) 52... Kh5 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Qe4 $16 53. Qf6 (53. Rh8+ Kg7 $14) 53... Rh1+ 54. Nc1 Kh5) 53. Rd7 (53. Rg8 $142 Qh1+ 54. Ka2 Ra4+ 55. Kb3 Kh4 56. Kxa4 Qh3 57. Qe4+ Qg4 58. Qxg4+ Kxg4 59. Rxg6) 53... Nf8 {White is clearly winning.} 54. Qe8+ Ng6 55. Rd6 (55. Rh7+ $142 Kg4 56. Qa4+ Nf4 57. Qd7+ Ne6 58. Qxe6+ Qf5 59. Qc4+ Kh3 60. Qc3+ Kg2 61. Qg3+ Kf1 62. Re7) 55... Rh1+ 56. Ka2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/Black=0.78} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,74,33,20,15,28,20,37,57,46,56,60,0,8,-31,-48,-42,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,52,-34,-4,-35,0,-11,31,-15,-20,-35,0,0,12,-44,-59,-54,-54,-142,0,-20,-20,-19,-22,-15,-17,-4,-8,-70,-63,-61,-29]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 Qe8 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32] Prevents Nf4. E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} f5 $1 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nh4 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 13. Qc2 c6 {[#]} 14. Bxf6 $146 (14. g4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 Nc5 15. Be3 Nce4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qd2 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qf7 19. Rd1 Kh8 20. g4 {1-0 (46) Gupta,A (2617)-Iniyan,P (2466) Dubai 2018}) 14... Rxf6 $11 15. g4 {[%cal Rh4f5]} e4 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Kb1 Qe5 18. f3 e3 19. Ng2 {White wants to play f4.} f4 20. Ne1 Bd7 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. Bxd3 h6 (22... Rh6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d5]}) 23. Qb3 (23. h4 $14) 23... Rb8 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Be4 {Bxc6 is the strong threat.} Rc8 (25... Rff8 $11) 26. Rd3 (26. Bd5+ $14 Kh8 27. Rh2) 26... Kh8 27. Rhd1 Qa5 {And now ...Bxe4 would win.} 28. Qc2 Re8 29. Nd5 (29. Rxd6 $2 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 (32. fxe4 $2 f3 $19) 32... Qe1+ 33. Kc2 Qe2+ 34. Kc1 Qxb2+ 35. Kd1 Qa1+ 36. Kc2 Qxa2+ 37. Kd1 e2+ 38. Qxe2 Qb1+ 39. Kd2 Qb4+ 40. Kc2 Qxd6 $19) (29. Bd5 $11) 29... Rff8 $15 30. Ra3 {Prevents Ba4.} Qd8 (30... Qc5 $2 31. b4 Bxd5 32. bxc5 $18) 31. Qe2 {[#]} (31. Rxa7 Qh4 32. Nc3 Rxe4 33. Nxe4 Qxh3 $19) (31. Bg6 $15 Re5 32. Qe2 (32. Rxa7 e2 $15)) 31... a6 (31... Rxe4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 32. fxe4 Qe8) 32. Bc2 {Strongly threatening Qd3.} (32. Bf5 $5 {[%cal Rd5f4]}) 32... Qd7 33. Nb4 ({But not} 33. Qd3 Be5 34. Qg6 Re6 $17) 33... Be5 34. h4 Qg7 35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. Be4 ({White should try} 36. b3 $1 $11) 36... Rb8 {[%cal Rb8b2]} 37. b3 Qb7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22 (precise) /Black=0.15 (very precise)} (37... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 38. Bc2 (38. Rxa6 Bg7 $19) 38... Ra8 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Malinovsky, Karel"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,157,2,11,0,0,4,5,0,3,1,12,6,12,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,78,85,98,58,70,16,16,8,15,8,95,50,66,22,50,50,78,45,45,20,18,13,14,8,8,1,1,1,17,17,407,17,346,8,8,8,8,8,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,0,29,0,8,0,29,29,59,86,87,87,87,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,13,8,29969,29974,29968,29975,29973,29976,29974,29977,29980,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} 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 16. Nbd2 Qa7 17. Nxe4 {C81: Open Ruy Lopez: Keres Variation (9 Qe2).} Qxe3 18. fxe3 Nxb3 19. axb3 {The position is equal.} dxe4 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nc6 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Rfe8 22. Ra5 Bxb3 23. Rd6 h6 24. h4 h5 25. Kh2 Kf8 26. Kg3 Rec8 27. Rxc5 Ba4 {½-½ (88) Giri,A (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Chess.com INT 2018}) 22. Ra5 Bxb3 23. Rd6 c4 24. Kf2 Rfe8 25. Ke2 c3 $1 26. bxc3 Bc4+ 27. Kd2 Bb5 28. Nd4 Rab8 29. Nxb5 axb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Rd5 b4 31. c4 b3 (31... Rec8 $1 $11) 32. Rab5 $16 Ra8 33. Kc3 Ra2 34. Rd2 (34. Rxb3 $14 Rxg2 35. Rb2 Rxb2 36. Kxb2) 34... Kf8 $11 35. Rxb3 Rxd2 36. Kxd2 Rxe5 {KR-KR} (36... Rd8+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 37. Kc3 Ke7) 37. Kc3 ({White should try} 37. Rb5 $16 Rxb5 38. cxb5) 37... Ra5 $14 38. Rb2 (38. h4 $14) 38... Ke7 39. Kd4 Ra4 40. Kd5 f5 41. c5 (41. Ke5 $5 {[%cal Rb2b7]}) 41... Ra3 $1 42. Rb7+ Kd8 43. Rxg7 {Threatens to win with Ke5.} Rxe3 44. Rg8+ Kc7 45. Ke5 ({Much less strong is} 45. Rg7+ Kd8 $14) 45... Rc3 46. Kxf5 Rxc5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... e3 $11 47. Kf4 Kd7 48. Rg7+ (48. Kf3 Rxc5 49. Rg7+ Ke8 $14) 48... Ke8) 47. Kxe4 $18 {And now Rg6 would win.} Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Rh5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 48. Rf8 $2 ({Better is} 48. g3 $18 {Hoping for Rg6.} Ke7 49. Rg6) 48... Ke6 $11 49. h3 Ra5 50. Kf4 Ra2 {( -> ...Rf2+)} 51. Kg3 {To avoid Rf2. aiming for Rh8.} Ke7 52. Rf5 Rb2 53. Kf3 Ra2 54. g3 Ra4 55. Kg2 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Ra4 57. Rf4 Ra3+ 58. Kg4 Rb3 {[#]} 59. Rf5 $1 Ra3 60. Rf3 (60. h4 $16) 60... Rxf3 61. Kxf3 {KPP-KP} Kf7 $1 62. Ke3 Ke7 $1 63. Kd4 Kd6 64. Ke4 {White wants to mate with Kf5.} Ke6 $1 65. Kf4 Kf6 $1 66. Kf3 {Threatening mate with Kf4.} Kf5 67. Kg2 Kg6 68. Kg1 Kg7 69. Kh1 Kf7 70. Kh2 Kg7 71. Kg1 Kg6 72. Kg2 Kg7 73. Kf3 {White threatens Ke4 and mate.} Kf7 $1 74. g4 {h4 would kill now.} Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (74... Kf6 $11) 75. Kf4 {White mates.} Kf6 76. h4 Ke6 77. Ke4 Kf6 78. Kd5 Kf7 79. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.27 (precise) /Black=0.31. Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (79. Ke5 {mates} Ke7 80. Kf5 Kf7 81. h5 Kg7 82. Ke6 Kh8 83. Kf6 Kh7 84. Kf7) 1-0

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Braeuer, Franz"]
[Black "Sorm, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,119,52,27,45,44,50,43,67,41,58,59,64,38,42,34,57,36,49,25,28,24,32,22,35,27,29,28,34,30,35,37,39,12,37,30,68,55,75,44,37,37,100,91,91,57,58,58,62,56,66,60,79,74,79,54,54,27,22,28,21,24,32,31,44,11,36,11,11,0,30,11,11,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qxf5 {[#]} (11. exf5 $5 {[%cal Rf3c6]} Rb8 12. Qc6+ Qd7 13. Qxa6 $14) 11... Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Qc8 {1-0 (38) Littlewood,J (2380)-Hawksworth,J Southport/ Merseyside 1983}) 12. Qf4 Qg4 13. O-O Qxf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Rfe1 O-O-O 16. Rad1 g6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxd8+ ({Much weaker is} 19. Rxe5 Bg7 20. Red5 (20. Rxc5 $2 Bxc3 21. Rb1 Bxb2 $19) 20... Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Re8 $15) 19... Kxd8 20. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bd6 21. Re4 Kd7 22. b3 f5 23. Rc4 Re8 {[%cal Re8e1] [#]} 24. Kf1 {Prevents Re1+.} g5 (24... Bxh2 $2 25. g3 $18) 25. h3 h6 26. Na4 Kc6 27. Nb2 Kd5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 27... Re4 $14) 28. Ra4 $1 $16 Ra8 29. Nd3 Kc6 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Kb6 32. Re4 h5 33. gxh5 Rh8 34. Re6 {Strongly threatening h6.} Rxh5 35. Rg6 Rh1+ 36. Ke2 Rg1 37. Ne5 Kb5 38. Nc4 Kc6 39. a4 Kd5 40. Kd3 Rd1+ 41. Ke2 Rg1 42. Nd2 g4 {To avoid Nf3} 43. Nf1 Kd4 44. Ne3 Kc3 45. Re6 g3 {The position is equal.} 46. Re4 gxf2 ({Don't do} 46... g2 47. Rg4 $16) 47. Rc4+ Kb2 48. Kxf2 Rh1 49. Ke2 Rh2+ 50. Kd3 Kc1 51. Rg4 Rd2+ 52. Kc4 Kb2 53. Re4 Bf8 54. c3 Bg7 55. Rg4 Bxc3 {Threatens to win with ...Bd4.} 56. Rg2 Rxg2 57. Nxg2 Ba5 58. Nf4 {Hoping for Nd3+.} Bb6 59. a5 Bxa5 60. Nd3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Kusa, Jakub"]
