[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,78,27,50,26,43,37,49,27,27,-126,-136,-123,-97,-124,-108,-183,-182,-212,-212,-639,-623,-886,-859,-926,-919,-906,-895,-1066,-1055,-29968,-29964,-3247,-3016,-29985,-1562,-1395,-1357,-1200,-904,-898,-337,-319,-297,-382,-382,-366,-370,-500,-512,-466,-511,-1045,-1029,-1927,-1894,-29997,-29998,-29998,-2411,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Qe1 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Qc7 (11... Qc8 12. a3 Na6 13. Kb1 Nc7 14. g4 a4 15. Nc1 b5 16. N1a2 d5 17. g5 d4 18. gxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (38) Jakovenko,D (2730)-Tsydypov,Z (2523) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 12. Nb5 Qc6 $1 13. Nxa5 {White is slightly better.} Qd7 ({Wrong is} 13... Rxa5 $2 14. Qxa5 d5 15. Na7 $18) 14. c4 $146 (14. a3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 Rxa5 17. Qxa5 Nxe3 18. Rxd7 Nxc4 {1-0 (41) De la Pena Balbuena,I (2317)-Jorgensen,P (2337) ICCF email 2012}) 14... Nc6 $17 15. Nb3 Rxa2 16. Kb1 Rfa8 17. Nc3 (17. Bc5 $17 {was worth a try.}) 17... R2a6 $19 18. Nd5 Bd8 $1 19. Bg5 $2 {[#]} (19. g4 Ra4 20. h4) 19... Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Rxd4 (20. Nxd4 exd4) 20... exd4 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 ({Weaker is} 21... gxf6 22. Bh6 $11) 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Bd3 Qa4 24. Nd2 Qb4 25. Kc2 Ra2 26. Nb3 {[#]} Qa3 (26... Rxb2+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Kxb2 Qa3+ 28. Kc2 Qa2+ 29. Kd1 Qxb3+ 30. Ke2 Ra2+ 31. Kf1 Qxd3+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3 dxe3 34. g4 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Rxh1 36. Kxh1 e2 37. Kg2 e1=Q 38. c5 Bc4 39. f4 Bf1+ 40. Kf3 Qe2+ 41. Kg3 Qg2+ 42. Kh4 Qxh2#) 27. Qg3+ Kf8 28. Rb1 Qb4 {( -> ...Qc3+)} 29. Qe1 Qb6 $2 (29... Qa4 30. Qd1 Bxc4 31. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 32. Kd2 {[#]} Rxb2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rxb2 Qc3+ 34. Ke2 Qxb2+ 35. Nd2 Ra2) 30. Nc1 Ra1 31. Rxa1 Rxa1 32. Qf2 Ra4 33. b3 Ra1 34. Qd2 Qc5 35. f4 (35. Kd1 $142 Qa3 36. Qc2) 35... b5 36. b4 Qa7 37. cxb5 Qa4+ 38. Kb2 Qa3+ 39. Kc2 {[#]} Bb3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 29%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:44]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:18]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 9. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:07:00]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 11. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 12. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 13. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nce7 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 14. Bg3 {[%emt 0:08:14]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 15. Nf1 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 16. N3d2 {[%emt 0:02:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:08:50]} 17. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 18. hxg3 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 19. Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:05:33]} 20. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:39]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 21. a4 {[%emt 0:03:33]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 22. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 23. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 24. Qg4 {[%emt 0:05:32]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 25. Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 26. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 27. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 28. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 30. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 31. Nh4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Re4 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 32. Ng6 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 33. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:02:35]} 35. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 36. f3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 37. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qxe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 39. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 40. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 41. Nd3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 42. Qa6 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 43. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:18:51]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 44. Qxd5+ {[%emt 0:01:54]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 45. g4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 46. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:06:02]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 47. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 48. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 49. Kf3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 50. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 51. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Na1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 52. b3 {[%emt 0:00:23] Kd5} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Black "Matsenko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,90,20,17,54,56,73,39,60,11,13,10,18,-1,39,-16,19,0,28,0,33,-20,0,-32,-33,-35,-18,-106,-104,-106,-101,-91,-87,-95,-78,-83,-77,-135,-83,-149,-150,-153,-107,-103,-104,-106,-112,-110,-89,-110,-88,-133,-88,-126,-105,-158,-160,-160,-154,-146,-140,-135,-126,-259,-277,-295,-294,-404,-402,-410,-333,-825,-806,-785,-778,-762,-751]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Na4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. C01: French: Exchange Variation} (9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Bf5 11. Nf4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qd7 13. c4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rad8 15. Rab1 b6 16. Rb5 dxc4 17. Qxc4+ {0-1 (48) Hou,Y (2680)-Mamedyarov,S (2804) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9... Nf5 10. c3 Nce7 11. b4 {White is better.} Bb6 $1 12. Bf4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Nd6 14. Ng3 c6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. a4 Be6 {½-½ (36) Wang,T (2396)-Bellahcene,B (2510) Tarvisio 2017}) 12... Ng6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Qd2 Nd6 15. Ng3 ({White should play} 15. Bxd6 $14 Qxd6 16. f4) 15... Be6 {[%cal Bc8e6,Be6f7,Bf7g6][%mdl 32]} 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. h3 Rfe8 18. Kh2 ({White should try} 18. Be5 $14) 18... f6 19. Nh5 {Hoping for Bh6!} Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Bf7 21. Qh4 (21. Qh6 $11 {remains equal.} gxh6 22. Nxf6+ Kg7 23. Nxd7) 21... Bg6 $17 22. Red1 Qf7 23. Ng3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Qg6 25. Rf3 b5 26. Rf4 (26. Qf4 $142) 26... Kh8 (26... Re6 $142 27. Rf3 c6) 27. Qg4 (27. Rf3 $142) 27... Qxg4 $1 28. hxg4 h6 29. Rf3 Nc4 30. Rd3 Kg8 31. Rdd1 Kf7 32. Ra2 g6 33. Kg1 c6 34. Kf1 Ra4 35. Re1 (35. Rda1 $142) 35... Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Nxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 37. Ke2 Nc4 38. Rc2 Ra1 39. Nf1 {[#]} (39. f3 $17 {was necessary.}) 39... Na3 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra3c2]} 40. Rb2 {[#]} Rc1 $1 41. Rb3 Rc2+ 42. Kd3 Ra2 43. Ng3 $2 (43. Ne3) 43... Nc4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ra2d2] Black is clearly winning.} 44. Nf1 Rxf2 45. Rb1 Rxg2 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Turgut, Tansel"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. h3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 9. Bh2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. c4 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Re8 {[%emt 0:18:48]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:51]} 12. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 13. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 14. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:02:35]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:09:59]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:05:16]} f5 {[%emt 0:15:54]} 19. dxe5 {[%emt 0:17:45]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 20. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c6 {[%emt 0:08:57]} 21. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 23. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 24. Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 25. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:09:34]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Nh2 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 27. Nf1 {[%emt 0:01:14]} h5 {[%emt 0:13:13]} 28. Qd1 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 29. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 30. Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 31. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:06:43]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 32. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 33. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. g4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 36. hxg4 fxg4 37. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 38. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Ra5 {[%emt 0:07:11]} a3 41. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:01:58]} 42. Kf4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Rc1 43. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 44. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:01:34]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 45. c5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} g5+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 46. Kf5 Rg2 47. c6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 48. fxg3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 49. c7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 50. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 51. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 52. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 53. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} a1=Q {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxa1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 56. Nf7+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 57. g4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. e4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 59. e5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 60. e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 61. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Banawa, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,103,-6,-14,0,0,46,38,120,95,114,30,33,7,11,-4,-4,-43,-28,-32,-36,-205,-181,-292,252,256,259,265,259,264,270,270,261,268,269,266,249,254,372,285,266,229,503,501,2356,2048,2056,641,631,623,608,580,564,568,624,621,671,665,667,587,663,556,701,610,622,608,1058,1046,1038,1019,993,970,29976,29977,29976,29977,12547,5214,29983,29984,29979,29975]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Be7 12. e5 Nh5 13. a3 $1 {LiveBook: 10 Games} a5 {[#]} 14. h4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Nf1 g6 15. Ne3 Qc8 16. O-O Ba6 {1-0 (38) Berkes,F (2662)-Raja,H (2427) Villorba 2018}) 14... g6 15. Bh2 f5 (15... Ng7 $14) 16. exf6 $1 $16 Bxf6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 17. dxc5 (17. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Ng7 18. Qe3) 17... e5 $1 $11 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32] aiming for ...Nf4.} 18. Ne4 $1 {Threatens to win with Bb5.} Qe7 $1 {...Nf4 is the strong threat.} 19. Nxf6+ (19. cxb6 Nf4 $17) 19... Qxf6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nh3 Nd4 22. Qg4 $2 ({Don't go for} 22. cxd4 $2 exd4 23. cxb6 Rxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Qxb6 $19) (22. Qe3 $15 Nf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. cxb6) 22... e4 $19 23. cxd4 (23. Ba6 {might work better.} Bxa6 24. cxd4) 23... Bc8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... exd3+ $19 24. Be5 Bc8) 24. Qe2 $18 Bxh3 25. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Bxg2 26. Rg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1g2]} Bf3 27. Qe3 $1 (27. Bxe8 Bxe2 28. Rxg6+ Qxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 27... Kh7 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Rc1 {[%cal Bd1c1,Bc1c5,Bc5d5,Bd5d8,Bd8h8][%mdl 32]} bxc5 30. Rxc5 Re7 (30... Qxh4 {was called for.} 31. Be5 Re7 32. Rxa5 (32. Rxd5 Ng7 $18) 32... g5) 31. Be5 Qxh4 32. Rxd5 g5 $2 (32... Ng7 33. Rxa5 Nf5) 33. Rd8 {Intending Qb3 and mate.} Nf4 (33... a4 $142 34. Qc1 e3 35. Qxe3 Be4) 34. Rh8+ Kg6 35. Qxf4 (35. Bxf4 $142 Rg7 {[#]} 36. Bxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg5 37. Rxg5+ hxg5 38. Qb3 Re7 39. Qb6+ Kf5 40. Qc5+ Kf6 41. Rf8+ Rf7 42. Qe5+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Qxg5+ Kh7 45. Qg6#) 35... Qxf4 36. Bxf4 Rb7 37. Bc1 Rb3 38. Rd8 g4 39. Kd2 e3+ 40. fxe3 h5 41. Kc2 a4 42. Re8 h4 43. e4 g3 44. Bf4 Kh5 45. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6e7][%mdl 32]} Kg4 46. d6 {Black must now prevent d7.} Rb7 47. Re7 Rxe7 48. dxe7 Bxe4+ 49. Kd2 Bc6 50. Ke3 Kh3 51. Rc1 Bb5 52. Rc8 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Matsenko, Sergei"]
