[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wang, Kevin"]
[Black "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,50,32,34,68,56,66,54,47,60,69,75,82,89,84,69,80,99,96,91,98,78,88,97,81,55,65,50,68,68,89,18,25,12,45,35,50,27,71]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. c3 Qe7 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} 9. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Nh5 {[%cal Re5d4] [#]} 10. Nc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 Bf6 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Bg7 13. b4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxb4 15. Bb1 Nf6 16. d5 {½-½ (43) Oparin,G (2681)-Moroni,L (2575) Warsaw 2021}) 10... Bd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bc4 Kh8 12. Ne3 Rae8 13. Nd5 {[%csl LRc7,LRe7]} Qd8 {[#]} 14. g4 $1 Nf6 15. Bg5 Nb8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qd2 c6 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} f6 21. Be3 {White is much more active.} b6 {Inhibits Bc5.} 22. Qd6 (22. b4 $16) 22... Qc8 {[%cal Od7g4] [#] White must now prevent ...Bxg4!} 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Qa3 Qb7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} (25... Rf7 $11 {was preferrable.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Rozman, Levy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,110,16,31,40,9,6,-33,-19,-54,-49,-45,-47,-54,-54,-143,-135,-132,-86,-86,-16,-6,0,-26,-26,-89,-103,-110,-78,-78,-94,-92,-68,-81,-34,-85,0,-69,-54,-55,-66,-47,-39,-40,-49,-47,-65,-65,-51,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,9,0,14,19,28,4,25,0,16,18,20,22,62,52,74,56,51,8,87,90,104,88,78,104,88,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 Nd7 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack.} 9. Bc4 c6 10. Qe2 b5 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Bb3 a5 {Strongly threatening ...a4.} 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. Ne3 Ba6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nf6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. O-O c5 19. Nce5 Nd5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (31) Toth,A (2330)-Alienkin,A (2365) Budapest 1998}) 14. Ne5 (14. Ne3 $15) 14... Qxd4 $17 15. Nxc6 Qc5 ({Better is} 15... Qg7 16. g3 Bc5) 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 ({Black should play} 16... Ba6 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra6e2]} 17. Qe3 Qxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Kxe7) 17. Qh5 $11 Ba6 18. Qg5+ (18. Ne3 Rhd8 19. Qg5+ (19. Qh4+ $2 Ke8 $19) 19... Ke8 $15) 18... Ke8 $1 {Hoping for ...Rd8.} 19. Qf6 (19. Qg7 $11 {remains equal.} Rf8 20. Ne3) 19... Rg8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 20. Ne3 Rg6 $1 21. Qh4 (21. Qh8+ $2 Ke7 22. Qxh7 f4 23. Qh4+ Qg5 24. Nf5+ (24. Qxg5+ $2 Rxg5 25. h4 Re5 $19) 24... exf5 $19) 21... Rd8 {White must now prevent ...Qe5.} 22. Rd1 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rd1d8]} Rd6 23. Qf4 {To avoid Qe5} (23. Rxd6 $2 Qxd6 24. Qxh7 f4 $19) 23... Ke7 (23... Rd7 $17) 24. Qh4+ (24. g3 $15) 24... Ke8 {...Qe5 is the strong threat.} 25. Qf4 {To avoid Qe5} (25. Rxd6 $2 Qxd6 26. Qxh7 f4 $19) 25... Nc8 26. g3 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 {And now Kc1 would win.} Qd6+ $1 28. Qxd6 Nxd6 29. Re1 Kd7 30. Kc1 Rh6 31. h4 Ne4 (31... Rg6 $15) 32. Ng4 $11 fxg4 33. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf6 34. Rxg4 Rxf2 35. Rg5 f5 $1 ({Don't do} 35... Rf1+ 36. Kd2 $16) 36. Rg7+ Kd6 37. Ra7 Bc8 38. Rxa5 {Threatening Rb5.} Rg2 $1 39. Ra8 Kc7 40. Ra5 Rxg3 ({Much less strong is} 40... Rg1+ 41. Kd2 $14) 41. Rc5+ Kd8 42. a5 Rg7 43. Kd2 $1 Rc7 44. Rb5 Ra7 $1 45. Ke3 (45. Bc4 $14) 45... Bd7 (45... Ke7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 46. Re5 $1 $16 ({Of course not} 46. Rxb4 $6 Rxa5 47. Rb8+ Bc8 $11) 46... Ke7 47. Bc4 Kd6 {[#]} 48. Kd4 Bc8 {[#]} 49. Rb5 (49. a6 $1 $16) 49... Rb7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 50. Rc5 Rc7 51. Rxc7 e5+ 52. Kd3 Kxc7 53. c3 bxc3 54. Kxc3 f4 55. Bd5 Bb7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Li, Eric"]
[Black "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,26,29,33,52,4,32,32,60,58,66,56,73,52,67,54,87,75,73,48,83,15,31,10,16,18,18,21,16,19,19,17,20,15,47,40,40,40,64,70,65,66,135,108,135,24,55,0,0,0,19,0,0,-4,-4,-16]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 d6 6. O-O {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} O-O 7. b3 (7. d5 $14 Nb4 8. a3) 7... Bg4 8. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} exd4 9. Nxd4 Qd7 10. Nc3 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bh3 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qe6 14. Re1 Rab8 15. f4 Rfd8 16. Qf3 Qg4 {½-½ (45) Vollbrecht,J-McDonald,M CServe email 1998}) 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 Rab8 13. Rc1 h5 14. Qd2 Ne5 {[%cal Oh5h4]} 15. e3 (15. f4 $16) 15... c6 {[%cal Oh5h4]} 16. Nce2 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 {[#]} 18. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 19. Bxe5 Bb4 20. Qb2 {Black must now prevent Red1.} Bxe1 21. Rxe1 Rbd8 22. Bxg7 Qg4 23. Bd4 {Hoping for Qc1. This bishop pair is nice.} Nb4 {aiming for ...Nd3.} 24. f3 $1 Qd7 {And now ...Nd3 would win.} 25. Qc3 {Inhibits Nd3.} Nd5 (25... Qd6 $14) 26. Qc5 {Threatens to win with e4.} Qd6 27. Qc1 ({Reject} 27. Qxa7 $6 Ra8 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. Bxc5 Rxa2 $11) ({White should play} 27. e4 $16) 27... Qh6 {[%cal Rd5e3]} 28. e4 (28. Kf2 $5 {[%cal Ra2a3]}) 28... Qxc1 {The position is equal.} 29. Rxc1 (29. Nxc1 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Nb4 30. Be3 Nc2 $19) 29... Nb4 30. a3 Nd3 31. Rc3 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%cal Od3c1] To avoid b4} 32. Rxd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21 (precise) /Black=0.16 (very precise)} (32. Bxc5 $2 Nxc5 33. Rxc5 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Rxh1 35. Rg5+ Kf8 36. Rxh5 Rxh2+ 37. Ke3 Kg7 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,80,35,18,28,31,43,52,39,37,50,49,47,49,51,45,43,25,40,34,56,29,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48,46,46,-8,0,-112,-82,-74,-69,-73,-64,-109,-108,-177,-177,-159,-139,-239,-242,-247,-240,-239,-245,-241,-229,-581,-585,-570,-560]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Kh2 c6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory. E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4.} 13. f4 h5 {[#]} 14. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b4 Ne6 15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 17. Rc1 Bxc4 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nh7 20. Ne4 Bxa2 {0-1 (37) Zaika,D (2216)-Fiedorek,M (2317) Suwalki 2019}) 14... Nxb3 {White is slightly better.} 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Be3 c5 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Bd2 a6 19. Re2 Nd7 20. Rf1 Rad8 21. Bf3 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c4][%mdl 32]} Qb8 ({Don't do} 23... Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Rb8 25. Qd3 $14) 24. Na3 ({Don't play} 24. Nxd6 Ne5 $1 25. fxe5 Bxe5 $17) 24... Bxb2 25. Nc4 {[%csl LRb2,LRd6]} Bd4 26. e5 d5 (26... Bxf3 $1 $11 27. Qxf3 Qa8) 27. Nd6 $14 Re6 28. Ba5 ({White should try} 28. b4 $1 $14) 28... Rf8 29. Rfe1 (29. b4 $1 $11) 29... Rxd6 30. exd6 Bb5 31. Qd1 Bxe2 32. Qxe2 (32. Rxe2 $15 {should be considered.} Qxd6 33. b4) 32... Qxd6 $17 {[%cal Oh5h4]} 33. Bd2 (33. Qe7 $17 Qxe7 34. Rxe7) 33... Nf6 $19 34. Qd3 {[%cal Ob3b4]} Ra8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 35. Re2 {[#]} (35. f5 $17) 35... Qa6 $1 36. Qxa6 Rxa6 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Ra3 39. Be3 $2 (39. Bc1 {is tougher.} Rxb3 40. Kg2) 39... Bxe3 40. Rxe3 c4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.05 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,20,33,20,19,19,19,20,20,20,23,18,21,19,24,12,16,10,7,29,16,22,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,28,31,37,33,25,33,35,84,87,112,75,118,122,132,129,183,91,158,165,182,106,159,77,170,147,150,147,147,136,118,88,82,80,89,0,70,77,85,85,85,87,95,116,150,83,96,102,97,73,98,57,261,260,548,538,539,533,502,475,1002,972,635,611,987,927,12068,10539,11836,5710,5297,5173,29984,29985,29983,29979]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qb3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Nf6 {Inhibits e4.} 7. Bg5 {[%cal Oe2e4]} h6 8. Bh4 {[%cal Oe2e4] The position is equal.} Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 {[#]} 12. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 b5 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. a3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bf5 Qb6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nd4 {0-1 (36) Harsha,B (2509)-Erigaisi,A (2559) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 ({Avoid the trap} 13. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 14. Bxe4 (14. Bxe7 $2 Qxe7 15. Bxe4 Qxe4 $19) 14... Bxh4 $19) 13... Qxe7 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4b6][%mdl 32]} Nf6 16. Na4 Bg4 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Qb6 Qxb6 (20... Qe7 {seems wilder.} 21. a3 Rd5 22. Ne5 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. h3 Nd5) 21. Nxb6 Re7 22. Rc3 Be6 23. Ra1 h5 24. a4 a5 (24... h4 $14 {deserves consideration.}) 25. Nxe6 $16 Rxe6 26. Rac1 c5 (26... Nd5 $142) 27. dxc5 Rc6 28. h3 $1 {To avoid Ng4} Kf8 (28... Rd3 $16 29. Rxd3 exd3) 29. Kf1 (29. Rb3 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 29... h4 (29... Nd5 $142) 30. Ke1 Ke7 31. Rc4 (31. Rb3 $1 $18) 31... Ke6 (31... Rh8 $142) 32. Ke2 (32. R1c3 $142) 32... g5 (32... Rh8 $16) 33. f3 ({Don't take} 33. Rd4 $6 Rxd4 34. exd4 Nd5 $16) 33... Ke5 34. R1c2 exf3+ 35. gxf3 Nh5 36. Re4+ Kf6 {...Ng3+ is the strong threat.} 37. Rd4 Nf4+ 38. Kd2 (38. Kd1 $16 Ne6 39. Rxd8 Nxd8 40. b4) 38... Ne6 (38... Rxd4+ $11 39. exd4 Re6) 39. Rxd8 $14 Nxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRN-KRN} 40. b4 $1 axb4 41. Nd5+ Ke5 42. Nxb4 Rc8 {[#]} 43. Rb2 (43. c6 $142 $1) 43... Rc7 44. Nd3+ Ke6 45. Kc3 Nc6 46. Rb6 {White is more active.} ({Better is} 46. Rg2 $16) 46... Kd7 $2 {This costs Black the game.} (46... f5 $1 $14) 47. Nb4 $18 {Strongly threatening Nd5.} Ne5 $2 (47... f5 {was necessary.} 48. Nd5 Rc8 49. Rxb7+ Ke6) 48. Nd5 Rc8 49. f4 ({Less strong is} 49. Rxb7+ Kc6 50. Re7 Nxf3 51. Rxf7 Kxd5 52. Rxf3 Rxc5+ 53. Kd3 Ke6 $16) 49... gxf4 50. exf4 Nf3 (50... Nc6 $142 51. Rxb7+ Ke6) 51. Kc4 Nd2+ 52. Kb5 Nb3 53. Rxb7+ Kd8 54. Nb6 Rxc5+ 55. Kb4 Rf5 56. Kxb3 Rxf4 57. a5 Rf3+ 58. Kb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.40} 1-0