[Black "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,194,46,43,6,10,16,6,0,22,0,0,0,4,0,16,9,12,-24,-10,-46,-46,-46,-47,-40,-31,-50,-51,-74,-27,-83,-29,-41,0,0,0,-35,14,13,13,17,34,29,47,68,81,52,45,50,89,81,85,44,35,39,49,58,122,130,134,123,127,122,131,130,108,99,120,99,148,77,80,8,154,129,172,176,366,366,362,352,354,263,354,39,97,89,92,80,80,80,147,151,168,168,168,8,8,8,8,8,594,438,375,476,384,347,29955,29957,29955,29959,29957,29961,29960,29958,29951,29952,29966,29968,29970,29960,29952,29956,29952,29957,29967,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 {Kapnisis,Spyridon} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Bd6 11. Bd2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} O-O 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. Nd3 Rfe8 {[#]} 15. Ra2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 Nd5 16. Nc3 Ndb4 17. Ne4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 h6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Nd8 21. e4 {½-½ (35) Pashikian,A (2606)-Sargsyan,S (2596) Yerevan 2021 CBM 201 Extra [Kapnisis,Spyridon]}) 15... e5 $1 16. Rac2 {[%cal Rg2c6]} e4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Rbc8 19. Qf1 Qd6 20. Nc3 Ne7 (20... Nd8 $17) 21. Na2 (21. h4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21... Ned5 (21... Nd7 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Bd5.} 22. R5c2 Nd5) 22. Bh3 Rcd8 (22... Nd7 $15) 23. Ba5 Bc8 24. b4 Bxh3 (24... Be6 $15 {should be considered.}) 25. Qxh3 $11 Qe6 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Bxc7 Nxc7 28. Rxc7 g6 29. Rc8 (29. Nc3 {feels hotter.} Ne8 30. Rc5 f5 31. Nd5 Red6 32. Nc7) 29... Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kg7 31. Nc3 h5 32. d5 (32. Kf1 $16) 32... Re7 33. d6 Rd7 34. Rc6 Ne8 (34... Ra7 $14) 35. Nxe4 $16 f5 36. Nc5 {White is more active.} Rxd6 37. Rxa6 Rxa6 38. Nxa6 {KN-KN} Kf6 39. Kf1 Ke5 40. Ke2 $1 g5 (40... Kd6 $142) 41. Kd3 (41. f3 $142 $1) 41... g4 42. Nb8 (42. Nc5 $16) 42... Nd6 (42... Kd5 $11) 43. Nc6+ Kd5 44. Nd4 Ke5 $2 (44... Ne4 45. Nxb5 (45. Nxf5 Nxf2+ 46. Kc3 Ne4+ 47. Kb3 Nd2+ 48. Kc2 Nf1 $11) 45... Nxf2+ 46. Ke2 Ne4) 45. f4+ gxf3 46. Nxf3+ Kd5 47. Nh4 {[%cal Oh4f5] Threatens to win with Nxf5!} Ke5 48. Ng2 $2 (48. Ng6+ $1 $18 Kf6 49. Nf4) 48... Ne4 (48... Nc4 $14) 49. Nf4 Nf6 50. Ng6+ $1 Kd5 51. Nh4 Ng4 ({Black should play} 51... Ke5) 52. Nxf5 {aiming for Nd4.} Ne5+ 53. Kc3 {Hoping for Ng7.} Ke4 54. Ng7 ({Better is} 54. Nd4 $18) 54... Ng4 $1 $11 55. Nxh5 Nxh2 56. Nf6+ Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Kxe3 $11 57. Nd5+ Ke4) 57. Ne8 $18 Nf1 58. Kd3 $1 {g4 is the strong threat.} ({Less strong is} 58. Nc7 Nxe3 59. Nxb5 Nf5 $14) 58... Nxg3 59. Nc7 Nf5 $2 (59... Nh1 $18 60. Nxb5 Nf2+ 61. Ke2 Ne4) 60. Nxb5 Ne7 61. Nc3 Nc6 62. Kc4 Kd6 63. b5 Ne5+ 64. Kb4 Nd7 65. Ka5 Kc5 66. Ne4+ Kd5 67. Nd2 Kc5 68. e4 Nf6 69. b6 $2 (69. e5 {mates} Ng8 70. Ne4+ Kd4 {[#]} 71. b6 $1 Kxe5 72. b7 $1 Kxe4 73. b8=Q Nf6 74. Kb5) 69... Nd7 $11 {The position is equal.} 70. Nb3+ Kc6 71. Nd4+ (71. b7 $5 Kxb7 72. Nd4 $11) 71... Kb7 72. Kb5 Nxb6 73. Kc5 Nc8 74. Nb5 Ne7 75. Kd6 Ng6 76. Nd4 Kc8 77. Nc6 {White threatens Ne7+ and mate.} Nh4 78. e5 Nf5+ 79. Ke6 Ng3 80. Ke7 Kc7 81. Nd4 Ne4 82. Kf7 (82. e6 $5 {[%cal Re7f8]} Nc5 83. Kf8 (83. Nb5+ Kb6 $11) 83... Nxe6+ 84. Nxe6+ $11) 82... Ng5+ 83. Kf6 Ne4+ 84. Ke7 Kc8 85. Nb5 {Intending Nd6+ and mate.} Ng5 86. Nd6+ Kc7 87. Kf6 Nh7+ 88. Kg7 Ng5 89. Kf6 Nh7+ 90. Ke7 {Ne4 would kill now.} Ng5 {Inhibits Ne4.} 91. Ne8+ Kc6 92. Kf6 Ne4+ 93. Kf5 Nc5 94. Nf6 Kc7 95. Kg6 Nd3 96. Nd5+ Kd7 97. Kf6 Nxe5 {White really could win this.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.45} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Wachinger, Nikolas"]
[Black "Finek, Vaclav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,118,27,35,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,16,0,8,-25,90,85,96,102,93,102,137,97,234,14,14,14,14,14,27,4,47,39,40,19,23,23,24,11,47,50,36,43,79,74,76,72,74,71,77,71,74,74,79,79,89,77,93,72,79,62,69,37,47,31,39,31,38,34,35,33,33,36,37,39,43,8,8,8,8,8,52,48,48,8,45,52,50,52,43,22,52,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,1,8,8,-56,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g4 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} a6 7. Be3 (7. f4 {with more complications.} d5 8. Be3 Nf6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qd2) 7... b5 8. Nxc6 {The position is equal.} Qxc6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Ne2 Qxe4 11. Rg1 {Hoping for Bg2.} Qc4 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. O-O-O Nf6 {[#]} 14. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nh5 Bb7 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bb6 Qc6 17. Bg2 d5 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Kb1 Rg8 20. h3 {1-0 (43) Svidler,P (2694)-Pichot,A (2630) Chess.com INT 2021}) 14... d6 15. Qxb4 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Rb8 {[#]} (15... e5 $1 $11 16. Be3 d5) 16. Bxd6 $1 $16 {White is much more active.} Rxb4 (16... Qxd6 17. Qxd6) 17. Bxc7 Nd5 18. Be5 Bc5 {Inhibits Bd4.} 19. c4 Ne3 20. Bc3 $2 (20. fxe3 $6 Bxe3+ 21. Kc2 Bxg1) (20. Bxg7 Nxd1 21. a3 (21. Bxh8 Nxf2 22. Bc3 Rb8 $11) 21... Rb3 22. Bxh8 Nxf2 $11) (20. a3 $18 Ra4 21. fxe3 (21. Bxg7 Nxd1 22. Bxh8 Nxf2 $14) 21... Bxe3+ 22. Kc2 Bxg1 23. Bxg7 (23. Kb3 f6 $16)) 20... Nxd1 $11 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Kxd1 Ke7 23. Bd3 Bd7 (23... a5 $11) 24. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bc6 25. Ke2 (25. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Ba5 26. b4 $14) 25... Bxe4 26. Bxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 27. Bc6 Rd8 28. a3 Bd6 29. h3 Bc5 30. Rb1 Rb8 {[%cal Oc5a3] [#]} 31. Bb5 $1 Ra8 32. f3 a4 33. Rd1 Ra7 34. Kd3 h6 35. Kc3 g6 36. Rd3 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Rd2 h5 39. Rg2 {And now Rg7+ would win.} Kf6 {Prevents Rg7.} 40. h4 Ke5 41. Re2+ Kf6 42. Be8 Ra8 43. Bd7 ({Don't play} 43. Bxh5 Rh8 44. Bg6 (44. b4 $2 axb3 45. Bg6 Kxg6 $19) 44... Kxg6 45. Rxe6+ Kf7 $11) 43... Ra6 44. Rg2 Ke5 45. Rg5 Ra7 46. f4+ (46. Bc6 $5 {[%cal Rg5h5]}) 46... Kd6 47. Be8 Be3 48. Rg2 Bxf4 (48... Ra8 $1 $11 49. Bf7 (49. Bxh5 Rb8 $11) 49... Bxf4) 49. Kb4 $14 Be3 50. Bxa4 Bc5+ 51. Kb3 $1 f4 52. Rd2+ Ke5 53. Bc6 Rg7 54. Rg2 (54. Rd3 $14) 54... Rxg2 $11 55. Bxg2 {Black must now prevent Kc3.} Kd4 {aiming for ...e5.} 56. Kc2 $1 Kxc4 57. Bf3 Be7 58. Bxh5 Bxh4 59. Kd2 (59. Bf7 $1 $11) 59... Kb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18 (very precise) /Black=0.13 (very precise)} (59... e5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Finek, Vaclav"]
[Black "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,82,-33,-34,-17,-31,0,-36,-26,-32,-25,-45,-33,-43,-33,-46,-53,-63,-45,-59,-42,-95,-72,-61,-35,-43,-12,-19,-27,-54,-24,-43,-37,-58,-41,-57,-57,-90,-95,-86,-15,-135,-135,-127,-138,-200,-194,-214,-215,-212,-214,-264,-262,-264,-263,-407,-410,-590,-583,-961,-882,-743,-720]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qe2 Bg4 {D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6.} 13. Be3 Qc8 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Leaves trodden paths.} 14. Bxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfd1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne5 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Qe3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ra3 19. Bg2 Qc7 20. Rab1 {½-½ (34) Razuvajeva,J (2189)-Kachar,V (2363) St Petersburg 2002}) 14... axb6 {Black is slightly better.} 15. Qe3 Qe6 16. Ng5 Qe5 17. h3 Bc8 18. f4 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Kh2 e5 21. Rfd1 ({Better is} 21. a4 $15) 21... exf4 22. gxf4 Ra5 (22... Bxc3 $5 23. bxc3 Ra4 $17) 23. Nf3 Bg7 {A strong pair of Bishops.} (23... Bxc3 $5 24. bxc3 Ra3 $15) 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Nd5 b5 26. Ng5 h6 27. Nf3 b4 28. a3 Ra4 29. Rb1 bxa3 30. bxa3 Rxe4 ({Black should play} 30... Rb8 $17) 31. Rxb7 (31. Ng5 $1 $11 Rd4 32. Rxd4 Nxd4 33. Nxe6 Nxe6 34. Rxb7) 31... Bxd5 $17 32. Rxd5 {[%cal Of3e5]} Rxf4 33. Rc7 {[#]} (33. Rc5 $17 {was called for.} Nd8 34. Rb4) 33... Nd8 $1 $19 34. Rc8 Ne6 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 ({Weaker is} 35... Kxf8 36. Rb5) 36. Ra5 Bd6 37. Kg1 Rc4 38. Bf1 (38. Ne1 $142) 38... Bc5+ 39. Kh1 (39. Kh2 {was the only chance.} Rc2+ 40. Bg2) 39... Rc1 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Kg2 Nf4+ 41. Kg3 Nh5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.11 (very precise)} ({Worse is} 41... Rxf1 42. Kxf4 g5+ 43. Kg3 $17) 0-1

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Black "Wachinger, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,64,5,2,25,12,16,20,20,20,27,15,28,21,24,18,14,4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bb7 9. axb5 a6 10. Nc3 {Prevents Be4.} axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 Bd5 {[#]} 13. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5 Qa5 15. Nc3 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. b3 Nb4 19. Qd1 Na2 20. Rc2 Nb4 21. Rc1 Na2 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Rc1 {½-½ (23) Ding,L (2799)-Nakamura,H (2736) Chess.com INT 2021}) 13... Nc6 14. Bf4 Nb4 15. Qb1 (15. Qc1 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]}) 15... c5 16. Be5 Ng4 17. Nc3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qc6 20. Nc3 {[#] e4 is the strong threat. Pair of Knights!} Qc7 21. Nb5 Qb8 22. Na3 Rd8 23. e4 Bc6 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Nxc4 Nd3 26. Ne1 Nxe1 27. Qxe1 Qd4 28. b3 Qd3 29. Na5 Ba8 30. h4 Bd8 (30... h6 $11 {should be considered.}) 31. Qa1 (31. Nc4 $1 $14) 31... h5 $11 (31... Bxe4 $2 32. Qa4 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 $18) 32. Nc4 Bxe4 {A balanced but interesting game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Sorm, Daniel"]