[Black "Colas, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,104,57,39,51,41,56,56,54,58,51,54,52,52,63,63,65,63,57,22,46,8,11,14,25,27,27,27,28,28,28,3,22,8,11,14,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,11,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O dxc4 6. Na3 c5 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Rb8 10. d4 b5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 11. Nce5 Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rbc8 17. e3 b4 18. Rfd1 {1-0 (54) Afek,Y (2369)-Michiels,B (2159) Groningen 2001}) 12. Nxe5 Bb7 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Nc6 Qd6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd2 Qg5 19. Qb4 Rd8 20. Rac1 Qd2 21. Qg4+ Qg5 22. Qf3 Rbd7 23. b4 f5 24. Rc5 Rd5 25. Rc7 R8d7 26. Rfc1 Qd2 27. Rc8+ Rd8 28. a3 Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd8 30. Rc7 Rd7 31. Rc8+ (31. Rc5 {feels hotter.} Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Qf4 Qf1+ 34. Kf3) 31... Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {KQ-KQ} 33. Kg2 Qd7 34. h4 Kg7 35. e4 fxe4 36. Qxe4 Qd6 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qg5 Qc6+ 39. Kh2 a6 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Qf6 Qe4 43. h5 Qf5 {The position is equal.} 44. Qxf5 exf5 {KP-KP} 45. Kg2 Kg7 {[#] Hoping for ...Kh6.} 46. Kf3 Kf6 {Strongly threatening ...Kg5.} 47. Kf4 {Threatens to win with f3.} h6 $1 48. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Ke6 49. g4 {[#] aiming for g5.} f6 50. gxf5+ Kd5 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. f4+ Kd5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Banawa, Joel"]
[Black "Turgut, Tansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 8. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:21]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:09:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:11:07]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:11:19]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 14. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 15. g3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 16. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 17. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 18. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:06:17]} 19. Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:20]} c4 {[%emt 0:12:51]} 20. Ng2 {[%emt 0:04:53]} h6 {[%emt 0:09:44]} 21. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Nfg4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 22. Bf4 {[%emt 0:06:33]} f5 {[%emt 0:08:44]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:15:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:16:02]} 24. Nh4 {[%emt 0:11:34]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 25. Kh2 {[%emt 0:08:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 26. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 28. e5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:04:36]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 31. Nh4 {[%emt 0:06:06]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 32. gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 33. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 34. Rg5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 35. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 36. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 37. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 39. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 40. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 41. Rxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c6 {[%emt 0:06:08]} 5. Bh6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Bxh6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 6. Qxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:11:23]} 9. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:02:37]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:01:59]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 13. Qg5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} f6 {[%emt 0:08:42]} 14. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:13:56]} 15. dxe5 {[%emt 0:03:36]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 16. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:17:26]} 17. Nde4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 18. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 19. Bg4 {[%emt 0:12:31]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 20. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} h6 {[%emt 0:18:10]} 21. Qb4+ {[%emt 0:10:20]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 22. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 23. a4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 24. axb5 {[%emt 0:03:22]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Qa5+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 27. Qa2 {[%emt 0:04:56]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 28. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 30. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 31. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 32. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 33. b6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Nxb6+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 36. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 38. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 39. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos"]
[Black "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:49]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 6. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:08:35]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 11. Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:48]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:44]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:04:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:10:36]} 13. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:08:45]} d5 {[%emt 0:09:49]} 14. Rac1 {[%emt 0:28:24]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:11:02]} 15. Qe1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 16. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:07:38]} 17. Ba6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0:04:47]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:10:39]} 19. dxc5 {[%emt 0:08:45]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 20. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:11:13]} 21. Nb5 {[%emt 0:08:23]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 22. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 23. Nb5 {[%emt 0:07:13]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 8. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 10. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:05:46]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 13. Nf1 {[%emt 0:02:29]} a6 {[%emt 0:07:34]} 14. Ne3 {[%emt 0:25:36]} d5 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 15. Ba2 {[%emt 0:01:51]} h6 {[%emt 0:10:36]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:08:41]} 17. Bd2 {[%emt 0:09:45]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:11:35]} 18. dxe4 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 19. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 20. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 21. Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 22. a5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 23. Re2 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:07:50]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 26. Ne1 {[%emt 0:02:01]} R3d7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 27. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 28. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 29. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c4 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 30. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 31. Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 32. Na4 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 33. Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 34. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 35. Red2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 36. c5 {[%emt 0:05:28]} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 37. Rdb2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:33]} 38. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 39. g3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} R1d3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 40. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 41. h4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 42. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 43. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 44. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 46. f4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} R3d7 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 47. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 48. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} R3d7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. f5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 50. cxd4 {[%emt 0:03:31]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 51. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:48]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:01:26]} 53. Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 54. Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rdd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 55. Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rge2 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 56. Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 57. Rcc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 58. Rfe3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 59. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 60. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 61. g4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} hxg4+ {[%emt 0:01:23]} 62. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 63. h5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 64. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kxc5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 65. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 66. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 67. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kxb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 68. h6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 69. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 70. e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 71. e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 72. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 73. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 74. Rh2 {[%emt 0:01:57]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 75. Kd4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 76. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 77. Kc3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 78. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 79. e7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 80. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 81. Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 82. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 83. Rg1 Re5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 84. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 85. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 86. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 87. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 88. Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 89. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 90. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 91. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 92. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 93. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 94. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 95. Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,66,5,22,-20,-8,-12,-21,-33,-2,-29,-54,-29,6,-12,-7,-12,0,-111,-111,-87,-100,-145,-135,-216,-184,-214,-208,-214,-200,-625,-626,-623,-562,-660,-639,-631,-543,-1410,-1250,-1137,-1137,-29982,-29983,-29984,-808,-29979,-29980,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O (9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nbd4 Qb6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O Qf4+ 14. Kb1 Nb6 15. Bb3 {0-1 (28) Naiditsch,A (2705)-Le,Q (2737) Riadh 2017}) 9... Nbd7 {LiveBook: 35 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Bd3 b6 11. a3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rfe1 {0-1 (51) Obodchuk,A (2372)-Batchuluun,T (2513) Tromsoe 2014}) 11... Bb7 12. Rd1 a5 13. Nc4 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for ...e4.} 14. Bf5 (14. Ncxe5 Nxe5) 14... e4 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qc7 17. Bf4 (17. Nd7 $11 Nxd7 18. Rxd7) 17... Rfd8 $17 18. Bg3 {[#]} Qe7 $1 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 (20. Ng4 $17 {might work better.} Nxg4 21. Bxg4) 20... Rxd1+ $19 21. Qxd1 {[#]} g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 22. Bh3 e3 $40 {[%cal Be4e3,Be3f2][%mdl 160] Black wants a kill.} 23. Ng4 $2 (23. Nd3) 23... Nxg4 24. Bxg4 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 h4 27. Bf4 exf2+ 28. Kf1 g5 29. Bd2 Qd7 30. Qc1 Qd5 (30... Qh3+ $142 31. Ke2 g4 32. Bg5 gxf3+ 33. Kd2 f1=Q 34. Qxf1 Qxf1 35. Bd8 Qe2+ 36. Kc3 f2 37. b4 Qf3+ 38. Kb2 Bd4+ 39. Ka2 Qc3 40. bxa5 Qxc2#) 31. Be3 Qxf3 {Black mates.} 32. Bxg5 h3 33. Bf4 Qg2+ {Precision: White = 13%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Banawa, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,156,33,23,10,29,26,47,20,56,9,18,9,12,11,25,18,25,20,30,5,7,7,35,35,33,47,37,45,53,51,41,26,25,34,33,7,12,0,18,6,26,0,15,15,16,15,15,15,15,-22,-31,-7,-10,-27,0,-28,-19,-29,-22,-22,-14,-92,-4,-31,-54,-75,-37,-38,-25,-24,-23,-23,-23,-20,-20,-31,-21,-31,-14,-25,-8,-60,-57,-112,-119,-164,-102,-197,-183,-186,-127,-162,-144,-297,-263,-256,-256,-220,-256,-256,-256,-242,-179,-278,-278,-268,-251,-919,-156,-609,-527,-29980,-527,-591,-574,-541,-510,-541,-514,-469,-454,-447,0,-447,-447,-431,-431,-412,-403,-372,-372,-29980,-29982,-29992,-29985,-29985,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (6... a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 Ne4 10. Qf4 Qb6 11. O-O Qxb2 12. Na3 Nc3 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Nxc4 Qxe2 {½-½ (69) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Wang,H (2709) Riadh 2017}) 7. Bxb4 cxb4 {LiveBook: 55 Games} 8. a3 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. axb4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. O-O Nc6 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Ne5 a5 12. Nxc4 Ra7 13. Nc3 b6 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Ne5 Rc7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. e4 Ne8 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Nd6 {½-½ (20) Le Marec,S (2211)-Lalic,B (2438) Liffre 2017}) 9... Qb6 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Bc6 12. O-O Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nc6 14. Naxc4 Qxb4 15. Qd3 Qb5 16. Rfc1 Qd5+ 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. e4 Qb5 20. Ra5 Qb4 {next ...Rac8 is good for Black.