[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Korley, Kassa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,0,0,-6,0,-2,-4,-8,-7,-6,6,-1,0,8,5,-16,-14,-8,0,-38,-32,-64,-49,-61,-57,-37,-33,-31,-17,-30,0,-22,16,0,11,0,0,-9,0,0,13,12,9,6,8,13,13,13,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-72,29989,29990,29991,29992,29992,29993,29995,29994]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. c3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} O-O 7. Ngf3 c5 8. a4 {The position is equal.} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bb7 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Nd7 12. a5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 {1-0 (42) Maghsoodloo,P (2688)-Timofeev,A (2589) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ne5 Ba6 12. Bc2 Nc6 13. f4 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 14. Kf2 Ndxe5 15. fxe5 Qe7 16. Re1 f6 17. exf6 $1 Qxf6+ 18. Nf3 g5 {aiming for ...g4.} 19. h3 Rf7 {And now ...Raf8 would win.} 20. Kg1 Raf8 21. e4 {Threatening exd5.} cxd4 {White must now prevent ...g4.} 22. exd5 exd5 23. cxd4 Qf4 24. Bb3 Bc4 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Re7 28. Qd5+ Kg7 29. e6 g4 {[#]} 30. Re4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White has good play.} Qf2+ 31. Kh1 gxh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf2g2]} 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. Qe5+ Rf6 $1 34. Rd1 (34. Qb8+ $1 $11 Rf8 35. Qe5+ Rf6 36. Qb8+ Rf8 37. Qe5+) 34... Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... hxg2+ $17 35. Rxg2 Qxg2+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 36. Kxg2 Rg7+ 37. Kh1 Rh6+ 38. Qh2 Rxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Re7) 35. e7 {White mates.} hxg2+ 36. Rxg2 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 h6 38. Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,104,45,32,50,47,52,63,77,75,47,68,58,66,112,114,116,96,144,117,127,133,120,119,137,138,132,135,159,92,89,88,95,90,92,60,92,68,69,69,73,56,89,83,87,81,109,107,124,76,85,66,125,85,214,127,125,120,202,34,113,46,32,41,71,-45,-58,-53,-53,-60,-58,-51,-84,-828,-567,-553,-548,-468,-472,-2067,-1934,-1253,-1118,-29962,-29965,-29965,-29967,-29958,-12613,-29985,-5143,-29988,-29989,-29991,-29990]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} 8. e5 Nh5 9. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Be3 f5 12. d5 f4 13. Bd4 Ndf6 14. b4 a5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b5 Bd7 17. a4 Rc8 18. Re1 d5 19. bxc6 {½-½ (19) Arizmendi Martinez,J (2480)-Strikovic,A (2565) Vila Real de Santo Antonio 1998}) 9... c5 {and if ...cxd4 works, Black does fine.White is slightly better.} 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 $1 {[%csl LRe6,LRh5]} Ndf6 12. dxc5 h6 {[#]} 13. Nf3 $1 Bd7 14. Re1 Nd5 15. cxd6 exd6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Be3 Bc6 18. Nd4 Qh4 19. g3 Qf6 20. Bf3 (20. Bxh5 $142 gxh5 21. Qxh5) 20... Qf7 $16 {Black wants to play ...Bxd4.} 21. Bg2 Nf6 22. c3 Rae8 23. f3 Nd7 24. Bf2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Ne5 26. Qd1 h5 27. Qc2 h4 28. Re1 {Threatens to win with f4.} Bd7 29. f4 h3 30. Bf1 Nc6 31. Nf3 {Strongly threatening Ng5.} Bh6 (31... Bf6 $14) 32. Nh4 Kg7 (32... g5 $16 {is a better defense.} 33. Qg6+ Qxg6 34. Nxg6 Rf6 35. Ne7+ Nxe7 36. Rxe7 gxf4) 33. Bd3 (33. Qd2 $18) 33... g5 34. Ng6 Rc8 (34... Re8 $16 {might work better.}) 35. a3 $2 (35. f5 $18) 35... Bg4 (35... gxf4 $14 36. gxf4 d4) 36. Rf1 (36. f5 $16) 36... gxf4 $14 37. gxf4 Rg8 38. f5 ({Better is} 38. Nh4 $16) 38... Ne5 $15 39. f6+ ({Of course not} 39. Bxa7 Nxd3 40. Qxd3 Bxf5 $11) 39... Qxf6 40. Bd4 $1 Bf3 41. Qf2 {aiming for Qxf3!} Kh7 {[#]} 42. Bb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't blunder} 42. Bxe5 $2 dxe5 43. Qxf3 Qxf3 $19) (42. Qxf3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} Qg5+ (42... Nxf3+ 43. Kh1) 43. Qg3 Nxd3 44. Qxg5 Bxg5 45. Rf3) 42... Qg5+ 43. Qg3 {[%cal Rg6e5]} Be4 44. Bxe4 dxe4 45. Nxe5 (45. Qxg5 $142 Bxg5 46. Nf8+ Kh6 47. Ne6) 45... dxe5 $19 46. Rf7+ {[#]} Kg6 $1 47. Re7 exd4 48. Rxe4 Qxg3+ 49. hxg3 d3 50. Re6+ Kh7 (50... Kh5 $142 51. Kh2 d2 52. Rd6 Kg4 53. Rd4+ Kf3 54. Rd6 Rxg3 55. Rxh6 d1=Q 56. Rf6+ Kg4 57. Rg6+ Kh4 58. Rh6+ Kg5 59. Kxg3 Qg4+ 60. Kf2 Kxh6 61. Ke3 h2 62. Kf2 h1=Q 63. Ke3 Qge4+ 64. Kf2 Qhg2#) 51. Rd6 Rxg3+ 52. Kh2 Rf3 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,22,19,18,26,23,33,32,20,29,32,30,35,34,31,0,37,31,30,32,25,24,24,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,-7,0,-21,-15,-20,-14,-27,-22,-49,-42,-48,-44,-38,-47,-79,-64,-64,0,0,306,275,266,264,457,485,479,463,459,349,347,331,320,317,386,382,373,341,400,320,395,318,535,527,533,525,620,468,581,602,572,591,555,429,520,520,622,626,600,610,782,780]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 $1 13. Qc2 (13. Ne2 Nxg3 14. Nxg3 {1-0 (61) Leko,P (2679)-Caruana,F (2832) Germany 2019}) 13... c6 14. O-O-O Qa5 {[#]} 15. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {½-½ (49) Markos,J (2572)-Martinovic,S (2563) Slovakia 2017}) 15... O-O-O 16. Nd2 (16. Bf5 {is more complex.} Rg8 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Nd2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qc7 20. Nb3) 16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Kb8 18. Bf5 Qc7 19. Na4 Nf6 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Nb3 h5 22. Rc1 h4 23. gxh4 gxh4 24. Qe2 Be7 25. f4 {Hoping for f5.} Nf6 26. Nbc5 Bg4 27. Qd2 {next Bxa6! is good for White.} Bc8 28. Rc2 b5 (28... Rdg8 $15) 29. Rhc1 $1 $11 bxa4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Rh6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 30. Qb4+ $18 Ka8 {...Ne4! is the strong threat.} 31. Qxa4 Qa7 $2 (31... Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Ne4) 32. Qxc6+ Bb7 33. Nxb7 Qxb7 34. Qxb7+ Kxb7 35. Rc7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kb8 36. Rxe7 {And now Rcc7 would win.} Rhe8 37. Rxf7 Rxe3 38. Bxa6 {aiming for Rb7+.} ({Weaker is} 38. Rxf6 Rxd3 39. Rb6+ (39. Rxa6 Rxd4 40. Rb6+ Ka7 $16) 39... Ka7 $16) 38... Ne4 39. Rb7+ Ka8 40. Rb4 {Black must now prevent Bb7+.} Rd7 $2 (40... Nd2+ 41. Kc2 Ne4) 41. Bb5 {White wants to mate with Rc8+.White is clearly winning.} Rd6 42. a3 Rg3 43. Rc7 Rb6 44. Bc6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} Kb8 45. Rb7+ ({Less strong is} 45. Rxb6+ Kxc7 46. Ra6 (46. Bxd5 Kxb6 47. Bxe4 Re3 $15) 46... Nd2+ 47. Ka2 Rxg2 $18) 45... Rxb7 46. Bxb7 Kc7 47. Bxd5 Nd2+ 48. Ka2 Kd6 49. Bb7 Nf1 50. a4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 65%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,140,-22,-4,-43,0,-6,2,0,0,15,22,6,27,-32,-38,-47,-18,-14,-23,-22,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,6,-9,-7,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,6,13,10,11,24,10,11,0,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-22,0,0,12,9,17,0,18,14,12,0,0,0,53,15,33,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-116,-118,-131,-80,-68,-103,-87,-52,-51,-27,-653,-653,-646,-646,-548,-548,-548,-373,-638,-638,-566,-491,-373,-364,-8697,-6220,-10612,-1197,-29961,-29960,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29974,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29982,-29982,-29982,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. e5 Ne7 6. h4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (6. O-O Ng6 7. d3 f6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. exf6 gxf6 10. c4 d5 11. d4 Kf7 12. dxc5 Ba6 13. Re1 Re8 {0-1 (45) Kantans,T (2338)-Salem,A (2511) Caldas Novas 2011}) 6... Nf5 7. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. d3 Rb8 9. Ne4 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. O-O Rb4 13. h5 g6 {½-½ (27) Lanzani,M (2331)-Di Paolo,R (2334) Genova 2006}) 7... d6 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Ne4 Qd8 11. d4 (11. Qe2 $11) 11... cxd4 $15 12. g4 Qa5+ (12... d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 13. Neg5 Nd6 14. Qxd4 h6 $15) 13. Bd2 Qd5 14. Qe2 $1 Ba6 15. Qxa6 Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Ne7 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nb3 h5 20. Rag1 hxg4 21. h5 Nf5 22. Rxg4 Be7 23. Bg5 Kf7 24. c3 Rab8 25. Bc1 Bf6 26. Ra4 Rb7 27. Ra6 Rc8 28. Na5 Rbc7 29. Be3 d5 30. Bc5 Be7 31. Bxe7 Nxe7 32. b4 Rh8 33. f3 Rh6 34. a4 Nf5 35. Kd2 e4 36. fxe4 dxe4 37. Rf1 Rd6+ 38. Ke1 Ke6 39. Nc4 Rd3 40. Ra5 Rd5 (40... Rxc3 $11 41. Re5+ Kd7) 41. Rf4 Rxa5 42. bxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kd5 43. Nd2 Nd6 44. Ke2 Ke5 45. Rg4 Rb7 46. Rg5+ (46. a6 $11 {remains equal.} Rb2 47. Ke1 (47. Rxg7 Nc4 $15)) 46... Kf4 $17 47. Rc5 {[#]} Rb2 ({Black should try} 47... Nf5 $1 48. Rxc6 Ng3+ 49. Kd1 Nxh5) 48. Rxc6 Nf5 {Threatens to win with ...e3.} 49. Rc4 Ng3+ 50. Kd1 Ke3 51. Rxe4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Rd4 $11 Rb7 52. Nc4+ Kf4 53. Rd2) 51... Nxe4 $19 52. Nc4+ {[#]} Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rb2b1][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 53. Nxb2+ Kxc3 {KN-KN} 54. Kc1 Nf6 55. a6 $2 (55. h6 gxh6 56. Nd1+ Kb3 57. a6) 55... Nxh5 56. Nd1+ Kb4 57. Nb2 Kb3 58. a5 $2 (58. Nd3 Kxa4 59. Nc5+ Kb4 60. Ne6) 58... Kb4 59. Kd2 Kxa5 (59... g5 $142 60. Nd1 Kxa5) 60. Ke3 g5 {Black mates.} 61. Ke4 g4 62. Nc4+ Kxa6 63. Ne3 {[#]} g3 $1 64. Kf3 Kb5 65. Kg4 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 66. Kxh5 a4 67. Kg4 a3 68. Kxg3 a2 69. Nc2 Kc4 70. Kf2 Kc3 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Banawa, Joel"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 4. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 6. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 7. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:18:27]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:11:09]} 9. Qc3 {[%emt 0:04:56]} O-O {[%emt 0:08:01]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:14:36]} e5 {[%emt 0:15:22]} 11. Ng3 {[%emt 0:14:17]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:24:32]} 12. Qb4 {[%emt 0:08:07]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:05:20]} 13. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} a5 {[%emt 0:05:13]} 14. Qe1 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 15. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:05:30]} e4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 17. Bd1 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:05:47]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 19. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:10:51]} Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 21. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 23. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 24. h3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 25. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 26. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 27. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 28. Qe5 Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 29. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 30. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 31. c4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 32. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,150,29,14,8,33,15,20,16,25,29,21,22,21,7,38,34,28,14,48,56,87,100,108,101,110,122,101,83,79,81,100,115,101,0,100,102,95,90,81,0,84,85,123,95,98,84,99,91,116,91,95,83,84,92,136,130,132,133,135,91,88,33,298,112,115,125,196,204,212,136,133,113,114,122,118,107,135,90,102,127,141,145,140,133,139,104,96,85,99,19,112,45,55,0,114,106,665,665,580,41,53,8,8,8,8,8,25,3,6,0,46,8,8,20,27,0,29,12,14,15,18,18,25,0,15,0,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bc3 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} Bf6 11. Rc1 (11. Re1 Qe7 12. Bh3 Bb7 13. Rc1 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Qd6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. e4 fxe4 {½-½ (52) Granda Zuniga,J (2639)-Garcia Palermo,C (2450) Benasque 2010}) 11... d5 12. Qa4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 {1-0 (42) Vadasz,L (2385)-Lendwai,R (2405) Borsodtavho 1991}) 12... Qd7 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Ne4 21. Nd4 Rfe8 22. Nc6 {And now f3 would win.