[Black "Kusa, Jakub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,96,29,11,19,10,20,0,15,6,56,29,37,46,38,34,52,34,41,37,25,41,60,50,48,-22,30,32,43,33,52,33,49,37,27,26,104,98,124,120,153,145,125,115,166,102,143,117,117,118,125,129,120,72,75,54,52,54,52,59,80,0,0,-36,-5,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 O-O {8...Nf8 injects fresh life into this line. D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 9. f3 Re8 10. Bh4 Nf8 11. O-O {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng6 12. Bf2 c5 13. Bc2 a6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qd2 b5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Nf4 Qb6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 {1-0 (56) Artemiev,V (2709)-Hracek,Z (2565) Tornelo INT 2021 CBM 202 Extra [Krasenkow,Michal]}) 12. Be1 (12. fxe4 Bxh4 13. Qd2 Qe7 $11) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. Bf2 Ne6 15. Qb1 g6 16. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Bf6 17. e5 Bh4 18. g3 Be7 19. f4 (19. h4 $14) 19... Ng7 (19... c4 $142 20. Bc2 Ng7) 20. dxc5 $11 Qc7 21. Nd4 $36 {[%cal Be2d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 2080] Threatens to win with Nb5. White fights for an advantage.} Bxc5 22. Nb5 Qe7 23. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Rf2 Bf5 (24... Re6 $11) 25. Nd6 $16 Qxc3 26. Bxf5 {White is more active.} Nxf5 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Qe1 Qa3 (28... Qc7 $16 {is a better defense.} 29. Rc1 Qd7) 29. Qc1 (29. Rb1 $18) 29... Qa6 (29... Qe7 $142) 30. Qc5 d4 31. g4 Ne3 32. Qxd4 Nxg4 {[%cal Be3g4,Bg4h6,Bh6f5][%mdl 32]} 33. Rg2 ({Better is} 33. Rb2) 33... Nh6 34. Rc1 Nf5 35. Qd7 {[%csl LRe8,LRf5]} Qb6+ 36. Kh1 Re6 {[#]} 37. h3 ({But not} 37. Rc7 Qb1+ 38. Rg1 Qe4+ 39. Rg2 Qb1+ 40. Rg1 Qe4+ 41. Rg2 Re7 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Rxe7 Nxe7 $11) ({White should try} 37. Qd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd3f5]} Rc6 38. Rd1 (38. Rb1 Qc7 $14)) 37... Qe3 $11 {[%csl LRc1,LRf4,LRh3]} 38. Rc7 Qxh3+ (38... Nd6 $5) 39. Kg1 {The position is equal.} Qe3+ (39... Nd6 $5) 40. Rf2 Qe1+ 41. Rf1 $1 (41. Kg2 Nh4+ 42. Kg3 Qe3+ 43. Kxh4 Qxf2+ 44. Kg4 h5+ 45. Kh3 Qf3+ 46. Kh2 Qxf4+ 47. Kh3 Qf3+ 48. Kh2 Rxe5 49. Qd2 Re2+) 41... Qg3+ 42. Kh1 Qh3+ 43. Kg1 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qg4+ 46. Kh2 Qe2+ 47. Kg1 {The board is on fire.} Qe3+ 48. Kh2 Qg3+ {White really could win this.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.14 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Braeuer, Franz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,48,47,19,39,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,19,8,43,39,58,53,419,405,352,239,1782,1785,1770,1769,1727,1700,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 {7.a4 gains popularity.} d6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 8. h3 {To avoid Bg4} (8. Nd5 $14) 8... h6 9. d3 Na5 {The position is equal.} 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 Bb6 12. c3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Re8 {[#]} 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. c4 Be6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Kh2 g5 17. Be3 Nh7 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Qd2 f6 20. d4 bxc4 {1-0 (37) Schula,M (2315)-Vedral,O (2187) Czech Republic 2017}) 14... Rb8 (14... Bxe3 {should be considered.} 15. fxe3 a5) 15. Qd2 {[%cal Oe3h6]} d5 {[#]} 16. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 17. Qxh6 {And now Ng5 would win.} Re6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (17... Bc5 $1 $14) 18. Qg5+ $18 ({Not} 18. Nf5 Ne8 19. Qh5 dxe4 20. dxe4 (20. Ng5 Qf6 $11) 20... Nd6 $11) 18... Kh8 19. exd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} ({Less strong is} 19. Nxe5 Qg8 $16) 19... Qxd5 (19... Re8 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qxe5 Qd6) 20. Nf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg5g7]} Ne8 {To avoid Qg7+} 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Ng5 {[%csl LRe6,LRf7] Pair of Knights!} Rg6 23. Qh7+ {White mates.} Kf8 24. Qh8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Skewer} Rg8 25. Nh7# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.87} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Black "Malinovsky, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,19,-27,-38]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 {[#]} {Predecessor:} b5 $146 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves.} 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. c3 a5 14. h4 a4 15. a3 b4 16. Ne3 Qd8 17. c4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Ng4 Nb6 {0-1 (55) Lenderman,A (2634)-Dominguez Perez,L (2758) Lichess.org INT 2020} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Malinovsky, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,79,29,28,28,27,0,0,0,0,-11,20,12,17,0,13,0,0,0,0,-8,52,4,96,68,115,80,176,172,269,260,255,260,281,281,319,214,203,213,213,205,220,217,244,244,244,244,1869,1882,1305,1454,29971,29972,29965,29953,6295,6191,1682,1167]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} bxc5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rfd1 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nc6 {[#]} 14. Qa4 $146 {[%cal Of4h6]} ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 Qb6 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Rfe8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf8 20. Bf4 Kg8 {1-0 (36) Di Berardino,D (2489)-De Carvalho,J (2149) Rio de Janeiro 2019}) 14... Qb6 15. Rac1 {The position is equal.} Rfe8 (15... Qxb2 $2 16. Rb1 Qf6 17. Rxb7 $18) 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Bg3 g6 18. h4 {[%cal Oh4h5]} h5 19. Ng5 {[%cal Og5f7]} Ne5 20. Be2 Rad8 21. Qc2 {[%cal Oe2h5]} Qf6 (21... d4 $11) 22. Bb5 (22. Rcd1 $14) 22... Nc6 (22... Bc6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxc6 Qxc6) 23. Rcd1 {White is more active. White stays focused until the end.} a6 (23... d4 $14 {deserves consideration.}) 24. Be2 Ne7 (24... d4 $16) 25. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} ({Much less strong is} 25. Qxc5 $6 Nf5 26. Qc7 Nxg3 27. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 28. Rxe2 d4 $14) 25... Qc6 {[#]} (25... Qb6 $142) 26. Be5 $1 {Hoping for Nf6+.} (26. Nxc5 Rc8 $16) 26... Bg7 {To avoid Nf6+} 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nxc5 Rc8 29. Qc3+ Kg8 {And now ...d4 would win.} 30. Nxb7 Qxb7 31. Qa5 Rc6 32. Bf3 Rb6 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5 ({Not} 34. Qxd5 Qxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxb2 $16) 34... Rxb2 $2 {[#]} (34... Rb5) 35. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ ({Less strong is} 36. Qxd8+ Kg7 $16) 36... Kg7 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qe8 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 {Intending Qf8+ and mate.} Qc7+ 40. g3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.59} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Braeuer, Franz"]
[Black "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,25,35,35,25,21,0,0,-45]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Bg7 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. Kb1 Nbd7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 b4 11. Nce2 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 {[#]} 13. h4 $146 {An uneventful encounter.} (13. Nd4 $11 {should be considered.}) ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd4 a5 14. Bb5 Rg8 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Qf4 h5 17. Nh3 g5 18. Qd2 Kf8 19. f4 Ne5 20. fxg5 Nxc6 21. gxf6 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxg2 {½-½ (23) Kloster,S (2385)-Salvador Marques,C (2430) ICCF email 2019}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Kusa, Jakub"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,50,0,2,0,0,0,0,12,0,15,0,0,0,62,12,12,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,1,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 11. Be1 Nac5 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3).} 12. b4 Nxc3 ({But not} 12... Na6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 $16) 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd4 a5 {[#]} 16. Qxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. b5 Rae8 17. Qxf6 Rxf6 18. Nd4 exd5 19. cxd5 Nc5 20. Rc4 f4 21. Nb3 d6 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. gxf4 Rxe2 {½-½ (43) Dziedzic,A (2064)-Leite,D (2321) ICCF email 2013}) 16... gxf6 (16... Nxf6 $11 17. b5 exd5) 17. a3 ({White should play} 17. b5 $1 $14) 17... axb4 $11 {The position is equal.} 18. axb4 Ra4 $1 19. dxe6 dxe6 20. Nd4 Kf7 21. f3 Rd8 {[#] aiming for ...Nd2.} 22. e3 Nd6 23. c5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rd7 25. Rfc1 Rxb4 {An even fight not without its subleties.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Wachinger, Nikolas"]