} 21. Qc3 Qe7 22. Rca1 a6 23. Nb6 Rab8 24. e5 Nd7 25. Nc4 Rdc8 26. Qb3 Qg5 27. Qd3 Rc6 28. Nd6 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6c8,Bc8e7][%mdl 32]} 29. f4 Qd8 30. Rc5 Nc8 31. Ne4 Rxc5 32. Nxc5 Ne7 33. Rc1 Nf5 34. d5 Qxd5+ 35. Qxd5 Ne3+ 36. Kf3 Nxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 37. Rd1 (37. Nxb7 $11 g5 38. Nd6) 37... g6 (37... b6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 38. Nb3 Rc8) 38. g4 Rc8 39. Nxb7 Rc2 40. f5 $1 Rxb2 41. fxe6 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 {Strongly threatening exf7+.} fxe6 43. Nc5 Rb2+ 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Nxa6 Rb3+ 46. Kf2 Rh3 47. Kg1 (47. Nc7 $11) 47... Re3 $15 48. Nc7 ({Better is} 48. Nc5 $15) 48... Rxe5 $17 49. Nb5 {[#]} Ke7 (49... Kf6 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Ne3.} 50. Rd4 Re1+ 51. Kf2 Rh1) 50. Nd4 (50. Ra1 $17) 50... Re4 $19 51. h3 Re3 (51... Nf4 $19 {aiming for ...Rxd4!} 52. Nc6+ Kf6) 52. Ra1 Rxh3 {...Rg3+ is the strong threat.} 53. g5 $2 (53. Kf2 $17) 53... e5 54. Ra7+ Kd6 55. Ra6+ Kc5 56. Ne6+ Kb5 57. Ra7 Nf4 58. Nf8 (58. Nxf4 {was called for.} exf4 59. Kf2) 58... e4 59. Re7 e3 60. Nxh7 $2 (60. Ne6 Ne2+ 61. Kg2 Rg3+ 62. Kf1) 60... e2 $2 (60... Rg3+ $19 {is more deadly.} 61. Kh1 e2) 61. Nf6 $2 (61. Nf8 $17) 61... Rf3 62. Kh2 Rf1 (62... Kc4 $142 63. Nd7 Kd4 64. Nb8 Rh3+ 65. Kg1 Re3 66. Nc6+ Kd3 67. Ne5+ Kc3 68. Rc7+ Kd4 69. Nc6+ Kc4 70. Na5+ Kb5 71. Rc1 e1=Q+ 72. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 73. Kf2 Nd3+ 74. Kg2 Kxa5 75. Kh2 Kb5 76. Kg2 Kc4 77. Kh2 Kd4 78. Kg2 Ke3 79. Kg3 Re2 80. Kg4 Kf2 81. Kh3 Re4 82. Kh2 Rh4#) 63. Kg3 Kc4 64. Rc7+ Kd3 65. Rd7+ Kc2 66. Re7 Kd2 67. Ne4+ Kc2 68. Nf6 Kd1 69. Rd7+ Ke1 70. Ne4 {[#]} Nh5+ $1 71. Kg2 Rf4 72. Nc3 $2 (72. Rd4 $19 Rf5 73. Rd6) 72... Rg4+ {Black mates.} 73. Kh2 Kf1 {[%cal Rg4h4]} 74. Rf7+ Rf4 75. Rxf4+ Nxf4 76. Ne4 e1=Q {[%cal Re1h4]} 77. Ng3+ Kf2 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Re1g1]} 78. Ne4+ Kf3 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,88,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,13,24,24,29,0,26,36,35,30,59,31,17,0,49,16,34,0,29,24,37,53,39,29,81,0,0,0,0,-2,-14,-47,-78,-112,-15,-22,-15,-22,-22,-25,-21,-31,0,-31,0,0,0,-127,-112,-71,-101,-29985,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nc2 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rb8 14. Ne3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bg5 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (14... O-O 15. Be2 Be6 16. Qd3 Bg5 17. O-O Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rd2 a5 21. a3 b4 22. axb4 axb4 {0-1 (57) Terzic,S (2295)-Vukic,M (2504) Zenica 2006}) 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Be2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2f3,Bf3e4][%mdl 32]} Qb6 {The position is equal.} 17. Nd5 Qc5 18. O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 18. Qg3 h6 19. b4 Qa7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 {1-0 (31) Barglowski,F (2206)-Zozulia,A (2339) Polanica Zdroj 2001}) 18... f5 19. Bf3 Kh8 20. Rad1 Be6 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Be4 Bg4 23. Rde1 Be6 24. Rd1 Rbd8 (24... Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4d1]}) 25. Qg3 Bh6 26. b3 Bf5 27. Qd3 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Rf7 29. Rde1 Bd2 {[#]} (29... g6 $11 {remains equal.}) 30. Re2 (30. b4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Qa7 31. Re2) 30... Bxc3 $11 31. Rc1 b4 32. Nxc3 bxc3 33. Re3 Rdf8 34. f3 {[#]} Rf4 ({Black should play} 34... d5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 35. Qxe5 Qa7) 35. Qd3 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxc3 (36. fxe4 c2) 36... Qa7 {Hoping for ...exf3.} 37. Kh1 d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 38. Rd1 Qb7 39. Kg1 Qb6 40. Qd4 Qg6 {[%cal Re4f3]} 41. Qxd5 (41. fxe4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxe4 42. Rxe4 dxe4 43. h3) 41... exf3 $17 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg6g2,Be4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 42. g3 R4f5 43. Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Qe4 $17) 43... f2+ 44. Kf1 Qg4 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Turgut, Tansel"]
[Black "Matsenko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,118,31,30,34,23,29,29,45,22,15,15,33,6,18,18,13,16,20,0,12,-10,-10,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,10,8,14,7,12,-4,0,0,0,-16,-25,-26,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29953,29950,29953,29954,29953,29954,29962,29961,29957,29959,29948,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. c3 Be7 6. h3 O-O {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 (8. exd4 Bb7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bh2 h6 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Ne3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxa6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 {1-0 (34) Carlsen,M (2837)-Akobian,V (2647) Riadh 2017}) 8... Bb7 9. Bd3 {LiveBook: 21 Games} d5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. a3 Bd6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Nh5 12. Bh2 g6 13. g4 Ng7 14. Bg3 {0-1 (32) Mahler,S-Helbig,C (1878) Hoeckendorf 2004}) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qe2 Rc7 15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 g6 17. Bb5 Kg7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Rc3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b1,Bb1c3][%mdl 32]} Bd5 {Black wants to play ...Rxc3.} 22. Nb1 Ba2 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Nc3 Bc4 26. Qg4 Bd3 27. h4 h6 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. exf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Kg6 32. d5 exd5 33. Nxd5 Kxg5 34. f3 Kf5 35. Kf2 Ke5 36. Nb4 Bb5 37. Ke3 $1 exf3 38. gxf3 a5 39. Na2 Kd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Bd7 $11) 40. Nc3+ Kc4 41. Nxb5 Kxb5 {[#] K3P-K3P} 42. Kd4 $1 Ka4 43. Kc4 f6 44. f4 f5 45. Kd5 $2 (45. Kc3 {NOTEXT} b5 46. Kd4 b4 47. Kc4 b3 48. Kc3 Kb5 49. Kxb3 a4+ 50. Kc3) 45... Kb3 {The position is equal.} 46. Ke5 a4 47. Kxf5 Kxb2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...b5.} 48. Ke4 {aiming for f5.} Kxa3 {KPP-KP} 49. f5 {Intending f6 and mate.} Kb3 50. f6 {f7 would kill now.} a3 {Hoping for ...a2.} 51. f7 a2 52. f8=Q {Threatening mate with Qg7.} a1=Q {Threatens to win with ...Qe1+. KQ-KQ} 53. Qf7+ Kb4 {And now ...Qc3 would win.} 54. Qe7+ Kb5 55. Qd7+ Ka6 56. Qc8+ Kb5 57. Qd7+ Kb4 58. Qe7+ Kc4 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 59. Qc7+ $1 Kb5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,90,122,24,52,51,62,30,22,25,28,20,26,0,0,0,42,33,27,-12,31,-98,-98,-77,-10,0,0,-78,-72,-75,-70,-174,-161,-179,-181,-168,-165,-152,-62,-59,-49,-132,-113,-112,-122,-137,-115,-313,-291,-336,-318,-371,-331,-544,-535,-997,-914,-1209,-1198,-1060,-607,-1672,-1659,-2643,-2533]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. Rab1 h5 {E66: Königsindisch (Jugoslawische Variante)} (14... Bh6 15. e3 Bf5 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd7 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Rb2 f5 20. Bg2 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Bg5 22. f4 exf4 23. exf4 {1-0 (45) Hefka,V (2574)-Toro Solis de Ovando,G (2636) ICCF corr 2003}) 15. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} (15. Na4 $16) 15... h4 16. g4 $1 Nh7 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 17. Nd1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 17. Kh2 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Nd1 Bd7 {½-½ (53) Irzhanov,T (2274)-Alvarez,R (2527) Chessfriend.com 2004}) 17... f5 18. Ne3 Bh6 19. Bc3 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Nb7 22. Nf3 e4 23. Nh2 Qg5 24. Qd2 (24. gxf5 $14 gxf5 25. Kh1) 24... Nd8 $17 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 25. gxf5 gxf5 ({Lieber} 25... Bxf5 $17 26. Kh1 Nf6) 26. Kh1 $11 {Und Tg1 würde nun gewinnen.} Kf7 27. Rf1 (27. Qe1 $11) 27... Ke7 28. Qe1 Nf6 29. Bxf6+ (29. Qf2 $1 $15) 29... Rxf6 $19 30. Rf4 Nf7 31. Rxh4 Qxe3 32. Nf1 Qd4 (32... Qg5 $1 $17 33. Rh7 Rh6 34. Rxh6 Qxh6) 33. Ng3 $1 $15 {[%cal Rg3e4]} Qb2 ({Nicht} 33... Qxc4 34. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe4 35. Rxe4+ Qxe4 36. Bxe4 $16) 34. Nh5 {[#]} (34. Rh7 $15) 34... Rg6 $1 $17 35. Nf4 Rg7 36. Rh5 Bd7 ({Und nicht} 36... Qxa2 37. Qh4+ Ke8 {[#]} 38. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh8 39. Qxh8+ Kf7 40. Qxc8 $16) 37. a3 $2 (37. Bf1 $17) 37... Qxa3 $19 38. Qh4+ Ke8 39. Kh2 {Droht stark Se6.} Qc3 40. Rh7 $2 (40. Qf2) 40... a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 41. e3 a4 42. Qh5 Rxh7 43. Qxh7 Qh8 44. Qg6 a3 45. Ne6 a2 {Precision: Weiß = 27%, Schwarz = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matsenko, Sergei"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,191,0,0,-18,-21,-11,20,11,14,23,20,16,23,0,49,39,38,37,37,25,30,19,17,37,61,65,198,150,163,129,150,123,121,129,139,141,149,145,215,212,233,225,258,251,280,280,280,266,366,366,366,366,367,366,347,347,334,303,302,300,303,303,302,303,303,295,292,302,302,297,288,285,303,291,400,406,355,392,388,369,324,234,303,297,281,244,294,289,289,289,275,275,189,0,270,252,241,245,380,368,371,246,246,239,235,233,282,269,532,517,517,514,604,528,29967,29960,5989,2507,29970,29971,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29974,29980,29981,29982,29982,29983,29982,29983,29987,29979,29979,29980,29980,29980,29980,29981,29986,29981,29987,29988,29989,29984,29984,29982,29985,29982,29986,29987,29991,29982,29982,29982,29981,29982,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O h6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. h3 (11. Nd2 g5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. cxd6 O-O 14. f3 c5 15. e4 Bg6 16. Rac1 Qc6 17. e5 {1-0 (34) Stupak,K (2588)-Rodshtein,M (2699) Katowice 2017}) 11... Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qa4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 {½-½ (41) Vasilyev,V (2308)-Bezgodov,A (2512) Sochi 2016}) 12... O-O 13. b4 b5 14. Qb3 a5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 axb4 17. Qxb4 (17. Rxb4 {seems wilder.} Re8 18. g4 Be4 19. e3 Bd8 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Ra4) 17... Ne4 (17... g5 {is more complex.} 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Qa5 Bc2 20. Ra3 Ra8) 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Rfa1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 22. dxe5 Bxc5 23. Qc3 {And now Bg4 would win.} d4 (23... Qb8 $14) 24. Qc1 {aiming for Bg4.} Nb6 25. Ra2 Bb4 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Bxc6 {Black must now prevent Rb2.} Rc8 28. Bb7 Rc5 29. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nd5 (29... Ba5 $16 30. e6 fxe6) 30. Ra8+ $18 Kh7 31. h5 $1 Rb5 32. Ba6 Nc7 33. Bxb5 Nxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 34. Bc4 Kg8 35. e6 fxe6 36. Bxe6+ Kf8 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Bb3 Bd6 39. Bc1 Nc7 40. f4 Nb5 41. Bc4 Nc3 42. Kf3 Bc5 43. g4 Nd1 44. Bd2 Ne3 45. Bb3 Nf1 46. Ba5 Bd6 47. Ba2 Nh2+ 48. Kg3 Nf1+ 49. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2f1]} Ne3+ 50. Kf3 Nf1 51. Be1 Kf8 52. Be6 Ne3 53. Bh4 Nf1 {Now ...Nd2+ and Black clings on.} 54. Ke4 Nd2+ 55. Kf5 ({Resist} 55. Kxd4 Bxf4 56. Bf5 Ke8 $18) 55... Nf1 56. Bf2 Ke7 {[#]} 57. Bh4+ (57. Bxd4 Ng3+ 58. Kg6 Nxe2 $11) (57. Bc8 $142 $1 Ne3+ 58. Ke4) 57... Kf8 58. Bc8 Ne3+ 59. Ke4 Bc5 (59... Nd1 $142 60. Be6 Nc3+ 61. Kf3 (61. Kxd4 Nxe2+ 62. Ke4 Nxf4 $16) 61... Na4) 60. Bd8 Nc4 61. Kd5 Bb6 62. Bh4 Ne3+ 63. Kd6 Ba7 64. Be7+ Kg8 $2 (64... Kf7 {keeps fighting.}) 65. Be6+ Kh8 66. Kc7 Ng2 67. f5 {Threatens to win with f6.} Ne3 68. f6 gxf6 69. Kb7 d3 70. Bxf6+ {White mates.} Kh7 71. exd3 Bc5 72. d4 Bf8 73. d5 Nc4 74. Kc6 Bd6 75. Kd7 Bf8 76. Ke8 Bb4 77. Be7 Bc3 78. d6 Nxd6+ 79. Bxd6 Kg7 80. Be7 Bd4 81. Bf5 Be3 82. Kd7 Kf7 83. Bg6+ Kg7 84. Ke6 Bd2 85. Be4 Be3 86. Bf6+ Kg8 87. Be5 Bg5 88. Kf5 Kh7 89. Bf4 Bh4 90. Bd5 Be1 91. Bg8+ Kg7 92. Be5+ Kxg8 {[#]} 93. Kg6 $1 Bd2 94. Bg7 Be3 95. Bxh6 Bd4 96. Bg5 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Banawa, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,120,8,0,3,0,6,0,0,-12,-13,-11,-7,-19,-10,-35,-29,-39,-7,-2,-7,-34,-40,-27,-15,-39,-39,-39,-42,-34,-35,-55,0,-2,-4,0,54,61,77,72,66,80,80,87,100,75,108,86,151,157,192,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-270,-266,-268,-220,-368,-364,-329,-317,-456,-442,-531,-531,-519,-497,-593,-482,-29992,-1193,-1060,-1044,-835,-772,-1508,-1389,-5215,-5273,-29996,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29986,-29988,-29989]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Bd6 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} 7. Ne5 (7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 c6 9. d3 Qe7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. b4 Rad8 12. Qb3 a6 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 {1-0 (58) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-So,W (2812) Leuven 2017}) 7... O-O 8. d3 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Nd2 c6 11. Re1 $146 (11. e4 {is interesting.