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,18,24,16,22,18,22,4,12,4,17,12,22,0,16,2,19,0,0,-26,-23,-38,-33,-60,-64,-70,-44,-71,-58,-54,-62,-47,-61,-56,-1,-30,-23,-19,-22,-33,89,81,210,121,434,434,434,265,275,274,280,251,288,279,251,240,241,230,385,388,378,383,399,389,431,441,431,401,433,428,492,470,539,529,519,501,580,570,616,606,617,609,678,614,734,514]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} c5 7. Nf3 c4 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Qc2 {[#]} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. a3 Nb6 15. Qf5 Na8 16. Bg5 g6 17. Qh3 Nc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (56) L'Ami,E (2619)-Vallejo Pons,F (2694) Douglas 2019}) 13. Ne2 Nbd7 14. Rad1 a5 15. Ng3 Re8 16. e4 Nb6 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. d5 $1 Bg5 ({But not} 21... Bxd5 22. Bxe4 g6 23. Bxd5+ Nxd5 24. Qe4 $16) (21... Nxd5 22. Rxe4 (22. Qxe4 Kg8 $17) 22... b3 23. axb3) (21... exf3 $15 22. Qxh7 Bxd5 23. e6+ Bxe6 24. Rxd8 (24. Qh5+ $2 Kg8 $19) 24... Rcxd8) 22. Qxe4 Kg8 {...Bxf4 is the strong threat.} 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Qd4 Nd7 (24... Qd8 $15 {stays ahead.} 25. Be4 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3) 25. h4 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation. White leaves nothing to chance now.} Qd8 (25... Qg6 $16) 26. Bh5 $18 Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... g6 $16 {is tougher.} 27. Bg4 c3) 27. e6 Nf6 {[%cal Rd8d5] [#]} 28. e7 $1 Qxd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 29. exf8=Q+ ({Don't do} 29. exf8=R+ $6 Kxf8 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 $18) 29... Kxf8 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 {[#]} 31. Bg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc6 (31... Rc7 32. Bf5) 32. Bf5 g6 33. Bc2 b3 $2 (33... c3) 34. axb3 cxb3 35. Bd3 Rc7 36. Ra1 Ra7 37. Ra4 Bc6 38. Rc4 Bd5 39. Rd4 {White is clearly winning.} Bf7 40. Bc4 Rc7 41. Bxf7 Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 42. Re3 Rb7 43. Re5 Ra7 44. Ra4 Rc7 45. Rexa5 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Rc2 47. Rf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.38} 1-0

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,41,20,8,20,20,21,4,11,26,38,47,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} 8. Nxd4 {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bd7 9. b3 Nc6 10. N4f3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 b5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 {0-1 (26) Parligras,M (2576)-Stevic,H (2581) Terme Catez 2021}) 9. b3 Bxd4 (9... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 10. Be2 (10. Qf3 Ra7 $11) 10... Bb7 $14) 10. exd4 b5 {[#]} 11. Ba3 $1 Nc6 $1 ({Less strong is} 11... bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qd5 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Rc1 $16) 12. Rc1 bxc4 $11 {The position is equal.} 13. Nxc4 {aiming for Nd6+.} Ne7 $1 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Qf3 Bd7 $1 16. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Oc7d7]} Rb8 $1 (16... Qxc7 $2 17. Qxa8+ Be8 18. Nxe8 Nxe8 19. d5 $18) 17. Rfc1 Kg8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ned5.} 18. Nb7 Qe8 19. Nd6 Qd8 20. Nb7 Qe8 {Threatens to win with ...Ned5.} 21. Nd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Black "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,110,0,0,0,0,-11,-9,-8,-17,-16,-32,7,-20,0,-6,-7,-23,0,-11,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-8,-8,-8,-8,-21,-21,-18,-18,-18,-18,-50,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-66,-46,-48,-45,-51,-43,-44,-31,-36,-41,-50,-31,-37,-10,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 a5 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 13. Ne4 Be7 {[#] Prevents Bg5.} 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qc2 a4 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Bc3 h6 19. Qd3 Ra7 20. Qg3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 {0-1 (41) Bortnyk,O (2598)-Carlsen,M (2847) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 14... Ba6 15. Rc1 Qb6 16. b3 Rad8 (16... Ba3 {with more complications.} 17. Ra1 Bb4 18. Rf1 a4 19. Qd3 Qa5) 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qe2 Ra8 19. Rc4 Qb5 (19... a4 $5) 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 a4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. Rxc6 h6 25. g3 Rfa8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 26. Rcc2 g5 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. f3 Kg6 29. Bf2 h5 30. Rb2 Ra3 31. Rec2 R8a4 32. Rd2 Ra7 33. Rdc2 Kf5 34. Re2 f6 35. Rbc2 R7a6 36. Rb2 h4 37. Be1 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 {The position is equal.} h3 39. Rb3 Nd5 40. Rxa3 $1 Rxa3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 41. Kf2 $1 Ra4 42. g4+ Kg6 43. Kg3 ({Don't play} 43. Rxe6 Nf4 44. Re8 Rxa2+ 45. Kf1 (45. Kg1 $2 Kf7 $19) 45... Kf7 $17) 43... Nf4 44. Rc2 Ra3 45. Bb4 Rd3 46. Rd2 Re3 47. Kf2 Nd5 48. Bc5 {Threatens to win with a4.} Rc3 49. a4 {Hoping for a5.} Rc1 50. Bd6 Ra1 51. Kg3 $1 Rg1+ 52. Kf2 $1 (52. Kxh3 e5 53. Bxe5 fxe5 54. Rg2 Nf4+ 55. Kg3 Rxg2#) 52... Ra1 53. Kg3 $1 Rg1+ 54. Kf2 $1 (54. Kxh3 {is a self mate.} e5 55. Bxe5 fxe5 56. Rg2 Nf4+ 57. Kg3 Rxg2#) 54... Ra1 55. Kg3 $1 Rg1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rozman, Levy"]
[Black "Li, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,81,10,13,27,27,112,106,116,115,112,116,93,111,107,107,120,117,110,113,141,140,128,139,119,113,121,78,110,37,31,42,33,14,13,20,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-13,-31,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 {Ribli,Z} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be6 8. Qa4 Qc8 {A23: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 c6.} 9. Nf3 {[#]} Bh3 $146 (9... Be7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. O-O Bh3 11. Rd1 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 O-O 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Nd4 Re8 15. f3 Bf8 16. Nf5 {1-0 (63) Markowski,T (2587)-Murdzia,P (2452) Warsaw 2003 CBM 095 [Ribli,Z]}) 10. Bxh3 $16 Qxh3 {[#] White is better.} 11. Qb3 $1 b5 {[#]} 12. Qxf7+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Ke8 14. Nxh3 Nbd7 15. O-O Bb4 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. b3 Rd8 18. Be1 Ba3 19. Ng5 Ke7 20. Nce4 (20. f4 $142) 20... Rhe8 21. Bc3 ({Better is} 21. e3 $16) 21... b4 $1 $14 22. Bxf6+ gxf6 23. Nh3 Nd5 24. Nf4 Nc3 25. Nxc3 bxc3 26. Rac1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rd2 {And now ...c2 would win.} 28. Rxc3 Kd6 29. a3 a5 30. e3 Re5 {Threatens to win with ...Rc5.} 31. b4 {To avoid Rc5. The position is equal.} axb4 32. axb4 Rb5 33. Rc4 Rb2 34. Re4 R5xb4 35. Re6+ Kd7 36. Rxf6 Rd2 37. Rf7+ Kd6 38. Rxh7 Rbb2 39. Rh6+ Kd7 40. Rh7+ Kd6 41. Rh6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Wang, Kevin"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,140,27,12,5,0,6,0,4,0,7,0,17,12,11,6,29,27,21,17,36,37,35,36,93,81,69,78,73,87,126,124,137,130,133,112,129,115,144,127,131,103,91,87,127,122,94,34,57,62,47,43,54,54,54,0,19,28,94,100,135,131,201,189,191,191,255,202,191,186,200,185,194,177,186,150,148,103,96,0,0,0,172,157,149,59,310,221,380,354,220,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,185,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,87,94,0,94,0,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,102,95,102,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 (9. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3b7]}) 9... O-O {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines.} 10. Rd1 Qa5 {10...Rc8 is a critical line.} 11. Qe2 Rfd8 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Nc3 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bc2 14. Rdc1 Bg6 15. Nh4 Bh5 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 a5 18. e4 h6 19. Kg2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 {0-1 (58) Barria Valdes,B-Osorio B,J (2143) ICCF email 2015}) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bc3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bd6 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. b3 Bb4 {[#]} (19... Ne4 $14 20. Be1 Bc7) 20. a4 $1 $16 Qd5+ 21. e4 $1 Nxe4 {[%cal Bf6e4,Be4d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32]} 22. Bxb4 {Strongly threatening f3.} Nd2+ 23. f3 Nxb3 24. Ne3 Qh5 25. Rab1 Nxd4 {[#]} 26. Qf2 (26. g4 $6 Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Nxe2 $14) 26... e5 27. Bc3 Rd7 28. g4 Qg5 29. Nf5 {[%cal Rc3d4]} c5 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. a5 {White is more active.} (31. Re1 $16) 31... Qf6 32. Qc2 b6 33. Qa4 Rad8 {[%cal Oh7h5]} 34. Qb5 {[%cal Ra5b6]} h5 35. h3 ({White should play} 35. axb6 $14 axb6 36. Qxb6) 35... g6 36. Ng3 hxg4 (36... Qf4 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. hxg4 Re7 38. axb6 (38. Ne4 Qf4 39. Re1 Kg7 $15) 38... Re3 (38... axb6 $16 {might work better.} 39. Qxb6 Qxb6 40. Rxb6 Rc7) 39. Rf1 $18 axb6 40. Qxb6 Qg5 (40... Qxb6 $142 41. Rxb6 c4) 41. Rbc1 Rc8 42. Qb7 Rce8 {[%cal Oc5c4]} 43. Qb5 R8e5 44. Rc2 Kg7 45. Rff2 Re1 46. Qb2 (46. f4 $6 Qxg4 47. fxe5 Re3 $11) (46. Qa5 $142) 46... Qf4 {[%cal Oe1g1] [#] Threatens to win with ...Rg1+!} 47. Qb3 (47. Rf1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf1e1]}) 47... R5e3 {White must now prevent ...Rg1+.} 48. Qc4 Re5 (48... Rg1+ $1 $11 49. Kxg1 Qxg3+ 50. Kf1 Qh3+ 51. Kg1 Qg3+ 52. Kh1 (52. Kf1 Qh3+ 53. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 52... Qh3+ 53. Kg1 Qg3+) 49. Rce2 R5xe2 50. Rxe2 {Really sharp!} (50. Nxe2 $16 Qg5 51. Ng3) 50... Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Qc1 $1 $14 51. Qxc1 Rxc1) 51. Rc2 Rxc2+ (51... Qd2+ 52. Rxd2 Rxc4) 52. Qxc2 Qe3 53. Nf1 (53. Qxc5 Qd2+ 54. Kf1 (54. Kh3 Qh6+ 55. Kg2 Qd2+ 56. Kg1 Qe3+ 57. Kh2 Qh6+ 58. Kg2 Qd2+ $14) 54... Qf4 $14) (53. Ne4 $18) 53... Qe1 54. Qxc5 Qe2+ 55. Kg1 Qxf3 56. Qxd4+ Qf6 (56... f6 $16 57. Nh2 Qg3+ 58. Kh1 Kf7 59. Qd7+ Kf8) 57. Qe4 (57. Qe3 $18) 57... Qg5 $16 58. Ne3 f5 59. Qe5+ Qf6 60. Qc7+ Kg8 61. Qb8+ Kg7 62. Qb7+ Kg8 63. Qb8+ Kg7 $1 64. Qc7+ Kg8 $1 65. Kg2 fxg4 66. Nxg4 Qg5 67. Kf3 Qf5+ 68. Kg3 {Intending Nh6+ and mate.} Qg5 {Prevents Nh6+.} 69. Qd7 Kf8 70. Kf3 ({White should try} 70. Qc8+ $16 Kg7 71. Qc7+ Kf8 72. Qc8+ Kf7 73. Qc4+ Kf8 74. Qd4) 70... Qf5+ {Black escapes into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.19 (very precise) /Black=0.30} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,70,23,4,14,14,13,12,8,11,10,9,0,0,0,4,12,-6,2,-13,-14,-20,17,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,15,8,8,10,13,0,27,32,45,0,0,0,0,0,26,-26,-20,-91,-80,-83,-88]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Kh1 d6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 {B83: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2, lines without ...a6.} 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Nb5 Qb8 {The position is equal.} 14. c4 a6 15. Nc3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Qb6 {[#]} Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Re8 18. Qxb5 Ba6 19. Qxb8 Raxb8 20. Rf2 Nd7 21. Bd4 Rb4 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Rfd2 Na4 24. Nxa4 Rxa4 25. a3 e5 26. fxe5 Bg5 27. exd6 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Bb7 29. d7 {1-0 (29) Dubiel,J (2424)-Feldtmann,T (2255) Germany 2016}) 18. e5 dxe5 {Hoping for ...Qxb6.} 19. Bxa8 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 {Black must now prevent Bc6.} Rxa8 21. a3 (21. fxe5 Nd7 22. Be3 b4 $15) 21... Rb8 22. Bc7 (22. fxe5 Nd7 23. Bc7 Rb7) 22... Rb7 23. Ba5 b4 24. Bxb4 Bxf1 25. Bxe7 Bc4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] Ne4 is the strong threat.} exf4 28. Rb1 Rd7 29. b5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rd3 {[#]} 30. Rc1 (30. b6 $1 $14 {deserves consideration.} Ba6 31. Ne4 (31. b7 $2 Bxb7 32. Rxb7 Rxc3 $19) 31... Rxa3 32. Nxf6+ (32. b7 $2 Bxb7 33. Nxf6+ Kf8 $19) 32... Kg7 33. Ne4 (33. b7 $2 Bxb7 34. Nh5+ Kh6 $19)) 30... Rd2 31. a4 (31. Ne4 Rb2 32. Nxf6+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kh6 34. Nxf4 Bxb5 $17) 31... Rb2 32. Rb1 Rc2 {[#]} 33. Ne4 ({Better is} 33. b6 $1 Ba6 34. Ne4 (34. b7 $2 Bxb7 35. Kg1 Bxg2 $19)) 33... Kg7 {aiming for ...Bd5.} 34. Kg1 ({Not} 34. b6 $2 Bd5 35. Nd6 (35. b7 $2 Bxb7 36. Nd6 Bc6 $19) 35... Rxg2 $19) (34. h4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... Bd5 $17 35. Rb4 f5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Li, Eric"]