[Black "Sorm, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,21,22,10,71,56,59,35,35,0,0,0,0,-12,0,1,97,101,95,118,119,93,88,93,89,89,113,129,172,164,186,152,168,159,162,123,159,158,185,139,159,130,145,154,165,98,418,231,232,233,229,229,357,216,499,276,569,568,554,563,505,554,547,553,1068,1019,947,794]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 a6 10. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] B57: Classical Sicilian: Sozin with 6...Qb6.} Be7 (10... h6 $11) 11. g5 $16 Nfd7 12. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 13. Qd4 O-O {[#]} 14. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f4 Nc6 15. Qd2 b5 16. h4 b4 17. Na4 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. O-O-O Bb7 20. Rhe1 {1-0 (30) Ehlvest,J (2517)-Gabrielian,A (2463) Chess.com INT 2020}) 14... b5 15. h5 b4 16. Qxb4 {And now f4 would win.} Nc6 (16... a5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Qa4 Ba6) 17. Qc4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nb6 18. Qd3 Ne5 19. Qd4 Nec4 20. Bxc4 (20. h6 e5 21. Qd3 (21. Nd5 exd4 22. Nxc7 Nxe3 $11) 21... Nxe3 22. Qxe3 g6 $14) 20... Nxc4 {[#]} 21. O-O-O $1 (21. h6 $6 e5 22. Qd5 {[#]} Nxe3 $1 23. fxe3 Be6 $15) 21... Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Re8 (22... f5 $16) 23. f4 $18 Bf8 24. g6 fxg6 25. hxg6 h6 26. Qf3 Bb7 27. Nd4 Rac8 28. Rh2 (28. Kb1 $18) 28... e5 29. Nf5 {Threatens to win with Ne3. White is much more active.} exf4 30. Qxf4 {Nd5 is the strong threat.} Re6 31. Rg1 ({White should try} 31. Qg4 $18 {[%cal Of5h6] Hoping for Nxh6+!} Rce8 32. Rf1) 31... Rce8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs Black the game.} (31... d5 $16 {is a better chance.} 32. Qxc7 (32. Nxd5 Qxf4+ 33. Nxf4 Rxe4 $11) 32... Rxc7) 32. Nd5 (32. Rf2 $142 {[%cal Of5h6] aiming for Nxh6+!} Kh8 33. Qg3) 32... Bxd5 33. exd5 Re1+ 34. Rxe1 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Rxe1+ 35. Kd2 Re5 (35... Rg1) 36. Ne3 (36. c4 $142 {Strongly threatening Rf2.} Re8 37. Kd3) 36... Rg5 $2 (36... Qe7 {keeps fighting.} 37. Rf2 Qf6) 37. Rf2 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rf4f8] White is clearly winning.} Qe7 38. Qf7+ Qxf7 39. gxf7+ ({Stronger than} 39. Rxf7 Rxg6 40. Rf1 (40. Ra7 h5 $11) 40... Be7 $14) 39... Kh7 40. c4 Rg6 41. b4 Rg1 42. Rf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.50} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Finek, Vaclav"]
[Black "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,34,35,16,2,11,-8,-19,-10,0,-11,0,-9,0,-2,0,-14,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O a5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nbd2 {The position is equal. E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2.} Nh5 11. Rfd1 Nxf4 12. gxf4 b6 13. e3 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ba6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Bd6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bb4 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 {0-1 (56) Chylewski,P (2330)-Vidit,S (2726) Chess.com INT 2020}) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qd3 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qb8 {An even fight not without its subleties.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Black "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,45,12,0,0,0,0,35,31,25,26,32,34,36,35,33,35,35,36,35,29,29,34,19,29,21,35,35,33,52,54,67,61,52,75]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} b4 9. Nfd2 Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 9...c6.} 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Ba6 12. Ne3 Nd7 $1 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. c6 Rc8 15. Bf4 {Inhibits Ne5. Hoping for c7.} Nc5 16. Rd1 d4 17. Bf3 Ne6 $1 {[%cal Od4d3]} 18. Be5 {[#]} Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... d3 19. exd3 Bf6 20. d4 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd4 22. Qe4 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qe7 24. Qe4 Rfd8 {½-½ (35) Boos,M (2429)-Maetzig,R (2340) GER email 2020}) 19. Qf5 {[#] To avoid d3. Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Bxe5 {White is slightly better.} 20. Qxe5 Re8 {Threatens to win with ...Ng5.} 21. h4 {To avoid Ng5} h6 22. Nd2 {Black must now prevent Qh5. White is much more active.} Ng5 23. Qc5 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.00 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Sorm, Daniel"]
[Black "Finek, Vaclav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,106,0,10,0,-13,0,13,-5,19,-13,0,29,13,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-33,-31,-43,-48,-49,-39,-83,-91,-103,-122,-117,-106,-121,-79,-192,-120,-230,-235,-283,-229,-281,-209,-193,-41,-59,-41,-34,-52,-34,-56,-64,-58,-73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1154,0,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 9. Rb1 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} O-O {[%cal Rc5d4]} 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 {The position is equal.} Bxe5 12. O-O Bxc3 (12... Qc7 {might be stronger.}) 13. Be3 $11 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b6 14. Qc2 Bg7 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Bf4 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. f4 Qd6 {½-½ (34) Akobian,V (2614)-Grandelius,N (2661) Krasnaya Polyana 2021}) 14. Bd3 Bd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. f4 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 b5 19. Qg4 {[%cal Od3g6]} Ra7 20. h4 Kh8 21. Rf3 (21. h5 gxh5 22. Qxh5 Rg7 $17) (21. Rf2 $15) 21... Bb7 $17 22. Rh3 Bd5 23. h5 gxh5 24. Qxh5 {[%cal Rd3h7]} (24. Rxh5 $2 Rg8 25. Rg5 Rag7 $17) 24... Rff7 (24... Bxa2 25. Bxh7 Rff7 26. Bg6+) (24... Rg7 $142 25. Rb2 Qc7) 25. g4 (25. Rb2 $17) 25... Bc4 (25... Rxf4 $2 26. Bxh7 Rxg4+ 27. Qxg4 $18) (25... Bxa2 $19 26. Ra1 Bc4 27. Rxa6 Bxd3 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Rxd3 Qf8) 26. Qh6 (26. Rf1 $17) 26... Qf8 $19 27. Qxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rf1 Raf7 ({And not} 28... Bxa2 29. f5 $17) 29. f5 exf5 {[#]} ({Weaker is} 29... Bxa2 30. f6 Bc4 31. Ra1 $15) ({Black should try} 29... Rg8 $19 30. Rf4 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxf5 32. Rfxd4 Rxe5) 30. Rxf5 $15 Bxd3 (30... a5 {looks sharper.} 31. Rxh7+ Rxh7 32. Rxf8+ Kg7 33. Rf3 Rh4) 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Rxd3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rf4 33. Ra3 $1 Rxg4+ 34. Kf2 {[#]} Rf4+ (34... Rg6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg6e6] Threatens to win with ...Re6.} 35. Kf3 Kg7) 35. Kg3 $11 Re4 {White must now prevent ...Re3+.} 36. Rxa6 Rxe5 37. Rd6 {Prevents Rd5.} Re2 38. Rb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black converts the advantage convincingly.} (38. Rxd4 $11 Rxa2 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kg8 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Ke6 43. Rb7) 38... Rxa2 (38... Rb2 $19 39. a3 Rb3+ 40. Kg4 Kg7) 39. Rxb5 Kg7 {Mate.} 40. Rd5 Rd2 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Ke4 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rd2 44. Ke4 Rf2 45. Rxd4 Kg5 46. Ke3 Rf7 47. Ke2 h5 48. Rd1 h4 49. Rf1 Rxf1 50. Kxf1 h3 51. Kg1 h2+ 52. Kh1 Kf5 53. Kg2 h1=B+ {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.45. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Wachinger, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,73,12,10,19,14,8,0,9,12,22,0,6,0,0,0,78,76,89,62,86,64,53,59,76,71,73,61,75,64,79,12,3,1,2,18,0,18,11,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 8. Bd3 {[%cal Bf1d3,Bd3h7,Bh7e4,Be4c6,Bc6f3][%mdl 32]} Nd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Be3 Nc5 {[#]} 11. Bh7+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. h3 Qf6 14. Kb1 a6 15. Rde1 Be6 16. Re2 b5 17. Nd2 {1-0 (52) Giaccio,A (2467)-Limberg,E (2076) Sao Paulo 2005}) 11... Kh8 12. O-O-O b6 13. b4 Ne6 (13... f5 $11 {remains equal.} 14. Bg6 Ne4) 14. Be4 $16 Rb8 {[#]} 15. Ne5 $1 Bd7 (15... Bb7 16. Bxb7) 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 {[%cal Oh2h4]} Qc8 18. Kb2 Nd8 19. Bf3 f5 {Inhibits g4.} 20. Rhe1 {[%cal Oe3h6] Bxh6! is the strong threat.} Bf6 21. Qd2 (21. a3 $16) 21... Nf7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 22. Bd5 c6 $1 23. Bxf7 Rxf7 24. Qxd6 {Hoping for Bf4.} a5 $1 25. a3 Ra7 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. cxd4 axb4 28. axb4 Rba8 {[#] ( -> ...Ra2+)} 29. Ra1 {Inhibits Ra2+. Active counter play!} Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Rxa1 31. Kxa1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening Kb2. KQ-KQ} Qa6+ 32. Kb2 Qxc4 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qxb6 Qe2+ $1 35. Kc3 Qe1+ 36. Kd3 Qd1+ 37. Kc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Black "Kusa, Jakub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,114,-10,-12,-22,-15,-16,0,0,3,-35,-29,-39,-20,-52,-58,-52,-60,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-21,-23,-12,0,0,0,0,9,13,10,10,10,10,11,11,14,6,52,10,118,131,377,358,338,164,193,129,118,132,207,139,138,28,28,26,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,195,172,283,257,264,270,260,129,233,217,410,28,28,28,28,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} c5 8. Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Be6 10. Be3 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines.} O-O-O 11. Ndc3 Bd6 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Nf4 Bf7 {[#]} 14. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f3 b6 15. Rd2 Be5 16. Nfe2 Rxd2 17. Bxd2 Nc6 18. Bf4 Bd4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 {½-½ (35) Atabayev,S (2425)-Postny,E (2611) Chess.com INT 2020}) 14... Rhe8 15. g4 Nc6 16. Nh5 Bxh5 17. gxh5 Be5 (17... Ne5 $15) 18. Rxd8+ $11 Nxd8 19. Rg1 Ne6 20. Ne2 Bd4 21. Rg3 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} g6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rf3 Rf8 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 {KR-KR} Kd7 27. Kd2 Ke6 28. Rh4 Rf7 {Inhibits Rh7.