} Bg6 12. f4 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Qa5 14. e5) ({Predecessor:} 11. c4 Be5 12. Qc2 Qf6 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 {0-1 (24) Md Shafiqul,I (1966)-Rahman,S (2252) Dhaka 2016}) 11... e5 12. Bg4 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 Qe7 14. e4 d4 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg4g7]} Ne5 17. Qe2 (17. Qxf4 $2 Nxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Qe3 Nxe1 $19) 17... Bc5 18. Qf2 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rfd8 20. Qc3 Rd6 (20... a5 $15) 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. bxc4 f3 (22... Re6 $11) 23. gxf3 $14 Rg6+ 24. Kh1 Qg5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg5g2]} 25. Re2 $1 Qh5 26. Rf2 Re8 27. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Rg3 28. Qe3 Re6 (28... b6 $142) 29. d5 $16 Rf6 {[%cal Rg3f3,Be6f6,Bf6f3,Bf3e3][%mdl 32]} 30. Rd1 $2 ({But not} 30. Qxa7 $2 Rgxf3 31. Rg2 Rf1+ 32. Qg1 Rxg1+ $19) (30. Raf1 $18 {Black must now prevent e5.} Qh3 31. Qe2 (31. Qxa7 Rfxf3 32. Re1 Rg6 $17)) 30... Rgxf3 $11 ({Of course not} 30... Rfxf3 31. Qe2 $14) 31. Qe2 Qh3 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. d6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Re3 34. Qg2 Qh4 (34... Qd7 $1 $15) 35. Rg1 $1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg2g7]} g6 36. d7 {Threatens to win with Qg4.} h5 $1 37. Rf1 Kg7 38. c5 Re1 39. Kg1 {Hoping for Qg3.} Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 {And now Qg3 would win. KQ-KQ} Qf4+ $1 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Qf2 Qg5+ 43. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Kf1 $1 $11 Qc1+ 44. Qe1 Qf4+ 45. Qf2 Qc1+ 46. Qe1 Qf4+ 47. Qf2 Qc1+) 43... Qc1+ $19 44. Kg2 Qd1 45. e5 (45. c3 {was necessary.} Qg4+ 46. Kf1 Qxd7 47. Qd4+ Qxd4 48. cxd4) 45... Qxd7 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. h3 (47. Qd6 $142 Qg4+ 48. Kf2) 47... Qd5+ 48. Kg3 Qxc5 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qd6 Qc3+ 51. Kh4 (51. Qd3 $19 Qxe5+ 52. Kg2) 51... Qxc2 (51... Qe1+ $142 52. Kg5 Qf2 53. Qb4 {[#]} f6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. exf6 Qg3+ 55. Qg4 Qe5+ 56. Kh4 Kh6 57. Qg3 Qxf6+ 58. Qg5+ Qxg5#) 52. Kg3 Qxa2 53. Qc7 Qb3+ 54. Kf4 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 55. h4 a4 56. Kg5 Qe6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re6f5] Black mates.} 57. Kf4 a3 58. Qxb7 Qf5+ 59. Ke3 Qxe5+ 60. Kf3 Qf6+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos"]
[Black "Turgut, Tansel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:59]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 9. b3 {[%emt 0:19:36]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 10. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. c5 {[%emt 0:12:59]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 13. Nc4 {[%emt 0:06:34]} e4 {[%emt 0:16:39]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 15. Ba3 {[%emt 0:12:07]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 16. Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 17. cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Qb3 {[%emt 0:05:45]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} b6 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:04:29]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 21. Nd1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 22. Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 23. Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 24. Qd1 {[%emt 0:08:04]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 26. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:09:38]} 27. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 28. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:07:05]} 29. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 30. fxg5 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Kh1 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 32. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 33. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 34. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 35. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Re6 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 36. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 37. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,73,7,13,8,18,2,17,23,18,16,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-12,-38,-45,-90,-88,-92,-85,-93,-114,-108,-56,-29,-15,-232,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (9. a5 O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. c3 Bf8 13. h3 Rb8 14. Re1 bxc3 15. bxc3 d5 16. Qc2 Be6 {0-1 (50) Grischuk,A (2772)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 9... O-O 10. Nc4 a5 11. Re1 Be6 12. h3 h6 13. Be3 Re8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Qe2 Nd7 $146 (14... Qc8 {is interesting.} 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Rb1 Qb7 17. c3 Nf6) ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf8 15. Rad1 Qb8 16. Ncd2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (43) Papp,P (2276)-Kovanova,B (2371) Belgrade 2013}) 15. Ncd2 Bf6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. c3 Re8 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 exd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Red1 Qe7 22. Rac1 Nb6 23. Qb5 c6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 24. Qh5 Nxa4 25. e5 dxe5 {Strongly threatening ...e4.} 26. dxe5 Bxe5 {And now ...Bb2 would win.} 27. Nc4 Bc7 {[#]} (27... Bb2 $17 28. Nxb2 Nxb2) 28. Bxh6 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 29. Ne3 $2 {[#]} (29. Qg4+ $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Kf8 30. Rd7) 29... Qf6 $2 (29... Qe6 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Nb2.} 30. Ng4 Bf4) 30. Ng4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg4f6] The position is equal.} Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 31. Qxg6+ fxg6 32. Rd7 $1 Bf4 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Nh7+ Kg8 {White must now prevent ...Re6.} 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Colas, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} exf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 7. Qe2+ {[%emt 0:03:24]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 8. Qxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30] B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (9. Ne2 Bf5 10. c3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Rhe8 13. O-O-O a5 14. Rhe1+ Kf8 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {1-0 (32) Pridorozhni,A (2565)-Vaishali,R (2330) St Petersburg 2017}) 9... Be6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd7 $146 {[%emt 0:00:41]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Na6 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. c3 Nd5 14. Bd2 b5 15. a4 a5 16. Kc2 Rhb8 17. Ra1 b4 18. Nc1 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd3 b3+ 21. Kd1 Bd6 {½-½ (21) Lengyel,B (2425)-Kende,G (2265) Balatonbereny 1995}) 12. c4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:55]} 13. c5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 14. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:04:17]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 16. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 17. Kb1 {[%emt 0:06:48]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 18. Bh4 {[%emt 0:05:06]} Rdg8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 19. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 20. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 21. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. g6+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 23. Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (23. hxg3 $15 Nd5 24. Rd3) 23... Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 24. Re5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 25. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 $2 {[%emt 0:03:22]} ({Black should try} 25... h4 $19 26. Ne4 Rxg2 27. Nd6+ Kf6) 26. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 27. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 28. Ng1 {[%emt 0:12:03]} h3 {[%emt 0:08:33]} 29. Nxh3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:17:17]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 31. Rxf5+ {[%emt 0:02:50]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 32. Rf4 {[%emt 0:24:43]} (32. Rf2 $142) 32... Rgg4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 33. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. g3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 37. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 38. Kc1 $19 {[%emt 0:02:10]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. h5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 40. g4+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 41. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Banawa, Joel"]
[Black "Matsenko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,118,44,46,33,50,51,44,12,38,38,40,29,40,33,35,36,48,40,41,39,55,50,50,60,56,35,50,0,24,-7,0,-9,-10,-10,-5,0,0,-5,0,0,17,11,0,0,0,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,25,35,26,132,75,72,11,61,-70,-73,-70,-60,-103,-68,-80,-7,-10,-8,-91,-49,-45,-52,-36,-34,-43,0,0,0,-165,-163,-162,-162,-162,-165,-201,-198,-224,-230,-245,-210,-510,-467,-628,-623,-854,-841,-630,-545]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 exd5 (8... e5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nf1 a6 11. Bd2 Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. Ne3 Ng7 14. Bd3 {½-½ (35) Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Re1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. b3 g6 14. a4 {1-0 (48) Salem,A (2628)-Winants,L (2558) Baku 2016}) 13... g6 (13... c4 $5 14. Qxc4 (14. Nxc4 Rc8 $14) 14... Qb6 $16) 14. b3 Bg7 15. Bb2 Nh5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 a6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. g3 Qf6 20. Be2 Kg8 21. Nd2 Ng7 22. Kg2 Re7 23. Bf1 Rae8 24. Red1 g5 25. Rac1 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 26. Qc3 Ne5 27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4 h4 29. Be2 Qh6 30. g4 Ra8 31. f3 Qf6 32. Nf1 Ne8 33. Qd2 Ng6 34. Ne3 $1 Ng7 35. Bf1 Qf4 36. Qf2 Ne5 37. Rc3 b5 (37... Ree8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38. Rdc1 (38. Ra1 $142) 38... Kh7 $16 39. Be2 (39. Ra1 $16) 39... Raa7 40. Nf1 (40. Kg1 $14) 40... a5 $15 41. bxa5 Rxa5 42. Qb6 Ra2 43. R3c2 {[#]} Rxc2 ({Black should play} 43... Rea7 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Nxf3!} 44. Qe3 Qf6) 44. Rxc2 $11 Ng6 45. Qd4 (45. Qxb5 $11 Rxe4 46. Bd3) 45... Rb7 46. Rb2 Qc1 47. Qd2 Nf4+ 48. Kh2 Nxe2 49. Qxe2 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 50. Ne3 $2 (50. Kg2 $11) 50... b3 $19 51. Nd1 Rc7 52. Kg2 {[#]} Ne8 $1 ({But not} 52... Rc2 53. Rxc2 Qxc2 54. Kf2 $17) 53. e5 Rc2 54. Rxc2 Qxc2 55. Kf2 dxe5 56. Nb2 $2 (56. Ke1 Qxe2+ 57. Kxe2) 56... Qc5+ {Black is clearly winning.} 57. Qe3 Qxd5 58. Qe4+ Qxe4 59. fxe4 Nc7 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,75,3,8,12,16,15,26,20,21,15,14,9,25,0,0,-27,-25,-31,-28,-54,0,-44,-14,-31,-8,-8,19,29,61,30,83,89,90,84,89,89,89,93,104,89,139,123,134,140,133,133,133,133,254,161,175,162,204,216,202,169,459,447,847,837]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. a5 Ng4 15. Bc1 f5 16. Bf1 Bf6 17. h3 Nh6 {1-0 (30) Karjakin,S (2760)-Ivanchuk,V (2729) Medias 2017}) 10... Na5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxf6 {White has an edge.} Bxf6 13. Nd5 Be7 {[#]} 14. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 {½-½ (38) Safarli,E (2587)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2491) Lugo 2009}) 14... Rc8 15. Ne1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qd3 Rc5 18. Ne3 g6 ({Better is} 18... Qb6 $15 19. b3 Qc7) 19. N1c2 a5 20. c4 Qd7 21. a4 h5 22. b3 h4 23. Rad1 Rd8 (23... f5 $11) 24. h3 $16 Bg5 25. Rfe1 Bf4 26. Na3 Qe7 27. Nb5 b6 28. Kh1 (28. Nxd6 Bg5 $17) 28... Qg5 29. Qe2 ({Inferior is} 29. Nxd6 Rc6 $17) 29... Qe7 30. Rd3 Bh6 31. Red1 {[%cal Be1d1,Bd1d6,Bd6e6][%mdl 32]} Rc6 32. Nd5 {[%cal Be3d5,Bd5f6,Bf6g8][%mdl 32]} Qb7 (32... Qg5 $16 33. Kg1 Rd7) 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Nxd6 ({Worse is} 34. Rxd6 Rdxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 $11) 34... Rcxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd5.} Ke7 $2 (36... Qe7) 37. Rxe6+ $1 $18 fxe6 (37... Kxe6 $142 38. Nd5 Kd6) 38. Ng8+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,146,29,31,25,49,33,79,57,51,43,103,93,95,91,110,110,110,110,110,110,110,110,133,105,120,106,112,106,118,96,94,85,85,30,50,52,75,35,61,18,58,6,18,0,24,-59,0,0,0,-192,-181,-183,-112,-116,-102,-102,-94,-194,-17,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-61,-5,-5,-5,-54,-59,-54,-13,-56,-10,-42,-42,-68,-68,-72,-72,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,104,104,104,0,0,0,0,0,104,104,113]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 Bg6 {B12: Caro-Kann (Vorstoß-Variante)} (7... h6 8. Nb3 g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Nd3 b6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. f4 c5 13. dxc5 gxf4 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bxf4 {½-½ (32) Dominguez Perez,L (2729)-Ding,L (2755) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 8. Nb3 Nc8 9. a4 Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} 10. Ne1 O-O 11. f4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11. Nd3 Ncb6 12. Nf4 c5 13. c3 cxd4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. cxd4 {1-0 (74) Lazov,T (2176)-Andonovski,L (2280) Skopje 2015}) 11... f6 12. Bg4 Bf7 13. a5 a6 (13... c5 $14) 14. Be3 Na7 15. Nd3 f5 16. Be2 Nb5 17. c3 Rc8 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Rg1 Rg8 20. Qf1 Nc7 21. Nd2 Qf8 22. b4 Qe8 23. Qd1 Nb5 24. Qc2 Bh5 25. Bf3 (25. Nf3 $16) 25... Bxf3 26. Nxf3 Qh5 27. Bd2 h6 28. Qd1 g5 29. Nfe1 (29. fxg5 $14 hxg5 30. g3) 29... Qf7 30. Nc2 Nf8 31. g4 (31. g3 $11) 31... Nh7 (31... fxg4 $15 32. Qxg4 h5) 32. Qf3 $11 gxf4 33. Bxf4 $2 (33. Qxf4 $11 {und Weiss ist OK.