} Rc7 23. Rfd1 Ng5 24. Nd4 Rd7 25. Nc6 Rc7 26. h4 Nf7 27. Nd4 Rd7 {Hoping for ...Red8.} 28. Nc6 Rc7 $1 29. e3 a6 30. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} e5 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Ra8 33. Rc4 Rb7 34. Nb4 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} Kg7 35. Rc6 Ra5 36. Nd5 Rxb5 37. Nxf6 {Strongly threatening Ne8+.} Rc5 38. Nh5+ Kf8 39. Rf6 (39. Re6 $16) 39... e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 39... Ke7 $1 $14) 40. Nf4 $2 (40. Rd8+ $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Ke7 41. Rg8) 40... Kg7 $16 41. Re6 $1 b5 {[#]} (41... Rc8 $16) 42. Rxe4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Ne6+ is the strong threat.} Rc2 (42... fxe4 43. Ne6+) 43. Rb4 Ne5 {intending ...Ng4.} 44. Ne6+ Kf6 45. Nd4 Ra2 46. Nf3 ({Much worse is} 46. Rxb5 $6 Rxb5 47. Nxb5 Ng4 $11) ({Much less strong is} 46. Nxb5 $6 Ng4 $14) 46... Ng4 47. Rd2 Rxd2 48. Nxd2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne5 49. Nb3 Nc6 50. Rf4 Ke5 51. Nc5 Ra7 52. Nd3+ Ke6 53. Nb4 (53. Kf1 $16) 53... Ne5 (53... Nxb4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 54. Rxb4 Ra5) 54. Nc2 (54. e4 $16) 54... Nc6 $1 $14 55. Nb4 (55. Kf1 $14) 55... Ne5 $16 56. e4 fxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Rf7 $16) 57. Rxe4 $18 Kd6 {[#]} 58. f4 $2 (58. Rxe5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe5 59. Nc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke4 60. Nxa7) 58... Nc4 $14 59. Kh3 Kc5 60. Nd3+ Kd5 61. Re8 Ra3 62. Rd8+ Nd6 63. Ne5 Ke6 64. h5 (64. Nc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} Ra4 65. h5 $14) 64... Ne4 65. Re8+ Kd5 66. Rd8+ Ke6 67. Rg8 Rc3 68. Kh4 b4 69. Re8+ Kd5 70. Rd8+ Ke6 71. Re8+ Kd5 $1 72. Ng4 (72. Rb8 $1 $14) 72... b3 $11 73. Rb8 Nxg3 74. Nf6+ Ke6 75. Nxh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (75. Kg5 $11) 75... Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "Banawa, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,106,-22,-22,-23,-28,-32,-22,-60,-57,-45,-39,-45,-64,-58,-43,-44,0,-64,-78,-69,-45,-80,-38,-66,0,0,54,0,0,-53,-3,-41,0,0,0,0,18,0,107,100,141,135,124,46,60,11,119,21,57,-52,-43,-80,-82,-115,-124,-135,-83,-165,-149,-183,88,-147,-40,-45,-54,-49,-11,-63,-88,-199,-212,-218,-200,-197,-182,-334,-335,-368,-335,-1519,-829,-29983,-29984,-29990,-29991,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. dxc5 {C12: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation} (11. Nf3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qg5+ 13. Qxg5 hxg5 14. h3 Nd7 15. Rae1 Nc5 16. Rhf1 Bd7 17. f4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Ke7 19. Ref1 {0-1 (77) Inarkiev,E (2693)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2707) Novosibirsk 2012}) 11... Nd7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qf4 {The position is equal.} Nxc5 14. h4 Bd7 15. Rh3 Rc8 16. Nd4 Be8 $146 (16... Na4 $6 17. Rf3 $16) ({Predecessor:} 16... Ke8 17. Rb1 a6 18. Rg3 Rg8 {½-½ (52) Karayev,A (2283)-Jorczik,J (2382) Vung Tau 2008}) 17. Rg3 f5 18. Re1 (18. Rh3 $11) 18... Kg8 $15 19. Ree3 Qf7 20. Ke1 Bd7 21. Rh3 Rf8 (21... Nxd3+ $15 22. Rxd3 Qh5) 22. h5 a6 (22... Kh7 $11) 23. Be2 (23. Reg3 $14) 23... b5 24. Nf3 (24. Bd3 $11) 24... Be8 25. Kf1 Qe7 26. g4 fxg4 27. Qxg4 Qf7 28. Qg2 Qf5 {[#]} (28... Qe7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29. Rg3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rg3g7][%mdl 512]} Rh7 30. Nd4 Qf7 31. Bg4 (31. Rgf3 $16 Qe7 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qg4) 31... Qe7 $1 $14 32. Rgf3 Bd7 (32... Rxf3 $11 33. Bxf3 Rh8) 33. Qh3 ({Better is} 33. Rxf8+ $16 Qxf8 34. Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 33... Rh8 34. Ke1 (34. Rxf8+ $14 Kxf8 35. f4) 34... Kh7 $15 35. Rg3 Rf7 36. Rg2 Rhf8 37. Be2 Rf4 (37... Kh8 $142 38. f3 Rf4) 38. Qh2 (38. Reg3 $17 {keeps fighting.} R8f7 39. Rg4) 38... Kh8 $19 39. Reg3 R8f7 $2 {[#]} (39... R4f7 $19 40. Bd3 Nxd3+ 41. Rxd3 b4) 40. f3 $2 (40. Rxg7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] is necessary to keep the advantage. Intending Rg8+ and mate.} Rxf2 (40... Rxg7 41. Rxg7) 41. R7g6 (41. Rxf2 Rxg7 42. Rf6 Ne4 $11) (41. Rg8+ Kh7 $14) 41... Rxg2 42. Qxg2 (42. Rxh6+ Rh7 $11)) 40... Qh4 (40... Rh4 $17 41. Rh3 Rff4) 41. Qg1 $1 $15 Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 42. Kd2 {[%cal Rg3g7]} Qe7 $1 {Black wants to play ...a5.} 43. Bd3 $1 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4c3][%mdl 32]} 44. Ne2 (44. c4 $17 dxc4 45. Bg6) 44... bxc3+ $19 45. Ke1 Rxf3 46. Rxf3 Rxf3 47. Rg4 $2 (47. Rf2 Rxf2 48. Qxf2) 47... Nc5 48. Bg6 Bb5 49. Ng3 $2 (49. Qd4) 49... Qf8 {And now ...d4! would win.} 50. Kd1 Nd7 {Black mates.} 51. Qe1 {[#]} Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank} 52. Qxe5 {[#]} Rf1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Qe1 (53. Nxf1 Qxf1+) 53... Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 35%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:02:32]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 5. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:57]} g5 {[%emt 0:17:46]} 12. Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:08:34]} 14. Rd1 {[%emt 0:13:44]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:09:07]} 15. Qe3 {[%emt 0:19:02]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 17. hxg4 {[%emt 0:04:27]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 19. Qxh6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 20. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:07:48]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 21. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:05:47]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:05:04]} 24. Rd3 {[%emt 0:07:58]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 25. c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 27. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 8. g3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 9. h4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 10. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. h5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Nh8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 12. h6 {[%emt 0:03:40]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 14. exf6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 16. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:14:29]} 17. Kg2 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,64,14,9,27,1,12,0,6,0,0,0,0,-20,-12,-17,-23,-11,14,-17,0,-9,-21,-105,-53,-50,-41,-47,-52,-40,-30,-35,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-26,-26,-26,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 h6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8... O-O 9. c3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bg5 13. h4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Nf6 15. Re5 Nd7 16. Re3 Qa5 17. a3 Qb5 18. Rc2 a5 19. c4 {1-0 (43) Artemiev,V (2709)-Navara,D (2736) Skopje 2018}) 9. c3 O-O 10. e5 Nh7 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nf1 c5 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. Be3 Nb6 16. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. dxc5 Nc4 17. b4 {0-1 (56) Bartholomew,J (2453)-Ringoir,T (2518) Charlotte 2017}) 16... Nd7 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 (18. cxd4 $11 Rb8 19. a4) 18... Nc5 (18... Ba3 $17 19. h4 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Bd3) 19. Bf1 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21. Be3 Bh4 22. c4 Ne4 (22... Bxg3 {is more complex.} 23. fxg3 Ne4 24. cxd5 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 exd5 26. Bxa7 Nxg3 27. Qe3 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 Qd7) 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Bg2 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qa5 27. Qd2 Qc5 28. Qe3 {The position is equal.} Qc6 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qe4 Rd8 {[#] aiming for ...Qxe4.} 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Kg2 Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Korley, Kassa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,31,36,36,36,16,43,37,45,28,47,41,42,42,49,43,43,45,57,57,50,47,54,37,97,86,95,95,95,93,85,93,83,92,98,108,123,134,137,122,127,135,150,147,152,155,191,193,193,181,193,158,295,292,285,293,403,385,450,457,443,433,434,433,437,431,420,428,420,423,482,479,533,525,629,627,566,565,29980,29980]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nc8 (6... h6 7. a4 Nd7 8. Na3 a6 9. Nc2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ncd4 Bh7 12. O-O Ng6 13. c4 Be7 {½-½ (44) Robson,R (2667)-Eljanov,P (2680) chess.com INT 2019}) 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3h5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... c5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Nf1 Be7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 {½-½ (46) Bielstein,B (1698)-Ter Stal,E (1482) Verden 2015}) 8. Nf1 {White is slightly better.} Bg6 9. Ng3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. Nh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bf8 14. O-O c4 15. Qc2 Ne7 16. Ng3 g6 (16... b5 $14) 17. h5 $16 Rg8 18. Be3 Qc7 19. hxg6 Nxg6 20. Nh5 O-O-O 21. g3 Be7 22. Kg2 f6 23. exf6 ({Stronger than} 23. Bxh6 fxe5 24. Ng5 Bxg5 $17) 23... Nxf6 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 {[#]} 25. Rh1 $1 ({Weaker is} 25. Bxh6 Nh4+ 26. Nxh4 Bxh4 $17) 25... Ne7 26. Qd2 (26. Rxh6 Nf5 $15) 26... Nf5 {[%cal Rg8g3] aiming for ...Rxg3+!} 27. Bf4 Qb6 28. Rae1 Rg6 29. Rh5 {Rxf5! is the strong threat.} Rdg8 30. Qe2 Bg5 (30... Bd8 $16 {might work better.} 31. Ne5 R6g7) 31. Nxg5 $18 hxg5 32. Be5 Ne7 33. Rh7 Nc6 34. Qf3 Nxe5 35. Rxe5 Kb8 36. Qf7 {Hoping for Rxe6!} a6 {[#]} 37. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} Rxe6 (37... Qxe6 38. Qxb7#) 38. Qxg8+ {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KQR-KQR} Ka7 39. Qxg5 Re2 40. Qxd5 Rxb2 41. Qxc4 Qf6 42. Qc5+ Ka8 43. d5 Qe5 {White must now prevent ...Qe4+.} 44. Re7 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 6. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 9. Ke2 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 10. gxf3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:11:28]} 12. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:11:26]} 13. a3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:07:25]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:08:30]} Qxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} 15. Kxc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:05:53]} 16. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} 17. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 18. Kb1 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 19. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:12:10]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 20. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:02:04]} 22. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 23. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:22]} a5 {[%emt 0:08:15]} 24. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Na4 {[%emt 0:09:19]} 25. b3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 26. Rc1 {[%emt 0:15:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:05:33]} 27. Ka2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:21:22]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 29. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. a4 {[%emt 0:05:32]} f5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 31. exf5 {[%emt 0:04:32]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Rg1 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 33. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 34. Rg3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} f4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 35. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 36. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 37. Kb2 {[%emt 0:02:32]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 38. dxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Kc3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 40. Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 41. Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Re7 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re2 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 43. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 44. Rf7 {[%emt 0:04:20]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 45. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 46. axb5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 47. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 48. Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 49. f4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 50. Kb3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 51. Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 52. Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rd4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 53. Kxa5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Banawa, Joel"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 3. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 8. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nge7 9. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a6 {[%emt 0:13:55]} 10. Nbxd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:07:42]} b5 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 13. a3 {[%emt 0:09:52]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:25:02]} 14. Qe1 {[%emt 0:06:34]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:10:57]} 15. Kh1 {[%emt 0:06:50]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 16. Qh4 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 17. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 18. Qg3 {[%emt 0:18:39]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 20. e5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 21. Be3 {[%emt 0:10:57]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 22. exf6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. Re1 {[%emt 0:06:39]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 24. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 25. Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Na5 {[%emt 0:09:25]} 26. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 27. Bd4 {[%emt 0:05:05]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rff8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 30. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Nd3 {[%emt 0:06:31]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,97,49,39,34,37,8,20,10,43,43,50,57,66,73,90,82,122,90,137,118,104,133,199,185,194,227,200,80,79,88,379,247,274,242,266,75,79,85,89,48,63,61,4862,3530,2091,2128,5239,5239,5239,5231,5277,2511,3062,2185,1213,967,975,946,29956,4994,29981,29981,29988,29989,29989,29979,29978,29979,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7 15. Nc2 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} O-O 16. Re1 Qd7 (16... Re8 17. Qh5 e4 18. Bf1 Nxd5 19. Qxf5 Re5 20. Qh3 Qb6 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxd5 {½-½ (41) Topalov,V (2749)-Mamedov,R (2704) Shamkir 2018}) 17. Bf1 {The position is equal.} f4 18. a4 bxa4 19. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Nb4 Qb7 20. Bc4 a5 21. Nc6 Nxc6 22. dxc6 Qxb2 23. Qxa4 {1-0 (31) Petraitis,G (2500)-Bost,A (2453) ICCF email 2002}) 19... f5 20. Nc4 {Threatens to win with Nb6.} Qd8 21. Rxa4 Ng6 22. Qa1 Nh4 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Qg5 (24... Rf6 $16 25. Ra1 Rg6) 25. Kh1 $1 $18 Rf6 {intending ...Bf8.} 26. Qc8+ Bf8 27. Nb6 (27. Qd8 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 27... f3 $16 {[%cal Rf3g2]} 28. g3 Rh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Ng6 $16 {was necessary.}) 29. Ra1 Ng6 30. Qe6+ $1 Kg7 {...Ne7 is the strong threat.} 31. Nd7 $2 (31. Qd7+ $18 {has better winning chances.} Ne7 32. Nc8) 31... Be7 32. Ra8 $36 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Re6g8][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bd8 {( -> ...Qc1!)} 33. Nf6 {Played: Nd7-c5} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:11:49]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:08:05]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:06:28]} Be6 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:06:20]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:18:00]} 15. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 16. Rb1 {[%emt 0:05:41]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:09:19]} 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Red8 {[%emt 0:14:57]} 20. Bf3 {[%emt 0:04:55]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:05:51]} Nd7 22. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:10:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:06:59]} 23. Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 24. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 26. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 27. Rb7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} d3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 28. Bh5+ {[%emt 0:04:15]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 29. f4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 30. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 31. Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:27]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 32. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 33. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 34. Rb7 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. g4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 36. g5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 37. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 40. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ne1 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 41. Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rd4+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 42. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f4+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 43. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 44. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 45. Bg4+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Bh5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 47. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 48. Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Ng3+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} 49. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 50. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 51. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 52. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 53. Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Na2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 54. c5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 55. Rb3 {[%emt 0:04:05]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 56. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 57. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 58. Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 59. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 9. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:06:36]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 13. h5 {[%emt 0:11:31]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:56]} 14. Rh3 {[%emt 0:20:20]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:07:40]} 15. Qd3 {[%emt 0:21:05]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 16. Rf3 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Nbc6 {[%emt 0:10:06]} 17. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:11:55]} 18. g4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 19. Rf4 {[%emt 0:05:50]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 20. Be3 {[%emt 0:12:31]} Nce7 {[%emt 0:08:59]} 21. a5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:14:00]} 22. axb6 {[%emt 0:07:52]} axb6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 23. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 24. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:07:16]} 25. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 27. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 28. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 29. Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 30. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 31. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 32. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 33. Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 34. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 35. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 36. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 37. Rbe6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 38. Qa3+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 40. Qa3+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 42. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 43. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 44. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:02:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 45. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 49. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 50. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 51. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 52. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 53. Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 55. Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 56. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 57. Qxh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 58. c4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} 59. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 60. e4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 61. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 62. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 63. c5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} h3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 64. c6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} h2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 65. c7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 66. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 67. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Banawa, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,97,7,-22,-9,-7,-11,-27,0,-8,0,-50,-48,-53,-27,-21,33,31,78,70,179,192,195,182,176,183,185,158,150,114,134,73,79,76,83,73,72,64,61,67,60,62,75,35,33,25,62,60,56,58,58,58,58,41,42,42,54,54,57,55,53,54,56,58,76,73,121,113,105,91,118,134,170,163,277,245,287,287,279,266,270,262,277,269,233,237,369,370,29980,29982]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qd2 O-O {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 7. O-O-O c6 (7... Nc6 8. h4 Bf5 9. Qf4 Bg6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Rxd3 Nb4 14. Re3 Rxe3 15. fxe3 {½-½ (50) Short,N (2678)-Harikrishna,P (2737) Douglas 2015}) 8. Re1 a5 $146 {Black has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Bf5 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Bc8 11. Bd3 Re8 12. h4 b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. Ne2 {0-1 (53) Serpetsidaki,E (1537)-Spiliopoulos,A (1401) Greece 2014}) 9. Bd3 Na6 10. Qe3 Bd6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 (12... Nb4 $11) 13. Kb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with Bxf6. White has some pressure.} ({Not} 13. Bxf6 $2 Bf4 $19) 13... Bf4 14. Qe2 $1 {aiming for Bxf6.} g5 (14... Nh7 $14) 15. Bg3 $18 Bg4 16. Qf1 $1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nb4 18. h4 {Strongly threatening hxg5.} Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. hxg5 (20. Be2 $142 $1) 20... Nxd3 $16 21. Qxd3 hxg5 22. Qf5 Qd6 23. Rg1 Nh5 {[%cal Rh5g3] [#]} 24. Qxg5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg5 25. Bxd6 Ng7 26. Be5 {Black must now prevent Bxg7.} f6 27. Bc7 Bh4 28. Nd1 ({Much worse is} 28. Bxa5 Bxf2 29. Rd1 Nf5 $11) 28... a4 29. Bf4 Kf7 30. Rh1 Bg5 31. Bxg5 fxg5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Ne3 Kg6 33. Ng4 Nf5 34. Ne5+ Kg7 $1 35. c3 c5 36. Rg1 cxd4 37. f4 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 37. Rxg5+ $2 Kf6 $19) 37... Kf6 38. fxg5+ Kg7 39. f4 dxc3 40. bxc3 Nd6 41. Kc2 Rh8 (41... Rf8 $142) 42. Rd1 $18 Nf5 {[#] And now ...Ne3+ would win.