[Black "Wang, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,0,0,0,20,21,15,26,22,14,3,-10,0,10,54,63,51,39,50,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-1,20,12,37,16,85,9,50,21,25,21,46,8,8,9,0,-10,0,0,0,6,7,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e1,Be1d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} dxc4 5. O-O a6 6. Qc2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} b5 7. Ne1 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 7.Ne5.} Nd5 8. d3 cxd3 9. Nxd3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Nc3 Be7 (11... c6 $11) 12. Nxd5 $14 exd5 13. Nf4 Nb6 {[#]} 14. Be3 $146 ({White should try} 14. a4 $14 c6 15. a5) ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 Qc8 17. Rxd5 c6 18. Rd3 O-O 19. Be3 Qe6 20. Rc3 {½-½ (36) Jumabayev,R (2545)-Frolyanov,D (2556) Khanty-Mansiysk 2012}) 14... c6 $11 15. Bd4 O-O 16. e4 c5 17. Bxc5 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qc7 18. Rac1 {Hoping for Bxe7.} Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 dxe4 21. Rc7 Rab8 22. Rd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ba8 23. h4 Rfe8 24. b3 h6 25. g4 e3 26. fxe3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Red8 (27... Rxe3 $11 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Ree8) 28. Rdc6 {White is much more active.} (28. Rxd8+ $16 Rxd8 29. Rc6) 28... a5 (28... Nd5 $11 {is superior.} 29. Nxd5 Rxd5) 29. Kf3 (29. Rc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b5]}) 29... Nd7 {[#] Prevents Rc5. Strongly threatening ...Ne5+.} 30. Nd3 {To avoid Ne5+} b4 31. Ke2 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 32. Ra7 Nxg4 {[%cal Od8d3] aiming for ...Rxd3!} 33. Rcc7 Ra8 34. Rxf7 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Rd5 $1 36. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Black "Rozman, Levy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,0,2,-21,50,40,34,47,54,37,93,38,68,46,137,147,142,118,122,135,134,142,153,100,118,112,115,120,134,129,151,83,279,276,390,391,362,325,324,339,401,354,456,472,472,470,485,510,481,375,708,485,617,417,431,431,432,424,416,412,543,538,538,538,520,522,979,979,5590,5411,29973,29974,29960,29954]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Rb1 {[#] B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} e5 $146 (6... Nbd7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 6... c5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qe2 Qe6 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Bd4+ Be6 13. Qb5 {1-0 (56) Timofeev,A (2601)-Predke,A (2587) Sochi 2016}) 7. Qd2 $1 $14 exd4 8. Bxd4 {White is slightly better.} Qd8 9. exd5 Nxd5 (9... Be7 $14) 10. Bc4 (10. Nge2 $16) 10... Be6 11. Nge2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bb4 (11... Nxc3 $14 12. Qxc3 Bxc4) 12. Bxd5 $16 Qxd5 13. O-O (13. Bxg7 $6 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rg8 $11) 13... Qd8 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Nf4 Qg5 16. Rfe1 (16. Nxe6 $6 Qxe3+ 17. Bxe3 fxe6 $14) (16. Rbd1 $142) 16... O-O-O 17. Ne4 Qh6 18. c3 {White is more active.} (18. Bxa7 $6 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 Bf5 $11) 18... Be7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qf2 (20. Bxg7 Rhg8 $16) ({Better is} 20. Qf4) 20... Rhe8 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (20... Qg6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 21. Nf6 $1 $18 ({Weaker is} 21. Bxa7 Qg6 $16) ({Not} 21. Bxg7 Qg6 $16) 21... gxf6 (21... Bxf6 {was worth a try.} 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxa7 g6 25. Qa8+ Kc7) 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} a6 24. a4 e5 25. Be3 {[%cal Bd4e3,Be3f2,Bf2a7][%mdl 32]} f5 26. Qa2 f4 27. Bf2 Bd6 28. b5 Nb8 29. Qc4 Bc7 $2 (29... Rd7 30. Bb6 axb5 31. axb5 Bc7) 30. Ba7 Rd6 31. h3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxb8.} axb5 32. axb5 {b6 is the strong threat.} ({Less strong is} 32. Qf7 Red8 33. axb5 cxb5 34. Rxb5 Nc6 $18) 32... Nd7 33. bxc6 Rxc6 34. Qb5 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Nb6 35. c4 Nxc4 36. Qxb7+ Kd7 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. Kh2 {[#] Hoping for Qb5.} h5 39. Qb5 Na5 40. Rxc6 Nxc6 41. Qd5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.24 (precise) /Black=0.66} 1-0

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,49,-11,13,14,10,0,-5,7,37,38,33,39,40,61,20,19,85,89,89,101,106,101,94,62,127,58,106,43,43,13,64,17,15,14,20,6,16,4,28,0]} 1. d4 {Adhiban,Baskaran} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. e4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} dxe4 8. fxe4 {And now e5 would win.} e5 $1 9. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Qa5 10. Bd2 $1 {is the new trend.} Nxe4 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 {[#]} Be6 $146 (12... O-O $14 {should be considered.}) ({Predecessor:} 12... exd4 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng5 f5 15. c5 Kh8 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Nxh7 dxc3 18. Qh5 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 Kg8 20. Bxf5 Qd5 21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Qh7+ {1-0 (22) Adhiban,B (2660)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2622) Krasnaya Polyana 2021 CBM 203 [Adhiban,Baskaran]}) 13. Nxe5 f6 (13... Nd7 $11 14. Nxd7 Bxd7) 14. Nf3 $16 {aiming for 0-0. White is more active.} O-O 15. Qc2 Qh5 16. O-O Nd7 17. Rae1 Rfe8 (17... Rae8 $14) 18. Re4 (18. Nd2 $16) 18... h6 (18... Qa5 $1 $14) 19. c5 ({White should play} 19. Qb1 $16) 19... Nf8 $1 $14 20. Rh4 Qf7 21. Nd2 (21. a4 $1 $14) 21... Qe7 $1 $11 22. Rhf4 b6 23. Ne4 bxc5 $1 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. h3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,32,37,25,50,50,53,62,63,50,50,44,54,52,58,56,60,57,87,86,88,73,70,24,50,0,0,-17,-6,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,72,75,68,34,97,96,184,29,83,96,127,167,274,290,267,281,389,260,248,159,365,368,472,431,383,359,475,470,29983,29984,29984,29985,29983,29984,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32] B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves.} Bg4 7. d5 Na5 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. h3 Bd7 {[#]} 10. Nd2 $146 {[%cal Oe4e5]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nd2 e5 12. Be3 b5 13. b4 Nb7 14. bxc5 Nxc5 15. f4 Qc8 16. Kh2 {1-0 (23) Li,R (2581)-Vigorito,D (2346) Las Vegas 2018}) 10... Rc8 11. f4 O-O 12. g4 Bb5 13. Rf2 Nd7 14. Nf3 Ba6 15. Ng3 b5 16. Qe2 ({Better is} 16. Bf1 $14) 16... Nb8 $11 17. f5 ({White should play} 17. Qc2 $14) 17... b4 18. Qe1 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nc4 {To avoid e5} 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Bf1 Rb8 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qe3 Ne5 (23... Re8 $11) 24. Nxe5 $16 Bxe5 {This bishop pair is nice.} 25. Bf4 Bh8 (25... Bf6 $14) 26. Rd1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2f2][%mdl 32]} Rb7 (26... Rb6 $16) 27. h4 $2 (27. e5 $18) 27... Qa5 (27... Qd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28. e5 Qa4 29. Rdd2 {Strongly threatening e6.} dxe5 (29... Bg7 {was worth a try.}) 30. Bxe5 $18 Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Ba6 32. Rf4 Qa3 33. Rdf2 Qc1+ $2 {This costs Black the game.} (33... Bd3 $16) 34. Kg2 Rb2 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32] [#] Hoping for hxg6. Dancing on a razor blade.} Rxf2+ 37. Rxf2 {aiming for hxg6.} Qd1 (37... Bd3 $18 38. g5 gxh5 39. Nxh5 f6 40. gxf6 Bg6 41. f7+ Rxf7) 38. h6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re5g7] White mates.} f6 39. Qxe7 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re7g7]} Qxd5+ {[#]} 40. Ne4 $1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re7g7]} Qf7 41. Nxf6+ Kh8 42. Qe5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.53} 1-0

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,27,43,52,44,48,43,52,56,58,54]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bxf6 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6.} Bxf6 12. Nd5 Kg7 {12...Kg7 scores better than 12...Bg7.} 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. e4 $1 {[#] White took control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.00 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} {Predecessor:} Be7 $146 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. Ne1 g5 18. Bh3 Kf6 19. Bg4 Bc5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 {½-½ (21) Volokitin,A (2677)-Shevchenko,K (2655) Warsaw 2021} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,161,0,10,15,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,27,10,8,4,8,6,13,9,15,15,20,3,2,3,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-6,-14,-5,-19,-7,-18,0,0,0,-14,0,-2,-3,-2,0,-8,0,-9,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,39,37,39,39,40,18,35,0,0,0,15,0,4,0,0,-13,-13,-16,-16,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-67,-56,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-216,-216,-226,-66,-111,-24,-87,-93,-88,-31,-30,-30,-31,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,0,-30,-12,-33,-33,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} O-O 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Bd7 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Qe4 {[#]} Be8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Bd3 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 Bb5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc1 b6 21. h3 Bc5 {½-½ (40) Prasse,P (2003)-Rick,U (2113) Lueneburg 2019}) 16. Bd3 g6 17. a3 Rd5 18. Bc4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rc1 Rd7 21. b4 Qd8 22. Bb3 Bf8 23. Qe3 Rd3 24. Qe2 Ne7 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Nd5 28. Bd4 b6 29. Bb3 Bc6 30. Ne1 Be7 31. g3 g5 32. f3 Nc7 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Nc2 Ke8 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. a4 Kc8 37. b5 Bb7 38. Ne3 Kd7 39. Bc4 (39. Bc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2h7]}) 39... Bb4 40. f4 gxf4 41. gxf4 Bf8 42. Kf2 Be4 43. Kg3 Bb4 44. Kf2 Nd5 45. Nxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 46. Bb3 Ke6 47. Bd1 Kf5 $1 {Prevents Bg4+.} 48. Bh5 Ke6 (48... Kxf4 $15 49. Bxf7 Bc2 50. Bxd5 Bxa4) 49. Bg4+ Ke7 50. f5 Bc2 51. f6+ Kf8 52. Be3 ({White should play} 52. a5 $11 Bxa5 53. Ke3) 52... Bc3 (52... Bxa4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 53. Bh5 Bc5 $15) 53. a5 Bxe5 54. axb6 axb6 55. Bxb6 Ke8 56. Ke3 {Inhibits Bd3.