} Bg5 34. Qf2) 33... fxg4 $19 34. Rxg4 Nxc3 ({Günstiger ist} 34... Rxg4 $19 35. Qxg4 Rg8) 35. Rag1 $17 Ng5 36. Qg2 Qh7 37. h4 (37. Nce1 $17) 37... Nf7 $2 (37... h5 $19 38. Rg3 Nge4 39. Rxg8+ Rxg8 40. Qxg8+ Qxg8 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8) 38. Rxg8+ Rxg8 39. Qxg8+ Qxg8 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. h5 Na4 (41... Ng5 $15) 42. Kg2 $11 Ng5 43. Bc1 Kg7 44. Nf4 Bd8 45. Kf1 Kf7 46. Nd3 Ne4 47. Bxh6 Ng3+ 48. Kg2 Nxh5 49. Kf3 Nc3 (49... Be7 $15) 50. Nc5 b6 51. axb6 Bxb6 52. Nxa6 Ba7 53. Nc7 Bb6 54. Na6 Nb5 55. Nc5 Kg6 56. Bf8 Kf7 57. Bh6 Kg6 58. Bf8 Bxc5 59. bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLS-KSS} Kf5 {[#]} (59... Kg5 $11) 60. Bh6 ({Der einzige Zug:} 60. Nb4 $1 $16) 60... Kg6 61. Bf8 Kg5 62. Ke3 Ng3 63. Be7+ Kg4 {Droht ...Sf5+ und aus.} 64. Kd3 Kf3 65. Bg5 Nf5 66. Bc1 Ng3 67. Be3 Nf1 68. Bc1 Nh2 (68... Ng3 $11) 69. Nb4 $16 Na7 {[#]} 70. Bd2 ({Lieber} 70. Na6 $1 $16) 70... Ng4 $11 71. Be1 Ne3 72. Na6 {Schwarz muss nun Sc7 beachten.} Ng2 (72... Nb5 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 73. Bd2 $16 Nb5 {Precision: Weiß = 46%, Schwarz = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turgut, Tansel"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,69,9,87,12,20,3,112,64,222,179,443,373,349,187,288,170,170,165,168,122,251,117,117,117,124,117,148,149,168,158,189,149,144,114,112,104,175,179,160,175,196,183,214,214,293,289,297,289,372,238,520,514,795,765]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 (5... Bf5 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rc8 13. Qa4 Re8 14. O-O e5 {0-1 (57) Le,Q (2737)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 6. Qb3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} c4 7. Qc2 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 e5 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games} (9... g6 $11) 10. dxe5 (10. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4d5]} Bf5 11. exf5 exd4 12. Ngf3) 10... Nxe5 $11 11. Ngf3 Ng6 $146 (11... Ng4 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 g6 {½-½ (46) Pakleza,Z (2498)-Sveshnikov,E (2502) Bratto 2014}) 12. O-O-O Qa5 $2 (12... Bg4 $14) 13. e4 {Strongly threatening exd5.} dxe4 $2 (13... Qxa2 14. exd5 Qa1+ 15. Nb1 Bd6) 14. Qxe4+ Be7 15. Bxc4 (15. Nxc4 $142 Qxa2 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Bc4 Qa1+ 18. Kc2 Qa4+ 19. Kb1 Bxd6 20. Rxd6) 15... Bf5 (15... Qf5 $142 16. Qe3 O-O) 16. Rh5 (16. Qxb7 $142 O-O 17. Nd4) 16... Bxe4 $18 17. Rxa5 Bc6 18. Ne5 b6 (18... Nxe5 $16 {is a better defense.} 19. Rxe5 Kf8) 19. Nxg6 ({Don't play} 19. Nxc6 $6 bxa5 20. f4 (20. Nxa5 O-O $14) 20... Bf6 $16) (19. Bxf7+ $18 Kf8 20. Nxc6 bxa5 21. Bd5) 19... hxg6 $16 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 O-O 22. Rd7 Bg5 23. f4 Bf6 24. Ne4 Rfe8 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. Kd2 a5 (26... Kg7 $16) 27. Re1 $18 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 {KR-KR} Re8+ {[#]} 29. Kd2 $1 Re6 30. a4 f5 31. Kd3 Kf8 32. Rb7 Ke8 33. b4 axb4 $2 (33... f6 {was worth a try.} 34. b5 Rd6+ 35. Ke3 Re6+ 36. Kd3 Rd6+ 37. Kc2 g5) 34. cxb4 f6 (34... Rc6 $142 35. Kd4 Kf8) 35. Kc4 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 10%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,107,6,-6,16,17,45,45,48,46,43,56,46,24,29,32,32,27,24,20,21,21,20,5,5,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rad1 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Re8 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. f4 Rac8 15. Rf3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rf2 Rfd8 18. Qe1 f6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 {0-1 (38) Harika,D (2507)-Muzychuk,A (2560) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 14. Bxe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. e4 Qc8 17. e5 Be7 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. f4 {1-0 (53) Barnstedt,D (2009)-Gradl,R (1716) Dresden 2000}) 14... Qxe7 15. f4 a5 16. e4 c4 17. Bc2 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 {[#] Black must now prevent Qh7+.} Nf8 22. h3 Rd5 23. Rd4 b5 {The position is equal.} 24. a4 Red8 {[%cal Rd5d4]} 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Qe2 g6 28. Be4 Rd8 29. h4 h5 30. Rf2 Qa4 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Rf3 Qd1 33. Rf2 Qc1 34. Kg3 Rb8 35. Qd2 Qa1 36. Kh2 Rb6 37. f5 exf5 38. Qd4 Re6 39. Bd5 Qe1 40. Bxe6 Nxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 41. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e1]} Qxe5+ 42. g3 Qc7 43. Qd5 Kh7 44. Rd2 f4 45. Qd6 {[#] Qxc7 is the strong threat.} Qb7 46. Qd7 fxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Qb8+ $1 48. Qd6 Qa7 {Strongly threatening ...Qe3+.} 49. Rf2 Qe3+ 50. Kg2 Qe4+ 51. Kg1 Qe1+ 52. Kg2 Qe4+ 53. Kg1 Qe1+ 54. Kg2 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Matsenko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,168,25,18,36,31,37,2,34,11,33,0,3,-10,-10,-10,-10,-13,-12,-15,-15,-13,-3,-12,-11,-25,-2,-15,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,335,328,932,629,932,919,919,910,897,857,765,725,824,473,474,177,177,177,175,166,220,224,244,243,303,303,385,286,700,683,669,656,791,780,686,726,818,806,667,638,820,820,757,440,440,440,440,440,427,318,394,0,394,0,347,347,347,347,442,399,399,347,347,347,346,318,318,318,318,117,399,399,399,399,399,402,553,525,473,473,466,462,388,383,366,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nb4 (5... Bb4 6. Bg5 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Ne7 8. Bd3 Ned5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rb1 h6 12. Bh4 c6 13. Rb3 Bxd4 14. Bc4 {1-0 (26) Caruana,F (2791)-Jobava,B (2713) Dubai 2014}) 6. e5 {C10: Französische Verteidigung (Rubinstein-Variante)} Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 Nd7 8. Bg5 {LiveBook: 4 Partien. Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} Be7 $1 {[%cal Re7g5]} 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O a6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... O-O 11. Nb5 Nb8 12. c4 a6 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 {½-½ (25) Ragger,M (2518)-Galyas,M (2454) Germany 2008}) 11. Ne2 c5 12. c3 b6 13. Rfe1 a5 14. Ng3 Ba6 15. Qd2 O-O 16. h4 Rfc8 17. Nh5 Rc7 18. g3 Rac8 19. Rac1 h6 20. a3 cxd4 21. cxd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Weiss startet einen Angriff.} Nf8 22. Nh2 Ng6 23. Kg2 Qd8 24. Ng4 Nxh4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Qf8 $11 {und Schwarz muss sich keine Sorgen machen.}) 25. gxh4 $18 Qxh4 $2 {[#]} (25... Rxc1 26. Ngf6+ (26. Rxc1 Qxh4 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $16) 26... Kf8 27. Rxc1 Rxc1) 26. Ngf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 27. Nxf6+ Kf8 28. Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 29. Re3 $1 Ke7 {[#]} 30. Rg3 $1 h5 31. Qh6 {jetzt Df8+! und aus.} Rc8 32. Rg4 $2 ({Auf keinen Fall} 32. Nxd5+ Kd7 $18) (32. Rg7 {Beabsichtigt Txf7+! und Matt.} Bf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qh1+ 34. Rg1 Qh3+ 35. Ke2) 32... Qxg4+ 33. Nxg4 hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KD-KTL} 34. Qg5+ Kd7 (34... Kf8 $142 35. Qd2 (35. Qxg4 Rc2 $16) 35... Bc4) 35. Qd2 {[%mdl 1024] Weiss hat starke Kompensation.} ({Viel schwächer ist} 35. Qxg4 $6 Bd3 $16) 35... Bb5 36. b3 Rh8 37. a4 Bc6 {Wenn Schwarz jetzt Zeit für ...Th3 hätte...} 38. Qf4 Ke8 $2 (38... Rf8 39. Qxg4 b5) 39. Qc1 Kd7 40. Qa3 {Droht Dd6+ und aus.} Kc8 41. Qd6 Kb7 42. Qe7+ Kc8 43. Qa7 Rh3 44. Qxb6 Bb7 45. b4 axb4 46. a5 b3 47. a6 Bxa6 48. Qxa6+ {KD-KT} Kd7 49. Qe2 Rf3 50. Qd1 $2 (50. Qd2 $18) 50... Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Kc6 $1 $11) 51. Kf1 $2 (51. Qd2 $18) 51... Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... b2 $11 52. Qc2 g3 53. Qc5+ Kd8 54. Qb6+ Kc8) 52. Ke2 Rc3 53. Qb1 Rc2+ 54. Ke1 Rc3 55. Qb2 Rf3 56. Qd2 Rh3 57. Qb4+ Kg7 {Und weiter mit ...g3 wäre nett.} 58. Kd2 Rf3 59. Kc1 $2 (59. Ke2 $18 {ist der präzise Gewinnweg.}) 59... Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Rxf2 $16 {war einen Versuch wert.} 60. Qxb3 Rf3) 60. Qd2 Kh5 61. Kb2 Kg6 62. Ka3 Kh5 63. Kb4 Kg6 64. Kc5 Kf5 65. Qe2 Kg5 66. Kd6 Kh4 {[#]} 67. Ke7 $2 (67. Qe1 $1 $18) 67... Kh3 $1 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 68. Kf8 Kg2 69. Kg7 b2 70. Qxb2 {Droht stark De2.} Rxf2 71. Qc1 g3 72. Qe3 Kh2 73. Qh6+ Kg1 74. Qc1+ Rf1 75. Qe3+ Kh2 76. Qh6+ Kg1 77. Qe3+ Kg2 78. Qe2+ Rf2 79. Qe3 Rf5 80. Qd2+ Kh3 81. Qh6+ Kg4 82. Qd2 Kh4 83. Qe1 Kg4 84. Qd1+ Kh3 {Precision: Weiß = 56%, Schwarz = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos"]
[Black "Banawa, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,54,17,9,20,16,10,0,0,0,0,-2,0,10,0,-9,-2,-23,-35,-70,-50,-47,-22,-42,-27,-61,-58,-58,-63,-145,-153,-131,-62,-169,-159,-408,-406]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} (10... Nbd7 11. Qb3 a6 12. a4 Qe7 13. Rb1 c6 14. a5 Rfb8 15. axb6 Bc8 16. Qc2 Nxb6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 h6 {1-0 (30) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Adams,M (2747) Moscow 2017}) 11. Ne5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Ne4 12. Bb2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Qb3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qe7 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. a4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. b5 {0-1 (53) Raffalt,M (2260)-Horvath,S (2320) Austria 1995}) 12... Nd7 {The position is equal.} 13. Ne2 Re8 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 14. f3 {Hoping for Nxd7.} Nef6 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 15. f4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. d5 Bf8 20. Nc3 Rad8 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 21. Rfd1 c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 22. Rd2 cxd5 23. Rad1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qe6 $1 24. Nxd5 (24. Ne2 $15) 24... Rxd5 $17 25. Rxd5 f6 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Rd8!} 26. f5 {[#]} (26. Qc4 $1 $15 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxc4 28. Rc1) 26... Qf7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 27. R1d2 $2 {[#]} (27. Qc4 $17 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Qxc4 29. Rc1) 27... Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 27%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Turgut, Tansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,57,59,45,54,7,51,4,113,84,118,90,85,62,66,65,53,66,70,64,104,95,133,153,280,284,286,273,512,237,210,227,237,179,572,572,544,554,1029,757,1023,1016,979,975,912,892]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Be3 h6 {C75: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 without ...g6} 8. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} g6 9. h4 Bg7 {The position is equal.} 10. h5 Bg4 $146 (10... exd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 11. cxd4 g5) ({Predecessor:} 10... g5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. c4 c6 14. Qb3 O-O 15. O-O-O {1-0 (63) Klenburg,M (2437)-Korobov,A (2623) Pardubice 2009}) 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Qd6 14. Nc4 Qe6 {With the idea ...b5.} 15. Bb3 Qf6 $1 16. O-O-O Rd8 17. Rd2 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 b5 {[#]} (18... Nc8 $16) 19. Ncxe5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Be6 $2 (20... Qxe5 {is a better defense.} 21. Bd4 Qd6) 21. Rd1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} (21. f4 $142) 21... Qxe5 22. Bd4 Qd6 {[#] And now ...Bxd4 would win.} 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 $2 (23... Bxd4 {is tougher.} 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 (25. cxd4 Nc6 $18) 25... Rf8) 24. Bxg7 {Strongly threatening Qd8+.White is clearly winning.} Rg8 25. Bxh6 Qxa2 26. Qd7+ Kf7 27. Rd3 {[%cal Rd3f3]} Qa1+ 28. Kc2 {[%cal Rd3f3]} Qa4+ 29. Kd2 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,179,-15,0,-47,-41,-40,-40,-37,-43,-60,-42,-56,-48,-54,-62,-66,-8,-126,-21,-54,-30,-17,0,0,44,44,44,43,40,47,34,36,32,8,8,8,85,64,230,224,446,274,29987,786,704,472,638,638,638,638,623,618,559,305,373,373,371,366,365,365,342,235,384,375,348,317,427,274,274,260,260,259,259,251,251,211,473,460,442,416,627,627,943,953,977,968,1119,1119,1002,801,765,718,616,363,720,718,652,577,483,427,1119,1119,1119,1057,864,864,539,367,843,763,12620,11441,1606,366,12800,12792,12481,12413,8913,9909,8323,7824,7166,5509,12603,7575,8089,7575,4918,1059,29973,29974,29977,29978,29978,29978,29983,29984,29984,29985,29983,29983,29982,29983,29983,29984,29986,29987,29987,29986,29986,29984,29984,29982,29985,29986,29987,29980,29992,29993,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 {LiveBook: 8 Partien. B59: Sizilianisch (Boleslawski-Variante)} 10. Nd2 $146 {[#]} ({Vorgänger:} 10. Qd3 a5 {½-½ (10) Visakh,N (2470)-Mchedlishvili,M (2602) Poti 2017}) 10... Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. Ndxe4 {Und Lxe7 würde nun gewinnen.} (11. Ncxe4 Bxg5) 11... Bxg5 {Schwarz steht etwas besser.} 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Qxd6 Rfd8 14. Qc5 $1 Nd4 {Und weiter mit ...Lh3 wäre nett.} 15. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g5]} Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Qg4 ({Günstiger ist} 16... Qg6 $1 $15 17. Rad1 h6) 17. Qxe5 {[#]} (17. Rae1 $11) 17... f6 (17... Bc4 $1 $17 18. Nd4 Re8) 18. h3 {zielt auf De3 ab.} fxe5 19. hxg4 Bc4 20. Rf2 e4 {Droht stark ...e3.} 21. Re1 e3 22. Rf3 Rd2 $1 23. Rxe3 Rxc2 24. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat gut koordiniertes Spiel.} Bf7 25. f5 Rxa2 26. Nf4 h6 (26... Rb2 $11) 27. Re7 h5 $2 (27... Rd2 $1 $14) 28. g5 $18 ({Schwächer ist} 28. Rxb7 hxg4 29. Kh2 Ra5 $14) (28. Nxh5 $6 Bxh5 29. gxh5 Rf8 $16) (28. gxh5 $6 Ra5 $16) 28... Rf8 $2 (28... Ra5 {war nötig.}) 29. Rxb7 Bxb3 $2 (29... Ra5 $18 30. g6 Rxf5 31. gxf7+ R8xf7) 30. Rxb3 (30. Ree7 $142 Bf7 31. g6 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Ra6 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. gxf7+ Kf8 35. Ng6+ Rxg6 36. fxg6) 30... Rxf5 31. Ne6 {Beabsichtigt g6 und Matt.} Rff2 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Nf8+ Kg8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Nh4 Rf4 {[#]} 36. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTS} 37. Ng6+ Kh7 38. Nxf4 {KTS-KT} Ra5 39. Nh3 ({Finger weg von} 39. Nxh5 Kg6 $18) 39... Kg6 (39... Rc5 $142 40. Re6 a5) 40. Re6+ Kf5 41. Re7 g6 42. Rf7+ Kg4 43. Rf4+ Kg3 44. Rf3+ Kg4 45. Kh2 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf3f4]} h4 46. Rc3 Ra2 $2 (46... Kh5 47. Rc7 Ra1) 47. Rc5 Ra4 48. Ng1 a5 (48... Re4 $142 49. Ra5 Re7) 49. Nf3 h3 50. Ne5+ Kxg5 51. Kxh3 Ra3+ 52. g3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Re5g4]} Kh6 53. Kg4 Ra4+ 54. Nc4 Rb4 55. Kf3 a4 $2 (55... Rb3+ 56. Ne3 Ra3) 56. Ne5 Rb3+ 57. Kg4 Rb4+ 58. Kh3 Re4 (58... Kg7 $142 59. Ra5 Rd4 60. Ra7+ Kf6) 59. Ra5 Rd4 60. Ng4+ Kg7 61. Ra7+ Kf8 62. Kh4 a3 $2 (62... Rb4 63. Kh3 Re4) 63. Rxa3 Kf7 64. Ra7+ Ke6 65. Kg5 $2 (65. Ra5 Ke7 66. Ra7+ Ke6 67. Rg7) 65... Rd3 $2 (65... Rd5+ 66. Kf4 (66. Kxg6 Rd3 $18) 66... Rf5+ 67. Ke4 Rg5 68. Ra6+ Ke7) 66. Ra6+ Ke7 67. Kh4 g5+ 68. Kh3 Rd2 69. Ra5 Ke6 70. Rxg5 Rd8 71. Re5+ Kf7 72. Ne3 Kf6 73. Re4 Rh8+ 74. Kg4 {Weiß setzt Matt.} Rg8+ 75. Kf4 Rf8 76. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Ra8 77. g5+ Kg6 78. Re6+ Kf7 79. Rb6 Ra4+ 80. Ke5 Ra5+ {[#]} 81. Nd5 $1 Ra1 82. g6+ Kg7 83. Nf4 Ra5+ 84. Ke4 Ra4+ 85. Kf3 Ra3+ 86. Kg4 Ra1 87. Rb7+ Kg8 88. Kg5 Ra8 89. Nd5 Ra5 90. Kh6 {Precision: Weiß = 60%, Schwarz = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Black "Colas, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,148,20,2,-62,-58,-56,-50,-66,-65,-56,-69,-68,-64,-108,-100,-107,-61,-96,-97,-96,-96,-96,-98,-93,-110,-105,-56,-63,-70,-70,-64,-64,-59,-120,-95,-160,-163,-165,-135,-159,-127,-128,-88,-88,-88,-85,-89,-89,-65,-68,-63,-84,-84,-89,-87,-93,-87,-91,-86,-125,-113,-119,-127,-120,-43,-180,-78,-102,-97,-97,-99,-98,-100,-100,-104,-120,-126,-159,-143,-132,-139,-182,-159,-221,-221,-224,-222,-222,-224,-222,-222,-222,-216,-207,-202,-295,-226,-308,-308,-308,-226,-230,-230,-230,-233,-4952,-4952,-729,-226,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29976,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 {LiveBook: 78 Games} 11. c5 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} (11. b3 $11) (11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. b4 a6 16. Rb1 N8e7 17. g4 f5 18. Ne2 fxg4 19. Bxg4 Nf5 20. Qd2 Kh8 21. Rb3 e5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 {0-1 (54) Potapov,P (2479)-Zvjaginsev,V (2643) St Petersburg 2017}) 11... Bxf3 $15 12. Bxf3 dxc5 13. dxc5 {Black is slightly better.} Nc4 14. Qb3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rc8 16. Rac1 Qd3 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Be4 Qd7 {0-1 (61) Fonseca,J-Depasquale,C (2305) Dubai 1986}) 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Ne4 Ne5 18. Be2 b6 19. c6 Nxc6 20. Rd5 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Rd7 f5 (22... Bxb2 23. Rb1 $16) 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Ng5 Bf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 25. Ne6 Rfc8 26. Bb3 ({White should try} 26. Rfd1 $15) 26... a5 $17 ({Much less strong is} 26... Bxb2 27. Rxe7 Nc6 28. Rf7 $15) 27. h3 (27. Rfd1 $142) 27... b5 ({Don't do} 27... Bxb2 28. Rxe7 Re8 29. Ra7 $15) 28. a4 bxa4 29. Bxa4 Na6 30. Rfd1 Kg8 ({Don't take} 30... Bxb2 31. Rxe7 Bf6 32. Rf7 $15) 31. R7d5 Nc7 32. Nxc7 Rxc7 33. b3 Ra8 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke2 h5 36. R1d2 h4 37. Bb5 Kg7 38. Ra2 Raa7 39. Kd2 Bc3+ 40. Kd3 Bb4 41. Bc4 e6 (41... Kf6 $17 42. e4 e6) 42. Rd4 ({Better is} 42. Re5 $1 $15) 42... g5 (42... e5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5d4] has better winning chances.} 43. Rd5 e4+ 44. Kc2 Kf6) 43. Bxe6 Rc3+ 44. Ke2 {Strongly threatening Rxb4!} Re7 45. Rd7 Rxd7 46. Bxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf6 47. Ba4 Bc5 48. Rd2 Rxe3+ 49. Kf1 Bb4 50. Re2 Rd3 51. Kf2 (51. Rf2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 51... g4 $19 52. hxg4 fxg4 {( -> ...g3+)} 53. Rc2 Kg5 54. Ke2 Rd6 55. Bb5 Re6+ 56. Kf2 Re5 57. Be2 (57. Bd3 $142) 57... Bc5+ 58. Kf1 Rf5+ 59. Ke1 Bf2+ 60. Kd1 h3 61. gxh3 gxh3 {White must now prevent ...h2.} 62. Rc3 $2 (62. Bd3 Rf4 63. Ba6) 62... Rd5+ 63. Kc2 Be1 $2 (63... Rc5 64. Bf3 Re5) 64. Rd3 $2 {[#]} (64. Bc4 $19 Rd2+ 65. Kc1) 64... Rxd3 $1 {Black mates.} 65. Bxd3 {KB-KB} Kf4 66. Ba6 h2 67. Bb7 {[#]} Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3f2]} 68. Kd1 Kf2 69. Kc2 Kg1 70. Kd3 h1=Q 71. Bxh1 Kxh1 72. Ke2 Bb4 73. Kf1 Bc5 74. Ke2 Kg2 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Matsenko, Sergei"]
[Black "Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,107,30,41,34,26,50,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,4,-7,-11,-8,45,31,39,29,35,46,51,52,59,47,54,45,45,55,75,74,73,71,71,75,82,47,87,42,43,41,68,72,60,29,29,6,29,29,29,29,31,29,29,29,29,29,54,29,29,31,47,29,81,41,102,66,86,55,126,63,84,84,84,76,84,64,77,67,89,68,64,60,111,106,106,106,458,451]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4 Rb8 {E63: Königsindisch (6...Sc6)} 9. Rc1 h6 10. Qd3 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} (10. d5 e5 11. Bd2 Ne7 12. e4 Nd7 13. Ne1 f5 14. Nd3 Nf6 15. f4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 exf4 18. Nxf4 {½-½ (56) Tregubov,P (2575)-Amin,B (2689) Riadh 2017}) 10... Nd7 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. e4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12. d5 Na5 13. b3 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Nh4 Nce5 17. Be4 Nf6 18. Bb1 Bd7 19. f4 Neg4 20. Nxg6 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Re8 22. Ne4 Kxg6 23. Ng5+ {1-0 (23) James,M (2054)-Willenberg,S (1843) Johannesburg 2016}) 12... e5 13. Be3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Ne5 $1 16. b3 c5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 (17... Bxe5 $11 18. Rfd1 Bd4) 18. Nd5 $14 Be6 19. Rfd1 Qc8 20. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rd8 21. a5 Rd7 22. h4 h5 23. Qe1 Qf8 24. Kh2 Bxd5 25. cxd5 ({Bitte nicht} 25. exd5 $6 f5 $11) 25... Qd6 26. Rd3 Bf8 27. Bh3 Rdd8 28. Rcc3 Kg7 29. Rf3 Be7 30. Rc2 Rf8 31. Rfc3 Qd8 32. Rc4 Bd6 33. Qc3 Qf6 34. Re2 Rfe8 35. Qe3 Re7 36. Kg2 Ree8 37. Rd2 Rbd8 38. Rdc2 Re7 39. R4c3 Rb8 40. Rd3 Rd8 41. Rc1 Kh7 (41... Ree8 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 42. Rh1 Rb8 (42... Kg7 $14) 43. Qd2 Qg7 44. Rf3 Rd8 (44... Rf8 $14) 45. Rd1 (45. Qg5 $16) 45... Rc7 46. Rc1 Re7 47. Rc2 Qh6 48. Qc3 Qg7 49. Rc1 Rc7 50. b4 c4 51. Qb2 Re8 ({Besser ist} 51... Qf8 $14) 52. b5 axb5 53. Qxb5 Ree7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53... Ra8 $16 {ist eine bessere Chance.}) 54. a6 $1 {Precision: Weiß = 59%, Schwarz = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Banawa, Joel"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,58,40,32,28,57,62,62,42,29,38,54,47,72,19,47,-36,-19,-53,-45,-41,-49,-45,-47,-153,-158,-141,-147,-168,-150,-227,-191,-167,-117,-188,-186,-185,-201,-800,-856,-880,-836]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} Ba7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. exd4 Ne7 10. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. b3 Nf5 12. Ne2 Rb8 $146 13. a4 Qf6 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. b4 (16. Rae1 $16) 16... c6 17. Rad1 (17. Rae1 $14) 17... Qe6 $1 $15 {[%csl LRc4,LRe2]} 18. Nf4 Qxc4 19. Rc1 Qb3 20. Ra1 {Threatens to win with Ra3.} f6 21. d5 {[#]} (21. Rfc1 $15) 21... Ne3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White is under strong pressure.} 22. Rfc1 (22. fxe3 Bxe3+) 22... Nc4 23. Rxc4 Qxc4 24. Rc1 (24. Bf1 $17 {was called for.} Qe4 25. Bd3) 24... Qb3 $19 25. Nh5 Bg4 {[#] And now ...Re2 would win.} ({Weaker is} 25... Qxa4 26. Nxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be3 27. fxe3 $18) 26. dxc6 (26. Nxf6+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] was necessary.} gxf6 27. Bxf6 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2) 26... bxc6 ({Not} 26... Qxa4 $2 27. Nxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 28. Bxf6 $18) 27. Bxc6 {[#]} Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Kf1 $2 (28. Qxf2 Bxh5 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Bc3) 28... Be3 29. Bd5+ Kh8 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,67,35,35,39,31,67,39,89,79,79,87,70,79,104,110,93,101,158,168,147,160,207,210,216,216,208,202,215,209,241,245,242,131,334,333,433,425,727,727,29974,29976,29990,5597,29991,29992,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 Na6 10. Rc1 c6 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} 11. Ne5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Nh5 12. Bd2 Nc7 {White is slightly better.} 13. Qa4 Qe8 {[#]} 14. e4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. b4 Bd6 15. Nd3 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 {½-½ (80) Savchenko,S (2583)-Dgebuadze,A (2510) Antwerp 1999}) 14... Nf6 15. Rfe1 Ne6 16. Be3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Nxc6 Kh8 (18... Bxc6 $142 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6 Nb4) 19. Nd6 $16 Bxd6 20. Bxd5 Rc8 21. Bg2 Qd7 22. d5 Nc5 23. Qd1 a5 24. Rc4 f5 25. Rh4 {[#] Strongly threatening Qh5.} Qf7 26. Bf3 ({White should play} 26. Bd4 $18) 26... Ne4 $2 (26... Rce8 $16 {might work better.} 27. Bh5 g6) 27. Bd4 $18 {Rexe4 is the strong threat.} ({Resist} 27. Bxb6 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Rxc6 $18) 27... Bxc6 28. dxc6 Bb4 (28... Bc5 $142 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Bxc5 (30. Rexe4 Rxc6 31. Rhf4 Qg8 $18) 30... bxc5) 29. Rexe4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Rcd8 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Qg4 {White mates.} Rxd4 {[#]} 33. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 34. Qh3+ {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Turgut, Tansel"]
[Black "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,87,34,18,41,36,39,18,19,23,20,14,20,0,12,-6,43,22,18,0,22,9,29,-5,0,-32,-27,-25,8,0,64,-13,-1,-12,-4,-22,-17,-18,-18,-18,-17,-20,0,-19,30,34,43,35,106,-22,68,78,91,75,77,108,148,102,350,341,346,333,300,335,380,321,518,517,515,477,1333,1332,1289,1263]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Re1 d6 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bh2 Nbd7 13. c3 {½-½ (61) Medvegy,Z (2539)-Korpa,B (2483) Hungary 2017}) 11... Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 12. Bh2 Re8 13. Nbd2 Nf8 14. c3 Ng6 15. Ng5 Bf8 (15... Nd5 $5 {[%cal Re7g5]} 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 $11) 16. Ndf3 Qd7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. h4 Be7 19. Re2 Nf8 20. Rae1 h6 21. Ne4 Ng4 22. Bg3 Kh8 (22... b5 $11) 23. Nh2 ({White should play} 23. d5 $14) 23... Nxh2 $11 24. Kxh2 Ng6 25. h5 Nh4 26. f3 Nf5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxd4!} 27. Bf2 d5 28. Nd2 Nd6 29. g4 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qd1 Nc4 {[#]} (31... Qd8 $14) 32. Nf1 (32. Bb1 $1 $16) 32... b4 (32... Red8 $11) 33. Bb1 $1 $14 f5 34. Qd3 Bd6+ 35. Bg3 Qf7 36. Kg2 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Nxb2 $2 (36... bxc3 $16 {keeps fighting.} 37. bxc3 Qf6) 37. Rxb2 $18 Rxc3 38. Bxd6 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Ra8 {If Black can now play ...Ra3 this consolidates a bit.} 40. Ng3 Ba6 $2 (40... Qd7 {was worth a try.}) 41. Ra1 {White is clearly winning.} fxg4 42. fxg4 ({Worse is} 42. Rxa6 Rxa6 43. Bxa6 Qxf3+ 44. Kh2 Qa3 $11) 42... Bb7 (42... Qd7 $142) 43. Rxa8+ Bxa8 44. Rf2 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,114,30,33,6,35,18,21,20,20,18,20,19,19,15,26,11,39,39,39,31,42,20,32,20,35,0,10,0,0,-21,-21,-33,-37,-33,-27,-39,-9,-8,0,0,16,15,18,21,18,22,40,40,39,39,39,39,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-9,-99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-306,-291,-298,-290,-502,-497,-990,-1043,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29981,-29973,-1054,-1047,-981,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 c5 (2... Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 Bd6 5. Bxd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Nf3 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. a4 {1-0 (44) Karjakin,S (2783)-Meier,G (2630) chess.com INT 2017}) 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Nf6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} b6 9. Qe2 a5 10. Ngf3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxa6 12. Ne5 Qc7 {½-½ (53) Tomba,F (2418)-Gerola,G (2471) ICCF email 2009}) 12. Ne5 {White wants to play Nc6!} Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nfd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5a4,Ba4c3][%mdl 32]} 14. O-O Ra7 15. f4 Nc6 16. Bf2 Rb7 17. a4 Qe7 18. Rab1 Nc5 19. b4 Nxa4 20. Qb5 Nxc3 21. Qxc6 Nxb1 22. Rxb1 axb4 23. Bxb6 {And now Bc5 would win.} Rfb8 24. Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qh4 25. Bd6 Qxf4 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Qc7 {[%cal Rc7b8]} Rf8 28. Nf3 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qe4 30. Qc1 Rb8 31. Qe1 Qc4 32. Rc1 Qa6 33. Qf1 Qb7 (33... Qxf1+ 34. Rxf1 b3 35. Rb1 $15) 34. Qe2 Qb6 35. Qb2 Qe3 36. h3 h6 37. Re1 Qd3 38. Qd4 Qc2 {Threatens to win with ...b3.} 39. Qd2 (39. Qa7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rc8 40. Rf1) 39... Qa4 (39... b3 $17 {White must now prevent ...Qa2.} 40. Kh2 Qa2) 40. Rb1 $11 b3 41. Qb2 Qf4 42. Qd4 Qf5 43. Rb2 {[#]} Qc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Kh2 (44. Rxc2 $2 bxc2 45. Qd2 (45. Qg1 $2 Rb1 $19) 45... Rb1+ 46. Kh2 c1=Q $19) 44... Qc1 45. Qd2 Qc4 46. Qe3 Rb4 47. Nd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Ne1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 47... Qc1 $19 48. Rb1 b2 49. Qd3 $2 {[#]} (49. Qf2 {was necessary.}) 49... Rc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Nxc4 (50. Rxb2 $142 Qxb2 51. Nxc4) 50... dxc4 {[%cal Bd5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 51. Qe4 c3 52. Qa8+ Kh7 53. Qe4+ g6 54. Qf3 Kg8 ({And not} 54... Qxb1 55. Qxf7+ Kh8 56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Qf7+ Kh8 58. Qf8+ Kh7 59. Qf7+ $11) 55. Qd3 g5 ({Worse is} 55... c2 56. Qd8+ Kg7 57. Qf6+ Kg8 58. Qd8+ Kh7 59. Qf6 $11) (55... Kg7 $142 56. Rxc1 bxc1=Q 57. Qf3 Qd2 58. Qf6+ Kg8 59. Qf3 c2 60. Qc6 c1=Q 61. Qxc1 Qxc1 62. h4 Qf4+ 63. Kh1 Qxh4+ 64. Kg1 Qe1+ 65. Kh2 h5 66. g3 Qf2+ 67. Kh1 g5 68. g4 Qf1+ 69. Kh2 hxg4 70. Kg3 Qg1#) 56. Qd8+ Kh7 57. Qc7 Kg7 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 67%.