} 43. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b7]} Rh2+ 44. Kd3 Rh3+ 45. Ke2 Rxc3 46. Rxb7+ Kg8 {[#]} 47. Ng4 $1 Ng3+ (47... d4 $142 48. Ra7 a3 49. Nf6+ Kf8) 48. Kd1 Nf5 $2 (48... Rc6 $18 49. Nh6+ Kh8) 49. Nf6+ {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-37,-61,-64,-59,-54,-75,-47,-216,-216,-775,-789]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 (5... c6 6. Be2 h5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. f3 {0-1 (60) Nabaty,T (2692)-Rodshtein,M (2674) Czech Republic 2019}) 6. Qd2 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} O-O 7. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O Ng4 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 {½-½ (55) Barva,A (2371)-Becskei,Z (2256) Hungary 2018}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qa5 11. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e7]} Re8 12. Nf3 $2 ({White has to play} 12. Bc4 $15 Ne5 13. Bb3) 12... Nxc5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Be6.} 13. Nd4 $2 {[#]} (13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Qd8+ Qxd8 15. Rxd8+ Bf8 16. Bc4) 13... Nd3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,135,0,12,8,36,25,25,18,92,91,89,30,37,20,26,-14,-13,-35,29,33,33,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,16,33,14,104,18,76,83,104,26,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,24,0,104,104,104,0,0,0,104,104,104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,161,157,288,103,265,258,250,212,201,0,194,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 b5 8. a3 {C05: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7, 5 f4 and 5 Bd3 sidelines} a5 (8... Qb6 9. c3 Be7 10. f5 exf5 11. Nf4 cxd4 12. Nxd5 Qb7 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Qc2 Bd8 15. Ne3 g6 16. Bd2 Bb6 17. Bxb5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bc6 Qb8 20. O-O Nxe5 {0-1 (20) Bacrot,E (2718)-Wei,Y (2734) Liaocheng 2018}) 9. c3 c4 10. g4 {White has an edge.} h5 (10... Be7 $11) 11. gxh5 $1 $16 Rxh5 {[#]} 12. Ng3 $146 (12. f5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Predecessor:} 12. f5 exf5 13. Nf4 Rh8 14. Nxd5 Ne7 15. Nf4 Nb6 {½-½ (40) Heberla,B (2500)-Moor,O (2369) Marianske Lazne 2009}) 12... Rh8 $11 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. O-O Ne7 15. Bd2 Nf5 (15... Ng6 $15) 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Be1 Be7 18. Qd2 Be6 19. h4 Qd7 20. Ng5 O-O-O 21. Bg3 Kc7 22. Bf3 Ra8 23. h5 b4 (23... Rag8 $11) 24. Rfb1 ({Better is} 24. axb4 $16 axb4 25. cxb4) 24... bxa3 (24... b3 $11) 25. bxa3 $16 Rhb8 26. Bd1 (26. Be1 $16) 26... Nc8 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 28. a4 Qe8 29. Qh2 Rb6 30. Rxb6 Nxb6 31. Bh4 Bf8 32. Bg5 Rb8 33. Rb1 Nd7 34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Qa2 Qb6 36. Kf1 Nb8 37. Bh4 Nc6 38. Bf2 Qb8 39. Bh4 Qb6 40. Bf2 Be7 41. Be3 Qb8 42. Bc1 Qb6 43. Be3 Kb7 44. Qa1 Ka6 45. Bc1 Bb4 46. Bd2 Bf8 47. Bc2 Nb4 48. cxb4 axb4 49. Bd1 Ka5 ({Black should try} 49... b3 50. Bc1 Bb4) 50. Qb2 Qc7 (50... Ka6 $11 {remains equal.}) 51. Be1 Qb6 52. Bd2 (52. Qf2 $1 $16) 52... Qa6 {Hoping for ...c3+.} 53. Kg2 Qc8 (53... Qb6 $11) 54. Be1 $1 Qc6 55. Qb1 (55. Kf3 $16) 55... Qb6 $11 56. Qb2 Ka6 57. Bd2 b3 58. Bc3 Bb4 {White must now prevent ...Bxc3.} 59. Bxb3 $1 Bxc3 {[#]} 60. Bxc4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 61. Qxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qb3 62. Qf3 $1 Ka5 $2 (62... Qb2+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 63. Kg3 Qxd4 64. Qc6+ Ka7) 63. d5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5e6]} exd5 {[#]} (63... Qxa4 $16 64. dxe6 Kb4) 64. Qxd5+ $2 (64. e6 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Qb7 65. Qc3+ Ka6 66. Qe5) 64... Kxa4 $2 {[#]} (64... Kb4 $16) 65. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6e7] Threatens to win with e7.} Qb2+ 66. Kh3 Qc3+ 67. Kg2 Qb2+ 68. Kh3 $2 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 54%.} (68. Kf3 $18 Qb3+ 69. Kf2 Qb2+ 70. Ke3 Qc3+ 71. Kf2 Qb2+ 72. Kg3 Qc3+ 73. Kh2 Qc2+ 74. Kh3 Qc3+ 75. Kg2 Qc2+ 76. Kf3 Qb3+ 77. Kg2 Qc2+ 78. Kf3 Qb3+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Korley, Kassa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,16,27,13,21,3,34,32,48,43,60,44,44,37,45,42,43,33,76,62,66,70,55,57,80,59,55,28,37,36,34,45,38,49,31,24,53,57,48,14,45,30,88,102,103,75,65,67,127,126,188,166,187,175,281,277,248,279,256,243,270,257,891,881]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} O-O 7. O-O Qe7 8. d4 {White is slightly better.} b6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 f5 14. Qe2 c5 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. Rad1 Be4 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20. Qb2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 {aiming for b4.} Rd8 22. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ne4 23. f3 {Black must now prevent Rxd8.} Nf6 24. Qe2 Rfe8 (24... Ne4 $5) 25. b5 Nd7 (25... Ne4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Nc6 $16 Rc8 27. Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nc5 28. Red1 a6 (28... Qf7 $14) 29. Rd6 axb5 (29... Kh8 $16 30. bxa6 Ra8) 30. cxb5 $18 Ra8 {[#]} 31. Ne5 $1 Red8 (31... Qa7 $142 32. R1d2 Qa5) 32. Rc6 Qe7 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {[#]} 34. Nc4 $1 Qd4 35. Nxb6 Ra3 $2 {[#]} (35... Rd8 36. Nc4 g5) 36. Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,116,33,31,27,9,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-19,0,-14,-17,-17,0,-38,-50,-89,-77,-106,-91,-126,-131,-160,-73,-73,-65,-77,-86,-94,-79,-90,-83,-100,-99,-94,-85,-99,-102,-100,-117,-112,-101,-114,-55,-69,0,0,0,0,10,10,43,58,54,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,89,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 {C58: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 sidelines} 9. h4 (9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 f5 12. b4 Nxb4 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Qd4 16. Rxa5 Qxa1 {½-½ (31) Vovk,A (2616)-Demchenko,A (2661) Fagernes 2019}) 9... Qc7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bb5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qh5 Bc5 13. c3 Nc6 14. O-O e4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 {0-1 (36) Kazoks,A (2341)-Prozorovskij,V (2347) ICCF email 2016}) 12... Bd7 13. Bxd7+ $1 ({Reject} 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qf3+ Ke8 $17) 13... Qxd7 14. Nf3 Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 15. d4 e4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 O-O 18. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 19. c4 Nxe5 20. cxd5 Qf5 {White must now prevent ...Nf3+!} 21. Qd2 Nd3 22. f3 Qxd5 23. fxe4 {[#]} Qxe4 ({Black should play} 23... Qd4+ $1 24. Kh2 Qxe4) 24. Qe3 $17 Rfe8 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Bd2 Rxh4 27. b3 Rd8 28. Be3 a6 29. Rad1 Rh5 30. Rf4 Rhd5 31. Ra4 R8d6 32. Ba7 g5 33. Bb8 Rd8 ({Better is} 33... Rb6 $17 34. Ba7 Rbd6) 34. Bg3 h5 (34... Ra8 $15) 35. Rxa6 $11 h4 36. Bc7 R8d7 37. Ra5 Nf4 38. Raxd5 Nxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 39. Bb8 f6 40. a4 Kf7 41. b4 Rb7 {...Nc3 is the strong threat.} 42. Rxd5 (42. Bh2 {keeps more tension.} Nc3 43. Ra1 g4 44. Kh1 g3 45. Bg1) 42... Rxb8 $11 {KR-KR} 43. b5 Ke6 44. Rc5 Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ra8a4]} 45. Rc6+ Kd7 46. Rc4 Rc8 47. Rd4+ Kc7 48. a5 Ra8 {[#]} (48... Kb8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 49. Rc4+ (49. b6+ $1 $16 Kc6 50. Rc4+ Kb5 51. Rc7) 49... Kb7 {The position is equal.} 50. Ra4 f5 51. Kf2 g4 52. Ke3 h3 53. gxh3 gxh3 54. Kf2 f4 55. Ra1 Rc8 56. Kf3 Ra8 57. Kxf4 {Strongly threatening Kg3.} h2 58. Rh1 Rxa5 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Banawa, Joel"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,53,31,39,31,25,26,54,57,56,46,62,56,56,56,52,47,66,67,54,64,76,78,82,77,82,89,90,65,97,86,83,53,58,56,56,58,58,35,51,0,52,0,44,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. f4 {C45: Scotch Game} d6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. N1d2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Bf8 12. Nf3 Qe7 $146 {[%cal Rf6e4]} ({Predecessor:} 12... g6 13. f5 Ng4 14. Bg5 Be7 {1-0 (52) Vallejo Pons,F (2706)-Georgiev,K (2636) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Qf2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 g6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Re2 Nd7 18. Rf1 Rad8 19. Qh3 Nb6 20. Be3 Qd7 21. Qxd7 (21. Qg3 {keeps more tension.} a5 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. a4 d5 24. e5) 21... Rxd7 22. Rfe1 Rde7 23. Bf2 Nd7 24. Bh4 Bf6 25. Bf2 Bg7 $1 26. Bh4 Bf6 27. Bf2 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-7,-5,-2]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. Qe2 Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. O-O {The position is equal.} Qc7 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (11... O-O 12. Be3 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 b6 14. Rad1 Qe8 15. Qb4 a5 16. Qa3 Qc6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qa4 19. Qc3 {1-0 (60) Vera Siguenas,D (2526)-Palencia Morales,G (2343) Medellin 2017}) 12. Be3 a6 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. c3 O-O 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Ng5 Nd5 17. Qh5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bd2 {1-0 (33) Della Morte,G (2387)-Perez,M (2102) Villa Ballester 2008}) 14... Rc8 15. c3 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,67,33,21,33,3,12,0,6,-83,-64,-138,-84,-85,-84,-93,-79,-126,0,7,20,-4,0,-41,91,0,80,40,170,148,134,125,157,142,182,98,290,300,298,297,252,296,292,262,385,385,895,876,897,896,897,889,889,864,903,884]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3 b6 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (8... c6 9. Re1 b5 10. a3 Nb6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 a6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qc1 Rad8 16. Qa1 Nfd7 {1-0 (56) Abdusattorov,N (2546)-Bosiocic,M (2599) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. d5 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne8 10. g4 Qh4 11. Ng3 Bh6 12. Bxh6 Qxh6 13. Qc1 Qxc1 14. Rfxc1 a6 15. b4 Ng7 16. Na4 {½-½ (29) Smorenberg,J-Hartoch,R (2320) Dieren 1998}) 10. a4 Nc5 {The position is equal.} 11. f4 (11. Be3 $11) 11... exf4 $17 12. gxf4 (12. Nxf4 $15 Re8 13. Re1) 12... Re8 (12... Ba6 $142 13. Re1 Nh5) 13. Ng3 h5 {[#]} 14. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 15. fxe5 Nh7 (15... Rxe5 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Ba6.} 16. Bf4 Re8) 16. Qf3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf3f7]} Rf8 17. Qf4 h4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...g5.} 18. Nge4 Nxe4 (18... Nd7 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) 19. Nxe4 (19. Qxe4 $16 Rb8 20. Bd2) 19... Bf5 (19... Ba6 $1 $11 20. Rf2 f5) 20. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Kh8 (20... Qe7 $14) 21. c4 Qe7 22. Bc3 Rae8 {[%cal Rg7e5]} 23. d6 Qd8 24. Nf6 ({Better is} 24. dxc7 $18 Qxc7 25. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (25. Qxh4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe5 $11)) 24... cxd6 $2 (24... Bxf6 $16 {was worth a try.} 25. dxc7 (25. exf6 Qxd6 26. Qh6 Rg8 $16) 25... Qxc7 26. exf6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxf4 27. Rxf4 Kg8) 25. Nxe8 $18 Rxe8 26. exd6 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Kg8 28. Rae1 Rxe1 (28... Nf8 {was necessary.} 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Qxh4 Qe3+ 31. Kh2 Qxc3) 29. Rxe1 {And now Re7 would win.} Ng5 $2 (29... Be6 30. Qd4 Qg5) 30. Re7 {White is clearly winning.