} Bxh2 57. Ba5 Be5 58. b6 d4+ 59. Kd2 $2 {[#]} (59. Kf3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 59... Be4 $19 60. Be2 Bf4+ $2 ({Stronger than} 60... Bxf6 61. Bb5+ Ke7 62. Bb4+ Ke6 63. Bc4+ Kd7 64. Bb5+ Kc8 65. Ba6+ Kb8 66. Ke2) (60... Kd7 $19 {And now ...Kc6 would win.} 61. Bb5+ Kc8 62. Ba6+ Kb8) 61. Ke1 (61. Kd1 $15) 61... d3 (61... Kd7 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Kc6.} 62. Bb5+ Ke6) 62. Bd1 (62. Bg4 $11) 62... Kd7 $17 63. Bb3 Be5 (63... Bg6 $17 {aiming for ...Kc6.} 64. Bd5 h5) 64. Bxf7 $15 Bxf6 65. Bc4 Bh4+ 66. Kd1 Kc6 {...Bg3 is the strong threat.} 67. Ba6 Bg3 {[#] Hoping for ...h5.} 68. b7 h5 69. Bd8 Bf4 {( -> ...Bf3+)} 70. Ke1 (70. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} Bf3+ 71. Ke1 Bg3+ 72. Kd2 $11) 70... Bf5 71. Kf2 {[%cal Od8g5]} (71. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} Bd6 72. Kd2 $11) 71... d2 72. Be2 Bg4 (72... Kxb7 $5 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 73. Bxh5 Kc6 $11) 73. Bg5 $1 {The position is equal.} Bxe2 74. Kxe2 $11 {KB-KB} Bb8 75. Kxd2 Kxb7 76. Ke2 Kc6 77. Kf3 Kd5 78. Bf4 Bxf4 79. Kxf4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4g4,Bg4h3][%mdl 32]} h4 80. Kg4 h3 81. Kxh3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Rozman, Levy"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:04:55]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 4. dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 7. b3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:07:04]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:34]} 10. g4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 11. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} a6 {[%emt 0:12:54]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 13. cxb5 {[%emt 0:12:13]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 15. Nh5 {[%emt 0:05:55]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:06:46]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:07:41]} Rfa8 {[%emt 0:06:20]} 18. Rac1 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:07:15]} 19. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 20. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 21. c4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 22. c5 {[%emt 0:06:43]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 23. Qc3 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 24. cxd6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 25. Bxf1 {[%emt 0:03:06]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 26. Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 28. Bc5 {[%emt 0:05:50]} Nac6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 29. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxe7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} R2a7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 31. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 32. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Rxa1+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 34. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 35. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:28]} 36. Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 37. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:10:17]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 38. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 39. Qxc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:05:50]} 40. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Nxh3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 42. h6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qh2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 43. Bxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 45. Qb4+ {[%emt 0:01:34]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 46. Qb7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 47. Qb4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 48. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 49. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 50. Qf8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 51. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 52. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 53. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 54. Kxd4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 0-1

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Wang, Kevin"]
[Black "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,52,16,17,0,0,0,4,0,7,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Be7 {The position is equal.} 11. Rc1 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} O-O 12. Qc2 Rc8 {[#] Hoping for ...cxd4.} 13. Qb1 cxd4 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 {[#]} 15. Bxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nxd4 Qa8 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rc1 Rc7 19. h3 Qc8 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Ne4 {½-½ (27) L'Ami,E (2605)-Wirig,A (2481) Germany 2017}) 15... Qb8 16. h3 Rd8 17. Rd1 h6 18. b4 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nd5 20. a3 Bf6 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Qa1 Rc7 23. Bxf6 N7xf6 24. Nd4 Qc8 25. Nb3 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qxc1+ {A balanced but interesting game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Li, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,-2,0,0,0,0,10,5,16,0,31,0,59,62,60,67,75,66,71,63,86,77,67,66,70,72,74,60,53,58,98,98,92,83,95,91,85,94,125,102,108,56,123,92,134,115,193,181,472,305,955,948,913,913,856,586,573,545,1122,1116,962,878,853,836,2033,784,1242,992,945,814,826,0,1262,1202,2591,1060,2587,2375,2151,1720,29979,29980,29975,29976,29982,29983,29990,29990,29993,29993]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 h5 6. Qf4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Nb4 9. O-O (9. Ng5 Nh6 $15) 9... Nh6 10. Qg3 {[#]} Nxd3 $146 (10... Kf8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... Kf8 11. Be3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 d4 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. Nbd2 b6 15. Ng5 Bb7 16. Qf4 Qd7 {1-0 (33) Oleksienko,M (2587)-Polivanov,A (2396) Lvov 2007}) 11. Qxg7 $14 Rg8 12. Qxh6 {Chess con chili.} Nxc1 13. Nc3 {Inhibits Ne2+.} Bd7 {[%cal Od7c6] Strongly threatening ...Bc6!} 14. Qh7 ({Much worse is} 14. Qxc1 $6 Bc6 15. Re1 Qb6 $11) (14. Rfxc1 Qb6 $11) 14... Ke7 {[%cal Od5d4]} 15. Qxh5 ({But not} 15. Rfxc1 Qb6 $11) 15... Nxa2 16. Rxa2 {[%cal Ob2b4]} Qf8 $1 17. Qh4+ Ke8 18. Rd1 Qg7 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg7g2]} 19. g3 Rc8 20. Ne2 {White is more active.} a6 21. b3 Rh8 22. Qf4 Rh5 {White must now prevent ...Rf5.} 23. Ned4 {To avoid Rf5} Ba7 24. Rd3 Qg6 {[%cal Oc8c2]} 25. h4 (25. Qd2 $16) 25... Bb6 (25... Rxc2 $1 $14 26. Rxc2 (26. Nxc2 Qxd3 27. Ng5 Rxg5 $11) 26... Qxd3) 26. Re3 Ke7 (26... Bd8 $142) 27. Kg2 Be8 (27... Ke8 $16 28. c3 Bd8) 28. c3 Qb1 $2 (28... Bc5 29. c4 dxc4) 29. Rd2 Ba5 $2 (29... Qg6 30. Ng5 Bc5) 30. Qf6+ $18 Kd7 {[#]} 31. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 {[#]} 32. Rxd5+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kc7 33. Rxa5 Rf5 34. Rc5+ Bc6 {[#]} 35. Rxc6+ $1 bxc6 36. Qe7+ Kb6 37. Nd4 (37. Nd2 $142 Rc7 38. Qb4+ Ka7 39. Qc5+ Ka8 40. Nxb1) 37... Rff8 38. Qb4+ Ka7 39. Qc5+ Kb7 40. Qe7+ (40. Nxe6 $142 Rfe8 41. Nd4) 40... Kb6 $1 41. Nxe6 {[%cal Bd4e6,Be6c5,Bc5d7][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 42. Qb4+ Ka7 43. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rb4b7]} Rb8 {Inhibits Qb7+.} 44. Qd4 {White threatens Qd7+ and mate.} Red8 {Prevents Qd7+.} 45. Nd7+ {White mates.} Ka8 46. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6d7][%mdl 32]} Qf5 47. Re5 Qc2 48. Qc4 {[%cal Rc4a6]} Rxd7 49. exd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.47} 1-0

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Li, Eric"]
[Black "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,39,0,2,6,0,11,4,0,0,6,52,51,56,52,60,50,61,40,51,60,60,27,62,56]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Be7 9. cxd5 $1 {The main line 9.cxd5 scores better than 9.b4.} exd5 10. b3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} Nbd7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Ne5 {[%cal Od2c4] The position is equal.} Re8 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 13. Ndc4 {[#]} Ne4 $146 (13... Bf8 $11 {deserves consideration.}) ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf8 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Bh3 c5 17. e3 Rcd8 18. Qc2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 {½-½ (28) Pineda,U (2179)-Depasse,J (2341) ICCF email 2018}) 14. Nxd6 $14 cxd6 15. Nd3 Ndf6 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Rc2 a5 18. f3 Ng5 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Rb1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.13 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,31,24,23,24,50,41,43,50,47,33,52,45,39,25,30,38,46,14,48,45,45,55,81,86]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Nc3 f5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bh3 exd4 6. Qxd4 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} Nc6 7. Qd2 ({Don't blunder} 7. Qxg7 $2 Bf6 8. Bg5 Bxg7 $19) 7... Nf6 8. Bg2 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. b3 Ne5 10. Bb2 c6 11. Nf3 Qe8 {[#]} 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. e3 a6 13. Qe2 b5 14. O-O Rb8 15. Rad1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qc2 {½-½ (47) Ranaldi,L (2296)-Pavlovic,M (2480) Stockholm 2019}) 12... Qh5 {[%cal Of5f4]} 13. c5 Nf7 (13... f4 $5) 14. cxd6 $1 Bxd6 {[%cal Of5f4]} 15. e3 $1 {Inhibits f4.} Bc7 16. Ne2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Wang, Kevin"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,24,22,16,20,20,22,27,29,18,18,11,19,12,19]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Be2 Ne4 {[#] Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} {Predecessor:} 13. Bxd8 $146 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rfxd8 15. Nf1 c5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Kd2 Rc6 18. f4 f6 19. f5 {½-½ (45) Skoberne,J (2567)-Brkic,A (2600) Batumi 2019} *

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Rozman, Levy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,63,47,50,48,53,59,27,58,34,34,27,41,23,37,29,65,53,78,84,115,108,118,104,118,114,131,128,124,114,150,138,158,167,145,131,157,142,142,142,164,164,164,164,189,164,157,121,539,476]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Qf4 c4 {White has an edge.} 12. Ra2 h6 (12... Nge7 13. Qf6 Rf8 14. Ng5 $16) 13. h4 Rh7 14. Nh2 {[%cal Bf3h2,Bh2g4,Bg4f6][%mdl 32]} O-O-O {[%cal Og6g5]} 15. O-O {[#]} Nge7 $146 {[%cal Og6g5]} ({Predecessor:} 15... Rf8 16. Ng4 Qa5 17. Re1 Qd8 18. Nf6 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Nxf6 21. Qxf6 Qb6 {½-½ (72) Muzychuk,A (2533)-Rajlich,I (2465) Ohrid 2009}) 16. Ng4 g5 17. Qh2 (17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qf3 (18. Qxg5 Rdh8 $11) 18... Rdh8 $11) 17... gxh4 18. Nf6 ({Much weaker is} 18. Bxh6 $6 h3 $11) 18... Rg7 19. Qxh4 ({But not} 19. Bxh6 Rg6 20. Bf4 (20. Qxh4 $2 Rh8 $19) 20... Nf5 $14) 19... Nf5 20. Qf4 h5 21. Bxh5 Rh8 22. g4 {Active counter play!} Nce7 23. f3 Qa5 24. Kf2 Nh6 25. Qe3 Bc6 26. Rh1 Nhg8 27. Qe1 {[%cal Oh5f7] [#] Hoping for Bxf7!} Ng6 28. Bg5 Nf8 29. Qd2 a6 30. Raa1 Qa4 31. Nxg8 Rgxg8 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Rhxg8 $16 {is a better chance.} 32. Be7 Rh7) 32. Bxf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.36} 1-0