} 29. Ke3 b6 (29... Rd7 $11) 30. Rh6 (30. f4 $14 {feels stronger.}) 30... Rg7 (30... g5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. h4 $1 $16 g5 $2 (31... Rg8 $16) 32. hxg5 $18 Rxg5 33. Rh7 (33. f4 $142 Rg3+ 34. Kf2) 33... c6 34. Rc7 ({Better is} 34. f4 $18 Rg3+ 35. Kf2) 34... Kd6 $16 35. Rf7 Rg6 (35... Ke6 $16 {might work better.} 36. Ra7 a5) 36. c4 Rh6 {[#]} 37. Kf4 (37. f3 $1 $16) 37... Ke6 $11 38. Rb7 Rh4+ $1 39. Ke3 (39. Kg3 $5 {[%cal Rg3h4]} Rxe4 40. Rxb6 $16) 39... Ke5 40. f3 b5 41. Rb6 {[%csl LRa6,LRc6]} Kd6 42. Rxa6 {Hoping for cxb5.} bxc4 43. Ra8 Kd7 44. Kd2 Rh3 45. Ra3 Rh2+ $1 46. Kc3 Rf2 47. Kxc4 Rxb2 $2 (47... Rc2+ $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 48. Kb3 Rf2) 48. Kxc5 $18 {Black must now prevent Ra7+.} Rc2+ (48... Rb5+ {was called for.} 49. Kc4 f5) 49. Kd4 Kd6 50. Ke3 Ke5 51. Kd3 (51. f4+ $18 {is more deadly.} Kd6 52. Ra8) 51... Rf2 (51... Rc1 $16 {keeps fighting.} 52. Ra5+ Ke6) 52. Ra5+ c5 $2 {[#]} (52... Kd6 {was worth a try.} 53. Rf5 Ke6) 53. Rxc5+ $2 (53. Ke3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3f2]} Rc2 54. f4+ Kd6 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Ra7+ Kd6 57. Ra6+ Ke7 58. f5) 53... Ke6 $1 $11 54. Rc6+ Ke7 55. a4 {Threatens to win with Ke3.} Rxf3+ {The position is equal.} 56. Kc2 Rf4 57. Kd3 f5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.26 (precise) /Black=0.31} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Malinovsky, Karel"]
[Black "Braeuer, Franz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,69,14,9,11,10,21,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,5,0,49,51,55,53,51,54,64,57,57,56,56,58,55,45,62,28,49,37,45,57,39,28,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 {7.Qe2 is the modern continuation.} Qb6 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7.} 8. Bb3 e6 $1 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qd2 {10.f4 is vanishing.} Nd7 11. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 12. f5 Bd7 {To avoid Na4} 13. O-O-O Be7 {To avoid Qg5} 14. Kb1 {[#]} O-O-O $146 (14... Bf6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf6 15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. fxe6 {½-½ (16) Mishin,A (2330)-Morozov,D (2376) ICCF email 2014}) 15. fxe6 $14 fxe6 {[#]} 16. Bxe6 $1 Nxe6 17. Nd5 {[%csl LRb6,LRe7]} Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxe7+ Kb8 {[#] aiming for ...Nc6.} 20. Rxd4 Rde8 21. Nd5 Rhf8 22. Kc1 Rf2 23. Rg1 Ref8 24. Nc3 Kc7 25. Rd2 Rf1+ 26. Rd1 ({Better is} 26. Rxf1 $1 $14 Rxf1+ 27. Rd1) 26... Rxg1 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. Rxg1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf2 28. Nd1 Re2 29. Nc3 Rf2 30. h4 Bc6 31. g3 Kd7 32. Nd5 Re2 33. Nc3 Rf2 34. Nd5 Re2 35. Nc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.19"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Braeuer, Franz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,43,14,10,17,6,46,20,18,13,17,22,15,13,14,5,31,34,27,32,32,7,47,0,10,0,8,-14]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 10...Ba6. E11: Bogo-Indian.} 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2c1,Bc1d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]} f5 14. e3 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Na4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc7 19. f3 Ng5 20. h4 Nf7 {1-0 (39) Cheparinov,I (2664)-Dragnev,V (2535) Warsaw 2021}) 15. Ne2 g5 {Inhibits Nf4.} 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. f3 Nf6 19. c5 b5 20. Nc1 (20. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2a5]}) 20... Bd8 21. Nd3 {[%cal Oe3e4]} g4 22. Ne5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.19"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Kusa, Jakub"]
[Black "Malinovsky, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,10,13,10,0,11,8,10,16,17,12,46,18,20,13,29,15,33,21,32,22,43,39,41,36,52,-2,33,15,0,14,38,32,51,53,36,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Re1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. a5 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rad8 17. Bg2 Rfe8 18. Red1 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. b4 h6 21. Rab1 Ng6 22. Qc4 Ne5 {½-½ (39) Yakubboev,N (2598)-Navara,D (2675) Krasnaya Polyana 2021}) 17. Red1 Rac8 18. Bg2 Qb4 19. Qc1 Nd5 20. e4 Nc7 21. Ra4 Qe7 22. Ra1 ({White should play} 22. Rc4 $14) 22... Nb5 23. Nxb5 cxb5 24. Qe3 Nf6 25. Rac1 h6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. e5 Nd5 {The position is equal.} 28. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 29. Rc1 Rc4 30. b3 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Qb4 {[%csl LRa5,LRb3,LRd4]} 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.19"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Wachinger, Nikolas"]
[Black "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,90,38,25,39,33,35,43,59,38,29,33,116,27,52,0,39,47,36,43,29,39,32,35,39,26,46,58,50,35,47,42,35,25,40,43,47,7,0,-9,0,0,9,9,3,-28,0,-27,44,52,51,53,52,41,41,24,58,50,83,14,36,9,8,0,0,-16,-17,-45,-45,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-97,-97,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} 8. Qd2 c6 9. Bh6 a6 {White is slightly better.} 10. g4 b5 11. a3 {[#]} c5 $146 {[#]} (11... Bxh6 $14 12. Qxh6 Bb7) ({Predecessor:} 11... cxd5 12. exd5 Bb7 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h4 h5 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Rg1 Rc8 18. Bd3 Ndf6 19. Qg5 Rh8 20. Bxg6 Rxc3 21. Bxh5+ {1-0 (21) Jovanovic,Z (2503)-Vlasenko,M (2431) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Bd3 {White is more active.} ({White should play} 12. Be2 $1 $16) 12... Nbd7 13. O-O (13. Bxg7 $14 Kxg7 14. O-O) 13... c4 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Qd4 Kg8 18. Rfe1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e5,Be5e4,Be4d4][%mdl 32]} dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Qd6 21. Bf1 Ra7 22. a4 {Hoping for Qxd6.} Qxe5 23. Rxe5 b4 24. Nb1 Rc7 25. Bxc4 Nd7 26. Re4 Nc5 27. Rd4 Rd8 {[%cal Oc5e6]} 28. c3 ({But not} 28. Nd2 e5 29. d6 Rc6 $15) 28... bxc3 (28... Ne6 {is more complex.} 29. dxe6 Rxd4 30. exf7+ Kf8 31. cxd4 Rxc4 32. Nd2 Rc2) 29. bxc3 {[#]} e5 (29... Ne6 $1 $11 30. dxe6 Rxd4 31. exf7+ Kf8 32. cxd4 Rxc4) 30. dxe6 $1 $14 Nxe6 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8 32. Nd2 Ne6 33. Rb1 Ng5 34. Kg2 $1 Kg7 35. a5 (35. f3 $16) 35... Rc5 36. Rb8 Be6 37. Bxa6 Bd5+ 38. Kh2 {And now Rb5 would win.} Rxc3 39. Bf1 Rc2 40. Rd8 Rxd2 41. Bg2 $1 Nf3+ 42. Kg3 Rd3 {White must now prevent ...Ne1+.} 43. Bf1 Rd1 ({Better is} 43... Rd4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...f5.} 44. a6 Bc6) 44. a6 $11 Rxf1 45. Rxd5 {Ra5 is the strong threat.} Ra1 {Inhibits Ra5.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.19"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Finek, Vaclav"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,44,23,8,14,19,7,18,14,21,7,15,16,11,18,13,-19,22,22,19,18,23,22,14,17,12,16,27,14,12,11,17,2,10]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines.} O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 $1 {The main line 10.Qe2 scores better than 10.Rd1.} Bg6 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Bd2 {[#]} b4 $146 (14... Qb6 $142) ({Predecessor:} 14... Qb6 15. Be1 h6 16. b3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Qb2 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 {½-½ (47) Laznicka,V (2637)-Alsina Leal,D (2523) Pamplona 2009}) 15. axb4 $11 axb4 16. Na4 Be4 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 19. Bxb4 $1 Qe7 (19... Qb6 20. Bc3) 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 {The position is equal.} 21. Rac1 Qa5 22. Nd2 Bxg2 {An even fight not without its subleties.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.19"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Black "Sorm, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,51,32,35,2,6,0,3,-14,28,0,33,25,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,14,2,0,-7,-6,20,18,27,23,27,-16,0,-31,-39,-46,-43,-45]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 {7...Nc6 is a critical line.} 8. Rb1 Qc7 9. Qc2 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6.} e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 11. e4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Rd1 Na6 12. b4 f4 13. gxf4 exf4 14. Qb3 Bf5 15. Rb2 h6 16. Rbd2 Rae8 17. Ba3 {0-1 (45) Nestorovic,I (2037)-Maric,M (2264) Novi Sad 2010}) 11... f4 (11... a5 $142 $1) 12. b3 fxg3 13. hxg3 Qe7 14. Be3 (14. b4 $14) 14... Ng4 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Qd2 Na6 17. Rbd1 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 h6 21. Nf3 Be6 22. Rd6 {Threatens to win with b4.} Rf6 23. Rfd1 (23. b4 {was preferrable.} Na6 24. a3) 23... Raf8 24. Rd8 (24. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Na6 25. b5 cxb5 26. Nd5 (26. cxb5 Nc5 $11) 26... Bxd5 27. Rxf6 Nxf6 28. cxd5 $11) 24... a5 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sorm, Daniel"]