} Ne6 31. Qe5 Qf8 32. Qf6 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. d7 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,125,26,54,39,50,11,16,0,0,-3,5,0,4,2,18,14,8,21,22,9,9,4,33,15,46,53,64,61,77,55,50,44,39,38,48,25,26,22,39,21,37,26,35,16,36,15,7,3,20,43,42,42,63,65,62,59,127,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,18,15,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bc2 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (7. h3 e5 8. Re1 Re8 9. Na3 b6 10. Nc2 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. b4 Qf8 14. d5 Ne7 15. c4 Nd7 16. a4 f5 17. a5 {0-1 (39) Wei,Y (2734)-Dubov,D (2696) Liaocheng 2018}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. b4 a6 11. a4 {1-0 (46) Rossi,C (2436)-Gallegos,C (2048) Istanbul 2000}) 9... Rxd8 10. h3 b6 11. Re1 h6 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Nc4 Ne8 14. Be3 Nd6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Rad1 Ne7 17. Bc1 f5 18. exf5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 gxf5 20. f4 e4 21. f3 d5 22. Bb3 {Hoping for fxe4.} Kh8 23. Be3 Rd6 24. Re2 Rad8 25. Red2 Bf6 26. Kf1 Kh7 27. a4 h5 28. Bc2 {aiming for fxe4.} Re6 29. Bg1 Rg8 30. fxe4 fxe4 {[#]} 31. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 32. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e6]} Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Bxb2 (33... Rf8 $14) 34. Bxe4+ (34. Rd7 $16 Re8 35. Bxe4+ (35. Rxa7 Kg6 $16) 35... Kh6 36. Be3 (36. Rxa7 Ng6 $16)) 34... Kg7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 35. Rd7 Kf6 36. Rc7 Ba3 37. Rxc4 Bd6 38. Bf3 Nf5 39. Bf2 Ng3+ 40. Ke1 Re8+ 41. Kd1 h4 42. Rc6 Ke7 43. a5 Rd8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bc5+.} 44. Kc2 bxa5 45. Bxa7 Bxf4 46. Bc5+ Kf7 47. Bg4 a4 48. Kb2 Rd3 49. Ra6 Ne4 50. Ra7+ Kg6 51. Ra6+ Kg7 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. Ra6+ Nf6 54. Be7 Be5+ 55. Ka2 Rd4 56. Re6 Rd2+ 57. Ka3 Bb2+ 58. Kxa4 Kf7 59. Bxf6 Bxf6 60. Re2 Rxe2 61. Bxe2 Ke6 62. Bg4+ Ke5 63. Kb3 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. a4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:07:11]} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:04:18]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:05]} 10. Ba2 {[%emt 0:05:46]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 13. Bg5 {[%emt 0:08:48]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 14. Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:16:39]} 15. Ne1 {[%emt 0:08:45]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 16. f3 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 17. Kh1 {[%emt 0:06:43]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:08:55]} 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 19. cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 20. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 21. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:13:09]} 22. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nxc7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 23. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 24. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 25. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 26. g3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 28. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:02:33]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 31. f4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 32. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 33. gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 34. Ke3 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 35. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 36. e5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 37. e6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 38. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxb3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 40. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 41. Nxf8 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 42. Nxh7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Nf2+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 43. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 44. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} 45. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Nxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 46. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 47. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 48. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} 49. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,76,14,19,11,10,18,10,26,-7,0,5,33,18,39,-12,5,-43,-43,-39,-41,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-141,-158,-209,-209,-230,-233,-249,-247,-232,-78,-89,-94,-87,-6,-561,-582,-559,-572,-581,-552,-550,-518,-515,-508,-487,-483,-598,-591,-646,-659]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (6... Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. c4 Rb8 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Bd7 {½-½ (61) Karjakin,S (2773)-Duda,J (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3d4]} a6 {The position is equal.} 9. Qe2 Bd6 (9... b5 $5 10. Bd3 $8 Bb7 $11) 10. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 Nge7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3 O-O 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 {1-0 (60) Dibusz,D (2076)-Baski,B (1740) Zalakaros 2018}) 10... Nge7 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Rxd4 $14 Qc7 13. Bg5) 12... Qc7 $11 13. Bb5+ axb5 14. Nxb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Qe5 16. g3 $1 Bxg3 $1 {[#]} (16... Qxe2 17. Nc7+ Kf8 18. Rd8#) 17. fxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg3 {Hoping for ...Bd7.} 18. Qg4 ({Much weaker is} 18. Nd6+ Kf8 $17) 18... Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5b5]} ({Weaker is} 18... Qxg4 19. Nc7+ Kf8 20. Rd8#) 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Bf4 h5 21. Qg3 $1 h4 22. Qf2 $1 Qh5 $1 23. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Nd5 {White must now prevent ...Qf5.} 24. c4 (24. Rg1 $1 $11 Nxf4 25. Rg5) 24... Qf5 $1 $17 {[%csl LRe4,LRf4]} 25. Bd6+ (25. Nc3 $17 {was necessary.} Ra6 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Rxd5 Qh3+ 28. Qh2) 25... Kg8 $19 26. Qe2 Bd7 $1 {...Qh3+ is the strong threat.} 27. cxd5 exd5 28. Nc5 {[#]} Bc6 $2 (28... Bb5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5e2][%mdl 512]} 29. Qg2 (29. Qxb5 $2 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Rh6 $19) 29... h3) 29. Rd4 $17 Re8 $36 {[%mdl 3072] Black has strong compensation. Black has strong initiative.} 30. Qf1 Qc2 (30... Qh5 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rh6.} 31. Qh3 Rh6) 31. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31. Nd3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} f6 32. Rc1) 31... Qf2 $1 $19 {aiming for ...h3.Black is clearly winning.} 32. Rf1 {[#]} Re1 $1 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Kh2 Rh6 35. Qd2 Qxd2+ 36. Rxd2 Rxd6 37. Rd4 g5 38. Nd3 Re6 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Banawa, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:07:54]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 13. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:26]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 14. Nf1 {[%emt 0:03:59]} f5 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 15. exf5 {[%emt 0:06:20]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16. Ng3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} e4 {[%emt 0:29:45]} 17. Nh2 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 18. Nh5 {[%emt 0:11:19]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 19. Bh6 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 20. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 21. Nf4 {[%emt 0:20:07]} Nac4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 22. Nf1 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 23. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:38]} N2c4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 24. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:14:47]} 26. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 27. Qh5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 28. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 29. Bh6 {[%emt 0:07:59]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Nde5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 31. Nfe6 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 32. f4 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 33. Bd1 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 34. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 36. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 37. Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 39. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 40. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 41. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 42. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 43. h5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 44. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 45. h6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 46. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 47. Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,103,35,43,38,39,35,44,54,37,43,68,62,62,56,82,87,114,75,130,101,116,112,112,56,68,68,204,64,175,169,187,170,179,187,245,174,322,198,263,255,317,239,247,147,149,149,146,154,149,150,135,75,72,52,52,88,93,116,99,95,86,58,147,0,375,375,371,377,338,318,316,310,367,364,377,366,368,339,306,318,368,300,330,343,418,434,6175,6175,6943,6916,5306,5519,29979,29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 h5 7. Be2 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} e5 8. d5 h4 9. Nf1 {White is slightly better.} Nh7 10. Be3 (10. h3 f5 11. Nh2 a5 12. O-O Na6 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Be3 Bd7 {0-1 (52) Bologan,V (2610)-Kovalev,V (2650) Poikovsky 2018}) 10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. g3 Qf6 $146 {Threatens to win with ...f4.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Na6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. O-O-O Bd7 {1-0 (58) Wedda,D (2216)-Clemens,A (2153) Hoogeveen 2018}) 13. Rg1 Kh8 14. f4 a6 ({Better is} 14... Na6) 15. Qd2 h3 16. O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} b5 17. c5 (17. Kb1 $16) 17... Nd7 $14 18. c6 Nb6 (18... Nc5 $1 $14) 19. a3 (19. Bxb6 $1 $18 cxb6 20. Ne3) 19... Nc4 (19... Rb8 $14) 20. Bxc4 $1 $18 bxc4 21. Qc2 a5 22. Nd2 Ba6 (22... e4 $142 23. Nxc4 Ba6) 23. Nf3 Rae8 (23... Qh6 $142 24. Rde1 Qh5) 24. Kb1 e4 (24... Qh6 {was necessary.} 25. Qd2 Qh5) 25. Nd4 Bc8 26. Ndb5 Qf7 27. Qe2 (27. Qa4 $18) 27... Nf6 28. Qf1 ({Don't do} 28. Qxc4 Ba6 $16) 28... Ng4 29. Qxh3+ Kg8 30. Rge1 Ba6 31. Qg2 (31. Nd4 $142) 31... Bxb5 $16 32. Nxb5 Rb8 33. a4 Rxb5 34. axb5 {Black must now prevent Qc2.} Rb8 35. Bd4 {And now h3 would win.} Rxb5 {[#] Hoping for ...c3.} 36. Qc2 $1 Rxd5 {[#]} (36... Rb4 $14) 37. Qxc4 ({White should try} 37. h3 $1 $16 {Bxg7 is the strong threat.} Rxd4 38. Rxd4 (38. hxg4 Rxd1+ 39. Qxd1 d5 $16)) 37... e3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Nxh2 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 38. Qb3 Nf3 39. Qb8+ Bf8) 38. Rd3 $18 Nf2 39. Rdxe3 Ne4 40. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 41. Rxe4 Bxd4 42. Rxd4 Rxd4 43. Qxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qb3 44. Qc3 Qd1+ 45. Qc1 Qb3 46. Qc2 Qe6 47. f5 Qe1+ 48. Ka2 d5 (48... Qe5 $142 49. Qb3+ d5) 49. f6 {White wants to mate with Qg6+.} Kf7 50. Qh7+ Kxf6 51. Qxc7 Qc1 52. Qf4+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Black "Korley, Kassa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,77,0,2,0,0,0,14,20,23,20,28,0,21,21,21,22,21,0,7,0,30,27,77,96,85,89,77,88,222,229,235,192,233,163,174,60,165,175,526,463,509,507,617,607,716,486,469,459,495,492,489,488,495,495,493,490,495,488,712,681,625,570]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O {[#]} 10. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7][%mdl 512] C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} f5 11. Re1 Qf6 (11... c6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Re3 g6 14. Qh4 Rae8 15. Rae1 Rxe3 16. Rxe3 Re8 17. c4 Rxe3 18. Bxe3 {1-0 (44) Nepomniachtchi,I (2771)-Yu,Y (2761) Astana 2019}) 12. Qf3 {The position is equal.} c6 13. Bf4 Rae8 14. Qg3 {Threatens to win with Rxe8.} Ba3 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. Be5 Qg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qf7 17. c4 f4 {1-0 (73) Padmini,R (2444)-Kurbonboeva,S (2264) Al Ain 2015}) 17. Qh3 b5 18. Be2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Re7 19. f4 a5 20. c4 Bb2 21. Bh5 Qh6 22. Rb1 {And now cxd5 would win.