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,81,28,30,19,25,0,31,41,23,23,53,13,13,6,3,12,21,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,-25,-29,-19,-24,-24,-27,0,-38,-30,-73,-76,-87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,77]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines.} a6 8. Ne5 cxd4 9. Nxc6 {White is slightly better.} bxc6 10. exd4 Be7 {[#]} 11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Be5 a5 14. Na4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. Qe2 {½-½ (40) Lebredo Zaragoitia,G (2139)-Urquiza,M (2018) Rio de Janeiro 2018}) 11... a5 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Na4 h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bf4 {is interesting.} Nd5 15. Be5 Ba3 16. Re1 Qe7 17. Qe2) 14... Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rc1 Qd5 17. Qe2 Qb5 18. Rc4 Rd8 19. Nc3 Qb7 20. Rc1 Nd5 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Ne4 {Black must now prevent Nc5.} Raa8 23. Nd2 Qb5 {[%cal Od8d4]} 24. Nf3 a4 25. bxa4 Rxa4 26. h3 Rda8 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Qc2 Rb4 (28... f6 {keeps more tension.} 29. Rb1 Qc4 30. Qe4 Rxa2 31. Rb8+ Kf7) 29. Ra1 Qa4 30. Qc5 {[#]} (30. Qd2 $11) 30... Nf5 $1 $17 {[%cal Be7f5,Bf5d4,Bd4e2,Be2c1][%mdl 32]} 31. a3 {[#]} Rc4 ({Better is} 31... Rb5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb5c5]} 32. Qc3 Rd5) 32. Qb6 $11 Nxd4 33. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Rc2 {...Nf4 is the strong threat.} (34... Rc1+ $2 35. Rxc1 Nxc1 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qb1+ Kg8 38. Qxc1 $18) 35. Qd8+ Kh7 {Hoping for ...Nd4.} 36. Nd7 {Threatening mate with Nf8+.} Rc1+ (36... h5 $5 {[%cal Re2g3]} 37. Nf8+ Kh6 $17) 37. Rxc1 {The position is equal.} Nxc1 {[%cal Ra4d1]} 38. Nf8+ Kg8 39. Nxe6+ Kh7 40. Nf8+ Kg8 (40... Kh8 $11) 41. Ng6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Black "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,14,25,12,14]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 {Threatens to win with Qxd8+. 7.Re1 is the recent fashion.} Qxd1 {[#] An interesting draw. D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} {Predecessor:} 8. Rxd1 $146 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Nc4 Be8 15. g3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 {½-½ (43) Le,Q (2709)-Aronian,L (2782) Kolkata 2021} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Rozman, Levy"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,-12,9,0,5,12,7,0,8,-15,0,0,-3,0,15,15,15,14,22,15,15,15,15,16,20,16,13,16,18,8,6,8,12,0,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-51,-51,-49,-51,-64,-61,-68,-47,-49,-49,-52,-53,-54,-18,-18,-18,-74,-26,-51,-51,-74,-33,-54,-16,-31,-27,-49,-49,-56,-52,-101,-101,-101,-101,-103,-104,-129,-129,-133,-133,-583,-464,-1363,-1355,-1236,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Qd2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} O-O {[%cal Oc7c5]} 7. Nf3 c5 8. Ne5 Nc6 {[#]} 9. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. f3 Bf5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. Bb5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 a6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qxc5 15. O-O-O {0-1 (32) Alonso Rosell,A (2570)-Ivic,V (2606) Warsaw 2021}) 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 {With the idea ...e6.} 11. Nxd5 e6 12. Nf6+ Nxf6 13. Qxd8 (13. exf6 Qxf6 14. c3 e5 $11) 13... Rxd8 14. Bg5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} ({Much weaker is} 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. c3 a6 $15) 14... Bd7 15. exf6 {Black must now prevent Bxd7.} Bxb5 16. fxg7 Re8 17. O-O-O Kxg7 18. e4 f6 19. Be3 b6 20. e5 fxe5 21. Bg5 {Prevents Rad8.} Rf8 22. Rd2 Bc6 23. Re1 Bxg2 24. Rxe5 Bd5 25. b3 c4 26. bxc4 Bxc4 27. Rd7+ Rf7 (27... Kg8 {seems wilder.} 28. a4 Bd5 29. Re2 a6 30. Rd2 Rac8) 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Kb2 Bd5 30. Re3 Rb8 31. Rc3 Rb7 32. Bf4 (32. f4 $11) 32... Re7 (32... Kf6 $17) 33. Re3 Rd7 34. Rc3 b5 (34... Kf6 $17) 35. a3 Rb7 36. Bg5 e5 37. Rc8 Ke6 38. Re8+ Kf5 39. Re7 (39. Rc8 $15) 39... Rxe7 $17 40. Bxe7 {KB-KB} Kg4 41. Bg5 Kf3 42. Be3 a5 43. Kc3 Ke2 44. Bb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. Kb2 $17) 44... g5 $1 $19 45. hxg5 (45. Bd8 $142 g4 46. Bb6) 45... h4 {...h3 is the strong threat.} 46. Bc7 {[#]} e4 $2 (46... b4+ $1 $19 47. axb4 axb4+ 48. Kxb4 e4) 47. Kd4 $11 {The position is equal.} Bf7 48. Kxe4 h3 49. c3 Kxf2 50. Kd4 a4 51. Kc5 Bc4 52. g6 Ke3 53. g7 Kd3 54. g8=Q Bxg8 55. Kxb5 Kxc3 {Threatens to win with ...Kb3.} 56. Kxa4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.14 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Wang, Kevin"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,22,21,18,27,15,26,44,15,15,33,12,27,22,30,22,17,7,11,7,34,29,31,16,12,0,0,0,4,5,10,14,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-25,-20,-4,-6,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5][%mdl 32]} 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. e4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} dxe4 7. Ng5 Be7 {[#]} 8. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Bf1c4,Bc4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32] White has an edge.} Nh6 9. Ngxe4 {Hoping for Bxh6.} Nf5 10. d5 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. Bb3 {[#] Black should prevent Bf4.} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Bf4 Ra7 15. Re1 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nd4 17. Qh5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nc6 {0-1 (44) Dardha,D (2487)-Warmerdam,M (2506) Bassano del Grappa 2020}) 13. Na4 {aiming for Bf4.} cxd5 $1 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Ra7 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. Nac5 Bb5 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Rac1 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Bf6 21. Rb1 Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...Nd4.} 22. Ne4 Rad7 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Bf3 Nd4 25. Re1 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 h5 {The position is equal.} 27. Rbc1 Rd4 28. Be3 Rd3 29. h4 R8d5 30. Kh2 Bd7 31. Rc4 a5 32. Rg1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,39,0,73,66,68,75,1064,1050,29994,29995,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bb4 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Kh1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd3 b5 12. Bg5 Bb7 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} 13. f4 Bb4 {Strongly threatening ...Bxc3.} 14. Bf3 Rc8 {[%cal Rb4c3] The position is equal.} 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rad1 O-O {[%cal Rb4c3]} 17. e5 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxb7.} (17. Qxd7 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxd7 19. Rxd7 Ba8 $11) 17... Bxf3 $146 (17... Bxc3 $11 18. Bxb7 (18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Bxf3 $15) (18. bxc3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 fxe5 $11) 18... Qxb7 19. bxc3 Kh8) ({Predecessor:} 17... Bxc3 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. bxc3 f5 20. Qg3+ Kh8 21. Qh4 Rg8 22. Qf6+ Rg7 23. Rf3 Rxc3 24. Qd8+ Rg8 25. Qf6+ Rg7 26. Qd8+ Rg8 27. Qf6+ Rg7 28. Qd8+ {½-½ (27) Wantiez,F (2322)-De Haan,E (2303) Belgium 2015}) 18. Rxf3 $16 f5 19. Rh3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants to mate with Qg3+. White has strong attack. White is more active.} ({Reject} 19. Qxd7 Bxc3 20. Rg3+ (20. Rxc3 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Rxc3 $11) (20. bxc3 $2 Rfd8 $19) 20... Kh8 21. Rxc3 Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 $11) 19... Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19... f6 $16) 20. Nd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White threatens Qg3+ and mate.} exd5 (20... Be7 21. Qf3) 21. Qxf5 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf5h7] White mates.} Re8 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qf6+ {White took control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.83} 1-0

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Li, Eric"]
[Black "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,120,49,43,50,59,53,49,58,51,63,56,38,65,10,43,33,59,54,57,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-53,-47,-60,-60,-52,-58,-60,0,-146,-156,-201,-210,-193,-141,-182,-175,-145,-89,-82,-71,-69,137,-16,-15,-31,-27,-62,-28,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,15,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,11,11,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4.} a6 {[#] 6...Qb6 gains popularity.} 7. Nxb5 $1 axb5 8. Rxa8 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 {[%csl LRa8,LRe4]} 9. Ra1 {Hoping for b3.} e6 $1 10. Ne2 Bxe4 {[#]} 11. f3 $146 (11. Nc3 $1 $14 Bc6 12. Be2) ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. Be2 b4 13. Nb1 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bd5 15. Nd2 c3 16. bxc3 bxc3 17. Nb1 {1-0 (34) Rodshtein,M (2698)-Alekseenko,K (2585) Sochi 2017}) 11... Bc6 12. b3 $1 Nf6 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Qd2 (14. Qc2 $14) 14... Nd5 $11 15. Ba3 {Prevents Bb4.} Bxa3 16. Rxa3 O-O 17. Nc3 (17. Kf2 $11) 17... Qh4+ $1 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 18. g3 Qe7 19. Qc1 {[#]} Ne3 $1 20. Kf2 Ng4+ {Pair of Knights!} 21. Ke2 (21. fxg4 Bxh1 22. Ra4 Bd5 23. Bxc4 Bc6 $17) (21. Kg2 $1 $11) 21... Qd6 $17 (21... Qf6 22. Nd1 (22. Qf4 Qe7 $17)) 22. Bh3 (22. Nd1 $17) 22... f5 $19 ({Resist} 22... Qxd4 23. Bxg4 f5 24. Bh3 (24. Rd1 Qe5+ 25. Qe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kxe3 fxg4 $18) 24... Qd3+ 25. Ke1 $18) 23. Nd1 Bd5 (23... Bb7 $19 {[%cal Ob8c6]} 24. Ke1 Bd5 25. Bxg4 fxg4) 24. Ne3 (24. Nc3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 24... Nc6 25. Rd1 {[#]} Nxh2 (25... Nxe3 $142 $1 26. Qxe3 Nb4) 26. Nxd5 $17 exd5 27. Kf2 {[#]} f4 $2 (27... Ng4+ $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 28. Kg2 (28. Bxg4 fxg4) 28... Nf6) 28. g4 $2 (28. gxf4 $16 {And now Kg2 would win.} Rxf4 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Ra8+ Nb8 31. Kg2 (31. Bxd5 Ng4+ 32. Ke2 Rf8 $14)) 28... Qh6 $11 29. Kg2 {[#]} Qh4 $1 {( -> ...Qg3+)} 30. Qd2 (30. Qb2 Nf1) 30... Qg3+ (30... Nf1 $5 31. Kxf1 (31. Qe1 $2 Qxe1 32. Rxe1 Ne3+ 33. Raxe3 fxe3 $19) 31... Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Qg2 Qh4 $17) 31. Kh1 Nxf3 32. Qg2 {Really sharp!} Ncxd4 {[%cal Oh7h5]} 33. Qxg3 fxg3 34. Bg2 Rf6 {...Rh6+ is the strong threat.} 35. Bxf3 Nxf3 (35... Rxf3 $2 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Rxd4 $18) 36. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} h6 37. Kg2 {[%csl LRf3,LRg3]} Ng5 38. Rxg3 Rf4 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Rc8 Rd4 41. Kf1 Ne4 42. Ra3 Nf6 43. g5 hxg5 44. Kg2 Nd5 45. Rc5 Kg6 46. Raa5 {The position is equal.} Rg4+ 47. Kf3 Nf6 48. Ra4 Rf4+ 49. Kg2 Ng4 50. Ra3 Nh6 51. Rf3 Rd4 52. Kg3 g4 53. Rf4 Rd3+ 54. Kg2 c3 55. Rfc4 Nf5 {Strongly threatening ...Ne3+.