[Black "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,74,35,13,34,27,26,20,22,17,27,23,45,24,19,0,0,-8,34,10,19,0,7,-41,-34,-45,-68,-47,-34,-27,-32,-40,-27,-37,-38,-38,-10,-17,-15,-759,-773,-767,-724,-1423,-713,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Bd2 d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6.} 12. Rfd1 Qe7 {[#]} 13. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Bb1 cxd4 15. exd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Re8 17. Bd2 d5 18. Bb4 Qd8 19. b3 {0-1 (27) Valdeblanquez,J (1937)-Valderrama Quiceno,E (2374) Quibdo 2015}) 13... Rfd8 {The position is equal.} 14. Bb2 Be4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Re8 18. Ne1 Nef6 (18... f5 $11) 19. Rac1 Qe4 20. Rc4 Qf5 21. g4 (21. Rc2 $11 {might be stronger.}) 21... Qg6 22. Ng2 b5 23. Rf4 c4 (23... h5 {is interesting.} 24. gxh5 Qxh5 25. Qxh5 Nxh5 26. Rh4 Nhf6) 24. bxc4 bxc4 {Hoping for ...c3.} 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Nxg4 {White must now prevent ...Qh5.} 27. Qa4 Rd8 {With the idea ...Nde5.} 28. h3 $1 Nge5 29. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Now White is beyond hope.} (29. Bxe5 $11 Nxe5 30. f4) 29... Nc5 $1 $19 30. Qa5 (30. f5 Qxf5) 30... Nf3+ {Pair of Knights!} 31. Kf2 Qc2+ 32. Kg3 Ne4+ {Black mates.} 33. Kxf3 Qxd1+ 34. Kxe4 Re8+ 35. Be5 f5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 36. Kxf5 Qc2+ 37. e4 Qxg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.79/Black=0.21 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,79,18,23,38,30,31,18,20,15,0,0,37,40,38,37,53,39,45,0,26,23,55,68,91,76,101,74,106,86,103,36,8,6,94,100,104,69,50,45,377,41,51,45,36,33,195,108,477,455,461,461,414,422,606,596,1728,1720,1220,729,29965,6179,29986,29987,29988,29989,29987,29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2][%mdl 32]} Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 {is now more promising than 6...Be7.} 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 g6 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations.} 9. Nd5 Bg7 10. Be3 {Bb6 is the strong threat.} (10. Bd3 {seems wilder.} Nf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bb6) 10... Nd4 {[#] The position is equal.} 11. Nc2 $146 {[%cal Rc2d4]} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nc2 Nxc2+ 15. Qxc2 Rc8 16. Qe2 Bxg5 17. b3 Qf6 18. Qe3 h5 19. h3 h4 20. Rd1 Qd8 21. Qd2 Qa5 {½-½ (21) Shome,S (2263)-Mirzoev,E (2454) Mersin 2019}) 11... Bxd5 12. cxd5 Qb6 13. Bd3 Nf6 $1 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qa4+ Nd7 16. Bd2 (16. Bg5 $14 {is more appropriate.}) 16... Qd8 17. Bb4 Be5 18. O-O {Black must now prevent f4.} g5 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Qa3 {White is more active.} Nf6 21. Bd2 Nd7 22. Be2 (22. Bb1 $16) 22... Nc5 $1 $14 23. Qf3 {Black should prevent b4.} d3 (23... Re8 $11) 24. Bxd3 $16 Bxb2 {[#]} 25. Rxc5 {[%mdl 512]} dxc5 26. e5 $36 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 2080] Black is under pressure.} ({Much weaker is} 26. Rb1 Qf6 $11) 26... f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Bxe5 $14 27. Qf5 Re8) 27. Qf5 $2 ({White must play} 27. d6 $18 c4 {[#]} 28. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (28. Bxc4+ Kh8 $18) (28. Qxb7 cxd3 29. Qb3+ Kg7 $16) 28... Kxh7 29. Qxb7+ Kg6 30. Qxb2) 27... Rf7 $14 28. e6 Rg7 29. h4 Qc7 $2 ({Black should play} 29... h6 $14) 30. Re1 (30. hxg5 $18 fxg5 31. Bxg5) 30... Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... gxh4 $2 31. Bh6 Re7 32. Bf4 $18) (30... Qe7 $16) 31. hxg5 $18 fxg5 32. Bxg5 c4 33. Bc2 {Dancing on a razor blade. This bishop pair is nice.} Rf8 (33... Bd4 $142 34. Bf4 Qc5) 34. Qe4 {Strongly threatening e7.} ({Weaker is} 34. e7 Rxf5 35. Bxf5 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Qb6 $14) 34... Rg6 {[#]} 35. e7 $1 Re8 36. Bf4 Qc5 37. d6 {d7 would kill now.} Qb5 38. a4 {White mates.} Qd7 39. Qd5+ Kg7 40. Bf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28 (precise) /Black=0.98} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Black "Finek, Vaclav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,33,0,10,10,-5,3,-11,-15,-18,-22,-15,-16,-24,-17,-15,-3,-19,-25,-26,0,-43,21,19]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 e5 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack.} 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nb3 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 c4 {[#]} 12. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nbd2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Be6 15. b3 c3 16. Ne4 Qa5 17. Bg5 Nd5 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 {0-1 (25) Nalepovic,J (2218)-Hindicky,F (2218) Slovakia 2003}) 12... cxb3 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxb3 Qb6 15. Qa4 Be6 (15... Bxb2 $2 16. Rb1 $18) 16. Ng5 (16. Be3 $11 {deserves consideration.} Qxb2 17. Ng5 (17. Rab1 Qxa2 18. Qxa2 Bxa2 $15)) 16... Qd4 ({But not} 16... Bxb2 {[#]} 17. Nxe6 $1 (17. Rb1 Bxc1 18. Rfxc1 Qd4 $11) 17... fxe6 18. Rb1 $16) ({Better is} 16... Bd7 $15) 17. Qxd4 {An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.14 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Malinovsky, Karel"]
[Black "Wachinger, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,81,8,15,10,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3,LRd5,LRh7][%cal Rh5h7] [#] To avoid Qh4. C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} f5 $1 11. Re1 c6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Re3 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 13.c4.} g6 14. Qh4 Rae8 15. Rae1 Rxe3 16. Rxe3 b5 17. Be7 Re8 18. Qf6 Bxe7 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Qxe7 Qc8 21. h4 a5 22. Kh2 Qe8 23. Qf6 a4 24. Kg3 Qb8+ 25. Kf3 {[%cal Oh4h5]} Qf8 26. Qe5 Kf7 27. g3 h5 28. Qc7 Ke6 29. Qe5+ Kf7 30. Qc7 Ke6 {[#]} 31. Ke3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 31. Qf4 Qa3 32. Qh6 Be8 33. Qh8 Kd7 34. Qg7+ Ke6 35. Qh8 Kd7 36. Qg7+ Ke6 37. Qh8 Kd7 38. Qg7+ Ke6 39. Qh8 Kd7 40. Qg7+ Ke6 41. Qh8 {½-½ (40) Kobalia,M (2590)-Esipenko,A (2683) Sochi 2020}) 31... Qh6+ 32. Ke2 Qf8 33. f3 Qd6 34. Qxd6+ Kxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 35. a3 Ke7 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Be2 Be6 38. Bd1 Bd7 39. Be2 Be6 40. Bd1 Bd7 41. Be2 {A balanced but interesting game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Braeuer, Franz"]
[Black "Kusa, Jakub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,49,13,5,9,-4,8,11,16,10,6,10,7,10,30,21,17,12,18,6,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-18,-14,-22,-23,-30,-20,0,0,0,0,0,-5]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nc3 {7.a4 is setting a new trend.} O-O {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 8. Nd5 d6 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Na5 12. Qd2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bg4 14. O-O-O Qe6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Rdg1 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 {0-1 (38) Gomez Rondon,S (1759)-Hernandez,J (1866) Antioquia 2020}) 12. O-O Nb8 13. Re1 c5 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. c3 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 (16. Nxb3 {keeps more tension.} a5 17. a4 b4 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Qf3) 16... Qe6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nf1 Qe6 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Rfd8 25. g3 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Kusa, Jakub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,85,14,16,27,25,18,16,18,15,15,20,26,0,19,-6,3,16,13,-21,6,0,10,0,10,0,109,109,104,101,177,162,189,183,183,183,189,183,199,194,193,196,217,217,200,165,163,124,238,195,197,214,287,260,446,252,250,249,260,256,401,379,991,364,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,318]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rb1 a5 {The position is equal.} 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. a3 a4 15. Qd1 Qg5 {[#]} 16. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rbe1 Bg4 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 h5 20. f3 Bd7 21. Qf2 Bf5 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 {½-½ (64) Hermesmann,H (2242)-Bente,B (2216) Germany 2018}) 16... Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. h3 Nf6 19. Ng3 Qe6 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. Rfc1 Ne4 (21... Qd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Ngxe4 $16 dxe4 23. b3 Ra7 (23... axb3 $16 24. Rxb3 c5) 24. bxa4 $18 ({Don't play} 24. Nxa4 $6 Nd5 $16) 24... Nd5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Rb4 f5 27. Qe2 Rea8 28. Rc5 Qf7 29. Qc2 Ra5 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 31. Qb2 Ra7 32. a5 Qe7 (32... f4 $16 {was called for.} 33. Qb1 (33. exf4 Qxf4 34. a4 Qg5 $16) 33... f3) 33. Qb3+ Kh7 34. a4 f4 35. exf4 Qd6 $2 {[#]} (35... Qd7 {was worth a try.} 36. Rb6 Qxd4 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Qxb7 e3 39. Qb1+ (39. Qxc6 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 exf2 $11) 39... Kh8 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. fxe3 Qxe3+ 42. Kh2 Qe2) 36. g3 (36. Rxb7 $142 Rxa5 37. Qf7 Qxd4 38. Rb8 Qd1+ 39. Kh2) 36... Rxa5 37. Rxb7 {Threatens to win with Qc3.} Qxd4 38. Rb4 Qa1+ (38... Qd3 $142 39. Qe6 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qf3 41. Qxe4+ Qxe4 42. Rxe4 g6) 39. Kg2 Qe1 {[#]} (39... Rd5 40. Qe3 Qf6 41. Rxe4 c5) 40. Qc4 $2 (40. Rb8 {Threatening mate with Qg8+.} Rd5 41. Qc4) 40... e3 $2 (40... Ra8 $18 41. Rb3 c5) 41. Qe4+ {White mates.} Kg8 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Qe8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28 (precise) /Black=0.67} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Wachinger, Nikolas"]