} g6 {[#]} (22... Rxe5 $16 23. dxe5 Qxf4) 23. Qh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4e7]} ({Weaker is} 23. Rxb2 Qxh5 24. Qxh5 gxh5 $14) 23... Ba3 24. Qf6 {Black must now prevent cxb5.} dxc4 25. Bf3 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Rxg7 {[#]} 27. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} ({Resist} 27. Bxg7 $6 Kxg7 28. Re1 Kf6 $14) 27... c5 $2 (27... cxd5 28. Bxd5+ Rf7) 28. Bxg7 {White is clearly winning.} Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 29. Re1 Kf6 30. d6 b4 {If Black can now play ...b3 this consolidates a bit.} 31. Re7 {[%mdl 64] Hoping for Bd5. Double Attack} Be6 {intending ...b3.} 32. Rxh7 {Bd5 would kill now.} b3 33. axb3 cxb3 34. cxb3 c4 35. d7 Be7 36. bxc4 Bxd7 37. Bd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rh7f7]} Be6 (37... Be8 $142 38. Kf1 Bc5) 38. Bxe6 Kxe6 39. Rh8 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Banawa, Joel"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,40,14,28,33,43,38,19,32,32,18,18,5,10,9,15,11,29,14,25,20,27,18,43,34,42,32,27,27,31,9,18,14,21]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 a6 6. Nc3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. O-O Nf6 11. a4 Be7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4 Rc8 14. Ne3 O-O 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Qd4 17. Be1 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 {[#]} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Rc5 19. f3 Rfc8 {½-½ (56) Rapport,R (2715)-Lagarde,M (2587) Karlsruhe 2018}) 19. a5 Nd7 20. Ncd5 Bd8 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:03:10]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 6. a4 {[%emt 0:03:09]} g5 7. a5 a6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:06:40]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:43]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:06:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:05:11]} 11. Bb3 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Be6 {[%emt 0:10:02]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Re8 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:07:26]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 14. Nf1 {[%emt 0:05:05]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 15. Ng3 {[%emt 0:18:35]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 16. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 17. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 18. Red1 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Qxc2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 19. Bxc2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} 20. Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 21. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 22. b4 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 23. Bg4 {[%emt 0:21:14]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 24. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 25. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 26. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 27. cxb4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 29. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 30. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 31. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 32. Nxh6+ {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 33. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 34. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 35. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 36. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 37. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 38. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 39. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 40. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 41. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:02:24]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 42. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 43. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 44. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 45. g3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,57,83,66,83,79,70,74,65,76,79,97,95,139,139,154,154,154,154,153,148,154,139,145,52,131,79,106,99,90,91,109,45,88,11,31,16,88,89,71,47,50,52,50,49,45,29]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 $1 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} Bxf3 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. Re1 {White is better.} (10. e5 d5 11. c3 Bc5 12. Rd1 Qd7 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Bg5 Ne7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (36) Zhigalko,S (2641)-Fressinet,L (2662) Katowice 2017}) 10... Qd7 11. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e5 d5 12. Nd2 g5 13. Qb3 g4 14. Qb7 Rc8 15. h4 c5 {½-½ (51) Ilyasov,A (2267)-Steinkellner,P (2304) ICCF email 2013}) 11... Be7 12. Nb3 Bf6 {[#]} 13. Bf4 $1 Be5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. c3 d3 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Rxd3 Qe7 18. Qe3 (18. Na5 $16) 18... O-O (18... a5 $1 $14) 19. Qg5 ({White should play} 19. Na5) 19... Rad8 20. Rg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg5g7]} g6 21. Na5 Rd6 22. b4 (22. Nb7 $16) 22... Rfd8 23. Nc4 (23. Rge3 $16) 23... Re6 $11 24. Rf3 Nd5 {[#]} (24... c5 $11) 25. Qxe7 $1 $16 Nxe7 26. Kf1 Nc8 {White is slightly better.} 27. Ke2 Nd6 28. Rd3 Ra8 29. Nxd6 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:11:59]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:44]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:04:15]} Re8 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:15:26]} c6 {[%emt 0:11:16]} 7. a3 {[%emt 0:15:32]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 8. b4 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:03:19]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:02:50]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 11. Bf1 {[%emt 0:11:57]} d6 {[%emt 0:09:13]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 13. Bc4 {[%emt 0:07:17]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 14. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 15. Qd3 {[%emt 0:07:56]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 16. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} axb4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 17. axb4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. Bxa1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} exd4 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 19. Nexd4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 20. e5 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 21. b5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:08:49]} 22. bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Ba4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:15:35]} 24. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 25. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 26. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 27. Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qa2 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 28. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 29. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 30. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 31. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 32. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,114,59,90,93,91,86,99,98,97,64,111,111,119,101,111,104,128,111,120,100,126,102,111,71,80,45,49,18,21,19,19,17,25,14,22,14,14,14,14,14,45,0,14,0,0,0,0,-94,-88,-93,-94,-94,-88,-106,-86,-90,0,0,-6,-496,-458,-790,-781,-683,-89,-215,-188,-169,-110,-110,-110,-110,-112,-112,-112,-119,-124,-140,-140,-140,-140,-141,-141,-29950,-12851,-6342,-6045,-29966,-29965,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29978,-29975,-12798]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. h3 Nc7 10. Re1 e5 11. a3 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nh5 12. b4 b6 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Bd2 Qe8 15. Bc2 Ba6 16. Ba4 Qe7 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 Bc8 {0-1 (38) Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2446)-Romanov,E (2654) Bogota 2013}) 12. b4 Na6 13. Rb1 {White is better.} Nh5 14. Nb5 Kh8 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Bc2 f6 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Kh2 Nf4 19. Ng1 Qd7 20. Rb3 Nc7 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Nxc7 (22. Nc3 {seems wilder.} Qf7 23. Nce2 Nxe2 24. Qxe2 Ba6 25. Reb1) 22... Qxc7 23. Ne2 (23. Rb1 {feels hotter.} Ba6 24. g3 Nh5 25. Bd3 Qd7 26. Ne2) 23... Nxe2 $1 24. Qxe2 f5 25. Reb1 f4 26. Bd1 Bf6 27. Qd3 Bh4 28. Kg1 h5 29. Rb5 Qf7 30. Rb8 Ba6 31. Rxa8 (31. R8b3 {keeps more tension.} Qd7 32. Be2 Bd8 33. Qc3 Kg8 34. R3b2) 31... Rxa8 32. Ba4 Rf8 33. Bb5 (33. Bd1 $11) 33... Bc8 $1 $17 34. f3 g5 $1 35. Kf1 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Ke2 Kg7 (37... gxf3+ $1 $17 38. Qxf3 Kg7) 38. Rh1 $11 Rh8 39. Qc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Qb1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 39... Qg6 $19 {White must now prevent ...gxf3+.} 40. Kf1 (40. Rb1 $142 Bd8 41. Bd7 Bxd7 42. Rb7 gxf3+ 43. Qxf3) 40... gxf3 41. Qxf3 Rh5 $2 (41... Bg4 $19 42. Qd3 Rh5) 42. Be1 (42. Ba4 $17) 42... Bg4 43. Be8 Bxf3 ({Better is} 43... Qg5 $1 $19 44. Qb3 Be2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Kg1 f3) 44. Bxg6 $17 Kxg6 45. Rxh4 Bxe4 {aiming for ...Rg5.} 46. Rxh5 Kxh5 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 47. Ba5 Kg4 48. Kf2 Bd3 {Strongly threatening ...e4.} 49. Bc7 e4 50. Bxd6 e3+ 51. Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Kg1 $17) 51... Bxc4 52. Bxc5 Bxd5 53. Bxa7 {[#]} Kg3 $1 {Black mates.} 54. a4 Bxg2 55. Ke2 Bf3+ 56. Kd3 {[#]} Be4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 57. Ke2 {[#]} (57. Kxe4 e2) 57... f3+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.20"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,94,0,4,4,14,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-2,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,-42,-55,-50,-54,-54,-47,0,0,0,0,-7,-4,-5,0,-5,-6,-6,-30,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-40,-202,0,0,0,0,0,0,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29991]} 1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} d5 9. d4 Qe7 10. Qc2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne5 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Ba3 Ne4 {1-0 (41) Demuth,A (2510)-Paravyan,D (2627) Skopje 2019}) 10... Na6 11. Rad1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rfe1 Ne4 14. e3 Rac8 15. Qb1 Rfd8 16. Rc1 Nb4 17. a3 Na6 18. Red1 Re8 {Threatens to win with ...Nxf2!} 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Ne5 cxd4 $1 {aiming for ...Rxc1.} 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. exd4 e3 23. fxe3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nc5 26. b4 Qb7+ 27. Kg1 Ne6 28. e4 (28. Qd3 {seems wilder.} h5 29. Rd2 Qa8 30. h4 Qf3 31. Kh2) 28... b5 29. Bc1 Qb6+ 30. Kg2 h5 31. Rd6 Qc7 32. Be3 Qc3 33. Qd3 Qb2+ 34. Bd2 Rc2 35. h4 Qc1 36. Qe3 Qd1 37. Rd7 Qg4 {Strongly threatening ...Nf4+!} 38. Rxa7 g5 39. hxg5 $2 (39. Kf2 $15) 39... Nxg5 $2 (39... Qxg5 $19 40. Kh3 Rxd2 41. Qxg5+ Nxg5+ 42. Kh4 Nxe4 43. Kxh5 Rd5) 40. Kf1 $11 Qd1+ (40... Kh7 $5 41. e6 $8 Qd1+ 42. Be1 Qg4 $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 41. Be1 Nh3 {White should prevent ...Rf2+.} 42. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7]} fxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42... Rf2+ $11 43. Qxf2 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Nxf2) 43. Ra8+ {White mates.} Kf7 44. Qa7+ Kf6 45. Rf8+ Ke5 46. Qg7+ Kxe4 47. Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.20"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,76,23,23,20,22,28,26,20,22,-18,-20,-10,0,0,0,-2,30,0,-5,-10,0,-8,-3,-35,-31,-174,-169,-171,-177,-266,-266,-245,-257,-395,-381,-462,-464,-462,-288,-286,-274,-286,-287,-397,-375,-284,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. exf5 Bxd5 15. f6 e4 16. fxg7 Re8 $1 17. Be2 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Ne5 {Threatening ...Nd3+.