} 56. Rxg4+ Kf6 {Threatens to win with ...Ne3+.} 57. Rf4 g6 58. Rf3 Rd2+ 59. Rf2 Rd3 60. Rf3 Rd2+ {And White is the lucky defender.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Black "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,85,1,12,0,0,0,6,6,6,0,28,0,32,35,36,44,34,18,50,35,75,11,56,49,57,38,55,11,94,102,97,85,83,87,96,96,94,90,91,23,36,31,28,35,23,24,34,39,49,39,39,32,32,32,33,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1 a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 h6 11. Qa4 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3.} Be6 12. Rfc1 f5 13. Qd1 Rb8 14. Ne1 Qd7 15. Nd5 f4 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 {[#]} cxb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... fxg3 18. hxg3 cxb4 19. Nc2 b5 20. Ncxb4 Nxb4 21. Rxb4 bxc4 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. dxc4 Kh7 25. Be3 {½-½ (26) Jacoby,G-Wirthensohn,H Stockholm 1974}) 18. Bxb4 Nf5 19. Be4 g5 20. e3 (20. Ba3 $16) 20... Kh8 (20... Nxb4 $11 {deserves consideration.} 21. Rxb4 fxe3 22. fxe3 Ne7) 21. Ng2 fxe3 22. fxe3 Nfe7 23. Qd2 (23. Nb6 $14 Qd8 24. Ba3) 23... Bg8 {[#]} (23... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Nb6 $1 $16 Qd8 {[#]} 25. Ba3 $1 Rf6 26. Qa2 {White is much more active.} Qe8 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rd8 29. Qe2 (29. Ne1 $16) 29... d5 $11 30. Bxe7 Nxe7 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. cxd5 Qb5 (32... Bxd5 {keeps more tension.} 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. e4 Rd4 35. Rb1 Qa8) 33. h4 {hxg5 is the strong threat.} Bxd5 34. Bxd5 (34. hxg5 {seems wilder.} Bxe4 35. gxh6 Bf6 36. Ne1 Qa6 37. Qf2) 34... Qxd5 35. hxg5 Qxd3 36. Qxd3 Rxd3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Rf7 {And now Nh4 would win.} hxg5 {The position is equal.} 38. Rxb7 Bf8 39. Rc7 (39. Rf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Bc5 40. Rf5 $11) 39... Bd6 40. Rc4 Rd2 41. Kh2 Kg7 42. Kh3 Kf6 43. Ne1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.14 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Li, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,76,2,0,12,0,0,0,6,0,10,-36,43,-6,58,41,41,45,45,49,39,40,41,34,89,32,28,38,40,29,33,24,38,27,33,4,75,69,75,66,62,19,22,17,25,6,69,72,62,79,70,64,79,0,29,21,31,10,10,10,25,11,16,0,13,0,8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 c5 4. Bd3 e6 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 {D05: Colle System with ...e6.} 8. Qe2 O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 {[#]} 11. Bg5 $146 (11. Nxd4 $11 {feels stronger.} h6 12. Nb5) ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bc2 e5 14. Nb3 Ne6 15. Qe4 g6 16. Re1 Bg7 17. Be3 {1-0 (36) Moccero,E (1957)-Souza Neves,A (2210) Rio de Janeiro 2017}) 11... Re8 ({Black should try} 11... dxc3 $15 12. Rac1 h6) 12. Rac1 ({Of course not} 12. Nxd4 Nxe4 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Bxe7 Nxf2 $1 15. Rxf2 (15. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 16. Bh4 Ne4+ 17. Kh1 Ndf6 $19) 15... Rxe7 $15) (12. cxd4 $14 h6 13. Rfc1 $1) 12... h6 {[#]} (12... dxc3 $11 13. Rxc3 Qd8) 13. cxd4 $1 $14 Qd8 14. Bf4 {Hoping for Bc7.} Nd5 {Inhibits Bc7.} 15. Bg3 N7f6 16. Ne5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd7 (17... Bg5 $14) 18. Qh5 {White is more active.} (18. Qf3 $16 Bf6 19. Bh4 $1 (19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bh4 Bb5 $14)) 18... Rf8 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Rc7 Qe6 22. Rxb7 Bf6 {[%cal Be7f6,Bf6d4,Bd4b6][%mdl 32]} 23. h3 Qa6 (23... Bxd4 $11 {remains equal.} 24. Rd1 Bb6) 24. Qxd5 $16 {[%cal Ob7f7]} Rad8 25. Qb3 Bxd4 26. Bh4 (26. Re1 $14) 26... g5 $11 27. Bg3 Bb6 28. Qf3 Rd3 {[#]} (28... Qxa2 $11 29. Be5 Qe6) 29. Qe2 $1 $14 Qxb7 30. Qxd3 Rd8 {[%cal Bf8d8,Bd8d2,Bd2c2][%mdl 32]} 31. Qf5 {Strongly threatening Qf6.} Qd5 {[#]} 32. Qe5 ({Better is} 32. Qf6 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Be5.} Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Re1) 32... Qxe5 33. Bxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd2 34. Bc3 Rc2 35. g4 Kh7 $1 36. Kg2 Kg6 {The position is equal.} 37. Kg3 h5 38. a4 a5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.20 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,195,5,6,17,18,8,2,0,6,6,19,-1,-11,-39,-18,-20,-38,-33,-47,-27,-38,-145,-152,-145,-34,-44,-56,-39,-33,-159,-152,-225,-242,-234,-216,-235,-207,-213,-185,-194,-201,-218,-210,-205,-205,-209,-216,-269,-214,-210,-150,-210,-214,-252,-232,-425,-435,-440,-414,-966,-335,-320,-318,-300,-195,-233,0,-1361,-750,-715,-709,-941,-929,-909,-927,-887,-857,-1260,-1260,-1262,-1235,-1202,-1091,-5381,-1192,-977,-400,-371,-253,-245,-253,-229,-172,-183,-166,-146,-52,-59,-42,-43,-51,-89,0,-59,-68,-90,-69,-262,-254,-298,-293,-377,-358,-359,-275,-453,-361,-489,-448,-625,-598,-581,-441,-466,-393,-382,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,80,80,93,68,116,116,116,71,150,155,143,124,132,62,80,80,152,0,0,0,0,0,5743,10141,2081,0,4133,0,0,-8,-8,-7,29965,29967,29969,29970,29969,29972,29974,29975,29975,29973,29973,29973,29973,29974,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29979,29978,29979]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. O-O {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. a4 {The position is equal.} d6 {[#]} 9. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 Re8 10. c4 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nf8 12. Nd5 Ne6 13. Bd2 Bf8 14. Nh2 Ned4 15. Qd1 {½-½ (28) Shubin,K (2467)-Shaposhnikov,E (2529) Cheliabinsk 2021}) 9... Ne8 10. Nc4 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ne3 Be6 13. c4 Nc7 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rfe1 (15. Qd1 $15) 15... Rf7 $1 $17 16. Bc3 Nd4 (16... Raf8 $17 {And now ...Nd4 would win.} 17. Nd2 Nd4) 17. Bxd4 $15 cxd4 18. Nf1 {[%cal Oc4c5]} Bg4 (18... g5 $5 {[%cal Ra8f8]} 19. N3d2 Na6 $17) 19. h3 ({White should play} 19. c5 $1 $15) 19... Bxh3 $17 20. N3d2 (20. Bxh3 $17 Qxh3 21. c5) 20... Bxg2 $19 21. Kxg2 Raf8 22. Ne4 d5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Kg1 Qe6 25. Nh2 Nd5 26. Rac1 Rf5 27. Rf1 Qh6 28. Nd2 Rh5 29. Ndf3 Nf6 {[%cal Of6g4] To avoid Qe4} 30. Kg2 (30. Nh4 $17) 30... Bd6 $1 31. Rh1 Qg6 $1 32. Nd2 $2 (32. Rcd1 {keeps fighting.}) 32... Nd5 33. Ng4 Rhf5 {[%cal Of5f2]} 34. Qe4 {[#]} (34. Rh4 $142 h5 35. Rch1) 34... Nf4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. gxf4 {Threatens to win with f3.} Qxg4+ 36. Kf1 h6 (36... Qxf4 37. Qxf4 Rxf4 38. Ne4 $17) (36... Rxf4 37. Qxh7+ Kf7 38. Ne4 $16 (38. Rg1 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Ke6+)) 37. Qd5+ Kh8 $2 (37... Kh7 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. Nxf3) (37... R8f7 $1 $19 38. Rc8+ (38. Qxd6 $2 Rxf4 39. Ne4 Rxe4 $19) 38... Kh7) 38. Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. Qxd6 $11 Rxf4 39. Ne4) 38... Qxf4 $1 39. Qc4 Be7 40. Re1 Qf3 41. Rh2 Rh5 42. Rxh5 Qxh5 43. Qc2 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qf3+ 45. Kf1 Bh4 46. Rc1 {[#]} Kh7 (46... Bxf2 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Qxf2 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Rxf2+ 49. Nxf2 Qxc1) 47. Ke1 {[#]} Qe3+ (47... Bxf2+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Nxf2 (48. Qxf2 Qh1+) 48... Qe3+ 49. Kf1 e4) 48. Kd1 Qh3 49. Qe2 {Prevents Qf1+.} Rf7 50. Rc5 b6 51. Rxe5 Rc7 52. Ng3 {To avoid Qh1+} Bg5 (52... Bxg3 $6 53. Qe4+ g6 54. Re7+ Rxe7 55. Qxe7+ Kh8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qf7+ Kh8 58. Qe8+ Kh7 59. Qf7+ Kh8 60. Qe8+ $11) (52... g6 $17 {White must now prevent ...Qd7.} 53. Qe4 Qh2) 53. Qe4+ $15 g6 54. Re6 Rg7 55. Re8 {aiming for Qa8.} Bf6 (55... Qd7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd7a4]} 56. b3 Re7 57. Rxe7+ Bxe7) 56. Qa8 (56. Rf8 $1 $11 Re7 57. Qd5 Qg4+ 58. f3) 56... Rf7 $1 57. Qc6 Qg4+ 58. Kc2 $2 (58. Ke1 $15) 58... Bg7 $19 59. Ne4 Qe2+ 60. Kb3 {[%cal Oe4g5] Ng5+! is the strong threat.} Qxd3+ 61. Ka2 Qf3 ({Weaker is} 61... Rf3 62. Qd5 Bf8 63. Rc8 $11) 62. Re6 $2 (62. Qc4) 62... Qf5 63. Ng3 Qg4 64. Qe8 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...d2)} 65. Ne4 Qf5 66. Rd6 Rf8 67. Qe7 {Hoping for Rd7.} Qc8 $2 ({Avoid the trap} 67... Rf7 $2 68. Qe8 $19) ({Black should try} 67... Qa5 $19 68. Rxd3 Qxa4+ 69. Kb1 Qb5) 68. Rd7 $40 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Re7g7][%mdl 128] White attacks.} Qc4+ 69. Ka3 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Re7g7] The board is on fire.} Qg8 70. Nf6+ $1 Rxf6 71. Qxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Kh8 (71... d2 $11 72. Qd6 a5) 72. Qf7 $16 {White is more active.} Qxf7 73. Rxf7 {KR-KB} Bd4 (73... d2 $14 {deserves consideration.} 74. Rd7 h5) 74. Kb3 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} ({Don't play} 74. Rd7 Bxf2 75. Kb3 h5 $11) 74... a5 {[%cal Ob6b5]} 75. Rf4 $1 Be5 (75... Bg7 $142) 76. Rf8+ Kg7 77. Rd8 h5 78. Rxd3 (78. Kc4 $1 $16) 78... h4 79. Kc4 {Strongly threatening Kd5.} Bxb2 (79... Kf6 $142) 80. Kb5 $2 ({Better is} 80. Rb3 $16 Be5 81. Rxb6) 80... g5 $11 81. Kxb6 g4 82. Kxa5 Be5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (82... h3 $2 83. Rg3 Kh6 84. Rxg4 $18) (82... Bf6 $11 83. Rd1 h3) 83. Kb5 $18 h3 84. Kc4 $2 (84. a5 $18 Bb8 85. Kb6) 84... Bb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (84... Kg6 $11) 85. Kd5 $2 ({White has to play} 85. Rd4 $1 $18 {a5 would kill now.} g3 86. fxg3) 85... Kf6 $11 86. Ke4 h2 $1 87. Rd1 Ba7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (87... Kg5 $11) 88. Rh1 {White mates.} Bxf2 89. Rxh2 g3 {[#]} 90. Rh6+ $1 Kf7 91. Kf3 Ke7 92. Rc6 Kd7 93. Rc2 Be1 94. Rc1 Bf2 95. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kd6 96. a6 Kd7 97. Kg2 Kd6 98. Rc2 {Both players deserved the win here.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.65/Black=0.43} 1-0