[Black "Braeuer, Franz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,94,26,15,17,24,18,20,22,19,19,0,0,-2,0,-53,-48,-89,-105,-122,-132,-235,-229,-200,-192,-351,-358,-338,-341,-355,-349,-349,-320,-410,-387,-733,-735,-721,-677,-856,-790,-995,-959,-1090,-1090,-1045,-1027,-29984,-1006,-2539,-1373,-29956,-29955,-29995,-122,-29996,-29997,-29997,-338,-29958,-29959,-29954,-29959,-29953,-29958,-9692,-29950,-9692,-9079,-29971,-6632,-9168,-7593,-5306,-5222,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 {9.Nf3 is a critical line.} Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 {E37: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 Qxc3 Ne4.} (10... Qxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 $14) 11. b4 Qe7 {...Qf6 is the strong threat.} 12. Nf3 O-O {The position is equal.} 13. Bd3 Nxd2 {[#]} 14. Qxd2 $146 (14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Kxd2 (15. Nxd2 f5 $17) 15... f5 $17) ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxd2 h6 15. O-O Ne5 16. Be2 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 b6 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 {½-½ (31) Sokolov,I (2625)-Lobron,E (2580) Amsterdam 1994}) 14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 16. Bd5 (16. O-O $11) 16... Rd8 $15 {Strongly threatening ...e4.} 17. Qa2 (17. e4 $1 $15) 17... e4 $1 $17 18. Nd2 a5 19. b5 (19. bxa5 $17 Rxa5 20. Bxe4) 19... Ne5 $19 20. Nxe4 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 $2 {[#]} (21. Kf1) 21... Bf5 $1 22. f3 {[#]} Qe5 $1 23. Bxb7 Rab8 ({Avoid the trap} 23... Qxb5 $2 24. Rhb1 Nb4+ 25. Kf2 Qxb7 26. axb4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 axb4 28. Qc4 $19) 24. Bc6 Bxe4 {The board is on fire.} 25. Bxe4 Qxb5 26. Bxd3 (26. Rhb1 Nb2+ 27. Ke1 (27. Kf2 $2 Rd2+ 28. Kg1 Qe2 $19)) 26... Rxd3 27. a4 Qa6 28. Rhb1 {Prevents Rb2+.} Rbd8 ({Not} 28... Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Ra3+ 30. Ke1 Rxe3+ 31. Kf2 $11) 29. Ke1 {[#] To avoid Rd2} Qh6 $1 30. Qf2 Qxh2 {[%cal Od3d2]} 31. Kf1 Rd2 32. Qg1 Qe5 (32... Qg3 $142 33. Rc1 h5 34. Ra3 h4 35. e4 g5 36. Rb3 h3 37. gxh3 Rd1+ 38. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Ke2 Qxg1 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. Rh8+ Kxh8 42. f4 Qf1+ 43. Ke3 gxf4#) 33. Re1 h6 34. Rac1 Ra2 35. Red1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR. White does not recover from this.} Qb2 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rb2e2] To avoid Qf2} 37. Re1 Rxa4 $2 (37... Qd2 {mates} 38. g4 Qd3+ 39. Re2 Qxe2#) 38. Qh2 $2 (38. Qf2 $19 Qb3 39. f4) 38... Ra2 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rb2f2]} 39. Qg3 a4 40. Kg1 Ra1 41. Rxa1 Qxa1+ {KQ-KQ} 42. Kh2 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qf4 Qa2 45. e4 Qe6 {( -> ...a2)} 46. e5 a2 47. Qd4 Qg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.11/Black=0.43} 0-1

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Finek, Vaclav"]
[Black "Malinovsky, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,47,25,32,16,10,15,41,15,15,8,14,6,22,23,25,25,25,20,17,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4][%mdl 32]} 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} c5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxb5 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be4 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. exf3 Rb8 17. Bf1 a6 18. Na3 cxd4 19. f4 Ne4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Nxf2 22. Rd2 Ne4 23. Rc2 Bxa3 24. bxa3 a5 {½-½ (24) Heiermann,L (1864)-Luethi,T (1921) GER email 2019}) 15. Nc3 Bxf3 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. exf3 Bd4 {The position is equal.} 18. f4 Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f2]} 19. Rd2 Rfd8 $1 20. Re1 Rb8 21. Nd1 Rbc8 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. Nd1 Rbc8 24. Nc3 {A balanced but interesting game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Black "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,118,12,22,14,10,16,10,17,22,10,12,7,29,31,31,30,25,22,37,15,29,26,27,25,18,21,25,22,71,27,35,29,34,41,42,34,100,104,96,94,130,108,127,112,113,100,144,136,168,154,134,140,214,178,291,256,395,395,395,372,366,356,254,239,1125,1207,1251,1267,1255,1266,1277,1252,1223,1200,1239,1133,1166,1041,955,896,2176,1654,1345,1263,525,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,51]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 8. a5 Qc7 9. Bd3 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} Rb8 10. O-O b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. d5 Bb7 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd4 Bb7 {[#]} 15. Ndb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ncb5 Qd8 16. Ra7 Nc5 17. f3 e5 18. Ne2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Be4 {1-0 (61) Georgiadis,N (2473)-Schmidt,P (2384) Austria 2016}) 15... Qc8 16. Bd4 Ra8 17. Qf3 Qb8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 ({Reject} 19. exd5 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 $15) 19... Kxg7 20. exd5 e6 21. c4 Nf6 (21... exd5 $11 {might be stronger.} 22. cxd5 Ra5) 22. Qg3 {White is much more active.} (22. Qf4 $16) 22... exd5 23. Nxd6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rd8 25. Nf5+ Kh8 (25... Kf8 $1 $14 26. Qh4 Ng8) 26. Qxb8 $16 Rxb8 27. Nd6 {[%cal Bf5d6,Bd6f7,Bf7e5][%mdl 32]} Ra8 {To avoid Ra7} 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. Nxf7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kg7 30. Ne5 Kf8 (30... dxc4 $142 31. Nxc4 (31. Bxc4 Kf8 $16) 31... Nd5) 31. f4 Ke7 32. Kf2 Kd6 33. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Kc5 (33... dxc4 $16 {was necessary.} 34. Bxc4 (34. Nxc4+ Kc5 $16) 34... Nd5) 34. Ke3 $18 dxc4 (34... d4+ $142 35. Ke2 Bg2) 35. Bxc4 {g5 is the strong threat.} Bg2 (35... b5 {is a better defense.}) 36. g5 Nd5+ 37. Bxd5 Kxd5 {KB-KN} 38. h4 Bh3 {[#]} 39. Kf3 $1 b5 $2 {[#]} (39... Bc8 40. Ng4 Ke6) 40. Ng4 $1 Ke6 41. Ne3 Kd6 42. b4 Bc8 43. Ke4 Bb7+ 44. Kd4 Bf3 45. Nf1 Bg2 46. Ng3 {Black must now prevent h5.} Bf3 {Inhibits h5.} 47. Ke3 Bg2 48. h5 gxh5 49. Nxh5 Ke6 50. Nf6 $2 ({White has to play} 50. Ng7+ $18 Kf7 51. Nf5) 50... h6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 51. Nh5 hxg5 52. fxg5 {Threatening mate with Nf4+.} Kf5 53. g6 {Hoping for Kd4.} Bd5 54. Nf4 Bc4 55. Nd3 Ba2 56. Nf4 Bc4 57. g7 Kf6 58. Kd4 Kxg7 59. Kc5 Kf6 {Black defended with fortune.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.23 (precise) /Black=0.17 (very precise)} (59... Kf7 $11 {was preferrable.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Sorm, Daniel"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,80,16,-3,-3,-1,-13,-19,-20,-24,8,0,0,0,0,2,39,32,30,39,32,17,44,33,37,0,0,-53,-58,-53,-81,-118,-103,-183,-184,-177,-183,-197,-201,-263,-266,-260,-267,-266,-262,-267,-241,-285,-264,-531,-524,-1062,-1062,-1050,-999,-916,-851,-775,-768,-754,-738,-29981,-29966]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5d4,Bd4e3][%mdl 32]} 11. O-O Nc6 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3.} 12. e4 {Recently 12.Ng3 got a lot of attention.} cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 {The position is equal.} 14. f4 Ng4 15. h3 Ne3 16. Bxe3 dxe3 17. Qc1 {[#]} Qb6 $146 (17... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d3]} 18. Qxe3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 17... Rd8 18. Qxe3 b6 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Bc4 Qe7 21. Ng3 g6 22. Ba2 Rd6 23. e5 Rad8 24. Ne4 Rd3 25. Qf2 Nd4 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Kh2 Rd2 {0-1 (27) Peralta,F (2570)-Visakh,N (2516) Barcelona 2021}) 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. Rd1 {Prevents Qd2.} Rd8 20. Rb5 Qc7 21. Qxe3 Be6 {[%cal Oe6c4]} 22. Rdb1 Qd6 23. Nc1 ({White should try} 23. f5 $11) 23... Qxa3 $15 24. e5 {[%cal Od3h7]} g6 $1 {And now ...Nd4 would win.} 25. f5 {White is on the road to losing.} Bxf5 {[%cal Rd8d3]} 26. R1b3 (26. R5b3 $17 {might work better.} Qe7 27. Bxf5 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 gxf5 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30. Rxb7 Qxe5 31. Qxe5+ Nxe5 32. R1b5) 26... Qa1 $19 27. Bxf5 Rd1+ (27... gxf5 $2 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. e6 $18) 28. Kh2 {[%cal Ob5c5] Threatens to win with Rc5!