} 18. O-O Qf6 19. Qh3 {White has an edge.} (19. Rfd1 Nd3 20. Bxd3 Re5 21. Qh3 exd3 22. Rxd3 Rae8 23. Nc2 Re2 24. Qg3 Be4 {0-1 (59) Volokitin,A (2649)-Oleksienko,M (2615) Rivne 2016}) 19... Rab8 20. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Qe3 Kxg7 21. Qd4 Bc4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. b3 Ne5 {½-½ (59) Andreica Navruc,S (2244)-Zunkovic,S (2229) ICCF email 2016}) 20... Rbc8 {Strongly threatening ...Rxc3!} 21. Rac1 b4 22. Nb1 Bb7 23. Rfd1 Ng6 24. Qe3 ({Wrong is} 24. cxb4 $2 Nf4 $19) (24. Qd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7b7]} Qg5 25. g3 $14 (25. Qxb7 $2 Nf4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack})) 24... Nf4 {next ...bxc3 is good for Black.} 25. Bf1 ({But not} 25. cxb4 $2 Qg5 $19) 25... bxc3 26. Nxc3 d5 27. Qd2 Rcd8 {Hoping for ...d4.} 28. g3 (28. Qd4 $1 $15 Kxg7 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Na4) 28... Nd3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3c1]} 29. Bxd3 exd3 30. Qf4 (30. Nb1 {is a better defense.} Re2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4) 30... Qxf4 31. gxf4 Rc8 $1 {aiming for ...d4.} 32. f3 {[#]} (32. Rxd3 {might work better.} d4 33. Kf1 dxc3 34. Rcxc3) 32... Re3 $1 33. Kf2 d4 34. Ne4 {With the idea Rxc8+.} Rc2+ 35. Rxc2 dxc2 36. Rc1 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} ({And not} 36... Kxg7 37. Rxc2 Bxe4 38. fxe4 $11) 37. Nc5 Rxf3+ 38. Ke1 Bd5 $2 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 75%.} (38... Be4 $19 39. Nxe4 fxe4 40. Rxc2 d3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.20"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,71,0,30,31,25,29,18,22,32,33,35,38,27,27,35,13,13,13,12,12,10,15,10,14,20,0,0,0,0,0,45,39,188,190,194,187,432,430,343,358,235,77,921,921,921,921,920,913,913,904,890,882,862,854,29992,29993,29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Be1 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Rc1 {The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... d6 12. Qa4 Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 g6 {1-0 (40) Yilmaz,M (2636)-Oparin,G (2613) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qd6 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6d6]} 15. Rd1 Qxb2 16. Re3 Bc6 17. Ne5 {[%cal Re5d7]} Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qxa2 19. Qxc5 a5 20. h4 a4 21. h5 h6 22. g4 $1 Qb2 (22... Qc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2d1]} 23. Rdd3 Qb2 $17) 23. g5 $1 $40 {[%cal Rg5h6][%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} hxg5 ({Black should play} 23... Na6 $1 $14 24. Qe7 Qb4 25. Qxb4 Nxb4) 24. h6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh6h7]} gxh6 {Hoping for ...Kg7.} 25. Rh1 $1 {[#]} d6 $2 (25... Nc6 $1 26. Nxd7 (26. Nxc6 Qb7) 26... Qb7 27. Rxh6 (27. Nxf8 $2 Ra5 $17) 27... Ne5+ 28. Rf3 f6 29. Rhxf6 Nxf3 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Qxf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 32. Qf7+ (32. Qxf3 Qxd7 33. c5 Kg8 $16) 32... Kh6 33. Qxe6+ (33. Qxf3 Qxd7 34. c5 Qc8 $16) 33... Kg7 34. exf3 g4 35. Qxg4+ Kf7) 26. Qxd6 Qb7+ 27. Rf3 $1 Ra6 {[#]} 28. Qd4 $2 (28. Qc5 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Kg7 {[#]} 29. Rxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Nc6 $16 29. Nxc6 Qxc6) 29. Rxh6 fxe5 30. Qxe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh6h8][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg7 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qxb8+ Kf7 33. Rh3 g4 34. Rh4 Qd4 35. Rh7+ Kg6 36. Qg8+ {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.20"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Black "Banawa, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,59,20,20,37,32,40,0,0,0,0,0,11,3,4,5,8,0,0,14,7,0,17,18,26,16,40,-14,0,-14,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Bg5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Re1 Rfe8 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 17. Qf3 Qxf3 {[#]} 18. gxf3 $146 (18. Bxf3 {with more complications.} g6 19. Kf1 Red8 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Rd3) ({Predecessor:} 18. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rc8 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. Be4 b6 22. f4 Ne7 23. Re2 f5 24. Bf3 {0-1 (133) Leko,P (2743)-Kramnik,V (2770) Budapest 2001}) 18... Kf8 19. f4 Re6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rae8.} 20. Bd3 Rae8 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 22. Kg2 Ne7 23. Kg3 g6 24. Rd1 Rb6 25. b3 Rc6 26. Be4 Rc3+ 27. f3 Nf5+ 28. Kf2 (28. Bxf5 $1 $14 gxf5 29. Rxd4) 28... Ke7 29. a4 b6 30. Bxf5 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Banawa, Joel"]
[Black "Korley, Kassa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,39,54,85,57,87,78,81,84,80,79,89,59,60,62,52,46,48,55,54,39]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Nd2 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Re1 Qf4 12. Qe2 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Rab8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rfc8 13. Ne5 Be8 14. g3 Qh6 15. f4 Rc7 16. Nf1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Ne3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 {1-0 (56) Hoenig,A (2261)-Karaklajic,N (2366) Budapest 2000}) 13. Nb3 Rfc8 14. Ne5 {White is better.} Be8 15. g3 Qh6 16. h4 Nxe5 {White is slightly better.} 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Bc2 b5 20. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,48,9,29,68,65,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,-40,-42,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,10,10,12,10,14]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 a4 {B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} (11... Na7 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. a4 Ra8 14. Kb1 Ne8 15. Nd5 Bg5 16. Qd3 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 {1-0 (64) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Alekseenko,K (2637) chess.com INT 2019}) 12. Bxa4 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b3 Qb4 15. Nd5 Qa3+ 16. Kb1 Bxd5 17. exd5 b5 18. c3 bxa4 19. b4 {0-1 (26) Daemering,K (1946)-Blazkova,P (2184) Germany 2005}) 14... Bxb3 15. cxb3 {Hoping for a3.} d5 16. exd5 Bb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3] [#] ...Bxc3 is the strong threat.} 17. Qc2 Rfc8 {[%cal Rb4c3]} (17... Bxc3 $5 18. bxc3 Nxd5 $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 18. Rd3 {The position is equal.} Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 21. Bd2 $1 Qxa2 22. Qxa2 Rxa2 23. Rd1 $1 Ra1+ 24. Kc2 Rxd1 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,120,25,12,31,19,12,-21,-4,-28,-21,-46,-27,-35,-46,-47,-24,-33,-36,-46,0,0,5,0,111,117,112,108,102,102,104,96,104,97,117,91,109,39,54,0,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,-22,-22,-19,-20,-14,-24,-15,-17,-494,-478,-543,-531,-1055,-695,-750,-425,-387,-402,-368,-291,-290,-289,-280,-233,-284,-226,-314,-318,-311,-255,-292,-221,-299,-297,-308,-298,-524,-522,-589,-314,-303,-287,-29971,-29972,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29986,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd2 b6 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack} (7... a6 8. O-O-O b5 9. Qe3 Bb7 10. c4 bxc4 11. Bxc4 f5 12. Nc3 Qd6 13. d5 e5 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. Rhe1 {1-0 (49) Artemiev,V (2709)-Vaibhav,S (2590) Caleta 2019}) 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Be2 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 10. Bf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. f4 f5 11. Nc3 Rg8 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Nge2 O-O-O 15. Qe3 {0-1 (37) Kayumov,S (2267)-Kiriakov,P (2552) Dubai 2002}) 10... f5 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Nh3 Qc7 13. O-O-O Nf6 14. g3 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 c5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Qc3 Ne4 (17... Bxf3 $11 {remains equal.} 18. Qxf3 Qb7) 18. Bxe4 $1 $16 Bxe4 {[#]} 19. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5d6][%mdl 512]} a6 {[#]} (19... Rxd5 20. Qxh8+) 20. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e7][%mdl 512]} axb5 (20... Bxd6 21. Nxd6+) 21. dxe7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Re8 23. Ng5 Rxe7 24. Qf6 (24. Nxe4 $16 fxe4 25. Qh8+ Kb7 26. Qxh7) 24... Qc7 $14 25. Nxh7 (25. Nxe4 $14 fxe4 26. Qh8+ Kb7 27. Qxh7) 25... f4 26. Qh8+ Kb7 27. Nf6 Bf3 28. Re1 $1 fxg3 29. hxg3 e5 30. Re3 Bc6 31. Qf8 {Strongly threatening Ra3.} b4 $1 32. g4 e4 33. g5 $1 Re5 34. Qh6 Qe7 35. Qh4 Qe6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 36. Qf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Qg3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 36... Rf5 $19 37. Qg3 Qxa2 38. b3 Qa1+ 39. Kd2 Qf1 40. Re1 Rxf2+ 41. Kd1 Qg2 42. Qxg2 Rxg2 43. Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kc7 44. Nd2 {[#]} Bd5 $1 ({But not} 44... Rxg5 45. Re7+ Kd6 46. Rxf7 $19) 45. Re5 Kd6 46. Rf5 Be6 47. Ne4+ Ke7 48. Re5 Kd7 49. Kc1 Kc6 50. Kb1 $2 (50. g6 Rxg6 51. Nf2) 50... Bg4 51. Kc1 Bh5 {aiming for ...Re2.} 52. Nd2 Bg6 53. Ne4 $2 (53. Re8 $19) 53... Re2 {Black mates.} 54. Re8 Rxe4 {KRB-KR} 55. Ra8 Re2 56. Kb1 Bxc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kb2 Kb5 58. g6 Be4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 59. Ka1 Bxa8 60. g7 Rg2 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "241"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,240,-3,1,16,15,3,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-6,-5,4,0,4,3,3,-2,0,-24,-33,-41,51,39,40,39,31,33,83,80,87,80,91,92,89,98,97,81,93,83,83,81,95,73,76,25,81,105,112,73,131,0,0,0,224,236,227,141,204,204,189,176,178,193,319,308,373,302,330,347,400,395,459,435,453,358,354,352,348,344,331,302,293,283,324,316,283,28,25,22,23,25,27,27,20,0,8,8,8,8,16,8,26,26,26,26,26,26,1215,8,78,77,78,0,0,0,77,77,78,77,76,76,77,77,77,65,65,64,64,58,64,64,64,58,58,57,64,58,64,64,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,65,71,64,65,0,71,71,71,65,71,65,65,57,50,48,8,8,8,8,64,64,65,65,65,65,65,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. c4 Nc6 7. Bb2 Re8 8. cxd5 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nxd5 9. Be2 Bf5 (9... Qd6 10. O-O Qg6 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. Nh4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qe4 14. Nf3 Nf4 15. Qb5 Nd3 {½-½ (41) Timmermans,M (2375)-Erdos,V (2605) Skopje 2018}) 10. O-O Bf8 11. Nc3 Ncb4 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxd5 13. Qb3 c6 14. Rfc1 Qb6 15. Bc4 Qxb3 16. axb3 {½-½ (39) Gounant,S (1802)-Dusk,J (1800) FICGS email 2010}) 13. Nd4 Bd3 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 c5 16. axb4 cxd4 17. Ra5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qd7 18. Qd3 Bxb4 19. Rb5 Be7 {[#]} ({Black should play} 19... Bf8 $15) 20. Qxd4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd4 21. Bxd4 b6 22. Ra1 Rec8 23. Kf1 f6 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. Rb2 Rcb8 26. Ra6 Bd8 27. g4 Ke6 28. h4 Kd7 29. Rba2 Rb7 30. f4 Kc6 31. Kf3 (31. e4 $16) 31... Kb5 (31... Rd7 $11) 32. e4 $16 Be7 33. Bc3 Rd7 (33... g6 $142) 34. e5 (34. g5 $16) 34... fxe5 $11 35. fxe5 Bc5 $2 (35... Bxh4 $11 36. Ke4 Bg5) 36. Ke4 $1 $18 Bf8 37. Bd4 {Threatens to win with Rxb6+!} Rb7 (37... Bc5 $16 {was called for.} 38. Bc3 Be7) 38. Be3 Bb4 39. d4 Rc7 40. e6 $1 Re8 (40... Rc6 $142) 41. Ke5 $1 ({Not} 41. Rxa7 Rxe6+ 42. Kf3 Rxa7 $11) 41... Bc3 {Strongly threatening ...Rce7.} 42. R6a3 Rc5+ 43. Kf4 Rc4 44. Rb3+ $1 Bb4 45. Ke5 a5 46. d5 Rxg4 47. d6 Re4+ 48. Kxe4 Rxe6+ 49. Kf3 Rxd6 50. Rb1 Kc4 51. Rc2+ Kd3 52. Rc8 $2 (52. Rcb2 $18 Rf6+ 53. Bf4) 52... Rf6+ $11 53. Bf4 Bd2 54. Rd8+ (54. Rb3+ Kd4 $14) 54... Kc2 55. Rxd2+ Kxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 56. Rd7 b5 57. Rxg7 b4 58. Ke4 Re6+ 59. Kd5 Re2 60. Rxh7 b3 {And now ...b2 would win.} 61. Ra7 b2 {Hoping for ...Kc2.