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Wang, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,55,0,16,12,16,22,35,27,52,44,46,46,46,41,54,55,51,44,47,66,63,52,63,45,71,67,65,60,79,76,77,56,74,59,116,116,114,108,127,59,41,47,53,32,45,29]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c3 c6 7. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bf5 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. a5 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 e5 11. dxe5 $1 Bxe5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 {[#] Black must now prevent Qxd8.} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe7 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nc5 18. Bc2 b5 19. f4 Bd6 {1-0 (27) Mester,G (2419)-Gal,J (2354) Aggtelek 2002}) 14. Bg5 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Re8 16. Bg2 Bg7 17. Qa4 a6 18. Bf4 {A strong pair of Bishops.} Be5 19. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nd7 20. Rad1 Re7 21. Bh3 (21. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5e7]} Ree8 22. Bh3 $16) 21... Rae8 22. Rd2 {Threatens to win with Rfd1. White is more active.} f5 {[#]} (22... Bg7 $14) 23. Bg5 $1 $16 Rf7 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Be3 ({Better is} 25. Rde2 $16) 25... Rfe7 {White is slightly better.} 26. Red1 Bf6 27. Bg2 {[%cal Of2f4]} h5 28. Qf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Black "Rozman, Levy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,62,20,22,29,18,30,29,28,0,0,0,0,0,9,-12,0,0,-3,-11,0,-27,-20,-16,0,-6,-2,0,-1,-31,-36,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,19,0,0,-52,-56,-85,-87,-92,-89,-90,0,-73,0,-87,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 {seems to push 6...Nd7 aside. B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Bc4 O-O {[#] White has an edge.} 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O a5 10. a4 Nd7 11. Bb3 Nb6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. h3 Nd5 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Rfe1 {0-1 (28) Truskavetsky,A (2393)-Vastrukhin,O (2413) Sochi 2018}) 9... Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Re1 a5 12. Qd3 Nd5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Bd2 ({But not} 14. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 15. Qxc6 Nb4 $19) 14... Qc7 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Re3 Rfc8 17. Rc3 Qd7 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Re1 Bf8 20. Re3 Bb4 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Qxb4 Qxc2 23. b3 Qc1+ 24. Re1 Qb2 25. a5 Qa2 26. Qxb7 ({White should try} 26. Qe7 $1 $11) 26... Qxa5 $15 27. h3 {[#]} Qd8 $1 {Inhibits Qe7.} 28. Qc6 Rc8 29. Qa6 Ra8 30. Qc6 Rc8 31. Qa6 Ra8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} (31... Kg7 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Black "Rozman, Levy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,89,11,0,12,12,34,8,15,0,68,27,16,29,28,-34,-11,-31,-25,-23,16,10,27,38,89,82,95,75,95,85,129,36,27,22,31,0,61,57,69,13,33,41,31,43,50,33,40,0,9,4,39,25,45,40,54,55,55,0,0,0,23,20,151,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,103,98,287,296,283,288,29996,29997]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. f3 {7.f3 scores better than 7.Qc2.} O-O 8. Qc2 dxc4 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous.} 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 Kh8 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O Nd5 (11... Na6 $11) 12. Bd2 (12. e4 $14 fxe4 13. Nxe4) 12... a5 $11 13. a3 Ba6 14. e4 {[#]} (14. Rfe1 $11) 14... b4 $1 $15 {[#]} 15. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd1 e5 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 c5 19. Be3 N8c6 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne4 {1-0 (35) Heider,M (2204)-Schulz,K (2353) Germany 2016}) 15... bxc3 16. Bxc3 exd5 (16... Qh4 $2 17. g3 Qg5 18. dxe6 $18) (16... a4 $5 17. Bxa4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rxa4 19. dxe6 Ra8 $15) 17. Rfe1 Qh4 18. Ng3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nd7 (18... Bc8 $14) 19. Re6 $16 Bf4 20. Qf2 (20. Rxc6 Be3+ 21. Kh1 Bf4 $14) 20... Rf6 21. Rae1 Bc7 (21... Rc8 $142) 22. Rxf6 (22. Ba4 $16) 22... Qxf6 $14 23. Bc2 g6 24. Nf1 Qd6 ({Black should try} 24... Bb5 $11) 25. Qh4 Nf6 26. Bd2 ({Better is} 26. Nd2 $14) 26... Re8 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Qe1 {[%csl LRa5,LRe8]} Nf6 {[%cal Be8f6,Bf6h5,Bh5g7,Bg7e6][%mdl 32]} 29. g3 Bb6 30. Be3 Nh5 31. Nd2 Ng7 32. f4 Ne6 33. Nf3 c5 34. dxc5 Bxc5 35. Bf2 ({White should play} 35. Bb3 $1 $14) 35... Bxf2+ $11 36. Qxf2 d4 {To avoid Qe3} (36... Qc6 {is interesting.} 37. Ne5 Qc7 38. Bb3 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Bf1+) 37. Bb3 {Qe1 is the strong threat.} d3 {[#]} (37... Bb7 $11 {remains equal.}) 38. Bxe6 $2 (38. Qe3 $1 $16 Bb7 39. Qe5+ (39. Bxe6 Bxf3 40. Qxf3 Qxe6 $11) 39... Qxe5 40. Nxe5) 38... Qxe6 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. Ne5 Qb3 {And now ...Qd1+ would win.} 41. Kg2 Bb7+ (41... Qc2+ $1 $11 42. Kh3 Qe2) 42. Kh3 $16 {Threatens to win with Qd8+.} Be4 $2 (42... Qd5 $16 {was worth a try.} 43. Qxd5+ (43. Qxd3 Qxd3 44. Nxd3 Kf7 $16) 43... Bxd5 44. Nxd3 Kg7) 43. Qd8+ $18 Kg7 {[#]} 44. Qe7+ Kh6 $2 (44... Kg8 $18 45. Kh4 (45. Qd8+ Kg7 $16) 45... d2) 45. Kh4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23 (precise) /Black=0.54} 1-0

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Wang, Kevin"]
[Black "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,100,3,24,14,24,20,19,6,19,20,28,18,15,20,35,40,70,64,150,150,233,229,226,239,233,218,205,170,228,199,245,236,247,167,156,154,185,145,185,187,204,201,189,176,188,152,144,146,275,272,266,212,211,230,237,235,288,228,221,219,156,81,60,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-232,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. h3 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} Bh5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Na3 {Black must now prevent Nb5.} a6 {Inhibits Nb5.} 10. Nc4 {aiming for Nb6.} Nbd7 {To avoid Nb6} 11. g4 Bg6 12. g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Ne4 13. Nh4 e6 14. Qf3 $1 Qc6 {[#]} (14... Ne5 $2 15. Qf4 $18) (14... Nd6 $14 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6) 15. Rd1 $146 {[%cal Od1d7] Rxd7! is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. O-O-O Rh4 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Nb6 Qd8 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. Bd3 b5 21. Rd1 Qb7 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qg3 {1-0 (23) Sermek,D (2509)-Xiu,D (2410) Kuala Lumpur 2008}) 15... Nec5 (15... f5 $16) 16. Qxc6 $18 bxc6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bg2 Rc8 19. Ke2 Nb8 (19... Rh4 $142) 20. Bf4 Ncd7 (20... Nbd7 {might work better.} 21. Rd4 Rh4) 21. h4 Be7 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Bxd6 f6 24. f4 Kf7 25. Kf2 Rce8 26. Be4 Nb6 27. Kg3 Nd5 28. Rd3 Rd8 29. Ba3 {White is more active.} f5 (29... Nb6 $16 30. Rhd1 Rxd3+ 31. Bxd3 Nd5) 30. Bf3 $1 Nb6 31. Rhd1 {[%cal Bh1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3e3][%mdl 32]} Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Nc4 {[#]} 33. Bc5 {Strongly threatening Rd4.} e5 {Prevents Rd4.} 34. fxe5 Nxe5 35. Re3 Nbd7 36. Ba3 {A strong pair of Bishops.} (36. Bd6 $142 Ke6 37. Bc7 f4+ 38. Kxf4 Rf8+ 39. Kg3 Rxf3+ 40. Rxf3 Nxf3 41. Kxf3) 36... Re8 $16 37. Be2 (37. Bg2 $14) 37... Nb6 $1 $11 38. Kf2 ({Avoid the trap} 38. Bxa6 $2 f4+ 39. Kxf4 Nd5+ 40. Ke4 Nd7+ 41. Kd4 Nxe3 $19) 38... Nbc4 39. Bxc4+ Nxc4 40. Rd3 Nxa3 41. bxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ke6 42. c4 $2 {[#]} (42. Kf3 $11) 42... Rb8 $2 ({Black should try} 42... f4 $1 $19 {And now ...Rh8 would win.} 43. c5 Kf5) 43. c5 {The position is equal.} Rb2+ 44. Kg3 Rxa2 45. Rd6+ Ke5 {Hoping for ...f4+.} 46. Rxg6 Rxa3+ 47. Kg2 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 Ra3+ 49. Kg2 Ra2+ 50. Kf3 Ra3+ {Black defended with fortune.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.21 (precise) /Black=0.23 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,98,7,11,7,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,4,0,0,10,6,16,27,27,29,0,-2,-6,0,-8,4,-16,-5,-17,-16,-14,-19,-17,-13,-39,-37,-34,-26,-31,-7,-9,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-124,-137,-127,-131,-129,-121,-336,-336,-336,-329,-318,-309,-546,-539,-532,-532,-525,-525,-510,-458,-557,-265,-743,-735,-601,-455,-4531,-1848,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29971,-29974,-29975,-29973,-29974,-29965,-29964,-29970,-29969]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7 7. Be2 {C27: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nxe4.} Nf5 8. Nf3 c6 9. g4 {The position is equal.} Nh4 10. Nxh4 Bxh4 11. Ne4 Be7 {Prevents Nd6+.} 12. d4 d5 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Bf4 {[#]} c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Be6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. h3 Nf8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Nd7 20. Bd3 Nf6 {½-½ (27) Artemiev,V (2708)-Giri,A (2764) Chess.com INT 2020}) 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O Nc6 17. c3 Be6 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. h3 d4 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Rfd1 h6 22. Bg2 Rd7 23. b3 Rad8 24. cxd4 Nxd4 25. Kf1 {Prevents Ne2.} a5 {[%cal Oa5a4]} 26. Rac1 a4 27. bxa4 Ba3 28. Nc5 $1 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Re7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Bd5. Black has some pressure.} 30. Bxb7 (30. Nxb7 $11 {remains equal.} Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Nc5) 30... Bxa2 $17 31. Be3 Nb3 32. Nxb3 Bxb3 33. Bc6 {[#] White does not recover from this.} (33. Bf3 $17 {was called for.}) 33... Rxe3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 34. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Black must now prevent Ke2. KRB-KRB} Rc8 {[%cal Ob3a4] ...Bxa4! is the strong threat.} 35. a5 {[#] And now a6 would win.} Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Bxd5 $2 (36. Ke2) (36. Rd1 Bxc6) 36... Rxc1+ {KR-KB} 37. Kf2 Rc5 {[%csl LRa5,LRd5]} 38. Be4 Rxa5 39. Kf3 Kf8 40. Bd3 Ke7 (40... h5 $142 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 41. Bf5 f6) 41. Be4 $2 (41. Be2) 41... Kf6 42. Kf4 h5 43. Bc6 (43. gxh5 $142 Rxh5 44. Kg3) 43... h4 (43... g5+ $142 44. Ke4 h4) 44. Be8 g5+ {Black mates.} 45. Kf3 Ra1 46. Bc6 Rg1 47. Kf2 Rg3 48. Bg2 Ke5 49. Bf1 Ke4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/Black=0.18 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Li, Eric"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,122,36,29,30,32,19,18,15,22,20,22,11,22,23,14,13,19,4,18,0,17,0,24,4,27,0,14,0,20,0,21,18,31,19,43,19,34,10,14,-6,0,-55,-64,-58,-43,-65,-72,-109,-47,-78,0,-10,-7,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-19,-22,-29,-16,-17,-38,-40,-59,-61,-61,-61,-62,-77,-78,-75,-74,-8,-15,0,-6,-8,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-78,-77,0,-2412,-1525,-29964,-29965,-29963,-29966,-29958,-29966,-29964,-29965,-12835,-5193,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Nf6 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Qa3 O-O 15. e3 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rfd8 16. Rc2 g6 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. Ne1 Nd6 19. Qa4 c4 20. Qa5 Ne5 21. Ndf3 Nc6 {1-0 (51) Lamard,G (2483)-Plazuelo Pascual,J (2463) Linares 2021}) 16. Rfd1 h5 17. h3 (17. Ng5 {looks sharper.} Ng4 18. h4 Qf6 19. Ndf3 Qb6 20. Qc3) 17... Rbc8 18. b3 Rc6 19. Qb2 a5 20. Nb1 Rcc8 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. Nh4 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nb6 23. Rd2 a4 24. Rdc2 Rb8 {[%cal Ob6c4]} 25. Ne2 (25. Rd1 $11) 25... axb3 $15 26. axb3 Nbd7 $1 {[%cal Oc6a4]} 27. Qa3 {Inhibits Ba4.} Ne4 {[%cal Oe4f2] And now ...Nxf2! would win.} 28. Nc3 Qe6 (28... Qf6 $17) 29. Nf3 {[#]} Ndf6 (29... Nxg3 $1 $17 {[%cal Od5d4] ...d4! is the strong threat.} 30. fxg3 Qxe3+ 31. Kh2 d4) 30. Na4 Bxa4 31. bxa4 c4 32. Nd4 Qd7 33. a5 Ra8 34. Ra1 Ra6 35. Qb4 $1 Rea8 36. Rca2 Qc7 37. Qe1 Nc5 38. Nb5 Qe5 39. Qc3 Qb8 40. Nd4 Nfe4 {Pair of Knights!} 41. Qc2 Qc7 {[%cal Ra6a5]} 42. Nb5 {[#]} Qd8 {Black is much more active.} (42... Qe5 $1 $17) 43. Nc3 $11 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Rxa5 44. Rxa5 Rxa5 45. Rxa5 (45. Rd1 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Nxc3 46. Qxc3) 45... Qxa5 $17 46. Bxe4 dxe4 47. Nxe4 Nxe4 48. Qxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} c3 ({Black should play} 48... Qc7 $17 49. Qc2 c3) 49. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Qc4 $11) 49... Qa6+ 50. Kg2 Qc8 51. Qc2 {[#]} Qb7+ $1 52. Kh2 Qb2 53. Qf5 g6 54. Qf6 Qd2 (54... Qb3 $142 55. Qd8+ Kh7) 55. g4 c2 {Black mates.} 56. gxh5 c1=Q 57. h6 Qc7+ 58. Kg2 Qd5+ 59. Kg1 Qc1+ 60. Kh2 Qch1+ 61. Kg3 Qhg2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.49/Black=0.33} 0-1