} Qxc1 (28... gxf5 $2 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. e6 $1 $18) (28... Rxc1 29. Bb1 a6 30. Qxc1 $17 (30. e6 $2 axb5 31. exf7+ Kxf7 $17)) 29. Be4 {[#]} Nd4 $1 30. Qxc1 Rxc1 31. Rb1 Rxb1 ({Stronger than} 31... Nxb5 32. Rxc1 Rb8 33. Kg3 $17) 32. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb8 ({Inferior is} 32... Re8 33. Rxb7 Rxe5 34. Bd3 $17) 33. Bxb7 Ne6 34. Rb5 (34. Be4 {is the only way for White.} Rxb1 35. Bxb1) 34... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 35. Bc6 Rxb5 36. Bxb5 Nc5 37. Kg3 a4 38. Kf3 a3 {Strongly threatening ...a2.} 39. Bc4 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. e6 (40. Ke4 Nc1) 40... Ne5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.04 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,23,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O {[#]} {Predecessor:} Be7 $146 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line.} 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 c5 15. g4 c4 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qxc4 Nxg4 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. Rdg1 f5 20. c4 Qd7 21. Re1 Kf7 22. Rhg1 {1-0 (79) So,W (2772)-Caruana,F (2791) Chess.com INT 2021} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Black "Sorm, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,149,0,6,12,4,10,5,7,27,36,35,4,22,21,15,25,40,-15,0,-35,-37,-57,-44,-47,-44,-46,-48,-53,-49,-51,-29,-43,-36,-28,-29,-29,-21,-21,-21,-27,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-29,-12,-21,-21,-28,-21,-25,-35,-37,-34,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-91,0,0,0,-91,-65,-65,-65,-65,0,0,0,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,0,0,0,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-78,-65,-65,-65,-65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-91,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. c3 d4 10. Nc4 {[#] Strongly threatening e5. A08: King's Indian Attack.} e5 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Bd2 b5 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 {[#]} 14. Rf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rc1 f6 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Rxc5 Bxa2 18. Ra1 Be6 19. Rxb5 Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 {0-1 (37) Klinova,M (2263)-Hoolt,S (2315) Chess.com INT 2021}) 14... f6 15. Ne1 Be6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 ({White should try} 17. gxf4 $14 a5 18. a3) 17... Ne5 18. Qh5 N7g6 19. Bh3 Bxh3 ({Of course not} 19... Nxf4 20. gxf4 Bxh3 21. Qxh3 $11) 20. Qxh3 Rac8 21. Bd2 Rc6 22. Qh5 Rfc8 23. Qd1 Qe6 (23... h6 {keeps more tension.} 24. a4 Rb6 25. axb5 Rxb5 26. b4 Qd7) 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 a6 26. h3 Nf8 27. Kf2 g5 28. Ke2 Nfd7 29. b4 Kg7 30. Ra2 Ra8 31. Rf5 h6 32. Rf1 Kg6 33. Ng2 Nb6 34. b3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 35. Rc1 Rac8 36. Rxc6 (36. Rca1 {seems wilder.} Nb8 37. Ne1 Re8 38. Nc2 Rd6 39. Rf1) 36... Rxc6 37. Ne1 Nf8 38. Rc2 Rxc2 39. Nxc2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Ne6 40. Be1 h5 41. Bf2 Nc6 42. Kf3 Ne5+ 43. Ke2 Nc6 44. Kf3 $1 Kf7 45. Bg1 Ke7 46. Bf2 Ne5+ 47. Ke2 Nc6 48. Kf3 $1 Kd6 49. Bg1 Kc7 50. Bf2 Ne5+ 51. Ke2 Nc6 52. Kf3 $1 {To avoid g4+} Kb7 53. Ke2 Kb6 54. Be1 Kc7 55. Bf2 Kd6 56. Kf3 Ke7 57. Bg1 Kf7 58. Bf2 Kg6 59. Bg1 f5 60. exf5+ Kxf5 61. Bf2 Ne5+ (61... g4+ $15 62. hxg4+ hxg4+ 63. Ke2 Ke5) 62. Ke2 $11 g4 63. hxg4+ Kxg4 {White must now prevent ...Nc6.} 64. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 65. Bxd4 {KB-KN} Nc6 66. Bc5 Kxg3 67. Ke3 $1 h4 (67... Kg4 $11) 68. d4 $17 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} h3 (68... Kg4 $1 $15) 69. d5 $11 {The position is equal.} ({Reject} 69. Bd6+ Kg4 70. d5 {[#]} Nxb4 $1 $17) 69... h2 70. Bd6+ Kh3 71. Bxh2 $1 Nxb4 72. Be5 Nxd5+ 73. Kd4 Nb6 74. Bg7 Kg4 75. Kc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Malinovsky, Karel"]
[Black "Ghazarian, Kirk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,65,31,2,43,37,41,27,15,0,0,-24,-21,-19,-22,-12,-23,-60,-56,-75,-58,-69,-33,-91,-89,-69,-79,-81,-12,-20,-12,-18,-18,-21,-3,-9,4,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Bd7 {B62: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...e6: Unusual White 7th moves.} (7... Be7 $11 {deserves consideration.}) 8. O-O-O $14 {Strongly threatening Ndb5.} a6 {Inhibits Ndb5.} 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 {White has an edge.} 10. Qg3 h6 {[#]} 11. Qh4 $146 (11. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 12. Qe3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Qg4 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Qg5 14. Qxg5 hxg5 15. h3 Be7 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Ne2 {0-1 (41) Lagno,K (2546)-Jacobson,B (2491) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11... Rg8 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. a4 Rc8 15. h4 Be7 16. f3 Bd7 17. Rd4 (17. g4 $15) 17... Rc5 18. g4 h5 19. Be2 hxg4 (19... Bc6 $17) 20. fxg4 $11 {The position is equal.} Kf8 21. Kd2 Kg7 22. Nd1 Rgc8 23. Ne3 a5 24. b3 Bc6 25. Bd3 Rd8 26. Rh3 d5 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Nxd5 Rcxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 {KRB-KRB} 30. c3 Re5 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. Kxe3 f5 33. gxf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Braeuer, Franz"]
[Black "Finek, Vaclav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,52,-12,0,4,6,15,2,0,24,0,27,15,35,25,45,8,37,32,37,34,44,50,74,68,61,55,67,63,59,33,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,-28,-27,-31,-40]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Qb3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} Nbd7 8. Nc3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} dxc4 9. Qxc4 {The position is equal.} Nb6 10. Qh4 Nbd5 11. Bh6 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 {[#]} 13. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxg7) 13... Bg4 14. Rfb1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qc7 16. a4 Rfd8 {[%cal Of6h5]} 17. Ra2 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8g7,Bg7e6,Be6c5][%mdl 32]} 18. Bxg7 {White is more active.} Nxg7 19. Rab2 Rab8 20. Qg5 {Black must now prevent Qc5.} Ne6 {Inhibits Qc5.} 21. Qd2 (21. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Re3a7]}) 21... Nc5 22. Qb4 Qd6 23. Rd1 e5 {[%cal Oe5e4]} 24. Rbd2 {[%cal Od3d4]} Ne6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. a5 Rbd8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad GM-II 2022"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Kusa, Jakub"]
[Black "Wachinger, Nikolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-26,-40,-33,-36,-37,-43,-29,-32,27,-8,-19,-22,-32,-14,-29,-108,-125,-106,-118,-108,-109,-98,-108,-106,-105,-98,-99,-175,-186,-208,-130,-170,-172,-257,-154,-154,-154,-154,-111,-505,-250,-250,-251,-1096,-610,-910,-702,-941,-810,-921,0,-951,0,-949,-935,-918,-905,-878,-839,-1248,-1121,-1710,-1669]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Nh5 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} 12. Rfd1 Nf4 13. Bf1 Ne6 {The position is equal.} 14. a3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. b4 a5 17. Rab1 {[#]} axb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... e4 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Ne5 21. Kh1 axb4 22. axb4 Be6 23. Na4 Bf7 {0-1 (37) Hjorth,J (2119)-Soh,E (2111) ICCF email 2014}) 18. axb4 Ra3 ({Black should play} 18... e4 $15 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5) 19. c5 (19. Bc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1a3]} Ra8 20. Ne2 $11) 19... e4 20. Nd4 Ne5 {[%cal Oe5f3]} 21. Nce2 Nd3 {Prevents Nf4.} 22. Nxe6 (22. b5 $11) 22... Bxe6 $17 ({Resist} 22... Qxe6 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 $16) 23. Nf4 {[%cal Rf1d3]} Ra2 {Black is much more active.} 24. Bxd3 {[%cal Of4e6]} Rxc2 25. Bxc2 Ba2 26. Bb3+ Bxb3 27. Rxb3 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ (28. Rdb1 $17) 28... Qxd8 $19 29. Ra3 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qb1 31. Ne6 {[#]} (31. Ra8+ {keeps fighting.} Kf7 32. Rd8) 31... Bf6 ({Stronger than} 31... Qxb4 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. g3 $17) ({Better is} 31... Be5+ $1 $19 32. g3 Qxb4) 32. Ra8+ $17 Kf7 33. Nd8+ Ke7 (33... Kg6 $142 34. Nxb7 Qxb4) 34. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Nxb7 $17 {nothing else works.} Qb2 35. Na5) 34... Qxb4 (34... h5 $142 {White must now prevent ...h4.} 35. h4 Qb2 36. Nxb7 Bd4 37. Bxd4 Qxd4) 35. Rb8 $19 {[%cal Od8c6] [#] Hoping for Nxc6+!} Qb5 36. Bf4 $2 (36. Nxb7 Kd7 37. Kg2) 36... Qxc5 37. Kg1 b5 38. Nb7 Qa7 39. Nd8 Qc5 40. Nb7 $1 Qa7 41. Nd8 $1 Qa1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kg2 Kd7 43. Nf7 Ke6 44. Nd6 Be5 45. Re8+ Kxd6 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.68/Black=0.85} 0-1