} ({Stronger than} 57... Qxb1 58. Qxf7+ Kh8 59. Qf8+ Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh8 61. Qf8+ Kh7 62. Qf7+ $11) 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,136,20,19,-2,0,0,0,0,-4,-29,8,19,16,0,0,0,0,-19,-8,-60,2,-64,0,-45,-45,-66,-62,-69,-69,-84,-84,-80,-74,-79,-70,-97,-91,-91,0,-29,-10,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,-35,0,0,76,51,77,35,81,90,79,74,70,9,23,0,0,0,0,-56,-67,-206,-222,-237,-219,-238,-165,-390,-392,-345,-275,-364,-392,-329,-190,-159,0,-87,0,-477,-468,-734,-735,-716,-690,-788,-685,-688,-671,-870,-821,-1127,-1153,-1736,-1630,-1202,-1128,-1005,-946,-12838,-12839,-12842,-12842,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12842,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12843]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O {LiveBook: 843 Games} 10. Bd3 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} (10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Bb7 13. c4 c5 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Nc3 Nb8 16. Kh1 Nc6 17. Qf2 Rac8 18. b3 Bf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Bxc5 exf4 {½-½ (39) Danin,A (2587)-Navara,D (2737) Czech Republic 2017}) 10... b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. g4 {The position is equal.} Nc6 13. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Be3 exf4 18. Rxf4 f6 19. Bd4 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rh4 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 fxg5 23. Qxg5 Be7 {0-1 (23) Singer,C (2315)-Har Zvi,R (2240) Kecskemet 1991}) 13... Bxc6 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qg4 Rfe8 16. h4 Qb7 17. h5 Bd8 18. Kh2 (18. Bf2 $11) 18... Bb6 (18... Nc5 $1 $15) 19. Bd2 (19. Qg3 $11) 19... Bc7 (19... Nc5 $15) 20. Rg1 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 21. g6 fxg6 $1 22. hxg6 h6 {[%cal Rc6e4]} 23. Rae1 a5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nxd3 26. cxd3 d5 27. e5 d4 (27... Bb6 $17 28. Rgf1 Qe7) 28. Ne4 $11 Ra2 29. Rg2 $1 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Qd5 31. Kh3 Ra3 32. Qf3 Rf8 {And now ...Bxe5! would win.} 33. Rg3 Bb6 34. Re1 Qxf3 (34... Qb3 $11) 35. Rxf3 $16 Ra2 {[#]} 36. Rd1 $1 Rc8 37. Be1 Rcc2 {( -> ...Rh2+)} 38. Bg3 Bd8 39. Rdf1 (39. Kg4 $14) 39... Be7 $11 40. f5 exf5 ({Don't play} 40... Bxb4 41. Rb1 $16) 41. Rxf5 Ra6 ({But not} 41... Bxb4 $6 42. e6 $16) 42. Bh4 (42. R5f4 $11) 42... Bxb4 $15 {Strongly threatening ...Bc5.} 43. Rg1 (43. Rb1 $15 Bc5 44. Rxb5 Rxg6 45. Rf3) 43... Bc5 $19 44. Re1 {[#] Hoping for e6.} Re6 45. Rf7 Rxg6 46. Rc7 $2 (46. Rd7) 46... Rc3 47. Rd1 Re6 48. Bg3 b4 49. Kg4 Be7 (49... Rb6 $142 50. Be1 Rc2) 50. Rb7 Bc5 $2 (50... Rcc6 $17 {...Rb6 is the strong threat.} 51. Kf5 Rb6 52. Rxb6 Rxb6) 51. Kf5 (51. Rc7 $1 $11) 51... Rb6 ({Black should try} 51... Re8 $17 52. Be1 Rc2) 52. Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Rxb6 $11 Bxb6 53. Ke4) 52... b3 {Black is clearly winning.} 53. e6 (53. Be1 $142 Rc2 54. Rb1) 53... b2 54. Be5 b1=Q 55. Rxg7+ Kf8 56. Rxb1 Rxb1 57. Rh7 {intending Rh8+.} Ke8 58. Rh8+ Bf8 59. Ke4 Rc6 60. Bg7 Rf1 61. Kd5 Rc5+ 62. Kxd4 Rh5 63. Ke4 Ke7 64. Bc3 Kxe6 65. Rg8 Rh4+ 66. Ke3 Rh3+ 67. Ke2 Rff3 68. Bd2 Kf7 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Banawa, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,77,26,32,19,16,52,54,55,42,66,41,81,32,150,149,147,93,104,22,28,25,30,32,23,22,185,181,179,163,184,112,201,191,276,268,272,268,272,189,256,253,352,260,499,505,502,416,420,394,1470,1327,29975,29976,29976,29977,29975,29973]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. Nc7 (11. O-O-O a6 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd3 {½-½ (66) Jakovenko,D (2730)-Pridorozhni,A (2571) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 11... Rb8 12. Be2 {LiveBook: 14 Games} b5 13. e5 (13. Bxb5 Rb7 $17) 13... b4 14. exf6 bxc3 15. fxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg3+ $146 Kh8 17. Qxc3+ Kg8 ({Better is} 17... e5 $1 $14 18. Nb5 Qf6) 18. Nb5 $1 $16 (18. Qg3+ $6 Kh8 $14) 18... Qh4 19. Rd1 (19. O-O $142) 19... Ba6 {[#]} 20. Nd4 ({White should try} 20. Rd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd3g3]} Rxb5 21. Rg3+ Rg5 22. Qf6 (22. Bxa6 Qe4+ 23. Qe3 Qxe3+ 24. fxe3 Rg7 $16)) 20... Qe4 $11 {Strongly threatening ...Nxd4.} 21. O-O $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Bxe2 22. Rfe1 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Qg6 $2 (23... Qc6 $11 24. Qg3+ Kh8) 24. Rxe2 $18 Rfc8 {[#]} 25. Qa3 $1 Qf6 26. Rb4 (26. Rxd7 $6 Rxb2 27. h3 a6 $16) (26. Qxa7 $6 Ra8 $16) (26. Red2 $18) 26... Kh8 (26... Rxb4 $16 27. Qxb4 Qg6) 27. h3 Rg8 (27... Rxb4 $142 28. Qxb4 d5) 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 29. c3 ({Weaker is} 29. Qxa7 Rxb2 30. Kh2 (30. Qxd7 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. g3 Qc1 $11) 30... d5 $16) 29... Rg8 30. Re3 (30. Qxa7 Qf3 $11) 30... Qg6 (30... Qg5 $142 31. g3 Qd5) 31. Rg3 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Rxg3 $2 (32... a6 33. Rf3 Qf1) 33. fxg3 {[%cal Ra3f8] KQ-KQ} ({Less strong is} 33. Kxg3 Kg8 $16) 33... Kg8 34. Qxa7 Qxb2 35. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32] a5 is the strong threat.} Qxc3 $2 (35... h5 36. a5 h4 37. gxh4 Qb5) 36. a5 h5 37. Qb8+ {White mates.} Kh7 38. a6 h4 39. a7 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Matsenko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,90,24,20,11,21,12,14,16,14,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-61,0,-12,-9,-33,-27,-42,-34,-45,0,0,0,-20,-20,-16,-15,-13,0,-1,-4,-27,-29,-37,-6,-10,32,-9,-9,-25,-15,-32,-37,-53,0,-50,0,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,-62,-41,-106,-60,-137,-127,-193,-250,-324,-323,-319,-313,-281,-280,-304,-299,-1017,-980,-1960,-841,-5181,-5113]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Qf6 {LiveBook: 4 Partien. C01: Französische Verteidigung (Abtauschvariante)} (6... Bd6 7. O-O Qd7 8. Re1+ Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. b4 Rde8 11. b5 Nd8 12. Qa4 Kb8 13. Ba3 Ne6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bf5 16. Bf1 d4 17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Nc4 Nc8 19. Qb3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Qh4 {½-½ (20) Pourramezanali,A (2509)-Short,N (2652) Guilan 2016}) 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Qe6+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 9. Kxe2 Bd6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... O-O-O 10. Re1 Re8+ 11. Kf1 Rxe1+ 12. Kxe1 Bd6 13. h3 Bd7 14. b4 Nf6 15. a4 Re8+ 16. Kf1 Ne7 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. Bb1 h6 20. Nf3 {0-1 (20) Balaram,M-Champion,C LSS email 2007}) 10. Nf1 O-O-O 11. Bg5 Re8+ 12. Ne3 f6 13. Bh4 Bf4 14. h3 ({Günstiger ist} 14. Rae1 $11) 14... Bh5 (14... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Rg7g5]} 15. Kd1 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rxe3 $11) 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne1 Bxd3+ 17. Kxd3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nh6 19. Bg3 Nf7 20. Nf3 h5 21. b3 Kd7 22. a3 Ncd8 23. c4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Rac1 {[#] Tc7+ ist eine echte Drohung.} Ne6 26. Nh4 Nfg5 {Droht ...Se4 und aus.} 27. Ng6 {Und Thf1 würde nun gewinnen.} Rh6 28. gxh5 Ne4 29. Rhg1 Rxh5 30. h4 Rd8 (30... Rf5 $15) 31. Nf4 Rf5 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. Rc7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss is not keeping still} Rd7 34. Rxd7 Kxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} 35. Ke2 (35. Be1 $11) 35... Ke6 $15 36. Rg2 (36. a4 $15) 36... Kf7 37. Bf4 (37. a4 $15) 37... Rh5 $17 38. Rh2 (38. Bg3 $17) 38... g5 $19 39. hxg5 Rxh2+ 40. Bxh2 fxg5 {KL-KS} 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Bc7 Kf5 43. b4 $2 {[#]} (43. Ba5 g4+ 44. Ke2) 43... b5 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 44. Ke2 a6 (44... Kg4 $142 45. Bd8 Kh3 46. Bxg5 Nxg5) 45. Bb8 Kg4 {Precision: Weiß = 35%, Schwarz = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,158,33,36,32,56,30,32,31,42,29,46,3,33,0,15,0,0,4,28,0,17,-27,-22,-41,-38,-36,-40,-25,-21,-29,-19,-20,-15,-44,-27,-60,-8,-58,-20,-36,-33,-45,-8,-9,-6,-19,-22,-22,476,480,479,455,481,446,477,464,525,579,592,585,874,583,568,304,1895,770,2949,1043,1879,961,953,919,853,351,307,165,296,66,478,93,87,45,124,120,86,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 (5... a6 6. Bc4 Qa5 7. Ra3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d3 Qc7 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 {½-½ (58) Adams,M (2715)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) London 2017}) 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Bg7 7. a5 a6 8. Be2 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. d3 e6 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Nh4 {0-1 (47) Haenggi,M (2046)-Meier,V (2254) Basel 2015}) 10... b5 11. axb6 $1 Qxb6 12. Ra2 Bb7 13. b3 Qc6 14. Bb2 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. d4 Ne4 17. Na4 c4 18. c3 Rfe8 19. Bc1 Nb6 {And now ...Nxa4 would win.} 20. Bb2 $1 cxb3 21. Qxb3 Nxa4 22. Rxa4 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxe2 24. Rb1 Bc8 25. Ra5 Be6 (25... Bf5 $15 26. Rba1 Rc8) 26. Rc5 Qd6 27. Kf1 Re4 28. Qb6 Bf8 {Hoping for ...Qxb6.} 29. Rc6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Qf4 30. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2f4]} Qf5 $1 31. Rb3 {Threatens to win with Ng5.} Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qh5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 32. Kg1 a5) 32. g4 $18 Rxg4 33. hxg4 Qxg4 34. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5g4]} Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Bf5 36. Bf4 Be4+ 37. Nf3 a5 38. Rc1 Qe2 {If only Black now had time for ...a4....} 39. Re3 Qa2 $2 (39... Qa6 40. Qxa6 Rxa6) 40. Kg3 (40. Qc6 $142) 40... h6 41. Ne5 (41. Qc6 $142 g5 42. Be5 Re8 43. Qxe8 Qd2 44. Nxd2 Bf5 45. Bd6 Kg7 46. Qxf8+ Kf6 47. Qxh6+ Bg6 48. Qh8+ Kf5 49. Qe5#) 41... Bg7 42. Qb7 Rf8 43. Rc8 Rxc8 44. Qxc8+ (44. Qxf7+ $142 Kh8 45. Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 44... Kh7 45. Qh3 ({Stronger than} 45. Nxf7 Qb1 $11) (45. Nf3 $142) 45... Qa1 (45... Qb1 {keeps fighting.} 46. Nf3 f6) 46. Qh2 $2 (46. Nf3 $18) 46... f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46... g5 $1 $14 47. Bxg5 Bxe5+ 48. dxe5 Qxe5+ 49. f4 Qg7) 47. Nf3 $2 (47. Bxh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.} Bxh6 48. Ng4) 47... g5 $16 48. Bxg5 Bxf3 (48... fxg5 $14 49. Nxg5+ Kg6 50. Nxe4 Bxd4) 49. Bxh6 Bxh6 50. Re7+ ({White should try} 50. Rxf3 $16 Kg6 51. Kg2 Qxd4 52. Qg3+ Kf7 53. Qc7+ Ke6 54. Qc6+ (54. Qxa5 Qg4+ 55. Rg3 Qe4+ 56. Kf1 Bf4 $16) 54... Ke7 55. Qc7+ Ke6 56. Qxa5) 50... Kg6 $11 {The position is equal.} 51. Kxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qa3+ ({Don't play} 51... Qxd4 52. Qg3+ Bg5 53. Kg2 $16) 52. Re3 $1 {[%cal Re3a3]} Bxe3 53. fxe3 {KQ-KQ} Qe7 54. Qg2+ Kf7 {...Qe4+ is the strong threat.} 55. Qa2 Qe4+ 56. Kf2 Ke6 (56... Qh4+ {with more complications.} 57. Kg2 Qg4+ 58. Kf2 Qf5+ 59. Kg3 Qg5+) 57. Qxa5 Kf5 {Strongly threatening ...Qh4+.} 58. Qd2 Qh4+ 59. Ke2 Qh5+ 60. Kd3 Qf3 61. Qe1 Qe4+ 62. Kd2 Qg2+ 63. Kd3 Kg4 64. Qd1+ Qf3 65. Qg1+ Kf5 66. Kd2 Qg4 67. Qh1 Ke6 68. Qf1 Qe4 69. Qa6+ Kf5 70. Qc8+ Qe6 71. Qh8 {Intending Qh3+ and mate.} Kg4 (71... Qd6 {feels hotter.} 72. Qh7+ Ke6 73. Qg6 Qh2+ 74. Kc3 Qc7+) 72. Qh1 Qd6 73. Qg2+ Kf5 74. Qh3+ Kg5 75. Qg2+ Kh6 76. Qh3+ Kg7 77. Qg4+ Kf8 78. Qh5 Kg7 79. Qg4+ Kf8 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Turgut, Tansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,95,-25,-31,-34,-38,-62,-67,-76,-52,-72,-77,-77,-69,-70,-60,-69,-50,-80,-52,-77,-66,-73,-51,-79,-58,-62,-48,-56,-56,-53,-52,-51,-44,-65,-45,-71,-67,-61,-60,-106,-106,-103,-95,-248,-100,-191,-83,-162,-70,-107,-104,-114,-66,-109,-72,-110,129,137,137,144,143,131,131,110,126,11,49,46,0,0,17,27,217,198,287,292,2045,1822,29991,659,546,251,29994,29973,29994,29995]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. c4 (5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Nd2 e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf3 Ba6 {1-0 (91) Nakamura,H (2792)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017}) 5... d4 6. exd4 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} cxd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 7. d3 e5 8. Be2 {Black is slightly better.} Nf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bf1 $146 Re8 14. Qc2 Bc5 15. g3 Bf5 16. Bg2 g5 (16... Bh7 {is interesting.} 17. h3 Qe7 18. Nh4 Qd7 19. g4 g5) 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Be6 19. Red1 Qd7 20. Ne1 f6 21. Nd3 b6 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. f4 Bd6 25. f5 Bf7 26. Rdc1 Rec8 27. Nf2 $2 (27. a4 $17 {was called for.}) 27... Ra7 (27... a4 $19 {is more deadly.} 28. b4 Nxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Bxd4 exd4) 28. Bf1 (28. Qc2 $17) 28... Rac7 (28... a4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Hoping for ...Na5.} 29. b4 Nxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 29. Bd3 {[#]} (29. h4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 29... Nb8 ({Better is} 29... a4 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra4b3][%mdl 512]} 30. b4 (30. bxa4 Na5) 30... Nxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. axb4 Bxb4) 30. a4 Bb4 31. Qe2 Na6 32. Rab1 Be8 33. Rg1 Ba3 $2 {[#]} (33... h5 $17 {and life is bright.} 34. Bc2 Bd6) 34. c5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5b6][%mdl 512]} Bxb2 (34... Bxc5 35. Bxa6) 35. Bxa6 Ba3 36. Bxc8 ({Reject} 36. cxb6 $6 Rc2 $11) 36... Rxc8 37. cxb6 Qb7 38. h4 ({White must play} 38. Ra1 $16 Bb4 39. Rgc1) 38... Qxb6 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kg2 Rc3 41. Rh1 {Black must now prevent Rh3.} d3 $2 (41... Qc6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 42. Nxd3 $18 Qd4 (42... Bf7 {is a better defense.} 43. Nf2 Bc5) 43. Rbd1 Bc6 $2 (43... Bc5 44. Nxc5 Qxc5) 44. Nf2 Qe3 {[#]} 45. Qxe3 (45. Rh7+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 (45... Kxh7 46. Qh5+) 46. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 47. Qxe3 Rxe3 48. Rdh1 Bxe4+ 49. Nxe4 Re2+ 50. Kf3 Rf2+ 51. Kxf2 Bc5+ 52. Nxc5 g4 53. R1h7#) 45... Rxe3 {[#]} 46. Rd8 (46. b4 $142 $1) 46... g4 $2 (46... Rxe4 $18 47. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 48. Kh2 Bxf5) 47. Rc8 Rc3 48. Rch8 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Matsenko, Sergei"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,143,25,22,29,21,41,19,44,39,44,34,34,33,54,54,64,4,4,7,18,-7,-5,-35,-33,-40,-34,-68,-38,-47,-56,-50,0,-35,0,-3,4,4,4,0,0,0,43,43,59,43,57,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,57,57,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,60,60,60,61,61,57,61,61,61,61,61,18,12,0,61,61,61,61,61,62,62,29,54,61,67,67,120,75,75,75,75,68,68,68,68,68,75,75,75,75,76,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,60,68,69,76,69,76,76,76,69]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O d5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (6... g6 7. Nc3 b4 8. Na4 a5 9. Bb2 d6 10. Rc1 Bg7 11. c5 d5 12. c6 Bxc6 13. Nc5 O-O 14. Ne5 {½-½ (32) Artemiev,V (2696)-Rakhmanov,A (2654) Sochi 2017}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd6 {The position is equal.} 9. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Nc3 f5 12. Rac1 O-O {0-1 (34) Vlaic,B (2223)-Kurajica,B (2518) Sibenik 2015}) 9... Qd7 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Nf5 O-O {[#] ...Nb4 is the strong threat.} 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Nc3 Rac8 14. Qd3 Rfe8 15. Bg5 (15. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nb4 $17) ({White should play} 15. Bd2 $14) 15... Ne4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 h6 18. Be3 Ne7 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. h4 f5 21. Bh3 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Bf4 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 h5 25. Bd2 g6 26. Ba5 e3 27. fxe3 {[#] And now e4! would win.} Qe7 28. Bg2 Kg7 29. Bf3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Nf6 31. Qc7 Ne4+ 32. Bxe4 Qxc7 $1 33. Bxc7 Bxe4 34. Bxd6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Ke6 35. Bc5 Kd5 36. Ke1 Bb1 37. Kd2 Be4 38. Kc3 Bb1 39. Bb6 Kc6 40. Ba5 Kd5 41. Bd8 Kc6 42. Be7 Kd5 43. Bg5 Kc6 44. Kb4 Bxa2 45. e4 $1 a5+ $1 46. Kc3 Bb1 47. d5+ Kd6 48. Bf4+ Kc5 49. Be3+ (49. d6 $5 {[%cal Rd6d7]} Kc6 50. e5 $14) 49... Kd6 50. Bf4+ Kc5 51. d6 {Black must now prevent d7.} Kc6 $1 52. e5 {Threatening mate with e6.} Kd7 53. Bc1 Kc6 54. Kd4 Ba2 55. Bd2 Bxb3 56. Bxa5 Kd7 ({Black should try} 56... Be6 $14) 57. Ke3 Be6 58. Kf4 {Hoping for Kg5.} Ke8 59. Kg5 Kf7 60. Bb4 Bd7 61. Ba3 Be6 62. Kf4 Bd7 63. Ke3 Ke6 64. Kd4 Bc6 65. Kc5 Bd7 66. Bb2 Be8 67. Bc3 Bd7 68. Kb6 Be8 69. Kc7 Bd7 70. Kd8 Bc6 71. Bd2 Bd7 72. Bb4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Banawa, Joel"]
[Black "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,73,31,40,37,54,50,59,33,41,48,42,37,51,36,39,43,38,43,150,54,60,33,118,0,277,271,298,298,290,290,281,280,286,272,272,267,372,358,358,359,327,307,345,301,618,643,833,831,830,794,824,823,824,797,941,927]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nf3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} Ba7 7. O-O Nge7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. b3 Nf5 12. Ne2 Rb8 $146 13. a4 Re8 14. Bb2 Qg5 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qf6 17. Bc3 h5 18. Rae1 b5 {[#]} (18... c6 $14) 19. axb5 (19. c5 $1 $16) 19... axb5 $14 20. Ra1 Bb6 {[#]} ({Better is} 20... b4 $1 $14) 21. c5 (21. Ra2 $1 $16 {c5! is the strong threat.} bxc4 22. bxc4) 21... Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... b4 $1 $11) 22. cxb6 $18 Qxe2 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. bxc7 Rc8 25. Ba5 Nxd4 26. Rad1 Nf5 27. Rfe1 Rce8 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 {[#]} 29. Bc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bc8 (29... Bxc6 30. c8=Q+) 30. b4 Re5 31. Bb6 Kf8 $2 (31... f6 32. f3 Kf7) 32. Ra1 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 33. Ra8 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Rc1 35. Rxc8 {White threatens Re8+ and mate.} Rxc6 36. Rd8 d5 37. c8=Q {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,142,34,39,39,55,50,45,19,26,-6,43,37,30,30,38,37,33,16,27,-29,-25,-28,-31,-35,-8,-12,-10,-34,-46,-44,16,27,52,47,58,43,42,67,95,18,27,11,10,2,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,0,0,-81,-65,-564,-531,-464,-219,-180,-177,-443,-445,-434,-351,-862,-465,-432,-391,-418,-400,-483,-400,-29985,-29983,-29984,-29983,-29976,-1542,-1242,-1194]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} a6 (9... Be7 10. g3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O-O a5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qc2 a4 15. e4 a3 16. e5 axb2+ {0-1 (59) Le,Q (2737)-Mamedov,R (2709) Huaian 2017}) 10. c5 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 11. Nxg6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Na4 Be7 12. O-O-O Bd8 13. Be1 Qb8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Kb1 Bc7 16. h3 e5 {1-0 (36) Hebden,M (2518)-Astaneh Lopez,A (2416) Bunratty 2013}) 11... hxg6 12. g3 Nh5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxg3!} 13. Bg2 b6 14. cxb6 Nxb6 15. O-O Nc4 16. Qc2 c5 17. b3 ({Better is} 17. Bc1) 17... Nxd2 $11 18. Qxd2 cxd4 19. exd4 Rc8 20. Na4 Ba3 $1 21. Rf2 O-O 22. Bf1 Qa7 (22... a5 $15) 23. b4 Rc7 24. Rb1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rb8 $1 25. Nc5 {Strongly threatening Rb3.} a5 {[%cal Rb8b4]} 26. Na6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b8]} Rxb4 27. Nxb4 (27. Nxc7 $16 Rxb1 28. Nb5 Rxb5 29. Bxb5) 27... Bxb4 28. Qe3 Nf6 {[%cal Bh5f6,Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6c4][%mdl 32]} 29. Rb3 Ne8 30. a3 Be7 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Rd2 Nd6 33. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nc4 34. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 35. Rbd3 a4 36. g5 Be7 37. f4 Bd6 38. Kf3 Qc7 39. h4 Kh7 40. Rd1 Qc8 41. Kg3 Qb8 42. Kf3 Rc2 {And now ...Bxf4! would win.} 43. R1d2 Rc7 44. Rd1 Rc4 45. R1d2 Rc1 46. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1c1]} Rxd1 47. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qb2 48. Rd2 Qb1 49. Kg3 Qf1 50. Rf2 Qd1 51. Rd2 Qc1 52. Rd3 Qf1 53. Rd2 Bc7 54. Rf2 Qg1+ 55. Kf3 Qd1+ 56. Kg3 Bb6 57. Rd2 Qa1 58. Rg2 (58. Rd3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 58... Bxd4 $17 59. Qd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59. Qd3 $15) 59... Qxa3+ $19 60. Kg4 Bc5 (60... e5 $142 {Hoping for ...Qb3.} 61. Rh2 e4) 61. Rg3 Qa1 {...f5+ is the strong threat.} 62. h5 $2 (62. Qc2 {was the only defense.} Qd4 63. h5) 62... gxh5+ 63. Kxh5 Qb1 64. Rh3 $2 (64. Qd3+ Qxd3 65. Rxd3) 64... Qf5 {[%cal Rf5h3]} 65. Kh4 {Now Kg3+ and White clings on.} Kg6 66. Kg3 {aiming for Qe2.} e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5f4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...a3.} 67. Rh4 exf4+ 68. Kf3 {[#]} (68. Qxf4 $19 a3 69. Qxf5+ Kxf5 70. Ra4) 68... Qe4+ 69. Kg4 Qe6+ 70. Kf3 Qe3+ (70... Be3 $142 71. Qb4 Kxg5 72. Rxf4 Qh3+ 73. Ke2 Bxf4 74. Qc5 a3 75. Qxd5+ Qf5 76. Qd8+ Qf6 77. Qa8 Qb2+ 78. Kd3 a2 79. Qa7 a1=Q 80. Qxa1 Qxa1 81. Kc4 Qa4+ 82. Kc3 Qe4 83. Kb3 Bd2 84. Ka2 Qc2+ 85. Ka3 Qb1 86. Ka4 Qb4#) 71. Qxe3 Bxe3 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 59%.} ({And not} 71... fxe3 72. Rxa4 Kxg5 73. Ra5 $11) 0-1

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Colas, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,95,37,37,39,43,56,37,32,30,26,18,27,32,32,25,35,14,25,12,14,9,9,14,29,38,47,33,35,37,46,20,38,31,41,35,36,35,28,29,22,35,36,13,22,24,27,25,27,8,13,0,102,61,61,57,145,135,130,137,141,103,440,474,463,452,441,441,570,569,572,577,570,567,645,643,774,766,696,643,1448,1288,5110,4102]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qg4 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 d6 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Nd1 Nh5 18. Qg4 e5 19. Qxh5 exd4 20. Nf2 g6 21. Qh6 Bf8 22. Qh4 Be7 {1-0 (63) Kravtsiv,M (2672)-Fedorchuk,S (2648) Riadh 2017}) 6... Nf6 7. Qg3 Qxg3 8. hxg3 {LiveBook: 12 Games. White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... bxc6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bf4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. f3 a5 {1-0 (23) Damia,A (2242)-Maksimovic,D (2441) Novi Sad 2016}) 10. f3 e5 11. Be3 Be6 12. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} O-O-O 13. g5 Nd7 14. Kf2 Be7 15. g3 f6 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Rhf8 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4+.} 19. Ke2 h6 20. Nd1 Nh7 21. Nf2 Bg5 {Hoping for ...Bxe3.} 22. Rh2 Kc7 23. Nd3 Bxe3 24. Kxe3 Rde8 25. a4 a5 26. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Ng5 27. Rf2 Nf7 28. Rd1 Nd6 29. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} b6 30. Rfd2 Rf6 31. c4 Nb7 32. c5 b5 (32... Nxc5 $11 {remains equal.} 33. Nxc5 bxc5) 33. axb5 cxb5 34. b4 Rf7 (34... Rfe6 $14) 35. Ra1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} a4 {[#]} 36. f4 $1 exf4+ 37. Nxf4 ({But not} 37. gxf4 $6 Nd8 $11) 37... Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37... Re5 $16 {is a better chance.}) 38. Ne2 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rd7 39. Rxd7 ({Weaker is} 39. Nd4+ Rxd4 40. Rxd4 Rh8 $18) 39... Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 40. Nd4 Nd8 41. Nxb5 Nc6 42. Rd1+ Ke7 43. Nd6 Ra8 44. b5 Nb4 45. Kd2 a3 46. Kc3 a2 47. Ra1 Na6 48. Rxa2 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Norm Congress-IM 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Turgut, Tansel"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,167,16,35,2,74,45,112,-14,28,4,6,16,8,13,41,20,33,33,42,25,35,20,111,47,45,12,48,14,17,9,67,68,68,51,64,61,114,123,112,111,135,79,81,91,97,69,246,241,238,102,115,102,103,74,104,107,103,102,102,98,104,95,87,37,49,31,91,85,125,0,0,0,0,-32,0,-91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,-74,-68,-71,-14,-114,0,0,0,0,298,287,330,324,339,335,299,312,392,370,373,341,331,0,418,420,473,458,667,99,402,360,358,333,345,208,363,351,360,341,364,362,370,345,377,310,345,224,204,184,254,160,157,0,8,7,8,8,8,8,12,8,313,229,214,222,224,215,221,219,29973,29972,29968,29968]} 1. d4 c5 2. c3 Qc7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} g6 (6... e6 $11) 7. Re1 (7. e4 $5) 7... Bg7 (7... d6 $14) 8. Na3 $146 (8. e4 $1 $16) ({Predecessor:} 8. Bf4 d6 9. e4 O-O 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e5 Nd5 12. exd6 exd6 13. Bd2 Nd7 {1-0 (51) Mozny,M (2346)-Stastny,J (2246) Czechia 2012}) 8... d6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e4 Nfd7 11. Bg5 a6 12. Nc4 {Hoping for e5.} Nc6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Ne3 Qa5 (15... Rab8 $11) 16. Nd5 (16. e5 $1 $16) 16... Rac8 $14 17. a3 c4 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Re2 e6 (19... Nde5 $11) 20. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re3c4]} Nce5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxd6 Ng4 (22... Qb5 $14) 23. Qf4 $16 (23. Nxg4 Rcd8 $14) 23... Nxh6 24. Qxh6 Bc6 25. Rd6 (25. Ng4 $142) 25... Bg7 26. Qh4 Qc5 27. Red2 g5 $2 (27... h5 $14) 28. Qh5 $18 Rb8 29. R6d4 (29. e5 $18 Bxg2 30. Kxg2) 29... Bxd4 $16 30. cxd4 Qe7 31. Nxc4 Red8 32. e5 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 f6 34. exf6 Qxf6 35. Ne5 {Strongly threatening Nc6.} Rbc8 36. Rd3 Rf8 $1 37. Rf3 Qg7 (37... Qe7 $14) 38. Qg4 Rf6 {[#]} 39. Rxf6 ({White should try} 39. d5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 39... Qxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 40. Qe2 Qf5 41. Qe3 Rc2 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 42. b4 (42. d5 $11) 42... Ra2 (42... g4 $17) 43. h3 $11 h6 44. Nf3 Kg7 45. g4 Qd5 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2.} 46. Kg3 Rb2 47. Nd2 $1 Rc2 (47... e5 $5 48. Qc3 $8 Qxd4 49. Qc7+ Kh8 50. Qc8+ Kg7 51. Qb7+ Kh8 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53. Qb7+ Kh8 54. Qc8+ $11) 48. Ne4 (48. Nf3 $11) 48... Rc4 $1 $17 49. Nc5 Kf6 (49... Kf7 $17 50. Qd3 Qxd4 51. Qxd4 Rxd4) 50. Qd3 (50. f4 $11 {remains equal.}) 50... Qd6+ (50... Qxd4 $6 51. Qh7 $11) ({Better is} 50... Rc1 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc1g1] ( -> ...Rg1+)} 51. f3 Rg1+ 52. Kf2 Rh1) 51. Kg2 $11 {Ne4+ is the strong threat.} Rxd4 52. Qh7 $1 {[%cal Rh7h6]} Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Qd5+ $11 53. Kg3 Qe5+ 54. Kg2 Qd5+ 55. Kh2 Qe5+ 56. Kg2 Qd5+) 53. Qxh6 $18 {[%cal Rh6g5]} Qe7 54. Qh8+ (54. Nxa6 Qb7+ 55. f3 Rd2+ 56. Kg3 Qe7 $16) 54... Kd5 55. Qa8+ (55. Nxa6 Qd6 $16) 55... Ke5 56. Qxa6 Qe8 57. Qe2+ Kf6 58. Ne4+ Kg6 {[#]} 59. Nc5 $2 (59. Nxg5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qc6+ (59... Kxg5 60. Qe5+) 60. Nf3) 59... e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Kf6 $1 $11) 60. Qa6+ Kh7 {[#]} 61. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512] White threatens Nf6+ and mate.} Qe7 (61... Qg6 $142 62. Qb7+ Kh6) (61... Rxe4 62. Qb7+) 62. Ng3 $2 (62. Qc6 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Rd3 63. a4) 62... Rd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... Qd6 $16 {is a better chance.} 63. Qc8 Qd5+ 64. Kh2 Qf3 65. Qc2+ e4) 63. Qe2 Rd4 64. Qc2+ Kh8 65. Qc8+ Rd8 $2 (65... Qd8 {was called for.} 66. Qf5 Qd5+ 67. Kg1 Rf4 68. Qxg5 Qd1+ 69. Nf1 Qe1 70. Qh4+ Kg7) 66. Qc6 Rd6 67. Qa8+ Rd8 68. Qe4 Rd4 69. Qe3 Rf4 70. Kh2 Qc7 71. Ne4 Qc2 72. Nd2 $1 (72. Nxg5 Qxf2+ 73. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 74. Kg3 Ra2 $11) 72... e4 (72... Kh7 {was worth a try.} 73. Nf3 Kh6) 73. Qd4+ Kg8 74. Qd8+ (74. Kg2 $16) 74... Kf7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 75. Qd7+ Kf6 76. Qd6+ Kf7 77. Kg2 {And now Qd7+ would win.} Qc3 78. b5 {Black must now prevent b6.} e3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (78... Qd3 $11 {and Black is okay.} 79. Qc7+ Ke8) 79. Qd7+ Kf8 80. Qd8+ $1 Kf7 {[#]} 81. Qd5+ $1 Kf8 {[#]} 82. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c3]} exf2 $2 (82... Qc7 $18 83. fxe3 Qc2+ 84. Nd2 Rf6 85. Qd8+ Kf7) 83. Qd6+ (83. Nxc3 {is a self mate.} f1=Q+ 84. Kh2 Rf2+ 85. Kg3 Qg1+ 86. Qg2 Qxg2#) 83... Ke8 84. Qxf4 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 38%.} (84. Nxc3 $2 {leads to mate.} f1=Q+ 85. Kh2 Rf2+ 86. Kg3 Rg2#) 1-0