} 62. Be5 Rd2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... Rxe5+ $11 63. Kxe5 Kc2 64. Rc7+ Kd3) 63. Kc4 $2 (63. Ke6 $1 $18 Kc1 64. Bxb2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (64. Rxa5 b1=Q $11) 64... Rxb2 65. Rxa5) 63... Re2 (63... Rc2+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 64. Kd5 Rg2) 64. Rxa5 $16 Re4+ 65. Kb3 ({Better is} 65. Kd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Rxh4 66. Rb5) 65... Re3+ $11 66. Kc4 (66. Kb4 $1 $11) 66... Re4+ $16 {[#]} 67. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Rxh4 {[#]} 68. Rb5 $1 Rh3+ 69. Kd2 Ka2 70. Rxb2+ Ka3 71. Rb8 Rb3 72. Ra8+ Kb4 73. Bc3+ Kc5 74. Kd3 Rb7 75. Rc8+ Kd6 76. Kd4 Rf7 77. Ke4 Kd7 78. Rh8 Re7+ 79. Kd5 Rf7 80. Ra8 Rf5+ 81. Be5 {Ra7+ is the strong threat.} Rf7 82. Ra6 Ke7 83. Rb6 Kd7 84. Bf6 Ke8 85. Ke5 (85. Re6+ {feels hotter.} Kd7 86. Ra6 Kc8 87. Be5 Kd7 88. Rh6) 85... Kd7 86. Kd5 Ke8 $1 87. Re6+ Kd7 88. Rd6+ Kc7 89. Kc5 Kc8 90. Be5 Rc7+ 91. Kb6 Rb7+ 92. Ka6 Rd7 $1 93. Rf6 (93. Rc6+ {is interesting.} Kd8 94. Bc3 Ke7 95. Kb5 Rd5+ 96. Kc4) 93... Kd8 (93... Rd5 $11) 94. Bd6 $14 {[%cal Rf6f8]} Rh7 95. Kb6 Kd7 96. Bc5 Rh3 97. Rf7+ (97. Ka5 $14) 97... Ke6 $11 {The position is equal.} 98. Re7+ Kd5 99. Rd7+ Ke6 100. Kc6 Rh2 101. Re7+ Kf5 102. Kd5 Rd2+ 103. Bd4 Rg2 104. Rf7+ Kg4 105. Ke4 Re2+ 106. Be3 {White threatens Rg7+ and mate.} Rg2 107. Rf6 Rg3 108. Bf2 Rg2 109. Rf8 Kh3 110. Kf3 {[%cal Rf8h8]} Rg3+ $1 111. Ke2 Rg6 112. Rf4 Rg4 113. Rf3+ Kg2 114. Be3 Rg6 115. Rf1 {White wants to mate with Rg1+.} Kh3 (115... Re6 {keeps more tension.} 116. Rg1+ Kh2 117. Rf1 Kg3 118. Rf3+ Kg4) 116. Kf3 {[%cal Rf1h1]} Rg3+ 117. Ke4 Kg4 118. Rf8 Rg2 119. Bf2 Kh3 120. Kf3 {[%cal Rf8h8]} Rg3+ 121. Bxg3 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,44,20,-2,13,-22,31,30,27,15,18,36,40,39,37,32,33,28,19,3,58,22,79,48,65,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,1,6,4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 d5 6. Nf3 Bc5 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} (6... Nf6 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Qd8 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. a4 {½-½ (46) Ponkratov,P (2603)-Bocharov,D (2602) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 7. exd5 Qb6 $146 (7... exd5 $11 8. Nc3 Nc6) ({Predecessor:} 7... exd5 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Be6 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Ba7 12. Nbd4 Qd7 13. Re1 O-O 14. c3 {0-1 (37) Chaitanya,S (1855)-Harshavardhan,G (2194) New Delhi 2018}) 8. Qe2 $14 Nf6 $1 {White has an edge.} 9. Bg2 O-O 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d1,Bd1e3][%mdl 32]} Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Be3 Rad8 (14... Bxe3 $11 15. Qxe3 Qxb2) 15. Nd1 Bg4 (15... Rfe8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Bxd4 $16 Rxd4 (16... Bxe2 $2 {too greedy.} 17. Bxb6 Bxf1 18. Bxd8 $18 (18. Bxb7 Rb8 $11)) 17. Bf3 (17. Qe7 $14) 17... Re8 {The position is equal.} 18. Ne3 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qxa2 20. Rxb7 {[%cal Rf3g4]} h5 21. Rfb1 Re5 22. Rd1 Qa4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,10,16,6,11,13,27,7,38,8,31,0,5,-20,0,-16,-12,-6,62,63,84,33,61,8,14,5,12,14,14,12,18,-11,0,-5,-6,-41,0,0,0,-55,-45,-173,-183,-237,-230,-430,-439,-437,-434,-445,-444,-445,-444,-447,-447,-440,-439,-579,-579,-552,-483,-29967,-29968,-11619,-11605,-29970,-29971,-4622,-1333,-4562,-4550,-1078,-2850,-3220,-3093,-1304,-946,-945,-822,-29971,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29974,-29975,-29980,-29971,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 a6 6. Be2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} b6 (6... O-O 7. h4 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Nxc5 10. h5 Nfe4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxd5 Bxb2 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Bc4 e6 {1-0 (102) Romanov,E (2619)-Torosyan,N (2371) Batumi 2018}) 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Bf3 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 9. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd2 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Rd1 O-O-O 13. Qe2 {0-1 (32) Ferretti,F (2211)-Cattaneo,M (2175) Bratto 2015}) 9... h5 10. a4 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32] Nxg6! is the strong threat.} (12. Qxc3 {looks sharper.} c5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 e6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qb3) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qd7 ({Black should try} 13... e6 $11) 14. c4 $14 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Rd8 {[#]} 15. Rd1 (15. O-O $1 $16) 15... c6 16. Qb3 ({Better is} 16. Rb1 $14) 16... b5 $11 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. axb5 axb5 19. O-O O-O 20. Rb1 Bc6 21. Rfd1 e6 22. Be2 Qc7 23. Bg5 Ra8 24. f4 (24. Bf6 $11) 24... Rfc8 $15 25. Ra1 (25. Bxb5 $15 Bxb5 26. Qxb5) 25... Bf8 $19 26. Bf6 (26. Kh2 $142) 26... b4 27. g4 $2 (27. f5) 27... hxg4 28. Bxg4 Bd7 29. h5 {Threatens to win with Rxa8.} Rxa1 30. Rxa1 {intending hxg6.} Qxc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. hxg6 fxg6 {And now ...b3 would win.} 33. Ra7 Bc8 34. Ra8 {Black must now prevent Rxc8!} b3 35. Rxc8 {[#]} (35. Be7 $19 b2 36. Bxe6+ Bxe6 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Rb8) 35... Rxc8 36. Bxe6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} Kh7 37. Bxd5 b2 38. Be4 Rc1+ (38... Rc4 $142 39. e6 Rxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Bxb2 Rxe3) 39. Kf2 b1=Q 40. Bxb1 Rxb1 41. e6 Rb7 42. Kf3 Be7 43. Bd4 Rb5 44. e4 Rb3+ {Black mates.} 45. Ke2 Kh6 46. Kd2 Kh5 47. Kc2 Ra3 48. Bb2 Ra6 49. f5 gxf5 50. exf5 Kg5 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,209,0,25,31,29,23,35,40,25,27,34,27,22,28,33,30,29,31,54,20,52,34,58,32,40,27,46,20,72,73,67,64,67,26,55,56,52,30,52,28,74,68,139,0,0,-20,-6,-12,25,31,62,58,66,55,46,49,53,-6,0,-93,-35,-37,-16,-25,-72,-76,-74,-89,-46,-125,0,-19,0,-93,-94,-279,-281,-298,-255,-228,-268,-335,-312,-356,-347,-342,-370,-357,-354,-319,0,-301,-291,-308,-12,-278,-169,-393,-377,-347,-347,-547,-526,-477,-418,-415,-370,-351,-365,-458,-427,-585,-598,-774,-773,-950,-620,-3496,-968,-966,-951,-4132,-924,-939,-924,-1088,-891,-875,-863,-779,-728,-856,-816,-29964,-29964,-29965,-29966,-29968,-29965,-29973,-29970,-29973,-29963,-29971,-29969,-29954,-12822,-7012,-4577,-5288,-4577,-11675,-4624,-4624,-4606,-4613,-4613,-4591,-4584,-6376,-4577,-4577,-4569,-1493,-1180,-951,-674,-648,-648,-4577,-4569,-4577,-4577,-4577,-4569,-4569,-4569,-4569,-4569,-4562,-4562,-2061,-1918,-1758,-1122,-1607,-1545,-1217,0,-993,-633,-29967,-566,-566,0,-11683,-4631,-4622,-612,-593]} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} Bd7 (7... Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. a3 Rfc8 13. Qd2 Rab8 14. Rfd1 Qd8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. b4 Qb6 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Qb1 Bf5 {1-0 (44) Shinkevich,V (2454)-Kokarev,D (2608) Kolomna 2018}) 8. O-O Nh6 9. Nxc6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bf3 Nf5 10. Nxf5 gxf5 11. g3 Rc8 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Nf4 Rg8 14. Bg2 Na5 {0-1 (37) Muschik,B-Gueting,J Germany 1992}) 9... bxc6 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rab1 Rab8 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rfc1 Bf5 15. Bd3 Kh8 16. b5 Be6 17. a4 Ng4 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Na2 c5 (19... cxb5 $11 {remains equal.} 20. Nb4 Bxc4) 20. f4 $16 Nd7 21. Nc3 f5 22. Qb3 Bg8 23. Bf3 Qd8 24. Kh1 g5 25. Bd5 Nf6 26. Bxg8 Rxg8 ({Black should play} 26... Nxg8 $14 27. fxg5 e6) 27. Qc2 (27. fxg5 $16 Ng4 28. h3 Nf2+ 29. Kg1) 27... e6 $1 $11 28. Rf1 gxf4 29. exf4 Ng4 30. h3 Qh4 {Threatens to win with ...Qg3.} 31. Be1 Qh6 32. Qd3 Bd4 {White must now prevent ...Ne3.} 33. Ne2 e5 34. Nxd4 (34. fxe5 $1 $14 Nxe5 35. Qc2) 34... exd4 35. Bd2 (35. Bf2 $11) 35... Nf6 (35... Qh5 $17 36. Qf3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qh4) 36. Qxf5 $15 Nh5 37. Kh2 Ng3 ({Worse is} 37... Qg7 38. g4 $16) 38. Qd3 Nxf1+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 39. Rxf1 Qg7 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg7g2]} 40. Qf3 ({White should try} 40. Rf2 $15) 40... Rbe8 (40... Qb7 $1 $17 {next ...Qxf3 is good for Black.} 41. Qxb7 Rxb7) 41. f5 $11 Qe5+ 42. Bf4 (42. Kg1 $11) 42... Qxf5 $17 43. Bxd6 $2 (43. a5 $17 {was necessary.}) 43... Qxf3 $1 $19 44. Rxf3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRB} Re2 $1 45. Bg3 h5 46. Rf5 Rd8 $1 47. Rxh5+ Kg8 48. Rxc5 d3 {And now ...d2 would win.} 49. Bf4 Rf2 50. Be3 Re2 51. Bf4 $1 Kf7 ({Resist} 51... d2 52. Bxd2 Rdxd2 53. Rg5+ Kf7 54. c5 $19) 52. a5 Rd4 $2 (52... d2 $19 53. Bxd2 Rdxd2 54. Rc7+ Ke6) 53. Bg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. b6 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} axb6 54. axb6) 53... Rb2 54. a6 $2 (54. Rc7+ {might work better.} Ke6 55. Rxa7) 54... d2 $19 55. Bxd2 Rdxd2 56. Rg5 (56. Kg3 $142 Rxg2+ 57. Kf4) 56... Kf6 57. Rg8 Rb4 58. Rf8+ Ke7 59. Rg8 {intending Rg7+.} Kf7 60. Rg4 Rd7 61. h4 Rc7 62. Rg5 Rcxc4 63. g3 Rb3 64. Rh5 Kg6 (64... Rg4 $142 65. b6 Rxb6) 65. Rg5+ Kf6 66. Rh5 Kg7 (66... Rg4 $142 67. Rh8 Rxb5 68. Rf8+ Ke6 69. Re8+ Kd6 70. Rd8+ Kc6) 67. Rg5+ Kh6 68. Re5 Rcb4 69. Re6+ Kh5 70. Re5+ Kg6 71. Re7 Rxb5 72. Rxa7 Ra3 73. Ra8 Ra2+ {Played: Rb5-a5} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-GM 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,131,46,40,14,16,12,18,0,0,0,0,-6,60,-27,-25,-33,-33,-35,-31,-34,-28,-29,-16,-58,146,150,134,-22,10,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,215,0,29,7,7,0,12,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-5,-10,0,0,0,-21,-20,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,21,732,729,653,636,29952,29955,29962,29957,29963,29961,5985,5015,29970,29966,29977,29978,29979,29980,29983,29984,29983,29983,29986,29987,29989,29988,29990,29988,29988,29989,29991,29992]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O c6 5. c4 O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Rb1 Nbd7 9. b4 e5 10. a4 Re8 11. b5 {A24: English Opening vs King's Indian: Lines without ...Nc6} (11. e4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nd2 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. b5 Bf5 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 {1-0 (42) Arsovic,Z (2420)-Seitaj,I (2364) Bihac 2016}) 11... axb5 12. axb5 Qc7 13. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Nc5 14. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Nc3 h5 17. Nde4 Ncxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 {½-½ (33) Oddone,C (2222)-Larrea,M (2314) Montevideo 2012}) 14... Ne6 15. Bd2 Nd4 (15... Bd7 $11) 16. e3 ({White should play} 16. bxc6 $14 bxc6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb5 19. Bxa8 bxc4 20. dxc4) 16... Bg4 $11 17. f3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Be6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qb6 Rec8 21. f4 Nd7 $2 (21... Qd7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 22. Qxc7 $16 Rxc7 {[#]} 23. Ne4 $2 (23. Nb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5c7][%mdl 512]} cxb5 24. Bxa8) 23... Bf8 24. Ng5 exf4 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. gxf4 Ra2 27. Rf2 d5 28. Bc3 Ra3 29. Rc2 Rca7 $2 (29... dxc4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 30. dxc4 Bg7) 30. Kf2 $2 ({Only move:} 30. cxd5 $18 cxd5 31. Bd4) 30... Kf7 31. Ke2 Be7 32. Bf3 Ra2 33. Rbb2 R2a3 34. Bd4 c5 35. Bc3 dxc4 36. dxc4 Bf6 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. Rd2 Ke7 39. Bc6 Nf6 {White should prevent ...Ng4.} 40. Bf3 Rc3 41. Rdc2 Rxc2+ 42. Rxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. fxe5 Nd7 44. Bd5 Nxe5 45. Rb2 h5 46. Rb6 {Threatens to win with Re6+.} Ra2+ 47. Kf1 {Strongly threatening Re6+.} Ng4 48. Re6+ Kd7 49. h3 Nf2 (49... Rf2+ {with more complications.} 50. Ke1 Rf6 51. Re4 Nf2 52. Rh4 Nd3+) 50. Rxg6 Nxh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Nd1 $11) 51. Be6+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 52. Bxh3 {KRB-KR} Rc2 53. Be6 Rc3 54. Ke2 Rc2+ 55. Kd3 Rh2 56. Bd5 h4 57. Rh6 {White mates.} Kd7 58. Ke4 Ke7 59. Ke5 h3 60. Rh7+ Kf8 61. e4 Rh1 62. Kd6 h2 63. e5 Ra1 64. Rxh2 Ra6+ 65. Bc6 Ra7 66. e6 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