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,119,85,102,82,138,91,111,113,133,90,87,52,110,80,83,42,103,47,79,44,54,10,51,61,58,50,60,-250,-250,-445,-415,-1061,-1055,-1022,-1039,-968,-410,-316,-131,-293,-301,-283,-278,-276,-287,-293,-285,-314,-256,-274,-259,-250,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,0,0,56,56,56,56,56,56,54,52,96,102,95,109,106,86,93,77,73,76,235,229,662,600,522,433,999,0,576,8,70,70,70,70,245,70,72,72,3002,2234,29979,29975,29975,29976,29975,29975,29975,29976,29977,29978,29981,29982,29982,29982]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 Nc6 4. a3 a5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} d4 (6... e6 $142) 7. Bxf6 (7. Na4 $142) 7... gxf6 8. Na4 {[#] White is better.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e5 9. e3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. exd4 e4 13. Bb5 exf3 14. O-O Qc7 {0-1 (30) Weiss,M (1941)-Truempelmann,J (1926) Mittelfranken 2008}) 9. h3 (9. Qd3 $142) 9... Bf5 $16 10. g3 Qc7 (10... e5 $14) 11. Bg2 (11. Nxd4 $6 Rd8 12. c3 (12. Nxf5 $2 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Qe5 $19) 12... Be4 $11) 11... Rd8 12. Rb1 (12. Nh4 $16 Bd7 13. Rb1) 12... Bh6 (12... Be4 $14) 13. Kf1 (13. O-O $16) 13... O-O 14. Nh4 (14. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4b5]}) 14... Be6 15. Be4 (15. Nb6 $14) 15... Kh8 (15... Ne5 $11 {is superior.}) 16. b4 $1 $14 axb4 17. axb4 Rg8 18. Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Nb6 $14 {stays ahead.}) 18... Be3 $1 $19 19. Rg1 $2 (19. fxe3 $2 Bxf5 20. Qe1 Bxe4 $19) (19. Qe1 Qe5 20. Bxc6 Bxf5 21. Bf3 (21. Bxb7 $2 Bxc2 22. Nb2 Bxf2 $19)) 19... Rg5 $1 20. Nh4 (20. fxe3 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 22. Kg2 dxe3 $19) (20. Nxe3 dxe3 21. Qc1 Bxh3+ 22. Ke1 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 Ne5) (20. h4 $142 Rxf5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Rb3 (22. fxe3 $2 dxe3 23. Qc1 Qe5 $19)) 20... Bxh3+ 21. Ke1 {[#]} Qf4 $1 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rf4f2][%mdl 512]} 22. Nf3 {[#]} Qxe4 (22... Bxf2+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Kxf2 Qe3+ 24. Ke1 Ne5) 23. Qd3 Rg4 (23... Qxd3 24. cxd3 Bg4 25. Nxg5 Bxg5 26. b5 $17) (23... Qg4 $19 {has better winning chances.} 24. fxe3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5) 24. fxe3 (24. Rh1 $17 {keeps fighting.} Bg2 25. Rh2 Qxd3 26. cxd3 Bxf3 27. exf3) 24... dxe3 (24... Qxe3 25. Qxe3 dxe3 26. c3 $17) 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. c3 Ra8 $1 27. Nb6 Ra2 28. b5 Na5 (28... Ne5 $2 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Nc4 Rxc5 31. Nxe3 $19) 29. Rh1 Bg4 {[%cal Oa5b3] Hoping for ...Nb3!} 30. Rh4 Nb3 $2 31. Rxg4 $17 Rxg4 32. c6 {[#]} bxc6 33. bxc6 {[#]} Nd2 (33... Rxg3 34. c7 Rg8 35. c8=Q Rxc8 36. Nxc8 $16) (33... Ra7 $1 $17 {And now ...Na5 would win.} 34. c7 Rxc7 $1 35. Rxb3 Ra7) 34. c7 $11 Nxf3+ (34... Rg8 $2 35. Nxd2 Rxd2 36. c8=Q Rxc8 37. Nxc8 $18) ({Black should try} 34... Nxb1 $11 35. c8=Q+ Rg8) 35. exf3 $14 {[%cal Be2f3,Bf3g4,Bg4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Rxg3 {[%cal Rg3g1]} 36. c8=Q+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame} Kg7 {[%cal Rg3g1] [#]} 37. Qg4+ $1 Rxg4 38. fxg4 {KRN-KR} f5 (38... e6 $14) 39. gxf5 $16 Kf6 40. Rb5 $1 Kg5 41. Nd5 {[%csl LRe3,LRe7]} h5 42. f6 (42. Nxe7 h4 43. f6+ Kf4 44. Nd5+ Kf3 45. Nxe3 (45. Rb1 h3 46. Kd1 e2+ 47. Ke1 h2) 45... Kxe3 $17) 42... e5 43. Rb7 Kf5 $2 (43... Kg6 $16) 44. c4 $18 (44. Rxf7 Ke6 45. Rf8 Kxd5 $11) (44. Nxe3+ Kxf6 45. Kf1 Kg6 $14) 44... Ra1+ $2 (44... Kg6 45. Rb8 (45. Nxe3 h4 $16) 45... Ra1+ 46. Ke2 Rc1 47. Rg8+ Kf5) 45. Ke2 Ke4 46. Nc3+ Kd4 {[#]} (46... Kf5 $142 47. Rxf7 Ra8 48. Kxe3 Kg6) 47. Nb5+ $2 ({White has to play} 47. Rxf7 $1 $18 {[%cal Of7a7] Strongly threatening Ra7!} Kxc3 (47... Ra8 48. Nb5+) 48. Rd7 Kxc4 49. f7) 47... Kxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (47... Ke4 $1 $11 48. Nc3+ (48. Rxf7 Ra2+ 49. Kd1 Ra1+ 50. Kc2 Ra2+ 51. Kd1 Ra1+ 52. Ke2 Ra2+ 53. Kd1 $11) (48. Nd6+ Kf4 $11) 48... Kd4 49. Rxf7 Kxc3) 48. Kxe3 $2 ({And not} 48. Nd6+ Kd5 $11) (48. Rxf7 $1 $18 {Ra7 is the strong threat.} Kxb5 49. Rf8) 48... Rf1 ({Black should play} 48... h4 $1 $11 49. Rxf7 (49. Nd6+ Kd5 $11) 49... h3) 49. Nd6+ $14 Kd5 50. Ne8 Ke6 $2 {[#]} (50... h4 $14) 51. Re7+ $2 (51. Ke2 $1 $18 Rf4 52. Ng7+ Kd6 53. Nxh5) 51... Kf5 52. Rxf7 Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... h4 $16) 53. Rg7+ $18 Kf5 54. Nd6+ {White mates.} Ke6 55. Ne4 Re1+ 56. Kd3 Rd1+ 57. Ke2 Rd8 58. Re7+ Kf5 {[#]} 59. f7 $1 Rf8 {[#]} 60. Re8 $1 {Never resign too early!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.65/Black=0.65} 1-0

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,15,14,15,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3 {[#] Not much happened in this game. D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} {Predecessor:} Re8 $146 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Rhg1 Be7 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 Be6 17. g4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ng6 19. Kb1 {0-1 (40) Oparin,G (2654)-Christiansen,J (2558) chess24.com INT 2019} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,93,27,24,37,-24,-9,-21,-14,-26,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,-9,-25,-19,-15,-35,-41,-49,-5,-4,0,0,10,18,11,16,16,12,18,14,19,18,15,8,11,9,17,14,21,4,8,8,16,8,8,0,2,5,2,0,7,0,4,8,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 {8...a6 might become the main line.} 9. c4 Qa5 {[#] B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} 10. Bd2 $146 (10. Rd1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. Rd1 a6 11. b3 Qh5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Nde2 g5 15. f3 Rg8 16. h3 Nhf6 17. Kf2 h5 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Rac1 Nfd7 20. Ng3 Rh8 21. Ke2 f6 22. Nh1 Kf7 23. Nf2 Rc6 24. Nd3 {½-½ (24) Bacrot,E (2678)-Oparin,G (2654) Chalons en Champagne 2021}) 10... Qe5 $11 {[%csl LRd4,LRe4]} 11. Nb5 {[#] Hoping for Nc7+.} O-O (11... Qxb2 $2 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 $18) 12. N1c3 Rfc8 (12... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 13. f4 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 $11) 13. Rad1 a6 14. Na3 Rab8 15. f4 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. Be3 {[%cal Oe4e5] To avoid Nb6} Nhf6 {[%cal Od6d5]} 18. Ba7 Ra8 19. Bd4 Kf8 (19... Bd8 $15) 20. h3 {The position is equal.} e5 21. Be3 exf4 22. Bxf4 Ne5 23. b3 b5 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 {[%cal Oc4c5]} f6 26. Rfd1 bxc4 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Nxc4 {[#] And now Nb6 would win.} Ra7 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ra5 Rc6 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Rdd5 h5 33. Rd3 Rac7 34. Rad5 Ra7 35. Rd2 Bb4 36. Rc2 Be7 37. Kd3 Rac7 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rc5 40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Ne3 Rxc2 42. Kxc2 {KB-KN} g6 43. Kd3 Bc5 44. Nd5 Bd6 {Inhibits Nc7+.} 45. Ne3 Bc5 46. Nd5 {Threatens to win with Nc7+.} Bd6 {Inhibits Nc7+.} 47. Ne3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Li, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,5,1,10,20,15,35,43,41,30,25,35,52,6,0,0,2,0,12,5,26,8,21,22,6,-10,0,0,15,18,11,-8,-6,-12,54,60,60,18,18,23,19,0,0,0,0,6,10,10,10,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,5,8,8,8,25,4]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg4 6. h3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} Bc8 7. d3 g6 8. e4 {White is slightly better.} dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bg7 11. e5 {[#]} (11. Nc3 $14) 11... Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nfd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Ne4 O-O 15. b3 Na6 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. c4 Nc7 {1-0 (73) Grischuk,A (2752)-Almasi,Z (2707) Beijing 2011}) 12. f4 O-O 13. Na3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nf3 Na6 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. c3 Nc5 19. Nac4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Be3 Be6 ({Better is} 21... Bxe5 $11 22. fxe5 Be6) 22. Bxc5 $14 bxc5 {[#]} 23. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 $11 (23... Rd2 24. Rxe6) 24. Rxe6 {Hoping for Rae1.} Rd2 25. Rxc6 {And now Rb6 would win.} Rb8 {Prevents Rb6.} 26. Rb1 Bxc3 $1 27. Kh1 Rbxb2 28. Rxb2 Rxb2 29. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be1 30. g4 Bg3 31. Bd5+ Kg7 32. Rc7 Bxf4 33. Rxe7+ Kf6 34. Rxh7 Ke5 35. Bf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,16,-6,1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 {[#]} {Predecessor:} 9. O-O $146 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Qf3 c6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 a5 14. Rad1 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Nd4 Qf6 {½-½ (36) Dubov,D (2714)-Aronian,L (2782) Chess.com INT 2021} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Winter Invitational GM-A 2022"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Rozman, Levy"]
[Black "Wang, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,74,0,0,7,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-25,-21,0,0,0,-46,-38,-47,-10,-8,-8,-35,0,-34,-31,-43,-33,-66,-34,-74,-74,-108,-111,-115,-100,-111,-100,-137,-140,-160,-108,-135,-147,-145,-131,-143,-129,-143,-121,-145,-148,-158,-141,-262,-156,-437,-430,-631,-572,-1133,-581,-2436,-1880]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. e3 {8.Bf4 is a critical line.} Nxc3 9. Qc2 Ne4 {The position is equal.} 10. Bd3 Nd6 11. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Ne7 13. a4 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nexf5 15. Ba3 c6 16. O-O O-O 17. a5 a6 18. Rfb1 {0-1 (37) Bayarmaa,B (2124)-Lei,T (2505) Chess.com INT 2021}) 12... h6 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. Rb1 (14. a4 $11) 14... O-O $15 15. a4 Bf5 (15... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 16. Nf3 Bf5 $15) 16. Ba3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 (17. Nxd3 $5 {[%cal Ra3d6]} b6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rfc1 $11) 17... Rb8 18. Qc3 Re8 19. Rfc1 c6 20. Rc2 f6 21. Nd3 Nc4 22. Bc5 b6 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nb4 Rbc8 25. Re1 a5 26. Nd3 {[#]} b5 ({Black should try} 26... Qa3 $1 27. Qxa3 Nxa3) 27. Ra2 b4 28. Qb3 f5 29. Rc2 Qf6 {[%cal Of5f4]} 30. Rcc1 Re7 {Black is more active.} 31. Re2 g5 32. g3 {Inhibits f4.} Rce8 {[%cal Of5f4]} 33. Rec2 {[#]} (33. Rxc4 $17 dxc4 34. Qxc4+ Qe6 35. Qxe6+ Rxe6 36. Rc2) 33... f4 (33... Nxe3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rxc6 (34. fxe3 $2 Rxe3 35. Qb2 Rxd3 $19) 34... Qxd4) 34. exf4 $2 {Loses the game.} (34. Rxc4 $17 {might work better.} dxc4 35. Qxc4+ Kh7 36. gxf4) 34... Qxd4 $19 {Hoping for ...Re2. Black is clearly winning.} 35. fxg5 (35. Ne5 $142 gxf4 36. Nf3) 35... hxg5 36. Rd1 Re2 {[%cal Oe8e3] aiming for ...R8e3!} 37. Rcc1 Rf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.67/Black=0.29 (precise)} 0-1

